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The 7 Most Ridiculous Movie Character Overreactions
#3. Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed, Rocky III
The whole mythos of the Rocky franchise is that you have a fighter who isn't as big, or as fast, or as strong as the other guys. But he wins fight after fight with sheer heart and willpower. He simply takes more punishment than other fighters, and wants it more.
That's like, seven face staples.
So Rocky loses the title fight in the first film but wins it in the second. Then in Rocky III, Rocky loses a fight, and his belt, to Mr. T. Who then kills Rocky's manager, Mickey, by screaming at him.
At this point former foe Apollo Creed steps up with a new idea: How about instead of relying on sheer heart and willpower this time, we try training really hard. You know, actually becoming faster and stronger than the other guy.
Exercise works, kids!
At this point we are treated to one of the most spectacular training montages in history, which you can enjoy for yourself here.
The Overreaction:
At the end of that montage, you get a very weird sequence where Apollo and Rocky are doing sprints on the beach. Rocky runs a little faster than Apollo -- Rocky after all is a fighter in training, whereas Apollo is retired -- a fact that Rocky celebrates a lot.
First he pumps his fist and screams ...
... then he jumps into the ocean, screaming, arms raised ...
... then the two men passionately embrace, like long-lost lovers who had each long presumed the other dead ...
... then they jump around in the water, together, clapping ...
... then they passionately embrace again, howling at the sky ...
... whirling around and around until Rocky raises his fist to the sky in one final, freeze-frame moment of triumph.
And then the credits roll. Oh, wait, no, that's not the end of the movie. In fact, Rocky hasn't even fought yet. This is how they end their freaking morning run. It's nice that Rocky outran his trainer, but holy shit. America didn't celebrate this much on V-E Day.
And congrats to Apollo for tolerating this. Keep in mind that Apollo lost his belt to Rocky in the previous movie. Rocky had already beaten him at the most important thing in his life, taking a huge hit on his boxing legacy and finances in the process. So Apollo offers to help Rocky out. Then Rocky shows that he can run faster on a beach than Apollo and proceeds to celebrate this victory right in Apollo's face for God knows how long. It's a montage, so everything is compressed, but we're guessing Rocky splashed around in the surf screaming about his superiority for, oh, three hours or so.
Followed by a little competitive wagon-lifting.
#2. The Enchantress, Beauty and the Beast
We're talking the Disney version here, but all versions are pretty much the same: A hideous beast and a beautiful girl fall in love, the end result being that the beast wasn't a beast at all, but a handsome prince.
Because life with an ugly person is a fate worse than death.
Also the same in all versions: We learn that the reason the prince was turned into a beast was because an enchantress, disguised as an old woman, came to his castle seeking shelter on a stormy night. When the prince turned the woman away, she revealed her true self and cursed the man for his shallowness. Only true love could turn the prince back to normal, which would appear to be impossible, since he's been transformed into the human equivalent of a hairy buttcrack.
The Overreaction:
She also changed every single one of the prince's servants into an inanimate object.
"No, it's OK. We weren't living our lives or anything."
Why? We couldn't possibly tell you. It wasn't any of these people who told the old lady to go away. For all she knew, most of them could be indentured servants just trying to get by. This was the 18th century, after all. It was pretty commonplace that people would work as servants for a place to stay and food to eat.
"Try to be less poor next time."
Most of them probably didn't even want to be there and thought the prince was a complete ass. Hell, they were probably glad to see him turned into a horrifying monster. Their punishment for agreeing with the woman is to spend years with clock hands for a mustache, with the possibility of being trapped that way for the rest of their mortal days.
Whoever got turned into the chamber pot is especially grateful.
#1. Haley, The Wizard
The Wizard is about a kid (nicknamed The Wizard) who is awesome at video games. He is being led across the country by Fred Savage, and along the way they meet a girl named Haley, also on her way to California.
And to a lesser degree, there was also this kid.
While you were enamored with all the video games and power gloves, you probably forgot that, yes, these kids were runaways.
The Overreaction:
Let's go over a few things here. The kid they call The Wizard is apparently traumatized by the death of his sister, to the point where the only word he will say is "California." So his mother has him institutionalized, which Fred Savage is against. To voice his distaste, Fred springs his brother from said institution and takes him to California, without knowing where in California he wants to go or why he wants to go there.
Just adorable enough to make a dangerously irresponsible decision.
They meet Haley, and she tells them about this video game tournament -- which, by the way, has a $50,000 purse -- after she notices how good The Wizard is. When they get to Cali, she informs them that she deserves a cut of that money.
So, if you're a parent looking for your runaway children, it's likely you hire someone to find them, which is of course what the mother does. The guy is the bad guy in the movie, so they portray him as being a little unscrupulous, but you can't lose sight of the fact that his function is ultimately to try to find a couple of kids and bring them back home, before they get raped and murdered by some transient.
Sometimes you have to toss a tourist into a slot machine to get the job done.
And then this happens:
The guy catches up to them and grabs The Wizard. When Haley sees this man (who's only trying do his job) attempting to snatch away her prize pony, she screams that he has molested her.
The cops then rush in and arrest the guy, violently wrestling him out of the room while Haley and the two runaways get away, smirking at their clever plan of accusing a man of a felony, likely putting him on a sex offender registry for the rest of his life and ruining his career.
Yeah, that looks like standard procedure.
But hey, they made it to the video game tournament!
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How do fish separate oxygen from H20 & consume it? Do they break the water molecule and absorb the oxygen only?
The answer to this, I reckon, is that they don't.
They use molecular oxygen (O2) dissolved in the water for respiration, where it acts as a terminal electron acceptor, just as we use molecular oxygen in the air for respiration. We can speak of the water as being oxygenated.
Water is split in photosynthesis, where reducing equivalents from water are used to reduce NADP+ (giving NADPH).
One of the great discoveries of biology, IMO, is that the oxygen formed in green-plant photosynthesis comes from water, not CO2.
Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle (Krebs Cycle) Rant
Despite claims to the contrary, most infamously by Racker (1976, pp 28 - 29) and Wieser (1980), but also by Madeira (1988) and Mego (1986) for example, water is not split in the tricarboxylic acid cycle (Krebs Cycle). Banfalvi (1991) also sails pretty close to the wind on this one.
That is, reducing equivalents from water are not passed down the respiratory chain, or in any way used to make ATP, or are in any way a 'source' of free energy. Such claims, IMO, are nonsense.
The definitive answers to the Wieser (1980) paper are given by Atkinson (1981) and Herreros & Garcia-Sancho (1981). Both of these articles are models of clarity, and categorically refute the claims of Wieser (1980). Nevertheless, as shown by the references above, the controversy surfaces periodically.
The only sources of reducing equivalents in the TCA cycle are carbon compounds, and the only electrons passed down the respiratory chain are those 'held' in C-H and C-C bonds (Herreros & Garcia-Sancho, 1981). An ionization is neither an oxidation nor a reduction (see Atkinson, 1981) and neither is a hydration. Adding water to (say) a double bond does not make the compound any more oxidized or reduced. As far as oxygen and electrons are concerned, and to generalize from a biological point of view, what is has it holds - except in photosynthesis.
As you may have guessed, the splitting of the water in the TCA cycle is a pet rant of mine. Thanks for the opportunity of airing my views!
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Found this one when searching Google (Brière et al, 2006). In an invited review for the American Journal of Physiology (Cell Physiology) at that!
So now the TCA cycle is producing oxygen from water. Wonders will never cease!
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As rwst and Alan Boyd have drawn attention to, the concentration of dissolved oxygen in water is all important, and varies with (for example) temperature.
In air-saturated buffer at 25oC the concentration of oxygen (O2 molecules) is about 0.24 mM (0.24 μmoles/ml, or about 0.474 μg-atoms of oxygen per ml). [Chappell (1964)]. This figure decreases with increasing temperature.
Great question, BTW.
(Apologies for the incomplete Atkinson and Herreros & Garcia-Sancho references. I have a photocopy of these papers but have been unable to trace the full source. They are both in the 'Letters to the Editor' section of the February 1981 edition of Trends in Biochemical Sciences. They do not appear to be in Pubmed, or anywhere else on-line. Has anyone ever seen these references quoted, or can provide me with a full source?. I'll update if I find anything)


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What are the best books and lecture notes on category theory?
Lang's Algebra contains a lot of introductory material on categories, which is really nice since it's done with constant motivation from algebra (e.g. coproducts are introduced right before the free product of groups is discussed).
Categories for the Working mathematician by Mac Lane
Categories and Sheaves by Kashiwara and Schapira
And when you get bored of reading, let the Catsters take over. (78 videos on Category theory!)
Another book that is more elementary, not requiring any algebraic topology for motivation, and formulating the basics through a question and answer approach is:
An added benefit is that it is written by an expert!
Awodey's new book, while pricey, is a really pleasant read and a good tour of Category Theory from a logician's perspective all the way up to topos theory, with a more up to date view on categories than Mac Lane.
I'm also a fan of Tom Leinster's lecture notes, available on his webpage here. In difficulty level, I would say these are harder than Conceptual Mathematics but easier than Categories and Sheaves, and at a similar level as Categories for the Working Mathematician.
The nLab is a great resource for category theory.
The first few chapters of Goldblatt's Topoi: the categorial analysis of logic provide another fairly elementary introduction to the basics of category theory.
I've read a fair amount of Sets for Mathematics and found it to be a gentle introduction.
as a young student, I enjoyed peter freyd's fun little book on abelian categories. The nice thing about Freyd's book is it isn't boring, and it has little pieces of wisdom (opinion) such as the remark that categories are not really important, you just define them so you can define functors. And in fact you just define functors so you can define natural transformations, the really interesting things.
Of course you may disagree, but blunt debatable assertions (like this one) always make for more interesting reading. Another provocative remark by this author is the observation that he himself seldom learnt math by reading books, but rather by talking to people.
From the nice link above I learned that Goldblatt also quotes a remark (which may have inspired Freyd's) by Eilenberg and Maclane that categories are entirely secondary to functors and natural transformations, on page 194 where he introduces these latter concepts.
Leinster's notes linked by Patrick, look nice - a bit like an introduction to Maclane's Categories for the working mathematician, chatty and full of debatable assertions, (many of which I disagree with, but enjoy thinking about). He does not give much credit, but I believe the adjoint functor theorems he quotes without proof, (GAFT,...) may be due to Freyd. Leinster's notes are easy reading and informative.
Paolo Aluffi, Algebra: Chapter 0 has category theory woven all through it, particularly in Chapter IX of course. I can tell that randomly sampled pieces of the text are well-written, although I have never systematically read longer parts of it.
Arbib, Arrows, Structures, and Functors: The Categorical Imperative
More elementary than MacLane.
I don't know very much about this, but some stripes of computer scientist have taken an interest in category theory recently, and there are lecture notes floating around with that orientation.
Wikipedia has some nice free texts linked at the bottom. There's an online version of Abstract and Concrete Categories, for example.
Steve Awodey has some lecture notes available online too. (Awodey's newish book is expensive, but probably rather good)
Patrick Schultz's answer, and BBischoff's comment on an earlier answer also have good links to freely available resources.
Barr and Wells, in addition to Toposes, Triples and Theories, have written Category Theory for the Computing Sciences, a comprehensive tome which goes through most of the interesting aspects of category theory with a constant explicit drive to relate everything to computer science whenever possible.
MATH 4135/5135: Introduction to Category Theory by Peter Selinger
(17pp). Concise course outline. Only wish it covered more topics. Available in PS or PDF format.
Handbook of Categorical Algebra (Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications) by Francis Borceux. Rigorous. Comprehensive. This is NOT free, but you can see the contents/index/excerpts at the publisher's web site, listed below. This is a three volume set:
Reprints in Theory and Applications of Categories (TAC). This site has 18 books and articles on category theory in PDF, including several by F.W. Lawvere.
Abstract and Concrete Categories-The Joy of Cats by Jirı Adamek, Horst Herrlich, and George E. Strecker (524pp). Free PDF. Published under the GNU Free Documentation License. Mentioned already by Seamus in reference to Wikipedia's external links for Category Theory, but worth repeating, because it's very readable.
A Gentle Introduction to Category Theory (the calculational approach) by Maarten M. Fokkinga (80pp).
Last year the book Basic Category Theory by Tom Leinster was published by Cambridge University Press. I think it can serve very well as an introduction to Category Theory. It covers much less than Mac Lane's Categories for a working mathematician, but motivates concepts better.
Emily Riehl's forthcoming book Category theory in context is a fantastic introductory text for those interested in seeing lots of examples of where category theory arises in various mathematical disciplines. Understand the examples from other branches of mathematics requires some mathematical maturity (e.g., a bit of exposure to algebra and topology), but these examples aren't strictly necessary to understand the category theory; even the less advanced reader should have no problem understanding the categorical content of the text. It stresses the importance of representability, an understanding of which is crucial if the reader wants to go on to learn about $ 2 $-categories in the future. It's elegantly written, well-motivated, uses very clear notation, and overall is refreshingly clear in its exposition.
The current version of the text is available at http://www.math.jhu.edu/~eriehl/727/context.pdf and is being updated regularly. The text is new, so it's not as well-known as other texts, but it's so well-written that it seems very likely that it will soon become a mainstay in the world of category theory texts.
First Chapter of Jacobson's Basic Algebra -II.
Lawvere, Rosebrugh. Sets for Mathematics.
Pierce B. C. Basic category theory for computer scientists.
José L. Fiadeiro. Categories for Software Engineering.
Martini. Elements of Basic Category Theory.
Burstall, Rydeheard. Computational category theory. Requires ML background.
"Basic category theory"is a script by Jaap van Oosten from Utrecht university (u can find more scripts on topos theory and intuitionism there). Advanced is Introduction in Higher order categorical logic by Lambek & Scott. The 3 vols. from Borceux aswell as Johnstone: Sketches of an elephant, 1-2 are very readable reference for looking up proofs and technical details. Toposes and local set theories by Bell is availlable in Dover prints.
"Algebra:Rings Modules and Categories" by Carl Faith has alot about category theory,which dos'nt need any topology to understand,but is mixed with all the stuff about algebra,which is also writen in a catigorcal way.
I'm surprised that this hasn't been mentioned already.
"Category Theory: An Introduction" by Herrlich and Strecker. You can find this book in either the Allyn and Bacon Series in Advanced Mathematics or Sigma Series in Pure Mathematics.
Herrlich and Strecker co-authored another book called "Abstract and Concrete Categories: The Joy of Cats" which is not nearly as good as the former book.


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WHEELING - Wheeling Country Day School is heading in a new direction for educational excellence with its newly implemented robotics program.
The program gives provides students the opportunity to learn independent thinking skills as well as a way to integrate their interests in the school curriculum.
"We pride ourselves on being creative and innovative in making learning as real life and as hands-on as possible, giving students opportunities to learn while they do what they love," said Alyson Taylor, a fourth-grade teacher at the Woodsdale school.
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"As I was researching different ideas and brainstorming what kids love over the summer, I found a program currently being used by Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts called 'FIRST LEGO League.' Dr. Meri Cummings, former West Virginia FLL Robotics Tournament director and a huge LEGO robotics enthusiast, offered a training workshop for educators at Wheeling Jesuit University's Center for Educational Technologies that I attended over the summer. Our Head of School, Liz Hofreuter-Landini, had the desire to bring LEGOs into our school, and I found a way to link and incorporate it into our curriculum."
The school implemented the robotics program after Cummings drafted a list of materials needed to get started and obtained a quote from LEGO Education. Contributions from the Muffin Jones Fund and Bill Jones and Joyce Jefferson provided funding to purchase the needed supplies.
Fifth grade students and the fourth and fifth grade teachers attended a student-tailored field trip/robotics academy delivered by Cummings in October at the Center for Educational Technology. Students have been working with robots through the winter and will soon begin preparing for robotics challenges, including next year's FIRST LEGO League Tournament.
The program is being piloted in fifth grade due to the math involved in the computer programming. Students learned about ratio calculations needed to program robots at various distances. They also experienced the engineering design process as they built robot arms, added them to the basic robot, incorporated their calculated values in robot programs, and documented the programming process with Project Design Forms. These activities fit perfectly with the Next Generation Science Standards, cross-cutting practices, and link with mathematics and English literacy standards.
"In our ongoing effort to offer relevant and engaging learning opportunities, we adopted the Lego Robotics program as part of our fifth grade math curriculum," Hofreuter-Landini said.
The fourth grade will be introduced to the program this spring. Modifying the program down to the third grade and lower school are in the works but won't be introduced until at least next year.
The program teaches core mathematical skills such as calculating circumference and ratios as well as advanced multiplication. The program also focuses on problem-solving, teamwork, communication/presentation skills, and social responsibility, which are part of Wheeling Country Day's focus on 21st Century skills.
"The long-term plan for the program is to have the fifth grade enter the FIRST LEGO League ... tournaments statewide and hopefully on a national level," Taylor said.
In the initial component of the FIRST LEGO League students use math, science, and engineering skills in the building and programming of robotics using LEGOs to do tasks on a "game board." Language arts and social studies are incorporated into the lesson. Students are presented a challenge that deals with a current social issue such as food safety and senior citizen issues. In the 2013-14 season, the challenge will focus on natural disasters and emergency readiness.
For the second component, students are required to do research on the topic and present their findings along with the solution to a team-selected problem during an interview at the state tournament. Students compete against other teams in completion of robotic tasks, their research project, and their ability to answer questions about their research, programming, robot design, and "core values."
"The proposed educational robotics activities engage youth in doing engineering and research, solving authentic problems, and communicating like real professionals, while students develop the core values needed to be valuable contributors to their community," Cummings said.


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- Date: 11/22/12
- Time: 12:48 p.m.
- Place of Occurrence: Atlantic Ocean, approaching the Hillsboro Inlet, Pompano Beach
- Jurisdiction: Pompano Beach
- Victim(s): Nina Poppelsdorf, 54, 2/28/58, Sandia Park, New Mexico (DECEASED)
- Captain(s): Dennis Winchester, 53, 10/26/59, South Florida Diving Headquarters, 310 S.E. 15th Ave., Pompano Beach
- PIO Number: 12-11-24
BSO Case Number: BS12-11-01820
Description of Incident:
A 45-foot commercial dive boat with 23 people aboard capsized Thursday morning as it approached the Hillsboro Inlet after a dive trip. Broward Sheriff's Office homicide detectives are investiging the incident to determine exactly what circumstances caused the boat to flip, which threw all of the 21 divers and two crew members into the water.
- The captain of the catamaran, which is named Coral Princess, and other witnesses told investigators that a large wave hit the vessel as it approached the rough water of the the inlet. Several good Samaritans who had been boating nearby jumped into the water to help pull people to safety. Pompano Beach Fire Rescue workers on personal watercraft arrived first and helped with the rescue. Other agencies including the U.S. Coast Guard, the Fort Lauderdale Police Department, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and BSO helped.
- Pompano Beach Fire Rescue transported four people to Broward Health North. Nina Poppelsdorf, who was visiting South Florida from New Mexico with her nephew, was pronounced dead at the hospital. The Broward County Medical Examiner will determine the cause of her death. The other three were treated and released. Other people on the boat had minor injuries.
- The Coral Princess is a Corinthian catamaran owned by South Florida Diving Headquarters in Pompano Beach.
INVESTIGATORS: Homicide Dets. Foster, RID; Pompano Beach; PBFR
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Clarification: When I'm focusing manually, I only care about the infinity mark on my focusing scale, but there is around 5-10mm of room (depending on the lens) beyond infinity mark. Why is it there?


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At its first meeting in Jubail, the SaBuCo board observed that the new venture was a reflection of the strong cooperation between three leading Saudi petrochemical companies and their commitment to create economic value through efficient and effective utilization of the country's natural resources.
Saudi Butanol Co. (SaBuCo), which will build the world's
largest butanol plant in Jubail, Saudi Arabia, was recently
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At its first meeting in Jubail recently, the SaBuCo board
observed that the new joint venture was a reflection of the
strong cooperation between three leading Saudi petrochemical companies and their
commitment to create economic value through efficient and
effective utilization of the country's natural resources.
The three project partners are Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Co., a manufacturing
affiliate of the Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC); Sadara
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Arabian Oil Co. (Saudi Aramco) and Dow Chemical Co.; and Saudi
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The prayer Ashrei, which we recite three times a day, is an acrostic consisting of all the letters of the Hebrew alphabet except for nun (נ). Why is the nun omitted?
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The g'mara in B'rachos (4B) explains that 'נ' represents downfall [of the nation] and is therefore encompassed in the positive context of the putative next pasuk, which states that "God supports all of the fallen".
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"We'll continue to see the long tail of legacy technology in use for years," observed Brian Patrick Donaghy, CEO of Appcore, in this exclusive Q&A with Cloud Expo Conference Chair Jeremy Geelan. Donaghy continued, "New applications are being written today that are much more efficient, fast and cost-effective that take advantage of advancements in massive processing and scale out infrastructure."
Cloud Computing Journal: Just having the enterprise data is good. Extracting meaningful information out of this data is priceless. Agree or disagree?
Brian Patrick Donaghy: It's the difference between wisdom and knowledge. Collecting, maintaining, and accessing large datasets is the prerequisite to then running analytical processes - or extracting the wisdom from the knowledge. Asking the right questions is the trick.
Cloud Computing Journal: Forrester's James Staten: "Not everything will move to the cloud as there are many business processes, data sets and workflows that require specific hardware or proprietary solutions that can't take advantage of cloud economics. For this reason we'll likely still have mainframes 20 years from now." Agree or disagree?
Donaghy: The reason we have 20-year-old mainframes and other legacy systems in production today is more related to the applications that were written for those systems. Applications that are working well on legacy platforms are difficult to migrate from an ROI perspective. We'll continue to see the long tail of legacy technology in use for years. New applications are being written today that are much more efficient, fast and cost-effective that take advantage of advancements in massive processing and scale out infrastructure.
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Free? What does the 'Free' tag really mean?
Are deals tagged as Free:
...When there is zero cost, but you pay shipping? Hmmm Doesn't seem like they are.
...If there is no charge for the deal AND no charge for shipping? Usually, I think.
...If you must buy something else to get the free item? Sometimes. Not always it seems.
Is there a definitive rule? I know, I know...wishful thinking. Or dreaming.:-)
I'm asking this because I'm confused. Sometimes deals such as these are tagged 'free,' sometimes they are not.
If you weren't aware, deals tagged as 'free' do not show up on the Top listings. That may seem unimportant, but I think it's relevant. Especially for all the Veteran's Day deals. They kind of drop out of sight and could be missed by the very people who deserve to see them.
Would appreciate clarification by staff. Also looking for opinions from other members,too. TIA!
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The free tag means your deal won't show on the popular page. Kind of like the lingerie tag. (Edit: retread your question, and realized you already pointed this out :/ but I agree that they shouldn't be buried)
Personally, I think free applies when there is no cost at all, but I'm willing to go with reasonable shipping costs.
I fear only a mod can answer why they add the free tag. However, I can address the deals you linked to.
Free Bloomin' Onion with purchase is not free, it is just a deal.
Free Bloomin' Onion with menu item purchase for mentioning some guy's name is not free, it is just a deal.
I could go on, but let's suffice to say every deal linked is a free Bloomin' Onion, but to get it you must buy something else. As I've said before, free is free, a good deal is a good deal, free is definitely a good deal, but a good deal is not necessarily free.
Likewise, 'free with shipping' is not free, and often not even a good deal. That's the scam the As Seen On TV people are pulling now...you can get a second item FREE!!!!! (just pay separate shipping and handling).
free should just mean free, not free and $4.99 shipping.
I think it's all of the above. I think totally free or free+shipping are okay to tag free, but "buy this, get this free" should not be tagged free. I think something like "add-on" would be a more appropriate tag
The free tag seems to mean different things to different mods. There were free meal deals all day without the free tag. I put up a free meal deal last night and within 30 minutes the free tag was entered and deal dissapeared from the popular tab. Ok, rant over.
Thanks to those who responded - I appreciate it! I wasn't kidding when I said I was confused. Don't understand why deals that are NOT totally free, are tagged as 'free.' BOGO deals are not free, nor are they tagged as such. When you must buy something to get something else - it's simply NOT free in my mind.
Also, the tagging is inconsistent. Sometimes a 'free' tag is added, sometimes it isn't. Note the exposure on these Deals. Sometimes the free tag is added immediately, sometimes it's added later and sometimes not added at all. If the free tag is added early, the deal 'disappears'.
Sad to me: Most of the Veteran's Day deals honoring our Vets were tagged as 'free.' Even though they were free by deals nebulous definiton, tagging them as such meant that the deals were not visible to VETS. You had to search for them. Would have been nice if those were in the Top tab & could be easily seen.
@jumbowoot has stated in a previous thread that (really paraphrasing here): The Top tab is where people land when they visit deals. They don't want 'free' deals showing up on that tab.
Everyone loves free deals. Those who come here looking for them just might continue browsing & buy something to generate commission for deals. Personally, I think they're cutting of their nose to spite their face - If casual browsers can't find free deals easily on this site, they'll go elsewhere.
Lest someone reminds me - Yes, I DO know this is their site. And I need to play by their rules. It's the inconsistency of the rules I'm questioning.
I would have to say I agree...with BOTH you and jumbowoot. I would LOVE to see free deals on the top tab. But I'm very sick and tired of the 'free' deals that show up there.
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Such an amazing game.
Still need to finish co-op. If anyone gets this and wants to work through it hit me up.
Don't forget that there's an extra DLC co-op campaign that's free!
Definitely one of my favorite games of this current console generation. It is exactly what you want from a sequel: same charm and challenge with more expansive levels and greater polish. Not a bad price either.
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As you may have noticed from the news, Quora created a pdf with the best questions ever asked in their site, and distributed freely to the public. I think it would be a good idea to make a similar book in stackexchange. The tons of knowledge by the experts here are worth spreading in the world.
What do you think about that? Of course, I am at your disposal for any help needed. Thank you for your time.
EDIT: Yeah right...are you capable to find the best threads in seconds? And I am not talking just from rating scope. And in which way does it downgrade the value of the questions?


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Jobs to be cut at RDB?
Posted 26 December 2011 - 09:11 AM
The compulsory retirement at 40 will somewhat reduce the immediate pain but won't cover it all, and the Director also says that the ballet, the theatre and the opera will each have to cut one major production next season.
Posted 26 December 2011 - 11:03 AM
Posted 29 December 2011 - 05:50 AM
Meanwhile the leader of the dancers' union, Byron Mildwater, is saying that the dancers are prepared to negotiate about 'everything' - including taking a pay cut - to avoid layoffs. He is also coming up with other suggestions, such as that the ballet should only perform in one of the three theatres, that less should be spent on costumes etc, and that the management should look at options such as sponsorship of individual dancers.
The actors' union, on the other hand, thinks the management should bear the brunt of the necessary cuts.
Difficult times - desperate, even, for those whose jobs may go - and some very hard decisions to be made...
Posted 29 December 2011 - 03:38 PM
Posted 06 January 2012 - 02:40 PM
From Politiken (translated via Google):
[font=inherit]"Ballet dancers at the Royal Theatre conducted this evening an unusual action in Paris turned against planned layoffs and cost savings of ballet.[/font]
[font=inherit]"Before a performance on the occasion of the Danish EU presidency attended by among others Queen Margrethe and several peaks from France and the EU were ballet dancers dressed in costumes and training wear right out on the stairs in front of the French National Opera at the Palais Garnier, where they shared out leaflets to Prominent among the guests."[/font]
[font=inherit]View the translated article here. [/font]
Posted 07 January 2012 - 09:08 AM
Press-release (in Danish, I'm sorry - maybe google translate can help)
Posted 07 January 2012 - 07:42 PM
Today the Opera chorus (which stands to lose 16 singers) held a free concert at the Old Theater that, by all reports, was packed to the rafters and included an impassioned plea from the director to save those positions. Nikolaj Hubbe, on the other hand - who as recently as this past summer was in very hot water as a result of a leaked management consultant's report - has been strangely silent about the proposed cuts. Of course, he just signed a new 5-year contract, so his nest is nicely feathered no matter what happens.
The tactic of starting with a big number when a smaller one will do, then announcing the smaller number and declaring victory is a common one in negotiations. It allows the management to give the illusion of progress when in reality all they've done is arrived at the number they intended to get to all along. Very often 'negotiations' such as these are just an illusion.
Posted 08 January 2012 - 09:22 AM
The political pressure on the theatre administration seems to be rather heavy, though. Lately the Minister of Culture has announced that none of the members of the board will get their membership renewed this year, which means that for the time being the theatre is without a board, and therefore all decisions now lie with the theatre management. Even in good times it must be a problem to have this fundamental break of continuity in the work of the board, and in a situation like this it must even more difficult.
Posted 09 January 2012 - 06:35 AM
Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller asking for help. Mærsk-related foundations spearheaded and funded the construction of the new opera house on the island of Holmen, across from central Copenhagen. It's a gorgeous facility, but has proven expensive to maintain. As the letter points out (Google translated version): "In this desperate situation we can not help but think about what you, Mr.[font=arial, sans-serif]
Møller, I wonder feel to see your house on the other side of the water quietly languish, see the lights turned off and hear the music silenced."[/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]Link to the letter, and to a related article. [/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]Meanwhile, the silence, at least in the press, from Mr. [/font][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Hübbe is deafening. [/font]
Posted 09 January 2012 - 11:57 AM
Hübbe are without foundation. We do not know what his actions and words are within the organization. Complaining to the press is merely sound and fury. For all we know, he is banging the drum behind closed doors with upper management, politicos, and private funding sources. He may have a handshake agreement with the dancers to allow them to be in the press (after all they are the real victims here if there are layoffs), while he works behind the scenes.
Posted 10 January 2012 - 05:47 AM
[size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]"People are scared, insecure, nervous and worried. We have not been informed about what is going on. There have been more in the newspaper, than management has told us. And we have the feeling that there is no fighting spirit of the ballet management. Our management has not even taken the initiative to talk with us, Nikolaj Hübbe came to a meeting shortly before Christmas, because Ballet Association demanded that he came. But he did not say much, although it would be natural that he tried to reassure and inform us about what will happen."[/font][/size]
If Hubbe is doing anything behind the scenes, he's keeping it a secret even from his own company. All of the public statements about the firings at the ballet have come from the dancers - mostly via their spokesperson, veteran dancer Byron Mildwater, some via interviews in the press. And while the dancers are doing a great job of promoting their own cause, they don't seem to be getting help from their own management. Which is unfortunate.
Posted 10 January 2012 - 06:55 AM
Posted 10 January 2012 - 11:12 AM
Unfortunately, prayers are only remembered when one is at need of something.
How ironic that the A.D. who minimized religion in his stagings of Bournonville Ballets could use a little prayer or two nowadays. Just sayin'.
Posted 14 January 2012 - 01:30 AM
There are no comments from either Nikolaj Hübbe or theater director Erik Jacobsen so far.
Posted 14 January 2012 - 04:14 AM
Article (I couldn't find out making it appear in English translation, but maybe you can help yourself to a google-translation)
I can't help feeling very sad today, and I feel very sorry for the seven dancers, who are leaving the company against their own free will, some of whom I remember vividly from many fine performances during the years.
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I can't dance. I've tried, but there is something wrong with the side of my brain that controls dancing.
When line dancing became popular a few years back, I thought I was saved. This, I thought, is something I can do, since you're in a line with a bunch of other people and all of you are doing the same thing. I did pretty good, too. For the most part, I kept up and didn't throw too many people off.
I keep hearing "economic meltdown," "Wall Street havoc," "depression," "bailout"…it's enough to drive you batty if you let it. You watch two minutes of CNN and you'd think Gabriel blew the horn eight days ago and we missed it. Woe is us! If we can be pushed into a panic in this country, the news media is doing all it can to help.
I'm just so thankful that my happiness, well-being and state of mind is not tied to Wall Street.
I, like most everyone else, get a kick out of reading about stupid or inept criminals. You know, the kind that rob a bank, then realize they locked the keys to the getaway vehicle in the vehicle...so they're stuck.
I decided to google and see what I could find, for your enjoyment and mine. But in addition to finding some stories about dumb criminals, I also found some rules of thumb that any dumb criminals who may be reading this may want to consider. The rules, and the stories, are courtesy of The Freeman Institute. Enjoy.
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I went to the 65th annual Steer and Market Swine Show and Sale last Thursday night and, as usual, it was a lot of fun. I was surprised to find that this is the 100th anniversary of 4-H. During the program the masters of ceremonies, Billy Poston, asked everyone who was an alumnus of 4-H to stand. Then nearly 200 people sang "Happy Birthday."
That was a very proud moment for me.
I was so happy to be able to head to Tampa recently to help celebrate my niece's fourth birthday. She was even more happy to celebrate it than I was. We all had a great time, and Amanda got lots of nice – and pink – gifts.
But in the backs of our minds, we were ever-mindful of the one person who was unable to be present at the celebration – my sister-in-law's father and Amanda's Papa... Rex Whitaker.
If you were sitting on your hands Friday night because you didn't have anything to do, blame yourself, because there was plenty to do Quincy. The weather was beautiful, there were no big semi trucks drowning out the music and there was no dress code.
The opening at Art In Gadsden was again a great event. The number of artists whose works were on display was fantastic. Grace Maloy, the staff and volunteers continue to do a fantastic job for this community and the region. We've got one of the best galleries in the area and it's only going to get better.
"Go over this one more time so I'm sure I've got it right." We were huddled up in that little parking space behind the University of the South's fire department. I was more than a little bumfuzzled.
I attended the Gadsden County School Board workshops last week, and was surprised by and disappointed in the behavior of some folks.
The workshops, held on Tuesday and Thursday nights, were simply meant to be a forum for a superintendent-appointed committee to present suggestions regarding areas in which the budget could be cut.
Every year this time it comes back like pollen. I guess since it happens every year, it shouldn't be a surprise. The surprise is that I actually hope that it will go away. I hate it. It's March Madness, that marathon of college basketball that seems to be on every television channel.
It's not that a lot of these channels are filled with thoughtful and mind-provoking programming anyway, but I don't want to see a bunch of boys sweating while running up and down a court to sink a ball in a net on nearly every channel.
I was looking for something in that little closet by the bathroom where we keep guest towels, Band-Aids, sun tan lotion, mosquito repellent and such. Up on the top shelf there was a metal guard the hospital used when they set Josh's broken arm. A little closer examination revealed the ace bandage used to strap it on. Folks, Josh was in the first grade when he broke that arm. Today, he is on the back side of 30 and expecting his second and third child in May. And we're still holding on to his arm brace.
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Nat Gertler is known by some folks as the publisher of About Comics, while others know him as the person who started 24 Hour Comics Day back in 2004. But for the sake of this interview, I email interviewed Gertler about his new book (set to be released on October 25), The Peanuts Collection: Treasures from the World's Most Beloved Comic Strip. Here's the official description for the book: "This fully authorized, one-of-a-kind illustrated book celebrates the 60th anniversary of the world's most beloved comic strip characters. A compendium of rare materials from the Charles M. Schulz Museum and family archives, The Peanuts Collection comes in a sturdy slipcase and features high-quality reproductions of original sketches, comics, and photographs from the world of Peanuts. Removable film cels, stickers, and booklets are included, as well as reproduction prints of Peanuts artwork ready for framing. Written by Peanuts aficionado Nat Gertler, with quotes from Schulz family members and a foreword by daughter Amy Schulz Johnson, the text offers insight into the making of the comic strip and its impact beyond the realms of newspapers and books to film, television, and popular culture. The Peanuts Collection is a must-own keepsake for anyone who loves Snoopy and the gang. … Gertler is the founder and author of Aaugh.com, a comprehensive resource for Peanuts collectors and fans." This interview was a fun one for me, thanks to Gertler's thorough knowledge of Peanuts material (For example, I'm still trying to fully grasp the fact that there was once a Peanuts Book of Pumpkin Carols).
Tim O'Shea: You're a respected Peanuts expert, but I'm curious if there was any trepidation on your part in taking on a project of this import and scale?
Nat Gertler: Does a kid feel any trepidation about getting the key to the candy store? I'd already been considering writing a book about all the angles one could look at Peanuts from. That book would've been a bit more academic, but I jumped at the chance to do this celebratory book, with all of its great visuals and the cool removable items.


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When I plug my web page into Google's Rich Snippet Testing Tool it grabs all of the schema.org info I've plugged in correctly, but it says it doesn't detect any structured data when I click on the structured data dashboard. Is the dashboard buggy still, being so new or is it possible I'm doing something wrong?
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Washington (CNN) -- Two airlines say passengers who won't be able to attend President Obama's speech tonight can fly home early without paying change fees.
The last night of the Democratic National Convention, including the president's speech, was scheduled to be outside in Charlotte's Bank of America Stadium. However, severe weather forecasts prompted organizers to move it inside to the much smaller Time Warner Cable Arena where the rest of the convention has been held.
"We share the disappointment of over 65,000 people who signed up for community credentials to be there with the President in person," the convention's press release announcing the change said.
US Airways and United Airlines have issued waivers that allow passengers traveling from Charlotte on Friday to leave Thursday instead.
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CNN Meteorologist Taylor Ward says Charlotte is experiencing scattered showers today and the weather Friday is looking better and not expected to have any impact on flights.
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Olbermann Blame Game to Serve Push for More Speech, Telecom Regulations
Talk-show host Keith Olbermann abruptly announced that he was leaving his position as host of the MSNBC show Countdown at the end of last Friday night's show. Olbermann had hosted the program since 2003 and had more than a year remaining on his contract. A buyout of his contract was done, he said, by mutual agreement between him and MSNBC.
Olbermann gave no specific reason for his decision to leave MSNBC at this time. The blogosphere, however, immediately lit up with posts blaming cable giant Comcast, which is planning to merge with MSNBC parent corporation NBC/Universal in a matter of days. Comcast issued a statement noting that it does not yet own NBCU and that it had "pledged from the day the deal was announced that we would not interfere with NBC Universal's news operations. We have not and we will not."
This move in the blame game was to be expected, of course, given that the progressive left has been portraying the proposed Comcast/NBCU merger as a test case of how fully the Obama administration would regulate the telecommunications media, with the progressives hoping for a move to extremely intensive regulation. Current indications are that the Obama administration's Federal Communications Commission will do everything it can to regulate public communications, with utter disregard for the law. Olbermann's departure from MSNBC will at minimum serve as a rallying point for progressives who want to silence opposing voices in the media, and has already begun to do so.
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