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Author: A.M. Wallace
Genre: NA Contemporary Romance
Cover Designer: Najla Qamber Designs
Editor: Nicole Zoltack
Expected Release Date: July 24th, 2017
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Hannah wants Marcus, but who does Marcus want?
Marcus is a guy with choices. Choices most guys would kill for. But these choices are not what he wants. Having to choose a friendship or a relationship with his best friend was one thing, but now that someone else is in the picture, things seemed to have gotten just a little more complicated.
After making a complete fool of herself in front of Marcus, Hannah never thought she'd even have the chance at redemption. That is, until Marcus comes back to apologize.
Who chooses who?
Her love for reading started at a very young age. The Boxcar Children was where it all started, and she never quit. AR Reading in school only pushed her that much harder to read faster and more advanced books. Her competitiveness came out when there were prizes and "winning" involved. Now, she reads anything and everything in her free time. (When she has free time.)
After having been a stay at home mom for seven months after her son was born, she finally decided to pursue her dreams and write her first novel. While watching reruns of The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Handy Manny, and Doc McStuffins in her living room with her seven month old rolling around, the idea behind The Divided Series was born.
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"You know how you feel right now? That fear deep down inside you? Hold onto that. And just know that it's that much worse for me," she sniffed. "I know what you're afraid of. You're afraid you'll choose her over me. And you might. And that possibility scares the hell out of me too! But do you know what would be worse? If you don't do this, if you just stay with me, I will always wonder if you feel like you're missing something. I will always worry that I won't be enough for you. I won't be able to help but wonder if every time you look at me, you'll be seeing her. Or every time we touch, you'll be touching her. Every time we kiss, every time we make love, she will always be there in the back of your mind. You'll have questions and concerns that only she can answer or comfort you about. I cannot live like that, Marcus. You can't ask that of me."

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The Gospel reading for the Christmas Mass at midnight is Luke's narrative of the Holy Family returning to Joseph's ancestral home in Bethlehem to enroll in the census. With no room at the inn, they are forced to stay in the animals' shelter. Mary gives birth to the Lord Jesus: "She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger." Their only attendants are nearby shepherds, who learn from an angel of the birth of the Messiah.
Consider it less romantic and more utterly humble. Or perhaps it is romantic, as the Incarnate Word romances us in the ordinariness of our lives. As we celebrate the incarnation of God 2,000 years ago, we also celebrate his incarnate life here in the midst of our own day-to-day existence, even as we look forward to his final coming.
The story goes that from a medieval English town Rabbi Isaac, known to be a holy visionary, traveled to the baron's castle to see him and his wife. "I have been given a divine secret and commanded by God to share it with you," he told them. "You may never speak of this again." They agreed. "The secret," said Rabbi Isaac, "is that the messiah is hidden among us. That is all I am permitted to say."
The baron knew that Christ had already come, so this must mean that it is the end time. He had one request: "Please Rabbi, tell the monks of our monastery, for they must hear this great news." The rabbi agreed, and when he met the monks he swore them to secrecy: "The messiah is hidden among us," he repeated, "but you must not speak of this again, even among yourselves, until he chooses to reveal himself."
Now this monastery was not in good shape. The monks were fond of quarrels, of gossip and of striving for authority. "Who is he?" they wondered among themselves. Given the humility of divine love, some thought perhaps it was the strange brother who tended the garden. Others imagined perhaps the abbot. It could even be the monk next to them who sang off key day after day. Speculation ran everywhere. So they began to treat each other as though he could be the hidden messiah. You never know.
The baron and his wife privately speculated too. They wondered about each other, about the stable boy, the village fool.... It could be anyone! Not surprisingly, the baron lived quite well, while the peasants' lives were little more than hardship. He and his wife sold their tapestries, fine clothes and many sets of dishes. They shared their proceeds with those most in need. They also transformed part of their castle into a hospice to care for those most dangerously ill. Who knows if that peasant they washed and cared for might be the hidden messiah.
The people of the realm had never experienced such generosity by their lord and lady. They in turn became even more loyal, and they began to treat each other differently. Thefts became unknown, doors remained unlocked, and strangers no longer found suspicion but hospitality.
News of the monastery got back to the people. The brothers never prayed or worked with such love and devotion. They were so happy, so blessed, knowing that the messiah was hidden among them. Some people even said that on a dark, clear night, you could see the monastery itself seem to radiate light.
The monks aged and died, to be replaced by other young men, some zealous and others less so. The baron and his wife died and were replaced by their children and grandchildren, as was the case with all the townspeople. Rabbi Isaac died and was replaced several times over by other rabbis.
Generations came and went. Bickering returned a bit, and suspicion sometimes replaced trust. The baron's grandson was not the man his grandfather was. And they all looked back to that time, now many years ago, when it wasn't that way. "Why has all this changed?" they sometimes wondered. "What secret did they know that we do not?"
This is the secret—but you mustn't tell anyone—the messiah is hidden among us.


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The Lexus IS 350 F Sport is a steady, calm mid-size SUV
It's the season for all-wheel-drive. Snow and rain are less of a concern when your auto has four driven wheels. And what was once an option most often seen on Subarus and Audis has spread to brands as diverse as Jaguar, Lamborghini and Hyundai.
Lexus, a division of Toyota City, Japan-based Toyota Motor Corp., has sold cars equipped with AWD since the 2006 IS sedan, making it especially attractive to customers in the U.S. Northeast and Pacific Northwest.
The IS has been redesigned for 2014, and it's the least expensive model that Lexus offers with AWD. Competing with the likes of Bayerische Motoren Werke AG's BMW 3 Series and General Motors Co.'s Cadillac ATS, the latest IS is a sporty mid-size sedan with an attractive exterior and a youthful vibe.
The IS 250 AWD starts at $38,485, not including a delivery fee of $910. The AWD components add weight, however, and the 2.5-liter V-6 manages to produce only a miserly 204 horsepower. That's underwhelming when pulling around more than 3,600 pounds (1,630 kilograms), so acceleration is best described as somnolent.
A much wiser choice is the IS 350 AWD with its 3.5-liter engine and 306 horsepower. The base price is $41,700. (For comparison's sake, a BMW 335i xDrive sedan starts at $45,400, and has six fewer horsepower.)
Unfortunately, neither Lexus engine has been significantly updated for this generation. This affects efficiency, which is middling, with the IS 250 AWD getting 20 miles (32 kilometers) per gallon in city driving and 27 on the highway, and the IS 350 AWD 19 and 26.
The first thing you'll notice on the new car is the nose, which has gained the company's new signature grille. It's literally in your face, jutting out in a manner suggesting Lexus is no longer willing to play the segment's wallflower. While awkward on some Lexus models, the funky front is at home with the IS's lively styling.
This isn't a big sedan, and the modest footprint is underscored when you get inside. Though the wheelbase and back seat have grown this generation, taller or stouter passengers might feel cramped. NFL centers need not apply.
The interior is playful, with a leather-coated dashboard built like a collection of shelves, and details available such as red stitching on the steering wheel. Many of us no longer equate luxury with glossy wood inserts - I don't need a movable treehouse, thank you - and the IS's interior is far more interesting than the Lexus luxe-austerity of old.
The driver's side has an odd hump rising from the floor, a result of an intrusion by the AWD equipment. It doesn't affect comfort, but I often found the underside of my right leg resting on it. Sorry, but that's just sloppy engineering.
My test car, which I drove for more than a week around New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, also had the F Sport package, which adds a tauter suspension and bolder exterior and interior touches. Horsepower remains the same. With options, the price came to just less than $50,000.
If I bought the IS 350 to chase after BMWs and Cadillacs on back roads, I'd be disappointed. It takes 5.7 seconds to reach 60 miles per hour, and its overriding characteristic around sharp corners is caution. Electronic stability and traction controls intercede early and often when you're driving hard.
By comparison, the Cadillac ATS AWD is a bounding bird dog to the IS's timid terrier. The $44,020 Cadillac is full of wet- nosed exuberance, whereas the Lexus's V-6 has almost no bark, no howl in its heart.
Frankly, I'm OK with that. Sometimes steady and calm wins the day. Whatever the weather, the IS feels stable and almost unerringly competent, even on slippery surfaces. One morning found me ferrying several passengers on a twisting two-lane road slicked with snow and patches of ice. The temperature was in the teens.
It made its way placidly over pebbles of crunchy ice, the AWD working its push-and-pull tango. The car's electronic mind never allows too much torque to channel through any tire when the surface is slippery, so even immoderate stabs of the gas won't upset stability.
The AWD model gets all-season tires, which is important. Many sports sedans these days come standard with performance tires, which are only suited to warmer temperatures. I've noticed that the compounds in the rubber tend to get brittle even at temperatures as high as 40 degrees Fahrenheit (4 degrees Celsius). The level of grip suffers.
Even AWD can only help so much: I once had an Audi Q7 sport-utility vehicle with summer tires that couldn't pull out of a parking lot with an inch of snow. Embarrassing.
The Lexus's tires proved up to the task (though snow tires would be even better), and I negotiated down snowy gravel roads and up steep icy hills. The nose is rather low, and you wouldn't want to break a snow trail, mind you.
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A week of dramatic precipitation
Just a couple of days ago, Christian County got a big rain -- four to five inches or more, depending on the location. The rain fell fast and hard, and some streets and roads were impassable because of high water.
The newspaper had a couple of stories about foolish people who attempted to drive through high water. One woman drove down a water-covered road and attempted to cross the river on a flooded bridge. Her car stalled out, and she had to get on the roof and wait for rescue.
Another guy drove around "Road closed" signs and barriers. As he tried to navigate the flooded street, his car was carried away by the current. Fortunately for him, the car stuck in some trees in several feet of water, and he didn't go into the river. He also sat on his car roof until he was rescued. (Source: Kentucky New Era, subscription required.)
Tonight, we're wondering how much snow we will get. A winter storm warning is in effect until noon on Saturday. The forecast calls for a little rain, some snow, some rain mixed with snow, and then more snow -- all in all, four to seven inches of snow, accompanied by wind. If it snows and blows as predicted, our lane and blacktop roads will have snowdrifts across them.
The Christian County School District has already announced that school is cancelled for tomorrow. I have to work tomorrow, but if it is snowing heavily, I intend to leave before sundown. I don't want to bust snowdrifts in the dark.
Isaac is supposed to work until 9:00 p.m. tomorrow night. I'm not sure how that's going to work out, but he won't be busting snowdrifts in the dark either. If necessary, I'll call the store myself and tell them he needs to get home.
I'm imagining the worst -- blizzard conditions, impassable roads, and unreasonable supervisors. It probably won't be nearly that bad. On the other hand, I hope all of us will be prudent citizens who don't need rescue.


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I have commented on this issue in various places on Atheist Nexus, but the utter dearth of notice by print and television media is worthy of further comment and action. As many A/N members have observed, none of the major television news organizations gave any notable coverage to the Reason Rally, at least not as evinced by any news broadcast or webpage that I have seen to date. Whether they were more involved with Trayvon Martin or the GOP primary contests or what, I don't know. Maybe they feel that 20,000 at a rally isn't significant ... or they want to ignore us because we make their believing audience nervous. I can think of all sorts of excuses, but no salient REASONS.
That said, I am repeating here the message which, with slight variations, I sent to NBC, ABC and CBS yesterday:
Sunday, 25 March saw over 20,000 people gather on the Mall in Washington, DC to celebrate reason, more specifically, the Reason Rally. This was a major event for the atheist community with multiple personalities lending their support, including Dr. Richard Dawkins and Adam Savage of the "Mythbusters" television series. To my knowledge, not CBS, NBC, or ABC devoted any coverage to this event. Considering the assault which the Separation of Church and State is currently under, I believe the Reason Rally was deserving of mention, particularly since CBS aired a commercial from the Freedom From Religion Foundation during your CBS Sunday Morning program and then again today (26 March) on the CBS Evening News.
We are atheists and we are productive citizens of this nation ... and we deserve notice.
Once again, I encourage all A/N members to let these and other media outlets know of our displeasure at their lack of coverage.
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I agree, Loren (though I see the post that RT America had something), we really should try to get the mainstream media to cover things like this, so that more people see it and understand that we're out here and we're normal people.
Of course, I saw the comments where people from my area (Dallas-Fort Worth) went after atheists hard because there are billboards about to go up about atheism. A mainstream station covered it (Fox 4 DFW), but they were obviously biased against it, and claimed they were "targeted at children." The newscaster was a total dick, and most of the people commenting are idiots. But at least with the billboards, and the coverage, maybe more atheists and freethinkers will find out that there's a way to meet others like them and to get involved in the groups. (The billboards are being put up by the Dallas Coalition of Reason, which is made up of several atheist, freethinker, skeptic groups.)
CNN had an article on their belief blogs, and though it did mention the Rally, it was more of an interview about American Atheists... and I don't recall seeing it linked directly to the homepage, though it could have been at the time.
What about Huffington Post? And I haven't had a chance to check TYT. It'd actually be a little odd for them not to mention it, considering Cenk is agnostic and has had no qualms in saying so.
I found the CNN article you referred to, though it was not up there on the surface at all. HuffPost or TYT may have done SOMETHING, I think, but again, they're not MAJOR media (which I define as the "Big Three," plus CNN. If I don't include Faux Noise, I think the reason is self-evident.
Now, maybe I'm being picky ... but fact is, there still are people who get their news, what little they DO get, from the tube, plain and simple. If I'm focusing on this as my major point of attention, that is why.
I agree, but these days, a lot of people get their news right off the web, from places that they have set as their homepage (like Yahoo) or news sites they visit, which are usually things like CNN or major newspapers (Washington Post, NYTimes). But I'd really like to see it on the local network news channels, because a lot of people still make sure to watch that every weekday without fail.
You should see if you can get the American Atheists on board. See if you can post it on their facebook page or something.
Or you can go to their site, lots of links to network and mainstream media coverage there, just sayin'
I kind of wish the westboro bapties had gone nuts - this always guarantees big media coverage...
I would have been surprised off my tailbone if they had. Their strategy is to stay within the law insofar as it's possible and goad someone else into making the first move ... so they can sue. This is what the policy of religious tolerance gets us ... Yuk-TOOEY!
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Michele Bachmann: Way Out There in the BlueWritten by Stephen Lendman Subject: Government
Frances Fitzgerald titled her 2000 book on Reagan's Star Wars Strategic Defense Initiative, "Way Out There in the Blue," leaving unsaid but letting readers conclude that America during his tenure was run by right wing extremists.
He and most others around him were ideologically hard right, their legacy including:
-- disdain for working Americans;
-- contempt for the rule of law, civil liberties, human rights, and democratic freedoms; and
-- support for concentrated wealth, power and budget-busting militarism.
They backed:
-- sweeping deregulation;
-- destructive "free trade;"
-- offshoring high-paying manufacturing, service, and other jobs;
-- the war on drugs - in fact, a war on poor minorities, escalating America's prison population to the highest by far in the world, two-thirds in it Blacks and Latinos, most for nonviolent offenses;
-- tax cuts for the rich;
-- draconian social program cuts;
-- support for global despots, apartheid South Africa, star wars, death squads, proxy wars in Central America, Africa, Afghanistan, and Middle East by helping Iran and Iraq wage war; and
-- contempt for gays, lesbians, people of color, the poor and disadvantaged, and more.
Age 24 in 1980, Bachmann voted for Reagan and worked for his campaign. In Congress and as a Tea Party presidential candidate, her extremism may be unrivaled.
Announcing her candidacy on June 27, before a hometown Waterloo, IO crowd, she was low key, saying:
She never "planned on getting into politics, (but) decided to more than just complain (so sought) public office to make our local school district better."
"And now I seek the presidency....because (we) cannot continue to kick the can of our problems down the road. (We) cannot continue to rack up debt on the backs of future generations (or) an unconstitutional health plan. (We) can't afford four more years of Barack Obama."
Indeed, but not for Bachmann to replace him nor others like her - way, way out there in the blue against the interests of struggling working households her agenda will hit harder, not help.
Calling herself a "constitutional conservative," she's a Tea Party favorite. For supporters, she's a crusader, for opponents, an extremist demagogue against democratic values. More on where she stands below.
On June 22, Matt Taibbi headlined, "Michelle Bachmann's Holy War," saying:
"Bachmann is a religious zealot whose brain is a raging electrical storm of divine visions and paranoid delusions."
She thinks China wants the dollar replaced, that light bulbs kill cats and dogs, "and that God personally chose her to become....a raging anti-tax Tea Party crusader against big government."
Supporting handouts to corporate favorites and illegal wars, she opposes America's social contract, especially Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, wanting everyone left on their own sink or swim.
Calling her "grandiose crazy," Tiabbi said "she's living completely inside her own mind, frenetically pacing the hallways of a vast sand castle she's built in there, unable to meaningfully communicate with" ordinary people outside.
Waging war against democratic values and secular humanism, her record is full of "lies, embellishments and contradictions," based on what she calls divine inspiration. In fact, she's "a rare breed of political psychopath, equal parts crazed Divine Wind kamikaze-for-Jesus and calculating, six-faced Machiavellian prevaricator."
But she's no joke. She's running to win to take American more than ever way out there in the blue not fit for anyone to the left of her extremism. She even worries some on the right, including Fox News commentator Brit Hume, saying:
"In the end, she would prove too toxic to independents much like Sarah Palin did....They would think she is just too much."
In 1999, she first ran for office with other Republicans, trying to take over the Stillwater, MN school board. They all lost, she for the only time. Then and later she said she had "no desire to be in politics. None," but ran because God told her to do it.
In fact, her entire political career repeated the same "God speaks directly to me fundamentalism mixed with pathological, relentless, conscienceless lying." For her, it's a holy duty to confront infidels, anyone to the left of her extremist Christian fascism.
In office, however, she never introduced meaningful bills. In the Minnesota legislature, she concentrated on two unsuccessful protest campaigns - against school standards and gay marriage, including proposing a constitutional amendment banning what state law already prohibited.
In Congress, she introduced a resolution to "bar the dollar from being replaced by any foreign currency," like other lunatic fringe ideas she supports. Her war on gays and lesbians is especially outlandish, calling it an "earthquake issue....the biggest (one) that will impact our state and our nation in, at least, the last 30 years."
Not passing her proposal, she said, would mean that "sex curriculum would essentially be taught by the gay community (so that) little K-12 children will be forced to learn that homosexuality is normal, natural, and perhaps they should try it."
In spite of her lunatic views, over-the-top agenda, and no legislative achievements, she defeated credible candidates and now wants to be president. So far, in fact, she scores well in name recognition and positive intensity, according to Gallop on July 19, suggesting she's very much in the race though it's too early to pick a Republican favorite.
Tiabbi calls her "the champion of those tens of millions of Americans who" read and believe apocalyptic Christian radicalism, explaining "an elaborate fantasy (about) true believers" raptured to heaven for eternal immortality while non-believers are doomed to suffer hellish unspeakable torments.
She also espouses Christian fascism, embracing totalitarian free market extremism, militarism against heretics, and traditionalism. Ideologically it endorses racism, white Christian supremacy, a fanatical devotion to Israel, male gender dominance, gay bashing, disdain for non-believers, proselytizing them to convert, and opposes abortion, independent free thought and analysis, secular humanism, Muslims called "terrorists," and everyone to the left of their views.
Despite these and other lunatic fringe notions, she became prominent in Congress, formed and heads the House Tea Party caucus, stays rigorously on message, attracts considerable media attention despite notoriously misstating facts, and now wants to be president to represent America like she does Minnesota's Sixth congressional district.
Bachmann On the Issues
She's militantly anti-abortion, including wanting fetuses granted equal 14th Amendment protections.
Supports a balanced budget constitutional amendment.
Supports another one defining marriage as only between and man and woman.
Opposes prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation.
Opposes letting shareholders vote on executive compensation.
Wants Obamacare and financial reform repealed.
Supports tough on crime legislation.
Endorsed subsidies for Big Oil.
Opposed tax incentives for renewable energy.
Supports privatizing public schools, destroying public education by turning it into another profit center.
Wants America's social contract ended, especially Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, no matter the devastating consequences.
Embraces total support for Israel, despite its occupation and unspeakable crimes of war and against humanity.
Opposes gun control.
Supports warrantless surveillance (illegal spying).
Opposes progressive immigration legislation, and wants English made America's official language.
Opposes pro-labor legislation.
Endorsed a flat tax and pledged no increases.
Opposes withdrawing troops from war theaters.
A Final Comment
Despite her lunatic fringe views, dubious character, and no qualifications for any political office, she's waging a "holy war" to be elected president in 2012. Don't rule her out.
Though a long shot at best, her doggedness during hard times makes anything possible. However, the notion of President Bachmann should chill everyone to fight it at a time America already is no fit place to live in. Imagine it under her, making Washington Christian fascist occupied territory.
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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1 Comments in Response to Michele Bachmann: Way Out There in the Blue
So where's the bad stuff?
Little in the way of actual documentation, but heavy on the Rules For Radicals type personal attacks, exaggerated ranting about her 'faults' & generalized character trashing. Progs have that stuff down pat!
I'd still rather have Bachmann than another 'progressive' total govt control freak in the WH.
I say we should go with Ron Paul & Gary Johnson. These two would actually try to reestablish personal liberties that the progs are so keen on destroying. Ron & Gary have both said the drug war should end. The troops should come home. That social issues like 'gay' marriage should be given back to the states where the citizens have more of a voice.
I won't vote for Bachmann because she voted to extend the 'Patriot' Act. I didn't see that one on the list. Seem like you forgot one of the few true things she has done that conservatives AND lib progs don't like. At least what lib progs SAY they are against. Perhaps it's that you control freak big govt type easy to manipulate Homer Simpsons LIKE the PA...?


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Weird Owl Build Your Beast a Fire (Tee Pee)
For me, the phrase "Brooklyn rock band" is almost a turn off, since many borough-born acts (Yeasayer, MGMT) come with abundant hype and little in the way of life-changing music. Still, I find myself warming my indie-rock mitts on Weird Owl's sophomore Build Your Beast a Fire, a psychedelic album that rocks like Neil Young and Crazy Horse and blows minds like the Flaming Lips. Weird Owl is a brave quintet, unafraid to sound progressive and pastoral, relying on a natural interaction among musicians to propel their music into uncharted terrain. Fire begins quietly with "No Time Nor No Space," an acoustic folk tune setting the stage for man's cosmic reunion with nature, and gathers momentum with earthy rocker "Up From the Root." But it's galaxy-spanning, Krautrock-kissed "Skin the Dawn"—think Tangerine Dream meets Nazareth—that conjures unforgettable atmosphere. Fans of Modest Mouse and Pink Floyd will find a shared spirit animal in Weird Owl. ★★★☆☆
Wavepool Abortion Wavepool Abortion (DZ Tapes)
Fractured pop-punk made by 17-year-olds—Pyotr Reznikov (guitar/vocals) and Matvei Solovyov (guitar/vocals/drums)—in Moscow may not sound, on the surface, like something you need to explore. But given the popularity of noise-pop artists Animal Collective and Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, it may behoove you to check out the healthy (and often head-scratching) racket created by Wavepool Abortion. The duo has a knack for embedding catchy pop melodies into cavernous, crepuscular guitar riffs—case in point: "I Want To Die," a rock 'n' roll Frankenstein made from scraps of Ramones, Velvet Underground and Buddy Holly. No, "Splish Splash" isn't a Bobby Darin cover, but a grittily textured, murky drum machine-slamming, post-punk number, while "Real Blood" sounds like an escape anthem the Warlocks might have composed in one of Stalin's prison camps. With 14 songs clocking in at 30 minutes, this odd gem will intrigue if you give it a chance. Available digitally or on cassette via DZTapes.blogspot.com or stream at WavePoolAbortion.bandcamp.com. ★★★☆☆
Active Child You Are All I See (Vagrant)
The revenge of the nerds continues, if the nearly unanimous acclaim bestowed upon harpists Joanna Newsom and Active Child is any indication. The latter's full-length debut for punk label Vagrant is one of the most consistently beautiful indie-pop releases I've heard all year. In case you don't know, Active Child is Pat Grossi, a hardcore rap fan with a choirboy background (seriously!) who pulls harp strings and sings in a gorgeous, spectral falsetto. The title track alone is a full-on odyssey, borrowing bits of Vangelis and Kate Bush to generate tones and emotions that defy the analytical brain and speak directly to the human heart. Half the time, Grossi's lyrics are indecipherable, at least to my ears, but his voice is divine, clear as a bell, a welcome ghost lying down in one's bed at midnight. Until the new M83 drops in two months, You Are All I See is all you need to hear. Exquisite to its luminous core. ★★★★☆


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On the Road: Sunset and Vine, Hollywood, California
On the Road: Sunset & Vine, Los Angeles, California
Labels: California, Google Earth, Google map, Hollywood, Jack Kerouac, kmz, map, On the Road, Sal Paradise, Sunset and Vine
Literature often describes places we are curious about, regardless of whether we know them or not. This blog maps the journeys laid out in selected books and offers reflections corresponding to the various stops. Happy traveling!
I was born in Eureka, California and adopted when I was 2. I grew up in Fort Bragg, California, and graduated high school in 1982. I finished a BA in English at Santa Clara University, and then did two years of volunteer service with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps in inner-city Milwaukee. I lived in Milwaukee from 1986-1995. I got married in 1995 to Megan Kamerick and moved to San Antonio, Texas where I worked for a non-profit organization while I picked up an MA in International Relations at St. Mary's University. In 2000, I started a Ph.D. program in Political Science at the University of New Orleans and we lived there until 2004. Megan accepted a job in Albuquerque 2004, and we have lived there up to the present. I completed my Ph.D. in 2008 and am currently working at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine.
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Company based in Fulton, Md., provides intell community with computer network solutions
CACI International Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire software engineering company Pangia Technologies LLC. Financial details of the transaction were not reported.
Pangia, of Fulton, Md., provides technical solutions in the areas of computer network operations, information assurance, mission systems, software and systems engineering, and IT infrastructure support, according to the announcement dated June 21.
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Love my new red hibiscus seat covers I liked the front seats so well I immediately ordered the back seats. They fit like a glove and look beautiful in my RED saturn vue. Every time I get in my car, it reminds me of a tropical vacation. Everyone who has seen them can't believe how well they fit. I know several people who plan on ordering a set for their cars. The grandkids now think they have a pretty cool grandma with a wildly fun ride.


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Taking folic acid supplements around the time of conception may lower the risk of autistic disorder in the offspring, an observational study showed.
Compared with women not using the supplements, those taking a folic acid supplement from 4 weeks before to 8 weeks after conception were less likely to have a child later diagnosed with autistic disorder (0.1% versus 0.21%; OR 0.61, 95% CI 0.41 to 0.90), according to Pål Surén, MD, MPH, of the Norwegian Institute of Public Health in Oslo, and colleagues.
Similar associations were not observed for Asperger syndrome or pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS), the researchers reported in the Feb. 13 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The study "does not establish a causal relation between folic acid use and autistic disorder but provides a rationale for replicating the analyses in other study samples and further investigating genetic factors and other biological mechanisms that may explain the inverse association," Surén and colleagues wrote.
"The finding that periconceptional supplement use might reduce the risk of autism is encouraging; however, it is important to confirm this finding in other population-based birth cohorts," Robert Berry, MD, MPHTM, of the CDC's Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disorders in Atlanta, and colleagues wrote in an accompanying editorial.
The fact that folic acid supplementation was not associated with an increased risk of autism spectrum disorders is reassuring, they said, and "this should ensure that folic acid intake can continue to serve as a tool for the prevention of neural tube birth defects."
The effects of maternal folic acid supplementation on outcomes other than neural tube birth defects remain uncertain, although prior studies have identified relationships with lower risks of severe language delays and autism spectrum disorders (ASDs).
Surén and colleagues further explored the issue using data from the prospective Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study and a substudy called the Autism Birth Cohort study. The analysis included 85,176 singleton children born between 2002 and 2008, with a gestational age of at least 32 weeks and a weight of at least 2,500 grams (5.5 pounds).
The age of the children at follow-up for ASD diagnoses ranged from 3.3 to 10.2 years (mean 6.4 years).
ASD cases were identified based on questionnaires completed by the mothers, professional and parental referrals of children suspected of having an ASD, and information from the Norwegian Patient Registry, which collects diagnoses made in all hospitals and outpatient clinics in the country. The cases were then invited for a clinical assessment.
In Norway, the recommendation is for all women attempting to become pregnant to take a supplement containing 400 µg of folic acid daily from 1 month before conception through the first trimester. At the time of the study, no foods in Norway were fortified with folic acid.
In the current study, 71.7% of women used folic acid around the time of conception, defined as the period 4 weeks before to 8 weeks after the first day of the last menstrual cycle before becoming pregnant.
By the end of follow-up, 270 children (0.32%) had been diagnosed with an ASD -- 114 with autistic disorder, 56 with Asperger syndrome, and 100 with PDD-NOS.
After adjustment for year of birth, parity, and maternal education level, only the risk of autistic disorder was significantly associated with maternal folic acid supplementation. Additional adjustment for maternal illness and medication use did not affect the findings.
"Use of folic acid supplements was associated with higher socioeconomic status and more health-conscious maternal behavior patterns in the study sample," which highlights the possible influence of residual, unmeasured confounding, according to the authors.
"However, if residual confounding was substantial, we would have expected to find a lowering of risk associated with fish oil supplement use as well, because the use of fish oil was associated with the same parental characteristics in the study sample," they wrote. "No such lowering of risk was observed."
The researchers also replicated the findings using an additional nationwide dataset that included 473,095 children (0.17% received a diagnosis of autistic disorder). Despite the underreporting of folic acid use in one of the registries supplying data, there was an inverse association between supplementation and autistic disorder (OR 0.83, 95% CI 0.71 to 0.97).
The study "really reemphasizes the need for good nutrition in women who are of reproductive age and can become pregnant," Laura Borgelt, PharmD, of the University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Denver, commented in an interview.
Surén and colleagues acknowledged some limitations of the study, including the incomplete ascertainment of ASD cases, possible ascertainment bias stemming from lower response rates among parents with children with more severe autistic disorder, and the reliance on subtype diagnoses of ASDs.
This article, originally published at 4:00 p.m., Feb. 12 was updated with new material at 10:45 a.m, Feb. 13
The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort is supported by the Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services, the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research, the Research Council of Norway/FUGE, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. The Autism Birth Cohort study is funded by NINDS. Surén's salary is funded by the Research Council of Norway.
Surén reported that he had no conflicts of interest. One of his co-authors reported receiving payment for lectures at the University of Oslo and Agder.
The editorial was supported by the CDC. The authors reported that they had no conflicts of interest.
- Reviewed by Zalman S. Agus, MD Emeritus Professor, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner
Primary Source
Journal of the American Medical AssociationSource Reference: Surén P, et al "Association between maternal use of folic acid supplements and risk of autism spectrum disorders in children" JAMA 2013; 309: 570-577.
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Journal of the American Medical AssociationSource Reference: Berry R, et al "Periconceptional folic acid and risk of autism spectrum disorders" JAMA 2013; 309: 611-613.


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What: Opening of NoBo's inaugural Little Lending Library, a small sculptural library supported by the Boulder Public Library and the NoBo Art District, where residents can leave and take books, movies and other media for free.
Where: In the courtyard below Lucky's Market, 3960 Broadway, Boulder
When: 10 a.m. today
Cost: Free and open to the public
Info (or how to help): Contact Amy Tremper at email@example.com or 303-709-9102; noboartdistrict.org
Some might think what I did was misleading. Others would call it downright marital perjury.
I kept my Special Addiction tucked deep in my lockbox of secrets for several years, until I was four months pregnant and my innocent husband had already vowed to love me through thick and thin.
That's when he began to notice the signs: I stayed up very late at night. Sometimes, I would wake up in the middle of the night to indulge. The laundry and dishes began piling up, as my addiction began taking more control of my life. I opened a special credit card just to support my habit. I forgot to pay it because I had a one-track mind.
My problems started when I was a child. Age 2, actually. My mom says I made her read me "The Good Night Book" (far superior to "Good Night Moon" because it does not feature the sketch of a terrifying "quiet old lady whispering hush" who is actually a demon-possessed bunny) over and over. And over. And. Ov. Er. Until I had it memorized, long before I even knew what letters were.
My name is Aimee Heckel, and I am a giant book nerd.
For 31 years, my need to read has been damaging my social life, my grooming habits and my eyes, from squinting in the dark trying not to get caught. The only trouble I ever got in as a preteen was my mom telling me she was going to ground me to the outside if I didn't leave my room once a day.
So imagine my twitching when I learned about something called the Little Lending Library: a shelf stocked with books, supported by the Boulder Public Library and the NoBo Art District, where anyone can go and take any book they want -- for free. And you can drop off any books you no longer are reading for others to enjoy.
North Boulder is opening its first of a planned six little libraries today in the courtyard below Lucky's Market off Broadway.
A local artist, Jimmy Descamps, received a (fundraised) stipend to make the shelf out of recycled jungle-gym parts to look like a spaceship -- a piece of art, in and of itself. It is overflowing with children's books, cookbooks, DVDs, even pieces of original artwork by local artists that you can trade for your own art that you might want to share.
I recently watched Valerie Maginnis, the library director, handpicking donated books for the little library shelves, and I saw a "Little House on the Prairie" go in there, as well as a few classic novels that I almost licked to "call" as mine first. Even though I live in NoLo (that'd be Longmont).
The first set of books came from the library (marked by special outerspace bookmarks designed by a local artist), but "in the future, if you want a book, maybe you finished one as a child and you're done with it, you can leave that book and trade it for another one," Maginnis says. "It's really the perfect example of the circle of giving and making the community better for it."
The effort began after North Boulder lost funding for a planned library branch in that part of town, according to Little Library organizer Amy Tremper. The designated land currently is just sitting empty, waiting, taunting me, promising rows of delicious stories -- some day. The little libraries are designed to rev up support for a future library and display the demand, and it will be the first in Boulder to be registered with Little Free Library (littlefreelibrary.org).
"This is the ultimate grassroots opportunity to grow a library," Maginnis says.
Until then, Tremper has been scrambling to set up more mini-libraries in the neighborhood, and more artists are working on their unique shelf designs. The art structures housing the books will be waterproof and enclosed in plexiglas to protect the books.
So even if I get grounded to stay outside, I've now got dozens of books whispering my name on the streets of north Boulder.
Maybe it'll hook a few more people, too. You know, start 'em young. There are worse habits to form.
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AJ_ wrote:il padrone wrote:Livetoride wrote:Bin it or take it home with a wee plastic bag tucked in your top.
I don't usually use plastic bags for that
Well I hate the banana in my top on a hot day, its not very nice. Also I am not one to want to stop in the middle of my ride to find a bin. So fan of the bag idea. Also I was berated one time for not taking out the peel of my top and putting in the wash.
Maybe he meant plastic bags for wee? Was the obvious joke I thought but now that you've admitted to leaving other organic waste in your jersey it does make me wonder....


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Sept. 20, 2005
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Frances Rogoz led MIT volleyball to a 4-0 week and a 2-0 start in NEWMAC play en route to honors as NEWMAC Player of the Week. She kicked off the stretch by recording the match-winning kill against Wellesley College; finishing the night with 10 kills in the Engineers' 30-28, 30-17, 30-16 victory. In the third game, Rogoz used an eight-point serving run with three of her match-high six aces to open up a 10-2 lead. On Thursday, Rogoz recorded five kills in one game against Lesley University (30-13, 30-11, 30-12) and added seven kills and three assisted blocks against Emerson College (30-16, 30-17, 30-15). She wrapped up the week by tallying seven kills and two aces against Babson College (30-19, 30-25, 30-19). In 10 games, Rogoz posted a hitting percentage of .444 (29-5-54), nine aces, seven digs, and four assisted blocks.


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National Youth Athletics Minutes
Executive Committee Meeting
Sacramento, CA
July 27, 2001
The Youth Athletics Committee met at the Junior Olympic Championships -- at
approximately 4:45 p.m.
In attendance were Bob Flint, Bob Kreutz, Carl Wallace, Erika Baxter, Linda
Phelps, Lionel Leach, Dorothy Dawson, Norine Richardson, Nancy Seifert, Mark
Springer, Larry Seifert, Kim Haines, and John Wissler.
The Bid award for Omaha Nebraska needs to have a date change.
Correction of 2001 Youth Nationals date.
Executive Committee was being made of aware of problems in the Regions.
Mark to get letter out about bid deadline of 9-1-2001.
Board meeting possibility in Miami in October.
Bob Kreutz requested the passport for the Youth meet out by January 1, 2002.
Budget and expenditures to date for Youth.
By-law changes due 90 days prior to first session of the convention.
Air travel prices for Executive Committee with Getz.
Putting Executive minutes on the web.
Youth awards given out...Frank Sevigne (individual) Bill Hargrove
(association). Coaches award for 2000.
Dorothy Dawson made a motion to abide by the bid award letter of agreement
regarding date for Omaha Junior Olympics July 23 to July 28,2002. Lionel
seconded. Motion carried. All Youth, Association Chair and Regional Coordinators
will be notified.
The two youth awards will be given out at one of the Youth Committee meetings
at the convention. Bob Flint felt it would be more appreciated at that time.
John Wissler will give out the coaches' award at the JO meet on Sunday prior to
the 4x100 relays.
Meeting adjourned at 5:45
Respectfully submitted by,
Nancy J. Seifert, Youth National Secretary


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WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (Jan. 22, 2005) - The East Tennessee State women's tennis team fell in their season opener to Richmond, Saturday afternoon by a score of 4-3 in Williamsburg, Va. on the campus of William & Mary.
"Richmond is a good team," stated head coach Steve Brooks. "They won the Atlantic 10 and went to the NCAA's last year and returns the core of their team from last season."
ETSU's No. 2 doubles team won the first match in competition. Junior Sandie Knight (Adamstown, Australia) and freshman Elena Volobueva (Barcelona, Spain) combined for the 8-4 win over Courtney Klein and Robin Carter at the No. 2 slot. Richmond would tie up the battle for the crucial doubles point with a win at the No. 3 slot. At No. 1, Mariya Ilyina (Kyiv, Ukraine) and Sylwia Ziolkowska (Warsaw, Poland) battled against Lindsay Cox and Beatrice Grasu, but lost 9-8 (6) to give Richmond the early lead at 1-0.
In singles, the Bucs earned two points with a pair of wins. Ziolkowska defeated Klein 6-2, 6-0 at No.3 and Knight defeated Grasu 6-2, 6-3 at No. 5. Jelena Zivanovic tied it up for Richmond with a 6-4, 6-2 win over ETSU freshman Muriel Sherwood (Atlanta, Ga.).
Sophomore Ilina then gave the Bucs their second advantage in the match at 3-2 with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Carter at the No. 2 position. However, Richmond would tie it up again with a win by Cox at No. 1 over Volobueva 6-4, 6-4.
The deciding point would then fall too freshman Olya Batsula (Minsk, Belarus), who was competing in her first match for ETSU.
"I was really impressed with Olya's play today," commented Brooks. "She was down 4-1 in the third set when she asked me what the team score was. When she found out that her match was the deciding match she won the next two games, but lost her third set 6-4."
The Bucs are scheduled to continue their action in Williamsburg, Va. as they will face host William & Mary Sunday morning at 10:00 a.m.
Richmond 4, ETSU 3
1. Lindsay Cox/Beatrice Grasu (Richmond)NE #15 def. Sylwia Ziolkowska/Masha Ilyina (ETSU) 9-8 (6)
2. Sandie Knight/Elena Volobueva (ETSU) def. Courtney Klein/Robin Carter (Richmond) 8-4
3. Meghan Wolfgram/Jelena Zivanovic (Richmond) def. Gemma Halim/Olya Batsula (ETSU) 8-4
Order of Finish: 2,3,1
1. Cox (Richmond)NE #19 def. Volobueva (ETSU) 6-4, 6-4
2. Ilina (ETSU) def.Carter (Richmond) 7-5, 6-3
3. Ziolkowska (ETSU) def. Klein (Richmond) 6-2, 6-0
4. Wolfgram (Richmond) def. Batsula (ETSU) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
5. Knight (ETSU) def. Grasu (Richmond)NE #30 6-2, 6-3
6. Zivanovic (Richmond) def. Sherwood (ETSU) 6-4, 6-2
Order of Finish: 3, 5, 6, 2, 1, 4*
*-Clinching Point
NE- denotes Northeast regional ranking


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Beginner's Challenge!
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I would like to issue a challenge to all of our beginner players. I want you to record your playing (either audio or video) and post it here in this thread! It can be anything from just strumming chords, to playing a song, to just noodling around on your guitar....whatever you want.
The purpose of this is to share your playing with people. I remember the first time I ever uploaded a video to youtube of me playing I was very worried of what people were going to think about my playing. But uploading my video had the exact opposite effect on me. It was a very freeing feeling to know that I've put my guitar playing out for the world to see.
Now, if you want to put your video or audio on youtube, go for it! I highly encourage it as that will get you more views than if you just upload it to this thread. But keep in mind that this thread is a "negative free zone". Anything that you post here will be viewed and commented on positively, and if you want some constructive criticism, just ask!
So I challenge all you guitarists who consider yourselves "beginners" to share your playing with us!
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Before the Giants fly to San Francisco, they struck gold at a fundraiser on Friday night.
Giants players and coaches such as Eli Manning, Osi Umenyiora, Chris Canty, Mark Herzlich and Tom Coughlin were all on hand at Cirpriani for the eighth annual Champions for Children Gala to benefit the Jay Fund Foundation.
The foundation, started in 1996, was established in honor of former Boston College football player Jay McGillis, who passed away in 1992 after being diagnosed with leukemia. McGillis played under Coughlin at BC.
"I wanted to give back in the name of Jay McGillis," Coughlin said. "It's been so well received and the Jay Fund is certainly implanted in New York City. Our whole objective is to help families who have children with leukemia or other forms of cancer. It's the fulfillment of a lot of work and a great passion of ours."
In addition to being close to Coughlin and other Giants players from Boston College such as Chris Snee and Mathias Kiwanuka, the Jay Fund and what it stands for hits home especially hard for second-year linebacker Mark Herzlich, who overcame cancer while playing college football for the Eagles and won a Super Bowl with the Giants last season.
"It means a lot [to be here]," Herzlich said. "Jay and my stories parallel very similarly. I know what it feels like to have your team and community rally around you and to fight to help you get well again. Unfortunately, Jay lost his battle but I'm fortunate enough to have won my battle and carry on that legacy that Jay left and keep motivating people to get well."
The Giants actually have seemed to play well after attending the event. Big Blue have won all seven games immediately following the Champions for Children Gala, a good sign heading into an NFC Championship Game rematch with San Francisco on Sunday.
"I think the guys like being here for Coach Coughlin," Manning said. "It's good to get the new guys to see what Coach Coughlin is like when he's not talking about football and helping people out."


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|2012-09-14, 16:29
|Link #3181
Exitus Acta Probat
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Permanent retirement from raws-hunting
Age: 32
The only bug I found in Breezehome was the ever-elusive alchemy lab (apparently caused by the Dawnguard DLC), but that was easily fixed by using the aforementioned console commands.
OTOH, those vampire attacks on Whiterun are really starting to unnerve me with their frequency - somehow the city was once again attacked while I was away on a quest (and when I came back from it, I found a dead guard lying next to the city gate - but no vampire corpse next to it, just like the other times) and Adrienne Avenici has been missing ever since. I had to use player.placeatme to get her back to her forge. I wonder if there are other "missing" Whiterun citizens whose disappearance I didn't notice...really, one of these days I'll be coming back to WR only to find the city totally bereft of denizens, save for the immortal NPCs (housecarl/jarl/children).
|2012-09-14, 17:05
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Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 61
I ran into a problem with the final battle on the Stormcloak civil war, kept CTDing in Solitude after a few waves of Imperials. Tried the trick of waiting a couple of weeks for all the cells to respawn and that fixed it. Many Imperials died to bring you this information.
I wish I was better at snapping pics. Some of my dark elf assassin's kills in Solitude were quite cinematic. Gutted *and* hurled off the balcony onto the burning stakes...
She eliminated her competition in Skyrim by slaying the Dark Brotherhood earlier...
|2012-09-14, 17:13
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IT Support
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Down under...
|2012-09-14, 17:19
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Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 61
Usually I'm kind of excited during a combat and when a nice killshot appears, I'm just saying "wow.......... oh, I should have snapped that." Derp.
|2012-09-14, 20:40
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Philippines
Age: 42
@Vexx: FRAPS works for me like a charm, although some conversion and resizing work needed to be done for large AVIs.
Yeah, I wish there was a replay feature for those astonishing finisher moves, like offing a dragon in its death throes or a shocking unarmed suplex.
@Renegade: there's now an Unofficial Dawnguard Patch (which also needs the Unofficial Skyrim Patch and should be loaded first before UDP in the mod list) that might solve more of your problems.
|2012-09-16, 10:15
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Age: 31
Bloody hell just once I'd like a playthrough without something major breaking. It would appear now that I've lost access to Radiant quest options and the guards who help bring down the first dragon in the main quest aren't spouting their "You're the Dragonborn!" dialogue and just stand around like a bunch of pissants.
|2012-09-16, 12:51
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Philippines
Age: 42
Before you played that part, what mods do you have on active? Reordering the mod list might be needed (BOSS and some mod loading list guides can help out).
Tried out ENB with Sharpshooter's custom config at 800x600, trading screen resolution for added FPS and quality, and I got more than I bargained for.
It's like visual sex.
|2012-09-16, 14:28
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: "Sacrifice one to appease the few."
|2012-09-16, 15:45
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2011
Does anyone know of a mod that makes the gold economy in the game less......stupid?
I've literally seen people staking their lives for a laughable 150 gold, yet the Dragonborn can retrieve a golden claw for 500 gold, while the bones of a dragon are at a shocking 80 gold. Meanwhile the lamest house in the game is 5 thousand gold, yet people are letting you hire them, RISKING THEIR LIVES, for 500 gold?!?
I'd honestly like to see a mod that deflates gold. It's ridiculous how on my adventures I have about 30thousand gold and think nothing of hiring a mercenary for chump-change, I'd like to actually be challenged in regards with making gold as well, and have the general gold standard be lowered for everyone, a high level spell tome is worth double the life of some mercenaries, and that's shocking.
|2012-09-16, 16:08
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2011
Normally you could just say ''increase the mercenary fees'' but that's not really what I was trying to aim at, it was more ''decrease the gold to everything'' to make it seem like 150 gold is a big deal, I mean I wouldn't want everyone running around with 50k septims and asking for 3million gold to risk their lives for you.
|2012-09-16, 16:18
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Logician and Romantic
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Within my mind
Age: 37
A sword, a helmet, a shield... As a game you don't think much of them, but for the NPCs those things are worth a lot. Assassination of the Emperor is only worth 10,000 gold. You only think 150 gold as no big deal because you have income sources most civilians don't have.
You are NOT participating in the normal economy. You have access to wealth others can't get, and you demand merchandise no normal people will need. You are not 'normal', you are Dragon Born.
|2012-09-16, 17:33
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Exitus Acta Probat
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Permanent retirement from raws-hunting
Age: 32
Whether you are loaded or not, some of the sums/fees handed out can cause you to raise your eyebrows in surprise or disbelief.
I do remember at one point having to complete some errand for someone else and being quite handsomely rewarded - 2,000 gold or so...which prompted me to gawk at the said quest giver ("2,000 gold for bringing supplies to the Greybeards? Man, this guy has a lot of coin to spare...not that I'm complaining..."). On another occasion, I decided to pay off the drinking debts of a citizen and realized the guy had managed to rack up a 1,600+ gold tab...once again my lower jaw went slack. How come he wasn't already dead from alcohol poisoning? And so on, and so on.
All things considered, I think the amount of quests+rewards AND items on the market in Skyrim is so vast that the programmers/designers ended up losing their bearings and eventually became inconsistent/very liberal.
On another note, I'm still CTD'ing whenever I want to apply a sneaking enchantment to my boots... And on a brighter note, I finally managed to get that darned, ever-elusive letter from Falk Firebeard for the second Potema mission. Looks like I need to be very far away from Solitude before leveling up (and thus triggering the courier's dispatch). Fast-traveling to locations like Rorikstead afterwards seem to help turn the courier meeting into reality.
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|2012-09-16, 17:48
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Logician and Romantic
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Within my mind
Age: 37
Because Bethesda still kept some level scaling which I hate, it means both the quests and rewards adjust to what level you are at the time.
Here, the "leveled reward list". The gold you get has nothing to do with how much money the guy had, but depending on your level. There are 4 grades of gold rewards for each level bracket.
I would prefer if the quests are fixed, which means the amount of gold reward would also be fixed. But that's too much work for Bethesda. Level scaling means less work balancing the monsters and treasures.
Also note that it is impossible to get 2000 Septum from delivering the package to the Greybeards. $1800 if you are level 40.
Realism is not important enough to break the game for. The whole idea is to make sure you are not rewarded pocket change.
|2012-09-16, 17:57
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Philippines
Age: 42
@Renegade: What update version you're on now? 1.7 might solve most issues, along with re-sorting the load list, as I can enchant footwear.
If you thought that the in-game economics was bad enough, the MMO where I came from suffered from a gold bug exploit which totally fucked up the economy with inflated vendor prices, forcing the developers to come up with some ways to address the imbalance (such as players paying millions of coin for resurrection and XP recovery in case they get fragged without a revive necklace).
In my case, I sometimes have to invest in the economy with Bank of Skyrim, where fluctuating interest rates will affect the resulting payout after a period of time.
At last count I have 1.4 million Septims that I should be able to bankroll Ulfric's forces and fortify Skyrim's borders against the Empire. Or buy Skyrim itself.
What a difference it makes when not fast traveling on horseback -- the destination doesn't matter much as I found myself having to deal with a series of challenges along the road from Falkreath to a cave full of trolls.
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|2012-09-20, 09:31
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Tumble Rumble
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Imagination Land
Age: 34
That's what I'm talking about. Looking good.
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Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 61
|2012-09-20, 18:17
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: who knows?
if beth gave to them greencard to port both games...
Anyway Scenic Carriages was updated and is now compatible with 1.7 and dawnguard
and here's a good elf HD mod
|2012-09-20, 18:39
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Goat Herder
Join Date: Jun 2008
Age: 31
Oh man. That port... such memories. Morrowind was and still is one of my absolute favorite games, even with its terrible combat system. Do want.
And oh man, this playthrough I'm in. Using ASIS and Deadly Dragons combined with my shit terrible luck... since Mirmulnir I've encountered only a single Shock Dragon at Riverwood and I had to reload my save shortly after killing it. And then he didn't show up at Riverwood so as I was leaving, it appeared finally at the bridges around Whiterun and... didn't land. Argh. And on my brother's playthrough he can't seem to fucking get rid of dragons.
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Reasons why you Should have the Big O More Frequently
Having the Big O
Although nobody ever needs a reason to get it on but when you are too stressed out or busy these reasons will tell you how a Big O is beneficial for you. Here is a complete list of reasons which will tell you how having more orgasms can be advantageous for your physical and mental well being.
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Stress Reliever
When you climax, your body releases Oxytocin which is also known as the pleasure hormone. While you have an orgasm, oxytocin stimulates a feeling of relaxation and relieves all the stress.
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The release of oxytocin from your body makes you less likely to cheat on your partner. Experiments have shown that men who were injected with oxytocin maintained a distance from other females and showed a strong bonding with their spouses.
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Female Orgasm helps Men Focus Better
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Morning Orgasm can Boost your Mood
Waking up to a pleasurable morning can give your day a happy and refreshing start. Sex experts said that morning sex can boost your mood and build a strong immune system.
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A study showed that people who had sex 4 times in a week looked 10 years younger than their actual age.
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One of new Orioles third base coach Bobby Dickerson's early duties as infield coach this spring will be helping Chris Davis get ready to take over the everyday job at first base this season and forget a tough 2012 at the position.
Last year, Davis' defensive struggles at first led to Mark Reynolds' shift across the infield from third to first, one move that stabilized the Orioles' defense. Reynolds, who struggled at third, flourished defensively at first, while Davis filled in suitably in the outfield because of injuries.
With Reynolds gone, first base belongs to Davis heading into spring training. Orioles manager Buck Showalter has said he believes Davis, who had the reputation of being a solid fielder in Texas before coming to Baltimore in 2011, can do the job.
So does Dickerson, who worked with infielders in the Orioles' minor league system before he was named third base coach to replace DeMarlo Hale this season. Showalter credited Dickerson with working with third baseman Manny Machado defensively to prepare him for the majors.
"I've been in touch with him throughout the winter," Dickerson said about Davis. "We've talked about it. ... He's ready. He's chomping at the bit. His eyes look right. He's wanting to do this. So that's a good thing."
Dickerson said he will work closely with Davis at first base this spring, concentrating on Davis' footwork around the bag. Most of Davis' struggles -- he made four errors at first in 38 starts -- came on routine throws. He entered last season with a career .997 fielding percentage at first base. His fielding percentage last year was .989.
"The guy can play defense," Dickerson said. "He's got the abilities to play defense physically. Now it's a matter of getting him to apply it. His hands are fine. He's got an arm to play third base. He can make accurate throws. Receiving the throws at first base and working around the base, the footwork, is something we're going to work on and spend time on during spring training. We'll do different drills to make sure he's in good position to handle throws.
"That's what makes a first baseman really get talked about in the game, when it seems like he's saving all the bad throws," Dickerson added. "When the throwing errors of the rest of your players are up, players get the blame for it or not, but there are balls that could be saved by a first baseman. It's one of the things I talk to about middle infielders. If [catcher] Matt Wieters doesn't have any throwing errors, we're going a pretty good job in the middle infield, so they should take pride in that."
Dickerson believes Davis knowing he's going to be the everyday first baseman will help. Davis split time between first and third when he first joined the Orioles in late 2011.
"He was still relatively new to the organization," Dickerson said. "He was playing third. He really didn't know his role, where he was going to fit. He had routines that he used in Texas that he wants to get back to. We're going to do that. We're going to use his routines. We're going to add to them. We're going to do all we can to make sure he can play the position."
Davis said he was frustrated by his struggles at first base last season, but is looking forward to making the most of the chance to return.
"I was disappointed last year with the way things worked out at first," Davis said. "I felt I didn't play anywhere [near where] I was capable of playing. We had a lot of injuries, guys going down in the outfield. ... I'm definitely looking forward being the first baseman."


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I ran across this selfie Video of an elderly Farmer (Jay Lavery) that I found Inspirational.. enjoy.
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WOODINVILLE, WA--(Marketwire - June 18, 2009) - Eden Bioscience Corporation (NASDAQ: EDEN)
today announced that it has notified the NASDAQ Stock Market ("NASDAQ") of
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Prior to the open of the market on June 30, 2009, the Company will file
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as required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update any
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CONTACTNathaniel T. BrownEden Bioscience Corporation14522 NE North Woodinville Way, Suite 202BWoodinville, WA 98072425-984-2120Fax: 425-806-7400
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The Montana Commissioner of Securities and Insurance, Monica Lindeen, announced Thursday that 2012 was a record year for recovery for insurance consumers.
Spokesman Lucas Hamilton said the Commissioners office has intervened on behalf of consumers with insurance companies, and those actions have resulted in over $5 million dollars being returned.
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DEAR ABBY: Do women ever initiate sex with men, or must they always be wooed, cajoled, begged or persuaded? I have a fairly good physical relationship with my wife, but it happens only when I make the overtures. I am left with the conclusion that either the physical act isn't that enjoyable or I am not very desirable.
DEAR ABBY: Do women ever initiate sex with men, or must they always be wooed, cajoled, begged or persuaded? I have a fairly good physical relationship with my wife, but it happens only when I make the overtures. I am left with the conclusion that either the physical act isn�t that enjoyable or I am not very desirable.
If every encounter must start with me, and my wife can take it or leave it, is she just doing me a favor? Must sex always start with the guy, or can women demonstrate more overt interest?
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DEAR UNDERSEXED: Many women � but not all � initiate sex with their partner. If your wife doesn�t, it may be she isn�t comfortable being the aggressor, her hormone levels have changed, sex may have become painful for her, or she never got much out of it in the first place.
Not knowing her, I can�t explain why she never makes the first move. But this I AM sure of � until you have a frank and honest discussion with her about it, nothing is going to change, and it may need to happen with the help of a marriage counselor.
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DEAR ABBY: I have been married to �Richard� for three years, but we have lived together for 10. I was Richard�s first and only girlfriend. He�s very shy and reserved, while I have always been the outgoing, rebellious type.
I have been communicating with another man, �Drew,� for about a year. It started out as me just having a little fun, but now I�m seriously considering leaving Richard. Although Drew and I have never met in person, we�re romantically involved and both of us believe we�re in love.
I love Richard, but I just don�t feel �in love� anymore. We have lost our connection. We have talked about our problems, and he knows about Drew. Despite my explaining what the problems were, I feel he has ignored the issues.
We have been trying to get pregnant for years and it hasn�t happened. I�m starting to believe it is a sign that I should move on. Should I follow my heart and be with Drew or stay with Richard despite my feelings? Please help.
� Distraught in Texas
DEAR DISTRAUGHT: I�m willing to wager that if you devoted just a fraction of the energy you have spent on your extracurricular relationship to your husband, your marriage would be in better shape. With the help of a marriage counselor you might even be able to address those issues you feel have been ignored and re-establish your �connection.�
But for you to throw away your marriage for someone you haven�t met would be a serious mistake. Be glad that you haven�t gotten pregnant and dragged a child into this.
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