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Goooooal! And two of 'em!
The United States men's soccer team avenged its previous losses to Ghana in the past two World Cups Monday in Brazil, beating the African team 2-1 in their opening match and getting a necessary win under their belt.
And you can bet that Team USA's famous fans were super-psyched to see Clint Dempsey score the fastest-ever goal in America's World Cup history, only 30 seconds in, and then watch John Brooks put the match out of reach for Ghana in minute 86.
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Here's just a sampling of the delighted response from the celebrity twitterverse:
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USA! USA! "@ESPNFC: Dempsey's goal 31 seconds into match is fastest goal in #USAWorldCup history. #GHAvsUSA pic.twitter.com/oz5IczkAr1" — oliviamunn (@oliviamunn) June 16, 2014
BEAST MODE @clint_dempsey #USMNT #NIKEfootball — Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) June 16, 2014
Congrats USMST! Great start at the World Cup — LeBron James (@KingJames) June 17, 2014
WOW! what a start to the #WorldCup2014 for #TeamUSA! — Colin Hanks (@ColinHanks) June 16, 2014
11 on the field, more than 300 million cheering them on. #WorldCup #USMNT pic.twitter.com/vVjgAMXN0J — Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 16, 2014
Cheering on team @ussoccer from the @WhiteHouse! #USAvGHA #WorldCup pic.twitter.com/9H3CqOTwUm — Valerie Jarrett (@vj44) June 16, 2014
First goal for US under a minute goodness DEMPSEY‼‼⚽ pic.twitter.com/1UBt61UfCN — ROBERT KARDASHIAN (@robkardashian) June 16, 2014
That is the way you start off the World Cup — Lolo Jones (@lolojones) June 17, 2014
Congrats to @ussoccer mens team. Great win #WorldCup2014! — Mike Piazza (@mikepiazza31) June 17, 2014
I really enjoy Ghana's World Cup costumes. ⚽ — Johnny Weir (@JohnnyGWeir) June 16, 2014

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Got multiple emails from people saying "Hey, have you seen this yet?" I knew this has been going on but no, I hadn't seen these particular videos yet. The videos, taken by cjd1701, show rail grinding being done on Interstate. A specialized machine called a rail grinder goes over sections of the alignment after revenue service hours and evens out irregularities in the rails caused by normal wear and tear. For MAX passengers, this translates to a smoother ride.
Grinder by day (picture from BikePortland's Twitter)
Videos taken by cjd1701.


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Dipping temperatures outside can only mean one thing, it's gotta get toasty inside!!
Can we finally say, soup season is here?!? The temperature has been so weird lately … not that I'm complaining, but we've been having warmer than normal days, and then this weekend — hellllloooooo November chill!
I've got a couple of soups floating around the blog, and ironically ( or not so ironically) most of them, have a pumpkin base. It's the colour … the burst of orange, reminds me of fall. The spices, leave my home smells aaahhh-mazing.
This soup is hearty, its quick, it's got a kick — aka perfect recipe, to leave you warm, comforted and with a soup baby.
Spicy Sausage Gnocchi Pumpkin Soup
· 2 lbs Turkey sausage
· 3 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
· 1 large onion, chopped
· 3 cloves garlic, minced
· 1 Tbsp Chopped Fresh Thyme
· 2 Fresh Basil leaves
· 1 Dried Bay Leaf
· ¼ tsp curry powder
· ¼ tsp caraway seeds
· 1 ½ cups Pumpkin Puree
· 6 Cups Chicken Stock
· 2 cups Water
· 1 tbsp Salt
· 1 ½ tbsp. Black Pepper
· 1 package prepared gnocchi
In a large non-stick frying pan, on medium-high heat brown the Italian sausage 2 minutes on each side.
Remove from heat, and allow to cool. Once cooled. Slice into bite sized pieces.
In a large soup pot, heat olive oil. Add cooked sausage, onions, garlic, thyme, basil, bay leaf, curry powder and caraway seeds. Allow to sauté for 7 minutes. All of your ingredients should start to become fragrant.
Add pumpkin, chicken stock, water , salt and black pepper. Bring to a boil.
Add gnocchi and cook for an additional 20 minutes.


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Samson conquered
"And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the Lord was departed from him. But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house." Judges 16:20, 21
suggested further reading: Colossians 2:1–8
Do any of you wish to be backsliders? Do you wish to betray the holy profession of your religion? My brethren, is there one among you who this day makes a profession of love to Christ, who desires to be an apostate? Is there one of you who desires like Samson to have his eyes put out, and to be made to grind in the mill? Would you, like David, commit a great sin, and go with broken bones to the grave? Would you, like Lot, be drunken, and fall into lust? No, I know what you say, "Lord, let my path be like the eagle's flight; let me fly upwards to the sun, and never stay and never turn aside. Oh, give me grace that I may serve thee, like Caleb, with a perfect heart, and that from the beginning even to the end of my days, my course may be as the shining light, which shineth more and more unto the perfect day." I know what is your desire. How, then, shall it be accomplished? Look well to your consecration; see that it is sincere; see that you mean it, and then look up to the Holy Spirit, after you have looked to your consecration, and beg of him to give you daily grace; for as day by day the manna fell, so must you receive daily food from on high. And, remember, it is not by any grace you have in you, but by the grace that is in Christ, and that must be given to you hour by hour, that you are to stand, and having done all, to be crowned at last as a faithful one, who has endured unto the end.
for meditation: The best way to guard against backsliding is not to keep still, but to grow in the grace and knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ (2 Peter 3:17, 18).
sermon no. 224[1]
[1] Spurgeon, C. H., & Crosby, T. P. (1998). 365 Days with Spurgeon (Volume 1) (p. 332). Leominster, UK: Day One Publications.


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Life in Christian County, Kentucky... History and Old Stuff...
I had to stop this morning for a train that was rolling across Skyline Drive. A portion of the Hopkinsville Elevator Company can be seen at left. Grain is sometimes shipped from here on the railway, but coal from mining areas north of here is one of the main freights carried through town. The coal goes to Nashville and ultimately to coal-burning electric plants of the Southeastern U.S. (or so I have read.)
The CSX, formerly the Louisville-Nashville Railroad, is the line that goes through Hopkinsville. A nice article about the topic at hand: "Railfanning in Hopkinsville, Ky." can be read online. My photos here and the few lines of commentary I'm writing are not nearly as authoritative or researched. I took the photos below a few weeks ago on a day when the sky was gray, instead of nicely blue as it is today.
We have a picturesque old train station in Hopkinsville on Highway 68/80/41 (these highways converge for several blocks.) The old L&N (Louisville and Nashville) station is now the home of the Pennyrile Arts Council. The folks at the station are nearly always selling tickets for some sort of local cultural event and there's sometimes an art exhibit inside.
Several of these signs are posted high on the outside walls of the station.
This photo looks north from the station's platform. The big brick building at right is the former L & N freight depot that currently houses a movie rental business. At the far right, a corner of the stone wall that encloses Peace Park can be seen. A tobacco warehouse owned by John O. Latham once stood on that block of real estate. After the warehouse was burned during the "Tobacco Wars" around 1910, Mr. Latham donated the land to the city as a park.
This photograph looks south from the station's platform. On the left of the photo, Peace Park is seen again. Farther down the tracks you can see a large pinkish tobacco warehouse. Tobacco companies buy directly from the farmers now so the warehouse is no longer used for storing or shipping tobacco. The grain elevators in the distance are one of the tallest features in Hopkinsville's skyline. I drove by them a few days ago, and I wasn't able to spot any convincing evidence that they are still in use.
The depot was built in 1892 and was still used for sending and receiving freight through the late 1960's. I like to imagine the depot at the turn of the century (about 1900, I mean), when the arrival of the trains were the biggest events of the day in Hopkinsville. The poem below describes the life of a retired farmer who enjoys meeting the train every day. I know it's long and it's in dialect, but try to read it. I think you'll enjoy it.
When The Train Comes InBy Nixon Waterman
From A Book of Verses
Copyrighted 1900 by Forbes & Co.
Well, yes, I calkerlate it is a little quiet here
Fer one who's b'en about the world an' travelled fur an' near;
But, maybe 'cause I never lived no other place, to me
The town seems 'bout as lively as a good town ort to be.
We go about our bizness in a quiet sort o' way,
Ner thinkin' o' the outside world, exceptin' wunst a day
We gather at the depot, where we laff an' talk an' spin
Our yarns an' watch the people when the train comes in.
Si Jenkins, he's the jestice o' the peace, he allers spends
His money fer a paper which he glances through an' lends
To some the other fellers, an' we all take turns an' chat,
An' each one tells what he 'u'd do ef he was this er that;
An' in a quiet sort o' way, afore a hour's gone,
We git a purty good idee o' what's a-goin on,
An' gives us lots to think about until we meet agin
The follerin' to-morrer when the train comes in.
When I git lonesome-like I set aroun' the barbershop
Er corner groc'ry, where I talk about the growin' crop
With fellers from the country; an' if the sun ain't out too hot,
We go to pitchin' hoss-shoes in Jed Thompson's vacant lot
Behin' the livery-stable; an' afore the game is done
As like as not some feller'll say his nag kin clean outrun
The other feller's and they take 'em out an' have a spin
But all git back in town afore the train comes in.
I see in the papers 'at some folks, when summer's here,
Pack up their trunks an' journey to the seashore every year
To keep from gettin' sunstruck; I've a better way 'an that,
For when it's hot I put a cabbage-leaf inside my hat
An' go about my bizness jes' as though it wasn't warm--
Fact is, I ain't a-doin much sence I moved off my farm;
An' folks 'at loves the outside world, if they've a mind to, kin
See all they ort to of it when the train comes in.
An' yit I like excitement, an' they's nuthin' suits me more
'An to git three other fellers, so's to make a even four,
'At knows the game jes' to a T, an' spend a half a day
In some good place a-fightin' out a battle at croquet.
There's Tubbs who tends the post-office, an' old Doc Smith an' me
An' Uncle Perry Louden -- it 'u'd do you good to see
Us fellers maul them balls aroun'; we meet time an' agin
An' play an' play an' play until the train comes in.
An' take it all in all I bet you'd have to look aroun'
A good, long while afore you'd find a nicer little town
'An this'n is. The people live a quiet sort o' life,
Ner carin' much about the world with all its woe an' strife.
An' here I mean to spend my days, an' when I reach the end
I'll say, "God bless ye!" an' "Good-bye," to every faithful friend;
An' when they foller me to where they ain't no care ner sin,
I'll meet 'em at the depot when the train comes in.


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The Easy GSM Kit 1 for FT90x is a ready-to-use hardware & software bundle to get you started in developing a GSM/GPRS device using an FTDI FT900 processor programmed in BASIC.
The bundle consists of the following items at a discount:
The FT90x family of microcontrollers can execute instructions from Shadow RAM, which enables them to operate with zero wait states at up to 100MHz. This translates into a processing speed of 310 DMIPS. The FT900 series takes advantage of that speed with an integrated camera interface. This board has a camera built in so you can experiment with that, along with many other modules and connectors, such as Ethernet, USB, CAN, audio, TFT touch screen, microSD, navigation switch, etc.
Two mikroBUS sockets enable you to add Click Boards easily (the GSM Click board in this kit would plug into one of these sockets). There are more than 100 different Click boards available, so if the EasyFT90x board doesn't have the interface or peripheral you want to work with, there's a good chance that you'll find a Click board that can add what you need.
The board features nine Input/Output PORT groups with IDC10 headers, buttons and LEDs.
No external programming hardware is required, for the board contains a built-in mikroProg fast USB 2.0 programmer and hardware debugger.
There are more than 160 accessory boards you can find among the mikroElektronika Accessory Boards category and its subcategories that contain add-ons that plug into the IDC10 and mikroBUS interfaces on the EasyFT90x board.
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The module communicates with the EasyFT90x board via seven mikroBUS lines (RX, TX, INT, PWM, CS, RST and AN). Note: The mikroBUS interface pins are provided loose; you will have to solder them onto the module before you can plug it into one of the EasyFT90x board's mikroBUS sockets.
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Kirin is currently collaborating with Disney to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Disneyland. Not only are they giving away a grand prize of a 30-night stay for four at the DisneySea Hotel Miracosta, year-long passes to both parks and a resort giftcard worth a million yen, but each flavor of their popular Gogo no Koucha ("Afternoon Tea") features a different character on the package: the straight tea has Mickey Mouse; lemon has Winnie the Pooh; and milk has Donald Duck.
Recently, an observant fan noticed there are different numbers on each bottle and decided to investigate. To his delight he found 60 numbers on the the straight tea version and 18 on the lemon tea and milk tea. His interest piqued, he bought all of them and took photos of each in sequence.
Although it is hinted at on Gogo no Koucha's site, only a clever and dedicated tea drinker would go to all this trouble. By lining up each "frame" in video form, he revealed short animations of each character.
While we'd like to praise this creative campaign, it's a bit ironic considering Disney just laid off nine veteran hand-animators.


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LMC to Offer Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
This year, Lexington Medical Heart Center will begin offering transcatheter aortic valve replacement, known as TAVR. This state-of-the-art cardiovascular technology allows doctors to replace the aortic valve without open heart surgery."TAVR is the single most important advance in interventional cardiology since coronary angioplasty," said Dr. Robert Leonardi of Lexington Cardiology, a Lexington Medical Center physician practice.
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Greek lamb tray bake
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal388
- fat19g
- saturates7g
- carbs35g
- sugars7g
- fibre3g
- protein22g
- salt0.77g
- 50g fresh white breadcrumbs
- 250g lamb mince
A lamb is a sheep that is under 1 year old; between 1 and 2 years old you will find it sold as…
- 1 egg, beaten
The ultimate convenience food, eggs are powerhouses of nutrition packed with protein and a…
- 2 onions, halved
Onions are endlessly versatile and an essential ingredient in countless recipes. Native to Asia…
- large handful mint, chopped
There are several types of mint, each with its own subtle difference in flavour and appearance.…
- 2 large potatoes, cut into wedges
The world's favourite root vegetable, the potato comes in innumerable varieties. A member of…
- 2 courgettes, cut into batons
The courgette is a variety of cucurbit, which means it's from the same family as cucumber,…
- 12 cherry tomatoes
- 2 tbsp olive oil
Olive oilol-iv oyl
Probably the most widely-used oil in cooking, olive oil is pressed from fresh olives. It's…
- 50g feta cheese, crumbled
Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/ gas 6. Pop the breadcrumbs, lamb mince, egg and plenty of seasoning in a bowl. Grate in half an onion and sprinkle in half the chopped mint. Give everything a good mix and shape into 8 patties. Place on a large, shallow roasting tray.
Cut the remaining onion halves into wedges. Place them on the tray around the lamb patties with the potatoes, courgettes and cherry tomatoes. Drizzle with olive oil and season. Bake for around 40 mins, turning everything once, until the lamb is cooked though and the vegetables are tender. Remove from the oven and sprinkle with feta and remaining mint.


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The heavily delayed Samsung Ativ S will indeed land in stores before the year is out, the Korean manufacturer has confirmed.
Initially scheduled for a mid-November release when it was announced during the Windows Phone 8 event at the end of October, the Ativ S has experienced some explained delays which has seen it miss a host of rumoured release dates.
A Samsung spokesperson told TechRadar, "We've heard from HQ that the product will be available by the end of this year."
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The Ativ S is Samsung's first smartphone to run Mircosoft's latest mobile platform, Windows Phone 8, but it's currently losing ground to the Nokia Lumia 920 and HTC 8X, both of which have been on sale for a while now.
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...who said in a comment on my last post "By the way, though, I'm now officially bored with the "controversy" between evolution and Genesis", I have something to add that I hope we can all take some hope from!
Exterminator cleverly suggested a few things we could ban creationists from participating in for as long as the claimed their beliefs to include a 10,000 year old earth void of evolutionary biology - "should not be allowed to (1) purchase any products not mentioned specifically in the bible, (2) do any jobs not mentioned specifically in the bible, (3) participate in any activities not mentioned specifically in the bible, (4) use any health care products or avail themselves of any medical services not mentioned specifically in the bible, and (5) vote in any elections (since democracy is not mentioned specifically in the bible, and, in fact, is implicitly disfavored.)"
I have another suggestion. It is simply to continue educating people. Not everyone will get on board. But when you reach a critical mass of about 2/3 it really marginalizes all of the wackos and prevents them from enacting legislation that adversely effects the large majority of rationalists.
Fairly recently (certainly within my lifetime) all poll results indicated that the majority of Americans believed the Universe had been created as is by a supreme being. While I don't think science operates via polls, I do accept scientific polls as an indicator of peoples' understanding of the natural world, which is very important.
This is the latest poll results, which I actually was pleasantly surprised at: 61% of Americans accept evolution as a reality. The article says:
Respondents also were more interested in hearing about evolution from scientists, science teachers and clergy than from Supreme Court Justices, celebrities or school board members. A key finding from the survey: There is a relationship between people's understanding of science and their support for teaching evolution.
Respondents were asked three science questions: one related to plate tectonics, one related to the proper use of antibiotics and one related to prehistory. Those who accurately answered questions on these subjects were far more likely to support the teaching of evolution in schools.
Scientists accept evolution as the best and only theory that accurately explains how humans and other species came to be so diverse. The theory is supported by many studies in many different fields of science. Intelligent design is a thinly veiled creationist argument designed to make the public doubt the theory of evolution, according to nearly all scientists and a 2005 ruling by U.S. District Court Judge John E. Jones III in Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District.
Anyway, I found it hopeful based on my life-long experiences of the lack of understanding on the part of my fellow Americans. If this has changed a little, it means that those of us in the rationalist movement have made some headway and can make even more. Let's keep doing what we do best, and hope for the best.
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
At the risk of boring The Exterminator...
...who said in a comment on my last post "By the way, though, I'm now officially bored with the "controversy" between evolution and Genesis", I have something to add that I hope we can all take some hope from!
posted - 7:12 PM
10 comments:
- bjkeefe said...
That survey is a nice bit of hope. Of course, it also illustrates that polling on issues is sensitively dependent on how the questions are worded.
But at this point, I'll take what I can get. If only the headline gets spread around, maybe it'll convince a few more people to think for themselves, and be a little skeptical about what the fundies are selling.
- John Evo said...
Brendan says: If only the headline gets spread around, maybe it'll convince a few more people to think for themselves
Yes. It's often unfortunately true, but in this case I'll take it. People don't like being in the minority. That's why I'm concerned with "numbers". The more who accept evolution, the more the snowball effect kicks in. It's not a "good" reason for accepting a scientific fact, but if you get them to that starting point (by whatever means) it can lead to seeing the entire world in a more rational way.
- The Exterminator said...
Sheesh, Evo, you're sure sounding like Pollyanna today. That 2/3 critical mass, if reached, will still mean that one out of three Americans is pig-ignorant. That sure makes me feel proud.
I'm taking this post with a grain of salt. I'll be interested in hearing your opinion of that brilliant entity known as the American public if Mike Huckabee wins the Iowa caucuses.
- John Evo said...
That's Polly-Evo to you!
Huckabee could get the nod in Iowa with 20% of the REPUBLICAN VOTE! That doesn't tell you much about the entirity of American public opinion.
I predict Huckabee will lose in a landslide in the general election against ANY Democrat.
- The Exterminator said...
If Huckabee even comes close to getting the nomination, every American should be ashamed of him- or herself. We've given credence to morons for far too long in this country.
- PhillyChief said...
So out of 1000 people...
• 110 feel all living things evolved naturally
• 195 feel all living things evolved with a god's help
• 85 feel humans evolved naturally
• 180 feel humans evolved with a god's help
• 195 feel all livings things were created as is
• 235 feel humans were created as is
That's only 195 people out of 1000 who felt there was no god involvement in any way.
430 felt things were created as is by their god.
375 felt their god guided things along.
Still sounds shitty to me.
John, you might be interested in hearing the Point of Inquiry podcast from 11/16 where Neil deGrasse Tyson is interviewed.
- bjkeefe said...
The Ex and PC are correct to point out that the survey results illustrate that we still have a long way to go. On the other hand, the results, if believable, at least indicate movement in the right direction. As I said, a small sign of hope. That's all.
This is a move in the right direction, which is probably why the ID-iots have their panties in such a twist these days. There's still a long way to go though.
- John Evo said...
@ Philly - despite your breakdown of the stats (which I fully expected based on reading the article), I'm still encouraged. Then again, I'm Pollyevo.
Again, a few decades ago, the majority of Americans rejected the idea of evolution. Now 61% accept it. Even if a sizeable chunk of that number are people that think a higher power was the driving force behind that evolution.
I fully agree with Chappy and Brendon that this is the "right direction".
- PhillyChief said...
Well, I suppose Evolution* is better than creationism, but I'd like to get more people to remove that "*".


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Self Improvement vs. Be Yourself
August 1, 2013 in Dynamics, Love and Attraction | Tags: attraction, be yourself, best, confident, Game, girl, insanity, picking up, PUA, self improvement, social, sociology, yourself | Leave a comment
Hey guys, been a while since I've posted and a lot has changed. Specifically, I ended a long term relationship with my beautiful ex and have been riding the back of an amazing transformation. I honestly hope that my ex is growing as a person because I am and that's what I wanted for her.
Now down to the nitty gritty. It came to my attention recently that there's a lot of social stigma surrounding the concept of "Game". For those that don't know, that refers specifically to the art of picking up girls. While I can understand the social construct that would lead one to such a conclusion, I would also like to remind people that they are not in a position to judge anything that they have zero experience or knowledge of. While there are parts of "Game" that I disagree with, I have to say there is a concept that I learned from it that has helped me grow as a person. In fact, I wouldn't even call it Game, although people refer to it as "inner-game".
Now I'm a competitive person by nature and I strive for perfection because that is my code. As a result, I'm a bit hesitant revealing things that could comparatively make me lose my edge. However, I am not apathetic to the plights of the common man and am willing to give you this much. Inner-game is basically improving yourself. By becoming an awesome version of yourself, you will naturally attract more people (girls included). This is not menacing, degrading or negative in any way. It should be celebrated. But unfortunately, society has this stupid concept that you should always "be yourself", and by that logic self-improvement is fake and frowned upon. I think this is the most self-destructive, redundant and idiotic thing I've heard in a while.
Be yourself.
A redundant, meaningless tautology. You can only ever be yourself. There is no possible way to be somebody else. Think about it, if you are the kind of person to try and strengthen your weaknesses, you are not "being somebody else" by trying to change, you are displaying a characteristic of your existing personality. A damned fine characteristic I might add.
The human condition is not so simple that you can only ever be one thing. You have your good days and bad days, you have multiple emotional states, you have interests, joys, fears, and different levels of energy. Self-improvement/inner-game is bringing out the best version of you. You are always yourself. You should just try to be the best that you can be.
I've even heard people giving "advice" say that "You're not that kind of person so don't try". How defeatist is that? What they're saying is "I don't believe you can achieve any kind of progress to your life condition so just give up". There could even be some tall-poppy syndrome where people are jealous of your potential to surpass them and try to hold you back. I won't get into that – let's just assume everyone has each other's best interests in mind.
Specifically to the topic of attracting girls – are you willing to accept the fact that there are only a certain, predetermined few girls in the world that will ever like you, and that it's futile to try and get a girl who is not on that list? If you're willing to give up and accept this bleak philosophy on life, I have news for you. Your inner-game is weak and you are an unattractive person. Can you honestly say you believe somebody who has that low self-esteem will ever be attractive to a woman? There's a reason why everyone will tell you to be confident.
Be confident.
This advice clashes with the philosophy of "be yourself" and that's why most people fail at being confident. It's "fake" because they're just going through the actions because they heard they should. No, true confidence is the unshakable certainty in yourself that you can only achieve after dedicating your life to self-improvement. Until you understand yourself, accept yourself and try to better yourself, you are not confident. You are just acting. Women are emotionally sensitive creatures – they will feel the insincerity of your acting. "Fake it 'till you make it" but if you ever get into a room with a truly confident man, you will realise that it's a completely different level.
She only likes X-type guys, give up.
A girl does not like a guy because he is a gym junkie, or because he is a workaholic or because he is a gangster. Those are so superficial that they have nothing to do with the person themself. What women are attractive to is the characteristics that are associated with that kind of person. A gym junkie typically has a good looking body, puts hard work into looking good and is passionate about health and life. That is attractive. A workaholic has career potential, a sense of responsibility and the ability to shoulder burdens. That is attractive. A gangster is confident, takes control of the situation and is wild and unpredictable. That is attractive.
Get the gist? Anybody who tells you to give up has no idea what they are talking about. Is there any emotion that literally does not exist in you? I doubt it. We are all capable of feeling confident, responsible, energetic and humorous. We just display these emotions in different levels depending on our surroundings. Again, self-improvement is about having control over these emotions so you can display them in the best way that you can, given your situation.
This stuff doesn't work on girls.
A friend once told me "if you want to catch a fish, you ask the fisherman not the fish". I agree to some extent. I think a girl's opinion can be useful for trying to understand the emotions behind a response but her idea of what you should do is coloured greatly by social paradigm, personal expectations and conflicting emotions.
But let's simplify this. It doesn't work on girls? Being the most awesome version of yourself doesn't work? Then what – you be the lamest version of yourself?
Nope. Doesn't work that way. You will never get 100% of what you want but how can you possibly think being the best you can possibly be will have a negative impact on your attractiveness?
What happens when you get the girl? Do you just go back to being normal?
That's the whole point of self-improvement. Your "normal" is not the same normal as it was before you improved yourself. You are literally a more attractive person now because you have worked on yourself to be that person.
Your interactions can be different but you are and always have been yourself. The best version of yourself. The "strongest version of yourself" as Elliott Hulse would say.
There are two types of people when it comes to self-improvement. Those that wish and those that chase. Not everyone who chases their goal will reach it. In fact, when you set a goal like mine (perfection – literally) you set it knowing full well that you cannot achieve it. I have smaller, more realistic goals for sure but my code is perfection because I can imagine nothing better that I can be and I do not want to live life under a ceiling that I could potentially reach and stop growing.
Those that wish but do not chase get nowhere.
So what kind of person are you going to be? The one who doesn't improve and tries to teach people they shouldn't try to improve either? Or the one who adds meaning, vibrancy and energy to their life by trying to improve?
The end result is always a better version of yourself, but the very act of chasing it will earn my respect, and the respect of those who are insightful enough to see what you are doing. Some people will only see the end result. They will be haters until you achieve your goals. Then they will be suck ups. Don't falter in the face of adversity. Focus on speeding past it.
It's not about anyone except you. Be the best version of yourself.


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- Song manager - The song manager (SM) is now fully integrated into Deckadance. You can detach the SM window, great for multi-monitor setups. The SM includes iTunes integration for drag-&-drop between SM and iTunes. Import playlists and more.
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As an American cook, I often take for granted the ease of having yogurt in the fridge, always there, patiently waiting for its time to shine.
Yogurt is more than just a healthy snack. It can be used in place of mayonnaise in salad dressings and chicken salad, to make sauces to finish fish, steak or chicken, or used as the wet ingredient in many baked goods. Thicker yogurts may be spread on sandwiches, while in the cultures of India, the Middle East and Eastern Europe, yogurt is made into drinks, some salty, some sweet, some fruity and some made with fresh herbs.
We have heard in recent years that yogurt is great in maintaining a healthy digestive tract. Some yogurts claim to be healthier than others. There is some debate about this, but rest assured that yogurt has a long history of living up to these claims.
Good bacteria coat the digestive tract and prevent bad bacteria from taking hold. Numerous studies on the health benefits of eating yogurt have been done over the years, one of which suggests that eating yogurt can cut sick time by as much as two-thirds. Yogurt may also promote weight loss and reduce the risk of diabetes. It is, of course, a good source of calcium, boosting one�s ability to build bone and aiding in the prevention of osteoporosis. Adding yogurt to one�s diet may also protect against ulcers, aid arthritis and prevent some cancers.
Good news for those who are lactose intolerant: Eating yogurt is OK because the microbes break down the lactose that causes trouble.
When making your own yogurt, very few items are needed. These items include a pot, a thermometer, milk, yogurt or yogurt cultures, and a few jars for storage: clean canning jars or empty jam jars or spaghetti sauce jars will do just fine. Oh, and time, mostly spent waiting.
The milk should be brought up to 160 degrees to �denature� it. This process of scalding the milk enables the live cultures in the yogurt to do their thing.
Overall, making your own yogurt is fairly simple and can be a fun activity. Your resulting yogurt will taste better than store-bought yogurt and will be much better for you. Sweeten it yourself with fruit or honey, stir in your favorite cereal, or use your new yogurt in cooking and baking.
4 cups whole or 2 percent milk
2 Tbs. plain yogurt*
Place milk in a saucepan over medium. Heat the milk, stirring fairly often, to 160 degrees. Remove from heat.
Allow the milk to cool to between 100-110 degrees. Either leave it on the counter to cool, or cool more quickly by placing the pot in a sink filled with a few inches of ice water. Make sure the milk does not cool completely. It should feel fairly warm to the touch but not hot.
When the milk is between 100-110 degrees, stir in yogurt. Pour into clean jars, cover and leave them in a warm area overnight or up to 24 hours. Warm areas may include on top of the dryer on laundry day, in a sunny windowsill, on the porch on a summer day, or in a cooler next to a pan of formerly boiling water. A warm area of about 100 degrees is best, but don�t fret over precise temperature.
After 24 hours, refrigerate your fresh yogurt for 1-2 weeks.
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Something pissed me off today and I feel like writing about it. Hopefully, getting it off my chest will make the anger dissipate AND simultaneously help me share my opinion that we all need to take better control of our own health.
I had my blood drawn at the doctor's office today for an advanced panel that I have been doing for several years now. It does a deep dive looking at lipidemia, metabolics, inflammatory markers, etc. Sidenote: if you get the basic LDL/HDL/Triglyceride scores each year (which are nearly meaningless), you should consider looking into doing a more advanced panel. But I digress….
I do an advanced blood panel every year to look at specific markers that concern me. Beyond the traditional markers, I look at Vitamin D, Vitamin B12, Homocysteine, etc. I do this because I value my health and I know how to supplement at home if my levels are not optimal. For example, I self inject B12 at home monthly because I am regularly low. In any case, this is my ONE time a year to get a snapshot of my health, so naturally it is very important to me.
Before I had my blood drawn today, I asked if I could see the lab order to ensure that I was getting a reading on everything I was interested in measuring. If you have ever seen lab paperwork, there are about 175 different boxes to check regarding what you want to be measured on. The medical assistant found it odd that I wanted to review this and, while she did let me look at it for about 5 seconds, it was not enough to time to completely review it. After she drew my blood and bandaged me up, I again asked if I could review the order, just to make sure. I told her "I don't want to have to come back and get pricked again if we don't check all of the right boxes." At this point, she was visibly frustated and said "I'm sure they will look at everything that the doctor wants them to." Okay now, before I rush to judgment, OF COURSE most patients resign themselves to "what their doctor wants them to do." But that's not me, I am not "most patients". If I had let the doctor choose, I would probably be doing the (aforementioned) basic panel that tells me little to nothing about my overall health. I am the one (of probably less than 5% of patients) who is choosing to do the advanced panel, not my doctor. I like to take control over my health, read the lab reports, consider the variables and make an educated opinion on treatment. Also, I'm not one to just blindly accept a doctor's recommendation as fact, no matter how brilliantly genius they are. That is why most people seek second opinions when dealing with serious health matters, because a) many doctors have entirely conflicting medical opinions and b) that's the way it should be….because there is RARELY a right or wrong answer when it comes to such matters. There are a whole host of factors to consider when choosing a treatment pathway and the PATIENT is at the center of ALL OF THIS. Me, the patient. My body, my health.
So, reflecting on my experience from today, perhaps the medical assistant could have given me a photocopy of the lab order for my review before she input it into the computer. In doing so, we could have completely avoided the awkward encounter and she could have tended to other matters (that seemed to be a much higher priority than me). Having said that, it was a really distasteful experience being rushed through what I consider a pretty pivotal annual exam, which will dictate how I decide to supplement for the next 12 months. Next year, when I schedule my labs, I will make sure to do review the paperwork well in advance.
There, I got it off my chest. 😁


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A San Francisco mental-health clinic that has been in operation since 1975 is in danger of shutting down if it can't find a new place to operate. But its possible relocation to medical offices on Hyde Street, subject to city approval, has prompted neighbors to organize in opposition.
Cindy Gyori, executive director of Hyde Street Community Services, has been scrambling to find a new home for her organization since being hit with the news of a pending rent increase. Its Tenderloin Mental Health Clinic serves about 1,200 clients per year, making it the third-largest outpatient clinic in the city.
Rent in its current space, on Golden Gate Avenue in the Tenderloin, is about to increase to almost double, Gyori said. Larkin Street Youth Services, another service provider in the process of consolidating to a single location, is lined up to rent the entire building. That means the clinic must relocate by Sept. 15, Gyori said.
When she first began the search, "It was impossible to find an adequate space," she explained. Several possibilities would have required months of renovation, impossible to accomplish given the time constraint. But 815 Hyde Street, a medical office building connected to St. Francis Memorial Hospital, seemed viable. "We've really been focusing on moving there," she said. Negotiations have been underway for several months.
The clinic serves individuals dealing with mental illness, past exposure to trauma, or substance abuse problems, making it just the sort of facility that's needed to stabilize a population that's at risk of homelessness, or in recovery from life on the streets.
But neighborhood resistance to the clinic's planned move is proving to be problematic. "We're getting pushback from some individuals in the community, who are concerned about our clients, and their behavior, and whether it would be disruptive to the community," she said. The new facility would be at the Nob Hill intersection of Hyde and Bush streets. A boutique hotel is located nearby, and the area is regularly saturated with tourists.
Hyde Street Community Services is contracted with the San Francisco Department of Public Health to provide care for Central City residents. That means the Health Commission must sign off on any relocation proposal. But at a June 17 committee meeting, health commissioners opted to delay approval in the face of vociferous neighborhood opposition. They directed the nonprofit to hold community meetings about the planned relocation, tabling the vote till July 15.
Robert Garcia, president of Save Our Streets, is organizing neighborhood opposition. "This area, lower Nob Hill, is an historic hotel and apartment district," he said in an interview. "There are a lot of tourists here."
He described Save Our Streets as a "not-for-profit neighborhood group" that for years has engaged in "fighting crime, and [fighting] a lot of prostitution." He added, "We live here. This is our neighborhood. We're not asking for anything, just trying to protect what belongs to us – and that's our neighborhood."
"We just don't need any more problems here," Garcia went on. "When they're bringing in people with behavioral problems, that says something."
The delay has left Gyori in a bit of limbo. "The time crunch is really problematic," she said, emphasizing that if the move to 815 Hyde Street does not go as planned, and the clinic cannot find any other options, then it could be forced to shut its doors.
"We want to respond to the community as best we can," she added. "People said they were afraid they would see streams of shopping carts headed up Hyde Street," she noted, but sees this notion as a misinformed reaction to the people who congregate on the sidewalk on Golden Gate. "We have to convince the neighborhood people that the people on the street in the Tenderloin aren't the same as our clients," she said. "The number one complaint from our clients, mostly, is that they have to run the gauntlet to get through the door," she added.
The first of the community meetings will be held tomorrow, June 26, at the Hotel Carlton, 1075 Sutter, from 6:30 to 8pm.


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*A primer, I will not be trying to drag Gary into this writing endeavour with me. He's got 4 kids and works 6 nights a week, so, you know...
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Name: Michael Mitchell
Email Address: firstname.lastname@example.com
Best Way to Contact You: Skype (TheSteelShin)
eWrestling Experience: PTC: PWA, SCCW, GCW; jOlt, UTA
How did you find DEFIANCE?:
Are you willing to write matches?: Yeah, yeah.
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Let's use this as a match writing for-instance: http://archive.wrestleuta.com/results/146#1785
Wrestler(s) Information
Ring Name: Alexander "Red" Redding
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 225 lbs
Hailing From: Kitchener, Ontario
Alignment: Heel, with selfish and shit-disturbing tendencies.
Gimmick: Alexander Redding made his claim to fame and one half of Red & Ted in GCW. Since those days, he's taken odd bookings, but mostly he's gone off to stuntman jobs in the small Toronto filming scene. He'd be coming back to wrestling as a 28 year old trying to prove himself relevant.
Wrestling Style: His style is essentially the confused heel. He is all about taking a guy's legs away from them with less flashier moves, but he is dramatic enough that he hits a pair of high spots trying to get himself over. Far from a hardcore wrestler, he will still take an advantage if it presents itself.
Three Weaknesses:
1 - Doesn't play well with others: Red has exactly two friends in this business; his tag partner Ted, and his agent, Grady Patrick. He is clear about not wanting any more. If he is on the losing end of a numbers game, no one will be anxious to help his sad ass out.
2 - Temper: Along with being selfish, he is petulant at times. Expect him to question a referee's ability to count to the number three.
3 - Show-off: When he gets to a point where he is comfortably in control of a match, he will toss it aside for a high-risk move.
Three Strengths:
1 - Athleticism and Stamina: A natural athlete (quick, agile, co-ordinated), Red has always found his skill set applicable to the world of professional wrestling. Staying in shape, he'll have as much energy in minute 10 as in minute 1.
2 - Mean streak: Alexander has the mind of a bully. He has no qualms about taking advantage of the injured and weak. Once had a stretch of 7 weeks in a row of 'retiring' inferior wrestlers from GCW.
3 - Pride: Driven by the question if he can still go in a 20'x20' ring, he has spent more hours than he would ever admit studying film, scouring for new holds, escapes and reversals.
Ten regular moveset moves:
1) Thigh Kick
2) Snap Suplex
3) Dragon Screw
4) Double Knee Surfboard Stomp
5) Shinbreaker
6) Lungblower
7) Over-the-back Backbreaker
8) Turnbuckle Powerbomb
9) Rope-assisted Leg Stretch
10) Diving Cross Body
2-5 trademark moves:
1) The Stereotype (Sharpshooter)
2) Air Canada (Springboard Diving Thigh Punch)
3) Grady Special II (Running STO)
4) Running Front Chop Block
5) MEH! SHADDUP! (Devil Lock Discus Lariat)
1 Finishing Move:
Indian Deathlock
*Grady Special III (Gutwrench ¼ Turn Piledriver) <For those that are sensitive about submission losses>
1 "MDK" (murderdeathkill) Finishing Move
Joker Fish (Fishhook Regal Stretch)


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By Jim Garamone and Cheryl Pellerin
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 2, 2012 – To most Americans the news that Navy SEALs had killed Osama bin Laden came as a shot from the blue.
But to Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, the mission was the culmination of years of painstaking intelligence gathering, put to good use by a joint service team.
Panetta spoke about the raid today at the Pentagon. "Just yesterday, the nation marked one year since the operation that successfully took down Osama bin Laden," he said. "It was a day that I hope Americans take the time to thank the very dedicated intelligence and military professionals who planned and executed that raid that delivered justice to al-Qaida's leader."
"We will always be grateful for their service, their sacrifice and their professionalism," the secretary added.
During a recent trip to South America, Panetta discussed the raid itself. Last year, he was the Director of Central Intelligence monitoring the operation from CIA headquarters in Langley, Va. The intelligence professionals with the CIA located the al-Qaida leader's hiding place in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
Still, it was far from absolute confirmation that the compound held bin Laden. Intelligence analysts used a lot of circumstantial evidence to deduce that the compound held the terror leader.
President Barack Obama made a gutsy call ordering the raid, the secretary said.
The special operations team flew to Abbottabad from Jalalabad, Afghanistan. The compound is 100 miles inside Pakistan from the border. Crossing into Pakistani airspace was just one gut-check moment for U.S. leaders monitoring the operation. "When they crossed the border and were going into Pakistan there were a lot of tense moments about whether or not they would be detected," Panetta said.
Another "nail-biting moment" came when one of the helicopters carrying the SEALs lost lift upon arriving at the compound and make a hard landing. Panetta was on the phone with Navy Adm. William H. McRaven, then the commander of the Joint Special Operations Command and now commander of U.S. Special Operations Command. McRaven was monitoring communications from Jalalabad.
After the loss of the helicopter, Panetta recalled asking McRaven, "Okay, what's next?" The admiral, the secretary said, replied, "Don't worry, we're ready for this."
The SEALs entered the three-story building at the heart of the compound and it was 20 minutes before there was any report from the ground. "We knew gunshots had been fired but after that I just didn't know," Panetta said.
It was at that point that McRaven reported that he might have heard the code word — Geronimo — that would mean they had found bin Laden. "We still were waiting, and then within a few minutes McRaven said the words, 'Geronimo KIA,'" the secretary said, which meant that bin Laden had been killed in action.
"And that was that," Panetta said.
But even with the mastermind of the 9-11 attacks dead, there were still tense moments. U.S. officials were concerned about what the Pakistani government would do, and whether the U.S. team could get out of the country without problems. "The moment they crossed the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan, we finally knew that the mission had been accomplished," Panetta said.
With the success of the operation assured, there were no over-the-top celebrations. "We had some special forces people at the operations center at CIA and we all kind of looked at each other," Panetta said. "As a matter of fact, I have a picture in my office of all of us putting our arms around each other, just [acknowledging that] we got the job done."
The secretary told members of the Pentagon Force Protection Agency today that the bin Laden operation was a remarkable experience and "one of the greatest memories in 40 years that I've been in Washington.
"Having the opportunity to work with the intelligence professionals, to work with Adm. Bill McRaven, to work with the SEALs in that operation was incredible," Panetta said. "This was because of the professionalism and great dedication involved with that mission. It was the kind of stuff that makes you proud to be an American."
With the death of bin Laden and many other strikes on the al-Qaida leadership, the terror group is a shadow of its former self, the secretary said. Still, it remains a threat, he said, and the dedicated intelligence and military professionals will continue with this mission.


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Australia must place a price on carbon emissions to fight climate change, Prime Minister John Howard said Monday in an apparent softening on his refusal to join in global carbon trading.
CANBERRA, Australia -- Australia must place a price on carbon emissions to fight climate change, Prime Minister John Howard said Monday in an apparent softening on his refusal to join in global carbon trading.
"Market mechanisms, including carbon pricing will be integral to any long term response to climate change," Howard said in his weekly radio address to the nation.
Howard said a government-appointed task force will this week release a discussion paper on the role Australia can play in a global emissions trading scheme.
Australia, the world's largest exporter of coal, joined the United States is refusing to sign the Kyoto Protocol on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Australia is also one of the world's worst greenhouse gas polluters per capita because of its dependence on that fossil fuel to generate electricity.
Australian National University climate change expert Prof. Warwick McKibbin said he preferred a carbon pricing system in Australia to a carbon tax as a means of creating financial incentives to reduce industrial pollution.
A tax would financially penalize polluters for the amount of carbon they emit.
But carbon pricing is usually based on a permit trading system in which polluters can buy and sell credits to emit carbon on an open market and reap financial rewards for using cleaner technology.
"The beauty of that is that it puts all the incentives in the market, it gives all the different energy sources a level playing field ... and the price of carbon which is driving decisions therefore causes a lot of adjustments in the economy to reduce emissions at the lowest possible cost," McKibbin told Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio.
The opposition Labor Party has long called for the government to sign Kyoto and to introduce a carbon trading scheme.
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Wouldn't it be slightly hilarious if Denny Green shows up at the Phoenix airport today, and this is the only plane out? Since Mr. Leitch is still on vacation, it's up to us to make sense of this news release from our new friends at US Airways.
US Airways has caught football fever with the release of the newly painted US Airways Arizona Cardinals plane. The Airbus A319 plane incorporates the Cardinals logo and colors with the US Airways name and stylized flag appearing on the fuselage.
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Difficulty: Medium
Servings: 4
Preparation Time: 50 mins
Cooking Time: 60 mins
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2. Place butter, sugar and vanilla sugar in the mixing bowl of the MaxxiMUM and beat for about 8 minutes until fluffy white using the beating whisk at setting 7.
3. Add the eggs one by one and continue beating at setting 7 for 3 minutes until the mixture is homogeneous. Tilt up the arm of the machine, mix the flour, baking powder and cocoa powder, sieve onto the butter mix, add the buttermilk and gently stir in with the stirring whisk at setting 1 for about 1 minute.
4. Fill the batter into the spring-form pan and level the surface. Place on a rack at the second level from the bottom and bake for about 50 minutes. Insert a wooden skewer in the centre of the cake – if no wet batter sticks to it when you pull it out, the cake is done. Take out of the oven, remove the ring from the pan and leave the cake to cool completely on a cooling rack. Then use a long knife to cut the cake into three layers.
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Saman Mohammadi
April 28, 2012
"There is a lot of tension in society between the great exploring soul, and the assembly line citizen. . . The grand exploring soul is marginalized as an eccentric, or, if necessary, more seriously marginalized as mad in some way. Madness basically up until the level of physical violence means you are behaving in a way which makes me feel uncomfortable, therefore there's something wrong with you." – Terence McKenna, from a talk he gave on September 11, 1993.
The most stupid and racist talking point that is repeated in the Israeli and Western media is that Iran is irrational and cannot be reasoned with other than with the use of force.
It is clear that the Western view of the East hasn't progressed much since the time of the Greek historian Herodotus, who called the Persians and other races "barbarians" who do not value freedom and have no tolerance for other cultures. History has proven that the popular Western conceptions of Iran and the Eastern world are mistaken and wrong.
At least the Greeks and Romans respected their opponents when they clashed. They were honourable and worthy of victory. The same can't be said of Israel and America, who cheat and cry to win wars which they start to gain profit and power. The Israeli state has played the victim for so long that the Israeli people truly believe in Israel's victimhood mythology, and the same is true to a lesser extent of the American people.
Both Israel and America have lost the world's sympathy because of their aggressive wars and barbaric mass murder of defenseless and innocent human beings. The world witnessed the collapse of the twisted mythologies of Israeli victimhood and American exceptionalism on September 11, 2001. On that day, the machines of American terrorism and Jewish terrorism morphed into one terrorist machine to create a mind-blowing apocalyptic event.
The most insane thing about the world today is that the two most insane nations on Earth – America and Israel – are accusing their victims of insanity for fighting back! A bunch of cold-blooded arrogant demons lead America and Israel and are using them to for destruction. The most disgusting of these creatures is the pig-faced Ehud Barak. His idea of winning a war is crying like a baby in front of the world and calling the other side insane terrorists for resisting aggressive Israeli and Western attacks.
Recently, Barak repeated his baseless charge that Iran is irrational and does not seek peace. Richard Silverstein wrote about it in his article,"IDF Chief Calls Iran "Rational," Barak Disagrees":
Israel continued its self-portrait as a government in disarray as its military chief, Benny Gantz called Iran "rational" and said he believed that nation would not build a nuclear weapon (a position fully in accord with U.S. views). The next day, Ehud Barak took pains to divorce himself from his subordinate by saying of Iran:
[Barak] did not see Iran as "rational in the Western sense of the word, meaning people seeking a status quo and the outlines of a solution to problems in a peaceful manner."
This of course is a delicious bit of irony because most observers of the Israeli-Arab conflict believe precisely this about Israel's approach. It seeks, not a sustainable status quo, but a status quo that offers it supreme advantage and dominance over its neighbors. Nor does Israel seek solution to these problems in a peaceful manner. It's saber-rattling toward Iran itself is but one example.
In truth, what Barak is complaining about is that Iran refuses to accede to a dictat set before it by the western powers. If you're the majority, a resistant minority is always going to appear as ungrateful, even irrational. Because what other reasonable solution is there than the one you maintain? The problem with Israeli policymakers is that they're beset by a grave case of narcissism, and a profound inability to view matters as their enemy might see them. This is a fatal combination in a region so prone to cataclysm as the Middle East.
Israel's siege mentality has caused Israel to separate itself from reality. And the same trend is developing in America and the West. Decades ago, the Western oligarchy made the calculation that exaggerating the threat of Radical Islam to Western civilization is the best way to steal the wealth and liberties of the common people. And their calculation proved correct.
The CIA and MI6 created Al-Qaeda, the Muslim Brotherhood, and the Islamic Republic of Iran, and Mossad created Hamas—all to their great benefit. But the countries they claim to serve and protect are suffering and collapsing.
America has gone mad and bankrupt fighting off imaginary Islamic terrorists. It is consuming its own shadows, and self-destructing. Israel has the excuse of being in the Middle East, but America can make no such excuses. The sick leaders in Washington have turned the land of the free into a giant island filled with mentally incarcerated, brain-dead zombies.
But the West and Israel are not the only ones that are mad and crazy. Islam, which has taken hold of the political structures of the East thanks in large part to the clandestine work of Western intelligence agencies, is a mad religion.
Free, peaceful, and thoughtful souls are confronted on all sides by mad men with guns – the Globalists in Washington and London, Zionists in Tel Aviv, and Islamists in Tehran and other capitals. Civilization cannot survive under the pressure of so much barbarism and insanity from governments.
The citizens of all countries must reduce and contain the power of their governments, or else this world will be consumed by madness and terror.
"Many clever men like you have trusted to civilization. Many clever Babylonians, many clever Egyptians, many clever men at the end of Rome. Can you tell me, in a world that is flagrant with the failures of civilisation, what there is particularly immortal about yours?" – G. K. Chesterton.
Saman Mohammadi is the writer and editor at The Excavator
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Hello everybody, just thought of something that I think could be usefull for a lot of people.
Everytime I try to make more complex camera movements, I end up parenting the camera to more than one null in sequence. This way, I can control, for example, specific camera movements from one null, while the camera follows another rotation from the second null in a different anchor point. Then, to get a movement that is more "organic", I need to offset some of the keyframes, but keep the highest value of speed the graph of all keyframes on the same position on the timeline.
I put together two pictures showing the problem and the solution that I imagine could make this job easier, faster and less tedious:
influence with markers
So, you select two keyframes of a specific parameter on lets say, 4 or 5 layers, run the script, then control the highest value on speed graph with the marker.
Is it a possible thing to do? Would I have to split the layer afterwards because of the expressions? Or would I be able to do this as many times I want on the same layer?
Thank you in advance!!
Control speed influence between two keyframes with marker
What type of scripts do you need?
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Susanna (Susan) SCHWYHART KINNICK YARINGTON was my third great-grandmother, married originally to my third great-grandfather (back from my mother), Walter W. KINNICK. He died at the young age of 43 and she was left to look after the large family. She married Ephriam YARRINGTON for a time, but he died, too, and she reverted to her KINNICK name for the balance of her life. She lived to be 75.
Her various names is one of things that has drawn me to her as a genealogy research topic. She was born SWINEHEART as a surname, but, in her teens or very young adulthood, along with all her siblings and one set of first cousins, assumed the SCHWYHART surname. This surname seems unique to these two families (where two brothers married two sisters) - all of their children adopted the new surname.
I believe this photo was taken in 1844 just before the young family, with other neighbors, left eastern Ohio, Belmont County, to float down the Ohio River, then up the Mississippi to their new home in rural Bureau County, Illinois. It is the only photo I have seen of her. I have it thanks to contact with other branches of the family during my early research.
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Lots of teens have questions about drugs. That's why each year, NIDA scientists spend a day chatting online with high school students and answering their questions.
At NIDA's last Drug Facts Chat Day, ham223 asked this question:
"What types of drugs are most used by high school students?"
According to NIDA's Monitoring the Future Survey—which looks at the different drugs that teens are using—alcohol is number one (yes, it's a drug), followed by tobacco and marijuana, which are pretty equal.
Turns out, though, that not many teens are using most illegal drugs. The survey shows that in 2008, fewer than 1 in 6 10th graders reported that they used any illegal drug in the past month. And the numbers are still going down.
Update: For the latest findings from the Monitoring the Future survey, check out this blog post.
there not going down they are increasing
I hope they're going down. I really hate how stupid teens use drugs without knowing what they're doing to their bodies.
why do people do drugs any way????
yup..the stats are increasing..
Hi! im currently a Junior in Highschool and we're starting or Senior project reports and my project is on "The causes and effects on Teen Drug Addiction". I was wondering if you could give me any type of advice or guide me to some great sites that would help. If you could do that, that would be great. Thanks for your time.
hi, there are a number of sites that could be helpful for the project you mentioned. definitely check out NIDA's site at www.drugabuse.gov and also check out Monitoring the Future which has a lot of information on the abuse of drugs by teens (http://www.monitoringthefuture.org/). Another good data source is the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (https://www.samhsa.gov/data/all-reports) which includes info on those 12 to 17. hope those help.
the drug increase at my school have increased dramatically. these test that say they are decreasing arent reliable source. these students could be lieing because they dont want teacher and facutly members getting to suspicious about wat they are doing between classes and after school hours. its best they dont know much so there wont be a problem later.
I had a friend that was doing drugs and I could not stop her from doing them and then she was a runaway and all these other thing and after a while we were not friends anymore. I could not be around that kind of person that was doing drugs.
My school has so many drugs but the most popular is marijuana, but where i go now there is none since i go to a boarding school for doing it.
I'm gonna have to agree with Kort. i been gone for awhile(locked up), but drugs are on the rise! Gangas real big around my school, and its not goin anywhere soon. Mabe its just my school but i doubt it. sorry to crush the buzz!
hi im a high school student from ireland ... i think dat drugs are really bad for your health !! drugs make you have no self confidence and you are never yourself... soo even tho ive never taken drugs !! my advice is too any 1 to never ever take drugs ... its not worth losing your family and fighting wit ur friends...
hi there im a typical high school student from ireland.. everyone goes through the stages of life when they feel they have to tke drugs ..its very depressing ..There very bad for your health and damage your body ..I know a few people that tried drugs and they are after loosing there self confidence because of drugs ..The amount of people taking drugs is after increasing .
the goverment is all wrong.
why is tobacco legal?
why is alcohol legal?
the goverment makes money!
they have invested in these companies
we send people out to war to die everyday, we pay our citizens to kill other people, the goverment doesn't give a shit about our own people because they make money. because our economy is so bad that we have to start a war to boost our own economy. because we can only make guns and military technology. thats it
we spend 1 trillion dollars every year on defense, not schools, not healthcare, not for the poor, not for the homeless, or the people who cannot afford to eat
goverment needs to rethink itself and it priorities
goverment sponsored websites ... ha
war on drugs... ha
and to the people who don't know about this... you should
i'm from the west coast
its pretty easy to get drugs in my school. its a good high school, we're stereotyped to get good grades
i could say for sure that at least twenty people (in my grade alone, we're a pretty small school) smoke pot (or at least something that gives off smoke that you can roll into a joint.)
but will it really matter in the future? i mean why are there not armies of potheads if so many schools hve increased number of kids taking drugs?
hey, actually the numbers of kids taking drugs is decreasing which is good. it means that kids are making good choices when it comes to their health and their future. like i've said before on the blog drugs (any type) don't impact all people in the same way. the point is why take the risk? there's no definite way to tell how a drug will effect you or even what's in the drug. for example, right now we're dealing with an issue where a lot of the cocaine in the U.S. is being cut with---and I am not making this up---a medication used by vets to kill parasites in some animals.
DECREASING?! haha, that's funny.
EVERYONE i know has taken or does weed.
My high school is FULL of druggies and there's 2500 people in it.
and so is another school near mine, it's never hard to get any type of drug around here.
so really? decreasing?
i HIGHLY doubt that.
Kids these days are just smarter and won't say when or if they ever smoked weed.
take it from someone that IS in grade 10, knows almost everyone at my school and whos druggies, and who does it herself.
high school sdudants mostly pot,weed,nichotine,but it is good that the highschool students abusing drugs hasgone down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
they are using them all over the world no matter if their legal or not
drugs are everwhere you turn you cant get a way from them once you start
drugs r bad cause instead of developing a life skill, u r satisfied with being bored.... my mom has 4 brothers and 3 sisters nd each of em hav 5 kids nd 30 out of 40 r on drugs, maybe cause the 10 r under 10 =]
why are people doing it?
@2--Many different reasons, likely. What do you think?
why do people do dat? :(
Hi! im a high school girl in florida!
more than 75% ifnot more of my school has done some type of drug.
its normal..
there really not that bad.
trust me.
i've done them.
not anymore but ya.
i didnt die, didnt steal anything, didnt go to jail..
my grades didnt slack..
i didnt fight with my parents..
i didnt lose my friends..
i didnt try to kill myself..
none of that stupid BS.
i bet more than half of you who posted something on here has done some type of drug illegal or not.
so ya.
@hha.--You are lucky. Not everyone will have a "bad" experience with drugs, but a lot of people do, and some get addicted. It's risky, cause you never know how they will affect you.
well to you all who say buddahs bad.. well i think your obviously stupid. do your research its actually good for your body, helps prevent cancer as well, their is no heath death reason to why someone died from buddah. you dont get all retarted from it, doesnt harm your body. ciggerets are another thing which does give you cancer. people are going to do drugs no atter what you think and for the retards who try to get you to stop doing drugs but never done em stfu you dont kno nothing!! do a drug n figure it out most the smart people at my school smoke buddah daily and most the people who dont didnt pass their high school exit exame andfor the ones who did we hardly showed up to school and wen we did we were HELLUh smart. and thats rude calling us druggies a druggie is someone whos abuses drugs and is phsyically addicted to them which buddah isnt addicting at all [expl. deleted by editor] what people say their just tryna get you not to smoke it, i say if you really want to go for it your life and who are people to tell you what to do with it.(: pardon my langue.
however i quit smoking on my own bc it really kills your money and i like purching clothing often(:
dude. drugs are a problem but i guess its really just a point of view. everyone has friends or knows someone in school who does drugs. its not good, but still its always goin to be around. thats the world. get used to it
Ok...I'm in grade 10. And I've did drugs. My health is fine. I didn't do anything stupid. Before you try a new drug you should research it and find out what and what not to do while high or geeked out on the drug. Most people don't do this cuz there dum.
if u haven't done a drug don't try to tell some one to quit.
I did drugs in freshman yeah don't do them u end up getting in trubble with the school and then the police get involved and it just a night mare don't every try they become addicting and no matter how hard u try to hid it it will never get away with u.
i would say 3 in 6 kids in my school have done drugs in the last month
Illegal druggers should be thrown in jail for ever! And the dealers of course! If you think drugging is o.k., than you have taken them yourself and want to say you didn't do anything wrong!
4 me there are 2 in 10 students are taking drugs in my school.
hello in my school, there's no taking drugz. our school is so strict to their students.
hope all school are the same to all the school where i came from. haaizt.......
take care
To the people who have done drugs and say nothing is wrong, you are horribly mistaken. You were just very lucky that it didn't become an addiction.
And why try drugs? My mom, dad, sister, and brother have all done drugs and they have all been addicted to them. And don't give me the, "They were stupid" [expletive del] excuse. Like an above poster said, you're trying to make a sorry excuse for yourself because you did something wrong and you know it.
@NiCOLE, you must be taking some [expl. del] classes if you think school is easy for tweakers. If you think school is so easy, I can see that you're doing so good because you have top notch grammar skills. By the way, I think you meant "purchasing" since "purching" is nonexistent in the English language.
I know some of you might think I'm some adult that knows it all and is full of themself, but no. I am a 16-year-old who is doing very well in school. I passes my HSEE and I've taken all Honors and AP classes thus far, and I do NOT do drugs. It is an understatement to say that I hate drugs. They're horrible and they took my family away from me. But I consider myself one of the luckiest people in the world, because I have my family now.
You may not see it past your narrow mind, but drugs ruin lives, whether you choose to believe or not.
That's completely wrong. The most used drug is by far weed. Also numbers are definitely increasing and I'm glad. It's good to see no one is falling for this [expletive deleted, per g/l]. I no the amount of drugs I use is increasing.
such a nice information and thanks for sharing.
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