text:
The book is critical of most though not all financial advisors, and in an interview with AdvisorOne, Bodie lamented that advisors are not telling their clients about Series I savings bonds, which currently pay 2.2%, or the rate of inflation on top of a base rate currently fixed at 0%. U.S. citizens can currently purchase up to $10,000 of I bonds per person per year.
AdvisorOne: What is the essential value proposition of Series I bonds?
Bodie: For most Americans the safest investment is Series I savings bonds. For the past several years the U.S. Treasury has been offering these bonds to the public at a guaranteed interest rate that is at least equal to the rate of inflation for a period of 30 years. This means that for every dollar you invest today, you have the right to take it out fully adjusted for inflation at any time over the next 30 years. So in a worst-case scenario (unless the U.S. government defaults), you will have maintained the purchasing power of your money.
AdvisorOne: Are there are other benefits to owning them?
Bodie: If the Treasury raises the interest rate above the rate of inflation, you can cash in your old bond and buy a new one with no loss of accumulated interest. If you have held the old bond for over 5 years, there is no penalty when you cash it in.
AdvisorOne: Can advisors' clients build a retirement off of these bonds?
Bodie: I know of no safer way to invest for a long time horizon. For people of modest income, a combination of Social Security and an annual investment of up to $10,000 per year in I Bonds should suffice to finance a comfortable retirement without any significant risk and without any special tax-deferred retirement accounts. For example, a 30-year-old who buys $10,000 per year of I Bonds and retires at age 70 will have accumulated $400,000 of today's purchasing power. Even at today's high prices that would be enough to buy a guaranteed lifetime inflation-proof income benefit of more than $16,000 per year from a high quality insurance company. I believe that this option ought to be brought to the attention of every American by the government and trustworthy financial advisors.
The new website for Risk Less and Prosper contains a video page consisting of nine simple explanations of what regular working Americans. These videos, plus a tenth that was omitted from the book site, were created in 2009 for employees enrolled in Boston University's 403(b) plan. In a novel employee retirement benefit, Boston University's Human Resources website offers employees retirement investing advice from two of its faculty notables, Bodie and Laurence Kotlikoff.
The university's retirement planning resources and tools aim to help employees confused about investing while at the same time showcasing their in-house experts. Bodie's videos are aimed at simplifying key concepts of retirement investing.
Video 1, called "The Conventional Wisdom is Wrong," is an economist's rebuttal to the conventional Wall Street idea that long-term investors should be in stocks. "The length of your time horizon has nothing to do with your willingness to take risks," Bodie says. "Stocks are just as risky in the long run as in the short run. In some ways stocks are even riskier in the long run," he adds. The finance professor explains that one's time horizon instead determines the appropriate safe asset class—money-market instruments for a short term, and long-term bonds for a longer term.
Video 2, called "You're on Your Own," discusses the demise of defined benefit plans and the prevalence today of defined contribution plans like 401(k)s and 403(b)s, where employees themselves assume all investment risk.
"Essentially, you're on your own today," Bodie says. The professor criticizes the trend toward target-date lifecycle funds as default options, which he says give investors a false sense of security that when their retirement target date (say, 2040) comes up, they've achieved their goal. But target-date funds offer no guarantees whatsoever, he says, pointing out that those invested in 2010 target-date funds lost 30% or more of their portfolio just before their retirement.
Video 3, called "Set Realistic Goals," counsels using TIPS as a starting point for building your portfolio with rates that guarantee inflation will not erode the value of the principal investment. Bodie cautions investors putting money into stocks that they must increase how much they save commensurate with the risk of losing on those investments (while superior investment results early on may allow investors to save less in the future).
Video 4, called "The Safest Investment is TIPS," goes a little deeper into Treasury inflation-protected securities, advising investors to start off by determining how much they would have to save if they want to take no risk at all.
As in Video 1, Bodie criticizes investment industry literature (and even the SEC's website) for promoting the idea that investors should rely on stocks to hedge against the risk of inflation. That's "going out of the inflation frying pan and jumping into the stock market fire," he says.
Bodie says that as long as investors match the maturity of TIPS to their own planning horizon, TIPS are the safest investment. He is critical of TIPS funds for blending maturities. "That introduces risk," he says, because investors don't know what the value of the shares will be at the time of their retirement.
Video 5, called "BU Will Be the First to Offer It," is omitted from his Risk Less site because it is no longer operable. In it, Bodie said that TIPS mutual funds are the best available option in Boston University's plan, but said they are inferior to buying TIPS directly from the Treasury, which would allow investors to obtain a maturity that matches their individual investment horizon.
Bodie says the university's human resources department is engaged in a pilot project, under his guidance, that should make the school the first institution granting its employees access to the government's website, Treasury Direct, for TIPS purchases. He told AdvisorOne that industry influence over the Treasury blocked his ambition to grant employees that direct access to Treasury Direct through their 403(b) plan.
Video 6, called "I Love the Stock Market," again criticizes investment industry literature and takes the SEC to task as well for promoting the idea that a long time horizon reduces stock market risk.
Bodie acknowledges that stocks have beaten inflation by a significantly greater degree than TIPS' safe rate. But he counsels investors to appreciate the fact that stocks' average rate of return may not be their own rate of return. "There's a wide distribution of values you can end up with," and the worst outcome is much worse than TIPS. He compares the risk of long-term stock market losses to the risk of a fire burning one's home. Even if the probability of loss is small, he says, homeowners still are willing to spend $1,000 or more a year to insure against it because the possibility of loss would be catastrophic.
Video 7, called "Don't Trust Anyone," warns of well-intentioned uncles or neighbors who might have your best interests at heart but may not know what they're talking about. Bodie also plugs NAPFA as one of the only organized advisor groups that swears an oath of fiduciary responsibility to put their clients' interests first. (The CFA Institute's Chartered Financial Analysts are another such group, Bodie told AdvisorOne.)
But Bodie does not endorse every advisor on NAPFA's rolls. Rather, he recommends those seeking professional help to ask a prospective advisor, as a test question, what they think of Series I savings bonds. "If you don't get, 'That's a pretty good idea for money that you want to stay safe,' then I would look elsewhere for an advisor," Bodie says.
Video 8, called "Stay in the Labor Force," counsels maintaining a job-based income until at least age 70, which is the latest year that deferral of Social Security will result in a benefits increase worth about 8% per year. Those not yet retired should work at least part time, he says, and those already retired should consider finding a job they like for added income.
Video 9, called "I Hate Losing," warns against hot tips, which should be regarded more as urban legend than solid advice, Bodie cautions.
Video 10, called "Three Crucial Tips," offers important takeaways that should guide retirement savers. First, they should think about saving and investing for retirement the same way they think about insurance—that it is about protecting their standard of living, not about speculating. That is the secret to what Bodie calls "worry-free" investing.
Second, investors should be wary of investment industry people and products. Rather than put their faith in people, they should rely instead on guarantees. Target-date funds, he says, don't come with guarantees, but they do come with assurances that investors are bearing all the risk. He says these asset managers understand risk management better than their customers, so he asks, rhetorically, why is it OK for investors to assume the risk but not the asset managers. In other words, investors should guarantee the income that is important for their retirement.
Bodie's final point is that investors should educate themselves about their finances. By analogy, Bodie says that he would not be his own doctor, but enjoys reading about health care in books written for non-professionals. That enables him to enjoy making choices presented to him by the experts.
The Boston University site also makes available the financial planning software, ESPlanner, created by the BU economist Laurence Kotlikoff (left), a current third-party presidential candidate.The basic version of the software is made available to BU employees as a fringe benefit and aims to help them smooth out consumption of their income before and after retirement (there is also a souped-up advisor version called ESPlannerPro).
The tool allows consumers to alter assumptions about the length of employment and saving to show how they might increase their living standard while maintaining an investment floor for safety.
Contrary to most industry-based approaches but consistent with economic theory, the program assumes that the more capital invested in stocks, the less income is available as a floor (because of the risk of impairment of capital) but the higher the upside. Conversely, the less invested, the higher the current income available but the lower the upside.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Switzerland's public broadcasting company this week released that advertisement below—"The Phony Wars"—to tout the service's new iOS and Android apps. And, Swiss to the last, they declare their neutrality between those two platforms.
They're also, as evidenced by that framegrab at 0:24, agnostic in the gamer bar argument of which is the baddest-assed AI, SHODAN from System Shock or GLaDOS from Portal.
Merci beaucoup to reader Chris M. in Switzerland for spotting and sending along.
You can contact Owen Good, the author of this post, at firstname.lastname@example.com. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and lurking around our #tips page.


text:
Oxide Plated 925kt Silver
* This product comes in a sleek black pull out box.
* Avoid contact with creams, perfumes, alcohol, bleach and similar chemical substances.
Size 9
18.9 mm
Size 10
19.8 mm
Size 11
20.6 mm
Size 12
21.3 mm
#ATOLYEWOLFGet featured by showing us how you wear your Atolyewolf Jewelry. Your instagram photos with the hashtag #atolyewolf to join the conversation! You can access the product details by clicking on the pictures you like, you can buy the product.


text:
By Craig LewisThis book helps those aspiring toward recovery and also those in recovery, because it addresses and challenges the individual—in very real, basic and honest ways—to make significant cognitive adjustments in how they live their lives. The beauty of this curriculum is that people want to do it and don't consider it a chore, a demand, or a requirement, because every page subtly encourages the individual to think in realistic and forward-moving ways. This allows them to feel good about doing the work. I based this book on my personal life and recovery, and every page has been used successfully in peer group settings. Craig Lewis is a Certified Peer Specialist living and working in Massachusetts. He has struggled immensely with mental health issues throughout his life, but he has successfully transformed this into a life of wellness. He has embraced his recovery process, producing remarkably beneficial results. He has discovered that he has innate skills and capabilities for helping others in their recovery, and he has been able to help many people improve the quality of their lives, which is life-affirming for him. He does this by tapping into his lived experience to help others transcend their own struggles. He is sincerely committed to his recovery and helping nurture the recovery and wellness of all with whom he comes into contact. Craig is successfully working as part of an outreach team at a human services agency in Boston, Massachusetts. He also tours the country, speaking about his lived experience, sharing his struggles and triumphs to help others.
- Sort by Name
By Craig Lewis You're Crazy Volume One compiles twenty-five first-hand accounts of people from the punk scene who live with mental health struggle, addiction and trauma. This volume also includes two stories of punk rockers who are allies to those of us who struggle and their experience. This book exists to help empower the writers who are sharing their personal experiences so that they can be better understood. It also exists to help show that we are not alone in this world and that life can get better. It's a necessity in our community. We all deserve to be heard. You're Crazy aims to help decrease the stigma that the authors, and those like them, face while dealing with mental health struggle, addiction and trauma. By sharing their stories they are putting themselves on the line as they take ownership of their lives and experiences while demonstrating the reality of their lives. These stories educate and inspire, increasing understanding and empathy while reducing stigma.


text:
We had such a nice time with my family. It went really quickly, even tho it was 10 days with 9 people in our house. See my previous post about our night at ANNIE.
Here a few more pictures from our Christmas in NC:
Lily & Daddy building a fire on Christmas Eve
Lily got roller skates from Auntie Em....watch out!
The girls with Grandpa & Grandma
All 10 of us (Chris & Lindsay are expecting in June)
Bowling...Lily loved it
Chris & Lindsay & our girls
I just had to document that I bowled a turkey & beat everyone
A HUGE thanks to our family for helping with painting at the new house, watching the girls, the making of many meals, and keeping everything running for 10 days. Our girls got pretty sick over the holidays (Lily had a 104 fever & an her first ear infection); my mom was a huge help.


text:
Codes. Conv_Ovf_U8 Field
Converts the signed value on top of the evaluation stack to
unsigned int64, throwing OverflowException on overflow.
public: static initonly System::Reflection::Emit::OpCode Conv_Ovf_U8;
public static readonly System.Reflection.Emit.OpCode Conv_Ovf_U8;
staticval mutable Conv_Ovf_U8 : System.Reflection.Emit.OpCode
Public Shared ReadOnly Conv_Ovf_U8 As OpCode
Field Value
The following table lists the instruction's hexadecimal and Microsoft Intermediate Language (MSIL) assembly format, along with a brief reference summary:
|Assembly Format
|Convert to an
unsigned int64 (on the stack as
int64) and throw an exception on overflow.
The stack transitional behavior, in sequential order, is:
valueis pushed onto the stack.
valueis popped from the stack and the conversion operation is attempted. If overflow occurs, an exception is thrown.
If the conversion is successful, the resulting value is pushed onto the stack.
conv.ovf.u8 opcode converts the
value on top of the stack to the type specified in the opcode, and places that converted value on the top of the stack. If the value is too large or too small to be represented by the target type, an exception is thrown.
Conversions from floating-point numbers to integer values truncate the number toward zero. Note that integer values of less than 4 bytes are extended to
int32 when they are loaded onto the evaluation stack (unless
conv.ovf.i or
conv.ovf.u are used, in which case the result is also
native int).
OverflowException is thrown if the result can not be represented in the result type.
The following Emit method overload can use the
conv.ovf.u8 opcode:


text:
It's the kind of encounter made in TV heaven: the neurotic intellectual New York Jew and the fire-and-brimstone televangelist arguing about what it all means.
Woody Allen interviewed Billy Graham in the 1960s, where the two men discussed all manner of topics touching on religion, morality and the meaning of life. It was a respectful, intelligent and often funny conversation the likes of which would be impossible in today's cultural climate, according to the legendary director, who recounted the meeting to the film press as he promoted his latest movie.
Allen's talk with Graham resonates with him today, informing in part the themes of his latest film, "You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger." The movie stars Naomi Watts, Josh Brolin, Anthony Hopkins and Gemma Jones in a story about the quest for comfort and certainty, and how faith -- even an irrational one -- can help us find solace.
U.S. & World
Stories that affect your life across the U.S. and around the world.
In New York this week to discuss "Stranger," Allen reflected on his meeting with Graham.
"Years ago I was on television with Billy Graham and I was taking this position, this bleak outlook position and Billy Graham was saying to me that even if I was right and he was wrong, and there was no meaning to life and it was a bleak experience and there was no god and no afterlife or no hope or anything, he would still have a better life than me, because he believed differently and even if he was 100 percent wrong, our lives would both be completed and I would have had a miserable life wallowing in a bleak outlook and he would have had a wonderful life, confident that there was more."
In "Stranger" these two opposing positions are staked out by Josh Brolin as Roy, a struggling novelist, and Gemma Jones as Helena, his mother-in-law who has begun taking great comfort in her visits with a psychic.
"And so that was one of the main themes of this picture, that someone like Gemma could be deluded -- as I felt Billy Graham was deluded -- and she would have a better life than someone like Josh, who is more scientific minded and had a more realistic of life, but was going to have a more miserable life."
While Allen is steadfast in his belief that people like Helena -- or Billy Graham -- are comforting themselves with lies, he does harbor a certain level of jealousy of the peace it affords them.
"I do feel that it's important to have some kind of faith in something, but\ impossible for many of us. I personally don't have any faith in anything. It's great if you can. The only trouble is, is in Gemma's position in the movie, she's happy, deluded, with that character she through her lot in with at the end -- they're both crazy -- but happy for the moment, because they're going to have a rude awakening eventually, because she was not Joan of Arc, the reincarnation thing doesn't really happen and she's going to sooner or later, reality sets in in a crushing way. As it does and will with everybody, including Billy Graham. But it's nice if you can delude yourself for as long as possible."


text:
Hot dogs have long been a staple for all types of events. They make the perfect treat at sports events, are the ideal meat for heating up the backyard grill, and are a great addition to a menu that features hamburgers. The strict standards of food preparation that Soloway's follows make their products a better choice in any setting.
Variety and quality are both features of the selection of hot dogs in Toronto offered by Soloway's. Their offerings include:
- All Beef Jumbo Hot Dogs 7"
- All Beef Quarter Pound Hot Dogs
- All Beef Regular Hot Dogs
- Chicken Jumbo Hot Dogs
- Yves Jumbo Veggie Hot Dogs
Depending on the choice, hot dogs come in a range of 10 to 45 pieces. All of these qualities make Soloway's the first choice for hot dogs in Toronto for consumers, retailers, and distributors across Ontario. They offer great deals, great taste, and all of the condiments needed to create the perfect hot dog.
For organizations that are planning events to raise money for their cause, Soloway's hot dogs are a great way to optimize profits. As the summer temperatures grow warmer, the number of outdoor events is certain to be on the rise. The food is an important part of any event and of the fundraising efforts. Guests will be impressed by the high quality of these hot dogs and the incomparable taste. Once the word is out, they are certain to be one of the best-selling foods available.
At first, choosing the hot dogs in Toronto that will be sold at an event or at a retail food service store may not seem that important. The first bite of a Soloway's hot dog will quickly cause these thoughts to dissipate. Soloway's has spent decades building their reputation as the Hot Dog Factory that offers the best in wholesale meat.
Soloway's also offers a variety of sausages, burgers, steaks, condiments, and other supplies that will make the perfect complement to any event. Contact Soloway's today to start planning for a super event featuring the best hot dogs in Toronto.
About Soloway's Hot Dog Factory
Soloway's opened their doors in 1927, beginning a tradition in authentic European meat products to the residents of Canada. Today, the company continues to implement the original recipes and cooking methods that have long been synonymous with the quality meat products associated with the Soloway's name. The company has grown within multiple levels of the food service industry including their cash & carry stores across Ontario. Food Safety is always a first priority, resulting from rigorous industry standards for compliance. Soloway's brings old-world taste and quality to new and amazing foods.
Media Contact
Company Name: Soloway Hot Dog Factory Inc.
Contact Person: Oleg Perelstein
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Phone: (416) 661-9383
Address:917 Alness Street
City: Toronto
State: Ontario
Country: Canada
Website: http://soloways.ca/contact/


text:
"We tested various models, including naive Bayes, support vector machines, ... and logistic regression."—David Hu,
Khan Academy Internships
Spend a few months building
free education for the world
Khan Academy's content is used by classrooms and individuals in over 25 languages around the world. More than 2 billion interactive math problems have been done. Our faculty's videos have been viewed over 400,000,000 times. As an intern, any improvement you make can instantly help millions of students learn whatever they want, whenever they want. If this type of educational scale excites you as much as it does us, we need your help to educate the entire world.
We offer mentorship and then some
We treat our internship program as the healthiest, most important source of full-time recruiting we have. From day one to the end of your internship you'll have an experienced teammate who considers it their job to make sure you're growing the skills you need. Something's in your way? Let us know, we'll fix it. The people you'll work with come from all walks of life and are available to teach you new tricks and tell stories about their past. Whatever you're working on, you'll find a teammate interested in helping you learn.
Interns help solve our hardest challenges
Read these stories from our past interns. They've solved difficult technical, UX, and social problems in ways we never would've thought of. We hand our interns the most important features Khan Academy's working on and rely on them to produce excellence in return. Unlike other internships, you won't be tossed a list of edge-case bugs that nobody else wants to solve. You'll be expected to maturely own a project that may affect millions of students.
winter '11 & summer '12full-timer
"They aren't asking that intern to build out something pre-baked; they are involving her in the brainstorming, decision-making process."—Brie Bunge, summer '13
"Launched new landing pages for 21 languages created through our massive translation effort."—Dylan Vassallo,
summer '12full-timer
"My primary focus of the term was the new Computer Science curriculum."—Jamie Wong,
summer '12 & fall '13full-timer
A non-profit with the benefits of a for-profit
- Highly competitive salary.
- Delicious catered lunches daily.
- Any equipment or tools you need.
- Housing stipend.
- Free snacks and drinks.
- All travel covered.
- Delicious fresh bread every Wednesday.
- Fun team events and board game nights!


text:
Rolls Royce Wraith Hire in Ross on Wye
From weddings and proms to business trips and race days, whatever you require a luxury car for, we can help. Having been delivering high-end Rolls Royces in Ross on Wye for so many years, we have developed a real understanding of what the people of the area want from their Rolls Royce Wraith Hire suppliers. In our opinion, this is great cars offered at great prices; two things we have become pretty famous for.
Rolls Royce: the perfect wedding car
Wedding cars need to have certain qualities. Needing to be good-looking, comfortable and grabbing the attention of passers-by, wedding Rolls Royce Wraith Hire is a service we are proud to offer day-in, day-out. So, whether you are planning a traditional, vintage or even a modern, glitzy affair, we at Rent a Roller will certainly have the right car to enhance that all-important entrance.
Need a car for prom?
If you have a prom coming up then you may be shopping for your prom car, something that has a huge impact on the image you convey and your overall prom experience. Needing to be pretty spectacular, at Rent a Roller, we offer nothing be great vehicles, Rolls Royces that ensure you stand out for the right reasons at prom.
Need more information about Rolls Royce Wraith Hire? If so, contact our friendly team as soon as you can!


text:
People want to put a lot of blame for the current conditions of the nation — from the bad economy to the heightened partisanship — on Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. There is certainly a level of truth to that, but perhaps not as much as one would think. In a few weeks, one of the primary political players responsible for both the batch of controversial legislation coming from Congress and the elevation of partisan animosity swirling on Capitol Hill will walk away from her post. A lower profile will allow her political legacy to begin fading into the kind of historical obscurity that no president would ever enjoy.
And in the anonymity that the passage of time will give her, current Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi will be able to avoid a deserved wave of criticism for her years of vilifying Bush, undermining the nation's war efforts during a time when our young people were serving in harm's way, and overseeing some of the worst backroom deals imaginable to pass unpopular and expensive legislation — all while the country further divided itself along party lines.
Make no mistake about it: For years now, most Republicans and conservatives across the nation have cast Pelosi as a villain — and rightfully so. The successful Republican National Committee campaign "Fire Pelosi" was the subject of a bus tour that summed up the sentiment of the political right: President Obama may not be right for America, but Speaker Pelosi must be immediately removed from power within Congress because of her style of leadership. Her record justifies those sentiments, although those who don't study history, as well as those who have a political junkie's attention span, will soon forget how Pelosi contributed to the mess in which we currently find ourselves.
As leader, Pelosi oversaw the rigging of the health care reform vote in Congress through compromises (called bribes outside the Beltway) that benefited specific states and the Blue Dog Democrats who would not have voted for the legislation otherwise. She grinned as her congressional cohorts squeezed the vote through at the last hour this past March. Her leadership oversaw omnibus bills and stimulus packages that included loads of pork at a time when government spending needed to come down in order to get a handle on the national debt.
As for her failure to negotiate with Republicans, it came from an arrogance so strong that it actually melted away the overwhelming majority her party had in the House. Within what seemed like a flash, the Democrats went from being the national political party that was to rule for a generation (i.e., the "Obama generation" of new, young voters who would maintain Democratic majorities for years to come) to becoming the minority party in the House after losing more than 60 seats on Pelosi's watch.
Yet the health care reform bill currently under attack is called Obamacare, not Pelosi-bribes-a-care. The stimulus package and spending bills that failed are said to be Obama's fault, although Pelosi's House of Representatives initially attempted to bake self-serving projects into the final price tag. The divisiveness that has captured the nation is part of the legacies of both Obama and his predecessor, although the only person recently capable of stoking the fires of nation-crippling division — first as a partisan minority leader, then as a partisan majority leader against a president from the other side of the aisle and then as a speaker presiding over a huge majority — has been Pelosi.
Fortunately for Pelosi, most Americans are not political junkies who are keen on facts concerning the legacy, successes and failures of House speakers. This political reality, for better or worse, means that the legislative successes and failures of a president's party will be reflected in the legacy of that president — not the speaker. And sadly for Bush and Obama, the failures of Congress under their watch will be blamed on them, even though the driver of both the legislative agenda and the extreme partisanship in the House was Pelosi.
For those of us forced to live through the Pelosi Days of Winter, we know that it will not be morning again in America until — at the very most — she is minority leader in the House. For the Obama presidential legacy and Americans' hopes for economic and societal recovery, January 2011 cannot come soon enough.
Lenny McAllister is a syndicated political commentator and the host of the morning radio show Launching Chicago With Lenny McAllister at 5 a.m. on WVON, The Talk of Chicago 1690 AM. He is the author of an upcoming edition of the book The Obama Era, Part I (2008-2010): Diary of a Mad Black PYC (Proud Young Conservative). Follow him on Twitter and Facebook.


text:
All, this is a place to comment on the forums. If there's a specific feature or section you'd like, list it here and I'll see what I can do.
Forum Comments
1 post • Page 1 of 1
Forum Comments
Remain Tactical
1 post • Page 1 of 1
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest


text:
As if lasers needed a public image overhaul! They've suddenly got cooler, now that a Michigan university professor is building only a friggin' missile-blocking laser small enough to be affixed to US Army helicopters.
While the lasers won't physically hurtle them off in another direction, the wavelengths of heat will ensure the missile follows the laser, and not hit the helicopter. Wired, who spoke to its inventor Professor Mohammed Islam about the Mid-Infrared Supercontinuum Laser prototype, commented that it's "the size of a DVD player."
Islam has already receiving investment to the tune of a million smackaroos from Darpa and the Army. [Wired]


text:
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
airy inclinations
64 comments:
What I want to know is how you find the time for everything you manage to do? I envy you your industriousness.ReplyDelete
Karen, I connected with a distant cousin online a few years back, a wonderful woman I didn't even know existed. She said the women in her line were short, round and very industrious. Well, the second two attributes certainly apply...teehee!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousTue Nov 02, 08:00:00 AM
I'm 4ft 10in and since the injusry to my ankle has prevented me from running getting rounder by the day!ReplyDelete
I'm still to be convinced about the zodiac - my sister used to ask all perspective boyfriends upon meeting what their signs were. If they didn't fall into the right category she rejected them ... one divorce later she started to use a better system to weed out the unsuitable (sorry that sounds flippant)
I love todays photo and the poem.
Isn't the blogworld great?! I really enjoy all of the new people I "meet".ReplyDelete
I am bound at the hip to the Metro horoscope - Dear Bernice Always gets me right.ReplyDelete
I am Earth, not so airy or perhaps I am, writing and painting a place I don't live in - Paris...
Lovely blog!
I'm a libra too. I can relate and I am mesmerized by the blogosphere.ReplyDelete
I love open windows and fresh air in the house. And an open door. If the weather is not too hot or too cold, the doors are open. But changing things up all the time? Not me. I like my rut.ReplyDelete
Karen, the reason willow gets so much done is because she begins the day at 3:30am while the rest of us don't.ReplyDelete
Even though I'm Piscian, I often feel like a fish out of water and share the traits of Libra...forever changing, adapting and rearranging. I guess change is the only constant for me too.
Hey, I don't think it's bunk, not at all. It's complicated, though ... much more nuanced than merely the sun sign.ReplyDelete
That said, you're a true Libra - a lover of the arts, of harmony and balance and beauty. Libra expresses the graces of Venus as she manifests in the mind. That's you!! Classy, smart, balanced and gorgeous.
I wonder if Pisces always feel like a fish out of water? The world you describe is alien to me. I revel in dry heat - letting the sere atmosphere shrink wrap my skin. It's one of the things I love most about my space heater :)ReplyDelete
That is what keeps us interesting!
- AnonymousTue Nov 02, 10:14:00 AM
Air has been good for me -- here of late it comes in metal tanks.ReplyDelete
((blush)) Reya, you are always welcome at the manor. ;^)ReplyDelete
Abe, I'm so sorry you have to tangle with that oxygen tank. I hope it works its magic. Blessings, my friend.ReplyDelete
Don't think I've met a fellow Libra I didn't feel a "connection" with. Funny about the air, I never put two and two together. I have my doors and windows open all the time right now and I am in heaven. One of my favorite sounds is to hear the leaves as the wind blows through the trees.ReplyDelete
- Shari SundayTue Nov 02, 10:59:00 AM
Willow, I'm a Taurus, earth sign, but I so envy you the air you are enjoying right now. It looks like it might finally rain today, but the air is muggy, hot and heavy. Not a bit cool. We are just waiting for a breath of cool air. We only had a couple of cool days in October. It is supposed to cool off again soon. But not soon enough for me. I'm enjoying your fall posts vicariously.ReplyDelete
"Cyberspace carpet"...ha...love that!ReplyDelete
Shari, while I love to visit a temperate climate, I wouldn't like living there. The change of the seasons is dear to my heart.ReplyDelete
I've always felt that a landscape does not exist in its own right, asReplyDelete
something finished or complete. Its appearance changes at every moment, because it is the surounding
atmosphere that brings it to life ... the light and air which vary continually. Such is the 'air' of blog, and I am very thankful to be breathing it with you.
It's not letting me post today for some reason, so let's try this again:ReplyDelete
I've always felt that a landscape does not exist in its own right, as
something finished or complete. Its appearance changes at every moment, because it is the surrounding
atmosphere that brings it to life ... the light and air which vary continually. Such is the 'air' of your blog, and I am very thankful to be breathing it with you!
And speaking of flying...ReplyDelete
You might like these folksy paintings that have been added to my Christmas list: http://www.etsy.com/shop/rowenamurillo
Thanks for sharing your airiness with us!
Airy in political season? Running for office are you?ReplyDelete
Heh-heh, that would be "airy" not "gassy"! :^)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousTue Nov 02, 12:55:00 PM
I love the quote. There is alot to be said for the astrological signs. Mine is Pisces and it suits me well.ReplyDelete
Love this post. Couldn't agree more. I love the fall and the cool air. We've had intermittent snow here, but we'll just call is crispness for now!ReplyDelete
Maybe I should start reading horoscopes to get to know myself? ;-)ReplyDelete
Crispness. Leslie, I love that.ReplyDelete
I'm yet another Libran, and have just come inside, because the clocks have been put back and it's pitch black outside! It's been a windy day here and I reek of woodsmoke, having demolished a huge pile of garden debris in a glorious, crackling bonfire. True Libran behaviour I think!ReplyDelete
(And, yes, I too dream of flying, very serenely, just out of reach. You know what it means!)
I'm Aries, a fire sign, and like nothing better than wide open windows and cool air. My eldest niece draws up astrological charts but I'm not convinced - yet;-)ReplyDelete
Wonderful post as always! I always enjoy our visit. Thanks.ReplyDelete
As a Gemini with four moonsReplyDelete
in Gemini, I am the earthy
intellectual, the earth sign.
I married a Libra, as you know,
your birthdays only being a day
apart. Tall women suit a short
man with a large
Your love of Autumn has
taken some of us for flights
of leaves, dream flights,
voyages of emotion, and
Fall has barely arrived; from
your love of wooly socks,
to your adoration of crisp air,
you pull us along with your
apron strings, with shining
strands of your hair, cooking
this delicacy, smelling that,
photographing head stones,
loving even the lichen--and
now it is the very air itself.
Your love of networking, of
fellowship, of poetics, of
meeting new people, of throwing
incredible balls at the manor,
bring us back by the hundreds,
every day. Your blog counter clicks
hotly like a whirling meter on
our natural gas.
I thought of your little river,
the Scioto, this morning, as
took a magnificent walk along
my muddy Puyallup, running
fast and high after the rains of
the last few days, ankle deep in
golden castaway leaves, making
my socks wet, soaking my cuffs,
and I noticed my shadow was
15' long pointing west as the
bright orb in the east rose
above the Cascade foothills
and shone upon my back,
surrounded by mists rising
like angelic wings off farmer's fields
and throngs of maples, and I
noticed my own breath, my own
mist, rising to join the fog brethren
surrounding me, and I could see
the river more clearly this week
because most of the trees stood
nearly naked and unashamed,
their spindly branches looking
so slim, like pasty legs on those
first days at the beach.
Oh I dreamed of flying as a child too ...and I would still love to fly, to feel the wind beneath my wings ;-)ReplyDelete
Love the quote!
This comment has been removed by the author.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousTue Nov 02, 05:26:00 PM
I'm a Taurus myself, but I can definitely appreciate/envy what you're experiencing now! And I must say, the blogosphere truly is a wonder...ReplyDelete
I'm not an air sign, but I could have written the second paragraph myself. I despise the humid oppressive heat of summer and love the cool air of autumn and the icy breezes in the winter. The only thing I don't like is air blowing on my face at night...cause it tickles. : )ReplyDelete
I am charmed with it (the settings of your photos) enormous site, excellently!ReplyDelete
(I am sorry, almost I do not speak English, but there is no problem)
Well, it happened again magpies,ReplyDelete
while endeavoring to express
my feelings, to respond to
Willow's latest posting, I
waxed on with run-on prose,
and when completed, it
seemed to have a kernel
of a poem in it. Turns out
it did. Thanks to the Muse
of the Manor.
The new poem is entitle
MORCEAU MISTS if anyone
wants to swing by and read it.
I am a moon child aka crab;-) I too find air intoxicating--wind, storms and the cool air of spring or fall--never summer with its heavy hand--fans are a must and you wouldn't want to sit next to me in a crowded airplane...your insight to your self is a joy and why so many enjoy your creations whether it be poetry or recipes or a ver cool hat--kudos my dearReplyDelete
Dinersity, diversity, diversity, that is what being an online junkie is to me -- barbaraReplyDelete
I'm an aquarian, an air sign too. yep i'm a big horoscopes fan! hehe. guess what blog hopping and editing my template are also my favorites. :DReplyDelete
Some ancient star-gazer illogically connecting up dots to make a lion, crab, or plough shouldn't influence our lives. What if he'd connected them up differently; a hat, a pair of socks, a Willow tree perhaps?ReplyDelete
your post.. if they are as fresh air every morning!ReplyDelete
tells you a Leo and according to the Chinese horoscope year of the tiger! grrrr
Glenn, your line "trees stoodReplyDelete
nearly naked and unashamed,
their spindly branches looking
so slim, like pasty legs on those
first days at the beach" is so beautiful. I see you've come back to claim your nugget of a poem. I hope this was it. I'm on my way over to read...
Cro, I think in my case he must have seen a hat, sock and willow tree!ReplyDelete
Jo, I adore your beautiful notion of the atmosphere bringing a landscape to light. I've never thought of it in this particular intriguing "light". I like the way you think, my friend.ReplyDelete
Bicoca, in the Chinese was born in the year of the monkey, the Curious George variety.ReplyDelete
When I was working in the "real world" I always found out what sun and moon sign the people I would be meeting were born under; so important to know how to "deal" with them!ReplyDelete
We know your sun is in Libra, but under what moon and rising sign were you born Willow?
Jane, I need someone to chart me!ReplyDelete
I totally agree, it certainly sheds a new light with relationships and how to deal.ReplyDelete
That is interesting. I am a Pisces, and while I love the ocean, lakes, and pools, my biggest nightmare is of drowning (well, of my kids drowning, a nightmare I continue to have).ReplyDelete
I like an open window, too--but it's best when it's raining. I adore rain, and I don't mind tornadoes, for they often come with thunderstorms (one of my favorite things in the world).
Everything the zodiac says about my sign works, honestly... and my sister and I are compatible despite being very different, for she is a Scorpio (another water sign).
Great post... good insight into you...
I think astrology is bunk, but is it not possible that the seasons and yearly events, at which times we celebrate ourselves on our birthdays, influence our characters? I am a scorpio and love the late fall, in England a time of conkers and Guy Faulks, dead leaves and a hint of the winter to come. Death has always fascinated me.ReplyDelete
Oh you MUST get your chart done Willow! Search on the American Astrological Association for a reference; it's not expensive and can be truly helpful.ReplyDelete
Interesting -- I have many Libras in my life -- all strong influences. I seem to be drawn to them though I'm a Pisces.ReplyDelete
afternoons are to die for, with the cool days inviting a sunny walk in the woods, or along a stream. love the insights, this is a gemReplyDelete
- AnonymousWed Nov 03, 11:32:00 AM
You had to have seen "The Wizard of Oz" very young, my dear! You must have related with Dorthy and the tornado... the holidays are coming; you must rearrange for that "one and only" Christmas tree of yours... so beautiful and enchanting! Turn up the fan on your feet there... for more creative powers! :) The BachReplyDelete
Speaking of Christmas trees, you've been know to celebrate All Saints Day by putting yours up. Are you going to this year, too?ReplyDelete
Air is easily a strong part of your Libra life...loved hearing about the fan! I need to always feel close to moving water...I can leave for a short time but always return to the waters edge...funny how we all are?!ReplyDelete
I'm a Taurus and like to have my feet planted flat on the ground...there are sun rising and moon rising signs and I am solidly Taurus all the way around my round body! My brother in-law swears by astrology..to much to his detriment I feel but alas...so much of it is true.ReplyDelete
I don't get claustrophobic..surprisingly..my mother was a Taurus and couldn't even have the covers up to her neck for fear of smothering...how different we all are..I have to say though, my worst nightmares are of tornadoes also~the monkeys in Wizard of Oz made no impression on me as a kid..but that tornado...oh my.
Willow I love you dearly, but we are worlds apart with our weather inclinations. I'm a Summer girl through & through, the hotter the better for me. Interestingly I was born at the height of Summer & you made an entrance in Fall. Is there a link to be made here about our preferences? Keep on flying around on your cyberspace carpet, it's always a delight to have you visit.ReplyDelete
Millie ^_^
Diversity is what makes us all so delicious, Millie!ReplyDelete
I think it's my airy Gemini moon that makes me want to communicate. Do you know your rising sign and moon signs? They say your moon sign tells you what you've mastered in previous lifetimes, your rising sign is how you appear to the world (the cloak of personality that people see first), and your sun sign holds the key to the qualities, talents and personal characteristics you came here to master this time around. I'd say you are a very accomplished Libra already. You do that Venus thing with such elegance and grace, and wicked skills too, I might add!ReplyDelete
Thanks, Angella. I really need to have my chart done, to fully understand myself.ReplyDelete
how funny before I saw this entry i was looking at your sidebar thinking she changes her quotes and images on there alot she must be a gemini like myself they are so mutable and sure enough you are air sign!ReplyDelete
i've had nightmares about tornadoes, too, since i was a child. must be something about growing up in the midwest. have you seen the film 'a serious man'? there's a great scene at the end that is reminiscent of these dreams....ReplyDelete
that's cool that you change things up in your life -- good for you for welcoming in the new like that~
btw i don't think astrology is a bunch of bunk!! ;-)


text:
If you have been patiently waiting for a jailbreak to be released for the third generation Apple TV (1080p) then you are going to be in for a huge disappointment. According to iOS jailbreaker pod2g, he is not working on a jailbreak for the Apple TV 3 and he is not aware of anyone else who is either.
ATV3 jailbreak: I have no news sadly, I'm not currently working on it nor anyone that I'm aware of. Sorry...
The third generation Apple TV was released way back in March of this year and has yet to see any development on the jailbreak front. The second generation Apple TV has been jailbroken now on all iOS software versions, and is a hugely capable media center once Apple's restrictions have been bypassed. You can then run XBMC and other media management apps which will let you access media stored on file servers and play media types not supported by Apple.
The lack of any progress with a jailbreak for the Apple TV 3 will make the used market for Apple TV 2's go into overdrive; due to the huge interest in jailbreaking the device. I sold my second generation Apple TV a few months back and it sold for nearly double the amount that I paid for it. If you aren't interested in jailbreaking your second gen Apple TV, now may be the time to cash in on it and get the third generation model and have money left over. If you do decide to upgrade in this way, you can look forward to some 1080p content and some spare cash too.
Have you been waiting patiently for an Apple TV 3 jailbreak? If you have, are you going to look at different alternatives now that it looks like you may have to wait a whole lot longer?
Source: @pod2g
Apple celebrates 15 'App Store Best Of 2020' winners
Apple has announced 15 App Store Best Of 2020 awards winners including some names you'll know and some you might not.
Unread 2.4 brings improved widgets and a re-worked interface
RSS is far from dead and Unread is one of the best ways to read your feeds. Unread 2.4 makes it even better!
Meet Addy and Michael in the latest 'Stillwater' Apple TV+ trailer
The wise panda is always helping his friends and this trailer is all about them.
Protect your AirPods charging case... with a case!
Your AirPods case is the perfect protection for your AirPods, but who protects the protectors? We've rounded up a cool collection of cases for your precious buds, with a style and on a budget to suit everyone.


text:
32nd Annual Sugar Bowl Classic ~ January 1, 1966
#6 Missouri 20 (Final: 8-2-1, #6)
Florida 18 (Final: 7-4-0)
How Missouri and Florida Met in the 1966 Sugar Bowl
This could have been the Mother of All Comebacks.
Didn't quite make it, but it was a rousing display – a two-minute drill that lasted 15.
Down 17-0 at the half, 20-0 in the third quarter, junior quarterback Steve Spurrier and the Florida Gators made the fourth quarter a sparkler.
"We figured," Spurrier recalled of Florida's late strategy, "we could only score three times in the last quarter. What we had to do was keep Missouri from getting a touchdown. But they might have gotten close enough for (another) field goal, which would have given them 23 points. So, to win, we would need 24 points."
For a team that could manage almost zero offense to that point, and would finish with minus two yards rushing, that was a mighty tall order.
Early, overcoming Florida's offensive and defensive units must have looked relatively simple to Missouri coach Dan Devine, at least on the blackboard. The Tigers utilized a wide tackle – or an eight-man line – to put pressure on Spurrier.
Should the Gators withstand the increased Missouri rush, the task of stopping Spurrier would fall to secondary coach Clay Cooper's unit, which was formidable with safety Johnny Roland roaming the perimeter.
The Tigers felt that eventually the Gators offensive line would give way under the hammering Missouri assault. "It couldn't have worked better," Spurrier reflected later. "For a while I couldn't breathe out there."
Two long drives in the first quarter were one of Missouri's best weapons. On its lone series in the period, Spurrier hit on a 9-yard pass, but two running plays lost a yard and the Gators had to punt. That was Florida's offense for the quarter.
Gary Lane, a methodical craftsman, put the Tigers ahead with a 59-yard drive. Charlie Brown, a 5-foot-8, 185-pound half-back who looked more like a professor than a student, dove into the end zone inside the flag on a 10-yard play. Missouri took definite command after converting a fumble recovery at the Gator 11 into a touchdown. Devine rushed in Roland who executed a perfect halfback pass to Early Denny, who was open at the goal.
"It wasn't a usual play," Cooper said. "Roland had been an offensive back until last year, and we used the play during the regular season. We just caught 'em asleep, I guess."
Before the half was over, Bill Bates also kicked a 37-yard field goal for a 17-0 lead. Even with that cushion, however, Devine sensed his team weakening, both from following the game plan and from the 78-degree heat.
Florida changed things in the locker room. The offense, and its non-existent running game, was modified by placing a halfback wide as a receiver. If Florida was going to win, it would be by air, and Spurrier was instructed to roll away from the pressure and to look for targets in the flat.
First, though, Missouri added to its lead with a 34-yard field goal.
That's when Spurrier went to work.
Scrambling away from the Tiger pressure points, Spurrier took his team downfield, completing six passes in six attempts, culminating with a 22-yard touchdown to Jack Harper just inbounds in the end zone. Coach Ray Graves sent in instructions to go for two points, but the pass was off target.
A Missouri fumble on the ensuing kickoff at the Florida 10 gave the Gators heart. "That looked like manna from heaven," said Spurrier, who ran in from the 2. Harper threw an incomplete halfback pass on the attempted two-point conversion. A simple kick would have put the Gators just seven points back.
"Looking back on it," Spurrier reflected, "I wish we had done something different."
After forcing a Missouri punt, back came the Gators going from their 19 to the Tiger 21. There, on third down, Spurrier spotted Charlie Casey in the end zone and tried to float a pass to him. Defender Gary Grossnickle came up and covered Casey perfectly, deflecting the ball. In a tremendous effort, Casey drove headlong and caught the ball just off the ground.
For the third consecutive time Florida's two-point attempt went astray. Given up for dead at the start of the fourth quarter, the Gator trailed just 20-18. But there was just 2:08 remaining. The Tigers ran out the clock.
In the last period, the junior Florida quarterback swept his team to three touchdowns in barely 11 minutes of play. He completed 16-of-23 passes for 198 yards and two touchdowns, and scored another himself. To put it in perspective, the Sugar Bowl completion record for an entire game had been 17, set by Davey O'Brien in 1939.
"Yep, it was pretty impressive, all right," said Clay Cooper. "They were a real good team, and we knew that sooner or later they would hit a couple on us. They hit more than a couple, but you noticed who won the game?…Missouri."
Recap excerpted from the book "Sugar Bowl Classic: A History" by Marty Mulé, who covered the game and the organization for decades for the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
Tulane Stadium
Att: 61,346
Missouri 0 17 3 0 – 20
Florida 0 0 0 18 – 18
Mo: Brown 10-yard run (Bates kick)
Mo: Denny 11-yard pass from Roland (Bates kick)
Mo: Bates 37-yard field goal
Mo: Bates 34-yard field goal
Fla: Harper 22-yard pass from Spurrier (Pass failed)
Fla: Spurrier 2-yard run (Pass failed)
Fla: Casey 21-yard pass from Spurrier (Pass failed)
| Team Stats
| First Downs
| Passing Yards
| Total Offense
Mo.: Brown 23-121, 1 TD; Lane 19-76
UF: Poe 2-11
Mo.: Lane 4-13-1, 39 yards
UF: Spurrier 22-45-1, 352 yards, 2 TDs
Mo.: Phelps 2-11
UF: Casey 5-108, 1 TD; Brown 9-88; Harper 4-66, 1 TD
Miller-Digby Award recipient: Steve Spurrier, Florida quarterback


text:
In an optics lab at Tufts University near Boston, a $20,000 vibration-controlled tabletop is going to waste. Where an ultrafast laser should be, there is instead a disheveled array of Petri dishes. In place of a spectrum analyzer sits a cardboard box full of leafy twigs.
"Here's our farm," joked Dr. Fiorenzo Omenetto, a professor of biomedical engineering and physics at Tufts who was recently named one of "the smartest people in tech" by Fortune magazine. Through a pair of hip plastic-framed glasses he peered down into the Petri dishes, giving one or two a friendly flick. In each dish, a single, plump silkworm was wallowing on a bed of mulberry leaves.
Three years ago Omenetto wouldn't have been able to imagine a less likely scenario. At that time, he ran an ultrafast laser lab with a focus on photonics and didn't know a silkworm from a white grub. But a lot has happened since then. A hallway conversation with Dr. David Kaplan, the chair of the biomedical engineering department, has evolved into the collaboration of a lifetime, generating dozens of publications, hundreds of talks and interviews, and a Renaissance of ideas about silk.
"Ah!" Omenetto's face lit up. "Look—this one is spinning." He pointed to a worm looking more purposeful than the others. As if in a trance, it moved its raised head in a figure-eight pattern. With spinnerets on either side of its mouth it was reeling out a fine strand of silk through a hole in its head, affixing the strand at different points on the walls of its plastic container. The silkworm was erecting a scaffold around itself; a kilometer of silk to go and its cocoon would be so thick and rigid you couldn't squeeze a dent in it.
But the silkworm's hopes of metamorphosing inside, I was told, were ill-fated. It was to share the destiny of the vast majority of silkworms reared by the hundred billion every year in Southeast Asia: As soon as construction is done, they are done in, and their cocoons are harvested, soaked, and unraveled. Only a handful of worms per farm are allowed to mature and burst forth from their shrouds as moths. These lucky few are entrusted with the task of passing on the secret of their trade to the next generation: For thousands of years, the secret of how to actually make silk has been one the worms have kept to themselves.
Silkworm cultivation, or sericulture, began sometime around the year 2700 BCE in China, and was kept under wraps for the next three millennia. By exporting silk cloth cloaked in total mystery, the Chinese maintained the longest industrial monopoly in history. That mystery deepened desire. The rest of the world was so completely enamored with silk—and in the dark about the material's origins—that the Roman poet Virgil praised its beauty in his work, and suggested it might come from fluff combed out of unknown Chinese leaves. Soaring demand for the lustrous fabric drove the establishment of trade routes—collectively, the "Silk Road" —forever linking the East and West.
Eventually greed and gossip joined forces on the matter of silkworm cultivation, and in the third century CE the secret finally spilled over the Chinese border. Soon sericulture was thriving all over Asia, and then all over Europe. Silk, which was once worth its weight in gold, plummeted in price. Prices have continued to drop ever since, as farming and processing technologies incrementally improve.
But farmers can only do so much. Silkworms themselves are the bottleneck in production. They must fatten up for a month on vast quantities of mulberry leaves before spinning, and they don't spin at all unless conditions are just right. Like artistic geniuses, their foibles must be endured for the sake of their talents. And like the creation of art, that of silk—one of the strongest and longest protein chains found in nature—is wholly, beautifully inessential. Silk is much stronger on the molecular level than it needs to be to make an effective cocoon, and far more spectacular.
Silk protein fibers "embody strength and beauty," in the words of Omenetto and Kaplan in a review they co-authored in the July 30th issue of Science. Kaplan has been studying silk for more than 20 years with ever-waxing enthusiasm. At this point he may be the Western world's leading silk expert, so I asked him what it is, exactly. Silk, he explained, is an incredibly long chain of repeating sequences of a few types of amino acids. Firm bonds that form between adjacent amino acids make the fiber as much as five times stronger than steel and three times tougher than Kevlar (a synthetic fabric used in bulletproof vests and other body armor). And yet, Kaplan noted with awe, even though the silk molecule is 400,000 amino acids long and unbreakably strong, "it has a relatively simple form, so it appears over and over again in nature."


text:
the UK Partner
of UCPA
We apologise, the page you were trying to view is not currently available. We have recently redeveloped our site so the page may no longer be available. An email with details about this error has already been sent to the administrator.
Please navigate the site using the links provided.
© Action Outdoors 2017 | Privacy Policy


text:
Our Own Robyn Lee on 'No Reservations'
Well, it's not like Serious Eats' Robyn Lee was a talking head on No Reservations, but you do see the back of her head on the show. FoSE Kathryn Yu captured the moment. There's Robyn in the background having lunch at Momofuku Ssam Bar.
Strangely appropriate, as the episode had to do with food porn, which Robyn excels at.
Bourdain talks about food porn in this blog post and in this video with David Chang, where Bourdain says:
It's anti-food in a sense. This is the thing with the food nerds—they're your most loyal followers. They spread the gospel, for sure, but ironically, in their fervor, they become ... like butterfly collectors. Instead of just appreciating the thing, it's all about acquiring it and putting it in the book.
Chang banned photography in one of his restaurants, Momofuku Ko, in June of last year.
If only the producers knew they were in the presence of food porn greatness, they could have gotten the perspective of a so-called food nerd.
All products linked here have been independently selected by our editors. We may earn a commission on purchases, as described in our affiliate policy.


text:
You can finally take a gander at photos of "Darth Maul/The Toad" Ray Park in his full Snake-Eyes costume from the upcoming G.I. Joe film, and we grudgingly have to admit that he looks fairly badass. Even though his visor looks a bit like Geordi's from Star Trek: The Next Generation, we'd never tell him that to his face. If we did, he'd either gut us with his sword, pop a cap in our ass with his gun, or possibly do both. Check out another Snake-tastic picture after the jump.
These images give us hope that G.I. Joe won't be a complete mess, or at least it'll look pretty while continuing to strip-mine all our childhood memories. We haven't heard if Snake-Eyes will have his wolf Timber in the movie or not, although we don't really think they need to give him a slobbering animal to make him look more intimidating. It's also not clear if he'll talk or if we'll just see his face in the flick. (Thanks ProjectThanatos!)


text:
I don't know if these 2 things are related but this is the order it affected me in.
There is a game breaking bug in assassins creed liberation. It exists in the newest patched version if the game. After experiencing the same problem as the user in this forum
I exited the game through the start menu to reload it and the game would no longer load and kept resetting back to the ubisoft logo. I was at least 10 hours in with side missions and collections quite thoroughly completed. Other users are experiencing corrupt save problems as well and have to do restarts. Consumers deserve to be made aware of this game breaking bug until it is (hopefully) patched before they lose their progress/purchase this broken game. Other users experience a similar problem but instead of the game returning to title remain stuck in the animus loading screen. Please sticky this forum and give a response. I suffered this bug initially on Saturday and since then more buyers have had the issue:
More links for evidence showing consumer frustration:
This website review also mentions reports of save corruption:
I found all these links performing a google search
Wish I was aware if this before wasting 10+ hours!
Matt Willis
This one is in English. ******** bug what were they thinking with lack of testing?
More: sorry to keep posting but building up a case so devs don't ignore the issue:
I have passed this onto the team - BUT - If you have the update and it still is happening - can I ask you also contact Ubisoft support and ask anyone else with this issue to do the same?
Support play a vital role in collating the reports of bugs and passing them onto the team - so it's vital people are contacting them, so they have as much information as possible!
you can contact support via the website : www.support.ubi.com
Thanks for reply. I have contacted support and gave them a link to this forum over the phone. I also have posted a link to this forum to the gamefaqs boards, hopefully a solution will come soon.
interestingly some users on gamefaqs seem to think it may crash due to a specific costume wore whilst the game was saving and tries to reload once more
Same problem over here. (Belgium)
When I want to continue my game, I get a glimps of Avaline in the loading sreen (2sec) and then it restarts itself with showing the ubisoft logo.
In the last playsession I received that special assasins outfit. Maybe there is an error because others also have compaints after they received that outfit.
Sorry for the problems you are having - but please do contact Ubisoft support directly - they can help solve the issue - or forward details to the team working on it!
Please make sure to say if you unlocked a certain outfit - can you remember what it was called? - so I can pass that on as well!
Links are in my signature!


text:
LocationJacksonville FL
10626 General Avenue
Jacksonville, FL 32220
New 2020 Forest River RV FR3 33DS
12 days of Black Friday Deals on all 2020 RVs
Forest River FR3 Crossover Class A gas motorhome 33DS highlights:
- King-Size Bed
- Theater Seating
- Bunk Over Cab
- Outdoor Entertainment
- 19' Electric Awning
Don't miss out on another moment of luxurious travel with this FR3 Crossover Glass A gas motorhome! You will feel completely relaxed and comfortable when you spend your evenings in the private bedroom on the king-size bed, or you can unwind on the theater seating as you watch a movie on the 40" LED TV. Whether you're taking this coach to majestic mountain scenery or you're taking a weekend away to fish on the lake, you will appreciate all of the comfortable sleeping accommodations provided in this unit that allow it to sleep five people during every adventure.
This unit by Forest River has been outfitted with the latest in modern advances when it comes to motorhomes. The LED interior lighting allows the entire coach to feel bright and cheerful even on the darkest days, and the 6' 10" ceiling truly gives you the space you need to move around freely without the concern of bumping your head. Even the exterior portion of this motorhome provides you with extra space to host a get together with friends because it includes an outdoor entertainment center for you to watch the big game on, marine-grade exterior speakers for you to use to jam out to your favorite tunes, and an electric awning with LED lights for you to take shelter under while you party.
Stock# 38709
Chassis: Ford
Interior Color: PEBBLE
|34 ft 10 in
|Ext Width
|8 ft 4 in
|Ext Height
|12 ft 5 in
|Int Height
|6 ft 10 in
|Interior Color
|Hitch Weight
|5000 lbs
|Gross Weight
|20500 lbs
|Cargo Weight
|1978 lbs
|Fresh Water Capacity
|50 gals
|Grey Water Capacity
|42 gals
|Black Water Capacity
|42 gals
|Tire Size
|Furnace BTU
|35000 btu
|Fuel Type
|320 hp
|Fuel Capacity
|80 gals
|228 in
|Number Of Bunks
|Available Beds
|460 ft-lb
|Refrigerator Type
|Four Door
|Refrigerator Size
|12 cu ft
|Cooktop Burners
|Shower Size
|38" x 26"
|Number of Awnings
|Axle Weight Front
|7500 lbs
|Axle Weight Rear
|13500 lbs
|LP Tank Capacity
|Water Heater Capacity
|6 gal
|Water Heater Type
|Basement Storage
|155 cu. ft.
|TV Info
|LR 40" LED TV, Exterior TV
|Awning Info
|19' Electric with LED Lights
|Washer/Dryer Available
|Gross Combined Weight
|26000 lbs
|Shower Type
|Electrical Service
|50 amp
Scan this QR code with your smartphone to save this page and have mobile access to this unit's information.
In 1996, Forest River founder Peter Liegl had a vision. He foresaw an RV company dedicated to helping people experience the joy of the outdoors by building better recreational vehicles. Today, we have grown to become one of the largest RV manufacturers in North America, producing class A and C motorhomes, travel trailers, fifth wheels, toy haulers, camping trailers and destination trailers. From the new family just starting out in the world of RVing to the experienced full-timer, we offer something for everyone.
Forest River RV is a division of Forest River, Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway company, which produces recreational vehicles, pontoons, park models, buses, cargo trailers and commercial trucks. The diversity of Forest River, Inc., enables us to approach the RV industry with a unique perspective, incorporating lessons learned at each one of our divisions. Operating with openness across a wide range of products is what makes us stand apart from the competition. At Forest River, Inc., quality and dependability are a necessity in everything we make.
*All calculated monthly payments are an estimate for qualified buyers only and do not constitute a commitment that financing or a specific interest rate or term is available. Financing terms may not be available in all Campers Inn locations. Campers Inn RV Sales is not responsible for any misprints, typos, or errors found in our website pages. Any price listed excludes sales tax, registration tags, and delivery fees. Manufacturer pictures, specifications, and features may be used in place of actual inventory in stock on our lot. Please contact us for availability as our inventory changes rapidly.


text:
I have a Solar Array as well as a L2 charger. In eastern MA, Eversource offers a time of use rate for electricity for peak and off peak. It would seem this is a better deal due to providing surplus to the grid, from the solar, during peak and charging my Leaf off-peak.
Anyone have experience doing this? Is it really as good as it seems?
Thank you


text:
This site contains affiliate links to products. We may receive a commission for purchases made through these links.
Virtual Edge Communications uses this COOL device to process charge card payments as well as document cash sales. We can use this on our iPad, Mini iPad or iPod (we do not have an iPhone).
If you sell products or services, you can boost your sales by offering to accept charge cards.
We use the Square device to accept sales at The White Rock Beach Gallery – Waterfront Promenade Gallery. Want to see how simple this Square is to use? Come to White Rock Beach and if we are set up, buy some postcards, greeting cards, magnets or canvas prints and we will show you how simple it is to use and email you a receipt, saving the trees for the squirrels or postcards. LOL
Copyright © 2020 This site is owned and operated by Ric Wallace of Virtual Edge Communications.


text:
The Amazon armchair critics are out in force to administer a righteous shoeing to the policeman figurine of Olympic mascot Wenlock, which is tasked with "the important job of protecting you on your journey to the London 2012 Games".
The blurb for this rather sinister-looking piece of merchandising suggests: "Take this figurine on a journey to the London 2012 Olympic Games – we can have lots of fun together!"
Wenlock menaces Amazon surfers, barely contained
by his plastic prison
Or maybe not. One shaken reviewer reported: "I bought this toy to take on my Olympic journey as suggested by the technical details. Imagine my surprise when I woke up the next morning to find that it had left its case, called in reinforcements and kettled me in my bed."
He added: "I'm just glad I didn't buy the water cannon or long-range acoustic device accessories."
Getting up a good head of Orwellian steam, another chipped in with:
If you want to imagine the future … imagine a policeman, baton drawn, water cannon at his shoulder, standing guard over an Olympics logo, while beside him McDonald's sells more burgers to more unhealthy people than ever, and drones cruise the sky collecting data from the phones of people suspected of anti-Olympics feelings... forever.
Still considering a Wenlock copper for the nippers? Try this dire warning:
Shortly after purchasing this toy for my son he began to complain of terrible dreams, even waking screaming on one occasion. He would look at the toy and burst into tears begging me to take it away.
I gave in and put it in my room, it's only now weeks later I can summon the strength to write this, my eyes blurring with tears. Such horror the unblinking eye, watching, judging, all the while the sound of marching Jack Boots pounding in time with the terrified flutter of heart.
Tendrils of darkness robbing my liberty, violating me and all the while the eye, the unblinking eye watches. Oh God, the eye. I'm sorry I can't go on can I stop this now.
In short do not buy this figure.
Crikey. Ever since Lord Conran expressed his dismay at Olympic mascots Wenlock and Mandeville, people have been wondering just who really is responsible for the "horrible computer generated Smurfs for the iPhone generation", and their multiple official merchandising spawn.
In this case, it's a result of "what happens when David Hasselhoff drinks methylated spirits", according to another equally dismayed Amazon punter.
We'll leave the final word on the Wenlock policeman and his all-seeing eye to this frustrated customer, who could evidently benefit from the services of Lisa Simpson:
This toy is worse than masturbating to a picture of Lord Coe, official overlord of the 2012 Olympics. And believe me, I've tried.
This online waggery has the prospect of becoming a recognised Olympic sport in its own right as the cases of Veet for Men Hair Removal Gel Creme, the Oxo Tower and Katie Price and Peter Andre's A Whole New World show.
Other medal-winning examples are this review of Rhonda Byrne's The Secret, and some fantastic customer input regarding the Three Wolf Moon t-shirt.
Here's a selection about the latter:
For you left-brain types out there, who are still unsure on whether or not this shirt would make a wise purchase, allow me to break it down for you.
Most shirts like this only contain one wolf. This shirt has three wolves, plus a moon. You are basically getting three wolves and a moon for the price of one wolf. You won't find that deal anywhere else.
I'm just a regular American guy. I've got a truck, smoke a little too much, maybe missing a few toes. Nothing too unusual. At my 9-to-5 I've gotten by for years on my old Two Wolf Moon T-Shirt. "Bring the loader over to bay 4" they'd say, and I'd get over there and get it done, my two wolves classy enough for work but also letting the passing ladies know I'm a raging torrent of untamed American spirit yearning to breathe free, preferably naked. I'm no Don Juan, but I did OK - mostly with Janice from Accounting, until she got diphtheria.
Most of my income went to the good life, brewed high in the Rockies if you know what I mean. But one day I decided to take some hard earned dough and upgrade. Big time. When I got my Three Wolf Moon t-shirt, I knew my life had changed, but I didn't know how much.
When I put it on, the effect was immediate. 33% more wolf was almost too much to handle. It was like wearing 1500 ccs of chaps on a 1800 cc motorcycle. The vibrations alone were almost enough to throw me off my stride. And the fact that the third wolf faces backwards while howling, demonstrating individuality at the same time as unity of purpose and nobility of spirit, was a metaphor so powerful Roy, the guy who steals my mail, practically took his own foot off with his weed whacker the moment he saw me.
The Three Wolf Moon T-Shirt gave me a +10 resistance to energy attacks, +8 Strength, and added 30 feet to my normal leap. I cannot list the specific effects involving the opposite sex as I am still discovering these. And they are many.
Since owning the Three Wolf Moon T-Shirt, I have successfully solved 7 crimes in my city, including 4 cold case murders. The local police force is currently wishing to retain my services.
I do have one complaint, and that's that I must stay indoors on windy days. Last fall we had a windy day and I received notice that hundreds of women were suddenly pregnant, carrying my offspring, up to 12 miles away.


text:
Services on Demand
Related links
- Cited by Google
- Similars in Google
SAMJ: South African Medical Journal
On-line version ISSN 2078-5135
Print version ISSN 0256-9574
SAMJ, S. Afr. med. j. vol.100 n.12 Pretoria Dec. 2010
Schistosomiasis - an endemic but neglected tropical disease in Limpopo
To the Editor: After malaria, schistosomiasis is the second most prevalent tropical infection, but is first among the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).1 Worldwide, an estimated 750 million people are at risk of schistosomiasis, and 200 million have the disease; 85% of the latter and all 20 million with severe disease are concentrated in Africa.2,3
We conducted a study that describes the pathology of biopsy diagnosed schistosomiasis, silent or symptomatic, in Limpopo Province to call attention on an NTD with potentially severe morbidity and mortality. This is especially important in view of the HIV/AIDS epidemic that poses a higher burden on women than men. Evidence is accumulating that female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) acts as a co-factor in the genesis of cervical pre-invasive and invasive lesions and/or as an entry point for the HI virus.
Over the period 2008-2009, all new cases of biopsy diagnosed schistosomiasis were prospectively recorded. The diagnosis was made in the presence of viable (embryonated) and/or non-viable (calcified) ova; Schistosoma haematobium in the presence of a terminal spike and S. mansoni if the spike was lateral.
The patients' age, gender, geographical origin, anatomical site and type of lesion, if any, were recorded. There were 266 females, and 45 males (F/M ratio 5.9/1). Table I illustrates the relative distribution by gender and affected organs. FGS accounted for 233 (87.6%) of the female cases; of the 127 cases involving the cervix, 29 (22.8%) were HIV-seropositive. Only 44 cases were asymptomatic, namely the incidentally found ova in bilateral tubal ligation (N=40) and prolapsed fibromyomas (N=4). In males, the appendix was the most common site - 30 (66.6%). The overall S. haematobium to S. mansoni ratio was 5.1/1. The ratio was 6.1/1 with urogenital pathology, and 3.2/1 with digestive tract pathology. These figures show an overlap of the two subtypes in urogenital and digestive lesions, and an overall predominance of S. haematobium. Of the cases of known geographical origin, 91% were from the northern and north-eastern parts of the province bordering Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
Failure in the supply of safe water sources and sanitation, and failure to control snail intermediate hosts, lead to the continued transmission of the infection.2,4 Control interventions require economic progress, political will and stability, and adequate public health structures and programmes.2 School-based health programmes are a major tool to reduce morbidity.5,6 South Africa is a signatory of World Health Assembly Resolution 54.19 that calls on member states to take effective steps to control schistosomiasis and soiltransmitted helminthiasis. This calls for non-selective treatment of all children at risk, and targets the year 2010 for regular chemotherapy programmes.6
The importance of such preventive policies is because praziquantel kills the adult schistosoma but not the ova. The ova cause granulomas, the entry and exit for the transmission of HIV, and possibly act as a co-factor in cervical carcinogenesis.3
Louis-Jacques van Bogaert
National Health Laboratory Service, and
University of Limpopo
1. Global Network. Neglected Tropical Diseases. Africa's 32 cents solution for HIV/AIDS: delivering effective and low cost NTD treatment to school-aged children. Available at: http://globalnetwork.org/press/2009/5/25/africa (accessed 24 July 2010). [ Links ]
2. Davis A. The Professor Gerald Webbe memorial lecture: global control of schistosomiasis. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hygiene 2000;94:609-615. [ Links ]
3. Kjetland EF, Ndhlovu PD, Gomo E, et al. Association between genital schistosomiasis and HIV in rural Zimbabwean women. AIDS 2006;20:593-600. [ Links ]
4. Tanaka H, Tsuji M. From discovery to eradication of schistosomiasis in Japan. Int J Parasitol 1997;27:1465-1480. [ Links ]
5. Husein MH, Talaat M, El-Sayed MK, et al. Who misses out with school-based health programmes? A study of schistosomiasis control in Egypt. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hygiene 1996;90:362-365. [ Links ]
6. Taylor M, Jinabhai CC, Naidoo K, et al. The epidemiology of schistosomiasis among Zulu children in a rural district in South Africa: determining appropriate community-based diagnostic tools. S Afr J Epid Inf 2004;19:90-95. [ Links ]


text:
We want you to come take a hike on one of our trails! We also want to send you up a creek but we'll rent you a paddle (and a canoe.) We really are a nice bunch and will be happy to share our rolling hills and bluegrass so you can enjoy a little peace and quiet away from the hustle and bustle of city life.
Carrollton has a variety of music events through out the year, (not just fiddling, sorry to get all your Bluegrass hopes up). You don't even have to be a millionaire to get front row seats either. Most music events are free! You can also find good food at these events….think tasty, slow cooked BBQ. Carrollton hosts several fishing tournaments during the year and we pay good prize money….which is a certain kind of FUN! Point Park is the perfect place to launch your own boat and enjoy the Kentucky and Ohio Rivers! There's some kind of FUN for just about everyone in Carrollton!
Sleep on a blanket under the stars in one of our two campgrounds or snuggle into a cozy king sized bed in one of the 24 newly renovated cottages at General Butler State Resort Park. Carrollton has plenty of choices for lodging with the park, six other hotels, a B&B and 2 campgrounds. Two Rivers Campground is located within walking distance of the confluence of the Ohio and Kentucky Rivers! We have plenty of ADA accessible rooms and all with the luxuries of home..yes, that includes free wifi! We want you to "check-in" (Facebook users you know what we're talking about) after you check-in with us!
Three words. Kentucky. Hot. Brown. If you haven't had this baked country ham, roasted turkey, smothered in cheese, topped with bacon and tomato, (you have to have your vegetables) dish, then you have to try one while you're in Carrollton! You can also enjoy other Kentucky Country Fare like pinto beans, fried potatoes, cornbread, and great fried fish at more than one place in town! We can be healthy too! We like to grow our own produce and keep the cooking in the family here. The Farmers Market is a great place to find local produce May through October. Local stores carry Kentucky Proud items too!
NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series 225
Thursday, July 9th
NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series –
Rising talents and tough NASCAR trucks take on the circuit's roughest track!
NASCAR Xfinity Series Alsco 300
Friday, July 10th
NASCAR XFINITY Series –
One value-packed ticket delivers two NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series practices sessions, Monster Energy Quaker State 400 qualifying, NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) qualifying, and the Alsco 300 race!
NASCAR Monster Energy Quaker State 400
Saturday, July 11th
NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series –
Our NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series Quaker State 400 returns. Enjoy an energetic atmosphere filled with music, food and fun while watching the world's best stock car drivers face one of the toughest challenges in all of racing!
Carroll County Tourism Office
515 Highland Ave, Carrollton, KY 41008
(502) 732-7036
Paid in part by the KY Department of Travel & Tourism.


text:
MLB just announced the teams for the 2012 All Star Game in Kansas City. The Pirates representatives are OF Andrew McCutchen and closer Joel Hanrahan.
McCutchen is not just the best player on the Pirates, he's one of the best players in the National League. Cutch is currently leading the team in R, H, 2B, 3B, HR, RBI, SB, Avg, OBP and SLG. Whew, that's a heavy load. Andrew has a chance to start the game since elected starter Matt Kemp will not play because of a hamstring injury.
Hanrahan has nailed down 20 saves this year on the back of a 2.10 ERA, 1.07 WHIP and 10.5 K/9
Not being named to the team were starters James McDonald and A.J. Burnett. JMac is a real surprise. He has become the ace of the Pirates staff with a 2.44 ERA, 0.98 WHIP and 8.1 K/9. Burnett's numbers don't stand out in the same way (3.31, 1.24, 7.6) but it was thought that his comeback story this year might help get him some votes. Both players could be named to the team if other players bow out due to injury or rest requirements.
Filed under: baseball, Pirates | Tagged: A.J. Burnett, All Star Game, Andrew McCutchen, baseball, James McDonald, Joel Hanrahan, Matt Kemp, Pirates | Leave a comment »


text:
ASU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This collection includes most of the ASU Theses and Dissertations from 2011 to present. ASU Theses and Dissertations are available in downloadable PDF format; however, a small percentage of items are under embargo. Information about the dissertations/theses includes degree information, committee members, an abstract, supporting data or media.
In addition to the electronic theses found in the ASU Digital Repository, ASU Theses and Dissertations can be found in the ASU Library Catalog.
Dissertations and Theses granted by Arizona State University are archived and made available through a joint effort of the ASU Graduate College and the ASU Libraries. For more information or questions about this collection contact or visit the Digital Repository ETD Library Guide or contact the ASU Graduate College at email@example.com.
- Nelson, Ben
- Isaac, Gwyneira
- 1 Arizona State University
- 1 Hegmon, Michelle
- 1 Kantor, Loni
- Archaeology
- Landscape
- Linguistics
- Huichol
- 1 Ethnoarchaeology
- 1 Language
- 1 Movement
- more
- 1 Wixárika
- Reverse Fountain Cytoplasmic Streaming in Rhizopus Oryzae
- Diné Research Practices and Protocols: An Intersectional Paradigm Incorporating Indigenous Feminism, Critical Indigenous Research Methodologies and Diné Knowledge Systems
- Developing an Augmented Reality Solution for Mapping Underground Infrastructure
- Characterization of 2D Human Ankle Stiffness during Postural Balance and Walking for Robot-aided Ankle Rehabilitation
- Using Molecular, Cellular and Bioengineering Approaches Towards Understanding Muscle Stem Cell Biology
Anthropological attention to landscapes has revealed them to be more than where people subsist: landscapes are inherently social entities. People create landscapes in their interactions with the environment and each other. People conceptualize, or imbue the landscape with meaning such that given places serve to impart cultural knowledge, identity, and social order. The link between people and their landscape thus underscores the importance of a landscape focus in the attempt to understand people. Furthermore, as a product of cultural behavior, the landscape constitutes a form of material culture that may be marked in ways that are consistent with how it …
- Contributors
- Kantor, Loni, Nelson, Ben, Hegmon, Michelle, et al.
- Created Date
- 2015


text:
Do Dinosaurs Still Exist?
More Eyewitness Accounts:Terrorized by Living Dinosaur in Lake Titicaca
by Sue Beecham--Psuedonym
Lake Titicaca, the highest navigatable lake in the world.
See also: Mysterious Lake Titicaca Copyright:Courtney Milne, All Rights Reserved
Lake Titicaca, the highest navigatable lake in the world.
See also: Mysterious Lake Titicaca Copyright:Courtney Milne, All Rights Reserved
Note to our Readers. We got this story below from Dan Musicman's Live Dinosaur Site. Dan is a Christian missionary. Much information on the internet is simply recycled/borrowed from other sites. One of the things we try to do, is to give proper credit to others when we are not the original source of a story. When you do have something original, its nice to see it acknowledged when it is used by others. This story was told to Dan Directly about an event occurring in 1989. The name "Sue Beacham", is not a real name-the witness did not want her real name used.
Now, curiously enough, GUST.com has a very similar story concerning Lake Titicaca which was supposed to have happened in 2003, which includes a picture and quotes from "Sue Beacham"! Dan has asked GUST to remove the embellishments and to give credit where credit is due, which does not appear to be forthcoming. We can only say that the GUST.com story was copyrighted in 2004. However, The Way Back Machine, the internet archiver has Dan's version going back to at least January 2002. Please draw your own conclusions.
Lake Titicaca, Peru -- Summer 1989
Stretching our legs on a low hill overlooking the blue expanse of Lake Titicaca, we watched our bus on the small road below, getting its tire changed, when all of a sudden the sound of enormous waves and the displacement of tons of water broke the stillness of the barren country side and stopped the chatting voices of the scattered bus passengers!
Transfixed to our spots, we were frozen with sudden terror, as we watched 300 meters below us beyond the road, an enormous head with dripping open mouth rise from the lake!
It was followed by a 4-5 meter long neck and finally by an enormous hump of a body of a 40-50 meter long… monster!
The 12 meter local passenger bus that we, four young western teenage missionaries, had boarded in Lima Peru to take us to La Paz in neighbouring Bolivia, had been crossing through desolate Andes countryside for hours.
Finally rounding a hill, we rejoiced to suddenly see the blue waters of a breathtaking lake that revealed itself before us; Lake Titicaca, its northern half situated in Peru and southern half in Bolivia, is the highest mountain lake in the world and also one of the deepest!
We finally reached a small town on the shoulder of the legendary Andes lake. Some passengers were released and other local ones taken on. After we left town and had crossed the Bolivian border, our bus had been slowly winding its way along the shoulders of the lake, its choppy waters often lapping just a few meters down the embankment on our left.
We had been watching the deep azure blue colors of the lake waters and the grey mountains in the distance, when suddenly our bus coasted to a standstill! The voice of the driver, announced in the local vernacular, that there was some trouble.
When we had all spilled out onto the road, it was discovered that the bus had a flat tire. The locals standing around, inspired by the view of Titicaca, were soon inspired to swap long yarns with each other about some legendary monster that it is supposed to reside in these waters. Every so often, they recounted, there were renewed stories of people who had sighted the creature, or had heard of others who had.
Getting bored with their tales that soon however turned out uncannily prophetic, we sauntered up the low hill to get a better view of the surrounding countryside. Thank God we did, as standing around gabbing, we were totally unprepared for what happened next! There was a sudden roar, the sound of many cubic tons of water being displaced rapidly, and our eyes riveted themselves on a spot on our right in the lake below, some thirty meters away from the bank along the road.
We froze in our tracks, as we could not believe what we saw.
A monstrous head, with a teethed open mouth, dripping with water, half the size of our bus, emerged from the water, followed by an ever growing hump some 20 meters behind its head.
It slowly but forcefully swayed itself from one side to another through the gorging waters, its reptilic eyes scanning the scenery in front of it!
We were gripped with fear, terrorized by the view in front of us, thousands of thoughts shooting through our heads: "This isn't real!" "There are no monsters like that!" "This is ridiculous!" "Pinch me, am I dreaming?" "The dragon of St George?" "A LIVE DINOSAUR? "But they are extinct for billions of years!"
The head rose from the waters on an ever lenghtening meters-round neck, forever rising out of the water, as if in slow motion, water running down the grey thick leathery elephant-type skin.
"Oh my God!" We gasped, "We gotta get out of here!" "What in the world, is that!" "Yikes!" "Is it coming for us!" "Oh, Jesus please help us! Protect us Lord!"
The neck swung through the swirling waters, its head 5 meters above the water, glaring at the bus, where the drivers had been working on the wheel, but who were now slowly inching away backwards up the hill, behind the cover of the vehicle, away from the monster, hoping that it hadn't seen them.
The creature opened its mouth and let out a bellowing long wailing cry, faint imitations of which we had only heard in movies like King Kong or other Sci-Fi flicks, only this one was real! It echoed away through the hills.
Its back had now emerged steadily from the water, a rounded mass of muscle power that amazed us by its agility, as it slowly waddled closer to the shore. It moved its 40 to 50 meter long body about, easier than an elephant does his, displacing tons of water in the process!
It had a flattened spatula type tail that got wider at the end which would forcefully flap down on the water, as it dove repeatedly down into the lake.
Our terror gradually subsided somewhat, as we saw that it didn't seem to have the intention to come out of the lake. If it had seen us, it didn't seem to be interested in us, or at least not as lunch for a voracious appetite.
We were never totally sure though, so we stayed on our hill, torn between one desire to see this spectacular sight and another, to distance ourselves as far away as possible from the enormous creature, without drawing its attention too much.
We could never see the end of its legs or members, as the beast never came completely out of the water!—Thank the LORD!
Up to this day I am not sure whether the creatures paws were fins or legs at the end. Finally it kind of went underwater and the bus was started up again and we gingerly boarded while keeping a very careful eye on the swirling waters. And as fast as possible the bus took off and out of there!
Ever since I have learned that there are many watery places in the world beside Loch Ness and Titicaca, where dinosaur-like creatures are still sighted every now and then.
Creationist scientists claim that most of these are plesiosaurs.... But our "dragon" takes the cake, as all these are much smaller than what we saw that day! It was a huge living Dinosaur, 5 times the length of our bus! And at least 20 meters high, as we never saw it fully!
Sad to say, we didn't have a camera on us. But even if we had had one, we probably would have forgotten to take so much as one picture, as mesmerized as we were by this once in a 20th century life-time sight!
If now someone tells me how they believe in evolution and that dinosaurs became extinct 4 billion years ago, I am ever amazed at the thorough brainwashing job the state-sponsored religion of evolution has done on most of the worlds population!
Lots of Love
PS: If any of the brethren that were with me that day, DID take any pictures, although I don't remember anyone did, please send it in to the following e-mail address:
Especially Izzy, also called Elizabeth, sister of Isaac, who lived a long time with her parents in Bolivia! If you Izzy, read this, please contact "Musicman" at the same email address! Or any others who were there!
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 37 38
Please Support the Research of S8int.com!
Since 2002, Chris Parker has done the majority of the research and writing of articles for s8int.com. If this site has been an encouragement to you, please donate to support Chris's ongoing research. (S8int.com is not incorporated and your donations may not be tax deductable.)


text:
Welcome to Jimi wallet. Created a few short years ago when the world was a dark place with only outdated leather billfolds, money clips and velcro surfer wallets as your wallet options. Now there's an explosion of slim wallets, but Jimi remains a distinctive and award-winning icon of what minimal is all about. Small enough to fit your pocket, big enough to hold your essentials, and easy to use.
Jimi wallet has fans from mountain bikers to triathletes, day hikers to department store shoppers, and those fans create more fans with their enthusiasm for our sustainable little US made innovation. We hope you become a fan too. Thanks for your interest in Jimi.
Maker of Jimi ®
Best Money Clip
Card wallet
Bike Wallet
Un wallet
Simplified wallet
Bi Fold wallet with Money Clip
Translucent wallet
Wallets for Men
Card Clip Credit Money wallet
Ultimate Bikers wallet
Card Holder Wallet
Best wallets
Recycled Wallet
Card Wallet with Money Clip
Sport Wallet
Card Wallets
Recyclable wallet
Clip Wallet
Credit Card Cases
Clutter Free wallet
Mens Wallet
Credit Card Holder
Eco Wallet
Men's Wallets
Credit Card Holder Money Clip
credit card holder wallet
Water resistant wallet
Men's Wallet with Money Clip
Credit Card Holders
Credit card wallet
Mens Money Clip
Bikers wallet
Best Wallets
Executive wallet
Front Pocket Money Clip Wallets
Money Clip Wallet
Earth friendly wallet
Front Pocket Wallet
Wallets with Money Clips
Cyclist wallet
Environment wallet
ID Credit Card Wallet
Magic Wallet
Man Wallet with Money Clip
Media Wallet
Memory Card Cases
Front Wallet Money Clip
Men's Money Clip
Made in USA wallet
Rain proof wallet
Travel wallets
Mens Money Clip Wallet
Business card wallet
Wallet Cases
Memory Card Wallet
Men Money Clip Wallets
Slim Money Clip Wallet
Men Wallet
Cycle wallet
Men Wallet Money Clip
Men Wallet with Money Clip
Plastic wallet
Sports wallet
Mens Credit Card Wallets
Mens Wallet with Money Clip
Money Clip Credit Card Holder
Slim Credit Card Wallet
Wallet Money Clip Combo
Smart Money Clips
Environmentally Friendly wallet
Travel wallet
Wallets with a Money Clip
Retailer Info
Customer Comments
Made With Respect
Site Map
© 2005. All rights reserved.
Privacy Policy


text:
Women's Custom Made Shoes and High Heels
Design Your Own Hand Made To Measure Shoes Online
Have you ever wished you could have a pair of shoes that no one else owns and that are completely unique?
Have you ever had the problem where you have the perfect dress but just cannot seem to find the right pair of shoes that go perfectly with that dress?
What if you could design that pair of shoes yourself and have them delivered directly to your doorstep?
Now you can, with our fantastic custom shoe design service that lets you design your own shoes and choose from a range of amazing options to create something truly unique. We have more than 120 leathers and fabrics for you to choose from, as well as some sensational shoe designs that you can mix and match to create your dream pair. Handmade to your precise feet measurements and shipped worldwide, we are sure you will be thrilled to see the high quality finished shoe that fits so perfectly.
Dressing to impress does not stop at just your clothing. It is also about tying in the outfit with the perfect pair of shoes. Everyone knows that women take their shoes seriously. Now, you can create your own styles not just to match your outfit but also to reflect your personality through your footwear.
Get started today! It is a fun and easy new way to get the shoes you always wanted.