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Array-ne This week’s prompt is: Second Chance. Is there someone who you need to give a second chance? Do you wish you could have one with someone else? Is there something you wish you could do all over again? Is there a Sunday Scribblings prompt you would like to use again? Here’s your chance - your second chance!1. rob kistner19. rob kistner (part 2)27. janie hickock siess, esq.65. jennifer/the word cellar67. ish (part 2)69. ~ minutechaser ~105.
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-ne Last night I had the girls over and Shelvis was nice enough to clean the house (!) and mow the lawn (!!) and run the dishwasher (!!!) while I made crab dip. Anyway the end result of all of this baking and steaming the place was that I got really hot. Less than the average Average American?
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Liberal Party media manipulation and dirty tricks.Justice Elizabeth Bennett interjected several times as Special Prosecutor Andrea MacKay attempted to explain why several documents were neither disclosed to the defence nor identified on a not disclosed list.The concern is that despite checks and balances, a number of documents have gone missing in this case, Bennett said.Kevin McCullough, lawyer for former provincial ministerial aide Bob Virk, argued that media monitoring contracts between the B.C. And I was led to believe the opposite,” he said.MacKay argued that there were concerns about the confidentiality of the files and the possibility that an RCMP drug informant could be identified if defence lawyers gained access to the files.Later MacKay tested Bennetts patience again by attempting to take her through the details of a precedent setting case involving informants and privilege to access to their information.I’ve been involved in the leading case of [informer] privilege in this province, Bennett told MacKay.Later MacKay drew the judges ire again.”Milady, I know you made an earlier decision but you are not bound by that decision…”
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I’m a planner.2. I’m obsessed with Sci-fi3. I love to paint houses.8. Without fail, it will take me 30 minutes longer than the average person to get from point A to point B.9. Even though it takes me 30 minutes longer to get places, I always take off 30 minutes early—-so I’m “on time”.11..I’ve done some pretty embarrassing things.12 No, I won’t tell you about them.13. I’m trying to eat locally.19. I love self-help books.35. I’m seriously thinking of giving up my car, and living a bicyclists’ life.37. I am constantly surprised at how people profess to love the environment, and yet never go outside.38. I’m allergic to avocados.39. I’ve always wanted to have an outdoor wedding.44. I wish Oprah would go to all the places I’ve worked before, and magic them bunches of money, so they can continue their good work. I’m the good child.59. I really, really, love the Harry Potter –verse.62. I’m your bump, set girl.69. I’m not afraid of the good fight.70. I’m pretty useful in a trivia game.71. I love my boyfriend like crazy.73. i love my brothers, but don’t understand them as much as I’d like.77. I’ve never been able to get through it, and do not feel guilty about it.86. Baked Feta in olive oil is proof that God loves us, and wants us to be happy.87. I recently discovered how much I love coffee.88. I’ve had a vision of my death—and it comforted me.91. I tell people I love them only if I do.92. I’m a good friend.94. I’m all about Jesus. I may be flawed—but I know I’m loved, and I’ll tell you you are too, you big sissy.
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Array-ne Right now I’m in study hall, it’s about 10:40 and I just got out of the principles office for being late to school. Well my punishment for being late today is that I have to come in early every other thrusday.
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The next 4 years will be scary to think about what this president will do to the nation. Wade could be overturned Over 40 years of civil rights legislation could be in jeapordy. I will be watching and waiting to see what the next 4 years brings ….
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-ne This morning at around 1:40, I wrote a clever post about how the election was still too close to call, and the media were making mistakes in arguing otherwise, and how we need a better system for voting. (Insert whiny and myopic complaint about poor results from a free service here) Now, of course, it is no longer too close to call, and we’re in for four more years of wars of aggressiontruncated civil rightsfree speech zoneslost jobssocial service cutsthat awful smirk on his face.
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Bush 2000/Bush 2004 African-Americans: 8%/11% Whites: 54%/58% Hispanic: 41%/44% Married: 53%/56% Not Married: 38%/40% Union Members: 37%/40% Gays: 25%/23% Gun Owners: 61%/67% Protestants: 63%/59% Jewish: 19%/25% Catholics: 45%/52% Republicans: 91%/93% Democrats: 10%/11% Men: 51%/55% Women: 43%/48% 18-29 year olds: 46%/45% 30-44 year olds: 49%/53% 45-59 year olds: 49%/51% 60 47%/54%
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Array It is also significantbecause people are now capitalizing on the personality cult of anauthoritarian leader at the same time that the opposite could not betrue: you could not have a song that says he must NOT be like Putin.The song is completely shameful and from a democratization standpointextremely worrying.
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Played a song by Le Monde Fabuleux Des Yamashoi(Mr.Stoll currently has no comment regarding this musical selection)

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Went to Werblin at 5:30 - ridiculously packed for spring breakersWent to Livingston - not badIncumbent Bike - 35 minutes - 6 miles

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You should all be glad I don’t live in Egypt …An Egyptian blogger has been sentenced to four years in jail for insulting Islam. Like most industrialized nations, its birthrate has fallen as people are better able to plan pregnancy. However, unlike most industrialized nations, Russia also faces a decline in life expectancy that rivals many third world nations. No special treatment for this royal…Britain’s Prince Harry will be deployed to Iraq . The prince attended Sandhurst Military Academy in Britain and has been in the military for the past few years.
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the serf was tired of his land workthe car represents her personalitythis person has leprosyi renounced my jobi am now going to my manor said the queen.
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Array The commander sits on the top branch, the officers and commmand staff sit immediately below him, and the enlisted men are on the lower branches beneath them.When the commander looks down from his perch, all he sees is smiling faces looking back up at him.
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Today, though, the day I need to drive a couple of hours on the motorway, it’s a real pea souper.The Brits, who spend so much time talking about the weather, ignore it completely when it comes to driving. I will say that people allowed more than the usual six inches distance between cars at 80 miles per hour.-0-I stopped off at RHS Wisley on the way back.
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Great Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes - Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe Articles: Otis Spunkmeyer®, the cookie leader in foodservice for 25 years, is launching a Sweet Discovery™ Cookie Recipe Contest to honor ASFSA National School Lunch Week, October 2004.
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White asparagus!Just before we left for Germany in March, Donica’s mom (who had lived in Germany years ago for 5 years with the Civil Service) told us to make sure we ate lots of spargel when it came in season.It’s in season now, from May to June, and we’re eating it every chance we get!
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John 20:24-31 Physical resurrections aren’t common I don’t blame Thomas for doubting the reality of Jesus conquest. Reality is we all will struggle with doubt at some point in life. Worldy Wisdom (constant attack of world on God) Judas paper Satan (whisper of doubt did God really say?) Sin (We don’t want to deal with God’s claims so we doubt.) Crises (Crushing moments can cause us to question) Poor Biblical Understanding Wrong thoughts about God (When we have wrong thoughts we develop wrong expectations. Or we use doubt as a cover up for guilt), instability (Not growing up to think like an adult) and integrity in thought (There is more genuine faith in the person who insists on being sure, than in the one who has never thought out their beliefs. In prayer admit your doubts to God. If your doubts are real it’s silly to deny them. Discuss your doubts with a believer who can help you think through your doubts. If, after your efforts nagging doubts remain, put them in a little compartment at the back of your mind labeled to be investigated later.
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one must use a fly rod to cast out a fly because only a fly rod can be loaded or bent by a fly line.
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Anders gesagt: Es gibt sehr viel Humbug, aber nicht jedes Markenprodukt ist deswegen ein Käse.Es gibt zwischen all dem Marketing-Schrott, der einem bei einem Spaziergang auf Mailands Via della Spiga oder der Zürcher Bahnhofstrasse begegnet, nach wie vor Produkte, die einen handwerklichen und materiellen Wert darstellen. Es gibt nur einige wenige Ausnahmen von dieser Regel, und die hören in der Regel auf die Nachnamen von berühmten Frauen.Zweitens ist es von essenzieller Bedeutung, sich den Marken nicht auszuliefern, sondern die Stücke einzeln mit anderen Labels oder auch mit Elementen der einfachen Garderobe zu mischen.
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gerade war ich mit anja einkaufen, essen machen und essen aufessen und gleich geht’s mit ner flasche wein an den hafen und den abend genießen.
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Array The idea of the wine merchant has been occupying my time, partly because it is in such a radical state of transition, partly because of the book I’m reading, and to a large part because of the market forces in play.Friday I was scheduled to pinch hit for a supplier friend who was in the hospital on an emergency. I read some of the wine and food blogs and sometimes get a sense from some of the writers that they are above the rest of us folks. Same as it ever was…..Maybe it’s just the age I’m from and the age I’m showing, trying to impart something to these babies in the wine business. Which of the elephants are taking a chance on the tightrope?Michael Bauer is commenting on high wine prices in restaurants and the comments he got (54 at this time) were all over the map. Shoot the messenger, shout your talking points over the voice of the others, win, win, win. But time is compressing, it’s heading this way faster than many of us will be able to see until it is moving through the station.So the grappa was talked about, some tasted, the wine bufoon juggled the grappa pins in front of the wine babies, trying to get them to like the circus they are in and to not be afraid of the clowns.
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Minnesota had a second consecutive year where they were not a major player in the race for the regular season title, but still qualified for the six-team tournament, which was filled out by Purdue and Illinois.In the tournament, OSU beat Purdue and Northwestern but were tripped up in the winner’s bracket final by Minnesota and then lost the loser’s bracket final to those who shall not be named. They who shall not be named beat Minnesota two straight as the Gophers for the second straight year placed second in the tournament (to OSU in 2005). Minnesota was second at .627) and PW%(.728 with Minnesota second at .628). Offensively, the Buckeyes were led by B10 MVP Ronnie Bourquin, the third baseman who was a second round pick to the Tigers. Senior captain and eighth round Oriole selection Jeddidiah Stephen finished his career at 16, 8.2, and his junior double play partner Jason Zoeller was second to him on the team in isolated power, 11 runs and 7.8 per game.Junior Jacob Howell struggled through hamstring injuries, but hit a sizzling 402/448/500, 9.9, 15 RAA when able to play. Dan Barker was good again in 4 starts and 14 relief appearances, with a 4.15 RA and 3.57 eRA.This was a fairly young team, but with only two (potentially three if Luebke was to sign with Texas) major losses, and a solid performance, it looks as if Ohio State will once again be a major player in the 2007 Big Ten race.
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But if Holy Joe can’t figure out that making out with President Bush on national TV might cause him some problems in the primary, this little truth might prove too logical for him to grasp as well.In other Lieberman news, Chris Matthews just reported on Hardball that Lieberman will in fact run as an independent if he loses to Lamont today.
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-ne Apparently a cool thing to do on your blog is make a list of 100 Things about yourself (I first saw this on The Pig’s blog, and have since seen it on a couple of others). Never wanting to be the one that’s not with it, I pondered long and hard and finally came up with a list of 100. I love babies.5. I have never weighed over 100 pounds (except when I was pregnant)8. I love to tap dance.9. I love baseball.19. My youngest son gave up Little League Baseball at 8 years old so he could focus on playing golf.20. I love Disney World. I love maps.25. I love dogs - I have 2.29. I never knew I could love someone as much as I love my children.30. I love John Denver.36. I love a brand new box of 64 Crayons.39. I love being a stay-at-home-mom!42. I hate to wear shoes, but I own a lot of them!46. I love jammies.48. I love Elvis and I have been to Graceland. I love to get mail.70. My family and friends and I watch Miss America together every year and we all wear crowns.85. I hate to iron.90. People have always teased me because I’m skinny, but I’ve never teased anyone about being fat.97. I wish more people read my blog.
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USAToday Motaz Elshafi, 28, a software engineer, casually opened an internal e-mail at work last month. The message began, Dear Terrorist. The note from a co-worker was sent to Muslims working at Cisco Systems in Research Triangle Park, N.C., a few days after train bombings in India that killed 207. The e-mail warned that such violent acts wouldn’t intimidate people, but only make them stronger. I was furious, says Elshafi, who is New Jersey-born and bred. What did I have to do with this violence?You did nothing but that is the problem. These Islamoterrorists have hijacked your faith. If people hear you speaking out against those that have perverted Islam, they will better understand that not all Muslims back what these terrorists are doing. But if you sit quietly when they dominate the news, and then whine that people are considering you equally guilty, how are they to know you are innocent….. Though Muslims said they wanted more contact with Americans of other religions, it may be easier for Arab Christians to integrate, Amer speculates. They share the mainstream religion. Muslims may have different kinds of names or dress differently and, especially since 9/11, theyre ostracized more.”I would be happy to sit and discuss anything: religion, politics, the weather, etc with anyone that indicates that what these Islamoterrorists are doing is not supported by Islam….. Although the war creates special problems for Iraqi-Americans, they also share a key challenge with other Muslims: lack of trust from people living here. Many Americans clearly dont trust those of the Muslim faith. In fact, 54% said they couldnt vote for a Muslim for president in a June Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll. That compares with 21% who turned thumbs-down on an evangelical Christian and 15% who wouldnt cast their ballot for a Jew.I would be more likely to support someone with an intense faith, whether it was Islam, Christianity, or Judiasm, than I would a Secular Humanist, but if was a Muslim, I would want to hear him denouncing these Islamic terrorists.Amer believes the world has changed for U.S. Muslims since Sept. 11 but says: I don’t think Americans understand what’s happened. Muslims have the same anxieties and anguish about terrorism as everyone else in the U.S. At the same time, they’re being blamed for it. They’re carrying a double burden.
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-ne Nobody has been involved in more successes with Northern Ireland than Billy Bingham, World Cup appearances and British Championship successes as both player and manager are testament to this…Name: William Laurence BinghamBorn: 5 August 1931, BelfastHeight: 5.07 ftWeight: 10.02 stPosition: Outside-Right / LeftRepresentative Honours: Northern Ireland: 56 Full Caps / 9 Goals (1951-1963); That same year he was selected for the Northern Ireland schoolboy team, scoring twice against Eire in Belfast, and twice in the return match at Dalymount Park, Dublin.On leaving Elmgrove, young Bingham obtained a scholarship to Belfast Technical College, where he would captain the Under-15s. After carrying off the trophy, Bingham was invited to sign amateur forms with Glentoran’s third team, the Co-Op Rec., where he played alongside Jimmy McIlroy and Billy Neill in the Irish Amateur League. During the 1947/48 season Bingham made the first of nine appearances for the Northern Ireland Youth team, and began to draw the attention of English clubs. Bingham found the net twice in a 3-3 draw with England, before Northern Ireland lost out to the hosts in the semi-finals.Bingham established himself in the Glentoran first eleven through the 1949/50 season, and finished it with his only senior honour from the Irish game, a Co. One last highlight emerged for the nineteen year-old Bingham, as he was called up for his first Northern Ireland cap in the Festival of Britain match against France.Billy Bingham was first-choice at outside-right for virtually the whole of the 1951/52 season, but the club’s position failed to improve as they again finished twelfth in the First Division. The 1952/53 season brought improvements though, with Sunderland sitting on top of the League for much of the season, however Bingham found himself dropped in favour of Billy Wright who returned after a long-term injury. Although both Brown and Bingham shared similar views on training and fitness, the two men could not get on, and after a post-training row, Bingham knew his future lay elsewhere. Sunderland where relegated at the end of Brown’s first season, bringing to an end their famous record as continuous members of the Football League’s elite since its foundation, and losing one of their most popular players, Billy Bingham.The summer of 1958 placed Billy Bingham on the World stage. Bingham found the net against Scotland in 1954, 1955 and 1957, but perhaps his most important goal came against Portugal in Lisbon, earning Northern Ireland a 1-1 draw in the opening World Cup qualifying match. Bingham learned much in Sweden that he would use in years to come.The Northern Ireland squad returned from the World Cup as heroes, Bingham however didn’t return to Roker Park. Although the team continued to struggle there were highlights, a 6-3 Boxing Day win over Arsenal in which Bingham scored twice, and a 5-1 FA Cup third round defeat of Leeds United - a Cup Run had begun.In the next round of The Cup, Bingham moved to centre-forward and scored the equaliser away to Leicester. Bingham’s scant consolation was that his short corner had set-up Luton’s only goal.Having finished his first season at Luton with a total of fourteen goals in a struggling side, his best return to date in English football, Bingham could look back on his first season in Bedfordshire with at least some degree of satisfaction. A return of three goals in eleven Division Two games the following season, including a 35-yard thunderbolt against Liverpool at Anfield, was enough to convince Johnny Carey that Bingham was the man for Everton. First though the former dual-Irish international had to beat off competition from Arsenal, and it took a fee of £15,000 plus two players to take Bingham to Goodison Park in October 1960.Everton were in contention for the title until mid-way through the 1960/61 season, when a pre-Christmas defeat by eventual Champions Spurs saw a down-turn in results. Catterick set about rebuilding the team in his own image, and in the 1962/63 season Bingham played twenty-three games as the League Championship returned to Goodison for the first time since before the War. Faced with the choices of playing in an unfamiliar outside-left role, reserve team football, or leaving for a new challenge, Bingham decided to sign for Third Division Port Vale in June 1963 in a £15,000 deal.Contrary to his unwillingness to play in an unfamiliar role at club level, Bingham happily helped out his international boss Bertie Peacock by playing on the left in succession to Peter McParland. At the end of that season he was forced to call time on his playing career - he was thirty-three.Not a natural wing talent like a Tommy Lawton, Stanley Matthews or Tom Finney, Billy Bingham had realised shortly after his arrival in English football that he would have to work hard, at both the practical ant theoretical side of the game. When talking about Northern Ireland’s great wingers the name of George Best pops up almost immediately, but his achievements in the green shirt pale when compared to the man he succeeded.With his playing days behind him, Billy Bingham moved into coaching, something he had prepared for during his playing days.
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Array – wrong question … looked at user req’s first – nice one … identified main use is putting course materials on the web so built a portal - My Learning Essentials … the portal used for distributing course materials, discussion, remote access to docs, news … added a for sale board … thought web 2.0 may be important strategically – went for blogs and wikis … thinking about the ‘digital native’ – those only known digital era … future students are … 7 years old using think.com … they don’t use email at all … another mention of bebo.com …
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This humble little blog clocked its 10,000th visitor, with over 20,000 page views since its inception 45 days ago.Not much when compared to sibling Dua Sen, which recorded over 1 million visitors and 5 million page views, but still noteworthy :)PS: Will the 10,000th visitor please identify yourself?
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What you’re seeing is a little jar of veal terrine (perhaps the only use of beef I will ever admit to), ice cube trays and mason jars full of turkey stock, phyllo dough, ice packs, a leg of lamb, falafel, green chilis, a gallon of clam chowder, and the list just goes on and on. We decided to clean house, so to speak, on this mother.So we thawed the lamb for about a day then plunked it on the grill, shown below, with some mesquite coals and a bit of rosemary wood:Then I set about making a sauce for it.
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I recently got e-mailed an article from the Daily Mail titled Tax Rises, by a friend hoping to convince me that I should no longer be voting New Labour. And as I read, my blood did start to boil as it included such gems as Increase of
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In physics, every action has an opposite reaction, and the proof of this is that the compression of time is balanced by the expansion of your mobile phone bill.Fancying myself to be a mathematician (a common fantasy here in Croydon), I’ve devised the following formula to describe the above phenomena:DT = t / ( 15v * square(AI))Where:DT = Drink Time (perceived time)t = normal time elapsed in minutesv = Volume (in units) consumedAI = Alcoholic IndexSample AI values:Water = 1Budweiser = 1.0000000000000000001Cobra = 5Addlestone’s = 7 (note: based on observation rather than experience)Westvleteren 6 = 6Westvleteren 8 = 8Westvleteren 12 = 12Dry Martini (c/o Tiger Tiger, Croydon) = 1Dry Martini (c/o Zaika, Kensington) = 25Coffee = 0.5You will note that although increased volume results in ever more compression of time, time never stops completely.
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And then there are the letters from soldiers, the letters from families who have lost their children in a war they never believed in, letters from parents whose kids came back from Iraq suicidal, depressed, addicted. In fact for Lucky the burden runs so deep that he cannot simply leave his fellow soldiers in the wheels of the military machine, but he will remain as a noncombatant, unable to train for war or carry a weapon, but fully prepared to disciple others in the way of the Cross, the Gospel of the Slaughtered Lamb.Lucky is not alone. I recall the muzzled soldiers that have desperately shared the paralysis they feel amid their discontent, for their dissent is seen as treason and is literally criminal — to denounce the war is an act of sacrilege toward their Commander in Chief, for which they could be shamed or jailed (laughing, one of them said thats why all the voices of dissent are military families, retired veterans, or dead soldiers). It is the gift and duty of rebirth to provide underground houses of hospitality for soldiers whose souls are wounded, college alternatives to kids who would settle for military scholarships, lawyers for soldiers gone AWOL, and safehouses for veterans lining our streets and alleys drowning out their memories with alcohol and heroine.Lucky ends his letter with the words of our beautiful sister Dorothy Day, prophetess of peace, saying: Dorothy asks if the Martyrs did not pray that Love would overcome Hate.
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These r sum hockey things that i got from a funny website…HOCKEY TERMS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOWWraparound–Visors worn by Europeans which tick off Don Cherry.Blueline– Mark on ribcage from leaning over bar, replaying game.Redline– Mark on new sweater from leaning over Wet Paint sign at penalty bench.Net– The 25% which goes to winner of 50-50 draw.Zamboni– Machine used to fill arena with noxious, poison fumes.Deke– The Enforcer–leads league in PIMs.PIMs– Rating system for unskilled players.Offside– Hitting on the team owner’s daughter.Pass– See Offside.Score– See Offside–Also see Traded.Rink– Weekend hangout for parents.Bodycheck– Test rink boards, glass, for durability.Slapshot– Movie poking fun at Canada’s national past-time.Hooking– What the gal in the thigh-length boots up in Section 14 does for a living.Shoot– What religious kids say after missing wide-open net.#@$%&#– What religious kids say after missing net in Week 2 of season.Scoreboard– Place for annoying company signs and logos.Stanley Cup– Trophy awarded to championship team just prior to opening of training camp.Europeans– Skilled players who refuse to watch Coach’s Corner.Gross Misconduct– The sometimes carryings on of very rich role models.Play by Play– Break between TV commercials.Predators– Agents.Penalty Box– Good place for TV closeups of players mouthing the F word at each otherTOP TEN SIGNS YOUR TEAMS NEW UNIFORMS AREN’T THE BEST:10. Fans start chanting WE WANT FISH-STICKS!!! 9. Your new primary colors are Mauve and Forest Green. 8. Fans say You look as good as the Colorado Avalanche!7. Your new logo is a big ring of targets on your chests… 6. A little kid sees you and says LOOK MA, BARNEY!!!5. Another kid says you look like the Power Rangers… 4. You long to be traded to the Sharks or Kings. 3. New uniforms designed by Calvin Klein. 2. Your new team nickname is named after an unknown insect.1. All local media blinded after unveiling of new sporty team uniforms at press conferenceDescriptions of Team PostionsTEAM COACHLeaps tall buildings in a single boundIs more powerful than a locomotiveIs faster than a speeding bulletWalks on waterGives policy to GodTEAM CAPTAINLeaps short buildings with single boundIs more powerful than a switch engineIs just as fast as a speeding bulletWalks on water if the sea is calmTalks with GodASSISTANT CAPTAINLeaps short buildings with a running start and favorable windsIs almost as powerful as a switch engineIs faster than a speeding BBWalks on water in an indoor swimming poolTalks with God if special request is grantedDEFENSEMANBarely clears a quonset hutLoses tug-of-war with a switch engineCan fire a speeding bulletSwims wellIs occasionally addressed by GodFORWARDMakes high marks on the wall when trying to leap buildingsIs run over by a locomotiveCan sometimes handle a gun without inflicting self-injuryDog paddlesTalks to animalsROOKIERuns into buildingsRecognizes locomotive two out of three timesIs not issued ammunitionCan’t stay afloat with a life preserverTalks to wallsREFEREEFalls over doorsteps when trying to enter buildingsSays Look at the Choo-choo!Wets himself with a water pistolPlays in mud puddlesMumbles to himselfREFThe person on the ice who is always touching him self.GOALIELifts buildings and walks under themKicks locomotives off the tracksCatches speeding bullets with his teeth and eats themFreezes water with a single glance (who needs a Zamboni?)He is GodYOU KNOW YOUR A HOCKEY FAN IF…1. Your idea of serving breakfast is giving each of your kids a fork and dropping an Eggo in the middle of the table. 2. You punish your kids with minors, majors, and misconducts.3. When you come to a traffic signal and the light turns green, you stop. 4. When you come to a traffic signal and the light turns red, you get really excited and start cheering.5. You consider the Forum in Montreal a place of worship.6. You keep a picture of the Stanley Cup in your wallet in front of the picture of your family. 7. Instead of duct tape, you use hockey tape to fix everything. 8. You know the difference between The Garden, The Gahden, and The Gardens.9. You call a trip to the Hockey Hall of Fame a pilgrimage. 10. You think the Canadian National Anthem is the theme from Hockey Night in Canada.11. You send Gordie Howe a birthday card, yet you can’t even remember your own family members’ birthdays.12. All your kids are either named Gordie, Bobby or Wayne.13. You went to see West Side Story because you thought it was about a game between Winnipeg and San Jose. 14. You went into a bank because it advertised Free Checking….and walked out disappointed.15. When someone refers to The Classics, you think they’re talking about the Original Six. 16. Your cure for everything is a couple extra-strength aspirin and a shot of Novocain. 17. You can pronounce anything in French, yet you have no idea what it means.18. Every time you hear a siren you wonder who scored. 19. You can say Khabibulin, Tkachuk, Jagr, Leschyshyn and Tverdovsky without getting tongue-tied. 20. Every time you see the name Roy you automatically pronounce it Wah. 21. You’re not allowed to play chess simply because the first time you played, you misunderstood the meaning of the word Check.22. You think the Four Food Groups are Nachos, Beer, Pretzels and Rubber. 23. Everything in your wardrobe is your team’s colors.24. You still remember which teams were in the Patrick, Smythe, Norris and Adams divisions and which divisions were in the Campbell and Prince of Wales conferences. 25. You know the difference between The Edmonton Express and The Human Express. 26. You refer to your team’s enforcers as chippy players and you refer to other teams’ enforcers as freaking little pieces of monkey crap. 27. When you’re at a game, you’re not bothered when your kid cusses but when he says shutout before the game is over, you threaten to wash his mouth out with soap.28. You wonder what Miroslav Satan did to become the Prince of Darkness and Ruler of Hell.29. You think the proper way to spell the plural of leaf is leafs. 30. You can name all the Sutter brothers in order.31. Your closet is divided into 2 sections, HOME and AWAY.32. You wear out your search engines looking for hockey sites.33. You see a bumper sticker that says ‘Jesus saves!’ and you immediately think ‘Satan picks up the rebound, he shoots, he scores!34. You have a party for out of town games, to listen to the radio and cheer your team on.35. Your screen name has something to do with hockey, pucks, sticks, ice, teams, favorite players etc… HOCKEY PLAYER PICK-UP LINES 10. My Zamboni or yours?9. Baby, I can make you do the wave!8. Youre my only chance to score more than Gretzky!”7. “Im Stanley. Would you like to see my cup?6. Ever kiss a guy with no teeth?5. I said, would you like a puck?4. My wife calls me Gordie Wowe!3. Hey, you want to be my intern?2. In your case, NHL stands for Non-stop Happenin Lady!”1. “Ive got a curved stick!EXAM FOR FUTURE ANTHEM SINGERS/HOCKEY SHOW HOSTESSESSVery important to tell a REAL fan from a Puck Bunny.1. Spell puck. 2. What color is the blue line?3. The goalie guards/defends what?4. What color jerseys do the Red Wings wear?5. True or False. The Stanley Cup is an athletic supporter used by hockey players.6. True or False. Uwe Krupp is not an illness that your little brother came down with last winter.7. Pronounce Yzerman.8. True or False. The C on a player’s jersey means Come and Join Me After the Game, baby!9. True or False. The A on a player’s jersey means Available for Meaningless One Night Stands.10. True or False. That blonde teenager who pals around with Pavel Bure is really his niece!MY SON’S JOBFour women were having coffee and bragging about their children. The first woman says, My son is a priest. When he walks into a room, everyone calls him FATHER. The next woman tries to top her, Really? My son married the princess of a small European country and when he walks into the room, people call him YOUR HIGHNESS! The third woman chirps, Well, MY son is a cardinal of the church. Whenever he walks into a room, people call him YOUR EMINENCE! The fourth woman is just sitting there sipping her coffee silently, and the other three look at her in a subtle way, as if to say ‘well…?’ She smiles and says, Oh. Well. My son is a very handsome and large hockey player. Whenever he walks into a room, women say OH MY GOD! THE DRUNK FISHERMANA drunk man decides to go ice fishing. He finds the perfect spot and gets ready to stat drilling a hole. All of a sudden a loud voice booms from above. You wont find any fish there.” The drunk ignores the voice, thinking hes just imagining it, and starts again. Again, the voice from above warns him that he will not find fish. Once more the drunk ignores the voice and attempts to start drilling. Finally the voice says This is the final time I’m going to tell you…THERE ARE NO FISH THERE! The drunk then asks Are you God? Is that how you know there are no fish? The voice responds No, I am the manager of this ice hockey rink!DEDICATION A woman had tickets to game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals right at center ice. As she sits down, a man comes down and asks if anyone is sitting in the seat next to her. No, she says, the seat is empty. This is incredible, said the man. Who in their right mind would have a seat like this for the Stanley Cup and not use it? She says, Well, actually, the seat belongs to me. I was supposed to come with my husband, but he passed away. This is the first Stanley Cup we haven’t been to together since we got married in 1967. Oh… I’m sorry to hear that. That’s terrible. But couldn’t you find someone else - a friend or relative, or even a neighbor to take the seat? The woman shakes her head No. They’re all at the funeral. THE FIVE BIGGEST LIES IN HOCKEY5. Don’t sweat it, kid — we’re just sending you down to the minors for a few weeks. 4. Our players never take painkiller injections. 3. I don’t care if I am not scoring, so long as the team is winning. 2. Honest coach, I only had two beers last night. 1. Don’t worry, my roommate is a really heavy sleeper. AN OLD HOCKEY INJURY Andy came to work one day, limping something awful. One of his co-workers, John, noticed and asked Andy what happened. Andy replied, Oh, nothing. It’s just an old hockey injury that acts up once in a while. John said, Gee, I never knew you played hockey. Andy answered, Well, I don’t. I hurt it last year when I lost 00 on the Stanley Cup Playoffs. I put my foot through the television. ONE PERIOD HOCKEY GAMETwo elderly sisters donated .00 to a charity and, to their surprise, won tickets to a hockey game. Since they had never seen a live hockey game before, Midge thought the free tickets would provide an excellent opportunity for doing so. I think so too, said Mabel, lets go!” They soon found themselves high in a noisy arena overlooking the large shiny ice surface. They watched the faceoff and the seemingly endless back and forth struggles that comprised the scoreless first period. They enjoyed the intermission festivities, and the mascot performance which followed. Then came the second period, the two teams lined up for the faceoff. Midge nudged her sister. “I guess we can go home now, Mabel,” she said, “This is the same part in which we came in on.” TOP 10 SIGNS YOU KNOW YOU ARE DATING A HOCKEY PLAYER10. Eating the last Fig Newton gets you body checked into the fridge.9. Hes very sensitive on the topic of stick curvature.8. After going out he makes you line up and shake hands with all his ex-girlfriends.7. Bad enough he consumates love making by shouting he scores!!6. During arguments he sends you to the penalty box for 2 mins for ticking me off.5. He refuses to valet park the Zamboni.4. For breakfast, he hands each kid a fork and tosses an Eggo in the middle of the table.3. Demands credit for an assist when you slept with his best friend.2. Favorite restaurant Dinner in a Blender.1. Talks funny and likes to beat people up, but hes not a redneck.TOP TEN WAYS THE NEW YORK RANGERS SPENT THE OFF SEASON10. Joy ride the Zamboni.9. Skeet shooting on the lawn of the White House.8. Watching Oprah!! (duh)7. You know that adorable skating bunny on the ice capades? You guessed it.6. Watched the 1994 Stanley Cup Game Seven 300 times.5. Trying to make time with Susan Powter.4. Playing golf with the Yankees.3. Eating.2. Keeping their sticks waxed…if ya know what I mean!!1. Doing Stanley Cup sized Jell-O shots. TOP TEN REASONS HOCKEY IS BETTER THAN SEX 10. Its legal to play hockey professionally. 9. The puck is always hard. 8. The protective equipment is reusable, and you dont even have to wash it.7. It lasts a full hour. 6. You know youre finished when the buzzer goes off. 5. Your parents cheer when you score. 4. A two-on-one or three-on-one is not uncommon. 3. Periods last only 20 minutes. 2. You can count on it at least twice a week. 1. You can tell all of your friends about it afterward.
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-ne Simpson’s TriviaSimpson’s Trivia Questions (answers are given on the following day)7/21/06, 7/20/06, 7/18/06, 7/14/06, 7/13/06, 7/12/06, 7/11/06, 7/10/06, 7/5/06, 6/29/06, 6/28/06, 6/27/06, 6/26/06, 6/23/06, 6/21/06, 6/20/06, 6/19/06, 6/14/06, 6/13/06, 6/12/06, 6/5/06, 6/2/06, 6/1/06, 5/31/06, 5/30/06, 5/26/06, 5/25/06, 5/24/06, 5/23/06, 5/22/06, 5/18/06, 5/17/06, 5/16/06, 5/15/06, 5/12/06, 5/11/06, 5/10/06, 5/9/06, 5/8/06, 5/5/06, 5/4/06, 5/3/06, 5/2/064/13/06 Simpsons to hit the big screen
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-ne This is for the stories about Terri Schiavo.9/11/06 Awareness found in Vegatative Patients8/3/05 Brain dead delivers baby5/25/2005 Terri’s husband cashes in same day she dies5/4/2005 Brain patient speaks again4/12/2005 St. Cloud Times gets Schiavo case wrong4/8/2005 See, I told you the slippery slope would continue4/5/2005 Schiavo Parents to Arrange Funeral Mass4/4/2005 Observations Around Terri’s Case4/3/2005 Americans Not in Favor of Starving Terri Schiavo3/31/2005 Brain-Damaged Child’s Family Mulls Life And Death3/31/2005 The more I hear of him the less I like him3/31/2005 Rest In Peace3/25/2005 Letter from a soldier to Terri3/25/2005 Greer Just wants her dead3/24/2005 Mayo Clinic Neurologist says Terri’s no vegetable3/24/2005 Greer the Judge of Death?3/23/2005 Next time we hear about the children starving to death3/23/2005 Terri is No Different than My Child :: Testimonials :: BlogsforTerri3/23/2005 My theory on Michael Schiavo3/23/2005 Not all Pull-the-Tubers are Nazi-In-Training3/23/2005 I have been calling them Nazis3/22/2005 Strib’s editorial board gets facts wrong3/22/2005 She was improving until her husband had his way3/22/2005 Right-to-die advocate nails Schiavo’s national implication3/22/2005 Michael Schiavo is a monster3/21/2005 Mercy Killing of Newborns Being Advocated3/20/2005 Terri Schiavo - Never Properly Diagnosed3/19/2005 The Innocent May Live?3/17/2005 This is Not Right-to-Die3/17/2005 Abortion done ‘in good faith’3/16/2005 One more reason to detest the U of MN Faculty
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-ne Photos: FranckI was walking home this afternoon listening to Luna Live (again!) and 23 minutes came on and I suddenly felt really sad that I (probably) will never see Dean and Sean get into that groove the way they do during that song.
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Move over, Nixon! The latest president to deny his crook status now has secret tapes of his very own. Recently released by George W. Bush pal Doug Wead, these recordings offer startling insights into the man who would soon be called president (by the Supreme Court). Among the startling revelations: Bush basically admitted that he smoked pot, once considered John Ashcroft as vice president and actually questioned courting religious fundamentalists.Quotations from the tape illustrate a future world leader in the making. More importantly, they help answer the burning question: “What the hell were they thinking?”Oct. 23, 1998, 3:16 p.m.“Hey, George! Doug here!”“Doug Wead! I love that name, Wead! Because, you know, it sounds like weed.”“Just so you know, I’m secretly taping this conversation for historical purposes.”“I feel like Monica Lewinsky!”“Speaking of Monica, Bill Clinton’s been taking some abuse lately, huh? I hope the Republicans pounce on this.”“Are you kidding? With such a scandal on Democrats, our party’s a lock in the next election. Any clue on who’s running?”“Well, some of the names in the rumor mill right now are Steve Forbes, Dan Quayle, John McCain and you.”“But I can’t run for president! It’s 1998!”“Er…well, now’s a good time to think ahead.”“You’re right. I would have to unify a loyal base of voters. On what could I run?”“Well, sir, you’re the governor of Texas. That’s no small feat.”“Actually, yes it is. What else you got?”“You also ran the Texas Rangers.”“Are you kidding? I traded Sammy Sosa! And he just clobbered the home run record.”“Yeah, but Mark McGwire beat him to it! Gotta think positively.”“Good point. I’m positive I’ll be president!”“That’s very optimistic, George.”Dec. 4, 1999, 2:42 p.m.“Doug, I’ve got a no-miss idea for my campaign. Bush Y2K! What do you think?”“You already have the paranoid vote, George. If you really want to attract voters, you should focus on the pertinent issues. First off, we need a catchphrase.”“I’ve got that one covered. I like the title of Marvin Olasky’s upcoming book, Conceited Conservatism.”“George, that’s Compassionate Conservatism.”“Oh. Don’t like that as much, but it’ll do. Now how about foreign policy? And domestic scandal? I certainly don’t want to be caught with my pants down. In any sense.”“Don’t worry. No one would ever accuse you of making love, not war.”“And I’m concerned about alienating voters by pushing religious issues. I realize that America comprises a variety of spiritual viewpoints. So should I bash gays or should I just hate the sin of gayism?”“Do what your heart tells you, George. Remember, your beliefs are right and no one can tell you otherwise.”“True. Daddy told me that I’ve been wrong only once. And that was when I thought I was wrong. [Both laugh] I’m also up in arms about the marijuana question. I mean, what if I say yes?”“Then do what every politician does. Issue a non-denial.”“I could say I never exhaled.”“Now you’re catching on!”Aug. 2, 2000, 11:14 p.m.“I think the Republicans might nominate me to be their candidate tomorrow. Should I say yes?”Of course, George! This is what we’ve been working up to all this time!”“I don’t know. That Al Gore, he’s pretty stiff competition. Literally! [Both laugh] I guess if I just be myself, then I’ll do well.”“Yes, as long as by ‘being yourself,’ you mean being the folksy Washington outsider that we’ve rehearsed so much. Go for it!”“Ladies and gentlemen, I expect…I take exception…I—”“Accept.”“Accept your nomination! How was that?”“Well, there’s always Florida.”
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It was present for 3 weeks in December.80 TREE SWALLOWS and 5-6 VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS were reported by Scott Kerry on February 23 at the Arcata Marsh over the Log Pond.Brian Accord on February 21 had the continuing BLUE JAY at Tom and Cathy Heins’ residence in Redwood Valley.John and Jennifer Mason reported on February 21 a juvenile NORTHERN GOSHAWK at their residence 1.5 miles east of Willow Creek. They can be reached at530-629-2072Stacy Hamill reported a PALM WARBLER at Allen Marsh at the Arcata Marsh on February 21.RED KNOT, CLARK’S GREBE, EURASIAN WIGEON and YELLOW WARBLER were reported at the Arcata Marsh by Elias Elias on February 21.Matt Wachs on February 21 had a LONG-TAILED DUCK at the end of South Depot Road in Field’s Landing and 3 HOODED MERGANSERS on the right side of the road coming into King Salmon.
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Array-ne Can anyone do a docent shift (or trade a shift) on Wednesday, June 7 from 1:00 – Heide Fernandez-Llamazares Assistant Museum Educator and Docent Coordinator hllamazares@TacomaArtMuseum.org   TACOMA ART MUSEUM 1701 Pacific Avenue Tacoma, Washington 98402 T: 253.272.4258 x3018 F: 253.627.1898 www.TacomaArtMuseum.org Become a Member Today!
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-ne Photo by Alex AdanAfter the Silver Jews shows brought a flurry of visitors to C&T from around the world, I thought it was time to deliver some goods to (and by) the local folks. Now The Selmanaires are due back in town to play at The EARL on March 21, so I figured it is as good a time as any.This was a mostly acoustic show, with the guys switching instruments and singing sans microphones in the back of a coffeehouse. For those of us accustomed to seeing them play rock clubs, it was great to see the band show its stuff in a different setting. If anyone knows the track names I’m missing, speak up.Alex Adan’s photos from this show can be seen via Photobucket.Tourdates (including SXSW) and additional info on their MySpace page.For more on the Selmanaires or to download some studio tracks, see this old school C&T post from early February.
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-ne For no particular reason, I decided to tour the portals and watch the new arrivals. Grim resignationI think the latter group expected to wind up in some kind of hell and aren’t surprised when they arrive here.
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-ne According to stats cited by Katherine at Cut to the Chase, we all currently owe about 7 grand each for the war in Iraq–a number that will keep climbing. Which makes me wonder: what would have happened if the government would have asked every American family to sign a personal IOU for 7 grand for every member of their family (with the stipulation that bankruptcy wouldn’t be an option) and would have insisted on this before going to war–how many families would have complied?
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But, I just can’t help but think he looks like some cosplayer getting ready to go to a con with his friends.
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Array Chorarei no dia em que ele vier a falecer, é o que ocorreu hoje, coisa que não tenho nenhum pudor em dizer, em detrimento da grande parcela machista e recalcada da sociedade, seu conceito estúpido de hombridade, sua incapacidade de conceber a(s) grandeza(s), e a atitude democrática por excelência (quanta ignorância), que é relativizar tudo, tornar tudo tão importante quanto qualquer outra coisa, para combater tudo que tenha valor, qualquer atitude ou personalidade que se sobressaia não por dinheiro ou poder (coisas que qualquer um poderia ter), mas por fatores subjetivos, humanos, únicos.Live and Let Die na minha interpretação fala do rancor vingativo daqueles que matam dentro de si próprios o espírito da juventude, a vontade de viver com beleza e tesão. Sentiu-se rebaixado, provavelmente teve o pressentimento de que ele próprio não passava de um verme e decarregou sua raiva sobre um indefeso, a raiva de saber que nunca irá realizar nada mais valoroso do que bater em mendigos e talvez na mulher e nos filhos. Se ele morasse numa cidade grande poderia ser um daqueles que batem na outra torcida quando o time perde.O mendigo era um bom eletricista e não conseguiu mais emprego, perdeu a mulher e começou a beber pra esquecer seus sofrimentos, cachaça de um real, disse o porteiro do prédio que o conhecia.
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Se trata de un monovarietal de albarín, con un bonito color amarillo con tonos verdosos, que ofrece en nariz una buena intensidad, con aromas cítricos (lima, corteza de pomelo), manzana verde y frutas exóticas (lichi). En boca entra suave y dulce, con un leve y agradable punto de acidez que se ve acompañado en el posgusto por un toque amargo, como de hueso de melocotón. Estupendo color en un vino fruto de la conjunción de prieto picudo (50%), mencía (40%) y tempranillo (10%), para obtener un bonito tono cereza picota, con capa alta, abundante lágrima y ribetes morados.
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Tierras de LeónMenú:- Tabla de quesos y patés.- Almejas con alcachofas.- Morcillo de ternera.- Postre, Cafés e infusiones.Asistentes: ( 9 )- Francisco González - Estanislao de Luis - Enrique Ortega Lorenzo- Vicente Morán - Carlos Vicente Rubio - Jesús González Duque- Nazario Castrillo - Jesús García del Canto - Juan Luis GarcíaNotas:- Acudieron todos los cofrades que habían confirmado su asistencia y lo hicieron con boina.- Por acuerdo de la sociedad, se hizo entrega al mantenedor de un cuadro con el siguiente texto: “Con motivo de la celebración en mayo del 2007 de nuestra LXV cena mensual, la Sociedad de Amigos del vino ‘El Bocoy’
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détenait 20,9 pour cent du marché, contre 22 pour cent en mai 2006, selon Hitwise.Le moteur de recherche MSN Search de Microsoft a de son côté pris en charge 8,4 pour cent des recherches, contre 12,1 pour cent un an auparavant, tandis que Ask.com détenait 3,9 pour cent du marché, contre 4,4 pour cent.Les 49 autres moteurs de recherche étudiés par Hitwise ont représenté 1,7 pour cent des recherches en ligne aux Etats-Unis en mai.Source : Branchez Vous via La Presse Canadiennehttp://techno.branchez-vous.com/actualite/2007/06/google_65_pour_cent_de_part_de.html

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