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UEFA Champions League – Two game ticket bundle
- 05 October 2013 08:00
- Posted by @markbooth_mcfc
The Champions League Group Stage continues with City playing CSKA Moscow – Russian Champions, and Viktoria Plzen – the Champions of the Czech Republic, at home at the Etihad Stadium in the coming months.
You can be at the Etihad to witness both of these Champions League home group stage games with just one ticket, priced from just £56 for adults and £25 for juniors, a total saving of £10 over purchasing the tickets individually. Fixture details are;
Manchester City v CSKA Moscow, Tuesday 5th November 2013, kick off 7.45pm
Manchester City v FC Viktoria Plzen, Wednesday 27th November 2013, kick off 7.45pm
Bundles will be priced as follows:
Colin Bell Stand Level 2 and East Stand Level 2
Adults: £66
16-21s / Over 65s: £50
Under 16s: £35
Disabled: £50
All other areas
Adults: £56
16-21s / Over 65s: £40
Under 16s: £25
Disabled: £40
Tickets will be available online at www.mcfc.co.uk/tickets, by telephone on 0161 444 1894 (option 1, option 1, option 2)* and to personal callers at the Ticket Office above the City Store at the Etihad Stadium for supporters that meet the following criteria:
- Impacted 2013/14 Platinum/Gold Seasoncard holders registered to the UEFA Competition Cup Scheme, who wish to relocate** – Wednesday 9th October at 9am.
- 2013/14 Platinum/Gold Seasoncard holders – Thursday 10th October at 9am.
- 2013/14 Blue members – Friday 11th October at 9am.
- General sale to supporters with existing purchase history – Friday 11th October at 1pm.
To qualify to purchase tickets during the General Sale period, supporters must have purchased a match ticket for a game at the Etihad Stadium prior to the 9th October this season, or attended a match during any previous season.
All 2013/14 Platinum and Gold Seasoncard holders are kindly reminded that their seasonal seat is not guaranteed for any Cup game played at the Etihad Stadium.
Supporters registered to the 2013/14 UEFA Competitions Cup Scheme are advised that a number of seats are impacted by UEFA requirements for these fixtures. For further details, please see 'Seat Relocation' information below.
Please note: All Platinum/Gold Seasoncard holders registered on the 2013/14 UEFA Competition Cup Scheme will have payment taken from their nominated credit/debit card as follows;
16-21 years and Over 65s
Under 16s
Manchester City v CSKA Moscow
Week commencing 7th October 2013.
Manchester City v FC Viktoria Plzen
Week commencing 28th October 2013.
†Supporters whose seat is located in Colin Bell or East Stand Level 2 will be charged an additional £5 on the above ticket prices.
*Tickets purchased over the telephone will be subject to a £2.50 booking fee per bundle. Lines are open 24-hours, 7 days a week. No booking fee payable on tickets purchased online.
**Please see 'Seat relocation' information below.
20 loyalty points will be awarded for purchasing the bundle. Platinum members will be awarded 40 loyalty points.
Disabled supporters are unable to purchase tickets online. Those that meet the qualifying criteria and wish to purchase a ticket should contact Supporter Services on 0161 444 1894 (option 1, option 1, option 1). For details and accessible information please click here.
Should you have any further questions or need advice, please contact our Disabled Liaison Officer, on 0161 444 1894 (option 1, option 1, option 1) or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Club policy allows children under 5-years to enter the stadium without a ticket to sit with their parent/guardian. All children aged 5-years to 14-years must have a ticket and be accompanied by an adult (over 18-years).
Children aged over 14-years are able to enter the stadium unaccompanied, but cannot be responsible for another supporter until they are aged 18-years and over.
Please note: If a supporter number used is that of an adult, then only an adult ticket may be purchased. This also applies to under 16s and over 65s.
It is important that you have purchased, and are in possession of, the correct ticket and that it is activated to allow you access in to the stadium.
If the supporter who originally purchased the ticket is no longer able to attend the match, please contact the Supporter Services team on 0161 444 1894 (option 1, then option 3) to discuss, and where appropriate, upgrade your ticket.
Failure to upgrade your ticket before you attempt to enter the ground may result in a stadium ban.
Seat Relocations
Unfortunately, as a result of UEFA requirements, a number of seats allocated to 2013/14 Platinum and Gold Seasoncard holders who have registered on the UEFA Competition Cup Scheme will not be available for home games in this competition. Areas impacted for the Group Stages of the Champions League are as follows:
East, South and Family Stands Level 1 – Rows A and B.
Increased height of the perimeter advertising boards. Row C is also impacted in block 105 of the East Stand.
East Stand Level 1 – Block 105.
Rows S, T and U are required to accommodate the UEFA Champions Club in the Commonwealth.
Colin Bell Stand Level 1 – Block 126.
UEFA requirement for an expanded technical area around the home and away dugouts.
Colin Bell Stand Level 2 – Block 223.
UEFA requirement for the Club to provide an allocation of 'First Class' seating to the Visiting Club, located between the 16m lines. A small number of seats are also held in block 222 for segregation and safety.
Colin Bell Stand Level 3 – Block 326.
UEFA requirement for an expanded television and media commentary area.
East Stand Level 2 – Blocks 204, 206 and 207.
UEFA requirement for the Club to provide an allocation of 'First Class' seats to UEFA and UEFA Champions League Partners.
East Stand Level 3 – Block 305, part of rows A, B and C.
Positioning of the reverse-angle television camera.
Supporters who have joined the 2013/14 UEFA Competition Cup Scheme and whose seasonal seat is located in any of the affected areas listed above will have their seat relocated to an alternative area within the stadium. All supporters who have joined the 2013/14 UEFA Competition Cup Scheme and who registered for the same scheme last season, will be allocated a seat based on their registered preferences from 2012/13. All supporters who are newly registered to the scheme for this season will be allocated a seat as near to their seasonal seat as possible.
Upon receipt of your email confirmation, if you find that you are unhappy with the seat location that you have been provided, you will have the opportunity to contact us to choose an alternative seat location. Please contact 0161 444 1894 (option 1, option 3) or visit the Ticket Office on the first floor of the City Store at the Etihad Stadium, on Wednesday 9th October.
It is important to remember that we have a significant number of supporters on the UEFA Competition Cup Scheme, and whilst we will endeavour to allocate you the best available seat, this may not be possible due to availability. All supporters on the UEFA Competitions Cup Scheme will have their seats processed before we go on sale to other supporters to ensure we can offer you the best available seats.
Hospitality is available for all our home Group Stage matches. Whether you're looking to celebrate with family and friends, entertain clients or just treat yourself, we have the perfect package to suit you, and your budget. And, for 2013/14 we welcome Jamie Oliver's creativity in the kitchen. To view the facilities and find out more click here. To book, please call 0161 444 1894 (option 1, option 2) or email: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Official Match Ticket
Entry to the Stadium will be granted on the presentation of a valid ticket purchased from the Club or through the Viagogo Ticket Exchange only. The Club excludes all liability to any supporter who is denied entry to the Stadium as a result of their ticket having been purchased through an unauthorised seller. The unauthorised sale or disposal of tickets may also amount to a criminal offence and the Club will inform the police as soon as it becomes aware of any unauthorised sale or disposal of tickets.
Blue Membership
Supporters with a Blue Membership will have their card activated for each match, to allow entry in to the stadium. Supporters without a Blue Membership will receive paper tickets for each match. Consider becoming a Blue Member, with benefits including Match Ticket Priority and subscription to the Digital Matchday Publication, for the best chance to see all the big games. There is also our City Kicks Blue membership for under 16s, a must for all young City supporters. Click here to find out more and buy online.
Important Supporter Information
Visiting the Stadium
The stadium address for satellite navigation is: Etihad Stadium, Manchester M11 3FF. If you have not visited the Etihad Stadium before, we want you to enjoy the whole experience, and that starts with how to get here and where to park. To find out more click here for the stadium plan.
Supporters requiring a taxi after the final whistle are advised to make their way to Ashton New Road where taxis are located. Due to road closures immediately after the game, taxis are unable to enter the Etihad Campus for at least one hour after the final whistle. Those supporters wishing to travel in to Manchester City centre may board supporter buses which are also located on Ashton New Road opposite the South Stand.
Persistent Standing
To help continue improving the matchday experience for all supporters, we ask that you respect the club's request to avoid persistent standing at all games. This is one of our biggest sources of complaints from your fellow supporters in all sections of the stadium. We wish to make our matchdays as enjoyable an experience as possible for all of our fans and, as such, we request that you and fellow supporters remain in your seat for the majority of the match. Fans who breach these requests may be ejected from the stadium, and in some cases may have their membership card withdrawn. Please help us to avoid such measures by co-operating with this request and help us to create an enjoyable experience for all of our fans. We thank you for your support in helping us ensure a visit to the Etihad Stadium is a great experience.
Respect the Badge www.mcfc.co.uk/The-Club/Respect-The-Badge
Manchester City Football Club prides itself on having the best fans in the country and we greatly appreciate your support in enforcing the code of conduct. You are purchasing tickets which are located in stands which seat home fans only. We expect all supporters to behave in a manner appropriate to their surroundings. This code must be adhered to. Failure to comply could result in you being asked to leave the Stadium. For high profile games, such as local derbies or cup games, a zero tolerance policy will be in operation.
Prohibited Items
The following items are not allowed to be brought in to the Etihad Stadium:
- Pyrotechnics, flares and smoke bombs
- Golf umbrella or any article that may be used as a weapon and/or compromise public safety.
- Professional recording equipment (audio and visual).
- Bags larger than A4 size.
- Prams and pushchairs
Please note that the entire Etihad Campus, including roadways, car parks and concourses, is smoke free. The use of electronic cigarettes is also prohibited. Manchester City Football Club operates a strict, no re-admission policy and there will not be an opportunity to leave and re-enter the Stadium.
The Ticket Office and Supporter Services are open Monday - Saturday, 9am to 5:30pm (closed Sunday & Bank Holiday). Both facilities will open on the day of all scheduled First Team home fixtures until 15 minutes after kick off. Please call 0161 444 1894 (option 1, option 3).
All tickets and hospitality are sold subject to availability and are issued subject to Manchester City Football Club Limited's 2013-14 home match terms and conditions of sale, 2013-14 Hospitality terms and conditions of sale and any applicable ground regulations.


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Make use of an unused mirror mount on your motorcycle's handlebars with this threaded RAM ball mount. Designed to fit any motorcycle mirror mount with a M10 x 1.5 thread pitch, this RAM ball allows you to use any of the 1" RAM mount components to mount a GPS, camera, cell phone, cup holder, or any other kind of device.
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I'm a computer teacher and want to install Ubuntu in my class (on a temporary hard disk). Now, to install Ubuntu, it takes a while, but I don't want them to just look around in Ubuntu from the disk. I want to let my pupils install Ubuntu, and let them see what it is to install another operating system as Windows.
The only disadvantage is that installing Ubuntu takes a while. After it's been installed, my class is all ready over for quite a while.
Is there any quicker way to let them install Ubuntu, and than subsequently also let them discover the operating system of course?


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Dietary Tips for Nursing Mothers
In This Article:
Avoid acidic and gas-producing foods for the first few weeks postpartum. Colic inconsolable crying that can last for hours at a time has been linked to gastrointestinal distress, and often responds well to the elimination of certain foods from the nursing mother's diet. To be on the safe side, avoid all of the following in the first month to three months of your baby's life:
- Alcohol.
- Brewer's yeast.
- Carbonated beverages.
- Chocolate and other caffeine-containing foods.
- Most dairy products and other foods containing lactose (milk sugar). Hard cheeses, butter, and yogurt with live cultures have very little to no lactose, and should be all right as long as you are not allergic to the milk protein casein.
- Gas-forming vegetables (broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, and the like).
- Oranges and orange juice.
- Strawberries.
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From A Natural Guide to Pregnancy and Postpartum Health by Dean Raffelock, Robert Rountree, and Virginia Hopkins with Melissa Block. Copyright © 2002 by Dr. Dean Raffelock. Used by arrangement with Avery, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
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Wisconsin State Sen. Randy Hopper, a close Republican ally of Gov. Scott Walker, is among the eight senators that activists will try to recall for supporting the infamous "budget repair bill" to weaken public sector unions. So this weekend, some protesters marched to his house — yikes! — to have a chat. But his wife answered the door and told the protesters that Hopper lives with his 25-year-old girlfriend now, and a divorce is underway.
Not surprisingly, his wife said she would join Team Recall and sign the petition. The (ex-)family's maid, apparently, had already signed it.
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I know that sh, ch, and j are pronounced differently in Chinese than in English, but what about Japanese? I have read that し, ち, じ are pronounced slightly differently than they would be in English (she, chea[p], gee), however I'm never told how. If they (し, ち, じ) are pronounced differently than they would be generally pronounced in English, how?
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With the English sounds sh, j and ch, the friction occurs between the alveolar ridge (where the flat part of the mouth located behind the teeth sharply moves up to the palate) and the tip of the tongue. Sometimes, the tongue is a bit further back or curled, and the back part of the tip of the tongue is involved (ie. it is retroflex).
In Japanese, the tip of the tongue is not used for these sounds; instead, a more posterior and wider part of the tongue is used at the point of friction, the tip of the tongue being more or less at the intersection of the bottom teeth and the gum, but without pressing against them.
Are you talking about xi- and qi-? They would be read shi- and chi- by an English speaker. The corresponding kana in Japanese would be si- and ti-. There is no "see" or "tee" sound in original Japanese. Instead they are prounounced shi and chi


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MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board is hearing from residents who oppose a new law opening up much of Wisconsin's state parks and trails to hunting.
The board held a public meeting Tuesday afternoon in Madison. More than 60 people signed up to speak about the measure.
The law prohibits hunting and setting of traps within 100 yards of trails and other designated areas. Still, some speakers say they are concerned about gunfire and traps in areas frequented by families and pets.
Other speakers say hunters already have enough access to hunting grounds.
The state Department of Natural Resources has proposed limiting the park areas where hunting can occur. The board is expected to vote on that proposal at the end of the meeting.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The state Natural Resources Board will hold a public meeting where officials will reconsider a measure that would open all Wisconsin parks and trails to hunting.
The meeting Tuesday in Madison comes after lawmakers and state agencies received nearly 2,000 emails and letters, the vast majority opposing the so-called Sporting Heritage Bill.
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Melanoma/Skin Cancer Health Center
Basal Cell Carcinoma
Getting a Diagnosis
Your doctor will look at your skin for growths. He may also ask you questions such as:
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- Have you had blistering sunburns?
- Do you use sunscreen?
- Have you ever used tanning beds?
- Have you had unusual bleeding spots on your skin that don't heal?
Your doctor will take a sample, or biopsy, of the growth. He'll will numb the area and remove some of the skin. Then he sends it to a lab, where it will be tested for cancer cells.
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- What kind of treatments do you suggest?
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If the lab results show there are cancer cells in the area around your tumor, your doctor may need to remove more of your skin.
Scraping the tumor away and using electricity to kill cancer cells. You may hear your doctor call this "curettage and desiccation." First your doctor numbs your skin. Then he uses a curette, a tool that has spoon-like shape to scrape off the tumor. Your doctor controls your bleeding and kills any other cancer cells with an electric needle.
Freezing your cancer cells. This is known as "cryosurgery." Your doctor kills your cancer cells by freezing them with liquid nitrogen.


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Holy Cross, Seymour, Ansonia, Derby prevail
Holy Cross jumped out to a 27-point halftime lead and never looked back in a 55-24 victory over Sacred Heart on Friday in NVL football action at Municipal Stadium in Waterbury.
Joe Kalosky went 11-for-14 for 189 yards and three touchdown passes while Drew Bialoglowy had 12 rushes for 129 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Brandon Black caught a 78-yard touchdown pass while Brian Burnette contributed with a 25-yard touchdown run for Holy Cross (2-2).
Seymour 42, Watertown 0: Joseph Salemme rushed the ball 28 times for 240 yards and scored on runs of 32, 1 and 35 yards as the Wildcats blanked the Indians in an NVL matchup at Seymour High.
Frankie Marcucio went 2-for-5 for 112 yards and a pair of touchdown passes. Christian Thurmond caught touchdown passes of 35 and 77 yards for Seymour (2-2).
Ansonia 47, Wilby 14: The Chargers rushed out to a 40-0 lead and never looked back in NVL action at Ansonia.
Arkeel Newsome rushed the ball 17 times for 212 yards and added touchdown runs of 45, 17, 3, and 26 yards. JaQuan McKnight had a 39-yard touchdown run and tossed a 30-yard touchdown pass to Thomas Majchrzak in the fourth quarter. Saileed Sanders had a 15-yard touchdown run for Ansonia (4-0).
Jacob Thomas had 16 rushes for 134 yards and a touchdown and caught a 17-yard touchdown from Darien Bell for Wilby (2-2).
Derby 34, Crosby 7: Michael Kreiger threw for 267 yards and three touchdowns and also ran for 121 yards and another score to lead the Red Raiders to the NVL victory at Ryan Field.
Kreiger completed scoring passes of 25 yards to Tyler Dobek, 35 yards to Tyrae Small and 84 yards to Sal Frosceno.
He also had a 3-yard scoring run. Small also ran 91 yards for a touchdown. He finished with 150 yards on 15 carries.
Crosby's Mike Reyes caught a 55-yard TD pass from Mike Marshall, who finished the night 24-of-41 for 275 yards. Myles Goulbourne caught 10 passes for 121 yards.
Derby is 4-0, Crosby 0-4.
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Saudi Arabia and Spain issued a joint communiqué yesterday at the conclusion of Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz's official visit to Spain, which began June 5.
In the communiqué, both countries highlighted the importance of enhancing Saudi-Spanish cooperation to support the peace process. They also expressed support for resolutions reached at the Annapolis Middle East peace conference and called for more positive steps to establish peace in the region.
In addition, the communiqué called for peace talks to focus on the core issues of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict based on international resolutions, the Arab Peace Initiative and the road map.
"They also affirmed the importance of mechanism of following up the negotiations to ensure fulfillment of the conflicting parties of the mutual commitments, calling on the international community to provide the means and facilities for the Palestinian national authority to assist the Palestinian people," the communiqué said.
On Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Spain called for the dissolution of all armed militias in Iraq to reinforce security and bring stability. They emphasized the need to expand Iraq's political process by ensuring the participation of different groups in the government, and stressed the importance of respecting Iraq's unity, sovereignty, independence as well as non-interference in its internal affairs.
Turning to Lebanon, the communiqué welcomed the agreement reached recently by Lebanese parties in Doha and the election of Gen. Michel Suleiman as president. Saudi Arabia and Spain also expressed support for the Lebanese government.
Both countries called for a diplomatic solution to the crisis surrounding Iran's nuclear file and for a region free of weapons of mass destruction.
The communiqué also praised the Memorandum of Understanding on defense cooperation signed during the Crown Prince's visit.


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Thursday, July 21, 2011
Kid Clips for Road Trips
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Love it! So creative and what a great way to use up those supplies!ReplyDelete
Love that idea!!! Great job :)ReplyDelete
what an awesome idea. I just might have to use this for everyday running around.ReplyDelete
that's a cute idea! wish i had thought of this when we road-tripped it disney. :)ReplyDelete
That is an adorable idea! And i'm right there with you on the "I'm so far behind scrapbooking, lets use the stuff for something else." LOLReplyDelete
Stopping by from A Little Knick Knacks party. Hope you can swing by my little blog soon (hint, there's a giveaway ending tomorrow!). :)
This is a wonderul, sweet idea!!!! I have GOT to try this......the whining and fighting in the car drives me crazy!ReplyDelete
I wish I had thought of this 20 years ago!ReplyDelete
What a great idea. I wonder if this would work in my house on a daily basis instead of in the car, worth a shot I think! Thanks for the idea!!ReplyDelete
Lauren- http://www.warmfuzzypurpleandgold.blogspot.com
Oh my gosh, what a fabulous idea! Totally implementing this idea!ReplyDelete
That's great! We have a trip planned and it's coming up quickly! I just may have to incorporate something like this! Awesome!ReplyDelete
This is funny, I am right after you at the funky junk linky party and I used clothespins as well;-) cute idea your clips:-)ReplyDelete
Once again I love your idea. Could come in handy in the classroom too! Mmm I think I should make 25 or so for my class...ReplyDelete
Genius! Will definitely use thisvgreat tip!ReplyDelete
Great idea! Thank you!! My kids are pretty young for this yet, but I may start soon anyway! :)ReplyDelete
I love the idea... not just the clips, but the whole "sweets for the sweet". Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
What a great idea! These clips are gorgeous!!ReplyDelete
What an awesome idea! It's fantastic. I'm definitely sharing with all my road trip friends out there! ;)ReplyDelete
Love it! Thanks for the great tip!ReplyDelete
You're a genius. ;)ReplyDelete
What a super cute idea!ReplyDelete
What an awesome idea!!! Thanks for passing it on :) We do books on tape. . .it seems that as long as there is a story going everyone (4 kiddos, 7 yrs - 12 yrs) seem content to leave one another alone. . .ReplyDelete
Loved this idea! Found you on Pinterest and so glad I did! You have an adorable blog! We featured this idea on our blog today! Check it out! Thanks!ReplyDelete
Pam from Over the Big Moon
This is a genius idea!! :)ReplyDelete
What an awesome idea!ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing it!
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LOVE THIS IDEA!!! Am a (divorced) single mom of two little boys and have been looking for a simple behavior management tool that is also portable for when we are in the car, on road trips, at the store, etc. and THIS is perfect! I can even send these with the kids when they visit grandparents and maybe even when they are with their father.ReplyDelete
I used this cute idea on a road trip we recently took. It worked beautifully! I also included it in my blog, about our trip. I put a link to this page in my blog. Thanks again for the great idea!ReplyDelete
Works even better if when the clip comes off the visor, it goes on the kid's lip. Clip on a lip. (yes I am kidding, don't start calling child protective services on me)ReplyDelete
I LOVE this idea! I am going to my closet and getting my scrapbook supplies out right this second. I have four kids and this is such a great idea for when we go on vacation. Thanks so much for sharing!ReplyDelete
Love the clips and cute for occasional use but you don't want to do too much tying sugarry foods to good behavior. It really can result in growing adults that turn to food to try to get over despair, disappointment, heart break etc. Better to have the rewards be:ReplyDelete
we'll all take a walk
I'll read to you from a great book
We'll turn on the music and dance
We'll pour bubbles in the bath tonight
Genius idea! Great for everyday errands and long road trips! I love that the rewards can be an edible treat or other things you suggested like picking the next movie, extra ipod time, choosing the restaurant for dinner, etc.ReplyDelete
We drive regularly almost 6 hrs to LA often! This is a great idea!!! Thanks for the post.ReplyDelete
Love it. Can`t wait to implement this with my kids. I may even use it for everyday discipline with the idea of silly time, going to the park, and then the occasional ice cream and treats .ReplyDelete
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The 5 Most Adorable Stories in the History of War
There are two places you'll never expect to find stories of cuteness: the toilet and battlefronts. And while we have yet to hear anything adorable coming from the former, we do know a few heartwarming stories that happened at the scene of some of history's most brutal struggles.
#5. The Okunoshima Chemical Weapons Bunny Rabbit Factory
From Gettysburg to Verdun, areas involved in wartime atrocities carry their scars decades after the actual fighting has stopped. But sometimes, just sometimes, nature takes a look at that shit and decides to reclaim what was once ruined by humans -- Disney-style.
For example, Okunoshima is a tiny island just off mainland Japan that was the hub of Japan's chemical warfare program during World War II, housing facilities that produced atrocious amounts of deadly mustard gas. If you go there today, you will find hundreds and hundreds of adorable bunny rabbits:
And thousands of gallons of buried nerve gas. But hey, bunnies!
Being a secret military facility (and probably also because "Top Secret Skin-Eating-Gas Cannery" is hard to fit onto a tiny dot on a map), Okunoshima was erased from official maps when the factories were cranking out poison during the war. Even after the facilities were shut down and abandoned, Japan decided to leave it out of the maps due to their shameful past. Can you blame them? Over the decades, however, people started visiting the island again, because the thrill of creepy abandoned places always overrules survival instinct sooner or later. What these visitors found was scores of cute, fluffy bunnies, skippity-hopping all over the island.
Takaaki Nishioka
And, just like that, the most brutal war in human history was totally worth it.
Hundreds upon hundreds of bunnies. Just bouncing around the abandoned facilities, cavorting amongst themselves without a worry in the world. They aren't the usual shy variety, either -- the instant people set foot on the island, bunnies gather at their feet and start begging for treats.
But how does an island best known for its role in wartime atrocities evolve into a haven for free-range bunnies? The most logical explanation would be that the rabbits are descendants of test animals that were released when the facilities were shut down. The truth, however, just adds to the fairy tale vibe of the island: In 1971, a nearby elementary school was having difficulty caring for their class pets. They had to get rid of their eight rabbits. Somehow, they ended up choosing the creepy abandoned chemical weapons island as the perfect place to dump said rabbits, because apparently the whole "teaching students responsibility" thing wasn't really in vogue back then.
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Sadly, this woman lasted another seven seconds before the horde consumed her.
But the eight domesticated bunnies, cast into the wild with only each other to rely on, survived. And bunnies being bunnies, there were soon a lot more than eight. Because it's difficult to remain an ominous site when your every square foot features a contestant for the most adorable creature in the world, Okunoshima cast away its war-mongering past literally overnight. Today, the island is popularly known as Usagi Shima (Rabbit Island), and the dark clouds of its past have dissipated to make way for a future full of peace, sunshine ... and bunnies. Lots and lots of little furry bunnies.
Adorably inbred little furry bunnies.
#4. The Civil War Toy Boat Messengers
During the second half of 1862, soldiers in the Civil War were getting bored. Camped on opposite sides of the Rappahannock River in Virginia, they were locked in a waiting game -- the Northern army was waiting for a bunch of pontoon boats to be fastened together as bridges, and the Southerners were waiting for the Northerners to just try and cross. But this ended up taking weeks, and so the two armies, both made up of Americans, wound up having a lot of time to sit and stare at each other. What's more, the area where they had set up camp had precisely jack shit to do. Eventually, they started to get goofy.
"It took hours to carve all those dicks on the cannonballs, but it'll be worth it once the fighting starts."
They were all stuck somewhere they didn't want to be, waiting to do unpleasant things they didn't want to be doing to a bunch of other guys they didn't even know. In a nutshell, it resembled a particularly crappy summer camp, and many of the soldiers were pretty young. So they started behaving accordingly: They built little toy boats and sent them across the river to the enemy soldiers.
The boats carried soldier variations of those little notes kids send to each other in the classroom. Instead of a scrap of paper with a "Do you like us?" scribble, the Southerners would fill a boat with tobacco, then float it over. Northern soldiers would send the boat back, stacked with coffee.
These were valuable gestures of friendship during a time when such luxury supplies were nearly nonexistent, and they didn't go unnoticed on either side. Like little boys on opposite sides of a river, the soldiers began making new friends. Waves and informal friendly gestures were exchanged across the water. When the Confederates held sports contests, Union troops were eager spectators from their waterside seats.
They were hoping for a long injury time.
Eventually, men would even start crossing the river to meet with their friends on the other side, engaging in conversation, exchanging newspapers and generally acting like actual human beings toward the very men they were supposed to attack.
This would go on for weeks before the Battle of Fredericksburg would snap everyone back to reality.
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#3. Robert E. Lee Rescues a Baby Bird
General Robert E. Lee, commander of the Confederate Army of North Virginia, was a badass to end all badasses. When the Civil War started, he was offered by both Winfield Scott and Abraham Lincoln full command of the Union armies. Instead, Lee chose the opposite side and proceeded to repeatedly fight and win battles against the Union -- despite being constantly outnumbered more than 2 to 1. This was presumably his way of telling Lincoln, "No, thank you, I will not accept your offer." A masterful and ruthless strategist and a self-admitted leader by nature, chances were that many Union soldiers would rather face the Grim Reaper himself than Lee.
"Is the building behind me exploding? No? I want someone flogged."
So, yeah, we're not talking about a particularly gentle and sensitive man. Bear that in mind as you read on.
Toward the end of the Civil War, Lee's army was stuck within the borders of Petersburg and Richmond, the capital of the Confederacy. His men were barefoot, starving and low on ammunition. To Lee, however, this whole "hopelessly outnumbered" thing was business as usual, and he went about his day with barely a change in his composure. Until finally one day, when getting intelligence on enemy positioning under some heavy fire, Lee suddenly stopped dead (not literally). He gathered his men around him, and with a voice as quiet as a grave told them:
"Men, you had better go into the backyard. They are firing up here, and you are exposing yourself to unnecessary danger."
"Especially since there's a whole bunch of necessary danger just beyond that hill."
The men, used to obeying their commander, immediately rushed for shelter. Upon reaching there, however, they noticed that the worried-looking Lee wasn't following them. Instead, the old man walked out to a tree, totally oblivious to gunfire. He reached down to the ground, and then up into the tree. Then, without hurry, he jumped on his horse and rode away, every bit the hardass that was par for his particular course.
Curious, some soldiers went out to check what the old man was up to. In the tree, there was a nest. In the nest, there was a freshly rescued baby sparrow.
Who had already imprinted on Lee and wasn't taking shit from anyone.
General Lee had spotted a freaking baby bird, fallen from its nest. There and then, the man made it his immediate mission in life to help it back to shelter. The reason he ordered his men away was that he didn't want any witnesses for this moment of gentleness.
Which, come to think of it, brings forth a question: Since we know about that story today, the word obviously spread. This means that at some point, Lee must've figured out who ratted out his bird-saving antics. While we have no idea how he dealt with that guy, we're reasonably sure it wouldn't have made it into this article.
"Men, I've found a new source of leather for your boots."
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The national rate increased to 7.6 percent from April's 7.5 percent.
North Carolina's May 2013 unemployment rate was 0.7 of a percentage point lower than a year ago. The number of people employed increased 1,018 over the month to 4,303,514, and increased 37,331 over the year.
The number of people unemployed fell 2,451 over the month to 416,565, and declined 29,767 over the year.
Seasonally adjusted Total Nonfarm industry employment, as gathered through the monthly establishment survey, decreased 5,900 to 4,041,900 in May. The major industry with the largest over-the-month increase was Leisure & Hospitality Services at 6,300, followed by Other Services, 1,400.
Major industries to experience decreases were Trade, Transportation & Utilities, 3,800; Construction, 2,600; Professional & Business Services, 2,000; Financial Activities, 1,700; Government, 1,600; Information, 1,100; Education & Health Services, 600; and Manufacturing, 200. Mining & logging employment remained flat over the month.


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Right now, the 17-year-old senior at Carolina Christian Academy is putting the finishing touches on her Girl Scout Gold Award project.
An Ambassador Girl Scout with Troop 645 in Great Falls, Janna is hand-making 21 tote bags that will be filled with baby items to hand out at Springs Memorial Hospital the week of March 12.
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Ward had already been on the dance floor several times Saturday night at the Fairway Room with his dressed-to-the-nines daughters, Emeliana, 6, and Olivia, 5, at the annual Girl Scouts Father Daughter Dance.
Emeliana is a member of Daisy Troop 2339 and Olivia is a Girl Scout in the making. Second-generation Girl Scouts, their mom is Emily Evans Ward, who earned her Gold Award.
The men's prayer breakfast at First Presbyterian Church began 23 years ago in 1989 by Brooks Johnson and Steve Williams Jr., Judd Funderburk, Harold Rowell, Charlie Franks, Frazier Kirkpatrick and Harvey Stewart, who are all now deceased, as well as others.
It's was just after Hurricane Hugo came through.
Since I was alone, it was a lucky day when I was invited to attend for a time of good fellowship with other Christian men.
For Katie Stogner, here and now is the stream of sweat beads dripping from her chin onto the rubber floor of Island Sun Tanning and Fitness on Pageland Highway as owner Steve Lewis encourages her through a grinding workout. Captured on video, there is no place for her to hide the here and now.
Stogner's future is wearing that pair of black leather pants hanging in the closet of her Indian Land home.
But to do that, she hopes to lose 30 pounds, much of it coming from the birth of her son, Thaxton, on Dec. 7.
Name: Mindy Martin
Age: 30
Address: Buford community
Family: Husband, Gary, 33, and a son, Nathan, 7
Pets: Jagger, a lhasa apso, and Foxy, a Himalayan cat
Job: Master colorist, stylist and eyelash extension specialist and Mane Street Hair Designers
Church: Crestview Baptist Church
The room was abuzz with laughter and friendly chatter as women from across the area gathered for the Christian Women's Connection birthday luncheon on Tuesday.
But this sort of camaraderie isn't unusual. It's like this every time these women of faith gather to encourage one another as they enjoy a meal together.
On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons, students who pass by Room 412 at Lancaster High School Career Center can count on one thing – a chorus of blow dryers will be singing out.
The 20 members of Jan Williamson's senior cosmetology class won't be talking to each other much and Williamson won't be lecturing them from an adjacent classroom.
Most days, a labor and delivery nurse goes home smiling.
"We get to share in the happiest days of people's lives," said Cathy Montgomery, who is the nurse manager for labor and delivery and newborn nursery at Springs Memorial Hospital.
But there is a flip side to that happiness coin, when things go wrong and pure joy turns to unspeakable sorrow.
Those are the days when infants are stillborn or die.
"I always say we have the best job in the world or the worst," Montgomery said.
On occasion, I'm a little jealous of W.B. Evans. This is one of those times.
When it comes to looking back, "Mr. Bill," as we call him in the newsroom doesn't have to pick and choose when looking for what stands out. Choosing the top features stories of the year is hard.
I went through 157 issues making a few notes and was stunned to recall the people, places, events and organizations that make a difference.
To cull the list to 10 was almost impossible.
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The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz began the Cabinet session in Riyadh today by welcoming the body's newest member, Minister of Housing Dr. Shuwaish bin Saudi Al-Duwaihi. Then, the King offered a briefing on his contacts last week with foreign leaders, including messages he sent to Russian President Dmitri Medvedev; Malaysian Prime Minister Mohamed Najib bin Abdulrazak; and Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Egyptian Armed Forces Field Marshall Mohammed Hussein Tantawi, as well as telephone calls he made to Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa; Lebanese President Michel Suleiman; and Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad.
After listening to a number of reports on developments in the Arab world, the Cabinet stressed the importance of coordinated Arab action and concerted international efforts to ensure the unity and stability of Arab countries, stem the bloodshed, and maintain the security of people and property.
The Cabinet also reviewed the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories, strongly condemning Israel for bombing residential areas in the Gaza Strip and expanding settlements. The ministers called on the international community, especially the U.N. Security Council, to take immediate action against these serious violations, protect unarmed civilians, and force Israel to respect the relevant international laws.
Addressing its weekly agenda items, the Cabinet approved recommendations on codifying the moral content of information technology in the Kingdom; approved a memorandum of understanding on strategic dialogue between the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states and China; approved a memorandum of cooperation in the field of higher education between the Saudi Ministry of Higher Education and the Australian Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations; approved the amendment of an agreement to form a joint committee between the Kingdom and Syria; and authorized the President of the King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (KACARE) to sign a draft agreement on cooperation in the field of peaceful uses of nuclear energy with Argentina.
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IMO, you should definitely use RBS because majority of files are larger than 1MB. In your case, your DB can further grow exceptionally large because of all the binary large object (BLOB) data. And, Reading and writing BLOBs, as well as other relational data, can slow down SQL Server performance because it's not the ideal place for storing BLOBs. By using RBS to externalize BLOBs stored in the content database, SQL Server and SharePoint Server can jointly manage the data integrity between the database records and the RBS external store on a per-database basis.
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I want to create my own app that gets information from my Google Reader account (such as which items have been starred or tagged), but I don't see any reliable API that apps such as Feedler or Mobile RSS would be using. Do those apps pay a license fee to get access? Do they use some unreliable API?


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Lake Ozzie Cobb
By: Don Groom, Southeast Fisheries Supervisor. Phone (918) 297-0153
Location: Located 6 miles northeast of Rattan in Pushmataha County.
Driving Directions: From Rattan – ½ mile east on State Hwy 3, 3 miles northeast on Cloudy Rd, 1 mile north on N4295.
Recreational Facilities: Primitive camping and primitive boat ramp.
Primary Uses: Angling and general recreation.
Lake History: Lake Ozzie Cobb was constructed by the
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation in 1958.
Physical Description:
Surface area...... 116 ac.
Volume ............. 833 ac.ft
Average depth......... 7.2 ft.
Shoreline development............ 1.9
Maximum depth .................... 22 ft.
Shoreline length ...................... 3.8 mi.
Fish Species of Interest:
Largemouth Bass, Bluegill Sunfish, Redear Sunfish, Crappie, Channel Catfish
Characteristics of Lake or Fishery: Lake is easily
accessible by boat. Access roads almost surround the entire lake
providing additional bank fishing opportunities.
Regulations: Largemouth/smallmouth bass; six (6) combined per day / 14-inch minimum. Channel and/or blue catfish six (6) per day no size limit. Fishing limited to two rods and reels only per person. Fishing limited to rod and reel and bowfishing. No other method of fishing is allowed.
Habitat Types, Status and Improvements: The habitat around the lake consists of cattails, rush, lilies, and water willow. A large portion of the north and northeast part of the lake is very shallow. The lake has four marked fish attractors made up of brush piles. Staff refurbished these attractors in 2011. The fishing jetty was completed in 2011. Also in 2011, staff began applying aquatic herbicide to reduce excessive vegetation. In addition to continuing vegetation control, staff will focus on improving roads, parking areas and overall bank access. Access roads that did not lead to the water have closed due to littering/dumping.
Description of Fish Management Practices: Annual 9" channel catfish stockings will continue at a rate of 40 per acre. Future stocking rates and frequency could be adjusted following an examination of catch rates and growth rates during summer netting surveys. Total largemouth bass (LMB) abundance was low during 2009 electrofishing surveys. Quality LMB 14" and over are present in low to moderate abundance. A 7.2 lbs.,22" LMB was recorded as the largest of the sample.
Hunting: All forms of hunting are permitted during open hunting seasons from September 1 through spring turkey season. Hunting is restricted to shotguns and bows only. These lakes are closed to antlerless deer harvest, except during archery season. Hunting and shooting other than provided above is prohibited. "Closed areas" may be designated for purposes of safety and/or security.


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During mammography, trained technologists use a state-of-the-art breast imaging system to take two pictures of each breast, one from the top and one from the side, ensuring that the largest possible volume of both breasts is imaged. Your breast is compressed, which prevents motion and spreads out overlapping structures of the breast, reducing the radiation dose required. The Breast Center offers an innovative, soft cushion to add comfort to the procedure. Discomfort can be reduced if you avoid having your mammogram immediately before or during your menstrual period.
After your examination, a trained radiologist, certified under strict national standards in interpreting mammograms, reviews the images. Questionable findings can include a mass (nodule), suspicious calcium deposits, distortion of breast tissue, skin retraction or skin thickening. Approximately 1 in 10 women are called back for additional imaging of questionable findings. We know this can be anxiety provoking; however, sometimes a closer look is necessary to rule out true abnormalities. Our radiologist physicians at The Breast Center perform advanced examinations on-site, assuring rapid interpretation of results and consultation with specialists when warranted.
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February 9, 2013
STEUBENVILLE — Officials representing the three city unions said Friday plans for a townhall meeting to discuss the need for health care concessions, "may be illegal and an attempt to put union......
It is no secret that public service unions have been and continue to bankrupt cities, counties, & states as we see in Detroit, Chicago,California, New York State, & Illinois.The taxpayers are footing the bill for Cadillac unions while they themselves pay into their own pensions or have Ford Edsel retirement plans. Why should the commoner pay for the public sectors extravagant luxury union plans?
It is also no secret that the Steubenville City Police has had nearly eighty years of corruption and the union is the representation of their reputation. The recent Steubenville Big Red football " Rape Crew " case exposes many lapses in time, investigation, and unwillingness to protect the least vulnerable against a crime so horrific as rape. All to protect the high school football winning season.
The crime in " Da Ville " is akin to Pittsburgh's violent Hill District with Steubenville having a population of about 18,500.
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Satisfactory Academic Progress Requirements
Federal and state regulations require that educational institutions measure students' progress toward a declared educational objective, both quantitatively and qualitatively.
In accordance with these requirements, Saint Louis University has established the following standards to measure a student's academic progress. These standards will be applied uniformly to all students when determining their eligibility for federal, state and University administered and/or other funds regardless of whether the student previously received these funds.
Maximum Attempted Enrollment Credit Hours Time Frame
The maximum attempted enrollment credit hours a student may enroll for to complete their University program of study must not exceed 180 attempted enrollment credit hours for the completion of a 120 credit hour degree program. For students who transfer into the University, the 180 attempted enrollment credit hours' maximum includes attempted credit hours at other colleges/universities attended, if transfer credit hours were accepted by the University.
NOTE: For academic programs requiring less or more than 120 credit hours for degree/certificate completion, the maximum attempted enrollment credit hours for program completion is 150% of required credit hours for the program.
Completion Percentage
In order to maintain measurable progress toward the completion of their degrees, students must successfully complete 67 percent of all credit hours attempted. (Hours attempted include repeated courses, dropped courses, withdrawals, and incomplete courses.)
Qualitative Requirement: Cumulative University Grade Point Average (GPA)
Students must also maintain a University GPA of 2.00 in order to demonstrate Satisfactory Academic Progress. The University cumulative 2.00 GPA requirement applies to all federal/state student aid programs and for certain University scholarship programs as detailed within each scholarship/award program. Certain University scholarship/award programs require a higher minimum University cumulative GPA that must be maintained in order to maintain renewal eligibility in addition to other program requirements. See each scholarship/award program description for the minimum renewal University cumulative GPA requirement, other requirements and maximum duration of award eligibility.
Changing Majors, Repeat and Remedial Coursework, Incompletes and Withdrawals, and Second Degree Coursework
In the case where a student changes degree programs, courses taken that do not contribute to the new degree program do not count toward the 150% requirement.
Any remedial coursework (including English as Second Language coursework) do not contribute towards the 150% completion time frame, but are counted towards the qualitative 2.00 GPA requirement.
Any non-credit coursework, repeat coursework or coursework for which a grade of incomplete or withdrawn is given counts toward both the quantitative and qualitative measures for calculating SAP.
Any student pursuing a second-degree program is subject to both the 150% timeframe and the 2.00 cumulative GPA requirements.
Monitoring Satisfactory Academic Progress Requirements - Federal Title IV/State Eligibility (Effective 7/01/2011)
At the end of each semester, the student's academic record will be reviewed for satisfactory academic progress. If a student exceeds the maximum attempted enrollment hours requirement for federal Title IV/state eligibility, that student will be terminated from receiving federal Title IV/state funds for future enrollment periods.
If a student fails to meet the minimum cumulative GPA requirement or does not earn the minimum number of credit hours for federal Title IV/state eligibility, that student will be on academic progress warning for the succeeding semester. If at the end of the warning semester, the student is still below the minimum University cumulative GPA requirement of 2.00, and/or has not earned sufficient credit hours, the student's eligibility for federal Title IV/state aid will be terminated for future enrollment periods.
Monitoring Satisfactory Academic Progress Requirements - University scholarships/awards
At the end of each academic year (spring enrollment period), the student's academic record will be reviewed for satisfactory academic progress.
If a student fails to meet the minimum cumulative GPA requirement, that student will be on academic progress probation for the succeeding academic year. If at the end of the probationary academic year, the student is still below the GPA requirement, depending on the scholarship/award program's minimum cumulative GPA, the student's eligibility for University scholarships/awards will be terminated for future enrollment periods.
Re-establishing Aid Eligibility
Students cannot reestablish aid eligibility only by remaining out for one or more semesters. Students can re-establish eligibility by enrolling for one or more semesters without the assistance of financial aid funds to meet the minimum standards required by the SAP policy.
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A student terminated from receiving federal Title IV/state and/or University scholarship/award programs due to failure to meet the satisfactory academic progress requirements may appeal this termination in accordance with the following guidelines:
Students will be contacted via their SLU email account regarding the appeal committee decision. Students whose appeals are approved will be awarded aid conditionally based on their academic plan. The terms and conditions of the appeal approval will be included in the appeal approval email.
Regaining Eligibility For Students Terminated From Title IV Aid
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The time is right. Since the "server time" is asked, I am posting with date to make the answer perfect. I think this might be the expected answer.
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This Question is similar but not equal to How useful must a question be to be allowed?
The point is: If we have a question that only 5 people on earth can answer, and maybe only one or even zero with an account on this site, is it still a valid question?
If this question was very useful to part of this site's community, e.g. everyone following a specifc tag, would this make a difference?
Personally I'd say: As long as the question hasn't been asked, there's no way of telling how many people exactly are able to answer, so it's always worth trying as long as the aforementioned point of usefulness is given.
So: How many people being able to answer a question does it take for this question to be valid? And how close does the asker have to anticipate that number?


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5 Bizarre Factors That Secretly Influence Your Opinions
#2. Hand Gestures Can Manipulate You
We previously pointed out that if you're right-handed, you instinctively prefer things that are on your right, and vice versa. The theory is that, while we think with our brains, we use our hands to interact with the world, so the thinking part of your brain gets tricked into liking things that happen to be within reach of the hand you prefer to use. Elsewhere, we mentioned that you're more likely to remember facts if you associate them with a hand gesture, which is probably why some people are so animated with their hands when trying to recount a story. But how far does this weird hand-brain connection go? Could, say, other people use hand gestures to manipulate you without you knowing it?
You already know that the answer is yes.
The universal sign for "Hey, dumbass, my fucking wine is almost gone. You piece of shit."
Wait, What?
Let's say you're an eyewitness to a bank heist. The cops come up to you and ask you to describe the guy. The officer says, "Did he have a beard?" And he does that thing that some people do, gesturing at his own chin as if you somehow didn't know what a beard was and needed him to physically demonstrate. And in that moment you think, "Yeah ... I believe he did have a beard."
Guess what: That guy's hand gesture just programmed your memory.
The University of Hertfordshire did a series of tests where they interviewed participants about a video they had watched. While asking questions, the researchers deliberately made misleading gestures, like stroking their chin to suggest a beard or touching their wrist to indicate a watch. The test subjects were three times more likely to believe that the guy in the video had a beard if the interviewer pretended to stroke his nonexistent goatee while asking about it. These weren't mouth farts where you say "bearded" despite thinking "clean shaven," either. The gesture actually brainwashed the subjects into honestly believing that the guy had a beard.
And yes, when a politician or lawyer stands up and makes those hand gestures to drive home his point (pointing at the audience, slapping his palm with his fist), that totally works. There are detailed guides on what exactly you should be doing with your hands if you want the audience to buy what you're selling. That's why a president can't simply say, "I've got your cruise missile right here" -- he needs to actually gesture toward his crotch to get the full effect.
"No, it's important that you understand that I wish for you to literally go fuck yourself. Twice."
#1. Analyzing Your Thoughts Too Hard Can Change Your Opinions for the Worse
So you might read all of this and say, "See, this is why it's important to logically think through all of our opinions! It's because we make these dumb knee-jerk choices that we're so easy to manipulate."
OK, what if we told you that in many cases, thinking longer about a decision actually makes you more wrong?
"Hmmm. Maybe it was an inside job."
Wait, What?
Have you ever gotten talked out of liking something? Maybe you saw The Dark Knight Rises in the theater and had a great time, but the next day you started talking to your movie connoisseur friends and they pointed out all of the plot holes ("When did Batman have time to paint his logo on the bridge?!"). Over time, it gets to where you can't even admit to yourself that you enjoyed it. Even when you think back to your experience in the theater, all you're thinking about is the plot holes.
You might convince yourself that thinking about the subject led you to the "right" opinion, but studies show that you can just as easily be steered from a correct opinion to a wrong one.
"After further consideration, I've decided that I will have sex with the vacuum cleaner."
Researchers tested this with a couple of experiments where subjects were asked to offer an opinion on things like which college course they preferred or which brand of jam tasted better. The catch was that some of the participants were asked to simply taste or sample the thing and move on, while others were asked to really think about their decision before making it official. The subjects who mulled over their opinions were way less in line with the opinions of experts than the others. The more they thought about it, the more wrong they became. How is this possible?
Well, when you're forced to think through or express why you like something, you're immediately biased toward opinions that you can actually explain or verbalize. In other words, you may taste five jams and decide that No. 4 just tasted better, because in that moment your senses were taking in a thousand different factors you weren't consciously thinking about. But when pressured to actually explain in detail which one you liked best, you're looking for easily quantifiable things -- suddenly you're talking about how No. 2 had more berries, or how No. 1 had better color. In reality, neither of those things actually affected your enjoyment. You're just trying to make it sound like you made your decision based on an easily explainable chain of logic when in reality your tongue had it right all along.
"Which one had the heroin in it, again? Because that one is definitely the best."
It's kind of like the example with the movie (if you hated The Dark Knight Rises, feel free to substitute any movie you changed your opinion on months later). While you were watching it, the sum of all of its parts may have swept you away, but if somebody made you create a list of pros and cons, you'd realize that you can't logically defend your choice. Or maybe you had a relationship with someone who you thought you were madly in love with, but a hundred conversations with friends changed your mind ("Yeah, I guess he did wear a lot of holiday-themed sweaters ...").
When forced to stick with qualities that are simpler and easier to discuss, suddenly the spell is broken. Congratulations, you have successfully used logic to kill your own enjoyment of something. Thanks a lot, brain.
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Before the legislature's special session gets too far in the rearview mirror, I wanted to share a couple of my reflections on what unfolded over two days at the Statehouse.
The first is just that - it unfolded over two days! One of the chief complaints I hear about the legislature is how everything moves so slowly and becomes bogged down in peripheral issues instead of focusing on the task at hand, so nothing ever gets accomplished. Last week is proof that lawmakers can come together, keep focus and work quickly.
True, there was an effort to bring in the issue of voter identification laws, but it was ruled off-topic. Not that I'm saying it is or isn't an issue that needs attention, it just wasn't where the focus was to be placed at this particular time. On the other hand, advocates for repealing the death penalty acknowledged it would be related to the Hard 50 sentence being addressed, but they decided the in-depth discussion it would spark would put at risk preserving the Hard 50 which they also supported. The regular session does bring any and all issues to the table, but perhaps the lesson to be learned is that each of those issues has its time. Let's keep focus at those times and not erect roadblocks to the issues on which we can agree by jumbling them with those on which there is more contention.
I also must note the involvement of Sen. Greg Smith. The special session left me with the thought that crime victims have a strong voice in the legislature. Sen. Smith's daughter, Kelsey, was kidnapped and killed in June 2007, weeks after graduating from high school. He was not in the legislature at that time, but his desire to turn his loss into something positive led him to the Statehouse. During the special session debate over the Hard 50, Sen. Smith spoke emotionally about the impact of testifying in court, about having to talk about the most horrible, painful experience of one's life. He talked about wounds that never heal and are repeatedly ripped open each time you must recall the experience. The fact he is willing to share this knowledge most people pray they never have can be viewed as a valuable resource.
Those who've known me over the years know this is something with which I am familiar. But for the grace of God, Sen. Smith's story could have been the story of my parents. The end of this month will mark 19 years since I became a survivor of violent crime.
It's probably fair to say not all those touched by crime will have the same opinions about sentencing issues and courtroom procedures and the like. But when those issues are being discussed, it can be very easy for those making the rules to forget that real people and real families lie beneath the statistics. Heck, I think it is something those of us in the media forget sometimes, too - it's not just a murder victim, it was a person who lost their life - a person with parents, maybe siblings and friends and children. With Sen. Smith's presence, when those discussions happen in the Kansas legislature, it will be harder to forget the faces behind the numbers - because one will be at the table, looking back at them.


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In the last post, Norah described Pure Merino Heathers as having a "slightly dry hand," and blog reader Marty asked us to elaborate on this.
"Hand" is an elusive, idiosyncratic when it comes to yarn. I like to borrow a few terms from the culinary world to explain what hand means–it is similar to the multi-sensory descriptors of "mouthfeel" and Japanese concept "umami". The only way to develop your conception of hand is to head to your local yarn shop and revert to a childlike state!
A yarn might feel squeaky, crunchy, fluffy or slick. Knitting with it might be a pleasure or a trial–it all has to do with the combination of fibers, the twist and the amount of processing it has gone through from sheep to shelf. I've noticed that the combination of a high twist, super-smooth alpaca and bouncy wool in Cuzco make my knitting go REALLY quickly. For me it has a sponge-like hand.
When Norah says 'dry' I immediately think of an unmercerized cotton or a starchy linen, maybe something like Love It or Linen Jeans. Words used to describe these yarns are 'cool, matte, well-worn tee, stonewashed jeans'. A yarn with a dry hand is great to knit with in the summer and will create crisp, comfortable garments that aren't overly soft or fuzzy–like Norah said, perfect for menswear and really anyone who wants a no-fuss casual garment.
Thinking about Pure Merino Heather has just made me SUPER WISTFUL for my dream wardrobe that I'll never have time to knit, Urban Layers from NG v1 …SIGH…one day I will knit a Kaari and never take it off!
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I love the Kaari and the Kukka! I've often wondered who designed the skirt paired with the Kaari and the dress under the Kukka. Can you find that out?November 12, 2008
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Yes, I know what you mean about feel. I just described some alpaca fiber to someone this weekend as feeling soapy. She was puzzled because, of course, it had no soap in it, but that's how the fiber feels when I squish it between my fingers, like I'm handwashing a garment and it needs another rinse.November 13, 2008
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I thought maybe Eileen Fisher, but hadn't thought about J.Jill. Thanks for answering! I'm a relatively new knitter, but I'm thinking about trying Kukka, I just couldn't think what I'd wear it with. Now I know!November 14, 2008
I live in Mexico City and cannot find a store where Berroco is carried…so now a couple of person have a yarn chain…whoever gets to the states brings yarn or special quantities for a specific proyect…so we enjoy your yarn…it´s terrific and ofcourse all your designsNovember 23, 2008


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Pokerstove is very usefull tool for online players, but when you play live you simply can't use it. Does exist (even aproximate) an algorithm in order to estimate your equity against the range of your opponent in live poker? Namely an algorithm that can I run in my head to calculate the equity.
When you say equity you automatically say equity against something, where something can be either a hand or, more likely, a range. On the other hand, the good part is that you don't need to calculate the equity to the last decimal. If you determinate your equity being 60% and your real equity is 65% nothing wrong is going to happen (not that I know of).
Calculating (or guesstimating) equity can be improved greatly away from the table. You You cannot use PokerStove at a live table, but there are a few shortcuts:
Hope my answer helps!
Good luck.
At every stage in the game there are different guidelines, the weaker your starting hands the more tough decisions you'll face later in the hand.
If you enter the hand with a good holding, you'll have a pretty easy decision to make on the flop if you come up against stiff resistance from your opponents. If you have a made hand you can play it strongly, if you have a draw you could play it weakly and if you miss the flop completely you can go home.
The problems arise when you have a made hand that's not the nuts, and your opponent is playing very aggressively. You will always fear he has the nuts and you're beat. The issue is not what is the a priori probability your opponent has a better hand than you. The question is: given the information you have on your opponent's playing style, would he play that aggressively without the nuts ? Is he even representing the nuts, or is he a poor player who's just excited he has bottom pair ?
The first question you have to answer is: does you opponent think he has the better hand ? If the answer is, no regardless of what two cards you have, you can raise big because he thinks he has the worse hand and will fold in a second.
The second question you have to ask yourself is: given that your opponent thinks he has the best hand, knowing your hand do you also think he has the best hand or do you think your hand is better ? If you think your hand is better, raise big for value and you'll get called. If you think he has the best hand, fold. You're not going to bluff him out of the hand.
In conclusion, it is not so important to know the actual equity you have. What is important is the ability to answer those two questions.
There's the rule of 2 and 4 to get a good idea how likely it is, that a hand improves after the flop. You need to be able to calculate the cards that will help your hand or your opponents hand if you assume he is on a draw, a combodraw or a weak pair and a draw for this though:


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