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When Hood River County School District Board of Directors meets Wednesday, it will meet the new high school principal, and hear updates on the community-wide sports field analysis and the proposed changes in school bus runs and school starting times.
The board will also hear some bad news: The district will need to make $800,000 in cuts for the 2014-15 school year, Supt. Dan Goldman announced Monday. On Tuesday he began visiting staffs at each school to personally explain the situation.
"I think it's important people hear from me before we go into cuts," he said. "I'll let people know they can contact me and let me know what they think in terms of cuts."
The board meets at 6:30 p.m. at May Street Elementary School.
"We're really disappointed to be receiving less money from the state," board chair Liz Whitmore said Tuesday." It's been a (funding) roller coaster ride for years, and in a time we thought we were out of it, we obviously aren't. I trust our superintendent and administration will make the right decisions about how we can move forward with efficiencies and budget reductions."
The cuts to be made — a total of 2 percent of programs, according to Goldman — will need to be decided this spring starting with the district budget committee meetings, which begin May 6, 6:30 p.m. at Hood River Valley High School. The board of directors is scheduled to adopt the committee's recommended budget in its June 25 meeting.
Asked about prospective cuts, Whitmore said, "It's something our team is going to need to look at and decide how to proceed."
Goldman said the district received its State School Funding (SSF) estimate last week, and the district stands to receive a total of about $800,000 less than anticipated. SSF is the amount of general funding from the state on a per-student basis to each district, based on enrollments and students' individual instruction needs, economic status, and other economic and demographic factors. In addition, the district must make cuts to get out of the deficit spending pattern it has been for six of the past eight years, according to Goldman.
The hits to the district's SSF comes in two ways. One is the state's recalculation of how schools are allotted funding for its students who are considered living below the poverty line. Poverty is one of a series of "weights" the state uses to figure out how much to provide each student, and it adds up to extra funding per student, as much as double the $7,000 average. Based on the new poverty formula, the district will have 47 fewer students in the poverty category than the current year, for a loss of about $360,000. The second reduction affects the amount allotted to Hood River Valley High School; for reasons Goldman does not know, the district has "for many years" been given an extra funding weight as small-school, he said. That extra funding will end this year, meaning HRVHS will experience record enrollment in 2014-15, about 1,300, but receive less funding. He said he will meet with State Department of Education officials next week to learn more about the situation.
"The main issue, honestly, is that last year we got $2.8 million extra from the state; $2.1 million for charter school adjustment, and $750,000 in a facilities improvement rebate for having done bond improvements, and both were unexpected," said Goldman, who started work July 1, 2013. "Before we were getting that money, we knew we were going to have to cut, and the response at the time was, 'Yea, don't have to cut so much,' and a plan to deficit spend $1 million last year to cover the deficit."
"It's just a pattern of deficit spending, and if you would say what is the real reason we have to make adjustments, is six of eight years we have spent more than we've gotten," Goldman said. Those were last year and 2007-08.
"There's a reason for that, that you want to give kids more program than you can afford because you want kids to have a good school environment," he said. In that eight-year run, the district started with an ending fund balance of 9 percent, which is projected to be less than 1 percent next year.
"If we went through with the same level of programming next year we would have less than 1 percent in ending fund balance and contingency — everything," Goldman said. "And we can't do that, we can't have that kind of cash flow," he said. "It's really bad practice, and I believe in my heart that while people want as much program as possible, you can't be that reckless with our budget."
The district will proceed with budget committee meetings in the coming weeks, but complicating matters is that it won't be the last word on funding: in May, the state will issue its final funding forecast of 2013-14, which usually requires adjustments made to budget preparations already done.
"We can do a whole bunch of budget preparations in March, think we have it nailed and then things change in May," Goldman said.
"We will use the best information we have, and I will go to every staff in the district to next staff meeting (starting March 11).
Goldman said the good news is that the district is better oriented to respond to budget cuts, thanks to the District Strategic Plan in development this year.
The process "has put us in a good position, after staff meetings and community listening sessions, we've gotten a lot of feedback about what people want in the school district, and we have already done a lot discussion among the principals, manager, and transportation department," Goldman said, "The strategic plan draft should drive our funding; we have done a lot of work we need to do to figure out how to prioritize a budget. There will always be competing interests on money but we should be in a better spot, having those kinds of discussions."
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It's been a full century since Edgar Rice Burroughs first introduced readers to John Carter, a Civil War soldier who became the warlord hero of Mars. This week, Walt Disney Pictures shines a spotlight on the iconic character once again with John Carter, a big-screen (and big-budget) adventure starring Taylor Kitsch (Friday Night Lights, X-Men Origins: Wolverine) and directed by Andrew Stanton.
Given the title character's relatively low profile in the 70 years that have passed since the publication of Burroughs' final volume of stories set on Mars, John Carter faces a number of questions when it arrives in theaters – not the least of which is whether modern audiences will warm to the hero's adventures on the red planet. On top of that, the film also serves as the live-action debut for Stanton, who previously directed the celebrated Pixar animated films Finding Nemo and WALL-E.
So, how does John Carter answer the questions surrounding it?
Well, it starts by giving audiences a fun, fast-paced adventure with a lot of heart.
Co-written by Stanton, Mark Andrews, and Michael Chabon, John Carter is based on A Princess of Mars, the first book of Burroughs' "Barsoom Series" (named after the Martians' word for their planet). The film chronicles the adventures of a former Confederate soldier who is transported to Mars via a mysterious energy wave that leaves his physical body back on Earth and reconstitutes his conscience in a new, identical body on Mars. Granted powerful abilities due to the planet's gravity and atmosphere, Carter soon finds himself caught up in yet another civil war – this time, between the various races of Mars and the internal factions battling for control of the planet's resources.
One of the first things that stands out about John Carter is the impressive scope of the world conceived by Burroughs and brought to the screen by Stanton. There's a very real sense of wonder throughout the film that's hard to dismiss, and it keeps you eager to see what unique set pieces lie beyond the next mountain or around the corner. It's the sort of vision that anyone who creates a fantastic world on paper hopes for when the project is adapted, and in many ways, John Carter is a great example of what can happen when two prolific imaginations are brought together.
That's not to say that all the visual elements accomplish what they set out to do, though. Much like some of the other recent movies that were converted to 3-D after filming, the extra dimension adds very little to the final product. In fact, during a battle between Martian airships that occurs early in the film, the 3-D actually ends up being a bit distracting during some of the more effects-heavy sequences.
However, one area where the effects have tremendous success is in bringing to life the various inhabitants of Mars.
It should probably come as no surprise that Stanton has a great grasp on how to breathe life into animated characters, but knowing how often filmmakers get this part of movies wrong makes it that much nicer to see how well the Green Martians and other races generated through digital effects come to life on the screen. Throughout the film, Kitsch's interactions with the computer-generated portion of the cast hit that sweet spot between making the alien characters look real, and having everyone around them act like they're real.
Stanton and his writing partners deserve credit for injecting Burroughs' original tale with just enough modern sensibility to preserve the necessary suspension of disbelief for a film like John Carter. This is no small feat, when you consider how much the general public knows about Mars today as compared to what was known back in 1912, when A Princess of Mars was first published.
While the script diverges from A Princess of Mars at several points, the general theme remains. The writing team for John Carter has clearly done their homework, as they manage to seed the first film with a few minor – and one or two major – plot points intended to pay off in future films, and do a great job of balancing the need for a standalone film with the tease of a much larger world.
In bringing John Carter to life, Kitsch does a good job of capturing the character's Southern-bred sense of honor that was so important to Burroughs' vision for the hero, while also handling the action scenes and early stranger-in-a-strange-land scenarios that are so important to the tone of the story. Lynn Collins (X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Ten Year), who plays the Red Martian princess Dejah Thoris, does a fine job of giving John Carter a love interest who's more than just eye candy.
Mark Strong is similarly passable as Matai Shang, one of the Therns – a shape-shifting, humanoid race attempting to put Mars under its control. Given how memorable his villains were in Sherlock Holmes and Kick-Ass, his role in John Carter feels a little watered-down, but that probably has less to do with the actor and more to do with the character.
If there's one element of John Carter that's truly deserving of criticism, though, it's the overall length of the film.
Clocking in at over two hours, John Carter feels like the saga-beginning story that it is, but could easily stand to lose 10-20 minutes off its running time. At times, the narrative seems a little loose, with a few scenes clearly included for the sole purpose of hitting each of the audience demographics Disney wants to attract with the film. Trimming those scenes could have gone a long way toward wrapping up the film in a more manageable 110-120 minutes.
Yet, even with all of the positives John Carter has going for it, it remains to be seen whether it will find enough of an audience to make this standalone film the first chapter in a franchise. Given the spectre of Disney's plans for the property and the studio's very public desire to make this the first of many John Carter movies, it's easy to overlook how enjoyable the film is on its own and how impressive of a directorial debut it is for Andrew Stanton. At a time when Hollywood seems content to churn out a steady stream of retreads or sequels and rarely takes the time to build a strong foundation for its franchises, John Carter is a breath of fresh air that's worth the price of admission.
Sure, it has its flaws, but the good far outweighs the bad with John Carter, and leaves you hoping for a return to Barsoom in the future.


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Arizona Gov. Brewer endorses Romney for president
With friends like these? Mitt Romney is surrounding himself with the creme de la creme of Anti-immigration advocates and hate groups.
By Michael O'Brien, msnbc.com
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) endorsed Mitt Romney for president during her appearance Sunday morning on "Meet the Press."
Brewer said she viewed Romney as the most electable candidate to challenge President Obama this fall, and that she made her conclusion after meeting with the candidates and after a debate this week in Arizona.
"I have decided that I am going to publicly endorse Mitt Romney. I think he's the man that can carry the day," Brewer said. "I think Mitt is by far the person who can go in and win."
Brewer has become a national figurehead for efforts to curb illegal immigration after leading an effort to install one of the nation's toughest immigration laws.
She also drew headlines for a confrontation recently with President Obama on an airport tarmac. She was photographed wagging a finger at the president after greeting him and handing him a handwritten note. Brewer described the exchange as being driven by Obama's dissatisfaction with her book, though the president described the exchange as being "not a big deal."
Romney is seen as the leader in Arizona, the winner of which is awarded all of the state's delegates to the Republican National Convention this summer.
Forty-three percent of likely Republican primary voters said they intend to vote for Romney in a NBC News/Marist poll released midweek; he was followed by former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum at 27 percent, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich at 16 percent and Texas Rep. Ron Paul at 11 percent.
Arizona hosts its primary, along with Michigan, on Tuesday. A larger group of states host their primaries or caucuses a week later, on Super Tuesday. Brewer said she expected Super Tuesday to largely end the battle for the nomination, even if Santorum were to continue fighting.
"He might be in it but I think it'll be overwhelmingly decided after Super Tuesday," she said.
That poll also suggested that a Republican candidate who might embrace Arizona's tough laws targeting illegal immigrants would fare better among primary voters. Brewer was the most vocal proponent of the law, which requires police officers to check the citizenship papers of people they stop or arrest if the officer suspects the person may be in this country illegally.
Sixty-seven percent of likely Republican primary voters said they would be more likely to support a candidate who backs that law, while 25 percent said it would have no effect. Six percent of Republicans said a candidate's support for the law would make it less likely to win their vote.
Moreover, the poll found that 24 percent of Arizona Republicans said Romney best represents their views on immigration, while 20 percent said Gingrich, and 18 percent said Santorum.
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Oswalt Loses at Citizens Bank Park for the First Time
It looks like #13 was unlucky for Roy Oswalt. In his 13th career start at Citizens Bank Park, Oswalt lost his first game in the ballpark thanks to a non-existent offense. It was a 2-0 shut-out by the Rangers.
Let me rephrase: The Phillies did have bats and some did swing them, but no runs ever crossed the plate. In the last nine games, the Phillies are averaging FIVE hits a game. Yes, five hits, not runs. They hit over 5 runs only twice in that spam.
Sunday was no different. Five hits, NO runs. This has been a bad case of déjà vu for the starting pitchers, who have been the victims of the invisible run support.
Today, there were a lot of pop-ups, swings at bad pitches, no swings at good pitches, confused looks and ball hit right at fielders:
The déjà vu continued as catcher Dane Sardinha got on base in both the 3rd and 5th innings. Both times, Oswalt bunted him to second. And both times, with one out and a runner in scoring position, Jimmy Rollins popped out.
Oswalt continued to pitch well, despite the disappointing offense. He went seven innings, allowing only one run. And the Phillies had some nice defensive plays as well, including a pair of double plays and some acrobatics by Wilson Valdez.
And then there was this play, where Rollins tagged out Elvis Andrus, but the umpire missed the tag. It did not matter anyway, as Oswalt got out of the inning.
The second Rangers run was charged to J.C. Romero. But again, it did not really matter as the Phillies batters were hitting anything.
The good news is that Chase Utley is back! Pete Orr was sent to the minors to make room and Utley will make his 2011 debut on Monday night against the Reds. The Phillies are counting on Utley to light a fire under this offense.
Joe Blanton was placed on the DL as expected and Vance Worley will replace him, pitching on Tuesday night.
The Phils also signed veteran outfielder Scott Podsednik to a minor-league deal as a back-up plan after the Blue Jays released him. Podsednik is a lifetime .279 hitter but he has had issues with plantar fasciitis in his foot, which is why the Jays let him go. If he can take time to heal, he could be useful later in the season.
The Reds game starts at 7:05pm tomorrow night. In the meantime, here is the full Photo Album from today's massacre…I mean, game.
Photos by Jenn Zambri Photography
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If you're going to live through a robbery at your place of employment, it probably can't get better than this. A robber showed up at a Papa John's Pizza joint armed with a knife and a plan to get all the cash out of the register. But somehow he walked out without any money -- but with a stomach full of pizza and chicken wings thanks to a kind-hearted clerk.
Consider this your "restoration of faith in humanity" story for the week. It's a good story -- all the better because it's completely unexpected.
The story goes that the robber walked into the pizza place around closing time, his face masked, armed with a knife, and did the whole "give me all your money" shtick that is bound to scare the ever-living you-know-what out of anyone working the register. But instead of freaking out and doing something stupid, the clerk noticed the robber had burst into tears.
He probably could have clobbered him then, laid him out, called 911, and been done with it. I have enough martial arts training behind me that I know when you see weakness is when you strike (to defend yourself only, of course). Most of us probably would have done it.
But this clerk didn't. He actually took the time to ask the guy who was robbing him if HE was OK. Out came a sob story about how the robber was flat broke and just desperate to feed his family.
The clerk could have stopped it right there. He could have said something about how he'd get two hots and a cot in prison, and called 911. Most of us would have ... but again, he didn't.
Instead he called on his co-workers to make the guy some pizza and wings to fill his belly. They got the guy to wait in the dining room, fed him, then sent him on his way with a full stomach, able to go out and hopefully do something worthwhile (and, ahem, legal) to feed his hungry family.
The moral here? Doing what everyone would do is perfectly acceptable -- no one would be bashing this clerk for calling the cops here. But sometimes it's doing what no one would expect you to do that really makes all the difference!
Would you have had the guts this clerk had to change this robber's life?
Image via The Pizza Review/Flickr


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MarketWatch's Laura Mandaro discusses how to prevent falling for false advertising or unrealistic claims by the weight-loss industry. (Photo: Getty Images)
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All In The Family...
Here's Isaac with his tricorne all brushed and ready for Hat Day at school tomorrow. He will very possibly have the coolest hat on campus.
Isaac bought this hat at an SCA event last spring, and I got the feather for him at the Tenn-Ren Festival. We tacked up the sides tonight. I hope the tacks last through the day, because they are just a 4-strand stitch of thread! If his brim comes down, his personna will change a little but it's a unique hat either way.
It's Homecoming Week at Hopkinsville High School, and each day has a different theme. I think one day is Pajama Day, and I can't remember what the other days are. The week of costumes ends with Spirit Day (school colors) on Friday.
The homecoming football game will be on Friday night. Alumni of Hopkinsville High School will be recognized at the game, and previous band members are invited to bring their instruments and play along with the band. At halftime, a Homecoming King and Queen will be crowned.
Most high schools and colleges throughout the U.S. have homecoming events. One purpose of the event is to create and sustain affection for the alma mater -- affection that might eventually translate into financial support.
Homecoming customs vary in different regions. For example, Hopkinsville has both football and basketball homecomings, but I don't think most Nebraska schools had a basketball homecoming when I was growing up. The high school I attended had a basketball homecoming, but that was only because it was a small school and it didn't have a football program.
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ON MENTAL ILLNESS: The Folly of Trying to Be Psychic
The assumption that you are "psychic" teaches the mind to come up with nonsense and treat it as reality. Attributing internal feelings, thoughts and perceptions to outside forces is very un-liberating and will create more problems. While I have experienced things that I could not explain, and that seemed to come from some kind of supernatural phenomena, I know that trying to be a psychic or participate in a belief system of a psychic group will generally spell a disaster for someone trying to recover from mental illness.
In the past, I have met two individuals who seemed able to know things about me, without having met me and apparently without access to details of my life. This could mean that they were truly "psychic" or that I was dealing with some kind of bizarre spying. I also seem able to generate hunches that are often accurate from seemingly very little information. Yet the latter could be explained in other ways.
However, belief in extrasensory perception, in psychic powers, or the idea that one has such abilities, spell disaster for the mind of someone who is already subject to delusions. For one thing, what if someone attributes the thoughts and feelings that are on the inside to outside influences? Then you have a recipe for that person to become extremely delusional in a very short time.
And yet, this is exactly what psychic groups and psychic instructors will often do. They teach someone to believe that their "bad feelings" are generated by other people's energy. This does not work for people with schizophrenia. It is also very un-empowering, since it implies that you are not in charge of your own innards. This belief system makes people keep coming back to the psychic group for more "healings," since a person will invariably need help with bad energy they can't get rid of. This repeat business helps in creating more income for the psychic individual or organization.
Our human minds operate from basic assumptions. It is not uncommon to be unaware of what one assumes. If your basic assumption is that "things are good," then it follows that everything that happens to you will be experienced as a good event. If your assumption is that everyone hates you, then your mind will continuously generate a frightening, paranoid world.
If you adopt an assumption in your thinking that you are psychic and therefore that you know things beyond the limits of your five senses, then you are much more prone to believing in delusions, especially since a delusion will present itself within the mind as if it were a psychic perception. If you adopt an assumption that you are psychic, it could create a "data corruption" in your mind's operating system.
In the mental exercises that I have invented as an augment to medication, (exercises that I use to help remain more accurate and more stabilized) I need to be able to discard a suspected delusional thought at will. If I assume I am psychic, I will attribute truth to every thought that occurs in my mind and will not be able to discard any thoughts as junk. This will result in my thinking turning to rot.
A troubled young man who suffered from psychiatric illness, Daniel Dewitt, is a primary suspect in a manslaughter case. Prior to the incident in which he allegedly killed a random homeowner in Berkeley with a flower pot, Daniel claimed that he was "psychic." This is a concrete example of someone with schizophrenia who had the belief of being psychic—and the outcome was horrible.
The premise that oneself is a psychic or has special powers is common among people who suffer from delusions. This belief ought not to receive reinforcement by people who claim to be "a medium." The result of adopting this belief is an acceleration of the worsening of symptoms for someone with schizophrenia.
Although belief in psychic abilities is apparently suitable for some people, those of us with mental illness can't have this belief if we are to succeed in life or even survive.


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Late Race Crash Leads to Kurt Busch's 36th Place Finish
October 23, 2011
TALLADEGA, Ala. (Oct.23, 2011) – Shell-Pennzoil Dodge driver Kurt Busch was the victim of a late-race crash in today's Good Sam Club 500 here at Talladega Superspeedway which relegated him to a 36th-place finish. The 2004 Sprint Cup Champion is now 52 points out of the lead with only four races remaining this season and he says that deficit is just too much to overcome.
"We were doing really well all day, running with Regan Smith and there in the crash, we just had nowhere to go," said Busch. "The 47 got flung by Michael Waltrip, he went low, we went high, and he was starting to come back up when I was zigging and zagging. Our championship hopes are done just because of this two-car Talladega draft."
Busch started 14th here this afternoon in what became another episode of the two-car tandem style of racing common on the restrictor-plate tracks over the last few years. Busch and Smith ran in tandem all afternoon long. During a sequence of pit stops under the second caution period of the race, Busch stayed out to lead Lap 69 and gain the bonus point for doing so.
Busch was among the top-10 competitors for much of the mid-portion of the race. After pitting for tires, adjustments and enough fuel to make the distance on Lap 164 under the seventh yellow flag period of the race, Busch was 19th on the Lap 168 restart. He was "pushing" Smith's car when the Labonte/Waltrip tandem had their problems immediately in front and collected the "Double-Deuce" Dodge.
The battle for the race win race came down to a green-white-checkered finish, with Clint Bowyer passing teammate Jeff Burton in the final turn of the last lap to take the victory. Dave Blaney came in third, with Penske Racing's Brad Keselowski bringing the Miller Lite Dodge home fourth and Brian Vickers fifth. Kasey Kahne, Tony Stewart, Denny Hamlin, Michael Waltrip and Martin Truex Jr. rounded out the top-10 finishers.
With only four races remaining to determine the 2011 series champion, Carl Edwards (who finished 11th here today) leads the point standings with 2,237 points. Matt Kenseth is second and 14 laps back. Keselwoski continues to turn heads as he is third and only 18 laps out of the lead. Tony Stewart is fourth and 19 points out of the lead and Kevin Harvick stands fifth and 26 points behind. With 2,185 points, Busch is eighth in the standings and is 52 points behind leader Edwards.
"You never throw in the towel as long as there is a chance," said crew chief Steve Addington. "But you have to be realistic when you look at the big picture. Everybody on this Shell-Pennzoil Dodge Team has worked so hard. We will just have to play the spoiler these next four races and see how far back up the ladder we can climb. There are still races to be run and ground to be gained. We have a full month of racing remaining and we'll be out there after everything we can get."
The Sprint Cup tour now moves from the largest track on the circuit, Talladega, to the smallest track, Martinsville Speedway, for this weekend's running of the TUMS Bring It On 500. This weekend's schedule gets under way with Friday's practices from 12:30 p.m. till 2:00 p.m. and from 3:30 p.m. till 5:00 p.m. (live on SPEED-TV). Coors Light Pole Award qualifying to establish the starting grid for Sunday's 500-lap battle is set for Saturday at 12:10 p.m. local (live on SPEED-TV). Sunday's TUMS Bring It On 500 has a scheduled 1:30 p.m. local (EDT) starting time at the 0.526-mile flat track with tricky inside curbing in the corners. ESPN-TV and MRN Radio will provide live coverage of all the action.


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GameZone writes, "We have made a list of the five games we would play before tomorrow's Armageddon. This list is not necessarily the best games ever made that deserve a playthrough before the Mayans f**k it all up; instead, it's a list of games that mean a lot to us and that we'd like to play one last time."
Im Commander Shepard and I approve this post :D
about the world coming to an end today, for it is already tomorrow somewhere else.
pfft, the Mayans were around before the existence of time zones, so obviously they were talking about Colombian time, not somewhere else.:)
I think if the world really is ending (which it's not) maybe you should just hang out with someone you love, or make a move on someone.
I heard the planetary alignment that the mayan calender signifies is supposed to happen at 11:11 am Central time on 12-21-12. I think that is near the same time that they would have been on too. We'll see I guess. Good luck peoples.
yep here in Australia ... its nice and warm.. beautiful day on 21/12/12..
so yep we survived..
I wonder if the price of tin foil hats has gone up :P
GMT 11:25am here.
Its already 21st in Australia....2012 FAILL
NA = the world.... so that point is invalid.
Sure until you wake up in the morning and realize you the only one there to say that.
Gentlemen, browsing this site with you guys has been a privilege.
i plan on living for a while and playing games
F.Y.I -the world does not end tomorrow - in case you didn't get the memo that has been canceled... LoL
Just wait until 12-22-12 for confirmation..
in asia we 21/12/12 now... nothing happen..
stupid mayans rumors..
you still can play 2013 upcoming game..
you will live in 2013...
i'ts ridiculous who believe this nonsense mayans..
Everybody knows the Mayans went by the United States's Pacific Standard Time. There's still some time...
you will see it...
it wont happen...
we will live...
trust mayans? i'ts ridiculous and nonsense thing..
we wait and see.. comment here again..
ill be wait... no way doom day in 21 12 12..
hell no...
go play some game dude...
I don't think any right-minded person believes that the world is going to end anyway.
The Mayans never predicted the end of the world in the first place.
@Nathan, exactly, the system they invented for their long count calendar simply only works for up to Dec. 21, 2012. There is literally zero reason to believe that they actually intended for it to end on that date.
OT: I really like this list. Skylander's Giants I don't agree with, at least if it were ME playing it, but I like this guy's reason for it. If I had a son, I could understand his choice for it.
Thank you for your Ancient Chinese Secret.
maybe its the same as how to get ring around the collar out of your laundry as well.
Lifesanrpg was making a joke, just fyi. The whole thing is retarded though. I actually knew some people at school who bought into it. Some people just latch onto crazy ideas.
Um... Mayans calendar ended on that day, they didn't say the world would end :/ and if you know something about the Mayans you would know they where able to predict a lot of stuff.
They found only one tablet that says what will happen at the end of this cycle of thier calender and the last three sections are broken off so no one knows what it really says. It basically says
"on the last day of this cycle the world will..." and the last three symbols are broken off. We will find out tommorrow I guess.
we gonna die, hide ya kids, hide ya wife, and hide ya husbands because everybody gon die tonight.
I at least watch/listen to that song once a day.
It's the end of the world as we know it,
It's the end of the world as we know it,
It's the end of the world as we know it,
And I feel fine!
i hope many people know thats its not 12/12/12. Its at the end of the winter solstice, i.e mid january.
*at least when the mayan calendar ends*
Speaking of great games.
Does anyone have any thoughts on dishonored. I just finished ac3, my last trilogy/story driven series I had to finish. Now I'm looking for something else. I've heard good things about dishonored but as I've wrapped up all my series I don't want to get sucked into another one with cliffhangers and such. So does dishonored end on a clean slat and can be a nice Just fun stand alone like mirrors edge?
I can't comment on the end since I haven't finished it yet, but I'm loving Dishonored so far. Definitely get it.
Play Bioshock if you haven't already and if you like that you'll find dishonoured just as fun if not better.
I'm sure Bioshock is dirt cheap now so you it's a win win situation or better yet I'm pretty sure it has a demo :D
it for me was an average game. Good if you have nothing to do but there are better games out there.
Mayan just run out of walls to write their calendar..so whats the fuzz??
DON'T YOU GET IT!? We've ALL "run out of walls."
Game over man. Game over.
So what if we do get continues, the end of the world makes this game unbeatable. Does anyone know any cheat codes?
I had a feeling that the Konami code will come inhandy years later
just play smart and bet on someone who believe on this and tell him, if he survived till tomorrow you gonna get all his money on his bank account
Naaa, if he really believes it have him give it to you today, and sign the deed to his house and car over to you as well. After all he won't be needing it tomorrow.:)
I will live in the sewers. just brought my game collection down here and plugged in. It's great! a lil turd just floated by.
Lol I just totally pictured that!
Ha ha I don't why but that had me laughing for a full minute +funny bubs
I will be spending my last hours playing Mass Effect 1 on the PS3. :)
I've not ever followed the Mayan prophecies or Googled, but I assume the end is a metaphor, meaning a new beginning for something.
A new beginning meaning the age of Aquarius.
It's all in the stars!
A new age comes every 2150 years.
No apocalypse. They found more of the Mayan calender. As it says in the article, "December 21, 2012 simply marks the beginning of a new calendar cycle and not an apocalypse".
Ohh NASA. Spoiling everyone's fun with facts and logic.
This is why their funding was cut. They've got no sense of humor.
They shot an SUV to Mars and landed it using a retro-rocket powered crane. If that isn't a sense of humor I don't know what is.
So like...whats the respawn timer if we die tomorrow?
Elimination, wait for your teammates to die too...
4 hours assuming all our cash gets singed :3
More interesting, what would you as a gamer choose as your last game?
I`d probably go for Final Fantasy VI or Chrono Trigger.
I'd pick Xenosaga, but those first 6 hours are kind of hard to get through.
Edit: Ha, just noticed your name. Good times.
Majora's Mask would most certainly be my doomsday game of preference.
You'd think the weather or something would go hay wire if it was ending.. Plus it's 12/12/12 in Asia I believe. False rumors are false.
I was expecting Persona 3...I'm working my way through it now.
You should play "Get Laid" if tomorrow the world ends.
How about Civilization...on Alpha Centuri of course...
If the world does end I hope we get to pick the colour of the ending
Either we all die or it's going to be a real life version of The Last of Us minus the mindless mutated people.
I hope the Reapers don't arrive - I chose the synthesis ending so they are suppose to be our friends now.


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Henry Big Boy 44mag
Hi there, planning on getting a Henry Big Boy. I keep going back and forth between the 357 and 44 mag. It's just going to be a fun gun , no hunting. Was wondering how the recoil is with a 240 gr 44mag. I know the guns are heavy, would think it would absorb some that recoil. What say you, Thanks
|February 17, 2013, 09:30 PM
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I had a 94 Trapper in 44mag and it was a sweet shooting rifle. I'm no Magnum rifle guy, I usually hunt with a 308, 270, or a 30-06 but a rifle seems to take the nasty bugger out of the 44 Magnum. Also my trapper was pretty light wt.
|February 18, 2013, 11:20 AM
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There is the use factor, the cost factor, and the macho factor. Considering use, if not for hunting then either would be fine - no choice. Considering cost, the .357 wins because for fun, you want to shoot it a lot. Under the macho heading, hmm, probably most would say the .44 wins. If Dirty Harry had a lever action carbine, that is what he would have. I do not have the Henry you are talking about but I believe it is heavy for the type. I don't think the recoil would be a problem.
|February 23, 2013, 11:16 AM
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45c little recoil
I have the Henry Big Boy in 45 colt. Really nice gun and the recoil is what I would call slight. It is a heavy gun with that octagonal barrel. Fun gun to shoot and after I got used to it and sighted in I can shoot four inch groups at 100 yards.
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|February 23, 2013, 06:30 PM
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I have the .44 BB the recoil isn't that bad shot 100rds. in 1 setting with no problems.If you are just getting 1 for target shooting check ammo prices.The cheapest .44 mag I can find is 38bucks abox of 50.
|February 23, 2013, 10:37 PM
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I had my little puma trapper size 44 out for the first time today. Only fired 20 rounds because it was cold and snowing but it didn't seem bad at all. We'll see how it is when I'm in a tshirt this summer.
I bought one Taurus firearm. I'll never make that mistake again.
|February 24, 2013, 08:38 AM
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You can shoot 44 Special ammo in most 44 MAG firearms. Check with Henry customer service about this option.
Fire up the grill! Deer hunting IS NOT catch and release.
|February 25, 2013, 11:12 PM
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While recoil is going to be a zero factor with a rifle, I would go with 357
My experience with the 44 was that it was not as accurate as 357 or 41 magnum (which would be my choice if I was buying it and available but probably not). I am not saying 44 mag is bad, just not as much a tack driver as the other two. If its a fun gun I would think accuracy would be the prime goal.
Ammo costs will be lower with 357 and if you reload a lot less (44 take a pretty good powder charge).
I would think you can also shoot 38 special in it (per the above check as I am not into those guns so don't know much about them)
357 is a sweet cartridge for accuracy. Shade better than the 41 mag IMNSHO.
You might check twist rates and see if one is better suited than the other. Some odd twists have been kept for some rounds over the years because of tradition, and not that they were the twist right rate for the cartridge.
|February 26, 2013, 09:54 AM
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I just took my new 44 BB out sunday and it shot great. recoil was not bad and accuracy was decent and i'm no sharpshooter. I bought the 44 because I plan on hunting with mine and I want the knock down factor of the 44 plus it takes the same cartridge as my Ruger SBH.
Either one I think you'll love. They are the smoothest actions I've personally ever worked.
BTW: The Big Boys will fire both the Mag and Special loads of their respective calibers.
|February 26, 2013, 10:41 AM
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Recoil in a pistol-caliber carbine?
Irrelevant unless one has very serious health issues or is very small
I had a Marlin 1894 in 44 Magnum for a while and recoil was about like a 30 carbine - negligible with any ammo I tried.
I am far from immune to recoil, a 50-round match with an M1 is about all the 30-06 I want to shoot in one day, and my S&W Mod 29 in 44 is as much as I want to touch off in a handgun (a Super Blackhawk is more than I want.)
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Raytheon has combined its Intelligence and Information Systems and Technical Services businesses to form a new business called Intelligence, Information and Services. The company also shifted some other pieces of business into its other three business units in a move to streamline its businesses and increase productivity.
The realignment dissolves the Network Centric Systems business operations with its pieces being moved into the other units.
The company is now comprised of four units:
The new structure of the company takes effect April 1.
"Our new structure will help us enhance productivity, agility and affordability in a challenging defense and aerospace market environment," said William H. Swanson, Raytheon Chairman and CEO.
Along with the restructuring, Raytheon's board of directors have named Thomas A. Kennedy executive vice president and chief operating officer, where he will lead the company's consolidation efforts, while managing day-to-day operating activities. He will also provide direct leadership to the company's business presidents.
He was previously vice president of Raytheon, and president of Integrated Defense Systems.
Taking his place in that role is Daniel J. Crowley, who will now serve as president of Integrated Defense Systems, which will now include the new product lines of C4I Systems and air traffic management.
Taking the reins at the newly formed Intelligence, Information and Services business is Lynn A. Dugle. She was the leader of the Intelligence and Information Systems group. Supporting Dugle as vice president and general manager of the newly formed business is John D. Harris II, who was formerly the president of Technical Services.
Missile Systems will continue to be led by Taylor W. Lawrence, and it will now include Raytheon UK, as well as Combat & Sensing Systems.
Space and Airbone Systems will also see no change in leadership, with Richard R. Yuse continuing to lead the business, which will now include Integrated Communication Systems and Advanced Programs.
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I live at ground zero for urban drilling.
We have about 60 padsites in our 99 sq mile town here in Arlington TX.
Our state and local governement will not enforce these two laws....
1) TEX LG. CODE ANN. A§ 253.005 : Texas Statutes – Section 253.005: LEASE OF OIL, GAS, OR MINERAL LAND
"(c) A well may not be drilled in the thickly settled part of the municipality.."
2. Texas Administrative Code, Title 30, Part 1, Chapter 101, Subchapter A,
Rule 101.4, Environmental Quality, Nuisance
No person shall discharge from any source whatsoever one or more
air contaminants or combinations thereof, in such concentration and
of such duration as are or may tend to be injurious to or to adversely
affect human health or welfare, animal life, vegetation, or property, or
as to interfere with the normal use and enjoyment of animal life, vegetation, or property.
We had a drill spill in Lake Arlington, our drinking source, a couple of years ago. We also have about 100 drilling laterals under our lake that are at migration risk for seismic events and or cement failures.
We have had maybe a dozen gas release emission events over the last few years that I am aware of.
The following are the items lacking in our URBAN oil and gas drilling ordinance….................
1. Use electric rigs & and use nondiesel compressors and fracking and lift compressors and compressor stations (but do not use field DIRTY GAS). Blowdowns of compressors whose excess goes to the storage tanks should have Vapor Recovery Systems rather than venting.
2. Video tape ALL cement casing pours when it comes back up to the top through the annulus so that there is proof of an even pour and ensure all wells have electric bond log tests.
3. All drilling mud farming (private & commercial) and brine "road spraying" should routinely test soil and shallow ground water for toxins.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQTtI94GGd8&feature=player_embedded Brine spraying
4. We need the industry to invent technology to keep the toxic, silica dust on the padsite-those pathetic pillow case looking socks aren't getting the job done. Ban the use of Hydroflouric Acid.
5. Mandate ventless, emission free flowback tanks by using pressurized flowback tanks instead of open hatch frack tanks....
6. Global Warming isn't waiting 2.5 years for the EPA mandated Green Completions equipment.... no venting ...wait for the pipeline. Ensure condensers are used on glycol units.
7. The pipeline should be in place FIRST before fracturing so that flowback doesn't sit in the ground for months festering bacterial sulfide growth to sour and damage the well and sicken people.....
8. The setback away from people should be substantial. Rural method drilling is not acceptable in urban areas. An environmental tester who has a Phd said that the health effects are being seen downwind from about 1,800 – 2,500 feet. Local and state gov. need to test for methane leaks with FLIR cameras.
9. Have zero tolerance for underinspected, or faked Waste Disposal Injection Well casing pressure tests. Don't risk eventual migration of toxic fluids into our drinking supplies.....
10. State entities overseeing oil and gas should regulate how close old wells are to new wells....
Lets elect officials that will ensure a protective Oil & Gas Drilling oversight. This is in our "collective" power so we must all become active to be proactive because reactive measures are too costly.


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Deal of the Day: New sites let shoppers hawk clothes for cash.
The seasonal closet cleanout — in with sweaters and boots, out with summer attire — is turning into a potential moneymaker for consumers.
Web marketplaces for secondhand clothes have been multiplying, with recent entrants including Tradesy.com, 99Dresses, ThreadFlip, Material Wrld, The Cools and iPhone app-based Poshmark. Each site differs in its fashion vision: Some accept only pieces from big-name designers, a few open their doors to let consignment shops and other retailers sell, too — but the underlying premise is the same. Users snap a picture of their unwanted item and create a simple listing, and then ship the item when it sells. Payment follows. "Your closet becomes your store," says Linda Arroz, co-author of "Affordable Couture." But there are limits: Sites only want items in good condition. Moth-eaten blazers, pilled sweaters and the like won't be accepted.
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Experts say the proliferation of these sites is a reflection of the still-struggling economy. "Apparel spending has been topsy-turvy — one month it's up, the next month it's down," says Pam Danziger, president of Unity Marketing, a luxury market research firm. Clothing marketplaces can help consumers monetize the things they're no longer wearing, she says. They can be a boon for bargain hunters, too. The idea of "shopping your closet" for outfits instead of hitting the store is popular when money is tight, and the social setup lets people effectively shop other users' closets at a steep discount, says Michelle Madhok, founder of fashion sale-tracker SheFinds.com.
At first glance, the sites can seem like a smart option for consumers looking to sell items from higher-end brands. Most boast that they're easier than eBay, with a simple fee structure and fast listing process that takes just a minute or two — and can often be done via smartphone. They're also cheaper than in-store consignment, where the store's cut can be 40% to 60%, says Arroz. Material Wrld and The Cools, for example, both charge sellers a 15% commission, while Poshmark takes 20%. Listing an item is free. Most sites also cover shipping charges. Plus, unlike consignment, sites usually let you hang on to items (and continue wearing them) until they sell, she says.
Or rather, if they sell. With so many new sites in competition, it can be tough to gauge how active their user base actually is — and in any case, it's definitely smaller than eBay EBAY, -0.38% . "You want to make sure they have enough audience to sell your clothes," Madhok says. She suggests would-be sellers review the site for a few days to see what's listed and how much inventory changes, from visit to visit — turnover indicates people are actually using the site. It's also worth assessing which marketplace has other users with similar taste in brands and styles, which increases the chance an item will sell. Some sites also clean up user-submitted photos, which can help showcase an item's appeal, Arroz says.
On the buying side, shoppers looking to secondhand sites for bargains should look to policies on returns before buying. In addition to concerns about items that don't fit or have sustained damage, counterfeits could be a problem, says Alina Halloran, a vice president of online brand protection for security firm OpSec. "If an item is in demand and there's a reasonable value attached to it, it's absolutely targeted," she says. Halloran suggests perusing the seller's other listings — the risk of fakes is higher if the seller is hawking a wide range of items and sizes, indicating they didn't all come from his or her closet. If there's feedback available from previous buyers, check that, too.
The sites say their return policies are generous, and that they aim to keep counterfeits off the sale rack through staff reviews of items. "In 99% of cases, we're able to prevent those items from ever making it on the site," says Tracy DiNunzio, chief executive of Tradesy. The site accepts returns from buyers for any reason, offering either store credit (say, if the buyer just changed her mind) or cash (if the seller misrepresented an item).


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The Ravens' grim injury situation took another turn for the worse when starting middle linebacker Jameel McClain was ruled out of Sunday's game because of a neck stinger.
With middle linebacker Ray Lewis on the injured reserve-designated to return list after having surgery on his right triceps and starting inside linebacker Dannell Ellerbe sidelined with a sprained right ankle, the Ravens are left with little depth at inside linebacker.
The only healthy inside linebackers are special-teams ace Brendon Ayanbadejo, Josh Bynes and Albert McClellan, who shifted inside from outside linebacker before the Ravens' 31-28 overtime loss to the Washington Redskins.
For a defense playing without starting cornerback Lardarius Webb (torn anterior cruciate ligament, injured reserve) and Pro Bowl outside linebacker Terrell Suggs (Achilles tendon surgery, torn right biceps) missing a large amount of time this season, new injuries is the last thing it needed..
"It's been tough," Ravens coach John Harbaugh said. "It's been as many injuries as we've probably ever had on defense here in the last five years, and I'm really proud of the guys.
"We have confidence in whoever we put out there. We are starting to get a little healthier, so it would be good to get some of those guys back."
In the case of McClain, that definitely won't happen this week.
Although X-rays were determined to be negative, McClain experienced swelling and wasn't allowed to return Sunday. A magnetic resonance imaging exam confirmed the initial diagnosis.
"Jameel McClain will not make it to the game," Harbaugh said. "We're taking a look at the neck-back. There's nothing major there, but he will not make it to this game. We're going to do some more tests and things like that just to see down the road where he'll be."
And Lewis' status remains up in the air.
The two-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year wasn't at practice Wednesday during the portion open to reporters. Ellerbe, strong safety Bernard Pollard (rib contusion), defensive end Arthur Jones (bruised shoulder), defensive end Pernell McPhee (groin) and Pro Bowl offensive guard Marshal Yanda were also missing.
Under NFL rules governing players on injured reserve-designated to return, this marks the first week that Lewis is eligible to return.
"I'm not getting into percentages of that," Harbaugh said. "I really don't know."
Suggs practiced on a limited basis as well as tight end Ed Dickson, who missed the past two games with a hyperextended right knee, backup running back Bernard Pierce (back) and running back Ray Rice (hip contusion).
Yanda is expected to miss this game with a serious sprained right ankle. He's not on crutches, but remains in a walking boot.
"I'm getting healthy as fast as possible, that's the plan," Yanda said. "I'm going to treat it and get back as fast as possible."
Before he injured his ankle against the San Diego Chargers, Ellerbe was emerging as one of the Ravens' top defensive playmakers. He recorded 78 tackles and had 4 1/2 sacks as the best inside blitzer on the defense.
After missing two games, Ellerbe said there's a chance he returns for the pivotal home game Sunday. However, there's a better chance he'll return the following week against the New York Giants.
Ellerbe has been plagued by injuries, including a left foot problem that's not as serious as the ankle, a broken thumb and a sprained thumb.
"They need me out there making plays," Ellerbe said. "They don't need me out there gimpy. ... That's a terrible feeling, to see your guys out there fighting and trying to win the game. You can't help them, and you know you're an asset to the team, but you can't go out there and help. It's just something that is hard to deal with."
If Ellerbe misses his third straight game, then the Ravens will likely go with a combination of Bynes and McClellan.
Bynes played a career-high 44 snaps against the Redskins and recorded a career-high five tackles, but also missed some tackles in the open field.
"I always prepare like I'm going to play, and I'm definitely going to play," Bynes said. "I'll go out there and do what I have to do to win this game."
Pollard has started every game this season, but is constantly bothered by a rib injury sustained in the second game against the Philadelphia Eagles.
If Pollard is out, then James Ihedigbo would start at strong safety opposite Ed Reed, facing Broncos star quarterback Peyton Manning and a talented receiving corps headlined by Demaryius Thomas and Eric Decker.
"It's just that time of year," Ihedigbo said. "All hands are going to be on deck. Whatever is needed by me, I'm ready to do. Bernard is a fighter just like the rest of the guys.
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Currently, 29 states and New York City are reporting high levels of influenza-like-illness (ILI), and another nine states are reporting moderate levels of ILI. This season, 18 children have died from flu-associated deaths.
Related: Flu season in full swing; could get worse
Influenza is a tiny frequently mutating package of genetic material (RNA) surrounded by an envelope.
Influenza A is a more severe type than B, and H3N2 refers to proteins on the envelope. (H)emagglutinin allows the virus to attach to your cell, and (N)euraminidase allows it to cleave and attach to another cell.
The severity of flu seasons vary, based on the type of flu. This year's predominant flu (76 percent) is very similar to a type that caused a severe season in 2003-2004, when the flu shot wasn't a good match and there were more than 40,000 associated deaths.
What is happening now?
So far, more than 15,000 cases have been reported, with more than 2,000 hospitalizations last week alone.
The number of unreported cases is likely at least three or four times that amount. There is widespread activity in 41 states, and18 children have died. Most of the severe cases are due to secondary complications (the flu weakens your immune response) including pneumonia, bronchitis, sinusitis.
Can I still get a flu shot?
This year's flu shot is a good match, which means it will be effective more than 60 percent of the time. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has ensured a supply of 135 million doses, most of which have been distributed, and physicians such as myself still have a good supply. I am still encouraging people to get their shot, since it takes about 3 weeks to generate immunity, and the peak of the season is likely still at least three weeks away.
Who should get a flu shot?
The CDC recommends that everyone over the age of 6 months get a flu shot. This is in order to create a herd immunity, decreasing the amount of circulating flu virus, which protects those most at risk, the very young, the very old, pregnant women, and those with chronic illness.
How do I know if I have the flu?
Most clinicians make the diagnosis clinically, though we can use a nasal swab to test for the flu if we aren't sure, and the test is approximately 60 percent accurate. (Rapid flu test gives immediate results, whereas a culture takes 48 hours) . Influenza-like illness (ILI; a clinical diagnosis) includes symptoms of fever, cough, sore throat, fatigue, nasal congestion and muscle aches.
What should I do if I have the flu?
In cases that are particularly risky (for example, chronic illnesses, asthma) it makes sense to consider a course of Tamiflu within 48-72 hours after the onset of symptoms to reduce severity. If you are sick, you should stay home from school and/or work. Wash your hands frequently, and avoid sneezing and coughing in public areas if possible. Influenza is a respiratory virus that can spread through the air as well as by touch (fomites), where it can live for up to a day.
When will flu season peak?
This year's flu is happening early, which is characteristic of this strain. The rate of ILI is likely to remain high this year for awhile. We haven't seen anything this bad since 2003-2004. The difference is that this year we have a vaccine available that matches the strain. Expect this year's flu season to peak at the end of this month or next.


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In part one of this conversation, Arab-American poet Naomi Shihab Nye, whose numerous books of poetry, essays and stories have delighted children and adults alike, reads from her book, ...
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So I posted a couple threads in groups and I got caught. People all, "You're back!".
So I thought an update blog was finally necessary.
As the few of you who still follow me know .. I had my short-lived battle with trachea cancer back in August/September. I really want to thank the few of you who contributed to my gofundme to help with...
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So are you going this way? No!!!..that must be that way..no!!! then where you want to go? Are you not sure?
Have you have felt that you're standing at cross road and you can't see any sign for process which way should you go? Will road leads to your destination?
We call this feeling as "Confusion" where we can't decide what we really wanna do…
As per definition it says
"Unable to think clearly"
So confusion is what in real? I don't know I am also confused :)
For me I am confused when I have mixed feelings sometime it's like should I feel happy for this or sad for this.
Why somebody get confused? Plenty of reason behind it…
You're not focused; you're not sure what you are looking, your expectations from life, jealousy and plenty of other things.
Let's see why you feel the confusion in medication term…
There are loads of causes for this feeling list is as below.
Low Blood Sugar
Nutrition Deficiency
Lack of Sleep
List can go on and on…..But other many concern is not to go for physical things because we cause things from outside of our body so if we can sort it out from outside we can cure inside.
We always have mixture of feelings whenever we got confused so anything.
For example my favorite "LOVE"
When someone proposed you what kind of confusion will you have?
Why should I say yes? Does She/he is good enough for me? Should I be compatible with her/him? What she/he really wanted from me? There are plenty of others why she/he wanted me? And many vaguer scenarios you create in your mind.
Why? Why? Why we asking this question? Simple do like her/him then say yes else no..Simple as that…spend some time and then judge…
Should I Buy this car? It looks good but bumper has not much aerodynamic view, but color looks nice, nice configuration but features are not up to what other cars offers..
See this type of question we ask ourselves and make our self confused. I said you like his car then does it in your budget? If no then……….why you discussion this much. If yes then ok check configuration, features etc etc but check your budget and then compare with other cars or same segment and same price. Stop making yourself confused.
So we can say that we are creating worst combination of feelings… Happy, Sad, depressed, underestimated, overestimated, vague etc etc
All this questions create different feelings and these different feelings make as confused.
Now I can give some suggestion how to make decision but all up to my knowledge and what I do when I am confused….
Next time when you get confused take a pen and paper.. Make 2 columns. Choose 1st part as Positive side and other is as negative side.
Now start writing positive and negative side of the thing what are confused about.
Now give point from 1 to 10 to each. Add all the points in positive now add all the points in negative. Whichever side comes with higher number is your answer to your confusion.
Actually in major cases we got confuse because we are afraid of losing something. But think one thing that, when you were born you never bring anything with you and you will not take it anything with you when you die.
What if you make wrong decision? Nothing, it is great that you have taken that decision and got something, rather than not getting anything.
Something is always better than nothing so if you're confused then go for the procedure your think good for taking decision or the best way I can show you J is aim for nothing.
If you're shooting something you're aim is at that thing, you know what you are shooting and you will have it if you shoot that. But in confused feeling you don't know what you are shooting at, but I say aim at nothing is better than not shooting at all.
When you are aim at nothing it's confirmed that you're gonna shoot something. So you will get something at least and then think the thing you have shot is good for you or not to keep further.
So confusion is what we make ourselves by creative a whole new definition of decision making.
So don't be afraid, choose what you really want, go for it and then if you think it's not good enough leave it but give it a chance.
So this is it….don't want to make you more confused J Keep reading and Keep feeling….. :)


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Road Trip (US - BD RA)
Jonathan checks out the new Blu-ray of Todd Phillips's directorial debut..
The Blu-ray release of Road Trip is currently a Best Buy exclusive.
When an extra hot video of Josh (Breckin Meyer) getting freaky with the luscious Beth (Amy Smart) is accidentally mailed to his girlfriend, he has three days to get to Texas before the tape does. (From the Paramount synopsis)
The late 90's saw a revival of raunchy R-rated movies with box office hits like There's Something About Mary and American Pie, both of which have instantly recognizable gags to anyone reasonably versed in pop culture. Todd Phillips, who is best known now for The Hangover, got his feature-length debut with this film in 2000, hot on the heels of American Pie's success. I was in my early teens when Road Trip came out, and even though I didn't see it until it was out of theaters, I was the perfect age and demographic for it's immature gags and Tom Green's oddball humour (before it got completely stale). Even though I enjoyed it at the time, I never did watch Road Trip a second time until this Blu-ray release showed up. There were always just better movies that offered the same brand of comedy but were more consistently funny and quotable among friends.
So how does it hold up? To be honest, not very well. I've probably just outgrown it or perhaps I'm spoiled by the more emotionally mature R-rated comedies from the Apatow empire, but I didn't laugh once in this sitting. Ok so maybe I smirked at Tom Green's 'Tiny Salmon' song. It's perfectly watchable and never outright bad, and it has a charming cast of comedy actors who were new and exciting when it came out, but the jokes don't pack enough originality and memorable gags to distinguish itself in the genre. The previously mentioned There's Something About Mary and American Pie were both superior at the time and have also aged better. Todd Phillips went on to make much better comedies ( The Hangover, Old School) and much worse ( School for Scoundrels).
I never know what to expect from a Paramount catalogue release in terms of video quality. They usually do good work with older classics like Once Upon a Time in the West or the recent Chinatown, but more recent titles (like Almost Famous) aren't a sure thing. Road Trip certainly shows some age, but for the most part this is a reasonably good 1080p presentation of the movie. It looks as though there is a small amount of edge enhancement going on, but its really only noticeable in wide shots with a lot of detail in the scene. Film grain is intact but not quite consistent, and even looks smeared out in a few instances. There's also some very occasional damage marks and scratches. Colours are a bit washed out but black levels look pretty good. Detail is strong, making it very evident that this is a high definition image. The transfer actually looks very similar to the Almost Famous release from last year. There's room for improvement, but for a Best Buy exclusive catalogue comedy release it could've been a lot worse.
Road Trip doesn't have a very robust or dynamic sound mix to take advantage of Blu-ray technology. In most scenes, sound stays entirely focused into the center channel. The few exceptions are loud party scenes with music and an isolated car explosion. These scenes also feature the only LFE channel activity. Rear channels make rare visits to bring in background chatter and music, but there's nothing going on with them for 95% of the movie. The track seemed a little quiet for a DTS-HD Master Audio track as well. Once you've dialed up the volume, dialogue levels fit comfortably in the mix without any complaints and quailty of the audio is solid even if it's pretty flat overall. No one really watches a movie like Road Trip for technical wizardry, so this meager audio mix shouldn't be a dealbreaker for fans of the movie. It still gets the job done.
Special features are ported over from the unrated DVD release. Things kick off with Ever Been on a Road Trip?(SD, 04:55), a short behind-the-scenes featurette hosted by Tom Green where he goofs around and asks some of the cast members questions. There are seven Deleted Scenes (SD, 10:43) which are pretty forgettable, but it was amusing to see a younger Jim Gaffigan make an appearance in one of them. The only remaining features are a music video for Eel's - Mr. E's Beautiful Blues(SD, 03:53) and three trailers.
Road Trip wasn't nearly as funny as I found it in the year 2000, but it still remains somewhat charming thanks to a likable cast and some character-focused humour. Fans that invest in this Best Buy exclusive can expect a good video transfer, a flawed but acceptable audio track, and some disposable extras from the previous DVD release.
* Note: The above images are taken from the Blu-ray release and resized for the page. Full-resolution captures are available by clicking individual images, but due to .jpg compression they are not necessarily representative of the quality of the transfer.
Review by Jonathan Hogberg
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Haven't seen it since it was in theaters. I remember it being pretty mediocre.
Was Starsky & Hutch much better or much worse?
I'm not sure I have even seen this movie fully. I remember watching it back in a college classroom back around 2002 while we were working on projects but the bridge scene is the only one that stands out in my memory. I was never a Tom Green fan and around that time if I didn't like something I wouldn't budge.
Tom Green in awesome. Just recently, he helped a man recover from his water addiction.
I was 13 in 2000. There's my excuse.
I saw it on a free pass in 2000 and hated everything but the bridge jumping gag. I don't think I ever put together that it was Phillips' first film.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 15th May 2012
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 French, Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish, Dolby Digital 5.1 Portuguese,
Subtitles: English, English SDH, French, Spanish, Portuguese
Extras: "Ever Been on a Road Trip?", Deleted Scenes, Eels Music Video, "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues", Teaser Trailer HD, International Trailer 1 HD, International Trailer 2 HD
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Todd Phillips
Cast: Breckin Meyer, Seann William Scott, Amy Smart, Paulo Costanzo, DJ Qualls, Tom Green
Genre: Adventure and Comedy
Length: 93 minutes
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Not everybody can face a terminal diagnosis with humor and wisdom – but Randy Pausch wasn't just anybody.
By: Linnea Crowther
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Not everybody can face a terminal diagnosis with humor and wisdom – but Randy Pausch wasn't just anybody.
The computer science professor had a rare gift for inspiring others, as the world learned when he delivered his "Last Lecture." The renowned speech, delivered a month after he had learned that his pancreatic cancer had advanced and he had less than a year to live, encouraged listeners to follow their dreams. Delivered by this inspirational man, the advice was impossible to ignore, and his inspiring words ensured that he'd never be forgotten:
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It's amazing how one person's presence on this Earth can completely change so many stranger's lives. I have never met Randy, but I am grieving over his passing as though he were part of my family. Randy has been such a huge inspiration in my life. He truly helped me believe there is no obstacle I cannot overcome, no brick wall I cannot knock down.
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Investors may be taking a closer look at some different trading signals on shares of Cantel Medical (CMD). After a recent check, we can see that the current 20-day moving average vs price signal is Sell. This is the signal from the 20-day MA which is used to monitor changes in stock price. The current signal strength is Average and the direction has been noted as Strongest. Taking a longer-term view, we can see that the 100-day moving average verse price signal is Sell. The 100-day MA verse price strength is Average, and the direction of the signal is Strongest.
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After a recent check, we can see that Cantel Medical (CMD)'s first resistance level is 81.55. On the flip side, investors are tracking the first support level of 78.74. Investors are often paying close attention to stock price support and resistance levels. The support is simply a level where a stock may see a bounce after it has fallen. If the stock price manages to break through the first support level, the attention may shift to the second level of support. The resistance is the opposite of support. As a stock rises, it may see a retreat once it reaches a certain level of resistance.
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Tuesday, September 13 - 2016
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Location: Duke Chapel
Tuesdays in the Crypt is worship with undergraduate students centered on prayer, conversation, and listening. Each week will have a different theme for reflection. The event is "pro-participation + anti-perfection" and attendees are welcome to share in worship roles as they are willing.


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"Peter and the Starcatcher" alights at the Ahmanson, Bette Midler portrays super-agent Sue Mengers, and Brian Dennehy is "The Steward of Christendom." Plus, a stocking stuffed full of seasonally -themed shows.
Celebrating the Holidays with The Lion King Cast members from the hit musical perform seasonal favorites in this benefit show. Catalina Bar & Grill, 6725 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood. Mon., 8:30 p.m. $35, $50. (323) 466-2210.
City of Light Concert reading of this Paris-set romantic-comedy musical. Colony Theatre, 555 N. Third St., Burbank. Tue., 7:30 p.m. $10. (818) 558-7000.
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