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6 Insanely Valuable Real Treasures (And How to Steal Them)
Heist movies such as Ocean's Eleven and The Italian Job like to present the world as a loose network of heavily guarded treasures, just waiting for you and your ragtag yet likeable bunch of henchmen to pocket them.
And you know what? The real world is exactly like that, too. There's loot scattered all over the world, just begging for a charming gentleman thief and his plan that is so insane that it just ... might ... work.
#6. The Great Pyramid's Secret Chambers
The Great Pyramid of Giza is easy to brush off as old news when it comes to heisting. After all, it's been there for a long time, and almost every chamber has already been emptied 10 times over.
There are still some interesting discoveries to be made. For instance, there are two tiny shafts that climb up from the queen's chamber. They are far too small for a person to climb up and end in strange blocks with metal rings embedded in them. A secret treasure chamber, perhaps?
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Or a sex dungeon.
Researchers drilled through the block at the end of the shaft in 2002 and indeed found an honest-to-goodness secret chamber. Treasure hunting wise, though, it was the most disappointing Easter egg in the history of ransacking cultural landmarks -- it boasted some ancient red graffiti, a dummy door and absolutely nothing worth stealing whatsoever.
However, the other secret chamber is a different matter. There's another secret passageway behind the king's burial chamber, and this one is big enough for a man to go through:
Talking Pyramids
Not much of a man, but still.
Those four stones in the center are carefully placed in a zigzag pattern to take the load of the stones above off them. Experts are fairly certain there are hidden chambers behind this portico structure, and radar probing seems to back this up.
What's more, what we currently think of as the King's Chamber of the pyramid might have been just a dummy, and that hidden room may be the actual inner sanctum. Who knows what riches it might contain?
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According to this inscription, armless stick figures.
However ...
Apart from the usual warnings about the curse of the mummy and how really unbelievably bad the Egyptian prisons are should you get caught looting, there's a much more practical problem: sand.
When the wall in the King's Chamber was examined with a microgravity probe in 1986, they found that, although there likely is a secret chamber, it's completely filled with sand. It makes sense, really -- as anyone who's ever been in a sand desert can testify, that shit gets everywhere.
So unless your heist plan includes an army of DustBuster-wielding French maids, pyramid raiding might end up being more trouble than it's worth.
#5. The Vatican Library and Secret Archives
Take one of the oldest, most historically wealthy global forces in existence. Add in uncountable numbers of history-obsessed minions, centuries of time and a heavy penchant for hoarding.
The end result is a collection of artifacts and valuables so big, it takes the basement level of an entire country to store. You store your change in a piggy bank, they store theirs in every piggy bank that has ever existed.
The Vatican Library is one of the oldest museums in the world, and probably the most extensive in existence: It holds 1.6 million books, 180,000 manuscripts, 300,000 rare coins and medals and 150,000 assorted prints, drawings and engravings. We're not talking about paperback copies of The Hobbit and the novelization of Air Bud here; these are rare and valuable items from all corners of history. Even discounting the scholarly value, a whole lot of this stuff would be enough to keep the black market in a bidding contest for years.
Above: Jesus' medical records, ages 8-14.
And if you need more than mere money to float your boat, there are always the Vatican Secret Archives.
Founded in 1610, it's a historic library chock-full of documents, church records and intrigue. The Secret Archives span a cool 52 shelf miles of records. Only a handful of researchers are allowed (limited) access, and only a laughably tiny fragment of the material is available to the public. Nobody but a handful of specially selected clergymen truly know the contents of the archives.
"It's almost all fan fiction."
So what lost secrets do the archives hold? Apocrypha that hold secrets capable of changing the world as we know it, Dan Brown style? The recipe for a Highlander serum? A bitchin' collection of solid gold pope hats? The world may never know ... unless, of course, someone sneaks in and helps reveal everything.
However ...
Two words: Swiss Guard.
Otherwise known as "the only thing keeping the halberd industry in business."
The Swiss Guard is the oldest standing army in the world, with a 500-year tradition of service to the Vatican. To apply for a position, a prospect needs to be (obviously) Catholic and Swiss, have military experience and pass a rigorous interview and evaluation process. These hard, hard men volunteer to protect the most important physical part of their religion and, if necessary, sacrifice their lives for it.
And they do it despite knowing full well that they're required to dress like this:
"Hey, can I get a new outfit? Mine's made out of one of those tents they put over houses during fumigation."
So, by all means, go liberate a few documents from the Vatican. All that stands between you and newfound riches is a battalion of expertly trained, determined, halberd-wielding Rambo clowns.
#4. J.D. Salinger's Secret Book Vault
The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger's 1951 masterpiece, is one of the most famous books in history, inventing the teen angst novel a full 54 years before Stephenie Meyer was able to ruin the genre. Maybe Salinger saw that coming, because in 1953 he ran away to rural New Hampshire for no apparent reason. He stopped publishing his work (save for a few carefully selected short stories) and refused all interviews or photographs. Instead, he preferred to practice acupuncture on himself, tan a whole bunch and enjoy a sample platter of as many weird religions as possible. Salinger stayed in his remote cabin until his death in 2010, systematically fighting all things related to his "revered author" status to the very end.
"I decided to lay low, relax and wait for 'Operation: Kill Paul McCartney' to reach fruition."
But here's the thing: He never stopped writing.
According to his neighbors and children, Salinger wrote his ass off for several hours a day, every day for the past half century. He had reportedly finished up to 15 novels before his death.
Fifteen unpublished novels. From one of the greatest authors of all time.
Including Holden Caulfield's guide to dating.
Although Salinger never showed them to anyone and kept them in a secret stash, we pretty much know their location, too -- they're in either a vault at his bank (easy peasy!) or his own personal safe (hahahahaha!).
However ...
What if it's all drivel?
While there's a fair chance this vault might hold the greatest works of literary genius ever written, there is the worrying fact that Salinger's short stories were getting weirder and weirder toward the end. The man himself certainly did. His brand of reclusiveness was always of the Howard Hughes variety, allegedly drinking his own piss and driving his loved ones insane with his eccentric behavior. These aren't generally considered good signs for a writer whose notoriety lies in his ability to graft grippingly realistic coming-of-age stories.
What teenage boy doesn't love chasing small children around a field?
So while this particular treasure is probably the easiest on this list to reach, just remember to brace yourself for the possibility that your finds will be less about transcending adolescence and more about the distinctly different flavors of Tuesday and Friday urine.


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Getting a head start on the appetizers for guests coming this month! This protein rich dish is spicy and tasty! It can also be served to four persons as a side dish, or a main dish over basmati or brown rice.
Curry Lentil Spread
Chef Karel Anne Tieszen
10 appetizer servings
1 cup lentils -- red, rinsed
1 teaspoon oil
1 cup onion -- cut in 1/4-inch squares
1/2 cup carrot -- shredded
2 cloves garlic -- minced
1 Tablespoon ginger -- fresh, minced
2 teaspoons curry
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon turmeric
1/2 teaspoon coriander
1 Tablespoon curry paste
1 large tomato -- diced
2 cups chicken broth
1. Wash the lentils in cold water until the water runs clear. It will have a soapy appearance until clean. Set aside to drain.
2. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Sauté the onions and carrots for 4 minutes.
3.. Add the garlic, ginger, curry powder, cumin, turmeric and coriander. Stir together for about a minute.
4. Add the curry paste and tomato and stir together for about a minute.
5. Add the lentils and stir with spice mixture to blend. Add the chicken broth and stir to combine. Cover and reduce heat to simmer.
6. After ten minutes, stir and check water level. Mash lentils and cook until all water is absorbed. Allow to cool and spread on crackers.
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Per Serving : 100 Calories; 2g Fat (16.3% calories from fat); 7g Protein; 15g Carbohydrate; 7g Dietary Fiber; trace Cholesterol; 204mg Sodium.

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December 02, 2011
Setting the Mother City alight
This summer, the Mother City is being set alight in more ways than one. From hot beach parties to scorching entertainment and more, the heat is on in Cape Town.
Getting the fiery entertainment off to a great start are the illuminating festivals of light and carols by candlelight all around the Peninsula.
Don't miss the following events:
Switching on of the City's festive lights
Join Executive Mayor Patricia de Lille and a thrilling line-up of proudly local artists who will be performing for the highly anticipated switching on of the City's festive lights at the Cape Town Station Forecourt.
Heralding the onset of the festive season, this beloved annual celebration features a concert by Capetonian crooners Karin Kortje and Loukmaan Adams and a special performance by SA superstar HHP. The main attraction, of course, is the switching on of the festive lights along Adderley Street.
Don't miss it!
Date: December 4
Location: Cape Town Station Forecourt
Contact:+27 (0)21 400 4592
Website: www.capetown.gov.za
Somerset West's festival of lights
Be sure to check out the Main Street to see the festive display of lights, bells, angels, reindeer and candles.
Date: December 7 to 10
Location: Main Street, Somerset West
Contact: +27 (0)21 852 8972
Website: www.capetown.gov.za
Carols by Candlelight at Taalmonument
The annual Carols by Candlelight event at the Afrikaanse Taalmonument in Paarl is worth the drive for a lovely summer's evening of festive cheer.
Date: December 4
Location: Afrikaanse Taalmonument, Paarl
Contact: +27 (0)21 872 3441
Website: www.taalmuseum.co.za
Kirstenbosch Carols by Candlelight
This popular four-day musical extravaganza returns to the breathtaking Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden.
In addition to your complimentary hymn book and candle, you'll be led in song by the likes of The Brothers Streep, Cape Town Concert Brass, Cape Town Male Voice Choir, Perfect Score, the Gugulethu Tenors and more.
Date: December 15 to 18
Location: Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden
Contact: +27 (0)21 531 9807
Website: www.sanbi.org
Steenberg Hotel's Christmas Carols Concert
Bask in the beauty of the Steenberg wine estate while singing along to traditional Christmas carols sung by tenor Gareth Witten and the Cape Town String Ensemble.
Date: December 21
Location: Steenberg Hotel, 10802 Steenberg Estate, Tokai Road, Constantia
Contact: +27 (0)21 713 2222
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Chestnut and Pancetta Stuffing
Categories: Christmas, Comfort Foods, Entertaining, New Year's, Thanksgiving
Type: Side Dishes
Type: Side Dishes
Chestnuts give this traditional poultry stuffing a sweet, nutty flavor
Prep Time: 10M
Cooking Time: 30M
Serves: makes 4-6 servings
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion, chopped
- 3oz ( 85g) pancetta, diced
- 2 cups day-old bread crumbs
- 1 cup coarsely chopped vacuum-packed chestnuts
- 1/4 cup chopped parsley
- 1 cup turkey or chicken stock, as needed
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
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- Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Heat the butter and oil in a pan over medium heat. Add the onion and pancetta and cook for 5 minutes, until the onion is soft and the pancetta is beginning to crisp.
- Transfer to a bowl. Add the bread crumbs, chestnuts, and parsley. Stir in enough broth to moisten the crumb mixture. Season with salt and pepper.
- Spread in a buttered shallow baking dish. Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 30 minutes, until hot. For crispy stuffing, remove the foil after 15 minutes.
- freeze for up to 2 months
- Good with poultry, or stuffed and cooked inside the bird. (Weigh the bird and calculate the cooking time accordingly.)
Chestnut Stuffing Balls: Add 1 egg, lightly beaten, to the mixture. Form into 8-12 balls, place on an oiled baking sheet, and bake for 30 minutes. Or use the stuffing mixture, with or without added egg, to stuff a turkey. Allow 20 minutes roasting per pound of turkey.
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MILWAUKEE (February 15, 2013) – The Rampage's top line tallied three goals, but San Antonio (21-23-1-4) was unable to hold a two-goal lead late in the game, as Milwaukee (22-19-3-3) claimed a 5-4 overtime victory on Friday night at HMO Harris Bradley Center.
San Antonio held a 4-2 lead with one minute to go in regulation, but Milwaukee scored a pair of goals within a span of 39 seconds to force overtime. The Admirals scored the game winner at 2:29 of overtime to steal the game and give the Rampage their first overtime loss of the season (3-0-1-0).
With the defeat, San Antonio drops to 2-1-1-0 in the first four games of their Rodeo Road Trip.
Rookie Jonathan Hazen collected an assist on the night and has now tallied a helper in each of the four games on the road trip. On the night, Rampage netminder Jacob Markstrom made 31 saves on 36 shots, marking only the fourth time in the last 15 games the Swedish netminder has given up more than two goals in a game.
The Rampage tallied three goals in the first period and former Admirals forwards Mike Santorelli and Jed Ortmeyer each recorded a goal and an assist against their former club in the opening frame.
After being outshot 5-0 in the first three minutes of the game, the Rampage's top line opened the scoring at 3:59 of the first period. Rookie forward Quinton Howden cashed in his 10th goal of the season with assists credited to Santorelli and Ortmeyer.
Milwaukee tied the game at 1-1 with a blast from the point by Mattias Ekholm that snuck through traffic past Markstrom at 9:11.
The Admirals, who have taken the fewest penalties in the league, made three trips to the sin bin in the first period, and the Rampage power play made them pay twice, marking the first time San Antonio has scored two power-play goals in a period since Oct. 27 in Chicago.
Santorelli made it 2-1 at 11:58 of the first period while the Rampage had a 5-on-3 power play. Ortmeyer followed suit at 19:00 to give the Rampage a two-goal lead heading into the first intermission.
The three-goal outburst in the opening frame was the first time the Rampage have tallied three goals in the first period since Nov. 30 against Lake Erie.
Early in the second period, the Admirals found themselves on a 4-on-3 power play for 1:49 and Taylor Beck cashed in for Milwaukee at 2:37 to make it a 3-2 game.
Rampage rookie Garrett Wilson made it a 4-2 game at 9:27 of the third period. Defenseman Zach Miskovic collected an assist on the goal in his first game for the Rampage since being acquired from the Chicago Wolves on Thursday.
Milwaukee went on to tally three unanswered goals to steal the victory from the Rampage. Chris Mueller lit the lamp at 19:00 and scored again 39 seconds later to force overtime. Mike Moore recorded the game winner at 2:29 of overtime after video review deemed it a good goal.
The Rampage were outshot, 36-25, in the game and went 2-for-4 on the power play, while Milwaukee was 1-for-3 with the man advantage.
The Rampage will play in the second game of their three-in-three weekend tomorrow (Saturday) against Peoria at 7:35 p.m. The Silver and Black will return to AT&T Center on Saturday, March 2 at 7:00 p.m. to host their annual Military Appreciation Night. Individual and season tickets can be purchased at the AT&T Center Southeast Box Office, by calling a Rampage representative at 210-444-5554 or online at sarampage.com.


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CNPC Chairman Zhou Jiping had signed a framework agreement with Ecuador's Coordinating Minister for Strategic Sectors and Petroecuador's President, under which CNPC "will take a share in the construction of the Pacific Refinery project and participate in the exploration and development."
BEIJING CNPC expects to firm up a draft pact by end
2013 to join a major refinery project in Ecuador and expand its
oil exploration efforts there, CNPC said.
CNPC Chairman Zhou Jiping had signed a framework agreement
with Ecuador's Coordinating Minister for Strategic Sectors and
Petroecuador's President, under which CNPC "will take a share
in the construction of the Pacific Refinery project and participate in the
exploration and development of Ecuador's upstream
"Further negotiations will be carried out on the basis of
the agreement, and the cooperation contract is expected to be
signed within the year," CNPC said in a statement on its
website. It didn't give details of its planned equity state or
upstream expansion.
CNPC, which produces more oil and gas than any other Chinese
company, already owns four oil and gas blocks in Ecuador.
In January, Ecuador's Coordinating Minister for Strategic
Sectors Rafael Poveda told Dow Jones Newswires that talks were
under way for CNPC to take a 30% stake in the 300,000 bpd
Refineria del Pacifico project, in which Petroecuador owns
51% and Petroleos de Venezuela the rest.
If an agreement with CNPC is reached, 30% of the funds
needed to build the refinery will come from the three
partners. The rest will be financed by a group of Chinese banks
headed by the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, Poveda
said at the time.
China has become the largest source of financing for the
Andean country since Ecuador defaulted on its global bonds in
Ecuador produces just over 500,000 bpd and hopes to expand
this to 525,000 bpd by the end of the year.
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KENNESAW, GA - Behind a 14-2 run over the final six and half minutes and two players in double-figures, the Charlotte 49ers (10-1) defeated Kennesaw State (1-8), 66-52, on the road for their 10th win.
"It was good victory today," Charlotte coach Alan Major said. "It was a great way to bounce back after Friday's game."
Georgia natives DeMario Mayfield with 14 points and E. Victor Nickerson with 11 points led the 49ers. JT Thompson scored eight points off the bench. Chris Braswell, Darion Clark and Pierria Henry each scored seven points apiece.
"DeMario and E. Victor both did good jobs of playing under control," Major said. "They also did a good job of driving into the paint and scoring."
Charlotte finished the game with a 42-26 advantage on points in the paint. Charlotte behind the scoring of Mayfield, Nickerson, Thompson and Braswell off the bench finished the game with a 40-8 advantage in bench scoring.
Charlotte scored eight of the game's first 12 points taking an 8-4 lead when Terrence Williams scored inside with 14:39 on the clock.
Then, Kennesaw went on a 10-2 run taking a 14-10 lead after Jordan Montgomery connected on a three with 12:01 on the clock.
The lead exchanged hands several teams with neither team having a lead larger than 3-4 points for the next nine minutes.
Then, Kennesaw State's Delbert Love connected on a three giving his team a 33-28 lead with 3:19 on the clock. Charlotte behind the scoring of Henry, Williams and Braswell scored the final five points of the half tying the score at 33 at halftime.
In the second half, Kennesaw State scored five of the first seven points taking a 38-35 lead with 17:47 on the clock. Then, the 49ers went on a 6-0 run over the next three minutes behind the scoring of Mayfield and Braswell. Mayfield gave the 49ers the lead for good 39-38 with 15:32 on the clock.
Charlotte maintained a lead of 1-4 points for the next eight minutes until with 6:29 left in the game, the 49ers closed the game on a 14-2 run which began with a jump shot by Denzel Ingram. Nickerson, Henry, Mayfield and Braswell scored during the 49ers' run.
The 49ers return home to begin a four-game home stand that will run into 2013. First, the 49ers face Radford in Halton Arena, Wednesday, December 19 at 7:30 pm.


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Young people---and even many adults---often dream of having lives like those of their favorite celebrities. The idea of hearing thousands of fans chant your name is enough to make anyone aspire to live that type of lifestyle; being paid earning millions of dollars to live out your dreams doesn't hurt either. Yet we tend to forget that even superstars have their own personal struggles and tragedies to endure, just like "normal" people.
Former NFL Player Matthew Cherry has given us a look into the "other side" with his new film "The Last Fall," starring Lance Gross. The movie depicts an athlete's struggle away from the football field, which is based on the life of Matthew, himself. The athlete-turned-director sat with EBONY and discussed his inspiration for the film and the side of the NFL that you don't often get to see.
EBONY: Explain your inspiration for "The Last Fall."
Matthew Cherry: There's a huge disconnect between perception and reality. Everyone thinks that every NFL player is a millionaire and that life is good, but there's a huge difference between our league and the NBA, Major League Baseball and the NHL. The NFL is the only professional sport that doesn't have guaranteed contracts and the average player only lasts 3.5 seasons. Only four percent of players have a career that lasts more than four seasons, which leaves 96% of the players that come into the league as a rookie, retired in their mid-twenties. I'm not sure if you're familiar with outliers but they say that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to become an expert at something. This essentially leaves young men that have literally become experts at their craft, without a job in their mid-twenties – their dream is gone. When you compare that to other fields, people at that age are just coming into their own and getting their first promotion. You're at the age where people are beginning to take you seriously [in your field], but now you've got to start from scratch, which is what happened to me.
I... played for three seasons, which is the average. I played for four different teams during that time, as well as playing briefly in Canada and NFL Europe. All of this resulted in me living in nine different cities and three countries within a three year span. The game left me when I was only 25 years old.
My goal is to humanize athletes. So many fans only look at players as statistics. They don't think about these players as being human beings. A player can drop a pass, and all they'll think is "he sucks and his life sucks."
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I really wanted to tell my story of how I've had a car get repossessed, how I had to move back home after getting released, and a lot of things that many guys go through, but we've never seen it depicted on screen.
EBONY: What was your state of mind like during this up and down period of your professional career?
MC: I always knew that I wanted to get into entertainment once I finished playing ball. When I got into the league, I found out very quickly that I wouldn't be there long. I got cut during training camp and moved to the practice squad, making a salary of $80,000. What people don't realize is that in the NFL, you're taxed at the highest tax bracket, as well as being taxed in every state that you play in. In addition to that, you have to pay your agent and others involved, not to mention that you're only being paid for the 16-17 weeks during the season. You've gotta make the money stretch for an entire year, because there aren't any checks coming in January through July.
My main thing was finding some sort of transition. This is a game that I've been playing since I could walk, in all honesty. All of a sudden you're back home and completely depressed. Look at a guy like Junior Seau...a player of this magnitude, who's achieved every accolade imaginable in the NFL sans winning a Super Bowl, and he's depressed! If he commits suicide after he leaves the game and is experiencing depression, what do you tell a guy that sees his dream shattered at 25, long before he even gets to see it actually grow into something? That was pretty much what I went through. I was down all the time and very depressed---I didn't know what I was going to do next.
EBONY: What message do you want people to walk away with, after seeing this film?
MC: My goal is to humanize athletes. So many fans only look at players as statistics. They don't think about these players as being human beings. A player can drop a pass, and all they'll think is "he sucks and his life sucks." Nobody thinks about how players are affected by their performance, or how their home-life is affected by it. When you see players get traded, you don't think that this player that's playing in Jacksonville gets traded to Oakland, San


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A discussion in the n-category cafe about Manin's 'emotional Platonism' made me wonder how such a perception of mathematics is distributed among mathematicians and how that influences attitudes towards specific concepts and themes. How is it with you? Is 'Platonism' something you can connect with, something (ir)relevant, or even contrary your attitude towards math for you?
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I don't know if it makes much sense at all to talk of such matters since all the words like "invention", "discovery", "exist", "create" are not something that is well-defined with sharp boundaries and the same clear meaning to everyone. Still, risking to bring the wrath of our respected administrator, who has already made it clear that this forum is ill-suited for such discssions, on my poor head, I'll try to answer.
I am quite strongly on the Platonic side myself, which, in layman terms, means that I believe that in the phrase "five trees" or "five dinosaurs" the object (or, if you want, relation but the distinction between "objects" and "relations" is also quite mirky) described by the word "five" exists in much stronger sense than the objects described by the words "tree" and "dinosaur" and that, while the language we use to describe mathematics and the order in which we look at things are human-dependent (and, thus, "created"), the mathematics itself exists out there independently of the mankind (and, therefore, "discovered").
The simplest example is the notion of a number. The words "one, two, three" are arbitrary and created by humans but the fact that sometimes you can give each person in the tribe one egg (or whatever they used to eat in the prehistoric times) and everybody will get his share and sometimes you cannot and that this result does not depend on whether you start distributing eggs starting from the chief or from the youngest and least distinguished member of the tribe is not. But this fact is just one (and rather trivial) manifestation of a relation called "number" in English. This manifestation certainly was observed (="discovered") and not created. This seems hard to argue with, but if you accept that the elementary arithmetic "exists" independently of the observer and (which is pretty much the same) its properties do not depend on who is watching its manifestations, you'll have to agree that the entire mathematics as we know it is out there. The question for me is rather whether mathematics is everything that is out there or there is also something else that escapes the nets of logic and counting.
Of course, this all is just my personal view on things and some of you may have radically different systems of beliefs. It all doesn't really matter. One can believe whatever he wants about mathematics as long as he sticks to the rules of the game when doing it and considers mathematical research a decent human activity not less (though, probably, not more either) important than, say, growing strange green things, fighting small invisible creatures, programming mischievious electrochemical machines, and designing crazy contraptions.
I must admit that I don't understand when mathematicians debate whether doing mathematics is a process of creation or discovery. I see it as a cycle of creation and discovery: I discover an interesting pattern within a logical structure which is already in use, explore whether the pattern is regular within that structure, or whether I can create a new, related structure where that pattern holds true.
There is a similar process within study of human languages; a conjecture whose name for a moment escapes me claims, roughly speaking, that a person can't have a clear concept for unless she has a word for it. This conjecture is false, but it does point to the process that a person goes through: to clarify a vague concept, she explores it with the language tools at her disposal, and this exploration changes the concept.
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hello, im trying to write a program that will find all the prime numbers in a given field. i've been reading forums ad looking at examples, but i cant comprehend it, so i figured it was time to make a post. i don't really know where to start. the only thing i can think of doing is having the program divide every number up to teh max i set by every number and only print the ones that are divisible by 1 and itself. this seems like a very primitive process and i'm wondering if there is an easier way to do it.
finding prime numbers with c
The first thing you can do is throw away all the even numbers, since they're divisible by 2. Then, look at 3. Cross off every number greater than 3 that is a multiple of 3. Then go to the next number, 5, and cross off every number greater than 5 that is a multiple of 5. You get the picture. Google "Sieve of Eratosthenes."
You don't need to be dividing up to the max but just finding the remainder upto the n/2 or sqrt of n even will do but to start off you can loop till n/2.
I already read the sieve of Eratosthenes and I understand it. My problem is applying it to a c program. I literally started c like 2 days ago lol and have been scouring forums trying to learn more. How do I eliminate all the eve numbers and number divisible by odd numbers with a few lines of code? The only way i can see doing it is writing a line for each number which is insane. Maybe I don't know enough C to tackle this problem.
Originally Posted by stefan1989I literally started c like 2 days ago lol and have been scouring forums trying to learn more.
I will help you with some flow chart type of thing
1. Read the content in to the array
2. Loop through then something like this pseudo code
for(int i = 2;i<n/2;i++) { if(n % i == 0) // n is not prime and set the flag } if(flag not set) Number is prime
Ok, here is what i've got so far
#include <stdio.h> #include <conio.h> main() { int i; for(int i=2;i<n/2;i++) { if(n%i==0) } if(n%i???) don't know what goes here. if(i) ?? printf("%d",i); }
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First you need to learn how to use the loops and ifs. Instead of solving the problem try something like user inputs a number as checks if its greater than 10 or less than 10. and then try to get the numbers till user enters 0 to see if its greater than 10 or not.
This as far as I know looks like C but is not C
for(int i=2;i<n/2;i++) { if(n%i==0) }


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I've got problem with Activity Feed and event in JavaScript-SDK. When user log in in activity plugin I would like to detect that and redirect him somwhere else. Everything works fine when user log by fb:login button.
Is there possible way to detect that user logged in by this activity feed box?


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Sometimes during a SNAFU I have to run
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kill all command I am missing?
On account of how I don't like typing.
Sometimes during a SNAFU I have to run
On account of how I don't like typing.
From the Linux command line
You can change the grep option in the header of the for loop to locate a specific user or specific string in the query.
If you have MySQL 5.1 where the processlist is in the INFORMATION_SCHEMA, you can do this to generate the KILL QUERY commands in bulk from within the mysql client:
You can do WHERE clauses against the INFO field to look for a specific query, the TIME field against long running queries, or the DB field against a specific database.


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My apologies to Newbrough Photo.
The picture on the front of Sunday's sports section of the Weirton Madonna softball team was provided by Jason Exner at Newbrough Photo and they were not given proper credit.
It's pretty funny listening to and reading Penguins fans calling Flyers players classless.
Yet, they call what happened Sunday as Pens players sticking up for each other.
Yep, that's what head hunters do.
I will continue to be amused by the excuses.
Relax on the Pirates' start.
They have the toughest schedule in April, something that would never happen in the NFL.
I am far from a Pirates apologist, but give them a chance. I understand 3-6 is not 6-3, but it's not 0-9 and all losses by blowouts.
They are actually fun to watch.
I get that their offense so far is anemic right now, but it's not like they are facing Thing 1 and Thing 2 on the mound.
According to a story by Gary Buiso in the New York Post, NFL fans who are kicked out of games will be required to pass a code-of-conduct exam or they will not be allowed to step foot back in the stadium.
After the ejection, the fans must pay a $75 fee to take a four-hour cyber class and must get at least 70 percent of the questions correct to pass.
In today's high school's, that 70 percent is a D.
So, stupid fans must continue to remain stupid (getting a D) in order to get back into an NFL game?
According to the article, "about 25 fans are ejected from every Jet and Giant game - about 500 rowdies a year."
The class, at www.fanconductclass.com, will cover the following topics: course introduction; stadium "Code of Conduct"; alcohol abuse risk factors; patterns of alcohol abuse; the cost of abuse and addiction of alcohol; what is disruptive fan behavior?; understanding the effect one has on the fan experience; gaining control of ourselves; how alcohol effects the brain; central nervous system and internal organs; risk factors for men and women and underage drinkers; understanding the differences between use, abuse, addiction, relapse and prevention; skills for becoming less impulsive and improving judgment; communication skills as prevention; skills in stress management; and resources for finding help.
Since 40 percent of the topics involve alcohol abuse, isn't the issue a little deeper than being an idiotic fan?
What about some sort of zero-tolerance stance and once the fan is kicked out, it is for the next calendar year?
Here is what the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference baseball semifinals Saturday look like right now with Wednesday the cutoff date.
All sites have doubleheaders with games at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. and times are to be determined.
Class 5A at Glen Dale: No. 4 John Marshall vs. No. 1 Cambridge, No. 2 Morgantown vs. No. 3 Parkersburg South. University and Brooke have outside chances of finishing fourth. Beaver Local is not eligible as of now.
Class 4A at Union Local: Harrison Central and East Liverpool are battling for fourth place. Edison, St. Clairsville and Steubenville are in a fight for the top three spots. Big Red plays at Edison Tuesday and at John Marshall Wednesday. Edison visits Martins Ferry Wednesday after hosting the Purple Riders on Monday. St. Clairsville hosts Bellaire Monday, visits Weir High Tuesday and goes to Bellaire Wednesday.
Class 3A at Bridgeport: Buckeye Trail and Bellaire, it appears, have the top two spots locked. Shenandoah, Barnesville, Martins Ferry and Magnolia will battle for the final two spots.
Class 2A at Toronto: Linsly, Toronto, Steubenville Catholic Central and Shadyside are Nos. 1-4, but final spots will be determined this week.
Class 1A at John Marshall: Madonna and Bishop Donahue are the class of the field. The other two slots will be taken by Valley, Conotton Valley, Morgantown Trinity Christian or St. John Central.
The rain date is one week from today.
The championships will be at Vaccaro Field with Classes 1A and 2A on April 27 at 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and Classes 3A, 4A and 5A on April 28 with games at 11 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 4 p.m., respectively.
The OVAC softball playoffs cutoff date is Saturday.
The semifinals will be held April 25 with times and sites to be determined.
The championships are slated for April 28 at the I-470 Complex with games at 10:30 a.m., 12:15 p.m., 2 p.m., 3:45 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., starting with Class 1A.
Steubenville Big Red and West Virginia University graduate Liz Repella was honored at the Franciscan University of Steubenville's 45th-annual Century Club Dinner Saturday.
She is playing basketball at Universitario de Ferrol in the Spanish League. The team is 16-8 and in fourth place.
Repella is averaging 31.8 minutes, 13.6 points and 7.5 assists a game. She is shooting 54.8 percent from the floor, 43.1 percent from beyond the arc and 75.8 percent from the free throw line.
The Chicago Bears picked former wide receiver David Terrell No. 8 in 2001 and, according to the Chicago Sun-Times, he is being charged with domestic battery and is being held on a $10,000 bond.
It is reported that Terrell grabbed a former girlfriend during an argument and she had bruises on her arms, neck and chest. He allegedly threatened to throw her off of a balcony.
He played five seasons in the NFL.
Why can't people just be good at any age?
Ask Ryan Leaf?
Kobe Bryant and Derrick Rose were benched recently.
Not a popular or easy decision for the coaches, but they did it.
So, if your son or daughter was been benched recently, or will be benched in the future - deal with it.
It is not the death of them, nor will it kill the team.
It's a benching.
I have said and will always say that if John Wooden was willing to kick Bill Walton off the basketball team at UCLA, then it is OK for your kid to be benched.
OHSAA going to seven divisions in football will just help aid the coffers. The cash cow will get bigger in 2013 by 32 teams.
Of course, if the OHSAA wants to make more money, it will allow the top seeds to play the first two games at home instead of just one.
I believe ticket sales will increase and the organization won't have to pay rent in the second round.
The regional championship should be played at a neutral site, but what is wrong with the home teams making a little bit of money, other than the 20 percent the schools get off the sale of tickets sold at the school?
(Mathison, a Weirton resident, is the sports editor of the Herald-Star and The Weirton Daily Times and can be contacted at email@example.com).


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Which expression should be used as a section heading of an academic paper: related work or related works? This is a question that has been bothering me for years, as googling shows that both have a large number of usages.
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What is the context?
If the heading refers to things you produced in the same or relevant subject area, then work is uncountable, and the heading should be Related Work.
If the heading refers to your oeuvre or the output of a fellow artist, then work is countable in this case, and the heading should be Related Works.
Related Work
However, there are at least three cases where a distinction may need to be made.
In general it is singular: Related Work.
See also, some random examples from Wikipedia:
If would depend on the context of the writing in question. If you want to pluralize work to works it should be in the case of referring to the body of work as multiple discrete items (ie works of art).
In the case of writing --
This gets back to @Gnawme's point about the work being either countable or uncountable. If you can substitute stuff or another amorphous noun, then use work.
According to Google Ngram Viewer, the capitalized forms (as would be typical for section headings) are both used, but Related Work is considerably more common.
It would depend on whether your use of the word "work" in context refers to a countable work or not. If you're talking about books, paintings, or other things that are referred to as "works", then use the plural. If you're talking about uncountable work, like "I've also worked in engineering and medicine", then it's probably uncountable and thus you should use the singular.
The distinction is not necessarily consistent. A list of books you have written would be called "works". But a list of software products you have written would probably be called "work". That is, it is common to say, "The author of 'Economics of Tibetan Agriculture', Mr Jones, has three previous works in this field ..." and then list the titles. But no one says, "The author of 'Tax Prep Pro version 4.2', Mr Smith, has three previous works in this field ...".


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BELL COUNTY (April 17, 2013)-- Organizers of the first Army Marathon met Wednesday with representatives of Bell County law enforcement agencies to review race details in the wake of Monday's deadly bombings at the Boston Marathon.
"We just wanted to make sure that all the plans we had in our playbook for contingency operations, since it just became a reality somewhere else, we wanted to make sure we're all on the same sheet of music," said Ed Bandas, the Army Marathon's race director.
"Nobody expects to see something like that from what's essentially the pinnacle of a runner's career going to the Boston Marathon," he said.
The race, which starts Sunday morning in Killeen and ends in Temple, will raise money for several different charities for military men and women.
Bandas said although safety has always been priority, the incident in Boston heightened the concern.
About 200 law enforcement officers from city, county and state agencies will be involved in securing the marathon route.
Firefighters, paramedics and a medical helicopter will be on standby, during the race, organizers said.
"We're in contact with state and federal partners on the event," said Lt. Donnie Adams with the Bell County Sheriff's Office.
"We've had no known threats at this time that's out there on the radar, but we've planned for everything."
Adams said law enforcement agencies also need the community's help.
"We want folks to come out and have a good time, but there are several things you can do to help us," Adams said.
Adams said spectators should keep close track of their belongings and to call 911 if they see anything suspicious.
Bandas says he expects the race to draw about 1,000 runners and thousands of spectators.
"They're showing their support for their families and Boston in general (and that) these types of acts can't bring the American people down, I would say it's a sense of patriotism," Bandas said.


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My father and I were talking about this movie, we saw it a VERY long time ago.
All I remember about it is, that the army(present day in the movies time) somehow either Bermuda Triangle or something, and they ended up in the WW1/2 era fighting old-school jet planes etc.
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Separated at the Altar
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'I can say now that I know what fine painting is," the American modernist Marsden Hartley wrote in 1924, "after seeing these, for me, greatest of all Italians . . . very cold and very clear."
"These" were Piero della Francesca's frescoes in the church of San Francesco in Arezzo, Italy, a place of pilgrimage, then as now, for lovers of the severe Renaissance master from Umbria. Two years later, Helen Clay Frick (daughter of Henry Clay Frick) followed the Piero route—Arezzo, Borgo San Sepolcro, Perugia—on her first trip to Italy.
"Piero della Francesca in America," the splendid small exhibition organized for the Frick by the guest curator and former Andrew W. Mellon Fellow Nathaniel Silver, bears witness to the effects of that trip. Ms. Frick was not content simply with seeing Piero's most important paintings in situ. As head of the Frick Collection's acquisition committee, she wanted a work by this rigorous artist for the museum. Other American collectors were there before her. Paying premium prices, Isabella Stewart Gardner had acquired a fresco of Hercules in 1905; Robert and Philip Lehman, a predella panel in 1912; and Sterling Clark, an impressive altarpiece in 1913.
A decade after her Italian trip, in 1936, after failing to persuade Clark to part with his painting, Ms. Frick finally acquired a newly discovered Piero, a fragment of an altarpiece painted around 1454-69, with a vigorous, white-bearded St. John the Evangelist standing against a pale parapet and a blue sky. Heavy-lidded eyes cast down, he concentrates intently on a book, with the deep, swirling folds of his enveloping red cloak serving as a visible metaphor for the cocoon of his ecstatic absorption.
In 1950, the Frick acquired two small, gold-ground, half-length figures, a monk and nun in the sober habits of the Augustinian order—probably St. Leonard and St. Monica, the mother of St. Augustine. Then, in 1961, John D. Rockefeller donated a small panel of a Crucifixion, bringing the Frick's Piero holdings to a remarkable four. (The little painting, crowded with small, eloquent participants in the sacred drama, had been offered to Henry Clay Frick in 1915; he refused, preferring large works with generously scaled figures.)
Modern scholarship has identified all the Frick's Pieros as once belonging to a large altarpiece commissioned for the church of St. Agostino in the painter's native Borgo San Sepolcro. Highly praised when it was installed, the polyptych was removed from the apse soon after 1555, dismantled, and its many panels dispersed. Today, only eight survive: the Frick's four, three more standing male saints in European museums, and a half-length gold ground St. Apollonia in the National Gallery, Washington. "Piero della Francesca in America" reunites six of the surviving St. Agostino panels, together with the Clark's large, elegant "Virgin and Child Enthroned With Four Angels" (c.1460-70)—the one Ms. Frick wanted and couldn't have.
Generously installed in the Frick's oval room, the paintings are placed so we can study them closely. The St. Agostino altarpiece is evoked by the Clark's enthroned Madonna, substituting for the lost center panel of the destroyed polyptych, flanked by two surviving standing saints—the Frick's St. John the Evangelist and, from the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon, St. Augustine. (The other original male saints, in London and Milan collections, cannot travel.) The Clark's painting is hung too low, contradicting its intended placement over an altar in a church or private chapel and warping the geometry of its elegant classicizing architecture. But we can imagine the original St. Agostino ensemble from a hypothetical reconstruction by Mr. Silver based on research by the scholar Machtelt Israëls. (There's also an excellent interactive version on the Frick's website.) The arrangement suggests that Piero subtly animated and united the disjunctive spaces inhabited by the four confrontational male saints by almost imperceptible shifts in the parapet level, subliminally suggesting a continuous, delicately curved setting.
The compressed composition and the taut, erect Madonna and angels of the large Clark altarpiece offer an inkling of Piero's potency: distilled forms, firm modeling, a disciplined play of color that emphasizes structure, and a sense of the ideal geometry that haunts the visible world. (Note the alignment of necklines and belts on the angels' stylishly draped gowns and the elegantly classical, up-to-the-minute architectural setting.) The carefully orchestrated grouping radiates solemnity, stillness and immanence. The world these figures inhabit is utterly silent. Time seems endlessly prolonged, motion stilled. Only the Christ Child, seated on his mother's lap, makes a gesture. A heroic little nude who reveals Piero's knowledge of antique sculpture, he extends both arms to embrace the rose she offers him, a symbol of what will come.
The Frick's own little Crucifixion gives us Piero's strengths in miniature, with harmoniously posed soldiers casting lots at the foot of the cross, a swooning Virgin, and superbly modeled horses of the mounted soldiers on either side of the panel. Then there is Lisbon's dour St. Augustine, shown as a bishop in a magnificent cloak covered with scenes of the life and passion of Christ; the Resurrection is on his garment's clasp and the risen Christ is on his mitre. Visually and iconographically, it's an astonishing picture, as implacable and beautiful as the Frick's absorbed St. John the Evangelist.
"I had expected grandeur, elegance and nobility of diction, and I found it," Hartley wrote, "such commendable passion for coolness, hardness, light . . ." While it's no substitute for an Italian Piero tour, we can find some of what Hartley found at the Frick.
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If you want to learn a new language, there are a lot of people who recommend that you stay within the new language. You are not supposed to learn vocabulary by learning their direct translations but by having images.
I want to learn the vocabulary through Anki flashcards.
Where do I get those images for my flashcards? Is there a source that gives me a good images for every word.
It would be good if I don't have to go through dozens of different pictures in Wikipedia Commons.
It would also be good to have a license that would allow me to share the deck of flashcards online with other people.


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We've all fantasized about what it would be like to possess the power of our favorite superhero, and Hollywood's unwritten rule that every new movie must now contain at least one character with superpowers is helping to ensure the superpowered daydreams of a whole new generation. But since we here at Cracked love nothing more than to curb-stomp your childhood fantasies (because we can, that's why), we're about to show you how having your favorite superpower would likely have pretty shitty -- if not completely disastrous -- results.
#6. Controlling Lightning
Have you ever imagined what it would be like to chuck a lightning bolt at that car that just cut you off, like Storm from the X-Men? Impress all the ladies at your next backyard barbecue by lighting up the grill with a bolt from your Thor hammer? Go full-on Emperor Palpatine on your annoying cubicle neighbor at work?
Lightning has been a symbol of raw power ever since people thought gods lived on top of mountains and only came down to psychologically scar mortals and release Krakens. The ability to toss lightning at people -- specifically, deadly enemy people (or, failing that, jerks) -- who wouldn't want that?
So What's the Problem?
Think back to the last substantial thunderstorm you experienced. The flashes light up the room like a strobe light, while the accompanying booms of thunder rattle the windows a bit -- but for the most part, you can ignore the tempest like it's an annoying neighbor. Nature's got its territory, you've got yours ... everything's cool. And then, WHAM! A massive thunderclap sounds like it's ripped open the very heavens and challenged God to a pissing contest. The picture frames on your wall shift, your heart jumps into your throat, and you discover that your underwear is the most recent victim of Mother Nature's scorn.
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"Oh fuck, what lunatic gave God a whip?"
Now imagine that effect multiplied about 11 times. Welcome to the situation otherwise known as "every time you use your handy dandy lightning power." Those piss-provoking thunderclaps are nothing compared to a strike that begins at your fingertips. That brief flash of light made by distant lightning? When it's 4 feet away, every bolt is like the sun tongue-kissing your eyeballs. You'd better hit your target with the first shot, because you're going to be seeing precisely jack-all for the next few minutes.
And the thunder's even worse. The sound levels alone can make your eardrums rupture like a cheap condom, but the shock waves produced have been known to shatter windows and push nails out of the drywall inside houses. And now that's happening right in front of you. You're firing a weapon that can cause serious structural damage to a house within mere feet of your squishy human body.
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Still, it's almost worth it for the chance to ruin the annual home owner association's Potluck Pool Party.
There's a real-world device that combines blinding light with dangerous levels of sound: a stun grenade. Would you enjoy detonating one of those bad boys right next to your face? Well, every time you fire your bolts off, that's exactly what you're doing -- willingly subjecting yourself to enough sensory overload to put you in the fetal position. And we haven't even gotten to the fact that the resulting air temperatures of up to 70,000 degrees Fahrenheit would melt your lightning-flinging hand clean off (hope you brought along a spare).
Have you considered wishing for a slightly less-offensive superpower, like, maybe chucking rocks?
#5. Force Fields
So let's say you lean a little more toward the defensive side when choosing which superpower you fantasize about, and you prefer your superheroes of the "destined to appear only in shitty movies" variety. Fine -- you're Sue Storm, the Invisible Woman. You can conjure up an indestructible, invisible force field to materialize around you at will. Worries like car crashes, house fires, and ninja attacks are things of the past -- literally nothing can harm you now. You're the physical manifestation of the old "I'm rubber, you're glue" bit.
We'd like to glue a rubber to Sue Storm, if you know what we mean. (We certainly don't.)
So What's the Problem?
Let's face it -- if you suddenly find yourself with the ability to blow an indestructible bubble around yourself, the first thing you're going to want to do is show it off, Jackass-style. So say you decide to leave a building in the most Hollywood fashion possible: jumping straight off the roof and activating your force field just before you hit the ground. Well, sorry to tell you this, but your shield -- indestructible as it may be -- isn't going to save you.
"Wait ... what?"
You see, when you land, you'll face the same problem that your grade school egg drop experiment did: limited cushioning. If you're suspended rigidly in the center of your force field, as in most portrayals, the impact will absolutely kill you. There's no escaping the physics of it -- you're still losing all your momentum in an instant, and the force of the impact would turn you into a nice human puree. The problem isn't fixed if you're free to move around inside your force field bubble, either, because that would be like standing in a free-falling elevator -- you'll pancake onto the bottom of your shield on impact just the same.
"So I just won't jump off of buildings!" you say. "It'll still protect me from car crashes and whatnot!"
Whatnot, courtesy of Cracked's art department.
Unfortunately, nope. It doesn't matter where the force comes from -- physics is kind of an asshole that way. You face the same problem whether you're falling from a building, getting hit by a car, or being crushed by a comically oversized falling anvil. That force has to go somewhere, and your fragile human bits are as good a place as any.
"On the plus side, that force field makes cleanup incredibly easy."
#4. Stopping Time
Sci-fi fan or not, there probably isn't a person on the planet who hasn't dreamed of having the ability to stop time like Zack Morris or Hiro from Heroes. Hiro usually used the ability to get himself out of some life-threatening situation, but let's face it: If you're reading Cracked, chances are you don't want to use it as a life preserver so much as to convince your friend that his apartment is haunted by wet-willy-giving ghosts.
"Operation Put a Spider on Everyone has been completed. Unfreezing time in 5, 4 ..."
So What's the Problem?
For starters, boredom. You know what weakness computers, cars, televisions, phones, and the Internet share? They all need time. That's because anything electronic depends on electrons to function, and quick as they may be, electrons still need some time to get from point A to point B. So that puts most modern conveniences completely out of the picture -- when you stop time, you're effectively hurling yourself back into the dark ages. So much for using your new superpower to catch up on all that Internet porn surfing you've been putting off.
"I should have just bought a goddamn Hustler."
But let's make up some rules of our own to get around that snag. Let's say you can bring things with you -- anything you're touching when you activate your power comes into stopped time with you, people and objects alike. How confident are you that you'll never forget anything? Because if you zap back into normal time and forget to bring your stuff back with you, you're stranding it in stopped time. In the seconds it takes you to realize what a dumbass you are, an eternity will have passed in stopped time. By the time you get back, your stuff will be a pile of dust. And if you show off your new power to friends and forget to hold their hands when you come back, you've just sentenced them to everlastingly plead with what they perceive as a frozen you to come back for them ... until they die of starvation, that is.
If that's not enough to give you pause, keep in mind that every time you use your power, you're basically pausing physics for everything except you, effectively shortening your unstopped life. So you may get all the naps and breaks you could possibly need, but you'll also have to explain to your friends and family why you look 80 when you're only 45.
"I'll never live to see my children graduate, but at least I had plenty of time to spank it."


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Sentence ordered for escape, perjury
STEUBENVILLE - Matthew D. Lanham Jr., 21, of 125 Springfield Township Road 275, Bergholz, was sentenced to five years in prison on Friday by Jefferson County Common Pleas Judge Joseph Bruzzese Jr. after Lanham pleaded guilty to escape and perjury
Lanham escaped Oct. 20 from the Eastern Ohio Correction Center outside Wintersville, and was apprehended four days later. The county prosecutor's office also reported Lanham lied during testimony at a preliminary hearing.
Lanham will be back in court on Tuesday before Jefferson County Common Pleas Judge David Henderson to face a probation violation charge.
Lanham was on two years of probation out of Henderson's court for theft and complicity to breaking and entering. Because of his conviction in Bruzzese's court, a probation revocation motion was filed. Lanham faces up to 30 months in prison in Henderson's court.
Man pleads in child sex case
STEUBENVILLE - Rusty E. Workman, 52, of 55 Diamond St., Irondale, was placed on four years of probation by Jefferson County Common Pleas Judge Joseph Bruzzese Jr. on Friday after Workman pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual conduct of a minor.
Workman was charged with the crime after an incident in August 2011 involving a then 15-year-old girl.
Workman faces one year in prison if he violates probation. Bruzzese ruled that Workman is a Tier II sexual offender requiring him to report his address to the county sheriff every 180 days for 25 years.
Indian Creek school registrations set
WINTERSVILLE-The Indian Creek Local School District's registration of preschool and kindergarten age children, eligible to enroll for the first time, is planned at the following schools:
- Wintersville Elementary: March 4-5.
- Hills Elementary: March 6-7.
- Wayne Elementary: March 8.
Sessions are scheduled from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Wintersville Elementary. All sessions at Hills and Wayne elementaries are scheduled from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Records of birth certificate, immunizations and evidence of Social Security number are required for registration. Children ages 3, 4 or 5 on or before Aug. 1 are eligible to enroll.
Children age 4 will receive priority placement into the preschool classes.
JobsOhio swallows liquor business
COLUMBUS - The sale of $1.5 billion in bonds to fund Ohio's private job-creation entity is under way, and the transfer of the state's liquor business to JobsOhio is complete.
JobsOhio bonds, backed by state liquor proceeds, went on sale Tuesday in two separate but related offerings.
An official circular posted on the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's website Friday says more than $1.1 billion are taxable revenue bonds while the other $400 million are tax-exempt. Also Friday, the state and JobsOhio completed transfer of the liquor business.
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I know that many designers work for LEGO but I was wondering if there was some 'Star Designers' that we should know by name. Of course, I would also like to know what they are famous for.
As there are more and more LEGO fans who become designers, some of them are already well known from the community and are very dedicated to fans, going to events and the like. They are actually just regular people and always have an amused look if you treat them like they have ascended to godhood status or something.
A few of them in no particular order:
As you can see, LEGO now has online profiles for Technic and Creator designers (maybe others, but I didn't see any), and of course the LEGO Designer Videos Youtube channel.
Also, LEGO has also issued sets designed by fans, which is the closest you can be of being a designer without being actually one. Note that some of the names on that list did eventually become full-fledged designers themselves.
To end, a little piece of trivia: the license plates on some vehicles usually bear the initials of the designer of the set. Have fun hunting them...
The most obvious one I guess is Erling Dideriksen, who was not only a Chief Designer on the LEGO City range, but also designed the element that many refer to as "The Erling Brick".
The LEGO Group have also started recently publishing videos of their designers talking about new sets they've worked on (especially the Lord of the Rings sets), which will bring more of their designers into the public eye.
Jamie Berard designed some beautiful sets, including:
Not only that, but he's done a lot of promotional work, including some interesting YouTube videos and an excellent presentation called "Stressing the Elements".


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In the Large-Scale-Structure (LSS) artifacts named fingers-of-god are apparent in the redshift space and justified by
"The large velocities that lead to this effect are associated with the gravity of the cluster by means of the virial theorem; they change the observed redshifts of the galaxies in the cluster"
There are few references, (Jackson 1972) (*), and Annu. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 1988. 26: 631-86 in the WP article and I do no understand how the radial direction preference is justified and I could not find any source.
I've never heard of a N-Body simulation on Large Scale able to reproduce those artifacts. Am I correct? Can anyone make this issue more clear, please ?
(*) it is more a no-go than an explanation.


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My love affair with the hoop continues...I am practicing my little moves and progressing slowly but surely.
To celebrate, I'm sharing this awesome giveaway made possible by Barbra at HoopPretty.
HoopPretty is a site that offers awesome hoop accessories like shirts, stickers, bags. Along the lines of my posts about ethical clothing, HoopPretty also uses natural fibers and eco-inks- awesome!! Their designs are girly and artsy and right up my alley!
The characters are adorable! Check out their blog for more.
I love this shirt that I first saw on The Happy Hoop. I ordered my own and love love love it! It fits perfectly and is super soft!
HoopPretty is offering Pixiepine readers a chance to win your own hoop merchandise! Up for grabs is is this Chicobag and supercute hooping stickers- I love them all!!
There are lots of ways to win!
First, (mandatory) you must be a follower of Pixiepine Blog- new and old followers welcome to enter! Once you are a follower, answer this question:
What's your favorite thing about hooping?
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Tweet about the giveaway and follow them on Twitter
Good luck! A winner wll be randomly chosen Friday, Oct. 1st.
Happy hooping!


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Why are you reading this? Play the game! It's fun! More fun than reading!
Reading is what we did BEFORE we had computer games! I guess you're reading
this because you want to know how it all works. Or you just can't resist
opening any file called "README" or "Latest Updates." Or you pirated the
game and don't have a manual. Or you just like to read.
Whatever! Here it is!
In FULL THROTTLE, you control Ben, leader of the Polecats. The controls
for each section of the game are not all the same, but you'll always be
steering Ben through different environments, using him to find clues,
and helping him fight his way past obstacles. Let's go over the first
couple obstacles together. I know this can be hard, and I want to be there
for you.
Ben's been tricked, knocked out, and thrown out with the garbage. This makes
him mad. He needs to catch up with his gang, but someone's taken the keys
to his bike. Help Ben make someone pay for this.
First, get Ben out of the dumpster. He'll punch the dumpster wherever you
point the cursor and click, so just hit the right place and he'll pop out.
Now, walk Ben around. Just point and click on the ground and watch him go.
Hear the pitiful crunch of helpless dirt as Ben crushes it beneath his mighty
boots! Look at the cursor. When it's over an interesting object, it either
goes "hot" (framed by red brackets) or becomes an arrow. The arrows indicate
exits. Click with an arrow, and Ben will walk that way and enter another area.
(Double-click with an arrow, and Ben will jump to the new area immediately!)
When the cursor is "hot," (for example, when the cursor is over the dumpster)
click and HOLD DOWN the mouse button. Yikes! What is that thing!? It's a
flaming tattoo! It's covered with icons. These icons represent actions Ben
can take on the object you clicked on (the dumpster). While the tattoo is on
the screen, slide the cursor over the boot and let go. Ben should kick the
dumpster. Bring up the tattoo again, slide the cursor over the eyes, and
let go. Ben should examine the dumpster. Next, try the hand and the mouth.
This is how Ben interacts with his environment. Try different actions on
different objects and see if you can make something interesting happen. Use
your fists on the front door of the bar. Talk to the bartender (use the
mouth.) Kick the piano. Try it all, until you find Ben's keys.
When Ben's sitting on his bike he only has one thing on his mind: RIDING.
You can only control WHERE Ben drives at this time. When the cursor
passes over something Ben can drive to, you'll see a big yellow road
sign. Click the mouse when you see the road sign, and Ben will ride off!
Click anywhere else on the screen, and Ben gets off his bike and walks.
Walking's pretty lame, I know, but sometimes you gotta do it.
This part is totally different from that last part. Forget about that part.
Now you're on the road! There are no cops here, no rules--just bikers.
Bikers who are looking for trouble. Just ask Father Torque . . .
Swerve left or right with the mouse. If you see a green exit sign in an upper
corner, clicking the left mouse button will make Ben take the exit. If Ben's
in a fight, select a weapon by clicking the right mouse button. Use the
weapon by clicking the left mouse button. If at first you don't succeed--
punch, punch again.
It's just you and Ben. Don't let him down!
When you finish, go buy Day of the Tentacle!
Your pal,


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How to Be More Consistent with Your Children
The first strategy that will help you be more consistent is the idea of priority behavior. A priority behavior is a behavior that you are going to manage with special diligence and focus. A priority behavior can be positive. If you want your children to cooperate with each other, cooperation is the priority behavior, so focus on cooperation. Catch your children cooperating and praise them. This will teach your children that you value cooperation. A priority behavior can be a misbehavior. Many children develop misbehavior patterns. They display the same misbehavior-such as arguing, whining, or disobeying-repeatedly. Your child may exhibit several misbehavior patterns. Attempting to work on all of them at once would be impossible for you and confusing for your child, so choose one or two patterns as priority misbehaviors. Be aware of these misbehaviors at all times. Never give in. Do not reward them. Be consistent. This will not be easy. There will be times when you are tired and will not want to follow through. If you do not, you will pay for it later. Priority behaviors help you focus. It is difficult to be consistent with every misbehavior. Identify one or two priority behaviors and focus your energy on them. Be consistent and diligent with priority behaviors. Your children will learn to behave more quickly. Remember to be positive. Every misbehavior has an opposite, positive behavior. Watch for positive behaviors while you are consistent with priority misbehaviors. Suppose your child's priority misbehavior is having tantrums. Be consistent and never reward the priority misbehavior. Never reward any tantrum. You must also reinforce your child for not having tantrums: "I'm glad to see that you did not cry when I told you that you could not have a candy bar. I really appreciate that. Thank you." When you are consistent with priority behaviors, it will have a positive effect on all other behaviors. Your children will generalize what they learn from one situation to another. It is like having a two-for-one sale on good behavior: be consistent with priority behaviors and get improvement in other behaviors free. How could you refuse such a deal? Give Yourself Tangible Reminders
Using tangible reminders is the second strategy that helps you be more consistent. Write little notes to yourself: "Do not give in to tantrums," "Catch your children playing quietly." Put a sign on your bathroom mirror: "Look for cooperation." Put a sign on the refrigerator: "Stay calm. Do not argue." Notes and signs help you remember to be consistent. They help you remember to focus on priority behaviors. I learned this my first year teaching. Kenny and Aaron were my two top students. Handsome, articulate leaders, thirteen years old, they were very much alike. That was their problem. They hated each other and were on each other's case constantly. I tried being positive, but I was not consistent enough. It was too hard; I had tunnel vision, and could only see the misbehavior. I had to do something. I decided to put a sign in the back of my classroom. Catch Kenny and Aaron
being pleasant to each other!!
It was like magic. The sign was not to remind Kenny and Aaron to be pleasant to each other but to help me be consistent and positive. It helped me focus on a positive behavior. The class thought it was a dumb idea at first, but by the end of the week, every student in my class wanted their own sign on the wall. They loved all the attention. I loved all the cooperation and good behavior. Practice Patience
The third strategy that you need to be more consistent is patience. Parents want quick changes-children do not. Children do not change misbehavior patterns easily. Misbehaviors that have been mastered take time to give up. Just because you decide to be consistent, your child's misbehavior will not change overnight. You will have to be patient. Patience is difficult-you want immediate results for your energy and commitment-but think about things from your child's point of view. If you have been using threats and warnings before taking action, your child has learned that this is how you behave. Now you have changed. You are consistent. You are following through. Your child will be confused and resist change-"I don't understand this, Dad. You always yell three or four times before you really mean it." It takes time and energy to change your behavior, and your child is no different. Be patient.
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Maidstone United
This thread will follow my career with Maidstone United up through the leagues. It is being played as part of dafuge's challenge. I will also be updating on the progress on my youth players as part of Neppo's Youth Player Project.
I am currently in May 2034 in my game but will grab all the updates from the challenge thread so those who never followed my progress there can see how I have done.
If anyone is interested in the history of Maidstone United looky here or on wikipedia. I have chosen them as there are actually my local side (before I moved) and available in the challenge.
Initial Profile
Game: FM09 (9.3.0)
Database: 9.2.0
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