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The Blake Bash were rotating Blake's 7 fandom house parties that took place in Southern California in the late 1980s. Since Los Angeles is geographically spread out, with guests having to drive hours each way, fans would rotate the monthly parties throughout Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Orange Counties. As The Professionals fandom became more popular in the early 1990s, the group, numbering around 50 fans, decided to alternate the parties between the two fandoms rather than splitting. And, as more and more fandoms were added to the community, the name changed to the more generic "Southern California Slashbashers". Two popular events shared by the entire community were the Escapade slash convention held in Santa Barbara and Lily Fulford's Guy Fawkes party in Long Beach.
As of 2014, the group still meets today, almost 20 years after it began and numbers around 20 fans. However, as the group has aged and the Internet has made fandom more visible and diverse, access to the group has become restricted. New members must be sponsored by an existing member and carefully screened for compatibility in both fandoms and philosophy. The Yahoo Group mailing list is set to private and cannot be found by searching. In 2014, local fans set up a more open and accessible Los Angeles Slash Fandom group for meetups for slash fans in the LA area].In her February 2012 interview during the Escapade Oral History Project, long time member Kathy S. said:
Morgan Dawn remembers:It is about fandom, but it is more about friendships that you make in fandom and that you keep forever. Yes the common thread is fandom and usually slash fandom, but not always slash..the more important thing is that you're a fan... a willingness to share our passions....we share life, the good times, the bad times and we are there for one another...we're a support group and a family. And I think that is what fandom in general is....it is an experience that I would never ever give up. It has enriched my life. It has give me an appreciation for the world and a wider vision. And that is the true value of fandom. It makes you look at yourself and realize what is really important and to be able to share on many many levels. And that is what fandom is....and what Southern California fandom is.... ...the Southern California group is still going strong. We still meet every month, the core group now is — we're down to about fifteen or eighteen, still sharing, still talking about fandom. When we get together, we talk about fandom, but we talk about other things, things that interest us. One of the women is very much into costuming, so she will bring examples of her current costuming and we share. We share life and I think that's what's really important about our group: we share life, we share our passions, we share the good times, we share the bad times, but we're there for one another. We're a support group, we're family. I'm probably closer to people in fandom than I am with some of my own family, and I think that is what fandom is, not just the Southern California group, but fandom in general. I've made lifelong friends on three continents, and it's an experience that I would never, ever give up, because it has enriched my life. It has given me an appreciation for the world, the wider vision of the world, and I think that, more than anything, is the true value of fandom. And it makes you look at yourself; it makes you realize what is truly, truly important, and to be able to share on many, many levels. So that is what fandom is and what the Southern California fandom is. [1]
I was relocated to the Southern California area in the mid 1990s having to leave my family behind. I knew literally no one in the area. But every month I could drive - sometimes two hour each way - to meet with fellow fans. It was a lifeline for me and I was impressed how the group managed to navigate tensions and disagreements without splintering or blowing up. [2]
- ↑ Media Fandom Oral History Project Interview with Kathy S
- ↑ personal recollections of Morgan Dawn


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The 19th annual Souper Bowls of Hope event is on Thursday, April 6 at the Victoria Conference Centre.
Souper Bowls is Victoria Youth Empowerment Society's Iconic Lunchtime event that brings the Citizens of Greater Victoria and the Downtown Business community together to raise funds in support of street entrenched, homeless, and youth at risk in the downtown core.
They would love to do a "Facebook live" stream at the event and they need a volunteer videographer who has the right the equipment so the quality is very good. Transportation is provided. It is on a Thursday so you need to be free during part of the school day.
If you are interested, please email Ms. Parker at [email protected].
The Maritime Museum of BC is currently seeking Visitor Engagement Volunteers to assist with front desk operations. This is a service-oriented position that gives volunteers the opportunity to interact with visitors from around the world and share B.C.'s maritime history and culture. Duties include welcoming visitors into the museum, processing admissions and memberships, making gift shop sales, and promoting and selling tickets for special events, workshops and Saturday tours.
The Museum is open in the off-season Tuesdays to Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and in the summer season (Victoria Day to Labour Day) from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. The front desk shifts in the off-season are generally three hours long, either 10-1 or 1-4, with some exceptions.
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Did you ever play the Chocolate Game? It was a very popular birthday party game when I was at primary school. You would take turns rolling a die. If you rolled a 6 you would dress up in a silly costume & then use a knife & fork to cut & eat from a block of chocolate. It was a noisy, fast paced game, and we all loved it!
This is NOT that game but reminds me a little of it.
Each group will need:
– 1 piece of paper
– 1 die
– 1 pencil
How to Play
– Divide class into groups of 4 or 5
– Hand out equipment needed
– Students sit in a circle
– Students take turns rolling the die
– If they roll a 6 they start writing the numbers 1 – 100 on the piece of paper.
– When someone else rolls a 6 they take over the writing of the number, from wherever the previous person finished.
For example: Student A writes 1 – 12, Student B rolls a 6 so takes over & starts writing 13, 14, 15, etc…until the next person rolls a 6, and so on & on.
– The winner is the student who writes the number 100!
– Instead of rolling a 6, students need to roll a 1 (or any other number you choose)
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i miss enjoying hiro cakes, playing dress up, crayon shin chan, little lulu, that lollipop that comes with stuff that crackles in your mouth, catching tadpoles, cycling with grandma, those cracker things that were round and came in pastel pink, green and yellow, and yupi burgers.
and i will add to this list as more things from yesteryear hit me 🙂
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Captain Planet. Ice Pops (I think that's what they were called). Katcham Puteh. $5 movie tickets. Playgrounds… with sand in it.
Yes omg i really miss playgrounds with sand in it. nowadays kids get that pseudo sandy foamy stuff, no fun at all.
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Playing at PEPSI COLA ONE TWO THREE at corridors of houses, and catching! oh and Magic Schoolbus series and of course the ice pops that were selling for 10cents last time. RIDE ON THE MAGIC SCHOOLBUS!
I didn't like the PEPSI COLA game, it was an excuse for people to step on you right! I LOVED THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS!!!
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Simi 10c phallic yellow one hello… what have you been eating??? lol. yes yes animal crackers i rmb!!! and apollo wafer, i still eat. $1 from ny mart.
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Ding Dang/Tora chocolates where you can find the toys inside the box too.
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ice batu. drawing hopscotch along corridors. swings. mamak shops where the uncle knows your whole life story.
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I rmb 30c pencil ice cream too! but never tried macho mee??? i don't even remember what old sbs buses were like… got fare ticket right…
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The biggest fright of every single man is the absence of an erection. It is suspected that a real man must at all time please the beloved high-quality sex. All over the world, approximately 200 million men suffer erectile dysfunction and only 5% of them search for help. Very often representatives of a strong half of mankind simply ashamed of their problems or do not wish to admit it. Many believe that erectile dysfunction is an incurable condition of the body. But in fact, it is not. Currently pharmacological market suggests a diversity of medications designed to treat erectile dysfunction. One of the most current of such drugs is Cialis. Today we will analyze the benefits of this medication and the principle of its action.
Cialis is a drug designed to treat erectile dysfunction in men. This remedy is a phosphodiesterase inhibitor of 5-th type. The effect of this suppository is reduced to the selective blocking of phosphodiesterase 5-th type in the cavernous bodies. As a result of this process, the smooth muscles relax, cumulative the total concentration of cyclic guanosine monophosphate, which, in fact, leads to a significant blood flow to the penis, that is the erection. At the same time, of course, need sexual stimulation. If the man has not natural sexual desire, Cialis will not be capable of showing its effect.
Cialis normalizes the living of men suffering from erectile dysfunction, has no effect on pressure and does not cause changes in heart rate. Also, it does not impact the composition of sperm, color vision, visual acuity, and level of testosterone in the blood. The remedy is very effective: rapidly absorbed, recovers erection and helps to restore natural sexual relations.
Medicament Cialis projected for the treatment of erectile dysfunction of any severity. The optimal dosage is 20 mg per day (one tablet daily). The tablet should be taken approximately twenty minutes before the expected sexual intercourse, with or without food or alcohol.
This preparation is recognized in sundry countries of Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. For the first time, this prescription has emerged in such countries of Europe as UK, Germany, Finland, Sweden and Denmark. In many laboratories throughout the world, there have been many studies and tryouts that have revealed the efficacy and safety of this drug. It is faultlessly accepted and excreted from the body. Overall, the drug Cialis helps to elucidate complications with an erection about 8 men out of 10.
What are the benefits of the drug Cialis?
1. The main advantage of these pills is its effectiveness. Taking Cialis a man easily returns the naturalness of his intimate relationships. The main thing to remember is that the medication acts only when there is sexual desire.
2. Long-term effect. Only this prescription can provide the action of up, to two days. This means that you can take a pill in the morning and not worry about "your friend" in the evening. This medicine acts gently but firmly.
3. This linctus is well abided by people. These drugs characterized by a minimal risk of side effects. They are non-toxic and easily excreted.
If you are concerning the question about if the man suffers from a severe degree of erectile dysfunction can drug Cialis to help him? Yes, it can. As a result, many clinical studies have revealed that drug Cialis improved erection in 81% of men, who participated in these experiments.
The study involved men who have different stages of enlargement of erectile dysfunction, including the most serious and seemingly incurable. In addition, these painkillers are extensively used daily for the treatment of erectile dysfunction. For everyday usage, doctors reduce the dose to three and the patient after a c
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This drug is completely accessible. You can easily buy it at a pharmacy or order Cialis online. By the way, the price of online Cialis is cheaper than in the drugstore, so this method of purchasing this drug is not only simple but also profitable. It is also worth noting that there is generic Cialis that is not inferior to the brand drug but costs less.
Consequently, Cialis is a widespread and operative apparatus in the fight against erectile dysfunction, which is categorized by a long-term effect, simplicity of use and stumpy side effects. This preparation can be taken not only before sexual intercourse but every day on the recommendation of a doctor.


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This is a legacy site and the information below is from 2016 and has not been updated. To contact Entuitive please head to the Entuitive website.
This four-storey mixed-use building in Camberwell, sout east London was left derelict and had been used as a dumping site for over 35 years. The vision of the client and the architect was to refurbish the entire building and add a double-height rear extension to the first floor whilst being sympathetic to the building's original character.
The basement and ground floor were converted into a café and bar, with the upper floors being used as a residence.
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Set in an alternate timeline in which the asteroid that caused the extinction of dinosaurs missed the Earth, the story follows Apatosaurus Arlo (voice of Raymond Ochoa), who is left to fend for himself after losing his father in an accident and getting swept away by a river.
Alone and scared, the youngster tries to find his way back to his family.
He soon encounters a small human caveboy who he calls Spot (Jack Bright) and the two quickly become friends.
With Spot by his side, Arlo goes on a journey, meeting lots of other dinosaurs and facing up to his fears along the way, but will he find his way home?
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Help us tell the story of the campaign where you live by sending The Atlantic photos, video, audio, or anecdotes about what you are seeing on the ground.
Do you know what I saw today while driving on the road from Menlo Park, Calif., to Santa Cruz? A man in a sedan covered with political bumper stickers. Even in traffic I could tell that he was a type more frequently stereotyped than covered by the national media: a leftist who is as disgusted with President Obama as he was with George W. Bush. I wanted to ask him about that, and the local Occupy movement, and other things too, so I shouted a request to pull over.
In due time, more about the encounter.
But for now, I offer the photos of his car as an example. All of us run across things like these from time to time. A collection of bumper stickers. A political phone call that gets recorded on an answering machine. A flyer left on a doorknob, or received in the mail. A YouTube video of a local campaign commercial, or an ad playing on your own TV that no one announced publicly, because it is so tough, or locally-targeted. A notable yard sign, or a hand-scrawled one in a window. A citizen's video offering a plea to fellow voters.
These are campaign stories as much as what Mitt Romney or Barack Obama says in a canned speech on a given day, but they are very difficult to cover, for they're spread out all over America, often times reflecting a particular place.
We'd love to tell your stories here.
Whether it's a video, photos, audio, or a scanned document -- really, anything you can email -- we'd love to see Election 2012 the way it looks where you live, and share the results with readers here at The Atlantic. Please email submissions to Conor Friedersdorf. I'm grateful for anything you send.
I leave you with the same car from a different angle -- one view of what politics looks like in America.
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Having achieved notoriety through her appearance in Andre Heller's music documentary "Voices of God", Dona Rosa, the blind street singer known to millions for over 20 years from the "Rua Augusta" in Lisbon, has since conquered concert stages of the world from Europe to Taipei and Los Angeles.
She is not "just another pretty face", who in the world of Fado are discovered from year to year. She is rather someone who moves listeners to the depths of their souls. Her latest concert program literally plunges us into her world; The first half of the concert is performed in complete darkness; 40 minutes of total submergence in the inner musical consciousness of Dona Rosa. Through this sensory deprivation, one "sees" the music from within, just as Dona Rosa herself experiences it.
The second half of the concert presents the exact opposite; All the colors of pulsating life in Lisbon - city upon seven hills - it's antique charms, it's hidden lanes brimming with vitality, the favored hangouts of musicians and poets are depicted in this; Dona Rosa's homage to her home town. As she sings images are projected from "Lisboa" ( Past & Present, Photos, Text & Musik, ISBN 978-3-9813509-2-0 ), the photo book recently-published in Europe, converting a concert into a multi-media event.
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"Bill, I think I am developing a fever…"
These are not the words you want to hear from someone who is 'immuno-compromised' because chemotherapy has mostly taken out their immune system. This is also not something you want to hear from the person on earth whom you love the most, and in that moment, are almost exactly on the other side of the planet.
I was in Thailand for OM's International Leaders Meetings, and Teri was coming home from Washington DC with Shelby. About an hour outside of Atlanta, Teri felt it coming on, and it was not good.
A few weeks before, Teri's port had flipped (this is the surgically installed device in her upper left chest that delivers the chemo directly into a main vein deep inside her), and they were unable to get the 4th Chemo treatment into her that way. They had gone for a vein in her arm, and could't find a good one, and while they 'poked and hoped', Teri had passed out, and they had to call 911 because she wasn't coming to… I can't tell you how unpleasant it had been to hear that - when I was in Mexico at a YUGO meeting. Why is it that the only two times I have travelled away from her during this entire ordeal, is when the enemy decides to pounce? We all know the answer.
Minor surgery put the port right, but during that surgery somehow, an infection began, which was now manifesting itself as she and Shelby approached Atlanta. After phone calls, pills, inspection, etc., the port was removed in an emergency procedure while I was still in Thailand, and it was determined it had become septic. Then started home health-care with IV drip antibiotics, and I arrived home on Friday late evening, just in time to learn how to administer this new treatment to my wife.
But we weren't done the drama yet.
Over the weekend, things got worse. The wound (where they took out the port) began to get more red and swollen, and her fever never went back to normal. We called early on Monday, saw the wound doctor, and were referred to the Infection Disease Doctor for Tuesday. She saw Teri, and in less than 5 minutes, scooted up to her very close, put her hand on Teri's shoulder, and gently and firmly said, "You have Septicemia, and I am admitting you to the hospital immediately."
I have only seen Teri cry twice during the entire journey. Once, when she was told she had cancer, and now. I just held her. The Doctor made the arrangements, and sent her office manager with us into the Emergency Room, where we had to be admitted, cause the hospital was totally full. So was the ER. It looked like a triage zone! 2.5 hours later, Teri was given a gurney to lie on in a corridor. Another hour later, she was given a tiny, tiny room, still in the ER. And they were taking blood, more blood, and flushing her blood with antibiotics. And we were crying out to God - from beginning to end. And He was with us.
He was with us in the ER waiting room when a woman who didn't even know us came up to us, said she would put us on her prayer chain, and eventually gave Teri a gift bag with some hand lotion, some chocolate, and a beautiful cross. We eventually put that cross on top of the TV in her eventual destination, her own hospital room, but she didn't get there until 30 hours later. But that cross ended up being SUCH a blessing, as is became a conversation starter for most everyone who came into Teri's room.
In fact, on the second morning Teri was in the hospital, I called her before I came to visit, and asked her, "Baby, what can I bring for you?" expecting some personal items or comforts from home. Instead she said, "I need at least 10 of your Broken and Complete CDs to pass out to all the people I have been sharing and witnessing to!" Why am I not surprised???
All in all, Teri was in the hospital from Tuesday early afternoon, until Saturday late afternoon. They were not going to release her until her fever went away, and there was no more staphylococcus bacteria in her bloodstream, AND her white blood cell count was up. Praise God that all came together on Saturday morning. We came home to a house decorated by our daughters Shelby and Sharayah, and it was awesome. I even helped by baking a cake the night before (first cake I ever baked in my life!!!)
And what have we learned? Oh my - I can't put it all here. But let me leave you with this one thought that seemed to dominate our prayers and thoughts, and I am still considering this in light of God's sovereignty and authority: To be accepting of God's will and leading, but then not accepting of what the enemy has in store for us once we are there, is a skill in timing and discernment that all who would be abiders and fighters must learn to navigate well.
Psalm 145 tells us He trains our hands to war. Psalm 23 says He leads us by still waters. Philippians 4:6&7 delivers a promise of peace that will protect us like the Praetorian Guard. And we are to take every thought captive unto the obedience of Christ. How to be at peace and at war at the same time?
More on that in my next post. But thank you for your prayers, love, concern, and encouragement. There was NO DOUBT during the ordeal last Tuesday onward of the presence of the Lord, and the prayers of His people. That is the only reason we are still standing, and we are eternally grateful. God Bless


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Today is a good day if you're a conservative because yesterday was a very good day. In a GOP open primary with significant symbolism, Indiana voters put it to incumbent Richard Lugar and the Republican establishment, badly. When results began trickling in last night, it became obvious early that not only was conservative candidate Richard Mourdock going to prevail, but it was going to be a rout.
A reality in politics is that it's rare for an incumbent to get tossed aside in a primary. So rare, in fact, it seems the establishment and Lugar got caught sleeping at the wheel. Perhaps they forgot about the 2010 elections. Perhaps they felt invincible. After all, Lugar is a six-term Senator. Whatever the cause, it's clear they only realized there was trouble brewing about a month ago. But opening the checkbook — Lugar and his buddies spent some $3 million to get their butt kicked — wasn't enough.
The Mourdock win is all the more satisfying to conservatives when you consider the establishment solicited Democratic voters to come out and support Lugar. This sad ploy however, aside from infuriating conservatives, had no significant effect on the vote. The final result (61%-39%) is an ear-ringing slap in the face to establishment Republicans.
Listen carefully, can you hear the moans?
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Flicking through Penelope Brandage's recent biography of Robert Frost ('Frost on the Lobelias', Random House, 2017) was surprised to discover the seminal poem 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening', previously considered 'finished' in 1922 (and published in the volume New Hampshire, 1923), was actually the product of an earlier draft composed during a visit to Woodchuck Lodge, the summer residence of John Burroughs, shortly before the conservationist's death in 1921.
Exhaustive research by Ms Brandage within the archives of the Burroughs Foundation has turned up a previously unrecorded letter from the poet to Burroughs' young wife Clara Barrus, composed shortly after his stay at their Catskills home. Whilst primarily focussed on a number of rambles undertaken together in the hills above Roxbury, during which Robert and Clara 'delved headwaters of the Beaverkill, through slavering crack and crevice furred', the latter portion reflects upon the arduous journey Frost was compelled to endure following his weekend sojourn; to New York City, and a reading by the Dymock Poets (Ezra Pound, Edward Thomas, T.E. Hulme) at The Town Hall on 43rd Street. The deflating effect of several hours on the road stands in stark contrast to the poet's eulogizing of his hostess's 'dumpling bosom, fresh briar-baked', and the letter finishes with a short poem in postscript, clearly a draft of Frost's later masterpiece. Once again, it seems, the life of the Catskill Mountains reveals itself to be the wellspring of creative genius.
Whose Subaru is this, we sing,
Parked up here by the Burger King?
He will not see us stopping here
For Whopper Meal and Poland Spring.
We're driving with some prancing queer
From Williamsburg or somewhere near
Who didn't want to take the bus
And drank our farmhouse dry of beer.
The dog found something in the grass
Which now is belching from its ass.
The kids are bored to fucking tears
Of Sarah Vowell and Ira Glass.
The car smells like a cheese fondue.
But I have loads of shit to do,
And miles to go before I poo,
And miles to go before I poo.
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5 Stars Who Got Their Start on That '70s Show
Catch back-to-back That '70s Show episodes tonight starting at 6P.
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When That '70s Show premiered back in 1998, the most famous cast member was probably Kurtwood Smith, who'd earned some notoriety for trying to kill Robocop. The teens responsible with carrying the series were largely unknown. Of course, they wouldn't remain that way for long. The show would become a hit, and the cast would become big stars. Even today, names like Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis are more famous for their tabloid exploits and award nominations than their sitcom roots. But the casting department that struck gold pulling together this ensemble didn't quit after the pilot. For eight seasons, That '70s Show managed to cast future stars in small roles. Here are a few of our favorite celebrities who got their start back in the '70s.
5. Reid Scott
Reid Scott may be best known as the narcissistic, career-obsessed Deputy Assistant to the Vice President on the Emmy winning HBO sitcom Veep, but That '70s Show was actually his first gig on TV. He guest starred on the season 5 episode "Over the Hills and Far Away" as Eric's competition for college girls. As you can imagine Eric lost that particular battle.
4. Jim Rash
Jim Rash may be an Academy Award-winning screenwriter (and the scene-stealing standout of the cult comedy Community), but he was still a journeyman actor and member of the Groundlings comedy troupe when he booked a recurring role on That '70s Show as the flamboyant landlord of Fez and Kelso's apartment building. Fenton and Fez were mortal enemies, and while their hatred was never explained on the show, one popular theory was that they shared a tryst gone bad, meaning Dean Pelton wasn't Rash's first character with fluid sexuality.
3. Erika Christensen
Erika Christensen was still a child actress in search of a grown-up part when she booked a guest star spot on That '70s Show back in 2001. She played a charming Pricemart cashier who Red wants to set up with Eric, until she starts coming on to him. After a childhood spent playing precocious kids on shows like Touched by an Angel, and a Leave It To Beaver reboot, this would be her coming out as a grown woman, leading to parts like Julia Braverman-Graham on the long running NBC drama Parenthood.
2. Jimmy Pardo
While not a household name, Jimmy Pardo has carved out a niche as Conan O'Brien's in-house comedian, warming up the crowd and popping up on the show in a variety of ways. He's also the host of the popular podcast Never Not Funny, which has hosted everyone from "Weird Al" Yankovic to Jon Hamm. But early in his career, he got a break playing Stan, the sexiest radio station manager who fires Donna for not doing an ad in a bikini. Unfortunately, his role would be overshadowed by another guest star on the episode, Eliza Dushku, playing radio station assistant "Sizzling Sarah." Maybe if he'd been willing to appear in that bikini himself, it would have made more of an impression.
1. Amy Adams
Amy Adams, Oscar nominee and modern day Lois Lane, only had a couple of parts to her name when she popped up in the season 2 episode "Burning Down the House," as an unwanted guest at a party gone out of control. She would soon run through a litany of guest starring roles, on everything from Buffy the Vampire Slayer to West Wing, before getting her big break in the indie hit Junebug.


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This is only my first Ipsy bag. I signed up for the waiting list and ended up waiting around three weeks to get my first box. A few of the products it contained:
- A cute pink and white makeup bag
- Be a Bombshell blush in "sweet cheeks" This seemed pretty bright in the pan but looked very natural on. It has a bit of a sheen and gives a nice glow. This feels very high quality to me and I will definitely look into getting more of these.
- Big Sexy Hair Powder Play Volumizing Powder~ I sprinkled a bit of this in my hand then rubbed my palms together and scrunched it into my roots. It gave me a bit of lift but it didn't last very long.
- Mica Beauty Shimmer Powder in Earth~A very pretty loose shimmer powder, gorgeous applied wet
- Sation Nail Lacquer in 'love at first byte"~A cute, natural looking medium pink with no shimmer..this actually lasted a few days on me with no topcoat, which is saying a lot. Hope to get more of these.
This is my second Birchbox. It contained:
- Mirenesse Glossy Kiss Lipstick in "Starlet" This glossy lip pencil had amazing pigmentation..the color is a bit bright for me but I would totally experiment with other shades
- Oribe Shampoo and Conditoner for Beauty Color~The honey-infused formula made my locks soft and glossy! Need more of this
- Skin&Co Roma Cleansing Body Gel with Olive and Sicilian Orange Extracts~Directly from Rome, this smelled very fresh and washed off completely clean. The scent was a tad bit masculine for me.
- Supergoop! Anti-aging eye cream~Haven't played around too much with this one, but I did try it and it absorbed very well
- Kusmi Tea Paris~These tea bags are so bright and cute! I love that they are whole leaf. The flavors I got are Sweet Love and Euphoria. Euphoria was amazing, it tasted like orange chocolate!


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There is a bit of autumn in the air, and in the trees.
The end of summer and the beginning of autumn approaches.
In this transition period, a point of balance appears;
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it's almost the solstice again! what have you created/shifted since the last time we were here in this space around the sun?In reply to - Sharon Stidham posted an update: It's the Summer Solstice! It's also time to think about life, love, and the joy we all share as we move through our passages. http://bit.ly/9IUaKE · View
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KevinMurray commented on the blog post Faculty Hour 9 years, 9 months ago
david said "sell the book" after you give away all the other value for free
KevinMurray commented on the blog post Faculty Hour 9 years, 9 months ago
hi joni,
did you get the recording link i sent last week?
kevin….. see you soon on the call…
KevinMurray posted on the forum topic This is sheer misrepresentation in the group Water Cooler: 9 years, 11 months ago
was there something specific that you felt was promised that you have not received? or were you just hoping that all the material mentioned in the ebook was included with the $27
hi there, i also love the intersection of the business place and spirituality. i'm glad to see you've reached other people here who are getting in touch with you. take advantage of all the resources here!. and besides all the content from david and ezra, the big resource is all the people!
re: overwhelm, lots of us can experience that.
stay connected to gratitude and remember why you are doing this, i.e. BIG PICTURE the difference you are making in people's lives. and then ask, what is most important? is it the website, products, traffic….. but always come back to that TOUCHSTONE of the life and emotional impact you create for…[Read more]In reply to - emilio.gagliardi commented on the blog post Module 2 Module 2 – A web site totally agreed with this. Was travelling this past week, but have domain names and web server running now and will import the working […] · View
great work on your site! i am a coach as well, and have learned a lot here at GPU in translating how i work with folks to a web-based business model. re: your site, maybe get your FREE offer front and center – here is how i do it on my site: http://www.earthandlight.com/
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your in a great place to get lots of support. best of luck and success!In reply to - Willy posted on the forum topic Introduce Yourself Here! in the group Water Cooler: My name is Willy and I look forward to starting my own successful internet business and having all the freedoms that come with […] · View
good luck!
with the recording/writing and recording/writing etc.In reply to - DoloresD posted on the forum topic What will you do in the next 7 days? in the group Water Cooler: I had a big win this week…well more like sliding into homeplate from third. I finally published my second website […] · View
have you got clicks from the articles yet?
your site is fantastic!In reply to - C posted on the forum topic What will you do in the next 7 days? in the group Water Cooler: Hi Dolores, good luck! What is the new website, please share! I completed all my goals from last week + I ended up […] · View
are you getting any clicks back based on all your article writing?
i wrote a bunch too, more on the way.
could you "package" the articles into an ebook, or Special Report? that might be a good product or Freebie?In reply to - C posted on the forum topic What will you do in the next 7 days? in the group Water Cooler: Hi Dolores, good luck! What is the new website, please share! I completed all my goals from last week + I ended up […] · View
hi – if you feel pulled to offer spiritual help, test it out! you may be surprised. do you know Meetup.com?
i have a couple groups – one for Toltec wisdom and one for EnergizeYourBusiness, the more spiritual one has attracted more people…. re: websites – i have a really great template for sale, that i created for my book/coaching…[Read more]In reply to - brentmacphail posted on the forum topic Introducing Myself in the group Water Cooler: Hi all fellow GPUer's, I will develop a web-site in this program. I decided to focus on a counseling and coaching people who […] · View
great images, and i like your site (i do have a slight bias here)
are you going to offer the free ebook of your poems?In reply to - KPlumb started the forum topic Writing Tank in the group Water Cooler: At long last I have a web site http://www.writingtank.com Please let me know what you think and what you would like developed or whether you […] · View
yes, but 5 years ago, those were "good times"
although the next 5 will be more exciting..In reply to - SabineSatie posted on the forum topic Good Example of a Squeeze Page in the group Water Cooler: yeah, but "name" is so "5 years ago ; > · View
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For those faint of heart who would prefer to avoid another of my long-winded blog posts, just order this. The rest of you, read on.
When it comes to the Greek New Testament, Logos Bible Software has a great host of tools to help you see the trees. Lexical tags in the various tagged editions of the GNT (including the various interlinears and reverse interlinears) link to lexicons and help you find the range of meanings possible for a given word. Morphological tags in the same texts provide some contextual clues to help determine the meaning and use of the word in the particular instance under study. Learning grammars help students recognize the most common morphological and lexical trees for themselves.
But, while one can learn a lot of useful things by examining the trees, some of the greatest riches of studying the New Testament in Greek come when you can step back and see the forest. That is, at some point the student needs to look at things above the word level. 'Syntax' is the term we use for describing how words form into phrases and clauses, and how those structures are used to form sentences. Logos Bible Software has tools for working at the syntax level as well. Reference grammars tend to contain a lot of word- (tree-) level detail on areas like morphology (how words are formed) and phonology (how a language sounds), but they will frequently contain some good information on larger structures like phrases and clauses as well. But few reference grammars approach the Greek New Testament above the level of the sentence. Last year, Logos Bible Software released an edition of the OpenText.org syntax database, which graphs out sentence, clause, and phrase relationships and provides a powerful searching interface for working at the syntactic level. Other syntax databases for the Greek New Testament are also in the works.
There are, however, a growing number of scholars who are looking at much larger units of text than the sentence. The branch of linguistics dedicated to looking at larger blocks of text and analyzing how language is used to convey meaning on a much broader scale is 'discourse analysis'. ('Text-linguistics' is another term sometimes applied to this field.) Recent posts on this blog by Dr. Runge have been giving you a taste of some of the data we've been working on to show discourse level features. But I wanted to call your attention to a new collection of books just posted on the prepub page. The Studies in New Testament Greek Collection contains a number of insightful books and essays on the topic of discourse analysis. The books provide some of the theories for how to analyze texts, and then apply the theories so you can see the results. This collection introduces other fields related to discourse analysis, such as 'rhetorical criticism' (an examination of how authors use various language elements to persuade or make an argument) and essays on how the cultural context of the New Testament should inform our exegesis. (For example, there are many essays on the topic of how bilingualism in 1st century Palestine should effect how we read the New Testament.)
If you skim the authors and editors of the volumes in this set, you'll notice several by Stanley Porter (Author of Idioms of the Greek New Testament) and Jeffrey T. Reed (with Stanley Porter, one of the OpenText.org fellows) as well as D.A. Carson (author of Exegetical Fallacies), just to name a few. In addition to discourse and rhetoric, there are many essays in this collection that treat on other intersections between linguistics and biblical studies. This collection serves as an excellent introduction to the value of linguistics for interpreters of scripture.
The preorder price is only $240 for 16 volumes – I paid more than $100 for each of those Greek books in print! I'm very excited about this offer, and hope it generates enough interest to go into production quickly. Order yours today!
Seeing the Forest and the Trees
For those faint of heart who would prefer to avoid another of my long-winded blog posts, just order this. The rest of you, read on.
I'm really excited about this collection! But I'm also a little disappointed that one book is missing!
The Rhetorical Analysis of Scripture: Essays from the 1995 London Conference (JSNT Supplement Series, 146) By Stanley E. Porter (Editor), Thomas H. Olbricht (Editor)
Thanks for the comment, Mike. Continuum (the publisher of JSNTSS) actually has a few more books on rhetorical analysis as well as other New Testament linguistics resources. If you want, think of this collection as Volume 1. If we get enough orders to produce it, we'll be able to go back to Continuum and discuss licensing more titles in this category.
I like the sound of that! I have my order in, I hope that more come.


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An Empirical Analysis of Racial Differences in Police Use of Force
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This paper explores racial differences in police use of force. On non-lethal uses of force, blacks and Hispanics are more than fifty percent more likely to experience some form of force in interactions with police. Adding controls that account for important context and civilian behavior reduces, but cannot fully explain, these disparities. On the most extreme use of force – officer-involved shootings – we find no racial differences in either the raw data or when contextual factors are taken into account. We argue that the patterns in the data are consistent with a model in which police officers are utility maximizers, a fraction of which have a preference for discrimination, who incur relatively high expected costs of officer-involved shootings.
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Voters will also be asked to approve the at-times confusing Measure U, which allows spending of funds already approved by voters. Identical Blanchard Community Library measures were on the ballot in 1990, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2004, and 2008.
Each property owner in the library's district pays $40 a year per parcel. According to an earlier interview with Librarian Dan Robles, with this year's Measure U, "We simply seek permission to spend the money we anticipate receiving during the next four years." Measure U simply seeks to temporarily increase the Library District's Appropriations Limit for four years, beginning July 1, 2014, and does not represent any new tax or cost to taxpayers.


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Join us for our Intro to Grasshopper webinar on Wednesday, December 8th at 10:00 am (Pacific). Grasshopper developer David Rutten will show you how to get started using Grasshopper and share some existing projects, too.
Grasshopper is a graphical algorithm editor that creates designs from form generators and parameters, but requires no programming experience.
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Starting on Monday, February 24 at about 1PM, AWeber began experiencing large, sustained, and repeated DDoS attacks that completely disabled all aspects of our service for extended periods of time. Events like this always have the effect of enlightening the victim to cracks they didn't know existed, and forcing prioritization of issues they'd planned to address anyway. Our team was no exception: we had big plans for 2014 to address many things that might have lessened the immediate impact of the recent attacks, and we've also prioritized and executed on things that, frankly, weren't on our radar.
We hope this post, and future posts that'll take more of a deep dive into more of the specific technical aspects will help others learn from our experiences, good and bad.
The Attack
AWeber was just one of a rather impressive list of sites to be attacked over the past week, and the attacks continue still on some sites. In social media channels, it's been referred to as a Distributed Denial of Service attack, although it is more correctly called a Distributed Reflective Denial of Service (DRDoS) attack. In this attack, a malicious agent spoofs a source address to be that of the target site, and sends large numbers of requests to third-party servers, causing the correspondingly large number of responses to flood the target site, making it impossible for the target site to properly handle legitimate traffic. However, in the specific attacks we're seeing recently (and the one that affected our site), the size of the attack is amplified: it utilized NTP servers configured to respond to a specific set of request types where the response generated by the NTP server is upwards of 500 times the size of the request. That makes this type of attack more efficient to actually execute by an attacker than if the response sizes were similar to the request size.
You can read more about UDP-based protocol amplification attacks at US-CERT
You can read more about how NTP is utilized in this type of attack specifically at the cert.org knowledge base.
Averting Attack
Nothing that AWeber or any other site under attack is seeing is magical. It's just massive. The traffic patterns are completely predictable, completely consistent, and obviously malicious, or at least obviously invalid. We captured 50 packets off of our router and immediately knew what was going on. Our attack was even more consistent than others who've come under attack: the first hit we saw on Monday was all 100% source port 123 UDP, and 100% of it was bound for port 80 on a single IP. We blocked it in all of about a minute. But why did we see this traffic at all, and why do some sites see this traffic and others who are targeted do not experience service interruptions?
Maybe most importantly, what can *you* do to help avoid this kind of situation?
There are a lot of answers to that question, and in the interest of sharing whatever we can, let's go through at least a few important ones.
Have A Specific Attack Mitigation Plan
AWeber has averted many DoS and DDoS attacks in the past, as probably every site has at some point or another. Unfortunately, the sheer massive size of the recent attacks was rare to the point of actually being historic, for our service as well as many others: while past DDoS attacks were up to a couple hundred Mbps, the most recent ones were 70-75Gbps. As we've seen over the past week, lots of sites, and even upstream providers, were ill-prepared for that size of attack. If your network architecture is already set up such that you can mitigate these attacks on your own, you're probably sized similarly to a provider of network services, or a DDoS mitigation service, especially considering that it was only this past December that smaller attacks (peaking at around 60Gb) brought down JPMorgan and Bank of America.
Most networks aren't prepared for attacks of this size, and that's kinda sad since the peak size of these attacks seems to regularly double or triple in size over the past couple of years.
For the rest of us (in the 99% of internet-based businesses), there are a few options that you can move on quickly in the event you wake up to something like this. Be careful what you choose, though, because doing a search for "DDoS Mitigation" on Google returns lots of results, and there are so many potential avenues for mitigation that they vary wildly in how they're implemented. Depending on your needs and current situation, some may not be all that useful.
Two popular types of DDoS mitigation service are a hardware-based solution that gets installed at your site, and a proxy-based solution that forwards 'scrubbed' traffic to your site. Both of these were problematic from our viewpoint. We already have hardware that mitigates DDoS attacks and it did its job for the traffic that reached our network, but the attacks were so massive that they overwhelmed our internet uplinks and the uplinks of our datacenter provider. The proxy solutions we saw looked like they could be effective, but in the end we'd still be exposing other IPs in our infrastructure that could be easily discovered by an attacker and directly targeted, bypassing the proxy altogether. There are also services that'll serve a cached version of your site if you're down, but that wasn't going to work for us, since large parts of our site (customer control panel and dashboard, link shorteners, etc) aren't very useful as stale, static pages.
Instead we went with a routed solution offered by Prolexic (who just recently became a part of Akamai). The solution basically has Prolexic advertising our BGP routes on our behalf, and communicating with our site via GRE tunnels. In other words, there are no directly-targetable IP addresses associated with the site at all that aren't filtered through Prolexic's service. It was quicker to get on Prolexic's proxy service, which we were able to do same-day, but if you have more time, getting on the routed solution or one of their hardware-based (or hardware-aided) options should get you where you want to go.
It's possible that your architecture won't allow you to go with any of these solutions, or that you might choose to rely instead on agreements with upstream bandwidth providers that run pipes to your colo. This is doable, but the terms of your contract should be very explicit about what the provider is accountable for, what size attack they're capable of mitigating without a resulting interruption of your service, what policies govern their ability to null route your network (think they can't? They can). Our own upstream provider not only null routed our network, they also demonstrably fell short in their understanding of how a simple DDoS attack works, didn't respond to repeated requests to implement a one-line fix to protect us and the rest of our customers, and told us their policy in situations like this was, in fact, to null route our entire network until we "secured our systems". No, seriously. They said that. Needless to say, after being in the same facility for 13 years and thru 3 different acquisitions, we're changing providers very soon and bringing in additional third party bandwidth in the mean time as a stop gap measure.
How Big Is Your Basket?
AWeber's site is the place our customers go to set up new lists and email marketing campaigns, and see how the campaigns are doing. Our service includes serving forms to our customers sites, and collecting data from those forms to add new subscribers. It also includes tracking opens and clicks for messages that are sent from our service, among other things that are independent of the site, but internet-based nonetheless. None of these things need to live in-house, and having them in-house just equates to more risk in scenarios like this. With those components moved out to the cloud, there are a good number of users of our service that would not have actually known we were down at all, as was confirmed by a great many customers calling in, tweeting, and posting on facebook. So, if your site primarily exists to be a tool to set up and measure a service, separate those concerns and make sure your service works if your site is down (and then, make sure your site is redundant too, so nothing ever goes completely away).
To move things out of our network quickly, we wrote code that was basically the leanest dev approach you could ever imagine: start with just having the ability to collect data. So, when someone clicks 'submit' on a form, and our colo is completely unavailable, those requests can go to a service running in AWS that'll collect all of the form data in a way that it can be replayed against our internal system at a later time. Of course, we'll iterate on that to make it a fully-fledged service that's integrated with (but not dependent on) the rest of our in-house infrastructure. We've done that for two services in the past few days, and are working on more.
As for forms, they're now completely hosted in a CDN, and we're already getting redundant CDNs in place for those assets. We had already moved lots of our static assets away from our in-house servers, but forms was the biggest, and we'd delayed moving them out until we had more confidence serving less-critical assets from the new service. So far, forms in the CDN are working, though we're attacking a couple of isolated issues that are bound to crop up when you move in such a hurry. We're on it.
Aside from code you write yourself, there's also infrastructure to consider. In our case, for example, we hosted our own DNS. This means that, even if our only issue was that DNS was down, once the TTLs on the DNS records expired, nobody would be able to have forms delivered to their site. For folks visiting our customers' sites who hadn't been to a site with an AWeber form in the past, the whole site might actually hang even before TTLs expired.
Our solution was, again, something we'd planned to do this year anyway: DNS is now hosted externally at Dyn, whose responsiveness to our situation, and their support, service, and general extra attention in light of what we were going through was incredible. It was almost like we weren't dealing with a traditional vendor. All service from all vendors should be half as good as what Dyn provided us.
How Solid Is Your Team and Culture?
Over the past week, we had a rotating staff of about 8 engineers, the CTO (me), the CEO, a project manager, working around the clock, dealing with our colo provider (and other colo providers), various bandwidth providers, Prolexic, Dyn, and others, making huge changes to our network and service architecture. One of those days started before 8AM and didn't end until 6:30AM the next day. We had a lot of decisions to make this week, and a ton to execute on, both technically and non-technically (I should note that our social media presence has never been automated, and was also pretty much non-stop around the clock). I cannot possibly imagine getting through it without such an amazing team of individuals, whose actions and ability to execute is supported by what might be the most important part of our culture at AWeber: Trust.
As CTO, I didn't personally set up or even suggest Prolexic. The suggestion came from the team, we built consensus on it in under 20 minutes, and the wheels were moving immediately. I didn't personally get on the phone with anyone, or micromanage negotiations, I told them to act like AWeber is theirs, because it is. They were entrusted to make the best call they knew how to make on behalf of our customers and our team, and to over communicate. That's exactly what they did. If you look around your office and can't possibly imagine delegating that level of responsibility to the people who ultimately run your business, the impact of that is far more severe and long-lasting than any attack on your systems.
More To Come
Over the coming weeks, we'll post more information here about specific steps we've taken, how we're managing things, and the technologies and vendors that are helping us out. We're fans of transparency here, so if you have questions and we can find some way to answer them, certainly let us know.


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The main difference between FlashFox - Flash Browser and most other browsers is that this one allows you to view flash content on your device. That is to say, you can see websites like Newgrounds and Kongregate and play flash video games, for example.
FlashFox - Flash Browser is a powerful but lightweight browser that, in addition to allowing you to browse your favorite webpages, also allows you to watch videos and play flash games directly from your Android device.
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We are open and accepting orders. Our policy is to encourage safe social distancing guildlines and wear masks where this is not possible.
All suppliers around the country have returned to normal operations and are able to provide us any necessary materials and supplies. However, if issues arrise that prohibits any part of our operation or there is any difficulty in aqusition of supplies
that would affect an order's shipment, we will be sure to notify those it would affect as soon as possible.
This is affecting all industries since most carriers are reporting a higher than average increase in shipments they are receiving as more people order products online.
This may mean they do not always update tracking as regularly as they should, re-routing of packages or estimated delivery dates may be slightly off.
Transit times for international orders may take longer than normal. This may be due to things like longer times orders must go through customs or less flights to those destination countries.
We appreciate your continued business and encouragement and look forward to discovering ways we can serve you in better days ahead.
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Will images be modified or color corrected?
Geo Galleries will reserve the right to adjust based upon the advice of FinerWorks when it comes to optimizing the file for printing. This will be limited to any necessary sizing and cropping adjustments or color correction as FinerWorks deems is necessary. Artists recommended adjustments may be considered however are not guaranteed.
Can I decide what products are available for purchase?
Geo Galleries will offer a set of default print products, however if you have a set of 3 or more print products in your virtual inventory for an image, then set will be used in place of the default products.
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You must have a PayPal account. Your earning will be paid out on a monthly basis for any sales 30 days or older.
By 2020, we will integrate a new system that will allow payment direct to your financial institution which will allow weekly payments.
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The artist will receive the difference of the retail price they set minus the seller fee.
An artist may also get a 10% in shared revenue on the sale of any frames, matting or glazing when ordered as part of the finished item.
Geo Galleries retains a seller fee and based on the sale of any print. This seller fee equals what the artist would pay for any unframed printed item, plus a 10% administrative fee which is based on the cost of the unframed print or product.
As an example if an artist set his/her canvas print to be priced for $200 but the cost for them if they ordered it $50 at Finerworks, Geo Galleries would receive $50 for the print and $20 as an admin fee. The artist would receive the remainder which would be $130.
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Note: If you used to use FinerWorks old gallery, your FinerWorks gallery url now automatically redirects people to your Geo Galleries link.
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How do you protect my images from being copied by someone else?
Only lower resolution web versions of the images are shown. These contain a watermark which provides some protection. If you are too worried that people will copy your web view-able images, we recommend not participating in the gallery experience.
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What are the requirements to have my images shown on Geo Galleries?
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Can my buyers download my image from Geo Galleries?
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Am I contacted when a print sells?
Reporting of your sales is done through the Geo Galleries reporting interface. Sales are shown after an order is shipped.
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8 comments:
- Scott Law said...
Oh nooooooo! It's too early for ice in our streams. This is a great capture. It's interesting to see how HDR does with the moving water.
- November 4, 2010 at 8:42 AM
- Unknown said...
Cool effect!
- November 4, 2010 at 2:09 PM
- Dawning Inspiration said...
Beautiful Chad...
- November 4, 2010 at 10:15 PM
- darlin said...
Ohhh, I just LOVE this! Now this is exactly what I am aiming to learn how to do, the HDR! I love the 3D look and you've done this one amazingly well! Super duper fantastic shot(s)! :-)
- November 4, 2010 at 11:13 PM
- Rick said...
I always like the soft effect on water with the slower shutter speed. And the ice adds that (real) cool look to the stream - sign of things to come.
- November 4, 2010 at 11:59 PM
- Dagmar Fleuren said...
Hi there Chad, love this one (sorry I'm getting a bit bored with my words for you but they do get straight out of my heart). It's hard to find original words for your beauties.
And I love the softness and cool thing at the same time.
Hugs D.
- November 5, 2010 at 9:02 AM
- What Karen Sees said...
Is it really time for ice and frozen stuff?? Sigh. Love this image, though. I especially like the contrast between the green mossy stuff and the soft, warm colors of the rocks. One could almost ignore the ice and pretend this is a lovely summer/fall scene!
- November 5, 2010 at 11:33 AM
- Jeanne Frances Klaver said...
Ice and moss-great shot!
- November 10, 2010 at 7:55 AM


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Comic Book Vixens: superhero burlesque smackdown in Hillcrest
LA's world-famous Devil's Playground burlesque and wrestling troupe don capes at the Ruby Room
"We all grew up on Nintendo and Star Wars," Nerdcore night and Tiny Nightmare promoter Aubree Miller told The Reader in May.
"It's a part of our childhood and for a lot of us it's a part of our adulthood, too. Nerdcore night is about embracing that kind of fun and taking ownership of your nerdiness."
In the past year-and-a-half or so, Nerdcore Night at the Ruby Room (1271 University Avenue – Hillcrest) has welcomed geek gods such as MC Lars, MC Frontalot, and Dr. Awkward.
On Saturday, December 29, Tiny Nightmare hosts a special installment of The Devil's Playground - L.A.'s premier all-girls thematic wrestling & burlesque monthly (rated "Best Burlesque Show" by LA Weekly, 2009) – for an inflatable swimming pool mêlée of superhuman proportions.
"This past September there was controversy brewing between the two groups of characters [Marvel vs. DC Comics] and they stripped down and duked it out in LA," Miller writes.
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Scarlet O'Keljus as The Joker vs. Sin Fisted as Venom
Dixie Demure as Rogue vs. Annie Mae as Power Girl
Kitty Cadillac as Catwoman vs. Christina Fuentes as Punisher
Science Fiction Jazz will open with groove-oriented funk jams from 9:00 to 10:30.
More like this:
- MC Lars: Halloween post-punk laptop rap — Oct. 30, 2013
- Third annual Comic Con Nerd-a-thon showcase at The Merrow — June 25, 2013
- Nerdcore Night: Nerf Herder, Tsar, and Kirby's Dream Band — April 22, 2013
- Godfather of Nerdcore Graces Comic Con Afterparty — July 6, 2012
- Nerdcore Night - A Safe Place to Geek — May 10, 2012
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Join CMA as we welcome Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles™: Secrets of the Sewer™ to the museum! We'll be exploring themes like teamwork, friendship, and hard work through fantastic programming. Join the Imaginators on stage as they perform the mini-musical The STEAMpunks and help bandmates Avery and Sam save the day. We're also welcoming the Fulton County Library System to the stage for a special storytime and movement program at 1:00 PM as a part of the Let's Move in Libraries international initiative. Afterwards, make sure to check out the Art Studio and Build It Lab for creative classes, then head upstairs to the Science Bar for more learning fun!
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OK, first things first: Boden has a series of outfit/wardrobe ideas which is great for SWAPpers and wardrobers and … well, everyone. Lucky had a similar "30 items for 30 days" spread in their new issue, but it was way too east coast and dressy (and skinny girl) for the way I dress, so Boden's is much more me. It would be faster for me to pick out the pieces from Boden that I *don't* like, but here are a few that particularly caught my attention.
This dress reminds me of something Cmarie would sew – classy and interesting.
The 'smartish' and 'favourite' tops this fall have gathered sleeves at the cuff, a nice up-to-date detail.
Related to the Duro but not so overused. I have a couple of short-sleeved solid-colored tops shaped like this that I've worn like crazy this summer. If I were to make this I'd eliminate the ties – I find they are just something to fiddle with and annoy me.
I love the shape of this, and the button placement.
With its bubble hem and gathering, this would be a great LBD for holiday parties.
I bought a top at H&M in London similar to this, but with a different neckline, that I've been wearing to death. I'd make this in cotton or rayon, though, not wool.
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text: Car bombs have killed hundreds of Iraqis this year The fighters set up fake check points following the killing of the 14 workers who were found on Friday in a nearby orchard with their throats slit and hands and legs bound. The Shia labourers, who were from Balad, a town 80 km north of Baghdad, were found in nearby Dhuluiya, a mostly Sunni town where the two communities are separated by the Tigris River. Qasim al-Qaisi, head of Balad hospital, said that some of the bodies, mostly Sunni Arab men, brought to the hospital in the last 24 hours were mutilated and bore signs of torture from what appeared to be reprisal attacks across Balad. He told Reuters news agency: "We are preparing ourselves to receive more bodies as long as the situation can get worse. Sectarian killing is sweeping the area." The check points were still being manned on Sunday in Balad town, according to police reports. Gunmen were seen roving the town and residents said the town was tense. Hamad al-Qaisi, governor of central Salaheddin province, travelled to Balad along with the province's police chief to restore calm, officials said. Growing violence Meanwhile, three US soldiers were killed near Baghdad, the US military said, adding to a toll that, at the current pace, could make October the deadliest for US forces since January 2005. More than 40 US troops have been killed in Iraq this month, a rise US commanders have attributed to a surge in violence during the holy month of Ramadan and more aggressive US operations in Baghdad against sectarian death squads. At least five American soldiers died on Saturday, including the three killed south of Baghdad when their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb. Two-to-three soldiers on average die everyday in Iraq, most the victims of roadside bombs.In other violence, four car bombs, three of them driven by suicide attackers, killed at least seven people and wounded 60 in the ethnically-mixed city of Kirkuk on Sunday, major general Toran Abdul-Rahman, Kirkuk's deputy police chief, said. SOURCE: Reuters