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Girls basketball: Watertown improves to 15-1
Watertown 49, Ansonia 35: Sara Selimovski and Meg Perrin both dropped in 14 points as the Indians earned an important Brass Division victory in Ansonia.
Jamie Zoldy scored nine points while Danielle Lutkus finished with six for Watertown (15-1).
Tierney Lawlor had 19 points to go with five rebounds and four steals, while Melissa Tirella chipped in with 13 points. Quanisha Finney pulled down eight rebounds for Ansonia (10-6).
Kennedy 52, Wilby 27: Dominique Moss had 10 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Eagles in Waterbury.
Moss, Jennifer Marrone, Sarah Norwood and D.J. Alberto combined for 16 of the team's 19 points in the third quarter for Kennedy (11-4). Marrone had nine points and Shontia Punter chipped in with eight.
Chandrea Griffin had a game-high 13 points for the Wildcats (4-11).
St. Paul 51, Woodland 40: Mekaela Giantonio poured in a game-high 27 points, including a career-high seven from beyond the 3-point arc, as the Falcons topped the Hawks in Beacon Falls.
Kelly McMahon and Theresa Swanke both scored seven points for St. Paul (9-7).
Andrea Piccolo finished with 21 points while Nicole Fowler contributed 10 points for Woodland (8-7).
Crosby 41, Sacred Heart 31: Ndidi Nolisa scored 16 of her 26 points in the second half as the Bulldogs roared back from a seven-point halftime deficit to win at home.
Za'Nayia Love added seven points for Crosby (9-7), which outscored the Hearts in the second half, 24-7. Elena Colaci had 15 points for Sacred Heart (6-10).
Derby 48, Seymour 45: Shelby Mendillo netted 16 points for Derby as it earned NVL Brass victory over Seymour.
Mendillo sank two free throws with six seconds remaining to give the Red Raiders a three-point cushion. Cindy Farrell was fouled while shooting a three at the buzzer for the Wildcats, but missed her first attempt to end the game.
Shyanne Garofalo chipped in for host Derby (2-14) with 13 points.
Farrell led Seymour (5-12) with 18 points, and Kaitie Dow added 10.
Northwestern 61, Housatonic 49: Rasa Hamel poured in a game-high 31 points to lift the Highlanders in Winsted.
Kathleen Wysocki scored 12 points while Emma Beltrandi added nine for Northwestern (10-5). Heather Kearns scored 21 for Housatonic (7-8).
Nonnewaug 60, Wamogo 34: Ally Rescsanski scored a game-high 14 points for Nnonewaug in Litchfield. Erin South added 11 for Nonnewaug (13-3) and Katie Burke had 10.
Jenna Lopardo had 10 points for Wamogo (5-10) and Jullian Nichols added nine.
Litchfield 52, Shepaug 31: Shelby Elwell finished with 13 points to lead all scorers for Litchfield in Washington, Conn. Isabelle Binstadt had 12 points for the Cowgirls (6-9), while Tara Shakley contributed 10. Caroline Kelly led the Spartans (2-13) with nine points and seven rebounds.
Wolcott 45, Kaynor Tech 18: Cassidy Cody recorded 17 points for Wolcott in nonleague action in Waterbury.
Madison Hanlon added 10 for the Eagles (9-7). Sydney Craig led the Panthers (6-9) with six points and four steals, and Audra Spellman grabbed eight rebounds.
Pomperaug 69, Joel Barlow 32: Gabbie Holness recorded a terrific all-around game with 15 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists and five steals for the Panthers in Redding.
Morgan Metcalf had a game-high 21 points with nine rebounds for the Panthers (16-0) and Katelyn Perrotti recorded six assists.
Immaculate 45, Oxford 34: Jena Mazzucco and Jaclyn Daily each had 11 points for the Mustangs in Danbury. Taylor Drayton scored 12 points for Oxford (4-12) and Sarah Woolfrey added 11.
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#2. The Say "Yes" to Drugs Experiment
Back in the day, drugs like LSD were new and exciting and seemingly full of potential. The U.S. and British armies thought that these new drugs could have use in warfare (presumably on the bad guys, since a man's accuracy with a machine gun tends to actually drop several notches when he's tripping balls).
So, they recruited their own soldiers to indulge in huge amounts of acid and weed in order to monitor the effects.
"Her interest in Bob Marley appears to have doubled since last week."
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A word of advice, if anyone ever walks up to you and says, "Hey, mind if I test this on you to see if it would make a good weapon?" fucking run.
It doesn't matter if they're gripping a handful of marshmallows. Kick rocks, immediately, because something horrible is about to happen. In this case, one of the theories the military wanted to test was that you could feed your own recruits enough drugs to drive them to suicide. And they weren't giving them the recreational stuff; we're talking military weapons grade hallucinogens.
The military insists nobody suffered long-term harm from the experiment, though their files indicate one guy talked with imaginary friends for days at a time and another played with invisible kittens for hours. If that second one doesn't sound so bad, imagine how he felt when he sobered up and realized that he had no kittens. The main thing the military wanted to know was if soldiers could still fight under the influence of LSD, and determined that, yes, tripping soldiers were still capable of violence. We're thinking there was probably no pleasant way to find that out.
Just a bad trip.
Also, some soldiers sued the military years later, claiming the government-issue LSD caused them memory loss, hallucinations and "homicidal urges." The courts ruled against them, on the basis that if some dudes ask you to drop a ton of acid so they can see what happens to you, and you say yes, you deserve what you get.
#1. The Sudden Wealth Experiment
What if some guys handed you $100,000, on the condition that they get to film what happens to you next? And what if you were living under a bridge at the time?
The crew of the documentary Reversal of Fortune planted a suitcase filled with 100 grand for homeless man Ted Rodrigue to find, and followed him around with a camera to document the results. Initially, Ted did exactly what the rest of us would do if someone gave us $100,000. He bought a new bicycle, picked up Mike from down at the local recycling plant and hit the fucking amusement park.
This may also have involved corn dogs.
Oh, he also found a place to live, got back in touch with his family and landed a girlfriend. We'd probably do that stuff too, but after the amusement park.
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As we have previously mentioned, people who have been poor for years get pretty good at it. You make minimum wage, you live like you make minimum wage. If you're homeless, you adjust to life on the street.
But give a homeless guy a shit ton of money, and he doesn't continue to live like a homeless guy. But he doesn't live like a guy with $100,000, either. He tries to live like a millionaire, because he has no idea what living on 100 grand looks like.
Maybe consider other investments.
People who are used to having that much money don't go buying cars for their friends and new girlfriends nor do they spend all of their free time getting shitfaced at local bars. But that's exactly what Ted did. And they tend to hold down jobs, which Ted steadfastly refused to do despite being advised to find one by friends, family, a homeless advocate and a financial planner. In Ted's words, he was "set for life."
After buying himself a $35,000 truck, buying additional cars for his new girlfriend and Mike from the recycling plant (you probably thought we made that guy up) and spending close to $10,000 per week at the bar, Ted had less than $5,000 left after just six months.
Of course that was just one homeless guy. You'd obviously handle that opportunity more responsibly, right? Nope, probably not. It turns out even well adjusted, middle class lotto winners go through the exact same stuff before ultimately losing everything and winding up worse off than before.
Still, they got a great documentary out of it. And we assume Ted got to keep that sweet bicycle. The rest of us however learned the valuable lesson that giving us a sudden chunk of wealth is a bit like giving a dog a helicopter. It's awesome for a few minutes, then everything goes to hell.
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For example,
"We decide to engage a lawyer for the case."
"We decide to hire a lawyer for the case."
Is engage used particularly in British English? Do speakers of American English use engage in such examples?
For example,
Is engage used particularly in British English? Do speakers of American English use engage in such examples?
Simply put, engage is really not all that common when it comes to hiring people. Just use hire; its primary definition is more applicable to the situation than engage. It is interesting to note that the definition of hire includes the word engage. I think that hiring someone is a more specific form of engagement, and if you're looking to achieve clarity, then hire is your best bet.
I'm fairly certain that the definitions of these two words have little variation between British English and American English, so this answer most likely applies to both.
Edit: Colin Fine has informed me that this does not necessarily apply to British English.
The meaning of the words given by the NOAD are the following:
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Insulating and heating my garage sounds like a pain. What are the consequences of simply allowing water-based latex paint to freeze in the winter? Is it ruined forever or does it just need tons of extra mixing in the spring?
Latex paint is composed of a mixture of components that when frozen can cause the solids to expand and separate from the mixture. Effects of using damaged latex paint can result in degraded performance such as un-even coat, less gloss, cracking and peeling of paint much sooner when exposed to the environments (sun light), and etc.
It is not recommended to expose latex paint to extreme temperatures. You probably can get away with it once. If it's frozen, thaw (expose to room temperature) and once thawed, stir the paint. If the paint is smooth, you should be okay; however, if the paint is lumpy (the solids have separated from the mixture because it was damaged by being frozen) then you have a bad mixture.
Some mixtures may include propylene glycol, which is used to protect the paint from freezing temperature and damaging the mixture.
I have an idea for you. Instead of insulating and heating the entire garage to save a few gallons of paint, perhaps you could build a small insulated paint locker. Build a box or cabinet large enough to store all your paints. Insulate the inside with some 2 inch rigid foam or R-11 blanket insulation and put some foam weather stripping around the insulated door or cover to make it fairly air tight. You could then install a low wattage light bulb as a source of heat. Honeywell makes an inexpensive plug=in/plug outlet feed thermostat that would work fantastic in this application. I use one for running three 40 watt clamp-on light fixtures in the engine compartment of my boat. The thermostat can be set to turn on the lights when the temp lowers to 35 to 40F and turn off at 40 to 50F. You set it to keep the locker above freezing. I wish I was good at drawing pics with the puter, but a good design would be to mount your lights and thermostat at the very bottom of the locker with a venting or wire shelf just above, so the heat rises in the locker and the bulbs are protected from getting bumped by paint cans. I'm sure you could build the whole project for under $100. The bonus is that something like this would be very cheap to run all winter.
I had 5 gallons of paint freeze and no amount of mixing would get the lumps out! I mixed it for over an hour, no difference... ruined!
I accidentally froze a 5 gallon bucket of paint. I didn't want to throw it away, so I thawed it out and used a paint mixer on my drill to blend it. It was still lumpy, so I used an old screen and strained all the lumps out of it. I used it to paint my son's living room. By the way it looks just like the paint that was not frozen. I lost some paint in the straining process, but salvaged most of the frozen paint and used all the remaining paint. It was well worth the try, since that brand of paint is about 32 bucks a gallon.
For a latex paint (water soluble) I added water and actually used a hand blender for 3-4 minutes, the result was an even, smooth paint. The paint was completely granulated before.
Whether or not it stays on the wood will be determined in a couple of years...
EDIT: The paint had frozen completely at least twice!
the easiest way to store paint in the winter is in an old refrigerator in the workshop, has insulation, etc just leave the unit as is and install a incandescent light bulb of about 40w connected to an old wall thermostat in the bottom. When the temperature inside the unit drops below what you have set it to the light comes on. If you are really worried, use two bulbs when/if one fails another there for backup da da, and during the rest of the year, keep you beer in it!! :-)
I have 2 cans of rustoluem oil based paint that froze over the winter (and by froze they got down below -20 for nearly a month.. I mixed them with paint thinner for over an hour, they are NO GOOD ! Do Not Let your Paint FREEZE !!! If you do, can throw it in the trash !!!
I never use latex paint because it freezes and is no good after that, so I use an oil based paint inside and out. It only takes a few minutes longer to dry when u use a fan.
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Did you remember to use your JumboWoot Love coupons before Dec 15th?
Coupons received in Sept, Oct and Nov expire on Dec 15th.
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thanks for reminder. I did use mine already
November codes are valid till Dec. 31, not Dec. 15.
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THIS is the code that the poster is offering a kind reminder about and it is appreciated. I just have not found anything to buy with it since I forgot to use it on my last purchase. The original post is correct.
Had two saved up and used them both! Whew! Still have the one that expires the end of this month so I'm on the watch for something I can't live without!
I've got 1 or 2 left and 1 week to use them in....
Already used mine but thanks for the reminder.
Technically, the original question should be "Will you remember ..." because it is before the 15th.
Regardless, thanks for posting the reminder, @bbdickso1. I didn't need it, but I'm sure some did.
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Hi Everyone,
I'm working on an app that has embedded videos and was wondering is there a way to embed youtube videos so that when they are tapped on, they exit out of the app and play the video in the native Android app installed on the phone?
I'm working with some fairly limited Android phones (The Samsung Galaxy Mini) and embedding the video using the iframe method doesn't work very well as the video won't play.
If anyone has successfully tried this and would care to share their wisdom I would be very grateful.
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Thanks for the reply. That solution works fine in iOS but unfortunately it was a bit of a nightmare to get it going in Android.
My approach was to take the youtube iframe approach as shown in the code below:
Ext.define('Application.view.IosVideoPlayer', { extend: 'Ext.Panel', xtype: 'iosvideoplayerpanel', config: { fullscreen: true, scrollable: false, style: 'background-color: #fff;', tpl: '
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', cls: 'videoplayer', listeners: { painted: function(){ button = Ext.ComponentQuery.query('#supportersbackbutton')[0]; button.go = {container: 'funstufflandingpanel', panel: 'behindthescenespanel'}; setTimeout(function(){button.show();}, 500); }, erased: function(){ button = Ext.ComponentQuery.query('#supportersbackbutton')[0]; button.hide(); } } } });
From working on solutions to this problem, even going as far as to embed some test videos into the view using the html5 video tag and Ext.video, nothing seemed to work on the Android devices.
When running this app in the Android browser as a web app, the videos displayed perfectly, but when compiling as a native android app the videos wouldn't play at all.
When updating to the latest version of the Sencha SDK tools and building a native Android app that way, I was able to get sound from the videos but no image.
In the end, we had to wrap the native Android app in Cordova and use an intent to catch taps on the video itself, which would then open them in the default android media player.
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Doesn't the OReilly App already do this? It loads Youtube and when clicking opens the native player...haven't tested it on Android though


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What are the differences between
chroot, and
gksu ?
Sudo (superuser do) allows a system administrator to give certain users (or groups of users) the ability to run some (or all) commands as root while logging all commands and arguments. Sudo operates on a per-command basis.
It is not a replacement for the shell.
Features include: the ability to restrict what commands a user may run on a per-host basis, copious logging of each command (providing a clear audit trail of who did what), a configurable timeout of the sudo command, and the ability to use the same configuration file (sudoers) on many different machines.
visudo is a command-line utility that allows editing of the
The su command, also referred to as substitute user, super user, or switch user, allows a computer operator to change the current user account associated with the running virtual console.
By default, and without any other command line argument, this will elevate the current user to the superuser of the local system.
When run from the command line, su asks for the target user's password, and if authenticated, grants the operator access to that account and the files and directories that account is permitted to access.
Additionally, one can switch to another user who is not the superuser
root is the user name or account that by default has access to all commands and files on a Linux or other Unix-like operating system. It is also referred to as the root account, root user and the superuser.
The word root also has several additional, related meanings when used as part of other terms.
One of these is the root directory, which is the top level directory on a system. That is, it is the directory in which all other directories, including their subdirectories, and files reside. The root directory is designated by a forward slash (
Another is
Also it may refers to the user root which is the adminstrator of the system with full privileges.
A chroot is an operation that changes the apparent root directory for the current running process and its children. for example if you chroot
Uses of chroots
The following are some possible uses of chroots:
SU connects you as root.
The terminal will remain as root for the session.
With sudo (superuser do) you can perform operations as root while connected as a regular user.


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WEIRTON - Bob Evans in Weirton marked its first anniversary with a grand reopening party Friday.
"It's been a year," General Manager Terri Hubbs said. "We've made a lot of changes, I think we're doing good things for our guests."
Hubbs said a range of child-friendly activities were planned throughout the day, including face-painting and cookie decorating. There was also inflatable bowling in the evening, and throughout the day Bob Evans scratch offs were presented "to everyone who came in."
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CELEBRATION — Bob Evans in Weirton celebrated its grand reopening Friday with a range of activities for kids, including face painting, cookie decorating and inflatable bowling. General Manager Terri Hubbs, left, puts the finishing touches to a giraffe on the face of Maria Gates, 8, of Weirton, while Taryn Resseger, 8, of Weirton, sits patiently while Shelby Davidson paints a dog on her cheek. -- Linda Harris
"We look forward to showcasing our new talents and proving to the guests that we have been working very hard," Hubbs said. "We have new management along with more experience and we are ready to "wow" our guests."
The restaurant, located on Three Springs Drive next to Walmart, also has a new menu.


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Aberdeen VFW Post 224 Auxiliary will meet 6:30 p.m., Tuesday in the 40 &8 Club.
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Aberdeen Retired Eagles Activity Club (REAC) will meet at noon Tuesday followed by a short meeting and games. Members may order from a limited Eagles menu. Bring "stuff" for the fundraising efforts.
Harbor Toastmasters No. 1793 meets at noon Tuesday in the second floor meeting room at the Aberdeen Timberland Library. The meeting is open to those wishing to expand their communication abilities, such as speaking in front of a group. Harbor Toastmasters are ADA compliant. For more information, call 537-4075.
Hoquiam Lions Club will meet at noon Tuesday in the Hoquiam Elks Lodge. Visitors are invited. Lunch is available for $7.
Elma Eagles No. 1440 will meet at 8 p.m. every Tuesday.
North Beach Eagles No. 4197 will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Kiwanis Club of Ocean Shores will meet at noon Tuesday at the Homeport Restaurant. Everyone is invited. For more information, call 289-2451.
Aberdeen Ladies of Elks will meet at 7 p.m., Wednesday in the lodge. For more information, call 532-6013.
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I just started my investigations about tesselations and tilings for some very special kind of design Project. I came over that image:
It shows a part of the Giant Pufferfish's skin and I am very curious about to find out how this pattern could be generated, so that it can be continued infinite in x- and y-direction, without self-repeating.
However I am not a mathematician and quite new to this Topic, so I appreciate any Kind of Help or Hint that gives me some guidance.
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PREVIEWS: "Daredevil," "Uncanny X-Men," & More Marvel Comics On Sale August 3, 2016
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Thors #2
The Thors avenge and investigate in Jason Aaron, Chris Sprouse and Goran Sudzuka's in "Thors" #2.
|August 3rd, 2015
Batwoman Annual #2
Even with an expanded page count, Marc Andreyko's wrap-up of the series in "Batwoman Annual" #2 feels a little rushed and is complicated by shaky art.
|April 2nd, 2015
Spider-Verse Team-Up #1
"Spider-Verse Team-Up" #1 gives readers an extra chance to check in with Six-Arm Spider-Man, Spider Man Noir, Spider-Ham, Ben Reilly, and Old Man Spider-Man in stories from Christos N. Gage and Roger Stern.
|November 6th, 2014
Batwoman #35
"Batwoman" #35 is filled with a bunch of oddball ideas all blended together by writer Marc Andreyko and artist Georges Jeanty.
|October 20th, 2014
Q2: The Return of Quantum and Woody #1
Christopher Priest and MD Bright get the old band back together and they sound just as good as they ever did in this great return of "Q2: The Return of Quantum and Woody" #1.
|October 15th, 2014
New 52: Futures End #18
"The New 52: Futures End" #18 exhibits some depth to previous surprises and packs in a few more in this story from Brian Azzarello, Jeff Lemire, Dan Jurgens and Keith Giffen with art by Georges Jeanty.
|September 5th, 2014
Amazing X-Men #6
"Amazing X-Men" #6 is Jason Aaron's final issue, as he and Cameron Stewart give us an epilogue to the return of Nightcrawler, even as it sets up a storyline that is presumably in someone else's hands now.
|April 16th, 2014
Amazing X-Men #5
With cinematic-worthy spectacles drawn by Ed McGuinness, "Amazing X-Men" #5 brings Jason Aaron's story of "The Quest for Nightcrawler" to a close.
|March 28th, 2014
Amazing X-Men #4
"Amazing X-Men" #4 has beautiful visuals from Ed McGuinness as the adventure in the afterlife continues, but Jason Aaron's story feels uncharacteristically slow and drawn out.
|February 24th, 2014
Amazing X-Men #3
The X-Men have been scattered across the afterlife and it's up to Nightcrawler to save them both in Jason Aaron, Ed McGuinness, and Dexter Vines' "Amazing X-Men" #3.
|January 20th, 2014
Uncanny Avengers #15
With a whole lot of emotionally charged death on their hands, Rick Remender and Steve McNiven head into the penultimate battle of "Uncanny Avengers" #15.
|December 20th, 2013
Amazing X-Men #2
Besieged by demon pirates, Storm, Iceman and Firestar go to Hell while Wolverine and Northstar find themselves in Heaven in Jason Aaron and Ed McGuinness' "Amazing X-Men" #2.
|December 9th, 2013
Amazing X-Men #1
"Amazing X-Men" #1 has the long-awaited return of Nightcrawler and some gorgeous art from Ed McGuinness and Dexter Vines, but a story from Jason Aaron that feels a bit slower than needed.
|November 6th, 2013
Nova #9
Thanos' lackeys send their lackeys to visit the human rocket in "Nova" #8 in an adventure written by Zeb Wells with art by Paco Medina.
|October 24th, 2013
Nova #8
Thanos' lackeys send their lackeys to visit the human rocket in "Nova" #8 in an adventure written by Zeb Wells with art by Paco Medina.
|September 27th, 2013
Batman: The Dark Knight #23.4
"Batman: The Dark Knight" #23.4 gives the new Joker's Daughter her first full-sized outing, but Ann Nocenti and Georges Jeanty's story of an emotionally damaged girl taking over a lost part of Gotham is clumsy at best.
|September 25th, 2013
Nova #7
Sam Alexander flies to New York City and attempts to establish himself as the next big superhero in Zeb Wells and Paco Medina's "Nova" #7.
|August 23rd, 2013
Nova #6
Zeb Wells and Paco Medina make their debut in "Nova" #6, and the book feels like it's aged a bit (in a good way) while still maintaining the basic direction established by the outgoing creative team.
|July 21st, 2013
Guardians of the Galaxy #3
"Guardians of the Galaxy" #3 wraps up the opening chapter of Brian Michael Bendis and Steve McNiven's work on the title while opening doors to bigger and louder adventures.
|June 13th, 2013
Nova #4
"Nova" #4 brings a giant, white talking tiger down on Sam Alexander to go with the Chitauri fleet writer Jeph Loeb and artist Ed McGuinness start the issue with.
|May 17th, 2013
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 #21
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9" #21 has the series limping towards its conclusion with a mixture of random story elements and lackluster art from Andrew Chambliss and Georges Jeanty.
|May 9th, 2013
Thanos Rising #2
Jason Aaron and Simone Bianchi continue to regale us with the early adventures of Li'l Thanos in "Thanos Rising" #2.
|May 3rd, 2013
Nova #3
"Nova" #3 from Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuinness pushes the new Nova one beat forward in the story -- but it's not a lot and certainly not enough.
|April 18th, 2013
Nova #2
"Nova" #2 puts the helmet on Sam Alexander's head, features cameos from Rocket Raccoon and Gamora and brings bigscreen action from Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuiness.
|March 21st, 2013
Nova #1
"Nova" #1 has Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuinness introduce both an older Nova Corps member and his (presumed) heir apparent, but while it looks great, it's also a little slow-paced.
|February 19th, 2013
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 #19
Andrew Chambliss and Georges Jeanty heat up the overall story arc in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9" #19, but a lack of focus in this series makes it hard to get that excited about "the Siphon."
|February 13th, 2013
Marvel NOW! Point One #1
With stories created by comic talents like Jamie McKelvie, Matt Fraction, Brian Michael Bendis, and Ed McGuiness, "Marvel NOW! Point One" #1 features some fun stories with characters like Loki, Ant-Man, Star-Lord and Nova.
|October 19th, 2012
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 #14
Jane Espenson and Karl Moline unleash Billy the Vampire Slayer in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9" #14, and what could have been cliché or even offensive ends up actually working quite well.
|October 15th, 2012
Captain Marvel #3
"Captain Marvel" #3 follows the time-travelling adventures of Carol Danvers as she races into battle alongside the Banshee Squad, a female equivalent to the Howling Commandos.
|August 31st, 2012
The bout in "AVX: VS" #3 features Thing against Colossus and Black Widow against Magik.
|June 18th, 2012
Avengers: X-Sanction #4
In this wrap up of the ballyhooed lead-in to "Avengers Vs. X-Men," Cable's got some explaining to do.
|March 21st, 2012
Avengers: X-Sanction #3
In its third issue, "Avengers: X-Sanction" is starting to drag, although the end picks things up a bit.
|February 1st, 2012
Avengers: X-Sanction #2
Cable versus Iron Man. No one demanded it, but that doesn't mean it's not fun to see.
|January 7th, 2012
Avengers: X-Sanction #1
Cable takes on the Avengers. Actually, it's a lot more than that...
|December 14th, 2011
Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Season 9 #3
Buffy continues to be hated by just shy of everyone for her part in ridding the world of magic. Meanwhile, a new friend turns out to be not what he seems and both Buffy and Spike discover this fact far too late.
|November 10th, 2011
Point One #1
The next year of Marvel does look like it will have some fun, but that fun isn't in these pages except for the Watcher heist sequence.
|November 9th, 2011
Fear Itself #7
Truly, we have nothing to fear but "Fear Itself" (and its countless tie-ins).
|October 19th, 2011
The Mighty Thor #6
Galactus vs. Asgard with only a pastor and Loki standing between the two.
|October 2nd, 2011
Avengers: The Children's Crusade #7
It's another "plot transition" chapter, which unfortunately has some out-of-character moments in order to propel us to the conclusion.
|September 23rd, 2011
Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Season 9 #1
Buffy searches for herself and her place in the world after ridding the world of all its magic.
|September 14th, 2011
Mighty Thor #5
The pace is a little slow, but there's no denying the epic in "Mighty Thor."
|September 3rd, 2011
Captain America and Bucky #621
Marvel is helping out their loyal Captain America fans by offering two books with the star-spangled Avenger that feature great art and good stories. This one, however, has more Bucky.
|August 24th, 2011
Captain America #2
Captain America, Nick Fury, and Agent 13 investigate Code Name Bravo.
|August 17th, 2011
Hulk #30
"Ho now. I wonder how this will change things. I mean he's not coming to destroy you, I'm sure he doesn't know (nor care) about a Red Hulk."
|February 19th, 2011
Ultimate Comics Thor #4
I'm going to spoil it: Thor joins the Ultimates. Didn't see that coming, did ya?
|February 6th, 2011
Buffy the Vamipre Slayer Season Eight #40
I always did like Joss Whedon's season epilogues.
|January 19th, 2011
Avengers Academy #7
"Remember when I went by 'Dr. Pym,' in the West Coast Avengers? Trying to deny I was a super hero while on a team of them. That's pretty much a microcosm of my life, isn't it?"
|December 15th, 2010
Ultimate Comics Thor #2
The Ultimate version of Loki gets a bit of a showcase and proves himself to be a contrarian of the highest order.
|November 15th, 2010
Ultimate Comics Thor #1
Finally, the history of Ultimate Thor is revealed!
|October 7th, 2010
Hulk #25
"Go red right now. I'll go green and do it again." No, that's not a pep talk for a college football team. It's Bruce Banner talking to his father-in-law.
|September 23rd, 2010


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Radiation Therapy to the Chest and Cardiotoxicity
John Han-Chih Chang, MD and Kenneth Blank, MD
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Dear OncoLink "Ask the Experts,"
I am a 33 year-old who is in his 6th year of remission from Hodgkin's disease stage IIA. I was treated with ABVD chemotherapy followed by radiation therapy. In December of 1997, I suffered a heart attack. The cardiologist told me that I had a lot of blockages in and around the blood vessels in my heart. He told me it was because of my heritage ? BUT NO person in my family has had heart problems. I had heard from one oncologist that radiation therapy may also cause these blockages by forming scar tissue, not the typical plaque. Is this true? Is there a relationship between radiation therapy and the heart attack that I had. I would like to know where I can learn more about it, so I can avoid any further problems.
John Han-Chih Chang, MD and Kenneth Blank, MD, Editorial Assistants for Oncolink, respond:
Dear J.B.,
Thank you for your interest and question.
Hodgkin's Disease (HD) is a "malignancy" that has a high "cure-rate" on the order of 80 ? 90% in early stage disease. That being the case, HD affords a look into the toxicity of treatment to the chest and mediastinum. Radiation may affect the coronary arteries (vascular supply to the heart), heart valves, pericardium (heart sac) and myocardium (heart muscle).
Data from Stanford University revealed an increased risk of cardiac events (heart attacks, valvular disease or pericarditis/pancarditis) in HD patients treated with radiation to the chest when they were children or adolescents. The interval from treatment to cardiac events was nearly 5 years. In an article from Albany Medical College, 326 patients treated for HD with a mantle radiation field (neck, axilla and chest) were evaluated for cardiac morbidity. Eighteen (5.5%) patients experienced had a morbid cardiac event directly related to coronary artery disease. The interval from radiation treatments to cardiac in these patients was 13 years. Confounding this data was the fact that most (75%) of these patients had other risk factors for coronary artery disease: smoking, being male, hypercholesterolemia, obesity, positive family history, hypertension and diabetes. In another study from University of Bologna in Italy, the incidence of cardiac abnormalities was 11%. Finally, a paper in 1997 from the University of Rochester Medical Center documented with the newer techniques of radiation therapy for HD, the cardiac damage is minimal and the side effects ? temporary. They evaluated patients for ejection fraction and myocardial vascular perfusion after mantle radiation therapy.
If you have no other risk factors for heart disease and you were treated with some of the older techniques to the chest without attention to appropriate cardiac shielding at the proper time; the answer to your question is yes. Cardiac toxicity may occur as a result of radiation therapy given for curative intent in HD. The damage of the radiation to the heart is most often pericarditis (inflammation of the heart sac). It may also damage the small vessels that supply the blood to the heart. It may cause scarring in the heart muscle. The coronary arteries are more prone to clotting after being treated with radiation. The radiation may damage the endothelial lining of the vessels making them form clots more readily. The adriamycin (the "A" in the ABVD chemotherapy regimen) is also a cardiotoxin which causes cardiomyopathy (damage to heart muscle directly). Your heart disease needs to be treated as any otherhealthy diet, exercise and close cardiology follow-up. Continue to follow-up with your cancer doctors about your HD also.


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What would constitute good routine after you get up in the morning to make your body more acclimated for hard lessons later in the day? I'm talking not just about muscle exercises, but stretching and meditation as well. Is there some common knowledge that I should know in this regard?
Varies much depending on your Aikido practice.
Meditation, for instance, is not practiced at all in many dojo, and rightly so. Do you need it ? Depends.
This is a typical novice question, as novices don't know what is best for them. And the real difference between a novice and a expert is just that experts do know what they need.
In order to become expert and progress, you need to do what is really required, to understand what you need to progress.
Your solo time is only yours. It's the time you can take for yourself to experiment, without having seniors and even the teacher to interfere with your experiments. One of the things novices miss most in aikido is time to think about it and experiment.
There are many things to do. Choose by yourself, you don't even need to stick with a particular exercise.
As for me the only thing I've been constantly doing for years is solo movements: tai sabaki and shadow techniques (that's to say: mimic a ikkyo/iriminage etc without a real partner).
In many [Japanese] arts, there are a series of techniques called (with some minor variation in naming convention) hojo undo, or supplementary exercises. They may also be called taiso, which implies an awakening of the body.
While studying Aikido, I took notes on the various warmups we did at the beginning, which I'll post for you here:
These were the ones I recall doing daily, though we had occasional exercise-heavy classes in which most of the time was spent going over some 40-odd warm ups. Ukemi is always a great exercise when free space allows.
While not precisely relevant, performing these sorts of body-awakening exercises can offer you a few moments of peace before a busy day, which can be a perfect time to ponder brain teasers or zen koans as an exercise for the mind; these sorts of exercises provide new insight into the way we approach our daily lives, and create new neural pathways which can result in faster threat assessment and problem solving in simpler problems.
Some things I've pondered, based on various teachings, that may be of use to you are:
Lateral Thinking Puzzles If you're unfamiliar, these are a portion of a much larger story. There may be multiple scenarios which will lead to the conclusion offered by the story, but only one is generally wholly satisfying. The point is to consider what you know, and determine what would have caused it.
I do not encourage people to meditate while stretching or as part of their morning ritual; this tends to lead to the false assumption that meditation is an activity that must take place under a prescribed set of circumstances. Instead, meditation should happen in every moment; problem solving however can lead to the ability to naturally and instinctually clear your mind of external thoughts.
Here are a few things that any level of student should be able to do on their own:
All of these things can help keep you in a constant mindset of Aikido.
In The Secret Teachings of Aikido O'Sensei said that Aikido is a pathway to enlightenment. When asked how long it would take to reach enlightenment by practicing Aikido the founder said that it would take someone training everyday at least 10 years.
The only thing I do is to hydrate a lot during the day. A two hour class is exhausting enough without having to run to get water all the time. But do drink during exercise, as it is better for you and your performance.
On days without a class, I tend to visualise techniques while waiting for coffee or the kettle. But do not over do it. Your brain needs time to think about other things if you are to learn effectively.
As tacone said, tai sabaki and basic movement are always useful to do if you are doing them right. Do not reinforce bad habits.
In the morning I used kokyu (breathing) and some warm-up excercises:
And then we did many warm-up excercises:
I had very good experience with a short (under 10 minutes) routine based on the Five Tibetan Rites:
N.B.: The Sixth Rite is "optional" and should not be practiced (according to the original source) unless you decide to abstain from sexual activity. YMMV - I don't practice it, for example
Another thing that is important to know is that this system includes a specific "progression" scale. You are supposed to start by performing each Rite exactly 3 times. I.e. in the case of First Rite, you spin around 3 times, then move to 3 repetition of the Second Rite etc. When you feel like you can move up a bit you add two more repetitions, and therefore you perform all 5 rites 5 times. Then, again when you feel like it, you add 2 and are now at 7... you self-regulate your progress until you hit 21 repetitions. And that's it.
I talk a bit more of this here.
I am 50, have been practicing Aikido (Iwama Style) for 24 years, and since I started doing this I don't get any sore muscles after seminars or when I start practicing again after the summer/Xmas breaks.
Note that I practice it in the evening instead of in the morning (it just works better for me like this, but I practiced it in the morning for a few months, when I was experimenting) and that I do this as a purely physical routine, but you may incorporate some meditation along with it (in fact, I am probably doing it wrong precisely because I just do this as physical work).


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I've got a 2nd generation Intel i5 processor with integrated graphics. In live usb mode, Ubuntu uses this one and Unity works fine. After installation with automatical updates and 3rd party software installation, I can't use Unity, and Ubuntu seems to use the nVidia grahpics card. Though Jockey tells me the driver would be activated but not in use.
Right after Login, it tells me I lack 3d support for Compiz. After removing the driver, Unity works again. Even after installing the Nouveau driver it works. I'd be really happy if someone could tell me why that happens and how I'm able to use Unity with the official nVidia driver, because it still is much better than Nouveau.


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translation from farsi to english
- A hozzászóláshoz regisztráció és bejelentkezés szükséges
he meant that he can find a good partner for you if you aren't on date with anybody!
and it's a statement!
سلام٬ سمانه! حال شما چطور است؟ اسم من حسن است
I'm trying to learn Persian. Right now I'm not making much progress but I found a course; I'll take it this fall, hopefully. Maybe if you'll be still around we can talk if I learn some Persian.
Keep up the good work, Samane.
WoOw that's so nice that you like Persian:):)
i'm here to help you with your Persian if you need.....!
i'll be so glad
I can translate all the songs from Persian to English and English to Persian in return for money,my English is good and if your website does that many people come into your website because there's no website which translate Spanish,french,... to Persian fluently but you can cant you?
why do you translate these things do you earn money? your English is good be a teacher or s.th ! if you earn moneypost comment for me !
Hi! i really need some help in translating this to English!
jooon ja khaharian hame ina, cheshme khahari darim be hamashoon.
Thank you!
Could you please translte this? Thank you in advance
chizayi ke migam baraye ranjondanet nist
help me... translate it in english .....................elahi ke inghadar bahal har mizani
chizayi ke migam baraye ranjondanet nist
whatever I say, I dont mean to hurt you
hello!!!! help me with translate, please
"volek aboodane labe karon"
hey hello
this page is really helpfull also i need translate something for me,
"Baba ba Hal khoshgel bi marefat moragheb khodet bash, shoma khanom nazz".
"hey buddy,it's Abadan,near Karoon"
Abadan is a city in south west of iran and Karoon is a river near Abadan
"volek aboodane labe karon"
"hey buddy,it's Abadan,near Karoon"
Abadan is a city in south west of iran and Karoon is a river near Abadan
Hello I'm new to this. Uhmm can someone translate the following for me (I'm sorry if some of the words are misspelled. Hopefully it's not something bad either hahaha):
Che khonom dega Khuda king dada
amir jaan goyta makoni wa banesha da paayma mekoni
so cool h jan az khodat hast ya karaee . .
Ne ali Jaan kholes Malle lala king ma ast
("king" and "so cool" is english. But I don't know the rest.)
عضو سازمان دهندە و سخنگوی دانشجویان متحصن در تحصن و نشست اعتراضی 3 روزە دانشجویان دانشگاه شهید رجایی تهران مقابل مجلس شورای اسلامی ایران و مصاحبە با خبرگزاری ایسنا و روزنامە شرق 1383 و لغو تعهد خدمت دبیری اینجانب از جانب وزارت آموزش و پرورش جمهوری اسلامی ایران بعد از مصاحبە با روزنامە شرق و خبرگزاری ایسنا 1383.
Please translate for me:
Ost Rajab ost rajab, be neva veke hajar, Xoda yeke derga hezar!
Thank you very much
Also please translate these three lines as well:
(1) sayida mashalla khosh saliqaii]
(2) Na baba valla Xozi hoto ba!
(3) ajab
Many thanks
(1)"sayid mashalla" you are tasteful
(2) no , in fact ..(?)..
(3)yea/surprising (slang)
It is one of the accents of Persian,I cant translate all
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It's a blog where I create and share PDF files including Persian lyrics + English translation + IPA transliteration for Persian songs. You can always request your favorite Persian song and I'll make and publish the materials for you.
Stupid, I'm saying it's night. go to bed
( khar means "Donkey" and it means "Stupid" too)
C'mon . at least explain that it's a friendly saying !
(2) no , in fact ..(?)..
(3)yea/surprising (slang)
It is one of the accents of Persian,I cant translate all
what do you mean exactly ?
'mashalla' is a saying about sth good . like when you see sth perfect and you will say oh my god . its sth like that .
no in fact will be used when someone is trying to say you sth which needs a preparation for that . like explanation for a sentence
yea/surprising means what they means in english and i don't think its sth special
(1) sayida mashalla khosh saliqaii]
(2) Na baba valla Xozi hoto ba!
(3) ajab
Many thanks
i think its not even persian
1) great . you have a good taste in choosing or selecting. (you choose the great things or great people )
your selection of choosing someone or something is very good
2) its hard ........... ! xozi hoto ba ! i dont know what it means can u copy original words in farsi
3) its like you say oh my god when you hear something strange or you are surprised
please what does mean theses 3 sentences
-Kheyli dare khosh migzaer.
-Eeee be manam migofti khob
vay kheili chagh shode
mojgan jan az shadieh shoma manam shadam ba dashtane dustane khubi chun shoma maghe misheh adam shad nabasheh........hamisheh be shadi o khoshi inshaalah...........
hi everyone ,I just register in this group,can u help me please to translate this two phrases? Cheghadr laghar shod name x?!!!?!!
ghorbate dge eshgham midoni k !
Hi sweety91 I'm persian.First off! "name x" doesn't mean anything.but "cheghadr laghar shod" means "he/she has lost so much weight".
And "ghorbate dge eshgham miduni k" means "it's the loneliness,you know my love!"
honey "ghorbat" is actually the homesickness you feel when you're in a foreign country and there's no family around...and i translated it to "loneliness"
can some one pls translate the song from shahab tiam "sue tafahom" and fron babak jahanbakhsh "eshghe to " thanks ♡ haha
Man Eshgham Ra dost daram (Saba) ghalban. Could some please translate for
Can someone please tell me what this says?
Na hamishe harooz khoshgel
Na hamishe harooz khoshgel
It could be read two ways:
Not always everyday, beautiful
no, always everyday, beautiful
And it would be a good idea to post under "Iranian Languages" forum.


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Sun-Times reporter Joe Cowley is a homer in a city of media homers. But his Twitterrhea explosion last night against the Twins and their fans was something else. Stereotypes about being ugly? Calling players jag-offs? Mocking the dead? Check, check and double-check.
Cowley has a history of this sort of thing. He once called Canada a third world country, and refused to stand for the Canadian National Anthem at a Blue Jays game in Toronto. He's also been suspended from the BBWAA for his "embarrassing" MVP votes on multiple occasions.
But his stream during last night's Sox/Twins game, continuing into today, is not to be missed.
Now the men? Well, they got a bit of the ugly gene. That's why almost every guy up here looks like he out kicked his coverage.
A lot of dudes that are 4s and 5s walking around with 7s and 8s. Welcome to the Twin Cities.
Dudes in Chicago have to earn a hot chick ... in Minny they're falling out of trees and some ugly dudes have some big gloves.
That was some cheap shit right there. Twins are dirty.
T. Hunter's play was dirty and D. Young's was sewer dirty. A.J. should have jacked him.
You don't go to the face when you're dead in the water. Then again, D. Young has a history of jag-offiness.
Easy Twins fans. Just because they where the Twins uni doesn't make them Angels. Kirby treated women like crap ... fat women at that.
Kirby is a hero up here and he chased girls that looked like Springer guests. Be honest about your own.
And for Twins fan that doesn't understand how this twitter account works, unfollow. Let the adults talk, go back to fishing or something.
Obviously Twins fan doesn't like reality. If u can't handle it, unfollow and go listen to Sid's 95-yr-old ass tell you everything is great.
So, think someone higher up is going to tell Cowley to cool it? Hopefully not, because we were heretofore unaware that anyone in the world had a grudge against harmless Minnesotans.


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I'm having trouble with these two calculus exercises. The first one is a simple case of Integral differentiation. I have to differentiate:
$$\int_x^b \frac{x}{1+t^2+\cos(t^2)}dt$$
But sincerely I have no clue. I've been tempted to switch the limits of integration and put a minus in front of the integral, but that doesn't help me at all. What is that $x$ doing in that fraction?
The other one states:
Find $f^{(n)}(x)$ of the function $\frac{x^n}{1-x}$.
I know I have to find the nth derivative of the function but, as $n$ is present in the function, I'm confused. Does this mean that, if $n = 1$, I have to find the first derivative of $\frac{x^1}{1-x}$, if $n = 2$ find the second derivative of $\frac{x^2}{1-x}$ and so? I think that doesn't even make sense.


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In all cases the callers report being called vie telephone by persons who stated that they representatives of a collections agency. The person saying they were with the collections agency would demand the person's Social Security number to "clear up" money that they stated was owed to the agency, and advised they would have the person arrested for refusing to give this information.
These calls are obviously "phishing" scams to facilitate identity theft. Under no circumstances should anyone give out their Social Security number to anyone over the phone, no matter who they say they are. No legitimate agency of any kind would ask for information in this manner. The threat of arrest for owing money to another person, company or agency is also false. There is no legal mechanism for the arrest of any person for owing money to another person without there being court proceedings and a warrant being signed by a judge.
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The 36 Worst Action Figures From Iconic Toy Lines
Disappointment is a natural part of any gift-giving occasion, especially if you're a kid and your mom doesn't know the difference between a Transformer and a GoBot. Every kid knew that there was an inherent risk in asking Santa for an action figure, because parents usually figured that as long as it had the right logo on the box, they were on the safe side.
Turns out they couldn't be more wrong, because hiding within the toy lines you loved were ...
#36. April O'Neil's Boss (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
TMNT Toys
He looks like he's one missed deadline away from a felony groping charge.
It was something of a rite of passage for boys in the late '80s/early '90s to wake up on Christmas morning and see the wrapped Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle-shaped box. In anticipation you'd tear it open, wondering what would be revealed. Your favorite Turtle? Your favorite villain? Or some fat guy eating a sandwich, with toilet paper stuck on his foot?
The official TMNT Burne (April O'Neil's boss) action figure included exciting accessories like a phone, a typewriter, a press pass that fit nowhere on his person and another, larger sandwich.
TMNT Toys
With a sword grip.
The truth is, an alarming amount of TMNT toys were neither teenage nor mutant nor ninjas nor turtles. Some of them weren't even appropriate for children. Case in point:
#35. Prostitute April O'Neil (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
TMNT Toys
"I'm ... making a documentary!"
This is a prostitute. This wasn't a Barbie tie-in or something: This Ravishing Reporter April doll came packaged like a regular Ninja Turtle, including accessories like a dagger to defend herself when her pimp isn't around and a fully detachable skirt, which no doubt served to fuel adolescent fantasies in the dark ages of the pre-rule-34 era.
Also, it turns out that it didn't take a whole lot to qualify as a TMNT villain:
#34. Pizzaface (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
TMNT Toys
Notice how his pinky finger is doing the Shocker.
Pizzaface was described as "Shredder's crazed culinary creator" and "the ultimate Turtle nightmare" because he possessed the power of the pizza pie. And if there's one defining characteristic of the Ninja Turtles, it's that they hate pizza.
TMNT Toys
Not that this picture looks exceptionally appetizing.
#32. Farmer Turtles (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
OK, at least this one is a Turtle. As a farmer.
That is, some toy designer said, "It's the mutant turtle part kids love! They can take or leave the teenage ninja part! The whole show could be about planting seeds and learning about proper crop rotation, the little shits will still watch it!"
Damn, guys, it was hard enough to even want to buy a Donatello figure at all. And yet this must have been so popular that it led to a follow-up. To their credit, they did make a vast improvement for this one:
The Action Figure Archive
They replaced "Don" with "Mike."
#31. Moss Man (He-Man)
That's the greenest neck beard we've seen since the Grinch got hooked on Eve.
There was a time at the height of He-Man's popularity when the social status of a school-age boy was dictated entirely by the amount of Masters of the Universe action figures he owned. The only thing worse than having no He-Man figures? Having one of the lame ones.
And they had a lot of these. Since the only discernible unifying concept for the He-Man line was the presence of pectorals and a Speedo, the designers were able to come up with some truly deranged shit. Like Moss Man. This guy doesn't just look like he's coated with fungus: They actually went out of their way to give a dampy feel to the touch and a "real pine scent" to it. It is disgusting in every conceivable sense. Look at his face. Look at it.
Now imagine trying to sleep with that thing staring at you from somewhere in your room, if you can. Moss Men are particularly difficult to find among collectors today because most kids buried them in their backyards in fear.
#30. Stinkor (He-Man)
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Sure, blister pack. "Fun."
Stinkor? More like ... no, yeah, Stinkor is fine. Like Moss Man, Stinkor came with an actual stench derived from patchouli oil -- that was his power. Smelling like a hippie.
"Keep the sword. I'm out. Fuck you."
#29. Grizzlor (He-Man)
The Tribbles have armed!
Then there's Grizzlor, also known as the moment when Mattel started fearing for the sanity of its employees. Grizzlor is a mental breakdown in the shape of an action figure. "Dear lord, they've gone too far this time. How are we supposed to sell this?" "Uh ... let's stick a crossbow on it."
They started to drift a little from the He-Man concept with this one, since you can't actually see his pecs or crotch, but presumably they're still somewhere in there (unless you shave it and it's just one big gonad). At least at this point they were still trying. Sadly, we can't say the same for ...
#28. Orbear (He-Man)
What possible good could those stubby articulated legs do?
A Masters of the Universe bear. But wait! This is only its initial shape. Just like Prince Adam turned into He-Man or Cringer turned into Battle Cat, a Transformers-like mechanism allowed this ordinary bear to turn into ... a ... ball?
"And it should be half white, because cocaine."
#27. German Mechanic (Indiana Jones)
The Indiana Jones Toy Reference Page
Real name: Herr von Muffintopp.
When Raiders of the Lost Ark came out in 1981, a toy line seemed like a no-brainer: After all, George Lucas and Kenner had just made a gajillion dollars selling action figures based on another beloved Lucasfilm property also starring Harrison Ford -- it would have been stupid not to sell toys based on this thing. The only problem was that while Star Wars had Luke, Han, Chewie, Darth Vader, Boba Fett, the Emperor, the Stormtroopers and more, Indiana Jones had ... Indiana Jones.
That led to stuff like this, a toy of the nameless, shirtless German mechanic who fights Indy near a plane. This action figure is especially disappointing when you consider that the character's only notable feature (the fact that he was killed by a propeller blade) is in no way acknowledged here. Not even in the box art. Also because he appears to be 30 years older than in the movie and overweight.
A fight with this dude ends in emphysema coughs before head mist-ification.
But, again, it's not like they had a lot to choose from. Even the film's main antagonist, Hans von Meltyface or whatever, was just a guy in a suit. This forced them to take things to kind of a weird place ...
#26. Marion, with Removable Dress (Indiana Jones)
The Indiana Jones Toy Reference Page
Somehow the phrase "this figure's knees were not jointed as most of the others were" seems incredibly offensive.
Yes, now you can rerecreate the scene in which Marion is in danger of being raped by Nazis! Also, she comes with a monkey.
To be fair, a lot of the toys in this line came with removable clothes. It was never a great idea:
The Indiana Jones Toy Reference Page
Why ... why would you even ... why?
So hey, the next time you watch that awesome scene where Indy shoots the swordsman, remember: At least one of them is wearing a thong. Goodbye, childhood!
#25. Wheelchair Rocky (Rocky Series)
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With real Vicodin-popping action!
We'll just cut straight to it: The Rocky action figures are pretty much bananas through and through. Sure, there's all the figures you'd expect to see, like Clubber Lang and Apollo Creed and Rocky himself. But this franchise posed 10 times the problem for toy makers as Indiana Jones -- it doesn't even have villains, per se, or cool changes in costume.
So what they're left to do is sift through every single scene of the franchise and recreate them in action-figure form. What child wouldn't want to play with a battered, bloody Rocky in a wheelchair?
And it goes downhill from here ...
#24. Ivan Drago's Wife (Rocky Series)
That's right. It's Brigitte Nielson's character from Rocky IV, the Russian Ludmilla Drago. Who could possibly want to own an action figure based on the likeness of Ivan Drago's wife? Other than Ivan Drago?
Holy shit, they made an action figure out of everyone who appears in these movies, even for just a second, including inconsequential cameos like Hulk Hogan, Mike Tyson and ...


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What is culture and how does it affect the practice of Enterprise Architecture?
By zbishop-Oracle on Jul 16, 2013
Don't misunderstand my position, I believe all of the work completed during an iterative EA process that outputs the artifacts I mentioned above add value, although if the organization is not "culturally" ready to embrace the work and transform then the effort is for not.
Culture is defined in many ways by many scholars, although I find it easiest to define culture as interactions and relationships between members of an organization or unit within that organization. This assumes there is an organizational culture and sub cultures within that organization. With this said, it is important that we as architects focus on the overarching organizational culture to better understand whether our customers are ready for an EA engagement.
Our first priority is to ensure we are engaged with the highest level of sponsorship within the organization. For instance, developing physical architectures with the platform division does not constitute Enterprise Architecture, but rather a Technical Architecture and will only have an effect on that sub culture within the organization. EAs need to ensure they are seated alongside the CIO, CFO, COO or even the Chief Executive to ensure efforts toward cultural transformation can be enabled via strong sponsorship.
In the public sector this can be a difficult task as most executives are focused on business related practices and often see the CIO and vendors as "IT focused." It is critical for our communication during initial contact to be business focused. Conversations about technology are not held until key items, like capability modeling, guiding principles and governance structures are embraced by the organization as a result of cultural change. Once these cultural elements are embraced and socialized technology decisions will be easily facilitated with little debate or power struggles. Remember, the "sponsor" understands how important organizational transformation is at this point in the evolution and will help sub groups understand the vision. Communication and vision are critical elements at this point in the journey toward transformation.
Once we have commitment from the sponsor it is critical for the sponsor to understand the partnership needed between the EA Team and Executive Team. The EA Team is not chartered with creating mission, vision, strategy etc. but rather with understanding the Executive Team's goals and objectives for the organization and aligning the technology investments with these goals and objectives. Every investment decision made is a direct representation of how the organization's culture is manifesting itself physically.