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Wednesday, July 30, 2008
I'll say you do!
Anyway the store is the thing which keeps Randall going, which lets him put all his effort into his little comic so he doesn't have to get a job and do something more productive, like be a Wal-Mart greeter.
Anyway the point is only a limited number of people want to read a dumb non-comic about people who wear hats and they will only buy a certain number of copies of the same old boring shirts, so he needs to always make new shit to sell these people. (Yes, I just wanted to add a link in to yesterday's post. I am proud of it.) HENCE the new shirt, which looks like this:
What it is is a linux cheat sheet, basically a list of some commands that the 1% of you who use Linux (ok, ok, the 1% of us, because I am one) might want to use but not remember. The idea is that is upside down, so you can read it while it is on your body. Obviously, this is a useless shirt.
FINE I will list the reasons it is useless:
-When you are not wearing this particular shirt, it is not useful
-When you are wearing it is basically no more convenient than a piece of paper, or a file on your computer with the actual cheat sheet.
-If any of the ink comes off, good luck reading those commands - they're pretty tiny
-COME ON you are using Linux, you should be nerdy enough to memorize these.
-How many people are actually going to think "Ho ho, it's computing day for me, why don't I make sure to put on my special computing shirt to help me!" ? I suspect it's more likely that these people never leave their homes and never change their shirt.
SO the shirt is worthless, or at least the image on the shirt is worthless. What's the point? I posit: To prove to other people that you are a fan of xkcd and a nerd. This shirt, like using the godforsaken word "blag," is just a way to telegraph that you like xkcd to the tiny percentage of people you will meet in the real world who will know what the hell it is. Wearing this shirt, in other words, is the clothing equivalent of correcting people on their use of "there's" vs. "there're" in casual spoken language. You might feel good about it but everyone else thinks you're a dick.
In other words, you might as well just buy this shirt instead:
For those of you wondering what I think about another certain new shirt, I think that the new Dinosaur Comics shirt is awesome. Why do I think that? I'm not going to tell you; this is "xkcdsucks" not "dinosaurcomicsrock."
15 comments:
- AnonymousJuly 30, 2008 at 9:40 PM
I think that the "just XKCD" shirts are worse; at least this one pretends to be amusing.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 31, 2008 at 10:08 AM
Aww... that shirt isn't actually for sale! Not that I'd buy it, but it's several levels funnier than the stupid linux one.ReplyDelete
OT: just stubmled across this blog, and I love it (I also don't think XKCD sucks) - keep up the good work!
Anon 1 - I must disagree. Nothing is wrong with a shirt that isn't trying to be special, just like there's nothing wrong with just saying "oh yeah I know about xkcd." I think it's when you try to be funny or cool or in the secret club for people who like this one comic and then you fail- that is when you deserve to be made fun of.ReplyDelete
Anon 2- Thanks! Spread the word to your friends and enemies.
- AnonymousApril 21, 2009 at 11:10 AM
wow. a site for stalking the maker of crappy comics. almost as bad as a site for crappy comics.ReplyDelete
wow, an anonymous commenter on a site for stalking the maker of crappy comics. almost as bad as a site for stalking the maker of crappy comics.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 1, 2009 at 2:18 PM
Why not just make your own comic using your obviously superior intellect and sense of humor instead of criticizing someone else for doing what they love.ReplyDelete
uhhhhhh....the same reason Chris Orr doesn't make movies, he just writes really good reviews of them?ReplyDelete
Look - Randall has no more talent than thousands of other webcomic artists out there. He just got lucky - some important people happened to find his comic and link to it and a key time.
- AnonymousAugust 18, 2009 at 6:56 PM
THis is a stupid blog post. The guy who does xkcd is a genius.ReplyDelete
WEll shit you are right. I Take it all back. RAndall is pretty great after all. YEah.ReplyDelete
- Rachel Q.August 19, 2009 at 6:55 PM
Anon: Seriously, why even bother? It's an "xkcdsucks" blog. You're going to get shot down in a matter of minutes. Why waste the thirty seconds of your life that it took you to write that? You could do something useful in that thirty seconds, like learning to use the English language in a slightly more interesting manner.ReplyDelete
Disclaimer: I am fully aware that I am wasting time here telling you this. I consider it a Good Deed towards you.
Rachel Q: sometimes a man just has to express his love for Randall Munroe, so he won't cream his pants for the eighth time today.ReplyDelete
Hey! I resent being ostracized for using the word 'blag'. The word has legitimate meanings too. When I use it, the definition could be described by entries 1,3,4 or 6 from http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=blag. Entry 2 isn't the only definition of 'blag'.ReplyDelete
ok FINE, resentment is withdrawn, but just for you. Clearly, I was not aware of those other meanings, and my statements apply only to the word when used in those meanings. It's actually a pretty good concept to apply a word to.ReplyDelete
Though my favorite is #7 - I hope I have occasion soon to ask someone, "Dude - are you going to drink your '40 in the blag? "
- AnonymousOctober 25, 2009 at 11:46 PM
Wow. You sure put a lot of effort into hating a webcomic. Why are you so butthurt?ReplyDelete
WOW, did you learn that word on 4chan? That is so cool! I'm sorry, that's "that is teh cool!"ReplyDelete
I am not able to be on 4chan, I am not cool enough, so I have to learn all these things second hand, from helpful anons like yourself.
SO COOL! gaaah, i am just so excited by your presence here!

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Hello again, sorry I have been so inactive, but such is life I suppose.
Recently I began working on an icy jump map that is loosely based on the book House Of Leaves. I suppose it is very loosely, as aside from the name and atmosphere it will be different. If you have never read the book though, it is in part about a family that moves in to a home, only to have hallways appear out of nowhere. The husband decides to explore them, and all sorts of shitty things happen when he does.
Concidering I have only ever released one map (which didnt even work do to spawn issues) I am still something of a noob to mapping, but my goal is to make a genuinly scary map, and at the same time do some "new" things for icy jumps.
Ideas: Some Ideas I have had include having walls that seemingly move on their own. I plan on accomplishing this by turning entire walls into doors of sorts, that will be triggered by unmarked places in hallways with trigger multiples. This idea is central plot point from house of leaves, and it will give the map depth as the when the walls move, the path will change until it is triggered again...this should be interesting in multiplayer.
The other main thing I want to do it use sound and story as a major part of the map. Not only will there be leet sounds and the like, but (taking a cue from portal and the technique peacecat used) at the beginning of each jump will be a bit of audio, which will reveal another part of the story of how and why things are the way they are in the map.
The biggest problem I am having so far is my own limited understanding of jump maps, and my mediocre skill at icy. I am ok at icy, but by no means "pro" so it is hard to gauge how difficult a jump really is.
Anyway, just wanted to start a thread about the map. I am more than welcome to ideas and suggestions from the forums and more experienced jumpers/mappers, so feel free if something is jumping out at you. As of now I have the noob filter just about done, the first noob jump done, and the first jump from nooby leet mostly done. I will post screenies as I get closer to a look that I am happy with, and a video as soon as I can figure out how to record a decent looking one.
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The games by both Hewson and 21st Century Entertainment play a huge role in my personal gaming history and when I found out that the man behind those companies has created a Kickstarter project, together with his son Rob, I just had to find out more. The purpose of this article is to inform you about the Kickstarter for a book entitled 'Hints & Tips for Videogame Pioneers'. And here a link to Hewson Consultants Ltd's website. I pledged and invite you to check out this Kickstarter project as well.
Below you can watch the interview I did with Andrew.
Update November 16th 2013:
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|Mott Raynor House on Bedell Street in Freeport.
|Mott Raynor House crooked chimney - no witches here!
I love a good superstition!
Anyway, my father and I were driving past the house the other day, and it reminded me how much I love that story, but now that I'm older and enjoy researching and finding evidence for the stories and legends and information I know, I decided to see what I could find out about the house and if there might be any truth to the crooked chimney story.
I don't know when this house was built, but according to census records, Mott Raynor (who is obviously descended from at least two old Long Island families, the Motts and the Raynors, and is a relation of mine somehow, as all Long Island Raynors are) was born in 1828. In the 1900 census, he is living on South Main Street in Freeport, so I assumed he was not living in the Mott Raynor House at that time. A Google search, though, of archived old photos from the Freeport library, reveal that the Mott Raynor House was actually originally located on South Main Street, and later moved one block west to Bedell Street. I can't find an exact date for when this happened, except that it was after but close to the year 1900, and I can't find a reason WHY this was done.
What's interesting though is that in the photo I found online of the house being moved to Bedell Street, the crooked chimney doesn't appear to be there. So was it added afterward? Is it crooked simply because of shoddy workmanship? A new mystery to delve into...
Okay, so while I look into that, I also decided to look into the idea of a crooked chimney being built intentionally for the express purpose of keeping out witches. A Google search gave me a ton of entries connecting "crooked chimney" to "witches" but all about witches living in houses with crooked chimneys. I finally found a forum where someone claimed to have lived in a house built with a crooked chimney to keep out witches. Now, were witches something 18th & 19th century Long Island farmers and oyster planters considered a real threat? Was that a superstition that would have been found in that place and time period? Is it something perhaps that could've been passed down to them by their English immigrant ancestors? Were the Mott Raynors a little crazy? Is this all a moot point if that old photo proves the chimney wasn't even in existence until after 1900? Am I intrigued enough by this subject that I don't care anymore if it applies to this particular situation?
All very good questions. Looks like Nancy Drew has a lot of detective work to do...


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In Which Nothing About Audrey Hepburn's Ex-Husband Interests Us
The Dark Side of Audrey Hepburn
by ALMIE ROSE
Nothing about my ex-husband interests me. I have spent two years in hell – surely the worst in my life.
More than once, I was at the station seeing trainloads of Jews being transported, seeing all these faces over the top of the wagon. I was exactly the same age as Anne Frank. We were both 10 when the war broke out… if you read [her] diary, I've marked one place where she says, 'Five hostages shot today.' That was the day my uncle was shot.
I admit that people have often said they never really get to know me. But does anyone ever know someone else completely?
It's become cliché for teenagers and young women of our generation to love Audrey Hepburn. For some reason girls of the 90s grew up with an affinity for Hepburn to where it became, "Welcome to college, here's your Breakfast At Tiffany's poster for your dorm room." That film is based on a dark novella in which Holly Golightly doesn't get her cat back, doesn't get the guy, and is generally a horrible person. But in the film, it's not even really clear that Hepburn plays a prostitute. That completely went over my head the first time I saw it. I thought she just liked to wake up early and put on a party dress. Also there's that horribly racist Mr. Yunioshi character that Mickey Rooney threw in there. So I guess if you really analyze it, there is a dark side to the film Breakfast at Tiffany's, just not in an obvious way.
And that's the thing about Audrey Hepburn. She has darkness but it isn't obvious. The problems of Marilyn Monroe became part of her legend but Audrey's were carefully tucked away in a Givenchy handbag. A friend of mine once despaired about a fight she got into with a rude friend of a friend. She didn't even know this person and yet she was torn up about it. When I asked her why it bothered her so much, she said it was because she strived to be like Audrey Hepburn, and "no one ever said anything bad about Audrey Hepburn."
Challenge accepted.
She is a rank amateur who needed a dozen takes. – Humphrey Bogart
Bogart hated working with Hepburn, but he had a point. Though she had come off a major film (Roman Holiday) for which she won an Academy Award, her success was partly due to luck, timing, and the graciousness of her costar Gregory Peck, who insisted on giving the unknown equal billing. Before Roman Holiday Hepburn starred in the play Gigi. Paramount actually considered her "plump" and put her on a strict diet of steak tartare and greens before filming. (You know Hollywood is fucked up when Audrey Hepburn is put on a diet.) Hepburn herself never believed that she was thin.
According to her son, Hepburn would refer to herself as "fake thin" because her upper body and waist was especially thin and would give her an overall appearance of slightness. One can't help but roll their eyes at her claim because, well, look at her. Rumors of an eating disorder plagued her, but if you consider World War II an eating disorder, then yes, she was very disordered. In 1944 Nazis occupied the Netherlands, where she and her mother lived.
Audrey and her family, with the exception of her Nazi sympathizer father, worked for the resistance. She suffered severe malnutrition and once had to hide in a cellar for a few days. When she was a child she almost died of whooping cough. This, combined with her poor nutrition during the war, lead to her asthma. Despite the fact that she had weak lungs and knew it, she continued to smoke for the rest of her life, even though she was consistently told that she "might be in the early stages of emphysema." Yes, it was the fifties and sixties and smoking was a vice, but even someone in that era with those symptoms would know it was a bad idea.
In the 80s she lamented over the condition of her skin, but it was typical of her to point out flaws. She would often call herself ugly and wished that she had a bigger chest. It is of course these "flaws" that have made her so iconic, but it's very possible she had some form of body dysmorphic disorder or at least a very low self-esteem.
Her weight plummeted to an all-time low during her first divorce from her controlling and jealous husband Mel Ferrer. A child of divorce and with a child of her own, Hepburn desperately wanted to make the marriage work, but Ferrer's likely infidelity and definite need for complete control over Hepburn's professional and personal life sent her into a deep depression. The man had to be a total asshole for Hepburn to refer to her divorce as "two years in hell" considering that she spent most of her early teens dodging Nazis.
During the separation Mel stayed with Hepburn but only out of concern for her health; she was apparently, according to a friend, "down to 82 pounds and looks thin and wan; she has never looked so frail in her life, even when she was ill." Again, quite the statement, considering that Hepburn compared her youth to Anne Frank's.
Their divorce was described as "absolutely unexpected" not only to her fans and the media, but their friends as well. One of them, Dee Hartford Hawks, said that only two weeks before their separation she ran into them at a nightclub in France and that "Audrey and Mel were acting like honey-mooners. They danced every number together – even the Watusi." The Watusi!! Who could have predicted this?? A second miscarriage also put a strain on their already frail marriage.
In an article by Tom Daly from the 1960s, he reported that Audrey attempted suicide twice. Once she tried to slit her wrists and it was Mrs. Yul Brynner who got her to the hospital in time. An unnamed insider said that "I've heard about Audrey's suicide attempts, too, and that shocks me, but in a way I'm not surprised. Whatever that woman does she does with her whole heart and soul. And when she married Mel, she invested everything she had emotionally. It's no wonder that she feels lost now." And it's no wonder that so many sources (aside from Bogart and Hawks) wanted to keep such scandalous thoughts to themselves because Audrey was revered and famous for her elegance and charm. In an article "The Two Hepburns" (not referring to Katharine and Audrey, but to Audrey's light and dark sides), Eliot George tapes into this darker side of Hepburn: "The wispy, sable-browed, gamin-faced Audrey is either Elfin Charmer or Iron Butterfly, depending on where you stand."
Another person who had plenty of bad things to say about Hepburn was Brenda Marshall, William Holden's wife at the time that Holden and Hepburn shot Sabrina. Hepburn and Holden carried on an affair. (It was ironic that later in life Audrey would try so hard to create the perfect family and do anything for her children, though she slept with Holden well-knowing that he was married with three kids.) Holden would invite Hepburn over to his home for dinner and he, Audrey, and Marshall, who eerily resembled Hepburn, would all eat together. "Audrey felt guilty all through the meal." No! This is Watusi shocking!!
Everyone assumed that Holden would leave Marshall for Hepburn but as soon as she found out that Holden had a vasectomy and could not provide her with children, she left. Holden was also a crazy drunk who died when he fell and hit his head on his coffee table and didn't realize that it was serious so he didn't go to the hospital and just kind of bled out to death in his living room. Charlie Sheen has nothing on William Holden.
Holden and Hepburn would reunite about ten years later for the film Paris When It Sizzles, which one column described as "the worst movie ever made by anyone at any time." It was also around this time that Hepburn's marriage slowly and painfully began to unravel, and one can see the stress this put on her body. Even for Hepburn, she is unusually thin in his movie, and it may have been the only time in her life in which the eating disorder rumors were true. Holden tried to reignite their affair, but this time she was the married one and would not cave in.
People think of Hepburn as ever humble and ladylike but even she had her moments of divadom and snarkiness. While filming The Nun's Story in Africa, Hepburn demanded that, "quarantine laws in the Belgian Congo would be waved for [her terrier] Famous […] and most important of all, that a bidet would be installed and waiting for her... It was probably the only bathroom fixture of its kind in Central Africa at that time." Slyly ironic considering she was playing a nun and nuns are all living without possessions. She did routinely visit a leper colony and refused to wear protective gloves "out of sympathy with the afflicted." She then likely went to her guest house and freshened up in her bidet-equipped bathroom.
While filming My Fair Lady she wouldn't let Ferrer see her until her street urchin Eliza Doolittle look was completely washed away, though even though this look consisted of mere soot dotted on her face, Vaseline smeared in her hair, and dirty finger nails, and of course she still looked stunning. After retiring from film she married second husband Andrea Dotti and announced, "Now Mia Farrow can get my parts." Perhaps she meant it as a way of passing the baton over to another doe-eyed actress, but there is a certain edge to the comment, considering that after divorcing Mel, Hepburn "emerged with a hairdo even short than Mia's!"
Though people praise her for aging gracefully, perhaps the most shocking Hepburn quote ever was given during a 1980s interview with Harper's Bazaar: "I think it's [plastic surgery] a marvelous thing, done in small doses, very expertly, so that no one notices." Not even Nicole Kidman will admit to her notoriously frozen face, but here was a beauty icon freely praising plastic surgery.
It is just another part of Hepburn's life that most people breezily skip past. She is more than that waif figure forever posed in that little black dress on 5th Avenue. She came from a god-awful childhood, suffered from depression, got divorced twice and had an affair. There is nothing new or evil about any of these things, but it is interesting that these aspects of her life remained hidden. Monroe was just as sweet, just as loving, but her secrets spilled out and are still notorious. Why is Hepburn so sacred? Granted, the work she did with Unicef was immense and admirable, and nothing should detract from that. But why must she be a goddess? She was human, like any of us. She had flaws.
And Grace Kelly really was a slut. I stand by that.
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2. "I am shocked and outraged by the murder of Dr. George Tiller as he attended church services this morning. However profound our differences as Americans over difficult issues such as abortion, they cannot be resolved by heinous acts of violence."
Give up? Well, number one is President Obama at Notre Dame. Number two is President Obama just the other day. So, we're not supposed to be demonizing each other, but...that doesn't mean we can't make broad brushstrokes about the other side, right? Some nutjob murdered Dr. Tiller (the notorious abortionist), so of course that means pro-lifers are prone to heinous acts of violence.
First off, I'd like to point out that there is a subtle yet very important difference between "pro-life" and "anti-abortion," which is quite visible in Tiller's murderer. Second, this is too subtle for many people to notice, but Mr. Obama is a master of words. That doesn't mean that he is sincere.


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Atari and FlowPlay Announce Strategic Partnership to Enter High Stakes Social Casino Industry
Iconic Publisher Selects FlowPlay to Launch Upcoming Premier Social Casino Gaming Platform
NEW YORK, NY - Mar 26, 2014 -- Atari, one of the world's most recognized publishers and producers of interactive entertainment and FlowPlay, a leader in virtual world games and technology, today announced a strategic partnership to develop Atari Casino, a premier social casino gaming platform. With FlowPlay, Atari gains the back-end infrastructure, analytics, payment systems and in-game advertising integrations necessary to provide a first class interactive experience for social casino games delivered online, on Facebook, or via iOS and Android devices.
Coming in Fall 2014, Atari Casino will extend some of the company's most noteworthy brands, including Asteroids®, Breakout®, Centipede®, and Missile Command® to classic casino games like slots, poker, and blackjack.
The FlowPlay partnership comes as Atari looks to expand its offerings beyond console gaming. By entering into this partnership, Atari will tap into the social casino market opportunity. In fact, more than 170 million people, or 2.5 percent of the world's population, play casino-style social games online each month, according to Morgan Stanley.
"Atari is an iconic brand synonymous with fun and interactive entertainment," said Fred Chesnais, Chief Executive Officer, Atari, Inc. "Entering social casino gaming is a logical next step for us given its appeal across multiple generations and its natural fit with the casual audience."
"From traditional land-based casinos to casual gaming giants, the competition is high. Expertise and differentiation are critical," said Derrick Morton, Chief Executive Officer of FlowPlay. "Entering into a partnership with an iconic brand like Atari validates our technical leadership, and we're looking forward to the success of Atari Casino."
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Atari (www.atari.com) is a multi-platform, global interactive entertainment and licensing company. Atari owns and/or manages a portfolio of more than 200 games and franchises, including world renowned brands like Asteroids®, Centipede®, Missile Command® and Pong®, (which were part of the classic gaming innovations from Atari founded in 1972), Test Drive®, and RollerCoaster Tycoon®. Atari capitalizes on these powerful properties by delivering compelling games online (including browser, mobile and digital download), for PC, smartphones and tablets and other connected devices. As a licensor, Atari extends its brand and franchises into other media, merchandising and publishing categories.
Atari has offices in New York and Paris.
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Awhile back I reinstalled Windows 7 on my Dell XPS 1340 because I wanted to make my computer faster and I definitely accomplished that goal. Couple nights ago I was working in a dark area and noticed that the backlight on the keyboard was not illuminated so I started to wonder if it had ever worked after the upgrade. Below is information on how to enable the backlight on a Dell XPS 1340 laptop.


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Michael Palmieri & Donal Mosher's documentary [pictured] will be given a theatrical and digital release in August.
Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired North American rights to Michael Palmieri & Donal Mosher's Off Label.
The documentary, which sees the filmmakers examine the medicine cabinets of America through stories of drug testing subjects and Big Pharma respresentatives, received its world premiere at Tribeca.
Oscilloscope will release Off Label theatrically and across all digital platforms on Aug 9.
O-Scope's Dan Berger and David Laub commented: "Mike and Donal have created an unflinching look at an important subject, and their adept direction ensures that no matter how infuriating this information is, the film always remains touching and emotional."
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SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - U.S. Army Sergeant
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being released on May 31, was in stable condition at a military hospital
in Texas and has not yet met with his parents, military officials said
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Bergdahl had been able to walk into the hospital, and was settling
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Bergdahl has had one request when it comes to food, military
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overshadowed by a political uproar over the freeing of the senior
Taliban members.
Lawmakers criticized the Obama administration for failing to give
them 30 days' notice before transferring prisoners from Guantanamo
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administration had effectively violated its policy against
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Some of Bergdahl's former comrades in Afghanistan alleged he had
deserted when he walked away from his post, in circumstances that
are unclear, and was later captured.
Bergdahl's return to U.S. soil was quietly welcomed in his hometown
of Hailey in central Idaho, where businesses and supporters of the
Bergdahl family have received hate mail and phone calls from
detractors labeling the Army sergeant a deserter and traitor.
"We're still standing with Bowe," said Sue Martin, owner of Zaney's
River Street Coffee House, where Bergdahl worked before enlisting.
"He has the personal insight and the intelligence to be able to
address this long period of healing," she said.
Bergdahl's parents, Bob and Jani Bergdahl, were expected to travel
to Texas from Idaho, although it was not immediately clear when, or
whether they had spoken with their son.
In a statement on behalf of the family, the Bergdahls said they do
not intend to make their travel plans public.
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Today's Table Hopping giveaway is "The Chew: Over 100 delicious recipes from 'The Chew' kitchen." The 230-page, full-color softcover features recipes from the five principals on the daytime talk/cooking show that airs at 1 p.m. weekdays on WTEN: Mario Batali and Michael Symon of "Iron Chef America," Carla Hall of "Top Chef," Clinton Kelly of "What Not to Wear" and author/wellness expert Daphne Oz, who is the daughter of surgeon, author and TV host Dr. Mehmet Oz.
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Ice Blink: The Tragic Fate of Sir John Franklin's Lost Polar Expedition
Wiley, Feb 1, 2000 - History - 244 pages
"Absorbing.artfully narrat[es] a possible course of events in the expedition's demise, based on the one official note and bits of debris (including evidence of cannibalism) found by searchers sent to look for Franklin in the 1850s. Adventure readers will flock to this fine regaling of the enduring mystery surrounding the best-known disaster in Arctic exploration."--Booklist
"A great Victorian adventure story rediscovered and re-presented for a more enquiring time."--The Scotsman
"A vivid, sometimes harrowing chronicle of miscalculation and overweening Victorian pride in untried technology.a work of great compassion."--The Australian
It has been called the greatest disaster in the history of polar exploration. Led by Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin, two state-of-the-art ships and 128 hand-picked men----the best and the brightest of the British empire----sailed from Greenland on July 12, 1845 in search of the elusive Northwest Passage. Fourteen days later, they were spotted for the last time by two whalers in Baffin Bay. What happened to these ships----and to the 129 men on board----has remained one of the most enduring mysteries in the annals of exploration. Drawing upon original research, Scott Cookman provides an unforgettable account of the ill-fated Franklin expedition, vividly reconstructing the lives of those touched by the voyage and its disaster. But, more importantly, he suggests a human culprit and presents a terrifying new explanation for what triggered the deaths of Franklin and all 128 of his men. This is a remarkable and shocking historical account of true-life suspense and intrigue.
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Bay Gardener Frank Gouin honored for community good deeds
For the difference he makes in "the fabric of life for South County residents," Bay Gardener Frank Gouin was honored this week with the Southern Anne Arundel Chamber of Commerce's annual Gene Hall Community Service Award.
"He's done so much for the community in so many levels," says Chamber board member John Hiser, last year's Hall award winner.
"He runs the South County Concert Association, gives Christmas trees for almost nothing to Boy Scouts who resell them for upward of $25, donates the tree for the center of the traffic circle in Deale. He's always doing something," Hiser said.
"When the veterans at Charlotte Hall said they could use a poker table, he made them one and then a train layout. When a young man whose scholarship I sponsored needed more help to go to welding school, he rolled up his sleeves and called in favors. Those are just some of the things. I could go on and on," Hiser said.
Three decades of teaching at University of Maryland wasn't enough for the PhD horticulturist, so he created Maryland's flourishing Master Gardener program.
Retirement has only made him more creative in finding ways to reach and teach new audiences. As well as writing his eight-year-old Bay Gardener column for Bay Weekly, he writes a gardening column for the Annapolis Horticulture Society, which compiled his columns into a book, Gardening Through the Seasons.
Garden clubs throughout the state and nation know him as a wise and entertaining speaker. There's never a charge for his time and knowledge. If you choose to pay him, as Bay Weekly does, all money goes directly to the Francis R. Gouin Undergraduate Research Grant at the Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture at the University of Maryland.
For a cause he believes in, there's little Dr. Gouin won't do. To help his civic organization, the Lothian Ruritans, fund scholarships for high school seniors, improve the lives of retired veterans or sustain a clean environment, he'll cook gallons of spaghetti sauce for the March fundraising dinner, burn burgers to sell at Greenstreet Garden's Octoberfest, drive his tractor in July 4 parades, pick up trash. No job's too taxing — except handling citrus, to which he's allergic, in the annual December sale.
That one deviation, we think, doesn't spoil his reputation.
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Randi Zuckerberg has drawn some heat for agreeing to produce a Silicon Valley reality TV show.
Longtime tech reporter and recent entrepreneur Sarah Lacy made the most scathing argument yesterday in PandoDaily:
The show depicts people drinking, shirtless in clubs, and standing in front of a walk-in closet of suits as some sort of "insider look" at Silicon Valley. It is quite literally making us look like "The Jersey Shore," only without the tans. Anyone who has spent a day here knows just how bastardized that is. It's ridiculous really.
Lacy then went on to compare the show with "The Social Network," the fictionalized account of Facebook's founding...by Randi's brother. Ouch.
Today, Randi responded with a long post on Facebook. Basically, she points out that she's basically an advisor and won't be starring in the show. She also says that the show is meant to celebrate entrepreneurialism.
But she makes no apologies for the reality TV format:
Will there be drama? Of course! Silicon Valley is full of exciting drama. Will there be conflict? Of course! Entrepreneurs face conflict daily. Will we showcase every single painstaking detail of startup life? Of course not. This is reality TV, not a documentary.
So it's kind of like Rock Star, which bears zero resemblance to the life of a real working musician.
So that means is that Silicon Valley is the new Hollywood, entrepreneurs are the new rock stars, and having your own startup is like being in a band back in the 1990s.
Showbiz! Let it roll.
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Britain has announced it will give temporary residence to hundreds of vulnerable Syrian refugees, targeting those most traumatised by the three-year civil war.
Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg says refuge will be provided for female victims of sexual violence, the disabled, the elderly and torture victims.
Though there is no set quota, his office says the overall number is likely to be in the hundreds.
Britain will work with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) on a case-by-case basis to identify those most in need.
"I am pleased to be able to announce today that the UK will be providing refuge to some of the most vulnerable Syrian refugees," Mr Clegg said in a statement.
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Bad news for hardwood trees: There's a new caterpillar in Connecticut
Groton - A tiny lime green caterpillar crawled, accordion-style, on a deformed cherry tree leaf newly opened for spring, extending no bigger than an eyelash but leaving a telltale pattern of destruction far in excess of its size.
"You can see the holes in the leaves," Katherine Dugas, research assistant with the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, said Tuesday, examining a low-hanging branch growing along the main path at the town-owned Beebe Pond Park. "Those holes were not eaten in a fully formed leaf; they were made as the leaf was forming."
As she continued along the path, she found the caterpillars at nearly every other hardwood along the way - red oaks, red maples, crab apples.
"They seem to be on everything I pick up," said Richard Conant, town of Groton committee chairman for the Avalonia Land Conservancy, which owns two adjacent properties, Town's End and Moore Woodlands. He had come to learn from Dugas about the invasive pest recently discovered at the town park.
Earlier this spring, Dugas was alerted to the winter moth presence at the park by Joseph Elkinton, entomology professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He has been studying infestations of the winter moth, a European native that first appeared in Nova Scotia in the 1950s, as it has been creeping into forests in Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island and, most recently, Connecticut.
According to Elkinton, winter moths are spreading south and west at about 4.5 miles per year. Research published this spring by Elkinton and Kevin Dodds, U.S. Forest Service entomologist, describes how growth of red and black oaks at sites in Massachusetts has been cut in half by infestations of winter moths that defoliate trees and can ultimately kill them. The areas hardest hit by current infestations are in eastern Massachusetts, including Cape Cod.
Chris Martin, director of the Forestry Division of the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, said winter moths aren't widespread in Connecticut. Thus far they have been found only around here, in the southeastern corner.
"We're concerned. We're watching it closely," he said. "They infest the bud of the tree, which causes twig dieback. It's not as bad as the emerald ash borer or the Asian longhorned beetle, but the level of concern for this one is rising."
The first sign of an infestation, Martin said, is barren branches in the spring on a tree that should be fully leafed out.
"You'll see everything else green except for that tree. It'll look like late fall," he said.
A tree can survive a couple of years of infestations, experts say, but eventually it is killed when it is unable to produce new leaves repeatedly. "It's like missing a meal," Dugas said. "If it happens two to three years in a row, it saps the resources of that tree."
Earlier this spring, at the request of Elkinton, Dugas set out four traps for the caterpillars to confirm their presence at the park. Then last week, she released 1,000 cyzenis albicans flies as a biological control. After similar releases proved successful at curtailing the pest in Nova Scotia, the flies have been introduced to infested sites in Massachusetts and elsewhere.
Dugas said it would take several seasons for the flies to become established. In the meantime, she will continue monitoring Beebe Pond Park.
"When the fly gets established, it will be a policeman for this moth," she said. "It won't totally exterminate them."
The insects, she noted, are destructive to trees only in the caterpillar stage. As adult moths, they are active on mild days in mid-November through January, when they mate and lay eggs on twigs, tree trunks, lichen and elsewhere. In early spring, the eggs hatch and the caterpillars wriggle into tree buds to feed, then continue feeding on the leaves as the buds open. They attack a wide variety of hardwoods and other plants, including maples, oaks, ash, apple, blueberry, white elm and basswood.
The potential damage that can be caused if the winter moth infestation in Connecticut becomes severe, Dugas said, is equivalent to the scale of the destruction caused by the gypsy moth infestation in the Northeast that peaked in the 1980s, but has since receded after introduction of a fungus and other factors. She advised property owners who suspect an infestation to contact the experiment station or a licensed arborist before applying pesticides or taking other action. Doing nothing can be the most prudent response, she added.
"Sometimes nature takes care of it for you," she said.
More information
For more information about winter moths and other insects, call the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station's public inquiry office at (203) 974-8600. Information on winter moth can also be found at http://extension.umass.edu/landscape/fact-sheets/winter-moth-overview.
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LOS ANGELES - Each summer, the Johnson & Johnson/UCLA Health Care Executive Program makes a significant contribution to community healthcare in the U.S. by training executive directors and leaders of community-based health care organizations. Eligibility is limited to those organizations that are currently funded - partially or wholly, directly or indirectly - by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
For two intensive weeks at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, approximately 40 directors engage in a curriculum that provides the requisite tools, techniques and approaches to confront mounting challenges in community health care. The program design is based on interviews with HRSA grantees, experts in the health care industry and academia, and relevant literature on management education and development for health care professionals. Johnson & Johnson and HRSA contribute all tuition fees for participants.
The format emphasizes leadership and management skills as well as institutional and technical knowledge, and draws upon UCLA's 15-year experience in conducting a similar program for directors of Head Start programs. Distinguished faculty with expertise in adult management education and knowledge of health care have tailored the curriculum to meet the specific development needs of HRSA grantees. UCLA Anderson MBA students serve as teaching associates and help participants develop the strategic projects required in the program.
UCLA Anderson hosted two sessions of the program during the summer of 2006. One participant wrote to share the impact of a lecture by Senior Associate Dean Al Osborne. "Although I have had the opportunity to participate in and conduct strategic planning for organizations, I found Dr. Osborne's approach to strategy design both enlightening and intriguing. I plan to incorporate it in my future workshops and in my agency operations and planning ... Although I have been in the business of managing not for profits for 35 years, the program moved me to a higher level of professionalism."
Victor Tabbush has been the faculty director of the program since its inception in 2002. Myra Brown is the senior program manager and Dana Lande is program manager. "This program is a wonderful collaboration between UCLA and its corporate and government partners," according to Myra Brown. "One of the best things about the program is that it affirms the importance of community health care administrators," she said.
"It was a treat to have such wonderful groups this year," said Dana Lande. "The dynamics were great and I loved how the participants bonded. They were very appreciative of the staff and friendly with each other. I've received several notes of thanks since the program and they are already looking forward to their first reunion."
Visit the Johnson & Johnson Health Care Executive Program Web site.
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The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary Federal agency for improving access to health care services for people who are uninsured, isolated or medically vulnerable. Comprising five bureaus and 12 offices, HRSA provides leadership and financial support to health care providers in every state and U.S. territory. HRSA grantees provide health care to uninsured people, people living with HIV/AIDS, and pregnant women, mothers and children. They train health professionals and improve systems of care in rural communities.
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OAKLAND — An El Sobrante man arrested earlier this year in connection with a fatal hit-and-run in Richmond in 2011 has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison for his involvement in trying to traffic methamphetamine, authorities said.
U.S. District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers sentenced Daniel Barnett, 25, on Thursday after Barnett pleaded guilty on Sept. 25 to conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute 50 grams of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag said. He also pleaded guilty to distributing the drug.
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I just read the Glenn Hubbard editorial in the WSJ claiming that the President's budget is really a secret plan to raise everyone's taxes by11%.
Glenn and I have been friends for pushing 20 years but on this one, Glenn seems to have jumped the shark.
Basically Hubbard says he has looked at the Obama budget and, according to his calculation, after subtracting off the revenue projected from returning to the Clinton rates for high income people plus adding a Buffett rule, Obama's budget will raise everyone's taxes by 11% to stabilize things as a share of GDP.
Two things stuck out to me here:
1) Hubbard's numbers seem in pretty serious danger of violating the league's substance abuse policy.
His claim that the President's budget requires large tax increases on the middle class to stabilize the debt is just factually wrong. Just go look at the Congressional Budget Office's numbers. They examined the President's budget and directly refute the central claim of the op-ed: http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/03-16-APB1.pdf
Figure 2 on page 6 shows their forecast of debt as a shareof GDP with the President's budget--and it's stabilized and falling without any taxes on the middle class. Figure 1 shows similar stability on the deficit.
I can understand the argument of some people when they say that Republicans will never allow the Obama budget to pass so it would be better to debate the right approach to reaching a grand bargain rather than arguing about the administration budget. That's probably true but unlikely in the election season. I can also understand the people who think that we shouldn't raise revenue only from high income people but to spread it around. But Hubbard isn't saying either of those. He's saying something that looks to me (and the CBO) like it just fundamentally isn't true.
2) Using Hubbard's logic, an alternative title for the piece would be HOW MITT ROMNEY'S BUDGET WILL CUT SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE BY 26% AND THEN RAISE TAXES ON THE MIDDLE CLASS BY $3 TRILLION
Sadly, I'm being only slightly flip about it. Hubbard imputes future policy based on the implications of the budget plan. So what happens if you do that for Romney's budget promises? Well, he has proposed a multi-trillion dollar tax cut, a balanced budget amendment to the constitution and a cap on government spending at 20%.
The cap forces a cut of social security and medicare (and everything else) of 26% (you can see the numbers for yourself at http://www.cbpp.org/files/1-23-12bud.pdf).
But his tax cut reduces revenue by an additional $3 trillion or so. Using Mr. Hubbard's argument then,the Romney budget will raise taxes on everyone earning less than $200,000 per year to cover it (and since the deductions Romney says he will limit don't come remotely close to paying for the cost of the tax cuts, it's a bit like having your cousin take all the money from your wallet but offer to let you rummage through the couch for coins as repayment).
I agree with Glenn that one of the key debates in the election should be about how America should deal with our long run budget challenge (that comes from the aging of our population).
And that debate is coming down to one camp saying let's have cuts to spending and interest of around $3 trillion and tax revenue of $1 trillion to hit the deficit cutting target and the other camp saying let's have cuts of $7 trillion to hit the deficit target plus pay for $3 trillion of tax cuts.
Hubbard closed his op-ed by saying that he just wants people to see the prices on the menu. Well then, next item: The Romney Budget. Glenn, you may want to practice your Heimlich maneuver.


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Comedians will tell you that timing is everything. Matt Blair understands that concept. "I've always seemed to have things happen for me at the right time," he said.
It's time for Blair to be honored again. He has been selected as Iowa State's Big 12 Conference legend. He will be honored along with the other 11 Legends the weekend of the Dr. Pepper Football Championship game in Kansas City Dec. 5-6.
"Iowa State is where the turning point of my life happened," Blair said. "In one summer, I grew three inches and put on 45 pounds and I became something special physically. Those years at Iowa State were a special time of my life.
"Somebody calls and tells you that you've been selected as a legend and you really don't feel like you're a legend. But I just did what they told me to do."
Blair's father was in the military so the family lived all over the world. Matt Blair was born in Hawaii and lived Spain, Idaho, Texas and Ohio. He finished his high school career in Ohio and received little interest from college recruiters.
"I went to a junior college in Oklahoma," said Blair, who was 6-3 and 185 pounds when he finished his prep career. "I was a defensive back and played basketball; half my scholarship was from the basketball team. I didn't even make the football traveling squad as a freshman."
The summer between his freshman and sophomore years, Blair turned into a 6-6, 225-pounder going into the 1970 football season.
"The coaches told me, 'You can play anywhere you want to," Blair said with a laugh. "They couldn't believe how big I got."
Blair had Division I scholarship offers in football and basketball but he chose to play for Johnny Majors at Iowa State.
"One of the things that sold me was they told me I had to work for a starting spot," Blair said. "A lot of the other schools were telling me I could start no matter what. I wanted to work for it."
Blair's size coupled with the agility and mobility he gained playing basketball turned him into a feared linebacker. Blair was able to stuff the run and drop into pass coverage.
In his first season at Iowa State, the Cyclones played in the Sun Bowl where Blair was named the most valuable player. However, in 1972, a knee injury sidelined Blair; he used a redshirt season to recover.
Blair returned to the field in 1973 and played for first-year coach Earle Bruce, who took over when Majors took the Pittsburgh job. And while his NFL Draft stock had dropped because of the knee injury, he was a second-round pick of the Minnesota Vikings.
"That's the best thing that ever happened to me," Blair said. "Talk about legends. I was playing with Carl Eller, Alan Page, Jim Marshall, Paul Krause, Fran Tarkenton ... I had a chance to play with those guys."
Blair followed their examples. He played 12 seasons for the Vikings and played in six Pro Bowls and two Super Bowls.
His football career taught him the value of teamwork, particularly at Iowa State. When the Cyclones faced teams like Nebraska and Oklahoma, they needed to play mistake-free, all-for-one football.
"You need 11 guys working together on every play," Blair said. "If only 10 guys do what they're supposed to you're not gonna be successful. It's shared responsibility. That's one thing that I learned in my athletic career."
During his dozen years in the NFL, he found himself attending many charity events and an idea was born. He currently runs Matt Blair's Celebrity Promotions, Inc. His company customizes events putting celebrities together with organizations and handles everything.
"I first started making appearances for Multiple Sclerosis," said Blair, who has written three books with the proceeds going to charities. "I started bringing my teammates to different events. After I retired, I started taking groups to the Super Bowl, The Masters, the Final Four. Then I started doing events around Minneapolis. "What it comes down to is trying to do your best," Blair said.


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Certain Webcheck records must be mailed directly to an outside agency. Please check with the department or agency that your background check is being conducted for to determine if this requirement is necessary. If a "mailto" Webcheck is necessary, please bring the correct address information with you at the time of the fingerprinting. This information is submitted along with your fingerprints and cannot be changed at a later date. Webcheck results are usually returned within a few days but your Webcheck results could take up to 2-3 weeks from the submitted date as long as you do not have any previous arrest history. If you have been arrested, results could take up to 3 months.
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Logan Hayes Parker, age 21, of Bryant, departed this world on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. He was born on May 21, 1990 to Jim Mack and Robin Parker, also of Bryant.
Logan fought for life from his first moments on earth. Born with a serious heart condition, he survived a several hour surgery at just two days old. Growing up in a football family, he watched is older brother Lance play the game. Sideline observations were just not enough for Logan. His fierce determination to overcome his health obstacles led him to play quarterback for Bryant High School. In 2007, he and his teammates won the 7A Conference Championship with Logan receiving All-State honors.
Logan not only fought for life, he loved life. "Parker," as his friends called him, had an infectious personality. His happiest moments were when he was laughing, dancing, and entertaining his family and friends. His love for his family was evident in every part of his life, from lunches with Mom, caring for Granddaddy, to playing with his niece Ella, Logan thrived on his family's love.
His last year was spent working with his mother at Wilson, Angstrom, Corum, and Coulter Law Firm. His wit, humor, and genuine charm touched people of all ages in his very short time on this earth. The memories of his life will forever be cherished by all who loved him.
Survivors include his parents, Jim Mack and Robin Parker, of Bryant; brother and sister-in-law, Lance and Kelli Parker of Olive Branch, Miss.; niece Ella Parker, also of Olive Branch, Miss.; paternal grandparents, Jim and Betty Parker, of Benton; aunts and uncles, Vicki Wallace of Hot Springs, Herman and Cindy Yoos, of Columbia, S.C., Kenneth and Linda Jones of Hampton, Nancy Nowlin of Minden, La., Gary Nowlin of Bedford, Texas, and Terry Nowlin of El Dorado. He is also survived by numerous cousins and friends. Logan was preceded in his death by his maternal grandparents, Dorthy and Herman Hayes Nowin of Hampton.
Funeral services will be 1 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 23, at First Southern Baptist Church in Bryant. Interment will follow at Pinecrest Memorial Park in Alexander. Serving as pallbearers will be Ethan Passmore, Dexter Barksdale, Jake Jackson, Logan Cruse, Jared Szabad, Raylen Cantrell, Jasmine Carter, Taylor Masters, and Trent Daniel.
Visitation will be from 6–8 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 22, at Roller-Ballard Funeral Home in Benton (501-315-4047).


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Days from now, Karl Malone will join John Stockton and Jerry Sloan in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. Let's fete and honor the greatest duo in NBA history with Stockton-to-Malone Week. S2M Week is brought to you by my digital pack ratting, est. circa 1995.
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