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Dwight Howard dominated the news on Wednesday due to a report that the Lakers had a "loud" meeting to clear the air on Wednesday that included Kobe Bryant asking Howard if he even liked playing with him. That comes on the heels of countless trade rumors about Howard, and if he isn't ready to commit to the Lakers long term, they may be forced to move him or face losing him for nothing in free agency. And whether Howard wants to play with Kobe right now may be a moot point, as Howard left Wednesday's game with a right shoulder injury that was still very painful after the game, and will require an MRI. While early reports suggest the injury isn't serious, I wouldn't be surprised to see Howard shut down for a few games, and he could possibly be facing an extended absence if the MRI returns bad news. And this means that Earl Clark is now a must-own player again. He played 40 minutes last night and had 11 points and nine boards in the loss to the Grizzlies.
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CP3's Knee
Chris Paul's right knee injury is a pretty big concern for the Clippers and fantasy owners, and he might be done for the week after hobbling through Monday's game and then being held out of Tuesday's loss to the Thunder. There is no timetable for when he might play again and it sounds like he'll have X-rays. While there is no guarantee that he'll miss significant time with this, I would be pretty nervous if I owned CP3. Maybe he'll pull a Stephen Curry and only miss two games, and then come back looking like he never left. But I think that might be a little too optimistic in this case. Eric Bledsoe should still be owned in most leagues until we find out how long Paul is going to be sidelined. And no, this couldn't have come at a worse time, as owners saw a dream five-game week possibly turn into a one-game nightmare.
Duncan Down
While it wasn't exactly a surprise DNP, Tim Duncan missed Wednesday's game with a sore left knee and is listed as day-to-day. The Spurs have back-to-back games coming up on Friday and Saturday, and while it's possible Duncan will be healthy enough to play, it wouldn't be surprising to see Gregg Popovich hold him out of one of those games, or both if his knee really is bothering him. And because he plays for Pop, we may not know anything until game time on both nights.
Kawhi Leonard was also held out with a sore knee after cutting it open on in a freak accident on Monday, and is also day-to-day. The good news for the Spurs was that Manu Ginobili returned from his hamstring injury and had nine points and five dimes in 18 minutes. Stephen Jackson started and had 15 points and three 3-pointers, Tiago Splitter went off with a season high of 25 points on 10-of-11 shooting with seven boards, and Tony Parker had a nice double-double with 24 points and 13 assists in a tight win over the Hornets. Splitter, who has hit double figures in scoring in eight straight, is basically a must-own player now, while Jackson is worth consideration for as long as Leonard is out. Popovich was also out on Wednesday due to an illness.
Horford Out For Hawks
Al Horford missed Atlanta's win over Charlotte with a hamstring injury and is day-to-day. Ivan Johnson started in his place and double-doubled with 12 points, 15 boards and a full stat line, while Josh Smith posted a near triple-double, just missing it by two assists, and also had 30 points and three blocks. Johnson would only have value if Horford were to miss several games. Kyle Korver scored 21 with five 3-pointers in the win, and is another must-own player for the banged up Hawks. Zaza Pachulia was also out with a sore Achilles, and Devin Harris (who was close to playing) missed another game with his bum ankle. DeShawn Stevenson returned from his knee injury and had three points in 21 minutes for the Hawks. Ramon Sessions led Charlotte with 27 points and a full stat line off the bench.
Alexey Shved and Nikola Pekovic missed another one for the Wolves on Wednesday night, but it sounds like Shved is close to a return. J.J. Barea had 11 points, four boards, eight assists and a 3-pointer, but will take a bit of a hit once Shved is back, while little known big man Chris Johnson had 12 points, six boards and three blocks. He's played well in two of his last three games, and is worth a deep-league look with so many injuries in Minnesota. Ricky Rubio had five points and six assists (and four TOs), and didn't play in the fourth quarter of a tight game. He's a mess and his recovery from knee surgery remains an ongoing battle for the point guard.
Luol Deng missed another game for the Bulls on Wednesday with his hamstring injury and Jimmy Butler went off for 18 points, nine boards, a three, a steal and a block in the win over the Pistons. Any time Deng is out, Butler will be worth a look.
LeBron James, who missed a practice with a cold, had his 34th triple-double with 31 points, 10 boards and 11 assists in the overtime win over the Raptors. Dwyane Wade overcame a foot injury and blew up for a season-high 35 points to go along with five boards, seven assists and a block in the win.
The Hornets saw the return of Anthony Davis (9 points, 7 boards, 1 block), while Greivis Vasquez managed another double-double despite being under the weather. Al-Farouq Aminu continues to get minutes and play well, going for eight points and 12 more boards. Davis was in early foul trouble, which contributed to his disappointing line.
Raymond Felton is nearing a return for the Knicks from his pinkie injury and could possibly play on Saturday. It's time to pick him up.
Andrea Bargnani (elbow) and Jonas Valanciunas (finger) are not close to returning to the Raptors, meaning Amir Johnson and Ed Davis continue to be must-own players. Alan Anderson had 20 points in a loss to the Heat, and looks like a much safer play than Landry Fields right now. Terrence Ross had 16 points last night, but has been very inconsistent off the bench for the Raps. Kyle Lowry and Jose Calderon are still in a timeshare, and Calderon had 17 points, three dimes and five 3-pointers, while Lowry had 13 points and one assist in 28 minutes.
Royce White appears to finally be ready to report to the Rockets' D-League team, but there's no reason to think about picking him up at this point. Jeremy Lin is giving his owners headaches right now and had just nine points and three assists in 24 minutes. He came off the bench in the second half on Saturday, was benched again on Monday and has simply looked awful in his last two games. Now is a good time to try to buy low on Lin.
Wilson Chandler had 20 points and a nice stat line in 24 minutes off Denver's bench, and is worth keeping an eye on, but I don't trust his hip enough to take a flier on him right now. Kenneth Faried failed to score in 20 minutes last night, but there's no reason to panic on the Manimal.
The Grizzlies got a surprising season-high 20 points, nine boards, a steal and a block from Darrell Arthur, who enjoyed the absence of Dwight Howard for most of the game. Just keep an eye on him, as this was probably just a fluke.
Michael Beasley had 19 points, six boards and a 3-pointer off the bench in 22 minutes against the Kings, and might be ready to start playing well again now that Lindsey Hunter is his coach in Phoenix. But I'll need to see him do it a few more times before taking the bait. Goran Dragic actually had a double-double after struggling for much of the season, while Luis Scola added 21 points and seven boards in 29 minutes. Jared Dudley struggled in 22 minutes last night, while Shannon Brown added 12 points, two boards, three assists, four steals and a 3-pointer in 29 minutes. Both players should be owned at this point, despite the timeshare.
Thomas Robinson had 12 points, a career-high 14 boards and a steal in 26 minutes against the Suns and has basically rendered Jason Thompson useless for the Kings. Robinson isn't a must-add at this point, scoring a total of four points in 32 minutes over his previous four games. But he should officially be on the radar in all leagues. DeMarcus Cousins stayed hot with 15 points, 15 boards, five dimes, two steals, a block and a 3-pointer, and has been on a tear since his suspension. He also picked up his 10th technical foul and would face an automatic one-game suspension once he hits the magic number of 16 – and we're only halfway through the season. Isaiah Thomas hit just 2-of-10 shots for six points and seven assists in 29 minutes, while Aaron Brooks had eight points and one assist in just 15 minutes. Hang in there with Thomas. James Johnson had 14 points and a full stat line off the bench, but he's terribly unreliable in every category except blocks right now. Marcus Thornton played just 15 minutes off the bench for eight points, and should be benched until he gets back up to 25 minutes per game.
Stephen Curry's ankle injury doesn't appear to be an issue right now, as he went off for 31 points, seven assists and four steals in a tough win over the Thunder. Keep your fingers crossed if you own him, and keep running him out there. Carl Landry had 20 points and seven boards last night, but will continue to struggle with inconsistency as long as he's coming off the bench behind a red-hot David Lee. Lee had 22 points and 12 boards, Klay Thompson added 19 points and three 3-pointers before fouling out, while Jarrett Jack had nine points and eight assists in 30 minutes off the bench. Harrison Barnes was 0-for-5 with just two points in 26 minutes, but is still a guy I'm going to try to hang onto for now.
Russell Westbrook was off, hitting just 3-of-16 shots and committing six turnovers in the loss to the Warriors, but he came in on fire. He'll bounce back. Kevin Durant added 33 points, five boards, nine assists, a steal, three blocks and two 3-pointers, hitting 10-of-17 shots and 11-of-12 free throws. What more is there to say?
John Wall came off the bench again and had 14 points and eight assists in 27 minutes. He has to be close to re-taking the starting PG job from A.J. Price. Emeka Okafor stayed hot with six points, 17 boards, a steal and two blocks, while Martell Webster had 15 points and three 3-pointers in another start. He's worth a look as long as he holds off Trevor Ariza (7 points, 5 rebounds, 14 minutes) for the starting job in Washington. Bradley Beal has cooled off, but owners should stick with him, while Jordan Crawford managed just nine points on 3-of-9 shooting in 23 minutes. He's still trying to work his way back from an ankle injury and should be benched until he gets hot again.
Thursday's lineup features just three games, with the Raptors visiting Orlando in a back-to-back, along with the Clippers at Phoenix, and the Knicks at Boston. This will be the first meeting between Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Garnett since the 'Honey Nut Cheerios' incident that saw Melo try to get to Garnett after the game at the Celtics' bus. Melo says he'll be on his best behavior, but you can bet KG will be trying to push his buttons once again.


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Chekhov hoped that his work would help people live more decently
Ernest Hemingway once said that "Chekhov wrote about 6 good stories." Many titans of the form have disagreed, including Raymond Carver and Alice Munro.
But Hemingway's words suggest a truth: Chekhov wrote seven- or eight hundred stories, and not all are good. And old and new collections abound.
I looked into a dozen or so and found that perhaps the best widely available collection for nonscholars is Lady with the Little Dog and Other Stories, 1896-1904: Penguin Classics (384 pp., $12, paperback), translated by Ronald Wilks, with an introduction Paul Debreczney. It gathers 11 stories that Chekhov wrote in the last decade of life, when he did much of his best work. The tales include such masterpieces as "The Bride," "The Bishop" and "Lady With the Little Dog."
These stories generally have uncomplicated plots, ageless themes and realistic characters living in Russia before the Bolshevik Revolution. In "The Bride" a young woman must choose between a fiancé she doesn't love and a life of greater freedom than marriage would offer her. In "Lady With the Little Dog," a married man and woman stumble into an affair while vacationing without their spouses at Yalta, then must live with the decision after returning home. And in "The Bishop" a dying clergyman realizes that his official role has isolated him from his mother and others he loved.
Chekhov said he hoped that by telling the truth, he would help people live "more decently," as the translator Avrahm Yarmolinksy put it. That goal may have been a blue-sky goal. But it helps to explain why, 104 years after their author's death, Chekhov's best stories remain among the most admired ever written.
© 2008 Janice Harayda. All rights reserved.

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Leveling a druid through the 20's is going to be either extremely easy where you finally catch a break, or it's going to break you and cause you to give up on the character.
Druid Form Names
Since I know at least some of you will not be familiar with all of the druid lingo around the web, I'm going to take just a second to talk about the name of some of the various forms. I am talking about commonly used names here, not every single thing people will ever call you in your various forms.
Caster Form (Level 1) This is the easiest one to get confused if you are a new druid. When I first started seeing this I thought it was just another name for a Moonkin. Resto druids were always called trees as far as I knew, so surely Moonkin would be the form called "caster" right? Wrong. Caster form is your regular form, whatever your base race is. Caster form is Tauren/Night Elf form. Another way of saying it is that Caster Form is the lack or absence of a form, which is to say using no special druid forms at all.
Bear Form (Level 10) While there are actually two bear forms, Bear and Dire Bear, they are both referred to as simply Bear Form. In battlegrounds you might hear it called Tank Form in some battlegroups, but the vast majority call it Bear. Bear Form has its own special attacks and a separate action bar for those attacks as well. This form is best for tanking and in mid-later levels it can be used for melee-ranged AoE grinding.
Aquatic Form (Level 16) I don't really hear this one called anything other than what it is. Sure, you hear nicknames for it from time to time while you play and such, but when people are talking about it in forums or blogs it is either Swim Form or Aquatic Form. This form is used only for travel, and only while swimming. You are able to attack in this form, but cannot cast spells, and this form has no special attacks nor its own action bar.
Travel Form (Level 16) This is another one called most often by its actual name. I have heard it referred to as "run form" in battlegrounds a couple of times, as well as "cheetah form", but primarily this is Travel Form. As with Aquatic Form, this one is used for travel (land-based) and while you can attack in this form you cannot cast spells and it does not have a dedicated action bar either.
Cat Form (Level 20) Cat form is known as cat form; pretty simple. I have seen it called by different names from time to time, but none of them stick and are usually made in jest anyway. This form is used for melee dps. Back in the day it used to be used as a bit of a mini-mount as you can spend talent points to get +30% speed while using the form. Now that travel form shows up at level 16 instead of level 30 though, it's not used so much for that. But, that speed increase can still be used and since you can be in Cat form while indoors it's still great for moving around quickly when you are otherwise unable to mount.
Important Spells
Here we have the most important icons for you to familiarize yourself with while leveling your druid through his 20's as a feral cat.
From top to bottom, left to right:
Cat Form is how you will spend all of your time in the 20's except when you have to take a break for a few seconds to heal yourself. Nature's Grasp will be your primary source of Crowd Controll (CC) since you will not be in caster form very often. Faerie Fire (Feral) reduces your target's armor making them easier to kill.
Rake is how you will start most of your rotations. Claw is your primary attack in cat form and the ability you will spam more than any other. Rip is your finishing move and how you spend your combo points; not used very often in early leveling as most mobs will be dead before Rip would be useful.
Prowl is the druid's version of the Rogue's Stealth ability, allowing you to sneak up on your targets. Tiger's Fury boosts your damage for 6 seconds, and Shred is your biggest attack but has to be used from behind the target.
These abilities will be discussed in more detail in the sections below.
Leveling 20-25: Secondary Zone
Rotation Option 1: Claw, Claw, Claw, Auto-Attack
Rotation Option 2: Prowl, Shred, Claw, Claw, Auto-Attack
Explanation: When you're first starting off as Feral, you can kill most things just by spamming Claw. Using your finishing move is a waste at this level, but you're free to use it if you wish. Most mobs will die to three claws and whatever damage you deal with your regular attacks in between; assuming of course that they don't die before then. If mobs are lasting notably longer than that, then you may want to look at getting some better gear with more +Agility on it.
Now, I'm not sure that all secondary zones can extend to level 25 or higher, but I would imagine they probably do. Regardless of where you go, just make sure the mobs are close to your level. For my druid, this area is the Barrens. I've been hanging out here since level 12 and loving it. Quests are everywhere here, and mats for all professions are easy to find here.
When you use Claw your auto-attack will kick in all on its own, so there's no need to activate that yourself or via a macro like I suggested during your Teens. Whether or not you use stealth is up to you. Sometimes I use it and sometimes I don't, it just depends on what is going on at the time and how fast you want to move.
If you want to get into the stealthy side of the cat form, then go ahead and pull up Rotation 2 and give it a shot. Shred uses a lot more energy than everything else you have right now, but it does some high damage. Sometimes I stealth and then just start off attacking with Claw instead of Shred to save the energy for more Claws. At this point, do what you feel works best for you.
Where the Barrens is normally dull and boring for me I actually had quite a bit of fun there with the druid. Maybe it was because I could be a cat and sort of 'fit in' with the place. I don't know why I enjoyed it so much this time where I have not enjoyed it previously, but I had a blast. I liked it so much that I actually stayed in the Barrens until level 27 with this druid, though I did gain a few levels from running instances.
Leveling 25-30: Pick a Map, Any (level appropriate) Map
Rotation Option 1: Rake, Claw, Claw, Claw, Rip (if needed), Auto-Attack
Rotation Option 2: Prowl (stealth), Shred, Rake, Claw, Rip, Auto-Attack
Explanation: Mobs at this level are going to start running away from you more often, and at higher speed, than the lower level areas you have been in up to this point. Using Bleed effects like Rake and Rip on them help you to maintain control of these running mobs without having to worry so much about overpulling. Make use of Tiger's Fury and Faerie Fire as needed to help with the mobs you face.
There are two spells I pointed out at the top of this post that I have not mentioned yet: Tiger's Fury and Faerie Fire. These two spells are utility spells to be used whenever you feel it might help or may be necessary.
Tiger's Fury gives you a slight boost to your damage dealt. It's not huge, but it does help. I tend to use this a lot more when I am using the Prowl/Shred method of attack, and pop Tiger's Fury while still stealthed, right before I attack with Shred. You can use it whenever you want, and with a fairly small cooldown time you might as well pop it whenever it's not on cooldown.
Faerie Fire lowers your target's armor, making them easier to hit. A lot of the mobs at this point are not going to have a great deal of armor anyway, but it never hurts to lower your chance of missing. I don't cast this nearly as often as I do other spells, but it can be a great help. In PvP, I slap this on every Rogue that I ever see because it also prevents the target from being able to use stealth.
Personally, I like to take just about every character I ever level into Hillsbrad Foothills to quest during my mid-20s and early 30s. Sometimes I will take Stonetalon, Ashenvale, or Thousand Needles instead, but I like Hillsbrad enough that I go there more than all of the others combined.
This is about the time that mobs you face are going to have more hit points so that just spamming claw will not quite do the job. This is where I change up my rotation to include Rake first and actually put some use into the Rip finishing move. Rake is a bleed effect, meening that it takes away hit points over time. It also deals a bit of damage to get you started off and awards you a combo point. Follow that up with a couple of Claw attacks to build further combo points and dish out some respectable damage as well, and then finish off with Rip.
There are two reasons why I use both of the bleed effects at this level, and that is because of the high population of humanoids. Humanoids love to run away like a bunch of sissies when they get low on hit points, and I hate having to chase down a mob only to find that they've agroed another mobs or six, and then having to go crazy fighting them all off while also trying to stay alive myself. But using Rake and Rip to put bleed effects on the targets, I have a chance of killing them after they run so that I don't end up facing off against too many mobs for me to handle.
If you go to Hillsbrad before level 25 then you will likely find yourself running out of low level quests to do around level 27 or so. Hillsbrad is a bit of an oddity in that it gives you a lot of quests in your low-mid 20's and then hits you with quests in your low-mid 30's and skips over the high-20's all together. A lot of people find that hard to play through thinking that they have to go find somewhere else to quest.
If you are are going to quest in Hillsbrad like I do, then wait to go there until level 25 and then you should have enough quests to get you up to level 30 before moving into the next zone. I also like to do a lot of grinding in Hillsbrad as there are mobs all over the place as well as nodes for various professions. I love grinding the mobs in the Yeti cave in particular once I get around level 27 or so, and early on I focus on the farmers and peasants in the small farm areas.
A lot of quests in this area send you into areas that are thick with mobs. You have two options here as a Cat Druid. First, you can go right in and just own everything with your claws grinding mobs in the area for experience along with your questings. Secondly, you can take advantage of Prowl to stealth through most of those areas and only fight where you have to.
If you choose to grind mobs while questing here then you are like me and will find a pretty fast and steady source of experience. If you prefer to use Prowl, then you may actually level up faster from being able to do so many quests in so short a time. While you do lose time in walk/run speed during prowling, you also aren't spending that time fighting trash mobs.
If you find yourself out of quests in the upper 20s, go ahead and jump on over to Arathi Highlands. Some of the quests here are going to be higher level for you, but there are at least some quests to do. Arathi is my location of choice for leveling through my 30's anyway, so I always end up bringing my characters here.
Macro Suggestion
I don't have any particular macro suggestions for use as a Feral druid in the 20-29 bracket. Most of what you do is fairly simple and easily done and doesn't require a lot of extra effort for anything.
Where I use the macro to start attacking while also casting Wrath for the balance build, your opening attacks with feral will always start attacking for you by default.
Talent Points and Glyphs: Level 21-30
Glyph of Rip This glyph extends the duration of the bleed effect on Rip, which in turn increases your overall damage.
Glyph of Thorns No change here over last time. This glyph increases the duration of Thorns from 10 minutes to 1 hour. It saves you some downtime but that's about it. It's a solid minor glyph and one that will serve you for many levels.
Glyph of Aquatic Form
This glyph will be included for just shy of forever, and I still prefer it to Thorns myself. I still find it useful in 3.2 even though Travel Form which is also received at level 16 will move faster out of water. This glyph is not as useful as it once was, but it is still a great glyph and I have no intention at this time of replacing it even with Thorns. There is no doubt that this glyph went from epic to decent in a single patch though.
Gearing Up for Feral
As I mentioned previously, the key to Cat DPS is always Agility. The two best sources for Agility for starting out in your 20s are the "of the Fang" set as I mentioned last time, and the gear made by the Leatherworking profession. You get more Attack Power from Strength, but Agility gives you Attack Power, Dodge, and Crit all in one stat.
I have a level 21 Hunter who has his Leatherworking maxed for his level at 225, which allows me to make gear for up to level 33 characters. The gear that you make for around level 20 is not all that heavy in materials and you can probably farm it pretty easily if you have Skinning yourself, or it should be fairly cheap on the Auction House if you're not one for farming.
You can look for "X of the Fang" set in Wailing Caverns, or call up a Leatherworker and have them make you some solid starting gear. Grab a weapon that either adds to your Agility or has a solid "Chance on Hit: " proc on it and go to town. As a Cat Druid you either want bonus stats or you want procs because the damage of the weapon itself means absolutely nothing. A weapon that has its own proc along with an enchant that can proc, such as Black Malice with the Fiery Weapon enchant is an excellent example of a dual-proc weapon that can increase your dps greatly.
If you don't have the luck, or the gold, to get a weapon like that then don't worry. A weapon with bonus Agility on it will still serve you well. If you can find one with both Strength and Agility on it, then even better. Weapons that add straight Attack Power are alright as well, but I will take raw stats over AP any day so long as they are fairly close in value.
I have confirmed that proc-based enchants work in druid form as well, so if you're able to twink to any degree than you can use both Fiery Weapon and Crusader on low level druid weapons and claw much face. If you don't have access to these enchants, or prefer to save your money for other things then feel free to do so. I personally like to feel overpowered for my level, so I don't mind blowing gold on enchants or gear I may very well replace in 2 levels. It just doesn't bother me in the least.


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Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments are laws given by God (Yahweh) to the Jews via Moses in the Bible, and are considered the most important laws in Judaism and Christianity.
The Ten Commandments are given in Exodus 20:1-17 (KJV):
- Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
- Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. [...]
- Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
- Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates [...]
- Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
- Thou shalt not kill.
- Thou shalt not commit adultery.
- Thou shalt not steal.
- Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
- Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
They appear in virtually the same form in Deuteronomy 5:6-21 .
Differing versions
Catholics and Protestants use slightly different versions of the Ten Commandments, based partly on different methods of dividing up the verses in Deuteronomy. The Catholic version omits the prohibition against graven images — an obvious problem for the Roman Catholic church which is rife with shrines and statues. To make up for this, Catholics divide verse 21 into two commandments, thus separating the coveting of a wife from the coveting of farm animals. The Protestant versions of the Ten Commandments retain the prohibition against graven images, but it seems to be ignored since statues and other images have proliferated in their churches as well.
Another, substantially different version of the Ten Commandments appears in Exodus 34:12-26 :
- Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee: But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:
- For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God: Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice; And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.
- Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.
- The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.
- All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male. But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty.
- Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.
- And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end. Thrice in the year shall all your menchildren appear before the LORD God, the God of Israel. For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year.
- Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning.
- The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God.
- Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
This latter version is believed by scholars to predate the other two. It is explicitly labelled as "the ten commandments" (in Exodus 34:28 ), whereas the better known version is not.
Even Christ's version of the commandments is different. In three of the gospels, someone asks Jesus what the commandments are, and they receive three different answers, depending on which gospel is being read - but in all cases, only five or six commandments are given:
- Matthew 19:17-19 : Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
- Mark 10:19 : Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
- Luke 18:20 : Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.
The Ten Commandments in United States politics
Starting in 1954, the Fraternal Order of Eagles (FOE), with encouragement from movie director Cecil B. DeMille (director of the 1956 movie The Ten Commandments), began producing granite monuments displaying the Ten Commandments. Today, there are 145 such monuments documented in 34 states, plus one in Canada.
The monuments actually display eleven commandments, since they use elements of both the Catholic and Protestant versions. The commandments are not explicitly numbered on the monuments, but the second commandment is about graven images (as in the Protestant version), and the tenth and eleventh commandments treat the different versions of coveting separately (as in the Catholic version).
A common claim by those who believe that America is a Christian nation is that United States law is somehow based on the Ten Commandments. They point primarily to the laws such as "Thou shalt not kill," "Thou shalt not bear false witness," and "Thou shalt not steal" to claim that these are the basis for modern law.
In fact these sorts of laws have existed in societies throughout history, including societies which significantly predate the Old Testament. The Code of Hammurabi is a good example.
Most of the other commandments have marginal relevance to modern American law, or none at all.
- No other gods before me: Violates the first amendment principle of freedom of religion.
- No creation of idols: Not a law.
- No taking the lord's name in vain: Violates freedom of speech.
- Remember the Sabbath day: Despite the existence of so-called blue laws in many states, many consider these laws antiquated and increasingly irrelevant. Certainly there is no federal law demanding observation of the sabbath.
- Honor thy father and mother: Generally considered a nice thing to do, but not a law.
- Adultery: It is grounds for divorce and alimony, but it is not punished in any way to indicate that it is a real crime.
- Coveting: Wanting things that you don't have is practically a way of life in America. In a capitalist system it is not only allowed but encouraged.
Promoters of the Ten Commandments are almost always cherry picking the Bible. In the chapter immediately following the Ten Commandments (Exodus 21 ), God gives various instructions on how to properly conduct slavery, including the rules for selling one's own daughter as a sex slave. There is no obvious reason why God's instructions in Exodus 20 are moral and should be followed today, but not God's instructions in Exodus 21.


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FRISCO, Texas (June 12, 2014) - The 2014 US Youth Soccer Region III Presidents Cup kicks off Thursday in Decatur, Ala. Boys and Girls teams from US Youth Soccer Region III (South) will compete from June 12-15 in hopes of advancing to the 2014 US Youth Soccer National Presidents Cup.
The tournament will feature 128 US Youth Soccer teams in the Under-13 through Under-17 age groups competing for a regional title and a berth to the 2014 US Youth Soccer National Presidents Cup, July 10-13 in Greenville, S.C.
Preliminary games will take place from Thursday, June 12 through Saturday, June 14. Semifinal matches will take place from Saturday, June 14 through Sunday, June 15. Regional champions will be crowned following final matches on Sunday, June 15. Games will take place at the Jack Allen Complex and the Spirit of America Fields.
Alabama Youth Soccer Association will host the event, and the other 11 State Associations represented include Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Texas, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Texas and Tennessee.
The US Youth Soccer Presidents Cup is designed for teams seeking additional challenges to play for a national title against teams of similar abilities. The cup provides a progressive, competitive experience to teams that might not otherwise get the opportunity to participate in a series of unique experiences highlighting competition, camaraderie and community from the state to regional to national levels of US Youth Soccer.
Learn more about the 2014 US Youth Soccer Regional and National Presidents Cup events below:
US Youth Soccer Region I (East) Presidents Cup
Slippery Rock, Pa. | May 24-26, 2014
Slippery Rock University & H.S. / Dicks Sportsplex / North Boundary Park
US Youth Soccer Region II (Midwest) Presidents Cup
Overland Park, Kan. | June 12-15, 2014
Overland Park Soccer Complex
US Youth Soccer Region III (South) Presidents Cup
Decatur, Ala. | June 12-15, 2014
Jack Allen Complex / Spirit of America Fields
US Youth Soccer Region IV (West) Presidents Cup
Morgan Hill, Calif. | June 11-15, 2014
Morgan Hill Sports Complex
US Youth Soccer National Presidents Cup
Greenville, S.C. | July 10-13, 2014
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PHILADELPHIA – The Columbia softball team fell to Penn in its final two games of 2013 on Saturday. The Lions were edged, 2-1, on a walk-off homer by the Quakers in the bottom of the ninth, and dropped a 12-4 decision in six innings in the finale.
Columbia wraps up the season with a 22-26 overall record and an 8-12 mark in Ivy League play. Both win totals are the best for the program since the 2007 campaign.
Game One
Columbia 1, Penn 2
The Quakers (28-17, 16-4) took a quick 1-0 lead in the first when Sydney Turchin singled to short, stole second and scored on an RBI double by Brooke Coloma.
Liz Caggiano belted her second home run in as many days to tie the score with one swing of the bat in the top of the third.
Columbia's best chance to take the lead came in the top of the ninth inning after they put runners on the corners via an Alix Cook single and a Macy Shrum walk. However, Alexis Borden induced a fly out to end the frame to keep the game, 1-1.
After the first two batters were retired on flyouts, Jessica Arneson yanked one just fair down the leftfield line for the game-winning blast.
Alix Cook went 2-for-4 from the plate. Starting pitcher Emily Kenyon (10-11) earned the hard-luck decision. The first-year went the entire 8.2 innings, allowing two runs on eight hits with six strikeouts.
Game Two
Columbia 4, Penn 12
Penn wasted no time in game two, putting the first two runners on base to lead to a Georgia Guttadauro RBI single. Arneson and Bridget Ellsworth joined in the action with RBI hits and Steph Caso knocked in two more to make it 5-0 after one inning of play.
The Quakers put four more on the board in the third inning and were on the verge of closing the game out in five innings before one last comeback try by the Lions.
Senior Alison Lam reached on an error and Alyssa Swearingen singled to get things started in the top of the fifth. Emily Caruthers broke up the shutout bid with a single up the middle and Emily Snodgrass cut the deficit to 9-4 with her sixth dinger of the season.
Penn put the finishing touches on the game in the sixth, tacking on three runs to end the game.
Caruthers and Snodgrass each went 2-for-3 in the finale
Sophomore Brooke Darling started and took the decision. She finished the year with a 10-11 record.


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The holidays are a busy time of year, but the IRS suggests getting tax-related documents in order now to save time when the filing season arrives.
What to keep (individuals)
In most cases, individuals should keep records that support items on their tax return for at least three years after that tax return has been filed. Examples include bills, credit card and other receipts, invoices, mileage logs, canceled, imaged or substitute checks or other proof of payment and any other records to support deductions or credits claimed.
"You should typically keep records relating to property at least three years after you've sold or otherwise disposed of the property," said IRS spokesman Michael Devine. "Examples include a home purchase or improvement, stocks and other investments, IRA transactions and rental property records."
What to keep (small business owners)
The IRS advises small business owners to keep all employment tax records for at least four years after the tax becomes due or is paid, whichever is later. The should also keep records documenting gross receipts, proof of purchases, expenses and assets. Examples include cash register tapes, bank deposit slips, receipt books, purchase and sales invoices, credit card charges and sales slips, Forms 1099-MISC, canceled checks, account statements, petty cash slips and real estate closing statements.
How to keep them
"The IRS generally does not require records be kept in any special manner," said Devine, "but only to keep them in a manner that allows you and the IRS to determine your correct tax. Having a designated place for tax documents and receipts is a good idea because it will make preparing your return easier and may remind you of relevant transactions."
Good recordkeeping will also help you prepare a response if you receive an IRS notice or need to substantiate items on your return if you are selected for an audit.
Electronic records can include databases, saved files, e-mails, instant messages, faxes and voice messages.
Information on recordkeeping in IRS Publication 17, Your Federal Income Tax, Publication 552 Kinds of Records To Keep, and Publication 583, Starting a Business and Keeping Records. Publications are available at IRS.gov or by calling 800-TAX-FORM (800-829-3676).


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Community Night in Cedar Key
Spend the evening out by watching the boats of Cedar Key decorated and lit as they follow a water course around the back of Dock Street. When the parade ends at City Park, visit with Santa Clam and enjoy a community-wide potluck. Bring a covered dish if you can. Please call Rose if you are interested in having your boat in the parade at 543-6346.
Other events that evening include:
• 5 p.m. Doggy Parade with $25 gift certificate to best doggy costume. Well behaved dogs and owners meet at 5 p.m. at 2nd and A St. Contact: Tom or Michelle at 352-543-6157.
• 6 p.m. Chili Community Dinner/Potluck at the park. For further information, contact Rose at the Aquaculture Center.
• At dark: Boat Parade and events from near Coconuts to City Beach. For further information, contact the Chamber.
• After Boat Parade and events: Caroling for all wanting to participate around town led by a trailered boat with carolers. Contact: Tom or Michelle at 352-543-6157.
Eagles to celebrate Christmas
The Cedar Key Eagles will be hosting its annual Christmas Party on Saturday, Dec. 17, from 4 p.m. until.
The Eagles will be celebrating its 22nd year of "People Helping People". Side dishes and desserts are welcome.
Please RSVP by calling (352) 543-9789.
Cedar Key Museum State Park
(the month of December)
The third annual Festival of Trees event will feature a beautiful display of holiday greenery displayed by local non-profit organizations. The trees will be on display during museum hours of Thursday through Monday, 10 a.m. through 5 p.m. This event is free and visitors can vote for the favorite decorated tree. Please note there is a separate fee of $2 per person (free for children under six) to view the museum exhibits and the Whitman House. For more information, call (352) 543-5350.
Dec. 28
Non-Fiction book club to meet
The Non-Fiction Book Bunch will meet on Wednesday, Dec. 28, at 1:30 p.m. at the Cedar Key Library's top floor meeting room.
Jan. 13
Honey Dewdrops coming to Cedar Key
The Honey Dewdrops, a Blue Grass duo and winners of 2008's "A Praire Home Companion" Talent Show, will be in Concert on Friday, Jan. 13 at the Cedar Key Community Center.
The event will be presented by the Cedar Key Friends of the Library and more details will be coming.
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NEW ORLEANS — Three rushing touchdowns by Keith Fulton led the Archbishop Rummel Raiders to a 35-14 victory over the Barbe Buccaneers in the LHSAA Class 5A State Championship Game on Saturday night.
NEW ORLEANS — Three rushing touchdowns by Keith Fulton led the Archbishop Rummel Raiders to a 35-14 victory over the Barbe Buccaneers in the LHSAA Class 5A State Championship Game on Saturday night.
It's the Raiders (14-0) first state championship in football and first state title in the state's highest classification for a New Orleans-area team since Destrehan's back-to-back victories in 2007 and 2008.
Trailing 14-13 late in the third quarter, Fulton scored from the 3, finishing an impressive 80-yard, nine-play drive. The two-point conversion gave the Raiders a 21-14 lead they would not relinquish.
Fulton added a pair of 4-yard touchdown runs to put the game out of reach.
Looking to try and slow down a Barbe (13-2) offense that averaged 40-plus points a game, the Raiders scored a touchdown on their opening possession, driving 99 yards on 13 plays and eating 8:02 off the clock.
NEW ORLEANS — Two big plays for first-quarter touchdowns started John Curtis on its way to the LHSAA Class 2A State Championship with a 35-13 victory over Evangel Christian on Saturday.
The win gave the Patriots (14-0) their 25th state championship and extended their winning streak to 28 games.
Duke Riley's touchdown on an 80-yard return of a fumble recovery and George Moreira's 30-yard touchdown run gave the Patriots a 14-0 lead despite running just three offensive plays in the first quarter
Evangel (12-3) made it 14-7 when Dakota Duron connected with Trent Taylor for a 17-yard touchdown, but the Patriots answered three plays later with a 72-yard touchdown run by Sherman Badie.
After Josh Davis' field goal cut the lead to 21-10, Patrick Morton scored from a yard out to give the Patriots a 28-10 halftime lead.
NEW ORLEANS — Parkview Baptist answered a first-quarter touchdown by Notre Dame of Crowley with 42 points of its own for a 42-7 victory in the LHSAA Class 3A State Championship Game on Saturday.
The Eagles (13-0) captured their fourth state championship, and their first since defeating Patterson 24-20 in 2010.
Austin Thibodeaux's 2-yard touchdown run midway through the first quarter gave the Pioneers (12-2) a brief 7-0 lead before Parkview exploded for 21 points in the second quarter.
After Hezekiah Randolph scored on a 17-yard touchdown run, the Eagles recovered an onsides kick and drove to another touchdown, with Randolph scoring from a yard out. A two-point conversion gave the Eagles a 14-7 lead.
Brennan Bozeman connected with Seth Shaw on the Eagles' last possession of the first half to make the score 21-7 and all but put the game out of reach.


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GOP Mich. Mayor Known for Anti-Gay Remarks Voted Out of Office
The conservative mayor of Troy, Mich., who made national headlines for her anti-gay comments, was voted out of office on Tuesday after a successful movement to have a recall vote was put on the Tuesday ballot.
Janice Daniels, a self-professed member of the Tea Party, was removed from office on Tuesday. Fifty-two percent of voters supporting the recall, which was launched in December because of her homophobic statements. Forty-eight percent voted against it with all precincts reporting, the Detroit Free Press reported.
In June 2011, Daniels, 59, took to Facebook and wrote, "I think I am going to throw away my I Love New York carrying bag now that queers can get married there." Six months after the controversial comment, and after she became the mayor of Troy, the media spotlight was put on Daniels for her homophobic statement but instead of apologizing she doubled up on defending her remarks.
"It's my personal belief that marriage is between one man and one woman," she said. "I love people,, but I want to acknowledge my First Amendment right to speak freely. I know that as mayor, I represent all of the people in this city."
Not long after, Daniels was fired from her day job as a realtor for Century 21. A spokeswoman for the company said they could not hire anyone "who would be capable of such insensitivity to the LGBT community." Daniels, however, continued in her second job as mayor of the Eastern Michigan city, which has a population of nearly 81,000 and is located 22 miles north of Detroit.
Daniels found herself in hot water yet again when she made anti-gay comments on a radio talk show. The politician said the "homosexual lifestyle" is dangerous and then compared being gay to smoking cigarettes.
True to form, Daniels once again defender her anti-gay remarks.
"What I said while I was mayor ... I was in a business meeting, I come from a business perspective ... I said that I would bring a doctor into a meeting that would say that the homosexual lifestyle is dangerous," Daniels said. "Had I been with a group of smokers I might have said I would like to bring a doctor into this meeting to say that smoking is dangerous."
The radio host asked Daniels if she believes being gay is dangerous.
"I think that doctors can make a case for it certainly," the mayor said, adding that she "had no opinion" on whether being gay is more dangerous than smoking. He then asked if she takes issue with the gay citizens in Troy.
"I realize that I am the mayor of all the people of Troy and I love all people," Daniels said. "It was a pithy comment that I made, it was an in-the-moment kind of comment and I certainly wouldn't have wanted to bring this kind of controversy upon myself."
Officials from the recall campaign said they delivered more than 9,300 signatures to the Elections Division, which put Daniels' fate on the November ballot. When Daniels learned that she had been booted from office, she said that she was relieved.
"I'm going to have a great burden lifted off of my shoulders because I won't be faced with this relentless, merciless, vicious, unwarranted attacks on my person that would have probably gone on for the next three years had I won the election, so it's probably for the best," Daniels said.
Those who supported Daniels were upset with the outcome of the recall. Several of them left comments on her Facebook page, the Free Press reported.
"Even though the recall was successful, your values were truly a reflection of your love for our great city and her citizens. Thank you, Mayor Daniels. We need your continued involvement - and we know you will be available for the call for future service to our city and her bright future!" one user wrote.
Those who championed the recall were ecstatic about the results. "We're extremely pleased that Mayor Daniels has been recalled," said Matt Binkowski, a 40-year-old attorney who helped lead the recall. "Now the embarrassment and ridicule that she brought to the community has finally ended."


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CDOT will try converting the eastbound highway near the tunnel from two lanes into to four on heavy-traffic days by using the existing shoulders, the Vail Daily reported Thursday ( http://goo.gl/FODtC).
The four lanes would have fast-cycling traffic lights like the ones use on some freeway entrance ramps during heavy traffic.
The area near the tunnel is usually a bottleneck because the three eastbound lanes currently funnel into two. It's where traffic clogs worst on Sunday afternoons and evenings as skiers head back to Denver and the airport.
Because the plan will use the existing shoulders, no widening work will be needed.
CDOT spokeswoman Stacy Stegman said the new system could replace "metering" at the tunnels. That system stopped traffic on the west side of the tunnels but led to long delays.
"For every minute you delay traffic, it can take between four and eight minutes to get it moving again," Stegman said. "That means a 20-minute delay can turn into 90 minutes."
The new system will get its first test next month, just as holiday traffic starts to really build, Stegman said. That first test will use a combination of human flaggers and traffic lights.
Over this holiday weekend, the state will start its winter-season "courtesy patrols," in which tow trucks will be available to get broken-down motorists to safety.
And traffic could be pretty heavy this weekend. Wave Dreher, the spokeswoman for AAA Colorado, said that group expected holiday travel this year to be at about the levels it reached last year. According to AAA, nearly 650,000 state residents will travel at least 50 miles by car over Thanksgiving. Higher gas prices, he said, were not changing how people holiday.
"People are still traveling by car—the pull of friends and family is strong," Dreher said.
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Yes, no doubt
Maybe, depends
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The Armada-L was only conceptualized by me, Luke is the one doing the heavy lifting here to make sure you all can actually buy one
But the Armada V2 that you have reebs was entirely my design and manufacture, curious to see what a chord setup looks like myself as I only design with ULE bodies in mind really
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I'm not sure that everyone has caught on to the fact that this exact rail is not being made due to some of the extreme cuts in the design. I had to make changes to the design in order to make it usable with pump milling. Also the extreme nature of this design exposes areas of other related 'Mag' components and 'working geometry' of the rail itself that needed to be tweaked otherwise the finished product would not have been satisfactory. The new design is definitely an 'Armada' rail so no worries there, but changes have been made. My money says if there was not a CAD to compare to, most people could not pick out the changes from memory, except ElPanda of course.
Headed to the shop now to cut more fixtures (Thought I was done, NOT) and setup the machine to cut the first two rails. If I don't run into any unforeseen issues we should see some rails this evening.
After NOTE:
Not intended to discredit ElPanda, I still consider this his design.
looks pretty good
as I expected the frontal portion reveals the straight edge of the underside of the body, kinda ugly but hard to pick up on with all the curves happening between both the body and rail
I got my V2's anodized just last week, they turned out great, I think Im going to have to build another mag just around the second rail
edit: and yes, forgot to mention this in the thread but the model I was going off of initially when I created the design in the pictures was using incorrect slug dimensions, so luke had to change a few things in order to finalize a solid design (as he stated above)
I have faith that he remained true to the spirit of the design enough for you to all still drool over it once it is ready
Last edited by ElPanda; 10-19-2013 at 04:09 PM.
I dont own a cord body, sorry and no Armada rails have been machined yet.
Last edited by need4reebs; 10-20-2013 at 12:07 AM.
It's done, has been for 6 months, just have to make it.
Rails are ready for production!
Special preorder pricing, they will be priced to move.
More details later, gotta family thing I have to go to.
I will for sure take one! And I got a Chord body I wanna match it up with. Just been waiting for the right rail. The buddies let me in on this gem today at the field.
I have 3 prototypes (exact same as the production ones):
1 AM Armada, pump milled
1 AM Armada
1 RTP Armada (length of AM rail)
First paid order for each ship same day. Everyone else will have to wait.
I'll get a dealer thread up tonight.
be hitting refresh...
I know this is off topic but what is the possibility of a chord body run
It's not my design, so I wouldn't copy it.
What about something that flows together with the asthetics of the Armada rail?
I would be down for a Luke's custom original body that would go with the rail... Then I would just have to buy the grip frame and voila a Luke mag.... Just a thought.
I promise you will see bodies in the future, but the next project has to be the FGLPR. I have a bunch of money in materials and tooling plus a ton of time in design and programming, so I need to get back on it. The logistics of this (rail) project was more simple so I chose to get it done first for monetary purposes. This will help fund a personal project I must get done. And the 'quick' support is very appreciated.
Cool to hear.. I'll be lurking around and waiting
Gentlemen (ladies too if present) thank you for your support on this project!!
There is no way to tell if everyone that has voted has decided to purchase or not but I'm going to go ahead and start the machining tomorrow.
Last edited by luke; 10-22-2013 at 03:37 PM.
Wow, we closed a preorder minimum in just over 24 hours, sweet!
Discount pricing closes thursday 10-24-13 at 12-noon mst.
If you currently have an unpaid invoice it is good until then.


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Catch up: Christopher Dorner manhunt coverage
"We've had cases where fugitives have been captured in a day, a week, a month," FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said. "But certainly, there's an urgency here because of the ongoing threat." | » Another $100,000 just added
Dorner, a former Los Angeles Police Department officer, has targeted cops in a manifesto he issued online as a vendetta for his dismissal from the department. He is accused of killing a Riverside police officer in an ambush and shooting at other officers. He also allegedly murdered the daughter of the former police captain who defended him in department hearings, and her fiance.
"I can't speculate as to how long he'll be on the loose. It's the great unknown," Eimiller added. "These cases vary wildly as far as how they're solved. Some cases, all you need is that one tip, that one phone call."
She said "at any given time there are thousands of fugitives on the loose - many for murder - and law enforcement are working on those cases every day."
Eimiller pointed to the 16-year search for James "Whitey" Bulger, a Boston mob boss who was wanted for 19 murders, money laundering, extortion and drug dealing. At one point Bulger was listed as No. 2 on the FBI's 10 most-wanted list, with a $2 million reward offered. It was a tip from the public after a media campaign by the FBI that led to his arrest in 2011 in a Santa Monica apartment.
Right ahead of Bulger on that list, of course, was Osama bin Laden, who was not found and killed until almost 10 years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, despite being hunted with the massive resources of the U.S. military and intelligence agencies.
A $1 million reward for the arrest and conviction of Dorner has helped trigger more than 700 tips to the LAPD from the public on his possible whereabouts or information about his background.
That money is also likely to attract people who make their living finding fugitives.
Duane Chapman - known as reality TV's Dog the Bounty Hunter - said the money will bring in many of his professional colleagues.
"I've chased plenty of killers and I've never heard of a $1 million bounty so there is no doubt every bounty hunter is looking at this and for him all across the country," Chapman said in a telephone interview.
Chapman is not joining the search himself because he's taping a new show, "Dog," for Country Music Television.
Law enforcement officials said Monday they do not want bounty hunters searching for Dorner, but Chapman doesn't think his fellow hunters are going to back off.
Chapman added, however, that while the money can be a good strategy to gain more tips, in this case, law enforcement agencies will have to use trickery to force Dorner into making a misstep.
"He's got the advantage so they're going to basically have to butter his bread," he said. "They need to call his bluff and get him to communicate.
"They're going to have to play his game."
Chapman theorizes that since Dorner has not killed a new victim in the last week he may be testing LAPD.
"It's like a cooling off period, like he knows they'll guard his guys for a while but will ease off with the 24/7 surveillance," Chapman said. "As a cop he'll probably wait now and make another move when he believes the LAPD is getting more lax."
To that end, Chapman believes authorities need to be proactive and "dangle the steak in front of the pit bull."
"You need to make him so mad because once they get angry they make mistakes," Chapman said. "There was a point that pissed him off in 2008 and they need to get him back to that point to make him blow it. You want him back to the same place he was when he was full of rage and anger because he'll get emotional and slip up."
Experts say the common rule about how critical it is to catch a criminal during the first 48 hours doesn't necessarily apply to high profile manhunts such as this one, particularly when the suspect isn't trying to deny his crime.
"He wants credit for his killings," said Patrick Mullany, a former FBI agent who was among the first criminal profilers in the country, starting in the mid-1970s with the FBI Behavioral Sciences Unit.
"And he wants to place LAPD in this situation."
Mullany said his concern is that Dorner would ultimately seek a violent end, rather than surrender peacefully.
"I haven't dealt with any as aggravated as this case. I really feel this has some incredibly bad potential if they don't apprehend him soon," Mullany said.
"The concern that I have is that often times when you deal with someone like this, when he gets caught it's because he wants to get caught and that it's part of a bigger scheme. This didn't happen abruptly so he's been planning."
Mullany suspects that Dorner has stocked up on weaponry, survival material, food and enough money to survive undetected as long as he can.
"It's going to happen, but that could mean within the next three weeks or in the next three months or beyond," Mullany said. "There is just too massive of a police search for him to avoid being caught."
Mullany agrees that law enforcement officials will have to bank on him making a mistake.
"He's been consumed by this quiet rage and I think, in the end, his ego may get the better of him," Mullany said.
Mullany said the decision by LAPD Chief Charlie Beck to reopen Dorner's termination case was a good move "that may calm him down, but I think it's too late for that now."
"He's the typical guy who won't give up. If he goes down, it will be in a blaze of fire," Mullany said, theorizing that with Dorner's expertise he can use decoys to trap and ambush his victims.
Chapman said he requests double the bounty when he goes after people with a military or police background because it's twice the work.
"The worst ever is chasing an ex-military or cop on the run because they know everything - they've got radios, they know what frequencies to use, they know how to trick law enforcement," Chapman said. "They're the hardest to find."
The longest manhunt Chapman was involved in was the search for convicted serial rapist Andrew Luster, the great-grandson of cosmetics giant Max Factor and heir to the cosmetics fortune. It took 161 days before Luster was finally apprehended by Chapman and his team in June 2003 in Puerto Vallarta. Luster's money helped him pay people to keep him under the radar, Chapman believes.
"This guy, Dorner, has got to have money or I suspect he'll start committing crimes," Chapman said, adding that $5,000 can easily buy a fugitive at least six months more on the lam.
To that end, both Mullany and Chapman suggests that law enforcement officials need to keep an eye on banks, rental car agencies and the crime blotter.
While it is unknown when or how Dorner will be captured, law enforcement officials promise it will happen sooner or later.
"We won't give up," Eimiller said of the various agencies searching for Dorner. "Even if the trail goes cold."


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ASHLAND, Ore. — John Weisinger was a minister and youth counselor before moving to Ashland to pursue his lifelong dream — founding a winery. The first grapes he planted in 1979 were Gewurztraminer cuttings a friend gave him.
The 4 1/2-acre estate vineyard, the first in Ashland and, at 2,100 feet, the highest in the Siskiyou foothills, also now grows Pinot Noir and Tempranillo.
When the tasting room opened in the spring of 1989, there were only six other wineries in the Rogue Valley.
In the early years John was the primary winemaker. His son Eric took over from 1997 to 2006 when he left for New Zealand to broaden his experience.
"When I chose this as a career, I decided that to get better I had to go. I learned more about grape growing, about management, about the art of making wine and about production — how to streamline and work smarter, not harder," he said.
He returned in 2011 and still consults locally and in New Zealand, primarily for the April harvest. He resumed winemaking and took over as general manager.
"When I first came back, I took a fresh look at our production and changed vineyards to improve the quality of our fruit," he said.
In addition to the original vineyard, Eric manages several others and uses 11 acres of grapes, making 75 percent of the fruit they use estate grown.
Eventually all the grapes will be estate grown.
"Then our wine will really be the taste of Ashland," said Eric.
In August, at the time of this interview, wildfires in southwest Oregon filled the Rogue Valley with smoke. Eric said the sky reminded him of conditions from the 2002 Biscuit Fire. Smoke can have an affect on the grapes in terms of taste and maturation time, he said.
After tackling production issues, Eric turned his attention to marketing, asking questions like "What is this brand and what's it about? What do we want to be known for?"
"It's our 25-year anniversary, a good time for introspection. I think my job is to reshape the business for the next 25 years," he said. The four pillars of the winery were clearly history, family, quality and locale. A new name, Weisinger Family Winery, and a new logo will be rolled out this fall.
Another change to their business model is an emphasis on the custom crush service that takes grapes from raw fruit to bottled wine. This has grown from 10 percent to 60 percent of their production in the past few years.
"What we earn off 2,000 cases of custom crush is about one-third what we make on our own wine, but the margins are higher," said Eric.
"We have the capacity to produce as much as 4,500 cases of our wine. But, we only want to make as many as we can sell. Decisions we make today will affect our business in 2015."
He continues to spread production out to hedge slightly and expects about 1,600 cases this year.
Even so, he notes that the southern Oregon market is growing, especially toward the reds and the Rhone varieties that grow so well there, and tourism is on the increase in Ashland.
Accordingly, he plans to increase wholesale marketing in 2014 and to grow the wine club by 25 percent.
Weisinger Family Winery
Location: Ashland, Ore.
Founder: John Weisinger
Winemaker and general manager: Eric Weisinger
Vineyard: Fifteen acres
Production: About 1,600 cases annually of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Bordeaux style blends, Chardonnay, Semillion, Gewurztraminer
AVA: Rogue Valley
Opened for business in 1988.


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'Lincoln' Leads Golden Globes With 7 Nominations
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Steven Spielberg's Civil War epic "Lincoln" led the Golden Globes on Thursday with seven nominations, among them best drama, best director for Spielberg and acting honors for Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones.
Tied for second-place with five nominations each, including best drama are Ben Affleck's Iran hostage-crisis thriller "Argo" and Quentin Tarantino's slave-turned-bounty-hunter tale "Django Unchained."
Other best-drama nominees are Ang Lee's shipwreck story "Life of Pi" and Kathryn Bigelow's Osama bin Laden manhunt thriller "Zero Dark Thirty."
Nominated for best musical or comedy were: the British retiree adventure "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel"; the Victor Hugo musical "Les Miserables"; the first-love tale "Moonrise Kingdom"; the fishing romance "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen"; and the lost-soul romance "Silver Linings Playbook."
Globe attention can give contenders a boost for Hollywood's top honors, the Academy Awards, whose nominations come out Jan. 10, three days before the Globe ceremony.
The directing lineup came entirely from dramatic films, with Affleck, Bigelow, Lee, Spielberg and Tarantino all in the running.
"It's very gratifying to get this many nominations from the HFPA for a film I worked so hard on and am so passionate about. I look forward to having fun at the Golden Globes with my cast mates and fellow nominees," Tarantino said in a statement.
Filmmakers behind best musical or comedy nominees were shut out for director, including Tom Hooper for "Les Miserables" and David O. Russell for "Silver Linings Playbook."
Along with Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln in Spielberg's epic, best dramatic actor contenders are Richard Gere as a deceitful Wall Streeter in "Arbitrage"; John Hawkes as a polio victim trying to lose his virginity in "The Sessions"; Joaquin Phoenix as a Navy veteran under the sway of a cult leader in "The Master"; and Denzel Washington as a boozy airline pilot in "Flight."
Dramatic-actress nominees are Jessica Chastain as a CIA analyst hunting Osama bin Laden in "Zero Dark Thirty"; Marion Cotillard as a whale biologist beset by tragedy in "Rust and Bone"; Helen Mirren as Alfred Hitchcock's strong-minded wife in "Hitchcock"; Naomi Watts as a woman caught up in a devastating tsunami in "The Impossible"; and Rachel Weisz as a woman ruined by an affair in "The Deep Blue Sea."
For musical or comedy actress, the lineup is Emily Blunt as a consultant for a Mideast sheik in "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen"; Judi Dench as a widow who retires overseas in "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel"; Jennifer Lawrence as young widow in a new romance in "Silver Linings Playbook"; Maggie Smith as an aging singer in a retirement home in "Quartet"; and Meryl Streep as a wife trying to save her marriage in "Hope Springs."
Nominees for musical or comedy actor are Jack Black as a solicitous mortician in "Bernie"; Bradley Cooper as a troubled man fresh out of a mental hospital in "Silver Linings Playbook"; Hugh Jackman as Hugo's long-suffering hero Jean Valjean in "Les Miserables"; Ewan McGregor as a British fisheries expert in "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen"; and Bill Murray as Franklin Roosevelt in "Hyde Park on Hudson."
Competing for supporting actor are Alan Arkin as a Hollywood producer helping a CIA operation in "Argo"; Leonardo DiCaprio as a cruel slave owner in "Django Unchained"; Philip Seymour Hoffman as a mesmerizing cult leader in "The Master"; Tommy Lee Jones as firebrand abolitionist Thaddeus Stevens in "Lincoln"; and Christoph Waltz as a genteel bounty hunter in "Django Unchained."
The supporting-actress picks are Amy Adams as a cult leader's devoted wife in "The Master"; Sally Field as Mary Todd Lincoln in "Lincoln"; Anne Hathaway as a mother fallen into prostitution in "Les Miserables"; Helen Hunt as a sexual surrogate in "The Sessions"; and Nicole Kidman as a trashy mistress of a Death Row inmate in "The Paperboy."
Kidman was a dual nominee, also in the running as best actress in a TV movie or miniseries for "Hemingway & Gellhorn." "Quartet" star Smith also had a second nomination, for supporting actress in a TV series, miniseries or movie for "Downton Abbey."
Snubbed completely was the low-budget critical darling "Beasts of the Southern Wild," which won top honors at last January's Sundance Film Festival. Also shut out was the stripper hit "Magic Mike," which had good buzz for supporting player Matthew McConaughey, who also earned acclaim for roles in "Bernie" and "Killer Joe."
With three nominations, "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen" was a surprise, since the film had virtually no awards buzz behind it.
Globe acting winners often go on to receive the same prizes at the Oscars. All four Oscar winners last season - lead performers Streep of "The Iron Lady" and Jean Dujardin of "The Artist" and supporting players Octavia Spencer of "The Help" and Christopher Plummer of "Beginners" - won Globes first.
The Globes have a spotty record predicting which films might go on to earn the best-picture prize at the Academy Awards, however.
The Globes feature two best-film categories, one for drama and one for musical or comedy. Last year's Oscar best-picture winner, "The Artist," preceded that honor with a Globe win for best musical or comedy.
But in the seven years before that, only one winner in the Globe best-picture categories - 2008's "Slumdog Millionaire" - followed up with an Oscar best-picture win.
The nominees for best television drama series are: "Boardwalk Empire," "Breaking Bad," "Downton Abbey," "Homeland" and "The Newsroom." And the nods for best TV comedy series are: "The Big Bang Theory," "Episodes," "Girls," "Modern Family" and "Smash."
Jodie Foster, a two-time Oscar and Globe winner for "The Accused" and "The Silence of the Lambs," will receive the group's Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement at the Jan. 13 ceremony.
There will be some friendly rivalry among the hosts at the Globe ceremony, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. Both were nominated for best actress in a TV comedy, Fey for "30 Rock" and Poehler for "Parks and Recreation."
Fey and Poehler follow Ricky Gervais, who was host the last three years and rubbed some Hollywood egos the wrong way with sharp wisecracks about A-list stars and the foreign press association itself.
With stars sharing drinks and dinner, the Globes have a reputation as one of Hollywood's loose and unpredictable awards gatherings. Winners occasionally have been off in the restroom when their names were announced, and there have been moments of onstage spontaneity such as Jack Nicholson mooning the crowd or Ving Rhames handing over his trophy to fellow nominee Jack Lemmon.
The full list of nominees:
Best Motion Picture, Drama
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Zero Dark Thirty
Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Les Misérables
Moonrise Kingdom
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Silver Linings Playbook
[Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Richard Gere, Arbitrage
John Hawkes, The Sessions
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
Denzel Washington, Flight
Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Jack Black, Bernie
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Hugh Jackman, Les Misérables
Ewan McGregor, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Bill Murray, Hyde Park on the Hudson
Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone
Helen Mirren, Hitchcock
Naomi Watts, The Impossible
Rachel Weisz, The Deep Blue Sea
Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Emily Blunt, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Judi Dench, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Maggie Smith, Quartet
Meryl Streep, Hope Springs
Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Alan Arkin, Argo
Leonardo DiCaprio, Django Unchained
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Amy Adams, The Master
Sally Field, Lincoln
Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Nicole Kidman, The Paperboy
Best Director
Ben Affleck, Argo
Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained
Best Screenplay, Motion Picture
Mark Boal, Zero Dark Thirty
Tony Kushner, Lincoln
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Quentin Taratino, Django Unchained
Chris Terrio, Argo
Best Foreign Language Film
Amour (Austria)
A Royal Affair (Denmark)
The Intouchables (France
Kon-Tiki (Norway)
Rust and Bone (France)
Best Animated Feature Film
Hotel Transylvania
Rise of the Guardians
Wreck-It Ralph
Best Original Song, Motion Picture
"For You," Act of Valor, Monty Powell & Keith Urban
"Not Running Anymore," Stand Up Guys, Jon Bon Jovi
"Safe and Sound," The Hunger Games, Taylor Swift. John Paul White, Joy Williams & T Bone Burnett
"Skyfall," Skyfall, Adele & Paul Epworth
"Suddenly," Les Misérables, Claude-Michel Schonberg & Alain Boublil
Best Original Score, Motion Picture
Mychael Danna, Life of Pi
Alexandre Desplat, Argo
Dario Marianelli, Anna Karenina
Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, Reinhold Heil, Cloud Atlas
John Williams, Lincoln
Best TV Movie or Miniseries
Game Change
The Girl
Hatfields & McCoys
The Hour
Political Animals
Best TV Series, Drama
Boardwalk Empire
Breaking Bad
Downton Abbey
The Newsroom
Best TV Series, Comedy
The Big Bang Theory
Modern Family
Best Actor in a TV Series, Drama
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Damian Lewis, Homeland
Best Actor, TV Series Comedy
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Don Cheadle, House of Lies
Louis CK, Louie
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Best Actress in a TV Series, Drama
Connie Britton, Nashville
Glenn Close, Damages
Claire Danes, Homeland
Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey
Julianna Marguiles, The Good Wife
Best Actress in a TV Series, Comedy
Zooey Deschanel, New Girl
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Lena Dunham, Girls
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie
Kevin Costner, Hatfields & McCoys
Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock
Woody Harrelson, Game Change
Toby Jones, The Girl
Clive Owen, Hemingway & Gellhorn
Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie
Julianne Moore, Game Change
Nicole Kidman, Hemingway & Gellhorn
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Asylum
Sienna Miller, The Girl
Sigourney Weaver, Political Animals
Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-Series or TV Movie
Max Greenfield, New Girl
Ed Harris, Game Change
Danny Huston, Magic City
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or TV Movie
Hayden Panettiere, Nashville
Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife
Sarah Paulson, Game Change
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
Cecile B. DeMille Award
Jodie Foster


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Guys and gals (yeah like there are any women here LOL),
In trying to get things together for the big event, it would be very helpful if I had an idea of who is coming, more specifically, how many are coming. please post up here.
www.Tunaball.com will take you to the TB7 thread here on AO if you need info.
Thanks !


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I tweaked the "A Rose Romance" look and made it more me by making it a little more vibrant, but also using the same key colors: pink, purple, and blue.
Just a quick run-down on what I used:
- MAC Prep + Prime Skin Base
- MAC Studio Tech Foundation in NC35
- MAC Beauty Powder in "Blush of Youth"
- Smashbox Photo Finish Lid Primer
- MAC e/s in "Trophy Pink" from the Antiquitease Holiday Cool Palette on lid
- Lime Crime e/s in "Empress" on contour
- MAC e/s in "Ricepaper" as highlight
- Revlon Colorstay Liquid Eye Pen
- L'Oreal Telescopic Mascara
- MAC pigment in "Mutiny" and UD Eye Pencil in "Electric" on lower lashline
- MAC "Magnetique" lipglass
I also did a little Hawaii shopping and ordered a few things online for my trip; even though it's in August, so many good deals are going on right now I just couldn't pass 'em up! So I bought a few swimsuits, since I am gonna be there for nearly 2 weeks, and I also bought some water shoes because last time my sister and I went to Hawaii we cut our feet from the coral and the jagged rocks when we went snorkeling, and since I plan on getting "rugged" this time, I thought id get a pair of water shoes, and they are actually pretty cool as they have "drain holes" at the bottom for the water, and it's made out of the wet suit material so it dries fast. No walking around with mushy, wet, squeaky shoes!
Swimsuit from Target, I don't like it as a bandeau, but it comes with a strap so you can make it into a halter....you can bet im hitting the gym hardcore now to fit in it! LOL.
From Spiegel.com
From Landsend.com
A swimsuit cover up with a hood:
And y'all know I LOVE Twilight, so I thought this was funny:
Oh how I wish this was true! LOL
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41 comments
- Zoella. said...
Wow, your eyes look stunning. Hehe, at a glance i really did think you were stood next to him! Fab photoshopping skills :)xx
- May 6, 2009 at 5:07 AM
- I_heart_red said...
nice look :h http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn252/cebong_ipit/templateanna/emo-girl-001.gif
- May 6, 2009 at 5:12 AM
- untracybul said...
you're coming to hawaii?!?!?! AHHHH!!!! :k: yayyy! what island are you planning on visiting?
- May 6, 2009 at 6:07 AM
- FabDiva20 said...
So pretty Nessa! I do want Mutiny pigment so badly!
- May 6, 2009 at 7:01 AM
- Gaby said...
I love that pink on your eyes! Really pretty!
I don't like bandeau swimsuits. I don't know, in my opinion, they suit only a little number of women (like Kate Bosworth).
- May 6, 2009 at 7:27 AM
- ~Mel said...
haha.. i'd be right there along with you and edward.. dreamy sighhhh.. love the vibrant colors girl!! =)
- May 6, 2009 at 7:33 AM
- Shen said...
i'm so envious of your eyes, nessa! you make such wonderful looks. :) ooohhh hawaii. i think those from spiegel will look great on you. but the bandeau is definitely a must have. :) esp for busty women. :)
- May 6, 2009 at 8:11 AM
- MakeupByRenRen said...
ohhh thanks for showing this! i added water shoes to my list for my trip to the philippines...you should check out newport news too...they have some really cute swimsuits for cheap too
- May 6, 2009 at 8:44 AM
- mzkrystall said...
i love that look you did! and that pic of you and edward is so cool! lol
- May 6, 2009 at 8:59 AM
- GiGi said...
I love that your not afraid of color. Youare so pretty, & of course you have the best lip shots!
- May 6, 2009 at 9:06 AM
- Saimese said...
Love the 2nd swimsuit & the last pic is so cute :P
- May 6, 2009 at 9:21 AM
- Anonymous said...
loving the zoolander skit
- May 6, 2009 at 9:30 AM
- XINAR0X said...
You're so pretty and I am loving the vibrant colours on you! JUST SO GORGEOUS!
- May 6, 2009 at 9:48 AM
- Nu Nu Doll said...
That Twilight graphic made me laugh really loud. haha I love Twilight too, and mmm Edward. <3
- May 6, 2009 at 10:22 AM
- beeyoutiful7 said...
You totally cracked me up with the last picture =p
I LOVE how you put all these pretty colors together =)
I dont think im that creative !
but thanks for sharing!
- May 6, 2009 at 10:40 AM
- GiLiNG said...
that's a lovely look on u! (as are all your looks)
you're so lucky to be going to hawaii! i'm hoping we can go sometime this year. those water shoes are cool! def. a must in hawaii, hehe.
those last two pics are hilarious, lol=]
- May 6, 2009 at 10:59 AM
- _theresa said...
Oh I'm going to Hawaii in August too! I've never snorkeled before but my sister and I bought a Northshore package and we get to snorkel for 2.5hrs! The shoes seems to be a good idea; am I supposed to wear them while snorkeling so if I accidentally step on coral my feet will be ok?
- May 6, 2009 at 11:49 AM
- Julia Liliana said...
haha the Cullens boys...so funny haha
- May 6, 2009 at 12:55 PM
- Anonymous said...
I love your look! The last picture is funny haha
- May 6, 2009 at 2:16 PM
- aquaracer said...
wow, great photoshop skills!!! im so envious, hehe.
yay, i'm going to hawaii too (first time! but not sure what month yet, my ticket's open-date) so thanks for the links of great stuff! i like the swimsuit from spiegel (great for covering my surgery scars =/ )..and yes, time to hit the gym!! LOL
- May 6, 2009 at 2:16 PM
- Chels said...
Pretty! I wore teal under the lashline today too lol. But I paired it with gold/neutral shadows. Your look is gorgeous
- May 6, 2009 at 2:25 PM
- Janelle said...
Love it! Very vibrant.
Love the bikini too. I'm working out hardcore so I can fit into my fave yellow bikini. ;D
- May 6, 2009 at 2:54 PM
- Tracy said...
Zac and I left our water shoes at his parents' place like 5 years ago. Haha. I wonder if they're still there. We got them from Payless!
BTW, I wasn't kidding when I said I'd be keeping an eye out for Rob on the Ellen show! Hahaha. Even if I don't get tickets, I'm walking over there, no joke!
- May 6, 2009 at 3:37 PM
- Sofee said...
so pretty :D
- May 6, 2009 at 3:59 PM
- Tracy said...
I don't even think I have your number, woman! BTW, did you see this?
You should try! I don't think I'm eligible. Haha!
- May 6, 2009 at 4:53 PM
- Melissa said...
I'm going to hawaii too! 1st - 2nd week of june. Water shoes do sound useful hehe. I still need to get a swimsuit! The twilight pic is funny =)
- May 6, 2009 at 4:56 PM
- FuN and MakeUp said...
i been searchin for a bikini too.. more like a monokini... but wit boy shorts cuz yea.. my body is not that attractive.. haha u look great nessa!!! ur makeup is always sooo hot!!
- May 6, 2009 at 6:21 PM
- Jessica said...
I love that lip color on you. Of course, you always look great. :)
- May 6, 2009 at 6:39 PM
- yummy411 said...
that was hilarious!! beautiful look!! love the two one piece bathing suits!!
- May 6, 2009 at 6:55 PM
- e.motion in motion said...
Awesome look (: What island are you planning on visiting?
- May 6, 2009 at 9:50 PM
- ♡ Nic Nic ♡ said...
lol @ gif!!! a hilarious... awww you a huge rob pattison fan arent you ;)
- May 6, 2009 at 10:58 PM
- e.motion in motion said...
I'm on the Big Island lol. Not much to do here but sightsee. If you ever come here, be sure to snorkel @ Kapoho! Have fun on Oahu though! Def. hit up Waikiki and Ala Moana (; I've never been to Kauai yet; hope that's fun too (:
- May 6, 2009 at 11:15 PM
- ♥Leigh♥ said...
such a sweet look!!and that twilight stuff is hilarious bwahahaha!!!
- May 7, 2009 at 12:34 AM
- Anonymous said...
The look is awesome and so vibrant, I love it!
- May 7, 2009 at 1:54 AM
- Lily said...
hahaha i love the last picture!!! he is a hottieeeee and so are you!
- May 7, 2009 at 10:33 AM
- Anastasia said...
I'm thrilled that Mutiny is back for a while, it's one of the ones I've wanted but didn't want to pay premium on eBay for. I wasn't that impressed with the purples in Rose Romance, they didn't seem very vibrant. Much prefer your revamped version.
- May 8, 2009 at 6:12 AM
- smiley13tree said...
Haha lovely photoshop skills. I love his like ^^ and then :D.
- May 10, 2009 at 3:56 PM
- supervillain said...
I'm excited for you and your upcoming trip to Hawaii. Dude, it's my favorite vacation spot. What island are you going to? If you go to Oahu or Maui, I can give you some ideas of great spots for food, sites, and fun if your not familiar with these places. I go about twice a year. =) Good call on getting some decent water shoes. You and your family are gonna have a blast! =)
- May 13, 2009 at 5:41 PM
- sssdawna said...
lol that's awesome, those twilight pics
- May 16, 2009 at 1:55 PM
- audgepodge said...
OMG - that animated Twilight gif is hilarious! Can I borrow? :)
- May 17, 2009 at 2:02 PM
- fleurrainy said...
u have an unique face and nice lips!!
those twilight pics r so funny!LOL
- May 20, 2009 at 8:04 PM


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While the expansion of casino gambling will be a hot topic at the upcoming legislative session, one Florida Panhandle county may attempt to beat the rush.
The Gadsden County Board of Commissioners will be asked to approve a county wide referendum on allowing slot machines at a new horse track and poker room complex.
The Creek Entertainment Horse Track facility is set to open in late November just off Interstate 10 about 25 miles west of Tallahassee. The track already has state approval to run pari-mutuel horse racing and pending approval for a poker room. It has also applied for food service and beverage licenses.
On Tuesday the county board will be asked to approve holding a countywide referendum on allowing slot machines at the horse track facility. The issue would be on the Jan. 31 Republican Presidential Preference.
Creek Entertainment Gretna, which owns the horse track, will pay for all expenses related to the ballot. If successful the measure will only allow slot machines at the horse track facility.
Plans for the track and card room complex in Gretna, Fla. were announced in January 2011 by the Alabama-based Poach Band of Creek Indians and Florida developer David Romanik. The project was welcomed by Gadsden County and the small rural city of Gretna as a source of new jobs and tax revenue.
"Gretna is a wonderful community, and it is a privilege to be able to provide jobs here," said Tribe Chairman Buford L. Rollin at the groundbreaking ceremony. "Our Tribe takes great pride in all of our businesses and the quality of entertainment that they offer. We are excited to see what Creek Entertainment Gretna will mean to the economic well-being of our neighbors in North Florida."
Construction has been going on for the past 10 months along with training classes for potential card room employees. There has also been a spurt of public works as Gretna rushed to provide water and sewer service to the site. Ironically, it is just down the road from the hulking Big Bend Jai-Alai fronton that closed in 2003.
"I support anything that will bring more jobs and tax revenue to our community," said Gadsden County Commissioner Brenda Holt. "We need jobs and Gretna needs a lot of improvements." She favors putting the issue on the ballot.
Including construction work, the new horse track and poker complex is expected to create about 150 new jobs and stimulate development on surrounding properties.
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