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dan i dubdub wrote:I remember when he had a residency at the Dive Bar in London's China Town, which was basically a mad Friday night drinking den. Selection wasn't that great, but was ok if you were out drinking with mates who weren't especially into reggae. That scene seemed to suit him fine, and I have been surprised to see him adopted as if he was a foundation sound system artist.
LukeB wrote:Is this him? Looks as if Bez from Happy Monday's fronted some On-U Sound bollocks..
LukeB wrote:There's certainly something very frightening about him....
djmush1 wrote:He came to NYC and played the dub invasion festival ~2 years ago, and he also appeared as a guest on my radio program....he was super nice and super humble on both occasions and played some seriously heavy music, I have nothing but nice things to say about him, & I think most of the people he met and played for here would say the same. This thread is sad.
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100% Absolute Certainty
The universe is an incredibly complex place. At any given moment there will be more actions taking place universally than a human mind can possibly comprehend. Add to this, even the most advanced computer simulation will not be able to predict with absolute certainty the outcomes of a given situation. Things are just too complex, there are too many variables, there are factors we may not take into consideration, and there is human error; all of these factors can change the outcome of a situation being tested.
Even daily occurrences cannot be predicted with absolute certainty. There is enough going on outside of your control that you can't possibly know for absolute certain that your plans for the day will pan out as you want them to. For instance, let's imagine that every night before you go to bed you set your alarm for six in the morning, with full expectations that it will sound giving you enough time for your daily constitutional and to arrive at work on time. But maybe a storm cut power to your house while you were sleeping, the cat kicked out the cord from the wall socket, or maybe you went to bed late and slept through the alarm. To your mind when you went to bed there was no reason to suspect that any of these things would cause you to be late for work. In any case, the certainty you had that you would get to work on time turned out to be outside of your control. If you had known all the variables in advance, you may have been able to take action to avoid being late. But there is no certainty there, there is only reasonable expectations based on expected reasonable occurrences.
These occurrences, while unlikely, are much more likely than waking up to find that your cat had turned into a pumpkin, or waking up to discover that while you were sleeping that you morphed into a cockroach (as happened in the Kafka story "Metamorphosis"); that is so unlikely that we could label it impossible, within reason. And you could say with a reasonable level of certainty that you will not wake up in the body of an insect. Has something this ever happened before in all of human history? Outside of the Kafka story, I'd say not. And with this in mind, some things are more likely than others, and this should give us a basis for the level of certainty we hold about given situations. The more spurious the claim, the lower the likelihood that it is true, and the less certainty there should be given to this claim.
If however a friend told you that they'd woken up one morning to find themselves in the body of a giant cockroach, and that they still inhabit that form, although it is clear to you that they are in human form, you would tell them that maybe they should seek help for their obvious delusion. Perhaps medication and counselling would assist with their problem?
But these kinds of unliklihoods can be written off as impossible, there is no precedent for them, no known way they could occur, and are far more likely to be the product of an ill mind than the laws of the universe conspiring together for this outcome.
While the ridiculous situation outlined above may seem too far fetched to even be worth consideration, claims of this sort are made regularly and with apparent 100% certainty by people who believe in the literal interpretations of the holy books. Water, which has no grape juice in it, can turn to wine, and bread made from wheat can somehow turn into a complex living organism in the form of a fish. In fiction, things like this can happen all the time, but in reality, the world we all inhabit physically, these things are not only very, very unlikely, but are so unlikely to occur that we label them impossible.
In science, outcomes from experiments may vary from time to time, but there is a level of predictability that can be ascertained by repeating the experiment. The level of variation in outcomes is not as great as in the Kafka example, but there is some variation. Through controlling the environment of the experiment (sterile equipment, removal of anything that may interfere with what is trying to be measured), persistence and repetition we can arrive at a reasonable level of expectation of outcomes, but 100% certainty of outcomes is not one of them. There are simply too many variables for every possible factor in the universe to be taken into consideration.
There is even an entire physical principle which hinges on uncertainty. Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle shows that within quantum mechanics, "the more precisely one property is measured, the less precisely the other can be controlled, determined, or known." (from Wikipedia) This has been a fundamental discovery in the understanding of quantum physics and quantum mechanics.
The recent "faster than light neutrino" claims coming from CERN, which instantly drew skepticism from people in the scientific community, for it went against the accepted laws of physics. As it turned out, it was too good to be true, and the results of the experiment could be blamed on a faulty cable. In this case, something too good to be true was in fact false. This skepticism from the scientific community shows fact that a single result is not enough to make something factual. And note, the results coming from CERN were not announced as "absolute proof of faster than light particles". Rather the question was posed based on the fact that further testing was needed. If in fact we do discover that a particle can travel faster than light, it will not be decided by one single test, rather from many tests.
Uncertainty is part of reality, part of science. In fact, if it weren't for uncertainty, mankind would never have asked what was beyond the next hill, why we stick to the ground instead of floating away, and what is beyond the stars. It is the uncertainties about our existences that keep us moving forward. Without uncertainty, we would still be stuck in the Dark Ages courtesy of the apparent "certainty" that religion offers. Religion placates the uncomfortable doubts about our existence and the nature of the finality of death by replacing them with the "certainty" of the existence of God, heaven and the afterlife. There are no worries, then, of doubting the purpose of your existence.
Benjamin Franklin is often quoted as saying "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." I'd like to add a third, that a person claiming absolute certainty is certainly deluded.


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Martyr Theodotion of Egypt
The Holy Martyrs Theodotion, Paul and Pausirius lived in Egypt during the third century. They were two brothers who confessed their faith in Christ and suffered martyrdom under Diocletian (284-305). Their brother Theodotion converted to Christianity after witnessing their martyrdom. He also endured many torments before being put to death.


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mookalovesgloop wrote:peace and blessings to all!
so i finally solved this ridiculously easy mission! and i'm sorry, i'm so sorry, i usually would be the last to put it that way because i personally hate reading through 20+ pages of a thread of people saying that what i'm bashing my brains out trying to figure out is super simple...but this one takes the cake, more so than even some of the BASIC missions.... if there is anyone in the world who is still trying to figure this one out, i will try to help without spoiling...mods feel free to put me in my place if i fuck it up...

okay so for starters--forget about php for awhile...do you know how to code a drop down box in HTML? in what way could you manipulate the form data in the ones on this challenge to help accomplish your goal??? think about it...thought about it? okay... now the absolute ONLY php knowledge you need to know the relationship of a particular php file to a particular command. and of course you'll need get that info into the proper *COUGH* *COUGH action *COUGH* *COUGH* to make this work.

finally, i leave you with this, very simply: a relative path changes the address in a url completely, while an absolute path just appends a file/folder/subdirectory to an existing URL....

i hope this post ties the clues (all of which are stated many times within the forum) together in a way that's a bit easier to understand...please know that i read EVERY SINGLE PAGE of this thread at least twice before i finally solved this mission...and look how long ago i joined...from one noob to another <3
em hotep
mooka!

PS i used chrome ONLY to solve this mission "inspect element" is basically firebug except that it comes built into the browser, of course there is always notepad, but as to that... i think the word is EYESTRAIN!!!
did you check this out?
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Daves Chrysler 300
Reviewed By David V (Oxnard, CA) Reviewed for a 2006 Chrysler 300 —8/31/2009 8:33 PM
Good product, but after all of the hype on the website, I selected these because of the verbiage and features. However, there were some minor flaws on the 2 of the handles. They still look great and hopefully they will last and I will be a happy customer. We will see.


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Wall Decals for Stenciled Effects
Stenciled walls are increasingly popular features in nurseries and kids' rooms: they are cheap, easy to create, relatively easy to remove (just re-paint), and add a touch of fun. But...what if you can't paint? Well, Emily, who decorated this room for her daughter Pippi, had the perfect solution: decals!To achieve a full stencil effect, stick to a single color for all of your decals. Also, since most stencils are applied systematically across a wall, measure out a grid where each decal is going to be applied before you stick them down.
Here are a few sources for decals that will, with careful placement, give a stencil effect:
1. Emily's wall decals come from Look Sugar. They are $34.00 for a set of 36 dots, and are available in 44 different colors2. Ferm Living, a source of so much awesomeness, sell this set of rain drop decals in neon pink or black for EUR 17.50.
3. You might need to get a few sets of these Keith Haring Dogs to cover a wall, but the final product would be totally worth it! $18.00 for 3 from Whatisblik.com.
4. And don't forget plus signs! Modern abstract cool. Available in a set of 50, with 24 different color options from Urban Walls for $39.05. 5. Wall decal company Mur are experts in decals for patterned effects. They sell a southwest-style decal, polka dots, stripes, and these uber-cute mini triangles, $25 for a set of 45, available in 12 colors.
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505 Games and developer HB Studios today announced the demo for the official Rugby World Cup 2011 video game will go live globally on Xbox Live on August 2, 2011 and PlayStation Network on August 3, 2011. The demo will pit England against South Africa in Auckland, New Zealand.
The full game hits stores on August 25 in Australia and August 26 in the UK and New Zealand, and will feature all 20 of the teams in the competition, allowing players to battle through the pool phase and on to the final. Multiplayer is also a focus, with four person local multiplayer matches and one-on-one online matches over Xbox Live and PSN.
Rugby World Cup 2011 isn't the only rugby game coming out in time for the World Cup. New Zealand developer Sidhe is also working on Rugby Challenge, which you can check out here.


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qwert wrote:These need to present in Galapagos topic right?
natty_dread wrote:I was wrong
gimil wrote:qwert wrote:These need to present in Galapagos topic right?
Sorry cairns, qwert is right. Discussion for changes should be in the map development thread you know that. If you want we can get a shadow topic set up to bring people into the thread from the main foundry like we did with das scholb.
cairnswk wrote:Treasures of Galapagos
I recently played about a dozen games on this map after getting over the initial mess that was created with the adjustments.
What i found was that the luggers weren't used in any of the games that i played in.
The 10 neutrals on them was too high for anyone to conquer and everyone simply conquered across the map.
These were supposed to be an integral part of the gameplay and act like airports that could attack each other, especially for the larger games. I understand there is going to be no happy medium in some of these games to cater for every player combination, but i now feel that the 10 neutrals is way too high, and i would like open discussion on how others feel about this.
My recommendation would be to drop them back to 6 neutrals so they can still be used.
What do others feel?
Natewolfman wrote:I agree completely, since the change i never have seen a need to use the luggers, and before i used them every time
LB Ninja wrote:right now i think this is my favorite map to play.. i play on it a lot.. and personally i like the lugers how they are.. i like that the person has to go across the map to find someone.. the games will be too short and easy if we reduce any of the numbers on it.. so personally i think they should stay at ten or be less of a bonus
neanderpaul14 wrote:I completely agree I've played a number of games on this map and have never tried for the luggers due to the 10 armies present on each
Lincecum wrote:I have voted...all I ask is that if there is a change, it be done in an orderly manner and with advance notice to the community - especially as this is no longer a "beta" map. This is my home map for an ongoing tournament and it would suck to have a change in the middle of an important game(s)
cairnswk wrote:Any votes please??
Blitzaholic wrote:cairnswk wrote:Any votes please??
YES cairns please lower it some
I suggest 7 and this is what I voted
but, would be ok with 6, but I think 7 is perfect
TheSaxlad wrote:The Dice suck a lot of the time.
And if they dont suck then they blow.
Joodoo wrote:while searching one of the games played on this map, I found out that you could get negative bonuses for some territories...
why is that the case? does it have anything to do with the fresh water?
SirSebstar wrote:did you ever get a reply to this question? why is the water so important for survival?
SirSebstar wrote:is it possible to find out how the placement of all the neutrals is, preferably by a pic in the first post?
Erland wrote:Hey, I just noticed a poll on the previous page of the thread where you yourself said you thought the luggers should be lowered to 7 and a lot of people seemed to agree! What ever became of that?? . . . Is it too late for me to cast my vote? heh heh
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The Prize
Jeff Robinson 7/3/2012 3:00:35 AM
R. J. Laudenbacher 7/3/2012 3:13:15 AMWonderful DOF, Jeff! Great effects! #10211903
Alan L. Borror 7/3/2012 3:31:58 AMWonderful patriotic image, Jeff! #10211914
Tiia Vissak 7/3/2012 4:00:36 AMwell done! #10211954
Carolyn M. Fletcher 7/3/2012 4:01:27 AMWhat a great patriotic shot...or two..I love these!! #10211957
Karen Bacon 7/3/2012 4:10:41 AMGreat presentation Jeff! A wonderful holiday shot! #10211985
Mary K. Robison 7/3/2012 4:16:14 AMWhat a glorious photo op those 5k trophies were, Jeff! And you certainly made the most of it ~ your knowledge of dof gave the figures the effect of "literally" running! Outstanding work and MT entry!
Karen E. Michaels 7/3/2012 4:27:43 AMLOVE the echo, Jeff.
Jyri Vissak 7/3/2012 5:13:59 AMVery creative! Well done. #10212044
Lynn M. Whitt 7/3/2012 5:25:05 AMI love how you did this, great capture. #10212063
Monnie Ryan 7/3/2012 5:31:25 AMWow - this is fabulous, Jeff! Love that flag, too! #10212077
Robert R. Goodman 7/3/2012 6:21:57 AMHi Jeff,Fantastic DOF my friend.Excellent capture!!! #10212128
Bill Johnson 7/3/2012 6:50:29 AMJeff, Outstanding DOF and comp. #10212178
Bojan Bencic 7/3/2012 7:11:52 AMFantastic photo, Jeff. Shallow Dof makes it really interesting. #10212203
Stefania Barbier 7/3/2012 7:50:21 AMgorgeous MT capture, well done! #10212251
JO ANN CLEVELAND 7/3/2012 8:01:30 AMA winner in my opinion Jeff..your dof made this really outstanding giving the feeling of movement...awesome!
jo ann c. #10212267
Carol Quina 7/3/2012 8:24:34 AMGreat shots! Thanks for sharing them all! #10212302
Carol L. Fowler 7/3/2012 10:38:44 AMWonderful and patriotic! #10212452
Stephen Zacker 7/3/2012 10:40:31 AMAwesome.. the dof gives it a feeling of motion #10212456
Mitch Spence 7/3/2012 10:52:46 AMJust a beautiful and classy use of dof, Jeff. Well seen. Well done. #10212476
David Phalen 7/3/2012 11:22:27 AMFabulous POV, DOF and clarity!! Perfect for the Fourth!!
Great to have you posting again. #10212528
Mike Clime 7/3/2012 11:54:15 AMExcellent work, Jeff! Love how they look like they are running to the finish line! #10212559
Linda M. Walker 7/3/2012 12:15:46 PMExcellent! Love the DOF #10212582
Emile Abbott 7/3/2012 1:09:21 PMOutstanding use of DOF with wide aperture to get the motion effect, Jeff. Great for the MT. #10212628
Amalia Sylvia Arriaga Salinas 7/3/2012 1:31:56 PMFantastic image with great colors and DOF Jeff!,
John Connolly 7/3/2012 1:37:02 PMExcellent in camera work here Jeff! A great theme entry and image for the day! #10212670
Marijana Fajgl 7/3/2012 2:33:52 PMFantastic captures, Jeff! #10212774
Rony Sagy 7/3/2012 2:44:37 PMSpectacular. #10212797
Douglas Perry 7/3/2012 2:46:28 PMVery well done. A very cool MT. #10212804
Husain Akhtar 7/3/2012 3:12:58 PMSpectacular presentation, Jeff! #10212846
Barbara Waldoch 7/3/2012 4:37:52 PMExcellent job, Jeff! #10212986
Anita Hogue 7/3/2012 5:57:24 PMJust truly awesome Jeff! #10213106
Agnes Fegan 7/3/2012 5:58:44 PMAll wonderful images for the 4th of July...I like that flag :) #10213108
Tammy Espino 7/3/2012 6:57:21 PMOutstanding and perfect for the 4th :) #10213169
Terry Cervi 7/3/2012 7:40:16 PMA very cool shot, Jeff! Love that dof! #10213221
Robert K. Bemus 7/3/2012 11:03:07 PMGreat shot for the 4th, Jeff!! #10213372
Debbie Bray 7/3/2012 11:21:05 PMOutstanding, but I would also consider entering the second image in the comp too, because it's also a standout, Jeff. #10213393
Amanda J. Tanner 7/4/2012 1:59:16 AMCreative work Jeff! #10213454
Jeff Robinson 7/4/2012 2:28:12 AMThanks Everyone! Jeff #10213466
Avril Young 7/4/2012 2:36:59 AMwonderful MT entry, great dof and light..
Lorraine A. Cook 7/4/2012 4:48:25 AMBEAUTIFUL! Very creative and PERFECTION for this Fourth of July, Jeff!!<:))
Have a Wonderful Holiday...stay safe and cool, My Friend!!
Philly is under an excessive heat warning. By Saturday...the tempereature will hit 100*. #10213601
Ann Coates 7/4/2012 2:34:40 PMThis is fantastic Jeff. I love the effect created by the DOF. #10214243
Mary Dimitriw 7/4/2012 5:35:38 PMOutstanding Jeff!! Hope you had a fantastic 4th of July! #10214411
Douglas Perry 7/4/2012 8:42:22 PMCongrats on the EP! #10214635
Jennifer L. Alder 7/5/2012 12:10:28 AMThis is really wonderful. I like the shallow DOF and light. Great work, Jeff. #10214773
frank w. degenhardt 7/5/2012 2:31:30 AMThis has so much to offer. The flags for the 4th of July, beautiful action with that dof, selective focusing, and a fantastic MT for celebration. I think you should get one of these for having a Winner here my friend. #10214831
Jeff Robinson 7/5/2012 3:20:01 AMThank You Very Much! Jeff #10214864
Nancy L. Green 7/5/2012 11:42:15 AMGREAT DD work on this wonderful 4th image, VERY well done!! <>< #10215539
Katherine Kuhn 7/5/2012 12:12:24 PMGreat use of selective focus as well as great color & detail! #10215561
Patrick Rouzes 7/5/2012 5:21:15 PMAll exceptionally well done, Jeff! Like the golden tones, colors, & incredible dof on the first one! Skillful & wonderful work, my friend!
Jeff Robinson 7/6/2012 4:33:12 PMThanks Everyone!! Jeff #10217336
Julianne Bradford 7/6/2012 6:55:02 PMLovin this Jeff!! #10217522
Randy D. Dinkins 7/7/2012 7:17:38 AMGreat shot!! #10218185
Heather Loewenhardt 7/7/2012 8:10:33 AMThis is just amazing Jeff. A simple thing like narrow DOF provided stellar results. I see this image as a winner. #10218245
Ujjwal Mukherjee 7/7/2012 9:13:12 AMFantastic capture, love the vertical presentation,Jeff!! #10218310
Rudi Reiner 7/7/2012 6:12:23 PMThe Prize is very cool, looks like its in motion! #10218898
Ellen Hodges 7/7/2012 8:34:49 PMExtremely beautiful and cool shot, Jeff!!! #10219007
Jeff Robinson 7/8/2012 2:57:29 AMThank You! Jeff #10219247
Gail Sullivan 7/8/2012 11:27:31 AMYou really transformed these trophies into something special, Jeff! #10219762
Julie Burnett 7/8/2012 2:03:02 PMAWESOME!! I hope and expect to see it again, Jeff!! #10219987
Laura E. Swan 7/8/2012 4:28:26 PMI so much enjoy your work, Jeff. You obviously know your camera very well. I dream of the day my Nikon D90 becomes "an extension of my arm" and not a challenge trying to express myself. I love my Canon pocket camera. Great quality for the ease of using it...then I let my DDR do my magic. How cool that you didn't even use PS!
Love all three images!
-Laura :D #10220178
Deborah C. Lewinson 7/8/2012 6:05:56 PMCoo image, Jeff!
Debby #10220338
Deborah C. Lewinson 7/8/2012 6:06:38 PMCool image, Jeff, excellent MT entry!
Debby #10220340
Jeff Robinson 7/9/2012 3:46:19 AMThank You! #10220896
Janet McNeil 7/9/2012 4:08:17 AMBeautiful and creative capture!! Hope we see this again!! #10220922
Jeff Robinson 7/9/2012 4:55:03 PMThanks Janet! Jeff #10222008
Marilyn K. Lincecum 7/10/2012 10:16:49 AMLove the feel of motion..very creative and well done. Hope to see this one again. #10223257
Jeff Robinson 7/10/2012 4:43:39 PMThank You Marilyn! Jeff #10223822
Maria Coulson 7/11/2012 4:35:40 PMI love the selective focus and POV. #10225610
Jeff Robinson 7/11/2012 4:58:43 PMThanks Maria! Jeff #10225661
Lorna Shutter 7/11/2012 5:04:24 PMWow! I just love this, Jeff! Wonderful in-camera effects to create the feeling of motion blur! Awesome colour, clarity and DOF! Hope you win a BIG "PRIZE" too for this outstanding image! Excellent work! :) #10225671
Jeff Robinson 7/12/2012 4:25:55 PMThank You Lorna! Jeff #10226989
Tamara K. Walker 8/28/2012 11:48:17 PMCongratulations. #10294712
Pat Abbott 8/29/2012 3:41:21 AMLove the effect created, Jeff! Congrats on your finalist! #10295062
Marijana Fajgl 8/29/2012 4:42:59 AMBig congratulations on your fantastic finalist, Jeff! #10295222
Stefania Barbier 8/29/2012 5:47:46 AMcongratulations on a fabulous finalist!!! #10295499
Emile Abbott 8/29/2012 7:26:12 AMWay not surprised to see this one again, Congratulations Jeff and good luck for the gold. #10295786
Robert R. Goodman 8/29/2012 8:18:23 AMHi Jeff,Big Congratulations on this beautiful finalist my friend!!! #10296046
Carol L. Fowler 8/29/2012 9:48:30 AMCongrats!! #10296500
Tammy M. Anderson 8/29/2012 10:24:57 AMCongrats on an awesome finalist, Jeff. #10296629
Ann Coates 8/29/2012 11:27:42 AMFabulous Jeff, congratulations on your finalist. #10296742
Nancy L. Green 8/29/2012 11:36:43 AMCONGRATULATIONS Jeff on this wonderful finalist, WTG!! <>< #10296776
Lorna Shutter 8/29/2012 1:34:03 PMWoo Hoo!!! So happy to see this one again, Jeff!!! CONGRATULATIONS on your Finalist Award!!!!! Good luck in the next round!!! :)
Laura E. Swan 8/29/2012 1:53:08 PM
On This cool Finalist Jeff! I salute you!
-Laura :) #10297256
Agnes Fegan 8/29/2012 5:20:29 PMWonderful finalist Jeff ... congrats! #10297816
Tammy Espino 8/29/2012 5:28:04 PMCongrats , Jeff!!!) #10297837
Tammy Espino 8/29/2012 5:28:04 PMCongrats , Jeff!!!) #10297838
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JO ANN CLEVELAND 8/29/2012 5:45:55 PMI knew this just had to be a winner..big congrats, will wait to see the Gold on it Robert!
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Marilyn K. Lincecum 8/29/2012 9:11:50 PMDitto with Jo Ann..Congratulations Jeff on a fantastic finalist and good luck in the next round. #10298377
Patrick Rouzes 8/30/2012 12:47:41 PMHeyyyyyy, WTG,Jeff............congrats & good luck, my friend!
Mary Dimitriw 8/31/2012 3:26:12 AMSo glad to see this one again Jeff!! Congratulations, excellent! #10300979
Jeff Robinson 8/31/2012 3:43:24 PMThanks Everyone!! Jeff #10301959
Phyllis H. Burchett 8/31/2012 5:07:30 PMFantastic Jeff, big congrats!!! #10302095
Renee Doyle 8/31/2012 6:32:25 PMVery cool mt entry and wonderful finalist Jeff! Congratulations! #10302286
Jeff Robinson 9/1/2012 3:34:18 AMThank You Phyllis and Renee! Jeff #10302960
**Celebrate Victory**
These are the trophies from the 4th of July 5K Race last year in our home town. (I simply used a narrow dof to get this effect - No DD) - Another view is in the comment section.
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Georgia Southwestern State University Tennis
Georgia Southwestern vs Albany State (Mar 13, 2014)
Mar 13, 2014 at Albany, Ga. (ASU Tennis Courts)
|Singles competition
|1. Jamie Thomas (GSW) def. Nicolette Williams (ALBST) 6-0, 6-1
|2. Hilary Flournoy (GSW) def. Keona Livatt (ALBST) 6-0, 6-0
|3. Lauren Resnick (GSW) def. Desiree Wesson (ALBST) 6-0, 6-0
|4. Kathryn Bradshaw (GSW) def. Kiara Thompson (ALBST) 6-0, 6-3
|5. Carly Cangelosi (GSW) def. No player (ALBST), by default
|6. Kalie Douberly (GSW) def. No player (ALBST), by default
|Doubles competition
|1. Victoria Ondo/Carly Cangelosi (GSW) def. Keona Livatt/Kiara Thompson (ALBST) 8-0
|2. Sydnee Smith/Anna Kate Shaw (GSW) def. Desiree Wesson/Nicolette Williams (ALBST) 8-0
|3. Jamie Thomas/Hilary Flournoy (GSW) def. No player/No player (ALBST), by default
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|Georgia Southwestern 3-6
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It's a rare treat in any sport to meet your heroes.
Yet there he was, Leh Keen, on the same infield with NASCAR stars such as Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr. The Rolex GT Grand-Am series was racing at Daytona Motor Speedway prior to the Coke Zero 400,
Keen, who lives on James Island and tunes cars at GSC Motorsports in West Ashley when he's not racing, let it slip last week who he admires most.
Thanks to NASCAR, he said, "Now I've met and co-driven with some of my idols, Wolf Henzler and Jorg Bergmeister."
Oh. Wolf and Jorg. Not Dale and Jeff.
To be honest, the answer makes a lot of sense in light of Keen's racing class and make of car. He drives a $200,000 450-hp Porsche GT3 Cup car that reaches speeds of 180 miles an hour, racing primarily on road courses but occasionally on oval tracks as at Daytona. Henzler and Bergmeister are hand-picked Porsche test drivers, who routinely put the carmaker's new models through their paces.
Keen, who turned 26 on Wednesday, is young enough to be slightly in awe of the Porsche driving professionals. He's no NASCAR-phobe, either. The license plate on his personal car, a BMW M3, is SHK&BKE, referring to the "Shake and Bake" nickname of the Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly characters in the stock-car racing comedy film, "Talladega Nights."
While youthful in age, Keen is a mature racer. And after a half-dozen mildly impressive years on the top road course circuit, he has hit the big time so far in 2009.
Splitting time behind the wheel with German teammate Dirk Werner, the Dublin, Ga., native has won four races this year and sits atop the point standings even after a fifth place finish on Sunday in Birmingham, Ala.
Keen is nonchalant about the victory string, which includes wins at Millville, N.J.; Watkins Glen, N.Y.; Lexington, Ohio; and on July 4 at Daytona.
"In this kind of racing, it's so competitive. Everything has to line up just right. When it's bad, it gets worse. When it goes good, it only gets better," he said. The engineer has been really good, Keen said. "He makes all the calls, tweaks the suspension the right way. Now we have so much momentum."
Keen races for Farnbacher Loles, a Georgia based team. Interestingly, he used to compete for the Charleston-based Autometrics team, partnering with driver Cory Friedman. In 2006, the team finished third in the Grand-Am series. This is Keen's second year with Franlochler Loles.
A typical Gran-Am race has 20 or so cars including such models as Chevy Corvette, Mazda RX8, Pontiac GXP and Ferrari 430. Most races are 200 to 250 miles, or two to three hours in length. The series this year has stops in Atlanta, California and Florida among other places as well as an upcoming race in Montreal. NASCAR owns the Grand-Am series. The Speed Channel broadcasts all the races and typically repeats them throughout the week.
Along with capturing the series title, Keen's biggest goal is to win the longest race in the series, the grueling Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona held every spring. He finished eighth this year. Besides the race's prestige, the 24 Hours was the first race he attended, traveling to Florida as an 11-year-old with his father McGrath Keen.
Like many drivers, Keen got the racing bug from his father, who drove sprint cars as a hobby in the Atlanta area.
The driver, whose full name is Lehman McGrath Keen III,
said he likes road course racing and would like to keep competing in the Grand-Am series at least for the foreseeable future.
Keen has lived in the Charleston area for four years. He thought at one time about attending the College of Charleston.
"I've always liked Charleston," he said. It's never going to get too big. It has a lot of history. "I'm here to stay," he said.
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The Eagles made a change at punter on Tuesday, signing Mat McBriar to a two-year deal and releasing Chas Henry.
McBriar, a two-time Pro Bowler, spent the preseason with the Eagles but did not beat Henry for the job while recovering from a football injury.
Henry has struggled this season, and special teams coach Bobby April spoke last week about a technical problem in Henry's punts.
Henry has six punts this season with a net average of 38 yards.
The Eagles also signed long snapper Kyle Nelson to practice squad. He's insurance in case Jon Dorenbos cannot play with a high ankle sprain. If that's the case, the Eagles will need to cut a player from active roster. They released Jeremy Ebert from the practice squad.


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Parade honors national champion UConn women
HARTFORD (AP) -- Connecticut's latest victory parade had a French Quarter feel to it.
About 10,000 fans lined Hartford's Bushnell Park on a cold and windy Sunday afternoon to cheer the national champion UConn women as they passed by on the top of a double-decker bus, tossing Mardi Gras beads down to the crowd below.
"We wanted to give the fans a little taste of what it was like for us down there in New Orleans," said sophomore forward Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis.
The Huskies carried with them the NCAA championship trophy, which they brought back from Louisiana last week after winning the program's eighth title with a 93-60 victory over Louisville.
Skylin Foster, 8, of Vernon was one of the lucky ones to catch a string of beads from a player.
"Actually two of the players," she said. "I got some for my little sister. I like the players because they are fast, and I bet they can beat boys."
The crowd was much smaller than in previous years and well short of the 300,000 people who in 2004 celebrated the duel championships won by the UConn men and women.
"I don't know if people have just gotten used to them winning and it's just another national championship," said Maita Parainca, a fan from Bloomfield. "It's a little disappointing."
The eight NCAA titles ties Tennessee for the most by a women's program.
Between the men's and women's basketball teams, the Huskies have won 11 NCAA titles since 1995.
This was the Huskies second victory celebration this week. A crowd of about 2,000 greeted the team when they returned from New Orleans on Wednesday.
Barbara Levine, 58, of North Haven said she would not have missed it for the world.
"UConn basketball is right up there with God, mom and apple pie as far as I'm concerned" she said.
"We don't really have professional sports in Connecticut, and the UConn women are just great to watch, and they are great kids."
Connecticut finished the season 35-4, losing only to last year's champion, Baylor, and three times to rival Notre Dame. They avenged those losses in the national semifinals.
Over the past three seasons, UConn has lost just 11 games -- including twice in the Final Four. Nine of the defeats came to Notre Dame and Baylor. With Irish star Skylar Diggins and Baylor's Brittney Griner graduating and heading to the WNBA, it's easy to start talking dynasty.
The Huskies lose only three players, Kelly Faris, Caroline Doty and little-used Heather Buck to graduation.
Freshman Breanna Stewart, who finished with 104 points in five NCAA tournament games and was the Final Four's Most Outstanding Player, said her goal is to participate in four of these parades.
"The goal at UConn is to win national championships," she said. "So we can try. Why not try?"


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John Spezia: Just the facts
April 25, 2013
There is an old saying that states, "Everyone can have their own opinions, but not their own facts." When opinions move into the realm of facts, citizens, elected representatives, voters and public officials make bad decisions and pronouncements. As I have read the letters to the editor and opinions with regards to Colorado Senate Bill 252 (renewable energy standards), it appears that many statements of opinions seemed to be couched as facts.
The goal of Senate Bill 252 is to increase renewable energy standards to 25 percent from 10 percent by 2020 for cooperative electric associations that provide service to at least 100,000 meters. Retail costs are capped at a 2 percent increase to prevent any adverse impacts on customers. Our local electric coop does not have 100,000 meters, so we are exempt from this legislation.
There was a statement in the Steamboat Today by Tri-State Energy that stated this bill will costs many billions of dollars to comply with and is not economically feasible. At the 2011 regulatory filing commission approval meeting for the Limon II wind project, Xcel testified: "We view this wind project as providing substantial net savings to our company and our customers as early as 2014."
There was also the statement that this bill would raise energy costs to the members of electric co-ops. But the facts are they are already going up, and by advancing clean renewable energy we can reduce our reliance on fossil fuels as well as protect Coloradans by shielding them from future price spikes associated with volatile fossil fuel costs.
There was also the opinion that Senate Bill 252 will kill jobs, but the renewable industry has responded to the current renewable energy standard with significant investments in electricity generation projects and manufacturing facilities, employing nearly 10,000 Coloradans.
So you be the judge: Do you want to vote or make decisions based on opinions passed off as facts, or on the facts and just the facts?
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Small Doses of Color for the Color Shy
We see a lot of all-white and all neutral, washed out rooms these days. We also see a lot of bold, bright rooms awash in technicolor drama. Straddling these two extremes are rooms where color is used in small but powerful doses. In these rooms, neutral landscapes are brought to life by color choices that are sometimes counterintuitive, idiosyncratic or bold. But they work.
For those of us who are color shy, these images are a reminder that sometimes all it takes is a little experimentation. Consider that lampshade or throw or random accessory in a color you assume to be incongruous or clashing in your neutral-toned room. Something that doesn't obviously "match" or that falls outside of what you consider the room's "color scheme". You may be pleasantly surprised. Obviously, throw pillows and lamps are the go-to accessories for providing bursts of color. But artwork (images 8 and 11), a mirror (image 7), a chair (image 3) or even a bucket (image 6) can also provide the little pops of color that uplift any room.
• 1 Tranquil Townhouse
• 2 Absolutely Beautiful Things.
• 3 Absolutely Beautiful Things.
• 4 Commune Design's Roman Alonso's Living Room
• 5 Louisa Makes the Most of 400 Square Feet.
• 6 Abigail's Modern Condo House Call.
• 7 Chris and Saule's Clean Eclectic Family Home.
• 8 Chris and Saule's Clean Eclectic Family Home.
• 9 Real Life Small Space Solutions From Studio House Tours.
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• 11 The Roof Over My Head.
• 12 The Roof Over My Head.
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Obama to Nurses: Statistics Show Need for Overhauling Health
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September 10, 2009
WASHINGTON – Trumpeting nurses' support for health care reform and a grimmer accounting of the nation's uninsured, President Barack Obama kept up the pressure for congressional action on Thursday.
"We don't need more partisan distractions," Obama said in remarks at the White House, speaking again on the issue just 14 hours after his Wednesday night address to Congress and a television-watching public. "We have talked this issue to death. … The time for talk is winding down."
The White House event was organized with the American Nurses Association, to showcase the group's backing for Obama's drive to overhaul the nation's health care system. Obama says his plan would give people who have health insurance greater security, set up a marketplace for affordable access to coverage for those without and reduce health care costs for all.
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Seeking to sweep away a summer of gridlock on his top domestic priority, Obama plans to remain in the spotlight on health care repeatedly over the coming days. He is appearing at a rally on Saturday in Minnesota and scheduled a health care speech for next Tuesday.
Before a crowd of cheering nurses, Obama said too many people are being cut off from coverage.
Sound Off! Obama's Healthcare Reform Plan: Will It Work?
"It is heartbreaking and it is wrong and nobody should be treated that way in the United States of America. Nobdoy," the president said.
He also cited new Census statistics, released Thursday, showing that the number of uninsured has risen to 46.3 million from 45.7 million in 2007. Obama also said that over the last 12 months, 6 million Americans have lost health care coverage since the economy plunged into recession, making the picture significantly worse than reflected in the Census report.
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SuperMicro X7DAL-E Motherboard, want Ubuntu on it
Hello future friends!
I plan on sticking around on this site for a very long time.
I recently encountered Linux Ubuntu and I am in love! I also love how much helpful information there is out there, and how helpful the community is out there as well!
Now here's the problem: I format a partition using Ubuntu, I install Ubuntu onto that partition, Ubuntu tells me that it's been successfully installed. However, when I re-boot, it won't boot from HDD.
I've messed around a bunch in the BIOS changing boot order, etc., so we can rule that out.
I'm pretty sure I know what the problem is; there's some Intel 5000x chipset driver update I need in order to boot from a partition on an HDD. Here's how I know this:
The first attempt at installing Ubuntu did what I said earlier; said installation was successful, so I take out the CD, I re-boot the system, and I get the message "No Operating System Found."
I talked to someone who knows computers better than most anyone on the planet (...his first PC was a Commodore 64, and he's been a daily PC user since 1979.) and he told me that the problem is the Intel(R) 5000x Chipset driver needs to be installed onto the system in order for it to be able to boot up.
So, he told me I should install Windows 7 first, along with the drivers, and run Ubuntu as a virtual machine within Windows. So, begrudgingly, I attempted just that. Windows 7 would allow me to get to the screen where you can install drivers. I put them onto a bootable flash drive, selected all of them, and after about half an hour, some windows pop up saying that so-and-so driver didn't install correctly. So I click and say "OK" to each of those pop-ups. At no point does it actually say that the drivers were installed.
Well, it wouldn't let me move on to the next area where I actually install windows. So, after letting it sit overnight running, still no change. I decide to re-boot, without the Windows disk. And guess what? The Ubuntu that I had installed now works!
So, my guess is that I somehow managed to install the necessary Intel(r) 5000x chipset drivers, without actually fully installing Windows.
I thought, "Great!" But then comes along another problem; I had installed the 32-bit version!
I know that 32 will work on both 32 and 64-bit machines, but man, this is a server board made into a personal computer. It has TWO CPUs, both of which are Xeon Dual-Core 3.0 Ghz. This is one serious machine that I acquired, and as such, I most certainly want to be using it with a 64-bit OS.
So, I delete everything that I had installed, tried to just install the 64-bit OS, and now I'm right back where I started.
You might be thinking, "Well, yeah, stupid, you deleted the drivers making all your previous work wasted!"
Well, that's true, but the reason why I went ahead and deleted everything and started over was because - before I half-installed Windows 7 with the 5,000x chipset drivers - I ALSO flashed the BIOS. So, I was thinking that it was the updated BIOS that allowed the Ubuntu OS to work, not the drivers that were somehow installed onto the HDD, even though the Win 7 installation was incomplete.
So, now that you guys have all of that background information available, what do you suggest I do?
I ultimately want Ubuntu, because it's design is pretty much ideal for what I want to be doing with the computer. I do also want to install Windows 7 on it, and have a multi-boot machine.
At the moment though, I'm dead in the water and don't know what to do.
Can someone point me in the right direction?
I was thinking, maybe I can boot Ubuntu 64-bit from CD, then while connected to the Web, install the necessary drivers. I assume there's a way to do this from the Terminal screen, but I don't know.
What should I do, guys and gals?
I hope you guys can help me, as I'd love to become an advanced user of Linux someday.
All the best folks,
PS: Let me know if there's any other information you need. If it matters; yes, the HDD is Serial ATA. The Optical Drive I'm not sure of, let me check... ok yeah, the optical drive is also SATA. The motherboard once again is a SuperMicro X7DAL-E+ with two Intel(R) Xeon 3.0 Ghz CPUs. Also, I've tried multiple HDDs. I'm just about 100% positive this is a driver issue.
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I updated to version 3.7.3 of the Atahualpa Theme on Wednesday the 18th of January. Since that date I am unable to include a Featured Image in a Category View of my Posts.
So in creating a new Post I can:
1. Create and add a new post
2. Assign the post to a category
3. Add or assign Tags to this new post
4. View the post with all text and images being displayed properly
Here is the new problem that I have run into when finalizing the Post:
1. I can click the link for Set A Featured Image
2. This brings up the pop-up page where I can then select an image, from the Gallery in this case, for this post to be used as a Featured Image
3. I then click on the words Use As Feature Image which then after a few seconds causes the Use As A Featured Image to fade to the left and then displays Done
4. I click on Save Changes - so far so good just like the hundreds of post I have done for the last year.
So after doing the four steps above I then look at the post while still in the Edit Mode and there is no Featured Image displayed at the bottom of the screen under the Tags section like there normally was. Also The Set A Featured Image words hyperlink is no longer a link. I have to update my post as is and then it becomes a link again to Set A Featured Image. However by repeating the steps above I still can not have a Featured Image in new posts that I have created since the update on Wednesday.
The other couple of hundred of posts that I had done prior to the update still display the Featured Image in the category views on the blog. The only post that does not show one is the latest one that I created.
All images are displaying on the post itself fine. Everything else seems to be okay as well.
I have spent the last two days going through the threads here as well as on other sites trying to see if there was something in WordPress or this Theme that I needed to change.
Anyway if anyone has any ideas or thoughts it would be most appreciated.
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Emmy-winning music conductor, arranger and composer Ian Fraser, who worked extensively with Julie Andrews and oversaw a famed Bing Crosby/David Bowie holiday duet, died at home in Los Angeles on Friday. He was 81.
The cause was cancer, said his daughter, Tiffany Fraser.
Ian Fraser was the arranger and conductor on numerous television shows during the golden age of musical specials in the 1960s and '70s, winning the first of his 11 Emmys for the 1976 "America Salutes Richard Rodgers" show that aired on CBS.
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December 29, 2011
New Year's Salad
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So colorful! A beautiful salad.ReplyDelete
Best wishes for 2012.
Ihana punakaalisalaatti! Punakaali on muutenkin suosikkejani:) Hyvää Uutta Vuotta Maria!ReplyDelete
this must be pinkest salad ever! how festive. happy new year (:ReplyDelete
- Anonymous30 December 2011 at 03:52
mmm refreshing and tasty salad! a perfect way to pass the last year moments :)ReplyDelete
Happy new year from Barcelona!
Yum! Great healthy and quick salad :) love it!ReplyDelete
Happy New years in advance!
this is by far the most unique salad i've ever seen, and it's so colorful too. nice one, maria!ReplyDelete
Wow the colours are fantastic . This does look good for New Year, a new clean food start!. Happy New YearReplyDelete
Just beautiful Maria, so vibrant. Happy New Year!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous4 February 2013 at 20:30
is the beetrot cooked ?ReplyDeleteReplies
No, the beetroot is raw. Just slice it really finely and you'll get great flavour and texture!Delete


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Wii U owners now have a selection of new third-party accessories with which to deck out their Nintendo home video game console as accessories manufacturer Nyko Technologies releases a full line of Wii U peripherals.
Love the new pro controller, just a shame not many game utilize it.
More crap. That controller looks nice...but it's not. I assure you.
I'm not getting the Uboost... too big and clunky. I'll just be getting the new gamepad battery, the PowerPak. 10 Hours of gaming on the toilet here I come!


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Ruwe Goes The Distance To Top Sioux City
SIOUX CITY, IA -- With a taxed bullpen late in the season, the Sioux Falls Canaries needed their starting pitcher to go deep into the game on Friday. Kyle Ruwe did that and more in his final start.
Ruwe (11-7) threw his third complete game of the year on 142 pitches, leading the Canaries (40-57) to a 7-1 win over the Sioux City Explorers (35-62) in the Birds' final road contest of 2013. The two teams split the four-game series, and the Birds finished 9-6 against their I-29 rivals.
Despite giving up 10 hits and six walks while never throwing a 1-2-3 inning, Ruwe wiggled in and out jams all evening, stranding 11 runners. His infielders helped him with three double plays. Ruwe even overcame an apparent three-ball walk in the fourth inning when umpires seemingly lost track of the count and award a base on balls to Alberto Espinosa.
In logging nine innings, Ruwe has accumulated 155 1/3 innings pitched, setting a new single-season record previous held by Nick Schumacher of Sioux City (2011). Ben Moore, Saturday's starting pitcher, has tallied 147 innings. Ruwe's win guaranteed he will have the most victories for the Canaries this year.
Reggie Abercrombie's two-out, two-run home run in the fifth inning broke a 1-1 tie and put the Birds ahead for good. It was his second consecutive game with a home run and his seventh of the year. Stephen King doubled home a run in the sixth and then scored on Nick Van Stratten's single for a 5-1 lead.
In the eighth inning, the Canaries loaded the bases with nobody out, and Van Stratten promptly lined a two-run single to center for the final two runs.
Sioux City Andy Noga (4-12) suffered the loss, lasting 4 2/3 innings. He gave up three runs on five hits and four walks.
Fresh off being named a league all-star on Friday Van Stratten, finished 2-for-5 with three RBI to maintain a.349 average. Abercrombie was 3-for-5, and Stephen King went 2-for-3.
The Canaries final home series of the year begins at 7:05 p.m. on Saturday against the Amarillo Sox.
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Horrible Idea
I know this is a horrible idea.. but I have a legal question to any of you Lawyer/Poker players who Hoyazo says infest this realm. So as you may or may not know a year or so ago my little daughter (three at the time) was in the "care" of a small (But Ritzy) gym chain in their tots program. These buffoons were not watching her closely and also had the mats setup wrong and also she was on equipment she should not have been on and she fell. She snapped the bone in her arm and had to be rushed to the hospital where they put her on a morphine drip and set her arm as she howled in amazing amounts of pain. No fun for anyone. So anyway the insurance company wants to send us 5K to settle the whole thing and not sue the fuck out of them. We probably were not going to sue the fuck out of them but were considering it.
My first question is how do you quantify the value of this kind of case. Is it worth going after them for more money? Is there some easy way to figure out a probable dollar amount? I mean if we are talking a few thousand more then its probably not worth it. If we are talking 10-20K more and up then why the fuck not. Consider that she is four and very cute. Go Jury!!!!!!
The second question is how do we protect against future problems. Now she has been back to the doctors and the arm is growing back correctly and nothing is out of place. Hopefully that is the end of it but there might be a slight chance it does not heal correctly and she might need surgery in the future. I assume taking the payout stops us from getting this treatment paid for in the future. Is this something we should be concerned about? Would insurance cover it all? Any idea? Can we make a clause that any future medical bills related to the injury must be paid by them but we will not ask for future pain and suffering damages?
Anyway I figured I would throw it out there for the fuck of it. Let me know if anyone has any experience with this kind of thing.


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Voter ID on Trial: Philadelphia Election Worker Fears "Chaos"
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- I wrote a little earlier today about how hard it's been for the state to defend its new voter ID law. There was a new example of that in the final set of witness testimonies, which brought a leader of the League of Women Voters and a Philadelphia city commissioner into the room to talk about how impossible it would be to educate all eligable voters on the new rules.
The LWV witnesses haven't added too much to the petitioners' case, and the only tough question to them from the state was about their political activism. But the city commissioner, Jorge Santana, poured forth with details about the state's "soft roll-out" of voter ID. The April 22 primary (for president and lower constitutional offices) was supposed to be a hassle-free test. Voters who showed up to vote, but lacked ID, were let into the polls but given fliers warning them of what they'd need for the fall.
And that's why Santana got worried. At least one-fifth of city voters were getting caught unaware, lacking the right ID. He was worried about "chaos" on election day, with the number of voters requesting provisional ballots quadrupling or quintupling from 2008. Since provisional ballots have to be verified with ID within six days, even a rigorous effort to get those ballots out there wouldn't save every vote. And this is a key argument against the law. The state's not ready for the "chaos."
One of the petitioners' attorneys asked Santana whether the trial, and possible injunction, would help or hurt.
"If this court were to decide that the law was unconstitutional," she asked, "but then the Supreme Court decided that the law was constitutional, how would..."
The state's attorneys objected.
"Actually," said Judge Robert Simpson, who's overseeing the case, "this is a useful question." He allowed it.
"For our purposes," said Santana, "We don't have a plan B. We are working on the assumption that the law won't be overturned... but it would definitely relieve a lot of pressure."
Then came cross-examination, when the state's oddly inept defense re-emerged.
"Wouldn't you agree with me," asked state attorney Kevin Schmidt, "that this is really just speculative, about what will happen on election day. Is that correct?"
"No," said Santana. "It's not correct. We have a basis of experience from our elections, and we have evidence of concern from judges of elections and participants in elections currently, questions that are being raised now."
Schmidt's question had backfired, so he asked it again. "So... you're saying that this is a new experience," he started.
"No," said Santana. "I'm actually basing my testimony not on speculation, but on concerns that have already been made, and on issues that came up during the soft roll-out."
The defense recovered somewhat when Schmidt asked whether Santana was for or against the law, and the election worker admitted that he didn't like it. But the reasons why he didn't like it had been established, quite strongly.


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Wonderful wife and scenes!
This clip reminds me of a couple I met. Her sissy husband wanted to watch me do his wife but I wanted no part of that. But, I knew I had to have his wife Victoria. Anyway, she would come to my house for nearly a year while he was at work.
Very good wife, very fresh, very nice, a real tool for her husband.
Beautiful girl
I loved licking the bull´s cum out of my gf´s hairy pussy
Being shared is great! I love being with other guys and I love the security of having my husband at home?
I want to do sex with this girl
es tonto
I would like to confirm and / or answer some of the previous questions and musings as I know the lady here as she is one of my violin students.... To Rich - her name is Bradley Lincoln (yes, a descendant of Abraham Lincoln). To Windowcleanse - she does indeed work at Ralph's and her use of her shithole to steal products is well known. Once they had to drive a van up her shithole to remove all the stolen goods. To Stefan - the Rembrandt is fake but the Van Gogh is an original. To WTF and Simon - She wears these shoes in case the Van Gogh slips out of her shithole, such that they can soften the fall and lessen the damage. To punisher - Ich stimme zu, das sie hat einegeiles fickmaul. I hope that answers your questions
Like your response, Wolfie.
I reviews the whole movie 3 years ago and it still makes me hard. For those who wish to focus on her shithole and the groceries I just say "check out the other nebraska shitholes". I even found a small 18th town up her shithole in a previous movie. When she says "Ryan I love his cock", you have to realize that is code for " look inside my shithole for the secrests regarding .....'
someone tell me where I can get more videos of this woman
was ein geiles fickmaul...
nice you see her arsehole - yes you do, no you don't, yes you do> I purchased some squash today and the price was acceptable
why is she wearing shoes?
As long as she doesn't making him lick another guys cum out of her pussy. Oh wait. That would be awesome. Not going to happen. That's not part of the anything clause.
I LOVE that ass! Does anyone know her name?
sasha konx
can i fuck your wife
Ok the husband was watching? So weird!!
hi sexyy
I love the cock of that guy! Looks delicious
Nothing is more exciting than making my hubby watch me fuck a guy. He is always unsure, jealous, I always demean him. The guy will always have a bigger cock than him so he will feel insecure. I love him, I even tell him so when a guy is balls deep in me. I have told him I will remain married but on the proviso that I can fuck other guys. I tell him if I want to, so it doesn't matter if he knows or not. I enjoy sex and fucking other guys. Get used ot it.He loves me so he lets me
remember sissy boy, you the one got to kiss her. you might as well suck his dick yourself.
wow why I would of hump you sexy oh so sexy lady
nice naughty wife.i like it
This woman is hotter than a fresh fucked fox in a forrest fire and she can suck and fuck me anytime she want to!
Just Okay
i like it
"I really wanna do this for him." Yeah right! LOL! You know it's all about her wanting to fuck some other dude. Girl, just admit that you're a slut and you'll feel better for getting real about your intentions. :)
i have to agree with observer, bythe way i have personally experienced many shitholes with groceries in them, but none have as much as this woman.
They say once u go black u neva go bak But once u go white ull neva walk right
not bad but she is hardly a Sasha Grey action chick
And once again humor spoiled my experience :-D
Jaime cette video
She is fucking fit
can u give dis real her name
joke!!!!is everithyng joks....lol
Dear poo-nose & windowcleanse I have reviewed this feature many times, with zooms in her shithole and I only found a small can of chopped tomatoes and some taco chips around 2 mins. Can you please kindly be more specific as to the times I should be looking for the grocery stables ? Interestingly I did find what appear to be some rare paintings from Rembrandt and Van Gogh in her shithole around 2 1/2mins. Originals or copies....???
I agree with poo-nose. She ays she is "in a tizzy" but her shithole has various grocery stables within. You can see cheese slices, milk cartons, broccoli etc> Perhaps she works at Ralph's
in her shithole there is a can of refried beans - look closely and you shall see them
love the mouth-fuckin'
Shoes ON!!
what the fuck? i agree with joey


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News Book Club: Code Name Verity
"I am a coward," the tale begins. "I wanted to be heroic and I pretended I was. … But now I know I am a coward."
The narrator, a young woman held prisoner by the Gestapo in an old hotel in Ormaie, France, in October 1943, is buying time for herself, writing her confession in pencil between torture sessions, on elegant hotel stationery, a Jewish doctor's prescription pads, pages of flute music, recipe cards.
And as she writes, about wireless codes and British airfields, this petite, blond, Scottish version of Scheherazade unfurls the unforgettable tale of her friendship with Maddie, pilot of the plane that dropped her friend in France.
But not all is as it seems in Elizabeth Wein's "Code Name Verity," praised by the New York Times as "a fiendishly plotted mind game of a novel" and winner last month of the 2013 Edgar Award for best Young Adult mystery.
"Code Name Verity" is the June selection for The Buffalo News Book Club.
It's a rare kind of book – a celebration of female friendship set against the backdrop of the bravery and sacrifice required of so many during World War II. And while the situation is dire, our narrator has a lively sense of humor. "Buckets of blood, when do I get to finish my great dissertation of treason?" the prisoner writes, as she spars with, or argues literature with German interrogator Von Linden.
In a recent telephone interview, Wein laughed a bit ruefully at the Times reviewer's praise of her "fiendish" plotting. "Many of the fiendish elements came to me as aha moments as I was writing," she said. "I feel kind of guilty about it. It looks as though it was all done with purpose but it wasn't."
Her home now is in Perth, Scotland, but she was speaking by phone from her grandmother's house near Hershey, Pa., during a visit to the United States last month to take in the Los Angeles Times Book Awards, the Edgar Awards and the Agatha Award ceremonies, where her novel was nominated. (It was also a finalist for the American Library Association's Michael Printz Award for the best young adult novel of the year.)
Although Wein was delighted about winning the Edgar, she admitted to being "baffled" by the mystery nominations for a work of historical fiction. The Mystery Writers of America have a policy of not commenting on their awards process, but "Code Name Verity" has a puzzle at its core that comes as a jolt – along with a heartbreaker of an ending. It's the kind of novel that demands a second read, which reveals clues that were there all along.
Key plot points, motivation of key characters even, came to her as she was writing, Wein said. "As each of these pieces came to me, I would go back and maybe just feed in a line here and there that sort of tightened it all up. It was like reading a mystery. You're figuring out as you go along what's going on."
While Wein, 48, says she is "officially a 'Scottish writer' by virtue of having lived and written in Scotland for more than 10 years," she was born in New York City and lived as a child in England and then Jamaica, while her father was doing teacher training and setting up Head Start programs. After her parents separated, she and her younger sister and brother moved to Pennsylvania to live with their mother, Carol Flocken. After Flocken was killed in a car accident in 1978, her parents raised the children. Wein's grandmother will be 97 this month. "She's slowing down a little, but she's very awesome," Wein said.
Wein went to Yale University, returned to England for a work-study year, then spent seven years in Philadelphia getting a doctorate in folklore from the University of Pennsylvania. She married an Englishman she met in Philadelphia and moved with him to England in 1995 and to Scotland in 2000. They have two children, Sara, 15, and Mark, 13.
"I have lived in this house several years longer than I've ever lived ANYWHERE," she said. Her only complaint about her adopted homeland is the weather: "Temps hover between 40 and 60 all year and it's always raining!"
She wrote her first story about a pilot – about a girl who disguises herself as her dead brother and becomes a Spitfire pilot in the Battle of Britain – for a collection titled "Firebirds Soaring" shortly after getting her pilot's license more than a decade ago. (Her husband, Tim, had gotten his license first.)
"What got me writing about women pilots was because when I was taking flying lessons, I probably wasn't the only woman who was a student there, but I felt like I was. There weren't many of us. I was 37. I felt really quite old and frumpy amongst them. I was aware suddenly of how uncommon it was for a woman to be a pilot or to be interested in aviation. It kind of sparked an interest that I'd not had before."
Her interest in the women who spied for Britain's Special Operations Executive "black ops" operation came as she was researching the female pilots of Britain's Air Transport Auxiliary and visited an exhibit on women in wartime at the Imperial War Museum in London.
"They had a wireless set that had belonged to one of them, and they had a dress one of them had worn with bullet holes still in it, and they had quotations from these women and transcripts of interviews, and I was really fascinated by them," she said. "For a long time I had this idea that I was going to have an ATA pilot who became, through circumstance, a spy, and the sort of spark that set me going to write 'Code Name Verity' was realizing they were going to be two different people and they were going to be friends."
Her next book, "Rose Under Fire," another tale of World War II, is about a female Air Transport Auxiliary pilot who ends up at the Ravensbruck concentration camp. It comes out in September.
Wein laughs when asked about her writing routine: "I don't have one. My self-discipline is practically nonexistent. I work from home. I have a couple teenage kids. They go out the door at 8 in the morning. Then I have all these really great plans for how I'm going to spend the day. I sit down at the computer at the dining room table and spend three hours researching some detail, like escape compasses which get hidden in a button or a pen, which I then never use in the book. I feel like I waste so much time struggling over trying to get things accurate and so then for the actual writing I end up taking a notebook and a pen and going out to a café somewhere so I cannot be distracted from all the other things that are in my house. I get most of my work done when I'm not actually in the house."
Her blog at elizabethwein.com is a testament to her many interests – King Arthur, knitting, sewing, flying, the Scottish Wildlife Trust. There's a photo of her wearing the wool coat she made from an old French pattern. There's a photo of her in her gold dress at the Edgars and one of the hockey menu at the local ice rink featuring "cheesey chips," "stovies" and "pies, mince, macaroni, steak & gravy" with the note: "Every. Single Item. On this menu just cracks me up."
Wein spends a lot of time in ice rinks. "My daughter is a figure skater, and unfortunately the ice rink in Perth is mostly dedicated to curling, so we have go to the next town over, which is Dundee, 20 miles away, for her to skate, three times a week. We're in Perth because my son curls once a week or twice a week. I started curling this winter and I really like it. It's like shuffleboard on ice."
Wein and her husband share their interest in flying and also in change-ringing – the English style of ringing church bells, bells "as big as your stove," Wein said. "We ring practically every Sunday and every third Saturday" before the church service at Dunkeld, about 12 miles from their home. "And we ring for weddings. Before and after weddings. We get paid for that."
"Code Name Verity" has been translated into 10 languages. A movie has been optioned. For Wein, the success of "Code Name Verity" has been sweet after the lack of notice for her critically well-received but now mostly out-of-print five-book historical fiction series. "The Winter Prince," published in 1993, grew out of her "teenage obsession with Arthurian legend," she said. The other books in her fascinating "Coalition of Lions" series connected Arthurian Britain with the sixth century Ethiopian kingdom of Aksum.
Many current Young Adult novels – among them the Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins and Veronica Roth's "Divergent" – imagine very dark dystopian worlds. Wein notes: "I have yet to discover a fictional dystopia more fearful than Auschwitz-Birkenau. Tens of thousands a day were routinely murdered there in the summer of 1944. It's like trying to understand the size of the universe - you can't really get your head around it."
In recognition of "Code Name Verity" being chosen as The Buffalo News Book Club's June selection, Disney Publishing Worldwide has donated 10 paperbacks, signed by the author, to be given away to Book Club readers. To be considered for a copy, email email@example.com. Or you can write to us by mail, at The Buffalo News, Book Club, 1 News Plaza, P.O. Box 100, Buffalo, NY 14240. Include your name and address, and feel free to tell us why you should win one of the books.
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What do a horror remake, a rock biopic, and a German TV series have in common? They're all on Richard Madden's Watchlist. Find out what the "Bodyguard" star is watching.
See what the IMDb editors are excited to watch in November, check out our guide to horror, streaming shows, superheroes, and more.


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|January 29, 2013
Contact: Whitney Ray
Phone: (850) 245-0150
|en Español
|Print Version
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.–Today Attorney General Pam Bondi's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, with the assistance of the Alachua County Sheriff's Office, arrested the CEO and Assistant CEO of the Council on Aging of Florida, Maxcine Darville and Joanne Carter, respectively, for using more than $2.75 million of Medicaid dollars for excessive salaries and personal expenses. The Attorney General's Office investigated the women for allegations that between January 2006 and March 2012 the two used Medicaid program payments to the Council on Aging of Florida to cover excessive salaries and personal expenses, such as mortgage payments, Internet service, utility bills, cell phone service, and personal long distance calls. The Council on Aging of Florida is a nursing home management company, and it is not affiliated with the Florida Council on Aging.
"We will not allow those who are entrusted with providing legitimate Medicaid services and accurately billing the program to exploit the system," stated Attorney General Pam Bondi. "We will continue to protect taxpayers' dollars by investigating and prosecuting those who commit Medicaid fraud."
Darville and Carter are each charged with one count of organized scheme to defraud, a first-degree felony. If convicted, Darville and Carter each face up to 30 years in prison and $10,000 in fines. Attorney General Bondi's Office of Statewide Prosecution will prosecute the case.


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The staff of the Cashier Office has collected some of the common questions and listed them with our answers below.
Do I have to enroll in the college health insurance plan?
All students are required to carry health insurance. All students are billed for the insurance on the Fall billing statement. If a student has coverage under a different plan, the charges will be removed upon the receipt of the completed online waiver form, thereby indicating waiver of coverage and listing the plan under which the student is covered. Visit our Student Health Insurance page for more details.
Why do I need a damage deposit?
The $100 damage deposit is required separate from the advance tuition deposit. This deposit serves as a key deposit and damage deposit for the residence halls and for any fines or charges at the end of each semester. Prior to registration each fall, the $100 level must be replenished.
What is a Campus Cash account?
A Campus Cash account is an account designed for Grinnell College students, faculty and staff to access various services on campus by using their Pioneer One-Card.
How do I deposit money into a Campus Cash account?
Deposits can be made to a Campus Cash account by using cash, personal checks, a credit card, or transferring a credit balance from the student's tuition account. A Campus Cash machine located on campus, accepting cash transactions only, is outside Crady Mail Services in the Joe Rosefield '25 Center. In the event you wish to use a personal check or transfer a credit balance, you will need to visit or telephone the Cashier Office located at the John Chrystal Center. Online deposits can be made using a credit card at https://get.cbord.com/grinnell
Where can I use the Campus Cash account?
Students, faculty, and staff can access their Campus Cash accounts at the following locations:
Grinnell College Bookstore, Mail Services, Spencer Grill, Marketplace Dining, Bob's Underground, the Grinnell College Library and most campus vending machines.
When I have been assigned a work study job, what forms must I complete in order to be paid?
The forms that must be completed include: the State W-4 form, the Federal W-4 form, and Form I-9 from the U.S. Department of Justice.
What documents are necessary for me to complete the forms?
In order to complete the I-9, please view the list of acceptable documents which can be found here: http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-9.pdf
Where can I complete the forms?
These forms can be completed, with the proper documents, at the Cashier Office located in the John Chrystal Center.
My work-study award does not appear as a credit on my billing statement - why not?
A work-study award allows a student to earn wages from a part time job in order to help pay for college.
The work award does not appear as a credit on the student account, instead the student is allowed to begin the semester still owing this amount.
Students are responsible for making regular payments throughout the semester in order to have the work-study balance paid in full by the time the semester ends.
Students choose whether to credit their earnings to their student account, to have them direct deposited to a bank account, or a combination of the two.


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Press Release
December 6, 2011
Contact: Liz Reitzig, Co-founder, Farm Food Freedom Coalition
301-807-5063, [email protected] www.RawMilkFreedomRiders.com
Civil Disobedience for Natural Food Moms in Midwest
Mothers Plan to Risk Arrest Thursday To Provide Healthy Foods For Their Families
Chicago, IL—On Thursday, December 8, a group of mothers will risk arrest and other penalties by purchasing fresh, unprocessed milk from a small farm in Wisconsin, transporting it to Chicago's Independence Park and distributing the milk to other mothers who need it for their families from 11:30am-2:00pm.
Why should such a seemingly innocent act risk arrest? Federal law 21 CFR § 1240.61prohibits interstate movement and distribution of raw milk for human consumption. This U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulation applies to individuals, or "agents" acting on their behalf. The mothers who purchase the milk will be acting as "agents" on behalf of other mothers who cannot make the trip.
"This is our second 'Raw Milk Freedom Ride'," says Liz Reitzig, an event organizer. "The Wisconsin to Chicago trip will raise the stakes over a similar November 1 event challenging the FDA's use of force against raw milk distribution. By having moms act as agents on behalf of other individuals, we'll show a central problem with the ban on interstate movement of raw milk," she added.
"I am willing to risk arrest in order to obtain the foods of my choice from the producer of my choice," says Mary Gercke, an Illinois mother of three. "It is abhorrent that Americans risk criminal penalties for getting healthy foods from small family farms or helping other families with the transportation of these foods. Americans need to wake up to the reality that their tax dollars are used to enforce draconian laws on their neighbors."
These mothers are not overreacting to some hypothetical situation. Over the past year, the FDA and state authorities have conducted undercover sting operations on, raided and prosecuted farmers, buying clubs, and individuals who help distribute raw milk and other farm fresh foods in order to enforce the federal prohibition on transporting raw milk across state lines. Over a dozen people and businesses currently face charges, orders, and other enforcement actions; some are under federal criminal investigation and face indictment by a grand jury.
The Raw Milk Freedom Riders launched their movement with an inaugural ride on November 1, when mothers and others, determined to protect their families food supply, transported raw milk from Pennsylvania to the FDA's headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, and distributed the milk to crowds gathered for a protest. In response the FDA issued a statement saying it does not "intend" to take "enforcement action against an individual who purchased and transported raw milk across state lines solely for his or her own personal consumption."
According to the Freedom Riders, FDA's efforts to suppress raw milk distribution have resulted in increased consumer demand.
Info about farm raids FarmFoodFreedom.org For additional information on raw milkwestonaprice.org


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STANDISH, Maine — Three men are charged with digging up the cremated remains of two relatives and moving them to another cemetery in Maine.
Authorities say 71-year-old Calvin Lewis of Limington, 37-year-old Hiram resident Travis Lewis and 42-year-old Kevin Lewis of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, are charged with abuse of a corpse.
Police say the men dug up the remains of Richard Lewis and the son who shared his name from a cemetery in Standish last fall, then reburied them in the family plot in Limington. The elder Richard Lewis was Calvin Lewis' brother and the father of the other two men.
The remains were returned to their original resting place on Aug. 2.
Kevin Lewis tells the Portland Press Herald the men "just thought we had a right" to move family members.


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Opheline Myers
Opheline Myers, 88, of Shady Point died Saturday, May 18, 2013, at her home. She was the daughter of the late Monroe and Jessie (Keeling) Abbott of Ada. Opheline was born Dec. 11, 1924, in Egypt, Okla. Opheline was united in marriage to Curtis Myers on Nov. 11, 1944, at their preacher's home in Ada. Curtis and Opheline moved to Poteau in 1972, where they opened the Sonic Drive In. Opheline was a homemaker and loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She will be dearly missed. She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Earl Abbott of Las Vegas Nev., Orville Abbott of Albuquerque, N.M.; and her twin sister, Pauline Dew of Ada. Survivors include her husband, Curtis of the home; daughter, Geraldine Haskins and husband Jerry of Ashdown, Ark.; sons, Don Myers and wife Judye of Mena, Ark., Danny Myers and wife, Timmie of Shady Point; seven grandchildren, Jeffrey Haskins and wife, Machelle of Ashdown, Ark., Tracy Womack of Ashdown, Ark., Cotye Myers of Mena, Ark., Brandi Sachs and husband David of Mena, Ark., Justin Myers and wife Kendra of Mena, Ark., Tory Myers of Rosebud, Ark., Tyla Myers of Shady Point; 11 great grandchildren; three sisters, Dorothy Stiles of Ada, Jean Sims of Moore, Joyce Scroggins of Moore; brother, Richard Abbott of Duncan; and a host of family and friends.Services were held Monday, May 20, at Shady Point Assembly of God with the Rev. Joe Owen officiating. Burial was in Memorial Park Cemetery, Ada. You may leave an online message at evansandmillerfuneralhomes.com. Evans and Miller Funeral Home, Poteau, handled arrangements.


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Today's Red Leaf Tea Special
Thank you everyone for the recommendations for the proof reader project. I really did not expect to get so many. I was not sure who to pick so to be kind of fair I started with the first on that came to me.
Once again thank you for helping me. Much appreciated.
Glad you got some responses!!
If those all fall through (doubtful!) I know someone as well. She's very good at editing, and loves tea as well :)
Another review came in.
Rachel suggested a complimentary measuring spoon. We have already purchased those and it will be added to the final product when it comes out :-)
Thank you Rachel.
I'm going to my second half of sampling(the hot ones) today so I should have the survey filled out by tonight. I'm only going to do half cups today though so I don't get caffeine over load seeing as how I can't stop myself from drinking other teas over the course of the day.
How much caffeine is in one serving of caramel matchachino ?
Rachel's idea for the measuring spoon is great. I think my family gets cranky that I'm always stealing the kitchen measuring spoons for my matcha.
There's not that much caffeine in this mix. A round of 1/2 of what coffee cup would have. It's more about how sensitive are you to caffeine. I can drink coffee and go to sleep 30 minutes later. When I started to drink matcha late I could not sleep half the night as if was some different type of caffeine and my body was reacting to it. Now it's just like coffee. Some days I have 3 cups of matcha so that I don't feel sleepy during the day.
Think of it this way: if you have too much and can not sleep, at least you'll have time to do the survey. It's a win-win. :-)
The survey shouldn't take me long to fill out because I've been taking lots of notes. I've finished all the cold samples and am on the first hot right now. I want to have them all done before 4pm so it doesn't mess with my sleep.
Thank you again for giving us this great opportunity to be a part of tea history! I can totally see my non tea drinking friends getting hooked on this stuff.
I feel like waiting for test results at school when I was younger :-)
So far I got 3 reviews and the best samples voted are:
There is no pleasing you people… LOL
Just saw the post from 3 days ago saying there will be another test for a lighter version with natural Stevia. Now that will be right up my alley!
This will be a project for later. First I need to see how the new product is selling for a while. If the new product does not sell well, there is no reason to work on additional options, is there?
I will make an official post when I'm ready for the new version to be tested.
I appreciate your interest.
I totally understand. I have sent back my survey and appreciate the opportunity to try them. I like them prepared cold the best.
I'm about to try mine since I finally got to them yesterday. My poor little mailbox was so jammed with stuff.
Hi. Just received my samples on Saturday and completed my survey just now. Hope you received it and the feedback helps. I look forward to the next tasting ;)
I got it. Thank you very much.
Another vote for #2.
A question for Red Leaf – now that you have me hooked on matcha, I am craving plain matcha, not just flavored matcha. Have you ever considered making a special sampler of your different grades of unflavored matcha? I would love to do a side by side comparison of them. When I upgraded the base of my Bilberry Matcha (seriously, I am the only person on here who bought and reviewed it?) it was such a vibrant green and though I like the classic base fine, it made me want to experience ALL the bases!
I had the sampler package for unflavored matcha but it was not very popular. Below is the link to the sampler pack. It will be available only today by this link. Specially for you or any Steepster reader :-)
If I hadn't already ordered Red Leaf matcha, (and it's shipped) I would've added this. Oh well maybe next time :D
You can order now and pay for the shipping. I will refund you the shipping fee right away and ship it with your next order. Would that work for you?
Thanks for the offer but I'm buying a purebred kitten ($900) it will be a tortie/torbie Siberian kitten. That's why I can't afford any more tea right now :D I will post pictures on facebook and google+ when it comes :D
That's sounds like a great pet! Personally I'm more of a dog person…
They have dog like personalities (and even play fetch) and I have my 140lb English Mastiff which is more than enough puppy for me :D I wanted a cat because I can't stand the -30 to -50 degrees Celsius weather for walking a pup. Besides a 20lb cat will outweigh most small dogs anyway :D
EEEEE! Kitten! My last kitten was a year ago, but he was (as all of mine) a shelter cat. I'm really pro-shelter cats but in my secret heart of hearts I want an exotic persian…


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It's about time you give some love to Google+, a social media platform set to attract more people not only because of its new dressed up interface, but also by the recent features added.
Google+ is obviously betting big on photos as it launches its ability to "auto awesome" images uploaded to it. Its mobile app came through with its refreshing updates as well. All in all, it has been a very active month for Google+ and the new wave of features is projected to increase its social networking share.
Now here's an infographic ready to turn anyone who's willing to make the jump an instant Google+ savvy user.
Via Lauren Moss, Alessandro Rea, Michael Q Todd, John van den Brink


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MANCHESTER, Tenn. (AP) — If the comedy thing doesn't work out, Craig Robinson has an easy second career lined up: musician.
Robinson, a comedian and actor probably best known as Darryl on "The Office," brought a smokin' hot seven-piece band — The Nasty Delicious — to the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival on Saturday evening, and turned the comedy tent into a dance hall.
"It's my first love," Robinson said. "I used to play the piano as soon as I could reach it. My mother was first-chair cello in college. She was a singer, an organist. Our house, when we came up, you were going to piano lessons no matter what else you were doing, so it's a part of me."
The 42-year-old Chicago resident isn't stopping at his stand-up comedy set. He's also incorporating music into his first starring role on television. He'll play a music teacher on his new sit-com "Mr. Robinson," in development for NBC — the network that first introduced Robinson to a larger audience as the loveably surly warehouse foreman on "The Office."
He also stars as Maceo in the James Brown biopic "Get On Up," out in August.
After decades of work, Robinson finds he's reached several of the goals he's set for himself.
"It gets to the point where you're living it and you want to climb the mountain, and all the sudden you get to a spot where, 'Oh, this is nice. This is beautiful here,' and get comfortable," Robinson said. "And so I'm trying to make myself uncomfortable. What I mean is instead of doing my set, I've got this incredible band and we can go and do whatever, and they've got my back. Yes, I'm doing more music and less comedy, and some people be like, 'What the hell is this,' and whatever."
Robinson and the Nasty Delicious use music in much the same way Brown did, building crowd excitement through high-energy musical interludes with Robinson and band members vamping to fans. At one point, he had the crowd remove the temporary seating in front of the stage to turn the area into a dance floor. He waded into the crowd and celebrated with fans for several minutes as the band cycled through hits like "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and "Thriller."
The set was therapeutic in a lot of ways for Robinson. He was forced to cancel his first appearance Friday and postpone Saturday's show due to the death of a close cousin. He also was in a car wreck recently when a driver went the wrong way down the freeway in Chicago.
He could easily have canceled the trip to Manchester, but decided to seek solace in the celebration.
"So it was like we're lucky to be here, you know what I'm saying," Robinson said. "In that respect, you don't know when you're going to go so you might as well enjoy yourself."
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