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By Brandon Voss
Originally published on Advocate.com June 14 2009 11:00 PM ET
As the old adage goes, behind every overworked, adulterous, pill-popping nurse, there's a great Muslim gay confidant. Five years after playing a flirtatious hunk in The Ski Trip , Haaz Sleiman returns to his queer roots as Nurse Mohammed "Mo-Mo" De La Cruz in Nurse Jackie , which debuted June 8 as Showtime's most successful premiere of the season. Also known for his dramatic turns as an immigrant squatter in The Visitor and a terrorist suspect on 24 , the Lebanon-born actor shares his high hopes for Mo-Mo's love life and his newfound appreciation for George Clooney's manhood.
Advocate.com:You have terrific chemistry with costar Edie Falco. Was it intimidating to find out that most of your scenes would be opposite a three-time Emmy winner?Haaz Sleiman: I was a big Sopranos fan and a big fan of hers, but I was more excited than intimidated. Rather than nervous, I was sort of like a little kid because I admired her. She was one of the main reasons I wanted to be on the show. The first day I met her there was just something immediate between us that I can't explain. I had a feeling that we would connect and bond as actors, and we did. A similar experience happened between me and Richard Jenkins for The Visitor, but with her it was even stronger. Our frequencies just clicked.
Would you be friends with someone like Mo-Mo? Absolutely. I'd like to be a lot like Mo-Mo. I have a few friends in my life that are really close, but I'd love to have the friendship that Mo-Mo and Nurse Jackie have. Jackie has her issues and there are certain things she has not yet told him, but it doesn't take away from their friendship, which is universal in the sense that it's not about who they are but how they connect. They don't judge one another, they're there for each other, and they just get each other. Mo-Mo is smart, compassionate, trustworthy, works hard, great at what he does, and I don't know if you can get more honest than him. He also has some issues in his personal life, but who doesn't?
Playing a gay character, do you feel any pressure to represent the gay community respectfully? It's definitely my responsibility not to stereotype any character, but especially a gay character because of the misperceptions people still have about gays. I really struggled in the beginning with the character because I was trying to find balance and be as authentic as possible, but the way I finally saw it is that he's just a guy. Even though he's gay and Muslim, which is a really interesting combination, that doesn't define him. It's just a part of who he is. I interviewed a lot of nurses, gay and straight, because you don't want to offend the people that you're portraying, and hopefully they'll feel proud that you're showcasing a positive but still human image. I feel lucky to be portraying this character, and it's very flattering that I'm even allowed to represent this type of person.
We know that Mo-Mo has a boyfriend named Ricky. Will the audience meet him soon? You're not going to meet him in the first season, and I haven't met him yet either. You will see Mo-Mo kiss another guy, though, and it's someone that you won't expect. It's funny.
If you could pick any actor to play Ricky, whom would you cast? Oh, Daniel Day-Lewis. That's a no-brainer right there. He's so brilliant. I just want to act with him, so I would love that. I would be in heaven.
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Ever since you were cast as Mo-Mo, there have been discussions in the blogosphere about your own sexuality. Have you found that people now seem more interested in whether or not you're gay in real life? I don't really read blogs, so I don't know what's being said. That's never come up, but it's not something that would bother me if it did. It's all about doing good work, and the stuff that comes with it afterward, it is all fun.
But for the sake of satisfying curiosity once and for all, you're straight, right? Yes.
Do you have a girlfriend? Yes, she lives in New York. She's very supportive and can't wait to see that kiss that I told you about.
Let's talk about your first major movie, out writer-director Maurice Jamal's 2004 urban gay romantic-comedy The Ski Trip . [ Laughs ] I knew that was going to come up at some point. What do you want to know?
How do you look back at that experience? It was a great experience. I was very excited to work on it, I learned a lot, and it was a lot of fun. At the time I hadn't done much acting, and the part was really something different for me, so I just threw myself in there and had a ball. But it's kind of like when you look back at outfits from the '80s or a picture of yourself when you were 13: You look back, like, "Oh, my God, what was I thinking?" [ Laughs ] But I'm still in touch with Maurice every now and then.
How did it feel to be that film's shirtless beefcake? I just hated that I couldn't eat, because I had to keep my abs looking good. That was the worst part. Other than that, I was like, "C'mon, take it off!"
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Spin and Energy - Free?
The news brief published in August/September drew quite a few reader letters.
Your news brief reported on an experiment that appears to violate the law of conservation of energy and also questions the validity of electrostatics as we know it. Let me try to salvage both energy conservation and electrostatics by offering a more mundane mechanism for the phenomenon described (1). First, let us recall why, in any configuration of external charges, the static electric field cannot produce a torque required to spin a metal sphere about its center. The density of electrostatic force per unit of surface is sE, where s is the surface charge density and E is the electric field. The density of torque, correspondingly, is ∫[E × R]. If there is no surface current, the electric field, E, has only normal component parallel to the radius-vector R, and, therefore, the density of torque is zero everywhere on the surface of the sphere. In order to have nonzero density of torque and, correspondingly, a possibility of nonzero net torque, there must be the surface current. Then, tangential to the surface component of the field Et, there may result the net torque t, given by t = ∫s[Et × R] df. Incidentally, the requirement that the constant torque must be accompanied by the persistent surface currents saves from extinction the energy conservation law. The spinning of an object requires a certain amount of electric power to be converted into mechanical work to compensate for inevitable friction. This is possible only when the current is drawn from the power source.
What is the nature of current? Since the authors report that there was no sparking between the conductors, the only option is a low-intensity corona discharge. The potential difference of 400 to 5,000 V and a surface-tosurface separation of about 5 mm are sufficient for initiation of the corona. The mechanism of the appearance of the net torque in the three-spheres configuration is shown in the figure. Sphere 2 is fixed, and let us take it as positively charged. Spheres 1 and 3 are free to rotate, and both are negatively charged. The discharge is mainly confined between spheres 2 and 3 (red region). The presence of sphere 1 shifts the ionized cloud somewhat off the line connecting the centers of spheres 2 and 3. The surface current flowing out of the zone of discharge and the respective tangential component of the electric field create the net torque indicated by the arrow. Without sphere 1, the distribution of current and field would be symmetric and result in zero net torque. It would require too much hand-waving to try to explain the direction of rotation of sphere 1 on the basis of forces. It will suffice to invoke angular momentum conservation, since the angular momentum of the discharge current is negligible.
Finally, I want to emphasize strongly that, even though it is not immediately apparent from the treatment just given, the necessary condition for conversion of electric energy into mechanical energy is the hysteretic nature of the discharge. Namely, the discharge current can be maintained in the electric field lower than that required for its initiation. Further analysis of the three-sphere configuration is not particularly interesting because, apparently, this is an accidental arrangement and does not efficiently utilize the outlined effect.
George A. Levin
Propulsion Directorate, Superconductivity Group
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
1. Wistrom, A. O.; Khachatourian, A. V. M. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2002, 80, 2800.
[A. O. Wistrom replies: According to the received view, the electrostatic force between conductors can be calculated in different ways. For example, it can be obtained by using the field method, where the electric field is first calculated by integrating over the whole charge distribution and then multiplying by the charge, or by using an action-at-adistance approach, whereby the charge distribution is evaluated from Gauss’s definition of surface potential, then summed over all charges according to Coulomb’s law.
We (and others) find that both methods of analysis yield the same result for the electrostatic force between two spheres held at constant potential (1, 2). However, this is not the case for three or more spherical conductors (3). Indeed, we find that the explicit solution to the generalized manybody electrostatic problem predicts the existence of a Coulomb torque notwithstanding the postulated direction of an auxiliary electric field. Rigorous theory predicts that electrostatic torque is the natural consequence of electrical action-at-a-distance force acting on an asymmetric distribution of charges residing on the surface of the conductors. The identification of electrostatic torque was prompted by experimental observations and has now been theoretically verified. Theory also shows that angular momentum is conserved, and hence the system obeys the force conservation laws. It remains to be seen whether an energy-producing device can be built. The technical challenges of constructing ideal conductors that are perfectly spherical are nontrivial.
The experimentally observed rotation cannot be explained using the conventional assumption of an electric field directed outward normal to an equipotential surface— an assumption that automatically precludes tangential forces. However, the observed rotation is correctly predicted by an explicit solution to the electrostatic problem, given Gauss’s definition of boundary conditions on the conducting spheres and Coulomb’s law of the electrostatic force, without invoking any approximations or simplifications with respect to symmetry or direction of an auxiliary electric field.
It is well to remember that the charge distribution on the spherical conductors is uniquely determined using Gauss’s law of potentials. Experimentally, this means that, in isolation, a sphere held at constant potential (connected to a power supply) will have all its charges evenly distributed on its surface, and its corresponding center of charge will coincide with the sphere’s center of mass. When a second conductor is brought into its vicinity, surface charges will instantaneously redistribute themselves under the action of their mutual influence, as a function of applied voltage and separation distance. We note that the charge distribution is axially symmetric because of the cylindrical geometry of two spheres. Also note that centers of charge no longer coincide with the centers of mass, even though they remain situated on the connecting axis.
Once a third conductor is introduced, the redistributed charges in this new configuration are no longer symmetrically distributed. Indeed, the charge distributions are now generally asymmetric on the sphere surfaces, with centers of charge that do not overlap the centers of mass. The reader can easily verify that force lines that originate from the centers of charge different from centers of mass are not generally perpendicular to the sphere’s constant-potential surface, by drawing a set of lines extending outward from any position inside a circle but its center. Based on experimental observation and rigorous analysis, we conclude that the conventional assumption of an electric field perpendicular to an equipotential surface is inconsistent with Gauss’s definition of surface potentials and Coulomb’s law of the electrostatic force.
How is it possible that electrostatic torque has not been observed earlier, and why was the theory not worked out a long time ago, since it was over 200 years ago that Coulomb published his findings? A way to understand this apparent oversight is to study the history of electromagnetic discoveries and to learn about the important scientific and technological challenges at the time.
The first half of the 19th century was marked by a series of discoveries unveiling a variety of new phenomena in electricity and magnetism. The general task to which scientists and engineers then addressed themselves was to develop a unified theory of electromagnetism. For example, Thomson’s initial work was in electrostatics, and he proposed a mathematical model prompted by certain analogies between electrostatics, as treated by Laplace and Poisson, and heat flow, as treated by Fourier.
The result was a mathematical approach that emphasized the spatial distribution and geometric relationships of electrical forces that could be expressed using the differential equations available at the time. Even though the concept of electrostatic potential was justified at the time for integrating electric and magnetic phenomena, the experimental verification of postulated electrical quantities, including the electrostatic force, received little or no attention. Indeed, the tremendous success of the field theory in solving important technological problems—such as design and operation of long signaling cables and, more recently, wireless communication devices—made it less important to evaluate its limitations.
So it is understandable that the analysis of electrostatic forces in many-body systems has had low priority during the last century. It was the burgeoning interest in nanotechnologies and the accompanying search for new methods of studying and manipulating particles one at a time that prompted our investigation of electrostatic forces in a many-body setting. The discover y of Coulomb torque was not expected. The identification of a rotational force—that in the absence of a restoring force could lead to spin—has far-reaching implications and invites investigation of systems of all size scales where the electrostatic force is the dominant operative force. This includes materials at the atomic and molecular scale and is relevant to understanding their spectral, electronic, and structural properties.]
1. Wistrom, A. O.; Khachatourian, A. V. Calibration of the electrostatic force. Measurement Sci. Technol. 1999, 12 (10), 1296–1299.
2. Khachatourian, A. V. M.; Wistrom, A. O. Evaluation of the Coulomb force via the Fredholm integral equation. J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 2000, 33, 307–317.
3. Khachatourian, A. V. M.; Wistrom, A. O. Coulomb torque—a general theory for electrostatic forces in many-body systems. J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 2003, 36, 6495–6508; with corrections 36, 8539. | http://www.aip.org/tip/INPHFA/vol-9/iss-5/p23.html | dclm-gs1-230390002 | false | false | {
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emotional hug by Stephen Ott
Why do so many cognitively intelligent pastors and other leaders flounder, while many of lesser intelligence enjoy success? The widespread push for achievement in the 20th century often asserted the basic importance of cognitive intelligence, yet we see that people with high IQs are not always successful in relating to spouse, parents, or offspring; dealing with people at work; or living well and happily in a demanding world.
The concept of intelligence was scarcely mentioned in psychology books until the late 1920s. An early researcher in the field, David Wechsler, wrote in 1940 about the nonintellective factors in general intelligence. Although he went on to concentrate on the cognitive branch of intelligence research, he recognized the importance of noncognitive aspects of general human intelligence. Howard Gardner in 1983 expanded Wechsler’s concept of general intelligence and wrote of “multiple intelligences,” and specifically of “personal intelligence.”
The exploration of personal intelligence—involving self-awareness and interpersonal and emotional competence—represents another direction and branch of psychological research. It is from this lineage that Reuven Bar-On (who coined the phrase Emotional Quotient [EQ]), Daniel Goleman, and others write, examining successful functioning in the workplace and in interpersonal situations, clarifying how applications of EQ lead to excellence in performance. They have explained why some people are able to exercise emotional competencies to make a profound positive difference in their work and in their organizations, while without it others stumble.
Traits and Competencies
Bar-On defines emotional intelligence as “an array of non-cognitive abilities, capabilities, and skills that influence one’s ability to succeed in coping with environmental demands and pressures” (paper presented to the American Psychological Association annual meeting in Chicago in 1997). It is commonly agreed that emotional skills and intelligence develop over time. They modify and can grow throughout life, tending to peak in one’s 40s; they can be taught through skills training and therapy experiences. It is important to distinguish between an inborn trait, like perfect pitch or a sharp sense of taste or an aesthetic sensibility, and a competence like that of a composer, a chef, or a painter. The competencies build on existing traits, but are the result of focused training, learning about applications, and practical experience. Competence is a valuable set of skills and habits that lead to more effective performance, and to a greater likelihood of success.
Learning Emotional Competence
According to Goleman, some research indicates that emotional competence matters twice as much as raw intelligence or technical know-how in contributing to outstanding performance in work (Fortune, Oct. 26, 1998, p. 293–298). Strong technical knowledge and intellectual ability, coupled with high emotional intelligence, are thought to characterize a person well along in the process of self-actualization. Scoring high in emotional intelligence does not automatically make a person superb at work or in relating to people; it means he or she has a high potential to learn the emotional competencies needed for outstanding performance. In a subsequent article, Goleman indicates that emotional intelligence has a genetic-nature component, along with the nurture-learning that accumulates with age and experience. How much of each is a factor is not known, but research demonstrates that while each individual has different capacities for growth and adaptation, emotional intelligence can be learned (Harvard Business Review, Nov.-Dec. 1998, p. 93–102).
Research indicates that the thinking part of the brain learns differently from the emotional part. The centers for rational thought are located in the neocortex, the thin layer that covers the top of the brain. It learns by adding new information to the existing networks of association and understanding, thus expanding them, depending to a high degree on sensory input in visual and aural form. But learning an emotional competence engages our emotional circuitry, involving our social habits and emotional memories. These are located in the limbic structures, deep in the middle of the brain, with the amygdala playing a key role. It is the site where emotions and affective memories are stored. Neural circuitry runs from the limbic system to the gut, giving new meaning to the term “having a gut feeling.” Learning emotional competence involves a process different from that of learning multiplication tables. The limbic system learns by repetition, experimentation, and practice, all of which involve emotion. It takes a limbic connection to change an emotional skill.
Going to a lecture or a typical training program on interpersonal competence isn’t likely to get the job done, for people won’t automatically know how to apply and practice emotionally what they have heard, and the lessons have been aimed at the wrong part of the brain. Many of us have gone to workshops and brought home great materials in notebooks that were never looked at again. EQ isn’t about information; it is about taking information and combining it with motivation, self-awareness, and vision, and striving for a new application, a new way of living. Emotional learning involves growing new pathways at the neurological level, not just adding more input to the existing (status quo) web. New ways of living, responding, and understanding oneself involve creating new circuits and replacing older, less adaptive ones.
EQ and Leadership
Emotional competence is crucial to the leadership role. Leadership is closely linked to helping others accomplish their tasks efficiently and to building confidence, satisfaction, and productivity among employees or volunteers. Problematic leadership lowers the morale and productivity of the work group and has a negative impact on individuals in the group: it blurs the focus on accomplishing tasks, raises frustration and hostility levels, decreases group cohesion and cooperation, and contributes to lowered motivation and loyalty to the organization. The effects of chronic distress on individuals in such environments may include increased distractedness and a permanent dulling effect on intellectual functioning.
Unskillful leadership also contributes to lowered retention rates of valuable workers or volunteers, and to a loss of customers and thus lower profits. Reuven Bar-On suggests that EQ is emotional and social intelligence, concerned with the ability to understand oneself and others, to relate effectively to people, and to adapt to and cope with one’s immediate situation—in the process increasing one’s ability to deal successfully with environmental demands. Leadership based on these self-aware abilities and skills uses active self-management and empathy, aiming at relational management, which in turn can catalyze needed cooperation and resonance in organizations. “Resonance,” in organizational terms, is the joining together of people in a vital common mission and in cooperative anticipation of their shared future.
The Making of Visionary Leaders
Visionary, innovative leadership is built spiritually on a sense of vocational calling in one who exercises self-awareness and congruence with one’s deepest motivating values. Such leadership is both cognitive and emotional in its wisdom; it is based on core motivating values. A new idea or insight needs people of emotional competence to refine it, initiate it, and put it into effective practice and follow-through. People can lose their calling by just doing the same thing over and over, failing to hear changes in their dreams and values as they move through cycles of life and vocation. Awakening to one’s spiritual values and one’s source of hope and renewal are of paramount importance to becoming a visionary leader whose skills and character join hands. It is an example of emotional intelligence vocationally focused.
Many denominations today are aware that a significant proportion of their churches have plateaued or are losing members, a complex political, social, and religious trend measurable for more than 40 years. More than half the congregations of the American Baptist Churches are in this situation. Identity and ministry are being challenged by a more secular society whose new generations show a decreasing interest in denominational life. Fewer church leaders now have the confidence that they know how to lead congregations effectively in mission and servanthood during such a time of change.
Pastorally managing an organization that has been stable and orderly in the past, and has avoided the chaos of drastic change is a job far different from leading an organization, which involves working with the volatile changes and shifts of the present. Leading sometimes requires inoculation of the organization’s system to increase a sense of urgency to address needed change, as well as an ability to remain steadfast in the face of the resulting conflict and stress. Average EQ skills are unlikely to be sufficient to transform a “stuck” congregational system, which may resist the change it needs.
Training for Renewal Ministry
Among American Baptists in the northeast there is a new program built upon the anticipation (“prolepsis”) of God’s calling the church into renewal and vitality for the future. The Nehemiah Leadership Network (NLN) is a cooperative program of 10 American Baptist regions that nurtures and encourages visionary pastors who choose to lead congregations in renewal. The program identifies candidates with a high potential for success with renewal ministry, and helps them to develop the spiritual vitality, emotional maturity (EQ), and leadership skills needed for leading congregations in renewal. Such pastors attend a vocational evaluation program at the Center for Career Development and Ministry in Dedham, Massachusetts, aimed at measuring the extent to which the pastor has the leadership traits and skills for revitalization work. The center and the pastor devise an individual plan for learning, strengthening and deepening the integration of the pastor’s emotional intelligence, leadership training, and spiritual grounding in a transformation ministry.
As the meltdown of old denominational forms continues, and the importance of teamwork, cooperation, and collegiality increases, the need for superb people skills grows in ministry leadership. Learner-directed, the NLN is one form of church renewal, providing an appropriate environment for the experimental, repetitive learning required for focusing on emotional growth and self-actualization (EQ). These experiences are combined with systems knowledge and change theory, interdependence and mutual learning in a small group, and a vital personal spiritual practice.
More on Emotional Competence
How is emotional competence measured? To find out, click here .
To view a recommended reading list compiled by Stephen Ott, click here .
Congregations, 2003-01-01
Winter 2003, Number 1
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The David Axelrod's 'Not Doing Fine' Talk Show Appearance
Jeannie DeAngelis
David Axelrod took to the Sunday morning airwaves to clarify the 'Hope and Ever Changing' President's assessment that the economy-is-fine and not-so-fine statements. Hearing Barack Obama's top campaign strategist attempt to do damage control is always painful. Yet taking the time to listen to David Axelrod does explain why Obama is constantly "evolving" - it's because neither he nor his closest advisors know what the hell they're talking about.
Then again, there is the possibility that the Obama 2012 reelection campaign may have been floating a campaign "private sector is doing fine" stump speech trial balloon when Barack Obama said the following:
After Barack Obama emphatically declared that we/he created 4.3 million jobs in the private sector and that tax-supported state and local governments suffer because tax breaks bring in "fewer revenues," he was later forced to admit that it's "absolutely clear" that the same economy that was "doing fine" just a few hours prior is really "not doing fine."
While acquiescing to the obvious, Barack Obama again asserted that in the private sector there has been "good momentum." However -- and here is where the Axelrod stump speech trial balloon may have been floated -- the President did intimate that if the Republican Congress would stop refusing to raise taxes, more revenue would be generated and the federal government could then help state and local government create union jobs, which they believe, in turn, would bolster the economy.
Backing Obama up and acting as an advocate/mouthpiece for a regular presidential gaffe machine, a rattled David Axelrod appeared on the Sunday morning show circuit and attempted to sound intelligent as he pushed the talking point that the "country needs to 'accelerate' job creation in the private sector -- by hiring more teachers, police and firefighters."
That's right -- according to David Axelrod, key campaign advisor to the Obama reelection campaign, the cure for a lagging economy is to try to make apples grow by planting orange trees.
Invited to appear on two Sunday morning shows to explain the president's face-saving walk-back, Axelrod said on CNN's State of the Union with Candy Crowley that "The private sector, we need to accelerate job creation in the private sector." He then followed up that statement by referencing a "proposed small business tax credit and refinancing program as ways to help the private sector."
For much of the CNN segment on the President's fine-not-so-fine blooper, Obama's chief campaign strategist continued to frenetically push the hire-public-to-help-the-private-sector line. Frustrated host Candy Crowley tried repeatedly to get Mr. Axelrod to answer her original question, but the effort failed miserably.
Clearly, David Axelrod's idea of addressing the President's verbal error was to first mildly concede that the evil private sector is still struggling a bit. But after he did, Axelrod also felt compelled to cite for a second time Obama's claim that "we created" a private-sector number of 4.3 million jobs, stressing once again that while the private sector did grow, the sector the government mismanages lost a half-million teaching jobs.
Therefore, according to David Axelrod, that is why the private sector is "doing far better than the public sector," and is also why the Obama mouthpiece, who was supposedly invited to be a guest on news/talk shows to clarify Barack Obama's misstatement, explained the President's error by continuing to insist that the private sector's momentum would only continue to improve if more public sector employees were hired.
If the predictable philosophy of 'fairness' were to be applied to this public/private sector controversy, one would think the President was attempting to level the playing field by finding a way, regardless of budgetary restrictions, to justify adding 4.3 million teacher, firefighter and law enforcement jobs to the public sector.
So, in other words, the Obama administration's answer to fixing the country's fiscal woes is to pour gasoline on a raging fire of high-cost, unsustainable, poorly-managed public sector jobs in hopes that reigniting a public-sector forest fire will somehow miraculously put out a brush fire in the private sector. And Axelrod, who confused the embarrassing issue even more, had the audacity to accuse Romney's "prescription for a stronger economy" of being proof that the presumptive Republican nominee is "living on a different planet?"
Immediately following Axelrod's not-so-fine appearances on CNN and ABC, the Romney campaign responded by rightly observing that "When even your own chief strategist can't defend your comments, it indicates that your assessment of the economy might be wrong." This is especially true if that strategist is part of a team of advisors who counsel the president on how to best articulate economic policy.
In response, Republican strategists depicted Axelrod's inability to answer pointed questions about Obama's "economy is fine" statement as "awkward."
Most would agree that "awkward" is a polite way to describe David Axelrod and Barack Obama's nonsensical argument that the private sector, which is doing better than the public sector, needs the poorly-performing public sector to help a private sector that is supposedly already improving without their help.
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My name is OBAMANDIAS (updated: karma has struck)
Rosslyn Smith
Look upon my works and laugh your ass off!
This is not a joke. Or it at least it isn't meant as one. It seems sand from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina was shipped to Charlotte, North Carolina to create this 16 foot tall monument for the Democrat National convention.
When you build on a foundation of sand....
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A torrential downpour that struck Charlotte Saturday afternoon damaged the Mount Rushmore-style sand sculpture bust of President Obama - an ominous beginning to what many fear is a plagued convention.
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Licenses for illegals? Illinois is the latest to overlook the rule of law
Silvio Canto, Jr.
Before I get a comment from a "Hispano" saying that Cubans had special treatment and have no business "opining about" illegal immigration, let me say this:
First, Cubans did not have special treatment. Our entry was LEGAL. I understand that there is a debate about the Cuban Adjustment Act (passed in 1966) but it the law of the land.
My family had to spend 2 months in Jamaica waiting to get "legal entry" into the US. We were not in Montego Bay on vacation. We lived in a small room waiting for "legal entry'.
Please don't tell me that we had "special treatment."
Let me repeat: Our entry was LEGAL. It was an act passed by Congress in contrast to President Obama issuing an "executive order" to go around Congress on "The Dream Act."
Second, this post is about "the rule of law" and respect for those waiting their turn to come into the country legally.
No one knows "the rule of law" better than Cubans who saw a tyrant shut down newspapers, religious schools and govern by decree.
So let me "opine" about this latest illegal immigration insanity.
It makes no sense but Illinois is the latest state to approve this nonsense:
This is crazy.
First, how do we know that the person applying is who he or she claims to be?
Second, are we not opening a door for potential terrorists to get a license and gain an identity in the state?
Third, how do you "legalize" a person who is violating the law?
Fourth, what is the value of legal residency or citizenship if an illegal immigrant can get a drivers' license, or one of the primary documents issued by the state?
Fifth, where is AG Holder? Why isn't he stopping Illinois for creating immigration laws? California did the same thing and AG Holder said nothing. I guess that AG Holder is too busy fighting Texas over Voter ID laws.
Insane. It is cruel to those of us who obeyed the law.
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It is not recommended that people take Claritin and Benadryl together. Both medications are used to treat the same condition and serve the same function. Taking them together can cause adverse reactions or overdose.
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Not Clown
Local Arts Reviews
Reviewed by Wayne Alan Brenner, Fri., Aug. 20, 2004
Not Clown
The Off Center, through Aug. 29
Running Time: 1 hr, 30 min
Picture a small car in the center of a circus ring, clowns exiting the car one by one. Minutes pass and clowns continue to exit: big ones, small ones, all uniquely gaudy, physically exaggerated, alive with riots of color. Minutes pass, and the clowns keep coming. That's the joke, of course: Too many clowns for that small a car. And the more clowns that exit, the funnier the joke, the better the audience's experience.
There's no such car to be seen in Physical Plant Theater's newest show, although one is alluded to early on. There's much else that epitomizes clowning, though, and plenty of it is on display throughout the singular experience of Not Clown.
Performers Robert Deike, Lee Eddy, Josh Meyer, Robert Pierson, Mark Stewart, and Rommel Sulit are a troupe of clowns forced underground when the government's Clown Act outlaws their activities as harmful to the public. As the former bozos try to carry on by passing for straight, the authorities work at tracking down, then torturing, the clowns responsible for the particular horror known as Fatal Friday. Then a young girl – Linda, excellently played by Elizabeth Doss – stumbles upon the criminal cutups. Seems she wants to join these renegade clowns. Seems she's also the daughter of the state's primary Clown Inquisitor. Intrigue ensues.
Or, rather, ensued. Co-creators Carlos Treviño and Steve Moore have chosen to place their play within a play, and so what we see is Linda and the clowns, post-liberation, restaging the story of the passing of the Clown Act and its effect on the wacky greasepainters of Biggabink Circus. This allows for effective layering of narrative and much food for thought as the recent victims portray both oppressors and oppressed, as clowns play clowns and clowns play not-clowns. This idea is even obliquely commented on during one clown's brutal interrogation.
So there's a deeper intellectual aspect to this show, beyond the resonances between the story's action and the whole War on Terror as fabulated by the current U.S. administration. So yay for that. But that's not to say that simpler, more classically clownish antics are lacking in this multivalenced fantasy.
Especially near the show's beginning, when the troupe and the plot setup are introduced through a series of typical Biggabink gags, there's much physical business that is truly funny, that is almost like watching a live-action version of a Tex Avery cartoon. When Physical Plant promotes these performers as being among the best physical actors in town, they're not just blowing smoke up P.T. Barnum's ass, and this is often reflected in the capers the cast manages to pull off. Even this, though, is not always in the interest of humor. One of the more chilling scenes, perhaps meant to show a community turned against itself, involves a trio of clowns fighting off the deadly attacks of their own knife-axe-or-hammer-wielding right hands; this is staged so well that it comes off as less a reiteration of that hokey movie The Hand than as what precipitated the truer horror in Clive Barker's short story "The Body Politic."
There's a lovely little twist at the end of the show, too, and it works like a subtle knife in severing one worldview from another. But then the show's over, and that's where the problem begins. Because there wasn't enough.
It's not that the audience didn't get its money's worth, mind. It's more that the show runs just 90 minutes, and the story is so fantastic and brimming with potential, the characters and situations are so well imagined, that we're left wanting at least another 30 minutes, dammit, of elaboration.
Seriously. It's not just at the point of "Always leave 'em wanting more"; it's nearer the point of frustration, if only because we know we're not likely to enter a world as uniquely weird and vibrant as this one again any time soon.
So give us more, please, Moore. And you, too, Treviño.
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A good book is fruitful of other books; it perpetuates its fame from age to age, and makes eras in the lives of its readers. 2
A good style fits like a good costume. 3
A man defines his standing at the court of chastity by his views of women. 6
A sip is the most that mortals are permitted from any goblet of delight. 7
Cleanse the fountain if you would purify the streams. 8
Conversation is an abandonment to ideas, a surrender to persons. 9
Debate is angular, conversation circular and radiant of the underlying unity. 10
Debate is masculine; conversation is feminine. 11
Dignity of manner always conveys a sense of reserved force. 12
Egotists cannot converse, they talk to themselves only. 14
Equanimity is the gem in virtue’s chaplet, and St. Sweetness the loveliest in her calendar. 16
Every sin provokes its punishment. 17
Experience converts us to ourselves when books fail us. 18
Fine manners are the mantle of fair minds. 19
First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others. 20
Friendship is a plant that loves the sun, thrives ill under clouds. 22
Fullness is always quiet; agitation will answer for empty vessels only. 23
Genius—the free and harmonious play of all the faculties of a human being. 24
Good discourse sinks differences and seeks agreements. 25
Heaven trims our lamps while we sleep. 28
Ideas in the head set hands about their several tasks. 30
Inspiration must find answering inspiration. 32
Labor humanizes, exalts. 33
Life is one, religion one, creeds are many and diverse. 34
Madame de Staël pronounced architecture to be frozen music; so is statuary crystallized spirituality. 35
Manners carry the world for the moment, character for all time. 36
Many can argue, not many converse. 37
Modesty is bred of self-reverence. Fine manners are the mantle of fair minds. 38
My favorite books have a personality and complexion as distinctly drawn as if the author’s portrait were framed into the paragraphs and smiled upon me as I read his illustrated pages. 39
None can teach admirably if not loving his task. 40
Nor do we accept as genuine the person not characterized by this blushing bashfulness, this youthfulness of heart, this sensibility to the sentiment of suavity and self-respect. Modesty is bred of self-reverence. Fine manners are the mantle of fair minds. None are truly great without this ornament. 41
Observation more than books, experience rather than persons, are the prime educators. 43
One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well. 45
One must be rich in thought and character to owe nothing to books, though perception is necessary to profitable reading; and the less reading is better than more;—book-struck men are of all readers least wise, however knowing or learned. 46
One must espouse some pursuit, taking it kindly at heart and with enthusiasm. 47
Opposition strengthens the manly will. 48
Our bravest lessons are not learned through success, but misadventure. 49
Our dreams drench us in sense, and sense steeps us again in dreams. 50
Our favorites are few: since only what rises from the heart reaches it, being caught and carried on the tongues of men wheresoever love and letters journey. 51
Our ideals are our better selves. 53
Stay is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary. 56
That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit. 58
The head best leaves to the heart what the heart alone divines. 60
The more one endeavors to sound the depths of his ignorance the deeper the chasm appears. 61
The richest minds need not large libraries. 62
The wisest and best are repulsive, if they are characterized by repulsive manners. Politeness is an easy virtue, costs little, and has great purchasing power. 64
To be ignorant of one’s ignorance is the malady of the ignorant. 68
Truth is sensitive and jealous of the least encroachment upon its sacredness. 71
What higher praise can we bestow on any one than to say of him that he harbors another’s prejudices with a hospitality so cordial as to give him, for the time, the sympathy next best to, if indeed it be not edification in, charity itself. For what disturbs more and distracts mankind than the uncivil manners that cleave man from man? 73
Where there is a mother in the house, matters speed well. 75
Where women are, the better things are implied if not spoken. 76
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The "fiscal cliff" negotiations center on the potential effect on job creation if the tax rate for personal incomes over $250,000 would increase (by about 2 percent). As someone who operates a small business and reports business income on Schedule C of my personal federal tax return, I am confused about the arguments against increasing the tax rate on top earners. Do folks who claim that raising the rate would hurt job creation actually know how Schedule C works?
It's basic math: (Business sales income) minus (business expenses) equal (net business income). Increase your expenses, such as hiring a new employee, and you'll reduce your taxable business income. This net business income then goes on the 1040 along with wages, interest and dividend income to figure total personal income. Lastly, apply the standard deduction for dependents to determine taxable income.
If my family business was so successful as to make over $250,000 (after expenses) in a year, first, I'd be absolutely thrilled. Second, the whole reason to make this kind of money is to improve my quality of life, and as a small business owner, I would hire more people to help me so I could work less hours, spend more time with my family, take a vacation, and put my business on a strong, stable footing. My quality of life would go up, my tax liability would go down, and more people would have jobs. It's a win, win, win.
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As Tax Season Approaches, Start Harvesting Gains and Losses
by Wayne Ferbert, Minyanville staff writer
It's that time of year again. No, I'm not talking about Black Friday. I'm referring to the end of the year, which means tax planning season. At my firm, we are not experts on taxes or tax planning, but you don’t need to be an expert to understand some of the basic rules about harvesting tax gains and losses.
If it is a loss, look at whether it is over $3,000 – the most you could claim before you would need to carry forward some of the loss. If it is under $3,000, then you are probably OK for the year. If it is over, then you probably want to look for some gains to harvest that can be offset by the losses.
If you have a gain, then you should look for losses that you can realize that can offset the gains. This is especially important if the gain you have is short-term in nature. Short-term gains (held for less than one year) are taxed at your normal income tax rate. These are the most important to off-set.
You should look at your unrealized gains and losses and identify some potential gains or losses that you can consider to optimize your tax bill now.
Step 2: Pull the trigger on the right trades to take your gains or losses.
After you have some potential targets for taking gains or losses, you need to ask yourself this question: Are you ready to close this position because you no longer believe in it? Or because you want to harvest the gain/loss for tax reasons?
If you no longer believe in the stock or ETF, then close the position and never look back. This should be a regular exercise for you anyway as a buy-and-hedge investor.
If you still want to effectively own the stock/ETF but want to harvest the loss, you could consider selling the stock/ETF and purchasing a deep in-the-money call option on the same stock/ETF. This position will behave in a very similar manner as the stock. If it is a deep in-the-money call, it should have a high delta – meaning that the value of the call will move close to $1 for every $1 the stock moves.
You could hold this call option for 31 days after selling the stock to harvest the loss, and then close the deep ITM call and repurchase the stock again. This technique helps you avoid the wash-sale rule while capturing just about all of the move in the stock price as if you actually owned the stock.
But because the call option is technically a different investment vehicle than the stock, it does not trigger the wash-sale rule. Your risk in owning the call is slightly different than the risk of owning the stock, and so the IRS recognizes that risk as a different position and does not invoke the wash sale.
This is a nice technique for harvesting losses to offset gains without having to exit your exposure to the stock. You have created synthetic exposure to the stock that has a slightly different risk profile, but moves almost dollar for dollar like the underlying stock/ETF.
Tips to consider when harvesting gains/losses at year end:
Tip No. 1: Don’t forget that any positions you own in your portfolio on index future options (like S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX) or Nasdaq-100 (INDEXNASDAQ:NDX)) must be marked at year end. That means you must take the gain or loss on the position as of Dec 31, as if you closed the position even though you haven’t. Remember to consider that when determining the total realized/unrealized gains or losses you expect for the year.
Tip No. 2: Before you harvest a loss and hold the option for the next 30 days, make sure to look at the ex-dividend date for the stock/ETF. If the stock is going to go ex-dividend in the next 30 days, consider waiting until after that date to execute this strategy. Many stocks and ETFs have an ex-dividend date that will occur in late December. The option holder will not get paid the dividend as only the stockholder gets that. So execute the trade to move to the option after it goes ex-dividend. Then wait the 30 days in to January and move back in to the stock.
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Questions, Confusion, Anger After S.C. Dragging Death
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By Brian E. Muhammad, Special to NNPA from the Final Call –
COLUMBIA, S.C. (NNPA) - A town hall meeting, a march and a rally has revealed a community perplexed about the handling of the murder and dragging of Anthony Hill in Newberry, S.C.
The 32-year-old husband and father of two was shot to death and tied to the back of a pickup truck and dragged 11 miles on a Newberry road. Gregory Collins, a White male and reported workplace friend of Hill, is accused of the killing and is in custody for the gruesome crime.
South Carolina does not have a hate crime law and currently Collins is accused of murder—the highest charge in the state.
According to Mr. Shabazz, Confederate paraphernalia was found in Collins' trailer home and White supremacy insignia is tattooed on Collins' body.
According to authorities, they are investigating the killing and are yet to decide whether to charge Collins with a hate crime. The U.S. Attorney for South Carolina, William Nettles, said his investigation would dictate when he made the decision.
Hill told The Final Call that authorities don't give her updates on the investigation. Hill said except Sherriff Foster, none of the people on the panel at the town hall meeting ever reached out to her. The other panelists were two representatives from the Department of Justice, the state solicitor and NAACP state representative Dr. Lonnie Randolph.
The community expressed outrage and questioned, in light of the fact that an 11 mile blood trail led back to the door of Collins' trailer, why does it take so long to get an indictment?
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0 # Guest 2010-08-07 18:19
Schatz, can't you read?!?! South Carolina does not have a hate crime law and currently Collins is accused of murder—the highest charge in the state. I am so sick of outsiders sticking their noses in about something that they know nothing about! Learn English first, especially the difference between their and there and how to spell barbaric, then come on down to SC and tell us how backward we are!!!
0 # Guest 2010-08-05 09:53
Im from Washington State. If that happened here he would be charged with a hate crime. I feel saddened to read that that county is un willing to charge this a Hate crime, had the crime there been the other way around ,had mr. Hill murdered and dragged the dead remains of White Mr. Collins 11 miles that county surely would have reacted differently, What is it too think about he did an unforgivable inhuman act ! Not even an animal should be treated like that. The momory of the children left behind are of there father be drug behind a car, Really ? Is the Newberry Court house serious? That town better make alot of noise make the county do there job. This barberic act is something that must never happen again anywhere, i dont want my children reading about such things, This is a new era 2010. Get it toghter LAW INFORCEMENT of NEWBERRY ! Do Your Job!
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Unusual alliance backs job training
A coalition of unlikely allies in business and labor is pushing the state to spend $5 million for a worker retraining program to help the unemployed find work and those with jobs to learn additional skills.
The Workforce Solutions Group, which includes the Massachusetts AFL-CIO, the Massachusetts Business Roundtable, and others, wants the money to go into the Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund, which trains people for specific jobs, such as machinists or airplane mechanics.
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It's an unusual misstep for Apple, the world's most valuable company. Apple prides itself on releasing best-of-class products. Cook said Apple's Maps will get better as more people use the app and provide feedback. Even so, he recommended some options.
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jawash22#233906 writes:
You are incorrect and drinking the Apple koolaid. Apple reneged on their deal with google as they are trying to rely less on them. Why would google want to lose access to millions of users info? Just go to or or just search why apple did it. They dropped the ball. Jobs would have never released an unfinished product. Google is even scrambling now to make an iOS app for iPhone now too. Apple wants to lose it reliance on google or anything.
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We flush the system to improve the quality of water to our customers by removal of sediment, which accumulate in the water mains over time.
The County website indicates more than one day of flushing, should I refrain from using the water for each date listed?
That’s our recommendation. You may experience discolored water on any of the dates listed, but particularly when we are in your neighborhood. If the system is stirred up when you use water in your home, you could draw the discoloration into your internal plumbing causing discoloration at your faucets, etc. Our recommendations are: try not to use the water at all when we are flushing in your street and limit activities that cause the greatest discoloration concern such as doing laundry on all dates that the system is flushed.
Can I drink the water during the system flush?
Yes. The discoloration of the water is caused by sediment and is not a health concern. Understandably, you may not want to drink discolored water even though it’s not a health risk. That’s why we recommend that you store some water prior to the system flush for drinking and cooking purposes. It’s also okay to use water for showering, etc. Just remember that any water use while the system is stirred up may bring the discoloration into your home plumbing.
I did my laundry during the system flush and now it is stained, what do I do?
We do not recommend doing laundry when the water is discolored. If the clothes in your washer are stained, do not dry them. Rewash the load when the water is clear. Some customers have used iron removal products in their wash to remove staining. Iron stain removal products can be found in the detergent aisle at most grocery stores or you may contact us and we will supply some stain remover to you.
Do I need to check/run my outside faucet each day of the flush?
It doesn’t hurt to check the outside faucet in the morning. If the water is discolored after running the faucet for several minutes, limit indoor water use.
Who do I contact if I have any additional questions?
If you have any additional questions or concerns, please contact Melvin Slough by phone at (804) 501-7540 or by email at slo09@co.henrico.va.usor Charlotte Whitten by phone at (804) 501-4516 or by email at whi15@co.henrico.va.us.
Who do I contact if I have any concerns after normal business hours?
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What Is a Registry?
A Registry is a database repository for information about a computer's configuration. The Registry contains information that Windows continually references during operation, such as:
• Profiles for each user.
• Property settings for folders and program icons.
• What hardware exists on the system.
• Which ports are being used.
Sub key
Predefined key
A key that represents one of the main divisions of the Registry. Each predefined key is displayed in a separate Registry Editor window, with the key's name appearing in the window's title bar. For example, HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT is a predefined key.
Value entry
By default, most hive files (Default, SAM, Security, and System) are stored in the systemroot\System32\Config folder. The systemroot\Profiles folder contains the user profile for each user of the computer. Because a hive is a file, it can be moved from one system to another. However, you must use the Registry Editor to edit the file.
Overview of Some Predefined Keys and Data Types in the Registry
Folder/Predefined Key Description
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT Is a sub key of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software. The information stored here ensures that the correct program opens when you open a file by using Windows Explorer.
Data Type Description
REG_SZ A fixed-length text string.
A brief history of the Registry
Why Registry access?
• If you need to retrieve some system information
Case 1:
If you want to retrieve the Windows directory of the current system, you will have to use the API function GetWindowsDirectory. This function takes information from the Registry and gives it to you. In every system, Windows may not be necessarily installed on the C: drive and the path need not be necessarily C:\Windows or C:\Winnt. Therefore, hard-coding of this path will lead to invalid results.
Case 2:
Registry Access Facilities in .NET
Registry Access in .NET
Classes for Registry Access
There are two major classes used in .NET to access the Windows Registry. To use them, you need to import the Microsoft.Win32 namespace.
Registry Class
Supplies the base Registry keys that access values and sub keys in the Registry.
The base (root) RegistryKey instances that are exposed by the Registry delineate the basic storage mechanism for sub-keys and values in the Registry. The keys are all read-only because the Registry depends on their existence. The keys exposed by Registry are:
• CurrentUser: Stores information about user preferences.
• LocalMachine: Stores configuration information for the local machine.
• ClassesRoot: Stores information about types (and classes) and their properties.
• Users: Stores information about the default user configuration.
• PerformanceData: Stores performance information for software components.
• CurrentConfig: Stores non-user-specific hardware information.
• DynData: Stores dynamic data.
Once you have identified the root key under which you want to store/retrieve information from the Registry, you can use the RegistryKey class to add or remove sub-keys, and manipulate the values for a given key.
Hardware devices can place information in the Registry automatically by using the Plug and Play interface. Software for installing device drivers can place information in the Registry by writing to standard APIs.
Public Fields
Field Description
ClassesRoot Defines the types (or classes) of documents and the properties associated with those types. This field reads the Windows Registry base key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.
CurrentConfig Contains configuration information pertaining to the hardware that is not specific to the user. This field reads the Windows Registry base key HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG.
CurrentUser Contains information about the current use'sr preferences. This field reads the Windows Registry base key HKEY_CURRENT_USER
DynData Contains dynamic Registry data. This field reads the Windows Registry base key HKEY_DYN_DATA.
LocalMachine Contains the configuration data for the local machine. This field reads the Windows Registry base key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
PerformanceData Contains performance information for software components. This field reads the Windows Registry base key HKEY_PERFORMANCE_DATA.
Users Contains information about the default user configuration. This field reads the Windows Registry base key HKEY_USERS.
RegistryKey Class
Represents a key level node in the Windows Registry. This class is a Registry encapsulation.
Registry Keys are the base unit of organization in the Registry, and can be compared to folders in Windows Explorer. A particular key can have sub-keys (just as a folder can have subfolders), and can be deleted, as long as the user has the appropriate permissions to do so, and the key is not a base key, or the level directly under the base keys. Each key also can have multiple values associated with it (a value can be compared to a file), which are used to store the information about the application you are interested in. Each value holds one particular piece of information, which can be retrieved or updated when required. For instance, you can create a RegistryKey for your company (under the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software), and then a sub-key for each application that your company creates. Each sub-key holds the information specific to that application such as color settings, screen location and size, or recognized file extensions.
Public Properties
Property Description
Name Retrieves the name of the key.
SubKeyCount Retrieves the count of subkeys at the base level, for the current key.
ValueCount Retrieves the count of values in the key.
Public Methods
Method Description
Close Closes the key and flushes it to disk if the contents have been modified.
CreateSubKey Creates a new subkey or opens an existing subkey. The subKey string is not case sensitive.
DeleteSubKey Overloaded. Deletes the specified subkey. The string subKey is not case sensitive.
DeleteSubKeyTree Deletes a subkey and any child subkeys recursively. The string subKey is not case sensitive.
DeleteValue Overloaded. Deletes the specified value from this key.
Equals (inherited from Object) Overloaded. Determines whether two Object instances are equal.
Flush Writes all the attributes of the specified open Registry key into the Registry.
GetSubKeyNames Retrieves an array of strings that contains all the subkey names.
GetValue Overloaded. Retrieves the specified value.
OpenRemoteBaseKey Opens a new RegistryKey that represents the requested key on a foreign machine.
OpenSubKey Overloaded. Retrieves a specified subkey, with the write access as specified.
SetValue Sets the specified value.
ToString Overridden. Retrieves a string representation of this key.
Protected Methods
Method Description
Finalize Overridden. Closes the key and flushes it to disk if the contents have been modified. In C# and C++, finalizers are expressed using destructor syntax.
Imports Microsoft.Win32 'Namespace Required for Accessing Registry
Dim regKey As RegistryKey, regSubKey As RegistryKey
'A Procedure to create a key and Write a value into the key
Public Sub WriteToRegistry
'regKey now points to HKEY_CURRENT_USER Registry Key
regKey = Registry.CurrentUser
'A Sub key called MyProgram is created under the
regSubKey =regKey.CreateSubKey ("MyProgram")
'The value of the Key is set to VeryGoodSetting
regSubKey.SetValue ("MyValue", "VeryGoodSetting")
End Sub
'A Procedure to Open a key and read values from it
Public Sub ReadFromRegistry
regKey = Registry.CurrentUser
regSubKey = regKey.CreateSubKey ("MyProgram")
MsgBox (regSubKey.GetValue ("MyValue"))
End Sub
using Microsoft.Win32;
RegistryKey regKey, regSubKey;
public void WriteToRegistry
regKey = Registry.CurrentUser;
regSubKey =regKey.CreateSubKey ("MyProgram");
regSubKey.SetValue ("MyValue", "VeryGoodSetting");
public void ReadFromRegistry
regKey = Registry.CurrentUser;
regSubKey = regKey.CreateSubKey ("MyProgram");
Console.WriteLine (regSubKey.GetValue ("MyValue"));
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Firstly, a big hello to all of my new followers! Tis lovely to have you around :-) Secondly (even though I've already mentioned it and ruined the order of these two sentences) I'm hosting a giveaway on Mish Lovin' Life's blog and you have the chance to win Tim Tams. That's all I'm saying...
A couple of months ago, it was Justin's 21st. Now, me being the brilliant girlfriend I am, had no idea what to get him. In my defence, he has everything. So, you know, not my fault.
I was talking to a friend of mine and she said she has the same problem, so now she just buys her boyfriend "experience" gifts. The more I thought about it, the more I liked it. It's stuff you might not necessarily think to organise yourself but you generally always enjoy the experience and it's usually pretty unique.
I went for Cirque du Soliel - Ovo
Better than socks huh babe?
When I went to book tickets though, everything was basically sold out. Thus, why we went last Wednesday - two months after his actual birthday. That's how crazy it was!
I am definitely glad I didn't get put off by that though. It was the most amazing experience! I have never seen anything like it! It definitely made me want to run away with the circus. Think I need to work my on flexibility a bit though... Eep!
I couldn't snag any actual photos of the performance because that stuff is prohibited and fair enough. I imagine camera flashes are pretty dangerous if you're attempting some crazy-ass acrobatic stunt metres in the air. Fair call guys, fair call. I did of course get some photos to mark the event. Couldn't call myself a blogger if I didn't!
For the locals, it was at Moore Park and relatively easy to get to. We hit some traffic driving in but you can bus or train it (oh, and parking was like $7 - boo.yah.) Check and see if there are any tickets going for the remaining shows (I went through Ticketek)! It's worth it my friends.
It means 'egg' in Latin ;)
I made him do this photo. He still loved it.
Under the Big Top...
Happy 21st birthday to the loveliest of boyfriends - I think the sun shines out of your bum and will continue to think this for many years to come :-)
(I'm a poet and I didn't even know it!)
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1. Loveeeeee cirque du soilei and I'm so jealous you went!! The best part about experience gifts is you get to use the present too ;)
Justin looks hell cute in that photo
2. I won tickets to Ovo last year when it was in Chicago! Loved it! Wasn't as big a fan of the one in Disney, it was a little too wacky and not enough plot (I know there supposed to be barely any). Loved Ovo!!
3. This is an awesome birthday present! I saw Ka (I think that was what it was called) in Vegas a couple a years back, its so amazing!
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An obituary like that raises questions besides how much it cost. (Four grand.) Who placed it and why?
The answers proved easy to find, but an easy answer is not always a simple one. Family relationships are never simple. The Franco family is large and sprawling and, like every family, has its strengths and weaknesses. It's enough to say the Francos have loved hard and fought harder, and Margarito wasn't immune to either love or bitterness.
But after their mom died, Maggie was the only one who could manage relationships with his four brothers and two sisters, says the youngest Franco sibling, Vincent. They were never as close as they'd been when they were young and poor and living by the railroad tracks in north Denver, but Maggie never let them forget they were still and forever Francos and that the name meant something.
The details are his private business, and they'll stay private. But in some lives, a private man develops a public life and that life looms so large it is no longer his alone to possess. He becomes a man whose actions reverberate for decades. Margarito Franco was one of those men.
He was an Army veteran. He built churches. His family gave the city half a block for a park at West 37th and Lipan. It's named for their father, Bernabe "Indio" Franco.
Maggie was one of the first Mexican-American firefighters in the city. Discrimination was rampant and overt, and he was fired. He brought a successful discrimination suit in the mid-'60s, won his job back and so helped lay the groundwork for the integration battles to come.
"I think I was the 25th Latino hired in 1972," says Rich Gonzales, who was Denver fire chief from 1987 to 2001 and grew up near the Francos. "Maggie was a loner in the department, but people like him were pioneers. He was a guy who took it on the chin with no formal support system to help him. He had to learn on his own."
We have such short memories, says Butch Montoya, who also grew up with the Francos. "We talk today about Polly Baca and Paul Sandoval and Federico Peña. But before all of them was this man, and he was unafraid."
Montoya is a Pentecostal minister, as his father was. Maggie built the church where Montoya's father pastored from 1961 to 1970. The Francos, like the Montoyas, were the rare Mexican-Americans who were not Catholic. "A minority within a minority," as the obit said.
Montoya showed me this church at West 41st Avenue and Kalamath Street. We were with David Vega, who is one of Maggie's nephews. Vega tells me his uncle was always working. "He had so much drive and was such an innovator. I remember seeing him poring over the blueprints of the buildings he designed, and that's when Mexican-Americans were supposed to be the worker bees, not the construction managers."
The church, now called Redeeming Love Fellowship, is blond brick and unadorned, save a colored glass panel at the entrance. Its simplicity marks many of the other houses, apartment buildings and churches Maggie and his brothers built. It could be because Maggie, a frugal man, saw little need for frills. It could be because he was a religious man and believed the house itself is never as important as what happens inside.
It was Vincent who wrote and paid for the obituary. During our conversation, he keeps breaking down. He says he was the vagabond brother, the partyer who lost his license to practice law for misconduct. Maggie helped him get that license back, just as Maggie helped him with law school.
"He saved my life at least four times," Vincent says. They had some fierce run-ins over money. Maggie's farsightedness helped lead the family to financial success, but fortune is fickle.
"This guy belonged to our family," Vincent says. "He changed our lives. He changed the lives of a lot of people. I just didn't think his life should go unrecognized."
So, the wayward brother honored the more virtuous brother. Perhaps the obituary was a form of apology. Perhaps it was just as Vincent said: This person walked among us, and we should know his name and what he did. As with all obituaries, Margarito Franco's was as much a declaration of grief as it was of gratitude.
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If you know the standard deviation for a population, then you can calculate a confidence interval (CI) for the mean, or average, of that population. When a statistical characteristic that’s being measured (such as income, IQ, price, height, quantity, or weight) is numerical, most people want to estimate the mean (average) value for the population. You estimate the population mean,
by using a sample mean,
When the population standard deviation is known, the formula for a confidence interval (CI) for a population mean is
z*-values for Various Confidence Levels
Confidence Level z*-value
80% 1.28
90% 1.645 (by convention)
95% 1.96
98% 2.33
99% 2.58
In this case, the data either have to come from a normal distribution, or if not, then n has to be large enough (at least 30 or so) in order for the Central Limit Theorem to be applied , allowing you to use z*-values in the formula.
Refer to the above table.
2. Find the sample mean
for the sample size (n).
3. Multiply z* times
and divide that by the square root of n.
This calculation gives you the margin of error.
4. Take
plus or minus the margin of error to obtain the CI.
The lower end of the CI is
minus the margin of error, whereas the upper end of the CI is
plus the margin of error.
2. Suppose you take a random sample of 100 fingerlings and determine that the average length is 7.5 inches; assume the population standard deviation is 2.3 inches. This means
3. Multiply 1.96 times 2.3 divided by the square root of 100 (which is 10). The margin of error is, therefore,
4. Your 95% confidence interval for the mean length of walleye fingerlings in this fish hatchery pond is
(The lower end of the interval is 7.5 – 0.45 = 7.05 inches; the upper end is 7.5 + 0.45 = 7.95 inches.)
After you calculate a confidence interval, make sure you always interpret it in words a non-statistician would understand. That is, talk about the results in terms of what the person in the problem is trying to find out — statisticians call this interpreting the results “in the context of the problem.” In this example you can say: “With 95% confidence, the average length of walleye fingerlings in this entire fish hatchery pond is between 7.05 and 7.95 inches, based on my sample data.” (Always be sure to include appropriate units.)
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Based on a Spanish story from the fourteenth century, this tale was so cleverly altered by Andersen that it is still cited as an example of the foolish behavior of those in authority. He changed the Moorish king to an emperor. He reduced the number of swindlers from three to two. Most significantly, he changed the magic quality of the cloth so that those who could not see it were presumed either “unfit for their posts or hopelessly stupid.”
The vain emperor spends his time and money on his only interest—his wardrobe. Along come two men who claim to be able to create a magic cloth. They are given money, silk, and gold thread without limit to complete this marvelous fabric. The fabric will be made into clothing for the emperor. The two men work on an empty loom, pretending to weave, while pocketing all the money and supplies.
Curious about the enterprise, the emperor first sends his honest prime minister to report on the progress, but when the old man sees nothing, he is afraid to tell the truth for fear it means he is unfit for his post or hopelessly stupid. The prime minister repeats to the sovereign what the swindlers tell him about the glorious design and wonderful colors of the cloth. Next, the emperor sends a second official with the same result.
At this point the emperor decides to see the fabric for himself, but both the emperor and the courtiers with him are afraid to say that they see nothing but an empty loom. When...
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Beans for wax
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Clean dust from the computer and television screen using a coffee filter. You won't even have to get it wet to use it!
Paper cloth to clean the shower doors
Remove insistent soap accumulation from the shower's glass doors by spraying a little water on a paper cloth, the kind used for the dryer and cleaning doors
Eggshells to clean narrow places
Pillow cover to clean the ceiling fan.
Slip an old pillow cover on the blades of the ceiling fan and then pull it backwards quickly to draw all the dust and dirt into it, without dropping them all over the floor.
Ginger to deal with pain
Calm down blisters and burns by swatting some fresh ginger juice on the aching spot
Lemon to clean a grater
Nailpolish to fix a loose button
Smear a thin layer of transparent nailpolish on the center of the loose button, it will harden and keep it from falling.
Onion to get rid of the scent of mildew
Air out the smell of mildew from the basement or the tool shed with onions. Cut an onion in half, put half of it on a plate and leave it in the room for the night. The morning after, the air in the room will be cleaner and you won't even smell the onion!
Vinegar and salt against the smell of onion
However, you might be concerned of having that pesky scent of onions on your hands. A combination of vinegar and salt neutralizes the smell of onions. Mix the two materials and pour this on your hands to rub together until the scent is gone. Then wash with soap
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Instead of static stretching before your workout, try dynamic stretching. Dynamic stretches are specific to the sport or workout. For runners, an ideal warm-up might include squats, lunges and “form drills” like kicking your buttocks with your heels. Athletes who need to move rapidly in different directions, like soccer or basketball players, should do dynamic stretches that involve many parts of the body. “Spider-Man” is a particularly good drill: drop onto all fours and crawl the width of the court, as if you were climbing a wall.
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Now, after your workout, you should do static stretching. During your workout, your muscles contract and expand, and go through a lot of rigour. After a strenuous workout, your muscles are sore and devoid of nutrients. Do static stretching now. Stretch each major muscle part of your body (list below). Hold each stretch for 30-60 seconds. The benefit of stretching is that it helps the muscle fibers relax, which in turn helps your body deliver nutrients faster your muscles. Stretching will help to deliver nutrients faster to your body, and thus help muscle growth. With more muscle, your body will burn more calories at rest, and thus help you lose the fat faster! Stretching post workout also reduces muscle soreness the next morning, seriously!
Below is a list of major muscles in your body, that you must stretch after your workout. In your lower body, stretch your thighs, hamstrings, calves and your glutes. In your upper body, stretch your shoulders, triceps, back, chest, abs and your biceps.
So remember .. stretch after your workout, not before. Spending those 5-10 minutes doing static stretching after your workout is very beneficial!
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Fermilab's DZero Experiment Crunches Record Data with the Grid
BATAVIA, IL - Hundreds of scientists from the DZero collaboration at the Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory are using the technology of the future to process particle physics data today. Using grid computing, facilities in six countries around the globe have begun to provide computing power equivalent to 3,000 one-gigahertz Pentium III processors to crunch more experimental data than ever before. In six months, the computers will churn through 250 terabytes of data-enough to fill a stack of CDs as high as France's Eiffel Tower.
"We're using the grid to process three years' worth of data-one billion particle collisions-in six months," said Fermilab guest scientist Daniel Wicke, on leave from the University of Wuppertal, Germany, who heads the reprocessing effort. "DZero has a long history of using computing resources from outside Fermilab, including a project in 2003 to send a much smaller amount of data off-site for reprocessing. We knew that this much bigger effort, remotely processing ten times more collisions than before using five times the number of computers, would be possible."
As new data is recorded with the DZero detector at the Tevatron, the world's highest-energy particle accelerator located in Batavia, IL, it is processed into a form useable by physicists. The cluster of one thousand computer processors dedicated to DZero computing at Fermilab is kept busy processing the newly acquired data.
"The DZero computer farm can process about four million events per day," said Mike Diesburg, who manages the farm. "At Fermilab, we process data in real time, so even with no new data coming in it would take three years to reprocess three years' worth of data. To do it in six months we need to look for computing resources all over the world."
A reprocessing of stored data is necessary when physicists and computer scientists have made significant advances. Researchers are constantly trying to optimize the software to process each collision event faster, and physicists' understanding of the complex DZero detector is also steadily improving.
"Our scientists are always thinking up new ideas; better ways to calibrate detectors or track particles," said DZero spokesperson Jerry Blazey. "We wait until many of those ideas have been incorporated into the software and then do a reprocessing. The reprocessed data will improve the full physics program, including detection of top quarks and other elementary particles, and searches for the Higgs boson and new phenomena like supersymmetry."
"The reprocessing effort pushes the limits of our software and infrastructure so that we can get the most physics out of the data collected by the DZero detector," said Dugan O'Neil of Simon Fraser University, a participant in the WestGrid collaboration. "The grid allows DZero to make better use of remote human resources as well as computing power. Participating in the reprocessing is an important technical contribution for our group, and it also gives us the experience needed to figure out how to efficiently analyze data remotely."
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• Mrcdinis
You have two option:
1) Erase everything you see about him, put him on the past and try to not think about it. You'll be fine after a while.
2) Speak to him and try to see if you can still have something with him besides friendship. I guess you would since he's now a drinker right after that happened.
• Operations
After a night of heavier drinking, passing out and thinking things over after I'd sobered up, I realized she wasn't right, and was over it. Nowadays, I swear I have much less of a heart and it has gotten to the point to where it just doesn't phase me so much anymore.
• Scoopie
Unfortunately yes, and after more than a year I'm still not over it. At certain periods I'm better and can try go for a rebound, which never was successful and only temporary. And at other periods I'm just depressed and some days even crying. I can ignore it for a while, but some time later it always comes back again and I go through all of it again. So it goes like in cycles.
When I'm down I just don't feel like doing anything, I don't go out, don't have fun, don't watch fun things on television, nothing much really. Everything suffers, work, school, private life. Rebounds won't work then because I don't feel like meeting new girls as then I can't stand to be around a girl. I usually drink on parties, sometimes at home when watching a game, but when I'm feeling down I can't drink alcohol at all. And drugs I don't do, and I also don't feel like trying it either.
Right now I think the best thing that could happen is to meet a new girl, and fall in love with her. But until know, it seems as if all the girls I would be (potentially) interested in me aren't interested in me at all. So much for that cure...
• Answerer
@update: it depends on what exactly happened. If she deliberately hurt me then no. If it's just because we didn't work out, then yes.
• Blobb
Tired to ignore it. Didn't work. Tried letting it out. Didn't change a thing. Tried hate & anger. Didn't work. Tried rebounding. Just a temporary fix.
Didn't try alcohol or drugs. I don't do that when I'm in a downer state it puts me in a pretty dismal state ^^.
Bottom line is: It f***ing blows. Feels awful.
It's not like it actually detracted from my daily life at all, it just burns that's all. Not too much of a big deal, it heals with time, family, friends, lots of activity and love :)
• Luopio27
I am 27 years old, never had a GF. Many of my friends are settling down, have kids and own a home. I never even touched a nipple. Moving on and never quitting is my way till the day I will find love, if that day ever comes.
• GuyAdviceFromGuy
If I have my heartbroken, I just go look at P.orn.
• Mrcdinis
Have you ever had your heartbroken?
1) Just once, and I hope it will be the final one.
How did you deal with it?
2) I went miserable for a month... Always after her, (Kissing her feet would be a nice sentence to describe it xD) trying to be sure that she didn't really love me anymore, since at the start I thought that it was just a test and everything would be okay (I guess that's called "denial state?")...
Then, I started to speak to her friends, and every single one of then were saying that I shouldn't quit, until one actually said I should (I ignored it, but it was a mistake). After the third week it was everything going on so fast that I was so confused about everything, until I met this girl... Spoken to her about my problems, always texting her in the morning to say hello and we kept on texting until one of us went to sleep, every single day and then I've been given free phone calls and we basically spent half the night talking and half the night sleeping *.*
One month was gone and I went to the beach with her (for the second time, but this one was just the two of us - By "friend excuses" accident) and it was just magical... We didn't kiss but I knew that was something going on with both of us.
At that same night I had a fight with my ex and I've said "Goodbye" to her (There is a word on my language which means a goodbye forever. Don't know if that works with English) and I've just quit on her. But I was still confused and my heart seems to pump everything but blood when I thought about these two ladys.
After a couple of day this girl went on vacations, for a week. It was the perfect time for me to relax and think about what the hell was I feeling about. I figured out that I was just still confused xD
at the 6th week of this hole thing, I went for the second time to the beach with this girl again and at about 10:30am of 31-07-2012 we just has our first kiss and everything seems so clear from then. ^^
We are still together, and I'm happy since that day :)
• sketchy
I quit my job, packed up my sh*t, and moved to the Rockies for the winter to learn how to ski.
It worked out pretty well - turns out I *love* skiing, and I've spent a couple more winters working in ski resorts since then - something I never would have done if we'd stayed together.
Read POWER OF NOW by Tolle... would help you...
I was a mess, Almost cried...Almost while the flashback of the relationship poped out in my brain and a calculated all the money that I wasted on her cheap ass. Then 2-3 month later while having the same flashbacks of the relationship I didn't feel that miserable anymore even started to feel cheerful that I didn't have her around anymore. I started masturbating to her BJs and also her warm lady parts. 2 months after that I paid an Whore, Sexed the rest of my bad memories away. Then I realized how good It was that I dated her. Because she had so much experience that only analizing that the emotional manipulations she was able to pull. I started to understand how unkind and cute women can really be sometimes. The whore was kinder, than the ex lol.
After that I picked myself up and became a player. I realized That the ex had killed the NICE GUY in me never got the chance to thank her for that priceless gift.
• NicholasHalden
I have had my heart broken once before. It destroyed my fighting spirit and caused me sleepless nights. What had helped me pass through the break-up consequential phase was understanding that the other which ended would not really need me in their life and now have voided me. In doing so, this caused them to be a worthless person in my single life. The memories, experience and joys that once had happened is no longer needed and shall not continue.
Do not rebound, you should ignore it and no depressants. You need to push through the sad feelings and find a new life for yourself. Never put yourself down and never ask "What if" questions for these things make it worst. You were originally you before you had a person in your life and you could reach that once again. Find a new hobby, read, make a blog, write a journal and express yourself. Just because the relationship has ended does not mean you should end.
Good Luck
-Nicholas Halden
• Spoken like a true gentleman.
Yes I drank, I took long walks,i road my bike, however in the end none of it helped but time is the only solution it could take a week,months and even years but you just have to move on and hope for the best but I'm still on the road to redemption over it though.
• Rotciv112
Yeahh one time , but just let time deal with it not you .
Yes, but no-one would ever know it. I've learned there is no good way to deal except time itself.
• Paullus
I don't think I've had my heart broken so to speak, but I have endured some down times, the best medicine is friends, hanging out makes you not think about the bad stuff. Also, self improvement helps with depression and self esteem.
yes my ex boyfriend broke my heart. but I got the last laugh because I gave him aids.
• maiez
I've cried yes. I just try to hang out with my buddies more and go have fun.
Like most idiots. I was drunk for weeks and lost 17 pounds.
Senior year of high school I fell really hard for this girl. We went out all the time and we slept together a lot. I had been with other girls but she was the first I ever loved. Then she told me she had a boyfriend...I got over it by working out, talking to my brother about it, and yes crying a little. I've moved on and now I'm going for a beautiful blond at my college.
• MakeLoveNotWar
Lie on the couch, put on my sunglasses and deal with it. link
• journeyman1126
Breakups are a bitch.
I've used all of the above.
I've taken so much time off after the last one that it has become normal to be alone. I think that's better than rebounding into another dysfunctional relationship.
• Answerer
I've got the answer to checking out their Facebook too much.
Get really wasted and post ten or twenty random links on their page. Really odd things. Vaguely derogatory - like tampon ads, or excessive sweating prescriptions...
They'll block you if it disturbs them enough. Problem solved.
• leax90
As of right now, I am considering the rebound option.
I hope it helps.
• Answerer
• Very good answer.
• beastman88
hm, well I've dropped over 50 pds, got a new better paying job, and yet I continue to be awesome
• Answerer
my ex cheated on me and has tried to get back with me, but I gave her the cold shoulder every time. were still friends over fb but it'd be awkward to have her around me because I know she still has feelings for me and wants to jump my bones and such
• gonyr
i would say just have a good pity party for yourself for a little while, get the feelings out of the way and out of your system so you don't dwell on it too much. the more you hold it in the more its going to eat at you and the harder it is to get over it.
just be single for a while. spend time with other single friends. maybe meet a guy for a non serious relationship.
• kimster07
everyone is different on how they deal with it, I was fully emotional and all but I always hung out with friends and family just because I didn't wanna be alone. I watched a lot of TV shows, movies and played a lot of video games to pass the time the only part I hated was when I had to go to sleep that's when it got to me
• DonDon-Almighty
Its best to just put a lot of hate towards him/her
Iv been through it a couple of times :(
Cry it off, crying is good for the soul, and its a good relief, like deleting cookies on your computer, smile even if you don't want to, maybe a laugh, big big laughs! Always smile, don't let that nob see you upset, don't be wreckless by sleeping with someone or taking drugs, beer on the other hand.. If you can affordit go have a laugh with it :) just stay happy! And let him know
Time heals emotions eventually.. Good luck x
• Shyscot
Badly I'm afraid, a couple of years ago.
I shut out the world and just concentrated on surviving. Divorce is done now and coming out of the dark now. It takes time and its sh*t. You just have o accept that. Th only thing that makes you feel better is acceptance.
I couldn't find someone else to help me get over my ex, so unfortunately I turned to drugs. I smoked weed all day, everyday, nothing else helped, not exercise, not reading, not eating, nothing.
• stubbsy
rebounds are generally good but as long as you let the other party know that you might? be on the rebound, this way any expectations are left to a minimum,x
• BCRanger10
Yes. Here's my story, at least part of it... link
What Girls Said
• Hannah591
I tried to ignore it but the feelings became so overwhelming that I just gave in. I thought grieving would help rather than suppressing my feelings, so I spent the best part of a month, crying almost every day, sometimes more than once over everything. I thought I'd never move on and I'd be this mess forever unless I got back with him so it didn't help when he was constantly enticing me to get back with him all the time.
I did want to go to alcohol or something but it's never good to be dependent on alcohol so I didn't.
I don't think my ex dealt with it well. He had a short rebound relationship and has been single since but he goes out a lot more drinking. He also kept giving me chances to take him back, months after the break up which indicates he's found it hard to move on. I met up with him when I went out with his mates and he looked out for me and got me home safely, so I think he still cares for me. It wasn't long ago that he was asking for friendship again actually!
It takes years and years to reconnect with an ex but it also depends on whether you still want to stay friends with that person or not after years of no contact. Things might change during that time.
• hellfreedumb
smash their heart to pieces by getting back at em---rebound pictures
lots of drugs and alcohol
more rebounds
probably cynical, revengeful, depressed.
• yellowcard
a heart cannot be broken, but the image of either yourself or your "significant other" can be emotionally and mentally damaging to a point that it changes you for either the better or worst. Mentally it killed my motivation to pursue a happy-meaningful lifestyle and go one my everyday routine for I had lost something dearly: confidence. Emotionally I felt anger, embarrassment, shame, sadness, and then became resentful towards myself and my family. The best medicine for such is time, acceptance, and confidence. but even confidence takes time. I say you try to express yourself through writing, reading, taking pictures, through music and pursing any such hobbies or activities to keep your mind occupied.
• Kittie
I did all four because I thought that was the only options that humans commonly choose to do, I learned that none of them worked. How I successfully got over a heartbreak was distractions yet also accepting my own pain without dismissing that I was hurt. Distractions helped me get over whenever I was in the presence of others and not reject what was in front of me. I would have a long list, even though I didn't feel like doing any of them, I kept switching to the next hobby/task/social activity until I was comfortable or so stressed that I don't even remember being heartbroken. The list would always be restarted over the next day since the activity may not work the next day or even the next five minutes.
When I was alone I would allow myself to fully love this person because I had a right to, and maybe do some romantic actions without letting my ex know to give credit to myself. It wasn't being broken that hurt but not being able to love them anymore, and eventually this unconditional love and kindness gets boring or fulfilled that I move on. If I still hold on it's because I needed to confront to them any issues I caused or wanted to ask questions even if I do not get an answer. I'm the type that grabs hold of my fate even if I fail, so I have to always try something if the issue is important to me.
• Answerer
Checking on his FB isn't healthy only because you are not impartial to his news. It's best to hold off checking his page in order to gain maturity, become less provoked by news personally, and start the friendship fresh later. There are articles about how lurking makes it longer to heal and stunts your self growth. You'd be spending time focusing on him rather than noticing your own pain to grieve and learn how -you- can heal. Rarely you'd find closure from an ex if they know you can see it too.
• gummybear888
I have been hurt but I usually tried to aim for something constructive to do with my time while I healed myself
usually I am a strong person so it's rare that I'm broken but
I take the time to realize what a huge loser I dated
and that it's been a waste of my time.
I'll go to my friend's place, hang out, exercise, and move on
I date other people when I'm ready to
at the moment I'm alright.
just stay strong I guess
• tomfeltonforever
The first time I was broken up with, I was furious. He promised to me that he didn't like his ex for a long time, but he did.
I dealt with it by dating his best friend. It was so convenient because he was into me, and it was a big slap in the face. And later, when he dumped the ex, he wanted me back. It was like a TV show or something.
I was like 15-16 years old then, and that's just what we do. Stupid and immature things. Did that solve my anger toward him at all? Nope.
Other then that, I haven't been broken up with. I either dumped with good reason (for example- threatening to kill me/himself or proposing to me after 3 months of dating) or a weirdly mutual split. I am not looking forward to being dumped by someone I really care about... It happens to everybody, and it feels inevitable.
The first time I partied with my friends a lot and it did involve lots of alcohol. No drinking alone though, always social.
The second time I got myself a FWB. Best option for me, if it happens again I will get another FWB.
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The Republic of Gilead is in the midst of a crisis. The world has been polluted with nuclear waste which has left over half the population barren. The infertile women in the society are known as "Unwomen" are are sent to the dreaded "Colonies" where they must work cleaning up nuclear waste or working in the fields. Women who are able to have children are sent to a Red Center and taught to be a Handmaid by the Aunts. The Handmaids are contracted out to Commanders whose Wives are infertile. The job of the Handmaid is to be with Commander and have a child that will then belong to the Wife.
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The days and nights of the Handmaid are long and boring. The only thing that breaks them up is the cheer of a "Birth Day" or the sadness of a "Salvaging". Her world begins to change when the Commander invites her into his room alone and shows her what he hides in there. Slowly Offred is shown that the world of her childhood is not completely dead and she begins to hope of better days.
The Handmaid's Tale is worth a read. The number of thought-provoking issues that are looked at in this story are startling. The issues of nuclear war, feminism, the Bible, government run society, women as sexual slaves, and many others come into play throughout the book. It's a novel that is a prevalent today as it was in the 80's when it was written.
I give this book 4 out of 5 stars.
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2. I like that you compared it to Hunger Games. I don't think I drew that connection, but now that you mentioned it, I read both books in a similar way. I gobbled them up at first and had an interruption and had to come back to finish them. I think I liked Handmaid's Tale better, but I like very interpretive endings.
3. I've read it myself, and think it's a really great book. Nice to see it is still alive and well and still being read! Ever read 1984?
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Good Morning, Chairman Hatch, Senator Leahy, and distinguished members of the committee. It is a pleasure and a privilege to be here today to discuss the efforts undertaken by the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (BICE) in its role in investigating international drug smuggling and money laundering as it relates to narco-terrorism. Prior to beginning my specific testimony, I would like to provide some background on our new Bureau. With the creation of the new Department of Homeland Security, the investigative and intelligence functions of the former U.S. Customs Service and the Immigration and Naturalization Service have been merged to form the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement under the Department of Homeland Security. In addition, the Bureau includes the Air and Marine Interdiction Division, the Detention and Removal Program, and the Federal Protective Service. In part, the mission of BICE is to protect the United States and its citizens by deterring, interdicting, and investigating threats arising from the movement of people and goods into and out of the United States.
BICE utilizes the broad legal authorities of its legacy components to investigate and enforce violations of law as they had previously, and under BICE, will continue, to protect the United States and its citizens from the dangers posed by criminal organizations, including those linked to narcotics trafficking and terrorism. BICE has the authority to investigate numerous violations, including violations of Immigration laws, export laws, money laundering, smuggling, fraud, and cyber crimes -including child pornography.
BICE investigations have led to the identification, penetration, and prosecution of individuals and groups who were identified as being members of, or are linked to, designated terrorist organizations such as the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) and the AUC (United Self-Defenses of Colombia). Furthermore, BICE, with its formidable money laundering and counter narcotics programs and initiatives, has disrupted and dismantled narcotics smuggling organizations and the financial mechanisms utilized to launder their criminal proceeds.
It is one of our top priorities to identify, investigate, and dismantle the criminal organizations that specialize in the transportation and smuggling of contraband and illegal aliens. The title of this hearing today, "Narco-Terrorism: International Drug Trafficking and Terrorism-A Dangerous Mix" is in essence the challenge faced by BICE special agents on a daily basis. The transportation organization that is paid to smuggle cocaine today may very well be contracted to smuggle instruments of terror or terrorists tomorrow. Historically these smuggling organizations have easily adapted to law enforcement efforts to detect their activity. As a result, BICE investigations have become increasingly complex.
It is clearly evident that the illicit narcotics trade generates enormous profits for criminal organizations. These organizations thrive on their ability to amass huge sums of money. BICE utilizes a multi-pronged approach to investigate these organizations. In an effort to disrupt and dismantle these organizations, BICE focuses not only on the inbound smuggling of contraband but also the outbound flow of criminal proceeds.
BICE's authority to conduct financial investigations has been derived from a variety of laws that include the 1970 Bank Secrecy Act, 1986 Money Laundering Control Act, the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 and the 2001 USA PATRIOT Act. In addition, various Memorandums of Understanding (MOU's) between the Secretary of the Treasury, the Attorney General and the Postmaster General have been executed regarding the conduct of money laundering investigations. These MOU's delineate the specified unlawful activities and investigative authorities in which BICE has jurisdiction.
BICE began conducting financial investigations after the enactment of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) in 1970. With border search authority, BICE was well suited for investigative activity pursuant to Title II of the BSA, the "Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act" under Title 31 of the U.S. Criminal Code. After the events of 9/11, Congress gave BICE additional tools to combat the movement of money into and out of the United States. Title III of the USA PATRIOT Act, "The International Money Laundering Abatement and Financial Anti-Terrorism Act", added bulk cash smuggling, 31 U.S.C. 5332, to the BICE arsenal. In addition, the USA PATRIOT Act expanded the application of the prohibition on unlicensed money transmitting businesses, 18 U.S.C. 1960.
Since its inception, BICE has had the authority to enforce anti-smuggling statutes to include 18 U.S.C. 545. This authority allows BICE the ability to investigate the unlawful importation of any form of contraband. With Title 21 cross designation, BICE has been authorized by the Department of Justice, and more specifically, the Drug Enforcement Administration, to investigate narcotics smuggling organizations. Enforcement of Title 8 of the U.S. Code allows BICE to target individuals or groups of individuals who are attempting to or have entered the United States for illicit purposes. These authorities, combined with our broad border search authority, place BICE in a ideal position to fully investigate smuggling of contraband and humans by sophisticated smuggling organizations while also targeting the financial mechanisms utilized by these elements to launder their illegal proceeds.
One such laundering mechanism is the Black Market Peso Exchange (BMPE), a trade-based money laundering system. The exchange allows drug traffickers to transfer their U.S. profits from dollars to pesos without moving cash across borders. Typically, peso exchange brokers in Colombia deposit pesos into the Colombian accounts of narcotics traffickers doing business in the United States. The pesos are profitably exchanged for the tainted U.S. dollars. The brokers have U.S. based operatives deposit the U.S. money into U.S. accounts that the brokers then use to purchase U.S. goods for Colombian importers in exchange for pesos. The products are then smuggled into Colombia, often through Panama, Aruba, and Venezuela, to avoid paying taxes in Colombia.
BICE has an ongoing aggressive investigative approach concerning the BMPE, which includes utilizing investigative techniques such as undercover investigations, Title III wire intercepts, intelligence gathering, international coordination and training of our international law enforcement counterparts.
BICE undercover operations directed at the peso brokering system have resulted in the seizure of more then $800 million in cash and monetary instruments in the last eight years. Undercover investigations conducted by BICE have targeted hundreds of Colombian brokers, accounts, and domestic money laundering and drug trafficking cells operating in several U.S. cities, Central and South America, as well as Europe and Asia.
Case Examples
Operation Wire Cutter was a major joint money laundering investigation conducted by BICE, the Drug Enforcement Administration, personnel assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Bogotá, Colombia and Colombian law enforcement authorities that targeted high level Colombian drug trafficking organizations and their cells.
Operation Wire Cutter began in September 1999 when BICE agents in New York developed information about suspected money brokers, who were using the BMPE scheme to launder millions of drug dollars. The primary defendants were eight senior money brokers, located in Bogotá, Colombia. Each of these money brokers headed distinct organizations that provided money-laundering services to several drug cartels on a contract basis. Subsequently, undercover BICE agents picked up drug money from operatives of the money brokers in New York, Miami, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Juan, Puerto Rico. At the same time, the Colombian authorities conducted a parallel investigation on the BMPE money brokers and their associates in Colombia. Operation Wire Cutter marked the first time that U.S. authorities were able to combine undercover pick-ups of drug proceeds in this country with investigative efforts by Colombian authorities to target BMPE money brokers. Operation Wire Cutter resulted in the arrest of 37 individuals (29 in the United States and 8 in Colombia). U.S. authorities also seized more than $8 million, as well as 400 kilograms of cocaine, 100 kilograms of marijuana and 6.5 kilograms of heroin. To date, five money brokers in Colombia have been extradited to the United States. This represents the first time that a money broker has been extradited from Colombia to the United States.
As I mentioned previously, the transportation organization that is paid to smuggle cocaine today may very well be contracted to smuggle instruments of terror tomorrow. By using internal conspiracies, criminals utilize corrupt personnel within the seaport and airport environment to introduce contraband or implements of terrorism into otherwise legitimate cargo or conveyances and to remove it prior to examination by the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection.
In an ongoing investigation targeting internal conspiracies at a major U.S. seaport, BICE Special Agents have uncovered the endemic practice of contraband being removed from international cargo prior to the entry process. Utilizing a variety of investigative techniques including undercover operations and controlled deliveries to successfully infiltrate the internal conspirators, hundreds of individuals have been arrested and convicted, thousands of pounds of cocaine and hundreds of pounds of heroin have been seized.
Another significant internal conspiracy investigation conducted by BICE Special Agents, in conjunction with the Drug Enforcement Administration, was Operation "Ramp Rats". Operation "Ramp Rats" targeted corrupt employees working at Miami International Airport and resulted in more than 70 indictments and arrests. Thirty of those arrested were employees of a major domestic airline. Those arrested in this investigation were charged with varied violations of the federal narcotics laws such as conspiracy to import cocaine into the United States and conspiracy to possess cocaine.
Both of these investigations have targeted corrupt employees in the transportation industry, resulting in the facilitation of smuggling schemes used by criminal organizations. BICE is aggressively implementing programs to address these weaknesses that include the assignment of additional investigative personnel, the utilization of technology and the combination of various law enforcement and security components to counter these threats.
Recently, BICE drug trafficking and money-laundering investigations have highlighted the link between drug trafficking and terrorist organizations. An adjunct of these investigations is the link between the Drug Trafficking Organizations and Colombia's illegal armies. In October 2002, BICE arrested Libardo Ernesto FLOREZ GOMEZ after he arrived at Miami International Airport. Upon arrival he declared over $180,000 in U.S. currency. A subsequent secondary examination revealed multiple financial records, blank pre-signed checks, a DEA seizure letter and a document that alleged his link to the FARC (Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces). FLOREZ GOMEZ admitted that the funds declared were not his. On April 4, 2003, FLOREZ GOMEZ pled guilty to one count of 18 USC 1960 for his involvement in operating an unlicensed money transmitting businesses and is currently awaiting sentencing.
Currently, BICE is participating in a highly successful joint Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force investigation with the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Federal Bureau of Investigation that is targeting the maritime transportation of multi-ton shipments of cocaine belonging to the Colombian drug cartels. This investigation has led to indictments against several ostensibly high-ranking members of the AUC. These individuals were indicted for involvement in the maritime transportation of over of 12 tons of cocaine. As a result of the investigation, a direct link between drug trafficking and known terrorist organizations has been established. Narco-Terrorism will continue to be a top priority of BICE.
In conclusion, I would like to thank the distinguished members of this committee for the opportunity to speak before you today, and will be glad to address any questions you may have.
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[JURIST] Faced with possible indictment by an Italian judge, US and Italian intelligence agents implicated in the 2003 kidnapping and extraordinary rendition [JURIST news archive] from Milan of Egyptian cleric Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr [Wikipedia profile; JURIST news archive] Tuesday pressed for a political resolution of their case. Hearings [JURIST report] to decide the legal fate of some 30 operatives have begun after a December request by Italian prosecutors that Judge Caterina Interlandi take legal action [JURIST report] against 26 US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) [official website] agents and five officials from the Italian Military Intelligence and Security Service (SISMI) [official website], including former SISMI chief Nicola Pollari. Nasr, also known as Abu Omar, claims he was tortured after being grabbed off a street in Milan and ultimately sent to Egypt. If Interlandi determines that there is enough evidence to proceed to trial in the case, the trial would be the first criminal prosecution stemming from US rendition practices.
Daria Pesce, the lawyer for accused CIA agent Robert Seldon Lady, withdrew from the case [AP report] Tuesday, stating that the former CIA station chief did not want to cooperate. Pesce told AP that her client believes "this case should have had a political solution and not a judicial solution. The Italian government could have decided it was a state secret - remember, this was a terror suspect. It would have been possible if the Italian government had had the courage to reach an agreement with the US government." None of the agents charged attended the closed session hearings; the next hearing is scheduled for January 29.
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1. Light is the name for a range of electromagnetic radiation that can
it is also referred to as electromagnetic radiation.
2. Light is a beam of energy that moves in a wave.
3. A light wave consists of energy in the form of electric and magnetic fields.
and at right angles to each other.
4. Light waves come in many sizes. The size of the wave, the distance between
two wave peaks, is called a wavelength.
5. The wavelengths of the light that most people can see ranges from 400 to 700
billionths of a meter.
6. The human eye needs light to see.
7. Light travels very fast and in a straight line, until something bends it.
The straight waves of light are called light rays.
8. Light travels at about 186,000 miles per second [300,000 kilometers per second],
that light can travel in a year, or 5,865,696,000,000 miles
(9,460,800,000,000 kilometers).
9. Light is produced and controlled in many ways. A lens helps to control light
televisions, satellites, telescopes, and medical system.
10. Plants convert light energy from the sun into food. This process is called photosynthesis.
purplelights800,000,000 kilometers).
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Mick_-Sheldon (Inactive) writes:
in response to local_rhetoric:
You fail to mention how 502 creates an everyday reliance upon pot. Not only that, but how is this reliance even being manifested?
On another note: I am holding a pot luck event on December 7th, Kitsap is invited.
You failed to argue why it does not . Since you you not even think it is important is my guess from your response.. Besides if I was going to write a law that would help lawyers , this would be it . One it makes it so someone with THC in their system vulvernable to a DUI , you most likely know THC stays in the system longer then alchol , longer then oxy . . I know pot advocates who hate this law , see it as more of a problem for common sense legalization , your the major concern for the die hard advocates , not me .
Most people who I know get high on a regular basis sure do not want laws that make pot more expensive , more regulation then needed, and even though we may differ if usage will not go up with youth , only an idiot would suggest kids geting high should not be a consideration . Even if you think legalazation will not cause kids to use more , your unable to use a coherent argument to offer why .
Have a good party . seems like McDonalds won this debate if you ask me .
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miketn6 writes:
in response to upfront:
Yes, if we had started spending earlier we could have gotten rid of the over the top spending liberals sooner!
Are you people totally addicted to spending?
You people? Ha. I'm a conservative. Reagan started the excess spending in earnest, but he had a good reason at the time. I've always voted for Duncan, but he has a limited understanding of economics. Infrastructure is generally a good thing to borrow for. Selling TVA is also a good idea. As for spending, no matter who follows Obama, it will take two or three more presidential terms to work out of the deficit hole GW Bush created, and I voted for GW twice. Unless we just kill our economy, the debt will continue to grow until at least 2020. Inflating our way out of the debt is where we are headed in the best case scenario. You are a bit too quick to assign labels my friend.
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By By Steve Pool
SEATTLE - Did you know that weather forced the Mayflower to land at Plymouth Rock in 1620, rather than their original destination of what is now New York Harbor?
According to, as the Mayflower was passing just offshore from Cape Cod of what now is Massachusetts, when it encountered strong southerly winds and heavy seas in shallow water.
So the pilgrims decided it was too dangerous to continue south, so they turned back to the north to have the wind at their back. They eventually found calmer weather after rounding the tip of Cape Cod and continuing north. The winds eventually brought them to Plymouth two days later, and the rest is history.
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from: The Blow Up Mixtape
Send this ringtone to your cell
(Coast to Coast Instrumentals)
I don't know what the hell that is
Should have just called Puff for the fucking instrumental
Fuck it, no time for that boy!
Cole World
[Verse 1]
They say we living in troubled times
Aye, do you see the trouble signs?
Aye, life's a bitch, and I'm cuffing mines
My dough in flipmode, what up to Busta Rhymes
I used to never see green, I was colorblind
Now I get my hustle on
Pay dues like a hair salon
My way like a Usher song
Higher power where these verses from
You niggas hoes, put your purses on
Church, get your worship on
Born alone, work alone, die alone
Hot fire like Dylan
Bitches get their dial on
Fake niggas get dial tones
I ain't no Viacom nigga
I'm a fire arm, nigga
Look how I alarm niggas
Watch my dope pile on
'Til it's like a mile long
Niggas couldn't fill my shoes
Couldn't even try 'em on
Showed your lil' ass look
That's how you take it
Two-facing niggas, couldn't tie my shoe laces, boy!
[Verse 2]
That was the warm up, this is the blow up
Now if you ain't talking no bread boy, ain't no need to show up
Man they say I'm repping the Ville too much, but fuck it, so what?
When my niggas carrying toys like they don't wanna grow up
When my sisters drinking like fishes and won't even throw up
Let's po' up, get to' up, know the police gon' show up
I slow up
Some niggas ain't got no luck
Some niggas can't get no love
Some of 'em can't get no bucks
So tell me what do a nigga do if he can't get a job
My brother got him an interview, but he can't get a ride
What's up God?
No this ain't no Wu-Tang shit
This is my lil' fire drill, just some routine shit
Just to shoot fiends with
And hold 'em off a lil' longer
Every verse I write I swear I'm only getting stronger
Can you ponder?
Imagine what my shit gon' sound like
If I told you that The Warm Up was just a sound bite
Damn right, believe I put it down right
And I'll be sure to tell you lil' niggas what that crown like
I showed you love, I brought you through
I gave you pounds right?
Aye, in my face, you knew your place
And so you smile right?
So why I'm here, and now you talking like a little girl?
You sound like Whitley, nigga
Me? I'm from a different world
Your shit is garbage
If I drop you, I'm a litterbug
Busy getting money
I ain't fucking with that Twitter, girl
Fuck what they say, wishing me harm and sorrow
They here today, bet they be gone tomorrow
They catching Z's on me, aye we gon' call 'em Zorro
I'll let you sleep today, but it's on tomorrow
Yeah, I said it's on tomorrow
I'm coming for the game
And I ain't talking loan or borrow
Pray for the days I get cash, checks and never weary
This the last stretch, I'm a half step from legendary, buoy
Cole world, nigga
Send this ringtone to your cell
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0.179879 | <urn:uuid:8d6666f8-91a7-4758-92d2-8852978907c9> | en | 0.99082 | Marquez Redden, 16, was accidentally shot in the arm by Georgia police officers on Wednesday morning, after they mistakenly assumed that he was involved in a home invasion. The teenager was rushed to Grady Memorial Hospital after the bullet pierced his arm and exited through his elbow. A second surgery was required today to repair the wounds.
The incident began when Redden, who was skipping class from Southwest Dekalb High School, accidentally stumbled across Dekalb police officers as they were hunting for the perpetrators involved with a home robbery in the city of Decatur. Two of the suspects were apprehended at the scene but two more escaped, leading to the local manhunt.
Dekalb County Police Chief Cedric Alexander said that because the teen was truant from school, he ran when he saw officers. A police dog led an officer to the boy’s hiding place in a shed.
Alexander says the investigation into the shooting will be “forthright and transparent," although the officer involved is on paid administrative leave. The identity of the officer has not been released.
According to Alexander, an officer entered the shed, became startled, and accidentally fired. Although the shooting is still under investigation, family and friends say Redden tried to surrender before the being shot.
"He said he had his hands up, that's what he said and he said the officer shot him," the teen’s aunt Geraldine Lloyd told WSBTV. She continued that this never would have happened if the teenager had been at school, but Redden’s father is more incensed by the incident.
"He [the officer] has a Taser," the boy's father told CBS Atlanta. "He had a dog in his hand, so there are other forces that you could use instead of accidentally discharging your gun, if that's what you say happened.”
Redden’s cousin, Jovanni Fuller, agreed that the police should have admitted to making the error.
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1. Nov 15, 2013
The only reason I do not give this film a perfect 10 is for things they changed which didn't make any sense to. (Why change the little girl's name from Cheryl to Sharon? Why not have Sean Bean just be Harry Mason? LoL just minor things though.)
Overall this is truly a great film. I watched it in the theater, bought it on DVD when it came out and now have it on bluray. As a long term fan
of the games, I felt the film captured the atmosphere of the games perfectly, and truly had some terrifying moments. The cast is unbelievable, the sets are gorgeous, and, as always, Akira Yamaoka's music drives and supports the terror beautifully. MUST SEE. Expand
2. Jun 19, 2013
Silent Hill is really shocking and disturbing, with lots of scary scenes and cool ideas, the visual effects are astonishing, and the acting is great. Where on earth can this go bad? The plot, the story is original and great but unexplained, it leaves you with a lot of questions that you can't find answers for them anywhere, but does this weak point destroys the movie? No, of coarse not!
3. Apr 26, 2013
This movie was a very generic horror picture. The acting, the plot, the set, the music was average at best. Lacked the tension, and true horror the video game Silent Hill had back in the days.
4. Apr 15, 2013
Completely contradicts the game. Takes Silent Hill a game about ghost and demons and turns it into a generic witch movie. Based off the first game but uses monsters from the second(all the monsters in Silent Hill have symbolic meaning so using them in a different story contradicts that). This movie is untrue and an insult to the game and is just a unscary boring movie. If anyone's seen the Indiana Jones episode of South Park what happens in that episode is the best way to describe this movie. Expand
5. Mar 10, 2013
Trasposizione cinematografica della celebre saga di survival horror inventata da Konami nel 1999, Silent Hill un film dai moltissimi lati positivi e pochi negativi. Iniziando da questi ultimi si può evidenziare la storia, lunga, articolata, ricca di false piste, e troppo ingarbugliata che verrà risolta da un lungo monologo finale. Per quanto riguarda gli aspetti positivi se ne possono elelencare molti, prima di tutto la fotografia molto bella e adattissima a questo tipo di film, i personaggi: la mamma Rose che fa di tutto per salvare la figlia Sharon legata in modo sinistro alla cittadina della collina silente, Il padre interpretato da un bravo Sean Bean. intento a riportare a casa la moglie e la figlia dalla città maledetta nella quale però lui non riuscirà mai ad accedere dato che rimarrà bloccato nella Silent Hill reale quella dove il sole splende e dove i mostri non esistono. Infine un complimento alla poliziotta che finisce per aiutare pure lei Rose nel suo intento.
La fine poco risolutiva a portato naturalmente a un seguito "Silent hill revelation".
6. Mar 6, 2013
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. By far the best movie based on a video game. Silent Hill is a 2006 horror film directed by Christophe Gens. The plot is about Rose De Silve scared that the attacks of sleepwalking daughter decides to take her to the city that this city always in his dreams. While you are heading to the city, have a car accident and wake up Rose can no longer find his daughter in the car and goes to look for her in Silent Hill. The film shows the typical atmosphere of Silent Hill thanks to a very accurate picture, the scenery breathtaking and the famous monsters that I can put the viewer concern and represent Alessa's nightmares. Also good plot and actors. Expand
7. Feb 24, 2013
Wow I'm seven years late for this review but after watching silent hill revelation I must defend this classic by showing(or more accurately)writing this review of the one that started the movies version of this once great video game series. First the good: if you love..wait let me re-write this so I'm clear....IF YOU LOVE SILENT HILL(game)YOU.WILL.LOVE.THIS.MOVIE.PERIOD!! Silent hill alm almost perfectly resembles the first game with the exception of the lead characters gender.While I don't have a problem with this change,some hardcore fans of the series will be disappointed but Rachel(aka rose)does great job as she ventures into purgatory(hell?)to save her daughter the adopted sherry.What this movie does correctly(& better)then silent hill revelation is really helping the audience understand the nature of silent hill,characters and what there willing to go through to save their daughter! Rose(rahda) is commanding as she searches relentlessly for sharin will being relentlessly tormented by the evil that lurks around every corner while her husband(played by sean bean) searches for rose.silent hill makes anyone who ventures there suffer until they are killed or worse..become trapped in the eternal nightmare that is silent hill..this is evident when rose reaches the school and when it changes she runs toward the camera pulling on a gate while screaming her lungs out while looking for an exit or when she see's pyramid head any his legion of killer exhausted rose gives in waits for her impending fate only to be saved by cebil! This is silent hill in its torment you to the point of submission which revelation had neither. Pyramid head in silent hill is much more menacing in the first movie because he's powerful meant to be feared as he rips the skin off a poor soul throws her still warm flesh into the church but is reduced to a mere body guard in revelation...oh god...silent hill also has good pacing. It took its time with each character even if they were expendable which keep the spirit of the games has a MUCH better version of the occult that lived in silent hill vs revelation as the occult seemed like an unimportant afterthought used as filler to extend the movie.The bad:since i played the first games almost everyday the movie was kinda predictable but thats as bad as it was for me. The ending of silent hill,unlike revelation,was a nightmare come true for the damned soul in silent hill as alessa her evil half gruesomely kills the occult zealots inside the church!!The story,pacing,camera angles,sound most importantly...THE ESSENCE OF THE SILENT HILL GAMES ARE DONE PERFECTLY IN THIS DEFINITIVE VERSION OF SILENT HILL FOR THE BIG SCREEN! Skip revelation not only because this one is better but for the fact that at the end of silent hill the good part of alessa was no longer needed was either returned to alessa or killed by the evil that gave alessa the power to create hell that kept the occult rose in silent hill. End of story 8/10 Expand
8. Feb 18, 2013
As both a horror and video game fan I was at first quite sceptical about this title. But unlike the, to me, quite close to disastrous, Resident Evil remakes (although I haven't seen RE: Afterlife yet) I was pretty much surprised about Silent Hill. The atmosphere in the games is amazing. And I think they managed to convert it into the movie pretty well. The acting isn't bad at all either. Jodelle Ferland who seems really talented to me (based on her roles in Kingdom Hospital Tideland) again is pretty steady in this movie although her role is quite small this time. Same as Radha Mitchell and Sean Bean act pretty decent. You can easily imagine the fear Mitchell (Playing the main character) is experiencing during her forced visit to lovely Silent Hill. Like most horror movies nowadays this one isn't outstanding either but it definitely will not waste your time. Expand
9. Feb 10, 2013
silent hill es un deleite visual pero el guion no es tan fuerte como esperábamos sin embargo tiene actuaciones fuertes y una dirección increíble silent hill va a hacer el éxito del verano
10. Jan 22, 2013
Not a great movie by far, but to be fair a decent adaptation that stay surprisingly true to the source material. Plenty of better horrors out there, but as far as video game adaptations are concerned, this one isn't half bad. A decent attempt and worthy as a budget purchase. Mandatory if you are a fan of the games.
11. Jan 13, 2013
I think that this movie is actually not that bad. I don't know why did it receive such low scores from critics. The theme and concept of the movie are great, its just overlong with too many unnecessary scenes.
12. Dec 19, 2012
this has to be the best video game to film adaptation that i have ever seen. the soundtrack was brilliant, the lighting and shading used to portray silent hill was spot on, most of the monsters were made using real people and make-up instead of crap overused CGI, the acting was actually okay for this genre. it's only setback would be that the ending was slightly flawed as it contradicted itself and it didn't have enough pyramid head in it! but overall, this film is a small step forward in the ongoing war to actually make good video to game movies. Expand
13. Nov 29, 2012
I love the games and i was curious about this movie, it was enjoyable some part were good designed and the story was also nice. It's was a movie that i enjoyed and the ending was one of the best parts but there is horror movies that i enjoyed more. For a Silent Hill lover it is a decent movie but for someone that don't know the games is a little blank.
14. Nov 23, 2012
I have a story to tell. It is identical to silent hill. I was born in a town somewhere east. My family watched Porn at my present. I applied it on my pillow. From that day onwards, I was masterbating. I hid under the bed. Sometimes doing it while reading books. I did it for a hour or so. I did it to my mother. And my mother was **** by my grandfather. He scolded my mother often for
stupid. I susposed it was because she don't know how to **** From that days onwards, my family sex with one another. I had a family of 8. At my teen. I felt myself impotent. I was very frustrated. I went mad. While I was mad, I learned a Malay Martial Art. I hit a woman's nose. Her nose was broken and her blood spill violently. She lived for 2 years. She was someone who love to live but she lived painfully. She dug her nose ultil dead. Before she died, she put a curse on me. My family helped. They performed a ritual while I was not around. IT was very dirty. She was **** by my family and her nose was eaten alive. She died very painfully. I think it was a Malay Ritual. She was buried at rubbish bin near my house. they swore to take revenge. From that day onwards I saw ghosts. I suffered a lot of mental torture. I died and alive a lot of times. I did not know she was dead until one day. I saw her vision in my body crying very pitifully. She said she was dead. It was very strange. Nobody mentioned a words but my house had changed when I returned back one day. The Mayor must have allowed it. I saw the house is very dark, nobody live and the pathway changed. I think that was the place they performed the Ritual. My door sign was changed to the woman door sign. Until now I still under mental torture. Expand
15. Nov 3, 2012
Great game to movie adaptation.
16. Oct 2, 2012
Silent Hill is a decent but average video game-adapted movie. I'm not a fan of the Silent Hill game series, feels too much the same as Resident Evil did. But the movie was good although the story seems a bit awkward and the monsters look creepy to me. I wonder if there are more zombies in the sequel which is coming out on Oct. 26, 2012. I think it's near halfway through the best video game movie ever. Expand
17. Aug 29, 2012
Silent Hill is the film adaptation of the hit Japanese psychological horror games that spawned the survival horror game phenomena back in the late 90's. Sharon Da Silva sleepwalks and dreams of a place named Silent Hill, her mother Rose is determined to find out why this is so decides to take her daughter to the abandoned mining town which was destroyed by a fire many years before. On arrival to the town Rose and a female police officer have a road collision and are now stranded in Silent Hill after the roads that lead to the towns exit are now mysteriously gone. With Sharon gone and the two women trapped in the remains of the most haunted town in America they must uncover the past to both the town and Sharon as well as expose an ancient evil that is slowly regaining power over the town. The film is by no means a great adaptation but it does live up to the Silent Hill name and worthy of a look if you enjoy the games. Expand
18. Aug 12, 2012
This is perhaps the best movie based on a video game ever. The way it resembles the game (ex. visuals, music, story) make it truly a great film based on a video game series. If you played a Silent Hill game than this is all familiar to you and you will appreciate the awesomeness of the film.
19. Jun 26, 2012
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. For all the guys who played Silent Hill, this is a masterpiece. For all the guys who didn't It's still a masterpiece. The thing is, the guys who didn't will never get the plot. It's as deep as the game goes. Expand
20. May 31, 2012
This is the best horror movie ever made the critics obviously have no idea what the words "deep storyline" means this is so true to the game its ridiculous its also one of the only movie based off of a video game that was a good movie instead of things popping out at you every 5 seconds this movie delves deeper then that the beginning starts kinda slow but once you get to silent hill it starts to get interesting the psychological horror is is amazing with flashbacks and hallucinations and with few but huge scares this movie will keep you guessing and want more Expand
21. May 30, 2012
It's just okay. I'm a huge fan of the silent hill series, and there are a lot of things this movie does right such as the art direction and the settings always look great through the whole movie. However there were many changes to the plot that I found unnecessary and caused it to lose the unique touch that the older games had. Also the script writing is very hit and miss, sometimes the dialogue is good, other times it falls flat on it's face. I know SH1 wasn't exactly a shining example of good script writing and voiceovers but that was a game made in the 90s. I will say that it's miles above many of the other game-to-movie adaptations and doesn't just feel like a cheap cash in. It just could have used a lot of improvements and I really wanted to see the actual story of silent hill 1 play out in a movie... I mean how can you make a movie based on the first game and not include Harry Mason? Expand
22. Mar 8, 2012
I saw this movie again recently. This is a great horror movie: the acting, direction and storyline are all very convincing, and the flawless blend of make-up effects and CGI helps drag you right into the hell that is Silent Hill. The ending is ambiguous; after watching this movie several times since it was released, I still am not sure whether the main characters are dead and in Hell, or alive, and trapped in an alternate dimension somewhere between here and the Devil's realm. I like that it is not explained, so it makes you think, and wonder.... A dark, beautiful, horrifying vision of what can happen when hatred and true Evil meet. Expand
23. Jan 4, 2012
Though not as emotional or deep provoking as the game series, it packed some good scares, and music to my ears soundtrack but the things that made silent hill fans cry because of the game never appeared in the film but don't be disappointed.
24. Aug 12, 2011
It's funny that I don't know how to place this movie. I've now watched it a handful of times, which should lead me to say that I liked this movie, but I don't know if that's the case. The bad guys, like the nurses and the huge man with the long metal pieces are fantastic and the setting is creepy as hell. However, the ending gets bogged down in religion and back stories that no one gives a crap about. Expand
25. Apr 15, 2011
This movie is downright scary, it made me crawl within my seat, i played some games and there also really scary thought the games are better than the movie but it was a cool movie
26. ALF
Apr 3, 2011
I am not surprised Roger Ebert did not understand the story, it required he actually saw it and Roger do you actually have any functioning synapses? I know complexity to story is rather beyond some film goers these days, so buy it on DVD and watch it several times, it may sink in then. This film is an adapted video game and shows great creativity with more creature creations from Patrick Tatapoulos who with Stan Winston have probably created some of the best creatures seen in film. In essence it is a film about revenge on religious zealots who "kill" a child. The young actress who plays three parts I last saw playing a ghost in Kingdom Hospital and clearly has no problem playing highly variable roles from a sweet child to the manifestation of evil.. This film is hauntingl beautiful with great incidentatl music and the ending, well try it. Expand
27. Mar 25, 2011
And... waht can i say? That movie rocks and sucks at the same time. The plot is kinda confusing because they wanted to put the most significant things of SH in the movie (Alessa and Pyramid Head). Fails as a remake of the experience of Harry Mason, but is kinda good. I guess.
28. Jan 13, 2011
This movie is really, really good. That's a best movie based on game that I've ever seen. The director is succeed in bringing the horror atmosphere from game to film. But looks like he just do that movie for fans so it can't take a high score. That's so sad....
29. Dec 4, 2010
The movie was interesting and even though it had a slow start it picks up like most movies. This by far was the best horror movie I have seen created in this century. The acting wasn't too bad but there were moments where the characters don't give you the feel of the movie. The monsters were probably the most realistic then any other movie I have ever seen. The atmosphere gives you an eerie feeling. The music was excellent and was played at the right moments. There were parts in the movie that made me think what the hell am I watching. In my personal opinion I thought the movie was perfect. Expand
30. Sep 19, 2010
A process of illustrating this movie is quite flawless, soulless, and joyless. Of course, the set design of scree translations is too much anomalous from that of the original game.
Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 20 Critics
Critic score distribution:
1. Positive: 1 out of 20
2. Negative: 10 out of 20
1. Witless, soulless and joyless, it displays its video game origins throughout.
2. Reviewed by: James Dyer
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Diazsweedman vs LetsTalkMMA:Diazsweedman benefited from 24.50 points from Peyton Manning and 22.30 from Dez Bryant to edge LetsTalkMMA, 119.30 - 117.07. Having won their last seven, Diazsweedman has developed a reputation as unbeatable. On the other hand, LetsTalkMMA is headed in a different direction, after dropping their third in a row. Colin Kaepernick led LetsTalkMMA with 28.87 points while Antonio Brown racked up 17.40. LetsTalkMMA (4-4, 1,065.66 points) drops to sixth place while Diazsweedman (7-1, 1,250.90 points) remains in first place. Damn that was close!
Rbf8489 vs Doonerthesooner:Rbf8489 got the second-highest point total in the league this week and got past doonerthesooner 152.43 - 142.27. The win was an answer to a 117.07 - 115.73 tight loss to doonerthesooner in Week 1. doonerthesooner could not make the most of a big increase in points compared to last week's 101.63 - 92.60 loss against TFK. The margin could have been bigger, Rbf8489 had two starters score zero points. Rbf8489 (3-5, 1,030.59 points) climbs into seventh place and doonerthesooner (2-6, 962.35 points) stays mired in last place. Rbf actually won this game with his kicker on a bye week.
TFK vs BDUBBS:BDUBBS beat TFK 157.47 - 135.27 for a second win in as many head-to-head matchups. Matthew Stafford was the determining factor, garnering 26.47 points for BDUBBS. The last time these teams met, A.J. Green led with 37.20. This is the tightest win for BDUBBS in two head-to-head matchups. They beat TFK 194.30 - 156.70 in Week 1. TFK has now lost to all the top teams he has played and boasts the easiest schedule in the league.
JACardin vs OJR:Aaron Rodgers recorded 24.60 points and Demaryius Thomas scored 20.50 as JACardin beat OJR, 146.10 - 102.83. This win was revenge for a Week 6 110.67 - 96.40 upset loss to OJR. Knowshon Moreno led OJR with 25.30 points while Russell Wilson brought in 18.23. Each team left something on the table as JACardin had one starter turn in zero points and OJR had four. JACardin (6-2, 1,065.50 points) remains in second place while OJR (2-6, 972.73 points) stays down in ninth place. This is a good example of a game ojr could've won if he would've spent about 15 minutes setting up his team.
pballinboxer vs MMA Boss:pballinboxer remains unbeaten in two matchups against MMA Boss with a 111.17 - 94.27 win. Tony Romo was the key difference, getting 25.47 points for pballinboxer. The last time these teams met, Vincent Jackson led with 32.40. With Antonio Gates delivering zero points for pballinboxer, it could have been worse. This is the highest margin for pballinboxer in two head-to-head matchups. They beat MMA Boss 142.27 - 138.20 in Week 6.
Top Players of the Week:
D.Brees-40.97 points
C.Johnson-53.9 points
K.Moreno-25.3 points
J.Graham-17.9 points
D.Bailey-17 points
Cincinnati Def-24 points
Biggest Bench Stash of the Week:
I had it this week benching H.Douglas who scored me 24.1 of the most useless points ever.
Weekly Facts:
•Diazsweedman won despite having only 2 of their 10 starters exceed their projected points.
•LetsTalkMMA would be 36-36 if they played every team every week.
•6 of the starters on doonerthesooner scored less than their projected points.
•Rbf8489 won despite having 2 of their 10 starters score zero points.
•BDUBBS picked up the Arizona Cardinals Defense, which beat their scoring projection by 145.0%, which was the highest percentage among the two teams.
•TFK scored 135.27 points against a projected 153.90 and has underachieved for four straight weeks.
•JACardin picked up the Denver Broncos Defense, which surpassed their scoring projection by a league-leading 224.7%.
•OJR got the best total score from their RBs of any team this week with 54.70 points.
•pballinboxer had two starters score more points than the highest-scoring starter for MMA Boss.
•MMA Boss would have been beaten by every other team in the league this week.
Next Week's Matchups:
Diazsweedman vs OJR
Rbf8489 vs LetsTalkMMA
TFK vs MMABoss
JACardin vs Doonerthesooner
BDUBBS vs pballinboxer
Short and sweet there you have it so remember to take a lil time to set your lineups guys I mean we know TFK isn't winning anyway so it doesn't really affect that but still we would all enjoy it better if you would.
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With my DS's pregnancy, I had no appetite. None. To the point, where I lost weight the 1st trimester and kept my weight gain low (20lbs). This time around, I'm always starving. Always. And I'm worried how much weight I'll be packing on.
And all I wanted today was goddamn chicken fingers and french fries. Ugh.
I have the opposite of morning sickness. Anyone else?
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That's exactly my situation, only I'm still early enough that I'm expecting the morning sickness. Last time around I had no symptoms until 5 weeks, and morning sickness kicked in with a vengeance at 6.5 weeks. Today I'm 4w4d and STARVING.
post #3 of 9
I have to eat something every 2-2.5 hours or I'm STARVING and get sick. I need to grab a slightly bigger purse so that I can stash a few granola bars, or fruit roll ups or something. It comes on quick, too! There doesn't seem to be a full to comfortable to hungry sensation - just full and starving. eat.gif
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I am finding I have to eat every 1.5hour to 2 hours if not I am full blown starving then I start to feel sick like nauseous going to pass out hungry. UGH.
post #5 of 9
I can not remember when my MS started last time but I've been having signs of it wanting to rev up. I'm 6weeks, but I'm with you, I think maybe the difference is I'm trying to be much more proactive about eating once I get the hungry pang. I can't eat quick as much (like 75 percent the amount my normal meals were) but I eat like every 2 hours. Kinda rediculous. Once I quit feeling full, I start thinking about what might sound good. i've told DH i'm like a caterpillar. My DS is on the same food plan, so my DH being the only normal one, is actually the weirdo around here. Though it could be that I've just not reached my MS phase yet (please say it's the first idea, please say it's the first idea!) I told my DH when he tried to pick something as well for us to eat last night for dinner (how dare he! :P ) that he'll get to do all the choosing he wants for the next two months when I'm on my saltine diet because either something sounds really good or really bad right now!
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Me too... almost 10 wks and I've been starving for over a month! I have to eat protein every 2 hrs or so and most meals I'm still starving after a decent serving portion. I have gained very little weight, so I think I'm just burning lots of calories growing this little one! I've never been starving for a pregnancy before. I like being able to eat in spite of morning sickness, but it's a bit ridiculous to eat two meals before lunch and be shaky and lightheaded at lunchtime. It's been happening all. the. time. I'm looking forward to 2nd trimester and getting these wacky pregnancy hormones under control!
post #7 of 9
Me too. But I have morning sickness as well. I just have an all around weird thing going on with my appetite. I think some of it may be blood sugar tanking, and I know my eating habits are not helping that.
But I am doing stuff like getting up at 10 pm or 2 am to go find some protein because my stomach is just crawling with hunger. :/
post #8 of 9
I have very little appetite, which is not normal for me at all. Once I realize it's time to eat because I am getting cranky or shaky, once I start eating watch out, I can't get food in fast enough! Weird.
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I'm always hungry, but rarely eat because nothing appeals and it all makes me ill. Yesterday, I was on the verge of throwing up all morning and we were in town and doing errands and I was just dying from nausea AND hungry. I told my husband I needed to eat and he suggested fried chicken (gag). I told him I wanted churrasco (beef) with rice and soup and dragged him to a local restaurant. They had economical plates that had NO beef and the expensive plates which had just what I wanted. So he had economical (poor guy) and I ordered the churrasco. It was HUGE and came with rice, soup and tortillas and a tomato sauce. OMG. It was so perfect. The meat was enormous and in two parts so I gave him the smaller piece, thinking I couldn't finish. Well, I did and it hit the spot so well, I wished I hadn't given him the other piece of meat. eyesroll.gif
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An original editorial by Leah
While browsing the local bookstore, I wandered over to the myths and folklore section and spied the Celtic section. I have a particular interest in Celtic legends and the like, being a Tolkien fan, and picked up a thick volume labeled Celtic Myths and Legends by Peter Berresford Ellis**, and flipped through it. As I worked my way to the back of the book, one word caught my eye: kestrel.
Now, kestrel is very similar to thestral, so I stopped and read a few lines of the page, and my interest was piqued even more. The story also involved a horse. More excited, I read the beginning of the story and was delighted to find that said horse resembled a thestral greatly, in that it was skeletal and had a keen ability to transport its owner to places far away by magic.
The story is called "N'oun Doare," which translates to "I don't know" in the Breton language. It tells the tale of the typical king and queen who cannot bear a child, and miraculously obtain one. In Bras's case (the king) he and his servant hear crying in a thicket off the side of a road, and find a small boy huddled there who does not know anything -- who he is, where he came from, etc. All he can answer is "I don't know," thus, he is named N'oun Doare.
The boy is adopted and sent away to a Druid for his education. When he turns 17, he returns to his father and they basically go shopping for manly things -- horses, weapons, and the like. N'oun Doare rejects every fine sword he lays his eyes upon, until he fishes around in a rubbish heap and discovers a rusty, ancient sword inscribed with "I am Invincible." The boy chooses this sword, to the dismay of his father.
Next they examine war chargers, but the boy again settles for something rundown and ancient, this time a skeletal mare led by a man in a long black robe and cowl; the mare is called, what else, "The Mare of Doom." Before N'oun Doare leaves with the mare, its owner whispers to him that the knots in the horse's halter can be untied, and that the boy is to untie a knot and tell the mare where he wishes to go, and he will be taken there instantly.
N'oun Doare enjoys his purchases; the horse is nimble and quick, and one day while out on a road, he spots a crown and puts it on, thereby sealing his fate to embark on many adventures. One includes a fish, kestrel, and demon that all assist him in freeing a princess under a spell, only to find out that the magical steed he rides is the princess's sister, under her own enchantment. N'oun Doare marries the once-mare princess and discovers that his rusty sword (which later on in the story became strong and brazen) was to assist her in undoing her enchantment.
She tells the boy that she was to be engaged to an evil Druid's son, but her father promised her to a young prince instead. The Druid retaliated by killing her father, enchanting her and her sister, and throwing the young prince to a faraway place without a memory. N'oun Doare says that he wishes he could help her find her prince, but she answers that she has found him already. She asks him if he would like to know about his past, but he replies that he has a good family and inheritance, and that the past does not matter to him. Wise words for a boy of 17.
Now, there are obvious similarities between N'oun Doare's mare and thestrals, such as their remarkable traveling abilities, their appearance, and their association with abstract things such as destiny, death, and magic. Rowling's thestrals were carnivorous, which brings me back to the bird, kestrel. Kestrels are mentioned in Quidditch Through the Ages as the name of a team, denoting that Rowling is familiar with them. Kestrels are dark birds of prey, with white patches below their eyes. Perhaps Rowling combined these birds with the mare of doom? One thing I also caught was N'oun Doare's education by a Druid and his return at 17. Druids were ancient scholars and magicians who are believed to have practiced rituals in such places as Stonehenge. He reminds me very much of a certain young wizard...
I do not know if this is the story where J.K. Rowling discovered her intriguing creature, but one is allowed to speculate, no?
**Ellis, Peter Berresford. Celtic Myths and Legends. 1999. Carroll & Graf.
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NaplesSparky writes:
I don't suppose it occurred to Johnny Law in #32 that perhaps Mr. Pagliccia secured the proper permit to operate his craft after dark, as provided by state statute:
Since you want to nitpick, he is also not the one in possession of the glass bottle, at least in the picture. At no point does the article give you reason to believe he was not going idle speed in any areas marked as such either. And harassing wildlife? Now you're just grasping at straws.
In conclusion, get your facts straight, and then get a life.
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ChiDem writes:
in response to Pragmatic1:
Things ARE better.
What number would you like to compare?
Stock market, unemployment, war casualties?
Stock market is down based on gold.
Your are talking a fiat money market.
You forgot about QE 1&2?
Gasoline has been flat for 8 years, yet is up 200% with dollar since Obama.
Follow Soros. He made over a billion on the credit downgrade of the USA. He normally bets against America. That is why he supports Obama. Check the facts.
Then we can check poverty, food stamps, unemployment, under employment, confidence levels, misery index.
You are obviously not economically adept. How about calculating that 8.3% unemployment with the correct figures,
The participation rate is 63.7% and is unrealistically well below the 66% to 67% rate that was normal over the last 20 years.
Here is a graph of the latest recoveries. Pick the worst one.
THIS IS WHY 7 of Obama's Chief Economic Advisers QUIT???
Starting to get a clearer picture??
Glad I could help.
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Less than two weeks after starting in the final of the Capital One Cup at Wembley, Curtis Good was turning out at Whitley Park for Newcastle United's under-21s against Manchester City.
The Australian defender helped Bradford become the first team from the fourth tier of English football to reach a League Cup final since 1962 during a loan spell, but that has now come to an end and so it's back to reality for the 19-year-old.
But although he admits it was quite a contrast between playing at the national stadium to running out at a ground which hosts Northern League second division matches when the Magpies second-string aren't in action, Good was not complaining.
He learnt and experienced a great deal in his three months with the Bantams, from City being expelled from and then reinstated to the FA Cup due to Good playing when ineligible against Brentford to being watched by millions around the world as his side took on Swansea at Wembley. And now he's looking to use that to his advantage at Newcastle.
"I can't deny that Wembley was unbelievable," he told "The actual game wasn't so good but it was an amazing experience. But I'm still glad to be back here. It's a bit different, for definite, but it's good to be back.
"Obviously it was a completely different game (to the final) but I suppose the only real difference is I wasn't nervous here, which is good in a way because you can just come out and do the job. At Wembley we were chasing Swansea all over the pitch but here we had a lot more of the ball and we try and play.
"So it was good to come and play again and I thought we did well. It was a shame at the end - we were a bit unfortunate with the goal - but Stevie Logan scored a great strike and especially in the second half we came out and played a bit more.
"They did have a couple of sharp players up front and in midfield so the boys did well, especially the youngsters that came into the squad. The team has changed a bit since I was last here, with a few of the Academy boys coming in, and I thought they did really well."
Just like in the Capital One Cup final, Good played at left-back in Friday's 1-1 draw against City and it was clear just how much has gained from his time in League Two.
"There were ups and downs," he said as he looked back at his spell with Bradford. "When I first got there, there was a bit of controversy with the FA Cup and not being registered, so it didn't get off to the best start.
"But after that it turned round a bit and I started playing a few games, and then obviously the cup run. It's fair to say it started at a low point but got better after that. I suppose that's football in general.
"To be honest, it had never even crossed my mind playing in a cup final. It's hard enough trying to get in the first-team, let alone making it to a cup final, but it's credit to the Bradford boys. I was there before the Arsenal game and played against Aston Villa and in the final but they'd done all the hard work.
"They'd played Watford and Wigan and teams like that before so credit to them. they worked hard and they deserved it."
Curtis Good plays at Wembley
And so despite the disappointing 5-0 loss in the final, Good came away with a medal - although he admitted he will probably cherish it more in years to come.
"I suppose you'll appreciate it later on in your career more than you do at the moment," he said with the pain of defeat still evident on his face.
"But it's good to have something like that. I sent it back to Australia - my parents came up for the game so it's back there with them.
"You can play in the Ressies and it's good, you'll improve, but if you want to make that big step from the Ressies to the first-team you go and get that experience. It's vital if you want to improve.
"League Two's different for a centre-half - it's a lot more about clearing the ball, winning your headers, the fundamentals of the game, and it's important to be good at that as well.
"I'm not sure what's happening at the moment - I'm not sure if I'm going back on loan yet or if I'll stay here for the rest of the season but like I said, it is a good change to be back on the ball here. We'll see what happens and what comes along.
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Nuke the Punchline: In SOTU
Best quote from the media's post-SOTU commentary...
#5 D***Cat: ...“Why doesn’t Rubio drink Kool-Aid like all we respectable people do?”
#4 Apostic: ...“It was like Reagan’s Brandenburg Gate speech combined with King’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech crossed with Churchill’s ‘Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat’ speech. No, I can’t remember anything in it….”
#3 Oppo: ...”and now for something completely deferent.”
#2 Manaolo: ...“It’s really nice when his speech tracks so well with the talking points they gave us.”
And the best punchline goes to g:
Best quote from the media's post-SOTU commentary: "What a contrast in styles, Rubio drank water while Obama walked upon it".
Congratulations g.
In response to space rocks falling out of the sky, his Atari out of storage to polish his Asteroids skills.
Congratulations Anonymiss.
Now here's a line for you guys to fiddle with:
To help solve the illegal alien problem, Joe Biden...
1. ...put in a plug for his gardener, but took it back when his bald spot got bigger.
2. ...stuck a fishbowl on his head to show solidarity. Unfortunately, he forgot to empty it first.
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Forum Post: "The frog has boiled: Pentagon says protests are acts of "Low-level terrorism" "
Posted 10 months ago on Jan. 21, 2013, 1:05 p.m. EST by nomdeguerre (1775) from Brooklyn, NY
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"First, the government responds to the September 11th attack by passing the Patriot Act, which is purportedly designed to protect us from foreign terrorists. Most of America cheers it on, never realizing that within the act is a broad definition for something categorized as domestic terrorism, or "activities that appear to be intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, or to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion."
Third, they declare all federal property, or property being used for political events where Secret Service protection is present, as "events of national significance" through the Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act. Undesirable demonstrators operating counter to the official narrative in these areas are herded into court approved free speech zones.
Finally, once the new laws are in place, the government security apparatus begins the re-education of its minions by labeling as "terrorists" anyone who dares speak out or disagrees with their new policy initiatives.
This last step is and has been happening for some time.
Even the very act of assembling with other like minded people to influence policy by petitioning the Government for a redress of grievances can land you on the domestic terrorism list." http://www.sott.net/article/256720-The-frog-has-boiled-Pentagon-says-protests-are-acts-of-Low-level-terrorism
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[-] 1 points by ZenDog (19571) from South Burlington, VT 10 months ago
It has a name -
• fascism
[-] -1 points by aville (-678) 10 months ago
and a face,..............obama
[-] -1 points by nomdeguerre (1775) from Brooklyn, NY 10 months ago
I don't think so, I believe Obama is simply an employee of the Pentagon Fake Democracy psyop office. They run fake democracies overseas, why wouldn't they do it here?
The Pentagon, in its arrogance, is here stepping out of the shadows and displaying its true nature as an enemy of America and American values.
I hope everyone sees where this is going.
Arresting protesters. Passing things that destroy our rights. Huge corporations and banks getting bigger by the year.
Welcome to the New America.
I hope they do. It could lead to much worse.
Any military (and here I mean the Pentagon, not the grunts) that loses its moral underpinnings and turns to terror campaigns such as drone bombings and night raids (both done with no proof of enemy activity, just someone 'dropping a dime' on the target) becomes a threat to the home territory too.
The Patiot Act, NDAA, other acts and now this. The Pentagon has become an unAmerican institution of anti-patriots.
[-] 1 points by DebtNEUTRALITYpetition (529) 10 months ago
That is absolute insanity, wow.
However, I believe change can happen in the courts of law. I believe I have life changing arguments that could change credit card companies ability to ensnare consumers into life long debt, then sue in court and win when all the debtor asked for was debt suspension.
Perhaps the case can be made that people who cannot assemble their best arguments and present them in court BEFORE protesting are actually low level terrorists who should know better.
[-] 3 points by nomdeguerre (1775) from Brooklyn, NY 10 months ago
We should attack on all nonviolent fronts, both in the courts and the court of public opinion.
[-] 2 points by DebtNEUTRALITYpetition (529) 10 months ago
I see people clinging to guns who envision themselves as saviors of america. What I don't see are paralegals and attorneys searching for the best, winnable arguments to protect consumers against the banks.
There are many successful arguments that have yet to be argued in court.
There is no justice in the USA if you can't afford an attorney's retainer fee because attorneys are trained to shut up the client within 10 seconds if that client cannot afford to pay a retainer.
[-] 2 points by Builder (4101) 10 months ago
Hmmm, singing a different tune to 2011.
On the surface, the calling of occupiers as low grade terrorists seems fascist or whatever other bad term one wants to apply. However, until one has truly exhausted court options, their assessment is really not as bad as it sounds.
I would suggest that paralegals who feel hamstrung into silence because they are not attorneys, and attorneys who are interested in winning cases rather than helping humanity may be our biggest threat.
[-] 1 points by Builder (4101) 10 months ago
Class actions are the only viable option.
You have the numbers. Just need to convince people that they are not alone.
Unfortunately, Class actions are not an option. Class Actions rarely bring in the actual cost of the item or service that was damaged or defective, let alone damages on top of that.
As for having the numbers, not necessarily true either because for every victim, there is a potential beneficiary, thereby negating the potential for empathy.
But I see your point in the spiritual way it could be applied.
[-] 0 points by rayolite (461) 10 months ago
If protest is not overtly done in defense of the constitution this is what happens. OWS gave them the excuse they needed.
[-] 0 points by nomdeguerre (1775) from Brooklyn, NY 10 months ago
The social engineer, David Graeber, and his consensus protocols prevented any lists of demands.
Yep. I saw that with indymedia groups from ucsb in 2002. Complete railroading potential or effect unconsciously ignored. Weird shit.
A devaluation of specific principles limiting government and assumption that socialist democratic action can do better than a list of principles.
I saw a group trance associated with the "human microphone" and chanting on marches.
[-] 1 points by nomdeguerre (1775) from Brooklyn, NY 10 months ago
In my experience, consensus decision making always degrades into a dictatorship by an ingroup.
They all claim they want to avoid conflict, but the vote itself is a conflict resolution device.
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Chapter XV
Showing how very fond of Oliver Twist the merry old Jew and Miss Nancy were.
In the obscure parlour of a low public-house, in the filthiest part of Little Saffron Hill; a dark and gloomy den, where a flaring gas-light burnt all day in the winter-time; and where no ray of sun ever shone in the summer: there sat, brooding over a little pewter measure and a small glass, strongly impregnated with the smell of liquor, a man in a velveteen coat, drab shorts, half boots and stockings, who even by that dim light no experienced agent of police would have hesitated to recognise as Mr. William Sikes. At his feet sat a white-coated, red-eyed dog; who occupied himself, alternately, in winking at his master with both eyes at the same time; and in licking a large, fresh cut on one side of his mouth, which appeared to be the result of some recent conflict.
"Keep quiet, you warmint! Keep quiet!" said Mr. Sikes, suddenly breaking silence. Whether his meditations were so intense as to be disturbed by the dog's winking, or whether his feelings were so wrought upon by, his reflections that they required all the relief derivable from kicking an unoffending animal to allay them, is matter for argument and consideration. Whatever was the cause, the effect was a kick and a curse, bestowed upon the dog simultaneously.
Dogs are not generally apt to revenge injuries inflicted upon them by their masters; but Mr. Sikes's dog, having faults of temper in common with his owner, and labouring, perhaps at this moment, under a powerful sense of injury, made no more ado but at once fixed his teeth in one of the half-boots. Having given it a hearty shake, he retired, growling, under a form; just escaping the pewter measure which Mr. Sikes levelled at his head.
"You would, would you?" said Sikes, seizing the poker in one hand, and deliberately opening with the other a large clasp knife, which he drew from his pocket. "Come here, you born devil! Come here! D'ye hear?"
This resistance only infuriated Mr. Sikes the more; who, dropping on his knees, began to assail the animal most furiously. The dog jumped from right to left, and from left to right: snapping, growling, and barking; the man thrust and swore, and struck and blasphemed; and the struggle was reaching a most critical point for one or other; when, the door suddenly opening, the dog darted out: leaving Bill Sikes with the poker and the clasp knife in his hands.
"What the devil do you come in between me and my dog for?" said Sikes, with a fierce gesture.
"I didn't know, my dear, I didn't know," replied Fagin, humbly; for the Jew was the new-comer.
"Didn't know, you white-livered thief" growled Sikes. "Couldn't you hear the noise?"
"Not a sound of it, as I'm a living man, Bill," replied the Jew.
"Oh no! You hear nothing, you don't," retorted Sikes with a fierce sneer. "Sneaking in and out, so as nobody hears how you come or go! I wish you had been the dog, Fagin, half a minute ago."
"Why?" inquired the Jew with a forced smile.
"'Cause the government, as cares for the lives of such men as you, as haven't half the pluck of curs, lets a man kill a dog how he likes," replied Sikes, shutting up the knife with a very expressive look; "that's why."
"Grin away," said Sikes, replacing the poker, and surveying him with savage contempt; "grin away. You'll never have the laugh at me, though, unless it's behind a night-cap. I've got the upper hand over you, Fagin; and, d__me, I'll keep it. There! If I go, you go; so take care of me."
"Well, well, my dear," said the Jew, "I know all that; we- we- have a mutual interest, Bill,- a mutual interest."
"Humph," said Sikes, as if he thought the interest lay rather more on the Jew's side than on his. "Well, what have you got to say to me?"
"It's all passed safe through the melting-pot," replied Fagin, "and this is your share. It's rather more than it ought to be, my dear; but as I know you'll do me a good turn another time, and-"
"Stow that gammon," interposed the robber, impatiently. "Where is it? Hand over!"
"Yes, yes, Bill; give me time, give me time," replied the Jew, soothingly. "Here it is! All safe!" As he spoke, he drew forth an old cotton handkerchief from his breast, and untying a large knot in one corner, produced a small brown-paper packet. Sikes, snatching it from him, hastily opened it; and proceeded to count the sovereigns it contained.
"This is all, is it?" inquired Sikes.
"All," replied the Jew.
"You haven't opened the parcel and swallowed one or two as you come along, have you?" inquired Sikes, suspiciously. "Don't put on an injured look at the question; you've done it many a time. Jerk the tinkler."
"Is anybody here, Barney?" inquired Fagin; speaking, now that Sikes was looking on, without raising his eyes from the ground.
"Dot a shoul," replied Barney; whose words: whether they came from the heart or not: made their way through the nose.
"Nobody?" inquired Fagin, in a tone of surprise: which perhaps might mean that Barney was at liberty to tell the truth.
"Dobody but Biss Dadsy," replied Barney.
"Nancy!" exclaimed Sikes. "Where? Strike me blind, if I don't honour that 'ere girl, for her native talents."
"She's bid havid a plate of boiled beef id the bar," replied Barney.
"Send her here," said Sikes, pouring out a glass of liquor. "Send her here."
"You are on the scent, are you, Nancy?" inquired Sikes, proffering the glass.
"Yes, I am, Bill," replied the young Lady, disposing of its contents; "and tired enough of it I am, too. The young brat's been ill and confined to the crib; and-"
"Ah, Nancy, dear!" said Fagin, looking up.
Now, whether a peculiar contraction of the Jew's red eyebrows, and a half-closing of his deeply-set eyes, warned Miss Nancy that she was disposed to be too communicative, is not a matter of much importance. The fact is all we need care for here; and the fact is, that she suddenly checked herself, and with several gracious smiles upon Mr. Sikes, turned the conversation to other matters. In about ten minutes' time, Mr. Fagin was seized with a fit of coughing; upon which Nancy pulled her shawl over her shoulders, and declared it was time to go. Mr. Sikes, finding that he was walking a short part of her way himself, expressed his intention of accompanying her; they went away together, followed, at a little distance, by the dog, who slunk out of a back-yard as soon as his master was out of sight.
The Jew thrust his head out of the room door when Sikes had left it; looked after him as he walked up the dark passage; shook his clenched fist; muttered a deep curse; and then, with a horrible grin, re-seated himself at the table; where he was soon deeply absorbed in the interesting pages of the Hue-and-Cry.
Meanwhile, Oliver Twist, little dreaming that he was within so very short a distance of the merry old gentleman, was on his way to the book-stall. When he got into Clerkenwell, he accidentally turned down a bye-street which was not exactly in his way; but not discovering his mistake until he had got halfway down it, and knowing it must lead in the right direction, he did not think it worth while to turn back; and so marched on, as quickly as he could, with the books under his arm.
"Don't," cried Oliver, struggling. "Let go of me. Who is it? What are you stopping me for?"
"Oh my gracious!" said the young woman, "I've found him! Oh! Oliver! Oliver! Oh you naughty boy, to make me suffer sich distress on your account! Come home, dear, come. oh, I've found him. Thank gracious goodness heavins, I've found him!" With these incoherent exclamations, the young woman burst into another fit of crying, and got so dreadfully hysterical, that a couple of women who came up at the moment asked a butcher's boy with a shiny head of hair anointed with suet, who was also looking on, whether he didn't think he had better run for the doctor. To which, the butcher's boy: who appeared of a lounging, not to say indolent disposition: replied, that he thought not.
"Oh, no, no, never mind," said the young woman, grasping Oliver's hand; "I'm better now. Come home directly, you cruel boy! Come!"
"What's the matter, ma'am?" inquired one of the women.
"Oh, ma'am," replied the young woman, "he ran away, near a month ago, from his parents, who are hard-working and respectable people; and went and joined a set of thieves and bad characters; and almost broke his mother's heart."
"Young wretch!" said one woman.
"Go home, do, you little brute," said the other.
"I am not," replied Oliver, greatly alarmed. "I don't know her. I haven't any sister, or father and mother either. I'm an orphan; I live at Pentonville"
"Only hear him, how he braves it out!" cried the young woman.
"You see he knows me!" cried Nancy, appealing to the bystanders. "He can't help himself. Make him come home, there's good people, or he'll kill his dear mother and father, and break my heart!"
"What the devil's this?" said a man, bursting out of a beer-shop, with a white dog at his heels; "young Oliver! Come home to your poor mother, you young dog! Come home directly."
"I don't belong to them. I don't know them. Help! help!" cried Oliver, struggling in the man's powerful grasp.
"Help!" repeated the man. "Yes; I'll help you, you young rascal! What books are these? You've been a stealing 'em, have you? Give 'em here." With these words, the man tore the volumes from his grasp, and struck him on the head.
"That's right!" cried a looker-on, from a garret-window. "That's the only way of bringing him to his senses!"
"To be sure!" cried a sleepy-faced carpenter, casting an approving look at the garret-window.
"It'll do him good!" said the two women.
"And he shall have it, too!" rejoined the man, administering another blow, and seizing Oliver by the collar. "Come on, you young villain! Here, Bull's-eye, mind him, boy! Mind him!"
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As gearheads go, Brendan Chilcutt’s a pretty sentimental guy, and not just because he signs his correspondence with “love.” In January, 2012, he founded the Museum of Endangered Sounds to keep outmoded technology’s most iconic noises from vanishing from the collective memory. Click on any image in the museum’s online collection to be transported in the Proustian sense.
Some of the exhibits—a manual typewriter, a rotary phone—were already amply preserved, thanks to a proliferation of cinematic appearances in their heyday.
Others might well have slipped away unnoticed, if not for Chilcutt’s curatorial efforts. Remember that number you could call to have a recorded voice inform you of the correct time? How about the static of an analog TV tuned to an empty station? The hum of a malfunctioning Discman, the chirp of a Tamagotchi…wait, what’s that I hear? The disconcerting whoosh of time speeding up?
Drown it out by activating all thirty exhibits at once. Let them sound their barbaric yawps simultaneously as the kids try to figure out what that racket is.
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• Gail Purvis
Could you add the Mac starting up music sound as I think that may be a dead duck soon too :>]
• Art Shifrin
MEridian 7-1212 (in modern parlance 637-1212) was the # to call for the correct time. A ‘playlet’ (by Irving Reiss) of the same title was broadcast by “The Columbia Workshop” (a progressive & eclectic non-commercial weekly radio series on CBS) on August 24, 1939. It entertainingly dramatized the importance to different people, in different circumstances of precisely knowing the time.
AT&T operators are heard switching (not simulated) long distance connections in another CBS program (The 50th Anniversary of AT&T , broadcast April 28, 1935.
I’m pretty sure (I have to check the recording) that AT&T operators are also heard switching lines during the
first coast-to-coast broadcast of 17 stations via an ad-hoc AT&T network on September 12, 1924. The program was part of The First National Defense Test Day nation-wide activities.
Another genre of sounds to be considered is that of vehicles, especially ‘extinct’ ones. Some 78 rpm disks containing recordings (NOT simulations) of trains and station announcements were commercially released. One that I have
contains the sounds of the Union Pacific
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There are two blocks stacked on top of each other. M2 is on top of M1. M1 = 3 kg. m2 = 4 kg. μs between the two boxes = 0.6. μk between m2 and the floor = 0.2.
Using a rope, we exert a force T on m2, dragging both boxes 5m. What is the maximum force we can exert on m2, if we don't want m2 to slip on m1.
2. Relevant equations
Fk = μk * n
Fs(max) = μs * n
3. The attempt at a solution
I found Fs(max) between m2 and m1.
Fs(max) = n * μs =
mg * 0.6 =
4kg * 9.8 * 0.6 =
23.52 N.
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1 problem! the solution is 36.6 N
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Sometimes it's helpful to recast the problem into a form that you've seen before, or at least one that makes the interrelationships between the forces more obvious.
Presumably you've calculated the frictional force that the floor exerts upon the bottom box when that box is moving. Call it F1. What's its derivation and value?
Also presumably you've calculated the maximum static frictional force that can be withstood between the boxes before they will slide. Call that F2. What's its derivation and value?
Now redraw the problem placing the boxes separately on the "floor". Connect them with the proverbial "light inextensible string". The tension in that string will represent the frictional force operating between the boxes; If it ever exceeds F2 then the string will snap and the boxes will become unconnected (In the original configuration, they would start to slide).
The first box, M1 has frictional force F1 retarding it and some tension T in the string pulling it forward. The second box M2 has no friction with the floor, but has tension T retarding it and the force of the rope pulling it forward. Can you find an expression for the tension in the connecting string in terms of the force applied by the rope?
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Sep26-11, 03:59 PM
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I get:
max tension = F2 = 23.52 N
Friction F1 = μk * n = 0.2 * 9.8 *7 = 13.72
tension on string = sum of forces on string = F2 - F1 = 37.24 N
The answer is supposed to be 36.6 N. What did I do wrong?
I really appreciate the help!
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I get:
max tension = F2 = 23.52 N
Okay, good so far!
Oops. The frictional forces are not the only ones acting. Unless the applied force is specifically metered to keep the blocks moving at a constant velocity, there will be acceleration and thus inertial forces (m*a) involved for each block. The expression for the tension will be just a bit more complicated because of this.
For the moment, concentrate on box M1 which is being pulled by the string and retarded by friction. If the acceleration of the block is a, what must the tension in the string be?
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Sep26-11, 05:49 PM
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aah I get it!
the sum of F on M1 is 9.8N. Divided by 3kg = 3.267 m/s2.
Sum of F on whole system = force by rope - friction
(7kg * 3.267 m/s2) +13.72 = force by rope
36.589 = force by rope
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Well I'll be . It's Bun-B and the Symphony , plus the Preezie and JZ
We have had a bit of fun ridiculing the President's closest advisor , noted lyricist , composer , and Gangsta Rapper Jay Z ( who we understand is married to Beyonce uh , Z ) . Only a few of his inner ctrcle have the authority , the street cred , of an honest to goodness Rap Star The two text constantly discussing all the really important stuff like Basketball , and the Hip HopcraZ .
Several months ago Houston finally crashed the ceiling and became a ' Hot ' travel destination . This came at about the same time that , laughably , nearby Galveston was named as a top 10 American Beach . Having seen it , many times I would rate it lower . Considerably . You might like the surf there if your wave preference is in the 6 to 12 inch range in a Chocolate Yoo Hoo brown . It is ideal for safe surfing , as getting the board started at all is a bit of a challenge .Considering the Beaches I have seen in Florida and California , even elsewhere in Texas ( further away from the Mississippi ) , every one of them left Galveston in the dust , and really , an unqualified contender for consideration in ANY Best of list . It is swill central , for the most part , unless there is wind from the SE at about 10mph , and there is green water to the Beach . This happens several times a Summer , for about an hour .
So how did Galveston get this great Press , when they deserved anything but ?
Politics . Someone in a position of power rewarded a buddy .
That is precisely why Houston suddenly escaped Backwater Hicksville designation in the NYTimes , and climbed the ladder to outright desirability as a Travel Destination . What changed ? The Times decided we weren't Cowboys anymore when we re-elected a very liberal lesbian Mayor . Here she is w her newest pal , Rapper Bun B .
The Mayor declared Bun B day recently to reward Mr B , for no doubt , fund raising in addition to his brave stand against texting and driving ( lets hope the Preezie and JZ don't ) . Not to be outdone , the cough , highly admired Houston Symphony , ( it actually once was ) has agreed to do a Rap concert w Mr B , who apparently is half of the " Legendary " Rap Duo UHG .
I have heard the word UHG somewhere before .
Oh yeah , now I remember .
It was what I muttered at the very thought of a " Rap Symphony " .
There is an odd symmetry here FOTS .
Isn't a Collaboration between real musicians and a " Rap Star " roughly equivalent to the leader of the free world collaborating w the muslim brotherhood ?
Yea . We thought so .
1. Here is the story link.
Oh,and hello Zimbabwe who is currently visiting here.
We have never seen them on the stats list before.
To quote Apu Nahasapemapetalon :
Thank You and come again!
2. "Bun-B"??? What an unusually bad name. "Bun-B"?!
3. Hey guys . Just saw a Drudge headline which I believe is actually writing on the wall ...
" Harry Reid Calls Obamacare Tax on Medical Devices 'Stupid'..."
Presstitute Jim ' Opie ' Carney is insistent the Pressident will NOT compromise on his bill at all .
We believe Reid offers a face saving compromise here , which Obama already is planning to graciously accept , or Reid would never have suggested it .
If that concession is insufficient to make the Pressident look accommodating , look for the one year hold on the individual mandate . ( Who named it anyway , Jim Messina ? ) .
Reason : It puts off the pain to the voter until after the 2014 Midterms , when voter anger could cost the D's the Senate , and Obamacare itself .
Too bad they don't play chess this well at Foreign Policy . The minor retreat , advances their hegemony .
No matter what we do , we lose .
4. Gee, why would they have put something stupid in the bill? The administration and Congress are full of people smart enough to exclude themselves and their friends from all those consequences, right?
5. That ought to be repealed Peck . Congressional Staff should live under the same laws as the hoi poloi .
Anybody noticing all the portside screeching over our hero Ted Cruz , and now the shutdown threat ?
The left may have seen midterm poll numbers trending better than 2010 when they were CRUSHED Nationally .
Obama is trying to preemptively blame Republicans for his refusal to negotiate , calling it ' our ' shutdown . He did the same w sequestration which was again , his refusal to negotiate . The Presstitutes back him up too .
......and the low information voter believes them proving that the average American has average intelligence .
It is a disturbing truth .
6. Prep and I just watched a movie and guess who showed up afterwards in a music video..
Bun B
Pretty serendipitous appearance.
Only heard one MF in the rap which was too long. Prep insisted we watch for you FOTS . It was his first entire rap ' song ' . Bun must uh be (heh) a real star in the community tho if he is on TV and in a Limo.
He has the look of a Czar of the show .possibly at HUD.
Prep hopes Erkel has not seen the video.
7. Mmmh , mmmh . Pizza in a Cup for lunch .
Happy weekend FOTS .
Begin the festivities at your own discretion .
8. Have you FOTS seen the new Obamacare ads?
They are thought to have been designed by an ad agency consisting mostly of 12 year old grrls as all the ads feature cute animals.
Here is the conservative reply.
9. I heard about their campaign Sharia .
It is called the Adorable Care Act .
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Recently (yesterday!) discovered that one of my books is going to be picked up, although I'm waiting to get the contract before I say too much! The book is a "writing challenge" I gave myself: write a book in a week. It's called Banned Books - a working title - and is about a school that tries to ban controversial books with limited results. I'm not sure if I'm a fan of the book itself but I did enjoy writing some of the characters. And of course it's set in a private school because as usual, it's hard for me to not write about private schools. I'll be honest, I have no idea what public schools are like. Except I suppose what I learned from watching Mean Girls. I also have a new release out - Jasper and the Dead - which is part of the Under the Southern Cross anthology. Zombie story set in 18th century Sydney, which includes my favourite convicts. The Under the Southern Cross anthology is a collection by Australian authors which is quite fun, as I know some of them. Here's a blurb: At the dawn of the nineteenth century, a zombie outbreak threatens to wipe out Sydney. Zombie hunter Jasper Blue and Pape Sassoon, a ferryman’s secretary, are charged with getting the governor safely out to the ship anchored in Sydney Harbor. Despite a sparking mutual attraction, the two men hire a cadre of bodyguards and attempt the mission. But when the zombie horde threatens to overwhelm them, their fight for the governor becomes a battle for life, and love, and much more. I'm currently working on two YAs: Mizzenmast and TBBHATS. I'm halfway through Mizzenmast but boy can it be tough going! I wish I had a ghost writer but I've no idea where to find one... and I probably couldn't afford them anyway. TBBHATS on the other hand is trucking along. It's going to be quite short but I think I'm okay with that. It's only the first story in the series anyway.
TBBHATS – Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 (part 1)
1 “That was Arthur Smithy, ladies and gentlemen,” cried Sandy Greyson, host of the reality TV show, Find Me A Hero. “Let’s give him a big hand.” The crowd cheered as she grabbed Art’s skinny arm by the wrist and raised it in the air, like a prize-fighter claiming a championship. “Great work, Art,” Sandy purred. “Now let’s see what the judges thought of the song. Over to you, Gary. What’s running through your mind?” Gary—industry giant, manager to the stars--quit picking at the tiny mic tucked in the lapels of his jacket and looked up at the stage blankly, as if he’d completely forgotten why he was here in the first place. “One of your strongest performances in the competition, Arthur,” he admitted. “But I’ve got to be blunt here. You’re not right for Hero. Your voice isn’t strong enough and you don’t have the right look for a boy band. Daniel does. 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Excerpt – Chapter 4, Mizzenmast
When Royal Ottoman was thirteen he found a funny lump in his chest, a tiny nodule shaped a bit like a jelly bean. At the time he didn’t think it was anything important. He’d had funny lumps before: chicken pox, mosquito bites, pimples, med-rash, blood blisters and even a nasty boil Mr Takuira said he’d gotten from not eating enough fresh fruit. So he didn’t tell anyone about the lump, especially not his mother (who would worry, who was always worrying). Most of the time he forgot it was there, but now and then his t-shirts would brush against it, and he’d think: Funny. A year later Royal started feeling dizzy when he woke up, so much so that his best friend Gwyn started calling him torus-apad—wobble-foot in pirate Creole. It got so he was tired all the time, it got so bad he would wake up and have to go straight back to bed again, and at night he dreamt his body was falling apart like a battered old airship, panel by panel. 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Well, Cancer, actually, Cancer-with-a-capital-C, because after that day everyone always spoke about it as if it was sentient, a malevolent spirit rather than a collection of mutated and dividing cells. Royal Ottoman’s Cancer was a sneaky thing, creeping silently from organ to organ, leaving a trail of tumours as it went like glossy white breadcrumbs. His lungs, his liver, his bowel, the lymph nodes in his armpits and neck. From there it had seeped into his bones, where it festered and multiplied and became CANCER, all capitals, a shout, a scream, a massive elephant of a disease that beat itself against the sides of Royal’s fifteen-year old body while Pachito wept and the doctors explained (quietly, as if scared they might further enrage the beast) that they were doing all they could. 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Royal had always been scared of Lucian, of Lucian’s brain, of what Lucian’s dead black eyes (and they were dead, it was like there was no one inside him) could see. “I should sleep,” said Royal. “I hear you’ve got cancer,” said Lucian. Pronouncing it cancer-with-a-small-c. Like it was No Big Deal. “We should probably fix that.” “How?” Royal wanted to know. Frustration made him bold. He was pale and skinny and half-dead from a combination of chemo and pills with made-up names like ALANAX and HEDOPHINE. He was sick of injections, of people taking stuff out of him, putting stuff in. “I want to be cured. I want to be better. But nothing works. What do I have to do?” Lucian said: “Wipe this cotton bud around the inside of your mouth and I’ll call you in the morning.” “Is this going to make me better?” Royal asked. “In a way,” said Lucian. “I am going to make a better you.” Bink remembered these things happening, although he knew he shouldn’t be able to. You couldn’t clone someone’s memories, that was impossible, that was science fiction—except there the memories were, inside his head, bits and pieces of Royal’s life before Bink. Bink knew things about Royal’s childhood he had no reason to know, no right to know, no desire to know. Like how Royal had been scared of the dark and scared of spiders and scared of needles, but scared of dying more than anything else, because it meant losing everything, and he’d already lost so much. Like how Royal missed his father, and blamed Lucian, and hated the seedy hi-house hangars he saw every day from his hospital window, as bulbous as the tumours in his x-rays. Like how Royal yearned, above all things, to go home.
Mizzenmast – plotting out the novel
Having completed the anthology (Signs over the Pacific) and the novella (Jasper and the Dead), I've got one last major project on my to-do list before I can start working on my own stuff. That project is Mizzenmast, that bastard bastardbastard of a thing which has been lying around on my hard drive for upward of five years. Fuck knows how I'll manage to squeeze it into shape. Today I sat down and squeezed a potentially 80,000 word plot into a more manageable 60,000 words by nixing a handful of characters, removing whole plot lines, and simplifying a lot of the relationship between the antagonists, as well as switching the "romance" from one couple to another. You better believe my brain is burning from the effort. Tonight I'm going through the 20,000 or so words I have of it and excising many of the sub plots. I'm keeping the explosions but removing almost everything between and after them. It might be a weaker story as a result, but at least it'll be concise.
Open for business
Okay folk, I think I'm open again for commissioned fiction and/or anthology requests. I've currently got a novel and two short-stories on my commission list, plus a short-story for a charity anthology, but I'm deffo open for new novella and short-fiction length stories. Chances are I'm not going to do much submitting to magazines any more - I really hate that submishmash thing and I only use it when I can get my husband to do it for me - so if you'd like something from me, let me know what you want and I'll get on it. Some notes, though: I only do charity anthologies when I believe in the charity. If your submission guidelines include social justice stupidity about inviting people "without privilege"... and all the related fun around that... I'm not interested. I'm okay with meeting deadlines. But I will likely need one to get motivated. I'm probably not going to be able to manage anything more than 20,000 words, especially with a novel hanging over my head (to say nothing of the novel I actually want to write). If you'd like to run a reprint, a lot of them are currently off-limits. Please ask before reprinting! I'll be able to let you know that way what's good to go and what's not. :) | http://www.rachelastruc.com/author/rjastruc/ | dclm-gs1-232730002 | false | true | {
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1. kermode
kermode Striker
Since our return to the Premier League, where would you rank the current squad? I've always felt we've progressed with the signings we've made, season on season, and this has been reflected in our improving league position. For the first time, rather than even standing still, I feel like we've regressed quite significantly. Apart from the additions of O'Shea and Brown, none of the players we've bought have improved on what we had last season, or even seasons before that (most significantly in the striker department).
However, its the midfield that worries me. We have plenty of options, but they're all either too similarly mediocre, don't fit together and crucially lack pace. Its why we'll struggle this season.
2. Mackemansj1
Mackemansj1 Striker
Take oshea and brown out we are well back on where we started last season imho.
3. hoolio
hoolio Winger
Far weaker than 12 months ago
4. naughtynose
naughtynose Striker
Three things you need in your side at this level; pace, power and creativity
We have NONE of those things
5. rocky
rocky Striker
Last seasons squad was stronger however we had far to many loan signings in it.
6. Sgt Pepper
Sgt Pepper Winger
Looks a million miles stronger than the McShane and Halford team of a few years ago, but compared to 18 months ago it looks about on par on paper. Only back then we had a goalscorer and seemingly better team spirit.
7. Ch1982
Ch1982 Midfield
First XI was better last season, the squad looks to have more depth this season (perhaps crucially not up front though).
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8. Tokyo Optician
Tokyo Optician Midfield
Forgetting the Loan strikers (Welbeck and Bendtner) which could be like for like, and looking at the players owned, now own.
We've gone from Jones and Bent, to Bent and Gyan, to Ji And Wickham.
Far weaker and going backwards IMHO. Espescially as Bruce won't start with either to give them a chance.
Must go for Bendtner and Ji against Stoke.
9. gyanclan
gyanclan Goalkeeper
10. Maxie
Maxie Striker
there's been threads on this earlier this week, so i wont copy n paste the entire parts about where loads of posters have listed the player list/starting XI as of 31-08-10....but basically, this current team is a lot weaker.
Less experience, less creativity, less pace and massively less attacking options.
I think the only improvement is in defence, where we have replaced numbers with equal numbers who are better.
we certainly havent improved the squad at all!!!!
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[–]S3xyInternalOrgans 1 point2 points ago
It somewhat saddens me that when an accomplishment makes me feel fantastic, part of it derives from comparing it with the accomplishments of the people who tormented me in primary and the beginning of secondary school. For example, when I got the second highest Leaving Cert results in my school (this is somewhat of a big deal- the LC is a final secondary exam that basically requires you to store two years of information in your head and will decide which college and course you'll end up in. Not a test of intelligence, by any means, but doing well requires a hell of a lot of hard work) I walked around with a shit-eating grin on my face for two days. Not just because the 14-hour study days had paid off, but because one of the bullies was pregnant and three were on welfare with no qualification.
The funny thing is though, they indirectly contributed to my success. I had suffered from acute anxiety and depression for years, due to being abused as a kid, constant bullying and bereavement. From the age of twelve, I found that studying really helped me take my mind off things. It allowed me to escape from other people (I'm still incredibly nervous in company), focus on things that had absolutely no relevance to my shitty life or turbulent emotions, and my mother couldn't complain about me being distant because I was doing something productive. I've continued this pattern to the present day. Whenever I find myself panicking and feel an attack brewing, I still find it helpful to try and understand an abstract concept (embryology, neuroplasticity, string theory, normalcy field theory, colonialist themes in Jane Eyre... whatever).
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[–]usernamenottaken 1 point2 points ago
Yes, you say you don't just want the first value. But in your example, you do just want the first value, as all integers greater than 1000 will evaluate as True so there is no need for that check.
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[–]yogurtxhead -7 points-6 points ago
I relate and feel the same way about everything you've said only I am a woman. I can't help but feel that if I made this exact post with the roles reversed I would be labeled as a self hating race traitor. You yourself have even made another post generalizing Asian American women to "harbor internalized racism." It leads me to wonder why Asian American men are actively allowed to express their preferences without rebuke while a woman could express the exact same sentiments and reasoning and automatically be told she is "white washed" in your own words. For all that is known she could feel just as justified in her preferences as you do without the any self hatred.
[–]witness_protection 4 points5 points ago
There are women who write off all Asians. The guy you replied to has specific things he likes, and likes Asians too, just with specific features. If you write off all Asians, that's where you'll get some hostility.
[–]dancepartythethird 5 points6 points ago
honestly, I feel like y'all are both "harboring internalized racism" and it's not just about being a guy having more privilege to say something. You are both spouting a bunch of stereotypes and then passing it off as if the entire Asian or Asian American community is like that.
I mean some of these stereotypes are really stupid. Asian people don't wear shorts? I see Asian people wear shorts all the time. If you grew up in Texas like I did, everybody wore shorts in the summer since it's hot as hell. Asian girls trying to act "cute?" I'm sorry, all girls try to act cute. All guys do too. People want to be noticed as good looking. It's not an Asian thing.
[–]whiteinside 1 point2 points ago
I certainly think the entire topic itself would make for an interesting study of Asian people psychology. I can't tell the tone of your post but I apologize in advance if you felt offended by my other reply in this thread.
It wasn't so much a generalization as it was an observation (I was raised mostly in Europe and Asia) when I went to America for college. I would say I had a slight advantage on getting the "inside scoop" since most people and friends treated me as an observer looking in thru the window (versus "one of them [Asian Americans]"). Call it a small sample size, but I've read online, heard from Asian friends and heard from [other race] friends who heard from their Asian friends, and it seemed to me that AA women who behaved as such existed and were far more prevalent than AA males who felt the same.
Personally, I don't really mind if any sort of Asian girl told me about their non-preference or even hate of Asian guys (I have female Asian friends who are probably like you, and I totally see where they're coming from) as long as they are able to justify their preference, even using the most basic of reasons. Sadly, there are also "I hate them just because I hate them" girls, and I think this ruins both the reputation of AA girls who aren't like that and makes AA guys upset hence causing them to generalize.
Oddly this "grouping by type of Asian" and "internalized racism" seems a lot more prevalent in the states than anywhere else I've seen or lived. Kinda makes one wonder, why can't everyone just get along?
[–]Comdat 1 point2 points ago
"Why can't everyone just get along?"
I think that's where the internalized racism comes from. I think we want to get along and fit in with everyone so much that it becomes easy to accept the majority culture's opinion of what is desirable and what isn't.. even if in this case they are generalizations that support popular racist ideas and are ultimately detrimental to ourselves. | http://www.reddit.com/r/asianamerican/comments/1izf0l/asians_who_dont_find_other_asians_attractive_is/cb9v1ki | dclm-gs1-232800002 | false | false | {
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[–]kairisika 73 points74 points ago
I don't see any reason you should expect to suddenly be a part of a nephew's life as an adult when they barely knew you growing up.
But you can certainly try reaching out to them and getting to know them, and see if they're interested.
[–]Mission145 24 points25 points ago
I have a similar situation going on with an uncle of mine. My take on it to me was " Why now?". You spent years never sending an email, letter, fb notification, etc.... and now I am suppose to accept you with open arms? No. I am not here for your convenience whenever you want to "hang".
If I were either one of them, I probably wouldn't be too interested in getting to know you. Not because you dislike kids or anything, but because it seems like you just didn't care period.
[–]ShorttStuffFurKids FTW 3 points4 points ago
That's how I feel. I would be wondering where you were when I was little and getting to know my family. They may just consider you a stranger, of sorts, now. But then again, it depends on the personality of the kids.
[–]lyssargh 42 points43 points ago
I guess my question is, why would they have an interest in you?
[–]FreeCookies634/F/It's now or never, and I choose never 9 points10 points ago
When I was growing up, I had two uncles. Neither was ever married or had kids (they are gay). I am American, but both lived in different European countries for most of my childhood. They visited the US on occasion, one would send a birthday card each year, the other rarely remembered. They both ended up coming back to the US when I was a young adult and have lived here ever since. They are great guys, and I love seeing and talking to them the few times a year I see them at family gatherings. What the relationships (or lack of) when I was a kid didn't affect our relationship as adults, because as an adult I could decide for myself how much of a relationship I wanted to pursue with them.
What culture or cultures is your family? In white, Western culture (African American and Hispanic culture is different in this respect), aunts & uncles can be as involved or uninvolved as they want to be. A birthday card costs about $3 and really is no trouble, IMO that's kind of the minimum involvement, since it says you're at least acknowledging their existence. Gifts, vacations, babysitting, etc. are all extras that you don't need to do. Once these kids are adults, they can negotiate a relationship with you by themselves, so I wouldn't worry about that.
My uncles weren't inovled at all in my life as a kid. However, once I was a young adult and my half-brother was born, one uncle was very involved, taking my half brother on vacation all the time, buying him expensive stuff, etc. Again, there are so many points on the aunt/uncle involvement spectrum in my culture that people can just pick and choose where they want to be. (including you!)
[–]Toswin 5 points6 points ago
I would not expect to be an immediate part of their lives since you were not around much. But I wouldn't write it off either. I was not close with my Aunts when I was younger, even though I saw them quite often, there was 1 I saw all the time as a kid.
Now I talk to the Aunts I barely used to see more often then the one that was around. Simply because we have common interests.
My mother talked down on my Aunts & Uncles that were never around, and who didn't show up to birthdays etc. It effected me a little bit, but when they reached out to try to get to know me, I reciprocated and now we are, not close I would say, but we have fun conversations at family gatherings and talk on FB quite a bit.
Honestly don't bring up your dislike of children unless they ask. Odds are they won't remember much of you not being around when they were younger, nor will they care. And you can always just leave it at "I don't have a lot in common with smaller kids." done.
[–]autumnishleaves 10 points11 points ago
I would just be honest with them. "I don't like kids, but now you're a person and have your own opinions and we can carry on an intelligent conversation." If a relative had said that to me, I would have understood.
[–]IrnmortaICup 9 points10 points ago
Only last week was I talking to my Uncle. My older sister and brother recently each had kids and I mentioned to him that I don't want any.
He told me that he decided when he was about 15 that he never wanted any. He said that he liked that he had the power to, whenever he was getting tired of me, say 'Well! I am off now. I'll see you later!'. I found it funny and have been doing that with my nieces/nephew too. If you're a parent you can't just leave. I have spoken to him a lot more in recent times though and I love the intelligent conversations I get to have.
[–]AllTheCheesecake 13 points14 points ago
I would not say "now that you're a person." Just ... avoid that can of worms. Children may not be good for kicking back with a pint of beer, but they are certainly people.
[–]autumnishleaves 0 points1 point ago
Ah, was not paying too much attention to my words.
[–]otter_rocks 2 points3 points ago
Each of my parents has 3 siblings, and none of those 6 total were involved in my life (or my sister's). Partly it was because our parents didn't want to interact with their families, and partly the aunts and uncles didn't want to interact with us. 3 of the 6 are CF to this day and probably feel much like you do -- they chose not to have kids and didn't want to be around little ones. It didn't negatively affect me to not have them in my life growing up, but now that I'm an adult, it's extremely difficult trying to build relationships and some kind of familial bond with these people. I'm trying. I don't know them as people, they don't know me, we don't know what we might have in common. It's a slow process but my feeling is it's better late than never. I don't think you need to say "sorry I wasn't around before, but I can't stand children," but gradually uptick time spent getting to know them. Maybe they'll be receptive and maybe not; that's their call to make, just as avoiding them as youngins was yours.
[–]NoApollonia27/F/IN 2 points3 points ago
It's basically you probably dug your own grave. There's nothing wrong with not wanting a relationship since they aren't your kids, but after ignoring them you can't expect to waltz back into their lives and be accepted either.
[–]VoerendaalseDutch 35/F CF & loving it 4 points5 points ago
I guess this is one of the reasons why I do intend to hang around with my nephew and nieces more often. So that they know me. I think it is an investment of sorts.
Still, when growing up, I got to know some uncles/aunts better over time, and some I grew out of. Your nieces or nephews could perhaps "discover" you as a cool guy.
[–]sixpersimmon"A plague on both your ovaries!" ~Shakespeare 31/F/AL 4 points5 points ago
Having a relationship with your younger family members means that you have created a time when you knew them before they knew themselves. My first and only niece is 1.5 years now and just in this tiny span of time I've seen her personality explode. Even when she's 5 she won't remember the details of herself. I will, and as a non-parental figure, it will be fun to bring up these things when she's an adult. It really all depends on how you want to invest in that future relationship. You don't deserve alienation, and I dont think it's too late to be in their lives.
[–]CapMerica 2 points3 points ago
Thank you. Well said.
[–]tu_che_le_vanita 1 point2 points ago
My niblings grew up with their mom, who was divorced from my brother, so it was close to impossible to have a relationship with them. They are now in their 20's, and, yes, they are more interesting to me as mature adults. And we are building a relationship. When my one niece got married, I started a retirement fund for her, and also for my other niece, who wasn't getting married. We're all getting together later this year. (Also, a long-distance thing. But email makes it quite a bit easier than when they were kids.)
[–]Kha0sThe0ry 1 point2 points ago
I don't think so. Even though I'm "auntie" to my friends kids, my friends know me well enough that they don't force the relationship. They understand that when the kids grow up a bit and I can do fun things with them (natural history museum, amusement parks, etc...) that I'll be more than happy to take part in their lives. Maybe I just lucked it and have awesome friends and family that understand my stance and realize for the sake of relationships, that forcing the kids on me is only going to guarantee rejection.
The other option is perhaps I'm as big of a b**** as you are a d*** according to other people.
[–]evilsearat 2 points3 points ago
Hey there. As a fellow long-distance uncle who has had almost no interaction (by choice and by circumstance) with my niece and nephew I have thought many of these same things. While I live on the east coast my brother settled down in Texas and started a family. I have been out there twice and have met my nephew before he was able to talk or walk but never since, and since then they've had a girl too.
The older one is around 10 now and has a personality and opinions of his own and what interests me the most is that in a few years we're going to be able to actually, like hang out some time. "Some time" being the operative phrase. I don't really even know when either of their birthday's are or any of their likes or dislikes.
Sadly I think that the distance makes this all the easier. They've never been out to visit and I never call so its easy to pretend that the relationship doesn't really exist at all. It's all the easier to just wait until they are adults and maybe we can have a beer together.
I don't think you deserve to be alienated from them. Family is family and if you choose to make an attempt to be part of their lives later down the line I think that would be pretty rad. If they don't want anything to do with you because you are basically a stranger... well, that is a possibility you will have to face and respect.
[–]JessicaHarper 0 points1 point ago
Hey, I WAS that niece. My parents moved away from the area where both of their families lived, and we only went back for thanksgiving and christmas. Growing up I never expected any sort of acknowledgment from any of my aunts or uncles outside of the christmas gifts that the adults spread around for the kids, and that was only for those aunts/uncles actually there. Now as a young adult myself I have much more contact with my aunts/uncles, and am actually capable of conversing with them. Their is one aunt who I just met this year, and there is certainly no resentment toward her. Consider this, you want to treat them like mini adults, and finally full adults, whatever your reasons. Do you have any idea how hard it is for some people to get that from their parents, or aunts/uncles that they had lots of contact with growing up? When you are with them engage them as adults, and they will thank you for it. There is no need to freak out over the small stuff, they won't remember it anyway (I certainly don't).
[–]AllTheCheesecake 1 point2 points ago
I didn't start building a relationship with my uncles until I was in college. It was largely to do with geography, but they also ignored birthdays and such. I personally don't think that's a very big deal. Plus, now that we're establishing a relationship as grown-ups, there's a much more friendly vibe in the relationship than one of elder-novice.
[–]Tainted_hero 1 point2 points ago
I see no reason why you would not be able to have a relationship with them now. Just explain to them how you feel now and how you felt then. Remember you said it yourself they are adults now or close to it so you can have an adult conversation with them. Just be honest and then if it doesn't work out you can at least look in the mirror and say you gave it everything.
[–]Uniquitous37/m/shooting blanks 0 points1 point ago
Tough questions, to be sure. I think one of the main themes that keeps coming up in this sub is "choosing one's path." We tell people not to bitch about having no free time or money because they chose the path of having kids. It could be that not having a close relationship with the nieces and nephews is the same kind of deal.
So, I guess the best thing you could do would be to gradually step up your "appearances" in their lives, see if they warm up to you. If not, oh well. That's just how it played out.
[–]Tron_Dog 0 points1 point ago
This is how I've been with my sister 14yrs my junior & lives at the other end of the country so we don't see each other that much. She turned 15 this year & we suddenly developed a relationship out of nowhere. It was a surprise to me although I was hoping it might happen. Neither of us feel anything but positive about it so it can work out fine!
[–]mischiffmaker 0 points1 point ago
The thing about relatives is that they are there by default.
You really don't get to choose the genetic connection. All that gets you is the opportunity to make a new friend, from a younger generation. The timing will depend on a lot of things.
I never lived in the same state, much less city, as my childbearing siblings. I did live near one for a while whose grown children drifted nearby and began reproducing themselves. I was regularly involved with 4 great-nephews from about ages 3 to 10 or so--but I was basically just babysitting and having fun then giving them back. Then they all entered adolescence, young adulthood, and their own lives.
They haven't sought me out; I haven't sought them out, but then I don't think we have anything in common as adults.
I keep in touch with my grown nieces and nephews, but only the ones that became my friends as adults, and who have something in common with me beyond the circumstance of genetics.
[–]CapMerica 1 point2 points ago
I have never read more comments from such confused dickheads in my entire life.
OP: You're a douche and you have no idea. Your love has a set of's conditional. And, frankly, that's not love at all. You need to get over yourself and just reach out to them if you want a relationship. Start small. Make steps. If you're honest and genuine with your intentions, they'll see that. They will appreciate you KNOWING them for all they are.
You might just realize you're not the most important person in your life.
Everyone else: Kids get over things. Anyone can be forgiven.
EDIT: I guess you're not that much of a d bag if you're worried about it.
[–]buttholemacgee30/F/DINK -3 points-2 points ago
Growing up, I wasn't very close to my Aunt's other than the typical family stuff on holidays.1 or 2 times a year we visited. I have a better relationship with them now at age 30 and not having them in my life as a toddler/teen means nothing. I do not hold anything against them or feel hurt, etc. I love them and they are awesome.
I wouldn't want to spend time with little kids either and until you get to HS there is really nothing important to share anyways.
[–]CapMerica -3 points-2 points ago
Nothing important to share?
Please remain childfree. Please.
[–]zombie_hoard28/f/reptiles n kitties n Essure! 3 points4 points ago
You know, if you don't like it here, no one is forcing you to stay... Why cause yourself the stress?
[–]buttholemacgee30/F/DINK 1 point2 points ago
[–]buttholemacgee30/F/DINK 1 point2 points ago
Very honestly, what does anyone under the age of 18 really have to contribute to an adult conversation?
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[–]80_firebird 0 points1 point ago
No, I mean a USB on the stereo... You know, for music and such.
[–]crazytr -2 points-1 points ago
Yes . That is what I am saying. If you try to plug in an android or windows phone to the usb port on the car stereo there is a big chance it wont read the music on the phone.
[–]80_firebird 1 point2 points ago
But, that's not what I was saying. I was saying there should be a USB port so you can plug a flash drive into it.
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Edwin Broesche, Abilene
Obama's reaction to the horrific school shooting is, at its core, dishonest at best. He said we must make sure something like this never happens again.
If he really cared about children, he would take steps to start the process of ridding this nation of the horror of killing babies still in their mothers' wombs. After all, 55-plus million of these precious souls have been slaughtered in the name of "choice."
But Obama is all too willing to allow this type of carnage to continue.
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Sonofagun writes:
Once again a letter is printed that goes against the rule of law. A nut job man that wants to define when life begins, and to heck with the Supreme court, or women's health.
VM_Smith writes:
My question to those who oppose abortion is...How many of these precious souls have YOU adopted?
Righty writes:
in response to VM_Smith:
A better question would be: how many babies are put up for adoption? Answer: not very many.
Many women keep their babies and are fine with it. They get family and government assistance to do so. Its not the cultural taboo that it once was.
TheToad writes:
Obama plays on public sentiment. That's who he is.
Sometimes, along with this comes hypocracy.
As long as the majority overlook that, Obama doesn't care.
Just more points for his agenda.
paz writes:
Yes, Obama created this problem. It never happened before he came to office?
Where was your voice when Nixon, Ford, Reagan, Bu$h I, and Bu$h II were in office?
I see nothing dishonest in Obama's reactions to this event. All rational people were shocked, and horrified.
It is your claimed outrage that is dishonest.
chrome_dome (Inactive) writes:
I have yet to see an honest politician ... an oxymoron. In defense of Obama's posture on the Connecticut massacre, none but the sociopathic mentality would fail to shudder at the sheer horror of this most heinous crime.
Obama can do absolutely nothing with regards to stopping abortion, as it was a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States that a woman should have control over her own body.
The carnage is but product of your zealous, religious attitude that life begins at conception ... nothing else.
Zeppelinfan writes:
News flash Edwin the Supreme Court makes that decision not Obama, try your bias remarks on Fox news, because Fox watchers are hypnotized with that kind of propaganda.
wild_bill#233490 writes:
Of course Obama is a liar! He's a politician isn't he?
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Oh lord, ye got 4 more years to stoke your hate of Obama. Do you think you and ole righty will make it thru 4 years without going bonkers?
wild_bill#233490 writes:
Yes, I'd say Righty and I stand a much better chance than some of the foaming-at-the-mouth knee-jerk liberals did under Bush 43. Even after four years of your Messiah's egotistic fumbling he and his supporters are still trying to hang the blame for his failed leadership on everyone else. First he blamed Bush and his 'inherited economy', the members of his own party that wouldn't fall into line, then all of Congress and now just the Republicans. Obama wasted his first two years building his 'legacy' rather than taking care of the country.
I don't hate Obama. I want him to turn the economy around, create more jobs, put more people back under their own roofs, get more people off welfare, food-stamps and unemployment. I want him to deport more illegal aliens; kill more Islamic militants and keep America safe from terrorists both external and internal. I want him to become a REAL leader instead of a mere political panderer to the lowest-common denominator of the electorate.
I really wish him well since I, and a hell of a lot of others, are in the same boat he's sinking with his policies. Based on his record I really don't think that's how it's going to work out.
As to his 'dishonesty' I find that to be part and parcel of every politician's bag of tricks. Those that don't lie don't get elected.
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Dear Carolyn:
My husband's brother "Patrick" and Patrick's wife "Dana" run a well-known blog in a very niche industry. Often, they will make comments about how our jobs are "not enhancing our soul" or "fail to contribute to our local economy with originality." We more or less brushed this off until they sent a family-wide email asking for a loan due to recent financial issues.
My husband is an accountant, so he offered to help them set up a budget in lieu of giving them a loan. This did not go over well and they rejected the offer. They went on to say that "people like you can't begin to understand how to live."
-- K.
I'm partial to falling off one's chair, laughing.
"People like you" apparently butt out and pay your own bills, while they, to anyone with a well-developed sense of irony, are a four-legged answer to Christmas. I see no reason to take them seriously on any level, except as family -- and that mostly consists of leaving unsaid 99 percent of the retorts that pop into your head.
When they hit you up for cash, remain patient, remain good-natured, remain firm on offering fishing lessons vs. fish. When they lob comments at your jobs, brushing it off is still the way to go -- or agreeing, to a degree, on your lack of originality/soul: "Yep, that was the plan" (Mona Lisa smile).
Dear Ms. Hax:
I have a daughter who is gay and getting married. It is my understanding that the bride's parents traditionally pay for the wedding and the groom's parents pay for the rehearsal proceedings. Please explain how this is handled when there are two women involved.
-- Perplexed
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According to the brightest literary minds, clichés should be avoided like the plague. So if you think clichés give you a way with words, abandon ship. At one time, every cliché was as fresh as a daisy and could take your breath away, but you know what they say: when there are too many cooks in the kitchen, these phrases just lose their cutting edge.
Sometimes a cliché's not just a cliché (and it's not always a phrase, either). Shakespeare used clichéd characters with the best of 'em, but he did it on purpose. Now that's poetry.
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clark finds a new form of kryptonite which gives him all the abbilities of the people affected by kryptonite but this also has another affect like all those who have been affected by green kryptonite he starts going bad but with a little help from the gang he ges back to normal but befor he has chance to destroy it it is stolen but by who.
| 18:02 EDT, 14 Sep, 2008
that sounds really cool but when it gets stolen it should be stolen by lex or lionel luthor and it could be like orange or yellow or GOLD kryptonit! kryptonite or smething...or they could introduce a new villian to smallville and he steals it.
| 20:32 EDT, 06 Sep, 2008
well that would be interesting but theres no such thing and they are trying to keep to the main story line and yeah like the red black green all of those are actaully from the comics and stuff
| 17:05 EDT, 06 Sep, 2008
sounds like a really bad rip off version of red K, maybe u should leave the writers of the show to make the bad episode storylines.
| 11:39 EDT, 31 Aug, 2008
(Y) lol i signed up just to comment your idea!pretty gud!thought it was a real ep
| 14:05 EDT, 29 Aug, 2008
Yeah, hat sounds a lot better. Good idea, man. =)
| 04:55 EDT, 28 Aug, 2008
well i thin i ment his powers stayed and ye if they came one by one but as he gained them mabe they stayed so they hve to come up with the plan fast coz as time goes on he is gaining more and more powers so the sooner they get it away the better and to stop him becoming unstopable mabe a nother pice of kryptonite is found called ultimat kryptonite what stops him and those infected with the green rock well let me no thanks for the comments
| 03:51 EDT, 28 Aug, 2008
That one's not as good as your last idea. However, I like the idea of that kryptonite type though, and how someone steals it at the end... 'but by who?' ^_^ cool.It kinda gets me thinking though that if he does get the powers of everyone else infected and he turns bad, he'd kinda be unstoppable. His friends would need a damn good plan, but I like that he turns bad from it. Maybe it has the power of randomness, like, he won't have every power at the same time, they'll come round one by one. Like, he could push his hand forward, and one minute lightning comes out of it, and then when he does it again, a wave of telekanetic power comes out of it, because the power is always random. Also, did you mean that he gets all these new powers but his old powers go away, or that he gets the new powers on top of his super speed and steel skin and stuff?
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My RX8 catches some awesome air off the dips in the road, but I have no control of it and often land going the wrong way. For example the speed trap race for Jewels where there is a sharp right by the water tower, I keep landing going left. Because of this I am losing the race when I was in first by about a hundred miles an hour. Is it possible to control the car while it is in the air? Also, I thought the speed traps races were just supposed count your speed at the traps, does it also take into count your overall time?
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cyber_john3000 answered: Added 4th Feb 2007, ID #170736
You are given a certein amount if time...as recorded..plus it work's by having the most fastest speed...apparently RX-8 is a teir 1 car..which mean's it belong
S to the slow car's...buy a new car and upgrade it to the top.
hunter_007 answered: Added 10th Feb 2007, ID #171502
Speed traps require special sleek skills actually. You want to move your caar into the air, but you cannot do it actually, so what you do is turn your car in the direction you have to turn it(before the jump) and you will see to it that it is done. And when your opponent finishes then your overall speed is cut time to time until your finish so try to finish first as this applieas to them also.
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You have to keep on talking to them and when they ask how your town is say it's still the same and they might come back it dosent always work
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Kris Medlen is the man.
What a team. Tonight's game was proof that every player on the 25-man roster has to contribute in order to win against quality opponents.
The Braves got on the board in the 1st inning when Mr. May MVP Troy Glaus ripped a 2-out single up the middle to score Martin Prado from 3rd. Glaus showed his POWAH again in the 4th when he hit a deep solo-HR to left field, his 4th HR in the past 5 games. Nate McLouth then seriously, he really did...and drove in Yunel Escobar from 2nd. Kris Medlen then did his best Tim Hudson impression in the 6th when he hit a double to Manny Ramirez in LF. Manny did his typical "iron glove" performance in left and failed to make the catch. To be honest, the Braves probably lucked out a bit. If it was hit to any other LF in the league, the ball would've been caught. It's whatever though and we'll take it.The Braves led 4-0 after 6 innings.
Kris Medlen was fantastic on Thursday night and went 7 and 1/3 innings for the longest start in his short Major League career. Medlen was a victim of a few lucky hits and bad defense by Omar Infante in the top of the 8th, or else he probably could've gone for the complete game. Peter Moylan came in to a 1-out, bases loaded mess in relief of Meds and wasn't able to strand the runners. Pinch hitter Ronnie Belliard hit a 2-run single to RF on a crazy play. At first, it appeared that only James Loney would score. Heyward oddly made an awful throw that was 15 feet away from home plate and it went to the fence behind home plate. Blake DeWitt headed home and figured to reach without a throw, but the ball bounced right to Moylan and he made the throw to a scrambling Brian McCann at home. DeWitt made an incredible 1-handed slide to touch the plate and avoid the tag.
Yeah, check the highlights for that whole thing. It's kinda hard to explain.
After that whole cluster-you-know-what of a play, former-Brave Rafael Furcal drove in Jamey Carroll with a RBI-groundout to Prado. Moylan then walked Matt Kemp which brought up Andre Ethier, the NL's leading hitter. Eric O'Flaherty came in and recorded the biggest out of the night. On a 2-2 pitch, he got Ethier to swing and miss at a filthy slider on the inside corner. The Braves led 4-3 heading into the 9th.
After failing to score in the top of the 9th, the Braves sent Takashi Saito to close out the game against his former team. Nothing was wrong with Wagner. He just needed the night off. Saito got both Ramirez and Loney to pop out and had an 0-2 count on Russell Martin when he injured his left knee. It looked like his knee buckled in a way after making a pitch and the team was on it immediately. He left the game and Jonny Venters entered the game. One pitch later, he had the first save of his career. He threw a filthy slider in the dirt to Martin and he swung and missed badly.
Braves win 4-3.
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Kris Medlen - 7.1IP, 6H, 3R (2ER), 0BB/4K
Troy Glaus - 2-for-4, HR (10), 2 RBI (42)
Eric O'Flaherty - He only retired one batter, but that batter was Mr. Walkoff himself Andre Ethier. He's been struggling a bit lately, but he was huge for the Braves tonight.
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Omar Infante - 0-for-5, 2 bad defensive plays in the 8th; He bobbled a catchable grounder to start the inning and then horribly mis-read a ball off of Blake DeWitt's bat. We need Omar to play solid defense while Chipper is out. And I'm starting to think I'd feel a little more comfortable with Prado at 3rd and Infante at 2nd.
To be honest, the Dodgers received pretty solid play from everybody despite the loss. No LVP for them.
Open Thread Comments Count: 3,057 -- Lots of new "faces" in the GT tonight. Nice to see.
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Discussion in 'Audio and Video' started by mikejhone, May 8, 2008.
1. mikejhone Newcomer, in training
I am have a Fujitsu lcd monitor. it has a DFP cable according to the picture. I cant find a vga card for this monitor..Please tell me a vga product for this port?
2. Matthew TechSpot Staff Posts: 5,976 +80
Not sure what you'll find around for it anymore, might find something on eBay. It's probably both easier and more logical (from a cost : performance standpoint) to locate an adapter of sorts that will allow you to attach your monitor to a DVI or D-sub connector. For example:
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Discussion in 'Software Apps' started by TwistEdFish, Jan 11, 2008.
1. TwistEdFish Newcomer, in training Posts: 18
Greetings All,
This could be the strangest request in history but I thought I'd take a shot.
I'm in search of a piece of software that is capable of looking at an actual image adding its properties or for lack of a better way to say it, Its appearance to a data base and using that information to find duplicates of the image on a system.
My reasoning for this is I am a Photography and Art buff as well as a Wall Mural Artists, Over time I have accumulated well over 150,000 images on to my computer and have now decided I would like to attempt to sort them. First off by getting rid of duplicates then I will start on actually placing them into subject categories.
Does anyone know of software that can do this ? I know some must exist simply because if it did not then police and forensic labs would have no ability to do finger print matches based on the saved images of finger prints placed in their data base.
Thanks Very much in advance for any and all information in regards to this inquiry
2. kimsland Ex-TechSpotter Posts: 18,353
Duplicate File Finder
Very common issue
3. TwistEdFish Newcomer, in training Posts: 18
WHOA, Kewl!!!
Thank you so much Kimsland for you super fast responce and putting me onto the exact piece of software that I am in need of.
High 5 and Many Thanks!!!!
4. kimsland Ex-TechSpotter Posts: 18,353
From main page
Not sure on the trial limmitations
Before you run a 4 hour scan (actually I don't know how long it takes), you may wish to check.
5. TwistEdFish Newcomer, in training Posts: 18
QUICK UPDATE: I have just found a software that is even more specific to what I was looking for this program actually finds Images that are even saved in different formats that are the same. using pixel recognition on a very small area in the center of any image. heres where I found it at and it is actually cheaper than the other which i was about to purchase. This company will sell you a liscence to use ALL of their software for $10 dollars and they also have a Dupe File Finder that is not Image specific! Hope this helps someone else besides myself! | http://www.techspot.com/community/topics/image-recognition-software.96633/ | dclm-gs1-233230002 | false | false | {
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An image of a fern which exhibits affine self-similarity
In geometry, an affine transformation or affine map or an affinity (from the Latin, affinis, "connected with") between two vector spaces (strictly speaking, two affine spaces) consists of a linear transformation followed by a translation:
x \mapsto A x+ b.
In the finite-dimensional case each affine transformation is given by a matrix A and a vector b, satisfying certain properties described below.
Geometrically, an affine transformation in Euclidean space is one that preserves
1. The collinearity relation between points; i.e., three points which lie on a line continue to be collinear after the transformation
2. Ratios of distances along a line; i.e., for distinct collinear points p1, p2, p3, the ratio | p2p1 | / | p3p2 | is preserved
In general, an affine transformation is composed of linear transformations (rotation, scaling or shear) and a translation (or "shift"). Several linear transformations can be combined into a single one, so that the general formula given above is still applicable.
In the one-dimensional case, A and b are called, respectively, slope and intercept.
Ordinary vector algebra uses matrix multiplication to represent linear transformations, and vector addition to represent translations. Using an augmented matrix, it is possible to represent both using matrix multiplication. The technique requires that all vectors are augmented with a "1" at the end, and all matrices are augmented with an extra row of zeros at the bottom, an extra column—the translation vector—to the right, and a "1" in the lower right corner. If A is a matrix,
is equivalent to the following
This representation exhibits the set of all invertible affine transformations as the semidirect product of Kn and GL(n, k). This is a group under the operation of composition of functions, called the affine group.
Ordinary matrix-vector multiplication always maps the origin to the origin, and could therefore never represent a translation, in which the origin must necessarily be mapped to some other point. By appending a "1" to every vector, one essentially considers the space to be mapped as a subset of a space with an additional dimension. In that space, the original space occupies the subset in which the final index is 1. Thus the origin of the original space can be found at (0,0, ... 0, 1). A translation within the original space by means of a linear transformation of the higher-dimensional space is then possible (specifically, a shear transformation). This is an example of homogeneous coordinates.
The advantage of using homogeneous coordinates is that one can combine any number of affine transformations into one by multiplying the matrices. This device is used extensively by graphics software.
An affine transformation is invertible if and only if A is invertible. In the matrix representation, the inverse is:
\begin{bmatrix} A^{-1} & -A^{-1}\vec{b} \ \\ 0,\ldots,0 & 1 \end{bmatrix}
The invertible affine transformations form the affine group, which has the general linear group of degree n as subgroup and is itself a subgroup of the general linear group of degree n + 1.
The similarity transformations form the subgroup where A is a scalar times an orthogonal matrix. If and only if the determinant of A is 1 or −1 then the transformation preserves area; these also form a subgroup. Combining both conditions we have the isometries, the subgroup of both where A is an orthogonal matrix.
Each of these groups has a subgroup of transformations which preserve orientation: those where the determinant of A is positive. In the last case this is in 3D the group of rigid body motions (proper rotations and pure translations).
For any matrix A the following propositions are equivalent:
• AI is invertible
• A does not have an eigenvalue equal to 1
• for all b the transformation has exactly one fixed point
• there is a b for which the transformation has exactly one fixed point
• affine transformations with matrix A can be written as a linear transformation with some point as origin
If there is a fixed point, we can take that as the origin, and the affine transformation reduces to a linear transformation. This may make it easier to classify and understand the transformation. For example, describing a transformation as a rotation by a certain angle with respect to a certain axis is easier to get an idea of the overall behavior of the transformation than describing it as a combination of a translation and a rotation. However, this depends on application and context. Describing such a transformation for an object tends to make more sense in terms of rotation about an axis through the center of that object, combined with a translation, rather than by just a rotation with respect to some distant point. As an example: "move 200 m north and rotate 90° anti-clockwise", rather than the equivalent "with respect to the point 141 m to the northwest, rotate 90° anti-clockwise".
Affine transformations in 2D without fixed point (so where A has eigenvalue 1) are:
• pure translations
• scaling in a given direction, with respect to a line in another direction (not necessarily perpendicular), combined with translation that is not purely in the direction of scaling; the scale factor is the other eigenvalue; taking "scaling" in a generalized sense it includes the cases that the scale factor is zero (projection) and negative; the latter includes reflection, and combined with translation it includes glide reflection.
• shear combined with translation that is not purely in the direction of the shear (there is no other eigenvalue than 1; it has algebraic multiplicity 2, but geometric multiplicity 1)
Affine transformation of the plane
Affine transformations don't respect lengths or angles; they multiply area by a constant factor
area of A′ B′ C′ D′ / area of ABCD.
Example of an affine transformation
The following equation expresses an affine transformation in GF(2) (with "+" representing XOR):
\{\,a'\,\} = M\{\,a\,\} + \{\,v\,\},
where [M] is the matrix
\begin{bmatrix} 1&0&0&0&1&1&1&1 \ 1&1&0&0&0&1&1&1 \ 1&1&1&0&0&0&1&1 \ 1&1&1&1&0&0&0&1 \ 1&1&1&1&1&0&0&0 \ 0&1&1&1&1&1&0&0 \ 0&0&1&1&1&1&1&0 \ 0&0&0&1&1&1&1&1 \end{bmatrix}
and {v} is the vector
For instance, the affine transformation of the element {a} = x7 + x6 + x3 + x = {11001010} in big-endian binary notation = {CA} in big-endian hexadecimal notation, is calculated as follows:
a_0' = a_0 \oplus a_4 \oplus a_5 \oplus a_6 \oplus a_7 \oplus 1 = 0 \oplus 0 \oplus 0 \oplus 1 \oplus 1 \oplus 1 = 1
a_1' = a_0 \oplus a_1 \oplus a_5 \oplus a_6 \oplus a_7 \oplus 1 = 0 \oplus 1 \oplus 0 \oplus 1 \oplus 1 \oplus 1 = 0
a_2' = a_0 \oplus a_1 \oplus a_2 \oplus a_6 \oplus a_7 \oplus 0 = 0 \oplus 1 \oplus 0 \oplus 1 \oplus 1 \oplus 0 = 1
a_3' = a_0 \oplus a_1 \oplus a_2 \oplus a_3 \oplus a_7 \oplus 0 = 0 \oplus 1 \oplus 0 \oplus 1 \oplus 1 \oplus 0 = 1
a_4' = a_0 \oplus a_1 \oplus a_2 \oplus a_3 \oplus a_4 \oplus 0 = 0 \oplus 1 \oplus 0 \oplus 1 \oplus 0 \oplus 0 = 0
a_5' = a_1 \oplus a_2 \oplus a_3 \oplus a_4 \oplus a_5 \oplus 1 = 1 \oplus 0 \oplus 1 \oplus 0 \oplus 0 \oplus 1 = 1
a_6' = a_2 \oplus a_3 \oplus a_4 \oplus a_5 \oplus a_6 \oplus 1 = 0 \oplus 1 \oplus 0 \oplus 0 \oplus 1 \oplus 1 = 1
a_7' = a_3 \oplus a_4 \oplus a_5 \oplus a_6 \oplus a_7 \oplus 0 = 1 \oplus 0 \oplus 0 \oplus 1 \oplus 1 \oplus 0 = 1.
Thus, {a′} = x7 + x6 + x5 + x3 + x2 + 1 = {11101101} = {ED}.
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For the country's second largest religious community borrowing and investing are governed by traditional Shariah law, which forbids usury. So what are the options? Mary O'Hara reports
Advice to shop around for the best deal rings hollow for Britain's Muslims who want to save or invest according to traditional Islamic law.
From mortgages to Isas, financial institutions do not offer products that meet the strict requirements of Shariah law - placing the banking and investment mainstream out of bounds.
Depending on which figures you believe, there are anything between 2m and 3.5m Muslims in Britain. According to research from Datamonitor, it is the second largest religious community after Christians.
Many choose not to buy financial products according to religious belief. But for those who do want to, there are large obstacles in their path.
Introducing products compliant with Islamic teachings would necessitate changes in UK law, but would also require banks to adjust their accounting and business practices.
Some tentative steps are being taken by high street banks such as HSBC, which has an international Shariah-compliant subsidiary, and is in the early stages of assessing the feasibility of offering some products in the UK.
The government is also examining the issue. Last month, a working party on Muslim finance put proposals for mortgage reform to Ruth Kelly, treasury financial secretary.
The working party included representatives from the Muslim community, the Bank of England and banks such as Barclays and HSBC. It tabled a number of proposals on how changing the law could pave the way for more accessible and competitive mortgages.
The Muslim Council of Britain welcomed early indications that the government would take the recommendations on board.
But the working party's initial scope is narrow. "Normal banking products are not yet on the agenda, which means that it is ordinary Muslims who don't have much choice," says Aftab Siddiqui, an expert in Islamic financial issues.
Mr Siddiqui, who is a member of the working party, says: "There is a whole new generation of professional, high-earning Muslims who are making it known what they want. I think they are largely the reason for the recent heightened awareness of Islamic finance."
Individual interpretations of Shariah law can differ, ranging from people with a strict or literal interpretation, to those who are content to work around it according to their own conscience.
Nevertheless, the Islamic teaching that Riba (usury or interest) is Haram (forbidden) is largely accepted as the key guiding tenet of investing and saving. But in a world where financial products either generate interest or charge it, this presents numerous hurdles for Muslims attempting to find anything remotely Shariah compliant.
To help with common financial decisions such as taking out a mortgage or how to get involved in the stock market without compromising, Muslims rely on the ongoing interpretations of Shariah scholars. This small, elite group of academics and financial experts assess developments in the financial world and consult with each other and with institutions to arrive at guidelines.
"A broad consensus has emerged among scholars as to what is Shariah compliant," says Dr Hardeep Tamana of stockbrokers, Redmayne Bentley. "It is about realising that in real life companies do borrow, do have debts and that interest is a part of life.
"The general thrust is to try to minimise the impact of interest. This can make things like mortgages and even basic bank accounts a difficult prospect because they involve the accumulation of interest and the companies who offer them make interest."
· Your choice of savings, loans and investments
Buying a home: For Muslims, finding a Shariah-compliant mortgage is like finding a house in London for less than £100,000; near impossible.
"The country's loans were not designed to provide the Muslim community in the UK with a mortgage product in compliance with the injunctions of the Islamic faith," says Aftab Siddiqui.
The only Shariah compliant mortgages currently available are through the United Bank of Kuwait. The bank says it has around 600 and that this is increasing at a rate of around 20 per month.
This is a very small number when the tally of Muslim households is taken into account - around 350,000. The bank says it is too small to handle much more business.
Some estimates put the slice of the general mortgage market attributed to Muslims at 5%, so many are in contradiction to strict religious belief.
One reason for the lack of availability is expense. Shariah-compliant mortgages require a financier, ie the bank, to act as middle man when buying a property. "The bank will either buy the property and sell it on at a higher price to take account of the costs of financing the mortgage, or they sell it on for the same amount and then charge a rent to the customer to cover costs," says a spokeswoman for the Council of Mortgage Lenders.
Neither method involves the payment of interest, but the fact that the property is bought and sold twice means that stamp duty is paid twice. And in today's housing market, this can lead to a hefty bill.
Andrew Buxton, former chairman of Barclays Bank, and chairman of the working group, says: "We know that there is a pent-up demand in the UK for mortgage finance structured in accordance with Islamic principles. But the current hurdles make it more complex and expensive than it needs to be."
Shares: Islamic restrictions on the payment of interest prevent some Muslims from considering share buying. While shares and dividends per se are acceptable, speculation is forbidden. Those investments which are Halal (permissible) are so only if they exclude particular areas.
Shariah law stipulates that companies with income from alcohol, pork-related products, conventional financial services, insurance, gambling, tobacco, weapons and similar activities are prohibited. This type of filtering is not unique to Muslim investments - many ethical investors apply a similar criteria.
Unlike ethical funds, Shariah-compliant investments are in their infancy. At present there is only one UK fund that is wholly compliant. The alternative is to go offshore. Not an ideal option for an average small investor with limited knowledge of stock markets.
Stockbroker Redmayne-Bentley has launched the UK's first Halal investment service complete with advice on which shares to buy, and an ongoing filtering mechanism to monitor Shariah status.
Banking and borrowing: Some Muslims choose not to open any bank accounts while others invest in the businesses of family and friends.
But for anyone seeking the security and convenience of a bank account, they must use non-Muslim products. A common compromise is to go for accounts with the lowest interest and give any money earned in interest to charity.
Current accounts which charge little or no interest such as those with the "big four" high street banks whose rates hover around 0.1% are frequently used for both everyday transactions and as savings vehicles.
Credit cards: Credit cards are seen as a form of loan and are not permissible. The issue is even more difficult because the raison d'être of credit card companies is to make money from interest, placing them clearly in contravention of the most important Shariah Haram, Riba.
Some scholars argue that the use of a credit card is acceptable if the cardholder never pays any interest by clearing the balance each month. But there is not a universal agreement on this and it comes down to a matter of conscience.
Insurance: It is forbidden to buy insurance under Shariah law, yet anyone who wants to buy a property or drive a car must have insurance under UK law. Some Muslims choose not to drive or own a home because of this, but for many this is impractical.
Discussions on how to resolve the issue are ongoing among scholars but it would seem that action on the part of government or financial institutions is some way off.
Pensions: There are no Shariah-compliant occupational or private pensions in the UK because contributions are invested on holders' behalf. While some Muslims may take out an ethical pension, their choices are once again limited to using the nearest acceptable product.
· The balancing act
Adnan Siddiqui, a senior IT business analyst, is convinced that if mainstream banks developed Shariah-compliant products, people would rush to take them out.
"There is no doubt that if a bank had products that were sanctioned by eminent scholars then people would go for it," he says. "I even think people would pay a bit more for the peace of mind."
Mr Siddiqui, 37, from Pinner in Middlesex, says financial decisions under Shariah law are a "balancing act" between what is practical and what is acceptable.
He says: "I don't have a mortgage, but I do want to buy a house. I would like a Shariah-compliant mortgage if possible. I tend to keep my money in a no interest current account. There is one school of thought though that you should be able to earn something from your money so that it at least keeps up with inflation. Otherwise your money loses value over time."
Mr Siddiqui has a credit card but uses his Switch card wherever possible. He never pays interest on the credit card as a way of meeting his religious obligations. He has a company pension which is linked to his earnings. It is acceptable he says because it would not mean an "excessive" payout.
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Do you take time off school work and watching television to think about the future of India’s wildlife? Living and growing up in cities can really alienate one from the problems of the forest. Most of us haven’t even noticed that the sparrow that used to perch on our balconies does not come anymore. Or that butterflies no longer visit our gardens. So, how can one possibly know that the population of snow leopards in India is less than 600, making it a critically endangered species whose future is threatened?
Bridge the gap
Or is it easy for us to keep a tab on the number of one-horned rhinoceros in Kaziranga National Park, Assam, where 20 were killed for their horns this year alone?
The country’s diverse landscapes are home to numerous threatened and critically endangered species, including the Asiatic lion, Asian elephant, tiger, white-rumped vulture, Asian one-horned rhinoceros, and water buffalo. There are many species of deer, antelopes, wild dogs, cats, monkeys and bears in India whose habitats are constantly shrinking. Besides mammals, there is a vast array of reptiles, birds and amphibians that are slowly disappearing too.
But you can make a difference this Wildlife Week by taking some time out to actively engage in conservation and awareness projects that give several animals a chance at survival.
Celebrated in the first week of October, typically from October 2 to 8, Wildlife Week is an annual event that aims to raise awareness about the conservation of wildlife. “Wildlife Week aims to bridge the gap between wildlife and wildlife conservation in a bid to encourage more citizens to take up the cause,” says Gerry Martin, popular herpetologist.
Becoming a part of this great legacy of wildlife protection is easy and can start at home.
Becoming a part of this great legacy of wildlife protection is easy and can start at home. You could try a few of these at home in groups or with your parents:
“Do something that will last an entire year,” says Gerry Martin. Backyard conservation projects could be the right place to start for long term conservation projects that are inexpensive and fairly easy. Take a look at the birds in your backyard. How many visitors do you get in a day? For how long do they stay? Why do they come back? If the birds have been giving your backyard a miss, bring back their eco system. Build a bird bath and install a bird feeder that will keep your visitors from getting hungry. The plants in your garden also play a vital role in attracting our winged friends. Continue to replenish the source of water and food for the birds and pretty soon, you’re sure to have brought back a varied species of birds into your backyard.
Form groups and organise a tour or walk of parks and gardens in your city. Spot and identify the different birds and animals you encounter. Consolidate the information you gather about local birds and animals and share it with your friends and family. You might also want to look into what animal and bird species originally lived in the area and were displaced because of urban growth.
Map and track
If you plan to learn more about a particular endangered species, pay it a visit in its natural habitat. India has over 442 animal or wildlife sanctuaries and with your family for company you can make a trip to one of these really easily. Head to Corbett National Park in Uttaranchal to track the fearsome tiger. The park is part of the government’s efforts to protect the tiger. Bandipur National Park in Karnataka is also home to tigers and the Asian elephant. Gir National Park and the Sisan Gir Sanctuary in Gujarat are the only habitats of the Asiatic lion.
The Keoladeo Ghana National Park in Bharatpur, Rajasthan, is a haven for birds and the country’s bird sanctuary that houses a number of indigenous and migratory birds. Study your subjects closely when you visit them. Learn of their habits and understand the threats they face. Slowly, try to determine how you can help.
At school, find ways in which you can engage with wildlife issues. Form clubs that work to spread awareness about particular wildlife topics. Debate, quiz, drama and art clubs are some of the forums to address wildlife issues. Form an Eco Task Force that takes up wildlife conservation seriously and works hard to spread the message.
India has a long history of conservation with national parks and protected areas springing up as early as 1935. In fact, the Indian Constitution specifies ‘it shall be the duty of every citizen of India to protect and improve the natural environment including forests, lakes, rivers and wildlife’. In 1952, the Government of India set up the Indian Board of Wildlife to prevent the extinction of animal and bird species. Today, the country has more than 600 protected areas with the Ministry of Environment and Forest working with the objective of protecting wildlife, controlling poaching, smuggling and illegal trade in wildlife through the landmark Wildlife Protection Act of 1972. | http://www.thehindu.com/features/kids/into-the-wild/article5209521.ece | dclm-gs1-233380002 | false | false | {
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Official media has also disclosed Kim’s marriage and carried photos of him arm-in-arm with his wife — a marked departure from the secrecy surrounding the private life of his father Kim Jong-il, who died last December.
“Such events provide an opportunity for us to engage with the senior leadership, supporting our critical engagement policy,” the mission said in an emailed statement.
Britain’s Foreign Office said it was crucial to “actively engage with the North Korean administration, since we work closely with them on a number of humanitarian, cultural and education projects which benefit the people of North Korea.”
In contrast to his late father, who spoke just once at a major public event during his 17 years in power, Kim has cultivated an outgoing style.
He has been seen hugging soldiers, posing for photos with troops and linking arms with women.
Unusually in a nation which officially regards the United States as its arch-enemy, a recent concert attended by Kim featured Mickey Mouse and other Disney characters.
Despite the new style, the regime has vowed no policy changes under Jong-un and continues to threaten South Korea in harsh terms.
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'Don't worry about a DB leak. That isn't how I like to do things' says 'Sputn1K'
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“Sputn1k_”, the entity held responsible for stealing 1.8m passwords from, appears to have reassured the world s/he doesn't plan to do anything bad with the credentials.
Someone or something using the Sputn1k_ name used Twitlonger to post the following missive:
If I do get into a website, most of the time there's no REAL malicious intentions. Grab the database, leave a message. That's it. I don't like to over-do things. Might cause some downtime, but what if it WAS the "syr14n c3b3r 4rmy" (not that their brain-dead brains have the power to do anything whatsoever), and they did have malicious intentions, and they did leak the database and use it to their own advantage?” remains down at the time of writing, but operators have updated its status with news that “we believe the root cause of the breach has been identified” and “We are currently reinstalling the forums software from scratch. No data (posts, private messages etc.) will be lost as part of this process.”
Another update, dated July 22nd, advises “work on reinstalling the forums continues.” There's no word on when service is expected to resume. ®
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The process of systematically phasing someone out of your life.
These people were once good friends, but overtime the friendship becomes too stressful to maintain and one party no longer wants to deal with the drama any longer.
He was my homeboy, but I rodney'd him out of my life when it became too much of a chore to deal with him.
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5. T-rav
a person with a troll fetish
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1. t-rav
Deep-fried ravioli, well known throughout St. Louis as Toasted Ravioli.
"Let's go to Dominic's restaurant on the Hill and get some T-Rav"
2. Trav
Term used to describe particuarly daft cunts. The word comes from the founder and head of the Proffessional Daft Cunt Association (PDCA) Andrew Travers. The use of the word Trav in popular culture is fairly recent after recent daft events involving a snowball and a toddler's eye.
I just fucked up my whole life, Ah what a Trav I am.
3. trav
Biggest sexual maniac anyone has ever seen.
Shit, you must be a trav!
4. trav
a word consisting of both the definitions, tramp and chav.
PERSON 1# she's such a chav.
PERSON 2# she's more of a tramp.
PERSON 1# she's just a trav.
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2. neeca
1. girl of persian descent who has an insane obsession with dancing and the song "hip's dont lie". it's okay though, because she can move her hips just like shakira anyway.
2. one who likes blindfolds and papasans
that girl dances like a neeca
1. Neeca
a giant ass equivalent to that of a black female, the girl however, is not of the African American decent.
Eh yo that girl has a neeca on her!
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An owner of an American pick up truck, often a devout Christian, who thinks global warming is a farce.
Owner of several guns.
Often found in wedding chapels with own sister/mother
An urban redneck
that "truck-fuck" married his sister
Jamie-Steve is a complete "truck-fuck"
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1. truck fuck
Violent act done with a skateboard, usually by a skater.
The individual holds the skateboard and hits something with the axel, which is called a truck. If done right, it can hurt.
Jimmy: So what happened with you and that rent a cop
Clint: Well i was going to give him the street crunch but i just truck fucked him in the teeth when he was down.
2. Truck Fuck
When there is so many goddamn semi trucks in your way. This applies in heavy streams of traffic when all you see is trucks.
"Why were you late to work today?" -Rachel
"I ran into a major truck fuck this morning" -Sam
3. truckfuck
to hit someone in the dome with the trucks of a skateboard
he was gonna punch dave in the head, so i truckfucked him and killed him
4. truck fuck
anal,butt, ass, intercourse,buttfuck
to get rammed up the anus so hard, that it feels like a truck went through it
Look at the way she walks, methinks she got truck fucked last night, poontang style.
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you are not
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yain a greeting between fellow yainsters aka adrian noll mus and cutso and fello family members also a tryhard word if someone else uses it
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By Jim Doherty (Profile)
Friday, May 4th 2012
VSM: Can you briefly explain, for those unfamiliar, what Certes Networks is all about?
JD: At Certes Networks, we protect data in motion and provide advanced data protection solutions for both physical and virtual networks that enable secure connectivity over any infrastructure without compromising performance or availability. Customers rely on us to protect data, decrease risk, and reduce the cost of compliance by enabling secure connectivity to critical infrastructures.
VSM: Let talk about your latest release, vCEP. What is it?
JD: vCEP is the first scalable network encryption solution for the cloud. It makes the cloud safe for sensitive workloads by protecting network traffic inside IaaS clouds and between customer locations.
VSM: IT departments can often become intimidated to move to off-premise cloud environments. How are you helping with this?
JD: There’s no doubt about it, the lack of security is a gating issue for companies who want to move to off-premise cloud environments. Encryption is a way to protect critical information as it moves from private clouds to public cloud-based services, yet without a way to encrypt network traffic among servers, companies can’t protect themselves from attacks. This is exactly why we developed vCEP.
VSM: How important is it that clients maintain control of their own policies and encryption keys?
JD: vCEP allows the client to maintain control of their own policies and encryption keys. At Certes Networks, we see this as an essential tool for regulatory compliance, and it protects both the data owner and the infrastructure provider. Client control of policies and keys also benefits the cloud provider by removing the potential legal burden associated with being in possession of the encryption keys.
VSM: Let’s discuss the end user benefits. What are a few ways this release will help the end user?
JD: vCEP is targeted at enterprise and government organizations, so the benefit to individual users is important but it is usually indirect because the vCEP protects the cloud network infrastructure. Sensitive end user data is increasingly being stored, processed and transmitted in the cloud, and the vCEP solution is designed to protect it there. Organizations are inexorably adopting cloud technologies and the presence of cloud compatible security solutions means that the end user data will not be compromised as businesses migrate their infrastructures to the cloud.
For example, let’s suppose your healthcare insurance provider utilized the cloud to process and transmit medical claim information for members. Typically, this information would include your name, address, employer and social security numbers – just the type of data a cyber criminal is interested in. If the back-end cloud network that processes and transmits this data was hacked, the valuable information could be retrieved and sold. However, if the data was encrypted in transit over that network with the vCEP, despite the hacker getting access to the network, there would be no way for the hacker to retrieve usable information. vCEP provides the ultimate layer of protection. | http://www.virtual-strategy.com/2012/05/04/qa-jim-doherty-certes-networks | dclm-gs1-233690002 | false | false | {
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-- Google AdWords
---- Does Adwords count unique clicks or any clicks?
Chicago - 4:37 pm on Apr 14, 2003 (gmt 0)
Davey, this is what Google says on the topic:
Google closely monitors all clicks on Google AdWords ads to ensure that there is no abuse of the program. This includes analyzing all clicks to determine whether they fit a pattern of fraudulent use intended to artificially drive up an advertiser's clicks. Google's proprietary technology automatically distinguishes between clicks generated through normal use by users and clicks generated by click spammers and automated robots. As a result, we're able to filter out clicks you don't want and ensure they don't show up on your reports or bills.
In my opinion, if an Ad network does not CLEARLY specify to the contrary, in other words something like "only unique clicks will be counted during a 24hr period thru the use of a cookie" then the ARE NOT doing it. Therefor, my best answer is Google is looking for FRAUD not a couple of clicks from the same user over a predefined period of time.
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lgn1 - 11:03 pm on May 2, 2007 (gmt 0)
You call a company for technical support. You get placed in the incomming call queue, and get to listen to elevator music for half an hour. Suddenly you get a message saying they are extremely busy and to leave a message, and someone will get back to you.
No option to continue to hold. If they weren't going to answer my call, why didnt they tell me half an hour ago!
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Title How To Ensure the Accuracy Of Internet Research
Year 2001
Access date 20.04.2004
Abstract Harris Interactive predicted the US election outcome with 99% accuracy. These internet-only results outperformed every survey conducted by telephone and the state by state forecasts were almost twice as accurate as comparable phone forecasts. George attributes part of the success of Harris’ internet polling to the use of propensity score adjustment, a statistical substitute for probability sampling. In this session he will discuss how sampling issues can be overcome and why the internet may be more representative and accurate than traditional methodologies.
Bibliographic typeConferences, workshops, tutorials, presentations
Year of publication2001
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