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Monday, May 4, 2009
They were exposed to radiation and they died
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- DV8 2XL said...
We have been deceived into believing that all radiation is bad because of policy reliance on the "linear no-threshold" theory, or LNT, which states that if large amounts of something cause death or sickness, fractional amounts of the same thing cause proportional amounts of death or sickness. If the LNT were applied to falling as it is to radiation, we might note that 100 percent of those falling onto concrete from 100 feet are killed, but only 50 percent of those falling from 50 feet die. With these data we would linearly extrapolate to say that 10 percent falling from 10 feet and one percent of those falling from one foot would die. Armed with this "linear no-threshold falling theory," we could confidently assert that jumping rope should be banned on all school playgrounds since statistically anyone making 100 one-foot jumps would die.
- May 4, 2009 at 1:14 PM
Well, you see, it's this way:
If you freeze in the dark because you get your power from a wind turbine and the wind stops blowing, that is only mild death, and not so bad because it is natural.
If you die of lung disease due to particulates released from a coal-fired power plant, that is moderate death, but it could be worse.
If you die of anything after the smallest release of radiation from a nuclear plant, that is certainly severe death (since it is caused by man-made radiation concocted by evil people), and so nuclear power plants must be fought against by every means possible.
- May 4, 2009 at 2:48 PM
- DV8 2XL said...
In 2000, according to an EU study, radioactive discharges from the non-nuclear industries were estimated to contribute more than 90% of the European population's total exposure from discharges into the marine region covered by the Ospar (Oslo &Paris) Convention. Oil and gas operations contributed 35.3% and phosphates, 55.4%.
This compared with the contribution to the collective dose rate from discharges of 3.8% from British Nuclear Fuels plc's (BNFL) Sellafield reprocessing complex, 1.7% from Cogema's La Hague facilities, 3.3% from weapons fallout, 0.2% from Chernobyl fallout, and 0.1% from nuclear power stations.
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- May 4, 2009 at 5:19 PM
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Andy Harris, Ballard's hand-picked chief administrator of Neighborhood Liaisons and outreach, is currently in violation of the federal Hatch Act. Funded in part by federal funds, Harris supervises employees who serve as liaisons between neighborhood residents, elected and appointed officials and various City agencies.The Democrats' press release doesn't mention a state law that also makes persons who are covered by the Little Hatch Act ineligible to be candidates in Indiana. The problem with the Democrats' complaint is that it is being raised too late to remove him from the ballot, and Harris can simply resign his job belatedly and avoid the hammer provision of the Act. That was the mistake Democrats made in their challenge to the winning Republican mayoral candidate in Terre Haute, Duke Bennett, during the 2007 municipal election. By the time the Democrats' complaint was lodged after the election, Bennett had already resigned his job at a nonproft agency funded, in part, with federal funds that disqualified him from being a candidate. I'm not sure why Democrats waited so long to bring this complaint against Harris.
The Hatch Act limits the political activities of local government employees who are principally employed by programs funded in whole or in part by the U.S. or a federal agency. Provisions of the Act prohibit some of the following: a) candidacies for public office in a partisan election; b) using their official authority or influence to interfere with or affect the results of an election or nomination; and c) directly or indirectly coercing contributions from subordinates in support of a political party or candidate. See 5 U.S.C. section 1501(4) and 5 U.S.C. section 1502(a)(1-3).
1. Harris is a declared candidate for Wayne Township Trustee in contravention of the statute.
2. Harris has received and spent campaign contributions to a political candidate committee.
UPDATE: It looks like a campaign finance report complaint has also been filed against Harris for alleged irregularities in his reporting. You can read the complaint by clicking here. The Indiana Attorney General's office also recently issued an opinion discussing the Little Hatch Act and stating that prosecuting attorneys are not covered it because they are members of the judicial branch.

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Note: I have a few friends that are incredibly close to my heart. With a couple of of them, we may not call each other best friends, but that's what we are. And with a few others, we are just kindred spirits that found each other. And presumably, hopefully, will never let each other go. I cannot imagine what it'd be like, without them. These are people who, if and when they read this, will know who they are!
P.S. Sorry for the length, this was a lengthy one to write :P
Dear closest friends,
You lot are a wonderful lot. After all my years of putting up walls, I've realised you all are the ones that will constantly break through them. And even on days I'm not feeling up to letting you in, I know you will be waiting patiently on the other side. Just because you care.
Firstly, ladies. When I sat to write this, I realised that there were only three women that I could consider as my closest after A. And I am okay with that. I'd go to the moon and back if I could just have you in my life! Each of you has been a part of different parts of my life, and continue to be in it. And make it a happier place.
To start with, the lovely R. You've been there through my growing years in high school. You taught me about many things – life, relationships and friendships too. If it wasn't for you, break would have been rather lame in school :) The fact that we can have grown up conversations today is testament to our friendship!
Next, my PYT – yep, my very own Pretty Young Thing. You, my little ball of energy, have been showering my life with all things happy, ever since undergrad. Or, even more so, since we met the 'Cold Man' :) You've taught me what it meant to laugh through my tears. To live life my own way. To say whatever is on my mind, and maybe in my heart. And to forgive or forget, whichever comes first. For everything, I thank you. Know I will always be there for you, no matter where I am in this world. You are an inseparable part of my soul. And I hope you know the important place you hold in my life. Always and Forever.
Coming about to my gorgeous S. Oh, you have no idea what it means to me to have a strong friendship going between us. Who knew, we'd come this far, after growing up together in diapers? It's not something either of us had foreseen, but our time together in Australia has made me realise that if there was a friendship I would regret not holding on to, or working on, it would have been this one. I'm so glad we didn't let each other go. You have helped me grow into the person I am today, and you've seen me change through the past year. You've told me how proud you are of the woman I have become, and that is a symbol of why I cherish you so much. You voice your opinions, and you've stood up to be true to yourself. I truly admire you, and I'm going to hope against all hopes to keep you close (geographically and otherwise).
Secondly, the men. Oh, I am blessed to know some wonderful, delightful men in my life. But there are some who hold a preciously close place to my heart. This is for you.
To kick things off, R and S. From the times we started hanging out midway through undergrad, until now. You boys – or rather, men – have only brought a whole bunch of smiles into my life. R, your jokes have always taken the cake for me! And S, gossiping with you is so much more fun than with anyone else! And today, when I talk to you both about our futures, our dreams and our ambitions, I realise how we've grown through time. And how, no matter what, we will find a way to laugh at situations. Because, if you can't laugh in life, is it really worth the trouble? :)
To R (the other one) and L, the two wonderful men I've come across in my short time in Australia. I cannot stress how thankful I am for having you all in my life. R, you have completely turned around the way I think. And in the best way possible. You've taught me to think different, and challenged me to push myself further. I've been striving for more, because I believe I can. That belief has been born because of our endless conversations. And the fact that we can still have those conversations, whenever we each have the time, is a huge thing I'm grateful for every day. Thank you for being you, and for being in my life! Turning to you, L, I simply CANNOT get over the fact that I've known you for just 5 months (as of yesterday), and it feels like I've known you all my life. I can talk about anything under the sun with you, from the real, hard to get through stuff of life, to the silly things (that possibly make you question your conversations with me sometimes, hey!). I can be a total child with you, and I know you won't judge me. Because as you say, we are both awesome, and we are both weird. So, we shall be awesomely weird in life together! Thank you for accepting me through my strangest moods and ramblings. I cannot imagine what it'd have been like, not having you in my life :)
I'd generally have stopped there, but there are some men who I could not afford to lose, and hence deserve a special mention. We may not talk often, or about too much, but when we do, it brings a happiness into my life that I cannot ignore.
To my Squishy ^_^ Our Skype, text/Whatsapp, phone and Facebook conversations have been some of the best things about some of my days in Brissy :) The randomness, the irrelevant arguments, and how we are married on Facebook are all a source of such delight for me! Thank you 'hubby', for being so amazing :) No matter what, you will always be my Squishy!!!
To Monsieur SF. I almost called you what I always do, but realised it'd be a no-brainer for people to figure out who you are :) Thank you for delighting me with some intriguing conversations. Thank you for being some of the best company I've had, for roaming through the streets or sitting on a bench, eating sushi and talking coffee ;) And your knowledge about my country is an absolute joy! Always be in my life, okay? And also, always give awesome hugs!
To B. You have made me learn to love myself a little more You have opened my mind (and my heart, a bit too) about the possibilities of life and all it has to offer. You have helped me be more appreciative, and for this, I will forever be thankful. Thank you for being such an amazing friend, and someone I can talk to about random things :)
Lastly, to the man who calls me his muse. F, it has been you who has made me smile – nay, blush – often times, with your random text messages, scribbles and the way you look at me. I adore you, and you cannot believe it I'm sure, but you're are one of the most amazing people I know. And with the wonderful words you always have for me, I worry at times I may disappoint you. You have me on a pedestal; but if I fall, I'm pretty sure you'll catch me. I absolutely cherish you mister!
Well folks who read to the end, thank you for your patience. And you people I mentioned, know you are the best people in the world. And know that you are, and always will be, cherished parts of someone's life – mine.


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The basic question: what would happen if the Axis powers had won World War II? The sub-questions: what is real? Is it our reality, or the reality in this book, or the reality in the book in this book? We tackle those questions, our caffeine deficiencies, and more!


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This is just a rough draft of my book. Please don't hate on me for spelling errors.
Tanks very much!
Chapter One: Extraordinary
From the journal of Gabriel M. Hound
My name is Gabriel. I live in the year 2112.
And this is my story.
It all started about five years ago, when I was still quite young. I had just had my eighth birthday, and we celebrated by renting a ZipBoat, one of those new contraptions that is all clear and see-through. We sailed out for a few minutes, to a different part of the ocean, and me and my guardian, Finn (my dad's younger brother) strapped on our scooba-diving equipment and got ready to swim down to a wreck we found on eSattelite.
"You ready?" Finn asked me.
"You bet I am," I said, grinning with my ridiculous little gap-toothed grin I had at that age. "I've been waiting for all day!"
"Let's go, then." Finn boosted me up and over the edge of the boat and, with me holding my nose, dropped me down into the bright waters. He followed me, making a big splash that made me laugh.
"C'mon!" I dived down and pumped my legs like he'd shown me in our private pool in our back yard.
The day was gorgeous, with bright-colored fishes flitting among the broken ship that was about 30 feet down. The view was amazing, and I mentally snapped a picture of it to remember later.
All this beauty…was about to change.
Suddenly, I saw a dark shape out of the corner of my vision. I glanced over, expecting to see Finn, but instead saw some kind of beast. It looked like death. It had glowing red eyes…I had read about it somewhere. Was this…a shark?
Someone grabbed my arm, shocking me, but it was just Finn. He looked serious, and when he beckoned me to follow him back to the surface, I went along compliantly.
When we broke the surface he spat out his oxygen tube and said, "In the boat. Now."
We headed toward the boat, with me looking fearfully over my shoulder all the way. It seemed the shark had called his buddies–now there were at least four sharks swimming about 25 feet out.
We were a few yards away from the boat ladder when the sharks started coming closer…and closer…until we could see the shiny, shiny red and black eyes of the sharks.
I screamed, and the noise seemed to excite the sharks. They swam faster towards us.
Finn kept muttering to me, "We'll be ok. We'll be ok."
The sharks were coming closer.
I couldn't take it anymore.
I had already lost my parents. I wouldn't lose Finn.
No matter what.
The sea roared in my ears, or maybe that was my anger. I screamed again, a long, primeval, drawn out cry that echoed around the sea. Before it died out, the world went black….
When I could see again, I didn't see any sign of the sharks.
Which was as it should be, because sharks had gone extinct fifty years ago.
I frantically looked around for my guardian. "Finn! Finn!" I cried.
"I'm here," he said weakly, from beside me. It seemed he had been under the water, then swam up.
I just cried. He pulled me up with him into the boat.
"What's going to happen to me?" I asked through my tears. "Am I a freak?"
Finn grabbed my shoulders. "No," he said. "Look at me, Gabriel. Look at me." I complied and met his gaze. I was surprised to see that in it he wasn't angry. No, on the contrary, he seemed…proud.
"You are not a freak."
"What's going to happen to me?"
"Nothing is going to happen to you. Because you, Gabriel, are extraordinary."
Extraordinary. I kept repeating that to myself as I went to sleep.
Then why were those shiny, shiny red eyes of those sharks coming back to haunt me?
Chapter Two: The Fiery Encounter
Gabriel Hound shouldered his backpack and headed out the door. He was travelling to the Nest, a base he and his friend, Casey, had set up. It was stationed in the woods behind their apartment building and consisted of three tree houses, connected by rope bridges. They had stocked up a supply of makeshift weaponry in case of emergency, or aliens landing.
Not that they actually expected this to happen, but Casey liked to cover his bases.
That day was a cool November afternoon, the crisp wind rustling Gabriel's black hair. He shivered, pulling his coat around him tighter as he crossed the parking lot to go to the woods.
He rubbed his hands to ward off the chill, imagining warmth coming from his hands.
Then, unexpectedly, Gabriel's hands burst into flames.
The boy gasped and stared in astonishment at the hands that seemed so alien, but yet felt like his own. Gabriel felt no pain, just a small tingling, like his hands were waking up from some deep slumber. He imagined the flames flickering, then dying out, and so it was.
The voice startled Gabriel, and he swung around, his fists clenched.
It was Jimmy Isaacs, the school bully. In making everyone at school's life miserable, he especially seemed to hold something agains Gabriel in particular.
"Just leave me alone," Gabriel glared at Jimmy
"What're you gonna do about it, Gabe? Huh? Well, I saw you. You're hands were weird. Wait until the rest of the school hears about this!" Jimmy seemed very excited about that. "Maybe the government will buy you! They'll lock you up and experiment on you, you little freak, until you're near dead then they'll sell you to the circus!"
"I'm not a freak," Gabriel said through clenched teeth.
"Yeah you are. I mean, who else has flaming hands?"
"Just stop, Jimmy, stop."
"What are you gonna do about it?" Jimmy taunted again. "I'm bigger than you." And it was true, Jimmy flunked both third and fifth grade and was a fifteen year old in eighth grade, and big for his age, too. He could take on anyone one to one in the entire school, and maybe even a few of the teachers.
"I'd say two against one evens the odds," came a familiar voice from beside Gabriel. It was Casey.
"Whatever, you losers," Jimmy sneered. "Kill you later, hothead. And your little sidekick too." With this he turned on his heel and slicked away.
"He's the hothead," Casey remarked. He seemed very jovial, considering his life had just been threatened.
"Your tellin' me," Gabriel replied.
"What was that all about, anyway?" Casey asked, curious.
"I'll tell you at the Nest. Race you there!"
And they took off racing down the hillside that went between the parking lot and the woods.
Chapter Three: A Little Explaining
"You told me you'd tell me what all that with Jimmy was about when we got to the Nest!" Casey protested.
Gabriel had said nothing but that he wanted it to be a private conversation, and so he went around pulling blinds down over windows and shutting trapdoors to the main treehouse.
Only once they were all alone did Gabriel breach the silence.
"I have something to admit," he said slowly. "This can't leave this room. I have to swear you to secrecy."
Casey swore repeatedly to never reveal what he was about to hear, so Gabriel began his tale with the weird experience on his eighth birthday, then to some of the bizarre things he'd have happen to him over the course of his life. He didn't have proof that they really happened because of him, but they were odd enough to include in the story; such as the finals test at the academy that he had expected to fail at.
When the teacher was walking down the rows to his desk, he felt an intense dread come over him. If he failed, he would be expelled and have almost no hope of ever being hired for anything except for the lowest of the low jobs.
But then the teacher suddenly stopped and blinked. He seemed to have forgotten to fail Gabriel.
Another time Finn was flying the SkyCar when another car cut them off and forced them to the side of the lane, closer and closer to a building and certain death. But then Gabriel closed his eyes and gripped the sides of the seat, then when the opened them they were cruising along regularly with no hint of danger.
He wrapped up his story with what had happened at the edge of the woods with Jimmy Isaacs.
"Wow," Casey said, leaning back in his chair. "You're certain you aren't pulling my leg?"
"Positive," Gabriel confirmed.
"So…what now?"
"What do you mean?" Gabriel asked.
Casey looked at him. "What will you do with your powers? Will you make the world better? Worse? Or will you just do nothing at all?"
Gabriel thought about it for a moment. "I don't know. I honestly don't. It would be cool to be a kind of superhero, but I think that's illegal, and I don't even know what I can do."
"Yeah, I think you're right about it being illegal…I heard a few months ago that some guy was imprisoned by the government for that sort of thing."
"Wait–did you just say what I think you said?"
"Um, I dunno…what do you think I said?" Casey asked.
Gabriel was excited now. "You said someone got arrested for doing the same thing! That means I'm not alone! There are others out there like me."
"You know what, I think you're right. We should try to somehow get in to talk to that guy. By the way, while we're on the subject, how do you think you got those powers in the first place? Maybe it's some kind of genetic mutilation or radioactive cells or something."
"Maybe," said Gabriel thoughtfully. "Just maybe."
Chapter Four: A Plan
Casey got permission from his parents via his earpiece personalized with images of his favorite band to have a sleepover at Gabriel's apartment, so they headed back to the apartment to camp out for the night.
After Finn stopped by the door and flipped the light switch, the boys pulled out their LightFlashers and Gabriel's old tablet.
After the government reform in 2030, most government documents were available for public viewing, minus some of the more sensitive documents that could be damaging in the wrong hands. So, after finding what the offense was called (it was under "unofficial vigilante") they searched for arrest records of that offense over the last 2 years. There were two such entries, the first of which had been "released after a misunderstanding" and the second had been all but erased from the system. There wasn't any information for it, but the name and offense of the perpetrator were still there, so Gabriel felt like he had discovered all he needed to know.
There was only one thing: where was he being held? It would be around their state, which was Tryork, formerly known as New York.
They cross referenced his name with several of the major prisons around the area and came up with nothing. Then they expanded their search farther, towards the edge of the state and into the territory known as the Great Wild.
The boys found a small, heavily guarded prison called Stonewell Prison. From their apartment it would take around a half an hour to get there via SkyCar.
Then, feeling exhilarated from the information, they tried to get some sleep.
Chapter Five: Jailbreak
The next day at school Gabriel noticed that Jimmy seemed to be avoiding him. He wasn't sure if that was a good sign or a bad one. Nobody gave him a second look, so he guessed it was a good one.
Afterwards he and Casey had decided to "case the joint," or to check out the prison under the pretense of a school assignment. He'd convinced Mr. Smith to give them homework on high security prisons around the area with some well placed questions.
Gabriel went home to check with Finn whether or not he could go, and got the ok, as long as he went straight there and straight back.
Gabriel had passed the test to receive a SkyCar "young permit" so he took the wheel while Casey claimed shotgun.
It was still late spring early summer time, so the evening was bright, with the sun high in the sky when they set off. The way was not very congested, as the prison was pretty far out of the way for most people.
They were about two minutes away from the prison when the sky lit up orange, then just clouds of white…it almost looked like smoke.
"What's that?" wondered Casey aloud.
"I don't know. I'm gonna get a little closer. Hold on!"
Gabriel sped up and dived down close to the ground, wind whipping through his hair. He could already smell the smoke, and see faint wisps of it across the dirt.
As they approached they could hear yelling, mass confusion, and even a few gunshots.
Gabriel pulled over to a stop around 50 yards away from the prison and watched.
An explosion rocked the vehicle as the wall near them buckled, then crumbled. A figure swooped out of the dark and literally flew towards them. Casey screamed.
The flying person seemed to be headed for the car. Gabriel reached back and opened the door to the backseat as the supposed convict landed next to the car.
"Get in," he said shortly. The person complied, then slammed the door, and they were off.
"Who are you?" asked the man in a hoarse voice.
"I'm someone like you. I saw that flying trick you did…I wonder if I could pull that off?"
"It took me years of practice to get a few inches of the ground, kid. Don't expect too much front this…this curse. It got me arrested for stopping a criminal from killing someone. I heard from a fellow convict that he got scot free for ratting me out and confirming the governments worst fears."
"And what fears might those be?" Casey asked.
"That there are some beings on this earth more powerful then they." The man paused. "By the way, thanks for saving me. But do you realize how dangerous it is to invite criminals into your SkyCar for a little trip?"
"Next time, just leave the criminal in the dust," he advised. "Anyway. My name is Jonathan Morgan. You can call me Jon."
"I'm Gabriel, and this is Casey. Where do you want to go?"
"I'll need somewhere quiet, out of the way, to lie low for a while. Those guards were shooting to kill." He thought for a moment.
"How about the Nest?" Casey suggested.
"Yeah! Perfect. I'll stop by there, then we'll head home."
"I can't thank you enough," Jon said. "You saved my life. How can I repay you?"
"I've got a few ideas," Gabriel said.
Chapter Six: Training
"You sure about this?" Jon yelled. He was standing next to the open door in the side of the helicopter.
Gabriel nodded. "Pretty sure," he said.
"If you say so…" Jon shoved Gabriel out of the side of the helicopter. "Fly, boy, fly!" He jumped out after Gabriel.
The wind on his face was exhilarating. He whooped in delight, then spread his arms and slowed his descent. He willed himself to grow lighter, to be able to control his fall, and it happened.
He could fly as well, it seemed.
They landed at the Nest, then engaged in the second form of training, which was telekinesis.
Jon tossed a rock to Gabriel for him to examine.
"So large?" Gabriel asked. "I don't know if I can do it."
"I believe you can," Jon said firmly. "You can do almost anything you want. Now give me the rock."
Gabriel tossed it back to him.
"Ready…set…go!" He dropped the rock.
Gabriel felt as if he could reach the rock from where he was sitting. He felt as if he was the rock. He concentrated and saw the chunk of earth floating about a foot above the ground. He willed it to rise and it shot up, sticking into the roof.
"Wow," he said.
Jon nodded approvingly. "I knew it," he said.
Then was the third section of training: using his powers to give him a temporary physical boost. Gabriel had discovered this entirely by accident while playing a one on one match of thousandsticks with Casey in his backyard thousandsticks court.
Thousandsticks is a game usually played with several large teams on a massive court consisting of: a ladder leading up to a platform in the middle, many beds of gravel around the court, and a couple small hills and pathways leading to the middle.
The point of the game was to get one of your players to the top of the platform in the middle while stopping the other team from doing so. You had various pieces of equipment for shoving and tripping the other players, making them fall into the pits of gravel. If they did, they were "out" for the game.
Gabriel had nearly been shoved out by Casey, who was sprinting to the ladder, when he willed himself to get faster, sprinting up to about 60 miles per hour and shooting up the ladder like a bolt of lightning to win the game. Casey nearly fainted.
So he had been honing his skills for a few weeks now, and he felt better than ever. The more he used his powers, the more powerful he felt.
As he "boosted" today, his bones vibrated as he sped up to about 100 miles per hour. He used himself farther, reaching up to 200 miles per hour.
Gabriel raced around the city at rates almost faster than the human eye could see.
He came back to the Nest and promptly threw up as soon as he stopped, but he still couldn't shake that feeling of freedom, of exhilaration.
Chapter Seven: Sense Boost
Gabriel was sitting in Casey's kitchen drinking a steaming mug of hot chocolate. Casey was sitting across from him with his own mug.
"You know," Casey said, "if you can boost your physical limits, I bet you could boost your senses too…you know, like, seeing really far, hearing really clearly…that sort of thing."
"You might be right," Gabriel mused. "I'll see if I can."
He concentrated, feeling his fingertips start to tingle like they were waking up, then, all of a sudden, his vision snapped clear. It was like he had been looking through a distorted glass all his life, only to suddenly have that taken away. He blinked and saw a fly on the wall, and all the sections of his eye.
Gabriel gasped, and the air tasted of many things. He could distinctly taste some of the chocolate from the mugs, and some cheese and several other odors he couldn't name. It was incredible, to have all these foreign tastes in his mouth.
Then his sense of smell followed. As the wave of scents hit him, he collapsed to the floor and started twitching.
The worst was the sounds. Every little scuff on the ground, every breath, was like a cannon firing in his ears. He whimpered and tried to block out the sounds with he hands, but nothing worked. Then, all of a sudden, a screaming, echoing whine filled his head. Gabriel fainted.
When he came to, Casey's concerned face was hovering over him.
"You've been out for about a minute," he said. "What happened?"
Gabriel noticed that his boosted senses were now back to normal, a fact which he was most grateful for.
"It was so overwhelming," he said. "I couldn't handle it."
Casey frowned. "Well," he said,"that's a little disappointing."
"I know," Gabriel said. "But at least it can be turned off. It was horrible, I couldn't stand it…"
"Well," he said, "it's good you're ok."
Chapter Eight: Government Agent
Gabriel was walking home from school.
He had no idea how he knew it, but he was being watched.
Discretely Gabriel scanned the surrounding area for any sign of a hostile someone. He didn't see anyone, but the feeling of being watched never left him. Suddenly, sensing something behind him, he spun around–and bumped right into the chest of a tall man in a coal black suit.
"Hello," the man said. "My name is James Galner. We are very interested in you."
"You are to come with me."
"Sorry, but I can't." He bolted away from this mysterious stranger.
All of a sudden he bumped right into him again.
"Stop," this man, James Galner, said.
Gabriel bolted again, this time using his powers to boost himself.
Then, for the third time, he rammed straight into James Galner.
"We will use force if nec–"
Gabriel ran. He boosted with everything he had, pushing himself to the very limits of his endurance. Finally, he seemed to be escaping the man.
But again, he was stopped by the mysterious man.
"You will come with–" This time the man's words were cut off by a blast of concentrated light to his head. He was knocked to the ground
"We shall finish this later, boy," he said, with a glare full of hatred. Then it was as if the air around him bent and folded around his body, and he vanished.
Gabriel swiveled his gaze to the person who shot James Galner.
He was standing about fifteen feet away, his hands in his pockets.
"Yo," the stranger said. He looked to be around twenty years old.
"Um, hello," Gabriel replied. "And thanks. That guy was creeping me out."
"Don't mention it." He pulled a toothpick from his pocket of his black trench coat and stuck it in his mouth. "The name's Jacob. Jacob Granger. But you can call me Jake. I already know your name–I was sent to protect you."
"Why?" Gabriel asked, confused. "Who sent you?"
"The government," Jake responded.
"But…they imprisoned someone like me. I thought they wanted to experiment on me, not protect me."
Jake removed his black fedora. "Not everyone is bad in this ti–I mean, world." Gabriel got the feeling that word was time. "Just look at the guy who took me in."
"Took you in?"
"Yeah. See, I was like you, only I'm really from the year 2006. I accidentally activated my powers and was sent forward a hundred years, to here. I did a few jobs for some high placed people and so I became their default dude for the most high-security missions."
"'Like me'? What am I?"
"As far as I can tell, you're an anomaly. I am, too. There are some in this world more powerful than even me and you. They have something to do with us and our powers, but I'm not sure what." He put his hat back on. "Well, I'll be around. If you need me, say 'Chuck Norris.'"
"'Chuck Norris'?"
"It's a time traveler's joke. Plus, you need to get control of your powers. Keep training with that old dude."
"Ok, I will–" but Jake was gone.
Chapter Nine: Galner's Reckoning
Elsewhere, in the U.S.
A man stood watching on a screen the size of a small house the events of the previous day.
"I–I'm sorry, master."
"Sorry…what an interesting concept. You have failed."
The words cut like a whip. James Galner winced at every syllable.
"You are of no use to me, except for one thing."
"What is it? I live to serve."
"You will blow this facility up. The button is over there." The man pointed.
"Is it on a timer?" Galner asked hesitantly.
The man smiled. "No," he said. "You live to serve, and you shall serve to die."
James Galner tried to teleport away, only to feel immense pain. His vision faded into black, and he never woke back up again.
The man turned around. He pointed at a guard. "You," he said. "Press that button in five minutes."
The guard said nothing. He walked over and stood next to the detonator, ready to press.
The mysterious man smiled again, then he vanished, the facility exploding behind him.
Chapter Ten: Rail Catastrophe
Gabriel had a second encounter with an agent of the mysterious group that James Galner was a part of about a week later.
He was coming back from a school field trip with his class on the MagTrail when suddenly an elderly homeless man walked up to him.
"Howdy," he said.
"Hello," Gabriel responded cautiously.
The man suddenly gripped Gabriel's arm.
"I can tell you," he said. "I can tell you the truth about your parents."
Gabriel gasped. Those words hit him like a sledgehammer. The truth about your parents.
"What?" He fired back urgently. "What is it?"
"Listen closely," the homeless man said. "We must hurry. I don't know how far away i managed to get away–" Something cut his words short.
He coughed and choked. "Here," he gasped out, pressing a piece of paper into Gabriel's hands.
He slumped to the ground, not breathing. Gabriel saw a flash of something on the back of his neck…it was a poisoned dart.
The homeless man had been murdered.
"Hey! Anyone! HELP!" The boy yelled. "This guy needs an ambulance! HELP!"
A woman in a business suit came up to him. "Gabriel," she said. "You are valuable to some people. I would hate to see you get…hurt." He heard the underlying threat in her tone.
"Get away from me!" He shouted.
"Come quietly or I will hurt you." The woman drew a wicked-looking knife from her sleeve.
"Chuck Norris!"
Almost instantly a dark form dropped from the sky and hit the ceiling window on the MagTrail. The window swung inward and the form dropped onto the woman, a hand shooting out and grabbing the knife. The knife melted like putty and dropped to the ground.
Jake grabbed a bar hanging from the ceiling and twisted the woman with his legs, slamming her against the wall, rendering her unconscious.
"Well, that's finished," he said.
Gabriel nodded. "Thanks for coming," he said.
"I'm gonna go call some guys to put her under arrest," Jake commented. "You'd better be heading back home."
Chapter Eleven: Some Detective Work
Gabriel pulled the piece of paper from his pocket and brought it up to the light in his room. It was an old-fashioned photograph, the kind they used to use in newspapers.
It showed two scientists standing together, smiling widely. One of them, Casper Hound, was no doubt his father. The other, he didn't recognize.
The caption underneath the photo read, "Drs. Caspar Hound and Jørgen Knelward make groundbreaking discovery about cell genetics".
On the back of the photograph were the words "beware the SBH."
Gabriel swallowed hard. Are my powers a result of my fathers work? He wondered.
He took out his tablet and searched for the keywords "Casper Hound cell genetics." Up came a few news websites.
The first of which was the Scientific Research Weekly. There was an article on Casper Hound's revolutionary research into the human cell. More importantly, however, was the words "'There aren't very many test subjects available,' Hound says. 'This kind of genetics, we can't test on nonhumans.' The doctor has deemed it necessary to begin human trials on himself."
He searched again with the words "Casper Hound, Jørgen Knelward".
The search engine revealed an article from the New York Times newspaper entitled "Legendary Rivalry Fuels a Mad Race for the 'Master Serum'".
Opening the link, he scrolled down, reading it as quickly as possible.
Drs. Casper Hound and Jørgen Knelward's legendary rivalry heated up last month as they are both 'unbelievably close' to the master serum they need to finish their quest for the perfection of the human body.
According to Dr. Casper Hound,"If we succeed in this venture, humanity will be closer to perfection. We will never achieve it, but we must try. This serum will make sure our great-times-a hundred grandchildren are still here. Without some kind of external support, humanity will collapse."
Currently, Dr. Hound suffers from Asklenouteretic, a disease that causes the subject to lose their vision and control of basic motor facilities within 4-6 years of a diagnosis. Some say this is what drives him so urgently, as there is no known cure as of now.
Dr. Jørgen Knelward of Oxford Research centers, says, "Casper is the most driven man I know. If he says he will discover a cure for cancer in one year, he will push himself to find it in six months. If he says the serum is close, he will perfect it faster than anyone will have thought."
When asked about what separated them, he responded, "The doctor wanted to start human trials. I did not and still don't think that is wise. We don't know enough yet about something like this."
Dr. Knelward believes he can find the serum in about a year. Dr. Hound is pushing for under six months.
The world waits with bated breath for the outcome of this desperate race.
Gabriel sat back in his chair, letting his breath out slowly.
What had happened? Was this the way his father died? Gabriel realized Finn always avoided that subject, and whenever it came up, he would always say, "It was a terrible accident."
What if it was no accident? He he succeeded in the serum?
"Time for bed," called Finn from downstairs.
Gabriel forced himself to rest despite the swirling questions in his mind.
Chapter Twelve: The Event
Elsewhere in Russia
Ortho Thire smiled to himself. When he heard about the explosion of the California base, he was initially alarmed, but as the full story got to him, he found it quite funny.
What a test of loyalty, he thought. Put a man in a building and make him blow it up.
Although, he liked California, so he had the man who was in charge of that sector eliminated.
Ortho powered up his earpiece and called a very long and complicated number, about 100 different digits.
"Shall I initiate the Event?" He asked.
"Yes. Do so immediately." The voice on the other side said. It was a voice made of silk. Ortho shuddered. He had heard that voice say horrible things before, instructing people to cause horrendous tragedies. "Let us hope they take the bait."
"Yes, si–" The phone hung up.
Sighing, Ortho started organizing the Event that would change the world.
Chapter Thirteen: The Catastrophe
Gabriel first felt it like a buzzing on the back of his neck. His hair stood on end, and he shivered.
Something was happening. Something big.
He hurried along the hallway to 4th period, then the world around him exploded.
The school was crashing down around him, which meant it was crashing down around all the other students as well–Casey might be in danger.
So Gabriel sprinted down the hallway, imagining water gushing from his hands. He sprayed the rubble that had once been a place of learning.
Casey had history then, so he would be on the entire other side of the facility.
Gabriel boosted and would be there in no time at all when he saw a hand sticking out of the collapsed science room, and heard a voice crying out for help.
"Hang on," Gabriel said, and pushed the chunks of brick and drywall off of him.
It was Jimmy Isaacs.
"You!" Jimmy exclaimed. Then his eyes narrowed. "Did you cause this?"
"What? No!" Gabriel said.
"I've got my eye on you, Gabriel Hound." Jimmy took off down the hallway.
Sighing, Gabriel boosted the opposite way, towards Casey.
Rounding a corner, he skidded to a stop. This part of the school seemed to have been hit the worst. The entire wing was a blackened hole in the ground.
Gabriel sank to his knees. By the look of things, nobody could have gotten out of that mess.
"Looks like we were too late," a gruff voice said from behind him.
Gabriel slowly got to his feet and turned around. Standing before him was a tall, athletic-looking African-American boy of about 15 years of age.
"Who are you?" He said, ashen-faced.
"I am Sander Coleman."
"Why are you here?"
"I am here to help. It looks like I am too late, though," Sander said.
"I could have saved them," Gabriel said.
Sander glanced around him. "Nothing would have gotten out of there alive…you would be ashes."
"You don't understand. I could have."
"I think I do," Sander said. He raised his hand up, and, as he did, electricity sparked between his fingers.
Gabriel was instantly on guard, but he decided to give the guy a chance. He hadn't attacked Gabriel as soon as he saw him, after all.
"Was this what you were talking about?" Sander asked.
"Maybe," Gabriel said cautiously. "Who do you work for?"
"Nobody," Sander said. "I am part of a team that is combating the people who do this sort of…thing. Right now we are at three other schools…" Sander glanced at his watch. "Whoa! I've got to go. We were supposed to meet ten minutes ago."
Gabriel look with despair at the blackened pit that was his classmates. He had to stop this.
"Can I come along?" He asked.
Chapter Fourteen: The Meeting
Sander and Gabriel stepped off a rickety table with a big red "X" painted on it. They were greeted by a strange group of kids.
One was shorter than Gabriel, but looked older, with olive skin and black hair.
Another was a girl, with short cropped brown hair. She looked a little older than as well.
The other two were alike enough to be twins. They had blond hair and were the smallest, youngest looking kids.
"This is Trevor, Madeline, and Lewis and Leona. Guys, this is…what's your name again?" Sander asked.
"Gabriel," he answered. "Gabriel Hound."
"Welcome, Gabriel, to the secret hideout of the Guardians," Sander said, almost formally.
"Hey," Trevor said.
Madeline looked at him cautiously but said nothing.
Leona and Lewis said, "Hi!" At the same time, then looked at each other and giggled.
"Um…yeah," Sander said. "I found Gabriel at school number seven. He says he can do what we can."
"That's right," Gabriel said, and he levitated a few feet above the ground.
"Sweet," Trevor said. "None of us can fly. I can do water, Sander can do electricity, Maddy can–" Madeline kicked him in the shin and whispered something in his ear. "Oh. I'll let you ask her about that…the twins can teleport."
Gabriel didn't know why he was the only one who wasn't confined to one power, but he decided to keep that to himself for the time being.
Someone cleared their throat from behind them.
"Excuse me," a boy said.
"Ah, yes, there you are. This is Omar. He's really smart."
Omar pushed his thick glasses up. "There's another one…school number twenty-one."
"Another?" Everyone groaned.
"Wait…you mean to say that this has happened in other schools too?" Gabriel asked.
"Yeah. It's weird. Every once in a while we get another call."
Then Omar spoke up. "They appear to be happening in a spiral pattern. At the center is a town in Kansas called Paradise. Also, all the names of the towns that have been hit spell out 'PARADISECITYKANSASUSA'."
"Let's get going," Sander said. He seemed to be the leader. "I want Lewis and Leona here. Trevor, Madeline and I will take this one."
"What about me?" Gabriel asked.
"Ah, yes. You are coming with us. Lets see what you can do."
Chapter Fifteen: School Twenty-One
As it turned out, school number twenty-One was in the country of Texas. Years ago, Texas had separated from the United States and formed their own government.
Half the school was on fire, and it was quickly spreading.
"Gabriel, see if you can get some people out. You take the south side, I'll take North. Trevor, try and stop that fire. Maddy, help Trevor! We're going in!" Sander tossed them all oxygen masks.
Gabriel sprinted for the south side of the building and kicked the door down. He heard someone calling for help–it was a ten year old under some rubble. Gabriel pushed it off and ran the kid back outside.
"Stay here, OK?" He said. The kid nodded.
Already Trevor had helped tone down the intensity of the flames, but the heat still scorched Gabriel's skin as he brought more people outside.
At one point he saw Sander through the smoke and flames, and they worked together on moving a large metal support off of a door.
Whenever he had time, he blasted water at the flames.
Finally, the flames were gone and we had gotten everyone out. Amazingly, there were no deaths, just some burns.
The Guardians met behind the ruined building, their faces blackened with soot.
"We need to get back to base," Sander said. "There's no telling where the next strike might be." He took out an earbud and called the twins, Lewis and Leona.
He listened for a moment, then turned to the group and said, "There's been an incident. We are being teleported directly to Paradise, Kansas."
"What? What happened?" Trevor asked.
"The circuit has finished," Sander replied. "At the center of the circle is Paradise. The entire town caught fire."
Gabriel felt fear at the pit of his stomach. At the center, something either started or was finishing.
Chapter Sixteen: Paradise on Fire
The entire city of Paradise was sending up smoke, casting the area into darkness as the flames made the city feel like it was on the surface of the sun.
Gabriel decided to admit his power.
"I don't just fly," he said. "I can do lots of things. I wasn't sure if you guys were trustable yet, so I kept it to myself."
Madeline glanced around, then replied with, "That is my power as well. My power is power. I can do whatever my imagination can dream up."
Sander clapped his hands together. "We can chat later," he said. "Same jobs as before, only Gabriel can help extinguish the fires as well. Lets go. Use the oxygen masks, not only for smoke, but also because we don't know what chemicals were in these buildings."
So they headed off, with Sander in the lead. Over the next hour, Gabriel saved hundreds of people. He boosted around the city, blasting water everywhere.
Occasionally they would pass firemen trying–almost in vain–to put out the raging fires that were ravaging the town.
All of this gave him a lot of time to think about his own school. Did they find survivors? He swallowed hard; losing Casey was hard. It hadn't quite hit him before then, the seriousness of it.
Now, though, the grief brought physical pain to him. Even as he was saving an entire city of people, his eyes were wet with tears.
After this exhausting mission, they met up again just outside the city limits.
"Time to go home," Sander said in a tired voice.
Just then, ten black SkyCars blinked into view surrounding the kids.
Dozens more people grappled down from more transports that were apparently cloaking. One of the car doors opened and a man in a black, fancy suit stepped out.
"Hello," he greeted the children.
A small, barely audible pop sounded, then Trevor screamed.
Looking over, Gabriel gasped. Trevor had a metal dart sticking out of his arm. He pulled it out, wincing as he did so.
Then, he collapsed in the dirt.
"What did you do to him?" Sander screamed.
"Just a little experimental poison," the man said. "He should feel extreme pain for about a week before dying. But who knows? This particular poison is unstable. He could be kept alive for months in pain before dying."
"Why?" Gabriel asked.
"Because we are the only ones with the antidote. You will join us if you know what's good for your friend. Run away, he dies."
Trevor, groaning, reached up and grabbed Sander's earpiece. Turning it on, he croaked out the words "Now.
"Take us away now!"
They winked out of existence right before the eyes of the man in the suit.
He pressed a button on his earpiece.
"They took the bait," he said. "They'll be back soon."
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In a day and time where we are more connected than other digitally, our communities are responding with an increasing level of feeling alone. When we look to the scriptures we see that community was a vital aspect of the local church. Not only did they worship together, but they cared about one another on a personal level. They tended to one another and carried each other's burdens. Communities worked together for the common good and because they were connected they were aware of what was happening in the lives those they called neighbor.
This led me to come to the very recent conclusion that we are not disconnected, we are just misconnected. Experts have suggested that the problem with social media connections is that when one feels alone in their real life, they may turn to social media to connect and feel that void, and when that feeling of isolation doesn't go away they dig deeper into social media to create more connections. They are still seeking and looking for their tribe. On the other hand, these experts have also suggested that once we are connected virtually the fear of missing out on what is being posted/shared may chain us to our devices verses going out and living life among others.
Disconnected seems so firm and final, like someone who has gone off grid or cut themselves off from society. Disconnection happens when effort has left the equation of human relationship. We have either made the decision to disconnect with another, or we have accepted their decision to connect with us. I can't believe a person who continually is seeking their tribe on social media outlets is seeking or accepting disconnection. Instead they are trying to connect but in a different way, for whatever reason, and thus they are misconnected. They are making connections but not the ones they need, which leaves the void they can't fill.
What Can Women's Ministry Do To Connect the Misconnected?
- Connect the Women to Jesus – helping our women to understand who Jesus creates a foundation of self value and worth. We connect them to Jesus through the Word which opens their eyes to a God who knows, hears, sees, and loves them… but who is also always with them. We are never alone, when we are in God.
- Connect the Women to Women in the Church – connecting women to other women who are also believers builds the foundations of community. We have identified something we share in common, our faith, and embrace our connection as sisters in Christ. As they begin to realize that they are not only walking this life with Jesus on their side but also a family of believers, the isolation will begin to dissipate.
- Connect the Women to Community – through connecting the women to our community we begin to introduce purpose into their lives. The more we connect with Jesus and our family of believers, the deeper our desire is to reach into our communities and serve others. By connecting into our community we extend our community beyond what we could ever imagine.
How Do We Connect Women to Jesus: Bible studies, small groups, conferences, guest speakers, Sunday services, women's brunches, retreats, workshops, etc. It comes as we connect them directly to His Word via study, or as we share our testimonies via events.
How Do We Connect Women to Women in the Church: Ladies night/day out, women's trips, retreats, brunches, fellowship events, concerts, movies, lunch dates. Whether we start building connections through high attendance events or small intimate coffee dates, we are putting the building blocks in place for relationship.
How Do We Connect Women to Community: Service projects within the church, local community, volunteering with local organizations and non-profits, local and international missions projects, etc. are all great ways to bring the women out of the church and into the community to serve. By serving others, we often get to know them on a deeper level because we are meeting them where they are at.


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Today's shelling was so much better....the tides are beginning to get lower and the gulf was crystal clear!!
I ended up digging in pen shells I found.
|See the shells in and around the pen shells?
In fact, I didn't have to walk very far at all in the 3 hours we were out there!
There must have been hundreds of Dosinia pairs there, they just help the pen shells trap the other shells. Unfortunately I had my camera with me so couldn't sit down and really dig....until Hubby came to where I was! I gave him my camera to put in his shirt pocket and sat and dug until the last possible minute! We didn't find anything spectacular, but I found lots of shells....I was going through my net while we were walking back to the car, and I'm sure I missed some! We had to get back home and start packing up because we are leaving tomorrow. :( I realized too, that my major problem this week was that I wasn't wearing my lucky shelling shorts, today I did!! I bet that was it all along!! ;)
|My finds
|Hubby's finds
|Hubby found an Awesome Shark's eye!
|I found the smallest olive I've seen!
|This is an average size olive
|I found 5 wentletraps, and lost the smallest, only to find it in the dryer, in the pocket of the shell shorts!! :)
|Hubby found him some Florida cones!
|I found my first carrier shells, and found 2 in a row!!
|And some beautiful Pear Whelks!


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To buy the perfect soccer shoes or cleats, you'll need to determine your foot length and width. This is extremely easy to do, and here's how:
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Simple Method
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***Very important - Step on the tape measure with your foot on the ground when measuring your foot width. This will be your appropriate foot width.
Men's Footwear Conversion Chart
Breaking-into the Shoes (Reverse Fitting)
When you first purchase your shoes, they may feel a little tight. They are designed this way, so your feet can mold into the shoes for a perfect fit.
When you wear them for the first time:
1. Fully loosen all the laces right down to the bottom eyelet;
2. Then tighten the boot around your foot
This will help the shoes shape correctly around your midfoot, and the end-result is a pair of cleats with an outstanding glove-like fit!


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This light silk twill scarf in Green Fragments print, is a signature piece by Cristina Sabaiduc created in collaboration with artistic photographer Jo Holland working with stained glass fragments from the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The scarf is held together by the magnetic detailing on the diagonal points and can be wrapped twice or three times around.
-100% silk
-Digital print
-Magnetic closure
-Dry clean or hand wash in cold water
-Country of origin: UK
-Size: 130 x 200cm
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No!No! Hair Removal System Review
The No!No! hair removal device has been around for a while now but recently had quite a buzz online after having their newly upgraded 8800 model featured on a television program.
I know that you may be having questions about whether this hair removal device works so I'm writing this review hoping that I can save you the time looking around trying to decide whether you should get it or not.
Does the No!No! hair removal system work?
Below are the results of my findings.
The No!No! 8800 and How it Works
The No!No! hair removal system is a small device about the size of a small electrical shaver. It promises to remove up to 94% of your hair safely, effectively and painlessly using the cordless, battery operated device.
Unlike other devices, the No!No! has been approved for use on the face.
It uses what they call Thermicon (the name suggest that the device uses heat to remove the hair ) and a small display window shows the available battery charge and tells you when to replace the Thermicon Tips (the end of the device that is used on the skin).
One big initial turnoff is that the No!No! burns the hair (they say that's how you know it's working) so you'll have to decide whether you want to take the chance cutting yourself or smelling like burnt hair.
No!No! 8800 at Amazon.com
Does the No!No! work?
After browsing the internet for a while, I found that the consensus pointed to the No!No! not working out for many who were hoping it would end years of searching for the perfect hair removal system.
Here's a video clip of the No!No! being used on The View and the initial reaction to the device.
Not a very good reaction for a TV spot but at least she was honest. Note that the device being used on The View is the No!No! Classic which has been replaced by the No!No! 8800. Too bad it still burns the hair.
The difference is that the 8800 is cordless and has been approved for use on the face, meaning they've managed to make it safer and you can now remove more hair.
Then there were the other reviews I encountered at Amazon where the No!No! is sold. Some of the positive, 5 star reviews seem like they were written by enthusiastic employees of the company that sells the No!No! as a fee reviewer pointed out.
I find it very Fishy how most of the 5 star reviews are all on same day. January 26 & 27 2011! Seems very odd since all the other reviews are staggered over time. You can tell that it's their marketing people doing it! Guess what no!no!, people are not that stupid!!!!! Also the reviews from those dates are careful to point out at least one flaw so that it looks real. Sometimes they point out flaws that have already been fixed (like cordless models etc..) in an effort to upsell people even more. The language used in those reviews is similar & another similarity is the way the paragraphs are spaced out in the same way & you can tell it's a marketing person writing it. I also must say that all the other positive reviews that could be real were written by people who have only used it a few weeks. According to them it takes months to see real progress so those reviews shouldn't even be counted. Review from Amazon.com
Many reviewers who have tried both the No!No! Classic and 8800 devices opted to give the No!No! a negative rating of 1 stating the many faults of the product mainly:
- burnt hair
- burnt hair smell
- not seeing any real results
- bad customer service
Here are some reviews by customers on Amazon and other online sources:
Review 1:
I bought this for my wife back in September. She used it for 3 months 3 times a week and it did not show any results. She is of Italian heritage and has very coarse hair. So your millage may vary. I bought her a Silk'n for Christmas and it seems to be working, but it is still too early to tell.
Note, we bought this through the no!no! store via Amazon. The smaller blade had a broken wire when it arrived, and I reported this to them. They quickly sent us 3 replacement blade packages. I was very impressed. Unfortunately, these replacement blades would have the red light (time for replacement) turn on during their first use. This happened for every replacement blade but not the original that came with the no!no! She just ignored the red light and turned off and on the no!no! and continued until the red light came on again and would reset it again and repeat. Review on Amazon
The company replaced the broken wire quickly which is very impressive customer relations but the customer wasn't placed with the way the device worked or didn't work for her.
Sephora.com used to carry the product but no longer does. Meanwhile at HSN.com, the average rating for the product was 1.7 out of 5 stars.
Stuff like:
DOESN'T WORK WELL ON THE FACE BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE HAIR TO GROW OUT ALITTLE. NOT A GOOD LOOK. ALSO IT MADE MY FACE BREAK OUT. IT WOULD BE OK FOR OTHER PARTS OF YOUR BODY. A lot OF WORK FOR THE MONEY. Review from HSN.com
I found that the No!No! doesn't have a very good reputation among people who bought and used the device and the complaints are all along the same line.
Should you get the No!No!? You decide.
No!No! Alternatives
So you may be thinking that you still have to settle for expensive laser treatment procedures or put up with ongoing shaving and waxing.
There are alternatives to the No!No! that doesn't use burning technology to remove hair. One guy in the review above mentioned the Silk'n Sensapil which does seem to work well with customers. There's been a lot of positive reviews for that device online and you can check out the review I did on the Silk'n SenSapil device.
I hope this review helped you decide whether or not to get the No!No! hair removal systems and if you have any experience with the device whether good or bad, please leave a comment in the form below.
No no is not for everyone. I thought I had found the perfect solution to get rid of facial hair. I used the No No hair removal product for the first week and it seemed to be working well, that what I thought. During the second week I noticed several pimples appeared on my face. I had to stop using it immediately and called the company. As the days went by the pimples got worse. I developed a severe reaction to the product. I compared my face with a greater. I am currently being treated by a Dermatologist. I am hoping that I will get rid of the pimples and marks. When I called the compay to complain to my surprise they wanted to sell me another device to get rid of the pimples. However I declined. This is my no no experience as I am left with a damaged face.
It doesn't seem to work on everybody's skin. ;(


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Continuing the trend of "Surprise!" album releases that his band Radiohead pretty much started seven years ago, Thom Yorke just up and released an album on BitTorrent today. It's called Tomorrow's Modern Boxes and it'll cost you $6.
The eight-track record, which Yorke made with longtime Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, also heralds the arrival of a new feature for BitTorrent Bundles: paygates. The pay gates mean that Bundles, which have been used by artists ranging from Madonna to De La Soul to release new projects, can now be monetized. An artist puts a price on their work, and then fans can pay for it through BitTorrent (sounds weird, right?) using a credit card or PayPal. "It's an experiment to see if the mechanics of the system are something that the general public can get its head around," Yorke and Godrich said in a statement. "If it works well it could be an effective way of handing some control of internet commerce back to people who are creating the work."
This almost feels like déjà vu. Back in 2007, seemingly unconcerned with piracy or making money, Radiohead released In Rainbows through its website and let fans pay whatever they wanted for it. In the years since, scores of artists have dropped albums out of the blue and/or with alternate payment options on a number of sites/services/Samsung apps. Even Beyoncé air-dropped her last self-titled record without warning—it was on iTunes, not BitTorrent, but it was still a big "bye, Felicia" to the traditional ways massive pop stars release records. (Though, considering the reaction to that "Surprise!" U2 album Apple unceremoniously infused into everyone's iTunes library, it's not a tactic without risk.)
There's no word on what the Tomorrow's Modern Boxes release means for the new Radiohead record that the band is reportedly working on. (Perhaps the band will just release that through its app?) In the meantime, we hear Kanye West has a new album already in the can, so we're just going to monitor GitHub until it drops.
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US investigators seek motive for NY, NJ weekend attacks
Investigators were searching on Tuesday for clues to the motive behind the bombings and attempted bombings in New York and New Jersey over the weekend and to determine whether the Afghanistan-born suspect had accomplices or was radicalized overseas.
RELATED: Bomb blasts in New York City and New Jersey
The blasts, the manhunt and an apparently unrelated stabbing attack in Minnesota over the weekend created tensions similar to those that followed other recent attacks, such as the mass shootings in Orlando and San Bernardino, California.
The Minnesota attacker was described a "soldier of the Islamic State," the militant group's news agency said.
Rahami had not previously been identified as dangerous but his family was known to police as a result of late-night noise and crowd complaints at a family halal chicken restaurant in Elizabeth.
The events also fueled the debate about America's security challenges seven weeks before the presidential election, with candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton clashing once again on Monday.
(Additional reporting by Mark Hosenball, Julia Edwards, Susan Heavey and Doina Chiacu in Washington; Roberta Rampton, Hilary Russ and Daniel Trotta in New York, Roselle Chen in Linden, New Jersey, Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee and Dan Whitcomb in Los Angeles.; Writing by Dan Whitcomb; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore)


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Garden Hobbies – Woodworking Tips You Need to Know
There are many different hobbies to enjoy and it doesn't matter what you plan on doing, there is always a way to improve on the craft. One of those Hobbies is Woodworking and it is not only enjoyable, it is also therapeutic as well.
Of course, if you are going to be taking part in any type of woodworking project, it's a good idea to have a few tips up your sleeve so that you can enjoy it even more. The following woodworking tips will help you in this regard.
1. Be safe – one of the most important tips that I can provide is to be safe when you are doing any type of woodworking project. You are often working with sharp and dangerous tools so if you are safe, you will be able to enjoy it for a much longer time. If you look at VIP you will find a wide range of safety glasses and other safety tips, and some of the best auto accessories online for 2018.
2. The right tools for the right job – although it may be tempting to use sandpaper to take a lot of material off of the corner of a piece of wood, it is not going to be the easiest way to do it. You will enjoy your hobby much more if you have the right tools available and you use them as intended.
3. Keep your tools in good condition – when you have the right tools available, you will use them to their full potential when they are kept in good condition. In addition, using a sharp tool is always a safer option than using one that is dull.
If you view the Careful Gardener site, you will see some excellent tips for building your own lawnmower shed, because Careful Gardener proudly sells the best power washers online for 2018.
4. Understand the wood – finally, know the type of wood that you are using and get proficient with using it properly. Each type of wood has its own characteristics and when you understand how to work with it properly, the end result will be much better.


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Series Tulare race report
Saldana Holds Off Meyers for World of Outlaws Win at Thunderbowl
Kasey Kahne Racing driver earns second victory, moves into tie for overall championship lead
I very nearly gave this one away tonight
Joey Saldana
TULARE, Calif. - March 19, 2011 - Joey Saldana admittedly gave away the lead on a double-file restart but promptly charged back to the front on Saturday night at Thunderbowl Raceway to earn his second World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series victory of the season.
On a double-file restart with 17 laps complete at the 1/3-mile oval, Saldana was leading and chose the top side in the Kasey Kahne Racing Red Bull Maxim with hometown hero and defending series champion Jason Meyers sliding into the low line. The green flag flew and Meyers shot to the lead in his DDNI/GLR/Allstar Performance/Media-Tile KPC.
"I very nearly gave this one away tonight," said Saldana, of Brownsburg, Ind. "I had been experimenting with both the top and the bottom and thought I'd have more grip up top."
Saldana quickly reeled in Meyers and surged back in front on Lap 22. Saldana then fought his way through traffic, trying to add distance back to Meyers, but on the final lap Meyers, of nearby Clovis, made another charge to the delight of the hometown crowd. However, Saldana was too strong and powered ahead to the checkered flag.
"On the first double-file restart I chose the bottom and it worked out," said Saldana, who won for the fourth time at Thunderbowl Raceway, and the third time in the past three years. "Then we had a single-file restart and I went to the top and I felt like I had a little more grip up there. On the next double I went to the top and it was totally the wrong call. I think it had more grip but it was just too far around. He just snookered me there and I just had to get up on the wheel and run him down. He was running a pretty good pace. I think we could move around a little bit better than him in the lapped cars and that's probably what saved us. When it came time to move, we could move up a lap higher than him going into Turn 3 and that seemed to pay off for us in the end.
"It was a solid car all night. When it came to the feature, it was just a real good race between me and Jason, back and forth. I'm glad we came out on top."
The victory moved Saldana into a tie with Steve Kinser atop the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series championship standings. Kinser, who finished sixth, has led the points since the first race of the year.
Jac Haudenschild started on the pole alongside Kerry Madsen, who jumped out to a big lead early on before he was forced to the work area with a broken throttle linkage on Lap 16, bringing out the caution and turning the lead over to Saldana. On the double-file restart, a huge pile-up resulted in Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year contender Cody Darrah taking a wild ride in Turn 4. Darrah walked away unharmed from the Kasey Kahne Racing Great Clips Maxim but the incident also left the cars of Bill Rose, Chad Kemenah, Craig Dollansky and Ben Gregg with damage. A single-file restart lasted only one lap before the caution waved again, setting up the showdown on the Lap 17 double file restart between Saldana and Meyers.
"What a great night for our team and the fans out here in California," said Meyers, who was the night's fastest qualifier. "We were on the pole last night and got rained out [at Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway]. We wanted a win tonight and came close but Joey just had us beat."
Four-time series champion Donny Schatz, of Fargo, N.D., continued his run up the standings by finishing third in the STP/Armor All/Chevrolet J&J. Haudenschild wound up fourth in one of three Roth Motorsports machines in the field while Sammy Swindell rounded out the Top Five.
HANFORD MAKEUP DATE: World of Outlaws and Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway officials announced following the race that the makeup date for Friday night's rain-delayed 35-lap A-main will be Thursday, March 31, creating a unique triple-header weekend to wrap up the World of Outlaws California Spring Break. Following the makeup in Hanford, the Outlaws will invade Merced Speedway for the first time on Friday, April 1, and return to Calistoga Speedway on Saturday, April 2. Ticket stubs from Friday night's race can be used to re-enter the race at Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway. For tickets to the events at Merced or Calistoga, click WorldofOutlaws.com/tickets.
QUICK TIMER: Jason Meyers thrilled his supporters on Saturday night by setting quick time during time trials to earn five points. Jason Sides, Joey Saldana, Donny Schatz and Craig Dollansky also earned qualifying points.
WINNERS : There have been nine World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series feature events this season. The winners include: Steve Kinser (4-Volusia Speedway Park (2), Pike County Speedway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway); Joey Saldana (2- Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Thunderbowl Raceway); Craig Dollansky (1-Silver Dollar Speedway); Jason Sides (1-Volusia Speedway Park); and Sammy Swindell (1-Royal Purple Raceway).
World of Outlaws Statistical Report; Thunderbowl Raceway; Tulare, Calif.; March 19, 2011
A-main (35 laps) - Starting Position [#] - 1) 9-Joey Saldana[3] [$10,000]; 2) 14-Jason Meyers[6] [$5,500]; 3) 15-Donny Schatz[4] [$3,200]; 4) 83SR-Jac Haudenschild[1] [$2,800]; 5) 1-Sammy Swindell[9] [$2,500]; 6) 11-Steve Kinser[17] [$2,300]; 7) 7S-Jason Sides[5] [$2,200]; 8) 83-Paul McMahan[7] [$2,100]; 9) O-Jonathan Allard[8] [$2,050]; 10) 83JR-Tim Kaeding[15] [$2,000]; 11) 29-Bud Kaeding[16] [$1,500]; 12) 99-Kyle Larson[24] [$1,200]; 13) 5W-Lucas Wolfe[13] [$1,100]; 14) OO-Cory Eliason[21] [$1,050]; 15) 6-Kraig Kinser[19] [$1,000]; 16) 63-Chad Kemenah[12] [$900]; 17) 55-Trey Starks[23] [$800]; 18) 6R-Bill Rose[18] [$800]; 19) 92-Kerry Madsen[2] [$800]; 20) 33E-Evan Suggs[14] [$800]; 21) 21-Tommy Tarlton[22] [$800]; 22) 7-Craig Dollansky[11] [$800]; 23) 91-Cody Darrah[20] [$800]; 24) 2B-Ben Gregg[10] [$800]. Lap Leaders: Kerry Madsen 1-12; Joey Saldana 13-17, 22-35; Jason Meyers 18-21. KSE Hard Charger Award: Steve Kinser.
Qualifying - 1) 14-Jason Meyers 12.794; 2) 7S-Jason Sides 12.907; 3) 9-Joey Saldana 12.987; 4) 15-Donny Schatz 13.011; 5) 7-Craig Dollansky 13.057; 6) 63-Chad Kemenah 13.059; 7) 92-Kerry Madsen 13.068; 8) 83SR-Jac Haudenschild 13.079; 9) O-Jonathan Allard 13.084; 10) 83-Paul McMahan 13.125; 11) 2B-Ben Gregg 13.143; 12) 1-Sammy Swindell 13.166; 13) 5W-Lucas Wolfe 13.193; 14) 55-Trey Starks 13.218; 15) 33E-Evan Suggs 13.262; 16) 83JR-Tim Kaeding 13.263; 17) 29-Bud Kaeding 13.275; 18) 11-Steve Kinser 13.305; 19) 6R-Bill Rose 13.356; 20) 6-Kraig Kinser 13.405; 21) 91-Cody Darrah 13.427; 22) 99-Kyle Larson 13.456; 23) 2L-Logan Forler 13.456; 24) OO-Cory Eliason 13.672; 25) 21-Tommy Tarlton 13.691; 26) 89-Rico Abreu 14.042.
Heat 1 (8 Laps, top 6 finishers transferred to A-feature) - 1) 83-Paul McMahan[1] 2) 92-Kerry Madsen[2] 3) 14-Jason Meyers[4] 4) 15-Donny Schatz[3] 5) 83JR-Tim Kaeding[6] 6) 21-Tommy Tarlton[9] 7) 5W-Lucas Wolfe[5] 8) 99-Kyle Larson[8] 9) 6R-Bill Rose[7].
Heat 2 (8 Laps, top 6 finishers transferred to A-feature) - 1) 2B-Ben Gregg[1] 2) 83SR-Jac Haudenschild[2] 3) 29-Bud Kaeding[6] 4) 7-Craig Dollansky[3] 5) 7S-Jason Sides[4] 6) 6-Kraig Kinser[7] 7) 55-Trey Starks[5] 8) 2L-Logan Forler[8] 9) 89-Rico Abreu[9].
Heat 3 (8 Laps, top 6 finishers transferred to A-feature) - 1) 1-Sammy Swindell[1] 2) O-Jonathan Allard[2] 3) 9-Joey Saldana[4] 4) 63-Chad Kemenah[3] 5) 11-Steve Kinser[6] 6) 91-Cody Darrah[7] 7) 33E-Evan Suggs[5] 8) OO-Cory Eliason[8].
Dash (6 laps, finishing order determined first 10 starting positions of A-feature) - 1) 83SR-Jac Haudenschild[1] 2) 92-Kerry Madsen[2] 3) 9-Joey Saldana[4] 4) 15-Donny Schatz[3] 5) 7S-Jason Sides[5] 6) 14-Jason Meyers[6] 7) 83-Paul McMahan[8] 8) O-Jonathan Allard[7] 9) 1-Sammy Swindell[10] 10) 2B-Ben Gregg[9].
B-main (8 laps, top 6 finishers transferred to A-feature) - 1) 6R-Bill Rose[4] [] 2) 5W-Lucas Wolfe[1] [] 3) 33E-Evan Suggs[3] [] 4) OO-Cory Eliason[7] [] 5) 55-Trey Starks[2] [] 6) 99-Kyle Larson[5] [] 7) 89-Rico Abreu[8] [$200] 8) 2L-Logan Forler[6] [$180].
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|Kasey Kahne , Kyle Larson , Rico Abreu , Sammy Swindell , Donny Schatz , Steve Kinser , Bud Kaeding , Craig Dollansky , Jason Meyers , Jason Sides , Joey Saldana , Jonathan Allard , Kerry Madsen , Kraig Kinser , Paul McMahan , Lucas Wolfe , Bill Rose , Jac Haudenschild , Chad Kemenah , Ben Gregg , Cody Darrah , Tim Kaeding , Trey Starks , Evan Suggs , Logan Forler


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Infiltrate this!
The morons over at Shura al Mujahideen fee Junubu Afarika (South Africa) are all a-twitter over their "brother" Jose's arrest on terrorism charges and the implications it might — and should — have for muslims "speaking the truth" on social networking forums. Of course the well-documented transgressions committed by poor ol' Jose are all false. *insert ginormous eye roll here.* Of COURSE they are always innocent! LOL!
As a result they are looking to "infiltrate" and "keep an eye on" anyone who is countering their BS – specifically mentioning Internet Hagannah and Operation YouTube Smackdown.
When they gather information on the supporters of the mujahideen, be it about their youtube channels and friends, blogger profiles and blogs or their facebook accounts, they share it among themselves by posting it on their forum (forum.internet-haganah.com). If any brother or sister is to come across this, make sure that you inform those who are being spied on so they may delete their accounts and start up new ones or at least so they may be more cautious.
Oh nooooooes! They are gonna watch us! Run for the hills! Hey boneheads – if we didn't want you to see it, you wouldn't know it was there — just sayin'!
Funny that they are all worried about the implications of the arrest. Probably because they are guilty of promoting terrorism at their site as well. And who do you think helps them out? Yep! You got it! Google/YouTube. Their blog is on Blogger — the free Google blogsite.
And their videos, linked and embedded at their Blogger site are hosted, of course, at YouTube. Here's a connect-the-dots series of screen caps so you can see for yourself. Clicking this link on their sidebar:
Will take you here:
Not surprisingly, it's a video hosted at none other that YouTube.
And yes – you can see on the statistics for the video that it was unloaded on 11/26/11 and embedded on 11/28/11.
You can also see the search topics by which people using YouTube found the video — which means that presumably YouTube/Google should be able to use their own search filters to find it as well. And if they were truly serious about removing terrorist videos from YouTube, they would. The hypocrisy is stunning! Google really needs to change their slogan.


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This white paper has discussed design criteria for an effective high-performance microwave for chemical synthesis. Criteria have been outlined for the safe and effective operation or any system that superheats chemical reactions, and the reasons for these requirements have been discussed. Using these considerations Biotage have developed their Initiator+ system.
Letter to inform customers about a change regarding part numbers Keywords: Initiator+
Migrate from mg to g Without Reoptimization. Biotage high precision reaction vials are engineered for durability and safe reactions. All vials withstand 30 bar pressures in a wide range of conditions. Designed for use with Biotage® Initiator+ and Initiator microwave synthesizers.
Speeding up reactions has never been easier. Biotage microwave synthesizers are the first-choice tools for organic chemists who need to accelerate their production of new compounds. Initiator, Initiator+, robot, vials, phase separator, work up tools
The formation of diarylamines by reacting anilines with aromatic electrophiles is, usually, a reaction demanding long reaction times, high temperatures and strong bases, in order to obtain acceptable yield, due to the low nucleophilicity of anilines.1 The Buchwald-Hartwig cross-coupling reaction is a very useable and elegant solution to this problem.2,3,4 Anticipating the classical metal-free SNAr-amination reaction, without using Pd-catalysts and strong bases, with only higher temperature and pressure as tool as depicted in the Scheme below,1 gives no product at all at 180 ºC and very low conversion (9 %) at 220 ºC for 15 minutes when heating by microwaves.5 Remainder was unreacted starting material.
Biotage has developed tools for every step of the organic process, with the entire workflow in mind. This dedicated suite of products vastly expands the range of options in order to truly accelerate discoveries of new molecules for future innovations.
For high efficiencyin parallel synthesisand method developement short reaction timesare essential. We have examinedthe possibilityof maintaining reported selectivities[1]in rapid, high temperaturepalladium-catalyzed asymmetric allylic alkylations. Reactions were promotedby useof singlemode microwave heating(vide infra),[2]which oppositeto conventional oilbath heating(wallheat transfer) rapidlyand almost homogeneouslyheat largeparts of the sample(internalheat transfer).
Trends on chemical synthesis have changed over recent years, with a more targeted approach to molecular design becoming more prevalent. As a result, the speed with which a new compound can be synthesized is key to an efficient laboratory.
Vial preparation: 1) Remember to add stir bar for efficient mixing. Catalysts, salts, or visible precipitate should be washed clear of head space and into solution. Particles adhering to glass head space could cause excessive heating increasing possibility of failure of vial. Stay within specified vial volume range (see diagram for proper filling).
In order to obtain a fast synthesis of an N-unprotected tripeptide, microwave (mw) assisted deprotection, coupling and partial deprotection were applied starting with a purified protected dipeptide [Fig. 1]. The three consecutive mw assisted steps were performed without any intermediate purifications and were accomplished within some 30 minutes. The resulting crude mixture containing the Boc deprotected tripeptide ester was shown to be quite complex [Fig. 2]. The crude product was subjected to automated reversed phase flash chromatography, followed by automated fraction pooling and "thin film evaporation". The total time for the entire procedure was 1 h 20 min. The purity of the product was > 99%.
Presentation outlining MW synthesis: conditions, vial venting.
Project I •Metal-mediated [2 + 3] cycloaddition to coordinated nitriles -- synthesis of new transition metal complexes -- synthesis of new heterocycles -- enantioselective synthesis of heterocycles role of microwaves? Project II • Platinum-catalysed cycloisomerisation of alkynes -- Synthesis of Taxol-like compounds -- highly efficient and atom economic chemistry role of microwaves?


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composer david lang was commissioned by the raymond poincaré hospital in garches, france, to write this music for their morgue, or salle des departs. the images in the video are of the morgue, which was designed by ettore spalletti. to learn more about the project:
bbc.co.uk: the last goodbye
thanks to david peterkofsky for the links!


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Software Capability
Our products are compatible with any and all major photo booth or photography workflow software using the resolution details stated above. These products can be resized easily using photoshop.
These items can be found on our template catalog website called TemplateLookBook.com without pricing attached.
Includes MP4 file (if you need a different file type, send us an email and we can get that to you)
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Designer: Adam F.