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After a previous post on An Omsav / The Cornish Republican blog about the very minor Breton far-right here is something that is far more positive: http://thecornishrepublican.blogspot.fr ... unity.html
Before the French presidential elections so much was promised to Brittany. Radical decentralisation to the regions and the ratification of the charter for minority languages were clearly stated as objectives by the to-be-victorious Socialist candidate. However, following 'advice' from an obscure constitutional committee, the president has decided not to ratify the charter and his radical decentralisation has turned to farce.
Leaving aside the small circle of loons from the far-right, Brittany has many other organisations campaigning for its democratic, cultural and social rights.
In an effort to address the governments broken promises, by mobilising Breton civic society, the Galv Pondi (facebook) - the Call from Pontivy in Breton - has been issued. Expressly excluding the far-right, Galv Pondi is open to all individuals and organisations to sign up to and support. So far the Union Démocratique Bretonne, Parti Breton, Breizhistance, Mouvement Bretagne et progrès, Europe Ecologie les Verts, Bretagne Réunie, Ai'ta, 44=Breizh and Kevre Breizh have signed. What are the Celtic League, Celtic Congress and a whole list of others waiting for? Please visit the website of Galv Pondi, sign the manifesto, leave messages of support and then share with your friends.
The UDB has also created a petition on Avaaz.org to support the campaign. They write: Accordingly, the undersigned people urge the President François Hollande : - To ratify the European Charter for Minority Languages, as promised by the President of the French Republic, François Hollande, his campaign pledge No. 56. - To make, without delay, the necessary arrangements for the reunification of Brittany. What is possible in Alsace should also be so in Brittany - To enable and support the creation in Brittany of a bilingual public television station following the example of Stella Via Corsica, transmitting to the five Breton departments. - To give Brittany, in the context of the future decentralization law, a special status that - inspired by those of Scotland, Wales and Catalonia. If special statuses are available for major cities of Paris, Lyon and Marseille why not for Brittany? The signatories want to bring these claims to the State so that our basic democratic rights are finally met. For more information follow the link beside : www.breizh-united.net
The above Breizh United / Galv Pondi is a continued effort at dialogue hoping to apply pressure on the government in Paris and politicians in Brittany. The campaign Yes Breizh (facebook) on the other hand is explicitly aimed at independence. Wishing to capitalise on developments in Scotland and Catalonia, Yes Breizh is a platform designed to promote public awareness and debate. They write: "Yes Breizh is an educational process that aims to unchain speech and thought on the issue of an independent Brittany. Because there are always several alternatives in the destiny of nations, it is urgent to keep the door open to other visions of the future for Brittany". Not a bad idea for Cornwall perhaps. Again you can help by signing their petition and circulating their website.
Both the former manage to avoid contamination by the far-right by, in the case of Galv Pondi, simply banning them from taking part or, as does Yes Breizh, only allowing people in their individual capacity to sign the petition. Unfortunately Kelc'h An Dael, (facebook) an association to promote the establishment of a Breton parliament - in itself a great idea - has chosen neither option. KAD clearly display the support they receive from the far-right nationalist party Adsav. The result being that the vast majority of other Breton groups want nothing to do with them going as far as to exclude members of their organisations that have joined KAD.
Leaving aside the ethical arguments of giving any publicity to the far-right just imagine Mebyon Kernow openly standing beside a Cornish equivalent of the National Front or BNP and I think you'll understand the simple tactical error. Have various manifestations of the far-right brought Catalonia and Scotland to the brink of independence? Have the centre-left in Scotland or centre-right in Catalonia achieved so much by associating with racists, islamophobes, homophobes, eurosceptics and conspiracy theorists? A parliament for Brittany is such an important idea why tie a lead weight to its neck by association with fascists?
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With the birth of the automobile came suburban sprawl, but today, there's an increasing movement toward more walkable cities.
"I think people would rather not be in their cars," said Jim Chrisman, senior vice president of development at Stapleton, a highly walkable neighborhood in Denver, Colorado. "There are plenty of cities that are very walkable , but they're not always pedestrian-friendly. If you can make it pleasant, that's a place people will want to go."
So what makes a city walkable?
"Typically, there is a center, whether that's a main street or commercial strip. There tend to be enough people living in an area for businesses to flourish. Public transit runs frequently , and typically you'll find parks and a lot of open public spaces," said Josh Herst, CEO of WalkScore, a site that analyzes cities for their walkability.
Plus, there need to be a lot of corners and shorter blocks, which inherently feel more walkable than longer blocks.
"People won't walk past blank spaces!" said Ed McMahon, senior resident fellow at the Urban Land Institute, which studies land use in urban areas.
Walkable cities not only feel safer, but they promote exercise and health and they're very social as you're constantly running into neighbors.
Every house in Stapleton has a front porch and the garages are out back, plus there are pocket parks, public pools and other shared amenities. "It's about connecting people, not just connecting to places," said Heidi Majerik, a director of development for Stapleton who also happens to live there.
Not only is it social, but it's also green. They have a "Stapleton Moms" group online, where parents can plan things like a block Easter egg hunt, exchange of old baby clothes and gear – or even borrow a grown-up dress for a formal event from another mom!
Plus, there are economic benefits. You wouldn't spend much time hanging around in the parking lot of a strip mall in a car-dependent suburb. But, you would linger in a very walkable city, which means you're more inclined to spend more.
Quite a bit more, in fact. The Urban Land Institute studied two Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC, one walkable and one not. They found that the Barnes & Noble book store in the walkable suburb made 20 percent more in profits than the one in the driving-dependent suburb.
"We call that a place-making dividend," McMahon said. "People stay longer and come back more often and spend more money in places that attract their affection."
There's an economic benefit for homeowners, too: Homes in walkable cities hold their value better than those that were heavily reliant on driving, according to Smart Growth America, a group that promotes "smart growth" instead of suburban sprawl.
Walkable cities have always been desirable. But $4-a-gallon gasoline has only increased their appeal. In a recent poll from the National Association of Realtors, half of the respondents said they would prefer to live in a neighborhood that had a mix of shops, housing and businesses as opposed to just a straight residential neighborhood.
Builders are heeding the call: In a survey in the Mid-Atlantic area last year, six out of 10 builders said they are moving away from building big homes and focusing on more walkable neighborhoods.
We asked Bert Sperling of BestPlaces.netto take a look at the top metropolitan areas and find the most walkable cities. The criteria included everything from walking trails to mass transit (and the connections between the two), plus parks, schools, dog parks and more.
Here are the 10 most walkable cities in America.
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while the number of old people is rising. Will this development be a benefit for the society? What are
the advantages
The world is about to cross a demographic landmark of huge social and economic importance,
with the proportion of the global population 65 and over set to outnumber children under five for the first time.
A new report by the US census bureau highlights a huge shift towards not just an ageing but an old population,
with formidable consequences for rich and poor nations alike
The rate of growth will shoot up in the next couple of years, with both overall numbers and proportions of
older people rising rapidly.
The shift is due to a combination of the time-delayed impact of high fertility levels after the
second world war and more recent improvements in health that are bringing down death rates at older ages.
Separate UN forecasts predict that the global population will top 9 billion by 2050.
Thanks to improved living standards and universal accessibility of medical facilities, more and more
people now live to be seventy or eighty. This is an achievement worthy of celebration because longevity
is a positive thing. It is an indication that all those social welfare schemes are bearing fruit. Number of
older people in the society increases can has its own pros and cons.
Much of medical science is concerned with ways to increase the life span of a person. Longevity is one
of the factors that determine the livability of a country. In short, countries where the people enjoy
good longevity are thought to be much better than countries that have poor longevity. Part of this is
due to the fact that longevity is a measure of the effectiveness of other wellness factors. The fact that
more and more people now cross the 60 or 70 milestone is a good indication that living standards have
considerably improved. And that is a good thing.
The rise in the older population has other benefits too. Older people are far more experienced and
knowledgeable. They have what it takes to guide the younger generation in the right direction.
Older people can also help maintain the cultures and religions of the countries for further generations
by passing down their knowledge about these to the young.
On the other hand, the older people arent necessarily productive. Most of them dont work or earn.
Older people also need special care and medical attention. In most cases they are dependent on their
children or other close relatives either due to financial problems or due to physical inabilities.
Increases in diseases and disabilities associated with aging and therefore the need to provide relevant
care, especially in terms of chronic physical and mental health problems. Because of this government
has to spend more money .
Looking at both sides of the situation, it is felt that although the rise in the number older people is
a positive sign, it is not without its drawbacks. We cant aspire for a society wherein older people
outnumber younger people. The future of a nation, after all, is in its youth.


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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles rallied in game two of Saturday's double header event with an 8-4 win over the Gamecocks of Jacksonville State, led by Chad Oberacker with four of Tech's eight RBI on the game, after falling short in game one, 8-2.
Jacksonville kept the Golden Eagles off the board through five in game one as they racked up a 5-0 lead headed into the bottom of the fifth frame. Their strongest inning was a three-run half in the top of the first, which gave them an early lead and which they matched once again in the top of the eighth.
Freshman southpaw starter Jake McWhirter walked two and induced two fielder's choice outs at second to kick off the game, but a third walk to Ben Waldrip put runners on first and second for Kyle Bluestein. Bluestein notched his 23 hit of the season to score Sam Eberle and advanced to second on a passed ball at home on the play.
With Waldrip and Bluestein now both in scoring position, Eric Underwood clocked a two-RBI single up the middle to give JSU a 3-0 lead on the game.
Jacksonville State worked Tristan Archer, who came on in relief for McWhirter in the second, for two more runs in the third and fourth innings, before Tech answered with a two-run half in the bottom of the fifth. Eberle, Waldrip and Bluestein each notched singles in the third inning, with Bluefield's working for an RBI to stretch the lead to 4-0 in favor of Jacksonville.
In another two-out situation in the fourth, nine-hole hitter Andrew Bishop recorded his sole hit of the game and lead-off man Corey Blanchard singled through the right side to put runners on first and second for Scott Underwood. His single through the right side scored Bishop and put JSU up 5-0.
Golden Eagle DH Evan Frazier ripped a single down the left field line to kick off Tech's scoring in the fifth, and a passed ball walk to Devin Rivers put runners on the corners for Chad Hayes. Hitting in the nine-spot, Hayes roped an RBI single to score Frazier. He and Rivers moved into scoring position on a groundout by Austin Wulf, and Rivers scored on a passed ball to narrow the JSU lead to 5-2.
Tech couldn't keep the momentum going however, as JSU worked Archer for three more runs on two hits and two errors in the eighth and held the Golden Eagles to just the one inning of scoring.
Archer pitched seven innings, allowing five runs on eight hits and striking out five. McWhirter was tagged with the loss after one inning of work, surrendering three runs on as many hits and recording one strikeout as he fell to 0-3 on the year.
JSU starter Aaron Elias earned the win with six strikeouts in 7.1 innings of work, improving to 4-1 on the season.
Hayes and Wulf led the Golden Eagles with 2-for-3 performances at the plate, with one of Hayes' hits working for Tech's sole RBI of the contest. Bluestein notched his third hit of the game for JSU in the eighth inning, putting him at 3-for-4 in game one with two RBI to lead the Gamecocks.
Eric Underwood joined Bluestein with a multi-hit effort, going 2-for-4 with two RBI, while six other Gamecocks combined for the remaining six hits of the game.
Tech took command first in the seven-inning bout of the afternoon on a two-shot homer by Oberacker. His fifth long ball of the season scored Zephan Guyear (pictured) after a walk to put Tech on top, 2-0.
The second inning offered a lead change, rallying point for JSU and a tie all in one, as Jacksonville answered the two-run first with a four run top half in the second inning. Eric Underwood tripled down the right field line to lead off, and an RBI single by Blake Seguin put JSU on the board, 2-1. With two outs, Tech starter Matt Shepherd walked Stephen Bartlett and moved both Bartlett and Segiun in scoring position on a wild pitch for Blanchard's double into left field. Jake Sharrock capped off the scoring for the inning with an RBI single to score Blanchard, giving JSU the 4-2 edge.
TTU answer in the bottom of the second though, as a sacrifice bunt to Devin Rivers moved Burgess, who singled, and Frazier, who walked, to second and third. Hayes' RBI groundout scored Burgess, while lead-off hitter Austin Wulf singled to bring in Frazier. With the game tied at four-all, Tanner Freshour replaced JSU starter Bradley Raulston on the mound to get the third out.
Freshour's appearance with the game tied inevitably caused him to have to shoulder the loss, as he pitched 2.1 innings, including the bottom of the fourth, which yielded four more runs on five hits for Tech.
Frazier struck again with a double down the right field line and scored on Rivers' single up the middle. He moved to third on a sacrifice bunt by Hayes and a groundout by Wulf, scoring on Guyear's single to the JSU shortstop.
Oberacker roped his second homer of the game to finish the scoring, bringing in two more for Tech and giving him four RBI on the game. He went 2-for-4 in game two to lead Tech at the plate.
Freshour gave up a total of five hits on the game, all in the bottom of the fourth, before being replaced by Chase Smith. Overall, the JSU bullpen only struck out two batters in 30 faced in game two of the day.
Shepherd earned the win for the Golden Eagles in three innings of work, allowing four runs on seven hits and notching two Ks. The win lifted him to an even 3-3 record on the season.
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Bob Goodlatte Receives Most Awkward Serenade Ever With Pro-Copyright Song
from the we-gotta-go-to-the-crappy-town-where-i'm-a-hero! dept
House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte has sort of an up and down history when it comes to technology and innovation. He made some rather unfortunate comments after the SOPA debates, ignoring the public's place in talks. On the other hand, he was among the lawmakers who wanted to make unlocking phones legal -- though his proposal on that front was very weak, and did little to fix the underlying problem. At one point, Goodlatte said the DMCA system needed to go and service providers needed to have more onus on them over IP issues. However, more recently he came out and suggested that the DOJ and Hollywood have too cozy of a relationship.
What's equally unclear is why members of the Southwest Virginia Songwriters Association (Seriously? That's a thing?), who are on the Hill as the Grammys lobby Congress, decided to offer up an incredibly awkward serenade of Goodlatte in the form of a pro-copyright song.
The song, "Copy-Right, Copy-Wrong," was written by Goodlatte constituents and members of the Southwest Virginia Songwriters Association: Larry Sakayama, Greg Trafidlo and Barbara Martin. Nashville songwriter Darrell Brown also pitched in. The lyrics forgive Goodlatte for being born a Yankee, while tracing the congressman's journey from his "college in Maine" to the law degree that will help him to "slay the piracy giants."
"To those that make the music, he's our Moses," the group crooned. "Even better than Charlton Heston." The chorus continues: "Chairman Bob/Get your hands in the mud/Chairman Bob/Roll up your sleeves Bob/Say Copy-right yeah yeah/Not Copy-wrong no no."
It would be difficult to list out the most awkward and unfortunate lyrics in the song, other than to say "all of them". Brown, the lead singer, at one point went off script with the lyrics, singing "Don't make me get the majority whip, now." Er, that isn't creepy at all. So congratulations, Songwriters Association of Wherever. Your screed against "copy-wrong" fits so nicely into the "that awkward moment when" meme that you've tripped into the internet anyway.
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Full Audi "Truth in 24" Le Mans documentary available free for download on Itunes as well as on Youtube"Truth in 24" is a documentary which details the Audi team, drivers, fans, preparing for the 24 hours of Le Mans in 2008 where Audi was attempting to win their 5th straight Le Mans. The film has been received very well and critically acclaimed for its behind the scenes view of what it takes to win at Le Mans. The video really brings out the emotion and drama of the race, a must watch for any motorsport fan. You can get the film free from Itunes or watch the youtube version below.
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Somehow I missed this!?I've been trying to get this documentary for a LONG time.Itunes Canada doesn't have it, and the US site won't let it be downloaded to a Canadian.I've been hunting for the disc on Ebay....and even Audi dealerships. I was hoping it would be left up somewhere....because every link I've found was dead by the time I got to it.2 GB for the HD version....but worth the disc space and the 1.5hr watch.
I've got a whack of pictures from 2006 to 2008 of the R10. Having both an IMSA and SCCA pass yielded some spectacular viewing opportunities. Probably the best view I got of the car was in January of 2008 when they showed up to test privately at Sebring after a PBOC event. Because nobody else was around, they left a lot of stuff out in the open.
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#1 So far, Chris Wallace and Geraldo say they would have asked Newt that question first
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So far, Chris Wallace and Geraldo say they would have asked Newt that question first too.
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They also think his response was a dodge, and a cynical one. They also concur with Santorum, that Gingrich has no focus, is flighty, and unable to see anything thru. They talk about him as if he has ADD.
Newt is going to get no love, once it all settles in.
But, all the candidates confirmed that unless they capture all aspects of our gov, obstruction is their only tool. Doing harm will be considered sexy.
And, if like in the last election, the elites might not want to win, like They didnt want to win with McCain, but his simpering ineptness at emboldening haters, and flipping off our nominee, makes them opt for a nasty Gingrich.
Rethug voters will settle for scortched earth. To hell with ideals, or fixing anything. What they dont understand, is that will become their tatoo. They never again, will be allowed to pontificate about social conservative double standards.
When Newt loses the general, fundies will call for the craven pols heads. Old line cons, will call for eliminating the illogical fundies.
We will have a war between social, and fiscal cons. Which is good, otherwise, we might see real second ammendment solutions floated by the elite.
Also, the old line cons will call for Fox News' heads, as they promoted the social conservative values above all others, and promoted angst, and demoted real discussion. That might work for the base, but is deadly in the general election.
We had better smash both their ideologies but good, or they might very well opt to bring back lynching of gays, minorities and the poor. Oh, and all those unamericans{liberals and progressives}.
Seriously, who care what Whore-aldo thinks? The man is a walking cartoon.
I would have thought Wallace was a bit smarter than that, but then Fox's ownership has been in the tank for Romney for months, so I can't say I'm shocked he'd come out with something that lame.
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They would have been skewered just like the deer in the head lights, King from CNN.Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.
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1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon olive oil
Preheat oven to 425. Grease or spray a 3 quart lidded casserole dish. Bring a large pot of salted water and potatoes to boil. Cook until the potatoes are tender and easily pierced with a fork. Meanwhile, heat oil and butter together in a saucepan. When hot, add onion and cook over low heat until golden brown and near caramelized. In a small sauce pan or in a wire basket over the potatoes steam the broccoli, peas and spinach. Drain both the potatoes and the vegetables when ready. In small bowl or measuring cup beat together the egg and milk. Pour over drained potatoes and mash. Gently fold in vegetable mixture and the onions. Spoon into prepared bowl. In a small bowl, mix together bread crumbs, cheese and paprika. Sprinkle evenly over potato mixture. Bake, covered, for 15 minutes then uncover and bake an additional 10 minutes. The top should be lightly browned and slightly bubbly. Serve hot.
*depending on the variety of potato, it may be easier to boil the potato first and then remove the skin.
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For all lovers of the beautiful game, perhaps the most depressing outcome of the recent season was "Big" Sam Allardyce's Blackburn Rovers kicking their way out of the relegation they so richly deserved.
Once again, Jabba has fashioned a truly hideous team, which is now perfectly set-up for his trademark brand of negative, route one, anti-football. Although Arsenal thumped Blackburn 4-0 at The Emirates this season, there was the usual price to be paid.
His Northern cloggers welcomed Andrei Arshavin to British football with a gift of four stitches; the customary "reducer" was delivered to Theo Walcott "early doors"; while the despicable El Hadji Diouf attempted to break Manuel Almunia's leg. While I know that football is a physical (man's) game and have absolutely no problem with teams being competitive, this policy is verging on pre-meditated assault and if the FA had any backbone they would throw the book at them. For good measure, they could also include the most obvious dive you will ever see from Morton Gamst Pedersen. Even the drones on Match of the Day could not stop laughing.
Allardyce's approach to the game is not only a disgrace, but it is cheating the fans. Who really wants to pay good money to watch an endless display of fouling, grabbing, blocking, shirt pulling, time-wasting and cheating? Even the usually delusional Newcastle fans could not bear to watch any more of this rubbish. The Blackburn supporters have been rewarded for their fortitude by the club slashing the cost of their season ticket by £100 for next season to £199, an incredibly low £10 a match. Good value ? Not really, by my reckoning, that's still about £10 too much.
If I were a Blackburn fan (and, thank god, I'm not), I might as well pay my hard-earned cash to watch the local rugby team, as Allardyce's tactics resemble nothing more than a miserable parody of the oval ball game. A long kick into touch to gain territory, where they can contest the line-out, sorry, throw-in. Their designated fly-half is, in fact, the goalkeeper, whose main role is to hoof any free-kick into the opposition's penalty area, where they can ruck, a.k.a. "win the second ball", to their hearts' content. Sam's tactical master-stroke towards the end of the season was to convert Christophe (inevitably "Big Chris") Samba, his Congolese 6 ft 4 in stopper, into a lock, sorry, striker.
Allardyce patented his "let's get physical" method at Bolton, where his teams were obviously sent out to rough up the opposition. I still remember with anger a match at The Reebok Stadium where his pack of Orcs put three Arsenal players out of the game in the first half-hour. Cue mass media reaction along the lines of the Johnny Foreigner (that would be Arsenal's French players) not "liking it up them", as opposed to trying to stamp out (pun intended) this GBH football. During Sam's tenure at Bolton, his captain, Kevin Davies, officially committed more fouls than any other player in the Premier League for three seasons in a row - and he's theoretically a forward.
When you hire Fat Sam, you will also need to blow-out your backroom staff (physios, sports scientists, statisticians, Prozone analysts, dieticians, etc) to Fat Sam proportions, though why you need a large support team to, basically, tell the lads to get stuck in is far from obvious. Maybe one of them could spend some time thinking up what to do when his team has the ball.
In any case, the walrus-faced, gum-chewing meathead is getting more sensitive in his old age, as seen when he was so "humiliated" by the "dismissive and disrespectful" gestures from Rafa Benitez after another top side had put four past his boys. Sensitive Sam was clearly put up to this by his old mucker and mind games expert "Slur" Alex Ferguson. The Guardian's excellent Fiver likened their performance to the popular 1980s ventriloquist act, Keith Harris and Orville, whose light entertainment consisted of Orville, a useless fat lump of gristle, getting upset about something trivial, when he would start to cry; Harris, the brains behind the act, would then give him a cuddle, sing Orville a song – and the audience would start to cry.
Maybe Sam is still smarting from a 2006 Panorama documentary, in which conversations with player agents suggested that he and his (football agent) son, Craig, had accepted back-handers as part of their transfer dealings while at Bolton Wanderers. Sam furiously denied all the allegations, threatening legal action against the BBC. He would be better advised to direct his complaints against his local postal service, as three years after the programme was broadcast, the BBC has still not received his libel writ.
This week Kevin Bond, the former Portsmouth Assistant Manager, was scheduled to bring his own libel case against the BBC for "Football's Dirty Secrets", but mysteriously dropped the case when it emerged that the BBC legal team was preparing to show the jury 50 hours of unseen footage, including three top-class managers being named and shamed for taking secret payments.
We may never know the identities of the managers who were "bung to rights", but the documentary also incurred the wrath of Harry Redknapp, owner of a large house in Sandbanks, the most expensive property area in Britain. In his autobiography "Readies" advocated that those in football "should make the bucks while you can … if there is a chance to earn a few quid, take it, because it doesn't last forever". It would be kinda funny if Harry were guilty, if only to see his "pundit" son Jamie's reaction: "That's a lovely little arrest – he's literally banged to rights !"
Another result of the Panorama accusations was a promise from Fat Sam to never speak to the BBC again in his lifetime. I suppose we should be grateful for small mercies, as we saw more than enough of Allardyce offering us his expert punditry on any other media outlet in a shameless attempt to pimp himself out for any job vacancy. However, you can't help think of a big baby spitting the dummy while throwing toys out of the pram.
"I'm doing my job and tonight is very difficult in that time in itself."
However, since joining Blackburn, Sam appears to have made his peace with the BBC and we are once again privy to his unique ability to mangle the English language, as he delves into his dictionary of long words, not realising that it would help if he also understood the meaning. Maybe he is big enough (oh yes) to forgive and forget or perhaps he simply cannot resist the overwhelming desire to get his handsome face back on prime time.
Incredibly, during the hiatus after Sven's departure, it was rumoured that Allardyce was in the frame (an XXXL frame) to be the next England Manager, only to lose out to the "wally with the brolly", Schteve McClaren. What a choice for the long-suffering England fans. Talk about being caught between a cock and a lard face.


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Return of Sherlock Holmes Classic TV Show
The continuing cases of the Hamlet of crime fiction. Jeremy Brett may have been the 117th actor to play Holmes but as one fan has put it, "It took God six days and six nights to make the universe, but it took a century to find the perfect Holmes."
Return of Sherlock Holmes Fan Tributes8 Dave from West Midlands: Jeremy Brett was brilliant as Sherlock Holmes, he is sadly missed.
7 Dominic from York: Jeremy Brett is the best Sherlock Holmes there ever was and will ever be. he does not play him as cold or emosionless as the other actors did. i think it is so funny when he is searching for somthing and he just throws his papers everywhere, and when he shouts Mrs Hudson to move the brekfast, or when they go out on a moments knotice. but Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke are the best Holmes and Watson ever.
6 Karen from The Isle Of Wight: I've just started watching them and I must say they are totally wonderful, especially Jeremy Brett who was battling manic depression while filming the series. A great program. I am looking forward to seeing more episodes.
5 Bekah from Surrey: My Favourite Holmes Eccentric Moments/ Scenes
1. When he is hiding out in a cave but still in immaculate gentlemans attire - including a top hat!
2. When he buys a statue for £100 ( a LOT of money then!) then breaks it because he 'thought there might be something hidden in it'
3. When he nearly set the place on fire by carelessly tossing a lighted match over his shoulder
4. Similarly, when he took some tobacco out of the persian slipper and decided he didn't like it, instead of just putting it back, threw it on the floor!
5.The way he sits in the lotus position on chairs (I thought I was the only one!)
6. Anytime he gets high-thats always funny!
4 Emma Cass from Bishop's Stortford: I love watching Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes he plays Holmes with such accuracy if you read the book before you saw the show he is as you expect him to be. I love the scene in The Empty House where the case is all wrapped up Holmes picks up a pinch of tobacco looks at it and decides it's no good so throws it casually over his shoulder all I think is poor Mrs Hudson what a job to clean up after him!!
3 Jane Parkinson from Sale,Cheshire: I love the piece where Sherlock casually mentions to Dr Watson, about having a brother Mycroft. The look on Watsons face, and the effect of the Diajanese club is brilliant. Particularly as Mycroft does not turn round when Sherlock enters the club.
2 JEFF JACOBS from BLOOMFIELD, CONNECTICUT U.S.A.: How I envy the viewers who are able to watch the Sherlock Holmes series. It is many months since I last saw a segment, the late Jeremy Brett was brilliant in the part. Over 200 Channels on digital TV in North America and not one showing Corrie St or Sherlock Holmes.
1 C Parkinson from Isle of Wight: Jeremy Brett is Sherlock Holmes as David Suchet is Hercule Poirot.........brilliant.
Return of Sherlock Holmes
Genre: Detective
Year: 1986-88
Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes
Edward Hardwicke as Dr. Watson
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By J.B. Hyppolite
Christina Blackburn, 38, of West Mt. Airy, is the author of "Bella Journalista," a handmade pink fluffy journal, diary and planner that seeks to aid women from all walks of life. The nature of the book invites its readers to open themselves up spiritually, emotionally and physically.
"This book uplifts you, gives you different things that you can work through on your own every day," said Christina, who is "happily divorced and dating" and passionate about helping and empowering females all around the world.
Christina's mission in "Bella ('beauty' in Italian) Journalista" is clear — to stop the cycle of domestic abuse, to empower, identify whatever the problem may be, then find a solution for it. Because of this goal, for every copy of "Bella Journalista" that's sold, another one is donated to a women's shelter or women's assistance program in the U.S. or abroad.
Other subjects that "Bella Journalista" delves into include horoscopes, inspiration and even a mood tracker. "I really feel like women are the nurturers of the home, and a lot of women are single mothers right now, so the burden of everything is on them: to perform at work, to perform at home, to be a great mother; even if they are married, they still have that burden," said Christina, who believes that healing the heart of a woman who's experienced a lot of turmoil is key in benefiting the family.
The self-help hybrid extends itself to the internet with BellaJournalista.com. On June 12 the blog portion of the site contained a quote that preached love of humanity from Malcolm X's autobiography and numerous examples of interracial marriage. It was "Loving Day," a day that celebrates the 1967 United States Supreme Court decision of "Loving vs. Virginia," which invalidated the remaining anti-miscegenation laws throughout 16 states. On another random day there was a post that featured "83 things to make you happy." Blackburn seeks to give information to inspire, even going as far as to post fun facts and photos about other countries in the process.
"It might inspire someone to visit there, like, 'Hey, where can I go this summer or next summer, what can we start planning to do? I try to give (other women) information about different places they might not know much about," said Christina, who also believes that "Bella Journalista" can help depressed women eventually rely less on anti-depressants.
Christina mentioned that while women may be more critical of themselves when facing hard times, men tend to lash out at those closest to them, which can create a hostile cycle. "With this economy a lot of people are down on themselves, they don't feel like they have any hope. I tried to pull together different things I found that can inspire them; simple things you can do right now to find a little joy in your day," said Christina, concerned about increased cases of abuse against women and children worldwide.
Christina, who unfortunately experienced domestic abuse in her past, had no difficulty in the development of "Bella Journalista." "….You know what? It was very easy for me because I had all of these feelings inside of me for so long…Believe it or not, while I was writing it was helping me in my own life to be more positive…Remind myself that there are things everyday to be grateful for," said Christina, who believes that regardless of how bad or good the day is, writing a short list of things one is grateful for is very helpful.
While "Bella Journalista" is most certainly aimed at women, some men have also approached Christina, saying that her book could help men better understand how women think. "I've even had a couple say, 'You should write one for men as well.'"
"Bella Journalista" made its debut in 2011, authored by Blackburn and designed by Fatos Gjakova. The origin of the book is Christina's past with a friend suffering from depression. Christina, who lived in Philly at the time, reached out to her friend who lived in her hometown of Fort Wayne, Indiana. She uplifted her friend, telling her how beautiful she was along with all of the good she's done in life. However, Christina's friend would return to being sad every time she left town.
Christina decided to write down everything she's learned through her psychology books combined with what she's learned specifically from her friend's situation. This is what became "Bella Journalista." Christina eventually wants to start a campaign against abuse of all kinds and believes her book is the first phase of that goal. She has a B.S. degree in Public Health from Indiana University and an M.S. from Indiana Wesleyan University in Management, along with studying Psychology and Philosophy. She currently does Marketing and PR events management for the Bynum Brothers, who own four restaurants in Philadelphia including Relish in West Oak Lane and Heirloom in Chestnut Hill.
Those interested in purchasing "Bella Journalista" should call it up on Amazon.com or Etsy.com (keyword, Bella Journalista) or visit bellajournalista.com for more information.


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Technology-based vocations constantly evolve. As tools improve, how we do our work changes. Most of the time, this is for the better. Sometimes, we take a step back. But one thing is certain: Change happens. This certainly has been the case in trading, where technology has redefined nearly everything. In this series, we will explore the birth and growth of technology in trading and, it is hoped, learn lessons that will help us better navigate what the future brings.
The concept of applying technical analysis to the markets has existed since the early 1900s in the Western hemisphere. Hand-drawn charts were used, as well as manual calculations of price averages. As time went by, companies sold chart book subscriptions, printed on Fridays and delivered on Mondays.
For many traders, though, this was not good enough. Contemporaries such as Larry Williams and Perry Kaufman began exploring using mainframes to calculate technical indicators at what seemed like lightning speed.
Interviewed for this article, Williams recalled backtesting strategies using punch cards in 1966. Kaufman said he worked with aerospace engineers from Rand Corp. and TRW during the early to mid-1960s, using moving-average-based systems to trade equities. A few years later, in 1970, Richard Donchian first published results of his four-week rule, optimized using powerful machines.
Tech drivers
The backtesting and hard coding of trading rules tracked the growth of computer accessibility in corporate and educational settings. The main player was the PDP-8, introduced by Digital Equipment Corp. This was the first commercially successful minicomputer, selling for $18,000, one-fifth the price of a small IBM 360 mainframe. The speed, small size and reasonable cost enabled the PDP-8 to go into thousands of manufacturing plants, small businesses and scientific laboratories.
Engineers began exploring the functionality of these machines, and it wasn't long before many recognized the applicability to trading. For the first time, the tools were driving the trading, and spawning new traders in the process. Technology was so powerful that not traders, but engineers and technicians who had access to cutting-edge mainframes, were shaping how market analysis would evolve.
In 1966 Hewlett-Packard entered the general-purpose computer market with its HP-2115, offering computational power formerly found only in much larger computers. It supported a variety of languages, among them BASIC, ALGOL and FORTRAN. Now computers could be programmed and rules could be written in these languages and tested. Still, computers cost $15,000-$20,000 (more than $100,000 in 2013 dollars). Despite the limited availability, those with access still developed a taste for analysis, working after hours on experiments.
While professionals were applying the power of mainframes, computerized technical analysis for the general public was ushered in by the hand-held calculator. On June 25, 1974, the U.S. Patent Office granted Texas Instruments patent No. 3,819,921 for a "miniature electronic calculator." By 1975, the technology was widely used by students as simple, inexpensive four-function calculators. Calculators improved rapidly, and by 1977 the TI-30 scientific calculator with LED display began selling for less than $20.
During this same time, the personal computer came to market. The period of 1976-78 saw the birth of the Apple I, II, the TRS-80 and Commodore Pet computers, as well as VisiCalc, the first commercial spreadsheet program that sold more than 100,000 copies within the first year of its release.
Also by 1978, the 5.25-inch floppy drive began to spread. In 1980, Seagate Technology created the first hard disk drive for microcomputers, the ST506. The disk held five megabytes of data, five times as much as a standard floppy disk, and it fit in the space of a floppy disk drive. These first early hard disks were expensive, about $5,000. In 1981, the IBM PC machine that would change the world was introduced. MS-DOS and the 3.5-inch drive followed. In 1982 Lotus 1-2-3 was released and VisiCalc, which did not offer an IBM PC version, faded away. IBM clones were launched by Compaq in 1983, manufacturing costs plummeted and IBM's architecture became the industry standard.
Meanwhile, retail-oriented technical analysis software was being developed for the Apple II. Trader Tim Slater realized that the Apple II could access large amounts of data capably, calculate technical indicators quickly and display them on its 10-inch monochrome screen. Loyola University Computer Science Professor James Schmit was engaged for his BASIC programming skills, and they planned, programmed and completed the first commercial CompuTrac, version 1.0, in July 1977.
To finance the development of CompuTrac, Slater commercialized the first version with three fellow market technicians who had been following the product's early development. The Technical Analysis Group (TAG) was incorporated with Tim Slater as its founder and Richard L. Redmont, Jim Sibbett and Walter Bressert as original members. Shares were floated and issued.
CompuTrac was the first to implement and popularize many of the technical indicators used today. An example is the stochastic oscillator, which was programmed using the work of Ralph Dystant and George Lane with the indicator's lines named "%K" and "%D." However, Slater wanted a more marketable name; hence, the study became "stochastic," and the term has persisted since. Another example is the "moving average convergence/divergence," or MACD, study by Gerald Appel.
This rapid birth and popularity of computers, along with their affordability to private traders, led to the development of personal computer backtesting software. Two traders created the first commercially available software around 1982-83. Working independently, Louis Mendelsohn and Robert Pardo became the forefathers of modern day testing software.


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Arts and Crafts
Gaming terrain: Fountain with streaming water (tutorial)
It's time for another terrain -related article, this time it's one of my personal favourites. The fountain can be used in almost any genre as they are present everywhere, and modelling streaming water was an interesting project. This article shows you phase by phase how the model was made, allowing you to create fountains and other water-filled elements of your own.
Miniature container craft – Monster manual comes to life!
Because crafting is fun. Especially Game-related crafting. And 3E monster manual looked cooler.
Now that I've been moving towards using maps and tiles as terrain instead of 3D terrain, as most of my games take place somewhere else than at my home, I've had an itch to craft something. Seeing some very cool Dice pouches and pondering what would be optimal way to categorize and store my minis gave me an idea of making a Monster Manual -style miniatures box for my core miniatures collection.


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Protocol for SCADA field communications
ControlGlobal.com contributor Dale Peterson offers his review of the AGA 12 standard, a serial link encryption and authentication protocol for SCADA field communications.
By Dale Peterson, Digitial Bond Inc.
THE AGA 12 STANDARD specifies a serial link encryption and authentication protocol for SCADA field communications. Why is this protocol different than other security protocols? This protocol must address low latency requirements in SCADA field communications; it must be SCADA protocol aware to extract and use the SCADA address; and it must pass modem commands through in the clear.
The meat of the standard is in Part 2, and the latest draft is available at the GTI web site. After reviewing the May 12, 2005, we identifed two major open questions or issues.
Management has been the downfall of many encryption systems. What works in a prototype deployment of four units becomes completely impractical in a system with 100's of units. The AGA 12 standard actually has two major managment challenges that are unspecified in the standard and not addressed yet by the handful of vendors developing products.
In a typical scenario a control center will have a few encryptors and each protected field site will have an encryptor. Any pair of encryptors that communicate require a unique key pair for a "static session" per the AGA 12 standard. The static sessions are then used to securely set up dynamic sessions, and this setup includes the crypto key parameters in the ciphersuite field.
Take a simple example with two encryptors in the control center and an encryptor at each of the 50 field sites. There would be a requirement to generate and load 100 unique key pairs, 50 in each control center encryptor and two in each field encryptor. As the standard exists today this is would all happen manually. Now imagine there is a small change in the network. If a unit needs to be added or replaced at the control center, you will need to generate and properly load a new key in each of the 50 field units. And remember, each field unit would have a unique key and these keys are random 256-bit values, which are not the easiest things to type in manually.
This is very similar to the ANSI X9.17 key management standard that was widely used in banking in the '80s and early '90s. The key pair in the static session is similar to the X9.17 key encryption key that was used to exchange data encryption keys similar to the dynamic session keys. It was completely unworkable with manual entry, so a management system was required. Having worked for two companies that had X9.17 management systems, I can tell you that after many man years of engineering the management systems worked but not well. The level of complexity made the management systems very expensive and the end users unhappy.
Fortunately, with the advent of public key technology this is all unnecessary. The concept of manually loaded unique key pairs is out. Encryption units are issued pubic key certificates from a trusted certificate authority. The units then use these certificates to perform a public key exchange to negotiate a key, such as the static session key, often using the Diffie Hellman algorithm.
If a new encryption unit is added, the unit is issued a certificate and no re-keying is required in any other encryption unit. SCADA networks have the added implementation advantage that they are closed networks. Every unit that will communicate securely on the SCADA network is approved by an entity in advance and will be issued a certificate, unlike in e-commerce where you never know who will hit your website.
In discussions with GTI I learned that they been thinking about adding this type of layer on top of the static sessions. Practically speaking, this added layer will either be designed in the standard to facillitate interoperability or left to the vendors to accomplish. In any case, we would never recommend moving past a prototype test into a production deployment of the encryptors without this key management.
To be fair, this management has been unnecessary since there have been no encryptors to manage. The contract with Mykrotronx to develop a product along with other vendors efforts to develop AGA products requires an urgent effort to develop appropriate key management.
While key management has technical solutions to eliminate the requirement for a sophisticated management solution, there is no simple technical solution for managing the address table.
The address table maps SCADA addresses to a SCADA Cryptographic Module (SCM), or encryptor, that protects the address. When a poll or some other SCADA protocol message is sent, the originating SCM must look at the message and extract the SCADA address from the message. The originating SCM looks at its address table and determines what destination SCM protects that address. It then establishes a dynamic session with the destination SCM and sends the message securely, most likely through an encrypted and authenticated tunnel.
Each SCM will have an address table. Each control center SCM will need to know the SCADA addresses behind each of the 50 field site SCM's. Each of the field site SCM's will need to know the SCADA addresses behind the two control center SCM's. And if any field site SCM's communicate with each other, and this happens in larger SCADA systems, they will need to know the SCM / SCADA address mappings for all communicating field sites.
Entering the address table once is a lot of work in even a medium size SCADA network, but management becomes even more important when changes occur. What if a new HMI or control server is added in the control center? The address table for each of the 50 field sites would need to be updated. What if a new PLC is deployed? A SCM loses the address table? A new field site is deployed? While the networks don't change frequently, even infrequent changes can require a number of address table changes.
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Lyrics from Danger Zone by Kenny Loggins
Ask Lipscomb Bisons coach Scott Sanderson to describe the ETSU Buccaneers basketball team and he only needs one word, "dangerous".
Thursday night at 7:30 the highway to the danger zones runs through Allen Arena. There will be no detours. The Bisons, 6-2 in the Atlantic Sun, 9-8 overall, hold a one-half game lead over ETSU, 5-2, 9-9 overall. Campbell, 6-1 in the conference, leads Lipscomb by one-half of a game. They play at Belmont Thursday and Lipscomb Saturday.
ETSU has a 26-9 overall advantage in the series with ETSU. The Buccaneers are 3-7 on the road this season.
The Bisons are 6-2 at home, winning their last four in a row. They have won five of their last six games overall.
"ETSU is very dangerous," Sanderson said. "They are quick and athletic. They cover a lot of ground.
"They want to play fast. They play a lot of people. They have a lot of good depth. It will be a challenge for us."
The Bisons are coming off what may be their best game of the season on both the offensive and defensive ends, a 79-55 win at North Florida Saturday. The two biggest keys for the Bisons will be to control the boards and keep their turnovers to a minimum.
"We don't want to play slow, but we don't want to play as fast they want to play," Sanderson said. "The big thing is we have to take care of the ball and rebound the ball.
"Most of their offense comes from their defense. In league play they are turning teams over 21 times a game. Their best offense is their defense. They create a lot of turnovers, getting a lot of steals and creating fast break baskets."
Offensively, Sanderson likes where his team is at this stage of the season. Hodzic, who has scored in double figures in 44 straight games, the longest streak in NCAA Division I, leads with 21.5 points per game. Junior guard Josh Slater averages 15.2 points per game followed by sophomore forward Jordan Burgason with 12.2 points per game.
Hodzic is the team leader in rebounds with 7.6 per game.
But Sanderson always has been a proponent of defense winning games and he has the statistics to back him up.
"We have gotten better defensively," Sanderson said. "We are 8-1 when teams shoot below 50 percent against us. That is a great stat as far as winning and losing, but not great in terms of percentage.
"The problem against ETSU is the more shots they miss the more rebounds there will be in the game. We haven't been doing as good a job rebounding. If we can put those two things together and limit them to one shot then all of a sudden our chances of winning are even greater. If we don't do those two things we are going to be in a dog fight."
Junior forward Tommy Hubbard and junior guard Justin Tubbs lead ETSU. Hubbard, who has posted double-doubles in points and rebounds in eight of his last 17 games, leads ETSU in scoring with 14.7 points per game. Tubbs is second with an average of 13 points per game.
Written by Mark McGee, Senior Publisher/Director of Media Relations


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The Amazing Race Check out a sneak peek at Sunday's Amazing Race! The teams have to sell sunglasses to the locals, little did they know how hard of a challenge that would turn out to be!Amazing Race Sneak Peek Preview - Selling SunglassesThe teams have to sell sunglasses to the locals, little did they know how hard of a challenge that would turn out to be. Check out The Amazing Race Sundays at 8/7c on CBS!
Something tells me Nick and Vicki are not getting eliminated with leg, they are at the roadblock with everyone else as you can see. - And now we know the sunglasses are a roadblock. If I were to judge who's going this leg, I would say Andie and Jenna.
Have you checked post # 2?
I read online that has speculation for the Final 3.The blog's speculation has it like this*************Possible Spoilers**************Bottom 411th-Ron/Tony10th-Andie/Jenna?-Chad/Stephanie?- Nick/Vicky7th Place to 4th Place? Gary/Mallory? Kevin/Michael? Katie/Rachel? Connor/JonathanAnd Possible F3Nat/KatClare/BrookJill/Thomas************************ended***************is it me or do Nick and Vicky feel like Kami/Karli slipping in 2nd to last every round?
Great shot, Joab!!
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Saturday, November 5, 2011
Comic 973: Talkin' About My Generation
[Comic title: MTV Generation; alt text: If you identified with the kids from The Breakfast Club when it came out, you're now much closer to the age of Principal Vernon.]
Oh look, it's white hat guy! Hello white hat guy! Does anyone remember white hat guy? He first appeared in this comic, and has since appeared in three others. His character has no consistency whatsoever! Even less so than black hat guy or beret man.
So apparently in this one, White Hat Guy is a crotchety old person. Or it seems that way. Randy is once again pointing out to us that time continues to pass even during the years you spend zoned out on the internet. Yes, the MTV generation is in their forties, blah blah, people get old. The conclusion of the comic doesn't seem to make much more sense than White Hat's initial premise.
"No, it's this NEW generation of kids who are spastic idiots!" Randy cries. So I guess Randall is really the crotchety old man here. This joke is tired and overused, and randall's delivery, as usual, lacks any and all creativity.
Ooh! But look at the use of perspective in the first panel! The tweenster is faded out, so you can distinguish him from a hovering midget! Or maybe they're in the future and that's a hologram, I don't know.
Also, I'd like to point out that the alt text is yet another chance for Randy to point out how dated movies and shows he liked when he was a kid are. He does this again and again and again. Face it Randy, you're getting old.
24 comments:
- AnonymousNovember 5, 2011 at 11:28 PM
I didn't see this as another of Randall's "I'm an ancient twentysomething, OMG can you believe I'm not a child anymore" strips. He wasn't in the MTV generation and nothing in here really references anything in his childhood.ReplyDelete
Mostly the comic is about Randall believing something about our culture that is just wrong. Nobody calls today's teenagers the MTV generation. People born after the 70s are all too young for the description and everyone knows it. I have no clue where Randall could possibly have heard anyone call today's youth the MTV generation, and I'm kind of afraid that he didn't actually hear it anywhere.
I think this is just a retarded strawman, not rooted in reality, that was only constructed to set up an awful joke. This is one of the worst XKCD's ever.
the alt text made it seem more like a "omg i'm old" joke than the comic itself did, I thoughtReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 5, 2011 at 11:47 PM
Randall's only like, what, 26-27? Breakfast Club's from 1985. Even with alt text I don't see it as an "I'm old" strip. His point is basically "you guys in your 40s are old now". It's weird. At face value it's less stupid than him feeling old, but the fact that he feels the need to tell people who were teenagers in 1985 that they're no longer teenagers is perhaps the dumbest compulsion he's ever had. Not only do they know they're adults, they adjusted to the fact over a decade ago.ReplyDelete
This review needs more jokes about milk.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 6, 2011 at 4:12 AM
My milk needs more jokes about xkcd.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 6, 2011 at 6:36 AM
Is the background-guy's vest beeping in the first panel?ReplyDelete
- dodoman1November 6, 2011 at 10:30 AM
The moral of this comic is that if you have a cell phone, you're a shitty person.ReplyDelete
Does anybody actually CALL the Millennium Generation the "MTV" Generation anymore?ReplyDelete
Really, the entire subject matter is bunk. The best way to improve this comic is to just delete it and move on. Actually, in spirit of this, I'm going to prevent we didn't have the most recent update.
"Does anybody actually CALL the Millennium Generation the "MTV" Generation anymore?"ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 6, 2011 at 12:57 PM
I'm 20 and i've never heard of the MTV generation... was this an american thing?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 6, 2011 at 1:29 PM
@ 12:57ReplyDelete
It's a countries with MTV thing I guess.
But really I'm a 23 year old American and have heard the phrase maybe once or twice in my life. If it was ever common, it hasn't been in a long time.
By the way, one you guys go visit the XKCD forums and report back with what they're saying. I do it myself, but I don't feel like it.
- glen beckNovember 6, 2011 at 2:15 PM
i agree with you all 100 %ReplyDelete
Anon 1:29, ask and you shall recieve.ReplyDelete
About half of the people on this thread are arguing that MTV never showed music videos (yawn). And several other people are like 'ZOMG, who's White Hat Guy?'. This one was quick to suggest that it's an alternate persona of Black Hat Guy, partly because 'Black Hat Guy is teh awsum; lol!' - and partly because sad fools try to create continuity and characterisation in xkcd when clearly there is none.
Then a few people were like 'ZOMG, we feel old because of The Breakfast Club being like 25 years ago; man!'
Luckily we had Fernie's post, so the thread wasn't a complete fail.
This is just... what?
Then on page 3 we have a five-layer quote pyramid. Nice.
- AnonymousNovember 6, 2011 at 6:43 PM
I don't see how you managed to get ' "No, it's this NEW generation of kids who are spastic idiots!" Randy cries.'ReplyDelete
He was just saying Mr. White Hat Guy hasn't got a problem with the MTV Generation, but with their kids. Or am I taking it to literally? Am I supposed to try and find the super-secret hidden meaning in every sentence?
- AnonymousNovember 6, 2011 at 7:00 PM
I went out to the local chess society today and every single member was a jew. A kike. A sheeny.ReplyDelete
Here Rabbi Cohen was matching wits with Mayor Levi; there Manager Goldstein performed a gambit on Alderman Meyer; everywhere the Jew darkened the air with his desert tongue and harsh Hebraic syllables, discussing and plotting the darkest crimes of mice and men over the checkered sets.
It was a repulsive festering mass of Judaity and I could hardly race myself to get out. Lest they attempt to charge me by the minute for my very presence there, an Aryan presence that stuck up like a sore thumb among the hook-nosed Hebes and their designs.
May I never come into their presence again. For it is not deigned of man to dig too deep into the secrets of the world, or discover the putrefying, creeping truths that underlie reality.
- AnonymousNovember 6, 2011 at 7:15 PM
cool story broReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 6, 2011 at 7:32 PM
The only time I've ever heard the term "MTV generation" is in that episode of The Simpsons where Lisa goes "we're the MTV generation, we feel neither highs nor lows" and Homer goes "what's it like" and she responds with "meh."ReplyDelete
I can't remember which episode it was, but it was a pretty funny moment so it must have been during The Simpsons' Good Period.
@Anon732: At about 11:20. I actually miss episodes like this.ReplyDelete
Captcha: cater. Caters gonna cate.
- AnonymousNovember 6, 2011 at 11:15 PM
I remember the "MTV generation", it was a pretty dumb label considering the majority of that generation neither had cable nor watched MTV... A scapegoat by any other name would scape as goatly.ReplyDelete
but not the best scapegoatkcd.ReplyDelete
Anon 6:36, clearly this comic is about terrorism.ReplyDelete
Anon 6:43, Megan has always been Randall's way to voice the opinions he doesn't want to believe in, but secretly does. She's always the one who's "right", which probably reflects on his actual relationships.
And rob, I'm mostly saying this is an age comic because of the alt text, but I guess it's not really since it's not his age group at all. It's sortof like he's making the observation that time passes.
But what about airline food!?
- Jim PantsNovember 7, 2011 at 12:20 AM
EPIC FAILReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 8, 2011 at 7:42 AM
I enjoy (mostly) reading XKCD, but he really needs to change the tagline to "A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and oh fuck am I ever getting old."ReplyDelete


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mnp13 wrote:mydawgs wrote:I may be wrong but from what I read, bull baiting actually had a functional purpose as well.....the meat from the bull was eatin after the dogs were set on them to make the meat more tender....just something I read
That was the excuse used anyway, but by all accounts, meat infused with adrelaline is pertty bad tasting.
The source for bull baiting was the dogs who kept farmers and butchers safe from aggressive bulls. Then the contests developed from that.
mnp13 wrote:That's why meat from a downed cow is considered unfit for human consumption - because even if a cow is downed because of an injury the meat is pretty much ruined because of the body's reaction to pain.
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mydawgs wrote:mnp13 wrote:That's why meat from a downed cow is considered unfit for human consumption - because even if a cow is downed because of an injury the meat is pretty much ruined because of the body's reaction to pain.
Wow, that is pretty interesting...I love it when I learn something new
dogcrazyjen wrote:That is why you cannot eat meat from a hit deer-the meat is horrible. Again, the dogs do not seem to care, though.
I always thought gameness was the willingness to engage in tough activities-fighting, PP work, weightpull, sledwork, hunting, that the dog would jump in without hesitation and continue without fail. I can see that being a plus for pitbulls. However, if gameness can only be defined as fighting attitude, no thank you.
mydawgs wrote:I wish folks would stop confusing "game" with dog fighting, one is a characteristic of our breed of dog and the other is an activity.................
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