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The FTSE 100 recovered from Thursday's fall and climbed 0.6pc, led by ITV and Burberry, whose shares fell earlier in the week after the luxury goods retailer's first quarter update missed analysts' estimates, fuelling concern about Chinese growth. The mid cap FTSE 250 also gained 0.6pc.
The gains were made despite data from China recording growth of 7.6pc in the second quarter, a three-year low.
"Whilst GDP may be slowing more than expected in the world's second largest economy, it is not as bad as it could have been and China is still growing at a fair lick," said Simon Denham of Capital Spreads.
"On top of this investors remember that during the crash in 2008 when the globe and all the major western economies slumped into a deep recession, China implemented huge stimulus measures and barely blinked."
Meanwhile, shares in G4S suffered again today, losing 3.5pc, after it was revealed earlier in the week the British government had to put thousands of extra troops on standby for the Olympics to cover a short fall in guards for the event.
SSE also fell 1.7pc after broker Citigroup cut its recommendation on the group to "sell" from "neutral."
Among the mid caps, Electrocomponents was the biggest riser early in the session, gaining 5.5 pc, after the group said first quarter sales were at a similar level to last year.
However, Booker Group lost ground after Shore Capital downgraded the stock to "sell" from "hold" and the stock slipped 3.5pc.


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The federal government is permitting its employees in the Washington area to take unscheduled leave or to work from home if they're eligible due to Tuesday's earthquake..
Additionally, a dozen major federal buildings in the D.C. area are closed today due to earthquake-related damage.
"If a building is closed today it doesn't necessarily mean there is damage, just that we haven't yet been able to thoroughly assess it," said Sara Merriam, a spokeswoman for the General Services Administration, which owns or operates most of federal buildings in the Washington area.
Emergency employees are expected to report for work as usual, but non-emergency employees are granted an excused absence if necessary, unless:
— The employee is required to telework.
— The employee is on official travel outside the Washington area.
— The employee is on leave without pay.
— The employee is on an alternative work schedule day off.
Here's a list of the widespread building closures as of 8 a.m. Wednesday:
— Federal Aviation Administration headquarters at 800 Independence Ave. SW. (Updated and added 7:19 a.m. ET)
— U.S. Drug Administration Building in Washington.
— Forest Service offices in the USDA Yates Building in Washington.
— The National Building Museum at 5th and F Sts. NW.
— The Agriculture Department's South Building at 14th and Independence Ave. SW.
— The Department of Homeland Security's Buildings 1 and 19 at Nebraska Ave. NW Complex.
— The Interior Department headquarters at 1849 C St. NW and the Interior Department South Building at 1951 Constitution Ave. NW.
In Virginia:
— The Commerce Department's Building A 6810 in Franconia.
In Maryland:
— The Office of the Secretary of Defense at One White Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike in Rockville.
— The National Archives building at 4205 Suitland Rd. in Suitland.
Update 8:47 a.m. ET:
The Labor Department and Department of Health and Human Services headquarters in Washington are now open for normal business.
Here's a memo sent to Interior Department employees regarding the building closures:
August 23, 2011
To: All Washington, DC MIB and SIB Employees
From: Rhea Suh
Assistant Secretary
Policy, Management and Budget
We would like to thank all Department of the Interior (DOI) employees for the safe evacuation of the many DOI facilities in the Washington, D.C. metro area. The earthquake we experienced was substantial. We were very fortunate that there were no reports of injuries of our employees. The mission of DOI is critical in maintaining the functioning of the federal government and ensuring public safety.
Because the safety of our employees comes first, and in order to allow for a thorough review of the structural integrity of the Main and South Interior Buildings, both buildings will remain closed to business tomorrow, August 24th, 2011.
As you may know the DOI has an extensive telework program. Employees who have a signed telework agreement are encouraged to utilize the many flexibilities of telework to keep the Government operating and to maximize productivity tomorrow. Employees who are not on telework agreements will be relieved from duty. Employees who are unable to telework will not be charged leave unless they have previously scheduled/approved leave. Timekeepers will receive instructions on how to code this time.
Employees may also utilize alternative worksites if it is deemed safe for occupancy and is open for business. Employees who have responsibilities for securing the workplace or duties related to the structural integrity review at the Main or South Interior Buildings are expected to report in accordance with their regular schedule except as modified by their supervisor.
We expect to reopen both buildings on August 25th following a thorough review. Please review your local television stations, news media and our DOI website for continuing updates on the reopening of the MIB/SIB in the Washington D.C. metro area.
Please note that all DOI employees who work in satellite offices in the DC metro region should report to duty unless otherwise instructed.
Follow Ed O'Keefe on Twitter: @edatpost
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• Video: 'I'm still shaking a little bit'
• Quake shakes east coast, rattles residents
• Earthquake brings to mind panic of 9/11
• In Va. seismic zone, an event of rare magnitude
• National Cathedral, other buildings damaged
• Earthquake shakes up D.C.'s rhythm
• What you're supposed to do when the ground starts to shake


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A waitress helps a friend charged with assaulting her worthless ex-husband.
Rose Strickland (Diners, Dives & Dead Ends, 2012) is having a hard time getting into the holiday spirit this year. As always, her mother is full of advice about the careers she could pursue if she just had the ambition to do more than sling hash at Ma's Diner. Meanwhile, Ma's stepped up the pace by going head-to-head with Rudy's Roundup. Since Rudy's been muscling in on Ma's early morning business, Ma abandons her breakfast-only policy, producing a dizzying array of lunch specials that run Rose and her best friend, Roxy Block, off their feet without generating an extra dime in tips. Then, Janelle Johnson, Rose's study buddy from Huntingford City College, calls to say that someone beat up her ex-husband right after Janelle came by to hit him up for child support and throw a little furniture around too. Now, Sheik "Asshat" Johnson is in a coma, and Janelle's in the slammer. Rose looks for other suspects, starting with Crystal Waters, the stripper whose appearance in Janelle's bed sent her marriage to the showers. She unearths many prospects, including Crystal's other boyfriend, Sheik's other lovers and the other lovers' boyfriends. The clue that sends Rose careening, though, is a pile of pictures stashed at Sheik's apartment of Thomas Sullivan, the bad boy who makes Rose's pulse beat faster. Rose is convinced that Sheik's criminal connections, not his ex's wrath, put him out for the count. But convincing hard-assed Officer Andre Thomas and cute Officer Mike Goedecker may be even harder than convincing Ma to go back to bacon and eggs.
Austin's second course has the menu of feisty underemployed gal detective with a side order of romance down pat.


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Dylan Moran
The best comedian working in Britain today hands down. Whoever saw Dylan Moran's Monster on C4 has to agree. Absolutely unbelievable, an act like no-one else on the circuit. If there's any justice in the world he'll be huge.
Re: Dylan Morani didn't think his stand up was that funny. was some amusing moments, but i felt it dragged a little.i normally find that when watching stand up on tv (even peter kay), seeing him live would probably be alot funnier.
Re: Dylan Moranas much as i love dylan moran. Al Murray is my favourite at the minute. Hes fookin funny!
Re: Dylan Moransaw him live, very unimpressed. I love black books but his stand up is just standard comedy night fare. I laughed once and that was because swearings funny.
Re: Dylan MoranI agree, Black Books is fantastic but I watched that stand up show on channel four the other week and it was very average. Some funny bits but other than that...meh.
Re: Dylan MoranHe gives me enough joke, as the homies would say.
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I'm being half serious here.
Re: Dylan Moranjeremy hardy = god.
Re: Dylan MoranJeremy Hardy. Yes.
Re: Dylan MoranHicks always wins.
Re: Dylan MoranAgreed.
Re: Dylan MoranI like Black Books....fucking loathed Part Troll. Don't like stand-up though. Bill Hicks is kewl but Bill Bailey isn't great in my opinion. My stoner mates seemed to get it....but they're morons and find ugly balding men joke about badgers amusing or something.
Re: Dylan Moranhahaha, i watched part troll on dvd and was like 'eh?'. i didnt really find it funny at all.... a bit irritating even. i remember him being alright on that comic aid thing though.
Re: Dylan MoranI like Part Troll...
Re: Dylan Moran"an act like no-one else on the circuit"
I would say the exact opposite. He's like everyone at various times. Monster has some obviously Bill Bailey-influenced stuff, and the Dave Allen influence is clear.
Re: Dylan MoranHe definately used the whole "Bernard" persona for his Monster stuff, but I still thought it was very funny and original. Bill Bailey is still better though.
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Wednesday, May 3, 2017
My Favorite.. TV Show
My Favorite.. is a weekly meme hosted by Maureen's Books. In this meme we share every week something we love with each other. Because let's face it.. The world can be a dark place and it's time to share something positive. For more info: My Favorite Meme.
Next to reading I love watching TV shows and movies. There are a lot of great TV- shows out there I love to watch. But there is one show that is my absolute favorite: Gilmore Girls. Ever since the show aired in 2000, I've been a big fan of this show. Not only because of the great actors, the fun dialogues and the fun small town life (I love small towns).. but since I was also raised by mom I always kind of felt connected to this series. And I still love this show, even though the last episode aired in 2007.
In Gilmore Girls we follow the lives of mother Lorelai, and daughter Rory. Not only do they have a great bond, but there are also some great other characters living in their small town. The diner owner Luke. Lorelai's best friend Sookie St. James. Mrs. Kim. Mr. and Mrs. Gilmore. All these characters are just so fun to watch and I love them all.
I own all the Gilmore Girls seasons on DVD, and I must have watched them all a dozen times. And still I can't get enough of this series. Last year the revival came out, and I was so super excited. I've heard many different opinions about the revival, but I loved every part of it. Gilmore Girls , if you ask me, is one of the best series out there.
My favorite TV show after Gilmore Girls is Grey's Anatomy. The first episode aired when I started Nursing school and I just kind of grew up watching that show. I own all the seasons on DVD and I still watch every new episode.
What is your favorite TV show?
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I've never actually seen Gilmore Girls.ReplyDeleteReplies
You really should! It's an amazing series.. I just can't get tired of it! ;)Delete
I've enjoyed Gilmore Girls. It's a go-to TV show for me. However, I did not like the revival.ReplyDeleteReplies
For me too. I love that show, even after seeing it several times. To bad you didn't like the revival. It definitely isn't as good as the original series but I really enjoyed it.Delete
Gilmore Girls is one of my absolute favorites. I own the entire series on DVD, too. I can't wait until my daughter is old enough to watch it with me.ReplyDeleteReplies
I can imagine! I think it would be amazing to share that show with your daughter! ;)Delete
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Nick Clegg's grasp of economics has been called into question after he was found to have exaggerated the level of Sheffield Council's cash reserves by more than £120m in an attack on his own city's leaders.
In an open letter, the Sheffield Hallam MP accused the council of sitting on £167m in "usable reserves" which could have been used to "protect front line services."
While there is a line item in the city's statement of accounts labelled "usable reserves" valued at £167m – Nick conveniently fails to mention more than £123m of that figure is already ringfenced or earmarked — mainly at a national level — for specific purposes, and can't be spent on front line services.
David Blunkett, MP for neighbouring Brightside & Hillsborough constituency, told Political Scrapbook:
"I'm afraid economics and accountancy are not the Deputy Prime Minister's great strength"
The "usable reserve" includes £57.2m reserved for capital projects, £14.4m which must be spent on social housing and £10.1m reserved to pay for repairs to buildings — all of which is required by national legislation. A further £42m is reserved under a variety of other mandatory earmarks.
Clegg's £120m spin came in response to a letter in last Sunday's Observer from a trio of northern council leaders, including Sheffield's Julie Dore, claiming that Clegg had yoked himself to a brand of Conservatism with "no social conscience".
If Nick's so proud of Coalition investment in Sheffield, why would he need to fudge the figures to prove it?


text: HellO! I hane a NSLU2 with Unslug 2.3 63 I don't know too much with linux and the nslu2 too. My problem is... I connect one disk on port 1 and i format the disk. when the format is complete i reboot the system. After the reboot in the home page it showe me the free space an the totan mbs of my disk but when i try login with admin the nslu2 don't let me! When i format the disk on port1, i have conected on port 2 a flashdisk. Is this the problem? If i format again the disk, without connected anything else maybe it's all ok? Sorry for my english but i don't know the language very well.


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Miss Jessie's Salon and Silkener
Miss Jessie's Salon Review
Miss Jessie's Salon is a natural hair and curly hair salon in Soho, New York (formerly in Brooklyn). Miss Jessie's Salon and Miss Jessie's hair products are the brainchild of two biracial (Black and Japanese) sisters, Miko and Titi Branch, who found that there were no products on the market to deal with textured hair like theirs. Miko and Titi have been a godsend to many women who want to wear natural hairstyles without a relaxer, and for women who have textured hair. Miss Jessie's Salon has hundreds (perhaps thousands) of loyal customers who travel to New York City from across the country for hair care that they can only get at Miss Jessie's.
Will Miss Jessie's Work on my Hair?
This is a common question women have about Miss Jessie's. My response to people is, 1) "It depends on what it is you want your hair to do, and 2) "It depends on how your hair behaves naturally." Does your natural hair curl up or become wavy when wet? If so, you're probably a good candidate. If you don't have natural curls, then Miss Jessie's is not going to magically put curls in.
Hair varies from person to person, so no one can predict your results 100%. But Miko and Titi have worked on enough heads to give you a good idea of what your results will be once they see your hair texture during your consultation. They help you figure out what your hair does naturally, and then design a hair routine around how you to best work with that. Hair education is part of the service that you pay for when you visit Miss Jessie's salon.
The first time you go to Miss Jessie's, your hair needs to be natural (unrelaxed) state. If you have a relaxer, you need to grow it out
first and then go to the salon once you're natural. Miko and Titi can't evaluate your hair if your natural texture is modified by a relaxer.
I've been a regular customer at Miss Jessie's Salon for about 5 years now. I love it because the services I get make it easy for me to care for my curly hair on my own. Miss Jessie's is one of a handful of nationally known salons that specialize in curly hair care. I have a Hispanic friend who's tried Ouidad salon in New York, and so far, she seems happy with them.
Miss Jessie's Before and After Photos of Curly Hair
Miss Jessie Silkener Reviews
Silkener for Natural Hair
The premier service offered at the Miss Jessie Salon is called a "Silkener." This is what you get if you like your curly hair, but you want it to hang down longer, or if you want to turn your kinks, spirals, squiggles, or whatever, into waves. It works great on Type 4a hair like mine. (If you stretch out a piece of your natural hair and it forms an "s" shaped ringlet, that's type 4a.)
Miss Jessie Silkener is a CHEMICAL PROCESS. It's basically a mild relaxer, no matter what fancy name they put on it. Some even say it's the same relaxer you could get in any salon, but that they just work it through the hair less aggressively, and leave it on for a shorter time. I don't know if this is true or not, but even if it is, a lessened chemical process at less frequent intervals sounds good to me.
The Silkener gradually loosens your hair's curl pattern, while making it less frizzy and more manageable. It's a one-way process (once the hair has been straightened, you can't get it curly again), so Miko will be conservative about it the first time around. If the curl turns out still too tight for you, you can tell her on your next visit to go more aggressive with the Silkener. It may take several Silkeners over time before you're happy with the result. Miss Jessie's will keep a file on you, with notes about your hair. Whenever you return to the salon, Miko and Titi will ask you if you what you liked or didn't like about how your hair turned out last time so they know how to adjust.
A Silkener treatment lasts about 3 months before you have to back for a Silkener touch-up, although this depends on your personal preference and how fast your hair grows. I only go 2-3 times a year, but I am also not one to freak out about "new growth."
As with a fresh perm (on me anyway), you may not like your Silkener the day-of. I always feel that I look like a wet dog the day I walk out of Miss Jessie's Salon. But by two days later, once it's puffed up a bit, I love my hair. Also, if you decide to get a Silkener, you have to commit to it. Not only will you have to go back a couple times a year for a touch up, but it may take a couple of sessions for you to get your curls the way you want them.
Miss Jessie's Shingling and Angle Balance Cut for Curly Hair
Another signature service Miss Jessie's offers is shingling, which is a non-chemical curl elongation technique done with Miss Jessie Curly Pudding product. The end result is nice, but temporary. It only lasts 2-3 days, which isn't worth $175 to me. Once you wash your hair or otherwise muss it, the style is gone.
Miko also specializes in cutting naturally curly hair into a shape -- something many hair stylists don't know how to do. If you have triangle hair (flat on the top, bushy at the bottom, a la Roseanne Roseannadanna), try an angle balance cut. It will add some layers to your hair to help weigh it down and help it fall better. Be sure to let Miko know how much volume you want (a little or a lot). Miko and Titi like big, bodacious hair, as you can see in all the photos of them and all the "After" photos on the Miss Jessie's web site. If you want a cut that hangs down more (like I do), let them know.
Miss Jessie Hair Product Reviews
- Miss Jessie Hair Products
Read real reviews of Miss Jessie's products, including Stretch Silkening Creme, Creme de la Curl shampoo and Creme de la Creme conditioner.
- Miss Jessie Quick Curls
Read a product review of Quick Curls, a Miss Jessie's lightweight styling product.
- Miss Jessie Curly Buttercreme
Read a review of Curly Buttercreme and Baby Buttercreme, Miss Jessie's moisturizing creams for curly hair.
- Miss Jessie Curly Pudding
Miss Jessie's makes a very popular curly hair pudding to define curls and combat hair shrinkage.
Miss Jessie's Salon Visit
Yes, Miss Jessie's Salon offers coiling, twist-outs, wet sets, hair coloring, and even regular relaxers – all of which I'm sure are top-notch -- but I would leave those services to the local New Yorkers, who are used to paying top dollar for everyday hair styling. The rest of us can get those services done at home. Also, the Shingling style is nice, but it only lasts a couple days. I wouldn't pay $175 for it unless it was a very special occasion or something.
The real reason to pay top dollar and travel to Miss Jessie Salon from out of town is to get an angle-balance cut or a Silkener. Miss Jessie's specialty is providing solutions for curly styling and maintenance. If you can only get to the salon a couple times a year, then by God, get the services they specialize in. Getting anything else is like going to Morton's Steakhouse and ordering the chicken.
Getting the desired results is a trial and error process, and you may not get your ideal hair the day you walk out of the salon. But I have found the staff at Miss Jessie's to be very helpful in recommending a hair routine and the right products to use at home, in answering questions about how to use their products, and in advising me on hair techniques when I had trouble getting salon results at home. Plus, they're more than willing to work with you if you end up not liking something about your hair. In the end, they want you to be happy with your hair so you'll come back and so you'll spread the word about Miss Jessie's Salon.
What People Are Saying About Miss Jessie's Salon
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As the anniversary of the tragedy at Sandy Hook draws close, the families of those impacted and the community at large are surely in all our thoughts. The wounds have barely begun to heal, and it won't be an easy day for anyone. I can think of nothing more horrific than, in the wake of such sadness and senselessness, having to revisit that trauma. Yet, that's exactly what one video game company seems intent on making the families do.
The game is called The Slaying of Sandy Hook. Yeah, that's right. No beating around the bush there. The plot? You are a shooter armed with an AR-15 assault rifle taking down everyone you see in the school. You know, for points. While the game has already been pulled from the site where it was originally released to the public, the damage has already been done.
More from The Stir: Sandy Hook Hoax Allegations Are Disturbing
Adding more fuel to the fire, apparently the game took a "pro-gun control" stance. The game-makers urged its players to reach out to their lawmakers about reforming gun control laws. I'm sorry, but tacking on a trite message to a game that romanticizes the mass murdering of children does not make your "game" anywhere close to okay. If you want to promote a conversation about gun-control, there are other ways of going about it. These ways don't involve the reenactment of child murder for profit.
There are times when a criminal at their trial is banned from making a profit from their crime. We typically associate these sorts of rules with murderers. The idea is that we don't want them to make money off the deaths of their victims, causing further damage to their memory and pain to their families. While the people behind this video game aren't killers, I wish there was a blanket law we could apply to events like Sandy Hook that prevented people from profiting off of tragedy. I guess you could make the argument for the law of "common decency," but that doesn't seem to hold much clout for thoughtless people like the "brilliant minds" behind this game.
Should the video game makers issue an apology to the victims' families?
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Does Sarah miss her family when she is away from home pursuing her education? What is the complexity of her feeling? Why? Explain.
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At college, Sarah encounters mostly students from the majority American Christian culture, which has been urbanized for generations. In order to pay for school and get good grades, Sara must ignore her family, to work and study. She wants to fit in and learns to talk, dress and act like her American peers. She leaves college with her teaching degree and $1,000, which she won in an essay contest. She misses her parents, and she is lonely, but they do not fit into the life she has chosen for herself. Sarah made a conscious decision to separate herself, and yet she continues to be ostracized by the world she yearns to be a part of.


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Hearthstone Warrior Useful Cards Guide
Hearthstone Warrior Useful Cards Guide by yasi1422
Hello, this is Yasi#1422 and I wanted to share with you guys a guide that I made on playing the Warrior class in Arena. This guide will only focus on useful cards to pick in the Arena for the Warrior class as everyone's skill varies and every battle is dynamic. Now, I understand that Warriors aren't popular in PvP, but it's arguably one of the easiest/best class to play in the Arena currently because many players like to play beatdown decks(a lot of low cost minions). It's also the only class that can trade blows with the enemy because of his Hero Power–aside from Priest. Personally, I prefer the Warrior's hero power over the Priest's because Priest cards cost a lot and you won't have enough to actually use it throughout the game. I'll list the cards I find useful below with a rating between 0 and 5 in front of the card's name. There are too many neutral cards, so I'll give honorable mentions.
Warrior Cards
(0/5)Charge: Not very good at all. You'll mostly be playing charge cards anyway.
(0/5)Commanding Shout: Same reasoning as Inner Rage.
(0/5)Battle Rage: Don't ever get this…Very situational and you won't be trading monsters.
(0/5)Slam: This card is not good. Weaker version of Cleave.
(0/5)Armorsmith: Your hero power does what it needs to already. Works with Whirlwind, but is a bad combo.
(0/5)Cruel Taskmaster: Not good at all because it's a 2cost for 2/1.
(0/5)Brawl: Not very good for this deck. You want to overwhelm your enemy, not give him an advantage.
(0/5)Frothing Berserker: Not good at all. You wont be trading monsters.
(1/5)Inner Rage: Very situational. You don't want to be trading monsters.
(1/5)Upgrade: Situational because you want to use your weapons ASAP.
(1/5)Rampage: Sucks…can only be used on a damaged minion. Very situational.
(2/5)Whirlwind: Good if you want to use it with Execute and don't want to trade monsters.
(2/5)Shield Block: Decent deck thinner. Get only 1 if you have no other choice.
(3/5)Cleave: I like this card, but it can only be used if there are 2 monsters on enemy side. Get at least 1.
(4/5)Heroic Strike: It's good when you want to kill a taunt minion. Get only 1 of this.
(4/5)Arathi Weaponsmith: Very good card that is practically a charge minion. Get at most 2.
(4/5)Arcanite Reaper: Good pseudo charge minion. Get at most 2.
(5/5)Execute: It allows you to take down minions like Twilight Drake. You want at least 1 of this in your deck.
(5/5)Fiery War Axe: 2mana for 3 attack. What more can you ask for. Take at least 2 of this.
(5/5)Warsong Commander: Extremely good card throughout the game. Get as many as you can within reason.
(5/5)Kor'kron Elite: A Warrior's bread and butter. Get as many as you can within reason.
Neutral Cards
(2/5)GuruBashi: Cost too much and you don't want to be hitting monsters. Get at most 1.
(3/5)Knife Juggler: Decent because you'll be summoning minions costantly and you dont want to trade minions.
(3/5)Elven Archer: Good for Execute.
(3/5)Frostwolf Grunt: Decent taunt card.
(3/5)Novice Engineer: Decent deck thinner. Get at most 1.
(3/5)Ironforge Rifleman: Decent card to combo with execute.
(3/5)Shattered Sun Cleric: I find this situational, but good when you can use it.
(3/5)Stormwind Knight: Get at most 2. It's a good charge minion with high HP.
(3/5)Frostwolf Warlord: Situational card. Get at most 2.
(3/5)Silverhand Knight: Get at least 1. Cost too much for a bad summon.
(4/5)Bloodsail Pirate: Combo with your weapons.
(4/5)Razorfen Hunter: Very good card. Low cost 2/3 minion with summoning.
(4/5)Fen Creeper: Good Taunt Card. Get at most 3.
(5/5)Faerie Dragon: Always get at leat 1 of this if you can.
(5/5)Harvest Golem: Get as many as you can without reason.
(5/5)Dread Corsair: Get as many as you can within reason. You have a lot of weapons.
(5/5)Sen'jin Shieldmasta: Best card in the game. Get as many as you want. Go crazy.
(5/5)Argent Commander: Every deck should have 1 of this. Can get you out of tight spots.
The game is currently in closed beta, so the skill pool for Arena might be a little low, but based on my experience so far, I am very successful in the Arena with the Warrior class using the fundamentals. That's pretty much it for this guide. Comment if you disagree with what I wrote, would like to argue, or if I need to correct something. Thank you for reading this guide and I hope you the best in the Arena with the Warrior class.
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Tuesday July 22ed 1806. We set out very early this morning as usual and proceeded up the river. for the first seven miles of our travel this morning the country was broken the land poor and intermixed with a greater quantity of gravel than usual; the ravines were steep and numerous and our horses feet have become extreemly soar in traveling over the gravel we therefore traveled but slow. we met with a doe Elk which we wounded but did not get her. the river is confined closely between clifts of perpendicular rocks in most parts. after the distance of seven miles the country became more level les gravly and some bottoms to the river but not a particle of timber nor underbush of any discription is to be seen. we continued up the river on it's South side for 17 miles when we halted to glaize our horses and eat; there being no wood we were compelled to make our fire with the buffaloe dung which I found answered the purpose very well. we cooked and eat all the meat we had except a small peice of buffaloe meat which was a little tainted. after dinner we passed the river and took our course through a level and beautifull plain on the N. side. the country has now become level, the river bottoms wide and the adjoining plains but little elivated above them; the banks of the river are not usually more than from 3 to four feet yet it dose not appear ever to overflow them. we found no timber untill we had traveled 12 miles further when we arrived at a clump of large cottonwood trees in a beautifull and extensive bottom of the river about 10 miles below the foot of the rocky mountains where this river enters them; as I could see from hence very distinctly where the river entered the mountains and the bearing of this point being S of West I thought it unnecessary to proceed further and therefore encamped resolving to rest ourselves and horses a couple of days at this place and take the necessary observations. this plain on which we are is very high; the rocky mountains to the S. W. of us appear but low from their base up yet are partially covered with snow nearly to their bases. there is no timber on those mountains within our view; they are very irregular and broken in their form and seem to be composed principally of clay with but little rock or stone. the river appears to possess at least double the vollume of water which it had where we first arrived on it below; this no doubt proceeds from the avapparation caused by the sun and air and the absorbing of the earth in it's passage through these open plains. The course of the mountains still continues from S. E. to N. W. the front rang appears to terminate abrubtly about 35 ms. to the N. W. Of us. I believe that the waters of the Suskashawan apporoach the borders of this river very nearly. I now have lost all hope of the waters of this river ever extending to N Latitude 50° though I still hope and think it more than probable that both white earth river and milk river extend as far north as latd. 50°- we have seen but few buffaloe today no deer and very few Antelopes; gam of every discription is extreemly wild which induces me to beleive that the indians are now, or have been lately in this neighbourhood. we wounded a buffaloe this evening but our horses were so much fatiegued that we were unable to pursue it with success.-
Tuesday 22nd of July 1806. The wind continued to blow very hard from the N. E. and a little before day light was moderately Cool. I Sent Sergt. Pryor and Shabono in Serch of the horses with directions to proceed up the river as far as the 1st narrows and examine particularly for their tracks, they returned at 3 P M and informed me that they had proceeded up the distance I derected them to go and could See neither horses nor tracks; the Plains imediately out from Camp is So dry and hard that the track of a horse Cannot be Seen without close examination. I therefore derected Sergt. Pryor Shannon Shabono & Bratten to incircle the Camp at Some distance around and find the tracks of the horses and prosue them, they Serched for tracks all the evening without finding which Course the horses had taken, the plains being so remarkably hard and dry as to render it impossible to See a track of a horse passing through the hard parts of them. begin to Suspect that they are taken by the Indians and taken over the hard plains to prevent our following them. my Suspicions is grounded on the improbibility of the horses leaveing the grass and rushes of the river bottoms of which they are very fond, and takeing imediately out into the open dry plains where the grass is but Short and dry. if they had Continued in the bottoms either up or down, their tracks Could be followed very well. I directed Labeech who understands traking very well to Set out early in the morning and find what rout the horses had taken if possible


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You can actually find books with old literature that points out that light skin is always better. Even in one of William Shakespeare famous poem( cant remember the name of it sorry) it points out that light skin is prettier. Even those in the African-American community you can tell that those with lighter skin tone get noticed compared to the darker skinned ones. Personally I would say that music videos and magazines show that African-Americans with light skin are preferred. Rarely will you ever see one with a darker tone.
It's Colorism and internalized racism within the African American community. As a result two subcultures within the community has been created: "Team light skin" and " Team dark skin". Predominant white societies view that those with a lighter skin and lighter complexion holds the higher standards of beauty; even with the media also enforcing such a perspective. African American with a dark skin tone are even willing to bleach their skin to look lighter. Another example would be the use of photo filters to make the person to appear to have a lighter complexion as well.
And there is an entire subculture dedicated to this fact. Generally speaking the lighter the skin the better the treatment and the higher the standard of beauty most of the time in most predominantly white countries but specifically in the United States of America. There is an incredible amount of argumentation as to why this is and too many routes to begin to even select one as an example.
I'm just posting to get this one some attention, cause I am curious what people who actually have an informed opinion have to say. Is that a thing? And if so, why? I thought the whole source of bigotry against African Americans came from racists essentially categorizing them as all the same. "all black people are this, all black people are that" I was always under the impression the whole problem was not seeing everyone as individual. But you are saying there is discrimination not only against a person for being black, but for being a darker color than someone else? That's crazy. I had no idea. I always just assumed it was sort of a preference thing. I am more attracted, for example, to a peachy-toned white guy, or olive toned, than to a super-alabaster walking paper plate face. I don't think it's judging though, it's just an attraction. I wouldn't treat them any differently in a non-sexual context. If we work together I care if you're competent, not if you sunburn on a cloudy moonlit night. I have honestly never heard of this. The couple of black guys I've been with have been REALLY dark. For me, that was part of the attraction, part of the physical allure. But again, I'm white and I live in a predominantly white area, also in a left leaning state. Racism here is not as obvious or blatant as it might be in Georgia or Missouri (remember Michael Brown), so this has never come up where I could see it and form an opinion (obviously it's wrong, just never been a fly on the wall for that).
Again, I'm not actually saying no here. I'm just discussing on the no side so people will see a 50/50 split from the main page and hopefully get this thread some attention. I ignore threads with a heavy percentage gap, I assume others do to. The 50/50 fights are the ones worth looking at. Hope this helps:)
I honestly just laugh when I hear someone talk about how biracial girls have it easy/easier. Biracial! I encourage all people reading this to actually put yourself in the others shoes before talking about them. Good luck to you who still think society has a chance for common since. God bless!


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From the fall of October, 1980 to March, 1984 I never lost a competition. (Quote by - Scott Hamilton)
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. (Quote by - Albert Camus)
I was notified on July 17 to be ready to start August 7 for an October air date. When we reached the screen we did not have a single segment ready. It was done so fast the writers never got a chance to know what it was all about. (Quote by - Jeffrey Hunter)
And suns grow meek, and the meek suns grow brief, And the year smiles as it draws near its death. (Quote by - William Cullen Bryant)
What I really want from music. That it be cheerful and profound like an afternoon in October. That it be individual, frolicsome, tender, a sweet small woman full of beastliness and charm. (Quote by - Friedrich Nietzsche)
The sweet calm sunshine of October, now Warms the low spot; upon its grassy mould The purple oak-leaf falls; the birchen bough Drops its bright spoil like arrow-heads of gold. (Quotes by - Bear Bryant)
The most terrifying moment in my life was October 1962, during the Cuban Missile Crisis. I did not know all the facts - we have learned only recently how close we were to war - but I knew enough to make me tremble. (Quote by - Joseph Rotblat)
And so by the fifteenth century, on October 8, the Europeans were looking for a new place to try to get to, and they came up with a new concept: the West. (Quote by - Dave Barry)


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NJ @ PHI - 9:04 of the Second PeriodNHL.com @NHLdotcom
At 9:04 of the second period in the Devils/Flyers game, video review upheld the referee's call on the ice that Philadelphia forward Jakub Voracek used his right skate to kick the puck into the Devils net. According to Rule 49.2 "A goal cannot be scored by an attacking player who uses a distinct kicking motion to propel the puck into the net." No Goal Philadelphia.


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Wednesday 19 Dec 2018 | 07:02 | SYDNEY
On North Korea Economy Watch I see reference to a UK-Belgium-North Korea co-production called Comrade Kim Goes Flying, about a North Korean coal miner pursuing her dream of becoming a trapeze artist.
I felt slightly uneasy watching the trailer, and seeing the British director unconvincingly evading the BBC's questions about the way his film sugar-coats North Korean life, I understand why.
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DV Forge announced Friday that three new products will begin shipping in early April: the JamPod, a plug-in guitar practice amp module for the iPod and iPod mini; JamPlug FM, an FM music transmitter for electric guitar or bass guitar; and The Clips for iPod shuffle, a set of three different mounting clips.
DV Forge says its goal with the JamPod was "to build a small guitar amplifier module that plugs into the top of any Apple iPod music player, that lets a guitar or bass player practice along with songs on the iPod, through the iPodis own earbuds."
JamPod is compatible with recent iPods that features a headphone jack and remote port on top, including 3G and 4G iPods, and all iPod mini and iPod photo devices. A 48-inch white guitar cord is included for connecting a guitar or bass to the JamPod. JamPod will ship April 8, 2005 for $29.99.
Not specifically related to Macs or iPods, the JamPlug FM is a "miniature practice aid that plugs into the output jack of an electric guitar or bass, and that transmits a radio signal that lets any nearby FM stereo receiver become an on-demand amplifier." It will begin shipping April 8, 2005, for $49.99.
Lastly, The Clips for iPod shuffle is a collection of three different clips for those "not into armbands or necklaces." The Clips consists of three different iPod shuffle caps, one with a belt clip, one with a gripper clip, and one with a push pin. The Clips will start shipping April 6, 2005, for $14.99.


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Thank you for participating in our 2016 Spina Bifida Awareness Month!
We are happy to be building on our 2015 Awareness Month theme in 2016 and continuing to go #BeyondAllLimits for the Spina Bifida Community! Beyond All Limits embodies the spirit of boundless opportunity for all that are part of the Spina Bifida Community. The goal of this year's campaign is to increase the awareness of the Spina Bifida Community to the general population including our needs, support opportunities (community events and legislative advocacy efforts), advancements in research, and overall health care education.
As you may remember, last year during Spina Bifida (SB) Awareness Month we asked community members to tell us how they go #BeyondAllLimits. We received thousands of organic stories from the SB Community across a variety of digital platforms last October as a result of this campaign. This October we are asking the SB Community to "Go Beyond All Limits in Teal" for Spina Bifida Awareness Month in an effort to capitalize on the color teal and increase visual recognition of the SB Community and SBA brand. This ask will be included in all our written and visual content. We want the world to "Go #BeyondAllLimits in TEAL" by wearing teal on World Spina Bifida Day, October 25, 2016! AND, to help keep the momentum going we want our audiences to "Go Beyond the Teal and Donate" to ensure the continued advancement of Spina Bifida health care research, prevention (folic acid education, community support efforts, and legislative advocacy efforts) across the country.
There are many ways you can become an active participant in Awareness Month this year and help spread the word to educate others on Spina Bifida! You can use this toolkit as a resource to stay active and engaged throughout all of October. We will implement a user generated content campaign to create an interactive and engaging experience for the Spina Bifida community, network, and extended participants. The primary platform will be social media and include web, community and individual collaborations, along with Walk-N-Roll involvement. Join us this October as we kick-start Awareness Month with our Social Media campaign, #TealForSB and #BeyondAllLimits in TEAL, where we will wash our social media channels and all our content in teal to start raising awareness for Spina Bifida! We want to thank you for your year round support and can't wait to go #BeyondAllLimits with you!
Looking for more ways to get involved? Check out the 2016 Awareness Month Toolkit!
Are you on social Media? Check us out on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest! And, you can Support SBA and Spina Bifida by changing your social media profile photos! Check out our Twibbon campaign!


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Litter patrol
Stan bought me a copy of Little People in the City: The Street Art of Slinkachu for my birthday, a lovely little book of very small pieces of street art, constructed out of miniature people, photographed, then left for others to find.
This is my version, set in a rather messy and unloved corner of Locksbrook Cemetary in Bath.
Bit weird but I kinda like it.
When Stan saw me editing the photos on the computer he said, "That's cool". Then I told him that I'd stuck the figures down and left them, to which he responded, "You're mad". Lol.
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2 pairs finished, one of which is a Test knit for Celadonsusan.
The Magic Carpet pair, knit two at a time, appear to match perfectly. Once you get over the fact that you are knitting with this its fairly plain sailing.
Wish I had made it to the Tealish colour at the end of the carpet. This is what was leftover.
Pattern: Primavera
Yarn: Yarn Yard Merino Magic Carpet (Brocolli)
Pattern: Molly Weasleys Gift Socks (Test)
Yarn: Yarn Yard Toddy (2T)


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Distance Education: A Synthesis of Research from Agricultural and Extension Education
Roberts, T. Grady, Moore, Lori L., Dyer, James E., NACTA Journal
The purpose of this investigation was to synthesize the distance education research from the agricultural and extension education researchers to provide a single source of information for practitioners, administrators, and researchers. The Journal of Agricultural Education, Journal of Extension, Dissertation Abstracts International, and Proceedings from the National Agricultural Education Research Conference/Meeting were used as sources for this study. This was deemed appropriate, as they are the primary outlets for educational researchers in the context of agriculture. The research synthesized in this study was conducted by researchers in agricultural and extension education and examined a variety of agricultural distance education, ranging from technical subjects such as soils, to more social subjects such as education. Research was synthesized into three areas: planning, instruction, and evaluation. In the area of planning, research indicated faculty need training, technical support, administrative support, and incentives. Students' needs were: time to devote to coursework and a variety of delivery methods. In the area of instruction, research indicated that student/instructor and student/student interaction are concerns of both faculty and students. In the area of evaluation, off-campus courses are generally not perceived to be as effective by faculty, while students reported mixed perceptions.
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Distance education has become commonplace on many university campuses throughout the United States. As of 1998, 54% of all higher education institutions either offered or planned to offer distance education courses (Lewis et al., 2000). Additionally, nearly 10% of all college students in the United States have taken distance education courses, defined in this report as being strictly off-campus, which included video conferencing, internet, videotape and other technologies used when students take courses off-campus (Sikora, 2002). Delivering coursework to students that are off-campus has also become common in Colleges of Agriculture across the country. As a result, researchers have studied many associated areas of agricultural distance education.
Materials and Methods
The purpose of this investigation was to synthesize the agricultural distance education research from the last decade to provide a single source of information for practitioners, administrators, and researchers. Four sources were used to gather data to meet the objectives of this study. They were the Journal of Agricultural Education, Journal of Extension, Dissertation Abstracts International, and Proceedings from the National Agricultural Education Research Conference/Meeting. Relevant research published from 1990 to 2003 was used in this study. In total, 58 articles were examined (Figure 1). Examining distance education holistically, findings were grouped based on relevance to the planning, instruction, or evaluation of distance education.
Results and Discussion
While planning for distance education, faculty members generally perceived a need for training, technical and administrative support, and incentives. Nti (1997) reported that institutional policy, distance education skills, and a need for assistance all affected faculty interest in using distance education. Born and Miller (1999) found that 40% of the faculty members were not familiar with distance education programs. For distance education diffusion to take place, Murphrey and Dooley (2000) reported that faculty perceived a need for administrative support, training, and incentives. They also found that faculty members expressed a need to expand policies that address incentives, support, training, quality control, careers, and communication. Similarly, Murphy and Terry (1998a; 1998b) reported that lack of time, faculty reward system, and technical support were obstacles to distance education. …


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Hello, I'm a parent of a 7 yr old who's interested in joining the community. I'd like to join first and check it out. I can show her what it's like and hopefully also convince my wife that's it's safe and appropriate.
I'm a 36 yr old software developer - No not a game dev but a boring webservices developer I enjoy gaming but lately I've mostly been playing D&D with my friends. I've also played pocket minecraft with my daughter from time to time. She really enjoys playing and watching minecraft videos like stampy cat. She also really likes playing with her cousins who have their own accounts / worlds.
A little while ago I got her a minecraft account to play the full PC version. She's been having a lot of fun with that, noticing the differences between the pocket version and building some of things that she's seen on youtube. She saw the server setting and asked if she could connect to her cousin's world. I wasn't sure how that worked so I looked into it and found that there are all kinds of minecraft servers.
It sounded like a really cool way to play together with a bunch of other parents/kids. I don't know nearly as much as her about the kinds of things you can do in minecraft. (I've only caught a bit of stampy cat) She's the expert which I think is a really cool role reversal.
We read over most of the rules and she has a couple of questions as well.
1) Do you have to answer other people's questions?
2) Can you build more than one house?
Scylaxu <-- that's also my minecraft account name


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Breaking out of my emo shell!
by, 10-May-2011 at 21:17 (651 Views)
When I first found ADISC, I spent many hours posting about how horrible my past was, about how utterly horrific my present life was, and how horrible my future was.
I was a real cunt, because I was convinced that nobody understood what I was going through, and I used that foolish thinking to discredit everybody who tried to talk some sense into me.
I now have the humbling knowledge that my terminal uniqueness was complete bullshit from the start. And I now have the knowledge that nobody was impressed with my tales of how horribly depressed and unhappy I was.
I would like to go out and make proper amends to everybody I drove away and/or pissed off over the last decade with my cuntish nature - I don't know how, though. I now have come to appreciate much of what they have said to me, even if I chose to dismiss it completely at the time.
Heh, don't know what else to say here.


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The Strange Character Creator
edited May 2015 in Product Information
MCG recently released a character creator tool online for folks to use to get started:
http://chargen.thestrangerpg.com/The Strange Online Character Creator supplements The Strange character creation process, allowing you to quickly and easily build, translate, advance, and maintain characters for The Strange. It does not replace the rules, information, and character creation process in the corebook and Player's Guide, but it saves time and effort in building and maintaining characters.
It's a pretty slick tool, with the ability to save characters, open them later, advance them and set up recursion alternates.


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October 22, 2008
Connecting the Dots
We can't wait to see The Lightworker's review of Bill Ayer's latest Magnum Opus:
White supremacy and its troubling endurance in American life is debated in these personal essays by two veteran political activists. Arguing that white supremacy has been the dominant political system in the United States since its earliest days—and that it is still very much with us—the discussion points to unexamined bigotry in the criminal justice system, election processes, war policy, and education. The book draws upon the authors' own confrontations with authorities during the Vietnam era, reasserts their belief that racism and war are interwoven issues, and offers personal stories about their lives today as parents, teachers, and reformers.
Hey! Maybe they can get Jeremiah Wright - or better yet, Father Pfleger - to do the foreward!
That memory hole just keeps growing... and growing .... and growing. But cheer up, boys and girls.
November 4th is right around the corner.
Posted by Cassandra at October 22, 2008 11:36 PM
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Regarding people like Bill Ayers and Father Pfleger...what would be the term for the White version of an "Uncle Tom"?
Posted by: camojack at October 23, 2008 01:29 AM
Posted by: BillT at October 23, 2008 04:54 AM
I found it interesting that Ayers is a proponent of 'progressive' education, and he is too scary even for progressives. But then, so am I.
Posted by: Cricket at October 23, 2008 07:15 AM
I saw we take a nice sharp arrow, use a crossbow and tag that bastard Ayres right between the eyes. Then mount him on the wall in Obama's office. :)
Posted by: Rita at October 23, 2008 08:28 AM
Why do I find the most zealous militants on racism turn out to be liberal whites? So much to prove, so little time? What better way to demonstrate their nobility, enlightenment and superiority.
As a "person of color", I've had enough of the Bill Ayers of the world preaching about racism to me.
Posted by: mj at October 23, 2008 12:40 PM
I've always loved that term :p
I keep wanting to turn it into "person of cholor".
People have some interesting attitudes about race. In general, I haven't found that they are much different than they are about anything else in life -- IOW, we may have broad, general ideas about groups of people - i.e., blondes are dumb, women are overemotional, irrational, and vicious; men are abusive, insensitive, and violent; fat people are lazy and glutinous, Muslims are intolerant and backwards; Jews are greedy and are plotting to take over the universe (whatever...). I don't doubt for one moment that many people of all races, political persuasions, religions, ethnicities, etc. still hold these views.
But on an individual level I've seen that even people who believe in the most pernicious stereotypes seem quite able to set them aside when they encounter an individual who clearly doesn't 'fit the pattern'. And we deal with human beings as individuals, not as groups.
I think those stereotypes are most applicable on the public policy level, because that's the only time you tend to deal with "groups" as opposed to "individuals" and even there the negative effects of bias against certain groups tends to get muted because the way the law is weighted, we can discriminate "for" what we like to call disadvantaged minorities, but not against them. It's kind of an interesting issue. The only group we're really allowed to intentionally discriminate against (though arguably we discriminate against others unintentionally) on a statistical or public policy sense is white males.
As a woman with a husband and two sons, this bothers me.
Posted by: Cass at October 23, 2008 01:37 PM
I also think it's interesting that liberals want active govt. intervention to prevent racial discrimination, yet they seem to hold (when actually polled) some rather unprogressive racial attitudes themselves. This reminds me of the studies that show that conservatives give far more to charity than liberals do.
It's a sort of, "do as I say, not as I do" mentality. They want the government to force everyone to do something they are (evidently) not willing to do voluntarily, or punish everyone for the sins of a few (like that story in the news about the school district that is banning candy from kids' lunches brought from home b/c 11% of kids are obese, yet over 80% of these kids don't take daily PE in school).
What the ????
Why not make the kids take PE before you start dictating what a parent puts in a kid's lunchbox? When I was in school, PE was never optional.
Posted by: Cass at October 23, 2008 01:42 PM
The only group we're really allowed to intentionally discriminate against...on a statistical or public policy sense is white males.
And us males are in the *minority*, too.
5.3 million more ladies than gents in the US and I *still* can't get a date.
The irony just writes itself...
Posted by: BillT at October 23, 2008 02:23 PM
You should get a dog, Bill. I have a dog, and I am pretty sure that he likes me.
Posted by: spd rdr at October 23, 2008 02:35 PM
But on an individual level I've seen that even people who believe in the most pernicious stereotypes seem quite able to set them aside when they encounter an individual who clearly doesn't 'fit the pattern'. And we deal with human beings as individuals, not as groups.
Something I NEVER knew until after my grandfather was dead for several years was that, apparently he was VERY racist. My parents had made it crystal clear to him that they did not approve and he was not to... 'impose' is the wrong word (I don't know what is appropriate)... those beliefs onto their children. Thus, I never knew. But from what I've been told since then, as racist as he was, he never knew a single black person he did not like (and yes, he did know some). It was, as you point out, the 'idea' of blacks that he didn't like, but individuals he liked just fine.
And I will point out, this is a man born, bred and raised in New Hampshire... NOT the deep South. There goes another stereotype.
Posted by: MikeD at October 23, 2008 02:57 PM
"Thus, I never knew. But from what I've been told since then, as racist as he was, he never knew a single black person he did not like (and yes, he did know some). It was, as you point out, the 'idea' of blacks that he didn't like, but individuals he liked just fine."
My Grandfather was exactly like that. This was in the 60's and 70's. He was always railing about them. But he knew a bunch of them (we're in NE N. Carolina) and did anything in the world for them. That must have been a complicated time when he lived.
Posted by: lutonmoore at October 23, 2008 08:59 PM
spd -- got four dogs, and they miss me.
Mike -- I heard the following from one of my Guard buds during a backyard barbecue at my house, many years ago: "Now, you take Conservatives -- they don't like us *as a group* but they're true friends when they know you as an individual. Now, take Liberals -- they like us as a *group*, but are scared sh*tless to get to know us as individuals. Got another beer in that cooler, Bill?"
Posted by: BillT at October 24, 2008 10:33 AM
In the research I have done about nutrition and corporations, the more highly processed the food is, the more you will find lobbyists and researchers from said corporations who need to sell product, so it is marketed as having some benefit.
I have been doing food storage and living off of it for over 18 years. We bake whole grain breads that are comparable to what you will pay 7-10 dollars a loaf for at an upscale bakery. We make our own sausage and other delights. we have some fresh herbs and sprouts. That said, the children have a far better diet at home than they would in the school cafeteria or in an eatery.
It took a heavy investment of time and money to get to this point, good equipment doesn't come cheap, even if you do get it second-hand. However, the trade-off is healthier children and
meaningful work.
HOWEVER, that doesn't mean that Dr. Pepper and Snicker's bars haven't crossed the threshold of Chez Engineer.
PMS nutrition, folks. It has replaced the Midol drip.
Posted by: Cricket at October 24, 2008 11:26 AM
Did somebody say "healthier chicken"? Watch out for Chinese chicken with menanine in it. A killer right there.
Posted by: Ymarsakar at October 24, 2008 10:33 PM
Rope. Tree. Ayers and Dorhn.
Some assembly required.
Posted by: Red and Blue together at October 25, 2008 05:23 PM


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I just found out today that there was a basic, but very good, article explaining geocaching (and letterboxing) in Sunday's Ark DemGaz. It was in the "Taking it Outside" section.
They didn't go into any great detail, but they did do a good job of giving the basic idea of what geocaching is and how it is done.
This got me thinking. I was told about caching by a good friend who heard about it from another person. I have told numerous people about the sport and had some show real interest in what we do. However, I don't know of anyone who read an article, heard about it on the news, or some other noninterpersonal interaction, and is now an avid cacher.
I'm curious to know, how did you other cachers get involved in this hobby (aka addiction)? Did you read about it and decide that this was for you?


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Good Morning Everyone!
(featured photo courtesy of Scott Yoak)
Today, I'm reporting live from Smithsonian Air & Space Magazine with a feature on Air Show pilots and how they become certified to fly in air shows! Although this story has been complete for a while, we decided to wait until air show season was in full swing to feature this story. It's crazy how these pilots learn how to fly these dare-devil maneuvers but even crazier as to how OTHER air show pilots are the ones to evaluate if these pilots are ready to fly!
I would like to thank everyone that helped make this story possible – Starting with Tony at Air & Space for giving me the opportunity to write for such a prestigious publication, then of course Professor Steve Master at Embry-Riddle for working with me on this story. It takes multiple edits and rewrites to make a story like this satisfactory for the editor, writer and those being interviewed.
This story developed out of another one I wrote for Air & Space back in November. Professor Master worked with me tirelessly to get the first story broken down to two individual stories worthy of publication. Without his help, I would have never gotten this story polished enough to be published. His work on this story and others has been immensely helpful & without him, I wouldn't have gotten into journalism in the first place.
I would also like to thank all those that took the time to interview with me. This includes the International Council of Air Shows (ICAS) President John Cudahy, air show performer Debby Gary, Air show performer Scott "Scooter" Yoak, and Air Show Performer Patty Wagstaff. Additionally, thank you to Andreia Brown for getting me in touch with Scott Yoak!
And lastly – Thank you to all my readers that have taken the time to read all my stories. I'm truly shocked at how much I've gotten accomplished over the last few months with the support and encouragement from all my readers, friends and family. This has been a crazy but completely amazing ride. I hope you'll continue to follow me as this journey progresses.
To read my latest published story at Air & Space, click HERE.
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Friday, April 20, 2007
Khvanchkara Red Wine
Khvanchkara is a red wine made from Alexandrouli and Mudzhuretuli grapes (pictured below), cultivated in the western region of Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti (above). Khvanchkara is fermented in a traditional manner in open oak vats with wild yeast from the vineyard were it was developed. Special boards are used to keep the skins submerged during the fermentation process and when the wine is taken from its skins only that which drains freely is used.
The wine has a dark ruby color and a strong bouquet, with some of the wild yeast noticeable when it is first poured. The taste is harmonious and velvety with a raspberry flavor and subtle oak tones resulting from the fermentation process. The finish is sweet and lingers.
Khvanchkara has port-like qualities without fortification or sugar added, making it perfect for spicy foods, fresh fruit, cheeses, desserts and cigars.
Khvanchkara red wine contains 10.5 - 12.0% alcohol, 3 - 5 % sugar and has 5.0 - 7.0 % titrated acidity. It has been produced since 1907.
Posted by Aaron Linderman at 10:52 AM
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- Nick said...
I'm from Buffalo, NY. My father-in-law bought a few bottles of home made Khvanchkara from the village of Khvanchkara, Republic of Georgia, and sent me via Post. It's an excellent and very tasty wine! Has good harmony with subtle flavors.
96 points!
- September 16, 2009 at 6:45 PM
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Vocabulary Word
Word: compulsive
Definition: resulting from compulsion
Definition: resulting from compulsion
Sentences Containing 'compulsive'
Schizophrenia occurs along with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) considerably more often than could be explained by chance, although it can be difficult to distinguish obsessions that occur in OCD from the delusions of schizophrenia.
They may include limb weakness or numbness, loss of memory, vision, and/or intellect, uncontrollable obsessive and/or compulsive behaviors, delusions, headache, cognitive and behavioral problems and sexual dysfunction.
Manfred and Flora are compulsive gamblers who can gamble on anything 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
"Compulsive Gambling God" (爛賭神君) Sequel.
Children with SMS are often given psychiatric diagnoses such as autism, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), attention deficit disorder (ADD) and/or mood disorders.
A paracosm is an extremely detailed and structured fantasy world often created by extreme or compulsive fantasizers.
A recent study reports on 90 excessive, compulsive or maladaptive fantasizers who engaged in extensive periods of highly-structured immersive imaginative experiences.
On September 29, 2009, while promoting the album on the syndicated radio show "World Cafe", Smith disclosed she had dealt with obsessive compulsive disorder.
Boxcar Satan's first full-length studio recording, "Days Before the Flood" was released in July 1999 on Compulsive Records.
The compulsive hoarding of cats, a symptom of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), has long been associated with "crazy cat ladies".
Substance dependence, commonly called drug addiction, is a compulsive need to use drugs in order to function normally.
Compulsive and repetitive use may result in tolerance to the effect of the drug and withdrawal symptoms when use is reduced or stopped.
It is characterized by compulsive drug craving, seeking, and use that persists even if the user is aware of severe adverse consequences.
Some are highly prone to cause physical dependency, while others rarely cause any form of compulsive need whatsoever.
During the early 1980s, Rourke starred in "Diner", alongside Paul Reiser, Daniel Stern, Steve Guttenberg, Tim Daly and Kevin Bacon, and yet again drew further critical notices for his portrayal as the suave compulsive gambler "Boogie" Sheftell; The National Society of Film Critics named him Best Supporting Actor that year.
In Act II, Ravenal sings it to his little daughter Kim, just before he deserts her and Magnolia because of his compulsive gambling.
During her tenure at Channel 7, Brenon was credited with breaking the story about Clint Malarchuk's obsessive compulsive disorder.
Common side effects of pramipexole may include: Several unusual adverse effects of pramipexole (and related D3-preferring dopamine agonist medications such as ropinirole) may include compulsive gambling, punding, hypersexuality, and overeating, even in patients without any prior history of these behaviours.
Other compulsive behaviors such as excessive shopping have been reported.
The California Supreme Court adopted his testimony on what constituted a banking game, closing down the State lottery's Keno. In "Compulsive Gambling and the Law", Rose described how the views of society, and thus of the law, toward problem gambling are changing.
In 1990, he argued the case of Erickson v. Desert Palace, Inc., before the Ninth Circuit, on behalf of a 19-year-old boy who was denied a million-dollar slot machine jackpot by Caesars Palace, and asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the appeal. Rose was instrumental in getting governments and operators to put in place protections for compulsive and underage gamblers.
Some of his writings include: "Of Course It's a Depression", "Casinos on Cruse Ships, Why Not on Airplanes?", "The New UIGEA Regulations: Opportunities for Operators", "Betting on Beanie Babies", "The Rise and Fall of the Third Wave: Gambling Will Be Outlawed in Forty Years", "Compulsive Gambling and the Law", and "Prohibition 2.0: The Unlawful Internet Gambling Act of 2006 Analyzed".
Linklater also called the novel 'strange to the point of uniqueness' with a 'powerful and at times compulsive appeal'.
Compulsive gambler Charlie Gordon, hiding out from his various bookies and loan sharks, cons his close friend and brother-in-law, widower Herb Sullivan, whose recently deceased wife, Susie Gordon-Sullivan, was Charlie's sister, into an all expenses-paid luxury Holland America cruise.
Dopamine agonists (e.g. pramipexole (Mirapex) and ropinirole (ReQuip)) resulted in some improvement in a minority of patients, but numerous side effects, including the onset of impulse control disorders like compulsive gambling and shopping, have led to concern about this approach.
Cannabinoid medication might be useful in the treatment of the symptoms in patients with TS, but the 2009 review found that the two relevant studies of cannibinoids in treating tics had attrition bias, and that there was "not enough evidence to support the use of cannabinoids in treating tics and obsessive compulsive behaviour in people with Tourette's syndrome".
Onychotillomania is a compulsive neurosis in which a person picks constantly at the nails or tries to tear them off.
More Vocab Wordscursory - casual; hastily done with little attention to detail
optometrist - one who fits glasses to remedy visual defects
respiration - breathing; exhalation; ADJ. respiratory
febrile - feverish
affinity - feeling of kinship; similarity; Ex. strong affinity for her; Ex. many affinities between two languages
allege - state without proof
complaisant - trying to please; obliging; willing to please others
ravel - fall apart into tangles; entangle; unravel or untwist
beneficent - kindly; doing good
narcissist - conceited person; N. narcissism; CF. narcissus