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Wednesday, February 13, 2013
New Diablo 3 Patch
PTR Patch 1.0.7 - v.22.214.171.12456
Patch Features
New Feature: Brawling
For those who wish to test their mettle against fellow Nephalem, your time has come. Players will now be able to duel one another in a new zone designed specifically for this style of combat. This zone can be accessed by speaking with Nek the Brawler located at the inn in New Tristram, and supports 2 to 4 players in a Free-For-All format.
To learn more about brawling, click here!
•Nephalem Valor stacks will now persist through Acts
•Base pick-up radius for all characters has been increased from 1.5 yards to 3 yards
•The resurrection timer will no longer increase if a player is killed multiple times in a row
•Players should no longer play a flinching animation (causing them to briefly lose control of their character) if they are hit by multiple monsters at the same time
•The experience bonus rewarded for killing monsters on Monster Power levels 1-10 in Inferno has been increased:
•MP 1: 25% (up from 10%)
•MP 2: 50% (up from 20%)
•MP 3: 80% (up from 30%)
•MP 4: 120%(up from 45%)
•MP 5: 165% (up from 60%)
•MP 6: 215% (up from 75%)
•MP 7: 275% (up from 95%)
•MP 8: 340% (up from 115%)
•MP 9: 420% (up from 135%
•MP 10: 510% (up from 160%)
•When resuming a game, players will now be placed in town instead of at the last known checkpoint (a portal will be available to take you to your last known checkpoint, if desired)
Bug Fixes
•Subjugators now count towards the achievements "We are Champions" and "Champion's Collection" Rare Colossal Golgors will now count towards the "Rare Kill" achievements
Auction House
User Interface
•Cancelled PayPal auctions will now display a UI error
Bug Fixes
•Stash Tab Art will now properly update when viewed in the Auction House
•Monster Power is now available for Public Games
•Players can now select their desired Monster Power level from a drop-down when joining Public Games provided that the "Enable Monster Power" box has been checked in the Options menu
•"Report Botting" has been added to the right-click > report player menus
•The Battle.net UI now displays how many players are online
•Izual is now included in the list of bosses that grant an extra reward when you have 5 stacks of Nephalem Valor, and the overall reward for killing him has been increased
•Bug Fixes
•Threatening Shout – Grim Harvest should no longer cause monsters to drop loot multiple times
Demon Hunter
•Bug Fixes
•The Reflects Damage affix will now properly reflect damage caused by Bola Shot
•Active Skills
•Cyclone Strike
•Weapon damage increased from 100% to 313%
•Dashing Strike
•Weapon damage increased from 160% to 303%
•Exploding Palm
•Explosion damage increased from 30% to 50% of the target's maximum health
•Inner Sanctuary
•Radius increased from 8 yards to 11 yards
•Skill Rune – Forbidden Palace
•Damage bonus increased from 10% to 15%
•Skill Rune – Sanctified Ground
•Now reduces enemy movement speed by 80% (up from 60%)
•Lashing Tail Kick
•Weapon damage increased from 235% to 470%
•Mystic Ally
•The amount of damage a Mystic Ally can take from a single hit is now capped
•The cap scales with the player's level, and is further reduced by the player's Armor and Resistance
•Skill Rune – Eternal Ally
•Weapon Damage increased from 40% to 60%
•The Eternal Ally now has a 100% chance to be reborn after 3 seconds (up from 50% and down from 5 seconds)
•Skill Rune – Fire Ally
•The cooldown of the Fire Ally's special attack has been reduced from 8 seconds to 4 seconds
•Skill Rune – Water Ally
•The Water Ally's special attack now reduces enemy movement speed by 60% (up from 30%)
•The cooldown of the Water Ally's special attack has been reduced from 8 seconds to 4 seconds
•Sweeping Wind
•Base weapon damage increased from 15% to 20% per stack
•Skill Rune – Blade Storm
•Weapon damage increased from 20% to 26% per stack
•Skill Rune – Cyclone
•Weapon damage increased from 20% to 26% per stack
•Tempest Rush
•Weapon Damage increased from 85% to 155%
•Wave of Light
•Weapon damage increased from 390% to 829%
•Follow-up weapon damage increased from 390% to 829%
•Skill Rune - Explosive Light
•Weapon damage increased from 430% to 914%
•Skill Rune - Pillar of the Ancients
•Now deals 595% weapon damage followed by an additional 595% weapon damage after 2 seconds (up from 280% weapon damage)
•Passive Skills
•Near Death Experience
•Dying will now reset the cooldown
•Bug Fixes
•Fixed an issue where Sweeping Wind was not actively updating its damage and attributes from the player
•Cyclones generated by Sweeping Wind should now travel roughly in the same direction that the player is facing
Witch Doctor
•Active Skills
•Spirit Barrage
•Skill Rune – Well of Souls
•The secondary missiles fired by this rune can now hit the primary target
•Active Skills
•Arcane Orb
•Weapon damage increased from 175% to 200%
•Skill Rune – Obliteration
•Weapon damage increased from 228% to 260%
•Weapon damage increased from 210% to 510% over 6 seconds
•Proc coefficient increased from 0.01 to 0.0125
•Skill Rune – Grasping Chill
•Proc coefficient increased from 0.01 to 0.0125
•Skill Rune – Frozen Solid
•Proc coefficient increased from 0.01 to 0.0125
•Skill Rune – Stark Winter
•Proc coefficient increased to from 0.005 to 0.0125
•Skill Rune – Snowbound
•Proc coefficient increased to from 0.01 to 0.0125
•Skill Rune – Unrelenting Storm
•Weapon damage increased from 280% to 680%
•Shock Pulse
•Weapon damage increased from 105% to 150%
•Proc coefficient increased from 0.667 to 0.8
•Skill Rune – Fire Bolts
•Weapon damage increased from 152% to 195%
•Proc coefficient increased from 0.667 to 0.8
•Skill Rune – Explosive Bolts
•Weapon damage increased from 70% to 105%
•Proc coefficient increased from 0.5 to 0.8
•Skill Rune – Lightning Affinity
•Proc coefficient increased from 0.667 to 0.8
•Skill Rune – Living Lightning
•Weapon damage increased from 37% to 52%
•Passive Skills
•Critical Mass
•Critical Mass now affects the cooldowns of Archon: Teleport and Archon: Slow Time while in Archon Form
•Temporal Flux
•Now reduces enemy movement speed by 60% for 3 seconds (up from 30% and 2 seconds)
•Unstable Anomaly
•Now activates upon receiving fatal damage (changed from when a player is reduced below 30% Life)
•Dying will now reset the cooldown
•Bug Fixes
•Blizzard Critical Hits now correctly have a chance to proc Arcane Power on Crit
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•A new crafting reagent, Demonic Essence, has been added to the game
•This reagent is account-bound and can be acquired from Elite monsters and bosses in Inferno difficulty
•Major in-game events that grant a stack of Nephalem Valor when completed now also have a chance to drop Demonic Essence
•Nephalem Valor will not be required in order for Demonic Essences to drop
•However, each level of Monster Power will increase the drop chance of Demonic Essence from Elites and bosses according to the following values:
•The drop rate for Blacksmithing Plans and Jeweler Designs has been increased by 400%
•Four Rare recipes have been added to the Blacksmith: Archon Spaulders (Shoulders), Archon Gauntlets (Gloves), Archon Armor (Chest Armor), Razorspikes (Bracers)
•Each crafted item will have the following characteristics:
•iLevel 63
•6 Affixes
•Similar to the Hellfire Ring, it will have four variants, each guaranteeing a fixed core stat which will have the highest range available in the game
•The values for several of the fixed core stats have been increased:
•Archon Spaulders:
•Dexterity, Intellect, and Vitality can now roll 201-230 in their respective stat (up from 100-115)
Strength could already roll in this range, and so remains unchanged
•Archon Gauntlets:
•Strength and Vitality can now roll 201-230 in their respective stat (up from 100-115) Dexterity and Intellect could already roll in this range, and so remained unchanged
•Archon Armor:
•Strength, Dexerity, and Intellect can now roll 201-230 in their respective stat (up from 101-115)
•Strength, Dexeterity, Intellect, and Vitality can now roll 201-230 in their respective stat (up from 101-115)
•Crafting the item will require 1 Demonic Essence (other reagent costs will vary per recipe)
•The Rare and Magic reagent costs for Archon Gloves and Razorspikes have been updated:
•Archon Gloves
•Now require 20 Iridescent Tears (instead of 50 Exquisite Essences)
•Now require 30 Exquisite Essence (instead of 25 Iridescent Tears)
•A new Rare recipe has been added to the Jeweler for an Amulet
•This amulet will have the following characteristics:
•iLevel 63
•6 Affixes
•Similar to the Hellfire Ring, it will have four variants, each guaranteeing a fixed core stat which will have the highest range available in the game
•Crafting the item will require the 1 Demonic Essence as well as:
•1 Perfect Square Gem (varied depending on which core stat you select)
•1 Fiery Brimstone
•A new tier of account-bound gems of has been added to the game: Marquise
•Marquise Gems stats are as follows:
•Marquise Emerald
•Weapon: Increased Critical Hit Damage by 110%
•Helm: +33% Extra Gold from Monsters
•Armor: +62 Dexterity
•Marquise Topaz
•Weapon: Melee attackers take 2500 per hit
•Helm: 33% Better chance of finding magical items
•Armor: +62 Intelligence
•Marquise Amethyst
•Weapon: Each Hit adds +700 Life
•Helm: +19% Life
•Armor: +62 Vitality
•Marquise Ruby
•Weapon: +150 Minimum and +150 Maximum Damage
•Helm: Increases Bonus Experience by 33%
•Armor: +62 Strength
•These gems can only be created at the Jeweler and will require the following reagents:
•3 Radiant Star Gems
•20 million gold
•10 Demonic Essence
•Un-socketing Marquise gems will cost 5 million gold
•The designs for the Marquise gems will drop randomly from all level 63 monsters
•Note: The designs are not account-bound
•Radiant Square Rubies, Star Rubies, Flawless Star Rubies, Perfect Star Rubies, and Radiant Star Rubies have had their weapon bonuses increased (these changes will apply to both existing rubies, as well as new rubies):
•(EDIT): The notes in the launcher show values for all lower rubies as well. Can't copy and paste them though.
•Radiant Square Ruby: +40 minimum damage/+40 maximum damage (up from +16/+16)
•Star Ruby: +60 minimum damage/+60 maximum damage (up from +17/+17)
•Flawless Star Ruby: +80 minimum damage/+80 maximum damage (up from +18/+18)
•Perfect Star Ruby: +100 minimum damage/+100 maximum damage (up from +19/+19)
•Radiant Star Ruby: +120 minimum damage/+120 maximum damage (up from +20/+20)
•These rubies have also had their bonus damage calculations changed, and will now add damage flatly to both the minimum and maximum values on weapons
•For example, if you have a weapon that does 150-200 damage and you socket a Perfect Square Ruby (which adds +30 minimum damage/+30 maximum damage), your weapon will do 180-230 damage
•For more information, please click here
•Demon Hunters, Witch Doctors, and Wizards now receive a 30% damage reduction while in the Scorched Chapel
•Barbarians and Monks receive an additional 5% damage reduction (in addition to the 30% they inherently receive, for a total of 35%) while in the Scorched Chapel
•Note: Barbarians and Monks are receiving an additional 5% reduction due to the fact that they generally need to be closer to their targets (as compared to Demon Hunters, Witch Doctors, and Wizards)
•Nek the Brawler has been evicted from the Slaughtered Calf Inn and now resides alongside your followers in Act I
•He's now also available in the Act II and Act III/Act IV hubs
•A PvP chat channel has been added
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•Crafting Plans and Jeweler Designs have been added for all of the new Rare recipes listed above
•These plans (excluding the chest piece) will drop randomly in the world and also have a chance to drop off the following bosses when you have 5 stacks of Nephalem Valor:
•Skeleton King
•Spider Queen
•Zoltun Kulle
•The drop rate from the above bosses will now scale according to your Monster Power level:
•The Archon Armor recipe can be purchased from Squirt the Peddler for 1.5 million gold each
•Please note that neither the Crafting plans nor the Jeweler Design are account-bound
•Holding shift while buying health potions will attempt to purchase 5 potions at once
•Follower items below iLevel 60 will now no longer drop in Inferno
•Goldskin now has a limit on the number of times it can proc on a single target
•Vanishing Dye and All-Soap's Miraculous Dye Remover can now be used on Legendary items
•Hellfire Rings now salvage into Legendary crafting materials
•Squirt the Peddler no longer sells Dyes, but (as noted above) will now sell the plans for the Archon Armor recipe for 1.5 million gold each
Bug Fixes
•Goldskin will no longer proc when attacking monsters that drop no loot
•Plans: Staff of Herding can now be dropped on the ground, or sold to a vendor for 0 gold
•All Staves of Herding can now be sold to a vendor for 0 gold
•The Reflects Damage affix has been redesigned:
•It will now apply a short duration buff to the monster and will only reflect a percentage of damage dealt back to the player while that buff is active
•A visual effect will display whenever the durational buff is active
•Damage dealt by pets to monster with Reflects Damage affix will no longer be reflected back to the player
•Damage dealt by the Molten affix has been reduced by 40%
•Damage dealt by the Plagued affix has been increased by 120%
•Fallen Lunatics should now detonate in a more consistent manner
•The Triune Berserker before Alcarnus should no longer swing faster after a few attacks
•The Act II Keywarden (Sokahr) should now only use its mortar ability in Inferno difficulty
•The Act III Keywarden (Xah'Rith) should now only use its rain of corpses ability in Inferno difficulty
•The Act IV Keywarden (Nekarat) should now only use its earthquake and charge abilities in Inferno difficulty
Bug Fixes
•Rare Sand Dwellers will now spawn in The Forgotten Ruins
•Champion Plague Swarms will now spawn in Cryder's Outpost
•Champion Fallen Cur will now spawn in The Storm Halls
User Interface
•Legendary items now have a new mini-map icon
•This icon should now persist properly and be shown on the mini-map so long as the player is in the same zone as the dropped item
•Note: The icon will only display when Legendary items are dropped by a monster, not a player
Bug Fixes
•Fixed an issue causing the Enable Monster Power option to reset
•Fixed an issue affecting the scroll speed of text
•Vendors will now properly display an Armor tab when you are in an Inferno game with Monster Power set above 0
Bug Fixes
•Fixed an issue where new Hardcore characters were not labeled as Hardcore on the homepage
•Fixed an error that could occur when closing the World of Warcraft client while the Diablo III client was still running
•Players will now be properly removed from both the party and the game session whenever a Vote Kick has passed
•Players will no longer be disconnected from the game whenever vote kicked during a boss encounter
•Marquise designs and Archon crafting recipes are now searchable on the Auction House
•Repairing an item with a Marquise gem socketed no longer costs as much gold
•Players are now correctly considered "Elites" in PvP and PvE combat
•Players should now be automatically healed and have all active debuffs removed upon leaving the Scorched Chapel
•Followers should no longer become hostile towards players after exiting the Scorched Chapel
•Storm Armor shocks can now be dodged
•Nek the Brawler will no longer die if another player joins or leaves a game while someone is standing near him
•It's no longer possible to have inactive followers providing buffs in duels
•Goldskin's proc will no longer work when in the Scorched Chapel
•The Puzzle Ring's proc will no longer work when in the Scorched Chapel
•The Incense Torch of the Grand Temple and Neanderthal can now drop
•Damage reflected back from the Reflects Damage affix should now be capped at 10% of the monster's current health pool (overkill damage is not considered in the reflect)
•The Reflects Damage visual effect has been improved
2 comments:
- Bearness said...
Hey, long time! Hope you're doing well. You still play D3? I've been playing solo games and am kind of itching to play a co-op game, but can't seem to find a good one. I tried logging on D3 once, but it felt so weird after taking a break, not to mention boring. I did a few runs, got 1 or 2 crappy legendary drops, and then was like "screw this". Haha.
By the way, what's with WOW recruiting these days? It sounds like other people are wiling to buy you the game? Did people become generous, or is there a perk for them? Couldn't the person you bought the game for not play with you afterwards? Sounded a little odd. At the same time, I might have been tempted if they lowered subscription to like $5/month.
And LOL at above post. At least the spammer is giving you compliments. "Stay up the great work!" =)
- February 21, 2013 at 2:55 AM
- Darraxus said...
Hey man. I play a little bit of Diablo here and there, but very little to be honest. Even with the recent changes, I cant bring myself to do more than a run or two. It is just so repetetive.
I am not sure why people would be willing to buy someone the game unless they are just really wanting the refer a friend perk and mount that you can get from it. The entire thing including all expansions is only 35 bucks now, so there is that.
- February 21, 2013 at 10:00 AM


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NOVA scienceNOW "What Are Animals Thinking?" Have you ever wondered what's going on inside an Animal's head? How do they see the world -- and us? Is your dog really feeling guilty when it gives you that famous "guilty look?" Do pigeon brains possess "superpowers" that allow them to find their way home across hundreds of unfamiliar miles? David Pogue meets -- and competes -- with a menagerie of smart critters that challenge preconceived notions about what makes "us" different from "them" expanding our understanding of how animals really think. D
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Seven communities in Massachusetts are celebrating their 375th anniversary, including Concord, Sandwich, Salisbury, Springfield, Bourne and Taunton. The were all founded in 1639.
Seven communities in Massachusetts are celebrating their 375th anniversary, including Concord, Sandwich, Salisbury, Springfield, Bourne and Taunton. The were all founded in 1639.
These towns (except Taunton) began planning their celebrations at least two years ago (2012). One can visit any of these towns on the Internet and see their lists of events.
Unfortunately, Taunton officials have not made any public plans as these town, or as Taunton did in their 1889 (the 225th celebration); see "Quarter Millennial Taunton" book on Google. At that time, a committee took three years to plan two days of events in June 1889.
I personally have spoken and written to Mayor Tom Hoye Jr., several city councilors, the Old Colony Historic Society (they were the originators in 1889), Cynthia Ricciardi, the Taunton Chamber of Commerce, William Lewis; the Taunton Historic Commission, Charles Crowley; William Hanna, and School Committee member Jordan Fiori; and state Rep. Shaunna O'Connell.
Finally, I decided to approach the citizens of Taunton, reminding the populace of our great history and that we still have time to celebrate our 375th/150th anniversaries in some fashion be it connected to seasons, civic events, concerts, lectures, artistic and educational endeavors, museum exhibits or town picnic.
The Quarter Millennial celebration was begun by the Old Colony Historical Society, which contacted the city government in 1885. Today, we are at an impasse, almost an indifference to preparing and celebrating our unique foundation (Elizabeth Pole) and position in southeastern Massachusetts.
I make an appeal to the leaders of the city: The city government, the cultural and religious institutions, the business community and interested citizens should convene a meeting and form a joint general committee" arranging for a celebration of the founding of Taunton, 1639, and Taunton as a city, 1864.
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PECVD uses electrical energy to generate a glow discharge (plasma) in which the energy is transferred into a gas mixture. This transforms the gas mixture into reactive radicals, ions, neutral atoms and molecules, and other highly excited species. These atomic and molecular fragments interact with a substrate and, depending on the nature of these interactions, either etching or deposition processes occur at the substrate. Since the formation of the reactive and energetic species in the gas phase occurs by collision in the gas phase, the substrate can be maintained at a low temperature. Hence, film formation can occur on substrates at a lower temperature than is possible in the conventional CVD process, which is a major advantage of PECVD.
Excellent coating homogeneity is guaranteed by the linear microwave sources. Typical coatings are SiNx, SiOx, and Al2O3 layers used as optical or protective coatings.
Applications are found in thin film encapsulation of sensitive thin and flexible electronics like OLEDs, thin film batteries, Perovskite cells, Quantum Dot devices and printed electronics.


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Electron puddles created by doping of a 2D topological insulator may violate the ideal helical edge conductance. Because of a long electron dwelling time, even a single puddle may lead to a significant inelastic backscattering. We find the resulting correction to the perfect edge conductance. Generalizing to multiple puddles, we assess the dependence of the helical edge resistance on temperature and on the doping level. Puddles with odd electron number carry a spin and lead to a logarithmically-weak temperature dependence of the resistivity of a long edge. The developed theory provides a framework for analyzing the results of the past and ongoing electron transport experiments with 2D topological insulators


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Wilson Off Road JamPosted in Events on October 1, 2011
The off-road hobby has something for just about everyone. From high-speed desert racing to the slow crawl of rocky trail exploration, there's plenty off wheeling avenues to enjoy. Keith Wilson, owner of Wilson Off Road in Fayetteville, North Carolina, is a wheeler who loves all aspects of four-wheeling. To share his love for the hobby, each year he puts on the Wilson Off Road May Jam at the Uwharrie Stables.
Located just a stone's throw from the Uwharrie National forest in Troy, North Carolina, the Uwharrie Stables is a diversified wheeling complex that houses a variety of manmade and natural obstacles. Open year-round, the Stables have become a hotbed for mud racers, rockcrawlers, and general outdoor enthusiasts.
Now in its fifth year ,the May Jam has evolved into a three-day event that caters to both drivers and spectators. Included in the wheeling festivities are a mud drag, a high-speed off-road track race, a rockcrawl, a truck tug-o-war, and a sled pull.
We got a chance to swing by for the Saturday events just as the high-speed action was getting under way. While we enjoyed watching the event, we could tell that the participants were the one's having a blast. To find out more about the event, visit www.wilsonoffroad.com.


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Thursday, January 12, 2012
Why I stopped using Diamont: Chanel Coco Blue and China Glaze Papaya Punch
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6 comments:
- Sarah at Starlight Radiance said...
That's exactly why I stopped using my old Borghese Brilliante - too many bubbles. Plus, Poshe dries super fast. :)
- January 12, 2012 at 6:46 AM
- Glitterie Lacquer Dollies said...
Since i'v banishes Sech i always wanted to try Poshe WIll definatly due :) But is it as shiny as SV??
- January 12, 2012 at 9:31 AM
- Ashesela said...
I freakin' HATE bubbles in polish! I always have to pop them! >:(
- January 12, 2012 at 10:50 AM
- beachgal said...
Hearing great things about Diamont, I go 2 bottles of it when I put in a large order of polishes. At the time unknown to me, there were some less than stellar batches made. I got 2 of those sadly on my trial of Diamont. It was thin, did not hold the shine and I needed to re-do my top coat EVERY day until it was time to change color. I gave it a try and won't use it again. I have tried Gellous since then and a couple others. Still SV is my all time fav & I think my experiment days with toppers is done for awhile. I have always had really good luck with SV.
- January 12, 2012 at 11:25 AM
- Lucy said...
I'm still using Diamont. I get bubbles once in awhile. Not enough to make me crazy. I still get shrinkage. It's fine after I use the top coat. When I wake up there's the shrinkage. I don't know why since I use the top coat while my polish is wet. Drives me crazy. My nails do stay shiny. I used to use SV but was annoyed at how thick it got halfway through the bottle. I had to buy SV polish thinner. For some reason another thinner just wouldn't work with it. Also used Poshe & it worked much better. I'm going to have to get the Nubar set that looks like Chanel. Love those shades.
- January 13, 2012 at 4:56 AM
- SolitaryFlower said...
Who is Piff?
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AVON — Not many are invited to play golf with President Barack Obama. It's even less likely to get a rain check, like Ray Allen did.
"I had an opportunity over the winter to play with him because he came down to Miami," Allen said on Monday morning as he participated in Jim Calhoun's charity golf event at the Golf Club of Avon.
"But I had a game that day and could have missed shoot-around but I decided not to. I saw him later on and he said 'That goes to show what kind of team guy you are.'
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- Mix:
- 1 pkg. Hidden Valley Ranch Dip dry
- 1/2 cup low fat mayonnaise or sour cream
- 2 bricks of cream cheese softened, 8 oz.
- *OR just use spreadable garlic and herb or veggie flavored cheese spread
- Chopped fresh vegetables - broccoli, bell peppers, celery, black olives, shredded carrots, zucchini, radishes, summer squash, onion, baby spinach, chopped tomato, artichoke quarters, Greek, Mexican, or Asian flavors and fixings, according to individual tastes.
- Shredded Cheddar cheese, Mozzarella cheese, or Havarti cheese
- Whole wheat flatbreads, pitas, flavored tortillas
- Spread breads with cream cheese mixture and add favorite veggies, even chopped meats.
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World Cup Celebration Prevails Through Berlin Night
Normally-subdued Germans erupted late on Sunday night after their first World Cup victory since 1990. WSJ's Anton Troianovski shows us the massive celebration in Berlin.
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Walther Hamann
Born: March 9, 1904
Greiz, Germany
Walther was born in the state of Thuringia in east central Germany. Though his parents were Lutheran, Walther became a Jehovah's Witness in 1923. After becoming a master baker and confectioner in 1924, Walther worked in various coffeehouses in Plauen, Magdeburg and Duesseldorf. In 1928 he graduated from a professional school. He married and had two sons.
1933-39: In 1933 I became a pastry-making manager at the Cafe Weitz on Duesseldorf's Koenigsallee. The Gestapo arrested me at the cafe in 1937 because I was an active member of a banned organization, the Jehovah's Witnesses. The Special Court in Duesseldorf gave me a 27-month sentence because of my preaching. Imprisoned in Duesseldorf and Wuppertal-Elberfeld, I was then moved to penal camps in Walchum and Neusustrum in northwest Germany.
1940-44: When I completed my prison term in February 1940, I was given another chance to repudiate my faith. I refused, was beaten and then sent to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp where I was kicked and beaten upon arrival--I saved myself by hiding in a latrine. A month later, my brother-in-law Dietrich, who had been there four years, died at my side. With Jehovah's help I endured hard labor and repeated beatings; when I could, I smuggled food out of the SS kitchen and scraps from garbage cans.
During a forced march towards the Baltic Sea, Walther was liberated on May 3, 1945, after his SS guards fled. He remained in Germany after the war.


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Filler Palate Cleanser breakup or not
Rachel Bilson is what you call filler content on a blog between articles. Like, you're in that dead zone between morning and afternoon when the photo agencies are loading up new content and you don't want to go front heavy, particularly today as I'm trying to pace out my posts for when I fly in a few hours and oh look, there's a Rachel Bilson story…
I'd never lead with Rachel Bilson because, obviously. And I'd never end with Rachel Bilson because I want you to come back. So I stick Rachel Bilson in between two strong-ish articles almost like a palate cleanser.
That's what she's good for: filling and palate cleansing.
Explain to me then why someone thought she could front her own show?
No matter.
That's not the point of this post.
The point of this post is that she may or may not have broken up again with Hayden Christensen. Us Weekly cites a source who says they're done because Rachel's "really had it". Celebuzz spoke to Rachel's rep however who insists that the two are still dating.
Do you trust Us Weekly, or do you trust Rachel Bilson's publicist???
This is Hayden arriving in Toronto yesterday looking like the swelling has gone down some in his face, and Rachel the other day leaving LA for North Carolina where she'll be shooting the pilot for Heart of Dixie.
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Me (John F.W. Goodwin) age 1 with my grandfather Vic Boismier's dog Lucky.
I think these memories will usually be the first because they are traumatic in some way; at least that is, if the first memory is at an earlier than normal age. For me it was falling down some stairs at such an early age (10 Months). As I stated in the earlier blog, I have a fear of heights to this day. My first memory as well as a host of my first memories revolve around the homes of my grand parents. We lived at their homes, I was babysat at them or we were visiting them with extended family during most of my first 5 yrs of life. I have lot's of memories of those days. By the time my brother came along, when I was nine; my mothers parents were moved up north to retire and my parents split up and he went with my mother while I went with my father. He didn't get to know them. My mother's parents died before he was 3 years old. He never new my father's parents. He missed out on some great and interesting characters. However my mother, aunts, uncles and myself; we can fill in the past for him. So what is "Your First Memory" when you think back and "Remember When..."


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Wadeson necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 219 diseños de 49 diseñadores freelance.
Wadeson is a new patent and trade mark attorney firm providing professional services to clients (businesses and organisations of varying sizes) in relation to intellectual property rights.
We require a defining business logo. The primary focus of the logo is the business name but an image may be incorporated into it (eg. through manipulation of letter(s) in the business name or alongside the lettering).
Clients of patent and trade mark attorneys – in-house legal, R & D, scientists and engineers. Foreign patent and trade mark attorneys wishing to register patents, trade marks or designs domestically, with a significant Chinese market segment.
A corporate look and feel. We require a professional and timeless logo of both western and Asian (specifically Chinese) appeal which affirms the business's "responsive" and "reliable" service and demonstrates that we are "attuned" to our clients' businesses and deeply "committed" to their care.
Usage: This logo will be used throughout the business, including business stationary, business cards, marketing material, email signatures, web site and physical office space.
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Design: The business name should be the main feature hence no stand alone logo is necessarily required. However, the manipulation of a letter or letters into different fonts, colours or appearances can be considered, as can a stand alone image.
Images (if used): Avoid using clichés of the legal industry such as scales of justice, gavels, court houses and books. Also avoid clichés of patent law such as light bulbs, circuit boards and chemical structures.
Format: Photoshop or Illustrator will be good please.
Legalese: Unless this contravenes the contest rules (we don't think so but tell us if you think otherwise) the winner will need to sign an actual paper document assigning copyright (and stating that it is your own original work) in the winning entry to us. We know the contest terms and conditions say copyright is assigned but face it, we're in the legal industry and we specialise in intellectual property - and we practice what we preach. It will only be a 1 pager.
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Exhibits behaviors that are in compliance with program policies, institutional policies, professional ethical standards, and societal laws in classroom, field, and community. Appearance, dress, and general demeanor reflect a professional manner. Shows potential for responsible and accountable behavior by knowing and practicing within the scope of social work, respecting others, being punctual and dependable, prioritizing responsibilities, attending class regularly, observing deadlines, completing assignments on time, keeping appointments or making appropriate arrangements, and accepting supervision and criticism in a positive manner. Works effectively with others, regardless of level of authority. Advocates for him/herself in an appropriate and responsible manner and uses proper channels for conflict resolution. Shows a willingness to receive and accept feedback and supervision in a positive manner, as well as use such feedback to enhance professional development.
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I let it rain
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Ah, oh, ah, oh
Well I think it's getting dark out baby
No thanks I don't need your yellow umbrella ever right now
Ah, oh, ah, oh
Well you better get in the car
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I let it rain
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What it will be it will be
I let it rain
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I let it rain (Imma let it rain, yeah)
Let the sun shines down on me
I let it rain
Because you gotta deal with it anyway
I let it rain (I let it rain)
What it will be it will be
I let it rain (oh let it rain)
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Sotomayor Owes No Apology
The political power of this fanciful and irrational racial assault by white male pundits has actually pressured an African-American President to declare that his Latina Supreme Court nominee regrets her "choice of words."
By Asa Gordon
[National: Commentary]
We may be certain that due to their rich experience of privilege and denial, white male pundits, be they of liberal or conservative persuasion, will never regret or even acknowledge their own racist "choice of words" when commenting on Supreme Court nominee Sotomayor's 2001 speech.
As a case in point, take the opening paragraph of the front-page Washington Post article headlined "Obama Says Judge Regrets Wording" (Saturday, May 30, 2009). The article's biased "choice of words" presents the phrase "wise Latina" out of the context of Sotomayor's caveat "I would hope" and places the word "often" out of the context of Sotomayor's caveat "more often than not." This provides the pretext for "white male" pundits to charge that Sotomayor's "choice of words" is racist, when in reality the term "racist" better describes their own "choice of words." A racist would not provide caveats when expounding on racial superiority.
A racist does not simply "hope" to make better decisions than would another race. It is presumed that such is the case. For a racist, "a better conclusion" would not be rendered "more often than not." It would be the unavoidable outcome of racial superiority. The institutionalized racism in media reports represents the irrational bias of "white male" pundits that has prevailed over the rational "choice of words" in Sotomayor's 2001 speech. The Washington Post's selective paraphrase reads as follows: "President Obama said yesterday that Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor regrets her choice of words in a 2001 speech in which she said a "wise Latina" judge would often make better decisions than a white male."
Sotomayor's "choice of words" in context reads: "I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life." It is the ultimate sexism to assert that the experience of women does not offer better insight into the problems of women than does the experience of men, particularly when the statement is qualified by the phrase "more often than not." Similarly, it is the ultimate racism to assert that it is racist to suggest that the experience of the victims of white supremacy, in a nation founded on white male supremacy, may "more often than not" provide better insights into the nature of racism in America and "reach a better conclusion" than what is provided from the experience of being a white male.
It is the ultimate racist and sexist mentality to insist that the white male's intellect is so superior that his racially privileged experience is no handicap in rendering justice and that there is no advantage in the experience of women and non-whites when rendering judgments on the issues of sexism or racism in our society. To the white male, any consideration of gender or racial "diversity" is reverse sexism and reverse racism.
The political power of this fanciful and irrational racial assault by white male pundits has actually pressured an African-American President to declare that his Latina Supreme Court nominee regrets her "choice of words." The controversy over the role that life experience offers to judicial insight arose a few years ago over the nomination of Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts. The self-righteous, bi-partisan liberal and conservative media pundits rebuked veteran Civil Rights leaders John Lewis and Wade Henderson for their characterization of the "indisputably qualified conservative" Roberts as a pre- Brown v Board of Education Justice.
The media reaction at the time made it clear that many white male pundits, regardless of political persuasion, just didn't get it. Their paternalistic rebukes represented a belief in a race so inherently rational that fairness was assumed even where prejudice was evident. It was such a faith that moved "liberal" Senators Patrick J. Leahy, Herb Kohl, and Russell Feingold to vote for Roberts on "hope" and won the endorsement of the "liberal" Washington Post.
Is there any wonder that Plessy v. Ferguson's 1896 ruling ("[I]t is not by reason of anything found in the act, but solely because the colored race chooses to put that construction upon it") remains this nation's ageless judgment of racial conflict. Yes, media pundits, the pre-Brown/Plessey justices that made the decision to provide judicial cover for legal apartheid in America were all "indisputably qualified conservative" justices who knew they were not racist, that their judgment was not racist, and that the criticism of the blacks of their day was emotionalism.
However, Thurgood Marshal posed a caveat, with respect to Justice Clearence Thomas, as to the danger in giving unwarranted weight to identity "experience" in order to judge a favorable "empathy" in considering the justifiable need for diversity on the Supreme Court. I am concerned that Sotomayor's experience as a prosecutor and corporate lawyer may embody an "empathy" that may prove to be as hostile to the Latina-American community as Justice Thomas proved to be for the African-American community.
But in that my experience is that of a African- American, I will rely on the "experience" of the Latina-American community and "hope" they "reach a better conclusion" than we did.
Asa Gordon, Executive Director, Douglas Institute of Government Chair, DC Statehood, Green Party Electoral College Task Force
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Well, when was the last time I posted something here? lol
I decided to make an iPod Touch/iPhone wallpaper as I've been doing that more recently (in my deviantArt)
I hope you enjoy it at the very least!
Heck yes! Uuuusing!
I'm using it right now.
Realy cool. Though I would sugest moving daisy one or two spaces to the left, as it can look like Daisy's and Mike's face are just one.
It's a cross between daisy and mike, it a ****?


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Hewlett-Packard: Screen GemBy Brian P. Watson | Posted 2006-05-05 Print
Hewlett-Packard has turned heads with the iPaq's sharp display, even though it's not always the cheapest option on the table.
Can sprawling tech colossus Hewlett-Packardwhose offerings range from printers to high-end Unix serversproduce a handheld that's sexy and powerful enough to compete with specialists like Palm and Research in Motion?
You bet, say customers. They like the HP iPaq's high-resolution screen and touch-sensitive features, and its Microsoft Windows Mobile operating system, even if the handhelds aren't always the cheapest products in their class.
For Rich Schaeffer, CIO of St. Clair Hospital in Pittsburgh, the iPaq's "beautiful" screen and attachable bar-code scanner made it the right choice to help doctors and nurses avoid costly medical errors by improving accuracy of prescriptions.
The 331-bed hospital built a bar-code and radio frequency identification (RFID) scanning system using iPaqs, to track medications and other supplies. Tom Ague, the hospital's chief operating officer, estimates that the system prevents more than 5,000 medication errors each year, out of 1.3 million annual doses. That's helped put it in the top 5% of hospitals nationwide for patient safety outcomes, according to HealthGrades, an independent health-care rating company.
Says Schaeffer: "We're just scratching the surface."
At Dependable Highway Express, a Los Angeles transportation services company, about 300 drivers download their daily schedules using iPaqs before they start their deliveries, says systems administrator Julio Polanco.
At $800 with necessary peripherals, the iPaqs save the company more than $1,000 per device compared with some of the bulkier handhelds it has tried in the past, according to Polanco. "We looked at a lot of devices, and for the price, you couldn't beat it," he says.
Price didn't seal the deal for Crossmark's Clay Curtisbut it didn't break it, either. The CIO at the consumer packaged goods marketer bought 1,400 iPaqs to help roving customer service representatives communicate with headquarters.
Curtis valued the ability to link up to existing Microsoft systems more easily with the iPaq than by using a device with a proprietary operating system, since Windows Mobile uses applications that function similarly to its desktop cousin. That, he says, was more important than paying a little extra. "You can find cheaper device manufacturers," Curtis says. "From our perspective, supporting a device we were already familiar with kind of offset any cost difference with a different hardware supplier."
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Innovation in the air: using cable cars for urban transport
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Invented over a century ago for exploring mountainous regions, aerial cable cars have recently made an appearance in several big cities, where they are being used as an alternative to conventional urban transport modes. This technology uses electrically-propelled steel cables to move suspended cars (or cabins) between terminals at different elevation points.
The tipping point. The emergence of cable cars in urban transport is fairly new. Medellín, Colombia pioneered the use of cable cars for urban transport when it opened its first "Metrocable" line in 2004. Since then, urban cable cars have grown in popularity around the world, with recent projects in Latin America (Rio de Janeiro, Caracas, Guayaquil, Santo Domingo, La Paz, and Medellín), Asia (Yeosu, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong), Africa (Lagos, Constantine), and Europe (London, Koblenz, Bolzano). Cable cars can be an attractive urban transport solution to connect communities together when geographical barriers such as hills and rivers make other modes infeasible.
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Baked in Brooklyn
Year: 2016
Duration: 1h 26min
Genres: Comedy
Country: Monaco
Actors: Alexandra Daddario, Josh Brener, Tovah Feldshuh, Lindsey Broad, Al Sapienza, Paul Iacono, Joe Grifasi, Emma Holzer, Chris Northrop, Jeff Lima, Michael Rivera, Benjamin Eakeley, Tom Tammi, Harold Bridgeforth, Tyrone Brown
A recent college graduate (Brener) decides to sell marijuana on the streets of Manhattan after losing his job at a consulting firm. He soon meets the girl of his dreams (Daddario). With an unsupportive girlfriend, an increase of clienteles, and the growing threats of being caught or killed, he soon realizes he is in way over his head.


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Romania: plane with medics found after 4 ½ hours
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Five passengers on a small plane that made a forced landing Monday on a remote mountain in Transylvania were found alive after a massive search, but the pilot and a student later died, authorities said.
The plane was transporting medics from Bucharest to western Romania to harvest organs for transplant when it was forced to land at an altitude of 1,400 meters (4,595 feet) due to heavy fog and low visibility said aviation chief Aleodor Francu.
Emergency authorities said that Adrian Iovan, an experienced pilot with 16,000 hours of flying time, who had been trapped in the plane, had died. A medical student who was seriously injured later died, Victor Zota, head of the national transplant program said.
Hundreds of rescue workers and local residents combed the remote area in deep snow and dense fog for 4 ½ hours until the damaged aircraft was located.


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Telemarketing Companies' HR Managers Forced Women to Endure Offensive Sexual Comments, Federal Agency Charged
DALLAS – A group of related Dallas telemarketing companies will pay $37,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that two managers at Paramount Multiservices sexually harassed two female employees and forced one of them to quit.
According to the EEOC's lawsuit (Civil Action No. 3-08CV1349-N in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas), Paramount Multiservices' human resources manager and his assistant manager commented to female employees about their breasts and asked them questions about their sex lives. The women said that these comments were offensive and unwelcome, the EEOC said, but it continued.
Sexual harassment, as a form of sex discrimination, violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC filed suit against Paramount Multiservices, L.L.C., Paramount Teleservices, L.L.C. and Paramount Multiservices, Inc. after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement.
The consent decree settling the suit was signed by U.S. District Court Judge David C. Godbey on December 9, 2009. In the decree, besides the monetary settlement, the companies agreed to train all employees on equal employment opportunity policies and procedures, including sexual harassment, retaliation and gender discrimination. The companies will also post anti-discrimination notice and enforce a written policy against gender discrimination.
"A continuously hostile environment that is permeated with sexual comments makes it very difficult for any woman to want to go to work every day," said EEOC Senior Trial Attorney William C. Backhaus.
Robert Canino, regional attorney for the EEOC's Dallas Office, added, "One does not expect this level of disrespect for women at the workplace from, of all people, human resources managers. An offensive case like this is a sad example of how a sexually predatory manager can use his or her unique position to sexually harass employees, and thus box them into a situation in which they feel they have no recourse."
The EEOC is responsible for enforcing federal laws against employment discrimination. Further information is available at www.eeoc.gov.


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More than half a century after the birth of the rock band, guitarists remain limited to six strings and a dozen notes, so it's tough to carve out a distinctive niche. But Pinback has managed the feat. The San Diego duo sounds like no one else, and therein lies its appeal.
On the group's fifth album, "Information Retrieved," Zach Smith and Rob Crow are up to their familiar tricks, yet somehow sounding fresher than ever. Aside from occasional reminders of R.E.M., the influences are tougher to identify than with most groups.
The 10 songs here are jangly, jittery and full of fascinating interplay. Crow weaves his jagged guitar parts around Crow's tuneful bass lines, while they trade off vocals and sometimes sing in counterpoint. The melodies are hooky, the rhythms tricky and the lyrics quirky.
"Denslow, you've just about had an idea so bad it's actionable," goes one lyric from "Denslow, You Idiot." Distinctive doesn't always mean good.
CHECK THIS TRACK OUT: Crow makes even the word "no" sound catchy on "A Request," which shrewdly pairs a dreamy melody with lyrics about dreaming.


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by Punchy » Fri Nov 15, 2013 10:31 amRather than pick up the pieces and move forward from 'Lights Out', Green Lantern Corps instead moves back to the past for a tie-in with Batman: Zero Year, which is a weird choice, but it mostly works, showing us more of John Stewart's back-story, and showing why he was a hero before he ever put on a ring.
During the events of Zero Year, John was a member of another Corps, the United States Marine Corps, and he and his fellow soldiers are tasked with helping to evacuate Gotham citizens who are holed up inside the Gotham NFL stadium before the storm hits. Unfortunately for John, the people inside the stadium have been riled up by Anarky, that Batman villain from the 90s. Anarky has been firing them up with rhetoric about how the man has taken everything away from them, and how historic neighbourhoods were destroyed to build this stadium and they should reclaim it. Anarky has the people seeing John and his fellow marines as enemies, not people there to help them, and that point of view is aided by some of the Marines' trigger-happy nature. A brawl breaks out, and John and the rest of the Marines are imprisoned.
These events are interspersed throughout with flashbacks, with John Stewart's mother, a Union Organiser, telling the young John all about the 1960s race-riots she and her parents were caught up in, and about how, in the end, both sides, the rioters and the police got caught up in the violence, and that in situations like that, and the one in the stadium both sides can be in the wrong.
John manages to get everyone free from the prison, as he remembers a Superbowl half-time show which involved a trap door in this location (I'm a big fan of stuff like this, the use of fake sports teams and such in the DCU, so I loved a lot of the little mentions of Gotham sports history) and getting into the tunnels below. In the end, it comes down to an armed confrontation between Anarky's men and the Marines, which could turn into a bloodbath. John remembers his mother's words and tries to make peace, and does so by throwing a flash-bomb into the middle and in the midst of the distraction, disarming Anarky. John tells the people that they aren't tools of the Man, that they aren't going to force anyone to do anything they don't want, and that anyone is free to stay. This gets the evacuation under way, but pisses of John's commanding officer, who wants to strand all the people who turned on him. He calls John 'son', which leads to John punching him out, and will, after this story ends, lead to him leaving the Marines and eventually becoming a Green Lantern. Batman shows up in the background, and that's pretty much it.
This was a strange issue, especially for Green Lantern Corps, which is normally heavy sci-fi, whereas this was the total opposite. I did like it though, it gave me more insight into who John Stewart is away from the GL Corps, and that's always been his weakest aspect compared to the other human Lanterns and it told an interesting story with lots of social and racial connotations to think on. It's not what I expect from this book, and that's a good thing.
The art here came from Victor Drujiniu, Ivan Fernandez and Allan Jefferson, all artists who are new to me, but it was decent, I especially like Jefferson's flashback pages and panels, using a different artists for flashbacks is a basic, but always effective technique.
by Draco x » Fri Nov 15, 2013 10:33 amInteresting review. One question: Is this Anarky Lonnie Machin or someone else as I was aware there were 2 of them before the reboot.
by Punchy » Fri Nov 15, 2013 10:36 am
We don't know who was under the mask.
by Draco x » Fri Nov 15, 2013 11:03 am
I hope it's Lonnie as being anti-establishment has always been his MO. I didn't like that other guy Fabian Nicieza forced on us a few years ago, namely that Ulysses kid.
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2015 Toyota TRD Pro Series Truck & SUV Line-Up - O.E.s Off-RoadPosted in Vehicle Reviews on May 5, 2014
A short time ago we brought you a very brief and dusty first look at Toyota's new TRD Pro models on our website, fourwheeler.com. These models appeared to be aimed at knocking the SVT Raptor from its pedestal, and it's no surprise that Toyota has now unveiled the newest desert-bred trucks in its stable at the Chicago Auto Show in February.
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The '15 Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro also gets a set of unique 16-inch simulated beadlock wheels wrapped in LT265/75R16 BFGoodrich All-Terrain tires for adequate traction in any condition while a TRD after-cat exhaust system gives it a nice throaty rumble. Since the 4Runner has long been an icon in the off-road community, Toyota gave the '15 Toyota 4Runner TRD Pro black front and rear lower bumper accents along with all-new 17-inch TRD all-black alloy wheels.
These trucks are designed to hit the dirt at the drop of a hat, so it's no surprise that the guys at TRD also gave these them a front skidplate to keep creosote bushes and chupacabras away from vital engine parts. You'll notice all the TRD Pro series trucks feature a unique front grille with "Toyota" badging prominently displayed up front that pays tribute to the early iconic Toyota models. Aside from this, you'll also find TRD floor mats and a TRD shift knob inside the TRD Pro series trucks. All the TRD Pro series trucks feature distinctive new colors to choose from, such as Inferno as well as black and Super White.
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A horribly disturbing story from outside the classic rock world resulted in Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins pleading guilty to multiple child sex offenses yesterday.
Watkins pled guilty to 13 charges, including two counts of attempted rape, one count of sexual assault of a child under 13, three counts of sexual assault involving children, six counts of taking, making and possessing indecent images of children, and one act of possessing an extreme pornographic image involving a sex act on an animal. One of the two children he admitted to attempting to rape was less than a year old.
His trial was scheduled to begin at Cardiff Crown Court in Wales this week, but after previously stating he "furiously denied" the charges following his December 2012 arrest, Watkins made his shocking confession. He will be sentenced on Dec. 18. In the words of Judge Justice Royce, thanks to his decision the jury was "saved from having to watch extremely graphic and distressing material."
Two women who cannot be named were also arrested and have pled guilty to various charges related to this case. According to the BBC, a prosecuting barrister revealed that "both women sexually abused their own children and made them available to Watkins to abuse." Watkins reportedly filmed his attempted rapes, which were then discovered by police who cracked his "cloud" storage password.


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of course, i'm not convinced that he is the same species. homo sapiens have large brains and substantial cognitive functioning. while Comfort does have the ability to speak, which sets him apart from other animal species, he seems to be lacking the cognitive abilities that the majority of humans have attained.
my hypothesis is that evolution is alive in well in humans today. we know that mutations will come along - some good, some bad - which will survive should they present an advantage to survival. this doesn't mean all humans will necessarily evolve to get better. Comfort's mutation may be allowing him to thrive amongst others in his devolved species (let's call them Homo Estupidis).
the ability to deny what is patently obvious to most is the key feature among Homo Estupidis'. it could be due to a diminished frontal lobe, or maybe due to a cantaloupe being in place where the brain should be. i favor the latter explanation. in fact, let's change their name again to Homo Cantaloupis. yes, i like that better.
of course, it's entirely possible that Comfort is simply acting the part of king of the Cantaloupes, selling his product to the religious rubes who are dying for someone to articulate what they are incapable of doing on their own. someone who is willing to make an ass of himself in public to spout their religious quackery. (i do wonder what Comfort would have said had someone asked him not about the tailbone, but about the occasional actual human tail.)
but i prefer to think that Comfort and his ilk are simply devolved humans. it's much less embarrassing for the rest of OUR species.
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Of course anyone is free to challenge the conclusions of science, which are always open to revision in the light of new evidence, but to do so effectively you must first understand what the scientific statements are, what the evidence for them is, and in attempting refutation you must play fair.
Ray Comfort does not meet these conditions. He passed out free copies of Darwin's Origin with four chapters and the introduction missing. He put in place his own biased introduction. He probably thinks that in defending his religious convictions any kind of dishonesty is fair, but in fact that dishonesty shows how hollow his own convictions are.
i'm pretty sure Comfort is a huckster. Kirk Cameron may be a true believer, but Comfort has some actual signs of, dare i say, intelligence. he has original thoughts and doesn't just parrot things he's heard or read on AIG. it's all nonsense of course, but it takes some smarts to invent your own material. and he can improvise. with that i have to think he knows better yet knows he has a product he can sell.
If that is so, he is a truly despicable person. In fact, it is exactly this type of charlatan I hold the most contempt for.
It will be entertaining though when he gets his a$$ handed to him someday in a very public way.
agreed. which is why i wrote the discussion to begin with - frankly i was just so pissed off about him that i really wanted to call him less than human, but in a nice(ish) way. i was falsely giving him the benefit of the doubt. this guy is a charlatan and i hope he does get what's coming to him. why can't there be a hell??!! lol
I suspect that televangelists and others of their ilk are snake-oil salesmen, in it for the money. That may not be entirely fair, but so many have been exposed that it's close enough for Comfort.
In The Republican Brain, author Chris Mooney deals with both strengths and weaknesses of both conservatives and liberals.
Too briefly, conservatives have commitment and liberals have openness; having both can help.
BTW: "It is much easier," Mooney says near the end of Chapter Five," to get a liberal to behave like a conservative than to get a conservative to behave like a liberal." Citing Scott Eidelman and colleagues at the University of Arkansas, Mooney says alcohol helps, adding, "It's kind of like dosing yourself with the need for closure."
Openness brings discomfort to Ray Comfort.
It's difficult to intermingle potentials for conservativism and liberalism with religiosity. While the tendancy for liberals is to associate liberalism with more rational and objective thinking, there are many liberals who are far from atheists or agnostics. Michael Moore comes to mind. I do enjoy his books and films, and I do share his convictions on most things secular, but when he breaks into his Catholicism I want to puke.
Michael Moore's work has earned him a few citizenship medals, IMO.
If his Catholicism resulted from a Catholic education, as mine did, you will need all the puke your tummy can make.
Using a chain metaphor, Catholicism wraps chains around kids' minds and somehow buries those chains too deeply for reason to reach. It's why so many Catholics can ignore Church teachings and remain Catholic.
Trauma can reach Moore's chains and he is inviting people more powerful than he to give him a sufficient amount of the necessary trauma.
I'm currently reading his momoir Here Comes Trouble, and there are some fascinating stories in there. It's quite obvious that he is not the run of the mill Catholic, but it's no secret that he publicly maintains that he is a Catholic. At times in the book he exposes some fairly deep reverence for the major aspects of the Catholic doctrine, which makes me want to scream. The fact that such a higher intelligence has the capacity to be infiltrated with the obvious lies of religion is scary.
guess he's hating these chaps too:
nice try on the organized crime in NZ cover.. mr. bs comfort
Any evolutionary biologist could tell you that Ray Comfort is cherrypicking the evidence in a big way.
I had a friend back in the 80's who was very Christian. I remember someone among his circle of friends speaking admiringly of Ray Comfort: "what courage that man has, to go right out there and promote the gospel in public"
My friend was a smart guy, he went to Caltech - computer science major. He never talked about any beliefs he might have had about evolution, miracles etc. - yet he went to this heavy-duty science school. He would have had to take various science classes in order to graduate.
I never questioned him about whether he believed in evolution, whether he was a Young Earther, etc. I thought of his faith as a matter of emotions and politics.
And he might have avoiding thinking about such conflicts, because of the cognitive dissonance it would cause.
Maybe the fundamentalist Christians were less overt about their fringe scientific theories back then. That was in the 80's.
That's what those beliefs are, you know - fringe scientific theories. Many consider them outside the scope of criticism, as religious beliefs. That helps them to persist.
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