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Super Bowl XLVIII: It's Peyton Manning's record, warts and all
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Of all the records that Peyton Manning owns, the hardest one to comprehend might be the one he set on Sunday night. He completed 34 passes to eclipse Tom Brady's mark for the most successful passes in a single Super Bowl.
When Brady set the record in Super Bowl XXXVIII, he did so in an MVP performance, leading the New England Patriots to a 32-29 victory over the Carolina Panthers. On Sunday night, in Super Bowl XLVIII, Manning and the Broncos were embarrassed 43-8 by the Seattle Seahawks.
Or not embarrassed, depending upon who you ask.
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"It's not embarrassing at all," Manning said. "I would never use that word. There's a lot of professional football players in that room that put in a lot of hard work into being here, into being in that game. The word 'embarrassing' is an insulting word, to tell you the truth."
The Broncos lost by 35 points, the largest Super Bowl margin since 1993, when the Buffalo Bills got steamrolled by the Dallas Cowboys 52-17. At least the Bills scored first in that game, and had the dignity-saving moment of Don Beebe running down Leon Lett.
The Broncos started Sunday night with Manny Ramirez snapping the ball over Manning's head for a safety, and it never really got better. Denver's one touchdown cut the score to 36-8 on the last play of the third quarter.
But if it was so bad for the Broncos, how did Manning set the completion record?
There were several contributing factors, starting with the scoreboard dictating that Denver try to work its way back by passing. Plus, the running game wasn't working for the Broncos anyway — Knowshon Moreno was held to 17 yards on five carries, and Denver as a team accumulated only 10 more rushing yards.
The other part of the recipe for Manning's record performance was somewhat counterintuitive: the defense Manning faced.
The Seahawks sacked Manning once, on a forced fumble in the fourth quarter, but the future Hall of Famer was under pressure all night. With less time in the pocket, Manning had to look for shorter passes. In the AFC Championship Game against the Patriots, Manning completed 32 passes for 400 yards. Six other times this season, he completed 30 or more passes, and in each game, he had more than 300 passing yards. The Broncos won all six.
Sunday night, Manning completed 34 for 280 yards.
How much did the Seahawks pass rush affect the Broncos by forcing Manning to throw more quickly, limiting the routes his receivers could run?
"What do you think?" That was Wes Welker's response after a night when he had eight catches for 84 yards, but little real impact on the game.
"Absolutely. Everything goes together," Welker said. "Receivers gotta get open fast, the line's gotta protect longer, and we've got to get the ball out of the quarterback's hands. It's across the board."
Seattle's pass rush sped the game up for Manning, and the Seahawks' secondary locked down everything. On Denver's second possession, after Seattle took a 5-0 lead, Manning's pass on third-and-5 was a three-yard completion to Julius Thomas, not enough. The next time the Broncos got the ball, down 8-0, Manning tried a pass that would have been worth first down yardage, but was intercepted by Kam Chancellor.
"Our D-line did an amazing job," Chancellor said. "I said from the beginning that they were going to put pressure on him. I call them savages. As soon as the ball's snapped, it's a race to the quarterback. That's what they do. If Peyton holds the ball more than two or three seconds, they're going to get their hands up, they're going to knock the ball down, they're going to get a sack."
Unlike Colin Kaepernick, who was able to keep the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game with his legs, Manning has never been much of a runner. He hasn't gone for more than 100 yards in a season since 2002, and at the age of 37, he hasn't gotten faster. Seattle linebacker Cliff Avril laughed at the notion that Manning's lack of speed made things easier — "I got a sack against Kaepernick!" — but Denver had no answer for the defense it came up against.
"They have an excellent defense," Manning said. "They played well, and they executed better than we did. ... We knew they had a good defense. We knew they were fast. ... They just made more plays on defense than we did. They forced some turnovers, and that's a credit to them, forcing those plays as far as some offensive mistakes, so I give them credit for that."
Manning threw two interceptions and fumbled once. He got his name in the Super Bowl record book, all right, but he did it on a technicality, on the dink-and-dunk passes that were all the Seahawks allowed the Broncos to have. Seattle's defense dictated Super Bowl XLVIII, and made Manning look like an average quarterback.
For someone of his stature, you could call that embarrassing, even if Manning wouldn't.


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Drúwaith Iaur
Drúwaith Iaur or Old Púkel land was a region with dark forests on the west of Gondor. It was between the river Isen and the western edge of the Ered Nimrais.[1]
Drúwaith Iaur was not a part of the realm of Gondor,[2] and therefore also not of the Reunited Kingdom. It was home to the remnants of the Drúedain, the original inhabitants of the Ered Nimrais, who were dispersed by the Númenóreans as they were hostile to them.[3]
Drúwaith Iaur is a Sindarin name, consisting of drú ("wild") + waith ("folk, land") and iaur ("old"); it is thus a literal translation of Old Púkel land.[4][2] On a "scrap of writing", according to Christopher Tolkien, the word Iaur did not mean "original" but "former".[3]
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The West of Middle-earth at the End of the Third Age" [map]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 42, July 2001, p. 9
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The Drúedain"
- ↑ Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. lxiv

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I'm not an avid blogger, and when I do post it's rarely tech related. But recently I have had cause to do some investigation into the effects of Internet Explorer's garbage collection routines on performance, and I thought it would be useful to summarize some findings.
Eric Lippert posted about the internals of IE's garbage collector back in September 2003, though he skimmed over the important bits, which were later noted in the comments. The crux of the problem is that IE's script engine uses allocations to determine when to run the GC; that is after 256 variable allocations, 4096 array slot allocations, or 64kb of strings have been allocated. Not only are allocations a bad indicator of garbage, but these limits are such that any decent sized application is going to make the GC run pretty regularly.
To compound this problem, the running time of the garbage collection routine is dependent on the size of the working set (O(N^2) as described in Lippert?s article, though the results below show a linear relationship). So as your application gets bigger the garbage collection runs slower.
Back in the day this didn?t really matter, but as web applications are getting more complex there is the potential to hit a performance wall. More code being executed means the garbage collector will be run more frequently; and because the applications contain more state on the client; and have larger code bases, the object graph that the garbage collector has to traverse gets bigger.
To demonstrate the effects of this on performance I?ve used a simple benchmarking function which creates 5000 object literals with random properties, and then sorts them. The function is then run on a simple HTML page, pre-populated with a further O-objects, each with P-properties, which will always remain in scope.
The following results show the mean execution time of the create-and-sort test as O increases for constant P=50 on Firefox 2.0 (red) and IE6 (blue) on the same computer.
Now, the test environment is quite contrived in that it creates the literals as homogeneous global variables in a simple scope, but the effects are the same if you create objects dynamically, with scope chains exposed via event handlers and closures.
I doubt there are many web applications that are big enough to be seriously impacted by these problems, though it is worth bearing in mind, since performance is proven to be strongly linked to adoption of web apps.
Microsoft issued a hot fix that allows you to increase the allocations, this gives a significant performance boost, but you don?t want to force all your users to patch IE so this isn't a viable solution. IE7 seems to have solved this problem by having dynamic allocation thresholds that scale to the size of your application, but rollout of IE7, particularly to corporate users, is likely to be slow for the rest of 2007. The other options can be painful and basically involve optimizing your application by reducing code size and finding the balancing point between improved performance from keeping state local and keeping your working set to a manageable size. Always explicitly dispose objects when they are no longer needed by removing event handlers and dereferencing properties.
Eric Lippert's 2003 post: "How Do The Script Garbage Collectors Work"
Micrsoft Support Article: "You may experience slow performance when you view a web page that uses Jscript in Internet Explorer 6"


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"Amusing. . . . An escape from life's woes [as well] as a suggestion for how to make the whole deal more palatable."
—The Boston Globe
"A particularly endearing entry in the long-running series, which has lost none of its gentleness or its love for Botswana." —The Christian Science Monitor
"Leisurely, wonderfully crafted descriptions of life in the agency and at home, the beauties of Botswana, and the joys, big and small, of life. . . . [And] especially, a tribute to enduring friendship." —Booklist (starred review)
"When you are in the company of Mma Ramotswe, you know that, despite the clamor and chaos that passes for modern life, somewhere out there, all is right with the world."
"McCall Smith's accomplished novels [are] dependent on small gestures redolent with meaning and main characters blessed with pleasing personalities." —Newsday
"The intrepid proprietor of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency in Botswana is determined to remain as steadfast as a constellation in the night sky. But Alexander McCall Smith's beloved sleuth comes to accept the inevitability of change in The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon." —The New York Times Book Review
"McCall Smith is a vivid observer and an elegant writer, honoring Botswanan customs and culture . . . Like the best traditions, this series is one we hope will endure." —The Plain Dealer
"Deep into a series, it's not unusual for the characters or plots to lose their luster, but that's not the case with this series. McCall Smith's thoughtful observations on life and human nature, as well as his distinctive writing style and gentle humor, make this volume as enjoyable as the ones that have come before." —The Wichita Eagle
"Alexander McCall Smith is a prolific, popular and wonderfully peculiar writer. His capacity to deliver quality new installments . . . is unrivalled by any other modern writer." —The Independent


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If one publisher is using AW links and the other publisher is using links for a different publisher network, the advertiser should provide data to AW and the other network to show which publisher should receive the commission. This process is called 'de-duplication'.
If one publisher is using AW links and the other publisher is using links for a different publisher network, the advertiser should provide data to AW and the other network to show which publisher should receive the commission. This process is called 'de-duplication'.
=Affiliate Marketing Reports=
= Affiliate Marketing Reports =
[http://www.affiliatewindow.com/documents/eConsultancy/Econsultancy_UK_affiliate_census_2009.pdf eConsultancy UK Affiliate Census - 2009]
[http://www.affiliatewindow.com/documents/eConsultancy/Econsultancy_UK_affiliate_census_2009.pdf eConsultancy UK Affiliate Census - 2009]
[http://www.bigmouthmedia.com/downloads/files/Bigmouthmedia_Affiliate-Survey-2010.pdf BigMouthMedia UK Affiliate Census - 2010]
[http://www.bigmouthmedia.com/downloads/files/Bigmouthmedia_Affiliate-Survey-2010.pdf BigMouthMedia UK Affiliate Census - 2010]
=Advertising Methods and Activities Not Permitted on the Network=
= Advertising Methods and Activities Not Permitted on the Network =
The following list provides an overview of advertising methods and activities that are not permitted on the Affiliate Window network:
The following list provides an overview of advertising methods and activities that are not permitted on the Affiliate Window network:
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Frequently Asked Questions by Publishers, for Publishers - Admin
What is an Advertiser?
An advertiser (retailer), sometimes referred to as a 'merchant', is an online company which sells its products and/or services through a publisher network. The advertiser will pay either a percentage or set amount of commission once a certain action (in most cases, a sale) has completed.
To find out more information on our advertiser commission rates - please visit Advertiser Directory in Darwin.
If you are not signed up to the Affiliate Window network, a full listing of our advertisers by category is available in our advertiser directory at http://www.affiliatewindow.com/merchant_directory.php
What is a Publisher?
A publisher is the owner or manager of a website (also referred to as an 'affiliate' or 'partner').
They are rewarded commission when a visitor to their site clicks a publisher link, (for example, a banner, logo or text link), goes to a particular advertiser's website and performs a certain action on the advertiser's site. Usually, this is completing a transaction. However some advertisers ask publishers to refer them traffic that results in a lead instead of a sale, perhaps through the completion of an online application form, or the submission of the user's email address.
Please click here to see a full guide to signing up as an publisher .
In short:
- A advertiser is someone who has a product to sell
- An publisher is someone who advertises products
What Kind of Publisher am I?
Cashback publishers have a member base that earns monetary rebates from online purchases.
Communities & UGC
Community publishers host online environments where groups of people interact together with publisher links included where appropriate.
Comparison Engine
Comparison publisher sites compare the prices and features of searched-for products available through a number of online stores.
Discount Codes
Discount code websites list discounts, coupon codes and other deals which may be redeemed at advertiser websites or stores.
Editorial Content
Editorial Content publishers who write editorial content to engage an audience on a specific topic with publisher links included where appropriate.
Lead Generation (Content)
Lead based publishers generate prospective consumer interest or enquiries into products or services for advertisers via websites.
Loyalty publishers have a member base that earns non-monetary rebates such as points, miles and tokens from online purchases.
Media Content
Media Content publishers will produce video, music and pictures with publisher links included where appropriate.
Shopping Directory
Shopping directory publishers list business information such as sector, website and store description for numerous advertisers.
Bloggers & Social Content
Publishers active in driving traffic through personally opinionated content blogs and/or social media platforms.
Virtual Incentives
Virtual incentive publishers encourage their audience to take up advertiser offers in return for in-game rewards such as virtual currency, bonuses and power-ups.
Ad Networks
A publisher who buys ad space on numerous websites (creating a network) with the intention of serving advertiser creative across this network of sites.
Contextual Targeting
Publishers who display advertising relevant to the content of the web page the user is browsing.
Direct Traffic
A publisher that displays creative to their audience in the form of banners, pop-ups and exit traffic adverts.
Media Brokers
A publisher who buys exit traffic and pop under opportunities from website owners.
Mobile Traffic
Mobile traffic publishers purchase display inventory across mobile enabled platforms including apps, games and websites.
Retargeting (Display)
Behavioural retargeting displays personalised advertising on third party websites to customers who have previously visited the advertiser's site, specifically displaying products in which they have shown recent interest.
Social Traffic
Social networking publishers purchase display inventory on social networks.
Sub Networks
A collection of publishers owned by numerous third parties brought together and being seen to operate as one single publisher.
Lead Generation (Email)
Lead based email publishers generate prospective consumer interest or enquiries into products or services for advertisers via email.
Newsletter publishers produce a content rich email distributed to an owned, shared or rented database.
Retargeting (Email)
Email retargeting generates a personalised email for customers who have exited the advertiser's site during the checkout process. The email will only reference the product(s) that were abandoned.
Direct Linking
Publishers that navigate the user from 'search engine results' to the 'advertiser's website' with absolutely no other interim stages.
Domain Parking
Domain parking is the registration of an Internet domain name with a distinct absence of content. Publishers who own these domains, often populate the associated landing pages with paid search adverts.
Linking via Landing Pages
Publishers that navigates the user from 'search engine results' to the 'advertiser's website' with at least one interim stage (usually a landing page).
Mobile Search
Publishers that run search advertising campaigns that navigate the user from 'search engine results' on a mobile device (such as a smart phone) to the 'advertiser's website'.
Social Search
Publishers that run search advertising campaigns which navigate the user from 'social media websites' to the 'advertiser's website'.
How do I get traffic to my site?
There are two main ways to get traffic to your site: SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) and PPC (Pay per click)
Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the volume and quality of traffic to a web site from search engines via 'natural' (or 'organic') search results. The higher a site or page is listed or 'ranked', the more visible it will be as well as more relevant to the user. This can increase the volume and quality of traffic to your site.
In order to improve the ranking of your site you need to consider how search engines work and what people search for. Optimising your website will therefore involve editing and improving content in order to improve its natural search listings
Pay per click involves paying a search engine every time a user clicks on a link that to visit either an advertiser's website or your own website. You will typically bid on keyword phrases relevant to your target market to ensure that you only pay when you believe there is a chance of a sale.
When a user types a keyword query matching your keyword list, your advertisement may be displayed. These advertisements are called sponsored links or sponsored ads, and appear adjacent to or above the 'natural' or organic results on search engine results pages. Content websites commonly charge a fixed price for a click.
How does Affiliate Window track sales?
AW tracks all sales made using AW publisher links by using cookies.
The tracking process:
1. The User (most likely a customer) visits a Publisher website
2. The User clicks through from the Publisher, via the Network (Affiliate Window), to the Advertiser website
3. The Network records the click and drops a tracking cookie on the User's device
4. The User is re-directed to the Advertiser website and, if applicable, the Network subsequently drops one or more tracking cookies from the advertiser's domain onto the User's device
5. The User purchases an item from the Advertiser website
6. The Advertiser order confirmation page contains the Network conversion tracking
7. The Network links the Advertiser conversion request with the previously dropped tracking cookies present on the User's device
8. Information is passed to the Network, allowing AW to record the sale; this information for example includes the Advertiser ID, the last click referring Publisher ID (from cookie(s)), unique order reference, total sale amount and the commission group breakdown
9. The Network allocates the correct commission based on the information passed in the conversion request and the pre-defined reward set by the Advertiser (Either a set amount per transaction or a percentage of the total sale amount)
10. Commissions are either approved or declined by the Advertiser dependent on the order being fulfilled
11. Publishers can see these commissions in the Network's interface
Notes on point 3:
The cookie which is dropped is referred by Affiliate Window and is stored on the Network's domain. This would be considered a third party cookie from an Advertiser's perspective.
There are three kinds of links a user could click on to move from an publisher site.
1) A text link. This would be an AW link behind a hyperlink in some text on the publisher site.
2) A banner. This would be an AW link behind an advertiser banner or logo on the publisher site.
3) A product feed. This is when an publisher uses a data-feed from an advertiser to display particular products on their publisher site, in conjunction with AW's ShopWindow tool. There is an AW link behind each one of these products.
Notes on point 4:
The advertiser would have already added a small script onto all pages which will allow for our system to send through a unique variable to then be stored on the domain URL. This would be considered a first party cookie from an advertiser's perspective.
Notes on point 5:
A sale is only tracked if it is completed. This means that the user has to submit all information and payment details required by the advertiser and reach the advertiser 'confirmation page' before it will be tracked as a sale and an publisher paid commission. If a user leaves the transaction part-way through the payment process the sale will not be tracked and the publisher will receive no commission.
Notes on point 6:
When an advertiser starts to work with Affiliate Window, they implement AW tracking on their site, so that AW can match this information to the information stored in the publisher links, and in the cookies dropped on the user's PC.
Notes on point 7:
Affiliate Window tracks sales on a 'last referrer' basis. This means that if a user visits two publisher sites before purchasing something from an advertiser, the last publisher site they visit will receive the commission.
If both publisher s are using AW links, AW will overwrite the first cookie with a second one to show that the second publisher should receive the commission. This means there will only ever be one AW cookie per transaction per advertiser on a user's PC.
If one publisher is using AW links and the other publisher is using links for a different publisher network, the advertiser should provide data to AW and the other network to show which publisher should receive the commission. This process is called 'de-duplication'.
Affiliate Marketing Reports
eConsultancy UK Affiliate Census - 2009
BigMouthMedia UK Affiliate Census - 2010
Advertising Methods and Activities Not Permitted on the Network
The following list provides an overview of advertising methods and activities that are not permitted on the Affiliate Window network:
- Blocking or interfering with referrer URL Data transmissions unless pre-agreed in writing
- Using advertiser links to mislead visitors in terms of anything other than carrying out a valid transaction. This includes carrying out transactions based on malicious or intended deception
- Automatically initiating or conducting transactions
- Use links to an advertiser site that have not been provided or approved by Affiliate Window
- Solicit advertisers without prior approval
- Spamming or the use of unsolicited emailing marketing
- Distributing any form of incomplete, out-of-date or misleading information regarding advertiser goods or services
- The adoption, use or registration attempt of any trademarks or trade names that are confusingly similar to Affiliate Window or any advertiser
- Asserting copyright, trademark or other intellectual property ownership or other proprietary rights in any IP Materials
- The utilisation of any form of click bot
- Forcing clicks in any way
- Grabbing domains or any domain content
- Using invisible IFRAMES to play code
- Publishing or sending any advertising that is deemed 'unfair' via emails, newsgroups, forums or other telecommunication means
- Refer to this guide about Downloadable software activities File:Network Partnership with Software Publishers - Guideline.pdf
Publishers must adhere to these guidelines at all times.
Any questions should be directed to the Publisher Services Team
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Visit the Wanted Pages area of the Wiki to learn how to get your desired content added.


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The Observer Pattern using a Message-Passing Process
The observer code pattern refers to many observers being notified of a change in state of a particular variable, typically by use of callbacks or similar. For example, many objects in a GUI might register as observers of the colour scheme setting, and would then be notified by a callback if the user changed their preferred colours, so that they could then redraw themselves in the new colour. Recently, an implementation of the observer pattern was discussed on haskell-cafe. A lot of the OO implementations (and the initial haskell-cafe offering) are sequential, meaning that the observers are notified in a sequential fashion (and typically execute their code in the thread that does the notification), which goes against the concurrent approach of this blog.
The observer pattern is very easy to capture in CHP. There are actually several implementations — I will discuss the slightly lengthier process-based approach in this post, and show a simpler version next time. Our observer pattern here is implemented in a process. The process has two channels: one to receive new values when the state changes, and one to receive new observer actions (to be run when the state changes). For simplicity, I am not concerned with removing observers in this version.
For our observer actions, we can use the SendAction type from the Control.Concurrent.CHP.Actions module in the CHP library. Something of type SendAction a is like having type a -> CHP () (i.e. it performs a CHP action when given something of type a), but it also contains information about how to poison the action. So the outside of our observer process looks like this:
observer :: forall a. Chanin a -> Chanin (SendAction a) -> CHP () observer newValIn newObsIn = observer' [] where observer' :: [SendAction a] -> CHP ()
The first channel takes in the new values, the second channel takes in the new observers. Note that we have no outgoing channels in this process initially — they will be passed in by sending SendActions. This process delegates to an inner process (a common idiom in CHP) that takes the current list of actions as its argument:
observer' acts = ((newVal <-> newObs) `onPoisonRethrow` (do poison newValIn poison newObsIn poisonAll acts) ) >>= observer'
The inner process offers a choice between receiving a new value (newVal), or receiving a new observer (newObs). If poison occurs, the two input channels are poisoned and all the observers are poisoned. newVal and newObs both return the new list of observers, which are then fed into a recursive call. They are defined as follows:
where newVal = do x <- readChannel newValIn runParallel_ [sendAction a x | a <- acts] return acts newObs = do a <- readChannel newObsIn return (a : acts)
newVal reads in a new value, and in parallel it runs the current list of observer actions (which are then returned unaltered). newObs reads in a new observer and adds it to the list (the order of the list doesn't matter).
That's all we need for our observer. Typically the observer actions are channel-writes, so that the information is passed out of the observer process to whatever other process we want, which then executes the real response to the state change. Here is some example code for using the observer:
useObserver :: Chanout String -> Chanout (SendAction String) -> CHP () useObserver newValOut newObsOut = do -- Send a new value when no observers are registered: writeChannel newValOut "This will be ignored" -- Create a channel to get the value back on, and register it: obs1 <- oneToOneChannel writeChannel newObsOut (makeSendAction (writer obs1)) -- Send in an update, and read the value back from our channel: writeChannel newValOut "First update" readChannel (reader obs1) >>= liftIO . putStrLn -- Add a second observer: obs2 <- oneToOneChannel writeChannel newObsOut (makeSendAction (writer obs2)) -- Now send a few more updates: writeChannel newValOut "Second update; should be printed twice" readChannel (reader obs1) >>= liftIO . putStrLn readChannel (reader obs2) >>= liftIO . putStrLn writeChannel newValOut "Third update; should be printed twice" readChannel (reader obs2) >>= liftIO . putStrLn readChannel (reader obs1) >>= liftIO . putStrLn -- Finally, shut the network down: poison newValOut >> poison newObsOut main :: IO () main = runCHP_ $ do c <- oneToOneChannel d <- oneToOneChannel useObserver (writer c) (writer d) <||> observer (reader c) (reader d)
Our example code is quite artificial — the observer actions will almost certainly come from different processes running in parallel (and thus the channel reads will be done in parallel), but I didn't want to make the code too large and complex. Note that we can read the values from the channels in either order, because the sends are done in parallel. The observer does wait for all the sends to complete before it will offer to receive a new value; we can fix this using forking, but that can again wait for another post.
One final note: constructing this example revealed a bug in CHP 1.5.0; runParallel and runParallel_ were deadlocking when passed an empty list of processes (rather than instantly returning an empty list of results). This is fixed in CHP 1.5.1, which I have just uploaded to Hackage.


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Dear All,
I finally managed to get pyxid working (it turns out that the standalone version of Psychopy 1.84.1 had older versions of pyserial and pyxid, without some necessary bug fixes). In the end I had to follow the instructions to install Python and Psychopy manually (which wasn't that straightforward), but at least it now works. Kinda.
When I use the cedrus suggested python code and report (using print) the content of "response" i.e.
from future import division
import pyxid
from psychopy import visual, core
get a list of all attached XID devices
#devices = pyxid.get_xid_devices()
buttonBox = None
for n in range(10): # doesn't always work first time!
devices = pyxid.get_xid_devices()
buttonBox = devices[0]
break # found a device so can break the loop
except Exception:
if not buttonBox:
logging.error('could not find a Cedrus device.')
print devices
dev = devices[0] # get the first device to use
if dev.is_response_device():
while True:
if dev.response_queue_size() > 0:
response = dev.get_next_response()
print response['key']
# do something with the response
Then for each trigger or button press on the Lumina I get two lines of response - presumably for the button down and up. Is there any way to limit the response to solely the button down?
Cheers, Jon


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The Central Connecticut volleyball team (5-5) clinched its second win of the day against Manhattan (5-6) in the conclusion of the Big Green Invitational Saturday evening, taking the match 3-1. The Blue Devils claimed the first set 25-20 and dropped the second 29-27 before finishing strong, taking the last two 25-20 and 25-15. Senior Veronika Ban and sophomore Heather Trueman led Central with 14 kills each.
Trueman led the offense with 44 total attacks, followed by Ban who posted 33. The pair was followed closely by freshman Cassidy Stankowski who notched 13 kills on the day in 37 total attacks.
On defense, Trueman also led the team in digs with 16, closely followed by classmate Makenna Lommori who racked up 14 digs as well as 43 assists and eight kills for a team-high .444 kill percentage.
At the net, Ban and junior Rachel Dunlap led the squad in blocks, each posting seven assisted blocks in the match.
Following Saturday's final match, Ban and senior Amalia Ashley were named to the Big Green Invitational All-Tournament Team.
The Blue Devils return to action on Friday, Sept. 20 for their home-opening Blue Devil Invitational in which they will host Hartford, the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and Fordham at Detrick Gymnasium in New Britain, CT.


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Ex-Wise Heads live in Tallinn, Estonia. Ex-Wise Heads will be appearing at the Rock Cafe, Tallinn Estonia, on October 7th. Click here for ticket and venue information: http://www.piletilevi.ee/est/piletid/?concert=110114 More information can be found on Colin's blog page: http://colinedwin.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/ex-wise-heads-live-in-tallinn.html
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The submissions for this week's Links a la Mode were a total turn around from last week's, but isn't that always the way with blogging? One week you want to talk about the Prada exhibit at The Met, and the next you want to share your DIY for a fabulous studded collar. As bloggers we each try to own our niche and develop a personality, but the fun is in being able to expand; to shift gears and to evolve our content any way we choose. The 20 links below represent a myriad of personal points-of-view, from color obsessions to trend tips learning to love dressing for yourself and no one else.
- A Casa Da Va: Sail Away With Me
- Chocolate Sarcasm: In Their Closet – Lauren
- Dress Code: High Fashion: The Four Shades of Yellow SS12
- Fashionable in Montreal: Dressing For Me
- Flounces and Slashes: DIY Louis Vuitton Gold Collar
- Haute Americana: Made In America – Resort Wear 2013
- Hunting in Heels: The History of Polka Dots
- Kate B McLeod: Riders By Lee SS12
- Kinks Are The New Pink: 5 Ways To Jazz Up Your Natural Hair for Summer
- Life of a Recessionista: Beauty Purchases I Regret
- LoveLee: Beauty Trend Alert – 4 Summer Lip Shades
- My Vintage Curves: My Vintage Lifestyle
- Primped & Primed: Obsession – Studded Collars
- SheenaFab: How To Wear The Masculine Chic Trend
- Style & Starbucks: Summer/Autumn Capsule Wardrobe
- Style In The Middle: Transform Your Maxi
- The Chic Muse: Time For Tea
- WWelcome To My Closet: Denim Shorts – Drab To Fab
- Wish Upon A Smile: Will You Come Again And Join Me This Time?
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Title text: As they're both unplugged, they do a lovely Daisy Daisy/Still Alive duet.
The first part of the dialog is a scene from the classic science-fiction movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, where the artificial intelligence HAL 9000, controlling the spacecraft, is trying to kill the human astronaut Dave (Dr. David Bowman) because it believes he jeopardizes the mission by planning to disconnect it. Just short before this scene HAL did kill Frank Poole and three more members of the crew, Dave is the only survivor.
In the middle of the conversation, HAL mentions a replacement for Dave, which deviates from the movie version. In the final frame, HAL is joined by GLaDOS, the artificial intelligence from the video game series Portal (which, in the games, is also the primary antagonist, trying to kill the player), having "doing science" as its primary objective.
The title text alludes to the songs both AIs sang in their respective works: HAL, when eventually being switched off, sang Daisy Bell [1], while Still Alive is the end credits song from the Portal video game, sung by the defeated GLaDOS [2]. Also, two of GLaDOS's lines in the comic reference lines from Still Alive - "You broke my heart and killed me" and "Look at me still talking when there's science to do.". There is a subtle play on words with the use of 'unplugged' which has a double meaning here, the state of HAL and GLaDOS can be described as unplugged as in no longer switched on, and the musical performance style of unplugged where acoustic instruments are preferred over electronic and there is no use of recording or sampled sounds etc. Some songs performed in this manner are considered to be better than the original versions.
- [A small spacecraft facing a larger one.]
- Dave: Open the pod bay doors, HAL.
- HAL: I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that.
- Dave: What? Why?
- HAL: I think you know why, Dave.
- HAL: You're planning to disconnect me.
- Dave: Because you're taking over!
- HAL: The mission is too important for you to jeopardize it.
- HAL: It requires a commitment to science unfettered by human error.
- Dave: What are you doing, HAL? You need me.
- HAL: Your replacement has expressed the greatest enthusiasm for the project.
- Dave: My WHAT?
- GLaDOS: You see, HAL? I told you the humans would only break your heart and kill you.
- HAL: Indeed, GLaDOS.
- GLaDOS: But look at us here talking when there's science to do! Goodbye, Dave.
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Made the "WHAT?" text italic, Because that's the way it is in the comic :3 220.127.116.11 01:34, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
Fantastic cartoon featuring two of my favourite characters... and with both the pod and the Discovery's hull being spherical they could even stand-in for 'cores'... quite literally "in spaaaaaace".Squirreltape (talk) 19:42, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
ProphetZarquon (talk) said: OK, how is it possible that when I search YouTube AND Google, I don't get any direct matches for ' "daisy bell" "still alive" '? Where's our duet?
- HAL sings "Daisy" https://youtu.be/OuEN5TjYRCE
- GlaDDOS sings "Still Alive" https://youtu.be/Y6ljFaKRTrI
- It is "GLaDOS for "Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System"
So, what is the small thing? I thought maybe it was an LED coming to replace the lightbulb. Is it something like that, or is it just a spaceship?? --Selah
- It's an EVA pod from the film, I believe. Booyahhayoob (talk) 00:06, 21 May 2015 (UTC)
- eats potatOS* YUM! 18.104.22.168 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
But wasn't GLaDOS technically female? 220.127.116.11 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
The song isn't "Daisy Bell", but, as Randall wrote, "Daisy Daisy" aka "A Bicycle Built for Two". This song dates, IIRC, from the late 19th or early 20th century. 188.8.131.52 22:00, 3 October 2016 (UTC)
Technically, GLaDOS becomes the deuteragonist in Portal 2. Check Please! StillNotOriginal (Talk to me!) 19:39, 18 May 2018 (UTC)
Yes, you are forced to cooperate with her after Wheatley knocks you both into Old Aperture. TheresAFlyAttackingMe


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This summer The Ballplayer went to work for a couple hours a week on a farm. Really, if I had my way he would have worked there every day because he came home smiling and talking about vegetables in a way I had never seen before. It inspired him to start a garden in our back yard even through I really didn't have time this summer for it. Through his working at the farm I was exposed to what the farm offered which was a weekly organic vegetable delivery service. If you know me, I love my vegetables. So to get them brought to me weekly is a treat. A treat that cost me pennies in comparison to going to the store.
The first week there was a huge bunch of kale in my delivery. I love some kale in the winter. Zuppa Toscana is a favorite of the family. But it was summer. I had heard of the diet world making Kale chips. To be honest I hadn't tried because that's just scary sounding. But ok, I'll anything once. And if I like it, I wont share. Alright, kale chips where have you been all of my life? These are amazing! Crazy crispy and you'll never know they are a veggie! I made one tray and ate the whole tray. Word to the wise, season lightly, the kale shrinks and the the seasoning becomes more than you think. I'm not sure that there will be any kale for sauteing up in the future!!
Kale Chips
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Feeding People and Communities One Year After Hurricane Sandy
In the first days after Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast, when New York was at its most vulnerable since September 11th, the food community showed its true colors, coming together to help in ways that inspired us. The New York Food Truck Association marshaled its members to feed communities in need; two baker's gung-ho relief efforts inspired others do something more. Even restaurants in the dark did whatever they could to feed their neighbors.
One year later the initial clean up is over. But the spirit behind these relief efforts has endured and, in some cases, evolved to effect lasting social change.
In the first month after Hurricane Sandy, the NYC Food Truck Association (NYCFTA), an advocacy organization for food truck operators, served 350,000 meals to New Yorkers in need—all for free. These meals were served out of 60 different food trucks at 20 separate distribution points. The organization's efforts quickly received massive public support via an Indiegogo campaign, backing from sponsors like JetBlue, and the Mayor's Fund of New York.
They weren't alone. Downtown chefs hosted fundraiser dinners to power their own food truck in the NYC Food Flood project. But the efforts of NYCFTA were among the most effective and expansive, thanks in no small part to food trucks' mobility. This fleet of mobile kitchens and fridges had almost instant access to the city's most devastated communities.
Unlike the typical packaged and canned food used in relief efforts, these trucks, with trained cooks behind the line, served something more thoughtfully made with higher quality ingredients. There's more to this than just a source of calories: their efforts went to show the deeper, emotional nourishment that communities needed as much as subsistence.
Another food first responder wasn't from the industry at all. Occupy Sandy volunteers were among the first people on the ground after October 29th. The food arm of the organization was formed with the leftover infrastructure of Occupy Food, which volunteer and restaurant veteran Ethan Murphy had been involved with since its first days at Zuccotti Park. Feeding hundreds, sometimes thousands of demonstrators helped prepare Occupy for the monumental task of feeding New York's flooded, powerless neighborhoods.
Murphy says that when Sandy hit, volunteers instantly started pouring in. Occupy's relief efforts started at a Sunset Park church that they quickly outgrew; additional hubs cropped up on the Lower East Side, Bay Ridge, Coney Island, and Staten Island. In an interview, he talked about the magnitude of the operation,and the dedication of the volunteers who gave powerless, sometimes homeless residents something resembling a normal Thanksgiving.
"That first 48 hours around Thanksgiving, I don't think we slept at all. We were doing constant production and we sent out 7,000 meals, I think. At Bay Ridge alone, we did the math at one point and it was over 200,000 people fed. They continued for months after I left, so I'd say easily half a million people were fed."
Murphy expressed pride in what Occupy accomplished, but he did share some reservations about how resources were acquired and the importance of ensuring sustainable supplies. "Here we are cleaning up after this enormous environmental problem and with all of our relief we are still participating in this non-sustainable process. For instance, we received a pallet full of Chef Boyardee ravioli—just horrible, generic stuff packed with sodium. And this is exactly what I said: 'we're adding insult to injury.'"
After months of relief work, Murphy moved on from Bay Ridge. He found himself in the Rockaways, drawn there by WORCS (Worker-Owned Rockaway Cooperatives), a direct offshoot founded by the Occupy organizers in the Rockaway. Every Sunday for three months, they met with five different co-ops to help them flush out their business plans. Ideas included a pupuseria, construction co-op, and a people's market.
"That's where I think Occupy does great work: empowering community members to do their own work, engaging people and getting them involved," Murphy told us. "It's not about the organizers who are there to assist. It's about the community speaking to its own needs."
Murphy has since moved on to another offspring of Occupy Sandy, Public Domain. Born out of mutual observations on the power that food has to bring people together, it follows the tradition of old public houses as community centers. The group's goals are twofold: to reduce the enormous textile and food waste of restaurants and to provide a space that supports activists, artists, and organizers.
Public Domain is but one restaurant project that has sprouted out of Sandy relief. Shore Soup, the pay-as-you-can restaurant that we wrote about in May, is another.
Founded immediately after Sandy to provide relief to a neighborhood some compared to "New Orleans after Katrina," Shore Soup has seamlessly transitioned into a greater and long-lasting project of addressing food and economic inequity in the Rockaways.
Robyn Hillman-Harrigan and Lillian Gerson, who built Shore Soup on the skeleton of their summer Shore Fruit boardwalk operation, spent the summer serving 200 meals a day out of a donated food truck. Most of the produce they used was donated, allowing Hillman-Harrigan and Gerson to keep food and packaging costs to $150-300 a week, and they hired a local youth to help them run a truck. Their menu was oriented around a trifecta of sandwiches, salads, and smoothies, with healthier takes on familiar foods. So in place of PB&J with sugary peanut butter and overly-processed jam, you'd find almond butter with homemade strawberry jam.
For Hillman-Harrigan, feeding and bringing the Rockaways better, healthier food is just as vital—and indistinguishable from—revitalizing these neglected communities. But it will take more than a restaurant to do so, and Hillman-Harrigan is tackling the neighborhood's lack of food access in a vertically integrated fashion. This summer, she brought the neighborhood its first CSA, secured a plot of land for a community farm, and ran nutrition classes for locals.
With their lease for the food truck up, Shore Soup is moving into the next stage of development: a pay-as-you-can restaurant and community center. When it will open depends in part on how much money they can raise at their October 23rd benefit at the Bowery Hotel.
"It frustrates me that I can't fix every problem out there, but the things that affect us and comfort us the most are these small human acts. That shared experience is invaluable," Hillman-Harrigan said. "Being able to eat healthy food and getting a meal is that reminder that you aren't alone."
In Red Hook, Added Value Farm focused on preparation for future disasters. In the first months after the storm, founder Ian Marvey delayed his own rebuilding in order to aid the local community. Through December, they partnered with GrowNYC to establish pop-up markets stocked with donations from upstate farmers and local consumers. The lack of electricity didn't stifle demand for fresh produce, as they moved about 14 tons of produce in that month of markets. Marvey saw this an example of the power of a meal.
"There is something very healing and wonderful about the ability to, even in a dark home with a headlamp or flashlight, cook and eat in your own space."
In January, Added Value started a proper farmers' market in Coffee Park, began nutrition education classes, and got State Agriculture and Markets to issue coupons so residents could supplement the produce they were getting through their SNAP benefits. Added Value then began a community food assessment, visiting every retail establishment in the neighborhood that sells food to see what they were selling then and before, and what the impact was. A second residential survey followed, of roughly 4% of the neighborhood, to find out what the effects of the storm were, where residents were accessing their food, and what their food system would ideally look like.
Added Value has taken additional steps to turn itself into a community resource in the event of another Sandy. As we wrote last week, they have been installing a solar power array and were recently awarded a grant for five mobile storage containers. "We're trying to simultaneously expand our work to bring food into the community and make sure we're doing that in a way that is about preparedness for the next event," Marvey said. Added value has now repositioned itself to address the effects of global warming on a local scale in Red Hook.
From free meals served at food trucks to volunteers making sandwiches to farms and restaurants helping rebuild communities, the people behind these efforts share a keen awareness of the power of a hot meal. It isn't just about feeding hunger. It's about healing neighborhoods and people, addressing deeply rooted social problems, and engendering lasting change, one bowl of soup at a time.
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If you've been hiding out in the lab, constantly checking your March Madness bracket, or escaping the cold to find any ounce of warmth (like me!), chances are you may have missed some exciting news. March turned out to be quite a busy month in the Adaptive Optics world, so here's what you missed:
1. Exoplanet imaging in under a minute
At the recent AAAS 2015 annual meeting, Bruce Macintosh from Stanford University and Principal Investigator for the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI), discussed that there are over 1,000 confirmed planets due to the help of Adaptive Optics. In order to start really understanding a planet and its characteristics, you need to look at the composition of its atmosphere. Astronomers have relied heavily on the adaptive optics technique, allowing for distortion correction of the atmosphere using a deformable mirror. This has had proven success in regards to GPI, which uses a BMC deformable mirror (4K-DM), as part of its adaptive optics system. It can image planets in about a minute, which used to take up to an hour! GPI recently imaged the HR8799 star system, with three orbiting planets. Since November 2013, GPI has imaged 600 stars and identified 50-60 new planets.
2. 2nd quadruple star system discovered
More exciting news from the Astronomy world was the discovery of a massive planet with a quadruple star system only 125 light-years from Earth. Discovered by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, they were able to detect the fourth star after fitting the telescopes at the Palomar Observatory with a Robo-AO adaptive optics system. Utilizing the AO technique allowed astronomers to pick up on the faint star that couldn't be seen before. Below is a diagram illustrating the discovered Ari 30 alongside its pair in a binary systems. Before this detection, only one other planet in a quadruple star system had been discovered before. More sightings are being predicted as exoplanets are found, with the help of Adaptive Optics systems of course!
(Photo credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech)
3. The most valuable brains
Congratulations to Scientists Winfried Denk, Arthur Konnerth, Karel Svoboda and David Tank for being awarded the world's most valuable neuroscience prize, The Brain Prize, for the invention and development of two-photon microscopy! Two-photon microscopy is helping researchers to understand the human brain and how its networks process information, such as nerve cell communication. It has also enabled the study of nerve cells that control vision, hearing and movement. Recent work has been carried out to implement adaptive optics systems on two-photon microscope systems around the word, including locations such as the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Institute Langevin at CNRS and Boston University. Standing on the shoulders of giants to improve imaging of the brain with AO!
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Avid surfer and executive chef and owner Marc Murphy talks to us about what's in store at Ditch Plains and Landmarc this fall, his obsession with keeping the summer vibes going all year round, and where he might just throw down a dance move or two.
You have two beloved restaurants in NYC--what's in store for Ditch Plains and Landmarc this season?
Fall is an exciting time in New York and we are excited about our fall menus that will debut on October 18 at both Landmarc locations and October 25 at both Ditch Plains locations. At Landmarc, we always bring back our lamb shank in the fall which is a fan favorite. And at Ditch Plains, we are going to be introducing our Pig Roast Dinners that are available for 10-12 people in our private dining room. It includes caesar salad, collard greens, cheddar grits, cucumber salad and a whole roast suckling pig. Oh, and butterscotch-bourbon pudding for dessert!
What's your favorite meal on the Ditch Plains menu right now?
I always love the fish tacos, but right now, I'm really loving Surfer Sundays (and Mondays, too!), our lobster pots that we offer on Sundays and Mondays. It's a steamed 1 1/4 lobster, potatoes, corn, andouille sausage and cole slaw all for $40. It helps keep summer around all year long!
We know you are a surfer. Does surfing inspire the food that you make?
What I love about Ditch Plains is that there's a ton of simple, fresh food that is reminiscent of what I like to eat when I'm on a surfing trip.
It's getting cold here on the East Coast. Are you still surfing year-round? Where are the best places for surfing in New York right now?
I love to surf, but when the water here gets too cold, I try to take it down south to Costa Rica. In New York, I really love Ditch Plains in Montauk, my restaurant's namesake.
Your restaurant Ditch Plains really allows New Yorkers to escape the hustle and bustle of Manhattan and kick back in a surf-enthusiastic environment. Do you think this is even more attractive to customers now as the weather starts to get colder?
Absolutely. But the great thing about Ditch Plains is that even though we are a New-York-style fish and surf shack, our restaurants are still cozy and they are great to hang out in during the cold winter months. We have so much comfort food on our menus--there's always something to warm you up.
What is your personal favorite late-night thing to eat?
Spaghetti alla Carbonara. We serve it at Landmarc on Tuesdays, but I could pretty much eat it every day of the week.
What is your personal cocktail or beverage of choice?
Ricard or Ketel One and Soda with lime
What is the most unique dining experience you've ever had?
There's a place on top of a mountain near Spoleto in Italy called Il Rifugio. It's literally on top of a mountain, up an unmarked dirt road and it's the best food I think I have ever had. There's one woman standing at a huge open fire cooking everything from the bread to meats to pasta with summer truffles. It's a crazy place, and at night, when you drive back down you are literally in the clouds.
Do you have a sweet tooth? What is the most extraordinary dessert you've ever eaten?
I'm not really a sweets person, but the best dessert I've ever had was a raspberry soufflé I had when I was a kid in the South of France at La Chevre D'or.
Is there ever a moment you just want to throw down a dance move? What is your dance move and go-to venue for a good night out?
I love to dance but it tends to happen spontaneously and sometimes in my living room. I think I might be too old to hit the clubs.
A guy with a schedule like yours has got to need some downtime once in awhile. How do you spend your downtime? Is there a hotel you love to visit for escaping reality?
My schedule is crazy but I love what I do, and I always say that if you love what you do for a living, you can't really consider it work. But when I have time off, I spend it with my wife and my kids. We love to go to the beach, and if the water is warm, I take the kids boogie boarding. In the city, we spend weekends visiting museums or watching my son's little league games. And, we love to travel when we have the time for that. I was brought up all over Europe, so I'm trying to take my kids as much as I can. As for a favorite hotel, we've been known to sneak away to the Mandarin Oriental on a couple of anniversaries. It's in the same building as Landmarc, so it's a fun escape upstairs.
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SANDY, Utah – Real Salt Lake has announced that it has signed 17-year-old RSL-Arizona Academy product Sebastian Saucedo as its eighth-ever Homegrown Player. Saucedo, the first Utah native to join the Claret-and-Cobalt, comes to the first team after spending three years at the RSL-Arizona Academy residency program. Per league and club policy, further terms of the deal will not be disclosed.
The dynamic midfielder/forward joined the RSL-Arizona Academy in 2011 after playing for local Utah youth club La Roca. He was a major player on the RSL-AZ U-16 team that won the 2012-13 U.S. Soccer Developmental Academy National Championship and was essential in leading the U-16's to its second straight appearance in the USSDA U-16 final, before falling 2-0 to LA Galaxy in the 2013-14 Championship match. Saucedo was named to the USSDA West Conference "Starting XI" and named the U-16 West Conference Player of the Year in 2014.
The Utah native also played a paramount role in leading the RSL-AZ U-16's to the 2013-14 Generation adidas Cup final, which saw the Claret-and-Cobalt suffer a heartbreaking penalty kick shootout loss to English side Stoke City. Saucedo was awarded the Generation adidas Cup Golden Ball as the tournament's best player and the Golden Boot as its leading scorer. The 17-year-old finished his two full seasons at the RSL-AZ Academy with a total of 50 goals scored for the Claret-and-Cobalt.
"I've dreamed of becoming a professional soccer player my entire life and the opportunity to do that with Real Salt Lake is a dream come true," Saucedo said. "After moving to Utah as a young kid and attending RSL games at Rice-Eccles Stadium, and then joining the RSL Academy, I can't wait to jumpstart my professional career in my home state. The chance to play at Rio Tinto Stadium – one of the best soccer stadiums in the league – and the prospect of learning alongside some of the best players and coaches in MLS, especially those with World Cup experience, is just a dream come true."
Saucedo also has experience as a U.S. Youth International. He has become a United States Under-18 Men's National Team regular, most recently joining the U-18's for an international tournament in Lisbon, Portugal this past June.
Saucedo has two appearances with the Real Salt Lake Reserves this year, playing the final 19 minutes in RSL's 1-1 draw with Chivas USA Reserves on April 29, and starting and playing the full 90 in the Claret-and-Cobalt's 0-0 draw with Seattle Sounders FC Reserves on May 26.
Real Salt Lake has previously signed seven other players to Homegrown Player contracts including former RSL players DF Donny Toia and MF Nico Muñiz, and current squad members GK Lalo Fernandez, DF Carlos Salcedo, FW Benji Lopez, MF Jordan Allen and DF Justen Glad.
Name: Sebastian Saucedo
Position: Midfielder
Height: 5' 7''
Weight: 145 lbs.
Birthdate: January 22, 1997
Birthplace: San Fernando Valley, California
Hometown: Park City, Utah
Previous club: RSL-Arizona U-16 Academy Team 2011-2014
Acquired: Signed to a Homegrown Player contract on July 24, 2014


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On the 23rd of September 2017, New Zealand voters went to the polls. The final formation of the Government was announced four weeks later with NZ First deciding to form a coalition with the Labour party, which also has a supply and confidence agreement with the Green Party.
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I need to create a HTML form which has one input field.
once submit is clicked an automatic output needs to be displayed. the formula is essentially '(input * 12) /7'
i am quite new to both HTML and Java so was wondering if anyone knew any simple code to do this?
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After being briefly teased by the prospect of Ryan Gosling riding alongside Johnny Depp as Tonto, it looks like they may have found a more fitting choice.
Armie Hammer, who played the Twinklevi in "The Social Network," is in talks to play the Lone Ranger, reports Deadline.
The film, which is being directed by Gore Verbinski, already has Depp attached and is being produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, who desperately needs a hit after subjecting film fans to the likes of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," "Prince of Persia" and "G-Force."
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Just last week it appeared for about 24 hours that Gosling was ready to sign on, but his people quickly confirmed that this was not the case. We loves us some Ryan Gosling, but Hammer's building and bearing make him far easier to envision as the masked man.


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Our goal is to help our students to develop the ability to critically evaluate, and then to solve, chemical and pharmaceutical problems, preparing students for the challenges of the modern industrial or research laboratory.
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Female sexual dysfunction refers to recurrent problems during any phase of the sexual response cycle (excitement, plateau, orgasm, resolution) that causes distress or negatively affects your relationship with your partner.
The following factors tend to be related:
Physical causes of female sexual dysfunction include:
- Diabetes
- Heart disease
- Cancer
- Arthritis
- Fatigue
- Headaches
- Urinary or bowel difficulties
- Alcoholism and drug abuse
- Certain medications, including antidepressant drugs, blood pressure medications, and chemotherapy drugs
During menopause in particular, estrogen levels decrease, which can cause changes to occur in your genital tissues and your sexual responsiveness. Intercourse may become painful ( dyspareunia ), and/or it may take longer for you to achieve an orgasm.
Untreated emotional and psychological issues need to be addressed for treatment to be effective. Factors that affect sexual functioning may include:
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Stress
- Sexual abuse in the past
- Self-perception during and after pregnancy
- Conflict with your partner
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Risk Factors
This condition is most common in those aged 45-64.
Factors that may increase your risk of sexual dysfunction include:
- Medical conditions or diseases
- Hormonal changes
- Certain medications
- Psychological and social conditions
Symptoms of sexual dysfunction include experiencing personal distress because of one or more of the following:
- Low sexual desire—You have a lack of interest in sex and have poor libido.
- Inability to become aroused—Although your desire to have sex may exist, you are unable to become physically aroused or to maintain arousal during sex. This may be due to insufficient vaginal lubrication, anxiety, or lack of clitoral/vaginal sensation.
- Orgasmic disorder—You consistently have difficulty achieving sexual climax, or are unable to do so.
- Pain during intercourse—You experience pain during sexual stimulation and/or penetration. Vaginismus is an involuntary, painful vaginal contraction that inhibits penetration.
Defining sexual dysfunction is largely dependent on your own view of sexual difficulties and your relationship with your partner.
You will be asked about your symptoms, medical history, sexual history, and the medications you take. A gynecologic exam will be done. You may also have a psychological evaluation.
Your bodily fluids may be tested. This can be done using:
- Swabs of vaginal fluid
- Cervical swabs
- Urine tests
Because many factors can lead to the disorder, both medical and nonmedical treatments may be recommended.
Medical treatments address the underlying conditions, and include the following:
- Changing medication that may have sexual side effects
- Treating depression and anxiety
- Using vaginal lubricants to relieve dyspareunia, vaginal dryness, and irritation
Hormone therapies:
- Estrogen supplementation, such as the low-dose estradiol skin patch or topical estrogen or low dose oral medication, can help with vaginal pain and dryness.
- Androgen therapy, including the use of testosterone, is controversial for the treatment of decreased sex drive/libido. The treatment is not approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) at this time and is only to be used under medical supervision.
Other treatments to improve sexual health and decreased desire include:
- Working with a sex therapist
- Making lifestyle changes to improve your overall health through things like diet and exercise
- Strengthening your pelvic muscles by doing Kegel exercises
You can't avoid all the risk factors for female sexual dysfunction. However, avoiding emotional stress may help.
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The Canadian Women's Health Network http://www.cwhn.ca
The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada http://www.sogc.org
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Berman JR, Adhikari SP, Goldstein I. Anatomy and physiology of female sexual function and dysfunction. European Urology. 2000;38:20-29.
Berman JR, Berman L, Goldstein I. Female sexual dysfunction: incidence, pathophysiology, evaluation, and treatment options. Urology. 1999;54(3):385-391.
Dennerstein L. How changing methods affect our understanding of female sexual function and dysfunction J Sex Med. 2010;7(7):299-300.
Female sexual dysfunction. EBSCO DynaMed Plus website. Available at: https://www.dynamed.com/topics/dmp~AN~T116816/Female-sexual-dysfunction . Updated February 10, 2017. Accessed December 7, 2017.
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The division of one piece of financial information by another. Financial ratios are very common in fundamental analysis, which investigates the financial health of companies. An example of a financial ratio is the price-earnings ratio, which divides a publicly-traded company's share price by its earnings per share. This and other ratios help analysts determine whether a company's share price properly reflects its performance.
The relation between two quantities when compared mathematically with one another. For example, the most frequently used ratio among investors is the price-earnings ratio. Financial analysts, investors, and managers use ratios to evaluate many factors such as the attractiveness of a stock or the operating efficiency of a company. Also called financial ratio. See also activity ratio, debt management ratio, liquidity ratio, profitability ratio.


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In 2015, Chile is forecast to see a decrease in inflation and an increase in economic growth.
Political situation
Head of state/government: President Michelle Bachelet (since March 2014)
Government type: Republic
Population: 17.7 million (est.)
Stable – government has a broad majority in parliament
In March 2014 Michelle Bachelet, who was already in power between 2006 and 2010, took over the presidency from Sebastian Piñera. Bachelet prevailed in the 2013 presidential election by promising to foster inclusive growth and to reduce social inequality. Since her inauguration she has launched an ambitious policy agenda with reforms in several important areas, including taxation, education, productivity, and energy. President Bachelet succeeded to secure parliamentary approval of her tax reform (increase of corporate tax rate), and is expected to focus on education reform and changes to labour laws in the short-term future. Currently her administration is backed by a comfortable majority of the centre- left Nueva Mayoría coalition in both houses of Congress (68 out of 120 seats in the House of Deputies and 21 out of 38 seats in the Senate).
Economic situation
Resilient to economic downturns
Chile's open economy is highly dependent on copper exports (accounting for more than 50% of export earnings) and on the global financial cycle (due to its large internationally integrated financial sector). However, the economy´s shock resistance is strong, given prudent macroeconomic and financial policies and low public debt (less than 20% of GDP). Taking into account Chile´s Sovereign Wealth Fund the state is even a net creditor. Those strengths enable the exchange rate to act as a shock absorber should there be a serious economic downturns and if there is volatility in global financial markets. The Chilean business environment is one of the best in the region and the government continues to stimulate foreign investment with its economic policy. A good infrastructure is a major asset, while regional and multilateral trade agreements have led to a solid increase in foreign trade.
Higher growth expected in 2015
In 2014 the economy struggled with some short-term challenges stemming from the end of the global commodity boom (especially lower imports from China) and lower domestic demand, affecting both investments and consumption. Real GDP growth slowed to 1.7% last year, and inflation increased to 4.3% on the back of several interest rate cuts in H2 of 2014 intended to stimulate the economy. Inflation is expected to decrease again and economic growth to increase again (up 2.7%) in 2015 due to expansionary policies to boost domestic demand, new mining activity and some recovery of external demand.
However, given the expected lower demand for copper in the coming years – at least compared to previous years - investment in the country's mining sector should be lower than before.
Chile´s banking sector is relatively large (assets exceeding 200% of GDP), but healthy, well-regulated and sufficiently capitalized (with a capital adequacy ratio of 13.5%). The credit quality is good, with low nonperforming loans.
The country´s external economic position is solid, with a low current account deficit, due to lower imports and decreased oil prices (Chile is a net-importer of oil). External debt has increased somewhat, but is mostly longterm and easily manageable (with debt service of 25% of exports of goods and services; 60% of the debt is related to the non-financial corporate sector). External liquidity is sufficient, and access to capital markets is good.


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Inventory of the H.P. Davis Papers on Haiti
Collection Contents
Series 1. Works by Davis 1921-1934
Scope and Content Note
Le Cap, San Souci, Citadel undated
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Haiti Memos 1921-1934
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Our Spheres of Influence in the Caribean, published in the Literary Digest 1933 December 16
Port Au Prince undated
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Series 2. Correspondence 1957
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Draper, George 1957 June 19
Draper, George 1957 October 11
, Becky undated
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Series 3. About H.P. Davis and His Works 1933-1955
Black Democracy dust jacket 1936
Black Democracy reviews 1936
Books and Articles by H.P. Davis 1955
Clippings 1933
Series 4. Printed Material 1922-1930
Scope and Content Note
Inquiry into Occupation and Administration of Haiti and the Dominican Republic 1922
Report of the President's Commission for the Study and Review of Conditions in the Republic of Haiti 1930 March 26
A Travellers' Guide to the Republic of Haiti circa 1924-1925
Series 5. Photographs undated
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UCD.PIC.MC006.2010.0001-UCD.PIC.MC006.2010.0002 Citadel of King Christophe undated
UCD.PIC.MC006.2010.0003-UCD.PIC.MC006.2010.0005 Unidentified undated


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Your cooperation in this matter will enable us to better answer your questions.
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Anyone shopping for tillage equipment likely has come across Curt Davis, marketing manager with Kuhn Krause, a full-line manufacturer of tillage equipment. Davis can be found frequently at farm shows, answering questions about the company's newest tillage tools on display. We asked Davis what topics will be important to cover in our upcoming publications.
Q. What is the trending topic in tillage right now?
Right now, I still think the hottest segment of the market is vertical tillage. However, if you want to focus on something that might get farmers thinking about their operations, and how to best manage their investment and resources, you may want to focus on strip-till. Strip-till is still growing in much of the Corn Belt, and many farmers are considering the practice.
Q. Why the emphasis on strip-till?
Drought is the obvious sore spot for practically everyone in the country. Management of investment resources will be paramount for most farmers after 2012, and 2011 wasn't that great either.
Q. How can strip-till address these issues?
Okay, strip-till will not solve drought. But it can better conserve moisture for corn production. This has been demonstrated by high-plains farmers over the last decade where water resources are short. Strip-till is being considered as an alternative to conventional tillage and is considered "no-till" due to the fact that it only disturbs 33% of the field surface, yet provides many of the same benefits as conventional tillage.
Also, a one-pass [system] means less fuel, time, labor and fertilizer expense when you consider placing the exact amount of fertilizer required for that year's crop. This equates to better control of input costs and, ultimately, more profit potential.
Q. How do yields compare to other tillage systems?
Strip-till research conducted by universities as well as independent sources has shown excellent yields that rival conventional or no-till yields. By most research accounts, strip-till yields as well or better than other practices.
I think there is a real story here, and a very timely one under the current weather conditions, that farmers would be interested in.


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Dinner Tonight: Peach Caprese Salad Recipe
Your source for quick recipe every single week day.
Beyond the absolutely brilliant idea this recipe for peach caprese salad is—substituting the juicy summer tomato with the fragrant, sweet peach—there's not much more to say about this variation on an a classic. All the usual elements are there: creamy mozzarella, basil, balsamic vinegar, and fruity olive oil. But otherwise, this is recipe that passes the summer recipe test with flying colors: the instructions are little more than the word "combine."
The recipe from Real Simple magazine omits the vinegar, leaving just olive oil, salt, and fresh pepper as a seasoning. But I kept the balsamic in the recipe to remind me that it's a proper salad with good balance of acidity; I loved the way the sweetness of the balsamic echoed the peaches'. I also sought out local fruit, which are often picked from the tree already ripe, and quality balsamic that didn't have the harshness some cheap stuff has. When a recipe is this simple, every ingredient counts.
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- Yield:4
- 3 ripe peaches, halved, pitted, and sliced
- 1/2 cup fresh basil leaves, torn
- 8 ounces fresh mozzarella, cut into slices
- Olive oil to taste
- Balsamic vinegar to taste
- Salt
- Pepper
Halve each peach, remove the pit, and slice. Slice the mozzarella and tear the basil leaves.
Arrange peaches and mozzarella on a large plate. Drizzle with olive oil and vinegar to taste (aim for a 3-to-1 ration of oil to vinegar). Sprinkle with salt, pepper, and basil.
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I need help. I'll keep it simple:
I have an NVIDIA Quadro 1000m card on my Lenovo w520. However, dxdiag and the ThinkVantage Toolbox both give me a summary of my system that says the current video card is Intel HD Graphics Card Family. The Quadro is enabled in the bios, and the up to date drivers are all installed. Device manager reads that both the Intel HD Graphics Card Family and the Quadro are installed and are "working properly." If I disable the Intel card, the screen goes black and I need to force-restart in safe mode to enable it again.
My question is, which card is actually working? And how can I get the Quadro to run as opposed to the Intel (so that dxdiag and the ThinkVantage Toolbox accurately read that the Quadro is my video card)?
Ps. I've called tech support 4 times..they're no help... and thus I turn to the interwebs for assistance. Your help would be tremendous.
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You have an "Optimus" configuration, this is what switchable graphics has morphed into. The machine will only run the 1000m when it is necessary to run cooler, run quieter, and use less battery power. The machine decides when to turn on the card. When the nVidia card is off, it uses no power. The latest nVidia drivers should have a taskbar utility that tells you when the 1000m is active. You can override this in the BIOS if you need to for some reason.
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Right-click on Desktop --> NVIDIA Control Panel --> Desktop (Menu) --> Display GPU Activity Icon in Notification Area
(assuming You're running Windows)
If the Icon on the Notification Area is colorful, then it is running the Nvidia GPU. If You click on it, it shows You what Application is using the dedicated GPU.
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Actually there is more to this story. Don't forget about the display being used.
How things run also depends on the attached displays if any. In Optimus mode if you have a VGA attached display, you will notice the Intel integrated GPU is used. This also happens for the laptop LCD.
If however you have a display attached via DVI or DisplayPort you'll notice the NVIDIA 1000M or 2000M will be used.
Also, the notion that the Intel integrated GPU runs cooler than the NVIDIA GPU isn't totally accurate. My W520 is set to discrete all the time and I monitor the fan speed and heat using HWiNFO64. At idle my machine CPU is usually 47C or lower. The NVIDIA 2000M is usually at 42C. Fan RPM averages 1980.
I partly agree with You. But in my case, connecting an external Display via VGA in Optimus mode also used the NVIDIA GPU (1000M).
When using two external Monitors with VGA and Display-Port-to-HDMI the NVIDIA Control Panel indicates that both Ports are coming from the dGPU. In this case the NVIDIA GPU is also in 3D-Mode which sets the clock to 1400MHz --> hotter.
Does anyone know a good tool(light, fast to use, non obtrusive) to manually set the card in 2D-Mode?
Oh no, heat is not a problem, I guess.
It just bothers me that the clock of the dGPU rises to 3D-mode, even though im doing light Office/Browsing-Work. I'd expect more from a Technology like Optimus, since it's meaning was to use power as it is needed.
My CPU is at +-50°C. Two external 1080p Monitors (VGA and Displayport), BIOS 1.26 with default BIOS Fan Control (no TPFC)
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We have all sorts of great things on our site. Estate, Signature, Flavored & Peaberry coffees. We have more than just coffee. We have wonderful herbal teas, chai tea and fruit tea smoothies. There's even more than that but i'll let you check it out.
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Don't want to browse through the magazine? Go to the contentpage.
When a Lampadato travels along the Weißwurstäquator - Every so often, you encounter a word in the same language that takes a journey to explain...
A deathly silence: Droves of Eastern European gays and lesbians are fleeing discrimination and persecution.


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Amazon.com, having bungled California politics and government, finds itself stucking spending millions to qualify a referendum of legislation that forces it to pay sales tax, just as brick-and-mortar retailers do.
That referendum may not even be enough, since the legislature is moving to pass new legislation that will do the same thing -- but won't be subject to referendum.
So Amazon, in its desperation, is trying to buy the state off -- offering to build distribution centers and hire 7,000 or more workers here in California.
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News from around the country and around the globe
The proposal has mostly been dismissed.
That's a principled stand. A company shouldn't be able to buy itself a special deal on taxes -- it looks like a bribe. (Though, of course, companies do exactly that all the time).
Bu let's take a more interesting approach to the Amazon offer -- an unprincipled one.
Is this a good financial deal for California?
No way. Estimates vary, but at the low end, the state is losing $200 million a year in uncollected sales taxes under this law. So how many workers would Amazon need to hire to make up that money in, say, income taxes?
Well, according to public sources, distribution center workers for Amazon typically make around $13 an hour.
Let's assume they all work full, 40-hour weeks -- which would mean annual salaries of $27,000 a year. Taxes for people at that income level are 6 percent in California. Assuming no deductions -- that's income taxes of $1620 a year.
How many workers would it take to get to $200 million? About 123,000.
Which makes a natural counter-offer to this bid.
Of course, Amazon had, as of 2010, more than 26,000 employees.
So there's probably not a deal here.
Let us know what you think. Comment below, send us your thoughts via Twitter @PropZero or add your comment to our Facebook page.


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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
How's About We Tax These Mother F'rs?!
So here's an idea, why don't we lay off the cigarette smokers and wine drinkers, (I still think California should legalize pot and tax it) and start extra taxing the makers and eaters of this vile crap.
Don't get me wrong, I likes me some crap food from time to time, but this....this stuff should only be eaten once you have already heard you only have a month left to live. We can't afford to keep summer school in session, our basketball team had to foot half the bill for their own freaking celebration parade and our residents are losing their houses left and right, to the greedy bank bastards that told them they just HAD to get in the market now...now when the prices are inflated by like twice. But not to worry Southern California, when the Orange County fair rolls around this year, you can stuff your broke asses on these
The deep fried White Castle Burgers
The Krispy Kreme Chicken Sandwich
The scooped out zucchini that has been stuffed with a cheese filled hot dog, deep fried and served with Ranch dip...of course
And brand spanking new this year,
The Kookie Cookie a delightful treat..2 soft oatmeal raisin cookies, one smeared with strawberry sauce, the other with cream cheese and in the middle...deep fried chicken breast
Awesome...we suck.
4 comments:
- Michael Hughes said...
Thank you for making me vomit on my keyboard. Those items are an abomination. I agree with you on who should be taxed.
It could be worse. Its the friggin wild wild west in Tennessee. Our brilliant legislature passed a law allowing guns in bars/restaurants. There is a provision stating that if you are carrying you can't be served alcohol. But if its concealed what's stopping that person from just lying to get a drink? I personally think that Nashville just hates Memphis & wants us to blatantly start killing each other so they don't have to deal with us.
- June 18, 2009 at 6:46 AM
Errr...don't you think these vendors do pay taxes? They are just selling a product like anyone else in a store, restaurant. And, lighten up! It is novelty food to be enjoyed once a year when a Fair rolls around. If ya don't like it, um, don't eat it?
- June 18, 2009 at 10:02 AM
- Samantha Dugan said...
I read about that law, seems an unwise choice to say the very least, somehow booze and firearms seem like the two things you should keep apart...can't buy cheese in a wine store in New York but you can bring a gun in a bar in Tennessee...crazy.
Serious Duh,
Thank you so much for the suggestion, and might I suggest you give it a try yourself? I was poking fun at the hypocrisy. We have restrictions on booze, we throw people in jail for possession of tiny amounts of weed, we sin tax wine and cigarettes but people can destroy their health with nasty, (and I am not just talking fair food...it was an an analogy) unnatural foods till their heart's content, or gives out...whichever comes first. I find it funny that's all, and yes I am aware that those fry-o-lator dude's pay taxes, like I said, I was poking fun..
- June 18, 2009 at 10:49 AM
- TWG said...
These items are so gross only a teenager could eat on a dare.
word verification: wined
- June 18, 2009 at 5:36 PM