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The rows of houses along the lane are beautiful; colonial architecture with mostly bright shades of paint. At 11 am, the unspoiled tranquility seemed impossible, given the close proximity to the busy Jalan Burma. The atmosphere was a perfect contrast to the colourful plate of Bangkok Lane mee goreng served at the nearby Seng Lee Café. I really enjoyed the Muslim-Indian style of mee goreng here. What makes it different from our usual supper version is the kuah (gravy). The generous pour made it moister (just the way I like it) and more flavourful. I can't help but to think that they used the same kuah from the mee rebus for this. From what I had, there should be some crushed peanuts, potatoes and some dried spices in the tomato sauce based gravy. Sweet and tad sour, it was one delicious dish. You know it's true when you can still define deliciousness after 2 rounds of solid breakfast. A squeeze of lime made it even more appetizing. And there's the topping of marinated dried cuttlefish. From the chewy yet soft texture to the sweet and savoury marinade, it's the quintessential component in perfecting both the mee goreng and mee rebus.
We were actually in this part of town for the pork satay that operates from a mobile stall not far away from Seng Kee. Perhaps it was more of an instinct than interest that led us here, like how we must try that particular pork burger in Thailand. Indeed, turmeric gilded grilled pork is a sight to behold but without sufficient seasoning, it can never taste as good as it looks. But of course, the skills of a pair of experienced hands ensured that the meat be well-cooked. I didn't get the sauce that was powdery and bland or the margarine laced bread. It was very kind of the proprietors to cross the lane to send the satay over from their stall though.
The mee goreng here is certainly a delightful change from the boring versions I had back home. In fact, is there ever an exciting one to begin with? Enlighten me, please.
Bangkok Lane Mee Goreng @ Seng Lee Café
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The pork satay stall can be found along the rows of houses.


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According to this Washington Post report, President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu displayed "unusual solidarity" during the first day of Obama's visit to Israel. By this, the Post means unusual solidarity for them. The Obama-Netanyahu interaction was what one expect from the leaders of two close allies, but not what we've seen in the past from these two, thanks to Obama's studied belligerence.
But, the appearance of good will notwithstanding, it seemed to me that there was less solidarity than met the eye when it came to Topic A — Iran. In his remarks during the joint press conference, Netanyahu said:
Mr. President, I want to thank you once again for always making clear that Israel must be able to defend itself by itself against any threats. . . .I know that you appreciate that Israel [must] never cede the right to defend ourselves to others, even to the greatest of our friends, and Israel has no better friend than the United States of America. (emphasis added).
In his remarks, Obama did not, of course, disavow Israel's right to defend itself by itself, or explicitly ask it cede the right of self-defense to others. And he affirmed that "my job as President of the United States is first and foremost is to keep the American people safe [and] Bibi, as Prime Minister, your first task is to keep the people of Israel safe."
However, Obama's comments pertaining to Iran — which came late in his statement, and only after he had discussed the Palestinians — assumed collective U.S.-Israeli action:
Iran's leaders must understand, however, that they have to meet their international obligations. And meanwhile the international community will continue to increase the pressure on the Iranian government.
The United States will continue to consult closely with Israel on next steps, and I will repeat: all options are on the table; we will do what is necessary from prevent Iran from getting the world's worst weapons.
I don't read this as Obama giving the green light to Israel to act against Iran as it sees fit. I read it as asserting that the U.S. is in charge; that it will consult with Israel; and that the option Israel ultimately may well prefer — an attack on Iranian nuclear facilities — is not off the table.
In principle, we, as U.S. citizens, should want the U.S. president to take this stance. An Israeli attack on Iran would likely produce important consequences for the U.S. (some good, some bad). And, as Obama suggests, his job as president, first and foremost, is to protect U.S. interests. Thus, it's perfectly appropriate for a U.S. president to seek as much control as possible over decisions made by foreign leaders that affect our interests.
Unfortunately, President Obama's instincts and preferences, from the point of view of U.S. interests, are utterly misguided, if not perverse. Thus, I would prefer that he "lead from behind" when it comes to Iran, or better yet, step aside and not try to lead at all.
But that's not going to happen, as Obama made clear in his statement yesterday.

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Review: Bacardi Superior White Rum
Posted by Arctic Wolf on April 10, 2011
In 1862, Facundo Bacardi and his brother José bought the Santiago de Cuba Distillery and began to distill what would become the most popular commercial rum in the world. Using a method of charcoal filtering, and oak barrel aging along with a still of copper and cast iron, Facundo Bacardi created a smoother more refined version of the locally made rum. His smoother version of the spirit became local favourite, and over time, an international sensation.
Bacardi Superior White Rum is a direct descendant of the original rum which Facundo Bacardi produced back in 1862. Although production methods have undoubtedly changed since then, the Bacardi White Rum is still produced using a method of oak barrel aging (for one to two years) and charcoal filtration.
Here is an excerpt from my review:
"…I began by sipping the Bacardi Superior White Rum neat in my glass without ice. The initial impression was of a dryish rum which was perhaps a little rougher on the palate than I was hoping for. I taste a firm presence of almond and a softer presence of caramel and vanilla…"
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Naimat Episode 2 on Ary Digital in High Quality 18th July 2016
Naimat is a story of Sara and Babar; who were a happily married couple, but the surprises of life brings a reason for them to get distant. The trouble in their happy life begins, when they learn that their 5 year old son Bilal is suffering from a serious heart disease; and since then taking care of Bilal becomes the ultimate reason of Sara's life. Her full attention towards Bilal eventually develops into the reason of her ignorance toward Babar.
Due to this ignorance Babar falls in love with another girl named Zara. But would this affair satisfy or haunt him for the rest of his life?
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Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Great Gig for the Grammys
In addition to guests I am fortunate enough to experience grade school and grammer. Subbing is a great gig! The other day I got to be the band teacher. I mean how cool. I had as much fun as I did when we played school as kids in the basement. So when I found myself in the real school basement teaching band, I was beside myself! There is nothing like seeing these eager children puffing up with probably not enough practice and misplaced air just go to-ot it! I was absolutely blown away with their unabashed determination and innocence. Puff hopes, puff dreams, puff the magic dragon, cheeks red and faces glowing just like the artists at this weeks Grammys! Those award shows make me cry, just like I did last week in band. The winners, and the musicians who back them all start in the basement. Rehab or not, look who walks home with a Grammy. Note worthy upcoming events this month in New Ulm: Brandon Sampson of Six Mile Grove with Sally Barris at the Rhein River Arts Friday Febuary 15 and Bob Wooton of Johnny Cash Fame at Turner Halle on the 23. Both within walking distance of The Bohemian.
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SUZUKA, Japan (Reuters) - Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel was fastest on Friday in free practice for a Japanese Grand Prix that could secure his fourth successive title.
The German, who will wrap up the championship if he wins on Sunday and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso fails to finish in the top eight, lapped with a best time of one minute 33.852 seconds in an afternoon session with plenty of incidents.
"The car balance is decent, but I think we can still improve," said the Red Bull driver, who had been third and behind the two Mercedes drivers in a morning session led by Lewis Hamilton.
"It's good to see we are up there today, but it's not always so important; we need to step up our game for tomorrow, as Mercedes will be strong in qualifying."
Alonso, 77 points adrift of the German with five races remaining, ended the day with sixth and 10th places on the two timesheets.
"We were not as competitive as we wanted to be and now we must try and improve, putting together a series of changes that we already have in mind," he said.
As the Spaniard got out of the car and removed his helmet at the end of the second session, he was shocked to be told of the death in Spain of compatriot and former Marussia test driver Maria de Villota.
The news left the Suzuka paddock mourning a friend, with emotional tributes to a woman who had remained passionate about the sport despite losing an eye in a life-threatening test accident last year.
While Vettel took up his familiar place at the top of the timesheets, others hit trouble.
Lotus's Kimi Raikkonen, Pastor Maldonado for Williams and McLaren's Sergio Perez all went off in the afternoon.
Perez's crash was the hardest, with the Mexican slamming sideways into the barriers at the Spoon curve, while Raikkonen went into the gravel half an hour from the end of practice but was still fourth fastest.
"I was setting the car up for the entry to Spoon, put my right rear wheel onto the grass and just lost the back end," said Perez.
"The impact was quite hard but fortunately I'm fine."
First practice ended with the teams two by two on the timesheets - Hamilton and Nico Rosberg followed by the Red Bulls, Ferrari and Lotus pairings.
Hamilton's best time of one minute 34.157 seconds was set on the hard tyre on a gloriously sunny morning at the Honda-owned circuit overlooked by its giant Ferris wheel. The 2008 champion was only sixth in the afternoon.
Vettel, who is chasing his fifth win in a row and has been on pole position in the last three, had been 0.611 off the 2008 champion's pace in the morning but that was soon shown to be deceptive.
His Australian team mate Mark Webber, using a new chassis after retiring at last weekend's Korean Grand Prix with his Red Bull in flames after being hit by Force India's Adrian Sutil, was second fastest in 1:34,020.
Vettel has won three of the last four races at Suzuka, a favorite track where he won the 2011 title and can count on the support of a large contingent of local fans.
Ferrari's Brazilian Felipe Massa, runner-up at Suzuka last year, was faster than Alonso in both sessions while Australian Daniel Ricciardo, who replaces Webber at Red Bull in 2014, was in the top 10 throughout the day for Toro Rosso.
The main morning incidents came from those well down the pecking order, with Venezuelan Maldonado parking up at Spoon when his left rear wheel came off and bounced away. He then went into the barriers in the afternoon at Degner.
Stewards fined Williams 60,000 euros ($81,100) for the failure to fasten the wheel securely.
Marussia's French driver Jules Bianchi, who has a meaningless 10 place grid penalty for the race after collecting a third reprimand of the season in South Korea, and Caterham's Giedo van der Garde ended up in the tyre wall at Degner.
Bianchi did not take part in the second session with mechanics rebuilding the car. ($1 = 0.7395 euros)
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This command opens or closes a log file.
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where log file is the name of the file to be opened (default extension is .log). If no arguments are on the line, then the default file name is xselect.log. If log file matches the string ``none'' then the current log file is closed. The log contains a complete dump of the session - to just get the commands (for a macro, for example) use the scripts command.
xsel > log andy
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--Every day around 10 a.m., the five employees of YourVersion show up for work. Since hackers tend not to be early risers, their favorite workspace is usually still available.
As a former TechCrunch 50 People's Choice winner, you'd think that the company would be well ensconced in plush Silicon Valley offices. But YourVersion, a personalized content aggregation service, is into "extreme bootstrapping," said its CEO Dan Olsen. So rather than blow thousands of dollars each month on rent, he and his team gather here each morning in a funky industrial building with a decidedly hodge-podge interior aesthetic.
And they're hardly the only ones. Indeed, YourVersion is joined daily by a wide variety of other techies and entrepreneurs at the Hacker Dojo, one of a growing number of so-called hacker spaces popping up in and around Silicon Valley and elsewhere. And it has quickly become a fixture in the lives of the 250 people who pay $100 a month for membership, many because the place offers members a quiet place to work, free coffee, and, perhaps most important of all, super-fast, "hundred up/hundred down" Internet service, said Katy Levinson, one of its five directors.A day at the Hacker Dojo (photos)
Stopping by the Hacker Dojo on a gorgeous afternoon, as I did on Thursday, you could be forgiven for looking around the mostly empty rooms wondering how the place could have 250 people ponying up $100 each month. But according to Levinson, a software engineer at Google, and fellow director Brian Klug, an entrepreneur, the building is often hopping with hackers, especially in evenings and during its weekly happy hours.
All around the two-level space--where every room looks different, yet where there's a common college dorm-type of feel--there are tables set up for people to hack away, whether it's individually on personal projects or in teams on the next Facebook. A few first-come, first-served "cubby" offices fit one person each, and a couple of giant rooms with very high ceilings can seat a couple of dozen people and their laptops.
In it together Trying to sum up what exactly Hacker Dojo is, Levinson says the place is "one-third event venue, one-third co-working space, and one-third big social living room."
Being daytime during my visit, the space is mostly being used by people working on various projects. Here and there, individuals, teams of one or two, and larger groups, like the five from YourVersion are sitting at various tables, tapping away on their laptops and trying to get their work done.
YourVersion was founded in Olsen's Palo Alto garage. But when he had a new baby, it became clear that "you can't do two start-ups in one place," said his co-founder Chris Haase.
Forced to move, the team went in search of co-working space somewhere in the Valley. But other hacker spaces cost too much, Haase said, and were even a bit too buttoned-down for the team's tastes. When they finally found Hacker Dojo, they knew they'd found their home. "The Dojo had it all," Haase said, "space, close to CalTrain (a regional commuter train), food, coffee, and [high speed Internet]."
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At the same time, Haase said he and his team value the sense of community they found at the Dojo. On the one hand, members seem to take it upon themselves without being asked to give tours to visitors. And on the other, he said, there's a very real sense that regardless of the project they're working on, the members are all in it together. And given how well connected everyone is to many Silicon Valley tech powerhouses, that can play out quickly in tangible business help.
Haase recalled that the YourVersion team was looking to expand its mobile offerings to Android tablets but didn't yet have one. At that time, the Samsung Galaxy was the only such device. When they put the word out about what they were looking for at the Dojo, it turned out that another member worked at Samsung and was able to quickly make a connection to just the right person in the company. Before they knew it, the team had a loaner and was able to start the testing they needed.
Event space While some find the Dojo is ideal as a work space, others members see the key offering as being able to host events. Klug said that on average, there are two per week, everything from Startup Weekends to Random Hacks of Kindness to Security B-Sides to Bay Threats. Use of the space for such events is free of charge, so long as any member can attend without paying. The five directors of the Dojo maintain the right to veto any event that is sales-oriented.
And while Hacker Dojo is beginning to find stable financial footing, that hasn't always been the case. Opened in late summer 2009, it has always relied on the cooperation of members to take care of routine maintenance--Klug said there are monthly "fix-its" where members pitch in to "do whatever needs to be done to keep the place together. But only now, thanks to the growing membership and the resulting income, is Hacker Dojo able to finally spend some money on improving the building's infrastructure, Klug added.
In fact, that's a crucial element. Hacker Dojo doesn't have a team of high-paid employees. Rather, it's up to all the members to make sure things keep working. It's what some might call a "do-ocracy." If something needs to get done, someone inevitably steps up to do it.
"We're a whole bunch of members," said Klug, "who come together to pay rent, keep the place clean, and build cool stuff."
Geek features Although the Hacker Dojo isn't home--guidelines prohibit members from staying in the building, which is open to members 24/7, for more than one night--there's little treats all over the place that are reminiscent of what geeks might put in their own houses, if only they had the space.
Hidden high on the walls in one of the two giant event rooms are several virtual-reality cameras that together are part of a video game development platform. Levinson pointed to the outline of a big blue "box" on the floor and explained that anyone inside the box can wear a special antenna on their head that can communicate with the cameras and tell a nearby computer where they are in the 3D space. The computer then feeds a projection to a pair of special glasses where you can see where you are, she said. The idea is that people can make their own games and use the system to test how movement works in 3D space. The system was installed by a member who didn't have the space for it at home.
There's also an electronics room, complete with a CNC machine, as well as three 3D printers. These are expensive items that the Dojo could never have afforded on its own. Instead, like the video game/virtual reality system, the devices were donated by members who had had them in storage. "'If you [keep them] here,'" Levinson recalled the donors saying, "'will you give it a life"
And tucked against one wall is a small button with a label: "More cowbell." If you push it, a mechanism is activated that, invokes Christopher Walken's geek-famous battle cry and yes, rings a cowbell installed near the ceiling. As well, signs everywhere of a truly geek bent: stickers reading "Danger: No civilian access. Live fire ahead" and "Success+pony=dojo," a Frisbee painted to look like the Google Chrome logo, a Linux shark, giant Pac-Man ghosts made from Post-Its, a copy of the complete "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
Making money While there's obviously a sense of shared community at the Dojo, it's OK for members to turn the projects they work on there into true money-making ventures.
Already, said Levinson and Klug, several companies have already "graduated" from the Dojo--meaning they've turned the project or products they worked on there into real-world successes and have moved on.
A couple of examples include Word Lens, an app that can auto-translate foreign language signage on the fly, and Kuplia, a shared shopping service that is now in beta.
There's also been teams working toward the Lunar X Prize that have called the Dojo home.(Credit: Daniel Terdiman/CNET)
But even for those who haven't made it yet, the Dojo seems like a place that can help get them there. In the Dojo's library, I find dozens of computer books, and, tellingly, a copy of the "Director of Venture Capital" left out on a table.
Levinson said there are groups that spend time at the Dojo that push each other to work hard and to get better at what they're doing. She recalled some folks who would push each other to build a new app each week, and others are good about getting together regularly to compare business goals and help each other see if they're meeting them.
In other words, while the Dojo has some of the trappings of a geek play house, it's really not that at all. This is a place where people come to do real work, and to build real products. If they happen to make friends and feel part of a community of like-minded people while they're there, then that's obviously a bonus.
As I'm leaving, I run into Haase again. He tells me a few more things that he likes about spending time at the Dojo, but I want to ask him about the idea of "graduating." What happens if YourVersion gets to the point of growing too big for the Dojo. After all, the office that the team snags every morning at 10 a.m. seems like it can only seat five comfortably.
"That," Haase said with a big smile, "is a problem we'd love to have."


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New MacBook Pro with Retina Display
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I am reading this on a Retina MacBook Pro, and sadly must report that Accordance 9 does not 'just work'. The fonts are blurry. Accordance for iOS looks wonderful on Retina displays, though it did take some time to get that.
Sorry to hear that but I bet accordance has support for retina mac before any other Bible software out there…. I mean today it is one lone macbook pro… but by this time next year i would bet most all macs released will have retina displays, the Airs might be later since retina displays are more poet hungry from what i have heard.
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Our developers are working on this issue, but due to some changes that are needed under the hood this will not be a simple fix, and so the best we can say at this point is that we hope to have a fix in a few months. We are aware of how important this issue is to new MacBook Pro Retina users, and we will do our best to get retina functionality up and running as soon as we are able. We appreciate your patience in the meantime.
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we don't use standard text rendering
I'm curious, how is the text rendered in Accordance? I found a thread on the forum from '96 indicating it had been moved to Quartz.
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Accordance on Macintosh, iPhone, and iPad
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I've been told it works, but one must follow the steps exactly.
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(3) A third option is to set the resolution to a true one-to-one pixel native resolution of 2880×1800 (instead of the actual effect, running 1440×900 and interpolating extra pixels). Here are several options for doing this: http://osxdaily.com/...ive-resolution/ If you do this, all the elements on screen will be tiny, but again, one can enlarge the fonts in Accordance. I don't know if this is workable.
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In my opinion, the fuzziness is there. It's not ideal, but it's usable.
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The second solution, using scaled Display preferences, does improve the appearance! Some of the elements are smaller, but the fonts can be enlarged program-by-program, the icons on the dock can be enlarged, and the mouse/cursor can be enlarged in the Accessibility options.
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Accordance 11.x running on Yosemite on MBP late 2014; iMac 25K retina display late 2014
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Posted 24 August 2012 - 10:41 AM
I am using Accordance 10.0.1 on a new MBP with Retina Display. I don't have any trouble reading and the pictures are wonderful
It's a tricky experience. If I work from my rMBP for any extended amount of time and work primarily from apps that are non-Retina optimized, I grow adapt to the experience of the slightly blurred text (as if there were a halo around each glyph). On the other hand, if I work with non-Retina optimized app along with a retina optimized (e.g., Safari, Sparrow Mail, Text Mate 2, etc.), my eyes get confused and even the retina text
With the above in mind, when I hook up to my display, I actually prefer the blurred text of the non-Retina supported experience than viewing the pixels on the display. So now we just need Apple to update the Displays to Retina quality.
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Should a crisis ever occur requiring you to evacuate to a shelter, there's no need to leave your beloved pets at home.
When the American Red Cross had a mass care shelter in operation at East Stroudsburg University during the passage of Hurricane Sandy, not far away was a menagerie of furry- and feathery -friends. The Pa. State Animal Rescue Team (SART) was on duty, including their volunteers from Wayne and Pike counties.
"People won't leave their pets," said Angel Hanrahan, President of the Wayne/Pike Animal Response Team. That realization was clear in 2004 when Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast. SART had already been formed by the Department of Homeland Security a few months before Katrina hit.
SART is curently active in about a dozen states and is broken down into county units (CART) for response to disasters.
Although not activated in Wayne or Pike during Hurricane Sandy, the need was great enough in Monroe County for a large shelter and residents with animals at home had decisions to make.
Wayne/Pike Animal Rescue Team was at the shelter for 10 days, with at least two volunteers taking 12-hour shifts around the clock.
Joel Hersh, the statewide director, said that they had 23 animals at one time at the height, although the number fluctuated as power came back on at people's homes and they returned, or later power disruptions brought out more storm refugees seeking respite that the shelter offered.
Although the Red Cross does not permit pets in shelters that they operate, Hanrahan said that the SART teams set up as close as possible, whether in another area of the same building or in another building right nearby In this case the people were set up in a gymnasium and SART had the pets in their cages, in offices, a locker room, or wherever they could be, she said.
Pet owners were in constant touch with the SART team, to comfort their animals, walk the dogs or whatever was needed. SART volunteers walked the dogs as well and provided care.
Hanrahan said they they mostly had dogs. There were a few cats, birds and even frogs. She affirmed that since this was not a flooding event, more cats may have stayed at home with their food; dogs, however, need more attention, as pet owners are well aware.
Wayne/Pike's team was there to assist the Monroe County CART. Schuykill and Carbon county volunteers also helped.
She said this was their first long deployment. Last year Wayne/Pike Animal Rescue Team was dispatched to the Greene-Dreher fire station in Newfoundland when there was concern a dam would break at Promised Land and residents might have been evacuated. In that case the dam held, and the shelter was cancelled.
County Emergency Management Agencies make the initial request for SART to be deployed.
They have their own supply trailer stocked with approximately 130 pet cages and other supplies such as kitty litter. Pet food is donated, and Hanrahan said they had lots of help. Pet Central in Honesdale gave them a large supply of dog food. Wallenpaupack Veterinary Clinic, where Hanrahan works, offered food; a pet food distributor as well made their food available.
It is better when pet owners can bring their own food, she noted, but SART welcomes sources of donations. When the county team needs to purchase supplies, they file for reimbursement from the state. They had to buy a large amount of cleaning solutions.
A veterinary technician came in each day to check the pets, and a veterinarian remained on call. At least two dogs were taken to the veterinary clinic.
Hersh stated that the animal response teams are available in not only wide scale disasters, but also to assist when a home fire or other local emergency requires evacuation. CART volunteers may be called upon to provide temporary shelter for a household's pets. They work alongside Human Societies, the police and other agencies where needed, to shelter or transport pets or livestock.
There are around 1700 SART volunteers statewide; about 600 to 800 are active, Hersh said. New volunteers are welcome.
Hanrahan stated that pet owners were so happy and glad their animals were safe. "They kept thanking us," she said. All of their volunteers are animal lovers, so it turned out to be a gratifying experience, she said.
The Wayne/Pike Animal Rescue Team and the Red Cross will be participating in a meeting Nov. 26 at the Blooming Grove Fire Hall to review the storm response and use of shelters. Hanrahan said that the recent storm was a real learning experience, and one area they need to improve is on communicating to the public of what they can do about their pets when they must leave their home in an emergency.
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Newest Mensa Inductee Has 159 IQ and Is… 4 Years Old?
What were you doing when you were 4? If you were anything like us, you spent your days trying to keep up with the complex plots of 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.'
Four-year-old Heidi Hankins from Winchester, England, however, taught herself how to read at a rapid pace, complete basic arithmetic and even draw accurate pictures of people. Her latest IQ test gave her a score of 159.
She's so intelligent, not just for her age but for anyone with a working brain, that she's been admitted to Mensa, the international high IQ organization.
Her parents, one of whom is a public health lecturer from the University of Southampton, said they always suspected their daughter had an extremely high intelligence. At age 2, her father Matthew Hankins said he gave her an entire set of Oxford Reading Tree books, which she finished in an hour.
Just to put her IQ in some perspective, here's how she stacks up against some of history's smartest people:
• Writer Ralph Waldo Emerson (155)
• Artist Rembrandt van Rijn (155)
• Writer Jonathan Swift (155)
• President John Adams (153)
• Singer Shakira (140)
And despite her extreme level of deep intelligence, she's just a regular little girl. She plays with Barbies and Legos just like any other kid, except she could probably help her older siblings with their algebra homework.
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Mrs. Smith still lives in the country home surrounded by crop fields that she and her late husband bought almost 50 years ago. Her daughter, now a doctor living in Jackson, Miss., visits often, but for the most part the grandmotherly Mrs. Smith cares for herself, spending much of her time tending her garden.
One spring day she calls her daughter to tell her that one of her neighboring farmers "poisoned" a field adjacent to her house and the smell is horrible. She's upset and nervous that the chemicals the farmer sprayed could be dangerous to both her and her carefully tended plants.
Partly to soothe her mother's fears and partly out of genuine concern for her health, the young doctor takes a day off of work and makes the two-hour drive back to her Delta home, getting increasingly more agitated at the farmer as she drives. Someone is going to pay for this inconvenience.
Now, imagine you are that farmer.
What began as an uneventful early spring day has escalated into what could potentially be a liability nightmare. What's worse, it all could have been prevented with a five-minute courtesy call to Mrs. Smith.
A simple visit to tell Mrs. Smith that you've got to burn down some weeds before planting, and that it may smell for a few days but that the pesticide is not dangerous and won't endanger her health, would likely have prevented the entire scenario.
"Opening the lines of communication with our non-farm neighbors goes a long way towards saying, 'I'm trying to do a good job,'" says Tom Crumby with FMC Corp. in Bolton, Miss.
Crumby advises farmers to keep their neighbors informed of any planned pesticide applications, and help them understand the need for these treatments. "People are moving closer and closer to production agriculture, and they may not understand production agriculture, or they may want to change it," he says.
"We must work to change public and private opinions of pesticide usage. There are some who don't consider the use of pesticides as necessary in today's world despite the fact that they have a cabinet full of pesticides they bought at Wal-Mart," Crumby says.
Defined as an individual's responsibility to manage his life and property with proper regard to the rights of others, stewardship, Crumby says, is the responsibility of everyone from product manufacturers to growers to homeowners. "Everyone in the agricultural industry is responsible for pesticide stewardship. We've moved from parts per million to parts per trillion and we're using improved analytical science to develop today's products, but there are new and different issues we must deal with," he says.
He recommends pesticide users make themselves aware of the potential environmental impacts a particular product may have on wildlife, aquatic life, and humans, especially considering today's increasing litigious society. "The cold hard reality is that we must all participate in stewardship or we will lose our pest management tools."
That begins, he says, with the strict following of pesticide labels. "The label is a legal document detailing the practices which are allowed, along with those practices which are not allowed including any precautions or required buffer zones. Silence on the label does not imply that a product can be used in those manners not included on the label. Also, label errors can and do occur."
This unregistered use of pesticides can include applying a pesticide for which the active ingredient is labeled, but for which a brand name product is not. Unregistered pesticide use can also mean treating a crop or pest in a way that is not included on the product label.
"If it doesn't say, it doesn't allow it," Crumby says. "For example, don't make an application of Furadan for the three aphids that are in the field because you really want to use the product to control an unlabeled pest."
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San Jose State University at the University of Palermo, Buenos Aires Argentina
Gain a better understanding of Latin American social, political, economic and cultural history, as well as human rights issues and challenges. Study how the recent social and economic history of Argentina has informed the challenges to Argentina as it has emerged from the economic crisis of 2002 .Visit Argentine communities, cultural and political centers and meet with leading Argentine social workers, human rights activists and educators.Take tours to important historical, cultural and locations in the greater Buenos Aires region.
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As the capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires offers a heady blend of traditional European culture, combined with a fusion of indigenous culture, fed by increasing immigration from the interior of Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Peru. It is a fantastic, energized beehive of cultural, social experimentation, experiencing a renaissance of venerable institutions as the tango, a flourishing and sophisticated art scene, educational and cutting edge experiments in labor ownership and Latin American cosmopolitan life.
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In December of 1990, the Ministry of Education and Justice authorized the University of Palermo and its first classes began in 1991. Since then, the University of Palermo (UP) has been characterized by its dynamic growth and its pursuit of academic excellence. At the present time, the UP offers degrees in multiple disciplines, is organized in six Faculties and several interdisciplinary Schools and special programs. It is located in a safe, middle/upper middle class neighborhood of Buenos Aires and is today one of the most dynamic institutions of Argentina's university system with a particular urban focus.
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Last summer I made and photographed a doily cocktail umbrella craft for the paper goods shop, Papermash . (If you missed that post, you can see it here). This year I was asked to recreate the project for the June issue of Country Living; which is on newsstands now. Click on the scan above to read more detailed instructions or visit countryliving.com. (Photographed by Victoria Pearson, and written by Jourdan Crouch.)
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
In Country Living
Labels: Crafts, Freelance Work, Tutorial
17 comments:
- Jayne said...
They're very cute- a huge improvement from the usual cocktail umbrellas!
- June 8, 2011 at 1:05 AM
- found and sewn said...
I love this!!! they are so pretty. looks great in country living.
- June 8, 2011 at 1:23 AM
- Anastasia Marie said...
How great is this?! Love your umbrellas...
- June 8, 2011 at 8:20 AM
- postcards and pretties said...
super cute! Congrats on the feature!
- June 8, 2011 at 11:40 AM
- Julia @Mélanger said...
Just darling. :)
Haven't visited for a while, and you have reminded me of all your wonderful posts!
- June 8, 2011 at 5:55 PM
- Emom said...
Congrats! I just love Victoria Pearson's work! I have two of her images from Martha Stewart Living on my office walls, large posters. What an honor!
- June 8, 2011 at 6:39 PM
- Erica W. said...
So cute! I've had a pile of doilies laying around for ever and this looks like the perfect project to add some charm to a summer dinners on the patio.
- June 10, 2011 at 4:50 PM
- Chantelle {fat mum slim} said...
They're positively beautiful. x
- June 13, 2011 at 3:24 PM
- Jakub Mańkowski said...
i always loved it, it looks great at this photo
- June 14, 2011 at 11:21 AM
- Gracefully Vintage said...
How Adorable.. Such a Darling Idea-just in time for smmer-4th of july..
Thanks for sharing..
- June 18, 2011 at 2:46 PM
- Vicki Smith said...
Very adorable!
- June 19, 2011 at 6:00 AM
- elissa @ faucethead said...
how exciting! what a beautiful feature.
- June 21, 2011 at 6:07 AM
- Nimue said...
Oh, these look so friggin' cute!
- June 21, 2011 at 6:10 AM
- Bringing Pretty Back said...
Oh my gosh! That is awesome! Congratulations!!!
The little umbrellas are so dang cute!
Have a PRETTY day!
- June 21, 2011 at 9:43 AM
- Emom said...
A GREAT idea....smiles...thank you!
- June 23, 2011 at 7:22 AM
- Sum said...
This is beautiful. I love all the reds and how summery this picture is.
- June 29, 2011 at 12:13 AM
- Vina said...
How pretty!
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Police transferred Joran van der Sloot to a cell at the prosecutor's office on Thursday as officials prepared to file charges following what the called a remarkably complete confession in the beating and strangling death of a 21-year-old woman.
"We've practically closed the case," criminal police chief Gen. Cesar Guardia told The Associated Press.
He said the young Dutchman, who also remains the lone suspect in the Natalee Holloway missing-teenager case, "confessed with a wealth of details that have been corroborated through criminal investigative rigor."
Guardia denied any suggestion that Van der Sloot's confession was forced. He said a translator assigned by the Dutch Embassy was present, as was a state-appointed defense attorney.
If tried and convicted on murder charges, Van der Sloot would face from 15 to 35 years in prison.
What remains unresolved is the May 30, 2005 disappearance of Holloway on the Caribbean island of Aruba.
Efforts by the FBI to try to resolve it may have inadvertently helped fund the travel that enabled the murder — exactly five years to the day after the Alabama teen vanished — of Lima business student Stephany Flores.
Believing it was closing in on Van der Sloot, the FBI videotaped and paid him $25,000 in a sting operation in Aruba last month, investigators told the AP. But it held off on arresting him, and he took the money and flew to Peru.
Peruvian interrogators restricted their questioning of Van der Sloot to the case of Flores, the daughter of a circus promoter and former race car driver whom he met playing poker at a casino, Guardia said.
He told the AP in an interview Wednesday evening that the 6-foot-3 (190-centimeter-tall) Van der Sloot, 22, impressed investigators with both his intelligence and brutality.
"He grabbed her and smashed her with an elbow," Guardia said, pointing to his own nose. "A lot of blood spewed out ... Then he strangles her and throws her to the floor."
"He is irascible. He has no self-control," Guardia said.
The general said Van der Sloot took Flores' cash, about US$300 worth of Peruvian currency, and two credit cards.
Guardia said Van der Sloot attested in his confession to killing Flores because she found out about the Aruba case by using his laptop without his permission. But he said police didn't necessarily believe him and think he may have killed Flores before going out and returning to the room with two cups of coffee and rolls.
"This guy is very intelligent but at times has lapses," said Guardia. "And the truth is that he is not a person in possession of all his senses."
A psychological examination is pending, he said.
Van der Sloot is also getting plenty to eat, Guardia said. "If he wants a steak we give him a steak ... If he wants a cigarette we give him cigarettes."
The evidence against the Dutchman includes hotel security camera video showing Flores and Van der Sloot entering his hotel room together and the Dutchman leaving alone four hours later.
"The incriminatory elements were so powerful that he had to confess," said Guardia.
Van der Sloot confessed, police say, on his third full day in police custody and a full week after he fled into northern Chile. Police said they removed him from their headquaters and took him to the prosecutor's office on Thursday.
He was charged with extortion in the United States on June 2, the day of his arrest in Chile, in a case U.S. law officers and a private investigator say stemmed from work revived in April when Van der Sloot contacted a lawyer for Holloway's mother. The Dutchman was seeking $250,000 in exchange for the location of the young woman's body, they said.
Van der Sloot's father died in February and he "wanted to come clean, but he also wanted money," the private investigator, Bo Dietl, told the AP.
Holloway's family said they wanted closure and the attorney, John Kelly, contacted the FBI. It sent 10 to 12 agents to Aruba who set up a sting operation, added Dietl, who works with Kelly.
In the operation, Van der Sloot was given $10,000 in cash — another $15,000 was wired to a bank account in his name — and told he'd get $225,000 once the body was found, the investigator said.
Van der Sloot was secretly videotaped by the FBI in an Aruba hotel telling Kelly he pushed Holloway down, she hit her head on a rock and died, he added.
He said he then contacted his father, who helped him bury the body, Dietl added.
Under surveillance by the FBI, Kelley and Van der Sloot went to where the body supposedly was buried.
No body has been found.
The investigation of Van der Sloot in the Holloway case was simply not far enough along to have him arrested, the FBI and the U.S. attorney's office in Birmingham said Wednesday.
However, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy quickly asked FBI Director Robert Mueller for an explanation of "exactly what happened in this case and the basis for all actions taken by the FBI."
The federal criminal complaint in the case says Van der Sloot got a partial payment of $15,000 wired to a Netherlands bank on or around May 10.
It did not say where the money came from.
In a statement Wednesday, the FBI said only that the payment came from private funds. Holloway's mother, Beth Twitty, has refused to discuss details of the case and Dietl said he didn't know the money's origin.
Van der Sloot was the last person seen with her daughter before the girl vanished on the last night of a high school graduation trip. He was arrested twice but released both times for a lack of evidence.
Flores' family was asked Wednesday for comment on the fact that Van der Sloot traveled to Peru less than a week after receiving the cash in the extortion sting.
Enrique Flores, one of the slain Peruvian woman's brothers, said, "My sister is dead, so I can't accomplish anything by thinking about what might have been."
"Neither I nor the family are thinking about all the things that could have happened but did not."


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Check out this list of classic police tricks and trade-craft from the days of 'old fashioned coppering'.
We were amazed when we stumbled across a forum thread of ex-police officers discussing the "good'ol days", when a make-believe canine unit was almost as good as a real one, and you knew exactly how to get a crim to stop running.
All these entries are taken from an online forum contributed to by former officers (who have remained anonymous for obvious reasons).
And you'd be amazed as some officers claimed their tricks are still used today. Let us know if you think we're missing anything off our list.
9. Black thread: "We used to walk the town centre at night with a reel of black cotton. We would tie a length of it at each end of an alleyway, at ankle height. Later on our patrol, all we had to do was make sure the cotton was still unbroken and we knew that no one had been down that alleyway."
8. Man's best friend: "Whilst I shouldn't possibly let out trade secrets, my favourite with running suspects is "STOP NOW OR I WILL RELEASE THE DOG" in a suitably loud and angry tone. So far it has worked in about 30 per cent of my footchases."
7. Racing handicap: "Unless they have a good bit of ground on me to start off with they generally aren't going to win. I compete in 6.5 mile races regularly. In fact, I recently used this in a chase, shouting "I wouldn't bother mate, I run half marathons,' whereupon he stopped!"
6. Section 18, 17, 16: "I used this the other day when doing a Section 18 (entering a premises to search):
Me: "You've got 20 seconds to open the door (whilst having a look inside)..."
Him: "I'm getting dressed."
Me: "18, 17, 16, 15..."
Him: *BANG (falls over trousers round ankles).
5. Photo-ops: "At demos always protect the old ladies and women with children who seem to turn up without thought for their safety. Make sure the Press are about when you do this.
4. Waiting for PC Godot: "Me and my mate found ourselves searching 19 lads in a radio blackspot. I had a long and loud talk-through with an imaginary van crew telling them not to bother coming all the way into the car park....if only they knew...."
3. Optional cover: "When stopping cars driven by persons who believe insurance is no longer compulsory but an optional extra. Admire their vehicle and give it a quick "when do think you are going to be able to pay for the insurance". You will be surprised how many drivers say they will be buying it tomorrow."
2. Decoy Roadblock: "Always hold a roadblock on a straight stretch with plenty of lights at night so that oncoming villains can see you stopping cars. Arrange it that there is a slip or side road before the road block so that the villains, on seeing the activity ahead, can quickly turn into it. Alas...that is where the real check point is - gotcha!"
1. Stoic Sargeant: "Always carry a mannequin somewhere on the carrier with a spare uniform raincoat and cap.They are useful when you have to leave it and give the impression your vehicle is being guarded, for fooling senior officers that you are up to complement and for placing on the rear seat with its fingers up in a V sign for following traffic."
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Top notch anchorman, Ron Burgundy (Jack Lawrence) has moved his roots from San Diego to the fine trappings of Los Angeles, CA -- and he has brought the entire Channel 4 News Team with him! Unfortunately, Brian (Dale DaBone), Brick (Anthony Rosano), and Champ (Eric Masterson) are all unemployed as well. In an effort to restart their once stellar careers, the gang and their fearless leader must join forces with the ever-popular Veronica Corningstone (Tasha Reign) and her all-female news team. Can they play "second fiddle" to the ladies? Or is it the ideal news story? No matter what, Ron is getting laid and getting paid… and that goes for everyone!
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When the cameras enter the offices of Dinder Muffin, it's up to "World's Bust Boss", Michelle (Ashlynn Brooke) to make sure that the hard drives are hard and the water cooler is wet. And that's why she's not only the boss, she's the employee of the month! It's the must see XXX tv parody of the year, when a huge all star cast (that's what she said!) stars in New Sensations hilarious hump-fest, The Office: A XXX Parody. The splooge and jokes fly with Ashlynn Brooke, Jenna Haze, Stephanie Swift, Alexis Texas, Gianna Michaels, Faye Reagan, Dahlia Denyle, Codi Carmichael, James Deen, Dane Cross, Ralph Long, Rooco Reed and Mark Wood.
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Michelle's (Ashlynn Brooke) evaluation is going great until her bosses discover all of the fun & fucking that happens under her watchful eye (and sometimes under the rest of her hot naked body as well). So let the sexiness & craziness begin when Jimmy & Sam suck & fuck, while Dwight is convinced that a rabid squirrel is on the loose. Stan is given the opportunity to test out his equal opportunity employer by banging big-boobed Office Temp, Candy, and Reed screws Kylie despite an angry gang of gypsies waiting for him to deliver a large cock ring order. It's side-splitting, pussy-pounding, and fucking hilarious! It's New Sensations' THE OFFICE 2 - A XXX PARODY!
Federal agents Dana Scully (Kimberly Kane) and Fox Mulder (Anthony Rosano) are sent to investigate a series of mysterious homicides. A common thread of the murders are the occult images and symbols found at the scene of each crime. With time against them, Scully and Mulder must solve the riddle that will eventually lead them to someone or something they have never encountered before.
The truth is out that "The Sex Files: A Dark XXX Parody" is the hottest movie of the year! Suspenseful, sexy, awesome!
Digital Sin presents a Revolution X film, "The Sex Files: A Dark XXX Parody" -- featuring Kimberly Kane, Anthony Rosano, Ashlynn Brooke, Audrey Bitoni, Evan Stone, Charley Chase, and more!
Get ready for some Sex, Jugs, and Rock 'N Roll -- 1970's-style! Imagine a combination of polyester pants, platform shoes, hilarious comedy, and Scorching Hot Sex scenes! Well, that's exactly what you're going to get with 70'S SHOW: A XXX PARODY!
Introducing Sexified parodies of your favorite characters including ERIC, Donna, Fez, Jackie, LAURIE, Kelso, Hyde, Kitty & Red.
Things get dazed & confused when this Sex-crazed group of friends Head to a concert. Backstage passes quickly become Backstage Asses as the gang tries to pick up Groupies & Meat the band.
70'S SHOW-A XXX PARODY, featuring Brooke Banner, Ashlynn Brooke, Missy Stone, Rachel Love, Kaci Starr, Patrick J. Knight, Anthony Rosano, Ralph Long, Pike Nelson, Steve Smith, and more!
New Sensations, the studio that brought you THE OFFICE - A XXX PARODY, SCRUBS - A XXX PARODY, and SEINFELD - A XXX PARODY, presents 30 ROCK - A XXX PARODY, a side-splitting and pussy-pounding take on one of the funniest shows on TV. Imagine, all of your favorite and funniest characters played by some of the hottest porn stars! With sexy and spot-on performances by Ashlynn Brooke, Lisa Ann, Amy Ried, Rebeca Linares, Evie Delatosso, Lana Violet, James Deen, Herschel Savage, Ralph Long, Chris Cannon, and Erik Everhard, 30 ROCK - A XXX PARODY is a must-have for anybody who likes to laugh or cum!
From New Sensations, the studio that brought you The Office: a XXX Parody & 30 Rock: A XXX Parody, comes the story of a group of friends that are living the life: getting rich, getting famous, & getting laid.
Follow parodies of your favorite characters (Eric, Vince, Turtle, and Drama) on their sex-filled adventures through the hottest pussy in La La Land & all the fun things that cum with it! When Vince's latest film flops, Turtle decides to upload a celebrity sex tape of Vince and everyone's favorite super-starlet-next-door, Mandy Moorehead. Will it revive his blockbuster Hollywood career, or will it lead to a Big role in Aquaman: A XXX Parody?
Featuring a blockbuster cast: Ashlynn Brooke, Tori Black, Jayden James, Priya Rai, Rocco Reed, Ethan Cage, Anthony Rosano, Patrick Knight, & MORE!
Catch the "Boys from Queens" fuck their way through every girl in Hollywood, one beautiful celebrity at a time, in ENTOURAGE - A XXX PARODY!
What do you get when you cross one of the funniest and most popular sitcoms ever with the hottest sex scenes imaginable? You get FRIENDS - A XXX PARODY! Finally, their friendship has benefits. It's amazing what happens when New Sensations parodies Monica, Phoebe, Rachel, Joey, Chandler, and Ross. The comedy flies as do the bodily fluids. Hilarity and deep penetration ensues when Freebie accidentally spills the beans about Moanica's bachelorette party, leading the boys to decide to throw a bigger & raunchier bachelor party.
FEATURING an All-Star cast INCLUDING JORDAN KINGSLEY, VANESSA NAUGHTY, KAYLA PAIGE, ISIS TAYLOR, RILEY EVANS, AND BRITTANY O'CONNELL. Finally, the show you always wanted to see naked, FRIENDS - A XXX PARODY is here!
Welcome to the bar where everybody's glad you came!
From New Sensations, the studio that gave you the hit parodies The Office: a XXX Parody, Seinfeld: A XXX Parody, and 30 Rock: a XXX Parody, cums the parody of one of the most popular sitcoms of all time, CHEERS: A XXX PARODY!
Enjoy parodies of all of your favorite characters including Diane, Sam, Lilith, Frasier, Carla, Woody, Cliff, Norm, and Rebecca! It's the famous Boston watering hole stuffed with a sexed up & wacky group of locals. Finally, your favorite characters aren't just funny & friendly - they're fucking too! After living life from one scorching hot sexual encounter to another, Sam decides that he has to try and get Diane in the sack. Convinced that she thinks he's too selfish, he tries to get his friends laid to prove he's worthy of pounding Diane's proper pussy.
CHEERS: A XXX PARODY will leave you drunk with laughter & horniness! You get hot sex, hilarious hi-jinx, and an All-Star cast of fuck-a-likes: Monique Alexander, Alexis Texas, Sara Stone, AnnaBelle Lee, Suzanne Kelly, Katie St. Ives, Amber Swift, Evan Stone, Otto Bauer, Mr. Pete, Joel Lawrence, and J Walker.
So here's a toast to the bar with the most...Sex!
Theres only one cure for the beautiful female patients of Naked Heart Hospitala good dose of Penis-illin from Doctor DJ (AVNs Male Performer of the Year, James Deen)! When handsome young & hung doctor, DJ sees that the lack of sexual healing amongst the hospitals staff is affecting their work, he realizes that he must come up with a plan to heal everyone of their Acute Bone-itis. At Naked Heart Hospital laughter and deep penetration are surely the best medicines. NEW SENSATIONS proudly presents the hilarious & filthy, SCRUBS A XXX PARODY. Catch all of the XXX-Raying, Bodily Fluid Transfusing, Pussy-oscopies you can handle with All-Star cast -- Ashlynn Brooke, Joanna Angel, Alexis Texas, Tori Black, Missy Stone, Thea Marie, James Deen, Shane Diesel, Jack Lawrence, and Ralph Long.
The most popular sitcom of all time is about to become porn's biggest parody! New Sensations presents SEINFELD - A XXX PARODY.
What's the deal with SEINFELD A XXX PARODY? The deal is that it's going to be Scorching Hot! It's also going to be Hilarious! And it's most definitely going to be yada yada yada. From New Sensations, the studio that brought you the hit movies The Office a XXX Parody and Scrubs a XXX Parody, comes an Adult version of the most popular comedy television series of all time, SEINFELD A XXX PARODY. If you ever wondered what it would be like if Jerry got it on with Elaine, or if Kramer stumbled into a 3-way with two of the biggest names in porn, or if Jerry's ex-girlfriends breasts really were real & spectacular, then SEINFELD A XXX PARODY is the movie for you!
All your favorite characters are parodied with Gerry, Elaina, Gorge, Crammer, Noman, Regina, Teri, The Porn Nazi and more, in SEINFELD A XXX PARODY. Starring an All-Star cast, Ashlynn Brooke, Sadie West, Sasha Grey, Kristina Rose, London Keyes, Nathalie Norton, Cassandra Calogera, James Deen, Eric John, Tony Disergio and Evan Stone. SEINFELD A XXX PARODY is your Serenity Now!
Baby, if you've ever wondered what could make you horny with hilarity, it's WKRP A XXX PARODY!
From New Sensations, the studio that brought you The Office: A XXX Parody & Seinfeld: A XXX Parody, comes the porn lampooning of one of the sexiest & funniest shows of the 70's & 80's! It's got all of the crazy & sexy characters that you have come to know & love, but this time you get to see them fuck!
Follow parodies of your favorite radio personalities (Bailey, Jennifer, Mr. Carlson, Andy, Venus, Herb, Les, and Johnny) as their wacky antics take them on a crazy sex-comedy adventure!
When the latest radio station promotion prizes get misplaced, the WKRP team will do anything to get them back... anything! Will they find the concert tickets or will they have to screw every scalper in Cincinnati? Featuring a foxy look-a-like cast: Ashlynn Brooke, Holly Heart, Faye Reagan, Kagney Linn Karter, Jackie Daniels, Andy San Dimas, Janet Mason, Ryan McLane, Scott Lyons, Evan Stone, Tee Reel, Ralph Long, and Rod Fontana!
So, jive turkeys, grab your records, and turn up the volume on WKRP A XXX PARODY!
New Sensations, 2010 AVN Award Winner for "30 Rock: A XXX Parody," presents Must-Seed TV with "WHO'S THE BOSS: A XXX PARODY!"
Here is a parody so dirty that only one horny housekeeper could possibly clean it up.. or make it worse! So catch your favorite characters (Tony, Angela, Mona, Samantha, and Jonathan) in one of the zaniest, funniest, filthiest sitcom parodies you have ever seen. When hunky housekeeper, Tony (Anthony Rosano), accidentally walks in on his sexy blonde employer, Angela (India Summer) in the shower, they steam up the house with an immeasurable sexual tension. It becomes so hard to ignore that everybody in the house wants to play a little game of "Who's your Boss!"
Finally, the couple that an entire generation wanted to see fuck gets to go all the way.. and then some! Featuring India Summer, Alyssa Reece, Lexi Belle, Bobbi Starr, Nicole Ray, Payton Leigh, Sonny Hicks, Rocco Reed, James Deen, and Anthony Rosano. It's the sexiest sitcom that you've been waiting for. It's "WHO'S THE BOSS: A XXX PARODY!"
The simple life is shaken when death comes to the small, quiet Louisiana town of Bon Temps -- where civilians, vampires, shape-shifters, and mind readers clash in an orgy of sex & mystery. When a dead body is found with the heart ripped out, local waitress, Sookie (Ashlynn Brooke), who has a talent for reading minds, her best friend, Tara (Misty Stone), and her Vampire boyfriend, Bill (James Deen), try to unravel the supernatural web and find the murderer. Sookie and her friends find themselves pushing all their limits, both mentally and sexually, in a climax you'll have to see to believe!
The mix of sex, horror, and action is so hot, it must be TRU: A XXX Parody
New Sensations, the studio that brought you the AVN Award winning "30 Rock: A XXX Parody," presents a parody of one of the funniest & most popular shows on TV - The Big Bang Theory: A XXX Parody.
When four geniuses (Sheldon, Leonard, Raj, & Howard) realize that the only boobs they ever see are in their Slavegirl Space Princess wet dreams, they do the math and cum up with an equation for attracting horny young women! With a huge comic-book convention coming up, they only have a short amount of time to try out the formula on their beautiful blonde neighbor Penny, their hot co-workers, and slutty cosplay girls. Will they have enough time to find some good Mario costumes for the show?
From New Sensations, the studio that brought you the AVN Award winning Sex-Comedy, 30 Rock: A XXX Parody, cums a spoof of one of the Biggest cult films of all time - THE BIG LEBOWSKI: A XXX PARODY!
IT IS A XXX Parody that dares to bring the world a dirty spoof that is better than good and thorough. It is Great AND thorough! When some horny thugs almost drown Jeffrey Lebowski in his own toilet and leave some splooge on his new VHS Porn tapes (the tapes that really tied his porn collection together), it sets off a Sexy AND Funny chain of events. You will Absolutely get to see coitus, in AND out, the physical act of love, fuckin' A, and some Orgasm-achieving from one of the Biggest Lebowski's you have ever seen! What will happen in THE BIG LEBOWSKI: A XXX PARODY? Will you finally get to witness the true version of Logjammin, hardcore, the way it was meant to be seen? Will you get to see this horny Dude get his Gutterballs drained? Will the Dude accept Bunnys offer of Oral Coitus? Will Brandt watch? And will that Cable Repairman finally fix the cable? A resounding YES is the answer to these and other questions in New Sensations THE BIG LEBOWSKI: A XXX PARODY!
New Sensations presents Reno 911: A XXX Parody, the most hilarious and ball draining spoof you will ever witness. These cops are dirty...really really dirty.
The Reno Police force is back, but this time they brought backup: the FBI (Fellatio & Boner Injections)! When the funniest & fucking-est cops you know recruit a Busty new Officer, she distracts the team from their serving and protecting...even more. Whether its investigating crimes, arresting suspects, going undercover as hookers, chasing roller skaters, having sex with inmates, or smothering breasts with honey and throwing candy at them, it's all in a day's work for this wild bunch. Catch parodies of your favorite Arresting & Molesting officers: Dangle, Clementine, Raineesha, Jones, Junior, Garcia, and Trudi.
You have the right to remain horny with Reno 911: A XXX PARODY!
From the studio that brought you the AVN award-winner, "30 Rock: A XXX Parody," New Sensations presents The Golden Girls: A XXX MILF Parody!
When you put Dorothy, Rose, Blanche, and Sophia together, the sarcasm and silliness will fly. But add in Dorothy's lesbian friend, Jean, and you will have some of the hottest MILF sex you have ever seen! Jean comes for a visit, but it gets awkward when she reveals that she is in love with Rose. So, the girls try to show Jean that a studly man almost half their ages can fill a void that another woman just can't reach. And are those voids ever filled! The Golden Girls become The Golden Cougars as they fuck their way through all of the young man-meat that they can handle. But will they bring Jean over to the cock side? Thank them for being such whores! Your favorite TV grannies become cum-guzzling super slutty MILFs in the Parody that you will never want to retire!
From New Sensations, the studio that brought you the hit parodies The Big Lebowski: A XXX Parody & The Office: A XXX Parody, comes a Sexy Spoof of one of the most Awesome movies of all time in THE BREAKFAST CLUB: A XXX PARODY!
When five College students are forced to spend their Saturday in detention, they think that it is going to be, like, a total bummer. But instead it turns out to be a total Fuckfest! THE BREAKFAST CLUB: A XXX PARODY gives viewers the Sucking & Fucking that was sorely lacking from the iconic film! From the school's star athlete putting the winning moves on the Sexy & quirky Loner, to the Renegade getting Pretty deep in Pink when he finally hooks up with the Popular Girl, to the class Geek popping cherries in his "totally-not-fake" memory of Niagara Falls! Throw in some perky cheerleader group sex, a beautiful Dean with a mean streak and a craving for cock, and you've got the sexiest day ever spent in a library since... ever!
Teen Angst has never been so funny & steamy as it is in THE BREAKFAST CLUB: A XXX PARODY.
Starring Faye Reagan, Andy San Dimas, Samantha Ryan, Syren Sexton, Brooke Van Bouren, Tessa Taylor, Breanne Benson, Levi Cash, Sonny Hicks, and Chad Alva.
From New Sensations, the studio that brought you "The Big Lebowski: A XXX Parody" and "Reno 911: A XXX Parody," comes a pitch perfect sequel to one of the most successful parodies of all time in "Seinfeld 2: A XXX PARODY!"
After a series of personal mishaps, the gang decides to place a bet on who can go the longest without having sex. In this hilarious sequel to the best selling original parody, Krammer, Gorge, Elaina and Gerry do their utmost to outlast each other in this contest of celibacy. Who will falter first? Who will be the last to succumb to their carnal desires? Can the woman outlast the men? We know you can't wait to find out, so come and join us for all the silly, crazy, and erotic fun! All of your favorite characters are parodied including Gerry, Elaina, Gorge, Krammer, and more in "SEINFELD 2: A XXX PARODY." Featuring an All-Star cast including James Deen, Kristina Rose, Eric John, Ann Marie Rios, Gracie Glam, Nika Noir, and Asa Akira.
Set one year before the appearance of Lilith, Federal agents Dana Scully (Kimberly Kane) and Fox Mulder (Anthony Rosano) are sent to unravel a mystifying series of murders. Their investigation leads them to Eastern Virginia, where they find several locals who seem to have been "infected". Mulder believes the cause of these infections to be none other than "The Black Oil." Scully and Mulder must search for answers that will ultimately defy the boundaries of science, the paranormal, and the dreadful spaces in between!
Carrie (Kayla Paige) finds herself in a precarious position when Mr. Big (Evan Stone) receives a job offer in Los Angeles. Carrie is devastated by the news until Big springs the idea on her to move out to the Left Coast with him. Torn between her desire to marry Big and to stay loyal to her best friends, Samantha (Brittany Andrews), Miranda (Zoe Voss) Charlotte (Bobbi Starr), Carrie decides to follow her heart and leave behind her girls for the man of her dreams. Or does she? The girls are not about to let a little problem like falling in love get in the way of their dependency on Carrie's advice, both inside and outside the bedroom, so they hatch a plan to show Carrie just how much they need her. Of course, the girls are up to their necks in their own sexual issues, whether it's Miranda's itch to bring a girl into a 3-way tryst, Charlotte's newfound nymphomania, or Samantha's plundering of her next door neighbor. With plenty of surprises and sexual adventure, the time has come for these sexy, four best friends to bond in a way that they never have before.
Poor Fred is having a mid-life crisis. His little girl Pebbles is 18
and getting ready to move out of the house. He's getting older, maybe
a little rounder, and he starts to question if he is attractive enough
for his hot wife, Wilma. What happens when it is just the two of them?
Could Wilma be seeing someone else? Is it Betty? Barney? Mr. Slate?
The result is one of the funniest parodies ever. The whole gang is here
so come join them all for sexy, good time!
Featuring: Hillary Scott, Brooke Lee Adams, Misty Stone and Hayden Winters with Anthony Rosano, Rod Fontana, Dale DaBone, Seth Gamble and Peter O'Tool - Directed by Will Ryder
After another long night of partying, Shaggy wakes to find that he is all alone? Where's Scooby? The gang gets all riled up when they discover that their favorite canine detective has gone missing. Well, there is no mystery that this group can't solve, but can they do it without their lovable cohort? One mystery uncovers another as they find themselves locked in a game of cat and mouse with a fiendish ghoul. Things get even more complicated now that Daphne and Fred are a couple, and Velma suddenly decides to release her inhibitions. Get ready for sex, mystery, sex, hilarity, sex and more sex! Oh, and by the way… Scooby Doo, where are you!?


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A soap-opera romance set against a dramatic backdrop of war, art and the hills of Tuscany, from Olafsson (Valentines, 2007, etc.), a top executive at Time Warner.
"Nothing had happened yet, but she knew it was going to happen and she was sure that he knew too," reflects a pivotal character on the verge of an affair. And so it happens. At least twice. The intersecting plotlines of two different affairs—and the relationship sparked between two women of different generations and nationalities—provide the complications which this novel resolves in a manner that may not satisfy readers devoted to the genre of historical romance. The title also has multiple references. Toward the end of World War II, a young British woman from a wealthy family, living in Italy, marries an Italian landowner whom her family rejects as beneath her. While searching for a place to settle, she discovers a Tuscan villa in dire need of repair, deemed uninhabitable, and she and her husband begin to restore it. She subsequently has a baby and an affair, and soon it's her crumbling marriage that is in need of restoration. Meanwhile, a young apprentice painter from Iceland finds work restoring classic canvases from earlier centuries, which the sinister art dealer with whom she's having an affair sells to the Germans. Ultimately, both women as well as a painting of questionable origin come together at the restored Tuscan villa, which has become something of a haven for children and others escaping the war. Divided loyalties, political and marital, result in "problems [that are] trivial in the scheme of things. We can see now that the world lies in ruins." The world doesn't end, though pivotal relationships might.
Though there are some quasi-literary flourishes here, the interior lives of the characters rarely rise above melodramatic cliché.


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Unit C: The Dynamic Earth
The books listed below may be available through publishers, distributors such as bookstores or online retailers, or library systems.
Leveled Independent Science Books
Extra Support
- Starting a Rock Collection
- Summary: Describes how rocks are formed, classified, collected, and displayed.
On Level
- Volcano: Pompeii
- Summary: Describes in detail what happened when Mt. Vesuvius erupted.
- The Story of Sue: T. Rex
- Summary: Describes the discovery of a dinosaur and how it became a fossil.
- Hands-On Projects About Rocks, Minerals, and Fossils
- Simple projects employ materials found on field trips and in backyards.
- Igneous Rocks
- A look at how magma from Earth's mantle forms this rock.
- Minerals
- The types and composition of minerals are explained here.
- The Island That Moved: How Shifting Forces Shape Our Earth
- Using an imaginary island, the author discusses climate, continental drift, and plate tectonics.
- Plate Tectonics
- An explanation of plate tectonics includes information on mountains, earthquakes, and volcanoes.
- Using Energy
- The author discusses how to meet future energy needs, using both traditional and alternative energy sources.
- Fuels for the Future
- Diesel, petrol, wood, and coal are all considered as future power resources.
- Coal
- How this natural resource is formed, mined, and used is explored here.


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In the ninth year of his four-year term, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas recently forced the resignation of the widely respected caretaker Salam Fayyad as Prime Minister. Abbas appointed one Rami Hamdallas to succeed him. We noted Hamdallah's appointment here.
Secretary Kerry praised Hamdallah's appointment while encouraging a return to negotiations for a two-state solution. In a congratulatory statement, Kerry said Hamdallah's appointment "comes at a moment of challenge, which is also an important moment of opportunity."
Having been on the job for two weeks, Hamdallah tendered his resignation yesterday. Reuters notes that "[i]t was not immediately clear whether Abbas would accept the resignation by Hamdallah."
Hamdallah in any event posted an explanation on his Facebook page saying his decision was due to "outside interferences in his powers and duties." In other words, Jonathan Tobin (from whom I have adapted the heading for this post) explains, "even though Hamdallah was a Fatah member with no known political ambitions of his own, he still found it impossible to act as a façade for the PA kleptocracy."
Whether Hamdallah stays or goes, and whoever his successor may be (if there is one), Secretary Kerry will maintain that this is an important moment of opportunity. In this topsy turvy world some things never change.


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lorbaat wrote:The Monkeymen have my attention.
Zahru II wrote:a full photoset of toyfair stuff:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brickjourn ... 677753378/
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