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Nicola De Souza was in a foul mood. She banged around the kitchen, swearing and calling her partner Jimmy King every name in the book.
Jimmy ran Emmerdale haulage, with his brother Carl and at the moment was on a run to Prague, and would be away for 10 days.
They shared the cottage with their baby, Angelica, Carl and his girl, Chastity Dingle and Jimmy's half sister, 18year old Scarlett.
"Hey, what's all the noise about?" said Carl as he walked into the kitchen.
Don't start Carl, I'm not in the mood." replied Nicola
"Oh I see, Jimmy's away, so you aren't getting any ," smirked Carl.
Nicola threw a wet cloth at him and screeched "that's right, and you and Chas fucking each others brains out all night in the next room, doesn't help."
Carl smiled and said, "perhaps I can help, after all we are in partnership, and aim to give satisfaction."
Nicola gave him a look of utter disdain and walked into the kitchen to wash the breakfast dishes.
Carl followed her into the kitchen and standing behind her placed his hands on her hips. Leaning forward he whispered in her ear, "come on Nicky, Jimmy's abroad, Chas is at work, you know you want to."
"Piss off to work Carl, and take your hands off me." she snarled.
Undeterred, Carl moved closer and pressed his growing erection against the fabric of Nicola's sweat pants.
As Nicola felt his hardness against her, she froze. Sensing this Carl moved his hands from her hips and cupped her breasts, tweaking the nipples through her shirt and bra.
"Stop it Carl, I'm your brothers fiancé, and I hate you, unless you've forgotten." said Nicola, trying to squirm away from him.
Carl was determined however and continued to hold her tightly and caress her breasts.
Every fibre of Nicola's being told her to stop him, it was wrong, she was engaged to his brother, and she genuinely did dislike him intensely. But her needs as a woman, also required satisfying. Jimmy was not such a good lover, he came to soon and very seldom left her satisfied, but not withstanding her loathing for Carl, her body screamed for his touch. The final submission came as his lips played on her neck, such a sensitive part of her body, she could not resist.
Nicola relaxed and started to grind her hips into Carl's erection. He increased the pressure of his lips on the soft skin of her neck and slid his hand up her shirt and eased her breasts from her bra.
Then turning her round, lifted her onto the kitchen work surface and eased her shirt and bra over her head.
Nicola was still breast feeding and as Carl took the erect nipple of her right breast between his lips, the slight taste of the lactating breast radiated to his tongue. As he continued to suck on her breasts, Nicola was loving, yet hating every second.
Carl then lifted her hips and slid her sweat pants and panties down , then removed them. Nicola sat naked on the work surface as he parted her legs and began to lick at her now soaking wet pussy.
As Carl's tongue found her clitoris, she screamed out, "that's it, you bastard, that's it," as he continued to eagerly feast on the soft tissue of her pussy.
Then Nicola had her first orgasm for ages. She came loudly and long, her pussy producing copious amounts of juice, which smeared on Carl's face.
As Nicola came down from the orgasmic 'high', Carl lifted her down from the work surface and carried her into the lounge and dropped her onto the sofa.
She looked at him with contempt as he removed his trousers. "oh no, that's to far" she said as he placed his hand in his boxer shorts and began to take out his cock.
"Look you made me come, and I am grateful, but that would be a betrayal of Jimmy, no Carl, I can't."
Carl smiled and said "OK, if that's what you want, but look what you will be missing." Carl removed the large object from his shorts, he was enormous, engorged with passion, rock hard, he stood a good eight inches and was throbbing with lust.
All Nicola's resolve disappeared instantly at the sight of this magnificent tool. She reached out and stroked it, her long slender fingers caressing the rigid flesh.
She looked Carl in the eye and said in a really bitchy voice "fuck me you bastard, fuck me now and fuck me hard."
Carl was only to happy to oblige. He slipped his cock into her waiting pussy, no finesse, no gentleness just pure animal lust.
Nicola wrapped her legs around him, drawing him deeper into her with each thrust, her hips moving with him, as he continued to pummel into her with long, deep and satisfying strokes of his penis.
Nicola could not come to terms with his stamina, by now Jimmy would be laid at her side, telling her how wonderful she was, but Carl just kept on sliding his huge cock into her eager pussy.
As she approached yet another mind blowing orgasm, she felt a change in his stoke, it became more frantic and finally he started to climax. He hastily withdrew and his semen splashed over her belly and pubic hair.
"Well Mrs. De Souza, what do you think of a real man?" asked Carl, wiping the last drops of his come on her pubes.
Nicola did not reply, until Carl was dressing, then she said "I still hate you, I can't believe what I have just done, you are a real bastard, you know that don't you?"
Laughing Carl said, "Yes I know, but it was great wasn't it.?
Nicola still naked looked at him, smiled for the first time and said "great? It was fucking fantastic, now fuck off to work and let me get dressed."
As Carl closed the door behind him, Nicola rose from the sofa and started to dress. As she pulled on her shirt, Scarlett, switched off the video camera she had used to record most of the mornings events from the staircase. It would make interesting viewing, if either of the participants caused her any problems in the future.
Meanwhile, Katie Sugden was admiring the view of Home Farm from Masie's bedroom window.
But that's another story.
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Unverified Voracity Plays Navy
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Old school item. Michigan-Navy, newsreel 1967:
72,000 was announced, which seems high for the end of the Bump era.
Not bad. A Lion Eye is considering the wreckage in Champaign by adding up football and basketball conference records over the past two years. Results:
Michigan 29-10
Michigan State 28-12
Ohio State 27-12
Wisconsin 26-13
Purdue 20-19
Northwestern 18-21
Nebraska 17-23
Indiana 16-22
Iowa 16-23
Penn State 16-24
Minnesota 13-26
Illinois 9-30
He admits it's a dumb way to put together a statistic. I like it anyway.
In which Gene Smith, who bumbled his way to a bowl ban for a 12-0 team, is more sensible than Michigan's athletic director. Kind of, anyway:
"I kind of lean toward having us in the same division," he said. "But I'm open to keeping it as it is, based on what my colleagues might share."
In an email to ESPN.com, Brandon said, "I would certainly not be opposed to being in the same division as OSU if it was in the best interest of our conference. I look forward to the discussion with my colleagues and our conference leadership."
"If it was in the best interest of our conference" should not even come into consideration. The conference doesn't pay the bills. Hopefully this is just PR; I miss the days when someone in charge of something had a greater-than-zero percent chance of saying something that he thought.
We had a shifty season. Probably.
"We had a s****y season, to be honest with you," Hoke said at the MHSFA's Winner's Circle Clinic. "Bad year, to be honest. Proud of the kids, how they kept moving forward, but it wasn't the year Michigan deserves."
The comparison is left to the reader.
Lol Adidas. I keep comparing the alternate hockey jerseys to replicas you'd get off the rack at Wal-Mart, but apparently the basketball jerseys are literally that:
Four of Michigan's blue road jerseys ripped in the Wolverines' 83-75 win over Minnesota Wednesday.
Impossible is nothing, right, Adidas?
Trey Burke's No. 3 was the first to rip, so he played most of the game wearing No. 12, which was also ripped later in the game. So after Jordan Morgan used Michigan's second and only other extra jersey — the redshirt junior played the second half wearing No. 30 — Burke and, later, Caris LeVert were forced to play with holes in their uniforms.
I can't remember the last time the Wolverines beat a top-10 opponent on the road after four of its jerseys were ripped since no official statistics are kept on road games won with ripped jerseys. I can assure you, though, that no Michigan team has won a road game over a top-10 team since the Wolverines beat No. 10 Duke, 62-61, on Dec. 8, 1996 until Wednesday. That was more than 16 years ago.
I did not think it was possible for an apparel company to fail so spectacularly as Adidas has and still exist. The level of incompetence they've shown over the last couple years is incompatible with a still-extant huge company. At some point they should have had a company-wide party during which everyone put on their new GasolineTech line and then lit a bonfire.
I have never taken any economics courses but I'm pretty sure this is ignorant of basic economics. Something called the "Delta Cost Project" at something called "American Institutes for Research" released a study about how much colleges spend on athletes. Surprise: it is a lot relative to students that don't have skills that cause hundreds of thousands of people to want to watch them do things.
I wasn't going to mention this because it is blatantly dishonest to not even casually mention that the big time schools with all of these expenditures are raking in piles of money, but Deadspin flogged it.
The obvious takeaway: the SEC is insane. SEC schools spend more than 12 times as much on each athlete as they do on their regular, non-revenue-generating students. They spend 40 percent more than Big Ten schools, and 60 percent more than Pac-10 (now PAC-12) schools. The SEC's nearly $164,000 median cost per athlete is almost twice as much as the FBS average, and four-and-a-half times as much as the median FCS program. Becoming the country's undisputed college football elite conference doesn't come free, and it doesn't come cheap.
And remember, these figures are per athlete, not just per football player. Considering the costs of running a girls volleyball program, feel free to slide the football expenditures upward.
The imbalance isn't just an SEC problem, though. The average D-1 football school is spending 6.7 times more money on each athlete than on each regular student. The question then becomes: where is that money going? Those athletes sure as hell aren't getting paid.
I hear you about the getting paid thing; when the biggest individual hunk of the athletic spending is on compensation for coaches and ever-growing numbers of athletic department staffers it grates. But the reason there is spending is that there is revenue. Find me a chemical engineer making revenue for the school on the order of the quarterback, and then get him to file patents for you, and then come to me and say "look at this chemical engineer."
It is in fact the lowest schools on the totem pole who are setting money on fire to do this:
The top ~60 schools that approximately comprise BCS conferences are in those first two quartiles, and spend relatively little money from students and the institution. Get below that and it's fees and tuition. We could have a discussion about whether this is a good idea. I don't want to bother talking with these people since they are framing the "problem" of college sports spending without noting that colleges don't have shareholders to provide dividends to and that at the top schools money in is therefore destined to equal money out, and there is a lot of money in.
BONUS: The one interesting thing about this is a glimpse into how the Big Ten's supposed money advantage evaporates in the face of the SEC's laser focus on football. That per-athlete number is 50k more than the Big Ten despite revenues being close to equal because SEC schools carry many fewer sports than the Big Ten does. Call it the Six Million Dollar Rower gap.
I find you guilty of the passing blasphemy. Lloyd Carr is now on the Committee on Infractions. In related news, teams that do anything that seems tricky will be ejected into space.
Random dude says implausible thing about Big Ten expansion. Given what happened last time, the dumber and less credible the rumor, the more we have to pay attention to it. First, this comes from a guy whose bio reads like so:
Chris usually writes using the pseudonym "Honus Sneed" is known as the "Dude of WV". He's sometimes controversial and sometimes funny but his love of the Mountaineers is always apparent. He is married to smartest, most bad-ass, derby girl who is as beautiful as she is tough. They share their life with the iirrepressible Fozzie Bear of Chaos who denies he is related in any way to Bo Obama.
So take it for what it's worth. He says the Big Ten is aiming for Virginia and would like to add UNC or Georgia Tech. I put no credence in it, but it's clear the Big Ten isn't done and has adopted a strategy of stealthily making stupid moves because their previous approach—doing intelligent things publicly—was totally square.
As previously stated, at this point I am in favor of the Big Ten adding six more teams and putting all of them in the other division so we can pretend none of this ever happened. So whatever. Add away, deranged fang-beasts with MBAs. You already blew it all up.
Slice. A fairly large deregulation package just passed one level or another of the NCAA's governance structure. I think this is the stage at which the thing gets passed by a small group and then Indiana State tries to override it because it's not fair they're Indiana State, so some of these proposals could meet the same fate as the cost-of-living increase did down the road.
If these things do get through, they're for the better:
Several of the 25 changes adopted Saturday are small and fairly obvious. Schools, for instance, can now provide "reasonable entertainment in conjunction with competition or practice," which means the old joke that athletes could be provided bagels but not cream cheese – yes, that was an actual NCAA rule – no longer applies. And a new rule that will allow athletes to receive "$300 more than actual and necessary expenses" as long as they don't come from an agent or booster will save a ton of paperwork and compliance headaches for things that used to be considered secondary (or minor) violations.
But there are also some significant ways in which recruiting has now been deregulated, ways that could favor the bigger schools with bigger budgets.
Coaches can now make an unlimited number of contacts with recruits via text messages or social media. Printed recruiting materials sent through the mail are now completely deregulated in terms of frequency or expense. And schools will now have the ability to hire a recruiting coordinator who isn't a head coach or full-time assistant coach, which is a particularly big deal for football.
Think of all the paperwork that will no longer be done. You should be in favor of anything that 1) moves the focus away from nothing secondary violations onto big issues *cough*OLEMISS*cough* and 2) allows Michigan to use its money firehose to either distance themselves from schools with less or close the gap on schools operating outside of the framework, cough OLE MISS cough.
This was the easy bit. Emmert's got a bigger reform package on the table that won't be as easy to shove through since it deals with big, big things like transfer rules and agents and, uh… "meals." What exactly they'd like to do isn't something I could google up. Hopefully it includes some accommodation with the realities of agents these days and maybe some movement towards allowing some money to flow to the players.
BONUS: When you want to name-check a 'have', you go to one place.
"There are universities that made investments 100 years ago that, by historical accident in some instances, have set as their role, scope and mission, things that give them competitive advantages in their ability to fund and support ahtletics," NCAA president Mark Emmert said Saturday. "Michigan has been Michigan for a long time.
Etc.: Sportswriters now pondering whether anything was ever real. That's actually a good column by Tim Layden about the inherent uncheckability of a lot of stuff. Will Campbell is reprising his high school camp performances. I guess Will Hagerup really has a chance to come back; must be Stonum-style double-secret probation. Michigan's defense is short of national-title expectations.
Kate Upton. We win.
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"To make this right, someone has to die"
When a new Prey game was announced at E3 2016 people were scrambling to make sense of it. Is it a sequel? A remake? Or something different altogether?
Well, none of that matters now, because Bethesda has dropped the first gameplay trailer for Prey at QuakeCon 2016 and it's another beast entirely.
The trailer kicks off like the debut trailer, with the player character Morgan's audio logs. Man-Morgan (the character can be played as male or female) spruiks paranoid garble about being watched from space. Of course, what seems like a delusion turns out to be something real and sinister.
We see the smoke-monster aliens (initially spotted on Prey's box art) invade Talos 1 and quickly wreak havoc on the idyllic (and visually stunning) space station. We see Morgan using a number of weapons and items to combat the threat.
Firstly, Morgan fires off a few rounds with a pistol and a shotgun, but the most interesting item is the Neuromod, a microscope-like object with needles that penetrate the eyeball. In one scene Morgan places the business end of this mysterious device against his eye and we're transported through a web of neurons and synapses. Exactly what the tool is used for is yet to be seen, but Bethesda did release this neat piece of promo art with the trailer.
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100 police have raided the streets of Akihabara in a crackdown on "JK walks," for the first time resulting in actual JKs being taken into custody.
On the 16th, 100 police with no more pressing crimes to investigate fanned out across Akihabara in the largest raid of its kind to date, questioning any girl they found dressed in a school uniform and suspected of being a tout for "JK sampo" services.
The raid netted them 13 JKs, whose parents mostly claimed "not to have known" they were being walked by creepy otaku on the streets of Akihabara.
"JK strolls," in which adult men pay to take female highschoolers on walks and to restaurants (taking faux dates with schoolgirls) became popular after recent crackdowns on "JK reflexology" (taking faux massages from schoolgirls) and "JK photo clubs" (taking pictures of schoolgirls).
The going rate is ¥8000 an hour for a walk or meal with a schoolgirl (or a woman dressed as one at any rate), and the authorities claim 100 establishments offering such services have sprung up in Akihabara and Ikebukuro after they cracked down on JK reflexology with such success.
Whether the practice is legal or not depends largely on the opinion of police, who have decided it is not, resulting in them making tenuous use of child labour laws and restrictions on touting (looking to be walked has been reclassified as "touting," which is now restricted in Akihabara due to the profusion of maids there getting out of hand).
Police do say there have been complaints of patrons touching up the girls and generally attempting to get their money's worth, and that the whole practice is a breeding ground for enjo kousai type prostitution.
They have also been arrested patrons for such egregious offences as buying the pantsu of the girl they were walking, and in one case busted the staff of a karaoke club for blackmailing customers in collaboration with a JK walker who falsely alleged she had been touched.
Hitherto police had reportedly never bothered taking any of the schoolgirl workers into "protective custody" and instead merely prosecuted their employers violating child labour laws (by making minors work in "unhealthy conditions"), meaning there was little downside for the girls.
From now on police say they will take action against minors involved in such activity, although if they adopt the same approach as with schoolgirl prostitutes this will only involve telling their parents and teachers what they have been up to rather than any actual criminal charges.
The crackdown seems to have plenty of supporters:
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Alabama cancels games against Michigan State
Alabama received permission from Michigan State to opt out of a two-game series in 2016 and 2017 because of uncertainty surrounding the SEC schedule, the Detroit Free Press reported Thursday.
Michigan State athletic director Mark Hollis confirmed in a text that Alabama requested the cancellation of the games that were to be played in Tuscaloosa in 2016 and in East Lansing in 2017.
"While disappointed, in the spirit of collegiality, we agreed to the request," Hollis told the Free Press.
The SEC is considering a move from eight conference games to nine in the future. The Big Ten has already approved a nine-game schedule and, because of that, Michigan State needed to dump one of its four scheduled non-conference games in 2016.
Hollis seemed to indicate, though, that he wanted to keep Alabama and unload possibly Eastern Michigan or Furman. Notre Dame is the other non-conference opponent on the Spartans' schedule.
Alabama's 2016 non-conference schedule is now wide open with no scheduled games.
"Michigan State graciously granted our request to cancel the games previously scheduled for the 2016 and 2017 seasons. We made the request due to the uncertainty of the conference football schedule in those years," Alabama athletic director Bill Battle said. "We are very appreciative of Michigan State's willingness to grant that request."
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The Roman ConstitutionI have given an account of the constitution of Lycurgus, I will now endeavour to describe that of Rome at the period of their disastrous defeat at Cannae. I am fully conscious that to those who actually live under this constitution I shall appear to give an inadequate account of it by the omission of certain details.
The Roman constitution at the epoch of Cannae, B.C. 216.
Triple element in the Roman Constitution.


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Yeh Hai Mohabbatein 19th February 2016 Written Episode Update
Yeh Hai Mohabbatein 19th February 2016 Written Episode, Written Update on TellyUpdates.com
The Episode starts with Mrs. Bhalla seeing Amma annoyed and thinking to do something. She starts saying benefits in staying in this locality. Ishita and Raman smile. Mrs. Bhalala asks Neelu to get sweetdish. She apologizes to Amma and asks her not to leave this place. Amma says I m not going anywhere, I can't go away from you, I can't be annoyed with you for long time. Mrs. Bhalla thanks and hugs her. She asks what was that lady saying. Ishita says I think that lady was mistaken and its good you both ended annoyance, I don't think Vandu can do wrong with any kid, her heart is so good, she can taught kids all these years, how can she do this, maybe else would have done this. Romi says Sarika would have done this, Sarika has sent Ruhi there at police station, and that incident happened.
Police comes there. Inspector says we have come to take Ishita back to jail. Raman says she still has time, you can't take her. Inspector says we know that acting. Sarika comes there and smiles. She says I told the truth to police, how you used Ruhi to get Ishita out of jail, he made Ruhi ill and got Ishita here. Raman gets angry. She says you can see inspector they won't do party if her daughter was really ill. Ruhi and Adi hug Ishita and cry. They all cry. The kids ask Raman to stop Ishita. Ishita is taken away. Sarika smiles seeing all of them upset and crying. Raman calls Niddhi and says they took Ishita way.
Court case starts. Niddhi tells the judge that this is unfair with my client, Ishita got 24 hours time as her daughter was ill, but she was taken back to jail, how will this affect the kids. Suyyash says I can prove Raman and Ishita used the kids to get special permission, I want to call Vandu in witness box. Vandu gets tensed. Suyyash asks Vandu how did Ruhi reach hospital. Vandu cries and says I was boiling milk for Shagun and added sugar in it. He says but we know the girl's name is Ruhi. She says I did not know how Ruhi got that milk. He says fine, did you give the milk to Ruhi. Vandu says no, I just added sugar. He says it means you added poison. Vandu says no. Niddhi objects that he is pressuring Vandu. He asks who gave milk to Ruhi. She cries and says not me. Suyyash says we want to know. Bala says stop it, can't you see my wife is getting affected, Vandu no need to answer. Judge asks Bala to sit. Niddhi tells Suyyash that Vandu is scared. Judge asks Suyyash to let witness go. Judge asks Vandu to go. Vandu says I did not do anything and Bala takes her outside. Ishita cries.
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Niddhi tells judge that Suyyash could not say the murder motive, why did Ishita kill Amar, there was no intention, Ishita killed him in self defence. Suyyash asks why did she not inform police, Abhishek is her friend, why did she take law in her hands. Niddhi laughs and says when person is in danger, will she call police and make Amar wait for a min till she calls police there, she would react as per her common sense. The people laugh. Suyyash says fine, did she call police after killing Amar, she burnt the body. Niddhi says no, Ishita did not burn the body, Pallavi did this, Ishita is here as she has saved Pallavi, Pallavi scared Ishita of Amar's family.
Suyyash says we have witnesses that Ishita bought the petrol and drove her car, its planned murder. Ishita recalls how Pallavi lied to her.
Niddhi reminds Suyyash that Pallavi was with Ishita, why did Pallavi go in the car together, they met in café next day, Pallavi is involved in this, she burnt the body to clear the evidence. Suyyash says rubbish, Ishita threatened Pallavi, Pallavi was in shock and Ishita used her, I want to call ACP Abhishek in witness box,
He asks Abhishek about Bhalla family, and Ishita. Abhishek says I know them, Ishita is a nice lady. Suyyash says fine, why did you arrest Ishita then. Abhishek says we got evidence against her, the petrol can had her fingerprints, an old man on crime scene told us about seeing her car, I know her personally, but I did my duty. Ishita cries. Suyyash says Ishita had a motive, this is a revenge, Ishita was angry on Amar and killed him. The real reason is Pallavi's illegitimate son Rohit, she has hidden this from Amar, and Ishita wanted to adopt Rohit, knowing Romi can't become a father, she wanted Pallavi's consent letter so that Pallavi can't claim Rohit, we know Ishita can't become a mother, she becomes obsessive about kids, and tells the news how she drove the bus and fought with Kaali to save Ruhi, this is her obsession, and her obsession for Rohit made her mad knowing Amar is ready to accept Rohit, she did not wish to part with Rohit.
Suyyash says its planned murder, she should be strictly punished, she should be hanged. Raman and everyone cry.
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Identifying the parts of a sentence requires knowing the parts of speech. Finding one of the two major parts of a sentence necessitates locating the nouns or pronouns to which the sentence refers. This is the simple subject. To find the simple predicate, locate the verb or verbs in the sentence, the words that show action or existence.
The complete subject is the simple subject plus all of the words and phrases that modify it. Adjectives, adjectival prepositional phrases and articles are typical modifiers of the simple subject.
The complete predicate is the simple predicate and all of its modifiers, objects and complements. Adverbs and adverbial phrases modify simple predicates. Other words sometimes found in the complete predicate are direct and indirect objects and complements.
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If a state of being verb is the simple predicate, check for complements by finding nouns or adjectives after the verb that describe or rename the subject. Any such word is a complement.
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Cigarettes kill you and weed doesn't. Those are facts! Get educated people. Weed makes you happy, creative, relaxed and is the real pain killer in all sense of the word. Religious people are the ones that believes that weed is the devil but alcohol is the real devil. Is time to legalize weed nation wide. It will be great for the economy and for the people that are always pissed off.
Alcohol causes brain damage AND is more addicting than marijuana. No deaths have happened from using marijuana, yet tons of deaths happen from alcohol. It wouldn't "create turf wars among drug dealers" because it would be legal to just go get it from a club. The pros outweigh the cons.
The plant comes from nature. If she did not want humanity to utilize it she would have taken it from us herself. Humanity must learn to educate themselves and those lives that they are responsible for, respect- both the plant and your fellow citizens, take personal accountability- be responsible and accountable for what you do
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People should have the freedom and free will to partake in a plant that grows from the earth. Too many people resort to alcohol or other harsh drugs that destroy the body. Legal marijuana should have the same legalities of alcohol, meaning that you can't use it until 21 years of age, can't be kept in the front seat or have the car smell like burnt weed. It should only be consumed recreationally if not using it for medical purposes.
There are so many reasons why marijuana should be illegal. First of all, marijuana is absolutely TERRIBLE for your health. Also, with marijuana being common, our children will grow up thinking that it is okay and healthy to smoke marijuana and will kill millions. Therefor, marijuana should definitely be illegal.
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Marijuana is a drug. It can become addicting and cause horrible situations in the medical field. Marijuana damages the brain of anyone who uses it. You hallucinate and become depressed. If Marijuana is legal, and whoever uses it drives a vehicle, they will be arrested and sent to prison. The United States are already running out of room in prisons. We all get that legalizing it will create massive tax revenues and make more profits, possibly even destroy the black market, but do you really think it's a good thing? It's a drug. Why would anyone take a toxic plant and put it in their body? The idea of legalizing Marijuana is not a good thing.
People who advocate for the legal use of marijuana do not consider the whole picture. Legalization of marijuana will cause an immediate turf war among drug dealers and the cartels. In order to maintain their profits, with less drugs to sell, they will have to increase their violence. This will lead to more violent crimes.
Marijuana can make you paranoid and can make you have "magical" thinking it can also make you have aggression and anxiety and it can damage your brain more. People can have lower appetites because of smoking marijuana and they can also feel weak. Last of all they can become depressed.
Everyone has a different opinion about marijuana. It cannot kill you but it can harm you. Marijuana has provided other states with tax money for schools and education but it has also brought other drugs. Once street gangs can't make money off of weed, they go up the ladder to coke or heroin or meth or ketamine or other drugs. If it is legal, you have to treat it as alcohol. If you drive behind the wheel high, same rules apply as a DUI. Doesn't matter. If things are illegal, it is easier for people to get their hands on things but it is legal but restricted it is harder. Marijuana can be legal but I'm not it should. I've tried weed before and enjoyed it but I work full time and have other things I'd rather do so I can't do it but if it legal, they should take marijuana off drug tests, whether for sports/jobs or even schools. Don't get wrong, weed has its pros and it's cons but just the look of weed makes it illegal. If weed looked like broccoli or a leaf on a tree, it wouldn't look so harmful


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Via Tony Lee
Marianne Gingrich, the second wife of Newt Gingrich who has often said she could end Gingrich's career with one interview, sat down with ABC News earlier this week for an on-camera interview, according to the Drudge Report. After much wrangling among network executives about when to air the interview, ABC will air the interview tonight on "Nightline," which airs at 11:35 PM EST, an hour and a half after the Republican presidential debate in South Carolina.
Reports are that Marianne Gingrich says nothing new in the interview, and much of what she says is similar to what she told Esquire in a previous interview in 2010. But the impact of those words when spoken on camera can have a greater impact.
Gingrich is gaining momentum in South Carolina before Saturday's "first-in-the-South" primary, and he told HUMAN EVENTS that he had a path to victory not only in South Carolina but beyond. Gingrich's strategy is to win South Carolina and then consolidate the anti-Romney conservative vote going forward into states such as Florida, where the Republican primary is closed to registered Republican voters only. Gingrich's path may have been made easier today when Perry withdrew from the race and endorsed the former House Speaker.
via Marianne Gingrich interview to air tonight – HUMAN EVENTS.


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Aside from the obvious of taking in or tying down all things that can be picked up by the wind and turned into projectiles. Make sure you have a supply of enough food that will not need cooking and water (one gallon per person per day) to last at least a week. If you have pets or infants at home make sure you have enough supplies for them as well ie food, formula, diapers. Fill all possible containers with water for washing and cooking in addition to water you may have bought. Fill the bathtub as well in case you need to flush the toilets manually. Temps in the fridge and freezer should be turned down to the coldest settings, Ziplock bags should be filled and frozen to use as water later and to cool down the fridge if the power goes out. If you have a generator make sure you have extra gas to run it. Fill your car gas tanks. Don't forget to make sure you have clean laundry to last a while since if the power goes out you will not be able to run the washing machine. Make sure you get cash from the banks as well since ATMs and card swipe machines at the store will not work if the power is out. Gather your important documents together and keep them with you in a Ziplock bag. Flashlights, a battery powered radio, and lots of batteries are a must. Please do not use candles! Don't forget something to entertain the kids and yourself while waiting for it all to pass!
Hope this list helps! Stay safe everyone!


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Student Rights & Responsibilities: Change of Address
The student is responsible for informing the college of his/her current address. If there are address changes, please complete a "change card" at Counter Services. Delivery of mail to the last address on record constitutes official notification to students.
Students can now view and update their address using the World Wide Web! Just access MyCentral and click Update Address. By using the Student Identification number and Global PIN (date of birth: month|day|year – six digit number), this secure system provides a way to maintain current address information.


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Never compare anyone to this woman.
I always forget that volunteering to someone, "You look just like [insert star's name]" is not at all a constructive idea. It never seems to strike the right note of appreciation and in fact it usually backfires like a solicitation to an undercover cop in a bathroom. I was reminded of this the other night when I told an Israeli lesbian at Beige that she reminded me of Debra Messing. Whoopsy! Rather than lick my face in gratitude, the woman almost started spewing blood as her girlfriend practically had to be restrained from getting violent with me, en route, no doubt, to some kind of fiery apocalypse. And this even though I'd been sure to add, "Debra Messing—but younger and prettier, of course!"
It turns out these two dykes don't happen to think Messing is any kind of top-drawer beauty queen. And even if they did, no one wants to be told what they look like via a comparison, especially in a club, where, after a few drinks, they've retreated into an inflated view of their own luminous appeal. The boozy crowd already thinks they're stars and totally resent being identified in relation to any other being.
So even if you're sure, in all saneness, that what you're saying is a huge compliment, don't EVER tell anyone they look like a fabulous celebrity. Don't even tell Debra Messing she looks like Debra Messing! But naturally, there are exceptions to every rule, so feel free to tell me I look like Jake Gyllenhaal.


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To buy savings bonds, individuals can create an online account with the U.S. Department of Treasury to purchase, manage and monitor savings bonds online. In order to purchase savings bonds, individuals must be a U.S. citizen, U.S. resident or civilian employee in the United States.
- Create an account
Create an account online at the U.S. Department of Treasury's website. Individuals need to enter their full name, a U.S. address, social security number and name of the recipient of the savings bond if it is a gift.
- Process payment
Designate the dollar amount of the savings bond. As of 2014, individuals can only purchase electronic savings bonds, and each bond is purchased at face value. For example, a $25 EE savings bond costs $50. Each savings bond earns interest through the U.S. Treasury for up to 30 years. As of 2014, the rate of interest is 0.10 percent.
- Register and monitor savings bonds
Register the savings bond when purchasing to determine who can cash and own the bond. All purchased savings bonds can be monitored online through the U.S. Department of Treasury's online system. Individuals who have created an account and purchased savings bonds may set up an automatic buying schedule, deduct payment through payroll deductions and assess the interest earned electronically at any time. As of 2014, the option to buy paper bonds has been discontinued, although paper bonds previously purchased can still be redeemed at financial institutions.


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23.5. How to ban IP addresses
So you have been hacked and your IP Tracking module (Section 8.3.6) shows you it was an attack from a few IP addresses? Perhaps your site is continuing to be the aim of notorious cracking attempts from those IP addresses and you now want to ban them? That's something you can accomplish easily in two ways, a hard-coded approach and a more elaborate one.
The hard-coded approach (suitable only for just a few IP addresses, unless you want to clutter the code with unwanted IPs) requires you to place this 4-liner:
$ip = getenv("REMOTE_ADDR"); if ($ip != "66.666.66.6" AND $ip != "55.555.55.5") { return 0; }
in two places:
after after the global line of the is_amdin() function in mainfile.php and
at the begining of the admin.php file.
Change the "66.666.66.6" and "55.555.55.5" to the IP addresses you want to block and you are done! See How to block an IP address in PHP-Nuke.
The more elaborate approach is to create a text file, call it banned.txt, containing all the IP addresses you want to ban, one address per line. Upload banned.txt in the PHP-Nuke root directory on your web server (this is the same directory where also config.php is located). Then include the following code in the includes/my_header.php file (the custom HTML header file of PHP-Nuke, see Chapter 15):
if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'])) { $ip = $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR']; } elseif (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_VIA'])) { $ip = $_SERVER['HTTP_VIA']; } elseif (isset($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'])) { $ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']; } else { $ip = "Banned"; } $banned = file("banned.txt", "r+"); $nbanned = count($banned); function ban($ip, $banned, $nbanned){ for ($i = 0 ; $i < $nbanned ; $i++) { // Use this if you want to use IP patterns with regular expressions: // if (eregi($ip, $banned[$i])) { // We have to strip the end-of-line characters, to test for equality: if ($ip == rtrim($banned[$i])) { echo "You have been banned from this portal, if you feel this is in error "; echo "please send email to email@example.com "; die(); } } } ban($ip, $banned, $nbanned);
If you are having problems with PHP not recognizing the line endings when reading files with the PHP file() function (see the code above), either on or created by a Macintosh computer, you might want to enable the auto_detect_line_endings run-time configuration option (which, however, is available only starting PHP v. 4.3.0).
If you would like to ban whole ranges of IP addresses, you can play with the PHP eregi() function and use
if (eregi($ip, $banned[$i])) {
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if ($ip == rtrim($banned[$i])) {
You then use patterns of IP addresses, i.e. regular expressions (see Section 25.3, Regular Expression Functions (POSIX Extended)), instead of constant IPs in banned.txt. See also How to ban IPs real fast.
|How to ban IPs using the web server
Of course, you can achieve the same results by putting deny directives in the server configuration file, or .htaccess file (Section 25.4):
See the Protector Module (Section 8.3.7) for a PHP-Nuke module for IP banning.
PHP-Nuke HOWTO brought to you by Chris Karakas


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Easy Kitchen Makeover with DIY Chalk Paint
Ever since we moved into our home two years ago, we have never been quite in love with our kitchen. Though it was brand new when we bought the house and we were able to customize the counter-tops, the overall cabinet style and color is just not our thing.
Replacing the cabinets or remodeling the kitchen is not an option, so we decided to paint the cabinets. When I received my designer kit from Devine Color earlier this year, the color "Devine Ripe Banana and Beans" immediately caught my eye and I started to see yellow in our kitchen's future. My husband and children all agreed on yellow but it took us about a week to decide between different hues. We tested out four colors on large pieces of poster board.
We also tested two colors on the cabinets. Sherwin Williams' "Butter Up" (below, left) was my family's favorite and I liked it for its crisp and modern character. After viewing the paint samples for several days in different lighting, the softness and versatility of "Ripe Banana and Beans" (below, right) won as it seemed to be the perfect match for the "Swedish summer vacation" feel we envisioned for our kitchen.
We decided to start with painting the kitchen island and the backrest and cut-outs of the built-in bench around our dining table. I was inspired by one of my clients to try chalk paint — she just moved into her new home and is planning to paint her kitchen cabinets with chalk paint.
I have worked with chalk paint in the past and love how easy it is to apply and how little I have to prepare the surface. However, I did not want the chalky finish in our kitchen and simply wanted to take advantage of its qualities as a bonding agent and forgo stripping and sanding the cabinets before painting them. Ready-mixed chalk paint is quite expensive, so I ventured out to make my own. After reviewing different recipes for DIY chalk paint, I opted for a single-step procedure of simply mixing one part calcium carbonate (ordered via Amazon) with two parts paint.
This was indeed easy. However, when I first applied the mixture to the surface it turned out a little lumpy. I sanded down the lumps and tried again. Knowing that the paint brand can matter in this procedure, I did another trial with a white Benjamin Moore paint leftover from a previous project. It turned out lump-free and it bonded securely to the cabinet surface.
For this project, I used the white DIY chalk paint as a primer and then applied two coats of the yellow paint straight from the can. I sealed with three coats of water-based polyurethane (polycrylic) with light sanding in between coats. Oil-based polyurethane is slightly more durable, but it has a yellowing effect which I wanted to avoid with a light and yellow paint color.
Here's the before shot of the bench.
And after, with accents of yellow and a mix and match of pillows.
The whole project took about a week from start to finish. We love how it turned out and have decided to paint the rest of the cabinets once we are back from our summer travels. Hopefully by the end of the summer our kitchen makeover will be complete.


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Program Period: October 1, 2018 – December 31, 2018
Eligible Units: MECHRON® and K9 Utility Vehicles
Program Limitations and Requirements:
- Available for new purchases only.
- Available at participating dealers only. Contact Dealer for details.
- Low rate financing does apply. Standard financing rates do apply.
- All other retail programs may apply.
- Program period and conditions subject to change.


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How to Get More Iron in Your Diet
As it is a fundamental nutrient to a healthy body, it's important to know how to get more iron in your diet. If you don't get enough iron in your diet, you could end up with anemia. This occurs when your blood does not have enough hemoglobin. The easiest way to cure it is with an iron-rich diet. This can be a bit more difficult to do if you are a vegetarian. But, plenty of non-meat foods also help you get more iron in your diet.
- Eat more meat. The body actually absorbs iron best from meat. Obviously, this is not going to work if you are a vegetarian. Eating meat with vegetables, such as broccoli, actually help your body absorb more of the iron from those foods. All kinds of red meat (especially liver) and seafood are recommended to raise iron levels.
- Increase your consumption of spinach and broccoli. Both of these vegetables are high in iron. Eat them with red meat to increase iron levels even more.
- Eat more dried fruits. In particular, dried apricots, raisins and prunes are high in iron. They are easy to add to your diet by just putting them in oatmeal or eating them as a snack.
- Increase your consumption of vitamin C while eating other iron-rich foods. Taking a vitamin C supplement or drinking beverages that are high in vitamin C will actually let you get more iron from the foods that you are eating.
- Avoid certain foods while eating iron-rich foods. These foods include coffee, egg whites, soy, fiber and milk. They actually block the absorption of iron.
- Take iron supplements. It's best to try to get more iron in your diet. But, if you are unable to get enough, try taking iron supplements.
Consult your doctor before taking any supplements.
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Home > Learn About CCHC > Press Room > News > Regional Cancer Center Cancer Survey Results
Published on February 21, 2014
February 2014
The Cape Cod Healthcare Regional Cancer Network conducted a Cancer Care Survey during the summer of 2013 on behalf of RCN physicians, nurses and other oncology providers. The survey targeted patients, family members and friends who were willing to share their opinions and expectations about cancer care on Cape Cod.
The survey consisted of 11 questions designed to better understand patients' experiences and expectations around cancer care at Cape Cod Healthcare. The survey answers will also be used to help integrate new programs into treatment regimens so that CCHC can continue to provide top-quality, accessible care to patients.
There were 105 responses to the survey, 26.7% of which were from males and 73.3% from females. The majority, 57.2%, fell into the 45-64 age range. Of the responders, 58% visited Cape Cod Healthcare to receive services and 20% used CCHC services more than 10 times. The majority of those surveyed indicated that they preferred to obtain information about cancer prevention and detection from their primary care physicians and a third of responders also indicated that screening tests for cancer detection rated high in their estimation.
When asked about the best way for cancer patients to receive support, 64.8% answered talking with other cancer survivors. Various types of support groups accounted for most of the other responses and 43.8% also mentioned a personal navigator to help with the healthcare maze. When asked for the top three ways to make patients, family and friends more comfortable during cancer treatment, 84.8% listed a courteous and friendly medical staff, while 81% named all necessary treatments in the same place, close to home. Easy access in a sanctuary-like environment also rated high.
Cape Cod Healthcare scored high marks when asked how respondents would rate the quality of Cape Cod Healthcare cancer services, with 77.2% giving the top ratings of Very Good to Excellent. Those who rated services lower contributed more than 25 comments regarding areas that could use attention. In addition, there were more than 50 suggestions for ways to improve the experience, which will be instructive as Cape Cod Healthcare's Regional Cancer Network continues to develop improved cancer services.
All media inquiries should be directed to Robin Lord, Director of Communications.
Phone: 774-470-5504
Cell: 774-236-9602
© 2018 Cape Cod Healthcare Inc.


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Albums round-up - April 2013
- Neil Cooper and Ryan Drever
- 26 April 2013
Jimmy Tamborello and Ben Gibbard – of Dntel and Death Cab for Cutie respectively – likely didn't consider the longevity of their fun little 'record-by-mail' project. But their only album, Give Up – immortalised now in double disc and triple vinyl – has become a cult classic. Fusing 80s-inspired electro-pop and lovestruck lyrics, it still sounds hopelessly romantic and helplessly catchy. (Ryan Drever)
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A second full-length dose of sleepy electro-pop from Small Black, this finds them in more lush, bright and polished territory without reducing their previous charm. Musically, it doesn't offer anything particularly groundbreaking but works well at honing a tried and tested formula. 'No Stranger' and 'Breathless' are perfect summer listening. (RD)
(Dead Oceans) ●●●●
A familiarly spasmodic and eclectic collection of noises and nuances this, from haunting atmospherics to gang-driven vocal parties and jagged, decorative riffs. Recent collaborations with spirit guide Michael Gira and Swans make sense given Sub Verses' pervasive sense of sonic exploration through twin worlds of euphoria and dread. (RD)
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Welsh master of all that is weird and folky, Stephen Black, aka Sweet Baboo releases more awkwardly charming solo gems. With a knack for engaging, shimmering melodies, laced with trademark deadpan wit, he's on top form. Ships is undoubtedly the sharpest knife in his drawer. (RD)
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Hiss Golden Messenger mines the depths of American history and its 'ill-prophesied future' on Haw – named after the river in North Carolina. On these enrapturing, folk-inspired tracks, the bonds and burdens of family and faith are explored with remarkable delicacy given their emotional clout. A fine example of songwriter MC Taylor's ever-evolving musical palate. (RD)
Hiss Golden Messenger supports William Tyler, Summerhall, Edinburgh, Sat 4 May.
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Edinburgh dream-pop trio Collar Up enter the hazy consciousness occupied by Pitchfork mainstays Beach House and Washed Out with this ambitious album of melodic candyfloss. However, they also drop in ambient atmospheres worth attention on their own merits. The colourful textures employed throughout belie the murkiness of their Scottish origins. This is the soundtrack to your escapist fantasies. (RD)
Album launch, The 13th Note, Glasgow, Sat 4 May; Limbo at Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh, Sat 18 May.
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Former Uncle John and Whitelock stalwart David Philp is the crooning mastermind behind this set of postmodern Palm Court swing which comes awash with fiddle, accordion and acoustic guitar. It all sounds a whole lot like The Monochrome Set gone retro zydeco. As wryly jaunty as it all is, there's still a doleful melancholy to Philp's delivery, and a trad warmth worth waltzing to.
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'The Sound of Young Scotland' continuum runs on apace on this debut mini-album from a quartet led by ex-Bricolage/Sexual Object Graham Wann. Instrumental jangularity abounds, but so does a dancefloor glam joie de vivre that's as infectious as it is deliciously calculated. Nouveau serious fun starts here. (NC)
Album launch, Nice'n'Sleazy, Glasgow, Fri 26 Apr.


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Nachos, how I love thee, let me count the ways. I have always loved nachos, but my early memories of nachos didn't look this grand. My grandma made nachos once in a blue moon and those were similar to these — very simple made with homemade tortilla chips, refried beans, jalapeños, and cheese, and baked. That was it, simple and delicious.
Then there were the nachos that I craved at every church bazaar, movie theater, and festival — the nachos made with stale tortilla chips drenched in neon yellow goo, with a heaping mountain of canned jalapeños. My stomach is turning and burning just thinking about them.
Every time I see those nachos I remember some funny teenage memories. My mom sold those same nasty cheddar cheese nachos at our grocery store, Soza's Grocery. Wow, they were popular and I loved them too. In high school every Friday night my cousin Erika would spend the night and we couldn't wait to make our mountain of nachos and stay up late to eat them as we watched Friday Night Videos. This was before MTV or VH1 — we had to wait till Friday night to watch music videos. Afterwards we'd talk and giggle all night long as we listened to the radio on my boom box with a cassette recorder nearby waiting to record our favorite songs to make some mix tapes. Wow, how times have changed. As teenagers we were never concerned about our weight. We just ate and enjoyed food without any regrets. I kind of miss those days and not having a care in the world.
After college I worked as a waitress at a pub and they served some mouth-watering nachos. This was one of my first experiences with real nachos. Those nachos were a tall stack of fresh ingredients like grilled steak or chicken, beans, tomatoes, onions, fresh jalapenos, and real cheese, and baked to perfection. Then they were served with a side of fresh guacamole and sour cream. Once I experienced those nachos I started making them at home and never turned back. Ok I'm lying; I still crave those nasty nachos with the ooey-gooey yellow gross cheese with tons of pickled jalapeños especially at the movie theater or a festival and regrettably still eat them on occasion. My stomach can't handle them anymore and I immediately tell myself I'll never eat them again…until the next time. I usually have great self control, but for some reason I can't resist nachos, of any kind.
However, if I had to recommend a nacho recipe I would highly recommend these and not the nasty artificial processed cheese kind. These nachos are made with black beans, carne asada, fresh toppings and a luscious mountain of home made guacamole made with Avocados from Mexico. These show stopping nachos are a hit and perfecto for your Super Bowl party. I know I will be making these along with some hot wings, mini-tamale pies, chile con queso, and Mexican-style pizzas.
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Carne Asada Nachos with Guacamole
- Tortilla chips
- 1 ½ cups black beans, drained and rinsed
- Grilled carne asada, cut into bite-sized pieces
- 1 1/2 cups shredded Oaxaca, Quesadilla, or Monterey Jack cheese
- 1/4 cup red onion, sliced
- 1 roma tomato, chopped
- 1 to 2 jalapeños, sliced
- 4 ripe avocados from Mexico
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1/4 cup minced white onion
- 1 jalapeño pepper, minced (optional)
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 medium tomato, chopped (optional)
- 1 to 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
Topping Options:
- Guacamole
- Crema Mexicana or sour cream
- Chives
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place your tortilla chips across the bottom of your cast iron skillet or baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Add beans evenly across the chips; sprinkle the grilled carne asada, shredded cheese, onions, tomatoes, and jalapeño slices across the chips evenly.
- Repeat to build layers if you're feeding a crowd. Bake until the cheese is melted and bubbling and veggies are warm, about 15 minutes for a single layer or 20 minutes for multiple layers. Serve immediately with your favorite toppings and don't forget the guacamole.
- While the nachos are baking, make the guacamole. Cut the avocado in half. Twist to pull apart and remove the pit. Scoop out the flesh. Place in a medium bowl and mash the avocado with a fork leaving some chunks.
- Add the garlic, onion, jalapeño (optional), salt, and tomato (optional). Squeeze the lime juice over all the ingredients and give everything a gentle stir, but don't overdo it.
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From the othe side of the tape that brought us the Oorwormer comp a couple of weeks back comes the essential debut full length from SVÄTSOX. Ruins clocks in just under 30 minutes, and delivers first rate angular post punk from start to finish. I've heard the band mentioned in the same breath as THE EX, and it's a legitimate comparison...this record is restrained angular punk at its finest. Dive in kids, get to learning.
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Posted by the wizard at 5:00 AM
Labels: Dutch hardcore, Holland, punk
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- vinylpuma said...
Awesome! Tight and satisfying and perfect for this flat-grey kinda day. I can tell this is going into regular rotation.
- May 16, 2012 at 2:29 PM
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re-upped. you're welcome.
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Sometimes you find the ideal house for you and your family only to find out that there are other parties interested in purchasing it. If this happens, you may become embroiled in a bidding war, which can quickly drive the price of the perfect home up. If you're worried about being the winning bidder, there are a few steps you can take to ensure your offer is the winning one:
Get Pre-Approved
Getting pre-approved for a mortgage at a price higher than the current listing on the house is a great way to get an edge over the competition. Sellers are always wary of buyers with bad credit, and pre-approval takes care of that. It also means you can close more quickly on the house because you won't have to wait as long to get your mortgage in place.
Keep in mind that pre-approval and pre-qualified are two different things. Pre-qualification isn't as strong and doesn't guarantee that the lender will give you the full mortgage amount you want, it just means they will consider making the loan. If you want to be pre-approved, you'll need to fill out a complete mortgage application and provide extensive documentation.
Offer A Strong Down Payment
The larger your down payment, the more seriously the sellers will take you. If you come in with a lower figure on your down payment, the sellers may assume that you're struggling financially or they may fear that you won't be able to come up with the funds when the time comes to close. This can be particularly helpful if the seller needs to close on the house quickly because they are in financial difficulties.
Understand the Sellers and Help the Sellers Understand You
Regardless of whether the seller is putting their home on the market for personal or financial reasons, you can tap into their feelings with the right letter. If you know they've raised their children in the house and you have young children of your own, the personal connection can make a real difference. Having a career as a doctor, firefighter, nurse or some other altruistic pursuit may also help.
If money talks, however, skip the warm feelings and aim straight for their wallet. If you find out that the seller is in foreclosure or is behind on their own mortgage payments, they will want to close as quickly as possible so that they can move on with one less debt to worry about. If you have the means to make a cash offer to a homeowner in foreclosure, you could make an offer that's up to 20% less than other buyers who have to take out a mortgage.
Be Willing to Negotiate on the Details
If you're in a bidding war for a house, you'll need to be extremely flexible on the terms of the offer. Don't put in any clauses that will slow down the sale of the house. Stating that you'll only close once your own house sells is a recipe for losing your dream home. You may have to carry two mortgages for a short time, but it may be preferable to losing out on the home you've dreamed about. Also don't include a mortgage contingency clause that allows you to back out of the sale if you don't get the financing you need. (If you've been pre-approved, this won't be a problem.) Sellers hate losing potential home buyers because the current deal falls through.
Bid High
In the past decade, houses have mostly sold for less than their asking prices, but that's changing. It's now a sellers' market, which means the days of offering a low-ball figure and getting a counter-offer from the seller are over. Make a strong offer from the start. This might mean
Respond Quickly
It's usually a good idea to "sleep on it" when you're buying a house, but if there are multiple bidders or the seller wants to close as soon as possible, respond quickly to any counter-offers. Don't ask for a few days to think it over; the seller may move on to the next buyer while you're mulling over your options. Try to respond by the end of the day (or sooner if possible).
Don't Fester Over Small Details
Five years ago, a home buyer could ask the sellers to do minor repairs before they would sign. This gave buyers a move-in ready home and put the expensive of minor facelifts on the seller. Today if you ask the current owner to cut down a few trees, repaint the exterior or fix the leaky faucet in the sink, the seller will probably move on to a seller who is willing to buy the house "as is."
Finally, be ready to close as soon as possible and make the closing itself as painless as possible. Have all your documents ready in advance, schedule a time that is convenient to the seller, and make the process as smooth as possible for everyone.


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EE was the worst broadband provider for customer complaints during the first quarter of 2015, after Ofcom published its latest analysis of the UK's mobile, pay TV, phone and broadband providers.
The report focused on a handful of some of the UK's biggest providers, particularly those boasting a market share of at least 1.5 per cent. Complaints were measured over a sample of 1,000 subscribers, meaning that rankings are compiled in relative terms.
EE (0.56 complaints per 1,000 customers) was found to be the biggest disappointment when it comes to fixed broadband services, with complaints coming out well ahead of nearest rivals BT and TalkTalk, which both held steady positions with 0.25 to 0.26 respectively.
Among the top complaints for EE customers were problems relating to faults, service and provision (37 per cent), as well as billing, pricing and charges (20 per cent) and complaints handling (20 per cent).
Claudio Pollack, Director of Ofcom's Content and Consumer Group, said: "Publishing provider-specific complaints data is one way we're able to help consumers make informed choices about the services on offer to them. The reduction in the total volume of complaints is welcome, but there is still room for providers to improve their performance.
"This report is one of a number of ways we seek to give providers incentive to address areas of customer dissatisfaction."
There was widespread improvement for providers within the pay TV market, with all operators recording steady falls in complaints compared to the previous report.
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HMS Leopard has reached the safety of Pulo Batang, thanks to the incredible seamanship of Captain Jack Aubrey. Thought to be long lost at sea, Leopard makes quite a stir upon entering the anchorage. Aubrey proceeds ashore and calls upon the Admiral who expresses admiration for Aubrey's exploits and tenacity. The Admiral then informs Aubrey that Leopard will be converted to a transport and that...
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Gabriel confident Gunners back in the hunt
Arsenal have regained the confidence they need to overhaul both Leicester and Tottenham and win the Barclays Premier League, according to defender Gabriel.
The Gunners eased to a 4-0 victory at home to FA Cup semi-finalists Watford on Saturday for their first home win since beating the table-topping Foxes on Valentine's Day.
Alexis Sanchez, Alex Iwobi, Hector Bellerin and Theo Walcott scored the goals which gave Arsene Wenger's side a result which their dominant performance against a lacklustre Watford deserved and backed up an impressive victory at Everton before the international break.
And, after Wenger said earlier in the week he would talk to record-signing Mesut Ozil about his comments that Arsenal had shot themselves in the foot in the title race, the Frenchman will welcome the rediscovered optimism among his squad. "We've regained our confidence once again," Gabriel said after the win over the Hornets.
"Not so long ago we lacked a little in confidence and we weren't going into the match fully focused, so with a victory, we come back with a better self-esteem.
"Now, with the second win, it will make us grow more and I'm sure next time we will improve even more."
Gabriel, who has established himself as the first-choice partner for Laurent Koscielny at the expense of Per Mertesacker in recent weeks, knows Arsenal now need Leicester and Tottenham to drop points - but believes the title is still there for the Gunners.
"It's not every game that we'll have an excellent performance like today," he said.
"We were just much more focused against Watford and that's why things went much better and we recorded a positive result.
"The team are now very excited with the last two wins in the league, which were two difficult games, but we're all thinking positively that we can win."


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Setting Social Media Marketing Goals
Social media marketing takes time. There are a vast number of places where you can concentrate your efforts. Before you start marketing, identify what you can do and what you want to accomplish.
It's good to set goals before you start. Here are some tips on how to go about setting goals that will guide you in your marketing.
1. Write concrete goals that are easy to quantify. For example, instead of making "I want to become famous" as your goal, define what fame means to you. If you're an author, fame might mean that you sell a certain number of books, or fame might mean that you have a certain number of fans, or fame might mean that you are invited to a certain number of book signings. Whatever your goal, have it something you can quantify.
2. Write goals that are attainable. You will avoid discouragement if you set realistic goals for your social media marketing. If you determine that you want to write a blog that immediately goes viral, you will be disappointed. Instead, if you set a goal that you will add 10 followers to your blog every month, you can quantify that and it is attainable. Success or the feeling of success is important to keep the juices flowing.
3. Once you attain a goal, write another. If you attained your goal of adding 10 followers to your blog or selling 10 books or acquiring 10 new clients per month, set another goal. Because goals guide your activities, it is important to set new ones when you attain the old ones.
4. Start each work day by reviewing your goals. This process will center your concentration on what is important to your business and to your social marketing. Let's say your goals are to write a blog post daily, make comments to ten other blogs daily, find three new blogs that relate to your topic daily, and summarize your progress daily. By reviewing these at the start of the day, you will not get sidetracked from these activities. After all, the computer can eat up a lot of time, so you want to use that time wisely.
Keep your social media marketing fresh by revising goals that aren't working for you and implementing new ones that follow the trends in marketing.
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Playstation's E3 2016 Conference: What Time & Where to Watch
Greatness Awaits
E3 is merely a week away, and you won't want to miss any of the biggest gaming events of the year.
Sony's Playstation conference is obviously going to contain some of the biggest reveals, so we're going to ensure you won't miss it. We've already speculated what we think is going to happen at the event, but here's a handy guide so you know when and where to watch it, wherever you are!
Playstation has its own dedicated streaming site for the conference. live.playstation.com will cover the full conference itself and the three-day Playstation LiveCast, which will feature demos and dev interviews for over 60 upcoming games. You can also sign in on that website to redeem some fancy digital rewards.
Alternatively, you can also watch it on Twitch /YouTube, or the Live Events app on your PS3/PS4.
Monday, June 13 : 5:30pm PST/8:30 EST
Sony also announced all of the games available on the E3 show floor, for those who are gonna be in L.A for the event. You can catch the list over on the Playstation blog. Hopefully we can see some more of PSVR before the October release date, and build on last year's solid performance from Sony.


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How free Paid online survey worksAuthor: surveys savy
There are many companies that would pay us to participate in paid online surveys, mystery shoppers, online surveys jobs etc. These are market research companies that are paid by large cooperate to find out what the public feels about their products. They want to get know if their advertising campaigns are working and how normal person opinion about their products. Large cooperates spend millions of dollars in a year on advertising. So to pay for online surveys few dollars to find out if their advertising is working is not that big of a deal. So they collaborate with numerous market research companies. And the market research companies send out surveys to people in order to find out what the public is thinking.
Taking paid online surveys there are also various misconceptions. Many advertisements would tell us that we can get upto $250 an hour taking paid surveys. Although it is possible to be compensated $250 for participating in an important online survey, but the average paid survey would pay anyone between $2 and $20. Read Frequently asked questions (FAQ) carefully before taking surveys.
Each company works a bit differently, but the basics of online surveys remains the same. We need sign-up for a paid survey site. Where we would enter some basic demographic information (age, gender, etc...), and when they have a survey available in which they are looking for someone who fits our profile, they would send us an invitation to take a survey. The invitation would usually contain a link directly to the survey and the incentive they are offering for us to take the survey. We would qualify for the reward just by participating the survey.
The incentives vary for each company, but generally the incentives take the following forms: cash, gift certificates (especially Amazon gift certificates), merchandise (DVDs, small appliances, electronic devices, cookware, etc...), and rewards. Each survey site would offer one or several of the above incentives for our participation in their surveys. Some would offer these straight out, for example "get paid $5.00 to take this survey", some offer these in the form of a drawing and others have a point system in which accumulated points can be "cashed in" for the items above.
It's not going to make us filthy rich; it's certainly an easy and fun way to make a few extra bucks. Generally people find the surveys to be enjoyable to participate in and for the time spent, the compensation is pretty good. If you cut through the excitement and know what to look for, online surveys can be an enjoyable way to make some extra money. You'll get to see new products before they come out, give your opinion on how to make existing products better and get paid to do so. Its worth paid for a few minutes of your time and opinion.
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Discussion in 'BlackHat Lounge' started by Afflicted, Jun 30, 2009.
delete plz
Yeh breaching ICANN's regulations.
However, you got a call from which Corporation and where are you located?
call them back and ask them '' what's the time here dudes '' ?
don't fake the info, use whois guard instead.
Separate names with a comma.