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Bias knows that all of her family immigrated from a small village in Silesia (now part of southwest Poland).In order to help Jeannette date the picture and identify the couple, I need a couple of other details.
Color of the card stock of the original: Different color photographic mounts were popular at different times.
A photographer's name: I'm hopeful that either the bottom margin of the card or the back contains the name of a photographer.
The backdrop isn't unusual enough to jump to conclusion, but could this be a couple who remained in Silesia? The additional information will help.
Jeannette originally thought this was Simon (1843-1892) and Mary Dulas (1850-1932). She owns several pictures of Mary, but none of Simon. The couple immigrated on Nov. 1, 1884. When Simon died at 55, Mary was only 42. This couple is much older than that. So who's in the image? I'm working with Jeannette to figure out this puzzle in time for her family reunion. The card stock, photographer's info. and perhaps even geography will help solve this one. Stay tuned!
I have a photo of an ancestor in its original old oval wall frame, which has a convex (outwardly-rounded) glass over it. It's large (approximately 18 by 24 inches) and the photo itself is convex. I have a similar empty frame, and I'd like to copy another picture to put in this frame, but no photo lab in my area seems to know how to duplicate a photo so that it looks good on a rounded surface. The photo becomes distorted.
This past weekend I attended the Southern California Genealogical Society's Jamboree. What an experience! If you've never been, think about attending next year. You'll be glad you did. It was perfect.
The conference was held at the Marriott at Burbank Airport, a beautiful hotel with great rates. The convention center is connected to the hotel.
In the exhibit hall I sat next to Lisa Louise Cooke of GenealogyGems. Lisa scheduled interviews throughout the conference for both her own podcasts and those she produces for Family Tree Magazine. You'll definitely want to listen in.
Lots of folks who read this blog and my articles in Family Tree Magazine stopped by to say hi and show me pictures. For an upcoming Photo Detective column in the magazine, I wrote about one family's picture of an ancestor in his fraternal organization regalia. The owners came by to show me the original tintype.
(I'm actually still in California. Since I live in Boston, any trip to the west Coast includes a little vacation time.)
If you live in the Chicago area, there's an art show over 4th of July weekend at the Flat Iron Building you might be interested in. A couple of weeks ago the show organizers contacted me to ask if they could include two of my video podcasts. Of course I said YES!
The show is called Salute! and it celebrates patriotism. They'll be showing my video on the history of flags in photographs and one on veterans at Mount Vernon. I wish I could be there. You can see those videos you can watch them on my PhotoDetective channels on YouTube and Vimeo.
The bookmarks are very simple. I just make them in Microsoft Publisher. I create several long, skinny strips on a page (I find three fit nicely on an 8-1/2 x 11-inch sheet of paper). I drop in a photo and then the appropriate text regarding that person. After printing three to four on card stock, I cut the bookmarks on a paper cutter.


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NEW ORLEANS, La. – The Saint Leo men's basketball team could not overcome 17 turnovers and surrendering 34 bench points in a 66-55 loss to the host University of New Orleans on Tuesday night from the Lakefront Arena.
Playing in their first game in 10 days, the Lions played even with the host Privateers throughout the entire first half. Opening up a five point lead at one point, Saint Leo (5-3) rallied from nearly a double-digit deficit to wrestle control of the game from the hosts. UNO (7-4) would connect on their final five shots of the first stanza to take a 29-27 lead into the halftime break.
In the second half the Lions would spend the entire period attempting to stay even with the Privateers. UNO would open up a large margin, 10 points with 11:56 left, but the Lions would drop it down to just a single point six minutes later. That final point seemed to be a large hill to climb as the Lions saw chance after chance to take the lead come up short.
With time ticking down, New Orleans started connecting on shots from the field and opened up a small margin while every Lion attempt sailed wide. Once the Lions attempted to close the gap by fouling, UNO made all their shots, spreading the final margin to double-figures at the final buzzer.
It was a game where the Privateers, who haven't lost at home in 13 consecutive games, made just two more shots than the Lions, the difference came in the 34-8 margin in points off the bench and in the 17 giveaways courtesy of Saint Leo. Both teams shot in the 40 percent range from the floor and 60 percent from the free throw line.
Junior Shaun Adams led Saint Leo with 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting while Trent Thomas also reached into the double-digits with 12 points. Tom Neary was a threat on the boards for the Lions as he tallied 10 rebounds.
For the victors, Lovell Cook shot 7-of-8 from the floor and bucketed 17 points while both Generra Varmall and Brandon Canady scored 12 points for the Privateers.
Saint Leo will look to rebound as they travel back to the Bowman Center and welcome ninth-ranked West Liberty on Saturday afternoon. Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m. For the latest news, information, and updates on Lions Basketball and all other Saint Leo Athletics, visit SaintLeoLions.com.

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So I think people are just cheap and go ahead and buy that cheap pos rather than the nice iPhone to begin with. Where are the figures on deactivation? Just because that many androids are activated doesn't necessarily mean that many more people are using them, just that they traded in a cheap phone for a slightly better cheap phone...
I'm having a blast here it's like I'm back in primary school!
(Comment not completely directed toward you cmay so no offense intended )
No way Jailbreak does more than Android OS I own a iPhone 5, iPad 3, Nexus 7 and S3. Have been jailbreaking since the original iPhone.
But the S3 mini can do all those things listed before hardware & not have to be rooted or jailbroke to do it.
It amazes me how defensive people get over a OS. I like both iOS and Android, They both suck, they both are great. I would much rather my iPhone have a 4.7" screen, easier for me to type on. I still like it (jailbroken would be better) but jailbreaking and rooting are the minority here. We are talking all iOS & all Android world wide. Bottom line Android does have it's faults, but it gives the end user the choice. That will always sell faster than my way or no way.
I hate using a iPhone without BiteSMS. Android I can get it (chompSMS). I don't have to hack the phone to install it. That is 90% of the smartphone market non jailbreakers/rooters.
Android is winning the war
for a given definition of winning
and a given definition of war.
YMMV - at the moment, mine does.
Have not used any other than iPhone 3G lost. 4 got wet and drowned. Now the 5. Never touched any phone since 3G as was my first cell ever! All have worked perfect for me every time, even the new map in ip5. I live in Ontario Canada and am a delivery driver. Trust me it works do miss my JB
What was this topic about again. Market share good for Samsung. Rock on apple.
Fair enough to android, but winning or losing I still prefer a iPhone I tried many android phone and I went back to iPhone, yes it has widgets that kills the battery and run the processor to the bone, people talk about ram and processor what you don't understand is android needs that to run, I had a htc one x played the same games ( well the one I could find in google play ) it didn't feel the same at all and I hated the lag. iOS might be minimalist but it's ok for me, I run games with amazing graphics on my iPhone 5 and ipad and can do a lot that I require, apps are great looking. So android is winning yaaaaaay great. iOS wins for ME. Freedom of choice.
He's right
People, calm down. What apple is doing is pushing forward a more polished, professional phone for those who choose to use it. Apple didn't make it for you to jailbreak it, and if you did buy it just to jailbreak it, then you are wrong. These two companies have different strategies, and Schmidt is doing the wrong thing, trying to compare the two.
The only people I see with iPhones are old people and teenage girls.. I have one tho.. the bitchess love emoji 😏


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Maybe more importantly, Conor showed every MMA fighter how to get themselves over.
Maybe more importantly, Conor showed every MMA fighter how to get themselves over.
Sherdog.com - The number one MMA site on the web today!
I personally thought Pearson's KO was better but hey ho, be interested to see who gets Conor in August, I'd still like to see how he fairs when someone with real wrestling ability and a good top game puts him on his back.
Connor looked awesome & is has improved immensley since his sub losses, most exciting fighter around atm and comes across as a sound lad.
Who says connor aint got wrestling am sure he has like and has high level BJJ he is defo th most exciting new signing to come out of europe n i think he will make a big impact john kavanaghs done a mint job with him hence why im being away from my family 5 days a week to train over there
Liam Bad Intentions James, pro mma uk featherweight!!
Would like to see him in with Brandao. He's no mug and it would be a cracker IMO
A Top Little Star In The Making!!!! Just on the subject of the ground, being at SBGi with John and the likes his BJJ is going to be on point, after all, Gunnar is part of that very same gym. Anderson Silva has done ok without being too tested on the ground!!!


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Hostess Twinkies are making the sweetest comeback ever. That's the tag line the company is using to re-launch its popular cream-filled cakes next month. Hostess, as you may remember, filed for bankruptcy last year, but is now back in business thanks to new ownership. Company officials say the treats should hit shelves across the nation as early as July 15th. CupCakes and Donettes are also making a comeback. Officials say everything will taste the same.


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Much to the chagrin of a majority of Washington voters, the state Supreme Court on Thursday put the kibosh on the requirement of a two-thirds' majority vote of the Legislature to goose taxes. As The Herald Editorial Board opined last fall, the popular measure was clearly at variance with the Washington Constitution. If Washingtonians want to impose a have-it-stick supermajority requirement, we argued, we will need a constitutional amendment. It was a sentiment echoed by Justice Susan Owens who wrote the court's 6-3 majority opinion.
"Our holding today is not a judgment on the wisdom of requiring a supermajority for the passage of tax legislation. Such judgment is left to the legislative branch of our government," Owens wrote. "Should the people and the Legislature still wish to require a supermajority vote for tax legislation, they must do so through constitutional amendment, not through legislation."
One of the plaintiffs, Everett Rep. Mike Sells, makes a critical point that the supermajority requirement also extends to special interest and big business exemptions that bleed billions from the state. It takes a simple majority to finagle a tax loophole, but a supermajority to unsnaggle it. "Closing a tax exemption could be effectively blocked by 17 State Senators, while we have 147 members of both the House and Senate," Sells said. "That truly was, as the court put it, 'a tyranny of the minority.'"
The two-thirds' rule sounded like an effective stick to batter lawmakers into not raising taxes. Instead, it became a case study in unintended consequences, of corporations preserving their loopholes while lawmakers gave state universities the OK to hike tuition. In the long view of history, the requirement is inconsistent with how representative government is designed to work.
"On the larger question of democracy, it affirms the principle of one person one vote," said Rep. Hans Dunshee. "The U.S. Senate, with filibuster rules, and other governments have proven that supermajority rules harm a people's ability to govern themselves."
No one expects the Legislature to go slap happy on taxes, especially with a Republican-majority Senate and a governor who made a read-my-lips revenue pledge. The decision does open the door to poring over hundreds of lobbyist-maneuvered tax loopholes that have life everlasting. In light of anemic revenues and the state Supreme Court's McCleary decision mandating additional resources for K-12, lawmakers should revisit the 640 tax giveaways that already exist. That was the mission of a bipartisan proposal last year co-sponsored by Rep. Reuven Carlyle, a Democrat, and Glenn Anderson, a Republican, It makes sound fiscal sense to review and set expiration dates on hundreds of loopholes — many that should continue, many that should be pitched.
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Mines awarded Catalyst Initiative Social Innovation Program from HP
GOLDEN, Colo., Nov. 24, 2010 – Colorado School of Mines has received a grant valued at more than $150,000 to participate in HP's Catalyst Initiative, a global social innovation program designed to develop more effective approaches to science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education worldwide. The project will explore how the use of Tablet PCs can be used to enhance learning and nurture creativity at Mines.
As part of the program, HP is donating $6 million to 35 educational institutions, including Colorado School of Mines, across five consortia that will use the award to explore innovations in STEM learning and teaching. The consortia themes concentrate on: approaches to teacher preparation; online education; using technology to measure learning outcomes; and engaging students in global, collaborative learning experiences.
Frank Kowalski, professor of physics, and Susan Kowalski, coordinator of the CSM Classroom Communicator project, will lead the HP Catalyst Initiative at Mines. In the teaching model Mines instructors continue to develop, students use "digital ink" — a special pen that lets them write or draw directly on the computer screen — to respond to instructors' questions in the form of graphs, diagrams or words. Instructors receive student responses instantaneously through web-based software created by students in Mines Department of Physics — and available for free to other educators worldwide. The instructor can gauge how well students understand the material and make clarifications immediately.
The HP award will enable the Kowalskis to examine how the instructional model works across different subject matter and teaching styles. The model will also be tested in summer programs for underrepresented engineering students, professional development courses for K-12 teachers and in a new course designed to nurture and assess creativity in physics and engineering physics students.
"This funding from HP puts Colorado School of Mines at the cutting edge of efforts to shape the way education and ultimately society evolves," said Frank Kowalski. "In a class where each student has a Tablet PC, an instructor can pose a question, receive instantaneous responses from the class, and evaluate learning on a real-time basis. We have been successfully using this technology in physics and chemical engineering classes for the past few years, but this award will help us to see how it works with other subjects and instructional styles."
Gabi Zeldmayer, vice president for HP's Office of Global Social Innovation, said "The HP Catalyst Initiative underscores our vision of a world where innovation and collaboration are enabled by investments in technology and education. The program is designed to help foster potential solutions to society's most critical challenges by educating and nurturing leaders that will be critical in ensuring we develop new communities and find new ways of doing things."
About HP Catalyst Initiative: HP is building a global network of consortia that is attempting to develop more effective approaches to science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education. The goal is to create international collaborative "sandboxes" of innovation that will explore what the future of STEM education can look like—a future where students use their technical and creative ingenuity to address urgent social challenges in their communities and around the world. More information is available at http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/socialinnovation/catalyst.html


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Italian Rockers THE BLACK RAIN have released a new video "Rock'n'Roll Guy". The song is the first single from the album "Water Shape" (on Atomic Stuff Records), set to be released for late May.
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The Black Rain are:
Mirko Greco – Vocals
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Facebook (I will update all newest WIP here)
A friend who is almost died and debt in hospital now, please help to raise money for his life saving: www.youcaring.com/hugo-arrambi…
A friend from Poland gets lost in India, please spread the words:
FRIEND FROM POLAND GOT LOST IN INDIA! PLEASE SHAREBRUNO MUSCHALIK, aged 24, 186cm height, green eyes, got lost 08.08.2015 Manali, Parvati, Manikaran, Himachal Pradesh - North India. ANY HELP IS PRECIOUS.
How to help Nepal Update 3: Thanks a lot for everything, I am really touched when I log in to DA again ;_____;. I am sorry for saying it late.
Emergency help is needed:
Serious Help needed: Disabled Dad*EDIT 1* My mom's paypal is Sassy)firstname.lastname@example.com if you want to donate. <3 <3 Buying my adopts also really helpPlease check it out. Thanks a lot
My husband has lost his job (and he is looking for a new one) and we need help with bills and necessities for my children. In the meantime, my friend is trying to help out by selling adopts we did together I get 40% of every one sold. The link is here and this could really help us. fav.me/d95tgg8
Last April 24, her grandmother was confined at Manila Adventist Medical Center because of clogged vein/s that caused her grandmother to suffer a half stroke.
Her grandma is fine now. The family is just clearing some documents for her discharge. She's under therapy too that's why the threats to her life lessened.
Today, they are asking for our assistance to lighten their family's burden on the hospital bills and for the coming days as grandma is still on her way to recovery.
More details in here: fav.me/d7hp6o3
: "Few months ago my mom got larynx-cancer, she had 3 operations already and she can't talk anymore. My parents are divorced and my dad doesn't want to pay child support. My mom is not working since August (and she can't work for the next year) so we have really big debt- that's why I decided to open comissions. If you want and can help me there is info about my commissions: nutrja.deviantart.com/journal/… my bff also opened commissions for me: www.deviantart.com/journal/EME…
:"Hello, my name is Brittany and I am in need of some help. I have $3500 of debt mainly medical, that I need help paying off. I am trying to live on my own but I can't because of the debt I'm in.
The only talent that I do have is my ability to draw. I will draw my hand off to pay for my debt. Even if only a penny if given, I wouldn't care, I'm that determined to rid this nasty debt. I have a small part time job but, I don't make enough to chip away the debt and to help out with bills and, with the economy being so bad now, it's hard to find another job even though I tried my best to look for another. " . More samples of her drawings here: www.indiegogo.com/projects/dra…
He was recently a victim of fraud and lost all of his money in his bank account. He is at risk of getting kicked out of his house if he doesn't resolve this soon: fav.me/d6n7srn
:"I have commissions open and I really really need to save up money to help support myself. I'm in college right now, living in the dorm, with barely any money. And with being in the graphic design program I seriously need more money and nobody seems to want to hire me so I don't have a job either."
is opening a commission to help her boyfriend now. Please read here for more info: fav.me/d6ktduw
is doing a fundraiser for volunteering abroad in Kenya at an orphanage during Christmas break fav.me/d6kcf1n
: "I have school loans to pay back because I withdrew from my college earlier than I thought I would, I have to pay back an amount for a semester I didn't attend, and lastly I need to help my family out with bills. I'm not even sure if I'll be attending my new school anytime soon because of everything else I listed, but anyways I am in great need of help."
She is opening commission now.
Hand is always important for artist. She needs money for her hand medical, please check our her adorable and very cheap commission: fav.me/d62wb6j
that's in danger of being kicked out of her house by her parents.
And she'll end up on the streets if they do. Here is more info: fav.me/d5z0p2e
:"i lost my house in Hurricane sandy. My family is low on cash, and taking commissions is the only way we are going to get some money at this time
my dad i out of work, and my mom is astay at home mom.
:"I'm Art student overseas and for some political issues my grandma which is the only one who support me cannot send me money to usa cause the country are kinda in fight..i lost my job 2 days ago..and have no income...to the point im living with under 10$. Please check out her commission if you can,
"The thing is that my grandpa unexpectedly passed away on Sunday and we had to pay a lot for his funeral, so I kind of don't have money to live for the next month. In my journal there's a bit more information: fav.me/d5hoyhl". She is opening commission now, please check out her page for more information.
: "My mother hasn't been paid from her job for 5 months and her salary has been decreased -350 euros and it's now 800 euros (if she's lucky) a month and my dad doesn't have much work, as most of people here in Greece. I'm doing cheap commissions just to help her"
has a tumor in her head, so she needs money to pay chemos. So she does cheap poney commission! Here is her whole story www.goddess-ofthe-night.com/tr…
From "Galagya was recently robbed. afterwards Gala's roommate(s) left, leaving Gala and his/her girlfriend to pay for everything. They have NO money and need help! Here is a link to Galagya's journal post that goes into much more detail: www.furaffinity.net/journal/38…
" I am in Martinique since one year! Regrettably my employee does not pay me and I have to return in France! but, the price of the ticket is 600 euro and I have no means! I thus turn to you!! If I sucess has to make 40 drawings of 20 euro (or comission of 5, 10 or 15 euros or in dollars), I could leave!!!
my price:sonala.deviantart.com/art/Pric…
and the journal explication:sonala.deviantart.com/journal/…?"
Her mother went to the doctor recently and she seems to have cancer in her bladder. She wants to help provide for her family and help pay for the medical bills, but it would be more stressful for her family if she dropped out of school to work. She wants to do commissions now, and needs some publicity: fav.me/d4w1uxh
is truly in need of money for clothes and food: fav.me/d4qmuey
: "I recently lost my job and am trying to build up funds for going to college (fees have just been raised), so I've opened up comissions".
"I lost my job back in December and I and supporting both me and my mother. I have yet to find a job, so I am doing 5.00 dollars commissions to help with smaller bills."
: "I just need an extra income via commissions, to help pay my dad's and my own bills until I can convince my job to give me my normal hours, or for me to find another job that will do so. I have just dropped all of my prices for commissions to be between $1-$3 USD. I may not be the greatest artist out there, but if anyone is interested in me doing something for them, than I will gladly accept!"
: Would you buy my arts work to save my life?. Please read cause she is really in need. Thank you,
is really need help now to pay her bill and buying food. Please check out: fav.me/d4tycdz
Sashi has been suffering from endomorphisms since she was little and too many doctors misdiagnosed it till she get to such a severe stage now. she needs money for surgery and her friends hv set up a donation n commissions blog for her sake (the link that i given in the first)
The info is here>> donateforsashi.tumblr.com/post…
: "I've had major brain surgery that has left me disabled and i'm stuck living with my mom and my step dad who refuse to acknowledge the problems it causes me and there is constant turmoil and hatred. We are of very low income and are having trouble buying food. I've been told if things get worse i'll have to leave, to the streets because i have no other place to go. Commissions will help me help us afford food and live a little less stressful. On top of that it will keep me off the streets.
Here's the link to my commission journal azulryu.deviantart.com/journal… ."
: "I am in need to funds to get through the next two and a half months before the rest of my student loan comes in, sometime in January. Books and art supplies for my course practically sucked my bank account dry and I'm living bare bones until the beginning of January. I have 20 dollars to my name, and I also have a recurring bill payment that needs to be addressed, and anything helps. These will be open indefinitely until further notice. Further Information can be found here: higginsss.deviantart.com/journ… ".
Is having a kidney transplant and is in need of money. Please read here so you can know more info dear: neolucky.deviantart.com/journa… . Thank you,
:"I am currently working on comissions to try and make my way back home for the holidays because its been almost a year since my dad has seen me or his granddaughter. But right now I cant afford it at all I'm even struggling to pay the rent this month.
Not to mention my baby needs to get her immunizations updated but I cant afford that even.
Also I am trying to replace my scanner so I can do drawing comissions again as well...but that isnt important.
What is important is my babies medical needs and that I want to see my family again... I'm terribly depressed all the time...
And I'm ashamed to ask for help when there are so many others out there that need it more than I do...
But I have several dolls in my gallery I want to sell ranging from 10-25 dollars...". Please help her out if you can cause her dolls are lovely.
:"I have commissions open. I am having some problems, and need to see a therapist. Her cheapest rate is $60 dollars. I have no job and would also need to pay some money to get down to see her. For now it's just a one time thing, and I see her on November 18th.
On Oct 23rd, a devastating 7.2 magnitude earthquake had struck in eastern Turkey. More than 200 people died and 1,000 were injured. How to help them?
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:"I have run into some serious little issues... Such as almost never having rent money on time. I've nearly been kicked out twice from my apartment and my jobs barely are covering my butt now, and I have no clue how I can pull money out of air for the new car that I need to get to these jobs. Not to mention that my family is having issues staying afloat... It's just getting harder and harder to survive and even start to thrive when life keeps throwing these curve balls at me like this. I can't sleep sometimes I'm so stressed out about making payments on time and still having enough to feed my pet, let alone myself."
is having health problem. She tries to raise some money by doing really cheap commissions. Please help her cause she draws very nicely.
: "I'm in college for animation. I was just noteafied that if I don't pay them soon, They will kick me out. I love the school and I love what I'm doing. I recently lost my job, I still have a car to pay for of whch my mom takes to work 3 days a week so I can't go the number of days they need me to go at school. I'm doing commissions. ladyshar.deviantart.com/journa… ."
: "My mom is working 2 jobs, both of my sisters are working as well but one of needs to find another job because her job isn't exactly stable. My dad is an alcoholic so he's no help and I really can't work because its my senior year in highschool and i'm gonna try to focus on that so I can atleast get a scholarship to pay for college. We are renting a room out in our apartment but it still isn't enough as my mom is still always running around trying to get money in for rent. We also just got charged more than $2,000 for a month to month contract on our apartment even though we asked for another contract". Please check her journal for commission information.
needs to pay for car repairs and is accepting $1 commissions. Shes is well worth it. lwyn.deviantart.com/journal/44…
: "I'm unemployed right now and got a 1 year old to take care of, so im doing very cheap commissions."
rabbit-edge.deviantart.com/jou… I'm really having a hard time to survive. I never believe that this day will come that I have to move and survive on my own.. I got no proper food to eat since this morning. I gave up my $1 to buy a toothbrush on my own. I really got no money left. I have to save up some money to have a rent a small room. Please.. I really need help on this...
: I need the money to help pay for my medications, because my health coverage dropped me because I turned 19.
"My family is in incredible debt, and I need to go into a psychiatric hospital because I have: Amemia - Conversion Disorder - Fybrimyalgia - Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome - Insulin resistance - Dissasociative Disorders - Insomnia - Treatment resistant depression - Bi-polar Disorder - Skitsophrenia (can never spell it) - Borderline Multiple personality disorder.
Basically what I need is money. It costs R11 000 a week at the hospital (that's about $1 400) and we really can't afford it.
I have websites up offering services (check my journal) for which I will hopefully earn money, but with all these disorders and conditions I cannot work in an office, I cannot continue studying and I cannot live properly.
My main problem, thus, is money. If anyone has anything spare it will go towards medication and treatment (see my journal)."
My parents divorced a few years ago, but we all still live together because me, my mom and my younger sister don't have the money to move out. We try our best to somehow make it financially but my father does everything in his power to make our life worse.
About a week ago it turned out that ever since the divorce he hasn't paid a single bill for electricity, heating and basically everything else. So they came up and cut off everything. For a week now we don't have power and thus light, hot water, the possibility to cook anything or make tea, do the laundry or dishes not mentioning the shower. And the house if freezing.
But what's worse is that my father says that it's my mom who has to pay those bills. And she doesn't have any money. And if she doesn't pay it in a month, the bailiff will come and we're all doomed. We can forget about ever moving out.
And the worst part is that i can't help my mom by getting some kind of job, because the moment i start working and making money my dad cuts off alimony for me and we'd be in even worse situation.
So, basically my life is a disaster right now and I don't know how to manage it. The bill is about 1500$ high and it's an impossible ammount for us to get. I'm writing to you in hope that you'd come up with some kind of solution because i'm out of options. I'm not counting on anything, I just wanted t share my story with someone. I think I'm too broken down to even look for a way out of this disaster.
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I understand what you mean, whenever there's a best fighter/gym etc then automatically people say who they train with or lives locally etc as maybe their knowledge or exposure to these other fighters is not that great.
You also have guys from Southern England only picking guys from the South and likewise with the North.
I'm from Scotland but will always give an honest opinion based on purely who I think can/will make it.
Out of interest which 2 who would you have in each division and why?


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Psychotherapy, often referred to as talk therapy is of then the first line of intervention for people suffering through life transitions, anxiety, depression or a loss. Talk therapy helps one to focus on the thoughts and actions that may have become a pattern of maladaptive coping skills. By reviewing life events that have shaped a person, there can be insight into new coping mechanisms that might be more adaptive.


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WATCH: Chris Brown 'Loyal' music video released while singer is in jail
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Chris Brown's new music video for "Loyal" was released on Monday — even though the performer is currently behind bars.
In the clip — which features Lil Wayne and Tyga, and a cameo from Usher — Brown sings explicit lines like "These h*** ain't loyal," and "I don't f*** with broke b*tches."
There's also a baby tiger on a leash in the video.
"Loyal" is one of the tracks on Brown's long-delayed album X, which he recently said would finally be released in May.
As previously reported, Brown was jailed last week after getting kicked out of rehab, and will remain in custody until a probation violation hearing next month.
Check out the video for "Loyal" below!


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Tigerville, S.C. - Thomas Rennie captured his first tournament victory of the season in a one-hole playoff and led the Tornados to a third-place finish at the North Greenville Invitational, played at the Cherokee Valley Golf Club this afternoon.
The Tornados finished with a two-round total of 631 strokes, finishing behind Tri-County Tech and host North Greenville University.
Rennie led the Tornados in the event with a two-round score of 146, tying with NGU's Andrew Beck after the first 36 holes. The junior from Aberdeen, Scotland took the victory after the one-hole playoff for the first victory for the Tornados men's golf team in the 2010-2011 season.
Michael Stamper finished the two-day tournament with a 156, while Michael Jones (165) and Zach Christy (173) also took the field for Coach Matt Adamski. T.J. Hoard also teed off for the Tornados, finishing round two with an 81.
The Tornados are back on the links on Oct. 3rd as they head to Myrtle Beach, S.C. for the 11th Annual Myrtle Beach Intercollegiate tournament held at the Sea Trail Golf Club.


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By Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks tells the story of a forgotten woman whose endlessly dividing cells have led to some of the most important discoveries of modern medicine. Tissue taken without her consent when she was being treated for cancer at Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1951 became the first line of cells that could be grown in the laboratory, a holy grail of science at the time. Lacks' unwitting contribution to science marked a major
turning point in research. The book also tells the sometimes heartbreaking story of her family, who only decades after their mother's death truly understood what had happened to her. USA TODAY spoke with author Rebecca Skloot.
Q: Who was Henrietta Lacks?
A: She was a poor African-American tobacco farmer from southern Virginia who moved to Baltimore during World War II so her husband could get work in the steel plants. She was a mother to her five kids and to sort of everyone else. She would open up her house to anyone who came up looking for work. Sometimes she'd have 12 people sleeping in her halls. She'd cook these huge meals. She was this real caretaker.
Q: How did she die?
A: Henrietta had cervical cancer. She found the tumor herself, in 1951, when she was 30 years old. She was treated in the charity "colored" ward at Johns Hopkins Hospital, and she died there eight months later, age 31.
Q: Why did doctors take her cells?
A: Scientists had been trying to grow human cells in the lab for decades and had never been able to. The Pap smear had been developed in the 1940s, so they were taking samples from every woman who walked in.
Q: What happened to the sample?
A: Her doctors sent it down the hall to George Gey, who was the head of cancer research at Johns Hopkins. His lab assistant, Mary Kubicek, took the cells and cultured them. She labeled them HeLa cells, for Henrietta Lacks.
Q: What was so special about the cells?
A: They never died. Gey had collected countless other cells, and they all died. But hers lived. They're still living, 60-some-odd years later. No one knows why. It's the mystery of HeLa cells. She had the human papillomavirus and she also had syphilis, which weakened her immune system. The only theory at this point is that there was some interaction among all of these elements that prevented them from dying off.
Q: Did the hospital ask permission?
A: No. It was very standard at the time to take cells and tissues from people without their consent.
Q: What happened to her cells?
A: A factory was set up to mass-produce them at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. They were producing about 3 trillion HeLa cells a week and sending them to labs around the world.
Q: What were they used for?
A: Everything. To create the first polio vaccine. They went up into space, they were the first cloned cells. They were used to develop cancer medications and drugs for Parkinson's disease.
Q: What are the ethical concerns?
A: The big one people raise is that the doctor took her tissue without her consent. But really that's the least controversial, as that was before scientists really could conceive of the fact that cells could live this long or that you could look at her DNA and know things about her children.
Q: What about her family?
A: That's been more problematic. Her family was used in research years later without their consent. No one told them about the cells until 25 years after she died. Her husband got a phone call and what he essentially understood was: "We've got your wife, she's been alive and growing in a lab for 25 years and now we need to test your children to see if they might have cancer." That was in the 1970s.
Q: Did the family get any money at all from their mother's contribution to medical science?
A: No. Her family is very poor and they don't have access to health care or to buy the drugs that their mom's cells have made possible. Legally, the question of who has the right to profit off someone else's tissues or whether you have a right to control what's done with your tissues still hasn't been decided.
Q: What are the cells worth?
A: You can buy a vial of HeLa cells for about $250.
Q: What does her family think about their mother's place in scientific history?
A: For her daughter, Deborah Lacks, her mother's caretaking made the story of the HeLa cells make sense. She feels that Henrietta was chosen and brought back to life as an angel to continue taking care of people through her cells.
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Three tornadoes touch down in Weld County; no injuries reported
June 9, 2014
First of the season
Friday's tornadoes were the first of the season in Weld County. The last time tornadoes touched down in Weld was Aug. 3 when tornadoes touched down north of Greeley, in west Greeley and in southern Weld. There were no injuries reported from those funnel clouds, according to TornadoHistoryProject.com.
At least three tornadoes touched down in Weld County on Friday, uprooting trees, breaking windows and damaging several buildings on one property in the southern part of the county.
The first tornado touched down about 1:56 p.m., 7 miles south of Hereford, in the Grover area of northeastern Weld. Two minutes later, a tornado briefly touched down three miles south of Roggen. At 2:35 p.m., another tornado touched down 2 miles east of Roggen. That tornado was on the ground for about 15 minutes, according to the National Weather Service. There were no reports of injuries.
It did damage to the roofs on several buildings on one property, downed power lines and uprooted trees. It also broke several windows in vehicles that were parked in the area, Weld County Emergency Operations Manager Roy Rudisill said.
Authorities activated tornado sirens twice during the afternoon. About 1:50 p.m., the Weld County Regional Communication Center received several reports of the funnel cloud near Grover. The funnel cloud prompted a tornado warning and the activation of the tornado sirens in the towns of Briggsdale, Grover and New Raymer. The funnel cloud touched down and was on the ground for several minutes. Weld residents and county public works employees saw the tornado. There was no damage reported, according to a news release from Weld County.
The second tornado warning was issued for south-central Weld County at 2:34 p.m. Rudisill said there is no tornado siren in Roggen, however, the siren in Keenesburg — which is about seven miles southwest of Roggen — was activated.
In all, nine counties along the Front Range and eastern plains were under tornado warnings during the afternoon: Weld, Adams, Baca, Bent, Arapahoe, Elbert, Las Animas, Lincoln, and Washington.
There also were heavy rains and hail associated with the storms in some areas, however, the worst of both missed Weld, National Weather Service Meteorologist Frank Cooper said.
"The heaviest stuff was actually over in Logan County and on into Sedgwick County," he said. "There could have been some flash-flooding up there. There were some very stationary storms that were sitting there for several hours."
He said this kind of severe weather wasn't unusual for this time of year.
"It's certainly not anything unexpected," he said. "Late May to early June is usually our peak tornado and severe weather season."
Today, National Weather Service forecasters don't expect the same kind of excitement. However, a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms is on tap for the afternoon. The high will reach 73 degrees under mostly cloudy skies. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph.
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You'll notice a new 'Home' link in the orange nav bar. That link takes you to the new Featured Threads homepage, and the 'Forum' link now takes you to the original vBulletin homepage (for those of you that missed it).
I believe the cropped images/lines issue has also been fixed.
Thanks again to @TimIgoe; for all his hard work.
Great work, Sarah. Having both pages is really handy. Well done to all involved.
EDIT: @HAWK; one minor bug, though: when you are in the What's New section (and a few other places), the Home link still has the "selected" class on it, making it orange. Should be a simple fix.
Yay, I can now navigate in a useful manner again.
There is an erroneous --> from a rogue --> on the SPF home page.
Awesome, thank you :).
Was the issue of mobile users having overlapping menu bars fixed?
Thanks for your and TimIgoe's work on this. For such an undertaking it for the most part has gone very smooth. Great job!
Yeah thanks a lot for workin' on it! I love having the old forum page!
This should be resolved, a rogue template didn't get updated properly
The sidebar is showing through.
What page is that?
Just the main forum page: http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/forum.php
Interesting - is that in a specific browser / on a phone? The window looks small for a start
It's doing that in FF on my 17" desktop monitor, but only on Community Centre and Content. Other sections are fine. (Haven't checked other browsers.)
Update - I've tried it on Chromium and Epiphany (both Webkit) and Firefox on Windows and it happens on all of them. Could it be the remains of the old "Most recent posts" and "Most recent threads" sections? They're certainly active links to something. In most cases, all I could get was the user-profile, because the only visible part was the avatar, but on one occasion I managed to get a link to an actual post.
I think I'm seeing it because, since the latest upgrade, I've increased the font-size for the forum to make it legible. If I view it at "normal" size, the extra text is not visible, although there is an edge of an avatar showing, if I look hard enough.
Since the upgrade, with my font size increased slightly, I've found the "Unanswered threads" link is hidden behind the search box. (As I don't use it, it doesn't affect me.) I'm currently using a friend's computer with a smaller screen (15") than mine, and the "Unanswered threads" link is wrapping onto the next line, covering part of the breadcrumb navigation and rendering it unusable. As I do use that quite a lot, it's a real pain in the bahookey. (If I can't use the breadcrumbs to return to the forum menu, then the forum doesn't get marked as read and I have to return to it again just to sort that out, etc.:()
I think I fixed this using a custom stylesheet. I know that this thread is about more permanent fixes; however for now you can do this and it cleaned this issue up for me:
body {
line-height: 1.25 !important;
.globalsearch {
margin: 40px 0 20px 0 !important;
.prev_next, .first_last {
margin: 1px 0 0 0 !important;
Right, it looks like its an issue relating to using the site in a small window / screen size - I'll see what can be done to reduce the issue there
Oddly enough, I've managed to "solve" the problem (for myself) by enabling my friend's wireless connection and using my own laptop. I'm sure my laptop and her monitor have the same resolution (1024x768px), but there's no problem on my laptop. Weird. (:
I found a bug. If you click on the handle to the left of the forum index to bring out the sidebar, it does nothing. It's linking to '#".
Not quite sure what you are clicking on there?


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Fiction Family
spotlight show • Fiction Family is part of a Heavy and Light Tour bill that includes Christina Perri, Now, Now, Will Anderson (of Parachute), Aaron Gillespie (of The Almost), Bryce Avary (of The Rocket Summer), Anthony Raneri (of Bayside), Noah Gundersen, The Lone Bellow, Satellite and spoken-word poet Anis Mojgani. Fiction Family's most famous members are rock band Switchfoot's frontman Jon Foreman and bluegrass favorite Nickel Creek's guitarist Sean Watkins, but the rock-meets-bluegrass connection isn't as far-fetched as you might imagine. Both bands hail from the same San Diego music scene, said Watkins, 35, in a phone interview. "We come from different places musically, but we liked the same bands," Watkins said. The duo's self-titled, full-length acoustic album was released in 2009, and the side project's second album, "Fiction Family Reunion," was released Tuesday. Watkins has found success as being one of the most in-demand sidemen in music Utah audiences saw him recently accompany his sister Sara Watkins when she headlined Park City's Eccles Center but it's the living, breathing camaraderie of being in a group that he seeks. "Being in a band is the best," he said. "We're definitely very energetic together. We love playing with each other."
When • Friday, Feb. 1, 7 p.m.
Where • The Complex, 536 W. 100 South, Salt Lake City
Tickets • $15 at SmithsTix
Portland Cello Project
spotlight show • Last year, instead of releasing a new album, Beck released a collection of sheet music. Really. Thanks to Portland Cello Project, the music from Beck's "Song Reader" can be heard (and purchased) in its entirety by Portland Cello Project, an ensemble with a goal of showing the music world that cellos need not be relegated to the background at orchestra concerts but can be impressive sonic devices on their own especially when performing witty, inventive tunes that cellists normally avoid. Actually, "the main goal is to confuse the audience," joked the project's general manager, artistic director and cellist Douglas Jenkins. While the six cellists and three additional musicians (including a singer) will perform some classical and jazz, the project is known for setting contemporary music to cellos. For example, the group's 2012 album, "Homage," consists of reimaginings of hip-hop pieces from the likes of OutKast and Lil Wayne, and one song is even called "Fugue on a Monstrous Theme of Kanye West." The group typically tours with rock acts such as all-star guitarist Buckethead, who would never take the KFC bucket off his head but would ask, through his tour manager, if the cellists were enjoying themselves. Yes, they were, Jenkins said. Alialujah Choir opens.
When • Friday, Feb. 1, 9 p.m.
Where • The State Room, 638 S. State St., Salt Lake City
Tickets • $17 at thestateroom.com
Ellie Goulding
spotlight show • This show was originally planned to be at a much smaller venue, but due to ticket demand, English dance-pop singer Ellie Goulding will headline Saltair. Her first album's title track, "Lights," reached No. 1 on the Billboard pop songs chart; her second album, "Halcyon," debuted in October at No. 9 on the Billboard album charts. In a phone interview, Goulding said it was listening to the radio for the first time in her small village of Lyonshall that opened the world to her. "I was in blissful ignorance," she said. "When I discovered music, it was the most musical thing in the world. I was more into it than other people around me." The singer's first music purchase was a tape by British band Blur, and now, at 26, Goulding has become more popular in the States than Blur ever was. As a result, the British press records her every move, especially her reported romance with electronic artist Skrillex. "Even when I get photographed or interviewed, I am always myself," she said. Being in the papers so much has a downside, though. "People tell me I'm way prettier in real life," Goulding said. St. Lucia opens.
When • Saturday, Feb. 2, 9 p.m.
Where • Saltair, 12408 W. Saltair Drive, Magna
Tickets • $30 at SmithsTix
Ed Sheeran
spotlight show • Consider 2013 the Year of Ed Sheeran. Perhaps you have heard the 21-year-old perform his affecting acoustic ballad "The A Team" on Salt Lake radio stations. Maybe you saw him open for Snow Patrol last year at The Depot in a star-making Utah debut. Or you could possibly recognize him as the co-author of One Direction's hit "Little Things." Well, you definitely will know Sheeran when he opens for Taylor Swift later this year. First, he will headline his own one-man show at Saltair. The show comes after we all saw Sheeran perform a cover of Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" at the closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics in August. Elton John, Sheeran said in a phone interview, was one of his father's favorites when Sheeran grew up in the United Kingdom, but now John works as his manager, with the two talking every few days. Touring with Snow Patrol last year convinced Sheeran that appealing to "America was possible," though he admitted that he didn't expect "The A Team" (about a teenage heroin addict) "to catch on it's much surprising." Now, it is nominated for Best Song at the 2013 Grammy Awards. By the way, watch for John and Sheeran to duet on the upcoming Grammys telecast. Remember, it's Sheeran's year.
When • Wednesday, Feb. 6, 7 p.m.
Where • Saltair, 12408 W. Saltair Drive, Magna
Tickets • $25 in advance, $27 day of, at SmithsTix, 24Tix
Judy Collins
Grammy Award-winning folk and pop artist Judy Collins will perform select songs from her catalog, which spans five decades.
When • Friday, Feb. 1, 8 p.m.
Where • Egyptian Theatre, 328 Main St., Park City
Tickets • $35-$75 at egyptiantheatrecompany.org
Slim Cessna's Auto Club
Denver-based outfit Slim Cessna's Auto Club has been crafting alternative country music since 1995.
When • Sunday, Feb. 3, 9 p.m.
Where • The Urban Lounge, 241 S. 500 East, Salt Lake City
Tickets • $12 at 24Tix.com
Alt-rockers Wovenhand are headlining a show that will include openers Light Black and Invdrs.
When • Monday, Feb. 4, 9 p.m.
Where • The Urban Lounge, 241 S. 500 East, Salt Lake City
Tickets • $10 at 24Tix.com
The Contortionist
Progressive metal band The Contortionist released the album "Intrinsic" last year. The five-piece is now touring in support of its latest full-length effort.
When • Monday, Feb. 4, 7 p.m.
Where • The Shred Shed, 60 E. Exchange Place, Salt Lake City
Tickets • $10 at SmithsTix.com
Dan Smith is the Arkansas musician behind the band Listener, but he's not a traditional frontman because he doesn't really sing. Instead, he employs a style he describes as "talk music."
When • Tuesday, Feb. 5, 9 p.m.
Where • Mojos, 2210 Washington Blvd., Ogden
Tickets • $8 advance, $10 day of show; at SmithsTix.com
The Tennessee-based, five-piece band Glossary is touring to promote its latest album, "Long Live All of Us." Lady Murasaki will open the show.
When • Tuesday, Feb. 5, 9 p.m.
Where • Bar Deluxe, 666 S. State St., Salt Lake City
Tickets • $5 at 24Tix.com
Radio Club
Salt Lake City synth-pop bands Radio Club, Night Sweats and Jamais Vu are sharing the stage.
When • Tuesday, Feb. 5, 9 p.m.
Where • The Urban Lounge, 241 S. 500 East, Salt Lake City
Tickets • Free
Red Desert Ramblers
Utah bluegrass band Red Desert Ramblers will play a free show Thursday night.
When • Thursday, Feb. 7, 6:30 p.m.
Where • Sugarhouse BBQ, 2207 S. 700 East, Salt Lake City


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Into The Wilderness: The Long Hunters
Forge, Apr 2002, 23.95, 285 pp. ISBN: 0765300664 As the French and Indian War breaks out in North America, hunter and English spy Noah Barnes happens upon a small group of Iroquois trying to abduct teenage Jessica Matthews near her parents cabin in the Pennsylvania Allegheny Mountains. Though the fight is fierce and Jessica's savior is outnumbered Noah wins the battle but is wounded. Perhaps its hero worship or puppy love, but not long afterwar...
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I realize that the Q Continuum wanted to test humanity (again) in "All Good Things..." and that Q's developing warmth toward Picard led him to "help" by allowing Picard to time travel...BUT...letting him time travel isn't just helping him, it allows him to cause the anomaly in the first place! If Picard couldn't time travel he would /could never have caused it...so I'm not clear on how Q is really helping him--? --188.8.131.52 18:02, July 11, 2012 (UTC)CKS
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"The polls show that I am one of the overwhelming majority of New Yorkers who believe that keeping our state safe from gun violence means looking to the laws to help us do so," said Kim Russell, a victim of gun violence and a founding member of the group.
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This unique target game challenges players to shoot hovering foam balls out of mid-air using a six-shot plastic dart gun. Vectored jets of air suspend the six foam balls and an air regulator knob lets you adjust the height of the targets. The gun's brightly painted barrel automatically rotates to load a new dart when the action slider is pulled back. The harmless soft foam darts have suction-cup tips. The game has a large bull's eye for calibrating the dart gun and a ball-storage tray. Requires four C batteries. Not available for shipment to New York. 16 1/2" H x 13" W x 3 1/2" D. (3 lbs.)
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By Mrs. D
from Agoura Hills, CA
Couldn't get all the balls to actually hover at the same time, even after installing fresh batteries. Doesn't do what the picture shows. The gun, which you have to manually reload after every shot, constantly jammed. After attempting to play with it for an hour, neither parents nor child were having any fun. Very poorly made.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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By Lraetygrr
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I bought this as a gift for my husband. The balls do not stay in place long enough to aim at them. If the table is bumped even the slightest, all the balls fall off. There are not any replacement or extra balls either. It takes ten minutes to get all the balls ready to shoot at and then they fall off before you get to aim at them. Very disappointed.
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By RT
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The less than circular balls have a tendency to jump off so you have to keep putting them back on, Ping Pong balls might work better being round an smooth. They WOULD give you a bigger target.The plastic gun worked but with no sights I think it was mostly luck to hit a ball.However, the family did find it entertaining.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Problematic Toy
By Migrant3
from Wheat Ridge, Colorado
Foam target balls dent but do not 'undent' or poof out to spheres again. This makes them wobbly and unable to float in the air.
Grandson and his buddies loved it.
By gram
from vermont
family gift, all can play and make up games to play by. Would be nice if it came with l more gun
No skills required
By Ceecee
from Winthrop, wa
So much fun at our big family get togetfher over the holidays! Safe for inside play and enjoyed by all from young to old as well as female or male!
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By Johny
from canada
great product, excellent service by H & SH
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By Wachtman
from Raleigh, NC
Purchased toy for my grandson for Christmas.
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By cactus kid
from Chandler AZ
darts projected less than 2 feetat least one chamber failed to eject the dart each time
Very disappointed
By Alex
from New Hampshire
Balls do float in air as advertised but the poor quality of the item overall makes it very difficult to play. The gun is awkward to fire and will only send the rubber tipped projectiles up to five feet. That is, five feet from the "barrel" measured to when they hit the floor. Because of this, one must stand 2 to 3 feet away from the target to actually hit anything. Close enough where I could reach out and hit the floating balls with my hand. One must also be firing at the same level as the floating balls because of the severe drop in the projectile. Very weak. To sum it up, after opening, excitedly setting it up, and firing the first 6 projectiles my 9 year old confusily stated, "is it broken?" No, just very cheap. Very disappointed.
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WINGATE, N.C.- Brevard College's Chelsea Turner hit a pair of free throws with seven seconds left in regulation to cut Wingate's lead to one point, but the Tornados were unable to get a clean look at a game-tying three-pointer after a pair of Bulldog free throws as Wingate edged BC 65-62 on Saturday afternoon in Cuddy Arena.
BC trailed 59-51 with 5:13 left in the second half before going on a 9-3 run to cut their deficit to two points with 28 seconds remaining. Turner's free throws later made it a one-point game, but Wingate's Janitsha Williams hit both free throw attempts to extend the Bulldogs lead to three with just over six seconds on the game clock.
Brevard's (5-11, 4-8) desperation three at the buzzer missed to give the Bulldogs (13-3, 9-3 SAC) their eighth win at home this season.
Turner finished with 10 points off the bench for Brevard while Madison Lenox and Katie Williams both scored 17 points, which was a game-high.
The Tornados capped the first half with a 23-7 run to erase a 10-point deficit and go into the break with a six-point lead. Lenox had 12 of her points in the first half, including 10 during the run that gave BC the lead.
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This man, an American, was able to seek them in their sleep, shoot and stab them, and burn them in their blankets.
Slingshots are used to launch birds to destroy pigs and their fortresses, not to shoot down the birds.
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Still, that gives an indication of what a newly minted MBA joining the firm might reasonably have expected to shoot for.
A young woman also is heard challenging the officer: "Why did you have to shoot him in the head?"
Some shoot clay pigeons, which is all right if you got the money.
I'll shoot either of you if you play the fool in front of me again.
But if the worst comes to the worst I can sit here with my back to this tree and shoot.
McDonald seemed to be inclined to think that it was a bull and that I ought to shoot.
Last year he threatened to shoot the foxes in Dillsborough Wood.
Old English sceotan "to hurl missiles, cast; strike, hit, push; run, rush; send forth swiftly; wound with missiles" (class II strong verb; past tense sceat, past participle scoten), from Proto-Germanic *skeutanan (cf. Old Saxon skiotan, Old Norse skjota "to shoot with (a weapon); shoot, launch, push, shove quickly," Old Frisian skiata, Middle Dutch skieten, Dutch schieten, Old High German skiozan, German schießen), from PIE root *skeud- "to shoot, to chase, to throw, to project" (cf. Sanskrit skundate "hastens, makes haste," Old Church Slavonic iskydati "to throw out," Lithuanian skudrus "quick, nimble").
In reference to pool playing, from 1926. Meaning "to strive (for)" is from 1967, American English. Sense of "descend (a river) quickly" is from 1610s. Meaning "to inject by means of a hypodermic needle" is attested from 1914. Meaning "photograph" (especially a movie) is from 1890. As an interjection, an arbitrary euphemistic alteration of shit, it is recorded from 1934. Shoot the breeze "chat" first recorded 1941. Shoot-'em-up (adj.) in reference to violent entertainment (Western movies, etc.) is from 1942. Shoot to kill first attested 1867. Shoot the cat "to vomit" is from 1785. To shoot the moon originally meant "depart by night with ones goods to escape back rent" (1829).
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You know it had to happen sooner or later. As concrete increases its footing in green building, someone had to ask the question: Is there a way to recycle the tons of plastic currently filling landfills?
That's probably why the room was filled at the Research in Progress session at the American Concrete Institute meeting last November in Denver. Tom Balkum presented his research findings from his team's development of a lightweight, high-strength concrete aggregate created from recycled plastics. He has named the product Balkrete Custom Aggregates. From the interest in the room, the timing seems right.
Building green, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification, and sustainable design are all hot topics in the construction industry. But one question that always gets asked is, how can concrete be designed to be more responsive to these demands? Recognizing this opportunity, Balkrete searched for a way to create a custom aggregate for use in concrete that could be produced with plastic recovered from the waste stream.
There seems to be an unending source. "The volume of plastics is increasing each year, while recycling rates are steadily declining, as traditional uses of recycled plastics require near 100% purity," said Balkum. In 2006, almost 50 million tons, or 150 million cubic yards, of plastics will be disposed of in the United States, of which less than 3% will be recycled.
The development team has developed a group of proprietary technologies to process landfill-diverted mixed plastic waste into high-strength, lightweight aggregate. They have developed and tested hundreds of plastic aggregate formulas, focusing on the attributes best for concrete applications.
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PHILADELPHIA – A day after competing in a big meet against Brown, the University of Pennsylvania women's swimming team hosted Harvard late Sunday morning. The Red and Blue mixed things up against the Crimson and had several Quakers swim different events than their usual. Penn fell to Harvard, 201-95.
With travel teams being restricted to a certain amount of swimmers, home pool advantage means everyone has the opportunity to swim. Knowing this, the Red and Blue took full advantage of changing lineups.
In the 1000 free, freshman Madeleine Jardeleza touched the wall first for Penn and took second place in the heat at 10:33.35. Finishing in third was sophomore Sydney Stinner at 10:39.44
Another freshman to take a second place finish was Haley Wickham. Wickham completed the 100 breast at 1:05.68, just nineteen hundredths of a second behind first place.
Freshman Rochelle Dong was first to win an event for the Red and Blue. Dong added nine points for the Quakers with her time of 56.43 in the 100 fly. Taking third place was junior Christina Hurley at 59.53.
Dong and Hurley were also a part of the 400 free relay "A team" that took first place with a time of 3:32.08. The other two Quakers swimming for the "A team" were senior Shelby Fortin and sophomore Lauren Church. Finishing in second and coming in at 3:38.40 was the "B team" –sophomore Meaghan Kwarcinski, junior Hayley Springman, Stinner, sophomore Annie McCotter.
Penn will have a week off before returning to Sheerr Pool on Friday, January 31 to host West Chester. The meet is set to begin at 5 p.m.
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