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Singing without a live orchestra or band. Originally meaning "without orchestra," it is a combination of Japanese "kara" meaning "empty/bare-handed" as in "karate", and the "okee" sound from the first syllable of "orchestra" as pronounced by Japanese.
The guy who thought up karaoke created a bar owner's dream, because as patrons provide their own entertainment by singing along with a machine, management saves a fortune by not hiring talented musicians.
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by caterpillar123 October 25, 2010
A Japanese word commonly mispronounced by Americans. See karate
Karaoke is pronounced Karah-Okay, not Cary-Okey.
by Ookpick GooseFrubba August 19, 2005
Process by which one sings a song in front of a group of people, with only musical accompanient and scrolling words.
Don't stand. Don't stand so. Don't stand so close to me.
by MoonKnight November 29, 2002
Japanese for Tone-deaf
That CD sucked! They're all karaoke
by ananomyous July 08, 2005
See American Idol.
I didn't know that the ideal American pop star should be a karaoke singer!
by sarcastic July 17, 2003
Often associated with drunk folks who have no rythm what so ever and appear to be tone deaf
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5 People Who Held Grudges Well Past the Point of Sanity
We've all heard the story of the Hatfields and the McCoys -- they're the two American mountain clans who carried on a decades-long feud over a pig and a poke. There's probably no one who has, or ever will, quite match the Hatfield-McCoy grudge in terms of either duration or intensity, but that doesn't mean there aren't a few contenders out there giving it their best.
Take, for example ...
#5. The (Crazy) Man Who Never Forgives or Forgets
Matthew Mundschau was just your average Milwaukian -- that is, if your average Milwaukian makes a habit of keeping a detailed mental checklist of every single person who's ever wronged him. Oh, and by "wronged him," we don't mean "nailed his girlfriend" or anything like that; we're talking more along the lines of "drove too slowly in traffic."
Objects in mirror are crazier than they appear.
We're not sure what exactly the final straw was. All we know is that one day in 2003, Mundschau decided it was damn well time to pay back some of the people on his decade-long grudge list. So he grabbed his fluorescent spray paint, headed to the first address on his list and proceeded to cover the house with obscenities, threats, taunts and presumably a veritable wealth of fluorescent dicks. So what had this person done to deserve having his house transformed into a glowing bonerfest? Mundschau blamed the 75-year-old owner of the house for getting him fired from a crappy supermarket job ... 10 years earlier.
And Mundschau wasn't done. Next he found the house of a man who had intervened in a fight Mundschau was having with a girl in a parking lot five years earlier. He not only spray painted the house, but also gave the homeowner the classic "dump all the potted plants into the hot tub" treatment. After he finished his angry dump, he paused just long enough to slash a few tires before moving along.
"Abusive dick, am I? Would an abusive dick vandalize your home for no reason? I think not!"
At a third house, he apparently ran out of spray paint and switched instead to paint stripper, which he dumped all over the cars parked at or around the house. What did this person do? Mundschau believed she had cut him off in traffic.
So we guess the moral of this story is that if you've ever, at any point in your life, visited Milwaukee and accidentally bumped into a stranger on the sidewalk while there, immediately install an alarm system in your home, because that stranger might have been Matthew Mundschau.
"When I was 6, you passed me on the street and waved with your left hand. Here comes the pain!"
#4. German Neighbors Restart the Cold War Over a Bush
The Kern and Bensch families of Munich don't actually remember what started the lengthiest neighborly pissing contest in the history of ever, but their earliest court filing was over the placement of an elderberry bush, so let's go with that. What followed was a 14-plus-year spat that escalated out of control, leading to many, many other legal disputes, with accusations ranging from trespassing to disturbing the peace to all-out assault with "clubs." At some point during all this, Eugen Kern decided to erect a 12-foot-high fence along the property line to separate the two families.
An exploding poison fence.
Of course, since walls are basically useless without armed guards to man them, this did little to stop the cross-border hostilities. So Kern, a former electronics technician, installed security cameras in trees, which he monitored from a command center in his house at all hours like a hobbyist security guard/psychopath, or psychoguard, if you will. Glass windows were boarded over because they kept getting broken. And don't forget the motion sensors. Or the concrete barriers. Or the freaking barbed wire.
"I just don't understand why our property value keeps dropping."
The Kerns accused the Bensches of attacking the fence with chainsaws. The Bensches accused the Kerns of purposely sowing grass and weeds in their garden like they were some kind of asshole fairies. They purposely flooded each other's yards. Anonymous phone calls (and presumably plenty of unexpected pizza deliveries) were made. They even engaged in psychological warfare by blasting music in their neighbor's general direction until the wee hours of the morning.
Oh, and did we mention that they lived in a duplex?
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Yep, that's the fence running right down the middle.
#3. The Man Who Preferred Prison Over Paying Alimony
H. Beatty Chadwick and Bobbie Applegate lived the classic American love story: They met, fell in love, got married, realized they despised each other and engaged in lengthy and bitter divorce proceedings. The divorce settlement required Chadwick to fork over $2.5 million to his ex-wife, but Chadwick insisted that he had lost all his money in a bad overseas investment.
"OK, so I bought Jackie Chan's hair. Nobody ever said I was a smart man."
His ex-wife's lawyers, however, called bullshit and presented evidence that Chadwick was just hiding the loot in foreign bank accounts. The judge agreed with her and, after Chadwick continued to insist he didn't have the money -- presumably by turning his pants pockets inside out and shrugging enthusiastically -- jailed him for contempt until such time that Chadwick decided to cave and pony up the dough.
That was in 1995. Chadwick parked his ass in prison until 2009, simultaneously setting the world records for both the longest contempt of court sentence and the longest continual bird flipped at authority.
Via Delcotimes.com
"Eh, whaddaya gonna do? 99 problems and all that, right?"
Now, we don't want you to think that he was somehow wrongly accused -- Chadwick appealed to any court that would listen to him that he totally didn't have the money, but every court upheld the original ruling, including the Supreme Court. Twice. Chadwick's own lawyer believed he had the money, claiming that his client should be released because "There's something to be said for letting Beatty out the door and following him. Nothing else has worked." Even the "Free H. Beatty Chadwick" blog gracefully skates over whether or not he actually had the cash, stating that it's not about the money.
In 2009, a judge ultimately ordered that Chadwick should be released, because imprisoning him was "clearly having no effect." And so the 14-year grudge match finally ended, with the world champion title going to H. Beatty "Grudge Master" Chadwick. No word on whether he called up his bank the very next day to make a just completely obscene withdrawal, but we're going to go ahead and assume so. He earned it.
"My first act as a free man? I'm going to burn $2.5 million on my ex-wife's front lawn."

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Since Kentucky's Downtown Revitalization Program began in 1996, Bowling Green has received around $25 million dollars to develop its downtown area. Along with this came new landscape to Fountain Square Park, restoration of historical buildings, and new elderly housing.
Now, Bowling Green could experience additional changes, but not necessarily ones you can see. Governor Fletcher announced Monday his plans to bring more businesses to Kentucky's downtowns.
"Kentucky's downtowns are the core of our communities. It is critical that we maintain the rich heritage that makes them unique while ensuring that they have the infrastructure and physical appeal that is attractive to perspective businesses and tourists." Governor Fletcher noted.
In addition, the program will be renamed Renaissance on Main, highlighting the strong relationship between Renaissance Kentucky and the Main Street Program.
These changes will impact not only Bowling Green's downtown, but several other South Central Kentucky cities that have applied for and received Renaissance grants.


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School Crossing Guard Appreciation Week
It's hard to miss them in their new eye-popping, neon-yellow school crossing guard uniform. That's the idea!
Okeechobee County has three very special men that keep our children safe while heading to and from school each day. The Okeechobee County Sheriff's Office would like to recognize each of these men. The Okeechobee County School Crossing Guards are Robert(Bobby) Sippert, Robert(Bob) Baker and Glenn Thomas.
These men are truly UNSUNG, everyday heroes of Okeechobee County. These hardy souls are in the middle of rush-hour traffic day in and day out, in all kinds of weather, to attend to the safety needs of our kids.They deserve a friendly smile and a cheerful greeting from all of us for a job well. The next time you see one, tell them thank you or give them a wave or just simply smile at them.
We'd like to thank them and applaud them for the wonderful job they do.
Undersheriff Noel Stephen stated, "These folks are dedicated to the safety of our children traveling to and from our schools. They are there when it is raining or freezing. We appreciate their dedication to the children and our Sheriff's Office."


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Wow! What an inspiring day. Thank you Makers of the East Bay Mini Maker Faire! Your creativity and curiosity is profound, fun, and thoroughly entertaining.
As an organizing group (almost entirely made of parent volunteers of Park Day School), we really feel like we hit our stride this year. Logistics, permits, equipment, volunteer organization… It all came together to enable us to share this day with 170+ makers and 5000+ attendees.
So many people and organizations make this event happen that it's hard to single out thanks. At the risk of making an omission, we pay tribute to:
- Makers. You are it. There wouldn't be anything to talk about if you didn't make.
- Park Day School staff, parents, teachers and community. This is an entirely volunteer-run event, and hands-down you all worked unbelievably hard to make it happen and run so smoothly. Thank you for being so game, for spending all of your time and energy, and for sharing Park's incredible campus as a venue.
- Studio One Arts Center for joining up with us and for activating their front yard, ceramics, glass and jewlery studios.
- MAKE Magazine and O'Reilly Media for having the vision to share (and license) Maker Faire to community organizations. Read MAKE Magazine. Maker Shed for bringing kits and cool stuff to the faire.
- The MAKE interns and Lighthouse Community Charter School students Javier Gonzalez, Oscar Martinez and
Juan Carlos Montes for running our Learn to Solder booth.
- Several Individuals from outside the school community supported the East Bay Mini Maker Faire in a big way. Katy Bell for stage managing the Music Stage. Scheffer Ely for helping with set-up. Tricia McGillis for web design.
- And thanks again to our sponsors (see right). Special props to Ranahan Production Services for all the production gear, and Aidells Sausages and ACME bread for making the maker lunch happen.
We'll be sending out surveys to makers and attendees in the next few days—we'd like to hear your feedback so that 2013 can be even more fabulous. And we'd love to see your photos and videos (please tag with #ebmakerfaire); post them via Twitter and Facebook.
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5 Old-Timey Prejudices That Still Show Up in Every Movie
#2. If It's a Blockbuster, the Star Better Be White (or Will Smith)
Quick: name a horror movie where one of the good guys is black. Well, hell, that's easy. One of the ship's crew in Alien was black, and some of the soldiers in Aliens. Danny Glover was the cop in Saw, Carl Weathers was one of the squad in Predator. Lawrence Fishburne in Predators. Hell, there are lots of them.
Now count how many of them survived to the end.
Pointing out that black characters die in movies isn't even clever anymore -- it's the kind of obvious, trite joke that bad movies make about other bad movies. But, inexplicably, it keeps happening. In the original Terminator, every black character shown on screen dies. In Transformers, the "black" robot who speaks in inner city slang dies.
In a scene stolen directly from Boyz N the Hood.
There are some exceptions. You can bet that he won't die if he's played by a superstar like Will Smith or Eddie Murphy, who, not coincidentally, are among the very few black top-grossing actors at the box office. Otherwise, the black guy is there to get killed.
"Go get 'em, buddy. Here, you can borrow my knife."
So What's the Deal?
Even in the 21st century, with a black president and posters of black athletes adorning bedroom walls all across the world, white audiences still prefer to watch white characters.
It would be easy to argue that the box office numbers are skewed because, say, Fellowship of the Ring was simply a better movie than Big Momma's House. But you can get the same results from focus groups with everything else being equal. In this 2011 study, white undergraduates were given the synopses of 12 made-up romantic comedies. Along with the summaries, they got cast pictures and fake IMDB pages, which were manipulated so that each movie had six versions of the cast; an all-white cast, an all-black cast and four different versions in between.
Same plot, same characters, same everything -- just different cast members. And unfortunately, the whiter the cast, the higher the likelihood of the students wanting to see the movie.
So how does this play out in real movies? Black characters end up in supporting roles, instead of being well-developed characters. They're just there so we can "judge the other (white) characters by how they treat them." In other words, we certainly don't root for racist characters, and we'll boo racist stereotypes. But our open-mindedness usually stops at the point of actually paying to see a black leading man. Other than Will Smith.
Look at that list of the top-grossing actors again. Other than Murphy and Smith, the only names in the top 50 are Chris Rock, Billy Dee Williams (because of Star Wars) and Morgan Freeman. How many of them were the stars of their big movies? For Morgan Freeman, in his top 10 most successful films he was the lead in only one (Driving Miss Daisy -- a movie about race relations). Was Chris Rock the lead in any of his top 20 biggest movies?
Let's play a little game we like to call "Guess Who Got the Lead Role."
What sets Will Smith apart is that he's one of very few actors who can get roles that weren't specifically written to be African-American. If the role is an action hero who could be any race at all, Hollywood usually interprets that as "a white guy, or Will Smith." And that's only after Smith became a superstar -- in 1996 he was a long shot for getting cast in Independence Day. In fact, director Roland Emmerich had to fight to get Smith at all. The studio wanted to cast a white guy.
And as that essayist has pointed out, none of our favorite black actors are spring chickens. They're getting old, and they haven't been replaced. And even when black actors are successful, like more-successful-than-any-other-entertainer-in-the-world-successful, white audiences are pretty oblivious. How many white people could recognize Tyler Perry in a crowd? Exactly.
He'll be the one carrying a gym bag full of awards.
When we see Martin Lawrence or Chris Rock or Ice Cube in a leading role, we automatically assume that, like a Tyler Perry movie, it's for a "niche" or "urban" market.*
* "Urban" means "black."
#1. We Still Don't Care About History That Doesn't Involve White People
We're not exactly blowing your mind when we say that 300 had some slight historical inaccuracies when it came to the race of its heroes, or that Jesus was not exactly the European-looking Superman we're used to seeing in movies, paintings and bumper stickers.
What's weirder is when the movie pretends to be about the triumph of a minority character, but instead spends all its time talking about the white people who save him. Like in The Blind Side, which was supposed to be about Michael Oher, a poor black kid who ended up being adopted by a wealthy white family and going to college on a football scholarship. The movie is, of course, all about the white family. Michael Oher is just a thing that needs to be taken care of, not an actual character.
Ew! Those fingers have touched Sylvester Stallone!
In real life, there's a fair amount of controversy regarding Oher's path to college, but the movie edits all that out because white people are perfect. They even add a scene where Sandra Bullock faces down a gang leader on his own front porch, in front of his peers. Which not only never happened, but is also pretty insane considering that she's addressing what is supposed to be a member of the Gangster Disciples.
But whitening up minority stories isn't limited to The Blind Side. Remember the white Canadians who built Rubin Carter's case to get him freed in The Hurricane? According to Carter's lawyer Lewis Steel, all they really did was provide emotional support. And the fact that Carter ended up marrying one of those white characters isn't even mentioned.
"OK, this shot isn't working. Let's try switching Denzel's spot with the white guy in the back."
So What's the Deal?
Money. Once again, it's money. To get white people in the theater seats, the story has to revolve around white people.
And the phenomenon isn't even limited to stereotypes -- Stuck, a movie about an African-American woman who is convicted of murder, had to cast a white woman in the lead role to get financed because, as one casting director pointed out, "It's about getting the movie done. Everyone is looking to make their money back." And as we already covered, black actresses don't bring in money. Giving white actresses cornrows, on the other hand, apparently will.
This screengrab pretty much sums up race relations in 21st century America.
Or take The Help, a story about how the American civil rights movement affected the home lives of privileged white college graduates who have a book deal. That wouldn't really be a problem (you don't always have to tell the biggest story) if it weren't for the fact that it's one of the very few big-budget movies made about the civil rights movement. Ever. And just like Mississippi Burning, Ghosts of Mississippi and Driving Miss Daisy, the story is told from a white perspective.
And the examples just keep coming. Let's say you want to cash in on that "samurai" thing all the kids are talking about ...
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... or Native Americans in the 18th century ...
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...or the Massacre of Nanking.
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Even if you don't care about racism or moving forward as a culture -- even if you just care about seeing good movies -- this sucks, because there are really cool true stories that would make really awesome movies. Like this one about Haitian Revolutionary Leader Toussant Louverture. Danny Glover's been trying to get it made for years, but he can't get funding because producers keep saying, "Where are the white heroes?"
Again, we can blame the studios all we want. But they've learned from hard experience that for the most part, if they don't play to our prejudices, we simply won't go see their movie.
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I just bought an HP Windows 7 workstation. Every time I boot up the machine a series of ads appears on my desktop. For example, right now I have "HP Protection Advisory. Never lose an important file again! [bla bla bla...]" Then the only options are "Learn more" "Get Started" and "Remind me later". There is no "stop interrupting me with ads" option that I can find.
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It's important to remember that a positive result does not mean your baby has Down syndrome. For example, if you have a 1 in 100 risk of Down syndrome, your test will be positive. However, the chance that your baby has Down syndrome is low since your baby will be normal 99 times out of 100. Talking to your doctor or a genetic counselor can help you understand your actual risk and decide if you want to have a diagnostic test such as amniocentesis for a definite result. Since diagnostic tests carry a risk of miscarriage, you need to weigh the risks before deciding to go ahead.
Some research suggests that women are more likely to enjoy their pregnancy and birth and come to terms with the diagnosis if they know in advance that their baby has Down syndrome. So don't assume therefore that you should only have a diagnostic test to decide whether or not to continue your pregnancy.
If you have a positive screening test for another more severe chromosomal disorder, such as trisomy 18, your doctor will talk to you about the outlook for babies with these conditions-the majority of whom die early in life, sometimes within the first week-to help you decide what to do. In some cases these disorders are associated with abnormalities detected during the dating scan, and the presence of these abnormalities combined with a positive test may confirm the diagnosis. Nevertheless, many women opt to have a diagnostic test before deciding whether or not to terminate their pregnancy.
Another option is to have a specialized ultrasound scan to look for Down syndrome markers between 17 and 22 weeks. If the ultrasound doesn't show any signs of Down syndrome, the risk of your baby being affected is reduced. However, a second trimester ultrasound is not such an accurate test for Down syndrome as other screening tests and so you should only consider this path if you are strongly against having a diagnostic test such as amniocentesis and feel that you don't need a definite diagnosis.
As more screening tests have become available, the detection rate for Down syndrome, which used to be assessed on maternal age alone, has significantly increased. The aim of screening tests is to provide a high detection rate for Down syndrome and a low "false positive" rate. A false positive means the screening test indicated a high risk of Down syndrome, but subsequent diagnostic tests gave the all clear, which means the mother would exposed to unnecessary testing.
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- Package Quantity: 2 fl oz (60 ml)
- Dimensions: 4.6 x 1.5 x 1.5 in, 0.3 lbs (0.14 kg)
- SweetLeaf
- 288 Serving
- All Natural
- Zero Calories
SweetLeaf Liquid Stevia is a natural, convenient and healthy sweetener. It contains no calories or carbohydrates and may be used in tea, coffee, smoothies, protein shakes or any recipe. SweetLeaf Liquid Stevia is delicious, has no aftertaste, and is diabetic friendly
From drinks to desserts, appetizers to entrees and so much more, the options are endless.
Suggested Use
With just a few drops, Sweetleaf Liquid Stevia can turn a boring bottle of water or virtually any other food or beverage into a flavorful, healthier experience.
Refrigerate after opening
Other Ingredients
Purified water organic stevia leaf extract, natural flavors, vanilla extract, natural aromatics.
|Supplement Facts
|Serving Size: 5 drops (.208 ml) per 8 oz of liquid or to taste
|Servings Per Bottle: 288
|Amount Per Serving
|% Daily Value*
|Total Fat
|0 g
|Saturated Fat
|0 g
|Trans Fat
|0 g
|0 mg
|0 mg
|Total Carbohydrates
|0 g
|Dietary Fiber
|0 g
|0 g
|0 g
|* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet
Tastes very good. No bitter aftertaste. Use it mainly in homemade caffe latte and ice coffee.
Vanilla Creme used to be my favourite but after trying English Toffee, which is so real, this beats all the others hands down. I put it in everything - milk, yogurt, hot drinks and I love the taste as it doesn't taste "artificial".
Great product
Posted by 5577252063282611623 on Jun 25, 2016
Great product
Best stevia I have tried
Posted by 5432964281261472604 on May 25, 2016
I have tried chocolate and English toffee and both are good for what I use them in. Very nice taste without any unpleasant stevia aftertaste. Also I like the dropper bottle :^) would reccomend
Posted by 4869953349774650744 on Apr 22, 2016
A must-have!
Posted by 5605975844288518311 on Feb 19, 2016
I use this in EVERYTHING i want sweet. Coffee, yoghurt, baking etc. A must have! Wish it wasn't so pricey, but i do think it is worth the money. Very concentrated, so a few drops goes a long way.
Posted by Reviewer3267914 on Feb 18, 2016


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NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A former FBI director has recommended that the Justice Department investigate whether several lawyers plotted to corrupt the settlement program designed to compensate victims of BP's 2010 Gulf oil spill.
But the independent probe led by Louis Freeh didn't find any evidence of wrongdoing by the multibillion-dollar settlement's court-appointed administrator, Patrick Juneau. He has been a target of BP's increasingly aggressive campaign to challenge payouts to Gulf Coast businesses.
Freeh was appointed by a federal judge to investigate alleged misconduct by a staff attorney who worked on the settlement program. Freeh concluded Friday that then-top members of Juneau's staff engaged in conduct that was improper, unethical and possibly criminal.
The report found nothing that warranted shutting down payments to victims of the oil spill.
BAY MINETTE, Ala. (AP) -- Authorities says an inspection of a tractor trailer near the Alabama coast turned up duffel bags stuffed with more than $1.4 million in cash.
WKRG-TV reports the truck was stopped on Interstate 65 in Baldwin County during commercial vehicle inspections by the Interstate Interdiction Task Force.
Authorities say officers were given permission to search the truck by the driver Thursday and they found the four duffel bags filled with cash stashed in the vehicle's sleeper compartment. They money was seized and taken to a bank for counting, then turned over to federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents for forfeiture.
Officials say the truck driver said he didn't know whose cash it was or how they money got in his truck.
VANCE, Ala. (AP) -- Tuscaloosa County sheriff's deputies have arrested a couple after finding nine starving pets inside a mobile home in Vance.
The Tuscaloosa News reports neighbors called authorities to check the mobile home, where they found seven dogs and two cats that were emaciated and had no food, water or air conditioning. Sheriff's spokesman Lt. Andy Norris says deputies also found a dead cat among the animals. He says electricity to the home had been cut off.
The mobile home's owners, Ricky and Glenda Martin, were arrested Friday and charged with nine counts of aggravated cruelty to animals, a felony.
Norris says the couple told investigators they were still living in the mobile home. They were arrested outside their child's high school.
Ala. man gets life sentence for fish fry killing
ABBEVILLE, Ala. (AP) -- A judge has sentenced an Abbeville man to life in prison for killing his stepbrother in 2011 at a family fish fry.
The Dothan Eagle reports 48-year-old Carl Bernard Kennedy received the maximum punishment at a hearing Friday. He faced a sentence of 10 years in prison to life after a Henry County jury convicted him of murder last month.
Authorities say Kennedy used a shotgun to blast 31-year-old Clarence "Boo" Williams in the face during a family fish fry May 21, 2011. District Attorney Sam Clenney said there was no obvious provocation for the attack. However, authorities have said the victim apparently had refused to lend money to his stepbrother.
Police say Kennedy fled the slaying scene in his Jaguar and was captured several days later in Miami.
Ala. authorities investigating death of child
GADSDEN, Ala. (AP) -- Authorities in Etowah County are investigating the death of a child who was hospitalized after being found inside a car.
Al.com reports sheriff's officials were releasing few details about the death Saturday. Etowah County sheriff's spokeswoman Natalie Barton says the child died Friday at a Birmingham hospital, where the child was taken after it was found in a car outside a home near Gadsden.
Barton says the death "appears to be a tragic accident" and no charges are expected, but authorities are still investigating.
NASA launches robotic explorer to moon from Va.
NASA's newest robotic explorer is on its way to the moon.
(AP) -- An unmanned rocket blasted off from Virginia's Eastern Shore late Friday night, carrying the LADEE (LA'-dee) spacecraft.
It was a change of venue for NASA, which typically launches its moon missions from Cape Canaveral, Fla. The launch provided a rare light show along the East Coast for those blessed with clear skies.
NASA expected the launch to be visible, weather permitting, as far south as South Carolina, as far north as Maine and as far west as Pittsburgh.
The Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer, or LADEE, should reach the moon on Oct. 6. It will orbit Earth's closest neighbor for a few months, analyzing the ever-so-delicate atmosphere and lunar dust. The six-month mission costs $280 million.
Tampa man accused of abusing, killing 3-year-old
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Authorities say a Tampa man sexually abused and killed a 3-year-old girl left in his care.
According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, the girl and her 9-month-old twin brothers had been left in the care of Elisamuel Pacheco all week while their mother worked.
Authorities say the girl had been vomiting all week, and her mother thought she had a virus. After a relative found her unresponsive Thursday, the girl was taken to a hospital, where she died.
The medical examiner found that she had signs of sexual battery and internal injuries and ruled her death a homicide. Pcaheco was arrested Friday on charges of first-degree murder, capital sexual battery and aggravated child abuse.
Pacheco was held without bond. Jail records did not show that he had an attorney.
PALMETTO, Fla. (AP) -- A Manatee County family was on the verge of losing their home because of a tax bill glitch, but dozens of donors have stepped forward.
The Herald Tribune reports that Karen Laffler and her family were on the brink of losing the home because a developer failed to pay the appropriate property taxes.
The home, which is valued at $91,000, was custom-built for their needs and donated to them in 2006. Laffler is wheelchair-bound from a stroke that she suffered several years ago. Her daughter, Amanda, was born with spina bifida and also cannot walk.
After a story in the Herald-Tribune, 58 area donors raised $40,560 that the family needed to buy back the home from an investor who had acquired it at the recent tax auction.
WAYNESBORO, Ga. (AP) -- Authorities in eastern Georgia say a sheriff's deputy responding to a fire was wounded as a loaded gun stashed inside the burning building went off in the intense heat.
The Augusta Chronicle reports Burke County Deputy Jay Hollingsworth underwent surgery Friday night. Sheriff's officials said the bullet missed his vital organs.
A statement from the sheriff's office says Hollingsworth was wounded as he responded to a structure fire outside the town of Sardis on Friday afternoon. Authorities say a gun stored inside the building discharged and the bullet struck the deputy.
Officials say Sheriff Gregory Coursey found the wounded deputy to be alert at the hospital Friday and spoke to him before Hollingsworth went into surgery.
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) -- Loggerhead sea turtles have had another record-setting nesting season in Georgia, where the number of nests counted has increased each of the past four years.
The unofficial count along Georgia's 100-mile coastline for the season that runs from May through August is 2,284 nests. That's up from a total of 2,241 nests last year. The official 2013 count could go up when it's released in mid-October.
Mark Dodd, the wildlife biologist who heads Georgia's sea turtle recovery program, says a fourth straight year of increasing nest numbers is another sign the state's loggerhead population is recovering after two decades of up-and-down fluctuations.
Loggerhead sea turtles are protected as a threatened species by federal law. Dodd says it's possible Georgia could hit its recovery goal of 2,800 nests within five years.
GRAY, Ga. (AP) -- Authorities say a toddler has died after falling into a lake at a middle Georgia subdivision.
The Telegraph of Macon reports 1-year-old Andrew Moody was pulled from the water Friday afternoon at the Hampton Lakes neighborhood in Jones County, just north of Macon. The boy was rushed to the Medical Center of Central Georgia, where he was pronounced dead.
Kenny Allen, an investigator for the Jones County Sheriff's Office, says the child was found in the water after a search when the boy's father noticed he was missing.


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The Geneseo Wind Ensemble will premiere "Ballad" composed by James Walker (left).
GENESEO, N.Y. -- The State University of New York at Geneseo Wind Ensemble and Thursday Night Jazz Ensemble open their spring season March 5 at 8 p.m. in Wadsworth Auditorium. The concert is free and open to the public and will feature the premiere of a work by Wind Ensemble Conductor James Walker, written especially for Jazz Ensemble Director Jonathan Kruger in honor of Kruger's 20th year at Geneseo as director of the ensemble and instructor of trumpet.
Kruger will be featured in Walker's "Ballad" for Solo Jazz Trumpet and Wind Ensemble.
"I always wanted to write a piece for Jon," said Walker, distinguished service professor of music at Geneseo. "He is a wonderful musician who can move freely between the classical and jazz musical worlds. The piece, with its lilting and engaging melodies, allows him to improvise around them in sections that are deliberately set up for him to do just that. The works itself is built on a repeating bass melody or 'ground,' and fits nicely into the concert's theme of 'obstinate' music," he said.
All of the works in the concert are examples of how composers use "obstinate," or repetitive, devices in music. Also on the program are Bach's "Passacaglia in C minor"; the "Passacaglia" by Bin Kaneda; and "Prelude and Rondo" by David Holsinger. The jazz ensemble features music in the "Big Band" style, featuring works by some of America's top jazz ensemble composers.
For more information on the concert, call 585-245-5824.
Media Contact:
David Irwin
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(585) 245-5516


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after performing a solid donkey punch, which is a overhand right to the back of the females head while performing anal sex which causes an intense tightening of the chocolate starfish; you pull out your pecker and and smack the female in the face and wipe any remaining shit on your pecker in her hair. (to take it up a notch be sure to have your female down a bottle of sriracha sauce for a messy surprise; liquid smoke can be used on special occasions)
After leaving the stir crazy Mr. Wilson had 3 hotties willing to get down on the dirty wilson.
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fisting a girl on her period than slapping your blood soaked hand on her back or stomach and drawing a liitle face onto it like tom hanks did to his ball in the movie castaway
Carrie became so attached to dirty wilson she cried when he was rinsed away
by ECHO ONE October 13, 2006
A dirty wilson has been committed when you snort cocaine off a hooker's taint.
Yeah dammit, we were just sitting there and he bent that whore over and gave her a dirty wilson. Right in the bar, it was unbelievable.
by Creamy Beaver July 06, 2004
alcoholic drink made from vodka, pineapple juice and ginger ale.
two beers and a dirty wilson please...
by elouk July 27, 2006
When you take the grip of a tennis racket and shove it up someones ass.
by tennis star ham March 09, 2011
When two males are going at it in a dirty Taco-Bell bathroom
Melissa walked in on Conner and Wilson just as they were performing the dirty wilson
by william clay June 08, 2007


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Happy Easter
we wish happy easter to all puplis and taechers in our projekt ursula and the mousekids
This educational project proposes the integrated approach of the curricular contents specific to preschool, primary and secondary school education courses, through learning activities on Easter's theme. The collaboration with other teachers and children, between European schools and kindergartens, aims to turn to account particularities of the specific culture tied by Easter's customs and traditions in their countries; to carry on interactive learning activities; to develop creativity, cooperation skills, entrepreneurial competences. PROPOSED ACTIVITIES: 1. "Easter Bunny and the children' stories"- this activity invites children to create short stories in which the main characters are they and the Easter Bunny; they will be encouraged to illustrate their stories through paintings and drawings; 2. "The Egg and Science"- the children will have the opportunity to make simple experiments to observe characteristics of foodstuff; 3. "Easter Costumes and Traditions in My Country"- the children will describe specific Easter Costumes and Traditions in their country; 4. "Waiting for Easter Bunny"- practical activity in which the children will realize Easter ornaments, using different technics and materials; the involvement of the children in organizing and conducting a volunteer activity.


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Is there a male equivalent of "damsel" ?
damsel (dam·sel)
Pronunciation: /ˈdamzəl/
noun archaic or literary
a young unmarried woman.
(from OxfordDictionaries.com)
Is there a male equivalent of "damsel" ?
(from OxfordDictionaries.com)
I think the male counterpart would be bachelor. The Online Etymology Dictionary notes that the "Meaning evolved from "knight in training" to "young unmarried man" (early 14c.)"
Note that in modern English the word bachelor can still refer to an unmarried man (although not necessarily a young one).
It's amusing to note that, according to Wordnik, damsel also applies to a young gentleman:
Even when damsel wasn't an archaic term, young gentleman was the best equivalent, as in the title of the Thomas Rowlandson painting "A college green with a group of damsels and young gentlemen in the foreground, c.1810-15."
I'd go with lad because it seems to be used in similar kinds of discourse. The trouble is that "a lad in distress" sounds like "Aladdin distress".
A damsel implies a young lady of noble birth or a maiden. The word comes from the French Damoiselle (not in use nowadays, it has a strong Middle-Ages flavour).
The male equivalent of a damoiselle in French is damoiseau. And damoiseau has an entry in both the OED and wiktionary.
Quoting the OED :
If we do not want to use damoiseau in English, the nearest male equivalent seems the lad indeed, the word lad sounding (at least to me) slightly outdated. Lass (feminine of lad) is also given by the OED as a synonym of damsel.
@prash : Damsel doesn't imply that the young lady is in distress. Unless specified to be in distress, of course ! A damsel in distress is a literary theme that goes way back into Antiquity and revived in the middle-ages.
Wight is a near-equivalent, going by the dictionary. The problem is that damsel has heavy connotations of pretty but useless, and (obviously) there are no men who could be described so.
Edit: the word is Anglo-Saxon, and since man means pretty much the same, wight was never very common. Chambers defines it as "man (archaic or dialect): supernatural being (obs)", the only use I can think of that is not for self-conscious effect (or sub-Tolkien) is Hardy's 'In Time of the Breaking of Nations': "a maid and her wight/ come whispering by".
From Etymonline


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23rd Anniversary Benefit Dinner
On Thursday, October 25, The Heartland Institute will celebrate the 23rd anniversary of its founding with a lively and fun reception and dinner with speakers at the Hilton Chicago Hotel. We hope you can join us!
The response to last year's program, featuring a debate between Prof. Richard Epstein and Rev. Robert Sirico on the foundations of classical liberal ideals, was so positive that we've decided to go with the debate format again this year.
This year's topic is: "Was Abraham Lincoln a friend or foe of American freedom?" Arguing in defense of Lincoln is Joseph A. Morris, president of the Lincoln Legal Foundation. Questioning Lincoln's legacy is Thomas J. DiLorenzo, author of Lincoln Unmasked and The Real Lincoln.
More than 500 people attended last year's event! Please plan to join us for an evening of entertaining speakers, great food, and good friends.


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This policy is intended to ensure proper stewardship of University funds by providing guidelines for their appropriate use, and outlining procedures that will help members of the University community comply with all applicable rules and regulations.
This policy applies to any member of the University community who initiates, processes, approves, or records financial transactions that involve University funds. This policy does not apply to NYU Langone Medical Center (or its component parts: NYU Hospitals Center, its affiliates, and New York University School of Medicine).
This policy does not apply to externally sponsored agreements that are governed by the Sponsored Programs Administration Handbook and administered by the Office of Sponsored Programs and Post Award Administration. Please refer to the Sponsored Programs Administration's Post Award Policies and Procedures Handbook (SPA Handbook - nyu.edu/spahandbook) for information and guidance regarding allowable and unallowable expenses associated with sponsored research.
Business expenses are those costs that are incurred for activities that benefit the University and advance its missions of being a "top quality international center of scholarship, teaching and research". Business expenses may take the form of direct payments to individuals or organizations that provide the University with goods or services, or reimbursements to University employees for costs they incur on behalf of the University.
University funds may be used only for business expenses. This policy provides the guidelines on the various expenses for which University funds may be used. It is intended to provide general guidelines to help all employees of New York University specifically to:
• understand their responsibilities related to the protection, use, and management of University funds;
• identify expenses that may be charged to specific University funds;
• determine expenses for which University funds could not be used;
• properly record and report expenses incurred in support of University missions; and,
• ensure consistent compliance with applicable federal, state, and local regulations.
Before incurring or approving any expense on behalf of the University, you must know which expenses are allowable or unallowable under the guidelines of the federal government and which are permissible or non-permissible according to the policies of the University. To avoid costs for which you will not be reimbursed and to avoid incurring financial risks or liabilities to the University, follow the guidelines provided in this document and the SPA Handbook (nyu.edu/spahandbook).
Policies executed by schools, departments and units can be more restrictive than the University policy. Enforcement of the more restrictive policy will be the responsibility of the school, department or unit. In no case can a school, department or unit have a policy less restrictive than the University policy.
Stewardship Responsibility
All individuals who incur or authorize business expenses on behalf of the University have a responsibility to ensure that University funds are used appropriately. All employees of the University are expected to exercise due diligence when generating, reviewing, and approving transactions that commit to the expenditure of University funds.
Certain individuals are delegated the responsibility or authority to initiate or enter into transactions that commit the University to spend funds. All individuals incurring, approving, recording or processing payment of business expenses must know the signatory approval structure established in his/her school, department, or unit. This structure ensures that business expenses are properly reviewed. The Signature Authority Policy and the Delegated Authority Database (which details the signatory approval structure established in each school, or unit) can be found at http://www.nyu.edu/about/policies-guidelines-compliance/policies-and-guidelines/signature-authority-policy.html.
Conflict of Interest
The Board of Trustees of New York University prohibits those activities or behavior which conflict with the best interests of the University. Transactions therefore between a supplier of goods or services and the University in which a conflict of interest exists are prohibited.
"Conflict of interest" is defined as a situation in which a University official, faculty, staff, or any of his/her family or associates either has an existing or potential financial or other material interest that (1) impairs or might appear to impair his/her independence and objectivity of judgment in the discharge of responsibilities to the University, or (2) may receive a financial or other material benefit from knowledge of information confidential to the University.
For specific rules and requirements established by the Board of Trustees, see the Conflict of Interest Policy of the University.
The Office of Sponsored Programs (www.nyu.edu/osp) provides additional rules and requirements that apply to sponsored programs.
University Policies on Procurement and Expense Reimbursement
To avoid incurring costs for which you may not be reimbursed, or committing the University to costs that cannot be paid using University funds, consult the procurement policies of the University before you incur the expense. Certain expenses may be subject to specific procurement rules and requirements of the government.
Individuals who incur business expenses using personal funds may be reimbursed by the University through Accounts Payable. Refer to the Expense Reimbursement Policy of the University for specific guidance.
Allowable and Unallowable Expenses
Certain expenses that the University deems legitimate and permissible may be deemed unallowable by the federal government. University funds may be used for such expenses, but they must be identified and segregated in the University's general ledger. Please refer to the SPA Handbook for information and guidance regarding allowable and unallowable expenses associated with Sponsored Research.
NYU Nonpermissible Expenses
General Comments
Any expense that does not support the missions of the University and does not reflect proper stewardship is considered by the University as nonpermissible regardless of the source of funds.
When the nonpermissible expenses listed below are submitted to the University for reimbursement or payment, they will be rejected, unless they are justified in a memo as necessary in carrying out a University task or function. The memo should provide a clear explanation of why such an expense should be deemed a business expense, and should be submitted to the "Approver" (the individual responsible for funds being charged) for review and approval. Accounts Payable will not process any payment or reimbursement of nonpermissible expenses unless the memo is attached.
Personal Expenses
Personal expenses refer to those expenses that are not related to any activity of the University, are not required in carrying out an individual's task or responsibility at work, or do not benefit the University. Personal expenses include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Automobile repairs
- Child care
- Credit card annual fees
- Delinquency fees or finance charges on NYU Travel and Entertainment Card ("T&E Card") or personal credit cards
- Dues in private clubs
- Frequent flyer and other similar awards for hotel and car rentals
- Grooming services (haircuts and shoe shines)
- Gym and recreational fees, including massages and saunas
- In-room movies
- Pet care
- Telephone charges in excess of what is deemed reasonable for calls to home when on business travel (see "Expenses Related to Business Travel" section in this document)
- Traffic violation penalties -Upgrades (air, hotel, car, etc.) when traveling on University business
Other Nonpermissible Expenses
Other expenses for which University funds cannot be used are:
• Expenses that should not be paid using personal funds (e.g., independent contractor fees, stipends, cash gifts, etc.; these types of expenses should be charged directly to the University)
• Any expense prohibited by law (e.g., University funds cannot be used for payments or donations to political organizations or candidates)
NYU Permissible Expenses
Expenses that support the missions of the University are deemed valid and therefore permissible. The following sections of the document detail those expenses that are generally deemed permissible.
Payment Methods
University employees are advised to use established University methods to incur business expenses. A business expense should be paid by the University directly to the vendor through Accounts Payable; procured through a Purchase Order; purchased using the Procurement Card; or, when expenses are related to travel, incurred using the T&E Card or the Departmental Travel Card.
Certain expenses may be incurred by University employees in the conduct of University business using personal funds. These expenses may be reimbursed when University and government requirements are met (see the Expense Reimbursement Policy of the University for specific guidance). They may also be excluded from an individual's taxable income if they meet IRS requirements for an "accountable plan."
1. Expenses Related to Business Travel
The University deems permissible those expenses related to business travel that are reasonable and necessary to conduct University business. Individuals who travel on University business are responsible for verifying availability of funds, permissibility of expenses, and obtaining necessary approval prior to departure.
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|Effective Date:
|September 15, 2014
|Issuing Authority:
|University Chief Financial Officer
|Responsible Officer:
|University Controller
|Office Name:
|Office of the Controller
This policy is intended to ensure proper stewardship of University funds by providing guidelines for their appropriate use, and outlining procedures that will help members of the University community comply with all applicable rules and regulations.
This policy applies to any member of the University community who initiates, processes, approves, or records financial transactions that involve University funds. This policy does not apply to NYU Langone Medical Center (or its component parts: NYU Hospitals Center, its affiliates, and New York University School of Medicine).
This policy does not apply to externally sponsored agreements that are governed by the Sponsored Programs Administration Handbook and administered by the Office of Sponsored Programs and Post Award Administration.
These definitions apply to these terms as they are used in this policy.
Accountable Plan Rules
In order to be considered an accountable plan by the IRS, expenses incurred by employees or independent contractors must have a business connection, the individual must adequately account to the University for these expenses within a reasonable time (60 days) and the individual must return an excess reimbursement or allowance within a reasonable time (60 days). If all three conditions are met the reimbursement can be excluded from the individual's taxable income.
Approver The individual granted the authority to review and approve (or reject) transactions that require the use of University funds. The signature of the "Approver" on the reimbursement or payment request form signifies that the "Approver" has verified the request for compliance to applicable University policies.
Business Expenses Charges for goods and services that foster or support the missions of the
Conflict of Interest A situation in which an individual or any of his/her family or associates either (1) has an existing or potential financial or other material interest that impairs or might appear to impair the individual's independence and objectivity of judgment in the discharge of responsibilities to the University, or (2) may receive a financial or other material benefit from knowledge of information confidential to the University.
Documentation, or Substantiation Documents that describe and support a business expense or transaction, such as original receipts or other original vendor-generated documents that show type of expense, amount of expense, and date the expense was incurred.
Discretionary Funds Unrestricted funds allocated by the University to a school, department, or unit that may be used for expenses that further support their various missions in accordance with the Business Expenses Policy of the University.
Fringe Benefit An extra benefit supplementing an employee's salary (e.g., a company car, subsidized meals, or health insurance).
Accounting Principles Generally Accepted in the USA (GAAP) Fundamental principles of accounting that are used as guidance in the preparation of the University's financial statements.
Gross Income Refers to items of value received by an employee from the University, including
those reimbursements employees receive for business expenses they incur that do not meet the "accountable plan" criteria.
Initiator An individual who generates a business transaction. The initiator should be in compliance with all University policies when executing a transaction.
NYU The University and all University Affiliates, and includes the schools, colleges, institutes, and other administrative units of the University, all University Affiliates, and the Global Network University sites.
Reasonable Not extreme or excessive. A cost may be considered reasonable if the nature of the goods and services reflects prudent action.
Reviewer An individual who verifies information and ensures that a transaction complies with the policies and procedures of the University, along with other relevant external guidelines and restrictions.
Stewardship The careful and responsible management and protection of the University's
resources, which includes ensuring that resources are used appropriately or used according to applicable policies of the University.
Transaction A commitment by the University involving the exchange of money or property, an obligation to perform services requiring payment or use of University resources, or the assumption of a liability (e.g., indebtedness) or potential liability, currently or in the future (e.g., NYU agreeing to indemnify another party).
University Community All NYU faculty, including visiting faculty; researchers, including persons participating in research at or under the auspices of NYU; employees; professional staff, including medical, dental, and nursing staff; volunteers; fellows, trainees, and post-doctoral appointees; students; and consultants, vendors, and contractors.
University Funds All funds received from internal or external sources and owned by the University, which carry with them fiduciary responsibilities.


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5 Real Prison Escapes That Shouldn't Have Been Possible
We admit it: We fucking love prison escape stories. On one hand, yes, it usually does mean a dangerous criminal is back out on the street. But on the other, there just is no such thing as a boring prison escape. And when the person doing the escaping is an unimaginable genius, badass, or both? You get stories that'd be considered too far-fetched for most movies.
#5. Choi Gap-bok Squeezed Through a Food Slot
Via Andrew Bardwell
Picture every movie cell door you've ever seen. You know how they've always got that food slot at the bottom, the tiny rectangle guards slide the food trays through? If you need help, it's about 6 inches tall (that is, the length of a dollar bill) and about 17 inches wide.
Now imagine crawling through that slot.
Via YouTube
Actual footage of the escape.
Because a guy actually did this. His name was Choi Gap-bok and at the ripe old age of 50, he was arrested by South Korean police on suspicion of burglary. Gap-bok had been in and out of jail throughout his life, and somewhere along the way he picked up doing yoga. We don't know if he practiced yoga specifically with this in mind or if it just happened to come in handy, but either way, he decided it was time to use the 23 years of stretchy practice he had under his belt to slip right the fuck out of his prison cell.
He asked his guards for his special "skin ointment," and they gave it to him, then went off to sleep. After all, when an old man asks for lotion and privacy you don't fucking hang around outside the door. What's the old guy gonna do, lube himself up and squeeze through his food slot?
Via YouTube
"Don't mind me. I'm just trying my door on as a belt."
Yep. It can totally be done, as the below video demonstrates (especially if you're not a huge guy -- Choi was 5-foot-4-inches). If you can get your head through it, everything else from your shoulders to ribs kind of compress -- he was able to squeeze all of his parts through in 30 seconds. It's really just a matter of body control and really, really not wanting to be in jail.
Why did he escape? Because he wanted to prove his innocence, and obviously breaking out of prison is the best way to do that. He was caught six days later and put in a cell with a smaller food slot, so now, not only can he not escape, but he almost certainly won't get a turkey at Thanksgiving.
#4. Jack Sheppard Becomes a Prison Escape Celebrity
Via Wikipedia
If you were alive in 18th century London you'd know who Jack Sheppard was. A small-time thief, he became notorious for his awesome escapes. And we're not exaggerating here -- crowds would actually go to his trials just hoping he'd dazzle them. For instance, have you ever seen a movie or TV show where somebody busts out by tying a bunch of bedsheets together into a rope? Well, Jack Sheppard most likely invented that.
Via Wikipedia
"Probably not a good time to tell you, but ... I still wet the bed."
Granted, he didn't have a window to drop out of, so he first smashed through his cell's ceiling and then dropped his rope of sheets over from the prison roof. Breaking ceilings is noisy work, so there was a crowd gathered when he hit the bottom. He quickly pulled a Bugs Bunny, telling everyone "He's over there!" and then ran off with the cops in hot pursuit. So, yeah, he was something of a showman.
When he got caught again, he and his wife, Lyon, were thrown in a cell together. They broke a bar off the window and then pulled the "bedsheets-rope" trick again and ran off. So when he was arrested again shortly thereafter, he was locked in a strong-room, stuck in leg irons and chained to the floor. The guards, not enjoying his wacky escapes that, oh, by the way made them look like assholes, put even more chains on him.
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Holy shit, those things are either enormous, or he was the size of a Barbie doll.
This did not deter Sheppard. First, he found a nail and bent it to create a lock pick for his handcuffs. Then, using his chains, he wrenched free an iron bar from the chimney (which was ironically installed to prevent prisoners from escaping) and then used that bar as a tool to break through the ceiling. All told, he ended up breaking through six barred doors, jumping to an adjacent house's roof, sneaking inside without waking anyone up and then running off into the night.
When he finally died, it was with a third of London's total population attending his hanging. Ultimately, his fame was his undoing -- the thick crowd actually prevented his friends from taking his recently hung body to a doctor to be revived. Because even in death he had an escape plan.
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Though "don't get hanged" would seem to us to be the far safer plan.
#3. Frank Abagnale Convinces His Guard He's a Prison Inspector
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If you don't recognize the name, Frank Abagnale is the renowned con-man Leo DiCaprio played in Catch Me If You Can. He's done bank fraud, impersonated pilots, teachers, doctors, and even lawyers, all using outlandish techniques that you wouldn't even think would work in a cartoon. But maybe none compares to the absolutely ridiculous way he conned himself out of prison.
After being sentenced to 12 years for various forgeries, Abagnale had fantastic luck in 1971 when the U.S. Marshal transporting him forgot the detention commitment papers. No, this didn't mean he got to go free -- not yet -- but it did give Abagnale an opening to subtly convince the guards that he was actually an undercover prison inspector pretending to be an inmate. You know, here's a clean, well-spoken, educated guy who just happens to be missing his documents? It had "The bosses sent this guy to spy on us" written all over it, and Abagnale played it up for all it was worth. This meant the guards treated him far better than any other inmate (since they thought he was there to investigate conditions in the prison) -- Abagnale got better food and privileges than anyone else.
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"Apologies for the wait, sir. One of the sous chefs was shanked."
But this article is about prison escapes, and it was right around then that Abagnale decided to go ahead and just bullshit his way right out the front door. He called a friend of his, Jean Sebring, who had been visited by the FBI agent in charge of Abagnale's case, Joe Shea, when he was pursuing Abagnale. She doctored the business card Shea left her, then pretended to be a freelance magazine writer doing an expose on prisons and used that to also get the business card of a prison inspector. She visited Abagnale, posing as his fiance, and slipped him both cards.
Abagnale then told the guard that he was, in fact, an undercover inspector just like they thought. He gave them the prison inspector business card as proof, and then told them it was imperative he speak to the FBI immediately. The guards slapped each other on the back and bragged about how smart they were to not be fooled by the government's obvious ploy. Abagnale gave them the other card (the one for the supposed FBI agent), and they dialed the number on it. Abagnale's friend picked up at a phone booth, pretending to be an FBI operator.
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"This is either the FBI or Shanteesa the Love Goddess, depending on who's calling."
She said she needed to meet with Abagnale right outside of the detention center, and, of course, the guards had no problem with this because A) They thought they were talking to the FBI and B) They thought Abagnale was a federal inspector. Of course, it was just Abagnale's friend waiting in a car, and the guards watched as their prisoner just walked out and drove off into the sunset, laughing his ass off.


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I've wandered into some dungeon and encountered some necromancers or bandits. I killed some with sneak attack by bow and some turned hostile and they rush to me and I killed them directly. When I sleep, there are no Dark Brotherhood members approaching me. Why?
According to the Elder Scrolls wiki,
Basically any non-essential NPC will do. (Note that unlike in Morrowind, Oblivion's predecessor, you cannot kill an essential NPC, so you don't have to worry about killing the "wrong" person. If an NPC is involved in a quest you haven't completed, you won't be able to kill them.) If you are looking for a specific set of targets, the wiki has a list of them. I've listed a few of the best targets below:
You have to murder someone who is not by default hostile to you, for example a random townsperson. You will get a message on your screen that you've been "witnessed by unseen forces" and after you go to sleep you will be contacted.


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There is an overwhelming amount of information in the press and on the Internet that suggest certain foods, supplements, and/or medications prevent cancer. The term "chemoprevention" refers to efforts to prevent or delay the development of cancer by taking medicines, vitamins or other agents.*
The ideal chemopreventive agent will not significantly alter quality of life, is inexpensive, safe, well tolerated, and effective. However, some chemopreventive drugs may have severe side effects in some patients, which is an issue when considering long-term administration of a compound to healthy people who may or may not develop cancer.
Breast cancer chemoprevention trials have set the standard for other disease types to follow. Tamoxifen is an oral selective antiestrogen agent (also called a SERM). Drugs like Tamoxifen work as breast cancer chemopreventive agents by interfering with the female hormone, estrogen. Besides influencing the growth of breast tissue, estrogen is involved in sexual development, proper functioning of the reproductive system, and maintaining bone strength. Many cells in the body, especially within estrogen-sensitive tissues like the breast, contain specialized proteins that bind estrogen. These proteins are known as estrogen receptors (ERs). Interfering with these receptors may decrease breast cancer risk, but can also increase osteoporosis risk and effect fertility and sexuality.
Tamoxifen was the first chemoprevention drug to receive FDA approval and is the most well-known and studied chemopreventive agent. The Breast Cancer Prevention Trial, showed that tamoxifen reduces a pre-or post-menopausal high-risk woman's chances of developing breast cancer by as much as one-half.* A woman is considered at high risk if she scores greater than 1.66 % according to the Gail model.* Importantly, tamoxifen only affected tumors that are estrogen receptor positive (ER+); there is no effect on tumors that are estrogen receptor negative (ER-). Additionally, complications of tamoxifen include increased risk of endometrial cancer and blood clot formation. Raloxifene is another SERM which helps prevent breast cancer in postmenopausal women. This is a drug that is also used to prevent and treat osteoporosis. Like tamoxifen, raloxifene works by blocking estrogen's effects in the breast and other tissues, and it has some of the same risks including increased risk of blood clots. Unlike tamoxifen, raloxifene doesn't exert estrogen-like effects on the uterus, so there is no increased risk of endometrial cancer. The National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project studied both tamoxifen and raloxifene in the STAR trial. Over 19,000 women were enrolled on this trial. Half were assigned to take tamoxifen and half were assigned to take raloxifene daily for five years. The results showed that tamoxifen and raloxifene both reduced the risk of invasive breast cancer in high-risk women by about 50%. The cumulative incidence rate was statistically equivalent for both drugs: 25.1 per 1000 women who took raloxifene compared to 24.8 per 1000 women who took tamoxifen.* Therefore, the decision to use tamoxifen or raloxifene as a chemopreventive agent should be highly individualized and involve a detailed discussion between the patient and their healthcare provider about the risks and benefits of this therapy.
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer that occurs in men.* Screening for prostate cancer involves digital rectal exam and prostate-specific antigen.* Three factors have contributed to the ability to study chemoprevention in this cancer: the long period between the initial evidence of prostate cancer and the development of overt or fatal disease, the well-understood hormone dependency of these tumors, and the high rate of the disease. Several agents have been considered for preventive treatment of prostate cancer, including 5-reductase inhibitors (for example, Finasteride), aspirin, and various nutritional substances, such as lycopene, vitamin E, and the element selenium. Finasteride is a treatment for enlarged prostate, also known as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), and is effective at reducing prostate size and symptoms of BPH. Finasteride is a drug that inhibits the conversion of testosterone to another form of the hormone called dihydrotestosterone (DHT). By depriving prostate cells of this hormone, it was hypothesized that prostate cancer could be prevented. The Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial (PCPT) demonstrated a 24.8% reduction in the risk of prostate cancer for men at low risk of prostate cancer who were randomized to receive Finasteride daily for 7 years.* The downside was that in men taking Finasteride who did develop prostate cancer, the cancer was much more aggressive [37% of these tumors were Gleason 7-10 (a more aggressive type), versus 22% in the placebo arm]. Some researchers believe that the increase in high-grade cancers was not valid, and that it was unlikely for an agent to increase the incidence of high-grade tumors and simultaneously decrease the incidence of low-grade tumors.* For now, Finasteride is still used in the treatment of BPH, and has not been FDA approved for prevention of prostate cancer.
Other drugs have also been proposed as chemopreventive agents for prostate cancer. Statin drugs, which are used to lower cholesterol, may also prevent prostate cancer, according to researchers from the Mayo Clinic.* In the laboratory setting, researchers have observed that statin medications prevent cancer cells from dividing and, in fact, may cause some cancer cells to die. Using a group of nearly 2500 men who were followed for 15 years, researchers determined that 6% of statin users were diagnosed with prostate cancer, while 18% of non-statin users received that diagnosis. It is thought that statins may lower the risk of prostate cancer, or, alternatively, they do not decrease the risk of cancer, but may lower PSA, resulting in lower rates of biopsy and prostate cancer diagnosis. Statins are not currently approved for prostate cancer prevention.
Naturally occurring compounds have also been the subject of chemoprevention studies. Lycopene is an antioxidant found in tomatoes and watermelon. A prospective cohort study showed found that increased lycopene intake was associated with a decreased risk of prostate cancer.* The Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial (SELECT) enrolled over 35,000 men in the US, Canada, and Puerto Rico. This trial found that neither Selenium nor vitamin E, alone or in combination at the doses and formulations used, prevented prostate cancer in this population of relatively healthy men.*
Studies have shown that individuals reporting a regular intake of aspirin and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) have a reduced risk of developing colorectal polyps and cancer. It is thought that NSAIDs exert their chemopreventive effects in the colon by restoring a normal frequency of cell death.* Because most colorectal cancers arise from adenomas (a type of colon polyp), it is believed that preventing adenoma formation can prevent cancer as well. In a study of 635 patients with a previous history of colorectal cancer who were randomized to receive either 325 mg of aspirin daily or placebo, there was a significantly reduced risk of development of an adenoma in the aspirin-treated group.* However, adenomas still developed in some patients in the aspirin-treated group, and therefore aspirin should not be a substitution for surveillance colonoscopy. Another NSAID, celecoxib, has been shown to reduce the mean number of polyps by 28% in patients with the rare genetic disorder familial adenomatous polyposis.* Because NSAIDS are associated with increased risk of gastrointestinal bleeding, renal impairment, and other toxicities, the United States Preventive Services Task Force does not recommend NSAID use for the prevention of colorectal cancer.
Chemoprevention is also being studied in other cancers such as head and neck, lung, and skin cancer. Only large clinical trials conducted for many years can demonstrate whether a compound will reduce the risk of cancer. Once a given chemopreventive agent is shown to be effective, patients and their care providers will need to have an individualized discussion of the risks and benefits.
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