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Medicare offers prescription drug coverage to everyone with Medicare. Even if you don't take a lot of prescriptions now, you should still consider joining a Medicare drug plan. To get medicare prescription drug coverage, you must join a plan run by an insurance company or other private company approved by Medicare. Each plan can vary in cost and drugs covered. If you decide not to join a Medicare drug plan when you're first eligible, and you don't have other creditable prescription drug coverage, you will likely pay a late enrollment penalty. (Please see the CMS publication Your Guide to Prescription Drug ). How do I get Medicare Drug Coverage?There are two ways to get Medicare prescription drug coverage:
Who Can Get Medicare Drug Coverage?To join a Medicare Prescription Drug Plan, you must be enrolled in Medicare Part A or Medicare Part B. To join a Medicare Advantage plan you must have Medicare Part A and Medicare Part B. You must also live in the service area of the Medicare drug plan you want to join.When can you Join, Switch or Drop a Medicare Drug Plan?You can join, switch or drop a Medicare drug plan at these times:When you are first eligible for MedicareDuring the Annual Election Period established each year by MedicareAnytime of year, if you qualify for " Extra Help"At other times of year if you have a Special Election Period (SEP)For more information on Medicare Advantage Plan and Prescription Drug Plan enrollment Periods see our press release Enrollment Periods for Medicare Advantage and Part D.Caution!If your Medicare Advantage Plan includes prescription drug coverage and you join a Prescription Drug Plan, you will automatically be disenrolled from your Medicare Advantage Plan and returned to Original Medicare.What do I pay?Your actual drug plan costs will vary depending on the prescriptions you use, the plan you choose, whether you go to a pharmacy in your plan's network, whether your medicines are on your Prescription Drug Plan's drug list (formulary) and whether you get "Extra Help" paying for your Part D costs.A Medicare prescription drug plan contains the following cost components:
For more details please see our publication How will Medicare Part D Affect YOUR Current Insurance?The Coverage Gap:Most Medicare drug plans have a coverage gap (also called the "doughnut hole"). this means that after you and your drug plan have spent a certain amount of money for covered drugs you have to pay all of the costs out-of-pocket up to a yearly limit. Not everyone will reach the coverage gap.Catastrophic Coverage:Once you reach the plans out of pocket limit, you automatically get "catastrophic coverage". This assures that once you have spent up to your plans out-of-pocket limit for covered drugs, you only pay a small coinsurance amount or co payment for the drug for the rest of the year.Late enrollment Penalty:The late enrollment penalty is an amount that is added to your Part D plan premium. You may owe a late enrollment penalty if one of the following is true:You did not join a Medicare drug plan when you were first eligible for Medicare and you did not have other "Creditable Prescription Drug CoverageYou did not have Medicare prescription drug coverage or other "Creditable Prescription Drug Coverage" for 63 days or more in a rowNote: If you get "Extra Help" you do not pay a late enrollment penalty.The cost of the penalty depends on how long you did not have "Creditable Presercription Drug Coverage:.For a more detailed explanation of the Part D late Enrollment Penalty please see our press release Medicare Part D and the Late Enrollment Penalty.Before Signing up for a Prescription Drug Plan:Please see the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance's publication Medicare Part D - Things to Know Before Signing Up.
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Having trouble with clusters? Do you get 'cluster envy'? Then this is the product you need! 30 individual .png files, mostly in gray scale for easy re-coloring! I've made a couple LO's with this myself and with each LO I don't even use more than 10 of the 30 files and it looks great! So, Cluster Essentials is FULL of items to make the perfect cluster, and the best thing is that you can use them over and over again!
Here are a cpl LO's that I did with this:
I started with this pic of my husband and me, and I wanted to add the word-art freebies I DL'd the other day. They are by Janet Carr at PxlCafe.
So, I took the colors from my sleeve and the word-art and used those colors to re-color the items. I only used 10 out of the 30 that is in this "kit"!
I use PS CS and the way that I re-colored the files is I added a new layer on top, created a clipping mask, filled in the new layer with color, then played around with the layer style. Color, overlay, soft light, color dodge.... I tried them all to see which would look best. When I found the best one, I merged all the layers and added it to my page. When you close the original file, make sure you do not save it or it will be re-colored forever.
This LO was done the same way, using the colors in the pictures. I made my husband sit down and write a little something about his daughters, lol. The oldest 2 are my step-daughters, and the younger 2 came out of me. So since they are 'his' I thought that he should do the journaling.
I will come back and post the LO's using the Cluster Essentials that my CT made. Right now I am going to go sew. :) TFL!

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Come and gone,
and leaving in its wake ,
so many sorrows.
The Starman became Stardust….
and the Caterpillar went through The Looking Glass.
The Mockingbird flew away,
and old Blue Eyes flew too.
Purple Rain,
a Butterfly and a Bee,
"O,Death. O,Death,
won't you spare me over 'til another year?
The Candy Man
took the sunshine with him,
and we were left singing a "broken Hallelujah."
This year;this long and stumbling year,
refused to let go.
One last stab,
one more slice.
A Princess beloved ,
she had become a General ,
and stolen our hearts
all over again.
Twenty -sixteen, you have gone,
and left a bitter taste in our mouths.
Twenty- seventeen ………………..
Please? Be kind.


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Unclaimed Funds Locator is a collaborative effort to consolidate Bankruptcy Court unclaimed funds data. JFinSys (The Judiciary Financial System) developed by Virginia Eastern Bankruptcy Court, is currently being deployed to participating courts across the country. Individual Court units have the ability to opt-in to this federated search.
For information of how to submit a request for the payment of unclaimed funds go to - http://www.iasb.uscourts.gov/unclaimed-funds


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Transfer Learning by Distribution Matching for Targeted Advertising
Part of: Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 21 (NIPS 2008)[PDF] [BibTeX]
We address the problem of learning classifiers for several related tasks that may differ in their joint distribution of input and output variables. For each task, small - possibly even empty - labeled samples and large unlabeled samples are available. While the unlabeled samples reflect the target distribution, the labeled samples may be biased. We derive a solution that produces resampling weights which match the pool of all examples to the target distribution of any given task. Our work is motivated by the problem of predicting sociodemographic features for users of web portals, based on the content which they have accessed. Here, questionnaires offered to a small portion of each portal's users produce biased samples. Transfer learning enables us to make predictions even for new portals with few or no training data and improves the overall prediction accuracy.


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Having just performed a special one off headline set at Splendour In The Grass last month, The National will return to Australia in the summer of 2014 with their intense and sophisticated brand of heartfelt rock. In what will be their first headline shows in Australia since 2010, the Cincinnati 5 piece will perform at Melbourne's Sidney Myer Music Bowl, The Thebarton in Adelaide, Brisbane's Riverstage, the Sydney Opera House Forecourt – the first to be announced at the venue after 18 months of renovations - and the Belvoir Amphitheatre as part of Perth Festival.
A band of brothers, The National features two sets of siblings; Aaron Dessner (guitar/keys) and his twin Bryce (guitar), plus Scott Devendorf (bass) and his brother Bryan (drums), abetted by the glorious baritone of vocalist Matt Berninger. The band were already up to their fourth album, Boxer (2007), when they first captivated Australian audiences in the early weeks of 2008, and although they were playing relatively intimate venues up and down the east coast they managed multiple shows in each capital even then, selling out many of them as word of their scintillating live show spread like wildfire.
The National then disappeared from our shores for a few years, and when they returned for the 2010 instalments of the Falls Festival, Sunset Sounds, Southbound and some sold out headline shows, they were armed with their acclaimed fifth album, High Violet (2010). The record catapulted them to acclaim all around the globe, and as their profile grew so did demand for their extravagant live show. The National quickly returned in 2011 as one of the main drawcards on the inaugural line-up of the Harvest Festival, where they went on to dominate proceedings amidst a slew of high profile bands from both here and abroad.
Since that time The National locked themselves away for one of their typically intense creative sessions and emerged with their sixth album, Trouble Will Find Me, and the meteoric rise of this incredible band continues unabated. A different beast to its predecessors, Trouble Will Find Me is a far more relaxed and less angsty collection of songs, still containing the fascinating arrangements and time signatures which characterised The National's best work in the past but all flowing in a far more cohesive and somewhat breezy manner, augmented by Berninger's as always soul-searching and self-flagellating lyrics.
Fans and newcomers alike have willingly grasped this new aesthetic from The National, which is why – in combination with their tireless work ethic of years gone by – their live show is now even more sought after than ever before. Their socially-conscious message will reverberate around arenas and be soaked up by masses of adoring followers when they return to our shores in February, so get in quickly and don't miss out when one of Australia's favourite acts returns for a gloriously captivating celebration of all things lush and emotional. All hail The National!
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Van Buren School District Education Foundation topped the $700,000 mark in grants awarded during its "Pointer Prize Patrol" Friday.
Twice each year, the foundation awards grants to teachers from Van Buren School District that have applied for money to use toward education projects in their classrooms.
To win, the projects must be innovative and tie in with current curriculum, said Debbie Thomas, executive director for the VBSD Education Foundation.
Including Friday's awards, the schools have received 522 grants totaling $706,848.87 in the 13 years since the Foundation began.
Beth Patterson and Sandy Carney from Tate Elementary were awarded the largest grant of $3,000 for their program "'It's All Good!'…Pete the Cat."
Patterson, the school librarian, and Carney, a pre-kindergarten teacher, created an interactive literacy program around the Pete the Cat books that incorporates music, movement and writing.
Carney and Patterson also plan to bring Eric Litwin, the author of the books, to the school. Litwin is a performing artist who plays interactive music along with his stories.
Litwin has won a Parents Choice Award, iParenting Media Award, The Children's Music Web Award and is the co-creator of The Learning Groove, which offers parent and child music classes, according to his website.
"He has such a great story," Carney said. "I think he'll be a real inspiration to our kids."
Tate principal Robert Childers said he and his staff are "super grateful" to the Education Foundation.
"I've got to give Mrs. Carney and Patterson all the credit," Childers said. "They wanted to shake it up and do something different for literacy night."
During the 24th round of the Pointer Prize Patrol, foundation members awarded nine grants totaling $19,523.95 to staff at seven Van Buren schools.


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Bradley Lowery funeral: Thousands pay respects to youngster
Thousands of mourners have lined the streets of Bradley Lowery's home town for his funeral.
The six-year-old Sunderland fan, from Blackhall Colliery, County Durham, died on Friday following a cancer fight.
Footballer Jermain Defoe, who forged a strong bond with Bradley, joined his family in the cortege.
The service, held at St Joseph's Church in the village, paid tribute to an "incredible little boy with a huge personality".
Roads leading to the church were decked with balloons and tributes. Messages and mementos were also left outside Sunderland's Stadium of Light.
Speakers broadcast the funeral service to the crowds outside the church who were unable to make it inside.
Bradley's family wore football shirts in honour of his love of the sport.
See more on this and other stories on our Local Live page.
His mother, Gemma, told the congregation: "He had a smile so big and beautiful it could brighten any room. A real brave superhero, he left us all too soon.
"He touched the hearts of many - the most inspirational boy. A loving, caring son and brother - a beautiful star.
"Although your time with us was short, you must have a job to do in heaven with the angels as God has chosen you.
"For now my baby we'll say goodbye. We'll meet again our superhero high up in the sky."
Father Ian Jackson told mourners: "Today the football world stands united, whatever our colours, to pay their respects to this incredible little boy with a huge personality.
"As a big football fan, Bradley saw that sport teaches us the basic life lesson that one must get up after getting knocked down. It taught him to never ever quit."
A vigil and minute's applause were also held at Grey's Monument in Newcastle city centre to coincide with the funeral, while balloons were released at the Sunderland's ground.
Stuart Whincup, BBC Look North
A single piper led the funeral procession and the applause down the street could be heard well before the horse and carriage carrying Bradley's coffin could be seen.
It was preceded by a collection of superheroes - including Batman, Spider-Man and Captain America.
Bradley's parents, Gemma and Carl, followed the hearse and behind them came footballer Jermain Defoe - who had flown back in from a pre-season training camp in Spain.
There followed a number of players and staff from Bradley's beloved Sunderland.
At the family's request, hundreds wore football shirts including the red and white of Sunderland, black and white of Newcastle, blue of Everton and green and white of Celtic.
One mourner observed aloud that Bradley had opened the world's eyes to childhood cancer.
Bradley was diagnosed with neuroblastoma aged 18 months.
Having been in remission following treatment, he relapsed last year and his parents were told in December his illness was terminal.
In the months before his death he struck up a friendship with Defoe, who called him a "little superstar".
Bradley also led out the England team at Wembley, attended the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards and was a special guest at the Grand National.
Tributes poured in from around the world when his parents announced his death on Facebook.


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A few weeks ago, Man Joan shared with me a Kickstarter campaign entitled "MotorMood". The tagline reads: A better way to say thanks on the road. It's a remote controlled happy face that adheres to your rear window. When you want to say thanks, just press the remote (clipped to your sun visor) and the happy face lights up.
I think it's a rather clever device for more effectively expressing feelings while driving, but where I differ from the creator is the type of feeling expressed.
Obviously, for anyone who knows me and my daily bout of road rage, a happy face is the last thing I want to be flashing to other drivers. And I assume, as I often do, most people would rather express road rage than gratitude.
Take road rage and combine it Motor Mood, you get Motor Bad Mood: A New Way to Express Road Rage.
I've come up with two simple yet emotive expressions for the Motor Bad Mood. First – an angry face. Even better, let's ironically flash an initially happy face, and then turn it into an angry face. Why not confound the other driver(s) first and then anger them?
Second, and this is when you REALLY want to express your rage, let's take advantage of the universal language of the bird and add some motion to REALLY get your point across.
To utilize the Motor Bad Mood, just follow these 5 simple steps:
- Cut off the idiot that cut you off (or the idiot driving 70 miles an hour in the fast lane with no traffic, or the idiot driving a high-performance car like it's a mini-van, or the idiot speeding forward just so you can't merge, or a Prius driver…just to name a few).
- Press the remote once to flash the angry face, or twice to flip the bird (if you accidentally pressed the remote twice, no biggie, as you probably meant to flip the idiot driver off anyway).
- Rejoice in your rage.
- While rejoicing, brake check the idiot driver who is now behind you and is either confused or angry.
- Speed away.
And make sure you speed away as the other driver might also have a Motor Bad Mood and inflict its power on you!
The Motor Mood campaign was cancelled by the creators a few days ago. I can't help but ponder whether a Motor Bad Mood version might acquire more backers.


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Relationships are confusing and so are people. Reasons:
1) Rejection
2) already in relationship
3) Shyness
Tell me what kind of girl or guy you are interested in and why and anything related to this.
Relationships are confusing and so are people. Reasons:
Changed the title just in case for the girls.
A Vulcan one.
Simply put, I'm not. That's not to say that I'm not mature enough physically, as I am, but the entire concept isn't terribly appealing. I'm certainly happy to have friends of both genders, but as for having a family, or even just a relationship, I find it rather... Shallow?
It's as though everyone around me is so overtly fascinated by the idea of having a lover, despite the fact that they clearly aren't old enough to support a family and/or would be throwing away any opportunity for exploring the outside world. That, for one, turns me off.
Aside from just the social aspect of it, I'm personally just not interested. There are many more aspects of life that I'd rather enjoy than procreation or even a relationship that doesn't get quite that far.
So... None?
@Garnira Welcome to the singles club!
@RECspiriah are you a girl?
@RECspiriah Cool. I am not a boy or girl. My secret identity must be kept secret!
If anyone wants to know, and probably NOT lol, my love life is as complicated as the BIONICLE storyline from 2001 to 2010.
@Helryx08 I will close this topic then if it doesn't follow the rules. Should I do it now?
@noob1234 I wished I had a GF. Was a ladies man back in High School. But didn't pay attention to the girls because of school and sports. FOREVER ALONE...
@Garnira I know how you feel. To me, girls are as complex as building Axalara T9 without the instructions.
I am a female.
Just kidding I'm male.
Pretty sure this topic doesn't fit the rules (there was something kinda like this before).
Just a warning @LGNui ; I wouldn't be surprised if this gets closed.
I thought so. /inside joke
This isn't to belittle you or to discount your argument; I see many, many MANY shallow relationships out there. (Too many.) I see why this would turn people off, and frankly I respect that.
But IMO relationships shouldn't be about... Well, what people have made them to be. You should be able to explore the outside world with your significant other.
Having been in a relationship with a wonderful girl... Well, woman now, for the past 2 and a half years, I can say I wouldn't change anything about her. I mean, not only is she physically attractive, but also listens and understands me and I'm able to reciprocate that. Plus we find a lot of fun things to do together. So I guess if I was to say what's "ideal," it's someone who's really open to things, really trusting and patient and caring, and who isn't... Well.. Uptight. Is game to go do whatever and have fun with a lot of things. I hesitate to say "chill" or "cool", but I can't think of another word. So, I guess like a best friend, but with more than that.
what can I say, I'm a hopeless romantic
EDIT: @Helryx08 I don't see anything in the rules about that... Might you be referring to the infamous "Talking to Women" topic? That was closed for entirely different reasons.
I wouldn't jump the gun. The other topic ran for a while; in fact, I'm pretty sure the main reason it was closed was because the discussion went a little off-topic.
I was just trying to give you a warning.
Mods? What's your opinion on this topic?
I have the unpopular opinion, and I've been made quite aware of that. In fact, I have the unpopular opinion on many things. But that's my opinion on what applies to me personally.
I'm all for expressing yourself and enjoying what you personally enjoy. I'm not saying other people shouldn't have relationships; perhaps that's central to their lives. It simply isn't to mine, and given the circumstances, I'm not particularly obliged to make it.
@RECspiriah I don't even...
@LGNui you don't have to edit your post like that after people have posted after you :/
And I was not, never have been a "ladies' man." (Honestly that's overrated. You only need one. )
I'm 14 and have no need for a GF. I don't think girls are gross or anything like that, I'm just too young. I don't know why people my age need to be in a relationship. And I'm not saying that because I'm mad that I'm single, which I'm not. (mad)
@noob1234 there was this one girl I was interested in. two actually. one during freshman year and another during junior and senior year. Both girls were "the ones" or the right partner I was interested in. To sum it up: I like this girl and that girl, but me mind is confused. Mind choose to be single.
@helryx stay single my friend. sometimes, relationships can distract you from your school work. not all the time, but sometimes. but you can find that girl who is intelligent, both book smart and people smart and more things:
1) pretty
2) social
3) hard worker
4) honest
5) good influence/role model
6) Loves kids
7) Family person
8) Respectful
9) Strong
10) Be Herself
Edited for Double Post - Waj
Though I have no problems with having a relationship, and even have several female friends, I don't have a true gf, and probably won't for a while.
I'm lonely like that.
If they aren't into whatever the latest celebrity is doing with their fifteen minutes of fame then that's a start. In all honesty I prefer not to go into the what kinda person your into type of discussion as it just feels shallow to me.
@LGNui you just described every girl at my church. What do you expect me to do date them simultaneously and then watch as they tear me to threads when they find out?
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@Cordak_the_Last_Makuta you've been officially inducted into the Singles Club! Welcome! We've got more members as well!
I never dated in my life. May I join?
@Xevins yes, we saved a seat for you, styling and profiling! woooo!
But on a serious note, the type of girl I go for would be one who is Human, feels Human, and treats and respects others as Human Beings.
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Close your eyes. Breathe deeply. As you slowly inhale and exhale, breathe in the truth of God's mercy. The radical notion that God extends favor and blessings to us when we don't deserve them.
What kind of God is this?
A God that seeks your fellowship in this moment.next >
When the Lord changed Zion's circumstances for the better, it was like we had been dreaming. Our mouths were suddenly filled with laughter; our tongues were filled with joyful shouts. It was even said, at that time, among the nations, "The Lord has done great things for them!" Yes, the Lord has done great things for us, and we are overjoyed.
Psalm 126:1-3next >
Mercy is followed by something special: restoration. Our lives are often characterized by times when things are out of order. Our merciful God is all about restoration — getting things back into a right relationship with God and with others.
As a young man living far from home, I drifted from God. While I maintained a casual prayer life, I was going through the motions. I let things into my life that were inconsistent with my faith. One afternoon, a stranger stopped by my house and shared that God had urged him to come and see me. He talked a little about his faith and his strong feeling that God had good plans for me.
In hindsight, this awkward interaction was mercy-filled. God was welcoming me, undeserving, into a restored and right relationship. I remember feeling pretty joyful. What about you? Do you need to welcome restoration today? Joy awaits.
Bill Ogletreenext >
Create a clean heart for me, God; put a new, faithful spirit deep inside me!
Psalm 51:10
In 2013, Pope Francis shared that Jesus' most powerful message for us is mercy.
In a "get even" world, where can you share the radical message of Christ's mercy today? Can you extend mercy within a broken relationship at school or in the workplace?
It may not feel natural or be easy, but as the Apostle Paul reminds us, with God all things are possible.
Bill Ogletree
Bill Ogletree is a professor at Western Carolina University where he chairs the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. His professional interests center on the communication needs and abilities of people with intellectual disabilities. When not at work, Bill enjoys time with his wife and family, an assortment of pets, and a variety of stringed instruments.
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IKEA and gay marriage22 Jun
WHEN I WAS STRAIGHT, I didn't want to get married. Always the hopeless romantic, I chased boys like crazy, daydreamed about finding true love, and watched Sixteen Candles over and over again on VHS until I could recite every line with the cast. But if someone used the word "should" in a sentence, I dug in my heels. The idea of buying into a state-approved, religion-supported institution like marriage sent me running.
Now I want what I can't have. For fifteen years, my girlfriend and I have danced the Electric Slide at other people's weddings. (Or more accurately, I danced the Electric Slide and Leah laughed at me.) Each celebration reminds us that we can't legally have our own wedding in New York State.
"Go to Massachusetts (Vermont, Canada) to get married," I hear from friends on a regular basis. But I don't think exercising our civil rights should require a road trip.
It's like shopping at IKEA. Now that I'm a domesticated creature, I can spend most of a day blissfully perusing the Glimma, Regolit, and Fartyg in this wondrous Scandanavian heaven. However, I have to drive four hours at a minimum before I can exercise my right to hipster shopping. Why can't I have an IKEA in my town? When will the Senate vote on this gross inequality? We need to organize a rally.
As a kid, when I whined about injustices, my dad always said, "Life's not fair, Amy." (Yes, my parents called me 'Amy.' Don't tell anyone.) Like almost everything, Pop is right. Bad things happen to good people. Everybody dies.
But some inequalities can be fixed, and I'm going to keep whining until I get my way. I want the right to charge a big fat wedding to my high interest credit card; to buy a fancy white dress that I wear once and then nostalgically stash in the back of the closet; to dance the Electric Slide, the Macarena, and The Chicken Dance Polka at my own cheeseball wedding; to check the "married" box on state and federal tax forms.
Let's hope that the New York State Senate votes to approve gay marriage, because I'm ready to celebrate my love. And hopefully they'll write a "Bring IKEA to Ithaca" clause into the bill, because I'm also ready to shop.
-Amelia Sauter


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The Truth About Negroes: Crappy Race of Failures
By DogShitDan
Face the facts, Negroes, your race are a failed race because you're a feckless, unruly, uncivilized horde of feral proto-humans. You never figured out how to live in a society bigger than one or two squabbling families. Starting thousands of years ago, everyone else on this planet without exception did - they invented religion, the idea of law, and the ideas of property and respect for the value of human life. This enabled tribes to coalesce into bigger groups and become organized. The rest is history, or rather civilization.
But your lot never did this, did they? Abstract
thought and problem- solving have never been the black man's strengths, have
they? Did they invent a long-lived and intellectually coherent religion? Nope.
Did they ever build a city? Nope. Did they even invent bricks? Nope (the reason
there's no Stonehenge in Africa is because it took more than 20 people to move
the slabs of rock - clearly a non-starter in Africa, where assembling more than
20 Negroes normally results in a war). Did they till the land? Nope. Did they
domesticate an animal for their use? Nope. Did they invent a written language?
Nope. Did they invent the wheel? Mainly, nope. Were they curious enough about
what lay out across the sea to sail upon it? Nope.
And blacks are the only "humans" on this planet of which all this is true. Eskimos are more technically advanced than blacks were, despite the handicap of having no raw materials to work with other than dead fish and snow. Indians managed to domesticate the elephant. Why couldn't Negroes?
So why do you fail everywhere even today? Let me offer you Negroes a hypothesis. It's because feral behavior - innate savagery, murderous violence if annoyed, predisposition to rape many women and thus fecklessly father many children - conferred valuable survival advantages on individuals in the backward, Paleolithic milieu of Africa. But they don't help your kind in a civilized society. Unfortunately for the rest of us, the last few hundred years have not been long enough for these behaviors to have been domesticated out of you all. So you're all still at it.
Let me illustrate this for you by analogy. Technically, an American pit bull terrier and an English golden retriever are exactly the same species. They can produce offspring, if crossbred.
The former was bred to exhibit certain characteristics - wanton aggression, propensity to fight, physical strength, powerful bite, and so on. The latter was bred to retrieve birds shot and killed by its masters, and to do this, it has to have a docile, placid, non-aggressive nature; otherwise it would treat what it found as its own kill and refuse to hand it over.
Now imagine that your small children, aged maybe two or three years old, are going to be locked in a room with five or six of those dogs, and the dogs haven't been fed for a week.
Which breed would you rather lock in there with *your* children? Hungry pit bulls, or hungry golden retrievers? Or do you figure that, even though they *look* differently, they're all the same species really, so of course the pit bulls certainly won't act any differently?
All this PC crap we hear spouted in the media about how "there's no such thing as race" is just that - crap. A dog has four legs and a tail; a cat also has four legs and a tail, but that doesn't make it a dog. The superficial similarity between cats and dogs and between whites and blacks is just that - superficial. If there really were no genetic difference between Negroes and humans, then presumably my white woman and I could very easily produce a black baby between us at any time, and any Negro and his ho a white one.
But we know what we'd say to them if that ever happened, don't we?
Whenever blacks achieve a certain critical mass numerically in a pre-existing non-black society, they start to exhibit their natural feral behavior and to turn their environment back into a recognizably African, essentially Stone Age one. Thus, Africa has the jungle; black enclaves have "da 'hood." Native Africans were small wandering herds of marginal animals, one famine away from extinction, and which therefore fought each other savagely for pieces of territory. Large groups of "African-Americans" at liberty in the west actually deliberately break themselves down into *smaller*, tribal hordes, because they feel uneasy in and unaccustomed to a larger society. Negro gangs of twenty to fifty individuals assert their rights to "tag" other people's property through gang violence, but fail to co-operate otherwise.
For instance, a 15- or 20-strong horde of negroes was recently filmed by a security camera inside a London bank they were robbing. Once they had terrified the cashiers into handing over the money, they then fought *each other* for it, in the middle of the cashier's hall, like hyenas fighting over an antelope. Having stolen from the bank, they instantly started to steal from each other. The idea of escaping first, then sharing the swag, was just too complex for them to understand, never mind implement.
And so it goes on. You *cannot* fuse blacks into existing large societies or standalone nations because they are just plain not adapted to it. I'm sorry for you Negroes and for your savagery, and I'm sorry you were born a violent black aboriginal savage in a civilized society, but I'm more sorry for the white societies that are having to tolerate all your crime while we try to absorb you.
This is why all black nations fail economically and sink into corruption, civil war, and permanent dependence on the white man's generosity.
And presumably this is also why you pathetically allowed yourselves to be enslaved: you're savage enough still to be angry about it long after it ended, but you were too backward to stop it at the time. No black Spartacus, is there, Negroes? Why no slave uprisings among blacks? Slaves repeatedly rose against the Romans even they knew they'd be crucified for it, when captured.
*White* slaves, that is. They cared enough about their stolen liberty that they were prepared to risk even that. So what's different about the negro? Why did you all sit there, enslaving each other even in America, and still enslaving each other even today in Africa, until a kindly but misguided white benefactor set you free? Is it because, as slaves, you were fed, watered, and housed, and that you as a race had no ambition beyond that if it entailed doing any work or taking any risks? What are you - lazy, cowardly, stupid, or all of the above?
And you're *still* bleating about slavery now. If slavery is the root of all your problems, why did Australia prosper? England used Australia as a dumping ground when her prisons overflowed. Within a hundred years, a nation manufactured from convicts in irons had its own autonomous elected government, and barely a hundred years on from then, Australia is now a major economic power in the Pacific. And at no time have *they* Negrowhined for handouts from the mother country - in fact, if anything, it's mostly been the other way around.
You know what? It's because Australia is *white*. Oh yes it is. Just imagine if there had been a Black Australia. Look how few aborigines were able to live in Australia's climate, and now look at how many whites can. If President Monroe had sent his Negroes there, they'd be Negrowhining about how Bwana dumped de po' black folks on a desert island in the middle of nowhere, so they never had a chance. Every week there'd be news of a new famine or civil war in Australia. The Africoons would be slaughtering the Aborigines, or the other way around, or whatever. The collecting tin would come out regularly, but the money would be stolen and spent on Kalashnikov s, and Black Australia would still owe Whitey billions which we'd be expected to just forget. If all those unfortunate convicts we sent out there had been black, Australia today would just be yet another Liberia - a crappy failed nation of murderous, warring Negroes, with one hand held permanently out for money in the general direction of Bwana. And you know it.
So quit whining and thank the white man you live in America, not in Africa.
In : The Black Plague
Tags: negroes blacks "black on white crime" "white genocide" multiculturalism dieversity diversity "black crime" naacp obama


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Rite of Passage: The Lost Tides Collector's Edition
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From the innovative minds of MadHead Games, the company who brought you Nevertales and Cadenza, comes a stunning new game in the Rite of Passage series! Your mom and dad set sail on the Everlast twenty years ago… and were never seen again. But today, as you prepared to observe the anniversary of their disappearance, the Everlast suddenly sailed back into port! The ship's arrival is suspicious at best, but you're determined to find out what happened to your family all those years ago. And so you set out against a host of strange sea creatures on a journey by land, air, and sea. Will you learn the truth… or will you suffer the same fate as your parents? Find out in this exciting Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure game!
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Hop on your hog and take a ride to America On Wheels in Allentown, Pa, where motorcycles and muscle cars await your worship.
"Motorcycles and Car Fest 2009" takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at America On Wheels in Allentown this Sunday, September 20, where you'll get to see some sweet rides, eat free food, catch free live music and buy some leather from vendors.
Food, tunes, leather, cars and hogs -- plus plenty of testosterone -- make for a promising day of All-American fun.
And the best part is, by attending and donating money you'll be helping out Dream Come True, a charity that fulfills the wishes of sick kids.
The event is being run by the Blue Mountain Kodas, a drug-free motorcycle club that stresses family values.
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text: Articles 2015 January Mandatory Minimums Being Reconsidered for Some Florida Drug Crimes Previous Post | Next Post Mandatory Minimums Being Reconsidered for Some Florida Drug Crimes Posted By Rothman & Associates, P.A. || 4-Jan-2015 Many states are examining some of the harsh prison sentences that they have in place for certain crimes. Because overcrowding is such a huge problem, legislators are trying to find a way to ensure that the funds they have are being spent properly. They want to continue to appear tough on crime, but know that they will need to make changes in order to have space for the most dangerous offenders. Florida officials are taking a closer look at some of the mandatory minimum sentences being handed down in certain drug offenses. This means that when an individual is convicted of a crime, such as drug distribution, the courts have no discretion in the amount of prison time the offender will receive. They are not allowed to depart downward from these guidelines based on other factors present in the case, such as the individual's prior criminal history. Under a recent bill proposed in the state Senate, mandatory minimums would be eliminated for trafficking small amounts (under 14 grams) of oxycodone and hydrocodone. Judges would be allowed to review some of the external factors in these cases, and decide the amount of time that the individual should serve rather than forcing a lengthy sentence for a non-violent offense. The bill also suggests that the courts take a different approach to determining the quantity of drugs at issue in these cases. Currently, the amount of drugs is calculated by the weight of the pills that a person has at the time of the offense. The new bill would change this to simply be the weight of the active ingredients of the drug, which would be a significant difference. While this proposal and other similar bills may lead the legislature to modify their approach to drug crimes, there are still extremely severe penalties in place for those who are convicted. Jail or prison time is possible, and offenders could find themselves struggling after completing their sentences. This can include difficulty in finding work or a place to live, as well as being able to qualify for student loans. If you believe that you are under investigation by police for a drug crime or other criminal offense, it is essential that you speak to an experienced criminal defense attorney as soon as possible. You must have someone on your side who understands how these cases proceed, and who can advise you on what you have to do to protect yourself. Often, law enforcement agencies will have committed substantial resources toward investigating these offenses. They may be very aggressive when trying to get you to admit your involvement. You should not talk to anyone until your attorney is at your side. Categories: Articles Share Post


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Dr. Enza Roberta Petrillo
Enza Roberta Petrillo is a Post-Doctoral Researcher in Political and Social Science at EuroSapienza, the Research Centre in European, International and Development Studies based at the University Sapienza of Rome, where she is in charge of a research focused on the analysis of the "Integrated Border Management" of the EU's external borders and its implications for the EU migration and asylum policy. Currently, her research projects and interests include national and EU migration policy, forced and irregular migration, EU borderlands, Eastern European Politics and Geopolitics and Trans-border Smuggling. Researcher for the UnescoChair in Population, Migration and Development(Rome Chapter), in 2013 she was selected as a Research Contract Agent in Human and Social Sciences by the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission.
Graduated with mentions in Political Science and Ph.D. in Development Geography, she was Research Fellow in Political Science and International Relations at the Pisa-based Sant' Anna School of Advanced Studies until October 2010. Earlier, thanks to a grant awarded by the Italian Foreign Ministry, she was a visiting research fellow at the Faculty of Social Science of the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. She has hold graduate and postgraduate seminars on the analysis of migratory flows, geopolitics and democratization processes.
As a practitioner, since 2006 to date, she also has worked for governmental institutions, international organizations and research centers, advising institutions such as OSCE, FAO, the DG Migration of the Italian Ministry of Labour, the International and European Forum of Migration Research-FIERI and others. She has extensive experience in field research in Eastern European Countries and in analyzing complex political and social settings, using qualitative research methodology.
She is member of Escape – Laboratory on Critical Studies on Forced Migration and of the European International Studies Association. Thanks to a grant awarded by the ISCH COST Action IS1101- Climate Change and Migration: Knowledge, Law and Policy, and Theory, since July 2014 she will spend one month as a visiting researcher at the Hague Institute for Global Justice, the Netherlands.


text: Adele Revella is CEO of Buyer Persona Institute and author of Buyer Personas: How to Gain Insight into Your Customer's Expectations, Align your Marketing Strategies, and Win More Business (Wiley), recently named a Top 5 Business Book by Fortune Magazine. Adele's unique perspective derives from decades of experience as a sales and marketing executive, trainer, researcher and entrepreneur. Through the company she founded in 2010, Buyer Persona Institute, Adele has a compelling strategy for marketers who seek the confidence to say: "This is what really matters to our buyers. So here's the plan."


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Maritime economy in deep trouble, expert warns
Researcher cites being too rural and dependent on public sector jobs as among problems
The Maritime economy is in deep trouble, particularly in New Brunswick, because of its reliance on public sector jobs and the large number of people living in rural areas, says the chief executive officer of Corporate Research Associates.
Don Mills says the Maritimes have trailed the rest of the country in terms of economic growth for the past 20 years.
The unemployment rate in the region is consistently the highest, he said.
Meanwhile, the Maritimes are last for population growth, said Mills, who is based in Halifax.
"We're not that attractive a place to live in terms of the economy that we have in this region," he said.
Mills said he believes one of the biggest contributing factors is the distribution of population across the region.
In the Maritime provinces, at least 45 per cent of the population lives in small communities of fewer than 5,000 people, he said. By comparison, only about 20 per cent of the rest of the population across Canada is considered rural, he said.
It is more expensive to deliver government services, such as health care and roads, in rural regions, said Mills.
It's also more difficult to develop permanent, full-time jobs in many of the small communities, which is why so many people in the region are dependent on seasonal work, such as fisheries, he said.
The Maritimes are also too dependent on government funding and government jobs, said Mills.
In New Brunswick, for example, about 25 per cent of the population works for the public sector, compared to about 21 per cent for the national average, he said.
"The other thing that's disturbing, however, is that the growth in the public sector has outpaced the growth in the private sector. And this is really bad news for the region because it's the private sector that actually creates wealth and prosperity for the region," said Mills.
"It's the private sector that creates products and services for sale that allow our economies to grow."
Another problem in New Brunswick is the lack of development of natural resources, said Mills.
Growth in sectors, such as natural gas, must be environmentally-friendly, he said. But without them, there will be no economic progress, he stressed.
"We've got to find a way to grow our economies better than where we have been over the last 20 years or so," said Mills. "That is fundamental to the future of this region."


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I killed my cat four years ago. I talked about it willingly; he had an arterial thromboembolism, he would have lived the rest of his days in crippled agony, and I put him down. He was my favorite cat; he was long and muscular, graceful and goofy simultaneously, and perpetually gentle in the way that goodness always is. I wrote and spoke of these things immediately and, for a while, frequently. I wrote that the grief was awful and too specific for justification. I told friends that the horror of what I'd done faded more quickly than I'd thought it would.
But I never wrote or spoke of the act. I never told anyone how the choice, to kill my cat, was so complete and so deliberate, it made my fingers thicker, my chest prouder, and my eyes a tragic monstrosity of unmerciful brutishness. I never wrote that my arms were feather light stones while I held him, as he died. I never wrote that my voice didn't break when I said I loved him and thought he was beautiful. I never mentioned my scream as he slipped away, never addressed the tear it made in my soul as I did what I was going to do. I didn't describe how immediately my deliberation ran away, and left my shoulders withered and quaking, never whispered that the grief is still there and visits me unsolicited, in a dirty, damp, alley, behind the quiet light of my heart's forgiveness.
I never said those things, so I'm saying them now. Because when next I'm visited by my serial sadist, I want to look it in the face and tell it that I know.


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Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Wedding Bells
So, the main reason for heading to Texas was for Jordan and Ben's wedding. Did I mention that the wedding and the bride and every little detail was absolutely gorgeous?!?! Jordan worked with Flint at Baylor and is so sweet and smart and beautiful! She was also a Tri Delt at Baylor so we always had that fun bond as well!!! And of course, Flint liked to make fun of us! But I am used to it after all these years! Ben played golf and coached at Baylor which explains the groom's cake in the previous post!
My wedding date!
Flint, Ben, Jordan, me and Katie
Katie is one of our besties from our time in Waco. She would always come to our house for dinner. She would come over to swim with us. She would watch Cilla and even our dogs for us. We even went on a road trip together before Cilla was born! She was and is such a dear friend and I am so thankful God brought her into my life. I definitely can't imagine our time in Waco without her friendship and she will always be a dear friend! It was so good to see her!
So, on to the food. The food was literally the cutest thing ever!
The menu consisted of yummy salad, grilled chicken skewers, chicken fried steak skewers, barbecue brisket sliders, and get ready for this...
a mashed potato bar and a mac'n'cheese bar!
That is not a new concept to me but for some reason I had never seen it presented in such a cute way! Oh, and it was delicious!!!
I know it is a little weird that I took a picture of my food, but I could not resist. It was so stink'in cute!
Congrats Jordan and Ben!
We love you and are so so so happy for you. We wish you many years of happiness and pray God richly blesses your marriage. May you always keep Him in the center of of your relationship!
Oh, and have fun in St. Lucia.
5 comments:
- Jenna said...
The food looks sooo yummy! What a beautiful bride!
- June 28, 2011 at 6:30 PM
- Katie said...
What fun! That groom's cake is awesome!
I'm jealous you got to see Laura. ; )
Thanks for the recipe. I love crock pot dinners!
- June 28, 2011 at 8:37 PM
- Lilly, Reid, Matt, and Sara said...
How did I miss so many posts?
So glad you guys had a great time. The food looks wonderful...mash potatoes and mac'n'cheese sounds pretty yummy to me! (;
The recipes look delicious too. Notice how I am focused on food? Maybe I have the munchies!
Also--totally agree on the inner beauty post. I think that catches me up on my commenting. Ha!
- June 28, 2011 at 11:15 PM
- Katie Rasmussen said...
Loved seeing you!!! See I knew the pictures of the food would pay off ;) haha even if we got a few strange looks!
- June 29, 2011 at 10:59 AM
- Jennifer said...
I love Jordan! She is precious and I'm so excited for her!
You looked so pretty at the wedding!
- June 29, 2011 at 2:28 PM
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Good quality items such as 24-carat gold necklaces and rings set with precious stones can fetch a fair amount of money. If you have recently inherited such jewellery and have no emotional attachment to the items in question, read the following short guide to make sure that you get a good price and are able to cash in on your inheritance without running into any difficulties.
The above suggestions should help you to obtain the best price for your inherited jewellery but how much you are able to raise will also depend on how urgently you need the cash. If you are experiencing financial difficulties and are desperate to raise some money it is of course important not to mention this fact to prospective buyers as it may well encourage them to offer you a much lower price.


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Friday, 7 April 2017
New releases 07/04/2017
Well we have seen them at the Horus Heresy Weekender, but finally they are out.
The new Jetbikes for the Custodes:
The Gyrfalcon just looks awesome. We are in full swing of a joint Legio Custodes project.
Atia is happy that these are out (but is still waiting for Vyronii transfers too.
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Ok I emailed the video to you. I also uploaded it here, does the function work on the website?
Also, this video took about 5 hours to process, which seems extremely long. Any suggestions to make processing time faster? Im on a new Mac Pro 6 core so I shouldn't be having processing time probs.
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Hello Ladies!!!! Spring has sprung!!! And what better way to celebrate than with a Girls Night Out! Join us on Thursday, April 27, 2017 at Cavaliers Country Club for a FUNdraiser to benefit Asperger's Alliance. We'll have a Chinese auction, cash bar and a 3 course buffet dinner! The event is held from 6-8:30 and tickets are only $25.
Asperger's Alliance was formed from the vision to create an environment where students and adults on the Autism Spectrum can experience success with the support of their peers and families. A safe place for children and adults to develop the skills necessary to develop friendships and improve their confidence in school, and to prepare for their transition into adulthood.
This evening will be so much FUN and what makes it even better, is that we can support a cause that is such a huge part of our own community and families. And wait until you check out the Chinese Auction! Here's a sneak peek of a just a few of the wonderful benefactors who've donated to our FUNdraiser – Six Paupers Tavern, Bella Coast, Stone Balloon, BBC Tavern & Grille, Winterthur and HAC! There are so many more, but you'll just have to come and see…. 🙂 So ladies, grab a friend, come together and join us for an evening of FUN, food and friendship! Don't wait, April 20th is the final ticket sales/RSVP


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Fasten your seat belts, hold your horses, batten your hatches, rub them nipples.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Pilgrim Acomin'
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Talent runs in the Family.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Robert Ray "Red" Robinson 1921-2012
Red Robinson passed on Sunday evening, surrounded by family and friends at his home in Carlsbad, California on the eve of his and Grannie's 70th wedding anniversary. Papa generated more than a few namesakes, my son among them. The "Red Dog" helped incorporate Carlsbad in the 1950s, planning and building out much of the town's infrastructure. His strength of character, intelligence and generosity marked all the best things that North County has to offer. A pillar on the beach, Papa's enthusiasm for volleyball led to the creation of the Ocean Street Volleyball Association and countless games played just for the fun of it. Papa was a man of a thousand stories, each more enthralling than the next. From his daredevil flights transporting plumbing supplies to the inlands; from his time on the gridiron pairing in the backfield with Jackie Robinson; from his association with the most interesting time in California politics; Papa's most telling stories remain the ones he's left behind: his children, his grand children and his great grand children. A party is set for Saturday afternoon in his name. And a paddle-out to spread the ashes in memory of his birthday is set for July.
The North County Times obituary is posted here.
One such story.
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Monday, January 23, 2012
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Oh My God This Looks Like Fun
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Baby On The Way
The beginning of the end. Welcome to the wild world of urban parenthood.
If you are in the Bay Area or nearby, I've ridden in this truck. It is a good truck. A much loved truck. I mean, it's no Suzuki (certainly no Datsun) but it seems like it's the next best thing.
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This sort of thing is great.
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Friday, January 20, 2012
Grant came down the other day and stayed long enough to take some photos
and accept some dinner.
and accept some dinner.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Surf Art By Any Other Name
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Today's Other Thought
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Quote Of Del Dia
"Hey, man, you got to let Joe Flacco know we're trying to win the Super Bowl around here! He's at home riding a skateboard. Somebody's got to let him know what the deal is."
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In The Hook
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Today's Thought
I've never seen this. Thanks Grant.
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Ice Sailing
Noah Sabich dropped by yesterday and got me thinking real hard about this.
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Monday, January 16, 2012
via Salcedo via Mollusk via Vimeo via Witzig
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The Other Side
While meandering along the lonely boulevards of Los Angeles a few weeks ago I was unexpectedly buoyed by the site of some New York Cosmos stickers slapped onto one of the street signs. Something of the pulsating vitality of my adopted home came flooding through my visual nostrils and I could breathe a touch easier. Skip ahead to this morning, trudging through the cold Midtown avenues my bookmark slipped out from the pages, warming my frozen gut with a memory of more comfortable times. The grass is always greener as they say.
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Saturday, January 14, 2012
Today's Thought
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Kids Draw the Darndest Things
The little central squiggly bit is apparently some poor bastard getting pitched.*
*My words not hers, that being the blue retelling of her version of illustrated events.
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Friday, January 13, 2012
Thinking of Africa
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Today's Thought
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Thursday, January 12, 2012
Coke Is It
I read this the other day on some possibly dodgy health site:
When somebody drinks a Coke watch what happens… In The First 10 minutes: 10 teaspoons of sugar hit your system. (100% of your recommended daily intake.) You don't immediately vomit from the overwhelming sweetness because phosphoric acid cuts the flavor allowing you to keep it down.
20 minutes: Your blood sugar spikes, causing an insulin burst. Your liver responds to this by turning any sugar it can get its hands on into fat. (There's plenty of that at this particular moment)
40 minutes: Caffeine absorption is complete. Your pupils dilate, your blood pressure rises, as a response your livers dumps more sugar into your bloodstream. The adenosine receptors in your brain are now blocked preventing drowsiness.
45 minutes: Your body ups your dopamine production stimulating the pleasure centers of your brain. This is physically the same way heroin works, by the way.
60 minutes: The phosphoric acid binds calcium, magnesium and zinc in your lower intestine, providing a further boost in metabolism. This is compounded by high doses of sugar and artificial sweeteners also increasing the urinary excretion of calcium.
60 Minutes: The caffeine's diuretic properties come into play. (It makes you have to pee.) It is now assured that you'll evacuate the bonded calcium, magnesium and zinc that was headed to your bones as well as sodium, electrolyte and water.
60 Minutes: As the rave inside of you dies down you'll start to have a sugar crash. You may become irritable and/or sluggish. You've also now, literally, pissed away all the water that was in the Coke. But not before infusing it with valuable nutrients your body could have used for things like even having the ability to hydrate your system or build strong bones and teeth.
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Submarining the sup.
Now, I ain't no SUP hater, necessarily. We've talked about it here.
But this is pretty great by the comedy standard.
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This one is for Jack
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Today's Thought
Thomas Brookins posted this up and we are following suit.
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Monday, January 9, 2012
Just over that ridge there...
"We interrupt today's neighborhood walkabout in order to offer this image to remind you of where you're not. Thank you and continue on..."
Thank you Mr. Curran. Sheesh.
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Sunday, January 8, 2012
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Stories from the Grand Street Playground
Yesterday Delphine told me that life in Paris is too bourgeois, her holiday at home bringing her nothing but cafes and wine drinking and nights out spent in conversation through the wee morning hours. She added that she finds men sexier there. A handful of minutes later, Molly regaled me with tales of Istanbul and how it is such a kid friendly city. Her holiday, spent with Everard and the two girls in the shadow of the Hagia Sophia, bewitching her, "illuminating" as she said. Everard admitted that perhaps one ought to watch the little girls closely when there. He was worried by possible snatchings. Maura spent her holiday in Greenpoint watching someone's geriatric golden labrador. Nick and Quynh spent their holiday traipsing the trails at Yosemite.
Stories from Fatherly Duties
The thing is, sometimes you just gotta eat it. Granted, it weren't all bad. But sometimes she gets to go out to Montauk to visit friends on the eve of some surfable waves while you've got to stay in town and take the kid to his friend's birthday parties. It is what it is. Luckily the birthday party was at Zebulon and the pastis and parler flowed like wine. Comme du wine. And this morning when Fresh Direct rang my door, my head splitting with unrepentant soify memory, I checked the little digital forecaster knowing I was in for a heartache of a different sort. Ah, fatherhood. Ah, husbandhood. At least we'll always have permaculture.
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Saturday, January 7, 2012
Roadtrippin' in Australia...East Coast
here's a quick little vid of a trip I just made to Angourie, Byron, Gold Coast with Andy Ward & Karl Weber....enjoi.....Angus.
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Friday, January 6, 2012
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Today's Other Thought
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Leg Ropes and Doo Dads : Today's Thought
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Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
The Second Annual Smiths Point Polar Plunge
The Second Annual Smiths Point Polar Plunge had a great turn out to bring in the new year, a solid 40 50 people took the plunge with about 100 on the beach cheering on, pretty good since last year there was only 3 who made the plunge. Note to self going in a 2nd time is very painful..apparently your body loses heat and doesnt gain in back and since I weigh 4 pounds my body was quite angry the second time in..good thing my goat herders beard kept me warm. - Lentini
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Get a load of this guy...
I first met Mick at the initial New York Surf Film Festival a few years ago. I was hanging around the after party, alone and in a corner nervously sipping on a Red Bull. He sauntered past and struck up the only face-to-face conversation we've had. That ended up leading to a number of other digital conversations later on. It's funny how a relationship can happen over the internet. I don't hink I've had too many of those. My old fashioned, pre-cell phone brain has a tough time getting around the fact that this sort of detached yet lively thing can actually happen. But I guess if one puts the energy in...
Anyhow, he has more than a few things boiling in the pot and a regular check in on his blog Safe To Sea is a blog-roll must. Here is a guy I can say I learned to greatly admire from the digital afar. Check out Ty Breuer's interview here.
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Oracles & sibyls, those fascinating forecasters, were popular with ancient Greeks and Romans who wanted to learn their fates. I'm never quite clear on the difference between the two but my classical dictionary says that an oracle transmits the response of a god to a question asked by a worshipper. A sibyl was a female prophet who didn't need a god to get involved in the process.
One of the most memorable days I ever spent immersed in the ancient world was a visit to Delphi, dedicated to Apollo and home of the Delphic Oracle, called Pythia, by tradition a local woman over age 50. The area was a center of worship before the first millennium BC and was still in operation in 385 AD when Emperor Theodosius abolished it. The site, not far from Athens, retains an aura of mystery because of the beauty of its surroundings and the evocative ruins of temples in the Sacred Precinct. This most famous shrine to Apollo rests on Mount Parnassus' steep slopes. The location was considered to be the center of the earth and was therefore sacred to the god as well as home to the muses, personifications of poetry, music and learning.
After wandering around the ruins filled with temples, a theatre, gymnasium, and a museum where the exquisite bronze statue of a charioteer stares solemnly into the distance with his glass eyes, I sat among the ruins in warm, hazy air gazing on endless silver-green olive groves punctuated with whorled cypress trees all sloping down the hills. The age of Apollo seemed to return and it was easy to visualize the streams of worshippers bringing gifts, watching plays and cheering athletic competitions. But perhaps I was only breathing the faint fumes still wafting in the breeze from a chasm where the oracle sat on a tripod speaking in Apollo's name. It is said that she chewed on laurel leaves and breathed the fumes from the rotting corpse of a giant snake, the Python, for inspiration. More prosaically, the fumes are thought to be ethylene which is known to produce out of body experiences. Whatever the genesis of her trance she provided devotees with answers to religious, moral and political problems. Ever curious about the future, I asked what my fate would be. But there was no response to my entreaties.
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Cumae, an ancient temple complex similar to Delphi but only a couple of hours south of Rome, was established by the Greeks in the 8th Century BC. Not much remains except the cave where the Cumaen Sibyl spun out her prophecies. She must have been a fearful sight if we can believe Michelangelo. Of the five sibyls depicted in the Sistine Chapel, she's the ugly one, rendered with aged and masculine features and upper body and arms like those of a weightlifter. The sibyl was reputed to have shunned sex – thus Michelangelo painted her legs and feet primly poised together as she intently studies her book. Her fame rests on offering nine books of prophecies to an Etruscan king of Rome in the sixth century BC. He declined to buy them because of the cost. She burned three and offered the remainder to the king at the same price. He refused again whereupon she burnt three more. He gave in and purchased the last three at full original price. They were kept in the Temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill in Rome to be consulted in emergencies, not that in the end they did any good as both they and the Roman Empire were destroyed.
When she was "alive" she sat at the end of a 145 foot long trapezoidal tunnel cut through solid rock. The tunnel and the surrounding remains are located not far from the volcanic and sulfurous Phlegrean Fields as well as Lake Avernus, considered by the ancients to be an entrance to Hades.
Virgil described the sybil's fearsome power: "Through the amplification of her hollow vaults, the sibyl cast her warnings, riddles confused with truth." Despite her powers she came to a peculiar end. She asked Apollo to let her live as long as the number of grains of sand she held in her hand. Apollo granted her wish but because she forgot to ask for enduring youth she slowly withered away, ending up in a small jar. In the end only her voice was left, and that, too, is long gone thus preventing me from asking her any questions either.
Virgil described the sybil's fearsome power: "Through the amplification of her hollow vaults, the sibyl cast her warnings, riddles confused with truth." Despite her powers she came to a peculiar end. She asked Apollo to let her live as long as the number of grains of sand she held in her hand. Apollo granted her wish but because she forgot to ask for enduring youth she slowly withered away, ending up in a small jar. In the end only her voice was left, and that, too, is long gone thus preventing me from asking her any questions either.
The tunnel had a few openings for light cut into the cliff facing the sea. My husband and I stumbled along in the dimness. By the time we reached her cave at the end it was easy to think of the ancients quivering while awaiting some word on the future as she wrote their destiny in riddles confused with truth. The mood was unsettling and we didn't linger, anxious to return to the emotionally cleansing sunlight.
When we emerged into the brilliance after one visit we were suddenly transported to a relic of the 18th century. A funeral cortege was passing by. In the lead was an enormous ornately carved Baroque black wooden coach drawn by six black horses with black plumes on their bridles. The coach was glass sided with two gold and silver lanterns, each at least six feet tall, a gold railing across the glass and a gold cockle shell adorning each of the lower sides. The wheel spokes were as elaborately carved as the coach body. On top were two screened domes to dispel the odor of decay. A coffin heaped with flowers rested on a red velvet bier inside the coach. Incongruously, the driver and his helper sitting on the carved and painted high seat were wearing ordinary slacks and windbreakers. No bewigged footman in sight. A dozen cars followed the coach as it slowly made its way along the road. The cars were hung with funeral wreaths so big that they were nearly buried in flowers. Were they headed to the cemetery or to Lake Avernus and the underworld to see the deceased off on his journey to an unknown destiny?


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Lawyer donates 13 rare cars to help Galveston nonprofit
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Houston lawyer donates 13 rare cars to help nonprofit that aids Galveston's needy
GALVESTON — Thirteen exotic cars ranging from a $550,000 Saleen S7 to a $525,000 Mercedes-Benz McLaren SLR eventually will be on display in an unusual ploy to assist nonprofit charitable organizations.
Houston attorney Tony Buzbee recently donated the collection, valued at $3.5 million, to the Galveston nonprofit social services agency Jesse Tree. Buzbee is a member of the organization's board.
Among the collection are a 1930 Model A Ford valued at $40,000, a 2003 Aston Martin Vanquish valued at $240,000 and a 2008 custom-order Spyker C8 valued at $250,000.
The Jesse Tree board of directors wants to turn the gift into a road show that would raise money by selling tickets and photos of guests sitting in cars that few ever get to see up close, said Jesse Tree's executive director, Ted Hanley.
The board wants to invite other nonprofits to put up exhibits at the shows in hopes of turning them into major charitable fundraising events, he said. Jesse Tree is
in talks with Moody Gardens about the first car show and after that will be seeking venues in Houston, Hanley said.
The cars eventually will be sold, and Jesse Tree is seeking out collectors willing to pay top dollar as well as donors willing to match the sale price, he said.
Jesse Tree was founded in Galveston 15 years ago as a faith-based social services agency under the motto, "We connect, rebuild and uplift." The nonprofit agency takes its name from a verse in the Bible, Isaiah 11:1 - "A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit."
"It's a locally founded and managed organization, and we took on an enormous task in dealing with the uninsured," Hanley said. "The demand has increased significantly and the economy has decreased contributions and availability of funds, and then the storm comes along."
Hurricane Ike caused more than $2.2 million in damage to Jesse Tree offices and equipment in September 2008.
Jesse Tree became a hub of resources for hurricane survivors, at one point bypassing the Federal Emergency Management Agency and American Red Cross bureaucracy to hand out food and vouchers directly to those in need.
Hanley said Buzbee made his gift after thinking about a contribution that would sustain Jesse Tree longer than a lump-sum donation.
Buzbee was unavailable for comment, but in a written statement said he became successful after growing up poor in Atlanta, Texas, one of four children of a butcher and a high school cafeteria worker.
"The American dream is to be successful," Buzbee said. "But no responsible citizen should lose sight of the obligation to help others when in a position to do so; that's what I try, and am trying, to teach my children."firstname.lastname@example.com


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The oldest book in the library at Upernavik Museum is from the series Meddelelser om Grønland, a Greenlandic-English dictionary printed in Copenhagen in 1927. During the 1920s the orthography of the language was still being debated and the idea of anchoring words on paper had been practiced for less than 100 years. (While Kallilusit has retained the Roman alphabet, some related Inuit languages have opted for the Inuktituk syllabary (titirausiq nutaaq) adapted from Cree). The dictionary is not infallible; there are contemporary corrections in a beautiful italic hand. So, for example, akiatsianga, which is officially defined (rather awkwardly) as 'take hold (of it) together with me' becomes 'carry me, please'.
Most of the words in the opening pages – those beginning with 'a' – concern writing. Agdlak means 'stripe, spot or pattern' and the words that grow from this root refer to an act of mark-marking, such as adlagpoq ('writes') and adlapalaarpa ('draws a design'). Since I have been intrigued by the links between poetry and shamanism (there are fewer Greenlandic poets than might be expected, as the angakok's role covers all acts of inspiration and interpretation), I wondered whether it might be more than co-incidence that the word listed directly before that for writing, describes the shamanic act of rubbing stones together (agiut). But perhaps I should be careful of making these tenuous connections, since the word before that, aggaitsoq, is (i) one who sleeps in his clothes (ii) a stockfish. And surely one wouldn't want to imply that either poets or shamans might be prone to a slight pong.
The dictionary is a testament to Greenlandic culture, with its highly specific words for harpoon shafts and specific cuts of meat, on which Upernavik Museum holds much material. However, the dictionary is not so useful on daily communication in the twenty-first century. I've just downloaded a dictionary in spreadsheet form from Oqaasileriffik, the Greenlandic Language Secretariat, but this is likewise distinguished by never having in it the word in which Beathe, the Museum Director, and I need.
So today Beathe has been teaching me 'important words', i.e. those I will need during my time in Upernavik. 'I love you', she said. 'Asavakkit. This is the most important!' she added, and smiled. Although the chances of me needing to say 'I love you' are slim, I agreed, love is important. Over coffee, we spent some time trying to establish whether love only exists as a verb in Greenlandic or whether there is a noun too. 'As in "God is love"', I say, wishing these fine distinctions were easier to explain. After a while, we give up, and look at the icebergs. I realise I don't know the word for 'iceberg' yet, but some objects are so far beyond language that the words don't matter.
Friday, 12 February 2010
How to say 'I Love You' in Greenlandic
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Inuktitut is visually so beautiful...the way it looks is the way a poem in an unknown language sounds. Recognisable with a part of yourself that doesn't need to know but still understands something. Hope you are enjoying Greenland...it looks a lot cooler than Australia! angela
- 15 February 2010 at 11:19
- NANCY CAMPBELL said...
I'd like to hear more of your thoughts on this! I remember going to Gaelic poetry reading in Edinburgh, and convincing myself that I understood the sense of the sound. Can typography potentially be as expressive as the voice?
- 18 February 2010 at 13:28
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The Bible
We believe that the Bible is accurate and reliable, was written under direct inspiration from God, and is completely authoritative for all Christians. (2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:19-21)
We believe that there is one true God, the Creator of the universe, who eternally exists in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. (Matthew 28:19; John 1:1,14; John 14:26; 1 Peter 1:2)
We believe that Jesus was God's only begotten Son, was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, voluntarily died on the cross for our sins, was bodily raised from the dead, ascended into heaven, and will return to earth to initiate the consummation of human history. (John 1:1-18; Acts 2:22-41; Philippians 2:1-11)
The Holy Spirit
We believe the Holy Spirit is equal with God and with Jesus, and provides power to overcome sin, gives insight into Scripture, and personal direction in life. All believers are given the gift of the Holy Spirit at conversion as well as certain gifts to use in ministry. (Luke 11:13; John 16:13; Acts 1:8; Romans 8:11)
To become a Christian, one must believe that Jesus is God's Son, repent of their sin, and be baptized by immersion. (John 3:16; Acts 2:38; Romans 3:23, 10:9; 1 John 1:9)
Human Destiny
We believe that everyone will live forever after they die. Non-believers will be separated from God's presence for all eternity in hell. Believers will be received into heaven to be with God for all eternity. (John 3:36; Revelation 20-22)
Church Government
Christ's Church of the Valley (CCV) is affiliated with a fellowship of over 6,000 similar non-denominational churches nationwide in what historians call the Restoration Movement. These churches combine their efforts to support church planting organizations, missionaries, benevolent associations, and Christian Colleges and Seminaries.


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Made with clotted cream and whole milk, fresh from the cows that graze on Cornwall's lush green grass, Kelly's Ice Cream has a distinctive creamy flavour and velvety smoothness that you won't find in any other ice cream. Perfect for sharing at home, Kelly's is the ideal accompaniment for any family or special meal occasion.
Kelly's of Cornwall is the leading brand of Cornish ice cream and a pioneer of the famous Cornish clotted cream ice cream. The Kelly's of Cornwall story dates back to the late 1890s when Joseph Staffieri moved to the UK from Italy and settled in St Austell. He started a small business selling fish & chips in the winter and ice cream, which he made himself, in the summer.
His son-in-law, Lazero, began to build the ice cream side of the business and with a pony and cart launched the first Kelly's mobile unit, the origin of the fleet of 40 vans which we now see across our Cornish beaches and landmark every summer. At that time he sold what was called the 'penny lick'; a small shot-sized re-useable glass which he filled with ice cream and sold for a penny.
In the early 1930s Lazero changed the business name to the easier-to-pronounce Kelly's. Around this time the first Kelly's van, a Morris Cowley, appeared on the roads around St Austell selling Kelly's increasingly popular ice cream to local residents.
Here is just a small selection of our delicious dessert recipes using Kelly's ice cream for you to try.