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http://www.whenwasiconceived.com/ Your Birthdate: March, 05 1967 Your Conception Date: You were likely conceived sometime during the week of: June 08 - June 16, 1966 NOTE: Estimated dates are based on an average menstrual cycle (28 days). What Was Going on That Week? It's possible your parents were listening to the following song while you were conceived (It was the #1 Song that week): "When a Man Loves a Woman" by Percy Sledge It's possible your parents went to see this movie just before you were conceived (It was the #1 Movie that week): Paradise, Hawaiian Style

RIP Mitch, Gary & Jimi.

Happy Birthday Donna! :dweez: :sundog: :sundog: :sundog: :dweez: :hail: :hail: :hail: :hail: :hail: :coy: :coy: :coy: :coy: :coy: :hi: :yay: :cheerleader: :banana: :banana: :cheerleader: :yay: :hi:

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/07/22/article-2374013-1AF1064B000005DC-161_634x1085.jpg Dennis Farina, a onetime Chicago policeman who went on to play a cop on Law & Order, has died at 69. He passed away on Monday morning in a Scottsdale, Arizona hospital after suffering a blood clot in his lung, according to his publicist. Farina for three decades was a character actor who combined remarkable dexterity and charm with toughness. The actor put his craggy face, steel-gray hair, ivory smile and ample mustache to good use in many popular films, including: Snatch, Saving Private Ryan, Midnight Run and Out Of Sight. He also had memorable roles in Get Shorty and the Cameron Diaz film What Happens In Vegas, showing his flair for comedy. Farina was perhaps best known for playing Detective Joe Fontana on Law & Order during the 2004-06 seasons, one of many roles in his lengthy television career. 'I was stunned and saddened to hear about Dennis’ unexpected passing this morning,' said Law & Order creator Dick Wolf in a statement on Monday. 'The Law & Order family extends sympathy and condolences to his family. He was a great guy.' Farina also starred in the 1980s cult favorite Crime Story and was a regular in the 2011-12 HBO drama Luck. He recently completed shooting a comedy, Lucky Stiff. Farina was a veteran of the Chicago theater and appeared in Joseph Mantegna's Bleacher Bums and Streamers, directed by Terry Kinney, among other productions. He was born on Feb. 29, 1944, in Chicago and was a city detective before he found his way into the acting profession as he neared his forties. His first film was the 1981 action drama Thief, directed by Michael Mann, whom he had met through a mutual friend while still working for the Chicago Police Department. 'I remember going to the set that day and being intrigued by the whole thing,' Farina recalled in a 2004 interview. 'I liked it. And everybody was extremely nice to me. If the people were rude and didn't treat me right, things could have gone the other way.' Farina is survived by three sons, six grandchildren and his longtime partner, Marianne Cahill.

Post some of your favorites :hail: :rush: Be warned ye- spoilers afoot, arrrgghhh :madra: http://youtu.be/pzoWTU5It1U

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And maybe the new Frank Thunder Gambale Down Under too?

http://the-aristocrats-band.com/media/2013/05/Culture-Clash-Front-Cover.jpg 1. Dance Of The Aristocrats 2. Culture Clash 3. Louisville Stomp 4. Ohhhh Noooo 5. Gaping Head Wound 6. Desert Tornado 7. Cocktail Umbrellas 8. Living The Dream 9. And Finally Tour: 7/17 – Nashville, TN – Douglas Corner 7/19 – Tampa, FL – Brass Mug 7/20 – Orlando, FL – West End Trading Company 7/21 – Jacksonville, FL – 1904 Music Hall 7/23 – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Institute of Music (clinic/performance) 7/24 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade (Purgatory) 7/25 – Charlotte, NC – Tremont Music Hall (Casbah) 7/26 – Raleigh, NC – Pour House Music Hall 7/27 – Vienna, VA – Jammin Java 7/29 – Boston, MA – Berklee College of Music (clinic) 7/30 – Boston, MA – Berklee Performance Center (concert) 7/31 – Wilkes-Barre, PA – River St. Jazz Cafe 8/1 – New York City, NY – Highline Ballroom 8/2 – Philadelphia, PA – North Star Bar 8/3 – Dunellen, NJ – New Jersey Proghouse 8/6 – Pittsburgh, PA – Hard Rock Cafe 8/7 – Cleveland, OH – Beachland Tavern 8/8 – Columbus, OH – Rumba Café 8/9 – Cincinnati, OH – Southgate House Revival 8/10 – Charleston, WV – Empty Glass 8/12 – Detroit MI – Token Lounge 8/13 – Indianapolis, IN – Birdy’s 8/14 – Chicago, IL – Reggie’s 8/15 – Madison, WI – Brink Lounge 8/16 – St. Paul, MN – Station 4 The Amsterdam Bar And Hall 8/17 – Omaha, NE – Shamrock’s 8/19 – St. Louis, MO – 2720 Cherokee 8/20 – Kansas City, MO – The Record Bar 8/21 – Tulsa, OK – The Vanguard 8/23 – Denton, TX – Dan’s Silverleaf 8/24 – Houston, TX – Rudyard’s Pub 8/25 – Austin, TX – Saxon Pub :hail: :haz: :haz: :haz: :guitar: :guitar: :guitar: :NP:

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History is made!! :D Congratulations Andy!! :hi: :yay: :7up: :cheerleader: :ebert: :dweez: :banana: :cheers: :hail:

Pictured: 'Vampire' graves in Poland where skeletons were buried with skulls between their legs Decapitating a suspected vampire was common practice in medieval times It was believed removing head ensured vampire would stay dead They are believed to date from around the 16th or 17th centuries There were no earthly possessions, such as jewellery, belts or buckles Archaeologists have unearthed what they believe to be a vampire burial ground on a building site in Poland. The team of historians discovered graves containing four skeletons with their heads removed and placed between their legs near the southern town of Gliwice. Decapitating a suspected vampire was common practice in medieval times because it was thought to be the only way to ensure the dead stay dead. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/07/15/article-0-1AD2CC1D000005DC-682_634x397.jpg http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/07/15/article-0-1AD2C7C7000005DC-749_306x455.jpg http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/07/15/article-0-1AD2CA28000005DC-893_306x455.jpg http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/07/15/article-0-1AD2C8D4000005DC-936_634x406.jpg The exact fate of the skeletons is yet unclear, but the archaeologists noted that, apart from being headless, there was no trace of any earthly possessions, such as jewellery, belts or buckles. 'It's very difficult to tell when these burials were carried out,' archaeologist Dr Jacek Pierzak told the Dziennik Zachodni newspaper. The remains have been sent for further testing but initial estimations suggest they died sometime around the 16th century. It comes a year after archaeologists in Bulgaria claimed to have discovered two ‘vampire’ corpses in excavations near a monastery in the Black Sea town of Sozopol, both more than 800 years old and pierced through the chest with heavy iron rods. Bulgaria’s national museum chief Bozidhar Dimitrov said as many as 100 such ‘vampire corpses’ have been found in the country in recent years. ‘They illustrate a practice which was common in some Bulgarian villages up until the first decade of the 20th century,’ he explained. Even today, the vampire remains a very real threat in the minds of villagers in some of the most remote communities of Eastern Europe, where garlic and crucifixes are readily wielded, and where bodies are exhumed so that a stake can be driven through their heart. The notion of blood-sucking vampires preying on the flesh of the living goes back thousands of years and was common in many ancient cultures, where tales of these reviled creatures of the dead abounded. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/07/12/article-0-139A8B84000005DC-46_634x470.jpg Archaeologists recently found 3,000 Czech graves, for example, where bodies had been weighed down with rocks to prevent the dead emerging from their tombs. The advent of Christianity only fuelled the vampire legends, for they were considered the antithesis of Christ — spirits that rose from the dead bodies of evil people. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/07/12/article-0-03C9108B000005DC-328_306x353.jpg Put a brick in it: In some cases, the dead were buried with a brick wedged in their mouths to stop them rising up to eat those who had perished from the plague Such vampires would stalk the streets in search of others to join their unholy pastime of sucking the lifeblood from humans and animals to survive. In medieval times, when the Church was all-powerful and the threat of eternal damnation encouraged superstition among a peasantry already blighted by the Black Death, the fear of vampires was omnipresent. In some cases, the dead were buried with a brick wedged in their mouths to stop them rising up to eat those who had perished from the plague. Records show that in the 12th Century on the Scottish Borders, a woman claimed she was being terrorised by a dead priest who had been buried at Melrose Abbey only days earlier. When the monks uncovered the tomb, they claimed to have found the corpse bleeding fresh blood. The corpse of the priest, well known for having neglected his religious duties, was burned. But vampiric folklore largely flourished in Eastern European countries and Greece, where they did not have a tradition of believing in witches. And just as with witches in England, Germany and America, the vampire became a scapegoat for a community’s ills. The ‘civilised’ world came to learn of vampires in the 18th century as Western empires expanded and their peoples travelled to remote parts of Central and Eastern Europe. With the spread of Austria’s empire, for example, the West became aware of the story of the remote village of Kisilova (believed to be modern-day Kisiljevo in Hungary) after it had been annexed by the Austrians.

Necro gathered he is massive Just like witches merged into huge masses Evil meals ugh puke destruction Necro eats for shit production In the fields his body sleeping an eating machine he'll come creeping Death and hatred to the full plate Poisoning his belly look at the state Oh lord yeah! His kids just hide themselves away They swear a war on Necro's diet Why should they always eat light? Hey leave that roll for the poor Tick Time will tell if his family minds Making meals just for fun Treating food groups just like pawns in chess Wait 'til food judgement day comes Yeah! Now in darkness fridge stops humming Asking when the fried food's coming? No more pork chops on the grill? Hand of Necro leaves you with nil Mealtime judgement, barbecue calling On their knees looking for pieces crawling Begging for scraps from the bin Necro laughing eats chicken wings Oh lord yeah! :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :clap:

http://cdn.bloody-disgusting.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/orphanedlandallisonecover.jpg Here's two of the new songs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsPb1-uPIic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3pK0x17DAk

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This is doing the rounds on Facebook. You may want tissues for this. Great actor!

The biggest building in the world that’s made entirely from wood (even down to the nuts and bolts!) Russian Orthodox Church buildings are more than 150 years old Magnificent structures, in western isle of Kizhi, stand at 123 feet tall It has withstood the Earth's elements for more than 150 years and yet this spectacular church remains the tallest wooden structure in the world. The magnificent building is made entirely of wood, from the frame to the rivets and the stunning exterior, and shows just how resilient this construction material is. Standing at 123 feet tall (37.5m), it is believed to still be the world's tallest entirely wooden building - a record it has kept its entire existence. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/07/11/article-0-1AC2BDA7000005DC-172_634x393.jpg http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/07/11/article-0-1AC2BE64000005DC-637_634x678.jpg http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/07/11/article-0-1AC2C3DB000005DC-777_634x708.jpg The Russian Orthodox Church buildings, called Kizhi Pogost, are 150-miles east of the Russian border with Finland. After pleas from churchgoers, the wooden buildings have undergone some renovation, but still without using any other materials. The impressive domes of the two churches tower over the surrounding countryside and were designed to attract the Christian community of this remote wilderness to one spot on a small island called Kizhi on the waters of Lake Onega. The churches were built in the 18th century and the complex was finally finished without hammering a single nail or other metal fastener in 1862 when the bell-tower was completed. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/07/11/article-0-1AC2BF20000005DC-947_634x358.jpg http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/07/11/article-0-1AC2C0C7000005DC-452_306x423.jpg http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/07/11/article-0-1AC2C7B4000005DC-819_306x423.jpg http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/07/11/article-0-1AC2C935000005DC-899_634x390.jpg Topped with 22 domes called cupolas and an internal vault shaped like a pyramid there are 102 religious icons from the 17th and 18th centuries displayed inside the structure. The bell tower was created by visionary carpenter Sysoj Osipov and the larger northern Church of Transfiguration was a mecca for pilgrims of the eastern Orthodox Christian Church. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/07/11/article-0-1AC2D21D000005DC-11_634x408.jpg http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/07/11/article-0-1AC2D481000005DC-90_634x401.jpg The tallest wooden structure in the world is said to be the 600-foot-tall ATLAS-I (Air Force Weapons Lab Transmission Aircraft Simulator) near Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. However this Cold War structure uses metal parts to hold together its huge wooden frame. Kizhi Pogost is such a rare example of religious architecture that the site it was listed as a world heritage site by UNESCO in 1990. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/07/11/article-0-1AC2D2C6000005DC-998_634x364.jpg

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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The excitement over Kenny Chesney Saturday proved to be a little too much for some people with the night ending with several fights and numerous arrests. Police say 49 people were arrested inside Heinz field during the concert, with another 24 arrests taking place near the venue on the North Shore. Police say most of the arrests were for disorderly conduct, public intoxication and aggravated assault. Additionally, police say at least 10 large fights broke out and 150 people were treated for various medical needs. Another 45 people were taken to medical facilities as well. Kenny Chesney fans also left a wake of trash following the concert. Large groups of tailgaters left behind a sea of debris in the Heinz Field parking lot. http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2013/06/23/chesney-concert-ends-with-fights-arrests/

A truly brilliant guy. Wonder how he'll deal with guys like Rondo, he's been able to pick his roster in the past... Big loss for Butler, though they did go to two title games as a member of the Horizon League and they went from the Horizon League to the Big East during his tenure.

Let's here all about the Rolling Stones, the first dinosaurs of rock! :codger: :guitar:

Outside Online Monday, March 04, 2013 The Explainer: Can Running Actually Be Good for Your Knees? A new study shows that, despite everything you've heard—and experienced—running isn't as hard on the body as you might think. But can we trust the results? By: Scott Rosenfield ABSTRACT: We’re always looking for excuses not to run. Sure, it’s one of the simplest, cheapest, and most effective forms of exercise out there, but for many of us, running equals suffering. There’s no way around it: It sure as hell hurts. So we’ll run with any excuse we can—no matter how pathetic—to stay on the couch. My personal go-to: Running is bad for the knees. In fact, it’s plainly irresponsible to tie up my Asics laces. But do I have a leg to stand on? HYPOTHESIS: We may have been born to run, but we’ve evolved to be couch-bound; running wrecks the knees. METHODS: A study in the journal Medical Science Sports Exercise tracked 74,752 runners over 7.1 years and 14,625 walkers over 5.7 years looking at the number of hip replacements and cases of osteoarthritis in each group. RESULTS: The runners had fewer cases of osteoarthritis and needed fewer hip replacements than the walkers. Regardless of their mileage, runners were at roughly half the risk for osteoarthritis and hip replacements than walkers who expended equal amounts of energy (measured in METhr/d). Surprisingly, other forms of exercise were more damaging then either running or walking. DISCUSSION: Old myths die hard, especially when people are looking for excuses. Still, how can running have the exact opposite effect as what we had expected? “A lot of people think of exercise in sort of the automobile engine model where you tend to wear out the bearings when you use them more and more,” says Paul Williams, Ph.D., an epidemiologist at the Lawrence Berkley Laboratory in Berkeley, California . “The difference with the body is that it’s successful because it compensates for the stresses.” While sports injuries do raise your risk of developing osteoarthritis and studies examining Olympic-class athletes—who are often injury-prone—show high rates of the disease, the reality is different for nearly everyone else (in his 90,000-person sample, very few people fit this criteria, Williams says). Animal models show that exercise promotes cartilage thickening and protects its stretchy properties, according to Williams. In other words, instead of wearing down your bearings, running may grease them. That’s key, because cartilage thinning and the loss of elasticity are both prominent causes of osteoarthritis. But things are a bit more complicated. Running may have special protective properties, but about half of the effect comes from weight loss, Williams says. “If you were lean by other means would you still have this protective effect? Yes, but we still have the additional protective effect of whatever exercise is doing” to reduce you risk of osteoarthritis. On average, your risk for the disease jumps five percent for every point-increase in your BMI. Surprisingly, the reason why is actually not well understood, he says. But researchers know the “physical strain of carrying your weight around all the time” likely stresses your joints and that obesity causes a cascade of negative effects in your body. Some of those—like inflammation—likely take a toll on your joints, Williams says. While all physical activity should theoretically provide some protection for your joints, Williams says he was surprised to find that forms of exercise other than running and walking actually boost your risk of osteoarthritis. In fact, people who were most active in activities other than running were at a 21 percent greater risk for osteoarthritis and 99 percent increased risk for hip replacement compared to those who exercised the least. What makes running and walking safe but going to the gym damaging? It comes down to how you use your knees, and we can take a clue from occupations like carpet-laying, Williams says. The deep knee bending is a known risk factor for osteoarthritis. The problem: When you go to the gym, you’re probably repeating some of those same moves. However, when you’re running, your knees aren’t bending to that same degree. And it’s a far more continuous activity—without potentially damaging long pauses or stops and starts—than doing an indoor exercise class, Williams adds. The one bit of bad news: Your risk of developing osteoarthritis jumps 3.9 percent per year for guys and 6.1 percent per year for women. And the longer you’ve been running, the more at risk you are. But even then, “the benefits of running outweigh the risks for 70 years,” Williams says. CONCLUSION: We’re down another excuse. Injury-free running is not bad for our knees.

GREAT BROOK FARM STATE PARK, MA—In a surprising development that has confirmed a number of longstanding local rumors, authorities discovered the 32nd Regiment of His Majesty's Royal British Army still fighting the Revolutionary War in a small wooded area outside of Carlisle, MA Monday. The disoriented foot soldiers—who in the spring of 1776 survived a barrage of Patriot cannon fire at Dorchester Heights only to become lost during the subsequent British retreat—were found by park rangers marching in the direction of a nearby Price Chopper supermarket. "Keep ye muskets at the ready, men," Col. Edmund Thorpe of Leicestershire was heard shouting to his troops as they prepared to cross an empty stretch of Route 225, which Thorpe claimed was a primary gunpowder supply route. "There is danger in this valley, for the traitorous coward Washington and his militia are said to camp just beyond that ridge." Area folklore and occasional reports from nearby RV parks have for years suggested the presence of a ragged, hardy band of British soldiers still remaining from the Revolutionary War. But what was once dismissed as legend has now been verified by Walter Carp of the Merrimac Valley Historical Society, who identified the 32nd Regiment after watching its members struggle to scale a razor-wire fence near a local recycling center. "That's them, all right—the old 32nd," Carp said. "They fought valiantly at Breed's Hill, but they never seemed to have the right coordinates when it came time to track an enemy. Looks like they might be a little worse for wear, the poor fellows." One of several Redcoat campfires recently discovered in the Carlisle area. The regiment's last mention in historical records came in March 1776, when the soldiers garrisoned a small fort near the Concord River and awaited orders from Gen. William Howe, then commander in chief of British forces. Though regiment scout James Winthrop reportedly estimates that Howe is no more than 80 kilometers from their location, public records indicate the general has been in London since his burial there in 1814. "Howe cannot be far," said Winthrop, pointing to a faded map sketched on worn hemp paper. "No more than a fortnight away." After receiving intelligence on the foreign military unit, the Pentagon immediately dispatched F-15s from the 104th Fighter Wing of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, but the planes were called off after British foreign secretary David Miliband assured officials that the redcoats did not represent the United Kingdom. While the 32nd Regiment's numbers have dwindled over the past two centuries due to illness and desertion, the remaining holdouts have vowed to continue fighting until the colonists' siege of Boston is repelled. They then plan to rendezvous with the King's 14th Regiment at Fort Ticonderoga, near the current site of the Diamond Run Shopping Mall, to restock on hardtack and tobacco. "'Tis been a long and bitter struggle with our foolhardy American cousins," 2nd Lt. Henry Bertram said during a brief pipe break near the soccer field of Washington Elementary School. "Dearly do I miss my fair wife, Abigail, and our precious babe, Elizabeth, safe at home in Leicestershire. Why, my daughter must be tall as a barrel by now!" Having survived the brutal winters of 1831, 1907, and 1999, most members of the regiment appear to believe that the worst stretch of the war is over, and that a full surrender of all colonial militias to the Royal Army is imminent. However, after spotting a number of new outposts last week in the growing Colonial Estates subdivision west of Boston, some have argued that the Americans may in fact be making gains. "Fie on your childish speculations," said Col. Thorpe, responding to growing concerns in his ranks. "I will not have this regiment torn asunder by such cowardly prattle. Somewhere in the Province of Massachusetts Bay there is a loyal countryman in whose farmhouse we can tarry for a night. Once rested, we shall strike a final blow to the treasonous Yankees." Added Thorpe, "By God, the jewel of the His Majesty's crown shan't be lost!" The last reported sighting of the 32nd Regiment occurred in January, when a number of Carlisle locals claimed to have seen the redcoats loitering in or around their backyards. "I saw some old guys in funny costumes messing around near my toolshed about a month ago," said Bay State Electronics Supply employee Jim Hicks, 45. "But when I flicked on the porch lights they ran back into the woods." Local law enforcement officials said the soldiers are now considered suspects in a string of unsolved garden burglaries that began in 1838, as well as in the 2003 deaths of five Revolutionary War reenactors near Lowell, MA. The Centers for Disease Control is investigating whether the regiment may also be responsible for the recent deaths of several thousand New England residents from smallpox. http://www.theonion.com/articles/redcoat-holdouts-still-fighting-american-revolutio,2677/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_campaign=LinkPreview:1:InFocus

Well, the NBA draft lottery is tonight. I don't really watch the NBA, but I do want to see where Oladipo and Zeller go. Anyone else interested?