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Ambiguity is one way in which the meanings of words and phrases can be unclear, but there is another way, which is different from ambiguity: vagueness. One example of a vague concept is the concept of a heap. Two or three grains of sand is not a heap, but a thousand is. How many grains of sand does it take to make a heap? There is no clear line. (See the paradox of the heap.)
Vagueness is a linguistic and philosophical term. To say that a concept is vague is to say that there may be cases in which there is no clear fact of the matter whether the concept applies or not.
Vagueness is important philosophically. Suppose we want to come up with a definition of "right" in the moral sense. We want a definition to cover actions that are clearly right and exclude actions that are clearly wrong, but what do we do with the borderline cases? Surely there are such cases. Some philosophers say we should try to come up with a definition that is itself unclear on just those cases. Others say that we have an interest in making our definitions more precise than ordinary language, or our ordinary concepts, themselves allow; they recommend we advance precising definitions.
Vagueness is also a problem which arises in law, and in some cases judges have to arbitrate regarding whether a borderline case does, or does not, satisfy a given vague concept. Examples include disability (how much loss of vision is required before one is legally blind?), human life (at what point from conception to birth is one a legal human being, protected for instance by laws against murder?), adulthood (most familiarly reflected in legal ages for driving, drinking, voting, consensual sex, etc.), race (how to classify someone of mixed racial heritage), etc. Even such apparently unambiguous concepts such as gender can be subject to vagueness problems, not just from transsexuals' gender transitions but also from certain genetic conditions which can give an individual both male and female biological traits (see intersexual).
Many scientific concepts are of necessity vague, for instance species in biology cannot be precisely defined, owing to unclear cases such as ring species. Nonetheless, the concept of species can be clearly applied in the vast majority of cases. As this example illustrates, to say that a definition is "vague" is not necessarily a criticism.
Consider those animals in Alaska that are the result of breeding Huskies and wolves: are they dogs? It is not clear: they are borderline cases of dogs. This means our ordinary concept of doghood is not clear enough to let us rule conclusively in this case.
The philosophical question of what the best theoretical treatment of vagueness is - which is closely related to the problem of the paradox of the heap - has been the subject of much philosophical debate.
Fuzzy logic
One theoretical approach is that of fuzzy logic, developed by American mathematician Lotfi Zadeh. Fuzzy logic proposes a gradual transition between "perfect falsity", for example, the statement "Bill Clinton is bald", to "perfect truth", for, say, "Patrick Stewart is bald". In ordinary logics, there are only two truth-values: "true" and "false". The fuzzy perspective differs by introducing an infinite number of truth-values along a spectrum between perfect truth and perfect falsity. Perfect truth may be represented by "1", and perfect falsity by "0". Borderline cases are thought of as having a "truth-value" anywhere between 0 and 1 (for example, 0.6). Advocates of the fuzzy logic approach have included K. F. Machina (1976) and Dorothy Edgington (1997).
Another theoretical approach is known as "supervaluationism". This approach has been defended by Kit Fine and Rosanna Keefe. Fine argues that borderline applications of vague predicates are neither true nor false, but rather are instances of "truth value gaps". He defends an interesting and sophisticated system of vague semantics, based on the notion that a vague predicate might be "made precise" in many alternative ways. This system has the consequence that borderline cases of vague terms yield statements that are neither true, nor false.
Given a supervaluationist semantics, one can define the predicate 'supertrue' as meaning "true on all precisifications". This predicate will not change the semantics of atomic statements (e.g. 'Frank is bald', where Frank is a borderline case of baldness), but does have consequences for logically complex statements. In particular, the tautologies of sentential logic, such as 'Frank is bald or Frank is not bald)', will turn out to be supertrue, since on any precisification of baldness, either 'Frank is bald' or 'Frank is not bald' will be true. Since the presence of borderline cases seems to threaten principles like this one (excluded middle), the fact that supervaluationism can "rescue" them is seen as a virtue.
The epistemic view
A third approach, known as the "epistemic view", has recently been defended by Timothy Williamson (1994) and R. A. Sorensen (1988) and (2001). They maintain that vague predicates do, in fact, draw sharp boundaries, but that we just do not know where these boundaries lie. Our confusion about whether some vague word does or does not apply in a borderline case is explained as being due to our ignorance. For example, on the epistemic view, there is a fact of the matter, for every person, about whether that person is old, or not old. It is just that we may sometimes be ignorant of this fact. The epistemic view, though initially counter-intuitive, has been defended with some interesting and forceful philosophical arguments.
Vagueness as a property of objects
One possibility is that our words and concepts are perfectly precise, but that objects themselves are vague. Consider Peter Unger's example of a cloud (from his famous 1980 paper, "The Problem of the Many") : it's not clear where the boundary of a cloud lies; for any given bit of water vapor, we can ask whether it's part of the cloud or not, and for many such bits, we won't know how to answer. So perhaps our term 'cloud' denotes a vague object precisely. This strategy has been poorly received, in part due to Gareth Evans's short paper "Can There Be Vague Objects?" (1978). Evans's argument appears to show that there can be no vague identities (e.g. "Princeton = Princeton Borough"), but as Lewis (1988) makes clear, Evans takes for granted that there are in fact vague identities, and that any proof to the contrary cannot be right. Since the proof Evans produces relies on the assumption that terms precisely denote vague objects, the implication is that the assumption is false, and so the vague-objects view is wrong.
Still by, for instance, proposing alternative deduction rules involving Leibniz law or other rules for validity some philosophers are willing to defend vagueness as some kind of metaphysical phenomenon. We have, for example, Peter van Inwagen (1990), Trenton Merricks and Terence Parsons (2000).
Legal principle
In the common law system, vagueness is a possible legal defence against by-laws and other regulations. The legal principle is that delegated power cannot be used more broadly than the delegator intended. Therefore, a regulation may not be so vague as to regulate areas beyond what the law allows. Any such regulation would be "void for vagueness" and unenforceable. This principle is sometimes used to strike down municipal by-laws that forbid "explicit" or "objectionable" contents from being sold in a certain city; courts often find such expressions to be too vague, giving municipal inspectors discretion beyond what the law allows. See Vagueness doctrine.
See also
• Edgington, D. 1997. "Vagueness by degrees", in Keefe & Smith eds. (1999), pp. 294-316.
• Keefe, R. & Smith, P., eds. 1997. Vagueness: A Reader. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press
The editors' long introduction gives a clear and very useful overview of theories of vagueness, and they collect many classic papers on the subject.
• Keefe, R. 2000. Vagueness. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
• Machina, K.F. 1976. "Truth, belief and vagueness", in Journal of Philosophical Logic Vol. 5. pp. 47-78
• Parsons, Terence. 2000. Indeterminate Identity - Metaphysics and Semantics Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• Sorensen, R.A. 1988. Blindspots. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• Sorensen, Roy. 2001. Vagueness and Contradiction, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Van Inwagen, Peter. 1990 Material Beings. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
• Williamson, T. 1994. Vagueness London: Routledge. The history of the problem of vagueness is traced, from the first Sorites Paradox to contemporary attempts to deal with higher-order vagueness such as many-valued logic, supervaluationism, and fuzzy logic. Technicalities are kept to a minimum to favour a clear account, extremely useful to both students and researchers.
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February 10, 2013
U.S. Rep. Lois Capps is shown during a debate with 24th District challenger Abel Maldonado at The Tribune in September 2012.
LAURA DICKINSON — Special to The Tribune
As the new session of Congress gets under way, there are many pressing issues facing our country, ranging from creating jobs to improving education.
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, however, new light is being shed on one issue of particular importance for the Central Coast: preparing for the numerous impacts of climate change. Sandy’s devastation is a scary foreshadowing of what could happen with increased frequency down the road if our communities and infrastructure are not prepared for extreme weather, sea level rise and higher temperatures.
The urgency of this problem was highlighted by the first draft of the 2013 National Climate Assessment released in January. This report lays out — in no uncertain terms — the realities of climate change and its widespread impacts on everything from our coastlines to drinking water systems to family farms.
In a nutshell, we need to prepare, and we need to start now. That’s why it is so important that we work together — in a bipartisan manner — to address these challenges and help local communities implement comprehensive mitigation and adaptation strategies.
Additionally, investing in mitigation efforts now will reduce the cost both in dollars and in lives of recovering from future storms and extreme weather.
Our nation’s coastlines are especially vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, where rising sea levels, greater erosion, higher tides and storm surges could impact everything from our transit systems to our drinking water.
In our own backyard, the Pismo Beach seawall has been designed specifically to prevent bluff-top erosion from causing a sewer lift station to fall into the ocean.
Indeed, many communities will face similar challenges in the years ahead and must have the flexibility to respond in a manner that works best for them. Yet, given the high upfront cost and the broad public benefit of successful mitigation efforts, the federal government has an important role to play.
It’s why I have introduced the Coastal State Climate Change Planning Act, which would help coastal states get ready for future impacts of climate change. Whether it’s preparing for extreme weather events such as Hurricane Sandy, or gradual sea-level rise and erosion, it’s imperative that our infrastructure can handle it.
Of course, widespread impacts of climate change will affect people and communities in every state, not just those right on the coast.
In the decades ahead, severe droughts, melting snowpack, more frequent heavy rains and rising sea levels will create significant water quality and quantity challenges for our nation’s water and wastewater systems. The Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies and the National Association of Clean Water Agencies estimates that adapting to these challenges will require an additional $1 trillion in investment through 2050.
To address that need, I have introduced the Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act, which would help local water agencies upgrade their water systems.
For example, utilities could use the funding to rebuild or relocate water infrastructure, develop new water supplies, increase water efficiency or study and identify future scenarios to prepare for.
Finally, these changing weather patterns will have a significant impact on agriculture and our economy. California is the most productive agricultural region in the world, contributing $39 billion per year to the economy and supporting more than 1 million jobs. California also ranks first nationwide in exports for “specialty crops” such as tree nuts, fruits and vegetables, and second in dairy production.
Agriculture is a billion-dollar industry in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties alone and is a mainstay of the Central Coast economy and way of life.
But this bounty is threatened by potential climate-related impacts, including more limited water supplies, higher temperatures, changes in pollinator life cycles and increased prevalence of pests. These will pose tremendous challenges for our farmers on the Central Coast.
Recognizing this, California Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross established a new consortium of growers, educators and technical experts to study and make recommendations on climate change adaptation strategies.
As Congress renews consideration of the Farm Bill this year, I will renew my efforts to ensure that it includes measures to help our farm communities prepare for these climate-related changes.
While climate change presents us with tremendous challenges, it also provides us unique opportunities. Improving our infrastructure will create jobs and grow our economy in the short term, but it will also make our communities safer and our entire economy stronger in the long term.
These challenges are very real, but not insurmountable, and we can’t afford to ignore them any longer.
Congresswoman Lois Capps, D-Santa Barbara, represents the 24th District.
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An important contributor to the demise of the dinosaurs, experts say, could have been the rise and evolution of insects, especially the slow-but-overwhelming threat posed by new disease carriers. And the evidence for this emerging threat has been captured in almost lifelike-detail -- many types of insects preserved in amber that date to the time when dinosaurs disappeared.
"There are serious problems with the sudden impact theories of dinosaur extinction, not the least of which is that dinosaurs declined and disappeared over a period of hundreds of thousands, or even millions of years," said George Poinar Jr., a courtesy professor of zoology at Oregon State University. "That time frame is just not consistent with the effects of an asteroid impact. But competition with insects, emerging new diseases and the spread of flowering plants over very long periods of time is perfectly compatible with everything we know about dinosaur extinction."
This concept is outlined in detail in "What Bugged the Dinosaurs? Insects, Disease and Death in the Cretaceous," a book by George and Roberta Poinar, just published by Princeton University Press.
In it, the authors argue that insects provide a plausible and effective explanation for the slow, inexorable decline and eventual extinction of dinosaurs over many thousands of years. This period is known as the famous "K-T Boundary," or the line between the Cretaceous and Tertiary Period about 65 million years ago. There is evidence that some catastrophic events, such as a major asteroid or lava flows, also occurred at this time -- but these provide no complete explanation for the gradual decline of dinosaur populations, and even how some dinosaurs survived for thousands of years after the K-T Boundary.
"We don't suggest that the appearance of biting insects and the spread of disease are the only things that relate to dinosaur extinction," Poinar said. "Other geologic and catastrophic events certainly played a role. But by themselves, such events do not explain a process that in reality took a very, very long time, perhaps millions of years. Insects and diseases do provide that explanation."
Poinar and his wife, Roberta, have spent much of their careers studying the plant and animal life forms found preserved in amber, using them to re-create the biological ecosystems that were in place millions of years ago. They are also authors of "The Amber Forest: A Reconstruction of a Vanished World."
As a semi-precious gem that first begins to form as sap oozing from a tree, amber has the unique ability to trap very small animals or other materials and -- as a natural embalming agent -- display them in nearly perfect, three-dimensional form millions of years later. This phenomenon has been invaluable in scientific and ecological research, and among other things, formed the scientific premise for the movie Jurassic Park, for the "dinosaur DNA" found in mosquitoes.
"During the late Cretaceous Period, the associations between insects, microbes and disease transmission were just emerging," Poinar said. "We found in the gut of one biting insect, preserved in amber from that era, the pathogen that causes leishmania -- a serious disease still today, one that can infect both reptiles and humans. In another biting insect, we discovered organisms that cause malaria, a type that infects birds and lizards today.
"Smaller and separated populations of dinosaurs could have been repeatedly wiped out, just like when bird malaria was introduced into Hawaii, it killed off many of the honeycreepers," Poinar said. "After many millions of years of evolution, mammals, birds and reptiles have evolved some resistance to these diseases. But back in the Cretaceous, these diseases were new and invasive, and vertebrates had little or no natural or acquired immunity to them. Massive outbreaks causing death and localized extinctions would have occurred."
"Insects have exerted a tremendous impact on the entire ecology of the Earth, certainly shaping the evolution and causing the extinction of terrestrial organisms," the authors wrote in their book. "The largest of the land animals, the dinosaurs, would have been locked in a life-or-death struggle with them for survival."
The confluence of new insect-spread diseases, loss of traditional food sources, and competition for plants by insect pests could all have provided a lingering, debilitating condition that dinosaurs were ultimately unable to overcome, the researchers say. And these concerns -- which might have pressured the dinosaurs for thousands of years -- may have finished the job, along with the changing environment, meteor impacts and massive lava flows.
"We can't say for certain that insects are the smoking gun, but we believe they were an extremely significant force in the decline of the dinosaurs," Poinar said. "Our research with amber shows that there were evolving, disease-carrying vectors in the Cretaceous, and that at least some of the pathogens they carried infected reptiles. This clearly fills in some gaps regarding dinosaur extinctions."
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How Yahoo! Missed the Boat
Yahoo!’s first mistake was their failure to buy Google. They had offered a whopping $3 billion in the summer of 2002 but Google refused to be bought at that price. They were actually thought to be worth $5 billion at the time but Semel refused to pay that much. That valuation pales in comparison to their current valuation of $147 billion. The article goes on to highlight the failures that followed including the length of time it took Yahoo! to revamp the antiquated Overture system so that it could compete with Google AdWords.
Vogelstein seems to place the majority of the blame for Yahoo!’s failures on Semel himself pointing out that he never acquired an intuitive sense of the company’s plumbing. “He understands how to do deals and partnerships, he gets how to market Yahoo’s brand, and he knows how to tap Yahoo’s giant user base to sell brand advertising to corporations, but failed in the challenges of integrating two giant computer systems, redesigning a database or redoing a user interface,” Vogelstein writes obviously referring to integrating Overture into Yahoo!
It is a lengthy article but an excellent read. Check it out at Wired News.
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• Haee and the other middlings are fictional characters created by R.S.Vern. Each character takes on very human traits, carrying dreams and hopes of everyday working man. Just as ordinary human beings, the characters portrayed are never perfect, displaying insecurities and imperfections in their own ways. However imperfect life can be, the characters find ways to compensate for their own insecurities. Through the world of middlings, R.S.Vern creates a series of 3 graphic novels targeting at children and adults. Children see it as a quirky picture book, adventuring the world through the eyes of a cat. Adults see common traits of themselves in these fictional characters. R.S.Vern aims to throw thought provoking concepts on life to her readers. At the end of it, she believes it is not the end that matters, but the journey itself.
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When the Devil is too busy
And Death's a bit too much
They call on me by name you see
For my special touch
To the gentlemen I'm Miss Fortune
To the ladies, I'm Sir Prize
But call me by any name
Any way it's all the same
I'm the fly in your soup
I'm the pebble in your shoe
I'm the pea beneath your bed
I'm a bump on every head
I'm the peel on which you slip
I'm a pin in every hip
I'm the thorn in your side
Makes you wriggle and writhe
And it's so easy when you're evil
This is the life, you see
The Devil tips his hat to me
I do it all because I'm evil
And I do it all for free
Your tears are all the pay I'll ever need
While there's children to make sad
While there's candy to be had
While there's pockets left to pick
While there's grannies left to trip down the stairs
I'll be there, I'll be waitin' round the corner
It's a game, I'm glad I'm in it
'Cause there's one born every minute
And it's so easy when you're evil
This is the life, you see
The Devil tips his hat to me
I do it all because I'm evil
And I do it all for free
Your tears are all the pay I'll ever need
I pledge my allegiance to all things dark
And I promise on my damned soul
To do as I am told, Lord Beelzebub
Has never seen a soldier quite like me
Not only does his job, but does it happily
I'm the fear that keeps you waked
I'm the shadows on the wall
I'm the monsters they become
I'm the nightmare in your skull
I'm a dagger in your back
And extra turn upon the rack
I'm the quivering of your heart
A stabbing pain, a sudden start
And it's so easy when you're evil
This is the life, you see
The Devil tips his hat to me
I do it all because I'm evil
And I do it all for free
Your tears are all the pay I'll ever need
And I do it all for free
Your tears are all the pay I'll ever need
And I do it all for free
Your tears are all the pay I'll ever need
It gets so lonely being evil
What I'd do to see a smile
Even for a little while
And no-one loves you when you're evil...
I'm lying through my teeth!
Your tears are all the company I need!
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Awesome song | Reviewer: The Devil Herself | 8/9/13
Its nothing to do with the princess and the pea, its just voltaire singing about bad luck and how the pea was a pain in the ass for the princess. I totally love all of voltaires songs so much, he's so inspiring for artists because he sings a bit of everything, from ballads, to flamenco to more serious songs. And he has pointy ears. Take that.
pea beneath your bed | Reviewer: Anonymous | 4/20/13
this is from the story of the princess and the pea about a girl that was so spoiled and pampered she couldn't sleep on her bed of 10 mattresses because of a pea that had been placed under the bottom one - the last line of the verse explains the purpose to make you wriggle and writhe - to make you uncomfortable
Great | Reviewer: Meeee!!!! | 4/5/13
Am I sadistic if I see my face in evry part of the song, I get it now becouse I used to hear DEMON in ur bed...which made me wonder as that is rater siver due to the previous and following statement(s); howevery I still don't understand how a pea benith someone's bed is evil, plus on other lyrics it pea benith ur bread-I would just like a quick discription of what it is,not an argument, and why Voltaire has chosen the lyrics I have descused here. Thank you, veeee~
Cool | Reviewer: You will never know | 3/4/13
I love this song
Before I knew the exact lyrics, I thought
* I'm the pea beneath your bed*
* I'm the demon beneath your bed*
Because that was the way I heard it.
I think how I heard it makes more since
But otherwise, great song
Mosy Awesome Song Ever | Reviewer: Mangagirl | 9/22/12
I find this to be the most amazing song ever i play it over and over in my head and I love all the lyrics to it. It's very catchy and amkes evevryone who hears it want to be evil in a funny way. :D
Voltaire, The Best at being the Greatest | Reviewer: TimToborne | 9/13/12
Voltaire is a truly amazing artist, and i love his songs, i take no deep meaning, as im Morman/Christian not a satanist, he's just the best at making songs that reflect my understanding of the majority of the human race, yes, i belive most of humanity is terrible. but, you are all fuss over a simple song, keep any hating comments to yourself, ignore all peoples posts, and realize that Voltaire is the best at being the greatest.
Yeah,i made a lond post, u mad bro?
Amazing | Reviewer: Anonymous | 4/19/12
This is a great song, it's funny and also a complete and utter LIE to all you people who think that these lyrics are true don't be so stupid-I mean taking sweets from children might be done but tripping old people down the stairs would be classed as ASSAULT which is illegal-he based the song on cliches and normal villain behaviour in FICTION. That out of the way the song is brilliant and funny as well as being catchy. So is it relevant? you do not have to be deranged to understand this song, you have to not be deranged because if a deranged person listened to this they would probably start doing all those things-if you just put that comment to pretend to be cool (which you probably did)it didn't work.
Excellent | Reviewer: H.R. | 2/9/12
Love the song so much. It's dark, catchy, and intelligent. While it seems to be encouraging evil it also depicts evil as being so petty, it can't even spare a child's candy. Not safe, mind you ("an extra turn upon the rack"), but petty.
Certain members of the mainstream clergy *cough* really enjoy the joke.
The rhythm and rhyme scheme is also impressive.
YYYAAAYYY | Reviewer: Anonymous | 12/1/11
Voltaire is the best songwriter ever, for his songs are awesome, im no satanist, but, hell, best song ever, keep on going voltaire, you'll beat all the competition (not like you have competition anyway)just be awesome voltaire, be awesome all the time.
Satan fears me. | Reviewer: Anonymous | 10/8/11
Love this song. My biddoes and I "tip hats" to each other when we pass. We'll occasionally sing it in public. And it's badass. Sure, it's a little cliche, but he is the source of all your suffering. I always start singing this whenever someone gets pissed at me. You can complain about the song if you like, but refer to the lyrics above to see what I won't do to you.
eehhh | Reviewer: Mark | 9/12/11
In my own opinion, VOLTAIRE IS AMAZING!!!! now im not a satanist or atheist, i am a devoted christian how ever i do have my evil tendencies and Voltaire is the number one person i look to for the guidence on that haha, how ever i have seen his interviews and biography and i have to disagree with people saying her is actually evil or anything like that, he is a very nice guy so he is a good role model out side of his form, in my own opinion, that being said like it has been state so many times before i will be singing this song everywhere because it is stuck eternally in my head
It's a good song! | Reviewer: Anonymous | 8/6/11
No matter what people say, I love Voltaire and its works, and I'm not a Satanist. The songs are really good if you're trying to get yourself into an edgy badass mindframe. For example, if you're writing a book, or acting as a villian, you would want to have these on your MP3. And Voltaire is just fun to listen to.
A Hint of Irony | Reviewer: Llealynarisia | 8/6/11
"Quite a shallow song"
I'd have to disagree with you there. Listening to the overall tone of the song, such as the quick rhythm of the background music and the rather upbeat way he sings it, suggests more to me that he is poking fun at the various villain cliches than actually playing anything straight.
For example, in the third stanza:
"While there's children to make sad
While there's candy to be had
while there's pockets left to pick
While there's grannies left to trip down the stairs"
These are all things overly-cliche stereotypical villains would do in their spare time when they're not planning city/country/world domination or getting their butts handed to them by the heroes.
With that said, I know I'm going to have a hard time not randomly starting to sing this in public when I get the words memorized. It's too darn catchy. XD
Quite a shallow song | Reviewer: Anonymous | 3/1/11
I have to admit that the idea of the cult of evil has become overrated. All the things that have been said in this song are being repeated over and over again. The idea of playfulness, the same metaphors used thousands and thousands of times. It is a copy of so many works done since the 19th century ... Baudelaire and his Flowers of Evil are more interesting in the genre ...
Oh, Ha Ha. | Reviewer: Really, People? | 9/1/10
I am so bored today, that I just went through all those pages, and read every comment.
I know how to stop ALL of that mess.
Leave your opinion on the SONG, and stop replying to people! Just state what you think about the song, ignore the comments below, and LEAVE. THAT SIMPLE! YAY! PROBLEM SOLVED!
Just wanted to end that loop. (Now if people will only listen. DON'T REPLY TO MY COMMENT, OKAY? GOOD.)
So, To what I must honestly say-
I love Voltaire, and all of their music. I always listen to Voltaire's songs when writing. It seems to make me a little more imaginative, and deeper in my books. They always seem to give me great inspiration to create my villains more like . . . Corrupt people, who can be sophisticated. Not quite INSANE . . . (With the exception of one of my books being based on a Schizophrenic.). . . Rather just corrupt people that are more so power-hungry, or a mix of things like greedy, sadistic, old, and rather secretive. Doubling as a normal person, yet liable to snap.
Of course, most of my inspiration comes from other Voltaire songs too, but this is my overall FAVORITE. Kudos to Voltaire, for making such inspiring music~!
Of course, to each his own. You don't like my opinion and rambling? Then ignore.
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Maya Antiquity Through the Eyes of Frederick Catherwood
Plate 11, Gateway of the Great Teocallis, Uxmal
Plate 11, Gateway of the Great Teocallis, Uxmal
Plate 11, Gateway of the Great Teocallis, Uxmal
(on stone, by T. S. Boys)
Throughout this exhibition, Catherwood illustrates the Maya ruins along with indigenous people. This print illustrates a sense of discovery, seen by the Maya man walking inside the ruin. Catherwood recreates this sense of discovery not only for the explorers themselves but also for the indigenous people who hadn’t truly explored the ruins. The Maya person who stands and points away from the ruin suggests he wants to communicate his findings with others. By adding a dog to the picture, Catherwood also suggests the idea of domestication, of the ancient ruins and of indigenous people.
From his reproduction of each symbol of the building’s iconography, it is understood that Catherwood has a deep interest in the ruins. At the same time he adds an underlying sense of civilization lost and wild. The body language of the indigenous people, along with the wild jungle covering the ruins, creates for Catherwood’s audience the sense of an ancient and untamed civilization. [Spanish version].
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It means that the students can see their grade scores on a computer. I can also surmise that it could mean "We now have scapegoats we can blame when the children have trouble grasping the concepts of math and reading comprehension it will be the children’s fault because they either did not or could not follow through on the data driven material”. Schools and school boards profit from children that have learning difficulties, as they do from accelerated learners; however they do not do justice by either of those groups. The children with IEPs get basically shunted from grade to grade with no one really caring what happens to them and the accelerated group gets very little to challenge them which leave these bright eager minds bored and usually intent upon disruption or like their counterparts, the children with IEPs they too become disillusioned with school. Every excuse has been made so that tests like the FCAT can remain in place; yet these very same tests have been proved time after time to be failures that create not only lack of proper learning but the ability to promote fraudulent actions in order for schools to maintain their funding.
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1 or more additional monitors - how??
Discussion in 'Audio and Video' started by toddy89, Aug 2, 2005.
1. toddy89 Newcomer, in training Posts: 55
How would i go about adding a a desktop pc, which i dont have yet so i cant tell you any video deatails etc which i fuigre could be aproblem? i was just wondering and im sure its been posted before but how would i go about connecting say, 2 17" TFT monitors to the desktop? would it be easy?
Thanks toddy89
2. vnf4ultra TechSpot Paladin Posts: 2,195
If you have/get a card that supports two monitors, it's no problem. You just connect both to the card, setup the way you want it to be displayed(clone, extend desktop, etc.), and it should work. I've used nvida cards to do this, but ati cards can do it as well. Some cards have a dvi port and an analog port. In that case you'd need a dvi to analog(vga) converter to have 2 crts.
3. Nodsu Newcomer, in training Posts: 9,431
Or just get a cheap PCI video card and add it to your system..
4. ChineseTechie Newcomer, in training Posts: 104
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Bad Brakes On Semi Trucks
It doesn’t take a Texas truck accident attorney to know that semi-trucks take longer to stop than passenger cars. Accident reconstruction textbooks even include formulas for calculating the stopping distance of a big rig and all of the leading software used by accident reconstruction experts does the same thing.
Given the length and distance to stop the big rig with good brakes it makes the condition of the brakes on the tractor and trailer significantly important to avoid some accidents. If the brakes are not adequately and properly maintained, or out of adjustment, the consequences can be devastating if the semi truck must be stopped quickly.
There are many truck accidents across the state of Texas where the condition of the semi-truck brakes are not an issue because the stopping distance was not important in determining whether the accident could have been avoided. There are other situations, like a rear end truck accident where the condition of the braking capacity of the truck may be an important issue in a truck accident lawsuit.
Recently, trucking companies represented by insurance defense counsel have undertaken to put the tractor-trailer combination back in service as soon as possible and before injured victims have had a chance to hire Texas truck accident attorneys to look at the vehicles and determine if the condition of the semi-truck played any role in the accident. It is critical that truck accident victims obtain the best attorneys they can find to represent their interests early on after serious truck accident.
How Long Does It Take A Semi Truck To Stop?
Because a big rig can weigh up to 80,000 pounds, the consequences of a crash with one of these big monsters can be significant. In fact, most of the semi truck wrecks that occur with passenger cars result in very serious injuries on the part of the passenger car occupants.
When you add highway speeds and even speeding trucks coupled with the weight of the 18-wheeler, the physics of a crash are astonishing. Because of the high incidence of serious injury and even wrongful death claims because of a truck crash, commercial truck drivers and trucking companies are required to have commercial policies for their drivers and vehicles. These higher limit insurance policies as a practical matter generally start at $1 million per incident.
So how long does it take to stop a big rig?
At highway speeds, it usually takes approximately one third longer for a tractor-trailer to come to complete stop then it would take a typical passenger car. This makes the safety cushion or assured clear distance extremely important for a truck driver to maintain. The actual stopping distance depends on a number of factors, such as, the roadway material, the weight of the truck as loaded and the condition of the brakes. See USDOT image below for stopping differences between cars and tractor-trailers.
Cars vs Trucks
Cars vs Trucks
Credit: Utah DOT
Do many trucks actually have bad brakes that contribute to an accident?
As a percentage, the trucks that actually have braking systems that are in poor or improper operating condition is very small. However, as far as commercial vehicle accident litigation, the cases in which a truck does have bad brakes usually turn out to be fairly compelling to a jury. The only way to know if the vehicle’s brakes were in proper operating condition at the time of the crash is to inspect the vehicle with a qualified expert.
Should every big rig be inspected after an accident?
If the wreck involved a fact scenario where the condition of the truck may have contributed to the crash itself and the injuries are substantial, a vehicle inspection is probably necessary. If the accident was caused primarily by driver error and not by the equipment, the inspection may not be required. In some instances, the DPS inspect the truck for inadequacies and document those fairly well after crash.
Do Federal Regulations regarding brakes apply in Texas?
The state of Texas adopted the federal regulations that apply to truck drivers, and generally follow the same regulations. Of course there are exceptions to the regulations and if there is any question about the application, it is best to consult a law firm with experience in semi truck crash lawsuits.
If you are loved one have been seriously injured in a Texas truck wreck contact the Texas semi truck crash attorneys at the Baumgartner Law Firm toll-free at
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The Stone Gods, by Jeanette Winterson (Penguin, pounds 7.99)
For all its refrigerated icecaps, replanted forests and synthesised food, Orbus is dying. Billie Crusoe, a nostalgic misfit, is given the chance to leave its obsessions with sex and celebrity behind, and head for the Blue Planet, a newly discovered world that could offer humanity a fresh start. Meanwhile, across space and time, the mysterious civilisation of Easter Island is in its death throes and a rebellious scientist tutors a robot in a world barely recovering from "3War". Winterson's ambitious novel has some wonderful incidents - including a thrilling race up a cliff for an egg symbolising power and a pitched battle between riot police and petrol-bombing exiles - yet must spend much time explaining the woeful lot of the various worlds. The result is a breathless, scattered narrative, sustained less by broad satire and more by Winterson's potent anger at our destruction of what we should hold closest. It is at its best when it pauses, lyrical and lost, to lament an orphan's lot, or wonder that love can blossom between woman and robot.
James Smart
The Resurrectionist, by James Bradley (Faber, pounds 7.99)
Burke and Hare's 1820s Edinburgh crime spree, in which the pair obtained corpses for medical study via grave robbery and murder, hangs heavily over this gripping novel, which sets its action in London and its voice in the head of Gabriel Swift, a young, good-looking apprentice anatomist. The city is brilliantly brought to life, its smooth surface of park walks, fine ladies and progress resting on an underbelly of gin, poverty and violence. Swift's career begins promisingly enough under the reserved figure of Dr Poll, days of learning enlivened by nights of carousing. Yet the bodies brought to Poll's door (eight guineas for a man or woman, a shilling an inch for a baby) come from dark sources, and Swift soon knows them all, becoming more familiar with graveyards and opium than with surgical tools. Bradley, it should be pointed out, is an Australian author favoured by Richard and Judy, not the American chronicler of war, and his third novel is a ripe, disturbing work, full of fascination for civilisation's thin veneer, and the appetites that snap against it.
The Pirate's Daughter, by Margaret Cezair-Thompson (Headline, pounds 7.99)
Errol Flynn, billed excitedly by the local rag as the "world's handsomest man", arrives in Jamaica. To the veteran of two failed marriages and a recent acquittal for rape, the island's colourful serenity appears to provide the perfect retreat. Unfortunately his susceptibility to beautiful women complicates things, and when the eye-catching adolescent Ida Joseph sets her cap at him, he's easy game. In due course May is born, destined never to know her famous father, but always to be intrigued by him. Blending the requisite elements of love, mystery, loss and betrayal, Cezair-Thompson has created an engaging tale. Jamaica is a repository of dreams; the seeming paradise inspires a dangerous escapism, and yet its outward beauty conceals political rumblings which turn nasty following the onset of independence. As a place of illusion, providing an evocative backdrop of azure seas and pirate treasure, it inspires a knotted mesh of hope, disappointment and thwarted passion, which inextricably entangles the novel's characters.
Anna Scott
End Games, by Michael Dibdin (Faber, pounds 6.99)
There's a pervasive whiff of death in End Games; not only from a murder victim whose head has been detonated at the touch of a remote control, but also the age-old "tradition of blood, honour and tragedy" in which Calabrian society is steeped. For police inspector Aurelio Zen, whose temporary transfer to Italy's unruly south has the unfortunate by-product of putting him off his food, it's a chance to attempt an assault on the sacrosanct secrecy that governs local goings-on. As he explores bygone feudalism and the legacy of hatred culminating in the repulsive killing he must solve, helicopters whirr overhead scanning the ground for hidden treasure at the instigation of a wealthy, amusement-seeking American. This, Dibdin's final book, is powered by imagery of predator and prey; life is stripped to its barest essentials, and the harsh moral code of the Calabrese finds an echo in the "brutal candour" of the "caustic sunlight" which beats down relentlessly on deadly games being played out to their dramatic conclusions.
The Summoning, by Kelley Armstrong (Orbit, pounds 6.99)
Since the appearance of her 2001 debut, Kelley Armstrong has been prominent in the world of contemporary fantasy, an increasingly popular sub-genre where traditional fantasy beings brush up against modern life; magic, werewolves and vampires in a world of McDonald's and the internet. Armstrong's gushing prose has the storyteller's knack of compelling the reader to start just one more chapter, despite knowing there must be a better way to spend one's time than this. The Summoning, while sharing the setting of the author's Women of the Otherworld series for adults, is pitched at that crossover audience between teen and adult. Fifteen-year-old Chloe Saunders sees dead people, which is enough of an issue in itself, but when the dead people start coming after her, things get out of hand and Chloe is consigned to a special home for troubled teens. Needless to say, in a novel which disappointingly turns out to be a mere set-up for the series to follow, this home is more special than first anticipated. Unfortunately, the novel is not.
Keith Brooke
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Panama spits out 'poison' Chinese toothpaste
A brighter smile with diethylene glycol
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Two brands of Chinese-made toothpastes were last week pulled from shelves in Panama after authorities discovered they contained potentially-fatal diethylene glycol, AP reports.
Diethylene glycol is commonly used as a cheap substitute for glycerine, and in this case apparently to prevent the offending toothpastes from drying out.
In large doses it can be fatal, as attested by the deaths of around 50 people in Panama last year who drank a cough medicine which, instead of pharmaceutical grade glycerine, used diethylene glycol as the suspension agent.
In this case, however, the diethylene glycol was apparently clearly labelled on the "Excel" and "Mr Cool" toothpastes, supplied by the Hengxiang-based Danyang Chengshi Household Chemical Co. After a sharp-eyed customer spotted the offending ingredient, University of Panama experts confirmed it comprised around 2.5 per cent of the toothpastes - not considered enough to pose a health risk, but sufficient to provoke the powers that be to warn consumers off the products.
Danyang Chengshi Household Chemical Co's general manager Chen Yaozu confirmed to AP that his firm had exported toothpaste containing diethylene glycol to Panama, but said the chemical was "permitted under Chinese rules and was safe in small amounts". He added: "I can say I am very confident about our product's quality."
If Chen's confidence is justified, then he has nothing to fear from a Chinese probe aimed at cleaning up the image of the country's related export markets - valued at $30bn. An unnamed official at the Danyang branch of China's food and drug inspection agency "confirmed the investigation into the toothpaste suppliers, but gave no details".
The Panamanian toothpaste scare is just the latest in a long line of diethylene glycol-based health alerts. Back in 1937, the Elixir Sulfanilamide Incident claimed more than 100 lives in 15 US states, prompting the rapid introduction of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
In 1990 diethylene glycol killed 339 Bangladeshi children who took a paracetamol syrup containing contaminated glycerine, while a similar product did for 85 Haitian kids in 1995-6.
In case you were wondering just how nasty diethylene glycol can be, the Haitian cases were mostly characterised by "nonspecific febrile prodromal illness followed within two weeks by anuric renal failure, pancreatitis, hepatitis, and neurologic dysfunction progressing to coma". ®
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Apr 17 2010
Hoping for a life changing moment, reflecting on past memories = self indulged confusion?
I have to admit something is going on. I am unsure of what it is but I can feel something deep inside that I can’t explain. Over the past few years I have studied metaphysics a little and read numerous self-help books. I have been on a spiritual search and feel I have come to an awakening of sorts but I still feel there is some little something still missing, I can’t put my finger on it and I have no idea what it is but I feel it is there. Does any of that make sense to any one else? I have been in Nashville now for almost 9 years and have hoped that in that amount of time I would burry my past, re-invent who I am and become an amazing new persona that could change the world. Perhaps a little corny to the masses but I have always been a dreamer. I think I have always hoped that I could be one of those people who had that instant life changing moment that would remold me into someone different, full of meaning, confidence and insight, someone who made a difference, someone you read about or see in some documentary on tv. I have always thought that those things happened in a flash and one day you are just different.
This past week I was re-united with some old high school friends through facebook after I was tagged in some pictures posted from around 1981-1983. For some reason it has stirred up a lot of emotions and some realities I have not thought of before or perhaps they were just buried. When I look at those people of my past and see where they are now, all of their lives seem to be centered around family, kids and their significant other. As I have said before, for the first time in my life I feel really comfortable with who I am and with not being in a relationship. Yet, this week I am feeling like I have fallen short because I have no responsibility other than making sure I pay my bills each month. I have no other obligations, no one to worry about, no where to be, no one who wonders where I am if I don’t come home (other than the big white pink eared dog). All of a sudden it feels so strange to me and I have to admit I feel a little out of sorts. I feel so free and content yet at the same time that I missed out on life’s true gift…that of giving life, a family, being a mom, giving my life to someone else rather than just focusing on myself.
Last night I pulled my old year books out wanting to see a picture of someone I heard had passed away, I knew the name but needed to connect a face. I found myself engulfed in those books for an hour, looking at all the pictures and reading all the notes my friends had left in between each page. The strangest part of the hour was knowing it was me back then but not really recognizing that person any more. I read my senior yearbook post and it said that I hoped to be happily married “someday”, to have a successful career and to make my parents proud. As I sat there a little teary eyed I realized how much we make words take on meaning that society has buttered us up into believing is the only way we will be happy. I had a marriage and although I am sure it was happy in the beginning it was not in the end and it has made me wonder if I will ever cross that bridge again. I know my career has been successful but where I stand right now I feel it is in need of some huge changes due to technology shifts and I am questioning everything in regards to what I am truly supposed to be doing. I do feel like I have made my parents proud but at the same time I believe they were always proud of me so in a sense that was just an empty statement a 17 year old thinks when faced with the reality of adulthood.
I have felt lately I am floundering around like a fish out of water, even writing this feeling like there is really no direction just hoping something will shift in an instant, that a light bulb will go off and in that moment I will be a different person. Even with self love and spirit how come I am not complete? How can I love “ME” yet feel I am still looking for a purpose, I don’t want to call it career but I know what we do with our time holds as much importance as loving ourselves and believing in God or what ever you want to name it. My idea of the person I want to be is someone who gives something back to the world in a way that truly makes a difference. The person I feel like I am is invisible. I think this goes back to the way we put meaning to things, the way we beat ourselves up at times. The weirdest part of this whole thing is that I love “ME” right now, I do feel comfortable in my skin, with my spirituality and my relationship with God. So if I have that knowing I never had that comfort in my past why does it still feel as if I am still falling short?
So many questions, so much more in this life to learn and wanting so badly to understand it all. Sitting here this morning as I write, I am enjoying the gentle breeze coming through the window. I can hear a flurry of birds, many different kinds in the distance chattering amongst themselves. I can hear the neighbor talking baby talk to their little one as she speaks back in some strange language only a parent would understand. Someone just cranked up some music, I think it is Tracy Chapman as I recognize the melody yet I can’t make out the song. Such simple things yet all of them make me feel better. In this exact moment of my self indulged confusion I feel a little relief just from the sounds softly filtering in, the perfect temperature, the sun, the blue sky. Although it is not completely quiet I think this is what quiet is supposed to be. Today no matter what my state of mind, or perhaps confusion I think I will spend my day alone out in my yard just being, enjoying the spring weather, doing a few chores and thinking about my life. I am sure another post will come from this and my hope is that it will be insightful. If not for you at least for me. Have a wonderful weekend everyone, sending love and thank you for reading! SMOOCH!!!!
Apr 23 2009
Life & death, letting go of lack and pondering judgment….
I’ve not blogged in a while and I have been upset with myself for not doing so. My step father is dying and it is incurable (maybe 30 days according to a medical friend) and I feel like life is testing my strength every day. I’m not going to blog about that but it is what has been going through my mind…and the worry for my mother and how she must be feeling. All of my thoughts lately have been centered around life and death, with three deaths last year and two the year before. Surely there is more to look forward to when getting older than watching all those close to you die. I am saying that loosely completely knowing that there are many wonderful, loving and entertainingly beautiful times ahead.
The other thing I have been dealing with, like so many others is the lack of work which in turn seems to make me feel unimportant. Self-employed creative people, as much as we try, feel empty when others are not paying attention. In my current state I don’t feel needed and as an artist it makes me question my worth. All I want to do is work, to create, but I am having a tough time getting the jobs. I have done a ton of bids and nothing, I feel like a number and I want to feel like that person that creates like no other. We always hear people say that it is in our lowest times that the greatest things happen and I have seen some reflection of that recently. I have realized how very selfish I am. I tend to hold on to things, whether they are thoughts, physical items or money knowing I should be more giving of myself. I see it happening often and I realize that just the “realization†is a step toward change. Today I actually caught myself, was angry at myself for the act and in that moment of realization I smiled looking into the sky and said “ahh now I see, there is a lesson in all of this, bring it on!” I have been emotional the past few weeks and have found myself spending time alone dealing as I often do. Truth is I think there are many more people out there dealing with the same roller-coaster of emotions. Trying not to buy into the hype of lack, realizing just to say “I don’t believe it is that bad out there” does nothing, you have to truly believe it. You have to feel it as truth inside otherwise all you seem to get is more lack.
Then there is my wonder if there is actually someone out there who is reading this? I have so much to learn about the web and marketing a blog. How do I get people to find this blog and is there anything I say worthy to anyone else? I just can’t say…I hear crickets.
Lastly I have been pondering our state of affairs as humans right now and have come to realize there is something that I wish did not exist, that I feel is the root of all evil. No, it is not money although I use to think it was. In reality money is nothing until you put meaning to it and we all have a different view of what it is to us based on how we were brought up (which in itself can be pretty messed up). So what is it you ask, that if removed from our lives would, in my opinion, allow good things to come to us all? “ JUDGMENT! “ As humans we have been individually conditioned by those we grew up around and we make others wrong for everything that is not relevant to how we were raised. We pass judgment whether it be in relation to color of skin, religion, culture, manners, the way we dress, what we eat or even the way we talk. Even I am guilty…and I feel strongly that we often never see that the pure act of judgment lessens the love that exist in this world. Imagine if there were no such thing…just for a moment imagine that judgment did not exist. I realize that we are all human and as human beings we all have some form of inner judgment not only toward others but also toward ourselves. It seems to me that if there was no such thing as judgment life would be filled with much more meaning and love which in turn would make us happier. I have always tried to think of others as individuals not as categories, my mother often said to me as a child…”always put yourself in the other person’s shoes before saying or doing something.” From that I always try to see things from the other persons perspective before saying or acting upon. I have often wondered if this is a lack of accountability? If I don’t say or stand up for what I believe does that make me weak? It is a touchy subject and I believe that we are entitled to have our opinions, choose our own food, religion or political views, look the way we want to look and so on as long as we allow others to do the same without making them wrong and without harming anyone else in the process. After all isn’t it incredible that we are different, that we have the ability to be different? How boring would it be if we were all exactly the same. Individuality is a beautiful thing and if we all would allow each of us to be as we want without judgment maybe the world would be a better place. Think about it…Religious wars for example, people are dying because they judge or are being judged on their beliefs. I don’t believe my God or Spirit or what ever you want to call it would ever want death to come to someone just because they didn’t believe in him. That’s my 2 cents….until next time! | http://www.thinkingdiva.com/tag/lack | dclm-gs1-129730002 | false | false | {
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How are points rewarded? (General Guide)
A dare is awarded points on a number of things. It mostly involves how much
is explained. If there little is explained, very little points will be
awarded. A mod will look at the dare and see if the response properly
explains everything. I will now give examples to a dare that will go up in
points. All of these are made up situations and are gender neutral. The scale
is hard to show since most under 18 dares are not worth a whole lot of points.
The Dare: Be tickled by the next player for 2 minutes. Maximum points – 8
Deny: A denied responce will not even show up. The things that are denied
are responces that are completely unneeded. Like say the word "Dog"
randomly and nothing else. These will not get any points, and won't show up
under the dare.
Update: A new rule has been passed. All dares done by guests will now be
denied also. You will have to get an account to be able to submit a dare.Update 2: Short responses (under 9 characters) will also no longer be
allowed through.
0 points: This is for people who don’t do the dare, but make a response to
something. “Hey, you are pretty brave.” “I want to try this one some day.”
Another situation is when the dare response given is not about the person
logged on, such as “I didn’t do this, but my friend did, I laughed at how
funny they looked being tickled like that, rolling around everywhere.” Don’t
be discouraged to just not write about it. Just because you get no points
doesn’t mean you shouldn’t share. A lot of us like to read about anyone’s
adventures, and would love it if you shared it.
1 point: For short responses that don’t explain anything past that you did
it. Such as “I did it.” “Done” “easy” “No problem” all will only get you a
single point.
Update: These kind of responces will no longer allowed.
2 points: Single sentences that only describe in brief detail what
happened, or explain the basic feeling you had during it. Things like “It
was fun.” “
are all examples of this.
3-4 points: This is rewarded to those that describe what happened, but not
in depth. Examples being, “The guy came up and started tickling me under
my armpits. I couldn't stop laughing. He tickled me in a few other places,
but I was able to last.”, “I had a hard time doing this. I am very ticklish
so this 2 minutes were horrible. I couldn't stop laughing, but luckily it
ended.” “Well I thought I'd be ok in the first minute, it seemed my friend
was going easy on me, but I soon found out that the worse was to come.
By the end I felt like I was going to pee my pants.” This most often
covers dares that have multiple sentences and tell what happened, but
don’t go into specific detail. Usual something like thiswill only reach
half points.
5-6 points: This if for a multi sentence response that describes both
feelings and what happened really well. It isn’t absolutely perfect but it’s
good and the reader can tell what happened. “I stood there waiting for
him to start. The other guys said go and started the timer. I was
laughing 5 sec into it. The person doing it was really being relentless,
getting under my arm, and on my neck. I soon was on the floor, but then
they got to my feet. My feet are absolutely ticklish. I was so relieved
when it was all done.”
6-8 points: Maximum points are hard to achieve. The whole response needs
to perfectly tell what happened and all that went on. The reader needs to be
able picture it happening, to picture themselves in your shoes. The story
has to be able to be as good as if the person was watching you do it. “I stood
there waiting for it. The tension was horrible. They just stared at me, thinking
of where they would start. I was pretty afraid. When it began I didn't know
what was going on. I couldn't stop laughing and had to close my eyes. I felt
him tickling me right under my arm, one of my worse spots. His fingers just
kept just brushing my skin, making my just laugh more and more. I had already
fell to the ground. I was beggin them to stop, but they just told me I had to wait
it out. I almost felt like I'd pee and they said I still had a minute to go. It was
only half of it I thought. The person then started getting me under my neck.
When I clamped my shoulders over my neck to stop the person, they just went
for my armpits. Then when I thought I could stop them, they went for my sides
and stomach. No matter what I did I couldn't stop. When it was all over all I
could was squirm. I was tired from all the laughing and needed a huge break.
That was the most intense tickling I ever had. I think I might just do it again
some day.” Now for full points it won’t always have to be this long, but this
is the level of description we want.
The dares are not graded upon content. You will not have to worry if your
story isn’t exciting. It will not be graded upon if you are a guy or girl, if you
went above the requested dare, if you did something more entertaining, the
level of excitement. The grading will be purely on difficulty of the dare and
how well explained it is. It is understood that though some dares are hard to
go into more detail. The best thing to do is do as much as you can. If it is a
simple dare like: Go do jumping jacks for 15 secs, then you can say something
like this.
“No one around, and so I figured it would be simple. I did a few and thought
that this probably looked rediculous. I imagined what people might say if they
saw the silly sight I was showing. I got finished and was generaly tired since I
had just done some work outs a few moments before and was still tired from
all that.” That is a good example of dare that normally would have gotten a one
sentence response, and only minimal points, but instead now would probably
get close, if not full, points..
Pictures follow a slightly different scale. A picture will on most occasions
will get full points, but this isn’t always true. If the picture has
absolutely nothing to do with the dare, it will be ignored. The same example
dare as before will be used.
0 Points: The picture is going along with a comment that is not part of
doing the dare. “Hey awesome, I wish I could do that.” Picture: a guy giving
thumbs up.
2-7 points: If there is a very poor response and the picture doesn’t show
enough, it will only be rewarded a small amount, usually about half and up,
depends greatly on the dare. Example, “Did it.” Picture: shows two people
who look like they might have just tickled eachother.
8 points: The picture specifically shows the person doing the dare. It also
has a description to explain what the picture doesn’t. “I was tickled for about
2 sec and was already ont he floor. That's when my friend took this pick, its
while I was being tickled on the foot. They continued to tickle my foot until I
begged them to stop, and then they went to my sides which were ever
worse.” Picture: The person is on the floor, with his foot being held down
by the other player, obviously the player is in distress.
If the picture is obviously not the persons, such as a guy posts a picture of
a girl, and it is known he is a guy, it will be denied, no points. Also
if the picture is irrelevant to the dare, like let’s say it’s a picture of a
cat, and there is no description, or no description that implies that the
person did the dare, it too will be denied.
Truths aren’t worth as much, but can be easy. The problem with this though
is people give truths not as much work as they would a dare. I will not get
into the specifics as deeply with truths since they are hard to judge, I
will merely discuss it. When responding to one, do the best you can. You
will not be rewarded full points for a minimal answer. Don’t just say a
number of times you’ve done something, explain it out more. It is hard to
answer the question in detail when there is nothing to tell. If your answer
is no, then explain why you said no, it doesn’t matter if the question asked
you why or why not. It is always best with truths to explain why, or the
whole thing. As in dares, points will be rewarded those with good detail.
Those who do exceptional detail will be rewarded the most points.
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What makes man different from animals is that he is aware of himself. A much higher level of awareness can be found in shamanic consciousness. To understand the sacred, other-worldly journey of the shaman, it is necessary to first understand this higher level of awareness. Shamanic consciousness blends the focused awareness of everyday waking consciousness with the unfocused flow of dreams, inner vision, and non-waking consciousness. Shamanic consciousness is a special altered state of consciousness in which the shaman is able to view his close surroundings as a non-ordinary reality. The shaman is aware of the concrete nature of reality that includes the everyday world of humankind. The shaman is also aware of the abstract world of nature, energies and the spirit.
Cultures with a strong tradition of shamanism believe that spirits, both good and evil, are with us every day. Some are working to improve our lives by imparting us with good luck, moments of inspiration, secret insight, and occasional bursts of energy and focus. In contrast to that, evil spirits are sometimes working against us, making us sick, chronically weak, and giving us a generalized sense of unease in certain places and situations. The shaman detects the presence of spirits and beseeches the help of good ones, while banishing the dark ones.
Those hoping to communicate with the "other side" should practice focus and protection first. As you attempt to see your surroundings, remain calm and imagine a bright blue or white circle surrounding you. Focus your imagination in a way that radiates the sense that nothing from the other side can enter the circle without your permission. If you find a magical incantation that reinforces your ability to focus your energy on the circle of protection, feel free to speak it to yourself. Some people find this communication is better by themselves, while others like the presence of others who will take it seriously. If those in the room are in harmony, they may be able to observe the circle with their third eye. The third eye is the name of our ability to understand the position and general appearance of objects in the spiritual realm. In this realm, everything works as a symbol that is interpreted through the subconscious into a series of images the viewer can understand. Often shamans will see images from their own mystical traditions (angels, demons, Egyptian gods and goddesses, and figures from mythology.
Traditionally, shamans used various methods to transform their state of consciousness, many of which would be considered dangerous or undesirable by most people today. Examples include starvation, use of hallucinogenic drugs, sleep deprivation and hazardous solitary journeys into the wilderness. There is no need to take up such risky activities, for these are not the only ways to achieve shaman consciousness, however; you must, absolutely must have your own experiences. And from the power of silence you will have your own experiences. Your experience may be meditation, making a pilgrimage to some sacred place, traveling to the jungles of Peru, ingesting sacred plant medicine with an experienced guide, trance dancing, drumming, sitting quietly at the beach, on the mountains, in the forest or in your own backyard garden.
Connect to the Earth and plants and animals. Connect to the sky and the stars and the planets, to the oceans, the rivers and the lakes, and trust yourself to be open to receive. In so doing you will experience the truth. Your truth. And from it you can do amazing things and engage in a creative and original journey of discovery of personal power. Traveling through the seven levels of consciousness is like traveling through your own body. Be aware that the keys to enlightenment are all present in your self right now. The only thing you have to do is to turn those keys.
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Name for ballinora a ghetto in Ireland
Were going to da nora
1. danora
a unsavory river borne illness that is prevalent in western Pennsylvania most famously in the Monongahela river. Symptoms include nausea headaches vomiting and temporary blindness. ; Also can be used to describe a girl that has a checkered sexual past ; pittsburghese for an STD
1. Danora was first discovered by Robert Morris scientist John Andartes.
2 Man i just slept with Ashley i think she may have given me danora
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1. Flohmp
To casually place ones penis into another's mouth.
"Dude you need me to come over there and Flohmp anything into your mouth?"
"No I'm ok."
"Ok man, just checking."
...Yeah I just Flohmped her while she was texting her Mom.
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11. Michael Vick
The worst decision the Atlanta Falcons ever made, both in trading up for him as well as paying him more than what he will ever be worth. An exciting player and great athlete, but a poor quarterback that will never win a Super Bowl for the Dirty Birds. Only now are the 'experts' and analysts beginning to realize he can't play and that the Falcons wouldn't have tanked in the last half of the past 3 seasons if they had started Schaub or Dunn or one of their linebackers instead of Vick. He usually has 2 solid passing games before he starts his annual choke mid way through the season. Vick sucks up the Falcons' salary cap and gets too much attention from the media simply because he can run for more yards than an average running back. He also throws for fewer touchdowns than an average running back.
Michael Vick ran for 174 yards yesterday.. but only threw for 84!
Atlanta is where receivers go to die.
Michael Vick is a coach killer!
1. Michael Vick
Yet another in a long line of ghetto-fabulous idiots that managed to piss a away a career by acting like a thug. His uninspiring selfishness has led him to be considered a "running" quarterback when in fact he is probably closer to a running back that will only pass if threatened. Most of his fans love him for his nappy cornrowed hair and ability to spread herpes farther than any of his passes ever made it. However, things are looking up as he has found Jebus and now is in the good company of other degraded black athletes such as Rae Carruth and OJ.
"Hey, did you hear that Michael Vick was suspended by the NFL and he lost his multi-million dollar contract with Nike?
"Tough break, nigga, there's always Fruit Loops"
**sound of Vick's private plane heading to Canada for his debut on the Toronto Argonauts. Or the Edmonton Eskimos. Or whoever.**
2. Michael Vick
Also see: Ron Mexico
A "quarterback" in the NFL. A flaming case of Herpes Simplex appears to make him run on every down and makes him very antsy in the pocket.
Michael Vick throws another interception then runs to the locker room for some Gold Bond.
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3. Michael Vick
A running back for the Atlanta Falcons.
Michael Vick lines up in the wrong spot, he is really a running back.
by TheBest February 26, 2005 add a video add an image
4. Michael Vick
To perform unspeakable, terrible, abusive acts on an animal. The connotations, however, are most effective when describing actions towards dogs.
Put a DAMN muzzle on that thing! I’m gonna hop the fence and “Michael Vick” your dog if it doesn’t shut its trap!
5. Michael Vick
One of the most exciting, yet overated quarterbacks in the NFL. He will never win a Super Bowl, mainly because he is a running Quarterback.
First, tell me how many scrambling QB's that have won a championship. Now tell me how many Pocket Passers that have won a championship. Better yet, name the last ten Super Bowl winning Quarterbacks and whether they were running Quarterbacks or pocket passers. Exactly...
Michael Vick will never lead his team to a Super Bowl unless he improves his passing.
6. Michael Vick
son of a bitch who murders poor defenseless dogs
Michael Vick sucks ass.
7. Michael Vick
aka Mike Vick, aka Ron Mexico
1st Overall Pick in the 2001 NFL Draft,
exorbitantly overpaid. Has never thrown for 3,000 yards in a season. Has never thrown for more than 16 touchdowns in a season.
Signed a 10-year, $130M contract with the Atlanta Falcons in December 2004, with an NFL record $37M in guaranteed bonuses.
Regarded as one of the worst quarterbacks in terms of accruacy in the NFL. Career completion average of less than 55%. Averages 1.3 touchdown passes for every interception thrown.
(Stats accurate as of 2005)
Michael Vick is overrated and overpaid
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1. learn her
verb phrase meaning:
teaching your woman a lesson, often through physical abuse
see also: "learn you" in reference to child abuse
"Man o man, can you believe the mouth on Beverly? If I was Rhett, I'd sure learn her good when we got home!"
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I get the impression that the author is suggesting that the reason why Democrats so not want to extend tax cuts to the rich is because they don't deserve them. I have heard this suggestion from several places. This completely misses the point. What everyone seems to forget is that the Bush tax cuts were never payed for. They just added to the debt. In truth, we can't afford to extend the Bush tax cuts for anyone. But due to the economic condition of the country right now, I think most people agree that it would help to extend them. Now, the actual reason why the Democrats only want to extend the tax cuts up for low and middle class is because 1) we can't afford to extend to everyone, and 2) the tax cuts means much more to low and middle class citizens. Extra dollars in the pocket of low and middle class gets spent. The more money spent, the better our economy does (oversimplification, and not always the case, I know. But you get the point).
So, while class warfare sounds cool, and is easy to sell to the uninformed, it has nothing to due with anything. This is the fundamental difference between supply side economics and demand side economics. Supply siders tend to believe that if you make it easier for the rich, they will use that extra money to either start businesses and create jobs directly, or invest in the stock market and create jobs indirectly. This seems good in theory, but recent history tends to contradict this. Things have never been so good for the rich for the last 10 years, and this has most certainly NOT resulted in more jobs. Demand siders tend to believe if you stoke up demand (put the money in the pockets of the people who will spend it on goods and services), supply will follow (as demand will buy up all available supply, creating motivation for others to generate more supply). And while this approach does have its limits, I would tend to think its more suitable in this situation.
The problem is that this issue is never framed in these terms. Its always framed as "the rich don't need any help" or "the rich are getting persecuted for being rich."
Mike of IL 11:57AM December 03, 2010
If the higher end tax cuts are not continued we will have the highest cooperate tax of industrilized Nations...
Bill Hedges of MO 11:51AM December 03, 2010
There is much talk that the wealthiest, if allowed to pay less tax, will contribute immensely to the stimulating of the economy. The fact is, that this tax cut was given during the Bush era, and today we are still searching for the evidence that it has stimulated the economy.
Can the writer of this article furnish statistical evidence that "lower tax rates, up to a point, on the highest incomes provides the biggest bang for the buck as far as stimulating the economy"?
Winston Imhoff of FL 11:21AM December 03, 2010
Most of the rich agreed that they don't mind paying more tax than the rest of the country. Bill Gates ++++++. What are the Republicans trying to prove, when it is better off for the Country at this TIME
Josephy of GA 11:15AM December 03, 2010
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By Nadja Sayej
North Korea has been in the news lately for a very scary reason, but it isn’t every day that Asia’s hermit kingdom releases a car racing video game. And when they do, you can definitely expect it to be a boring simulation about driving down a pin straight, barely decorated highway.
Just as Tetris came as a surprise from the Soviet Union in 1984, Koryo Tours, a tour company run by a bunch of Brits, commissioned the DPRK IT venture Nosotek to develop North Korea’s first government-supported PC game: Pyongyang Racer (it takes forever to load and barely works at this point). This profoundly uninteresting game gives its player the thrill of driving around the capital city of North Korea, without a government sanctioned tour guide, ushering you away from shit you’re not supposed to see. It even lets you do all the concrete sightseeing your fast-lane, road-runner, gas-guzzling heart desires. Completely and utterly alone.
In other words, it’s retro. There's a traffic girl who gets in your face sometimes, a gas collection mini-game, and maybe even some mildly reckless driving if you’re really feeling crazy. The goal of the game: drive in a straight line for a long time. That's about it.
I asked my video game obsessed younger brother George what he thought of Pyongyang Race. He said Pyongyang Racer is, “Badly programmed and poorly designed. There are glitches and bugs, and it’s boring.”
Just like the Dear Leader’s dictatorship, the game is really restrictive. You’re forced to play the game the way that they want you to play it, and the landscape has all the visual dazzle of Saskatchewan or rural Ontario.
As Jason Torchinsky from Jalopnik said, “It's exactly what actually driving in Pyongyang is like: slow, wildly boring, empty, incredibly restricted, and at least a decade behind technologically. It's a perfect, irony-blind parody of itself.”
The pimped-out ride you virtually floss through the digital streets is made by Pyeonghwa. Just recently, the car company’s president, Park Sang-Kwon, was rumoured to have sold Pyeonghwa. Sad, because they're the only company in North Korea to advertise with billboards and TV commercials (Hey Geico, now is your chance!).
Angry North Korean traffic cops: a vaguely erotic thrill.
The most exciting point in the game comes from being bitched at by the traffic cop Barbie-ho, who does not like being stared at. The peak insult of the game is a comment the traffic cops make: “Drive straight on. Don’t stare at me. I’m on duty.”
Nick Bonner, an England-born filmmaker who has been running Koryo Tours since the 1990s, created the Pyongyang racing game after talking to Volker Eloesser at Nostek. He liked the idea of working on a “fun, non-violent and non-political” project with North Korean youth. Gaming students from the Kim Chaek University of Technology in Pyongyang helped create the game with Nostek.
Why is it so retro? Bonner says it’s because it’s “ultra cool.”
“I was a young lad in the 1970s and remember the best arcade games – early Nintendo, Space Invaders, early car racing games, I love it and love the simplicity,” he saidvia email from Brussels, where he is screening his North Korean-shot romantic comedy.
“I would have loved to have trolley buses, trams crossing the roads and giving the game more challenges,” said Bonner. “But maybe later when we upgrade.”
Till then, keep driving straight.
More on North Korea:
They Weren't Joking, North Korea Tested Another Nuclear Bomb
The VICE Guide to North Korea
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They haven't ever owned it technically, but they had exclusive rights to it from 1997 to 2011, which is essentially the same thing.
Moving away from and have moved away from completely are two different things, and they still have the right to use it (which includes more accurate variations) indefinitely (perpetually), just not exclusively, so if someone else would like to use it they can arrange that with Stanford University.
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As some producers may have experienced, certain Chinese importers have start to require suppliers to produce a certificate confirming the level of phthalates or plasticisers in alcoholic beverages.
FIVS called on all members internationally to refrain from providing the certificate, because it would create a precedent that would eventually mean that providing the certificate will become the norm in China. Unfortunately, there were a few reports of South African consignments that were held up at certain ports in China. With the help of Ms Wendy Jonker from the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) many of our shipments to China were allowed to enter the market without the certificate.
The Chinese authorities claimed that it was not necessarily a new import requirement, but that they were busy with an assessment by the health authorities to establish if the levels of phthalates in alcoholic beverages was a health risk for its citizens. Recently it seems that certain EU countries such as Spain and France have "broken ranks" and have started supplying the certificate. Representatives from the EU confirmed that there are some exporters in member countries that have started to relent and are providing the certificate on request. Feedback from countries such as Australia, New Zealand and USA is that they have heard a lot less "noise" regarding this issue over the last few months, but conceded that perhaps it's because exporters were supplying the certificate. Feedback from the EU wine industry representative body (CEEV) was that we will have to wait until the Chinese have concluded this assessment and see what they do with the results of the assessment. The CEEV have however been asking their members, where possible, to check the phthalates before shipment.
The net result of this requirement for South African exporters is that it will add to the cost of doing business in China. The only pragmatic advice that we can offer at this stage is that you should try to avoid the unnecessary costs wherever possible. DAFF is still willing to engage with authorities and or your agent, and this should always be your first option, but where it is unavoidable, do what you need to do to ensure that your product legally enters the market. The only thing we can categorically confirm is that there is no longer any international pressure for your company to refuse to provide the certificate.
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CHICAGO (AP) - Gov. Pat Quinn has signed legislation that prohibits the use of electronic cigarettes in Illinois by anyone under age 18.
Quinn signed the measure on Thursday. The new law applies to electronic cigarettes and other alternative nicotine products. Electronic cigarettes don't contain tobacco, but do contain nicotine which is the addictive substance that makes smoking difficult to quit.
State Sen. John Mulroe of Chicago is the bill sponsor. He says governments ban minors from buying other forms of nicotine and electronic cigarettes should be no exception. Mulroe says the new law helps the government "keep up with the advancements" in the ways nicotine is being sold.
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Microsoft covers its mobile Office bases with Android, buys time
Summary: In the end, Microsoft Office Mobile for Android and iPhone are nice hedges should Windows Phone and Windows 8 fail to garner significant mobile share.
Microsoft's launch of Office Mobile for Android just a few weeks after the iPhone version illustrate how the software giant is gradually coming around to the reality that it may not be the big dog on post-PC platforms.
In the end, Microsoft Office Mobile for Android and iPhone are nice hedges should Windows Phone and Windows 8 fail to garner significant mobile share. Mary Jo Foley noted that Microsoft has a roadmap for stronger core Office apps for Android, iPhone and iPad, but appears to be giving those products some time possibly for the Windows mobile ecosystem to develop further.
The Android and iPhone versions of Office are tethered to an Office 365 account and optimized for Word, Excel and PowerPoint editing. Selling Office outright on those platforms would be a better move.
But here's the catch. Microsoft wants the best Office experience on its mobile platforms, but needs more share. If Microsoft's mobile efforts on smartphones and tablets fail to develop garnering Office 365 subscriptions isn't a bad consolation prize.
What will be interesting to watch is the adoption of Office Mobile for Android and iPhone. Will Microsoft garner new cloud Office subscriptions or largely cater to existing customers?
Bottom line: Microsoft is a software vendor and can still make gobs of money with Office on any platform. The best bet for Microsoft is to spread its bets around.
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• The dike is leaking...
So soon they will do a general Linux version of Office maybe?
• While I would love that
the fact remains that iOS and Android have a very significant market share on their respective platforms, while Linux on the desktop does not.
Michael Kelly
• For That Matter
OS X isn't, comparatively, that large a share of pcs world-wide, yet the MBU sticks around because it makes money.
I haven't decided if I think the Microsoft re-org will work or not. It hinges on internal politics and what people who perceived a loss of power or bonuses or a shot at being Ballmer's successor think and do.
But I will say this, Microsoft at some level thinks that it missed some large opportunities and has to pay to catch up because Windows and/or Office power centers killed good ideas that threatened their power base, the revenues and profits from Windows and/or Office.
I have suggested Office for Linux before, mainly because a serious port would make the Windows version better. There's a pragmatic point as well. While Office with every release improves, other products, with quicker update cycles, also improve. There will be a point when the competitors are clearly good enough and new customers (small businesses, college kids) will not get on board the Office train, based on cost at a time in their story when all costs are super-critical. If you go back and think about what Gates was saying in the 90s, he got that. Technology and customers change and the king of the software hill finds the hill moved elsewhere.
(Who moved my hill? There's a business book title with but one flaw, too close to cheese.)
Now this is not a "doom" prediction. Just saying there's money to be made over there as well, so why not, especially as compared with the money needed to get XBox profitable, or the money spent on the ad business, or the money spent on the Zune player, or the money written down because they overestimated RT appeal, how could porting to Linux be as costly an effort for minimal results? (With XBox, the money spent worked out for them. With XBox the Windows/Office powers didn't sense a threat so it was allowed. Compare that with the Danger acquisition.)
Besides, show of hands, who really thinks it's Office that keeps people using Windows?
I'm not seeing any hands, am I? Okay, I'm seeing two, but they're not raised.
• Compared to Windows
OS X isn't that big. Compared to Linux, it's pretty big. I don't have numbers in front of me, but I would dare to say OS X would be in the 10% ballpark, with Linux being in the 1% ballpark.
Michael Kelly
• Suspect difference in consumer behavior as well
apple consumers are used to paying for software.
Linux users are not used to paying for software.
I say that not to imply that this is a good thing or a bad thing, it is simply a difference in culture. It is also a generalization, of course but generalizations count in statistics. If apple consumers spend 10 times more on software than Linux consumers and there are 10 times more apple consumers, then the revenue that can be made selling to apple consumers is 100 times more than can be made selling to Linux users.
I think there is also the hatred aspect. A vocal minority of apple consumers hate Microsoft (given the fact that ~90% of ios users are Windows itunes users). A vocal majority of Linux users HATE Microsoft. So as disinterested as Linux users are in paying for software to begin with, they ESPECIALLY don't want to pay Microsoft for software. Add it all together and it wouldn't surprise me if the revenue potential for Office on Linux is about 1/1000ths of that for osx.
• In other terms
Linux users use open source software and Apple users usually don't.
• open source
Interesting point. I use quite a bit of paid software on my Mac and a lot of open source. In fact if you read the licences you'd realise OS X would be very different workout open source or other similar licences.
• agree, but only in the case of private consumers
Todd - agree with your argument in regrds to private consumers. But a lot of companies use Red Hat for various server duties (web servers especially,) and Windows for all the client-side stuff. If Microsoft were to release a version of Office for Linux desktop, then I think there would be a sizable number of corporate buyers that would suddenly become interested in Linux on the desktop.
MS would loose money from lost Windows licenses, and gain from more Office licenses. The exact number of each, I don't know. I suspect they would gain more than they'd loose.
• Count me in.
"Besides, show of hands, who really thinks it's Office that keeps people using Windows? "
I do, actually.
Shameer Mulji
• But as desktop sales plummet...
So does the desktop sales of Office...
And that is one of MS two cash cows.
• The answer would be the web
That would be Microsoft's response to that question, I think. Of course, it's not as powerful as the Windows or Mac versions, but then, as Michael Kelly points out, it doesn't have the market share either.
• Perhaps, but
I would never buy it. Microsoft deserves all of the losses they can. I can't wait until these bums are relegated to the dustbin of history.
• Microsoft covers its mobile Office bases with Android, buys time
Larry already has Microsoft Windows Phone as being a dead OS when its done nothing but gained share. This is a strategic move to get people on other platforms to migrate over to Microsoft Windows 8 and Microsoft Windows Phone 8. It makes plenty of sense because these users can use Microsoft Office on android or iphone until they get migrated to Microsoft Windows Phone 8.
• Office
It's a strategic move to ensure their Office revenue stream.
• And there's nothing wrong with that
Customers will buy a good product at a good price, and Microsoft is in business to make money.
Michael Kelly
• Agreed
I never said there was anything wrong w/ that. I was just refuting LD's absurd migration comment.
• Hilarious!
.... users can use Microsoft Office on android or iphone until they get migrated to Microsoft Windows Phone 8.
I haven't laughed this hard in weeks. Microsoft is too late to the mobile game. Windows Phone 8 is the mobile OS equivalent of the Linux desktop - A few dedicated users, but little market share.
• Migration
If you knew LD, you'd know his head would explode if he every admitted MS wasn't the best of the best and everyone wants to be w/ MS.
• Miss The BIG Point
It isn't the general use on what OS platform, it is the business model MS and Adobe are trying to garner share on: ie. subscription services.
Migrate to Win Phone?
Chuckle. Not bloody likely.
• This is not a hedge
What this is. is simply a carrot to increase Office 365 subscriptions over time. There are a grundle of people that may have a tablet (IOS / Android) that still own a PC. Makes sense to offer them away to use Office on their tablets if the purchase a subscription.
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My next cosplay is going to be Rin Matsuoka from the anime ‘Free!’ (screenshot on left). So, because I like my cosplay to be as perfect as possible, I started looking up traditional Arab clothing. I followed many keywords while trying to find a look similar to Rin’s outfit. Eventually, I Google’d images for “traditional Jordanian clothing” and on the first line of results showed the image on the right. It is a painting titled ‘Arab Sheikh Smoking’ painted by Emile Prisse d’Avennes. I was blown away, and I wondered how many other ‘Free!’ fans have realized this.
dude that’s effing amazing
You’ll cry every time.
Three times now I have witnessed MH fans blow something completely out of proportion. This is getting old.
I haven’t posted a picture in a long time. Here, have a Rinharu fanart made by me.
I’m taking commissions. Starting at $9999.
miss-entropicat sent:
Satirical or not, there will be those who take it literally, and I don't want something that is incorrect put on the whole MakoHaru fandom.
Which is why I posted your ask publicly so you could explain the circumstances. Regardless, the people who follow me should be quite familiar with my sense of humor.
miss-entropicat sent:
Excuse me, perhaps this is pointless, but I feel the need to try and correct things. I did not say that pointing out the bracelet crap made you a racist. I made a rather extreme analogy (which I acknowledged as extreme) that if you are a multishipper yet you still needlessly are negative about a ship(s), then it's like it's as ridiculous as when people insult others/are racist, then claim it's okay because they have a friend who is associated with what they are attacking. Hope you understand.
There’s no need to be defensive. My post was satirical.
Guys don’t point out that Makoto and Haruka aren’t wearing matching bracelets, you’ll get called a racist.
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My bro builds his own computers too. The amount of times I’ve been dragged along while he goes shopping for parts…and I STILL have no idea what each thing is/does!
They can be really simple or unnecessarily complicated depending on how powerful it is and how you’re going to cool it. Computers really only need a few parts to work: case, motherboard, memory, hard drive, power supply, and processor/heatsink. Possibly a graphics card if you don’t have onboard graphics or you want nicer graphics (I always run nVidia cards on mine). It only starts to get a little complicated if you want something like a RAID set up or water cooling—and water cooling really isn’t worth the trouble imo.
Maybe it’s because I’m used to it, but I’ve always thought of building a computer being sort of like putting together a big 3D puzzle. Everything kind of goes into a designated slot, so it’s really not as hard to do as it sounds!
Ell oh ell.
Nitorin doesn’t make me cry.
It just makes me barf.
I may lose some followers as a result of this, but hell—I’m not tagging this and it’s my blog. I honestly love almost every character in Free! with the exception of Nitori.
He is exactly the kind of character archetype that I can’t stand. He’s a clingy hero-worshipping dimwit and the only thing that annoys me about Nitorin is that the ship literally exists with absolutely no canon support whatsoever.
I get why Makoharu exists. I get why Makorin, Reigisa, and almost every other ship exists in Free!
Hell, I even get why Nitori —> Rin exists.
But Rin —> Nitori? Nah son. At least 95% of the canon material points to Rin feeling nothing more than irritation at that kid and by god I don’t blame him. The closest I would ever get to sexual intercourse with that wet kitchen mop of a character would be my foot up his ass.
I find it so hilarious that people seem to think that ship somehow threatens Rinharu. To be honest I didn’t even know Nitorin was a thing until some tumblr users started shipping it, LOL. But then again, I’m not threatened by Makoharu either. Ship what you want to ship—I seriously don’t care. Your OTP in no way affects mine.
Though I will point out the sheer buttfuckery of using a ship to hurt someone else. That says a lot about your character, dude.
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much for joining us inside "the war room." tim dickinson of "rolling stone" magazine. roe v. wade is the law of the land. americans overwhelmingly support a woman's right to choose. michigan handed president obama a 9-point victory five weeks ago so when i see a legislative body sneakily passing anti-choice members in the proverbial dead of night the phrase subverting the will of the people seems mild. my thoughts on that right after the break. ♪ ♪ destined to take them over. the uconnect command center with sirius xm satellite radio in the new 2013 ram 1500. engineered to move heaven and earth. guts. glory. ram. >> jennifer: back in march of 1984 the owner of the baltimore colts moved baltimore's beloved football team to indianapolis. he said he wouldn't do it but in the middle of the night 12 mayflower moving trucks were hired to tear out the region's heart and soul under cover of darkness. it was incredibly unpopular extremely underhanded. and it devastated the people. it even brought baltimore's mayor to tears.
all, reverse roe v. wade. the commerce clause was not part of that agenda. again, any story i tell and "the oath," the idea that an individual mandate was unconstitutional was invented out of thin air essentially fixed months before the law was passed. the individual mandate had been pioneered by the conservative heritage foundation and the late 80s. decades it had been discussed and no one had ever suggested it was unconstitutional. you might think. someone might've noticed this really unconstitutional. it is an example i think and i believe robert staines of the kind of political frenzy. a desire of the part of republicans to defeat the saw at any cost, any price and roberts said this is a diversion from what we need to do as conservatives. roberts did not suddenly last year discoveries and are moderate. he is not a moderate. he will not suddenly start siding with four liberals. but in this case, he preserved his plays and he preserved the courts place as a relatively neutral arbiter and expanded his own power and reputation and enormous lake, which he will use sooner rather than
and roe versus wade. he reached out in lawrence versus texas and grutter v. bollinger. those who don't want them to reach out in this case do want them to reach out anytime it helps their cause. maybe they even reached out in allen's case. my point is the court shouldn't just make things up. but they are, to a large extent, a policymaking body. that is what they do. they take cases and they decide broader principles. here we have a very serious problem that justifies a little stretching, not in my opinion to ban racial preferences, and went to socioeconomic components. every other institution in american society has failed to come to grips with this problem. the university systematically misleads applicants over how it works. no major politician has had a case of affirmative action more than 20 years -- excuse me, not 20, but 16 years. we are going to have racial preferences for the next hundred years or more unless the supreme court does something to slow down. >> a nonpolitical ranch of a policymaking body. say it ain't so. [applause] >> comments? >> i would like to talk about what
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Celebrating Together
Tulika Haldher, Feb 11, 2009, 12.00am IST
Friends are always with you to share the best moments of your life.
So when Dhirendra Madan and his wife Kusum completed 25 years of their marriage, their children Nikhil and Mahima ensured that they have the best time of their lives with all of their friends. Away from the hustle-bustle of the city the do organised at Gold Palace Resorts saw all of Madans' best friend who had come from near and far to congratulate the couple.
Dressed in white the anniversary couple grabbed eyeballs and received loads of compliments in the bash. The evening saw the guests making the most of the dance floor, there were other attractions for them too. The attendees were thrilled with the performances, which included live music, ribbon dance and Bollywood masala dance by varied artistes.
JT spotted Sundara Bains, Jyoti Chanana, Amitabh Chanana, Sakshi and Rahul cheering up the couple. The shutterbugs captured Ashish and Liza Karnani catching a light moment together. The chill in the air was of least concern for the guests as they served themselves with hot kebabs and drinks while swinging to the peppy tunes. | http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-02-11/others/28002603_1_dance-floor-couple-light-moment | dclm-gs1-130420002 | false | false | {
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Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on Friday said a final decision on redevelopment of the Mantralaya building, which was gutted in a massive blaze on Thursday, hinged on the structural audit report. "Only the Maharashtra government will take a decision on the redevelopment. It will be done by the government itself."
Chavan made the statement in the wake of NCP chief Sharad Pawar's suggestion that the ravaged 57-year-old state government headquarters should be rebuilt. Pawar was talking to mediapersons at Vidhan Bhavan before he went to inspect Mantralaya. He also suggested that the government should undertake the reconstruction on its own and not hand it over to a private player on a build-operate-transfer or public-private-partnership basis; a point that Chavan reiterated.
Pawar said he had consulted officials of the national disaster agency after the fire. He said the officials were of the view that the eightstorey structure needs to be rebuilt. "The scale of fire was massive. The Mantralaya building must have taken a severe beating from the blaze. In view of this it is necessary to go for the reconstruction."
That Pawar should suggest redevelopment of Mantralaya is crucial as a proposal to this effect, framed by the public works department, has been in a state of limbo for several years. The PWD is held by senior NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal.
Meanwhile, after a preliminary inspection of the site, experts and officials said the state secretariat building appears to be partially habitable and does not seem to have suffered any "drastic" structural damage.
A team of experts from the Maharashtra Housing and Areas Development Authority, public works department (PWD), the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and MMRDA surveyed the eight-storey main building. While the roof on the sixth floor was found partially collapsed near the chief minister's office, the fourth, fifth and sixth floors suffered maximum damage to the central, west and east wings. The only office to have survived was the chief secretary (CS)'s cabin, which remained intact. "The CS's tiffin box was found open still filled with food," said an official. Nearly 30% of the total 5.17 lakh square-foot built-up area was lost in the fire, but no damage was caused to the beams and columns of the structure," an official said.
The inspection teams found the first three floors of the building were completely unaffected by the fire. However, water used while putting out the fire had seeped into the lower floors causing the ceiling to leak.
The flooring above the third floor had come off, making it internally unviable. The outer structure stood strong on these floors. "This is a sturdy structure built in a contemporary architectural style typical of the 1950s and 1960s when heavy use of mortar and lime was made to withstand heat of 1,500 degree Celsius. If somehow the top floors could be restructured and the ground floors repaired after the water is drained off, it can still be a habitable structure, but all depends on how the government wants to take it from here," said an official who added that further inspection would be needed to assess the actual damage.
The chief minister's office, too, suffered major damage and only its ante chamber was left unaffected. The other departments that took a hit included urban development, power, culture and tourism and home.
Plans of reviving building's redevelopment plan, which was shelved following criticism, have also become a possibility now. However, members of the inspection team said at this point, it is too early to say if the building needed to be redeveloped, repaired or restructured completely. | http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-23/mumbai/32381256_1_mantralaya-building-floors-structure | dclm-gs1-130430002 | false | false | {
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How yoga lowers stress
Meghna Mukherjee, TNN Apr 2, 2013, 12.00AM IST
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If you've been getting stressed at work or otherwise lately, do not worry. We tell you how you can lower your stress level by practicing yoga
Chronic anxiety often takes a toll on your health, draining energy resources and keeping your body in a constant state of stress. The effects of anxiety are magnified when your body is not exercised. Tension starts building in your muscles, the mind is not at rest and breathing remains constricted most of the time.
Yoga is said to access your inner strength that allows you to face overwhelming fears, challenges and frustrations of everyday life. If you practice yoga daily, it helps you to breathe and relax your body by gently releasing tension from larger muscle groups - flushing out all parts of the body and brain with fresh blood, oxygen and other nutrients which releases the feelings of well-being.
Whole body exercises like Suryanamaskar (sun salutation) is particularly helpful because they encourage you to breathe deeply and rhythmically. Apart from them, the Complete Breath technique is a must for those who feel 'stressed out'. It eases you from panic attacks, helps calm your mind or cope with difficult situations. In this exercise, you have to learn to concentrate simply on the sound of the breath as you inhale and exhale evenly and smoothly. It will help relax your senses.
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According to the World Bank's Development Research Group, rates of absolute poverty were halved between 1990 and 2010, despite the recent financial and food-prices crisis. Estimates show that in 2008, "both the number and share of the population living on less than $1.25 a day," fell everywhere in the world for the first time ever. Much of the credit goes to China, which has brought 660 million people out of poverty since 1981. The country's economic growth over these years reduced poverty rates in South East Asia from 77 to 14 percent.
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Advancements have occurred in other parts of the world, too. After a rise in African poverty through the 80s and 90s, by 2008 the poverty rate had fallen to 47 percent. For the first time, less than half of Africa is living in abject poverty. Latin American, eastern Europe and Central Asia have also seen poverty rates drop, a testament to the increased number of social programs. Despite the progress, there is still much work to be done. The number of people making less than $2 fell only slightly, from 2.59 billion in 1981 to 2.44 billion in 2008.
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Listen up, Cleveland...
You all know what might happen a few days from now, and as much as you don't want it to happen, it's important to start preparing for the worst.
LeBron James might not come back.
Now take a deep breath, and move on.
Believe it or not, there is life after LeBron, and despite how much you think you love him, you'll love the team that wins a championship without him even more.
Trust me on this—even if he leaves, the Cavaliers can and will remain competitive.
All they have to do is follow these 10 steps.
Hate... That Guy
LeBron? Who's LeBron?
Oh, you mean LeBum.
That's right... LeBum!
Heck, even think of him as being French if it makes it easier to hate on him.
If that guy leaves Northeast Ohio; his backyard, the place where he told us to "witness" and "believe" as if he were some savior coming to the elevate the morale of a depressed people and put Cleveland on the pro basketball map the way His Airness did in Chicago, then we have every right to turn our backs to him.
And why not? After all, he turned his back to us.
Let's add a picture of his face to the dartboard, right next to Art Modell's.
Let's boo him every time he's in town and touches the ball in a game.
And hold up signs that read, "We all did your mom too!"
Ok, that's a bit harsh. But you get the point. The organization and its fans should make it a priority to root against him. Believe it or not, it will only make following the team that much more enjoyable.
Change the Team's Colors, Uniforms and Logo
It's not like you ever had cool colors, uniforms, or logos anyhow—why not just start over and make a fresh start?
After all, what does orange, blue, black, wine, and gold have to do with Cleveland?
The city's flag is red, white and blue.
Cleveland's main industries, historically, have been manufacturing and shipping. Thus, the city's flag also features an anvil, hammer and wheel, as well as an anchor and oars.
This is a predominantly working class, blue-collar city. Where does the wine and gold come in?
How about using That Guy's exit as a reason to change the look of the team to something that better resembles the city and its people?
Heck, if That Guy can change his uniform number and re-brand himself, why shouldn't the franchise?
Hire Kevin Pritchard as General Manager
The fact no one can give a clear answer to the question, "Why did the Blazers fire Kevin Pritchard?" all but confirms reports he and team owner Paul Allen didn't get along.
After all, pettiness seems like the only logical explanation, considering Pritchard had proven himself to be excellent at his job, and Allen fired him just one hour prior to the draft.
How do you fire your GM an hour before the draft and then ask him to stick around a few more hours so he can manage your team's draft-day decision-making?
Anyhow, you know how the saying goes: "One man's trash is another man's treasure."
The Cavaliers need to jump all over this opportunity and lock up Pritchard, a 43-year-old Indiana native and former NBA player, with a long-term contract.
Pritchard became Blazers GM with one month remaining in 2007 season. The team finished that year with a 32-50 record.
Over the next three seasons, the Blazers averaged 48-plus wins and reached the playoffs twice.
One can only imagine what the Blazers would have done last season had Greg Oden, Joel Przybilla, and Brandon Roy not gotten hurt.
The Cavaliers will be undergoing some rebuilding and Pritchard is the right man to turn the franchise around.
Take It Back to the Old School and Focus on "Team," Not "Star"
Everything in sports these days is superstar-centric simply due to the fact entertaining players sell tickets and move merchandise.
You can be an incredibly successful team but if there isn't a sexy face to your franchise, fans seem to lose interest.
Who cares?
The 2007 San Antonio Spurs were boring to watch. That's nice. The 2004 Detroit Pistons didn't have any stars. Sure.
Ask their fans how they feel about those teams. Go to Detroit and ask the first guy you see rocking a Pistons jersey what 2004 felt like.
Bliss. I'm sure.
My point is, a basketball franchise doesn't need to follow the same instruction booklet every other team uses.
Just because the trend may be to get one superstar and surround him with adequacy, that doesn't mean a team can't be designed in a manner where the whole is the sum of its parts.
Do you remember the 1992 Cavaliers team? It came two wins from reaching the Finals. Who made up its rotation?
Brad Daugherty, Larry Nance, Craig Ehlo, Hot Rod Williams, Mark Price, John Battle, Steve Kerr, and Terrell Brandon.
All quality players. Young and old. No holes. No egos.
After the That Guy fiasco, the Cavs should take it back to building a team comprised of guys who just want to ball.
Look at the roster Pritchard put together in Portland. When key players got hurt, reserves stepped up and plugged the holes almost seamlessly.
That's how a team should be; not one in which the star falls and everything else collapses.
Re-Sign Zydrunas Ilgauskas
The 7'3" Lithuanian has never played anywhere but Cleveland and ranks as the franchise's best in games played, rebounds, and blocks. Only you know who has scored more points.
The fans absolutely love "Z," which makes it imperative the team re-sign him—he’s a free agent—and ensure he's a Cav for life.
At 35, Ilgauskas doesn't have much—if anything—left in the tank. Still, signing him for cheap just to keep as a backup will appease die-hard fans.
Give Delonte West a "Max" Contract
What better way to tell That Guy to go, um, fly himself?
I'm just kidding.
Getting rid of West as soon as possible is a must.
Trade Antawn Jamison for Kenyon Martin
1. Jamison is 34 years old and on the decline.
2. As we saw last season, Jamison didn't exactly work out in Cleveland. Granted it's not easy for a guy to be thrust into a new team and system and perform as expected, but when you're a two-time All-Star making $15 million, you have to do better than 15-and-7 with erratic shooting and shaky defense.
3. Without a sure-fire No. 1 on the team, Jamison becomes the go-to guy.
Jamison is owed $28.4 million over the next two seasons; the Cavaliers are only $7 million under cap.
Why not trade Jamison to Denver for Kenyon Martin's expiring contract? After all, the move would save Cleveland $12 million and free space for next season.
Meanwhile, the Nuggets need any excuse to convince Carmelo Anthony to stay. Jamison is clearly an upgrade over Martin and makes the team an even more potent scoring force and playoff threat.
J.J. Hickson would take over starting power forward duties.
Trade Mo Williams for Andre Miller
The word out of Portland is the team is interested in acquiring Mo Williams. I can only imagine this means the Blazers have no intention of picking up Miller's $7.8 million option for the 2011-12 season.
Cleveland would benefit from bringing back Miller for a one-year rental. After all, it's more money off the books for next summer, and Miller has his best seasons in a Cavaliers uniform.
The 34-year-old Miller is a classic floor general who fit the Cavaliers' need for a leader.
Sign the Best Available Free Agent Shooting Guard: Anthony Morrow
Golden State won't let sharpshooter Anthony Morrow, a restricted free agent, go unless they're priced out of the running for his services.
The Cavaliers are currently around $6.8 under cap; thus, they can't offer Morrow more than a five-year, $34-million deal.
If recent deals are a good indicator, the 24-year-old Morrow could be looking at something closer to a four-year, $36-million deal.
Should the Cavaliers not be able to land him, they should turn their attention to J.J. Redick (with promise of a starting job) or Shannon Brown.
The goal would be to land the best available, low-cost, high-potential scoring guard.
Tank the 2010-2011 Season for a Chance to Draft Jared Sullinger
Hey, it worked in 2003 when the Cavaliers gave up on the season, landed the top pick and drafted That Guy.
Why not do it again for a shot at another Ohio boy?
Columbus' Jared Sullinger is an absolute beast of a player. The 6'9", 260-pound Ohio State freshman was voted this past season's Naismith High School Player of the Year.
Anyone who watches Sullinger play cannot come away thinking he's anything but the next great power forward in the NBA.
This isn't some raw, freak athlete like Derrick Favors. Sullinger is a highly skilled basketball talent.
He took home MVP honors at the McDonald's All-American game after scoring 22 points in 24 minutes. He shot 7-11 from the field, including 2-3 on threes, and went 6-6 from the free throw line.
Sullinger is currently ranked on both and as likely the fifth pick in next year's draft. Obviously, it's too early to be sure, but Sullinger has looked like a No. 1 pick thus far.
Drafting him allows the team to trade Hickson for a starting point guard.
If Cavaliers organization takes all of the steps I've highlighted in this article, this whole experience will look in the rearview mirror like nothing more than a bump in the road.
Just look at the New Jersey Nets.
They were a joke until they landed Jason Kidd, after which they became one of the decade’s most successful teams. Once it became apparent the team had peaked and was starting to sour, the roster was gutted and draft picks were collected.
The Nets tanked last season to land the third overall pick, which they used on Derrick Favors.
Look at them now. The sky's the limit.
My point is, instead of doing what most teams foolishly do when things are going south—which is hang on and try to prevent an inevitable rebuilding period—the Cavs should embrace reality and use it to start over as soon as possible.
If you follow the steps I've highlighted, you will have:
- A completely new look and attitude.
- A good GM running the show for years to come.
- Jared Sullinger or a comparable stud draft pick.
- $33.2 million in cap space for the summer of 2011.
Your starting lineup for 2012 could be:
C: Anderson Varejao
PF: Jared Sullinger
SF: Tayshaun Prince
SG: Jason Richardson
PG: Jose Calderon
BE: Anthony Morrow
BE: Zydrunas Ilgauskas
BE: Jamario Moon
BE: Daniel Gibson
BE: Charlie Bell
BE: Rookie
BE: Rookie
Wouldn't this be a better all-around team even though there's clearly no bona-fide No. 1 superstar? I think so.
Have faith, Cleveland. You have options.
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0.025179 | <urn:uuid:35a9e5ac-f99e-41cb-af5b-8e4bafb0f20e> | en | 0.955681 | Bleacher Report - Ben Askren Bleacher Report - The open source sports network en-us 30 Ben Askren Confirms 2-Year Deal with ONE FC; Explains Not Going with WSOF Steven Rondina <p>Now-former Bellator welterweight champion <a href="">Ben Askren</a> appeared on the <a href="">Dec. 9th edition of <em>The MMA Hour</em></a> with Ariel Helwani and dropped bombshell after bombshell regarding his present and future in <a href="">MMA</a>. The biggest, most important topic he covered was his future in MMA.</p> <p>After weeks of rumbles, Askren officially revealed that he will be leaving Bellator to join Singapore-based promotion ONE FC. </p> <p>The announcement hardly comes as a surprise, with Bloody Elbow revealing last week that Askren had <a href="">joined Evolve MMA</a>, a gym he had previously trained at that is home to numerous ONE FC fighters such as Leandro Issa, Eddie Ng and many more. Askren joins numerous high-profile fighters in ONE, including Japanese submission artist Shinya Aoki, famed bantamweight Bibiano Fernandes and former UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia.</p> <p>The announcement still comes as something of a surprise, however, as many predicted that Askren would join World Series of Fighting—including UFC president <a href="">Dana White</a>, who strongly suggested he join the promotion to "show what he's got" in an <a href="">interview with MMA Junkie</a>.</p> <p>According to Askren, though, it was Dana's suggestion that ultimately pushed him to join ONE.</p> <p>"I thought we were going to come to a deal [with the UFC]," he said. "It's clear that it isn't about me, it's about Dana's quarrel with Bellator."</p> <p>When a WSOF contract slid over his desk after being officially shot down by the UFC, though, he refused to let them call the shots for him: "I've got a really hard time with people telling me what to do, and if I'm you're employee, I'm going to listen to you...but now I'm not your employee and you're telling me what to do? That's crazy.</p> <p>Ultimately, the welterweight seems content with where he's at and flatly stated he will be making more money than 85 to 90 percent of UFC fighters. </p> <p>Unfortunately, ONE has a limited roster of welterweights. While he ultimately would have had the opportunity to face relatively established fighters like Jon Fitch and Josh Burkman in WSOF, the only opponent who lies on the horizon for him in ONE would be journeyman Phil Baroni, who is 2-7 since 2009.</p> <p>Only time will tell what will happen with Askren in Asia.</p><p>Read more <a href="" title="Ben Askren analysis, news and photos">Ben Askren</a> news on</p> Mon, 09 Dec 2013 16:10:47 -0500 MMA UFC Breaking News Ben Askren UFC: Passing on Ben Askren and the Creation of a People's Champion Matthew Ryder <p class="ui-droppable"><img class="slot" src="/images/pixel.gif" alt="">It's been a rich week in the world of <a href="">MMA</a>.</p> <p>There are fights this weekend. <a href="" target="_blank">Lots</a> <a href="" target="_blank">of</a> <a href="" target="_blank">them</a>.</p> <p>The lead-up, however, has been as much about a <a href="" target="_blank">UFC digital subscription network</a> and Ronda Rousey <a href="" target="_blank">charming Jimmy Kimmel</a> (who knew she still had it in her?) as it has been about the return of Mark Hunt and the Down-Underrated card he's headlining in his homeland.</p> <p>Oh, and <a href="">Ben Askren</a>. It's <a href="" target="_blank">been about him</a>, too.</p> <p>You see, no one really wanted Askren.</p> <p><a href="">Dana White</a> sure didn't, and <a href="" target="_blank">he told him as much</a>.</p> <p>His old Bellator boss Bjorn Rebney <a href="" target="_blank">didn't either</a>. That's how we got here.</p> <p>World Series of Fighting <a href="" target="_blank">had some interest</a>, but White was so adamant that Askren sign there that he practically didn't out of spite.</p> <p>That's when OneFC, Asia's top promotional dog, swooped in and <a href="" target="_blank">tentatively signed</a> the former Olympian and technically still Bellator welterweight champion. Apparently, Asian MMA is grossly more interested in competitive balance <a href="" target="_blank">than it used to be</a>.</p> <p><img class="slot" src="/images/pixel.gif" alt="">In all of this—the circus surrounding Askren and the human hot potato he became in the time since his Bellator release—the main question has remained: How much of modern MMA is sport, and how much is entertainment?</p> <p>No one has the answer.</p> <p>If MMA is sport, Askren needs his place in the UFC. He's undefeated and would beat the vast majority of the 170-pound roster in the promotion. He is adept at putting opponents out of their comfort zone and into his, and as a result, he has won on a regular basis.</p> <p>If MMA is entertainment, it's easy to understand why a 1-0 <a href="">Brock Lesnar</a> rode into the UFC on a speeding hype train, while Askren is a toxic commodity five years later. His style isn't for everyone, and even those who accept it can't argue that he's thrilling 100 percent of the time.</p> <p>But in the midst of this fight to find a home and prove his relevance in the cage, Askren pulled an unexpected move: He proved his relevance without needing the cage. Actually, it could be argued that the move was pulled for him instead of him pulling it of his own volition.</p> <p>The rumblings were alive all throughout the Askren free agency, but with the official pass by the UFC and its reasons, the rumblings became a full-blown quake. Even though his Twitter trolling and interview braggadocio have often been more awe-inspiring than his fights, people wanted him in the UFC.</p> <p>The UFC is where the best fight the best, and he is perceived as one of the best. Boredom be damned<span>—</span>put him in the Octagon and let that fact be proved wrong if you think differently. Don't tell the world he's not worth your time and never give him the chance to prove otherwise.</p> <p>At least, that was the sentiment of MMA media and a surprising portion of the fanbase.</p> <p>It's all largely irrelevant now, as Askren is a OneFC property and is <a href="" target="_blank">already talking up</a> a fight with Phil Baroni<span>—</span>a veteran scalp he'll surely collect with alarming ease if the fight comes together. Look for him to possibly even earn the first of several knockouts on the ground thanks to the use of knees that is illegal in North America.</p> <p>One thing is for sure, though: The sport of mixed martial arts has spoken. The community surrounding caged combat has made it clear that it's the responsibility of the top promotion in the game to sign the best fighters when they become available.</p> <p>It's not about entertainment; it's about proving who's best.</p> <p>Askren became the poster child for that movement in recent weeks. More people cared about his career than ever before, and it happened without him having to throw a punch. He became a proper people's champion because he was being overlooked and bullied, and the vast majority of people didn't like it.</p> <p>No matter. He landed on his feet with a promotion that genuinely wants him, and the next time he's called a champion, he'll be getting another belt for his troubles.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>I'm back on Twitter, follow me <a href="" target="_blank">@matthewjryder</a>!</strong></p><p>Read more <a href="" title="Ben Askren analysis, news and photos">Ben Askren</a> news on</p> Fri, 06 Dec 2013 08:00:00 -0500 MMA UFC Opinion Ben Askren | http://bleacherreport.com/articles/feed?tag_id=18413 | dclm-gs1-130520002 | false | false | {
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0.018953 | <urn:uuid:8190fa8a-7e98-41b7-8534-2cb6e9cd4b65> | en | 0.944809 | A ‘smidget’ of regional terms: from ‘squirrel load’ to ‘whoopity scoot’
There are some things I love to an unhealthy degree, such as The Shield, Russian imperial stouts, George Carlin’s comedy, mint chocolate chip ice cream, and Evil Dead 2. My heart beats equally fast for the Dictionary of American Regional English, which recently published its long-awaited final volume.
I wrote about euphemisms from DARE—which documents terms from every nook and cranny of the U.S.—in my Evasive Maneuvers column for Visual Thesaurus, but I didn’t come close to plumbing the depths. Here are a few more terms I find useful, amusing, or just flat-out wonderful. They are as American as apple pie and Richard Nixon, but better for your health. Use them in your tweets, toasts, and testimony as needed.
Like smidge, this southern word always means a tiny amount of something, often food. Citations show people discussing smidgets of corn, cake, cream, trouble, and other delicacies.
When delving deep into regional terms, slang, or dialects, it’s interesting how many obscure terms are close relatives of common words. For example, you probably know the expression “Blown to smithereens!” but you may not know a smither is also an itsy-bitsy fragment. I’m no mathematician, but I’d wager a smither is even smaller than a smithereen. Another related term is splintereens.
smell one’s piss
Here’s an idiom with a biological basis. If you can smell your piss, you’re going through puberty and aware of it, not necessarily with the most personality-enhancing results. This southern term is used in a 2002 Internet example that demonstrates its meaning well: “If you notice they all revert to personal insults when they have no answer for an intelligent comment. My guess is the kid is about 12 years old, smelling his piss for the first time, and thinking he’s 10ft tall and bulletproof.”
This is a term for anyone who talks too much or too loudly, an epidemic in the cell-phone age. Meanwhile, splutterment is some type of fuss or brouhaha.
whoopity scoot
If you can’t do something lickety-split, maybe you can do it whoopity scoot, which also means fast.
soap stick
This has an unsurprising, literal meaning as a type of stick used to make soap, but it’s also an insult, as seen here in 1858: “The poor miserable soapsticks—gulled and deceived, or bribed and perjured fools and rascals—whichever they may prefer to call themselves—voted for the English bill.”
squirrel load
If you don’t have much of a tolerance for booze, order a squirrel load: an itsy-bitsy amount of liquor.
This is a mudhole. However, a sloosh is a more numerical concept, though no less muddy, since it lacks exactness. Citations for this southern term mention “a plumb sloosh of snakes,” “a big sloosh of chickens,” and “a plumb sloosh of notables.” In other words, a sloosh is made up of many smidgets, along with a few smithers and squirrel loads.
sleep dust
A far more elegant term than eye boogers.
where the goose bit one
This is a very creative southern term for the navel: it has cousins such as where the chicken pecked one and where the Indian shot one.
DARE contains terms for many imaginary creatures, like the swamp gaboon, but I like the squonk, mainly for its name. DARE also features imaginary objects, such as whim-wham for a goose’s bridle. The use is demonstrated in this 1944 quote: “When I was a child and we asked our mother what anything was, any gadget, or a part of a sewing machine or such-like, she always answered: ‘Oh, that’s a whimwham for a goose’s bridle and a waylay for meddlers!’” In other words: Buzz off, child!
This article originally appeared on the OUPblog.
Posted on: April 17 2012 | Categories: Dictionaries and lexicography, English in use, Varieties of English | Tags: , , , , ,
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If you keep in mind that ALL of the important readers and users of dictionaries are native speakers and that for anyone who did not learn English from birth, everything you say is just . .well, WONDERFUL.
Unfortunately, like many intellectually constipated Americans, you imagine that English is OUR LANGUAGE and that we OWN it. Equally unfortunate is the fact that most English speakers are NOT American nor even British. Many of them never enter an English speaking country and all of their speaking partners are also second language speakers.
It would not take a lot of preparation and expansion of your knowledge to English to write in ways that would be universal and, therefore understandable by second language speakers.
Here is the big surprise for smug, self-satisfied native speakers: Using non-standard, idiomatic, rap, vulgar and unusual regional words makes learning English much more difficult for even educated second language speakers.
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The Senate is expected to take up a bill requiring microstamping for semi-automatic pistols today, but are there 32 votes to pass it?
Things remain fluid, according to people involved in the lobbying. Three upstate Democrats — David Valesky, Darrel Aubertine and Bill Stachowski — all confirmed to me they’re voting no. Lobbyists, which include members of the law enforcement community and several mayors, are working now (and will continue through the afternoon) to secure Republican votes.
Before holding a rally outside, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg met with top Senate Republican leaders as well as the three Republican senators from the five boroughs — Marty Golden, Andrew Lanza and Frank Padavan. The mayor said he was “hopeful that they will do what’s right.”
Bloomberg was asked about how the vote may affect financial support; he has been a generous supporter of Senate Republicans.
“I look at anybody who I support. I look at all of the things that they stand for and all of the things they vote — I’m never going to agree with any one person on everything. I don’t make any one vote a condition, but I certainly care very much about this one bill. You can read into that anything you want,” he said. He was also unsure whether there were 32 votes: “That’s what a vote is for. I’ve always thought you take the vote to find out. I know Albany works slightly differently, but, maybe they should look at it differently.”
Padavan confirmed to me that he will vote affirmatively, but Golden — normally front and center when law enforcement officers are involved — assiduously no commented about his stance.
“If the bill gets to the floor I think it gets passed,” he allowed.
The bill’s opponents view it as a slippery slope to more gun controls, and a measure that will hurt firearm manufacturing in New York. They also say that changing the pin on a gun will nullify the effect of a microstamp.
Lobbyists supporting the bill are also looking at Sens. Joe Robach and Chuck Fuschillo. Others may also flip: Sen. Kemp Hannon told me he was undecided on how he would vote.
Republicans are conferencing now.
1. Jack says:
What do you think will this legislation actually accomplish? Microstamping is an unproven technology. No manufacturer has ever implemented it in a production firearm.
In fact, when it comes to legal ownership of firearms, New York is going backward. More states are adopting “shall-issue” handgun licensing law. In fact, New York is one of 10 states that still have “may-issue” licensing. Compare New York State to Florida, Texas, and Pennsylvania. Is handgun crime crime any worse in those states than New York? I think you will find that handgun crime is comparable. The difference is that these three states all allow their honest citizens to exercise their constitutional right to carry handguns. And Texas and Florida lock their criminals behind bars where they belong, not release them early to commit crimes again.
Will the microstamping law stop handgun crime? No, as crooks always acquire their firearms through the black market. Crooks do not go through background checks. They are crooks. They steal their firearms, or smuggle them in from another country. In fact, they do not follow the laws in the first place, so how will the Senate microstamping bills deter crime? Unless you plan on confiscating every handgun in the United States, there will always be an ample supply of non-stamped handguns to purchase and use in a crime.
Will the micro-stamping law enable the police to trace a spent shell back to the source after a crime has been committed? Not necessarily. All a crook needs to do is file off the tip of their firing pin, thus changing the characteristics of the “microstamping.” In addition, crooks can simply hang out at a few gun ranges, and collect the used brass left behind. Commit a crime, and leave a few of these spent shells from someone else’s pistol and viola! The police will be looking for an innocent person from a handgun unrelated to the crime. The police will never know the actual weapon used in a crime, much less who fired it.
Or even better yet, a crook can simply use a revolver in a crime, which of course does not eject a shell as a semi-automatic pistol. How will the politicians in Albany track crimes with revolvers?
Doesn’t the Senate have more important things to do, such as reducing our deficit by cutting out-of-control spending?
Politicians must focus on the criminal rather than the firearm. Give longer mandatory sentencing for violent criminals. For example, home invasions on Long Island are increasing at an alarming rate. How about a mandatory sentence of 50 years for these scum? But instead, the Senate is spending time and our money to pass laws to monitor the rounds fired by law abiding citizens.
Also, every legal handgun license holder in New York has gone through an extensive background check, including review by the New York State Police and the FBI. These are not the people you need to worry about committing crimes. And yet, legal, licensed law abiding handgun owners are the only people the insane microstamping law will impact.
But the this law will do nothing to save live, despite what the clueless Jacobs said. As I mentioned, crooks do not obey the law in the first place. So how will another misguided law deter them from committing a crime, or enable the police to solve a crime? In short, it will not, and cannot.
2. stateworker_ says:
1. You anti-gun people ever hear of a brass catcher??? They even make them for almost any model handgun. So how will this help if no casings are left behind???
2. Out of the crimes committed with a firearm, what is the percentage of these weapons that were stolen??? So micro-stamping only brings the casing back to the registered owner, prove the owner fired it when it was reported stolen??? YOU CAN’T!!! However some ambulance chasing atty will probably sue the owner of the weapon.
3. Can ANYONE say that micro-stamping won’t be defeated by using a simple diamond file, replacement of the gun parts etc etc etc. You can’t!!!
4. Hypothetical, Criminal has 9mm micro-stamped weapon, goes into gun club and finds 9mm shell casings. Criminal shoots and kills someone throwing down the casings from the gun club after picking up his own casings. Well I hope you are not that poor bastard!!!
5. Hello, REVOLVERS!!! You anti-gun people hear of them??? Even though this legislation states semi-auto, some idiot legislature who knows nothing will probably include revolvers as the next big idea. lol
6. Almost last but not least, out of state firearms. How are you going to track by micro-stamping anyone if they purchase a firearm out of state????
7. Since I go to the gun range frequently, I RELOAD my own ammunition and then frequently give extra to friends who also shoot. How is micro-stamping going to be effective if the shell casing has multiple stamps on it? Are they also date and time stamped???? (Sarcasm)
Useless feel good legislation.
3. Roger deLeon says:
Mr. K, the dems state that obama care will not cost more and will not monopolize medicine. This is feel a step towards taking guns away.
4. Mr. K says:
So… No evidence to how it actually infringes upon the Second Amendment? All you have is the slippery slope argument? That, along with whatever point you’re trying to make with healthcare, is quite the stretch to say the least. Unless there’s any legitimate evidence to a claim, there’s no real use in trying to make the argument.
5. CRR says:
Mayor Bloomberg said in his address after the microstamping bill was withdrawn in the senate that its failure to pass was a victory to the criminals who use illegal guns . By virtue of the fact that criminals use illegal guns (as the Mayor himself admitted) we can logically see that this bill will have no impact on gun crime , because illegal guns won’t have microstamps. Due to this state’s strict handgun licensing laws criminals will continue to acquire their guns from other jurisdictions thus circumventing microstamping altogether. While I totally agree more needs to be done to curb the gun violence on our streets, shell case microstamping is a false panacea to this problem.
6. 105thFan says:
Microstamping doesn’t work ..and if they modify the Firing Pins (to compensate for the engraving) and any Cartridge Primers are pierced (look it up) …will the Politicians who signed off on this Law be held responsible for the damage or worse ..people injured ? Who will be Liable / Who will pay the resulting Class Action Lawsuit costs ?
The people pushing this legislation know nothing about Firearms or Ammunition.
They care nothing about the cost (and loss of State jobs) or actual risks involved.
It’s time for the Anti Gun groups to find a new cause to Champion
7. Will democrats never learn?
The second amendment means you may not be restrictive or regulatory of guns or ammunition to law abiding none felonious citizenry.
Forget the Constitution for a minute.
Do democrats really have the nerve to suggest we waste more money?
Are democrats are still inventing ways to spend even more?!
More Government regulation additional cost no guarantee as to out come. More big government.
The official house of records for every bullet ever sold.
The whole federal unionized dept of federal official idiots to alphabetize the list of monitored and former free people.
Democrats don’t go away mad, just go away!
8. 105thFan says:
I agree Carl !
Also , I think we should pass an Accountability law that makes ANY Politician who frames any new Law (and all who vote for it) Personally Liable for any of the consequences/damage/costs that result from their flawed Law being passed.
That would make them think twice before wasting the Taxpayers Time and Money with useless Laws and put an end to promoting personal agendas.
The chance of getting sued would result in more research being done before Votes were counted .
Doctors rely on malpractice Insurance.
Maybe our Politicians would use Incompetence Insurance.
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0.019201 | <urn:uuid:3004e9d3-6b74-4e61-a948-53abe46d09ac> | en | 0.954659 | Xbox 360 Review: Dead Rising
By | Friday, August 25, 2006
Filed under: Uncategorized
It's a perfect video-game scenario. There's a mall, there's a chainsaw, and there's zombies. Lots of zombies. More zombies than should be theoretically possible actually. There's that big, bold "M" rating on the box too. Somehow, however, through the design process Dead Rising was packed with a few crippling issues that destroy what should have been enjoyable mindless zombie-bashing… with shovels… and a lawnmower… and golf clubs… and of course zucchini.
If there's anything Dead Rising pulls off, it's the sheer absurdity of it all. Pushed forward with a generic, predictable plot, players control a photojournalist snagging the story of a lifetime. It's a small town mall, infested by something that's caused the entire town to become, well, dead and living simultaneously. To uncover the story, Frank needs to be in certain spots within a set time limit.
This of course leads the game's classic zombie-smashing. It's never a straight shot from one place to the other given the malls halls are packed with the groaning and awfully hungry townsfolk. To get to the next destination, it takes a massive amount of bloodletting.
The real-time aspects are intriguing. With three days to play with until his rescue chopper returns, all the key missions need to be completed within that timeframe. Side missions involving rescuing people are an additional set of challenges. If the game is making any type of statement, it must be how ridiculously stupid the average American mall shopper is. These poor trapped souls stop in the center of a zombie holocaust to be eaten alive unless the player is guiding them every step. Even then, they'll still manage to find the best way to become food for the mindless.
That begins a string of frustrations for Dead Rising, and after the initial glee of being given the opportunity to pop zombies with a nail gun wears off, the entire game falls apart. At the core of the title's gameplay issues is the save system. Players can head into any bathroom to stop play or by finding an area to lie down. There are also a few auto saves.
That works to increase dramatic tension as you rush to find a save point after a tricky mission. It kills the game when you realize you saved at a point where you have only a few minutes left to complete a key mission and it's impossible to make the run. It's a small human error that very well could send you all the way back to the beginning of the game. With only one single save slot, you need to be absolutely sure you're doing the right thing when saving the game.
Nearly all of Dead Rising's play value is derived from replaying the game. Stuck inside a genre known for sheer repetitiveness (a beat-em-up with a focus on exploration), the last thing you'll want to do is continually face off against the same boss that you'll need to cross a large section of the mall to get to in the first place. It's a ridiculously cheap way to extend the life of the title.
Leveling up also seems to revolve around the concept of replaying. Trying to make it straight through the game without restarting will leave the player without enough life, strength, item slots, or speed to complete many missions. Expect to play through the opening moments multiple times before getting involved since all earned experience is carried over in the new game.
It's unfathomable to imagine a game featuring thousands of gory targets waiting around to be hacked up with a lightsaber toy to end up a failure. While not a total loss (it's impossible to make zombie mutilation dull in any form), Dead Rising's full potential is never found. Its goal isn't to let the player enjoy its superbly crafted playground; it's only here to lead the player to one frustrating failure to another due to an absurd save system that's a far too critical design choice to ignore.
Dead Rising is rated M (Mature) by the ESRB for Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Language, Partial Nudity, Use of Alcohol.
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• joey
Perfect review. Right on the money.
• Stuart Thompson
That is SO upsetting. I had extremely high hopes for this game, but having been frustrated in the past with similarly flawed save game features I know that I won’t be able to reach enjoyment here. Why can’t designers get it through their heads that mandating the same section to be replayed over and over isn’t fun, isn’t cool and almost fulfils a classical definition of insanity? Arrggghhhh. If there is one area of video game design that has the power to destroy an otherwise great game it’s the save feature. My favorite save features are in GTA (console) and WoW (PC). You can turn off the console any time, any place and pick up later exactly where you left off. When you die, you respawn at a known safe location and keep going, albeit with a time-based loss to return to where you died. It’s easy, let’s me jump in and out of the game quickly and easily and fulfils the “fun” part of playing games.
• fdr
Yes the key word of this game is “frustration”. the way we have to save ruins the game. And don’t get me going on the odd control style. You look around with the right thumb stick until you try to aim then you look around with the left stick. With no options to change up the control style.
• John
I found this comment to be very accurate. But I wanted to add a few key issues of my own.
First and foremost is the auto-aiming mechanism. For those who are not familiar, if you do not manually point the character in a direction to attack, he will automatically attack the nearest enemy (in theory).
Two important places I’ve found this auto-aiming mech. to fall face first onto failure. One: when attempting to rescue civilians from a death grapple with a zombie. If you attempt to let your char. auto aim to kill the wayward zombie, you will not hit the zombie…no, you will hit the civilian. Unfortunately I figured this out while equipped with the jackhammer and killed the civilian in one fell swoop. Two: While attempting to kill the ‘more than just menacing’ psychopaths who ride around leisure park on a hummer. It takes more than just skill in order to actually hit these fools. Trying to shoot them with a gun is pointless, you will undoubtedly be shot and lose any trigger view previously engaged in. Trying to hit them with a non-projectile weapon is equally as fruitless – try running up to the vehicle, and attempt to attack the psychos. You will quickly discover that Frank, your character, will spend most of his time hitting the side or rear of the hummer, despite the fact that you may be aimed right at the psychos themselves. Frustrating.
I also found that knowing which scoop pertains to the main story line can be unnecessarily irritating. When you are called on your transmitter, and given scoop information, some of the scoops are story-line relevant, and some are side missions. Completing all the provided scoops can be incredibly hard bordering impossible, so you must often times pick and choose which ones to take. However, how do you know which ones are story line pertinent? You don’t – you guess, and often you guess wrong; and if you aren’t already aware, if you miss a scoop pertinent to the story line, the ability to follow the main story is eliminated as an option and you must wait until you replay the game to try again.
Additionally, the HD screen. I am sure most of you already know, but for those who do not, this game is intended for HDTV play only. This means that if you, like myself, play the game on a standard television, you will be hard-pressed to be able to read any of the text displayed on the screen. Once again – Frustrating.
• mike
When this game was first out a posted on forums exactly what is being said here and most people actually liked the game (god knows why) but i think time has proven us right, this game has no substance other than bash! bash! | http://blogcritics.org/xbox-360-review-dead-rising/ | dclm-gs1-130600002 | false | false | {
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11 Responses to Using AMF with
1. Trevor Baker says:
You should become a blazeds comitter and contribute this! ;-)
2. Greg says:
I’m very interested in trying this out, but the link to the SWC is broken.
3. Peter Farland says:
Thanks, I’ll update the document with the correct link, here it is below:amf.swc
4. Greg says:
Is there any chance you would be willing to release the source code? This comes pretty close to what I need, but I need to deviate slightly from the behavior of AMFChannel (which AMFChannel2 follows).
5. Peter Farland says:
I added the source code by logging an enhancement request to the BlazeDS bug base.
6. gordon says:
hi ,pete .it seems byteArray.writeObject(['a','a']);Serialize a strict array to a ecma array when objectEncoding is 0;
7. Peter Farland says:
I think that’s just an odd behavior of the player, but technically harmless. Note that on deserialization of either AMF 0 types 0×08 or 0x0A, an Array is still created with the correct length and the keys are indeed of type Number. So I think for all intents and purposes the Array is a strict dense Array.
8. Urs says:
Hi Pete!Great work, but I have a problem using this stuff with the latest amfphp. I already debugged the whole night and the key thing seems to be that in AMF3-mode the AMFConnectionChannel::resultHandler() expects msg to be a AcknowledgeMessage but it’s null. AMF0-mode works well. The backend works well with the original NetConnection-stuff (AMF0/3), so I don’t think the bug’s in the backend. I could not compare NetConnection to AMFConnection because of the closed-source-nature of NetConnection.Did you try out the combination of amfphp and your AMFConnection-class?
9. J says:
Hi,Can you kindly let me know how can an AMF request be sent from .Net.Problem Scenario:I need to loadtest a .aspx page that contains Flash.Problem Description:This is not happening using VSTS as there is no support in VSTS to send an AMF request.So in short, I want to know1. How I can create an AMF request in .Net to send to the Flash Remoting gateway2. How I can consume the response in the Flash object on the client.Regards,J
10. Pete says:
There are several implementations of AMF 3 for .NET. Fluorine is one… check out
11. Pete says:
Also Urs, I have not tested it with AMFPHP… but if a non-AcknowledgeMessage is coming back from other AMF 3 implementations, you could always modify my source and make the check optional. | http://blogs.adobe.com/pfarland/2008/06/using_amf_with_flashneturlload.html | dclm-gs1-130610002 | false | false | {
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0.043745 | <urn:uuid:30eecf02-4cb3-4950-908f-0c63e6adb72f> | en | 0.807362 | I just want to share how I usually create XML Namespaces.
Let's say I work for a contoso company which has a site at http://www.contoso.com and I'm defining an XML schema in a BizTalk Server 2004. BizTalk Server 2004 will create a .NET Class out of this XSD schema that would live inside my BizTalk Server 2004 project (of course, this can be used in many other cases that just BizTalk Server 2004).
This project could have a namespace of Contoso.Eai.SomeProject then I would use the following XML Namespace for the schema:
URN syntax is defined at http://www.apps.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2141.html. Here are some interesting excerpts:
The idea is that NID designs who can understand NSS. As NID can only have letters, numbers and -, I use this type of equivalence:
www-contoso-com for www.contoso.com
someone-at-contoso-com for someone@contoso.com. ex.: urn:someone-at-contoso-com:SomeoneCanUnderstandThisPart
Also note that NID is 1 to 31 only character long.
In theory, the NID should be registered, but for a custom development, this type of URN notation can be sufficient. We could consider I use what is described at http://www.w3.org/TR/uri-clarification/#private-unregistered-uri-schemes
I found this way of defining XML namespaces easier than the http://www.contoso.com/Whatever that introduces some confusion between the namespace (which is just ment to be an identifier) and a URL (which is a location). | http://blogs.msdn.com/b/benjguin/archive/2005/04/21/410382.aspx | dclm-gs1-130640002 | false | false | {
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Colorado stands at the forefront of the nation's organic movement, and Grower's Organic is helping to lead the way, finding organic suppliers and then connecting these farms with retail outlets, delivering fresh fruits and vegetables to more than 150 restaurants, grocery stores and local co-operatives across Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico and Texas.
Grower's Organic cofounder Brian Freeman grew up eating organically. In the following interview, he discusses the joys of sustainable living, which restaurants are doing it right...and how some restaurants are doing it very wrong.
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Westword: How have Colorado organics changed in the last twenty years?
Brian Freeman: I would say that really a lot of the farms have made their production more consistent with national standards. What I mean by that is that I think that the farmers have really raised the bar in Colorado on how they used to harvest products as opposed to today, and the products they use in terms of bug control and working better with the water limitations. The whole organic industry has risen to the challenge to make organics more mainstream. In the past, people in the industry said this is the way we're doing it and people better accept it, but now it's a force so large that big stores would leave those small guys behind if they didn't get with it. These mainstream companies are looking for a higher return than small companies provide.
How does Colorado compare on a national level?
Colorado is definitely in the top five of organic awareness. I think we are really a pioneer, getting more products out there and embracing the lifestyle. California still provides about 90 percent of organics in the entire country, so it's actually the pioneer. Though I love Denver, Boulder is an epicenter for organics. People have to take note because a lot of the largest organic companies have come out of Boulder. Whole Foods started in Texas but was not anything that Wild Oats was. It was more marketing while Wild Oats started with everything organic. Vitamin Cottage, too, is now going to a national level to the Stock Exchange and bringing in bigger investors. The name change to Natural Grocers was part of that movement to go public to create an identity more than a vitamin store. They only sell organic produce in Natural Grocers, and that's a big deal in my opinion because they are making a stand that a lot of people won't. It's organic or nothing.
We are a force to be reckoned with in a place where the talent comes from. I get a lot of applicants from around the country and they don't generally have organic experience unless they are from California or here. That's always a huge indicator for me that there's really nothing big to speak of east of us. I know there are small pockets everywhere, but we have taken it to the mainstream level.
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How loud is loud?
by Matt Albert
At Music10 this past June, one of the conversations that seemed to keep going from day to day and among many different groups of people was a discussion about the meaning of dynamics. We may know what the Italian words forte and piano technically mean, but how do performers interpret them on their instruments? How can composers use them to communicate their intentions most clearly? Today a composer friend of mine asked me to recount what I said in a passing conversation at the dinner table in Switzerland, because she was interested in my interpretations of each marking. I’ve somehow come up with a fairly specific list here, based on what I’ve heard from many teachers and conductors throughout my career, and I’m curious how this resonates with other musicians.
It all starts from mf, so bear with the order here.
mf = full sound. No extra effort, let your instrument sing on its own.
f = loud. Do technically what your instrument requires to play loud — requires effort, in other words.
ff = max intensity. not just loud, make sure your line has intensity from note to note.
(fff = special dynamic on string instruments to indicate an extremely rare and powerful moment, sound quality may be sacrificed for effect.)
mp = held back. make a nice sound, but slightly more air, less focus, more personal, like conversation instead of stage speaking.
p = soft. contained, beautiful sound, intimate but warm.
pp = intensely soft, like a scream from a mile away or a locked room. more intensity to the line while keeping the volume low.
(ppp = as close to inaudible as you can produce. use a sound that’s only 75-80% consistent, dropped notes and quality is OK.)
Here’s an even briefer description:
mf = full
f = loud
ff = max
fff = in your face (some sacrifices in tone)
mp = conversational
p = soft, intimate
pp = covered scream
ppp = almost inaudible (some notes dropped)
What do you think? Seem helpful? Too fussy? Not enough coffee? Too much?
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Painting of Sir William Ffaryngton
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This painting is of Sir William Ffaryngton of Worden Hall, Leyland, Lancashire. Sir William Ffaryngton (1537-1610) was part of one of the most powerful families in Lancashire. During his life, Sir William Ffayngton had many important roles including being Deputy Lieutenant of Lancashire, High Sheriff of Lancashire and Constable of Lancaster Castle. He was a well known man in his day and would have attended the Court of Queen Elizabeth I. Although he swore allegiance to the protestant Queen Elizabeth, Ffaryngton married into a Catholic family and had many catholic associates.
As Keeper of the privy purse of Ferdinando Lord Strange, he would also have known Shakespeare as he was responsible for paying the Shakespeare players. It is thought that the character Malvolio in Twelfth Night was based on him.
Ffaryngton was one of the first people in Lancashire to receive information about the famous "Gunpowder Plot". He was sent a letter two days before the event happened (this letter is now in Lancashire Record Office). It's not known whether he was told because of his official capacity as High Sheriff of Lancashire or whether he had some involvement and was being speedily tipped off that the plot had been discovered!
The portrait was painted in 1593 by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (c1561-1635). The portrait is in oil paints on canvas. Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger was the son of a painter from Bruges. He came to England soon after 1580, and was appointed painter to Queen Elizabeth I and Queen Anne of Denmark. He is particularly remembered for his portraits and paintings of Royal State occasions. He remained in England until his death in 1635.
This painting is undergoing painstaking conservation to remove layers of dirt which have built up over time. If you look closely you can see the original bright colours which are being revealed beneath.
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He Ruined it for Everyone
Now a word for all future suitors (just in case I don't end up marrying the one I am with now):
I'm sorry but someone just ruined it for you. Now for any future relationship to work you must do two things:
1. Whisk me away on a surprise romantic weekend getaway
2. Write me adoring emails.
That's all, I hope it's not too much to ask. I apologize now because I know it will be so unfair that I will be comparing you to Incredible---which as of right now, it will be hard for anyone to top.
Bev said...
Sounds easy enough. If Ronald Reagan could send letters to Nancy all these years (and he was once the governor of California, as well as a former president), then I don't see why regular guys can't. Don't be trying to tell me you're too busy. As if.
Sarah said...
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The WSJ has a nice, long story about China’s blind rush into educating their country. They’ve built big schools, cheered on graduates and watched enrollments rise 30% year after year after year. That trend may end now because many of the graduates are discovering there aren’t any jobs for them. After all, China used to make its money by doing the hard work that American college graduates wouldn’t do. But if China is filled with college graduates, who will actually make the things? I can’t say I have the answer.
Jane Yang, a recent graduate, is thinking like an American:
“There are no job prospects for someone like me,” she said during a quick meal at the school’s cafeteria. “I think I’ll just go to grad school.”
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1. chirite says:
Historically China had periods of education “bubbles” of absurd magnitude. Students would prepare for entry exams and many who failed would commit suicide. (Not just a few- many.)
The knowledge in those ancient universities was largely rote memorization and writing systems used exclusively by male aristocrats. Whether it was useful and enlightening or not, it ensured their high position until the next revolution when they’d be slaughtered.
Ironically I learned this from a Chinese History class in college 15 years ago. Now I’m in biotech.
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A caber being tossed at the 2000 New Hampshire Highland Games
The caber toss is a traditional Scottish athletic event in which competitors toss a large pen called a "caber" and it is practised at the Scottish Highland Games. In Scotland the caber is usually made from a Larch tree and is typically 19 feet 6 inches (5.94 m) tall and weighs 175 pounds (79 kg).
The person tossing the caber is called a "tosser" or a "thrower".[1]
It is said to have developed from the need to toss logs across narrow chasms (in order to cross them).[citation needed]
The object is not the sheer distance of the throw, but rather to have the caber fall directly away from the thrower after the equivalent of 1:00. If the caber lands on its end and falls back towards the thrower, the score is lower than for any throw that falls away from the thrower but will be based upon the maximum vertical angle that the caber achieved (side-judging may involve a second judge). An angle of 87° is better than 75°. Scoring depends on accuracy, and if the caber did not completely turn once, then it is based on the degree that it rose away from the ground.
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• Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati
STAGES AND NATURE OF KUNDALINI AWAKENING Excerpted from the approximately 30-page article (7 web pages): Kundalini Awakening
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Kundalini Awakening
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KUNDALINI IS INNATE FOR ALL PEOPLE: At the base of the spine, subtler
than the physical body, lies the Kundalini energy, or spiritual
meditation tradition one follows, the awakening of this energy, by
spiritual advancement, unfoldment, or realization. Awakening
kundalini and leading it to union with the Absolute is the goal of
the Himalayan sages and the path of Yoga, Vedanta, and Tantra.
SEE ALSO the articles:
Bindu: The Final Convergence of Yoga, Vedanta and Tantra:
Yoga, Vedanta and Tantra:
STAGES IN KUNDALINI AWAKENING: The graphics above display the seven
Pingala (section #1), and the Sushumna nadi, the central channel that
courses through the chakras (Sushumna is sometimes called "silver
cord"). The six graphics visually represent the process of Kundalini
explanations of the stages. Also, there is an index for the contents
of these pages. The six stages are:
1) Prana usually flow in Ida or Pingala
2) Prana is made to flow in Ida and Pingala
3) Prana is made to flow in Sushumna
4) Kundalini energy is awakened
5) Kundalini is lead upwards
6) Kundalini rises to Sahasrara
NUMBER OF STAGES IN KUNDALINI AWAKENING: There is nothing especially
significant about describing this Kundalini Awakening in six stages
convenient way to explain the process. The simplest way of describing
the entire process is in three stages:
1) Awakening, opening, or applying Sushumna
2) Awakening Kundalini
3) Kundalini arising to the crown Chakra, Sahasrara
ONE ENERGY WITH MANY NAMES AND FORMS: There is one energy (Shakti)
on a new form, we give it a new name. See the article Kundalini,
Shakti, and a River for an explanation of these names and forms.
SHIVA AND SHAKTI: Tantra considers the universe to be a manifestation
of pure consciousness. Through this process of manifesting,
consciousness divides itself into two parts, which, though seeming to
be separate, cannot exist without one another.
SHIVA: Shiva remains as a static, formless quality.
SHAKTI: Shakti is a dynamic, creative aspect.
SCIENCE AND PHYSICS: Modern science also considers these two forms of
recognizing that they are both manifestations of the same underlying
the energy of consciousness through the manifestation of the static
explaining this unification through quark and string theories.
LIKE INK AND THE WORD: Shiva and Shakti are inseparable and coexist,
It is that creative process of manifestation that makes the ink
appear to have different forms and meaning from one word to the next.
the existing molecules, creating the appearance of different words or
ink. This is not negative or merely intellectually reductionistic,
Shiva can manifest into countless forms through the creative
appearance of Shakti. Simple metaphors such as ink and written word
together to form the elegant complexity of manifest reality.
EXPERIENCING THEIR UNION: The journey of Tantra and Kundalini Yoga
leads to Kundalini Awakening and to the realization of the Absolute,
where these two apparently different aspects of manifestation are
practices relating to your own constitution, one repeatedly comes to
see the way in which seemingly different realities and self-
identities are only apparent, and that manifestation is the mere play
CONCEPTS OF SHIVA AND SHAKTI: As with many principles of reality,
some religious people and traditions conceptualize Shiva and Shakti
as anthropomorphic deities, while others view the two as principles
Kundalini Awakening is an inner experience, going from gross to
subtle, to subtler, and subtle most, to one's own center of
processes of static and dynamic, as noted several paragraphs above.
MEANING OF KUNDA AND KUNDALA: Kunda means bowl, or cave, and refers
MEANING OF SHAK: The word shak is the root word of Shakti, and means
EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL PRACTICE: For those who are lesser prepared,
include external forms of rituals or symbolic gestures. For those who
which involves making the mind one-pointed and doing introspection.
KAULA, MISHRA, AND SAMAYA TANTRA: The three schools of tantra are
chakras, and involves external practices. The mishra school also
works with external practices, and emphasizes the central chakras.
practices. (The Tantra practice of Yoga Nidra is extremely effective
describing the Yoga Nidra CD.)
stages of Kundalini Awakening, it is very important to manage the
well. This means regulating the four primitive fountains of food,
sleep, sex, and self-preservation.
SPONTANEOUS KUNDALINI AWAKENING: The approach of these writings is to
describe the systematic process of intentional Kundalini Awakening.
intentional practices. One may argue that spontaneous awakening may
but in either case the perception of the individual may be that
nothing was done to bring forward the experience.
INTEGRATING THE EFFECTS: Regardless of whether Kundalini Awakening
comes spontaneously or through practices, there may be some amount of
time and effort needed to integrate the effects of such experiences
are important, including daily exercise, high quality food, regular
sleep patterns, and healthy relationships with other people. During
this process, and has experienced it personally.
PREPARATION IS MOST IMPORTANT: Preparation is much more important
than the practices of Kundalini Awakening themselves. If one skips
surge of energy can be more disruptive than beneficial. In the
Himalayan tradition Yoga, Vedanta, and Tantra go together, with a
solid foundation being built first. The practices of yoga nidra and
bhuta shuddhi can be quite useful.
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Brooke-Spiegler syndrome (BRSS) is caused by heterozygous mutation in the CYLD gene (MIM.605018) on chromosome 16q12.
Allelic disorders include familial cylindromatosis (MIM.132700) and multiple familial trichoepithelioma-1 (MFT1; MIM.601606), which show overlapping phenotypes.
Brooke-Spiegler syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder classically characterized by the appearance of multiple skin appendage tumors such as cylindroma, trichoepithelioma, and spiradenoma. These tumors are typically located in the head and neck region, appear in early adulthood, and gradually increase in size and number throughout life.
Brooke-Spiegler syndrome: report of 10 patients from 8 families with novel germline mutations: evidence of diverse somatic mutations in the same patient regardless of tumor type.
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Parity was long thought to be a fundamental law of nature. It essentially states that the universe is neither right- nor left-handed — that the laws of physics remain unchanged when expressed in inverted coordinates. In the early 1950s it was found that the so-called weak force, which is responsible for nuclear radioactivity, breaks the parity law. However, the strong force, which holds together subatomic particles, was thought to adhere to the law of parity, at least under normal circumstances.
Now this law appears to have been broken by a team of about a dozen particle physicists, including Jack Sandweiss, Yale’s Donner Professor of Physics. Since 2000, Sandweiss has been smashing the nuclei of gold atoms together as part of the STAR experiment at RHIC, a 2.4-mile-circumference particle accelerator, to study the law of parity under the resulting extreme conditions.
The team created something called a quark-gluon plasma — a kind of “soup” that results when energies reach high enough levels to break up protons and neutrons into their constituent quarks and gluons, the fundamental building blocks of matter.
Theorists believe this kind of quark-gluon plasma, which has a temperature of four trillion degrees Celsius, existed just after the Big Bang, when the universe was only a microsecond old. The plasma “bubble” created in the collisions at RHIC lasted for a mere millionth of a billionth of a billionth of a second, yet the team hopes to use it to learn more about how structure in the universe — from black holes to galaxies — may have formed out of the soup.
When the gold nuclei, traveling at 99.999% of the speed of light, smashed together, the plasma that resulted was so energetic that a tiny cube of it with sides measuring about a quarter of the width of a human hair would contain enough energy to power the entire United States for a year.
It was the equally gargantuan magnetic field produced by the plasma — the strongest ever created — that alerted the physicists that one of nature’s laws might have been broken.
"A very interesting thing happened in these extreme conditions," Sandweiss says. "Parity violation is very difficult to detect, but the magnetic field in conjunction with parity violation gave rise to a secondary effect that we could detect."
Sandweiss and the team — which includes Yale physics research scientists Evan Finch, Alexei Chikanian and Richard Majka — found that quarks of a like sign moved together: Up quarks moved along the magnetic field lines, while down quarks traveled against them. That the quarks could tell the difference in directions suggested to the researchers that symmetry had been broken.
The results were so unexpected that Sandweiss and his colleagues waited more than a year to publish them, spending that time searching for an alternative explanation. The physicist is still quick to point out that the effect only suggests parity violation — it doesn’t prove it — but the STAR collaboration has decided to open up the research to scrutiny by other physicists.
"I think it’s a real effect, but we’ll know more in the upcoming years," Sandweiss says.
Next, the team wants to test the result by running the experiment at lower collision energies to see if the apparent violation disappears when there is not enough energy to create the necessary extreme conditions.
If the effect proves to be real, it could help scientists understand a similar asymmetry that led to one of physics’ most fundamental mysteries — namely, why the universe is dominated by ordinary matter today when equal amounts of matter and antimatter were created by the Big Bang.
Sandweiss, for one, is looking forward to some answers. “I’d really like to see this evolve and find out exactly what’s going on,” he says.
By Suzanne Taylor Muzzin
(source: incomprehensibleuniverse)
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QURAN WORD for 3/3:
khalq = creation, creatures, people, mankind
Re: QURAN WORD: khalq = creation, creatures, ppl...
03/03/01 at 12:55:29
wa ma [b]khalaq[/b]dda kara wal untha
By the [b]creation[/b] of male and female
Al Lail [92:3]
03/03/01 at 13:25:11
[color=red]From surah Al-Baqara [/color]
2:164 Behold! in the [u]creation[/u] of the heavens and the earth ; in the alternation of the night and the day; in the sailing of the ships through the ocean for the profit of mankind; in the rain which Allah Sends down from the skies, and the life which He gives therewith to an earth that is dead; in the beasts of all kinds that He scatters through the earth; in the change of the winds, and the clouds which they Trail like their slaves between the sky and the earth; (Here) indeed are Signs for a people that are wise.
[b]Inna fi [color=black]khalq[/color]i assamawati wa al-ardhi wa ikhtilafi al-layli wa annahari wa al-fulki allati tajri fi al-bahri bima yanfa3u annasi wa ma anzala Allahu mina assamaa'i min maa'in fa ahya bihi al-ardha ba3da mawtiha wa baththa feeha min kulli daabbatin wa tasreefi al-riyahi wa assahaabi al-mussakhari bayna assamaa'i wa al-ardh la ayatin li qawmin ya3qiloon [/b]
[color=red]From surah Ibrahim[/color]
14:19 Seest thou not that Allah created the heavens and the earth in Truth? If He so will, He can remove you and put (in your place) a new [u]creation[/u]?
[b]Alam tara anna Allaha khalaqa assamaawati wa al-ardha bilhaqq; in yasha' yuth-hibkum wa ya'tee bi [color=black]khalq[/color]in jadeed [/b]
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what is surface tension
What makes water molecules stick together to form a drop of water?
Surface Tension.
What allows those cool water bugs to walk on water?
Surface Tension.
But what is surface tension and how to you teach it to children?
Well, I wouldn’t get more than 10 words of that definition spoken before my children’s eyes would glaze over. So I decided to forget the formal definitions and instead do a hands-on demonstration!
To demonstrate surface tension, we used a penny and found a squirt bottle that we could easily control the rate of water droplets. An medicine dropper or pipette would be ideal. We filled the top of the penny with water drops….then we added more drops….and more drops.
water drops on penny
As my children worked on adding drops of water to their pennies, I explained to them what surface tension is.
The water molecules hold on tightly to each other. They don’t want to separate. They especially cling to each other at the surface because there is no water molecule on the other side of them to grab on to. The water molecules on the surface holds on to each other so tightly that a “skin” seems to form on the surface. The water droplets keep building on top of each other until a small dome of water forms on the top of the penny.
water molecules hold on tightly
Of course, the moment eventually comes when the water molecules just can’t hold on any longer and they spill over on to the table.
My children were absolutely amazed with the dome of water they created on their pennies. However, they repeated the demonstration over and over again not to see the dome but to see which one of them would make the water spill on to the table first. What fun we had!
Check out these other surface tension demonstrations from the Quirky Mommas:
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From our partners:
1. Great way to bring a complex lesson to their level:)
2. FUN! Gotta try this! Perfect timing to explain how insects ‘walk on water’. Sharing!
3. It always amazes me how many drops of water will stick together on a penny.
Thanks for linking up to Science Sunday!
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18. jewishmansjew says:
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Exercise & Fitness
* You will look and feel better.
* Your stamina and flexibility will improve.
* Your attitude to life may well become more positive.
* You will sleep better.
* There is a greater chance that you will stay healthier for longer.
What do I need to do to improve my fitness?
* Be clear about what level of fitness you want and how you will know when you have achieved it.
* Choose exercise that you enjoy, can make time for, and can afford.
* Choose whether you prefer to exercise solo or with others.
* Make a commitment to a regular schedule that fits the time that you have available.
* Be clear about how you are likely to enjoy getting and staying fit e.g. walking, jogging, cycling and swimming.
* Choose exercise that increases your stamina and flexibility.
* On average, aim for 30 minutes moderate activity per day to improve your level of fitness.
* Keep a written record to review your progress.
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Beauty And Nudism
Nudist Beauty
Nudist Beauty - Beholding Perfection
Nudist Girls Can Be Breathtaking
As a long time advocate of nudism for the soul, I've never understood why everyone isn't a nudist. Where else can you enjoy communing with nature nude in mixed company (in both gender and age)? I'm now fifty-eight years old and have no qualms whatsoever joining nudist youth for volleyball or just hanging out on the beach. Some men have told me they couldn't handle the excitement. I think they're not thinking correctly. It's the most peaceful and heart warming recreation on the planet. It makes you feel like a kid again. And if you're fit and not the type to leer from the sidelines, you'll be welcome. There's so much natural beauty on most nudist beaches, and I mean really stunning examples of young feminine perfection, it really is like stealing beauty. Why isn't everyone a nudist?
Nudist Beach Life - Enjoy The View
Nudist Life Isn't For Everyone,
Which Is A Good Thing...
Of course, consider it a good thing that not everyone partakes (have you been in a Walmart lately?). There are examples of human existence that should really keep their wraps on. That sounds elitist (and maybe it is) but I get angry when other people spoil my view, if you know what I mean. I have been on nudist beaches where disportionately the humanity present left much to be desired. That's life.
Teen Nudists: Stunning Achievements
But back to beauty: If you're a "beach walker" (I can only lie in the sun about twenty minutes before going nuts), you no doubt developed an appreciation of textile beaches back when you and your junior high buddies discovered girls. Lord! Such heady days, filled with such rampant, thriving hormones, that the mere sight of nipple flesh or an escaping pubic hair sent you into deliriums!
Teen Nudists - A Pleasant Madness
Fortunately as we age we gain control over our body's outward demonstration of interior fascinations. But only just. A well populated nudist beach, compared to a textile beach, is several degrees more intense, but in the end much more gratifying--hence our ongoing fascination. Ed. (Nudist Sun Galleries: "Nudist Beauty: Priceless")
Extracts From The Nudist Magazines
Nudist Beauty Is Just Part Of The Scene
The Nudist Magazine Traditional Nudism
We're not making anything up. You'll see a lot of beauty on a nudist beach (plus a few eyesores, sure, but let's keep it positive).
On Nudist Beaches You'll See A Variety Of Nudists, For Sure, But Also Girls Like This...
On Nudist Beaches
It's an all-ages coed mix on nudist beaches and certainly a few of us could do with a push-up or two, but that's aside the point. Interspersed with the rest of us are examples like this American teen, insouciantly enjoying an apple, stark naked to world, and without a care in the world if you look.
Become A Member!
Nudist Vacations - Belize
Nudism With Friends
Vacationing with other couples at a nudist resort will reveal all sorts of aspects in your best friend's wife that will help you appreciate her more. (See: "Nudist Belize")
Nudists On A Beach - Even Average Is Good
Average Girls
Nudism is, of course, for all to enjoy, but fortunately some people decide they're not fit enough to be seen naked. We've all been there. No one expects a nudist beach to look like a Met Art photo shoot. Average girls are fine, and as if not more beautiful. ("Average Girls Can Be Nudists And We're Fine With That") | http://nudistscorp.com/Nudist_Beauty.htm | dclm-gs1-131530002 | false | false | {
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0.053337 | <urn:uuid:80945a86-d892-4275-9b94-cde4c4c5c00b> | en | 0.958192 | A building destroyed by a U.S. drone strike targeting suspected al Qaeda militants in Yemen. The secret memo on drone use is a flash point in the nomination of counterterrorism chief John Brennan, below, to become CIA director. Reuters
President Obama agreed to let a small group of lawmakers look at a classified opinion explaining his administration's legal justification for targeting killings of American terror suspects in other countries. WSJ's Julian Barnes reports. Photo: Getty.
One drone has emerged as the go-to model for the U.S. Air Force and CIA. How does it work? WSJ's Jason Bellini has the "Short Answer". Image: Getty
The secret legal memo has became a flash point in the nomination of White House counterterrorism chief John Brennan to become director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Lawmakers this week wrote to Mr. Obama demanding the release of Justice Department documents that they first began seeking soon after a U.S. missile struck the vehicle carrying the radical, American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki in September 2011, killing him.
The administration had resisted past requests, instead providing summaries of its reasoning that failed to satisfy lawmakers. Human-rights groups, meanwhile, challenged the administration's policy in court, in a confrontation that resembled elements of the fight over the George W. Bush administration's secretive detention and interrogation practices.
Second-Term Shakeup
Access to the targeted-killing document will be restricted to members of the House and Senate intelligence committees, and even those lawmakers won't be given copies. They will have to go to an office, probably at the Justice Department, where they can sit and view the legal opinion. Lawmakers are likely to be allowed to bring an aide to assist them.
But other lawmakers—such as those on judiciary committees or armed-services committees—will be denied access to the document. The opinion isn't being made public.
John Brennan, left, with Dianne Feinstein. Getty Images
An administration official said the White House was granting lawmakers access to the opinion "as part of the president's ongoing commitment to consult with Congress on national security matters."
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif.) tried last year to include a provision in law that would require the administration to provide the opinion. On Wednesday, Ms. Feinstein praised the White House move.
Lawmakers and rights groups want the memo to scrutinize the rationale behind the administration's claim that it has the right to kill American citizens abroad without following legal procedures.
The White House decision to release its explanation came days after the release of a confidential Justice Department "white paper" that summarized the department's position and had been provided last year to the Senate judiciary and intelligence committees. The paper, which reiterated statements a number of administration officials have made publicly, stoked a renewed interest over whether it is legal to kill American terrorist suspects in other countries.
Administration officials said they believed Congress had received considerable information on the matter but that after the summary document surfaced and a debate intensified, they decided to provide the limited access to the full opinion.
John Brennan Reuters
Congressional aides expect the administration to share one memo believed by legal observers to have been prepared in 2010 by the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel. Justice lawyers prepared the legal documents on the legality of extrajudicial killing of Americans deemed an imminent threat to U.S. security, including a legal opinion that explained the justification for killing Mr. Awlaki. The Obama administration has previously not publicly acknowledged the existence of this classified memo.
Also related to Mr. Brennan's nomination was the disclosure this week of the location of a previously secret U.S. drone base in Saudi Arabia. The CIA had a longstanding request to several media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, not to identify the location of the clandestine base. But they dropped that request after a New York Times article this week named the location.
Separately, the Senate intelligence committee on Wednesday released Mr. Brennan's responses to a series of written questions, in which he addressed the targeted-killing program.
He said the administration has the authority to use military force outside of conventional battlefields and needs no new congressional authorization. The 2001 congressional Authorization for Use of Military Force "does not contain a geographical limitation," he said.
"We must, however, use these technologies carefully and responsibly," he wrote to the committee.
Mr. Brennan said the administration is "working to refine, clarify, and strengthen" its process for reviewing the use of drones. Determinations about whether an individual fits the criteria for targeted killings are made on a case-by-case basis and a determination of how "imminent" a threat they pose, he wrote.
But senators want more extensive assurances.
"When it comes to the targeted killings of Americans without charge or trial, we need to make very certain that there is a strong legal underpinning for the decision and very clear criteria for the president to use," said Sen. Susan Collins (R., Maine), a member of the Senate intelligence committee who was one of the senators who signed a letter this week urging Mr. Obama to provide the opinion.
Mr. Brennan also has fended off questions about his role in the CIA's enhanced-interrogation program under the Bush administration.
Addressing that in his responses to the committee, Mr. Brennan said he was aware of the CIA's interrogation program at the time but "did not play a role in its creation, execution, or oversight." He added that he had "significant concerns and personal objections" to that program while it was under way and voiced his objections privately with colleagues at CIA.
Lawmakers aren't likely to be satisfied with that response.
Sen. John McCain (R., Ariz.), in an eight-page letter Wednesday, asked Mr. Brennan to outline more specifically what sorts of objections he raised about interrogations.
In responses to the committee, Mr. Brennan said CIA interrogations produced both accurate and inaccurate information but are "counterproductive to our overall efforts" against terrorists.
In one new disclosure, Mr. Brennan also acknowledged that he had participated in Justice Department interviews conducted as part of leak investigations about covert U.S. cyberattacks against Iran and a foiled bomb plot by al Qaeda's Yemeni branch. He said in the questionnaire that he participated voluntarily as a witness.
—Adam Entous contributed to this article.
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OOPS !...I can't believe I did this..and that
my feet at the lake
Sunday we went to visit my father in law who is something of a hermit who lives on a beautiful property in a cove of a popular lake in north Georgia. He has two deep water (30 ft) docks and a couple of boats , but he is so depressed that he doesn't use any of it. Without going in to the family drama history, there was a time when he had little to do with his kids, but my husband (the baby) still reached out to him on the phone a few times a year. Then, in the last two years he has become depressed and lonely, and called us for help. He couldn't see well enough to drive or get groceries. So we started visiting him and taking care of things and then the other kids became involved. He won't budge on leaving the property, and he is anti going to the doctor though he would probably be put in the hospital immediately. It is a blessing that this family is pulling together.
We visit almost twice a month and it's an all day affair which has become tough since our dog needs insulin every 12 hours. We may have to take her with us when it starts getting dark early this fall, but she's blind so that might freak her out. When we visit I like to take walks through the neighborhood (these are in the foothills) or I'll go down and sit down on the dock and just look at the lake. Occasionally , we see deer or rabbits. It's also about an hour and a half drive for us, so there is plenty of one on one time for my husband and me.
Food is sometimes an issue, so that is a challenge for me. But family over rules my food issues in that I need to be there. I have to plan and I have to prepare for this. There is the gauntlet of fast food places that we pass that my husband wants to visit (well, I do too sometimes.) There is the table laden with chocolates and candy and the counters of cookies / pastries that my sister in law buys and my father in law nibbles at. He prefers coffee and cigs. I get to practice, practice , practice to manage my food issues on these visits.
I know his dad wants us to enjoy the lake, so I made a point of doing it this year. I'd bought a big round float ($7.68 at Publix) and got in the water this week. The currents had me floating out in to deeper water, so we got a long rope and tied my float to the dock. I was then in float heaven in still like 30 foot deep water. I float better than I swim, but I was calm and peaceful...magic. My husband wanted to visit with his dad, so I had some alone time. Just me , my float, and a big stick that I used to 'paddle' with and reach out to the dock to push me along. I got a great upper body workout that day. All the boating people waved, it is a cliche'. It was an overcast day or else I would have been as red as the Red Lobster sign.
My husband pulled me out (muddy banks) and then I changed clothes in the storage shed and threw my wet things and towels in to a big plastic bag. When we got home I was so tired and the wet things were stinky with lake water, so I left them by the hose outside to rinse off before I put them in the washer the next day. The perfect outfit for lake 'swimming'.
Here's the oops. I forgot that I'd agreed to put out a bag of donated items to be picked up by one of the local charities. Tuesday I noticed the little charity receipt that said they'd been there and at the time I was thinking "Darn , I totally forgot to put out the donations." Today, I'm driving to the dentist (3 days later) and it suddenly occurs to me that my stinky , wet lake things are gone! OMG! I 'donated' the wet lake things to the charity. I'm so embarrassed. I'm going to call them and explain / apologize in the morning. Hopefully, they will wash and keep them. They got 2 good beach towels, a big girl bra, my swim tank/shorts, and an old pair / but still good Sauconey tennis shoes.)
oh and I paid my credit card payment to Comcast in error.....I need to focus
1. Good for you for navigating a tough weekend. The float sounds fantastic.
OMG-- I've forgotten the donations before and I've known people who have donated stuff by mistake. Hope that your items can be recovered. When there's home, work, kids and everything to juggle- I can barely keep going sometimes!
Take care. :)
2. Oh wow, you talking about your float brings back memories as I used to go to my Grandma's cottage and do the float thing. It is very relaxing!
You did great on sticking to healthy foods with all that junk around - good for you! :)
3. It sounds like you did really well. Family situations can be so hard!
4. I've forgotten to put out donations many times over the years. So funny what they took. One year my 2 year old daughter (now adult) placed different things in the bags without me knowing and we gave away a $28 toy back in 1992. OMG--I was so mad when I had realized what happened! I remember that! :D | http://pjsandcocoaontheporch.blogspot.com/2013/09/oops-i-cant-believe-i-did-this.html | dclm-gs1-131630002 | false | false | {
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Created by windy132
49 terms
Paddy fields, Bacterial decomposition, cattle, one of the greenhouse gases
Water vapour
Always present - water cycle, traps heat, one of the greenhouse gases
carbon dioxide
Respiration, combustion of fossil fuels, burning of rainforests and plant life
nitrogen oxides
Combustion of hydrocarbons, over-use of artificial fertilizers
Have an opposite effect to greenhouse gases, lowers temperatures by reflecting sunlight, include soot & volcanic ash
Particulates (& volatile organic compounds)
Soot, dust, forest fires, volcanoes, burning coal and diesel
Sulfur dioxide
Volcanoes, coal industry ->inflammation of respiratory tract
Nitrogen oxides
Forest fires, factories, lightning, power plants, car exhausts -> leads to respiratory irritation
Carbon monoxide
Forest fires, car exhausts, incomplete combustion of fossil fuels -> suffocation
Living & decaying plants, partially burnt fuels -> carcinogenic with prolonged exposure
(Formation of) nitrogen oxides (NOx)
N₂ + O₂ -> 2NO
2NO + O₂ -> 2NO₂
(Formation of) sulfur oxides
S + O₂ -> SO₂
2S + O₂ -> 2SO₃
Primary pollutants
Chemicals that is released into the environment and has a direct effect on health or the environment
Secondary pollutants
Usually made from primary pollutants and have their own secondary effects
Catalytic converter
Devices attached to a vehicle's exhaust system to convert carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides into water and carbon dioxide
Thermal exhaust reactor
Unburnt hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide is reacted with excess oxygen and converted to carbon dioxide.
Lean Burn Engine
A higher ratio of oxygen is mixed with the hydrocarbon petrol so that carbon dioxide is produced instead
Alkaline scrubbing (Scrubbers)
Pollutant-laden air is passed through a mixture of water and lime (CaO), trapping particulates and sulfur oxide gases.
Limestone-based fluidised beds
Burning coal on a bed of limestone to remove sulfur
Sedimentation chamber
Larger particles in smoke are caught in the sedimentation chamber
Electrostatic precipitation
Smaller particles are charged and attracted to an oppositely charged electrode in a precipitation chamber
Acid deposition
Process by which acidic particles, gases and precipitation leave the atmosphere.
Wet deposition
Acid rain, fog, snow
Dry deposition
Acidic particles, particles
biological oxygen demand
Measure of how much dissolved oxygen the organic matter in a river uses
biological oxygen demand (BOD)
the amount of oxygen a pollutant needs over a period of 5 days
unwanted enrichment of nitrates, phosphates and sulfates in lakes and rivers
dissolved oxygen
vital for all aquatic ecosystems
main water pollutants
Heavy metals, pesticides, dioxins, polychlorinated biphenyls, nitrates
reverse osmosis, ion exchange, flash distillation
Drinking water treatment
chlorination, ozone treatment
Formed when waste material containing organic chlorine compounds aren't incinerated at high enough temperatures -> persistent and toxic
insecticides, DDT, herbicides, fungicides
Heavy metals
Mercury, cadmium, lead, chromium, nickel, copper, zinc
Blue bay syndrome, carcinogenic water pollutant
polychlorinated biphenyls
Water pollutant found in transformers and capacitors
Ozone treatment
Kills bacteria and viruses in water, expensive
Kills bacteria and other non viral microbes, cheap, residual effect, carcinogenics
UV light
Breaks bonds in DNA molecules in the genes in skin, leading to the growth of cancerous cells
Natural chemical to prevent UV damage
Greenhouse gases
Methane, water vapour, carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, chlorofluorocarbons
Naturally acidic (pH5.65) due to CO₂ in the atmosphere. Becomes acidic as CO₂ will become carbonic acid when dissolved.
Acidic rain
Precipitation under pH 5.6. Will cause massive environmental impact due to the acidic nature.
Stone (and Buildings)
Rain will react with this and erode it if it contains calcium carbonate like limestone or marble and become soluble salts, water and carbon dioxide.
Fish and other aquatic life are very sensitive to the ______ of water.
Plant life
______ can be affected by the acidity in the soil and may not grow properly due to it being too acidic.
Drinking water
________ may be affected by the acidity and cause lung problems and irritation of the throat. Another way it may be affected is by the acidic nature reacting with the metal in the pipes leading to an increase in metal ions in the water causing diseases such as Alzheimer.
In acid deposition, _______ neutralizes acids that are formed in the atmosphere.
Nitrification and Acidification
In the atmosphere, slightly acidic ammonium salts are formed and would either sink to the ground or washed out of the atmosphere by rain. When the slightly acidic ammonium salts enter the soil, _______ and _______ can occur.
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88 terms · password to edit is ccds15
things that are produced or manufactured for the use of money making
acts or trades offered to be done for money or for another good
when a supply or good is very little
the amount available of a certain good or service
the amount of good or service wanted by the public
expanding market economy
a growing economy based on the rise and fall of the stock market and the consumers/users of the good or service
an economic system characterized by private ownership of goods and businesses
a share of a company that can be bought or sold to make profit
investment capital
money from investors
stock market
a place where shares of companies are bought and sold, usually by stock brokers representing other people
stock broker
someone who buys and sells stocks for other people
bull market
term used for an economy that's doing well
bear market
term used for an economy thats doing poorly
money used to give employees a raise in pay
gross income
total amount of money made without subtracting costs, bonuses, and salaries
net income
total amount of money made after subtracting cocts, bonuses, and salaries
required payments to the government
an accumulated stock of wealth
a person who organizes an enterprise, a contractor; a [wealthy] businnesman
Henry Ford
invented the car and was one of the first people to take advantage of the assembly line
Alexander Graham Bell
invented the telephone
Thomas Alva Edison
famous inventor of the light bulb and many other things. owns more patents than any other inventor
Andrew Carnegie
one of the richest men of his time, used the bessemer process to build cheaper, stronger steel from iron ore for buildings, bridges, and train tracks
a business that is registered with the govn't , A business owned by stockholders who share in its profits but are not personally responsible for its debts. Can sell stocks!
sole proprietorship
a business owned and managed by a single individual
the economic and political domination of a stronger nation over a weaker one
manifest destiny
the belief that English speaking countries are superior
U.S.S. Maine
President McKinley
the president during the Spanish American War; asked congress to go to war in Cuba
Treaty of Paris
Yellow Journalism
Journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to create sensations and attract readers; Hearst and Pulitzer used it to sell more newspapers
William Hearst
Joseph Pulitzer
New York World
Pulitzer's paper. A typical page of the paper consisted of a lot of hype designed to get more people interested.
New York Journal
a newspaper/ journal that Hearst wrote and owned that was in competition with Pulitzer, the newspaper also used yellow journalism
Commodore Dewey
Was an admiral of the United States Navy, where he was best known for his victory at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War. He also was the only person in the history of the United States to attain the rank of 'Admiral of the Navy'
Rough Riders
Volunteer regiment of US Cavalry led by Teddy Roosevelt during the Spanish American War
belief that the U.S. should not expand its territory overseas and that the U.S. should just be a normal country and leave the other countries alone
Alfred T Mahan
Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
President Roosevelt in 1904 established the right of the USA to intervene anywhere in the western hemisphere in order to maintain order and to prevent "wrong doing"; that the U.S. had rights to be a 'police officer of the Western Hemisphere' Stated that the Monroe Doctrine still existed; said that US would act as a police officer to all Latin American countries and that they would keep the European Military off of the Western Hemisphere
Big Stick Policy
a policy based on the idea that government sould play as small a role as possible in the ecomony
expanding cities
aka monopolies - large businesses increasing rapidly in both number and power by buying and taking over the market; controls or almost controls and entire type of business => NO COMPETITION!!!!!
J.P. Morgan
National businessman that bought out all of the competition so that he had many large monopolies/trusts; owner of Northern Securities
Northern Securities
a major northern railroad monopoly that was controlled by J.P. Morgan
Upton Sinclair
United States writer whose novels argued for social reform (1878-1968), wrote the Jungle, a book about the horrors of food production
Boone and Crockett Club
was a 'club' founded by T.R. and the owner of Forest and Stream magazine. It supported concepts that had to deal with the environment, such as scientific forest management, clean water, and restricted use of natural resources. It also promoted hunting, but along with the idea of preservation of the game and land. It helped enforce the idea of conservation and it protected species and natural parks.
Reclamation Service of 1902
It used the government's power to build irrigation systems to water farmlands to make them more arable, or able to be farmed. This allowed many people to build farms on good land without the having to cut down trees for new land.
John Muir
T.R.'s friend who favored keeping forest lands completely intact, but often disagreed with Roosevelt on policy matters. He and Roosevelt were allies and admirers
Gifford Pinchot
head of the u.s. forest service under Roosevelt, who believed that it was possible to make use of natural resources while conserving them; chief of the bureau of forestry
Pure Food and Drug Act
made companies label their food and producvts with the ingredients; made it so there was no bad food or drugs legally sold
a legal, true statement from someone that can be used by the government against someone else or something
Meat Inspection Act
made better working conditions for employees, better government inspections, and helped set good sanitary standards
central powers
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Ottoman Empire alliance in WWI
allied powers
Serbia, Russia, France, Great Britain, and Italy alliance in WWI
Franz Josef
Emperor of Austria-Hungary at the outbreak of World War I.
Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause.
Franz Ferdinand
Schlieffen Plan
No Man's Land
Territory between rival Trenches, very dangerous
over the top
narrow, zigzagging dirt enclosures four feet wide and six or seven feet deep
Western Front
refusal to take sides; impartiality
amounts of money given to somebody on the condition that it will be payed back later
unrestricted submarine warfare
the use of German submarines to sink without warning any ship , including neutral ships and unarmed passenger liners
German submarines
Selective Service Act
law requiring men to register for military service
General John Pershing
Commander of the American Expeditionary Force
British passenger boat sunk by a German submarine that claimed 1,000 lives. One of main reasons Amereica decided to join the war.
Zimmerman Telegram
German proposal of a German Mexican alliance, promising the return of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona to Mexico; was intercepted by the British and sparked U.S. desire to go to war
American Expeditionary Force
the name given to the american military force that fought in World War I; about 2 million Americans went to France as members of this under General John J. Pershing
War Industries Board
a board of men created by President Wilson that coordinate the activities of government and business during the war
liberty cabbage
sauerkraut changed name because it was german.
Committee on Public Information (CPI)
committee used to produce propaganda favorable to the Allied cause
payments for war damage after the war to countries that had suffered the damage or losses of that war
war guilt clause
stated that Germany was solely responsible for World War I
League of Nations
Treaty of Versailles
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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
SB 11.22 Summary
SB 11.22.5: When philosophers argue, "I don't choose to analyze this particular case in the same way that you have," it is simply My own insurmountable energies that are motivating their analytic disagreements.
SB 11.22.12: Nature exists originally as the equilibrium of the three material modes, which pertain only to nature, not to the transcendental spirit soul. These modes — goodness, passion and ignorance — are the effective causes of the creation, maintenance and destruction of this universe.
SB 11.22.13: In this world the mode of goodness is recognized as knowledge, the mode of passion as fruitive work, and the mode of darkness as ignorance. Time is perceived as the agitated interaction of the material modes, and the totality of functional propensity is embodied by the primeval sūtra, or mahat-tattva.
SB 11.22.14: I have described the nine basic elements as the enjoying soul, nature, nature's primeval manifestation of the mahat-tattva, false ego, ether, air, fire, water and earth.
SB 11.22.15: Hearing, touch, sight, smell and taste are the five knowledge acquiring senses, My dear Uddhava, and speech, the hands, the genitals, the anus and the legs constitute the five working senses. The mind belongs to both these categories.
SB 11.22.16: Sound, touch, taste, smell and form are the objects of the knowledge-acquiring senses, and movement, speech, excretion and manufacture are functions of the working senses.
SB 11.22.19: According to some philosophers there are seven elements, namely earth, water, fire, air and ether, along with the conscious spirit soul and the Supreme Soul, who is the basis of both the material elements and the ordinary spirit soul. According to this theory, the body, senses, life air and all material phenomena are produced from these seven elements.
SB 11.22.20: Other philosophers state that there are six elements — the five physical elements (earth, water, fire, air and ether) and the sixth element, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That Supreme Lord, endowed with the elements that He has brought forth from Himself, creates this universe and then personally enters within it.
SB 11.22.22: Some calculate the existence of seventeen basic elements, namely the five gross elements, the five objects of perception, the five sensory organs, the mind, and the soul as the seventeenth element.
SB 11.22.23: According to the calculation of sixteen elements, the only difference from the previous theory is that the soul is identified with the mind. If we think in terms of five physical elements, five senses, the mind, the individual soul and the Supreme Lord, there are thirteen elements.
SB 11.22.24: Counting eleven, there are the soul, the gross elements and the senses. Eight gross and subtle elements plus the Supreme Lord would make nine.
SB 11.22.25: Thus great philosophers have analyzed the material elements in many different ways. All of their proposals are reasonable, since they are all presented with ample logic. Indeed, such philosophical brilliance is expected of the truly learned.
SB 11.22.26: Śrī Uddhava inquired: Although nature and the living entity are constitutionally distinct, O Lord Kṛṣṇa, there appears to be no difference between them, because they are found residing within one another. Thus the soul appears to be within nature and nature within the soul.
SB 11.22.27: O lotus-eyed Kṛṣṇa, O omniscient Lord, kindly cut this great doubt out of my heart with Your own words, which exhibit Your great skill in reasoning.
SB 11.22.28: From You alone the knowledge of the living beings arises, and by Your potency that knowledge is stolen away. Indeed, no one but Yourself can understand the real nature of Your illusory potency.
SB 11.22.29: The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: O best among men, material nature and its enjoyer are clearly distinct. This manifest creation undergoes constant transformation, being founded upon the agitation of the modes of nature.
SB 11.22.30: My dear Uddhava, My material energy, comprising three modes and acting through them, manifests the varieties of creation along with varieties of consciousness for perceiving them. The manifest result of material transformation is understood in three aspects: adhyātmic, adhidaivic and adhibhautic.
SB 11.22.31: Sight, visible form and the reflected image of the sun within the aperture of the eye all work together to reveal one another. But the original sun standing in the sky is self-manifested. Similarly, the Supreme Soul, the original cause of all entities, who is thus separate from all of them, acts by the illumination of His own transcendental experience as the ultimate source of manifestation of all mutually manifesting objects.
SB 11.22.32: Similarly, the sense organs, namely the skin, ears, eyes, tongue and nose — as well as the functions of the subtle body, namely conditioned consciousness, mind, intelligence and false ego — can all be analyzed in terms of the threefold distinction of sense, object of perception and presiding deity.
SB 11.22.33: When the three modes of nature are agitated, the resultant transformation appears as the element false ego in three phases — goodness, passion and ignorance. Generated from the mahat-tattva, which is itself produced from the unmanifest pradhāna, this false ego becomes the cause of all material illusion and duality.
SB 11.22.34: The speculative argument of philosophers — "This world is real," "No, it is not real" — is based upon incomplete knowledge of the Supreme Soul and is simply aimed at understanding material dualities. Although such argument is useless, persons who have turned their attention away from Me, their own true Self, are unable to give it up.
SB 11.22.35-36: Śrī Uddhava said: O supreme master, the intelligence of those dedicated to fruitive activities is certainly deviated from You. Please explain to me how such persons accept superior and inferior bodies by their materialistic activities and then give up such bodies. O Govinda, this topic is very difficult for foolish persons to understand. Being cheated by illusion in this world, they generally do not become aware of these facts.
SB 11.22.37: Lord Kṛṣṇa said: The material mind of men is shaped by the reactions of fruitive work. Along with the five senses, it travels from one material body to another. The spirit soul, although different from this mind, follows it.
SB 11.22.38: The mind, bound to the reactions of fruitive work, always meditates on the objects of the senses, both those that are seen in this world and those that are heard about from Vedic authority. Consequently, the mind appears to come into being and to suffer annihilation along with its objects of perception, and thus its ability to distinguish past and future is lost.
SB 11.22.39: When the living entity passes from the present body to the next body, which is created by his own karma, he becomes absorbed in the pleasurable and painful sensations of the new body and completely forgets the experience of the previous body. This total forgetfulness of one's previous material identity, which comes about for one reason or another, is called death.
SB 11.22.40: O most charitable Uddhava, what is called birth is simply a person's total identification with a new body. One accepts the new body just as one completely accepts the experience of a dream or a fantasy as reality.
SB 11.22.41: Just as a person experiencing a dream or daydream does not remember his previous dreams or daydreams, a person situated in his present body, although having existed prior to it, thinks that he has only recently come into being.
SB 11.22.43: My dear Uddhava, material bodies are constantly undergoing creation and destruction by the force of time, whose swiftness is imperceptible. But because of the subtle nature of time, no one sees this.
SB 11.22.44: The different stages of transformation of all material bodies occur just like those of the flame of a candle, the current of a river, or the fruits of a tree.
SB 11.22.45: Although the illumination of a lamp consists of innumerable rays of light undergoing constant creation, transformation and destruction, a person with illusory intelligence who sees the light for a moment will speak falsely, saying, "This is the light of the lamp." As one observes a flowing river, ever-new water passes by and goes far away, yet a foolish person, observing one point in the river, falsely states, "This is the water of the river." Similarly, although the material body of a human being is constantly undergoing transformation, those who are simply wasting their lives falsely think and say that each particular stage of the body is the person's real identity
SB 11.22.46: A person does not actually take birth out of the seed of past activities, nor, being immortal, does he die. By illusion the living being appears to be born and to die, just as fire in connection with firewood appears to begin and then cease to exist.
SB 11.22.47: Impregnation, gestation, birth, infancy, childhood, youth, middle age, old age and death are the nine ages of the body.
SB 11.22.48: Although the material body is different from the self, because of the ignorance due to material association one falsely identifies oneself with the superior and inferior bodily conditions. Sometimes a fortunate person is able to give up such mental concoction.
SB 11.22.49: By the death of one's father or grandfather one can surmise one's own death, and by the birth of one's son one can understand the condition of one's own birth. A person who thus realistically understands the creation and destruction of material bodies is no longer subject to these dualities.
SB 11.22.51: An unintelligent man, failing to distinguish himself from material nature, thinks nature to be real. By contact with it he becomes completely bewildered and enters into the cycle of material existence.
SB 11.22.53: Just as one may imitate persons whom one sees dancing and singing, similarly the soul, although never the doer of material activities, becomes captivated by material intelligence and is thus forced to imitate its qualities.
SB 11.22.54-55: The soul's material life, his experience of sense gratification, is actually false, O descendant of Daśārha, just like trees' appearance of quivering when the trees are reflected in agitated water, or like the earth's appearance of spinning due to one's spinning his eyes around, or like the world of a fantasy or dream.
SB 11.22.56: For one who is meditating on sense gratification, material life, although lacking factual existence, does not go away, just as the unpleasant experiences of a dream do not.
SB 11.22.57: Therefore, O Uddhava, do not try to enjoy sense gratification with the material senses. See how illusion based on material dualities prevents one from realizing the self.
SB 11.22.58-59: Even though neglected, insulted, ridiculed or envied by bad men, or even though repeatedly agitated by being beaten, tied up or deprived of one's occupation, spat upon or polluted with urine by ignorant people, one who desires the highest goal in life should in spite of all these difficulties use his intelligence to keep himself safe on the spiritual platform.
SB 11.22.60: Śrī Uddhava said: O best of all speakers, please explain to me how I may properly understand this.
SB 11.22.61: O soul of the universe, the conditioning of one's personality in material life is very strong, and therefore it is very difficult even for learned men to tolerate the offenses committed against them by ignorant people. Only Your devotees, who are fixed in Your loving service and who have achieved peace by residing at Your lotus feet, are able to tolerate such offenses.
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I have been using MySQL successfully using the command line, and have created various databases (mostly for CMS).
I decided to try using phpMyAdmin which I saw mentioned in a book on Joomla!.
But when I click on Databases, I only see information_schema, phpMyAdmin, and test.
I want to be able to administer all of my databases (presumably giving appropriate credentials). Probably related is the fact that if I log into mysql as the phpmyadmin user and do a show databases; query, I see only those three databases.
Do I need some sort of a grant involving the show_db_priv (granting to the phpmyadmin user)? If that's it, what is the exact syntax for doing that? When I do a show grants for this user, I can see that show_db_priv is not one of them.
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Simply use your mysql root credentials (securely though) for PHPMyAdmin Configuration and it will show all your databases – Hanky 웃 Panky Mar 22 at 20:20
Thank you. That seems to work. But now I'm wondering what the point of the separate phpmyadmin user is. – user1951615 Mar 22 at 20:52
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Login as MySQL root user in phpMyAdmin. If you're not able to login as root in-spite of providing correct password, then make sure that you have this line in your phpMyAdmin's config.inc.php and is set to true.
If you've not assigned password to MySQL root account, then default password is blank. In that case check that AllowNoPassword is set to true in phpMyAdmin's config.inc.php
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the above solution worked for me, thanks :) – Fortilan Nov 10 at 9:50
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I have an array of Class Customer. I would like to alphabetically re-order the elements in the array of Class Customer based on a field called name.
Here is the code I am using:
int j;
boolean flag = true; // will determine when the sort is finished
Customer temp;
while ( flag )
flag = false;
for ( j = 0; j < count_customers; j++ )
if ( customers[ j ].getName().toString().compareToIgnoreCase( customers[ j + 1 ].getName().toString() ) > 0 )
temp = customers[ j ];
customers[ j ] = customers[ j+1 ]; // swapping
customers[ j+1 ] = temp;
flag = true;
customers[] is the array that holds Customer count_customers represents the number of active customers. for some reason when I run the code below returns nothing:
for(int i=0; i < count_customers; i++)
tmp_results += customers[ i ].toString() + "\n";
.toString() is defined in Customer class, it just prints everything about the customer out.
So what am I doing wrong?
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how do you set the value of count_customers? – Philipp Mar 25 at 22:36
count_customers is working, I just simply run count_customers++ when a new customer is added – Ahoura Ghotbi Mar 25 at 22:38
(Unrelated, but consider giving your flag a meaningful name.) – Dave Newton Mar 25 at 22:38
@Alya'aGamal I cant just print customers[i], thats an object, not a string – Ahoura Ghotbi Mar 25 at 22:40
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Create a new class CustomerComparator and sort your Customer[] using Arrays.sort(array, new CustomerComparator());
public class CustomerComparator implements Comparator<Customer> {
public int compare(Customer c1, Customer c2) {
return c1.getName().compareTo(c2.getName());
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Or if you can't change Customer, create a Comparator for it. – SirPentor Mar 25 at 22:40
I cant edit Customer, how can I create a comparator? could you explain please? – Ahoura Ghotbi Mar 25 at 22:41
I've edited the answer – chopchop Mar 25 at 22:44
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I have an edit screen for a model that's nested inside 2 other resources. To make the example easy to understand, it looks sort of like this:
Make -> Model -> Car
I have a Car edit screen that lets you edit the few fields that it contains. (assume the url is: /makes/124/models/12512/cars/1125/edit)
I want to add a cascading pair of dropdowns to allow the user to re-assign a car to a different make/model. (I'm doing this to clean up some of the bad data that's in the system).
The form looks like this:
<% form_for [@car.model.make, @car.model, @car] do |f| %>
<%= f.error_messages %>
<!-- this is where I want the cascading dropdowns -->
<p> <%= f.label :color %><br />
<%= f.text_field :color %></p>
<p> <%= f.label :mileage %><br />
<%= f.text_field :mileage %></p>
<p><%= f.submit "Update Car" %></p>
<% end %>
I can add @makes to this view from my controller, and I know how to make the select box, but what I don't understand is how I can have the value automatically selected when the form loads.
What's the correct way to build such a form, with fields for some of the parent resources?
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You should use :shallow => true as described here so that your edit URI is http://host:port/cars/1125/edit
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Actually I have friendly-looking routes, so the full URL has meaning, though I'd agree with you if I was just using the id for each one. (Something like /makes/52-honda/12-accord/ .....) - The other reason is that the URL is "hackable" meaning you can take a segment off and it still works. – Ben Scheirman Dec 24 '09 at 22:16
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I want to inject the myscript.php code into my handler page. Here are the source:
var myArr = Array();
function myfunc(){
// some code
function handleArray(arr){
// some code
$("container").observe('click', function(evt){
new Ajax.Request('myscript.php', {
evalScripts: 'true',
onFailure: function(e){
onSuccess: function(t){
<script type="text/javascript">
var myArr = Array("hello", "world");
<div id="abc">some html code</html>
Basically I have my functions defined in my handler page, and myscript.php holds the necessary data for handler page to handle. While the above does make an Ajax request to myscript.php, the returned code does not get evaluated. It shows as Object Object instead of treating it as html. I ported the same code to jQuery and set datatype:"Script", everything works fine. While switching to jQuery is not an option to me since the entire code base is built on top of prototype, I would love to know how I can have prototype to treat the returned page as script.
I do noticed there is a similar thread Prototype Ajax.Updater Eval Javascript Functions that says wrapping the function as anonymous function and turning on evalJS flag will solve the problem, it doesn't seem like a workaround in my case as I have couple of variables and functions declared, I have no idea how to make all of them anonymous. Any help will be greatly appreciated and let me know if you need more info.
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The evaluated script blocks will be processed in the scope of the Ajax functions, so...
becomes a local variable in that function only. It is unavailable and discarded moments later. Make the returned script (myscript.php) update global myArr instead.
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Well, in my case putting var is optional as variables are global variables already. Making this change does not solve the issue. – John Dickson Dec 3 '10 at 21:09
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I have been trying to do a "inverse" fisheye lens effect, which means to transform a "fisheye" image to rectangular/square image using matlab for few weeks, but still without a good solution.
Basically it is just an inverse of How can I implement this visual effect in MATLAB?
Could anyone tell me how to do this please?
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Duplicate of… – jmbr Mar 20 '11 at 12:25
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You should look at Jean-Yves Bouguet's Camera Calibration Toolkit. If you have the camera you can follow his steps to calibrate the camera yourself. Otherwise you will have to know something about the geometry of the lens.
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the O.S. is Linux. I have an old c++ code that writes raw SDI input from a capture device to a file. My intent is to modify this program and redirect the raw video from the SDI source to the stdin of ffmpeg. How can I do that? Is better to run ffmpeg within the c++ source code (how can I do that?)? Thank you very much.
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Open a pipe, start mencoder and configure it to read from the pipe. Then write data to the pipe.
If you want to use a library, write a code (etc), then take a look into libav
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libavcodec has long since been renamed to libav, and is the core library of the ffmpeg project. – greyfade Apr 14 '11 at 15:44
@greyfade Ok, thanks. I didn't know that. Fixed now – BЈовић Apr 14 '11 at 16:14
@greyfade: I think libav is a recent fork. You have both libav.org and ffmpeg.org now :) – neuro Apr 14 '11 at 16:35
@neuro: You are correct. It's very confusing, isn't it? :P – greyfade Apr 14 '11 at 16:48
I can not use library because I have to use an old version of ffmpeg that support vhook. So I will try a pipe, hoping that ffmpeg is able to recognise the data that I put it inside. – cicvsalba Apr 15 '11 at 7:38
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I use a C++ wrapper around FFMpeg called FOBS
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I have a multi-module project. In one of the modules I'm generating classes from wsdl. In the pom of this module I need some properties of another module. (, outputDirectory etc)
It something like this possible?
I think I saw the above somewhere. Didn't bother testing it because doing module.0 would mean it's dependent on the order in which modules are declared in the parent pom.
Is there a elegant way of doing what I want?
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I think you're breaking maven's goal if you do that. Each module should be independent OR declare it's dependencies. What you're trying to do goes against this assumption. I suggest you to rethink how you're breaking up the modules, as the problem is potentially there. – Augusto Sep 16 '11 at 10:49
Yes I know what you mean. Thanks for the heads up. The problem is that this project is already beyond that. Every module is already coupled to one another by how it uses classes from other modules. If you take one module out... seems like modules are there just for show. – Cristian Sep 16 '11 at 11:04
Why do you need the properties from an other module? If you are in the WSDL module you can generate the classes etc. within this modules and the result is a jar which can be used by other modules as a dependency. Or do you mean the properties ${build.outputDirectory} which are defined for every module by it's own. So you don't need others. – khmarbaise Sep 16 '11 at 11:16
After the generation i will get 2 packages. One package I have to move in one module and the other in another module, this with maven copy resources. That's why I need propeties like outputDirectory and basedir of the modules. And yes I mean the properties in the pom.xml of each module. – Cristian Sep 16 '11 at 11:59
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The proper way to do this is to have a parent. Define the properties in there and then simply use that as the parent in your other modules. That way you can easily share the properties across your modules.
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indeed! i made a property in parent. moduleX_target_output. then used that in the modules and in the copy resource plugin. it's pretty clean. if I ever change that path I just change the property. – Cristian Sep 28 '11 at 7:01
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Maven doesn't provide this kind of access. You could use Groovy via GMaven to parse the other pom as XML and get at what you want.
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Stalins war pic 140 x 222Stalin’s War by Professor Ernst Topitsch- A Review From a Nationalist Perspective of the Harsh Reality of Ideological Power Politics:
English Language Translation by Arthur Taylor (1987) St. Martin’s Press, New York.
If the basis of nationalism is the running of a country in the most efficient manner possible, that being in the interests of the nation as one people united by a common interest, then the book here under review is invaluable in informing on any future foreign policy of a Nationalist government. Aside from it’s obvious connection with foreign policy, as a read it is highly informing on the nature of International Marxism and that ideology’s ruthless use of ‘moral’ positions from which to increase it’s influence and power. Some would say this could be limited to Stalin although that of course fails to appreciate the influence on Stalin of Marxist dialectical theory, and also of the influence of that figure who first applied theoretical Marxism to practice; that of Lenin.
The common belief with regard to the Second World War is that the Soviet Union was the victim of an aggressive National Socialist Germany. This belief is largely justified by the view, which in many circles is beyond criticism, that supposedly everything about National Socialism in that country was evil and based on a desire to enforce a totalitarian ideology on the world. Whether this view was true or not, in terms of total strategy one cannot ignore that it is a dogmatic view unable to notice other evils on an equal footing, or evils perhaps even far worse. Evils capable of destroying our entire civilisation as we know it. This blindness to other contemporary evils may be observed as an objective of the psychology of International Marxism; a political tool invaluable to achieving Marxism’s ends. In terms of strategy, the world and the balance of power is ever changing and the only bedrock one can have is the nation, and the immediate priority of the national interest.
The dogmatic, one sided prejudice against German National Socialism was invaluable in allowing Stalin to enforce the ideology of his Soviet state on half of Europe after 1945. As this book argues, if the Soviet Union had not signed the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact on the 23rd August 1939, then it is likely Adolf Hitler would have listened to the Anglo-French ultimatum and reversed the German claims over Poland in order to avoid having to fight on two fronts. The Soviet Union is ascribed with a passive, almost apathetic attitude in this matter by modern historians; but the reality is that with the guarantee of no war on two fronts Germany was given a free hand to fight the western allies. The leaders in Moscow knew that this would mean another ‘imperialist’ war and as such would make, in their eyes, the western world ripe for Communist Revolution.
The real enemy of the Soviet Union was never Germany. As a landlocked nation and as politically isolated as it was at that time, it would never have been able to withstand a full attack of a Soviet Union fully mobilised for war. For the Soviets the true enemy was the Anglo-Saxon world, the continental power of the United States and the latent power of that neglected Empire which nonetheless covered a quarter of the world’s surface, that of Great Britain. Professor Topitsch demonstrates in this book an admirable degree of political intelligence when he demonstrates that, following the German invasion, Stalin’s calls for a Western Second Front to be set up as soon as possible were in reality a sly means to advance Soviet interests. Given the strain on British forces and the inadequate build up of American war material, an allied attack against German occupied territory would more or less be doomed to failure. Stalin’s intentions here were to play the hand of the Allies early, so that they would be weakened when it came to the ultimate contest of saving as much of Europe as possible from Soviet tyranny.
On the 13th April 1941 the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression pact with Japan. The result of this was to give Japan the security that allowed for the diversion of resources to attack Anglo-Saxon interests in the Far East. This had the ultimate result of destabilising the colonial territories of the British Empire fostering the ‘independence’ movements which too often came under the Soviet influence. It is no coincidence that British Imperial forces in Malaya had to face a communist insurgency just three years after the end of the Second World War.
The evidence that professor Topitsch has collected firmly indicates that the Soviet Union had aggressive intentions against Germany and it’s satellite nations, as well as the rest of Europe. For example, the Soviets constructed vast numbers of airbases near the border with German occupied territory, bases which would have been undefendable in the event of a German attack. The vast Soviet losses in the first months of the German invasion were due to vast troop concentrations in a pocket of land protruding into German occupied territory. Such a concentration would have made no sense if the Soviet Union had the pacifist intentions so widely ascribed to it by the ‘politically correct’ historian of today. Perhaps the longest nail to go into the coffin of the illusion of a pacifist Soviet Union were the discussions between the foreign ministers of the two rivals in an air raid shelter in Berlin on the 13th November 1940. It is clear from the evidence brought together on these discussions that the Soviets had aggressive intentions towards Romania, Finland and German occupied Poland. Perhaps these demands, and the build up of Soviet forces outlined above prompted Adolf Hitler into hoping (and probably praying) that the previous Blitzkrieg campaigns could be reproduced in Russia.
An element of psychology covered in this book, and something highly pertinent to the behaviour of the left today is the behaviour of the Soviet Minister Molotov during the talks held on the 13th November. It was the view of the Professor whose book is here under review that the behaviour of Molotov towards Adolf Hitler was part of a psychological game with the intent of triggering a German attack on the Soviets; allowing the latter to claim the moral high ground which is an essential part of the power struggle of contesting ideologies. It is completely ignored today that French Communists collaborated on many occasions with the German secret service in espionage activities against the French Army and munitions works. Why would Communists support those ‘Nazi scum’ they are supposed to hate with such an ardent passion?
This brings us to the part of this issue which will probably be of most interest to nationalist activists, the reality of the far left as the means to advance the interests of particular elites as opposed to the interests of others. With the world economy becoming ever more globalised, it is in the interests of the financial power to support a society that is ever more globalised, a society where local customs are broken down in the interest of the globalist consumer society with it’s higher ‘Gross Domestic Product’.
Like Stalin, who provoked a German invasion as a means to justify the advance of Bolshevism into the heartland of Europe, we have a far left that craves for moral high ground from this social construct of ‘anti racism.’ To nurture the conditions of future ethnic and racial tension, by promoting the very existence of a society with many conflicting racial group interests is somehow a means to a peaceful, harmonious society. The masquerade has to be kept up at all purposes, even when racially motivated attacks by the descendants of immigrants become national news. Even when race riots (or attacks on whites) are blatantly started by ‘Unite Against Fascism’ rallies such as in Oldham and Burnley in 2001 and 2004 respectively, the establishment, indoctrinated into far left ideas can only use it as an excuse to attack nationalist groups. Alike did Stalin make every possible squeal and cry for help in order to obtain a moral superiority as the ‘victim’ of National Socialist Germany. The real purpose hidden in a manifestation of a complex psychology invoked for the sake of the long term objectives.
Little has it appeared to the delinquents of the far left, as can be expected given they are quite bereft of statesmanlike qualities of vision and historical relativity, that the society they are fighting to create will be in the long run repeat the horrors of the Balkans. Ideology seeking to suppress ethnicity, thanks to the absence of any historical relativity among the dregs of the left, a willing blindness to the consequences of years of war and bloodshed. Little has it appeared to the ‘anti racist’ that previous attempts at using ‘nurture’ to dominate ‘nature’ have failed grotesquely, and that further attempts at forcing their utopian view on our people have wrecked the European values at the heart of our society.
If white people have been oppressing the coloured races for all these centuries, what is it that makes leftists think that when those coloured races obtain an equal or greater influence in our society that the ‘racism’ our race has apparently showed won’t be reproduced by the coloured races? Why is the coloured person some ideal of peace and harmony and whites aren’t? As their ideology is so negative in every conceivable way, what will become of the ‘anti racist’ brigade?
As described by Professor Topitsch in reflecting the ruthlessness of Marxist leaders in attaining their ends, the ‘anti fascist’ front of the 1930’s was nothing else than a puppet of Soviet Russia. All over Europe it was an essential part in turning the western nations against the ‘Fascist’ states; laying the groundwork for the war which the Soviets had hoped would lead to a worldwide Bolshevik Revolution. It does seem quite incredulous today that so many would attack regimes that had carried out no atrocities before 1939, whilst completely endorsing and supporting a regime which had murdered thirty million people in it’s first twenty years of power. Many Russian ‘anti fascists’ spent their last days in Siberian concentration camps once they had served their purpose in advancing the strategic interests of Moscow. If from the immigrant populations a combined Islamic/Marxist Revolution is launched in this country’s future, many of us can already guess the fate of those born into our race that have abandoned it. They will have served their purpose to advance the interests of the globalist financial bloc that guides the hand of the far left.
On that we return to the essential point of this book under review, that what matters in the world is not the frothings of propaganda, the venom of lies, the terror of false moral systems such as ‘political correctness.’ What matters is the end result of the struggle of two contesting ideologies. Whether we are victorious and our racial heritage is preserved for future generations, or whether the alliance of globalism destroys the beauty of our civilisation for the sake of material greed.
Professor Topitsch ended his postscript to the English language edition by saying that given the illusions of the Soviet Union popularly held, particularly in the British mind, that his expose of the realities of Bolshevism and Stalinism was more for the English reader than the German one. Let us hope that our people awake to the life and death struggle of our age in a similar manner by seeing through the propaganda and psychology of the far left.
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The Indian subcontinent has a history of devastating earthquakes. The major reason for the high frequency and intensity of the earthquakes is that India is driving into Asia at a rate of appromately 47 mm/year[1]. Geographical statistics of India show that almost 54% of the land is vulnerable to earthquakes. The latest version of seismic zoning map of India given in the earthquake resistant design code of India [IS 1893 (Part 1) 2002] assigns four levels of seismicity for India in terms of zone factors. In other words, the earthquake zoning map of India divides India into 4 seismic zones (Zone 2, 3, 4 and 5) unlike its previous version which consisted of five or six zones for the country. According to the present zoning map, Zone 5 expects the highest level of seismicity whereas Zone 2 is associated with the lowest level of seismicity. The latest seismic zoning map can be accessed from The India Meteorological Department website ([1]).
Zone 5
Zone 5 covers the areas with the highest risk zone that suffers earthquakes of intensity MSK IX or greater. The IS code assigns zone factor of 0.36 for Zone 5. Structural designers use this factor for earthquake resistant design of structures in Zone 5. The zone factor of 0.36 is indicative of effective (zero period) peak horizontal ground accelerations of 0.36 g (36 % of gravity) that may be generated during MCE level earthquake in this zone. It is referred to as the Very High Damage Risk Zone. The state of Kashmir, Punjab,the western and central Himalayas, the North-East Indian region and the Rann of Kutch fall in this zone.
Generally, the areas having trap or basaltic rock are prone to earthquakes.
Zone 4
This zone is called the High Damage Risk Zone and covers areas liable to MSK VIII. The IS code assigns zone factor of 0.24 for Zone 4. The Indo-Gangetic basin and the capital of the country(Delhi, Jammu)and bihar fall in Zone 4.
Delhi prone areas - The areas which are near to Yamuna bank are very much prone to the earthquake. East delhi is the most earthquake prone area. Some areas are- Shahdara, Mayur Vihar - I, II, III, Laxmi Nagar and nearby areas, Gurgaon, rewari, noida
Zone 3
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands, parts of Kashmir, Western Himalayas fall under this zone. This zone is classified as Moderate Damage Risk Zone which is liable to MSK VII. The IS code assigns zone factor of 0.16 for Zone 3.
Zone 2
This region is liable to MSK VI or less and is classified as the Low Damage Risk Zone. The IS code assigns zone factor of 0.10 (maximum horizontal acceleration that can be experienced by a structure in this zone is 10 % of gravitational acceleration) for Zone 2.
What is an earthquake and what causes them to happen ?
What do we know about the interior of the Earth ?
Five billion years ago the Earth was formed by a massive conglomeration of space materials. The heat energy released by this event melted the entire planet, and it is still cooling off today. Denser materials like iron (Fe) sank into the core of the Earth, while lighter silicates (Si), other oxygen (O) compounds, and water rose near the surface. The earth is divided into four main layers: the inner core, outer core, mantle, and crust. The core is composed mostly of iron (Fe) and is so hot that the outer core is molten, with about 10% sulfur (S). The inner core is under such extreme pressure that it remains solid. Most of the Earth's mass is in the mantle, which is composed of iron (Fe), magnesium (Mg), aluminum (Al), silicon (Si), and oxygen (O) silicate compounds. At over 1000 degrees C, the mantle is solid but can deform slowly in a plastic manner. The crust is much thinner than any of the other layers, and is composed of the least dense calcium (Ca) and sodium (Na) aluminum-silicate minerals. Being relatively cold, the crust is rocky and brittle, so it can fracture in earthquakes. (Univ. of Nevada).
What are plate tectonics?
Plate tectonics is the continual slow movement of the tectonic plates, the outermost part of the earth. This motion is what causes earthquakes and volcanoes and has created most of the spectacular scenery around the world.
What is a fault and what are the different types?
Earth scientists use the angle of the fault with respect to the surface (known as the dip) and the direction of slip along the fault to classify faults. Faults which move along the direction of the dip plane are dip-slip faults and described as either normal or reverse, depending on their motion. Faults that move horizontally are known as strike-slip faults and are classified as either right-lateral or left-lateral. Faults, which show both dip-slip and strike-slip motion are known as oblique-slip faults.
Thrust fault- a dip-slip fault in which the upper block, above the fault plane, moves up and over the lower block. This type of faulting is common in areas of compression, such as regions where one plate is being sub ducted under another as in Japan. When the dip angle is shallow, a reverse fault is often described as a thrust fault.
Strike-slip fault - a fault on which the two blocks slide past one another. The San Andreas Fault is an example of a right lateral fault.
A left-lateral strike-slip fault is one on which the displacement of the far block is to the left when viewed from either side.
At what depth do earthquakes occur ?
What is "surface rupture" in an earthquake ?
How do we know a fault exists ?
if the EQ left surface evidence, such as surface ruptures or fault scarps (cliffs made by EQs).
if a large EQ has broken the fault since we began instrumental recordings in 1932.
if the faults produces small EQs that we can record with the denser seismographic network established in the 1970s.
Where can I go to see the/a fault ?
The closest fault depends on where you live. Some earthquakes produce spectacular fault scarps, and others are completely buried beneath the surface. Sometimes you may not even know that you are looking at a fault scarp.
What does an earthquake feel like ?
Generally, during an earthquake you first will feel a swaying or small jerking motion, then a slight pause, followed by a more intense rolling or jerking motion. The duration of the shaking you feel depends on the earthquake's magnitude, your distance from the epicenter, and the geology of the ground under your feet. Shaking at a site with soft sediments, for example, can last 3 times as long as shaking at a stable bedrock site such as one composed of granite. If the site is in a building, then the height of the building and type of material it is constructed from are also factors. For minor earthquakes, ground shaking usually lasts only a few seconds. Strong shaking from a major earthquake usually lasts less than one minute. For example, shaking in the 1989 magnitude 7.1 Loma Prieta (San Francisco) earthquake lasted 15 seconds; for the 1906 magnitude 8.3 San Francisco earthquake it lasted about 40 seconds. Shaking for the 1964 magnitude 9.2 Alaska earthquakes, however, lasted three minutes.
Foreshocks, aftershocks - what is the difference ?
"Foreshock" and "aftershock" are relative terms. Foreshocks are earthquakes, which precede larger earthquakes in the same location. Aftershocks are smaller earthquakes, which occur in the same general area during the days to years following a larger event or "mainshock", defined as within 1-2 fault lengths away and during the period of time before the background seismicity level has resumed. As a general rule, aftershocks represent minor readjustments along the portion of a fault that slipped at the time of the main shock. The frequency of these aftershocks decreases with time. Historically, deep earthquakes (>30km) are much less likely to be followed by aftershocks than shallow earthquakes. (Univ. of Washington).
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I’ve described in a previous article how to look for exploits in games on the PSP. But as you may or may not know, the new PSPGo’s business model made game exploits useless for the average user.
Let me explain: if an exploit is found (and revealed) in a Game on the PSP, Sony will simply remove the game temporarily from the PSN Store, and it will be available again only if the game’s developers fix the issue. So the only people who will be able to benefit the exploit will be those who downloaded the game from the PSN Store before the exploit was made public. (unless you didn’t know, the PSPGo has no UMD drive, and therefore all games for this machine must be bought on the PSN)
Yep, that’s not cool, and it explains why Freeplay doesn’t want to make the recent hack of the PSP Go public (the exploit is still useful for hackers as it allows to run unsigned code on the PSPGo, and therefore analyze its firmware more precisely). It also explains why we should now be looking for vulnerabilities in the PSP Firmware (such as the laughman tiff exploit that led to chickHEN a few months ago) rather than games.
In this article I will explain how to monitor the PSP Menu with PSPLink. If you haven’t read my previous post on savegames exploits, I suggest you do it, as it is a nice introduction to PSP exploits. Disclaimer: I’m not the best PSPLink user in the world, so this article might be incomplete on some parts.
Imagine you have a file that crashes your PSP. It can be a video file, an mp3, an image, etc… (I will explain later how you can find or create these files). How would you tell if it can become an exploit or not? Well, as usual, the answer is clear: PSPLink.
PSPLink is a very usueful tool to analyze the Ram of the PSP. If you don’t have it yet, google for it. I personally have the version included with the minimalist PSPSDK.
PSPLink has two parts of interest for this: one that goes on the PSP (basically, an EBOOT, as most homebrews), and two executables that run on the PC (they will display the information sent by the PSP to the PC).
Once you have installed PSPLink on your PSP and plugged your PSP to your computer with a USB cable, open 2 command-line windows, in which you will run respectively usbhostfs_pc and pspsh.
When this is done, you can run the PSPLink EBOOT on your PSP. If everything goes well, pspsh on your computer will display “host0:/” and usbhostfs will say “Connected to Device”. It should look like this:
If you need more information on PSPLink, google for it.
Running the XMB/VSH
Now that’s the interesting part. If you’re a developer, you might know how to run your homebrews’ prx files from there. But how can you access the PSP Menu? Well that’s actually very easy, as you only need to type the two following commands in pspsh:
reset vsh
And that’s it! Let me tell you, it is way easier than doing it for savegames, as no plugins are required.
Test your crash
Then what? Well, you do whatever is needed to reproduce your crash. In my case, I have an mp3 file that crashes the PSP, so on my PSP I go to the music menu, and try to play the files.
When the crash occurs, pspsh should display the current state of the registers, and lots of useful information.
From here, what you need is MIPS assembly knowledge, and lots of patience. But I can’t teach you that :) . For the basics, you can still read my article on Savegames, as we are looking for the exact same thing: a way to overwrite $ra
By the way, you need a hacked PSP to run PSPLink, so don’t try this on Official Firmwares.
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1. noladu95’s avatar
tanks for your help
2. mamosuke’s avatar
Thanks for your interesting article.
So I translated into Japanese here:
Sorry for telling you about it after I posted my article.
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4. eric’s avatar
waiting for more surprising news …
5. H@lo World’s avatar
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7. H@lo World’s avatar
hi wololo,
thanks for your help.
And the tiff exploit is patched on 6.10
And bmp images have no alpha layer.
8. H@lo World’s avatar
here I am again.
Could this bmp image lead to exploit ?
it crashes the psp…
9. wololo’s avatar
10. H@lo World’s avatar
The article you gave me is very interesting.
There is likely no bmp exploit I have seen.
It would be great if you had an link for me.
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12. H@lo World’s avatar
Oh, thats great
thank you so much!!
13. H@lo World’s avatar
hi wololo
I´ve a question.
Everytime I write reset vsh in psplink my psp crashes.
I´ve psp slim with firmware 5.50 Gen D2
Do you know what I do wrong?
14. wololo’s avatar
15. H@lo World’s avatar
No I didn´t
Thank you for your tip
16. H@lo World’s avatar
now it works
17. H@lo World’s avatar
Hello wololo,
in the file?
18. wololo’s avatar
19. H@lo World’s avatar
I´ve found a good tiff image but how exactly I create an butteroverflow on tiff? :(
See you
20. wololo’s avatar
I recently explained one of these techniques here:
21. H@lo World’s avatar
Thank you for your help :) ,
but you said that there are other ways…
Where I can find them or which are their names?
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hi wololo
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Help please !
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US should shun enforcing no fly zone in Libya
Andrew G. Bostom
President Obama has given an ultimatum to Col. Qaddafi:
accept an immediate ceasefire, pull back from Libyan rebel strongholds and permit humanitarian assistance - or face the full onslaught of UN-endorsed air strikes.
The aptly named (hat tip Diana West) American "Libya Hawks" must be elated with the United Nations resolution calling for a Libyan "No Fly Zone."
Earlier my colleague Andrew McCarthy put forth a cogent rebuttal of his own co-editors at the NRO who vociferously supported this intervention -- a particularly misguided policy should the US lead it. Indeed, an ominous report by Le Monde reveals that what is known about the "brave Libyan freedom fighters" opposing Libya's murderous crackpot-despot Qaddafi is hardly reassuring -- i.e., they are likely dominated by jihadists espousing the same virulent "Westoxication" and Jew/broader infidel-hatred that permeates the Arab Muslim world.
But, given the fait accompli UN resolution, and ignoring Qaddafi's subsequent (and meaningless, if predictable) "cease fire" offer, let me provide an alternative "no fly zone" scenario that would not squander any more precious US blood and treasure in yet another irredentist Arab Muslim morass.
Mordechai Nisan, writing over a decade ago, observed that already by the mid-1990s the world's then over 50 Islamic nations had amassed considerable economic and military power -- both of which have further increased during the subsequent 10+ years:
I maintain that the "Libyan freedom fighters" plaintive appeal for military assistance be heeded exclusively by Muslim nations from the now 57 member Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC).
After all, the OIC Dakar Declaration of March 13-14, 2008 from the 11th Session of the Islamic Summit Conference has sworn the 57 Muslim nations to combat terrorism-such as the murderous assault on his fellow Muslim countrymen by Qaddafi. The OIC statement even highlights a convention assembled for this purpose, along with "other international initiatives by the Islamic geographical sphere," citing this involvement as proof of its unequivocal willingness " fight against the heinous phenomenon [of terrorism]," and the global Muslim organization's "total rejection of it [terrorism]."
The 12/2/08 OIC statement also insisted,
I argue that the OIC -- currently headed by its Turkish representative Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu --is uniquely suited to marshal the military and economic might to "enact the utmost severe punishment" of Qaddafi and his minions for ostensibly perpetrating "anti-Islamic" acts of terrorism against the aforementioned "Libyan freedom fighters" -- fellow Muslims, no less! Turkey and Egypt -- key OIC member states -- have large, modern, well-equipped armed forces (here; here; here), including air forces (here; here). These Muslim nations -- with formal, enthusiastic sanctioning by the OIC-should send large military contingents to enforce the UN sanctioned Libyan no fly zone, and if necessary commit their ground troops in an effort to halt the acts of "anti-Islamic terrorism" being committed by Qaddafi's forces.
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In surah Anbiya Allah says:
” It is He who created night and day, the sun and the moon, revolving on its orbit. (33)”
Why does Allah mention night first and day second, and after that sun first and moon second. Why isnt moon mentioned before the sun, because night was mentioned before the day?
Wa ‘alaykum al-Salaam wa rahmatullaah,
There are many instances in the Qur’an in which Allaah has actually mentioned the night and the day, the sun and moon – all in this order. The reason that the night was mentioned before the day is that night signifies darkness and nothingness, and the mind associates darkness and nothingness with non-existence, so non-existence (darkness…the night) is mentioned first to allude to the logical order of creation (non-existence before existence, darkness before light, night before day). In addition, all that is associated with darkness is something that people wonder about and question more than all that is associated with light. For example, we would question and wonder about the reasons for blindness and deafness, where a person is in a state of no seeing and no hearing, more than we would wonder about why people see and hear. So Allaah has also placed first the night because people would wonder about it (“Why is there night?”) more than the daylight.
Why then was the sun mentioned before the moon? There are a number of reasons for this as well; just as people wonder about the night more than the day, so the people wonder about the sun more than the moon due to its size and brightness – hence you would find people worshipping the sun much more than the moon. In addition, it is more appropriate for the sun to be mentioned directly after the day because the sun is a mark of the day – it is only due to the sun that there is daylight, and it is only due to the sun that we can see the moon. So it is greater and more important in creation hence it was mentioned before the moon. [It has even been said that this order as mentioned in this ayah and others is a scientific miracle of the Quran, since the moon orbits around the sun thereby following it, as well as being lit up by the light of the sun].
And Allaah knows best.
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1. MaashAllah such an enlightening explanation of something which we may not even consider thinking about when we read these ayahs. Yet there is such wisdom and depth behind each and every one of them.. Jazakillah for setting this up and enhancing our knowledge in everyway you can InshAllah
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Comments for MONTSERRAT:
Pronounced "mon-seh-RAT" or "moon-suh-RAT". It's most common nicknames are Montse, Mont, Muntsa and Monxo.
-- mar 3/15/2006
Absolutely disgusting!
-- Anonymous User 8/24/2006
This name is on the Top 1000 list!? Who would name their daughter this?
-- biflucky 9/1/2006
There are far worse names on the top 1000, just so you know. Nevaeh is a good example. Anyway, the answer to your question is: Many Catholic Hispanics who use this name as a tribute to Virgin Mary.
-- caoilainn 6/9/2007
I don't know why everyone hates this name. It's really pretty. And there's this really lovely actress named Montserrat Lombard.
-- Anonymous User 10/20/2006
There's something strangely alluring about this name. I think it has a pretty ring to it. I don't think I would give it as a first name, but I think it would be a neat middle name to have.
-- Anonymous User 10/23/2006
There is a song called "Montserrat" by Orquesta Del Plata that plays in a Kahlua commercial. It's actually a pretty cool song.
-- Anonymous User 10/23/2006
The art school I went to was named Montserrat. I don't like it as a personal name, however. (Maybe because it's too easy to make a typo and end up calling someone a monster rat.)
-- Valis 1/30/2007
A famous opera soprano is named Montserrat Cabelle.
-- walkinghome 4/15/2007
This reminds me of that mountain that erupted years ago. It seems to have a bit of a repulsive tone to it.
-- Aziraphale 8/2/2007
Have any of you paused to consider that in your mostly English speaking tongues, Montserrat sounds quite different in its own language and accent. I assure you, it's a lovely name.
-- O Maoileoin 11/19/2007
I always see monster rat when I see this name and I do not like it. Yeah, I'm sure people who come from other cultures will view and pronounce this name differently (I say MAHN-sur-raht, don't know if I'm right) but it think some are forgetting, people who speak English have the right to an opinion as well as they do. I'm sure some Catalan people do not like the sound of some English names but I don't see anybody implying they are xenophobic.
-- Ursa_Minor 2/14/2009
This name is not pronounced 'MONSTERrat', if you look closely at the name, the 't' is before the 's'. It's pronounced 'mon-seh-rrat', with the last 't' being only pronounced slightly, almost like a d. Also the 't' after the 'n' isn't pronounced at all.
-- veronica.voodoo 10/18/2009
I really like the name Montserrat. In Spanish, it's pronounced something like mon-seh-RRAHT, and it has a really beautiful and exotic ring to it. The "monster rat" connection in English is unfortunate, though, and would probably prevent me from ever using it, which is a shame because it's truly a lovely name.
-- out of the sky 12/27/2009
I first heard this name on the actress Montserrat Lambard, and I immediately thought it was really unique and cool. Actually, until I looked at these comments the 'monster rat' thing hadn't even occurred to me since it isn't 'monster' in the name. Maybe it's because I immediately translated the Mont bit into 'mountain', but the spoonarisation didn't even enter my head as I separated it in to the distinct parts 'mont' and 'serrat'. Have to say that that if this is an impression common to English speakers it probably would put me off, but this is a great shame, as I think it's a genuinely lovely name that sounds nice not just in Spanish, but in any English pronunciation that doesn't completely butcher it (and I think any English speaker with even the slightest familiarity with Romantic languages could get close to the correct pronunciation by themselves.)
-- sjm1789 7/2/2010
The name Montserrat was given to 228 baby girls born in the US in 2012.
-- Oohvintage 7/16/2013
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Do angels intercede for us? Also, why did God create angels that would remain good instead of ones that rebelled against him?
BY: William D. Webber
Find Out: I've read my Bible a lot and attended Bible studies for years. I've learned that according to the Bible, Christ is our great intercessor, that he alone always mentions us to the Father. One night, as I lay in bed, I heard a voice all around my head saying, "We will pray for you." I asked out loud, "Who are you?" The voice responded and said, "We are angelic beings." Do angels pray for us? After this experience I guess they do, but why doesn't the Bible tell us this?
- raiarym
God did not intend that the Bible would answer every question in detail but that it would contain all the information we need. In the Scripture we find prayers addressed to the angels asking them to pray with us, as in the opening verses of Psalms 148: "Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise him in the heights! Praise him, all his angels, praise him, all his host!"
The Bible also indicates that angels do pray for us. Jesus himself warned us not to offend small children because their guardian angels have guaranteed intercessory access to the Father: "See that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven" (Matthew 18:10).
Catholics accept that angels do pray for us, pointing to verses in the Catholic Apocrapha including 1 Tobit 12:12. The angel Raphael says: "I offered thy prayer to the Lord."
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Michael Andor Brodeur pick: HOMEBOY SANDMAN, “First of a Living Breed”
You can get a sense of Homeboy Sandman’s knack for clever flips in the title of his fourth LP, and you can feel it in the unparalleled flow he sets loose on each track. “Not Really” is the most devastatingly gentle smackdown of everything that’s wrong with the bling-driven rap on the radio. Spoils are fine; skills are way better. | http://www.boston.com/ae/music/cd-reviews/2012/12/20/best-albums/22tamNLhvVxPTxIgtUBM5I/story.html?pg=30 | dclm-gs1-132520002 | false | false | {
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Dodging the undead at the Zombie Evacuation run near Saffron Walden
“Chase her,” an undead bride whispers to her corpse friend. The chilling sound spurs me forward. I dodge left and right to escape the deadly pair. It is me versus them.
This was the Zombie Evacuation Race at Carver Barracks. Hosted for the first time near Cambridge last year, the organisers brought it back due to high demand.
The zombie phenomenon is beginning to take off in the UK, with races set for Bristol and Pippingford this month. Apparently people just can’t get enough of fleeing from killer zombies on top of tackling challenging obstacles on a 5K cross-country course.
At the start line we had been told by an army officer that the country had been invaded by zombies. We had to get to the safety zone (5km away) as quickly as possible.
Three flags were given to us to track our movements. If we lost all three flags then the army would assume we had been infected.
Then, with a tank leading the way, we were off. It wasn’t long before the first lot of zombies were visible on the horizon. I successfully ran past, still with all flags intact.
But as we approached the dark and narrow woods, a runner barged into me whilE avoiding a hiding zombie. I nosedived into the ground. Caked in mud and blood, it dawned on me how far people would go to escape the undead. It was every man for himself.
Sadly, I lost my three flags pretty early on. The combination of a pitch black hut, filled with zombies and a killer clown (a personal phobia) caught me by surprise.
Once infected the race became a little less scary with fewer zombies focusing their attention on me. But for someone unfit like me the obstacles proved enough of a challenge.
Unsteady terrain, high walls to climb, tight spaces to crawl through, smoke, and, worst of all, maze-like buildings with dead ends and dead people waiting to jump out at every corner were all tough physical trials.
By the last half a mile I was exhausted. But the zombies only got scarier and faster.
Finally I got to the end, crawling into a quarantine cage for the ‘infected’ and was sprayed with water to cleanse me.
It was one of the most bizarre and terrifying experiences of my life, but I would do it again in a flash.
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Show that three-phase power system uses lesser amount of wire than the single-phase system for the same line voltage VL, same power absorbed by the load, PL and same power loss tolerated. Assume a specified fixed distance l.
Please dont shortcut any steps and if you could explain the steps that'd be sweet , I appreciate your help ;)
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0.029113 | <urn:uuid:1229a687-e3c7-4b98-adcd-154b1dbb6397> | en | 0.96008 | Here Come the Suns
It's come up a few times on the site, so it's not exactly a secret, but in the interests of full disclosure everyone should know up front that I am a Suns fan. They are my second team, my mistress team if you will, and there was a time when they were my first team. The late 80s Kevin Johnson-Tom Chambers Suns were probably my favorite team of all time, and their 4-1 series victory over the Lakers 20 seasons ago (yikes!) was one of the two most satisfying playoff series victories of my fandom (Clippers over Nuggets in 2006 being the other one of course).
So it feels pretty good to have the Suns back even in the Western Conference Finals, tied 2-2 with the Lakers after two pretty nice wins in Arizona. I said on Sunday that it was up to Phoenix to salvage what had been a pretty dismal post-season, and indeed they have. (Actually, it's also worth noting that it's another case of the famous ClipperSteve reverse mojo - since I whined about all the sweeps and all the blowouts, the teams behind in the Conference Finals have gone three and oh, including an overtime win for the Magic in Boston.)
Unfortunately, I missed the last nine minutes of Suns-Lakers Game 4. With champions to be crowned on BOTH Dancing With the Stars AND American Idol, and a wife and two adolescents in the house, even my DVR couldn't save me tonight. The Suns had just taken a two point lead at 89-87 when Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke took over my TV screen. Of course the Suns made three consecutive threes soon after, stretching the lead to 11, where it more or less stayed the rest of the game, and we're coming back to LA all knotted up.
There are a handful of really fascinating things happening in this series (more specifically in these last two games) to keep an eye on. I don't claim to have any great insights here - in fact, I'm more than a little baffled. But it will be paramount to see how these factors play out on Thursday in Staples Center, as they may determine the winner of this series.
The Suns bench. Admit it, you're just as shocked as I am about this, right? Goran Dragic, Leandro Barbosa, Jared Dudley, Channing Frye and Lou Amundson? With the exception of Barbosa, I doubt that even the most savvy and fervent Phoenix fans believed that any of these guys were legitimate NBA rotation players going into the season. Phoenix' fatal flaw for many seasons has been a shameful lack of depth, and this team appeared to be the thinnest in years. Instead, the Phoenix bench has been the difference for them throughout the playoffs, and especially tonight. All five of their backups were in double digits for their plus/minus tonight, while all five Phoenix starters were negative (and all four Lakers subs were also negative). So you're saying, "Sure, the Suns reserves played well against the terrible Lakers bench. Big deal." Well that's true, but it's not the whole story. For one thing, did we really think that the Suns bench was better going into the series? More importantly, the Suns reserves played a cumulative 115 minutes tonight, compared to only 66 from the Lakers reserves (and more than half of those from Lamar Odom). So mathematically, it's obvious that the Suns reserves were outplaying at least of few Lakers starters tonight. The key would seem to be Channing Frye. After going an incomprehensible 1 for 20 in the first three games, he was 4 for 8 (all of them three pointers) tonight. If he can manage one good game in LA, the Suns certainly have a chance in this series.
It's also interesting to note that when he coached the Suns, Mike D'Antoni had the shortest bench in the league. And it got even shorter in the playoffs. Back in 2006, Eddie House got some consideration for sixth man of the year, playing over 17 minutes per game during the regular season - and then got about 7 minutes per in the playoffs when you factor in the five DNP-CDs he got against the Clippers. So while Alvin Gentry may have brought back some of the D'Antoni playbook in Phoenix, he certainly has a different philosophy about minutes. D'Antoni's not the only coach in the NBA who goes with a tighter rotation in the playoffs - almost everyone does in fact. The Celtics are down to playing essentially 8 guys (and having those 8 guys healthy is the difference between domination this year and elimination last year). Gentry plays ten, and not only that, he plays his reserves as a unit for long minutes. It's pretty much unheard of in playoff basketball (Boston doesn't even have a backup point guard). And it's working. Go figure.
The Suns zone. Zone defenses don't work in the NBA. Teams don't use them for extended periods because NBA offenses are too good and they find the seams in the zone eventually. The only way to succeed on defense in the NBA is to accept the challenge to shut down your opponent, to 'man up' (in more ways than one). That's the conventional wisdom anyway. And the Suns have thrown it out the window. As I mentioned, I didn't watch all of this game, but every second I watched, the Suns employed a zone. And damned if it didn't work. To be sure, this is not your high school coach's 2-3. It's a sort of a hybrid matchup zone, where the Phoenix players are hyper-aware of Kobe's whereabouts. It's not a box-and-one, but at times it feels like it, with someone (usually Hill or Dudley) playing tight man defense on Kobe when he has the ball, and the other four Phoenix players shading towards him as well. Interestingly, Bryant was almost unstoppable tonight despite all the extra attention, scoring 38 points on 22 shots. But his teammates really let him down. The Lakers not wearing number 24 attempted 43 three point field goals in two games in Phoenix, making 9 of them. That's an obscene number of threes (especially when you consider that Kobe has taken 17 himself for a two game Lakers total of 60!). The zone is designed to give a lot of attention to Kobe, to clog up the middle, and to force the other Lakers to take threes with a guy running at them. Mission accomplished. Of course, if the Lakers get hot and make a bunch (they made over 50% of their three pointers in the LA games, taking about half as many) then it's a different story. But if Phil can't convince them to penetrate the zone some more, then they could be in big trouble. (The other big factor in game four was the ineffectual Pau Gasol. I don't expect that to happen again.)
Rebounding. The Suns outrebounded the Lakers 51-36 tonight. That's almost unfathomable. The entire story in games one and two was the Lakers' length. "Oh, they're just too long for the Suns, the series is over because of those long, long Lakers." Also consider that one of the big knocks against playing zone defense is that it supposedly hurts your defensive rebounding, because players don't have box out assignments. (As an aside, that's a load of crap. Your box out assignment is anybody wearing a different colored uniform when the shot goes up. The idea that it's harder to box out when you're playing a zone is not true. It's always hard work to box out - and many NBA players do a poor job of it, regardless of the defensive scheme. But playing zone changes nothing if you're willing to put in the effort.) So how did the Suns outrebound the Lakers on both ends? The short answer is that they wanted it more, and you can bet that every single Lakers player, starting with Bynum and Gasol, is getting an earful on the plane back to LA about that particular stat. There's really no excuse for it.
Can the Suns bench perform as well in LA as they did in Phoenix? Can the zone defense continue to confound the Lakers' offense and force them to settle for threes? Watch the bench points, the number of three point attempts by the Lakers and the rebounding stats closely in game five on Thursday. Those factors will determine the winner.
One more thing. GO SUNS!
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0.035333 | <urn:uuid:3651e9cd-fac1-468c-851b-2f0d255cb944> | en | 0.976061 | On their fifth date, they are headed to the Opera. Elsa says she's going to leave her pager behind, an odd choice. Why? It's worth losing this cush job? Sayid points out that there is much newer technology. She says her employer is very old-fashioned. She seems mildly suspicious of Sayid, who was originally only going to be in town for a week.
Sayid finally comes clean to Elsa, whom he believes loves him, that he's going to kill her employer, who he knows is not an economist, because his name is on a list. "You kill people 'cause they're on a list? Innocent people?" This is where we should clue in that Sayid is working for Ben, who used to do this exact thing on the island. She shoots him, calls her contact. Says Sayid had no idea that she was spying on him, but that Sayid is never going to give up the name of HIS boss now. Sayid distracts her by breaking a mirror... then shoots and kills her. Then, he checks her bracelet. Guess he likes checking the jewelry of dead women.
Injured, Sayid limps into a veterinarian's office and is told to take off his shirt. He's working an an assassin for Ben!
• (Note: Now that we're into the flash-forward and Oceanic Six part of the series, I've eliminated the "paths crossing off-island" section. These things are part of the story now, instead of mysterious coincidences).
• Appearances of the Numbers: 4 people on the helicopter, Daniel tells Jack (true); 15 is in a big circle on a poster in the room of the ghost Miles visits; "1516 Rein" says the sign over Sayid's shoulder in the restuarant; 842 are the numbers in the call sign of the helicopter
• Deaths: Naomi (officially this time. Last time, she was only "mostly dead"); Elsa, who Sayid is forced to shoot; Mr. Avellino, shot by Sayid on the golf course in the Seychelles.
Themes Established or Revisited
1. Sanity. Hurley fears he's going crazy with his visions, and is very relieved to go back to Santa Rosa ... Kate asks why Locke would kill Naomi. Jack says it's because Locke's crazy. But then he says his THIRD "I'm gonna kill him/you" statement within what must be his last 50 lines. He said it to Tom, he said it about Ben, he said it about Locke. Who's talking like the raving bloodthirsty loon? ... "Are you insane?" -- Jack, to Locke's claim of always acting in everyone's best interests.
2. Home.
Kate: Are we really goin home?
Jack: Yeah, we're really goin home?
Don't be so sure.
3. Heroism. Claire tells Rose that Bernard is a hero. Rose says everyone knows that Claire's man is the real hero.
4. Freedom. Hurley confides in Bernard that he won the lottery - worst thing that ever happened to him. He realizes that when he gets home he'll be free of it, because he'll have been declared dead. He celebrates and expresses his freedom with a cannonball into the ocean.
5. Time. "There isn't much time." -- Locke, when the groups are splitting into factions to follow Locke or Jack ... "Water under the bridge" and "Never say never" are time-related phrases spoken during Jack's visit to Hurley in Santa Rosa ... Jack says it "feels like 100 years ago he Kate and Charlie came to the cockpit together." Might it have been? Has time looped that many times?
6. Lies. This time, little lies are no longer the issue (Ghost Charlie even explains to Hurley that when he lied to him about his suicide mission, it was to spare the delay and the drama this would have caused). Now, for Hurley, he's living ONE BIG LIE. And those? Those fester.
7. Death / Ghosts / Communing with the Dead. The mysterious cabin ... the sight of Christian in the rocking chair ... Miles and his powers ... the world "confirming" as dead all of the 815 passengers ... Locke getting instructions from someone who can't possibly be there (remember what Miss Klugh once asked Michael - has Walt ever shown up somewhere he wasn't supposed to be?).
8. Trust. It's said more times regarding who certain characters trust and who they don't that I lost count. But this is fairly obvious after a schism like the one we've seen occur.
"I know it's no use having friends you can't trust." -- Ben, to Sayid.
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While archaeologists have confirmed that humans occupied the Great Lakes Basin at least 12,000 years ago, the exact origin of these ancient peoples is a controversial subject in the field. Some archaeologists support the “Land Bridge Theory,” which infers that, during the last ice age, when sea level was much lower than it is today, humans migrated from eastern Asia to this continent on a land bridge that connected Siberia to Alaska. This theory accounts for similarities in bone structure between some Native Americans and Eastern Asians. However, the Land Bridge Theory also suggests that oldest archaeological remains should be found in the northwestern region of the continent and the youngest remains in the southeastern region. Since the oldest remains in North and South America were actually found in Chile, it seems that some Native Americans may have arrived via different means of transportation. Some archaeologists think that Native Americans migrated to this continent by boat, island hopping along the way. While both theories have their strengths and weaknesses, it is likely that a series of migrations occurred, some via land bridge, and others by boat.
When these ancient peoples came to this continent 12,000 years ago, the environment of the Great Lakes Basin was much different, due to glacial covering. Temperatures were, on average, colder by at least 10º Celsius; coniferous spruce and fir trees; and large mammals such as the mastodon dominated forests and mammoth roamed the Great Lakes Basin. In fact, fragmentary remains of both mastodon and mammoth have been uncovered right here in Oakland County and are now at the Cranbrook Institute of Science in Bloomfield Hills.
It is likely that human newcomers to the Great Lakes Basin hunted large game such as mastodons, elk caribou and gathered wild plants and seeds. Hunting these types of migrating game animals would have required a nomadic lifestyle. Therefore it is not likely that groups or individuals acquired many belongings, rather they rebuilt their lives wherever they went.
About 10,000 years ago, the climate grew warmer, and the flora and fauna of the Great Lakes region began to change and adapt to this warmer climate. Mammals that were adapted to ice age conditions migrated north, and some even died. Many Native Americans decided to stay behind and adapt to the new environment, but some humans followed the beasts north into Canada, continuing to hunt and gather. Nevertheless, the archaeological record still suggests a significant increase in human population in the Great Lakes region during this time, most likely due to the less hostile climate. It seems that this increase in human population triggered the development of separate group identities with complex social structures.
The Native Americans that settled in the Great Lakes Basin 10,000 years ago consist mainly of three Nations (groups) that shared a common linguistic stock called Algonguian. This means that the three groups spoke different dialects of the same base language, allowing communication between groups. These three Nations include Ojibwa, Ottawa and Potawatomi. The Ojibwa nation occupied parts of Canada, Wisconsin and the upper peninsula of Michigan. The Ottawa, to some degree a more nomadic people, occupied the northern 1/3 of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula, and traveled throughout the great lakes area further west, past the Mississippi River trading goods with western Nations. Finally, the Potawatomi nation occupied the southern region of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula and parts of Ohio, Illinois and southern Wisconsin.
The three Algonguin Nations lived similar life styles, all depending on wild game, fish, farming and mineral resources for food and shelter. Each Nation lived in smaller groups that compromised a clan system, in which clans were named by the animal spirits that were believed to guide and protect the group. Clans would live and travel separately during cold seasons; because food was less abundant, this increased their chance of survival. During warm seasons, food was plentiful and clans gathered to feast together and discuss honorable hunting stories. While these similarities unite the three Algonguin Nations, even to this day, subtle differences in each their environments fostered unique cultural aspects that signify each nation’s identity.
The Ojibwa nation, residing furthest north, experienced poor soils and a short growing season; they could not depend on summer crops because an early frost could wipe out the entire crop stock. They may have depended more heavily on seeds, nuts, and game meat as main staples. Aquatic resources from Lake Superior, such as fish, shellfish, plants and driftwood would have also been key to survival in the North Country. Ojibwa clans also had access to some of the most productive copper deposits in the northeastern United States, a useful trade item during cold years that brought hardship. Copper was used by Ojibwa and other great lakes nations to make tools, weapons, armor and other decorative wear by the process of cold hammering and annealing. It is hypothesized by many that the Ojibwa nation was extremely prosperous before and after European settlement because of the high demand for copper by other Native American groups and by European settlers.
Ottawa Clans also had a hand in the distribution of copper throughout the Northeast and Midwest. They were known for their keen business and travel skills, and acted as a mediator between nations, such as the Ojibwa, Potawatomi and Iroquois, and later developed a trading relationship with European settlers. Early archaeologists hypothesized that nations such as the Miami, Iroquois and Sioux must have occupied the great lakes region judging from the findings of their goods. However, archaeologists now believe that these items founded their way to the great lakes region through trade agreements, rather than settlement. Traders most likely made use of the Midwest’s many rivers for transportation in large canoes that could carry all of their trade goods, especially copper, which would be heavy and awkward to carry. Ottawa nations also had access to Lake Huron and Lake Michigan for aquatic resources, and also experienced a fairly longer growing season than the Ojibwa nation, making fish, maize and squash important staples for survival. Few Ottawa settlements have been found in Oakland County, and existing sites seem to be temporary encampments.
The Potawatomi Nation that occupied the southern part of the Great Lakes Region practiced and were highly dependent on community farming, and tended to stay in one place for long periods of time. They grew corn, squash and beans as their staple crops. In fact, several of these worked fields were reported by early settlers to be just south of the City of Rochester along the southern bank of the Clinton River. It has been suggested by a few archaeologists that the Potawatomi even dug small irrigation canals, diverging water from Stony Creek. However these small irrigation canals were more frequently found along the Kalamazoo River.
The Potawatomi also used wild plants to spice foods and for medicinal uses. For example, sumac berries were boiled for a tea similar to lemonaide; raspberries were also boiled for a tea that removed tartar from teeth and the leaves were mixed into a paste and applied to sores; cattail roots and stems were eaten, flowers used for diaper lining and leaves for weaving.
While Potawatomi were mainly farming people, they also hunted deer, elk, bear, raccoon and opossum for food and for the use of their fur and bones. Especially during the winter, when crops were impossible to maintain, Potawatomi groups would split up into smaller, family groups to hunt and survive the cold. Fur and hide was used to make a variety of items, including clothing, shoes, bags and rugs to cover their shelter structures, which were called wigwams. The wigwams of the Potawatomi consisted of a dome-shaped framework of wooden poles covered with hide, then with bark and mats of cattails laced together with fibers.
The Potawatomi also took advantage of Oakland County’s many lakes and streams, especially the Clinton River. From these waters they added fish, beaver, turtles, snails and crayfish to their diet. Their fishing gear included bone fishhooks, notched pebble net sinkers and nets woven from wild flax, milkweed, swamp ash, and the inner bark of the basswood tree. Gill nets, which block off a cove or stream with floats to support it and weights to hold it down, were useful in catching fish during winter when the waterways were frozen. Dugout canoes also made their appearance at this time, as Potawatomi used the Clinton waterways as freeways for transportation.
The significance of aquatic and terrestrial species to the Potawatomi who lived within the boundaries of the Clinton River Watershed is represented in pottery artifacts. Archaeologists have found fragments of clay pottery that had been fired and marked upon with plant and animal symbols using red ochre. These artifacts were most often found in previous middens (garbage piles) and in association with burials, along with other grave goods. A few large Indian cemeteries have been found in Rochester Hills, one of which held the remains of at least 18 individuals. The pottery remains in these cemeteries, and in archaeological sites throughout the watershed, confirm the high degree to which the Potawatomi depended on the Clinton River Watershed’s abundant resources.
In short, to the Native Americans who inhabited southeastern Michigan, the area that now constitutes Oakland County must have been a paradise. With its more than 400 lakes, the Clinton River and its tributaries, the locale was ideal for agriculture, hunting and fishing, which sustained them.
The Algonguin Nations that originally occupied the Great Lakes Basin, spanning all of what is now Michigan, and parts of Canada, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin, were greatly affected by foreign exploration and settlement. European settlement occurred in the Midwest during the early 18th century, as populations in the New England colonies grew and a new wave of farmers saw fit to take advantage of the immense natural resources that were available in the Great Lakes Basin. The Potawatomi of Michigan were pushed further west, where they summered along Lake Michigan and wintered along the Kalamazoo. Between 1795 and 1841, over 11 treaties were established, restricting Potawatomi and other Algonguin Nations to small reservations in the Great Lakes region. However, Algonguin Nations never gave up their rights to fish in the waterways that their ancestors had fished in for thousands of years.
The Indian Removal Act of the 1830′s and 1840′s is said to be the most devastating legislation in the History of the Potawatomi politics; members of the Potawatomi nation were forced to move to reservations that were located in foreign territory, west of the Mississippi River. Further efforts during the late 1800′s through the 1920′s to eradicate Indian culture by assimilation contributed to the modern conflicts that plague contemporary Native American communities, such as loss of language and cultural identity. While tribal councils are working to combat these problems by teaching ancient customs to young members, it is clear that, through many hardships, the Potawatomi and other Algonguin Nations have maintained their relationship with and reverence for local watersheds and their resources. Some Native Americans have even joined forces with environmentalists and conservationists to help ensure the quality of the Great Lakes and their watershed system, including that of the Clinton River.
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And what's really going on?
What's the big revelation?
Why should I tell you?
Telling you
isn't going to change anything.
For instance, I could tell you that
what you think of as your personality...
is nothing but a collection
of Vanity Fairarticles.
I could tell you your choice
of sexual partners this evening...
was decided months ago by some
account executive at Young & Rubicam.
I could tell you that
given a week to study your father...
and the ways
in which he ignores you...
I could come up with a schtick
you'd be helpless to resist. Helpless.
I could tell you all that, but what
would you do with the information?
Are there women
who fall for this stuff?
I'm telling the truth as I see it.
You wanna go fuck your boss?
What business is it of mine.
He's not Daddy.
He's just a guy in a suit.
You feel compelled to contribute
to the pathetic...
heartbreaking predictability of it all,
by all means--
- Hi.
- Hi.
- You waiting for someone?
- Yeah, my fiiance.
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- Thanks.
All right. Congratulations.
Is he a kind man,
your fiiance?
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Nobel Prize predictions: Higgs boson, exoplanets could yield winners
It’s a favorite parlor game for science geeks: predicting who will win the Nobel Prizes. For guidance, you can look to the winners of the Lasker Awards for medical research, or the Shaw Prizes for astronomy and life sciences. Recipients of the...
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Gov't downsizes amid GOP demands for more cuts
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans and other fiscal conservatives keep insisting on more federal austerity and a smaller government. Without much fanfare or acknowledgement, they've already gotten much of both. Spending by federal, state and local... | http://www.ctnow.com/topic/politics/government/alan-krueger-PEPLT008459.topic?page=1 | dclm-gs1-132830002 | false | false | {
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0.030791 | <urn:uuid:a0e6537c-966e-4864-9fc1-00ebb474cd44> | en | 0.869301 | Schizophrenia, the most common psychotic disorder, affects 1 percent of the general population. The symptoms begin in late adolescence or early 20s in men and 20s and early 30s in women. The DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia includes: at least 6 months of sufficiently deteriorated occupational, interpersonal and self-supportive functioning; two or more of the following positive symptoms: delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech or behavior; or negative symptoms such as affective flattening, alogia or avolition during a 1 month period. The symptoms can not be accounted for by the presence of a schizoaffective or major mood disorder, autism, or an organic condition. Positive and negative symptoms vary in intensity over time. Criminal behavior is not a characteristic of schizophrenia however, patients may commit violent acts due to their hallucinations, delusions, or impaired social skills. The lifetime prevalence of suicide is 10 percent amongst schizophrenics.
Multiple genetic and environmental factors are responsible for the symptoms seen in schizophrenia. One factor is the dopamine theory in which increased dopaminergic neurotransmission causes psychosis. By decreasing dopaminergic transmission via antipsychotic drugs, the distractibility seen in schizophrenia decreases and improves perceptual abilities. The theory has several flaws. First, symptoms are not fully alleviated by treatment. Secondly, dopamine levels are within normal ranges before and after treatment. Thirdly, dopamine and its role in the brain is more complex than acting as a simple switch for psychotic symptoms. Inhibitory interneurons are also affected by a decrease in their number, in enzymes that synthesize the inhibitory neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid, in neuropeptides cholecystokinin and somatostatin, and in migration of neurons into the cortex from white matter. There are also genetic findings such as greater concordance among monozygotic twins than dizygotic twins and the high incidence of schizophrenia among adopted children, whose biologic mothers have schizophrenia. These findings point to a genetic component that accounts for 70 percent of the risk. The environmental component accounts for the remaining 30 percent, that includes perinatal and childhood brain injury and psychosocial stressors.
The pharmacologic approach to schizophrenia and its symptoms is centered on neurotransmitters that control the response of neurons to stimuli. First generation antipsychotic agents such as haloperidol and chlorpromazine block dopamine D2 receptors. Twenty percent of patients have complete remission of their symptoms, most patients have some response but with continuing symptoms. Side effects include involuntary movement disorders arising from the extrapryamidal system. Symptoms include dystonia, akathisia, bradykinesia and tremor. Akathisia, a state of restlessness, is a major cause of noncompliance with the drug regimen. It can be treated with propranolol. Bradykinesia, slowed voluntary movements can be treated with benzotropine. Tardive dyskinesia, a choreoathetotic movement disorder, develops in 30 percent of patients after several years of treatment. Orofacial movements are common manifestations. It slowly resolves after withdrawal of first generation drugs, although it may be irreversible. When diagnosed early it is usually reversed with a change in medication. Temperature dysregulation can lead to neuroleptic malignant syndrome, in which the patient’s temperature exceeds 104°F. Dantrolene, bromocriptine, and rapid cooling can be used to treat the hyperthermia. Prolonged QT interval is seen in several antipsychotics, in particular thioridazine.
Second generation antipsychotic agents block D2 dopamine receptors (like first generation drugs) however they are less tightly bound and the D2 dopamine receptor antagonism is not the sole therapeutic mechanism. They include clozapine, risperidone, olanzapine, ziprasidone, quetiapine, ariprazole and amisulpride. Their efficacy is equivalent or exceeds the first generation drugs particularly with respect to negative symptoms. Side effects include weight gain, DM, hypercholesterolemia, hyperprolactinemia, and seizures. Movement disorders, including tardive dyskinesia are decreased with the second generation drugs. Clozapine was the first second generation drug to be used and it also blocks D1, D4 dopamine receptors and norepinephrine and serotonin receptors. Agranulocytosis is a serious risk associated with clozapine and patients taking the drug must undergo frequent monitoring of leukocyte counts. They are also at risk for myocarditis. Agranulocytosis can lead to fevers, malaise and frequent infections in the schizophrenic patient. For noncompliant patients there are depot injection preparations available.
The primary mode of treatment of schizophrenia is pharmacologic. Supportive psychosocial methods are useful in the long-term treatment of schizophrenia. If the acutely psychotic schizophrenic is delirious, suicidal or homicidal and/or has no support, the patient needs to be hospitalized.
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[1] 18:4 Nehushtan sounds like the Hebrew for both bronze and serpent
dYou shall surely destroy all the places where the nations whom you shall dispossess served their gods, eon the high mountains and on the hills and under every green tree. You shall tear down their altars and dash in pieces ftheir pillars and burn their gAsherim with fire. You shall chop down the carved images of their gods and hdestroy their name out of that place. iYou shall not worship the Lord your God in that way. But you shall seek jthe place that the Lord your God will choose out of all your tribes to put his name and make his habitation1 there. There you shall go,
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0.130019 | <urn:uuid:1fc0833e-e77f-40f8-808f-9680e3cb1d4e> | en | 0.951154 | Facebook adds #hashtags. What are they?
A way to organize topics and conversations
Facebook - the nation's most-used social media website - has become the latest service to offer "hashtags."
Hashtags are a way for users to participate in conversations, find people with similar interests and get the latest updates on specific topics.
You might be familiar with hashtags from other social media sites such as Twitter - where they've been used since 2007.
If you're not familiar, here's how they work: anything you type with the (#) sign - and then the word immediately following - becomes a hashtag. And then you - or anyone who sees your post - can click on it and see other posts that also use that tag.
Let's say you want to share your thoughts on the upcoming Packers season. If you type, "I think the #Packers will go all the way this year," you can now click on that word. A window will pop up, showing you the latest posts about "Packers." You can use this, then, to find a new page you might want to follow, or someone to add as a friend. And by including it in your post, you can let others know that you're someone who likes to talk about the Packers, and they may want to follow you or chat with you.
If you don't want to make a post, just find the latest updates about a topic, you can use the search bar.
Here's a hashtag you might find useful: #wiwx . It stands for "Wisconsin weather." And if you type it into the search bar on top of the page, you'll get weather updates, photos and videos from all across the state.
Something to keep in mind about hashtags: your privacy settings still apply, so if you've set up your posts to be visible only to your friends - even if you use a hashtag - your posts won't be visible worldwide.
Also, hashtags haven't been added to Facebook's mobile apps yet.
So that's what hashtags are all about. And you'll probably be seeing more of them in the future.
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0.018512 | <urn:uuid:68906410-e476-45b4-a9de-44cb82153757> | en | 0.987297 | Haye defends role in Munich brawl
David Haye has defended his actions during last weekend's shocking brawl with Dereck Chisora and insists his heavyweight rival needs to go to "anger management clinic".
David Haye
The two men grappled and fought during a shameful press conference scrap in Munich last weekend, where Chisora had just lost a valiant challenge for Vitali Klitschko's WBC title.
Chisora initiated the altercation and Haye landed the first punch - with a fist clutching a glass bottle. Haye then fought with Chisora's trainer and attempted to hit him on the head with a camera tripod.
Zimbabwe-born Chisora, 28, claimed Haye had "glassed" him and repeatedly vowed to "shoot" and "burn" the former WBA champion. He has since apologised for his actions while Haye has not.
Haye, 31, reiterated on this evening's That Sunday Night Show he was acting in self-defence: "He comes over to me, in my face, I feel his knuckles in my face, what am I supposed to do? I've got to close the show.
"I've got no desire to fight Dereck Chisora inside the ring or outside the ring. He's lost his last three fights."
Haye accepts the unsavoury incident looked even worse because his hand was holding a bottle when he punched Chisora.
"I can understand how that looks but I was there as part of the media. It wasn't a beer, either, it was a bottle of lemonade.
"It was a glass bottle but I didn't hit him with that bottle, I hit him with my fist. If I'd had my mobile phone in my hand, it would have been a mobile phone. If I'd had a hot dog in my hand, it would have been (that).
"If I could rewind time, of course I wouldn't go down there (to the press conference). But you can't rewind time."
Asked what he would say to Chisora now, Haye said: "I'd say probably 'check yourself into some anger management clinic'. I'm being serious. It's not a joke, he genuinely has problems with his anger."
Chisora was arrested, questioned and bailed by Munich police last weekend, with detectives waiting to speak to Haye.
Haye apparently went into hiding immediately after the incident before jetting off to Las Vegas for a holiday.
Chisora, who has a history of controversial incidents ranging from biting an opponent to slapping Klitschko at the weigh-in before their fight - risked further headlines on Saturday by claiming that he, too, was heading for Vegas.
"On my way to the airport.. Guess where?" he tweeted.
He then added "On my way to Las Vegas" and posted a picture of himself on a plane. Chisora was later ringside for the WBA heavyweight title fight between Alexander Povetkin and Marco Huck in Stuttgart, Germany. It is not known where he headed after the fight.
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“Code five, all cars respond,” crackles a voice over the radio. “Homicide suspect on building on intersection of Laramie and Polasky…” Before the voice can finish, a bright white tennis shoe, visibly worn but tightly laced, slams on the accelerator of a small, pale yellow convertible. Hardly heeding the sidewalk, or officer demanding his identification, the owner of the white sneakers leaps out of his car and runs to the base of a building where cops are shooting lights and bullets at a shadowy figure racing along the roof. Kolchak, shuffling, ducking, and dodging along the pavement, snaps pictures with his camera as the figure leaps from the building, flings off a mob of officers, and flees.
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0.818965 | <urn:uuid:2e870b8b-1e8b-4e91-b040-5c75142ee139> | en | 0.92653 | Can we start reporting people for not knowing all roles and going into ranked?
_Xymemaru_VPosted 3/24/2013 4:24:49 PM
It's the only way these morons who cry
"I can't support/adc/jungle I have to go mid/top/ whatever"
even though they're last pick will learn not to enter ranked until you know how to do every role pefectly
ssj4supervegetaPosted 3/24/2013 4:26:04 PM
LoL summoner: Vejitables
ThyCorndogPosted 3/24/2013 4:26:41 PM(edited)
no, meta is artificial and has been changing since release
if meta was meant to be this static thing that everyone should always know, then riot should create role "slots" or something of that nature
Hey what's going on in this thread
My friend's YouTubes. She's got LP's and stuff.
LetseivPosted 3/24/2013 4:28:55 PM
People report others for silly stuff like that all the time in BR server. It's sad. | http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/954437-league-of-legends/65779386 | dclm-gs1-133140002 | false | false | {
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Probably 80% of Cape Town's industrial properties have asbestos roofing sheets. Asbestos roofing predominates older industrial areas such as Epping and Parow Industria.
Very few people know the difference between Asbestos and Fibre cement roofing. A quick rule of thumb is, if the building predates 1985, it is almost certainly asbestos. Everite phased out Asbestos roof sheets after 1985 and replaced them with Fibre Cement sheeting. This is not always the case as I am told that a small amount of asbestos was imported and used after 1985.
The sheets are exactly the same, except the latter uses an organic fibre, rather than and asbestos fibre. These sheets have an almost identical look , however, the trained eye can see the difference, with Asbestos sheeting having white "flecks" on the underside of the sheeting.
A quick test can be done by breaking off a small piece of the roof sheet and putting a lighter flame to it. If the fibres glow red, its asbestos. If the Fibres burn off, its Fibre cement.
Is Asbestos roofing safe? The short answer is yes! I extracted the following statement from the Everite website :
“The new regulations do not apply to ACMs already in use, such as roofing sheets, ceilings boards or pipes because the respirable fibres are encapsulated in cement, says Gibson.
“Numerous international studies had demonstrated that asbestos containing building materials in place present little or no risk to the public. However, extreme caution is needed during installation, maintenance or removal to avoid exposure to respirable asbestos fibres.”
I have recently experienced overseas companies looking for premises in Cape Town, refusing to consider any buildings with Asbestos roofing. Whilst I understand the stringent asbestos laws in some countries, I recently spoke to an asbestos expert and he commented as follows " Most of the water pipes in Cape Town are asbestos, many of the hospitals have asbestos roofs and they are all perfectly safe. It the roof sheets get broken or damaged, then they can pose a risk. Most of the motor vehicles have asbestos in their brake pads and the average street will have a higher asbestos content in the air than a building with an asbestos roof." Fibre cement roof sheets are the same profile and are readily available to replace a broken asbestos roof sheet.
Currently the cost of removing asbestos roof sheets ranges between R 100 to R 200 per square metre depending on the contractor concerned. Fibre cement roof sheets are the same profile and are readily available if you need to replace an asbestos roof sheet.
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Opioids for Migraines - Why Not?
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An issue with any medication we take when we get a Migraine attack is the possibility of medication overuse headache (MOH), aka rebound. Essentially, MOH occurs when we take these medications too frequently and they actually complicate the situation by creating medication overuse headache.
One of the biggest frustrations to those of us with frequent Migraines or headaches is that pretty much anything we take when we get a headache or Migraine can cause MOH...
• ergotamine medications such as DHE-45 and Migranal Nasal Spray.
• simple analgesics such as acetaminophen
• opioids such as codeine, morphine, Demerol, Dilaudid, etc.
• barbiturates such as the butalbital in Fiorinal and Fioricet
• a combination of any of the above.
Some sources say the usage of some of these medications must be limited to 15 days a month; the use of some must be limited to 10 days a month. The rule of thumb still followed by many is to not take these medications more than two or three days a week. You can read more in Medication Overuse Headache: When the Remedy Backfires.
Probably the biggest frustration is for those who have Migraines or headaches more than those two or three days a week. We still need to function, even if we've already used those medications as many times as we're supposed to in any given week. We have lives, jobs, families who need our attention. We're trying to maintain a decent quality of life, but how are we supposed to do that if we're in pain.
The answer to this dilemma isn't simple or easy. It lies in Migraine and headache management:
• Identifying our triggers so we can avoid them if at all possible, thus reducing how many Migraines we have.
• Working with our doctors to find effective preventive regimens that reduce not only the frequency of our Migraines or headaches, but the severity as well.
That answer can be a very bitter pill to swallow (pun fully intended). The bottom line, however, is that this is what's best for our health. In the short-term, it seems almost punishing. In the long-term, however, when we can push ourselves to look at it objectively, it makes sense. If, while we're trying to find that seemingly elusive preventive regimen that works for us, we overuse medications, use opioids that can increase our risk of transformed Migraine, and get our bodies messed up from those medications we take for Migraine attacks, it will take far longer to find an effective preventive regimen, AND we can do some damage to our brains and other organs in the process. Let's remember that when we're looking at the medications we take when we get a Migraine (prescription or over-the-counter), we're looking at some medications that can cause liver or kidney damage too.
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Posted: 26/09/2012 00:00
The first time I went to Slutwalk, I joked to my friends that I might be refused from participation for being just too damned qualified. Whilst without a shadow of a doubt the people behind Slutwalk UK, and the people who attend are genuine, passionate individuals who should be praised for bringing back into popular consciousness an ideology that had fallen out of favour (feminism), from the very beginning there was something not quite right about Slutwalk - something that made it easy to mock from every side of the political landscape.
It was these inconsistencies that stopped a number of my own feminist contemporaries supporting Slutwalk Episode One. Indeed, up until the very day of the 2011 march I was in two minds- when did taking the word back ever do anyone any good? Did it help black people gain respect or do they still live as the poorest sector of society and the highest jailed ethnic community? Did it help gay people who now battle with their word being appropriated as a synonym for shit? Does taking the word back do anything but keep the word, the ideology, the curse, in circulation?
It was a smaller group of us than I had hoped whom eventually made the trip to Slutwalk 2011 and a smaller group still to the 2012 edition. For myself, in that first year I simply wanted to support anything, anything that got people talking about rape, consent, the mistreatment of women by the police and of course celebrated feminism as the raddest discourse on earth, even if it had its problems. I was genuinely pleased to see the extensive coverage by the media, some criticising in a valid progressive way, and others with knee-jerk, misinformed and hateful responses. I felt it would only do the movement good. I returned last weekend to see how the only event in years to gather such interest on an issue of gender had grown. It hadn't.
I didn't stay long, I was too angry, hurt and disappointed - it's the same feeling as watching your underdog football team (Feminism FC) get all the way to cup finals and then crash and burn because they still hadn't ironed out that formation problem from Round 1. It was the liberal and constant use of the word 'victim' that infuriated me, it was the speeches that assumed Assange did it, like a speech the year before assumed DSK did too.
It was the insipid use of facts such as '93% of rapists get away with it' as though every single man accused was guilty. Feminism isn't about assuming every accused man is a rapist. It's about equality, and freedom, or specifically fair trials and fair treatment. I was equally upset to see a youthful crowd, a new generation of feminists whose interest had been piqued, being completely misdirected. It's important to stand around and cheer, to raise our firsts in the air, to weep at the tales of the people we fight for and be inspired by them too. But it's also important to get organised.
For how long shall we talk about a woman's right to dress like a 'slut' but avoid why she feels compelled to? How can we make sure that everyone understands the rules of consent? Where is the petition to have consent taught in class, to tackle the lingering problems of pornography and the worst thing to happen to feminism since the 1950's- the fashion industry? We have seen the preface and the introduction, but now let's all get together and write Chapter One.
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