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Gord MacEachern 8/27/2012 8:05:23 AMJust incredible photography my friend!!! #1482773
Monnie Ryan 8/27/2012 8:45:38 AMAwesome (again), Bobby! #10292413
Ellen Hodges 8/27/2012 8:50:09 AMAbsolutely strictly fabulous, Bobby!!! Love the light and the timing is perfect!!! #10292423
Stephen Zacker 8/27/2012 10:16:20 AMFantastic sky and scale.. what a moment #10292475
Lorna Shutter 8/27/2012 10:26:33 AMWow! This is fantastic, Bobby! The forked lightning bolt and those clouds are AWESOME! Love the beautiful lights from the city below! Excellent timing and capture, my friend! :) #10292479
Tammy M. Anderson 8/27/2012 10:32:56 AMExcellent timing clarity and capture, Bobby. Perfect! #10292487
Nancy L. Green 8/27/2012 10:35:47 AMABSOLUTELY STUNNING!!! Your lighting and cloud definition are AMAZING!! <>< #10292492
Jack Gaskin 8/27/2012 11:02:41 AMINSTANT FAV the clouds in it are amazing besides.
Happy birthday to the Better HAlf !!!
Jack #10292526
John Connolly 8/27/2012 12:30:13 PMYour exemplary photographic technique has produced another masterpiece here Bobby! What a supreme capture! #10292613
Liz blahh 8/27/2012 12:45:22 PMYou never cease to amaze me with these shots, awesome! #10292633
Nadine A. Lewis 8/27/2012 1:12:01 PMOUTSTANDING!!!! #10292667
Bojan Bencic 8/27/2012 1:28:48 PMThe light on the clouds is just beautiful, Bobby. Amazing photo. #10292699
Robert R. Goodman 8/27/2012 1:44:52 PMThank you Gord,Monnie,Ellen,Stephen,Lorna,Tammy,Nancy,Jack,Liz,Nadine and Bojan. #10292715
Marijana Fajgl 8/27/2012 2:12:59 PMThis is so powerful, Bobby! Outstanding capture! #10292738
Wm Nosal 8/27/2012 2:51:14 PMCOOL Image Bobby! #10292778
Robert R. Goodman 8/27/2012 3:24:14 PMThank you Marijana and Wm. #10292821
frank w. degenhardt 8/27/2012 3:57:05 PMYou the man Bobby. A favorite to add to some of them most amazing works of photography. I just never stop being thrilled from these looks at lightning and know how it must excite you to no end. Breath taking and once again, you bring out the best, the flash and glow, the town below and the lights of the houses on, people inside screaming about how close that was. What an adventure my friend. #10292852
Lydia Williams 8/27/2012 3:58:43 PMWOW, this is an awesome image Bobby! Well done! #10292856
David Phalen 8/27/2012 5:42:46 PMAmazing...Stunning...Fabulous...Spectacular!! The light, tones and clarity are, as usual, spot on!!
Robert R. Goodman 8/27/2012 6:54:48 PMThank you Frank,Lydia and David. #10293012
Tammy Espino 8/27/2012 7:11:09 PMCool capture. That cloud looks like a big giant hand to me :) #10293032
Robert R. Goodman 8/27/2012 7:35:17 PMThank you Tammy and Sabrina. #10293080
Ann H. Belus 8/27/2012 10:29:19 PMAmazing capture, Bobby! I am so disappointed we missed the light show on our last trip to AZ! #10293200
Mary K. Robison 8/28/2012 1:18:05 AMLove all the shades of blue, Bobby, and how the lightning bolt's softer light spreads out behind the dark cloud... Wonderful composition! #10293299
Robert R. Goodman 8/28/2012 4:43:23 AMThank you Ann and Mary. #10293486
Emile Abbott 8/28/2012 8:31:29 AMYou perfect storm chasing to an art form, Bobby. #10293776
Phyllis A. Houghton 8/28/2012 8:56:08 AMThe streams of light going upwards and downward from the clouds are a nice touch. Beautiful clouds and lightning, Bobby! #10293812
Robert R. Goodman 8/28/2012 9:44:42 AMThank you Emile and Phyllis. #10293855
JO ANN CLEVELAND 8/28/2012 9:55:30 AMI am always fascinated with your olighting strikes, just love them Bobby!
jo ann c. #10293873
Robert R. Goodman 8/28/2012 12:34:29 PMThank you Jo Ann. #10294016
David M. Montero 8/28/2012 2:44:58 PMYou do get a charge out of these don't you Bobby. Very dramatic! #10294155
Robert R. Goodman 8/28/2012 3:43:26 PMThank you Dave. #10294186
Carol L. Fowler 8/28/2012 10:50:11 PMAWESOME!!! (That word says it all!) #10294581
Robert R. Goodman 8/29/2012 7:07:48 AMThank you Carol. #10295719
isabel C. Zepeda 8/29/2012 10:22:58 AMBobby
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING, your lighting pictures are really with no words to express how good they are
Robert R. Goodman 8/29/2012 11:44:10 AMThank you Isabel. #10296804
Reynaldo D. Reyes 8/30/2012 9:31:53 AMIt's such an impressive capture Bobby, I'd love to chase storms and capture something like this but they're so infrequent in Southern California. #10299255
Robert R. Goodman 8/30/2012 11:14:59 AMThank you Reynaldo. #10299478
Patrick Rouzes 9/1/2012 9:43:02 AMAnother exceptional capture & job, Bobby! You are the king of lightning photos,my friend! WTG!
Robert R. Goodman 9/1/2012 1:49:12 PMThank you Patrick. #10304060
Laura E. Swan 9/5/2012 7:06:33 PMGOLD.
My prediction!
Bobby Ray, you have taken so many awesome shots of lightning. I hope you will make a book of them someday. Or sell them to the right people who will make you famous for your work. So your work ends up in science books or science mags or meteorologist college or something.
This one is so unique as we can see light above the cloud too. Amazing to look at.
You have eternalized these special moments in time. They need to be shared with the world! I'm very serious. Wish I had contacts to share with you.
-Laura #10310572
Robert R. Goodman 9/5/2012 8:46:55 PMThank you Laura. #10310630
Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna 9/6/2012 4:33:12 PMWHOA! INCREDIBLE capture, Bobby Ray! :-) k #10311864
Robert R. Goodman 9/6/2012 9:21:44 PMThank you Kitty. #10312286
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Saturday night the Fire play another pivotal Eastern Conference clash as they welcome the Columbus Crew to Toyota Park.
The game will serve as the rubber match in the season series as both teams have won their previous home games this season by matching 2-1 score lines in Columbus on May 26 and at Toyota Park on June 23.
In the more recent match, the Fire looked to be coasting to victory after Marco Pappa's second minute screamer and Dominic Oduro's 26th minute insurance tally. A red card on a late challenge from Gonzalo Segares on the Crew's Tony Tchani three minutes later would make the rest of the match far from easy for the home side.
The ejection was the veteran defender's third over eight season of MLS play with the club
"It was a tough moment for me," Segares told Chicago-Fire.com this week. "It was a play that I was late on, we were up 2-0, we had momentum and a red card like that definitely didn't help.
Just seven minutes after the ejection, Tchani would pull one back but Sean Johnson and the back line in front of him held out through the remainder of the game to earn a valuable three points.
"I should have been much smarter," said Segares." I made it more difficult for us but I'm just glad the team was still able to get the win."
Things probably would have been even more difficult had the Crew received their midseason reinforcements of Federico Higuain and Jairo Arrieta back in June. The Crew are 7-4-2 overall since July 14 with Higuain tallying three goals and six assists in eight matches while Arrieta has bagged five goals and four assists in 13.
Most importantly, the Crew went from lingering just above the bottom of the East to a team challenging for a playoff berth.
"They've lost a few matches but they took a very important win against Chivas USA on Wednesday," continued Segares. "Columbus is still a very good team that's fighting for the playoffs just like us. [Saturday will] be a very tough game in which both teams are coming to get three points."
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It's like zero-ing your rifle, should you could still shoot it, but it's better/easier if you configure it to suit yourself.
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I'd prefer the analogy of custom hotkeys myself: playing a game with default settings is nice, but once you customize your hotkeys to the settings you're comfortable with you can bring out your A-game better.
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As for the "Why do I feel like this even though I won?" comment at the end of ep 2....
Thats because YOU REALLY LOST! LOL!
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Her tactics were working. She only had a little more to go before his shield reached zero.
As for Ichika's mecha:
Now, since they have a first shift, it begs to assume that there will be a second shift at some point? I love Shounen anime.
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Er? I thought it was pretty obvious that the point was to show that while Houki has her pride and all, it's not as important to her when it comes to spending time with Ichika. That senior girl was intending to 'steal' Ichika away by claiming her superior knowledge of IS, Houki one-upped her by throwing down the 'Onee-san' card.
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So I Just watched the battle in 1st ep once again. Hmm, interesting points:
- Ichika's IS uses the beam saber right from the start and the usage seems longer. Meaning the shield energy storage seems quite abundant for the 1st ep Byakushiki.
- that Byakushiki could use 'Shining Finger'........ >_>;
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1) To see if Nu-13 makes a cameo appearance.
2) That ED is going to be pretty damn busy by the end of the series, and i must see it for myself.
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My point for the whole discussion was that Cecilia could actually blow Ichika's shield much faster if she was serious. I never stated she could defeat in one blow, that wasn't the point at all.
The whole deal is to actually remain far away the longest as you can, as over time the distance will shrink unless the opponent is arguably weaker/slower.
Thus, going all out and leaving no momentum serves 2 purposes: draining the opponent's shield, while staying far away as much as possible.
As soon as a ranged attacker is at least at middle range, they are safe. If the opponent is already at melee range, they are doomed to no end, even if they were unscathered so far.
That's why I said she used no tactics whatsoever. Arguably, if she was sticking with sniper and missiles spam from start to finish (with of course, taking the opportunity to keep her distance between each salvo), not even bothering with her bits, she would have wiped the floor.
Something like this:
-Sniper shot 2-3, Missiles salvo while moving backswards (missiles would buy time as Ichika would either have to dodges or destroy them), then repositioning for more sniper shots. Rinse and repeat.
At worst, she would use her bits if Ichika manages to soar way too close.
What she actually did was:
-sniper shots until Ichika was coming close to middle range. Using bits, Docking bits then shooting (the only part where I believe it was the best course of action), More bits, docking (forced to retreat: Ichika already way too close), unleash bits until they got destroyed (Ichika still closer than middle range). Using missiles without moving. Then, using again missiles.
Not really a tactic if you ask me (especially starting moving only when she was about to get hit).
It is also possible that he got a shield energy tank or something that expanded his shield energy, although I guess we might have surprise energy depletion at times
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We don't even know what kind of tactics Cecilia normaly uses. We only saw her fight this once. What if the fight against Ichika is the kind of tactics she usually uses when she's fighting other foes?
Its like a basketball or soccer/football matches, or tennis players playing against eachother, where normally each team/individual had their own tactics and strategies they employ.
The fact is we don't know what strategy Cecilia uses until now. Heck, even Ichika didn't gather intel at all about what he's fighting against, her strategy or the way she fights prior the Cecilia match. He's entering the lion's den without even know what he's going against.
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No offense but... what kind of other strategy would you use as a sniper...?
I mean... the IS itself is specialized in long range attacks, which means: being able to damage the enemy without being affected because of a superior range.
Since they are basically the glass cannon due to the requirements (not being able to move while attacking etc), they are generally support/main firepower with the rest of the squadron supporting/protecting them.
As a sniper, if you are alone and out of the open, you better keep your distance and distract the opponent while doing so, that's just common sense (unless you are BOTH a sniper and a CQC specialist, which is very unlikely). Unless the IS itself has a melee mode switch (which doesn't seem so, since Cecilia was still using missiles after the first shift), you better kite your opponent with the hit and run strategy.
I can't put more emphasis to her speech when she was fighting: she was not taking this battle seriously one bit (until Byakushiki finally formated the First Shift), and she had that defeat coming because of that.
And from the glimpse of that serious battle in Episode 1, she didn't seem to use anything different so huh.
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A real sniper? Hide yourself as stealthy as possible and get the kill without being exposed in the open.
Reality aside, yeah its probably common sense for a sniper unit in a science fiction world using range as its advantage. I was more incline how she normally uses her weaponary in prior matches. With this we could judge how much she fares on her match with Ichika. As for melee mode, you never know.
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The city of Bloomfield, N.M., may have the Ten Commandments installed in front of City Hall. Not so fast, says the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico. The organization announced today that it filed a public records request on the project to determine if it violates the First Amendment.
The Bloomfield City Council supported a proposal to install the biblical statue on Monday, June 13. Four years earlier, Councilor Kevin Mauzy spearheaded a policy allowing any organization to donate a monument to City Hall as long as it pertains to the history of the U.S. law.
After the policy passed in July 2007, Peter Simonson, the executive director of ACLU-NM, expressed concerns that the Ten Commandments monument violates the Constitution. Supporters say the statue reflects the history of the Constitution and Bill of Rights. Simonson says he doesn't see anything to validate that view.
"There is no evidence to suggest a direct link between the Ten Commandments and anything in our body of laws." America's legal system can't be attributed to any particular text, he adds.
While the monument will not receive city funding, he says its placement suggests an endorsement of a specific faith. The language of the Ten Commandments varies between religions, and Simonson says the inclusion of one variation excludes others.
"The city of Bloomfield is faced with a decision of which religion they're going to snub and which particular faith they're going to ensconce in a monument on the lawn of their City Hall," he says.
The members of the ACLU watch for cases of local governments endowing religious symbolism and meaning on city property. In some cases they can resolve the issue with a letter or open dialogue—but other cases end up in the Supreme Court. Simonson says the courts generally rule against the local government in similar cases throughout the country.
"Where the local government has simply constructed a stand-alone Ten Commandments monument ... the courts have ruled those monuments to be an impermissible violation of the First Amendment," he says. This is especially true when the governmental body that supported the installation had a religious motivation, he adds.
Simonson says that the ACLU will determine its next course of action after a full investigation into the proposal.
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We all know that men outnumber women in atheist groups. Do you think this impacts courting?
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Great reply!
Good points. The Nerd!
Spending money in the original study seems to me just one observable expression of a general willingness to invest more of any resource, not only money, but also effort, time, overcoming obstacles, when suitable women are scarce.
I do hope one lonely atheist in my age group is willing to overcome obstacles like the geographical distance and gets interested in knowing me....
I'm going to say "yes" on the simple premise that atheists have more disposable income on hand because we aren't wasting 10-15% or more of our incomes tithing to a church. (This is of course far from scientific)
Now, if more of us would get of the computers and go out there and actually meet people, we can start procreating more and avoid the impending Idiocracy.
(1). The bigger question for me in the article is, why, in Columbus, Ga, were there 1.18 single men for every single woman, but in Macon, Ga, there were 0.78 single men for every woman?
(2) I think there must be a correlation/causation fallacy at work there. There are many socioeconomic issues in play - it would take a thoughtful statistical analysis to work them out. Using the fact that the cities are only 100 miles apart is bullshit - you can probably find places 10 miles apart with vastly different incomes and behaviors. The authors should be chided for using that misleading information.
(3) In addition, the data given was for "average consumer debt" - what if the debt for women and men follow different patterns? This article assumes that men's spending is what drives the debt. What if it's LACK of men's spending (such as on child support) that drives debt (just to pay the bills).
From wikipedia, for Columbus:
For every 100 females there were 94.7 males; The median income = $34,798; Male median = $30,238
Females median income = $24,336; Per capita income was $18,262; 15.7% of the population was below the poverty line
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For every 100 females there were 79.7 males; Median income = $27,405; Males median income = $29,950
female median income = $22,865 for females; The per capita income = $16,082; 25.5% of the population was below the poverty line,
The 2 cities have vastly different poverty levels. I did not pursue other demographics - this is enough to question the article.
As for courting in atheist groups, my impression is that the boorish behavior of some men drives women away. That's the gist of numerous discussions on here. I think that's not the case in my local atheist group, which as far as I can see has no courting behavior, but maybe I'm blind to that. Atheists are such a polyglot I don't think we can predict spending based on nonbelief.
As for my own behavior, since it's been men who I dated it's probably not relevant, but I'll say anyway. When I had more money to spend, I did. When I had less money to spend, I did not spend. I had very mixed feelings about money spent on me, and when there was disparity of income, I was very self conscious. On the one hand, being offered to come along on a cruise (for example) was exciting; to decline meant that my low income limited the choices for my higher income boyfriend; but then again, to accept meant that he made the choices. Since I'm settled and secure now,and not "dating", I often give gifts to coworkers and friends, and I hate to feel limited by income disparity - so if I want to give my assistant flowers, which she loves, I do it. No courtship intended or implied. But I also bake cakes and cookies, which doesn't cost much, and give people fruit and veggies and eggs from my garden.
Random comments, in east Asia, the gender ratios are cause for interest. Wikipedia, gender ratios below. Naturally, pink is more female, blue is more male. And green is equal. Go Mongolia!
I read that in some affluent, mostly-male parts of Asia, men are importing wives from less affluent areas (such as Korean men importing Vietnamese and Philippine women).
Sorry for the rambling, I'm in a rambling mood.
It's not rambling to me. Thanks for your well thought out and personal response. It's also nice to get to know you more.
I was one of the few dates that my wife had that insisted on going dutch. You can pay now or pay latter. Just make sure that if you pay latter, it is who you want to be with. I still think I'm getting a bargian, even with her upping the price.
I don't think spending on a potential mate has anything to do with belief or non-belief. Or, for that matter, gay or straight.
Personal, and anecdotal, story. I was sitting at an outdoor bar one evening on Havana Harbor, in Cuba, with my lady a few years ago. I was talking to the bartender (and a few other Cubans who wanted to meet the Americanos) about what me and my S/O were going to do the next day. They kept telling me we needed to go to Obispo Street in the old section of Havana. I finally figured out it was where all the artisan shops, crafts, artwork, and general souvenirs were.
Mind you, at this point in the conversation, I had been doing more than my part to boost the economy of the Cuban rum industry (mojitos). I said something to the effect of, "Oh, I get it. The señora gets all the items, and I pay all the money."
The bartender looked at me, somewhat amused, and made his point very succinctly. "Señor, you are a capitalist. I am a communist. It's universal."
I would definitely spend more on a date than my (non-atheist) friends would be willing to. I find, more often than not, it's because I hold a person's atheism to be so important. Finding another atheist who I find attractive is so rare, certainly given our status as a minority group, that I am willing to put much more into the prospective relationship because my goals are far from just casual sex. I guess that for me it just comes down to quality > quantity.
(This, of course, could apply to any minority group including those which are religious.)
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Former Mob boss James Whitey Bulger is itching for his trial date to begin, according to a new book about the Boston crime thug.
"Whitey Bulger: America's Most Wanted Gangster and the Manhunt That Brought Him to Justice," is a new book co-authored by the Boston Globe's Shelley Murphy and Kevin Cullin.
"He is calling it 'the big show' and he says he's looking forward to it," Shelley Murphy told WBZ NewsRadio 1030 Tuesday.
Bulger and his longtime girlfriend Catherine Greig were captured in Santa Monica, California in June 2011 after more than 16 years on the run.
"I think what's really new here is we get a chance to see what Whitey thinks of himself. We talked to people he has been writing to since his capture and I think it's quite a revelation that he's determined to try to portray himself as this, sort of, noble patriot who gave to military veterans groups. He really wants to try to sort of change the narrative of what we all know about him."
The 83-year-old is locked up at Plymouth County Correctional in Massachusetts. He faces 19 murder charges, as well as charges that include extortion, money-laundering and narcotics distribution.
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"He writes to his friends that he's been doing about 100 push-ups a day in his cell to try to keep fit. He's certainly mentally very with it, according to his lawyer, and I really hope that he does get to trial, because he says he's determined to take the stand and tell his side of the story. So whether people believe it or not is another question, but I think it's really important that we hear what he has to say," Murphy said.
Speaking to CBS Kevin Cullen said there is a lot of new information in the book about Bulger's illustrious career.
"Up until this point, everybody's told his story for him," Cullen told CBS This Morning.
"But what he wants more than anything, he wants to refute two points. He says he was never an informant for the FBI and he says he never killed the two women whose murders are among the 19 he's charged with."
Cullen said Bolger is aware that he will remain in prison, but that he is eager for his trial to begin.
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"What's interesting to me is that as he sits in (the) Plymouth jail waiting for his trial, he apparently is writing to a lot of people and I think he is very anxious to, sort of, define himself," Murphy told WBZ.
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Today is National Fetish Day! The third Friday of the year! In celebration, I am sharing an interview with a trampler. That is, a lovely lady who is married to a man with a trampling fetish. While the interviewee is not exactly a fetishist herself, she is the boot-wearer! Ahhh, the things we do for love! Kidding–sounds like she doesn't exactly mind her hub's shoe and trample fetish. Read on as I talk to Yvonne, a vegan with an extensive boot collection she has dubbed "bedroom boots." Of course, her boots are vegan, too!
ST:Okay so you say your hubby has a shoe and trampling fetish? So he likes when you both wear hot shoes, and when you walk on him?
Yvonne: Yup! He's pretty specific actually—he likes it best if he's stark naked and I'm all dolled up with the cherry on top being a pair of boots. I mean like serious boots. I have maybe 1 pair that I could wear out on the street if I really wanted, but all the rest are pretty much like stripper boots with giant platforms, or pleather with spike heels that go thigh-high. These are dedicated bedroom boots that we have specifically for that. He picked most of em out, and I gave the final yea or nay vote. I should also clarify that he's below me masturbating pretty much the whole time.
Hot. Bedroom boots! Love that term. So how did he first introduce his fetish to you?
Gosh, it's been so long now I can't really remember…. I know that when we first started dating years ago he complimented a pair of 40's-style wedges I had on, and I had a side thought that maybe he didn't play for my team, ha!. Then over the course of our relationship I got to know what he prefers—he hates flats, likes heels over wedges, and boots more than anything. Obviously I'll wear whatever the hell I want, but it's nice to know what turns him on when we go on a date so I can make a little effort when I pick an outfit. I honestly can't remember when he asked me to step on him while wearing boots, but I think we might have had a very frank conversation about what turns us on in the bedroom and he came right out and said it.
Were you open to it?
Totally! Nothing unsanitary is involved and it's consensual, so I was down. Er…. up.
Now you say this is mostly his fetish; do you like it at all, or is it just getting him off that gets you off?
I do like being able to demand that he do anything I want and be a real bitch- sometimes it actually helps me vent my frustrations. At times it does get a bit repetitive, almost like a couple doing the same missionary-style thing over and over. But we've found ways to change it up or do things different, and it also depends on what kind of mood I'm in. His big thing is that he doesn't want to do it unless I'm into it too, which is great. I have to say my favorite part is when he climaxes, and I LOVE watching him from up above. So it's basically 100 percent his thing, but I do get a little something out of it. As far as it turning me on, it doesn't really.
What is his favorite kind of shoe for you to put on?
Boots! Done. Next question!
Hah alright then. On what part of his body to you walk?
Mostly I just stand over him and use one of my legs to poke and prod, but occasionally I'll take a few steps on him, usually on his upper thighs, stomach, or chest. I'll also kick him, and he likes it when I demand he do things like massage my legs or kiss the bottom of the boot.
Do you walk on him with the shoes on only, or are you ever barefoot?
I don't think I've ever done it barefoot, haha.
Have you ever left stiletto punctures on him?
Yea, I've left little bruises and marks before. I saw them the next day and honestly got a little worried, but he said he was fine and that he liked it because it reminded him of how it got there and consequently turned him on.
Trampling can be a bit sadomasochistic, especially if you get into stomping. How far do you take it?
We really don't take it too far, although I do have some whips and things from the early days, but I haven't used those in a while and it doesn't turn him on that much. We're like "BDSM-lite."
BDSM-lite, that's great. Fluffy! Anything else I should know about the fetish?
We've done a whole variety of things in the past like acted out scenes, or sometimes I'll dance, which can be dangerous depending on what pair I have on. I've rolled my ankle more than a few times, but no serious injuries! His newest thing is he likes to watch me get ready and put on makeup.
Wanna talk about your fetish? Leave it in the comments! Want to be interviewed for Fetish Friday? Email me at Sexytofublog (at) yahoo! Do it.


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While electric vehicles continue to grab the green-car spotlight, an older technology has quietly emerged as a player in the fuel economy wars: turbocharging.
Once the province of performance cars, turbochargers now power economy cars, family sedans and even full-sized trucks. Turbos now account for an estimated 13% of U.S. auto sales, according to Honeywell International Inc., a leading turbo supplier. That's double what it was in 2010.
The increase is driven by ever-stricter federal fuel economy standards. Turbochargers, which inject compressed air into engine cylinders, enable automakers to squeeze more oomph out of smaller motors.
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But not everyone is sold on turbos. Toyota and Honda continue to avoid the technology. And critics including Consumer Reports question its efficiency and performance advantages. In a new report, the product testing organization found that most turbos failed to deliver on advertised fuel economy or to outperform non-turbo rivals with bigger engines.
"There are better ways to save fuel, including hybrids, diesels and other advanced technologies," the magazine said.
Still, automakers including Ford, Volkswagen and BMW are bullish on turbos. Some predict the U.S. car market will soon look more like Europe, where more than half the cars are turbocharged.
"We're going 100% into turbo technology," said Rainer Michel, vice president of product strategy for Volkswagen of America. "From a physics standpoint, nobody will get around it."
Ford shocked the industry two years ago when it introduced a turbocharged six-cylinder version of its hefty F-Series truck, the bestselling vehicle in the United States. Noting that truck buyers favored the traditional V-8, Car and Driver magazine said the engine "might as well be a hood-mounted tofu dispenser."
Today, the twin-turbo V-6 now sells better than any other option — including two V-8s — at 42% of all F-150 sales. "It's surprised even us at how well it's done," said Ford spokesman Richard Truett.
But Consumer Reports found that the EcoBoost truck achieved 15 miles per gallon in combined city and highway driving, less than its 17 mpg combined rating from the Environmental Protection Agency — and about the same as Ford's 5.0-liter V-8.
Ford released a statement Monday saying the Consumer Reports "findings are not consistent with our internal and external feedback. It shows EcoBoost vehicles lead in customer satisfaction for fuel economy across segments — including surveys by J.D. Power."
Ford now offers 15 nameplates with EcoBoost engines and plans to add more, including a three-cylinder Ford Fiesta that will be among the smallest engines sold in America. General Motors is close behind, increasing turbo models to eight this year from four. Sales of 2013 model-year turbos so far represent 14% of all GM cars, up from 7% in the 2012 model year, said Rick Balsley, GM's engineering group manager for charging.
By comparison, gas-electric hybrids account for about 3% of all U.S. car sales. Figures for U.S. turbo sales include vehicles with diesel engines. Diesels, which also account for about 3% of the market, have been turbocharged since the late 1970s because of their particular performance and pollution issues. The recent growth in turbocharging involves gasoline engines.
"The U.S. is an emerging market for turbos," said Tony Schultz, vice president for the Americas at Honeywell Turbo Technologies. "We're growing as fast here as we are in China."
A blast of hot air?
Some major automakers have resisted turbocharging, relying instead on tweaking traditional engines to find power and fuel economy. "We're not jumping on the bandwagon," Honda spokesman Chris Martin said. "At this point, we have such efficient and powerful engine options that we haven't needed the turbo."
Toyota, the world's largest automaker, is focusing instead on hybrid technologies and efforts to reduce weight and make cars more aerodynamic, specialist Moe Durand said. Today's turbos are impressive, he said, but their efficiency can suffer in real-world use. "For absolute fuel economy, you're still going to do better with a hybrid," Durand said.
Consumer Reports found that turbo engines — across segments and automakers — generally failed to outperform larger non-turbo engines. Ford's 1.6-liter turbo Fusion, for instance, returned 25 mpg and took nearly 8.9 seconds to get from zero to 60 mph. Honda's non-turbo 2.5-liter Accord, meanwhile, got 30 mpg and took 8.2 seconds to reach 60 mph.
Comparing turbo and non-turbo versions of the Chevrolet Cruze, the magazine found the more expensive turbo version to accelerate only marginally faster and return identical fuel economy — 26 mpg.
"The small-displacement turbos certainly are not the magic bullet in terms of fuel efficiency," said Jake Fisher, director of automotive testing at Consumer Reports. "Their EPA ratings look good on paper, but in our testing, they not only don't perform as marketed, but not as well as conventional powertrains."
GM responded with a statement: "If you have a heavy foot on a turbocharged engine, you're not necessarily going to see a lot of fuel economy benefits. As is generally the case, the improved fuel economy you get is really dependent on how you drive."
Consumer Reports did not pan every turbo model, noting that the BMW 3 Series it tested recently delivered "both good fuel economy (28 mpg) and acceleration." And it said the 2.0-liter turbo four-cylinder found in Volkswagen and Audi models returns impressive mileage, though the magazine has not tested it against comparable non-turbo competitors.
The cult of turbo
Today's turbo renaissance marks a turnaround from the bad-old days of turbocharging in the 1980s. Back then, the technology became the automotive equivalent of crack cocaine — an intense high followed by self-destruction.
Images of exotic turbocharged sports cars graced the walls of teenagers' bedrooms everywhere, and the word "turbo" embedded itself in the culture as a synonym for fast and cool. It has since been applied willy-nilly to unrelated products such as sunglasses, razors, even tax software.
The reality of owning the turbo cars proved less cool. Turbochargers often blew out before 100,000 miles and damaged engines. Consumers started to see them as disposable vehicles. Resale values fell through the floor.
Driving turbo cars proved an acquired taste because of "turbo lag" — the power didn't kick in until the middle of the rev range, creating a herky-jerky driving dynamic.
"In those old turbo cars, you'd rev up the engine and all of a sudden — bang! — you get the turbo power. For daily drive ability, they were very bad," said Michel of Volkswagen. "On a 180-degree highway ramp, hit the gas at the wrong moment, and you're off the road."
Today's new slate of turbos drive better and appear, at least initially, to have overcome the reliability issues. That's because the technology has been honed — tamed, really — with a combination of other complementary technologies, including engine-management systems that can precisely calibrate air, fuel and spark.
Today's turbocharged cars target an entirely different consumer, GM's Balsley said. "Now we're putting turbos in cars for consumers that may not even know they have a turbo — or care."
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Good Morning to everyone on Collector's Weekly !, I found this picture while helping to clean up a "free yardsale" that our church was having on Saturday. It consisted of mostly clothes and household goods that had been donated, and was open to anyone in the community that could use it for free. When boxing up leftovers for drop off at the local habitat shop, I saw this picture and had to have it. I traded them an item for this, so that we would be even, since I really didn't need any free help ! The picture does not look old, most likely a reproduction and it is in a cheap frame. It was the subject matter that caught my attention. I thought that this little girl out cruising in her pedal car with shades and a scarf was awesome. From the look on her face, she looks like she is on a mission. Just wanted to share with everyone ! Thanks for looking and I hope you enjoy it ! TG


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Who cometh out of the sea
Wrapt in His winding-sheet?
He who hung on the Tree
With blood on His hands and feet, —
On the frozen isles He leaps, and lo, the
sea-lambs round Him bleat!
The cry of the flocks o' the Sea
Rings in the ears of the Man!
Gentle and mild is He,
Tho' worn and weak and wan;
The mild-eyed seals look up in joy, His
pitiful face to scan.
They gather round Him there,
He blesses them one and all, —
On their eyes and tangled hair
His tears of blessing fall; —
But He starteth up and He listeneth, for He
hears the hunter's call!
Moaning in fear He flies
Leading the wild sea-herds,
O'er Him, under the skies,
Follow the startled birds.
'Father, look down!' He moans aloud, and
the Heavens fling back His words!
The hunter's feet are swift,
The feet of the Christ are slow,
Nearer they come who lift
Red hands for the butcher's blow, —
Aye me, the bleeding lambs of the Sea, who
struggle and wail in woe!
Blind with the lust of death
Are the red hunter's eyes,
Around him blood like breath
Streams to the silent skies, —
Slain again 'mong the slain sea-lambs the
white Christ moans and dies!
'Even as the least of these,
Butcher'd again, I fall!'
O gentle lambs of the Sea,
Who leapt to hear Him call,
Bleeding there in your midst He lies, who
gladden'd and blest you all!
And the hunter striding by,
Blind, with no heart to feel,
Laughs at the anguish'd cry,
And crushes under his heel
The head of the Christ that looketh up with
the eyes of a slaughter'd seal!
*See, passim, the descriptions of Dr. Gordon Stables, R.N., Captain Borchgrevink, Professor Jukes, and others, of the devilries which accompany the slaughter of the Fur-Seal.
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I agree that the language is DAMN confusing. -mouser (March 13, 2007, 08:22 AM)
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Unless you've got .net beta on your system, installing this shouldn't be a problem though?-TucknDar (March 13, 2007, 08:59 AM)
I have tried to install Visual studio without removing .net framework, and it just freezes the installation and is difficult to remove. I used Procexp from Sysinternals to remove the install screen and then still had to reboot. Are you saying that visual studio will install a version of .net framework? I need .net to run some apps.Regards,jr-jacquesrober (March 13, 2007, 10:10 AM)
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I am now certain that all the fuzz only was about the need for .NET 3.0Its most strange that Microsoft can't figure out to just tell it - if you wanna drive Visual Studio you'll need to upgrade .NET Framework to version 3.0 - thats not hard to tell, is it? Maybe its because Visual Studio (and the quoted article) is older than .NET 3.0, so it would alter version 2.0 and make it unsuitable for upgrading to 3.0 - that must be it.f0dder; will you check if your .NET is version 3.0 please ?-Curt (March 13, 2007, 01:01 PM)
I think I will uninstall .net framework and reinstall it from the microsoft site -jacquesrober (March 14, 2007, 10:09 AM)
I will uninstall .net framework and reinstall it from the microsoft site and not from my download folder, that way I should insure that I get the correct version.-jacquesrober (March 14, 2007, 10:09 AM)
VS2005 is centered around .NET 2 - though their SP1 showed up around the same time as .NET 3 so I guess the two could be related. I've applied the service pack and haven't upped to .NET 3 and it's running just fine.
SP1 for the IDE does take awhile to install, but it makes a lot of changes to the IDE (fixes a lot of annoying problems reported by users of VC#05 as they tested the beta).-kyrathaba
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KINGSPORT, Tenn. (Apr. 26, 2005) - East Tennessee State used solid pitching and timely hitting to defeat Virginia Tech, 5-3, in the Kingsport Classic Tuesday night from Hunter Wright Stadium in Kingsport, Tenn. It is ETSU's second win of the season against the Hokies, as the Bucs also defeated Virginia Tech 5-4 on Apr. 19.
The Bucs added to their lead with a run in the bottom of the third. Byrne and Moore led off the inning with back-to-back singles. With one out, Byrne stole third then crossed the plate on a throwing error.
ETSU ran its lead to 3-0 with a run in the bottom of the sixth.
Virginia Tech cut ETSU's lead to one with a two-run rally in the top of the seventh. Sheldon Adams led off the inning with a single to left, followed by a walk by Nate Parks. Matt Foley then hit into a fielder's choice, giving the Hokies runners on first and third. The runners would score as Jose Cueto hit a sacrifice fly to right and Jose Rojas hit an RBI double to right-center. The Hokies looked as they had tied the game with a single by Matt Hacker, but Rojas missed third base and was called out on an appeal.
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The Hokies put their final run on the board as Warren Schaeffer hammered the first pitch he saw with two outs in the top of the eighth over the left field wall.
ETSU starter Jeremy Hall (Gray, Tenn.) pitched three scoreless innings to earn his ninth win of the season (9-1), tying him for the NCAA Division I lead. He allowed one hit, hit a batter and struck out one.
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Ultimate Realities 1: Refreshing as Rain and Dew
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A great celebration was taking place, with thousands of Gods people present. They had known Gods deliverance, but had often failed to be grateful; in fact, they had often been deliberately disobedient and acted corruptly, forgetting all that God had taught them.
When their leader stood up in front of the whole assembly, he recited a song to them to a people whose spiritual life had often dried up. He began by calling on the whole universe, the heavens and the earth to pay attention to his words, and then sang Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew, like showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants.
Those were powerful images: rain, dew and showers were crucial to life and survival in a desert land, a barren and howling waste. The words were highly evocative in places where grass and tender plants could die inside a day if no moisture came.
That leader was Moses, his hearers the Israelites (Deuteronomy 32:2). He was telling them that Gods teaching (doctrine in some versions) was to their spiritual life what dew and rain were to the physical world an absolute necessity for restoring and sustaining life. When Moses had finished reciting all those words, he added: They are not just idle words for you they are your life (Deuteronomy 32:47).
This is a cameo of the Bibles consistent view that truth is paramount. The biggest asset any religion can have is truth. You might say that redemption [was the biggest asset], but Christianity cant be redemptive unless it is true (Carl Henry, Christianity Today, 3 March 1997).
Moreover, human beings need truth in order to live. They do not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD. That was spoken by Moses and confirmed by Jesus (Deuteronomy 8:3; cf Matthew 4:4). Life depends on Gods words. This is why the New Testament so emphasises sound doctrine. Sound partly means teaching that is correct or orthodox it also means what promotes spiritual health and growth (1 Timothy 1:10; 6:3; 2 Timothy 1:13; 4:3; Titus 1:9, 13; 2:1).
Gods truth is not merely cerebral, passing information to the brain; it is dynamic giving life. It does not merely instruct; it restores. There is no conflict here between Word and Spirit, as though the Word gives mere knowledge, while the Spirit changes people. The Word and the Spirit are together in this. The Spirit who gives and strengthens life does so through the Word that he inspired. The Word is concerned for life as the Spirit is for truth.
Realities, ultimate and universal
The conviction behind this little book is similar: we cannot survive without the central truths of Christianity and we need them if we are to grow. This book therefore aims to introduce core Christian beliefs. Those beliefs have saved lives, changed lives and cost lives. They have saved people from sin and its judgment and for God and eternity God has used these truths to change people in all cultures from self-centred rebels into children, friends and servants of God. And ordinary people have given their lives, in the last one hundred years most of all, to tell and spread the news of Jesus Christ as the only way to God. Some of these people, at different periods, have been students.
The core truths or ultimate realities opened up here are powerful and life-changing. Men and women of all backgrounds have counted it a high privilege to stand for them. They were willing to risk their reputations, and even their lives, because they beieved that what God has revealed in the Bible is true. All our reflection on particular truths is set against the background of these ultimate realities, these issues of life and death.
The great succession
The great succession of people committed to the truth runs all down the centuries and is essentially a gospel or evangelical succession. Evangelical comes from the Greek word for gospel (evangel) and fundamentally describes anyone who believes the gospel. It is not a denominational, sectional or sectarian term. It aims simply to point to the gospel, the heart and soul of New Testament Christianity.
This book is the latest in a line of booklets and books previously called Evangelical Belief; all have been short explanations of the Christian faith as found in the Doctrinal Basis of the Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship (UCCF). In 1998, some minor changes were made to its wording in order to make it more accessible and understandable, and to make it gender-inclusive. This revised edition of Ultimate Realities takes the changes into account The UCCFs Doctrinal Basis is the same in meaning (and almost identical in wording) as that of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES), of which the UCCF is a founding member.
These truths are the springboard and inspiration for evangelism and Christian living (through national student movements) in over 140 countries around the world - that is, in a huge range of contrasting cultures and societies. These truths have shown themselves to be of universal relevance and application - as we would expect, since they come from the one God who gave the one Saviour for the world he loved. As Paul said to the Christians in Thessalonica: The Lords message rang out from you ... your faith in God has become known everywhere. (1 Thessalonians 1:8).
Or as he wrote to the Romans: Your faith is being reported all over the world.' (Romans 1:8). Today the everywhere and the world have been extended and Christian students are penetrating more and more universities with the evangel, with the ultimate realities set out in this basis.
Some books are suggested for further study or where a more in-depth treatment is desired. Some questions are offered at the end of each chapter, for use by individuals or in groups. Chapter 8 gives some suggestions on how student groups can take up the truths of their doctrinal basis in their teaching meetings, study groups and evangelistic events.
This book is simply an introduction, a starter pack.
1. What is, or should be, at the heart and soul of evangelicalism?
2. What is the significance of the fact that this Doctrinal Basis has worldwide acceptance?
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Portable ladders are one of the handiest, simplest tools we use. Because of their effectiveness, ladders are used by many different people to perform many different tasks. Although ladders are very uncomplicated, planning and care are still required to use them safely. Each year in the U.S., accidents involving ladders cause an estimated 300 deaths and 130,000 injuries requiring emergency medical attention.
Ladder accidents usually are caused by improper selection, care or use, not by manufacturing defects. Some of the more common hazards involving ladders, such as instability, electrical shock, and falls, can be predicted and prevented. Prevention requires proper planning, correct ladder selection, good work procedures and adequate ladder maintenance.
Prevention tips:
Portable ladders are designed as "one-man" equipment with the proper strength to support the worker as well as his tools and materials. Ladders are constructed under three general classes:
Wood ladders should be protected with a clear sealer varnish, shellac, linseed oil or wood preservative. Wood ladders should not be painted, because the paint could hide defects. Check carefully for cracks, rot, splinters, broken rungs, loose joints and bolts and hardware in poor condition.
Aluminum or steel ladders should be inspected for rough burrs and sharp edges before use. Inspect closely for loose joints and bolts, faulty welds and cracks. Make sure the hooks and locks on extension ladders are in good condition. Replace worn or frayed ropes on extension ladders at once.
Fiberglass ladders should have a surface coat of lacquer maintained. If it is scratched beyond normal wear, it should be lightly sanded before applying a coat of lacquer.
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7News' Zelinger, 9News team win for political coverage
The first Cronkite Awards for fact checking in political TV coverage singled out two Denver TV efforts for honors: 7News' Marshall Zelinger and the 9News political team were recognized by the Annenberg School at the University of Southern California today.
KUSA's Brandon Rittiman, Matt Flener and Chris Vanderveen won for their 44 "Truth Tests." The jury noted "the skill with which (the team) minimized the impact of the visuals in the analyzed ads and the on-air/online synergy created by posting the analyses and supporting articles and sources on 9news.com."
KMGH's Zelinger won for the depth of his reporting and for his "clarity of presentation" and "modern production techniques."
By now viewers may have succeeding in wiping from memory the pain of the political season. Perhaps we've forgotten the barrage of misinformation and disinformation that spewed from the tube. But these honors show there was strong work in the midst of the confusing claims. The awards overall, "proving that political coverage can be both informative and compelling," honor efforts of the 2011-12 election cycle.


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Teen charged with aggravated assault
A 16-year-old boy who allegedly punched a 14-year-old boy in the head and threatened to shoot him with a .22 revolver was arrested Tuesday and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and battery and possession of a loaded firearm by a minor under 18.
The younger boy told officers he was at a residence in the area of Southwest 16th Court and West Silver Springs Boulevard when a boy he knows knocked on the door. He said he came outside and the older boy punched him on the right side of the head. The boy said he ran back inside and that when he looked out a window, the other boy had a gun and was yelling at him to come outside so he could shoot him.
The younger teen said he ran out the back door and went to the Hampton Center, where he met with officers from the Ocala Police Department. He said he believed the incident happened because the older boy was angry at him over a misunderstanding a few days prior, according to OPD reports.
Police found the older teen at a residence on Southwest 16th Court. Officers were given permission to search the home and found a loaded .22 revolver in the oven.
The 16-year-old boy was arrested and taken to the county juvenile detention facility.
Group recovers $30K for woman
Officials at Seniors vs. Crime were able to recover $30,972 for a 79-year-old woman after she was tricked into signing a contract to purchase a car. The victim thought she was signing authorization for a credit report.
The local arm of the Seniors vs. Crime program, a project of the Florida Attorney General's Office, is located inside the Paddock Mall, in the Ocala Police Department Community Resource Center. Since opening in Ocala in 2007, volunteers have recovered more than $264,000.
The office is open 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. For more information, call 873-6377.
Hospice workshop planned for Friday
Hospice of Marion County will host an interactive workshop, For the Love of Pets, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Friday at the Hospice Education Center, 3231 SW 34 Ave., Ocala.
There is no registration fee, but donations of an animal toy or treat to hospice's new Pet Peace of Mind program, which keeps hospice patients and their pets together, are welcome.
Reservations are required.
For more information, call 854-5230.
CF holding summer program in Spain
The College of Central Florida will travel to Spain next summer to explore the artistic, historic and cultural foundations of Western man. The trip is open to adults, and high school and college students, and dual enrollment students and teachers needing re-certification credits. Applicants registering by Dec. 15 will receive discounts.
Travelers have options of two- four- or six-week programs.
For details, call 854-2322, Ext. 1235, or 694-1637, or visit CF.edu.
Farmers markets, bazaars and more
n On Top of the World Farmers Market, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Circle Square Commons, 8405 SW 80th St., Ocala. (427-3982 or 854-3670)
n 326 Farmers Market, 3 to 7 p.m., 2250 County Road 326, Ocala. (216-4524)
n "Health Happens" Farmers Market fall celebration, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., McPherson Governmental Complex field, 601 SE 25th Ave., Ocala. (438-2360 or email@example.com)
n Bake/yard sale, 8 a.m. to noon, Ocala Police Department, 402 S. Pine Ave., Ocala. (369-7092)
n Christmas bazaar, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., St. Mark's UMC, 1839 NE Eighth Ave. Road, Ocala. (369-5904)
n Christmas bazaar and flea market, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., First Christian Church 1908 SE Fort King St., Ocala. (732-7554)
n Book sale to benefit the Animal Charity Food Bank, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Winn-Dixie, 8445 SW State Road 200, Ocala. (291-1962)
n Ocala Farm Market, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., downtown square. (426-8244 or ocalafarmmarket.com)
n Farmers Market and Harvest Village, 2 p.m. to dusk, 22050 U.S. 441, Micanopy. (317-8060 or 591-1730 or firstname.lastname@example.com)
MEETING: Marion County Board of Commissioners workshop regarding Yankees stadium/entertainment complex project, 3 p.m. Thursday, UF/IFAS Extension Service Auditorium, 2232 NE Jacksonville Road, Ocala. (438-2323)
GIRLS NIGHT OUT: Shoppers can take advantage of special promotions and discounts, 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, downtown Ocala. (369-5463)
T.O.P.S.: Taking Off Pounds Sensibly: 9 a.m., Spring Lake Village, 2450 NE 146th Terrace, Silver Springs (625-3358); 10 a.m., Ocklawaha United Methodist Church, 13335 SE 123rd St., Ocklawaha (347-2841); 10 a.m., Grace Baptist Church, 10835 SE 70th Ave., Belleview (245-9593); 5 p.m., Dunnellon Women's Club, 11756 Cedar St., Dunnellon (489-5641); 7 p.m. Belleview Christian Church, 7149 SE County Road 25A, Belleview. (245-2603)
CHESS: Ocala Chess Club, 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Marion County Public Library, 2720 E. Silver Springs Blvd. (812-4221)
LIONS: Ocala Lions Club, noon Thursday, Ocala Elks Lodge, 702 NE 25th Ave., Ocala. (firstname.lastname@example.com)
KIWANIS: Silver Springs Shores Kiwanis Club, noon Thursday, Silver Springs Shores Presbyterian Church, 674 Silver Road, Ocala. (687-1119 or silverspringsshoreskiwanis.org)
BINGO: 6 p.m. Thursday, American Legion Post 58, 10730 US 41, Dunnellon. (489-4453)
ACOUSTIC JAM: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Forest Community Center, 777 S. County Road 314A, Ocklawaha. (438-2840)
QUILT CLUB: Pine Needles, 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, Forest Community Center, 777 S. County Road 314A, Ocklawaha. (438-2840)
OPEN JAM: Musicians welcome, 7 p.m. Thursday, Orange Blossom Opry, 13939 SE County Road 25, Weirsdale. (821-1201)
OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS: 6 p.m. Thursday, St. Mark's United Methodist Church, 1839 NE Eighth Ave. Road, Room 4, Ocala. (425-2339)
SUPPORT GROUP: Sexual Assault Survivors Support Group, 10 a.m. Thursday, Ocala Domestic Violence Sexual Assault Center. Call for location. (622-8495)
THREAD THERAPY: Free gathering for needlecrafters, 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Yards N Yarn, 1913 NE 14th St., Suite 103, Ocala. (351-6110 or www.YardsNYarn.com)
QUILTERS: Scrappy Angel Quilters, 9:30 a.m. to noon Thursday, Memorial Baptist Church, 3693 SE 95 St., Ocala. (671-6466 or email@example.com)
ROTARY; Ocala Silver Springs Rotary, noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, St. Marks United Methodist Church, 1839 NE Eighth Road, Ocala. (207-1247)
OIL PAINTING: Beginning drawing and oil painting classes for adults, 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Hobby Lobby, 2400 SW College Road, Ocala. (528-0169 or email@example.com)
WIND SYMPHONY: CF Wind Symphony and CF Patriot Singers, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dassance Fine Arts Center, 3001 SW College Road, Ocala.
CAR CRUISE: 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Eggs Over Restaurant, 501 SE 58th Ave., Ocala. Bring nonperishable food for the needy. (625-7122)
OPENING RECEPTION: Florida Watercolor Society exhibit "Inaugural Traveling Show," 5 p.m. Friday, Appleton Museum of Art, 4333 E. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala. (www.appletonmuseum.org)
DISCOVERY FRIDAY: All-day event to launch holiday shopping season, Friday, Barnes & Noble, 4414 SW College Road, Ocala, with story times, games, activities for kids and more. (237-1581)
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Tartine Country Bread baking in a Clay Pot or Ducth Oven
Hi Everyone,
I have been baking Tartine Country Bread for the past 6 month in a 7qt dutch oven. They always turn out good. But the downside is that I can bake only one at a time. At the end of this month I am going to bake 20 loaves of this country bread for a donation event. Now I am thinking to get two oval shape either dutch oven or clay baker. Clay bakers are much cheaper than dutch ovens. Does anyone have experience making Tartine bread in a Clay pot? Will the quality of the bread be the same as the one baked in a dutch oven?
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A highly trained squad of anonymous heroes, commissioned in 1982 by the Miami City Council for the elimination of douchebags from local bars and clubs.
I was getting cock-blocked by the douche wearing the pink shirt with the collar popped, until I called Douchebusters. Thanks to them, I'm going home with a hot piece of ass.
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One of the most relatable shows I have watched lately is without a doubt HBO's Girls. This show depicts the live of four twenty something girls living in New York who are trying to find their place in the world and make sense of their lives. When reading this, you would instantly think it is a new version of Sex and the City, but nothing could be more contrary. There is no glamour in the lives of Hannah, Marnie, Jessa and Soshanna, no walk-in closets filled with designer dresses or Manolo Blahniks, no fancy dinners, successful careers and also no Mr. Big. No, in Girls it is all about difficult friendships and boyfriends, very awkward sex, being broke, drugs, being insecure about yourself, sexual diseases, unpaid internships or having no job at all. I like this show because it is so real and being a twenty five year old myself, I am sure many girls my age can relate to these girls and what they have been through.
It is definitely worth a watch, even though I must admit I like the first season better than the second one. Three other reasons why you should watch Girls:
1. The soundtrack. In every episode there is at least one song you will most likely enjoy listening to. Think: Fleet Foxes, Belle & Sebastian and Santigold.
2. Adam Driver, who plays the main character Hannah's (Lena Dunham) strange and most of the time shirtless boyfriend is pret-tay awesome.
3. Even Vogue thinks Girls is Great. They met up with the cast of Girls and created the video below, which might increase you're curiosity towards the show.
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|2013-03-18, 22:53
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The song that they sang at the end should have been the Project Diva version of Miku's "Sakura no Ame". It woud be a fitting and ironic end for them to cap off the graduation ceremony by singing a song from a game that Sorata's proposal lost to
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That was pretty impressive, I wasn't expecting such a good episode. I knew the series was capable of greatness but the last 10 or so eps were uneven quality wise. Just so good, the VAs really pulled it out this week and the animation was the best in the series.
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Bravo bravo bravo...
After last week Nanamin's speech, this week Misaki get her turn giving graduation speech. And it was a damn nice one. All of the seiyuu really give their best performance this episode. Really feel their emotion through this episode.
Nice 10/10
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Yeah, them hijacking the graduation speech for really what is their own ends, is somewhat controversial even for me. That said, it's the only episode of Sakurasou that garnered tearjerking moments in the entire series, so for that I give it a two thumbs up.
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1. The graduation...I already read the LN so not much difference. Except, well, no Kazuki (The game company head) to try and save the day...
2. Misaki drags on too long for a good speech in my opinion. But then, it is what it is, and more time for flashback = save money...
3. Dragon-san & Rita...best couple is best couple (In LN Rita didn't even appear, though...)
4. Next episode = Mashiro end? Will see how they wrap this up. (Of course, personally wish for Nanamin end)
|2013-03-20, 10:40
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That was a very moving speech Misaki delivered. Good job emotionally manipulating the student into voting against the demolition of Sakurasou.
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Well done. I expected they would pull something crazy, but I never thought they would use their emotions to convince others. Personally I think it was too dramatic for me, I can understand the girls crying, especially Misaki showing her true feeling about Sakurasou going to be torn down. I didn't like Sorata crying though, I like how he was passionate telling how he feels about Sakurasou and not wanting their seniors to leave, but crying kinda killed his awesomeness . Anyway it was a good episode and also I like the couples in this episode.
|2013-03-20, 13:51
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I have yet to watch this episode; but personally, these Sakurasou characters have major issues about letting go. That's especially true when they noted the identity of "Sakurasou" is among their friendship circle, more so than a mere dormitory.
But, eh... whatever. I'll get more 2 cents on this, after watching #23.
Oh, and uh - Rita + Ryuunosuke for the win. XD
|2013-03-20, 15:09
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|2013-03-20, 20:54
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Misaki's speech was a little long, but all in all this was a great ep... Brilliant all around.
I especially liked how the board was manhandling all the Sakurasou folk but when it came to Mashiro they were terrified of angering her...
As for how 'realistic' such an event would be, I would say my high school would have gone along with something like that... we had once successfully pulled off a complete cafeteria boycott the day after they had raised the prices (helped by the more affluent students bringing in large quantities of food to give away during lunch). That one week cost the catering company more than the extra they would have earned selling at the new rates for at least half a year...
|2013-03-21, 05:15
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liked the visuals in this ep, hmm feels like a kyo ani show in some ways
but really really beautiful episode...
it was really great for misaki, having that wonderful end to a happy high school after that nothing middle school. liked how she was leading pulling them along at the end.
but so many other great points hard to point them 1 by 1.
I understand how others would think this as nothing more than hijacking the graduation ceremonies and that the other students wouldn't care about about a small dorm housing a very select few, problem child. Actually I started to think like that at the beginning of the speech but then it made me remember my own High School experience. You see it doesn't matter that most of the listeners doesn't know what was happening in Sakurasou, in fact any person speaking about his/her own experience would be in the same boat. NO ONE KNOWS another's experience but what Misaki did was to remind them that THEY DO HAVE THEIR OWN experiences in HS that is now part of their life, and that it sucks if somehow someone is trying to diminish it. That is a very strong connection. Which is why I think it was also a very good speech (grad or otherwise).
It is also why it was a genius plan in a way, graduation is one of those times when emotions are pretty much heightened, and it is so much easier to connect to people. It's logical nearly all would support them now, when they hardly got 50% before.
|2013-03-21, 05:46
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The way I see it, graduation is a day for everyone to enjoy, especially the graduating seniors. The ceremony should therefore be about the shared experiences among them, with focus on events that most of the students were a part of. It was therefore inappropriate for them to hijack the president's speech in that fashion since the president is a representative of the entire student body, and his speech should be addressed at everyone.
Furthermore, Misaki's speech was not about the rest of the students at all. It was about Sakurasou only, without much reference to the student body thinking about their own experiences and how they've changed over their time in school. Misaki's speech did not relate her experiences to what the common student went through, and she went on and on about her and Sakurasou, which makes the connection extremely weak. I'm not sure if the speech in the light novel differs due to time constraints, but what I've seen in the anime seemed to come off as more of a rambling speech.
Sure, graduation is a time of heightened emotions, but heightened emotions do not mean that people start losing all sense of rationality. Not to mention that a major part of graduation is about the need to let go and move on with life. I find it a real stretch for a speech like that to actually be able to rally the student body to oppose the demolition of Sakurasou, especially when we consider how disinterested the rest of the students were about the petition.
I can see why so many of us have been touched by Misaki's speech since we already know what these guys have gone through. But if we put all that aside and think about it from the perspective of someone who's watching the episode on its own without knowing what the people at Sakurasou have gone through, is the student population's reaction realistic, given what we know about them from previous episodes, as well as their views on Sakurasou?
Of course, we'll probably get a whole range of answers for that last question since our answers will be influenced by the huge diversity of high school experiences that all of us have gone through.
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But her speech did not connect her own experiences with that of the audience's. It was simply rambling on and on about Sakurasou. One of my criticisms is that she had not put across those connections strongly enough, to the point that the students would have either 1. stopped paying attention after a few minutes, or 2. started wondering why a weird girl was in front of them making an irrelevant speech during what was supposed to be one of their most memorable days in school.
Of course, I'm willing to allow some creative liberties given that it's fiction. I find it questionable whether it's realistic, however, and whether it's consistent with the student population.
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