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<title><![CDATA[RODNEY HOLUM JR.]]></title>
<link>http://fraudusa1000.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/rodney-holum-jr-4/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:12:59 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>fraudusa1000</dc:creator>
<guid>http://fraudusa1000.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/rodney-holum-jr-4/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This is RODNEY HOLUM JR.Working as a web development agent. Now a days I have started cheating My cl]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>This is RODNEY HOLUM JR.Working as a web development agent. Now a days I have started cheating My client as well as my vendors all over the world. I have collected payments of schedule work from my client’s but instate of paying my vendors in right time, i have been using  that money in different illegal sector.<br />
Please contact me PH:608-790-2229,EMAIL ID: rholum@couleetechlink.com and website www.couleetechlink.com For further details.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Recent Florida Shark bites]]></title>
<link>http://stiltsville.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/recent-florida-shark-bites/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:50:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>stiltsville</dc:creator>
<guid>http://stiltsville.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/recent-florida-shark-bites/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Nov 16, lifeguard bitten by shark off Jupiter, Florida Nov 24 boy bitten by shark off Cocoa Beach, F]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://www.cbs12.com/news/-4722581--.html" target="_blank">Nov 16, lifeguard bitten by shark off Jupiter, Florida</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20091124/BREAKINGNEWS/91124023/1006/NEWS01/Shark+bites+boy+off+Cocoa+Beach" target="_blank">Nov 24 boy bitten by shark off Cocoa Beach, Florida</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[IT Cheater]]></title>
<link>http://fraudusa1000.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/it-cheater-8/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>fraudusa1000</dc:creator>
<guid>http://fraudusa1000.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/it-cheater-8/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This is RODNEY HOLUM JR.Working as a web development agent. Now a days I have started cheating My cl]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>This is RODNEY HOLUM JR.Working as a web development agent. Now a days I have started cheating My client as well as my vendors all over the world. I have collected payments of schedule work from my client’s but instate of paying my vendors in right time, i have been using  that money in different illegal sector.<br />
Please contact me PH:608-790-2229,EMAIL ID: rholum@couleetechlink.com and website www.couleetechlink.com For further details.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Offshore Shark Attack]]></title>
<link>http://saltwatercowboycharters.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/offshore-shark-attack/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Capt. Brant</dc:creator>
<guid>http://saltwatercowboycharters.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/offshore-shark-attack/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Captains Log 11/24/2009 &#8211; Took a party of Kansas City folks with my first time first mate Tony]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Captains Log 11/24/2009 &#8211; Took a party of Kansas City folks with my first time first mate Tony and man did we slay them. Tony is old school and grew up in South Florida like I did, he has fished everything from skiffs to Vikings and back and he knows his stuff, us old time hard core guys are few and far between, believe it &#8211; when you find a cracker fish with them. The beauty of Saltwater Cowboy Charters is we are all experienced fisherman and crackers that love to fish and we fished it all here and all over the world. Anyway, you could not have asked for a better day the overcast weather (kept the heat down) and the 1-1.5 footers (I like more roll keeps the fish from seeing you) &#8211; we slayed porgies, snapper, red grouper and an abundance of sharks mostly lemon in the 4-5 foot range &#8211; man do they love to peel line off your reel. All in all for a 6 hour trip out about 20-25 miles it was fun. Check out the guy holding the shark in our gallery. &#62;////&#8217;&#62; tight lines!!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[This and That]]></title>
<link>http://crosscountryadventures.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/this-and-that/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Kiirsi</dc:creator>
<guid>http://crosscountryadventures.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/this-and-that/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[My goodness, it’s been quite a while!&#160; My world has been quite busy these days…ballet class pro]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>My goodness, it’s been quite a while!&#160; My world has been quite busy these days…ballet class problems, 4-H club meetings (5 weeks of cooking, 1 week of tying a quilt, 3 weeks of sewing), Cub Scout meetings and trainings, school with the kids, etc…. </p>
<p>I don’t have anything earth-shattering or profound to blog about but I do have a few things to share. </p>
<p>First up: my boy is now a Bear in Cub Scouts (*sniff*…he’s leaving my den!&#160; Not grand).&#160; Here’s a rather washed-out picture of him getting his Bear book last week at pack meeting:</p>
<p>&#160;<a href="http://crosscountryadventures.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/branisabear.jpg"><img style="border-bottom:0;border-left:0;display:inline;border-top:0;border-right:0;" title="Bran is a bear" border="0" alt="Bran is a bear" src="http://crosscountryadventures.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/branisabear_thumb.jpg?w=184&#038;h=244" width="184" height="244" /></a> </p>
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<p>The kids did a wonderful job during the 4-H sewing meetings.&#160; The first two weeks we made long fabric hair ties and toy bags for the LDS Humanitarian Center, but last week the kids could make whatever they wanted.&#160; Ciara drew a shark picture on paper, cut it out, and used that for her pattern.&#160; She made a stuffed shark toy for her cousin Ethan’s birthday, coming up soon:</p>
<p><a href="http://crosscountryadventures.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/ciarasshark.jpg"><img style="border-bottom:0;border-left:0;display:inline;border-top:0;border-right:0;" title="Ciara&#39;s shark" border="0" alt="Ciara&#39;s shark" src="http://crosscountryadventures.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/ciarasshark_thumb.jpg?w=244&#038;h=244" width="244" height="244" /></a> </p>
<p><em>I’m so proud of her!! She did a terrific job!</em></p>
<p>Bran and Nia decided to make themselves toy bags, modeled on the Humanitarian ones:</p>
<p><a href="http://crosscountryadventures.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/branstoybag.jpg"><img style="border-bottom:0;border-left:0;display:inline;border-top:0;border-right:0;" title="bran&#39;s toy bag" border="0" alt="bran&#39;s toy bag" src="http://crosscountryadventures.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/branstoybag_thumb.jpg?w=184&#038;h=244" width="184" height="244" /></a> </p>
<p><a href="http://crosscountryadventures.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/niasbag.jpg"><img style="border-bottom:0;border-left:0;display:inline;border-top:0;border-right:0;" title="nia&#39;s bag" border="0" alt="nia&#39;s bag" src="http://crosscountryadventures.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/niasbag_thumb.jpg?w=184&#038;h=244" width="184" height="244" /></a> </p>
<p>I never would’ve thought it was possible to teach a 6-year-old to run a sewing machine.&#160; Nia and Bran did so well!&#160; I have to watch them carefully, of course, so they don’t hurt themselves, but all three kids wowed and amazed me.</p>
<p>Friday night I checked the weather for Saturday and it was supposed to be quite cold and snowy.&#160; Since I don’t have a hat yet, I gave my fingers a workout getting this done in time:</p>
<p><a href="http://crosscountryadventures.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/ceesheadwarmer.jpg"><img style="border-bottom:0;border-left:0;display:inline;border-top:0;border-right:0;" title="Cees headwarmer" border="0" alt="Cees headwarmer" src="http://crosscountryadventures.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/ceesheadwarmer_thumb.jpg?w=184&#038;h=244" width="184" height="244" /></a> </p>
<p><em>The fast, fun and warm <a href="http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter06/PATTcalorimetry.html"><u><strong>Calorimetry</strong></u></a> from <a href="http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEfall09/index.php"><strong><u>Knitty.com</u></strong></a></em></p>
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<p>I got up at 6am Saturday and worked like crazy until 7:45, finishing it just in time for Ciara and I to leave for the Twilight Lexicon New Moon party.&#160; (We thought we’d be standing outside in the cold for an hour, but that’s another story for another day.)</p>
<p>Speaking of knitting, I finally finished Bran’s stocking hat (after three tries…size was either too big or too small…third time was definitely the charm with this one!), made some matching fingerless gloves, and a scarf.&#160; I am not thrilled that the scarf isn’t longer.&#160; I measured it carefully but somehow it shrank while I was making it.&#160; The gloves are okay; not the best, but definitely better than the first pair I made last year (and since I didn’t have a pattern, I’m glad I managed to figure them out).&#160; The hat is grand and I know he’ll love it but I wish it was longer.&#160; He wants a really, really long one.&#160; I still need to make the pom pom for the end.</p>
<p><a href="http://crosscountryadventures.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/branfingerlessgloves.jpg"><img style="border-bottom:0;border-left:0;display:inline;border-top:0;border-right:0;" title="Bran fingerless gloves" border="0" alt="Bran fingerless gloves" src="http://crosscountryadventures.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/branfingerlessgloves_thumb.jpg?w=184&#038;h=244" width="184" height="244" /></a> </p>
<p><em>Bran’s been wanting fingerless gloves for a year</em></p>
<p><a href="http://crosscountryadventures.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/branbdaypres.jpg"><img style="border-bottom:0;border-left:0;display:inline;border-top:0;border-right:0;" title="Bran bday pres" border="0" alt="Bran bday pres" src="http://crosscountryadventures.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/branbdaypres_thumb.jpg?w=184&#038;h=244" width="184" height="244" /></a> </p>
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<p><em>Ciara, modeling Bran’s matching set</em></p>
<p><a href="http://crosscountryadventures.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/branshat.jpg"><img style="border-bottom:0;border-left:0;display:inline;border-top:0;border-right:0;" title="Bran&#39;s hat" border="0" alt="Bran&#39;s hat" src="http://crosscountryadventures.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/branshat_thumb.jpg?w=184&#038;h=244" width="184" height="244" /></a> </p>
<p><em>The now-infamous “3rd time” hat</em></p>
<p>The kids and I got up early to shovel the snowy driveway this morning.&#160; I’m looking very much forward to a relaxing week…no ballet, no Cub Scouts, no 4-H.&#160; My brother and his wife are down from Idaho and I’m excited for all the upcoming family time.&#160; I hope you’re all safe and warm and enjoying family!&#160; Happy Thanksgiving!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Os melhores Cosplayers do Mundo: BioShock]]></title>
<link>http://cavves.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/bioshock-um-bom-cosplay-vale-mais-que-1000-palavras/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>cavves</dc:creator>
<guid>http://cavves.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/bioshock-um-bom-cosplay-vale-mais-que-1000-palavras/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Um bom Cosplay vale mais que 1000 palavras!!! Já vi muitos cosplayes fantásticos e as vezes penso qu]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div id="attachment_20428" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 478px"><a href="http://cavves.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/500x_bioshock.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-20428 " title="500x_bioshock" src="http://cavves.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/500x_bioshock.jpg" alt="" width="468" height="702" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Um bom Cosplay vale mais que 1000 palavras!!!</p></div>
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<p>Já vi muitos cosplayes fantásticos e as vezes penso que não serei mas surpreendido/encantado com mais nada.</p>

<p>Mas sabem, é muito bom esta errado!!! <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Fonte e mais fotos: <a href="http://www.geekologie.com/2009/11/amaaazing_bioshock_cosplay_at_aquarium.php" target="_blank">Geelologie</a> (via <a href="http://kotaku.com/5410622/aquariums-make-the-best-bioshock-cosplay-settings/gallery/" target="_blank">Kotaku</a>)</p>
<p>Veja também:</p>
<p><a title="Cosplays Sem noção" rel="bookmark" href="../2009/06/28/cosplays-sem-nocao/" target="_blank">Cosplays Sem noção</a></p>
<p><a title="Queen’s Blade Ero-Cosplay: Tomoe" rel="bookmark" href="../2009/07/10/queen%e2%80%99s-blade-ero-cosplay-tomoe/" target="_blank">Queen’s Blade Ero-Cosplay: Tomoe</a></p>
<p><a title="SOS Galactic Patrol:Ultra-Sexy Cosplay" rel="bookmark" href="../2009/08/01/sos-galactic-patrolultra-sexy-cosplay/" target="_blank">SOS Galactic Patrol:Ultra-Sexy Cosplay</a></p>
<p><a title="Melhores Cosplayers do Mundo: Rei Ayanami" rel="bookmark" href="../2009/08/13/melhores-cosplayers-do-mundo-rei-ayanami/" target="_blank">Melhores Cosplayers do Mundo: Rei Ayanami</a></p>
<p><a title="Os melhores Cosplayers do Mundo: Cloud Strife" rel="bookmark" href="../2009/09/16/os-melhores-cosplayers-do-mundo-cloud-strife/" target="_blank">Os melhores Cosplayers do Mundo: Cloud Strife</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Honest Work]]></title>
<link>http://gregjoder.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/honest-work/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>gregjoder</dc:creator>
<guid>http://gregjoder.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/honest-work/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In this photo I see the hands of a man doing honest work.  Through no entire fault of his own work ]]></description>
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<p>In this photo I see the hands of a man doing honest work.  Through no entire fault of his own work &#8211; setting nets and hooks to catch fish to sell – his resource has become scarce.  He is not the only one responsible for the decline in Mexican fisheries in the Colorado River Delta region – those who dammed the Colorado River, those who buy shrimp, sport and commercial fisheries, and those who buy into the consumptive tourism industry are also to blame:</p>
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<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 329px"><img class=" " src="http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u317/WildMagnolia/Baja%20and%20Sea%20of%20Cortez/JoseLuisThresherSharkcopyABandW.jpg" alt="" width="319" height="480" /><p class="wp-caption-text">copyright: g. joder 2007 - may NOT be reproduced</p></div>
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<title><![CDATA[New Shark Smiley And Kiss! New Smilies! :D]]></title>
<link>http://thechattman.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/new-shark-smiley-and-kiss-new-smilies-d/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thechattman</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thechattman.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/new-shark-smiley-and-kiss-new-smilies-d/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[hey guys! Xat just keeps updating dosent it! Thechattman here with some great news! now, you can mak]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>hey guys! Xat just keeps updating dosent it! Thechattman here with some great news! now, you can make a shark kiss! to make a shark kiss, type $SetKiss=Shark EXACTLY like that. even with caps in it. O_o yay!!! then click the magic 8 ball and in the bottom right corner, instead of the blood smiley, there will be a shark! (which isvery similar to &#8220;Jaws&#8221; if you have noticed) the new smilies are: (rolling) (no) (shark) (party) (giggle) (jolly) (sad) they are cool! btw, there MAY be a hat power giveaway to a contest winner! just vote on the below poll!<a name="pd_a_2285840"></a><div class="PDS_Poll" id="PDI_container2285840" style="display:inline-block;"></div><script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" charset="utf-8" src="http://static.polldaddy.com/p/2285840.js"></script>
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		</noscript> vote vote vote! the results on wednesday will determine the giveaway!</p>
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<p>~Thechattman</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Wild Animals Under Threat of Extinction]]></title>
<link>http://chanleepeng.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/wild-animals-under-threat-of-extinction/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chanleepeng</dc:creator>
<guid>http://chanleepeng.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/wild-animals-under-threat-of-extinction/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The amount of wild animals caught or eaten each year is close to or possibly even exceeding the spec]]></description>
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<p>The amount of wild animals caught or eaten each year is close to or possibly even exceeding the species’ maximum yield levels. One day, they’ll be driven to extinction due to human intervention. The extinction of these animals will cause us losing our rich biological system forever. Read more <a title="here" href="http://scienceray.com/biology/ecology/wild-animals-under-threat-of-extinction/">here</a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[WEST SIDE STORY, 1961 di Robert Wise]]></title>
<link>http://giampierofichera.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/west-side-story-1961-di-robert-wise/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Knockout</dc:creator>
<guid>http://giampierofichera.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/west-side-story-1961-di-robert-wise/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Non può essere definito altrimenti: un capolavoro. Nel 1957 debuttò in teatro a  Broadway e nel 1961]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Non può essere definito altrimenti: un capolavoro.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Nel 1957 debuttò in teatro a  Broadway e nel 1961 comparve la versione cinematografica sotto la regia di Robert Wise e musiche di Leonard Bernstein.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Una colonna sonora assolutamente splendida , che consegna alla storia del cinema e della musica brani bellissimi  ed unici, avvolge delicatamente una storia che potrebbe essere tranquillamente dei nostri giorni.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">In una periferia degradata di New York, eletta simbolo delle periferie degradate di tutto il mondo, due bande di teppistelli adolescenti , una locale l&#8217;altra portoricana, si contendono il territorio con scaramucce e scazzottate.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">La morte accidentale ma preannunciata del leader degli indigeni Riff, la vendetta impulsiva consumata da Tony con l&#8217;uccisione di Bernardo leader dei latini e l&#8217;amore contrastato e poi spezzato con la portoricana Maria, accelerano la maturazione, la consapevolezza di questi ragazzini e fanno intuire che la violenza e le morti siano state di insegnamento per una convivenza finalmente paritetica e pacifica.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">In realtà la finzione filmica non può non seminare  una speranza. Che la realtà, soprattutto ai nostri giorni, massacra quotidianamente con la ferocia , l&#8217; incomunicabilità e l&#8217;indifferenza.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Nel musical spaziano diversi piani di lettura: dalla rivisitazione di Romeo e Giulietta, in chiave rock, alla intolleranza verso il diverso, lo straniero (che oggi tanto ci tocca da vicino), alla violenza figlia del degrado, della povertà e  del fallimento della famiglia e della società.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Tutti siamo colpevoli se periferie e situazioni descritte nel film  continuano non solo a perpetuarsi  ma a manifestarsi con ferocia , brutalità e indifferenza crescenti.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">E&#8217; recentissima, vivida l&#8217;immagine di quella donna che scavalca tranquillamente , fumando come se nulla fosse il corpo di un uomo appena ammazzato da un killer  tra la folla ormai &#8220;abituata&#8221; a queste scene. Killer che a sua volta si allontana con molta seraficità sicuro che nessuno oserà intralciarlo e certo dell&#8217;ammirazione suscitata.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">A parte la musica, assolutamente indimenticabile, ottima anche la sceneggiatura, le coreografie e gli attori che si mostrano a loro agio anche in performance particolari quali canto e ballo.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">A mio avviso uno dei più bei film visti e Il Musical per eccellenza.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Shark Shirt]]></title>
<link>http://amandabhikha.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/shark-shirt/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>amandabhikha</dc:creator>
<guid>http://amandabhikha.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/shark-shirt/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Shark in this shirt starts at the front and curls around to the back. They are all hand painted ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>The Shark in this shirt starts at the front and curls around to the back. They are all hand painted with great detail. $25 each</p>
<div id="attachment_61" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-61" title="shirt" src="http://amandabhikha.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/shirt.jpg?w=300" alt="Shark Shirt" width="300" height="154" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Shark Shirt</p></div>
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<title><![CDATA[Suck My Ass; It's Good For You]]></title>
<link>http://randominatrix.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/suck-my-ass-its-good-for-you/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rfbellamie</dc:creator>
<guid>http://randominatrix.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/suck-my-ass-its-good-for-you/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Have you ever eaten something so spicy that you&#8217;d suck a cock just to get something to drink? ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Have you ever eaten something so spicy that you&#8217;d suck a cock just to get something to drink? The chili that&#8217;s been sitting in my refrigerator was like that. Basically, my husband emptied about seven jars of cayenne into a stockpot and added crushed mice to taste. Oh, and mushrooms. We like mushrooms in our chili. In cases like this, we end up with enough food to fill a cheerleader&#8217;s well-greased asshole, and we eat it for days. I tend to pull the pot out, set it on the counter, and leave it there while I eat a bowl of sulfur and tiny bones, just in case I want seconds. My husband is convinced that I&#8217;m going to get food poisoning.</p>
<p>But I won&#8217;t, and neither will you. Food that has been out of the fridge for a while is not lethal. Neither is carpet grit, dust mites or tap water. You all have this idea that &#8220;impurities&#8221; and &#8220;toxins&#8221; and &#8220;free-radicals&#8221; are some kind of microscopic army of ninjas just waiting to deplete your body&#8217;s whatever-the-fuck. Half the bacteria you douse your hands in alcohol to kill don&#8217;t give a shit about you and your neuroses.</p>
<p>The advent of the vacuum cleaner began the process of shrinking mankind&#8217;s collective balls. All of a sudden, it isn&#8217;t enough to take the rugs out and hit them with a stick until they look less gray. Now you&#8217;ve got to get rid of all the &#8220;dirt you can&#8217;t see.&#8221; We used to give dishes a few swipes with cold water and lye soap and call it good. Now we&#8217;re in a state of complete panic if we see &#8220;water spots&#8221; on a glass. Our nuts are now so small that they&#8217;ve migrated into the pelvis, allowing the sack to hang in folds and form the wrinkled twat that has replaced our once virile danglers.</p>
<p>Human beings are animals, and animals are built to live in filth. You know what we&#8217;d be doing in the wild? Sleeping in the dirt, motherfucker! With ants! We&#8217;d be eating raw meat with hair on it and drinking from green, gelatinous pools. (Think your sister&#8217;s panties with less stagnant trucker cum.) A wild human would shit on the ground and let his hair grow into <em>actual</em> dreads and never wash his hands or pits. Basically the most disgusting homeless guy ever + the Canadian wilderness. But you know what? One <a href="http://www.efukt.com/20606_The_Blob.html" target="_blank">swing </a>of his healthy, red-blooded crotch conkers and a rabid bear with a 30-foot conjoined shark wouldn&#8217;t stand a chance.</p>
<p>If you want huge balls, you&#8217;ve got to start eating everything off the floor. And no 5-second rule bullshit. It needs to sit there until it&#8217;s stuck in the carpet fibers. Refuse all vaccines and sit directly on every toilet seat you can find. When someone sneezes, run over immediately and rub your face all over him. And if he&#8217;s already thrown the coveted mucous out in a tissue, retrieve it and lick up the manliness. You&#8217;ll need that hearty immune system when you&#8217;re trolling for gutter whores with your enormous bag hanging out the back window.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Because you just can't have too many pictures of crocodiles eating sharks ...]]></title>
<link>http://blogontherun.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/because-you-just-cant-have-too-many-pictures-of-crocodiles-eating-sharks/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Lex</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogontherun.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/because-you-just-cant-have-too-many-pictures-of-crocodiles-eating-sharks/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&#8230; here&#8217;s another one:]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>&#8230; here&#8217;s another one:</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" title="Croc eats shark" src="http://halfgoon.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/crocshark.jpg?w=350&#038;h=280" alt="" width="350" height="280" /></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Shark Kiss]]></title>
<link>http://vinnv226.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/shark-kiss/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:42:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>vinnv226</dc:creator>
<guid>http://vinnv226.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/shark-kiss/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Type $SetKiss=Shark into the chat box, and click the 8 Ball in the line of smilies. You should see a]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Being funny.]]></title>
<link>http://ineedkelp.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/being-funny/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ineedkelp.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/being-funny/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Josh is going to see Eddie Izzard tonight. He keeps going on about it. He&#8217;s so happy. I&#8217;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Josh is going to see Eddie Izzard tonight. He keeps going on about it. He&#8217;s so happy. I&#8217;m not. Why would he want to go to a different country, (A country he makes clear he hates) to see someone. It got me thinking. Maybe if I was funny people might like me. Even going from a different weird country to come and see me. So, I thought i&#8217;d write some jokes, see what you think of them:</p>
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<p>Why did the shark cross the reef?</p>
<p>To get to the other tide!</p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p>Why did the shark eat his dentist?</p>
<p>Because he could.</p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p>A shark walks into a bar.</p>
<p>Ouch.</p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p>What do you call a suicidal shark?</p>
<p>Philip.</p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p>If a shark held three apples in one hand, and two apples in the other, what would he have?</p>
<p>Some weird disorder, sharks don&#8217;t have hands!</p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p>Okay. Some observasional humour now:</p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p>What if a shark couldn&#8217;t swim?</p>
<p>Would quiet sharks be called shhhharks?</p>
<p>What would you call a loud shark?</p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p>Philip</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Ghost Shark With a Sexy Forehead Surprise]]></title>
<link>http://saucykakapo.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/the-ghost-shark-with-a-sexy-forehead-surprise/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:58:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>saucykakapo</dc:creator>
<guid>http://saucykakapo.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/the-ghost-shark-with-a-sexy-forehead-surprise/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Meet the Eastern Pacific black ghost shark (hydrolagus melanophasma), a recently discovered species ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong>Meet the Eastern Pacific black ghost shark (hydrolagus melanophasma), a recently discovered species of cartilaginous fish that sports a sex organ on its head.</strong> <a href="http://saucykakapo.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/newspeciesofshark.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-95" title="Eastern Pacific black ghost shark (hydrolagus melanophasma)" src="http://saucykakapo.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/newspeciesofshark.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="205" /></a></p>
<p>A member of the chimera (chimaeridae) family, this rather dull-looking fish is a distant relative of sharks. Evolutionarily, the chimeras split off from their toothy, chompy cousins nearly 400 million years ago and remained isolated in very deep waters. Fast forward to the present day and most of the chimeras don&#8217;t look very shark-like at all.</p>
<p>Like most members of its family, the Eastern Pacific black ghost shark lives in the deep dark. It uses it&#8217;s wing-like fins to glide gracefully through waters thousands of feet deep off the coasts of California and Mexico. Specimens have been dredged up several times since the 1960s but most ended up in nameless collections in the basements of museums around the world.</p>
<p>I think I&#8217;ve kept you waiting long enough, let&#8217;s get to the bit you&#8217;re really reading this for, the &#8220;sex organ on the head&#8221; bit.</p>
<p>Perhaps slightly disappointingly, the appendage in question is not a penis, it&#8217;s a tentaculum, a graspy thing. The forehead tentaculum of the Eastern Pacific black ghost shark is retractable, club-shaped and spiked. He uses it to move and manipulate females during mating, how the female feels about being prodded with a spiky club when she&#8217;s feeling amorous is anyone&#8217;s guess.</p>
<p>The forehead tentaculum of the Eastern Pacific black ghost shark is one of the oddest appendages in the sea. Think of it as a sort of cross between an arm and a piscine sex toy, a forehead-mounted fishy f**k stick.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[New Store Outfits and New Ad! Santa Buddies: The Legend of Santa Paws.]]></title>
<link>http://popthunder.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/new-creators-blog-post/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Fierce Sky</dc:creator>
<guid>http://popthunder.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/new-creators-blog-post/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The following post has excerpts used on Fierce Sky&#8217;s own Poptropica blog. Hello Poptropican Pe]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><em>The following post has excerpts used on <a title="Fierce Sky's Poptropica Blog" href="http://poptropicahelpblog.wordpress.com" target="_blank">Fierce Sky&#8217;s own Poptropica blog</a>.</em></p>
<p>Hello Poptropican Peoples,</p>
<p>So, today we have yet another new Creators’ blog post, the third day in a row of them. This post is called “New Store Stuff!” Quite an original name.</p>
<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;We are crazy busy working on some really awesome Poptropica islands, but we found time to add two more outfits to the Poptropica Store…the Tiger Shark and Swan Ballerina!</em>&#8220;<br />
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gw_QYz_mHpo/SwWmrBnJXrI/AAAAAAAAAWM/RVPVmZoGCwQ/s1600/newOutfits.png"></a></p>
<p><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gw_QYz_mHpo/SwWmrBnJXrI/AAAAAAAAAWM/RVPVmZoGCwQ/s1600/newOutfits.png"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gw_QYz_mHpo/SwWmrBnJXrI/AAAAAAAAAWM/RVPVmZoGCwQ/s400/newOutfits.png" border="0" alt="" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gw_QYz_mHpo/SwWmrBnJXrI/AAAAAAAAAWM/RVPVmZoGCwQ/s1600/newOutfits.png"></a><br />
<img src="http://static.poptropica.com/blog/shark2.gif" border="0" alt="avatar image" /><br />
SHARK BOY</p></blockquote>
<p>If you noticed, Shark Boy changed his avatar for this post. You may see that he’s still the same on all the others, so it’s not permanent or anything.</p>
<p>Anyway, this means that you can spend money on a tiger shark and swan ballerina (whatever that is) costume. I think the tiger shark costume looks pretty cool, although that’s probably just because it’s orange, and I like orange.</p>
<p>This post also leaves a few hints about other stuff. Shark Boy mentions how the team is “crazy busy working on some really awesome Poptropica islands”. Yeah, that’s right, <strong>islands</strong>. Island in the plural form. Multiple islands. <strong>ISLANDS!</strong> This means that the creators are working on more than one island right now. We know that Counterfeit is one, but what’s the other? Was Reality TV Island not abandoned at all? Are there other islands that they’re working on that we haven’t heard of yet? This is probably the first time that an update to Poptropica costumes got me excited! Reality TV might still be… ALIVE!!!</p>
<p>I thank you, Mr. Shark Boy, for making my day.</p>
<h1>Santa Buddies: New Ad!</h1>
<p><a href="http://popthunder.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/untitled.jpg"><img title="Santa Buddies" src="http://popthunder.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/untitled.jpg" alt="" width="510" height="708" /></a></p>
<p>Ahh! Christmas time is already here! There is a new ad for the movie, &#8220;Santa Buddies.&#8221; In this ad, you must help Santa Paws find his five Reindogs. You will have sixty seconds to find them. Hint: Three dogs are inside and two are outside. When your done you&#8217;ll to deliver presents with Santa Paws and The Reindogs! Then you&#8217;ll win the two awesome prizes above! A Reindog Outfit and Special Paw-wer: A present burst!</p>
<p>Here is Popular Thunder delivering presents with Santa Paws and the Reindogs!</p>
<p><a href="http://popthunder.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/poptropicachristmas.png"><img title="PoptropicaChristmas" src="http://popthunder.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/poptropicachristmas.png" alt="" width="501" height="138" /></a></p>
<p>-Fierce Sky, Setew2, and Popular Thunder</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Poptropica Creators&rsquo; Blog Update 11/19/09: Tiger Shark Boy Edition]]></title>
<link>http://poptropicahelpblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/poptropica-creators-blog-update-111909-tiger-shark-boy-edition/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:13:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Fierce Sky</dc:creator>
<guid>http://poptropicahelpblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/poptropica-creators-blog-update-111909-tiger-shark-boy-edition/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Hello Poptropicans, &nbsp; So, today we have yet another new Creators’ blog post, the third day in a]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Hello Poptropicans,</p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p>So, today we have yet another new Creators’ blog post, the third day in a row of them. This post is called “New Store Stuff!” Quite an original name.</p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<blockquote><p><em>We are crazy busy working on some really awesome Poptropica islands, but we found time to add two more outfits to the Poptropica Store&#8230;the Tiger Shark and Swan Ballerina!</em><br />
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gw_QYz_mHpo/SwWmrBnJXrI/AAAAAAAAAWM/RVPVmZoGCwQ/s1600/newOutfits.png"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gw_QYz_mHpo/SwWmrBnJXrI/AAAAAAAAAWM/RVPVmZoGCwQ/s400/newOutfits.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />
<img src="http://static.poptropica.com/blog/shark2.gif" border="0" alt="avatar image" /><br />
SHARK BOY</p></blockquote>
<p>If you noticed, Shark Boy changed his avatar for this post. You may see that he’s still the same on all the others, so it’s not permanent or anything.</p>
<p>Anyway, this means that you can spend money on a tiger shark and swan ballerina (whatever that is) costume. I think the tiger shark costume looks pretty cool, although that’s probably just because it’s orange, and I like orange.</p>
<p>This post also leaves a few hints about other stuff. Shark Boy mentions how the team is “crazy busy working on some really awesome Poptropica islands”. Yeah, that’s right, <strong>islands</strong>. Island in the plural form. Multiple islands. <strong>ISLANDS!</strong> This means that the creators are working on more than one island right now. We know that Counterfeit is one, but what’s the other? Was Reality TV Island not abandoned at all? Are there other islands that they’re working on that we haven’t heard of yet? This is probably the first time that an update to Poptropica costumes got me excited! Reality TV might still be… ALIVE!!!</p>
<p>I thank you, Mr. Shark Boy, for making my day.</p>
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<p>-Fierce Sky</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Perfect Day]]></title>
<link>http://saltwatercowboycharters.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/the-perfect-day/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Capt. Brant</dc:creator>
<guid>http://saltwatercowboycharters.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/the-perfect-day/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Captains Log 11/18/2009 &#8211; Our party booked a four person Offshore Ultimate Trip, originally th]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Captains Log 11/18/2009 &#8211; Our party booked a four person Offshore Ultimate Trip, originally the weather forecast was looking like another windy day &#8211; never believe NOAA or the weather forecasters until about 3 days prior &#8211; this day turned out picture perfect. We had a cool chill in the air as we headed out of Naples City Dock. Gator and I had procurred nice pinfish off the Gordon Pass light prior to picking the party up at the City Dock. Our fist stop was a ledgy area due west of the Pass, it was not five seconds and BIG Red Grouper were peeling line. Within the first hour we had limited out on keepers, threw back probably no less than 50 mid size. Then with chum in the water both Yellow Tail and Mangrove Snapper started to be caught. We switched to lighter gear and the guys had a blast catching flags and more keeper Grouper. About this time one of the guys was reeling in a yellowtail and POP from under the boat came the biggest King Fish you have ever seen this time of the year (at least 45lbs+) this fish had shoulders he was so big! On the way in this day I stopped over some areas known for Kings, while the kings did not show there were several nice lemon and black tip sharks which our party was able to hook and bring into the boat on light tackle. Whata day take a look in the Gallery at the photo called Table Fare. All in All over 100+ fish caught by our party of four &#8211; Way to go Guys!! &#62; / / / / &#8216;&#62;</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Megalodon, the Whale-Munching Shark]]></title>
<link>http://saucykakapo.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/megalodon-the-whale-munching-shark/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:44:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>saucykakapo</dc:creator>
<guid>http://saucykakapo.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/megalodon-the-whale-munching-shark/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[To many people there&#8217;s not many things scarier than a great white shark. This is mainly due to]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong>To many people there&#8217;s not many things scarier than a great white shark. This is mainly due to the fact that many people have not heard of megalodon (charcharodon megalodon).</strong><a href="http://saucykakapo.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/megalodon.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-33" title="Megalodon (charcharodon megalodon)" src="http://saucykakapo.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/megalodon.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>A prehistoric super-shark that is thought to have grown three times the size of the great white, megalodon&#8217;s name translates to mean &#8220;big tooth&#8221;. By far and away the most deadly known fish to have ever cruised the oceans, the prey of this gargantuan shark mainly consisted of whales (yes, that&#8217;s full-size big bastard blowholin&#8217; whales).</p>
<p>Excavations of the fossils of half-eaten whales have sometimes found megalodon teeth nearby and some have even been found with the 18 cm gnashers still embedded in them.</p>
<p>As the skeletons of megalodon were made of cartilage just like those of modern sharks, full fossils are near non-existent. However, by examining the shark&#8217;s well-preserved teeth, scientists have been able to estimate that megalodon could reach lengths of over 60 feet and weighed over 100 tons.</p>
<p>Fortunately for modern swimmers, the megalodon lived in the Oligocene epoch and Neogene period, over 20 million years ago.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Man Bites Shark]]></title>
<link>http://notesfromthebartender.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/man-bites-shark/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:16:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>DrThrottling</dc:creator>
<guid>http://notesfromthebartender.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/man-bites-shark/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The National Geographic Society&#8217;s historical mission has been to &#8220;increase and diffuse g]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;">The National Geographic Society&#8217;s historical mission has been to &#8220;increase and diffuse geographic knowledge while promoting the conservation of the world&#8217;s cultural, historical, and natural resources&#8221;. More recently their President, John M. Fahey Jr put it more succinctly when he said the Society&#8217;s purpose was &#8220;to<!--more--> inspire people to care about their planet&#8221;.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">But are the demands of commercial television at odds with these stated aims?</p>
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<div id="attachment_4559" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 410px"><a href="http://notesfromthebartender.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/chris-fischer-w-hook-used-for-expedition-great-white.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-4559" title="Chris Fischer... scientist?" src="http://notesfromthebartender.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/chris-fischer-w-hook-used-for-expedition-great-white.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="267" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Chris Fischer shows off his scientific equipment.</p></div>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Promotion for National Geographic Television&#8217;s <em>Expedition Week</em> has been heavily focussed around <em>Expedition Great White&#8230;</em></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#800000;">A hundred sixty miles off the coast of Baja California, a team of world-class anglers will land one of the most challenging fish imaginable: the great white shark. Unlike any other catch ever attempted, they&#8217;ll lift an SUV-sized shark onto a platform, mount a long-lasting tracking tag by hand, take measurements and DNA samples, and release it unharmed&#8230; all within minutes. Marine biologist Dr. Michael Domeier uses advanced tracking devices to help uncover how this predator lives, with the ultimate goal of conserving and protecting this endangered species</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">The programmers at National Geographic know well enough that sharks, particularly &#8220;SUV-sized&#8221; ones are ratings gold but is getting a &#8220;team of world-class anglers&#8221;, in this case TV fishing personality Chris Fischer and <em>Fast and Furious</em> actor Paul Walker, to catch them scientifically necessary or in the best interests of the shark? A lot of experts think the expedition is potentially doing the animals, which included one enormous 4,200 pound female, more harm to  than good.</p>
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<div id="attachment_4560" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 478px"><a href="http://notesfromthebartender.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/6a00d8341c630a53ef012875a95f9b970c-600wi.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-4560 " title="Next time the shark sees someone in a camo wetsuit it won't mistake him for a bush" src="http://notesfromthebartender.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/6a00d8341c630a53ef012875a95f9b970c-600wi.jpg" alt="" width="468" height="312" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">If this fish actually was an SUV you could fit 87 students inside for a new world record</p></div>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Dr. Pete Klimley, a professor of marine sciences at UC Davis, warned California Department of Fish and Game and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration not to grant permission to the expedition, saying&#8230;</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#800000;">You&#8217;re taking an animal that&#8217;s two tons and which needs the water to support its weight, and suddenly removing it from its environment. Their internal organs could rupture, causing death days later, unborn pups inside a pregnant female could be squashed or forced out of their body</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Even shark dive operations in the area have weighed in on the matter with Mick Menigoz, skipper of the cage diving boat <em>Superfish saying&#8230;</em></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#800000;">We pushed for the new regulations, and we&#8217;ve bent over backwards for years to not hurt or bother the sharks. We&#8217;re not even allowed to approach them, and now they&#8217;re letting these guys come in and use baited hooks to catch them. I&#8217;d be surprised if they don&#8217;t kill one</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000000;">And those fears came close to reality when the first shark caught by the team was hooked deep in the back of its mouth. After a 40 minute tussle the exhausted animal was hauled on board but it took 8 minutes to remove a fishing buoy from the shark&#8217;s mouth before a hose pumping sea water over its gills was able to be inserted. A pair of bolt cutters then had to be stuck through the gills to reach the hook where it was cut, leaving the business end still lodged in the fish&#8217;s throat.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000000;">Dr Michael Domeier, the marine biologist with the expedition likened the stress placed on the sharks to that placed on a bass when a fisherman catches and releases it. Above all he sees the research and the television programme as a vital part of plans to save the Great White, which is listed as an endangered species.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="color:#800000;">&#8230;this is a show about real science, not science created for TV, which is so often the case</span> </span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000000;">Others, such as Sean Van Sommeran, an independent Santa Cruz researcher with the Pelagic Shark Research Foundation, don&#8217;t have such a rosy view either of the methodology or the science&#8230;</span></p>
<blockquote><p><span style="color:#800000;">If you were to hook a protected species of two-ton marine mammal and drag it onboard a boat, people would go through the roof. Speaking facetiously, I might call his study &#8216;Flight Behavior of White Shark with a Barbed Hook in Its Gut</span></p></blockquote>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000000;">It remains to be seen what sort of data Domeier will gather from the tags, which are placed on the dorsal fin by drilling holes through the fin and then bolting them on. One thing that probably can be counted on is the National Geographic, who have always seen sharks and nazis as catnip to viewers, have probably got a ratings winner on their hands. And in those circumstances the research will, no doubt, be heralded by the Society as &#8220;groundbreaking&#8221;.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000000;">I&#8217;ll leave you with a picture of the &#8220;scientific expedition&#8221; hard at work.</span></p>
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<div id="attachment_4561" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 478px"><a href="http://notesfromthebartender.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/shark4.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-4561" title="Science Rocks!" src="http://notesfromthebartender.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/shark4.jpg" alt="" width="468" height="312" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Yee Hah! We&#39;re doing science... high five!!</p></div>
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<link>http://modelbuildingsecrets.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/lego-atlantis-8958-guardian-of-the-deep/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mariann Asanuma</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[The wait is over! Well at least if you were wondering what set I found at Toys R Us yesterday. In ca]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/model_gal/4112935776/" title="Front of Box by Model Gal, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2684/4112935776_24185b3974.jpg" width="500" height="363" alt="Front of Box" /></a></p>
<p>The wait is over!  Well at least if you were wondering what set I found at Toys R Us yesterday. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' />   In case you didn&#8217;t read the title of this post, I got Guardian of the Deep.  The other LEGO Atlantis set the had was <a href="http://brickset.com/detail/?Set=8056-1">#8056 Monster Crab Crash</a>.</p>
<p>Here you can get a close up of the diver and the new ring element<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/model_gal/4112931108/" title="Diver with Ring Element by Model Gal, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2585/4112931108_79f7448a6f.jpg" width="417" height="500" alt="Diver with Ring Element" /></a><br />
The ring element reminds me a lot of the old <a href="http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemPic.asp?P=30213pb01">Insectoid crystals</a> and it has a similar connection on the back.  There are five different colored rings with different images on each ring.</p>
<p>There are a couple other new elements<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/model_gal/4112931692/" title="New elements by Model Gal, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2616/4112931692_62a3bea944.jpg" width="500" height="336" alt="New elements" /></a></p>
<p>The built set looks like this<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/model_gal/4112165281/" title="Diver with Shark 2 by Model Gal, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2541/4112165281_da92cf6f4d.jpg" width="500" height="325" alt="Diver with Shark 2" /></a><br />
The shark&#8217;s tail look ridiculous, but I can&#8217;t complain too much since you get two 1&#215;12 yellow plates to make that tail. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>All in all, for $15 (USD) its a great set.  You get lots of the new larger tooth element in both white and black.  Diver has decorated printing on the front and back of his torso and also on his legs and feet!  And finally, the ring element is just cool, even if it doesn&#8217;t seem to have a purpose. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>I did a full review with more detailed pictures on <a href="http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=35417">Eurobricks</a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Day 156: Shark!]]></title>
<link>http://one-photo-a-day.com/2009/11/16/day-156/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator>
<guid>http://one-photo-a-day.com/2009/11/16/day-156/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Shark I took this photo of a shark at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, California.]]></description>
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<p>I took this photo of a shark at the <strong>Aquarium of the Pacific</strong> in Long Beach, California.</p>
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<link>http://inzert.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/na-mi-lesz-itt/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>vzsolt</dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>shaochi</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[The captain reassured his crewman that the Styrofoam cage would indeed hold together &#8230;]]></description>
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<p>The captain reassured his crewman that the Styrofoam cage would indeed hold together &#8230;</p>
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