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I would like to propose some basic ground rules for this newly created sub forum.
1) Let's practice the scientific method around this place.
Namely, that the scientific method be practiced much like it has been practiced for years on the Biodiesel side of things here.
If you have an issue you'd like to share, great. Share it.
But be ready to back it up with scientific evidence in the form of sound chemistry or with credible articles that pertain to the topic being discussed.
2) Keep personal attacks out of discussions.
This applies to EVERYONE here. I know there's some very strong opinions about how soap should or shouldn't be made from Biodiesel Glycerin. That's great. I think everyone would be happy to hear them, but out of respect for others here, keep personal attacks out of the posts and discussions.
This includes innuendo's and generalizations about one group vs. the other.
3) Grow up & act like the adults that you hopefully are.
I realize that there's some extremely strong opinions on soap making, how it's performed, and the reasons why it's done. For some it's for personal pleasure. For others, it's their business. For others, it's something different to dabble with. And for others it's just a nice way to get rid of the glycerin.
There are going to be differences of opinions. There are going to be different motivations by all of us for why we're playing with soap. Great. That's what makes it so fun!
Over the past few weeks, several posts of mine have been hijacked by those with very strong opinions on how soap should be or not be made. Much bickering and fighting has gone on. "He said, she said, I see it this way, I see it that way. You're a moron for how you see it, how dare you look at it that way." "You can kiss my &*#$% and die!"
I'd post a picture of some great soap someone had sent in, and no sooner than it was posted it would get hijacked and taken off topic and turn into yet another bickering fight.
Camps have gone up. Lines in the sand have been drawn. Name calling has ensued. Personal attacks have occurred. And some who were very involved with soap making in the past have now left and even gone as so far as to declare that they're done.
Do you realize how immature you all look right now? Grow the hell up!!! Take your ego's out of it! Get back on track!
I've tried extremely hard to stay out of this mess, but because I'm getting drug into this mud-slinging contest kicking and screaming, here goes....
I find it very ironic that in a "soap forum" there's so much "mud slinging" going on.
You all are acting like a bunch of kids. As soon as I'd post a thread with pictures of someone making soap that was sent in, one side or the other are hijacking the thread and taking it off into completely different area's.
For Pete's sake kids, grow up! It's gotten so bad, that now Legal has seen it necessary to pull all his posts and announce he was done around here. I can't say I blame him! Grow up & start acting like adults!
Let's treat this like we do the Biodiesel side of things.
If you have something to say, great, say it. But present scientific evidence to support your claim instead of spouting off at the other side just to egg things on!
Both sides are guilty of going at each other's throats. Legal was just as much a part of the "egging it on" as Rick K was. Trust me, I heard from both of them! Many times!
Look, I think it's great that there's such a differing of opinion on soap making, but for Pete's sake people! Grow up & start acting like the adults that you hopefully are!
I've stayed out of this whole argument as long as I could stand. I even offered to moderate things between Legal & Rick when I got back from vacation, to which both parties were amiable too, but before I could even catch my breath from the long drive back from California, Legal pulled all his posts, announced "I'm Done", and left this newly created area of the forum that was meant to share idea's on soap making.
Instead of it being a place where we can all discuss differing views in a civil manner like we have done FOR YEARS on the Biodiesel side, it's turning into a "he said, she said" fit.
Look, here's how I see it....
There are SEVERAL ways to make soap.
In it's purest form, the soap we've discussed around these parts comes from
1) Biodiesel By-Product Glycerin
2) A catalyst, and
3) Some Water.
Last time I checked, Biodiesel Glycerin is derived from the synthetic process of chemically altering triglycerides. In fact, we use *GASP* Methanol and *GASP* Lye or Potassium Hydroxide that have been synthetically produced. In many cases the methanol comes from a petroleum product.
So enough with calling Soap "natural" or "synthetic" or "organic".
It's a synthetic, man made product! We make it through a very chemical intensive process!
Get over it!
I know there's some that feel extremely strongly about adding additives to this thing we call Biodiesel Glycerin Soap. Great! State your opinion and back it up with facts & articles & let's be done with it. But then end it! Don't go egging the other side on!
Same goes for those of you that it's fine to add additives to our soap product. State your opinion. Use facts for why you think it's a good idea, and be done with it!
If there's differing opinions by some on one side vs the other, great! State it! But don't be surprised if there are those that don't wholeheartedly accept your opinion. It's gonna happen folks! It's been happening since the dawn of time! That doesn't mean you have to kill each other over it!
But for Pete's sake! Stop with the bickering! I realize that some of you would rather die than use "synthetically produced products". That's great! So where does that leave you with Biodiesel Glycerin Soap? It's a synthetically produced product (Saponification is a CHEMICAL process) with compounds that are *GASP* ALSO synthetically produced (Lye and Glycerin from Biodiesel).
Last time I checked, breathing in Lye while you're using it is pretty bad for you. But we all still work with Lye and Potassium Hydroxide and we understand the risk/benefit we get from it. Same goes for methanol. It's one heck of a dangerous thing. Heck, breathe it in enough and *GASP* it'll cause severe nerve damage, and could kill you! Imagine that folks!
Do you not all understand how silly this all looks? Are you so entrenched in your ways that you have to "fight your opinion's to the death?" It reminds me of how bad things can get over on the SVO side of things.
So please, calm down and grow up. Realize that there WILL BE those that don't look at soap making the same way you do. And realize that that's ok!
There's a quote in a famous Simon & Garfunkel song that I heard a long time ago that applies well to the arguments that have ensued here.
"A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still".
It's very, very true. And I believe it applies to this issue as well.
So, with that in mind......
Let's try to be a little more civil around here. It would sure be appreciated by several others that have just come in here & wondered "What the hell is going on around here? I'm outta here! You soap making guys take this stuff way too seriously!!!"
Those ground rules should apply to all the biodieselinfopop forums.
...and here I thought those sorts of shenanigans were confined to the SVO\WVO\UCO sections of the site.
Good points about 'synthetic' vs 'natural'.
One additional item I'd like to address.
If I see another "I can't believe that x would actually do y.....how can they do that? That's just terrible! They must be evil and terrible people" I'm going to puke!!! Again, grow up! I view it as a personal attack and will report it to the moderators as such.
Using the "I can't believe" is an old political trick to sway a group of people over to one side of thinking. It's been used on both sides of this issue. Please stop with it.
True. You may not believe that x would do y, but those you speak of probably can't believe that you would do what you're proposing either. That's just life.
It's a difference of opinion. That's all. Using the "I can't believe" ploy is getting old....really fast and it polarizes groups of people who would otherwise have gotten along and just realize that there are differing opinions. Stop with the political tricks and just live with the fact that not everyone in the world is going to think like you do. It's just a fact of life folks.
What would be better would be something along the lines of "I understand that x doing y may cause....whatever you believe it may cause. But then leave your "I can't believe you'd actually THINK that way!" out of the discussion. That's a quick way to start a fight and polarize people even more. Don't believe me? Go visit the political side of this forum. Or the SVO side of this place. It's chalked FULL of examples of that occurring.
-Is it time to split this topic into two, one for the natural soap, And yes it is the result of a chemical reaction, without additional addatives, and one for the chenical addatives side. There seems to be a lot of hard feelings here, and it is obviuos that the two camps are for sure heading in opposite directions. Tom
" I don't know what I don't know until I know"
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You know, that's actually one of the best idea's I've seen yet!
1) Producing Biodiesel Glycerin Soap Without Additives
2) Producing Biodiesel Glycerin Soap With Additives
However, it might actually need 3 groups.
1) Producing Biodiesel Glycerin Soap Without Additives
2) Producing Biodiesel Glycerin Soap With Chemical Additives
3) Producing Biodiesel Glycerin Soap With Non-Chemical Additives
I've seen people split hairs even within those categories too though (ie. what some view as a "natural" additive others may argue are the same as chemical additives but not fully synthesized), maybe as people post they can just indicate if their post falls into one of those 3 categories.
Or maybe everyone can just learn to exercise a little self-restraint in the name-calling department.
I have to disagree.
What defines an additive?
What defines chemical?
I actually support and talk about whole oil additives -- most of which seem to be commonly accepted.
The discussion subject line will indicate well enough if it is a post that someone would like to be involved in.
Graydon is right on, sometimes we just need to agree to disagree without the need to attack or libel.
You (this forum and it's members) have my word that I will not get involved in using misleading information nor will I attack or libel anyone.
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-not to hijack this thread, but respect of free speech is a two way street. I also agree that there is no place for name calling and disparaging remarks. Tilly found that out!
-I for one, who served 25 years in the military so you have the right to free speech, will not under any circumstance have my ability to do the same curtailed by anyone ! Tom
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Points taken and appreciated.
Perhaps there's been quite a bit of Ego's going about in this soap making section (myself included). I'll admit, I finally got tired of the bickering and said something. I particularly dislike the "I can't believe how anyone could ever do x when they make soap". Those types of comments in my view have a terribly polarizing effect on people and push people into one side or the other on an issue rather than allowing people to continue to shape their own opinion based on meaningful debate and discussion about a particular issue.
As for the soap making sub forum, I think it would be terribly unfortunate for it to become nothing but a bitter group of people fighting back and forth with each other over who's more right than the other about how Biodiesel glycerin soap should be made.
I've been absolutely amazed to see how nasty people have become towards each other in here and since no one seemed to bother to say anything, even with the tensions continuing to mount, I figured it was time to break the ice & get it over with.
I would really hope that we could all keep the discussions open, positive, and constructive.
It must be getting close to winter...
What a fricken SOAP opera around here...
I know I know, groan...
But I couldn't resist.
You guys down south have a happy Thanksgiving now eh!
Simple schematic for a pump and heater control with a high limit
Sensor for the biodiesel/glycerin layer
What did I miss? I haven't seen any personal attacks in this section, I understand there may have been one post that was deleted but I'm not sure if it contained a personal attack or just a strongly worded opinion.
Graydon- I have yet to see a moderator step in also so I can only assume it was an opinion that somehow offended you or you perceived as an attack on you somehow. Or maybe I'm wrong, not sure because the post was deleted.
I don't see any need for 3 subforums of a subforum myself.
Thanks for the warning Graydon. I have been thinking about buying one of your glycerine soap kits as a Christmas present for my wife. I did not know that the glycerine soap you are making still contains methanol and lye. That does not sound very safe to me so I think I will have to look for something else.
Just for the record Jimboto.
There is no methanol left in the glycerin that is in the kit.
The glycerin has also been fully saponified using the correct SAP value.
I am not sure how Graydon's post indicated that there was still methanol in the glycerin. Or how the kit would even be mentioned in a post defining ground rules for the soap forum.
I am fairly sure that Graydon meant that methanol itself is from derived a petroleum product.
Again... NO METHANOL left in the glycerin for the kits.
So if you were thinking about one for your wife it's a great value. The kit makes 50 bars of soap for about $30. That's about .60 per bar for a nice hard bar of soap. Not to mention the extras you are left with for your next batch. If you want one before Christmas you should order one soon, they are going pretty quickly.
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SAP Testing, Ingredient Properties, Soap Glossary and Recipes just to name a few.
Making Biodiesel Byproduct Soap Learn how to use your biodiesel byproducts to make great bar and liquid soap!!!
"Closing the loop on biodiesel production one bar at a time!"
Beware of the Dunning–Kruger effect.
What points? It appears that this is [now] my first post to the thread. This kind of protectionist moderating is usually the beginning of the end for a forum.
Cheers, John
FWIW..I just watched the downfall of another forum form overmoderation and splitting the forums into too many subsections. You thin the content too much and people get tired of looking all over the place for the info they want. my .02
Just to clear up a misconception you have, Sodium hydroxide and Potassium hydroxide are both called lye. In fact the lye produced by running water through ashes the way Grandma supposedly made soap is potassium hydroxide.
What are you calling a catalyst?
I'm still not sure I see a reason for any additional rules for this subforum that are not in effect for the whole forum..... namely no personal attacks. At any rate, warnings should be given and not simply posts deleted that way everything is above board. Personal attacks are usually apparent to everyone.
Yep that and protectionism has been the downfall of many a great forum.
Editing posts with no message, indication or reason for the edit is just plain disrespectful and inconsiderate also.
Simple schematic for a pump and heater control with a high limit
Sensor for the biodiesel/glycerin layer
That made me laugh
As far as this topic...
Im not sure what to say, I joined this board because of the way it promoted the free exchange of ideas and how to make our hobby more enjoyable and easier in all of its aspects (including soap making).
I don't think we should have a 'sub' set of rules because there are a few differences amongst a couple members.
Free exchange of Knowledge and our personal Experiences with our hobby is one of the greatest benifits of this forum and as long as everyone is here for those reasons we all win!
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"For the first time in several years, cotton harvest is good in Louisiana," says John Kruse, LSU AgCenter cotton specialist. "We're not done yet but are thankful that we've actually been able to bring in the crop.
"Right now, we're around 60 percent harvested and yields are up. Some folks are saying it's a really good year. Others say the crop is average – but they're happy with 'average' because it's been so long since they've been able to harvest an average crop. There's been a bad taste in growers' mouths after the last couple of harvests with the late rains and hurricanes."
Arkansas' cotton crop "is a lot better than we expected," says Tom Barber, Extension cotton agronomist for the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture. "I never dreamed it would be this good. I've heard good yields from the Bootheel all the way to the Louisiana border."
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The area's dryland crop, "unfortunately, is below average. We got no rain this summer and that hurt the dryland cotton. The good news, though, is the irrigated cotton is busting out. I'm hearing the same story all over the Bootheel."
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Buddy Cochran rues the loss of cotton acres to other crops in Mississippi's Washington County. Still, Cochran – who runs Avon Gin in Avon, Miss. – says "the acres we have are really good. I'm hearing about a lot of two-bale-plus yields. One of my customers said he was crowding three bales.
"The other day, somebody asked me how I was doing. I said 'I'm picking, ginning and grinning.'
Cochran says the county's cotton acreage picture may change, "if the (current) price holds. As a matter of fact, I just had a farmer call wanting to know if he could gin with me next year. He said everybody and their brother will be planting cotton. He wanted to make sure he had a place to gin."
Across the river in southeast Arkansas "we have a beautiful crop," says Kevin Watts, ginner at McGehee Producers Gin, in McGehee, Ark. "Lots of folks are picking 1,500 pounds, or better. This is the best crop we've had in at least four years. This season was just 'cotton weather' – dry all summer and hot. This is probably the prettiest cotton I've ever ginned.
"One producer picked 1,787 pounds on 75 acres. He made 299 bales. That's awesome."
All this is good news for the gins, says Watts. "I thought we'd gin around 45,000 bales. At this point, though, it looks like we'll hit 60,000 bales.
"We started ginning the earliest I ever have, on Sept. 2. Right now, we've done around 19,000 bales and are running wide open."
Wayne Couch, ginner at Rhm Gin in Marked Tree, Ark., says the area's crop "is good and ginning well. Yields are anywhere from 1,000/1,200 pounds to, I've heard, 1,500 pounds. That's great news because the acreage around here was down."
With current prices, "next year could be big for cotton." If farmers follow through on proposed acreage shifts "maybe we can look forward to a full yard and full warehouses in 2011."

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- Josh Saviano (Paul Pfeiffer)
Season 2
Kevin enters 7th grade and the world of dating. Kennedy Junior High becomes a hotbed of who-likes-who. Paul and Carla Healy get together, while Kevin develops a crush on his English teacher, Miss White, then anguishes over his on-again, off-again opportunities to romance Winnie. Meanwhile, Norma tries her hand at pottery, Paul celebrates his Bar Mitzvah, and Karen's rebelliousness leads to an aborted trip to San Francisco. There's plenty of drama in this season with punches thrown ("Just Between Me And You And Kirk And Paul And Carla And Becky"), an unfortunate hamster incident ("Hiroshima, Mon Frere") and some tears ("Brightwing"), but it all turns out okay, ending with summer vacation and Kevin and Winnie's sweet second kiss.
Heart of Darkness
Kevin's nightmares are a telling sign of the new changes in his life, including befriending the tough kid at school.
Our Miss White
Kevin develops a crush on Miss White after she has him play the role of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in a play that she wrote.
Wayne and Kevin try to convince their father to buy a color TV for Christmas, and Kevin has to find a perfect present for Winnie after receiving one from her.
Steady As She Goes
Now that Paul is dating, Kevin begins to pine more for Winnie.
Just Between Me and You and Kirk and Paul and Carla and Becky
It's a confusing mix-up as to who likes who at Kennedy Junior High.
Pottery Will Get You Nowhere
Norma is upset when she takes a pottery class and receives encouragement from everyone—except Jack.
Kevin's piano lessons have him in competition with Ronald Hirschmuller.
Hiroshima, Mon Frere
Wayne's bullying of Kevin has been getting pretty out of hand lately, but when he interferes in a big way with Kevin and Paul's science project, Wayne may have gone too far.
When Kevin sees that Paul is being humiliated at basketball during gym class, he decides to go to Coach Cutlip to complain about how he thinks teams are being unfairly picked. Cutlip then decides to teach Kevin a lesson about fairness by making him a team captain.
Walk Out
Kevin and the student council organize a walkout to protest the Vietnam War. However, when the assistant principal, Mr. Diperna, finds out about the planned walkout, he threatens to suspend all who participate.
Kevin learns the consequences of talking behind other people's backs.
Driven by his love for Winnie, Kevin faces the school bully.
Birthday Boy
Kevin feels left out when his birthday party is on the same day as Paul's bar mitzvah.
Kevin discovers that Karen is planning to run away to San Francisco.
Square Dance
Margaret Farquhar, the class weirdo, tries to befriend Kevin after he is partnered up with her in a square dance for gym class.
Whose Woods Are These?
Kevin, Paul, and Winnie come together to stop the destruction of Harper's Woods. Kevin and Winnie shared their first kiss in these woods, and they all used to play together there when they were younger.
How I'm Spending My Summer Vacation
As seventh grade comes to an end, Winnie's parents decide to get a divorce, and the kids' teacher Miss White announces that she is getting married.
Bonus Features
- School Days: Roundtable with Danica McKellar, Fred Savage, and Josh Saviano
- Featurette: The Times They Are A-Changin': The Era
- Interviews:
- Daniel Stern (Narrator)
- Dan Lauria (Jack Arnold)
- Alley Mills (Norma Arnold)
Season 3
Kevin experiences a lot of firsts in Season 3 – he gets his first pimple and his first puppy; he has his first French Kiss and joins his first band; and he gets his first "D" in math class. Paul is still as allergic as ever, but gets a boost of confidence from a date with Norma; and Jack and Karen stop fighting long enough to celebrate her 18th birthday, if only for a moment. This season features many fan-favorite episodes - including "Summer Song," "The St. Valentine's Day Massacre," and the Emmy award–winning "Goodbye" - plus, over 2 hours of bonus features including exclusive interviews with Danica McKellar and her sister Crystal McKellar (Becky Slater).
Summer Song
During summer vacation, Kevin experiences his first French kiss and the heartbreak of a summer romance.
Math Class
Kevin runs into trouble when he thinks his math teacher is being unreasonable.
Wayne on Wheels
Kevin is obsessed with going to the mall after meeting a beautiful girl, but the only way he can get there is to catch a ride from Wayne.
Mom Wars
Kevin's mother tries to stop him from playing tackle football, making him think she's too overprotective of him.
On The Spot
The school production of Our Town hits trouble when Winnie gets stage fright.
Odd Man Out
Kevin and Paul find new best friends after they get on one another's nerves.
The Family Car
Kevin hopes that his father will buy a new, fancier car after their old one breaks beyond repair.
The Pimple
Kevin gets his first pimple right before family friends come to visit—with their beautiful teenage daughter.
Math Class Squared
To try to get ahead in math class, Kevin decides to cheat on a test, leading only to bigger problems.
Rock 'n' Roll
After seeing the Beatles on TV, Kevin joins a rock 'n' roll band.
Don't You Know Anything About Women?
A school dance has Kevin hoping to ask his crush, Susan Fisher, but he ends up going "as friends" with his lab partner, Linda.
The Powers That Be
Jack gets mad at Grandpa Arnold when he comes to visit and gives Kevin a dog.
She, My Friend And I
After Carla breaks up with Paul, Kevin sets up Paul and Winnie to make Carla jealous, but Paul ends up having feelings for Winnie.
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Kevin brings Winnie a Valentine's Day card but it accidentally ends up in Becky Slater's locker.
The Tree House
Jack and Kevin build a tree house and discover that it provides a good view of the attractive neighbor next door.
The Glee Club
The new student teacher tries to make something more of the Glee Club but has no luck.
Night Out
Kevin and Winnie are invited to a make-out party.
It's tax season at the Arnolds, so Jack is in a bad mood. Norma is so worried about the Apollo 13 astronauts that she loses the tax receipts and doesn't know how to tell Jack.
The Unnatural
Kevin is amazed that he is surviving the school's baseball tryouts, until he finds out the coach and his father served together in the Korean War.
Kevin seeks tutoring help from his math teacher for a big test.
Cocoa And Sympathy
Paul develops a crush on Mrs. Arnold after she gives him a boost of confidence.
Daddy's Little Girl
Jack and Karen are constantly fighting as she is about to leave for college, and he fears he is losing his little girl.
Kevin learns that the Coopers are moving across town, where Winnie will attend a different school.
Bonus Features
- Hall Pass: Roundtable with Danica McKellar, Fred Savage, and Josh Saviano
- Featurette: A Family Affair: At Home with the Arnolds
- Interviews:
- Olivia d'Abo (Karen Arnold)
- Jason Hervey (Wayne Arnold)
- Danica McKellar (Winnie Cooper)
- Crystal McKellar (Becky Slater)
Season 4
Entering his last year at Kennedy Junior High, Kevin should have it all figured out, but things don't go as smoothly as he had hoped - Winnie is going to school across town, he gets decked by Becky Slater (again!), and is faced by a new challenge in French class – the sweet talking, mousse-making Madeline. There's also tension at home as Jack gets a new position that takes him on the road, Norma starts work at Kevin's school, and Wayne and Kevin battle it out for Karen's room. Winnie and Kevin struggle to maintain their relationship, suffering heartbreak, denial, and even injury in the tear-jerker episode, "The Accident." It's a roller coaster ride, but the gang makes it to graduation and kisses Kennedy Junior High goodbye.
Growing Up
As summer comes to a close it's time for Jack's company picnic, causing him fear of bumping into Mr. "Deadwood" Detweiler and Kevin bumping into his tomboy daughter.
Ninth Grade Man
The first day of ninth grade doesn't go as smoothly as Kevin had hoped, but ends nicely after he meets a beautiful girl who seems obsessed with him.
The Journey
Kevin and his friends travel across town with beers in hand to gain entrance to a tenth grader's slumber party.
The Cost of Living
Kevin gets his first job working as a caddy at the golf club.
It's a Mad, Mad, Madeline World
Kevin misses his anniversary with Winnie to work on an assignment with Madeline, and then loses the new bracelet Winnie gave him.
Little Debbie
Kevin gets guilted into taking Paul's sister, Debbie, to her cotillion.
The Ties That Bind
Jack's request for a raise finds him with a new position, and on the road for Thanksgiving.
The Sixth Man
Kevin is surprised when Paul is picked by Coach Cutlip to be on the school's basketball team.
A Very Cutlip Christmas
Kevin sees a different side of Coach Cutlip after he discovers him moonlighting as Santa Claus at the mall.
The Candidate
Kevin runs for student body president against Becky Slater.
A joint field trip to the museum with Winnie's new school causes elation for Kevin and fear for Winnie, who's hiding a secret from him.
Kevin gets Paul to throw a party as a ploy to get back together with Winnie.
Whose Aunt Rose?
Grandpa Arnold comes to town for the funeral of a relative no one could stand.
Kevin fears looking like a fool in front of the new dental hygienist when he discovers he has a cavity that needs drilling.
Kevin's dog, Buster, is in line for neutering to end his constant barking.
Road Trip
Kevin and his father go on an ill-fated shopping trip together to get a new suit for Kevin.
When Worlds Collide
Norma's new job at Kevin's school causes him embarrassment.
Separate Rooms
Kevin and Wayne fight over who will move into Karen's room now that she's in college.
The Yearbook
Kevin's job on the school yearbook committee has him trying to find a perfect caption, without embarrassing a fat kid.
The Accident
Kevin tries desperately to talk with Winnie after she is involved in a serious car accident.
The House That Jack Built
Jack and Karen argue after he discovers her roommate is a man.
Kevin is graduating from junior high and that brings changes, including finding out that Paul is going off to a private school next year.
The Wonder Years
Highlights of the first four seasons are presented in a compilation of clips.
Bonus Features
- Featurette: ABC: Teachers That Made a Difference
- Interviews:
- Fred Savage (Kevin Arnold)
- Robert Picardo (Coach Cutlip)
- Ben Stein (Mr. Cantwell)
- Wendel Meldrum (Miss White/Mrs. Heimer)
Season 5
After a brief stint at the lake and equally brief summer romance, Kevin returns home to start school at McKinley High. Between Driver's Ed drama, love triangles, a controversial English teacher, R-rated movie, and an unforgettable double date there's plenty of excitement at McKinley. Meanwhile, the Arnolds throw an epic Christmas party and Wayne and Wart decide to join the Army. David Schwimmer continues his guest starring role as Michael, demonstrating his love for Karen on the Arnolds' front lawn in a very romantic scene in the pouring rain. Bonus features include exclusive interviews with Olivia d'Abo and David Schwimmer as well as a love stories featurette.
The Lake
The Pfeiffers and the Arnolds go on vacation to the lake together, and Kevin has a summertime romance.
Day One
The first day of high school is a disaster after Kevin makes a joke in class that gets him in hot water with his teacher.
The Hardware Store
Unhappy with his job at an old-fashioned hardware store, Kevin would much rather work at the mall.
Frank and Denise
Greaser Frankie enlists Kevin's help in fixing his romance with his girlfriend, Denise.
Full Moon Rising
A night on the town finds Kevin cruisin' with his friends and unintentionally mooning his own parents.
Wayne is behaving better now that he has a new girlfriend, but she appears to be falling for Kevin instead.
Kevin tries out for the school's soccer team, a group of misfits with a former legend as their coach.
Dinner Out
Jack's birthday dinner is a flop when Karen brings along her live-in boyfriend.
Christmas Party
No one is looking forward to the Arnolds' annual neighborhood Christmas party, but it will be memorable—for all the wrong reasons.
Pfeiffers' Pfortune
Jealousy looms as the Pfeiffers land on easy street after making a killing on a land deal that Jack turned down.
Road Test
Kevin dreads taking the test for his driver's license while hiding the fact that he can't parallel park.
Grandpa's Car
Grandpa Arnold's age catches up with him after a series of car accidents gets him in trouble with the law.
The unconventional Miss Shaw gets in trouble with the school for her unusual teaching methods.
Private Butthead
Screwups Wayne and Wart decide to quit school and join the army despite Jack's disapproval.
Of Mastodons and Men
A smothered Kevin has an awakening after he notices similarities during dinner with his girlfriend Julie's parents to their own stifling relationship.
Double Double Date
Winnie and Kevin reluctantly go on a double date, and their bickering leads to their dates liking each other instead of them.
Kevin learns about true heroes after attending a school basketball game with his father.
Lunch Stories
The school cafeteria becomes central headquarters for McKinley High's social scene.
Carnal Knowledge
Paul skips going to see an R-rated movie with the guys, and encounters an R-rated evening with a college student instead.
The Lost Weekend
With his parents away Kevin decides to host a poker game, which soon turns into the party of the year.
Stormy Weather
Karen returns home after an argument with Michael, but refuses to divulge the reason they are fighting.
The WeddingKaren's wedding plans cause problems when she and Michael decide they want a nontraditional ceremony.
Back To The Lake
Kevin takes Paul on a joyride up to the lake where he met Cara.
Broken Hearts and Burgers
Winnie is upset with Kevin at the hamburger stand, and through his efforts to patch things up they recall the history of their relationship.
Bonus Features
- Featurette: Will You Love Me Tomorrow: The Wonder Years' Love Stories
- Interviews:
- Olivia d'Abo (Karen Arnold)
- David Schwimmer (Michael)
Season 6
Wonder Years come to a close. Kevin, Paul, and Winnie enter 11th
grade and are growing up – dealing with sex, lies, and the lure of rock and
roll. The Arnold family also faces changes with Wayne dating a divorcee (with a
baby!), Jack starting a new business, and Norma graduating community college.
After six seasons, the show concludes on July 4th with the unforgettable
"Independence Day."
Wayne's friend Wart returns home from Vietnam a changed man, as found out during the homecoming football game.
The annual father-son fishing trip is weighted down by all of the problems that arise, which threaten the fate of future trips.
Scenes From A Wedding
A wedding for the daughter of Jack's boss finds a bridesmaid hitting on Kevin, Jack's boss hitting on Norma, and Wayne once had a relationship with the bride.
Sex and Economics
Kevin's job as a house painter for a sexy teacher turns out to be real work when his co-worker's turn out to be goof-off's.
Politics As Usual
Winnie volunteering for a handsome political candidate has Kevin jealous.
White Lies
An innocent mistake has Kevin bragging that he and Winnie spent the night together.
Wayne and Bonnie
Wayne has a new girlfriend Bonnie, a 23-year-old divorcee with a baby.
Kevin Delivers
Kevin's new job as a Chinese food delivery boy has him too busy to spend time with Winnie.
The Test
Jack is frustrated after getting a lukewarm evaluation as "competent" at work.
Let Nothing You Dismay
After seeing Winnie at the mall with a big Christmas gift in hand, Kevin feels the need to buy her something special. Meanwhile, Jack is trying to get a loan to buy a new business.
New Years
New Year's finds Wayne and Bonnie treating the Arnold family to dinner at a nightclub, but ends-up in heartbreak when Bonnie reunites with the father of her son.
Alice in Autoland
Kevin can get a great deal on a car from Alice's father, but fears she is falling for him.
Ladies and Gentlemen...The Rolling Stones
Kevin, Winnie and the guys follow a rumor that The Rolling Stones are playing in a bar just out of town, but to get there Kevin must sneak out in his dad's new car.
Kevin and Winnie fix Jeff up with the new girl in school. However, Jeff is reluctant to commit to the relationship because of his attachment to an old girlfriend back home.
Hulk Arnold
Kevin feels he has been recruited to be on the school's wrestling team, but when the coach pushes him to try harder, he thinks about quitting.
Kevin's friend, Ricky, falls in love with a girl that has a huge nose. Ricky's feelings are hurt when he overhears the guys joking about it.
A school field trip finds Winnie upset at Kevin after he says that she is perfect during a game of truth or dare.
As Kevin and his friends play poker, we learn that Chuck is fearing his girlfriend may be pregnant, Randy is failing at school, and Paul is too stuffy for the other guys liking.
The Little Women
It's a case of the men vs. the women when Winnie scores higher than Kevin on her SAT's; and Norma gets a high-paying job in a new company.
The Arnold's go back to Norma's hometown to attend her 25-year high school reunion.
Kevin chases after Winnie who has taken a job at a out of town country club as a lifeguard.
Independence Day
Kevin is heartbroken when he finds out Winnie is dating one of the other lifeguards. Forced to return home by hitch-hiking, Kevin and Winnie must wait out a storm together in a barn.
Bonus Features
- Featurette: At Last: The Final Episode
- Interview:
- Bob Brush, Executive Producer
Volume 7
Enjoy 4 additional DVDs of
exclusive bonus features, including new cast and crew interviews, featurettes,
the Los Angeles cast reunion, and never-before-seen outtakes of Kevin and
Winnie's first kiss!
DVD 23 Bonus Features
- 16 Years Later: The Wonder Years Cast Reunion, May 28, 2014, in Los Angeles, California
- Pilot Episode Outtakes: The First Kiss
- Featurette: When a Man Loves a Woman: Kevin & Winnie Forever
- Interviews:
- Neal Marlens and Carol Black, Creators
- Dan Lauria (Jack Arnold)
- Alley Mills (Norma Arnold)
DVD 24 Bonus Features
- Have a Neat Summer: The Wonder Years Cast Reunion, May 28, 2014, in Los Angeles, California
- Featurette: My Generation: The Kids Grow Up
- Interviews:
- Josh Saviano (Paul Pfeiffer)
- Jason Hervey (Wayne Arnold)
- David M. Stern, Writer/Producer
- Bruce Nachbar, Producer
DVD 25 Bonus Features
- Featurette: Bookends: Kevin & Paul
- Featurette: Both Sides Now: The Music That Made the Moments
- Interviews:
- Seth Green (Jimmy Donnelly)
- Ken Topolsky, Producer
- W. G. "Snuffy" Walden, Composer
- David Bianculli, TV Critic
- Michael Dinner, Director
DVD 26 Bonus Features
- Featurette: I Love You for Sentimental Reasons: Fan-Favorite Episodes
- Interviews:
- Daniel Stern (Narrator)
- Mahaila McKellar, Danica and Crystal's Mom
- Skip Cook, Key Grip
- Alicia Alexander, Location Manager
- Mark B. Perry, Writer/Producer


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Nichols CV
January 2008
Born August 13, 1944, New York.
Office address:
Government Department
Yale College, B.A., summa cum laude, 1966
French, Latin, Greek, and German
Academic Awards,
AFS foreign exchange student to France, 1961-62
Professional Experience:
Professor of Political Science, Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, California, 1990-- ; Dr. Jules L. Whitehill Professor of Humanism and Ethics, 2007-- ; Department chair, 1992-5, 2001; Associate Professor, 1979-90.
Claremont Graduate School Faculty, 1973-75, 1982--; Avery Fellow, 1988--.
Associate Director for Special Initiatives, Division of General Programs, National Endowment for the Humanities, Washington, D.C., 1984-85.
Assistant Professor of Political Science, 1975-77, Associate Professor, 1977-79, Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science, New School for Social Research, New York, N.Y.
Visiting Associate Professor of Political Science, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, Fall 1977.
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Claremont Men's College, Claremont, California, 1972-75.
Assistant Professor of Political Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 1971-72.
Publications: Books
Alexandre Kojève: Wisdom at the End of History, by James H. Nichols, Jr., in the series Twentieth Century Political Thinkers (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2007).
Gorgias and Phaedrus by Plato, translated with introduction, notes, and interpretative essays by James H. Nichols, Jr. (Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1998). The Gorgias and Phaedrus were simultaneously published as two separate paperbacks, also from Cornell University Press.
From Political Economy to Economics --- And Back?, edited by James H. Nichols, Jr. and Colin Wright (San Francisco: Institute for Contemporary Studies, 1990).
Introduction to the Reading of Hegel by Alexandre Kojève, translated from French by James H. Nichols, Jr. (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1980; reissue in Agora Paperback Editions of original Basic Books edition of 1969).
Epicurean Political Philosophy: The De rerum natura of Lucretius, by James H. Nichols, Jr. (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1976). Chinese translation (Beijing, People's Republic of China: Huaxia Publishing House, 2004).
Publications: Articles and Book Chapters
"The Civic Rhetoric of Isaiah Berlin," in Pluralism Without Relativism: Remembering Sir Isaiah Berlin, edited by João Carlos Espada and Marc F. Plattner (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, forthcoming 2008).
"Political Economy and the Development of Liberalism" in The Liberal Tradition in Focus: Problems and New Perspectives, edited by João Carlos Espada, Marc F. Plattner, and Adam Wolfson (Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, 2000).
"Rethinking Politics for the Next Generation of Liberalism" in Liberalism in the New Millennium, edited by Bradley C.S. Watson (Latrobe, PA: Center for Economic & Policy Education, 2000).
"Rhetoric," "Pragmatism," "John Dewey," and "William James" in The Encyclopedia of Democracy, 4 vols., edited by Seymour Martin Lipset (Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Press, 1995).
"Platonic Reflections on Philosophic Education" in Political Philosophy and the Human Soul: Essays in Memory of Allan Bloom, edited by Michael Palmer and Thomas L. Pangle (Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 1995).
"Technology in Classical Thought" in Technology in the Western Political Tradition, edited by Arthur M. Melzer, Jerry Weinberger, and M. Richard Zinman (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1993).
"Political Economy and the Problems of Political Philosophy" in From Political Economy to Economics --- And Back?, edited by James H. Nichols, Jr. and Colin Wright (San Francisco: Institute for Contemporary Studies, 1990).
"Pragmatism and the U.S. Constitution" in Confronting the Constitution, edited by Allan Bloom (Washington, D.C.: American Enterprise Institute, 1990).
"Plato's Laches" translated with notes and an interpretive essay, in The Roots of Political Philosophy: Ten Forgotten Socratic Dialogues, edited by Thomas S. Pangle (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1987).
"Human Rights Abroad and at Home" in Human Rights in Our Time: Essays in Memory of Victor Baras, edited by Marc F. Plattner (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1984).
"On the Proper Use of Ancient Political Philosophy: A Comment on Stephen T. Holmes's 'Aristippus in and out of Athens.'" American Political Science Review, March 1979.
Translation from French of Alexandre Kojève's "The Emperor Julian and his Art of Writing" in Ancients and Moderns, edited by Joseph Cropsey (New York: Basic Books, 1964).
Publications: Reviews
"Moderate Romanticism?", a review of Political Ideas in the Romantic Age: Their Rise and Influence on Modern Thought, by Isaiah Berlin, edited by Henry Hardy, with an introduction by Joshua L. Cherniss, online at www.claremont.org/publications/pubid.714/pub_detail.asp
Brief review of Perfection and Disharmony in the Thought of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, by Jonathan Marks, in Claremont Review of Books, Vol.VI, No. 2 (Spring 2006).
Review of The Restless Mind: Intellectuals in Politics, by Mark Lilla, in Academic Questions, Vol. 15, No.4 (Fall 2002).
"God and Mammon," a review of Economics as Religion: From Samuelson to Chicago and Beyond, by Robert H. Nelson, in Claremont Review of Books, Vol. II, No. 3 (Spring 2002).
"Right, Law, and Justice at the End of History," a review of Outline of a Phenomenology of Right, by Alexandre Kojève, tr. by Bryan-Paul Frost and Robert Howse, in Claremont Review of Books, Vol. I No. 4 (Summer 2001).
Review of Polis and Politics: Essays in Greek Moral and Political Philosophy, edited by A. Loizou and H. Lesser, in Ancient Philosophy 14 (1994).
Review of Michel Launay's Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Écrivain Politique, in American Political Science Review, Vol. 71, No. 3 (September 1977).
Review of Gertrude Himmelfarb's On Liberty and Liberalism: The Case of John Stuart Mill, in The New Leader, February 17, 1975.
Review of Bernard Crick's In Defense of Politics, in American Political Science Review, Vol. 68, No. 4 (December 1974).
Selected Other Professional Activities:
Paper, "Tacitus on Government and the Military in the Roman Empire, with some Reflections on what Machiavelli and Montesquieu Learned from him," American Political Science Association annual meeting, Chicago, August 2007.
Lecture, "Political Philosophy and Ancient History: the Example of Tacitus," Phi Beta Kappa initiation ceremony, Claremont McKenna College, May 2007.
Lecture, "The Thought of Alexandre Kojève: Hegelian System or Postmodern Irony?" presented at Carl Friedrich von Siemens Stiftung, Munich, Germany, June 2004. (German translation of an expanded version to be published by the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Stiftung).
Paper entitled "On Leo Strauss's Intellectual Engagement with Alexandre Kojève and Its Relation to Natural Right and History" at a conference on "Leo Strauss's Natural Right and History: Contexts and Subtexts" at the University of Chicago, May 11-13, 2001.
Lecture on "The Rational Historicism of Alexandre Kojève" on Panel IV: The Challenge of Historicism, at the conference "Contemporary Obstacles to Leo Strauss's Experiment: Is a Return to Classical Political Philosophy Possible Today?" at St. John's College, Santa Fe, NM, November 1999.
Lecture on "Rethinking Politics for the Next Generation of Liberalism" at a Civitas Forum on "Liberalism in the New Millennium" at Saint Vincent College, Latrobe, PA; October 1999.
Lecture on "The Civic Rhetoric of Isaiah Berlin" for one of the Cursos da Arrábida, on "Pluralism without Relativism: Remembering Sir Isaiah Berlin," in Arrábida, Portugal; October 1999.
Lecture on "From Political Economy to Economics --- And Back?" for one of the Cursos da Arrábida, on "Liberalism, Old and New," in Arrábida, Portugal; October 1998.
Lecture on "Fostering Civic Virtue through Understanding Politics" in an APSA Short Course (sponsored by the Institute for Contemporary Studies New Civics Project), course entitled "Teaching Civic Virtue: A Workshop on Citizenship" at the annual meeting of the APSA in Boston, September 1998.
Lecture on "Platonic Reflections on Education, Philosophic and Rhetorical" and seminar on "Economics or Political Economy?: Reflections on the Relation between Economic Science and Politics," Centre de Recherches Politiques Raymond Aron, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, May-June, 1997.
Lecture, "Platonic Reflections on Philosophic Education," delivered at a conference on "The Purpose of the University," at the University of Chicago, May 1992.
Lecture, "Plato's Phaedrus," delivered at St. John's College, Santa Fe, April 1992.
Lecture, "The Epicurean Political Philosophy of Lucretius" given at Carl Friedrich von Siemens Stiftung, Munich, Germany, July 1991.
Paper, "Philosophy, Persuasion, and Politics: Plato's View" presented at American Political Science Association convention, San Francisco, September 1990.
Lecture on Plato's Gorgias, Boston College, December 1989.
Lecture on "Technology in Classical Thought," Michigan State University, Nov. 1989.
Lecture and seminar on "John Dewey's Pragmatism and the U.S. Constitution," University of Chicago, March 1988.
Co-organized and co-chaired conference on "What Is Political Economy?: Some Issues at the Foundation." Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, CA, November 1987.
Lecture, "The Politics of Science," sponsored by Francis Bacon Foundation, Claremont, California, January 1982.
Organized and chaired a symposium on human rights, at the Graduate Faculty of the New School, New York, N.Y., April 1978.
Paper, "Rousseau and Lucretius," presented at American Political Science Association convention, New Orleans, September 1973.
Lecture, "Reflections on Statesmanship," concluding a series of lectures on statesmanship, principally American; Claremont, California, May 1973.
Work in Progress:
Tacitean Reflections on Republic and Empire: current research project.


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Ok ok you've all had your fun. All I can do is roll my eyes like so... since someone actually read something I posted and decided to make a thread about it Woohoo! But seriously was there a need to actually start a thread on what was said? Surely you can all giggle and laugh in private without resorting to starting a thread on it. I think it's best to leave it at that and move on.Oh and for the record I don't think a ruler or even a tape measure is big enough for my large post count
That's a suprise, really, what for?
Poor GNT Perhaps I'll delete all the evidence.
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I dont really feel too sorry for Gregg But being a fellow Mod over there, I cant make fun as much of GNTs pun as other members have. I tried to strike the right balance in the reply I posted in KBZs thread.
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(CNN) -- SpaceX aborted the historic launch of its Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station on Saturday at the last second because of a rocket engine glitch.
The launch would the first attempt to send a private spacecraft to the space station. SpaceX and NASA officials say the next launch attempts could come Tuesday or Wednesday in the early morning hours at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
As the countdown reached zero, the engines began firing -- but then shut down, NASA and SpaceX officials said.
SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell said "high chamber pressure" was detected in Engine 5 of the Falcon 9, the rocket to carry the Dragon spacecraft. She said technicians will inspect the engines later on Saturday and is looking forward to another takeoff soon.
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For many US lawmakers, the heart of the Toyota self-accelerating car debacle is a decision by top Japanese officials to put profit ahead of safety. Meanwhile, in Japan and some US business editorial pages, there's suspicion that the US recalls are all about rolling back Toyota's market share.
"Safety took a second seat to profits," said Sen. John (Jay) Rockefeller (D) of West Virginia, who chaired a day-long hearing Tuesday by the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on the Toyota recalls and the government's response.
"In Japanese culture and Japanese corporations, things do not happen by chance, they happen by decision," he added at the end of Tuesday's hearing. (Senator Rockefeller spent three years in Japan as a university student and helped bring a Toyota plant to Buffalo, W.Va.)
Senators pressed three top Toyota officials on what the company knew and when they knew it – and when, senators allege, corporate priorities shifted from safety to profit.
"What I'm trying to understand is why was Toyota able to move so deftly, so quickly, and overcome the established auto industry that existed in this country," asked Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D) of New Jersey. "They went from a 10 percent market share in 1999 to 13 percent of the market share in 2008. General Motors fell from 17 percent to 12 percent…. Ford fell from 13 percent to 8 percent in the same time."
"Building a trust among the customers is the key to our past success and we would like to do the same into the future," said Yoshimi Inaba, president and CEO of Toyota Motors North America. Toyota employs some 200,000 "team members" at plants, dealerships, and suppliers in the US, where it has had a presence for 50 years.
Last week, Toyota President Akio Toyoda, grandson of the founder, appeared before a House panel and took "full responsibility" for the failures that prompted the recalls of millions of Toyotas in the United States.
Toyota executive vice president Shinichi Sasaki, one of two top board members to appear before the Senate panel, said that Toyota is "fundamentally overhauling Toyota's quality assurance process, under the personal direction of our president, Akio Toyoda." He also said that Americans would have a greater role in quality assurance decisions, including recalls. (For Monitor coverage on the impact of the recalls on Toyota's sales, click here.)
Senators pressed for assurances that someone would be held accountable for errors of the past, especially the failure to respond to thousands of complaints from US Toyota owners since at least 2003 that brakes had no impact on suddenly surging Toyota vehicles. (For Monitor coverage of a report on sudden car acceleration, click here.)
US officials were also under the gun for failing to respond promptly to consumer complaints and aggressively investigate accident reports. In his opening statement, Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood encouraged owners of recalled vehicles to remove floor mats and pay special attention to gas pedals.
"If your accelerator becomes stuck for any reason, steadily apply the brake, put the car in neutral, bring it to a stop in a safe place, and call your dealer," he said.
But senators pressed for answers to why the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration did not also investigate possible design flaws in Toyota's electronic systems or electro-magnetic interference (EMI). "To date, we have not identified any particular crash or unsafe occurrence that can clearly be attributed to such a flaw," Secretary LaHood told the panel.
In response, Rockefeller said that the committee staff had reviewed thousands of pages of NHTSA documentation that "fairly clearly shows that NHTSA employees are reluctant to do investigations of the vehicle's electronics, because it's much more difficult to detect."
NHTSA investigators "would rather focus on floor mats than microchips, because they understand floor mats, they're more comfortable with floor mats. They don't understand microchips. You're going to change that, but this is what the situation has been," he said.
At an impromptu press conference after the hearing, Japanese reporter Toshi Ogata, Washington correspondent for the Japanese daily Asahi Shimbun, asked Rockefeller to comment on widespread views in Japan that American lawmakers were conducting hearings to "break" Toyota. (For Monitor coverage on how the recalls are viewed in Japan, click here.)
"Don't take one second of your time" on that view," Rockefeller said.
But several Republican senators said that, with the US government now the majority shareholder in General Motors, it is understandable that such an issue would be raised. "It's why the US government should never have an ownership stake in a private company – so that that question could never be asked," said Sen. Bob Corker (R) of Tennessee.


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An Ice Ghoul is the spirit of somebody who was murdered in the ice and snow of the mountians or the polar regions of the world, and whose body was left uncremated and unburied in the snow and ice. The soul of the dead man or woman, tied to the world by it's desire for revenge, is trapped in the dead body and rapidly driven insane by the cold and the numbness brought on by the snow and ice that the body lies on.
It can take several days or only a matter of hours before
the Ice Ghoul rises. If the dead body has been stripped naked then it will rise faster. The desire to escape the frozen body mounts until a shadow pours out as if it was liquid from the mouth of the body, a shadow which is the colour of frostbitten flesh, with glowing, staring red eyes.
The touch of such a spectre will cause frostbite. Once they have escaped the frigid prison that was it's body in life, the Ghoul will begin a frenzied for the murderer who killed him or her, so that it may slay the killer, gain revenge, and escape to whatever afterlife is awaiting it. Howver, because the horror that the Ghoul has gone through as left in in mental and bodily agony and warped it's mind, it is almost allways unable to tell the difference in most cases between the one that slew them and an innocent person.
Not wanting to risk the killer escaping, the Ghoul will attack almost anyone in sight, although it will normally not attack young children as even it's frost-fevered brain knows that the murderer was not a young child.
They rip the bodies of those they kill apart,using a set of icy claws, briefly warm their chilled bodies with the blood and eat the organs.If those who are slain by such a creature do not recieve the proper funeral rites they too will rise as Ice Ghouls. The warmth temporarily eases their insanity and technicly it would be possible to speak safely to a feeding Ice Ghoul without ending up as it's next meal, although very few people would dare do such a thing.
Most Ice Ghouls never reach a warm summer zone, because in their madness they have lost all sense of direction and wander about aimlessly in the snow and ice. But rarely one will reach a warm zone, such as the summer tundra, where the cold is no longer torturing it. An Ice Ghoul in a warm area is far less savage, although it is unwise to provoke one, but it is still very destructive. If it encounters an orchard of fruit trees, it will spend days gorging on the fruit until there is nothing left, and it's very presense can kill a field of corn.
Normal methods of slaying do not work with such spirits. All non magical weapons will just pass straight through them,and unless there is a glowstone hilt,or the hand holding the weapon is wearing a very warm glove, then the person's hand will freeze and become badly frostbitten. The Ice Ghoul will be outraged and will try it's hardest to kill it's attacker. It cannot manipulate weapons and other objects very well because of it's numb hands, but it has long fangs and icy claws that can be as deadly as any blade,quite apart from it's frostbite-inducing touch.
Ice spells and weapons such as the Frostthorn or the Ice Sword will make the Ghoul furious with rage whilst having very little effect. Fireballs and firery weapons will have very little effect, except that the spirit is warmed briefly.Indeed, such things will please the spirit and may persuade it to talk, in which case it will tell the story of how it was murdered and normally, exactly who did it too. Fireballs that would kill or wound almost anything else, can be used to, in the short term, make a Ghoul see reason.
There are a few ways to lay the Ghoul to rest.
If the dead body that used to belong to the Ice Ghoul is found and cremated upon a pyre, the Ghoul will let out a hiss of pleasure and vanish to whereever souls end up.
If the murderer is either handed over to the Ice Ghoul, in which case his or her death will be swift and very bloody, or is hanged or otherwise executed in front or it, again, the Ghoul will hiss happily and vanish.
Should a magical portal be opened to a firey hell, the Ghoul will leap inside. Fire cannot burn a Ghoul any more then it can burn a fire elemential.All it does is to make the Ghoul feel like a human does in good weather-it ends the torment.


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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today approved rate incentives for battery storage devices that are proposed to help improve the operation and reliability of the California ISO grid.
Western Grid Development LLC is proposing to build and operate three sodium sulfur batteries of 10 to 50 megawatts in size at specific sites along the California ISO grid. The company says the batteries are similar to substation equipment, such as large electricity capacitors, that are used in many wholesale transmission system facilities. The company adds that the batteries would provide transmission services to solve reliability problems using an advanced transmission technology that is cheaper and less harmful to the environment than traditional transmission solutions and can be incorporated into the grid using smart grid technologies.
FERC determined that the devices will operate as wholesale transmission facilities and granted Western Grid the following incentives, on condition that, among other things, the California ISO approves the projects as part of the organized market's transmission planning process:
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I had to keep it a little quiet on the travel venture thing because I wanted it to be a surprise for my folks and my mother happens to be a regular reader of this blog... Aren't mums supportive, no matter what?
Anyhow, Toby and I made it to Rio once again. This time, we will be staying for the Christmas and NY festivities, a first time for Toby and my first in twenty-something years.
The bike didn't make the trip this time but I did pack some riding gear, my shoes and pedals and I am hoping to borrow a bike and do one or two rides while I am here. In fact, I remember driving up this beautiful road that took us to the small town of Teresopolis, 100 km or so from Rio and 871 m above sea level, where we spent long weekends and summer holidays. Perhaps I will get to ride it up this time.
Time to try to get a little sleep, three hours is just not going to be enough for what we have (kind of) planned for this hot summer day which is about to begin in Rio...
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I want a website where I can
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It's 3 p.m. on a weekday--time for the doors to open at the Multicultural Family Resources Society in Edmonton, AB. Kids stream in for homework help, arts, crafts, music and sports lessons. Sounds like many other after school programs across North America, right? What's unique about the Society is that some of the volunteers leading the after school program are as young as seven years old.
This is part of the School of Soul Leadership Workshops, a mentorship program in which youth spend an entire year working with their elders in the community to learn different perspectives and better understand the issues in their community before leading their peers.
"When the program began, it was a great opportunity for youth to learn from their elders," says Somkhuun Thongdee, life coach at the Multicultural Family Resources Society. "The program has since evolved to encourage youth to mentor other youth. For example, a few years ago, we had a seven year old leading our arts program. He felt he could do it, and after a year of training, he proved he could."
Age isn't always the most important thing – a leader's ability to lead is based on experience. Recently, a 13 year old who had been in the program for five years mentored a 21 year old new to the community.
Each program is typically led by a team of five youth, resulting in a strong support system for the leaders and the kids they help.
"A lot of the training is very common sense and is tailored to their interests," said Somkhuun. "It's about soul-searching – they have to find themselves. We challenge them to figure out their own leadership style based on their own skills and personality. Enabling children to strengthen their leadership skills not only builds confidence, it results in a stronger community."
Many of the families in the Boyle/Macauley community are refugees and immigrants whose first language isn't English. As a result, they experience significant language and culture barriers, so the youth leaders also act as cultural translators for parents in the community. During every report card period the parents come and talk to the leaders because they can't interpret their child's progress at school.
"It's a really special moment to see the youth leaders rise to the occasion," said Winnie Chow-Horn, board chair of the Multicultural Family Resources Society. "These kids face such adversity in their daily lives, but still come every day to give back to the community."
The Multicultural Family Resources Society received a first-time donation of $40,000 this year through the RBC After School Grants Project.
The RBC After School Grants Project is a multi-year philanthropic commitment to support community-based organizations that provide programs for children and youth aged 6-17 with structured, supervised activities that enhance safety, social skills and self-esteem. Since 1999, RBC has provided more than $27 million in grants to 248 community-based after school programs in Canada, helping almost 29,000 children.