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Last Updated: Saturday, October 1, 2011 - 09:34
Sana`a: In a significant new blow to al Qaeda, US airstrikes in Yemen on Friday killed Anwar al-Awlaki, an American militant cleric who became a prominent figure in the terror network`s most dangerous branch, using his fluent English and Internet savvy to draw recruits for attacks in the United States.
The strike was the biggest US success in hitting al Qaeda`s leadership since the May killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan. But it raises questions that other strikes did not: Al-Awlaki was an American citizen who has not been charged with any crime. Civil liberties groups have questioned the government`s authority to kill an American without trial.
The 40-year-old al-Awlaki was for years an influential mouthpiece for al Qaeda`s ideology of holy war, and his English-language sermons urging attacks on the United States were widely circulated among militants in the West.
But US officials say he moved into a direct operational role in organizing such attacks as he hid alongside al Qaeda militants in the rugged mountains of Yemen. Most notably, they believe he was involved in recruiting and preparing a young Nigerian who on Christmas Day 2009 tried to blow up a US airliner heading to Detroit, failing only because he botched the detonation of explosives sewn into his underpants.
Yemen`s Defense Ministry and US officials said another American militant was killed in the same strike alongside al-Awlaki — Samir Khan, a US citizen of Pakistani heritage who produced "Inspire," an English-language al Qaeda Web magazine that spread the word on ways to carry out attacks inside the United States. US and Yemeni officials said two other militants were also killed in the strike but did not immediately identify them.
President Barack Obama declared al-Awlaki`s killing a "major blow" to al Qaeda`s most active affiliate, and vowed a vigorous US campaign to prevent the terror network and its partners from finding safe haven anywhere in the world.
Obama said al-Awlaki "directed" the Christmas plane bombing attempt as well as a failed attempt to mail explosives to the United States, "and he repeatedly called on individuals in the United States and around the globe to kill innocent men, women and children to advance a murderous agenda."
In July, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said al-Awlaki was a priority target alongside Ayman al-Zawahri, bin Laden`s successor as the terror network`s leader.
The Yemeni-American had been in the US crosshairs since his killing was approved by Obama in April 2010 — making him the first American placed on the CIA "kill or capture" list. At least twice, airstrikes were called in on locations in Yemen where al-Awlaki was suspected of being, but he wasn`t harmed.
The operation that killed al-Awlaki was run by the US military`s elite counterterrorism unit, the Joint Special Operations Command — the same unit that got bin Laden.
A US counterterrorism official said American forces targeted a convoy in which al-Awlaki was traveling with a drone and jet attack and believe he`s been killed. The official was not authorized to speak publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
The Yemeni government announced that al-Awlaki was "targeted and killed" around 9:55 a.m outside the town of Khasaf in a desert stretch of Jawf province, 87 miles (140 kilometers) east of the capital Sana`a. It gave no further details.
A senior tribal chief who helped bury the bodies in a cemetery in Jawf said seven people were killed in the strike, their bodies totally charred. The chief said the brother of one of the dead, who had given the group shelter in his home, had witnessed the strike.
According to the chief, the witness said al-Awlaki was travelling in a pick-up with six other people on their way to neighboring Marib province. They stopped for breakfast in the desert and were sitting on the ground to eat when they spotted drones, so they rushed to their truck. A missile struck the truck, leaving it a charred husk and killing all inside. The chief spoke on condition of anonymity because he did not want to be connected to the group, and he did not identify the witness.
Al-Awlaki has said he didn`t tell Hasan to carry out the shootings, but he later praised Hasan as a "hero" on his Web site.
After the Fort Hood attack, al-Awlaki moved from Yemen`s capital, Sana`a, into the mountains where his Awalik tribe is based and — it appears — built direct ties with al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, if he had not developed them already. The branch is led by a Yemeni militant named Nasser al-Wahishi.
The cleric is also believed to have been an important middleman between al Qaeda militants and the multiple tribes that dominate large parts of Yemen, particular in the mountains of Jawf, Marib and Shabwa province where the terror group`s fighters are believed to be holed up.
Last month, al-Awlaki was seen attending a funeral of a senior tribal chief in Shabwa, witnesses said, adding that security officials were also among those attending. Other witnesses said al-Awlaki was involved in negotiations with a local tribe in Yemen`s Mudiya region, which was preventing al Qaeda fighters from traveling from their strongholds to the southern city of Zinjibar, which was taken over recently by Islamic militants. The witnesses spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals and their accounts could not be independently confirmed.
Yemen, the Arab world`s most impoverished nation, has become a haven for hundreds of al Qaeda militants. The country has also been torn by political turmoil as President Ali Abdullah Saleh struggles to stay in power in the face of seven months of protests. In recent months, Islamic militants linked to al Qaeda have exploited the chaos to seize control of several cities in Yemen`s south, including Zinjibar.
A previous attack against al-Awlaki on May 5, shortly after the May raid that killed Osama bin Laden, was carried out by a combination of US drones and jets.
Top US counterterrorism adviser John Brennan has said cooperation with Yemen has improved since the political unrest there. Brennan said the Yemenis have been more willing to share information about the location of al Qaeda targets, as a way to fight the Yemeni branch challenging them for power.
Yemeni security officials said the US was conducting multiple airstrikes a day in the south since May and that US officials were finally allowed to interrogate al Qaeda suspects, something Saleh had long resisted, and still does so in public. The officials spokes on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence issues.
Bureau Report
First Published: Friday, September 30, 2011 - 14:17
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Overgrazed area, by native fauna in western New South Wales, in the upper right corner.
Overgrazing occurs when plants are exposed to intensive grazing for extended periods of time, or without sufficient recovery periods. It can be caused by either livestock in poorly managed agricultural applications, game reserves, or nature reserves. It can also be cause by immobile, travel restricted populations of native or non-native wild animals.
It reduces the usefulness, productivity, and biodiversity of the land and is one cause of desertification and erosion. Overgrazing is also seen as a cause of the spread of invasive species of non-native plants and of weeds. It is not cause by nomadic grazers in huge populations of travel herds, i. e. the American bison of the Great Plains,[1][2] or migratory Wildebeests of the African savannas,[3] nor by holistic planned grazing.[4]
Preventing overgrazing[edit]
Preventing Man-made Overgrazing
Huge herd of migratory Wildebeest in Masai Mara during the Great Migration
Sustainable grassland production is based on grass and grassland management, land management, animal management and livestock marketing. Grazing management, with sustainable agriculture and agroecology practices, is the foundation of grassland-based livestock production since it affects both animal and plant health and productivity. There are several new grazing models and management systems that attempt to reduce or eliminate overgrazing like Holistic management[5][6] and Permaculture[7][4]
One indicator of overgrazing is that the animals run short of pasture. In some regions of the United States under continuous grazing, overgrazed pastures are predominated by short-grass species such as bluegrass and will be less than 2-3 inches tall in the grazed areas. In other parts of the world, overgrazed pasture is typically taller than sustainably grazed pasture, with grass heights typically over 1 meter and dominated by unpalatable species such as Aristida or Imperata. In all cases, palatable tall grasses such as orchard grass are sparse or non-existent. In such cases of overgrazing, soil may be visible between plants in the stand, allowing erosion to occur, though in many circumstances overgrazed pastures have a greater sward cover than sustainably grazed pastures.
Rotational grazing[edit]
Ecological impacts[edit]
North America - United States[edit]
Economic theory[edit]
Main article: Common land
Overgrazing is used as an example in the economic concept now known as the Tragedy of the Commons devised in a 1968 paper by Garrett Hardin.[9] This cited the work of a Victorian economist who used the over-grazing of common land as an example of behaviour. However It should be noted that Hardin's example could only apply to unregulated use of land regarded as a common resource.
Africa-Sahel region[edit]
Main article: Sahel
Overgrazing does not necessarily mean total denudation of the land. Overgrazing can also occur with native species. In the Australian Capital Territory, Australia the local government, in 2013, authorised the culling of 1455 kangaroos due to overgrazing.
Further reading[edit]
1. ^ Laduke, Winona (1999). All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life (PDF). Cambridge, MA: South End Press. p. 146. ISBN 0896085996. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
2. ^ Duval, Clay. "Bison Conservation: Saving an Ecologically and Culturally Keystone Species" (PDF). Duke University. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
3. ^ In balance with, and accompanied by, prides of keystone predators.
7. ^ West Virginia University Extension Service Overgrazing Can Hurt Environment, Your Pocketbook Ed Rayburn. 2000.
8. ^ C.Michael Hogan. 2009. Overgrazing. Encyclopedia of Earth. Sidney Draggan, topic ed.; Cutler J. Cleveland, ed., National council for Science and the Environment, Washington DC
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0.031327 | <urn:uuid:5956ddf3-d88c-4480-a270-005349f68ec3> | en | 0.940307 | Stuart Little (film)
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Stuart Little
Stuart Little.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Rob Minkoff
Produced by Douglas Wick
Screenplay by M. Night Shyamalan
Greg Brooker
Based on Stuart Little
by E. B. White
Music by Alan Silvestri
Cinematography Guillermo Navarro
Edited by Tom Finan
Franklin/Waterman Productions
Global Medien GK
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release dates
• December 17, 1999 (1999-12-17)
Running time
84 minutes[1]
Country United States
Language English
Budget $133 million[1]
Box office $300.1 million[1]
The film was released on December 17, 1999 by Columbia Pictures.[1]
This film was Estelle Getty's last film before her retirement in 2000 and her death in 2008.
Stuart's new life at the house gets off to a bad start when George unknowingly traps him in a pile of laundry and his mother puts the laundry in the washing machine. Stuart quickly feels like an outsider in the large Little family, especially when George declares Stuart is not his brother, but simply a mouse. When Stuart tells his parents that he is lonely, they ask Mrs. Keeper to do some background research on Stuart's biological family. After accidentally stumbling across George's playroom in the basement one day, Stuart and George get to know each other and plan to finish George's remote-controlled boat, the Wasp, for an upcoming boat race in Central Park. At the same time, one of Snowbell's alley cat friends, Monty (Steve Zahn), visits unexpectedly and discovers Stuart. Determined not to have his reputation destroyed, Snowbell meets with Monty's leader, Smokey (Chazz Palminteri), a mafia don-like alley cat, and plots revenge to remove Stuart from the household without harming him.
Stuart and George finish the Wasp in time, but when the controller gets broken on the day of the race, Stuart pilots the Wasp himself. He ends up entangled with a larger boat belonging to George's rival, Anton (Miles Marsico) who always cheats by crashing other competitors boats, but Stuart snaps the wires of Anton's boat, making it inoperable, and manages to win the race. After this, George warms up to Stuart and calls him "his brother". During the family celebration, however, the Littles are visited by a mouse couple, Reginald and Camille Stout (Bruno Kirby and Jennifer Tilly), who claim to be Stuart's parents and that they gave him up for adoption years ago due to poverty. Reluctantly, Stuart leaves with the Stouts. Three days later, however, Mrs. Keeper comes to visit and tells the Littles that Stuart's parents actually died many years ago in a supermarket accident. Realizing their son has been kidnapped, the Littles call the police, who start a search operation.
Meanwhile, Snowbell meets with Smokey and the alley cats, who reveal they had forced the Stouts to pose as Stuart's parents in order to remove Stuart from the household. Fearing retribution should the Littles discover Snowbell's deception, Smokey orders the Stouts to hand Stuart over to them. However, the Stouts, having grown fond of Stuart, tell him the truth and instruct him to flee. Smokey subsequently orders a manhunt for Stuart. He and the alley cats corner him in Central Park, and after a brief chase, Stuart evades them in a storm drain, losing his roadster in the process. He returns home, but finds the Littles absent, going out to put up posters of him. The only one present is Snowbell, who lies that the Littles have been enjoying themselves since Stuart's departure and uses Stuart's removed face from the family photograph as proof (which they had actually used for the posters). Heartbroken, Stuart leaves again.
When the Littles return distraught, Snowbell starts to recognize his selfishness and feels guilty for what he has done. The cats pinpoint Stuart's location in Central Park and bring Snowbell for the hunt. However, he finds Stuart sitting in a bird's nest in a tree and decides to save him from the cats, admitting that he lied and the Littles do love him. Snowbell then tries to reason with Smokey to let Stuart go, but Smokey refuses to listen and demands his gang to kill both Stuart and Snowbell. Stuart lures the cats away, but is left hanging from a tree branch. Monty and the cats group together on a lower branch to catch Stuart, but Snowbell breaks the branch they are standing on, sending them falling down into the river below. An angry Smokey then sneaks up behind Snowbell and is about to kill him when Stuart releases a thin branch that hits Smokey in the face and knocks him into the water. A humiliated Smokey runs off, only to be chased away by a pack of savage dogs. Stuart rides Snowbell all the way home and they share a happy reunion with the Little family when they arrive.
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Box office[edit]
Critical reception[edit]
Stuart Little received generally positive reviews from movie critics. According to Rotten Tomatoes, 66% of critics gave the film a positive review. The site's consensus reads: "Stuart Little is charming with kids and adults for its humor and visual effects."[4] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 61 out of 100, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[5]
Stuart Little was released theatrically on December 17, 1999.
Home media[edit]
The soundtrack album Stuart Little (Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture) was released by Motown/Universal Records on November 30, 1999. Tracks in bold do not appear in the film.
6. He Rules - 702 (3:04)
7. Home - Brian McKnight (4:22)
8. Walking Tall - Lyle Lovett (3:16)
9. Lucky Day - Matt Goss (4:03)
Video game[edit]
Stuart Little: The Journey Home is a video game for the Game Boy Color system based on the book.
See also[edit]
5. ^
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0.483459 | <urn:uuid:8460071f-cff7-4e27-ab09-ddea918e3d49> | en | 0.992446 | Quinn woke when Santana started moving in her arms, feeling as if she needed a couple more hours of sleep. She checked the time. 5:00. She felt Santana's lips press against her skin, before movement told her that Santana had removed herself from the bed. It was way too early. Why was Santana getting up when she didn't have to be at work until 7:00? Why was she leaving so soon?
After Santana left the bed just felt so cold without her in it, and Quinn had no hope of falling back to sleep, so she got up, because otherwise she'd spend a few hours going over the events of the night before. Why was it that it always seemed that Quinn's mistakes came back at her in big ways? Drunk sex outside of marriage? Baby. Texting while driving? Wheelchair. Not having the courage to tell Santana that she loved her? Almost losing her. A dumb, dumb night in a bar? She didn't know the outcome of that, not yet.
She went into the kitchen to find breakfast kind of made for her and waiting on the counter. Kind of because there was dry oatmeal in a bowl, with the water measured out for it, and half a pat of butter resting on top of the dry oats. There was a banana curled around the bowl, and a note in the cup that said, "There'd be milk, too, if we had it." Quinn smiled. If Santana was joking in paper form it meant that she wasn't too mad, right? Or maybe she wasn't joking.
Quinn added the water to her oatmeal, and stuck it in the microwave. The apartment was far too quiet. She switched on the radio, and went seeking out one of Santana's entertainment magazines. She flipped past the article about Justin Bieber and Miley welcoming their second child, despite the fact that they were still separated and reportedly sleeping with other people, as well as the one on the latest blockbusters scheduled to be produced. She and Santana were supposed to go out on a date on Saturday. She wondered if Santana remembered. Were they still going to go out?
Quinn hated this whole being in limbo thing. If she had her way the both of them would have taken a sick day and spent the whole day talking. In her head anyway. If real Quinn actually had her way, the two of them wouldn't ever talk about this. They would pretend that nothing had happened, go on their date on Saturday, and continue planning the reception which was three and three quarter's weeks away. She had discovered that Santana actually had her own flower, the Santana hibiscus, and she had ordered them as a surprise for her wife.
Quinn almost started to dial Maribel's number, but she figured that calling her this early in the morning would be a sure trigger that there was something wrong. Mom was like her daughter in that regards; she missed nothing. It really wasn't fair that Santana got to know everything about her, and she remained a mystery to Quinn. Part of that was both of their faults. After that one argument close to graduation they had stopped talking about pretty much anything, really, except each other's anatomy's, so Quinn missed out on the past five years of Santana's life, not that Santana had offered up too much information when the two of them were in college, either.
She texted Mercedes to call her when she woke up, and lucked out because her phone was ringing a few minutes later. Quinn almost tripped over her feet in her haste to pick up the phone that she sat on the counter.
"Why do you sound out of breath? You and Santana weren't just…?"
"What? No! Santana left for work at some ungodly hour this morning. But you know that saying that angry sex is the best sex?"
"Not exactly true. It felt like we went to war last night, and I'm completely covered in battle scars right now."
"Didn't need that visual, but thanks for sharing. Who did what now? Why were you guys having angry sex?"
Quinn looked guilty even though there was no one around to see it. "Because when Santana and I got into an argument about my dad coming to the wedding, I kind of walked out on her and almost danced my way into someone else's bed. Last night we ended up running into one of the women I almost went home with when Santana and I were out."
"I'm not really sure which part to address first. You make almost cheating sound so poetic, did you really say one as in there were more than one, and I think it's about time that you found another coping method for feeling down on yourself. I honestly don't think that your argument about your father had anything to do with a fight between you and Santana; I just think it's a convenient scapegoat because you're scared that Santana's going to disappear on you, and you think that if you walk out on her you don't have to worry about her walking out on you."
"Do you know Brittany kissed her?" Quinn questioned. "That day on the set. Like I have a picture of it on my phone. She kissed her, and she sent it to me, and you know how Santana feels about her!"
"I know how Santana felt about her, and I know how she feels about you. Quinn if you can't see that she is over the moon about you, then you really need to go back to wearing glasses, or up your prescription on your contacts. Santana only wants you. I'd might even go so far as to say that she's always only wanted you. And in case you forgot, Santana's the one who ended things with Brittany, not the other way around."
"Yeah, but what can I give her that could possibly make her stay?"
Mercedes huffed. "Okay, white girl, you know how much I hate having to build up your ego because it's clear that you're the shit, but you're my best best, so I will. Sometimes you can be funny, usually when you don't try, you're talented, you're smart, and you're gorgeous. Why wouldn't she want you?"
It was subtle, the order that Mercedes had listed her attributes, and Quinn was appreciative. She didn't like it when the first thing that people thought of her as was beautiful.
"Yeah, but she's flawlessly gorgeous, and I have to work at it"
"And my hair ain't naturally straight. And Julia Roberts dyes her hair that red color. And Lupita…okay who are we kidding, she's just perfect, and can you believe that she and Liam Hemsworth have been married for 4 years? Oh, sorry…what were we talking about? You and Santana. You guys are so perfect for each other that I'd be willing to bet that God made you for each other, so you got to get over these insecurities or you're going to mess up things between you. How'd Santana take it when you guys ran into the home wrecker?"
Quinn paused just remembering. "She like broke a bottle, with her bare hands, and went all 'I'll cut a bitch' at this girl, and I think she really would have done it, 'Cedes, if this red-headed chick hadn't flown out of nowhere and said something to Santana in some other language. Do you think she would have?"
Mercedes took a moment to think about it. "Nah, Santana's all bark and no bite. Well, nibble. She's all bark and a nibble. She's a softie…well she did kind of scare me over Xavier."
"What'd she do?"
"She got someone to…I'm not sure what they did, but when he woke up like 12 hours later, he was in Kalamazoo. And she gave him a bunch of tickets and towed his car, but Kalamazoo, Quinn. How the hell do you drag someone off to Kalamazoo and tattoo them without them knowing?"
"There was a tattoo involved, too?"
"Crazy, right! That its permanent."
"Gave him a roofie, maybe?"
"You don't think she's honestly like, a spy do you? I seriously think that she might be, but real people aren't spies. That's like, for-,"
"Non-real people? Aren't spies like real people?"
"I mean, doctor's daughter's don't become spies. Spies are people who have no money, and no families, are at the end of their rope, and have nothing to lose."
"Girl, you watch too much TV!" Mercedes considered it though. "Well…she did seem to go missing a lot back in freshman and sophomore year, and neither she, nor Brittany, could offer any satisfactory explanation for where they were."
Quinn pursed her lips in thought. Mercedes seemed to be doing some thinking too. "Didn't you guys open joint accounts together? Why don't you just look?"
"It's not likely to say that Santana is a spy on a pay stub."
"No, but if you see B6-13 on the pay line, then you'll know she works for a secret, shadowy organization, which would be awesome because Keri Washington is my girl! I hate that that show went off of the air."
"It lasted six seasons. Eventually Fitz had to get out of the White House. Oh, Santana just texted me so I'll talk to you later?"
"Say sorry!" Mercedes said jokingly, right before she hung up. Quinn eagerly clicked over to her text, but was disappointed when all Santana's text said was 'Good Morning'. Her answering text was much longer only to be given a one word answering text in response. It did nothing to dispel her belief that her wife was pissed and not talking to her. She thought about calling, but she also didn't think she could handle it if Santana ignored the call. She actually teared up a little thinking about it, but then she mentally slapped herself because she was Quinn fucking Fabray (Lopez).
Quinn couldn't stop over thinking things, and she was grumpy from waking up so early, so when she got to her office at 9, she was in a semi-foul mood. She parked herself in front of her work station with a bit of a huff.
Connie peeked her head over the divider. "You look horrible."
Quinn grimaced. "Thanks, Connie."
"Bad day yesterday?"
"No yester day was fantastic; yester night was terrible."
"Want to talk about it?"
Quinn turned to her computer, opening her file. "I don't want to even acknowledge that it happened," Quinn informed her. She had expense reports waiting for her. Quinn pulled up dual screens on her computer, grinding her teeth. She'd rather do this the old fashioned way with a ruler and a pen so she could clearly see each item that she had to sift through, but management had had the brilliant idea that they could save hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, countrywide, by reducing printing, so this was the method they came up with. Technology was awesome. "You're not married, are you Connie?"
"Not since 2015."
This was news mostly because she knew little to nothing about Connie, her life, or even her last name. "What happened?"
"He was a dog," Connie said simply.
"Did he cheat?"
"God, when didn't he?"
Quinn's pen moved anxiously between her fingers. "If he had like, say, almost went home with someone, but didn't go home with someone, would you have still ended things between you?"
"How do you 'almost' go home with someone?"
"Like the other party backs out in the end."
"Isn't that the same as cheating? It's not like he didn't cheat, it's just that the opportunity disappeared."
"Yea, but should he be punished for possibly doing it? We don't send criminals to jail for crimes they almost committed."
"Depends on the crime and the criminal. There's attempted rape; attempted murder."
"But no such thing as attempted adultery."
Connie shrugged. "You know what I would think? If they made the attempt once, what's to stop them from making the attempt again? You keep throwing rocks at a barn, eventually you're going to hit it."
Quinn decided that Connie was full of it. She buried her head in her reports, and didn't say another word to the woman for the rest of the morning. Unfortunately, it meant that she was alone with her thoughts (and her wonderful, non-judgmental numbers) all morning. She had to stop herself from texting Santana more than a dozen times. She didn't want to be that girl. When her phone did go off, and it was Santana, she almost yelled from excitement, but caught herself before she did. "Hello," she questioned eagerly.
"Hey, Q." Quinn could already feel the bad news coming. "I'm going to be late coming home, tonight."
"How late?"
"Late, late. Maybe 10. I know you wanted to talk, and I'm sorry. We can still when I get home, but you don't have to wait up for me."
"Why're you going to be so late?"
"A friend of mine who's kind of homebound is going stir crazy, and I told her I'd come over to keep her company."
Quinn wanted to protest. She wanted to throw a wife fit. If last night hadn't happened, she might have, but it did.
"Do you want to meet me for lunch?" she questioned. She shuttered at the unmasked desperation in her voice.
"I'd love to, but I don't have time. I'll make dinner before I go over to her place, so you don't have to worry about bringing something home. I'll see you when I get home."
"Yeah, okay," Quinn finally said.
She hung up with Santana feeling absolutely terrible. Santana was upset with her. Not just upset, she was actively trying not to be around her. Santana had never come home that late before, and it felt even later because she had been anticipating, no matter how nervously, them talking when she got home from work. And now they weren't. She didn't want to be so in her head, she didn't want to worry because Santana had gone out of her way to make Quinn feel as if she didn't have anything to worry about with them, but still she did.
Quinn: Please tell me that you're free tonight, 'cause I could use a friend.
Mercedes: You don't even have to ask. Already there.
She texted Mercedes Santana's address, and briefly wondered why she was going over to Santana's if Santana wasn't even going to be there, but it was already a habit.
Although she had said that she'd make something, Quinn was still surprised when she let herself in and found that there was a plate waiting for her. She had also left a flower, a calla lily. Didn't Brittany once get Santana a shit ton of lilies?
She was reading the note when Mercedes knocked. "Is it always that easy to get in your building?" she questioned as she walked across the threshold. "I just told the guy I'd forgotten my key, and he let me through. No questions."
Quinn nodded. "Yep."
Mercedes eyes fell almost instantly to the space in between the TV screen and the bookshelf, where a purple dildo was suctioned to the wall. "Please tell me that that's an expression of modern art, and I am completely mistaken in thinking what it really is."
In her head she could clearly hear Santana say, Gianna's afraid of the dark, Quinn. How would you like to be in a dusty drawer all the time?
"Her name's Gianna," Quinn said dismissively.
"You seriously named it?"
Quinn wasn't well versed in dildo protocol. Was that a bad thing? Mercedes' eyes finally moved from the dildo to Quinn. "What's that?" Mercedes questioned, nodding at the sheet of paper in her hand. "Santana left it for me with dinner."
"She feedeth among the lilies," Mercedes said nonsensically.
"What?" Quinn wondered.
Mercedes shook her head. "It's a bible verse. What'd she cook? Can Santana cook? She doesn't really strike me as having impressive culinary skills."
Quinn laughed. "Most of her dishes that are really good are vegan, which makes me think that they're all Rachel's recipes, but she tries. I've got to give her credit for that. You want me to fix you a plate?"
"What is it?"
"Brussel sprouts and a carrot broccoli casserole."
"Where's the meat?"
Quinn laughed at the fact that she wasn't the only one that felt that way. "I'll cook some Salmon to go with it."
Mercedes joined Quinn in the kitchen while she cooked. She admired the lily. "Do you really think she's mad at you; I mean she got you a flower so she can't be to mad?"
"She's not here."
Mercedes picked the floor up, sniffed it, and then sat it back down in the vase. "After my parents used to argue, my dad would always bring my mom a single flower. One day I asked him why he did it, and he told me that even when he's angry at my mom, he always brings her a flower to let her know that he still loves her."
"What kind of flower?"
Mercedes shrugged. "A rose, I think. My mom used to cook dad's favorite meal when she was maddest at him," she added. "I think for the same reason. Where is she right now?"
"She said she was visiting some girl friend, somewhere."
"Are you okay with that?"
"Not really, but what can I say about that?"
"When's she say she's coming back?"
She slid the casserole and sprouts into the oven to warm.
"10. Maybe later. Is that weird that she'd going to be out that late with another girl?"
Mercedes scrunched up her face. "Don't know, but if you know she's going to be gone for a few hours you know what we should do? We should snoop!"
It sounded like bad advice the second Mercedes said it, but it was oh so appealing. Santana had nothing but secrets; it wasn't right that she was married to Santana and barely knew her. Well the new her. She knew high school Santana really well. "I can't spy on my wife."
"Sure you can," Mercedes stated. "It's your right."
It was just at that moment that she got a text message alert from Cambridge Savings letting her know that there had been a $1,000 withdrawal from their account earlier. It was like God was trying to tell her something. Still, she made another attempt to resist, "She'd notice. I'm telling you she's like a superhero. She can like seriously tell if someone's cheating just by looking at them."
Mercedes gave an abrupt chuckle. "You really fell for that one?"
"I'm serious, 'Cedes. Like she predicted a guy getting hit by a bicycle; she's like psychic."
Mercedes thought about it. "Just tell her you were looking for something, and don't try to put things back exactly the way you found them so it seems plausible. It's not like Santana hasn't looked through everyone's stuff at some point in our lives anyway."
It was a fair point. "You know she has a gun? She says it's hidden under the bed."
It was all that was needed for the two of them to go search for it. If Santana could presumably get to it and assemble it in 15 seconds, Quinn figured that it couldn't be that hidden, but apparently she was wrong. There was absolutely nothing underneath the bed, and in the end she actually had to take the mattress off the frame, to see how a hollow had been carved into it, underneath where Santana's head would rest. Santana had even stitched a cover back over the hole where the box was kept to keep it from being immediately obvious.
Mercedes stared at the spot where the gun was hidden. "Okay, maybe she is a spy."
The box had a complex slide lock on it, and although she didn't really want anything to do with the gun, she vaguely wondered if Santana would give her the code to the box if she asked her for it.
The timer on the stove went off. Quinn put the gun back where it belonged, fixed the cover, and quickly remade the bed, before messing it up, since it hadn't been remade after the last time they slept in it.
"Why doesn't Santana have a table?" Mercedes questioned when they were seated on the floor in front of the TV.
"Because she's Santana," Quinn said, which was answer enough.
Maybe five minutes of silence passed before Mercedes questioned, "Are you two going to ever, I don't know, move in together, instead of this apartment jumping that you keep doing?"
"We don't jump. Santana gets off of work early's Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, so we sleep at her place, Wednesdays and Fridays were at mine, and we alternate on the weekends."
"I've heard of custody agreements that are simpler."
"I don't mind, and Santana's never brought up moving in together."
"Well, why don't you?"
Quinn shrugged. Something had caught Mercedes eye, so she missed the gesture. "Oh, no way!" she said excitedly. She crossed the room, over to the bookshelf in the alcove. "I can't believe Santana has Flossie and the Fox! Man, my nana used to read this to me when I was a kid! I didn't even know other people knew about this! This is like one of my favorite books!"
Mercedes fingered through some of the titles. Every now and then she would squeal when she touched on one that apparently had some significance to her. "Santana has a lot of Children's books," she noted. Quinn walked over to her side, reading over her shoulder. "Like a lot. Why do you think she has so many?"
Quinn shrugged. "I can't guess. Santana's the only child so she doesn't have any nieces or nephews, and I don't think she's close enough to any of her cousins to bring the kids over. Well, she's close to them, but none of them live close by." She joined Mercedes in flipping through the titles. Why on Earth did she have so many?
"Maybe she has a kid," Mercedes joked. The two of them laughed loudly. "Could you imagine Santana with a kid?"
Quinn smiled to herself. "I don't know, I think Santana'd make a good mom. She's really caring, and loving, and passionate."
Mercedes rested her head on her hand. "Aww…"
"Shut up," Quinn mumbled, still smiling. "But I mean it takes all of our energy not to kill each other, how could we have a kid?"
The talk made Quinn think about her own daughter. She got updates from Puck, but she otherwise hadn't seen the girl in years. Every year on Beth's birthday and at Christmas, she sent her a card. She would spend weeks thinking of what she wanted to write in the cards, but every time, without fail, all she would actually do is sign the card Love, Lucy Q. Last year she'd gotten a card back from Beth on her birthday. Yea, she really wasn't ready to have kids.
She and Mercedes cleaned up, and sat back in front of the TV. Mercedes streamed Brown Sugar. When they got to the part to the night before Taye Diggs wedding, where he's talking about getting married to his fiancé instead of Sanaa, Quinn actually starts shouting at the screen about Dre being Syd's true love and them being stupid for not seeing that, which Mercedes found hilarious. "Have you heard from Martin recently?"
Quinn hugged her pillow to her chest because it was just so obvious that Dre and Syd were made for each other, and they were too caught up in their friendship to realize it. "He's married, has a little girl, and I think one on the way."
"You know Dre and Sidney are kind of like you and Santana. Been friends forever so you ignored the feelings you had developing for each other, and then Martin comes swooping in, to try to win you away from her."
"Eight months," Quinn whispered. "We didn't talk for eight months."
Mercedes gave Quinn a kind look. "I know, I was there for it, and I think that you two should have both been slapped. If you had actually said yes to his proposal, I would have slapped you."
Quinn turned back to watching watched Dre stupidly get married to Reese. She wonders if Santana would have just stood by if she'd gotten married to Puck. To Martin. She could see herself almost literally pissing on whatever girl Santana would have married if she had ever taken that plunge. Their friendship definitely wouldn't have survived that because it would have ended up with a huge fight between the two of them, and them probably not talking ever again.
By the end of the movie, Mercedes was crying because she couldn't seem to find someone, and Quinn was crying because she couldn't seem to keep them. When the movie was off, Mercedes helped her clean up, and put things back, semi-neatly, and she left because Santana should be returning soon. Quinn thought it'd be a waste to stopper the bottle of wine she and Mercedes had been drinking from, so she decided to finish it while she sat on the couch waiting for Santana to come home. She kept rewinding to the part where Taye Diggs had Sanaa up against the bookshelf because she couldn't get enough of the kiss. We kissed like that.
It was close to 11 when Santana opened the door to their apartment to find Quinn sitting on the couch, television on, book in her lap, glass of wine in her hand, and her eyes red-rimmed as if she had spent the last several hours crying. Quinn jumped when Santana walked through the door, as if she'd been drifting off to sleep and the sound of the door opening woke her. They stared at each other for a few seconds, before recognition showed in Santana's eyes, and she covered the distance to move to Quinn's side. "Quinn," she said, her voice a gentle caress, "babe, I told you not to wait up."
Quinn sat up fully. "I didn't think you were coming home."
Santana took the remote and wine from her hands. She turned the TV off, and kneeled down in front of Quinn. She gently touched her cheek. "I'll always come home. Please tell me you haven't spent all afternoon crying."
Quinn sniffled. "No!" she wiped her eyes, in case there was any residual evidence.
"What's wrong?"
"You're my air," she said, semi-coherently. "I can't breathe without you, but you spent all day ignoring me! I'm sorry about that girl. You couldn't imagine how sorry. I don't want you to hate me,"
"Ssh," Santana hummed when she saw fresh tears roll down Quinn's face. She hugged her to her body. Quinn shook against her. "If I hated you, would I have made you dinner and brought you home a lily?" she questioned rhetorically. "I don't hate you, Quinn. I could never hate you. I'm just hurt, and sad, and embarrassed, and I don't want to project any of those feelings on you. That's all."
"I'm sorry I embarrassed you."
"You didn't," Santana gave a soft sigh. "I embarrassed me. I lost control. I should have just walked away, but I flew off at Jenna instead, and almost got kicked out of the bar like the 17 year old Santana who flew off at Berry when Finn lost us Nationals. I'm," Santana lowered her voice, almost pleading with Quinn to understand. "I'm not that girl anymore."
It was Quinn's turn to touch her cheek. "I don't think of you as that girl still, Santana."
Santana looked away. "You said you did."
"I was angry."
"But you still said it. I'm not proud of who I was then, and I'm not proud that I almost got into a bar fight. I'm not that. I was embarrassed because I didn't know how you would look at me, after."
"Honestly, I thought it was pretty bad ass," Quinn admitted. "I like knowing that you'll stand up for me."
Santana sucked in her breath and nearly pulled away. "I'm going to go to bed."
Quinn picked up immediately that she had somehow said something wrong. She held onto Santana's hand. "What?"
She attempted to pull away, but Quinn wouldn't let go, and Santana wouldn't break her grip to force her. "What'd I say wrong?" she questioned, confused as to the sudden change in Santana's persona.
Tears rolled silently down Santana's face. "I just really want to go to bed now. It's been a long day."
"San, tell me what's wrong. We can't keep walking away from each other! We have to figure out how to talk to each other!" Santana closed her eyes, and shook her head, trying to fight her emotions. She felt too weak, too vulnerable. After a silent minute passed, she opened her eyes, and looked into Quinn's, her brown eyes fathomless. "Why'd you say yes?" She could easily see how surprised Quinn was by the question. "Forget the orgasm induced 'yes' that you gave me, after, the next morning, and when we were at the park. You still said yes. Why?"
Quinn's hazel eyes flickered. She'd never really given it much thought. "What else was there for me to say?" she wondered, aloud. "You made sense. When you said that we were each other's longest relationship, and for the last four or so years, I did only attempt to date when I realized that you were the only one that I was with. I don't appear to be good at this relationship thing; I haven't seriously dated anyone in a really long time, and there has to be a reason for that, right? So, I guess I thought fuck it, why not? At least I know the sex will be good. At least I know that even if things weren't perfect, at least I won't be alone."
"So you settled for this because you didn't think anything better would come along?"
"Who 'settles' for Santana Lopez?" Quinn posed. "Why did you propose?"
Santana's answer was ready made. "Because if I had to think about all of the people in my life that I would want to spend the rest of it with, you're the only name that comes to mind."
"So what did I say that had you wanting to pull away?"
Santana forced herself to say the words. "You liked that I fought for you, and I like protecting you, but like I tried to tell you back in New York, I'm not strong. I need someone to protect me, too, and you didn't. You didn't stand up for me." Quinn flinched, but Santana didn't notice. "I had no defense because you gave me none against her, Jenna, and Jenna-," Santana fought against her swell of emotions. She forced herself to breath evenly.
"Do you remember when Finn found out that Rachel made out with Puck and he flew into a rage because of the history of Puck getting with 'Finn's girls'?"
As Quinn had once been one of 'Finn's girls' who cheated on him with Puck, yes she did remember that. Was Santana trying to remind Quinn that she had always thought of her as a cheater? "Yes."
"Finn would have been hurt if it had been anyone but he was more so because of who it was and their history. I am not exaggerating in the least when I say that I would have rather have found out that you almost slept with anyone else in the entire state. Actually you could sleep with everyone else in the entire state, and it wouldn't hurt me nearly as badly as it would if you slept with Jenna."
Santana shrugged her shoulders because there was only so much she could tell Quinn. "It's complicated. Just leave it at that we've known each other for some time, and she's not a nice person."
"What aren't you telling me?"
"A lot," Santana said openly.
Quinn considered. "What can you tell me that you're not telling me?"
Santana fidgeted uncomfortably. She was uncomfortable both at the answer, and because Quinn was learning how to navigate her. "She hurts people. She hurt me."
Quinn took in the expression on Santana's face, and a sense of foreboding flooded through her. "What do you mean?" Quinn questioned nervously.
Santana winced at the fear in Quinn's voice. "Not like…that."
"Like what? Did you two have sex?"
Santana disappeared for a moment, her eyes dilating as she contemplated that statement. She blinked. "I slept with her wife."
Quinn didn't know why she was surprised to find out that Jenna was married, but she was and Quinn focused on that rather than the fact that Santana had slept with her. She knew that they'd both slept with other people. "She's married?"
Santana bit down on her nail. "Was. In a manner of speaking. Not legally. They had kind of what you and I had going on, only Jenna was the only one who was allowed to date other people. I can only tell you the non-redacted version of the story, because it really is complicated, like really, really complicated." Santana paused, her eyes flickering back and forth, almost like she was reading something in her head. "Remember when I texted you about getting tested? It was because of Jenna's wife. I honest to God, had no idea that they knew each other, much less were dating, and it wasn't a lust thing. It was just one of those moments when you're just really fucking lonely, and it just happened."
"After New York." For the two of them New York referred to only one thing: the one and only time the two of them had tried, unsuccessfully, to have a conversation about their relationship. "Jenna found out, so suddenly I'm in her sights. She…," pause, "I had a bad night in a bar, and I went to confront Jenna about it, and she and five other people ended up beat…we got into a fight. I lost. We came to an…understanding; I stay out of her way."
Quinn winced mentally at the thought of Santana getting jumped because that's what it sounded like despite what Santana was actually saying. Despite her bluster, in high school, Santana really wasn't a fighter. Lauren had pretty much been the only one to challenge Santana, and she'd flattened her. But that was high school. The Santana from the bar last night, certainly seemed capable of fighting and fighting well. She could easily take on Jenna, but her and five other people?
"Can't you like do something about her. Mercedes and I were kind of under the impression that you 'knew' people. You made a guy disappear for a day just by making a phone call."
"Mercedes wasn't supposed to tell you about that."
"Well, she did."
"If I could make Jenna disappear by making a call, I would. Unfortunately I can't. I might know people, but she knows bigger people. It would have been very, very bad if I had gotten in that fight with Jenna." She reconsidered. "Unless I actually killed her." Quinn shuddered, because that wasn't a word that had any place in her world.
"Jenna is pretty much the only person in this world that I pretty much hate with a passion, and the idea of her touching you in anyway, but especially that way. And then what she said: you remembered me enough to tell her you were married, but not enough to stop you from going off and almost going home with her, and not enough to come home…it hurt. Because what Jenna said is true: you'd have to be desperate to marry me."
"How can you even think that?"
"I made a mistake."
"I know, but I've never been anyone's first choice, Quinn. Not even Brittany's. I wasn't the girl that anyone wanted to make into a girlfriend, I was just the girl that everyone wanted to fuck; a notch in a belt loop. I know that 'us' came out of left field, and that it's not love or anything, but…just once, I want to be the one that someone chooses."
Quinn's back straightened. "I'm sorry," she responded. "I didn't know."
Santana just kind of set her shoulders. "I know," Santana allowed. "I know that you weren't trying to hurt me. I know you didn't know about Jenna, and I'm not mad, I'm really not. It just hurts, and I need a little space so that I don't hurt you, because I'm hurting."
Santana could see Quinn struggling with emotions. She blinked, before she jumped up, suddenly. "Did you eat? I could fix you a plate."
"I did," Santana assured her. "I ate at Hazel's."
"The friend I visited," Santana explained.
"What'd you eat?"
"Macaroni and Cheese, and sausages."
Quinn squinted at the unusual combination. "She must have a kid."
Santana met those words with a small smile. "She does. A really great kid. His name is Phillip. He's four, almost five."
"It doesn't sound very healthy."
"It wasn't," Santana agreed. "But it was late, for him, it's quick to cook, it's something that he knows how to make, and he likes it when I cook with him."
Quinn squinted because the way Santana talked she sounded like the two of them were familiar. "Is this someone that you spend a lot of time with?"
Santana nodded. "Yes, well not so much since we got married, because they live out in Framington so I don't get to go over as often as I'd like, but I'm going to change that. You can meet him if you want to. I told Hazel I'd baby sit this Sunday, and we're going to spend the day together. Me and Phil, obviously, not Hazel. She has to work."
Quinn bit down on her lip at the thought of baby-sitting with Santana, though Hazel gave her a prickly feeling. "Umm…so what relation is he to you?"
"He's my godson," Santana said proudly.
"You have a godson?"
She nodded. "Yep."
"How did I not know that you had a godson?"
Santana actually gave a chuckle. "Well…you and I weren't exactly trading tales of our daily lives, back when we were just screwing around, and we got married two weeks after I proposed. I'm sure there's a lot of things that we've missed out on each other's lives, but I want that to change. I want us, Quinn."
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0.066506 | <urn:uuid:43274929-6b92-4ef6-a73c-af1b302edd18> | en | 0.96805 | An uneasy quality fills the apartment as she finds her way back to the living room. Darkness has fallen and a steady rain now patters against the windows. The dim light makes it harder for her to navigate the unfamiliar space.
Preston groans again, a tortured sound. Mary finds him curled tightly on the couch, bathed in a cold sweat.
"Tell you," she hears him rasp. "Won't. Lies. It's just a choice...always been..."
Every bone in his body seems to go rigid with pain. Worried, she shrugs off the coat and sits next to him, gripping his hand.
At her touch, he sucks in a breath. "Worth the price," he slurs. "Gladly..."
Mary doesn't understand, can't make sense of what he needs. She only knows he is in trouble.
"Preston," she says softly, laying a hand across his forehead. "Cleric..."
He bolts upright at the title. Eyes wide, he shoves her aside and rolls off the couch onto the floor. He kneels into a tuck, pressing his forehead to the black tile, trembling violently.
"Preston," she says again, careful to use only his name this time. Her hand drifts across his back. "It's okay. You were only having a dream."
He doesn't respond.
"Preston. Come on." Her voice firms. "John," she tries. "Get off the floor." Her fingers pluck at his shoulders.
Preston pushes himself back up slowly and sits on his heels. He glances at her.
"Come back here," she says, pointing at the corner of the couch. "Sit."
A full minute passes until he does as she asks. Then he leans back, almost reclining. His breathing finally begins to slow. He shuts his eyes.
Mary relaxes next to him. They are very close.
"Do you have nightmares a lot?"
"No," he says, grimacing. Then, he makes a small contradictory gesture with his hand. "Well...sometimes..."
"Since you've stopped the drug?"
He looks at her. "Yes."
"It happens." Mary gives him what she hopes is a reassuring glance. "Off the Prozium. You just have to find your new balance."
She is surprised when he laughs harshly. "If only it were that simple."
"What do you--?"
"Forget it," he cuts her off, scrubbing at his face with his hands.
His rejection hits her like a slap, but she is past the point of worrying about herself. She reaches out to brush the tangled hair from his brow.
He grabs hold of her and the abrupt move throws her off balance. She falls against him heavily, their faces only inches apart.
His gaze flows against hers in the weak light. He does not push her away.
"Did they..." she whispers. "Did they hurt you while you were in the Confessional?"
Preston goes completely still at the question. She knows he wants to lie but something keeps him from doing so.
"Yes," he finally says.
"Was it bad?"
He looks her dead in the eye. "I let the mother of my children be burned," he says softly. "I shot my best friend in the face at point-blank range. How bad could it possibly be?"
The pain in his eyes is lacerating.
Oh no, she thinks, heart aching.
Most people when they come off the Prozium are only too willing to disavow any responsibility for who they were before. But not Preston.
It seems there is no end to the depths of his character.
Mary can feel the rise and fall of his chest beneath her. One of her hands is lodged against the steady beat of his heart. Her fingers flex experimentally, pressing against his flesh.
She hears him draw a breath. Feels the quickening of his pulse. Glancing at him, she sees that he is watching her from beneath his lashes. Staring at her mouth.
Desire heats in her blood like molten gold; insidious, seeping through her entire body. Mary wants to know this desperately. Needs to feel him -- to assuage his hunger with every breath that she takes.
Back in her cell, she was ready to burn without challenge. Now she is here.
No matter what else happens, she won't give up. This is still another chance to fight back -- to be alive. To be alive with him.
Preston seems to sense what she feels. And yet, he is hesitant. Shadows crease the sharp contours of his face. She can see indecision and a certain degree of expectation.
He is waiting. Waiting for her.
Her heart slams against her ribs. Mary takes a deep breath and lowers her eyes for a moment before staring deep into him.
"Preston," she says softly. "Why this? Why...me?"
"Don't you know?" he asks. Then, slowly, deliberately, he says:
"Look at you."
In an instant, Mary is transported -- back to that terrible morning when he burst with the sense team through her door. She remembers it all. Her panic, her fury. The other Cleric, Brandt, with his insolent gaze. Preston's contempt -- the thunder of his voice as he railed at her.
And the way he threw her into the wall, into the mirror, coming all the way up against her. The glass was cold as ice on her skin; his breath a hot caress along her throat.
"Look at you," he had said. Their eyes touched in the mirror...
Look at you.
Mary gapes at him, speechless.
Holy fuck, she thinks. She was the first.
There, in the most dangerous place -- amidst the ready weapons and the blank stares -- she was the first one he saw without the lie.
Suddenly, it all makes sense. How he fought. Why he fought. The way he got out -- the deadly game he is playing with the Ministry. He is playing for his children.
He is playing for her.
She kisses him then -- hot, desperate -- saying things with her body that words cannot express. Preston has no clue how to respond, but he doesn't hold back. Lips glide and firm, throbbing with the pressure of unchained need.
At length, he pulls away, breathless. Terrified, she thinks.
He holds her off, fingers slipping beneath the ribbon at her throat. He tugs. The soft velvet falls away, leaving a trail of fire along her skin.
"Mary," he gasps. "I can't...I don't know what to do."
Words she never thought to hear a Cleric use.
She laughs -- a husky, unrestrained sound. "Shut up, Preston. I already know there's nothing you can't do."
His eyes widen at the familiar phrase. He swallows hard, clearly unnerved.
Mary arches a brow and sits up, toeing off her shoes. She eases out of the paper-thin tissue of her internment smock. Seconds pass as she lets him look. Fine bones, pale skin, nipples tight in the cool air of the room. The dark, unruly mane of her hair spills down her back like water. Her fingers brush over the sensitive peaks of her breasts before she cups a hand beneath each full curve.
Preston looks as though he has glimpsed the Apocalypse. For the briefest instant, she smiles.
He is so utterly helpless; as lost to her as he has ever been to the drug. Her confidence, even her delight, is something he probably doesn't understand, can't make sense of.
Victories over the Cleric are few and far between. And this one, though small, is sweeter than most.
She bends over, hands working the buttons of his shirt. The damp silk slides beneath her fingertips. He reaches up, burying his face in the hollow of her throat; tasting her skin, breathing her scent.
Mary strokes his hair until he lets her go. His shirt is open. She draws it back with a flick of her wrist. Glancing down, she stares at him, awed. Her fingers trace firm muscle and taut flesh, delineated in the silver-blue shadows of night.
The perfection of his body is another reminder of the cold grace with which he has ordered his life. Yet she can barely keep her hands off him. Hunger beckons -- a siren's song. To touch, to feel -- the way she would with any of the Underground's most treasured works of art.
Too bad this work of art is only complete when it's killing.
But there are alternatives. She trusts that now. Soon he will, too.
Preston trembles as her hands skim his waistline, pausing to loosen his belt. The buckle is cold, but his flesh is fever-hot.
Her lips brush his chin, his jaw...the tiny scar on his neck where he made his offerings to the Prozium God. Finally, she pauses just below his mouth.
Preston makes a small sound. His breath is warm against her face.
He needs more. He is desperate for more. She wants nothing else but to give it to him.
She kisses him again -- rougher, wilder this time -- beginning to lose sight of him in her rising need. Tensing, Mary grips his jaw, pressing her thumb to the corner of his mouth until he opens to her. She slides her tongue against his. The taste of him, dark and bitter, makes her head spin. Warmth builds between her legs -- a thick, velvet stroke of longing.
He whimpers slightly as she goes deeper, penetrating him. Sucking at his lower lip, she teases his tongue, drawing him forth.
Preston comes into her hesitantly, growing bolder when he hears her sigh of approval. He pulls away to nip at her chin before returning once more to plunder the secrets of her mouth.
A certain giddiness overtakes her as she lets him explore, but Mary knows it is too soon for her to let go completely. He is good, but not that good.
Her hands skip over his ribs. His stomach quivers at her touch. She teases his navel, fingers drifting to the sensitive flesh beneath it. Preston stills, holding on instinctively. Then, he thrusts himself against her.
A jolt of arousal rocks her and Mary sits upright again, fighting for restraint. Her knees clutch his hips as she holds him with a glance.
She finds his hand at her waist and tugs it free. Her thumb slides into his palm, splaying his fingers. She studies them intently.
He has good hands. Strong, capable...of what she dares not think. His fingertips, once cool, are now warm to the touch. Mary kneads the flesh between each firm bone. A hum rises in his throat.
She drops a quick kiss to his palm before catching his eye again. Then, she eases his thumb into the heat of her mouth.
Preston's eyes squeeze shut as she suckles him gently. He moans, head twisting from side to side. His hips roll beneath her.
The rough, salty tang of his skin fills her senses. She nips lightly at the pad of his thumb before sliding her tongue along the bend where it meets his hand.
He is panting almost reflexively now, the fingers of his free hand running up and down the curve of her inner thigh. Mary shudders faintly. Her head bows, hair tumbling down around them in shining waves. He cannot possibly know what he is doing to her, and yet...
Closer, he is drifting closer with each pass, until his thumb slips into the hollow where her legs meet.
She is hot, wet; his fingers glide over her flesh like silk on silk. The light, tentative touch is enough to threaten her sanity. Mary stifles a groan when he inadvertently brushes her clitoris.
But it is too late. Too late to hide the pleasure of her response. He comes back, surer this time, finding her center, stroking her firmly. Her very pulse throbs with need.
Mary glances down. He is watching her, eyes half-blind with desire...and something else. The clever heat of newfound understanding.
This is all spinning much too far beyond her control.
She goes down on his thumb once more, trying to distract him. Then, just when he least expects it, she skates a finger along the hard, aching length of his cock.
He jerks away from her mouth, clutching her hand so tightly it goes numb.
And then reality fractures. He shifts, phenomenally quick. Mary suddenly finds herself on her back. Her wits reel. She can scarce draw a breath before he is on her -- holding her down, parting her legs and surging into her with one swift, powerful thrust.
She swallows a cry and arches up beneath him. Preston grabs hold of her wrist, pinning it above her head. She lets go and he moves...driving into her smoothly...pushing her closer to the edge than she would have thought possible. He is still fully clothed and the fabric of his uniform rasps her sensitized skin. Her breathing turns ragged.
Fast. All of it -- happening too fast for her to guess or think or do anything besides lie back let him fuck her into oblivion.
His fingers roam her body; learning the shape of her, her texture, with reckless intensity. Into the bow of her waist...along the taut skin of her belly...over the tender curves of her breasts. She cannot help a soft moan of delight.
By now, all reason has fled. She is conscious only of the feel of him...hot, slick...buried deep inside her. Every draw, every thrust, grazes the desperate heart of her need -- touching a place no one has ever been able to find. He goes there again and again. And again.
It is too much. She cannot wait. Mary digs her heels into the couch and braces herself, drawing him farther, tightening all around him.
She sees Preston's eyes widen at the sensation, thrilling at his evident wonder. A delicate pressure builds along her spine.
"Yes," she murmurs, brushing his cheek. "Now..."
Mary's fingers slide through the soft strands of his hair...tugging his head back. She watches him come. The sheer elation in his eyes shatters her senses.
His climax is fierce, endless, violently complete. He cannot see her. He cannot even breathe.
And she feels it. All of him. His cock, his heart, his soul. Her limbs convulse with a pleasure so acute it is almost pain.
Mary grasps the broad strength of his back, nails scoring hard muscles that bunch and heave with the turmoil of their mating. Colors dance in her vision, blazing against the darkness. Down she goes with him, through the void, into a realm of fire and bliss and sweet release. There, she is conscious of only one thing. Preston. Melting down with her in the heat of absolute union.
He clings to her like a drowning man, his grip so tight that she fears she might break in half. There will be bruises to mark her slender curves in the morning.
Worth the price, she thinks, gasping. She will pay it again gladly -- as many times as he will let her.
The room quiets after a while, the stillness of early morning creeping back. Night clogs the air as the rain falls, as if the sky is hemorrhaging all around them. With a small sigh, Preston stirs. He eases them both down to the length of the couch. Stretching out, he shifts her slightly in the circle of his arms.
Despite the warmth of his body, Mary shivers against the darkness. Preston sweeps a hand over her cooling skin. He reaches down for his coat, drawing it over her, holding her close.
"Not dead, Mary," he murmurs. "Not anymore."
His voice is low -- thick with sensual repletion. It settles warm and liquid in her limbs. Mary's lips drift lightly over the pulse at his throat. Her fingertips trace through tears that still linger on his cheeks.
Tenderness blooms deep inside; a bittersweet ache in her chest. He owns a part of her now, she thinks.
A Cleric and a Sense Offender.
Who would have thought it possible?
'I wanted to change the world,' the prophet Huxley once said, 'But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.'
Mary tips her head back, resting it on his shoulder. Her eyes flutter closed with understanding.
Because Preston has made his decision. He is feeling -- for himself, for his family. For her.
She will not turn away from that.
And in the last moment of clarity before sleep comes, she knows they have finally found the answer.
Within their reality, the prison life has made for them, this is the only victory.
They have changed themselves. They have changed the world.
This much is certain, she thinks.
They have won.
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1. cycle underway - painless injections
okay so I started my 2nd cycle on monday, deca/test/dbol...last cycle I did test/dbol it was from an underground lab...this time i went with pet pharm and QV brand stuff...first injection was deca/test about 2.5cc (vento glute), no pain at all, could barely feel I injected anything, today 2nd injecton 1cc test e...same thing different location (glute) only thing I think i'm feeling is the aftermath of the actual needle piercing my skin...on my first cycle after I injected I would get an almost sharp pain, from what felt like the oil setting it, I would message it and it would linger for a little while then go away, but I could definitly feel it the next day or two, with this stuff nothing of the sort, I couldent even tell I had injectied in the first place...
my question, what gives?
could this stuff be fake, or is my body usto injections now (even tho it's been about 5 months)...or is thiscommon with vet grade stuff?
2. I went to the QV web site to try and check the batch number/expiration day mine is "QVE 029" "03 2008"
I didn't see this on the page, can someone with some experience help me out please
3. tattoopierced1
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my QV stuff was the same way. Only 1 time did it burn, the other times, you couldnt even tell.
4. has to do with BA% .. the higher the BA% the more the pain
5. okay, I was looking up ways to spot fake gear, and it says the top of the bottel before you pop the lid, for QV it should have "QV" which mine does, and it says if it say "pop off" or "life off" whatever it was then it's most likely fake, on my Pet Pharma (what the deca is) is has that on the lid, anyone know if that theory of lid goes for Pet Pharma as well...
Thanks for the help guys
6. tattoopierced1
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different companies use different things...
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Was the movie itself old or fairly recent? What did the guy look like? Do you remember anything else (like maybe the song he played?) – Walt May 21 '14 at 13:18
It was a modern movie (i.e. not black and white and not from the 80s). Have no recollection of the guy's looks or the song :( It was very touching despite the lack of understanding of the language. – drozzy May 21 '14 at 13:19
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This movie is most certainly The Violin Player (Le joueur de violon), 1994.
The boat scene can be seen here (3:10)
I have not seen it myself but the man is not pretending to play... he's actually a virtuoso, and for some reasons he decided to put his career on hold to play in the Paris subway.
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Did you get a chance to see the Deadpool test footage? Let us know in the comments below!
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First of all, I want to thank those that provided watchable links. Secondly, that was HI-FUCKING-LARIOUS AND BADASS. They nailed Deadpool’s smartass, bizarre, funny humor perfectly. And they even included the fourth wall-breaking ! ……..A couple of people said this could be a video game. Well, no, because Deadpool already had a video game released in 2013. (which I recommend. Cable, Wolverine, Domino, Rogue, and Psylocke even appeared in it !) ……..Others have said this could make up for the shitty depiction of Wade in “X-Men Origins : Wolverine”. I agree. Even Hugh Jackman said that they could have done a better job with Deadpool ! ………. I also agree with others in making it R-rated. PG-13 does NOT fit Deadpool at all. Hopefully, when this does get made, Fox will get people involved who are actual fans of the character and the comics, not people who are just in it for the payday and insist on making idiotic changes and ruining everything. Just, for fuck sake, keep it the hell away from Bryan Singer. I could make a 50-100 page essay on everything he has screwed up with the X-Films.
2. Gary Williams says:
I laughed. I cried. I wet myself.
3. George says:
Join the FB group called we want a Deadpool movie. Let the suits at Fox know what’s up.
4. If I was able to make a Deadpool movie the MPAA would give it an NC-17 rating lol.
5. saw it loved it can’t wait for it .
6. fireforge74 says:
It was part-near perfect! This needs to happen ASAP!
7. Ryan says:
it awesomely Deadpool and needs to be done…. Deadpool in movie form needs to be saved.
8. Brianna says:
I saw it and loved it.I would totally forgive Fox for the mess they made of Origin’s Deadpool…….well ok I wouldnt but I might forget about it for a moment while watching this movie.Ryan is perfect for this part.In every movie he has been in he has had a smartass mouth and a personality that fits Deadpool perfectly.Fox make this movie and make it right.Otherwise……..
9. wolfmoonsshadow says:
Deadpool movie is a an awesome idea. But Nolan North has to be the voice. Hasn’t Ryan Reynolds screwed deadpool over enough?
• Shane says:
No because he was perfect as Wade Wilson. It’s not like he wrote and directed the movie dude.
10. jurjen74 says:
This one works fine
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FOX TAKE MY MONEY!!! I saw the whole thing and it was freakin amazing!!! Had a total fanboy moment!!
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13. S says:
OMG. This is freakin’ amazeballs! I’ll pay so much money to see this.
14. Erik Elle says:
Saw it, loved it, fox is retarded if they keep sitting on this. A full length Deadpool movie just might help us forgive the atrocity that was x-men origins.
15. j says:
This is going to be the first (good) R-rated Marvel movie.
16. JimmyDoo says:
That footage was amazing! I could forgive Green Lantern if they would release a Ryan Reynolds Deadpool movie…
17. Anthony says:
Caught it, loved it, shut up and take my money.
18. Tom says:
maybe when guardians kills it this week, and they see that a kick ass superhero movie with a sense of humor can do well it’ll get them making this. But it must be R rated.
19. Anonymous says:
It’s still up
20. losingmyself says:
It physically hurts me that this movie doesn’t exist…yet there are 3 Riddick movies in existence.
21. autifon says:
Soooo.. if you missed it, that’s a shame, but maybe you can check out this instead: *wink wink, nudge nudge*
22. Andy Daniel says:
Ugh! I missed it!
23. Loved it! The tone was perfect. I’ve been dying for an R rated Deadpool movie for years. Hopefully this will light a fire under someone’s ass at FOX.
24. Loved it! The tone was perfect. I’ve been dying for an R rated Deadpool movie for years. Hopefully this will light a fight under someone’s ass at FOX.
25. Jm5150 says:
Looks like video game footage, not movie footage
26. Steven says:
This was amazing Fox get your shit together and make this already of give it to someone who will
27. Saeed says:
I wouldn’t consider myself a huge Deadpool fan, but that movie would look fun as all hell!
28. Shayde says:
A hoot and a half… and probably the best thing Reynolds will ever be in. Bonus.. He’s MASKED!
29. ryan says:
Broooo, Deadpool isn’t a mutant.
30. Saralyn says:
That was bad ass!
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Pretty crazy, the one on the dais the only difference is five stars vs. three. Everything else is identical except for the slogan. Even the font is the same.
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Finding the Path: WSOP Main Event 2015 part II
I started off with the most important hand I played in the last blog post, as after I played it, it was almost like I got rewarded for my bravery. I experienced my first run good in any WSOP event (ever) immediately after. That was a theme for this Main Event. Every time, I made a brave play good cards seemed to follow me in the aftermath. The good cards were the easy part. Those few spurts of big hands didn't dictate my run, it was all the tough hands in between that propelled me in the tournament.
Nothing given.
There is a rumor that your Main Event starting table will be soft. Soft? Yes, butter on the hood of a car outside the Rio in typically stifling 107 degree Las Vegas temperature soft. For me, that rumor is as valid as me dating Kim Kardashian. One multiple circuit ring winner told me he wouldn't pay $6 for a percentage of any of his starting table. I'd gladly have paid much more than for most of my table. I guess I run bad at table draws. This would be a theme for the week.
I sat down on day one with three open seats. Two to my left and one to my right. I recognized one player, a very successful circuit grinder Roman Israelivi. I purposefully played a little cautious early as I've overextended myself in the past playing shorthanded to start off tournaments. Think I tend to start valuing hands for six people, but my opponents aren't adjusting and playing regular 9 handed hand ranges. In effect, I don't give them enough credit and overvalue my hands compared to theirs.
So, it's pretty uneventful early, until Sorel Mizzi
arrives at the table and, thankfully, sits to my right. For the non poker players you prefer to be on a player's left because you will get to act after them. Mizzi (who is only, heavy sarcasm on the only, 22nd all time in career earnings with over 11 million won) would have been hell to have on my left. That's him pictured with a stack he's capable of attaining in any tournament he plays.
Regardless, I immediately know who the best player is at the table and I decide even in position I'm only playing small pots with him. Then a player sits down and pushes a Russian passport to the dealer. Another Euro on my direct left. It'd be a theme. Euros are typically aggressive and often raising and reraising you. They make life hell. They also can still play online poker and in some ways are probably more cutting edge than Americans in strategy.
On the other hand Euros can also be bad too. Let's see how he plays, I tell myself.
After about five minutes, Sorel who is separated between me and the Russian by the dealer makes eye contact with ~Vlad.
Sorel "Oh, I didn't see you there!"
Ruskie "I was wondering when you'd see me."
Sorel "That makes things interesting."
Oh.... no.
Typically players from far flung places only know one another from playing the same stakes or level. Sorel plays 100k buy-ins and generally the highest levels in the world. Him knowing the aggressive kid on my left can only mean I'd have to take him very seriously. Nice table draw.
I remind myself that all week in the other events I had an aggro player usually from Europe on my left. I did fine. I looked for a silver lining. His position actually might keep Sorel in line. He might not fear me, but in his eyes the second best player on the table is on his left. It could be a good thing. I tried to believe that.
I quickly notice that all but two players on the table were very active and aggressive. They liked to threebet and apply pressure. There were no gimmes here.
Midway through the second level as I treaded water I thought back to a dream I had a couple of months ago. In the dream, I wrestled with this writing project I've been working on as well as trying to play poker on the side. In the dream I was being told to find a path. Find the path. When I woke up it helped me with what I had been working on. The main character's journey needed to be more about finding a path rather than reacting to the events around him. As I had written it he was kind of being pushed on a ride rather then steering it. Find the path. His character arc needed it, he needed ownership for his trajectory.
As I was sitting there in level two, wondering how to survive on this table, those words came back to me. I knew we would be playing there all day. I had to find the path. I could just bounce around all the good players I had to assert my way. My objective was not to beat Sorel Mizzi or the Russian kid or any of the competent three betting players it was to find a path of survival. It was to find a path to make it through each level. It was to find a path to get some chips here and there.
Then it clicked.
The businessman from Philadelphia three to my left. The probable rec player two to his left. Those were the chips I was going to go after. Of course, those were likely the guys everybody was going to go after. So 3betting them might only induce more action. I decided I was going to have to play tighter even then I normally play.
After I'd cultivate my nit image to a degree then I might be able to pick and chose spots to isolate them. The better players would likely give me a wider berth because of my tighter image. I didn't care if those two would hold position on me. I liked my chances out of position against them better then playing pots in position against Sorel or the young beast who was on his right that sliced through the table that day. They also didn't press the fold button as much as they should so there would be chips to win when we'd play.
I played very cautiously. Then I got into a big hand with the man from Philadelphia who I three bet pre to isolate. The board read 5577A. Based on the action I decided we were chopping the pot by playing the board. I held KQ. He bet the river and I put in a stiff raise thinking I could get a lot of hands to fold and I was basically freerolling. To my surprise he did fold... AJ faceup. Wow. It's nice to win a bluff when you don't even know you are making one. Surprised he gave me credit for a 5 or a 7.
Later, we played a pot where again the board double paired 8877Q. I checked the river and he bet. The way this hand played out it didn't make sense. Time for the old hero call with King high after a long think in the tank, I can't specifically remember why. There was a physical tell and the hand as played didn't make sense. He turned over J10. That built my confidence and I think showed the table I wasn't afraid to mix it up and had pretty good hand reading skills. Unfortunately, just as my hero call for my tournament life put my opponent on an exit trajectory this pot seemed to have the same effect on Philly,
Privately, I rooted for him to regroup.
In the meantime, I played three hands with Sorel that I can remember that I won. I 3bet Aces once and based on the run out prepared myself to call off and possibly go broke if he got out of hand after he made a hefty bet on the turn. That was one of the pressures you don't expect of the Main Event, knowing situation-ally that the hand could possibly be your last if the decision tree went a certain way. He pumped the brakes on the river and I might have missed value but stuck with my strategy of playing as small pots as possible with him. I also played Queens in position and he to folded to my river bet with some action in between. Maybe I held AK for the other hand where he also folded to me on the turn or river.
I remember losing one hand to him. I had disguised a rather strong hand just by calling his raise. If it was another player I think I would have threebet. Think, but not positive that it was KK (given how I run with that hand in the Rio let's go with it). The board had an Ace and though his river bet felt big and bluffy, I laid down. Afterward I got the feeling he had it when he stacked his chips.
The businessman from Philly would bust later and my source of chips went with him. The guy two to his left started to open up and I changed my strategy to going after him a little more and occasionally applying pressure to the other players who had gotten short.
The Russian at one point opened under the gun about seven times in a row. It folded to Sorel who pitched it in every time. I never had a hand and around about the seventh time decided if Sorel wasn't going to check the stealing I probably shouldn't either and folded my strongest (but still marginal) holding. The next orbit he failed to raise and I said to the Russian:
"You forgot something."
"What do you mean?"
"You didn't raise my big blind."
He smiled, "Well, if you aren't going to call it I'm going to keep raising it."
I smiled, "I haven't had a hand. I just can't believe nobody else has either."
He nodded. Then he didn't raise my big blind the rest of the night.
He played two very interesting big pots. He called off for about 30k on a river into a guy that clearly had it. Later the same guy made the same bet and the Russian picked up his Cranberry and Gray Goose and said, "I'm going to call, but since this might be my last drink in the Rio this year, let me enjoy it." He guzzled half of it. Then called off. The other guy on a stone bluff just punted the 30k he won earlier into a pot of 15k for no good reason and the Russian cruised through the last level with a big stack.
Whoa. Before I knew it, the day was over. My mini goals complete. Level one check. Level two check. Dinner break check. Level four check. Bagging up CHECK!!!.
Somehow, I parlayed my tight highly selective play into a day one bag up. I had a lot of little ups and downs but finished really happy to be on the plus side of the starting stack. Then I received the news I was the last surviving minion and it weighed heavily on me. Despite wasting my mental energy at dinner responding to some negativity on the facebook page I had put most of it behind me. I know Brigette, Seville, Michael and Michael had to run bad to bust on day one.
Part of me still considered it a tiny victory albeit a Pyrrhic one. Definitely it was one I wanted to win in November, but I reminded myself one of my goals was accomplished. Two years running last minion standing, not bad. This one felt hollow, especially with the idea of no having any company going forward.
By the way, the last vacant seat when our table was filled by another kid who looked an internet wizard. I don't recall him playing more than a couple of hands so he probably wasn't. He must have lost a decent pot because he seemed short most of the day. Late in the last level, after folding for ten hours basically, Israelvilli, short stacked shoved over the kid's open. He called but more short stacked he had less and was at risk. Roland showed Ace rag. He had King King. Five cards later he left the tournament. Played all day to get it in good with King King. King King.
Did he really just fold all day? I thought to myself I'm glad I found a path to navigate that table. That kid clearly didn't.
While there I roomed with my good friend from college who came with a crew of his New York poker friends. He traveled to Vegas with the intention of satelliting into the Main Event. Just like ten years ago when I was playing a 1500 and he had the same plan. He's two for two going to Vegas with nothing close to the buy-in he needed and winning his way into the tournament he wanted to play. Wish I could do that. His buddies also became a bit of my support system especially with my friends from NOLA playing on different start days. A great group of guys.
My friend had to deal with Phil Laak on his starting table, and doubled through him and won some crucial pots against the Unabomber. He also made day two as did two of his friends. We celebrated a little. The only time I let myself really have any fun in Vegas was that night with a day off looming. I think there is a lot of stress of making it through day one. You kind of expect it, but it's not easy. Especially with my table draw. Definitely more a sense of relief than on any other night.
That said when I went to bed, I had one clear thought. That was one of the toughest tables I've ever played, but I found the path and chipped up.
Sunday, July 19, 2015
The hand just didn't make sense.
I felt I should call.
Now my head AND my gut told me to call.
I felt strongly that calling was the right thing to do.
Tuesday, July 07, 2015
I bricked two flights of the 777. I felt I played well despite getting few cards. In Flight A I double up by attacking my table who were all week. Dream table draw. Then a late comer arrived and they put him immediately to my left. A gregarious Russian who immediately played every pot in position on me. That made things harder.
I wanted to say, "Hey, Ivan these people are just giving us their chips slowly, why don't we just take turns instead of beating each other up." Nope, didn't happen. He got crippled. Then I got got run down. Then he got some chips, then I made a comeback and to be honest with all the poker I played since then, I don't even remember the bustout hand.
I do remember the second flight...
I sat down and promptly lost the first two hands. Made top two with AQ, my queen giving the other guy a gut shot straight. Next hand I flopped a queen and a different guy rivered a straight, and I had to pay off. Fun. Nothing like begining a tournament with a half stack.
I switch tables and like my new seat. Again, a bunch of players looking to fit or fold but no real action drivers. A sponsored pro got moved to my right, but she wasn't active. I thought I might be able to grind a stack up, then they moved a dangerous active player... to my left. This becomes a theme for the week.
Regardless, I grinded and went deeper in that flight than I did the first but always at like 8 to 15 bbs. On the hand before a break later in the evening, I got AhKh and there was plenty of action before me. I shoved and got called by the right player who had queens. I flopped an ace. Another player had mulled over calling and I would have beat him too. Didn't matter I finally had chips.
Go on break and I allow myself to think I'm going to run this up. They were going to back up in a few levels and then the money would break early in day two.
We return and the player to my left open under the gun. He gets called by a player who kept calling from way behind after giving a speech saying he just didn't believe his opponent. Action folds to me in the big blind, I look at Kings. I think I might be able to overshove and elicit a call. I'm also happy with what's in the middle. I push.
Player to my left, as he did all night made the correct decision and folded. The other player gave the speech and then called off for all his chips (I finally had people covered). He showed A... J.
So, the runout obviously not good. I barely have any chips left. I win a multi way pot to quadruple up and then promptly lost my still smallish stack when I shoved AJ and the bb called with... Q10 for most of his chips. Oh... yeah. That's why they call them minefields.
The WPT event went much better if I have a chance I'll blog about some big hands I played. Made a call that is probably top five of my life. I chipped up huge, ran KK into AA of the big stack, got a compliment from Mike Sexton for not going broke in that spot, then tried to bluff off a girl who's probably unbluffable (mistake) and then min-cashed.
I next played the Planet Hollywood survivor tournament. Gah... 198 entered and five got 10k in cold hard cash. I finished about 11th or 12th when an under the gun player tried to blow up. She put out a third of her stack (on a steal?) Folds to me in bb. I look at Aces and shove. Obviously, she had no plan, but she did have me barely covered. After a quick tank, she angrily calls with J10. Run out is Kxx... wow. I win this pot, I'm getting 10k, my investors will be in the profit for the week and life is pretty good heading to the Main Event.
Turn is a Q. Players start oohing and ahhing. I know it's coming before it hits. 9 ball river.
Tough, tough beat. I played some of the better poker of my life the last two tournaments so I'm eager hopeful that continues in the main.
So yesterday, I took the day off and did some things like meet up with Monkey and the other Minions. I wanted to play more or something but the schedule did not allow it.
I did get to sweat Kenny Milam and Steve Bierman a bit in the Main. Both played great and Kenny overcome a couple of early coolers to get some traction. Steve started hot, took a couple of body blows and still finished the night with almost a starting stack. Plenty of chips for day two. Also, had a nice long chat with Ben Saxton about some of the projects he's working on. Going to talk to him about some main event coverage as he has a press pass.
Day 1 is today for me. Run good time baby!
Friday, July 03, 2015
Landed in Vegas
For Package buyers:
Bought into the 777 for both flights yesterday A and B (just so I wouldn’t have to deal with registering again). We start play this morning at 10 am. If I advance through the first flight they will refund the second bullet. That will then be put to future events. Updates to come on twitter and my facebook. Starting bankroll for events is roughly $5550. (-$777 x2)
Just to reinforce, this package does not include my main event. That was through the Monkey Minions. If you bought a piece of that you have shares of my Main Event. This package is for all other events I might play.
If I play under the total of $5550 you will get full refunds dollar for dollar (no markup). Here are the percentage breakdowns, I ended up selling a little more of myself than I planned to (as a couple of longstanding investors got in late). Regardless, it’s good to be wanted.
Mike, Justin: 7.27% Morgan: 6% Tai, Joe C., Linda, Todd, Jerry: 5% Charlie: 3.635% Matt: 2% Ryan: .5%
I want to say a big thank you to all those who invested in me. Feeling good about this year. When I have a chance I will blog more about this. If you have any questions about any of this feel free to email me at ez ed cota (at) yahoo (dot) com. (no spaces)
Sunday, June 07, 2015
Colossus Thoughts
Poker players inherently possess some common skillsets and qualities. Many of our shared traits like critical thinking and a natural questioning of authority can make us good brave poker players. That streak of independence combined with intelligence at times can produce a massive group who are all really good at doing one other thing besides poker and that's complaining and complaining and complaining some more. Since, we don't always agree it means any decision a floor makes will have at least one person foaming at the mouth. Makes running a tournament tough to do as literally every guy in the room thinks he's the smartest guy there and he can do it better.
Yes admit it, we are all guilty of it but, that trait goes hand in hand with enjoying competitions of thought. That said, when we all agree that something is wrong or "off" it'd probably pay to listen.
The WSOP this year listened to the players, perhaps more than ever, and a new pay structure in the Main Event promised more payouts and a flatter return at the very top. Folks were happy. They also experimented with new formats like a $565 buy-in with four re-entries and people were happier. That detente seemed too good to be true. It was.
The Colossus began and when the payouts were announced twitter almost broke. The first payout line read less than One Million Dollars. The event with over 20,000 entrants offered a first place worth a little over $650k. In huge events people like to point out how much Harrahs rakes compares to the prize pool. Generally you can say oh it's like second or third place. This year it was almost a million more than first place. Gulp. Cue the torches. Course when you spread out prizes for 2000ish of ~22000 entries probably that's somewhat bound to happen.
Still, regarding the payout, some of what the players clamored for the Main Event was applied to the Colossus and many objected saying that was a bad idea. Why?
Probably because the Main Event is a 10k buy-in. Especially for folks who satellite in sometimes even min-cash is a decent amount of money. In real life it can get you a used car. A flat payout structure for big money is not a bad idea. Also, nine people all making a million dollars is a marketer's dream I'd think. Why pay 10 million to first when you can annouce nine millionaires. While you get a used car with a Main Event min cash in a $565 tournament a min cash might get you a quality flat screen TV. There's a big difference. Having to beat 22,000 or so players and only winning ~600k for first seems like a lot of work for not a giant payday.
(By the way, the WSOP has also been dealing with complaints about not letting players chop. If almost everybody wants to chop all that money, isn't a flatter structure a better alternative?)
Some of this is simply about perspective. Some pros view the Colossus as really a 2k tournament, having fired four bullets. For them having invested up to $2k and fighting 22,000 entrants they want a bigger upside. Predictably it's the pros and semipros who have been going nuts, while the casual players I've talked to are just as happy to cash, and chase a half million as a whole million. Unless, one of them wins it probably none of them will care if the first place doesn't make a million. Course, for future years a one million dollar first place makes a better sell. The WSOP says the Millionaire Maker is the spot for that. I say if you have 22,000 people in a $565 tournament you need to find room for another spot to give out a million dollars for a nominal buy-in.
Clearly at a minimum there needs to be a middle ground. The WSOP keeps citing a rule of thumb about first place being about 100x the buyin. They've even gone so far as calling it the golden ratio and pointing to the hotly debated 10 million Main Event first place prize last year as a maximum that met that rule. They say, if that $10 million was too much (and everybody agreed it was) why is this too little?
Contrasting the Main Event and the Colossus is a bit like comparing Taxi-cabs to Porsches. Sure they are essentially the same thing but they are also as different as they are similar.One critical difference is the rebuy nature of the Colossus. Most casual players probably fired one or two bullets, but those with deeper pockets probably also went three or four deep if needed. Pros and semi-pros who didn't advance probably were closer to three or four. So clearly, using the 100x rule ignores the obvious fact, many players were in for more than just $565. So if you apply that rule it should be 100x a bigger amount.
Probably the WSOP has the average number of bullets a single player played. I'm speculating wildly here but let's say the average is just under two. Maybe there were enough rec players on one bullet in each of the flights to skew that average down, maybe not. Regardless, I suspect though it's closer to two then it is one.
In that case voila you have a happy median. If you apply the WSOP's "rule" to the rounded up 1k buy-in you end up with a million dollar first place prize. In that scenario the twitter meltdown probably doesn't happen because there are two commas on the first line of the payouts. Granted you can see the possible danger in basing the prize pool on multiple entries but I think in this case especially as it applies to first no harm no foul. The amateur plucking down one $565 bullet has a chance at a million dollars. The pro firing four gets the softest field ever and seven figures to go after.
The other big problems yesterday? The computers were down and nobody could get paid at one point and a ton of growing pains (some people playing three handed for multiple levels, the WSOP reporting has been criticized etc. etc). They'll get those right. Every new event especially one as massive as the Colossus needs time to get it right. That said, we do complain a lot, but when we are all complaining about the same thing, the WSOP probably got it wrong.
Monday, March 09, 2015
Big Hand in a tournament...
Still working hard on the project I mentioned a few months back ago, and unfortunately that has curtailed my "pokering" and my blogging a little bit. I am a little behind where I wanted to be, as the project is tough sledding at times. Regardless, I somewhat see the finish line so pushing hard to get there.
I have taken on another student, that I'm doing some poker coaching with and I think he's going really benefit to a few tweaks to his game. Very impressed with some of the skills he already has, and he naturally does some things better then many other players. As a result, I will be back at Harrahs a little more often then I have been recently.
Also, wanted to give a quick shout out to Kenny Milam who met with the Table Games supervisor at Harrahs on Wednesday to discuss tweaking some of their promotions and tournaments. I had planned to sit in on that and talk about some other things but fortunately, I was deep in a tournament. From what Kenny told me there are some bright opportunities ahead for tournament players in advance of the Circuit Event in March. When things get more formalized we'll have them on the front page. Also, I'll let you guys know how things go when I get a chance to speak to the Man behind the scene too.
Anyway, Wednesday's poker tournament as mentioned went well this week. I wish I could attribute it to purely skill but I played a massive hand that propelled me to a heads up chop with Anthony "Binger" Bellao. Btw, Binger played exceptional all tournament long. Considering, I had position on him for the final two tables with a monster stack and he just kept chipping up, it's hard not to be very impressed with how he played.
Okay, back to the hand, as I promised a couple of people that I would blog about it after it happened. It was pretty crazy even for the Harrahs Donkley. I had managed to chip up, maybe to table chip leader (or at least second in chips) when I looked at 6-3 o/s in the small blind. There were exactly three limpers to me all with big stacks and I had the feeling the big blind was just going to check. I don't like playing garbage, out of position even when the price is super cheap, but I had chips to spare and I think I'm reasonably good at not getting trapped post flop. Plus, the possible upside in that spot is so huge, hard to pass up.
Meaning I'm looking for very specific flops and thinking I can maybe felt one of the big stacks in that hand. The tables were unbalanced as most of the chips were on our table, so with these stacks in play, I think calling was correct. When the big blind checked behind, it came one of those specific flops. 754 two diamonds. Gulp in a good way.
I considered betting, not liking the two diamonds on a five way board, but also understanding anybody with a diamond draw in this tournament isn't going anywhere. Maybe I could get some raggy hands to put chips in play before I flipped with the flush draw that was likely out there. Several of my opponents weren't above doing just that. I also thought this flop would miss most people (kind of wrong on that regard).
So, we blinds went check-check. An aggressive player made a pot size bet. The next player called. Okay, might have to shove here but not quite a big enough pot to do... I'm thinking to myself, when I see the third biggest stack at the table is considering shoving. I turn to the big blind and say this pot is going to be huge.
He does shove.
I consider can anybody have 8-6 here? It's possible but not likely, and I'm never folding second nuts on this board in this spot. I reshove. The big blind folds. The next player shoves and the next player shoves.
Oh... somebody has to have 8-6. Four way all-in always has the nuts, right?
I ask who's got the nuts? Nobody responds and then I quickly table my 6-3 thinking I'm up against everything and will have to dodge the deck. Surely, sets or two pairs, and a flush draw, maybe 9-6. Not even sure I'm over 50% to win this hand with that kind of action against most hands.
Yeah, let's say there is two pair, bottom set, and the nut flush draw, I'm only 41% (thanks poker calculator).
Nope, everybody is disappointed to see my hand, then they start turning over their hands, flush draw, flush draw, flush draw. Everybody had two diamonds. I had to dodge five cards in the deck to potentially drag a monster potten.
Somehow, I'm actually almost 70% to win. Wow.
Yum. Normally, in those sure spots you never get out clean, but sure enough after it went brick brick, I had almost a quarter of chips in play with a little over two tables left. Actually, the turn wasn't totally dry, it dropped a three, which meant a six on the river would give us a four way chop. You can't help but consider that worst case scenario in those spots. Fortunately, it paired the board (which most times in that spot would be a very bad thing).
Um... yeah, no way we aren't making top five at that point, even in that turbo tournament. So that was fun.
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The reason people who are knowledgeable about our nation’s history are so concerned with following the Constitution, sticking to traditions, and safeguarding our rights is that our country's success is not the rule. For all the bitter railing you hear against "1%ers," if you're living in modern day America, you are one of the 1%ers. That’s because 99% of the people in human history haven't had it as good as you do. To the contrary, the lives of most humans who've lived on this planet could be fairly summed up with Thomas Hobbes’ famous phrase, "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short." Maybe we should consider that and stop taking all the good things we've achieved as a result of our Constitution, our culture, our religion, and traditions for granted.
1) We shouldn't take access to cheap oil for granted: "There are relatively few large sources of oil. Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates combined account for 60% of the world’s oil reserves. Imagine a couple of very plausible scenarios occurring at the same time — perhaps a war between Israel and Iran along with a civil war in Saudi Arabia. If that were to happen, you could easily see the price of oil double or even triple overnight with no easy fix." This would be of minimal consequence if we were actually harnessing our own resources. We have enough oil offshore and in shale to "fuel every passenger car in the nation for 430 years." Unfortunately, because the government is working overtime to prevent these resources from being taken out of the ground, if we had a real crisis and gas reached the $10-$15 range, we'd have to suffer through those kind of prices for up to a decade while the oil industry caught up to where it should already be. That’s something we wouldn’t have to worry about if we had our priorities in order instead of catering to environmental extremists who won't be happy until we all live like the Flintstones.
John Hawkins
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At the end of my dad's fight with this horrible cancer, he was vomiting bile all of the time. Is this a normal for the ending of this cancer?
Also my dad was diagnosed with Myleoprolific Disease. Has anyone had this with this cancer?
(51 replies, posted in General Discussion)
Your post moves me. I am reminded of my dad passing away from this horrible cancer.
NOBODY should have to go through this but we play the hand we are dealt.
My thoughts are with you.
Your courage is admirable. You are a pillar of strength to us all.
(14 replies, posted in General Discussion)
My dad was treated at Mayo. Palliative care means they don't think they can cure the cancer. That is what they think or have experienced.
The doctors told my dad that he would have 6 month without chemo and 1 yr with chemo. He did have to get his stent replaced about every 2-3 months and he did not have surgery. They were correct with his diagnosis although they could not really determine if he had leukemia also...I guess in the end they decided he did also have chemo.
My dad had mets to the omentum. That was not good at all. They will probably start with gem/cis.
(3 replies, posted in General Discussion)
I don't understand why any new cancer treatment coming out isn't tried for cholangiocarcinoma.
It makes me so mad. My dad has been gone a year after this horrible cancer and it would have been his 68th birthday this month. I am so bitter about this.
Go to
they have studies that are ongoing
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They didn't even discuss surgery with my dad and there are people on the site that seem they were about the same as him and they had surgery.
I don't know how they decide.
This just makes me angry.
(3 replies, posted in Grief Management)
My dad passed away in April of 2014 went through 6 months of chemo. My husband's dad had bladder cancer in Apr of 2013 never went through chemo, has a neobladder, and continuously has issues. He just lays around doesn't listen to when we say to go to the doctor and supposedly is cancer free.
I am at odds. My dad would have given anything to be alive but he is just what I call sucking the life out of me. He is not greatful....doesn't listen...and gets no cancer???
I am so upset it is so unfair.
My husband and his sister are all about him....seeing him and trying to help. I am so resentful.
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Toward the end my dad was like that. He would vomit all of the time but couldn't eat. The anti nausea meds did not help....he would vomit bile. He would get exhausted really fast but couldn't sleep.
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My father had results after 3 months after gem/cis. HIs tumors had shrunk at that time.
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I think it depends on how long it was since she had it drained and how her vitals are. My dad had ascites and had it drained weekly until the end. At the end he had it drained then died 3 days later. He was vomiting a lot and could not eat.
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Hi Sam
My dad was in the same place. He was diagnosed and was told 6 months with and 1 year with chemo. Sadly he passed away this year...1 year after diagnosis.
Please feel free to ask me any questions.
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I think that is too early to see any effect. My dad had his first CT scan after treatment at 3 months. His ended up shrinking but he never had an ultrasound done.
My dad did gem/cis treatment. It gave him a year. He was diagnosed at stage IV.
He tolerated the chemo very well.
When I talked to my dad's nurse she said he had Myleoprolferative Disorder also. He had talked about also being diagnosed with leukemia.
Is this very common?
Well I finally got to talk to my dad's nurse. He passed in April.
He had extrahepatic bile duct cancer stage IV. The doc gave him a year with chemo....it was almost a year to the date of diagnosis that he passed.
They think it came from the gallbladder but can't be sure. He had physicals each year for his employment and nothing ever came up. The nurse said that even when he passed his liver enzymes were not abnormal.
This cancer is my enemy now. I have asked my company to donate to this organization.
I don't know if this helps....
My dad died from this cancer in April of this year. At the end he didn't describe it as "pain" but as discomfort. He used to say I know pain...I have had kidney stones. This isn't pain it is more like discomfort...having the flu.
Now saying that he was on a very high dose of morphine. He just was not able to sleep. Once they got the morphine dose almost figured out he passed away. Now he also had ascites and wasn't eating.
I hear you. I am 45 and my father died from this a couple of months ago at 66. I don't think they would give you a cancer screening. One of my dad's nurses said to get my liver enzymes checked yearly but some people have normal enzymes then find out they have stage IV CC.
Should I not drink at all (I like a glass a wine per day).....should I not ever take any medications.....I don't know. It seems like people are healthy and get this cancer. My dad smoked but he wasn't overweight. He was on BP meds but overall looked great and had a physical every year (although I don't think they drew a liver panel).
I don't know. I am having a problem coming to terms with this myself. I am just thinking at 66 I will die.
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Hi Heather...I am in Round Rock Tx. My father passed away in April of this year. His CT scan showed tumors on his oementum and then he began having ascites. He turned quickly after that. I would say it was about a month. He was not eating and would projectile vomit bile. His body was basically shutting down at that point.
Originally they didn't think the ascites was a big deal but once drained it came back again quickly. He was probably drained 3-4 times before he passed. I don't think the ascites was a "sign" but I do think that the oementum tumors and his lack of appetite were.
I absolutely hate this cancer.
Does anyone know if Bile Duct Cancer is a primary cancer or if it develops from a primary cancer within the body?
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My father died from CC April of this year. I can't stop thinking about how I may only have 20 or so years left until I get the cancer. How do others deal with this?
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So basically there are no "set" symptoms. Even drawing liver enzymes doesn't seem to be conclusive as some have normal levels.
I am so paranoid about this since my dad just passed from it. I know it is a maybe maybe not but I am an analytical mind that can't deal with that.
I am just curious about this cancer. How were those of you with cc diagnosed? Was it via liver bloodwork, biopsy, etc? What caused you to go to the doctor prior to your diagnosis?
My dad went to the doctor due to the terrible itching he had and dark urine. It was then he had liver enzymes done and it was diagnosed by a process of elimination...no biopsy.
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I can tell you what happened to my dad. After the gem/cis stopped working he was waiting for his new chemo. That is when he started to get ascites. They drained it then it came back a week later; drained it again. He was vomiting (projectile) and not able to eat or sleep. This continued and was hospitalized many times. This happened over the course of a month until he passed. He described it not as pain but as discomfort. Like having the flu 10 times over. He was not eating and dropped a lot of weight. He was very aware of what was happening and could continue conversations. The last week I think he was having some hallucinations but that could have been from the morphine. Along with the throwing up his kidney function went caput. Slowly his organ systems were shutting down. | http://www.cholangiocarcinoma.org/punbb/search.php?action=show_user_posts&user_id=9650 | dclm-gs1-234210001 | false | false | {
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0.024755 | <urn:uuid:db57fc2f-518f-4328-83f5-8716bfe932e6> | en | 0.97309 | HARTFORD -- Scuppy wasn't on trial before the state Supreme Court on Tuesday, but he became the poster horse in a controversial case that could result in higher insurance rates for the owners of the state's 50,000 horses.
In a hearing that cited case law as far back as 1699 -- and, in particular, a 1912 case in New Haven -- lawyers for a Milford farmer warned that hundreds of years of horse ownership could be changed if the high court rules that the animals are naturally vicious.
But the attorneys for a man whose son was bitten by Scuppy at Timothy Astriab's Glendale Farms in May 2006 told the six-judge panel that the man merely wants the case sent back to the Superior Court level, where the liability case can proceed on its merits.
During an hour-long hearing, Hartford attorney Steven L. Seligman said that the horse had no history of biting when Anthony Vendrella Sr., who was at the farm buying plants, held up his young son, who was bitten on the cheek by Scuppy from behind a 5-foot fence.
Astriab told Hearst Connecticut Newspapers on Monday that the Vendrella family could not positively identify which one of Astriab's horses bit the boy.
"We didn't have any evidence of the actual vicious propensity of horses in general, or this particular horse," Seligman said. "We should not overly burden people who keep animals of great utility. Until you know a horse poses a risk, there should be no liability. If we have to warn everyone about everything, we effectively warn nobody about anything."
New Haven attorney Hugh D. Hughes, whose appeal of a lower court ruling was upheld by the state Appellate Court, said Glendale Farms' warning signage was inadequate and there should have been additional fencing.
"It all goes to inadequate restraint of the horse," Hughes told the high court, recalling that as the father looked away briefly, the horse stretched over the fence and bit out a piece of the boy's cheek.
"They needed to keep people away entirely."
The state Superior Court originally ruled that the harm to the child was not foreseeable and that Vendrella could not prove that Scuppy had a tendency to bite.
Vendrella took the case to the Appellate Court, where he won when jurists there ruled that there was a question whether the farm provided proper notice of the horse's propensity for nipping.
The 1912 case involved a horse hitched to a wagon in New Haven on a public road. But Seligman said that a road is different from private property.
"The horse in this case was behind a fence on the defendant's property," Seligman said. "It wasn't left to roam free or on a public highway."
Hughes argued that Glendale Farms was also a public place since it sold plants and an employee essentially allowed Vendrella and his son to visit Scuppy.
With eyes set back on the sides of their heads, horses cannot see what's right ahead of them and so they sniff -- or nip -- to find out what's there, Hughes acknowledged.
"If the horse can't see what's directly in front of them, how does that line up to a propensity of viciousness?" asked Justice Andrew J. McDonald.
Hughes responded that he wanted to show in the lower court that horses "will typically nip." Hughes said he was not asking the court to determine all horses are "vicious."
"There is not going to be some general rule about horses that will come out of this case," declared Chief Justice Chase T. Rogers. She warned that Seligman was "wildly overstating" the potential ramifications of the case.
A 2005 study by the American Horse Council Foundation found that Connecticut is the third-densest state in the nation for horses with more than 51,000.
After the hearing, Lori Vogel, one of about 100 spectators who attended the hearing, said if Vendrella wins, she's sure that various kinds of insurance she and other horse owners carry will require higher premiums.
"We're becoming a society where you can't do anything," said Vogel, who owns 10 horses on 25 acres in Middlefield.
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by Jacob B. on 2015-07-14 14:31:17
"These goggles DO NOT FOG even when whole face is covered in shemagh. They accomedate lower profile glasses but a bit tight. The strap is not long so it is tight over a helmet. The goggles breath well and arent very high so there is a space between goggles and helmet so i dont reccomend these with a helmet. They work better with a boonie hat or shemagh. Nice goggles for the price. But if you are looking for something that really works great woth prescription glasses then go for arena flakjaks or mozambikes.
by Aleksandr V. on 2015-04-21 23:26:01
"In short i would say BEST GOGGLES I HAVE EVER OWNED!
At first i didnt like them because they would fog up a bit after very little use on my local field, and would stay fogged up until i ran around a bit to circulate air into the gaps.
but after doing a bit of thinking a i found out a way to stop them from fogging, jusr simply press them all the way down to your face or lower mouth protection (in my case a wrong gear shemagh) and after that i had no problems with them at all. probably the reason they fogged was because of the air going through the gap in between my nose, cheeks as it would usually. so let me get onto the pros/cons
-work great (if the goggles have good contact with your lower face)
-dont slip off of helmets
None at all!
I would recommend these to anyone that that wants non distorting goggles for probably the best price possible (no surprise why may military personnel use them)
by Joel V. on 2015-01-02 20:28:08
"I've had these goggles for probably just about 3 years now. they are great but a few setbacks.
pros: grip gel on the strap to keep them in place
comes with a lens protector
they fit with my fast helmet
do what they are meant to to..... PROTECT YOUR EYES!!!!
rubber around the lends trap in heat and aren't very comfortable
they scratch a lot
fog a lot if you wear a balaclava even if you breathe through your nose
they don't fit that great with my mesh mask
i haven't seen any replacement lenses
by Zakk B. on 2014-12-02 14:03:33
"Great goggles, they fit well, are close to the face and are easy to use while aiming down the sights.
The only reason I took away a star is becouse when in a prone position all your breath goes up and fogs the goggles when wearing a lower face mask which is required in FL. I use the with the hakkutsu? lower face mask and they go together great.
Overall a great pait of goggles and has a outstanding price for what you get.
by Vincent C. on 2014-11-08 11:32:00
"First goggles I've ever bought and they work great. I haven't had any fogging problems since i got them like 6 months ago. One reason these won't fog a lot is because there's a gap at the top of the lens/frame that lets it breathe, unless you're wearing a helmet and it's covering it or something I guess...
Don't wash the lens too hard because you might scrape off some of the coating. Accidentally did that and now my vision is SLIGHTLY blurred. Just use a cloth and maybe some warm water and you're good to go with cleaning it.
Lens is pretty easy to take out. What i did was release the sides first and then pulled upwards in the middle section.
by kaleb v. on 2014-07-15 13:06:05
by Frits Peter R. on 2014-06-11 10:20:39
"they are just great for the price!
but if you are on a budget,
this are fore you!?!
nhee non..
by Chris L. on 2014-04-10 22:45:00
by Daniel K. on 2014-04-04 06:12:51
"These are the best goggles I've ever had. They don't fog, they are very comfy with my MICH 2000 helmet. The only time I have to adjust them is when I have sweat dripping into my eyes.
Great goggles for a great price
no fogging
None (at the moment)
by Eric R. on 2013-07-28 19:58:48
"These goggles are pretty comfortable. They fog rarely. The only fogging issue I've ever had was on a 90 degree day with heavy rain. But than again everyone's goggles were fogging.
They don't fit very well with lower face masks and they scratch really easily. I don't wear a helmet but own one and they fit very comfortable with my fast helmet on.
For the price you get a fairly good pair of goggles that are super comfortable and allow good vision.
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Darar: Thanks to those who help refugees on their journeys
Foosiya is a Somali refugee who lives in Greeley. She goes to the Global Refugee Center in Greeley to attend her daily English classes. With her limited English skills, she occasionally encounters difficulties assimilating into American culture.
Many in Greeley are perplexed by refugees like Foosiya. The most obvious differences are in her clothes — a long, open-faced vestment that covers her entirely from the head to the feet traditionally named Hijab in Somali — and long, slack pants. This style of clothes, in the eyes of the media, is only imposes upon wives of Islamic extremists. For Foosiya, it is a modest traditional dress. Being so loyal and devoted to her religion and custom, Foosiya appears to be uneasy about embracing Western clothing styles. Foosiya thus finds herself struggling between her tradition and the modern life in the free world. Finding a job, for instance, was not simple for Foosiya. While I was filling out a job application for her, she told me that she left her previous job because of the clinched pants that all of the female employees there had to wear.
In war-torn Somalia, young female Somalis like Foosiya have no access to school or basic education. Those who survive the heavy artillery and gun fights between the conflicting rebels are fortunate. Most of the young girls like Foosiya end up fleeing to neighboring countries such as Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Yemen, where they find shelter at the refugee camps and wait for a resettlement opportunity in the West.
Where I come from, in Djibouti, refugees find themselves toe to toe with the corrupt police who take advantage of their illegal status and never let them go unless they bribe them.
A refugee in a new country is like a newborn child who needs a parent or a guardian to teach, tame and guide them. Finding yourself in a totally different country and culture isn’t easy to endure, but neither is another battle for survival.
Thanks to those who have done whatever it takes to put refugees on the right track; who, day and night, make sure to mend and build bridges in order to shape a human relationship and a common ground between the local people and the refugees. Because of their exertion, Foosiya has a vision and ambition today. She wants to be a nurse and help people.
As a volunteer teacher at the Global Refugee Center, I see refugees every day in my class. No matter what harsh and challenging journey they have been through, or under which ruthless and cruel regime they have lived, you can still notice a glimpse of hope and relief deep in their eyes. Sometimes when explaining some English words, I ask each of them to tell their classmates a similar word in their own language, then certain words in certain languages are pronounced in a humorous way, which leads to a friendly laughter of all students in the classroom. One can grasp the inner sense of happiness and mellowness that the participants relish. It is probably true that most of them, if not all, had once been in circumstances under which it was difficult for them to imagine what a happy life would look like. But today, they can laugh and cheer once again.
Mohamed-Mahad Dirieh Darar, 27, is from Djibouti. He is studying for a master’s degree in English literature at the University of Northern Colorado and is a volunteer ESL teacher at the Global Refugee Center. In Djibouti, he was the general manager of the American Institute.
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This is a copy photograph of Father Emil Kapaun, left, helping a wounded soldier that sits on display at Kapaun Mt. Carmel High School. The Kansas native served as a chaplain in World War II and the Korean war, where died a prisoner of war in 1951. The Catholic Diocese of Wichita is petitioning the Vatican to have Kapaun declared a Saint. (Photo by Mike Hutmacher/Wichita Eagle/MCT via Getty Images) | Getty Images
RNS) A man who went from being a priest in rural Kansas to a prisoner of war in Korea will be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor on Thursday (April 11).
But that's not the only major recognition the Rev. Emil Kapaun has -- he is also a candidate for sainthood in the Roman Catholic Church.
President Obama will present the nation's highest military honor to Kapaun's next of kin to commemorate the Army chaplain's acts of personal bravery during the Korean War, both on the battlefield and in a POW camp.
For years, POWs who survived the camp have pushed for Kapaun's wartime actions to be recognized. Now, it seems they've been heard on multiple fronts.
Despite the high honors, Kapaun's story began much more humbly, half a world away from where he would encounter the horrors of war. He was born April 20, 1916 in the small town of Pilsen, Kan., about an hour and a half outside of Wichita.
At age 24, he was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Wichita. Four years later, he joined the U.S. Army Chaplain Corps. Kapaun left the Army in 1946, returned in 1948, and left for Japan and Korea in 1950 with the 8th Cavalry Regiment of the 1st Cavalry Division.
For the most part, the soldiers didn't have much use for the chaplains -- they could be preachy and liked to point fingers. But they respected Kapaun.
"The guy hardly ever pushed religion on anybody," said Roy Wenzl, a Wichita Eagle reporter and the co-author of an upcoming biography of Kapaun.
Kapaun worked alongside other soldiers, digging latrines and foxholes. And he risked his life time after time to save the fallen.
Kapaun saw several battles during the war, and in each one he would run outside the perimeter to save wounded soldiers, despite pleas from his fellow soldiers to remain in safety. But during the Battle of Unsan, Kapaun's regiment was surrounded by a sea of Chinese soldiers. Kapaun refused to escape and leave the fallen Americans, and was captured on Nov. 2, 1950.
Kapaun found a wounded Chinese officer and convinced the man to help negotiate the remaining American soldiers' surrender. Then when a Chinese soldier was about to execute an American, Kapaun knocked his gun away and saved the man.
The Americans were forced to march, with little to no food, in sometimes sub-zero temperatures, to what is now North Korea. They ended up in the Pyoktong POW camp.
Inside the camp, hunger, disease and the cold preyed upon hundreds of soldiers. Dysentery ran wild and the inmates' only option for water was melted snow.
Despite the miserable conditions, Kapaun flouted camp rules to aid his fellow prisoners, stealing food and medicine, praying with them and shaping containers out of roofing tin to boil water.
"He led by example. He picked lice off of soldiers when no one else would," Wenzl said.
Kapaun eventually had to stop caring for others due to his own illness. When his condition worsened, camp guards took him to a ramshackle hospital the POWs called "the death house" where he received no care.
"Hey, Mike, don't worry about me," he told Lt. Mike Dowe, as Dowe recalled to The Associated Press. "I'm going to where I always wanted to go and I'll say a prayer for all of you."
As the Chinese guards were taking him, Kapaun blessed them and asked for their forgiveness. Two days later, on May 23, 1951, he passed away, seven months after arriving at the camp.
He was one of just 11 military chaplains who have died in the line of duty since World War II.
But his memory lived on among the POWs whose lives Kapaun saved. Wenzl traveled the country talking to POWs who had survived the camp while writing a series about Kapaun for the Wichita Eagle.
"Combat veterans are pretty reluctant to talk about (their experiences)," Wenzl said. "But this was a pretty dramatic exception. They all wanted to talk about him. They regarded him as a heroic figure, the greatest person they ever knew."
In 1993, the Vatican declared Kapaun "Servant of God," which officially opened his sainthood cause. As his cause proceeds, the Vatican will have to find proof of two posthumous miracles connected to Kapaun's intercession in order for him to be named a saint.
The Diocese of Wichita is also petitioning to have Kapaun declared a martyr for the faith, which would fast-track him straight to beatification, requiring only one miracle to reach sainthood.
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DevOps to support the operations of our engineering team Responsibilities Own and manage our production and development environments including monitoring and automatic scaling Standardize the dev and release management process across the company Manage and maintain existing continuous integration system and continuous development system Troubleshooting production issues Monitoring system performance Work with our development team to implement and evolve solutions for a wide array of challenging problems Requirements Expert in Linux including most of the following Experience with performance tuning Experience with other distributions such as Debian Ubuntu Gentoo and other variants of Unix such as Solaris FreeBSD etc Package management and automated system installation and patch management Filesystem management including partitioning LVM hardware and software RAID Expert understanding of TCPIP networking including Ethernet IP ARP IP TCP UPD etc Network administration including configuring IP unicast and multicast operation dhcp dns and network servers such as FTP NFS Samba and Apache Configuring and monitoring system security including usergroup administration authentication auditing packet filtering etc Experience tracing network activity using tools such as tcpdump snoop wireshark sniffer etc Compiling applications and kernels to optimize system performance Performance monitoring and optimization including latency measurement and reduction System monitoring with SNMP and tools such as Cactus Nagios etc Time synchronization with NTP PTP PPS or IRIG Automating installations with kickstart or related products System automation with Puppet cfengine chefor related products Virtualization with KVM Xen or a related product Experience with databases such as MySQL Oracle Sybase MSSQL etc Solid foundations of concepts of system engineering and networking Solid understanding of inner working on Linux based systems Solid experience in scaling applications and measuring capacity of systems Strong scripting abilities in Shell Perl andor Python Must have 34 yrs of strong scripting Must be advanced in scripting and Linux Must be able to write a simple program Experience setting up applications with CDN and Global DNS for global fault tolerance and redundancy Experience with Amazon AWS EC2 RDS CloudFront (any would be helpful) we have our own private cloud Experience with Nginx Apache Web Server Tomcat MySQL DynamoDB SOLR Github Attention to detail and desire to work in a fast paced startup on challenging problems BS degree in engineering computer science or a technical field is preferred Computer science degree a plus If not then understanding how to interface and interact with Java developers and Java code is mandator UNIX, Linux, Devops, Shell, bash, python, nagios, rabbit, chef, puppet, cfengine | http://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=a01b785a0ceef92d&qd=IQzMzJT0AAHEya_TxEy75_cZxKk-lSsYbwQzo0ptn35U2jdu6t90DUXTH2h-kKDvCsD2QYlLfdeNwbU5hXscLHuPd3qPSgVKyq16Q5BBySckt0LCVy_rQinuMfW47e_m&chnl=ijs&atk=17ldqs13q06a07a5&utm_source=publisher&utm_medium=organic_listings&utm_campaign=affiliate | dclm-gs1-234640001 | false | true | {
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Discussion in 'Vaporizers' started by JoHahn, Apr 29, 2010.
1. JoHahn
JoHahn New Member
I've been tokin' for awhile and im looking to buy a vaporizer to save money on bud. I'm currently deciding between an easy vape ($100 at my local head shop) and a vapor brothers ($190). How much herb will one of these vapes actually save me (e.g. how much less herb used to get the same high vs. a pipe)? Would a more expensive vape be more efficient and conserve even more? I'm willing to order online or pay a lot more for a vape that's guaranteed to conserve more bud because it will pay for itself. If there is a noticeable difference, which vape will conserve the most bud on the market (besides the purple days)? Thanks in advance.
2. Herbania
Herbania Don't fear the reefer
It's been my experience direct draw whip type (non motorized airflow) vaporizers use the least amount of weed . When you get your hit you can remove it from the heat then re-apply when you're ready for the next one. They are harder to get used too...I've only used the Vapolution(over priced today, i got mine cheap), the herbal air and the volcano. The vapolution, a direct draw whip vape, used less weed and produced a much better tasting hit. The only advantage to the bags and the motorized air flow ones are they are more friendly to multiple users and don't require a learning period. High end vapes seem to be easier to use and have more features, but then again it is just more stuff that can break...
I'm sure 5-drive has better info about the brands you mentioned, he seems to be the resident vapologist....
3. 5drive
5drive Slacker
Most use less with a vape. Vaporizing is more efficient than smoking. How much? Depends on the person, the vape, and most importantly, how you use it. Good convection models can all be efficient, but with a standard size whip bowl, you tend to load more and take bigger hits. A big hit usually means a bigger and quicker exhale, which lowers efficiency. You can load small and/or hit small, but it's not as enjoyable. Starting at a high temp is also inefficient. You'll go through a bowl quickly with high heat. It's better to start low to medium and move the temp up (if you want) when you stop getting significant vapor.
Not really. At around the $300 level, you get digital that's accurate, and that may help a little with judging your temp, but getting the most out of your herb is mostly a matter of controlling your temp and your hits. In my experience you can't take a huge hit (especially at a higher temp, where the vapor turns harsh), exhale in a few seconds, and extract all the compounds. Your lung tissue isn't that much of a magnet for THC and cannabinoids.
The PD is efficient because of the fixed temp and the small bowl. That's it. The iolite is just as efficient, due to the fixed temp, but with a much bigger bowl, you'll tend to load more, and you'll tend to vape the whole bowl. Do you have to vape the whole bowl? No, but that's the tendency, just like you'll be inclined to take a bigger hit with a full sized whip. A vape with a temp control is potentially more efficient, since you can gradually move the temp up and get more of the high temp cannabinoids. Efficiency is all about using discipline with the temp (if variable) and your hits.
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4. dabuddhauser
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I have a da buddha vape and I LOVE it. I was a blunt smoker before vapeing so yeah I conserve so much bud now. I also workout daily and my lungs feel like ive never smoked a day in my life. The thing I also love about da buddha is how simple its made, my dog has knocked it off my table a couple of times and it doesnt even have a scratch on it. It's made so be very durable and has a 3 year warrenty, I believe is much better that vape bros IMO. So many positives with only a few drawbacks. Drawbacks for me include, harder to vape in groups and the portability.
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5. TastyBongWater
TastyBongWater New Member
My vaporizer does this extremely well. I have little money to spend and this HerbalAire vaporizer is amazing in saving bud. I smoked six people up with about a gram, little less. And after the first bowl half them didn't even want another. These people had medium to high tolerances too. I got mine on ebay good deal $180 brand new. It pays for it self very quickly and it's a claimed to be more efficient that any vaporizer out there now, including the volcano vaporizer. (a.v.b. from the Volcano has been used in the HerbalAire to get more bags)
We need a vaporizing smilie.
6. lwien123
lwien123 New Member
Yeah, the most efficient bag vape on the market, but not the most efficient vape. That, I believe, belongs in the domain of the Purple Days and the MyrtleZap, for they encourage efficiency like no other vape out there.
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7. Le0n
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I have never used this system, but have heard many great reviews, and have read up a bit on the unit, but you should try the Vriptech heat wand+bong.... thats a nice big hitter, and fairly conservative to users in testamonials.
I personally own a SSV, and I do believe it conserves, if you are in the situation when it is needed, however it is quite capable of using up alot of herb aswell, depending on user preference.
8. some_stoner
some_stoner New Member
Yea, like LeOn, I have the SSV. I'm using about half of what I used to. The SSV has a learning curve, and I don't think I've hit the maximum efficiency quite yet, but am happy where I've started. For the SSV, the size of bowl you pack, temperature of the unit, ambient room temperature, and the speed of your draw are all major factors.
9. Buzzby
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My high-end machine is much more efficient than my low-end machine. I wouldn't consider a Vapor Brothers to be a "high-end" machine and $190 is way more than you should pay for a VB.
My "high-end" vape is a VWT-Pro and VHW combination from Vriptech. My low-end vape is a VaporWarez, which is very much like the VB except that it has an on-off switch separate from the temperature knob. (I paid $120 for it, including shipping) My Vriptech system was out of action for 12 days recently while the VHW was in for repairs, so I switched back to the VW. It went through 50% more weed for the same amount of buzz.
Part of it was due to the fact that it can't provide enough air at the correct temperature. To compensate for that, it has to produce a smaller volume of air at a temperature that is close to or over the combustion temperature. This produces a hot spot on the bowl that cooks to dark brown very quickly, which starts producing some of the partial-combustion chemicals that we vape to avoid.
I gauge when to stop vaping a bowl by the color of the contents. The VW bowl gets brown on far fewer hits than the Vriptech.
10. STi_G
STi_G New Member
I've got a V-Tower that my wife and I share together. We use significantly less. I would say half as much than rolling (single pape) joints.
11. Vicki
Vicki Cat Whisperer
I'm not sure if the vaporizer has to be high end to be more efficient. I have a Vapor Warez, (paid around $130.00 for it) and a Magic Flight Launch Box. (paid around 100.00 for it) In my personal experience, the MFLB is more efficient than the VW. I've been using 1/3 less than I normally use, so the MFLB has become my main vaporizer.
12. Le0n
Le0n New Member
thats true.
Isnt like the PD (purple Days) good value for money AND a master of conservation?
13. Vicki
Vicki Cat Whisperer
I don't know because I don't have a Purple Days, but I think 5drive owns one.
14. 5drive
5drive Slacker
I've used a herbie for years and it does a great job of extracting everything out of your herb, but I end up using considerably more than with a fixed temp vape, especially one with a small bowl. In my experience you tend to use more with both bag vapes and whip vapes with standard size bowls. Aside from the fact that some vapes lose more to condensation than others, efficiency is determined by the user, assuming it's a good quality vape. Some vapes are just easier to use in an efficient manner.
It conserves because after the 2nd, 3rd, whichever bowl (depends on the user), you just find yourself not loading another for a while. If it accepted a bowl big enough to hold the same amount as a typical whip vape, you'd probably vape a lot more, just as you tend to do with the bigger bowl on a standard size whip. If you have some tolerance and want to get really ripped in a hurry, a PD size bowl can be a little frustrating. It's best for measured dosing with high quality herb.
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Dan Heims, president of Terra Nova Nurseries in Oregon, covered the gamut of container and small-space gardening during a lecture at New England Grows in Boston earlier this month. For a person whose business is largely plants, he spent a surprising amount of time discussing the containers.
Two key pieces of information are that trends in containers come and go a lot more quickly than trends in plants, and that just about anything can be a container and doesn’t have to cost a lot.
“Who had even heard about vertical gardening 10 years ago,” Heims said, showing a photograph of 30 heucheras, each with its own square in a structure hanging on a wall. Nurseries across the country are selling many different systems that let people grow plants vertically.
Another trend in the industry is containers made of glass fiber-reinforced concrete.
“These are heavy and attractive,” Heims said. “You can plant it yourself, put it in the elevator, take it up onto your roof, and it won’t blow away.”
These containers can be made to look like they are copper or pewter, which is in right now. Other popular colors are cobalt and celadon. Orange was popular a few years ago, but is now out of favor, according to Heims.
Those kinds of containers would be expensive, but if you use your imagination, you can get unusual containers that are cheap.
“Go to the local Goodwill and get some high-heel shoes — the brighter the better,” he said. “Fill them with semps and sedums.”
Semps is short for Sempervivum, with the common name hens and chicks. They, like sedums, are succulents, and do well in containers because they do not have to be watered often.
Heims’ photo of the high-heel containers showed several of them in a line on a bench near a business entrance. Two or three high-heel shoes with plants in them would not be effective. It takes a lot.
(You would not actually plant these succulents in the shoes. They would be in small pots, and you slide them in and out to get the mix of colors you want. And if a plant dies, it can be easily replaced.)
Another of Heims’ designs had a Maine connection: More semps and sedums planted in a rusty piece of metal found at a junkyard near a midcoast shipyard. You can use anything.
Another idea is to use what Heims called “uncontainers.”
You could hang up a frame, attach a vase to it and put some flowers in the center. Heims showed a picture of a worn-out chair, with flowers winding through it with the help of some metal screening. Almost anything that catches the eye will work.
Heims did spend some time talking about plants.
“I won’t keep a plant that doesn’t pay the rent,” he said. “If it doesn’t work in flowering, form and fall color, why have it in your garden?”
The only reason he keeps peonies in his garden, he said, is because the foliage has great fall color. The flowers themselves, while great, don’t last long enough to merit space in the garden.
Heims repeated an old rule about planting a container: You need a thriller, a spiller and a filler.
The thriller is a striking plant that you put in the center of the pot, providing height, form and often a bit of color. But you can use grasses, larger tropicals like cannas and even a small tree if your container is large enough
The spiller is a plant that trails out of the pot toward the ground, like sweet potato vines, lysimachia, some trailing sedums, ivy and creeping thyme.
The filler is the one that connects the two, and often includes coleus, heucheras, hosta and a variety of flowering plants.
You also have to think of the growing pattern of your mix of plants, so that the container will look as good in late July as it did when you put it out in May. If one plant is a thug growing faster than the other plants in the container, the design will be thrown out of balance unless you spend a lot of time pruning the thug.
Even though gardening season is still a couple of months away, you can start working on your containers — not the plants for the containers, just the containers. As you travel through shops and even your own attic, check to see what would give your garden a striking look this spring.
Heims suggests that you might include perennials in your containers, because many perennials (heucheras are his favorite) have colorful foliage that fills your container until frost — and then you can transfer the perennials into your actual garden for the winter. Heucheras are such a favorite for Heims that he has written a book on them for Timber Press.
It will make the time until the real gardening season seem shorter.
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I’m on my second round of T3 and have finished my first week of holding for two weeks at 75 mcg per dose…I feel fanatically better!!! I have at least two inches hair growth when it hasn’t grown since more than five years ago. I have baby hair growth along my entire hair line and can see more standing up throughout the top of my head. I still am fighting acne from week to week, but far less than before. I have regular bowel function restored to my great relief!
Rhonda W.
When people are thrown into stress, their metabolisms can naturally slow down, with their temperatures dropping, helping them to conserve energy. Some people are better at slowing down and conserving energy under stress than others. The people that can slow down the best are logically better at surviving famine. People who survive famine tend to pass this trait to their children. The people who slow down more easily are also the ones that are more prone to get stuck that way. Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome tends to be more common in people whose ancestors survived famine (like Irish, American Indian, Scot, Welsh, Russian, Polish… people who are part Irish and part American Indian seem especially prone).
Wilsons Temperature Syndrome is more common in women. Women are more hormonally flexible and can more readily get stuck in a hormonal imbalance. Wilsons Temperature Syndrome is characterized by low temperatures and normal thyroid blood tests. The blood tests are normal but the stress is still there and is manifested by the persistently low temperature and symptoms.
Some people are able to gain their health back again by getting their own temperatures back up with diet, exercise, stress reduction, and rest .
Success Story:
…My hair was thinning for about 6 months before it finally gave up and just fell out all together. I would lose four or five handfuls in the shower every morning. It would come out in clumps when I brushed my hair. I really noticed it when my part kept getting wider and wider. It was extremely stressful, especially since I had always prided myself on my thick, wavy hair. Once I cut it all off and started on the T3 therapy, plus the change to a high protein/low carb diet, it started growing like crazy. I covered up with bandanas for about 3 months (I had one to match every outfit! :o)) until my friends finally convinced me I looked fine. Once it started growing back, it came in thick. Really thick. And it’s growing pretty fast too. Less than a year after being totally bald, my hair was just reaching my shoulders. It’s so thick my friends are jealous.
…This really works.
–Beth (brushing hair out of face. ;op)
Low body temperatures are more than enough to explain hair loss and low body temperatures can often be corrected.
To be sure, recovery upon normalization of body temperature can sometimes be miraculous (just like when any problem is solved). However, we’re talking about balancing an imbalanced system. Can you see how balancing an imbalanced system can be a little unbalanced? Meaning, a system is not balanced until it’s balanced. In the meantime, it’s unbalanced. When systems are unbalanced hair loss can continue. Thus, people sometimes continue having trouble with their hair loss even while their temperatures are being normalized. Some people’s hair doesn’t start growing back until their temperatures are normal and they are off treatment for a while! This suggests that their systems were brought into balance and given a chance to settle down into a normal pattern of function.
If you feel you might need a physician’s help to get your temperatures up, you can check our list to see if there is a doctor near you. Or you can use the information on this website (such as our free eBook and free eManual and Guide and CD) to work with your own doctor.
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Associate Professor, Mathematics and Statistics
Dr. Sebastian Pauli
Child of the Revolution
by Wolfgang Leonhard
I first read this book when I lived in a divided city. The Berlin wall had not yet come down.
This autobiographical work gives insight into the inner workings of the Soviet Union of the Stalin era. It tells the story of an idealistic person who becomes more and more disillusioned by a regime that claims to work towards his ideals.
Thirteen year old Wolfgang Leonhard and his mother, a communist, leave Germany for Moscow in 1936 to escape Nazi persecution. In Russia, Leonhard is selected for special training to become one of the Soviet Union’s political elites. He returns to Germany in 1945 with Walther Ulbricht and other German communists to lead the Soviet occupied zone of Germany to socialism. But when it becomes inevitable that East Germany will follow the Soviet model, and not take an independent route to socialism, he flees to Yugoslavia, and later to the West.
I am fascinated by the mechanisms of control that were used in communist Soviet Union to produce a population, and particularly the "apparat", so utterly loyal to the system. A book of this type and about this period will likely not be written again, as few people from that era are still alive to speak out about it. While there are many scholarly works about the Soviet Union and Stalinism, this book shows the human side of one person’s intellectual struggles to reconcile his beliefs with the methods used to maintain a repressive regime. | https://library.uncg.edu/info/events_and_awards/recognition/2012/sebastian_pauli.aspx | dclm-gs1-235540001 | false | false | {
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Discussion in 'P1.T3. Financial Markets & Products (30%)' started by qin841121, May 9, 2012.
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This is a statement by schweser and also investopedia. How can it be true?
For long put, the longer the option, the cheaper it may get as the expected price of stock will be higher due to interest and because of this the put will decrease in value?
What is wrong with my logic?
2. Theta for a long call is always negative. True.
However, Theta of a long put always exceeds the theta of a call by a fixed amount. Hence for out-of-money puts, the theta may be positive also.
Another concept to be aware of, theta is measured in terms of "time remaining to maturity (T-t)" in contrast to "time passed (t)" - thinking in terms of "time passed" may be akin to reversing the sign of theta.
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Petitioning President of the United States
Stop Killing More Sea Turtles in the Hawaiian Longline Swordfish Fishery
Leatherback captures - increased from 16 to 20 per year.
Loggerhead captures - increased from 17 to 34 per year.
Letter to
President of the United States
Please immediately reverse the rule to allow the deadly Hawaii longline fishery for swordfish to capture or kill more sea turtles.
The weakening of protections for sea turtles in the fishery contradicts findings from your own scientists at National Marine Fisheries Service that Pacific loggerheads are at risk of extinction due in large part to capture in longline fisheries. They are now listed as endangered.
More than 50 percent of what’s caught in the Hawaii longline fishery is not swordfish, but sea turtles, humpback whales, false killer whales, seabirds and vulnerable fish species including sharks and big eye and yellow fin tuna.
A federal court previously closed the fishery down for four years due to excessive capture of sea turtles, but reopened in 2004 with requirements to use experimental circle hook technology and special bait that the government claimed would drastically reduce the injury and mortality of sea turtles.
However, even with the modified gear, the fishery was closed down early in March 2006 and 2011 for capturing its limit of endangered sea turtles.
Fewer than 5,000 nesting western Pacific leatherbacks remain and only 1,500 North Pacific loggerheads still nest. With declines of more than 90 percent for these leatherbacks and 80 percent decline of the loggerheads, there is no scientific justification to increase the death toll for these species as they swim across the ocean.
Even worse, half the U.S. population - women and children - are warned by the FDA to never eat swordfish due to high mercury levels. That's why Americans are eating less swordfish than ever before.
President Obama, please reverse this terrible action by your federal fisheries agency before the swordfish fleet, with its millions more longline hooks, makes an irreversible impact on sea turtles in USA waters offshore of your birthplace in Hawaii. | https://www.change.org/p/stop-killing-more-sea-turtles-in-the-hawaiian-longline-swordfish-fishery | dclm-gs1-235650001 | false | false | {
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Lush green eyes misted over the heavy puffs of steam rising from the coffee cup in hand. It was a black and white cow-print cup, with an ugly cartoon of a cow smiling ridiculously up at the poor, thirsty, victim. He huffed and pushed the cup away from him, cow facing the opposite direction. It was early; the sun had only just risen, and he was there to watch it. He always was. Footsteps padded into the kitchen, sneaking up behind him. Long fingers snaked around his shoulders, pressing and digging into all the right spots, working out all the tension he'd forgotten he had. He allowed himself to let out a relaxed sigh, and heard a sexy smirk from right behind his neck. Kisses, licks, and little nips were directed at that area, and he let his head tilt far back.
"Good morning, Axel," he breathed. "You're…excited this morning."
"Riku. Come on now, it's me. I'm always 'excited.'" This, 'Axel' delivered one final suck on Riku's earlobe before slinking away to the coffee maker, where coffee was brewing deliciously. He had long hair the color of flames dancing in a sunset, and wore nothing but loosely slung boxers.
"You haven't showered yet?" Riku asked, noticing this. The red head just sipped his coffee through a smirk, and shot eyes brimming with desire over at Riku from the rim of the mug.
"Baby last night was amazing," was his reply. Riku's mind sparked memories of sheets and sweat and other bodily fluids, making pale skin slick as long bodies ran against each other. Moans and screams ripping through the air, clutches of red and white hair between fingers and on pillows. He had to adjust his pants once the thoughts left. Of course, his lover picked up on this.
"I don't have work today." A thin red eyebrow was raised after the statement left his lips.
"Well…I guess I could call Leon and tell him I'll be late…" Riku suggested.
"How late?"
Riku looked at the neon clock on the table next to him.
"A few hours, I guess."
Axel practically slammed the cup he was drinking from on the table, before jumping on the silver haired one.
"That, lover," Axel whispered as he tugged on Riku's belt loops, "Is exactly what I wanted to hear."
Thick grey smoke burned Riku's eyes and nostrils as his lover sucked upon a long cigarette next to him. It was about two hours later and both were clothed only from the tangle of sheets that wrapped around them on the bed they shared. Axel was lying on his stomach, spread across Riku's own abdomen, a smoldering cancer stick resting in his mouth. Riku had a book in hand, reading in the dim, mid-morning light leaking in through the window.
"I wish you wouldn't read so much, Riku. You're killing your mind and eyesight." Axel said before exhaling; causing long, curling tendrils to slip out of his mouth through the words. He blew the excess out.
"I wish you read more," was Riku's reply, not taking his eyes off the Dicken's novel he was glued to.
"And I wish you didn't smoke inside. You're stinking up the house. Can't you smoke outside like normal people?"
Axel glared at him.
"Most normal people are allowed to smoke in their own homes. Here, I know watching me smoke is killing you."
The red head reached below the bed, just a dip away from where he was, and pulled out a packet of more smokes. He lit one from his own ashes and handed it to his companion. Riku really didn't like smoking over books, but Axel was right, he was dying for one. He put the book down and sucked in the cigarette from Axel's fingertips. He slowly inhaled, savoring the smoky taste and letting it fill up his lungs till they were tight. Then he exhaled and felt the release in his chest. The two didn't speak; they'd been together for years now and lived together for longer. They'd reached a point in their relationship where they didn't talk much at all. It was mostly just sexual release, and Riku was okay with that. He'd never experienced any relationship but.
Just as he went into another dip in the cigarette, the doorbell rang.
"Who the hell is that?" Axel asked, irritated. "Don't answer it baby, it's probably just those damn salesmen trying to make money."
Riku nodded, and went back to his smoke. Their room was simple: red curtains, black sheets and pillows, red comforter. Black carpet and maroon walls. Axel's favorite colors were red and black, obviously. They had the bathroom and kitchen painted blue and yellow, Riku's favor—
--ites. They lived in a city called Hallow Bastion. It had been under re-construction for years, but now it was all fixed up and back to its charming, yet high-tech nature. It had grown quite substantially over time as—
"God, don't they ever give up?!"
--well. Riku softly pushed Axel off him as he got up from the bed, wrapping a sheet around him. Axel's eyes followed him.
"You're not really going to answer it like that, are you?" He asked.
"Does it look like I have time to get changed?" Riku responded coldly. He felt Axel jump up.
"Well then, I'm going with you! There's no way I'm letting some horny jerk make a move on you!"
"Do as you wish." Riku had traveled down the hallway of the small apartment, towards the door.
Feel the cool metal of the doorknob. Turn it. Hear the clicking release of the lock. Wince at the screech of the door hinges as it's opened…
Revealing a smiling boy with chocolate tan skin and auburn hair. His eyes were closed, and his hand scratching the back of his head, ruffling his long spikes. He rested his light weight on his toes as he laughed nervously.
"Hey! I, like, just moved into the neighborhood with my brother, who is being a complete douche right now and 'unpacking.' Really he's probably just jacking off to gay porn—" The boy chose now to open his eyes and jumped back in shock at the sight before him. Riku: much taller than him, milky pale skin; tight, rippling muscles; long silver hair, with bangs that shaded sea foam green eyes; and a beautifully hard chest, with perky pink nipples.
"Wow, um…y-yeah…u-um…clothes much?" It was just as this statement burst from his lips that another gorgeous male popped out from behind Riku. He was wearing just as little as the silver haired one was. They both smelled thickly of sex and cigarette smoke that caused the boy to wrinkle his nose.
"Yeah kid, well, we would be wearing clothes if you hadn't have interrupted us right as we were having hot, delicious, raunchy sex." He shoved a hand in the boy's face for him to shake. "Axel. This is my boyfriend of four years, Riku. He's my boyfriend. Of four years. We live together and have sex together and our hard dicks pound inside each other daily. Got it memorized?"
Riku would usually have pushed Axel out of the way and scolded him imediately at such a comment, but he was too busy staring at this boy to notice. He couldn't pin-point exactly what it was, but for some reason he was completely thrown off by the boy. He must have been about two years younger than Riku, making him seventeen and still illegal. But wow, he was just so…arousing. And not only in a sexual way. He felt his soul being aroused, his mind, his senses. He'd never experienced anything like that before, not even with Axel. He watched the boy's smile, casting a warm glow around him. The brunett literally seemed to be glowing.
"Sora." That was his name.
It fit him so perfectly. He couldn't hear Axel's reply or the birds or even his heart beating rapidly in his chest, or the extent of his breathing. All he heard was Sora's voice. When that boy spoke, the whole world shut up and listened. Riku listened, really listened. He listened and instead of thinking nervously about what he was supposed to say next, he thought deeply about what Sora had said. Even if it was such a silly thing as his name.
"So you just moved in, and you have a twin brother?" It must have sounded stupid, and he knew it did. But he needed to know if he'd heard correctly. He needed to know and understand everything about this newcomer.
Sora nodded, picking up on the serious of Riku's atmosphere and (attempting) to make it his own. It made Riku smile at how cute the boy was when he tried to act serious and intimidating. Axel stared at him in shock. He knew what must have been going through his head—something along the lines of: Riku can smile? Since when?! And he has teeth…
Out of the corner of his eyes he saw Axel pout and throw his arms over his chest defensively. But all Riku could think about was this angel's twin. Could there really be someone as remarkable as this boy in front of him? Not even possible.
"We're not fraternal, really. We look nothing alike. We just have the same birthday and some similar features…I guess." Sora shrugged.
Riku wanted to ask so much. He wanted to know where this boy had come from, why he was here, why he could Hollow Bastion, what his brother's like, what happened to his parents, why he was so happy, why he wore a crown shaped necklace. In the end, it just boiled down to the fact that Riku wanted to hear the boy talk.
"Well, since you just arrived you must not be very aquainted with the neighborhood. Maybe we should give you a tour?" Riku included his boyfriend in the offer, but really he was hoping Axel would refuse and leave them alone. Which ended up happening. Axel decided he was simply "too jealous and too heartbroken to leave the lonely confines of his room where he will pleasure himself, alone, and cold."
Axel always was overdramatic. There was nothing to be jealous and heartbroken of, as far as Riku was concerned. Axel was his boyfriend of four years. They lived together, they were best friends, and they'd been through everything together! There was no way Riku could give that up over a boy he could never even have, legally, and was way too young for him anyway. Right? Right.
"Okay, Axel. Do as you wish." He threw on a dark blue, sleeveless turtle neck as he said this. But when he pulled his long, silver hair out of the shirt and allowed it to billow sexily around his shoulders, he glanced around at Axel and gave him a sexy smile and reassuring wink. This gave Axel enough confidence and hope to quitely shut the door behind Riku and this strange new threat that had just entered into their lives. | https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3619396/1/Make-Me-Beautiful | dclm-gs1-235660001 | false | false | {
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It has certainly been a while, hasn't it folks? Well over a year since I posted anything here. Well, allow me to re-introduce myself.
I'm TwilightLink20xx, best known on YouTube as TwilightLink21xx, but you all can just call me TL.
I am a Christian, and don't take my faith lightly. That being said, I'm not out to shove anything down your throat, it's not why you're here.
I'm 18 years old, and have typically written in the Naruto universe, though I'm open to branching out a bit in the future, just not at this point of time. My dream is to become a storyteller in the visual world, but I do enjoy a fantastic novel, and write my storylines in novel format before I start working on the screenplay (it's time consuming, but it's how I work. That will obviously change in the future...). For that reason, I do indeed write Fan Fiction as a way to challenge and improve my writing skills, and cherish any review that tells me how I did, and ways that I can improve.
For those that remember Serpant's Vengeance, I'm sorry, but I won't be finishing the story after all, as I had a computer crash, and the documents were likely lost. I won't list it as complete, as I may one day come back to it, but I can tell you now, it won't be the same story at all.
That being said, considering I'm updating this page, I can reassure you all I'm working on a semi-secret project. If you want to know what it is, you'll have to dig through the Anti-Naru/Hina at to find me declaring what I'm gonna give a go, but I warn you all, it's not at all what you'd expect from me. Seriously!
God bless, and hope to be back soon with fantastic stories!
(Shattered Dreams Continuity
Many of the stories I write take place in the same continutity. The first story to take place in this universe is Naruto: Shattered Dreams. Now, originally, this story was supposed to be able to take place in the cannon Narutoverse, but because of my ignorance to a few things Kishimoto layed down for his world, certain elements of my stories simply break the universe rules. This litle guide to Shattered Dreams Continuity (or SDC) exists to explains the universe differences that go against the cannon universe rules, as well as minor changes in the timeline.
1. Computers & Digital Media
Massashi Kishimoto has stated in an interview that computers in the Naruto world are no better than 16-bit, and likely closer to 8-bit. While televisions exist in the Narutoverse, game systems like the PlayStation 2 both Naruto and Sai posess in Shattered Dreams cannot exist yet. SDC has computer technology at the state it was in the year 2009. However, as explained in the story, this technology is not extremely common because of high price tags. DVDs are in existance, and are somewhat common.
2. Weaponry
Guns don't exist in the Narutoverse. In SDC, they likely don't, however items like flamethrowers do, so it's not a longshot that a gun could be created. (This doesn't mean I'll use them)
3. Communications
In the Cannon continuity, land lines aren't particuarilly common. In SDC, phones become rampant, and the satelite phone exists with an extremely high price tag.
4. Internal Combustion
Believe it or not, Kishimoto has stated before that Internal Combustion does exist in the Narutoverse. We obviously haven't seen it, but it doesn't change the fact that it's out there. SDC attempts to explain that it's absence is because of the high cost of vehicles and maitenence.
These are the bulk of the quirks that exist in my stories. The timeline goes like this:
Naruto: Shattered Dreams (Completed) - Occurs sometime after February 24th, 2009 (If you can guess why correctly, I'll post why XD)
Naruto: Serpants Vengence (Cancelled, revival unlikely) - Occurs on March 28th, 2012
SDC stories will be labled as such in their summaries and placed in this timeline. If it doesn't have the label, then the story takes place in standard continuity unless noted otherwise. If you catch me using these rules in non SDC stories, tell me, please! It shouldn't happen, but just in case XD.
April Fools Day Present by Blue Rin'neggan reviews
Naruto hates April fools day. Sakura loves April fools day. Sakura loves Naruto. Naruto loves Sakura. Need I say more? NaruSaku T for Adult language NOT HUMOR, or not intended to be...
Naruto - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,123 - Reviews: 4 - Favs: 16 - Follows: 3 - Published: 4/1/2009 - Naruto U., Sakura H. - Complete
Naruto: Serpent's Vengeance reviews
A Shattered Dreams Continuity story. 3 years have passed since Naruto and Sakura confronted Sasuke for the final time, and Akatsuki is determined to capture the final beast. But this time, they have an ace in the hole: A resurrected Orochimaru! NaruSaku
Naruto - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Suspense - Chapters: 5 - Words: 8,051 - Reviews: 14 - Favs: 21 - Follows: 20 - Updated: 3/21/2010 - Published: 8/18/2009 - Naruto U., Sakura H.
Who Told You You Could Eat My Cookies? reviews
The smell of Christmas is in the air, and a young Uzumaki is about to find that a certain Hokage isn't too game on sharing. NaruSaku story, written for NarutoForum's NaruSaku Christmas contest.
Naruto - Rated: K+ - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,010 - Reviews: 4 - Favs: 17 - Follows: 3 - Published: 12/23/2009 - Naruto U., Sakura H. - Complete
Naruto: Conflicts reviews
She opened up to him, showed him her heart and watched it get crushed. The saddest thing was, she wasn't the only one getting crushed. NaruSaku, loosely based off of Chapter 469. One-Shot.
Naruto - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,032 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 6 - Follows: 3 - Published: 11/1/2009 - Sakura H., Naruto U. - Complete
Naruto Shattered Dreams reviews
Hot of the events of Naruto vs. Pain, Naruto starts having nightmares about the past, the present, and the future, all while dealing with a new enemy that seems to want one thing: the death of Kohona! Fan Warnings - NaruSaku, slightly modified timeline.
Naruto - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 33 - Words: 56,065 - Reviews: 87 - Favs: 104 - Follows: 51 - Updated: 8/15/2009 - Published: 1/12/2009 - Naruto U., Sakura H. - Complete | https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1797194/TwilightLink20xx | dclm-gs1-235720001 | false | false | {
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Ancient Mysteries: The Lost Civilization of 10,500 B.C. & The Great Pyramid of Giza
21WIRE + Graham Hancock | This is an astounding analysis of our lost history.
SHOCKING DOCUMENTARY: Exposing The True Origins of HIV
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NASA Astronaut: Aliens Prevented Nuclear War on Earth
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JURASSIC REALITY: Raptor’s Ancestor Was ‘Winged Dragon’
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Experiment Proves Reality Does NOT Exist Until Observed
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21WIRE + RT | Science fiction is now science fact.
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21WIRE + RT | The incredible discoveries just keep on coming.
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ANCIENT ALIENS: New Evidence Suggests Aliens Seeded Life on Earth
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Scientific Scam: Temperature Data “Adjusted” To Push Global Warming Lies
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Talk Science Seminar
The Talk Science Seminar is something we are all excited about, have been busily preparing for, and happens on Wednesday! It’s the first in a series of seminars exploring the potential of museum collections to support the teaching of science.
As we who work in museums know, collections and the stories they tell are wonderful sources of inspiration, stimulating awe (‘that’s REALLY been to the Moon!’) and creativity; objects can open up discussion around science today and in the context of history, making links between technology and its implications on society.
Would you have bought a ticket to fly on the first passenger plane?
How can we use our collections to support science teaching at all levels? Can we bring the museum learning philosophy to the classroom? What can we gain by doing so, and what are the challenges?
We’d like the seminars to be an opportunity to address these questions from different angles, as well as a forum for ideas- so they are open to anyone who has an interest in this.
So whether you are a museum or a science centre professional, a teacher or educator, a scientist, or undertaking a museum studies degree- we welcome you to come explore and discuss how we can use our collections to engage young people (and others) with science.
We are excited to see where this takes us- the findings from this Wednesday will be disseminated online (watch this space), and if you would like to register your interest for future seminars, drop us an email at Learningresources@sciencemuseum.ac.uk
Hope to see you here soon!
Wonderful Things – the great and mighty Telegraph
How do you say hello to your friends living 100km away from you? You may send an e-mail or a message with your mobile phone and your friends can get your message as soon as you send it.
But how about 100 years ago? Was it possible to send your words like an email as today? The answer is YES, they used the telegraph at that time.
The first commercial electric telegraph was developed by Sir William Fothergill Cooke and Charles Wheatstone, and was first used on the Great Western Railway in Britain. It ran for 13 miles, from Paddington station to West Drayton and came into operation on 9th July 1839.
Advert by Great Western Railway telegraph services, 1845. Image SSPL
Advert by Great Western Railway telegraph services, 1845. Image SSPL
In fact, the telegraph was patented in the UK in 1837, and first successfully demonstrated by Cooke and Wheatstone later that year between Euston and Camden town in London.
The concept of the telegraph was based on Oersted’s recent discovery that an electric current flowing in a conductor could move a nearby compass needle. With the addition of a suitable coding system, it found an ideal market in the developing railway network. Interestingly, because the diamond grid on it only had space for 20 letters of the alphabet, the 6 missing ones had to be left out of messages!
Cooke & Wheatstone five-needle telegraph, 1837
Cooke & Wheatstone five-needle telegraph, 1837. Image SSPL
After World War II new technology became available that radically improved the telegraph, such as the coaxial cable and microwave links. The advent of the digital computer in 1960s brought an end to much analogue communication, but it didn’t change the fact that the telegraph was actually was the first practical use of electricity for long-distance communication, and radically changed the world.
How is the telegraph like an iphone?
Telegraph vs playstation: which one changed more lives?
If you were to throw a birthday party for the telegraph, which other inventions would you invite? Who would NOT be invited?
Come and see the iconic telegraph in the Making the Modern World gallery on the ground floor.
Raynold, Masato & Maki – Tokyo Institute of Technology
Wonderful Things
Turtle-shaped amulet of human remains
Turtle-shaped amulet of human remains
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Posted by speedygeoff on Thursday, August 02, 2007 with 1 comment
You might want to gradually increase the tempo of your running towards three steps per second, or towards your personal optimum, over time. This post should help you in a couple of ways.
Firstly, do you want to check the pace of your music and decide which songs to load to your iPod/MP3 player? Here is a much easier way than using a metronome!
The MixMeister BPM analyser is available from, and it’s free to download, doesn’t take long either. It analyses songs and tells you how many BPM each song is.
A sample:
In this example, Snow Patrol’s “Final Straw” album, the track “How To Be Dead” (actually track 1), at two steps per beat, is almost exactly pace I recommended here! And the guitar plays at double time anyway, 182. “How To Be Dead” is actually track 1. (The order above is different because I rename the tracks to play them in my preferred order). I am out of breath just listening to it!
If your current rate is somewhat less, say 140, you might want to start off by choosing songs only a little faster, say 150 or so.
Jeff Galloway on Stride Length
Secondly, thanks to Cool Runner "2feetoffground", in this thread, I have read an article by Jeff Galloway on Stride Length which may be of interest. He says as you get tired, you tend to lengthen your stride in order to not slow down. He says this tendency should be resisted.
"Shorten your stride
"When you feel tension in muscles that are at their limits - especially the calf and hamstring groups - you need to shorten the stride a bit to relax them. Keep on shortening your stride until the leg muscles do relax. This may allow you to pick up the turnover of the feet and legs. But even if this increase doesn't happen, you'll reduce the chance of injury caused by the increased fatigue of over-striding and speed up recovery. Often, the only adjustment needed is a shortening of an inch or two, but the relaxation it provides will allow the legs to go at a faster rhythm. Some runners can actually speed up at the end of the race.
"As you pick up the turnover on form accelerations, be sure to keep the stride short enough so the leg muscles are relaxed and maintain a quick rhythm. When in doubt, keep the stride short so you can maintain a light, quick step on each of these pick-ups."
Galloway proposes a drill to enable you to increase cadence:
"Turnover Drill
"As runners become faster, their stride length decreases. Therefore, the way to get faster is to increase the turnover of feet and legs. Even those who lack a fast bone in their bodies will benefit from turnover drills because they teach the body to find a more efficient motion.
"The Drill
"After a slow 1-mile warm-up, select a level and traffic-free stretch of road, trail or track. Without picking up your speed, count the number of times either your left foot or your right comes down in 30 seconds. Jog or walk for a minute or so and then run back, counting again for 30 seconds, with the goal of increasing the count by one or two. Repeat this four to six times, with the same projected increase each time but without a significant increase in effort.
"If you do this drill once a week, you'll intuitively learn to stay low to the ground with an increasingly lighter touch of the foot. If you do this drill at least once a week, a year from now you'll be running faster and with no increase in effort. The increased turnover and improved efficiency also makes running feel easier. You'll see more progress if you do it twice a week. But you'll lose two weeks of progress if you miss a week."
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1. You're full of good advice today Geoff! I'm about to try out the mixmeister site, and I noticed myself doing a Galloway last night as I got tired - lengthening my stride to try and get finished quicker. | http://geoffmoore.blogspot.com/2007/08/mixmeister.html | dclm-gs1-235850001 | false | false | {
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0.698504 | <urn:uuid:7d1dedcd-f7f6-498c-a1f0-e35733e636b6> | en | 0.970783 | Developer Timesink: Name Paralysis
Posted by Louis Brandy on 26 August 2008
I've recently become aware of a phenomenon that really hurts the productivity of software development teams when it arises. Once I recognized it, I began to realize how frequently it actually occurred. It was when I heard other people describing their workplace that I realized that this might be an omnipresent programmer hurdle. The most interesting part (and the reason for this post) was the simple act of recognition solved the problem. Here's a simple example of how it might happen:
You and your team sit around and decide you really need to wrap up some set of (messy) functionality into a nice clean interface. This new module can replace a half a dozen semi-hacks that are used in different places and will provide a ton of flexibility. Sounds like a great idea. After a bit of discussion about the requirements of this module, you go sit down but you can't start working. Why? Because in order to create that new header file (or module or package or whatever) you need to know what to name it. Everyone is going to be using this thing, you think. Seems like a big decision. Maybe you need to take a moment to figure that out. You get into a tiny argument with yourself. All your naming ideas stink. Hmmm...
I called it name paralysis.
Name paralysis happens when you get stuck on a naming issue and nothing is done until the name crisis is solved. And it happens at every level. I've known people who can't write a line of code for some new application until they figure out what the name, logo, and icon should be. Same for web pages. Same for entire websites. Hell, even the same for entire companies. There are people who cannot do any work on their start-up idea because they need a name and a logo first. I'm not an expert but that's definitely not healthy. And it goes down to header files or modules. Even individual functions.
Most cases go away quickly because some self-evidently perfect name bubbles to the top. But sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes your cube neighbor can solve the problem for you. Sometimes, though, someone overhears this conversation with said cube-neighbor, and now there are three. God forbid, however, that this conversation happens inside a meeting.
Name paralysis' effect on time-wasting is geometric with the number of people. It can get absurd. Ever tried to come up with the main website tabs in a group of 10? If you can agree on that inside of 30 minutes, congratulations. People will sit around and discuss the pros and cons of what are essentially synonyms for dozens of minutes. It's just human nature. I don't know why, but it's unavoidable. The issue isn't that the names don't matter. Names matter. They just don't matter yet. We haven't written a lick of code and we have 10 people arguing over something that can be changed with sed in all of 45 seconds.
Solution #1: Make a Decision
Don't be afraid of making a name that people will want to change. It's better than the alternative. If you paralyze everyone for 30 minutes to come up with a good name, you'll start a big argument and probably not get a name everyone likes. If, on the other hand, you just name it something, even if it is awful, people will think about it on their own time and someone will come by at some point and mention a better name. The second scenario is infinitely more efficient.
I once named a package and accompanying source files "imageprocessing". That was an awful name. I got so much shit for that name. In our business, that's the equivalent of naming something "math" or "thelibrary". I mean half our code base does image processing. People's visceral hatred of that name made them motivated to come up with a better name (on their own) and eventually we renamed it to something we came up with (in the course of casual mockery of me and my naming) over lunch.
Another co-worker once had to name a function that took an angle and returned a polygon. The higher the angle, the more pointed we'd want the polygon in some particular direction (you can get an idea from our gallery to see what I mean). He named some internal function "calculatepointiness". That's an awful name. I don't think he meant it to be permanent. But it ended up being kind of charming and the vocabulary has stuck.<br id="l8x1" />
Solution #2: Table It
Once I was aware of the ability of large groups of people to become paralyzed by a naming discussion, I just started interrupting everyone by saying "this is name paralysis" and the problem just went away. We got into an argument about a web page's section names and I just said "Ok, this is name paralysis" and the conversation moved on. The name seemed descriptive enough that everyone immediately understood what was happening. It was a pointless and premature argument. Let's talk about something that matters. And everyone seemed to agree. It seemed to me that the very act of naming it and pretending it was some trap we tended to fall into made everyone instantly aware of the time that was being wasted.
Solution #3: Suffer
Sometimes, it has to happen. Names do matter. If it's late in the game, you don't have a choice. If your website is about to launch and you still can't figure out a name for that third tab. It's time to call a meeting and suffer.
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0.060874 | <urn:uuid:38bbbfaf-00ae-4912-ad6f-55ccef47e958> | en | 0.971625 | Phil Mickelson hints tax changes may spur career change.
Alternate title: Golf Great Going Galt?
Let me use short words, here*: if you want less of something, tax it. Because if you tax it, you will get less of it:
On the day President Obama was sworn in for his second term, [top professional golfer Phil] Mickelson sent shock waves through the Humana Challenge when he said the political landscape in the United States was causing him to seriously contemplate his future in golf.
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The Physics Of Ponytails
I kid you not! They even came up with something called the "Rapunzel Number"!
It turns out that there is an important-enough research being done on the physics of ponytails that it warrants a publication in the Physical Review Letters, no less!
He and two other physicists have been trying to determine whether the shape of a ponytail can be deduced from the properties of a single hair. After all, a head with 100,000 strands is a complex physical system, as anyone with a copious coiffure can attest.
And it turns out that there is a simple theory. The crucial characteristics are elasticity, density and curliness, which essentially tell how springy a piece of hair is, plus the length of the ponytail. The researchers came up with a simple formula that describes the ponytail shape when the hair is bundled together.
They called it the Rapunzel number. “We couldn’t resist,” Dr. Goldstein said.
Oh dear!
I'll try to find the exact reference to this one when it appears and post it here. I wish they explain why this is important and what other implications this involved. Maybe it's written in the actual paper. The only thing I can find in the news article is the sentence "... Dr. Goldstein said the findings could also be applied to bundles of other long filaments, including fiberglass and wool...", which doesn't say much.
Another news report on this story mention quite a bit more, but it is still unclear what properties actually that is so important.
So maybe this won't be nominated for an Ig Nobel after all! :)
Edit: the Ponytail physics is getting a Synopsis coverage! Click that link for the exact reference.
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Election 2010 (2)
Australia now has two People's Choices arguing that they are the clear new winners and should govern for the next three years. The Liberal/National Party argues that they received the largest primary vote (even though Australia doesn't operate under a first past the post system). The Australian Labor Party argues that it got the largest overall vote after preferences were distributed (even though there was a heavy swing away from them). While there was over a 5% swing away from the ALP, only 1.8% went the L/NP way, and 3.7% went to the Greens (ie a leftwing party) so it could also be argued that the Australian people wanted a more socially progressive government.
EoR thinks the obvious solution is for the L/NP and the ALP to form a coalition. They'd control around 143 seats in the Parliament. Their policies, politicians and poll-driven reactiveness are the same. They're both right-of-centre parties.
At least there was one pleasing result: the Climate Sceptics Party only polled 3,486 primary votes. Even the Australian Sex Party polled better, gaining 8,728 votes. In Western Australia, the Greens polled 14% of the vote in the Senate, the Australian Sex Party 2.14%, and the Climate Sceptics Party a paltry 0.14%. The Australian Sex Party generally outpolled Family First, leading The Register to comment:
Of course, being laid back is only one position.
Bob Katter, though, is back as an independent. He is on record as denying climate change, arguing forcefully and clearly:
"I mean, if you could imagine 20 or 30 crocodiles up there on the roof, and if all that roof was illumination, and saying that we wouldn't see anything in this room because of a few croco-roaches up there."
Crocs on the roof! Oh my!
Bob Katter also understands the important things for Australia's future. Like promoting the building of a giant illuminated statue of Jesus on Queensland's highest mountain.
1. Of course, Labor and Libs could put all those uppity Greens, Independents and Nats in their place by joining together to form one mega-government that would control both houses.
2. But that would mean compromising heart felt positions. Why, it would be like the Southern Baptists, Council of 1836 and the Southern Baptists, Council of 1837 or some such crap compromising on their differences.
When all you've got separating you from the other guy is a sentence in your statement of beliefs, compromising becomes a damned hard thing to do.
3. Sometimes...
But consider how people, of a whole variety of one true faiths seem to be able to come together to agree to condemn atheists.
That's all this would be. Abbott and Gillard could still really, really disagree with each other over whatever it is they actually disagree over but join together to oppose the minority.
Oakeshott seems to be suggesting it as a serious possibility.
Hell, if Kate Lundy was an MHR, she could resign from Labor and go for the Communications ministry in a Liberal govt. Sadly, she's a senator.
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0.158778 | <urn:uuid:dc0f97e1-1565-4957-994a-a0a45ab8ab6a> | en | 0.871556 | Teks Report
Penulis sering melihat banyak anak sekolah yang tidak tahu apa itu teks report, karena itu penulis tergerak untuk memposting pengertian dan contoh teks report.
Berikut ini penjelasan teks report disertai contohnya :
Struktur teks report yaitu:
• Description: Deskripsi secara umum dari topik teks
Contoh teks report:
Sumber : http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Bagaimanakah_contoh_teks_report
2.) Teks Report adalah teks yang isinya mendeskripsikan sesuatu (binatang/barang/tempat2 umum, dll) secara umum
Teks Report memiliki Generic Structure:
1. General Classification
2. Description.
Tenses yang digunakan adalah ‘Present Tense’.
Contoh Teks Report
1) A library is a place which collects records of what people have thought and done.(Ini adalah General Classification).
It preserves those records, and it ,makes them available to us, so that we can learn about many things. In the world of library, we can entertain ourselves, teach ourselves, and be inspired by the ideas that we might never have dreamed of otherwise.(Ini adalah ‘Description’)
A library has many sections. Commonly, a library has a reading room, a catalogue section, a newspaper and magazine section, books section, and a librarian desk which deals with book circulation. The books are classified based on the subjects, such as fiction, science, psychology, etc. They are arranged on the bookshelves.(Ini adalah ‘Description’).
2) Whales are sea-living mammals. They therefore breathe air but cannot survive on land. Some species are very large indeed and blue whale, which can exceed 30 cm in length, is the largest animal to have lived on earth Superficially, the whale looks rather like a fish, but there are important differences in its external structure: its tail consists of a pair of broad, flat, horizontal paddles (the tail of a fish is vertical) and it has a single nostril on top of its large, broad head. The skin is smooth and shiny and beneath it lies a layer of fat (blubber). This is up to 30 cm in thickness and serves to conserve heat and body fluids
Sumber : http://dsujia.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/teks-report/
3.) Kalian pasti pernah mendeskripsikan sesuatu, bisa berupa hewan, tumbuhan, benda, dan hal lain secara umum. Contoh nyata jika ada turis asing yang meminta kalian menjelaskan tentang karakteristik orang Indonesia, kalian pasti akan mendeskripsikan orang Indonesia secara umum bukan mendeskripsikan diri kamu sendiri tentunya. Atau dalam pelajaran Biologi, kalian biasanya mempelajari karakteristik hewan secara umum, baik itu kelasnya (classification) hingga mempelajari sifat-sifat hewan tersebut secara detail (description).
Dalam bahasa Indonesia kita mengenal teks deskripsi. Namun dalam pelajaran bahasa Inggris teks deskripsi dibedakan menjadi dua bagian, yaitu descriptive dan report.
Yang harus diingat adalah Report adalah jenis teks yang mendeskripsikan sesuatu secara umum. Beda dengan Descriptive yang mendeskripsikan sesuatu secara spesifik atau tertentu (alias cuma satu). Contoh: Ada dua teks tentang komputer yaitu “Computer” dan “My Own Computer”, kalau dilihat dari judulnya kedua teks tersebut beda jenis teksnya: Computer (Umum; jenis teksnya Report); My own computer (Khusus, kan cuma komputer saya, makanya jenis teksnya Descriptive).
For example:
Text di atas menjelaskan tentang dolphin secara umum. Di paragraf kedua tercantum jelas bahwa dolphin belongs to mammal. Ini menjelaskan bahwa dophin termasuk ke dalam kelas mamalia. Di paragraf ketiga dan selanjutnya menjelaskan tentang kebiasaan dari dolphin secara umum.
Contoh lain:
A razor is a tool which is found in nearly every bathroom. A man who has thick hair on his face may have to shave twice a day. It is a habit which can be dangerous. For many years, a razor was a handle with a long piece of steel which was sharp and flat at one end. These razors had a long open blade.
But today’s razors are safer and more convenient to use. The thing which makes today’s razor safe is that the blade is small thin sharp piece of steel. The person who invented razor blades was a man called King Gillette. He was a clever man who had many ideas for new inventions. He wanted to make a blade that was safe and which could be used several times. In 1891, he invented a new type of razor blade. It was short and it was held in a special handle. The sharp edge of the blade did not stick out very far. It was a razor which was safe to use. It was more difficult to cut yourself than with the older type of razor.
Gillette’s razor blade became popular. It was an invention which worked well and which everybody need because each blade only lasted 8 to 10 times. Gillette sold many of his new safety blades and soon became a millionaire.
Teks di atas menceritakan tentang benda mati yaitu razor. Di paragraf awal menggambarkan tentang suatu alat berupa razor secara umum. Di paragraf berikutnya menjelaskan tentang bagian dan bentuk dari razor.
Sumber : http://najmimaulana.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/report-text/
4.) Report (Laporan hasil pengamatan)
Ciri Umum:
(a) Tujuan Komunikatif Teks:
Menyampaikan informasi tentang sesuatu, apa adanya, sebagai hasil pengamatan sistematis atau analisis. Yang dideskripsikan dapat meliputi gajala alam, lingkungan, benda buatan manusia, atau gejala-gejala sosial. Deskripsi sebuah teks report dapat berupa simpulan umum, misalnya, ikan paus termasuk binatang mamalia karena ikan tersebut melahirkan anaknya. Untuk membuat laporan semacam ini, siswa perlu mengamati dan membandingkan ikan paus dengan binatang lainnya yang memiliki ciri-ciri yang sama.
Siswa dapat mencoba membuat teks laporan tentang, misalnya, rumah sangat sederhana, warung tegal, sekolah, rumah sakit dsb. dengan mendekripsikan ciri-ciri subyek tersebut sehingga disebut rumah sederhana, dsb.
(b) Struktur Teks:
Plants are living beings. They need food, water and air for survival. (General Classification)
Plants derive their food from the earth and the air. If you look at their roots, you will find that ends of these roots are like fine fibers. We call them root-hairs. They absorb water and minerals, then transport them upwards to the leaves through the trunk and the branches. It is the leaves which prepare the food. (Description)
The green material, chlorophyll, prepares the food like a machine. It converts the carbon dioxide taken from the air and water from the ground into sugar with the help of sunlight. This chemical reaction is called photosynthes. In fact, the chlorophyll takes energy from the sunlight and uses it to synthesize the hydrogen from water and carbon from carbon dioxide for making sugar. This reaction also gives out oxygen and water which are excreted by the leaves. (Description)
Sumber : http://www.darnoji.0fees.net/?pilih=news&mod=yes&aksi=lihat&id=16
5.) Contoh teks report
Australia is home to 25 of the world’s 30 monitor lizard species. In Australia, monitor lizards are called goannas.
Goannas have flattish bodies, long tails and strong jaws. They are the only lizards with forked tongues, like a snake. Their necks are long and may have loose folds of skin beneath them. Their legs are long and strong, with sharp claws on their feet. Many goannas have stripes, spots and other markings that help to camouflage them. The largest species can grow to more than two metres in length.
All goannas are daytime hunters. They run, climb and swim well. Goannas hunt small mammals, birds and other reptiles. They also eat dead animals. Smaller goannas eat insects, spiders and worms.
Male goannas fight with each other in the breeding season. Females lay between two and twelve eggs.
Sumber : http://www.madrasah-muallimaat.sch.id/diahfakhmawati/report%20text%20structure.htm
6.) Contoh teks report
Mangrove Trees
Sumber : http://understandingtext.blogspot.com/2010/01/example-of-report-text-about-mangrove.html
7.) Contoh teks report
Kinds of Earthquake
Tectonic earthquakes is most common one. This kind of earthquake happens while earth’s crust rocks break because of the geological strength created by moving of the earth’s plates.
Sumber : http://understandingtext.blogspot.com/2009/11/example-of-report-text-in-earthquake.html
8.) Contoh teks report
Sumber : http://understandingtext.blogspot.com/2009/12/elephants-as-example-of-report-text.html
9.) Contoh teks report
Types of Volcanic Eruptions
Sumber : http://understandingtext.blogspot.com/2009/11/example-of-report-text-about-volcano.html
10.) Contoh teks report
What is a tornado?
The name “tornado” derives from the Latin “tonare”. It means “to thunder.” While the Spanish developed the word into “tornear” which means “to turn or twist”. This is why a tornado is sometimes called twister or cyclone.
Sumber : http://understandingtext.blogspot.com/2009/11/tornadoes-as-example-of-report-text.html
11.) Contoh teks report
Sumber : http://understandingtext.blogspot.com/2007/12/platypus-report-text-2.html
12.) Contoh teks report
Human Body
Sumber : http://understandingtext.blogspot.com/2009/08/human-body-energy-as-example-of-report.html
13.) Contoh teks report
Sumber : http://peperonity.com/go/sites/mview/genrereport/14817713
14.) Contoh teks report
Dances are parts of celebrations, and mark important times of life such as births, weddings and funerals. They are parts of festivities at times of planting and harvesting of rice, and other important events.
There are many different types and styles of dances. They are Court, Martial, Mask dances. The dances of the different island vary. Men and women seldom perform together, except in courtship dances. generally dancers will be either men or women. Indonesian dances are slow, with very controlled movements. The dancers’s arm and hand movement are very important.
The court dances are very formal in style. Dancers keep their faces without any expressions, and perform precise gestures. Some dances reflect the pomp and formality of the court. Some dances tell stories from the Ramayana, the Hindu holy book.
Martial dances are generally performed only by men. They were originally war dances and in come the men demonstrade their skill in using the weapons of battle, such as spears.
Some dances involve the use of elaborate masks. It is believed thet when a dancer wears a mask, he takes on the character of the mask as though the spirit of the mask takes over. Each island has different mask dances, and different styles of masks.
Sumber : http://id.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080409051212AAVRKP9
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0 thoughts on “The Top 1000
1. You and a friend laughing uncontrollably hard, so hard that you can’t breathe and your stomach hurts.. And then when you both stop for a brief second, one of you starts laughing again and the laughing episode starts all over again.
2. When your gait naturally alternates between the light and dark tiles in a grocery store.
When you crack open a new book.
(and, similarly)
The smell of a really old book.
Clunky, unweildy rollerskates.
Perfectly-baked, warm Pizza Rolls.
Drawing things on glass condensation.
The feeling of two snug Lego pieces snapping together.
The crunch of a hard-shell taco.
3. Using a fresh razor.
Whacking a piñata with all of your might.
Perfectly opening a banana without squishing any of its contents.
Making massive quantities of macaroni-and-cheese.
The sound that a really well-made umbrella makes when it opens.
Riding a broomstick, mop, or otherwise non-equine implement as a horse.
When you whip someone with a towel and it makes the satisfying Indiana Jones whip noise.
4. my most awesome things are:
going to bed after exercising, when you are totally gobsmacked. It feels like you’re floating in your bed…
climbing a really high tree and watching other people or the environment from above
the moment when you play a prank on someone, and you know your victim has taken the bait
nailing a performance, especially that guitar solo you’ve been practicing for ages
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Hmm… well that’s different.
Overheard on the streets of New York:
Boriqua woman: My two-year-old refuses to understand the concept of 'Shut the fuck up and go to sleep.'
-McDonald's, Union Square
Chick #1: Wow, you're really good at that!
Chick #2: Eh, I think the trick is to start young.
Chick #3: looking worried: Handjobs?
Chick #2: Uh... No. Using chopsticks.
-New Big Wong Restaurant
Female employee: My boss hates hearing about menstruation. Any time I want to get him off my back I just tell him I'm having my period. He puts his hands up over his ears like he's hearing nails on a blackboard. If he doesn't leave me alone right away, I tell him my napkin is soaked and I have to change it.
-Peter Luger's, Williamsburg
Construction worker #1: Braille really trips me out.
Construction worker #2: I know. Me, too.
Construction worker #1: Do you think they have different fonts?
-21st St & Park Ave
Dude #1: Dude, you see how hot Sara looked last night?
Dude #2: Dude, I would fucking lick her ass.
Dude #3: Dude, there's kids around.
Dude #2: What, what did I say?
Dude #3: That you'd fuckin' lick Sara's ass!
40-something mom of three: Why don't you know your fuckin' surroundings, fuckface? There's kids around.
Dude #2: Harsh, man.
-Park Ave & 19th St
Young woman #2: You have a very controversial vagina.
-Mickey D's, Times Square
Man: I just don't get it! Just last night you were complaining about how you never try anything new, but you feel like you should.
Woman: Ok, well ordering the roast duck is a little different than a threesome, Tim.
-13th & 3rd
Funny yet strangely awkward photo ;)
Britney Spears is pregnant again! Her third child!?
Britney Spears’s friends believe that the baby-popping singer may be pregnant again, according to In Touch Weekly.
The friends’ concern may help to explain why Spears seems not to have lost any of her pregnancy weight and why she has been getting sick lately. In one widely circulated photo, Spears was shown throwing up peanut butter and reports said she had been drinking, but according to ITW, Spears has been skipping the booze. “Her dancers were indulging in Malibu rum and pineapple drinks and taking shots of vodka,” a witness to a January 14 party at a Las Vegas casino told the mag. “But Britney drank bottled water.” Spears gave birth to her second child only four months ago — but friends point out that she got pregnant for the second time only three months after having her first child.
Babies and Beer… always makes you chuckle.
Parents lock daughter in bedroom for two years?
A couple is accused of locking their daughter up in a small room for nearly two years as punishment for behaving badly.
The couple only allowed the 13-year-old girl to leave for bathroom breaks, meals and to do chores, according to a criminal complaint filed in Winnebago County Circuit Court Tuesday.
The complaint states the girl was locked in a small bedroom for 22 hours a day for nearly two years. The bedroom was secured with a dead bolt accessible only from the outside and an alarm system that went off if the door was opened. There was a camera in the room that recorded what the girl was doing during at all hours of the day and night and the only furnishings in the room was a urine soaked mattress, a blanket, a pillow and an empty dresser.
Clint M. Engstrom, the girl's 32-year-old father, and her stepmother, Lynn M. Engstrom, 35, are charged with causing mental harm to a child, a felony that carries a maximum penalty of 12 years, six months in prison and a $25,000 fine.
Court Commissioner Daniel Bissett ordered the Engstroms to each be held in the Winnebago County Jail in lieu of a $25,000 cash bond. Article here.
Damn, ice is freakin' dangerous -- even in Portland
knowing these people can't stop, this is painful to watch
Dude draws perfect freehand circle in 1 second
[follow-up] Radio DJs fired for 'water drinking contest'
A California radio station has fired 10 staff members after a contest to drink as much water as possible to win a new Nintendo Wii game console resulted in a woman's death, a company spokesman said on Wednesday.
Jennifer Strange, 28, a mother of three, died from water intoxication after taking part in a "Hold your wee for a Wii" competition on a morning radio show on Sacramento station KDND-FM Friday.
She was one of about 20 contestants who tried to outdrink each other without going to the toilet and was reported to have drunk about seven quarts (6-1/2 liters) of water in a bid to win the Wii for her children. She was the runner-up.
After the contest she called in sick at work and was found dead at her home about five hours later.
A spokesman for the station's parent company, Entercom/Sacramento, said 10 staff members, including several on-air DJs, had been fired from the station over the incident.
One of the DJs even admitted they maybe should have done some research before the contest. One female caller, who identified herself as Eva, also phoned in to warn the radio station that drinking too much water can kill. Article here.
Super Bowl says, 'no thanks' to Britney Spears
Casting is underway for an all-star promo spot for the NFL Network during the upcoming Super Bowl on February 4th. Although several celebrities have been contacted to appear, sources close to the negotiations say Britney's people contacted the network about participating. They said no.
The biggest skateboard on earth:
fyi, the reporter sounds like she say's "dick", but she's really saying "deck"
Dude with creepy mannequin fetish jailed for stealing
A Detroit man with a record of breaking store windows to satisfy a fetish for female mannequins faces up to life in prison if convicted on the latest charge against him.
Ronald A. Dotson, 39, is charged with attempted breaking and entering after police say he broke a display window Oct. 9 at a cleaning supply store in a failed effort to get at a female mannequin dressed in a black-and-white French maid's outfit.
Dotson was first convicted in Ferndale for breaking a store window in pursuit of female mannequins in 1993. Police say they arrested him after he had stolen three female mannequins from a downtown business and lined them up in an alley behind the store.
Dotson's criminal history includes at least six breaking and entering convictions involving female mannequins over the past 13 years and stints in state prison. A
rticle here.
Notice it 'busted' through not just 1 house, but 2
9-year-old runaway flies from to Seattle to San Antonio
A 9-year-old boy who didn't like his suburban Tacoma home grabbed a car, got caught, was returned home to his mother, then ran away again and flew to San Antonio with a plane change in Phoenix before he was arrested, authorities said.
Investigators and Southwest Airlines officials were trying to determine how Semaj Booker, who was trying to get to his grandfather in Texas, made his way through security and onto the airplane.
In a statement Wednesday, Southwest Airlines said a young man approached the ticket counter at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport requesting a boarding pass and saying his mother was already in the boarding area.
"The young man's information matched a paid, ticketless reservation for the flight. Based on the information he gave us, he was issued a boarding pass," the airline said, adding that he was not listed as an "unaccompanied minor" because he told the ticket agent he was 12 years old.
He made it through airport security in Seattle and Phoenix, and hopped two separate flights before gate agents in San Antonio stopped him short of his Dallas destination, police said.
Airline employees stopped Semaj from boarding another flight from San Antonio to Dallas when he couldn't explain why he didn't have the proper paperwork or a boarding pass, said David Hebert, spokesman for the San Antonio International Airport.
The boy's mother, Sakinah Booker, told The News Tribune he dislikes the neighborhood where the family lives and is afraid of a sex offender who lives nearby. Read the full article here. | http://acrosstheboard.blogspot.com/2007_01_18_archive.html | dclm-gs1-236370001 | false | false | {
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0.192565 | <urn:uuid:8d3b83b0-9cf7-464a-be93-941b6e82c603> | en | 0.970597 | Still on the fence
Ali T Winston By Ali T Winston The Star-Ledger
on September 23, 2008 at 6:00 AM, updated September 23, 2008 at 6:12 AM
I'm proud to be an independent. I supported Barack Obama in the primaries and donated money to his campaign because I thought he stood for a change from party squabbling and special-interest control. But he has proved to be a typical politician. His platform calls for a government that takes care of all our needs even when we have no money to pay for it.
There aren't a lot of things I like about John McCain, but he promises to veto any pork bill. Now I have another reason to consider him. His vice presidential choice, Sarah Palin, is a regular American. When they attack her, it's like they attack my mother, my sister or me. Of course if I vote for her, I get McCain.
Joseph Biden recently made a speech about jobs, health care and education. None of those things is the constitutional responsibility of the federal government. I'm unemployed and don't have health insurance. I don't want the government to give me either. It's not wise to expand the government when we have a $9 trillion debt.
I'm still undecided, and I'll give the small-party candidates more consideration. | http://blog.nj.com/ledgerletters/2008/09/still_on_the_fence.html | dclm-gs1-236460001 | false | false | {
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0.03823 | <urn:uuid:eb1c0ac0-06a9-4415-b6a6-2944dcdfce8c> | en | 0.98109 | 11 October 2012
Sydney ToughMudder 2012
For our anniversary we took a trip to the NSW Central Coast. More on that later, but the main objective of the trip was to take part in TOUGHMUDDER... a 20km long obstacle course- mud, berlin walls, river crossings, electric shocks- just about everything they could throw at us!
SInce it was for our anniversary- 1 year married and 7 years together- we(I) decided we should do it in appropriate fancy dress :D But obviously the course was going to be tough, so we needed something that wouldn't get in the way too much. Both outfits are made out of cheapo technical fabric refashioned from K-Mart sport clothes. 1 vest, 1 black tshirt and 2 white tshirts = $15.
Didn't we look great?! Ok, so my dress looks a little like a nighty, but I quite like the draping I managed to do on the back to make a bit of a bustle instead of a train.
The dress was the vest chopped off short, attached to one of the tshirts chopped of below the sleeves. Plus some lace and flowers from the stash (the flowers were prototypes for the actual wedding!)
The suit was the black t-shirt cut open along the front, with the front panel of the other white shirt carefully sewn in along the seams of the black shirt, so it effectively had two front panels. I sewed down the "lapels" so they wouldn't just flop around too much- one side has an actual buttonhole and the other side has a fabric buttonhole, also a prototype from the big day, and sewed the front closing button on through all the layers to make them stay.
The bow tie is made from the left over fabric scraps and sewn on firmly.
I think he looks quite dapper, all things considered!
Just before the start!
And just after.
Part way through, climbing down to swim a river.
Notice the not-so-white dress!
Then the photos stop... it gets hard to tell who is who when you are this covered in mud!
Most of it wasn't too bad. The spirit of mate-ship was great, so for things like the berlin walls (especially the one that was 4m high) where they way no way in hell most people would be able to get over, there were people to give you a leg over. Or basically throw you over! Some of it was just shear determination, like carrying a log on your shoulder through thigh deep swamp for a kilometer. Easy to start with, horribly hard half way through!
The worst for me was the electric eel. I always knew it was going to be the hardest for me, because I am a strong believer that people and electricity shouldn't mix, but I wanted to try it. It was awful. I was almost in tears just trying to make myself start! Army crawling through the mud in wet clothes under charged wires and regularly getting painful zaps. Halfway through I got a really strong one on my head and freaked, I just wanted to get out of there. But the only real way was to carry on, so I did. While getting zapped some more. I got out the far end and just lay there in a puddle, hyperventilating. Then the Boy picked me up and I burst into tears. After I recovered, I was good to carry on but there was no way I was doing the second electric one!
I loved all the water ones, swimming or wading or jumping off a high platform. They were fun, and cool (it got up to the high 20s), and washed some of the mud off! The monkey bars were hard as they went up hill, not just flat. I was hopeless! And the hills they threw in to wear you out were just plain cruel.
The hardest was the Mud Mile- a series of trenches filled with increasingly viscous mud. They started of OK, but by the end they were so thick that it was really hard to move. Even pulling your self over the top was hard, never mind if you sank in it at all. and by that time (probably about 16-18km in) we were getting pretty tired! My skirt acted as a sail, slowing me down even more. I'll admit we gave up on that one after about 5 of 7 main trenches, in the hope of actually making it to the end of the course.
We made it through to the end though, slowly but surely!
We had lots of people congratulating us on our anniversary, and saying what a great way it was to celebrate. I have to say I agree!
There were a few casualties- our outfits were binned, and our shoes were donated to charity (though I'm not sure who would want them!)
The Boy kept his bow tie. I think he quite liked it. Win!
I managed to fall on the 5m halfpipe, and land on my cheek/temple. I think I was so shocked at almost making it over the top that when my hand slipped out of the hand of the guy who was going to try and help me over and I totally forgot to protect myself.
It gave me an awesome black eye to be proud of, but sadly the swelling trapped some of the nasty mud/water in my ear and I developed *the worst* ear infection within 12 hours. I woke up in the middle of the night in agony, and made the Boy drive us around Sydney in a camper van at 7am on a monday trying to find somewhere to buy drugs to make the pain go away...
I got an emergency appointment with my GP when we were back in Perth that afternoon because blood stained gunk had started pouring out of my ear hole... too much information, you say?!? Yup, but it was really disturbing, on top of the pain.
My heart was saying
"head injury plus fluid in ears = serious"
I knew in my head that it was just a bad infection, but always good to get these things checked!
(I did get it checked straight away, and they couldn't feel any abnormalities and just gave me a cold pack to help with the swelling, but they had lots of people to cover...)
I flew out to Italy not long after, and got some funny looks. Its hard to explain what I did in English, never mind in a language that I can only just order a coffee in!
So... Would I do it again?
Yes, probably. Now the pain has gone away. If only to see how on earth Perth can produce that much mud, considering we only have sand!
Would I recommend it to others?
I think so. To the right others anyway. I can imagine certain friends wanting to do it, but then complaining the whole way around. Thats not how it works! And we saw a few people who were potentially quite seriously hurt, and heard of more later (but also heard they were OK in the end).
But if you read what I just wrote and still like the sound of it, then do it! And get a bigger group than 1 or 2 together, because it definitely looked more fun in a team! And wear something like skins that cover your knees. They don't have to be expensive- mine and the Boys were from K-mart, under the rest of the clothes- but I can't imagine the chaffing from all that mud in a non-synthetic, loose pair of shorts, and both of our knees are scratched to hell.
1. I came across you blog though burdastyle. I just did tough mudder this past weekend with my husband. Love this post! Congrats on finishing.
2. I hope you had a great time!
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0.458772 | <urn:uuid:e82f1443-12f2-4f85-97fb-85154bde8009> | en | 0.939654 | Just how bad is the crime in Rio de Janeiro? Apparently awful enough that a live news segment on the lack of police enforcement and the growing crime rate gets interrupted by, yep, you guessed it, an actual crime.
Reporter Eduardo Tchao was doing a “man on the street” focusing on the high crime rate in Rio de Janeiro’s Presidente Vargas neighborhood when he interviewed the would-be crime victim. In her interview, the woman notes that the area isn’t safe and that she probably shouldn’t be wearing her necklace because it would only encourage petty thieves. Sure enough, almost as if it were staged, a young mugger tries to yank it from her neck. He failed, but he also got away.
Our own Pedro Andrade, who’s from Rio, tells us that this specific story, which started off as a local news broadcast, has made national news in Brazil.
[H/T Reddit]
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We will soon learn, for example, that what we’ve been calling “global warming” is better thought of as excess energy trapped in the atmosphere, which will express itself in every possible way. Like the Bush administration’s energy bill, these manifestations will also be about “more”: more evaporation in arid lands and then more flooding when it eventually rains; more wind as air pressure rises from warmer areas; more extreme heat waves like the one that killed tens of thousands of Europeans in 2003 or the one that cut North American grain yields by a third in 1988; more ecological disruption as summers lengthen, winters shorten, and sea levels rise; more disease as mosquitoes spread to once-cool climes; and even more nonlinear surprises like the possible shutdown of the Gulf Stream.
Then there’s a set of Sebastiao Salgado photos from Galapagos (the photos aren’t online, though), and a fascinating interview with Jaime Lerner, former mayor of Curitiba, Brazil, about his BRT (bus rapid transit) system.
Is Sierra always this good? | http://grist.org/article/mckibben-and-sierra-magazine/ | dclm-gs1-236690001 | false | false | {
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0.168606 | <urn:uuid:19f9baf9-3943-4d50-aed0-4e0b35c43a62> | en | 0.963526 | GOP, Dems Gather for State Conventions
Jun 7, 2012
Texas political parties are gathering for the state's party conventions.
The top speakers at the Democratic convention are San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro, and U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk. The Democrats are expected to elect a new party leader this weekend.
KUT's Ben Philpott talked conventional wisdom and party platforms with Ross Ramsey, executive editor of KUT’s reporting partner the Texas Tribune.
“A few years ago, the Democrats took a lot of the specific program things out of their platform, so that not all of their candidates would have to sign off on every single line of every single idea that got through the convention. The Republicans took the other tack and have been very specific in their platform, and in fact very prescriptive in their platform; you could actually almost write legislation out of it.” | http://kut.org/post/gop-dems-gather-state-conventions | dclm-gs1-236860001 | false | false | {
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Liberals could win their first seats in Alberta since 2006 but Conservatives hold commanding lead; NDP trails
'That shutout in Alberta appears to be ending with Liberals poised to elect a number of MPs ... in both Edmonton and Calgary,' a Mainstreet/Postmedia poll says
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The Regina couple even created a new family crest featuring a dirt bike speeding up the slant of an uppercase A
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0.278571 | <urn:uuid:544f014f-ef56-4f23-8bf9-32584d644bc7> | en | 0.905115 | 3D cloud reconstructions: Evaluation of scanning radar scan strategy with a view to surface shortwave radiation closure
[1] The ability of six scanning cloud radar scan strategies to reconstruct cumulus cloud fields for radiation study is assessed. Utilizing snapshots of clean and polluted cloud fields from large eddy simulations, an analysis is undertaken of error in both the liquid water path and monochromatic downwelling surface irradiance at 870 nm of the reconstructed cloud fields. Error introduced by radar sensitivity, choice of radar scan strategy, retrieval of liquid water content (LWC), and reconstruction scheme is explored. Given an infinitely sensitive radar and perfect LWC retrieval, domain average surface irradiance biases are typically less than 3 W m−2 µm−1, corresponding to 5–10% of the cloud radiative effect (CRE). However, when using a realistic radar sensitivity of −37.5 dBZ at 1 km, optically thin areas and edges of clouds are difficult to detect due to their low radar reflectivity; in clean conditions, overestimates are of order 10 W m−2 µm−1 (~20% of the CRE), but in polluted conditions, where the droplets are smaller, this increases to 10–26 W m−2 µm−1 (~40–100% of the CRE). Drizzle drops are also problematic; if treated as cloud droplets, reconstructions are poor, leading to large underestimates of 20–46 W m−2 µm−1 in domain average surface irradiance (~40–80% of the CRE). Nevertheless, a synergistic retrieval approach combining the detailed cloud structure obtained from scanning radar with the droplet-size information and location of cloud base gained from other instruments would potentially make accurate solar radiative transfer calculations in broken cloud possible for the first time. | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jgrd.50614/abstract?wol1URL=/doi/10.1002/jgrd.50614/abstract®ionCode=US-VA&identityKey=de1f8ccb-59fa-49b3-bf3e-8683bd49d6c2 | dclm-gs1-236960001 | false | false | {
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0.019465 | <urn:uuid:6b561297-0341-4873-811b-04e960edb8ca> | en | 0.908919 | Making life hard for yourself.
Sometimes it seems like a developer has gone out of their way to make life difficult for themselves (and us poor long suffering DBAs). For example we have an audit trail of user actions in the database that contains xml. This almost makes sense except that the xml is stored (more...)
Bind Variable mismatch, nulls and oci
A short post on a frustrating issue that took a while to find the solution to. The developers made a small change to a table allowing nulls in 23 columns previously configured as not null. This resulted in a large number of bind mismatches and child cursors being generated, eventually giving rise to a serious performance issue.
After much discussion of the issue test cases, being told to tune the database flushing the shared pool finally a developer opened the code and took a look at the problem and found the reason for the bind mismatch was the oci null (more...)
How expensive are literals?
As a follow-up to my last post I finally got around to writing a small program to demonstrate the difference between bind variables and literals, the test is a simple c++ program the reads a text file and updates 27,000 rows in a single table. The code runs the updates in three different ways.
Method 1: Bulk bind 200 rows at a time into the update statement.
Method 2: Bind 1 row at a time
Method 3: Use literals in the updates.
Tkprof output from the test looks like this.
Method 1
call count (more...)
Bind Variables, almost right.
Sometimes I get a bit sarcastic with and about developers, this is unfair as for the most part the ones I have worked closely have either been very good oracle developers or very good c++/java/VB6/whatever developers with a real interest in doing things the right way and have been receptive to constructive (but grumpy feedback).
This gem in a vendors application however brought out the sarcasm.
column_1 = :1, column2 = :2, ..............
column_125 = :125, column_126 = :126
column_127 = 'GotBoredWithBindVariablesDidWe?';
I can’t work the logic out here, the code is already written to use (more...)
SQL Injection
create or replace function row_count (p_table varchar2)
return number
v_str VARCHAR2(1000);
v_row NUMBER;
execute immediate v_str into v_row;
return v_row;
A single procedure to “hang” the database.
I really enjoy it when people don’t understand the features they are using it makes life really interesting, automatic parallelism is a great new feature of 11.2 but we found a new and interesting way to break things. As part of the application we are implementing customers may re-request fairly large volumes of data to limit the impact on the system as a whole the design is such that a cursor is opened and the data returned in chunks of between 500 rows, if two customers execute re-requests at the same time then two cursors are opened cutomer1 gets (more...)
Flashback logging only has a 2% performance decrease…or not.
Firstly apologies to both people who have previously read my blog, things have been a little hectic over the past 12 months working away from home in the Netherlands has taken its toll on my spare time, and weekends are to be spent either with the family or working, things have settled into a more stable pattern now so here goes..
Some background, I’ve been assigned into a project to configure dataguard on a very busy production system performing a mixed bag of batch processing, messaging and DSS loads. Performance and availability of the system is critical for the business (more...)
Index Fragmentation – more thoughts.
Looking at my last post I’m somewhat unsatisfied about the script to create the “fragmented” index so I thought I’d have another go, modifying it to be like this:
drop table TEST_FRAG2;
create table TEST_FRAG2 (id number not null, value varchar2(10));
insert into TEST_FRAG2 select id,’stuff’ from
(select rownum as id from dual connect by level <=400000)
where mod(trunc(id/400),2)=0;
create unique index TEST_FRAG2_IDX on TEST_FRAG2(id);
insert into TEST_FRAG2 select id,’stuff’ from
where mod(trunc(id/400),2)=1;
estimate_percent => 100,method_opt=> ‘FOR ALL COLUMNS SIZE 1′);
Index fragmentation – Just like SQL Server
My current project is working for a client consolidating a bunch of SQL server databases into a properly licenced and managed sql serve cluster, Its been a while since I did a lot in SQL Server and it seemed like a good way to refresh some skills I hadn’t used for while. One of the big differences is sql server best practices recommends running a maintenance job to rebuild fragmented indexes, current thinking in Oracle is that frequent (and most of the time any) index rebuilds are not required. Index fragmentation in SQL Server has a two specific meanings Internal (more...) | http://orana.info/author/randomdba/ | dclm-gs1-237000001 | false | false | {
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Assassin's Creed 3 is set in an open world and presented from the third person perspective with a primary focus on using Desmond and Connor's combat and stealth abilities to eliminate targets and explore the environment. Connor is able to freely explore 18th century Boston, New York and the American frontier to complete side missions away from the primary storyline. The game also features a multiplayer component, allowing players to compete online to complete solo and team based objectives including assassinations and evading pursuers. Ubisoft developed a new game engine, Anvil Next, for the game.
The game follows the series’ standard level-based gameplay during the 21st century, as well as the open world gameplay set in 18th century colonial America, in which the player has access to a huge wilderness known as the Frontier (which is 1.5 times bigger than Rome in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood),the cities of Boston and New York as well as portions of the Eastern Seaboard and Caribbean Sea can be explored via the flagship of the Assassin's Navy, the Aquila., captained by Connor himself, with Robert Faulkner his first-mate advising and teaching him in the ways of the sea.
Free running has been simplified to allow for more fluid parkour in the cities and wilderness, such as climbing and running on trees, mountains, cliffs,etc. Close combat has been modified, allowing Connor to dual wield weapons and take down multiple opponents at once and players no longer need to manage the lock on mechanic.Aiding this, Connor has access to a wide range of weapons which include muskets, pistols, native weapons such as the tomahawk and bow/arrows, a rope dart (used to pull foes or hang them, while on a tree) as well as the Hidden blades. Human shields can be used against firing lines of enemies. Medicine is no longer used as health recovers automatically. Stealth is also revamped, allowing players to use natural elements such as tall grass and trees to hide, along with the ability to blend between any two people.
Assassin’s Creed III features new weather simulations such as snow, fog, and rain. The seasons can also change i.e., Summer and Winter, which not only effect visuals but also gameplay, as the player will find running slower in deep snow. Snowfall can reduce visibility for the player and enemies, aiding stealth. Unlike the past games, this one includes animals varying from domestic (horses, cows, dogs) to wild (deer, wolves, bears). The wild ones are found in the Frontier, and can be hunted for meat or marrow in order to be sold. The quality of the kill determines the price, encouraging the player to hunt silently. For this, traps and bait can also be used.
Economy is now based on the Davenport Homestead, which also acts as Connor's adopted home. The site can be visited by people such as carpenters, tailors etc. suffering from displacement due to the war. Helping and interacting with these NPCs will encourage them to settle in the Homestead. From there on, the player can craft various items and trade with them, and then sell the goods to the cities via caravan. The player can also help them build relationships with each other, which will then result in the formation of a small village. The player can also upgrade the Homestead manor as well as Connor's ship, the Aquila.
A revamped version of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood's recruitment feature returns as players can enlist citizens to the Assassins' cause by completing "Liberation" missions. They also have a much larger skill set, which allows them to start a riot, provide a covert escort, act a as a personal bodyguard etc. Other side missions include collecting Almanac pages, exploring underground tunnels to locate fast-travel stations, joining hunting and fighting clubs, investigating frontiersman rumours about UFOs and Sasquatch, "peg-leg" missions in which Connor goes to underground forts and wastelands to uncover the legend of Captain Kidd's treasure, and others.
Assassin’s Creed 3 also features naval expeditions. Using Connor's warship, the Aquila, the player can navigate the high seas. Control of the ship relies on environmental factors such as wind direction and speed, local presence of storms, high waves, and rocks. Engagements are by cannon, with broadsides covering both flanks of the ship, and swivel guns that can be used to damage smaller ships which can also be boarded to find treasure. The Aquila is used in the side missions known as "Privateer missions" and is also used in some of the main missions.
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Therapeutic Siddha Varmam; No miracle but a Science
Massage as a healing science has witnessed great popularity and increasing acceptance all over the world during the past decade. The popularity of massage therapies as an effective ant-stress programme is one of the major factors leading to its commercialization. Recently therapeutic massage started becoming very popular, notably Ayurvedic massage which is being offered in almost all major spas in the world. Is massage limited to this simple act of restoring blood circulation, muscle relaxation, lymphatic drainage and rarely to some vital point stimulation? The answer is no. Very few people know that the massage practice followed by Ayurveda originated from the Siddha system. In the Siddha system this area of medicine is an elaborate and perfected science called Varma Kalai or the art of Vital points, where massage forms just one area of treatment. The depth of this varma science in Siddha is evident from the elaborate and extensive texts of Anatomy, Physiology, Diagnostic and treatment methodologies written on palm leaf manuscripts.
One of Siddha applied Science Institute's varma adviser is a traditional Siddha practitioner and a martial arts master who has visited the Shaolin temple in China for workshops, says that the most of the techniques and treatments in oriental medicine looks like being descended from some rare Varma Kalai texts. Viz. The intricate details of the ‘Secret Chambers of the Nerves’ and the applied description on the intricate nadi system in the human body, the secrets of the “bow and Arrow’ system. We also know that Sri. Bogar had taken Siddha medicine to China and had spread the knowledge there. Many today believe that Siddha belongs to South-India, but we at SASI believe that Siddha belongs to the universe, and that this knowledge be available to all. Our efforts in gathering and spreading as much as possible authentic information on Varma Kalai is in line with the intent of the great Siddhars, as evident by Sri.Bogars and many other Siddhars efforts to disseminate this knowledge far from its land of origin.
As described in a previous news letter, Varmam Science is based on the fact that there are numerous vital points (Varmams) in the human body that are interconnected by channels in a definite way. The life force energy or prana flows through these channels and gets boosted at the said vital points or varmams. Any imbalance to this flow can cause diseases. This flow has many levels of governing capacities on various vital activities of human body and manipulating this flow can be used to destroy or cure the body. The act of restoring or damaging the vital flow can be achieved by varying pressures of pressure directly on to the varmams. In general massage these points and channels are stimulated to certain degrees, in a defined pattern to achieve a smooth flow. The process may seem quite simple, but very few people actually teach the real locations, the technique of approach and the degrees of manipulation of these points. Quite simply a wrong, method of stimulation or the direction of massage or even the amount of pressure applied can not only be useless but may cause serious blockages leading to manifestation of diseases in the long run.
Research at Siddha Applied Science Institute has shown that impacts on varmam, depending on the seriousness of impact and the type of impact, causes a shift in the energy structure of the person involved. This abnormal shift many times is not immediately evident on the physiology of the affected person but goes on exerting a distorted energy influence on the pranic supply thereby depleting the area involved of much valuable prana. This slowly degrades the system/ organ or the location concerned and several years lead to debilitating diseases. Martial arts or very traumatic accident based varmam impacts shows immediate effects depending on the lethal nature of the varmam.
More and more scientific facts are pouring out from different corners of the world supporting alternate healing, presence of energy, plenum and most interestingly on existence of nadi’s. Recently in a conference a researcher presented electron micrograph and photographs of a dissected human body showing very thin filament coursing the body and these filaments were referred to be the same as nadi’s as explained in ancient texts, because they contained prana, proven using many bio-field devices. Modern medicine may not accept it at all, but we have proof which none can deny. Many modern researchers fail to understand that their science too developed the same way this ancient science is now resurfacing. Only difference is that alternate medicine has too many subtle factors involved than what we call main stream science has.
(Pictures: Quantum Health, Issue 01, February 2011)
SASI has developed a wellness based varmam and teaches it to its Diploma in Applied Siddha Sciences (DASS) students. This techniques involves three aspects,
1. Applied Varmam knowledge
2. Curative and restorative therapeutic varmam
3. Augmentation of pranic flow using Siddha Yogic techniques
The Varmam taught by SASI has several advantages,
1. It is safe and without side effects
2. The therapy time is less and when properly complied to, gives long lasting results
3. It is cost effective
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Comment Re:What about the minicabs and TFL? (Score 2) 91
The real-time traffic information is not real-time, so it doesn't compare. If a cabby comes up to a blocked street, they instantly know which route to take to get around it. Satnavs need time to calculate. The knowledge also improves the cabby's ability to determine the destination address, as such a fundamental understanding of the hotels, businesses, pubs, and former hotels, businesses, and pubs is amazingly useful when finding out where someone actually wants to go. Mumbling a bit of your address or using a long-closed pub as a route reference is something perfectly adequate for a Knowledge-equipped cabby, but nowhere near enough for a satnav. Seriously, these cabbies know London incredibly well, including how London used to be.
So no, London still needs black cabs and the Knowledge.
p.s. I'm very impressed you didn't slip in your usual hate-filled attack on over 1.6 billion people. You might just be growing up.
Comment Re:Issue is more complicated (Score 1) 631
Or maybe it's because people like you think making massive generalizations of 51% of the population is perfectly acceptable. Hint: It's not. Not all women think the same, just as all men don't think the same. Old-fashioned, lazy thinking such as yours is the real danger, as it festers, builds up, and becomes something ridiculously toxic, where anyone speaking against it is labeled with whatever easy badge you can pin on them in order to simply ignore the reality that maybe you are an antisocial bigoted fuck...
Women trash talk just as much as guys and are (on average) no better or worse at it. Some will be worse at it, some will be better at it, just as with guys.
Grow up. The future implores you.
Comment Re:Issue is obvious if you're not a SJW (Score 1) 631
Yes, biologically different, but still able to have a decent conversation and discuss possibly-contentious topics. This characterisation of women as verging on emotional breakdowns is fucking disgusting. We're not all identical, but there are greater differences among men and among women than there are between men and women, so getting caught up on gender is, well, pathetic.
Comment Re:Safety (Score 1) 399
I've heard that claimed lots of times, but no-one has given a sensible answer to it. Is it to allow the citizens to rise up against the government? If so, the armed forces are in the way, and no amount of weekend warriors with no support or decent training will overcome them. If the armed forces are not going to stand in the way, then there is no need for the guns in the first place. This "we need our guns to protect our rights!" logic is bizarre. Plus, with all the screaming from various parts of the electorate, why hasn't it happened yet? And what is the signal anyway? A bunch of strangers with guns, no training, no logistical support, no common aim, no close air support, aren't going to accomplish nothing, except make for a very easy turkey shoot for whoever's up against them. Now, on the other hand, if you'd said explosives were important and not guns, I'd have to agree with you, as those are a real threat to an army (just ask anyone back from Iraq or Afghanistan what was worse - AK47s or IEDs).
Comment Re:Before anyone bangs on about bedallions and so (Score 1) 207
The knowledge doesn't just help the driver navigate, but gives them such an extensive knowledge that partial or even flat-out contradictory addresses can be resolved to real places, and the journey can continue. Falling drunk into the back of a black cab and muttering your street name and/or a bit or two of postcode, only to fall asleep and be woken outside your flat by a driver asking for a very fair price is simply not possible with Uber.
Comment Re:Uber is at least as good (Score 1) 207
When a GPS knows where "just of the Essex road where that pub used to be on the corner. I think it was called the Two Foxes or something", I'd concede that GPS beats those who've taken the Knowledge. Of course if you give it two addresses to navigate between it'd do fine, but that's not what makes the Knowledge so impressive - it's the fuzziness it eliminates, and its ability to rapidly update the route should something untoward happen en route.
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Risteau is an IRC File server
Risteau supports the following functions:
Searching by wildcard (find)
DCC file list in txt format (<nick>), or over private message
Retrieval of files with one pm (<nick> <file>)
Advertisement in response to request (list)
Advertisement based on a timer
Serving on multiple channels
All Risteau commands can be PMd or sent in a channel Risteau is in,
and must be preceded by either ! or @ (easily changable, but not
configurable yet.)
Risteau is modular, and can therefore, in theory, use interfaces
other than IRC. Risteau currently only includes an IRC interface, but
feel free to write one and send it to me.
The core requires the following modules:
The IRC interfaces requires the following modules:
* Risteau requres POE::Component::IRC to be at least version 4.4. If you
see errors about being unable to locate the 'spawn' function, this is
the cause.
Configuration information is stored in 'config.yaml,' in the executable
directory. In general, options will default to what is listed below (or
in the distributed config file) if they are left out. However, this mode
of operation may not be reliable. Risteau understands the following
config options (options shown are defaults):
IRC server to connect to
nickname: Risteau
Nickname to choose on the IRC server
channel: #dc
Channel to join.
Risteau is now capable of joining multiple channels, and should be
specified in a space-separated list.
password: Ic43sD
Password to register with in nickserv
root: '/mnt/m1/Library/'
File repository to serve from
sends: 3
Maximum concurrent sends (not including the file list)
advertise: 900
Interval upon which to post advertisements. Risteau advertises
itself upon connecting.
Risteau allows you to fully customize it's advertisement message. A
reasonable default is provided for this, if you don't want to
bother. The following special character sequences will be
dynamically replaced with calculated values:
@N - The bot's nickname
@S - The total KB sent
@R - The average send rate in KB/s
@U - The URL where Risteau can be had.
You're by no means required to include the @U, but to the author a
favor and let people know that you're running his magnificent
software. ;)
listby: dcc
Controls how the file list is sent. If this is anything except
"dcc", file lists are sent using the send_private event.
sent: 0
The number of bytes sent ever. You can be dishonest and change this
if you really want.
time: 0
The time spent sending. Used to calculate the average rate. If
you're going to change 'sent', above, be sure to change this so the
average doesn't become skewed and useless. Don't worry about
local_addr: [none]
This configuration parameter will allow you to force Risteau to bind
to a specific IP address, in case you have multiple network cards,
or if for some reason Risteau tries to bind to localhost by default.
Be careful; an invalid entry will prevent Destult from connecting.
These features are unsupported, which means they may work, but I no
longer want to support them.
If a 'bookwarez:' directive is present in the config file, Risteau
will enter "bookwarez" mode. This requires two other configuration
directives, as well:
master: '#bookwarez'
trigger: '!bw'
Upon joining, Risteau will join the 'master' channel instead of the
channel specified above. Risteau will then paste the indicated
trigger, and wait for an invitation. Risteau will accept any
invitations it receives will in "bookwarez" mode.
Some systems require users to maintain a presence in one channel
while they wish to take part in another. To enable this, set KEYCHAN
to the name of the first channel.
Copyright 2004, Patrick Bogen
This file is part of Risteau.
Risteau is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
option) any later version.
Risteau is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
for more details.
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Years ago, global warming believers renamed the phenomenon "climate change" -- probably because of pesky details such as unusually cold weather undercutting the warming argument. Now, just as advocates argue that earth is approaching a tipping point, there's so much ice floating in Antarctica during the Southern Hemisphere's summer that the Australasian Antarctic Expedition posted in a statement: "We're stuck in our own experiment."
"We were just in the wrong place at the wrong time," Turney told Fox News. He believes that the ship was stuck in old ice from a 75-mile-long iceberg that broke apart three years ago.
Fair enough. But there's still the issue of ice volume. Climate changers usually warn about Arctic ice, which has been receding over the past few decades, but rarely address the overall growth of ice in Antarctica.
"Sea ice is disappearing due to climate change, but here ice is building up," the Australasian Antarctic Expedition acknowledges. It's a conundrum. If warming is melting ice in the Northern Hemisphere, why isn't it melting ice in the Southern Hemisphere?
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Situational Swords are similar in concept to the EmpathicWeapon, but generally tend to be non-Sentient. When EmpathicWeapon is a Situational Sword, it is usually LoyalPhlebotinum; an [[EmpathicWeapon empathic]] Situational Sword can sometimes enforce its criteria through WeaponWieldsYou. One common subtrope is WeaponOfXSlaying.
Compare SituationalDamageAttack.
* One story of the ''Manga/CryingFreeman'' anime {{OVA}}s involved several parties falling under the curse of the Muramasa blades (explained below), which made the user go berserk until the sword left their grip.
* The Medicine Peddler's sword in ''Anime/{{Mononoke}}'' can only be drawn when he learns more about mononoke. But once he gets the Shape, Truth, and Reason, asskicking [[{{BFS}} ensues]].
* ''Manga/InuYasha'':
** Played straight with [[HealingShiv Tenseiga]]. Tenseiga is completely equal in strength to Tessaiga, but its trigger is compassion for all living things, even an enemy. The catch is that it is useless against living beings. Its reputation is to bring the dead back to life, which means cutting the pallbearers of the afterlife that ferry away the soul, restoring the soul to the body and therefore the life. It also has the power to cleanse the soul of the already dead, thus enabling a spirit trapped in purgatory-type hells to pass on peacefully. OutSideTheBoxTactic ends up revealing that Tenseiga is the only weapon capable of killing spirits or any type of being that is MadeOfAir. The sword is, in fact, hugely important to the plot but in a very specific way that's in keeping with the sword's limitations.
* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'''s [[OldMaster Cologne]] owns the Poison-Cleaving Sword, a semi-sentient Chinese ''dao'' with a flower at the tip. This flower has a mouth, and it detects poison and warns the wielder when poison is nearby... and then tries to run away from it, pulling the wielder along if necessary. The reason? Although the Poison Cleaver can indeed cut through any poison and render it harmless, it dies after just one stroke. And, in [[strike: its own]] {{Hamlet}}'s words, [[ShoutOut the rest... is silence]].
* Kaito from ''Manga/HunterXHunter'' wields the... well, '''weapon''' [[SentientWeapon Crazy Slot]] which randomly takes the form of one of nine weapons when [[HammerSpace materialized]]. These include a rifle, a SinisterScythe and a club. He cannot dematerialize or switch it until used.
* In ''Manga/KatekyoHitmanReborn'', Yamamoto has two weapons like this: A baseball bat that turns into a sword when swung at a certain (fast) speed, and a bamboo sword that turns into a real one when he uses his special techniques.
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' presents us with the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist, each of which posses a sword with a special ability. Starting off, [[EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks Kisame Hoshigaki]] has a [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment shark themed]] sword that can eat other people's [[LifeEnergy chakra]], among other things. The most interesting, though is that after all these years, we finally find out that the sword of Zabuza Momochi, the first Swordsman ever met in the series and original BigBad before his spectacular HeelFaceTurn, actually does something other than [[AwesomeYetImpractical look menacing and heavy]]. It can repair itself by sucking the iron out of someone's blood.
* Inverted in ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'': Tenchi ([[NamesTheSame the sword]]) would refuse to activate [[RuleOfFunny whenever a failure would be funny,]] at least until Tenchi ([[NamesTheSame the hero]]) TookALevelInBadass. Which is why [[spoiler:Yosho]], who was {{Badass}} from the start, never had those problems.
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* Empowered in ''Comicbook/{{Empowered}}'' has a suit that makes her a not-entirely formidable crime-fighter, but once, when she was saving her best friend's life, it grew a pair of glowing wings and unleashed awesome power. She still doesn't know exactly what stimulus caused it (though it's a safe bet it was emotional).
* In ''Film/{{District 9}}'' Prawn guns and tech are created organically and do not work when used by humans. The prawns are either too passive, too wild, or too undesirable to be used in human armies. Thus, MNU has spent the considerable part of three decades trying to develop test subjects with combined working prawn/human DNA so that they can develop a SuperSoldier program.
* ''{{Film/Skyfall}}'': One of Q's new gadgets is a gun with a handprint scanner in the handle. Unless a pre-determined user - in this case, Bond - is holding the gun, it won't fire.
* ''Literature/LoneWolf'': The Sommerswerd's "supernatural powers increase the bearer's CS by 8 (prior to the application of weapon skill bonuses), and also increase the sensitivity of his Sixth Sense. It is [[WeaponOfXSlaying doubly damaging]] to undead foes and [[PowerNullifier absorbs hostile magic]]. Perhaps its greatest power is the ability to kill Darklords, and it's possible, as stated in ''The Curse of Naar'', that it might be able to kill [[BigBad Naar himself]]. Only members of the royal house of Sommerlund or a Kai Lord can wield it. If anyone else uses it in battle, it will slowly and irrevocably lose its powers." On the other hand, whip it out in the wrong spot, every Tom, Dick and Rubicante shows up to kick your ass. Fortunately, evil beings can't take advantage of this to depower the sword -- if you happen to be evil and try to hold the sword it will [[{{Fingore}} melt your fingers off]].
* Alanna's sword Lightning in ''Literature/SongOfTheLioness'' reveals its powers only after she has [[spoiler:given herself up to death.]] Or certain enemies are involved.
* In Creator/JamesSwallow's ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' ''[[Literature/BloodAngels Deus Sanguinius]]'', Rafen learns that to wield the Spear of Telesto, he must [[spoiler:[[ForbiddenChekhovsGun let loose with the Red Thirst]]. Fortunately for him, the spear protects him from [[TheBerserker the Black Rage]], the insanity that ensues when the Red Thirst runs wild in a Blood Angel.]]
* Felix's sword in ''Literature/GotrekAndFelix'' is enchanted to kill dragons and will grant its wielder extra strength and other bonuses, but only when fighting a dragon (or to get him through a fight so he can go fight a dragon later).
* In P.C. Hodgell's ''Literature/ChroniclesOfTheKencyrath'' series, the hereditary sword of the house of Knorth, ''Kin-slayer'', can cut through opponents as if they were butter -- but only when wielded by someone wearing the Knorth signet ring on their finger. Furthermore, it cannot be sheathed until it has killed someone, and the energy of the sword numbs the hand of the bearer. Meanwhile, the ''Ivory Knife'', an ancient heirloom artifact reputed to come from the Kencyrs' God, kills from the merest scratch. It is called "the very tooth of Death."
* The sword Sting from ''LordOfTheRings'' is effective against most anything, but it also glows blue to give warning when orcs are near.
** Parodied in Terry Pratchett's ''Discworld/TheWeeFreeMen'': the Nac mac Feegle have swords that glow blue in the presence of ''lawyers''.
* ''Literature/BookOfSwords'': Some of Creator/FredSaberhagen's Swords of Power have situational powers.
** Shieldbreaker makes the wielder nigh-unbeatable in battle, but only if he's fighting an armed opponent.
** Townsaver has similar powers, but only functions when defending an inhabited place.
** Dragonslicer is the epitome, it only has magical powers when wielded against a dragon.
** Stonecutter too. It's only "magical" property is the ability to cut through stone.
* The title weapon in Creator/LawrenceWattEvans's ''Literature/{{Ethshar}}'' novel ''Literature/TheMisenchantedSword'' will do your fighting for you, but only against adult male humans, and once it kills, you have to sheath it and draw it again to re-activate its power. Also, [[BlessedWithSuck you can't resheath it, or even let go of it, until it's killed someone]].
** Also, no one else can use it, and you will die if and only if you have killed a hundred men with it (at which point it turns on you and finds a new owner - they will then remain alive until their 99th kill, and so on until some poor soul is slain on first drawing the blade). At first the character is unnerved by not knowing how close he was and that he could die at any time. Later, the character realizes it was AgeWithoutYouth and desperately tries to find a way to kill the last men. [[spoiler:Nothing that a youth spell wouldn't handle, though.]]
* Among its many other properties, the sword named Need in MercedesLackey's ''HeraldsOfValdemar'' series provides a considerable amount of protection from magic if it's wielded by a trained fighter. If wielded by a SquishyWizard, on the other hand, it gives no magical protection but instead makes the mage an [[InstantExpert expert swordswoman]]. In the hands of someone with no particular talents in either direction, it does ''both'' (and some other neat tricks besides). What might have happened if Need were wielded by a genuine MagicKnight is never quite shown in the series, since by the time it's an option, Need [[spoiler:has regained full sentience and thus gets a say in how she's used]].
* In ''Literature/TheNeverendingStory'', the magical sword Sikanda. Only those who have eaten, drunk, and bathed in the flames of the Many-Colored Death, and ridden on his back, may touch the sword without (unspecified) danger. Also, the sword may only be used it when it leaps from the sheath. When the sword is drawn through brute force, it makes a [[TakeOurWordForIt terrifying noise,]] the sword's [[PowerGlows light]] goes out, and implicitly its enchantment is LostForever.
* The black sword Dyrnwyn from the ''ChroniclesOfPrydain'' series can only be drawn by one of "noble worth". [[HeroicWannabe Taran]] at first assumes this means one born of a noble bloodline, but Gwydion later states that it is referring to character, not blood. In the hands of a worthy person it is an InfinityPlusOneSword capable of slaying just about any evil being. Those who are unworthy tend to get themselves killed trying to draw the sword. Taran has to go through four or five books' worth of CharacterDevelopment before he can wield it.
* In ''Literature/BlueMoonRising'' by Simon Green, the hero finds a sword which, if its wielder is in a desperate situation ''and his concern is less for himself than for others'', will call down a magical rainbow that disintegrates the supernatural evils caused by the Blue Moon. He nearly gets killed trying to invoke the rainbow in a tight spot where ''he's'' the only one he's really worried about.
* ''PercyJackson's'' sword ''Anaklusmos'' (Riptide) is made from celestial bronze, and is only effective against monsters or those with divine blood such as other demigods. It is completely harmless if used against regular humans.
* In the novel ''UserUnfriendly'' by VivianVandeVelde, the player characters find a [[LordOfTheRings sword that glows in the presence of orcs]]. Since the players have artificially inflated their combat stats, the sword turns out to be more trouble than it's worth.
* The Sword of Truth in ''SwordOfTruth'' is a big honking sharp piece of metal... that doesn't allow the bearer to hurt anyone or anything they believe innocent and magically guilts the user every time he kills someone, regardless. You have to be full of righteous fury just to ''use'' the damn thing. Unless you figure out [[spoiler: how to be full of sympathy and love for your target]] instead, which is a much better insulator. And then it turns out that the sword is also a repository for all of the experience and fighting prowess of all its past users that is instantly transferred during a specific test in an obscure jungle.
** And then it turns out [[spoiler: that it was all a SecretTestOfCharacter for the most important McGuffin of the series, and a key for it besides.]]
* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' has the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin three holy swords]] which have vast evil-smiting powers when wielded for a righteous purpose; even a half-turned vampire, who is normally burned by its presence, can use the Sword of Love when she's using it to rescue her daughter. The flipside is that if someone uses them for the wrong reason (such as when [[spoiler: Harry brandishes one to try to break his word on a freely-made bargain]]) they lose their power and can be handled or destroyed by creatures of darkness unless they return to the hands of their chosen Knights.
** Demonstrated in ''Skin Game'' when Murphy breaks her oath and attacks Nicodemus after he had surrendered (but ordered his lackeys to murder Harry). He shatters it with ease. [[spoiler: However, all is not lost, given that Butters later reforges it into a lightsabre.]]
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* The rules for intelligent weapons in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' include the option of a special purpose that comes with a matching special power only used in the pursuit of said purpose. The chance for a randomly rolled magic weapon to have this property is somewhere around 1% or less.
** You don't have to go quite that far, however. ''Un''intelligent weapons with situational bonuses and/or powers are likewise a long-standing and rather more common D&D staple. ''Sword + 1, + 3 vs. spellcasters'', anybody?
** The ''Bane'' enchantment is entirely this. (Animalbane, Demonbane, Elementalbane, etc.)
[[folder: Video Games]]
* Link's sword in ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' shoots [[SwordBeam energy beams]] when he's at full health in the 2D games, otherwise it's limited to melee. In every 2D game except the first two, however, Link doesn't have this ability until he gets the Master Sword (or what other legendary sword is standing in for the Master Sword).
** The Master Sword is also known as the Sword of Evil's Bane, and can reflect and dispel evil magic. It's also stated to be wieldable only by the true hero, and untouchable by evil, but those never play much of a part in the actual games. It also serves as a lock at least twice. In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', pulling the sword from its pedestal transports Link to the Sacred Realm, where he sleeps for seven years, and putting it back returns him to his childhood, allowing him to travel back and forth in time. In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' pulling the sword breaks the seal on Hyrule, which had been frozen in time in a bubble beneath the Great Sea.
* Seen a lot in ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' games, notably with weapons like Ultima Weapon (attack strength is tied to HP,) the ancient sword (chance of putting enemies to sleep,) and some weapons in Final Fantasy VI (which unleash spells when used on occasion.)
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII'' and ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV IV]]'' both allow you to cast spells from weapons if you select said armament from the inventory.
*** As did the original game - some weapons would randomly cast spells when hitting a monster, others could be used as items to cast a spell (like Heal or Lightning) even by non-spell-casting characters. Leading to wonderful benefits like being able to cast Lit2 on sea monsters as a White Wizard using Thor's Hammer.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'' has a job class devoted to making swords Situational, the Mystic Knight/Sorcerer.
** All the Ultimate Weapons in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' have effects like this, with some examples being the aforementioned Ultima Weapon, Vincent's Death Penalty (does more damage dependent on how many enemies he's slain), and Tifa's Premium Heart, which does damage based on how much of her [[LimitBreak Limit]] gauge is full.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI'' has many weapons (and armor!) that will be stronger or have added effects depending on anything from the time of day, to the moon phase, to the weather, to whether or not you have a specific StandardStatusEffect on you, etc.
** To {{egregious}} extent in ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy''. The Iaijutsu build --[[OneHitKill Two Hit Kill]]-- requires you to be ''90 level below'' your opponent.
* ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}''
** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' has swords such as the badelaire, which powers up as the in-game clock counter increases, and the muramasa, which gets stronger if you strike enemies capable of bleeding.
*** There's also the Sword Familar, which is an EmpathicWeapon version of this. It can only be equipped as an actual weapon once it hits level 50, and the amount of damage it can do as a standard sword becomes greater as it's level increases, making it one of the best weapons in the game.
** Most of the weapons in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia'' are based around the idea of being used in conjunction with each other, i.e. if you use two wind glphys and throw them simultaneously, they will create a screen-high tornado.
* In ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' the special named weapons will randomly unleash a special attack instead of a normal critical hit. This changes the dialogue from;
-->[Name of character] lets out a howl. Critical hit.
-->[Name of weapon] lets out a howl. [Name of special effect/attack]
* ''BaldursGate'' has one kind of sword that glows when enemies are nearby, though unfortunately it counts normal-sized rats and spiders as enemies even though they can't hurt you. Also, weapons 'Of Disruption' have a chance of instantly vaporizing undead upon contact. The oringinal also had a nifty 'Greatsword +1/+3 vs. shapeshifters' (which you fough a ''lot'' of).
** [[InfinityPlusOneSword Carsomyr]] also has a bunch of abilities which while ''technically'' always active only really come into play when facing spellcasters.
* ''Franchise/DragonAge'' also has plenty of these. In fact, using runes the player can opt to make their weapon like this ie. +10 damage to darkspawn.
* ''DemonsSouls'' has two of those: The Morion Blade, and the Storm Ruler.
** The Storm Ruler also doubles as a SwordOfPlotAdvancement, just not quite. You get it during the Storm King boss fight, and though it can be used outside of it (Normally during NewGamePlus) it's actually pretty weak outside of it... Inside of the boss's arena, though, both the normal and the heavy attack cause the sword to create a powerful and gigantic shockwave in the exact direction it was swung, this is the quickest way to beat the Storm King since you can't hit him with physical attacks and magic. Though you can beat him by just shooting arrows at him all day. It just takes one million times more.
* The ''VideoGame/DarkCloud'' series has the Lamb's Sword. In the first game, allowing the Lamb's Sword to reach critical [[BreakableWeapons WHP]] transforms it into the much stronger Wolf Sword until it is repaired. In the second game, the sword becomes the Wolf Sword from 9PM until 6AM, again with a boost in attack power.
* In ''VideoGame/ThreeDDotGameHeroes'', weapons are effectively useless unless you are at full health, at which point the upgrade abilities that either came with the weapons or were bought later kick in.
* ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'': Robo's ultimate weapon, the Crisis Arm, has its power depend on Robo's last digit of HP. If the last digit is 0, it does no damage. If the last digit is 9, then it can consistently outdamage everyone except a level 99 Ayla. Thankfully, Robo hits [[{{Cap}} 999]] HP relatively early, so keeping the Crisis Arm powerful is merely a matter of keeping Robo as close to full HP as possible.
** The DS remake gives Lucca the Spellslinger, a similar weapon based off the last digit of her MP.
* Several weapons in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', including the ''Axtinguisher'' which does critical (triple) damage to burning players, and the ''Equalizer'' and ''Escape Plan'', which [[DesperationAttack does more damage]] and makes you run faster if you are low on health, respectively.
* There's a number of these in the ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'' series, such as the Muramasa (Damage is equal to your missing HP), the Custom Sword (Causes more damage the more filled the Custom Gauge is), and the Gaia Sword (Absorbs the power of all the battle chips selected after it).
* As an RPGMechanicsVerse, ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}'' has a few:
** Big Ears' axe has a situational strength and weakness at once: [[spoiler: it can't hurt paladins. Useful when someone tries to take it from Big Ears, not so useful when trying to fight another paladin (though this limitation was once cleverly exploited).]]
** Forgath and Minmax [[http://www.goblinscomic.org/10032013/ win]] an axe whose accuracy and damage skyrocket when the target is the same species as the wielder. [[spoiler:It falls into the hands of Kore, a cursed dwarf paladin who epitomizes BlackAndWhiteInsanity, which can't be good for anyone.]]
* Tavor's swords in ''Webcomic/LookingForGroup'' reveal a map to Kethenecia when coated in blood.
* [[Webcomic/SluggyFreelance Torg]] has a magical sword ([[ICallItVera dubbed]] [[FluffyTheTerrible Chaz]]) that, upon "drinking" the blood of an innocent, can cut through anything and speak. Torg is typically too nice of a guy to actively acquire the needed blood. The most amusing case was when his [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend friend Zoe]], unaware of Chaz's true nature and utterly stupefied by the suggestion, made her single wish to a demon. Afterward, Torg used the now-awakened spirit sword to kill it.
--> '''Zoe''' ({{Facepalm}}): I want the blood of the innocent to rain down in every room of our house.
--> ''Later--''
--> '''Gwynn (cleaning):''' Did you have to say ''every'' room??
--> '''Zoe:''' I couldn't remember which room it was in!
* Since being reforged with starmetal, Roy's sword in ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' occasionally channels energy that is harmful to undead and evil outsiders.
** And [[SpoonyBard Elan]] is a living example of one, since his PrestigeClass turns him into a OneManArmy as long as he keeps making puns (although there are lots of caveats which regularly screw him over).
* In a parody of the ''Literature/LordOfTheRings'' example, Lambert of ''Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic'' has a magic sword that sings "Don't Stand So Close to Me" when orcs are near.
* In ''Webcomic/ZitaTheSpacegirl'', the giant robot fighter can only be piloted by a true hero, [[spoiler:because only a true hero has enough self-sacrifice to let the robot adsorb him.]]
[[folder: Web Original]]
* In ''RedVsBlue'', Tucker's energy sword can function as a key at times, but is otherwise still a powerful weapon.
--> '''Church''': So, it is a sword. It just happens to function like a key in very specific situations.
--> '''Caboose''': Or... it's a key all the time... and when you stick it in people, it unlocks their death.
[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983'' and ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower'' give us the Sword of Power and the Sword of Protection, respectively. In a jam? StabTheSky and invoke the [[ByThePowerOfGrayskull Power (or Honor) of Grayskull.]] SuperpoweredAlterEgo invoked, problem solved.
* ''SamuraiJack'''s sword will not cut anyone pure of heart, as evident both when Aku stole it and tried to stab Jack with it and when Jack tried to use it to cut up a deer for food.
* The sword Rubilax in ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'' is technically a four-element demon, and therefore assumably has as many forms in addition to his normal one.
* Lion-O of ''{{Thundercats}}'' fame possessed the Sword of Omens, a nifty sword that in addition to its "Sight Beyond Sight" ability and its power to call upon the other Thundercats, could literally get him out of any situation. For example, on one occasion it essentially transformed into a vaulting pole and propelled him up the side of a castle.
* The Leadership Matrix in ''{{Transformers}}'' canon only works in situations where the Autobots are faced with the most abominable of EldritchAbomination types, such as Unicron or a virus swarm, and there's little other recourse for them. Under the right conditions, the Matrix can then be used to "light our darkest hour".
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Story highlights
• Todashev's father says his son wasn't "crazy," wouldn't attack officers
• The father says he doesn't believe his son admitted to role in triple murder
• Todashev, who knew a Boston bombing suspect, was killed in an interview with authorities
• A U.S. official says Todashev started acting odd, knocked over table
It was during that interview -- which took place in the kitchen of his Orlando, Florida, home -- that Todashev was shot dead.
Father: Couldn't FBI 'handle' my son?
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"My son was definitely unarmed, because he never had a gun," his father Abdulbaki Todashev told CNN in Moscow. "He couldn't attack them or fight them; he couldn't do anything because even two men could easily handle him."
Contrary to what a U.S. official said, Todashev's father claimed there were "four of five" law enforcement agents with his son at the time, "all armed."
"He didn't pose any threat to them. But even if he threatened them with his fists, couldn't they shoot his leg?" Abdulbaki Todashev said. "My son couldn't attack them. He's not crazy."
Addressing reporters on Thursday, Abdulbaki Todashev added his son had recently undergone leg surgery and needed crutches to walk.
Group seeks investigation into Todashev's death
Official: Tamerlan Tsarnaev involved in 2011 slayings
A law enforcement official told CNN on Friday that Todashev attacked the FBI agent with a broom handle, not a sword. "He (Todashev) took a whack at his (the agent's) head, and he got a pretty good gash."
The official said that investigators knew going into the questioning that Todashev was proficient in mixed martial arts.
The official stressed that the shooting was justified and done in self-defense because the agent felt threatened.
Abdulbaki Todashev said he planned to fly "hopefully" Friday to the United States to bring "my son's body back to his homeland and bury him here."
"(He was) a regular, funny boy (who) loved his brothers and sisters," the father said. "He wanted to stay (in the United States and I) said it was a nice place to train and to live. I said he should stay there."
Abdulbaki Todashev doesn't believe his son admitted to any involvement in the Waltham triple homicide, saying "the FBI can say anything now because a dead person can't defend himself."
That said, the father said he believes "there are lots of honest workers" in U.S. law enforcement who he thinks "can be trusted (to) conduct a fair investigation" into his son's death.
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Toilet Training 101
• Tom and Sherry Bushnell
• 2003 18 Apr
Toilet Training 101
The most important factors in beginning actual toilet training are the child's ability to feel potty coming. Can your child feel the urge to go potty? If so, can they hold it for a few minutes? This is important. If your child regularly does not notice until after the fact, they probably are not ready to be trained.
The second most important ability is to release in the proper place. Can your child find the bathroom? Do they know what a toilet is for? Do they feel discomfort when wet or yucky? I've known 2 year olds who could sit in a wet, soiled diaper all day and not care a bit. This is not a good indicator for self motivation. Out side of these, other important factors are: motivation to do as everybody else does and to stay clean, dry and sweet smelling.
Scheduling and a side note:
"Parent training" is actually easier to do but not good in the long run. "Parent training" is the ability to sit your child at the right time on the toilet to get results. This can be the beginning of good things to come. But to be honest, in our home, we have never advocated this because we felt it wasn't in our child's best interest to be dependant on us to "feel" the urge. We'd opted for waiting until they were ready.
However....developing or getting a grasp on your child's normal patterns of going potty is essential to success. This can be done by charting for a few days and changing frequently to see when they are wet. Hopefully they are dry for several hours at a time.
Potty training actually begins at birth! Each time we change our babies' diaper, we are sending a message to them: Dry is better than wet. Clean is better than smelly. From early on, change diapers in the bathroom. This helps associate the bathroom with toilet training. Plan trips to the potty around your child's own schedule of wetting and bowel movement.
• In the beginning ( depending on the child's size), it is best to use a potty chair or seat. The child needs to feel secure, with feet solidly on a stool or the ground.
• Remember, you both are in this training for the long haul. Accidental falls into the toilet's cold water do not make for pleasant memories!
• If your child doesn't cooperate by sitting on the potty seat willingly, diversion such as a small toy, might help. This will be the first lesson to learn: sit on the chair until Mom or Dad say it's O.K. to get up. This might take work. Hopefully training in other areas such as sitting at the table, sitting still during church or staying in bed will stand you in good stead.
• Hint: tie the toy to the chair so it doesn't "fly" away or get dropped so the child doesn't have to get up off the seat.
• We do not advocate leaving the child on the chair more than 10-15 minutes at a time. If there hasn't been any success by then, better to try again later.
• Stay in the bathroom with your child. We've taken this opportunity to fold clothes, clean the tub or bathroom. This is to make sure you catch the successful tinkle-tinkle and reward them.
• Take the child off the potty seat as soon as something happens so he will learn what is expected of him. Lots of praise at this point is essential.....but don't over do it.
If nothing happens, showing displeasure on your part will probably do nothing but make you feel better. Better to reward the child for being obedient by sitting on the toilet. It can get very irritating if the child chooses to go potty a minute or two after they have gotten off the seat. This was actually a common practice with one of our children.....and it wasn't a special needs child either! We ended up waiting until they were uncomfortable with the yucky sensation and THEY were motivated to put it where it belongs.
Depending on dressing skills, getting your child in training pants as soon as possible is a big step toward independence. If accidents occur (and they will) a nice motivator can be having the child change their own training pants after they have wet them. I have know children who have used the extra attention Mom gives them while changing pants as incentive to not use the toilet! Yucky pants are another matter, as hygiene is important.
As parents we see no wrong in expressing our displeasure at the smell, mess and inconvenience of changing a poopy. We'll say things like....."I can't wait until you are a big girl and can help Dad by using the toilet. Then we won't have to stop our fun to clean such messes!" or "This sure does smell yucky, if you put this in the toilet it is so much nicer (pointing to the toilet)!" Let's be honest with our children, it smells!
From our vantage point as parents, here are the developmental steps we have noticed to potty training.
1. Does not care if they are wet or yucky.
2. Shows concern or draws attention to themselves after they have wet or yuckied by crying or being naughty.
3. Shows brief interest in the toilet. Not in disappearance of the sock or wash cloth, but in what it is actually used for.
4. Can sit on the potty seat for brief moments, but hops off rather quickly as interest in something else takes their fancy.
5. Next comes the heart's-in-it-but-bodies-not-ready-yet stage. Tries hard, can even sit on the potty seat for 10 minutes, but never pottys with success when placed there.
6. At last the big day comes when a success actually happens. What a wonderful day! Although this is not regular...but a suggestion of things to come!
7. Frequently now pee-pee's in potty chair or toilet (although a percentage may hit the seat!).
8. Now comes the dawning light as they will come alert you when they have already gone potty in their diaper or training pants and not made it to the toilet.
9. Usually makes it to the bathroom to go peep and has a few accidents, especially when outside and being lazy, not wanting to come into the house, interrupting their fun. This is the stage when they wait until last minute running or hollering to the toilet.
10. Tries to use toilet paper by themselves, but either wads up half a roll and doesn't get the job done, or uses 2 squares and makes a mess. Better to help at this point using verbal instructions each time. Next, overseeing the process while they try is a good next step. Always stress washing hands when finished. Later this will rest your worry about what is on their hands when they come to help with dinner!
11. The grand finally, of course, is that they remain dry all day and all night.
Success is a good feeling...just ask them!
Keeping a sense of humor is one way of keeping our sanity. There is truth in the statement the bigger the boy...the bigger the mess! Finding reasonably priced, big diapers that work on big, active children can be some what of a chore. It can be disheartening to feel like this stage may never pass.....but truly worse things could befall us.
Tom and Sherry Bushnell are directors of NATHHAN, the National Challenged Homeschoolers Associated Network. You may contact them at | http://www.crosswalk.com/family/parenting/kids/toilet-training-101-1196085.html?p=2 | dclm-gs1-237820001 | false | false | {
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The result of a trace of dragon in an elf's blood.
Racial Traits
Average Height: 5'9"-6'5"
Average Weight: 150-210 lb.
Ability Scores: +2 Intelligence, +2 Dexterity or Charisma
Size: Medium
Speed: 7 squares
Vision: Low-Light
Languages: Common, Draconic, Elven
Skill Bonuses: +2 History, +2 Acrobatics or Arcana
Draconic Heritage: Your healing surge value is equal to one-quarter of your maximum hit points plus your Constitution modifier.
Dragon Breath: You can use Dragon Breath as a daily power.
Wild Step: Ignore difficult terrain when you shift (even if you have a power that allows you to shift multiple squares).
Dual Heritage: You can take feats that have either elf or dragonborn as a prerequisite (as well as those specifically for draco-elves), as long as you meet any other requirements.
Dragon Breath Draco-Elf Racial Power
As you open your mouth with a roar, the deadly power of your draconic kin blasts forth to engulf your foes.
Encounter Star.gif Varies
Minor Action Close Blast 3
Target: All creatures in area
Attack: Strength, Constitution, or Dexterity +2 Vs. Reflex
Hit: 1d6 + 2 damage
• 11th level: +4 attack and 2d6 + 4 damage
• 21st level: +6 attack and 3d6 + 6 damage
Miss: If you miss every target with this power, you may re-roll the attack roll for one target.
Special: When you create your character, choose Strength, Constitution, or Dexterity as the ability score you use when making attack rolls with this power. You also choose the power's damage type: acid, cold, fire, lightning, or poison. These two choices remain throughout your character's life and do not change the power's other effects.
Born to one parent being an elf and the other being half elf and half dragon, these creatures are great in a hand-to-hand fight and with magic. Only now coming into being as a race, they fit in better than their half-dragon counterparts
Play a Draco-Elf if you want...
• To be lithe like elf with the toughness of a dragon.
• To have elemental power at the tip of your tongue
• To be a member of a race that favors the fighter, ranger, rogue, warlord, and wizard classes.
Physical Qualities[edit]
Draco-elves take on the base shape of their elven form. They have leather and almost scaly skin, long, tough nails ,slitted eyes,and may have horns thanks to their dragonblood.Less common traits such as Wings and an tail are rare but not unheard depending on the individual . Draco-elfs have the potential to be able to tap into the ancient power of their bloodline to assume a look more like their dragon ancestors.There have even been tales of Draco-elfs with the strongest blood being able to shift into a true dragon form briefly ,but records of such acts have been few in history and believed to be rumors.
Playing a Draco-Elf[edit]
Honor and tradition is what they seek. Defending their families and friends, they will defend and in extreme cases, avenge the people. They have no patience for what does not entertain them. If they are with a lover, and not having fun, they will leave like their elven sides would.
Draco-Elf Characteristics: Strong and brave, loyal to a fault and avengers. Fast and nimble but powerful in a fight.
Male Names: Elf or Dragonborn names
Female Names: Elf or Dragonborn names
Draco-Elf Adventurers[edit]
Three sample Draco-Elves adventurers are described below.
Vladimeir is a draco-elf Warlord and devout worshiper of Tiamat, god of evil dragon-kind. When a swarm of orcs came and decimated his village, Vladimeir vowed vengeance. Thus started the Orcen-wars.
Balasar, Fighter of legend. Bards sing tales of this avenger. His blade is made from the sternum of his grandmother and his armor is made from the scales of the copper great wyrm known as Ugilanistorda.
Salren, the ascendant wizard; once meant nothing to anyone, now uses his power to spread well-being amongst townsfolk. When first found, he was passed out on a desert dune, had it not been for his Draconic part, he would surely have died of heat stroke.
Draco-Elf Feats[edit]
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Draconic Flight Gain a speed of Fly 6 (clumsy)
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Classical functional theorists are defined by their tendency, and education, to focus upon social evolution. Therefore, in regards to Emile Durkheim ideologies, he tended to focus on the importance of a group's ability to survive when they lack strong centralized governments or controlling institutions.
Recognized as the co-founder of modern sociology, Durkheim's research examined the ability of multiple segmented societies ultimately coming together with others, creating a complex idea of solidarity, through the sharing of values and systems of exchanges.
Overall, Durkheim's study of social evolution, and the fact that social evolution examined the functionality of individuals within a society and societies within a greater society, supports the fact that he was a functional theorist. Basically what this means is how something (an individual or group of individuals) functioned within a larger group.
In the end, it is Durkheim's belief that many different factors, such as religion and values, could only be understood through their influence and impact upon the culture or society within which they were examined.
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A look at the ins and outs of the business of inventing
Q: I have an idea that I'd like to bring out to the public as entertainment for all ages. How do I get my idea out to entrepreneurs? What will interest them enough to look at my idea? Is there a way for me to find out if my idea exists already or is in production?
A: Welcome to the business of inventing. I say "business" because inventing successfully requires learning and understanding about design, marketing, production, accounting, sales, legal system, patents and of course, the trials and tribulations of being an entrepreneur.
Let's start with your last question first. The process of discovering whether your idea already exists is called a prior art search. This includes researching existing patents, technical journals, publications and even the store shelves. If the idea exists, that means yours is not patentable. If the existing idea is not patented, however, you might still be able to make it succeed. It's the marketing that separates the winners from the losers.
If you want to begin searching on the Net, take a look at the Intellectual Property Search Engine, which allows you to do a ton of prior art research from one browser. In addition to searching for patented prior art, research your idea through the various technology sites, journals and other research resources. If you don't find your invention, you may have something truly novel.
A few words of caution: First, patents take about 18 months to issue. That means, if someone else filed their patent application yesterday but doesn't begin selling the product until the patent issues, it may be a year and a half before you find out that someone else invented it before you did. This is true even for big corporations. Second, regardless of what you find on your own in a preliminary patent search, you can only truly trust the results of a professional search done by experts who will give you a legal opinion regarding your invention. The cost for this is about $500.
Catching Their Attention
Once you've found out you actually have a patentable idea, your next step is to get others interested enough in it to pay you for it or license it from you. So how do you get them to license your idea? The answer is simple-money.
If an entrepreneur clearly sees an opportunity to make money, he or she will discuss licensing your idea. However, the value of your idea will come into play early in any negotiation. So you can increase its value by doing deep research to determine there's no similar competitive product ideas. If there are many other similar ideas or inventions patented or on the market, the entrepreneur you're approaching will have a tougher time selling the product in the market. Consequently, he or she will reduce the licensing fee (how much they will pay you) as a result.
The Secret Formula
So how do you get your idea out to entrepreneurs? I can think of about 50 ways, and someone else will come up with another 50. Let's first take the direct approach rather than some complicated process. Here's the secret formula:
Call them or send them a letter.
If you want to license your invention, in most cases the person or company that licenses it will want an exclusive license. That means as soon as you find an entrepreneur who wants to build and sell your invention, you'll most likely be finished with trying to find licensees. So research the industry, and find the entrepreneur you think will best promote your invention, then make the presentation.
Entrepreneurs are in business to make money. Therefore, if you can clearly show the entrepreneur a strong marketing, finance, production and sales plan; that your patent could be a strong one; and that they can make money, you've just succeeded.
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Altered beast.
A reboot of the 1989 Amiga side-scroller Shadow of the Beast is heading exclusively to PS4, Sony has announced.
The original game was developed by Reflections Interactive and later ported to the SNES and Sega Master Drive. It followed a monstrous warrior named Aarbron as he sought revenge against the beast lord that transformed him from a human. Now, Heavy Spectrum Games - a new studio comprised of devs who've worked on Need For Speed, Star Fox, Battlefield, and the Sims - is re-imagining Shadow of the Beast as a hyper violent next-gen adventure.
"Playing it [Shadow of the Beast] conjured a world of mysteries, something that went beyond what was shown on the screen, a world where my imagination had cause to soar," said Heavy Spectrum CEO and founder Matt Birch on the EU PlayStation Blog. "Even when not playing, I couldn't help but wonder about the strange creatures and places I had seen, and ponder what further details would reveal themselves the next time I would play."
"We want to create a magical combination of unique combat and gameplay to enthrall you as a player, with a mystical world that can engage you as a person," he added. "Our vision of Karamoon is filled with beauty, brutality and mystery, whilst allowing you as the player an opportunity to try and piece together what happened to make it and its denizens the way they are."
Based on the pre-rendered teaser trailer below, this Shadow of the Beast reboot hosts a similar art style as the original dark fantasy, only much, much bloodier. For comparison's sake, I've included a playthrough of the original game below.
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0.056229 | <urn:uuid:1311a20a-42ad-4caa-b2e1-e290d6a7f0e0> | en | 0.893364 | If your doctor suspects you have meningitis, he or she will likely put you on a round of broad-spectrum antibiotics to fight potential non-viral types of infectious meningitis. Once he or she has determined the type of meningitis you have — viral, bacterial, or fungal — your doctor will provide a more specific treatment.
Viral Meningitis Treatment
Antibiotics cannot kill viruses. If you have viral meningitis, you will be taken off whatever antibiotic therapy you may have been using.
There is no specific treatment for viral meningitis, which is often mild.
Most of the time, people recover from their viral meningitis in seven to 10 days, with little more than rest, over-the-counter fever reducers/pain medications, and proper fluid intake.
However, if you have meningitis caused by a herpes virus or influenza, your doctor may prescribe an antiviral medication.
For instance, the antiviral drugs ganciclovir (Cytovene) and foscarnet (Foscavir) are sometimes used to treat Cytomegalovirus meningitis in people with weakened immune systems (from HIV/AIDS or other issues), infants born with infection, or severely ill individuals.
In some cases, acyclovir (Zovirax) may be used to treat meningitis from the herpes simplex virus, although it appears to have a positive effect only when given very early in the illness.
Influenza may be treated with one of several different licensed antiviral agents, including peramivir (Rapivab) and oseltamivir (Tamiflu).
Bacterial Meningitis Treatment
If you have bacterial meningitis, you will be treated with one or more antibiotics that target the bacteria causing your infection.
These antibiotics commonly include:
• Cephalosporin antibiotics, such as cefotaxime (Claforan) and ceftriaxone (Rocephin), for Streptococcus pneumoniae and Neisseria meningitides
• Ampicillin (a penicillin-class drug), for Haemophilus influenzae type B and Listeria monocytogenes
• Vancomycin, for penicillin-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumonia
A number of other antibiotics may also be used, such as meropenem and the aminoglycoside antibiotics tobramycin (Tobi, Tobrex) and gentamicin (Garamycin, Gentak).
Ciprofloxacin (Cipro) and rifampin (Rifadin) are sometimes given to family members of people with bacterial meningitis to help protect them from catching the infections.
Other Meningitis Treatments
Fungal meningitis is treated with long courses of high-dose IV antifungal medications.
These medications are often part of the azole class of antifungal drugs, such as fluconazole (Diflucan), which is used to treat infections from Candida albicans, the fungus behind yeast infections.
Depending on the type of infection, other antifungals may also be used.
For example, amphotericin B (Ambisome, Amphotec) is the most common treatment for cryptococcal meningitis, caused by the fungus Cryptococcus neoformans.
Amphotericin B may also be used to treat a rare type of parasitic meningitis caused by Naegleria fowleri.
Alternatively, the antifungal agent miconazole and the antibiotic rifampin may be used.
In addition to the above medications, corticosteroids may be used to reduce meningitis inflammation.
Diazepam (Valium) or phenytoin (Dilantin) can help treat seizures, which may occur with bacterial and N. fowleri infections.
Meningitis Vaccines
Vaccines cannot protect you from the non-infectious causes of meningitis, which include cancer, autoimmune disorders, and certain medications.
However, they can protect you from the three most common bacteria that cause meningitis in children and adult — Neisseria meningitidis, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), and Streptococcus pneumoniae — and certain meningitis-causing viruses.
Meningococcal Disease Vaccines
Meningococcal disease is any illness caused by N. meningitidis.
At least 13 different serogroups, or strains, of N. meningitidis have been identified so far, with five of them (A, B, C, Y, and W-135) causing the vast majority of meningococcal disease cases in the world, according to the Immunization Action Coalition.
In the United States, the meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine (Menomune), which has been available since the 1970s, protects against groups A, C, Y, and W-135.
It's the only meningococcal vaccine licensed for people older than 55, though it can be used for anyone age 2 or older, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The meningococcal conjugate vaccine (Mentactra, Menveo) also protects against these four strains.
It’s recommended for everyone between 9 months and 55 years old (Menveo can be given to children as young as 2 months old).
An initial dose should be given between the ages of 11 and 12, with a booster shot at age 16; no booster shot is needed if the first dose is given after age 16.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the first two vaccines for N. meningitidis group B — Trumenba and Bexsero — for people between 10 and 25 years old.
Hib and Pneumococcal Disease Vaccines
Six Hib vaccines are available, some of which are combined with other vaccines. MenHibrix, for example, protects against Hib and meningococcal groups C and Y.
The vaccines are given in three or four doses, depending on the brand. They're recommended for all U.S. children under age 5, and the first dose is usually given at 2 months of age.
Approved in 2010, the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (Prevnar 13) protects against 13 types of pneumococcal bacteria.
It's recommended for all children younger than 5 years of age, adults older than 65 years of age, and people older than 6 years old who have certain risk factors.
The pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (Pneumovax), approved in 1983, protects against 23 types of pneumococcal bacteria.
It's recommended for all adults who are at least 65 years old, and everyone older than age 2 with a high risk of pneumococcal disease due to health issues and medications.
Viral Meningitis Vaccines
No vaccines are available to protect against non-polio enteroviruses, by far the most common cause of viral meningitis.
However, vaccines can prevent other meningitis-causing viruses, including mumps, measles, influenza, and chickenpox (varicella).
The measles-mumps-rubella-varicella (MMRV) vaccine, approved in 2005, protects against three meningitis-causing viruses. Separate MMR and varicella vaccines are also available.
The vaccines are recommended for all children, with the first of two doses given between 12 and 15 months of age.
The CDC recommends that everyone over 6 months old get a flu vaccine every season.
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Lifestyle & Budget
Save Early, Often to Calm Retirement Chaos
401k Retirement Portfolio
For many years, baby boomers and other workers looked at their homes as giant piggy banks. Rather than saving for retirement, they assumed rising home values would bail them out in their golden years.
But since 2008, a "huge paradigm shift" has made the road to a secure retirement much rockier, according to Jill Vihtelic, professor of business at Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame, Ind. Vihtelic says the best way to prepare for an "uncertain future" is to spend less and invest your savings. And the sooner you start your retirement planning, the better.
America's retirement crisis is well-documented in studies and surveys. Why do you suppose this is a problem? Is it due to Americans' penchant to spend rather than save?
I don't think that the problem is as simple as that; we have suffered a huge paradigm shift. Americans are net savers over their lifetimes. As Elizabeth Warren (current Senate candidate, longtime consumer advocate and former special adviser to the Secretary of the Treasury for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau) has said, most people invested in their homes and built equity as their main retirement asset.
As it turns out, that investment lost value since 2008. Homes are still quite hard to sell and illiquid in many locations, and most real estate experts will tell you that we're not through all of the foreclosures yet.
Other economic, societal and demographic shifts -- such as stagnant incomes, increased divorce rates, the number of grandparents raising grandchildren, rising medical costs, increased life longevity, et cetera -- contribute to the financial difficulties that many people now face as they reach retirement age.
Regardless of where people are in their careers, to be prepared for an uncertain future, we should spend less than we earn and invest the difference. And the sooner people start, the better. Longer periods of time make achievement of financial goals more feasible due to the time value of money. (Editor's note: "Time value of money" is the value of money based on a specific amount of interest earned over a specific period of time.)
There's been a lot of talk lately about the demographic shift in many developed countries. Because of the shift to an aging population, an economic slowdown is forecasted in those countries. Do you think aging populations and economic slowdowns go hand in hand?
I'm not sure that I agree with the statement or its premise. Aging populations will provide growth to many industries such as health care products and other service sectors. In the U.S., the boomer generation is so massive that it drives consumer demand. What boomers want and need as they age will undoubtedly be a different mix of products and services compared to when they were in their 20s, 30s or 40s.
Emerging markets provide growth opportunity and add diversification to investment portfolios. That said, however, they have increased risks such as currency and political risks. Whether more money or any at all should be invested in one's retirement portfolio has a lot to do with the individual investor's risk profile and expected holding period.
What's the right amount of money that people should save for retirement on a percentage basis? Should it be 10 %, 15 %, 20 %?
There is no magic formula. Time value of money rewards early saving and investment. For example, people in their 20s with 50 years to work can achieve retirement goals with a much smaller investment compared to their parents who are in their 50s with only 20 years left (until) retirement. Assuming 5 % annual interest compounded monthly, a monthly investment of $375 grows to $1 million in 50 years. To achieve the same $1 million goal over 20 years requires a monthly investment of $2,433.
We would like to thank Jill Vihtelic, professor of business at St. Mary's College in Notre Dame, Ind., for her insight. Questions for this interview were contributed by Barbara Whelehan, assistant managing editor for
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[hylafax-users] Access denied
May I have several questions?
1. I understand that the users allowed to use fax server are in the hosts
In SuSE distribution is it hosts.hfaxd file or should I create one?
group membership?)
2. In any case the root user is denied by default even if it is active on
the server?
(Error 530 when faxstat -srv is issued).
3. How can I create the full access for all internal users? Anything like
(...does not work for me...)
4. The last parameter is encrypted password for admin, where I get one?
5. Should I have a post/e-mail system configured prior to hylafax client
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So you've got a cool juice box with a hole and some film. Who cares?
All that form is of no use without function, so let's get to that.
The light goes through the pinhole and exposes the film. So in order to keep the pinhole from constantly inundating the film with light, we need a shutter. The easiest way to do this is another piece of handy-dandy electrical tape. Slap a piece of the tape over the hole and pull it open to expose the film.
In order to advance the film, you'll need a car key or another type of key. Put the key in the EMPTY SPOOL'S reel and turn COUNTER-CLOCKWISE to properly advance the film.
Soo, the film I got is 36mm, would there be a problem in that? Also, my ISO is 400 (O.O). Wanted to know if it would still work… And is there anything else I can use to replace the empty film canister? Because where I live there are very few camera places and they are far away (btw I live in Brazil)<br>Thanks, I would be happy if you could respond :)
Great instructable but all the reflective surfaces should be darkened
how long should i wait after taking picture to take another
It's a shot in the dark. The design on which I based this off of used a piece of plastic binding comb (you know, like the plastic binding used to keep together reports or whatever) to rub against the rebate (the perforated edge on 35mm film). The idea is that this clicking gives you some sort of reference of how far you've advanced the film.<br/>X amount of clicks while winding= an exposure? Go for it. I've never done this but it sounds pretty effective.<br/>
Vintage Vinyl is awesome.
Concurred! Very much so.
Maybe you could attach a motor to the film reel and turn it into a juice box video camera hahaha. =]<br/>
can you make a camera with one film canister instead
I may have fallen in love with your jacket.
This is cool, I will attempt to make one. Please, though, update the link to the matchbox camera: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://alspix.blog.co.uk/2005/12/31/matchbox_pinhole~428481">http://alspix.blog.co.uk/2005/12/31/matchbox_pinhole~428481</a><br/>
Oh my...using a box of Franzia or something to that sort would only lead to great things.<br/>Alcohol + photography - inhibitions = awesome.<br/>
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Classes of Shares
Most open-end investment companies offer several classes of fund shares. The most common examples are A, B and C shares, although some fund families offer R and F shares for special categories of investment such as college savings plans or employee retirement shares.
Share classes differ primarily in the way in which their sales charges and distribution charges - that is, loads and 12b-1 fees - are assessed. Although the specifics of the different classes sold by each fund family vary widely depending on the fund, most funds offer the share classes listed below.
• Class A Shares: Class A shares usually have front-end loads. Those investors purchasing larger numbers of shares can usually take advantage of reduced sales charges at defined intervals, known as breakpoints. These shares also have smaller 12b-1 fees.
• Class B Shares: Class B shares come with back-end loads (CDSCs), so investors do not pay front-end loads. They only pay a sales charge if the shares are redeemed within the CDSC schedule; otherwise, the sales charges are limited to the 12b-1 fees, which are usually higher than those of other share classes. Once the CDSCs are reduced to zero, these funds convert from B shares to A shares.
• Class C Shares: Class C shares usually charge a level load that is equal to a stated percentage of the fund's assets . This sales charge will be assessed by the fund for either a stated period of time such as 3-5 years or for the entire holding period
The article, The ABCs of Mutual Fund Classes, contains useful information about the pros and cons of each type of mutual fund share.
• Other Share Classes: For other special types of investors, such as employees of broker-dealers, 529 college savings plan investors, institutional investors or investors with fee-based accounts, mutual fund companies offer a number of different share classes that take into account the initial purchase size and type of investor. As a result, the initial sales charges and 12b-1 fees will differ for each share class.
Deciding What is Best
So, which share class is best for your client? This is one of the most important questions you will have to answer in your career as a Series 6 representative. As a rep, you must find out three things about the client:
1. How much money does he/she plan to invest over the next 13 months?
2. How long does the investor plan to own the mutual fund shares?
3. Does he/she own any other mutual funds?
The importance of these questions will become more apparent as you read through the following sections.
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0.02719 | <urn:uuid:4e2c1408-903c-4e77-80da-175fec56e45c> | en | 0.935292 | It's been quite the volatile year so far in the stock market; it appears that after rebounding fantastically from the lows in early 2009, the stock market has met our nascent economic recovery head-on in a confrontational "prove it to me" moment.
Most investors know they want to continue participating in the market, but a 15% decline since April has many of us reaching for the antacids.
The following stocks may prove to be a soothing option for both the nervous and the opportunistic. They are culled from a screen that filtered for a track record of good growth, below average market valuations and strong balance sheets.
Official Parameters:
* A market capitalization above $2 billion;
* Above 15% on each of these three metrics: five-year earnings growth, return on equity and operating margins;
* Current ratio > 1.0 (this is the ratio of current assets to current liabilities, with results over 1 a nod to balance sheet stability);
* Forward P/E ratio under 13 times estimates, which is the current level of the broad market (as measured by the S&P 500);
* And finally, a PEG ratio under 1; this metric is a personal favorite and highlights companies that are forecast to grow faster than their P/E ratios indicate. (For more, check out Move Over P/E, Make Way For PEG.)
This turns out to be a stringent screen; only 27 stocks make it through.
Here Are Some Hand-Picked Favorite Survivors
Aeropostale (NYSE: ARO) - The apparel retailer has nicely positioned itself between fashion-forward and wallet-friendly customers, helping Aeropostale to crush its rivals in the past \two years. The company grew same-store sales by 8% in the May quarter while competitors were lucky to be flat.
More impressively, a JPMorgan study of teen retailers showed that Aeropostale increased its market share from 5-11% between 2005 and 2009. The Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) and Old Navy (GAP) (NYSE: GPS) brands both lost share, vaulting Aeropostale to second place in the group behind American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE: AEO).
Bucyrus International (Nasdaq: BUCY) - The maker of heavy-duty mining equipment recently bought the mining division of Terex Corp. (NYSE: TEX), which positions Bucyrus as a "one-stop shop" for major customers. This should help to drive future sales to places like Asia and South America, where mining continues to boom. Any eventual North American recovery is largely unpriced in the shares, which trade for less than 10 times earnings estimates.
Gilead Sciences (Nasdaq: GILD) - The biotech giant is both success story and cautionary tale. As one of the original biotechs to hit the big time, it has seen its stock soar in the past decade, but it's also seen the valuation multiple compress. Part is simply due to the nature of large numbers, but it seems that the bigger a biotech gets, the more investors tend to treat it like a regular pharma stock rather than a biotech.
Gilead, for its part, is not acting like a typical pharma stock. Top-line growth in the latest quarter was over 35%, while earnings grew at a 50% clip. But the key differentiator continues to be that generic competition doesn't really exist yet for biotech drugs like those made by Gilead and Amgen (Nasdaq: AMGN).
Parting Thoughts
Now is a perfect time to get ultra choosey about the stocks in your portfolio. You don't have to settle for just growth or just value. Thanks to a volatile market pushing stocks around with little regard for fundamentals, you can get opportunistic while keeping the all-important long-term focus. (For more, see Take On Risk With A Margin Of Safety.)
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Flea Allergy Dermatitis
Pet Dental XrayFlea allergy dermatitis (FAD) is the leading cause of itching in pets. Adult fleas require a blood meal in order to reproduce, where eggs are laid in the environment. However, they do not usually remain on the dog and cat except when they are feeding. When fleas feed, they inject a small amount of saliva into the skin. Proteins in the saliva cause an intense itch response to sensitive pets. In an allergic reaction, the immune system overreacts and produces antibodies to a substance that it would normally tolerate, starting the inflammatory reaction in the skin.
Dogs and cats with flea allergy dermatitis do not have to be infested with fleas to be itchy. In fact, a single flea bite can trigger an inflammatory cycle resulting in itching for days. Pets will lick, chew, or scratch the affected sites. This results in hair loss typically extending from the middle of the back to the tail and down the rear legs. The scratching and licking can cause open sores and scabs on the skin allowing for a secondary bacterial infection to develop, which will require treatment with antibiotics and medicated shampoos as prescribed by a veterinarian. The secondary skin infection must be treated, because it will add to the itch cycle until resolved with proper treatment.
Pet Dental XrayDue to the injection of flea saliva causing the allergic response, it is important to prevent fleas from biting your pet. Strict flea control is essential year round whether fleas are seen or not. Flea baths and flea collars are ineffective control for fleas, due to poor effectiveness and the high risk of toxic side effects to sensitive pets. Using an effective year round flea preventative recommended by your veterinarian will help to keep your pet and environment flea free. All pets in the household should be on an effective flea preventative including solely indoor cats, so they will not be able to harbor fleas that hitch a ride on pets that go outdoors and on our clothing. Fleas can be present year round if the climate is mild, and dormant eggs will hatch in the household as the heaters are run in the colder months. The temperatures have to be below freezing for longer than 2 consistent weeks before placing the fleas into dormancy outdoors.
Steroids are sometimes used to treat flea allergy dermatitis in the early stages of the inflammatory cycle until flea control is achieved on the pet and in the environment. While steroids relieve the itch, there are significant potential side effects to steroid use and it is not the treatment for the primary issue, fleas. The long-term use of corticosteroids can ultimately result in more harm than good to the pet. Steroids can be safely used for short-term relief of the itch; however long-term control of the flea allergy dermatitis is through year round flea preventatives.
If your pet is not currently on flea preventatives recommended by your veterinarian, please consult your veterinarian for an effective flea program.
See our older blog posts here.
Why are you taking radiographs of my pet's teeth?
Pet Dental XrayThe doctors of Kitsap Veterinary Hospital are continually striving to improve their knowledge and skills to better serve your pet’s health. Recently, our entire staff attended a veterinary dental seminar to learn the best ways to treat and prevent oral disease in our patients. What we discovered is that we have already been doing an amazing job of proactively recommending oral health care, and we will continue to advocate for the best treatment and prevention of disease in your pet’s mouth. With that in mind, and based on recommendations from the Academy of Veterinary Dentistry and the American Animal Hospital Association, we are now implementing full mouth dental radiographs as part of every comprehensive oral health treatment.
Pet Dental XrayComprehensive oral health treatment is performed with the patient under general anesthesia and involves a thorough examination and any necessary treatment of the structures in the mouth. Typically this includes cleaning and polishing of the teeth crowns and the surfaces just beneath the gum line. If disease processes such as periodontal bone loss or abscesses are present, oral surgery may also be performed to extract unhealthy teeth. Our goal is not only to treat areas of disease, but also to prevent unnecessary tooth loss when possible.
By taking full mouth radiographs, we are better able to assess the overall condition of the mouth and each individual tooth. It allows the veterinarian to visualize structures that are covered by gingiva (gum tissue) and cannot otherwise be examined. This information is important in formulating a plan for treatment. Some conditions that are diagnosed with dental radiographs include root abscesses, periodontal bone loss, root fracture, missing teeth, impacted teeth, pulpitis (dead tooth), and cancer.
Why is a Licensed Veterinary Technician so important to the care your pet receives?
What is an LVT? What does it take to become an LVT? Why is an LVT so important to the quality of care your pet receives? We hope to answer all of these questions here.
An LVT is a Licensed Veterinary Technician. The best way to describe an LVT is as an RN for animals. An LVT does everything an RN does but on animals instead of people. An LVT is a person who has passed the state and national veterinary technician exam held by the Veterinary Board of Governors. In order to qualify to sit for the exams the person has to have either received a formal education (either a 2-year degree or a 4-year degree) in a Veterinary Technician program accredited by the AVMA (American Veterinary Medical Association) or has worked in a Veterinary Hospital for 5+ years and completed a very long, arduous list of skill assessments.
Licensed Veterinary Technicians are legally allowed to perform a number of treatments and skills. This can include but is certainly not limited to:
• Rabies administration
• Blood draws
• Administration of injectable medication
• IV catheter placement
• Anesthetic induction
• Dental cleaning and polishing
• Anesthetic monitoring
• Suturing
• Intubation
• Urinary catheter placement
• Bandaging
• X-rays
• Client Education
• Behavior training
LVTs can also be certified as specialist in a variety of areas of veterinary medicine including behavior, dentistry, and anesthesia.
It used to be that LVTs were not as common in the clinic setting and a lot of clinics didn’t employ them because they did not see the need for someone so highly trained and skilled. However, in the last 20 years that perspective has significantly changed! With training in animal behavior, pharmacology, anatomy & physiology, surgical assisting and anesthesia (not to mention many other topics), LVTs are really the “right-hand man” of a veterinarian! It is also now the most difficult position to fill in a veterinary clinic because there are often not enough experienced LVTs looking for jobs.
Having an LVT monitor your pet under anesthesia is incredibly important. An LVT knows the normal values for blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate, temperature, and blood gasses in both cats, dogs and a number of other species (yes, they are different). They also know how to adjust the amount of gas anesthetic that a patient is receiving to affect those values as needed during the procedure to keep them within health ranges for the pet. Sure, the veterinarian knows these things too, but wouldn’t you rather have your veterinarian completely focused on the surgical procedure rather than have their mind divided between the surgery and the anesthesia? Having an LVT monitor your pet while they are under anesthesia helps improve the health of your pet and helps to further reduce the risk of anesthetic complications.
Veterinary assistants are often confused with LVTs. There are various training programs for veterinary assistants but the majority of them are trained on the job. Veterinary assistants also do not have to pass a board exam like LVTs do. Veterinary assistants do receive a great deal of training in animal behavior and various medical skills. The best way to describe a veterinary assistant is as a CNA for animals. They are very valuable members of the team and we couldn’t do this work without them.
At Kitsap Veterinary Hospital, we take your pet’s health so seriously, that we have employed 4 LVTs and 4 veterinary assistants. These team members work together to support our veterinarians in the care that we provide your pets each and every day! Every day we have one LVT who runs the lab and makes sure the rooms are running smoothly. We also have another LVT who is in charge of surgery each day. The two LVTs work in tandem to make sure that communication within the hospital is smooth and to ensure that each pet gets the full level of care that they require and deserve. If you would like to know more about our LVTs and what makes them so valuable, please let us know!
Dental Health
Dental disease affects 80 percent of dogs and 70 percent of cats over 3 years of age. It is one of the most common health issues seen in our pets and is a source of pain and infection.
Dental health is important for not only the health of the mouth but the entire body. Infection in the mouth can spread through the body affecting the heart, lungs, kidneys, and/or liver. Some of the diseases that can be seen in organs affected by the dental disease are: heart valve infection, endocarditis (infection of the heart muscle), pyelonephritis (kidney infection), hepatitis (liver infection), bronchitis (airway infection/inflammation), and pneumonia. There are also health conditions (such as diabetes, feline leukemia, FIV) that can predispose a pet to periodontal disease. In turn, that periodontal disease can cause issues with management of the health condition.
Periodontal disease occurs in progressive stages. Plaque forms on the teeth trapping bacteria in the mineral formation above and below the gum line. The plaque hardens into tartar. Periodontal disease starts with gingivitis (inflammation of the gums) occurring due to the tartar formation. The gingivitis progresses to infection and inflammation of the tooth structure below the gum line. As the infection and inflammation extends along the entire tooth structure, instability results and there is permanent loss of the tooth.
Smaller breeds are more predisposed to periodontal disease due to a higher rate of overcrowding of their teeth, malocclusions (abnormal bites), and because their teeth have shorter roots than larger dogs so less bone loss has to occur before the tooth becomes mobile. Larger breed dogs that have malocclusions are also predisposed to periodontal disease.
Periodontal disease is treatable, but most importantly it is preventable. Dental care takes place in two forms: professional care and home care. Professional care includes: an oral examination by your veterinarian to assess the health of the mouth, gums, tongue and teeth, professional prophylaxis with scaling and polishing if tartar formation is seen, and treatment of any disease process seen. Home care includes: brushing teeth on a daily basis to slow the progression of plaque and tartar formation, use of dental chews to slow the progression of plaque and tartar formation, and minimize the feeding of treats high in sugar content that will promote plaque and tartar formation. Home care should be a maintenance regimen that occurs between the periods of professional care.
For pets the professional cleaning must occur under anesthesia. The professional cleaning includes: scaling of the tartar from the teeth above and below the gum line with an ultrasonic scaler that vibrates, probing around each individual tooth assessing for evidence of underlying disease, dental radiographs to assess the underlying tooth structures, and polishing of the teeth to remove micro-etches which serve as scaffolding for the tartar to easily re-attach to the tooth. All these sounds and procedures would be difficult to perform thoroughly and safely on an awake pet. Performing dental cleanings without anesthesia usually results in oral disease going unnoticed and untreated. This can prolong discomfort and health risks for the patient. Non-anesthetic cleanings also result in a partially clean mouth, normally with only part of each tooth fully cleaned and returned to maximum health.
Dental disease is expensive to treat. In the long run it is less expensive to prevent dental disease, and your pet is happier and healthier.
Why does your pet need a semi-annual examination?
examYour pet seems fine. He is eating and drinking and playing as usual. Nothing has changed. So why did your veterinarian recommend an examination every 6 months, instead of once a year? And why is blood work needed?
Most pets do a good job of staying healthy with minimal intervention so long as they are provided quality nutrition, a safe environment, and a lot of love and affection. With young patients who are not on chronic medications, an annual veterinary examination may be all that is required to ensure that everything is as it seems at home. However, there are some exceptions that make it advisable, or even necessary, to bring your pet in more often.
In general, dogs over 8 years of age, and cats 10 years and older, are considered “senior”. This can vary by breed and life expectancy, so it may be different for your pet. As animals age, changes can occur that are not detectable at home. By examining these pets more often, your veterinarian may be able to pick up on subtle changes that occur over time. This older population of patients is at risk of chronic, slowly progressive diseases such as heart disease, thyroid hormone imbalance, kidney dysfunction, diabetes, and even cancer. Through systematic evaluation with a physical examination and lab work, many of these diseases can be discovered in the early stages, when treatment is most successful. Recently, one of our doctors saw a dog for its routine semi-annual visit and uncovered thyroid cancer that was completely curable in its early stages.
In addition to senior dogs and cats, any pet that is receiving chronic medications needs an examination every 6 months. Of course, this depends on what medicine is being given. Some drugs have the potential to cause serious side effects, but the benefit from the medicine far outweighs the potential risk. Some examples are anti-seizure drugs, heart medications, diabetes treatments and anti-inflammatory agents. If your veterinarian has prescribed a medication that requires routine lab work every 6 months, there is a reason for it. It is imperative that the directions be followed in administering the medication, as well as complying with the follow-up recommendations. Sometimes the dose of medicine will need to be adjusted over time as the body acclimates to it. Other times, the manufacturer of the drug has established guidelines for safety. For example, a patient at our hospital recently had to change medication because after being on a drug for urinary incontinence for quite awhile, it began to affect her blood pressure.
In all cases, your veterinarian will let you know what her recommendation is for your specific pet’s needs. Please keep in mind that we all have your animals well-being in mind and are doing our very best to keep our patients living long and healthy lives.
The Misadventures of Parvovirus
Having a pet that is sick is always heartbreaking and difficult, but it's always worse when they are a young puppy or kitten. Ronin, a 9-week old Red Heeler (Australian Cattle Dog) and Dooley an 8-week old Retriever Mix both came to us lethargic and not eating. After diagnostics were run, both were found to have Parvovirus. Parvovirus is a potentially fatal disease, especially in young puppies.
Parvovirus was first discovered in the 1970s. The virus is spread between dogs through an oral-fecal route, where a dog is exposed to contaminated feces that the parvovirus is being shed in. Parvovirus is a hardy virus that can persist for many years in the environment. It is difficult to inactivate the virus with common disinfectants and detergents.
Once the virus enters the dog, the virus begins to replicate in rapidly dividing tissues (lymph nodes, thymus, intestines, bone marrow, and heart). Clinical signs appear within 1-5 days after exposure to the virus. As the virus destroys the intestinal lining, the dog presents with vomiting and diarrhea. Due to the loss of the intestinal lining, electrolytes are lost resulting in dehydration and the bacteria from the intestinal tract can be released into circulation causing sepsis. As the virus attacks the bone marrow, there is suppression in the white blood cells produced, resulting in the dog not having an immune system to mount a response to the bacteria being released from the damaged intestinal lining and viral infection. Typically the heart muscle is targeted in dogs 8 weeks or younger, resulting in a myocarditis leading to congestive heart failure and death in most cases. The congestive heart failure can occur within days or months after the heart was affected.
Parvovirus is diagnosed based on clinical signs and diagnostics. A positive ELISA test for the viral antigen in the feces confirms the diagnosis of canine parvovirus. A false negative on the ELISA test can be obtained if the test is performed before the virus is shed in the feces. It can take 3-5 days before the virus is shed in the feces after exposure. A complete blood count is performed to assess the bone marrow for any suppression, and to help with the prognosis for the patient. A chemistry panel is performed to assess the electrolytes and organ function.
Only supportive treatment is available for parvovirus infections. The patient is placed on intravenous fluid therapy to correct the dehydration from the vomiting and diarrhea. Electrolytes are supplemented in the intravenous fluids if there is a derangement noted on the chemistry panel. Intravenous antibiotics are given to help prevent or treat sepsis, especially if there is suppression of the bone marrow present. Antiemetic drugs are used to treat the vomiting and nausea associated with the parvovirus infection. The white blood cell count and electrolytes are monitored while the patient is in the hospital to assess response to treatment. Hospital treatment continues until the patient is able to eat without vomiting and their immune system has mounted a response to the virus, in order for treatment with oral medications to commence. The patient will continue to shed the virus in their feces for 7-14 days after recovering.
Parvovirus can be prevented with proper vaccination. A puppy should start the initial vaccine series at 8 weeks of age, and continue to receive vaccines every 3-4 weeks until 16 weeks of age. Puppies are still susceptible to parvovirus infections while undergoing vaccines. Therefore, while puppies are undergoing vaccination they should not be exposed to areas where dogs congregate or pass through with unknown vaccines histories, and to areas where previous parvovirus infected pets have had access.
Thankfully both Ronin and Dooley have recovered nicely and are enjoying life once again with their families. Please be sure your dogs, young and old, are vaccinated against this nasty virus!
Insurance and Wellness Plans
Veterinary care has expanded in recent years to encompass advanced medical and surgical procedures as well as preventative measures that are helping our pets to experience longer, healthier lives. The team members here at Kitsap Veterinary Hospital are dedicated to ensuring that each patient receives the best care available in each situation and at every stage of their lives. Part of this effort includes offering options that help to make excellent care more affordable through medical insurance and wellness plans.
Veterinary medical insurance and pet wellness plans complement each other, but have a couple key fundamental differences. Both insurance and wellness plans are similar in that they can be secured through monthly payments. With insurance, you pay a premium based upon the coverage you prefer and the deductible you select. The monthly amount is paid whether you need to use the plan or not. With wellness plans, you make monthly payments for recommended services that are likely to be used throughout the term of the plan.
One main difference between insurance and wellness plans is that insurance is utilized when your pet is sick or injured, and wellness plans are used for preventative services when your pet is healthy. For example, insurance would be most beneficial when your dog has swallowed a rock and needs surgery to remove it. But, a wellness plan is helpful for your pet’s annual examination, vaccinations and dental cleaning. Also, insurance is provided through independent carriers and the savings is provided through reimbursement after payment is made for services. But wellness plans are administered directly through veterinary clinics like us, and the financial benefit is provided at the time of service.
Often, pets benefit from both an insurance and wellness plan together. With this approach, you have the best opportunity to provide optimal care without the worry of the financial aspect. The best way to determine what is right for your pet is to ask one of us at your next office visit. We will help you to decide what makes the most sense for your pet’s individual medical needs and stage of life. | http://www.kitsapvet.com/p/veterinarian/news_5171/port-orchard-wa-98366/kitsap-veterinary-hospital-5171 | dclm-gs1-238450001 | false | true | {
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0.040094 | <urn:uuid:196f21e5-8cf3-4551-b2d1-bb1ed26a32c0> | en | 0.961746 | We might as well laugh about it, as Conan O'Brien did last night: "President Obama can order drone strikes on American citizens. So this is the last joke I will be doing."
Yep, drones are the new normal. CIA director-nominee John Brennan made this clear yesterday during his Senate confirmation hearing. He essentially said that the Obama White House would continue to target suspected bad guys (including American citizens) for remote-control assassination, free of oversight or due process niceties.
Brennan escaped unscathed at day's end without having enlightened us on the assassination criteria; we still don't now what constitutes an "imminent" threat, or what constitutes "membership" in a terrorist group. Granted, Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden told Brennan that it's wrong to give any president "unfettered power to kill an American without checks and balances." But senators on the Intelligence panel failed to pin Brennan down - in part because the drone program particulars remain classified, in part because the senators were too busy droning on and on and on about all manner of ancillary issues, such as the CIA's behavior during the Iraq war prelude in 2002.
Before the droning commenced, they did try to elicit a few specifics from Brennan. In written questions submitted prior to the hearing, they asked him: "How does the United States Government establish when the threat posed by such individuals and entities is sufficiently 'imminent' to justify the use of military force?"
Brennan wrote in response that imminence is "a highly fact-specific determination," and that it "incorporates considerations of the relevent window of opportunity to act, the possible harm that missing the window would cause to civilians, and the likelihood of heading off future disastrous attacks against the United States."
Well, that certainly cleared things up.
But wait...What's the definition of "likelihood?" Or "relevent window?" Can someone be targeted for instant incineration not because of an active plot but only if he's judged by the national security team to be a "future" threat? Apparently, yes. But how likely must that threat be?
The hunt for straight answers is hard. It would be easier to thumbtack Jell-o to a wall.
Brennan got off easy yesterday because neither party wanted to push too hard. Republican senators were fine with the drone program because Obama has essentially broadened what George W. Bush began. Democratic senators (including Wyden) eschewed confrontation because they don't want to mess with a Democratic White House, and because some of them (notably, Intelligence chairwoman Diane Feinstein) endorse the drones anyway.
Occasionally, someone would suggest that a scintilla of oversight might be desirable. Sen. Angus King, an independent, said: "Having the executive be the prosecutor, the judge, the jury and executioner all in one is very contrary to the traditions of this country. If you're planning a strike over a period of days, weeks, or months" - which seems likely, if someone is merely a potential future threat - "there is an opportunity to go to someone outside the executive branch," perhaps to a judge on a secret court, akin to the court that is empowered to sign off on domestic surveillance warrants. Even Feinstein said she liked the idea.
In response, Brennan said that a secret court would be "certainly worthy of consideration" - which is roughly akin to saying "the check is in the mail."
We'll probably never know the details. Brennan will pay no penalty for his opacity, and the senators will suffer no public backlash for insufficient vigilance, because, at least according to a recent ABC News-Washington Post poll, 83 percent of Americans favor the use of drones. On foreign soil, anyway.
Weighty issues, indeed - which is why I suppose some senators felt it was necessary to lighten things up. At one point, Republican Sen. Richard Burr said to Brennan: "I notice you're on your fourth glass of water, and I don't want to be accused of waterboarding you." Senatorial chuckles abounded.
Nothing like a little torture joke to lend levity to an official proceeding. Move over, Conan!
Speaking of the drone issue....I never ever envisioned the day when George W. Bush's chief speechwriter, Michael Gerson, would open one of his Washington Post columns by quoting and linking the likes of me.
And speaking of the current GOP identity crisis (yesterday's post), this cartoon frames the story nicely. I particularly endorse item #4.
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Those of us who are 50 years old today were in a far different place then.
We'd seen many of our older brothers and relatives and their friends return from Vietnam, and we didn't know how to treat them.
We hadn't exactly won the war, which most of us thought we shouldn't have entered. While our servicemen were overseas battling the Vietcong and Communism, we were fighting among ourselves in the streets and on college campuses across the country. And maybe you argued with your parents in the kitchen or in the driveway.
A lot of our friends and brothers came back to a country that had changed as much as they had. They were altered by what they'd seen, what they'd done and what they'd been told. Same with us.
But a lot of them came home dead. Some from my hometown. Some from yours.
This was before the "Greatest Generation" name had made certifiable and rightful heroes of the American fighting force of World War II. And this was before our nation knew that our leadership had lied to us about what had happened in the jungles and rice paddies and villages and mountains of Southeast Asia.
The military draft had just ended, replaced in 1973 by the all-volunteer military that still fights our country's battles.
Today, a lot of us probably still carry our Selective Service cards, as reminders of how close we came, and what could have been.
Joining the military — serving our country, as our fathers and uncles and brothers and cousins had done for generations — was on very few to-do lists in my circle of friends.
So if you had suggested that we'd been scared off by what we'd been through in the 1960s and early 1970s, you would have been right. We were scared.
On top of that, we had no idea of who we were. And we sure as hell didn't know what we stood for, except that it didn't involve carrying a grenade launcher, or attending our own military funeral.
For the first time in a century — since the Civil War — our country had been torn apart, and our mini-generation was on the inside, looking out.
That's neither right or wrong. It was what it was.
But it's why I struggle with Memorial Day.
It's impossible to not be thankful for the sacrifices of others who saved our freedoms and spread them around the globe. And we are.
It's heartening to know that we live in a country that allows the freedom to dissent when we're sending our armed forces to unpopular wars. And we have exercised that freedom.
It's humbling to know that we elect leaders who accept the responsibility of putting our sons and daughters, neighbors and colleagues in harm's way, aware that they could die while fighting to protect someone they've never met. And that burden cannot be overlooked.
I struggle with Memorial Day because I grew up in an era that gave short shrift to the difficult, often thankless work that soldiers do, while we did the minimum to keep our country strong, to honor their sacrifice.
We didn't do our part.
It was good that we eventually saw war for what it can be.
It was not good that it altered our perception, for even a second, of what we ask those men and women to do for us.
As we observe this Memorial Day against the backdrop of Fox Valley casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan, keep that in mind.
Someone — your grandson, your sister, your neighbor's nephew, your boss's sister's daughter — is looking out for you.
They asked for the job.
They deserve your respect.
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Thermes de Cluny: caldarium
It is believed that the bath complex was built by the influential guild of boatmen of 3rd-century Roman Paris or Lutetia, as evidenced by the fact that the consoles on which the barrel ribs rest are carved in the shape of ships' prows. Like all Roman Baths, these baths were freely open to the public, and were meant to be, at least partially, a means of romanizing the ancient Gauls. [1] As the baths lay across the Seine river on the left bank and were unprotected by defensive fortifications, they were easy prey to roving barbarian groups who apparently destroyed the bath complex sometime at the end of the 3rd century.
The bath complex is now partly an archeological site, and partly incorporated into the Musée national du Moyen Age, and as such is the occasional repository for historic stonework or masonry found from time to time in Paris. The spectacular frigidarium is entirely incorporated within the museum and houses the Pilier des Nautes. Although somewhat obscured by renovations and reuse over the past two thousand years, several other rooms from the bath complex are also incorporated into the museum, notably the gymnasium which now forms part of gallery 9 (Gallery of French Kings and sculptures from Notre Dame). The caldarium (hot water room) and the tepidarium (warm water room) are both still present as ruins outside the Musée itself and on the museum's grounds.
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John Jeansonne Newsday columnist John Jeansonne.
This latest round of conference roulette is all the fault of my school, the University of Missouri. Whether motivated by real concerns that its Big 12 home would disintegrate around it, or caught up in the baser get-rich-quick lure of greener TV payouts, Missouri's expected leap to the Southeastern Conference -- last year, it flirted unsuccessfully with the Big 10 -- has been a central provocation in the mad scramble for higher ground.
As a Missouri alum, I am appalled. To leave the Big 12 would mean abandoning regional ties that reach back almost 100 years, likely ending the second most-played college football rivalry in the land (against Kansas) and generally straining long-standing loyalties.
Then again, as a graduate of the Missouri school of journalism, oldest in the world and a place where we learned that questions can be more fascinating than answers, this nutty dance is riveting. What a story: Who, what, why, when and where?
The tornado of change has relocated Nebraska from the plains to the Great Lakes region, Colorado from the Rockies to the Pacific coast, West Virginia closer to the Chisholm cattle trail than the Appalachian Trial, Texas Christian (briefly) in the East, Pitt and Syracuse way down south. No wonder American kids don't know their geography any more.
Boise State could wind up an athletic neighbor of Rutgers, Air Force in the same football environs as South Florida. And among the thoroughly disoriented observers is NCAA president Mark Emmert.
"There really was a moment last summer," Emmert said, "when it felt a little bit like Europe in June of 1914. Everybody with their hand over a trigger, waiting to see what the other guy was going to do. It was not the way we would like to do business."
To have my alma mater guilty of the Archduke's assassination, setting off the sports equivalent of a global war in the (theoretical) world of higher education, is a bit discomfiting -- as naïve as that may be.
Emmert, former LSU chancellor and University of Washington president, acknowledged that American colleges have "wound up creating athletics, in the mind of the public, as a proxy for academic status, which is an odd thing." As a young man, he said, his own father reacted to his interest in a faculty position at "a very prestigious university" by telling him, "I never hear much about them."
"What he meant," Emmert said, "was that they didn't play Division I football. My dad was a smart, capable guy, but to him, if it was a great school, why don't they play football? Or, at least, better football."
College football long ago became professionalized, barely connected to the educational process. At a session of the watchdog Knight Commission last week, Boise State president Robert Kustra called it an "arms race" and lamented that, "from the trenches, I can tell you . . . we're at the very low end of the arms race," even as he longed to join the "haves" in securing an automatic Bowl Championship Series affiliation.
Colleges and conferences, Emmert insisted, must be free to make their own decisions about membership; at Washington, after all, he voted in favor of the Pac-10 expanding to 12 schools. But he did admit that the "troubling piece [now] is the lack of thoughtfulness in some cases. Every university president knows that a successful conference is one where they can sit around the table and be able to trust each other.
"I just think there should be more transparency, so we don't have sudden shifts where someone automatically goes from saying, 'Well, we're really happy in this conference and -- oh, by the way -- tomorrow we're leaving.' That type of disruption is very, very damaging to the whole model, and to integrity."
And it sounds suspiciously like some of Missouri's mixed messages in recent months.
So, how about this: If dear old Mizzou is willing to so lightly cut traditional and geographic ties, I propose it join an athletic conference of like-minded universities -- those with the nation's top 10 journalism schools (as ranked by Education-Portal.com, among others): Missouri, Columbia, Northwestern, Syracuse, North Carolina, Cal, Indiana, Maryland, Florida and Ohio University.
It merely would be an added bonus that Missouri's football team should do pretty well in that group.
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SuperWoman Takes to Her Bed, Volume 3
February 16, 2012
Yesterday, SuperWoman had the misfortune to wake up with a stomach bug. It seems Valentine’s Day gave her a virus. And it had nothing to do with love.
Yes, even superheroes get sick. Superwoman spent 36 hours in bed, with brief bouts in the bathroom, hugging the toilet bowl, worrying about germs the menfolk may have left.
So, should you come down with this wicked virus, here is SuperWoman’s advice to you.
1. Invest in a good mattress.
You may not realize this until you are stuck in your bed all day. SuperWoman has made many mistakes buying mattresses. First, she bought just a mattress and used it with an old boxspring. (Bad idea. This was before the internet was easily available in her apartment. Nowadays, she would have researched that shit.) Next, feeling guilty about the horrible mattress/old boxspring situation, she bought a cheap mattress and boxspring. (Stupid, stupid.) Now she is stuck with the damn thing, and so are her aching back and thighs, no matter how many pillows she puts around herself.
2. Stomach viruses come from somewhere, but you won’t be able to figure out where.
Every winter, when SuperWoman gets one of these bugs, she wonders who she got it from. Was it the raunchy salad from the pizza place? The dirty backpack from preschool? Or was it that good deed she did, wheeling an old man with no legs to the bench outside of Target? What gave her the bug? This year, the sickness was so extreme that SuperWoman didn’t even have the energy to watch a full episode of Felicity (usually something that brings her much comfort).
Remember, these questions will do you no good. It doesn’t matter where you got the virus from. You have it. Now, to quote SuperWoman’s favorite children’s book, We’re Going on a Bear Hunt: “[You] can’t go over it…[you] can’t go under it…[you’ve] got to go through it!”
(Those people are so wise. Except for the fact that they’re hunting bears.)
3. Consider what will taste okay coming back up.
Apple juice, water, Gatorade aren’t too bad. I don’t know who got the crazy idea to tell sick people to drink flat soda. That stuff’s just horrible, even if you drink it when you’re well.
4. Water is amazing.
Part of SuperWoman’s problem—the reason she was splayed out on the bathroom floor for ten minutes at a time—was because she was dehydrated. (Duh.) She thought it would be silly to drink water if she was only going to throw it up, but her very wonderful doctor said to drink it anyway. (Those doctors, they really do know something! And we thought we could get all the answers from WebMd.) Once she started drinking water from a straw, her face got some color and the sun came out.
5. A stomach flu can be a religious experience.
Think about it: how often do you kneel before something? That gives the toilet bowl some level of divinity. And, in all honesty, where would we be without toilets? Aren’t toilets a sign that God exists? We get a hell of a lot less sick, overall, with toilets around. And sitting before one, or on one, does make us take stock of our life choices. (Like the importance of drinking lots of water.)
6. Songs go on the repeat cycle when you’re sick.
Inevitably, a song will get stuck in your head pre and post-vomiting. You will hate it by the end of the day. (SuperWoman had Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep” and Whitney Houston’s “I Want to Dance with Somebody.”)
7. Even SuperWomen need to be nursed.
Every SuperWoman needs someone to take care of her when she’s sick: someone to bring her a warm compress and a glass of water, someone to open the blinds or close them. It makes a world of difference. A very sick person should never be alone.
It’s February 16th now, and so far, things are looking up for SuperWoman. Let’s just all cross our fingers that she’s the only one in her house who will suffer from this villainous virus. If only viruses could be zapped by laser beams, then SuperWoman could save the world. Toilets for everyone!
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The sound between scenes in Law and Order. The expression originated when 4chan changed the "Post Successful" page and font to look like the Law and Order black screen between scenes. The page played the sound, "Dun Dun," from Law and Order. 4chan /b/tards began to post the expression, "Dun Dun," anywhere to import a sense of finality or just randomly.
Tits or gtfo. Dun dun.
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When a person can't get himself to talk about a certain ongoing subject (normally on chatrooms) and is put in a awkward situation, where some might expect a reaction from him and he goes,
"dun dun."
It comes from "so done with this". Usually related with Otaku culture for some reason.
Person 1: I just raped this bitch so fucking good, i swear i did.
Person 2: Hahaha so funny!
Person 3. o.o.. dun dun
от TheWanAndOnly 19 декември 2013
someone who dun-dun dem all
dey call her dun-dun...dun-dun em all!!!
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A mexician whine. Comes from "uh uh", but in spanish, and annoying.
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The Man comes around.
Many countries and empires maintain a strong police force to deal with the inevitable crimes that occur in a society where everyone aspires to become a mass murderer. Unlike in the Human world, such feats of violence are respected and glorified parts of a minifig's everyday life. Police forces don't exist to prevent or punish homicidal rampages, but merely to regulate them at a government-prescribed level and to otherwise maintain their governments' executive monopoly on mass slaughter.
During periods of low homicide rates, police forces really have no good reason to exist other than to annoy and ticket speeding drivers, consume copious amounts of ABS doughnuts and coffee, and engage in the occasional shootout or awesome high-speed chase. These have the effect of disgruntling the local citizens, thereby increasing the likelihood that they will go on wild murder sprees.
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I'm deploying a system with memcached and mysql cluster. The command line is:
memcached -E lib/ -e "connectstring=maddy:1186;role=dev"
I can't specify the -m argument since I used -E and -e.
My questions are:
1. Is the maximum memory 64M? If so, how can I change it? Any solution for about 1G-2G memory requirement?
2. Are there any more stable versions than memcached-1.6.0_beta1.tar.gz?
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84M? Is this 1995 or 2012? :) – Phil Dec 1 '12 at 1:21
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In OSX Snow Leopard / Godalming UK
i have a power mac g4 quicksilver with a upgraded 1.2 ghz cpu but i want to upgrade it to a duel core/duel cpu but ones like the sonnet cards are expensive (can bee £300+) and i was wondering if a duel 1 ghz out of another g4 would be faster and if it would work
2. macrumors 65816
Jul 4, 2007
Yes, unlike a G4 MDD, you can indeed do this on a G4 Quicksilver.
After installing the new processor, reset the CUDA switch (after taking the battery out and unplug computer from wall socket) before powering up the first time or you'll just get a grey screen and a message telling you to restart.
NB. This advice is from what I've read elsewhere and not based on my own experience.
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Interfacing a Scientific Camera to a M series card with DAQmx
I am trying to upgrade a scientific CCD camera interface [having a Hamamatsu C-7041 detector head]. We have been using an ISA bus AT-MIO-16XE-10 card with Measurement Studio ver 6 ActiveX components, [2 pulsers and 1 AD ActiveX icons] programmed with Visual Studio 6 and in Visual C++. We would like to switch to a PCI-6221 M-series card using Ni-DAQmx and Measurement Studio ver 8.1 running on Visual Studio.Net C++ or, but I am not sure that the new card can do the job as I am having trouble with the card. Measurement Studio keeps telling me resources are already in use.
The original application used one of the counters on the ISA card as a master clock pulse running continuously at 100 KHz. A second counter was used as a start pulse generator that was synch to the master clock. The camera returns a triggering pulse for each pixel or column of video data as they are pushed out after starting the master clock. This triggering pulse was used to synch a single channel of analog data conversion. Data was stored as a cwSafearray and when data was acquired, we fired a data-acquired-event. The On-data acquired handler captured, stored, and display the data as we desired. We were able to use this system with several different types and sizes of CCD camera chips for emission and fluorescent detection schemes. Unfortunately, we need to move off of ISA bus and would like to get away from ActiveX components and switch to a PCI bus and Ni class libraries.
The m-Series manual implied that their cards would do this job faster and easier, so we bought one. However I need help making it work. I can easily create the master clock signal using the Ni-DAQmx task assistant to program the M-series card counter ctr0. Similarly, I can create a start pulse generation signal of fixed length using counter ctr1. However, it appears I can not use these signals together. If I start the master clock and then try to start the StartPulse class object, I get an error message that the resource is already in use. I have tried to work the counters into a single task but have been unsuccessful. I have been able to manually trigger the start pulse using a Port 0 DIO line but I prefer to use the counter or a PFI line. The analog input options do not let me set a trigger using a direct DIO line but I can use any of PFI ones.
I am also not sure exactly how best to set up the ADC triggering pulse from the camera. I had the camera return trigger pulse going to the PFI 2 input and then set the ai0 to use the output of the master clock and trigger off the start pulse. If I tried to reference trigger to PFI2 the conversion seemed to hang. The ai0 was set to acquire a fixed N data points. This was either the number of columns on the CCD or the total number of pixels on the CCD depending on if we were collecting a line spectrum [binning on mode] or an image [binning off mode]. The camera also provides a EOS line that uses negative logic. I did not use that option in my original code. The binning mode was set using a single DO line.
To summarize, the camera needs
• A start pulse
• A master clock
The camera returns
• A trigger pulse
• A video analog signal
• A EOS negative logic line
The M-series analog-in must capture the video signal in synch with the camera master clock and the trigger pulse.
FYI - my signals are currently routed via a BNC-2120 interface box.
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Re : Interfacing a Scientific Camera to a M series card with DAQmx
We have to do exactly the same thing for a C4350 Hamamatsu Camera
The ISA Board to replace is a Data Translation of the DT283x serie
In this configuration , a DIO relopping on Ctr2 (Ctr labelling starts at 1 for the DT283x)
So Please let me know what is the blocking question concerning the simultaneous generation of Master clock and start pulse
Did you tried to program this using labview?
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I have not tried doing this with LabView. We did have a LabView version for the original ISA card as well as a couple of variations for shuttered and unshutted cameras programmed with LabView that were provided by Hamamatsu for the camera head.
The "resource reserved error" problem has been discussed in several discussion threads, eg try a search "reserved resource error when using Analog and analog outputs". In most cases there seemed to be a creative programming technique that works around the problem, but I have just not hit it for my application.
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Q1) why do you speak about analog output thread when your problem was to generate simultenously the MAster Clok and Start signal which are digital?
Q2) Did you have some problem with the Trigger Input which is maybe a MOS Signal (as in my case) ?
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Re : Re : Interfacing a Scientific Camera to a M series card with DAQmx
I finnaly solved my Problem od sync between Masterclock and master start by letting the system acquiring 1025 pixel / projection instead of 1024 and then removing the null pixel
On table, my system is working perfectly but when I add a motor environnement the system is disturbed when the motor is used to move or to regulate a position (which mean current needed to control the motor)
DId somebody met the same problem of noise
if I strap The Video signal and the A_GND on the subd15 and isconnect the C4350, I measure with a simplified Labview program a very small noise (around 3mV) when the noise become 30 mV when the C4350 circuit driver is connected | http://forums.ni.com/t5/Measurement-Studio-for-VC/Interfacing-a-Scientific-Camera-to-a-M-series-card-with-DAQmx/td-p/485729 | dclm-gs1-240250001 | false | false | {
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