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I don't know if you are aware, but I am currently taking a cake decorating class. It meets once a week, every Friday, from 6-8. I have a lot of fun in the class, and don't really notice the time that has gone by until the class ends, and I don't want to be done decorating my cakes. In fact, I'm enjoying the class so much that I've even registered for the next level, which starts next week. Anyhow, tomorrow night I have my "final" basics class. We are going to learn to make some kind of roses. I'm actually looking forward to this very much.
The one problem that I have with the course is that while it is only two hours, one day a week, it actually has a ton of prep work required to be prepared for the class each Friday. I have to bake a cake (or cupcakes, depending on the lesson), mix frosting and color frosting. And for this last class, I have to bring in an already prepared and frosted cake so that I can spend the entirety of the class learning to make flowers. Unfortunately, the time that all of this prep work takes each week begins to add up.
Last night, in an effort to try and split the time commitment of the prep work into multiple nights, I decided that I would bake and cool the cake after my raid. I'm just making boxed cake, because, uh, time commitment…and I'm not even eating the damn thing anyhow. So it's just a matter of opening said box, dumping in ingredients, eggs, water and oil, then mixing it for the appropriately listed amount of time. Pretty simple a man, a can, a plan stuff. So I pre-heat the oven, mix up the cake, make sure the pan is greased, pour the ingredients in, and toss that sucker in the oven.
Because I am using an 8×3 cake pan (along with some baking strips to make the cake "flat"), it takes almost an hour for the damn thing to finish. At this point, it is after 11:00 and night and I've grown tired, cranky and impatient. I want to go to bed, but can't until the cake cools and I can put it into my cake saver. Now, I know full well that I need to let it sit for 15 minutes before taking it out of the pan. But I have that whole tired impatient thing going on. So after 5 minutes, I convince myself that it will be perfectly fine, and that the cake will have cooled enough, that I could remove it from the pan.
Yea, no. In my impatience, I actually complicated my situation by causing the sides of my cake to stick to the pan, making the cake worthless for my needs. Had I been just feeding it to people, I would have slapped some frosting onto it and been like IT STILL TASTES THE SAME, ENJOY! But come on. This is my final class. I could not take a ghetto cake in for decorating. I just couldn't. So into the trash it went. And I will go home tonight, and try to mix up another cake and get it into the oven before the raid starts, so that it can cool and I can frost it after the raid.
But we'll get back to the cake in a minute.
I think that I mentioned that last week Brade had surgery. Apparently one of the things that they do when they mess around with your insides is pump you full of gas to make it easier for them to move around. One of the down sides to this is that sometimes you can get a gas bubble stuck under your rib cage, that will have to dissipate on its own accord over the course of a few days. This can be very painful, and unfortunately your pain killers will not do anything to alleviate this pain. In Brade's case, it also meant that it was more comfortable for him to sit upright in a chair than it was for him to lie down.
This in turn meant that he took full advantage of the "position of least pain" being upright and played a lot of Diablo. Unfortunately for me, the caretaker, I continued to do the things that needed to be done (cook meals, walk the dog, tend to other household chores) – and only after doing these things that ate up a good portion of my time, got the opportunity to also veg out in front of the computer. I was also pretty keyed up, because I was also dealing with Brade's parents for large amounts of time, and was "keyed up" when I was really exhausted and wanted to just crash, let my house fall into utter dissaray, and deal with the stress of the situation in my own way (you know, bashing heads in with giant two handed swords or watching trash on TV while eating a pint of Phish Food). Unfortunately for Brade, I quietly resented that he got to spend the whole week doing exactly what I wanted to do, only wasn't doing because I was being the loving, responsible party and dealing with everything else. Oh, and feeling like a total asshole because I was quietly resenting the dude that just had surgery like…two days ago.
So last Friday, still trying to hold my shit together, I decided and declared that I was going to make scrambled eggs for breakfast. I was going to smack them between two pieces of toast and feast on something other than Cap'n Crunch. I was so excited about this prospect that I'm pretty sure that I drooled the entire time I was running errands in anticipation. Except when I got home, I had to take a minute for a call from the office. I'm not going to lie, the entire call all I was thinking about was if I wanted to add one slice of cheese or two to my eggs.
Only, when I got off of the call, I learned that my patient, whom I love dearly but could have killed in that moment, used all of the remaining milk in the house on his cereal. I mean, really?! All I needed was like…a tablespoon of milk for my eggs. I was angry, ashamed for being angry, upset, pissed, irate, conflicted all at the same time. Oh, and I didn't have any fucking eggs.
I opened and closed the cupboards and fridge looking for an alternative dining option, but I just couldn't find one. So eventually, I stopped feeling sorry for myself that I couldn't have any eggs, raged out of the house and bought some damn milk. I think it was the raging out of the house part that clued (a diablo playing) Brade into the fact that I was mad. I mean…it was A TINY AMOUNT of milk I needed. It probably didn't even cover like THREE of his stupid Cracklin' Oat Bran squares. I wasn't being an asshole, I just really needed eggs dammit!
So I got home with my milk. Very frankly advised the patient that unless he had a good reason for not saving me a DROP of milk, he probably should become scarce, lest I hulk out on him, and do/say something that we'd both regret – like egg him or some shit.
Apparently, my inner hulk was subdued by being fed the mouth foam inducing eggs, and I was able to express my frustration (which had truthfully been building all week) about how I was feeling – and how the action of using all of the milk, more than the milk being gone in and of itself, which generally probably wouldn't have been a hulk inducing event, spoke volumes to express those feelings.
The other night, someone that I had considered a friend did something in a spat of haste and frustration that had ramifications far beyond what I think was probably expected, or perhaps they just didn't care or think about the consequences. Who knows. While it may have seemed a small thing, much like my impatience with the cake or Brade's usage of the milk, the domino it pushed over started a chain reaction of things that may, or may not, have irrevocably damaged the friendship.
It was this event that actually got me thinking about actions and consequences. As I stood in my kitchen last night, completely overwhelmed and exasperated at my own impatience and stupidity, I just told myself "you should have known better". And I should have. In my impatience and haste, I ultimately ruined something that I really didn't want to ruin. I set myself back, and as a result I haven't saved a lick of time, or been efficient, which was the goal. But ultimately, what really struck me was how small these actions were and how big the consequences were for such seemingly minute things.
Interestingly enough, as I grow older, I find that I think more about consequences and learn that those who are younger think far less about consequences. I would like to think that this is the "wisdom of my years", but in reality it's me trying not to repeat the dumb shit I'd previously done (and lord knows, there is enough of it I wouldn't care to repeat). Which, I guess, could be wisdom. Regardless, action/reaction is something that I think will always plague relationships – including the one between the baker and the cake.
I suppose at this point I've probably rambled quite enough, all to just say "think about what you do before you do it".
Oh, and that big fluffy pink cupcake up there? Yea, I'm totally going to make some blue frosting, buy a bag of chips a'hoy and make that bitch into cookie monster. It will be most glorious.


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Stop Stoning Women Now - Global Campaign Toolkit
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What is the purpose of this campaign?
Our ultimate goal is to end the brutal practice of stoning. In the short-term - this November 25th, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women - we aim to galvanize a critical mass of 10,000 supporters worldwide to sign our petition online on Change.org. The petition functions as a mobilizing platform articulating our analysis of stoning as a persistent form of violence against women and our agenda. Targeting the UN human rights system with stage one, this in turn feeds into our medium-term aim – to successfully advocate for a UN resolution against stoning. In the medium-to-long term, the campaign's goal is to ban stoning in countries where it still exists in law and criminalize those who engage in this heinous practice worldwide.
In order to achieve medium and long-term aims, we will engage in a separate lobbying strategy at the United Nations. This process will be integrated into the campaign on the ground.
Who is participating?
Key partners of the campaign include: Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML); Women's UN Report Program & Network (WURN); the Women's Intercultural Network; Justice for Iran; Research Institute on Women, Peace and Security; Foundation of Solidarity for Justice; BAOBAB for Women's Human Rights; Salmmah Women's Resource Centre; Solidaritas Perempuan; Groupe de Recherche sur les Femmes et les Lois Senegal (GREFELS); Shirkat Gah Women's Resource Centre; Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq; and the Institute for Women's Empowerment (IWE). We are joined by a broad and growing coalition of allies, influential individuals and international and local organizations whose work focuses on violence against women and torture and cruel and inhuman treatment and who champion the campaign and endorse the petition.
This toolkit has been created for the use of allies of the campaign. We hope that it will function as a reference point for all of us as we work to raise awareness and publicize the campaign, broaden the reach of the campaign and develop a critical mass of supporters.
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- "I Will Be Executed Before Fulfilling My Dreams"
- Report of Stoning Case in Somalia: A Mother of 8 Stoned to Death in the District of Saakow
- Senate body in Pakistan rejects amendment to child marriage act as 'un-Islamic'
- FGM raises its ugly head in Sri Lanka with Kerala Support
- 'Islamic' Chair Cover Gets Iranian Activist In Trouble
Related Actions
Relevant Resources
- WLUML Annual Report 2014
- Women's Organisations in the West Asia Region: A Needs Assessment
- Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Addendum to the Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Sudan's Revised Penal Code: A Mixed Picture For Women

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Moving a household can be stressful.
For those considering a move, J. D. Power and Associates has a few suggestions:
- Don't contract with a moving company until you've done your homework.
There are a number of reputable moving companies, but there also are some that are not. Check with the Better Business Bureau for recent reports about any of the moving companies you have under consideration.
- Understand the coverage options offered by your moving company. Hiring a professional moving company is an investment in convenience -- but it is not a guarantee against damaged or lost possessions. So before moving, make certain you understand the types of protection each moving company offers.
- Finish packing before moving day. J. D. Power's research has shown that customers who are still packing on moving day are more than 40 per cent more likely to have items go missing than are their counterparts who finish packing before moving day.
- Don't put off unpacking. Unpacking promptly following your move will give you sufficient time to file a claim if you need to do so. Nearly one-half of customers who discover items lost or damaged during their move do not file a claim with their moving company. Many of these customers cite timing or missed deadlines as the reason they could not or did not file a claim.
- If at all possible, avoid moving during the summer months. Demand for moving company services -- and often, their prices as well -- tend to spike during the summer. J. D. Power found that customers reported the lowest levels of satisfaction in June, August, and September. In addition, the percentage of customers indicating they had possessions damaged or lost during their move reaches the highest levels during these peak months.


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Ok … number 13 it is. I hope it wan't bring any bad luck … I don't believe in that anyway, but some say if all people start saying white is black you start believe in that …
Here it is – new track to my corporate motivational collection. Yes, I can't deny – it was after quite a long time, but I was busy with some projects and didn't have much time for music.
This one is quite similar to all track from this series – it's bit more nostalgic if you listen twice, but still positive and bring good and positive mood. It's moderate tempo and I've used common instruments: drums, bass, atmospheric pads, electric guitar wit some delay effect on the top, nice piano.
You can use it very wide range of projects – web site presentations, presentations, advertisement. Very good backing music for voice over – podcasts etc.
Before you decide to not to buy this one try my other tunes:
Eco-rporate 2
Eco-rporate 3
Eco-rporate 4
Eco-rporate 5
Eco-rporate 6
Eco-rporate 7
Eco-rporate 8
Eco-rporate 9
Eco-rporate 10
Eco-rporate 11
Eco-rporate 11 remix
Eco-rporate 12
Happy New Day
Nice and "soft" house style loop:
Take it easy
...and some drum and bass stuff:
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Wabash River Holds Lessons, Beauty Anyone Can Appreciateby Homer L. Twigg IV '08 • July 10, 2006 Share:
The third leg of the Wabash River Group project was the observation of the aesthetic aspects of the Wabash River. In this project, everything — from the water to the cities on the water to the people who have lived on the river all their live — was recorded in a way that is honest in it's presentation of the world of Wabash in a format akin to the traveling journals of Lewis & Clark. However, the written form of the journal on the river is also highly articulated in some events to pay special attention to certain characters and experiences.
Three Wabash men paddled the Indiana length of the Wabash to not only write about the experience but to study its history and biology.
The output of this project takes form on paper and in the classroom. All the experiences and logs about the river have been compiled into a journal in publish-ready format if the opportunity came about to have the journals published. There is and will be presentations for elementary school students to hear stories about the river and engage the students to speculate about the beauty of the river and give them a sense of pride about the state that they live in.
The Wabash River has the potential to affect anybody who gives her the time of day by water or shore. The Lilly Endowment has made it possible for one traveler on the river to record the breath and pulse of the river and reiterate her simple lessons and plain truths to other people who wish to know more about the river or have the minds open to become fascinated with the Wabash. Sunrises on sandbars, torrential river rain, whitetail deer and the most hospitable people in the world are aspects of the river and distinctively Hoosier. Like the mother-of-pearls lying sparsely across the bed of the Wabash, the experiences on the Wabash were rare jewels in the landscape of America.
Twigg '08 is a religion major from Indianapolis.


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Sunday, December 25, 2011
Christmas Special.
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Hi ,Beautiful dress...ReplyDelete
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oh my word what a perfect, PERFECT christmas dress. i have serious dress envy going on. i love the deep scarlet colour, the bow at the waist, the perfect neckline and the fact that its velvet! the bow compliments it perfectly! i love your hair jewels - where did you get them from? i haven't seen them around since 2002, but they add the most delicate touch of festive glitz to this PERFECT outfit. merry xmas xxReplyDelete
Merry Christmas!ReplyDelete
Whilst today I didn't rock the house in the most charming dress, we did make it a fun goal to find the snazziest Christmas jammies to wear the morning of.
You look so beautiful; that first photo of you is breath-taking.
You look perfect.ReplyDelete
Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas!ReplyDelete
Beautiful beautiful! The colour, the hair and ornaments, the tights... Merry Christmas!ReplyDelete
Merry Christmas!!!ReplyDelete
It is such a gorgeous dress, this is my favourite Christmas outfit that I've seen so far.
The way you've styled your hair really reminds me of Mary Grantham's hair. I'm sitting here waiting for the Christmas special of Downton Abbey to download and just want to scream from impatience! I want to know what happens to Sybil and Branson next...
That really is a perfect Christmas dress, you look so pretty! I love the tie on it & great hair accessories, so seasonal. Sad you never found that dress but this one def makes up for it, get bow waistline. Hope you had a wonderful Christmas, albeit quick : )ReplyDelete
This is the most perfect Christmas dress ever! Merry Christmas to you!ReplyDelete
this christmas dress is perfect perfect. i love your hair jewels! and the big bow!ReplyDelete
cutie kater.
that mustard dress sounds divine. maybe a twin will pop up somewhere for you.
You look so glamourous! Loved the dress, red is absolutely your color. You should wear it more often. Merry Christmas! xxReplyDelete
Oh my, it looks like you came out of the movies! So beautiful!ReplyDelete
Merry Christmas!
wow, you look absolutely breathtaking =DReplyDelete
that dress makes for a perfect Christmas get up. The color is beautiful and looks great with your skin tone. Beautiful!ReplyDelete
I have been looking for a dress like that for ages! I love this outfit, and you look so pretty! Has anyone ever told you that you look really like Michelle Dockery (I don't know if she's famous where you live, but she looks just like you).ReplyDelete
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Oh, your dress is fantastic! I am a big fan of anything velvety! And your hair looks lovely, too! It's so much fun getting dressed up for the holidays!ReplyDelete
oh you are such a classic beauty. merry belated christmas!ReplyDelete
Beautiful! As always.ReplyDelete
Oh my goodness... you are absolutely gorgeous! I can't give high enough praise for your look here... everything is so vivid and beautiful! :DReplyDelete
I need to not disappear from the blogosphere for a month or two any more, things like this are not to be missed!
You are a picture of pretty!ReplyDelete
I just LOVE this look - my favourite of yours yet!
I hope you had a wonderful holiday!
As you say - the perfect christmas dress! You look incredible! Happy holidays :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 27, 2011 at 10:34 AM
lovely outfit!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 27, 2011 at 10:34 AM
lovely outfit!ReplyDelete
So adorable! I'm usually not a fan of velvet dresses, but you make me want one. A lot. Hope your Christmas was wonderful!ReplyDelete
You look so beautiful! And your skin is like porcelain. Whoa. Happy Holidays to you! A lot of my vintage clothes have holes, because the material is fragile, but as you said, they can be mended. This dress would totally work as a V-day dress too. Yay!ReplyDelete
When these days I didn't mountain the home in the most wonderful attire, we did make it a fun objective to find the snazziest Xmas jammies to use the day of.ReplyDelete
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oh, beautiful. happy holidays! :)ReplyDelete
you are the prettiest and that dress is beyond perfect.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 28, 2011 at 5:05 PM
That has to be the best christmas dress ever. You look gorgeous in it and I love your hair.ReplyDelete
You look so lovely!! The red suits you so well!ReplyDelete
I adore this dress. The velvet, the bow, the color, all things that I love right now. I never thought about recycling Christmas reds as Valentine's Day outfits, that's genius! I'm very glad I stumbled across your blog, I adore your style.ReplyDelete
The way you've designed your locks really tells me of Betty Grantham's locks. I'm relaxing here awaiting the Xmas unique of Downton Abbey to obtain and just want to shout from impatience!ReplyDelete
Darling little holiday outfit! Adoring the bow belt - its fabulous. You have great style <3ReplyDelete
Ohh, this truly is the dreamiest Christmas outfit I've seen! <3 I love love love the wine red velvet colour against your pale skin! So gorgeous!ReplyDelete
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What kind of curlers did you use on your hair?ReplyDelete
Oh my, I think that's the best Christmas outfit I have seen so far. You are gorgeous.ReplyDelete
So so pretty! Glad I found your blog, so much inspiration!ReplyDelete
what a find! you look absolutely gorgeous! have a happy new year :)ReplyDelete
That dress is stunning!!!!!ReplyDelete
Absolutely fabulous dress!!!ReplyDelete
Such a lovely dress! And your hair looks absolutely gorgeous!ReplyDelete
The way you have designed your locks really tells me of Betty Grantham's locks. I'm relaxing here awaiting the Xmas unique of Downton Abbey to obtain and just want to shout from impatience! I want to know what happens to Sybil and Branson next.ReplyDelete
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PERFECT xmas outfit. i have serious outfit jealousy going on. i love the deeply scarlet color, the bow at the hips, the best neck-line and the truth that its velvet! the bow flatters it perfectly!ReplyDelete
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That really is a perfect Christmas dress, you look so pretty! I love the tie on it & great hair accessories, so seasonal. Sad you never found that dress but this one def makes up for it, get bow waistline. Hope you had a wonderful Christmas, albeit quick.ReplyDelete
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I really like this outfit. The purple velvety, the bow, large, all things that I love right now. I never thought about recycle Xmas whites as Valentine Day clothing, that's genius! I'm very grateful I came across your site, I really like your design.ReplyDelete
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Oakley HP Intel Xeon Cluster (8,328 Cores)
As a leader in high performance computing and networking, the Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC) is a vital resource for Ohio's scientists and engineers. OSC is a fully-scalable center with mid-range machines to match those found at National Science Foundation centers and other national labs. The Center's flagship supercomputing system is the Oakley Cluster, an 8,300+ core HP Intel Xeon machine.
OSC also is home to the Ohio Interface Laboratory, which provides state-of-the-art graphics equipment and output services for computer graphics and animation. Members of the HPC Client Services group provide much of the information for this server.
Getting Started
Welcome to OSC! If you are new to supercomputing, new to OSC, or simply interested in getting an account (if you don't already have one), we have some resources to help you.
- Read about the basics of High Performance Computing (highly recommended for new users).
- Learn more about our account allocation process, and how to get started.
- Apply for expanded resources beyond those for a start-up project.
- Use our resources in your classroom.
- Get help connecting to our resources.
- Read our policies, FAQ, code of ethics for users, and glossary.
- Participate in our monthly HPC Tech Talks to learn about recent changes at the center and raise issues and concerns to center staff.
HPC Environments
We currently operate three major systems:
- Owens Cluster, a 23,000+ core Dell Intel Xeon machine available to clients later in 2016
- Ruby Cluster, a 4800 core HP Intel Xeon machine
- 20 nodes have Intel Xeon Phi accelerators
- 20 nodes have Nvidia Tesla K40 GPUs
- One node has 1 TB of RAM and 32 cores, for large SMP style jobs
- Oakley Cluster, an 8,300+ core HP Intel Xeon machine
- One in every 10 nodes has 2 Nvidia Tesla GPU accelerators
- One node has 1 TB of RAM and 32 cores, for large SMP style jobs
Our clusters share a common environment, and we have several guides available.
- An introduction to the basic login environment.
- A detailed guide to our batch environment, explaining how to submit
- jobs to the scheduler and request the required resources for your computations.
OSC also provides more than 5 PB of storage, and another 5.5 PB of tape backup.
- Learn how that space is made available to users, and how to best utilize the resources, in our storage environment guide.
System Notices are available online.
Finally, you can keep up to date with any known issues on our systems (and the available workarounds). An archive of resolved issues can be found here.
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OSC has a variety of software applications to support all aspects of scientific research. You can view the complete software list, which is being updated continually.
OSC also offers licenses for some software packages to Ohio researchers via our statewide software program.
Some packages are access-controlled due to license restrictions. You can find the forms necessary to request access.
We provide a number of web portals for our user community.
MyOSC allows users to monitor their account summary information as well as to change their passwords.
OSC OnDemand is a "one-stop-shop" for accessing OSC compute resources. You can submit and monitor jobs, manage files, open terminal sessions and even get a desktop. Full documentation is available.
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Training is an important part of our services. We are working to expand our portfolio; we currently provide the following:
- Training classes. OSC provides training classes, at our facility, on-site and remotely.
- HOWTOs. Step-by-step guides to accomplish certain tasks on our systems.
- Tutorials. Online content designed for self-paced learning.
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OSC Help consists of technical support and consulting services for OSC's high performance computing resources. Members of OSC's HPC Client Services group staff OSC Help.
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If you still cannot solve your problem, please do not hesitate to contact OSC Help:
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If Thursday's close wanted to be bearish… then it had sufficient time to do more damage. That doesn't mean Friday can't behave bearishly instead, but it does represent a missed opportunity for sellers to retake control from a pivotal area.
Pattern points… (Setups and technicals)
Wednesday's pattern allowed its price action to be combined with Thursday's resolution to form a setup. Thursday's probe of fresh highs tested and retested 1631.00 before plunging back under Wednesday afternoon's 1622.50 low. But that low held — and, anyway, a bearish setup required closing under Wednesday morning's 1618.50 low — so no bearish setup formed.
1627.25 did continue to hold as resistance through all relevant timing windows. Probes above 1627.25 continued to drop sharply back under it, indicative of weak-handed buyers. Thursday's last-minute bounce originated from AT its 1620.00 prior low, and not from below it, and the bounce fulfilled ONLY all of its potential buying pressure. So, buyers once again gained no traction despite probing more fresh highs.
Thursday missed an opportunity to signal that buyers were done, and that sellers were retaking control. Sellers may be done, and buyers may be retaking control. But now Friday's close is the earliest opportunity to signal it. And a new high close Friday would signal just the opposite.
What's Next… (Outlook and opportunities)
Gapping down Friday under 1615.25 would serve by proxy to signal the reversal that would have been signaled by closing Thursday under 1618.50. Almost any gap down would be likely to bounce back up to 1621.00. Meanwhile, recovering 1627.25 and 1629.50 through any relevant timing window would be bullish.
Look for at least one update overnight or ahead of the Morning Market Tour… My thoughts on the day's econ calendar are linked here.


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The more I looked at Zdenek Burian's paintings the more I saw resemblances to Frank Frazetta's work in theme, subject matter and style.
What I first noticed was how Frazetta's neanderthal design resembled the neanderthal design by Burian.
I then noticed this Dimorphodon painting by Burian. It almost seemed to be copied and pasted into the Frazetta painting you see below:
The Dimorphodon painting above pretty much sealed the deal for me: Frazetta was definitely influenced by Zdenek Burian. Below are some interesting similarities between the two prolific artists:


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Borge Fagerli needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 48 designs submitted by 16 freelance designers.
MyRevolution - http://www.myrevolution.no
We're an up-and-coming brand in Norway. The founder Borge Fagerli is a respected coach for elite athletes in various sports and fitness. The website provides content with unique training programs and diets, blending science with simple and effective guidelines - marketed by real people who have achieved incredible results from them. A line of supplements consists of the basic supplements that have solid documentation, and a lot of the success comes from being extremely tasty and of high quality.
We want to reach as wide an audience as possible. A lot of girls in the 16-30 year old range have become attracted to both the products and dieting concepts, whereas the more scientifically advanced programs target men in the 16-40 year old range. We also target sports and athletes and will expand our range of such products.
It is important that the design isn't too "hardcore" - we don't want bodybuilders to buy our products, we want to reach a wide audience.
The logo is the first part of a redesign of both website and product labels.
We want the logo and design to communicate the true meaning of the brand name - a Revolution...MyRevolution should create a strong feeling of identity in the user/member. Make it your own revolution...hence the brand statement "create your own destiny". Red, silver and black are colors already used on both the forums and product designs, but not an absolute necessity in the logo/identity design.
We would prefer a symbol/logo that can be used as stand-alone, e.g. on the front of a t-shirt. Then a nice font to go with it, of course...
A blend of the scientific, practical no-bullshit approach, modern look and products/programs/diets that simply WORK - with a community creating a strong sense of identity in the user.
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Our regular World Energy Strategic studies provide a 360 degrees view of the energy sector. The World Energy Council monitors the issues shaping the global energy agenda every year while offering an understanding of what energy resources are available, how national energy and climate policies use them and what do energy scenarios hold in the long term future.
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text: Sijun Forums :: View topic - Whipped out my old never-to-be-used Graphire, and ... Voila Log in to check your private messages Sijun Forums Forum Index >> Gallery/Finished Work View previous topic :: View next topic Author Topic : "Whipped out my old never-to-be-used Graphire, and ... Voila" CeRbErOmemberMember #Joined: 13 Jan 2000Posts: 180Location: Sweden Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2001 1:40 pm I just plugged in my Graphire tablet I bought like a year ago, but I never really used it, since I wasn't satisfied with the results. Now, however, I found that I actually could use it, and I came up with this: Tell me what you think, eh? ------------------ CeRbErO www.cerberodesign.net Back to top AdezJmemberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 1999Posts: 220Location: Sweden! (Gothenburg) Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2001 3:09 pm hans vänster hand ser lite liten ut va? annars e den cool! ------------------ Adezj -oh! that wasn't me! [This message has been edited by AdezJ (edited January 13, 2001).] Back to top galenmemberMember #Joined: 13 Nov 2000Posts: 172Location: a computer. Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2001 3:27 pm hey, i'm thinking about buying one of those...mostly just because i cant/dont want to afford a 400 dollar wacom :/ ------------------ My tea's gone cold,I'm wondering why I got out of bed at all the morning rain clouds up my window and I can't see at all And even if I could it'd all be grey, but your picture on my wall it reminds me that it's not so bad it's not so bad Back to top CollosimomemberMember #Joined: 30 Dec 2000Posts: 551Location: Brisbane, QLD, Australia Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2001 4:52 pm I'm thinking of buying a Wacom as well. CeRbErO: How do you use such a small working area? I am puzzled to think that you can produce that image with such a small tablet! Can you tell me the limitations and or advantages of a 4*5 Graphire? I'm assuming you had to zoom in a lot because of the size of the tablet. So how do you produce long smooth lines that go across the whole screen? ------------------ /COLLOSIMO Back to top InfinitymemberMember #Joined: 09 Dec 2000Posts: 211Location: austria, graz Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2001 5:08 pm Cerbero: Nice pic Galen: isn't the graphire from WACOM, too? ------------------ Why are you looking at me? I'm just a Signature. Back to top kanabismemberMember #Joined: 29 Sep 2000Posts: 112Location: QLD, Australia Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2001 5:50 pm infinity: yes it is, but i think galen is referring to the wacom intuos Back to top napalmmemberMember #Joined: 09 Feb 2000Posts: 326Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2001 7:40 pm me? Me? I've been chosen? Why.. I've never won anything! This is great! I think the hand/arm/sleeve should be a bit bigger since it appears this being/thing is pointing directly at me, and would most likely have its arm extended slightly, not to mention its far freakier to have a big demented forced perspective finger telling me that i've been chosen.. nice feel to it, maybe do a few versions of it so the other people get chosen and dont feel left out. ------------------ email@example.com me: http://www.deadzebra.com / my crew: http://www.creators.org my master nick.com Back to top n8memberMember #Joined: 12 Jan 2000Posts: 791Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2001 3:53 am first of all...interesting pic...and second...theres nothing wrong with graphires...ive got myself an 8x6 intuous and its all nice and dandy...but then my friend recently got a 4x5??graphire and i had a little wizz at it...may i tell you that i found very little difference...i didnt even feel like i was drawing on a smaller area...but then, thats just me..?? cheers Back to top CeRbErOmemberMember #Joined: 13 Jan 2000Posts: 180Location: Sweden Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2001 4:23 am Thanks for the crits everyone. I noticed too that the hand is quite small... Maybe I'll do another version later on. About the Graphire.. It works very well with the small work area. I draw the pic in a higher resolution than I intend to have it when it's finnished. The long lines, I just sketch 'em, and build the lines up... ------------------ Johan Sahlén aka CeRbErO www.cerberodesign.net Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Sijun Forums Forum Index -> Gallery/Finished Work All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Digital Art----------------Digital Art DiscussionWork in ProgressGallery/Finished Work Miscellaneous----------------Random MusingsArchive : Sep99 - Dec00 You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2005 phpBB Group


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KDE release the 4.7 version of the Plasma Workspaces,KDE Applications and KDE Platform that provide many new features and improved stability and performance.Some of the features are listed below.
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To cut some personal costs and simply because I was interested in it, I recently moved this blog to Heroku, the popular cloud hosting platform.
Since 2011 Heroku officially supports Python deployments. Running on a single dyno it is even for free. Following the official guide to deploy a Django application, the transition from my VPS to Heroku was pretty straight-forward and easy. Additionally Heroku enforces good practices, like using virtualenv, and supports more and more popular technologies, like the Python WSGI server Gunicorn.
Following a short general guide of what had to be done from my side to do the transition:
- Create a fixture file from your database via the dumpdata command.
- Since I didn't want to add any billing information to Heroku yet, I had to rewrite everything related to sending emails from my web server, to save the incoming contact request in the database instead. That was pretty much just the creation of a new model and a one-liner to save it to the DB instead of sending an email,
- Already using virtualenv, the rest was simply adding or changing requirements. In addition of removing the MySQL bindings for python I added the following libaries:
dj-database-url==0.2.1 django-heroku-memcacheify==0.4 django-pylibmc-sasl==0.2.4 gevent==0.13.8 greenlet==0.4.0 gunicorn==0.17.2 psycopg2==2.4.6 pylibmc==1.2.3
Static files are served via Django directly for the time being, since a Web-Dyno using Python can not serve them the normal way. I will move them to be served by a solution like Amazon S3 in the future. Therefore I added the following to my urlconf:
urlpatterns += patterns( '', url(r'^media/(?P
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Running the dyno via Gunicorn with gevent support was a single line in the Procfile:
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By a 3-0 vote on Aug. 14, the commission tabled a request that could allow landowners near the proposed Lionsback Resort development to annex smaller properties into the city limits under the sensitive-area resort zone. Planning commission members Jeanette Kopell and Laura Uhle were absent from the meeting.
Moab City Planning Commission chairwoman Kelly Thornton said she is not necessarily opposed to the idea of annexing nearby properties into the sensitive-area resort zone. However, she questioned whether the city should be taking steps right now to encourage the development of more nightly vacation rental units in Moab.
"I don't think that we have enough evidence that it will be a benefit to the community to make this particular change," Thornton said.
The city created the zone in the Sand Flats Road and Lion's Back areas to accommodate master-planned, resort-style communities, which may include a mix of private residences, overnight rentals and commercial businesses.
According to city code, sensitive-area resort zoning regulations are designed to preserve the surrounding landscape's natural look and character. Among other things, they set limits on building heights, restrict development on each individual property, preserve open space and aim to minimize light pollution in the night sky.
Applicant Sue Dalton is asking the city for one change to the current zoning code: an amendment that would reduce the minimum size of developments in the zone from 40 acres to 24 acres.
Dalton believes the proposal could benefit neighboring property owners who might want to annex their land into the city limits.
Under the current restrictions, some of those properties are not big enough to be incorporated into the zone. But the proposed amendment would give those property owners the leeway to develop resort-style projects on their land.
"The properties that we're thinking would benefit from this would continue, kind of, that same type of development," Dalton said.
The planning commission previously continued its July 10 public hearing on the matter in order to gather more feedback about the proposal. Yet once that continued hearing came to an end on Aug. 14, Thornton said she doesn't believe she has enough information to make any recommendations to the city council.
In the future, Thornton said she wants to see a more detailed examination of the potential impacts that the change could have on the city's water and sewer services. In addition, she would like to know how it could impact the availability of affordable housing in Moab.
"I think it would be irresponsible of us to do anything at this point that just points in the direction of making it easier to bring in more nightly rental units, without taking a look at those issues," she said.
In a written narrative on the proposal, Dalton acknowledged Moab's workforce housing needs. However, she wrote that some areas in the valley are more conducive to resort communities that mix private homes with overnight rentals and commercial activities.
"This could bring in more tax dollars and help preserve the beauty that attracts these people to our area in the first place," she wrote.
Dalton believes the proposal would have another significant benefit to the public.
If smaller private properties near the Lionsback Resort are annexed into the city, utilities could be routed through them. According to Dalton, that could spare the city and various utility companies the hassle of routing those services along narrow and busy Sand Flats Road in the event of future development.
"That takes out that impact of having to [limit traffic on] that road, which is huge for our community," she told the planning commission.
Planning commissioner Wayne Hoskisson said he isn't sure if the proposal would ultimately benefit the public interest, partly because Dalton didn't come to the board with any specific development projects in mind.
"Part of it is, we're not really looking at any kind of a development, so it's hard to know whether we're really talking about something that's beneficial or not," he said.
But neighboring property owner Dave Cozzens — the only member of the public who spoke at the hearing — threw his support behind the proposed change.
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While President Obama waits for Congress to restore presidential authority to reorganize departments, some House Republicans focused on deficit reduction are readying their own bills to reduce duplication in agencies and programs.
Rep. John Culberson, R-Texas, on Tuesday, introduced a still-untitled bill (H.R. 504) designed to save the government $10 billion by consolidating "some duplicative and overlapping government programs" seen as inefficient, based on Government Accountability Office reports from 2011 and 2012.
"The federal government has a serious federal spending problem which has led to an unsustainable level of debt," Culberson said in a statement. "We spend $10 billion dollars a day, and $4 billion of that is borrowed from countries like China. Our annual income is $2.345 trillion, and 93.3 percent of that is automatically spent to pay for mandatory spending programs like Medicare and Social Security and interest on the national debt. After these obligations are met, we are left with only enough money to fund the federal government for 16.2 days. The rest of the year is funded with borrowed money. It is time to consider long-term solutions."
His bill, which has four co-sponsors, was referred to the Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
On Wednesday, Rep. John Fleming, R-La., successfully attached a separate but more detailed bill as an amendment to the Require a Plan Act. The larger bill, offered by Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., would put pressure on Obama by requiring the White House to either produce a balanced budget or provide a supplemental budget plan by April 1, 2013, that identifies when their plan would achieve balance.
Fleming's amendment would add a requirement that the president's supplemental budget under Require a Plan include proposals to consolidate duplicative agency functions and programs. "Reducing duplication in government is low-hanging fruit," Fleming said on the House floor. "There's bipartisan agreement on this. Even the president in his State of the Union address in 2011 talked about the desire to consolidate the different agencies that oversee salmon."
Noting that a third GAO report is due in a matter of weeks, Fleming lauded the work of Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., on pressing for elimination of some of the 132 identified duplicative programs. He acknowledged that the president "does submit a document as part of the budget called, Cuts, Consolidations and Savings," he said. "But in last year's budget, these savings only amounted to $24 billion, a tiny percentage, 2.2 percent, of our annual trillion-dollar shortfall. That is woefully inadequate."
Fleming noted that some resistance to cutting such waste comes from "special interests: businesses or industry groups that are arguing for a particular program that benefits them, or a geographic area that benefits from a program that others can't take advantage of, or a group that is adept at leveraging identity politics to protect special preferences. Other times, Congress is its own worst enemy, bickering over jurisdiction and bringing goodies back home."
Because Congress can't actually force the consolidations, Fleming continued, he plans to introduce in the coming weeks a bill titled The Realign and Eliminate Duplicative Unnecessary Costly Excess in Government Act, or the REDUCE Government Act. It would create a six-member, bipartisan commission similar to the Pentagon's Base Closure and Realignment Commission to prepare a list of ineffective or wasteful programs. Congress would then be given 45 days to pass a resolution to approve or disapprove.
The White House has submitted draft legislation restoring authority to combine agencies that the executive branch enjoyed until Congress repealed it in the 1980s. Obama has expressed a desire to begin a reorganization by consolidating agencies dealing with business and trade.


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Clown Anemonefishes, Amphiprion ocellaris
« Database Home Animalia Chordata Actinopterygii Perciformes Pomacentridae Amphiprion ocellaris
Description & Behavior
Clown anemonefishes, Amphiprion ocellaris (Cuvier, 1830), are aka Amphiprion bicolor (Castelnau, 1873), Amphiprion melanurus (Cuvier, 1830), common clownfishes, false clown anemonefishes, false anemonefishes and "Nemo" from the movie Finding Nemo. Color patterns are the most important features used to identify anemonefishes. These are normally bright orange with three white vertical bars, the middle one with a forward-projecting bulge; bars have narrow black margins. Maximum length about 11 cm. Similar species: A. percula (northern Queensland and Melanesia) is nearly identical, but has 10 (sometimes 9) dorsal spines compared to 11 (sometimes 10) in A. ocellaris; the spinous (anterior) part of the dorsal fin in A. ocellaris is taller (its height fits about 2.1-2.9 in the head length compared to 3.1-3.3 in A. percula). Distributions of these two species do not overlap.
World Range & Habitat
Although many dive sites credit themselves with the highest concentration of anemonefish, Amphiprion, in the world (the Great Barrier Reef, Solitary Island, Australia, the Red Sea, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Maldives, etc.), Indonesia has the highest number of species, while countries like Australia, which has 12 species, also has a number of unique variants. Most anemonefish can be found in shallow water reefs or sand from 1-18 m. Species like A. perideraion can be found in deeper water on shelves or drop-offs to about 35 m. Anemonefish are found in the Indian Ocean, Red Sea, South East Asia region, northern Australia, and the Western Pacific. They are not known to the Caribbean, Mediterranean or the Atlantic Ocean. Anemonefish have a special symbiotic (mutually beneficial) relationship with sea anemones. Normally, the nematocysts (stinging cells) of an anemone's tentacles discharge when fish brush against the tentacles, paralyzing the fish. But anemonefish appear to be at home among the tentacles, even hiding among them as predators approach (see the videos for the twoband anemonefish for an example). There are many theories concerning the mechanism that makes this possible, but the most widely held view is that these fish have a special biochemical makeup in their mucus layer that provides protection from the stinging cells.
Feeding Behavior (Ecology)
Host anemone species are typically Heteractis magnifica, Stichodactyla gigantea, and Stichodactyla mertensii. The anemonefish grooms its anemone host to keep it free of parasites and debris. There are conflicting reports about the protective relationship between anemonefish and their sticky hosts. One theory is that they chase off small creatures that prey on anemone, the other is that false clowns lure fish for the anemone to kill and eat. What is certain is that the rather clumsy anemonefish cannot live without their anemones. And without their clowns, some anemones are quickly destroyed by predators such as butterflyfish and sea turtles, which are immune to the anemone's stings.
This is only one example of symbiosis, where two animals benefit by their close association.
Life History
There is a strong hierarchy within the groups of anemonefish inhabiting each anemone. Usually, a large female dominates. She mates only with the largest males. The female lays eggs in or near the anemone. If a suitable surface is not available, the female may even drag one near the anemone. This behavior allows anemonefish to be among the few reef fishes that have been successfully bred in captivity.
Some reef fish species are able to turn from females into males. This is actually a common ability. But anemonefish have the ability to sex-change from male to female (called Protandrous Hermaphroditism). All anemonefish are born male with active male and dormant female reproductive organs. If the female dies, then the dominant male will sex-change into a female, and a non-dominant male will change into a dominant male. This allows anemonefish inhabiting one anemone to remain self-sufficient in that if the female dies there is no need for the male to find a new mate. The responsibility for caring for the eggs then becomes the "new" female's job.
Anemonefish care for their spawn by fanning the eggs with their fins, removing litter or dead eggs using their mouths with great precision, and keeping other fish away.
Conservation Status & Comments
Both anemonefish and sea anemones can survive—apparently quite well—when separated from one another. However, oddly, if the separation lasts more than a few days or weeks, depending on the species of anemonefish, when the partners are reunited and the fish swims into the host's tentacles it appears that it is no longer immune to the sting of the host anemone. Therefore, it appears that the immunity to the nematocysts of the anenmone is acquired. A stung anemonefish returns to its host repeatedly, going through an elaborate, stereotyped swimming dance, gingerly touching tentacles first to its ventral fins only, then to its entire belly. Finally, after a few minutes to several hours of such "acclimation" behavior, it is able to dive right in. Additionally, a fish that had been living alone before will feel the sting of an anemone hosting another anemonefish.
False clowns are also often found living in harmony with anemone shrimp (such as Ancylomenes holthuisi).
False clowns are bred artificially in Florida for the aquarium trade. Has been reared in captivity.
References & Further Research
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We are a dental practice in the Boston area. Dr. Maryniuk does beautiful cosmetic and restorative dentistry. We reserve enough exclusive appointment time to treat, explain and celebrate. Our patients are empowered to take charge of their oral health. They learn and practice effective homecare techniques to ensure that the investments they've made will be functional and beautiful for as long as possible.
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Big man ting - Is a term that is used by young people in prison and on the streets in London. It generally means, "Swear down." Or in true English, honestly or in all seriousness.
Person A: I'm gonna get a Honda Civic Type R with my drug money Big man Ting.
Person B: Nice blud.
Person B: Nice blud.
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If someone is on the 'Big Man Ting', they are looking super fly. This term can be used to describe an item of clothing, or simply just to compliment someone's style or actions.
Homie you're creps are big man ting!
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Andres Torres pulled out of the World Baseball Classic because of an oblique injury, and Jose Mijares is also likely to skip the showcase event.
An MRI showed that Torres, who had been battling side soreness for several days, has an oblique strain. Manager Bruce Bochy said Torres is expected to miss about a week of spring training. Torres had planned to play in the same Puerto Rico outfield as Angel Pagan.
Mijares remains on the Venezuela roster, along with Pablo Sandoval and Marco Scutaro. But the left-handed reliever felt elbow discomfort Wednesday while facing the Los Angeles Angels and almost certainly will not be able to pitch for his home country. Mijares gave up two runs on three hits in an inning of work. He will be re-evaluated Thursday afternoon.
Even with the withdrawals, the Giants are slated to have eight players participate in the WBC. Players will begin leaving camp this weekend to join their respective teams.


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The New York City Department of Education (DOE) has contracts with vendors to purchase the goods and services necessary to ensure that students receive the quality education they deserve. The agency strives to give all businesses, including Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (MWBEs), an equal opportunity to compete for DOE procurements.
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On April 18, 2010 at the chapel on the grounds of Bryce Hospital, consumers, family members, friends, providers, and dignitaries gathered for a dedication memorial ceremony. The event paid tribute to the lives of the kindred souls who are buried in the four cemeteries on the hospital's grounds. Four historic markers for the cemeteries and an artist rendering of a proposed monument were presented.
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The Sons of Confederate Veterans have placed a 20-foot-by-30-foot Confederate flag along I-40 in North Carolina.
The group is flying the flag in eastern Burke County because it believes the University of North Carolina is trying to hide the toppled Confederate statue, Silent Sam, by placing it inside a building.
The Sons of Confederate Veterans erected the flag to honor those from Burke County who fought in the Civil War.
The organization said it will place huge flags along major highways in North Carolina for every Confederate memorial removed in the state.
"This is our repercussion for this," Burke Tigers Sons of Confederate Commander Elgie McGallird said. "As long as they keep desecrating and taking our memorials down, we're going to keep doing what we're doing."
Cpl. Terrell J. Fuller went missing in Korea in 1951. Two years later, the U.S. Army presumed him dead.
On Thursday, his remains come home and on Saturday, what would have been his 88th birthday, he'll be buried in his native Tocca.
"It's closure to the family," said his great-niece, Amy Hix. "It's just a wonderful homecoming to have him come home and be buried on American soil."
Fuller's remains arrived at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport at 7:15 a.m. Thursday and there will be a private honor-guard ceremony in a hangar. After that, the procession will travel north via Interstates 85 and 985, then Hwy. 123 into town, taking Broad, Doyle and Pond streets on the way to Acree-Davis Funeral Home.
Hix' son, Will Grafton, currently serving in the U.S. Army and stationed at Fort Stewart, will escort his great, great-uncle's remains.
"Pretty much the entire town of Toccoa will line the streets and welcome him home," Hix said.
The procession is expected to arrive in the north Georgia town between 9 and 9:30 a.m. Thursday. Area Scout troops, veterans groups and other organizations are expected to assemble in downtown Toccoa and along the 985 overpasses along the procession route.
The public visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home, and the Saturday burial service will be private.
Rev. Jerrell Beatty will officiate on Saturday.
"It's just an honor," he said. "I appreciate anyone who serves this great country we live in. Freedom is not free. Somebody had to pay the price, and one of those were Cpl. Fuller."
We're working to find out more about Fuller, who was about 20 when he entered the service. The Atlanta Constitution's war coverage at the time noted him a few times.
"Pfc. Fuller is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Fuller," an article from Sept. 30, 1953 reads. "His mother said last night he was captured in February 1951 and that she was notified in March of that year that he was officially missing in action. Pfc. Fuller attended school in Toccoa. His father is a farmer. Besides the parents, there are a brother, Cosby, and two sisters, Ruby and Myrtle Lou Fuller. The soldier entered the service in August 1951. He is 23 years old and unmarried."
Hix said there are no living relatives in Toccoa, and isn't sure who might have known him. Fuller was her mother's uncle, but she never knew him and remembers his name being mentioned rarely, and in hushed tones, when she was growing up.
Fuller's remains were recovered years ago, but only recently identified with DNA testing.
"It's amazing. When I got the phone call from my mother stating all of this I was just like, what?" Hix said. "For 67 years of no answers and then all of a sudden his remains are in Hawaii."
And soon, they'll be home.
The U.S. on Thursday dropped the most powerful conventional bomb in its arsenal on Nangarhar, Afghanistan.
The bomb, known in military ranks as "MOAB," or the "mother of all bombs," was used Thursday for the first time in combat, though it was developed in the early 2000s.
U.S. Army Gen. John Nicholson, commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, ordered the bomb dropped, according to reports. The target was believed to be ISIS tunnels and personnel in the Achin district of Nangarhar.
"This is the right munition to reduce these obstacles and maintain the momentum of our offensive against ISIS-K," he added, using the U.S. military's acronym for the IS affiliate.
According to The Associated Press, the U.S. military headquarters in Kabul said in a statement that the bomb was dropped at 7:32 p.m. local time Thursday.
Here's what we know about the MOAB.
What is its name?
The bomb's technical name is GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) bomb. It became known in military circles as the "mother of all bombs" because of its size and power.
Who makes the bomb?
It was designed by the Air Force Research Laboratory and is manufactured by McAlester Army Ammunition Plant in Oklahoma.
How big is it?
The MOAB is 30 feet long and has a 40.5-inch diameter. The bomb weighs 21,715 pounds. The warhead weighs 18,739 pounds.
How is it dropped?
It is delivered by a C-130 Hercules military transport plane. It's basically pushed out of the back of the massive plane. It is attached to a parachute.
What kind of blast does it produce?
The "blast yield" of MOAB equals 11 tons. It has a blast radius of 1 mile, meaning that it demolishes everything within 1 square mile.
When was it developed?
The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast was developed in 2003. The bomb was developed in only nine weeks to be available for use in the Iraqi War.
It has been tested only twice, both times at Eglin Air Force Base in the Florida Panhandle.
How many are in existence?
According to the Air Force, 15 units were made at the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant. One of those was moved to the Persian Gulf in 2003.
When have they been used in combat?
The first and only time that one has been used in combat was on Thursday in Afghanistan.
Does it penetrate the ground to blow up tunnels?
No. It is an "air-blast" bomb, meaning that the bomb explodes in the air and the blast from the weapon does the damage.
Is the U.S. the only country with the MOAB?
Yes. There have been reports that Russia developed a "father of all bombs" after news of the MOAB broke. It is said to be four times more powerful than the MOAB.
The Air Force has revealed an image of the B-21, a highly secretive, next-generation stealth bomber designed to replace an aging fleet of older planes flying missions around the world.
Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James unveiled the illustration Friday for the first time at an Air Force Association convention in Orlando, Florida.
"We have an image. We have a designation, but here's what we don't have," she told the audience. "We don't yet have a name."
James called on airmen and others to suggest names for the stealthy aircraft under development it had previously been known simply as the Long Range Strike-Bomber, or LRS-B.
"The main reason for releasing this picture is to make the program real for legislators, who, up to now, have seen it as kind of an abstraction or concept rather than a concrete item," said Loren B. Thompson, a senior defense analyst with the Virginia-based Lexington Institute and a defense industry consultant.
The Air Force could buy between 80 to 100 of the Northrop Grumman bombers, which resemble the bat-winged B-2 Spirit.
Costs are not finalized, but the program could reach up to $80 billion by one estimate when research and development and procurement are factored in.
Designated as the first "21st century bomber," the B-21 eventually would replace the workhorse B-52 Stratofortress, first flown in the 1950s, and the swing-wing B-1 Lancer, launched in the 1980s. The new bomber jet would join the fleet in the mid-2020s.
Congressional legislators will scrutinize the secretive bomber, because the Air Force cannot afford all the new weapons programs targeted in future years, Thompson said.
"The Air Force is trying to bolster the case for its new bomber in a Washington political culture that is suspicious of anything secret," he said. "Sen. John McCain's statement this week that he would oppose open-ended funding of the bomber's development underscores the political challenge the Air Force faces."
McCain, R-Ariz., is chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
The new design corrects issues with the B-2 that rendered it more detectable in some situations, Thompson added.
"The only thing an adversary can learn from looking at this picture (of the B-21) is that most of their existing radars are going to be useless in being able to detect it," he said.
The B-21 design was chosen over a rival Boeing and Lockheed Martin team to build the next generation jet. Boeing filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office last year over losing the contract, but the GAO this month upheld the Air Force selection of Northrop Grumman.
The Air Force also bypassed the Fighters and Bombers Directorate, headquartered at Wright-Patterson, and gave oversight of the secretive plane's research and development to the Rapid Capabilities Office in Washington, D.C.
The new stealth bomber would be built to fly from the continental United States and penetrate increasingly sophisticated air defenses of potential adversaries, Air Force officials have said.
"What you see in the artist's rendering released by the Air Force is all the electronic items that will help make the plane lethal and survivable — items like an agile radar, passive sensors and a jamming system," Thompson said.
Howard "Scrappy" Johnson knows how to take charge — and when to simply follow orders.
During a military career in which he was highly decorated, Johnson rose to the rank of colonel in the Air Force and flew scores of bombing runs during the Korean and Vietnam wars. Johnson also trained pilots in World War II and set a world altitude record in 1958 by soaring 91,249 feet in an F-104A Starfighter.
But when it comes to Joint Mission, a nonprofit organization that provides home furnishings for veterans and their families, it's Johnson's wife of 28 years, Elena, who is running the show.
"I'm just the secretary," cracks the 95-year-old Johnson, who joined his wife for the kickoff of the organization Sunday during the annual Veterans Day Parade down Clematis Street in West Palm Beach. To promote the project, Elena and Scrappy rode on a 75-foot float flanked by veterans.
Scrappy may be the war veteran, but the vision for Joint Mission came from Elena, 85, a charming, energetic Italian-born mother of five who ran consignment shops in Royal Palm Beach and Palm Beach Gardens with her husband for decades before selling the businesses last year.
"My dream was to dedicate the rest of my life to veterans," Elena Johnson said.
Johnson was looking for a philanthropic venture a few years ago when she and Scrappy gifted $1,700 to a local homeless veteran and his family, who were living under a bridge. The Johnsons' generosity got the veteran and his family into a home and allowed them a new beginning. They've been thriving ever since, the Johnsons said.
"It made so much difference for that one family," Elena Johnson said. "It was overwhelming. We had to get more involved."
Enter Joint Mission.
Working with the local branch of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the organization is already making a difference. The group recently outfitted the homes of three veterans, including one belonging to Bruce Rynearson, of West Palm Beach.
After serving more than four years in the Air Force and seven years in the active reserves, Rynearson earned a degree in management informational systems and enjoyed a successful professional career until he "fell on some bad times." Rynearson, 53, said his problems revolved around "personal stuff" but admits they led to him becoming homeless before he was able to "dig myself out of a hole."
Rynearson's plight was brought to the attention of the Johnsons, who provided his unfurnished home with bar stools, lamps, a couch, wicker chairs and other necessities.
"They're amazing people," Rynearson said. "To be that age and to be that sharp and strong mentally and to want to give back to veterans, it's a very godly thing."
Even though she was born in Italy, Elena Johnson has been connected to the U.S. military much of her life. Her first husband, Walter O'Brien, was an Army sargeant major who died at age 37 of lung cancer. Four of their five children served in the military.
Elena, an interior designer, and Scrappy, then a cattle rancher who was also widowed, met in Texas and married in 1990.
After running their consignment shops — True Treasures — for most of their married life, the Johnsons have taken up a new project to keep them busy.
"We want to dream big," Elena Johnson said. "But because of our age, time is against us. We have to work right now. Fast."
Since selling their businesses, the Johnsons have invested more than $60,000, time and effort into Joint Mission. Elena said they hope to open a warehouse to store donated furniture. For now, the Johnsons are using their Palm Beach Gardens home as a base of operations.
Rynearson said he's grateful for the Johnsons and their help.
"It's been a godsend," Rynearson said. " Now I can have my mother over. She's 93 and now I have a nice place for her to sit."
To bring you this story, reporters here and with Cox Media Group television stations and newspapers nationwide spent months reviewing court documents and sorting through a huge federal database to identify victims and the cost to taxpayers of medical malpractice payouts by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs paid out roughly $845 million in malpractice cases during the past 10 years — a period that has seen the agency face scrutiny for giving bonuses to medical professionals who provided or oversaw substandard care.
The payouts reached a high point in 2012, a Cox Media Group nationwide investigation found, leaving government watchdogs and members of Congress wondering if the VA is learning from its mistakes.
"The VA likes to say they're accountable. I don' t believe the word even exists in the VA dictionary," said Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Florida, chairman of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs.
Cox reporters analyzed federal treasury data that found taxpayers spent more than $800 million paying 4,426 veterans and their family members who brought malpractice claims against the VA medical system since 2003. In 2012, a total of 454 financial settlements and awards added up to $98.3 million.
"This is something that has been going on for close to a decade and yet we haven't seen major reform happen at the Department of Veterans Affairs," said Daniel Epstein, executive director of the Washington-based group Cause of Action.
Reporters went behind the numbers to talk to families who said all that money was not worth what led to the payouts: a flag-draped casket or a brave man or woman left broken.
Their stories were wrenching: a 20-year Marine Corps veteran who went in for a tooth extraction and is now paralyzed and unable to talk; the Vietnam War veteran who died from cancer after doctors failed to note evidence in multiple X-rays over three years; the Korean War veteran who went in for a routine biopsy and bled to death without being checked on for hours.
VA officials point out that they manage one of the nation's largest medical networks, and say the number of malpractice claims are relatively low. In 2012, the VA treated more than 6.3 million veterans and had only 1,544 claims filed.
Dr. Anupam Jena, an assistant professor at Harvard University, noted that the VA pays out on about 25 percent of claims. Meanwhile, private sector health systems pay out for about 20 percent, according to a study he participated in of 40,000 doctors published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
"Are VA doctors worse than other doctors?" he said. "No."
But the 454 payments issued in 2012 are the second most in 10 years, eclipsed only by 462 payouts in 2008.
"It's very apparent because of the spike in payouts that have been happening over a number of years that they're woefully falling behind on a curve that they never should be behind in the first place," Miller said.
'Something should change'
The veterans' stories often start the same.
"He trusted them all," said Veronica Boritz. "Bill always felt that the Air Force had promised him care as he grew older, and that was where he should go, so he did."
Bill was a retired Air Force captain who flew B-52s in Vietnam. He went to the VA medical center in nearby Atlanta with a heart arrhythmia, and underwent a laser surgery that accidently punctured his heart.
That was only the beginning. Bill was treated and released, but repeatedly went to the emergency room because of dizziness. He was placed on several medications. During his final ER visit it was discovered that his organs were failing and his heart was still bleeding. Doctors told Veronica they would do emergency surgery.
"Shortly after that I was out in the hallway and the alarms went off. And I kept telling myself it wasn't Bill," she said.
But it was.
"He wasn't just somebody I knew who died. He was my whole life," she said.
She asked for an autopsy and the hospital did an internal investigation that found he died from neglect, she said. After years of legal wrangling with the VA, she accepted a $300,000 settlment.
It doesn't feel like justice, Boritz said. The doctor who she said made the fatal mistake was never held liable. Unlike in private practice, federal rules say she could only bring a malpractice suit against the VA, not the doctor.
"I think that seems an intrinsic right. The person who did the damage should suffer something," she said. "Something should change. Someone should be held accountable."
Poor performance rewarded
While being protected from malpractice lawsuits, VA doctors, nurses and administrators routinely receive pay raises and transfers the same year they are found to have provided substandard care.
A U.S. Government Accountability Office report in July found that in 2011 the VA gave performance bonuses and awards totaling $160 million to medical providers without adequately linking that extra pay to their performance.
The performance bonuses averaging $8,049 went to 18,500 medical providers – or about 80 percent of the total of eligible providers. Performance awards averaging $2,587 went to about 20 percent.
Federal auditors looked at records from VA centers in Georgia, Maine, Texas and Washington and found several examples of providers who made mistakes still getting bonuses. They included:
Bonuses also went to VA hospital administrators who oversaw massive failures at their medical centers. They included:
Not only are these doctors and administrators not named in malpractice suits, but the money to pay malpractice claims doesn't even come out of the VA budget. It comes out of a federal treasury fund set aside to pay legal settlements against the government.
"They use bonuses like handing out candy at the VA," said Rep. Miller. "You usually discipline somebody by removing them from the position that they're in, and that's not the VA's modus operandi. They move them to another hospital somewhere.
"I don't know if removing the immunity is the way to go, but certainly having them feel the pain of these settlements or these awards being given out, I think is probably the only step that's going to make a difference."
Tooth extraction leaves veteran paralyzed
The largest malpractice payout in 10 years was for $17.5 million. It was awarded in 2012 to a Philadelphia Marine Corps veteran left permanently paralyzed by a routine tooth extraction.
Christopher Ellison, who had served in the military for 20 years, went to the Philadelphia VA in 2007 to have several teeth removed. His blood pressure was dangerously low, but physicians went ahead with the procedure. He had a catastrophic stroke on his drive home and crashed his car two-tenths of a mile from the VA.
Home video supplied by Ellison's family shows the extent of his brain damage. He struggles to walk, communicate, or even peel a banana on his own. He requires around-the-clock care.
"I've never had a client where he wouldn't have traded the money he received to for the injury," said Ellison's attorney, Shanin Specter. "The injury is always worse than the benefit of the financial compensation."
Another large payout went to J.R. Howell, who was rushed to the Memphis VA emergency room in 2006 with abdominal pain, then sent home without a proper diagnosis. A neighbor stopped by to check on him at home and found him unresponsive.
"She said, 'Honestly I thought you were dead,' " he said.
He was rushed to the hospital again and ended up in a coma. When he awoke he was partially paralyzed. He was awarded $5.7 million last year.
Howell was drafted during the Vietnam War.
"We've seen battle. We've seen combat. And why do we have to come back home and fight when we come back home just to get proper medical care?" he said.
When Army veteran Thaddeus Raysor had an X-ray done at the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System in August 2006, his widow said the staff failed to diagnose a 1-centimeter lesion on his left lung. They missed it again in 2007. By November 2008, it had grown to 8 centimeters, and the radiologist referred it for further evaluation.
But the studies weren't ordered, and Raysor wasn't told, according to his family.
By August 2009, a final X-ray showed the mass had grown to 9.5 centimeters and spread through both lungs. Raysor died Nov. 14, 2009, more than three years after his initial X-ray.
His family was awarded $875,000 last year.
VA responds
Department of Veterans Affairs officials declined to be interviewed for this story. Instead the agency issued a statement that read in part:
"VA takes this issue very seriously and Veterans Health Administration (VHA) personnel remain committed to maintaining a high level of quality care, transparency and accountability."
Agency analyses of patient mortality and safety have found that VA medical centers outperform top health systems across the country, according to agency officials.
Unlike private sector hospitals, the VA system has a built-in process for making malpractice claims. It starts with an administrative claim that must be filed within two years of when the mistake took place. The VA has six months to offer a settlement before the claimant can take the issue to court.
U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey, a licensed OB-GYN, expressed concern that VA doctors are largely held unaccountable because incidents are not even reported to state medical boards.
"They're not worried about losing their medical license, or worried about their hospital privileges being suspended, or their contract to work in that facility not being renewed, which is all applicable in the private sector," said the Georgia Republican.
The VA embraces a disclosure policy that informs patients when the hospital becomes aware of an accident, negligence or even a near miss.
Attorneys interviewed for this story said the VA's disclosure policy likely cuts down on claims, as does the law limiting attorney fees to 20 percent of settlements or 25 percent of awards — which keeps some attorneys from taking cases. This is in addition to limits in some states on malpractice awards.
"(This) ends up hurting patients who are badly injured as a result of real malpractice," said Niley Dorit, who represents malpractice claims in California, which also limits total malpractice awards at $250,000.
Dorit represented John Lee Mackey, an Army veteran who died in 2009 after he went into the hospital with dehydration and doctors accidentally ran a catheter into his heart.
Bleeding to death
Veterans' family members interviewed for this story said they had to be their own advocate in asking for medical records and investigations.
"I found out by reading the reports, which were thick as a book, on the things that they didn't do," said Virginia Pennington, who said the Dayton VA, where her husband Charles died, did not fess up.
Charles went into the hospital because he wasn't feeling well, and a blood test led to a liver biopsy. It seemed a routine procedure, so Virginia went home. When her phone rang the next morning, she assumed it was her husband letting her know how it went. Instead it was the hospital informing her he was dead.
"And so I didn't get to talk to him," she said. "Maybe if I would have been there I would have known they weren't taking care of him, and it could be corrected at that time."
The blood thinner the Air Force veteran was on led him to bleed to death in a hospital room where he wasn't checked on for hours after his surgery, she said.
"The records said he was supposed to be checked every half hour," she said, "and the records said, when we received them, that they hadn't checked on him at all."
Pennington settled for a $150,000 payout.
Ohio attorney Stephen O'Keefe, who specializes in VA malpractice claims, said he expects the dollar amount to rise as the VA handles a younger population returning from Afghanistan and Iraq. More money is awarded if the affected veteran is younger.
"I think you will continue to see an uptick in payouts," O'Keefe said. "In an ideal world, I would like to see my job go away, where people don't need an attorney to assist them when they have been injured by a physician or a nurse. But the reality is that's never going to happen.
"When there are humans in the system there are going to be errors."
The questions become, according to Cause of Action's Epstein: Why are the payouts increasing, and what is the VA doing to solve the problem?
"If it's the case that it isn't waste, fraud and abuse of our federal dollars, it's the (VA's) responsibly to disclose that, and explain why."
Reporter Craig Schneider contributed to this report.
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Meltman wrote:But the fact that people don't question how matches go in tags means the implied change is worthless.
Because people don't object or question the change doesn't mean it's worthless, it just means they don't have a problem. Not every change of worth must be celebrated or protested.
So you think it's a positive move to make a change that barely anyone will notice? And you think it's a good idea because, overall, the tag formula would be the same but with a different name? What does any of that accomplish?
Yes and I already answered what it accomplishes(the rules coinciding with the matches)
And this is what it comes down to. It would be a gimmicky thing, as I said. Gimmicky/marketable. If someone sees a tag listed as "Lucha Rules" it might entice them more, but after 1 show even it would become an afterthought. Imagine the most recent PWG show but all the tags were "Lucha Rules"...but even as you admit, the matches basically stay the same. Nobody advances, in fact some might shun PWG for having taken a gimmick under their wing after being a rather "pure" fed for so long.
Gimmicky yes, but "too gimmicky" no.
Colt Banana wrote:I'm pretty sure Chikara already has the rules and I don't think there's a need for 2 companies to do it full time.
Chikara has 2 of 3 falls for their tag titles.
luca brasi wrote:so this all brings up a good point/question: does it bother you PWG fans when the tag rule (who is legal?) is not enforced?
Does the match lose credibility when the inevitable "break down" that happens in almost every single tag team match occurs, and falls are counted on wrestlers who are not "legal?"
Lets hear everyone's thoughts.
Now the brass and tacks. When I attend a live show, no I don't care. I get so caught up in the moment I really don't notice. But to be 100% honest on DVD yes it does bother me a little. It doesn't ruin the match but I do start to wonder why they even bother tagging after awhile.
Meltman wrote:So the crowd cheering the Taylors over Famous B and Kadillak now means their roles in the future will be reversed? Or is it fucking stupid to do on the crowd's part because each wrestler already has an assigned role? Hint: It's the latter.
I don't think that's fucking stupid. Personally I just cheer for whatever wrestler or team I like better. I'm not getting paid so I don't feel the need to play a role. i don't boo the faces though because i don't dislike any of them.


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