My late nights have been annoying but I found a site that helps me sleep! I know, I have tried everything and this helps…not all the time but more than a few times I have found myself waking up with the computer in my lap and the music from this game playing.
It is www.bored.com
The game that has become another mild obsession is boomshine.
I have played many of the games on this site , but Boomshine seems to have a hypnotic way about it. Try it. Let me know.
Robert Muraine is an amazing popper
He appeared on last nights show Superstars of dance but if you watched so you think you can dance there is no way that you wouldnt remember this
“I want to report a murder. If you will go one-mile east on Columbus Parkway, you will find kids in a brown car. They were shot with a nine-millimeter Luger. I also killed those kids last year. Goodbye.”
Twenty-six days later, three envelopes arrived at the offices of three Bay Area newspapers. Each envelope contained a handwritten letter and a piece of a coded message. The writer provided a list of details regarding the two shootings, and explained that the symbols formed a coded message that would reveal his identity. The letter ended with a warning, “If you do not print this cipher by the afternoon of Fry. 1st of Aug. 69, I will go on a kill rampage Fry. night. I will cruse around all weekend killing lone people in the night then move on to kill again, untill I end up with a dozen people over the weekend.” A crossed – circle symbol had been drawn at the bottom of the page.
Each of the newspapers complied with the demand to publish the cipher, and news of the gunman’s threats created fears that he would strike again. Experts and amateurs scrambled to decode the cipher while investigators sorted through hundreds of tips from helpful citizens. The deciphered message did not reveal the killer’s identity but the words did offer a chilling portrait of the author’s state of mind. “I like killing people because it is so much fun … I will not give you my name because you will try to slo(w) down or stop my collecting of slaves for my after life …” above info found here
http://www.zodiackiller.com/BatesLetter1.html
http://www.zodiackiller.com/BatesLetter2.html
http://www.zodiackiller.com/BatesLetter3.html
http://www.zodiackiller.com/ZPoem.html 
http://www.zodiackiller.com/ZPoem4.html
http://www.zodiackiller.com/VTHLetter1.html
http://www.zodiackiller.com/VTHCipher.html
http://www.zodiackiller.com/VTHEnvelope.html
http://www.zodiackiller.com/ChronicleLetter1.html
http://www.zodiackiller.com/ChronicleCipher.html
http://www.zodiackiller.com/ChronicleEnvelope.html
http://www.zodiackiller.com/ExaminerLetter1.html
http://www.zodiackiller.com/ExaminerCipher.html
http://www.zodiackiller.com/ExaminerEnvelope.html
Want to learn how to break the code yourself? Check out this site : http://www.vectorsite.net/ttcode.html
http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/notorious/zodiac/river_1.html
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“That’s it! I’ll just walk to work! Can’t rely on anything anymore!” yelled the twenty-ish, ruggedly handome, angry man. He was tall and lanky with blondish red hair that looked like it had not seen a comb in over eight weeks. He definately skipped the razor the past few days. But then again, it could just be his “look.” A look that is always bothered the elder of out time. Not sure why though, considering when the “older” were young long hair and oily ripped jeans were in. Why not have uncombed hair. It doesn’t necessarliy mean that by sporting the nonbrushed hair is trying to imply a certain lazy or nonhygenic type of person. No, no, no. It says that you are hip, that you are trendy, that you have a sense of style….Right?
“Sorry Norman,” he said to the driver. “I am already late. I’ll see you tomorrow.”
“I understand, wouldn’t want the ladies to not see their favorite guy in the office,” replied Norman, “After all I know my day would be miserable if I didn’t get to see your pretty face,” he said with a sarcastic smirk.
“Oh shut it. But hey, I wouldn’t want the ladies to be sad. Ladies should never be sad! C-ya.”
Just as Norman began to reach for the radio to call in again he saw the “rescue” city bus driving towards him. The bus slowly pulled to a stop and Norman told the passengers to grab their belongings and switch to the other bus. Norman would finish the route and the driver of the “rescue” bus would wait for a mechanic to come work on his bus. He never thought that this was a good plan that the city had come up with but mostly because he had grown accustom to his #7 bus. He had been driving the #7 bus and the same route for over five years now and the broken in seat and strange smell that had accumulated over the years from spilled drinks and well, smelly people felt like home. Yeah the #7 will be temporarely entered into the digital readout display on the back of the “rescue” bus, but the chewed up yucky gum wouldn’t be behind seat 3a and the fifth window towards the back wouldn’t be slightly cracked open refusing to go all the way up. Sigh. He exchanged a few words with the other driver and quickly got behind the wheel of the “it-will-just-have-to-do-til-i-get-my-REAL-#7″ bus back.
All I have to say about this is , sign me up , I want one! How incredible would it be to invisible sometimes. Of course, if this is actually produced I am sure it will cost buggazillions of dollars. I mean the possibilities are endless. If I had this magic cloak i think i would sneak into all the movies I could possibly see….but I wonder if the person/thing under the cloak is able to see anything? It would also be fun to creep into somewhat crowded areas (cause duh! the cloak makes you invisible but you would still take up space), and I would find a spot and start butting in to people’s conversations saying the most random things I could come up with…Like – “Gimmie a buger!” or “I like green cabinets and square spaghetti”……(Yeah , I am aware that I am weird I have just chosen to except it) What what you do if you had an invisible cloak?
Researchers in Britain and the United States, however, have published a theoretical blueprint for how to construct a cloak made from revolutionary materials that could guide light around it. They say they might be able to build one within five years.
The cloak would be made from metamaterials, which are engineered with tiny physical structures – metal coils, or rods shaped like aerials. Scientists have been able to ”tune” them to bend electromagnetic waves, and effect that could be extremely important in military applications.
Researchers say the cloaks might be able to hide planes or ships from the radio waves used in radars.
Even more astounding – at least for the average person – would be the ability to wrap oneself in an invisibility cloak and disappear.
”The cloak would act like you’ve opened up a hole in space,” said David Smith, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Duke University and a co-author of one of the papers on cloaking devices published this week in the on-line edition of the journal Science.
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I recently attended a conference for the ARC where Norman Kunc was the key note speaker.
He was an excellent speaker and gave some of the best examples on excluding people with disabilities and how it has a negative effect. He spoke about inclusion of children with developmental disabilities in the classroom. His humorous and poignant stories hit home for all of us. Kunc stressed that we learn by experiencing. That children with developmental disabilities learn skills for life by living and by being with their peers.
On the topic of segregating children in the school environment, Kunc stated “We segregate kids because it is administratively easy. Out of site – out of mind. Once we get them out of our site, we are doing what is easiest and we are claiming what we are doing is best. There is a simple rule when it comes to segregation…..no matter how good the swimming instructor is, you can not teach someone to swim in the parking lot of the swimming pool. We are trying to give them the skills of living outside the construct of life, the things I learned about living in the community were taught through simple interactions”
| Kunc writes about Inversion of Maslow’s Hierarchy | |
| The goal of an educational institution is to produce self-learners. As our educational system in structured presently, students have difficulty obtaining self-actualization. Students are placed in classes based on their mastery of specific skills at certain levels. As Norman Kunc (2000) argues, the educational system has therefore partially inverted Maslow’s Hierarchy, so that students are expected to obtain the level of self-esteem (mastery of skills) before being allowed to obtain belonging. Thus, Kunc states, children are required to learn their right to belong (Kunc, 200, p. 83). As our system requires: |
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Norman Kunc and Emma Van der Klift have spent the last 25 years working to ensure that people with disabilities are able to take their rightful place in schools, workplaces, and communities. Although they are well known advocates within the disability rights community, they prefer to think of themselves as modern day storytellers, continuing the long held tradition of using humor and narrative to initiate self-reflection and social change.
Norman and Emma are co-directors of Broadreach Training and Resources Ltd. They provide in-service and training in the areas of inclusive education, employment equity, conflict resolution, and other disability rights issues. They travel extensively throughout North America and abroad working with school districts, human service agencies, employers and advocacy groups
Emma and Norman have collaborated on a number of writing projects, including one chapter discussing the underlying power dynamics in a helper/helpee relationship, and another chapter challenging the perspective of disability as a deficiency. Currently they are working on a book which contends that the field of rehabilitation tyrannizes people with disabilities in the same way that the diet industry tyrannizes women.
If I was going to be a pirate, why not Black Bart. If you believe the claims, which I choose to do because it is just more fun that way, he got more booty than most pirates.
“Black Bart” was one of the most successful pirates of all time. He has claimed over four hundred ships and fifty million in booty.
Bartholomew Roberts, also known as Black Bart, was one of the most successful pirates in history. He went to sea at a young age and quickly assumed the position of Third Mate. After his ship was taken by pirates, and he was made to join their ranks, Roberts proved himself and was elected Captain in 1719. Two years later he had accumulated over £50 million worth of treasure and had taken hundreds of ships throughout the Americas. He decided to return across the Atlantic in order to sell his stolen goods. From there he then proceeded to pillage the African Coast where he took several slavers. This eventually led to a confrontation with a Royal Navy patrol in February 1722. HMS ‘Swallow’, commanded by Captain Chaloner Ogle, caught up with Roberts off the coast of Cape Lopez (present day Gabon). In the ensuing engagement, Roberts was killed and his crew taken prisoner. Over 50 of them were later hanged.
http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/server/show/conMediaFile.6016/Captain-Bartholomew-Roberts.html
So today has been a pretty boring day. My goal was to get more writing done for nanowrimo but I think I only managed about fifty extra words. I have pretty much surfed the internet, read more of “The End of Prosperity”, and taken two baths. However, I did come across an interesting article with helpful tips that are good for everyone.
For example i learned:
- If you need new shoes, it is better to go in the late afternoon because your feet are at their biggest…
- The best time to book a flight is wednesday from 12am-2am…
- And it is best to have your photo taken mid-day soon after applying make-up…
Well, I found it fascinating, wich isn’t saying much.
THIS amazing image of a mammoth spider devouring a bird was taken in the backyard of a property near Cairns.
The image, which is being cirulated via email worldwide, is real, according to wildlife experts, The Cairns Post reported.
Mr. Rogers?@#$ (I know…random…..i know……)
Standing on top of a lantern, over the doorway of the Eglinton Arms Hotel, is the figure of a girl, holding in one hand a sword, dripping blood, and in the other, a severed head.
read the whole story here
1. Watch first season of Mad Men
It is almost time…the Burn Notice show starts back…Counting the days
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