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One night i was driving mum home from work and my gaze focused on the road however in the corner of my eye coming from above my windscreen i noticed a huge orange/red mass of light in the sky traveling at great speed. It didn't seem like it was very high up in the sky either maybe 100-200 metres up, it was circular/oval in shape and just seem to be a big ball of orange light that covered about a fifth of my windscreen in height. It disappeared halfway before i could get a good look at it, just vanished....... I asked mum if she saw the big orange ball up i the sky. She did, but she wasn't quick enough to look up at it. Ive had my share of weird experiences such as doors slamming on their own, a black hooded figure (nun ghost?) kneeling and in a praying position besides my brothers bed one night, a chilling cold sensation going from my back to the chest while i was lying in bed after forcing myself to wake up from a dream of a huge black mass in the middle of the road that was followed by a long demonic scream, witnessing a exorcism where my 3 year long flatmate started to growl (spine chilling stuff, not like him because he is a very well mannered guy!) in an inhuman tone and his voiced changed while several demons/spirits were being expelled..., etc. But i knew they were ghosts or demons.. But what was that ball the in the sky? a huge orb? UFO..? I live in Australia by the way. Anyone else seen anything similar? This one has me baffled.
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Posted 08 November 2012 - 11:56 AM
I've never seen anything like that.
Right this way to my haunted space.
Posted 08 November 2012 - 06:29 PM
Orange balls of light are a pretty common UFO occurance. Reports of UFO's are on the rise here lately. I haven't saw orange balls in the sky but I have watched objects in the sky that I could not explain what they were. We had a UFO sighting not long ago by a pretty reputable man about an hour away from me. You can look it up on youtube I think its listed as Virgie UFO
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So it's been nine years since we tied the knot. It seems like only yesterday I stumbled awkwardly towards the stage in impossibly high heels, struggling with the dress and wondering why you couldn't get married in jeans. As a kid I had always told my family, "I will get married in jeans and a T-shirt!" Needless to say, things don't always go according to plan, and if I were to say that the last nine years have been anything I could have imagined or planned out, I would be lying.
I will take this opportunity to reflect on some of the most valuable lessons that I hope to have absorbed over the past few years. It should be noted that this article is not in any way marriage advice, simply because the person writing it is still a work in progress and is in no way qualified to give it. It is in fact a mere contemplation of my own understanding of relationships.
Easily the most important lesson that comes to mind is: it's not always about me. Once you get that abnormally large obstruction called 'ego' out of the way, you are open to admitting your own misgivings, learning and moving on. And when you look beyond yourself, you begin to understand the other person. It takes a lot of emotional depth to not judge a person who behaves badly. There are days when arguments spiral out of control, times when it appears that people are picking on you without a reason. On days like those, for a moment stop thinking about how unbearably wronged you feel. The other person might have had a disastrous day, try putting yourself in their place. And oh – if you learn to forgive, you'd save yourself a lot of unnecessary stress and probably a few white hairs too.
Living in the same space with another person requires a tremendous amount of adjustment. You both need your space, and the freedom to pursue your hobbies without the interference or involvement of your spouse. Adjustment also means putting up with your partners quirks – there comes a point when you stop complaining about your partner's habits simply because you have realised the importance of having a harmonious household. You stop making those snide comments about the unmade bed not because you've stopped caring about it but mostly because you don't want your children to see you bickering over little things. You let the little matter of him not putting the sugar bowl back slide, too. You're not always quiet though – you're just more choosy about when your open your mouth. You pick your battles. You can certainly make yourself heard when it really matters, and with good effect too!
If I were to take this discussion further and enter the realm of that inexplicable feeling called love, my input on that would be far too sarcastic and cynical to be palatable. Suffice it to say that in a relationship, what you give is what you get, and especially when you start out, invest in your bond in a positive way. By invest I mean learn to tolerate the other person, be decent, try to get along – and brownie points if you smile when you do that!
Possibly the single greatest factor in making me positive when things have looked bleak is learning to be thankful for my blessings. It's easy to overlook blessings such as eyesight and a warm bed, and it's easy to forget that you are better off than millions of others. Life is full of ups and downs and when you hit rock bottom, remember that it could have been worse. That realisation gives you the strength to go on, and it helps you stop wallowing in that pit of ugly comfort called self-pity. Learning to be happy, staying happy and letting your contagious feeling of positivity spill over others is a win-win for everyone.
I'd like to conclude with the thought that it's still early days and I am learning. With every day, I discover new reasons to be happy and hopeful and conversely, I stumble upon reasons to be the opposite.
The road ahead seems anything but simple and I fall frequently and embarrass myself with painful regularity. It's nice to have a hand to lift you up when you do fall, and it's nice to know that there is someone you can count on. Life, despite its overwhelming (scary?) sense of responsibility is infused with meaning and I wouldn't change it for anything. Here's to many more happy, meaningful, and satisfying years together.

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Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean is a region in Quebec, a province of Canada.
Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean is divided into three regions: Saguenay, Lac-St-Jean and Chibougameau-Chapais.
The largest city is Saguenay and have been merged in (fill in the year if you know it)
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St-Honoré-de-Chicoutimi, a small town north of Saguenay, has the largest Niobium (Nb) mine in North America.
Many people in Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean only speak French. It's also important to note they speak French with an accent that might sound strange, even for other people from Québec. If you only speak English, you might encounter problems as you visit this area. Otherwise, most of this is true: Quebec#Talk
It's well known around Québec that people from the area use expressions you might not have heard before. Here is a few of them (in French, naturally.)
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If you come from Chibougameau-Chapais or Abitibi-Témiscamingue, you will arrive by road.
There is also a few airports in the area. None of them are international airports, but if you're coming from somewhere else in Canada, you might arrive at one of them. The main one is Bagotville in Ville de La Baie (now part of Ville Saguenay). There is also one in St-Honoré-de-Chicoutimi.
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Teemu time: Selanne's 3rd-period goal puts Ducks past Red Wings 3-1 in playoff opener
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ANAHEIM, Calif. – Teemu Selanne scored the tiebreaking power-play goal early in the third period, Jonas Hiller made 21 saves, and the Anaheim Ducks returned to the postseason with a 3-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night.
Nick Bonino also scored a power-play goal, and Francois Beauchemin added an empty-netter for the second-seeded Ducks. They hung on in the final minutes of the opener in just their second playoff series in four years.
The 42-year-old Selanne came up with yet another huge goal for the Pacific Division champions, putting a perfectly placed one-timer over Jimmy Howard's shoulder while gliding backward.
Howard stopped 24 shots and Daniel Cleary scored on a power play for the Red Wings in their 22nd consecutive postseason appearance.
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An odd discrepancy exists on all of the feeders. Each feeder is busway. On each one, voltage drop (which, by definition, is a calculation) shows one value, but actual measurement shows a much higher value. This means energy waste.
Your boss, eager to have it fixed, schedules a shutdown for you to conduct insulation resistance tests. In parallel with this, your boss has a crew of mechanics coming in to ensure the connections are good. What should you tell your boss?
There is a standard, highly effective technique for solving this disparity, which we'll discuss in a moment.
First, your boss needs to read Art. 90 of the NEC, plus the OSHA requirements pertaining to "qualified worker." Mechanics should never work on electrical power distribution equipment unless they have been specifically qualified on it. If they "ensure all of the connections are good," exactly how will they do this? Most likely, they'll take wrenches to existing good joints and turn them into bad joints.
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Feller Named Howell Chair in Chemistryby Jim Amidon • April 25, 2011 Share:
President Pat White and Dean of the College Gary A. Phillips have named Dr. Scott Feller the Lloyd B. Howell Chair in Chemistry at Wabash College. Professor Feller is the third member of the faculty to hold the prestigious chair and follows professors Roy Miller (1987-98) and Richard Dallinger (1999-2011).
In making the announcement, Dean Phillips referred to Dr. Feller as "exemplary by every measure" and an "accomplished teacher."
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"Scott is an accomplished teacher, a recognized national scholar, the recipient of numerous major National Science Foundation awards, a prolific researcher and publisher, and a leader of Division One and the faculty as a whole," said Dean Phillips. "His demonstrated teaching, research, and leadership interests make him a fitting holder of the Howell Chair."
The Lloyd B. Howell Chair in Chemistry was established in 1987 through the generosity of alumni and friends of beloved organic chemistry professor Lloyd "Doc" Howell, with the leadership of Tom Mastin '38 and the support of Bill Haines '40 and Dick Schreiber '31. The renewable five-year appointment includes funds for research, equipment, and student research internships.
"I am struck immediately by the honor of becoming the third member of a group that includes Roy Miller and Rich Dallinger," said Dr. Feller. "The two previous holders of this chair established records of teaching excellence, scholarly accomplishment, and service in leadership to the College that set the highest possible standards for a faculty member. Certainly my first goal as Lloyd B. Howell Professor of Chemistry will be to work towards the benchmarks that Roy and Rich have set."
"Scott Feller is an excellent choice to serve as the Howell Chair in Chemistry," said Wabash President Patrick White. "As a research scientist, teacher, and mentor, his good influence extends deep into multiple fields and broadly across the nation and beyond. As a faculty leader at Wabash he is forthright and thoughtful, a true visionary who is also eager to tackle the hard details of positive change."
Dr. Feller has authored 65 peer-reviewed publications with over 4,000 citations in the scientific literature in journals covering chemistry, biochemistry, biophysics, molecular biology, physics, computer science, and chemical pedagogy. He has collaborated with faculty colleagues at Wabash (Ann Taylor, Dallinger, Charles Blaich, Paul McKinney), as well as 20 undergraduate students and with laboratories around the world. He has made more than 120 conference presentations and invited seminars.
"There is a sense of pride in having my work associated with one of the giants of the Wabash science tradition," added Feller. "Doc Howell is certainly a legend in our department, admired both for his teaching and for the significant accomplishments of his many students. His students' establishment of this endowed chair is certainly a great testament to the impact he had on them and it reminds us how transformative our work as faculty can be when carried out at the highest level of excellence."
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Wednesday, January 05, 2011
Kimchi Thoughts
My sister and I were recently having a discussion on kimchi. Her boyfriend does not like the smell of kimchi. As a whole, I like kimchi, but I had to agree that I wasn't that fond of the smell that it leaves in my refrigerator...so, I just make sure I eat it when I have it. Anyhow, during our conversation, my oldest son had to add his two cents (as usual). "I don't like kimchi," he told us. This is true. I have a picture of him trying kimchi for the first time and it's priceless. I think we teased him about being very "un-Korean-like" or something like that and he just made faces at us and ran off to play.
So, nearly two weeks later (both boys are asleep), I find myself with time to think and for some reason the kimchi conversation popped into my head. From there, I started to think about when I started liking kimchi. Then I started thinking about when I tried kimchi for the first time. I can vaguely remember going to a Korea-American picnic when I was an early teen and refusing to try it and my next clear memory of kimchi was when I was well into adulthood. In fact, I think it was shortly before we adopted our oldest son. Someone once told me that I must like kimchi because of my Korean genes. Really?
He tried kimchi, I remind myself. Why must he like it? My mother's family is Irish. Does that mean she has to know how to dance the Irish jig? Well, actually, she does know how to dance the Irish jig...that's not the point. I like kimchi. I hate mushrooms. I love pasta. Am I Italian? Or, am I just hungry and in desperate need of sleep?
Bottom line, just because we were born in Korea does not mean we have to love all things Korean. I'm going to guess that even people who do live in Korea don't love all things Korean. So, no more "un-Korean-like" statements from me. He's who he needs to be and that's what is important.
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All Koreans, no matter where they were raised, don't have to like kimchi. All Americans don't like hot dogs and apple pie either. Some English people don't drink tea. There is also the matter of him being a child. We can all think of things we didn't like as children that we do now! Maybe he'll like it as an adult, maybe he won't. In any case, he'll be who he is..Korean by birth and genetics, American by being raised here. And an individual.
- 1/06/2011
- Crystal said...
I was googling "korean adoptions" and I came across your blog. I also am a Korean adoptee. My parents are as white as white can be. I just wanted to tell you that I agree with this whole blog. Unfortunately I don't speak Korean, and I always get Korean women coming up to greet me in Korean. I just give them a blank stare and say.. "sorry I'm adopted".. then follows a look of question from them. HAHA.
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It's silly to think that adopted Koreans or anyone else are genetically predisposed to like certain foods. My 6-yr-old son LOVES spicy foods, especially Korean-style, and just makes sure to have several glasses of water available when eating something like kimchi or spicy noodles. My 2-yr-old son the other day was eating some noodles that had a dash of Korean red pepper flakes in them. He made a face, said they were too spicy, and proceeded to pick one tiny little red flake off his tongue!
Glad to see a new update. It's different with two, isn't it?? My 2nd arrived last fall (2009) and life's been flying by ever since.
- 1/10/2011
I have seen your blog before, but never commented. Thanks for keeping it real. My son is a Korean adoptee (who is now 16 mos old) being raised in Traverse City...In the back of my mind is always what kinds of experiences he needs and will need. Will he want to be completely submerged in Korean culture, should we learn Korean as a family, should we move to a more diverse area, will he not care, etc. It is nice to hear that there can be a middle ground. For the record, he loves kimchi as much as sauerkraut and has a big taste for bulgogi made with venison; go figure.
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Lackey yields career-high four homers to Yanks
NEW YORK -- As a member of the Red Sox, John Lackey has become all too familiar with the homer-happy reputation that precedes Yankee Stadium.
Lackey allowed a career-high four home runs and the stuttering Red Sox offense could not keep pace with the Yankees' long ball barrage in a 7-4 loss on Saturday afternoon, the Red Sox's third loss in five games.View Full Game Coverage
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Lackey allowed a career-high four home runs and the stuttering Red Sox offense could not keep pace with the Yankees' long ball barrage in a 7-4 loss on Saturday afternoon, the Red Sox's third loss in five games.View Full Game Coverage
Lackey entered his third start looking to replicate the formula that helped him cruise to victory in his first two outings of the season -- namely, pounding the zone with mostly fastballs -- but the Yankees capitalized on his mistakes on an afternoon in which Yankee Stadium's short right-field wall appeared especially accommodating.
"You have to be extra careful in this whole division," Lackey said. "Where we play, it's pretty similar, just in the other direction, so it's something you kind of get used to. I just have to do a better job of keeping the ball in the yard."
The heart of New York's lineup, stacked with high-priced acquisitions from the past calendar year, led the onslaught that eventually chased Lackey from the game after 5 2/3 innings, as Carlos Beltran, Brian McCann and Alfonso Soriano combined to go 6-for-9 with four home runs and six RBIs the first three times through the order.
"He paid for some pitches that were up in the strike zone," manager John Farrell said of Lackey. "A couple of fastballs, one up to Beltran that he pulled back to the middle, and the other one first pitch of the fourth inning to McCann where he hits the ball out of the ballpark. Warmer weather, the ball was really carrying here today, but still, it was the mistakes up in the strike zone today."
Beltran opened the scoring in the first inning with a two-run blast into the right-field bleachers off an 0-2 fastball that Lackey left up in the strike zone. McCann sent Lackey's first pitch of the fourth inning into the second deck in right field for his first home run in pinstripes, and Soriano followed his catcher and roped a cutter on the outside corner to the opposite field and just over the wall for the Yankees' first back-to-back homers since June 6 of last season.
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McCann struck again in the sixth inning with a two-run homer that soared into the Yankees' bullpen. After Yangervis Solarte poked a single through the left side to put two men on with two outs later in the frame, Lackey was pulled, unable to last at least six innings for just the second time since the 2013 All-Star break. Lackey has struggled in his four starts at Yankee Stadium as a member of the Red Sox, posting an 8.34 ERA.
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A trip into Hampshire County to visit Nathaniel Mountain Wildlife Management Area was rewarded with lots of butterflies. In particular I was in search for a Falcate Orangetip (Anthocharis midea annickae), by far the prettiest butterfly I have seen so far. After reading Tom Allen's "The Butterflies of West Virginia and Their Caterpillars" I knew they had to be there. Tom wrote that they can be found in, "oak-pine ridges on shale soils of the eastern counties," and that is where I was.
I must say though finding one was not as difficult as taking a photo of one. After numerous attempts I finally gave up and pulled out my net, and even then it was difficult. These little guys just never seemed to stop and once I swung at one, well off into the woods it flew never more to be seen. Eventually I did bag one and placed it into a clear box so I could get these photos.
Next I went down the mountain to Edwards Run WMA and there I found a Harvester (Feniseca tarquinius). This was the first time I had ever seen this species. I didn't take a chance on this one getting away and quickly swung my net with success.
Allen wrote that they have short proboscis, that's the curled up soda straw like part, and feed mainly on the honeydew secretions of aphids and animal dung. What a combination! "Harvester are our only butterflies with carnivorous caterpillars", wrote Glassberg in "Butterflies through Binoculars". They have a taste for wolly aphids so I guess it would make sense that the adults might also have a taste for aphids but without chompers they just go for the honeydew.
The next day I went to "my woods" in Shannondale Springs WMA and got even luckier. Almost within minutes at the same junction in the trail I found two more species new to me! This was definitely a good start for the year.
At this point whenever I see something that remotely looks different I grab my net to make sure I can get a good photo. I aways release them after I am certain I have take a photo good enough to verify identification. This time I could tell it was a Hairstreak but boy was I surprised to see that it was a White M Hairstreak (Parrhasius m-album).
I think this butterfly, along with a few others I found, are flying early this year. Usually they aren't seen until late April but we had a mild winter so that may have something to do with my early sightings.
I rotated the image so it could be viewed right side up.
My last find was a little sad but also encouraging. I took a photo from a distance and then took out my net. This little butterfly was slowing flying very low and was it very easy to gently place my net over it. I had to encourage it to fly to the top of my net as I held it up so I could ease it into my clear box. Once there I could see that one of its hind wings had not fully developed. This can happen sometimes when they emerge and don't have enough space to pump up their wings before they harden. Nevertheless it was carrying on as best it could.
It is an Eastern Pine Elfin (Incisalia niphon niphon) and I just happened to be near the few Virginia pine trees in the area and Allen says it occurs mainly in the Eastern Panhandle counties where I was. I just love it when the descriptions in the field guides are right on. There aren't many pines in that area so I will be sure to later look for eggs and caterpillars later this spring.
Here is another one I found on the way back to the car and it is perfect in every way.


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I love how this stuff looks like the kind of thing I used to do when I was a wee lad. Same notebook paper and ever'thang!
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It's diffrent but still true to the original design. And its drawn Funny.
I love seeing stuff like this. I do the exact same thing on binder paper, napkins, people (if they don't give me binder paper or napkins quick enough), etc. Great for warm-ups, character designs and stocking stuffers!
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I love seeing these process works, even though I don't follow the finished cartoons very often. There's just something very organic about them that simply doesn't survive in the final cartoon. That being said, though, I'm amazed at how the finished product maintains so much of the sketch's energy and inertia through inkings and cleanups. Very nice.


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The Macallan Sherry Oak 18 Year Old Whisky
The Macallan Sherry Oak 18 Year Old Whisky (86/100)
a review by Chip Dykstra (Aka Arctic Wolf)
Posted on May 1, 2011
The oak casks which age The Macallan Sherry Oak Whiskies have been selected from refill Sherry casks originating in Jerez Spain where they previously held aged sherry for two years. Using two-year old Sherry casks is an expensive proposition; however, the makers of The Macallan Whiskies believe that the resulting combination of rich Sherry seasoning, and relatively young oak casks will result in a superior whisky. Indeed in my review I note the strong oak influence which sits astride the Sherry enhancement.
In the Bottle 4.5/5
The elegant display box housing the Macallan Sherry Oak 18 Year Old is full of information about The Macallan Whisky, where and how it is made, and why this is important. The box protects the spirit from the deleterious effects of light ensuring that when I sample the whisky, it is as close to the distiller's and blender's intentions as possible, and adds a touch of class and ambiance to the occasion of opening the bottle for the first time.
The box also contains important information regarding the expected nose, palate and finish of the whisky. When selecting a Single Malt for purchase, this information is very important to help you choose one which will be suitable to your particular palate. I deduce from this box that the whisky should deliver the classic Macallan style with rich sherry notes and strong complexity.
The glass bottle containing the whisky is of the same typical Macallan style which they use for most of their whisky range. It is a slightly wide shouldered whisky bottle topped with a solid high density cork and you can see it pictured to the right.
In the Glass 9/10
I poured a little of The Macallan 18 Year Old into a small glencairn glass to observe the colour and consistency of the whisky. It is a rich mahogany which shows strong bronze highlights in the glass. Thick legs form when I tilt the glass and the whisky seems to have a somewhat oily consistency which should be indicative of a long finish.
Upon nosing the glass, smoke-filled sherry notes of raisins, prunes, and dates present themselves forcefully. Damp tobacco, and notes of caramelized brown sugars abound. I also detect a strong oak presence giving the glass somewhat of a cognac flair.
In the Mouth 51/60
The whisky delivers a wallop of smokey sherry flavour and spicy oak as it enters the mouth. The Sherry flavour is rich and intense, and it can easily overwhelm the palate lessening the impact of the other flavour sensations in the whisky. I taste dried fruit (prunes, raisins and dates), charred and caramelized baking spices, a woody cognac with a hint of grape, and a dab of cherry flavour all mingling together.
A few drops of water brings a nice brown sugary sweetness forward, and now I can taste orange marmalade and ribbons of cocoa. The smokey sherry still permeates the whisky but the added water has opened the whisky allowing more of the subtle nuances to be appreciated.
In the Throat 13/15
Echoes of sherry smoke, cocoa, tobacco, and charred sugars tease the throat as the whisky makes its exit. This finish is somewhat dry with an oaky cognac aftertaste residing on the palate long after the glass is gone.
The Afterburn 8.5/10
The Macallan Sherry Oak 18 Year Old Whisky is a rich, full-flavoured dram. It is a whisky which revels in the heritage of the sherry cask. I found that the whisky perhaps carried too much of the sherry forward at the price of losing the lighter nuances. I enjoy light vanillans and subtle butterscotch flavours, however these more subtle flavours were very difficult to recognize being somewhat lost in the cascade of smokey sherry and spicy oak.
I hope this does not sound too critical, as The Macallan Sherry Oak 18 Year Old is a fine whisky, and one which I would serve to friends to mark a special occasion with no reservation.
You may read some of my other Whisky Reviews (click the link) if you wish to have some comparative reviews.
As always you may interpret the scores I provide as follows.
0-25 A spirit with a rating this low would actually kill you.
26-49 Depending upon your fortitude you might actually survive this.
50 -59 You are safe to drink this…but you shouldn't.
60-69 Substandard swill which you may offer to people you do not want to see again.
70-74 Now we have a fair mixing rum or whisky. Accept this but make sure it is mixed into a cocktail.
75-79 You may begin to serve this to friends, again probably still cocktail territory.
80-84 We begin to enjoy this spirit neat or on the rocks. (I will still primarily mix cocktails)
85-89 Excellent for sipping or for mixing!
90-94 Definitely a primary sipping spirit, in fact you may want to hoard this for yourself.
95-97.5 The Cream of the Crop
98+ I haven't met this bottle yet…but I want to.
Very loosely we may put my scores into terms that you may be more familiar with on a Gold, Silver, and Bronze medal scale as follows:
70 – 79.5 Bronze Medal (Recommended only as a mixer)
80 – 89.5 Silver Medal (Recommended for sipping and or a high quality mixer)
90 – 95 Gold Medal (Highly recommended for sipping and for sublime cocktails.)
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Is Siva Kaneswaran of the Wanted Getting Married?
Hearts are about to break wide open, as rumors abound that the Wanted's Siva Kaneswaran, who was once punched in the family jewels by Justin Bieber, is planning to propose to his girlfriend Nareesha McCaffrey.
Kaneswaran's lady love is a luxury shoe designer and he is clearly head over heels if he is planning to pop the question.
NBC Live (quotes courtesy of Contact Music) got (perhaps a little too) personal and asked Kaneswaran if he would "marry this woman," to which he replied, "Yeah, definitely."
So Kaneswaran will soon be off the market, much to the dismay of the Wanted's diehards?
Eh, not so fast.
Bandmate Nathan Sykes interrupted, saying, "He only said that because he knows that she's watching."
Nice going, Nathan. You just blew up your bro's spot by saying that on a national news media outlet. Poor Siva might have had a lot of explaining to do after that comment. He can't catch a break. First, the news that he got hit in the crotch by The Biebs starts circulating and then his bandmate embarrasses him in an interview!
If indeed Siva Kaneswaran plans to propose to Nareesha McCaffery and marry her, more power to him. Maybe Sykes won't get invited to the wedding for his comments. We kid, we kid.
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"No Arab has superiority over a non-Arab, and no non-Arab has superiority over an Arab. No white person has superiority over a black person, and no black person has superiority over a white person. No man has superiority over a woman, and no woman has superiority over a man. The criteria for acceptance in the sight of God are righteousness and honest living." Prophet Muhammad's Farewell Sermon
Friday, December 25, 2009
It's Christmas today! Around this time of the year I usually wish my friends who observe this feast a Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays to my American friends whose political correctness has rubbed a little on me because they actually feel uncomfortable when you openly congratulate them on Christmas. But funnily enough if they are Jews then they expect you to acknowledge that – no political correctness there – in fact they would tell me straight – I'm Jewish. Almost making you feel guilty that somehow you offended them. I'm never offended if someone wishes me Merry Christmas or Shana Tova, 99.9% of the time the non-Arabs that I know be it in business or a more friendly settings do never wish me a Eid Mabrouk or even Happy Eid and I don't really take offense but I'm revising my attitude and as I said above; from now on I will only bother about those who have actually at one point or another shown some attention. A few occasions will be coming up and those would be my yardstick – just give the same treatment, no longer trying to be better :).
Well this weekend it's Christmas and last weekend was Hijri New Year, no one brought this up on the Libyan blogosphere except for OTE , I think (thank you), and Happy New Hijri Year to Muslims on a global scale. This New Year dawned on me discreetly again some wondered which day it would be exactly, just like the Eid Adha this year 2009.
Flashback to older posts:" this feast is the most important one in the Islamic world. If they are not performing Hajj or pilgrimage to Mecca than the majority of Muslims will sacrifice a sheep on the first day and distribute most of it to the poor people. But the Eid is also very much a family day. Muslims go in the morning to the special Eid prayer and when it ends they return home in processions chanting Allahu Akbar (God is Great [.this is the Takbir.] After the prayers, the families who are making a sacrifice in honour of the Jewish Prophet Abraham who was ordered to prove his faith by sacrificing his own son and who was saved from doing this at the last minute by God.[…] However the Eid is only the culmination of the period of the pilgrimage or Hajj".
This year's Eid Adha was like no other, I was in a Mulsim country but could not hear the Takbir. On entering Mecca the Takbir was recited by the Muslims, and when I hear it on the Eid I am so overwhelmed that my skin tingles and my heart squeezes and I feel the faith being renewed in my soul.
I have not recovered since from this melancholic feeling.. I call it the saddest Eid of all and if you want to know why then come back to read me in couple of days…
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- KhadijaTeri said...
Was Ashura yesterday or today? The whole calendar is a mess... sigh
Happy New Year Highlander... May you have a wonderful year full of peace, happiness and lots of blog posts!
- Sat Dec 26, 05:19:00 PM 2009
- ibeebarbie said...
Salam Highlander,
Looking forward to reading more once you are ready to share.
I do understand what you are saying.
I do not understand the sensitivity some place on hearing someone wish them a Merry Christmas, Eid Mubarak, or any other celebratory expression whether they believe or not in any of these celebrations. I know only those Muslims that know I'm a Muslim wish me Islamic celebratory expressions. While those that don't know, wish me a Merry Christmas or even Happy Hanukah, etc. I take no offense to any of these because honestly, I don't believe there's any ill intent on the individual wishing or not wishing a greeting to me.
At times I believe "political correctness" has served in part as a purpose for not only a neutral zone, but as a cover up for true feelings too. For certainly, rudeness is rudeness and should never be tolerated, but isn't expressing one's self through the "politically correctness" also a form of rudeness? For it is the insincerity of the words or the lack of true feelings behind the words that make them void all together. So why not speak one's true feelings? Why do we rob ourselves of expressing our true thoughts? Do really honestly believe we have the right to deny someone else of their own true feelings but not sharing our own true feelings? Again through "political correctness" we somehow not only lose our own authenticity but also deny those receiving our thoughts of the same.
I can completely empathize with you on your words "This year's Eid Adha was like no other, I was in a Mulsim country but could not hear the Takbir". For is it not the loss of something that once was, that is no longer now so apparent? A loss is a loss and the pain is none the less hard, and certainly this would also stand true with respect to the sharing of one's feelings with another in its purity rather than it's superficialness known now as "political correctness".
Rambling I know (sorry), but feel the melancholy in your words and couldn't help but respond.
- Sun Dec 27, 08:27:00 PM 2009
- Brave Heart said...
Happy new year whether Hjeri or miladi one. Wish new a happy year full with hope and success
- Sun Dec 27, 11:27:00 PM 2009
Insha'Allah all is well.
Happy New Year Highlander.
- Mon Dec 28, 03:11:00 PM 2009
- Highlander said...
Khadijateri, I agree the calendar is a mess now !
Ibeebarbie, thanks your words are absolutely true and this sentence is what I keep telling people "through "political correctness" we somehow not only lose our own authenticity but also deny those receiving our thoughts of the same."
Braveheart, ever the sweet friend THANKS.
and dear 7mada it's nice to know you are always here :)
Thank you all and have a Happy New Year part II of post is coming soon :) ( I gotta finish it before 2010 right ? )
- Tue Dec 29, 12:32:00 AM 2009
- Maya M said...
I am sorry that you have had a sad Eid; I'll stay tuned for the details.
About Jews and Christmass - given the overall impact of Christians on Jews throughout history, I guess that for some Jews, to be greeted for Christmas is roughly the equivalent of some Israeli Arabs to be greated for the day of foundation of Israel (which they would prefer to mark as Nakba). I think that, if the world suddenly becomes perfect, both wounds will need 40-50 years to heal, after which nobody would feel offended. Unfortunately, there is yet no eternal peace at the horizon, so we have no starting point to count from.
Here are some links that may be interesting to you in relation with your post:
How difficult it is to organize an office Christmas party in the era of political correctness:
A Canadian Jewish blogger (whose hobby is bellydancing) writing how she feels at Christmas time:
And how the 6-yr-old son of a German blogger suggested that everybody celebrates the holidays of every religion:
- Wed Dec 30, 10:09:00 AM 2009
Hey Wolfie, Happy New Year, lots of good stuff to you in 2010.
- Wed Dec 30, 01:13:00 PM 2009
- Highlander said...
Maya Happy New Year to you and thanks for the links.
- Sat Jan 02, 01:35:00 AM 2010
- Maya M said...
Thank you, happy New Year to you also!
- Fri Jan 08, 05:08:00 AM 2010


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For those of us who own an HTC EVO 3D, we tend to be hit, from time to time, with questions about our investments. Questions like, "why did Sprint take over a year to release something that was ready to go way before?" or "Will we be getting JB like the other devices that are getting it?" However, a question that more often than not plagues my mind as an owner of this device is, "Where else can I use the 3D display?" Being able to watch a few movies and play certain games in 3D is cool, but there should certainly be other things that can be done to take advantage of the panel technology—like a 3D interface, 3D wallpaper, and so on.
If you are thinking about these possible uses and more, here is a nice little app that will allow you to use 3D at all times during normal operation. Essentially, the app changes a value in the 3D panel controller, which turns it on and leaves it in that state. Due to rotation obviously being an issue with this (remember how the camera always complains whenever you try to take pictures while holding the phone vertically?), the app allows you to turn the 3D feature on either for landscape or portrait mode. The only one thing that can be somewhat cumbersome is that this app will render your light sensor useless and will boost and lock your brightness at 100%. This effect will go away as soon as you turn off the 3D functionality through the app.
So, if the idea of having actual 3D wallpaper makes you salivate, make sure that you try out this simple yet fulfilling app and leave some feedback for the dev.
This app just echo's a number in 3D_mode to enable complete device 3D. Either Landscape or Portrait.
Download link
JMZ Evo 3D - 3D Switcher


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Dinesh D'Souza's new film, which documents not the life of President Obama as much as it does his own fantastic delusions about Obama being a radical anti-colonialist Marxist boogey man, has received a very funny review from a newspaper in Florida.
The movie of choice this week for people who hold the beliefs that A) America is the strongest, best-est country that God ever virgin-birthed and B) that that nation somehow just isn't strong enough to survive eight years of centrist Democratic leadership, Dinesh D'Souza's 2016: Obama's America actually does not touch on 2016 much at all.
Instead, it distills the anti-anticolonialist jeremiads of D'Souza's books—which already were to academic argument what fruit snacks are to fruit—into a eminently fast-forwardable travelogue through Nairobi, Kenya, Indonesia, and a magic-hour D.C., where D'Souza slumps about Droopy Dog–style in contemplation of the monuments and where flags are forever dancing on winds that we must presume are the world's most exceptional.
For what it's worth, his thesis concerns the reasons Obama returned a bust of Winston Churchill to the British Embassy early in his presidency. The only answer D'Souza entertains: that Obama is a Mau Mau anticolonial revolutionary driven to impress his dead, absentee father, a Kenyan who dared to write in 1965—two years after his homeland achieved its independence—that government regulation might sometimes be needed to rein in private industry. You might object, "But Obama has spent almost zero percent of his life with that father, and something like 75 percent of his life in the same private schools and Ivy League universities and institutions of power occupied by every other president of either party in recent American history." D'Souza's counter is to brandish Obama's memoir and proclaim, "Notice it says Dreams From My Father, not Dreams of My Father." Also: Bill Ayers! Jeremiah Wright! Edward Said, who once taught a class Obama took! NYU psychology professor Paul Vitz shows up to explain that the father who abandons a boy has a profound influence on the shaping of that boy, an argument that lays bare D'Souza's debased rules of evidence: the fact that Obama senior was never around to radicalize Obama junior only proves that he did radicalize Obama junior. That explains why junior later went on to fulfill the dream of all Kenyan revolutionaries of the 1960s: passing the health care plan Republicans came up with in the '90s.
There's much more, including the reviewer's top five most absurd moments from the movie.


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From NBC's Ken Strickland
As a deadline looms for lawmakers to reach a bipartisan spending agreement or face a temporary government shutdown, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has offered up the one possible solution that House Speaker John Boehner had already promised to shoot down.
FILE-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill last week.
Reid formally announced on Tuesday that he plans to bring a short term spending bill, often called a "continuing resolution" or "CR", to the floor next week to prevent a government shutdown. But the stop-gap measure he plans to offer is exactly what Congressional Republicans have vowed to reject: a bill that funds the government for 30 days at existing levels, with no further spending cuts.
That's a proposal that Boehner nixed last week. "When we say we're going to cut spending -- read my lips -- we're going to cut spending," he said at a news conference on Thursday. "I am not going to move any kind of short-term CR at current levels."
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell echoed Boehner's sentiment in a statement today.
"Washington Democrats can't find a single dime of federal spending to cut, insisting on the status quo, even for a short-term spending bill," McConnell said. "But keeping bloated spending levels in place and, predictably, proposing even more tax increases, is simply unacceptable."
But Democrats say their bill will cut spending when measured against the budget President Obama submitted--but never enacted--for the 2011 fiscal year. This is the same benchmark Republicans used with laying out their plan late last year to cut $100-billion worth of spending.
"This bill will include the $41 billion in budget cuts that Democrats and Republicans agreed to in December, and will keep the government running for 30 days while both sides can negotiate a common-sense, long-term solution," Reid said in a written statement.
The Senate Majority Leader also assigned his chief of staff to begin negotiations with his counterpart in Boehner's office on a long term spending bill that would fund the government for the rest of this fiscal year, ending in October.
Last week the House passed a long-term bill that produced $60-billion in spending cuts, but Senate Democrats deemed it dead before arrival.
*** UPDATE *** In a conference call with reporters, Senate Democratic leaders Reid and Sen. Chuck Schumer further turned up the rhetorical heat on Boehner. Schumer said Boehner is "under intense pressure from the right wing" of his party to force a government shutdown.
"He's being mislead and pushed around by his conservative freshmen who don't remember what happened in [a previous government shutdown in] 1995," Schumer said. "And not only don't fear a government shutdown, but they actually say they welcome one."
But Reid and Schumer didn't directly answer a key question: would they accept anything other than what Senate Democrats are proposing -- a stop-gap measure that funds the government at current levels?
"The answer is we believe there should be a conversation held between the Republicans and the Democrats on how we're going to fund the government for the rest of the year. And, I repeat, we can't do it talking through you folks," Reid. "We want to sit down and talk to them."


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WHL Hockey News
Hayden Rintoul, the 20-year-old defenceman acquired from the Kootenay Ice in the offseason, has been named the first captain of the Victoria Royals. Rintoul's veteran experience, including a surprise run to the Memorial Cup with the Ice last year, will be critical for a team carrying 11 players 17 and under.
Says Rintoul of the Ice's run last year, "what I learned through that playoff run is that to have a close team everyone has to pull their own weight and everyone has to work their butts off, everyone has to enjoy each other's company and enjoy coming to the rink. And you have to have a system and play to it."
Rintoul was awarded the C by coach and GM March Habscheid prior to puck drop for the team's season opener in Vancouver last friday.
Habscheid also named 19-year-old forward and Buffalo Sabres draft pick Kevin Sundher, 19-year-old defenseman and Carolina Hurricanes draft pick Tyler Stahl and 17-year-old dynamo Brandon Magee as the assistant captains.Rintoul was interim captain during the preseason.
Rintoul, who maintains a twitter account under @hayrinny, was selected by the Ice in the fourth round (79th overall) in the 2006 WHL Bantam Draft and picked up four points (1G-3A) in 19 playoff games while posting a +13 rating as the Ice captured the WHL championship last year.
He was acquired over the offseason along with a conditional pick for Dylen McKinlay as part of a strategy to replace departing overagers Jeff Einhorn and Brandon Manning on the Royals blueline.
As well, Rintoul will provide valuable experience for Joe Hicketts, selected 12th overall in this years Bantam Draft, and third round selection Ryan Gagnon. As a reminder of your mortality, both these players were born in 1996.
The Calgary native has one assist and is -3 to start the year after a home and home split against the Giants last weekend.


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Getting Ready for 2012
I got to tour Chase Field in Phoenix last week, and the grounds crew was literally laying down the sod for the new season. Interesting note: this is mainly an indoor park because the roof is closed and the walls are up MOST OF THE SUMMER (with the A/C turned on) due to the 110+ temps, yet the stadium uses real grass. Notice the Growth Lamps near home plate and in left field, being the sun never hits those areas.
Canon 16-35mm Lens @ 16mm.
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