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Lara Jill Miller
Juniper Lee
Candi Milo
Carlos Alazraqui
Kath Soucie
Ray Ray
Tara Strong
Colleen O'Shaughnessey
Cynthia Songe
Guy / Monster Human Child #2
Guest Star
Jeff Bennett
Announcer, Cletus, Smoothie Monster
Guest Star
Lara Jill Miller
Gussie / Shoe Shine Goblin
Recurring Role
Candi Milo
Barber / Mrs. Lee
Recurring Role
Carlos Alazraqui
Fight Promoter / Lord Balthezul
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(Jody screams and runs at the same time, June goes over and pulls Ray Ray's mask off)
Ray Ray: You weren't scared? (Jody runs by screaming)
June: No.
Ray Ray: Not even for a second? (Jody runs by screaming again)
June: Huh-uh.
Ray Ray: A naner second? (Jody runs by screaming again)
June: Nope. (Ray Ray's monster mask falls off a tree branch and lands in Jody's arms, she screams) Ya sure gave Jody a coniption though.
Ray Ray: What's a coniption? (Jody runs and screams into a tree) Cool, coniptions rock.
Jody: Hey, maybe for Halloween, we could rent a scary movie?
June: No way, you'll freak out.
Jody: Will not. (Ray Ray jumps out of the bushes in an alien costume, Jody screams and hides behind June) It's gonna eat our brains! Now I'm never gonna get into college!
June: Oh please with your grades you'll totally pass the S.A.T.'s.
Jody: Grades aren't gonna help me if my brain is eaten!
Ray Ray: We've only got limited trick-or-treat time until your bracelet beeps and ya have to go kick some monster's butt.
June: It doesn't beep it glows.
June: Happy Halloween baby, thank you very much.
Jody: June that's so cute! ...What are you again?
June: I'm Elvis, Jody, y'know the King of Rock 'n Roll? (Roger comes over)
Roger: Hey guys, how's it goin?
Jody: What are you supposed to be?
Roger: I'm an Abraham Lincoln, werewolf, robot, on rollerskates! Awhoooo! Beep beep! For score, and seven years ago!
June: Couldn't decide on a costume again this year?
Roger: Yeah, but it's bette than Ophelia, she's not even wearing a costume! (Ophelia comes over)
Ophelia: Sure I am, I'm dressed as, cooler than you.
Ray Ray: Whoa, that is sad.
June: OH, yeah.
Ray Ray: So whaddya all the monsters do on Halloween? Do ya guys throw a big party or something?
June: (looking at monster kids turned into humans) Well there's one, and another, and there's some over there.
Ray Ray: Are they behind those kids?
June: No, they ARE the kids. Since all the human kids go out trick-or-treating, all the monster kids go out and do human stuff.
June: Did I mention how much I hate Halloween?
Ray Ray: That's right, believe it. This is the ABC's of me, baby!
Mystical Items June has Collected:
1. Amulet of Turizbak
2. Great Goblet of Goblins
3. Specter of Malaperta
4. Ancient Talisman of Remalon
5. Ankh of Flakteria
6. Shroud of Voldwards
June's nickname is "The Velvet Hammer."
Main Character Bio:
Jordan the Destroyer: Weighs 3,716 lbs, 2ozs. Weakness is the second fin on his tailbone. Incredibly powerful, has freezing cold breath and can shoot blasting heat rays. Likes to sit on opponents and squeeze them into pancakes.
Vikki Devyne: A monster agent who can grant anyone's wish. She likes smoothies, but hates banana-flavored ones.
Evan Thompson: A snot-nosed teenage monster. He caused all the trouble by making a deal with Vicky Devyne wishing all the monster kids were human.
Ray Ray's bladder control problem is metioned for the third time. It was first metioned in "The World Acording to L.A.R.P." and then again in "Meet the Parent".
The Boomfist costume Ray Ray is wearing for Halloween looks like the one from "I'll Get By with a Little Help from My Elf."
Credits: June, Monroe, and Ray Ray having a slime dinner with the Thompsons.
Halloween Costumes:
June - Elvis Presley
Jody - Princess
Roger - Werewolf/robot/Abraham Lincoln on skates
Ophelia - "Cooler than you"
Ray Ray - Boomfist
Monroe - Scotsman with tam o'shanter and kilt
Episode Plot
When June has to make multiple trades to meet Vicky's demands, it's very similar to one episode of Ed, Edd n' Eddy, where the Eds need to make several trades to get an egg for an omlette.
Monster Mother: I have a son that looks like Justin Timberlake!
Justin Timberlake is an actor/singer and was once part of the hit boy band *NSYNC.
Episode Title: It's the Great Pumpkin, Juniper Lee
A spoof of the perennial Peanuts Halloween chestnut titled It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.
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Groupware VMs for Evaluation
The Mountain View CA startup WireLoad is offering current versions of its group suites Scalix and Zimbra as virtual appliances.
WireLoad, which itself provides email and groupware services, makes the free images available on its Email Service Guide (ESG) webpage that assembles the information on the subject for customers and interested parties. WireLoad emphasizes that the virtual appliances are not yet production-ready, but can serve in evaluating the various groupware products.
The Zimba VMware image uses the newest open source version 6.03 of the groupware product. The software is installed on an Ubuntu 8.04.3 server per the official announcement. Further details on configuration and administration are on the Zimba download page.
The Scalix VM uses the community edition of the software in the current version 11.4.5, with CentOS 5.4 as its platform. Further details are on the Scalix download page.
The virtual appliance images were created with VMware Server 2 and should work with the newer VMware products such as VMware Fusion, WMware Player and VMware Workstation.
Issue 26: Linux Shell Handbook 7th Ed./Special Editions
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Mirantis to Refactor OpenStack Fuel for Kubernetes
The company is collaborating with Google and Intel to use Kubernetes as an engine for Fuel
Canonical Joins Document Foundation Advisory Board
The upcoming release of LibreOffice will be available as a snap package
SUSE Joins the Microsoft Test Drive Program
Customers can take a free test drive of SLES for HPC on the Azure Cloud
SiFive Launches a Line of Open Source Chips
San Francisco-based chip company announces their first fully open source chip platform.
Fedora 24 Released
The whole distro gets rebuilt on glibc 2.3
Canonical Announces Cross-Distro Support for Snaps
Ubuntu Vendor tries to solve app packaging and distribution problem across distributions.
ownCloud Forked
Founder of ownCloud launches the Nextcloud project.
HP Enterprise Unveils a Futuristic Computer
Will The Machine change the way future programmers think about memory?
CoreOS Announces Distributed Storage System
The new Torus distributed storage system is available under an open source license on GitHub
Google Beats Oracle in the Android Lawsuit
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I have been looking for a micro sd card to put into my Nook Color wifi.
The product instructions state that it will take a micro sd up to 32GB in size.
In looking for a micro sd card that is 32GB I find that most of them are micro sdhc. I don't know what the difference is between a micro sd and a micro sdhc. Will the micro sdhc work in the nook color?
HC is generic. Stands for High capcity. 32gb mite be overkill. I guess it depends on what you want to put on it. If your planing on doing movies then 32gb is best. For book, docs and pics, save the $$. 4 or 8gb is plenty. Prices for 32gb cards will come down in the not to distant future. JMHO


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Remembering Wild Safari Moments at Garonga
Whilst the Garonga team excitedly awaits the grand reopening of the camp and to share new safari experiences with guests, the Makalali wildlife is in full action. Since we still need to wait for a tiny bit longer before venturing … Continue reading
Garonga Revamp Kicks Off
The Garonga crew is pleased to announce that the much-anticipated camp revamp has kicked off. The construction team is tirelessly erecting new structures and assembling pillars to refresh the camp's appearance. After a couple of weeks of enthused labor the … Continue reading
The Captivating Lives of the Makalali Elephants
The Makalali concession is once again teeming with wildlife activity. From sharp-toothed predators to gracious antelope there has recently been a lot to see in this animal kingdom. Elephant sightings are a firm favourite amongst many Garonga guests. From an … Continue reading
Bush Romance and Wildlife Wonderment at Garonga
Summer is well under way in Makalali and romance is in the air. Bush weddings are one of Garonga Safari Camp's specialties. Picture standing on a raised deck in the middle of the wild African bushveld and saying 'I Do' … Continue reading
Bush Beauties – The Makalali Pride of Lions
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At a recent tech industry trade show, I came across the company Toast, and Matias Brecher. I vaguely remembered a Kickstarter campaign from 2012 with the project being a slim wooden case for smartphones. That was Matias Brecher's, and the Kickstarter funding was a success. With the amount of tech news I take in on a daily basis, I forgot about Toast. So when I finally saw the wooden case in person at the trade show, the fit and finish, I knew I had to try one.
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Roxio's Toast began as a simple way to burn optical media, CDs then DVDs; it slowly became the preferred way to do so until Apple built more reliable such functionality into its operating systems. Then, for a number of its iterations, Toast somewhat lost its way; it failed to offer features compelling enough that all but the most demanding (and loyal) users to choose it over Apple's way of doing things and that of a clutch of decent shareware apps which met most people's needs. The last two versions of Toast, however, have changed things. Now Toast 11 Titanium introduces a number of new features; and it works in ways that make it once again stand out. Toast 11 includes (from its Extras menu) the other apps, Disc Cover 3 RE, DiscCatalogMaker RE, Get Backup 2 RE, Mac2TiVo and TiVo Transfer and a new version of Spin Doctor (formerly CD Spin Doctor), but not Streamer.
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Mark Sealey is a British expatriate working and living in Southern California with his artist/writer wife, Roberta Lannes-Sealey, whom he met in 1996, when the web, she and he were much younger. Mark's interest in computers began in the the early '80s when his father suggested that, If we don't understand how to control them, they'll creep up behind us and make life unbearable. Have they? Using the venerable Acorn system until his move to the US, Mark wrote extensively about the BBC and RISC machines. He concentrated chiefly on education, music and productivity/system software; at the time Micronet and Prestel led the way for wide area networking… he published over 2,000 articles for these outlets. After graduating with a humanities degree, Mark was a teacher for 20 years until 1994 - first in Italy then the UK. Becaming increasingly attracted to the world of information technology as a major contributor to children's learning and development, he eventually moved to editing the UK's chief journals in the educational computing. He has always enjoyed freelance reviewing, consulting, editing and writing. When he moved to the US, he was fortunate enough to find full time employment at a major arts non-profit as a software engineer; though it's doubtful if there's a single skill which he was originally hired to use that's still in daily use. Mark is also a composer of chamber and orchestral music, music critic, a published poet, photographer and environmentalist with an enthusiasm for fitness, vegan nutrition and long distance running. He is now convinced that only humans' humility can save our planet.
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Roxio Toast 8 Titanium
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Price: $79.99 ($59.99 with $20 mail-in rebate)
Previous owners can upgrade for $59.99 (provided you have a copy of Toast 7, Jam 6 or Popcorn 1 on your computer)
The last time I used Toast was version 4.2 and I was pleased with it then. Checking out Toast 8 is like going back home after being away for a long time. It's nice to settle back down with something that's familiar and doesn't cause problems. While changes have been made, they're good changes and one will readily adapt to them rather quickly.
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Clinton was the Nanny State champion incarnate--the person who taught tens of millions of Americans to look to government for relief from every irritation of daily life--from child safety car seats to unpasteurized cider to leaky basements. Clinton's perennial message was that people should trust political action far more than the voluntary efforts of individuals to improve their own lives.Bovard, a frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal, occasionally goes overboard--"Clinton sees government revenue as the source of all progress and all justice" and "Clinton exploited and expanded the dictatorial potential of the U.S. presidency." Yet he expertly marshals evidence to support his thesis that "no aspect of Americans' lives was too arcane for federal intervention" during the Clinton years. He notes that the average two-earner family's total tax burden rose three times faster than inflation, that the IRS has collected tens of billions of dollars in wrongful penalties and taxes not owed, and that the Justice Department has seized more than $600 million in private property, even though "the vast majority of people whose property is seized by federal agents are never formally charged with a crime." Bovard also takes extended looks at AmeriCorps, affirmative action, the war on drugs, agriculture policy, Waco, and more--and at every turn he sees an unmitigated calamity. His chapter on disaster relief is especially good, showing how the Federal Emergency Management Agency is "determined to spend tax dollars to rescue citizens, regardless of how irresponsible or negligent they have been and regardless of whether they have requested help." Bovard is an upscale, libertarian version of bestselling author Martin L. Gross, and Feeling Your Pain will appeal to readers interested in muckraking accounts of the welfare state and its blunders. --John J. Miller --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Colin O'Donoghue
Colin O'Donoghue: Colin O'Donoghue was born January 26, 1981 in Drogheda, County Louth, in Ireland. He knew from a young age that he wanted to be an actor and attended The Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin. At 16, O'Donoghue went to Paris for a month to learn the French language. Many North American's many not know Colin O'Donoghue because he works mostly out of the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Unless you are a fan of the popular Showtime Hit Series The Tudors; that is, where O'Donoghue appears as Duke Philip of Bavaria in Season 3 … And by the way; if you're not, you should be, it's a highly recommended by me, and features many, many, many hot guys and girls alike.
Where was I? Oh yes, my ode to Colin O'Donoghue. He has these light blue eyes that only can be compared to the color of the ocean on a sunny day. Yes, I know it sounds incredibly cheesy; but ironically, the girl that, for the most part, gets down and dirty, tells it how it is, and describes how she wants to rip the clothes of her fantasy ForgiveMeList inductees, has a soft side, and when I look into this guy's eyes, my heart melts. Pretty incredible for an actor to have such a photogenic appeal. Ian Somerhalder has that same kind of appeal for me; and about 50 million other women. 😛 I also mentioned earlier he's Irish, and as I've said in earlier blog posts, I've got a thing for Irish guys, and for bad boys in particular. Now I don't know from his photos if he has that particular bad boy quality, but he is an actor after all, so I'm sure something could be arranged, and after all, it's my fantasy; so it can be anything I want anyways right? So I'm going to imagine that Colin O'Donoghue is my Irish, dark haired, mysterious bad boy, hot, sexy, dark, deep, and he is definitely on my ForgiveMeList now; thank you to a good friend for pointing this guy out to me, so my search continues, as I'm sure yours will as well; who will be next on your ForgiveMeList?


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Book your room at Ramada Mitchell Hotel and Conference Center
Get an overview of this hotelFamily-friendly hotel with free breakfast and free airport shuttle
This family-friendly Mitchell hotel is located in a rural location, within 1 mi (2 km) of Dakota Wesleyan University and Dakota Discovery Museum. Corn Palace and Valtiroty Shiloh's Tabernacle are also within 3 mi (5 km).
Hotel Features
A restaurant, an indoor pool, and a fitness center are available at this smoke-free hotel. Free continental breakfast is provided, as well as free WiFi in public areas, free self parking, and a free airport shuttle. Additionally, a bar/lounge, a spa tub, and a sauna are onsite.
Room Amenities
All 122 rooms offer free WiFi, room service, and TVs with cable channels. Free weekday newspapers, free local calls, and ironing boards are among the other amenities that guests will find.Would you like to give us feedback? Share it! Opens in a new window
Ramada Mitchell Hotel and Conference Center1525 W Havens Street Mitchell SD 57301
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Hotel Amenities
In addition to an indoor pool and a children's pool, Ramada Mitchell Hotel and Conference Center provides a spa tub and a sauna. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access.
This 3-star property offers access to a business center and meeting rooms. Event facilities measuring 14254 square feet (1324 square meters) include conference space. This family-friendly hotel also offers a fitness center, multilingual staff, and gift shops/newsstands. A roundtrip airport shuttle is complimentary to guests (available on request). Complimentary self parking is available on site.
Ramada Mitchell Hotel and Conference Center is a smoke-free property.
- 24-hour front desk
- Free airport transportation
- ATM/banking
- Bar/lounge
- Business center
- Children's pool
- Conference space
- Conference space size (feet) - 14254
- Conference space size (meters) - 1324
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Fitness facilities
- Free breakfast
- Free RV, bus, truck parking
- Free self parking
- Free WiFi
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Indoor pool
- Laundry facilities
- Meeting rooms 11
- Multilingual staff
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Number of floors - 2
- Number of meeting rooms - 7
- Porter/bellhop
- Restaurant
- RV, bus, truck parking
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Sauna
- Smoke-free property
- Spa tub
- Total number of rooms - 122
Family Friendly Amenities
- Children's pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Indoor pool
- Laundry facilities
- Rollaway/extra beds available
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking, RV, bus, truck parking, Free RV, bus, truck parking
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Cable TV service
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Free toiletries
- Free weekday newspaper
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Cribs/infant beds (surcharge)
- Daily housekeeping
- Desk
- Free local calls
- Free WiFi
- Iron/ironing board
- Phone
- Premium TV channels
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Room service
- Room service (limited hours)
- Television
Where to Eat
Guests are offered a complimentary continental breakfast each morning.
Shays - This restaurant specializes in American cuisine and serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. A children's menu is available.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
An indoor pool, a children's pool, and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a sauna and a fitness center.
- Golfing nearby
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 10.00 per pet, per stay
- Dogs only
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: USD 6.95 per person (approximately)
- Pet fee: USD 10.00 per pet, per stay
- Crib (infant bed) fee: USD 10.00 per stay
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 10.00 per stay
Hotel Name
- Ramada Mitchell
- Ramada Mitchell Hotel
We should mention
This property offers transfers from the airport. Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.


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Toxoplasmosis: Toxoplasmosis is a disease caused by the Toxoplasma gondii parasite. Symptoms are flu-like and may last for a few weeks. Severe infections may cause seizures, brain impairments, eye problems, and even death. Pyrimethamine, sulfadiazine, and folinic acid are used to treat most patients with toxoplasmosis.
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A total of 15 people face offenses on the Aug. 6 Dothan City Jail report.
Those booked, came in to the jail between the evening of Monday, Aug. 5 and the morning of of Tuesday, Aug. 6.
Offenses on the report include assault/harassment, resisting arrest and criminal trespassing.
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Cooking fancy food at home takes time, talent and the ability to come up with a plausible lie when the pressure cooker explodes and flies through a neighbour's window. Leave gastronomic goodness to the experts with today's Groupon for Le Gourmand in Richmond:
- $29 for a food platter for two people plus a glass of wine each ($85 value)
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With a focus on simplicity and quality, Le Gourmand lets diners indulge in delicious epicurean fare from across the world in relaxed and contemporary surrounds. Pair up and head into the intimate wine bar-inspired setting and tuck into a delicious platter of choice. Groupies can choose to chomp on six cheeses from the Fromagerie, served with caramelised apple puree, dried fig paste, grapes and a selection of breads; or, instead opt for the charcuterie board, featuring six meat picks, homemade mustard fruits, beetroot relish, cornichons and bread. There's also the option to enjoy a bit of both, with the meat and cheese board. Each guest gets a glass of wine to wash down the goodness. Those desiring more deliciousness can upgrade their pecking package and add a filling degustation to the feast, selecting any six dishes on offer, such as grilled chorizo with roast capsicum and sherry vinegar; sweet paprika and gruyere croquettes with basil pesto; or fried camembert with tomato and sweet chilli jam. Take another step to total indulgence and add a dessert tasting plate to the mouth-watering mix, which features six yummy treats, along with tea and coffee, and a bottle of Italian Tormaresca Neprica Cabernet Sauvignon or Tormaresca I.G.T Chardonnay.
Located at the river end of Bridge Road in Richmond, the cosy Le Gourmand offers a simple design and unpretentious ambience for guests to relax in. The team focus all their energy on delivering the best quality food and wine from around the globe, working hard to ensure all visits are memorable.


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Residents in Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood are exasperated by what some are calling the neighborhood dump.
"It's disgusting. It's overflowing with junk. Just about the most hideous thing I've seen," said one neighbor who did not want her name used.
She is referring to an old home on the 6400 block of Carleton Avenue South, where they say somebody moved into the boarded up, vacant residence over the Fourth of July weekend and started discarding mounds of junk and garbage in the yard.
Neighbors say they've called the police several times to report problems at the home, and are concerned the current occupant or occupants are living there illegally. They say they've seen what may be squatters coming and going, and have witnessed one serious domestic violence assault.
Residents have also filed a complaint with the Department of Planning and Development, asking the city to address concerns about the mounds of junk, the possibility there's no water or electricity, and possible unlawful home occupancy.
A city spokesperson says that complaint's been received and an inspector will likely visit the property in the next 48 hour.
The city will determine whether the home is occupied. If it's deemed vacant, city workers will lock or board up the house on behalf of the lender.
A man who spoke from the other side of the door said he is the grandson of the owners who passed away. He said he's sorry for upsetting his neighbors and will clean up the mess.
Neighbors who have spoken to the man say he claims the bank owns the home now and he's trying to clean it out.
Some residents say they have felt intimidated trying to communicate with the mystery occupant.
"I don't know if I'm walking by on the sidewalk with my three-year-old, like, what's going to happen," says John Persak. "Is it just a regular house like one of my other neighbors, or is this person going to come out and threaten me because I'm talking to you guys or I've called the authorities."


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#107 Nov 18, 2010
I saw that post and when I heard it just nowon live iI was floored..now his posts are gone.. should someone tell the police??
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#109 Nov 18, 2010
The forum mods on here were even deleting my posts that suggested the bodies were in a hollowed out tree.....wow.
#110 Nov 18, 2010
I pray the angels were with them. I ask myself a hundred times, why? Why did this maniac come into their lives, why? Why did this maniac do this, why? Why were their lives cut short, why? Why, I ask myself, this could not have been that what they had to accomplish was finished and thus the end, why? It makes me angry and very sad and wonder why? What redeeming value does this maniac have and why is he still breathing and living? The maniac who did this is "evil", not sick or mental, "evil". He needs to confess to the crimes, plead guilty and ask to be punished. He needs to explain all the details, plead for forgiveness and pray for his salvation, and explain why? If he doesn't know why, admit to himself and others that he is an evil doer. Don't plead for mercy, plead for death and hope and pray the state complies to his request. This is horror, true evil, Let us all pray for the young survivor.
#111 Nov 18, 2010
I don't think anyone else was involved. I believe that he held the girl hostage to get the others to do what he wanted. Also, I think he was in the home after he kidnapped them. I believe something scared him off or Sarah would not be with us today. But these things are just my thoughts on the matter.They may even find evidence where they were all in his home, yet.I am wondering yet whether the blood found was human or animal blood.
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#112 Nov 18, 2010
my heart goes out too this family for what they have lost i hope and pray that the living child can find peace one day this person didnt have to do this i hope he get everthing he has comming if not more
#114 Nov 18, 2010
I cannot believe they found them in a hollowed out tree and thats what catfish billy was saying. Wow, that's scary. RIP angels.
#115 Nov 18, 2010
If God loved any of us stuff like this wouldn't happen. Justify it anyway you want, "he NEEDED them in heaven,etc." or all the other excuses you bible beaters make.
#116 Nov 18, 2010
Sad day. I feel so bad for that little girl, and the rest of the family. Thank goodness they found her when they did. RIP
#117 Nov 18, 2010
I'm getting sick and tired of hearing about things like this. This guy does not deserve to live. He deserves to have the remainder of his short life spent in excruciating pain and misery until his body finally shuts down. Then he should be cremated and flushed down a port-a-potty. **** weirdo.
#118 Nov 18, 2010
I have been following this story and prayed that they would still be alive. RIP. I pray that that man suffers for what he's done to that family.
#119 Nov 18, 2010
No shyt! Catfish Billy hit it right on the nose. I looked on the previous board and found someone who quoted him (the original post had been deleted). That's some freaky shyt mayne.
#121 Nov 18, 2010
This POS Matthew Hoffman shows us the boogeyman does exist, they prey on women,elderly, children and the weak. He and people like him are the reason I have guns all over my house. I am so sorry this poor little girl had to go through this and lost her family and family friend.
My prayers are with the family and friends.
#122 Nov 18, 2010
His ex-girlfriend said that he thinks that she killed her two dogs when she was out. He lied and said that he gave one away and said that the other one ran away. However, she saw pics of a different outcome on his cell phone.
Wouldn't be surprised at all if he killed the dog right off the bat.
Sick people like this seem to keep souveniers of there exploits sometimes. Maybe he has pics of his brutality on his cell phone or computer.
#124 Nov 18, 2010
Or he has had his eyes on the girl for awhile and got tired of waiting to try and get her alone so he went to drastic measure to get what he wanted? We won't know until they make an announcement but that is what my gut is saying. Pervs will do whatever they need to do to get their fix.
What you said about the blood makes me wonder as well.
#125 Nov 18, 2010
RIP angels. my heart goes out to all the families and the knox county community. hoffman needs to be fried. simple as that. if anybody sees anything "out of the ordinary" in their community, please say something. I know everybody has a problem with a grown **** man sitting in a tree staring at people and wanting to build a tree house. He needs to be tied up in a plastic bag and put in a hollowed out tree; just like he did his victims!! what is wrong with this world that we live in?
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#127 Nov 18, 2010
Boys & Girls you can quit the talk about Old Sparky or the needle. Only hope is same thing happens to him like happened to Dahmer in prison.
You don't get 3 bodies handed to you without taking the death penalty off the table. It's all they had to "deal" with.
You can bet they were dismembered to a degree and died a horrible death now we get to feed house and cloth and provide legal and medical services to Hoffman for the years he lives. He will even be able to get a degree on the taxpayers of Ohio.
It just ain't right ..........
By the way Catfish Billy was right and we should all worry about him ..
#128 Nov 18, 2010
Sounds to me like they should be seeing if maybe he might have committed anymore murders, perhaps unsolved around Ohio or other states close by. Killing animals is usually a sign of graduating to serial killing. They said he aslo killed other small animals on the news.
#129 Nov 18, 2010
This is so sad, I feel really bad now, I was getting ready to head that way tomorrow to help search for them. My thoughts and prayers are with their family. I hope the guy who did it is put on death row. Normally I don't believe in it, but in this case I do.
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NEW YORK—A senior executive at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. defended the Wall Street giant's controversial debt swap with Greece in an appearance before a U.K. Treasury committee that is exploring the issue of firms considered too big to fail.
Gerald Corrigan, the former president and chief executive of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York who is now one of Goldman's managing directors, said that after reviewing the issue over the past few days, "it is clear to me that there is nothing inappropriate and it was in conformity with existing rules and procedures" at that time.
He said the securities did produce a "rather small, but not insignificant" reduction in Greece's ratio of debt to gross domestic product in 2000 and 2001. He noted that European Union debt-reporting rules were modified in 2007, which could suggest that the prior policies may have been "too liberal."
He added that Goldman Sachs isn't the only bank that has been involved with these types of deals.
Goldman initially set up a series of currency "swap" trades for Greece, enabling the country to use favorable exchange rates to record some of its debts. By 2001, when those rates had become unattractive, Goldman helped Greece structure a different trade that enabled the government to continue using advantageous rates for accounting purposes. That second, controversial deal helped mask the true level of Greece's indebtedness until recently.
Goldman has said the deals let Greece lower its foreign denominated debt in euro terms by €2.37 billion ($3.22 billion) and decreased Greece's debt as a percentage of gross domestic product to 103.7% from 105.3%.
Mr. Corrigan, who is chairman of Goldman Sachs Bank USA and is co-chairman of the Firmwide Risk Management Committee, also told the Treasury committee that he is "not allergic" to structural reform to the financial system, but "we have to be careful if we embark on [that] course because we don't have a genuine measure of success."
If structural overhaul chases all risk out of the core of the financial system, then "are we better off or not if we have simply pushed risk off on to the near-bank sector?" he said.
In a 16-page prepared statement that accompanied his hour-long appearance before the committee, he suggested changes, including creating a systemic regulator, increasing capital and liquidity requirements for banks, and setting up better international coordination on issues.
Overhauls should be passed in a "reasonable period of time," Mr. Corrigan said in his prepared remarks, but he said he doesn't believe that a "major restructuring of the financial system" is needed.
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Breaking: Casey Anthony Escorted Out In Handcuffs
UPDATE: Casey Anthony made a brief appearance before a judge in Orange County, Florida this morning (Saturday). She was silent, and her attorney Jose Baez was at her side. The judge affirmed her $3000 bond on several charges of economic fraud. Casey, however, will NOT be bonding out today. Last night, Bounty hunter Leonard Padilla and his bail-bondsman nephew revoked the $500,000 bond they put up allowing Casey to leave jail for house-arrest at her parents' home. That bond was set when Casey was originally arrested on charges of child neglect and lying to authorities. She remains the only person of interest in the disappearance of her 3 year old daughter Caylee, approximately 45 days ago.
Casey Anthony, mom of missing toddler Caylee Anthony, has just been led handcuffed from her parents' house in Orlando, Florida (8:30 pm. ET). A limited-immunity deal was on the table for the missing tot's mom, but sources now say she has been arrested with new charges, possibly murder, possibly theft/white collar crimes relating to money Casey had stolen from friends and family. She has been taken to jail.
DNA tests run on the trunk of her car were released this week, and were matches with 3 year old Caylee's. University Of Tennessee's Body Farm also did air-sampling that confirmed a decomposing body had been in the trunk of the car. The forensic results have been damning, and unfortunately point to the likelihood that little Caylee is dead.
Yuri Melich, lead detective on the case, was one of the men who escorted the handcuffed Casey into a waiting police vehicle. Six or more marked cars arrived at the house while a protest was being held outside. Initially, reporters thought the police were there to disperse the protesters. It soon became evident that they were there for Casey. Her attorney, José Baez was not visibly present, indicating that the police were not there to cut a deal. Casey, as usual, was stonefaced. The crowd was cheering.
A sheriff's press conference is due shortly. RAW VIDEO OF CASEY'S RE-ARREST HERE. Update: WVTV is reporting that Orange County sheriff's deputies arrived at the Anthony family home Friday evening and arrested Casey Anthony on charges of forgery, theft and using fraudulent information. The charges stem from allegations Casey took money, possibly from family or friends. "She had used names and checks in an account that didn't belong to her," said Capt. Angelo Nieves of the Orange County Sheriff's Office. Anthony was being held on a $3,000 bond Friday night. The sheriff's press conference said Casey is due to appear in court tomorrow morning at 11:30 am ET. The formal charges are Uttering a Forged Instrument, Fraudulent Use of Personal Information and Petty Theft.
Crimes Against Fashion: Katy Perry & The Trannycats Edition
Betty Boop called and wants her Christmas outfit back, Katy. Miz girl-kisser joined the blindness-inducing Pussycat Dolls on the Today Show this morning. Jesse McCartney is squeezing his buttcheeks as hard as he can 'cuz being the meat in a Trannycat sandwich is effin' SCARY! Katy thinks they are REAL girls, hence the oblivious smile. If you wanna see a real girl group with real girls, Katy, check out Girls Aloud! The best way to spot the counterfeits is to study the genuine…just like bank tellers do. See, it works!
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Jamie Lynn Spears? Kick The Man-Ho Out!
Snarkista's told you what a poor excuse for a man Casey Aldridge, father of Jamie Lynn Spear's baby is. Not long ago, Casey got popped in the press for cheating on Jamie Lynn with a MUCH older woman while she was pregnant. Now, ANOTHER slut has come forward, and this one cashed a check from the National Enquirer.
20 year old "beauty queen" Andrea Revels went to school with Casey, and says she's been screwing around with him for 4 years. Andrea says that:
"Casey is a womanizer and a player who can't keep it in his pants. Casey hit on me every time he saw me…He threw himself on me and foolishly we ended up making love almost every time. During our romance, Casey was sleeping with as many as four other girls besides Jamie Lynn. All Casey can think about is the next person he's going to have sex with.â€
Is Casey Aldridge the only man in Kentwood, Louisiana? 'Cuz he's screwing the whole frickin' town. Snarkista said they need to check the crazy-juice levels in the water supply, but holy crap! Andrea helpfully confirmed what we all know to be true…that Casey's only in it for the Spears cash. What a royal asshat.
Jamie Lynn's been rumored to be having second thoughts about marrying the idiot, and if she goes through with it after THIS bombshell, she deserves what she gets. Get him the hell out of the house, Jamie Lynn, and use his public cheating to minimize any cash he tries to squeeze out of you. Lawyer-up with someone who DOESN'T advertise on billboards and cut your losses while you can.
Sarah Palin To Be McCain's VP: A Maverick Picked By A Maverick
"The women of America aren't finished yet, and we can shatter that glass ceiling once and for all." -Republican VP Nominee Governor Sarah Palin
Tough, smart, gorgeous and making history! Alaska Governer Sarah Palin is going to be John McCain's Vice Presidential pick, edging out Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, Tom Ridge and others. Fox News confirmed the pick from inside the McCain campaign and the official announcement is due shortly.
Sarah's a marathoner, former sportscaster, hockey player, mother of five…and a very sharp cookie. She was elected Alaska's youngest and first woman governor in 2006. Sarah and husband Todd Palin have five children: boys Track, 19, and Trig, 4 months, and daughters Bristol, 17, Willow, 13, and Piper, 7. Track Palin joined the Army last September and will deploy to Iraq on Sept. 11. Governor Palin gave birth to Trig, who has Down syndrome, in April.
Palin, 44, has an 80% popularity rating in Alaska…they absolutely adore her. Sarah flies commercial, drives her own Jetta, and has saved the state of Alaska hundreds of thousands of dollars in travel costs. She's known for working with both sides of the aisle, taking on her OWN party on many issues, and being fiscally conservative.
More details as they come, and congratulations to Governor Palin!! Women everywhere have scored a BIG one today, and McCain has managed to pull off the biggest surprise of the campaign!
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Victoria Beckham Needs A Bath
Horf! Victoria Beckham stepped out the other night with an undesirable accessory…filthy ears. Nasty! The Posh one IS usually pretty shiny and in dire need of powdering, but this is just nauseating.
Miz Becks also effed up her self-tanner and ended up looking like a creamsicle. Not the best look for the aspiring fashionista. Vicki? When the papz are snapping your EVERY move you'd best check it good before you step out. Q-tip PLEASE, and hurry!
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Jessica Simpson In Ontario: Worse Than A Train Wreck
Ouch. Jessica Simpson's concert in Ontario Wednesday night is getting SLAMMED by the critics. Called "bizarre" and more like a "therapy session", the show did not go over well at all. John Law of the Niagra Falls Review says:
"It might be unfair calling Jessica Simpson's show at the Avalon Ballroom Wednesday a train wreck — at some point, a train knows where it's going,"
Ha! Law said that Jessica's ongoing banter with the audience was quite uncomfortable, especially when Jessica declared her farts smell like roses. Classy! Critics say she acts like she's still living in a reality show. She obviously she hasn't grown any more brain cells.
Jessica botched the revered Dusty Springfield's name by calling her "Destiny", and then proceeded to botch Dusty's classic Son of A Preacher Man. Which happens to be one of Snarkista's FAVE songs. Unconscionable! Jessica's turned herself into Ellie Mae Clampett wardrobe-wise, but all the daisy-dukes in the world won't hide the fact that she can't carry a concert.
Jessica better clam up about Tony Romo too. She yammers on about him in concert, and she's on the cover of People this week pulling an Aniston about their relationship. Bad move…a potential nail in the coffin. Time to re-read The Rules, Simpson! Snarkista assumes you CAN read. Guys may laugh at your farts, but they don't wanna marry them. Blabbing about your relationship so publicly is ASKING for your man to turn and run. Hit the brakes, girl, or you'll be singing "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" back in spinster-land.
Ali Lohan: Not A Supermodel.
What the eff is Supermodels magazine? Obviously it is SO elite that no one Snarkista knows has ever seen it. This would explain why Ali Lohan is gracing it's cover…if one wants to put it that way. Those America's Next Top Models (and Tila Tequila?!) in the collage are PISSED at Dina Lohan for paying Ali's way in. Lindsay's pissed that Ali's not wearing her insane legging collection.
Ali poses about as well as a John Casablancas reject, and those hos will take anyone. 'Cuz you have to pay THEM rather than the genuine supermodel way where the model GETS paid. This shizz is almost as fug as Heidi Montag's new video. Almost. Ali wins ONLY because she's not singing and the pics aren't blurry. Thank God this won't be staring back at us from the magazine racks, but Dina has PLENTY of copies if you want one.


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Going on a vacation in Florida - Titusville area are there any WLing gyms in the area
Any insight on this would be greatly appreciated. I'd love to get a few training sessions in before I hop on a Disney Cruise and eat myself into oblivian.
All the best,
Born and raised in Titusville... Its a pretty small Florida town so not a whole lot there. The closest I think would be Harbor City Crossfit in Melbourne or Crossfit Evolution in Longwood. Unfortunately just not a lot out there.
Arden, All you got do is say when and I will meet you over at Harbor City or even like Justin said Leo's place is about 45 minutes to an hour away from Titusville.
Let me know when you will be in the area.
Plenty of gators to wrestle down there....best part, you can cook them up afterwards.
Crappppp!!!!! :D
I'm home now, but here's my story.
So I get to Titusville last Saturday. We're getting on the Disney Wonder on Sunday, so no workout Saturday. Gotta spend some time with the in-laws. Before I left, I had managed to call Harbor Crossfit for a session on Friday night (February 27). The Melbourne Weightlifting Club has a site and I found it through the USAW. I was psyched. I packed all my stuff (shoes, straps, rehbands, etc.) into my workout bag and had my session all planned out. It's rare that I get to train with other olympic lifting ethusiasts so I get all anxious and stuff.
So we go on the cruise, I take my gym bad with me because the Wonder has a moderate facility with dumbells up to 65lbs and a slew of machines. I worked out two to three hours a day every day. It was kinda odd having "bodypart" days like I did, what seems like, eons ago. I had my gym bad with me. I put my Addistars on for one session - I did dumbell overhead squats and a bunch of drops which brought some odd looks from the older folk in the fitness area.
Again, I was giddy with anticipation of going to Harbor Crossfit for some serious lifting. Wife said I could go for "as long as" I "wanted." I had my spike energy drink, protein, shaker bottles, etc. waiting for at the in-laws for when I got off the boat. I had my shoes, rehbands, and straps with me. In hindsight I don't know what I was thinking bringing all that stuff with me, but I thought "what the hey, I could find a barbell in Nausau, you never know?"
Anyway, we pack our stuff up Wednesday Night to get off the boat on Thursday morning. My gym bag was included in with my stuff. Handed it to the porter. Had two name tags on it. It's an under armor baseball bat bag because I keep my axe handles in it that I take to the gym and swing between sets. And, yes, I had my axe handles in it for the entire trip (but I only swung it when I had the fitness area to myself 0n a few nights - mostly swung it on the balcony in our room for fear of scaring the locals). It also has that nice gym bag smell. You guys and gals know what I'm talking about; for anyone who has TK bands or rehbands that are stuffed into a gym bag post workout and then removed at home to "air out"; there are some remnants of nasty that leak over into the bag itself. Yeah, that's my bag.
Anyway, so I get off the boat on Thursday morning and all our bags are there, except my freaking gym bag. I was pissed. Wait. I was beyond pissed. I could have likely eaten someone's luggage I was so angry. I'm a pretty big dude that looks a little scary until he smiles; I didn't smile until about 4 hours after I went through customs. YOu could have fried an egg on my head. My thought was how in the blue hell could they have lost my stinky gym bag from the 8th floor of that ship to the 1000 feet where we picked up our luggage?
Anyway, after seven calls to Disney's lost and found, and over 36 hours later, Disney figured out my bag was with a happy family in New Hampshire. My guess is a porter got confused when some father through him a $50 to get "their bags" and he accidently threw my stinky black bat bag in with the families. It then somehow managed to get itself on a plane (and past the dogs, which must have turned away) and to New Hampshire. Hell, I didn't even know New Hampshire had a major airport. Every time I've flown that direction, I ended up in Boston and got a rental car. ..... I'm still sorta angry about it, can't ya tell?
I'm home now. Got home yesterday around 1:30 p.m. And I still don't have my gym bag. But it's suppossed to be at my office tomorrow morning. .....
ah... the saga of my stinky gym bag and my weightlifting paraphanalia. Oh, and I didn't get my workout at Harbor Crossfit. Instead I went to the Parrish Fitness complex and did power cleans with the slickest bar I've ever used and with absolutely no chalk. And I did those cleans, cleans and presses, front squats, and conventional deads in a new pair of "off the wall" low top vans that weren't too bad. But they were NOT addistars.
Perhaps next February, if all works out? We always take the same vacation. But next year, I'm getting more than one "possible" session.;)
all the best,
Thats a great story ha
Not that your ordeal wasn't crappy, but can you imagine showing up to the world championships and finding that your bag with your shoes and belt were lost in transit? Kakhi Kakhiasvili had this happen to him one year, I think it was 1997, not sure though. But I have a vid of him training in flip flops, evidently he was forced to do his last couple of days training in the only shoes he had, sandals. That would be stressful. On the vid I believe he cleans and powerjerks 220 in the sandals. They did find his bag and get his shoes to him in time for the competition, which he won.
I'm not exactly sure what axe handles look like, but simply going off the name and the swinging activity you described, I assume they resemble an axe in some way... and this guy got them through airport security? What the hell? We're getting lazy again.
Personally, I would feel much safer on a plane if I knew Arden was sitting in the back with his Axe handles. In fact this might be the answer to the airport security question... why even worry about screening other passengers for things like knives, scissors, etc if youve got a guy like Arden with a couple of axe handles aboard? In a contest between a terrorist with a knife and Arden with a big long piece of wood, my money is on Arden!
Sorry to hear the ordeal. But I am confident that you and the family had a great cruise!
Seriously that is some funny crap! I could have smelled that bag from 50 feet away if those rehbands are anything as funky as mine!
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Sarah Palin cares not for thuggish left wingers
We've finally uncovered Sarah Palin's dirty secret. She
hated the Minnesota North Stars.
Deadspin unearthed this gem of Palin, then known as Sarah Heath, doing the sports report for KTUU-TV in Anchorage, Alaska. If you forward to the 2:09 mark of the video, Palin unloads into the North Stars who were the NHL's worst team in 1987-88 but were one of the league's most penalized squads:
So with all her other issues that have been brought up, Palin now must accept the nomination as the Republic Party's candidate with her intolerance for rough and tumble left winger Basil McRae in front of a hostile group of Minnesota hockey fans in Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn.
We can't help but wonder if her anti-Richard Zemlak stance was fully disclosed to John McCain's people when they initially approached her for the position.
-The Penguins' roster on their Web site has a few changes to some jersey numbers. Mark Eaton is now No. 7 instead of No. 3. Jeff Taffe is now No. 22 instead of No. 38. And Alex Goligoski is now No. 13 instead of No. 67.
-Are the Penguins in a better position now than they were last summer?
-Someone with the NHL cares not for Penguins-themed lamps.
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Mary O. McCarthy was dismissed on Thursday, accused of leaking classified information about secret CIA prisons in Eastern Europe.
Robert Siegel talks with former CIA employee Melissa Boyle Mahle about morale and ethics at the agency.
After Mahle left the agency in 2002, she wrote a book called Denial and Deception: An Insider's View of the CIA from Iran-Contra to 9/11, which was published earlier this year.
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Is there an application that can give me mouse gestures across all programs on Windows 7? I'm aware of StrokeIt, but it seems to have some nasty bugs on 64-bit versions of Windows. (Or maybe it's just mine, I don't know, but it crashed a lot last time I used it.)
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When did you last try Strokeit? There is a new version available, works like a charm on my Windows 7 x64.
StrokesPlus is very similar to StrokeIt, but more powerful. It comes in 32-bit and 64-bit versions. One thing with StrokeIt is you can't launch 64-bit native Windows apps like Task Manager or Calculator, it instead opens the 32-bit version.
StrokesPlus also has mouse/key modifiers and many other advanced features, though the actions are in Lua script instead of GUI elements...so there's a trade-off between ease of setup and power/flexibility.
I built StrokesPlus from the ground up in native C++ (no hefty MFC or .NET runtimes required) primarily due to StrokeIt's developer not keeping his app up-to-date or addressing user requests. So yes, I'm quite biased, but StrokesPlus is freeware, so I'm not really getting anything special out of this =)
There is also new mouse gestures application called Just Gestures which is also available for 64-Bit windows. It's very intuitive but still allows more advanced users to create complex actions and custom gestures. Moreover it introduces Rocker gestures (but called Double Button gesture) and gestures performed by pressing mouse button and moving with wheel.
Are you aware of all of the native Windows 7 mouse gestures? Shaking a window by its toolbar will minimize other windows for example.


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FREDERICK, Md. - Scientists from the National Interagency Confederation for Biological Research recently presented findings on cutting-edge genomics and bioinformatics research on Dec. 12, 2012 at the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research Advanced Technology Research Facility. Genomics and the related bioinformatics sciences focus on analysis of nucleic acids (DNA and RNA) as they affect genes associated with cancer and infectious microorganisms. This NICBR symposium, part of a series of forums initiated by the NICBR Scientific Interactions Subcommittee, was facilitated by Nick Bergman, Senior Principal Investigator of Genomics at the Department of Homeland Security-National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center and Bob Stephens, Director of the Bioinformatics Support Group, part of the Advanced Biomedical Computing Center at the FNLCR.
"The field of genomics has evolved very quickly, with advances in sequencing technology and bioinformatics methods driving new approaches to biological problems," said Bergman.
During the opening session, Stephens said that this is an opportunity for sharing experiences, stimulating discussions on current work, and identifying new and useful approaches in genomics and bioinformatics.
The symposium included seven presentations by scientists from NICBR agencies, including theDHS, National Institutes of Health, FNLCR, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Naval Medical Research Center. Other speakers included representatives from The Johns Hopkins University, Pacific Biosciences, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Beginning sessions included a talk by research fellow, Xin Zheng (NIH), on identifying therapeutic targets for the fungal pathogen called Pneumocystis through DNA sequencing and another from NCI research fellow, Hui Yang (FNL), who shared her findings on links between DNA sequence patterns called 'palindromes' and certain cancers.
Later, Kim Bishop-Lilly, scientist at the NMRC, presented a poster on genomics and bioinformatics strategies for field operations, and Steve Schroeder, from the USDA Agricultural Research Service, presented a poster and a talk on beef cattle genomics.
The symposium wrapped up with bioinformatics discussions by Sergey Koren (NBACC) on DNA sequence assembly strategies using computational methods, and Todd Treangen (NBACC), who described the cutting-edge computational tools he uses to reassemble DNA sequences. He said that identifying microorganisms from the DNA found in a mass of environmental material was like piecing together wood chips to form the recognizable trees of a forest. Each presentation stimulated a variety of questions and discussions on how it related to or could potentially influence other lines of research.


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I dont like that fact that you have hyperlinked the download. Why don't you put a link that redirects them to my deviation.
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Babble Talk - Food Rules by Michael PollanWhit Honea
Author Michael Pollan was kind enough to provide Babble with some family food tips from his new book Food Rules.
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Why The Obama Foreign Donation 'Scandal' Is Pure Fiction
Despite significant right-wing hype, a new report by the conservative Government Accountability Institute (GAI) on the potential for foreign nationals to illegally contribute to U.S. political campaigns does not actually find any evidence of foreign nationals successfully donating to the Obama campaign. Still, a wide array of conservative and mainstream publications have incorrectly reported that the report documents foreign donors giving to the President's re-election.
The GAI (not to be confused with the Government Accountability Office) details in its report America the Vulnerable: Are Foreign and Fraudulent Online Campaign Contributions Influencing U.S. Elections? that because candidates now raise money on the Internet and the Internet allows foreigners to access U.S. websites, it is easier than ever for non-Americans in foreign countries to donate to political candidates. The Daily Beast published a shorter version of the report, titled "The Illegal-Donor Loophole". The authors note that a wide variety of candidates — Democrats and Republicans — face this concern.
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Using a collection of online research tools, the Government Accountability Institute analyzed a portion of the foreign links that lead to the Obama campaign website, my.barackobama.com. The Institute found a wide variety of instances in which apparent foreign nationals either received solicitation emails or posted links to my.barackobama.com.
GAI then notes nine examples of foreign bloggers and bloggers in foreign countries — who may or may not be U.S. citizens — who have posted email solicitations or links to a "donate to Obama" page on their blogs. Only one, a Norwegian blogger named Gaupefot, claims to have actually donated to Obama. The blogger's unverified claim, written in Norwegian, also appears to claim that the CIA funds the Norwegian Labour Party.
The GAI also notes that people from other countries often visit campaign websites and that an array of cyber-squatters have purchased domains that sound like political websites and link them often to legitimate campaign websites. These are even more often visited by users outside of the United States. It also claims that because Obama's campaign site — and 211 Members of Congress — use a verification system for credit card contributions that does not include asking for a three-digit security code (Card Verification Value), these sites are potentially at greater risk for fraud.
The Obama campaign website, in fact, requires all donors to acknowledge that "I am a United States citizen or a lawfully admitted permanent resident of the United States," before donating. Additionally, the Obama for America (OFA) campaign notes, "Though not required by law, OFA requires a copy of a valid passport from any contributor who has been affirmed as eligible but donates with a mailing address outside the U.S. If they do not offer in one in a timely manner, the donation is returned."
The lack of evidence of any actually illegal contributions to Obama has not been reflected in news headlines and Tweets since the report's publication. Among the worst offenders:
ABCNews: Group Warns of Foreign, Fraudulent Donors to Obama Campaign
Washington Examiner: Report: Obama.com solicits foreign contributions for prez
Investor's Business Daily: Obama Campaign Rakes In Millions In Illegal Foreign Cash
Examiner.com: GAI report exposes Obama campaign accepting foreign donations
Fox News Channel's Sean Hannity: Up next @schweizerGAI and Steve Bannon discuss Obama's illegal foreign donations- admin is already on the defense!
The Daily Caller: Amid foreign contributions scandal, Obama campaign claims it tries to stop illegal donations
GAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Ironically, it is conservative blogger Erick Erickson of RedState.com and CNN, who best demonstrates that the Obama campaign does not accept contributions from foreign donors. In a potentially illegal attempt to provide a point, Erickson acknowledges that he falsely claimed to be Boris Noridnikova of Moscow, Russia and attempted to donate $5 to the Obama campaign online. After giving a fake passport number, the contribution was ultimately rejected after a few days of processing.
The lack of scandal in this report does not, however, mean that foreign nationals may not be influencing U.S. elections. The Center for Public Integrity reported Friday that Restore Our Future, the pro-Romney super PAC, accepted a $1 million contribution from OdysseyRe of Connecticut, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Canadian insurance and investment management giant Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited. Thanks to the Supreme Court's 5-4 Citizens United ruling, this is legal — as long as no foreign nationals direct the spending.
A Norwegian-speaking reader wrote in and noted that even the sole example of an illegal foreign donation appears to be simply an incorrect translation. A University of North Dakota Norwegian language professor confirmed to ThinkProgress that Gaupefot's blog post actually says that he or she did not donate to Obama but that he or she would have — if it had been possible.


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Malgosia Jiho Braunek, died June 23, 2014. She was one of the founders of Zen in Poland and a member of the White Plum Asanga. Go here for Zen Peacemaker announcement.
Reflections on Malgosia Braunek by Catherine Pagès
Glimpses of Malgosia Braunek by Eve Marko
Reflections of Malgosia Braunek by Damian Dudkiewicz
Reflections of Malgosai Braunek by Marzena Rey
Peter Muryo Matthiessen, died April 5, 2014. Muryo Roshi was the first dharma successor of Bernie Glassman, Roshi and a long time member of the White Plum Asanga.
Go here to read Bernie's reflections on his passing.
Go here for the NPR tribute on Fresh Air.
Go here for the NY Times obituary.
Charlotte Joko Beck, died June 15, 2011 at 7:30 a.m., at age 94. She was not a member of the White Plum Asanga, but she did recieve transmission from Maezumi Roshi and several of her dharma successors are members of WPA.
The following is from the Prairie Zen Center website:
Charlotte Joko Beck was a renowned Zen teacher, co-founder of the Ordinary Mind Zen School and former head of the San Diego Zen Center. In the 1960s she trained under Hakuun Yasutani Roshi and Soen Nakagawa Roshi. In 1983 she became the 3rd Dharma heir of Hakuyu Maezumi Roshi of the Zen Center of Los Angeles. Joko semi-retired in 2006 and moved to Prescott, Arizona. She passed away on June 15th, 2011 at the age of 94. She was the author of two books: Everyday Zen: Love and Work. 1989. Harper Row. ISBN 0-06-060734-3.
Nothing Special: Living Zen. 1994. Harper Row. ISBN 0-06-251117-3.
A chapter discussing her work can be found in L. Friedman's book, Meetings with Remarkable Women: Buddhist Teachers in America. 1987. Boston & London: Shambhala.
Go here to read WPA President Shishin Wick's memorial to Joko.
WPA is happy to announce that 7 teachers in the Maezumi lineage were approved for membership in the White Plum Asanga. Membership was reinstated for Alfred Jitsudo Ancheta who received transmission from Hakuyu Maezumi and Bernie Glassman. The new members are
Carl Genjo Bachman (transmission teacher Robert Kennedy),
Gary Myogen Koan Janka (transmission teacher Egyoku Nakao),
Al Genkai Kazniak (transmission teacher Joan Halifax),
Julie Myoko Kirin Terestman (transmission teacher Enkyo O'Hara),
Bonnie Myotai Treace (transmission teacher Daido Loori) and
Peter Seishin Wohl (transmission teachers Stef and Margaret Barragoto).
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Roshi Wendy Egyoku Nakao, Vice-President
Roshi Anne Seisen Saunders, Secretary-Treasurer
Sensei Joan Hogetsu Hoeberichts
Roshi Pat Enkyo O'Hara
Sensei Michael Mugaku Zimmerman
The White Plum Asanga Board of Directors has accepted the resignation of Genpo Merzel from White Plum Asanga membership as well as an Elder of the White Plum. This resignation is a result of his recent disclosures regarding sexual misconduct with several of his students. On behalf of the White Plum organization, I extend our support for Genpo's efforts in recovery and treatment and to the teachers and members of the Kanzeon Sangha in their efforts in healing and realigning their communities. ---
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Retired people should be forced to care for the "very old" or have their pensions cut, a top peer has suggested.
Lord Bichard, 65, a former Whitehall mandarin, sparked fury after telling fellow peers in Parliament that retirees were a "burden on the state" and needed to make "a more positive contribution".
He suggested ministers start treating them like welfare scroungers who have their benefits cut if they don't look for work.
Pensioner groups condemned the idea as "absolutely outrageous" and likened it to National Service for the elderly.
Lord Bichard, a crossbench peer, who was taking evidence on the impact of an ageing population, asked if there were ways to "encourage older people, if not to be in full time work, to be making a contribution?".
He said the pension system should "incentivise" people to do more to help look after the "very old".
The peer said: "It is quite possible, for example, to envisage a world where civil society is making a greater contribution to the care of the very old, and older people who are not very old could be making a useful contribution to civil society in that respect, if they were given some incentive or some recognition for doing so.
"We are now prepared to say to people who are not looking for work, if you don't look for work you don't get benefits, so if you are old and you are not contributing in some way or another maybe there is some penalty attached to that."
Speaking in Parliament, he said the benefits system should be changed to encourage pensioners to not be a drain.
He asked: "Are we using all of the incentives at our disposal to encourage older people not just to be a negative burden on the state but actually be a positive part of society?"
His remarks caused outrage among pensioner groups.
Dot Gibson, general secretary of the National Pensioners Convention, said: "This amounts to little more than National Service for the over-60s and is absolutely outrageous.
"Those who have paid their national insurance contributions for 30 or more years are entitled to receive their state pension and there should be no attempt to put further barriers in their way.
"We already have one of the lowest state pensions in Europe and one in five older people in Britain live below the poverty line.
"Lord Bichard's comments are also extremely divisive – trying to pitch younger people against older people, when the truth is that the real division in our society is between rich and poor.
"Frankly, Lord Bichard needs to think twice before making such silly and ill-informed remarks."
Michelle Mitchell, of charity Age UK, added: "Older people are a hugely positive part of society - over a third of people aged between 65 and 74 volunteer, a percentage that only drops slightly for the over 75s.
"In addition, nearly a million older people provide unpaid care to family or friends saving the state millions of pounds."
Who is Lord Bichard?
Michael Bichard is a career civil servant best known for his damning 2004 review into the Soham murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman.
His 200-page review into police and vetting procedures found "errors, omissions, failures and shortcomings" which allowed Ian Huntley to work as a school caretaker despite previous sex-related allegations
He was appointed to lead the inquiry into the murders by his former boss at the Department for Employment David Blunkett.
Lord Bichard had retired from the department in 2001 - aged just 54 - after six year's as its top mandarin.
He had previously worked as the chief executive of the Benefits Agency.
In 2010 he became Baron Bichard, of Nailsworth in the County of Gloucestershire, after being given a life peerage to sit in the House of Lords.


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This worked well in older versions of WP but has failed since an upgrade to 1.5. I've searched the forums, hacked and slashed the code and included everything short of the kitchen sink -- it ain't happening.
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Caroline Giuliani Gets One Day of Community Service After Makeup Arrest
Also, she got to keep the lip gloss.
It's official: Rudy Giulani's daughter got a pretty sweet deal for stealing $100.50 worth of makeup from Sephora earlier this month: a single day of community service, and she doesn't have to admit any guilt. Also, it appears from this photo of the 20-year-old theater student leaving the courthouse that she got to keep the lip gloss. [NYP]
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She could always quit.
Well, with George Romero being the shadow Zombie Campaign Manager for the undead Hillary, we know that her regeneration powers are unlimited.
She encounters the king of the Undead, John McCain, who will mop the mauseoleum floor with her.
Those are all better analogies than saying HRC is in any way presidential.
Actually it was Hillary's aides that called her the Terminator. Dowd cites them.
I like to call her the Energizer Bunny. She just keeps banging that drum and you want to throw things at her, cause it accomplishes nothing, other than making it noisy as heck.
Let me see if I can think of a few things to call Hillary:
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Dowd compares Clinton to the Terminator:
"The Clintons run for office... it's what they do... it's all they do!!!!!"
Yep, time for Hil to count the votes, and then politely hang it up. Time's up.
Anything else she might do from here on out only enhances McCain's odds of victory in November.
ECB wouldnt have anything to talk about today if Dowd wasnt writing.
I'VE HAD A HORRIBLE VISION of the US Supreme Court deciding who gets the nomination after the Democratic National Convention ends amidst allegations and controversy.
I actually think it's a pretty good analogy.
you do realize you're writing about how boring, predictable, and repetitive maureen dowd has become for like the 5th or 6th time this year, right?
Yet Maureen Dowd never writes about how boring, predictable, and repetitive ECB has become.
Who has the moral high-ground, here?
@13 - oh, snap!
Thread over. Napolean has hit this one out of the ballpark.
Yeah, it's hard to come up with new names to call someone who is behaving like a complete piece of shit.
In order of offensiveness:
1. Bill's disparagement of Obama's patriotism
2. The Bosnia visit "under fire"
3. The 3 AM commercial
4. Hillary praising McCain
5. Geraldine Ferraro
6. Bill dismissing Obama as "Jesse Jackson" (who never held elective office) in S.C.
7. The Hillary Florida/Michigan switcheroo
8. That bald-headed freak all over TV today talking like a Mafiosi saying Richardson is being 'unloyal' to the Clintons.
I supported Hillary in December, thinking Obama didn't have a chance. Since, Obama has proved he has more than a chance, a better chance by far than Hillary, and her campaign has shown its mendacity again and again.
How can anyone support the Clinton campaign at this point unless they are a Rushhead hoping to win McCain the presidency?
heh heh heh
THE sign that this campaign gone one too long is that the person with the fewest votes, fewest delegates who has lost the majority of the contests has not conceded yet. fuck clinton for this destructive bullshit.
for someone who regularly "hils" and "modo", you are in no position to make fun of someone else's nickname for a politician.
Does the Stranger pay you by the whiny word?
Seriously, ErBar? You still flogging the Clintons? That's all you got?
Frankly, I think Dowd is subtly plagiarizing another self-hating woman columnist, one Peggy Noonan:
One part of the Clinton mystique maintains: Deep down journalists think she's a political Rasputin who will not be dispatched. Prince Yusupov served him cupcakes laced with cyanide, emptied a revolver, clubbed him, tied him up and threw him in a frozen river. When he floated to the surface they found he'd tried to claw his way from under the ice. That is how reporters see Hillary.
Frankly, I think this comparison is grossly unfair to Hillary. I mean, for God's sake, Rasputin proved not to be invincible after all.
Your right. MoDo should just call HRC what I do: a liar.
None of these guys dropped out before the convention in July of 1960. Sorry to belabor the obvious, but some of you are due to collect a clue.
Four weeks before the Los Angeles convention, the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination seemed to go underground as the contenders, their aides and strategists were busier than an ant colony in their quests for delegates and deals. TIME correspondents, checking the politicians and delegates across the nation, found Jack Kennedy still well ahead despite a psychological post-summit uneasiness about his youth and lack of diplomatic experience, counted up a minimum 620 first-ballot votes for Kennedy. (Needed to win: 761.) In second place was Lyndon Johnson, with 410½ votes, grounded on the rock of the Solid South. Stuart Symington (104½ votes), Adlai Stevenson (41) and Hubert Humphrey (51½) trailed. If the voting goes into a second ballot, Kennedy's indicated strength should carry him over the finish line with 765½ votes. But if the Kennedy bandwagon should be wrecked, Stuart Symington, with widely scattered support all over the nation, probably stands to gain the most.
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Justices of the Texas 7th District Court of Appeals have set a statewide legal precedent by acquitting two Amarillo women convicted of delivering a controlled substance to their unborn children.
In a unanimous decision rendered Wednesday, justices reversed delivery of a controlled substance convictions against Rhonda Tulane Smith and Tracy Ward, citing a strict interpretation of the word "delivery."
Finding traces of a drug in an unborn child's system does not mean that a delivery occurred according to the law, justices ruled.
"Nowhere are we cited to evidence suggesting that the unborn child actually handled, touched, manipulated or otherwise exercised physical possession over the drug," the opinion states.
The ruling also states that state legislators have the option to include mother-to-fetus transmission in delivery laws, and the definition is not for the courts to decide.
Ward, convicted upon pleading guilty in 320th District Court in 2004, is the first woman in Texas to be prosecuted under a law state legislators amended to redefine the term "individual" as a "human being who is alive, including an unborn child at every stage of gestation."
Smith pleaded guilty to a similar charge the same year.
Joe Dawson, an attorney with Storrs, Pirtle and Dawson who represents the women, said he was pleased with the decision.
Dawson said laws legislators passed dealing with crimes against unborn children were written to punish third-party acts committed against a pregnant woman - exempting criminal conduct of the mother, which is in line with the landmark Roe v. Wade decision.
"This particular prosecution of these women was contrary to what the intent was," he said.
The American Civil Liberties Union hailed the decision as a victory that allows women to seek drug treatment during pregnancy.
"Pregnant women with drug problems need treatment - not jail," Texas ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project attorney Jennifer McAllister-Nevins said in a released statement. "When pregnant women are threatened with jail time for drug use, they are less likely to seek prenatal care and treatment for substance abuse."
Dawson said he doesn't expect the decision to have a far-reaching impact on the right-to-life debate, as the ruling wasn't based on constitutional issues.
The 47th District Attorney's Office has 30 days to appeal the decision to the Court of Criminal Appeals.
47th District Attorney Randall Sims could not be reached for comment Thursday on whether he intends to appeal the decision.
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