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Drug watch: Great news, the PCSD and RPD have contacted the business in Phelps County that we know of that were selling synthetic drugs and advised them that it is now a law violation. At this time we believe they have stopped selling them. We will be checking in the near future. If you know of any that are selling please let us know so we can take the appropriate action. One comment on all you that start talking about RPD you can't do this, there have to be laws etc... You are right and we are using the laws, have talked to the US attorney, DEA, Local PA and many others. We are taking a stand and it's that synthetics are illegal and destroying lives.
The Rolla Police Department handled 849 calls for service. Of these calls there were: 21 arrests, 13 alarms, 20 accidents, 26 traffic complaints, 23 check the well being, 179 traffic stops, 36 disturbance (including domestics), 15 suspicious nature, 14 assists of other agencies, 6 narcotic violations, 91 security checks, 44 animal control complaints, 39 follow up investigations. This call total is up 15 calls over last week and yes, another busy week!
Recently we were contacted by a Neighborhood Watch coordinator asking us to address the most common nuisance and property maintenance violations in the City of Rolla. We decided to do a weekly posting under the title" DID YOU KNOW?" that addresses the violation and the matching city ordinance. We hope you find it useful.
DID YOU KNOW?...........The ordinance regarding trash containers and trash pickup? Sec. 18-7.
It shall be unlawful for any refuse customer to:
(a) Deposit refuse in any refuse container other than his/her own or that assigned for his/her use by the city.
(b) Accumulate or dispose of refuse in any manner or at any location which the superintendent deems a nuisance to the public health or safety.
(c) Fail to place their refuse container at the nearest street curb or street edge on the date of collection for collection purposes, except refuse customers who have provided the city with a written verification from a physician stating they are physically unable to place the refuse container at the street, in which case all refuse will be placed in securely tied plastic bags.
(d) Place the refuse container at the curb or street edge more than twenty-four (24) hours in advance of the scheduled collection, or failure to remove the refuse container from the curb side or street edge to the front line of the house within twenty-four (24) hours of the day of collection. The first and second violation will result in Environmental Services Department personnel placing a notification "sticker" on the refuse container notifying the resident of the requirement to remove the container from the street edge. The third violation will result in suspension of service and Environmental Services Department personnel repossessing the refuse container. A $20.00 reinstatement fee will be charged for re-delivery of the container and reinstatement of service. (Ord. 3892. §2)
(e) Fail to place garbage in tied plastic bags prior to depositing such refuse in containers.
(f) It shall be unlawful for any unauthorized person to rummage through or scavenge items from any refuse or recycling container owned, serviced or maintained by the City.
(g) Place liquid waste (i.e. paint, waste oil, chemicals) in a refuse container or bags to be collected by the City.
(h) Burn, paint, or otherwise deface any refuse or recycling container owned by the City.
(i) Place bulk or loose refuse or waste items at the curb or street edge more than seventy-two (72) hours in advance of a pre-arranged collection or a scheduled semi-annual city-wide cleanup.
(j) Place hazardous, infectious or regulated waste in a refuse container that is not intended for such wastes and marked as such. Any infectious wastes generated from residential sources must be placed in a rigid leak-proof, puncture resistant container with a tight fitting lid. Infectious wastes generated from commercial sources cannot be discarded into the municipal solid waste stream unless processed and sterilized to specifications required by law. (Ord. 3768, §1) We have had several complaints over the years and we are getting them again about people posting signs such as yard sales etc… on city right of ways and telephone poles. It is illegal to do this. So please follow this rule as it is a violation of law and we might be forced to take your sign down and come to your yard sale to issue you a ticket. This is not something anyone in the Police Department wants to do, but it's part of the job. With that being said, if you chose to continue to post a sign over the weekend, take it down right after your yard sale is over. Below is the city ordnance on signs. If anyone has a solution to the problem please let us know. I know my wife and I look for signs when going to yard sales. You can post them in the ground on people's property if you ask them so they are not in the city right away.
Sec. 30-25. Posting - Signs on public right of way, utility poles and street sign poles-prohibited; penalty provisions.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to erect any sign, marker or other edifice upon any public right of way in the City of Rolla, Missouri; nor shall any person post any signs, bills or other plaque or advertisement upon any utility pole or public sign in the City of Rolla, Missouri. (b) Any person found guilty of violating the provisions of this Ordinance shall be subject to a fine of not less than twenty-five and no/100 ($25.00) dollars nor more than one hundred and no/100 ($100.00) dollars. (Ord. 2419, §§1, 2.)
Rolla Police Department employees celebrating hiring date anniversaries during the month of June are Lt. Jim Macormic who was hired in 1991, Sgt. Wayne Rapier hired 1975, Spo. Seth Walker hired 2008, Spo. Leann Robertson hired 2008 and Telecommunicator Thomas Grisham hired in 2010. Congratulations to all of you on your years of service.
In closing I would like to take this opportunity to remind you that summer school is in session and to continue to use caution when traveling in our school zones. I would also like to remind you that during the summer season bicyclists and motorcyclists are very popular and are entitled to the same respect and courtesy afforded other vehicles traveling on our roads.
Have a great week!
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FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. -- It's time to throw out that old Metro-North schedule. A new train schedule goes into effect starting Sunday, May 11, for riders along the New Haven Line in Fairfield County.
The new train schedule is shortening the time on the train for many Fairfield County commuters riding into Grand Central Terminal.
About 83 percent of AM peak New Haven Line customers traveling from in Connecticut will have a faster trip to Grand Central. Only 12 percent will have a slower trip with the remaining 5 percent seeing no change to their current commute times, Metro-North said.
This improvement is due, in part, to the completion of catenary wires and bridge replacement work between Southport and Bridgeport. For the first time since 2010, all four tracks are now available. Previously, only two of four tracks were available in this area as Connecticut Department of Transportation contractors replaced the overhead catenary wires and upgraded the four bridges that carry the tracks over local roads.
Other service changes will include:
- The current 6:10 a.m. train from New Haven to Stamford is extended to Grand Central, providing an additional express train from New Haven in the AM Peak.
- On the Danbury Branch, the first weekday train will once again operate as a through train, departing at 5:28 a.m. and giving a one-seat ride to Grand Central. The 4:29 p.m. train from Grand Central to Danbury will operate as a through train, with a 5:18 p.m. stop at Stamford. Ongoing work to improve the grade crossing protection system on the Danbury Branch will require the elimination of one mid-day round trip between South Norwalk and Danbury.
- Midday and weekend busing on the Danbury Branch will continue until further notice. Click here to see a special Danbury Branch schedule with the off-peak and weekend busing.
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I remember when I would pray that the best card in my packs didn't have wax or gum stains…… my my my how the times have changed.
Yesterday we delivered your first extended look at the bold, new lineup of Prizm parallels coming to Panini America's 2014 Prizm Football. Today, we're turning our pre-release attention to some of the product's juicy autograph content. From the most coveted rookies to the game's brightest veteran stars, 2014 Prizm Football features a stacked autograph checklist spread across a bevy of colorful parallels.
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William Grimes, 1784-1865
Life of William Grimes, the Runaway Slave, Brought Down to the Present Time.
New Haven: Published by the Author, 1855.
William Grimes (1784-1865) was the son of Benjamin Grymes, a wealthy plantation owner in King James County, Virginia, and an enslaved servant of Grymes's neighbor, Dr. Steward. William Grimes served at least ten different masters in Virginia, Maryland, and Georgia, working in such varied positions as house servant, valet, field worker, stable boy, and coachman. He was light-skinned, a fact that enabled him to pass as white on various occasions. Often severely mistreated by both his masters and his fellow slaves, Grimes suffered physical abuse in the house and in the field, and at times became combative or despondent. He escaped slavery in 1814 by stowing away on a ship bound for New York and became an entrepreneur in New England. He eventually settled in New Haven, Connecticut, and married Clarissa Caesar in 1817. They had eighteen children together, twelve of whom survived. After achieving a small measure of success, Grimes lost all of his property when his master discovered his location and forced him to buy his freedom or risk being returned to slavery. Grimes published the Life of William Grimes, the Runaway Slave. Written by Himself in 1825, hoping to regain some of his lost funds. He published a second edition of his autobiography in 1855, updating it with humorous anecdotes and tempering some of his earlier bitterness. Grimes died in August 1865.
Life of William Grimes, the Runaway Slave, Brought Down to the Present Time reproduces Grimes's original 1825 narrative—with minor corrections for grammar and punctuation, It tells the story of his life in slavery, his escape to freedom, and his attempts to become an entrepreneur in New England. A summary of that original narrative is available here.
Following the original narrative is an appended "Conclusion." Writing thirty years later, when very few copies of the original narrative remained in circulation, Grimes admits that "it was only when I advertised in the public papers, that I was myself enabled to procure a perfect one" (p. 84). Grimes claims to have been urged by friends to print a new edition "with such additions as I can find time to add in this my old age" (p. 84).
"Old Grimes," as he calls himself, is more than seventy years old and the father of eighteen children, though he believes only twelve are still living at the time of the second writing. His family has dispersed, and he no longer knows where all of them are: "The youngest child, now eight years old, a smart and active lad, is the only one now with me. The other children that are living are scattered all over the world, one son being now in Australia, digging for gold" (p. 85). Though Grimes praises his wife, Clarissa Caesar, and provides no information about the circumstances of their separation, he indicates that she, too, has left and now resides in California: "Like her noble son, she too is seeking for gold" (p. 85).
Grimes offers an account of his frequent movements throughout New England in the years following the first narrative's publication, describing his work as a barber and broker as well as some of his legal troubles. He describes his membership in the Methodist Church, which was complicated by community disapproval of his business venture selling lottery tickets. Grimes also provides information to follow up on stories he related in his original narrative, including the fate of the old slave-woman Frankee, "that witch that I mentioned in the book, riding me" (p. 91). Grimes had heard from his former master, who told him that "when he thought Frankee was agoing to die he told her that she had been a good slave, and asked her what he could do for her" (p. 91). Frankee's dying wish was to be buried with all of her possessions, so when she died "my old massa dug a trench beside of her grave, and put in everything--bed and bed-clothes, tables, chairs, frying-pan, dishes . . . and buried them all up with her" (p. 91).
Although Grimes admits to some legal troubles and debts, he displays much less bitterness in this updated version of his narrative than in the first. He acknowledges the wrongs committed against him but offers his forgiveness to those who treated him badly: "I said in the former part of my book, that the poor and friendless are not entirely free from apprehension, even in this land of liberty," he writes. "But on reflection I have concluded not to rake up old affairs . . . I have forgiven all, and hope, if possible, to forget them. But when they are called to mind, I think those persons who have oppressed poor Grimes, should recollect that although his skin is perhaps a little darker than theirs, he yet has the feelings of a man, and knows when he is abused" (p. 92). The concluding tone of this second edition, thus, does not remove the clear-sighted critique of the original narrative that offers "the skin of an American slave" to "bind the charter of American Liberty" (p. 83), but it tempers that bitter tone by offering forgiveness and the hope that all men will be recognized as feeling men, regardless of the color of their skins.
Works Consulted: Hinks, Peter, "Grimes, William," Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895: From the Colonial Period to the Age of Frederick Douglass, ed. Paul Finkelman, New York: Oxford University Press, 2006, 124; Taylor, Yuval, "Grimes, William," The African American National Biography, eds. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Evelyn Brooks Higgenbotham, New York: Oxford University Press, 2008, 653-654.
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Because every once in a while we like to get crafty around here, and because who can resist a bird's nest made out of shredded paper, we made this:
I got this idea from the newest Country Living magazine.
Just cover an upside-down bowl with clear wrap and start layering shredded anything (newspaper, sheet music, book pages) dipped in a solution of equal parts white glue & water.
Let dry, flip over and fill with your favorite easter candy. These mini eggs are so dangerous and are probably the #1 thing I love about this time of year. I would recommend doing this a little closer to Easter so you don't have to go through ten bags of these before Easter actually comes. Trust me, these are addicting. Ahhh, a combination of two of my most favorite things, shredded sheet music & mini cadbury eggs.
And because once you started crafting, it's hard to stop, my three youngest wanted to make a cute bunny out of something. So, we pulled out some discarded toilet paper rolls and got busy making these:
Also, I took my handy-man son to Home Depot Saturday morning for the kids workshop. Lately he's been making worm fort's out of plywood and duct tape so I thought he might like to try it.
It was our first time going and it was really cool. He got his own apron and got to make this cute flower planter with a hammer and nails, he loved it. Then when you're done you get a cute pin to put on your apron. Best of all, it's free. We'll definitely be back next month.Happy crafting!


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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Cold As All Get-Out
My desktop weather icon reads -21 degrees, at 8:40 a.m. When I arrived at the Water Street parking lot this morning and parked across from my office, I decided to walk the half-block over to the Fourth Street bridge to photograph the steaming falls of the Cannon River at the Ames Mill dam. By the time I'd taken a quick five or six shots, my cheeks, legs (especially my knees, relatively more exposed where my knee-length coat and skirt met my warm boots), and gloved fingers were starting to hurt. I pulled my coat hood up and adjusted my scarf around my face; my glasses instantly started to fog up. Walking the half-block back to the office, I was acutely aware of how uncomfortable I was. I opened the front door to the office and the warm interior air finished the fogging job on my glasses. My cheeks were red and the shoes I'd been carrying were so cold I had to let them sit a few minutes before I could bear to put my feet into them.
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- Rob Hardy said...
I had to walk from our house in to my office at Carleton. A rather painful walk! I wonder if Christopher Tassava rode his bike in this morning?
- January 13, 2009 at 10:17:00 AM CST
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CIA Stooge Anwar al-Awlaki Prime Suspect Behind Fake Bomb Plot
November 1, 2010: Paul Joseph Watson / Prison Planet.com – November 1, 2010
Every scrap of evidence screams "false flag," as authorities seek to crush resistance against invasive airport security measures, while Obama exploits the event for domestic and geopolitical gain.
The revelation that CIA stooge Anwar al-Awlaki, the Al-Qaeda leader who once dined with Pentagon top brass, is the supposed mastermind behind last week's plane bomb plot, adds yet more weight to the already overwhelming evidence that the whole charade is another contrived false flag to both boost Barack Obama's domestic and geopolitical agenda, while crushing the growing resistance against invasive airport security measures.
According to the London Guardian, Awlaki is now the "prime suspect" in the cargo plane bomb plot. He is also fingered as the mastermind by BBC News, and the London Telegraph amongst others. The man who allegedly made the ink toner cartridges that were later claimed to be deadly explosive devices was Saudi Arabian-born Ibrahim Hassan Al Asiri. Al Asiri is "in regular contact in Yemen with radical cleric Anwar Awlaki," reports the Daily Mail.
As we reported last month, every indication points to American-born cleric Awlaki being a double agent working for US intelligence. He has been involved in almost every terror plot over the last couple of years, from directing the underwear bomber, who was allowed to board the plane by order of the US State Department aided by a well-dressed man who got Abdulmutallab on the airliner despite the fact that he was on a terror watchlist and had no passport, to advising Fort Hood shooter Major Nidal Malik Hasan. Authorities have engaged in a cover-up of what happened at Fort Hood after they ordered Private Lance Aviles to delete cell phone footage of the attack.
Awlaki was also the spiritual leader of the alleged 9/11 hijackers, a fact that didn't seem to concern Pentagon top brass who invited him to dine with them just months after the September 11 attacks despite the fact that he had personally colluded with the very hijackers who were alleged to have slammed Flight 77 into the Pentagon. The US Special Operations Command's Able Danger program identified the hijackers and their accomplices long before 9/11, and would undoubtedly have also picked up Awlaki.
As Webster Tarpley has documented, Awlaki is "an intelligence agency operative and patsy-minder" and "one of the premier terror impresarios of the age operating under Islamic fundamentalist cover" whose job it is to "motivate and encourage groups of mentally impaired and suggestible young dupes who were entrapped into 'terrorist plots' by busy FBI and Canadian RCMP agents during recent years." Any Awlaki connection to the latest alleged bomb plot is therefore a huge smoking gun that the entire story, as every other piece of evidence also indicates, is a manufactured political ploy.
In the rush to pin the blame on US geopolitical target Yemen, a Yemeni female student was hastily fingered as the perpetrator, a "set-up" according to her lawyer, and she was quickly released. Indeed, according to Mohammed al-Shaibah, Air Cargo Director for Yemenia Airways, "there is no evidence to prove that this package came through Yemen." He said there were no UPS or DHL cargo flights from Yemen within a 48 hour period prior to the supposed terror attack.
In addition, the United Arab Emirates' Civil Aviation Authority rejected claims by US authorities that Flight 201 from Dubai contained any suspicious packages. "The Emirates plane that arrived today in the United States from Dubai did not contain any packages from Yemen," the official Emirati WAM news agency quoted an unnamed source with the country's civil aviation body as saying.
Authorities in the UK initially confirmed that the package found on a plane at East Midlands Airport was an ink toner cartridge and contained no evidence of explosives. Similarly, CNN first reported that, "Investigators examined two UPS planes that landed at Philadelphia International Airport and another at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, said Mike Mangeot, a UPS spokesman. Authorities later gave the "all-clear" at the airport in Newark, U.S. and U.K. officials said." However, within hours President Obama gave a speech claiming the packages did contain evidence of explosives.
Within the space of 24 hours, the story was completely reversed and inflated into a massive terror plot involving dozens of suspect packages supposedly bound for synagogues in Chicago. How could packages that after being tested for explosives were labeled duds, suddenly become 'massive and powerful explosive devices'? This proves that the story was manipulated at an early stage so that it could be feverishly overblown and exploited for political purposes, just as a number of contrived terror alerts were issued for political gain by the Bush administration, as former Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge admitted.
The new plot's supposed similarities to the Christmas Day attempt further cements this view. As we have documented, every single scrap of evidence regarding the underwear bomber plot has "false flag" written all over it, from the US government allowing Abdulmutallab to board the plane, to Abdulmutallab's own patsy-like behavior suggesting he wasn't even fully aware of his role, to FBI intimidation of eyewitnesses on the plane who reported events that contradicted the official story. The Christmas Day incident was hastily exploited to push naked body scanners which have proved to be a financial windfall for the same individuals who are now hyping this new plot as another reason for more expensive and invasive security measures at airports.
The plane bomb plot and how it has been swiftly exploited fulfills at least three political objectives…
1) Occurring less than a handful of days before what has been dubbed one of the most important mid-term elections for decades, the attack will serve to entice undecided voters back under the illusion of big government as protector, potentially saving a few key establishment Democrats their seats in the House and Senate. The fact that Obama completely reversed the initial announcements of security officials to claim that the ink toner cartridges did in fact contain explosives is a key indication that the White House is over hyping the story for political gain.
2) Resistance to stifling and pointless airport security measures has reached fever pitch in recent months, with naked body scanners taking flak from all sides as they are routinely abused. Dozens of countries are refusing to sign a binding agreement proposed by the Department of Homeland Security to mandate the use of the scanners globally. The backlash culminated in British Airways Chairman Martin Broughton attacking US authorities for the continuation of "completely redundant" airport security checks. These security checks are only going to become more invasive as a result of this staged event.
3) Blaming Yemen as the origin of the plot allows the US military-industrial complex to intensify drone attacks on a country that has become one of the prime targets for the next phase of the contrived war on terror. Just a day after the plane bomb charade, the New York Times aggressively pushed for more attacks on the country, citing the presence of CIA stooge Awlaki as a reason for doing so.
We are once again being manipulated and brainwashed into accepting draconian security measures through fear and lies. Only by exposing the fact that this chain of events was yet another false flag attack on the psyche of the American people and people globally can we hope to identify the real terrorists, those in positions of power, who are continually hyping the threat of terror to change our society for the worse.
The Tonka Report Editor's Note: Despite the U.S. government and corporate media whore's onslaught of lies and deceptions concerning this obvious false flag non-event, we are far too wise at this stage of the game to fall for such an obvious ploy. Also see the article at the link below… – SJH
Suspicious "Items" Were Headed For Chicago Religious Institutions
Link to original article below…
Written by Steven John Hibbs
November 1, 2010 at 9:46 am
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Oh how stinkin predictable…. What a joke. Well if our glorious govt is going to stage a false flag, they couldnt pick a better date than the day before the election. I just hope and pray that no one gets hurt and all of the things they do in the dark are brought into the light! I will say it loud and proud! FRAUD!!!!!!!
Kirk J
November 1, 2010 at 9:55 am
People worldwide are waking up. The globalists would have to try something desperate, such as a fake alien invasion or maybe nuke several US and European cities in order to declare martial law and impose world government.
Perhaps they have a plan in place for 12/12/2012?
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The Roman Colosseum is one of the prime tourist attractions in the world with thousands of visitors each year. The crowds are huge, the waiting time can be long, and access to prime viewing areas is limited. Since my husband is a real history junkie who does not like to wait in lines, we booked the semi-private Colosseum tour with Dark Rome Tours. We were pleased that we did.
The tour included the Colosseum, the Forum, and Palatine Hill. The hill is the centermost of the Seven Hills of Rome and is one of the most ancient parts of the city. It stands 40 metres above the Forum Romanum, looking down upon it on one side, and upon the Circus Maximus on the other.
The tour groups are limited to 12 or less people. They are led by expert English speaking guides and provide special access to the underground and third tier levels of the Colosseum.
She told us that the Colosseum was built between 70 - 80 AD by Emperors Vespasian and Titus and could hold between 50,000 and 80,000 people. It was used primarily for gladiator contests and special events such as mock sea battles and wild animal hunts.
Sarah told us that a gladiator school was built adjacent to the structures and wild animals were housed in the underground portion of the Colosseum. The structure is considered the prime architectural achievement of the Roman Empire.
We learned that the Forum was the town center of Rome. It was the political, religious and shopping center. It contained the Senate, speakers platform, temples and shops. Much of the forum is still being restored. Marble was removed from the Forum to build churches and other structures during medieval times.
The 15th century Church of St Lawrence was built with Forum marble. The Temple of Saturn, built in 490 BC, is believed to be the oldest temple in the Forum. The Forum area was originally swampy and was formerly burial ground. The Roman engineers found a way to build proper drainage which make the construction of the Colosseum possible.
Following our tour of the Forum we made our way uphill to the famous Palatine Hill, the home of the Roman Emperors, which overlooks the Forum and the Colosseum. It is a popular tourist destination and provides a great view of the surrounding area. Cameras were everywhere.
The entrances to the Colosseum were packed with folks waiting to enter. Sarah cautioned us to beware of pickpockets. The Colosseum has 70 regular entry gates and four VIP entry gates. Dark Rome Tours groups have skip the line passes and we quickly went by the people lined up as we entered the structure.
Entry to the underground area of the Colosseum is highly restricted. Only 23 visitors at a time are allowed there. Dark Rome Tours has special access to the underground and our guide had a key to open the lock.
Sarah explained that the underground area was utilized primarily to house the wild animals used in the shows.
Animals were generally kept without food or water for several days prior to their appearance so they would be more ferocious. Slaves were used to handle the animals. Wild animals were placed on elevators run by a system of winches and pulleys for transfer to the Colosseum. One can only imagine the stench and chaos as these angry lions, tigers, and other beasts were moved into the elevators for transport to the arena.
Our group moved onto the main area of the structure where we could get a better sense of its immensity. Then we proceeded to the third upper level and were the only ones on this floor.
Thanks to Dark Rome Tours we enjoyed an amazing view of not only he Colosseum but the surrounding area and what a great way to end this 3½ tour.
If you want to see The Roman Colosseum and surrounding area up close and personal including restricted areas, then I recommend, without reservation, c booking the semi private tour through Dark Rome Tours.www.darkrometours.com. Be sure to book early as this tour does sell out.


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Lush EasterPosted by Halifax @ Sparkled Beauty
Squirt had a really great Easter this year getting all the treats she asked the Easter Bunny for. The Lush Bunny also sent us some Easter treats that we really enjoyed.
This Carrot bubble bar (120g, $7.95) looks good enough (for the Easter bunny) to eat lol. And in the water, it is the coolest thing ever. You hold it by the green top, swish it around the bath to make as much bubbles as you desire.
It is reusable, so you can set it aside for another 9 baths or so. I just wish it comes with a carrot container to make storing more fun :) Scent wise, it smells citrusy because of the fruity oils and carrot oil in the formula.
Besides the bubble fun, this carrot makes the skin feel soft and moisturized, always a bonus with Lush's bath products.
Ingredients: Sodium Carbonate, Cream of Tartar (Potassium bitartrate), Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Glycerine, Lauryl Betaine, Fragrance, Sicilian Lemon Oil (Citrus limonum), Buchu Oil (Barosma betulina), Bergamot Oil (Citrus Aurantium bergamia), Limonene, Linalool, D&C Orange No. 4, Polyester-3, D&C Red No. 28, D&C Orange No. 5.
Smells sweet, similar to Creamy Candy bubble bar or Snow Fairy, with a candy flower as decoration, half of this egg is good enough for one bath.
Just drop it in the tub filled with warm water and see it sizzle and turn your water pink. And you won't be able to complain about how the skin stepping out of this bath :)
Ingredients: Sodium Bicarbonate, Citric Acid, Fragrance, Synthetic Musk, Benzyl Benzoate, Propylene Glycol, D&C Red No. 27, D&C Red No. 33 , FD&C Red No. 4, Candy Flower (Sucrose, Corn Starch, FD&C Blue No. 1, FD&C Red No. 40, FD&C Yellow No. 5 & FD&C Yellow No. 6).
The colourful swirls are just a cheer to any mood, and so is the citrusy scent (again), but you have to bring yourself to crumble a bit of the bar under the running water to make bubbles. Such a hard thing to do :)
Like with the first two products, I keep the rest of the bar in a Ziploc bag (outside the bathroom) for next time.
This bubble bar's "side effect" is to tone and brighten the skin, but I don't think we can confirm it unless we go through a bunch of them in numerous baths.
Ingredients: Sodium Bicarbonate, Cream of Tartar (Potassium bitartrate), Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Lauryl Betaine, Sicilian Mandarin Oil (Citrus Nobilis), Tangerine Oil (Citrus reticulata), Bergamot Oil (Citrus Aurantium bergamia), Fragrance, Limonene, Gardenia Extract (Gardenia jasminoides), Linalool, FD&C Red No. 4, D&C Orange No. 4.
The very rare 4-day long weekend has come and almost gone and here is me finding I still don't have enough time to do what I planned. How does that work lol? But Squirt was very happy this Easter, I guess that's all that matters. She said she felt bad for me not having a holiday to eat chocolate, and I told her adults get the day after Easter to indulge when stores put chocolate on clearance lol.


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I wish Josh was with me to see this! I don't know how long it has been there, but I saw this when pulling up at London Kings Cross Station the other day. What a great little stunt from King's Cross Station… Simple, effective and very cheap! There were loads of people queued up to … Continue reading
I've been thinking this for a while… and a recent trip to the Manchester Legoland Discovery Centre (LDC) has confirmed it – Lego is AWESOME! Lego could have died out years ago if it wasn't for its ability to diversify and form strategic brand partnerships. This has meant that not only has Lego survived, it … Continue reading
Last night and this morning, loads of my friends have changed their Facebook profile pictures to that of their favourite cartoon character from their childhood. NICE! I thought, so I got involved and changed mine to Inspector Gadget. This meme spreading across Facebook is the reason why people are doing it… DON'T FORGET to Change … Continue reading


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Wednesday, January 05, 2011
Yet Another Look at DOTM Megatron
A new video has popped up online that shows of more views of the Transformers: Dark of the Moon Megatron with tanker truck alt mode. The "video" is more of a gallery with camera moving across the various images that show off the figure in relation to previous Transformers toys. (via TFW2005)
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Cant wait to see the Leaderclass version of Magatron Dotm :-)ReplyDelete
- Anonymous1/06/2011 1:41 AM
What's that Ratchet figure i see there?ReplyDelete
- Anonymous1/06/2011 5:45 PM
it was a repaint of the rotf deluxe class ratchet. i forget which line it's from though. i think it might be the hftd line but someone please correct me if i'm wrongReplyDelete
- Anonymous1/08/2011 2:08 PM
That's the Ratchet from Reveal the ShieldReplyDelete
- Anonymous1/10/2011 10:30 AM
I think megatron looks like a piece of crap.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous1/10/2011 7:57 PM
the movie isn't workingReplyDelete
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A TEEN beauty queen stripped of her title on the heels of a sex-tape scandal has become a porn star.
Miss Teen USA Colorado Runner-Up Kristy Athaus was famously forced to surrender her sash in 2012 when an explicit video of her emerged after she turned 18.
Ms Althaus deleted her Twitter account after news of the sex tape surfaced this week.
Gawker reports that the 20-year-old "appears to be making a porn career" after a second video of the brunette beauty surfaced online.
The video is featured on ImagePost.com and being used to promote sales on another site, xreview.com.
"Get 50% off Girls Do Porn, Use DISCOUNT CODE: ColoradoIsBack," the site advertises.
After the first sex tape came to light, the Donald Trump-owned organisation removed Ms Althaus's pageant credit from its website (see before and after screengrab below).
Now you see her, now you don't: Ms Althaus' credit was removed from the pageant website after the first sex tape emerged.
It is not the first time a teen beauty queen has fallen foul of the Donald Trump-owned organisation.
Last November, Miss Delaware Teen USA Melissa King resigned after a video of her appeared on the same amateur porn site. -http://www.perthnow.com.au
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Happy Halloween! Pictures From Around The House.9:07 PM
Hope everyone is enjoying a safe and happy Halloween.
Josh has friends over tonight, and Noah is at his friends house.
I took some photo's a bit ago since I forgot to post any Halloween pics.
Pumpkins covered with book pages. I made 2 this year.
Dressing up the lamp in our foyer.
Black and white, pumpkins, candles.
Found the vintage grand opening bow tie at a yard sale this summer - best .50 spent in some time.
Glittered pumpkins from Target. Had to buy them!
The bricks in the background are from the downtown Hudson's building after it was demolished :(
Added paper crows to the hallway.
This is one of my favorite Halloween decorations.
More black and white.
Kitchen table.
I added a few new things this year - the book page pumpkins, glittered pumpkins, owl under the cloche in the first photo, and the stuffed owl (that is actually from Kohl's Christmas collection in stores now)
Happy Halloween!


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So Mr. ReDDoT asked to come and give my personal point of view about the ever-changing, self-deprecating, mad-inducing world of videogames. And who am I to refuse?
Rush here, pleasure to meet you all on this little internet space where we discuss (note: Flame) the current state of the world of digital entertainment.
What am I bringing into the blog...apart from even more partialized and subjective reviews?
Not much more, I mean, yes, much more of that, but in more topics.
The hipster side of videogaming, and no, I don't mean all the indie market boom of the last few years. I mean when videogaming was good.
(Told you it was going to be very hipster).
When videogame design wasn't about more explosions, more motion blur and retarded concepts for you to flame other people online.
back when every single enemy on a screen was in it's right place, were you actually needed skill to beat a game, and not just use the best weapon, plow your way through a straight line playing Generic War/Space Shooter nº26.
Game designers at work.
And don't get me wrong, I do play a lot of current gen games, both on consoles and PC, and as a gamer, and someone's who is trying to get into the developer's scene , I weep (not really) over the choices current game companies are making. Forgetting the fun and adding just more polygons and more resolution into the textures. Sure I like my games to look good, but is it looks beautiful and has the gameplay depth of a potato...well, screw that, I'm back to my NES. Yes, it's very very hispter, I realize that, leave me be.
Also, you got to fight Death itself. Eat shit, marines.
Also, to end the wall of text, I'll also try to put some info for those who, like myself, want to get into the marvelous world of "working for videogames!!one", commenting about how the scene moves.
And...well, hope you enjoy my articles, and let's get it on!


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Sunday, June 29, 2014
Union Square Farmers' Market: Summer
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How do they get all that stuff stacked up like that? Are they out there all day every day? Down here, Farm Markets last just three or four hours at a time once a week. You like Lambs Quarter's better than Lamb's Ears? I prefer the Ears.ReplyDeleteReplies
No idea! If I were more like Sarah I'd get up early to watch them set up. The market is there 4 days a week 8-6 or so, year-round! They work hard for it.Delete
Is lamb's ear edible? my mom grows it. It's so soft!
I really really need to get to the Union Square Market sooner rather than later. Everything looks so beautiful and amazing. That berry table, the cherries and the tomatoes really caught my eye. I wish I could get a delivery of all of those things to my house (for less than a CSA price). What time did you go, it didn't look too crowded?ReplyDeleteReplies
Yes, you do! That would be great if they delivered! I've always thought about getting a CSA but haven't found one near enough to me that I'd be available to pick up.Delete
This was Saturday before work at about 9. Saturday is probably their busiest day, but if you went out there on a monday early-ish, I'm sure it wouldn't be crowded.
WOW! Summer is the best season, in my opinion.ReplyDeleteReplies
Agreed, though fall is pretty fun too. Just less stuff.Delete
I so love/hate the union sq market.... I have a few favorite vendors (the one with the purple mizuna) that i hit and go. But honestly some of them just really jack the prices up- $6/lb for wax beans???ReplyDelete
I always have to get one of those hard as a rock pretzels when i'm there too although its just a matter of time until i break a tooth on one of them....
They DO jack up the prices, like crazy! Luckily I never need to buy much at a time so it seems like less, but still.Delete
Not a pretzel fan but I do love those huge oatmeal carrot cookies.
Hooray! So glad you went back (I do remember your fall post!) to show off the early summer produce. And holy carrot, radish, et al stacks! I can see how doing that would be really soothing to ones OCD tendencies. Errr., not that I could see myself doing that. ;)ReplyDelete
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This is definitely the best farmer's market I've seen, even around NY. But it is expensive.
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Buried deep in Sport Illustrated senior reporter Peter King's most recent edition of Monday Morning Quarterback (a must read for any fan of good journalist), he tells the tale of being a beat writer and spending two hours with Bill Parcells, visiting the notoriously cranky coach's childhood haunts.
King notes that he can't imagine any beat writer having that kind of access to a pro football coach these days. The pressures have changed on both sides of the equation.
Those pressures mean less time less time to develop the relationships that lead to that kind of access. While the shrinking outreach of the media has change some parts of how media relations, it does not mean the industry will follow the way of the Dodo. Good PR can still repair images and grow bottom lines.
For Exhibit A, let me refer you to the media barrage Tiger Woods's PR machine has stoked up ahead the Thanksgiving weekend that lead to his fall from nationwide billboards. Tiger's troubles began when it turned out that his family man image was a sham. Restoring Tiger's image as the face of American marketing starts with recreating his family guy image. In the past week, we have been subject to a round of "Tiger Woods the World's Greatest Dad" stories.
Brilliant as a strategy but ineffective as a quick look on Google finds plenty about affairs and divorces but nothing on the good dad Tiger.
Of course, returning to his ways as the most dominant player in golf would do more to reclaim his corporate image than any series of father knows best articles.
Winning drives decisions in the NFL too. In 2010, season tickets sales fell for the third straight year, and three teams that moved into spiffy new homes for the new 2010 season are on the hook for very high construction costs. Even though the television rights paid to the league have climbed faster than basic cable rates (in 1986, the networks combined to pay the league $420 annually while the current contract calls for a shade over $3 billion annually), winning puts fannies in the seats, especially the expensive comfortable ones with licensing and VIP parking.
This season two head coaches lost their jobs in mid-campaign, an unprecedented event in the NFL. Normally conservative owners prefer to clean house at the end of the year. But we live in unusual times and importance of image management is paramount. Ask Tiger's management team.
Many have discounted the power of PR, but in billion-dollar commercial enterprises PR folks have engaged in media relations programs that because they think it will drive top line success.
Over the weekend, Robert Scoble asked the reoccurring question: why do we need the tech media? If you skip down and read iSocialize's metrics of what works and what doesn't, you understand how the media recognition drives sales. Even Scoble acknowledges that Apple watches the media buzz to see what companies to promote, making PR an effective use of marketing dollars for the successful companies.


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More rectangles continue to be added to the texture over time, and persist until I either relog, or leave the area and come back after the texture has been cleared from the graphics memory. It has occurred with every viewer for Second Life I've used, and most frequently occurs with the default plywood texture.
I also see this issue occurring on my desktop background. It will accumulate rectangles until it is refreshed. I see this occur on other apps (like firefox or chrome), and those rectangles vanish after the screen or UI is refreshed. This occurs when I am running any 3D game or application.
I first started seeing this after upgrading my video card from a Radeon HD 3750 card to an nVidia GeForce 9800 GT, so I am assuming it is either a driver issue or a configuration error. My operating system through this time has been, with the exception of a brief switch to Ubuntu, Arch Linux (originally x86_64, now i686).
My first guess is that it is a configuration issue with my system's xorg.conf, which I've posted below. And as a note, I am aware that xorg.conf is not normally required anymore. However, my video card will NOT work without one, so I require it.
If you want to see the file with the indentation (which blogger wiped out) and the syntax highlighting, I suggest viewing this link instead:
# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 256.44 (email@example.com) Thu Jul 29 01:59:48 PDT 2010
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
Option "Xinerama" "0"
#Section "ServerFlags"
# Option "AutoAddDevices" "False"
# Option "AllowEmptyInput" "False"
Section "Files"
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Section "Monitor"
# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "DELL E171FPb"
HorizSync 31.0 - 80.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0
Option "DPMS"
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 9800 GT"
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "CoolBits" "1"
Option "TwinView" "1"
Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "CRT-0"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
Option "metamodes" "CRT: 1280x1024_60 +0+0, DFP: 1440x900_60 +1280+124"
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Friday, 1 June 2012
DIAMOND JUBILEE 6 x 1st BOOKLET
You may be wandering whats happened to Roy over these last few days, he has not posted for a while. Well I can tell you if you are worried about me I am fine, as things are quiet on the Machin front I have been having a well deserved rest.
Yesterday (31 /05/ 12) The Diamond jubilee 6 x 1st class booklet was issued, with the code DIAM-CND on the four Jubilee Machins. I have gleaned this image of the actual booklet and contents. You will notice (if you have sharp eyes) this is a cylinder booklet W1 W1 W1 W1. You can just make out the cylinder numbers to the right of the second special issue.
My observations, I like it and will be adding both the plain and cylinder booklets to my personal collection.
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Friday, April 7, 2017
What Was I Thinking?
It's been one of those mornings, but first I will show you my completed card, which is pretty okay. I used a stamp set oldie but goodie from Gina K. Designs. It is called Funny Farm, and is from 2010. My coloring was done with Copic Markers, and the sun was stenciled on using a negative cut from a Lil Inker sun die. I paper pieced my hills with American Craft pattern paper, then popped up my sheep. The middle layer of card stock is Neenah ivory. Oops, I forgot.... two of the hills were cut using a MFT stitched valley die.
I will be entering this at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, which is Happy Birthday. Also, I would like to take this over to Creative Corners Challenges which is Farm Friends.
Now on to Darnell's NBUS #11 and April Fools Boo Boo Card! What was I thinking, indeed? As much as I love this cute card, what made me think I could get a "RED" Copic in between those tiny barn doors, and make it work? I had to be a nutzoid! Then I think I am going to be the hero, and save the day with a white gel pen... Oh my.....or perhaps it was the micron pen that I tried to straighten the black lines with..... Hence in the top photo we had a nice new paper pieced, blue barn. The end!..... stop laughing, cause I know you have all done it!
If you click on the RED barn, you will see what an utter mess I made!
Have a fantastic Friday!
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- Wendy said...
I know I have done it a time or two but sometimes ya just have to laugh at your mistakes and try again! I love the scene you created, Mary Anne! Since we live in PA and farmland is our everyday usual sight this card is very dear to our hearts! I love the different mix of papers you used for the hills especially the stitched ones. Your little sheep looks happy just grazing along! I love them both!! :)
- April 7, 2017 at 10:59 AM
- Dora said...
This is a beautiful scene. what a cute sheep.
- April 7, 2017 at 11:59 AM
- Darnell said...
Well, I've certainly biffed a card (always one that involved a lot of work!), but I can't say I've always been so creative and quick about the save! Well done, Mary Anne! No one would ever know and your amazing farm scene was too good to give up on!! Thank you so much for joining in my NBUS Challenge #11 and being a good sport to share your barn blooper!! Hugs, Darnell
- April 7, 2017 at 12:11 PM
- Carol L said...
Blue barn/red barn.........as long as it's a barn with a cute sheep roaming on the hillside, it's all good! I honestly can't see the oops! moment with the red - it still looks good to my tired ole eyes. Great papers on those hillsides too! Fun card(s)!
- April 7, 2017 at 1:42 PM
- jimlynn said...
Mary Anne, I think we see things no one else does. I would have never noticed the red barn since I saw the entire scene and think it's darling. If I'd made the card I would have been just like you though and realized my boo-boo. Whether the barn is in blue or red - and boo-boo or not, it's ADORABLE! Love the little hillside in the different patterned green paper. So cute.
- April 7, 2017 at 4:58 PM
- Verna Angerhofer said...
I love both of your versions of the farm scene. I so wish I had that set as I admired it so much and I don't think it is made anymore. And, hey, some barns are a little more sway back then others. LOL
- April 7, 2017 at 7:15 PM
- Janice M said...
What a cute little scene you have created Mary Anne!! Specially Love those stitched hills an the way you popped up the sheep. I would not have noticed the barn if you hadn't pointed it out.
- April 7, 2017 at 10:05 PM
- Donna Hanley said...
Yes we all done it for sure. This card came out very nice. Love all those different hills. Wishing you a good weekend.
- April 8, 2017 at 3:14 AM
- Brenda in IN said...
What a fantastic save you made although the original was fine. Sometimes we are our own worst critic and drive ourselves nuts over some small thing that no one eise would notice. Your scene is great and I love how you did the hills with pattern paper. It looks great.
- April 8, 2017 at 8:41 AM
- Colleen said...
Mary Anne,
I can't see it either. but I do know what you mean we are our own worst critics.
- April 8, 2017 at 9:34 AM
- Melissa Bove said...
Fabulous card! Such a wonderful scene you created!! Love it!!
Thank you very much for joining us this week at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog!
- April 11, 2017 at 7:35 PM
- crafty said...
I like both cards. Cannot see anything wrong with the red barn door. I always think we see things in our own work which no one else can see. Thank you for sharing with us at Creative Corner.
- April 12, 2017 at 12:21 PM


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The Issam Fares Institute of Public Policy and International Affairs.
Several commenters and bloggers have noted the dearth of high-profile think tanks and public policy institutes in Lebanon - high profile, meaning an institute that at least dents public discourse on certain issues. Some institutes do exist today. But, when was the last time you read an article that cited the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies?
The Issam Fares Institute will be housed in a newly constructed building (due to be completed in Oct. 2008) at the AUB campus. For those of you who have graduated from that university, the structure will be built on the spot where the infirmary is located at the Green Oval.
Structure aside, the question to ask is: will the institute carve a niche for itself in the Lebanese political field? [Keeping in mind that it is a field already saturated with people who are dying (and killing) to be heard?]
We'll have to wait and see I guess!
So mark your calendars boys and girls!!! October of 2008 is the month! (Don't hold your breath though!)
Addendum: Curiosity took me to the AUB website to see if the university released its own announcement. Lo and behold, it turns out that the institute already has its own website! Check it out by clicking here.
The site is quite basic, but it does provide you with a timeline for the project (how unLebanese!!!)
"The study and promotion of informed public policy and international affairs is vital to the Middle East...With the creation of this public policy Institute at the American University of Beirut, which has long been the educational heart of Lebanon and the region, the University will be able to encourage more debate andresearch on international affairs and state policy. The Institute will provide a base where academics, policy makers, and experts from around the worldcan gather to respond to the region's needs."


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I almost missed it, but I got to be with my baby at 12:21pm. I held her in my arms and told her how much I love her.
We made chocolate cupcakes with vanilla frosting. Jas and I sang happy birthday and gave Annabella her cupcake. She played with it for what seemed like minutes before finally putting a morsel in her mouth. One bite was all it took. The feeding frenzy began. She had this goofy smile that seemed to say "What is this and where has it been my whole life?" She just kept ramming more in.
Then we got her hand print in a clay mold we have. One of Annabella's Grandmas got us a set of molds for ages 1-5. It took several (okay, maybe a couple dozen) tries, but we got the hand print. And I will cherish it forever.
Then we played games on the floor in the kitchen. Annabella was a couple feet away from me, and Jas and I were cheering her to take a step. After a few minutes, she stood up and walked the 7 steps it took to get to me. My heart, already swollen with pride, swelled up even more. I held my baby and told her how proud I was, and that she would always be my baby.
I really can't ask for a better day.
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I haven't even finished this book yet BUT I am STILL recommending it. Weird eh? Well maybe I am just uber interested in this subject, and perhaps you will be too. Women are smarter than men? Not true, but we are less extreme in our IQ ranges and abilities. The majority of women stay within a range of intelligence, while men are at extremes: genius or idiot. So what? Right? Well, this book goes onto explain how women, who are more prevalent at university and excel more at school than men, don't necessarily get the best jobs or certainly don't get paid as well as our male counterparts. Men are much more likely to have dyslexia, ADD and other learning disabilities, but in the end, they seem to overcome their shortfalls and find successful careers. Why? If women have such a head start/advantage, why do we manage to fall behind or to not become as successful or wealthy? Technically there are more female graduates of medical school and law school nowadays. Women are also more advanced in the languages, with superior writing and reading skills vs men throughout life. Do we not have what it takes to get to the finish line? Do we choose careers that aren't as money centric or as challenging?
Your guess is as good as mine..I am not done the book yet. Regardless of the answer, this book is well worth the read to find out more about yourself and the possible gender gap.


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Koyuki Cosplay as Okino Miyoko from Zone-00, its been several time i post cosplay by koyuki as character from Zone-00, Miyoko is one of the witch from ZOne-00, she has sweet and nice body and beautifull face in the anime she also called as "Majoko" throughout the series that name got from her nickname involving the word "Majo", 'witch', and her own name, she also known as The Witch from the west His eyes are also colored differently, as the left one is indigo and the right one, golden. He has pleaded her loyalty she saved his life, i dont really watch this anime and just got all this information from wikipedia, though still im not sure i was given the right infomation ^^, so pardon me if i write wrong information about what cosplay photo is this, actually i really want to start to watch this anime, i love this Miyoko style, especially for her hairstyle, i though that was made her look more cuter ^^.
Koyuki Cosplay as Okino Miyoko Photo Gallery
well...this is another sweet cosplay photo from one of my favorites cosplayer Koyuki, she seem perfect enough as Okino Miyoko from Zone-00, i already compare Koyuki cosplay with Okino Miyoko pictures which i found in the internet, i love everything in this Koyuki Cosplay as Okino Miyoko, i love her cosplay costume, and the background of this cosplay photo, the red shade in this Koyuki Cosplay as Okino Miyoko has give more feminine touch to this cosplay photo, though i dont really like with her wig ^^, that was nice wig and the red color always seem fit on Koyuki but i though that was seem unnatural red color which made that wig seem like a fake hair (ofc that was fake hair XD), the cosplay costume has give big contribution on this Koyuki Cosplay as Okino Miyoko that was cool robe whit pluffy thing in the side, well...i took this Koyuki Cosplay as Okino Miyoko from cosrain.com, visit there to see another sweet cosplay photo.


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An Open Letter to all candidates for Columbia Police Chief
January 12, 2009
An Open Letter to all candidates for Columbia Police Chief:
We welcome you to Columbia, and in the spirit of helping you know our community better, we are providing you with the enclosed information. As you may know, in Columbia, police training, use, and oversight of TASERs are under
scrutiny by our coalition of non-profit groups and other concerned citizens. The Coalition to Control TASERs is composed of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), GRO-Grass Roots Organizing, Mid-MO Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
TASERs are relatively new to us. Some Columbia Officers had the use of the TASER weapon starting in 2006. However, in early June of 2008, the City Council received a Department of Justice grant and used it to buy more TASERs and double the TASER-armed officers with the goal of arming them all. This unanimous decision, with very little community input, alarmed many of us.
We want our community to do all it can to protect both our police and the public from the harmful effects of the use of this 50,000 volt weapon, which is proving much more dangerous than claimed by TASER International.
We also want to protect our city and our police from liability and lawsuits resulting from inadequate TASER training, weak regulations, and the lack of oversight, all of which can lead to and have led to TASER injuries and abuse even in Columbia. For example:
In February, 2008, a young Hickman High School student was tased five times for fighting on the school grounds, even though he was innocent. Members of his family, hearing of our efforts to control TASERs, gave us their report from the Police Department. They believe that he has developed mental, physical, and emotional problems due to this "incident".
In July '08, a Columbia citizen suffered a fractured skull, both arms broken and other physical, mental, and emotional injuries when tased from an I-70 bridge by Columbia police. He is asking the city, through his lawyer, for a $500,000 out of court settlement.
Two other well-known, sad, and alarming occurrences were:
In August of 2008, a 23 year-old man in Moberly, MO, 30 miles north of Columbia, died after being tased. The Medical Examiner declared it a 'homicide'. The deceased's family is now suing the city of Moberly.
Several years ago, in Hallsville, 17 miles northeast of Columbia, a Police Chief became severely disabled after suffering a heart attack right after being voluntarily tased during police TASER training. TASER International settled out of court.
You will find in your packet pertinent newspaper articles and commentary in particular the Columbia Police Department CD containing 48 cases from their TASER deployment records. All cases were requested via the Sunshine Law filed by us in August '08. Finally, the end of October '08, with the assistance of the City Council, most deployment records were obtained from the Department. Enclosed are our summary/questions regarding each case as well as
In light of our extensive research on TASERs, our Coalition has worked and will continue to work to educate others and persistently and adamantly press our City Council and Police Department to protect us and resolve Columbia's TASER problems. We want training that recognizes the TASER as potentially deadly, and we want training based not on TASER International's self-serving materials, but on the proven realities of TASER use and abuse. Our police training needs more tried and true methods: these include highly successful de-escalation,
crisis management, scenario role-playing, and conflict resolution techniques.
Also, a Mental Health professional should always be 'on call' to assist police with someone contemplating suicide or experiencing other mental health problems. A recent hopeful sign of dealing with incidents involving the mentally ill is described in the enclosed newspaper article entitled, "Program aims to improve policing of people with mental illness."
We need adherence to existing regulations as well as increased restrictions. For example, we support placing a limit on how many times a person can be tased and a restriction that prohibits the tasing of children. It is essential that there be strict, meaningful oversight of training and regulations, automatic review of all instances of TASER use (as is done with a firearm), and appropriate consequences for TASER abuse.
In your Police career, have you worked with a Department that employed the TASER weapon and, if so, were the officers under an "imminent danger" standard? That is what we want our City Council to pass (some say "reaffirm") and enforce. This means that the TASER would not be used for threats and/or deployment unless the officer, the public, or the suspect is faced with a
physical threat. The fact is, in the vast number of cases when our police deployed TASERs, there was no "imminent danger". It appears that, on many occasions, the officer escalated the conflict or used the TASER for convenience -- or even punishment. Our Columbia Police are using a TASER when a gun would not even be considered.
It is disturbing that the 48 cases reveal that a disproportionate number of African Americans and mentally ill were tased. Also, most tasings occurred in Columbia's First Ward. We regret that our Police Department currently refuses to release, with the necessary redacting of all names, addresses, and other traceable information, the 20 additional TASER deployments where the individuals were innocent or the cases were dropped or are pending. The refusal to disclose the
circumstances leading to the TASER deployment in these cases adds to the suspicion that there may be more TASER abuse.
In February, this discussion is expected to continue with the Columbia City Council when the Police will again offer a Report to the City Council. We will be present to request passage of necessary changes in TASER policy.
We seek a good relationship with the new police chief, and our goal is to have a police force we can be proud of. We believe that the TASER weapon, as it has been portrayed and used in Columbia, presents a challenge to community policing. TASERs have caused many of our families to experience pain, anger and fear. Citizens are now more informed about the danger of TASERs and TASER abuse. City Council inaction in addressing the people's TASER threat and usage concerns, the inconsistent use that varies from officer to officer, the shoddy reporting and accountability, and the confusion as to where this weapon fits in the Force Continuum are some of the conditions which have caused many Columbians to react with increased suspicion, hostility, non-cooperation, and lack of trust. With improved leadership from our Chief, better TASER training, regulations, oversight, and transparency, these problems can be corrected and
the animosity and distrust healed.
We want a police chief who has a working knowledge and thorough understanding of the TASER issue and who is willing to communicate openly and amicably with the public and intent on justly resolving this troublesome issue. The new Chief should have a positive attitude of service to the public and creative ideas aimed at protecting us all. We hope that that person is among the current candidates.
Thank you for your consideration and attention to the packet materials. If you have questions, feel free to contact any of us.
Ms Carolyn Mathews
4200 Rock Quarry Road
Columbia, MO 65201
Mr. Ed Berg
1215 S. Fairview Road
Columbia, MO 65203
Ms Linda Green
206 Anderson
Columbia, MO 65202
Ms Mary Hussmann
5306 Rice Road
Columbia, MO 65202
DOCUMENT UNDER SECTION 610.010 RSMo. et seq.
TO: Captain Zim Schwartze
Custodian of Records
Section 610.023 RSMo requires each public governmental body to make available for inspection and copying all public records maintained by said public governmental body. Each request for public documents must be acted upon as soon as possible. Any response to such request must be in writing and furnished to the requester no later then the end of third business day (5:00 p.m.) following the date the request is received by the custodian of said records. If records are maintained on an electrical format, then they are requested to be furnished in either wordperfect or word.
If access to any document which is requested is denied then a written reply complying with Section 610.023 RSMo must be provided in a timely manner which means that the response must be provided to the requestor on January 15, 2009 at 5:00 0' clock to Edward Berg at 1215 S. Fairview, Columbia, Missouri 65203.
Further under Section 610.024 if a public document contains both materials which are not exempt and/or exempt from disclosure, it is your responsibility to separate the exempt materials and make such materials which are not exempt available. Your agency may redact the information which is exempt from disclosure by law, but must in writing for each such occurrence explain such action.
Fees charged for providing copied documents must be calculated in
accordance with Section 610.026 and be certified as correct upon payment of said amount. If there is to be a charge, then there must be an estimated cost as to each item requested/ However, it is further requested that any and all fees for production of requested documents be waived as provided in Section 610.026 RSMo since the disclosure of information is in the public interest and is likely to contribute significantly to the public understanding of how and when the Columbia Police Department uses TASERS and said information is not primarily in the commercial interest of the requester.
Further if this request for waiver of fees for reproduction is denied or ignored, then it requested that a written explanation be provided.
Penalties may be accessed against the custodian or agency for failure to comply with Section 210.010 et seq.
It is requested that the following information be provided to
Edward Berg
Attorney at Law
1215 S. Fairview
Columbia, Mo. 65203
1. The number of times police officers of the Columbia Police
Department between January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2008 used the TASER Model X26 to obtain compliance of individuals by displaying such weapons or sparking such weapons and verbally threatening to use such weapons if a person did not do as ordered, but when such weapons were not discharged against such individual.
2. How many written reports were filed by police officers of such use and provide copies of each and every narrative report filed by police officers as to such incidents.
3. Provide a copy of any and all Columbia Police Department policies which permit such use of the TASER against its citizens.
Date Requested:
January 12, 2009
Date Response is to be received: January 15, 2009


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Ordinary people tackling the extraordinary problem of pet overpopulationPosted: Updated:
HOUSTON -- Some things you expect to find in a hardware store, but you do not expect to find dogs up for adoption.
Store owner Nahid Haize is a woman on a mission. She's also a woman of compassion.
"Some dogs get adopted in days," Haize said. "Others stay here for months."
On any given day, you'll find Nahid and her daughter Lauren scouring Houston's streets for homeless dogs.
"It saddens me for the entire day, because I come across so many loose dogs," Haize said.
She's lost count of how many she's saved over the years, or how much of her own money she's spent but estimates she found homes for as many as 60 last year -- using her hardware store as an adoption center.
"The problem is there are a lot of good people who would stop and get dogs," Haize said. "After they get them they don't know what to do with them because the shelters are so full and won't take them."
It's estimated there are between 800,000 and 1.2 million homeless animals roaming the streets of Houston, one of the highest rates in the nation.
During the summer, it's not unusual for the city shelter, BARC, to take in more than 150 a day. Unlike other shelters in Houston, BARC is the only shelter that can't turn animals away because of its mandate. While adoptions are up, it's increasingly clear we can't adopt ourselves out of this problem.
"We've got to come up with new fresh ideas," said city spokesperson Chris Newport, "something we've never tried before."
The city is partnering with the non-profit Spay Neuter Assistance Program, which performs 5,500 surgeries a year in its mobile clinic.
"We look at the zip codes where there the most strays, the most turn ins at BARC, and that's where we take our mobile clinic, and we're running five days a week in those areas, and it's all free," said Laura Welch of BARC.
It's not only free. It's a much kinder alternative for man's best friend abandoned.


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An Alaskan Weather and Climate Blog: All Science, No Politics
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Chena Slush Out
Here's a somewhat fuzzy webcam photo looking south across the Chena River just before 8pm ADT Thursday from Front Street (image courtesy of Pro Music). There are some open areas but most of the water visible is water on top of ice.
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Now online is the fourth installment of our new crime/mystery series Best Mann For The Job. Updated weekly at TitleTrakk.com, this serial stars Grace Mann, a woman with a complicated past who returns home to become sheriff of the small town of Hope Falls, Tennessee. Even as Grace is sworn in to her new job, the deputies are grumbling ...
Direct link: http://www.titletrakk.com/index.htm#bestmann
Related links:
Preview #1: Sheriff Grace Mann
Preview #2: Deputy Todd Baxter
Preview #3: Rev. Hezekiah Mann
Preview #4: Elizabeth Mann


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Not for the first time, this year's Champions League semi-finals feature some very familiar faces indeed. Apart from FC Bayern, the line-up for the last four comprises holders Real Madrid, FC Barcelona and Juventus. The draw for the matches to decide which two clubs travel to Berlin for the final takes place from midday CET on Friday at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
"Whoever we get now, it'll be even harder," warned Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge in the wake of FCB's thrilling quarter-final victory over Porto. "There's no team we'd prefer to face, but we may also not be the team anyone wants to play," Rummenigge continued. "If we want to get to the final in Berlin, we have to beat the best teams. We don't care who we play, because it'll be tough in any case," added Bayern star Thiago following his superb display against Porto.
FCB are in the last four for the fourth season in a row, a new club record. Real Madrid have now made the semis for the fifth consecutive year after defeating cross-town rivals Atlético 1-0 on aggregate in the re-run of last season's final. Cristiano Ronaldo and Co are bidding to become the first team ever to retain Europe's premier club trophy. Barça eased past French champions Paris Saint-Germain 5-1 on aggregate and remain in with a chance of a second treble to go with a previous triple triumph in 2009.
After a lengthy absence, Italy's most successful club Juventus are back in the last four. The men from Turin beat AS Monaco 1-0 at home and secured a goalless draw in the last eight return to book a semi-final berth for the first time since 2002/03.
The last four ties will be played on 5/6 May and 12/13 May. The final at Berlin Olympiastadion is on 6 June 2015.


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Two Sides of New Orleans
National Governor's Conference 1975
featuring Pete Fountain
1975 Master Audio Recording Studios
Side A
1. Saints Go Marching In - Louis Cottrell and Jazz Band
2. New Orleans Parade - Murphy Campo and Orchestra
3. Cabaret - Dukes of Dixieland
4. Ragtime Gal - Your Father's Moustache Orchestra
5. Little Rock Get-A-Way - Armand Hug Piano
6. Tiger Rag - Danny Barker and Jazz Band
Side B
1. R. K.'s Boogie - Ronnie Kole Trio
2. Down By the Riverside - Trombone Beaucoup and Orchestra
3. Cotton Fields - Paul Guma Quartet
4. Without a Song - Dick Stabile and Orchestra
5. Java - Al Hirt and Orchestra
6. Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans? - Pete Fountain and Orchestra
Album cover designed by Bob Cole
A tourism souvenir given out at he The National Governor's Conference held in 1975 in New Orleans, LA
Liner Notes:
"Priceless" is literally the word for this L.P. It isn't for sale. It's a gift from the State of Louisiana, a special gift of New Orleans music.
New Orleans music is an art derived from European classical and folk music, African chants, country blues, work songs, jazz and a modernization of all of these in today's Crescent City sound. It's a sound heard all around town - Bourbon Street, Uptown, Downtown - from the old sections to the suburbs, and beyond.
But however New Orleans music changes, it always provides pleasure. And for pleasure, we offer this disc for your very own.
Louis Cottrell, Jr., "When the Saints Go Marching In"
Louis, Jr., son of the great jazz percussionist, is one of the finest pure New Orleans clarinetists. He performs with his old-timers at Heritage Hall on Bourbon Street, while Blanche Thomas belts out her own brand of blues and "soul."
Performance courtesy of Nobility Records, N-703.
Murphy Campo, "New Orleans Parade"
Reared in the French Quarter, Campo started young on the trumpet. As a teenager he won a stint at New York's Radio City Music Hall. Now appearing at the French Quarter's Famous Door. Campo is a trumpet virtuoso, singer and composer.
Performance courtesy of Spark Records, K 84001, 1962.
Dukes of Dixieland, "Cabaret"
"La familia Assunto e compadres" is an Italian description of the Dukes. Frank Assunto, his brothers and associates still carry on hometown traditions with a hometown sound. The Dukes have made it big in Las Vegas and just about everywhere. Now they're home playing at Dukes' Place at the Monteleone Hotel.
Performance courtesy of Decca Records. DL 74863, 1968.
Your Father's Moustache Orchestra, "Ragtime Gal"
Nostalgic turn-of-the-century and roaring twenties sounds spill through the jazzy precincts of Bourbon Street when the enthusiastic young musicians of Your Father's Moustache make music with banjos, tuba and slide trombone while the visiting firemen sing along just for kicks.
Performance courtesy of Your Father's Moustache, New Orleans.
Armand Hug, "Little Rock Get-A-Way"
Leader in the white jazz field. Hug's only eccentricity is a refusal to leave New Orleans even for money. During the thirties, Hug's piano was first choice of Benny Goodman, Bob Crosby, the Dorseys. Today he spellbinds audiences at the Royal Orleans Hotel.
Performance courtesy of Gold Crest Label. #3045.
Danny Barker, "Tiger Rag"
Danny as a kid played with old-time New Orleans spasm bands. Later his versatility on guitar or banjo provided a rhythm spark for Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Cab Calloway and Lucky Millinder. An authority on New Orleans jazz, he worked as historian for the Jazz Museum.
Performance courtesy of Bethlehem Label, BCP-6047, 1959.
Ronnie Kole, "R. K.'s Boogie"
Skilled piano entertainer, Kole got his first big break on the Mike Douglas TV Show, followed by appearances on the Tonight Show and at Las Vegas' Thunderbird. There Al Hirt persuaded him to head New Orleans way. His style, according to Kole, is not Dixieland, progressive or even jazz. Just cool and classical. he and his combo turn on fans wherever they play in New Orleans and throughout the country.
Performance courtesy of Paula Records, LSP 2200.
Trombones Beaucoup and Orchestra, "Down By the Riverside"
Louis Pendarvis, Milton Bush, and Bob Morgan had been playing trombones as a section for several years with the New Orleans opera. Their trombone togetherness also extends to the New Orleans Summer Pops, as well as many dance bands and jazz clubs.
Performance courtesy of Dover Record, Inc., LP1002.
Paul Coma Quartet, "Cotton Fields"
New Orleans born Paul Guma has the unique talent of being equally adept on guitar, clarinet and saxophone. Known 'round the country as former guitarist with Pete Fountain, Paul formed his own group and is now entertaining in Florida.
Performance courtesy of Top of the Mart.
Dick Stabile, "Without a Song"
Since he formed his own band in 1936, Dick Stabile has been a much wanted musician. He's appeared in virtually every major hotel and has logged thousands of broadcast hours. Today he plays to happy audiences in the "Blue Room" of the Roosevelt Hotel.
Performance courtesy of King Records, KS623.
Al Hirt, "Java"
"Gabriel of the South," big Al and orchestra rate as one of showbiz's hottest musical groups. A "red-beans-and rice" Orleanian, Al started to climb with a scholarship to the Cincinnati Conservatory. He later joined the Dorsey bands, Ray McKinley and Horace Heidt. He's wowed audiences at Carnegie Hall as well as in feature movies and recordings. Now he's a hero at his own Bourbon Street bistro, Al Hirt's Club.
Performance courtesy of RCA Records, LSP 3309, 1965.
Pete Fountain, "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans"
One of the great clarinetists of all times. Pete made his first pro date at age 18, filling in for Irving Fazola. With a two-year stint on Lawrence Welk's TV show, Pete earned national acclaim. An incurable Orleanian, Pete has rooted himself here - except for recording dates, short tours and TV appearances. He now dispenses musical pleasure in his own club, Pete Fountain's French Quarter Inn.
Performance courtesy of Coral Records, CRL757282.
Good Time Louisiana is a unique combination of just about everything you could want to enjoy. Would you like your vacation to have an exotic flavor? Well, 10 flags have flown over Louisiana, and the state still exhibits exciting and unusual influences from its past. Take the Evangeline Country, where the Acadians, exiled from Canada, settled. Their descendants, affectionately called "Cajuns," still speak a patois based on 18th century French as frequently as English. The enchanting past is all around you in Louisiana. You can see Indian mounds... remains from earliest explorations... towns founded before the United States was a nation... magnificent ante-bellum mansions... pirate hangouts... Civil War forts and battlefields. It's a sight-seer's dream.
Louisiana is a Sportsman's Paradise, too. Whatever your sport - unless snow is involved - you will enjoy it here as never before. There is year-round golf, tennis, fishing and water sports of every description. Horse racing has been popular since the days when plantation owners staked fortunes on the prides of their stables. And there are unusual native sports as well, such as the pirogue races in slim craft invented by the Indians. Of course, the Mid-Winter Sports Carnival, with its complete program of amateur athletics, is famous throughout the nation.
Regional cooking at its most unusual and best is what you'll find in Louisiana. The Creole cuisine originated from the classic French - spiced with Spanish flavoring, Indian herbs, and an African exoticism. All this art was used on the native produce such as magnificent seafood and shellfish... vegetables such as mirliton, yams, okra and cushaw... excellent meats... and a luscious array of fruits and berries. Creole cooking is found, for the most part, in the southern part of the state, but wherever you go in Louisiana - whether it's a world famous restaurant or a little out-of-the-way cafe offering the specialities of that particular region - you can eat beautifully.
Louisianians are a festival minded people, and you'll find celebrations throughout the year. Of course, Mardi Gras is the most famous event as far as the rest of the world is concerned. But in a typical year there are almost a hundred fairs and festivals throughout the state from Spring Fiesta, a recreation of ante-bellum days, to Holiday in Dixie... the Hodges Gardens Arts & Crafts Festival... Tarpon Rodeo in Grand Isle... and delightful country fairs of every sort.


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You see that little blue thing? That was a two-story house. There are more pictures at the link.
From the Montreal Gazette:
On Monday night a huge sinkhole opened up and a family home sank into it, in St. Jude, about 77 kilometres northeast of Montreal, and north of St. Hyacinthe. Five nearby homes have been evacuated. All four members of the Préfontaine family were confirmed dead around 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday evening.


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Upon the release of 1989 by Taylor Swift, I see my timeline split in two. One side, OH MY GOD!, the other side; "pshh, let me know when REAL music comes out".
Both sides of this argument are horrifically annoying, but since all I do online is complain and beg for you to pay attention to me; I have no leg to stand on. But nonetheless, as Shake It Off is officially about to be bumped off the radio for the next MegaSwift song; it's time for a chart.
Well not a chart but my blog, my words. If you don't like it, hit the back button.
Here's the lifespan of a pop song.
The song is released with a front loaded, probably payola-aided release. Usually radio stations do this bullshit where they go "let us know if you REALLY LIKE THIS NEW AMERICAN HI FI SONG" as if you have a choice of staving off the inevitable. At this point, you will see friends on social media linking it and demanding you listen to it.
Now that everyone has heard it, radio really starts to pick up on it. It takes like ten weeks apparently for a pop song to hit #1 which I find impossible but that's the deal. I have no facts to prove that, so you just are going to have to believe me on this one. But now, even if you ignored the whole release party; you can somewhat sound out the melody.
On social media you will see statuses such as "just cleaned my room to Shake It Off!". You'll hear it at parties and there will always be that weird mashup with an Iggy Azalea song that every college town bar plays. I don't know why that happens.
There will always be a viral lip sync to every popular song. "HEY GET IT FRAT GUYS KNOW THE LYRICS TO LET IT GO! ITS FUNNY BECAUSE ITS KIND OF NOT MASCULINE BUT THEY ARE MEN AND ARE REBUKING GENDER ROLES.". It's always like….a D1 baseball or swimming team too.
Then Jimmy Fallon will dance to it on his show and do some weird bit with it that the Roots have to suffer through.
This is around the time the diehards start going "ugh this song is overplayed now!" and "I hate radio nowadays!" like radio is now all of a sudden overplaying songs.
Casual people like me start to appreciate this song at this point.
Everyone fucking hates everything about it. This song is not played anymore. No one references it anymore except people who are not up-to-date on things use it as "songs these days suck because there isn't a guitar" or something.
A few months later, and for the rest of your life, this song will be used in shitty segments like "THROWBACK JAMZ" and played when the alumni come down to college towns to relive the glory days; not like I ever do that.


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There are currently 6,500 Palestinian prisoners, including 300 children, 44 women, 13 girls under 18, Amnesty International reported.
"Israel's ruthless policy of holding Palestinian prisoners arrested in Occupied Territories in
prisons inside Israel is a flagrant violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention," Amnesty said.
Israeli must end "unlawful and cruel" policies practiced against Palestinian prisoners in its jails, Amnesty International said on Thursday.
"Israel's decades-long policy of detaining Palestinians from the occupied West Bank and Gaza in prisons inside Israel and depriving them of regular family visits is not only cruel but also a blatant violation of international law," said Amnesty International.
The London-based rights group said that "testimonies gathered by the organisation from family members and Palestinian prisoners detained in the Israeli prison system shed light on the suffering endured by families, who in some cases have been deprived from seeing their detained relatives for many years."
It added: "Israel's ruthless policy of holding Palestinian prisoners arrested in the Occupied Palestinian Territories in prisons inside Israel is a flagrant violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention.
"It is unlawful and cruel and the consequences for the imprisoned person and their loved ones, who are often deprived from seeing them for months, and at times for years on end, can be devastating," Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International Magdalena Mughrabi said.
"Instead of unlawfully transferring prisoners outside the occupied territories, Israel must ensure all Palestinians arrested there are held in prisons and detention centres in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
"Until then, the Israeli authorities must stop imposing excessive restrictions on visitation rights as a means of punishing prisoners and their families, and ensure that conditions fully meet international standards."
Israeli cruelty is not limited in the deprivation of family visits. "Palestinian detainees held on security grounds are barred from making phone calls to their families," Amnesty International said.
"Under international humanitarian law, detainees from occupied territories must be detained in the occupied territory, not in the territory of the occupying power. They must also be allowed to receive visitors, especially near relatives, at regular intervals and as frequently as possible," the organisation stated.
Number breakdown
According to the Palestinian Prisoner's Club, a non-governmental organisation, there are currently 6,500 Palestinian prisoners, including at least 300 children, detained on security-related grounds in Israeli-run prisons and detention facilities.
All but one of the 17 facilities are located inside Israel. The vast majority of prisoners are men, 57 are women, including 13 girls under the age of 18.
Thirteen of those imprisoned are Palestinian Legislative Council members. At least 500 people are held without charge or trial in administrative detention, a practice which flouts safeguards required by international law to prevent arbitrary detention.
The Palestinian Prisoners' Affairs Commission spokesperson Hasan Abed Rabbo said at least 1,000 prisoners are prohibited from receiving family visits on "security grounds."
He added that currently there are around 15-20 prisoners held in isolation, who are banned from any contact with other prisoners and family visits.
Prisoner's suffering
"Ahmed" a 32-year-old from Hebron currently held in administrative detention in Ketziot prison in the Al-Naqab desert, whose name has been changed to protect his identity, has only had one family visit despite spending five and a half years in an Israeli prison on and off between 2005 and 2017.
He told Amnesty International he was joining the mass hunger strike in the hope that it will pressure the occupation to allow his 70-year-old mother, who has been repeatedly denied a permit, to visit him. He said he had been arrested seven times in total. His administrative detention order is up for renewal on 29 July.
"I have had one family visit while in jail. In 2006 my mother and father were able to visit me because my father was sick. He was 75 then, it was the last time I saw him. He died while I was in prison," he said.
"No one can visit me, my mother is in her seventies and she is denied a permit for security reasons…I do not know when I will be released or how long I will be in prison for, I want to be able to see my family.
"The Israeli authorities are using the permits to punish me… I do not know how long [my mother] has [left] and if I will be able to see her if or when I am released."
Mother's suffering
Najat al-Agha, a 67-year-old woman from Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip, told Amnesty International that her son, Dia al-Agha, 43, has been imprisoned in Israel for the past 25 years. At the age of 19 he was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted on murder charges. He is being held in Nafha prison in Mitzpe Ramon in the south.
"I do not know why I get rejected. I am 67 years old. What security threat am I to Israel? All I want is to see him and make sure he is well. I do not know how long I will live, any visit can be my last. I am scared of dying without seeing him," his mother said.
"Every time I apply for a permit I get rejected. It is almost a year that I have not seen my son, it is devastating. They are punishing us, they are trying to break us."
According to Israeli Prison Service regulations all prisoners are entitled to family visits once every two weeks. However, in reality, because Palestinians from the Occupied Palestinian Territories must apply for permits to enter Israel, they can visit much less frequently.
The Israeli Prison Service regulations also allow the authorities to rescind a prisoner's right to family visits on security grounds.
Gaza prisoners continue to be most affected by Israeli restrictions as the Israeli military grants permits to families from the Strip only once every two months. This policy affects around 365 prisoners from Gaza currently detained in Israel.
In addition, Hamas prisoners along with other prisoners living in the same prison wings, are only permitted one monthly visit, irrespective of where they come from.


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For 2 people
For Dehydrating:
2 carrots, thinly sliced in half-moons
2 stalks celery, chopped large
1/2 onion, chopped small
1 green bell pepper, chopped small
1 can bamboo shoots
1/2 bag of frozen peas, thawed
2 cups baby spinach leaves
1 5-oz. can of salmon
Additional Ingredients:
1 carton Aroy-D coconut milk
2 TB curry paste
1-2 TB grass-fed collagen (optional)
Spread all vegetables and salmon on dehydrator trays and dry until no longer moist, about 8-10 hours. That's an approximate time, since they will all dry at different rates. For example, peas will take longer than the spinach. There's not really a problem with leaving them in longer if you need to.
To cook in the backcountry:
Soak the vegetables and salmon mixture in a pot with just enough water to cover for as long as possible once you get into camp. The longer the better, but you can also skip this step if super hungry. When ready to cook, add coconut milk, curry paste, and collagen (if using) and bring to a boil. Cook, stirring for about 5 minutes. Feel free to add any wild goodies you find, like these nettles! Turn off heat, cover pot with lid and let sit another 5-10 minutes. Open and enjoy!