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333 Ways to Get Kicked Out of Wal-Mart
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1. Take someone's shopping cart and switch the items with stuff from the person next to them's cart
2. Walk up to complete strangers and say, "Hi! I haven't seen you in so long!..." etc. See if they play along to avoid embarrassment
3. Smash the person in front of you on the head with a ham
4. Go up to some old geezer & say "Grandpa!!! You're ALIVE!!! It's a MIRACLE!!! etc."
5. Take something from someone else's cart, when they say "hey, that's mine! " call the security and say that the other
person was trying to take your _____
6. Move "Caution: Wet Floor" signs to carpeted areas.
7. Hide in the center of the clothes circle where people find shirts, and jump out and yell "AIHAIHAIHAIHAIHAIHAIHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!"
8. Go into the dressing room, wait a few minutes, then yell "THERES NO TOILET PAPER IN HERE!!"
9. Get a batman costume, put it on, and run around the store screaming at the top of your lungs, "COME ROBIN! TO THE BATMOBILE!"
10. Hide between clothing and then jump out and yell "PICK ME"
11. When someone asks if you need help, begin to cry and ask, "Why won't you people just leave me alone?"
12. Take up an entire aisle in Toys by setting up a full scale battlefield with G.I. Joes vs. the X-Men
13. Hide in a clothes circle. When someone with a shopping cart goes by stick your hand out and steal something from them
14. Grab a guitar and start singing Wake Me Up When September Ends in a loud shrieking half screaming voice
15. Randomly place 24 bags of candy in peoples carts
16. Go to an empty checkout stand and try to check people out.
17. Go up to an employee and in a official tone say "code three in house ware" and see what happens
18. Follow people through the aisles, always staying about five feet away. Continue to do this until they leave the department
19. Challenge other customers to duels with tubes of gift wrap
20. Set up a concert of singing hamster dolls. Get your friends and turn them on all at the same time. Then act like a conductor
21. Make up nonsense products and ask newly hired employees if there are any in stock, i.e., "Do you have any Shnerples here?"
22. Open a pack of yugioh cards and challenge random people to a "d-d-d-d-d-d-duel!"
23. While walking around alone, pretend someone is with you and get into a very serious conversation
24. Tape a walkie-talkie to the back of a Barbie doll and say to random people, "I know where you live..."
25. Attempt to drown in a kiddy pool...
26. Drag a lounge chair on display over to the magazines and relax. If the store has a food court, buy a soft drink; explain that you don't get out much, and ask if they can put a little umbrella in it
27. Open up random packages in the toy aisle then walk off. If an employee asks what you're doing, just say "I changed my mind."
28. Run around Wal-Mart in a bathing suit singing the Surfin' USA theme song
29. Say things like, "Would you be as kind so to direct me to your Twinkies?"
30. If an employee comes within 30 ft scream "GET AWAY FROM ME!!!" Then run out of the store screaming
31. Walk up to an employee and ask questions like how come this store is called wal mart? Or what's up with your hair? Why do you people wear name tags can't you all remember your own names?
32. Test the fishing rods and see what you can "catch" from the other aisles
33. Glare menacingly at anyone who comes within 40 ft of you. Then hiss like a snake and act like you're going to bite them
34. Throw a fake rubber snake into some lady's face and watch her freak out
35. Squeeze their legs and either sing, "I like to move it, move it! Or say "You got chicken legs!"
36. Dart around suspiciously while humming the theme from "Mission: Impossible."
37. While no one's watching quickly switch the men's and women's signs on the doors of the rest room
38. Bring your pet pit-bull into Wal-mart. Act casual. If someone is brave enough to walk up to you and tell you to get out, simply reply "He's going to help me pick out his favorite dog food"
39. TP as much of the store as possible
40. Whenever you hear a voice saying, clean up etc fall to the ground sobbing screaming the voices!! then get back up & act normal
41. Dress up in a trench coat & wear sunglasses. Walk up to someone browsing and say "The rooster is in the nest" Wait for a reply. After they finish talking, hand them a cap gun and whisper "use this wisely."
42. Go to the music aisle and start singing horrible karaoke
43. Walk along look at someone giggle at them & say to no one... I know I know... hehehe keep doing it until they give you a weird look & walk off
44. Set all the alarm clocks to go off at ten minute intervals throughout the day
45. Go in to the camping department and enter a tent then tell random customers that they can come in if they bring a pillow from the bedding department
46. Broadcast K-mart commercials over the intercom
47. Go up to the bagel section with cream cheese all over your face. Then start chanting, "We love bagels! We love bagels!"
48. Over the intercom say there is a big sale on all items in electronics department and first 10 people to the check outs gets one item free... & see what happens
49. Randomly start putting different size undergarments in peoples carts
50. Contaminate the entire auto department by sampling all the spray air fresheners
51. Run through the store and jump on random peoples carts singing I KNOW A SONG THAT GETS ON EVERYBODYS NERVES!!
52. Go up to random people and poke them. If they ask you what you're doing or tell you to stop, tell them that you're trying to find out what they ate for dinner last night
53. Do your American Idol audition in front of the security cameras
54. Get a marker & go over all the barcodes with a line then go purchase your items... the person who is serving you will have to enter all the barcodes in by hand
55. Go up to some of the customers while your carrying a paper bag and say "trick or treat!" and if they don't give you anything, do the sad puppy dog face
56. Hide under a big pile of clothes and throw random objects at people when they walk by
57. Get a stuffed animal and go to the front of the store and begin stroking it lovingly, saying "Good girl, good Bessie."
58. Walk up to a pizza place and ask for a Mcchicken
59. Go to the bathroom with a cantaloupe (hidden) Make grunting noises and drop the cantaloupe in the toilet. Then say "Phew, That's better"
60. Put blue paint on your hand and when you see someone put your hand on their shirt and point at them and say, "A clue a clue!"
61. Go to a clerk and tell them u lost your son and ask if they can call his name over the speaker! When they ask u his name make up a ridiculous name
62. Leave cryptic messages on the typewriters
63. While Humming the theme to Mission Impossible While wearing all black, knock over all of the cans
64. Take all the CD's put them in the wrong place and when an employee puts them all back yell at her and mess them up again
65. Go to the front of the store in a baby diaper and ask a macho guy to change you
66. Take a friend with you and a younger child and start arguing over who gets custody then have the child run away and out of the store and yell CILLY COME BACK!!!
67. Climb up a ladder & try doing a King Kong thing
68. Run through the make-up department and yell, "There's a dead body in aisle 3!!!"
69. Grab a can of whipped cream & find a bald guy Spray it on his head
70. Dress up in a fairy costume, and climb up a ladder and when people go by say "your wish is granted"
71. Dress up as a giant smiley face and whip price signs! Then yell "ROLLBACK!!!"
72. Walk up to someone act like you can read their mind & say... sir or madam... don't think that.
73. Walk towards a group of people and hit your head and say in a loud voice, "Shut up in there."
74. Put make up all over your face so it looks like a 2 year old did it and then say, "She's horrible at giving make-overs!" and point to a random woman.
75. Go up to random people and ask them if they will be your friends then link arms and start to sing the friends theme song
76. Ride those little electronic cars at the front of the store
77. Smear ketchup on yourself, lie on your back in the kids aisle, and pretend to be dead
78. Lay a 20 dollar bill on the ground and back away and when someone tries to pick it up run up to them and yell hands off my dollar!! Then got to a manager and tell him that they stole 20 dollars from you
79. Randomly throw things over into neighboring aisles
80. Try all of the sodas and put them back then say, "Yup, that stuff's not poisonous."
81. Play with the calculators so that they all spell "hello" upside down
82. Run up to random people and ask if they like green eggs and ham
83. Attempt to fit into very large gym bags, then attempt to fit others into very large gym bags
84. Bang on the pots and pans in the cooking aisle
85. Act as though you are being beaten and fall onto the ground screaming and having convulsions
86. Swing on the half price banners
87. Go up to a random person and tap on his/her shoulder. When the person looks at you, ask what and walk off like you're annoyed
88. Burp and say mmmm, tasty
89. Hold Barbie for ransom
90. Run around with a country music cd and sing Queen's "We Will Rock You"
91. throw random items over into the next aisle and see if you can score into someone's cart
92. Ride around in a Barbie jeep with Barbie in the front seat and act like you're talking to her by saying "Let's bust this joint!"
93. Wrap a hose around you and shout, "AAH! I'M BEING HELD HOSTAGE!"
94. Do your own radio show over the intercom
95. Go to the aisle with the Star Wars stuff and hold up a Luke Skywalker toy and say "Luke, I am your father" and make breathing noises in your darth vader mask
96. Glue pennies on the floor 'heads' side up
97. Knock over all the shelves and run around screaming 'EARTHQUAKE! EVERYON RUN!
98. find a pair of walkie talkies and have a conversation with your self when everyone is watching you
99. Go to the checkout and buy a bar of candy. Repeat, going to the same cash register, until the clerk notices
100. Grab heavy but not too heavy objects, and see who can throw them the most aisles over
101. Buy expensive stuff, go home and use white-out and a pen to change the price to something much lower, and the total much higher, then return and demand a refund
102. get a cardboard box, go in the store and pop out of the box and give out candy to passerby
103. Find the fish section and when someone walks by begin to pet the fish tank and say, "I know how you feel..."
104. Spill water on the floor, and run around claiming that the store is flooded
105. As the cashier runs your purchase over the scanner say "BEEP" in a loud voice. Repeat this for every item, and for other customers items
106. Scream really loudly and when someone tells you to be quiet scream, "I will not be silenced!!!!"
107. Hold a bag of frozen veggies over your head and yell "Fear me and my evil army of frozen carrots!!"
108. Hug someone randomly and say, "I love u mommy!"
109. Go in the undergarments section and ask random people if they think this will fit
110. Tie a plushie to one end of a string your ankle to the other end, and run around screaming "HELP! IT'S AFTER ME!"
111. Start yelling at the stuffed animals when there are people around
112. Grab some pampers Pull-Ups and while buying them yell at the clerk "Mommy, guess what? I'm a big kid now!!"
113. Go into the bedding department and with cookies in your hand lay on a bed then pretend ur having a nightmare about cookies and yell " COOKIE!! COOKIE!!!! NOOOOOO!!!!" Then start rolling around
114. Make evil eyes at someone and start whispering, "I'm the little girl from the well... I've been waiting..."
115. Go to the cafeteria area and buy frys. Then stand by the door and when people walk through throw the frys above their head like there getting married
116. look at old people with wide eyes saying, "I see dead people!"
117. Get a tent ( With holes preferably ) and tell people to come in your lair. When they do chuck popcorn at them and ask them who invited them in
118. Ride around on those electric cars and pretend that your a prissy English Man. Say things like "Cheerio, good man." to people who walk by. And don't forget to have perfect posture.
119. Chase your friends up and down aisles trying to run over them with those electric cars. Make sure to tell your friends to act like they don't know you.
120. Spend all your money riding on those little rides for toddlers. Fit the character; if you on a horse, then pretend that your a cowboy, etc. And if a little kid comes over wanting to use it, start barking at them until they run away crying.
121. Have silly string fights with a friend. Hide behind customers and "accidentally" hit the people instead of your friend.
122. Draw mustaches on all the pictures and mannequins.
123. Walk up to the customer service and when they say "Hello, how may I help you?" say "Yes, I'll have a Quarter Pounder with cheese, one strawberry shake, a large order of french fries and a diet coke." And when they start to talk, say "Oh, to go". Then when they say that they can't give it to you say "Oh, This is because I'm gay isn't it? I'd expect this from McDonalds, but not Walmart
124. Get popcorn and throw at customers, sneaking up on them in an un stealth-like way, while yelling random things 125. Start to madly scratch yourself and walk up to people asking where the rash cream is because your family and all your friends seem to have a rash too.
126. When your alone, have loud conversations with your "multiple personalities". Have an English man, a Southern person, someone from New York, a Grandma, and a 5 year old girl all at the same time. You have to use accents.
127. Start "dancing" like mad. Basically, just wail your arms and legs around like your having some kind of massive seizure.
128. Try on crazy costumes and walk casually through the store.
129. Stick your arm in your jacket and suspiciously start to leave the store. Get really tense and start to lean over as your walking through the doors As if your suspecting the alarms to go off. Then when it doesn't go off, let out a big sigh. Then quickly look around you to see who's watching and run away as fast as you can.
130. Balance EVERYTHING you see on the tips of your finger, your nose, your forehead, and the top of your head while singing the circus song.
131. Spend hours staring at a little blinking light. After a while, start saying blink everytime it blinks. Don't look away, just stay mesmerized.
132. Light a match under a sprinkler
133. Walk up to someone and say "Oh, so your back for more. I warned you never to come back here. Wait here while I go get my shot gun". Then walk away.
134. Buy something that is like $5 and give the cashier all pennies.
135. Walk up to a guy and say "Oh my god, is it you? Oh my god it is!!! I haven't seen you in so long!!!!" Then kiss him. Then slap and him say "Why didn't you ever call me??" Then walk away. Much more affective if you're a guy.
136. Stand next to a maniquin and pretend that your a mannequin. Try to hold the same position for as long as possible. Then finally as someone is walking by, check your watch and say. "Finally, my shift is done. I really don't get paid enough to do this"
137. Stare at the ceiling. See how many people look up.
138. Start singing oldies songs in to megaphone.
139. start hitting on the mannequins.
140. Super-glue a quarter to the floor and count how many people try to pick it up.
141. Switch the price tags with something expensive and something really cheap.
142. Put women's clothes into men's carts.
143. Put preppy stuff, like short skirts and whatnot, into old men's carts when they aren't looking.
144. Run around in front of a mirror screaming "COPYCAT!"
145. Bring a friend and a stopwatch. Get carts and race around. every time you nock something over, subtract a second from your time. You usually get kicked out before you figure out who won.
146. Find a couple. Run up to the one who is an opposite gender from you, slap them, and say "WHAT IS THIS? I THOUGHT WHAT WE HAD WAS SPECIAL!!!"
147. Go up to an assistant and ask for mayonnaise. When they say they don't have it, start crying and scream, "Now how am I supposed to paint my toenails?!?"
148. Lay on the floor and do a ground angel
149. Steal their ketchup, go on the counter, smear ketchup all over you and say HELP ME HELP ME! OMG! THE HOTDOG KILLED ME!
150. Start jumping on one of their beds attempt to fall asleep until one guy tells you to get off. Then yell 'HEY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!?!? GET OUT OF MY HOUSE! GET AWAY FROM MY BED!!!!"
151. Run around switching all of the open signs on the cash registers to closed and all of the closed signs to open. Watch the customers get confused.
152. Ask for Goat Milk
153. Make sure somebody's in the same aisle, then run screaming into a wall. Fall down and say "AHHH! The pain, the horrible, terrible pain!" Until someone asks if you're alright. When they do, get up and say, "Yes, I'm fine, why?" And then walk away calmly like nothing happened.
154. Dress up as an emo kid, then scream at people, "WHY HAVE YOU COME TO WORSEN MY MISERY?!"
155. Dress up as a ninja and go around the store karate chopping people
156. Ride a horse on a stick toy thing and have your friend pull you around the store on a skateboard while you scream, "The British are coming! The British are coming!"
157. Turn a cart over and put towels over it so they can't see in. when someone starts to open it, start yelling "Hey, I'm Using the Bathroom in here!!!"
158. Buy a chocolate bar, go to the bathroom, smear chocolate on your hand, reach under the next stall and ask, "Can I have some toilet paper?"
159. Take a fishing pole, tie it to a dollar, and go fishing for humans!
160. Climb up to one of the really high shelves and start singing Christmas carols at the top of your lungs. Works better around summer.
161. Get a mirror and put it on top of a cart so it lay across it. Get on top and have someone push you down an isle, and Sing "Surfin' USA"
162. When the intercom comes on, fall on your knees and scream in tears of joy, "God has spoken!!!"
163. Get on a bike and ride around and crash into everything and everyone who gets in your way.
164. Pour a bunch of lemonade from the entrance to the bathroom and come out saying someone should have told me where the bathroom was quicker!
165. Steal guns and ammo and shoot all the TV's you can find. whoever blows up most wins
166. Get an umbrella and have someone in a cart (or just a tall person) pour water on it while you sing Raindrops Are Fallin' On My Head.
167. Call the front desk and when they answer the phone say I'm sorry, your call could not be completed as dialed. Please hang up and try again. Then call and say I'm sorry, I will have to put you on hold. Can you call back? I'm busy on isle 3.
168. Go into one of those employees only doors and go behind some food shelves. when people reach out to grab food, grab their arm and start to pull on it.
169. eat all the ice cream boxes and then blame it on a worker with ice cream all over your face
170. Pour carrots on the floor so the employees have to pick it up. Continue doing it for a long period of time.
171. Skate around on a skateboard, then fall over and pretend to break your leg.
172. Start playing the violin.
173. Stare at a blank T.V, for an hour and when somebody asks what your doing, answer, "Shh, this is my favorite show!"
174. Stand on the conveyor belt at the check out with a barcode on your forehead.
175. Start saying stuff like argetrargrehargenstartgen to everyone who walks in.
176. walk around in dirty cloths and eat all the produce lika a bum
177. Poke people and run away screaming, "Don't touch me!!!"
178. Stare at people for a minute and then smile at them happily
179. Beat your chest and run around screaming like Tarzan.
180. Throw stuff on the floor and start yelling at an imaginary friend.
181. Shoot spitwads at people and then fall on the ground laughing hysterically
182. Go into a bathroom that is of the opposite gender of yourself and open the stalls saying, "Ooh la la!"
183. Walk up to random people, give them a hug, and say, "I love you!"
184. Dress up as an old man and start stealing stuff
185. Start a fire, then sit around it with your friends in Indian clothes.
186. Walk around in a court jester costume
187. Run at people with a pitch fork
188. Pretend that you're having a heart attack
189. Throw tomatoes at people and then tackle them
190. Get on the intercom and calmly say, "Attention shoppers. I would like to inform you that the world is about to end, and that there's a sale on isle two."
191. Buy a carton of vanilla ice cream, run up to the cash register, tell the cashier you forgot your money, then start dancing like Napoleon Dynamite, screaming, "Where's my chap stick?!"
192. Pretend to be Spiderman by running up walls and trying to save people
193. Claim isle three as your 'Secret Lair'
194. Run around the store singing the My Little Pony theme song as loud as you can.
195. Get a giant Christmas stocking and hop around in it like it's a potato sack on field day
196. Build a wall out of stuffed animals
197. Put on a cape and run around singing the Phantom of the Opera
198. Yell curse words at people
199. Knock down as many displays as you can
200. Go up to a random old guy with white hair and say, "I want Bratz for Christmas! Thank you Santa!" and then give him a hug and run away.
201. Dress up in a super villain costume and then go around the store yelling, "MARRY ME!" to random people
202. Go up to a tough looking guy and push him and say you wanna fight? And when he pushes back start to cry and run away
203. Point to a cash register and ask the cashier, "How much is that?"
204. Get a tent and campout with the Barbie dolls in the toy isle
205. Chew gum loudly in people's faces
206. Throw a poke-ball at someone and yell, "PIKACHU, I CHOOSE YOU!"
207. Turn on all the flashlights, hang them from the ceiling, stand under them, scatter confetti at your feet, and start singing, using a Barbie as a microphone.
208. Play baseball in the middle of the store, then score a home run and run around the store screaming.
209. Flirt with someone, plan a date, and then break up with them, all in 10 minutes.
210. Get a cart and pile it high with items. When the cashier tells you the price, exclaim, "What a rip off!" And walk out of the store.
211. Start singing, "Tinkle, tinkle, little star! In a toilet that's real far! Up above us in the sky! It's weird to learn that pee does fly! Make sure it does never land! In my, my, my, my, my hand!"
212. Find all the beans you can and put them in your cart, and then tell random people that it's your breakfast, lunch, and dinner for the next couple years.
213. Pay for your stuff with all pennies, and then come up one too short.
214. Scream, "Look! Someone's stealing an old lady's purse!" and when they look away, take all the stuff in their cart and throw it around the store shouting "I'm a terrorist!"
215. Run out of the dressing room screaming, "Michael Jackson has my dad!"
216. Go to the pet isle. Point to a fish and say, "I'll have that one. And that one. And that one..." Keep going until you've pointed to every fish they have in stock
217. Tap dance through the store
218. Change the music on the intercom to Mexican
219. Rip open every package you see
220. Get on a bike and have your friend chase you. Pretend you are going to run over somebody and then move out the way.
221. Stand in front of the security camera and pretend to die (dramatically)
222. Scream "SECURITY!" as loud as you can. When they come up act all panicky and say "This is really important!" Then smile and say, "Hi."
223. Sing "Mary Had A Little Lamb" as loud as you can in the music section, then smile and say "Well, it's the music section so I thought you might like some live music." Then sing it again.
224. Run around with underwear on your head, screaming, "I am Captain Underpants!"
225. Follow a male security dude and ask him where the "feminine needs" are.
226. Go to the toy isle, set up the GI joe figures and yell, " Then it's WAR!!!"
227. Pull down your pants next to a flower display and "water" the flowers.
228. Go to the bakery section and yell "I LOVE PIE!" to everyone you see.
229. Take all the pets out of their cages, including the fish.
230. Grab a strawberry shortcake doll and go to the bakery section. Tell the baker "I'd like to buy strawberry shortcake!" and hold the doll in their face.
231. Scream, "GET OUT OF MY YARD!" to everyone who walks by you.
232. Announce that there's a huge sale at Target
233. Throw a party in a busy isle
234. Test drive lawn mowers
235. Have a tennis tournament in the middle of the store
236. Throw all the bouncy balls in the toy section everywhere and let them bounce around
237. Carry a bomb and make it explode
238. Eat a bunch of candy and refuse to pay for it
239. Go to the in store restaurant and order anything. When receiving it tell them that this was not what you wanted. Refuse to pay and go tell the manager
240. Hide in a pile of plushies and then jump out at people who walk by
241. Act like an old lady and scream, "AH! I broke my back! This wouldn't happen at Target!"
242. Pretend to be a life size Barbie. When someone wants to buy you, run away screaming that someone was trying to kidnap you.
243. Take a marker to all the happy faces. Then change the prices. That will start an uproar
244. When a clerk stops you and asks your name read their name of their id card. When they say it's not your name scream, "IDENTITY THEFT!!!"
245. Throw jelly sweets at the cashiers
246. Steal a shopping cart(As in take it out of the store and put it in your car)
247. Ride on the back of the carts. (they hate it when you do that) Run into other carts yelling like a maniac.
248. Follow one person around the store. Poke them ever so often. When the snap and yell at you scream, "STALKER!!"
249. Pretend like you're a person who works there and walk around saying, "Can I help you find anything?"
250. Spill cooking oil all over the floor and then slide in it
251. Pretend like you're blind and can't find what your looking for. Go up to random people and ask, "Will you help me find some cat food for Fluffy?"
252. Bowl with bottles full of open soda
253. Run around with a bowl of cheerios yelling, "It lowered my cholesterol!"
254. Order a pizza from the cashier
255. Ask to have your pizza shaken, not stirred
256. Start a food fight
257. Go up to a fat woman and say, "Taxi?"
258. Put underwear over your shorts, get a blue shirt, yellow paint, and red paint, paint an s on the shirt, go to the material section, cut a red cape, then get an umbrella, open it, and jump off the tops of shelves.
259. Take the spray paint and paint all the people around you
260. Go up to random people and hug them while putting a 'Kick Me' sign on the back of their shirt
261. Hide in dark places with a golden ring. when people walk by, jump out at them hissing, "We wants it! You cants have it!" Then gently whisper, "it will be alright my precious"
262. Flip off the manager
263. Go to the food section, take all of the boxed items out, and stack them up to make a fort. Glue can help. And creating a 'distraction' elsewhere for the employees to handle while you work does too...
264. Drop a pen and let someone else go and pick it up for you. When they do try to pick it up yell to them, "HEY THATS MY PEN THEIF!"
265. Bring a slip n' slide blast some Music and bring some random people to it and kick their back so they slide accross the slip n' slide and scream "PARTY IN THE HIZ HOUSE!!!!!!!"
266. Throw a dance party
267. Write on the floors
268. Pull all the clothes off the racks into a pile on the floor and hide under it, and when someone tries to pick the clothes up, leap out cackling madly and run down the aisles, still cackling.
269. Go up to someone and say "look over there" Then pull down their pants. And, if you're lucky, their underwear.
270. Pretend to have an asthma attack, and when someone tries to help you, bite them. Or pretend to faint.
271. Get a bag of chips and walk around the store eating them. When an employee tries to stop you or make you pay, tell them that they're your chips! Keep screaming it.
272. Spray a customer with pepper spray and scream, "Help! Help! He's a rapist!"
273. Pretend to be a rabid dog and run around growling at people. Then if someone tries to stop you, bite them.
274. Lie on the floor. Just lie there. It is guaranteed to freak people out. Either pretend to be asleep, or to have passed out.
275. Take toys and put them on the floor and take a cart. Start running over the toys screaming, "Monster Truck Mania!!!"
276. Climb up the shelves/storage units, then refuse to come down.
277. Take red juice Pour it on your face make streaks or stripes then layout on the floor with a flower in your hand when a crowd of people come stand up and walk like a zombie!
278. Grab a bowl, spoon, milk, and cereal. Eat it right there and tell them you'll pay when your done.
279. Stand on the conveyer belt when your checking out and walk like its a treadmill... then ask for a speed increase
280. Wrap yourself in toilet paper rolls and pretend to be a mummy looking for your wife, Cleopatra
281. Follow a stranger around and mimic them. Continue doing this for a long period of time.
282. If you are in Target, say there is a code yellow
283. Get some candy corn form the candy aisle put two on your canine teeth and go around the store biting peoples necks
284. Flirt with the manager's wife
285. Walk calmly to the CDs, when u see one that has Hilary Duff, yell (if you're a fan) OHMIGOD! HILARY'S LATEST! OHMIGOSH, I, LIKE HAVE TO HAVE THIS! (if you're not a fan) Find a hammer, take the CD, gently put it on the floor, then mash it like a madman.
286. Run around spinning and say you're the Tasmanian devil
287. Run around in circles and yell, "I'M THE CIRCLE MAN!"
288. Announce a sock-sliding contest and take off your shoes and start sliding. It's actually really fun...
289. Go up to a employee ask for a application and where it says goals write down 'to take over Wal-Mart' and turn it in
290. Get a water gun and threaten someone with it. A cashier is usually a prime candidate. Then say in a low, dangerous voice (without collapsing into laughter) "Empty out the cash register."
291. Take a soda, shake it up, and then spray it at people.
292. Hide in the clothes so when someone comes to look you yell, "PICK ME!"
293. Request that an employee find you an imaginary product, then keep saying: "I know it's here somewhere, just keep looking!" Eventually the employee will run out of patience, so then you say: "You've been punked!" And run out screaming and laughing. (Maybe you won't get kicked out, but you'll freak an employee out...)
294. Print out a bunch of advertisements for Target, Marshalls, etc... Then calmly go around taping/gluing/stapling them to products, people, and walls. It helps to have a WHOLE lot of them.
295. Move things around. (Put frozen food in with the barbies, etc...)
296. If a fat person has a twinkies in their cart take it out and start eating it and spit it out on them and yell, "That crud is sick!"
297. Point at an old man and yell, "LOOK EVERYONE! IT'S BRITNEY SPEARS!"
298. Put a ski mask on and wear a black cape with black clothes and a fake sword and yell, "Zoro has returned!"
299. Dress up as an old lady and whack people with your purse and when employees come to stop you, pretend to faint
300. Go to Wal-Mart at 2:00 in the morning and do cartwheels around the store screaming, "I'm pregnant!"
301. Put on a long wig and claim to be Pocahontas
302. Break some glass, then accuse a flying monkey
303. Threaten a cashier with a candy bar
304. Bring in scissors and glue. If anyone asks, tell them you are fulfilling your dream of giving Wal Mart a Make Over.
305. Buy a bag of candy. Start to walk away, then ask if you can exchange them. Repeat until they get angry.
306. Go to the dairy section and protest against milking cows. Say things like, "What if the cows aren't ok with us milking them? Cows have rights too!" 307. Redecorate the Rollback Smiley Face so he is green with neon pink eyes.
308. Go up to the manager and ask where the nearest K-Mart is.
309. If you see a couple holding hands, run through their hands and scream, "RED ROVER!"
310. Grab a gnome, then hide in a clothes rack and when someone picks out a shirt or whatever jump out and yell "The gnome did it! The gnome did it!" Then throw the gnome and run.
311. Put up free sample signs all over the store and watch people leave with their "free samples."
312. Run around the store screaming, "OMG! HELP! PINTO BEANS ARE TAKING OVER COSTCO! AHHH!"
313. In Walmart, they give out free stickers. Take them and decorate your body with them. 314. Get a bunch of your friends, about 10 or more, and go up to a lady who looks like she's in her 20's. When there are lots of people around, ask, "Mommy? Can we have some ice cream?"
315. Spit in the manager's face
316. Stare at a customer for a long time while saying, "Hello, hello, hello" nonstop until they get really mad
317. Go to customer service and say, "Your fat vallet guy stole my car."
318. Put an "Out of Order" sign on the manager's butt
319. Go up to customers and whisper, "Seven Days..." and if they turn around, pelt them with Skittles
320. Melt chocolate, then scream, "Free face masks!"
321. Wear a pair of bright yellow pants on your head and run around screaming, "They Got Me!!"
322. Slap the manager and scream, "He's alive! He's ALIVE!!!"
323. Put a lot of matches and gasoline in your cart, then smile at people
324. Run around the store five times, and when you are done, scream, "I WIN!" and do a victory dance
325. Let a collie lose in the store, then scream, "Lassie, come home!"
326. Make your friend that's a guy try on girl clothes and then have him run around like a crazy person.
327. Hide in a boys clothes rack, and when a boy with glasses walks by, scream, "You're a wizard, Harry!"
328. Grab lots of G.I. Joe action figures and Water Bombs and yell, "ITS WAR!!!" whenever someone walks by and throw the bombs at them.
329. Put a Dora toy on the floor and when someone tries to pick it up, yell, "Swiper No Swiping!"
330. Buy a fake but expensive looking vase. (ex. a cheap glass pot.) Fill it with some ash and soot. Then take it to an employee, bump into him and drop it so it shatters. Then keep screaming at him that it was your mother and you will sue him for every thing he owns, and tell him he has to pick it up then and there or he will be cursed for 10 years.
331. Put a squirt gun in a stuffed elmo's hand and scream, "Everybody down!! Elmo's got a gun!"
332. Drive around in a kiddie car singing the batman theme song.
333. Run around with underwear on your head screaming, "I'm Blind!!!
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Re: over 9000 Ways to Get Kicked Out of Wal-Mart
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Posted 2010/02/24 - 3:15 GMT
I plan to do all 333 of these before the decade is out. :P:P
theres soo many that are funny!! hahahahaha!! I LOVE EM ALL!!
Re: 333 Ways to Get Kicked Out of Wal-Mart
El Tigré
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Posted 2010/02/24 - 13:16 GMT
This is hilarious!!!!
Thanks for sharing, Avi!
Re: 333 Ways to Get Kicked Out of Wal-Mart
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Posted 2010/02/27 - 3:50 GMT
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Do you sell HUmmers at Wal-Mart?
Oh yea there right in the back ^ ^
Re: 333 Ways to Get Kicked Out of Wal-Mart
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Re: 333 Ways to Get Kicked Out of Wal-Mart
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Posted 2010/03/29 - 4:08 GMT
Let's go test them out... LOL!
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Posted 2010/03/29 - 5:51 GMT
We should all try some of them out and post the results here... XP
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Wafflez iz Comin For U
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LOL THATS REALLY FUNNY i like 4, 79, 158
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Chicago celebrated the first World Series championship of its beloved Cubs in 108 years with a procession Friday that started at Wrigley Field and ended in a massive rally at Grant Park downtown. Even the Chicago River was dyed Cubbie blue.
But the Rev. Michael Pfleger, an activist priest who has lived and worked for decades at Faith Community of St. Sabina, is urging revelers not to forget the bloodshed on the streets of Chicago's South Side.
"Is the city going to be different when the last 'W' flag is flying and the last party has gone on in Chicago and we go back to normal and there will still be this tale of two cities?" Pfleger asked.
When Cubs fans awoke to a new era Thursday after the World Series win, Pfleger posted a small stark reminder on his Facebook page: "CONGRATS CHICAGO CUBS.....GREAT SERIES AND CLOSE OUT!!!!......but let's not ignore that while the celebration continues....6 KILLED and 15 WOUNDED since Yesterday......."
2016 has been the deadliest year in two decades when it comes to homicide rates.
There have been 632 homicides in the city so far this year, compared with 492 in 2015, according to the Chicago Tribune. Most have occurred on the West and South sides.
"I know people say there were numbers in the '90s that were worse, but I don't remember the despair and the hopelessness and the anger that I'm seeing right now," said Pfleger, pastor of Chicago's largest African-American Catholic church.
"I've never seen the distrust of the police like right now. In the community, there's just this real sense of abandonment."
Pfleger said he's not discounting the importance of the win by the Cubs, who beat the Cleveland Indians 8-7 in extra innings Wednesday after a rain delay that forced groundskeepers to pull out the tarp at Progressive Field during an epic Game 7.
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Humor, fun and nonsense often figure greatly in the current modes of communication on the web, whereby memes and sardonic blog comments are commonplace -- if not expected. Such trappings have found their way into media art practices from Cory Arcangel's cover of Arnold Schoenberg's op.11 Drie Klavierstucke using cat videos on YouTube to F.A.T. Lab's Kanye West Interrupt bookmarklet. The question that these works and others like it raises is this: does humor appear to be a synergistic outgrowth of technology (and how does it relate to its development)?
In the latest exhibition "Fun with Software" at Bristol's Arnolfini, curator Olga Goriunova seeks to document and explore how humorous approaches to software lead to innovation. Working with early net and media artists from JODI to Graham Harwood, the exhibition is a retrospective of peculiar approaches to computation. I sat down with Goriunova to talk about the show's premise and how that premise contextualizes and contrasts the current era of humor and technology.


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Performance of routing is severely degraded when misbehaving nodes drop packets instead of properly forwarding them. In this paper, we propose a Game-Theoretic Adaptive Multipath Routing (GTAMR) protocol to detect and punish selfish or malicious nodes which try to drop information packets in routing phase and defend against collaborative attacks in which nodes try to disrupt communication or save their power. Our proposed algorithm outranks previous schemes because it is resilient against attacks in which more than one node coordinate their misbehavior and can be used in networks which wireless nodes use directional antennas. We then propose a game theoretic strategy, ERTFT, for nodes to promote cooperation. In comparison with other proposed TFT-like strategies, ours is resilient to systematic errors in detection of selfish nodes and does not lead to unending death spirals.
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Game on! Herd spring slate set
The Buffalo Bisons will get preparations for the 2011 season underway at the Spring Training home of the New York Mets in Port St. Lucie, FL. Pitchers and catchers report on February 15. After a month of workouts, the Herd will start a 13-game Spring schedule that will take us right up to the start of baseball in Buffalo.
The New York Mets will open their 2011 Spring Training at Port St. Lucie, FL when pitchers and catchers report on Tuesday, February 15. Mets' position players are scheduled to arrive at Digital Domain Park on Saturday, February 19.
The Herd's schedule will start on Thursday, March 16 in Jupiter, FL against the New Orleans Zephyrs (Florida). The Herd will play six games versus the Zephyrs, five games against the Memphis Redbirds (St. Louis) and two against the Syracuse Chiefs (Washington). The Bisons will play all their home games in the Mets complex at Port St. Lucie FL. All games, home and road, will be played at 1:00 p.m.
The Marlins and Cardinals each have their spring training facility in Jupiter, FL., while the Nationals spring training home is in Viera, FL.
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Time Warner Cable SportsNet 13 will feature programing to get you ready for the 2011 season and beyond. Check out these great shows and stay up on the Herd like never before.
Hot Stove Show – Hear from New York Mets manager Terry Collins and Bisons skipper Tim Teufel at this year's Hot Stove Luncheon at the Adam's Mark Hotel.
Debut Show – Feburary 8 (6:30pm). Also airing Feb. 10 (6pm), Feb. 15 (6:30pm), Feb. 16 (9:30pm), Feb. 17 (6pm), Feb. 18 (10pm), Feb. 19 (6pm), Feb. 20 (5:30pm), Feb. 22 (6:30pm), Feb. 24 (6pm).
The Voice of the Bisons, "Ben Wagner" also introduces the Bisons' new pinstripe jersery and team General Manager Mike Buczkowski updates fans on the many changes at Coca-Cola Field.


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Train derailments increased 20 per cent to 110 incidents in B.C. in 2013 — the highest level in five years — according to federal Transportation Safety Board documents provided to The Vancouver Sun.
The two biggest derailments involved CN trains — 12 sulphur-carrying cars near Chetwynd on May 15, and 15 ore-carrying cars near Tumbler Ridge on Aug. 1 — and the largest liquid spill Jan. 30 involved more than 3,000 litres from the punctured fuel tank of a CN locomotive in Prince George yard.
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On Aug 12, 2013, near Spences Bridge, a loaded CP coal train reported a car was found derailed upright along with "track damage and fires along the right of way between Mile 76 and Mile 81."
And on Dec. 21 in Metro Vancouver, a CP Rail train crew "while lifting cars from track ... at the Chevron facility" reported derailing a tank car over the end of track. No dangerous goods were involved, and no one was injured.
The vast majority of derailments occur in rail yards or remote stretches of track far from the public eye and go largely unreported by the news media. But the railways are required to report such occurrences to federal authorities.
The increase in derailments in B.C. in 2013 occurred during a year in which railway safety — especially involving the movement of oil products — captured the headlines and gained the attention of the federal government.
The most serious national accident occurred July 6, 2013, when a runaway train of 72 tank cars loaded with crude oil crashed in Lac-Mégantic, Que., killing 47 people and destroying half the downtown area. The train was owned by Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway.
On Wednesday, Transport Minister Lisa Raitt in Ottawa announced regulations tightening safety on Canada's railways, including the removal of older tank cars considered at greater risk of exploding in an accident as well as new rules covering speed limits, route assessments and emergency response plans. About 5,000 of the most dangerous DOT-111 tankers are to be removed from Canadian railways within 30 days. Another 65,000 must be removed or retrofitted within three years.
Belcarra Mayor Ralph Drew is a member of Metro Vancouver's transportation committee and an intervener at the forthcoming National Energy Board hearings into the Kinder Morgan plan to twin its pipeline, which would result in a seven-fold increase in tanker traffic through Burrard Inlet.
Drew said Thursday the increase in derailments is worrying, especially given a spike in shipments of oil by rail through B.C.'s mountainous geography. Transport Canada has estimated almost 1,200 carloads of crude oil and petroleum products were sent to B.C. in 2012, up from fewer than 50 in 2011, but has so far not released 2013 figures.
While not backing Kinder Morgan — "I have to be convinced they're doing it right" — Drew said he believes pipelines are a safer way to ship oil than rail. "A derailment of oil tank cars in the Fraser Canyon would be catastrophic. It would move down the whole length; mind-boggling, actually. It makes a tanker spill at sea minor in comparison with the linear damage along the river, and it would ultimately end up in the Fraser River estuary, which is critical salmon rearing grounds."
Of the federal changes, Drew said: "It's good news but long overdue. It should have happened years ago."
Other B.C. derailments last year involved shipments as diverse as wood chips, lumber, sulphur, sulphur dioxide, sulphuric acid, sodium and grain.
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The 110 derailments in 2013 compare with 91 in 2012, 99 in 2011, 100 in 2010 and 94 in 2009. CN was involved in 57 of those derailments, CP in 50 and British Columbia Railway in three.
CP spokesman Ed Greenberg said the derailment at the Chevron facility involved an empty tank car but he could not say whether it had been used to transport crude oil to the Burnaby refinery.
He noted that the total derailments in B.C. also involve fairly minor incidents on side tracks and at low speeds. "Each year, CP safely moves millions of carloads of freight across North America. Safety is the highest priority in our company."
CN spokeswoman Emily Hamer said the company would not comment until Friday.
Derailments can have serious and tragic consequences, depending on where they occur and the products being transported.
In the worst case in recent history in B.C., caustic soda, or sodium hydroxide, killed more than 500,000 adult and young salmon, steelhead, trout, lamprey and other species in a CN derailment at the Cheakamus River north of Squamish in 2005. An estimated 40,000 litres of a solution containing 70-per-cent caustic soda spilled into the river. Much of the ecosystem has since returned to life.
Oil-filled rail cars bound for a transloading facility in Langley — and eventually the Chevron refinery in Burnaby — were part of a CN train that crashed and burned Oct. 19, 2013, in the hamlet of Gainford, Alta., about 85 kilometres west of Edmonton. Of 134 rail cars in the train, four carried crude oil and nine carried liquefied petroleum gas derailed, sparking a dramatic explosion. No one was injured, but homes to about 100 people in the area were evacuated.
CP moved about 13,000 carloads of crude oil in 2011, 53,500 carloads in 2012, and 90,000 in 2013, most of it shipped to the Gulf Coast and U.S. northeast.
In comparison, CN moved about 5,000 carloads of crude oil (heavy crude, light crude and pure bitumen) in 2011, increasing to more than 30,000 carloads in 2012, and reaching 75,000 in 2013.
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Horses in Drug Case Auctioned in OKC (Nov 01, 2012)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - More than 300 horses that the federal government says were bought and trained as part of a Mexican drug cartel's money laundering operation are being auctioned in Oklahoma City.
Some of the 340 quarter horses auctioned Thursday at the Heritage Place Fall Mixed Sale were bred from some of the country's top racehorses.
Authorities say 15 people charged in the case funneled millions of dollars in drug profits through quarter horse operations in several states. Most of the horses that were seized came from a sprawling ranch in Lexington, Okla., that prosecutors say was run by Jose Trevino Morales, the brother of two alleged leaders of the Zeta Cartel.
The sale of the first dozen horses netted the U.S. Treasury Department more than $434,000 Thursday. The sale continues through Saturday.
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9-24-2017 Fox River, Schoolcraft County, Michigan.
The Fox River is a 36.5-mile-long tributary of the Manistique River in Schoolcraft County of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
9-23-2017 Craig Lake State Park, Michigan
9-23-2017Canyon Falls, L'Anse Township, MI
Canyon Falls is easy to visit, and the river gorge is quite impressive. You follow a trail along the Sturgeon River rapids before you reach Canyon Falls. The waterfall falls nearly 30' into a smooth black rock into a box canyon which is often called the Grand Canyon of the UP.
9-23-2017 Silver Falls, Baraga County, Michigan
9-23-2017 Silver River, L'Anse Township, Michigan
9-23-2017 Sunrise, Lake Superior at the Mouth of the Huron, Baraga County, Michigan.
Predawn colors over Lake Superior.
9-22-2017 Mouth of the Huron River on Lake Superior, Baraga County, Michigan
Sky reflected in the Huron River with Lighthouse, McIntyre and Gull Islands of the Huron National Wildlife Refuge.
The river was mirror like at its mouth.
9-22-2017 Big Falls, East Branch Huron River, Michigan
Big Falls is about 20 feet high and very remote near the Baraga/Marquette county border. To Reach this waterfall I had to cross a river with no bridge with my Jeep. The falls is visible from the forest road, but the view is blocked by trees. To reaching the base of the falls, I had a steep climb down into the gorge.
9-22-2017 Big Eric's Falls - Skanee, Baraga County, Michigan
Big Eric's Falls is easily accessible from the parking Area west of the bridge. The falls drops 5 to 20 feet.
After lunch I headed over to ceck out Big Eric's Falls, Big Eric's Bridge and Big Eric's Campground. I saw them all, but not Big Eric.
9-22-2017 Huron Bay, Michigan
Before a late lunch, I stopped and photographed Huron Bay between thunderstorms.
9-22-2017 Little West Branch Huron River
During my drive through the Hurons I crossed many small streams.
9-22-2017 Sunrise, Perkins Park and Campground on Lake Independence in Marquette County, Michigan
9-21-2017 Summit of Hogback Mountain, Marquette, MI.
The next day of my trip, I'm going to drive my Jeep through this remote region on forest service and snowmobile trails. The first night I was camping in Big Bay.
During my hike, I made a right when I should have went left. Consequently, I hiked 5.4 miles. It should have been about 4 miles round trip.
There are vast areas of wilderness north of Marquette. Some are public lands and some are private, Like the 10,000 acre Huron Mountains Club. The club is one of the largest private natural areas in the Great Lakes region and includes extensive tracts of old-growth forest and a number of protected lakes.
Hogback Mountain offers a 360 degree view of the greater Marquette area.
The summit of Hogback Mountain offers excellent views of the Huron Mountains which stretch north of Marquette to Lake Superior. Hogback Mountain has an elevation of 1,220 feet, making it the second highest point in the Upper Peninsula.
9-21-2017 Trail to Hogback Mountain, Marquette, MI.
Choosing the right trail here can be challenging. I've been to the Wetmore/Little Presque Isle/Harlow Lake Area twice and gotten turned around both times. This time the gps on my phone helped me to quickly recognize when I got off track.
Having completed the ascent of Sugarloaf, I moved onto the trailhead for Hogback Mountain.
9-21-2017 Sugarloaf Mountain, Michigan, Marquette County
There is a nice view of the Yellow Dog Plains and Huron Mountains looking inland and north from Sugarloaf.
There were big clouds of fog shrouding sections of Marquette County's forests.
Sugarloaf is1060 feet above sea level and about 470 feet above Lake Superior.
07-26-2018 Sunset, Lake Michigan, Montague, Michigan
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APTR is pleased to announce the selection of APTR member Matthew L. Boulton, MD, MPH, as the new editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine (AJPM), an international peer-reviewed medical journal published monthly by Elsevier, Inc. Dr. Boulton is Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Associate Professor of Health Management & Policy, and Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine at the University of Michigan (UM) School of Public Health, with a secondary appointment as Associate Professor of Internal Medicine in Infectious Diseases at the School of Medicine. He is also Director of the federally-funded Center of Excellence in Public Health Workforce Studies, Director of the Preventive Medicine Residency (PMR), and previously served 6 years as Associate Dean for Public Health Practice.
Dr. Boulton is an active researcher and has published extensively in the peer review public health and medical literature for many years. He is considered a leading national expert on the public health workforce and has research and programmatic expertise in infectious disease epidemiology and surveillance, vaccine-preventable diseases and immunization services, preventive medicine education, and public health in China and India. He currently serves on four editorial boards and is a peer reviewer for 15 other leading public health and medical journals, including AJPM. He also has served as the chief editor and/or primary author on a number of major technical reports for national public health professional groups, the U.S. CDC, HRSA, and RWJF, in addition to authoring a number of book chapters on the epidemiology and field control of infectious diseases.
Dr. Boulton is a national leader in public health who brings more than editorial expertise to the position. He is an active member of APTR as well as recipient of the Duncan Clark Award (2012) for lifetime achievement in preventive education and public health and the APTR F. Marian Bishop Outstanding Educator of the Year Award.
Dr. Boulton will assume full editorial responsibility for AJPM on January 1, 2014, replacing Kevin Patrick, MD, MS, FACPM. Dr. Patrick has served as the journal's chief editor for the past 18 years and taken the journal to new heights with regard to its impact, visibility, recognition, and growth as a scholarly medical and public health journal.
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Galileo: First contracts signed on behalf of the European Commission
Today, at the Le Bourget Air Show, ESA signed two contracts for the procurement of Long Lead Items required for the construction of the Galileo satellite constellation.
In order to secure the launch schedule of the Galileo satellite constellation, Mr René Oosterlinck – ESA Director of the Galileo Programme and Navigation-related Activities – signed, in the presence of Mr Paul Verhoef – Programme Manager of the European Union Satellite Navigation Programme at the European Commission – two separate contracts to initiate the ordering of Long Lead Items as part of the procurement of the Galileo constellation of satellites.
Dr Reinhold Lutz – Senior Vice President Navigation – signed the Astrium GmbH contract, which amounts to €7 million and relates to parts for equipment of the satellite platforms and navigation payloads.
Professor Manfred Fuchs – CEO – signed the OHB contract, which amounts to €10 million and also relates to parts for equipment of the satellite platforms and navigation payloads.
These separate contracts are part of the overall procurement process for the Galileo Full Operational Capability (FOC) Programme jointly managed by the European Commission and the European Space Agency. The award of the satellite contracts is planned to take place by the end of 2009.


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Nobody's surprised, but Blake Griffin won the AP National Player of the Year Award.
I hope everybody realizes what a rare player he is. Athletically he is a freak, that's obvious. He made Tyler Hansbrough look fairly average last week in the tourney. But he couples that athleticism with solid fundamentals, playing good defense and rebounding like an animal (he led the country in rebounding).
Mostly, he is rare because he doesn't celebrate much, you often see him helping players from the opposite team off the floor, and he is a family man. The primary reason he returned for his sophomore year (and went to OU in the first place) was because he respects his older brother's opinion. He and Taylor Griffin won multiple state championships at Oklahoma Christian School.
And lastly (just take a minute to watch these)…anybody who hustles like this while having the ability to do this is ok in my book.
Good luck in the NBA Mr. Griffin.


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What does a fractional quantum Hall liquid and Kitaev\'s proposals for topological quantum computation have in common? It turns out that they are physical systems that exhibit degenerate ground states with properties seemingly different than ordinary (Landau-type) vacua, such as the ground states of a Heisenberg magnet. For example, those (topologically quantum ordered)states cannot be characterized by (local) order parameters such as magnetization. How does one characterize this new order? I will present a unifying framework which will allow us to engineer physical systems displaying topological quantum order. What are the physical properties of these new orders? How robust are they to temperature effects? What are they useful for? Topologically quantum ordered states of matter seem to be ideal physical systems to store and manipulate quantum information since they are believed to be robust against decoherence with an environment, and thus appropriate for building a quantum computer and quantum memories. I will discuss the role of temperature in the protection of quantum information. Have we finally found a technological application for quantum Hall liquids?


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The Worcester Public Schools Coats for Kids Program provides new winter outerwear to children in need throughout the district which includes 48 schools, the Worcester Head Start Program, the Worcester Family Partnership Program and several area homeless shelters.
Almost 3,000 winter jackets, hats and mittens are distributed to infants through high school students annually. In addition, winter outerwear is provided to the Parent Information Center for families arriving from other countries, registering in our schools.
Our mission is to foster comfort and confidence in our students in order to increase attendance and participation in school.
Interested in joining our efforts and would like to help?
- Shop for new winter outer wear and deliver your tax-deductible* purchase to DAB, Rm 008
- Become a Coats for Kids Shopper.
- Be a LEAD SPONSOR
- Make a monetary donation (The WEDF maintains 501c(3) non-profit status. All donations made to WEDF are tax deductible as allowed by the IRS.)
Make check payable to WEDF and mail to:
Worcester Educational Development Foundation, Inc.
Attn: 2016 WPS Coats for Kids Program
210 Park Avenue, Suite 224, Worcester, MA 01609
- Donate a gift certificate, themed-basket or item to our fundraising event raffle table
- Attend our Fundraiser & Social Event:
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Superintendent of Schools
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Principal, May Street School
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Principal, Midland Street School
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Worcester Public Schools Teacher
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Director Joseph Kahn asked for raw emotion out of his two stars, Megan Fox and Dominic Monaghan, and he got what he asked for.
"I'm asking them to go from zero to 100 in two seconds," the director of the "Love the Way You Lie" video told MTV News, "so they were using all their techniques as actors."
In the video, Fox and Monaghan play two a troubled couple that alternates between scenes of domestic intimacy to instances of jarring violence. The song is a collaboration by Eminem and Rihanna about abusive relationships.
"Dom would be calling her names, she'd be calling him names," Kahn said. "To see them turn it on like that, it was really a fascinating acting study."
With Fox and Monaghan only available on set for 2 days, shooting took place at a light-speed pace. "You're going to have to ramp up into emotions in two seconds," Kahn told his actors.
The directing team initially was not sure they could land a big name like Megan Fox, star of "Transformers" and "Jonah Hex."
"I just thought, 'why don't I try this?'" Kahn said. "I mean, we have the biggest artist in the world, with the hottest song on the planet, with the hottest female artist. And it's a meaty role."
He said it turns out Megan Fox is a fan of Eminem's music, and she agreed to make the video.
Kahn said that although there are some parallels between the theme of the video and Rihanna's personal life, fans should not look too deeply to connect the dots.
"Obviosly there are parallels between in terms of the song, with Eminem's personal life and Rihanna's personal life," the director said. "But ultimately, if you really look at the video, its not about anybody in particular. It's a story about two characters I created."
Megan Fox Turned Up Heat in 'Lies' Video: Director
Director Joseph Kahn asked for raw emotion out of his two stars, Megan Fox and Dominic Monaghan, and he got what he asked for.


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After a triumphant debut in Tokyo, Chanel's 'Little Black Jacket' Project made its way to the vibrant, glittering city of Hong Kong, via Tokyo, New York and Taipei. The exhibition finds snug home at the Space Gallery, on the charming Hollywood Road, where it will stay from the 7th to 16th July.
Karl's intimate black and white portraits hang on pale grey walls in the two-storey gallery nestled in the midst of an area known for art galleries, Chinese antique furniture stores and small independent boutiques. Just down the road is the famed 150-year-old Man Mo Temple. On the hot, balmy evening that 'Little Black Jacket' was unveiled, the city's glitterati came out in full force for the event. The jacket might have been black but the crowd was certainly colourful. A newly blonde French actress Cecile Cassel flew into Hong Kong along with actress Elisa Sednaoui who sparkled in a plunging floor length dress.
Chinese movie star Tang Wei, fresh from multiple awards wins at Korean film festivals, came to the opening and pointed out her favourite from Lagerfeld's over 100 portraits: a large scale print of 4 year old Scarlett Utzmann Huynh. The ever-stylish digital artist Yi Zhou also joined. Noted local faces at the gallery included famed songstress Joey Yung, Hong Kong's most noted lyricist and style maker Wyman Wong and Hilary Tsui, boutique owner and fashion figure. They had all styled their own little black Chanel jackets to distinctive effect.
Just as Karl Lagerfeld expresses the Mademoiselle's fascination with Asia in inspired designs, so Asia's fascination with Chanel continues to be still, ever strong. Celebrity make up artist Zing, who is an avid collector of modern and vintage Chanel jackets, was delighted to see the exhibit hit Hong Kong. Zing has been wearing little black Chanel jackets for years. And why not? The walls show Karl and Carine's men don the garment in a nod to the men's uniforms that originally inspired Mademoiselle's aesthetic.
The Hong Kong skyline is one that comes alive after dark, and as the sun set on this vernissage, crowds hopped next door to the after party. Musician Choi Sai Ho entertained an eclectic crowd of VIPs." Fashion isn't just present in dresses," Coco Chanel once said.
"Fashion is in the air, it's borne by the wind, we sense it, we breathe it, it's in the sky and on the tarmac, it's everywhere, it comes from ideas, custom, events..."
Occasionally, the acuity of something new, like this exhibition, can touch on a sense of timelessness. And in fast paced Hong Kong, that is cause for celebration indeed.
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Scented Putty
Hey everybody! Are you looking for a new craft for the kiddos? Or maybe a new project that you can do with them for a creative way to spend time together? Or maybe even a fun thing that they can make with their friends? Well, how about our free recipe for our Scented Putty? What kid doesn't love to play with putty? I know I did, we had it everywhere, all over the house! And what kid wouldn't love to make their own? They can pick the colors, sizes, whatever they want! This recipe is sure to be a fantastic hit among them and their friends so you should definitely stick this on your future projects to try list!
Ingredients and Equipment Needed to Make Scented Putty
1 tablespoon of Corn Starch
½ teaspoon of Borax
2 tablespoons Distilled Water
1 tablespoons White School Glue
10 drops in FUN Soap Colorant (whatever color you want!)
10 drops Tropical Paradise Flavoring (or any other oil-based flavoring)
Mixing Spoons
4 oz. PET Jar
White Dome Lid 58/400
2 plastic cups (or mixing bowls)
Measuring Spoons
1. In a plastic cup, mix 2 tablespoons of distilled water and 1/2 teaspoon of Borax together. Make sure to mix it well.
2. In a separate cup add ½ teaspoon of this mixture along with 10 drops of Tropical Blast Flavoring and 10 drops of FUN Soap Colorant. (You can also use any of our body safe fragrances instead of the flavoring. However if you do choose to use fragrance, do not use the plastic cups. Make sure to use a mixing bowl because the fragrance will eat through the plastic cup.) Set aside the cup with the Borax mixture. You will not need it again unless you decide to make more than one!
Add 1 tablespoon of school glue and 1 tablespoon of Corn Starch to your mixture. Mix it all together until it becomes too difficult to stir.
Remove the mixture from the cup and place it on a piece of wax paper.
Roll the putty all around in the palm of your hands. It will slowly begin to take form.
When you are finished with your first ball, feel free to make as many more as you want using the rest of the Borax mixture. You will just need to repeat everything from step two including adding the flavoring, corn starch, and colorant. We made 7 putty balls with this awesome recipe, but we still had a little bit left over! So with using all of the Borax mixture, this should make at least about 13 putty balls! To store the scented putty simply place it in a 4 oz. PET jar and tighten the lid. Note: Body Safe fragrance oils can be used for this scented putty recipe instead of flavorings, but if you use fragrance oils, you will need to be sure to mix your putty in a pet plastic container. Fragrance oils can melt certain plastics.
Are you just totally intrigued? I'm sure the kiddos are, they will be so excited to make these Scented Putty balls that they will want to start as soon as possible! Are you looking for an awesome craft for the kids to do at a party? Well this is it! This wonderful putty is guaranteed to be a definite favorite, and they will want to make them over and over again. Come on, get started on these as soon as possible! Keep watching for more Enlightened by Layla! Are you looking for even more crafting fun? Make sure to check out all the rest of our free recipes and classes as well!


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If you could see the inside of my fridge right now you'd be horrified. I am not naturally an organized person. Having three kids has forced me to improve on my organization skills but the fridge is still one area in which I need great improvement.
There are random jars of pickled peppers, capers, and jams that may or may not be expired. There are several yogurt containers that most likely do not contain yogurt but bits of meals from the previous week. Some that cause too much fear in me are saved for a day in which I'm brave enough to tackle the impending smell that will cast doom over the kitchen. Others are simply tossed into the trash even though my conscience screams at me, "Reuse that container! Or at the very least, recycle it!" I pretend I can't hear it.
On the rare days that the house is clean and I appear to have my life order, please, just don't open the fridge, because in there lies the truth. My life is cluttered, messy, often smelly, and chaotic.
My favorite way to clean out the fridge is to wrap those little random leftover bits, the ones that haven't gone bad, in dough.
Pizza dough is often found in the fridge, so as I'm pulling that out I grab the yogurt container that contains a small amount of last night's leftover sausage. And perhaps I'll grab the container that has a few cherry tomatoes and chunks of blue cheese. Oh and there's a bit of marinated kale too? I'll take that.
With a bit of mozzarella and a spoonful of tomato sauce tucked in there, dinner is ready in under 30 minutes. The productive part of me, the one who gets giddy when I'm able to "kill two birds with one stone" as they say, is very proud that I cleaned out the fridge while producing a dinner that pleases everyone. Even those in the family, who shall remain nameless, that are less than thrilled with eating leftovers.
*This post was part of an ad campaign for Newman's Own and was compensated for the content I created.
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This recipe can be adapted to endless possibilities. You'll want to make sure you have some sort of cheese and a great red sauce, after that use what you have – roasted vegetables, greens, meat, etc. Any pizza dough will work here, homemade or store bought. Once you have the dough this meal comes together in moments and is easily customizable for those "particular" eaters in the family.
serves 4
1 recipe pizza dough (store-bought dough works beautifully here)
1 cup Newman's Own Marinara (or your favorite red sauce)
1 cup mozzarella
1 cup cooked sausage
a few basil leaves, roughly torn
¼ cup olive oil
Pre-heat the oven to 450*
Divide the dough in four equal portions and create a rough circle. Flatten out to about ¼ – ½ inch thick using your hands or a rolling pin. In the center of each dough round add a couple of tablespoons of sauce, some cheese, sausage, and a couple of torn up pieces of basil. This is what I happened to have on hand, feel free to use what you find in the fridge.
Brush a little bit of the olive oil along the edge of the dough. Pull one side of the dough over the filling to reach the other side. Seal the edges and brush the top of the calzone with olive oil. Place on a parchment lined sheet tray or directly onto a pre-heated pizza stone, if you have one.
Bake until golden, about 15-20 minutes.
Let cool slightly as the inside will remain very hot for quite awhile. Serve warm along side a simple salad.


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My name's Lucy, I'm 15 years old and from Australia. I picked up my first Harry Potter book around the time GoF came out, and ever since then I've been madly obsessed. Just as a note to any readers, the four stories I currently have posted here are all quite old. I like to think my writing has improved since I wrote those (particularly Imperfections- my first), but please still feel free to review. :) And I'm afraid that, at the moment, it doesn't look like Letters from the Other Side will get completed. Sorry to anyone who was enjoying it.
Aside from reading and writing, I love music. My list of favourite bands is forever changing and updating, but at the moment a few favourites are From First To Last, Nightwish, All-American Rejects, Snow Patrol, AFI, Cute Is What We Aim For, Drop Dead, Gorgeous, Hidden In Plain View, Jack Off Jill, In This Moment, Oasis, Senses Fail, and many more.
I'm currently working on a new fic about Bella, my current obsession. It's pretty dark at this stage, and possibly a little violent, so I'm working on toning it down a little. Hopefully it will get submitted sooner or later.
That's all for now. Happy reading!


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LOWELL — A 21-year-old Lowell man is accused of breaking into the school nurse's locked cabinet at a Chelmsford middle school and stealing students' prescription drugs.
Police said Corey L. Ralls, 393 High St., Lowell, who was working as a custodian at the school at the time, was caught on hidden camera.
In Lowell District Court on Monday, Ralls pleaded not guilty to two counts of larceny of a drug and three counts of breaking into a depository after being summonsed in for arraignment.
He was released on personal recognizance.
According to court documents, at 9 a.m. on Jan. 28, Chelmsford police met with McCarthy Middle School Principal Kurt McPhee about prescription medicine stolen from the nurse's office.
Police say about a dozens of pills were missing from different students' medication bottles. The pills were stimulants and medication for Attention Deficit Disorder, police said.
The medication was stored in a locked file cabinet in the nurse's office. Police say the key to the cabinet was stored in the nurse's unlocked desk drawer.
Both school nurses were cooperative and had no involvement, police said.
One nurse told police she found dirt on her desk on several mornings, suggesting someone had been sitting in her chair and putting his feet on her desk. Her desk drawers were in different positions.
To catch the culprit, police hid a surveillance camera in the nurse's office and relocated medications to a more secure area.
On Feb. 4, McPhee contacted police saying someone was captured on video removing the keys from the nurses' desk drawer at 7:49 p.m. on Feb. 2, a Saturday. The video was dark because the suspect did not turn on the lights, but a person is seen removing keys and turning toward the locked cabinet, court documents state.
The suspect could be seen opening drawers searching for medicine, but had been moved. The suspect was wearing a hooded sweatshirt and stocking hat, similar to what Ralls often wore when he cleaned the school.
McPhee told the school that a private company is hired by the schools to clean the school on Saturday. The company told police that one of the custodians worked until 7:30 p.m., and that Ralls worked until 9:30 p.m.
In speaking with police, Ralls initially denied stealing medication. Then Ralls allegedly told police that he had a "compulsion to steal," according to court documents. He allegedly admitted using the key three times to unlock the cabinet and steal medication, documents state.
Ralls allegedly told police his had used opiates for year, but stopped and was stealing the medications to help pay his rent. Ralls told police he wasn't the only one stealing, that another custodian stole money from a teacher's drawer, documents state.
The next day, Ralls told police he broke into the cabinet because he was forced to steal after being threatened by another custodian. Ralls allegedly refused to divulge details of the threat upon advice of his attorney.
Ralls' next court date is a pretrial conference on Aug. 28.
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Library Author Series: Laura Pritchett
By Christina Freeman
Laura Pritchett
Tue, 08/12/2014 - 7:00pm
Library Hall
Spend an evening at the library with one of the West's defining literary voices. Laura Pritchett speaks about her new novel, Stars Go Blue.
"Stars Go Blue manages to be both warm-hearted and violent at once—a complex deeply-imagined family tale which finds unexpected gifts at its conclusion.Laura Pritchett is a writer who knows country life on the Rocky Mountain front range thoroughly and she conveys this physical world expertly, beautifully out of her long experience. Within this specific place her clear depiction of character and suspenseful delivery of story compel us to the last exact word."—author Kent Haruf
"Strength of character and simplicity of language comparably complement a rich underpinning of savagery and sadness as Pritchett sensitively navigates the end of a life and sublimely realizes its enduring legacy."—Booklist, Starred Review
"Pritchett delivers a brilliant novel, filled with heartache and humor, that will strike a chord with many readers. A heart-wrenching exploration of a family in crisis."—Library Journal, Starred Review
"Laura Pritchett's is a fine new voice, fully her own, with wise sensibilities. The deep territory mapped here in the triangular boundary between regret and endurance and hope is well illuminated and finely wrought."—author Rick Bass
About Laura Pritchett's new novel, Stars Go Blue
Stars Go Blue is a breakout novel of family, nature, sacrifice and justice. Laura Pritchett brings her straightforward style and Rocky Mountain rancher sensibility to bear on a situation that is distressingly increasingly prevalent: the horror, misery, and desolation of advancing Alzheimer's disease.
The voices of this brief, harrowing novel alternate between Ben's—whose Alzheimer's is nearing the turning point from escalating forgetfulness to permanent, debilitating dementia and loss of personality—and Renny's. his wife, whose patience for her husband's struggles is at times is less than perfect. Ben and Renny's life together has seldom been easy, which in part comes with the territory: literally, as ranchers in Colorado. But piled atop the day-to-day chores and animal husbandry and concerns about the weather has been tragedy—their daughter killed by her husband Ray before their eyes.
Now Ray is getting out of jail on good behavior and he wants to set things straight with Ben and Renny. As Ben's condition worsens, it seems to him an inenviable showdown will be the only way that justice—the kind of justice the West has long been famous for—be done.
Stars Go Blue is a triumphant novel of the American family, of ranchers at every turn affected by the brute, thoughtless forces of nature—internally and externally—even as they strive to exert some level of control over their existence. With an unflinching look into the world of Alzheimer's, both from the point of view of the afflicted and the caregiver, the novel offers a story of remarkable bravery and enduring devotion, proving that the end of life does not mean the end of love.
About the author
Laura Pritchett is the author of the novel Sky Bridge (winner of the WILLA Literary Award and finalist for the Dublin International Award and the Colorado Book Award) and a collection of short stories, Hell's Bottom, Colorado (winner of the PEN USA award and the Milkweed National Fiction Prize). She is also the author of a nonfiction book, Great Colorado Bear Stories. Pritchett is editor/co-editor of three books: Home Land: Ranching and a West that Works, Pulse of the River: Colorado Writers Speak for the Endangered Cache la Poudre, and Going Green: True Tales from Gleaners, Scavengers, and Dumpster Divers. Pritchett received her B.A. and M.A. in English at Colorado State University and her Ph.D. in Contemporary American Literature/Creative Writing at Purdue University. She is currently finishing three books: a new novel entitled Blue Moon Mountain, a memoir called The Normal One, and an anthology about sex and nature. She lives in Colorado, near the small cattle ranch where she was raised.
This community talk is free.
About the Library Author Series
Bud Werner Memorial Library presents an ongoing program of author talks throughout the year. These are free community events held in Library Hall, where a diverse award-winning range of visiting authors speak about their literary works and their writing processes. Each talk is followed by a Q&A and an opportunity to have authors sign copies of their books.
Books will be available for sale and author signing courtesy of Off the Beaten Path Bookstore.