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Give your baby an incentive to stand if you think she's almost ready. Place a favorite toy on the seat of a tall chair, the third shelf of a bookcase, or some other perch high enough out of reach that in order to get it, she'll have to stand up. (Make sure you haven't put it so high that she won't be able to reach it even if she does stand.) Then encourage her to get the toy. If she does stand, shower her with applause and affection. Don't let this game go on too long, however. If she starts to get frustrated because she can't yet stand and doesn't even know how to begin, quickly and cheerfully intervene and get the toy for her.
By around 10 months, your baby will probably be able to use her legs to support her own weight. She'll still need you or something else to help her maintain her balance, however. She will plant her feet and straighten her legs, for example, if you hold her hands or help her wrap them about a table leg. But if you let go, or if she lets go, she'll plop down onto the floor.
Around 10 or 11 months, your baby will be delighted to discover that she can pull herself up to a standing position whether you help her or not. (Remember, some babies do this months earlier and some months later.) By holding onto the vertical bars of her crib, the leg of a chair or table, or your pants or legs, she can gradually pull herself up by putting one hand above the other and then successively moving the lower hand to a higher position. In less than half a minute, she'll be on her feet. As long as she holds that support tightly, she will be able to stand and maintain her balance for quite a while.
When your baby pulls herself up on her feet for the first time, she will no doubt be excited and very pleased with herself. She'll proudly look around as if she were Sir Edmund Hillary standing at the top of Mount Everest. A whole new world of expansive vistas has opened up before her.
Unfortunately, after surveying the territory for a minute or so, your baby will suddenly realize that she's stuck! She doesn't yet know how to walk. She hasn't figured out how to move her hands and feet to inch along the edge of a piece of furniture. She can't even remain standing unless she continues to hold on to something, and she may need both hands to do it, so she can't play with anything either.
To make things worse, your baby doesn't even know how to sit down yet. Your baby can't and won't move anywhere until her legs give way, she falls, or she gets you to help her. Obviously, of these three alternatives, your baby would prefer the last. So once she figures out that she's stuck, she'll probably start to cry.
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By Tom Saxe
Track & Field athletes Dylan Marx from San Diego Mesa College and Branden Greene of Southwestern are the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference's final Men's Athletes of the Week for the 2012-13 academic year.
Marx, a sophomore out of Mount Miguel High School, led the Olympians to third place in the CCCAA State Championships at College of San Mateo. He won both the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 9:07.12, and the 5,000-meter run in 14:42.29. His performance earned Mesa 20 of its 56 points as the Olympians finished four points behind Mt. SAC, who had 60 points. Riverside City College won the state team title with 151 points.
The Jaguars' Greene, a freshman from Bonita Vista High School, cleared 2.08 meters (6 feet, 9 ¾ inches) to win the high jump in the state meet.
Honorable mention for the week went to two other track & field athletes, Jared Pickering of Mesa and Leonardo Banales from Cuyamaca.
Pickering, a sophomore from Rancho Bernardo High School, placed second in the state 200 meters in 21.78, finishing just behind winner Justin Thymes of Riverside City College who ran a 21.42. He also took seventh in the 100 meters in 10.66, anchored Mesa's third-place 4x400 relay team (3:13.67) and ran on eighth-place 4x100 team (41.40).
Banales, a freshman out of Brawley High School, finished second to Marx in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. He ran 9:18.07.
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MANHATTAN, Kan. -- Greg Hoyt has been named the principal of Manhattan High School. Hoyt currently serves as the principal at Eisenhower Middle School in Manhattan, KS. He has served as EMS principal since 2004. Prior to that, he was a math teacher at Manhattan High School from 1988 to 2004. He has a B.S. in Secondary Education and a M.S. in Educational Administration and Leadership from Kansas State University.
"I am deeply humbled and honored for this opportunity, and look forward to working with the staff, students, parents, and community members that comprise Manhattan High School," states Hoyt. "I wish to thank the entire Eisenhower Middle School Learning Community for all that they have done for me, and for giving me the privilege of working with them. I am saddened to be leaving such a tremendous school, but look forward to this new opportunity in my professional life."
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Harriet Keilman peacefully passed away March 6, 2013 in her home at Sequim. She was born on Sept. 18, 1921 to George and Nellie Chandler and was one of six children. Harriet grew up in Seaton, graduating from Seaton High School in 1939. She married her high school sweetheart, John "Jack" Keilman on Dec. 24, 1941. Upon Jack's return from serving in the Air Force in World War II they farmed in the Keithsburg, area for eight years. During that time three of their children were born.
In 1951 the family purchased and developed a farm near Quincy, Washington.
For the next 40 years they called Quincy home and lived at their farm on Martin Road east of town. During that time their youngest son was born. Harriet was a "true" farm wife tending her garden, can- ning, cooking, baking and caring for her husband and four children. She was also active in the First Presbyterian Church of Quincy.
In 1991 they moved to Sequim to enjoy their retire- ment. They traveled in their motor home to Arizona for a number of years. Harriet loved being a wife and mother to her family and took great joy in spending time with her children and grandchildren. She was especially excited when she became a great grand- mother.
Survivors include her husband Jack, son John (Kareen), Tom (Barb), Susan Horton (Scott), George (Ellen). Grandchildren including Heidi Van Gieson(Jim), Wendy Hanover (Richard), Jeff Keilman, Emily Horton, Dr. Ashley Keilman Cross (Dr. Nathan Cross), Claire Horton and Jacob Keilman. She has six great grandchildren, Megan, Molly, Tyler, Lauryn, Josiah and Jackson. She is also survived by her sister Rosie Meredith, her sister in-law Bebe Siemens, and numerous nieces and nephews.
Preceding her in death were her parents, three brothers, two sisters and her grandson David.
She was loved dearly and will be truly missed.
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I heard it many times and I could infer that it means "all the time" or "without pause", "constantly". (Am I right?) But when trying to look it up, none of the dictionaries define it. Is this a correct English phrase?
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By the second means per second or for each second (of time).
For given telephone base rates and whole-unit billing, your bill will be cheaper when charged by the second than when charged by the minute: Say you made a one minute and five second call. If you are charged by the minute, and each minute costs 60c, it would cost 120c. But if you are charged by the second, and each second costs 1c, it would cost only 65c.
Some other uses emphasise rapid change:
Cell phone service providers offer billing method known as by the second. You pay for the seconds used.


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5 Bizarre Things Your Body Does (Explained by Science)
Our universe is full of secrets, and you don't have to go far to find them. Some of the most complex enigmas of our daily lives happen within the confines of our very own bodies, which is why the reason hair turns gray can be more interesting to us than, say, what makes black holes tick.
Luckily, scientists are also bothered by these little everyday secrets our bodies hold, and they have set out to find answers. As a result of their tireless work, we now know the answers to some age-old mysteries, such as ...
#5. Why Does Your Voice Always Sound Disappointing When Recorded?
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It's happened to all of us at some point. We go through life secure in the knowledge that our voice sounds like distilled sex, until one day some absolute bastard pulls out a recorder and captures our smooth, honey-dripping Barry White sounds on tape. But man, are you in for a surprise: When played back, that sweet, sweet voice of yours sounds like something very different, and that something is pure, distilled ass.
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"Check the file name again. This is clearly a recording of Gilbert Gottfried dubbed off of an antique gramophone."
The pitch is wrong. The tone is wrong. If you're a dude, your voice sounds way higher than you ever expected. If you're a lady, your lush soprano suddenly grows a beard and twists into a deep-pitched imitation of itself.
Now, your first instinct may be to burn down the electronics store so no one can ever hear that blasphemy again. However, we advise against it -- that shit is actually your real voice, while the thing you hear in your head whenever you speak is the autotuned version only you hear. We hear our own voices because sound waves travel up from the vocal cords and vibrate our ear drums. However, the vibrations don't stop there; they rattle through our skulls, echoing about and distorting the sound in a way that we alone perceive.
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At least you can take some consolation in the fact that no one was listening to you in the first place.
But why do we invariably think our recorded voices suck monkey balls compared to what we hear when we speak? Like most things involving humans, it comes down to who we want to bone. Men prefer women with higher voices, and women prefer men with deeper voices. Deep pitches are attributed to bigger bodies, and we as a society have deemed big men to be the best mates. Higher pitches, on the other hand, give us the sense of small bodies, and again, humanity as a whole tends to feel women should be smaller than men. Therefore, when a guy talks, he hears his voice boom through his skull like a subwoofer in the back of a beat up Bonneville. Women's voices are high and feminine in their own ears, and all is well in the world.
When we hear it through a recording, we realize how far off our real voice is from the sexy ideal and can nervously feel our reproductive organs start to shrivel away with every word.
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When in doubt, try replacing reduced pitch with added volume.
And while we're on the subject of technology ruining our self-image ...
#4. Why Do You Always Look Weird in Photos?
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If there's one thing more unsettling than hearing a recording of your voice, it's seeing a photo of your friends, noticing an eerily familiar-looking creeper in the upper corner, and realizing, "Holy crap, that freakish alien pod person is me!" You can recognize the image, and it's you, all right. But it's clearly not the you that you're so accustomed to seeing in mirrors, windows, and momentarily darkened computer screens while RedTube is loading. Everything is just ... off, somehow.
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Like how, unlike your typical reflection, photos may occasionally depict you fully clothed.
Good news! You aren't crazy -- looking different in photographs is totally normal, for a whole bunch of reasons.
First of all, every single image we usually see of ourselves is a reflection. And we forget that a mirror image is actually reversed (in fact, the flipped version is the self-image you get used to and grow to like the most). When someone busts out an actual picture of you, you suddenly see your features "reversed" the right way around and, because faces are fairly asymmetrical, your brain freaks out. "That must be the evil version of me from another dimension! I must find it and slay it!"
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"Or, you know, whatever."
The other reason cameras (both photographic and video) give us a "weird" version of us is that human eyes and camera lenses work differently. This is another thing that's easy to forget -- there is no objective way that any thing looks. It all comes down to how the eye or machine viewing it processes the reflected light. You look weird through a camera lens, but you'd find that you'd look even weirder if you could, for instance, see yourself through your cat's eyes. It's more than beauty that's in the eye of the beholder -- it's everything.
And not only does a camera work differently from your eye, but one camera works differently from another. Telephoto lenses, for example, shorten the distance between photographer and subject. Inanimate objects suffer little from this, but a person might change drastically as the lens shrinks the distance from their nose to their ears, resulting in more balanced features. Other types of lenses can have the opposite effect -- making you look fatter or wider, for example. Even the appearance of height can be widely manipulated simply by the type of lens used to take the picture. And then there's lighting, which can fuck up the most skillfully taken picture something awful.
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Thanks a lot, Nikon.
Add it all up, and you might wind up looking better or worse in the picture than you really do. And it is utterly impossible to ever know which it is, because every view of you is subjective, and none can logically be called the "real" you. Sit back and think about that for a while.
#3. Why Do Your Fingers Prune When You Take a Bath?
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Everyone knows how to tell when bath time is over: you suddenly notice the bath's gone chilly and the whiskey bottle is empty. However, when we were younger, there was a slightly more liver-friendly way to know when to get out of the tub: when your fingers started pruning. As a kid, you probably just assumed this was the first sign that your body was about to start melting. And for the longest time, science's answers weren't much less stupid.
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"Melting? Fine. Sure. Whatever. Now can you excuse me? I've got stuff to grow on rats' backs."
However, it looks like they've finally cracked this particular nut: A new theory suggests that pruning not only has a function, but is a straight-up evolutionary advantage that allows us to grip wet items more tightly. You may have noticed that the wrinkles that form on your fingers resemble treading on tires and other high-friction materials. The point of treading is to increase surface area and thus friction, and that's what scientists think pruning does, too.
In the modern world, this helps us with holding on to the soap and, well, that's basically it. But back in caveman days, pruned fingers may have been a huge survival advantage for our ancestors living in wet and humid climes. The extra gripping power provided by nutsack-textured fingers meant they had a surer grip on the spears and other weapons they used to fend off hungry beasts.
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Keeping their precious genes safe so that future generations might masturbate in the shower more efficiently.
The pruning response doesn't work with fingers where the nerve had been severed, which heavily implies that pruning is an intentional response from your central nervous system, which knows a thing or two about keeping your ass alive.


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text: Defective motive If Waterbury Police Superintendent Michael Gugliotti had heard there would be trouble between pro- and anti-gun activists at the gun show scheduled for the past weekend in the city, he'd have been justified in declining to issue a permit. Likewise, if he knew the show's organizers or some of its vendors had broken the law, withholding the permit would have been an appropriate response. But the show's organizer, Newman B. Chittenden, was right: the superintendent's motives were entirely emotional. Superintendent Gugliotti, who announced a few days later that he will retire in March, said he feared a gun purchased at such a show might be used in a crime, and that he "never ever felt comfortable about those gun shows being held in Waterbury. It didn't sit well with me." Yes, given the scheduled show's proximity in time and place to the Dec. 14 Newtown school shootings, his reaction is understandable. But if this is the way policy is going to be formulated, post-Newtown, at the local, state and national level, America is in for a blizzard of lawsuits and unintended consequences — with no impact, for good or ill, on random outbreaks of violence.


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We cooking up a delicious salmon dish that is a little sweet and a little spicy!
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Pepper and Honey Salmon
2 tablespoons and 2 teaspoons pineapple juice
3 tablespoons and 1-3/4 teaspoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon and 1 teaspoon white vinegar
1 tablespoon and 1 teaspoon lemon juice
2 teaspoons olive oil
1/2 cup honey
2 tablespoons and 2 teaspoons packed brown sugar
3/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/4 teaspoon paprika
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
4 (6 ounce) skinless, boneless salmon fillets
5/8 pinch salt and pepper to taste
Bring the pineapple juice, soy sauce, vinegar, lemon juice, olive oil, and
honey to a simmer in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat to
medium-low, and stir in the sugar, 1 teaspoon black pepper, cayenne
pepper, paprika, and garlic powder. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until
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Should developers be worried about possible automation happening in their projects that might make them redundant ? I never particularly worried about this myself but I have seen many developers worrying about it, even if they don't admit this openly. There is a fear that if you automate most of the aspects of a system that you are handling it might make you redundant eventually.
I myself had an experience on this. 1 year back I had started working in a project were any requirement/change request that came, the only deliverable was a bunch of insert queries. That team had 2 developers and 1 tester working on it (all on shore). The only thing that the developer had to do would be to configure the insert queries based on the requirements.
When I came to work on it, I immediately suggested to build a web application that would enable the business people to do it directly. Every thing would be configured in the web application including error reports in case anything went wrong.
Needless to say my manager loved the idea but it never passed through with the higher management. The logic for that was until the client comes up with such a requirement it should never be done as it will involve future losses for the company and possibly loss of employment of the employees currently handling it.
So should a developer be concerned about this ?I would certainly like to believe that
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I've heard much about Skyrim, and as I'm going to get an X-Box for Christmas, I'm taking a look at various games to see what might be of interest. I have 3 kids, ages 8-12, and I'm wondering about the appropriateness of this game for younger kids.
The first thing you should do when trying to assess the suitability of a game for minors is look at the rating on the box, or if you haven't already bought it, seek out those rating on-line.
Whenever looking at video game ratings though, you need to consider them in the context of the agency producing the rating. The same goes for film as well as video games.
In Europe, we appear generally much less concerned about sex & drugs, while much more concerned about violence, whereas that situation appears reversed in the U.S. Elsewhere in the world you will find other priorities.
While the overall ratings are a good indication, you often have to drill down into the detail to find the real reason for a given rating:
As someone from the UK I think it is unsurprising that I share the opinion of BBFC. I wouldn't be comfortable with under 15's playing this game, but ultimately it is the decision of a parent to decide whether the themes presented are suitable for their children.
Short answer: No.
Long answer: Skyrim is currently listed in the ESRB as Mature 17+. It has Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Sexual Themes and Use of Alcohol and fictional drugs.
Please, if you are going to buy your kids video games, use the ESRB rating, it is printed on every video game box in the front, for more information check the ESRB website.
Good luck with your kids. :D
Skyrim isn't suitable for children. They don't have the patience to level Smithing and Alchemy up to 100.
You also said you had three children. Skyrim is single-player only, and if you get them an Xbox with a good non-multiplayer game like Skyrim, they'll fight over it, overwrite each other's save games by accident, and throw game controllers across the room. (Source: I grew up with one games console and three brothers.)
Skyrim isn't appropriate for children of that age. There are multiple quests where god-like entities tell you to kill your friends (and then reward you for doing so).
Mm I'd probably say a mature 13 year old could play it and not be damaged by it, but they would miss a lot of whats really going on.
Rather then just going off the rating (or how bad it is), I would probably say the games not the best option purely because it is likely to be too advanced for most 13 year olds, in both world, gameplay and content.
I would have no issue with a 15 year old playing it.
edit: I don't really mind the down votes, but before you do it would be nice to have a comment explaining why you disagree, just for the sake of discussion :)
Different cultures tend to get antsy about different things - for example in the US references to drinking and smoking set off alarm bells, whereas in most of Europe that wouldn't even be an issue for a lot of parents.
At the end of the day the thing you need to consider in Skyrim is the violence. Take a look at a Skyrim Gore Montage, particularly around the 0:30 mark, and then decide if you're OK with your kids playing it.
My 16 year old son loves this game, and his attitude and behaviour have really tanked since he got it, and that's all he wants to do now is play this game.
The other part to consider is the effects on others. My 5 year old looks up to her big brother (figuratively and literally) and I overheard her telling her big brother about wanting to chop his head off ... unintended side effect for sure, but something to consider.
Skyrim can teach your kid some valuable lessons, for example that People don't like to be sworded.
As mentioned this is ESRB 17+. It's probably okay as long as you monitor them*, and make sure they understand not just the in-game consequences of questionable activities, but what might happen IRL. Ultimately it will depend on the maturity of your kids, and how well they can differentiate between fantasy and reality.
*And upload any hilarity to youtube.
Depends on how lenient you are with your children. For ages 8-12 the only red flag is the language that's used throughout the game. Other than that I don't really think there's any nudity or references to sex and you can't kill the children in the game, so all in all Skyrim's not bad just full of colorful language.
I'm currently playing and loving it. I've only seen one decapitation; it was in the beginning of the game and it wasn't that bad. Not overly gory or bloody. Like others mentioned, religion would probably mean the difference in purchasing this game for children of age 12+. Anyone under 11-12 probably wouldn't know what's going on or care, so I'm fairly sure this would end up being a purchase for the 12 year old only. I'm 13 and definitely played worse, so I'd say the violence isn't really that big of a deal. There's been much more disturbing things on the news. Great game in a breathtaking world with some occasional heavy, and brutal violence. I've only heard one curse word.
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6 Ways You Can (Accidentally) Attract the Ladies
#3. Sweat
There are whole aisles full of deodorants and antiperspirants and other products meant to do nothing but disguise the disgusting smell of your sweat. Holy crap, that must mean women will run away in mid-vomit the moment your sweaty ass comes within a hundred feet! Go take a shower, you pig!
Ah, not so fast. It turns out few things turn women on more than your natural, sweaty smell.
Seriously? Why?
That sweat contains sexy, masculine chemicals that cause girls to experience "heightened mood, physiological arousal and subjective sexual arousal," which is just fancytalk for horny.
Looks like someone got beat with the sweaty, girly-faced stick.
The science of pheromones is controversial but we do know that women have insane abilities when it comes to smelling out the right guy. Scientists did a study where men and women wore the same T-shirts for a few days, avoiding all deodorant or scented products. Then a group of women smelled the buttnasty shirts.
Not only were the ladies able to tell which shirts had been worn by men, the scents they rated most attractive were from the men who had the most genetic differences to them, something we look for in a mate. Oh and that body symmetry thing we just talked about? Yeah, they could smell which of the men were most symmetrical.
Sexiest scientific study, like, ever.
#2. Look Like Her Dad
So you've got the symmetry of a Picasso portrait held by a drunk palsy-handed guy, you're as brawny as Sasquatch on Rogaine and you happen to hold yourself to basic hygienic standards, you've still got one more option. Go out and find a guy who looks just like you but about 30-years older. Then ask to meet his daughter.
"Sir, I do believe this is fate."
Seriously? Why?
Yes, it's true, people really do fall for partners who look like their parent. This phenomenon even extends beyond basic facial features. If a woman's father was already old (like over 40) when she was born, she will tend to go for older suitors.
Ladies, the same goes for guys. Studies have shown that a man with an older than average mother will not be as bothered by wrinkles and gray hair as other men. So if you're a lady and you're getting on a bit (which would be weird, because you're reading Cracked, but whatever), go ahead and embrace this whole "cougar" trend and find yourself a young guy with an old mom. Run with it. Run hard.
Too young! Retreat! Too young!
And if all else fails...
#1. Find a Girl Who is Ovulating
For those of you who were distracted by the vagina diagram during Sex Ed class, ovulation is when an egg is released from an ovary into a fallopian tube. For 12 to 24 hours a month an ovulating woman is a fertile field of babyfruit bearing ripeness.
If the girl at the club happens to be in this biological state, congratulations. The bar has never been lower for what she considers an acceptable mate.
Time to make your move, brother.
Seriously? Why?
Whether she consciously wants a baby or not, her body sure as hell does. Her lips plumpen, her pupils dilate, her voice increases in pitch and, most importantly, her breasts swell. On their egg days, women can just sit back and let their ovaries turn her into Jessica Rabbit. OK, many women also get abdominal pain and low grade fevers, but still, boobs.
Of course, this has evolutionary benefits. It makes sense for a woman to appear most attractive when she is at her most fertile. But the added side effect is for all of you guys who don't even possess the basic requirements for attractiveness outlined above. Studies have found that during ovulation a woman is less picky about the men she sleeps with, and is more likely to have sex with multiple partners.
Victim of constant ovulation?
The trick of course is how to find out if said woman is ovulating, since if you're smooth enough to work that into a conversation, you are also probably smooth enough to pick her up the old-fashioned way. Try complimenting how unusually huge her boobs look and go from there.
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Anyone have the Target REDcard debit card? How is it?
Hello, everyone.
I'm thinking of signing up for one. What do you think?
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My wife and I have them. Easy way to knock off 5% of your total purchase, and considering we do most of our household and personal needs shopping there, it is a nice savings and can add up. For whatever reason, it does take awhile for the transactions to post to our checking account.
I have one, and I'm happy with it. I get 5% off every purchase, free shipping on target.com (not that I'm particularly a fan of their website), and it's tied to my pharmacy rewards card so when I make a pharmacy purchase with my redcard, my pharmacy card is automatically credited. They usually post all of my purchases for the week to my bank debit card on Thursdays, but occasionally they'll post on a different day, so don't count on that.
My sister has the Target credit card (sounds like the same/ similar thing?) and she's a big fan. She does most of her shopping there and it's come in quite handy for her.
I would absolutely get one if there were a Target closer to me. Sadly, the closest Target's about a half hour away and doesn't have a grocery section...so I'm out of luck. But I'd recommend it, I've only heard good things.
Works great, haven't had any issues with it at all. I do most of my grocery shopping at Super Target and shop the sales, use the coupons and then get 5% off on top of that. It's a fairly substantial amount that gets knocked off. The free shipping works great. Target actually ships faster than Walmart where I live even though there's a Walmart distribution center about 5 miles from where I live.
If you shop there a lot, 5% really adds up. Never had any problems with it!
I love it.. the 5% off is kinda whatever (bonus I guess), but I use it for Free Shipping on their website when the deals are better there (which most of the time it is)...
We have one, and I'm not sure it was a great idea for us. We don't have it as a strict debit card, but it does auto-pay from our checking account which might be more dangerous really. The way we have it, the card auto-pays once a month or something like that, which leads to all your month's purchases coming out as one big transaction.
In hindsight, debit is a better way to go.
I have the debit card. It is great. I get 5% off, they don't pay Visa/MC/etc fees. Free shipping on clearance from the website is nice. It does take some time sometimes to post to the bank account.
I'm with @thedogma because my nearest Target is 50 miles away. That makes it hard to form an opinion.
My wife told me all about it and she loves it, our wives are always right
I think I need to investigate this. I used to have (and it is probably still active, I never closed it, just don't use it) the credit card, but I have since stopped using credit cards. I would definitely use a debit card though.
I was worried about annoying auto-dialed prerecorded messages, but that doesn't seem to be a problem for anyone here. Thank you all for your helpful responses. I'll be signing up for one now.
@mkdr: definitely look into it. no fees, no contract, no nothing. you use a debit pin just like your regular debit card. and, as already mentioned numerous times, you get the 5% discount on everything and free shipping on target.com.
I used to work there, which is why I got it in the first place, but it's been years and I still use it often.
Please be aware that the reason they can offer you a discount like this is because they sell your information - not personalized info, but purchase habits, etc. You won't get increased mail or anything, though Target does send me some great coupons in the mail now that I shop there more often :)
It's really a no lose situation. If you shop at Target and have a checking account, there's no reason not to get the Red Card. It's fantastic.
Worth it. Very easy. Sometimes takes a few days for the bank to process the debits, which is fine.
I consider it my sales tax rebate card, since sales tax is around 7% and most is cut off by the discount.
@omnichad: That's an interesting way to look at it -- never thought about it that way before...


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5 Things They Don't Want You to Know About the Olympics
You've seen the sappy commercials and the heartwarming back stories on morning talk shows. The athletes who have earned spots at the Olympic Games are the purest of the pure, the world's most dedicated sportsmen and women who probably won't earn much more for their work than a few seconds of airtime and an occasional appearance at the local sports store. And that is what the Olympics are all about -- a love of sport, country and your fellow man.
Maybe. Just don't look too closely behind the scenes, or else you'll find out that ...
#5. The Olympic Village Is a Nonstop Orgy
In each Olympics, the athletes stay in a small area nearby that is referred to as Olympic Village. They could also call it Boneropolis, or perhaps Sexsylvania, because these villages have become infamous for being festivals of sexual depravity.
Bangingham. Coxforherd. We've got hundreds of these. Wankfield.
Imagine living in a town populated by young, toned, athletic mini-gods at the peak of their physical prime. Imagine that they've all dedicated years of their lives to disciplining their hot, fatless bodies for a shot to live in this little town for a few weeks. And here they are, all 10,000 of them, minus their parents and spouses and the daily regimens that have governed their lives up to this point, in an exotic location, with lots of spare time. Let's put it this way: At the 1988 Seoul games, there was such a problem with used condoms showing up on the roof of the British men's housing that the Olympic Association had to ban outdoor sex.
Can you imagine a crisis of condom littering so profound that an official ban on publicly whipping out your Olympic-quality junk was required? Can you fathom the degrading conversation that had to occur between Olympic officials and grizzled coaches to get this ban enacted? And it was no isolated situation -- from what we can tell, every single Olympic Village since, well, ever, has been knee-deep in genital juice.
"Any idea when the next shipment of foot-condoms comes in?"
By 1992, Olympic organizers got so worried about the frenetic sexing that they started giving athletes free condoms just to keep the AIDS at bay. By the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, 100,000 condoms were distributed to about 6,500 athletes and officials. That's about 15 condoms per person. AND THE 100,000 CONDOMS WEREN'T ENOUGH. Halfway through the games, an emergency shipment of rubbers was brought in to fill the gap. And that's not even touching how much unprotected sex these guys were having. So what we're trying to say is that not even Las Vegas or Copulation Town, USA, can compete with the coitusathon occurring in the streets of an Olympic Village.
#4. The Host City Is Temporarily Turned into a Police State
In order to recoup the enormous expenditure it takes to host the games, the hosts need big time international brand sponsors. And as the hosts, they have the right to let only those major brands sell their wares in and around the games. Fair enough.
"This horrific, career-ending injury is brought to you by McD****d's!"
Unless, that is, you're a London mom and pop store hoping to capitalize on this once in a lifetime opportunity. Too bad, because you'd better not even THINK about using common words like "Games," "2012" "Gold," "Silver," "Bronze," "London," "Medals," "Sponsors" and "Summer" in your signs or products. If you accidentally combine any of these words while advertising for your small business, it's a $30,000 fine.
The Telegraph
"Sorry, ma'am, but the year you live in is trademarked by the Olympics."
So that's weird, but if you're trying to save your country from bankruptcy, some deals with the devil have to be made. It's ugly, but no one wants to end up like Greece (more on that later).
But let's say that, for whatever reason, which probably has to do with the fact that the Olympics murdered your parents and left you a wealthy vigilante orphan, you're against the Olympics altogether. Don't expect to use your freedom of speech to voice your anger against sports-themed injustices. The IOC demands that during the games, special rights be given to the host city. Not just strutting rights among the other cities of their nation, although that's a given, but also the right to squash all local laws regarding free speech. The London contract, for example, spells out that all billboards throughout the city must be rented by the city and that only sponsors of the games will be able to use them. If anyone wants to put up an anti-Olympics billboard, they are banned. Police even have the power to enter your house and rip down an anti-Olympics sign.
"Someone badmouthed Wenlock! Go, go, go!"
In London, the creepy Big Brother aspect of the Olympics "brand police" has led to a whole genre of protest art by underground artists. Just incorporating the Olympics logo into their work is an act of defiance -- a lingerie store was forced to take down a window display using five hula hoops and some bras to mimic the Olympic rings, presumably out of fear that people would mistake that for the entrance to the Olympic Village.
#3. Hosting Will Bankrupt Your Country
Cities all over the world get down and dirty for a shot at bringing the globe's greatest games to their country. It's like the Hunger Games of the adult world, only without the starvation, murder and incest (we haven't read The Hunger Games). Getting chosen to host the Olympics is a tacit acknowledgment that your city is awesome and worthy of the eyes of the whole planet. Do you think anyone is going to campaign to bring the Olympics to Little Rock, Arkansas, or Cleveland? Hosting the Olympics means your city will be remembered and respected for decades. Is there any other honor greater than that?
"Remember us? We used to have Lebron James?"
But there's a price to getting the privilege of hosting the Olympics, and that price might be your entire economy. Greece learned the lesson the hard way.
Greece's initial budget for the 2004 games was 4.5 billion euros, but the actual cost of the games quickly doubled that estimate. When all was said and done, the cost of the games was 5 percent of Greece's GDP, and eight years later, the country hasn't recovered from the debt. The city of Vancouver has given up on recovering all the money it put into its fancy schmancy Olympic Village condos that were later converted into residential homes. Today the buildings form a ghost town, and city officials are struggling to come up with a way to just break even on them.
The Nagano Winter Olympics in 1998 plunged the city into a recession, with the tax burden of the games ending up costing around $30,000 per family in the city. And none of these financial disasters compare to Montreal (Greece pending). Their Olympic stadium wasn't finished until 11 years after the games ended, and it took no less than 30 years to pay down the debt incurred to host the 1976 Olympics.
They had to move in with Toronto just to make ends meet.
Which completely explains why the people of Bern, Switzerland, voted down their chance to host the 2010 games. And why Detroit wisely stopped bidding for the "honor" by 1972.
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#4. Arsenio Hall Was One of The Real Ghostbusters
You know him best as ...
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Arsenio Hall is best known for being Arsenio Hall. For a while there in the early 90s, it was impossible to escape Arsenio and his legion of fist pumping, "WOOT!" chanting followers. Arsenio's show was so popular back then that the 1992 episode featuring Bill Clinton playing the saxophone has been credited with boosting Clinton's popularity and helping him win the Presidential election. Who knows, if Arsenio had invited Ross Perot to play the xylophone instead, perhaps history would be very different.
But he was also ...
The voice of Winston Zeddemore in The Real Ghostbusters, the character originally played by Ernie Hudson in the movies.
In case you weren't sure which Ghostbuster we were talking about.
It's strange to think that back in that bizarro reality known as the 1980s, Ernie "Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2" Hudson was apparently too big a star to be bothered to appear in a little animated show, so they had to get Arsenio freakin' Hall to do an impression of him. Of course, Arsenio was a practically unknown stand-up comedian at the time, still a few years away from his big break as Eddie Murphy's co-star in Coming to America. This might explain why they also had him doing some of the bumpers for the show:
Arsenio hasn't done a lot of voice-over work since he became famous, but we think a return to animation is inevitable. By our watch, he's about 10 years away from being cast in a cartoon as some sort of mutant martial artist, possibly with spikes coming out of his costume.
#3. Howie Mandel Was Gizmo from The Gremlins
You know him best as ...
For years, Howie Mandel was primarily known as an annoying stand-up comedian before becoming even better known as an annoying game show host. You may also remember him as that annoying guy from St. Elsewhere and the hidden camera segments in The Tonight Show. Had he died in 1989, he would have probably been remembered as that guy who blew up surgical gloves on his head.
We find him really annoying, is what we're saying here.
But he was also ...
Gizmo, the cute hamster/monkey hybrid from the movie Gremlins. Remember those adorable sounds Gizmo used to make? That's 100 percent Howie Mandel.
That's not all: Mandel also worked in Muppet Babies for a while, providing voices for characters like Baby Animal and Skeeter (Scooter's sister) ... which, of course, was the exact same voice he'd later use for Bobby in Bobby's World, as he's happy to admit.
So it turns we have that guy from Deal or No Deal to thank for a huge chunk of our childhoods. We ... we need to sit down for a moment.
#2. Jerry Orbach Was the Candlestick from Beauty and the Beast
You know him best as ...
Detective Lennie Briscoe was probably the most recognizable face of Law & Order, having starred in 11 seasons of the show, plus several guest spots in the interminable list of spin-offs. As Briscoe, Orbach played the classic detective with the obligatory alcohol addiction and the messed up dysfunctional family. Because of his alcoholism, his daughter grew up to be a meth addict and was murdered by a drug dealer. Of course, you could probably tell all that stuff just by looking at the permanent "Goddammit, son" expression on Orbach's face.
But he was also ...
Lumiere, the talking candlestick from Disney's Beauty and the Beast. They even look alike:
And yes, this means that was Detective Briscoe's singing voice in some of those musical numbers (sometimes as the lead singer), like the one where the whole dining room sings "Be Our Guest" to Belle.
Which is usually a sign that you might be schizophrenic.
In fact, before he even starred in Law & Order, Orbach was already an accomplished Broadway actor. He won a Tony award for Promises, Promises and was nominated his role in the original production of Chicago. If for some reason you still can't picture it, here's Orbach singing and dancing to the music of Beauty and the Beast for the 1992 Academy Awards ceremony:
Bear in mind that this was right before he joined the cast of Law & Order. A few years of chasing down child-killing drug dealers and saying, "I'm just trying to do my job here!" could turn anyone a little dour.
The Law & Order effect.
#1. Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers Was in Nickelodeon's The Wild Thornberrys
You know him best as ...
Flea is known for being in the favorite band of at least one guy in your college dorm who didn't know how to turn his stereo down, and for never ever wearing a shirt. Or anything but tube socks, at one point in his career. Flea is the douchiest looking member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, mainly due to the fact that he appears to be the son of Dee Dee Ramone and Clint Howard.
You know, this guy.
If, like us, your instinctual reaction to seeing Flea's face is to hide your lunch money, you might be surprised by the next part.
But he was also ...
Donnie from Nickelodeon's The Wild Thornberrys.
Donnie was a feral boy raised by orangutans, and we're guessing that what attracted Flea to the part was their shared fashion sense. Also, the whole job consisted of standing in front of a microphone and letting out incoherent grunts for 20 minutes, which was probably a refreshing break from the carefully crafted poetry of the Chili Peppers. Here's Flea totally killing it as Donnie in The Wild Thornberrys:
Flea has actually been an actor since the 80s, somehow finding his way into some of our favorite movies: he was one of the nihilists in The Big Lebowski, a hippie in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and the asshole who taunts Marty in Back to the Future Part II and Part III.
And he did an excellent job, we must say.
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Janice M. Bringard, 83, of Carp Lake passed away on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012 at her home. She was born Jan. 18, 1929 in Cleveland, Ohio to Michael and Beatrice (Fulton) Feighan. In September of 1948, Janice married Ray Bringard in Detroit and he preceded her in death in 1998.
Janice was a homemaker and avid reader. She enjoyed arts and crafts and collecting frogs. She also looked forward to talking to her favorite son, Larry, on Sundays.
Survivors include her six children: Mike (Rhoda) Bringard of Lorraine, Ohio, Suzanne (Robert) Swickard of Commerce Township, Larry Bringard of Detroit, Dennis (Deborah) Bringard of Cheboygan, Brigid (Larry Hubert) O'Connor of Gaylord and Patti Rae (Mark) Frye of Carp Lake; a brother, Patrick (Sue) Feighan of Algonac, Mich.; 16 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.
Besides her husband Ray, Janice was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Michael and David Feighan; one sister, Lois MacInereny; one grandson, William O'Connor; one granddaughter, Autumn Rae Frye.
There will be no services at this time, but a memorial service will be announced in the spring of 2013. Memorial contributions in Janice's name may be directed to Hospice of the Straits. Those wishing to sign an online register book are invited to do so at www.stonefuneralhomeinc.com. Arrangements are being handled by the Nordman-Christian Funeral Home.
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An abbreviation for mystical.
"It's phony, goddamn it but mysto and after a while it starts to infect you, like an itch, the roseola." p.19 of The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, by Tom Wolfe.
ayon kay ASlateReader ika-20 ng Agosto, 2011
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An unsolvable mystery. A man appearing to be a woman or vice versa.
That fella is a real mysto, oh wait, it's not a fella at all.
ayon kay Bill from RNOC ika-19 ng Agosto, 2011
An abbreviation for 'mystical'. Coined back in the sixties when any experience with drugs were considered mystical.
Matt: "Yo dude, did you try some of that trippy acid?"
Pete: "Yeah man, it was mysto, dig?"
Pete: "Yeah man, it was mysto, dig?"
ayon kay Kidnap The DJ ika-18 ng Agosto, 2011
Something magical or mysterious.
That's so mysto
ayon kay caspian886 ika-20 ng Agosto, 2011
an abbreviation for mystical
Woh, man. This church feels so mysto.
ayon kay mystodude ika-19 ng Agosto, 2011


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I am intending to use it as a complete personal time and goal management system - which I am currently trying to set up.
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In a Facebook thread about Amtrak trains I saw a user comment complaining about Amtraks cattle call seating policy.
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In a Facebook thread about Amtrak trains I saw a user comment complaining about Amtraks cattle call seating policy.
What is this?
This is a US term meaning that seats are not pre-booked but grabbed on a first-come first-served basis.
The term originated with Southwest Airlines, which was the first airline to eschew seat assignments at booking or confirmation time (or at least the first well-known airline in the US). Here's an early use of the term from 2001:
In other words, passengers choose their own seat, and they get to choose in a first-come, first-served basis.
After a few years, Southwest changed their policy to allow passengers to reserve a seat in advance, for a fee.
However the term "cattle-call seating policy" has remained in use even Southwest no longer practiced the "cattle call at the gate" approach where everyone in the terminal would scramble to be first in line. The cattle call changed to a scramble to be the first to check in online¹ to get a higher boarding priority.
Today the term is used to mean a first-come, first-served seat assignment policy, i.e. no booked seats. It is occasionally used outside air travel, e.g. about cinemas:
¹ Which is the case on most airlines anyway.
The "cattle call" means that boarding is done en masse, rather than by cabin or seating zone.
In other words, there is a single boarding announcement, at which all passengers on the train will attempt to board. This contrasts with a boarding process which might board business class first, then frequent travelers, then people seated in certain cars.


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NORTH NEWTON — Effie Myrtle Koppes, 98, of North Newton, died Monday (Dec. 10, 2012) at Asbury Park in Newton.Her father's family immigrated to the United States in 1874 when he was four years old. They settled in the Pawnee Rock area. That is where she was born on Oct. 10, 1914, the daughter of John J. and Effie Wedel Schmidt.Effie graduated from Pawnee Rock High School in 1934. She came to Bethel College in 1937, where she would receive her teaching certificate. Effie taught for two years at a country school in Barton County and taught second grade in Burlington for two years.While attending Bethel College, she met Clinton Koppes. They were married on July 16, 1944, at the Bethel College Mennonite Church. They moved to Lincoln, Neb., to live until returning to North Newton in 1946.Effie was very active at the Bethel College Mennonite Church, where she taught Sunday School and Bible School. For 26 years, she was the accounting clerk at the Mennonite Press.Survivors include her husband, Clinton of the home in North Newton; sons, Duane of Newton and Clayton of Cleveland, Ohio; daughter, Barbara Beal of Glen Carbon, Ill.; and granddaughter, Kathryn Preuss of Bloomington, Ind.Mrs. Koppes is preceded in death by her parents; three brothers, Anton, Glen and John Schmidt; and two sisters, Clara Deckert and Arpha Kliver.Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday (Dec. 14, 2012) at the Broadway Colonial Funeral Home in Newton. Interment will be in the Greenwood Cemetery.Friends may call at the funeral home from 9 a.m. until 8 p.m. Thursday, where the family will receive friends between 6:30 and 8 p.m.A memorial has been established with Bethel College Mennonite Church. Contributions may be sent to Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, 120 E. Broadway, Newton, KS 67114.Condolences may be left at www.broadwaycolonialfh.com.Arrangements are by Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, Newton.
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thought i would say gday and quickly introduce myself. My name is Anthony but all my friends call me Skiman (a nickname from my time in the Air Force). Im an Aussie - if you havent guessed that already, lol. I live in Newcastle on the east coast, about 1.5hrs north of Sydney. I run a photography business and still work in the Air Force, and i do a whole pile of other stuff too.
Ive recently become an Australian Reseller of Nodal Ninja products and look forward to getting to know all of the team here and meeting other photography enthusiasts. Bill tells me you're a great team to work with and im excited to be a part of it.
My new Aus website dedicated to panoramic photography is being designed and developed right now and shouldnt be too far off launch. I love technology as much as i love photography and spend a lots of time on the PC. I also enjoy the outdoors very much and do a lot of paragliding around the cliffs of Newcastle and surfing when its not too cold.
Ill keep it brief for now as its 1am here and i have an early start. (did i mention that im a night owl? hehe).
Take it easy and i hope to see you guys around here soon.
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Are there any bread machines that would allow making a sourdough rye bread? If not, could a bread maker simplify the process of making a sourdough loaf?
There are three courses of action for producing sourdough with a bread machine:
Cheater Sourdough Recipe derived from Pain Sur Poolish:
This recipe (with slight modifications) is now my standard bread, which I bake frequently. I'm still tweaking the exact time to bake at the reduced temperature; if the top is browning excessively but the interior is underdone, it may help to flip the loves over for the last few minutes of cooking.
The Zojirushi Home Bakery Supreme can be programmed for rise times up to 24 hours.
It comes preprogrammed to make sourdough, using the "commercial" (type 2) method. You could do the type 1 (traditional) method using its custom settings, especially since you can modify the program as its running (e.g., keep an eye on it, see that its ready after 10 hours, tell it to go ahead and bake now). An anonymous user says this works well for his/her whole-grain sourdough and that it takes about 11 hours total, including bake.
Details are in the instruction manual, starting at pp. 24 (PDF page 13).
That said, despite owning one, I personally make sourdough with a stand mixer and an oven. You'll also note the Zojirushi is comparable in price to a good stand mixer.
I often make sourdough with just my starter. After feeding my starter and letting it double in size in the usual way I take what I need for the recipe add everything to the pan and put on a dough cycle. After about five minutes I check to see how wet my dough is. I often have to adjust the dough by adding flour or water a table spoon at a time until the consistency is good. I leave it to mix for five more minutes then cancel the program and restart a normal whole wheat cycle with the delay timer set to give me a total bread making time of 12 hours inclusive of the starter times. For example time for starter to double in size is four hours. Bread machine cycle set for 8 hours. I have produced good sourdough loaves and often get this ready at night so I wake to fresh bread. With a few attempts my timings got better and the bread was light chewy and sour. It's easier than people say and fits well with my shift work.
My bread maker makes sourdough bread just fine. I made some tonight.


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U.S. flag code clearly states only a governor or president can order U.S. flags flown at half-staff, and an upside down flag is a sign of distress. So the owner of the Follansbee McDonald's violated flag code and insulted democracy itself by flying the store's flag upside down and at half-staff the day after the election.
Patriots - true patriots - are nothing if not believers in the Republic and our Constitutional government. The majority of American voters cast their votes for Barack Obama. The Electoral College is virtually a two-to-one mandate. Mitt Romney gave a gracious concession speech. There was no coup, and democracy didn't die. To unilaterally declare an election in America where the will of the people went against your personal desires a sign of national distress and reason to mourn is nothing short of sour-grapes. Being a sore loser is one thing, but claiming to be the true patriot while violating flag code is not only un-American, it's hypocritical.
How the tea party has convinced themselves that they're the real Americans and those of us who have a different vision for America - one that isn't twisted up in white traditions and old-world religious dogma - are somehow less deserving and less "patriotic" is a sad testament to their delusions and their blissful lack of self-awareness.
I could let the right continue with its ignorant fear-mongering and its campaigns of lies confident that it would only assure a Democrat would be elected in 2016, but unlike them, I actually do love my country and hope for its future. So I would be remiss to not help them put forward the best possible candidacy and run people who might actually help America should they happen to win. With that in mind; Republicans, here's how you need to change if you ever hope to float a viable candidate in the future.
First, stop pandering to your radical base. It may get you nominated, but they're only a minority in the general election. Consider, if even your primaries are split between those who support forcing women to carry rape-babies and those who are horrified at the thought of being represented by a lunatic like that, how can you hope to get independents and Democrats to vote your way?
Second, science is real. You may not like it that God isn't going to rapture you at the tipping point moment of climate catastrophe, it may bother your delicate sensibilities recognizing that in your genetic tree distant grandma had a protruding cranial ridge and hairy back, and maybe it scares you thinking men in airtight capsules actually exploded through the firmament and walked on that ball of green-cheese, but denying it does nothing to advance society and only assures your eventual dismissal to the annals of historic oblivion.
Finally, don't patronize businesses that cater to radicals. That includes Fox News Channel, anything owned by the Kochs and the Follansbee McDonald's. Maybe when their pocketbooks feel it, they'll stop hijacking Reagan's party.
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Hello all. I have resisted requesting help here as there is so much fantastic information i felt it better to learn myself. However, i have come as far as i can along the learning curve and i would appreciate some advice. Ok, where to begin...
7d + NN5 + nadir adaptor + Tokina10-17.
Spherical panos.
Aim- successful indoor 360 panos to make vr tours and master the settings in a tricky environment for ease of use outdoors.
Work flow...
-6 shots @ 30deg + zenith + nadir + nadir patch using nadir adaptor swung to 180deg, tripod moved more than DPD in direction of front leg and re-leveled.
-ptgui pro
-mask tripod
-viewpoint correction on nadir patch
-extra targeted masking when necessary to reduce stitching errors in wide angle nadir shot & patch.
I have read and followed these links to find the optimal stitching position & nnp...
Tutorials: http://www.johnhpanos.com/tuts.htm
No parallax point: http://www.johnhpanos.com/epcalib.htm
Lower rail setting for optimal stitching position:
Entrance pupil database: http://wiki.panotools.org/Entrance_Pupil_Database
I found the LRS using the optimal stitching point tutorial above and confirmed this was in fact in line with the centre of my lens & nn5 rotator (about 57mm).
I have found the URS using 2 techniques (tape on the window with buildings in the background) and by setting up a vertical pole in my living room in line with a corner of the wall. In both vases i found to the LRS to be approximately 88mm which was lower than i expected. I tested settings lower and higher and using these techniques it kept coming back to about 88mm (cropped images attached). The mis alignments were more notable at +- 88.
My main problem is stitching errors in the bedroom where there are a lot of rectilinear patterns (book shelves, matt, doors etc). Primarily the stitching errors are most evident on the matt below the tripod, but only when the nadir patch is included. Annoyingly they are not consistent. I have tried to make panos with LRS=57 & URS with values between 86 & 100 and sometimes, confusingly, these did not effect the amount of stitching error, but sometimes its positioning along the edges of the matt. I cannot find consistency in the factors which may effect the stitching errors despite many hours trying and re-trying +- the optimal settings i found. In fact sometimes i got better results with non-optimal settings. Sometimes i got better results with settings i had previously used unsuccessfully. Sometimes the entire image would distort into a curve, but only with the nadir patch included. Of course my HDR attempts sometimes compounded the errors.
I have tried manually adding control points across the edges of the matt in the nadir & nadir patch, but confusingly, the stitching errors seemed to directly contradict these control points. Targeted masking has certainly helped reduce stitching errors, but it does not do so consistently, especially on either side of the tripod along the edge of the matt.
I read that the nnp in a fisheye lens is not stationary and is most affected at 90deg, i.e. the nadir. I wonder if this may be the problem but then everything i've read suggests optimum settings can be found.
I am ware that the room in which i am testing this is a challenging environment for panos but i figure if i can nail it here then i'm all set really. However, it is this complete lack of failure/success consistency across various settings which is head wrecking!
So, if you're still reading!...
Hints on work flow?
Suggestions on why i may be having trouble?
It would be great if anyone can suggest tried and tested LRS & URS for my camera / lens combo.
Are there circumstances when a decent stitch is simply not possible despite optimal calibration or can they normally be forced with clever masking & control points?
Is proximity to walls etc a factor?
Any advice or suggestions gratefully received coz i'm pretty much at a loss!
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I am aware that there have been two wide spread movements to bring the Evangelical and Roman Catholic Churches closer together (ECT and ECT2). My question is this: What has changed in Roman Catholic doctrine since the Council of Trent when the split was fully made and the evangelical movement anathematized by Rome? Have all of the changes that have encouraged these movements been from the side of the Evangelicals?
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It's not that doctrine has changed as much as the importance of the arguments. The Roman Catholic Church and many Evangelicals now agree that much of the arguments were semantic, and political and cultural opposition played a large role (especially ongoing political rivalries between France and Germany and the Turkish threat in the Mediterranean). So what has changed isn't really doctrine, but rather the importance of wording those doctrines in certain ways versus others.
It is actually Evangelicals who have changed their doctrines, which is the reason for the recent ecumenical successes. In fact, the Second Vatican Council's Decree on Ecumenism states that ecumenical activity cannot result in changing any aspect of the Catholic faith. For example, Post Conciliar Document Number 42 says that the purpose of ecumenism is to transform the thinking and behavior of non-Catholics so that eventually all Christians will be united in one Church. It states, "This unity, we believe, dwells in the Catholic Church." In other words, "unity" means that all Christians will become Roman Catholics.
The reality of it is that the Roman Catholic Church is engaging in ecumenical dialog with Protestants and Orthodox, calling them "separated brethren," and claiming to respect their beliefs. But at the same time, it still officially declares that they are heterodox because of these same beliefs. Some Catholics have expressed concern over this.
Several thoughts which came up immediately:
At my Evangelical church book store, there is a section labeled "Cults" and it is filled with books about Roman Catholicism.
In addition, my pastor made a comment that when the Lord comes, other Christians can hold onto their robes and traditions but I will hold onto the Bible.
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Big Plans for 2013
Happy New Year!!!! Pardon my lateness to the party, I was out of town all last week and now I am back and ready to go!! EEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOO! (that was my Wild West cowboy call if you couldnt tell.)
2012 was an incredible year for me and my blog and I am excited to see what 2013 holds in store. Right now I am itching to get some projects going and I cant wait to tell you all about the big plans that I have!!
Up first, because it is at the top of my list is the dining area of my kitchen. My kitchen is not my fave and I am hoping to be able to spruce it up a little bit (if Court has his way) or a lot (if I have mine…) but the dining area is something that is happening no.matter.what. Do you remember last year when I showed you how I painted my kitchen table?
As much as I love it its just not flowing the way that I want it to with my living room (they are slightly connected). So that is on its way out (if someone is interested in buying it email me!) the amazing green chairs that cause a firestorm of my questionable craigslist tactics are moving to the garage for now because I just cant bear to part with them…
If you follow me on Instagram then you have seen bits and pieces of my plans (if you dont you should @vintagerevivals) I shared this photo last week of the AMAZING rug I am using
I know.
I found the Craigslist deal of the century on some danish mid century dining room chairs ($120 for 7) when I googled them I found out that they are worth much much more……EEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOO! (There is that wild west call again.) They need to be reupholstered (or something along those lines) and the table is currently under construction. As for the walls they are getting a coat of paint with my favorite white (Sherwin Williams Ultra White Base) and a few other fun things are happening…(sorry I cant tell you all of my secrets.)
The hallway leading to my master bedroom has been neglected for, well, for the entire life of my blog. So that thing is getting a spruce up which means more ugly beam removal. And the Wall o Mirrors is getting an update.
Also please enjoy the fact that this picture was from Aug. 2010 and that wall behind the TV has undergone 3 paint treatments since then.
I am also getting closer to finishing up Miss Ivie's room (I havent shared an update with you guys for quite a while) and here is a fun fact, the How To Paint Concrete Floors tutorial I shared is my most popular post of 2012!
Anyone have a man cave that they are working on? Good. Me too.
I have mentioned before that Court spent the entire 2nd half of 2012 renovating his parents house. It is getting close to completion and is GORGEOUS. I mean House Beautiful gorgeous. So I will be sharing that soon.
As far as blog conferences go I am heading to ALT this month, SNAP in April, and Haven in August. Anyone else going? I would LOVE to meet up!
I am also planning on doing a weekly vlog. Its going to be an exciting mix of stuff, from decorating, to family, to thrifting trips. Good stuff people.
So that is the plan forecast least the 1st 1/2 of 2013
I am hoping to end up at more of YOUR houses this year too, so I will keep everyone updated as that unfolds.
So um…anyone want to come and help me paint?


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I heard there is a way to steal any item (even while you are being watched) without being attacked in The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. How is that possible?
The easiest way would be to stack Chameleon spells and effects (via Alchemy, enchanted items, or a custom spell), until you have a total chameleon value of 100% or more. With 100% Chameleon, you can basically do whatever you want with impunity, as nobody can see you, and unlike invisibility, Chameleon does not break when you interact with the world around you.
See also: UESP Wiki on Chameleon in Morrowind
First of all, please notice that this severely affects game balance, so don't read further if you prefer to play the game as it was intended to.
That said, there is a really sneaky way that works without any spells. Pick up the item of your desire and hold it in your hand. If you were to push it into your inventory now, you would get attacked immediately if someone saw you take their property.
However, instead of moving it in your inventory, open the game menu and save the game. As you reload the game, the item will not be put back to its original place but in your inventory. And since nobody actually watched you stealing, you won't have any trouble.
This exploit was never fixed to my knowledge, and enables you to get seriously powerful items early in the game for free.
Still, notice that people will get suspicious if you wear stolen unique items that belong to them, and likely attack you after a while, so make sure to not gear up in a town with the items you grabbed there. This does not affect common items though, if I remember correctly.
What I used to do is I would enchant two items (it could work with spells as well) that I bound to the hotkeys. One would give me instant invisibility and the other one would give me telekinesis (both constant effect). Sometimes you can even go without invisibility if you can go behind a wall where the mob who you are stealing from can not see you.
I don't recommend doing this as it's not fun playing when you're cheating because it breaks the balance and kills challenges, but here is what I have found out long ago while playing.
You can jump on the head of a character(you need to balance on it or you'll quickly fall down) or on a high object and enter stealth mode and if you are high enough you will be considered out of npcs' LoS for some reason. Maybe this only works inside buildings and maybe it also works with levitation.
But the easiest way is casting chameleon 100% for 1 second in stealth mode and opening inventory as it pauses the game and then puting things within your reach to your inventory. And be careful with the stealth icon, because if it's not there you might get caught even if supposedly invisible.
If you are not in the field of vision of anyone, you can steal anything in your reach, even when the item is visible to its owner.


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"We do need immigration reform, and I'm in favor of that, but I want the debate to go slow enough that we can talk about how to make our student visa program more secure and also, this refugee program more secure," he says.
Several government officials believe now is the time for immigration reform.
Senator Rand Paul believes it's time to slow down immigration reform to prevent further attacks on U.S. soil.
"We do need immigration reform, and I'm in favor of that, but I want the debate to go slow enough that we can talk about how to make our student visa program more secure and also, this refugee program more secure," he says.
The most recent immigration bill would allow illegal immigrants in the U.S. to live here legally.
It would also allow immigrants overseas to come into the U.S. Legally, and provide an easier path to citizenship.
Sen. Paul supports the idea of the bill, and says the immigration system is broken, but he adds the Boston Bombings have created the need for a more thorough check.
"I am concerned about people coming into our country from the Middle East that they are not being screened properly and that some of these people have attacked our country. Just in Bowling Green last year, we had two people from Iraq plotting to buy stinger missiles plotting to attack our country turns out one of them's fingerprints were already on a bomb in the database, and we didn't know about it," he says.
Waad Alwan and Mohanad Hammadi were sentenced on terrorism related charges in Bowling Green, which included sending money, explosives and stinger missiles to Al-Qdaeda in May 2011.
Most Recently, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is suspected of helping his brother plan the Boston Bombings; his older brother Tamerlan was shot and killed by police.
While the Tsarnaev brothers were on a national terrorism watch list, Sen. Paul believes the government needs to pay more attention.
"There are some of us that are disappointed that this young man. The Russians tipped us off and then he was traveling back to Checknya. I think there should have been more scrutiny, and I think that some in government were unaware that he had traveled back to Chechnya and that's a problem," he says.
The Immigration Bill would allow nearly 11 million immigrants to live here legally.


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Can anyone kindly give some reference on taking trace of vector valued differential forms?
Like if $A$ and$B$ are two vector valued forms then I want to understand how/why this equation is true?
$dTr(A\wedge B) = Tr(dA\wedge B) - Tr(A\wedge dB)$
One particular case in which I am interested in will be when $A$ is a Lie Algebra valued one-form on some 3-manifold. Then I would like to know what is the precise meaning/definition of $Tr(A)$ or $Tr(A\wedge dA)$ or $Tr(A\wedge A \wedge A)$?
In how general a situation is a trace of a vector valued differential form defined?
It would be great if someone can give a local coordinate expression for such traces.
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I need to move the popup comment box associated with a facebook like button. I understand this question has been asked and resolved a myriad of times.
Previously asked: Facebook Like Widget on Fan page, Comment area out of visible area
Screenshot of same issue as mine: http://twitpic.com/4q7ggi
The difference here is that I believe Facebook has changed the implementation within the past several months so that both the Like Button and the comment popup are contained within a single iframe. I would expect they likely did this because it would be the only reliable way to guard against malicious websites taking advantage of users by auto-liking content. However, it means that I can't apply CSS to reposition the comment box.
I am using the HTML5 like button implementation, which is the same used on the official facebook reference for like buttons http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like/. To see an example, click the like button on the facebook reference page again and then inspect the comment popup element. You'll see that both the like button and comment popup are contained within the same iframe.


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Is there anything that the Dead Sea Scrolls made clearer regarding the texts of the Old Testament? Did their discovery change the way we view the development of the Tanakh?
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They also show us that the canon was settled long before Jamnia. In the scrolls, we have at least partial copies of every book in the Old Testament except Esther. We also have many scrolls that are not canonical, however, even that teaches us something. Their literature can be broken down into three types. (The percentages are from my seminary notes with Dr. Waverly Nunnally who studied at Hebrew University in Jerusalem and Hebrew Union in Cinncinatti. His dissertation was on the use of Abba in the Dead Sea Scrolls, and he and his best friend wrote a computer program to reconstruct the scrolls from a concordance before their public release.)
The Essenes wrote a style of commentary called Pesher. All such Pesher falls into category 3. There are three ways that they show us the Old Testament was settled before Jamnia.
I think I may be posting an answer not quite in-line with what you were hoping for but I am not sure if anyone has published the various differences between the manuscripts that could answer your question properly. I apologize about that.
However, I think it might be worth mentioning that the main benefit of the Dead Sea Scrolls is not small clarifications here and there but that they provide a very large portion of the Old Testament scriptures that are older than those previously extant without 'hardly any difference'.
The scrolls are many:
The scrolls show how well the scriptures have been preserved to us today without any difference:


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