October 10, 2008 - Friday
One Country’s Table Scraps, Another Country’s Meal
Current mood: awake
One Country's Table Scraps, Another Country's Meal
Bill Marsh and Kari Haskell/The New York Times; Photograph by Tony Cenicola/The New York Times
Into the Trash It Goes A family of four's monthly share of American food waste. View full graphic.
By ANDREW MARTIN
Published: May 18, 2008
Grocery bills are rising through the roof. Food banks are running short of donations. And food shortages are causing sporadic riots in poor countries through the world.
Food, a Shrinking Burden
You'd never know it if you saw what was ending up in your landfill. As it turns out, Americans waste an astounding amount of food — an estimated 27 percent of the food available for consumption, according to a government study — and it happens at the supermarket, in restaurants and cafeterias and in your very own kitchen. It works out to about a pound of food every day for every American.
Grocery stores discard products because of spoilage or minor cosmetic blemishes. Restaurants throw away what they don't use. And consumers toss out everything from bananas that have turned brown to last week's Chinese leftovers. In 1997, in one of the few studies of food waste, the Department of Agriculture estimated that two years before, 96.4 billion pounds of the 356 billion pounds of edible food in the United States was never eaten. Fresh produce, milk, grain products and sweeteners made up two-thirds of the waste. An update is under way.
The study didn't account for the explosion of ready-to-eat foods now available at supermarkets, from rotisserie chickens to sandwiches and soups. What do you think happens to that potato salad and meatloaf at the end of the day?
A more recent study by the Environmental Protection Agency estimated that Americans generate roughly 30 million tons of food waste each year, which is about 12 percent of the total waste stream. All but about 2 percent of that food waste ends up in landfills; by comparison, 62 percent of yard waste is composted.
The numbers seem all the more staggering now, given the cost of groceries and the emerging food crisis abroad.
After President Bush said recently that India's burgeoning middle class was helping to push up food prices by demanding better food, officials in India complained that not only do Americans eat too much — if they slimmed down to the weight of middle-class Indians, said one, "many people in sub-Saharan Africa would find food on their plate" — but they also throw out too much food.
And consider this: the rotting food that ends up in landfills produces methane, a major source of greenhouse gases.
America's Second Harvest — The Nation's Food Bank Network, a group of more than 200 food banks, reports that donations of food are down 9 percent, but the number of people showing up for food has increased 20 percent. The group distributes more than two billion pounds of donated and recovered food and consumer products each year.
The problem isn't unique to the United States.
In England, a recent study revealed that Britons toss away a third of the food they purchase, including more than four million whole apples, 1.2 million sausages and 2.8 million tomatoes. In Sweden, families with small children threw out about a quarter of the food they bought, a recent study there found.
And most distressing, perhaps, is that in some parts of Africa a quarter or more of the crops go bad before they can be eaten. A study presented last week to the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development found that the high losses in developing nations "are mainly due to a lack of technology and infrastructure" as well as insect infestations, microbial growth, damage and high temperatures and humidity.
For decades, wasting food has fallen into the category of things that everyone knows is a bad idea but that few do anything about, sort of like speeding and reapplying sunscreen. Didn't your mother tell you to eat all the food on your plate?
Food has long been relatively cheap, and portions were increasingly huge. With so much news about how fat everyone was getting — 66 percent of adult Americans are overweight or obese, according to 2003-04 government health survey — there was a compelling argument to be made that it was better to toss the leftover deep-dish pizza than eat it again the next day.
For cafeterias, restaurants and supermarkets, it was just as easy to toss food that wasn't sold into trash bins than to worry about somebody getting sick from it. And then filing a lawsuit.
"The path of least resistance is just to chuck it," said Jonathan Bloom, who started a blog last year called wastedfood.com that tracks the issue.
Of course, eliminating food waste won't solve the problems of world hunger and greenhouse-gas pollution. But it could make a dent in this country and wouldn't require a huge amount of effort or money. The Department of Agriculture estimated that recovering just 5 percent of the food that is wasted could feed four million people a day; recovering 25 percent would feed 20 million people.
The Department of Agriculture said it was updating its figures on food waste and officials there weren't yet able to say if the problem has gotten better or worse.
In many major cities, including New York, food rescue organizations do nearly all the work for cafeterias and restaurants that are willing to participate. The food generally needs to be covered and in some cases placed in a freezer. Food rescue groups pick it up. One of them, City Harvest, collects excess food each day from about 170 establishments in New York.
Food, a Shrinking Burden
"We're not talking about table scraps," said Joel Berg, executive director of the New York City Coalition Against Hunger, explaining the types of wasted food that is edible. "We're talking about a pan of lasagna that was never served."
For food that isn't edible, a growing number of states and cities are offering programs to donate it to livestock farmers or to compost it. In Massachusetts, for instance, the state worked with the grocery industry to create a program to set aside for composting food that can't be used by food banks.
"The great part about this is grocers save money on their garbage bill and they contribute a product to composting," said Kate M. Krebs, executive director of the National Recycling Coalition, who calls the wasting of food "the most wrenching issue of our day."
The City of San Francisco is turning food waste from residents and restaurants into tons of compost a day. The city has structured its garbage collection system so that it provides incentives for recycling and composting.
There are also efforts to cut down on the amount of food that people pile on their plates. A handful of restaurant chains including T.G.I. Friday's are offering smaller portions. And a growing number of college cafeterias have eliminated trays, meaning students have to carry their food to a table rather than loading up a tray.
"It's sort of one of the ideas you read about and think, 'Why didn't I think of that?' " Mr. Bloom said.
The federal government tried once before, during the Clinton administration, to get the nation fired up about food waste, but the effort was discontinued by the Bush administration. The secretary of agriculture at the time, Dan Glickman, created a program to encourage food recovery and gleaning, which means collecting leftover crops from farm fields.
He assigned a member of his staff, Mr. Berg, to oversee the program, and Mr. Berg spent the next several years encouraging farmers, schools, hospitals and companies to donate extra crops and food to feeding charities. A Good Samaritan law was passed by Congress that protected food donors from liability for donating food and groceries, spurring more donations.
"We made a dent," said Mr. Berg, now at the New York City hunger group. "We reduced waste and increased the amount of people being fed. It wasn't a panacea, but it helped."
With the current food crisis, it seems possible that the issue of food waste might have more traction this time around.
Mr. Bloom said he was encouraged by the increasing Web chatter about saving money on food, something that used to be confined to the "frugal mommy blogs."
"The fundamental thing that I'm fighting against is, 'why should I care? I paid for it,' " Mr. Bloom said. "The rising prices are really an answer to that."
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Thursday, September 16, 2010
October 10, 2008 - Friday Old nylons, new uses
October 10, 2008 - Friday
Old nylons, new uses
Current mood: awake
Old nylons, new uses
By Huddler's Green Home Community Posted Thu Sep 25, 2008 3:04pm PDT
Huddler's tight-knit community of eco-minded consumers share their knowledge about sustainable products and services ranging from electric cars to organic toothpaste. Click here to participate.
We dedicate this to all our stockings that have bit the dust.
Many women have felt the frustration of being all dressed up when disaster strikes -- a run in your nylons. Maybe it's small and in an inconspicuous spot and can be salvaged with clear nail polish.
But if the run is beyond hope, here are some great alternative uses for your damaged stockings.
Nylons can:
Tie up things, like plants that need to be staked.
Filter old paint from one can into a new can. Just stretch the nylon across the top of the new can and pour the old paint through it. It will filter out lumps and dried paint.
Store scraps of soap. Collect enough pieces, and tie the stocking off. It will made a good soap scrubber
Protecting very small items, like handkerchiefs and doilies, in the washing machine and dryer (low temp). They may need ironing afterward, but lace trim and hem-stitching will be safe from the zippers and rivets of other clothes, and they won't find their way into the lint trap.
Be made into sachets ... put in some lavender flowers, cedar chips, or your favorite potpourri; tie a knot; cut above the knot; repeat up the leg and then toss the little bundles in drawers, shoe boxes, the pockets of stored coats ... wherever.
Remove cat hair from furniture. Pull the stocking over your hand, and wipe down your couches and chairs. It creates static and the hairs come right up.
Find lost contact lenses, earrings, or other such tiny items. Put the stocking over the end of the vacuum hose and gently vacuum the area where the item was dropped.
Repel deer and other animals from your garden. They hate the smell of humans, so you can use nylons with ivory soap staked in the garden to keep the deer away.
Shine shoes like the best of them.
"Scrub" silver, Plexiglas, and other easily scratched surfaces.
Store things like screws, nails, nuts, etc. Pour the items into the stocking, tie it off and hang it over a work table.
Be attached to the discharge hose of your washing machine to catch lint before it goes down the drain and clogs pipes.
Be pulled over a yardstick to dust under the fridge, washer, dryer, or under any hard to reach area.
Be used like a bungee cord to tie things down. Keep an old pair in your car trunk.
Become a pet toy -- for cats, fill the nylon foot with pieces of old fabric, then tie off the opening. Add a bit of catnip for an extra treat. For dogs, put a tennis ball in an old stocking and tie a knot.
Apply varnish or finish in the hard-to-reach places where a brush won't fit.
Keep kids warm -- on extra cold days, use clean old stockings as mitten liners for children. They are ideal because they can provide warmth at least up to the elbow.
Keep kids entertained -- nylons can be used to make a crafty seed sprouting creature.
Bind piles of newspapers and magazines. Cut the top of a pair of nylons off and voila! You have a large rubber band.
Reduce your heating bill. Make a stocking snake to prevent drafts by filling the leg of a nylon with sand and tie the end shut. Place at the bottom of the door to prevent cold air from seeping inside.
Haul around small toys, like action figures. This works great for road trips.
Replace expensive stuffing in homemade pillows or dolls. When the stuffed toy wears out, you can take the nylons out and use them again.
Protect shoes from scuffing while traveling. Store one shoe in each leg of the nylons.
Create an outdoor hand-washing station. Put a bar of soap into an old nylon and tie it to an outdoor faucet. If you don't have a convenient outdoor tap, an old laundry detergent container can be filled up with water. Tie the soap to the handle. You can use a hammer to poke a hole near the bottom of the container, and stick a golf tee inside to create a lower level of water flow. Now you can wash your hands after gardening, walking the dog, and playing or working outside.
Be used to create a non-slip bar of soap for kids' bath time. Put the bar of soap into the nylon, and tie off the edges. Cut off any tail. This makes the soap have better grip for kids.
Be used as a disposable headband. Cut the nylon across the leg to create circles. In a pinch they can also be used as hair bands for ponytails.
Be turned into an inexpensive softball that won't hurt kids or your furniture. Stuff an old stocking with other old pairs of nylons, and sew the top closed.
Scrub your back when you can't reach -- place a bar of soap in the middle of a stocking, and tie off both ends. Now you can grab each end of the stocking and seesaw your back clean.
Help someone with a broken arm or leg get dressed. Cut the foot part off of a stocking, and stretch it over the cast. This nylon will keep clothing from getting caught on the cast.
Make you rich quick -- go to a bank, pull the nylons over your head and ... um … maybe not. ;)
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Old nylons, new uses
Current mood: awake
Old nylons, new uses
By Huddler's Green Home Community Posted Thu Sep 25, 2008 3:04pm PDT
Huddler's tight-knit community of eco-minded consumers share their knowledge about sustainable products and services ranging from electric cars to organic toothpaste. Click here to participate.
We dedicate this to all our stockings that have bit the dust.
Many women have felt the frustration of being all dressed up when disaster strikes -- a run in your nylons. Maybe it's small and in an inconspicuous spot and can be salvaged with clear nail polish.
But if the run is beyond hope, here are some great alternative uses for your damaged stockings.
Nylons can:
Tie up things, like plants that need to be staked.
Filter old paint from one can into a new can. Just stretch the nylon across the top of the new can and pour the old paint through it. It will filter out lumps and dried paint.
Store scraps of soap. Collect enough pieces, and tie the stocking off. It will made a good soap scrubber
Protecting very small items, like handkerchiefs and doilies, in the washing machine and dryer (low temp). They may need ironing afterward, but lace trim and hem-stitching will be safe from the zippers and rivets of other clothes, and they won't find their way into the lint trap.
Be made into sachets ... put in some lavender flowers, cedar chips, or your favorite potpourri; tie a knot; cut above the knot; repeat up the leg and then toss the little bundles in drawers, shoe boxes, the pockets of stored coats ... wherever.
Remove cat hair from furniture. Pull the stocking over your hand, and wipe down your couches and chairs. It creates static and the hairs come right up.
Find lost contact lenses, earrings, or other such tiny items. Put the stocking over the end of the vacuum hose and gently vacuum the area where the item was dropped.
Repel deer and other animals from your garden. They hate the smell of humans, so you can use nylons with ivory soap staked in the garden to keep the deer away.
Shine shoes like the best of them.
"Scrub" silver, Plexiglas, and other easily scratched surfaces.
Store things like screws, nails, nuts, etc. Pour the items into the stocking, tie it off and hang it over a work table.
Be attached to the discharge hose of your washing machine to catch lint before it goes down the drain and clogs pipes.
Be pulled over a yardstick to dust under the fridge, washer, dryer, or under any hard to reach area.
Be used like a bungee cord to tie things down. Keep an old pair in your car trunk.
Become a pet toy -- for cats, fill the nylon foot with pieces of old fabric, then tie off the opening. Add a bit of catnip for an extra treat. For dogs, put a tennis ball in an old stocking and tie a knot.
Apply varnish or finish in the hard-to-reach places where a brush won't fit.
Keep kids warm -- on extra cold days, use clean old stockings as mitten liners for children. They are ideal because they can provide warmth at least up to the elbow.
Keep kids entertained -- nylons can be used to make a crafty seed sprouting creature.
Bind piles of newspapers and magazines. Cut the top of a pair of nylons off and voila! You have a large rubber band.
Reduce your heating bill. Make a stocking snake to prevent drafts by filling the leg of a nylon with sand and tie the end shut. Place at the bottom of the door to prevent cold air from seeping inside.
Haul around small toys, like action figures. This works great for road trips.
Replace expensive stuffing in homemade pillows or dolls. When the stuffed toy wears out, you can take the nylons out and use them again.
Protect shoes from scuffing while traveling. Store one shoe in each leg of the nylons.
Create an outdoor hand-washing station. Put a bar of soap into an old nylon and tie it to an outdoor faucet. If you don't have a convenient outdoor tap, an old laundry detergent container can be filled up with water. Tie the soap to the handle. You can use a hammer to poke a hole near the bottom of the container, and stick a golf tee inside to create a lower level of water flow. Now you can wash your hands after gardening, walking the dog, and playing or working outside.
Be used to create a non-slip bar of soap for kids' bath time. Put the bar of soap into the nylon, and tie off the edges. Cut off any tail. This makes the soap have better grip for kids.
Be used as a disposable headband. Cut the nylon across the leg to create circles. In a pinch they can also be used as hair bands for ponytails.
Be turned into an inexpensive softball that won't hurt kids or your furniture. Stuff an old stocking with other old pairs of nylons, and sew the top closed.
Scrub your back when you can't reach -- place a bar of soap in the middle of a stocking, and tie off both ends. Now you can grab each end of the stocking and seesaw your back clean.
Help someone with a broken arm or leg get dressed. Cut the foot part off of a stocking, and stretch it over the cast. This nylon will keep clothing from getting caught on the cast.
Make you rich quick -- go to a bank, pull the nylons over your head and ... um … maybe not. ;)
Read more: http://www.myspace.com/noreasonwhy79/blog?page=7#ixzz0zianSjjs
October 9, 2008 - Thursday jaden needs glasses
October 9, 2008 - Thursday
jaden needs glasses
Current mood: blah
Category: Life
so i just got back from jaden's optometrist's appointment and it has been confirmed that he is farsighted (in other words he needs glasses to read his book, not the board).
in jay and my families, all eye disorders run rampant. i just would never guess jaden cos he can spot spongebob on a cheese package from one side of wal*mart to the other.
the teachers and doctors guess that he will do better in school & his behavor will improve cos he can see, but i know this runs deeper. adhd with delayed learning doesn't get healed with glasses. i have adhd, ocd, and acellerated learning & glasses did not control my behavior. i still think jaden needs to sit on his own with the same if not more 1 on 1 time with his teacher or aide. the kids sit at island tables of like 6 kids and it is more than his attention can handle.
i am glad his vision will be in check in 2 weeks when he gets his glasses in & i will try to post some pics of him with them on. i am just not looking forward to the teachers complaining again. it's hard to get decent schooling for your kid when they have learning disabilities here. some schools only offer a tidbit of occupational therapy. the private and charter schools won't take them as they say they are not equipped and take away from the other kids learning. the general consensus i seem to get is i should dope him up on pills and get him to shut up. i am close to caving, but i know if he is listless, he is not learning either, so i rather not have the chemically enhanced jaden.
one of these days i'm gonna hit the fucking power-ball & get him a private tutor...
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Hillbilly: A Cultural History of an American Icon
By Anthony Harkins
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jaden needs glasses
Current mood: blah
Category: Life
so i just got back from jaden's optometrist's appointment and it has been confirmed that he is farsighted (in other words he needs glasses to read his book, not the board).
in jay and my families, all eye disorders run rampant. i just would never guess jaden cos he can spot spongebob on a cheese package from one side of wal*mart to the other.
the teachers and doctors guess that he will do better in school & his behavor will improve cos he can see, but i know this runs deeper. adhd with delayed learning doesn't get healed with glasses. i have adhd, ocd, and acellerated learning & glasses did not control my behavior. i still think jaden needs to sit on his own with the same if not more 1 on 1 time with his teacher or aide. the kids sit at island tables of like 6 kids and it is more than his attention can handle.
i am glad his vision will be in check in 2 weeks when he gets his glasses in & i will try to post some pics of him with them on. i am just not looking forward to the teachers complaining again. it's hard to get decent schooling for your kid when they have learning disabilities here. some schools only offer a tidbit of occupational therapy. the private and charter schools won't take them as they say they are not equipped and take away from the other kids learning. the general consensus i seem to get is i should dope him up on pills and get him to shut up. i am close to caving, but i know if he is listless, he is not learning either, so i rather not have the chemically enhanced jaden.
one of these days i'm gonna hit the fucking power-ball & get him a private tutor...
Currently reading:
Hillbilly: A Cultural History of an American Icon
By Anthony Harkins
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October 9, 2008 - Thursday "famous" people fom Delaware
October 9, 2008 - Thursday
"famous" people fom Delaware
Current mood: awake
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities
A
John Andrews (1746–1813), minister and academic
[edit] B
Phineas Banning (1830–1885), businessman and general
Alice M. Batchelder (born 1944), attorney and jurist
Joseph R. "Joe" Biden, Jr. (born 1942), Delaware's U.S. Senator (1972-present) and the 2008 Democratic candidate for Vice President
Sheena Benton (born 1982), Miss Delaware USA 2005
Valerie Bertinelli (born 1960), actress; born in Claymont
Cedella Booker (Born 1926-2008), Mother of late the reggae singer Bob Marley, Born in Jamaica; Lived in Delaware from 196?-76
Nicole Bosso (born 1986), Miss Delaware USA 2007
Charles Brandt, former chief deputy attorney general of Delaware and author
Dennis Brockenborough, trombone player for the Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Colin Burns, (born 1982), professional soccer player in Sweden, plays for Ljungskile SK; born in Newark, Delaware
William Sharp Bush (17??–1812), U.S. Marine Corps officer during War of 1812; born in Wilmington
[edit] C
Joseph M. Carey (1845–1924), lawyer, rancher, judge, politician; born in Milton
Joe Carnahan (born 1969), film director; born in Delaware
Matthew Michael Carnahan, screenwriter
John W. Causey (1841–1908), farmer and politician; born in Milford
Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. (born 1918), professor of business history at Harvard Business School; born in Guyencourt
Anne Rogers Clark (1929–2006), dog breeder and trainer
John M. Clayton (1796–1856), former U.S. Senator and Secretary of State
Ashley Coleman (born 1981), Miss Teen USA 1999
Joseph P. Comegys (1813–1893), lawyer and politician from Dover
Charles "Tarzan" Cooper (1907–1980), professional basketball player
Thomas Cooper (1764–1829) lawyer and politician, former U.S. Representative from Delaware
R. Crumb (born 1943), artist and illustrator; lived in Milford
Elisha D. Cullen (1799–1862), lawyer and politician, former U. S. Representative from Delaware
[edit] D
Jessica Darlin (born 1976), former porn star; born in Wilmington
Delino DeShields (born 1969), former Major League Baseball player; born in Seaford
Philemon Dickinson (1739–1809), Continental Congressman from Delaware
Dave Douglas, professional golfer in the 1940s and 1950s
Victor Marie du Pont (1767–1827), member of the Delaware General Assembly
Charles I. du Pont (1797–1869), manufacturer and politician
Sara Dylan (born 1939), first wife of singer-songwriter Bob Dylan; born in Wilmington
[edit] E
Mark Eaton (born 1977), professional ice hockey player; born in Wilmington
General Richard H. Ellis (1919–1989), commander in chief of the Strategic Air Command; born in Laurel
Raúl Esparza (born 1970), actor; born in Wilmington
Oliver Evans (1755–1819), inventor; born in Newport
[edit] F
* Jennifer Fitzgerald (born Huffman, on March 22, 1979)
Wayne Franklin (born 1974), professional baseball player; born in Wilmington
[edit] G
Thomas Garrett (1789–1871), abolitionist and leader in the Underground Railroad
Commodore John P. Gillis (1803–1873), officer in the United States Navy; born in Wilmington
Joseph (Joey) Graham (born 1982), professional basketball player; born in Wilmington
Dallas Green (born 1934), former pitcher, manager, and executive in Major League Baseball; born in Newport
[edit] H
Willard Hall (1780–1875), lawyer, politician, served inDelaware General Assembly; from Wilmington
Orien Harris (born 1983), professional football player; born in Newark
Walt Hazzard (born 1942), college, Olympic and professional basketball player; college basketball coach; born in Wilmington
Henry Heimlich (born 1920), physician, invented the Heimlich Maneuver; born in Wilmington
Anthony Higgins (1840–1912), lawyer, Civil War veteran, U.S. Senator from Delaware
General Thomas Holcomb (1879–1965), 17th Commandant of the United States Marine Corps; born in New Castle
Cisco Houston (1918–1961), folk singer closely associated with Woody Guthrie; born in Wilmington
John Hunn (1818–1894), farmer and abolitionist; from Odessa
Doug Hutchison (born 1960), actor; born in Dover
[edit] J
Kensey Johns, Jr. (1791–1857), U.S. Representative from Delaware
Eldridge R. Johnson (1867–1945), co-created the Victor Talking Machine Company, born in Wilmington
Commodore Jacob Jones (1768–1850), officer in the U.S. Navy; born near Smyrna
[edit] K
Dyre Kearney (died 1791), lawyer, delegate for Delaware to the Continental Congress; from Dover
Pat Kenney (born 1968), professional wrestler (stage name: Simon Diamond); born in Wilmington
Patrick Kerr (born 1956), television actor; born in Wilmington
[edit] L
Isaac Lea (1792–1886), conchologist, geologist, business man; born in Wilmington
Leach, Ethel Pennewill Brown (1878-1959), artist
Judith LeClair (born 1958), bassoonist (New York Philharmonic), of faculty of Juilliard School; from Newark
John Bernard "Hans" Lobert (1881–1968), Major League Baseball player,, coach, manager and scout; born in Wilmington
[edit] M
John Mabry (born 1970), professional baseball player; born in Wilmington
Thomas MacDonough
Eleazer McComb
Marshall Kirk McKusick
Kevin Mench
John J. Milligan
Hugh M. Morris
[edit] N
Daniel Nathans
[edit] O
John W. O'Daniel
Montell Owens
[edit] P
William Jackson Palmer
John Patten (1746–1800), farmer and politician from Dover, former U.S. Representative
William Peery
Ryan Phillippe (born 1974), actor; born in New Castle
Teri Polo (born 1969), actress; born in Dover
Howard Pyle
[edit] R
Judge Reinhold (born 1957), actor; born in Wilmington
Eugene Reybold
Thomas Rodney
David Roselle
Cynthia Rothrock
[edit] S
Mary Ann Shadd (1823–1893), educator, newspaper publisher, abolitionist and suffragist; born in Wilmington
Chris Short
Elisabeth Shue (born 1963), actress; born in Wilmington
Melanie Sloan
Thomas Alfred Smyth
Ian Snell
Presley Spruance
Brian Steckel
Susan Stroman (born 1954), choreographer, director; born in Wilmington
James Sykes (1725–1792), lawyer, served in Delaware General Assembly and Continental Congress; from Dover
Dave Sheridan (born 1969), actor
[edit] T
Sean Patrick Thomas (born 1970), actor; born in Wilmington
Jim Thompson (born 1906), businessman; born in Greenville
George Thorogood (born 1951), blues-rock musician; from Wilmington
James Tilton (1745–1822), physician, soldier, delegate in the Continental Congress; from Dover
[edit] V
James C. Van Sice, Rear Admiral in the U.S. Coast Guard; born in Wilmington
[edit] W
Herta Ware (1917–2005), actress and political activist; born in Wilmington
Johnny Weir (born 1984), figure skater, three-time U.S. national champion; resides in Newark
Samuel Wharton (1732–1800), merchant and politician from Dover, served as a Continental Congressman from Delaware.
Kathleen Widdoes (born 1939), actress; born in Wilmington
Thomas Wynne (1627–1691), physician, Justice of Sussex County from 1687–1691
[edit] Y
Cori Yarckin (born 1982), actress and singer; born in Seaford
[edit] Z
Aleksandra Ziółkowska Boehm (born 1949), writer of Polish origin, lives in Wilmington
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Future Future Future Perfect
By Freezepop
Release date: 2007-09-25
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"famous" people fom Delaware
Current mood: awake
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities
A
John Andrews (1746–1813), minister and academic
[edit] B
Phineas Banning (1830–1885), businessman and general
Alice M. Batchelder (born 1944), attorney and jurist
Joseph R. "Joe" Biden, Jr. (born 1942), Delaware's U.S. Senator (1972-present) and the 2008 Democratic candidate for Vice President
Sheena Benton (born 1982), Miss Delaware USA 2005
Valerie Bertinelli (born 1960), actress; born in Claymont
Cedella Booker (Born 1926-2008), Mother of late the reggae singer Bob Marley, Born in Jamaica; Lived in Delaware from 196?-76
Nicole Bosso (born 1986), Miss Delaware USA 2007
Charles Brandt, former chief deputy attorney general of Delaware and author
Dennis Brockenborough, trombone player for the Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Colin Burns, (born 1982), professional soccer player in Sweden, plays for Ljungskile SK; born in Newark, Delaware
William Sharp Bush (17??–1812), U.S. Marine Corps officer during War of 1812; born in Wilmington
[edit] C
Joseph M. Carey (1845–1924), lawyer, rancher, judge, politician; born in Milton
Joe Carnahan (born 1969), film director; born in Delaware
Matthew Michael Carnahan, screenwriter
John W. Causey (1841–1908), farmer and politician; born in Milford
Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. (born 1918), professor of business history at Harvard Business School; born in Guyencourt
Anne Rogers Clark (1929–2006), dog breeder and trainer
John M. Clayton (1796–1856), former U.S. Senator and Secretary of State
Ashley Coleman (born 1981), Miss Teen USA 1999
Joseph P. Comegys (1813–1893), lawyer and politician from Dover
Charles "Tarzan" Cooper (1907–1980), professional basketball player
Thomas Cooper (1764–1829) lawyer and politician, former U.S. Representative from Delaware
R. Crumb (born 1943), artist and illustrator; lived in Milford
Elisha D. Cullen (1799–1862), lawyer and politician, former U. S. Representative from Delaware
[edit] D
Jessica Darlin (born 1976), former porn star; born in Wilmington
Delino DeShields (born 1969), former Major League Baseball player; born in Seaford
Philemon Dickinson (1739–1809), Continental Congressman from Delaware
Dave Douglas, professional golfer in the 1940s and 1950s
Victor Marie du Pont (1767–1827), member of the Delaware General Assembly
Charles I. du Pont (1797–1869), manufacturer and politician
Sara Dylan (born 1939), first wife of singer-songwriter Bob Dylan; born in Wilmington
[edit] E
Mark Eaton (born 1977), professional ice hockey player; born in Wilmington
General Richard H. Ellis (1919–1989), commander in chief of the Strategic Air Command; born in Laurel
Raúl Esparza (born 1970), actor; born in Wilmington
Oliver Evans (1755–1819), inventor; born in Newport
[edit] F
* Jennifer Fitzgerald (born Huffman, on March 22, 1979)
Wayne Franklin (born 1974), professional baseball player; born in Wilmington
[edit] G
Thomas Garrett (1789–1871), abolitionist and leader in the Underground Railroad
Commodore John P. Gillis (1803–1873), officer in the United States Navy; born in Wilmington
Joseph (Joey) Graham (born 1982), professional basketball player; born in Wilmington
Dallas Green (born 1934), former pitcher, manager, and executive in Major League Baseball; born in Newport
[edit] H
Willard Hall (1780–1875), lawyer, politician, served inDelaware General Assembly; from Wilmington
Orien Harris (born 1983), professional football player; born in Newark
Walt Hazzard (born 1942), college, Olympic and professional basketball player; college basketball coach; born in Wilmington
Henry Heimlich (born 1920), physician, invented the Heimlich Maneuver; born in Wilmington
Anthony Higgins (1840–1912), lawyer, Civil War veteran, U.S. Senator from Delaware
General Thomas Holcomb (1879–1965), 17th Commandant of the United States Marine Corps; born in New Castle
Cisco Houston (1918–1961), folk singer closely associated with Woody Guthrie; born in Wilmington
John Hunn (1818–1894), farmer and abolitionist; from Odessa
Doug Hutchison (born 1960), actor; born in Dover
[edit] J
Kensey Johns, Jr. (1791–1857), U.S. Representative from Delaware
Eldridge R. Johnson (1867–1945), co-created the Victor Talking Machine Company, born in Wilmington
Commodore Jacob Jones (1768–1850), officer in the U.S. Navy; born near Smyrna
[edit] K
Dyre Kearney (died 1791), lawyer, delegate for Delaware to the Continental Congress; from Dover
Pat Kenney (born 1968), professional wrestler (stage name: Simon Diamond); born in Wilmington
Patrick Kerr (born 1956), television actor; born in Wilmington
[edit] L
Isaac Lea (1792–1886), conchologist, geologist, business man; born in Wilmington
Leach, Ethel Pennewill Brown (1878-1959), artist
Judith LeClair (born 1958), bassoonist (New York Philharmonic), of faculty of Juilliard School; from Newark
John Bernard "Hans" Lobert (1881–1968), Major League Baseball player,, coach, manager and scout; born in Wilmington
[edit] M
John Mabry (born 1970), professional baseball player; born in Wilmington
Thomas MacDonough
Eleazer McComb
Marshall Kirk McKusick
Kevin Mench
John J. Milligan
Hugh M. Morris
[edit] N
Daniel Nathans
[edit] O
John W. O'Daniel
Montell Owens
[edit] P
William Jackson Palmer
John Patten (1746–1800), farmer and politician from Dover, former U.S. Representative
William Peery
Ryan Phillippe (born 1974), actor; born in New Castle
Teri Polo (born 1969), actress; born in Dover
Howard Pyle
[edit] R
Judge Reinhold (born 1957), actor; born in Wilmington
Eugene Reybold
Thomas Rodney
David Roselle
Cynthia Rothrock
[edit] S
Mary Ann Shadd (1823–1893), educator, newspaper publisher, abolitionist and suffragist; born in Wilmington
Chris Short
Elisabeth Shue (born 1963), actress; born in Wilmington
Melanie Sloan
Thomas Alfred Smyth
Ian Snell
Presley Spruance
Brian Steckel
Susan Stroman (born 1954), choreographer, director; born in Wilmington
James Sykes (1725–1792), lawyer, served in Delaware General Assembly and Continental Congress; from Dover
Dave Sheridan (born 1969), actor
[edit] T
Sean Patrick Thomas (born 1970), actor; born in Wilmington
Jim Thompson (born 1906), businessman; born in Greenville
George Thorogood (born 1951), blues-rock musician; from Wilmington
James Tilton (1745–1822), physician, soldier, delegate in the Continental Congress; from Dover
[edit] V
James C. Van Sice, Rear Admiral in the U.S. Coast Guard; born in Wilmington
[edit] W
Herta Ware (1917–2005), actress and political activist; born in Wilmington
Johnny Weir (born 1984), figure skater, three-time U.S. national champion; resides in Newark
Samuel Wharton (1732–1800), merchant and politician from Dover, served as a Continental Congressman from Delaware.
Kathleen Widdoes (born 1939), actress; born in Wilmington
Thomas Wynne (1627–1691), physician, Justice of Sussex County from 1687–1691
[edit] Y
Cori Yarckin (born 1982), actress and singer; born in Seaford
[edit] Z
Aleksandra Ziółkowska Boehm (born 1949), writer of Polish origin, lives in Wilmington
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October 3, 2008 - Friday i thought a fish was a new prison bitch...
October 3, 2008 - Friday
i thought a fish was a new prison bitch...
Current mood: apathetic
Category: News and Politics
OCTOBER 2, 2008
Mackerel Economics in Prison
Leads to Appreciation for Oily Fillets
Packs of Fish Catch On as Currency, Former Inmates Say; Officials Carp
By JUSTIN SCHECK
Article
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When Larry Levine helped prepare divorce papers for a client a few years ago, he got paid in mackerel. Once the case ended, he says, "I had a stack of macks."
Mr. Levine and his client were prisoners in California's Lompoc Federal Correctional Complex. Like other federal inmates around the country, they found a can of mackerel -- the "mack" in prison lingo -- was the standard currency.
Larry Levine
"It's the coin of the realm," says Mark Bailey, who paid Mr. Levine in fish. Mr. Bailey was serving a two-year tax-fraud sentence in connection with a chain of strip clubs he owned. Mr. Levine was serving a nine-year term for drug dealing. Mr. Levine says he used his macks to get his beard trimmed, his clothes pressed and his shoes shined by other prisoners. "A haircut is two macks," he says, as an expected tip for inmates who work in the prison barber shop.
There's been a mackerel economy in federal prisons since about 2004, former inmates and some prison consultants say. That's when federal prisons prohibited smoking and, by default, the cigarette pack, which was the earlier gold standard.
Prisoners need a proxy for the dollar because they're not allowed to possess cash. Money they get from prison jobs (which pay a maximum of 40 cents an hour, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons) or family members goes into commissary accounts that let them buy things such as food and toiletries. After the smokes disappeared, inmates turned to other items on the commissary menu to use as currency.
Books of stamps were one easy alternative. "It was like half a book for a piece of fruit," says Tony Serra, a well-known San Francisco criminal-defense attorney who last year finished nine months in Lompoc on tax charges. Elsewhere in the West, prisoners use PowerBars or cans of tuna, says Ed Bales, a consultant who advises people who are headed to prison. But in much of the federal prison system, he says, mackerel has become the currency of choice.
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Mackerel supplier Global Source Marketing Inc. says demand from prisons has grown since 2004. In recent years, demand has switched from cans -- which wardens don't like because inmates can turn them into makeshift knives -- to plastic-and-foil pouches of mackerel fillets, says Jon Linder, a vice president at supplier Power Commissary Inc., in Bohemia, N.Y.
Mackerel is hot in prisons in the U.S., but not so much anywhere else, says Mark Muntz, president of Global Source, which imports fillets of the oily, dark-fleshed fish from Asian canneries. Mr. Muntz says he's tried marketing mackerel to discount retailers. "We've even tried 99-cent stores," he says. "It never has done very well at all, regardless of the retailer, but it's very popular in the prisons."
Outstripping the Tuna
Mr. Muntz says he sold more than $1 million of mackerel for federal prison commissaries last year. It accounted for about half his commissary sales, he says, outstripping the canned tuna, crab, chicken and oysters he offers.
Unlike those more expensive delicacies, former prisoners say, the mack is a good stand-in for the greenback because each can (or pouch) costs about $1 and few -- other than weight-lifters craving protein -- want to eat it.
So inmates stash macks in lockers provided by the prison and use them to buy goods, including illicit ones such as stolen food and home-brewed "prison hooch," as well as services, such as shoeshines and cell cleaning.
Associated Press
Freshly fished mackerels.
The Bureau of Prisons views any bartering among prisoners as fishy. "We are aware that inmates attempt to trade amongst themselves items that are purchased from the commissary," says bureau spokeswoman Felicia Ponce in an email. She says guards respond by limiting the amount of goods prisoners can stockpile. Those who are caught bartering can end up in the "Special Housing Unit" -- an isolation area also known as the "hole" -- and could lose credit they get for good behavior.
For that reason -- and since communications between inmates and nonprisoners are monitored by prison officials -- current inmates can't discuss mackerel transactions without risking discipline, say several lawyers and consultants who represent incarcerated clients.
Ethan Roberts knows about mackerel discipline first hand. Mr. Roberts, who was released in 2007 after serving eight years on a methamphetamine charge at prisons including the La Tuna Federal Correctional Institution in Texas, says he got busted for various piscine transactions. "I paid gambling debts" with mackerel, he says. "One time I bought cigarettes for a friend who was in the hole."
Mr. Roberts and other ex-inmates say some prisoners make specially prepared food with items from the prison kitchen and sell it for mackerel.
"I knew a guy who would buy ingredients and use the microwaves to cook meals. Then people used mack to buy it from him," says Jonson Miller, an adjunct history professor at Drexel University in Philadelphia who spent two months in federal prison after being arrested at a protest on federal property.
Mr. Miller was released in 2003, when prisoners were getting ready for cigarettes to be phased out, and says inmates then were already moving to mackerel.
Since the Pensacola Federal Prison Camp commissary in Florida was only open one day a week, some inmates would run a "prison 7-Eleven" out of their lockers, reselling commissary items at a premium in exchange for mackerel, says Bill Bailey, who served three months last year on a computer-hacking charge. "I knew one guy who would actually pay rent to use half of another guy's locker because his locker wasn't large enough to store all his inventory," he says.
Big Haul
The Pensacola lockers, at about 4 feet high, could store plenty of macks, he says, a good thing for inmates who played poker, since a winning hand could result in a big haul. A spokeswoman for Pensacola said prison authorities discipline inmates who are caught bartering. At Lompoc, says spokeswoman Katie Shinn, guards "are not aware of such a problem with mackerel." When officials do catch inmates bartering, she says, punishments can include a loss of commissary privileges or moving to a less desirable cell.
There are other threats to the mackerel economy, says Mr. Linder, of Power Commissary. "There are shortages world-wide, in terms of the catch," he says. Combined with the weak dollar, that's led to a surging mack. Now, he says, a pouch of mackerel sells for more than $1 in most commissaries.
Another problem with mackerel is that once a prisoner's sentence is up, there's little to do with it -- the fish can't be redeemed for cash, and has little value on the outside. As a result, says Mr. Levine, prisoners approaching their release must either barter or give away their stockpiles.
That's what Mr. Levine did when he got out of prison last year. Since then, he's set up a consulting business offering advice to inmates and soon-to-be prisoners. He consults on various matters, such as how to request facility transfers and how to file grievances against wardens.
It's similar to the work he provided fellow inmates when he was in prison. But now, he says, "I get paid in American dollars."
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i thought a fish was a new prison bitch...
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Category: News and Politics
OCTOBER 2, 2008
Mackerel Economics in Prison
Leads to Appreciation for Oily Fillets
Packs of Fish Catch On as Currency, Former Inmates Say; Officials Carp
By JUSTIN SCHECK
Article
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When Larry Levine helped prepare divorce papers for a client a few years ago, he got paid in mackerel. Once the case ended, he says, "I had a stack of macks."
Mr. Levine and his client were prisoners in California's Lompoc Federal Correctional Complex. Like other federal inmates around the country, they found a can of mackerel -- the "mack" in prison lingo -- was the standard currency.
Larry Levine
"It's the coin of the realm," says Mark Bailey, who paid Mr. Levine in fish. Mr. Bailey was serving a two-year tax-fraud sentence in connection with a chain of strip clubs he owned. Mr. Levine was serving a nine-year term for drug dealing. Mr. Levine says he used his macks to get his beard trimmed, his clothes pressed and his shoes shined by other prisoners. "A haircut is two macks," he says, as an expected tip for inmates who work in the prison barber shop.
There's been a mackerel economy in federal prisons since about 2004, former inmates and some prison consultants say. That's when federal prisons prohibited smoking and, by default, the cigarette pack, which was the earlier gold standard.
Prisoners need a proxy for the dollar because they're not allowed to possess cash. Money they get from prison jobs (which pay a maximum of 40 cents an hour, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons) or family members goes into commissary accounts that let them buy things such as food and toiletries. After the smokes disappeared, inmates turned to other items on the commissary menu to use as currency.
Books of stamps were one easy alternative. "It was like half a book for a piece of fruit," says Tony Serra, a well-known San Francisco criminal-defense attorney who last year finished nine months in Lompoc on tax charges. Elsewhere in the West, prisoners use PowerBars or cans of tuna, says Ed Bales, a consultant who advises people who are headed to prison. But in much of the federal prison system, he says, mackerel has become the currency of choice.
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For Massachusetts Fishermen, A Weighty Debate About Fair Play
Supersize Me: Whale Meat Resurfaces on Iceland Menus
In Great Britain, A Fish Culture Clash: To Eat or Release?
A Politically Incorrect Fish Makes a Comeback
Boaters Beware: Things Are Jumping On Missouri River
Mackerel supplier Global Source Marketing Inc. says demand from prisons has grown since 2004. In recent years, demand has switched from cans -- which wardens don't like because inmates can turn them into makeshift knives -- to plastic-and-foil pouches of mackerel fillets, says Jon Linder, a vice president at supplier Power Commissary Inc., in Bohemia, N.Y.
Mackerel is hot in prisons in the U.S., but not so much anywhere else, says Mark Muntz, president of Global Source, which imports fillets of the oily, dark-fleshed fish from Asian canneries. Mr. Muntz says he's tried marketing mackerel to discount retailers. "We've even tried 99-cent stores," he says. "It never has done very well at all, regardless of the retailer, but it's very popular in the prisons."
Outstripping the Tuna
Mr. Muntz says he sold more than $1 million of mackerel for federal prison commissaries last year. It accounted for about half his commissary sales, he says, outstripping the canned tuna, crab, chicken and oysters he offers.
Unlike those more expensive delicacies, former prisoners say, the mack is a good stand-in for the greenback because each can (or pouch) costs about $1 and few -- other than weight-lifters craving protein -- want to eat it.
So inmates stash macks in lockers provided by the prison and use them to buy goods, including illicit ones such as stolen food and home-brewed "prison hooch," as well as services, such as shoeshines and cell cleaning.
Associated Press
Freshly fished mackerels.
The Bureau of Prisons views any bartering among prisoners as fishy. "We are aware that inmates attempt to trade amongst themselves items that are purchased from the commissary," says bureau spokeswoman Felicia Ponce in an email. She says guards respond by limiting the amount of goods prisoners can stockpile. Those who are caught bartering can end up in the "Special Housing Unit" -- an isolation area also known as the "hole" -- and could lose credit they get for good behavior.
For that reason -- and since communications between inmates and nonprisoners are monitored by prison officials -- current inmates can't discuss mackerel transactions without risking discipline, say several lawyers and consultants who represent incarcerated clients.
Ethan Roberts knows about mackerel discipline first hand. Mr. Roberts, who was released in 2007 after serving eight years on a methamphetamine charge at prisons including the La Tuna Federal Correctional Institution in Texas, says he got busted for various piscine transactions. "I paid gambling debts" with mackerel, he says. "One time I bought cigarettes for a friend who was in the hole."
Mr. Roberts and other ex-inmates say some prisoners make specially prepared food with items from the prison kitchen and sell it for mackerel.
"I knew a guy who would buy ingredients and use the microwaves to cook meals. Then people used mack to buy it from him," says Jonson Miller, an adjunct history professor at Drexel University in Philadelphia who spent two months in federal prison after being arrested at a protest on federal property.
Mr. Miller was released in 2003, when prisoners were getting ready for cigarettes to be phased out, and says inmates then were already moving to mackerel.
Since the Pensacola Federal Prison Camp commissary in Florida was only open one day a week, some inmates would run a "prison 7-Eleven" out of their lockers, reselling commissary items at a premium in exchange for mackerel, says Bill Bailey, who served three months last year on a computer-hacking charge. "I knew one guy who would actually pay rent to use half of another guy's locker because his locker wasn't large enough to store all his inventory," he says.
Big Haul
The Pensacola lockers, at about 4 feet high, could store plenty of macks, he says, a good thing for inmates who played poker, since a winning hand could result in a big haul. A spokeswoman for Pensacola said prison authorities discipline inmates who are caught bartering. At Lompoc, says spokeswoman Katie Shinn, guards "are not aware of such a problem with mackerel." When officials do catch inmates bartering, she says, punishments can include a loss of commissary privileges or moving to a less desirable cell.
There are other threats to the mackerel economy, says Mr. Linder, of Power Commissary. "There are shortages world-wide, in terms of the catch," he says. Combined with the weak dollar, that's led to a surging mack. Now, he says, a pouch of mackerel sells for more than $1 in most commissaries.
Another problem with mackerel is that once a prisoner's sentence is up, there's little to do with it -- the fish can't be redeemed for cash, and has little value on the outside. As a result, says Mr. Levine, prisoners approaching their release must either barter or give away their stockpiles.
That's what Mr. Levine did when he got out of prison last year. Since then, he's set up a consulting business offering advice to inmates and soon-to-be prisoners. He consults on various matters, such as how to request facility transfers and how to file grievances against wardens.
It's similar to the work he provided fellow inmates when he was in prison. But now, he says, "I get paid in American dollars."
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October 3, 2008 - Friday Watchmen movie
October 3, 2008 - Friday
Watchmen movie
Current mood: chipper
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities
Sneak peek at the upcoming 'Watchmen' film
By DERRIK J. LANG, AP Entertainment Writer 4 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES — Who watched some of "Watchmen"?
Select members of the press. That's who.
Director Zack Snyder previewed and discussed three scenes from his upcoming graphic novel adaptation Wednesday. The film is based on Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' award-winning graphic novel of the same name about a group of subversive superheroes in hiding.
Snyder, who directed "300," said the movie was originally slated to be set in modern times and explained how he slowly persuaded studio Warner Bros. to stay true to the graphic novel's alternate 1985 setting, where Richard Nixon remains president and outlaws superheroes.
"I was like, 'What if we just set it back a little further, like 1990?'" said Snyder. "And then we just said that 1985 is cooler because then it would be more of a period movie. That was how, for me anyway, I got as much of the graphic novel back in."
Snyder began the preview — spoiler alert! — with the first 12 minutes of the film. The Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) is watching TV when a shadowy figure breaks into his apartment, attacking and eventually throwing him through a window to a bloody death below.
The opening credit montage detailed the early history of "Watchmen" characters from the 1930s to the 1970s. The montage featured the original Minutemen characters including Silhouette (Apollonia Vanova), who was killed alongside her girlfriend in the 1940s.
Next, Snyder showed a sequence detailing the origin of Dr. Manhattan (Billy Crudup), which began with the blue superhero standing on Mars recalling his love affair with a fellow physicist and the experiment that transformed him into a matter-bending superbeing.
The final scene previewed focused on the second incarnations of Silk Spectre (Malin Akerman) and Nite Owl (Patrick Wilson) breaking into a prison to rescue fellow superhero Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley) immediately after the duo had sex in Nite Owl's ship.
"Watchmen" is scheduled to tick into movie theaters March 6, 2009, but the film's release could be in jeopardy because of a lawsuit filed earlier this year by Twentieth Century Fox, which claims to have the rights to distribute a film based on the graphic novel.
"We're just working on the movie," Snyder said of the lawsuit. "I'm not a lawyer, so it's hard for me to comment on that. I probably shouldn't, I guess. We've just been forging ahead. If they wanted to come and stop us, I guess they would, but they haven't yet."
Snyder was also adamant that since no more "Watchmen" source material exists from the graphic novel, a sequel or prequel to his "Watchman" — currently clocking in at a beefy 2-hour-and-43-minute running time — could never be created. At least not one he'd direct.
"There can't be a sequel," said Snyder when asked about rumored sequel clauses in actors' contracts. "There won't be prequel. Not with me involved in it, anyway. They might be able to find someone to do it, but it won't be me. That's crazy talk."
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Watchmen
By Alan Moore
Watchmen movie
Current mood: chipper
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities
Sneak peek at the upcoming 'Watchmen' film
By DERRIK J. LANG, AP Entertainment Writer 4 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES — Who watched some of "Watchmen"?
Select members of the press. That's who.
Director Zack Snyder previewed and discussed three scenes from his upcoming graphic novel adaptation Wednesday. The film is based on Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' award-winning graphic novel of the same name about a group of subversive superheroes in hiding.
Snyder, who directed "300," said the movie was originally slated to be set in modern times and explained how he slowly persuaded studio Warner Bros. to stay true to the graphic novel's alternate 1985 setting, where Richard Nixon remains president and outlaws superheroes.
"I was like, 'What if we just set it back a little further, like 1990?'" said Snyder. "And then we just said that 1985 is cooler because then it would be more of a period movie. That was how, for me anyway, I got as much of the graphic novel back in."
Snyder began the preview — spoiler alert! — with the first 12 minutes of the film. The Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) is watching TV when a shadowy figure breaks into his apartment, attacking and eventually throwing him through a window to a bloody death below.
The opening credit montage detailed the early history of "Watchmen" characters from the 1930s to the 1970s. The montage featured the original Minutemen characters including Silhouette (Apollonia Vanova), who was killed alongside her girlfriend in the 1940s.
Next, Snyder showed a sequence detailing the origin of Dr. Manhattan (Billy Crudup), which began with the blue superhero standing on Mars recalling his love affair with a fellow physicist and the experiment that transformed him into a matter-bending superbeing.
The final scene previewed focused on the second incarnations of Silk Spectre (Malin Akerman) and Nite Owl (Patrick Wilson) breaking into a prison to rescue fellow superhero Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley) immediately after the duo had sex in Nite Owl's ship.
"Watchmen" is scheduled to tick into movie theaters March 6, 2009, but the film's release could be in jeopardy because of a lawsuit filed earlier this year by Twentieth Century Fox, which claims to have the rights to distribute a film based on the graphic novel.
"We're just working on the movie," Snyder said of the lawsuit. "I'm not a lawyer, so it's hard for me to comment on that. I probably shouldn't, I guess. We've just been forging ahead. If they wanted to come and stop us, I guess they would, but they haven't yet."
Snyder was also adamant that since no more "Watchmen" source material exists from the graphic novel, a sequel or prequel to his "Watchman" — currently clocking in at a beefy 2-hour-and-43-minute running time — could never be created. At least not one he'd direct.
"There can't be a sequel," said Snyder when asked about rumored sequel clauses in actors' contracts. "There won't be prequel. Not with me involved in it, anyway. They might be able to find someone to do it, but it won't be me. That's crazy talk."
Currently reading:
Watchmen
By Alan Moore
September 30, 2008 - Tuesday palin again...
September 30, 2008 - Tuesday
palin again...
Current mood: blah
Category: News and Politics
September 24, 2008 | Issue 44•39
Point
Gov. Palin Has No Foreign Policy Experience, Refuses To Acknowledge Global Warming, And Supports The War In Iraq
By Roger Hobaugh, Concerned Citizen
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There may be no better word to describe John McCain's vice presidential pick than "ridiculous."
After months of criticizing Sen. Obama for his inexperience with foreign policy, McCain has chosen quite possibly the least experienced woman in politics to serve as his second-in-command. How little experience does Palin have, you ask? She was a part-time mayor of a tiny Alaska town and then governor of one of the least populous states in the union for less than two years. Palin has never met with any foreign leaders of any kind—in fact, she only applied for a U.S. passport last year!
In this time of international turmoil, how could McCain, a man who would become the oldest candidate ever elected, select a novice like Palin knowing she would be one heartbeat away from having to step into the presidency and protect our nation? The mere notion that Palin is even remotely equipped to manage the ongoing war on terror is an out-and-out fantasy dreamt up by the Republican party to disguise why they really selected her: to attract female and evangelical voters in a desperate attempt to win the election at any cost—even if it means sacrificing our nation's security.
McCain has chosen for his running mate a woman who is so set in the past that she supports abstinence-only education despite its failure among her own children; a woman who claims she is not convinced that global warming is a serious issue. Palin has time and again supported needless and ecologically destructive drilling in Alaska's wildlife reserves—drilling that McCain himself is ardently opposed to—yet offers no plan for the very real and proven threat of climate change, despite the danger it poses to her home state.
Perhaps the most frightening prospect of putting Palin in the White House is her continued support of the failing war in Iraq—a war she called "a task that is from God." Electing Sarah Palin and John McCain in November will no doubt prolong this costly and unwinnable conflict, which every day claims the lives of more American troops and sinks our country further into debt.
Palin is not a bold new choice for America. I have no doubt she will provide the same type of irresponsible and flat-out dangerous leadership we've seen from President Bush for the past eight years. That is, if she provides any leadership at all.
Counterpoint
Please Keep Your Voice Down, My Poor Retarded Child Is Sleeping
By Gov. Sarah Palin, Republican Vice Presidential Nominee
Shhhh!
Could you please stop tearing apart my record so loudly? I just put my special needs child down for a nap. You remember my poor, Down syndrome baby, don't you? The developmentally disabled child I carried to term despite knowing that he had special needs? The child who would be helpless without my constant care and attention? Well, he's just nodded off, and if you continue to provide such damning evidence of my inexperience in both foreign and domestic policy, you'll wake him.
You wouldn't want him to start crying, would you?
It's very rude of you to keep pointing out the myriad reasons I am unfit to be the governor of Alaska, much less vice president of the United States of America, when you know my Down syndrome–afflicted son is trying to get some much-needed rest. If you wanted to question my qualifications as a leader, you should have thought of that sooner, like, say, before I gave birth to a retarded child who would probably starve to death if I weren't so selflessly and courageously dedicated to him.
Actually, he'll probably be sleeping for a while, so maybe it would be best if you came back later. Perhaps this afternoon, or in a couple of months. It's just that he gets so tired having to struggle with even the simplest tasks that you and I take for granted. Because my special needs son has Down syndrome, you see. My child has Down syndrome. And, as the mother of a baby with Down syndrome, I would appreciate it if you stopped bringing up my nonexistent energy plan while he sleeps there, like an angel.
My beautiful, special needs angel.
I assure you, I have every intention of responding to your claims. Sarah Palin does not run from a challenge. Like the challenge of raising a child with Down syndrome. That's what I've been doing for five months now, and let me tell you, it is hard work. But I wouldn't trade a moment of it for anything in the world, not even for more time to respond to the gaping holes you've just punched in my candidacy. Did I mention he has Down syndrome?
Now, if you'll please back away quietly without saying anything else—especially about my recent comments regarding Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and how they illustrate my complete lack of even a basic understanding of our economy—I'll forget this whole thing ever happened.
And so will my vote-stealing retard baby.
this is of course a satirical site, so this had never happened, but it struck home a little. palin is claiming competence cos she has a mentally retarded baby. well dig this big crux; my estranged step-sister has a baby with downs as well. charlie has progressed well, but it does not make her a better person. she still is a lying, cheating, stealing, substance abusing (in the past) trap and i don't trust her in my sight, let alone with the economy. although palin has never struck my mother, i feel the same way about her. i don't care about her religion, her hockey mom-ness, whatever. i just don't think she is qualified and has a vein of evil running through her. the motherload if you will. i feel mccain had chosen her for her looks and faith, a trophy wife, marching down the aisle to the misbegotten strains of heart's "barracuda" and i hope american signs one hell of a prenup.
Currently listening:
The Best Of Atreyu
By Atreyu
Release date: 2007-01-23
palin again...
Current mood: blah
Category: News and Politics
September 24, 2008 | Issue 44•39
Point
Gov. Palin Has No Foreign Policy Experience, Refuses To Acknowledge Global Warming, And Supports The War In Iraq
By Roger Hobaugh, Concerned Citizen
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There may be no better word to describe John McCain's vice presidential pick than "ridiculous."
After months of criticizing Sen. Obama for his inexperience with foreign policy, McCain has chosen quite possibly the least experienced woman in politics to serve as his second-in-command. How little experience does Palin have, you ask? She was a part-time mayor of a tiny Alaska town and then governor of one of the least populous states in the union for less than two years. Palin has never met with any foreign leaders of any kind—in fact, she only applied for a U.S. passport last year!
In this time of international turmoil, how could McCain, a man who would become the oldest candidate ever elected, select a novice like Palin knowing she would be one heartbeat away from having to step into the presidency and protect our nation? The mere notion that Palin is even remotely equipped to manage the ongoing war on terror is an out-and-out fantasy dreamt up by the Republican party to disguise why they really selected her: to attract female and evangelical voters in a desperate attempt to win the election at any cost—even if it means sacrificing our nation's security.
McCain has chosen for his running mate a woman who is so set in the past that she supports abstinence-only education despite its failure among her own children; a woman who claims she is not convinced that global warming is a serious issue. Palin has time and again supported needless and ecologically destructive drilling in Alaska's wildlife reserves—drilling that McCain himself is ardently opposed to—yet offers no plan for the very real and proven threat of climate change, despite the danger it poses to her home state.
Perhaps the most frightening prospect of putting Palin in the White House is her continued support of the failing war in Iraq—a war she called "a task that is from God." Electing Sarah Palin and John McCain in November will no doubt prolong this costly and unwinnable conflict, which every day claims the lives of more American troops and sinks our country further into debt.
Palin is not a bold new choice for America. I have no doubt she will provide the same type of irresponsible and flat-out dangerous leadership we've seen from President Bush for the past eight years. That is, if she provides any leadership at all.
Counterpoint
Please Keep Your Voice Down, My Poor Retarded Child Is Sleeping
By Gov. Sarah Palin, Republican Vice Presidential Nominee
Shhhh!
Could you please stop tearing apart my record so loudly? I just put my special needs child down for a nap. You remember my poor, Down syndrome baby, don't you? The developmentally disabled child I carried to term despite knowing that he had special needs? The child who would be helpless without my constant care and attention? Well, he's just nodded off, and if you continue to provide such damning evidence of my inexperience in both foreign and domestic policy, you'll wake him.
You wouldn't want him to start crying, would you?
It's very rude of you to keep pointing out the myriad reasons I am unfit to be the governor of Alaska, much less vice president of the United States of America, when you know my Down syndrome–afflicted son is trying to get some much-needed rest. If you wanted to question my qualifications as a leader, you should have thought of that sooner, like, say, before I gave birth to a retarded child who would probably starve to death if I weren't so selflessly and courageously dedicated to him.
Actually, he'll probably be sleeping for a while, so maybe it would be best if you came back later. Perhaps this afternoon, or in a couple of months. It's just that he gets so tired having to struggle with even the simplest tasks that you and I take for granted. Because my special needs son has Down syndrome, you see. My child has Down syndrome. And, as the mother of a baby with Down syndrome, I would appreciate it if you stopped bringing up my nonexistent energy plan while he sleeps there, like an angel.
My beautiful, special needs angel.
I assure you, I have every intention of responding to your claims. Sarah Palin does not run from a challenge. Like the challenge of raising a child with Down syndrome. That's what I've been doing for five months now, and let me tell you, it is hard work. But I wouldn't trade a moment of it for anything in the world, not even for more time to respond to the gaping holes you've just punched in my candidacy. Did I mention he has Down syndrome?
Now, if you'll please back away quietly without saying anything else—especially about my recent comments regarding Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and how they illustrate my complete lack of even a basic understanding of our economy—I'll forget this whole thing ever happened.
And so will my vote-stealing retard baby.
this is of course a satirical site, so this had never happened, but it struck home a little. palin is claiming competence cos she has a mentally retarded baby. well dig this big crux; my estranged step-sister has a baby with downs as well. charlie has progressed well, but it does not make her a better person. she still is a lying, cheating, stealing, substance abusing (in the past) trap and i don't trust her in my sight, let alone with the economy. although palin has never struck my mother, i feel the same way about her. i don't care about her religion, her hockey mom-ness, whatever. i just don't think she is qualified and has a vein of evil running through her. the motherload if you will. i feel mccain had chosen her for her looks and faith, a trophy wife, marching down the aisle to the misbegotten strains of heart's "barracuda" and i hope american signs one hell of a prenup.
Currently listening:
The Best Of Atreyu
By Atreyu
Release date: 2007-01-23
September 28, 2008 - Sunday is that the ozzy roast?
September 28, 2008 - Sunday
is that the ozzy roast?
Current mood: amused
Category: Food and Restaurants
Woman wakes up, should have smelled the coffee
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - It wasn't just the caffeine that gave an Iowa woman an extra jolt after she had her morning coffee. It was also the bat she found in the filter.
The Iowa Department of Public Health says the woman reported a bat in her house but wasn't too worried about it. She turned on her automatic coffee maker before bedtime and drank her coffee the next morning.
She discovered the bat in the filter when she went to clean it that night. The woman has undergone treatment for possible rabies.
Health officials say that the bat was sent to a lab but that its brain was too cooked by the hot water to determine whether it had rabies.
Currently watching:
Kids in the Hall - Brain Candy
Release date: 2002-07-16
is that the ozzy roast?
Current mood: amused
Category: Food and Restaurants
Woman wakes up, should have smelled the coffee
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - It wasn't just the caffeine that gave an Iowa woman an extra jolt after she had her morning coffee. It was also the bat she found in the filter.
The Iowa Department of Public Health says the woman reported a bat in her house but wasn't too worried about it. She turned on her automatic coffee maker before bedtime and drank her coffee the next morning.
She discovered the bat in the filter when she went to clean it that night. The woman has undergone treatment for possible rabies.
Health officials say that the bat was sent to a lab but that its brain was too cooked by the hot water to determine whether it had rabies.
Currently watching:
Kids in the Hall - Brain Candy
Release date: 2002-07-16
September 27, 2008 - Saturday so how much for a sara palin chew toy
September 27, 2008 - Saturday
so how much for a sara palin chew toy?
Current mood: froggy
Category: News and Politics
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A pet food company has come up with a novel way of gauging the public mood ahead of the New Zealand's general election -- which political leader would you like to see fed to the dogs?
Masterpet has made rubber chew toys for dogs with likenesses to the two politicians vying to run the country after the November 8 election, website http:/www.stuff.co.nz has reported.
Masterpet said it will publish sales of the Helen Clark and John Key toys as an informal "dog tucker poll." Whoever sells the most could be in trouble come election night.
"Early data in our reverse poll suggests a preference for (Prime Minister) Helen Clark," Masterpet North Island sales manager Peter Couchman told
Currently playing:
Super Mario All Stars
so how much for a sara palin chew toy?
Current mood: froggy
Category: News and Politics
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A pet food company has come up with a novel way of gauging the public mood ahead of the New Zealand's general election -- which political leader would you like to see fed to the dogs?
Masterpet has made rubber chew toys for dogs with likenesses to the two politicians vying to run the country after the November 8 election, website http:/www.stuff.co.nz has reported.
Masterpet said it will publish sales of the Helen Clark and John Key toys as an informal "dog tucker poll." Whoever sells the most could be in trouble come election night.
"Early data in our reverse poll suggests a preference for (Prime Minister) Helen Clark," Masterpet North Island sales manager Peter Couchman told
Currently playing:
Super Mario All Stars
September 27, 2008 - Saturday more snapfish responses, methinks they are not listening
September 27, 2008 - Saturday
more snapfish responses, methinks they are not listening
Current mood: froggy
Category: Web, HTML, Tech
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Recently you requested personal assistance from our on-line support center. Below is a summary of your request and our response.
If this issue is not resolved to your satisfaction, you may reopen it within the next 7 days.
Thank you for allowing us to be of service to you.
Hi Jennifer,
Thank you for further explaining your concern.
Unfortunately, I need to refer this to other staff within our Customer Care organization who handle this issue. I regret that I cannot take immediate action, but please be aware that we will be working to respond to you as quickly as possible.
Customer 09/26/2008 10:41 AM
this did not resolve my problem as i have previously stated, i do not know this woman
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Hi Jennifer,
Thank you for writing to us.
We certainly regret any inconvenience.
Please note that this might have occurred due to some technical error, we request you to delete those albums from your account. Here is how to remove an album from your Snapfish account. After visiting
http://www.snapfish.com and logging in to your account, look for the 'edit album' button in the grey toolbar on the right side of the page.
Click on this button and then click on the 'remove albums' link.
You will be taken to a page that displays all of the albums in your photo library. To one side of each album you will see a box. Click the box next to the album that you want to delete; a small check mark will appear in the box. After you have selected all of the albums you want to delete, click the button at the top of the page labeled "remove these albums"
A box will pop up asking you "Are you sure you want to delete the following
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Please let us know if we can be of any further assistance
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Release date: 2008-06-17
more snapfish responses, methinks they are not listening
Current mood: froggy
Category: Web, HTML, Tech
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Recently you requested personal assistance from our on-line support center. Below is a summary of your request and our response.
If this issue is not resolved to your satisfaction, you may reopen it within the next 7 days.
Thank you for allowing us to be of service to you.
Hi Jennifer,
Thank you for further explaining your concern.
Unfortunately, I need to refer this to other staff within our Customer Care organization who handle this issue. I regret that I cannot take immediate action, but please be aware that we will be working to respond to you as quickly as possible.
Customer 09/26/2008 10:41 AM
this did not resolve my problem as i have previously stated, i do not know this woman
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Response (Divya) 09/27/2008 02:59 AM
Hi Jennifer,
Thank you for writing to us.
We certainly regret any inconvenience.
Please note that this might have occurred due to some technical error, we request you to delete those albums from your account. Here is how to remove an album from your Snapfish account. After visiting
http://www.snapfish.com and logging in to your account, look for the 'edit album' button in the grey toolbar on the right side of the page.
Click on this button and then click on the 'remove albums' link.
You will be taken to a page that displays all of the albums in your photo library. To one side of each album you will see a box. Click the box next to the album that you want to delete; a small check mark will appear in the box. After you have selected all of the albums you want to delete, click the button at the top of the page labeled "remove these albums"
A box will pop up asking you "Are you sure you want to delete the following
album(s)?" and list the albums to be deleted. Click the 'remove albums' button again to confirm the deletion.
Please let us know if we can be of any further assistance
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Be Kind Rewind
Release date: 2008-06-17
September 26, 2008 - Friday this was the response about the fat lady
September 26, 2008 - Friday
this was the response about the fat lady
Current mood: blah
this is the return email i got. so if any of you are large, fat, black ladies, who feel the need to show me what you are doing with all that junk, all that junk in side your trunk, this is a call of cease and desist.
i am not an idiot and i can tell the difference between "hey, look at my photos" and "what the fuck is this crazy woman doing in here" gawd
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Please check whether one of your friends might have shared photos with you.Please confirm this with your friends.
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Metalocalypse - Season 2
Release date: 2008-12-02
this was the response about the fat lady
Current mood: blah
this is the return email i got. so if any of you are large, fat, black ladies, who feel the need to show me what you are doing with all that junk, all that junk in side your trunk, this is a call of cease and desist.
i am not an idiot and i can tell the difference between "hey, look at my photos" and "what the fuck is this crazy woman doing in here" gawd
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Response (Das) 09/26/2008 02:10 AM
Hi Jennifer,
Thank you for witting to us,
We certainly regret any inconvenience.
Please check whether one of your friends might have shared photos with you.Please confirm this with your friends.
If you have any other questions or need any further assistance please feel free to contact us and we will be happy to serve you.
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Metalocalypse - Season 2
Release date: 2008-12-02
September 25, 2008 - Thursday why is this woman in my snapfish account?
September 25, 2008 - Thursday
why is this woman in my snapfish account?
Current mood: annoyed
..i had received an e-mail from snapfish and i went to delete it. i had used it only once and did not care for their service. most people just go to target or wal*mart for their prints. i noticed it invited me to look at the new prints in my own album. okay, strange and then i noticed "it".
she is a large black lady who is trying to get me drunk of her humps, her humps, her ugly lady lumps. y'all know goth kids ask me for makeup tips cos i am so naturally pale. she is my complete opposite & this makes this all the funnier.
the best part is as i am bitching about this, my son comes up and says "who's that?" & i said "some lady is in mommy's account" he said "is this our house?"
it freaks me out tho cos it means she is in my account. i emailed their customer service and i am interested in the outcome. thankfully i did not make an order cos if this were a site that stores your billing info, i could be fucked.
why is this woman in my snapfish account?
Current mood: annoyed
..i had received an e-mail from snapfish and i went to delete it. i had used it only once and did not care for their service. most people just go to target or wal*mart for their prints. i noticed it invited me to look at the new prints in my own album. okay, strange and then i noticed "it".
she is a large black lady who is trying to get me drunk of her humps, her humps, her ugly lady lumps. y'all know goth kids ask me for makeup tips cos i am so naturally pale. she is my complete opposite & this makes this all the funnier.
the best part is as i am bitching about this, my son comes up and says "who's that?" & i said "some lady is in mommy's account" he said "is this our house?"
it freaks me out tho cos it means she is in my account. i emailed their customer service and i am interested in the outcome. thankfully i did not make an order cos if this were a site that stores your billing info, i could be fucked.
September 25, 2008 - Thursday Ben & Jerry’s asked to use breast milk
September 25, 2008 - Thursday
Ben & Jerry’s asked to use breast milk
Current mood: argumentative
Category: Food and Restaurants
Ben & Jerry's asked to use breast milk
Published: Sept. 24, 2008 at 12:32 PM
MONTPELIER, Vt., Sept. 24 (UPI) -- A People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals spokeswoman says her U.S.-based organization wants human breast milk added to Ben & Jerry's ice cream.
The PETA spokeswoman said in a statement the animal rights group has asked Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc. co-founders Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield to use human breast milk instead of cow's milk an all of their products, New York's WPTZ-TV, Plattsburgh, reported Wednesday.
"PETA's request comes in the wake of news reports that a Swiss restaurant owner will begin purchasing breast milk from nursing mothers and substituting breast milk for 75 percent of the cow's milk in the food he serves," the spokeswoman explains in the statement.
PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman told WPTZ-TV her organization's suggestion is merely common sense.
"The fact that human adults consume huge quantities of dairy products made from milk that was meant for a baby cow just doesn't make sense," she said.
WPTZ-TV said a representative for the ice cream group has rejected the proposal, but thanked PETA officials for their concern.
my take on this is a mother's breast milk is best used for her child. point blank enough said. i find any mother, who would bottle feed her baby, yet sell her breast milk for this purpose, morally reprehensible. to use breast milk in adult food is irresponsible. you are literally taking food from a babies mouth. there are plenty of milk substitutes that could and can be used if wanted. this is the type of shit that makes PETA not taken seriously. they are a bunch of retards hoisting themselves on their our petards; peta-rds if you will. any arguement they give is cancelled out by the fact that they are stealling milk from a baby.
Currently watching:
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (New Line Platinum Series)
Release date: 2001-12-11
Ben & Jerry’s asked to use breast milk
Current mood: argumentative
Category: Food and Restaurants
Ben & Jerry's asked to use breast milk
Published: Sept. 24, 2008 at 12:32 PM
MONTPELIER, Vt., Sept. 24 (UPI) -- A People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals spokeswoman says her U.S.-based organization wants human breast milk added to Ben & Jerry's ice cream.
The PETA spokeswoman said in a statement the animal rights group has asked Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc. co-founders Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield to use human breast milk instead of cow's milk an all of their products, New York's WPTZ-TV, Plattsburgh, reported Wednesday.
"PETA's request comes in the wake of news reports that a Swiss restaurant owner will begin purchasing breast milk from nursing mothers and substituting breast milk for 75 percent of the cow's milk in the food he serves," the spokeswoman explains in the statement.
PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman told WPTZ-TV her organization's suggestion is merely common sense.
"The fact that human adults consume huge quantities of dairy products made from milk that was meant for a baby cow just doesn't make sense," she said.
WPTZ-TV said a representative for the ice cream group has rejected the proposal, but thanked PETA officials for their concern.
my take on this is a mother's breast milk is best used for her child. point blank enough said. i find any mother, who would bottle feed her baby, yet sell her breast milk for this purpose, morally reprehensible. to use breast milk in adult food is irresponsible. you are literally taking food from a babies mouth. there are plenty of milk substitutes that could and can be used if wanted. this is the type of shit that makes PETA not taken seriously. they are a bunch of retards hoisting themselves on their our petards; peta-rds if you will. any arguement they give is cancelled out by the fact that they are stealling milk from a baby.
Currently watching:
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (New Line Platinum Series)
Release date: 2001-12-11
September 24, 2008 - Wednesday does anyone else remeber this band?
September 24, 2008 - Wednesday
does anyone else remeber this band?
Current mood: nostalgic
Category: Music
i used to watch this band on main street in newark as a teen.
The Caulfields
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The Caulfields were an alternative rock band from Newark, Delaware which recorded two albums for A&M Records in the 1990s. The group was led by singer/songwriter John Faye and also included Mike Simpson on guitar, Sam Musumeci on bass, and Scott Kohlmorgen on drums (later replaced by Ritchie Rubini).
Their first album was 1995's Whirligig. The album's initial single was "Devil's Diary", which received limited radio play as well as exposure on MTV. The group never achieved significant commercial success and split shortly after the release of L, their second album, in 1997.
Faye would go on to release an album with The John Faye Power Trip in 1999, and currently fronts the Philadelphia-based group ike.
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does anyone else remeber this band?
Current mood: nostalgic
Category: Music
i used to watch this band on main street in newark as a teen.
The Caulfields
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The Caulfields were an alternative rock band from Newark, Delaware which recorded two albums for A&M Records in the 1990s. The group was led by singer/songwriter John Faye and also included Mike Simpson on guitar, Sam Musumeci on bass, and Scott Kohlmorgen on drums (later replaced by Ritchie Rubini).
Their first album was 1995's Whirligig. The album's initial single was "Devil's Diary", which received limited radio play as well as exposure on MTV. The group never achieved significant commercial success and split shortly after the release of L, their second album, in 1997.
Faye would go on to release an album with The John Faye Power Trip in 1999, and currently fronts the Philadelphia-based group ike.
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September 24, 2008 - Wednesday these will be the 1st to go when i go mental
September 24, 2008 - Wednesday
these will be the 1st to go when i go mental
Current mood: angsty
Category: Goals, Plans, Hopes
list one
oh, these are the people in your neighborhood
1) the person who felt the need to honk and yell for the person he was waiting for. this was at 8 am. die please.
2) my next door neighbor with the mid life crisis motorcycle. he takes this to work at 5:30am sometimes.
3) his wife who takes he yap yap dogs to piss on my shed. i am training my kitten to attack them.
4) the kids who knock at my door. i don't want my lawn cut by a 4th grader. you go to my son's school, don't you think if i wanted to participate in that fundraiser i would have bought from him? no i haven't seen your dog, he is probably trying to avoid you too.
5) the guy with the bass loud enough for a 50-cent party. i can feel it from a mile away; in my teeth. i have seen motorhead (who are one of the recognized loudest bands) and they seem quiet next to this guy. i have lived near the new castle airport. the concord, with its sonic boom, is the only thing that can compare.
6) the maintenance man who stole my vietnamese bamboo wind chimes, that give my home the much needed apocalypse now ambivalence. he did this in full view of my neighbors, who told me and the office.
7) the office, for not doing nothing. i subtracted the price of the chimes, plus pain and suffering for that month's lot rent. the next month they sent me an invoice. i also hate the fact, that they have new management like twice a year. usually cos they keep getting caught doing illegal things.
8) the fat kid, who rides close on his bike, near my house and slows down when my kitten is out playing. this kid has the height and weight of alf. i fear he will eat toki!!!
9) the religious pamphlet people. i save all the junk mail, pamphlets, and wind shield wiper flyers and give these out to solicitors. the windshield people get a nice packed of junk mail mailed to them. my junk for your junk.
10) the crack heads who come to my door at all hours. one guy cut my lawn on his own accord & demanded $20 for the job. i told him to get a stepping before dover's finest got here. i have people come up and demand my pennies, canned vegetables, motor oil, gas, tires, beverages, formula, cigarettes, aspirin, and condoms. one summer it was so bad, i had to print out the mapquest to the shire stop down the corner, whom they were obviously mistaking us for. i had a no solicitors sign, but either they can't read around here, don't understand what it means, or just don't care.
list 2
reach out and touch someone
1) telemarketers, i am on the national do not call database. it is illegal to call me more than once. do not ask for the man of the house, as per he does not make financial decisions with out me.
2) if you are to dial the wrong number, please check your number and dial again. if you get me twice, do not act as if it is my fault. i have had this number for five years, if your uncle was really that close, you would have realized his number changed some time back. if that girl really wanted you to call, she would have given you her real number.
3) if you call for me speak. i don't like carrying the majority of the conversation and it is taxing to my patience for you to try to keep me on the line when i want to wrap up the call. call me when you know what you want.
list 3
the world wide web
1) spammers. i do not want to increase my penis size. i am happy without a mortgage. i do not want to attend the university of phoenix online.i have no friends or relatives in africa, especially any with a large fortune that you need my social and bank info to retrieve for me. i do not want cheap mexican pharmaceuticals (ok that was a lie). if i want it, i will contact you.
2) robots. i don't want to accept any friend requests from people i don't know and i can tell my friends are largely not adult models. there are the rare few, but i love them anyway.
3) people who post any old retarded thing on a thread just so they can brag that they were 1st on it.
4) buttons and banners, that are labeled as one thing, to misleadingly take you to another.
5) viruses, trojan horses, malware, spyware and other shite. i can barely afford my computer & i need it for college soon. send that shit to the credit card companies and other bad guys, thanks.
6) aol
7) elitists online. you snub everything, as if you have access to the finest things in life and you must laugh at our plebeian attempts of bettering our monkey asses. we know you are really living in your mom's basement , eating spaghetti-o's out of the can, sitting their in your darth vader underoos, even though you're 35, with your hand down the front. yes you truly had made it.
list 4
is this your first public appearance?
1) don't hover for my parking space. i could have just pulled in too and may be readjusting my parking job, i could be just dropping off bags, maybe i want to eat my burrito in my car, perhaps i need to make a phone call, or i may just be waiting for the rest of my party. i don't care if my eggs are cooking in their shells, the milk turned to cottage cheese and my ice cream has melted, but if you honk at me, i will sit in my car until you leave and park elsewhere.
2) please come out fully dressed, in seasonally appropriate clothes, in a proper size, and is a reasonable attire for your shape and age. i do not want to see cootchie cutters, 2 sizes too small, on a pear shaped grandma, in the winter.
3) please respect our town and its inhabitants.
4) rules and regulations are for our own safety. when i worked at kmart, there was a man who walked in smoking a cigarette. i had asked him to put it out. the anti-smoking law had just passed and many stores had this rule in effect since the eighties or earlier. cigarettes just make burn holes in merchandise. his response was that he bought 'em here and was gonna use 'em here, to which i reminded him that we sold condoms and he was sure the hell not using them here either.
5) public drunkedness is not cute. whenever the races come into town, i would always be asked at work to come out drinking drinking with them. it had looked like they had already started with out me, hours ago, and it is noon.
6) wal-mart is not a social gathering. i am mad enough i have to be shopping there, so stop blocking the aisle, do not jam me with your cart, and if you favor your life, do not talk about me in my prescence. i will hurt you. badly.
7) a car is a prilege, so is driving. please don't drive in a manner to get it revoked. you will hurt someone in the process, probably your 2 year old, in which you do not have strapped in.
8) you do not know my son, do not lay your hands on him or you will not walk away from here.
9) don't hit women and/or children and let me find out about it. you will never walk again.
10) guns are for hunting or defense, not the mall. just cos we have the right to right to bear arms means you should.
11) this list could go on forever.
Currently watching:
Sealab 2021 - Season 2
Release date: 2005-02-01
these will be the 1st to go when i go mental
Current mood: angsty
Category: Goals, Plans, Hopes
list one
oh, these are the people in your neighborhood
1) the person who felt the need to honk and yell for the person he was waiting for. this was at 8 am. die please.
2) my next door neighbor with the mid life crisis motorcycle. he takes this to work at 5:30am sometimes.
3) his wife who takes he yap yap dogs to piss on my shed. i am training my kitten to attack them.
4) the kids who knock at my door. i don't want my lawn cut by a 4th grader. you go to my son's school, don't you think if i wanted to participate in that fundraiser i would have bought from him? no i haven't seen your dog, he is probably trying to avoid you too.
5) the guy with the bass loud enough for a 50-cent party. i can feel it from a mile away; in my teeth. i have seen motorhead (who are one of the recognized loudest bands) and they seem quiet next to this guy. i have lived near the new castle airport. the concord, with its sonic boom, is the only thing that can compare.
6) the maintenance man who stole my vietnamese bamboo wind chimes, that give my home the much needed apocalypse now ambivalence. he did this in full view of my neighbors, who told me and the office.
7) the office, for not doing nothing. i subtracted the price of the chimes, plus pain and suffering for that month's lot rent. the next month they sent me an invoice. i also hate the fact, that they have new management like twice a year. usually cos they keep getting caught doing illegal things.
8) the fat kid, who rides close on his bike, near my house and slows down when my kitten is out playing. this kid has the height and weight of alf. i fear he will eat toki!!!
9) the religious pamphlet people. i save all the junk mail, pamphlets, and wind shield wiper flyers and give these out to solicitors. the windshield people get a nice packed of junk mail mailed to them. my junk for your junk.
10) the crack heads who come to my door at all hours. one guy cut my lawn on his own accord & demanded $20 for the job. i told him to get a stepping before dover's finest got here. i have people come up and demand my pennies, canned vegetables, motor oil, gas, tires, beverages, formula, cigarettes, aspirin, and condoms. one summer it was so bad, i had to print out the mapquest to the shire stop down the corner, whom they were obviously mistaking us for. i had a no solicitors sign, but either they can't read around here, don't understand what it means, or just don't care.
list 2
reach out and touch someone
1) telemarketers, i am on the national do not call database. it is illegal to call me more than once. do not ask for the man of the house, as per he does not make financial decisions with out me.
2) if you are to dial the wrong number, please check your number and dial again. if you get me twice, do not act as if it is my fault. i have had this number for five years, if your uncle was really that close, you would have realized his number changed some time back. if that girl really wanted you to call, she would have given you her real number.
3) if you call for me speak. i don't like carrying the majority of the conversation and it is taxing to my patience for you to try to keep me on the line when i want to wrap up the call. call me when you know what you want.
list 3
the world wide web
1) spammers. i do not want to increase my penis size. i am happy without a mortgage. i do not want to attend the university of phoenix online.i have no friends or relatives in africa, especially any with a large fortune that you need my social and bank info to retrieve for me. i do not want cheap mexican pharmaceuticals (ok that was a lie). if i want it, i will contact you.
2) robots. i don't want to accept any friend requests from people i don't know and i can tell my friends are largely not adult models. there are the rare few, but i love them anyway.
3) people who post any old retarded thing on a thread just so they can brag that they were 1st on it.
4) buttons and banners, that are labeled as one thing, to misleadingly take you to another.
5) viruses, trojan horses, malware, spyware and other shite. i can barely afford my computer & i need it for college soon. send that shit to the credit card companies and other bad guys, thanks.
6) aol
7) elitists online. you snub everything, as if you have access to the finest things in life and you must laugh at our plebeian attempts of bettering our monkey asses. we know you are really living in your mom's basement , eating spaghetti-o's out of the can, sitting their in your darth vader underoos, even though you're 35, with your hand down the front. yes you truly had made it.
list 4
is this your first public appearance?
1) don't hover for my parking space. i could have just pulled in too and may be readjusting my parking job, i could be just dropping off bags, maybe i want to eat my burrito in my car, perhaps i need to make a phone call, or i may just be waiting for the rest of my party. i don't care if my eggs are cooking in their shells, the milk turned to cottage cheese and my ice cream has melted, but if you honk at me, i will sit in my car until you leave and park elsewhere.
2) please come out fully dressed, in seasonally appropriate clothes, in a proper size, and is a reasonable attire for your shape and age. i do not want to see cootchie cutters, 2 sizes too small, on a pear shaped grandma, in the winter.
3) please respect our town and its inhabitants.
4) rules and regulations are for our own safety. when i worked at kmart, there was a man who walked in smoking a cigarette. i had asked him to put it out. the anti-smoking law had just passed and many stores had this rule in effect since the eighties or earlier. cigarettes just make burn holes in merchandise. his response was that he bought 'em here and was gonna use 'em here, to which i reminded him that we sold condoms and he was sure the hell not using them here either.
5) public drunkedness is not cute. whenever the races come into town, i would always be asked at work to come out drinking drinking with them. it had looked like they had already started with out me, hours ago, and it is noon.
6) wal-mart is not a social gathering. i am mad enough i have to be shopping there, so stop blocking the aisle, do not jam me with your cart, and if you favor your life, do not talk about me in my prescence. i will hurt you. badly.
7) a car is a prilege, so is driving. please don't drive in a manner to get it revoked. you will hurt someone in the process, probably your 2 year old, in which you do not have strapped in.
8) you do not know my son, do not lay your hands on him or you will not walk away from here.
9) don't hit women and/or children and let me find out about it. you will never walk again.
10) guns are for hunting or defense, not the mall. just cos we have the right to right to bear arms means you should.
11) this list could go on forever.
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September 24, 2008 - Wednesday Clay Aiken: "Yes, I’m Gay"
September 24, 2008 - Wednesday
Clay Aiken: "Yes, I’m Gay"
Current mood: tired
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities
I support gays and gay rights, but I think they are "losing" one for the team on this one. He is a nerdy, spastic, freak. Quite frankly, like Lance Bass, one could tell and I doubt few could not. It is a shame that so many are not honest to themselves, just to maintain their celebrity.
Clay Aiken: "Yes, I'm Gay"
Posted Tue Sep 23, 2008 4:57pm PDT by Lyndsey Parker in Reality Rocks
Guys, I know this is going to come as a bit of a shocker, so I hope you're sitting down before you continue reading. But (deep breath, now)...Clay Aiken has confirmed, in an interview featured on the cover of the upcoming issue of People magazine and first leaked on Perez Hilton's site, that he is indeed (wait for it), homosexual.
All right, all right...so this isn't the biggest news scoop in tabloid history. This is sort of akin to reporting that Chris Daughtry is bald, or that David Cook uses hair gel, or that Ruben Studdard shops at Big & Tall For Men. It's always been that obvious. But this is the first time that Clay has actually acknowledged it, so I for one am thrilled that he has set the record straight (no pun intended).
For years, practically from the minute he reared his bespectacled head on season 2 of American Idol, Clay has skirted (again, no pun intended) around this issue--even telling Diane Sawyer herself that she was "really rude" to grill him about his sexuality in a 2006 Good Morning America interview. He always made a big point of keeping his private life just that--private--but it seemed the quieter he remained, the louder all the gossip (and snarky jokes) became.
Of course, promo photos of Clay's new look (frosty blonde highlights, inch-thick pancake makeup), or news than his son was conceived via medical intervention with his 50-year-old "best friend," didn't help matters. But Clay still kept mum, perhaps out of fear of alienating his adoring, mostly female fanbase.
But now Clay has finally come out, in a People article accompanied by the first published photos of his new bouncing baby boy, Parker Foster (who apparently was his inspiration for telling the whole truth and nothing but the truth here, as he told the mag, "I cannot raise a child to lie or to hide things"). Kudos to Clay for being an honest role model for his child, and I'm certain that any worries Clay--or, probably more specifically, his handlers--had about him losing fans after such a confession will prove totally unfounded.
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Super Mario All Stars
Clay Aiken: "Yes, I’m Gay"
Current mood: tired
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities
I support gays and gay rights, but I think they are "losing" one for the team on this one. He is a nerdy, spastic, freak. Quite frankly, like Lance Bass, one could tell and I doubt few could not. It is a shame that so many are not honest to themselves, just to maintain their celebrity.
Clay Aiken: "Yes, I'm Gay"
Posted Tue Sep 23, 2008 4:57pm PDT by Lyndsey Parker in Reality Rocks
Guys, I know this is going to come as a bit of a shocker, so I hope you're sitting down before you continue reading. But (deep breath, now)...Clay Aiken has confirmed, in an interview featured on the cover of the upcoming issue of People magazine and first leaked on Perez Hilton's site, that he is indeed (wait for it), homosexual.
All right, all right...so this isn't the biggest news scoop in tabloid history. This is sort of akin to reporting that Chris Daughtry is bald, or that David Cook uses hair gel, or that Ruben Studdard shops at Big & Tall For Men. It's always been that obvious. But this is the first time that Clay has actually acknowledged it, so I for one am thrilled that he has set the record straight (no pun intended).
For years, practically from the minute he reared his bespectacled head on season 2 of American Idol, Clay has skirted (again, no pun intended) around this issue--even telling Diane Sawyer herself that she was "really rude" to grill him about his sexuality in a 2006 Good Morning America interview. He always made a big point of keeping his private life just that--private--but it seemed the quieter he remained, the louder all the gossip (and snarky jokes) became.
Of course, promo photos of Clay's new look (frosty blonde highlights, inch-thick pancake makeup), or news than his son was conceived via medical intervention with his 50-year-old "best friend," didn't help matters. But Clay still kept mum, perhaps out of fear of alienating his adoring, mostly female fanbase.
But now Clay has finally come out, in a People article accompanied by the first published photos of his new bouncing baby boy, Parker Foster (who apparently was his inspiration for telling the whole truth and nothing but the truth here, as he told the mag, "I cannot raise a child to lie or to hide things"). Kudos to Clay for being an honest role model for his child, and I'm certain that any worries Clay--or, probably more specifically, his handlers--had about him losing fans after such a confession will prove totally unfounded.
Currently playing:
Super Mario All Stars
September 22, 2008 - Monday Mr Garisson was right; we’re all a bunch of retarded fish-apes!!! lol
September 22, 2008 - Monday
Mr Garisson was right; we’re all a bunch of retarded fish-apes!!! lol
Current mood: amused
Category: Pets and Animals
Digital evolution: early fish had primitive fingers, says study
by Marlowe Hood Sun Sep 21, 6:56 PM ET
PARIS (AFP) - Scientists have traced the origin of fingers and toes to fish-like creatures that roamed the seas 380 million years ago, according to a new study.
The findings, published Sunday in the British-based science journal Nature, upend the prevailing theory on the evolution of digits.
It had long been assumed that the first creatures to develop primitive fingers were tetrapods, air-breathing animals that crawled from sea to land some 10 to 20 million years later.
The need to adapt to swampy marshlands and terra firma, the theory went, is what drove the gradual shift through natural selection from fish fins suitable only for swimming to weight-bearing limbs with articulated joints.
The study, however, reveals that rudimentary fingers were already present inside the fins of the shallow-water, meter-long (three-foot long) Panderichthys, a transitional species that was nonetheless more fish than tetrapod.
"What we have shown is that the hand and the foot emerge from pre-existing bits of the fin skeleton that were just reshaped, rather than being entirely new bits that were bolted onto the existing fin skeleton," said co-author Per Ahlberg, a researcher at Uppsala University in Sweden.
The discovery did not come from a new archeological find but from the reexamination of existing fossils, he explained in a phone interview.
Previous research, it turns out, had simply overlooked what was there.
"The problem is that all good specimens of Panderichtys come from one location" -- a brick quarry in Latvia -- "where the clay is almost exactly the same color as the bones," he said.
"With a nice big bone, that is not a problem. But if you are interested in tiny, fragile bones at the outer end of the fin skeleton, it is nearly impossible to see what is going on."
Scientists had been thrown further off the track by the morphology of another animal from the Devonian period, which spanned from 360 to 416 million years ago.
In most ways, Tiktaalik seemed even closer to the true air-breathing tetrapods that first colonized firm land than Panderichtys, and yet its fins remained largely fish-like, lending even more credence to the theory that proto-fingers came during, not before, the transition to land.
But recent research in genetics had suggested that rudimentary digits might have emerged further back along the evolutionary tree than once suspected.
A gene that plays a key role in patterning the hands and feet in mice, for example, was found to express itself similarly in modern-day lung fish, a distant but direct cousin of the tetrapods that first crawled out of the sea.
So Ahlberg and two colleagues decided it was worth taking a closer look at Panderichthys using a new technique. They ran a specimen, still embedded in clay, through a CT scanner at a hospital.
"We could see the internal skeleton very clearly, and were able to model it without ever physically touching the specimen," Ahlberg said.
The image shows stubby bones at the end of the fin skeleton clearly arrayed like four fingers, called distal radials. There are no joints, and the bones are quite short, but there could be no doubt as to what they were.
"This was the key piece of the puzzle that confirms that rudimentary fingers were already present in the ancestors of tetrapods," said lead author Catherine Boisvert, also of Uppsala University.
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By Jennifer Traig
Mr Garisson was right; we’re all a bunch of retarded fish-apes!!! lol
Current mood: amused
Category: Pets and Animals
Digital evolution: early fish had primitive fingers, says study
by Marlowe Hood Sun Sep 21, 6:56 PM ET
PARIS (AFP) - Scientists have traced the origin of fingers and toes to fish-like creatures that roamed the seas 380 million years ago, according to a new study.
The findings, published Sunday in the British-based science journal Nature, upend the prevailing theory on the evolution of digits.
It had long been assumed that the first creatures to develop primitive fingers were tetrapods, air-breathing animals that crawled from sea to land some 10 to 20 million years later.
The need to adapt to swampy marshlands and terra firma, the theory went, is what drove the gradual shift through natural selection from fish fins suitable only for swimming to weight-bearing limbs with articulated joints.
The study, however, reveals that rudimentary fingers were already present inside the fins of the shallow-water, meter-long (three-foot long) Panderichthys, a transitional species that was nonetheless more fish than tetrapod.
"What we have shown is that the hand and the foot emerge from pre-existing bits of the fin skeleton that were just reshaped, rather than being entirely new bits that were bolted onto the existing fin skeleton," said co-author Per Ahlberg, a researcher at Uppsala University in Sweden.
The discovery did not come from a new archeological find but from the reexamination of existing fossils, he explained in a phone interview.
Previous research, it turns out, had simply overlooked what was there.
"The problem is that all good specimens of Panderichtys come from one location" -- a brick quarry in Latvia -- "where the clay is almost exactly the same color as the bones," he said.
"With a nice big bone, that is not a problem. But if you are interested in tiny, fragile bones at the outer end of the fin skeleton, it is nearly impossible to see what is going on."
Scientists had been thrown further off the track by the morphology of another animal from the Devonian period, which spanned from 360 to 416 million years ago.
In most ways, Tiktaalik seemed even closer to the true air-breathing tetrapods that first colonized firm land than Panderichtys, and yet its fins remained largely fish-like, lending even more credence to the theory that proto-fingers came during, not before, the transition to land.
But recent research in genetics had suggested that rudimentary digits might have emerged further back along the evolutionary tree than once suspected.
A gene that plays a key role in patterning the hands and feet in mice, for example, was found to express itself similarly in modern-day lung fish, a distant but direct cousin of the tetrapods that first crawled out of the sea.
So Ahlberg and two colleagues decided it was worth taking a closer look at Panderichthys using a new technique. They ran a specimen, still embedded in clay, through a CT scanner at a hospital.
"We could see the internal skeleton very clearly, and were able to model it without ever physically touching the specimen," Ahlberg said.
The image shows stubby bones at the end of the fin skeleton clearly arrayed like four fingers, called distal radials. There are no joints, and the bones are quite short, but there could be no doubt as to what they were.
"This was the key piece of the puzzle that confirms that rudimentary fingers were already present in the ancestors of tetrapods," said lead author Catherine Boisvert, also of Uppsala University.
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Devil in the Details: Scenes from an Obsessive Girlhood
By Jennifer Traig
September 22, 2008 - Monday The 65 mpg Ford the U.S. Can’t Have
September 22, 2008 - Monday
The 65 mpg Ford the U.S. Can’t Have
Current mood: adventurous
Category: Automotive
i would totally buy this car...diesel is great, and the us jacked the price up by $$ to prevent us from going blue. i would rather pay $1 more at the pump if it means my mileage would be twice as efficient!!!
Story below
The 65 mpg Ford the U.S. Can't Have
Yahoo! Finance
by David Kiley
Friday, September 19, 2008
If ever there was a car made for the times, this would seem to be it: a sporty subcompact that seats five, offers a navigation system, and gets a whopping 65 miles to the gallon. Oh yes, and the car is made by Ford Motor, known widely for lumbering gas hogs.
Ford's 2009 Fiesta ECOnetic goes on sale in November. But here's the catch: Despite the car's potential to transform Ford's image and help it compete with Toyota Motor and Honda Motor in its home market, the company will sell the little fuel sipper only in Europe. "We know it's an awesome vehicle," says Ford America President Mark Fields. "But there are business reasons why we can't sell it in the U.S." The main one: The Fiesta ECOnetic runs on diesel.
Automakers such as Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz have predicted for years that a technology called "clean diesel" would overcome many Americans' antipathy to a fuel still often thought of as the smelly stuff that powers tractor trailers. Diesel vehicles now hitting the market with pollution-fighting technology are as clean or cleaner than gasoline and at least 30% more fuel-efficient.
Yet while half of all cars sold in Europe last year ran on diesel, the U.S. market remains relatively unfriendly to the fuel. Taxes aimed at commercial trucks mean diesel costs anywhere from 40 cents to $1 more per gallon than gasoline. Add to this the success of the Toyota Prius, and you can see why only 3% of cars in the U.S. use diesel. "Americans see hybrids as the darling," says Global Insight auto analyst Philip Gott, "and diesel as old-tech."
None of this is stopping European and Japanese automakers, which are betting they can jump-start the U.S. market with new diesel models. Mercedes-Benz by next year will have three cars it markets as "BlueTec." Even Nissan and Honda, which long opposed building diesel cars in Europe, plan to introduce them in the U.S. in 2010. But Ford, whose Fiesta ECOnetic compares favorably with European diesels, can't make a business case for bringing the car to the U.S.
Too Pricey to Import
First of all, the engines are built in Britain, so labor costs are high. Plus the pound remains stronger than the greenback. At prevailing exchange rates, the Fiesta ECOnetic would sell for about $25,700 in the U.S. By contrast, the Prius typically goes for about $24,000. A $1,300 tax deduction available to buyers of new diesel cars could bring the price of the Fiesta to around $24,400. But Ford doesn't believe it could charge enough to make money on an imported ECOnetic.
Ford plans to make a gas-powered version of the Fiesta in Mexico for the U.S. So why not manufacture diesel engines there, too? Building a plant would cost at least $350 million at a time when Ford has been burning through more than $1 billion a month in cash reserves. Besides, the automaker would have to produce at least 350,000 engines a year to make such a venture profitable. "We just don't think North and South America would buy that many diesel cars," says Fields.The question, of course, is whether the U.S. ever will embrace diesel fuel and allow automakers to achieve sufficient scale to make money on such vehicles. California certified VW and Mercedes diesel cars earlier this year, after a four-year ban. James N. Hall, of auto researcher 293 Analysts, says that bellwether state and the Northeast remain "hostile to diesel." But the risk to Ford is that the fuel takes off, and the carmaker finds itself playing catch-up—despite having a serious diesel contender in its arsenal .
The ECOnetic will go on sale in Europe in November.
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By Jello Biafra
Release date: 1991-07-01
The 65 mpg Ford the U.S. Can’t Have
Current mood: adventurous
Category: Automotive
i would totally buy this car...diesel is great, and the us jacked the price up by $$ to prevent us from going blue. i would rather pay $1 more at the pump if it means my mileage would be twice as efficient!!!
Story below
The 65 mpg Ford the U.S. Can't Have
Yahoo! Finance
by David Kiley
Friday, September 19, 2008
If ever there was a car made for the times, this would seem to be it: a sporty subcompact that seats five, offers a navigation system, and gets a whopping 65 miles to the gallon. Oh yes, and the car is made by Ford Motor, known widely for lumbering gas hogs.
Ford's 2009 Fiesta ECOnetic goes on sale in November. But here's the catch: Despite the car's potential to transform Ford's image and help it compete with Toyota Motor and Honda Motor in its home market, the company will sell the little fuel sipper only in Europe. "We know it's an awesome vehicle," says Ford America President Mark Fields. "But there are business reasons why we can't sell it in the U.S." The main one: The Fiesta ECOnetic runs on diesel.
Automakers such as Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz have predicted for years that a technology called "clean diesel" would overcome many Americans' antipathy to a fuel still often thought of as the smelly stuff that powers tractor trailers. Diesel vehicles now hitting the market with pollution-fighting technology are as clean or cleaner than gasoline and at least 30% more fuel-efficient.
Yet while half of all cars sold in Europe last year ran on diesel, the U.S. market remains relatively unfriendly to the fuel. Taxes aimed at commercial trucks mean diesel costs anywhere from 40 cents to $1 more per gallon than gasoline. Add to this the success of the Toyota Prius, and you can see why only 3% of cars in the U.S. use diesel. "Americans see hybrids as the darling," says Global Insight auto analyst Philip Gott, "and diesel as old-tech."
None of this is stopping European and Japanese automakers, which are betting they can jump-start the U.S. market with new diesel models. Mercedes-Benz by next year will have three cars it markets as "BlueTec." Even Nissan and Honda, which long opposed building diesel cars in Europe, plan to introduce them in the U.S. in 2010. But Ford, whose Fiesta ECOnetic compares favorably with European diesels, can't make a business case for bringing the car to the U.S.
Too Pricey to Import
First of all, the engines are built in Britain, so labor costs are high. Plus the pound remains stronger than the greenback. At prevailing exchange rates, the Fiesta ECOnetic would sell for about $25,700 in the U.S. By contrast, the Prius typically goes for about $24,000. A $1,300 tax deduction available to buyers of new diesel cars could bring the price of the Fiesta to around $24,400. But Ford doesn't believe it could charge enough to make money on an imported ECOnetic.
Ford plans to make a gas-powered version of the Fiesta in Mexico for the U.S. So why not manufacture diesel engines there, too? Building a plant would cost at least $350 million at a time when Ford has been burning through more than $1 billion a month in cash reserves. Besides, the automaker would have to produce at least 350,000 engines a year to make such a venture profitable. "We just don't think North and South America would buy that many diesel cars," says Fields.The question, of course, is whether the U.S. ever will embrace diesel fuel and allow automakers to achieve sufficient scale to make money on such vehicles. California certified VW and Mercedes diesel cars earlier this year, after a four-year ban. James N. Hall, of auto researcher 293 Analysts, says that bellwether state and the Northeast remain "hostile to diesel." But the risk to Ford is that the fuel takes off, and the carmaker finds itself playing catch-up—despite having a serious diesel contender in its arsenal .
The ECOnetic will go on sale in Europe in November.
Currently listening:
The Sky Is Falling, and I Want My Mommy
By Jello Biafra
Release date: 1991-07-01
September 18, 2008 - Thursday Marine praised by Bush won’t get Medal of Honor
September 18, 2008 - Thursday
Marine praised by Bush won’t get Medal of Honor
Category: News and Politics
..SAN DIEGO - A Marine sergeant singled out by President Bush for throwing his body on a grenade to save his comrades in Iraq will receive the prestigious Navy Cross rather than the nation's highest military award, military officials said.
The family of Sgt. Rafael Peralta, who was posthumously nominated for the nation's highest military honor, told the North County Times of Escondido, Calif., they were disappointed he was not receiving the Medal of Honor.
"I don't understand why if the president has been talking about him," his mother, Rosa Peralta, told the newspaper, which was the first to report the bestowing of the Navy Cross.
Rosa Peralta said she was informed during a meeting with Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Richard Natonski that a committee could not agree on awarding the Medal of Honor to her son, who Marine Corps officials say was first wounded by friendly fire. She said the general mentioned the friendly fire aspect as part of her son's death during the discussion.
Marine Corps spokesman Mike Alvarez confirmed the meeting, saying only that it was a personal briefing between Natonski and Rosa Peralta to inform her that the secretary of the Navy would award the Navy Cross posthumously for extraordinary heroism.
The Navy Cross is the second highest honor for combat heroism a Marine can receive.
The secretary of the Navy's public affairs office in Washington, D.C., did not immediately return an after-hours telephone call Wednesday seeking comment.
Headquarters Marine Corps spokesman Maj. David Nevers told The Associated Press that the Navy Cross for Peralta "is not bestowed lightly."
Nevers said only 23 sailors and Marines out of the thousands who have served in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan have received the Navy Cross.
"The awarding of a medals of valor is a methodical process and carefully conducted to ensure the sacrifice and service of our Marines and sailors is appropriately honored," he said.
Peralta was shot several times in the face and body during a house-to-house search in Fallujah on Nov. 15, 2004, during some of the fiercest fighting of the war.
According to a report by a Marine combat photographer who witnessed the act, Peralta lay wounded on the floor of a house and grabbed a grenade that had been lobbed by an insurgent. He absorbed the blast with his body, dying instantly.
In 2005, Natonski, then-commanding general of the 1st Marine Division, ordered an investigation to determine the source of a bullet fragment recovered from Peralta's body.
"Following multiple and exhaustive reviews, the evidence supports the finding that Peralta was likely hit by 'friendly fire,'" the Marine Corps said Wednesday in a press release. "This finding had no bearing on the decision to award the Navy Cross medal."
Bush cited Peralta's heroism in a Memorial Day speech in 2005, saying the Marine "understood that America faces dangerous enemies, and he knew the sacrifices required to defeat them."
Peralta, who was assigned to Hawaii's 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, moved to San Diego from Tijuana as a teenager. He was 25.
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Release date: 2008-09-09
Marine praised by Bush won’t get Medal of Honor
Category: News and Politics
..SAN DIEGO - A Marine sergeant singled out by President Bush for throwing his body on a grenade to save his comrades in Iraq will receive the prestigious Navy Cross rather than the nation's highest military award, military officials said.
The family of Sgt. Rafael Peralta, who was posthumously nominated for the nation's highest military honor, told the North County Times of Escondido, Calif., they were disappointed he was not receiving the Medal of Honor.
"I don't understand why if the president has been talking about him," his mother, Rosa Peralta, told the newspaper, which was the first to report the bestowing of the Navy Cross.
Rosa Peralta said she was informed during a meeting with Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Richard Natonski that a committee could not agree on awarding the Medal of Honor to her son, who Marine Corps officials say was first wounded by friendly fire. She said the general mentioned the friendly fire aspect as part of her son's death during the discussion.
Marine Corps spokesman Mike Alvarez confirmed the meeting, saying only that it was a personal briefing between Natonski and Rosa Peralta to inform her that the secretary of the Navy would award the Navy Cross posthumously for extraordinary heroism.
The Navy Cross is the second highest honor for combat heroism a Marine can receive.
The secretary of the Navy's public affairs office in Washington, D.C., did not immediately return an after-hours telephone call Wednesday seeking comment.
Headquarters Marine Corps spokesman Maj. David Nevers told The Associated Press that the Navy Cross for Peralta "is not bestowed lightly."
Nevers said only 23 sailors and Marines out of the thousands who have served in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan have received the Navy Cross.
"The awarding of a medals of valor is a methodical process and carefully conducted to ensure the sacrifice and service of our Marines and sailors is appropriately honored," he said.
Peralta was shot several times in the face and body during a house-to-house search in Fallujah on Nov. 15, 2004, during some of the fiercest fighting of the war.
According to a report by a Marine combat photographer who witnessed the act, Peralta lay wounded on the floor of a house and grabbed a grenade that had been lobbed by an insurgent. He absorbed the blast with his body, dying instantly.
In 2005, Natonski, then-commanding general of the 1st Marine Division, ordered an investigation to determine the source of a bullet fragment recovered from Peralta's body.
"Following multiple and exhaustive reviews, the evidence supports the finding that Peralta was likely hit by 'friendly fire,'" the Marine Corps said Wednesday in a press release. "This finding had no bearing on the decision to award the Navy Cross medal."
Bush cited Peralta's heroism in a Memorial Day speech in 2005, saying the Marine "understood that America faces dangerous enemies, and he knew the sacrifices required to defeat them."
Peralta, who was assigned to Hawaii's 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, moved to San Diego from Tijuana as a teenager. He was 25.
Currently watching:
Baby Mama
Release date: 2008-09-09
September 18, 2008 - Thursday pee lady stew (read pee lady first
September 18, 2008 - Thursday
pee lady stew (read pee lady first)
Category: Life
My house was on the centre of the main street of the neighborhood (our house, in the middle of the street). it had most most land of the other lots, on any block & we ha a large backyard. the property was probably equal to about 1/3rd of an acre and even though my father's house is a 2 story colonial, we had the biggest backyard. we had a vegetable garden, an above ground pool with deck, several trees (3 birches, a willow, 4 large maples, and two flowering crab apples). in the back corner was a storage shed, tucked next to it was my husky, tasha's dog run, my sister's playhouse, and best of all was a play area.
my father had run over my swing set, crushing the tubes, with his lawn tractor. probally due to my mother, he had attached the swings and slide to the crabapple tree. my brother had a tetherball & we would kick it as we swang. we would clib the braches, to ontop the dog run, to ontop the shed. my dad could see us from his office & would band on the window.
the tractor had a trailor attachment, which he parked by the shed. we were not supposed to play with it, but did. often we would just sit in it, it would be a jail, a car, or a myriad of other things. when it rained, we would get into trouble for splashing in the retained water. in this we would make the aformentioned pee lady stew.
pee lady stew recipe:
*1 trailor of water
*all the yard onions you can pull without getting nauseous
*as many hadfuls of crab apples or blossoms as your 3 1/2 feet can reach
*pinecones & pine needles
*fallen fruit from the peach and plum trees in the sideyards
*any weeds or flowers that catch the eye. wheat like grasses are to be put in the front fork of an upside down bike and peddled, to make flour for bread
*random crack rock like pebbles from under the pool deck (important, as she feed this to her parrot & birds need rocks to digest their food, so don't get caught by my dad)
*any bones or body really, of birds, rabbits, mice/rats, and other small critters my husky caught
*wild mushrooms (don't eat!)
*wild strawberries (don't eat, the dog could had peed on them! all the more delicious for our lady)
*mulch from the flowerbeds, one skirtful will do
*any leftovers or rubbish from snacktime. any garbage really
*poop alex is good for picking it up with a large leaf from the kennel & flinging it in. it is a good ingrediant as per it starts with a "p"
trying not to get caught, break enough crab apple branches down for each child to have a stirring stick. stir for about ten minutes whilst emoting the weird sisters from macbeth. it is important to dunk andrew's hand, torso, face in it to see if it is done. this also imparts the child taste she craves. (you see this is a substitute for her main food, small children. she eats them. baby, the other, other white meat. we should had gotten a corperate sponsor and called it "pee lady stew-I can't belive it's not baby", but it would have to have a large purple p on it or she won't eat it)
after it is done, rachel's toys may be throw in, like a barbie or two, for garnish. after about 5 minuites of completion, it is impotant to dump the whole deal before she tells mom. mom will make us all sit on the upstairs steps until their parents come & i have voltron & my little pony to watch.
at this point, even though it is really on the ground, we would all swear she swept right in & gobbled it up. this would stave her off until the next rain fall.
shut up!!! like your childhood is any better
Currently watching:
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (Unrated Two-Disc Special Edition)
Release date: 2008-07-29
pee lady stew (read pee lady first)
Category: Life
My house was on the centre of the main street of the neighborhood (our house, in the middle of the street). it had most most land of the other lots, on any block & we ha a large backyard. the property was probably equal to about 1/3rd of an acre and even though my father's house is a 2 story colonial, we had the biggest backyard. we had a vegetable garden, an above ground pool with deck, several trees (3 birches, a willow, 4 large maples, and two flowering crab apples). in the back corner was a storage shed, tucked next to it was my husky, tasha's dog run, my sister's playhouse, and best of all was a play area.
my father had run over my swing set, crushing the tubes, with his lawn tractor. probally due to my mother, he had attached the swings and slide to the crabapple tree. my brother had a tetherball & we would kick it as we swang. we would clib the braches, to ontop the dog run, to ontop the shed. my dad could see us from his office & would band on the window.
the tractor had a trailor attachment, which he parked by the shed. we were not supposed to play with it, but did. often we would just sit in it, it would be a jail, a car, or a myriad of other things. when it rained, we would get into trouble for splashing in the retained water. in this we would make the aformentioned pee lady stew.
pee lady stew recipe:
*1 trailor of water
*all the yard onions you can pull without getting nauseous
*as many hadfuls of crab apples or blossoms as your 3 1/2 feet can reach
*pinecones & pine needles
*fallen fruit from the peach and plum trees in the sideyards
*any weeds or flowers that catch the eye. wheat like grasses are to be put in the front fork of an upside down bike and peddled, to make flour for bread
*random crack rock like pebbles from under the pool deck (important, as she feed this to her parrot & birds need rocks to digest their food, so don't get caught by my dad)
*any bones or body really, of birds, rabbits, mice/rats, and other small critters my husky caught
*wild mushrooms (don't eat!)
*wild strawberries (don't eat, the dog could had peed on them! all the more delicious for our lady)
*mulch from the flowerbeds, one skirtful will do
*any leftovers or rubbish from snacktime. any garbage really
*poop alex is good for picking it up with a large leaf from the kennel & flinging it in. it is a good ingrediant as per it starts with a "p"
trying not to get caught, break enough crab apple branches down for each child to have a stirring stick. stir for about ten minutes whilst emoting the weird sisters from macbeth. it is important to dunk andrew's hand, torso, face in it to see if it is done. this also imparts the child taste she craves. (you see this is a substitute for her main food, small children. she eats them. baby, the other, other white meat. we should had gotten a corperate sponsor and called it "pee lady stew-I can't belive it's not baby", but it would have to have a large purple p on it or she won't eat it)
after it is done, rachel's toys may be throw in, like a barbie or two, for garnish. after about 5 minuites of completion, it is impotant to dump the whole deal before she tells mom. mom will make us all sit on the upstairs steps until their parents come & i have voltron & my little pony to watch.
at this point, even though it is really on the ground, we would all swear she swept right in & gobbled it up. this would stave her off until the next rain fall.
shut up!!! like your childhood is any better
Currently watching:
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (Unrated Two-Disc Special Edition)
Release date: 2008-07-29
September 18, 2008 - Thursday the pee lady
September 18, 2008 - Thursday
the pee lady
Current mood: bouncy
Category: Life
when i was but a little jenn, my mother would baby-sit some of my cousins and see them on and off the bus. kelly & jennie went to a school in another district from me but, had a stop in my neighborhood.
their stop was at the corner from my house and just next to it was our protagonist, an old lady, probably a widow, with little or no family. she was rather reclusive & seemed miserable. she wouldn't give us the time of day. everyone else thought we were wonderful, so she had to be a weirdo, right?
her house was yellow; the color of pee when it is very diluted from drinking at the water fountain waaay past your turn. her car, an old plymoth, had a bronze metalflake paint job, like the color of pee when you were dehydrated & held your piss in a bit. she would scurry about, in a creepy, howard hughes like manner & seemed a bit unclean. from this we decided she was the pee lady.
Since she wouldn't give us the time of day, we were even more curious of her & began to spy. each mission had a thrilling report. all items she owned, like the car, started with p. we swore we saw a parrot, a poodle & she was a practicing pirate & would wear an eye patch (hey it had "p" in it). items she did own that did not have "p" in the start of the name, would have a p added on it in purple paint (double p again!). She ate papaya, permisons, parsips, popcorn & all manner of p foods that she would buy from pathmark, but the most notable was pee lady stew.
Currently watching:
Shortbus (Unrated Edition)
Release date: 2007-03-13
the pee lady
Current mood: bouncy
Category: Life
when i was but a little jenn, my mother would baby-sit some of my cousins and see them on and off the bus. kelly & jennie went to a school in another district from me but, had a stop in my neighborhood.
their stop was at the corner from my house and just next to it was our protagonist, an old lady, probably a widow, with little or no family. she was rather reclusive & seemed miserable. she wouldn't give us the time of day. everyone else thought we were wonderful, so she had to be a weirdo, right?
her house was yellow; the color of pee when it is very diluted from drinking at the water fountain waaay past your turn. her car, an old plymoth, had a bronze metalflake paint job, like the color of pee when you were dehydrated & held your piss in a bit. she would scurry about, in a creepy, howard hughes like manner & seemed a bit unclean. from this we decided she was the pee lady.
Since she wouldn't give us the time of day, we were even more curious of her & began to spy. each mission had a thrilling report. all items she owned, like the car, started with p. we swore we saw a parrot, a poodle & she was a practicing pirate & would wear an eye patch (hey it had "p" in it). items she did own that did not have "p" in the start of the name, would have a p added on it in purple paint (double p again!). She ate papaya, permisons, parsips, popcorn & all manner of p foods that she would buy from pathmark, but the most notable was pee lady stew.
Currently watching:
Shortbus (Unrated Edition)
Release date: 2007-03-13
September 17, 2008 - Wednesday White Wedding Dress-boysetsfire
September 17, 2008 - Wednesday
White Wedding Dress-boysetsfire
Current mood: bored
Category: Music
Every day she fears her life will end
Every time the call rings they are late
They never come quite in time to see his fist
Leave its mark on the side of her disgrace
They'll never charge him anyway and you know it
Say we can't get involved today
So where's the choice and who protects her now
Bruised and battered the blood has stained her gown
Useless screams for help can't save her now
Choices rendered the house is burning down
No one will ever understand
cause they don't have to feel his crushing hands
And the ears that ignored her screams before
are now wondering what she did it for
But with a bottle of kerosene she found her freedom
And then burned the bastard to the ground and ran
The fire will now wash away the blood on her white wedding dress
Currently listening:
Tomorrow Come Today (Ltd Edition With Bonus DVD)
By Boy Sets Fire
Release date: 2003-04-01
White Wedding Dress-boysetsfire
Current mood: bored
Category: Music
Every day she fears her life will end
Every time the call rings they are late
They never come quite in time to see his fist
Leave its mark on the side of her disgrace
They'll never charge him anyway and you know it
Say we can't get involved today
So where's the choice and who protects her now
Bruised and battered the blood has stained her gown
Useless screams for help can't save her now
Choices rendered the house is burning down
No one will ever understand
cause they don't have to feel his crushing hands
And the ears that ignored her screams before
are now wondering what she did it for
But with a bottle of kerosene she found her freedom
And then burned the bastard to the ground and ran
The fire will now wash away the blood on her white wedding dress
Currently listening:
Tomorrow Come Today (Ltd Edition With Bonus DVD)
By Boy Sets Fire
Release date: 2003-04-01
September 15, 2008 - Monday I Can Has Cheezburger? - i no can seez you... you can no seez me!
September 15, 2008 - Monday
I Can Has Cheezburger? - i no can seez you... you can no seez me!
Current mood: angsty
Category: Pets and Animals
http://icanhascheezburger.com
lolcats and funny pictures
my cats are on icanhascheezburger.com
i am noreasonwhy79 on there too.
This is my Keegan.
Currently watching:
The Venture Bros. - Season Two
Release date: 2007-04-17
I Can Has Cheezburger? - i no can seez you... you can no seez me!
Current mood: angsty
Category: Pets and Animals
http://icanhascheezburger.com
lolcats and funny pictures
my cats are on icanhascheezburger.com
i am noreasonwhy79 on there too.
This is my Keegan.
Currently watching:
The Venture Bros. - Season Two
Release date: 2007-04-17
September 15, 2008 - Monday Helmet-Bad Mood
September 15, 2008 - Monday
Helmet-Bad Mood
Current mood: angsty
Category: Music
It's no bad mood
It's a look you thought might kill but
You knew better
Wake up cold
Do you know you're not dead
Make the same mistake
You've lost your head
Rearrange events again
Let them suit your next complaint
Self-absorbed
You're all wrapped up
So deep inside
Just think bland thoughts
Currently listening:
Unsung: The Best of Helmet 1991-1997
By Helmet
Release date: 2004-01-27
Helmet-Bad Mood
Current mood: angsty
Category: Music
It's no bad mood
It's a look you thought might kill but
You knew better
Wake up cold
Do you know you're not dead
Make the same mistake
You've lost your head
Rearrange events again
Let them suit your next complaint
Self-absorbed
You're all wrapped up
So deep inside
Just think bland thoughts
Currently listening:
Unsung: The Best of Helmet 1991-1997
By Helmet
Release date: 2004-01-27
September 11, 2008 - Thursday Please vote, even if you think it doesn’t matter, it mattered to many.
September 11, 2008 - Thursday
Please vote, even if you think it doesn’t matter, it mattered to many.
Current mood: contemplative
Category: News and Politics
A Message for all women
Photographs from the Records of the National Woman's Party
THIS IS MOVING. HOW QUICKLY WE FORGET.....IF ....WE EVER KNEW......
WHY WOMEN SHOULD VOTE
This is the story of our Grandmothers and Great-grandmothers; they lived only 90 years ago.
Remember, it was not until 1920
that women were granted the right to go to the polls and vote.
The women were innocent and defenseless, but they were jailed
nonetheless for picketing the White House, carrying signs asking
for the vote.
(Lucy Burns)
And by the end of the night, they were barely alive.
Forty prison guards wielding clubs and their warden's blessing
went on a rampage against the 33 women wrongly convicted of
'obstructing sidewalk traffic.'
They beat Lucy Burns, chained her hands to the cell bars above
her head and left her hanging for the night, bleeding and gasping
for air.
(Dora Lewis)
They hurled Dora Lewis into a dark cell, smashed her
head against an iron bed and knocked her out cold. Her cellmate,
Alice Cosu, thought Lewis was dead and suffered a heart attack.
Additional affidavits describe the guards grabbing, dragging,
beating, choking, slamming, pinching, twisting and kicking the women.
Thus unfolded the 'Night of Terror' on Nov. 15, 1917,
when the warden at the Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia ordered his
guards to teach a lesson to the suffragists imprisoned there because
they dared to picket Woodrow Wilson's White House for the right
to vote.
For weeks, the women's only water came from an open pail. Their
food--all of it colorless slop--was infested with worms.
(Alice Paul)
When one of the leaders, Alice Paul, embarked on a hunger strike, they tied her to a chair, forced a tube down her throat and poured liquid into her until she vomited. She was tortured like this for weeks until word was smuggled out to the press.
Suffrage Prisoners
So, refresh my memory. Some women won't vote this year because-
-why, exactly? We have carpool duties? We have to get to work?
Our vote doesn't matter? It's raining?
Last week, I (the aurthor of this; not me, Jennifer) went to a sparsely attended screening of HBO's new
movie 'Iron Jawed Angels.' It is a graphic depiction of the battle
these women waged so that I could pull the curtain at the polling
booth and have my say. I am ashamed to say I needed the reminder.
All these years later, voter registration is still my passion. But the
actual act of voting had become less personal for me, more rote.
Frankly, voting often felt more like an obligation than a privilege.
Sometimes it was inconvenient.
My friend Wendy, who is my age and studied women's history,
saw the HBO movie, too. When she stopped by my desk to talk
about it, she looked angry. She was--with herself. 'One thought
kept coming back to me as I watched that movie,' she said.
'What would those women think of the way I use, or don't use,
my right to vote? All of us take it for granted now, not just
younger women, but those of us who did seek to learn.' The
right to vote, she said, had become valuable to her 'all over again.'
HBO released the movie on video and DVD . I wish all history,
social studies and government teachers would include the movie in
their curriculum I want it shown on Bunco night, too, and anywhere
else women gather. I realize this isn't our usual idea of socializing,
but we are not voting in the numbers that we should be, and I think
a little shock therapy is in order.
It is jarring to watch Woodrow Wilson and his cronies try to persuade a psychiatrist to declare Alice Paul insane so that she could be permanently institutionalized. And it is inspiring to watch the doctor refuse. Alice Paul was strong, he said, and brave. That didn't make her crazy.
The doctor admonished the men: 'Courage in women is often mistaken for insanity.'
Please, if you are so inclined, pass this on to all the women you know.
We need to get out and vote and use this right that was fought so
hard for by these very courageous women. Whether you vote democratic, republican or independent party - remember to vote.
History is being made.
Currently playing:
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Please vote, even if you think it doesn’t matter, it mattered to many.
Current mood: contemplative
Category: News and Politics
A Message for all women
Photographs from the Records of the National Woman's Party
THIS IS MOVING. HOW QUICKLY WE FORGET.....IF ....WE EVER KNEW......
WHY WOMEN SHOULD VOTE
This is the story of our Grandmothers and Great-grandmothers; they lived only 90 years ago.
Remember, it was not until 1920
that women were granted the right to go to the polls and vote.
The women were innocent and defenseless, but they were jailed
nonetheless for picketing the White House, carrying signs asking
for the vote.
(Lucy Burns)
And by the end of the night, they were barely alive.
Forty prison guards wielding clubs and their warden's blessing
went on a rampage against the 33 women wrongly convicted of
'obstructing sidewalk traffic.'
They beat Lucy Burns, chained her hands to the cell bars above
her head and left her hanging for the night, bleeding and gasping
for air.
(Dora Lewis)
They hurled Dora Lewis into a dark cell, smashed her
head against an iron bed and knocked her out cold. Her cellmate,
Alice Cosu, thought Lewis was dead and suffered a heart attack.
Additional affidavits describe the guards grabbing, dragging,
beating, choking, slamming, pinching, twisting and kicking the women.
Thus unfolded the 'Night of Terror' on Nov. 15, 1917,
when the warden at the Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia ordered his
guards to teach a lesson to the suffragists imprisoned there because
they dared to picket Woodrow Wilson's White House for the right
to vote.
For weeks, the women's only water came from an open pail. Their
food--all of it colorless slop--was infested with worms.
(Alice Paul)
When one of the leaders, Alice Paul, embarked on a hunger strike, they tied her to a chair, forced a tube down her throat and poured liquid into her until she vomited. She was tortured like this for weeks until word was smuggled out to the press.
Suffrage Prisoners
So, refresh my memory. Some women won't vote this year because-
-why, exactly? We have carpool duties? We have to get to work?
Our vote doesn't matter? It's raining?
Last week, I (the aurthor of this; not me, Jennifer) went to a sparsely attended screening of HBO's new
movie 'Iron Jawed Angels.' It is a graphic depiction of the battle
these women waged so that I could pull the curtain at the polling
booth and have my say. I am ashamed to say I needed the reminder.
All these years later, voter registration is still my passion. But the
actual act of voting had become less personal for me, more rote.
Frankly, voting often felt more like an obligation than a privilege.
Sometimes it was inconvenient.
My friend Wendy, who is my age and studied women's history,
saw the HBO movie, too. When she stopped by my desk to talk
about it, she looked angry. She was--with herself. 'One thought
kept coming back to me as I watched that movie,' she said.
'What would those women think of the way I use, or don't use,
my right to vote? All of us take it for granted now, not just
younger women, but those of us who did seek to learn.' The
right to vote, she said, had become valuable to her 'all over again.'
HBO released the movie on video and DVD . I wish all history,
social studies and government teachers would include the movie in
their curriculum I want it shown on Bunco night, too, and anywhere
else women gather. I realize this isn't our usual idea of socializing,
but we are not voting in the numbers that we should be, and I think
a little shock therapy is in order.
It is jarring to watch Woodrow Wilson and his cronies try to persuade a psychiatrist to declare Alice Paul insane so that she could be permanently institutionalized. And it is inspiring to watch the doctor refuse. Alice Paul was strong, he said, and brave. That didn't make her crazy.
The doctor admonished the men: 'Courage in women is often mistaken for insanity.'
Please, if you are so inclined, pass this on to all the women you know.
We need to get out and vote and use this right that was fought so
hard for by these very courageous women. Whether you vote democratic, republican or independent party - remember to vote.
History is being made.
Currently playing:
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
September 10, 2008 - Wednesday News that amused me
September 10, 2008 - Wednesday
News that amused me
Current mood: awake
Category: Pets and Animals
Photo courtesy of Karen Brown
Posted on Sun, Sep. 7, 2008
Meet the new cats on the block.
After the bank foreclosed, the predators moved in
By David Kelly
Los Angeles Times
LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. - Taking advantage of a slump in local real estate, a family of bobcats has moved into a foreclosed home, lolling about on fences and walls and riveting an entire neighborhood.
Neighbors first noticed the feline squatters Aug. 27 hanging out on a side wall of the empty house in the Tuscany Hills development. At first, they thought the animals were mountain lions, and someone called 911.
Four police units arrived, ordering people off the street and into their homes.
But once the officers realized the animals were bobcats, they - like many of the neighbors - started snapping cell-phone pictures.
Since then, animal-control officials have been going door to door in the neighborhood, warning residents to keep an eye on their children and pets and not to leave water outside. It is unclear whether they plan to remove the animals.
The foreclosed home is one of several on the block. Its lawn is brown but still being watered by the sprinklers. The house sits right up against barren, chaparral-covered hills.
At least two adult bobcats and perhaps a litter of young ones appear to be occupying the house.
Residents have mixed emotions about their new neighbors: They don't want them hurt, but, at the same time, they worry about sharing their block with them.
"We came here to get away from the city and get closer to nature," said Scott Brown, 36, who lives across the street from the foreclosed house. "They are great neighbors, and as long as they don't want to babysit my kids, it's not a problem.
Currently watching:
The Bucket List
Release date: 2008-06-10
Read more: http://www.myspace.com/noreasonwhy79/blog?page=10#ixzz0zi9FFQvV
News that amused me
Current mood: awake
Category: Pets and Animals
Photo courtesy of Karen Brown
Posted on Sun, Sep. 7, 2008
Meet the new cats on the block.
After the bank foreclosed, the predators moved in
By David Kelly
Los Angeles Times
LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. - Taking advantage of a slump in local real estate, a family of bobcats has moved into a foreclosed home, lolling about on fences and walls and riveting an entire neighborhood.
Neighbors first noticed the feline squatters Aug. 27 hanging out on a side wall of the empty house in the Tuscany Hills development. At first, they thought the animals were mountain lions, and someone called 911.
Four police units arrived, ordering people off the street and into their homes.
But once the officers realized the animals were bobcats, they - like many of the neighbors - started snapping cell-phone pictures.
Since then, animal-control officials have been going door to door in the neighborhood, warning residents to keep an eye on their children and pets and not to leave water outside. It is unclear whether they plan to remove the animals.
The foreclosed home is one of several on the block. Its lawn is brown but still being watered by the sprinklers. The house sits right up against barren, chaparral-covered hills.
At least two adult bobcats and perhaps a litter of young ones appear to be occupying the house.
Residents have mixed emotions about their new neighbors: They don't want them hurt, but, at the same time, they worry about sharing their block with them.
"We came here to get away from the city and get closer to nature," said Scott Brown, 36, who lives across the street from the foreclosed house. "They are great neighbors, and as long as they don't want to babysit my kids, it's not a problem.
Currently watching:
The Bucket List
Release date: 2008-06-10
Read more: http://www.myspace.com/noreasonwhy79/blog?page=10#ixzz0zi9FFQvV
September 10, 2008 - Wednesday super nintendo
September 10, 2008 - Wednesday
super nintendo
Current mood: awake
so i got my sweet super nintendo today. the rf cable was badly spliced, but i was able to use the multi cord from my gamecube so all is good. the ebay person is getting a bad score. i don't see how it is in good working order if not all the componates work. the plus side is that now i am sure that the random super nes around the house works as per i have cables to run it with, so i have a back up :D that and i got 3 netflix in today, so life is good so far today. now if i could only sleep like a normal person.
Currently watching:
Persepolis
Release date: 2008-06-24
super nintendo
Current mood: awake
so i got my sweet super nintendo today. the rf cable was badly spliced, but i was able to use the multi cord from my gamecube so all is good. the ebay person is getting a bad score. i don't see how it is in good working order if not all the componates work. the plus side is that now i am sure that the random super nes around the house works as per i have cables to run it with, so i have a back up :D that and i got 3 netflix in today, so life is good so far today. now if i could only sleep like a normal person.
Currently watching:
Persepolis
Release date: 2008-06-24
September 9, 2008 - Tuesday sleeplessness
September 9, 2008 - Tuesday
sleeplessness
Current mood: awake
Category: Life
does anyone know of a good sleeping pill. I have not had normal sleep all summer. i stay up for 24 hours and then crash for 5. I feel the edge of madness creeping on. Booze helps, but can keep me wired. I've tried writing, watching tv, reading, metation, etc. i am fully wired the hours i am up. when sleep comes on; i pass out almost immediately & do not feel rested. I am at wits end.
Currently watching:
Where the Buffalo Roam
Release date: 2000-01-11
sleeplessness
Current mood: awake
Category: Life
does anyone know of a good sleeping pill. I have not had normal sleep all summer. i stay up for 24 hours and then crash for 5. I feel the edge of madness creeping on. Booze helps, but can keep me wired. I've tried writing, watching tv, reading, metation, etc. i am fully wired the hours i am up. when sleep comes on; i pass out almost immediately & do not feel rested. I am at wits end.
Currently watching:
Where the Buffalo Roam
Release date: 2000-01-11
September 6, 2008 - Saturday i melted my nails off
September 6, 2008 - Saturday
i melted my nails off
Current mood: exhausted
Category: Fashion, Style, Shopping
um if you use a hair remover system like veet, don't do as i did. normally i am careful, but i didn't was it off my hands right away. i had nail polish on my nails & if i didn't, i probally would not have much nails to speak of. stupid me, i forgot nails and hair are made of the same material. what was not covered by polish (cos i will admit, my manicure is chipped up) is peelly. it's much like as if you have had fake nails & boke or peeled them off in texture. gross, gross, gross!
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Bubble Bobble
i melted my nails off
Current mood: exhausted
Category: Fashion, Style, Shopping
um if you use a hair remover system like veet, don't do as i did. normally i am careful, but i didn't was it off my hands right away. i had nail polish on my nails & if i didn't, i probally would not have much nails to speak of. stupid me, i forgot nails and hair are made of the same material. what was not covered by polish (cos i will admit, my manicure is chipped up) is peelly. it's much like as if you have had fake nails & boke or peeled them off in texture. gross, gross, gross!
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Bubble Bobble
September 6, 2008 - Saturday a rant
September 6, 2008 - Saturday
a rant
Current mood: enraged
Category: Life
This is for the controlling mother fuckers out there. You can not keep a person under your thumb forever. When you apply pressure, this creates compression. For each and every action, there is a complete and opposite reaction. That means you get what you give in the same force. Karma is a bitch. Sorry to keep speaking in cliches, but there is wisdom in it. You make your bed and lie in it. Think what you do and say before you act.
Is it necessary? Does it deserve the severity given? Is it the logical recourse? What would be the completed picture? Was it worth it? I'm sure the answer to much of it is no. I am just tired of being fucked with, not being sure who is my friend and who is just smiling in my face, and mother fuckers just trying to keep me down. My back is no long up against the wall & I will fight to the death for my well being. Next to my son, my sanity is precious to me & I defy anyone to take them from be. You better think!
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Dishwasher: One Man's Quest to Wash Dishes in All Fifty States (P.S.)
By Pete Jordan
Release date: 2007-05-01
a rant
Current mood: enraged
Category: Life
This is for the controlling mother fuckers out there. You can not keep a person under your thumb forever. When you apply pressure, this creates compression. For each and every action, there is a complete and opposite reaction. That means you get what you give in the same force. Karma is a bitch. Sorry to keep speaking in cliches, but there is wisdom in it. You make your bed and lie in it. Think what you do and say before you act.
Is it necessary? Does it deserve the severity given? Is it the logical recourse? What would be the completed picture? Was it worth it? I'm sure the answer to much of it is no. I am just tired of being fucked with, not being sure who is my friend and who is just smiling in my face, and mother fuckers just trying to keep me down. My back is no long up against the wall & I will fight to the death for my well being. Next to my son, my sanity is precious to me & I defy anyone to take them from be. You better think!Currently reading:
Dishwasher: One Man's Quest to Wash Dishes in All Fifty States (P.S.)
By Pete Jordan
Release date: 2007-05-01
September 1, 2008 - Monday for those of you who ask what my "lizard tattooo" is
September 1, 2008 - Monday
for those of you who ask what my "lizard tattooo" is
Current mood: nostalgic
The Hobyahs
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ONCE there was an old man and woman and a little girl, and they all lived in a house made of hempstalks. Now the old man had a little dog named Turpie and one night the Hobyahs came and said, 'Hobyah! Hobyah! Hobyah! Tear down the hempstalks, eat up the old man and woman, and carry off the little girl!' But little dog Turpie barked so that the Hobyahs ran off; and the old man said, 'Little dog Turpie barks so that I cannot sleep nor slumber, and if I live till morning I will cut off his tail.' So in the morning the old man cut off little dog Turpie's tail.
The next night the Hobyahs came again, and said, 'Hobyah! Hobyah! Hobyah! Tear down the hempstalks, eat up the old man and woman, and carry off the little girl!' But little dog Turpie barked so that the Hobyahs ran off; and the old man said, 'Little dog Turpie barks so that I cannot sleep nor slumber, and if I live till morning I will cut off one of his legs.' So in the morning the old man cut off one of little dog Turpie's legs.
The next night the Hobyahs came again, and said, 'Hobyah! Hobyah! Hobyah! Tear down the hempstalks, eat up the old man and woman, and carry off the little girl!' But little dog Turpie barked so that the Hobyahs ran off; and the old man said, 'Little dog Turpie barks so that I cannot sleep nor slumber, and if I live till morning I will cut off another of his legs.' So in the morning the old man cut off another of little dog Turpie's legs.
The next night the Hobyahs came again, and said 'Hobyah! Hobyah! Hobyah! Tear down the hempstalks, eat up the old man and woman, and carry off the little girl!' But little dog Turpie barked so that the Hobyahs ran off; and the old man said, 'Little dog Turpie barks so that I cannot sleep nor slumber, and if I live till morning I will cut off another of his legs.' So in the morning the old man cut off another of little dog Turpie's legs.
The next night the Hobyahs came again, and said 'Hobyah! Hobyah! Hobyah! Tear down the hempstalks, eat up the old man and woman, and carry off the little girl!' But little dog Turpie barked so that the Hobyahs ran off; and the old man said, 'Little dog Turpie barks so that I cannot sleep nor slumber, and if I live till morning I will cut off another of his legs.' So in the morning the old man cut off another of little dog Turpie's legs.
The next night the Hobyahs came again, and said 'Hobyah! Hobyah! Hobyah! Tear down the hempstalks, eat up the old man and woman, and carry off the little girl!' But little dog Turpie barked so that the Hobyahs ran off; and the old man said, 'Little dog Turpie barks so that I cannot sleep nor slumber, and if I live till morning I will cut off little dog Turpie's head.' So in the morning the old man cut off little dog Turpie' s head.
The next night the Hobyahs came again, and said 'Hobyah! Hobyah! Hobyah! Tear down the hempstalks, eat up the old man and woman, and carry off the little girl!' And when the Hobyahs found that little do Turpie's head was off they tore down hempstalks, ate up the woman, and carried the a bag.
And when the Hobyahs came to their home they hung up the bag with the little girl in it, and every Hobyah knocked on the top of the bag and said, 'Look me! look me!' And then they went to sleep until the next night, for the Hobyahs slept in the daytime.
The little girl cried a great deal, and a man with a big dog came that way and heard her crying. When he asked her how she came there and she told him, he put the dog in the bag and took the little girl to his home.
The next night the Hobyahs took down the bag and knocked at the top of it, and said 'Look me, look me!' and when they opened the bag the big dog jumped out and ate them all up; so there are no Hobyahs now.
for those of you who ask what my "lizard tattooo" is
Current mood: nostalgic
The Hobyahs
sacred-texts.com
ONCE there was an old man and woman and a little girl, and they all lived in a house made of hempstalks. Now the old man had a little dog named Turpie and one night the Hobyahs came and said, 'Hobyah! Hobyah! Hobyah! Tear down the hempstalks, eat up the old man and woman, and carry off the little girl!' But little dog Turpie barked so that the Hobyahs ran off; and the old man said, 'Little dog Turpie barks so that I cannot sleep nor slumber, and if I live till morning I will cut off his tail.' So in the morning the old man cut off little dog Turpie's tail.
The next night the Hobyahs came again, and said, 'Hobyah! Hobyah! Hobyah! Tear down the hempstalks, eat up the old man and woman, and carry off the little girl!' But little dog Turpie barked so that the Hobyahs ran off; and the old man said, 'Little dog Turpie barks so that I cannot sleep nor slumber, and if I live till morning I will cut off one of his legs.' So in the morning the old man cut off one of little dog Turpie's legs.
The next night the Hobyahs came again, and said, 'Hobyah! Hobyah! Hobyah! Tear down the hempstalks, eat up the old man and woman, and carry off the little girl!' But little dog Turpie barked so that the Hobyahs ran off; and the old man said, 'Little dog Turpie barks so that I cannot sleep nor slumber, and if I live till morning I will cut off another of his legs.' So in the morning the old man cut off another of little dog Turpie's legs.
The next night the Hobyahs came again, and said 'Hobyah! Hobyah! Hobyah! Tear down the hempstalks, eat up the old man and woman, and carry off the little girl!' But little dog Turpie barked so that the Hobyahs ran off; and the old man said, 'Little dog Turpie barks so that I cannot sleep nor slumber, and if I live till morning I will cut off another of his legs.' So in the morning the old man cut off another of little dog Turpie's legs.
The next night the Hobyahs came again, and said 'Hobyah! Hobyah! Hobyah! Tear down the hempstalks, eat up the old man and woman, and carry off the little girl!' But little dog Turpie barked so that the Hobyahs ran off; and the old man said, 'Little dog Turpie barks so that I cannot sleep nor slumber, and if I live till morning I will cut off another of his legs.' So in the morning the old man cut off another of little dog Turpie's legs.
The next night the Hobyahs came again, and said 'Hobyah! Hobyah! Hobyah! Tear down the hempstalks, eat up the old man and woman, and carry off the little girl!' But little dog Turpie barked so that the Hobyahs ran off; and the old man said, 'Little dog Turpie barks so that I cannot sleep nor slumber, and if I live till morning I will cut off little dog Turpie's head.' So in the morning the old man cut off little dog Turpie' s head.
The next night the Hobyahs came again, and said 'Hobyah! Hobyah! Hobyah! Tear down the hempstalks, eat up the old man and woman, and carry off the little girl!' And when the Hobyahs found that little do Turpie's head was off they tore down hempstalks, ate up the woman, and carried the a bag.
And when the Hobyahs came to their home they hung up the bag with the little girl in it, and every Hobyah knocked on the top of the bag and said, 'Look me! look me!' And then they went to sleep until the next night, for the Hobyahs slept in the daytime.
The little girl cried a great deal, and a man with a big dog came that way and heard her crying. When he asked her how she came there and she told him, he put the dog in the bag and took the little girl to his home.
The next night the Hobyahs took down the bag and knocked at the top of it, and said 'Look me, look me!' and when they opened the bag the big dog jumped out and ate them all up; so there are no Hobyahs now.
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