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5 Inexplicably Horrifying Episodes of Classic Comedies
1980s sitcoms were notorious for shoehorning lessons into each episode that kids or functionally retarded adults could apply to their own lives. But every once in a while, those lessons were so bleak that the sitcom had to abandoned the "com" part of the equation.
These are the episodes that scarred a generation.
#5. Punky Brewster: Punky Loses Everyone She Loves
Punky Brewster was a hit kid's television show during the mid '80s based on the exploits of a socially precocious orphan and her quirky group of friends. Like most '80s sitcoms, the show was known for the occasional "very special episode," dealing with topical issues like the Challenger space shuttle tragedy and kids asphyxiating in old refrigerators. But for whatever reason, the producers of the show decided in "The Perils of Punky" to teach a valuable lesson to the audience about the White Man's Burden and the horrifying savage magic of Indians.
They've even magicked up fake Indian tribe names.
Punky goes on a camping trip with her ethnically inclusive friends, and they promptly get lost in the wilderness. The group takes refuge in a cave, and Punky tries to pass the time (until, presumably, they starve to death) by telling a ghost story about four kids that get lost in the woods and find refuge inside of a cave. It's either a bad attempt by Punky to be meta, or they couldn't afford a second set. Either way, if kids looked down for just a second, or took a bathroom break at the wrong moment, it would have been easy to miss the fact that what happens for the remainder of the episode wasn't actually happening to Punky and friends, which is important for terrifying reasons that will soon become apparent.
Punky's story is quickly interrupted by a group of Native Americans, who are apparently synonymous with cavemen, and they have a much better story they want to tell about unspeakable horror.
"This one is called 'The Freeeee Blankets'."
The kids hear a story of an evil spirit that, as it happens, lives in the cave and that, as it happens, can be killed only by Punky Brewster. The kids, with little concept of mortality and poor decision-making skills, head deeper into the cave. Along the way they encounter the type of horrors you would expect from a sitcom, like kindly but unnerving lost souls and some spiders.
Yeah, giant spiders. Did we not say giant?
But gradually the story stops being fun and starts to resemble the Blair Witch Project. Punky's friends vanish, and she can hear their screams for help bouncing off the walls. When Punky finally builds up enough courage to demand that the evil spirit give her friends back, it screws with her by revealing the decapitated head of her friend Alan, stuffed into the side of the cave, still crying.
There's a moral here about not sticking your face in quick-set concrete, but nothing excuses those teeth.
Her friend Cherry's head also appears from behind a wall, floating in the air with eyes glowing red. Finally the corpse of Margaux falls from the roof, decomposed to just a skeleton with a rotting face screaming at Punky.
The only friends of a scared little girl are now just faces of soulless evil surrounding her, calling out her name. Here is a video of this horrible 45-second sequence of events:
After Punky finds a place to sit and mourn her dead friends, she also has a vision of her foster father giving up his search for her and deciding that maybe life would be better without Punky. Notice we said "foster father." Punky is an adopted kid, likely with abandonment issues, who witnesses her best friends turning into the undead and the only man she's ever called "Dad" giving up on her. The only friend she still has is her dog ... right up until he turns into a skeleton.
Kids in the '80s owned a lot of mastiffs.
At this point, the evil demon finally shows up with knives for hands and threatens to turn her into a mouse and feed her to snakes.
"Cower in the presence of my horrible production values!"
After defeating the spirit with love, somehow, the ending reveals that this was all Punky's ghost story and that none of it ever happened. It would have been hard to keep the show going after murdering three children and turning Punky Brewster into a spirit killer. Still, it was a two-part episode, which means that kids everywhere had to wait a week to find out that their favorite adorable sitcom had not in fact undergone the grittiest reboot ever.
#4. All in the Family: Edith Bunker Is Sexually Assaulted on Her Birthday
All in the Family was a groundbreaking -- and popular -- sitcom during the 1970s that revolved around the lovable, racist war veteran Archie Bunker and his naive wife as they struggled with the progressive ideas their daughter and her husband keep dragging into the house.
Like Sammy Davis Jr.
The only children in the show were really just secondary characters and rarely part of the plot, partially because it was geared toward adults, with topical issues like racism and homosexuality, and partially because Edith was really the child on the show. Archie's wife is so wide-eyed and optimistic in every episode that her ignorance is completely forgivable. She has the innocence of an infant, so it's especially difficult to watch the two-part episode entitled "Edith's 50th Birthday," where she is very nearly raped in her own house.
It all starts when a police officer drops by while everyone else is planning a surprise party for Edith next door. He tells Edith that he's investigating sexual assaults in the neighborhood. It's not until he starts to describe the rapist he's looking for that Edith realizes he's describing himself.
"Tie, silly hair, generally looks kind of rapey. Seen him?"
Edith tries to offer him money to leave, but he pins her to the couch for an intensely awkward five minutes and starts undressing while kissing her neck. Keep in mind that her family is also just next door, trying to make this the happiest day of the year for her.
Edith, in her unrelenting innocence, tries to cite her advanced aged and marital status as reasons that she would be an unacceptable rape victim. Her captor simply replies that he enjoys older women and that he is married himself. All across America, millions of families glanced awkwardly at one another and shared a silent look of "Are we actually seeing this?"
If you were born in the '90s, imagine this is Marge Simpson.
The hardest part to watch, however, is the moment Archie comes home briefly to grab a punchbowl as the assailant hides in the closet. You can see the terror on Edith's face as she wants to tell the man she loves to save her, and he still walks out the door, completely oblivious to the circumstances.
Edith escapes only when a cake starts burning in her oven and the rapist allows her to take it out. With some quick thinking, she turns her birthday into a weapon and slams the cake in his face before running out of the house.
When the police finally arrive and try to get Edith to identify the clothes of her attacker, all the lightheartedness that was left in the episode stops immediately. Edith goes into a blind panic so unnerving and uncharacteristic of any sitcom ever that the studio audience doesn't know how to respond and so just applauds, hoping that somehow it will fix everything.
"Hmm, that's not working. Maybe sitting in silent anguish will help."
Watching the episode will not only make you feel dirty, but also ruin every surprise birthday party you ever attend.
#3. Diff'rent Strokes: Arnold and Dudley Get Molested
Diff'rent Strokes followed the lives of two young brothers from Harlem, Arnold and Willis, after their mother died and they were adopted by the wealthy Mr. Drummond. Looking back, it's shocking how many sitcoms hinged on the premise of parental death.
In the two-part episode "The Bicycle Man," Mr. Drummond brings his family to the bicycle shop of a family friend, Mr. Horton, to return some bikes that they had been renting. Arnold and Mr. Horton become fast friends and start doing one another favors -- Arnold passes out flyers at his school advertising the bike shop, and Mr. Horton gives him a handlebar radio in return.
"It's tuned to a 24-hour recording of me breathing heavily!"
At first, Mr. Horton just seems like a nice old man, and that's exactly what's so horrifying about this episode -- it's the slow reveal that a character is actually a pedophile trying to seduce Arnold with ice cream and comic books. It's not until he asks Arnold never to tell Mr. Drummond about the time they spend together that something seems slightly off.
Arnold likes Mr. Horton so much that he starts bringing his friend Dudley along, and it isn't long before Mr. Horton is feeding them both wine and giving them pornography.
"Some day we'll have a machine that can provide this for free!"
He even tells the kids about all the cool games that they can play with their clothes off and shows them naked pictures of himself, which the studio audience apparently finds hilarious.
The day culminates in Mr. Horton getting Dudley to take his shirt off for some photos, and Arnold returns home with the smell of wine still on his breath. He is caught by Dana Plato and Todd Bridges, who make him swear to never drink again.
This situation is way over the legal limit for irony.
Dudley and Arnold continue to visit Mr. Horton until the whole thing gets a little too creepy for Arnold. He decides to do the moral thing and leave the bike shop ... incidentally also leaving his best friend with a pedophile. Solid work, Arnold.
Eventually Arnold tells Mr. Drummond about what's been happening, and the police arrive at the bike shop just in time to find a drugged up, half-naked Dudley sprawled out and Mr. Horton doing a few warm-up stretches in preparation for some vigorous child abuse. Mr. Horton is arrested and Arnold and Dudley learn an important lesson about trusting strangers. Or sitcoms.
Mr. Drummond spent the next 19 months crying himself to sleep.


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I couldn't get up, you guys super glued me to the seat!
It's sad the tactics we have to resort to to keep a guest on our show
Dan were you trying to put your arm around Brian....super awkward and super funny moment.
Yeah, I was doing that classic move yuou learn at like 12 to fake a yawn so that you can put your arm around a girl at a movie. Awwwkwaaard
Jolie named Sexiest person eveeer.?!?!? lol thats it.. first thing I'm no Aniston fan.. so what on earth is so great about jolie?..she goes around the world picking up children from different countries?.. what about charity in her own country?!? she isn't
that good looking ...more like average or average with distanct facial features ... i mean if I had sum up Jolie she is pretty average with a pretty dull personality from what i've seen.. and she looked nothing like Lara croft how on earth she got casted
for that...and ever since the flop tomb raider movies I think she gets casted for way too many movies and voice overs.. can't dummywood find any other actresses to give a chance in her type of roles? I won't be bothering to see Wanted.. she gets to play the
solo superwomen type characters way too often.. I think its gone to her head abit.
oh btw if you haven't watched 'headcases'.. its politcal satire comedy sketch show in 3d, based on an old spitting image show.. not as good and a bit cheap 3d looking.. but anyway jolie and pitt do make some regular appearances in the sketches and I think it sums up jolie's character nicely :o
So K0oogle, you think Aniston is better? If you had to choose between them, which would you pick? Jolie has more talent and she has done work for the US too (New Orleans after the floods), and I think she's much more attractive than Aniston.
As for that poll Jolie won, it was an internet poll so it *must* be true
LOL, I don't know, looking at those pics, I'd still go with Jolie, but maybe that's just my personal taste
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Boots, big ray, etc.need to get started...time to hype up the Niners cause the Vikings season is OVER!
Game, set, match, golf clubs.
Glad that ones in the book. Caught a break with Ponder no show & took advantage. I think some of the ineptness by the Packers (4 & outs) in the second half is because the game was essentially over shortly after the 1/2.
I think we got to see what Joe Webb brings to the table...a mobile Caleb Hanie.Hide replies
A very mobile one!
Joe Webb couldn't hold Hanie's jock strap. And that's saying quite a bit.
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If Webb had run more often, he could've gotten injured, and then what would the Vikings do? McLeod Bethel-Thompson? Why not....???
Exactly, probably the same reason they pull Peterson on third down, they don't want to achieve success in an unorthodox way I guess.
Vikes must have known that Ponder wouldn't play well beforehand. When Webb started, I expected a lot of read-option plays and big runs for Webb, a la Vick in his prime. Glad to see that didn't happen. Not sure if that's a failure for the Vikes or a victory for our D.
As if Christian Ponder would have mattered.
The bottom line is we have Aaron Rodgers, and they don't. Neither does San Francisco.Hide replies
Ponder wouldn't have made a difference. Vikings were not winning this game. Last week was their Super Bowl.
Vikes weren't going to win, but Ponder would have made a difference. Webb misfired on some potentially impactful throws that Ponder at his best might have made.
I wish Ponder would have played just so we don't have to listen all offseason to "well jeez if Ponder would have played against GB........" You all know how Vikings fans are.
So...if he wouldn't have led them to victory...what difference would he really have made? The Packers are the better team. On to Frisco...should be an interesting game.
You're right, NC. I'm only suggesting that Ponder is more capable of making the throws that Webb missed, and that might have changed the game. And it's only my faith in the Pack that made me say the game was never in doubt.
The Packers didn't let Peterson get "untracked"....??
Gary D'Amato, I believe the correct phrase is "ON TRACK"....Hide replies
Thank you, Montee. It's a small thing, but the misuse of "untracked" by writers bugs me to no end.
Brian Anderson did it to the Brewers late this past season. Braun crushed a clutch home run, and as he was rounding 2nd base, Anderson announces, "Ryan Braun has just gotten the Brewers untracked...."
I just about choked on my Coca-Cola.....
McGinn does it all the time. Isn't being "on track" a good thing, and thus coming "untracked" a bad thing, a la "going off the rails"? If our D gets AP untracked, that should be a good thing.
It would seem that way, but by definition, the writer is using the term correctly. According to Dictionary.com, "untracked" is defined as "achieving a superior level of performance after a slow start." Webster's definition is "to cause to escape from a slump." This latter definition applies well to the Brewers' headline example, since Braun's performance helped the team out of a slump. Adrian Peterson couldn't reach the level he achieved in the last games, which indicates the Packers defense successfully kept him "untracked." In other words, this is the proper use of the word.
I am actually an English major, so I too can be sensitive about the correct use of grammar, but after seeking out the definition and finding this instance to be correct, I felt compelled to reply. Strangely enough, I have been a frequent visitor to this site and enjoy reading the comments. I have had disagreements in the past, but this is the first time I felt I needed to sign up so I could respond. I guess that says something about me, doesn't it?
Great win, though. Look forward to the next challenge.
Ugly start
Beautiful Middle
Ugly finish
Good enough....I guess.....Hide replies
Room for improvement. In a way it will ensure the team stays focused.
Of course it's good enough.
Try and enjoy for a few minutes...
Oh, don't get me wrong.....I'm enjoying it just fine. My only concern was their lackadaisical mentality during the last 20 minutes. They can't afford to do the same next week, or the week after if they get that far.
No...you're not.
Oh yes I am.....;-) ;-)
Montee, the last 20 minutes, the Pack knew they had the game - the Vikings had NO offense; so why show creative plays that the 49er's could scout? Did you notice Rodgers just threw the ball away, especially in the fourth quarter, rather than scramble? No way he'd refuse to scramble if this game was close.
Tim Tebow > Joe WebbHide replies
I saw Webb against the Eagles a few yrs back...not bad.
Tonight? Not up to the Lambeau challenge.
Tebow is much better than Webb. When Tebow was with the Broncos he knelt down in prayer and asked that the Broncos be led to the Super Bowl. His prayers were answered when Manning replaced him. When Webb threw up a prayer it bounced harmlessly on the "frozen tundra"
That's pretty good old.
Did this blowout seem a little flat to anyone? We held AP to <100 yards and easily contained Webb, but especially in the final 20 minutes, it didn't feel like we were stepping on the gas and sending a message to the rest of the league to watch out for us. Maybe it's just me.Hide replies
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Very glad to hear it's just me! Thx, everyone. I'll sleep tight, now.
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Just about every web site comment form I see (other than for web sites requiring registration to comment) asks for name [required], email [required, but will not be displayed] and web site [optional]. It doesn't matter what you put in the email field, so why ask? Just tradition?
Sometimes there is an option to be informed about replies and e-mail is a natural option for such situations. It may also come down to trust that people who leave comments provide correct addresses so that you know that somebody has already commented before. This way you do not need to rely only on IPs and cookies.
What is more, there are websites and services that let you create an account and claim comments left under the e-mail address you have registered with. Disqs does it, for example.
Maybe it will be needed for you to get contacted, maybe you will be sent an email when you get an answer to a question or sometimes you must be held responsible for what you've said if you break the rules of that forum/website. Or maybe a certain forum post can win a prize and how can you prove that it's yours if it weren't for your email address? :)
In addition to the other answers posted, a lot of sites use Gravatar to show an icon for the author alongside their comments. I believe Gravatars are based on the email address.
A lot of the time, it wants to know you're a real person--whether that is for the sake of the other two answers to this question by Michal Gancarski and Keiki. Usually, with some amount of bot/spider capturing software on the webserver, fake e-mails can get flagged, such as on domain hosts, that help add that little bit of security.
Of course, it's much more likely that they use it for other reasons as stated by the authors I mentioned. That is, to know who has commented before, to verify through e-mail sending that you're a real person (even more reliable than what I mentioned above, which might only weed out less than 1% of bots that scrawl your site), etc.
It's funny, that is even the case on Stack Overflow!
In the case of WordPress, which is what you're describing, it is commonly used by the Akisment plugin to determine if a comment is spam.
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One of there new schools has 100 kids in it. what a wast of money. And its all about football. But not one kid in this county has ever gone pro. They should have consolidated instead of letting a few run the show. They said that the classes would be to big i think one only graduated 30 kids.
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We know that a group can not be written as a union of two proper subgroups and obiously a finite group can be written as a finite union of proper subgroups.So I want to ask if a infinite group be written as a finite union of proper subgroups?Moveover,Can a field be a finite union of proper subfields?
Sometimes an infinite group can be written as a finite union of proper subgroups, e.g., every element of ${\bf Z}\oplus{\bf Z}$ is of at least one of the forms $(2a,b)$, $(a,2b)$, or $(a+b,a-b)$ for integers $a,b$, and that gives you 3 proper subgroups whose union is the whole group.
As for fields, note that a field and its subfields are all vector spaces over the prime field, so if a vector space can't be a finite union of proper subspaces, then a field can't be a finite union of proper subfields. The vector space question for infinite fields is handled here. For finite fields, it's easy to see the answer is no. That leaves infinite fields of finite characteristic to think about.
There is a lot of research on groups covered by a finite set of proper subgroups. It all started with a seminal paper of Bernhard Neumann, Groups covered by finitely many cosets, Publ. Math. Debrecen 3 (1954), 227-242, in which he proves that if a group is the union of a finite number of subgroups (or even cosets), you only have to take into account those subgroups having finite index. This implies that a group has a finite covering by subgroups if and only if it has a finite non-cyclic homomorphic image. See also recent work of Mira Bhargava, the mother of the brilliant number theorist Manjul Bhargava.
As you say, obviously a finite (noncyclic!) group $G$ can be written as a finite union of proper subgroups - call them $G_1,\dots,G_f$. Now let $H$ be any infinite group. The direct product $G\times H$ can then be written as a finite union of the proper subgroups $G_1\times H,\dots,G_f\times H$.


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Airway Transportation Systems Specialist (Electronics Systems Technician) perform in the capacity of highly specialized electronics technicians. The primary duties of an ATSS are linked to maintaining the safe and efficient operating capacity of the vast and complex network of electronics systems required for the world's largest air traffic control and navigation system.
ATSS personnel install, evaluate, maintain, modify and certify facilities, systems, services and equipment that support the National Airspace System (NAS). They are also responsible for various auxiliary duties that contribute to providing reliable and safe FAA services to the flying public. This involves working with surveillance radar, weather, communications, automation, and navigational aid equipment as well as various environmental support facilities and equipment.
This work also includes periodic maintenance, modification, troubleshooting, repair and replacement of malfunctioning equipment, and certification. ATSSs may be required to maintain entire facilities, subsystems, or individual services or equipment that assist in the safe and expedient movement of air traffic throughout the NAS.
Note: The job duties listed are typical examples of work performed by ATSSs, however, not all duties assigned to every ATSS are included, nor it is expected that all ATSSs will be assigned every duty.
The following five specialties encompass the duties of an ATSS electronic equipment/systems technician:
ATSSs assigned to work with systems in the ENVIRONMENTAL specialty may be required to install, maintain, modify and certify facilities, services and equipment. This includes, but is not limited to: lighted navigational aids systems, engine generators (with or w/o transfer switches), heating ventilating and air conditioning systems and power sources/power conditioning systems. They are also expected to possess knowledge of the national electric code (NEC) and additional responsibilities in the communication, automation, navigational aids, or radar fields may also be required.
ATSSs assigned to work within the RADAR specialty are associated with the installation, maintenance, modification and certification of surveillance and RADAR systems and services such as: Airport Surveillance Radar, Air Route Surveillance Radar, Air Traffic Control Beacon Indicator, Airport Surface Detection Equipment, Terminal Doppler Weather Radar, etc. Additional responsibilities in the communication, environmental, navigational aids, or automation fields may also be required.
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ATSSs assigned to work with systems in the NAVIGATIONAL AIDS specialty may be required to install, inspect/evaluate, repair, maintain, modify, and certify various navigational aid related systems and services. These are included, but not limited to: Instrument Landing Systems, Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range (VORs), Doppler Very High Frequency Omni Directional Range (DVOR), Tactical Aircraft Control and Navigation (TACAN), and Distance Measuring Equipment (DMEs), etc. Additional responsibilities in the environmental, communication, radar or automation fields may also be required.
ATSSs assigned to work with systems in the COMMUNICATIONS specialty are associated with the installation, maintenance, modification and certification of communications systems and services such as: Motorola, ITT, or General Dynamics radios, Radio Communications Link Repeater, Low Density Radio Communications Link Repeater, Small Tower Voice Switch, Enhanced Terminal Voice Switch, Rapid Deployment Voice Switch, Digital Voice Recorder System, Digital Audio Legal Recorder, etc. Additional responsibilities in the environmental, navigational aids, radar or automation fields may also be required.
ATSSs assigned to work with systems in the AUTOMATION specialty are associated with the installation, maintenance, modification and certification of automation-related systems and services such as: Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System, Automated Radar Terminal System, Direct Access Radar Channel, En Route Automation Modernization, etc. Additional responsibilities in the communication, environmental, navigational aids, or radar fields may also be required.
Aviation Safety Inspectors (ASI)
FAA employs aviation safety inspectors in a variety of roles, each with a specialized area of responsibility. The main ASI roles are operations, airworthiness, avionics and maintenance safety. The responsibilities and qualifications for each are based whether you will be working with air carriers, general or military aviation. In any of the ASI positions, you will need to have broad knowledge of the aviation industry; understand general principles of aviation safety, and Federal laws, regulations and policies affecting aviation; and have in-depth technical knowledge and skill in aircraft operation and maintenance.
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Since the days of huge enchainments in the Alps first executed by paragliding, climbers have long embraced a fast means of decent. And BASE jumping has now become the fastest. But moving fast through the air leaves little margin for error, and sometimes things go wrong ... as you can see in this amazing close call. According to the video's poster on Vimeo, the jumper suffered a compression fracture of the T12 Vertebra, five stitches to the eye, six stitches to the chin, and a severely sprained back, wrist and hand. Plus multiple bruised areas.
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Suppose we have a material described by a dielectric tensor $\bar{\epsilon}$. In frequency domain, this tensor depends on the wave frequency $\omega$ and the wave vector $\vec{k}$.
Clearly not all $\bar{\epsilon}=f(\omega,\vec{k})$ are physically possible. Without considering the physics behind any particular $\bar{\epsilon}=f(\omega,\vec{k})$, is it possible to find general conditions that all $\bar{\epsilon}=f(\omega,\vec{k})$ must obey? I am mostly interested in Lorenz invariance : surely the most general description of any material must be parametrized by the material's velocity according to the observer ($\vec{v}_{mat}$), and then there must be some sort of symmetry between $\omega$ and $\vec{k}$ in $\bar{\epsilon}=f(\omega,\vec{k},\vec{v}_{mat})$ because the Lorentz transformation mixes up distances ($1/k$) and time intervals ($1/\omega$).


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I feel that there is a subtle difference in meaning. The following may not be strictly followed, but is a tendency that I think holds.
なぜなら(ば) is used in formal written Japanese. It brings strong focus on the reason.
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The 5 Most Insane Ways Underdogs Won Olympic Medals
Let's be honest: Those of us who aren't huge sports fans only watch an event like the Olympics in hopes that something insane will happen. The inspiring underdog story, the crazy misfit who wins by bending the rules -- you know, the shit they make sports movies about.
Fortunately, the Olympics have always been full of this stuff, and consistently prove that you can overcome almost anything if you're determined, insane, or both.
#5. A Kidnapped Child Helps the Dutch Win Gold
In 1900, the modern Olympics was only 4 years old and was still trying to prove itself as a legitimate event. So, while they had a lot of the same standard track and field events you're familiar with, the rules were, let's just say, rather lax.
As symbolized by this poster depicting a Greek goddess masturbating with the Eiffel Tower.
For example, you have the shenanigans surrounding the "men's coxed pair" rowing event. Seven teams were from the host country, France, with only the Belgians and the Dutch brave enough to send teams of their own. The Dutch team was hoping to just make it into the semifinals but suffered a setback when they found their coxswain (because "steerer" was not nearly as hilarious to say) had put on too much weight and would slow down the boat. So what do you do when your race is coming up and you're one member short due to obesity? You go grab some stranger off the street, that's what.
No, really -- rather than forfeit, Francois Brandt and Roelof Klein hit the streets of Paris and frantically began searching for someone who A) was not a fat-ass, B) knew how to steer a boat, and C) was Dutch. However, desperation kicked in and they waived the last two requirements, picking a random 12-year-old French boy from the streets of Paris and running with him to their boat.
"Stop screaming, ma'am, we just want to use your boy for some coxswaining."
Amazingly, the kid seemed to know what he was doing, and soon the Dutch team was out-sailing the stunned Frenchmen on their home turf. After a close race, Team Netherlands crossed the finish line first. After medals were given out and a few photos were snapped, the French boy vanished, presumably thrilled he just got paid a gold foil wrapped chocolate for playing pirates with some weird foreigners all day.
And because the Olympic committee back then didn't care about what constituted a national team, or what minimum age requirements were, or anything else, they called it a legitimate victory by a mixed-nation team. To this day, three names appear as the victors: Brandt, Klein, and Unknown cox.
#4. Steven Bradbury Just Waits for Everyone Else to Crash (and They Do)
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While not a bad speed skater, Australian Steven Bradbury was an underdog in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City simply due to being well past his prime. But what he lacked in sheer speed, he made up for in patience. And so, he decided he would simply hang back and wait for the others to fail. Between the ultra-competitive South Korean team, the well-funded American and Chinese teams, and the "born for winter sports" Canadian team, there was a fierce pack of skaters up ahead of Bradbury. So why not just let them take each other out?
Being Australian, he just assumed that everything would kill everything else.
Honestly, we believe that what happened next provides a valuable life lesson to all of us:
First, in the quarter-finals Bradbury came in third, but Canadian favorite Marc Gagnon had nudged another skater and was called for cheating, allowing the cautious Bradbury to advance. Then, in the semifinals Bradbury was trailing in fourth place, waiting. And, sure enough, the other three skaters in the lead (all former medal winners) let competition get the better of them. They all crashed into each other, Stooges-style, allowing Bradbury to simply skate across the line into the finals, with a second-place finish.
"And my coach said two packs a day was too much."
But that kind of vaudevillian wackiness is a once-in-a-lifetime thing -- it's not like you can make it some kind of long-term strategy. Right? See, kids, this is why we watch sports
The finals would include home favorite Apolo Anton Ohno and three other former medal winners. Again, Bradbury quickly fell behind the pack. And again, he simply hung back and waited for some kind of Mr. Bean-esque slapstick pileup to rescue him.
Going into the final turn, there's Bradbury way the hell in back, in fifth place as they enter the final turn:
Then, just short of the finish line, the entire field crashes in front of him ...
... allowing Bradbury to calmly skate across the line for the gold:
"You suckers bought skates? I just borrowed these from one of the figure-skating flower girls."
Bradbury raised his arms in disbelief, having won Australia's first Winter Olympic gold medal ever. It was just like the plot of Cool Runnings, except this time the underdog competitor from a sunny country no one gave a chance to won just by deciding to chill out in the back and watch the super competitive skaters knock each other out. Hey, we'd watch that movie.
#3. Kipchoge Keino Has to Run to the Stadium, Then Win the Race
When Kipchoge Keino arrived in Mexico City for the 1968 Olympic Games, he did so as more than just an underdog. While Kenyans these days have a firm death grip on the sport of distance running, back then it had long been dominated by some of the whitest dudes ever to put on a pair of tiny shorts (seriously, the history of the 1,500 meter before that point is littered with names like Ron, Luigi, and freaking Herb).
To make things worse, doctors diagnosed Keino with gallstones during the games. He calmly said "screw it" and entered the 10,000 meter race, despite medical professionals saying he could actually die from running at all. Overcoming what must have felt like razor blades dagger-dicking his guts, he actually held the lead with two laps remaining. That's when it started to feel like a baby alien inside him was gnawing his innards, at which point he doubled over in pain and had to crawl off the track. For most men, that would have been the end of the matter.
He was determined to at least give the other guys a sporting chance.
But like a gallstone-infested phoenix, Keino rose up and finished his laps, though he would ultimately be disqualified for leaving the actual track. (Seriously, somebody couldn't have explained that to him before he got up and finished the race?) Four days later, his condition only getting worse, Keino would set off to run the 5,000 meter event, taking the silver (losing the gold by a whopping two-tenths of a second). And yet none of this would go down as his most ridiculously badass accomplishment of those games.
Now bedridden due to his condition, Keino rolled his sore ass out of bed the morning of the 1,500 meter race. He hurried to the bus that would take him to the stadium, but the gods took a piss on him once again when the vehicle promptly got stuck in traffic. Keino was not to be denied, however, so he recalled his childhood of running endless miles to his school bus in the high altitudes of Kenya, and fucking ran the remaining mile to the stadium, arriving minutes before the start of his official race.
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"Oh, sweet, I'm still going to have enough time to warm up."
There, he faced the reigning champion and heavily favored Jim Ryun, who oh by the way had the benefit of not having to run through the city in order to get there. No matter -- Keino shrugged it off and destroyed Ryun by 20 meters -- the largest margin of victory in the history of the event.


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Ben Wolf has big things planned for his senior year. Had big things planned. Now what he has is some very bad news and only one year left to make his mark on the world.
How can a pint-sized, smart-ass seventeen-year-old do anything significant in the nowheresville of Trout, Idaho?
First, Ben makes sure that no one else knows what is going on—not his superstar quarterback brother, Cody, not his parents, not his coach, no one. Next, he decides to become the best 127-pound football player Trout High has ever seen; to give his close-minded civics teacher a daily migraine; and to help the local drunk clean up his act.
And then there's Dallas Suzuki. Amazingly perfect, fascinating Dallas Suzuki, who may or may not give Ben the time of day. Really, she's first on the list.
Living with a secret isn't easy, though, and Ben's resolve begins to crumble . . . especially when he realizes that he isn't the only person in Trout with secrets.
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Chris Crutcher has written nine critically acclaimed novels, an autobiography, and two collections of short stories. He has won three lifetime achievement awards for the body of his work: the Margaret A. Edwards Award for Outstanding Literature for Young Adults, the ALAN Award for a Significant Contribution to Adolescent Literature, and the NCTE National Intellectual Freedom Award.
He has been a child and family therapist with the Spokane Community Mental Health Center and is currently chairperson of the Spokane Child Protection Team. Chris Crutcher lives in Spokane, Washington.


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6 Modern Technologies Animals Invented Millions of Years Ago
Our species takes a lot of pride in technology, to the point that it's pretty much the one thing we lord over all the others. But maybe we're too quick to pat ourselves on the back; after all, what we still consider cutting edge, some creatures have been doing since before we even came along.
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#6. Termites Already Have a Hydrogen Economy
While companies and governments both are spending billions trying to build a future that runs on hydrogen, the tiny, stupid termite has been doing it for millions of years.
In fact, the reason termites like to chew on your house is that they have a whole intricate system working inside their guts that turns wood pulp into hydrogen, and hydrogen into energy.
They're so efficient that the U.S. Department of Energy is studying them in hopes of just stealing their method; scaling it up so hydrogen could be produced commercially with the same process--hopefully from a gigantic, terrifying 80 foot-tall robot termite.
Yeah, there's no way this will end poorly.
That's actually not the only place termites put our energy industry to shame; they build massive, complex mounds up to 30 feet in height with a specific design to manage climate control, using the shape of the mounds and tunnels to drive hot air circulation to specific locations (such as to the rooms that house their fungal gardens).
That's right: They have community gardens, which they ventilate with the equivalent of an HVAC system while the termite police chase all of the bums off the grass. And their entire nests are giant cooling towers, dispersing waste heat while the workers toil along inside.
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We're still decades away from an efficient system for producing cheap hydrogen. And while we do have a firm grasp on central air systems (securing the patent in 1851) we came up with it about 250 million years after termites initially unveiled the technology. Though we do have a firm grasp of killing termites with rolled up ads from Best Buy. So we win, really.
#5. Cuttlefish Have Built-In Flat Screen Displays
Cuttlefish are not fish, but cephalopods (essentially like Dr. Zoidberg's head disembodied and floating along in the ocean). Nearly every animal on Earth that possesses teeth (including humans) finds the cuttlefish tasty, so they've had to develop some pretty radical defenses just to stay alive. They include an almost Predator-like ability to blend in with their environment in real time.
Seriously, the videos of them pulling this disappearing act almost look fake:
The cuttlefish is able to change colors instantaneously, and even alter its skin texture to better blend in.
How do they do it? Well, basically they have the equivalent of a flat screen television wrapped over every inch of their bodies. Their skin is made up of colored layers, and tiny muscles contract in patterns to let different colors show through and thus display an image. They could broadcast an episode of Law and Order on their bodies if they wanted to.
You think we're kidding? MIT and other researchers actually built a flat screen TV specifically based off the cuttlefish design. It's made of sandwiched polymers which expand as they're given different voltages, the same way the cuttlefish's skin does. The simplicity and low cost of the cuttlefish design allow the TV to be ultra-thin, reportedly down to one micron, which would make it invisible when viewed edge-on. The little bastards know what they're doing.
It's still a fucking ridiculous looking animal.
When We Invented It:
The earliest television was launched in 1928, and they've come a long way since then. Edwin Thomas, the MIT professor developing the cuttlefish screen, has been working with science teachers to produce a version cheap enough, safe enough and simple enough for middle and high school students to build in chemistry class and then presumably have knife fights over who gets to take the thing home when it's finished.
So when your jackass neighbor wants to show off his 120" plasma, you can curb the invite with your wall-mounted, flayed and electrocuted cephalopod.
#4. Elephants Have Pharmaceuticals
Pharmaceutical companies are the goliaths of the medical industry, often fueling huge breakthroughs in biochemical studies and synthesis in their never-ending quest to find a pill that will make them shitloads of money. But when imagination in the lab fails, they take to beating the bush, looking at exotic jungle plant life for new medicines.
"Get out of there, medicine!"
Once again, the animals are way ahead of us. It's called zoopharmacognosy--which means "an animal's knowledge of medicine"--and back when mankind was trying to cure infections with mercury and a trip to the local wizard, elephants were using a well-stocked medicine cabinet.
For instance, they commonly engage in geophagy (eating dirt) in order to neutralize toxins they may have ingested from plants, and have been known to use the Boraginaceace tree to induce labor, because if you're about to push the world's largest land creature out of your vagina (tusks included), you probably want the sonofabitch out as quickly as possible.
It was also discovered that a species of South African elephant had managed to rebound from near-extinction by consuming ganoderma, a mushroom used in traditional Chinese medicine as an anti-cancer and anti-viral agent.
Also they stick their trunks in each other's assholes.
When We Invented It:
The Greek doctor Hippocrates is known as the father of medicine because he started the first rational approach, rather than the ritualized healing and shamanism that previously prevailed. The Arab world got into the game in 750 with Avicenna, who was also called the father of medicine (that's right, medicine has two fathers, making it a member of a progressive family unit that is still illegal in California).
Scientific biomedical research didn't take off until around 1880, when we discovered bacteria and then in 1900 when we discovered how to kill it. That's right; it took us that long just to learn to wash our hands.


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ST. CLAIRSVILLE - Prep softball fans won't want to miss Thursday's doubleheader at the Junior Sports Complex.
Steubenville Central and Martins Ferry had little trouble in advancing to the sectional co-final Tuesday evening with convincing 10-0 and 8-1 victories, respectively, against Monroe Central and Shenandoah.
The Lady Crusaders and Lady Purple Riders will return to St. C. for Thursday's nightcap (6:30) for a berth in the district final. The early game that day pits Harrison Central against St. Clairsville, both of whom advanced with ease on Monday.
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MARTINS FERRY'S Morgan Stalder is plunked with a pitch during Tuesday's Division III sectional softball tournament against Shenandoah at the St. Clairsville Junior Sports Complex.
MONROE CENTRAL catcher Kaitlin Miller makes a diving catch of a popup during Tuesday's Division III sectional softball tournament game with Steubenville Catholic.
"In watching Steubenville Central, I think it's going to be a really good game," said Lady Riders head coach Paige Williams. "I know Steubenville Central is a really good team, so we've got a lot of work to do to get ready for them and only one day to do it."
BEFORE SHIFTING total focus to the Lady Crusaders, Ferry had to deal with a scrappy Shenandoah squad.
The Lady Riders produced solid play in all three phases of the game - pitching, hitting and defense - and just simply over-whelmed the Lady Zeps, who were victimized by a couple of base-running errors.
"We've gotten our defense back on track and I really think that fuels our offense," Williams said. "It can be pretty contagious. Plus, I thought we ran the bases well."
The pitching was provided by talented frosh Shaye DeLeonardis, who sat down the first 12 Zeps' hitters in order before allowing a lead-off triple in the fifth. However, that runner rounded third and was thrown out.
DeLeonardis allowed just four hits, fanned six and didn't walk a batter.
The Ferry offense, meanwhile, came from a host of players up and down the order. However it was the play of speedy senior Addie Suriano at the top of the order and the heads-up base running of Morgan Stalder that provided the spark.
"Addie really does a good job of getting things going for us," Williams said.
Suriano was on base all four times she batted. Stalder ignited the Ferry offense. After getting plunked in the head, she stole second, alertly moved up to third as the ball skipped away from the Zeps' infielder and then was driven in by her older sister, Kylie, on a groundout.
"Morgan makes coaching fun," Williams said. "I looked at her sister and said, 'your sister just gave me a heart attack, now bring her in, please.'"
The Lady Riders scored two runs in both the fourth and fifth and then blew the game open with a three-spot in the fifth, which Suriano ignited with a one-out single.
DeLeonardis, who had a triple in the fifth to start that rally, drove in Suriano with a single and Cassie Hanson, who had a RBI in the fifth, drove in her pitcher with a single. Kady Webb then singled in the third run of the frame.
Morgan Stalder finished the game with a single, triple and scored three runs. Kylie Stalder had two singles, two RBI and scored a run. Brooklyn Monroe also drove in a run with a well-executed squeeze.
The Lady Riders are now 17-8.
STEUBENVILLE CENTRAL, similar to Martins Ferry, received outstanding work inside the circle, timely hitting and was very aggressive on the base paths to get past Monroe Central (5-17) in five innings.
"We prepared well for (Monroe Central's) style of pitching," said SCC head coach Jim DiCarlo. "I was happy with how we hit the ball and we were able to put pressure on them by running the bases well."
The Lady Crusaders watched their first four hitters single and all four scored. Micca Mirabella, who is one of the area's premier lead-off hitters, once again provided the spark. She singled all four times she batted, drove in a run, stole two bases and scored.
Sammi Giannamore, Taylor Clark and Maddy Gulan followed Mirabella's lead in the first inning. Gulan's hit drove in two runs. Tori Knight drove in the final Lady Crusaders' run of the first with a single.
That was plenty for frosh pitcher Alex McComb, who was brilliant inside the circle. McComb was perfect for four-and-a-third before allowing a single to Chelsea Covert in the fifth. She calmly sat down the next two hitters to complete the one-hit gem.
"Alex got ahead in the count today, which was important," DiCarlo said. "She'd fallen behind the count at times this season and it's cost her. But, she battles and makes big pitches when she needs to."
McComb finished with 10 strikeouts and nary a walk.
All told, the Lady Crusaders' offense pounded out 14 hits off Lady Seminoles' pitching. Gulan had a triple to go along with her aforementioned base knock. McComb helped her own cause with a RBi single. Megan Lloyd had two singles and two RBI.
"Steubenville Central hit the ball really well today," said first-year Monroe Central head coach Missy Hooper. "We just struggled to get anything going off their pitcher. We battled some injuries and had to ask girls to do some things they weren't used to, but they didn't give up the whole season."


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Currency 60" Rectangle Desk
by Turnstone from Steelcase
At A Glance:
Create a clean, classic look with the Currency Desk by Turnstone. As Turnstone's most affordably-priced large laminate desk, the Currency desk provides value with a limited lifetime warranty - without sacrificing the look you desire or the quality you expect from Steelcase.
What's To Like:
If you really love straight lines and simplicity: this is your desk. No clutter, no distracting "design features," just a huge desk. Plus, it's solid as a rock. Steelcase makes 'em strong.
What's Not to Like:
This basic desk, though large, doesn't have any built-in storage. That may or may not be a problem for you, depending on your needs and space.
The Bottom Line:
With a wide range of laminate choices, relatively simple assembly, and sturdy construction, the Currency Rectangle Desk is the perfect choice for anyone who loves simple, reliable design. Will work well in offices, both home and workplace.
- 28.5" h x 60" w x 24" or 30" d (depending on selection)
- Offers a clean, classic look for less
- Simple and sophisticated design fits well with any decor
- 3 width options to fit your space (48" wide desk and 72" wide desk also available)
- Choose from a wide variety of stylish laminate finishes
- Fits perfectly into any workplace or home office
The Currency Rectangle Desk is also known by the following manufacturer item numbers: TS5TLDS2460, TS5TLDS3060.
Materials & Measurements
Laminate veneer with an MDF core.
Overall Depth: 24" or 30" (depending on selection)
Overall Width: 60"
Overall Height: 28.5"
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Free shipping with curbside delivery for destinations within the contiguous United States.
Usually ships in 3-5 business days.
The default, free shipping service is Curbside. This means that your item will be delivered on a large commercial truck to your curb. In some cases, you may have to assist the driver in removing the item from the truck. Shipping upgrades are available and come highly recommended.
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With the new fiscal year quickly approaching, there is still no agreement on a state budget.
Republicans and democrats can't agree on campaign financing. Senate Republicans insist on eliminating public financing for gubernatorial campaigns.
Democrats want to keep that funding in place. The deadlock has already led to one special session where no progress was made.
Now Gov. Patton says he will not call another special session. If a budget agreement is not reached, Patton says he will use his emergency powers to run the state on the proposed budget submitted by the House.
He says the state government will not be shut down. The General Assembly's next regular session is in January.


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I use my home machine as my personal database for my hobby analytics project. This machine has an SSD for the main drive where MySQL stores its data. It also has a secondary hard drive that is larger and not an SSD. I am about to create a table that I fear might be too large to fit on my SSD; is it possible for me to instead store that one table on the larger (but slower) drive? If it matters, I'm generally using MyISAM tables but could be persuaded to use InnoDB if that would help.
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Migrating s single MyISAM table to another disk is only possible in Linux versions, not Windows, of MySQL with the DATA DIRECTORY and INDEX DIRECTORY clauses of ALTER TABLE on a MyISAM table.
However, in Windows, you can manually move the .MYD and .MYI files to where you want.
Interestinging, MySQL 5.5.15 on my Windows 7 machines says symlink support exists:
I also discovered that symlinking is possible in Windows:
On my Windows 7 machines at home, the command line utility
I AM SHOCKED !!! That means you can experiment with
I just tried this:
I just got this:
You still cannot use the
I ran these commands
I made two directories
I created those folders and created hard links for data_table_sharded
I went back to MySQL and loaded the data from data_table:
So, it can be done. Just use
I learned something about MySQL for Windows. I doubt if Oracle will implement the
Notwithstanding, you create the empty table, move the .MYD and .MYI to different folders from the OS, create hard links, run
Give it a Try, and let me know how it goes...
As already discussed here, there is no automatic support for symlinks in MySQL. However you can create symlinks youself.
Move the files from data directory to somewhere else, as Administrator create symbolic links with
mklink original-path new-path
If you have an ancient Windows(say XP or Windows 2003), this would not work. symlink support in NTFS debuted in Vista.
Rolando's answer almost works, except that it requires hard links. As far as I understand it, hard links are not possible between 2 different physical drives (using a different physical drive is the only reason I want a new directory).
However, his answer (and Vladislav's) provided me inspiration to find an answer that does seem to work for me. In short, create a


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CADIZ - Harrison Hills Junior/Senior High School is under new leadership with Duran Morgan, who has stepped into the role of building principal. He took office on Jan. 24.
Morgan began work at Harrison Hills as a government teacher in 2002. He has served as dean of students since 2010. As dean, he and other teachers conducted a comprehensive review, which contributed to Harrison Central becoming a fully accredited high school.
"It gave us a tool from which to work from that point on to ensure that we are meeting the high standards of that accreditation by the Advance Education Corp. That was my focus then; that still is my focus now," he said, adding that he will continue the program of facilitating teacher collaboration and student centered instruction.
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He said teachers collaborate in bi-weekly professional development stations.
The district is accredited for five years. The district will meet the seven standards yearly and will be re-evaluated every five years, according to officials.
"That's both a short-term goal and a long-term goal," he said, adding he looks forward to continuing to work with staff to implement new state learning standards and the Ohio Graduation Test for seventh- and eighth-graders in the second semester. He complimented the quality and dedication of the staff.
"There's a lot of cohesion among faculty and staff members," Morgan said. "I appreciate the board of education and (Superintendent George) Ash for the opportunity to lead the high school."
The school building teaches roughly 650 students.
He takes over the position of Mark Kowalski, who is moving on to director of operations. Ken Parker will assumed the role of dean of students.
"I think he'll be a great asset to the building," said Kowalski of Morgan.
"He'll do a great job."
"Mr. Morgan has served as dean of students faithfully since 2010 and now he has an opportunity to serve as high school principal," said Ash. "I believe he's going to serve Harrison Central well for many years to come. He's proven he's been an asset."


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Craftsman 3 piece aluminum nozzle set for $6.49 + free in store pickup
Regular price: $13
Todays price: $6
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Choose in-store pickup to avoid the $6.50 shipping charge.
Set includes classic pro, rear trigger 7-pattern, and rear trigger adjustable nozzles
Deal ends today.
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If the link doesn't work search for item number 07140130000P
Didn't notice when I posted but looks like it qualifies for free shipping too!
The website does say free ship but I couldn't get it to register it. The cheapest shipping that came up was $6.50. So I decided to pick this set up from the store and pay just north of 7 bucks after tax.
I think you need a $59 order to get the free shipping.
I had some rewards and I ended up getting it for $2.79! Amazing!
These should be covered by the lifetime warranty also.


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Kinekt Design Mechanical Gear Ring for $165
Sizes 9, 10, 11, and 12 are available.
This is just awesome and I'm seriously tempted to buy it, but they do not have my size(8) in stock and the band looks pretty thick which does not look good against my really small fingers.
Product Description:
"The Gear Ring is made from high quality matte stainless steel. It features six micro-precision gears that turn in unison when the outer rims are spun (as can be seen in the video). It is currently available for purchase in four standard US ring sizes: 9, 10, 11, and 12.
If your size is not currently available, please contact us and we will do our best to get your size in stock."
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Thank you wired for pointing this out: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/02/gear-ring-is-like-mechanical-catnip-to-nerds/
Regular price. Why is this supposed to be a deal?
Also a repost: http://deals.woot.com/deals/details/cb21f9ed-db1d-45d3-b784-ecb783dfeda8/kinekt-design-gear-ring
@brossow: Sometimes things are Deals because they're cool, or funny, or unique. It isn't always about price. Do you know some place this is cheaper?
Yes, it's a repost, but after 26 days, I'd say it's time. In addition, it hadn't made it to Popular before, and now lots and lots of people get to see how clever it is.
@shrdlu: So it there's a steady price, we can repost it after 3 weeks? That doesn't seem to make much sense.
@shrdlu: It's not clever. Gears have been around for ~2500 years. yawn
Wow, that's pretty sweet. Sadly, I don't have $165 laying around to spend on a ring, as much as I'd love to have one.
@kylemittskus: It wasn't whether or not the price was steady, but that it really hadn't made it to popular. Please note: I do not make the rules. However, it's always nice when something gets a second chance. BTW, 26 days is nearly a month, not three weeks.
My basic response was more to the point of price not always being the primary consideration for a deal.
@brossow: It doesn't appeal to you. Fine. Other things will. Nothing pleases everyone.
@shrdlu: it just seems weird to me to repost a deal that is constant.
And I was rounding down, you're rounding up. Apparently, I'm a glass half empty kind of guy and you're the half full.
This would be sweet if you were say an engineer or something...
@kylemittskus: Interesting. Even if rounding, it's still four and not three. Three weeks is 21 days. Half of seven, if rounding down, is three. Even if using four, that would make it, at most, 25 days. Voila! The numbers never lie.
Twenty-six days. Given this particular past month (when the deal would have been posted), there were only twenty-eight even possible. February is a little month. March will be much longer (I've requested that it be so, just for you).
Stainless steel has a spotty reputation for allergic reactions.
If you plan on actually wearing this ring, you want to make sure you can tolerate stainless.
@shrdlu: Are you really going to be that pedantic? My point still stands: reposting a deal every 26 days or 35 days or 12 days doesn't make much sense.
@kylemittskus: I thought I was being amusing. Sorry for your apparent frustration. We'll just have to agree to disagree on this one.
from an owner - how often do you catch your skin in the gears? i mean discounting masturbation, which could be freakin lethal with one of these things on.
@stthomas: It is because different stainless alloys are manufactured with various amount of nickel or no nickel, depending on the alloy. Thanks for pointing out the allergy issue.
@brianxlong: Sweet an owner, do you like it, is it as awesome as we think it is?
Also, the person in question might be joking.
@stthomas: Yeah, that would be me. If they make a version of this ring in Titanium, I'm all over it. I'd be tempted to try surgical steel, but stainless will give me a rash and cause my skin to weep pus.
@marcoselmalo: Nickel in surgical stainless too. I doubt they will make this in Titanium mainly because of cost and the difficulty to machine the small parts necessary for this ring.
@shrdlu: "It wasn't whether or not the price was steady, but that it really hadn't made it to popular."
So if you think something is neat-o, regardless of whether it's actually a deal or not (which is undeniably the purview of Woot), you'll just keep posting it until people finally vote it up? That's pretty sad.
I have to confess, I bought one of these and I love the heck out of it. I'm a mechanical engineering major... so that may be part of it. I'm using this as my class ring instead of those hideous overpriced things they try to sell. I'm happy to answer any questions.
@marcoselmalo: regarding the type of metal, this is off the faq page:
The Gear Ring is fabricated using 316L, which is the highest quality surgical stainless steel in the jewelry market. Stainless steel has properties which make it highly durable and resistant to tarnishing, fading, scratching, and rusting. It will not bend or break and is hypoallergenic for those with metal allergies.
and to the skin catching... I've had it for 3-4 weeks and have never had it grab any skin or hair, but I won't say it isn't possible. The ring does have some edges to it that might scratch something if not careful, but the same could be said of almost any ring.
@shrdlu: my apologies and my fault entirely. Tone is impossible to portray via text alone.
@davevh: "...It will not bend or break..."
That sounds like they're making a challenge hehe.
This is a really interesting ring. But $165? C'mon. I'm totally speculating, but I'd be shocked if this cost $10 to manufacture. I'd be tempted if it was $50.
@Everyone arguing. Yeah it's cool, but tell me when it's a deal guys! digg and reddit are for cool things that are normal priced, but I want you guys to tell me when its on sale for $99!
@kooosh: The gears are dynamic, it's not just a design.
$165 for a stainless steel ring is rediculously over priced....
+no specs on the type of stainless used. Kinekt is in the dark on this one.
Cool. $165 cool? Maybe not. But sour grapes, it isn't in my size.
sorry, but a DEAL is actually all about price. why arent we posting masaratis here? cause at 100K they arent a deal! and neither is this.
if you think its clever or witty, tell your friends. this is woot, we do deals here. youre not being amusing, youre being annoying.
Its very cool but way too expensive.
It's a good deal because 2 weeks ago they were selling for $225.
Actually, I think it's a pretty good price for the product, also note the 'lifetime warranty' they mention on the site.
I'm glad I saw it on here
@keithtmenard: Like hell it was. It's always been $165. For example, this link from a month ago today:
crap. I ordered one and sent it back. The website looks cool, the ring sux.
but you know the second it rusts, ur skrewed
I just went to their website to see what these comments are all about. I work in a machine shop.... First of all, its made of 316L surgical stainless, it will not rust. Also, from looking at it, there seems to be at least 13 different cnc machined parts that goes into this very unique ring. This was not a simple or easy thing to make and thus the price.
This gear ring is over priced. I would consider buying it as a Xmas gift but not at this high price. It would be reasonable price at 69.95 or close to this. You'll sell so many more at a reasonable price. When it goes on sale, let me know. Thanks
I just went to their website to see what these comments are all about. I work in a machine shop.... First of all, its made of 316L surgical stainless, it will not rust. Also, from looking at it, there seems to be at least 13 different cnc machined parts that goes into this very unique ring. This was not a simple or easy thing to make and the price looks to be right for something like this. The tooling costs for each part alone are expensive.


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Static HDR's are easy but I still can't crack them when there moving objects in them.
Currently working on an early morning exterior pano that was shot at -2, 0, +2. PTGUI can't cope as there's just enough movement to confuse the cp generator. I've output three separate panos and have layered them in PS3. Trouble is I'm struggling with the best method to erase/mask/filter/etc the layers to bring the sky back in and remove the ghosts.
I did come across some articles on this a while ago but can't find them now. Can someone put me out of my misery?


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Have you ever wondered about that thing you found while digging in the yard? Maybe it's a piece of pottery or perhaps an ancient tool. Bring it to the November 4 meeting of the Fond du Lac Genealogical Society, when local Secrets of the Ledge author and "archeo-historian" Dwight Weiser will take a look.
It's getting closer: that day you set aside to decorate for the holidays. The Crafternoon program at the Fond du Lac Public Library will help add a festive flair. Using upcycled book pages, ribbon and a few beads, crafters will make a retro-cool Holiday Greeting Bunting at 1 p.m. Saturday, November 16. Space is limited, and registration is required beginning at 9 a.m.
Kids restless? Need to get out of the house? Take in a free family movie at the Fond du Lac Public Library with the new Sunday Matinees program every third Sunday. The program starts off with I'll Be Home For Christmas at 1 p.m. Sunday, November 17.
The city's only used book store, the Fond du Lac Public Library's BookCellar, is holding two great sales in November.
The Ten Cent Special on Saturdays, November 2 and November 9, and Monday, November 4, will offer select retro and vintage cookbooks, craft books, magazines and more for just 10 cents each.
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion is a humorous story of a man finding love. Don Tillman is a professor of genetics at an Australian university. He is extremely intelligent, quirky and probably has Asperger Syndrome. His only friends are Gene, also a professor and a philanderer, and Gene's wife Claudia, a clinical psychologist. Don decides he wants a wife and gets advice from Gene and Claudia. He makes a questionnaire to weed out smokers and those who are chronically late. Then Rosie comes into his life. She smokes and is chronically late.
Are you a fan of thrills, chills, and things that go bump in the night? With Halloween right around the corner, it is the perfect time to check out some spooky reads to get you in the "spirit" of things? Here are a few of my suggested titles. Be careful, read a few of these and you may have to sleep with the lights on!
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Right now we are celebrating Fond du Lac Reads with the book Thunder Dog by Michael Hingson. Mr. Hingson is a blind man who was in the World Trade Center on 9/11 and survived with the help of his guide dog Roselle. Dogs do not have to be service dogs or therapy dogs to have a big effect on our lives. If you are a dog lover, you know what I mean. Books that highlight the dog/human bond are on display at the Library in conjunction with Fond du Lac Reads.
A movie the whole family will love, Hachi: A Dog's Tale will be shown for free at 6 p.m. Tuesday, October 15, at the Fond du Lac Public Library. Snacks will be served. No registration required.
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Egypt is still talking with some Arab oil and gas producers to secure fuel supplies to ease its shortages. The negotiations with Qatar, Iraq, and Libya, members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries are still ongoing in order to secure the best formula to serve the interest of Egypt.
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Egypt is still talking with some Arab oil and gas producers
to secure fuel supplies to ease its shortages, Egypt's new oil
minister Sherif Haddara said after local media reports
suggested the deals are collapsing.
The negotiations with Qatar, Iraq, and Libya, members of the
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries are still
ongoing in order to secure the best formula to serve the
interest of Egypt," Mr. Haddara said in a statement.
Egypt agreed in principle with gas rich Qatar on a swap deal
under which, BG Group and PETRONAS will give the North African
country about 500 Mcf/day of the natural gas they extract to
help ease its fuel shortage, while Qatar Gas will send the LNG
directly to the companies' overseas customers.
It also made preliminary deals with Libya and Iraq to secure
close to 5 MMbbl a month but the terms of the agreements are
yet to be finalized.
Local media reports said earlier this week that talks with
Qatar and Iraq have stalled due to disagreements over payment
related issues.
A Cabinet statement said that Egyptian General Petroleum
will ink a deal with Libya to import 30,000 bpd of crude for a
year but did not specify the financial terms of the
Libyan officials were not reachable for comment.
Egypt has been facing a diesel shortage since last year,
leading to rising food costs, long queues at filling stations
and electricity blackouts.
The fuel crisis has compounded broader economic problems in
the country, which in 2011 overthrew the government of Hosni
Mubarak in a popular uprising, paving the way for the electoral
victory of the Muslim Brotherhood. Egypt has been facing a drop
in its hydrocarbon production as well as a
slowdown in oil and gas exploration activities over the past
couple of years as a result of the continuing civil unrest
since the ousting of Mr. Mubarak.
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