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The Hurricanes roster is loaded with young, talented players but they were unable to get it done last season. The Canes finished 3rd in the Southeast Division and a distant 13th in the Eastern Conference and failed to qualify for the playoffs. Kirk Muller is one of the most well-regarded head coaches in the league so it will be no surprise if the Hurricanes bounce back and reach the postseason next year. It was only a few years ago that Carolina captured the Stanley Cup ('06) and their fans are anxious for another trip back to the playoffs. Be a part of one of the most boisterous crowds in the league when you take in a game at the PNC Arena in Raleigh.
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With the holidays behind us and a new year begun, video game companies can get back to the important work of boasting about how great they are. Reporting a "great holiday season," Nintendo reveals that over 4 million Nintendo 3DS handhelds have now been bought in the US, while Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 have raced past the million sales mark to become the fastest-selling titles in their franchises' histories.
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword has also now shifted over one million units--the 45th Wii game to do so, Nintendo boasts.
All in all, Nintendo sold over 12 million hardware units in the US in 2011, with the aforementioned 4 million 3DSs, 4.5 million Wiis, and 3.4 million of the various Nintendo DS models. That makes 39 million Wiis in the US, and 51 million DSs.
"One of the strongest software lineups in our history helped Nintendo have a great holiday season and to close 2011 with a full head of steam," NoA executive VP of sales & marketing Scott Moffitt said in the announcement, as a marketing man would.
"Not only have the new Mario and Zelda titles already broken records, but with strong reviews and satisfied customers sharing their positive experiences, all three are also shaping up to be the latest long-tail titles from Nintendo. Couple that with a massive first- and third party lineup in the first part of the year and the prospects for 2012 are extremely promising."

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Pixel People - A Unique Discovery-Based Sandbox City Builder [by LambdaMu Games]
LambdaMu Games proudly presents: "PIXEL PEOPLE"
Welcome to Project Utopia – Humanity's last hope! But this isn't your typical city building game – in fact, the city builds itself – if you can find the people to populate it!
As mayor of the fledgling township of Utopia, in a world where no more children will be born, you must put your wits to the test and manage your gene pool to the best. Your flourishing haven will require Architects and Adventurers, Nurses and Nuclear Scientists, Sheriffs and Sushi Chefs, and maybe even a Superhero or two.
Will you be able to mix and match their genes, to discover all possible professions, when you only have two simple samples to begin with? What would happen if I combined a Fisherman with a Philosopher? Or an Animal Trainer with an Athlete? Pixel People is a game of city building, discovery and endless possibility.
Coming to iOS this apocalypse.
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Day 7 of 31 Days of Disaster Recovery: Writing SLAs for Disaster RecoveryToday is day 7 in my series on disaster recovery. I thought I would switch gears for today and write about disaster recovery Service-Level Agreements (SLAs). Specifically, I'm talking about Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and Recovery Time Objective (RTO) SLAs.
Recovery SLAs are very rarely written first. They are usually ignored altogether or written as the last step to indicate how long they think their restore process will take. This usually ends up with unhappy business interests when a disaster occurs.
It should be the first thing you write, followed by determining the restore process required to meet those SLAs, and finally writing a backup policy to meet those restore policies. These SLAs should not just be numbers you come up with on your own. You should involve your business parties to make sure that their expectations are the same as your SLAs.
If you missed any of the earlier posts in the series, you can check them out here:
- 31 Days of disaster Recovery
- Does DBCC Automatically Use Existing Snapshot?
- Protection From Restoring a Backup of a Contained Database
- Determining Files to Restore Database
- Back That Thang Up
- Dealing With Corruption in a Nonclustered Index
- Dealing With Corruption in Allocation Pages
Recovery Time Objective
Recovery Time Objective (RTO) is the maximum amount of time that is considered acceptable to be down when a disaster event occurs. RTO will dictate the restore path you need to take to restore the database. Typically, a shorter RTO means minimizing the amount of file that must be restored. Log backups restore very quickly, but when you have a high number of backups to restore, it can become a long process very quickly. If you back up the log every half hour (the maximum frequency I recommend), then taking full or differential backup once a day means that you could conceivably have to restore 48 log backups. If you back up the log every 5 minutes, that 48 becomes 288 backups. It quickly escalates into a long recovery period. You may just need to add in some additional differential backups to meet the RTO SLA.
Recovery Time Objective (RTO): The amount of time it is acceptable to be down while recovering from a disaster.
Recovery Point Objective
Recovery Point Objective (RPO) is the point in which you need to recover the data after a disaster occurs. Or in simpler terms, how much data can you lose. This will dictate your recovery model and maximum frequency for the log backups. Unless you have a really high SLA for RPO, then simple recovery model is not going to be an option for you. The amount of data you are susceptible to losing is the maximum length of time between backups. If you are only doing daily full backups, then you are susceptible to losing 24 hours worth of data. So chances are good that you will be using full or bulk-logged recovery model in production on almost all cases. I always assume that I will be using full recovery model until someone presents justification for doing either simple or bulk-logged recovery.
An example situation where I have dealt with a nonstandard RPO is for a reporting database in which we could re-import data from source systems. We had an RPO of 4 days and could do a full import of the data (7 TB) in that time frame if we needed to. In this case, we used simple recovery model and performed weekly full backups to give us a more recent starting point and ensure we had a current backup with the schema in it.
Recovery Point Objective (RPO): The point in time in relation to the disaster event to which you need to recover the data.
Working With Business
When I involve business in setting the recovery SLAs, I like to talk about a range of values as a "goal" RTO and "target" RTO. If you just ask the business interests how long you can be down and how much data you can lose, they will almost always say that they want 0 downtime and 0 data loss. That's not realistic and attempts to approach that can be very expensive. I like to stress to the business that our goals are to try for 0 data loss and 0 downtime, but that we need them to set the realistic target values that will be deemed acceptable.
Here is an example request for the RPO and RTO SLA that I might send to business interests:
In order to determine the most effective and cost-efficient plan for meeting business requirements, we need the Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and Recovery Time Objective (RTO) defined by business. RPO and RTO are defined as ranges.
Recovery Point Objective: The point in time in relation to the disaster event to which we need to recover the data.
Goal RPO: 0 minutes
Target RPO: 30 minutes
Recovery Time Objective: The amount of time it is acceptable to be down while recovering from a disaster.
Goal RTO: 0 minutes
Target RTO: 30 minutes
In order to meet business requirements for RPO and RTO as defined above, we will implement log shipping to a remote location as our primary method of disaster recovery, and we will implement a backup and restore strategy as a secondary method of disaster recovery.
One of my favorite sayings is that the first and last thing a DBA should do when inheriting a server is backups. If I inherit a server, the first thing I do is to put my "standard backup process" on the server and make sure that all databases have at least a current full backup. Then once other critical things are taken care of, I will revisit backups and that is when I start with generating SLAs for recovery and then move on to developing the restore plan and finally the backup plan. It's critical that we get the SLAs in place and then build our recovery plan on that.


text: This news item expired on 9/28/2013, so the information below could be outdated or incorrect. Lake Julian Park Kids Fishing Tournament - September 28 The Kid's Fishing Tournament will be held on Saturday, September 28 from 8:30 until 11:30 a.m. The competition is for any child age 15 and under. No fishing license is required for children under 16 years of age. The tournament is a catch and release event. Catch a fish, place it in the bucket that is supplied by the park, take it to be weighed and measured and then release it back into the lake. What should you bring with you? A fishing pole and bait. You can use any kind of pole and any kind of bait. Lake Julian Park will supply a bucket for your catch. Where can you fish? Anyplace inside Lake Julian Park boundaries. You can use the docks, fishing pier or the banks of the lake. Sorry, no boat fishing allowed. Prizes Galore! Children will be grouped into one of five age categories. Prizes will be awarded in each age category. There are prizes for the biggest fish, the smallest fish and the most fish caught. All competitors in every age group have the opportunity to show off their casting skill. A prize will be awarded to one child in each age group. Kids can demonstrate their ability anytime during the tournament using casting poles and targets supplied by Lake Julian Park. What does it cost? $5.00 per child. Pre-registration is recommended. You can also register the day of the Tournament from 8:00 - 8:30 a.m. at Lake Julian Park. What if the weather is bad? It has to be REALLY bad to cancel the Tournament. Call if you are concerned. All youth must be accompanied by at least one adult. Lake Julian Park is located in Arden on the banks of Lake Julian. The Park entrance is on Long Shoals Road at the Overlook Extension traffic light. Fishing Tournament Rules: Fishing begins promptly at 8:30 and ends just as promptly at 11:30 a.m. No fish will be weighed or measured after 11:30 a.m. Bring your own pole and bait. Fish only from the shore. No boat fishing allowed. This is a catch and release event. All fish must be returned to Lake Julian. To register, fill out the registration form and include a check for $5 payable to Buncombe County Parks and Recreation Services Please register only one child per registration form. For more information, call Lake Julian Park at 684-0376. Table: News Item Documents File NameSizeTypeDate & Time Added Flyer 0 Bytes Registration Form 0 Bytes


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Maybe im a bit late to discover this.
I recently purchased the Memetchi figure topper for the Tama-go ( on amazon for about 6 dollars ). Shortly after getting the Memetchi figure my teenage tamagochi on my Tama-go grew into Memetchi. I had a different figure attached to my Tama-go at the time so just out of curioosity i changed the topper to the Memetchi figure i just purchased. It turns out when your adult tama is the same as your figure topper the game play asscociated with that Tama-go figure topper is a bit different.
Instead of going to shop at her store, with an adult Memetchi and the figure topper Memetchi I would open her store and wait for customers to try on clothes. Sometimes customers would look and not buy, when when they do I make 1000 or 3000 points on their purchase. My Memetchi is going to work instead of going to shop.
Very cool. The Tama-go is starting to growing on me.
I wonder if this is the same with all the Tama-go figures?
Tama-go: when your figure topper matches your current adult..
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Posted 29 March 2012 - 06:27 PM ( #2 )
i think this applies to all figures. someone i know had a violetchi on her tama go, then attached her violetchi figure. then she was all like "huh? i can't buy anything?" and then she asked me and i was like "i don't know" so...now i know. xD
Posted 29 March 2012 - 07:16 PM ( #3 )
wow i never thought to try that! That's cool! i'll have to try it next time i get a tama that matches one of my figures.
Posted 29 March 2012 - 09:21 PM ( #4 )
Its the same for all of them except for the lite ones
Posted 30 March 2012 - 05:04 AM ( #5 )
I first found that out a while back, when I had a Chamametchi on my TamaGo and a Chamametchi Gotchi Figure.
Posted 31 March 2012 - 06:11 AM ( #6 )
I found that out with Ringotchi, Chamametchi, Furawatchi and Memetchi.
Posted 31 March 2012 - 05:31 PM ( #7 )
wow! thanks for discovering! i never could figure out why i couldnt but my memetchi clothes. im so glad to know my tamago's aren't broken when the shop says "close, open"!


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A few quotes from Ozzie Guillen's latest rant:
How many games did we win against the National League? 15? Every time we had Jim Thome here, we couldn't play him against the National League. Why won't anybody give me credit for that one?
Can't this dumbass understand that we aren't a National League team and we played only 9 games in National League parks, while the rest of our 162 game schedule is against American League teams? And close to half of the 162 games are against divisional teams, and none of those are National League teams. Is that so difficult to understand? Jeez…
When I see him hit that s— out there all the way to the building out there at 98, I don't see that for the last three years with us. Good for him. A lot of people talk about the home run from Jim Thome.
What? Jim Thome didn't hit enough HRs for you Ozzie? I see 42 in 2006, 35 in 2007, 34 in 2008 and 23 in 2009.
Ozzie had some words for the White Sox fans who like Jim Thome too:
You want to have Jim Thome here? F— it. They're a fan, a radio announcer or a newspaper. We don't want him because we don't need him. Right now we don't. Is he playing good for them? Good for him. Anybody else anything about Jim Thome? All those f—— people in Chicago say something Jim Thome?
Go read all his comments (trib). The guy is totally insane.


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The Indiana Gaming Commission has contracted with the Center for Urban Policy and the Environment at Indiana University-Purdue University to produce yearly evaluations of riverboat licensees for the first five years of operation, and then every three years thereafter. Below are the reports available to date.
|Center For Urban Policy And The Environment Reports
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|Year 2
|Year 3
|Year 4
|Year 5
|Year 8
|Year 11
|Aztar (12/18/95)
|Majestic Star (06/11/96)
|Trump (06/11/96)
|Grand Victoria (10/04/96)
|Argosy (12/31/96)
|Blue Chip (08/19/97)
|Belterra (10/27/00)
* NOTE: Due to changing the period covered by the reports from an "anniversary of the start of gaming" basis to a "calendar year" basis in 1999, there are no Year 4 reports for these riverboat licensees. This time period has been incorporated into the previous and/or following year's report.
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U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) announced on March 14, 2013 that he has reversed his stance against same-sex marriage because his son, Will Portman, is gay. Here is Rob Portman campaigning with then Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney (R) during a campaign rally September 25, 2012 at Dayton International Airport in Vandalia, Ohio.
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Tech softball team rallied for five unanswered runs in its first game of the day, but came up just one run shy both Belmont and Troy on day two of the Frost Classic.
After both teams combined for just one hit through the first two innings, Belmont (1-10) opened the scoring in the third. The Bruins did all of their damage with two outs, scoring three runs on two doubles, a single, and a Tech error.
Belmont tacked on three more in the next frame, drawing a walk then rattling off four consecutive hits to make it 6-0 in the middle of the fourth.
Tech answered in the bottom of the inning as senior Whitney Cummings opened the inning with a single to left. She was replaced on the bases by Christian Gibbs, who advanced to second on a single by sophomore Kendall Hooper. Freshman Angi Sakamoto then cleared the bases with a hit into left that was mishandled by the Bruins outfielder, putting her on third. After a pitching change, Belmont shut down the inning with a pair of strikeouts and an infield popup, keeping the score 6-2.
Junior Chanelle Spalding drew a walk to start off the fifth inning and hustled around to third on a single by senior Samantha Everett. A sacrifice fly by Cummings drove Spalding in to cut the Bruin lead to just three.
Tech took advantage of several Belmont miscues in the sixth to score two more. Sophomore Cassie Garrett was hit by a pitch to open the frame. She advanced to third after a bunt by junior Melody Christian was thrown into the outfield by the pitcher. C. Spalding then walked to load the bases with one out. She would come in to score on a passed ball which also allowed Christian to get to third. A successful double-steal by Tech would see Christian cross the plate, making the score 6-5 Belmont.
The Golden Eagles would summon just one hit in the seventh, a two-out single by Sakamoto, giving the Bruins the 6-5 victory.
Junior Claudia Harke suffered the loss, allowing three earned runs in 2.2 innings of work. She struck out a pair and walked two while allowing just four hits. Freshman Erica Tuck also allowed three runs and four hits in her 1.1 innings in the circle.
Cummings and freshman Taylor Ketchum gave Tech the defense it needed to try to mount a comeback, each striking out a pair without allowing any runs.
In the second contest, senior Holly Thomas allowed just one ball into the outfield through the first five innings, but it wouldn't be enough as Troy (11-1) rallied in the sixth to take a 3-2 win.
The Trojans took an early lead in the first with a pair of two-out walks and a single, scoring a runner from second.
Tech would threaten in the third on a single by Sakamoto and Garrett reaching on an error by Troy. Both runners would be stranded, however, as Trojan pitcher Jaycee Affeldt struck out two to end the inning.
The Golden Eagles stormed back in the sixth, after Christian singled, stole second, and advanced to third on a wild pitch. Senior Brooke Basten reached on a fielder's choice and both she and Christian would come in to score on an error by the Troy second baseman off the bat of Everett. Tech got runners on second and third with one out, but couldn't get the ball to the outfield, making the score 2-1.
Troy hit back-to-back doubles in the bottom of the sixth to tie the game at two apiece. A sacrifice bunt and a single through the right side gave the Trojans the go ahead run they would not surrender, taking the 3-2 win.
Thomas allowed three runs and five hits in six innings of work while striking out a pair.
Tech wraps up play at the Frost Classic on Sunday with a single game against Ball State. The first pitch is slated for 12:15 CST.


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Simulating health care
Catawba Valley Medical Center and Catawba Valley Community College recently formed a working partnership to bring in expertise to the ValleySim Hospital, a training facility at the CVCC campus in Hickory.
ValleySim opened as a simulated health care facility at CVCC specializing in education and training for students pursuing a career in the medical field as well as practicing professionals. Through the partnership, CVMC is providing staff to work the operations of the simulated hospital.
To grow the program CVMC hired Ty Wright to be the director of ValleySim Hospital. Wright works to coordinate the ValleySim simulation schedule between professors as well as professional organizations. As a part of Wright's job, he is also working to spread the word about ValleySim and welcome hospitals, nursing facilities and any other organization to ValleySim for possible training. Through the partnership, CVMC has already taken advantage of the facility, and has used the simulation hospital for training and nursing orientation since the facilities opening, Wright said.
To read more of this story, pick up the Friday edition of Catawba County's community newspaper, The Observer News Enterprise, at newsstands throughout the county.


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Since 1972, the Ohio MSDC has worked diligently to grow value-driven partnerships between our certified MBEs and our Corporate Members. Our focus is to assist the development and maintenance of effective corporate supplier diversity programs. Over the past four decades, we have been a bridge between corporate America and minority owned businesses.
There are over 100 Corporate Members affiliated with the Ohio MSDC located in Ohio. Additionally, there are more than 400 MBEs certified by the Council. Every year, Ohio MSDC's Corporate Members spend over $5.5 billion with MBEs certified by the Council. These minority businesses sustain over 17,000 jobs, and 40% of people employed by MBEs are minority.
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How to avoid the 'freshman 15' (or 5)
Freshman year is a time of many changes--new school, new friends, new classes, and new freedoms. For some students, the transition to college life often means more stress and poorer eating habits--which can lead to weight gain. The Department of Nutritional Sciences has compiled a list of general strategies that will help you develop healthy eating habits, and also a list of food choices that can impact your stress, energy, weight, and overall health.


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6 January 1987
The work of Spanish artist Ceesepe was exhibited in Galerie Lambiek in early 1987.
This was the second exhibition held at Galerie Lambiek. Ceesepe is a Spanish artist who started out making comics and later on became a painter. Inspired by Picasso and Miro he developed a modern style of his own and is one of the few artists who succesfully mixes modern and comic art.
Ceesepe's world is all about desire, adultry, Gitanes and nightlife, beautifully depicted by bright colorful paintings and aquarelles.
Ceesepe didn't have a formal graphic education. He published his first comics in the 1970s, in Spanish underground publications like Carajillo or Nasti de Plasti, or in magazines like Star. Later, he published in the legendary and revolutionary magazine El Víbora. Then in Metal Hurlant and Madriz. In 1982, 'Dibujos' appeared, and a year later 'Barcelona by Night' was published, in which he integrated a few comics. Inspired by Picasso and Miro, Ceesepe designed various record covers and movie posters. He has exhibited in Paris, Madrid, Amsterdam, Japan and New York.


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SummerStage Kids Presents: The Ohmies
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
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The Ohmies: Super Silly Sassy Frassy So Much Fun Together Concert is a highly interACTIVE story in which the audience sings, stretches, laughs and dances along to original music with their new BFFs: Bella Butterfly, Carlin Caterpillar, Daisy Dog, Gisbert Grasshopper and Sylvio Snake. Get your kids moving and let their imaginations run wild as they sing along to original music, hop like a grasshopper, slither like a snake and fly like a butterfly!


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Submission + - 'Important' Oracle patent rejected in Android case (techworld.com.au)
angry tapir writes: "Oracle has suffered a setback in its lawsuit accusing Google of patent infringement and copyright violation in its Android operating system: The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has rejected one of Oracle's Java-related patents — although it did uphold another. In the latest developments, the PTO on Nov. 9 upheld the claims in Oracle's patent number 6,061,520, and on Nov. 18 it rejected the claims in patent number 7,426,720. Florian Mueller, author of the FOSS Patents blog, asserted in July that the so-called '720 patent is "strategically very important" and "may very well be" the most important patent in the case. That's because it is the "youngest" of the patents at issue; it doesn't expire until 2025, while the other patents all expire in 2018 or earlier."


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Enjoy the pick of the week's science and technology stories from around the web, as selected by Bob Trevelyan, editor of The Browser.
Creative blocks
David Deutsch | Aeon | 3 October 2012
The laws of physics tell us that artificial intelligence must be possible. And yet, says physicist David Deutsch, "I cannot think of any other significant field of knowledge in which the prevailing wisdom, not only in society at large but also among experts, is so beset with entrenched, overlapping, fundamental errors." So why does the field of artificial intelligence have such a long record of failure? What is it that may unblock our understanding? And could there be a role for philosophy?
The Internet blowhard's favourite phrase
Daniel Engber | Slate | 2 October 2012
A brief history of the use, and misuse, of the phrase "correlation does not imply causation". First appeared in print in the 1890s, not long after correlation became an established mathematical concept; for decades it was barely mentioned, but the dawn of computers gave it new life. Someone who used it in a statistics class once has a lot to answer for: now it crops up with predictable regularity in online comments, to the considerable irritation of scientists and statisticians. Engber starts the backlash.
Why your car isn't electric
Maggie Koerth-Baker | New York Times | 2 October 2012
Why do we end up embracing one technology while another, better one struggles or fails? "The easiest assumption," says Maggie Koerth-Baker, "is that some powerful entity suppresses one technology and favours another, and so the wheel of progress slowly turns. But historians of science and business will tell you that this isn't the whole story." In practice, technological advance is a messy and unpredictable process. Winners and losers can be determined by all sorts of factors, including unlikely ones. As was the case with the car industry.
The energy-water nexus
Tom Murphy | Do The Math | 2 October 2012
Water. Do you know how much you use? You might be horrified if you did. Physicist Tom Murphy takes a measuring stick to personal and public usage and makes a few calculations. He's particularly interested in the connections between water and energy. As he says, "shortages in either could have major impacts, and their entanglement means that a shortage in one could trigger a shortage in both." Don't worry, your survival's not at stake. But the way you live might have to change.
Out there: Digging up the early universe
Sean Carroll | Discover | 1 October 2012
Cosmologists have reconstructed the history of the universe back to a few seconds after the Big Bang 13.7 billion years ago. Impressive stuff. But now the push is on to go back further still, to a tiny fraction of a second after what we think of as the beginning to time. "This will help us address the deepest questions about our place in the cosmos: How did it all begin? Is our universe the only one? And if not, why this universe rather than some other one?"
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What massive scientific hoaxes/jokes have other people witnessed?
E-meter [wikipedia.org] comes to mind.
[This comment removed due to a copyright violation of the Church of Scientology.]
In case anybody missed it, the "Church" of Scientology successfully censored Slashdot [slashdot.org]. Using the DMCA, which is currently being praised [slashdot.org] on the front page of Slashdot right now.
E-meter [wikipedia.org] comes to mind.
You mis-spelled Polygraph [wikipedia.org]. Slightly more important, given that, unlike E-meters, polygraphs are used in criminal investigations and employment decisions (namely, government security services) and police and prosecutors often try to get the results admitted in court as evidence.
Remember Ashley Todd, who claimed she was mugged and had a "B" cut into her face by an imaginary black dude? Cops gave her a polygraph test, but refused to release the results. Hmm, like maybe a "she's telling the truth" result, that would very publicly demonstrate what a piece of useless crap polygraphs are?
Cops gave her a polygraph test, but refused to release the results. Hmm, like maybe a "she's telling the truth" result, that would very publicly demonstrate what a piece of useless crap polygraphs are?
Since her own internal model of the B event was obviously screwed up the polygraph could only tell you whether she believed her own story.
The Problem: In every region of Germany, between 45% and 86.3% of the electricity that flows from the outlets is from nuclear power. Everyone has to use this electricity, regardless of whether he wants to or not. Even nature activists have no choice. Plus the energy lobby keep telling us that electricity is electricity.
The Solution: NucleoSTOP, a compact device, is th
Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard met less fortunate timing, listing Piltdown Man as one of the ancestors of humanity in his book Scientology: A History of Man, and describing him as having "enormous" teeth and being "quite careless as to whom and what he bit." Piltdown Man would be exposed as a hoax just months after the publication of Hubbard's book.
I am not a historian but I find it hilarious that British, German and French scientists were rejecting claims of early human fossils in Indonesia or Africa on the grounds that their pride in being the origin of life. Instead they were pointing at anything and everything they could find on their own soil as the beginning of life. What made the Piltdown Man such a great hoax is that because of the mounting tension between European super powers leading up to World War I the British were grasping for anything to prove that humans originated in the UK (which, of course, is far from true). And here was this convenient find, an anomaly in the fossil record--but who cared? The British now had evidence of early humans on UK soil with large cranial regions (which they associated with intelligence). Prime minister, we must not allow an origins of our species gap!
All this stupid pride of who stood on the birthplace of humanity blinded so many intelligent people. If I recall correctly the Piltdown Man fragments were hilariously rudimentary painted lower jawbone of an orangutan combined with the skull of a fully developed, modern man. Let this be a lesson to anyone who lets emotions, national pride & religion get in the way of science.
Funny that you should mention Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (though I thought he was only suspected as being behind the hoax). If he was behind it, it would be quite ironic - while he made some members of the scientific community out to be fools, he was made a fool in an equally amusing spiritual hoax (he was quite a spiritualist).
The Cottingly Fairies [wikipedia.org] ranks up there as one of the longest running hoaxes (with some still claiming today that they were real), and ACD was a believer to the extent that he published a book on the subject, called, "The Coming of the Fairies".
The British aren't alone in this. China, for instace, tries to make the case that Peking Man (Homo erectus pekinensis), a real hominid, is the direct ancestor of the modern Chinese race, while the rest of us are lower on the tree, coming from Africa.
Japanese also have an exaggerated sense of their own antiquity and separateness. Shinichi Fujimura made a career out of planting and then "discovering" Stone Age artifacts and fossils.
China, for instace, tries to make the case that Peking Man (Homo erectus pekinensis), a real hominid, is the direct ancestor of the modern Chinese race, while the rest of us are lower on the tree, coming from Africa.
This is one of these things that I can't see how anyone can believe. Humans are all one species, given that humans of all races can interbreed. If we had more than one origin I can't see how this could be true. Different origins to me imply different species and different species mean no interbreeding.
While cold fusion may not work there's nothing in the Wikipedia article, at least, to indicate that it was a hoax. Perhaps Pons & Fleischmann could have been more rigorous in their methodology and waiting for other labs to reproduce their results certainly would have been a good idea. there doesn't seem to have be any malice on their part to perpetuate a hoax. Sloppy science or perhaps not accounting for all the possible ways energy could be leaking into the system certainly, but it does not appear to
No, it isn't science, it's philosophy and as such isn't a hoax.
No, it's fiction attempted by some to be passed as fact. Therefore a hoax.
The ones making the arguments know that ID is unfalsifiable. So by asking for it to be put in science class (unfalsifiable means not science), they'd have to be liars.
The everyday people who repeat the arguments (but usually unfashionably old ones, there's a very Emerald City vibe to the whole thing) are perhaps sincere and misguided.
I hope.
No, it isn't science, it's philosophy and as such isn't a hoax.
It pretends to be science, so it pretends to be a hoax, which means it isn't really one, so it is true.
Don't dare to dispute me, I remember my Mathematical Logic classes!
How the hell did that get modded "troll"?
"Intelligent design" is the biggest "scientific hoax" ever devised. These people have literally taken creationist ideas and literature, and re-packaged them to look like a scientific theory.
Now, if we were talking about creationism, then ok, it's not a scientific hoax because it doesn't pretend to be scientific. But ID? It should be at the TOP of this list!
Barnum tried to buy the Cardiff Giant off its owners, but they wouldn't sell. So he had one of his own carved, and traveled around exhibiting it. Barnum was showing a fake fake.
Odd that NS didn't mention the hoax that started the story, the Great Moon Hoax of 1835 [wikipedia.org] where it was revealed (incorrectly of course) that Sir Walter Herschel had found evidence of life on the moon.
My favorite wasn't really a hoax; it was a humorous science fiction story by Isaac Asimov who was a grad student studying biology when he wrote about thiotimoline [wikipedia.org], a substance that, when added to water, dissolves before it reaches the water.
The story of the genesis of this spoof was one of Asimov's favorite personal anecdotes, one he retold a number of times in print. In the spring of 1947, Asimov was engaged in doctoral research in biochemistry and, as part of his experimental procedure, he needed to dissolve catechol in water. As he observed the crystals dissolve as soon as they hit the water's surface, it occurred to him that if catechol were any more soluble, then it would dissolve before it encountered the water.
By that time Asimov had been writing professionally for nine years and was shortly to face the challenge of writing up his research as a doctoral dissertation. He feared that the experience of writing readable prose for publication might have impaired his ability to write the prose typical of academic discourse, and decided to practice with a spoof article (including charts, graphs, tables, and citations of fake articles in nonexistent journals) describing experiments on a compound, thiotimoline, that was so soluble that it dissolved in water up to 1.12 seconds before the water was added.
Asimov wrote the article on 8 June 1947, but he was uncertain as to whether the resulting work of fiction was publishable. He finally offered it to John W. Campbell, the editor of Astounding Science Fiction, his preferred publication outlet. Campbell was delighted with the piece, and accepted it for publication, agreeing to Asimov's request that it appear under a pseudonym in deference to Asimov's concern that he might alienate potential doctoral examiners at Columbia University if he were revealed as the author.
Some months later Asimov was shocked to see the piece appear in the March 1948 issue of Astounding under his own name. In later years Campbell insisted that this was an oversight, though Asimov maintained a suspicion that Campbell had acted deliberately out of greater worldliness, for, in Asimov's words, "The Columbia Chemistry Department proved far less stuffy than I had feared" and his examiners effectively delivered their favorable verdict on his dissertation by good-naturedly asking him a final question about thiotimoline. In Opus 100 (1969) Asimov called the thiotimoline article "an utter success", and noted that the New York Public Library "was pestered for days by eager youngsters trying to find the nonexistent journals so they could read more on the subject".
Why...this is no poll? Dammit.
This from Wikipedia -
"The myth of lemming mass suicide is long-standing and has been popularized by a number of factors. In 1955, Carl Barks drew an Uncle Scrooge adventure comic with the title "The Lemming with the Locket". This comic, which was inspired by a 1954 National Geographic article, showed massive numbers of lemmings jumping over Norwegian cliffs. Even more influential was the 1958 Disney film White Wilderness in which footage was shown that seems to show the mass suicide of lemmings. The film won an Academy Award for Documentary Feature."
I think this one deserves honorable mention at least!
massive numbers of lemmings jumping over Norwegian cliffs.
That's so sad. Why didn't somebody put little parachutes on them or have a couple of them stand at the edge of the cliff and redirect them backwards? Unfeeling Norwegian bastards.....
Don't worry, they were stunt lemmings.
Unfeeling Norwegian bastards.....
Why do you hate Norway so much? I for one will not tolerate this anti-Norwegian propaganda. Another remark like that and I'll report you to the House Committee on Un-Norwegian Activities. If you are found guilty, you will be beaten to death with a large fish.
Denon's $500 ethernet cables, those $9000 "vacuum chamber" cables, etc.
Oh, this is science, not technology.
Still, they use edge cases of science to make $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ off of rich fanboys.
In practice, the cable I mentioned are hoaxes.
The "cable elevators" about 2/3 down the page are a personal favorite of mine.
Good Lord, I had to read that three times before I realized my mind was inverting those two words. I expecting to scroll down that page and see a story about audiophiles who had been duped into using elevator cables for low loss speaker wire.
A while back, my roommate at the time and I considered making an audiophile cable company ourselves, on the theory that if you can't convince audiophiles that they're wrong (and I've certainly done my part to try), you can at least make money off of them. Setup is simple enough; make a little box to put a sine wave through a cable for 72 hours as a "break-in" procedure, or cryo-treat cables by pouring liquid N2 (easier to get then you'd think) over them and letting the N2 boil off. (Care has to be taken that the cables don't shatter from heating up too fast, though I never got far enough into the plan to try it.)
I eventually dropped the plan after deciding that I wasn't quite that evil, but before that, my roommate had a discussion with one of his coworkers at the retail shop he worked at (don't remember the exact exchange, but it went like this):
Roommate: I'm setting up a cryo-treatment and burn-in service. Should make lots of money off stupid people.
Coworker: What does cryo-treatment do?
R: Absolutely nothing, but people pay for it thinking it does.
C: Sounds interesting. I might buy a few cables from you to try it out.
So my roommate had flatly stated that it's just a big ripoff, and the guy still wanted it.
Technically speaking, the coworker was being a good scientist: he could have taken your word that the cryo-treatment did nothing to the cables (based entirely on your say-so with no evidence), but instead he was skeptical, and wanted to prove it for himself. Good for him.
har har
The fraudulent research showing that high dose chemo followed by marrow transplants was an effective treatment for breast cancer. It was an experimental procedure, so insurance companies wouldn't cover it. But this study showed it worked, and it got some play in the media, and Congress actually passed a law requiring that insurance companies cover it.
Then it turns out that the researchers left out negative results which, when compiled with the rest of the data, showed a slightly WORSE outcome for this procedure. It seems that the researchers believed that the procedure SHOULD work, and since it was so important to get insurance companies to cover it, they simply modified the data to get the results they wanted.
Of course, insurance companies stopped paying for it, and the procedure isn't used, and Congress has moved onto other things. But I still need to ask: how many women had months or years removed from their life because 2 "scientists" thought they knew better than the data?
This list is incomplete. I would provide a proof but this comment box is too small to hold it.
Fermat's last theorem was proved by Wiles [wikipedia.org] in 1994.
Fermat's last theorem was proven true by Andrew Wiles in 1993/1994. But Fermat probably didn't have a proof for it, so the "theorem" portion really was a misnomer, maintained that way by mathematicians, I suspect, for romantic reasons. So it's not a hoax per se.
Of course, there have been serious cases of scientific fraud, such as the stem cell researchers recently found guilty of falsifying data
Unless I'm mistaken, the fraud committed in this instance was that the photos taken were adjusted in photoshop to make them clearer (i'm not sure if they were brightened or darkened), which had no affect on the actual data or conclusions of the study. Please point me in the right direction if I'm wrong.
Back in 1957, even the word 'pasta' wasn't widely used in the UK. There was only 'spaghetti' and that came in tins with tomato sauce (generally served on toast or with fry-ups as an alternative to Baked Beans). This was decades before full ingredients had to be displayed on packaged food, so all the tins used to say was 'Ingredients - Spaghetti, Tomato Sauce'. Widespread use of dried pasta (popularised by the ubiquitous Spaghetti Bolognaise beloved by students) didn't occur until the '70s, and fresh pasta was uncommon until the '90s.
The unfamiliarity with anything remotely resembling 'real' spaghetti, and the fact that the story was broadcast by the BBC on it's flagship documentary programme in it's normal time-slot years before television April Fools pieces were common makes the fact that it was widely believed much less surprising than it would appear to 21st century pasta-eaters with a healthy skepticism towards TV news.
Well, some of these hoaxes, like the hilarious Sokal hoax, weren't really scientific hoaxes moreso than exposing the idiocy of certain groups.
So, if you want to go down that route (and I see no reason not too!) then you MUST bring up the venerable James Randi.
Project Alpha humiliated a bunch of paranormal researchers and parapsychologists because of how easily fooled they were.
Banachek has a good article on his website:
http://www.banachek.org/nonflash/project_alpha.htm [banachek.org]
The most interesting thing is that some people were such True Believers in the supposed "powers" of Banachek and Edwards that they continued to believe in them even after revealing it was all just an exposé. The most important thing was that it reveals that while many scientists in this area just didn't properly account for outright fraud; I would guess it is because most experiments do not have to worry about participants purposefully trying to mess with the results.
The most important thing was that it reveals that while many scientists in this area just didn't properly account for outright fraud; I would guess it is because most experiments do not have to worry about participants purposefully trying to mess with the results.
Not really - the big problem with "researchers" in those fields is that they go in expecting to see certain results. Even if we could expect 100% of participants to be totally honest (a silly expectation), the bias of the scientists themselves can easily (and often does) influence the results of the experiment.
The biggest point that Randi makes is that proper scientific controls and double-blind experiments are ESSENTIAL in determining the validity of a theory. There are countless examples of scientists (even well-established ones) conducting experiments which seemed to yield a certain result, only to be completely demolished once the experiment was repeated with proper controls. Perhaps the most famous was Jacques Benveniste's study of "homeopathy", which yielded positive results and was published in Nature - but under the condition that he repeat the experiment and allow a select team to observe and guide his experiment. Now, since the experiment already included control-samples of plain water, the only change that the team made was to re-label the test-tubes using a random code in order to remove any selection-bias on the part of the people performing the experiment. That simple procedure was all that was needed to show that Benveniste's earlier results were invalid - the new experiment showed the homeopathic "cure" being tested to have no effect whatsoever.
We see the same thing with all the other hoaxes - whether intentional or unintentional. The theory is initially accepted by those who WANT to believe it, only to be later disproven by properly controlled analysis or experimentation. As an example, the piltdown man "fossil" was only accepted by a small number of scientists - those who had pre-existing biases (about the supremacy of caucasians) which made them less critical of that fossil than they would be of others.
That's why the scientific process is so important - it forces all theories to undergo examination by other qualified individuals, and ensures that all supporting experiments are fully documented so that they can be repeated by anyone. This allows us to minimize the effect that personal credulity and bias have on the acceptance of theories, which is the only way we can ever really make any discoveries about our world. It's also why I think critical thinking and rational skepticism should be a major part of early-childhood education, but that's a topic for another time
That's true of most of the things that Randi "debunks" (for lack of a better word), but not really in Project Alpha. Project Alpha involved deliberately deceiving the researchers to show that their scientific controls were not strong enough.
For example:
During one type of telepathy test, a subject would be given a sealed envelope containing a picture drawn from a target pool. Left alone with the envelope, the subject would subsequently surrender the envelope to the experimenter, who would examine it for signs of tampering. The subject would then announce his selection for the target pool. This series of tests was quite successful â" though not overly so, because the boys realized that 100 percent might be suggestive of trickery. They purposely minimized their success. The method was easy. Since the envelope was âoesealedâ only with a few staples, they removed them, peeked, and then replaced the staples through the original holes! In one case, Michael lost two staples, and to cover this he opted to open the envelope himself upon confronting the experimenter. The breach of protocol was accepted. The subject had been allowed to shape the experiment.
Project Alpha was more about finding weaknesses in the testing protocols of the researchers. In fact, if you read the link, Project Alpha largely began because the researchers in question did not take Randi's advice on how to properly control for fraud and deception in such experiments. It is true that experimenter bias is a factor, but the spotlight here was on the shoddy test designs and poor protocols.
Please someone tell me it's a hoax.
My personal favorite is the gibberish computer-generated journal article [theregister.co.uk] that actually got accepted and published...
There are still people who wish it weren't a hoax. It's an interesting tale in the ways people will ignore evidence of the contrary when it comes to something they want to believe. The signs were obvious - found in a shop with stone cutting tools, yet ignored for years afterward...
Judging from this recent
Its cause is not fully understood, but that hardly matters; we have to live with it no matter what causes it.
Ever notice how it's the same deluded people (political conservatives, for some reason) who claim that evolution doesn't happen (hello? antibiotic-resistant bugs?) as claim that global warming doesn't happen?
Nothing beats the perpetual search for...ahem...male enhancement.
The scientific pioneer was a guy around the Great Depression who made a mint selling an operation in which he would implant goat testicles into his patients, many of whom claimed dramatic improvement.
In the process he managed to revolutionize modern radio and advertising.
Linky linky: John Brinkley [wikipedia.org]
Anything mentioned on the new Fox show Fringe. [fox.com]
HeadOn [wikipedia.org]
I almost died laughing when I woman I work with bought some at lunch.
I stopped laughing when she put in charge of operations during our busiest time of year.
That nobody has mentioned the Museum of Hoaxes [museumofhoaxes.com], which documents all these and more. Much, much more.
While perhaps it was more of a parlor trick than a scientific hoax, The Turk [wikipedia.org] was still peddled as a thinking machine that could play chess. Not only did its creator succeed, but subsequent owners did, as well.
The Turk or Automaton Chess Player was a chess-playing machine constructed in the late 18th century, and exhibited from 1770 for over 84 years, by various owners, as an automaton but later explained in January 1857 as an elaborate hoax.
...playing and defeating many challengers including statesmen such as Napoleon Bonaparte and Benjamin Franklin.
Really interesting stuff, well before any modern computer (even beating Charles Babbage's [wikipedia.org] work by almost half a decade). In fact, Babbage was another opponent [thefreelibrary.com] of the turk, and was reportedly inspired by it.
(If you're a CS major and don't know who Babbage is, you really should read up.)
I know of at least two documents, the Vinland Map and the Paraiba Inscription, that were declared "hoaxes" by experts but were later found to be authentic.
In both cases the documents contained messages encyphered in a manner common for many years. Cyrus Gordon discussed both in his book Riddles in History. Gordon was an expert in ancient languages who also had worked at Bletchley Park during World War II, giving him a knowledge of encryption.
The encypherment was what Gordon called "acrostic/telestic". The first and last letters of a line are treated as a count into the line and the appropriate letters marked. Then the pairs of letters are rearranged according to a pattern. The usual message was the name of the author (by the rearranged front count letters) and a religious message (by the back count letters). An example of this encypherment was found in a scribe's practice attempts in Turkey.
One item of hoax "evidence" was a spelling error in the Vinland Map. It turned out that the author had forced a letter into place, which resulted in the apparent error.
Not fraud, because they truly believed what they saw and their publications supported it. And then it went far beyond the source.
Binaural Beat, or EEG "beat frequency" brain stimulation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beat_frequency [wikipedia.org] (see Binaural Beat section), as originated at The Monroe Institute http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_institute [wikipedia.org] (TMI).
In acoustics, two beats of nearly the same frequency interfere to produce a change in summed volume of a period equal to the difference between the two frequencies. At TMI, they found that if they played sine waves into each ear of a slightly different frequency, they could detect an increase in EEG power at the beat frequency. I was so taken with an article in OMNI on TMI that I saved it for over a decade until I started studying EEG research under Karl Pribram.
Once I started studying it, a glaring error came to mind. We had to put subjects in a Gaussian cage to shield them from stray signals from the heaters and pumps for the swimming pool elsewhere in the building our lab was at. These caused induced currents in the EEG. If that was necessary, how could they justify putting electromagenticially driven headphones on top an EEG cap?
To first pull things apart, I tested a single subject -- a styrofoam head (a wig stand) with EEG cap and headphones on it. I was able to show power increases at precisely the same frequencies as the beat signal. (I'd first suggested using a bowl of Jell-O. Karl suggested not to, since he'd found increases in alpha waves in a bowl of Jell-O when shaken. No, I don't know why. Neither did Karl. We just thought it was extremely cool.)
To make it more official, I helped teach some students at University of Virginia at Wise to run EEG research. Their EEG system could produce sound remotely in a closed box and transmit it via air conduction up long plastic tubes into the ears -- no electromagnets anywhere near the head. They ran it this was as well as the traditional Monroe way (headphones on top of EEG cap). In the each of the same subjects, the traditional method produced power increases at the beat frequency. With air conduction stimuli, no changes were observed.
My two greatest joys in science are having undergrads produce results presented at international conferences, and in bursting the bubbles of old farts in the field. This particular project resulted in both. Not only did TMI present several pieces of research as valid, but many other people used the same set up and got stuff published elsewhere. Go to PubMed http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez [nih.gov] and put in "binaural beat" to get the relevant results (and some not relevant, but they're easy to tell apart).
Now, you'd think that once results are presented that show it's bogus, people would quit. Not so. We did the work on 2002. Check the dates on the PubMed results. Now, that's kind of fraudulent, but more a sign that there's way too many people publishing way too many things in way too many places to be able to keep track of everything. OTOH, our work isn't in PubMed because it was a conference presentation.
What is fraudulent is the many places that produce all sorts of new agey junk based on binaural beat, claiming there's scientific evidence, but not ever quoting any, whether the original well done but slightly fatally flawed TMI work, or any subsequent. Also fairly fraudulent by TMI and all the others is claims that specific frequency differences can be used to produce specific changes such as, oh hell, here's just a sampling from TMI: http://monroeinstitute.com/store/home.php [monroeinstitute.com]
I try to go easy on the scientific community when it comes to possible fraud claims in this area. To their credit, there used to be many more people producing work in this field, including some at U. Va. itself. In fact some from U/
The Kensington Runestone [wikipedia.org] is an intriguing item in my neck of the woods. It's largely considered a hoax these days, but there will always be believers. It's pretty elaborate for a hoax if it is one, causing a century of controversy.
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Someone suggested to me recently that I might have what it takes to work the art of acting. A lovely compliment and something I might consider were one of my children not committed to the craft.
As every parents knows, the everyday brings plenty of its own tragedy and comedy — with more of the latter on a good day. Still, if I ever decided to give acting a try I'd have plenty of Valley options for classes and private coaching.
Dearing Acting Studio, which recently moved to a new Phoenix location, offers classes for adults and teens — and workshops too. Aug/Sept offerings include comedic monologue, scene-based improv and marketing for actors.
If you like to watch rather than read when it comes to gathering info, explore their "acting tips" videos — which cover topics like cold reading, diction and avoiding acting scams.
Waymire Studio for the Performing Arts in Glendale (also coming to Mesa) offers classes for kids and teens on topics like commercial work, audition techniques and improvisation. Adult options include Meisner, gut reacting and the Elayne Stein method — as well as scene study, improv and vocal performance for singers.
Verve Studios, which describes itself as "a boutique music and acting studio," has locations in Scottsdale and Phoenix. It offers classes and coaching for "serious actors and musicians" — whether child, teen or adult. Offerings include Shakespeare "boot camp," accents and dialects training, a commercials intensive and more.
The Phoenix Film Institute offers on-camera acting classes for adults as well as kids and teens. There's also private coaching, plus classes in voiceover work, audition techniques and performance skills.
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Performing arts venues like Mesa Arts Center offer a rich assortment of arts-related classes not only in acting, but in dance, music and various visual arts as well. City parks and recreation departments are another option, especially for families on a tight budget.
People have different philosophies about what makes for a well-trained actor. Looking at the backgrounds of today's best known stage and screen professionals, you might suppose that just about any sort of life experience can bring something to the needed mix of instinct and talent.
My daughter Lizabeth is just beginning her journey as an actor, but already I can see that several things have influenced her work. Training with experienced, working theater professionals. Experiencing the live works of other actors and performers. Even people watching and reading galore.
Her education in the performance arts has been broad rather than narrow. She didn't spend every waking hour in an acting class. Instead, she spent nearly a decade in dance and music training, primarily ballet and violin — something noted by an actor and director who wrote one of her recommendation letters for college.
Many of the skills she developed in acting classes were first honed in music lessons or dance classes. Movement. Pacing. Focus. Discipline. Taking direction. Working as a group.
So while I'm all for acting classes, I'm a big believer in creating a wider world for aspiring and developing actors to explore.
— Lynn
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Celeb Video Flashback: 17-Year-Old Sofia Vergara's Very First Pepsi Commercial
For the curious, this is what Sofia Vergara looked like at 17—in her very first Pepsi commercial!
-Lucia Peters
Sure, we're all familiar with Modern Family star Sofia Vergara's recent Pepsi commercials—but here's one from the vaults: A Spanish-language Pepsi commercial she shot when she was 17. Talk about a blast from the past! Check it out here:
Read Kate Middleton + Prince William Rock Traditional Polynesian Grass Skirts!
Unfortunately I don't speak Spanish, so I'm not entirely sure what's being said in the ad's voiceover; but from what I can gather, beachgoer Sofia wants to obtain a Pepsi. But there's a problem: The sand between her and the Pepsi stand is REALLY FRIGGING HOT. What's a girl to do? Why, strip off bits of her clothing to use as stepping stones, of course! The big question appears to be whether or not she'll take off her bikini top… but happily, she makes the tasteful choice and leaves it on. Thank goodness. (How'd I do, Spanish-speakers?)
So, Bettys: What do you think? Since Sofia was born in 1972, this ad's date is probably somewhere in the neighborhood of 1989. It's also notable for being Sofia's first onscreen appearance, and it was apparently huge in Latin America. She looks a little younger here, of course—she was just a teenager, after all—but I think we can safely say that the now-40-year-old funnylady has aged quite well indeed!
Tell us: Which celeb would you most want to witness as a teenager?
Lucia Peters is BettyConfidential's associate editor.
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DYNAMIC SYNDICATIONS and DARREN SMITH's dual Gr1 winner, ATOMIC FORCE completed a successful track gallop today, the 21st of February at Newcastle. "TOMMY" as he has affectionately been named cruised around the course proper in his exhibition gallop at Newcastle doing the last 600m in a scintillating 34.02. This was particularly impressive as he made it look very easy and just coasted along with TOMMY BERRY was in the saddle.
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Croatia: The Smallest City in the World: The smallest city in the world, Hum in Istria in northwest Croatia, is about to become a part of the European Union. The medieval town overlooking the Mima Valley is a popular tourist destination. The people of Hum hope that EU membership will generate more income from tourism. Hum only has about 25 permanent residents. They pride themselves on their openness and hospitality. But they do have some concerns about joining the EU and giving up some of their recently gained sovereignty. Croatia: Traces of the Past: Since the founding of the EU, Croatia will become the first member to have experienced protracted war on its own soil in recent history. In the east of the country, in Vukovar, the damage is still visible. And reconciliation between the divided ethnic groups is still a long way off. The Croatian government has recently made small concessions to Serbs in the country. Road signs in communities with a high percentage of Serbs will be in Cyrillic along with Latin letters. Civilian groups in Croatia have consistently pushed for the extradition of war criminals. But Vukovar seems to remain an open wound. And for the most part, Serbs and Croats there avoid each other. Croatia: Welcome to the Club: Croatia will become the 28th member of the EU. And in these times of the Euro crisis, Croatia's delegates heading for the European Parliament in Brussels will be joining a quarrelsome group. Britain has been thinking out loud about leaving the EU. German-French relations are cooler than ever. And German Chancellor Angela Merkel has irked her southern European partners with her austerity measures. Croatiahas selected 12 delegates to the European Parliament, five of them from the governing Social Democrats. They will serve for only a year as all EU citizens elect a new parliament in 2014. Bosnia: Sitting on Packed Suitcases: The boundaries of the European Union move outward again with the accession of Croatia. 1,000 kilometers of EU boundary will now run between Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina - and many Bosnian Croats who now hold Croatian passports will automatically be given EU citizenship. Croatia aids its ethnic countrymen in Bosnia to the tune of 10 million euros a year. Many Bosnian Croats have a Croatian passport and are already availing themselves of educational or employment opportunities in Croatia. Many hope they will now be able to move more freely to other EU countries. But that may lead to even more people, even whole villages, emigrating from Bosnia-Herzegovina. Italy: A New Melting Pot : The neighboring country of Italy is eagerly awaiting Croatian membership in the EU. Many people in northeastern Italy have Croatian roots. If the customs borders fall, the region will be better integrated with regions that in former times belonged to Venice. There are many Italians of Croatian descent In the area around Trieste whose families were driven out of Croatia after World War Two. The question of compensation for confiscated Italian property has never been resolved; and now many Italians hope to be able to settle in or open up shop in Croatia.
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BOSTON — While some could argue that rookie Brad Marchand or journeyman Trent Whitfield might be a better option in the Bruins' lineup right now, head coach Claude Julien is sticking by winger Michael Ryder.
The veteran, who has scored just one goal in 17 games, is expected to be in his usual spot on right wing with center David Krejci and left winger Blake Wheeler tonight at TD Garden against Florida. Julien thinks he saw enough from Ryder in Tuesday night's win at New Jersey to be encouraged about the forward's potential production.
Ryder had gone two straight games without a shot on net before registering three shots on goal against the Devils, including a golden opportunity that was snuffed out by Martin Brodeur in the opening seconds of the third period.
"He hasn't been scoring. That's obviously something we want to see more from him," Julien said after today's morning skate. "But I'm going to talk more about the last game. He competed a lot harder, he was winning those battles, his feet were moving. He almost got the lead there at the beginning of the third. He used his speed, walked around the D and took it to the net. Those are things he's capable of doing.
"We've been on him lately a lot more at bringing some consistency to his game that way. He's capable of doing it and there's no better time than to do it right now."


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5 ft. 8 in. Liquid Shredder Element Soft Surfboard
is a great kid or light woman's board. Experienced surfers up to 120 pounds will enjoying ripping through waves and novice riders up to 70 pounds will enjoy this board, too. Depending on your experience level, this surfboard is good in most surf conditions.
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Removable tri-fins
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Made in Peru - the birthplace of surfing - the 5 foot 8 inch Element surfboard is durable. It has a tough, colorfast, easy to clean and repair vinyl skin over a
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With a width of 20 inches, a volume of just 34 liters and weighing only 6.93 pounds, the board is
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Liquid Shredder Element Hybrid 5' 8" Soft Surfboard Warranty Information
Liquid Shredder Element 5' 8" Soft Hybrid Surfboards
are covered by a manufacturer's warranty. Liquid Shredder's manufacturer's warranty supersedes any and all other warranties that may be offered by Paddleboards.Surf. In other words, only the following manufacturer's warranty and rules for return apply to this product:
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Element 5' 8" Soft Surfboards
that prove defective, upon inspection by our technical staff, for a period of 365 days from date of purchase. Due to the nature of sport boarding, Liquid Shredder cannot warranty the performance of any board size, shape or model for particular use by any riders. Skill levels, water conditions and other variables affect board choices. Please select your board and size wisely.
surfboards that are wrecked, punctured, misused, snapped stringers and/or boards broken or fins and screws lost or damaged due to impact, crushing, pressure or compression are not covered. In other words, if the normal engineered strength of the product is exceeded, it is not covered by the warranty. Cosmetic flaws that do not affect the functionality and performance of the paddleboard are not covered. Fins, screws and vinyl repair kits can be ordered separately, if needed.
Exposure to high or low temperatures, overexposure to the elements, normal wear and tear are not covered. The warranty covers the original purchaser but is transferable for the 365 day period as long as the original, dated proof of purchase is provided. Paddleboards.Surf and Liquid Shredder are not responsible for any direct or incidental costs, losses, injuries or damages incurred as a result of the use of the product. Liquid Shredders technical staff inspects and makes all decisions regarding defects and whether to replace or repair a product. Decisions by Liquid Shredder technical staff are final!
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Free and discounted shipping is only available to people who keep their purchases. This means that if a board is returned, the customer is responsible for paying for shipping both ways, regardless of whether they initially received "free" or discounted shipping.
Element 5 Foot 8 Inch Soft Surfboards
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Freight Damage
Although it is rare, damage during shipping can occur and is the responsibility of the carrier. We pack and ship thousands of units per year and very few are damaged. All claims must be reported, in writing, with the carrier immediately,
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Element 5' 8" Soft Surfboard
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Graduate Degree Program
The Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies (MAIS) degree is a flexible graduate program that allows you to design academic study around topics of interest to suit your career goals.
The Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies degree is limited only by your intellectual interests. Through this program, you can combine courses from UT Dallas' seven schools or delve into an area of interest.
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A full-time student can complete the MAIS degree in one year. Part-time students should allow two years to complete this program. Internships are an encouraged part of the MAIS degree plan and may be completed for academic credit.
At the conclusion of your studies, you will work with an adviser to design a capstone seminar and project. The seminar includes readings in, and discussion of, interdisciplinary theory and preparation for the research project. Your research project will lend itself to an interdisciplinary approach. To complete the project, you will synthesize information from various sources, utilizing different methodologies, and draw conclusions which present a new perspective on the topic as a result of this interdisciplinary approach.
Students must complete 36 credit hours of coursework to earn a Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies. This includes the following:
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Hi, this is my first time posting, but I've got a real problem here.
I own a 1990 Subaru Loyale Wagon, bought it with 120,000 miles and have since put on another 30,000. The last owner treated it pretty well, but did alot of the repairs himself, and not very well. On a trip up to the Rockies 6 months ago, it threw the timing belt and I was stranded. Long story short, had it towed to a nearby town and ended up spending 2 nights in the mountains while I waited for the par to show up and the labor to be done. In doing the labor, most of the front half of my car had to be removed and then re-installed in order to access the timing belt casing. When it's all said and done, I've spent about $700. 2 months later, a bearing in one of the pulleys that the ac belt runs on seizes, the pulley freezes, and burning rubber smoke is coming out from under the hood. My poor wife was driving and was able to limp the last mile and a half home, but was literally scared out of her wits that the car might explode on her or something. Anyway, had the pulley replaced, had the belts replaced, good as new right? Wrong, in the last 3 months have had to replace the ac belt twice, both times getting stuck on the side of the road.
My question is: could the labor that was done to replace the timing belt have resulted in something in the assembly to be a little off, resulting in my ac belts constantly shredding?
Please reply, I need to know, before I go chasing this mechanic down.
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re:ac belts, 1990 Loyale Wagon
Started by sunking247 , Apr 05 2004 08:41 PM
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Posted 05 April 2004 - 09:41 PM
Sounds more like a problem with the compressor to me - too much drag? Which pulley got the replacement bearing? And were the other components tested for spinning freely?
Posted 05 April 2004 - 10:47 PM
same thing happened to my dad's taurus, the compressor had gone bad and kept shredding the belts. bitch of a repair since the AC system on th 1990 loyale uses r12 coolant and most shops (at least the ones around dc) won't do the fix unless they convert your system to r134a coolant (not cheap)
Posted 06 April 2004 - 09:37 PM
Conversion is cheaper than buying R12 at current prices! Glad I still have a little can stashed away from bygone years when they cost $3!
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This jug has been in my mom's family for at least 150 years. It has a '53' on the bottom. It's very heavy and in excellent shape with no cracks of nics of any kind. This my mom felt was important as it was actually in her will to me. I can't find anything on line like it and am very curious as to what it is...it's history etc. Thanks again. I will post more later or give you better pictures of stuff if you'd like. (again I'm guessing at the category)


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