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In humans the Appendix is a vestigial organ. Does it serve no apparent purpose in all the vertebrates that have one?
Smith et al. (2009) provide a survey of the morphology of the cecal appendix. One current hypothesis is that the appendix provides "safe harbor" for symbiotic gut bacteria. Among mammals, there is a vast array of cecal appendices:
In summary:
Aside from humans, it is largely rodents and most notably rabbits that have an appendix. Therefore, using rabbits as my example:
In rabbits, the appendix is thought to have a key role in the development of the immune system. Specifically it has been shown experimentally that when neonatal rabbits are given an appendectomy levels of Immunoglobulin A and G (IgA/IgG) fall dramatically. Both these polypeptides are prominent antibodies - IgA plays a key role in mucosal immunity whilst IgGs in humoral immunity. These effects were localised to the small intestine of the rabbits, however were statistically significant. 1
In infants, the rabbit appendix resembles the chicken bursa and sheep ileal Peyer's patch (both performing similar functions as described above).2
This has led to some ongoing research as to whether the human appendix has a similar properties in having function in infants 3:
1Neonatal appendectomy impairs mucosal immunity in rabbits. Cell Immunol. 1997 Nov 25;182(1):29-37
2The appendix functions as a mammalian bursal equivalent in the developing rabbit. Adv Exp Med Biol. 1994;355:249-53.
3A morphological and immunohistological study of the human and rabbit appendix for comparison with the avian bursa. Dev Comp Immunol. 2000 Dec;24(8):797-814.
The appendix was thought to be vestigial in humans until recently. Now it appears that, like rabbits, it is a safe harbour for symbiotic bacteria in the intestines.
Source: Bollinger, Barbas, Bush, et al. J Theor Biol. 2007 Dec 21;249(4):826-31. Epub 2007 Sep 7.


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Is there any truth to the claim that you should wait (at least) an hour after you wake up, before you start a workout. I've heard something about "the back is not lubricated enough before that" but that doesn't make sense in my opinion.
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I haven't seen any scientific proof as to whether you should or shouldn't work out straight out of bed.
While you might be a little stiff at first, simply strolling for five minutes should be more than enough to get everything going. Sitting indoors for one hour won't nearly stress your body as much as just walking a little bit.
So as long as you start the workout a little relaxed, there's probably nothing bad that could happen to you. As for pulling a muscle or straining your back: listen to your body! If it's start complaining, slow down and take it easy, nobody said you should be pushing yourself and there's zero benefit to getting injured.
I agree with @Eelvex that making sure you drank something before you go (or taking something with you) is important, because you probably didn't drink anything for the past 6-8 hours. For the rest, you're body will adjust itself quickly enough when you start walking.
I have no experience with weight lifting in the morning, but I reckon the same applies there: start with something light to get the blood flow going and increase the loads from there
According to StrongLifts.com, the theory behind not working out within the first hour of waking is actually the opposite to the one you mention - it's because the spine is too well hydrated and heavy compression (e.g. from weight lifting) or bending movements could cause a disk to rupture.
Apparently it takes about an hour or so for the fluid to drain out once you get up, hence the suggestion for waiting an hour before exercising. However a good warm up can supposedly help speed up this process. Dr Stuart McGill's claim does seem to be backed up by at least one study on PubMed.
Personally, I lift weights most mornings within about 45 mins of waking. I normally spend some time stretching my back on the foam roller first and always do a good warm-up (e.g. dynamic stretches or light weight versions of the exercises I will be performing). Obviously it's important to listen to your body and if something doesn't feel right then stop, but I haven't had any problems so far (and I actually broke my back a few years ago so I'm quite cautious). YMMV.
Given how difficult it is for the average person to maintain a regular exercise routine, I would encourage exercising first thing in the morning if that makes it more likely that you will exercise that day. Just give yourself some extra time during your warm-up.
It is good to delay a morning workout until you reach proper hydration and pressure levels (among other things).
To wait one hour is just a guideline. If you want to get up and have an easy work out right away, I don't see why not (if you feel that you can).
I find swimming great first thing in the morning, if this can complement your work out (assuming you are not restricted to lifting weights)
I have been working out in early morning (around 4.30 am) on empty stomach for past 6 months. I have yet to see negative effects on my body, but I have seen huge improvement in my strength, stamina and look.
I usually start with 20 minutes cardio which usually take care of everything (stiff body, hydration yada yada yada) and then I start hitting weights for about 45 min to an hour depending on body part I'm training. I drink a regular shaker bottle full of water and a 200mg caffeine pill right after I wake up and before I start getting ready for the gym.
Everybody has their different opinion about everything, what matters most is what is working out for you.


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Abby Child Earns Conference Player of the Week HonorsFebruary 11, 2014
ROCK HILL, S.C. – Anderson senior Abby Child has been named the South Atlantic Conference softball Player of the Week following her outstanding effort on the diamond last week, as announced by the conference office Tuesday morning.
Child hit .615 on the week, while blasting two home runs and recording 11 RBI, while posting a slugging percentage of 1.231 to help lead the Trojans to four wins on the week and a perfect 6-0 start to the season, marking Anderson's best start since 2010. The Trojans swept Conference Carolinas-foe North Greenville, 6-5 and 10-3, on the road Thursday and took two from Chowan, 8-0 and 9-1 on Sunday, with three of the decisions coming in shortened contests.
The 5-foot-5 shortstop started all four games and went 8-for-13 over the week, with two doubles and a walk in addition to the pair of homers. Child also scored five runs and added a sacrifice fly.
Child has started every game and leads the SAC in RBI, ranks second in total hits, third in doubles, fourth in batting average and fifth in on-base and slugging percentage.
"Abby is so very deserving," said Anderson head coach Tommy Hewitt. "She should be as proud of herself as we are of her."
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Students organize gifts in SUNY Geneseo's Center for Community as part of the college's Adopt-A-Family program this year. The college is working with two Livingston County agencies in distributing the gifts to 31 needy families.
GENESEO, N.Y. - Thirty-one families in Livingston County will benefit this year from the State University of New York at Geneseo's Adopt-A-Family program, which ensures holiday gifts for those who otherwise would go without. The gift packages were assembled by student groups and college departments.
"Our faculty, staff and students are very generous with their time and money and there is no question these 31 families wouldn't have had much of a Christmas without their involvement," said Kay Fly, the college's coordinator of volunteerism and service learning.
Livingston County Catholic Charities and the Livingston County Teenage Services Act Program (TASA) provided names of needy families with gift requests, and SUNY Geneseo students and college departments bought and wrapped the gifts. Representatives from the agencies will deliver the gifts to the families they serve.
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I found that some theories about quantum theory is similar to Fourier transform theory. For instance, it says "A finite-time light's frequency can't be a certain value", which is similar to "A finite signal has infinite frequency spectrum" in Fourier analysis theory. I think that a continuous frequency spectrum cannot be measured accurately, which is similar to Uncertainty principle by Hermann Weyl. How do you think about this?
Yes, there is a very strong interconnection.
A particle in q.m. hasn't got a defined position. Instead, there is a function describing the probability amplitude distribution for the position: the wavefunction $u(x)$. This is always told even in books for the general public. However, also the momentum of the particle isn't, in general, well defined: for it also we have a probability amplitude distribution, let's call it $w(p)$. It happens that $u$ and $w$ are in some sense the fourier transforms one of the other. The reason is the following. In Dirac's notation, $$u(x) = \langle x|\psi\rangle,\quad w(p)=\langle p|\psi\rangle $$ where $|\psi\rangle$ is the state of the particle, $|x\rangle,|p\rangle$ are respectively the eigenstates of the position and momentum operators.
Suppose to work in the $x$ basis. The $p$ operator is written $-i\hbar\partial/\partial x$. To find eigenstates of $p$, we can call $\langle x|p\rangle=f_p(x)$ $$ -i\hbar\frac{\partial}{\partial x}f_p(x)=pf_p(x)$$ which yields to $f_p(x) = e^{ipx/\hbar}$.
Now, to pass from a basis to the other we can write $$\langle p|\psi\rangle= \int \langle p|x\rangle\langle x|\psi\rangle dx$$ or $$ w(p) = \int e^{-ipx/\hbar}u(x)dx$$ which is a Fourier transform! The $\hbar$ factor is to give the correct dimensionality.
Nice, isn't it? As you pointed out, the fact that if $u$ is "spread" then $w$ is "peaked" and vice versa is typical of Fourier transformed functions. So Heisenberg's principle can be thought to come from here.
This holds for a lot of conjugated quantum variables.


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The Niners will compete at the Wolfpack Last Chance Meet, hosted by N.C. State University on Friday, May 10. A few student-athletes will compete at the Georgia Tech Invitational on May 10-11. A select group of 49ers will complete the weekend by participating at the Aggie Last Chance Meet on Sunday, May 12 hosted by N.C. A&T State University.
On Friday at the Wolfpack Last Chance Meet, Taylor Carcella, Tianna McHenry, Rachel Miller, Nicole Morgan, and Maraya Slatter will present Charlotte in the 800m. On the men's side, Michael Colven, Sean Kluttz, Christian Norbye, Marcus Rinehardt, Nicholas Rotz, Michael Tamayo, and Carl Walton will compete in the 800m.
Ashleigh Handchen, Morgan Richards, Maria Ruiz, Kristen Stout, Daweet Dagnachew, and Cody Hodgins will participate in the women's and men's 3000m steeplechase.
Zach Greth, Eli Clevenger, and Nathan Tallada will run the 5000m, while Phillip Hathaway competes in the 1500m.
Isaac McReynolds will take part in the 110m hurdles.
In the field events, Jake Deaton and Katrina Wright will compete in the men's and women's discus. Toby Jo Klauenberg will represent the 49ers in the shot put. In the hammer throw, John Celona and Kenneth Pressley will compete and Daniel Freeman is slated to participate in the javelin throw.
The following athletes will compete at the Georgia Tech Invitational: Anthony Bynum (200m), Kevin Calhoun (pole vault), Anthony Campbell (triple jump), Brian Hamilton (400m), Trey McRae (high jump), LeRoy Rouse (100m and 200m), Khyran Shank (200m), Elias Still (long jump), Chris Tate (400m), Robert Wilson (pole vault), Briauna Jones (long and triple jump), T'Sheila Mungo (200m), and Jaleah Wilder (400m).
Scheduled to compete at the N.C. A&T Last Chance meet on Sunday are: Osvaldo Hernandez (javelin throw), Jamil Muhammed-Ray (100m & 200m), John Osborne (100m & 200m), Desmond Stearns (long and triple jump), Will Thomas (high, long, and triple jump), Alvonna Blakney (100 hurdles), Jana Eatman (pole vault), Sarah Fell (pole vault), Lauren Gulley (high jump), Jasmine Patterson (pole vault), and Kacie Sledge (high jump).
The last day for running an eligible qualifying time or distance is Sunday, May 12. The student-athletes that have posted the best times this season that rank in the top 48 of their respective event(s) and declare to compete in them qualify for the two NCAA regional championship meets (East and West). The list of student-athletes, by event, who have been accepted to compete in each preliminary championships competition will be announced on Thursday, May 16, by 1 p.m. ET


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Jan, Jans en de Kinderen, episode 1
Jan Kruis is best known for his family comic 'Jan, Jans en de Kinderen', that appears weekly in the women's magazine Libelle since 1970. Kruis was born in Rotterdam and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts. Very early on, he published his first comic, 'Prins Freddie', in De Havenloods. He began his career doing jobs for advertising agencies. His first employer was Nijgh en Van Ditmar, who hired him in 1954.
Tommy (Olidin, 1959)
Starting in 1958, Kruis was a commercial artist with Van Maanen in The Hague for the next seven years, doing advertising and illustration assignments for mainly Shell and Niemeijer. The Shell children's magazine Olidin was also produced by Van Maanen, and Kruis contributed such comic series as 'Tommy' (1958-1963) and 'Baldino' (1959). In addition he drew gags with 'Gertje' and 'Stientje' for the Shell Junior Club, that were also published in Olidin (1962). It was during this period that he associated himself with Jan van der Voo, who took over the artwork of 'Baldino' and with whom he created 'De Kleine Hertog'.
Since his experiences with Olidin, Kruis' started using the comics format more often. Together with Van der Voo, he produced comic strips for Niemeijer, Mars, Treets, Bounty and Milky Way, that were printed in children's magazines like Donald Duck. He was also briefly present at Marten Toonder's studios, with whom he worked on a first rendition of 'Student Tijloos' in 1959. This comic wasn't published until 1961, but by then the authors were Lo Hartog van Banda, Gerrit Stapel and Thé Tjong Khing.
During the 1960s, Kruis did a great many other advertising strips, for Claeryn, Sloan's Liniment, Bootz ('Tipje van Bootz'), Nieuwe Revu and the advertising press. Kruis opened a studio and surrounded himself by artists like Jan van der Voo, Wim Giesbers and Martin Lodewijk. Besides advertisements, Kruis also illustrated for books, like 'Bartje', 'Dorp aan de Rivier' and 'Adriaan en Olivier', and for magazines like De Spiegel and Margriet.
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By 1966, he left the field of advertisements and started to focus on comics. Starting in 1965, he was present in Kuifje with the gag series 'Gregor'. Through his connection with Margriet, he also found his way to comics magazine Pep, that was also published by De Geïllustreerde Pers. He started out making illustrations and he continued 'Gregor' in this magazine.
In 1969, he took over 'Sjors en Sjimmie' comic from Frans Piët in the magazine Sjors, published by De Spaarnestad. He completely modernized and restyled the strip, but handed it over to Jan Steeman after two episodes. Unhappy with the 'Sjors en Sjimmie' comic, he was then asked by Peter Middeldorp to create a weekly comic for the women's magazine Libelle. This resulted in the family comic 'Jan, Jans en de Kinderen', that has appeared in the magazine's pages on a weekly base and in a series of albums since 1970. Because of his connection with the competing magazine Margriet, Kruis signed his earliest pages with Andries.
Also for Libelle, Kruis made illustrations for editorial sections and travel stories, and painted portraits for the section 'Dubbelportret'. Under the label "Jan Kruis Producties" Kruis and Van der Voo also set up a comic for the early issues of Story magazine, called 'Moeps Pepernoot'. His main focus until his retirement in 1998 remained the 'Jan, Jans en de Kinderen' strip however. Together with his friend and publisher Joop Wiggers, he set up a series of successful book collections as well as a large line of merchandise.
Jan, Jans en de Kinderen, introduction of Jeroentje
After his retirement in 1998, Kruis handed over his creations to the Studio Jan Kruis, an art studio based at the editorial offices of Libelle, initially headed by Daan Jippes. Artists that have worked for the studio are Gerben Valkema, Peter Nuyten, Rob Phielix, Maarten Gerritsen and Michiel van de Vijver.
Kwynk (Kwynk #1)
Since then, Kruis has done a project for the Lepra Foundation featuring his well-known characters, and he made a comics adaptation of Multatuli's 'Woutertje Pietersen'. In 2010 he and Jan van der Voo were involved in the launch of online comics magazine Kwynk, that publishes a selection of his old Olidin work as well as his new strip, 'Kwynk'. Jan Kruis was the first artist to receive the Marten Toonderprijs for his contributions to Dutch culture, in March 2010. His daughter Andrea is also a comic artist and illustrator.
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Last winter, Eric Lagergren caught a stubborn cold. "I was exhausted for a week and a half and just not getting any better," he says. He also was drinking water constantly and getting up eight or nine times a night to go to the bathroom. "Then I got clumsy," says Lagergren, 33, who's an editor at the University of Michigan English Language Institute. "One weekend, I broke two or three things around the house — dishes and a vase."
On his own, Lagergren would have waited until things got even worse before seeing a doctor. But his wife, Kathryn Taylor, stepped in. Taylor wasn't worried about her tableware; she was worried about her husband. An endocrinologist delivered the diagnosis: type 1 diabetes. Lagergren's doctors suspect that his respiratory virus caused his immune system to go into overdrive, attacking the insulin-producing cells in his pancreas. His body's ability to make insulin, the hormone that tells cells to absorb glucose (blood sugar), was shutting down. "I give Kathryn all the credit for my quick diagnosis," says Lagergren, who now uses an insulin pump to control his illness. "Catching diabetes early reduced my risk for long-term complications like heart disease. Thanks to my wife, I'm healthier now than I was before I had diabetes!"
Like Lagergren, many guys need a big — or little — nudge from a caring spouse at crucial turning points in their health. In a recent American Academy of Family Physicians survey of some 1,100 men, 92 percent admitted they wait at least a few days before getting care when they feel sick or have pain — and almost 30 percent will hold out "as long as possible." They skip routine care, too. More than half hadn't had a complete physical in the past year, even though 42 percent had a chronic health condition, including high blood pressure, heart disease, arthritis, diabetes, or cancer. Many are also lax about recommended screenings, such as cholesterol tests, prostate checks, and colon exams. "One of the biggest obstacles to improving the health of men is men themselves," says AAFP board chair Rick Kellerman, M.D. "They'll wait to see a doctor until their symptoms are really severe. And if they're feeling fine, they won't go at all."
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The company, known as Petronas, is planning two LNG trains of 6 million tpy each under the Pacific NorthWest LNG project by the end of 2019. The export terminal project in British Columbia was acquired by Petronas last year as part of its $5.2 billion purchase of Canada's Progress Energy Resources.
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Malaysia's state oil and gas company Petroliam Nasional Bhd
plans to invest $20 billion in its liquefied natural gas
project in West Canada, one of the biggest investments aimed at
capitalizing on cheap North American gas, a senior company
official said Tuesday.
The company, known as Petronas, is planning two LNG trains
of 6 million tpy each under the Pacific NorthWest LNG project
by the end of 2019, Anuar Ahmad, head of Petronas' gas and
power business, said in an email to Dow Jones
The export terminal project in British Columbia was
acquired by Petronas last year as part of its $5.2 billion
purchase of Canada's Progress Energy Resources. It is just one
of several energy companies building LNG export terminals in
Canada and the US to create outlets for surplus gas that has
resulted from shale-drilling technology unlocking massive new
Royal Dutch Shell is spearheading one LNG venture at
Kitimat, some 200 kilometers from the Petronas one, working
with several Asian partners, including Japan's Mitsubishi.
Another LNG project is a 50-50 joint venture
between Chevron and Apache, also at Kitimat.
TransCanada was picked by Progress Energy to build, own and
operate a 5 billion Canadian dollar ($5.1 billion) pipeline
that would transport natural gas to the terminal.
The project is crucial for Petronas as well as Malaysia,
which has the third-largest oil-and-gas reserves in the
Asia-Pacific region, but is struggling to maintain its status
as a net exporter of fossil fuels.
Recent new discoveries help to keep reserves up, but
maturing oil fields and the interruption of Petronas' oil
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independent South Sudan and its northern neighbour, Sudan --
have intensified Malaysia's search for overseas energy
Petronas aims to make a final investment decision on the
West Canada project by the end of 2014 and start commercial
operations by the end of 2018.
The Malaysian company is in talks to sell stakes in the project, Mr. Anuar said, after
upstream energy company Japan Petroleum Exploration agreed in
March to buy a 10% stake.
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In an interview with the podcast Philosophy Bites on the topic of animal rights, Rutgers School of Law–Newark Professor Gary L. Francione laid out the stark distinction between the abolitionist theory of animal rights and what he regards as the misguided welfarist approach.
The animal welfare movement holds that it's morally acceptable to use and kill animals as long as they are treated humanely. "Humane treatment," said Francione, "is a fantasy on an epistemological par with Santa Claus."
The abolitionist approach developed by Francione contends that as long as animals are considered "chattel property" with no intrinsic value, animal ethics remains stuck in a 200-year-old paradigm that perpetuates animal exploitation. A foundational principle of the abolitionist approach is that animals, like humans, are sentient beings and, as it would be for humans, to use animals as a resource, which inevitably involves some distress or suffering, is morally unjustified. "If you care about animals, you don't eat them, wear them or use them," Francione said. And if you make that decision, then the only choice is to "go vegan."
In the interview Francione decried the continuing influence of Jeremy Bentham, one of the first philosophers to discuss and advocate for animal rights. The flaw in Bentham's approach, said Francione, is that while he did not condone animal abuse, Bentham justified humans' use of animals for their own purposes. That viewpoint has been embraced as the norm for the past 200 years, making it difficult to advance the abolitionist approach.
Professor Francione was particularly critical of the modern animal welfare movement's embrace of such concepts as "compassionate consumption" and "free range." Such attempts at regulating animal exploitation only make animal use more economically efficient, he said and do nothing to change the status of animals.
The podcast series Philosophy Bites, which is supported by the Institute of Philosophy, features top philosophers talking about "bite-sized topics." Francione, who carries the title Distinguished Professor of Law and Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Scholar of Law and Philosophy, received a B.A. in philosophy from the University of Rochester and an M.A. in philosophy and J.D. from the University of Virginia.
Professor Francione has been teaching animal rights theory and the law for more than 25 years and was the first to teach animal rights theory in an American law school. He is the author of numerous books and articles on animals and the law, including most recently The Animal Rights Debate: Abolition or Regulation? published by Columbia University Press.


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According to Sheryl Burgstahler from DO-IT Publications, "Computers are essential tools in all academic studies. They can enhance the independence, productivity, and capabilities of people with disabilities. Computers can benefit people with low vision, blindness, speech and hearing impairments, learning disabilities, mobility, and health impairments. Each of these impairments poses challenges to accessing and using a standard computer and electronic resources. For example, a student who is blind is unable to read a computer screen display or standard printouts. A student with a spinal cord injury may not have the motor control and finger dexterity required to use a standard mouse and keyboard.
Access to computers for students with disabilities involves two major issues: access to the computers themselves and access to electronic resources such as word processors, spreadsheets, and the World Wide Web.
Adaptive (or, assistive) hardware and software can facilitate computer access for people with disabilities. Adaptive technology solutions may involve simple, readily available adjustments such as using built-in access devices on standard computers, or they may require unique combinations of software and hardware such as those needed for voice or Braille output." - source url: http://www.washington.edu/doit/Faculty/Strategies/Academic/Adaptive/
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Well I'm sort of back from the dead. I haven't blogged for a few days because I have been in a dark room with a massive migraine. But the pounding in my head has stopped and I am as good as new – at least for now.
I'll be blogging again today after I go through the million and one emails waiting for me and I'll be sure to look over your comments as soon as I can.


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1st Vice Commander Roy Dixon from the American Legion Post 9 in Garden City shared the following remarks during Saturday's Wreath Laying Ceremony at the Kansas Veteran's Cemetery at Fort Dodge: "We could quote for you the statistics of individuals buried around the country, but all you would have is a bunch of numbers. We instead, ask you to take a moment and visit a gravesite. Write down the information on the person placed there and when you return home, research their name on the Internet and find out all you can about this person. You will find they were real Americans with families, mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles. They were and are more than just a statistic."
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The incident happened early Tuesday outside the Brookshire Brothers store in Lorena. (Photo by Mike Jugert)
LORENA (October 23, 2012)--A Lorena police officer fired his weapon at a man who threatened him with a crowbar during what police are calling an attempted break-in at a Lorena grocery store.
Police were sent just before 1 a.m. Tuesday to the Brookshire Brothers grocery store, just off Interstate 35 in Lorena where a building alarm had been activated.
As officers arrived they reported the front door of the building was open and as the officer made his way into the store, two men ran from the building.
The officer ordered the men to stop and one of them came toward the officer armed with a crowbar.
The officer pulled his firearm and shot at the man, but didn't hit him.
In a news release sent at 9 a.m., the Lorena police chief said the armed suspect dropped the crowbar and ran around the building where he disappeared.
The other suspect ran in an opposite direction and also disappeared.
Additional police units from Woodway, Hewitt and Waco, along with deputies from the McLennan County Sheriff's Office were sent to the area to assist in the search for the two men.
Tracking dogs from prison units in Marlin and Gatesville also were sent to the area where the dogs were able to pick up a scent but the suspects weren't found.
A short time later, according to a Department of Public Safety dispatcher, Lorena police broadcast a description of the two men in an effort to have area police locate them.
Police were looking for two men, one or both of them possibly armed; one said to be 6-foot-1, wearing maroon pants; the other 6-foot-2, wearing black pants.
Police say both men were wearing black hoods and had on gloves, either white or grey, and both men were wearing black-and-white shoes.
A store employee who asked not to be identified told News 10 the burglars got into the front of the building and broke into an office but were unsuccessful in breaking into the store's safe.
They did, however, manage to break into an ATM machine inside the building and take an undisclosed amount of cash.


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Mini Modern: New 495-square-foot L.A. house
Designer Louis Molina of Good Idea Studio calls it "the smallest new house in Echo Park," an L.A. house that uses its 495 square feet quite creatively for maximum effect on a minimal footprint. The goal: "enriched living, not impoverished living."
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When I connect my Android 4 phone (Galaxy Nexus) to a computer using USB, the storage of the phone is automatically mounted on the computer. How can I connect my phone using USB for charging only? In Android 2.x I had to explicitely choose "USB storage", in Android 4 there is only the choice between MTP and PTP? ):
When your phone is plugged into a computer there should be a USB symbol in the notifications bar. Tapping the notification associated with this should allow you to switch between MTP/PTP (whichever you have selected in settings) and "just charge".
EDIT: apologies, it looks as though this is an HTC-specific thing, and not general. I'm new here - should I leave this answer with this edit, or delete the answer?
I have an HTC desire X. What I do is to put a password on my phone and just plug it in without unlocking the screen, which lets the phone charge without giving someone on the computer the ability to open your files. Hope that helps.
Strictly speaking as long as you leave the data lines open the behavior depends on the phone and the computer you plug it into. Your best option would be hardware-only to make sure that the computer doesn't get to see any of the data.
A recently funded Kickstarter project named LockedUSB aims to provide exactly that, also in light of potentially malicious "charging stations" in public places. I'm not linking it since that may be considered spam and that's certainly not the intent behind this answer. A web search can lead the way to them.
From their description:
With this kind of solution you will also avoid bad surprises when you forget to switch something off in software on the phone and thereby involuntarily expose your device. Aside from that it's a generic solution that will work without software support on either side and gives you the peace of mind you seem to be looking for when charging your device in other peoples' computers.
Disclosure: I am one of the funders of the above mentioned project on Kickstarter.


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Analysis: Different reactions from NVL finalists
Two Naugatuck Valley League football divisional championships were decided this weekend. One went to a team that relished its return to the top for the first time in five years. The other went to a team who seemed about as excited as a kid seeing an apple drop into his trick-or-treat sack.
Woodland, the Copper Division champ, and Ansonia, the perennial Brass Division victor, treated their accomplishments differently. Perhaps it was for good reason: The Hawks haven't been there in years while the Chargers are here all too often.
Ansonia's 41-12 win Friday over Wolcott— which never really was in question, no matter how much people wanted to look upon the two-touchdown halftime lead as a harbinger of competition in the second half— was simply this year's eighth win to the Chargers.
"I couldn't care less," Ansonia coach Tom Brockett said of the Brass title. "The only good thing is that we're 8-0. I don't know if it's a great accomplishment when we have a lot of good players. I don't want to downplay it but we want to win every game we play."
The Chargers' seniors spoke in line with their coach's sentiment.
Said wide receiver Andrew Matos: "It doesn't really mean much."
Echoed tight end Raeshaun Finney: "It's a good deed but it's not what we want."
Agreed lineman Jh'mel Trammell: "I wouldn't say it's meaningless but it's not our real goal."
OK, OK, we get it.
Nobody can blame Ansonia for taking this stance. The Chargers' season really starts Nov. 15 at 6:30 p.m. when they face Woodland again for the NVL title.
But the Hawks treated their division title differently.
They've seen championships slip out of their collective grasp. In coach Tim Shea's first year, Woodland lost the 2008 Copper Division title in a close game against Kennedy. Two years ago, the Hawks squandered the crown with an upset loss to Sacred Heart.
So the message before their 28-0 win Saturday over Holy Cross was simple: Hold on tight.
"We thought of it all week," wide receiver Anthony Scirpo said. "We wanted to go out there and put Woodland back on the map and win championships like we used to."
Indeed, it had been a while for the Hawks. Perhaps they were spoiled in their early NVL existence, winning two league titles (2004-05) in their first three years as members. They won the inaugural Copper title in 2007, too. But it's been a long road back.
"I think a lot of people take winning championships for granted," Woodland coach Tim Shea said. "They went out and earned it."
Now that the answer of who are the two best teams in the league is answered — although Wolcott surely would like to counter when it hosts Woodland this Friday — we shift to seeking answers for an NVL question older than the echoes awoken this fall at Notre Dame.
What can be done to beat Ansonia?
A popularly held belief states an opponent must play a perfect game to beat the latest incarnation of the Ansonia dynasty.
"I don't think that's anywhere near true," Brockett said. "I don't know if they have to play a perfect game. We didn't make a ton of mistakes (against Wolcott) and they were in the game."
Ah, but the Eagles made too many. Three turnovers, dropped passes and the like give Ansonia too much with which to work.
"It gets us going," Finney said. "They made mistakes and we didn't. We kept our composure all the way through."
Without making mistakes, maybe a team has a chance against an offensive line that everyone admits isn't quite as good as the monsters from last year.
"It's a challenge," Trammell said. "Last year we had big linemen so it probably wasn't a challenge for them. But for me it's a challenge and I like challenges."
Woodland knows it will be a huge underdog, especially after losing the Week 2 meeting, 47-16.
"It took us literally two days to get through the first half of film," Shea said. "A lot of players found out things about themselves with that film. We know where we went wrong and hopefully we can improve."
Maybe, though, the Hawks' momentum and uniquely developing version of the spread that relies upon passing and ball control can make a difference this time.
"I feel really comfortable in our offense," said Woodland quarterback Tanner Kingsley, whose offense picked up 19 first downs against Holy Cross. "My coaches give the ability to give me the reads I need. I can make quick passes and complete balls to keep the sticks moving."
"Ansonia is a great team but no team is unbeatable," Scirpo said. "If you study film, really strategize your game, execute at 100 percent and be perfect then we can come out on top."
There's that word again. Perfect.
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If I may, a quick question for the moderators. Can moderators 'call time' on other moderators?
Guys, can we please stop pestering everyone who says they don't like Steam. They're perfectly within their rights to dislike it and don't have to justify that opinion to anyone.
Disappointing that Steam is required to be honest, and no, this will not combat piracy. Steam is one of the easiest forms of "protection" to circumvent I'm afraid.
I dont understand how SI can claim that this is for the benefits of the loyal paying customers. Like any other software this game will be pirated, and so the people who will not pay for the game will be able to play it without Steam but those who do pay are forced to use Steam. It makes no sense. It would only make sense if SI took money from Steam for this so that's the only explanation.
Dune, non Steam users DO NOT need to justify to you or anyone else why that decision has been made.
This thread should have gone down the route of, I'm happy with steam , I'm not happy steam sp why isn't there a backup/second option.
Just my opinion - Edit: Looks like Ackter beat me to it & he has more power than I do.
Why are Sega/SI going down this road..........are they really really worried about the piracy issue..............or can they see the cash cow coming.
As a consumer I want choice not a dictatorship, and I will vote by not buying FM again until it changes.
Won't make any difference to money grabbing Sega and ever increasing SI which has gone completely from its roots but sometimes you gotta do what ya gotta do.
These are the T&C for Steam:
The FM2012 ones will be similar to those of FM2011.
I love FM i been a fan since 2005 edition. but i hate steam i have no problem verifying my game thats ok but i do not want to be forced to use steam even if is only used one time. i dont want to be forced to use that cra%$# service.
yo amo el football manager llevo tiempo siguiendole el paso lo e comprado desde la edicion 2005 pero esto es el colmo esta bien que quieran verificar el juego estoy de acuerdo con eso esta franquisia merece ser comprada legalmente pero no me gusta ser obligado a usar steam que para mi es un servicio de pacotilla con el cual e tenido muy malas experiencias.
de igual manera me pillare la edicion 2012 pero es es una decepsion.
I'm thinking they may back track on this when they see how much they may lose in total sales due to this announcement.
Piracy is an issue but believe me a games company dictating to me that I have to have a 3rd party account, 3rd party software, and that that software has to run the game everytime I play it (offline or online) is a much bigger problem.
IMO when SI/Sega are referring to 'piracy' they are not talking about people who will download torrents or such to play the game, as obviously this wont have any effect on them what-so-ever.
The target is casual 'piracy' such as two people living together who share a copy of the game. These people don't look upon this as piracy and it isn't done maliciously. As such with this sytem being introduced they will both have to purchase a copy of the game (which they will more than likely do). This kind of 'piracy' probably takes place an awful lot and would potentially increase sales significantly.
The other target is the second hand gaming market, through which SI/Sega make no money. When it has been said that no secondary option has been deemed acceptable for activation this basically means that there is no other way for them to prevent re-sale. Again, with no re-sale market direct sales will likely increase significantly.
Whilst I really don't want to use steam it looks like I will have to as I want to play the game. Unfortunately this is something that everyone will have to adjust to, or forget about playing the game (legally anyway).
I must say I can't blame them as I would want to make more money too, if it was me - and I don't think anyone else could claim otherwise.
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It's actually irelevant to me why they chose to go with Steam activation (just as it was with Civ V etc) my only concern is that I can play my games with no hassle.
In 3 years with Steam I've done exactly that, and I've done it from UK, Belfast, Egypt, Hawaii, Malaysia, Prague, Paris and all over the USA, without the need to carry a disc or even take a laptop.
The job now surely is to ensure that those who elect to try it have as trouble free an experience as I have.
Then eventually those who are so adamantly against it may have enough factual evidence to persuade them to give it a try.
I have to say I was as vehemently against it (on the third party software agenda) as some of these people are now, my grandson blackguarded me into it and I'm now grateful that he did.
SI have all but given up on EHM. They pulled the plug on the series and you can't even buy it on elicense.
There's plenty of competition for Steam as far as prices go, remember you don't have to buy anything from Steam to use their facilities including FM12.
Everyone does have an opinion and I demand choice as a consumer not a dictatorship.
Pity anyone without an internet connection, believe it or not there are still alot about and having to go to a library or someones house just to activate a product and put money in Sega's little tin is a bit demeaning.
Hope the box makes it clear in bold.
But yes AT THE MOMENT Sega/SI do allow me to but it in Tesco's or Game....................oh thank you I'm so grateful!
Wow Emotive topic.
Personally i feel sorry for those who won't be able to play this years game, for whatever reason. Personally i'm lucky steam has been ok for me and i'll continue to activate the game via steam as i did last year. Sadly this isn't possibly for everyone so my sympathy to those who are unable and who have been alienated by this decision.
My biggest concern for SI is the amount of people this could push towards Piracy of football manager. I'd be willing to bet that of those people who wont purchase the game due to Steam, some of them will play a illegal copy of this a game and this must be a concern for SI?
If any of this post is in any way breaking any rules feel free to edit ~
It will mean I have to be signed up for a 3rd party account, it will mean that I have to have that 3rd party software on my pc constantly, and it will mean that this 3rd party software will be needed to run the game............so much clearer now.
God it feels like this thread is going round in circles on every page. And people wonder why the poll thread was closed.
You will need to open & connect to Steam to activate FM.
Steam will open & run in either online or offline mode every time you play FM (This can be set to just be in the background on your taskbar).
You will need to open & connect to Steam to install patches (Although not confirmed I'm 99% sure as thats how other games work on Steam).
You will need to deal with Steam if you encounter any problems with the Steam program.
Haven't been here for a while but I don't like what I see
In my opinion SI should consider the paradox way of registering
You by the game you register it on the forums and you gain access to Editors Hideaway to tech support, updates and some other coll stuff SI don't have to pay for any protection
The only problem is you get tempted to pirate the game because you can play it for free whit out bothering to crack it (I know I did but I prevailed )
But to be honest even if I have to go and get steam to play FM I'll by it like every year (yes I'm one of the rear ones from Serbia who buy games and programs and my friends make fun of me for that)
Ok, final warning:
If you have questions about Steam and FM then please ask and someone will try and answer them
If you are unhappy with the decision to use Steam as the sole activation service then please do voice your opinions
If you are happy with the decision then, again, please do voice your opinions.
However, please do not continuously argue with each other, repeating the same points over and over again in some form of never-ending limbo.
Well there was no answer forthcoming from my question about 5 hours ago - "Can we download a patch from any other source rather than Steam's auto update feature" - aside from Ackter giving as honest an answer as he could earlier on to somebody else: 'I don't know'
So let me try another tack: "Can SI/SEGA assure us that when a user activates the game, Steam will not automatically download a patch"?
Because IIRC, people firing up the most recent Total War found themselves downloading a 1GB file when activating. Which might not be an issue for those blessed with superfast broadband connections, but for people on relatively slow connections it's a pain, for people with dowwnload limits it's an expensive mistake, and for people on dial-up it'll be an absolute nightmare. And it will render their purchase unplayable.
For all those worried about a financial link between Sega & Steam/Valve any concerns could be confirmed or debunked by accessing SegaSammys financial reports, I assume they are a Nikkei listed company therefore such data should be readily available & may also serve to demonstrate any revenue trends & more importantly you can go back to them next year to see if their corporate wide link with Steam results in a increase of decrease in retail game revenue.
Just a thought, not one I'm going to look into on a Saturday night or if I'm honest any other night as I hate reading corporate financial reports & it's not an area that greatly bothers me.
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Can SI assure us that we will not see a repeat of the fiasco that happened when the Mac OS was updated recently and Steam users were not able to play FM?
#1. Steam must be in online mode. If it's in offline mode, you won't be able to download it.
#2. If you like Steam in online mode, but don't want automatic updates, you can simply right click on the game in your library, hit properties, hit updates, and hit "Do not automatically update this game."
#1. Steam must be in online mode. If it's in offline mode, you won't be able to download it.
#2. If you like Steam in online mode, but don't want automatic updates, you can simply right click on the game in your library, hit properties, hit updates, and hit "Do not automatically update this game."
Steam eh? I've had no problems with it and bought both FM2010 and 2011 through it on my computer. It has been easy to use and seems to be the simplest way for me to buy the game as I have constant internet access so it's easy to update etc.
However, if you don't have access to the internet you can't play the game when you buy the boxed copy. That seems a bit off to me.
You don't have a choice of whether to download a 3rd party programme or not. You must download it to play the game and even if you don't notice it's there it is still there. That seems a bit off to me.
Release date last year and the year before was slow going on the Steam servers. Will this happen again?
If the Steam servers are down (which has happened maybe once or twice to me this year) you cannot play the game you paid for even if you've bought a boxed copy.
I don't mind personally as it won't affect the way I buy or play the game but for quite a few people (and I'm not just talking about fairly savvy forum users who have moral objections to allowing 3rd party software onto their computer) this will cause some problems. Is this a risk worth taking? Time will tell I guess.
my copy of FM11 hasent left my disk drive since ive bought the game.. So i don't care about that argument.. when i played the FM11 demo on steam i hated it
I think the problem might be if anyone buys the game in January and the two patches are out and the game starts updating at the moment he registers it...I'm not sure if I can cancel patching at that time.


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5 Presidential Elections Even Dumber Than This One (Somehow)
"Politics sure have gone down the shitter this election," is what you've probably been saying to yourself for the last 15 months. But you know what? You're wrong.
Dead wrong.
Oh, it's not that politics aren't in the shitter. It's that they were already there. With one month left, the current candidates might have to kick it into overdrive if they hope to out-crazy some of pioneers of absurd campaigning.
#5. Misleading Attacks
Where You See it Today:
Have you seen the McCain ad about Obama wanting to teach sex education to kindergarteners?
Who Made it Cool:
The very first few elections in American history were fairly tame (who's going to run an attack ad against George freaking Washington?) and even the election of 1796, the first between Adams and Jefferson, was pretty straightforward. Complex issues were at stake, sure, but there were a lot of well-thought-out and articulate pamphlets circulating to try to inform the voters about the various candidates. Issues were discussed.
When the election of 1800 rolled around, again between Adams (now president) and Jefferson (his vice), someone stood up and said "How about we just make up shit about the other guy?" A revolutionary idea was born, and it changed American politics forever.
So President Adams' team sent out pamphlets saying if Jefferson was elected he would destroy Christianity, and that, "prostitutes...will preside in the sanctuaries now devoted to the worship of the Most High."
"Guys, I want you to meet our new Pope. She's a Virgo. Loves anal.
When the threat of an all-hooker church wasn't effective enough to destroy Jefferson's career, Adams' Federalists stepped up their game, explaining that Jefferson's America would involve the "teaching of murder robbery, rape, adultery and incest". Thomas Jefferson wants "murder robbery" taught in our elementary schools, people!
Jefferson knew that the Federalists were hurling bullshit and, not to be outdone, he actually went out and hired a professional bullshit-hurler, James Callendar. Armed with nothing but an incredible imagination and a total lack of morals, Callendar effectively convinced a good portion of America that Adams "desperately wanted to attack France" and would if reelected (Americans still liked the French back then, for helping us with the Revolutionary War and all).
James Callendar Man.
This election set the standard for filthy, misleading campaigning. The technique of taking a real quote (Jefferson saying he believes the current religious institutions lead to corruption) and exaggerating it to the point of absurdity (Jefferson wants to blow up Christianity and eat the baby Jesus) was born, and used in every single election since.
#4. Attack the Family! (Ignore the Issues)
Where You See it Today:
Here's a story about Sarah Palin's daughter. And here's one about Obama's wife.
Who Made it Cool:
John Quincy Adams was happy to inherit the mudslinging smear tactics pioneered by his father years earlier. Adams was going up against Andrew Jackson and, since Adams was pretty corrupt himself, he figured the best approach was to smear Jackson's family and accuse him of murder. The man did not do things half way.
Adams' campaign distributed the Coffin Handbill, a pamphlet which claimed Jackson (being a lunatic) killed six innocent soldiers in New Orleans for absolutely no reason. Now in reality Jackson was a little insane and, sure, he probably personally killed a ton of people for no reason. But in this case the soldiers were guilty of robbery, arson, mutiny and desertion. They were tried, found guilty and executed, as was the custom of the time. None of those details were considered important enough to include in the pamphlet, of course.
Still, deliberately misleading voters by ignoring details wasn't enough for the Adams side, so they resorted to cheap, schoolyard dickery. The Cincinnati Gazette was sent an "anonymous" tip (which it promptly printed) saying "General Jackson's mother was a COMMON PROSTITUTE," (capital letters theirs, not ours), and that his father was "a MULATTO MAN."
Worst of all, the Gazette broke a story about Jackson's wife, Rachel. The paper explained that Jackson and Rachel got married even though Rachel was still married to some other guy, making both of them adulterers. In reality it was just a matter of confusion over the divorce papers, but still the accusations of adultery were so hurtful to Rachel that she eventually became ill and died as a result of the stress and humiliation (so, uh...point Adams, we guess).
"I'll kill your wife, I don't even care."
Finally, in what has to be the least subtle negative ad technique in history, Adams' people distributed flyers that said, "Jackson is to be President, and you will be HANGED." It's true! Jackson is running for president on a platform of Murdering Everyone. That he even got the nomination in the first place is just a shocking oversight on everybody's part.
Jackson did win the election, but became bitter and, if possible, even more crazy than he already was as a result.
#3. Elitists = Shitheads
Where You See it Today:
There's a new story every week about how Obama is too smart or well-spoken or generally too "elitist" while some other story points out how accessible McCain seems, or how Sarah Palin's functional retardation makes her more relatable.
Who Made it Cool:
Whenever a presidential candidate speaks well or seems particularly clean, the immediate strategy of that candidate's opponent is to trash them as elitist, someone who thinks he's better than the hardworking, God-fearing general public.
In 1840, this was taken to an awesome, hilarious extreme. The nominee for the Whig party, the old-as-shit William Henry Harrison, gave himself the label of the "Log Cabin and Hard Cider candidate." Basically Joe Six Pack. The plan of course was to make the opposing Democrats and Martin Van Buren look like a bunch of elitist aristocrats.
Van Buren, seen here drinking champagne. As a cartoon.
There were fliers of Harrison positioned next to log cabins to demonstrate his down-to-earth authenticity. They had parades full of log cabin floats to celebrate Harrison. The business of log-cabin-shaped whiskey flasks fucking exploded. Had "I keep my shit real" been a relevant expression at the time, Harrison would've been widely acknowledged for the extreme realness with which he kept his shit.
"So real, you guys."
The people absolutely loved it.
But here's the thing: Harrison's shit was far from real; it was practically hologram shit. Harrison didn't live in a log cabin or drink hard cider. He had acres and acres of land. He lived in Ohio. In a mansion. Did that stop anyone from praising his log-cabin-ness? Absolutely not.
People were so excited about how real Harrison kept his shit, no one seemed to care that he didn't actually run on a platform that expressed a single view or opinion about anything. Honestly. His campaign manager's main strategy was "Let no committee, no convention, no town meeting extract from him a single word about what he thinks now or what he will do hereafter." That is a direct quote.
So, with all this praise for Harrison, what was being said about Van Buren, the incumbent president? Well, his opponents launched the most scathing attacks imaginable when it was revealed that Van Buren installed a bathtub in the White House. Apparently in the 1840s, only pimps and vampires bathed. Or you'd think so seeing how the public lost their shit over this.
You had to be there.
As absurd as it is to attack someone for regularly bathing, it worked. In the end, 78 percent of the voters chose Harrison. Van Buren left the White House after one term, disgraced and offensively clean.
But the joke was on everyone, because, after taking office, Harrison died inside a month and his successor, John Tyler (described as a "poor, miserable, despised imbecile" and given the nickname "His Accidency") took over the White House. Tyler was one of the most hated presidents of all time and was nearly impeached.
Why did we bring that up? No reason at all. Really.


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5 Ridiculous Martial Arts Myths You Won't Believe Are Real
Martial arts movies dwell in their own little fantastical universe that obeys the laws of physics about as well as a drunken mule obeys Miss Manners' guide to restaurant etiquette. Most of what you see in a kung fu flick could not happen in real life, but every once in a while those outlandish feats you see up on the screen contain a bit of truth ...
(Martial arts aren't the only thing more badass than you've been lead to believe. Buy our De-Textbook and learn why the ancient Samurai were closer to mercenary pro athletes than suicide-happy servants. And as for ninjas? They preferred cunning disguises to black pajamas. Your favorite book sellers are now accepting pre-orders!)
#5. Grabbing Arrows Out of the Air
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One of the more common ninja myths involves seemingly superhuman martial artists plucking real arrows out of the air. Obviously that's ridiculous -- arrows are effective solely because they're too fast to dodge. They're like a bullet's slow-witted, well-endowed cousin: not quite as quick, but just as effective where it counts. But Anthony Kelly, who calls himself a "reaction man," begs to disagree: He holds the Guinness World Record for being able to catch the most arrows in two minutes. So what is that -- like, two arrows, with his torso?
Nope. Kelly snatched a total of 33 arrows out of the air.
Kelly says he started catching arrows in 2000 as part of an annual "martial arts night" he put on at his New England Martial Arts Center. (Because when you think "hotbed of ninja activity," you think "New England.") From there, Kelly became the go-to guy when it came to grabbing sharp things out of the air for martial arts demonstrations, county fairs, and drunken boasts. He was even brought in by the MythBusters to test a whole slew of ninja myths. And when it came time to catch the arrow -- fired by trained shooter Jamie Hyneman (of course he's an archer; just look at that mustache) -- Kelly plucked it out of the air like a pro, right there on camera.
If you want to try the stunt yourself, just follow these three easy steps: First, find a professional and accurate bowman to fire the projectile. Second, snatch wildly at the arrow hurtling at you faster than the human eye can see. Third, bleed profusely.
#4. The 100-Man Kumite Shields
In Bloodsport -- which first popularized both the kumite and man-splits -- we watch Jean-Claude Van Damme dismantle fighter after fighter in a vicious underground martial arts tournament, eventually emerging victorious from his many battles, thus proving that white people are better than other cultures even at their own things. (Well, according to other white people, at least.)
Afterward, Van Damme handicrafts the shit out of a paper dragon.
First off, the kumite is a real thing. That's not the crazy part. Here's where real life actually outdoes cinema: Bloodsport shows the kumite as a bracket-style tournament, like the NCCA Championships with a few more elbows to the face. So it isn't that crazy to think Van Damme (who is playing real-life ninjitsu instructor and supposed kumite champion Frank Dux) could take home the gold ... plated sword.
But the kumite is not a bracket contest: It's an endurance test developed by the founder of kyokushin karate, who had finally figured out a legal way to murder his students. The real challenge pits one man against 100 equally skilled martial artists. He fights each one consecutively in two-minute full-contact sparring matches. After each round, the challenger gets a quick 60-second break before fighting a new, fresh opponent. The main object is to defeat at least half of your opponents, preferably by knocking them out.
The other object? Try not to get mashed into meat pudding.
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"Beat 50 out of 100? That's a 50/50 shot, right? Uhhuhhuhh ..."
Only about 14 people in history have ever made it through the 100-man kumite. The most recent to attempt the feat was Judd Reid, whose preparations for the fight put the collected montages of all the Rockys (and even a few Karate Kids) to shame. Then there was Akira Masuda, who completed the challenge in 1991. During his 44th -- that's 44 fresh, eager, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed murder machines that Masuda put down -- Masuda nearly kicked his opponent's goddamn head off and practically exploded the poor guy's ribcage.
But badassery, much like cabbage, has an expiration date. Toward the end, even Masuda can barely keep his hands up. His fellow competitors take pity on him by punching and kicking his legs and stomach like legs and stomachs killed their families.
#3. Mowing Down Enemies With Everyday Objects
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Jackie Chan has made a living convincing viewers that everything from a shoestring to a colander is a deadly weapon. And while that frozen fish might cause some solid food poisoning if ingested, it is perhaps slightly unrealistic to believe that you could kill 20 yakuza with it. But hey, it's movieland -- any ridiculous thing could be a deadly weapon in the hands of the right martial arts star. We've seen countless goateed Asian men butchered by folding fans and chopsticks.
Good news, murderers with regular access to Chinese restaurants! You can seriously mess some folks up with both of those items.
If you didn't watch the above clip, you missed out on a man throwing harmless plastic chopsticks right through a stainless steel bowl. Yes, "through."
And what says "delicate" and "gentle" more than a demure handheld fan? You really only see them in movies these days: Asian girls giggle coquettishly behind them. Southern belles waft themselves after shocking statements with them. Perhaps the occasional Victorian fop will cool himself arrogantly -- but that's about as intimidating as they get, right?
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Or do you suffer from gentlebreezaphobia?
Of course not. You can jack a dude's face up pretty good with an average bamboo fan with the right training, but take care: That portable cooling system could actually be a well-disguised iron fan, also known as a tessen. The iron fan was commonly used by female ninjas to mutilate any poor bastard dumb enough to attack them with something as brutish and pedestrian as a sword. The spokes were made of sturdy wood or hardened metal, and they made excellent deflection tools, as well as cutting instruments.
In fact, there's an entire fighting style dedicated to the art of murdering someone with the equivalent of a water spritzer. It's called tessenjutsu, and it's apparently incredibly effective. But a word of caution, grade school liars: No bully in history is going to be scared away when you tell him you're a black belt in air conditioning.
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Try it and he'll make you into the last airbender.
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|Bivy on Summit
Date Climbed: May 22, 2009
|What is better than dark chocolate and cabernet while star gazing off the summit! Nice bivy spot amng the rocks.
|Posted May 23, 2009 1:58 pm
|St Patts Double Bag
Date Climbed: Mar 17, 2009
|Climbed as part of a double bag of Fiske and St Helena.
|Posted Mar 18, 2009 9:40 pm
Date Climbed: Mar 7, 2009
|Hiked up, jogged down.
|Posted Mar 9, 2009 2:42 pm
|Climbers path to road
Date Climbed: Aug 19, 2008
|Good training climb. Climbers path a bit shorter and steeper than the full road option
|Posted Jan 29, 2009 4:36 pm
|Great Day
Date Climbed: Jan 17, 2009
|Perfect day for coastal range hike. It was clear to the north, so I saw Lassen and I think I saw Shasta. To the west I was able to make out the Crystal Range. To the south Diablo and Mt.Tam poke up above the fog. I saw only 2 people going up and lots of people on the way down. I did South, East, and North Peaks at 6 hours CTC.
|Posted Jan 17, 2009 8:32 pm
|Got friends...
Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2000
|...in Lake County. So I pass the Mountain and hike it every few years. Usually managed to find places to cut up through the brush to shorten the bordom of the lengthy switchbacks but this is one mountain that pretty much forces you to stay on the trail.
|Posted Nov 6, 2008 2:43 pm
|Napa county highpoint
Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2008
|My wife and I were heading south when I decided to go for Mt. St. Helena and the Napa county highpoint. Today was pretty hot but overall this is basically a roadwalk. Several workers were installing some new stuff near the highpoint. Still, it was over 9 miles so a good workout. Will go after Vaca Peak in the a.m. and Copernicus after that before we head to Ventura and a visit with my wife's relatives.
|Posted Aug 20, 2008 10:40 pm
|Fire Road
Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2008
|Easy hike up the trail, then the fire road. Lots of rock climbers out and about.
|Posted Aug 16, 2008 8:30 pm
|Rode Bike
|Earlier this year rode my mountain bike to the top. Great ride back down...
|Posted Aug 8, 2008 5:27 pm
|Fun hike close to home
Date Climbed: Sep 8, 2007
|Perfect first hike with girlfriend.
|Posted Jul 31, 2008 7:07 pm
|standard route
Date Climbed: May 25, 2008
|Was the first one up the mountain on a warm Memorial Day Sunday. Excellent views of the Napa valley. Make sure you visit the Napa county hp to the south! Lots of people coming up on my way down.
|Posted Jun 10, 2008 9:50 am
|Consolation Prize
Date Climbed: Apr 19, 2008
|Originally planned to be on Casaval today, but conditions and forecast for Shasta did not cooperate. So, decided to go for a quick dayhike with the GF. Approximately 3 hours CTC, with decent views but hazy conditions and lots of people somewhat spoiled our fun.
|Posted Apr 20, 2008 4:20 pm
|Cloudy and Icy
Date Climbed: Jan 12, 2008
|Took my Boy Scout Troop to the top on a nice, but cold cloudy day.
|Posted Mar 28, 2008 10:14 pm
|Napa Highpoint
Date Climbed: Jan 12, 2008
|I made it to the Napa Highpoint, but because the summit was completely enclosed in the clouds, my motivation to make it to the summit dwindled as I was a bit sick of walking in the fog. I resolved to return to the main summit on a clear day, now that I've bagged the county HP.
Edit: I forget the date but I did return to the true summit at a later time.
|Posted Jan 17, 2008 1:44 pm
|W/Sierra Club
Date Climbed: Jun 9, 2004
|Sierra Club organized hike. Fun group of people. Remember it was hot hot hot. We also explored some of the old mining shafts/caves.
|Posted Dec 19, 2007 9:46 pm
|Fire Road
|Walked up road. Nearly stepped on a rattle snake on the way down. foggy. OK views of Napa Valley and Thermal energy plant.
|Posted Nov 30, 2007 7:50 pm
|Ol Walsher
|Fire Road
Date Climbed: Nov 12, 2007
|Good hike with some sweet views of Napa Valley and surrounding mountains. Hiked with Jonodo.
|Posted Nov 14, 2007 12:04 am
|Trail and Dirt Road
Date Climbed: Nov 12, 2007
|Nice hike with Ol'Walsher. The day was a bit cloudy and cool but what do you expect for Nov? Stopped at Sivlerado Mine on the way back.
|Posted Nov 12, 2007 8:28 pm
|Mountain biking trip
Date Climbed: Oct 29, 2006
|Bike ride 5.6 miles up to the top.
|Posted Oct 25, 2007 7:57 pm
|Nice hike
Date Climbed: Jan 20, 2005
|Nice, though a little boring, hike to the summit. Many high points to explore once you're on the top. The radio towers are a little ugly, but I think there is at least one on every peak and ridge in the Bay Area.
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5 Insane Scientific Charts You Won't Believe Actually Exist
#2. Wong-Baker FACES Pain Rating Scale
What Does it Measure?
The Wong-Baker FACES Pain Rating Scale measures how much pain the subject is in at the time of testing. And there's nothing inherently wrong with rating the level of discomfort a patient is feeling; that's an important diagnostic tool. Probably. It seems to us like pain, by its very nature, is a subjective thing that varies from person to person and by definition defies objective measurement. But, hey, we cry on waterslides and call our moms when we get sunburned; we're not exactly experts.
Segway accident.
The thing that's so bizarre about the Wong-Baker scale is the execution. No Pain guy is spot on:
He's doing good. But then you have Mild Pain guy, who seems fairly stoked about his own suffering.
That expression doesn't say, "mild pain" to us. That says, "Hey, this episode of Burn Notice is actually pretty OK." Then there's the Moderate Pain twins, one of whom is waiting patiently for you to finish your anecdote about your cat and the other has just discovered he's out of Cheerios.
Severe Pain is only a bit sad, like he's just hit play on the TiVo a split second too soon and caught the end of that Sarah McLachlan commercial about homeless dogs...
...and Worst Pain Possible just watched Terms of Endearment alone with nobody to judge him.
Ostensibly, this scale is visual to overcome the language barrier, but if you've never seen this chart before and don't speak the language, you're going to be wondering why the doctor is asking you to indicate how much of a morning person you are while you've got this two by four lodged in your anus.
#1. Life Change Units
What Does it Measure?
Life is such a grand concept, so amorphous and variegated (thanks, Word of the Day Toilet Paper!) you'd think it'd be impossible, absurd even, to create a scale that measures all the changes a person could possibly go through. You might even say that it's ill conceived, pointless, overly ambitious or just plain stupid to "graph" all of life, but don't tell that to Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe. They created the Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale, which lists all the major tragedies and life-altering changes a person undergoes in a given year, ranking them according to how much stress they would cause.
The scale works like this: The higher an event ranks, the more "Life Change Units" it's worth. Going to jail, for instance, is 63 Life Change Units. But hey, at least going to prison for murdering your wife spared you a divorce, which would have net you 73 Life Change Units. Whew, dodged a bullet there! (Too bad she didn't.)
25 Life Change Units.
Your man-plumbing being on the fritz may actually be a blessing in disguise ("sexual difficulties" is rated at 39 units) since at least you'll be avoiding any pregnancies in the near future (40 units). That's right: Carrying a child around in your belly for nine months is only one point more stressful than experiencing a single malfunctioning boner.
43 Life Change Units.
And obsessively compiling your stresses isn't just for adults: There's a version for you youngsters out there too!
But what do you get for accumulating these Life Change Units? If you collect enough, do you level up into enlightenment? Nope: You win death. According to the Holmes and Rahe, those who rack up over 300 life change units in a year are at serious risk of illness. But hey, it's still a high score, so go for it. Nothing beats the satisfaction of that "enter your initials" screen.
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WACO (January 7, 2013)--A University High School football quarterback was arrested Saturday, charged with sexual assault, and then bonded out of jail the same day.
Charles Edward Johnson III, 17, posted a $20,000 bond Saturday and was released, according to McLennan County Jail records.
Johnson was arrested earlier Saturday after a female whose age wasn't released reported she was sexually assaulted at around 11 p.m. Friday while sitting in a vehicle in front of Johnson's home, Waco police Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton said in a Waco police news release.
The victim was able to leave the residence in the 2400 block of South 12th Street and then called police to report the assault, Swanton said.
Officers returned to the address at about 1:30 a.m. Saturday and took Johnson into custody.
Crime scene technicians and victim services units also were sent to the scene.
Johnson is listed on the 2012 University High School football roster as a junior quarterback.
The Waco ISD issued a brief statement Monday afternoon saying that it and University High School "are extremely disappointed and concerned that one of our student athletes was arrested over the weekend. The goal of our athletic program is to teach the skills necessary to participate and compete in sports, but we also strive to instill the values of leadership, good behavior, mutual respect, camaraderie and community service."
A district spokesman said Johnson has been suspended from all athletic activity pending the outcome of an investigation.


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I have a 500GB external HDD that I need to rescue the contents of. Unfortunately I only have two 400GB partitions to save the contents to. Can I split the disk image as:
~$ cd /mnt/part1/Recovery/
/mnt/part1/Recovery/$ ddrescue -f -n -i0 -s250...00 /dev/disk disk.part1.ddraw disk.part1.log
/mnt/part1/Recovery/$ cd /mnt/part2/Recovery/
/mnt/part2/Recovery/$ ddrescue -f -n -i250...00 /dev/disk disk.part2.ddraw disk.part2.log
(values of numbers are missing a few zeros for convenience). That is, can I just use the
-i and
-s flags to split the disk image into two parts manually?
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here she is.
9½ weeks old. i got her home from germany sunday. she is very active, full of beans, very sweet.
maybe i will call her Beans, which seems appropriate
here she is.
9½ weeks old. i got her home from germany sunday. she is very active, full of beans, very sweet.
maybe i will call her Beans, which seems appropriate
Oh gosh she's a cutie! Hard to imagine she will fill that whole bed eventually... ! I like the name Beans -- cute! Look forward to more pics.
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Oh, what a little doll. Please post more pictures... What fun you are going to have. Cute, cute, cute !!!!!
Awww what a sweety!! I'm puppy sitting my friends 12 week old blenhiem girl Sally today!! So cute Made me realise how big Cassie is getting now!
Enjoy her...x
Very cute! She's got lots of white, which is the opposite of our Skippy, who's got lots of brown (which is why he's so-named).
So cuteNow I wish I got a little puppy too. They are so cute and I can't remember when Ella was that little. Take bunch of pictures. Beans is a cute name
Anne Proud mother of Elton 5 and Angel Ella
Seeing that sweet little face makes you forget how much work puppies are! How are your girls getting along with her? Hope it's a fairly easy transition for all of you. Sweet, sweet little Beans.
Riley (black & tan, born 8/2002), Madison (ruby, born 9/2003), and Oz (tri-color, born 7/2007)
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Congratulations...she is adorable. I love the name Beans! What do the other dogs think of her?
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Zoey - Ruby, June 2008
Oh what a cutie! I like the name also!
She is a little sweetie. Love the name Beans.
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A Department of Public Safety trooper at the scene said an elderly man, driver of one vehicle, and two women who were in the other vehicle, all were taken to Coryell Memorial Hospital with undisclosed injuries.
Gatesville fire rescue units, two ambulances and at least two DPS units were sent at about 2:20 p.m. to U.S. Highway 84 at Arnett, about 9 miles west of Gatesville, after a passing driver reported a head on collision.
The investigating trooper said a Ford Edge, driven by the elderly man, was attempting a left hand turn off westbound U.S. 84 when it collided head on with an eastbound Kia SUV.
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Commerzbank CEO to Forgo Bonus
FRANKFURT— Commerzbank AG CRZBY 3.61 % Chief Executive Martin Blessing will forgo his 2012 bonus, while management-board members and investment bankers will take cuts, reflecting a slump in net profit and planned job cuts as the bank seeks to bolster profitability by 2016.
Mr. Blessing, who is giving up his entire bonus for 2012, will still receive his fixed salary of €1.3 million ($1.7 million). All other management-board members will get their fixed salary of €750,000 for 2012 plus 40% of their annual target bonus of €1 million for 2012, 10% of which will be paid out in 2013 and the rest spread over up to five years.
Bonuses across the bank for last year will be cut by 17% compared with 2011, with investment bankers taking a 20% reduction, Germany's second-largest listed bank by stock-market value said. The payments for last year will total €3.96 billion and account for 8% of personnel costs, down from 9.2% the year before.
The pay cuts come after the bank said it would cut up to 6,000 jobs by 2016 as it aligns costs with a continued revenue decline. There have been calls for cuts in management pay as a way to share the pain of cost cuts.
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- Commerzbank to Report Loss (Feb. 4, 2013)
The bonus pay cuts were largely driven by political considerations but won't affect earnings in any significant way, said Dirk Becker, an analyst with brokerage Kepler Capital Markets.
Commerzbank reported last week net profit of €6 million for 2012, down from €638 million a year earlier, hurt by almost €1 billion in charges it took for selling a Ukrainian unit and for a smaller-than-expected tax break tied to offsetting previous losses against current and future profits.
"In 2012, we fulfilled the prerequisites for the realignment of the bank. Initial measures are taking effect, but one thing is clear: There is a long way to go," Mr. Blessing said, preparing staff for potentially difficult times ahead.
In early 2009, the German government took a 25% stake and nonvoting shares now worth about €1.6 billion in Commerzbank in exchange for billions of euros in state aid to keep the bank afloat after its acquisition of Dresdner Bank just as the global financial crisis hit in 2008. The 2012 financial year was the first since buying Dresdner that Commerzbank paid the 9% annual interest on the nonvoting shares held by the German government.
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Premenstrual syndrome
(PMS) is a disorder marked by physical and behavioral symptoms that occur in a cyclical pattern. They appear 1-2 weeks before an expected menstrual period and improve with the onset of menses. The nature and severity of symptoms vary. If your symptoms are so severe that they interfere with daily activities, talk to your doctor about treatment options.
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Many women of reproductive age have discomfort prior to menses, but a small number cases are thought to be categorized as PMS. This problem is most commonly seen between the ages of 25-34. An even smaller percentage of women with PMS have a very severe form called
premenstrual dysphoric disorder
Although the cause of PMS is not known, the cyclical pattern that parallels the menstrual cycle has directed the focus of study to hormonal changes. These changes are thought to act with other factors in the nervous system, as well as the environment, to trigger the symptoms of PMS.
Premenstrual syndrome. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at:
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Premenstrual syndrome (PMS). American Academy of Family Physicians Family Doctor website. Available at:
http://familydoctor.org/familydoctor/en/diseases-conditions/premenstrual-syndrome-pms.html. Updated August 2010. Accessed August 20, 2012.
Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) fact sheet. Office on Women's Health website. Available at:
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