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Digging BaitOil on Canvas board10 x 8 in or 25.4 x 20.3cmUp on the fields of Little Dennis looking down to Gillan Harbour and along the creek.  In the distance two people dig for bait.  The tide is out and the tracery of the river can be seen.  Sun catches on the water like a handful of carelessly scattered diamonds and the wind is high but warm.This is a study for a larger painting.  These bi

Sometimes I feel like Indiana Jones on an adventure the only difference is I'm on a shoe adventure minus the action. I have always wanted to travel to Tuscany, Italy as I've mentioned before in one of my blogs, there's an island called Elba the third largest island in Italy with a secret it produces exquisite handcrafted shoes using vegetable-tanned leather for the brand Henri Beguelin. The intere

Well, could this be the downfall of the Baltimore Orioles that we all expected, or just a rough patch?The Orioles started off plain awful – I mean awful. A horrific inning on part of Garrett Olson, bad defense and an impressive output the Blue Jays with two-out hits allowed the Jays to beat Baltimore, 9-8.Despite the bad inning in the fourth frame, Baltimore came back from a five run deficit, wi

Digg is about to launch Recommendation Engine this week. In its beta this feature will be available to registered Digg users first, based on a random sampling of logged-in users.If you see a red beta flag on your Upcoming tab that means you now have access to the Recommendation Engine.Digg believes that Recommendation Engine is worth because:"When you Digg a story, you tell the Recommendation Engi

It's a shame I have to actually think in order to find artists or albums that challenge my mind. For the most part, at random points throughout the day I might be reminded of Common or Talib Kweli through something I read online and then I'll download one of their albums and embark on a journey through their music. I'm stumbling across music with a message! It gets boring, this constant floodin

Started the day with sample clearance info..next up.. ” Beat Digging Documentary”.. This one is 31 mins.. nice for all the crate diggers …Gives some history and many tips on finding hot samples. Social Bookmarking

So, if we are all using the internet to shop, promote all kinds of issues, comment on issues, reach out to others (strangers and loved ones), generally communicate and doing it 24 hours a day at lightening speed…..then why if we are sooooooooooo connected do some of us still feel so very alone?  One of the

Like all the other problems I’ve addressed, digging is a common and very normal behavior for dogs. As with all problems, it is important to understand the reasons behind the behavior. With digging there are many motives. Dogs dig because they are bored. They dig when it is hot because they like to lie in holes [...]

How hot does C. Thomas Howell look? Ya know , “Pony Boy Curtis”. Not that everyone dosen’t know that I have or have had a crush on like the entire cast of The Outsiders at some point in my life. But damn, old men look good and I dig them. I mean seriously, the oldest person [...]

Digging out the rubbish binIts 6.45 am and I am here at my workstation, what do you think? I am super sleepy today and I am in my nerdy glasses and jeans. There is a lot of cleaning to be done today but my whole body especially my legs are aching after yesterday's leg workout. Nevertheless, all good things can only be achieve after much sacrifices, so its ok.The classroom is in a mess! SP and me d

In politics, as in life, when one is in a hole, he or she should stop digging. This advice was not heeded by John McCain's campaign today.Both the Senator and his aides sought to brush away his factually inaccurate statement that American troops in Iraq were down to pre-surge levels. In the process, they made the hole even bigger.read more | digg story

By: KEVIN J KELLEY Right-wing Christian Activists in the United States are attempting to use Senator Barack Obama’s Kenyan links to discredit him. Sen. Barrack Obama [L] & Prime Minister Raila Odinga [R] The activists, most of them conseervative Christians, claim that Mr Obama is a relative of Prime Minister Raila Odinga, whom they describe as [...]

How To Stop A Dog From Digging?By Peg Baron Perhaps you already have a loving canine companion and everything is great except one little thing - your dog’s digging behavior. I can see you nodding your head in agreement. Maybe you’d like to get a dog but the picture of a dog digging up the backyard [...]

Majority of beautiful homes and mansions is consisting of great crystal chandeliers. It is a necessary décor to make a home beautiful as it is. It is known that most of the Crystal chandeliers are a bit expensive and costs a lot, but let me tell you that the reward to it is exceptional; it [...]

I am a big believer that kids should have a Japanese/English, English/Japanese diary on the first day of English school. It is the key to breaking down the communication barrier and it motivates them to learn how to read. These girls have basically learned how to read using their dictionaries and at the same time gotten very comfortable using it.

Quite literally. For the last several weeks we have been working to get our planting done before it got really hot here, and today we finish up putting in the first round of vegetables. Biodynamic, open-pollinated, heirloom seeds from Abundant Life and Nichols nurseries are going to provide us with Artichoke, Broccoli, Brussel Sprouts, Cabbage, Carrot, Celery, Chard, Chickpea, Corn, Cucumber, Eggplant, Garlic, Greens, Leeks, Lettuce, Melon, Okra, Onion, Parsley, Peanut, Peas, Pepper, Radish, Shallots, Soybean, Spinach, Summer Squash and Tomatoes. Most have already been sprouted in a mini-greenhouse, and all of our soil prep was finished yesterday evening, finally. Still to plant are more herbs, some gourds, mushrooms and grapes and then it’s off to the nursery to get more fruit trees

“Saudi Arabia has a problem. And it’s the same one that every oil-producing nation will face someday: Its oilwells are drying up.” — Jason Simpkins by Jason Simpkins Baltimore – (TFN): The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the world’s leading petroleum exporter. Officially, it has reserves of about 260 billion barrels of [...]

This is the largest digging machine in the world. It shown here crossing a road in Germany on the way to its destination, an open air coal mine. Although at the mine the treads are unnecessary, it was cheaper to make the machine self-propelled than to try and move it with conventional hauling equipment.Here are Some facts:The machine is 95 meters high and 215 meters long (almost 2.5 football fields in length)Weight is 45,500 tons (that’s equivalent to a bumper to bumper line of jeeps 80 miles long)It took 5 years to design and manufacture at a cost of $100 millionMaximum digging speed is 10 meters per minuteCan move more than 76,000 cubic meters of coal, rock, and earth per dayScreenShots:* and We thought that Digg.com is huge place :-D... Maybe it ain't that Big ;-)

A SWINDON society is hoping to pull up trees at next month's Chelsea Flower Show.The Federation of British Bonsai Societies will have a floral marquee displaying a variety of bonsai trees and is hoping to make it big at this year's event, which runs from May 20 to May 24.Reg Bolton, of Upper Stratton, who is also chairman of the federation, will be representing the group in London. He will be looking to continue his winning streak of the past 11 years. He said: "We're going to be displaying a variety of trees from the Swindon area."We've had a stand at Chelsea for the last 11 years and have always won a medal. It is the most important show in the gardening world and it is a privilege to take part.inches to about three or four feet. "I'm hoping we'll get a medal this year as well. Last year

How To Stop A Dog From DiggingBy Susan Velez You have a great garden but what do you do when your dog keeps digging up your garden? there are not many things that are more frustrating than working hard on your garden and coming out and seeing holes everywhere from where your dog has been digging. [...]

Prosper does list jobs on their website, but it's PR washed and very blah. The recruiters seem to have more fun when they post Craigslist listings, and they leave some interesting crumbs in their wake. For example, Prosper's looking for a new Product Manager because marketing is taking over the website look and feel (which begs the question - who has it now?): The content of every single

You have gone too far to think of calling it quits. What do you think? Is it necessary to dig into your partner’s past? Every one has a past and a future. If you want to succeed in family life, i beg you to let the sleeping dogs lie. What you don’t know can’t hurt [...]

It’s not really Spring yet with well-below-freezing temperatures every night, but many folks in the North are digging their way into Spring, if not Summer. Up in deep snow country (the White Pass), the Yukon Suspension Bridge has the trenches dug into the property, now has to wait for Mother Nature to lend a hand.  At Spirit [...]

World of Warcraft - Gold Digging Practices?By: Ivan Cuxeva Jr What can gold do for you? World of Warcraft fans know that just like in real life virtual playing gold can do a lot for them, it can help them get cool objects to enhance their characters and with a little help it can also help them get the right tools to advance to different levels. It is widely known that WoW players are after gold and many realized that by offering guides they could make a quick buck, however these guides often end up telling you about things you already knew.Other guides recommend that you start your very own gold farming operation however not many people would enjoy World of Warcraft if they log into this game to "work", I mean this is a game after all, so mindless gold farming can pretty much take away the

So, behind in the popular vote, behind in the state count, and behind in the delegate vote, Hillary decides to boost her "electability" by boasting about her foreign policy experience with a story as First Lady going to Bosnia and having to run under sniper fire.Click her for the inconvenient truth.But maybe that all depends on what a "sniper" is, is.

By Adam Graham Can you turn around a lifetime of unhealthy habits while having one of America’s highest stress jobs? Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee proves that you can. Michael Landon, in an infamous episode of Highway to Heaven, confronts an overweight teenager about her decision to down a dozen donuts by herself, suggesting that if she [...]

If Darwin were alive today, he’d be 200 years old and fielding questions about how he cheated death, perhaps on the daytime talk circuit. He would've also born witness to the 'my great aunt was Irish and now I'm going to sport a fatuous plastic hat that I can later vomit into' that passes for St Patrick's Day on these shores.Observing such debauchery would leave little doubt in anyone's mind (unless you’re Mike Huckabee) that humans are basically just like other animals. One of us actually witnessed a trail of vomit that spanned the entire length of a subway car, and though we’re not gastroenterologists, judging by the puke’s fluid state, whoever did that should likely see one—or at least supplement their diet with a bit of fiber, perhaps all-bran. By archaeological accounts, hum

Now the damper weather has arrived I thought I might try digging for worms in the lawn. This is more difficult than digging for worms in the flower beds but is more rewarding as it drives the gardener berserk! The technique I use is to dig my beak into the lawn then thrust forward and up at the same time. This flings great clods of earth and turf up into the air causing unsightly scars in the once pristine lawn. I then have approximately four seconds toeat whatever I've uncovered before the gardener races from the house screaming abuse at me. Once he's returned inside the process starts all over again. Plenty of bread on the bird-table this morning, there goes the diet! Usual bun fight (pardon the pun) to get at it though. We all wait in the trees that are around the bird-table until she b

I tried to dig the bike out today. Literally, I dug away at the snow and ice. I gave up, before I damaged anything, and consoled myself with the knowledge that by Easter weekend I may be able to get back into cycling. So instead of going for a ride (which I wasn’t expecting to get [...]

Politicians say just about anything to get elected to office. Grand promises are made that are supposed to get the voters riled up and out to the polls. Then the tragedy strikes. The politician is elected. Once in office he finds that the promises he made can't be lived up to. Sometimes it's because of all the behind the scenes information that prevents it. Other times its out of the control of

We all assumed that Owen Wilson was pursuing his ex-flame Kate Hudson… until now.  Reports have surfaced that he may be courting his “Marley and Me” co-star Jennifer Aniston.  And she’s flirting back! Rumor has it that the Butterscotch Stallion and the former Mrs. Brad Pitt have been forming a...

Today I had to do some digging. Not digging in the garden, because, well, you know, I don't have one, or even a lawn for that matter. No, digging to find something in the piles of cards, letters and notes I still have from when Lou died, now 18 months ago. I found what I was looking for, but I also found so much more. I realized it is impossible to fully read and absorb the notes of sympathy that are sent after the death of a loved one. It is too hard to. And, it was too hard for quite some time, for me, anyway. The words are meant to comfort, but they are oh so hard to read, at the time. So painful. Today, I went through every card and note in that basket. Many, I did not remember having read before. Such beautiful, touching words. Such an amazing man he was, who touched so m

A few nights ago with Mads, I found myself digging in the crates for photo albums and any other old stuff that would make me laugh. I found albums from the 60’s to the 80’s, from my parents to my little sister and decided to scan my favorites. Seeing these and remembering times I have [...]

As business managers, we’re trained to provide feedback to employees, partners and customers. In our business culture, many have taken the polite way to praise others - be it regarding elements of a relationship, a product, a piece of work or even a meeting. These are beneficial skills that many of us have mastered. More: [...]

Sermon: Third Sunday of Lent, Year A The Community Church of Wilmette February 24, 2008 John 4:5-42 Digging Out There is a really deep well inside me. And in it dwells God. Sometimes I am there, too. But often stones and grit block the well, and God is buried beneath. Then God must be dug out again. – Etty HillesumThere is something about a well. It’s a rich symbol, practical and yet mysterious, frightening and yet life-giving. We dig them. We cover them. We send Jack and Jill up a hill to fetch a pail of water from a well. We fall into them. There is a well on my father’s property. Actually, there are two now. The first one dried up and Daddy had to have another one, a deeper one, dug in the back yard. Out in the country where he lives there are no water mains, no civil infrastructu

I used to be the kind of guys that walked through life and didn’t think “hey look over there Treasure in the dirt!” You know most of us don’t really look around us and see the beauty within the rock and in the woods and under the leaves. We see the fast pace of American [...]

Hillary Clinton announced on Wednesday that she would be reaching into her own fortune to keep their campaign going. Senator Clinton announced that she would be lending her campaign $5 million dollars and that figure could get larger. The Clinton campaign was able to move that money into their campaign last month but did not tell the public until after Super Tuesday. Worried what voters might think of her campaign after hearing they could not keep up with the enormous figures that Barack Obama has been able to raise, kept it a convenient secret until Wednesday. Clinton has been able to raise over $100 million dollars so far in this campaign and this move came as more than a surprise to donors. Senator Clinton said that she moved the money, "because I believe very st

For all you Digg or StumbleUpon users here's a good way of making money. Subvertandprofit is a website where you get paid to dugg or stumble websites. It is quite simple and 100% legal. You get 50 cents for each thumb up or dugg, and 10 cents for each refferal. So stop wasting time, join www.subvertandprofit.com

Today's Way Khool Site is: Best Online DocumentariesWhat an absolute Treasure Trove this site is! With SO many documentaries "to be viewed online for free", you can watch and learn stuff for years! The website is simply laid out with the menu selection beginning with Anthropology and ending with Technology/Future. And each selection offers other selections within this broad category.It's good to take a break from YouTube and stimulate the mind, don't you think?!

Just back from a press trip with the Kenyan Tourist Board. According to the Kenyan Tourist Board, things have never been so bad, not even after 09/11 when a lot of Tourists stayed away from Kenya.... Read about the whereabouts of independent Africa Correspondent Arjen Westra. travelling the continent and reporting on things he sees and hears and.... smells.

Son (S) : Why is making love so enjoyable. Father (F) : It is just like the sensation when you are digging your nose with your finger !! S : Why do women enjoy sex more than man F : It is because... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Digg.com has come up with a new Digg the Candidates page recently that lets you see what the election candidates are Digging on their profile pages. What you can quickly find is profile picture of each candidate, their recent submissions or favorites and their friends in there. I was interested to see what Hilory Clinton has [...]

This was a guest post on Prosper's new blog. When Prosper created their portfolio plans, they added a tool to help new lenders enter the marketplace. It assembles a portfolio of loans whose only objective is to track the average loan return in the specific market slices, much like index funds have done with the stock market. Want to play it conservative, you buy a S&P 500 Index. Feeling

George Knapp, an investigative reporter for KLAS-TV in Las Vegas, Nevada has been diving into the UFO enigma for nearly two decades. He senses there's a big-time story worthy of shoe leather and digging in for the facts--but are we any closer to resolving the UFO question?"No, not at all, not even close," Knapp told SPACE.com. "UFO researchers have compiled a vast treasure trove of information, including photos, videos, eyewitness statements, government documents, and physical traces from alleged landing sites, along with radar reports, and a lot more. Much of this evidence is compelling and has withstood the knee jerk, almost perfunctory, and unscientific 'explanations' that are routinely tossed out by a small but reliable cadre of diehard debunkers."After nearly 60 years of research by well-meaning but under-funded individuals and organizations, there is only one point on which all of the researchers can agree, Knapp suggested. "An elusive, unknown intelligence is operating within

"Digging out more CNN/YouTube plants: Abortion questioner is declared Edwards supporter (and a slobbering Anderson Cooper fan); Log Cabin Republican questioner is declared Obama supporter; lead toy questioner is a prominent union activist for the Edwards-endorsing United Steelworkers" Michelle Malkin » Digging out more CNN/YouTube plants: Abortion questioner is declared Edwards supporter (and a slobbering Anderson Cooper fan); Log Cabin Republican questioner is declared Obama supporter; lead toy questioner is a prominent union activist for the Edwards-endorsing United Steelworkers More and more evidence that CNN is nothing but a propaganda arm of libRATs. Republican candidates should marginalize this phony news organization by refusing to any other debates.

This nugget is from a larger piece about Jacque Jones. It recounts the death of his father and his time in Chicago. I guess they're portraying him as a survivor. Eddie Guardado hates Chicago Up yours, too, buddy. From the Detroit Free Press: A little more than one month after the Cubs were eliminated, they traded Jones to Detroit for Omar Infante, ending a tenure that was more endured than enjoyed. "When you're miserable somewhere, you're not going to perform like you can," said veteran reliever Eddie Guardado, a close friend of Jones and former Minnesota teammate. "It just wasn't him. That atmosphere wasn't him. I'm just glad he's out." I'm not sure how this little bit got attached to a piece about two black players winning individual awards, but here you have it. Sam Fuld is the next Ted Williams Do I mean hitting-wise, or decapitation-wise? From Yahoo.com: The talent level in the Arizona Fall League was down because of the players involved with Team USA. Several performan

If I'm digging myself out of debt now will a Secured Credit Card help me raise my credit score when I'm ready? What are some good companies to get a secured credit card from? I am currently paying off hospital bills and never had a credit score in my life. I'm 36yo and would like to know what it's like to have credit for once. I know credit cards are bad. I'm mature enough to handle knowing I only want one to help me raise my credit score in case I want a house or need a small loan in the future for a car, etc. Thanks for any help. The Answer : To take it another step, secured credit cards are a PERFECT way to rebuild your credit, especially if you're able to come into a significant sum of money because the major difference between regular and secured cards is that you have to put a deposit that's used as collateral to establish a credit line in the same amount. @You can also control the credit line by increasing it when you add to the deposit. This is especially useful if you

I know there's been a lot of talk (both good and bad) about Cartoon Network's upcoming Transformers Animated series. Personally, I'm really looking forward it. I loved how Teen Titans was handled, and from what I've seen, this new TF series recalls the original '80s series while retaining some of the more recent concepts from Beast Wars and the live-action movie for younger fans.Check out some clips...

I was reading through the archives since I was home yesterday still too sick to be around too many people, especially babies, at church. It always amazes me the things I remember about Caleb and Asperger Syndrome when I look through this blog. We first received the diagnosis of Aspergers back in December of 2004. It's hard to believe we've known about it for that long. The article below is from February 2005 and talks about what I considered stages a parent goes through after diagnosis. I hope you'll click over and take a look..http://www.angelfire.com/sc/anderklan/blahblahblog/index.blog/1255951/a-year-in-the-life-of-aspergers/Tags: A Year in the life of Aspergers, Asperger Syndrome, Autism Spectrum

The truth is worth digging for, even if the ground is hard and your shovel is dull. Late last night I put up a post entitled, “Craigslist Delivers Viewers In Large Numbers.” It was based on server data that I collected over a week ago and I had been staring at ever since. The numbers indicated more incoming links from Craigslist than Realtor.com and Trulia and other Web 2.0 search portals. The numbers were so cartoonishly disproportionate that they left me scratching my head and asking a lot of questions. So I decided to put the numbers up and ask the questions in public. The answers, in part, were staring me right in the face and I was just too close to the data to see them. Jeff Weir, from Tour The Triad, pointed out what is now obvious about the numbers. The way Craiglsist displays information automatically generates a referring link, because all of the information is being pulled from our servers. This is not true of Realtor.com or Trulia. They provide a good deal of in

As the fallout from MAS President Esam Omeish's resignation from Virginia's immigration commission continues, another MAS official's past actions have come back to haunt the organization. Mahdi Bray, head of MAS's "civil rights" arm, the Freedom Foundation, appeared at an October 2000 rally, marking the second Palestinian Intifada. As reported previously , Bray stood by and cheered as now-jailed Islamist leader Abdurrahman Alamoudi announced his support for the terrorist groups Hamas and Hizballah....(read more)

The body of George Gipp, the Notre Dame football player who inspired the rallying cry "Win one for the Gipper," was exhumed recently for DNA testing in his Upper Peninsula hometown. The test was sought by the Gipp family and met legal requirements, Houghton County Medical Examiner Dr. Dawn Nulf said Wednesday, although it angered some relatives who live in the area where Gipp was born and

I always feel like my life is about an inch from sinking, that I am just barely keeping my head up so that I don’t drown. I know, I know, I should have more confidence. Yet, I don’t and I never have. I say and do arrogant things but it’s really to compensate for the self-loathing that defines me internally. This school year will be the end of me. It’s definitely a test of endurance, of motivation, and of my ability to actually commit myself to doing well. I can admit that my University stint has been a fair cakewalk so far. I have managed to make make all of my lackluster attempts praiseworthy and I don’t know how. I’ve made great effort here and there, but it has largely been a game of things coming naturally for me. Not this semester, though. Fortunately, all of my efforts are paying off. Sure, I will soon have an ulcer eating up my stomach from the inside out, but at least I will have gained a sense of satisfaction for the fruits of my la

The 104th Carnival of Debt Reduction - Digging Out Edition Getting out of debt requires intense personal action on our part. Sometimes we like to try and dig our way out of debt by using a small shovel, but the best results will come when we make drastic life changing actions. Instead of a shovel, use a back hoe or a bulldozer! Be willing to make major changes, and bury that debt. My editor’s pick is an example of a bulldozer decision, freezing your credit cards! My Credit Cards are Frozen! by Lynnae @ Being Frugal Here are the rest of the debt reduction articles : Good Debt, Bad Debt: The Differences, Illustrated by Silicon Valley Blogger @ The Digerati Life How I Got Out Of Credit Card Debt by Kyle James @ Rather-Be-Shopping.com Blog What’s your tipping point? by paidtwice @ I’ve Paid For This Twice Already… I Had No Clue You Could Shift Credit Limits Around! by Tricia @ Blogging Away Debt Necessities You Can Live Without by Meredith H. Kaiser @ Saving

Akira Yoshimura - On Parole: Sadly, this is only one of his twenty books that have been translated into english. Though he focuses on Japan and Japanese culture you can still find yourself understanding and knowing the characters in his books. They are so real and vivid I found myself thinking I knew the guy in real life. This was my second time reading the book and I still found myself going nuts over the end.Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars: The experience is better live, but their mix of reggae and African music styles is up beat and positive without being overly sentimental. Whenever they sing about heavier issues they do it without any sense of feeling sorry for themselves. Even though they did form in a war torn country.Sagami: I only go there once a year for my birthday, and it never disappoints. The sushi chef's are top quality unlike a lot of the junk you get in the supermarket. They know what they are doing and know how to make a great presentation. I recommend w

In this article I hope to help you learn how to stop your dog digging. Or at least to stop him digging where you do not want him to! Like your rose garden or in the middle of the lawn. First things first, you need to find out why he is digging.The major problem here is probably boredom. Most dogs either dig because they are bored or trying to escape. As always you should set aside some time each day to play with your dog and take him for a walk. You would be pretty bored too if you spent all day locked up in the same yard day in day out.If you can, set aside a place where your dog is allowed to have a dig. A disused sandbox would be ideal or even make him a sandbox of his own. You can train him by burying his favorite ball or toy just below the surface and then letting him dig it up. Praise him for digging in his special place.If you come home from work and find a hole there is no point yelling at your dog, he will have no idea what he is in trouble for since he probably dug the hole h

Perhaps it’s a coincidence, but ever since the big switch in ad services, from Google AdSense to Microsoft, Digg.com has been giving me loads and loads of script errors just like this one (click for full size image): And this happens on any network I’m on, or any of the dozens of computers I can work [...]

There Is No MiddleThere Is Clear Division Now:Liberals, FascistsProgessives, BushtardsPick A Side And Quit TryingTo Appeal To AllHarold Ford Is WeakSo Called 'Centrists" Are UselessApathetic And TritePeople Want Bush OutLib Majority Will NotBe Denied AgainFrom This Point, There WillNever Be A Return ToRight Wing InsanityWe Simply CannotAfford To Be That StupidAgain, Lesson LearnedLet's Just Hope That It'sNot Too Late To Repair TheDamage Done By Bush VIDEO: Laura Ingraham makes more sense than Harold Ford

Take a look at this: FTTH made cheap & easy. Kabel-X touts 'Copper to Fibre without excavation'. Taking excavation (or really: replacing it with some other labour) out of the equation will "save your business up to 200,000 euros per kilometre compared to conventional digging". Besides, the copper can be sold at 20-30 $/meter and will no longer attract individuals with unhealthy intentions.

This phenomenal site took five years to build and cost over $100 million - holy crap thats a big blade.  If you look close, they had to cover the entire road in dirt, so that the machine did not completely crush it as it passed through.  How long do you think those cars will be waiting for? More pics available at this website: Digging Machine Related PostsThat’s a whole lot of calamariNew Zealand fisherman who were fishing in Antartic waters managed to snag a 990lb colossal...PC DecrapifierWe don't write a lot of tech based posts here at Tasty Booze but I came across something t...Crap MachineSomehow I found the Crap Machine today. All I can say is I wish this was my idea. Fill i...

There is a shed load of people nowadays trying to reap benefits from online social media by performing the so called social marketing which basically involves promoting content through sites like Digg. Digg has now over a million of users reading, submitting and commenting on stories. Though the percentage of submitted stories is a smaller figure compared to the dugg and commented stories it is still a big number of stories to go through. You have to find the most unique, intriguing and exclusive ( why not shocking ) story and submit it at the right time filed under the right category. Otherwise you might be submitting stories that will never get noticed though they seem interesting to you. This mechanism and the expansion of the social media sites and Digg in particular has made a lot of people want to cheat or game the system so that they take their piece of the traffic cake. It has always been bothering me how the same users make it to the front page every single day. Some say they

Devon Energy Corp. is making a $100 million bet on a potential oil bounty this week, drilling an exploration well 33,000 feet below the seabed in some of the Gulf of Mexico's deepest waters. That's a lot to lose when the chance of success hovers around 30 percent, said Tony Vaughn, vice president and general manager of the Oklahoma City-based company's Gulf division. But potential from discoveries near Devon's Chuck field about 240 miles southwest of New Orleans, most notably Chevron Corp.'s Jack field, makes it worthwhile. "We still think there's about a 65 percent chance of this being a dry hole or a failure, but you're still willing to take quite a bit of risk when you're a step away from other wells that have been successful," Vaughn said.Devon Energy wagers $100 million on repeating Chevron's success drilling in the rockbed miles beneath Gulf waters Sharing the risk with Devon are its minority partners, ConocoPhillips and Exxon Mobil. Last year, Chevron illustrated the po

hua hin, thailand. hua hin is a pretty, rather up-market beach resort some 200 km south west of bangkok. on week-ends the beach can get quite crowded with bangkok's jet set and the town sees its busiest days during the annual hua hin jazz festival in june when accommodation prices triple. at low tide thousands of crabs appear on the beach, digging their holes and leaving behind all these little sand balls.

MediaCamp BUCKS 07An un-conference digging on games, blogging, casting and new-media for anyone wishing to get involvedWhat is MediaCamp BUCKS 07?It's an UnConference with a strong educational flavour for gamers, bloggers, casts, and new media professionals & amateurs for one day to share, explore, challenge, and grow our abilities in new media. Learn about audio and video podcasting, blogging, photography, Second Life, Twitter, and all kinds of other new and social media tools. Whether you're a veteran or interested in getting started, MediaCamp is for YOU.When?Friday 19 Evening - Social get together in local venueSaturday 20 October 07 (entry on upcoming.org - useful for calendar reminders: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/190813/)Where?Buckinghamshire Chilterns University, England, UKBCUC websiteBCUC had 9,000 students on part-time and full-time courses in 2005/6 – including 4,246 who are studying for undergraduate degrees. A potentially rich hot-bed of new future rockstars eager

Okay, I'm done slacking off. I promised you a part 2 to the Your Dog is Not Out to Get You post from over a week ago. This time we'll talk about destructive behaviors, like digging and chewing. I could...

Remember the guy, the guy who fumble the can’t miss field goal that would have propelled the Dallas Cowboys to the second round of the playoffs for the first time in years.  We let me remind you: Well, looks like he is slowly crawling out of the hole of obscurity.  First they took his butterfingers off of the holding duties.  Then we get news that he’s dating Carrie Underwood(She’s pretty hot).  And now we hear that he’s been invited to be a judge of the Miss Universe contest. If that’s not helping to pad the wounds of last season, I don’t know will.But Tony, you’re banging a hot chick and I am sure that you will be tapping a little ass at the contest too.  But I gotta do it to ya.  The video of you taking the hearts of cowboy fans young and old and dumping it in a sand filled box. Oh yes, Tony Romo Loses It. Oh so sad, so cold.  *Grins  Share This

Digging a little deeper...into The Secret.In working on the previous posts I've discovered an extraordinary new intellect...deeply influenced by the transpersonal and integral psychology of Ken Wilbur..."Julian Walker is a respected yoga teacher known for his integrally-informed approach to transformation, healing, bodywork, psychotherapy, and spirituality. He also maintains an active blog on Zaadz.com, and some of his recent posts regarding the pop-spiritual phenomenon known as “The Secret” caught our attention. Although clearly not alone in expressing concerns about The Secret, we found Julian’s views to be remarkably comprehensive, precisely because it's based in large measure on an explicitly integral framework."21st Century Spirituality: Intention and Depth - Julian WalkerI sincerely hope I am am not stepping over the line in quoting too much of Mr. Walker from his blog at Exploring “The Secret.” Part 1. The Tricky Business of Creating Your Own Reality...if so somebody

If you are a great web 2.0 generation fan and have a great liking for web 2.0 social bookmarking services such as Digg Del.icio.us Technorati etc then you must also be a fan of various tools that enhance your social bookmarking experience. Digg users would certainly be aware that Digg recently announced the development of the Digg API which is now publicly available at Digg Services. The API will help developers interact with Digg in a web environment. Alex Bosworth, a loyal and innovative Digg user and developer has created this little tool online using the Digg API which tells you about who are you digging and who else has been digging you? The online Digg Whois Tool can be accessed here. All you have to enter is the username of a Digg user and it will tell you the Digg submissions of that user along with the users that have been Digging the submissions of that user. Indeed a very great online tool and as far as I can assume the first script ever to use the Digg API since its launc

A man began to sink a well, but having dug he could not find the least trace of water, so he selected another place. There he dug deeper, but even then he could not find any water. So again he selected another spot and dug, but it was also of no avail. At last in utter disgust he gave up the task altogether. Without shifting the site from place to place, he would surely have been successful.

Maybe it is because I'm tired, or maybe (and more probably) it is a testament to its greatness, but I am having a hard time pinpointing exactly what it is about Ice Station that makes it so great. Ice Station is the latest from a Chicago band called The Race. The band is vocalist/guitarist Craig Klein who (on Ice Station) had help from Joshua Eustis of Telefon Tel Aviv, Kevin Duneman (who has played with L'altra, Telefon Tel Aviv, Early Day Miners, and Ativin), and others. Ice Station is (loosely) a musical journey from Odessa to China and back again. It is a primitive futuristic Siberia with melodies that will stick in your head for days. Its a place that is populated by both buzzing guitars and vintage drum machines. A world whose inhabitants have (for centuries) sung songs of love and longing. Sounding like a combination of The Firebird Band, Joy Division, and The Arcade Fire, Ice Station will appeal to anyone and everyone that likes music. It will be released May 15th on the awes

As I’ve taken out the DIGG button on my blog post since I think it doesn’t serve the purpose for me at the time being, I would like to share another creative money making channel called ‘Subvert and Profit‘ which first caught my attention over at Gadgetizer and recently featured by my friend TJ on [...]

If Rosie O'Donnell would zip it and instead use her ill-gotten soap box to ask questions that are not based on idiotic, paranoid delusions and stupid rants about a conspiracy for everything under the sun, she might want to watch this clip, if she hasn't seen it already. This might be old news to some, but fellow bloggers have been buzzing again about this clip that is six years old. Probably like many of you, I was unaware of this particular precursor to 9/11 that appears to predict the 9-11 attacks on the World Trade Centers on Sept. 11, 2001.The Lone Gunman, a X-Files spin-off TV series, aired a pilot show on FOX on March 4, 2001. The theme of the pilot was based on a story of 747's being hijacked to be used as flying bombs to attack the World Trade Center, eerily similar to the attacks that took place six months later.This video is a clip from the pilot itself.WARNING: Anyone affected by what happened on that day may not want to watch this not because it contains inappropriate ma

Just 7? Come on Whiskey, why only seven? Where's the fun in that? Considering all the music I listen to in a given day I am not sure I can pick just 7 for just right now. Sigh, ok, I'll try my best. The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God - Seriously, is there any real suprise why I'd pick this song? I'd been playing Pogues music all the time the past few weeks and usually this one'd be on the top of the list. Though it sounds negative, I think there is a deeper metaphor than God and me falling from grace. Considering the brilliant poetic mind of Shane Macgowan I don't think I'll ever truly get it.Christ Tomlin - Amazing Love - Probably one of my favorite praise and worship songs. It was Chris Tomlin wasn't it? It's hard to tell sometimes since a bunch of these guys sound alike. Anyway, one of the most moving and original worship songs out there.The Hooligans - Black Thorn Stick Set - One of my other favorite bands. They put on a great show and this is one

Most people that I know do not know how my mother died.A lot of people that I know do not even know that my parents are dead.Whenever anyone asks, I usually just kind of skirt the question, or say something about how we don't get along.I don't really know why this is. I guess it is because I don't want their pity, or to hear the ever present "I'm so sorry." I don't want to see the look they would give me if I told them that my father died of a heart attack when I was seven, and that my mother killed herself when I was sixteen.She had left me and my little sister at home one day to go to work, and never came home that night. Or the next. Or the next. Apparently, she was done with us, and decided to stay at a boyfriend's house in the town that she worked at, rather than come home to her kids. Two months went by. I heard from her once, when she called to say she was coming by to pick something up. (I was living with my grandmother by now, and my little sister was living with my aunt

News:09-03-2007:neo shred lesson27-04-2006:lesson: Free Guitar Lesson from Shred Academylesson: harmonic minor pedal tones Background:Dean Cascione started playing guitar at the age of 10. Dean plays rock, blues, classical and neoclassical guitar. Some of his influences inlcudeJoe Stump, Michael Angelo Batio, Yngwie Malmsteen, Jimi Hendrix and Randy Rhoades. Dean is also an expert luthier who has mastered the art of handcrafting fine scalloped neck guitars in which he plays exclusively. Check out http://www.dccustomguitars.com and this awesome double neck Dean’s recent projects include his solo Neoclassical debut release (March 07 – Guitar Chop Shop), Shred Academy Instructional DVD (coming soon), and various studio session work. Dean is also the guitarist for the New Age Techno Metal Band TRANCETEK. For more details, check out his Shred Academy web bio. Also check out the videos:An afternoon with Joe Stump (wmv), barroco (mpg) and Rat Race (mpg)

Son (S) : Why is making love so enjoyable. Father (F) : It is just like the sensation when you are digging your nose with your finger !! S : Why do women enjoy sex more than man F : It is because when you dig your nose, your nose feels more comfort than your finger. S: Why do women hate it when they get raped . F: It is like when you

CBS is reporting that a third of American people feel that the government was behind 9/11. The past few weeks there have been mumblings of conspiracy, but is the thought gaining ground? Seems so. Just a few days ago, here is what CBS had to say: According to a July poll conducted by Scripps News Service, one-third of Americans think the government either carried out the 9/11 attacks or intentionally allowed them to happen in order to provide a pretext for war in the Middle East. The Internet has had a monumental impact spiking the interest in the truth of 9/11. The article goes on to describe the stirrings that started it: The Truth Movement's recent growth can be largely attributed to the Internet-distributed documentary "Loose Change." A low-budget film produced by two 20-somethings that purports to debunk the official story of 9/11, it's been viewed over the Internet millions of times. The recent interest in the topic has peaked in the past few weeks as blogger on all sides ha

Nothing in my life shocked me to my core as much as the morning of September 11, 2001. NYC's twin towers crashing down broke the hearts of a nation. And nothing wells up as much emotion and heartbreak as that day America wept... except when I hear mumblings suspecting fowl play. The humdrum of conspiracy theories surrounding 9/11 has died down, or so I thought. When I hear people or blogger (well, they are people too) talk of 9/11 as a conspiracy, as one big sheet pulled over everybody's eyes, I shudder. Can this be so? Who could have done it? President Bush? The media? Most people keenly believe that since Nixon went down for his woolly conspiracy, it must be impossible to pull of another. Should we live in such confidence? Since the days of Lyndon Johnson and Lady Bird we have known that war makes money and stimulates the economy. The government and the media are supposed to keep each other in check. It sends chills straight through my body to think of them teaming up and spinning

Have you gotten yourself involved in some online marketing business opportunity? What did you get? Did you experience more of headaches and depression rather than glories? If so, do not worry as you are not the only one to have gotten into this kind of mess. Nearly a lot of individuals who’ve engaged themselves to [...]

There was a knock on my door yesterday. I opened the door to find S standing there, with my walk completely shoveled behind her. She asked me if I wanted to go grab coffee. The coffee shop in the neighborhood was open. I said sure, and asked if she had shoveled my walk. She grinned and said that she had to or she couldn't get to me to drag me out for coffee. I took a break from my work,