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August 30, 2009 by Otto
…gas up the Criticism Plane, she's overdue for another total annihilation.
*pew* *pew* *pew* hah! victory!
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Way to take a stand!!! Yeah!
you know I just love heavily armed vehicles – things with embarrassingly large machine guns strapped to them
Never would have guessed that. Hmm. Kokot's lawnmower / tractor doesn't have such 'guns'..hmm…
yes, but i do have an army of psychochefs. lol
don't think I want to know what a psychochef is, or how it operates….
Oh there's even a 'film' of psychochef on a big red lawnmower–oh yeah–some strange things in Koktot's Kitchen Studio! oooo boyo are there…
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A $600 infusion to taxpayers' pockets begins this week, but with mounting bills and rising costs, fancy furniture and new TVs are taking the back seat to mortgage checks and cable bills for many consumers.
"I'm gonna pay bills," Gina Smith, 43, of Chester said Monday, the first day federal economic stimulus payments were made to taxpayers with direct deposit. "Gotta get a jump on paying off the credit cards."
While the federal plan to advance taxpayers up to $600 each was designed to jumpstart spending in a sluggish economy, multiple surveys suggest consumers will spend more on debt or savings than new goods.
But that might not be a bad thing, said Winthrop University economics professor Bob Stonebraker.
"In the long run, I almost hope people don't spend," Stonebraker said Monday. "The reason we're in this mess is because Americans don't save."
Stonebraker said that for years, Americans have piled on debt and relied too much on home equity for savings. He said a quick, short-term fix for the economy is possible if consumers spend the rebates. However, a long-term solution is more likely if Americans pay off debt and invest the extra money.
"What we need in the short term and what is best in the long term are quite different," he said.
But despite tough times, Stonebraker acknowledged some Americans' still cling to a seemingly undying desire to spend extra money.
"In this difficult time, more people will use their rebate to pay down debt than normally would, but I think more consumers will spend the money than are admitting it," he said.
Kurt Marine, manager of Berry's at Manchester furniture store is crossing his fingers that the professor is right.
"With gas prices and everything, I'm not sure how much (extra business) we'll get," Marine said. "I can tell you the hopes are that we will see a boost."
How are you spending it?
"I'm gonna put the money in a savings account so when I don't get a refund next year, I won't be broke."
-- Jay Shively, 46, York
"It can help me fix my car. And I'm gonna need an extra $300 to go with it."
-- Amini Cancel, 21, Rock Hill
"Just got a new car, so I'm putting it in the bank."
-- Sue Potts, 64, Fort Mill
"I have a new goddaughter. I'm getting a savings bond for her."
-- Dee Walker, 59, Rock Hill
The facts on getting it
The federal government on Monday began paying tax rebates to stimulate the economy. Here's how it works:
• To receive a payment, you must have a valid Social Security number, have $3,000 of income and have filed a 2007 federal income tax return.
• Those eligible will receive up to $600 each ($1,200 for married couples) and up to $300 for each dependent child younger than 18.
• To receive a full rebate, you must make less than $75,000 individually or $150,000 per household annually.
• Payments will be made first to those who received a 2007 income tax refund via direct deposit. Deposits began Monday and will be made each Friday until May 16, depending on your Social Security number.
• For taxpayers without direct deposit, paper checks will be mailed May 16 through July 11, depending on the final two digits of your Social Security number.
• Watch for scams asking for your bank account information. The IRS already has the information needed to make the payments from your tax return. Phone calls and e-mails asking for personal information should be ignored.
• For more details on how much you can expect to receive, when the payment will be made and scams to beware of, visit www.IRS.gov or call 1-800-829-1040.
"It's gonna be for a vacation. I need one. Or, to get my car repaired, if I'm being totally honest."
-- Scott Ivey, 20, Rock Hill

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if i remember right Daedalus was to be a drive by. but it does not have to be. adding several of Dr Winglee's m2p2 generators and a tank of appropriate gases gets you a magnetic/electrical parachute up to 100 KM in diameter to react against the targets stellar wind. Winglee's helicon M2P2 generators minus the gas tank is the size of a coffee can. the gas tank would require 1/4 KG per day of operation so the additional mass would be negligible because it would only operate inside the helio-sheath of the target star as a brake and maybe inside ours for a cheap initial speed boost.
originally posted by: EA006
a reply to: JadeStar
Daedalus doesn't look like it has any braking system, so it's hitting alpha centauri at 80m mph?
That's a great introduction to any life there lol
specks of dust are easy to deal with. a simple plasma sheath would move everything out of the way up to sand grain or slightly larger. such a shield would require very little fuel to create and very little added mass for the generator. there are other shielding schemes some of which might be justified as part of a reactor thermal rejection system (radiators.) they are far more massive.
originally posted by: flammadraco
Great thread! S&F
We also need to consider a "Force Field" at those speeds, a speak of dust would be catastrophic!
We already know that mass and energy can be interconverted, according to the relation E = mc2. It may turn out to be possible to interconvert everything in the stress-energy tensor, perhaps according to an equation like E = mc2 = pc = Lc/A. Vast amounts of propulsive energy would become available. Says Forward: "If we took one unit of spin which is 10-34 units of angular momentum (very small), we would get 6.6 kg-m/sec of linear momentum or 10-8 kg of mass or, equivalently, 109 joules of energy -- all from one atom.
The interconversion of only 45 billion atoms -- about 0.1 picograms of hydrogen -- would thus be sufficient to propel a 100-ton starship at l%c
originally posted by: yorkshirelad
a reply to: JadeStar
Either :
A. "Nominal" faster than light is not possible in which case forget exploring the "stars" (a massive waste of time dreaming) we are stuck within our own solar ystem.
B. Faster than light is possible, in which case forget research into sub light rocket propulsion ( a massive waste of resources) and design FTL drives so we can explore the universe.
It seems to me that we need to answer this question first : Is it possible, and has been demonstrated, to move an object between two points at a speed that in normal space-time appears faster than light. NB the opposite question also applies : Has it been demonstrated, beyond all reasonable doubt, that FTL travel is not possible. Q1 could be answered before the "Ultimate Book of Physics" is complete. Q2 can only be answered if either Q1 is answered OR the "Ultimate Book of Physics" is complete.
no. first off even using just classical physics an acceleration of 1 g is enough to get to light speed in less than one year. you are asserting that 1 g (that is the equivalent of earth normal gravity) is fatal. that's illogical.
originally posted by: ziplock9000
a reply to: JadeStar
Acceleration forces would kill humans, not to mention accelerating forces from rest would destroy the ship.
there are lots of schemes.
originally posted by: Xcathdra
a reply to: JadeStar
Cool info...
Question though.. Regardless of the speed how would we protect these crafts from space debris? The damage a paint chip can do to the space station, travelling at 17k+ mph could be catastrophic so we can assume without some type of shielding the effort might not work.
Secondly if we send probes to our nearest neighbor how do we communicate with it?
In addition to shielding against gamma shine and avoiding the absorption of engine heat, another major design consideration is shielding against interstellar dust grains. Flying through space at significant fractions of lightspeed is like looking through the barrel of a super particle collider. Even an isolated proton has a sting, and grains of sand begin to look like torpedoes. Judging from what is presently known about the nature of interstellar space, such torpedoes will certainly be encountered, perhaps as frequently as once a day. Add to this the fact that as energy from the matter-antimatter reaction zone (particularly gamma radiation) shines through the tungsten shields and other ship components, the heat it deposits must be ejected.
Jim Powell and I have a system that can perform both services (particle shielding and heat shedding), at least during the acceleration and coast phases of flight. We can dump intercepted engine heat into a fluid (chiefly organic material with metallic inclusions) and throw streams of hot droplets out ahead of the ship. The droplets radiate their heat load into space before the ship accelerates into and recaptures them in magnetic funnels for eventual reuse. These same heat-shedding droplets can ionize most of the atoms they encounter by stripping off their electrons. The rocket itself then shuts the resulting shower of charged particles - protons and electrons - off to either side of its magnetic field, much the same as when a boat's prow pushes aside water.
The power generated by occasional dust grains should range from the equivalent of rifle shots to (rarely) small bombs. These detonate in the shield, harmlessly, far ahead of the ship. Fortunately, almost all of the interstellar particles likely to be encountered are fewer than 20 microns across (10,000 microns = 1 centimeter), and we should expect no more than one impact per day per square meter of Valkyrie's flight path profile...
...One of the great advantages of a droplet shield is that it is constantly renewing itself. Put a dent in it, and the cavity is immediately filled by outrushing spray.
If a dust grain passes into the shield, many of the shield's droplets are bound to be exploded. Some of the scattered droplet fluid will be absorbed and recovered by surrounding droplets, but some fluid is bound to be hurled out of the droplet stream, which means that we must add the weight of droplets to be replaced to the ship's initial mass.
originally posted by: flammadraco
Great thread! S&F
We also need to consider a "Force Field" at those speeds, a speak of dust would be catastrophic!
originally posted by: MysterX
originally posted by: flammadraco
Great thread! S&F
We also need to consider a "Force Field" at those speeds, a speak of dust would be catastrophic!
Not to mention ordinary wear and tear...any nuclear powered craft which includes a pusher plate or similar would be kaput within a few years, never mind decades or centuries. Any chamber built to contain and direct the forces of H Bombs, even mini H bombs, would also require replacement and refitting periodically.
Cosmic rays, micro-meteors, other errant radiations and emanations, miscalculated gravitational pushes and pulls from large cosmological bodies will all conspire against the success of any long term mission being proposed.
The only way we could realistically get to visit the stars, would be using technologies assumed and theorised to be incorporated in hypothetical UFOs and their reported flight characteristics, whether the UFO's are excepted by you, the reader as real or fantasy.
We couldn't make it using conventional technology, there's simply too much conspiring against the success of such a proposal methinks.
actually the dean drive has been explained/refuted as a type of space drive. i read a refutation of it in Dr Woodward's book on Mach effects and wormholes title: Making Starships and Stargates/ The science of interstellar transport and absurdly benign wormholes. it came up as he was going through his controls (read olympic class beat-downs) for spurious signal sources in his mach effect thrusters. The dean drive effect exists but it isn't useful for thrust.
originally posted by: dismanrc
a reply to: bobs_uruncle
The old Dean Drive.
No one has every been able to produce documented proof this even works. I would love to see some proof of that.
You didn't happen to keep any records you would be willing to share?


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The Unified Drug Enforcement Strike Team (UDEST) recently conducted an operation to apprehend people for whom they had warrants for felony drug offenses.
Agents responded to the Silver River Inn at 5565 E. Silver Springs Blvd. in Ocala on Friday in search of one person. They visited a room and noticed a strong chemical odor. The three people inside were removed for their safety while agents obtained a search warrant, according to an Ocala Police Department report.
The agents found rock and powder methamphetamine, plastic baggies, more than 100 new and used syringes, glass pipes and digital scales in the room, the report states.
The people in the room, Tammi Phelps, 46, of Silver Springs; Jesse Lacari, 32, of Reddick; and Karyn Osman, 23, of Anthony; were arrested and each was charged with possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.
UDEST is an initiative of the North Florida High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area and includes local, state and federal law enforcement professionals from OPD, the Marion County Sheriff's Office, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Drug Enforcement Administration and Department of Homeland Security.
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Daytona Beach
Volusia County
New Orleans
Industry Decimated By Overfishing, Development
By Don Wilson of The Sentinel Staff
July 28, 1991
Florida's fish are under siege.Gone are the days of the 18-pound trophy largemouth bass, a species whose average size has declined by more than half a pound.Gone are the days of 20-and 40-pound grouper, which used to be so plentiful off the Florida Keys.Gone are the days of abundant supply of tarpon, the silvery-scaled giant game fish that may be experiencing as much as a 90-percent decline in birth rates.The bass, bream, marlin, mullet and other fish that make up a vast natural resource worth $5 billion a year are being decimated by overfishing and development.
Volusia again claims shark-bite record
By Ludmilla Lelis, Sentinel Staff Writer
February 20, 2009
Were there fewer sharks in the water last year, or fewer swimmers? Either way, there were fewer unprovoked shark attacks worldwide, says a Florida shark-attack expert who keeps track. That wasn't the case, however, in Volusia County, where a favorite beach for surfers had a nearly record-setting slew of shark bites. The New Smyrna Beach surfing spot just south of Ponce de Leon Inlet retained its long-running distinction of "shark-bite capital of the world" with more bites there than anywhere else in the world.
Canadian Flotilla Sets Sail To Stop Foreign Fishermen
March 30, 1992
A flotilla of Canadian fishing trawlers set sail Sunday to confront foreign vessels accused of overfishing on the Grand Banks, which lie just beyond Canada's 200-mile fishing zone. A crowd of 10,000 gathered at the Newfoundland port of St. John's to send off the seven trawlers, which are owned by six Canadian fishing companies and led by volunteers for the campaign to ward off foreign fishermen. The ships are scheduled to reach the Grand Banks, a section of Canada's continental shelf, Tuesday morning.
Catch and -- share? Practice might keep oceans from being overfished
September 20, 2008
One way to help prevent overfishing may be to guarantee each fisherman a share of the catch, according to a new report. Collapse of fish stocks is much less common in areas where "catch share" fishing is practiced than in other regions, researchers say in Friday's edition of the journal Science. The reason, they say, is that the system increases the incentive to protect the fishery rather than causing fishermen to compete against one another to see who can bring in the largest catch. In a catch-share system, individual fishermen, or fishing cooperatives, are allocated a share of the catch based on what they caught over a prior period, say five or 10 years, said Christopher Costello of the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Canadian Fishermen Take Grand Banks In Protest
April 1, 1992
A flotilla of Canadian trawlers took symbolic control of the Grand Banks off Newfoundland Tuesday to protest what the fishermen say is overfishing by foreigners. The fishermen say that the overfishing threatens their livelihood. In February, Fisheries Minister John Crosbie cut this year's cod quota for Canadian fishermen to 120,000 tons from 185,000 tons, following warnings from biologists that fish stocks are being depleted. Many Canadian trawlers have been tied up since February. But foreign boats, primarily from Spain, Portugal and Germany, continue to haul in cod and other fish from a part of the Grand Banks that juts outside Canada's 200-mile economic zone.
Commission Aim: Protect Sea Trout
By Don Wilson, Cheryl Gordon, and Max Branyon
February 15, 1987
Trout Talks. The Florida Marine Fisheries Commission meets this week in Islamorada to consider what rules may be needed to protect spotted sea trout. The commissioners will get an update on proposed trout rules Wednesday at the Plantation Yacht Harbor Inn. There is a 12-inch minimum size limit on the species, but no possession limit. Past discussions have included proposals to increase minimum size limit or impose stringent bag limits to protect the species from overfishing.
Russia: Dwindling Fish May Halt Caviar Export
May 24, 2000
MOSCOW - Dwindling numbers of sturgeon in the Volga River may force Russia to stop exporting black caviar this year, a news agency said Tuesday. The state fisheries committee said fewer sturgeon were coming into the Volga delta from the Caspian Sea to spawn, reducing the numbers caught. Caspian sturgeon are the source of black caviar, a pricey delicacy. But overfishing and poaching in the Caspian Sea, along with pollution, have reduced the sturgeon population.
Blockade By Fishermen Ties Up Port Of Plymouth
March 27, 1993
British fishermen protesting imports of foreign-caught fish blockaded the busy naval and commercial port of Plymouth on Friday. Up to 150 fishing boats staged the blockade, preventing ferries and naval vessels from docking throughout the day. It was the latest of a series of actions by the fishing industry to protest imports of cheap fish from Russian fleets and European Community attempts to curb overfishing.
Tensions Rise As Spanish Resume Fishing Off Canada
March 15, 1995
Canadian gunboats and aircraft patrolled a disputed North Atlantic fishing area Tuesday as Spanish trawlers resumed fishing in international waters in what Canadian Fisheries Minister Brian Tobin called a ''provocative'' manner. The resumption of fishing for Greenland halibut by Spanish trawlers heightened the tense standoff between Canada and the European Union, which started after a Canadian patrol boat seized a Spanish fishing trawler last Thursday for alleged overfishing.
Fisherman Is 1st To Sell Boat Under Federal Bailout
March 14, 1996
Donald Lowe Jr. sold his boat and fishing permits to the government Wednesday, becoming the first New England fisherman to bail out under a $2 million federal plan to restore depleted Atlantic Ocean fisheries. Lowe accepted a check for $142,500. The once-rich fishing grounds off New England have been depleted of cod, haddock and flounder by overfishing and natural causes. Regulators have closed most of George's Bank, increased the mesh size of nets to make sure immature fish escape, reduced quotas and curtailed the days fishermen are allowed at sea.
Large Atlantic sharks vanishing, study finds
By Curtis Morgan Mcclatchy Newspapers
March 30, 2007
Humans, mainly in countries with a yen for shark-fin soup, have devoured so many of the oceans' top predators that it has rattled the length of the marine food chain, according to a study to be published today in the prestigious journal Science. While many researchers have documented sharp declines in recent decades, this report concludes that the 11 largest sharks along the Atlantic Coast have all but vanished from overfishing -- down from 87 percent to 99 percent for bull, dusky and smooth hammerhead sharks.
Overfishing could spawn `global collapse,' scientists warn
By Mark Blythe, Sentinel Staff Writer and Cornelia Dean the New York Times
November 3, 2006
If fishing around the world continues at its present pace, more and more species will vanish, marine ecosystems will unravel and there will be a "global collapse" of all species currently fished, possibly as soon as midcentury, fisheries experts and ecologists are predicting. The scientists, who are to report their findings today in the journal Science, say it is not too late to turn the situation around. As long as marine ecosystems are still biologically diverse, they can recover quickly once overfishing and other threats are reduced, the researchers say. But they add that there must be quick, large-scale action to protect remaining diversity, including establishment of marine reserves and "no take" zones, along with restrictions on particularly destructive fishing practices.
Environmental group calls for better fishery controls
May 28, 2005
NEW ORLEANS -- The Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic fisheries rank poorly in an environmental group's assessment of how well fish stocks are being managed to save them from being overfished. The Ocean Conservancy's scorecard, based on fish stock reports from around the United States, found the councils overseeing West Coast fisheries -- from the Pacific halibut to California sardines -- did the best job while those in the South and East Coast have been less successful in dealing with overfishing.
State's Coral Reefs Face Extinction, Scientists Say
By David Fleshler, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
March 19, 2005
FORT LAUDERDALE -- The coral reefs of South Florida will continue to decline, becoming little more than "rubble, seaweed and slime," unless the government takes stronger steps to protect them, according to an article published Friday in the journal Science. An international team of 11 scientists assessed the status of coral reefs in Florida and Hawaii, the only states with substantial reef systems, and found that the government's efforts to protect them have been piecemeal and ineffective.
Casual Anglers Also Worsen Overfishing, Journal Reports
August 29, 2004
WASHINGTON -- Millions of casual anglers reel in a higher take of the most prized U.S. saltwater fish than previously thought, researchers say, prompting them to urge improved regulation of recreational fishing. U.S. recreational anglers landed 5 percent of fish in the past two decades, more than double previous estimates, says a report that was in Friday's issue of the journal Science. But they took 23 percent of fish whose numbers are shrinking. Scientists urged the government to slow the decline of overfished species.
Report Calls For Overhaul Of Nation's Oceans Policy
June 5, 2003
WASHINGTON -- Overfishing, coastal sprawl, pollution and invasive species threaten the oceans off America, according to a report Wednesday that called for a new federal agency to manage the country's troubled waters. The review of U.S. ocean policy by the Pew Oceans Commission said marine life and vital coastal habitats are straining under the pressure of increased use, and that a "hodgepodge" of laws does little to protect them. The root of the crisis is the government's failure to recognize how activities on land affect coastal ecosystems, the panel said.
New England's Lobster Hauls Shrink 50% Within 2 Years
March 9, 2003
BOSTON -- The unusually paltry hauls that lobstermen began pulling from New England waters about three years ago were, they hoped, just temporary, a lingering effect of an oil spill that polluted southern New England waters in the mid-1990s. But their catches only got worse. Today, those who fish off southern Massachusetts and Rhode Island face an unexplained collapse of lobster stocks. A mysterious shell disease, warmer waters and overfishing are commonly cited causes for the nearly 50 percent drop in lobster landings in two years.
Oregon Opens Salmon To The Sport Fishermen
April 11, 1999
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Sport fishermen will once again be allowed to catch hatchery-bred coho salmon off the central Oregon coast. In a compromise, the Pacific Fishery Management Council voted Friday to let fishermen catch 15,000 coho salmon during the July season. Oregon wanted to cap the catch at 10,000; fishermen pushed for more. The coho catch has been a controversial issue along Oregon's central coast, where taking of the fish - which are protected and tracked by authorities - was halted six years ago to compensate for overfishing and rapidly declining stocks.
New England's Lobster Hauls Shrink 50% Within 2 Years
March 9, 2003
BOSTON -- The unusually paltry hauls that lobstermen began pulling from New England waters about three years ago were, they hoped, just temporary, a lingering effect of an oil spill that polluted southern New England waters in the mid-1990s. But their catches only got worse. Today, those who fish off southern Massachusetts and Rhode Island face an unexplained collapse of lobster stocks. A mysterious shell disease, warmer waters and overfishing are commonly cited causes for the nearly 50 percent drop in lobster landings in two years.
Sharks Move Closer To Shore As Prey Drop To Low Levels
August 2, 2002
WASHINGTON -- Overfishing of shark prey in the Atlantic Ocean means sharks are coming closer to shore to find food and may mistake swimmers for a meal, according to new research by U.S. oceanographers. Stocks of a common shark prey known as menhaden fish are at critically low levels in the Atlantic, said Richard Condrey, associate professor of oceanography and coastal studies at Louisiana State University. "That means sharks are getting more aggressive about finding alternative food sources, and are more likely to come closer to shore, where they mistake swimmers for prey," he said.
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This is not your average Thursday night in Washington. Hundreds of people in tuxes and sequins have poured into the National Building Museum and paid $750 a head to drink champagne and rub elbows with the who's who of the tax world.
This is the tax prom, one of the main events in what has become a packed season for Washington's tax elite. Congressional staffers are here, plus CEOs, lobbyists and plenty of policy wonks from think tanks like the Cato Institute and the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.
Congress is in the middle of a tax overhaul that is a slog for many people involved. The process is long, sometimes boring, often incredibly detailed and difficult. For some, though, this is their moment. As Congress tries to get a tax plan passed, think tanks in Washington are tripping over themselves to get their ideas into the mix. And they're having fun doing it.
"It's a little crazy. Very hectic. I don't know that I could handle much more on my dance card," said Lynda Walker, executive director of The Tax Council, a nonpartisan group that helps Wall Street make sense of Washington.
Walker said between briefings on Capitol Hill and tax events morning, noon and night, she's lucky to get four or five hours of sleep these days. And time off?
"I was just on the phone with my mother, asking when I was going to be home again," she said, laughing.
Tonight's likely to be a long night. In addition to the usual drinks, dinner and talk of deductions, Vice President Mike Pence will speak and rally this mostly conservative crowd.
Down the hall, David Williams is holding court by the bar. He's already pretty excited. He's been waiting for this moment for 25 years.
"This is my Woodstock. This is my Lollapalooza," he said. "This tax reform time is — this is it. This is what I was born for."
Williams heads up the Taxpayers Protection Alliance, as in protect people from paying more taxes. It has members across the country. Williams is looking to educate them, recruit their friends and whip up grassroots support.
"Really just making sure that our members know what's happening in D.C. and that they're not overrun by news that, you know, they don't understand," he said.
Williams said half the battle is just trying to keep up with all of the changes to the tax legislation. Shannon Salzman is trying to keep up, too. She's the event planner for the Tax Foundation, host of tonight's shindig.
She said the foundation is holding twice as many events as usual.
"Some of them have doubled or tripled in size," she said. "It's a lot."
That's saying something, considering everybody in the thinking business has a viewpoint to sell these days. Saltzman uses a time-honored strategy to lure people to her events: Food.
"Lunch is the easiest time to get people," she explained. Her secret weapon? Chick-fil-A. "If we can't get Chick-fil-A, we will often work with the Senate's catering house," she said. "A nice sandwich spread. Just general lunch food."
Saltzman said it's all about cashing in on this moment when thinking big tax thoughts can really build your business.
"We're ready to grow, and we want to make sure we take advantage of the relationships that we are making that we have made," she explained.
There are roughly 400 think tanks in Washington, and they're all pretty much trying to take advantage of this moment. Like the people here.
That's quite a change from a year ago, said Jim McGann, head of the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program at the University of Pennsylvania.
"Many think tanks, for the first couple months, were in disbelief and in a fetal position, uncertain as to how to respond and what they might do," after the presidential election, McGann said. Now they're busy trying to interpret President Donald Trump's particular approach to governing on particular issues. "From the marketing standpoint and business side, it's easier to communicate in a crowded market what you do, if you specialize."
And it never hurts to get your fast food order in early.
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I love Passion
I'm not sure when or where I realized it, but I love passion. No, I'm not talking about the passion that comes from a steamy romance novel, or the Mel Gibson movie (which I did love by the way) but rather the passion that comes from doing something that you truly love. Last night I read Mark Cuban's blog entry entitled The Passion of Business and the Business of Passion and it got me fired up!
I've never before been able to express to people why it was ok to argue or to, as Mark puts it, BLAST people on your team, especially your manager! If you are arguing about something that tells me "boy is this guy/gal serious about what they are doing and why they are doing it, perhaps I should listen to what they are saying". So I forwarded this blog entry on to the folks on my team and said "if I'm screwing up or not doing something I promised, BLAST ME". If they REALLY care, if they are REALLY PASSIONATE about their job, then they will.
I also included in it my number one pet peeve. I don't mind if you need to vent and you do so to me, that's quite alright, but you need to qualify it with "I just need to vent" and then I'll listen and not try to help. But if you are going to BLAST me over something, you better bring your A-game and know your facts. I'm no dummy, and if you push back on me and you are wrong, I'm gonna eat your lunch, and it's going to suck because the BLASTER becomes the BLASTEE! I'm more than happy to stand down with proof of being wrong, but as they say, "I'm from Missouri so you gonna have to show me" (poor grammer/spelling intended).
Related to BLASTING, if you just want to come by and complain, then you are treading in the area of my number two pet peeve (a close second to the previous). I HATE it when people have complaints, but they don't care to think for ten additional seconds to come up with some sort of a solution to the problem they are complaining about. I don't care if your solution is an awful one, just be passionate enough to care about the problem and offer a solution. I like it even better when they don't even want to talk about the problem, JUST THE SOLUTION! I LOVE solutions and I HATE problems, so when those two are combined (a solution and a lack of a problem or a lack of complaining about the problem) I'm a happy man.
The bottom line for me is, be passionate enough about stuff (stuff = work, life, family, kids, fun, sports, whatever) to stand up for your position, even in the face of difficulty. Also, don't just complain about stuff, come up with solutions, be creative, try to make things work. If you aren't putting even that much effort into things then at the end of the day, you really don't care. If you don't care, then get passionate or move on, just don't waste your time on stuff you aren't passionate about.
Just a short side note. For my money, it doesn't get much better than Mark Cuban. He's got two things going for him. First, much like myself, he doesn't care about what anyone, especially NBA League Officials think. Second, he's got a ton of money to allow him to not care. Now I just need the money... hmmm ;)


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Sinner Saint is the only one who assed the question appropriately. #Selfie_Shit
*I am in the dumps about the selfie shits going on. I seen more puckers than smuckers and lemmons. Why all the pout mouths. Can we at the least be more profound in our self examined artistry? I guess we really dont believe in our character strong enough to fight the common cold or the flu.
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Sunday, March 16, 2014
My Strength is Enough
Seventy-one and a half days. That is how long until Workshop (the beginning of the summer season) starts at Barakel. I started a countdown in January. I don't have a job yet, but I can hope. I have to hope. Why? Because I need something to look forward to. I'm not going to lie or sugar-coat it; this six and a half months has been hard. Really hard. And not for any of the reasons everyone thought it would be. I work with kids who are in the system and need help. Everyone said that would be difficult, that I would have to develop a thick skin and find the line between caring and professionalism. That's been easy. The hard part has been everything I didn't expect. I didn't expect it would be hard to find a ride to church and, therefore, wouldn't have one. I didn't expect that getting groceries would be so difficult. I didn't expect that I would not make a single close friend I could talk to about life and work. I didn't expect that I would not be treated with respect and appreciation. I didn't expect that my housemate would have a breakdown half-way through our internship and leave indefinitely, or that my supervisor and my boss (two different people) would each be replaced twice in less than nine months, or that there would be so little structure, expectations, and work in general. I didn't expect that I would be so lonely. I didn't expect that my trust and reliance on my Savior would be so critically important and tested so often. Fortunately, though, He hasn't let me down. My life here is not glamorous or wonderful or desirable, but it is good enough. It has taught me a lot. It has stretched my comfort zone and expanded my knowledge in so many areas. It has been what I needed, even if it wasn't what I wanted or expected it would be. And through it all, my heavenly Daddy has been there, and He's been enough. Every minute, every hour, every day, just enough.
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She does we have our own open air park. Yes I did notice that I just noticed that yeah. We work together that often where we need no open item. Radio I don't I don't think it had cutbacks at the time but the problem. I'm very fond of YouTube that I can help thanks for clarify as promised we go to Dennis in coverage you hang hung on through the break thank you and it's happening here. Happy new media guy stealing your family's sure everything is predicated on what whether or I'm gonna talk about now are. Because if I was the Orioles are up I was a Washington team. Why would they let those two shots just walk away and not trade and get some body for them. But it did not traded. I wouldn't mind she in the Red Sox getting either one of those guys. And maybe keep them which I don't with irritable when gathers the forest. And possibly. If they do shine and that's. Employees get that little old now I think that's got humbled this year but we get will keep that was second baseman. Did you think at this stage of the game after all the times logged in right field that spirited. To make him go to ask him to go back to a much we're growing position to go into it in right field. Exits. It's a business. Bob I mean not if if staking it. Yes it did the guy to stay that but Dennis habit in the business of baseball. You achieve a certain money cachet as a big league veteran as Iowa parks where is it awkward. A. I hate our Ted Williams lake tribal PS was a 1016. The so I mean. Now the vessel to go back to point originally about why would be. The Orioles or nationals. Not try to trade those guys well by all accounts Dan Duquette has put it out there and he's taken. Every call he can Ali we haven't heard data boat. Harper in the nationals. So I don't really know I'm not into what's going on there but the trading deadline certainly going to be interstate. Because you said why wouldn't they do everything in their power to either trade them or keep them. We get to a point with a guy like that just like the Red Sox did with Clemens and other teams have and others if you're not gonna sign the guy I mean what are you gonna do either keep them for the rest of the year and let him walk. Because they never re sign with a team wants to get to free agency or you trade them to get fifty cents on the dollar by the all star break. Yeah oh and another thing. I'm sold under skate Raphael got news I'm sure you guys remember this when he hit that. Home run to left center field off 403 mile an hour fastball from Chapman. Did you see the look on Chapman's face. Yeah and I'm off funds sold endeavors though I like what I see I'm intrigued. It's a great called Dennis thanks for the call. When he says he sold on him buck I mean there's no guarantees the kid's gonna go through ups and downs I do like what I see with him McConnell liked the kids make up. I'm Deborah ya the way yeah I like his swing for Fenway. And I don't think that's just thrown out there I think you I've seen a lot of guys. Who have had swings quote tailor made for Fenway and he seems like. He's one of them every one from mobile on itself to. David Ortiz to that inside out lefty swing. They can drive the ball all parts of the field and also pull a ball. And into right field kicking over the world twenty year old thing. I was twenty years old. I would have been the soft. And college if you mess there. Packet I could barely find their way to the T station back. Reduce them by my life. As a twenty year old student U this was so simple. It was all in all I have to do is get a loyalty amassing dip I would bet the Christmas it did show up every day but puck you're you're making trying to compare it to yourself and another lifetime ago. By the Arab basis I'm I'm I'm paying a mice to two this kid. At the age of twenty years old that he is able to achieve what he's achieved at at it at a Major League level. In that ballpark in this city which is meeting with these kids in the playoffs and while not trying to downplay it I would say this. You're not giving your eyes enough credit because you're a baseball fan geyser coming up younger and younger in Major League Baseball and stand and rise to twenty year old but there's a huge difference between. Even 222320. Well again I think you're not given enough cash day. The statement made before which I often make from Bill Parcells but one of the best things about rookies they don't know what they don't know yet. And I think that's part of Deborah success I think he was in Saudi king walk out saying that given credit for that I'm we give credit for I'm OK okay what are you 22. At 42 of my college in a mop with a buy myself an important for a tiny newspaper and a and a make it work at bats when he. I was just drink and dinner. Yeah it's a big difference even eat between 20/20 two is a big difference what that's all say I was drinking it anybody Antoine I think if anybody that drives around fifty I think at any. I think of anybody out driving round replays of their lives. Particularly guys. If you if you replay your life in it think about twenty and 22 I think you'd agree with my point. I liked to. There were a group a point not a one. Go to Mike in Providence who wants to talk about the Yankees middle of the lineup you wanna pound your chest and brag about it. Mike. No Marcum actually it's porch. Which actually it attracted up to about I'm not so sold on that some not so I'd better and be okay and I'm not sold on rabbit. Go to guy. Parents are alone. Hurtful. Stanton Aaron judge and Gary Sanchez of the. It's going to be that they'll want to hold political motives are there any hope under all right EP IC it's bigger problem that yes there is a problem. There is a problem except we're back and Martinez at the moment have picked when you don't know that. But then you'd like a quick meeting where we get somebody day in we got not a. Well let's go to your point about there's a problem. How many home where do you have to rank in home runs yesterday in the top five get the lead deleted resize image what was so let's give them credit. You don't say Michael like. Well no there isn't a problem with Mike I'm not denying your point there is a problem. When you look at the numbers and Bakken I did this on the show we had at the beginning of the week. I put out where the playoff teams ranked in runs allowed a run scored. Everything and home runs included the Red Sox. Were in the top one through five and all of them except home runs they were dead last. In the American League that is a problem these when he got to the post season it was a glaring. Problem they would scratch and claw for one run or one guy on base and move them over and play small ball and bulls' Carlos Correia. Or around who's the rookie kid for the Astros who got second and third baseman can be pregnant. Break now with Gregg would hit a home run us off Chris sailer David prosecute these chimera is going to be a big name basketball in the coming years Syria agree. So so there is a problem Mike I don't disagree with you but I don't think he can make it up with a one guy. I think they operated the polo field. We need me overrated the whole house you I think they go back to go to be an MVP after what people are not. While being a role was put out slowdown he he he was an MVP candidate. The year Ortiz slapped his final season and in taking a dip last year. And I don't think is any doubt that is remember how would you like to have an off season it would for me. In which you get what reform runs. Under two RBIs. 264 batting average at 344 on base percent. That was his his offseason. And we forget. That he won another gold glove and did you six the MVP balloting. In 2070. Here it is our season. He was six in a BP. Yeah I mean if you wanna targets yet didn't each year. You you're currently pull pull him a little bit. I agree Bach and I did w.s that I'd I didn't either and the other thing is he won another gold glove he was an all star again although you don't. All star you don't rank up there is much. I was looking at the strikeouts and I thought they'd be a lot higher he actually struck out less last year Hewitt's hinges on one strikeout last year eighty. In this is three years as a regular he struck out 79 last year eighty he's gone down each year 8280 to 79 for means. He's he's been very consistent. So you look at lashing any walked a lot more last year the 264 averages striking. It really is striking we just heard what. Five so next year will be his 25 years season. You see I always hate to say getting hoping trajectory. Excuse me. As I can talk from now 9 o'clock tonight and guys who. After three or four years seemed destined for the hall of fame Mo Vaughn Don Mattingly don't leave it bill Barton and go on and on. So I'll stop short of that but take a look at rookies you've all got laptops and ipads and whatnot. Go look at will keep bets that baseball reference in considering his age is relative good health. The fact that he appears to take great care of himself. Projected out of her fifteen or you project it out over the next 1012 years to earn. Go to show on a hole. Shot now at age yet on how you deal and you I'm just curious are you mean a misplaced new Englander you. I will always be your Red Sox and patriots L. And heck yeah I would think about history and all the great model we hear that you are you from the Arab one reason I go. Well I was born in Montana but of course I I've been in Massachusetts. Or. An. But I that your new England sports and a art our idea you only want and I know there are others like Cuba. What do they do you know I come out wherever I go out in the community I usually a lot of people wearing Red Sox gear new here pay here or you know they're around. But anyway I can brag about the Red Sox beat element I don't the first Barry cinnamon or thought about gaining market. I have and I give this whole thing. If they're so serious about it in many match got oh why don't they released JPJ and then bring it. JB even set release the politically in the out. Our. You know this EBJ did release Bradley. I think it might be an idea you know I've been released because because like he is great at that but he is not what you would consider to be a clutch bat. You're great Sean hey aren't we can't get past this right just gonna cut him loose. He got him under control for two more seasons. Well I. I don't know I just think that he is not what you would consider to beat a guy who could get the clutch hit. Don't just cut him loose. Meet you try to trade don't you. I don't understand the logic of tribe just cutting them loose and it will for a guy gonna give thirty million by the way. Is is unproven is is JBJ news. JD Martinez. Yeah that's true and by JD and they want to even consider playing pretty out peel. Because again be whole issue is Hanley Ramirez that's a whole issue to we got per couple more years and stuff. Now Hanley has next year and many as a vesting option for 2009 and he's probably knocking him. I every Parker couldn't pass via. Release Bradley a UG just weren't gonna get rid of it is ironic goma after that Aaron I think I was I was I was worried about yours and I was looking at some numbers. 6177797983740. Minutes to go in the bark and butch show. Connor Holly's taking your calls quick break we're back with a more. My line lives that are merely telling Matt Matt you're about it. At the time. What do you know I don't ever think ain't it. It's a little bit yeah that's why now. So it's easy to look at Raphael devers and say all the things that we've said here high on him. I think he's the real deal. IED column untouchable. Pretty much. Ain't the point could be a few minutes ago about being twenty years old. So Raphael devers at aids two when he hits a 103. Mile an hour fastball off they left the into center field on Sunday night at a sunny day based on national TV in the right. Yankee Stadium that's what he did on a Sunday night at the two torn up. It's funny we were out eating pizza at hacienda in Soto right. We've bite my boys' bodies Gary meg mark would only those guys. That's what I when he Clark they're two when he was a high sky now but that's what I was doing it aged when he look at this kid is doing and it's when he it's amazing. Well look what he's done. Yet a third of the season he played 58 games he had 240 plate appearances he had to 84. 338 on base percentage slog for 82 is OPS was E'Twaun and in nineteen. It ten homers and thirty RBIs you project that out over a full season always dangerous but I'll play or 39 yeah well that's easier said than done. Okay 25 and eighty. Troy O'Leary. Yeah fine but what I'm saying is you don't just recognized numbered times three and number games played arrive at this MVP season. I'd say we can say ought to make adjustments it's going to be a full season in the being in the major leagues which he hasn't done before. Sold travel. Lights scouting reports expectations. And occasional later in the towns Trace the path the decency all that nonsense. He being kids. So just don't don't just a solo. Eddie's gonna take those embers in amplify that what do you worry that his defense might be an issue. I don't think he's going to be. A great defensive player whether they'll be an issue or not remains to be seen I'm not prepared to. I'm not that Smart that I can sit there based on the small sample size. And maybe of Scotland IQ it no I'm just saying we've seen where. Obviously to start his career that's not his strength right and we've seen it they sit away by Bosnian awarding a gold gloves that true. So uneasy young kid and yet seems like he's dedicated to a truth is a bit of a bottle ball and I will say that. He he. Weevils wobble on an Australian are suggesting he's gonna end up is in other published in a ball. But he he is not like a block a steal. No but it's a block agreement. You know sometimes. That the reason I bring up his defense is sometimes. Factors beyond someone's control factor into this where. If he has an error that loses a game early on in the season. Now becomes a bigger issue. Now it's a thing they could snowball we've seen it before for example but I could argue would you that in 1977 I believe it was. When butch Hobson led the league with a plea 23 or 24 errors and wasn't even a problem. Partly because he was hit 25 to thirty on the exit number nine in the lineup. Well but again you could see it snowball with a kid early on at the end as an Arab it loses a game struggle buddy John in Medford or John. A it's forget another John I know when you got a target. It. Lou race. The bag so what's back home when Wednesday's herald. A horrible instant replay it means I couldn't I couldn't agree with anything more in part it was because you know. You mentioned the opera soprano bush gets mentioned which talks in 1977 I mean. We're going to do now because done what we've got to misty interference call we go along with respect I mean we gonna like Phil can definitely find champions of the reds could not Wear a mask or we will we call on what. It's public so I don't have one question about the article on so when you. Well when you quoted DL possible girl's own or by saying that we need to do something when a streak when we need to fix it again said no I wanted to get rid of that. Is it because we can my question it was is because we have enough time to work on this thing that we just holding field with that that that's my question next. All right John and my answer is simple it is it's more philosophic. And it is technical. And I'm an island and myself on this well although surprisingly. I am a little inside baseball blitz when when I. Would erratic on you talked your editors of the certificate writing you bounce ideas back and with some time veteran of an idea and I talked to shortly. Who is he sports editing today what about this and Wasilla about that. When I hate. Said I want to write a column saying let's get rid of all it's their replay we batted around for a few minutes. And and he said okay and to be good column by I don't agree with it the U gotta get out get him report. I was hammered on the little comments that people leave it in the coming and that's what people do that kind. That's fun to me like attacks line in there it's fun it's called a what the people who took the time to email me at cook to mean public and you know when you're out about. Or people who who club on Twitter and FaceBook which is a different form. Surprisingly. Surprising kind of of people saw my viewpoint which is that. If you view sport as art. Which it issues. It is a performing art it's it's not unlike Pete being anything else it really is it's it's it's people who are. Singularly talented in what they do. There were only a handful of people on the plant. That can play these games at that level which is why you commit refine the quarterback because so few people can pro football. Under those circumstances. Correct yes so but yet at the end of the day they are flawed human beings. A flawed human beings in the examples I use Tom Brady greatest quarterback equal time five time Super Bowl best buddies to best buddies. All of that cool simple moral light beaten ornament. And yet. How went up while while an interception he through. The other day that was written back for a pick six among the Super Bowl and a Bill Buckner and media four decade player. 2700. Careers meaning three plays taking and so law is Bill Buckner condit's. One of the most popular vote errors in the history of baseball. Lotte human being. So if the players. A flawed human beings is good as they are. Why not put every but make up may have a I have a philosophical understanding that when you're watching the game. It is in jest flawed human beings playing the games it's like human beings officiating games and let the human beings. Performing art. And we will sit back and watching an argument convection winding cattle wall proteins in the TV. And then just watch the game and watch it play out in watch it play out in real time. Without that constant study an easy if you and McNamee but commercials and that's a different topic all it takes on those people at fox. And now all these different network understand why it is the identity should. But why not let it play out in real time without without a six minute interruption to see you guys put him up the base by. 116 that it shouldn't as the second baseman hopefully the ball was spy. It because one replay of the seventeenth try shows always publicis a little bit up the bag in the pop applied always out. Is that what we want. No on my argument against you would be this dinosaurs had their chance and they were extinct. We had this forever and offer that makes perfect sense go ahead we had this forever we had your utopian world forever. And we had the the cardinals a famous call on the World Series there was the wrong call. And it's series of the spirit of replay is to get the call right now has as a replay go under I would think engine yes you know has the spirit. Big loss absolutely has it gone too far absolutely. Have when may do the offside two minutes later and hockey when they do the around the bag thing and and it'll. I'll go to replay about that and like you said before list shopping yes so the spirit of it has gone out of whack but I don't think you get rid of the completely. You know look you're not by yeah I'm telling you like field. 6177797937. Com anybody agree with you that they think she get rid of it completely polite. People greet really and not and not all of them relate and up I want our. There was surprising number of younger fans. Who. When they watch a game that big a kick it into a rhythm of watching. Because of all these thought it again I had to stay in the TV is an issue I get frustrated to fix it seems apt it's his scenes are constant. Tossing 22 breaks. Well against both the games when you bring it up that way and you think of the generation that corrupt with three. Imagine taking that away from imagine taking mapping key away from. Well. Now it's any weak you know we have history out outside US talks replay that's not used. The internal calls on gobbled it up remember what instant replay as a novelty was all new and shiny. It by the way if you watch an old game like YouTube the instant replays like really bad it's it's it's it's it's not what it is now. And if I'd have been that there were put three cameras sometimes those old games. So. It it would end and then Babel actually say and what's now an instant replay though they'll adults that instant replay. In that they don't need to do that now he gets I've met he goes through instant replay in the same you can see right here bubble Bobble block. So it it is the heart of the cadence and gave the instant replay. I don't buy it's a replay as as a com. As being part of the broadcast. A matching get rid of that. And I also recognize what are the problems with the way I look at stuff is that if you don't use instant replay to review calls. The the TV networks will still show you the twenty different replays. Stop frame still frame freeze were to go freeze frame. Reverse angle backwards forwards ups down just look at the ketchup and a bit of depth. Patriots on bills are again so soap EEU. Is a media person deals have been neighbors and fans watching at home will still be privy to what was replaced we will go in in it into a world where. There is no longer replay determined calls that a change calls that will still get the bevy of replaced in we will go home at night knowing that they screwed up the call. It will complain about it but so what. The so what argument would be Jim Joyce at every phase of the perfect game in Colorado perfect camp. So what you actually got to kind of image and moment the next day out of what the privateers and many people came to Joyce has defenders. And that it was a human moment yeah it was a moment in and you don't know what Jim Joyce is he's a flawed human being. Unlike human. A disease of what you wouldn't. We've got about twenty minutes left before I have to go to work you work tonight. I'm I'm gonna go home to my frozen pipes of stuff I'm hoping. That there is somebody and still waiting I tip my text every reform and don't want it and acting a waiting so I'm already a catchy man widening Indio house is on frozen. Money it's a you have to go to the death from outside for Lola talks to sizzle was growing up which. Outside Dow hacienda innocent there and that's overnight rise to the us. With a costly defeats it was the high separate subject delivering up elites are a couple things against the wall before we leave here today. Wednesday's repelled by. Haas house toward its pour it all go about what's it took the name of bill the casino and villas to tackle it as it. To behold that's going to be windows. Wednesday night Cleveland Cavaliers who come to town it's been reported for awhile that that. Could be Isiah Thomas first came back it's starting to look like now that it won't cavaliers play the jazz tonight. And they have one more game before they come to Boston next week in and in. It doesn't look like Ty Andersen as good article on WB I dot com summing up some comments from Isiah is a wise about Carolina and a Tai Anderson if I do is always like a good way sarcastic yes. Isaiah commented. The other night. Asked about what he thinks his reception in Boston will be because whether he plays and he plans on coming here it better be good it will be good he said. I would like to play but I don't know. Thomas is not gonna play tonight against the jazz and there's only one more game he said I'd love to play back in Boston. That would be pretty fun game to play in I don't want to play but we're just making sure we're prepared from my. I do want to play but we just make sure how my body would feel the next day Thomas was then asked to be like the plane that came. Even if it's within minutes restriction of sorts given it would mean. To return for that game what do you think Thomas responded with a grand I'm able to play it's going to be really special game from me. It's gonna be probably emotional cause I gave my heart to that city and they showed genuine love back and that's how we feel about each other. I'm able to play that game it'll be good. So I freely do believe their eyes is gonna get at a couple questions one is which and audience to these Anita great reception when you as the show at oak as you issue. But the more he keeps popping. About his relationship with the Boston. I don't need to hear it anymore. The books of Isaiah while they've been well produced have you seen any of the videos the book of Isaiah in a I've kind of I'm kind of had enough of moved on. It it it's hard to wash your entire career. With. A team overboard in one fell swoop we are seeing it by the way with mr. Harrison in Pittsburgh. Who was I I I don't OP was a beloved iconic figure in Pittsburgh but he was certainly popular tech wreck our salute. He left for one season to Cincinnati. Came back I think it was too but a look at up and bite but he is by and large a steal all of yeah. And not all forget by and large east it up and now EE it's a slate so so. I guess sort of saying is I don't because it Thomas is gone anywhere near that third rail. But he clothes and played yet since they left US what bid but I'm talking about neither was Harrison that. For his new team soul. So I had so they are in the same boat that respect Harrison hasn't played with his new team as there hasn't played with his new team. The differences that Isiah went out I was in Vegas covering the Mayweather fight. When when this happened and all I can think of was. Katie will make moves to improve his team really eat he did it with. Al Jefferson. The one they west those two kids at the timing was very fond of and he dealt them two to three PO seven awaits Celtics. And he he did it this case with. With Isiah Thomas and they were Bradley obviously that's had a whole different kettle of fish now in light of different. What's come out we teams he. But that's he read that as a cold hearted businessmen. That's what you gotta do doesn't change that. Isiah played with a busted up face in the plants doesn't change they had they had a tragedy happened it is family with assisted dying. In their car accident on interstate five in Seattle doesn't change any of that and that won't change with me that was that was. Groupings don't change a me too but I don't need them. I mean. This is along the rest of this though a lot to play out here. Are you by by the way you're right Tom. James Harrison has played this is his fourteenth year and the NFL when you answer today one year at Cincinnati 2013. Many came back and signed with the Pittsburgh at 36. 141516. And now seventeen he's played with the Pittsburgh Steelers so. Yes he is a steeler. I would say that Isiah is right at the top of the list of Boston athletes. Who've spent. Probably the shortest amount of time in this city and didn't begin their careers in this city. What identified with the city wouldn't you are definitely I it really is a guy. Bid in the city that shorter period of time become that popular odd for different reasons Dave Roberts obviously. Yes. I would say Chris sales off to a pretty good start. Off to a good start yeah but the expectation is he'll be your form. Longer right Opel though I like and it by the way before we go to break how do you handle this situation he's got two more years left on his deal. Option years now that means at the end of this current season he's going into an option year. By all accounts. Yet Fisher can't pay that. Again picking up that option you're you're trying to sign him to a long term deal untrue I hope so he's had he's that he's a platoon player to watch like. Steve Buckley Butch Stearns final segment right after this. I know our final five or six minutes of each. Oh hero we are watching these wild finish to the BC Virginia basketball game. Virginia with two point one seconds Lima clock has a one point lead 5958. As you were in the break BC. Had the ball. With a chance to take the final shot they re reviewed eight point one seconds with three point one seconds they reviewed it BC throw it in. They throw it away for junior took the ball went down and look like got an easy basket as time ran out. But they made a call that Virginia does not seem to agree with a here because there are two point one seconds. Left on the clock I think given the ball back to BC I don't know I mean how can that account the basket. In this game by the way. Trauma Robinson for BC has 29 points Jordan Chatman. Has eighteen and again BC trails 59582. Point one seconds left. On keeping the ball back to BC. Can it be possible and I just when it was our listeners what I know the real play gonna mind here's the Wii play again BC throws it away. They don't touch it. Virginia takes it over and slams it home in the right everyone's tuning of the game no it was our audience and what does that might be a now. He's he's got the ball again and radio. 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Damon Huard job to carry the clipboard terrorist. On a case the last two seasons that your. OK but I think. The Brady story of course is so remarkable women never seen again. But the one thing it's been consistent through at all ever since he was a kid is and he's defied the law it's said that chip on the shoulder. A 199 pick the whole thing and now he's got a chance. For however long he wants to play within owner that supports it. Not sure about the coach CL a plays out but an owner that supports it. And he's still defying the odds he still got the people that are doubting them. And he's got a chance to go out by doing that in what you just said in a sport that's different any other in a position that. May allow him to do that if he doesn't lose his fastball. So I just I'm glad he's gonna finish his career and a teacher teacher I have to into tears in my being sarcastic. But we just don't know that that's going to be the case you need I think your 99% correct I wouldn't bet against. But like the reason admits in Montana. Went too much in a plea for the chiefs who would've thought that when I'm gonna get it but in the war Ron Amadon pottery happening to do bark all of the obvious thing you know Renault. So by capping Julia is a stud the last sit local show put a music station is a go to knob at the last local show at this. Well on this program tomorrow them because it's. Presumably we can give the official of the normally I would play irony. But capping. Pro am real political Hampshire of both emotionally happy happy day everybody all right for content already format morale. I'm what Stearns for Steve Buckley have a great new year BC for everybody. Take care.


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Since Jule 3rd, a short movies festival is being held in Grenoble.
Outdoors projection are organised every evening place Saint André.
I'm off to Nice for the week-end (coming back on Mmonday) and I won't be able to post on Sunday. That's is why you'll see two pictures today.
Have a nice week end everyone! See you on Monday evening!
Publié par Gaëlle à samedi, juillet 07, 2007
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- Kala a dit…
sounds like a fun festival! - hope u have a great time in Nice!
- samedi, juillet 07, 2007
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The existence of suffering in a world created by a good and almighty God—"the problem of pain"—is a fundamental theological dilemma, and perhaps the most serious objection to the Christian religion.
by Jacek Bacz
Known to his readers as a philosopher, a Christian apologist, a science fiction writer, an author of children's stories and a literary critic, C. S. Lewis has also been introduced to the general public as a romantic sufferer. In Shadowlands, movie audiences around the world watch a refined, upper-middle aged Oxford fellow theorize on pain, fall in late love with a witty, slightly annoying American divorcee with two children, and go through the agony of grief after her death. Whatever it takes to speculate on pain, it takes a lot more, it seems, to live it. And it takes C. S. Lewis to write competently on both.
Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 1898, of an Irish mother and a Welsh father, Clive Staples Lewis served as a Fellow and Tutor at Magdalen College, Oxford for more than thirty years. Yet, the Oxford establishment was slow to catch up with the fame of the author of "that Christian stuff", and, in 1954, Lewis accepted a Chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge, where he worked until his death on 22nd November 1963.
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A 45- year old banker at the weekend died in a hotel room in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, while having marathon sex with his undergraduate mistress (names withheld). The deceased worked with a commercial bank in the city before his death. The lady is said to be 21 and a 200 level student of Micro-Biology at Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu.
The state police spokesman, Sylvester Igbo, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, confirmed the incident and said the lady has been arrested and is cooperating with the police in their investigation.
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Friday, October 29, 2010
Meeting new friends
This is Sally, Becca and me. Sally came all the way from Minnesota and didn't know a soul! Ruthie asked me and Becca if we would share a room with her and we gladly said yes. She came with us to dinner on Thursday night which was the only night that we went anywhere and when we went shopping, she gladly joined us! She was a lot of fun and a very sweet gal! (Hi, Sally!!!)
(Sorry for the terrible picture - this was with my phone after my camera battery had died.)
These gals are from Wichita, Kansas and sat across from me and Becca. Donna is on the left and Vera is on the right. We had great chats about Guilds and serving on the boards. Donna told me about her husband who traveled to Cincinnati on business and just raved about some of the food here. (Donna!!! I hope that you gals made it home OK! Leave me a comment or send me an email!) Becca and I sent Donna and Vera to Caroline's and Donna came back with a tiara!
These gals from Grand Rapids, MI sat to my right and were just a hoot! They have been friends since kindergarten and the 2 on the left will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversaries next year. At least, I'm pretty sure that is what I heard. From left to right, there's Nellie, Arliss, Joan and Jean. Most of the time during the day, they went out and roamed the town and shopped and then would bring everything back and show it off. I really enjoyed just listening to them tell stories and banter - their voices were just so lovely to listen to! And we had quite a bit of laughter over some of their antics!
And then there was Judy! I was really worried that Judy was not going to be as great as I had expected her to be after reading her blog for several years. You know how sometimes when you meet someone famous in person and you tell them how you follow them and watch what they are doing and they give you the brush off? Well, Judy is very much NOT like that! She is just as wonderful in person as she is on her blog! She didn't recognize me when I got there and the gals at her table had to point me out to her and she just kept saying, "That's not Jill!! That's not Jill from Ohio!" and once I smiled and said it was me, I think she thought maybe it was me, but still wasn't too sure. Once I freshened up for dinner and took my ponytail out, I walked back into the sewing room and she said, "Well, Jill's here!!!" We spent the weekend chatting about our pups and sewing and quilts and Vince. I was just so tickled that she has been reading my blog and knows about what is going on with me!! That was one of the best parts of my weekend!
Again, crappy picture from my phone and I think that is Donna's finger! :)
I also got to meet some other great gals, but I don't have pictures of them.
Karen from San Francisco flew into Chicago and Judy brought a machine for her to use during retreat. Karen was my breakfast companion on Friday and Saturday and we had some nice chats!
Deja is from Maryland, I think, and I would pass her on the way to the room in the late night hours. What a sweetheart! And Saturday night, she was part of the group that stayed up late sewing with me!
Teri was a spit fire! She probably worked on 20 different projects while we were there and she got most of them into flimsies. The amount of energy she had was amazing! She finally posted on her blog this week after an 8 month hiatus and she is looking for fabric. Please check out her blog and see if you can help!
And Janet! I think that Janet was a local gal with Ruthie's group and she was a hoot and a half! Lots of silly times with her around. You will see that in a future post!
And of course Ruthie and Subee! There were so many other gals who were just super nice! I hope that I don't hurt anyone's feelings by not mentioning them! :)
I just have to add that this retreat was one of the best ones that I have been on. It was so peaceful and relaxing and yet full of laughter and energy that you can just feed off of to continue working longer than you thought you could have. And meeting all of the fellow bloggers who I have been reading for a while and the ladies who have been reading my blog... It was like instant friendships popping up left and right!
I can't wait for next year!
Maisy thinks that friends and retreats are nice, but so is staying home to cuddle!
11 comments:
- Regina said...
Oh sounds like it was WONDERFUL! So wish I could have gone, but "retreating" with the family took precedence this week. Glad you had such a great time!!!!
- October 29, 2010 at 9:59 PM
- Libby said...
So glad to hear that you had such an amazing retreat!!! Such special times!:)
- October 29, 2010 at 10:10 PM
- Kristie said...
A wonderful time that you will never forget!
- October 29, 2010 at 10:28 PM
- Michelle said...
It is so nice to meet new friends. Thank you for introducing them to me. I'm so glad it was everything was hoped for, and more!
- October 30, 2010 at 1:19 AM
- QuiltSue said...
It sounds like you had a wonderful time. I am so jealous.
- October 30, 2010 at 5:41 AM
- orchidlover said...
I'm so glad you had a great time and made lots more friends
Love and hugs Gina xxx
- October 30, 2010 at 6:17 AM
- Carla said...
I love that you posted about all the friends you made at the retreat. I attend a quilt retreat twice a year and see friends I've made over the years who I only see at the retreats and it's so wonderful to see them each time.
- October 30, 2010 at 7:13 AM
- Amy (lilme2_99) said...
well, after a post like that, I only have ONE thing to say....
{{okay, I'll add a few more words}}
one of these times, I'm going to say poo on DH and actually dish out some money for a retreat JUST like he does for his Colorado hunting trips.
- October 30, 2010 at 8:00 AM
- Teri said...
Spitfire? I am just glad you didn't post another picture of me not at my machine!! I am beginning to wonder if I ever sewed-all the pictures I have seen, my machine is on but no one is there sewing. What a great recap.
- October 30, 2010 at 9:23 AM
- Laura said...
It sounds like you had a wonderful time and made some great new friends!
- October 30, 2010 at 10:01 AM
- Ruthie said...
You have done such a GREAT job of documenting the retreat and I've found out so much that I missed. I love all your pics, even the blurry ones!
- October 30, 2010 at 11:25 PM


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What: Feast of Words: A Literary Potluck, "On the Shoulders of Giants" edition
When: Tuesday April 5, 2011. 7:00p.m. to 9:00p.m., doors open at 6:30
Where: SOMArts Theater (934 Brannan Street, between 8th and 9th)
What Else: Tickets are $10 advance, $5 with a potluck dish and $12 at the door. For more information visit http://feastofwords.eventbrite.com
SOMArts Cultural Center presents Feast of Words: A Literary Potluck, a monthly potluck where writers and foodies come together to eat, write, and share. Join co-hosts Lex Leifheit and Irina Zadov on the first Tuesday of each month.
April's theme is "On the Shoulders of Giants" and features a reading by literary guest Kirya Traber, as well as culinary imporation from Chef Peter Jackson. This month's event will include a creative competition of on-the-spot writing inspired by the theme. House opens at 6:30pm on Tuesday, April 5st, 2011 and space is limited. Tickets are $10 in advance, $5 with a potluck dish, or $12 at the door and include refreshments and delicious eats. (Cash bar). Tickets available at feastofwords.eventbrite.com
This month's literary guest is Kirya Traber, a nationally awarded spoken word artist. Her work has appeared before US Presidents, incarcerated convicts, and classrooms of kindergartners. She has toured the United States and Canada with the legendary queer girl literary road show, Sister Spit, and can be found in the pages of Other Tongues: Mixed Race Women Speak Out by Inanna Press, and her chapbook black chick. She currently works as the Arts in Education Program Manager of Youth Speaks Inc, and will attend graduate school in the fall for an MFA in acting.
Culinary guest Peter Jackson is the executive chef of Canvas Underground, a supperclub that aims to bring people together for great food and cool art in ever-changing venues. The collective is a part of the Ghetto Gourmet dining party network, which is continuing the Bay Area's guerilla cooking tradition. Past Canvas Underground dinner parties have included a "Depression Dinner" and a four course meal in a foreclosed West Oakland Victorian. canvasunderground.wordpress.com
Lex Leifheit is the executive director of SOMArts Cultural Center. She co-founded the High Street Writers Collective in Connecticut and has organized readings online, on street corners, and in storefronts. She was most recently published in the December 2010 issue of In Dance magazine.
Irina Zadov is the Director of Experience and Programs at Zeum: San Francisco Children's Museum. She is a practicing artist with a passion for bringing people together through food, stories, and romps through the imagination.
About the SOMArts Studio Series
The SOMArts (South of Market Arts, Resources, Technology, and Services) Studio Series is an informal assemblage of arts classes and events designed to encourage the production of contemporary work by artists of all ages and skill levels in San Francisco.


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The Comic Couch Episode 106
Larry Loves The Package.
Yes, Larry loves the package and he is not ashamed to admit it.
We have quite a crew here tonight. Joining Larry on the couch is Denny, Patrick, Shaun, and let us not forget Miss Jesse.
We review...
Batman #703.
Amazing Spider-Man #641.
Eric Powell's Billy The Kid #1 (Dark horse)
Larry is going to have a show in Wobourn, Ma. on 9/18.
I hope I'm not O.M.I.T.ing anything.... Oh, yes.
Larry is going to be setting up at New York Comic Con October 8, 9, and 10th.
Come down and say hello.
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Rhyys: The Shattered World
Collegio Arcanum
The mages of the Collegio Arcanum are the only legitimate practicioners of the Arcane Arts within the Imperium; and practice of magic outside of Collegium influence is considered an egregious crime.
Sorcerors and other so-called "born arcanists" are rare in the Imperium, as their presence is often thought to be considered abomination by the Collegium. Those showing a natural-born aptitude for magical talents generally keep their abilities a well-guarded secret, so as not to draw the attention of the Vindicators – the Emperor's fanatical mage-hunters.
The methods and practices of the Collegium are not common knowledge, and those initiates who share the secrets of the monopolistic guild do so at their own peril.
All magi of the Collegium bear an identifying tattoo on their body, of various geometric shapes. According to common belief, the pattern and intricacy of these tattoos represent the mage's specialty and rank; though the exact meanings of these markers are not known to any outside the guild.