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6 Medication Side Effects Straight Out of a Horror Movie
Most ads for prescription drugs tell you more about the side effects than they do about the intended use. They're basically three solid minutes of soft-focus couples romping in a field to vivid descriptions of diarrhea. It's pretty informative, we have to admit.
But there are some things even the commercials don't tell you. Not necessarily because the side effects are too terrifying (though some are), but simply because some of them sound more like ironic gypsy curses than anything science is capable of.
#6. On-Demand Orgasms
Clomipramine is an antidepressant prescribed to treat depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder. One potential side effect of the drug is decreased sexual ability, but that's nothing new: Pretty much every drug that wasn't expressly designed to cause boners accidentally takes them away.
So if you take one clomipramine with one Viagra and then flash someone, is that half a sexual offense?
But it gets way weirder than that. One study relates the experiences of three people taking clomipramine: The first woman wanted to be taken off the drug because every time she yawned, she experienced "irresistible sexual urges." Another woman took it a step further; she had full-blown orgasms whenever she yawned. She could even achieve a real orgasm while faking the yawn -- a fact that throws literally everything we know about women on its head.
Figuring out what this woman is doing is like a virginity test.
The last patient, a male, had occasional orgasms when he yawned, but not with any predictability. That's right: Every time he got bored or sleepy, or just saw somebody else yawning, he had to play a perverse game of Russian roulette with his own pants. The medication did help his depression, however, so he chose to continue taking it.
I don't know why, but these constant orgasms really help my depression!
His solution? He just wore a condom. All the time. Hopefully it was ribbed, for the trousers' pleasure.
#5. Piss the Rainbow
If you've never had a urinary tract infection, consider yourself lucky. The main symptoms are foul-smelling urine, the constant urge to urinate and a burning pain while doing so. It's essentially like having the alien from Alien instead of genitals. Doctors usually prescribe antibiotics to clear up the infection and something else to help manage the symptoms while the antibiotics do their work. They'll also probably tell you not to drop any acid for a while, because they don't want you to freak out and throw your dick out the window once rainbows start shooting out of it.
"Weed is totally OK, though. Pissing is like a spiritual experience."
Urelle (and similar medications like Urised/Usept/UTA) is a combination of several medications: a painkiller, an antispasmodic and an antiseptic. Possible side effects of these drug cocktails vary, but only in color: Urelle will turn your urine and possibly your stool anywhere from a lovely verdant green ...
... to 2000 Flushes blue.
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This is thanks to the antiseptic part of the cocktail, called methylene blue. It's a dye that turns into formaldehyde when it comes in contact with acidic substances. Methylene blue is completely harmless, though, and as such, it has been used in practical jokes for over a century. Even M*A*S*H got in on urine-manipulating good times back in the day, when Hawkeye drugged a member of a rival bowling team with the stuff. Presumably, in true M*A*S*H fashion, this levity was immediately countered by two hours of maudlin sobbing and a lecture about the horrors of war.
"That blue piss, that was the sky once. And now it's red, red with blood, and man I should really check that out with the doctor."
#4. Tongue of Darkness
We've all taken Pepto-Bismol dozens if not hundreds of times -- to settle our stomachs, to eliminate heartburn or just because we once heard that if you ingest enough calcium from the tablets, you'll get unbreakable Wolverine bones. It's in everybody's medicine cabinet; surely it can't do anything too weird to you, right?
Although drinking much of the liquid will cause Professor X-like telepathy and hallucinations.
Just ask Max Anderson. Max, like most people, had used Pepto-Bismol many times to treat an upset stomach with no complications. Then he took it one night, just before bedtime, for an upset stomach. When he woke up in the morning, turned to his wife and yawned, she took one look at him and immediately screamed, "What happened to your tongue!?" Confused, Max ran to the bathroom and found that his mouth looked like he'd been going down on Cthulhu all night.
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The actual name of this condition is black hairy tongue, and although it looks like the start to either a flesh-eating infection or an argument about your burgeoning octopus fetish, black hairy tongue is completely harmless. Despite the name, it's not just your tongue that changes color; it's actually your entire gastrointestinal tract. Some BHT-stricken individuals also reported pooping out elongated charcoal briquettes later in the day. Hopefully they're just being descriptive there, and not holding the worst barbeque in history.
"I can't believe you butchered and cooked the corpses of our neighbors! You're so clever."
The condition is caused when the bismuth in Pepto-Bismol reacts with sulfur, common in many foods, to create bismuth sulfide -- the black substance. Like we said, it won't hurt you, but keep in mind that the effect can last for several days. So if it happens to strike you, be prepared to either give mini-lectures on basic chemistry for an entire weekend or to live with the reproach and disgust that our society unjustly heaps on the black-tongued.
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I know this question has been asked before but I am still facing issues with the in app purchase. I have read the apple document, followed the checklist of http://troybrant.net/blog/2010/01/invalid-product-ids/
But I am still facing problem in making the in app purchase to work. I followed a video tutorial to create the StoreKit, my codes are fine. When I do NSLog for NSLog(@"Invalid productRequest count %d", [response.invalidProductIdentifiers count]); The result: Invalid productRequest count 1 I have submitted the binary code and rejected it. I hope this is not an issue for the IAP to work. What I am doing different in order to make the in App Purchase to work.
Can someone kindly advice me if I am making a mistake or what should I do to ensure the iap to work.
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So, let's say one has an action of $GL_n$ on an algebraic variety $X$ over a field $k$, and two objects $F,G$ in the equivariant derived category (i.e., the derived category of constructible sheaves on the stack $X/GL_n$).
For each integer $m$, let $Y_m$ be the space of injective maps of $k^n\to k^m$ and let $X_m=(Y_m\times X)/GL_n$ (with the diagonal action, as usual). Note that we have a map $p_m:X_m\to X/GL_n$.
Now, it's a fact that $Hom_{X/GL_n}(F,G)$ injects into the inverse limit $\varprojlim Hom_{X_m}(p_m^*F,p_m^*G)$, but it usually isn't injective for any given $m$.
Can anything precise be said about how fast this kernel shrinks?
The most boring case is when $F$ and $G$ are both the constant sheaf on a point. Then $Hom_{X/GL_n}(F,G)=H^*(BGL_n)$, the cohomology of the classifying space and $Hom_{X_m}(p_m^*F,p_m^*G)=H^*(Gr(m,n))$, the cohomology of the Grassmannian of $n$-planes in $m$-space. In this case the kernel is pretty well understood.
Ideally, the kernel in general would simply come from this case: i.e. these cohomology rings act on the right and left no matter what $X$ is, and the kernel might be generated by multiplying maps by classes in the kernel of the map from $H^*(BGL_n) \to H^*(Gr(m,n))$, the map from the cohomology of the classifying space to the cohomology of the Grassmannian. This seems like a reasonable statement, but I'm not sure where to look for it.


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Do I need hyphens? Should I use the indefinite article or zero article?
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It is incorrect to write "a 5-mm-thick layer". Rather, it should be written:
or, better,
5 mm-thick is a compound adjective formed from the adjectives 5 mm and thick, and it modifies layer. Consider:
Note that as a compound adjective in its own right, 5-mm/five-millimeter is hyphenated. When compounded again, though, the first hyphen is dropped: 5 mm-long/five millimeter-wide, etc.
Other similar compound adjectives can be found in contexts similar to the following:
Review this article for more on compound adjectives.
To answer the question directly: yes, it is perfectly correct to write "a 5-mm-thick layer". However, when not in prefix position, it would be "a layer that's 5 mm thick", this time without any hyphens.
The accepted answer appears to be wrong in its assertion that there is something wrong with writing "a five-millimeter-thick layer". There isn't.
Here are actual examples:
I believe that should establish the "correctness" of the fully hyphenated form. Certainly it occurs with plenty of frequency in written English, although I cannot speak to non-English usage.
I would have said that there is no need for a hyphen between 5 and mm; 5mm is normally written thus.
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I originally purchased the Sigma 4.5mm Canon lens made for the APS-C sensor for my Canon 7D with the corresponding ring for the R1 head. I got excellent results that stitched well in Easypano Panoweaver, PTGui and AutoDesk Stitcher (aka. Realviz) shooting 3 horizontal images at +5 degree tilt. I'm new to this kind of photography, so I sampled all the main stitching softwares and found them easy to use and provided good results.
Unfortunately I had not realized that even with an 18million megapixel sensor, the best resolution for the final pano is only 5624x2812 pixels due to the fact that most of the sensor is not exposed to the spherhical image produced by the 4.5mm lens
So I switched to the 8mm Sigma lens and the corresponding R1 Ring and now have a final spherical pano resolution of over 10,000x5000 pixels and I shoot 4 horizontal images instead of 3. (My many thanks to Nodal Ninja and Henry's photography for allowing me to exchange the gear).
However I am having very bad alignment problems. I mounted the lens in the R1 head following the directions as before, but none of the above softwares can perform and acceptable stitch.
Documentation states that NPP point is at 1.95cm for +5 degrees for the 8mm Sigma - Canon lens . So I questioned if the NPP value was correct and did some tests aligning a tip of a lead pencil with a distant object while rotating the camera and my observations indicated a NPP point of 1.55cm. However my stitch results are still terrible.
I would like to know if anyone else has had to use different NPP settings than indicated in the documentation, or are they considered good as gold? Is there a fundamental difference in how the software should be used with the new setup? Could the problem be with the lens? Or is the problem somewhere between the chair and the keyboard - me?
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I was looking at this earlier. Although the price is right, just make sure its backed up! These refurb drives don't have very good track records.
But even if the drive fails you will still have a decent USB 3.0 external enclosure.
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In the match preview screen I think it would be cool to have a little box in the corner "google map" style showing the town you're playing against and their distance travelled to your ground, or vice versa.
Dunno why I thought of this.... I suppose I just like maps so having one in-game would be neat for me.


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Is it possible to construct smooth embedded of 2-discs $\Sigma_1$ and $\Sigma_2$ in $\mathbb R^3$ with the same boundary curve such that there is no pair of points $p_1\in \Sigma_1$ and $p_2\in \Sigma_2$ with parallel tangent planes?
The question is inspired by this; you will find there a construction of three such discs with no triples of points.
More formally, "the same boundary curve" means that $\Sigma_1=f_1(D^2)$ and $\Sigma_2=f_2(D^2)$ for some smooth embedding $f_1$ and $f_2$ of the unit disc $D^2$ such that $f_1|_ {\partial D^2}\equiv f_2|_ {\partial D^2}$.


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Are 'rich' and 'cold' relative or absolute terms? I said to my boss yesterday, 'Man, it's cold out!' He said, 'Cold is a relative term.' He has also said that 'rich' is a relative term. If that's the case, then it seems that all terms can be relative, right? I truly don't understand this at all.
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Einstein said everything is relative.
What your boss meant was not a linguistic thing, but simply that what can feel as cold for you, might feel not so cold for someone who is used to -50 degree winters.
What a poor person images as "being rich" might appear to a millionaire as destitution.
It is a common way of saying
You could point at a nice big limousine and say "that is a nice big car!", and a truck driver who just parked his 20 tonne truck could say "well, big is a relative thing."
Now as for the linguistic part, some adjectives are indeed absolute. That means you can not have them more or most, you have them or not. Cold and rich are not examples of this by the way, as you have richer / richest and colder / coldest.
Consider these:
Although some people will say something is more perfect or optimal than something else, or they will look for the most optimal solution, that use is generally considered incorrect.
As for pregnant, I think you can see that someone is not a bit pregnant, or more pregnant than another.
Those adjectives are not relative. Of course, in poetry or other specific stylistic situations, you will find them being used as relative sometimes, but not in general written or spoken English.
My understanding is that this use of "relative term" is informal and not any kind of rule that you need to worry too much about. In effect, anything without a defined point of reference, that could be interpreted differently to different people, could be said to be a relative term.
The issue with saying "It's cold outside" is that it could mean different things to different people. Living in the UK, what I consider cold could be warm to somebody living in Scotland. What they consider cold could be warm to someone living in Greenland.
To remove any doubt, you could add a frame of reference:
In the kind of informal situation you described, I really wouldn't worry about whether a term is "relative" or "absolute". People will assume that you mean either "it's colder than usual" or "it's cold for me" and understand your intent.
As a side note, in formal situations, you'd want to avoid this entirely by just being precise.
Finally, as a matter of opinion, I'd guess that your boss wasn't so much saying that the comment was wrong because it was a relative term, but rather trying to make a joke out of the situation.
In a logic sense, yes, these terms are relative. And determining the truth of an assertion that Fellow X is rich might require discussions about what this means for each person.
But in a language sense, if you say someone is rich you are asserting an fact and not being comparative. If I say "He is richer" this is an incomplete statement until someone specifies who else he is being compared to. It is the same as saying "He has a yellow shirt". Nobody is going to say this is relative because there's more than one shade of yellow in the world.


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The Power of Your Emotions
"When all of our intentions and actions in daily life originate from the intuitive wisdom of our hearts; when we feel and act with sincere appreciation, caring and kindness for others; and when we can observe the world around us without the preset judgments of the mind but rather with the compassion in our heart – then we will truly be living from the heart." HeartMath Institute founder, Doc Childre*
More people than ever before from many different backgrounds, cultures and walks of life are talking about the heart. More company mission statements are making it a point to mention the importance of the heart in leadership and customer care. More speakers, articles and books, both spiritual and non-spiritual, are referring to the heart. Whether people mention speaking from the heart, listening to the heart, connecting with the heart, or following the heart, it is a clear sign that there is increased energetic awareness of the importance of the heart in all of life's decisions.
One of the most important and empowering aspects of practicing "Heart-Based Living" is learning to discern your heart's intuition from your mind's ambitions and to follow your heart. The energy saved by following your heart's discernment reduces your personal stress and enhances your creative problem-solving capabilities. Sincere compassion eases the way for effective human interactions and higher outcomes. Because of the increasing stress factors in the world today, more people are starting to realize that ambition to get ahead cannot justify shutting off the emotions of a caring and compassionate heart.
In order to perform our best while instructing Spinning®, coaching and/or competing, being able to access and sustaining pleasant and positive emotions, such as happiness ~ challenge, adventure and opportunity is critical. Emotions that stem from threat or lack ~ such as fear, frustration, anger, or sadness ~ have a toxic energy associated with them as they trigger the body to release stress hormones. From an energy perspective, negative emotions are costly and inefficient. They drain our physical and mental energy reserves and have a negative impact on our performance and our relationships with others.
Did you know that YOUR positive emotional energy has the power to "wake up" others?
The Institute of HeartMath has explored the role in which the heart plays within human performance. Our emotional state not only affects our mental and physical health, it also affects the emotional state of those around us, and much more than we know. Our emotional energy is felt by and influences others around you. Research done by HeartMath has discovered that the heart's electromagnetic field is by far the most powerful rhythmic field produced by the human body. It not only envelops every cell of the body but also extends out in all direction into the space around us. The Institute studied the interactions that take place between one person's heart and another's brain when two people touch or are in proximity. This research found that the electromagnetic signals generated by the heart have the capacity to affect others around us and concluded that one person's heart signal can affect other brainwaves, and that heart-brain synchronization can occur between two people when they interact. So think about how your emotional energy can actually help shift the dynamic on your team, in your classes, meetings, your workplace, at home and in the grocery store even!
It is important to manage our physical energy properly because physical energy is the fundamental fuel for igniting our emotional skills and talents that support our performance. Physical and emotional energy capacity is inextricably linked. When our physical energy reserves get depleted, one of the consequences is that we begin to feel a sense of fight or flight and move into a highly negative energy dimension which alerts us that some need is not being satisfied. This state creates a cycle of negative thoughts which expand into negative emotions. In turn, these negative emotions trigger destructive behavior patterns, which can compromise the quality of our communication, leadership and relationships in the workplace, gym and at home. For teachers, leaders and managers, and parents negative emotions are doubly insidious, because they are so infectious. If we are prompting fear, anger and defensiveness in others, we progressively undermine their ability to perform effectively. The ability to consistently communicate with positive energy lies at the heart of effective management.
In order to break this cyclical pattern to achieve sustained positive emotions, we need to strengthen the emotional "muscles" or competencies that fuel positive emotions, such as: self-confidence, self-control, interpersonal effectiveness and empathy. Smaller supportive "muscles" include patience, openness, trust and pleasure.
Access to the emotional muscles that best serve performance depends on creating a balance between exercising them regularly and intermittent recovery, much the same way the bicep muscle needs recovery after exposing it to the stress of lifting a weight repetitively. We can run ourselves down emotionally if we are constantly spending emotional energy without recovery. Our emotional muscles end up getting weaker, not stronger. When our emotional muscles are weak – for example, if we have a lack of self-confidence or too little patience – we must systematically build our capacity by creating rituals that challenge us past our current capacity and then take some time to recover.
There is a "state of ease" that each of us can access to help release emotional turbulence and help maintain coherent alignment between our heart, mind and emotions. Learning to access our personal space of "inner-ease" can be done with minimum practice and in just a little time. When operating in an ease-mode, it's easier to choose less stressful perceptions and attitudes and re-create "flow" in our daily routines and the classes we teach.
Simply changing channels is one of the most effective rituals to refuel emotionally. Engaging in any activity that is enjoyable or fulfilling, such as Spinning®, tends to prompt positive emotions. How many hours per week do you devote to activities purely for pleasure and renewal? When was the last time to truly let go and felt fully disconnected? The key is making these activities a priority and treating the time you spend engaged in them as sacred. Researchers have found that the richer and deeper the source of emotional recovery, the more we refill our emotional reserves, feed our emotional muscles and the more resilient we become.
Sources: The Power of Full Engagement, author Jim Loehr; The Clarity Compass, Exploring Patterns, Helaine Fisher & Angela Reiner; "The energetic heart unfolding" Retrieved from: http://www.heartmath.org/free-services/articles-of-the-heart/energetic-heart-is-unfolding.html


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Dead squirrels, rabbits left in Hales Corners driveway
A Hales Corners resident reported someone left 10 dead squirrels and rabbits in his driveway April 12.
According to the Hales Corners police report:
The resident, in the 11800 block of West Grange Avenue, reported 10 dead squirrels and rabbits were left in his driveway at 6:45 a.m. April 12.
The resident said this is an ongoing issue at his home during this time of year due to a particular outdoor radio show on Saturday mornings.
According to police, the caller did not elaborate on the relationship between the dumped animal carcasses and the radio show, only that the time frame and prior years' occurrences of the same type of incident appears related.» Read Full Article
Franklin stadium deal is dead, developer Mike Zimmerman says
Zimmerman said he can't meet his schedule to build the stadium for the 2015 Frontier League season after the Common Council voted 6-0 Tuesday to oppose the financing proposal.
As a result, "this deal is dead," he said Thursday.
"In my opinion, this is an epic failure by our elected officials," Zimmerman wrote in an email. "They lost a stadium, a downtown and other new development I was lining up."
In response, City Administrator Mark Luberda said Zimmerman's time line was driven by his construction schedule. The city's typical decision-making process on financing a major project would generally require more time, Luberda said.» Read Full Article
Firefighters respond to report of smoke at home, find DJ smoke machine on
The Oak Creek Fire Department and police responded to a 911 caller who reported smoke was pouring out of a mobile home to find a smoke machine on.
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Firefighters and police responded to the call about a mobile home at Sunrise Shores, 8481 S. 5th Ave., about 7 p.m. April 19. When emergency workers arrived they saw smoke coming out of the windows of the trailer.
Officials determined the smoke was coming from a DJ's smoke machine that was left on inside the residence.
An officer spoke with the resident, who stated that he and four other people were at the trailer and left about 6:45 p.m., and that someone must have left the smoke machine on prior to their departure.» Read Full Article
Franklin council rejects funding minor league ballpark
minor league ballpark planned for Franklin has again struck out in its bid for public financing.A
But city officials on Tuesday night once again left open the possibility of the plan resurfacing.
The Franklin Common Council voted 6-0 to reject a plan to provide $10.5 million in city funds for the stadium.
Developer Mike Zimmerman would build the stadium at The Rock, a sports complex Zimmerman operates near S. 76th St. and W. Loomis Road.
The stadium would be mainly used by a new Frontier League baseball team Zimmerman hopes to have playing by the start of the 2015 season. The stadium also could be used for high school games, as well as concerts and other public events.» Read Full Article
Stella and Chewy's to relocate, expand to Oakview Business Park
Oak Creek — Stella and Chewy's will relocate and expand its premium raw pet food manufacturing facility to Oakview Business Park in the second quarter of 2015, the Oak Creek Plan Commission approved Tuesday.
With 45 percent growth year over year, Stella and Chewy's eyed the 164,007-square-foot manufacturing space at 111 Oakview Parkway to "put down some long term roots in the community of Oak Creek," said Jen Guzman, chief executive officer.
The 20-plus year lease offers an opportunity for Stella and Chewy's to purchase the building after five years. The company expects 130 starting employees in 2015 and up to 160 or more by 2016.
"This is going to be our leading, signature company at Oakview Business Park. It's a tremendous, first class company. Welcome to Oak Creek," said Mayor Steve Scaffidi.
This item was approved at the Plan Commission level and does not need Common Council approval.» Read Full Article
Police, firefighters respond to brush, leaf fires in Oak Creek
Oak Creek police and firefighters responded to two fires, both caused by a resident or business burning leaves or brush, on April 10 and 11.
According to the Oak Creek police reports:
In the first incident, the Oak Creek Fire Department and police responded to a ditch fire in the 9000 block of South Chicago Road at 12:55 p.m. April 10.
The fire, which was extinguished before firefighters arrived, was caused by someone who was burning leaves nearby. Apparently, an ash flew into the ditch due to gusting winds, which caused damage to a 100-foot by 30-foot area. No citation was issued.
In the second incident, police and firefighters responded to a report that a grass fire was out of control in the 800 block of West Oakwood Road at about 12:10 p.m. April 11.» Read Full Article
Franklin girls third, Oak Creek fourth at Mukwonago track meet
The outdoor season got off to a competitive if cool weather-wise start for the Franklin and Oak Creek girls track teams as the Sabers took third and the Knights fourth in the 10-school Mukwonago "M" Club Relays on April 16.
Franklin scored 79 points for its spot and Oak Creek 72-1/2 as host Mukwonago won with 99-1/2.
The Sabers picked up a first from the triple jump trio of Melissa Kirchoff, Breanna Judkins, and Katrina Voge. Kirchoff had the best individual triple jump at 35 feet-five inches, while Judkins was third at 33-9.
In addition, Kirchoff had the best overall 100-meter high hurdle effort of 15.97 seconds in leading the 3x100 meter hurdle trio that included Jamie Mercado and Haley Pyan to a second place finish.
Also earning runner-up slots for the Sabers were the 4x400 relay team (4:18.68), the 1,600 sprint medley relay (4:29.87) and the high jump relay team of Nancy Vo, Voge and Montana Mack.» Read Full Article
Oak Creek boys second, Franklin fifth at Mukwonago track meet
The outdoor season got off to a positive start for the Oak Creek and Franklin when the Knights took second and Franklin fifth in the Mukwonago "M" Club Relays on April 16.
The Knights scored 105 points for their spot in the seven-team meet as the host Indians won with 118. The Sabers earned their spot with 52.
Oak Creek picked up firsts from its 4x100-meter relay team (45.89 seconds), the 4x400 relay (3:31.88); the triple jump trio of Macen Leonardi, Matt Hamilton and Nathan Harvey and the discus crew of Robert Campos, Peter Mitchell and Cullen Quinn.
Leonardi had the best triple jump for the Knights with a leap of 39 feet-five inches and Quinn had the best discus throw for Oak Creek with a throw of 130-11.
In addition, the hurdle trio of Donovan Brown, Brian Weinzirl and Dominique Smith was victorious in both the 3x110 high hurdle and the 3x300 intermediate hurdle events.» Read Full Article
Oak Creek Mayor Scaffidi to host 'State of the City' chat via Twitter tonight
Mayor Scaffidi will host a "State of the City" chat via Twitter tonight from 6 to 7 p.m. using the hashtag #askthemayor.
Scaffidi will tweet announcements from the city's Twitter account, @CityofOakCreek, and respond to any questions labeled with the hashtag #askthemayor.
Last year's "State of the City" chat took place at the Oak Creek Community Center. Scaffidi said he held a Twitter chat once before and hopes to get the same response tonight, if not better.
"I thought I'd mix it up this year," said Scaffidi.
Sikhs in Washington honor Officer Brian Murphy
Oak Creek — Police officer Brian Murphy was awarded a Sewa (service) Award in Washington for being the first officer on the scene during the Aug. 5, 2012, shootings at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin.
The Guru Gobind Singh Foundation, a Sikh organization based in Washington, presented the award on Sunday, April 13, or Vaisakhi Day.
"It's well deserved," said Oak Creek Police Chief John Edwards. "The Sikh community has been fantastic to not only (Murphy) but our entire police department. (Murphy) is well-deserved for any award for the actions he took on that day."
Murphy was struck with 12 bullets at the attack, during which six Sikh worshippers were killed and three others were wounded. Murphy is now retired.
"We, as an organization, decided to honor Brian Murphy with a Sewa (service) Award," said Inder Paul Singh, chairman of Guru Gobind Singh Foundation, in an article online. "This is given annually to someone recognizing their spirit of sewa and contributions toward the Sikh community. We are highly grateful to him for his sacrifice and exemplary service."
Whitnall hires new varsity football coach
Whitnall High School has hired former Cumberland High School football coach Jared McGranahan to lead the Falcons football program.
McGranahan's team went 5-5 last year and qualified for the WIAA Division 5 playoffs. Cumberland is located in the northwest part of the state, roughly 85 miles northeast of Minneapolis. It was his only season at Cumberland.
"Thanks to our great student-athletes and our first-class football facilities, we had a lot of interest in our head football coaching position, and we are confident we found a great coach in Coach McGranahan," Whitnall athletics and activities director Scott Bruening said in a school release.
McGranahan replaces Jeff Wallack, who resigned in February after two seasons. Wallack's teams went 7-11 overall and reached the WIAA playoffs once.
McGranahan has also served as running backs and safeties coach at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville for four years and was an assistant football coach at Cuba City in 2009, an assistant boys basketball coach at Darlington for one season and a youth football coach in Darlington from 2006-08. McGranahan himself graduated from Darlington in 2003.
Man calls police, is arrested after punching officer in head
A man who called police to report his condo association president threatened to beat him was arrested for battery to a police officer after he punched an officer in the head April 2.
According to the Oak Creek police report:
The man called police to report his condo association president threatened to beat him up because his dog was running loose at the Oak Leaf Condo Association, 410 W. Aspen Drive.
The man was arrested for battery to a police officer and disorderly conduct (state charges) after he punched an officer in the head about 5:50 p.m. April 2.
The man continued to resist and police had to deploy a Taser to subdue him. The man, who had two valid warrants for resisting/obstructing an officer and disorderly conduct through the Oak Creek Police Department, was taken into custody after he was medically cleared.
The Rock baseball stadium proposal strikes out, for now, in Franklin
Franklin — The Rock Sports Complex's proposed professional baseball stadium will not be paid by the taxpayers, the project's task force has decided.
The Rock Professional Baseball Stadium Development Proposal Franklin Task Force held a meeting last week to discuss the complex's proposal for a public-private partnership to fund a $10.5 million baseball stadium.
The proposal that calls for a $10.5 million from the city excludes $4 million Mike Zimmerman, owner of the Rock and Zimmerman Ventures, would pay for team acquisition fees and team operating costs.
Not a hit in first at-bat
Following a public comment portion of the meeting that touched on issues related to the stadium proposal, the task force went into closed session Wednesday, April 2, before unanimously approving a motion to reject The Rock's proposal.» Read Full Article
Oak Creek-Franklin School District weighs teacher merit pay
Oak Creek — A new teacher compensation structure based on performance and instructional effectiveness will roll out in the 2014-15 school year once the Oak Creek-Franklin School Board finalizes salary ranges in future board meetings.
The compensation structure will categorize teachers into four tiers. Each tier reflects a pay range based on that teacher's instructional effectiveness, professionalism, leadership and other descriptors.
The goal was to increase initial educators' starting salary, while shrinking the compensation gap between starting and veteran teachers, with a salary maximum at $80,000. The compensation structure only applies to salary.
"This will give people an opportunity to see that what they do in the classroom will make a difference rather than seniority," said School Board Vice President Paul Mason.
The Board agreed with the new evaluation concept and compensation structure March 24.» Read Full Article
Cash donations for funeral taken from Oak Creek home
An Oak Creek resident reported that cards containing cash donations from his mother's funeral were stolen from his home sometime from March 21 to 23.
According to the Oak Creek police report:
The resident reported on April 1 that cards from his mother's funeral were stolen from his home in the 10300 block of South Oriole Lane sometime between March 21 and March 23.
Some of the cards contained cash donations, and they were stolen out of a bag that was in his bedroom. The resident also reported that a black Apple iPod 4G and a black Apple iPhone 4, valued at $400, were also stolen from the home sometime before March 28.
The resident gave police the name of a possible suspect, and police were trying to find him at the time of the report.
Man injured, arrested after police standoff in Cudahy
A suicidal 34-year-old Cudahy man was hospitalized Friday after being injured in a standoff with police at his home.
Both the man and a police officer fired shots during the incident in the 5500 block of S. Disch Ave., however Cudahy Police Chief Thomas D. Poellot said he could not say if the man was shot by the officer or describe the nature of his injury, which the chief described as non-life-threatening.
People in surrounding homes were evacuated during the incident, which began shortly before noon.
According to a news release from Cudahy police:
An out-of-state caller reported to Cudahy police that the man was making suicidal statements and displaying a firearm during a video phone call on FaceTime.» Read Full Article
Plan to use taxpayer money for minor league ballpark in Franklin appears dead
Franklin - A proposal for Franklin taxpayers to borrow $10.5 million to build a minor league baseball park is apparently dead.
But a different city proposal to help finance the stadium at The Rock sports complex might be forthcoming.
A city task force voted 4-0 Wednesday night to reject the funding plan from Mike Zimmerman, who owns The Rock.
That vote came after task force members met in closed session for over two hours. State law allows governments to meet in closed session to discuss real estate negotiations.
The recommendation, which task force members approved without discussion, also called for city staff to work on a revised funding proposal.» Read Full Article


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Dear crab, triangle, and butt related deal posting teams: Today is my last day at Woot. Next week I join your ranks. Thank you for your past and continued loyalty to Woot. It has been an honor. I have many friends amongst staff and the community and I wish everyone all the best.
-Snapster, aka Matt Rutledge, Founder & CEO, Woot
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From: Matt Rutledge
To: All Woot Employees
Team, I'm emailing this to inform you all that I plan to resign my position at Woot effective Friday June 15th to move on to future projects with fewer acronyms. Undoubtedly, a few words will not give justice to the quality of experience I have had working here and how much I'll miss you all, but I'd be remiss to stay silent.
Through your hard work and inspiration (or at least suppression of your better judgment), we created one of the most refreshingly unique companies in the world; the most reluctant retailer possible—pitching as few items as we could with the least amount of hype for the least amount of time. We were idealistic and irreverent, and no retailer was more principled or transparent than us. Even in the worst of times, like when we found ourselves commercially viable, we fought the good fight and retained the honor and contrarian upside in our brand, our community, and even our dead-horse-beaten bags of crap.
Retail team, Wholesale team, Woot Workshop, Development, Customer Service, Community Deals, Operations, Accounting, HR… so many of you practice what can only be described as art and I am proud that in so many positions at Woot we developed great artists. I could not be happier that so many of you are growing and thriving in the current environment whether you started recently (finding us quirky) or long ago (finding us stupidly chaotic). I have the utmost faith that you will continue our success and expand the boundaries of retail for years to come. Remember: Always be the breakfast octopus.
As I move on, one of the things I truly look forward to is being impressed and humored every day I check Woot as a true customer and fan. I'll soon get to be one of the crazies shouting "I stayed up for this?!!" with sarcastic enjoyment. Please don't let me down.
Woot, it has been an honor and a pleasure to serve as your semi-fearless leader for the past 18 years…
Now get the hell out of my house and have fun at college.
Should there be opportunity for a happy hour on some future Friday in a town nearby you, first rounds on me.
Matt Rutledge
Founder & Worst CEO Ever
Woot Inc.
TL;DR: You make Woot unique. I am proud to have been a part of what you are building. Carry on.
PS. obligatory sentimental pop-culture diversion in lieu of cat pic
/tear - Thanks for giving me a place to waste so much time
What Happened???
Say it isn't so......
Thank you for creating Woot! and for your years of service at this odd, (not so) little (anymore) company that's become so much more than just a site where one product is sold each day. Woot brings me multiple smiles each day; helps to answer my questions about, well, life, the universe and everything; helps me find great deals on things I need and things I never knew I even wanted and, overall, makes my life just a bit better on a very regular basis.
Best of luck to you in your future endeavors whatever those may be.
I bow to you.
@snapster: I bet your folks disagree with that "...Worst CEO Ever" moniker. The Wooters, too, will miss you and your influence. Wishing you much more success and happiness down the road.
Love the tags btw.
I gotta say, @snapster, since I've known you for years, I still think there's a greater-than-zero chance you plan to show up for work on Monday and shout "MOST EPIC TROLL OF ALL TIME!!!!"
Thanks for Woot, it's shiny. Good luck to you. Live long and prosper.
You will be missed, @snapster, but your influence that has made Woot the way it is will always be around.
Best of luck to you, from the resident shirt nerd.
This is totally a RAW DEAL! I'm tattling.
Best wishes on your endeavors.
@snapster: Damn!
It all makes sense now.
You've done a bangup job here, may it live as your legacy for a long time to come.
Best of luck in your future endeavors.
Hopefully we'll see more of your "creations" in some other space.
I'm thinking this is just a ploy to get himself the coveted black triangle. :(
Good luck and thanks for all the monkeys.
Good luck with your future endeavors! Will we see you around still, and perhaps in the deals.woot chat?
Alright deals.woot community: Let's give him a send-off to remember. Remember the Netflix downvote rally? Let's reverse that for @snapster 's deal! @cowboydann, rally the posse!
@snapster thanks for everything
@snapster: although your current triangle only states your rep as 85/100, i'd give you a solid 87/100. add in the grading curve and take out those overachievers like @lichme, and that bumps you up to a solid 92/100.
so long and do let the door hit you on the way out. at least that way, woot employees can build a shrine around your butt print.
good luck in your future endeavors!
@snapster: I hope the butt deals didn't come across as a giant mooning. That wasn't the intention. Also, I hope @slydon is right that this is crafty ploy. However, if it isn't, I hope your future endeavors are as fruitful.
@snapster, I told everyone that this was coming, but no one ever believes me.
Keep in touch. We'll leave a candle burning in the window.
I raise my coffee in salute to you.
Sad to see you go! Thanks for dedicating the past 8 years of your life to this site we all love. Best of luck in all your future endeavors. If you ever find yourself in the NYC area, drop me a PM, first round is on me. We owe it to you for all the fun (and cheap products, but fun comes first) you've brought into our lives.
This shirt is not even on a USA origin blank. You really have sold out!
That being said I wish you luck in your future endeavors, and don't forget your towel.
I wish you all the best on your next endeavors, Matt. You and your team have created a truly unique business with woot!
Aww, bad news from my perspective. You will be very much missed. I got ready for a luncheon meeting and now must redo my makeup as the tears are rolling down my face. Much good fortune for you and your familly,and I just could not envision you in this place with these changes and especially the penny auction ads, etc. I have been here since 2004 and I, too, will be departing. Tell me sometime where we are going! God bless.
I have only been around for a brief period compared to some of the others here, but your influence has definitely been noticed and appreciated. This place has become a fun hobby of mine and has saved me some money in the process (unless you count all of that stuff that I didn't need but bought it cause it was a hell of a deal). THANK YOU!
I've been here for a couple of years or so, come in every single day, check the products, check the deals and share some deals when I can, have recommended the site to many and wish to see it carry on, and this is ALL thanks to you and your creation, thank you ^_^
@snapster Best of luck with your future endeavors and thank you for giving me a place to call home. May your legacy live on and prosper! A THANK YOU just doesn't seem like enough!
Obligatory YouTube reference:
@snapster: Best of luck in your new endeavors. Since you are now rich beyond belief with AMZ stock, anytime you are in town, you are buying. I'll bring the Wine.Woot cool wood inlaid wine opener. You pick up everything else.
Itz a sad day and I have mutch sadness. :(
This post's for you, good sir. For a job well done.
First it was the CarTalk guys (Tom and Ray Magliozzi, known as Click and Clack the Tappet Brothers), now this!
I think so!
@snapster best of luck, at least we are looking forward to having you join us on the customer side.
Wow, that's crazy...sad to see you go.
Really wondering what's going to happen at this point.
I can only second the responses above me...Woot is WAY MORE than just a deals site...it's really hard to explain it to others that just don't know...thanks for creating such a brilliant design and letting us (the community) have a say in it from time-to-time.
Good luck on your future endeavors.
@snapster: Thanks for taking so much of my money :) It's been a blast to say the least.
@snapster: In the words of Ralphie, "Son of a Bitch."
@snapster I thank you for the years of giving me something to look forward to at 1am on daily basis. good luck.
@snapster: As tribute, every year on this day, I shall plug in my set of Woot-Off lights and have them spin around exactly 8 times, 1 for every year of your Woot life while 8 screaming flying Woot Monkies sound their somber dirge.
@snapster: I'll never be able to look at a Bag of Crap without thinking of you!
Thanks for everything and best of luck to you!!!
Thanks for woot. May it live on forever.
@shrdlu: Holy Smokes Batman ... You totally did call it ... " @snapster I will soon be able to be closer than ever to the community!" ha ha
Good luck @snapster
Awww, It'll be sad to see you go :(
@snapster: Woah, didn't see that coming. It's the end of an era man. Thanks for everything (like creating a site that has gobbled up more of my money over the years than I would care to admit) and best wishes to you in your future. You'll be missed around here.
@snapster: Thank you for everything! I wish you the best of luck in everything you do from here on in!
Amazon ruined woot... (this had to be said...right?)
Best wishes, @snapster. You made a magical little thing called woot that grew into a 200lb flying monkey; for that you have my thanks. May your F5 key break trying to get a brilliant orange cupola like the rest of us schlubs now ;)
@bingo969: Don't forget a chorus of Leakfrogs. Thanks for everything @snapster and good luck with your future endeavors
I'm with @slydon -- does anyone know if @Snapster is wearing is "It's a Trap!" shirt again?
But seriously, we've all had a great many years to work under Matt and it's been a pleasure. Not many CEOs will let you throw baseballs at them, hang out with you at the Christmas party, or let you fight for promotions by chair jousting in the office. As sad as it is to see him go, I think we're all excited to see what he does next.


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I spent last week listening and reading not all, but a lot of comments from Penn State football coach Bill O'Brien.
For a guy whom most people really didn't want as the guy to replace Joe Paterno, I have come to be a fan of O'Brien. It's going to take a special coach to get the Nittany Lions through the next four years and, it appears than O'Brien is the man for the job.
He dishes out no excuses.
He wants to hear nothing about this and that.
He just wants to coach.
He said he made a commitment to the program and intends to follow through on that commitment.
Nothing about the next four years is going to be easy and it seems that is OK with O'Brien.
Since going to a bowl game is not an option, it would appear that Penn State can beef up its schedule with anybody and everybody - Alabama, Florida, USC, etc.
The Nittany Lions can take on all-comers and not be worried about what it will do to their record.
They, after all, really have nothing to lose.
And, that might be one of his recruiting tools.
They are not exiled from television and, since I am guessing some of those blue-chippers will not consider Happy Valley as a place of residence, O'Brien can also use that during recruiting.
In reality, Penn State is missing one game a year for four years - the bowl game.
True, the program also will not be allowed to play in the Big 10 championship game, but that is not guaranteed for any team in the conference.
Everything I have heard from O'Brien and read about O'Brien is that what's done is done and all he wants to do is lead this program through the dense forest and out the other side.
No excuses.
No whining.
No complaints.
Just play.
I like that a lot.
The last time I was a fanatic about any team was my youthful exuberance with the UCLA basketball team and coach John Wooden.
I loved when I was allowed to stay up late on Saturday night to watch the Bruins from Pauley Pavilion, or allowed to stay up late to watch them on tape delay from Oregon or Washington or Cal.
I am a fan of teams - Chargers, Padres, UCLA basketball, Notre Dame football and the Lakers, but do not bleed purple and gold, powder blue and white or want to jump off the Golden Dome when one of "my" teams lose.
I am not a "hater" of any teams - yes, Buckeyes fans, that means Ohio State, regardless of what you think.
It's a lot more fun to antagonize fans than hate teams.
Yes, I will continue to antagonize.
Congratulations to Ohio for its 33-14 win over West Virginia Sunday night in the 67th-annual Rudy Mumley Ohio Valley Athletic Conference All-Star Charity Football Classic at Wheeling Island Stadium.
It was good, old-fashioned smashmouth football in the third period for the Buckeyes, scoring 20 points to erase a 14-13 halftime deficit.
Buckeye Local graduate Josten Dear had 24 carries for 149 yards and a touchdown, while Cambridge graduate Dashaun Lewis went for 118 yards and three scores in a like number of carries.
Ohio's defense held the Mountaineers to 111 yards and five first downs, while its offense totaled 20 first downs and 357 yards, all but 44 of those on the ground.
Dear was named Ohio's MVP.
Just me, but would still like to see some of the introductions done before the game, especially the "old timers" and the 10-year reunions.
Still a great game to watch and it's great to be on both sidelines.
Being on the sidelines is a great place to watch football games and, really, it's the only place I like to cover a game.
I get to hear what coaches and players say and I get to see attitudes and body language.
You can tell a lot about a player when things are not going well. It is obvious the body language that reveals character because what players reveal on the sidelines is not the first time they have acted that way during adversity and won't be the last.
I saw that Sunday night.
I will see more of it come less than four weeks.
My father always told me the only difference between Little League parents and football parents was that football players wore helmets and couldn't hear their parents.
After what I heard come out of some mouths from people in the stands Sunday night at OVAC game, he was right on target with that.
People, really, just shut up and enjoy the game.
I am telling you, your sons would absolutely cringe if they heard what you said, out loud, for all the world to hear, during a game.
I understand it's not all fans, but, it's far too many of them.
Also, and I will say this again and again, keep your mouths shut and do not criticize other kids who play the game.
You see, the mother of the quarterback sure doesn't want to hear you criticize her son.
Cuz, I am guessing, you really wouldn't want to hear her blitz your son.
So, keep it zipped if you are not going to keep it positive.
(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 and can be followed on Twitter at @MathisonMike)


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Steubenville playoff tickets on sale
STEUBENVILLE - Steubenville Big?Red's second round playoff game against West Holmes is set for 7 p.m. Saturday in New Philadelphia.
Ticket sales run until 2 p.m. and from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at the high school. They are also on sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday through Friday.
Pre-sale tickets cost $7, with tickets at the gate costing $9.
Big Red boosters sponsoring bus
STEUBENVILLE - The Big Red Booster Club is sponsoring two buses to New Philadelphia for Saturday's Division III, Region 11 playoff game between Big Red and West Holmes.
The price is $30 and includes a ticket to the game, which is scheduled for a 7 p.m. kickoff.
For information call Bob McGinnis at (740) 282-3529 or (740) 632-9300 or Vic Corsi at (740)?264-5526 or (740) 381-1126.


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One walk through the middle of River Run Village and it is clear why these are the most popular lodging units at Keystone. With great shopping, dining, nightlife, swimming pools, hot tubs and even a Starbucks just outside the door, these units are in a perfect location for those who want to be in the middle of the action. In addition, the units are bedecked in charming mountain décor and provide cozy, comfortable atmosphere so guests feel right at home. Amenities include a short walk to either the River Run Gondola, Summit Express Quad Chair, River Run Village, free shuttle to Keystone Village, access to pool and hot tub, elevator, laundry facilities, free garage parking and ski storage.
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"I'm", "it's" are forbidden in formal essays.
Can I use "that's why" in the opening of my Statement of Purpose?
Fancy flights used to fill me with euphoria, that's why I named myself Joseph, but now ...
It sounds a little awkward to use "that is why," though I'm not a native English speaker.


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|This simple Cucumber, Onion, and Parsley Salad with Feta Cheese has four of my favorite summer ingredients!
(Updated and added to Recipe Favorites May 2010.) I don't remember where I originally found the idea for this simple cucumber, onion, and parsley salad with feta cheese and lemon vinaigrette, but it ended up being a flavor combination I loved, and when I made it again recently I decided it was time to update the photos. This salad is a great way to use cucumbers from the garden (when you start getting them!) but when I don't have garden cucumbers, I use mild European cucumbers or small Persian cucumbers. If you're not sure about raw red onion, soak the onion in cold water for a few minutes to remove some of the bite. I used flat Italian Parsley from my herb garden for this, but curly parsley would work. I think simple fresh-tasting cucumber salads like this make a perfect warm-weather lunch, or serve this as a side dish for grilled meat.
I used a generous 1/4 cup of my favorite feta cheese.
Cucumber, Onion, and Parsley Salad
(about 2-3 servings, Kalyn jotted down this recipe from somewhere years ago, but has no idea where it originally appeared.)
1 large European cucumber or 2 medium Persian cucumbers (or use regular grocery store cucumbers but peel the skin and scrape out the seeds)
1/4 red onion, finely diced (or more to taste)
1/2 cup chopped parsley (I used flat Italian parsley, but curly parsley will work)
1/4 cup crumbled Feta cheese
2 T best quality extra virgin olive oil
1 T fresh lemon juice
fresh ground black pepper to taste
Dice onion into small pieces. (If you prefer a milder onion flavor, soak the onions in cold water for about 10 minutes, then drain well and pat dry.) Pat Feta cheese dry with a paper towel, then crumble into pieces. Wash parsley and spin dry or dry with paper towels, then chop coarsely.
South Beach Suggestions:
More Tasty Cucumber Salads:
(Recipes from other blogs may not always be South Beach Diet friendly; check ingredients.)
Spicy Shrimp and Cucumber Salad with Mint, Lemon, and Cumin from Kalyn's Kitchen
Asian Cucumber Salad with Cilantro and Vidalia Onions from Kalyn's Kitchen
Tomato, Cucumber, and Radish Salad with Yogurt and Tahini Dressing from Kalyn's Kitchen
Chopped Tomato and Cucumber Salad with Mint, Feta, Lemon, and Thyme from Kalyn's Kitchen
Cucumber Salad with Mint and Feta from Simply Recipes
Cool as a Cucumber Salad from Gluten Free Goddess
Thai Cucumber Salad from Cookin' Canuck
Cucumbers with Creamy Ginger-Soy Dressing from White on Rice Couple
Mint and Parsley Salad with Persian Cucumbers from Modern Beet
(Want even more recipes? I find these recipes from other blogs using Food Blog Search.)


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File extensions are not necessary on unices, still every tarred, gzipped or bzipped file I encounter has a file extension like
.tar.gz or
Is there any special reason for that or is that just convention?
Originally, on unix systems, the extensions on file names were a matter of convention. They allowed a human being to choose the right program to open a file. The modern convention is to use extensions in most cases; common exceptions are:
(These are common cases, not hard-and-fast rules.)
Most binary file formats also contain some kind of header that describes properties of the file, and typically allows the file format to be identified through magic numbers. The
Sometimes the file extension gives more information than the file format, sometimes it's the other way round. For example many file formats consist of a zip archive: Java libraries (
An advantage of the extension is that it's a lot faster to recognize it than to open the file and look for magic sequences. For example completion of file names in shells is almost always based on the name (mainly the extension), because reading every file in a large directory can take a long time whereas just reading the file names is fast enough for a Tab press.
Sometimes changing a file's extension can allow you to say how a file is to be interpreted, when two file formats are almost, but not wholly identical. For example a web server might treat
In the case of gzip archives,
They may not need an extension, but it sure makes identifying them easier in the output of
File extensions are primarily a convention for the humans who use the system. There are tools which do use the filename extension to do things. For example Nautilus shows me a different icon based on the file extension.
If I gave you a file called


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Biden to travel to Germany, France, UK
Posted at: 01/18/2013 11:07 AM
(AP) WASHINGTON - Vice President Joe Biden will visit three European countries next month, his first foreign trip in the Obama administration's new term.
The White House says Biden will make stops in Germany, France and the United Kingdom. He is expected to meet with the leaders of each country as well as with other government officials.
In Germany, Biden will speak at the Munich Security Conference, an international gathering focused on global security issues.
The vice president's trip comes as Europe grapples with a debt crisis that has reverberated in the U.S.
Obama administration officials fear any worsening of the situation in Europe could disrupt positive economic trends in the U.S.
(Copyright 2013 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)


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9 Creative Ways to Cook a Thanksgiving Turkey
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Smoked Turkey
Smoked turkey is a more flavorful and tender way to prepare turkey than roasting. There are plenty of recipes for smoking the perfect bird, but a good rule of thumb is to choose a turkey in the 12 lb range; larger birds will take much longer to cook, which can be detrimental to tenderness and flavor.
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President Mary A. Papazian
President Papazian to lead San Jose State University
Mary A. Papazian, president of Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, Conn., has enjoyed a notable career as an educator, administrator and scholar of English literature.
Appointed as the university's 11th president in December 2011, Papazian oversees an institution of 11,100 students, 434 full-time faculty, 1,100 staff and an operating budget of $190 million. Her first day at Southern was Feb. 1, 2012, and since then, she has led a period of institutional enhancement.
A major construction program is changing the face of campus. In September 2012, a new School of Business opened its doors, and in spring 2013, construction was scheduled to commence on a new Academic Laboratory Science Building and a major renovation of Buley Library. A new parking garage with 1,200 spaces was also slated to open in the spring.
Addressing pressing issues of retention and graduation rates that are currently facing many public institutions of higher education, Papazian instituted a Student Success Taskforce to examine and improve key areas of enrollment management and create a clear path to a college degree. Similarly, a Graduate School prioritization program is reviewing all aspects of access and delivery for students seeking advanced degrees.
Curricular changes have also been introduced to meet workforce needs. In the sciences, for example, there are new graduate-level offerings in applied physics, nanotechnology and chemistry -- the latter featuring a professional science track for students seeking advanced training in both chemistry and business. Recognizing the business community's need for broadly educated, articulate college graduates in the liberal arts and science disciplines, Southern is also proposing a Business and Liberal Arts Program designed to promote critical thinking, problem solving, effective writing and other business skills necessary to succeed in today's fast-paced global economy.
Papazian has taken an active role in the community as a member of the New Haven Regional Leadership Council and a director of New Haven Promise, a scholarship and support program created to promote college education as an aspiration for all New Haven Public School students. At the state level, she was selected as a member of a delegation to Complete College America, a national conference that assists states to increase the numbers of students earning college degrees and to close attainment gaps between traditional and under-represented populations.
Papazian and her husband, Dr. Dennis Papazian, were recently awarded honorary doctorates by the Armenian State Pedagogical University (ASPU) in Yerevan, Armenia. ASPU was observing the 90th anniversary of its founding, and it marked the occasion by recognizing leaders from a number of universities with which it has international agreements.
Prior to coming to Southern, Papazian most recently served as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Lehman College in The Bronx, which is part of the City University of New York (CUNY) system.
During her tenure at Lehman, she was responsible for a $60 million budget and more than 750 full- and part-time faculty members and 200 staff members. She also oversaw the management, planning, development and quality control of all academic programs at the college.
Lehman is a senior liberal arts college, founded in 1968 and offering 76 undergraduate majors and programs and 46 graduate degree programs. Similar in size to Southern, it enrolled 12,115 students in fall 2010 (9,841 undergraduates and 2,274 graduate students).
At Lehman, Papazian helped articulate a strategic vision and long-term goals for the college and played a leading role in its implementation. She also supported efforts to build strong community relationships with the college and was a key member of Lehman's leadership team as it launched the college's first capital campaign.
Since becoming provost in July 2007, Papazian launched many initiatives, including creating the Office of Undergraduate Studies and Online Education, and developing increased admissions standards for freshmen and transfer students. In addition, under her leadership, Lehman created an annual Scholarship Day to showcase student research and scholarship, a faculty-led Assessment Council to guide the college's initiatives in student learning, and an annual Faculty Recognition Day to highlight accomplishments in the areas of teaching, scholarship and service.
Before joining Lehman's senior administrative team, Papazian was dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and professor of English at Montclair State University in Montclair, N.J., a position she held since August 2004. For the previous five years, she was associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Oakland University in Rochester, Mich., where she had been on the faculty of the English Department since 1988.
As dean at Montclair State, a comprehensive public university with 17,000 students and 500 full-time faculty members, Papazian oversaw many initiatives, including creating the Center for Writing Excellence, strengthening the partnership between the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the College of Education and developing degree programs in child advocacy and Asian studies.
Her book, John Donne and the Protestant Reformation: New Perspectives, was published by Wayne State University Press in August 2003. A second book, The Sacred and Profane in English Renaissance Literature, was published by the University of Delaware Press in June 2008. Papazian served the John Donne Society as secretary/treasurer from 1990-2005 and as president in 2006-2007. A native Californian, Papazian completed her graduate and undergraduate education at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where she received her B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in English literature.
Upon graduating summa cum laude with her B.A. in English, she was elected a member
of Phi Beta Kappa. She currently lives in Woodbridge with her husband, Dennis R. Papazian,
a long-time professor of history and founding director of the Armenian Research Center
at the University of Michigan, Dearborn, and their two daughters, Ani and Marie.


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March 25, 2013
Breakfast spots to fuel up for the Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon
Lisa Huang
"Own only what you can carry with you; know language, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag" - Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Lisa is a storyteller – an entrepreneur passionate about sharing the stories of diverse communities through food. Born in Taiwan, she has lived in six countries including Taiwan, Singapore, China, Peru, U.S.A. and South Africa. Since moving to Cape Town, Lisa has been captivated by local communities and their stories.
The best stories are often shared over food: spice-filled Mumbai street snacks; hearty Peruvian home-cooked meals; gourmet feasts served in Chicago's top restaurants and more! Lisa's dream is to reconnect local communities and foster authentic human connections. Her start-up, Food and Chaatter, aims to do exactly that!
Lisa graduated from University of Michigan, USA with a Bachelor in Business Administration (BBA) degree. She loves film, travel, outdoor camping, innovative ideas and of course, food!
Whether you are running to accomplish your New Year resolutions, or to beat a personal best record at the 2013 Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon, proper fuelling and nutrition during training is crucial. Have you been following your nutrition strategy so far?
One of the biggest limiting factors for runners is how efficiently your body burns carbohydrates and fats during the marathon. The more fat you can burn as opposed to carbohydrates, the higher the chance of success! For this final week, remember to taper off your carbohydrate intake parallel to your training times.
Here are some great breakfast options in Cape Town to refuel on the Two Oceans Marathon training route:
(Monday-Saturday from 7am)
I asked Shantalie Hewavisenti, sub-editor at Expat Arrivals and Two Oceans marathon runner, for her favourite breakfast spot – and she chose tashas with no hesitation! A boutique café in Constantia Village, breakfast is served with all the frills! Try a toasted pita filled with scrambled eggs, grilled halloumi, crispy bacon and rocket. Or pimp your toast with sautéed mushrooms and goat's cheese drizzled with olive oil!
Organic at Heart
(Monday-Saturday from 7:30am)
A neighbourhood secret tucked away in Plumstead, your delicious breakfast will be filled with fresh, seasonal and organic ingredients. Try the Eggs Benedict served on a bed of salad and plum tomatoes, or with free-range chicken sausages and garlic mushrooms for a hearty option. Check the daily menu before dropping in by tweeting Michele @Organic_tart, or visiting their Facebook page!
Empire Cafe
(Monday-Sunday from 7am)
Fifteen kilometres down, and you are huffing and puffing along the shorelines of Muizenberg. Stop by Empire Café, where owner Dave Jones experiments with wholesome ingredients. Sweeten things up with a plum galette, or tuck into some hearty grilled vegetables with roasted chicken.
Rhodes Memorial Restaurant
(Monday-Sunday from 9am)
You are almost there! Reward yourself with breakfast at Rhodes Memorial, looking out as far as the Hottentots Holland Mountains. Savour the view with fresh smoothies with yoghurt, banana, orange juice and berries, or the On the Run breakfast with eggs, bacon, tomato, toast and jam!
Take in the sights, breathe deeply, and remember you are running one of the world's most beautiful marathons right here in Cape Town, the inspirational Mother City!


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The First Rule of Fight Church Is...
The NYTimes reported today on the latest version of "muscular Christianity," which apparently pictures Jesus as an Ultimate Fighting Champion:
MEMPHIS In the back room of a theater on Beale Street, John Renken, 42, a pastor, recently led a group of young men in prayer. Father, we thank you for tonight, he said. We pray that we will be a representation of you. An hour later, a member of his flock who had bowed his head was now unleashing a torrent of blows on an opponent, and Mr. Renken was offering guidance that was not exactly prayerful. Hard punches! he shouted from the sidelines of a martial arts event called Cage Assault. Finish the fight! To the head! To the head! The young man was a member of a fight team at Xtreme Ministries, a small church near Nashville that doubles as a mixed martial arts academy. Mr. Renken, who founded the church and academy, doubles as the teams coach. The schools motto is Where Feet, Fist and Faith Collide.
The article suggests that this literal blending of faith and fighting is a trend catching on in evangelical circles with about 700 such ministries in existence, and "the sport is seen as a legitimate outreach tool by the youth ministry affiliate of the National Association of Evangelicals, which represents more than 45,000 churches." Anything to get 'em in the door...right?
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Eric Bugyis teaches Religious Studies at the University of Washington Tacoma.
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We pray that we will be a representation of you. Does Jesus get to weep at these beatings?
This is reminiscent of the old parody (whether it was a parody is debatable) of the muscular anti-communism of the 1950s: Kill a Commie for Christ.Brrrrrrrrrrr.If this is what it takes for Christianity to attract the young, better Christianity should disappear.
Gladiators for Christ?
...there is no Fight Church.
This is a great example why we should always be suspicious when we read about growth in churches. Manipulation of numbers is so widespread. Colleen Carroll made a name for herself among conservative Catholics by writing "The New Faithful" which was basically fiction reported as truth. She now is a favorite of orthodxy, EWTN and The Ethics and Public Policy Center. She made a career for herself alla Glen Beck, tho she is not as manipulative as he.John Allen cites a book in which a French sociologist charts the growth of Catholic evangelica growth and why it is bad. Caveat emptor. Or better; deliver us from evil.http://ncronline.org/blogs/future-church/pondering-roman-collars-latin-m...
So how would people get young men into church? You hardly ever see them unless they're with a wife/girlfriend.
Irene,I appreciate the earnestness of your question, but I think there are two issues to consider. 1. I'm not sure about the numbers, but I suspect the whole idea that it's single young men in particular who aren't showing up at church is a bit overblown. My sense is that single young adults in general are not all that involved in church life. Even for those who were involved in campus churches, it can be very hard after college to go to church at a parish made up of families on your own. I don't think its a gender thing. Of course, the some want to make it a gender thing, but I think that's because they're invested in rehabilitating/perpetuating certain understandings of masculinity and femininity within their own patriarchal traditions. So, it's convenient to say, "Hey look, single young men are not going to church. It must be because we aren't manly enough for them!"2. There's a larger issue that I think is interesting here, which has to do with the fine line between evangelization and marketing. Of course, I think we are called to preach the Gospel to all (using words when necessary), but how do we make sure it is the Gospel we are preaching. I think this is a particular problem for protestants (particularly non-denomenational protestants) given the more fractured and independent nature of their ecclessiology. This creates two issues: a. because the flow of money from parishoners to the church is more refracted in the Catholic Church, I think that priests feel less inclined to play the numbers game. This is to say that it seems priests are less worried about being fired if numbers go down because they aren't "independent spiritual contractors" employed directly by their congregants. They also don't have families to support, which also translates to less financial pressure to put butts in the seats. b. I think the Catholic Church just has more "brand recognition" and more centralized "brand management." What you see is what you get, and everybody pretty much knows what they're signing up for (like Coca-Cola Classic, where all you need is to show a white polar bear drinking the stuff). You don't need a lot of gimmicks just to get people to pay attention (like Gene Simmons pitching "amazingly smooth" Dr. Pepper with Cherry). That may be changing, but if its a problem in the Catholic Church, it's certainly a bigger problem for protestants.
So, the question is: How does one preach the gospel in a way that makes it accessible and inviting without compromising the message?
One gives an example by understanding that the church, people, must always reform themselves. We stop saying how everyone else "subsists" in the church while we have the whole magilla, when indeed we ignore the words of Jesus: "The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, Because the LORD has anointed me To bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to captives And freedom to prisoners;"We lampoon the downtrodden while we support the empire the church has become.
Thank you for responding to my question about attracting young men (or young people) to church. While I think the 'fight club' approach is over the top, I don't know if more aggressive outreach and creative programs to get young people to church would be a bad thing. I don't know anything about evangelization, but I did do some community organizing for a while, where a lot of the work is about connecting to people where they are, not relying on them to come to you. I took a cross-country camping trip with my family last Summer and I was really struck by how often I ran into Christian outreach groups in all kinds of venues. A college mission group ran children's activities programs at a campground in the Outer Banks; they did arts and crafts and mixed it up with a couple of Christian-themed morality plays. At a campground in Pennsylvania, a local church held a non-denominational service with a really nice hot lunch afterwards; I was at a 4th of July street fair in Jefferson City, MO, where a church group had clowns and face-painting for kids, and intertwined it with Bible stories. My favorite were the Bikers for Jesus (or a name something like that) that I camped next to in the Black Hills; they would do bike runs to raise money for charity. These folks were all over the place; I thought I would be put off by them, but I found them all to be really nice and kind people. In contrast, while I've seen wonderful Catholic outreach through social service programs, here and overseas, to the underserved, to poor and homeless people, and new immigrants and women in need, I haven't seen the kinds of outreach programs I described above to connect with more mainstream folks. I don't know if these programs are effective in recruiting, but I thought they were interesting and I liked their energy.
Patricia, you beat me (so to speak) to it. There is a long history in Chicago of Catholic institutions supporting boxing. The Golden Gloves tournament in Chicago is still, I believe, held at St. Andrew's school gym on the North Side. Probably its involvement in boxing is for some of the same reasons that this Evangelical pastor supports kick-boxing (or whatever this is) - it brings young toughs into the church who otherwise would be brawling in the street.
I'm always struck by how much marketing there is in our world. On NPR today I was listening to a history of how depression drugs were marketed to Drs. by the insistance that it was a disease--this was in the 60's. We do not need to do the marketing if we have faith. Lately, I have been touched by the gentleness of the show "Touched by an Angel" on some pretty hardened fictional characters. Some young people are waiting to be challenged, not met where they are, but lifted out of it.


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My RP club has been going on for many years, which has the unfortunate effect of us getting older. Many members of my club have started to acquire something called a 'real life'. I'm not entirely sure what this, but it seems to involve some kind of long haired chesty variety of humanoid and sometimes small people running around. For some alien reason, club members seem to prioritize this over gaming sessions.
I am currently GMing multiple games, and I have the constant problem of my players phasing in & out of existence like a pack of blink dogs. What is the best way of running a game with a constantly unreliable group?
So far I tend to carry on with the game if a few members don't show, but avoid major plot points or big fights. I also try to throw in some side-quests, which seems to be a good way to slow the party down whilst keeping momentum going. This approach seems to mess up party xp though.


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I'm nearly out of space and
~/Library/Application Support/GarageBand is taking up 1.5 GB and GarageBand.app is taking up 381 MB of my hard disk space.
Can I simply remove the app itself and this folder to remove it from my system?
I'm nearly out of space and
Can I simply remove the app itself and this folder to remove it from my system?
Yup, if you no longer want it on your system, those are the two biggest offenders in terms of size. To be completely thorough, have a look through ~/Library/Preferences/ for the .plist file and trash that too.
If you're on a purge, it may be worth looking at iMovie/iDVD too if you don't use those.
Yes, you can remove
Also check for preference .plist files in:
Hope this helps.
If you are like me wanting to move GarageBand elsewhere such as a backup harddrive then
then if you want to get the Garageband back when you have a larger harddrive, you do the inverse
You need to run some commands as
Yup, no issues, one of the first things I did when I got my Mac.
There may be some plists stored elsewhere, but they will be small in comparison to all the instruments, songs and samples in the Application Support directory.


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Maroon Gatorade in bottles featuring the Texas A&M logo will soon hit grocery and convenience store shelves in Aggieland and other select Texas locations — another sign of the expanding popularity of the Aggie brand, notes Shane Hinckley, the university's assistant vice president for business development.
The 32-ounce bottles of maroon-colored fruit punch are in stores now and will be available in the marketplace throughout October or while supplies last.
The maroon Gatorade is part of a national initiative to highlight a few of the nation's top universities and their key rivals, explains Kyle Grote of Gatorade Sports Marketing.
Playing on the Aggies' longtime rivalry with the University of Texas, an orange version of the popular sports drink will be available in Texas as well. Likewise, similar promotions will focus on University of Michigan-Michigan State, Florida-Tennessee and Southern Cal-UCLA rivalries.
"We are highlighting some of the county's best rivalries with this promotion, and certainly Texas A&M vs. Texas is recognized as one of the best," Grote notes.
"This is a limited-time promotion that is in stores now and runs through Oct. 31," he adds. "The new Gatorade bottles will be available in grocery and convenience stores, plus fans will have a chance to win sweepstake prizes that will include tickets to the Texas A&M –Texas game on Nov. 24 in College Station plus $200 spending money and pre-game access to the field."
Gatorade, backed by 40 years of research, provides sports performance innovations designed to meet the needs of athletes at all competitive levels and across a broad range of sports, says Grote.
"We're pleased that Gatorade has recognized that our rivalry with Texas as one of the premier rivalries in the country," notes Hinckley.
"Texas A&M is one of only eight schools selected to participate in this promotion," he observes. "This is one of many new branding opportunities that Texas A&M has undertaken this fall. It's a natural fit and further extends Texas A&M's national brand presence. We don't expect product to last very long in stores.
"We are excited about this partnership with Gatorade, and it shows the strength of the Texas A&M brand," Hinckley adds.


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I am trying to price a 30 yr bond maturing in December 15, 2035. The bond is rated A- (S&P). Where can I find the spreads for corporate bonds rated A- maturing in 23 years (December 2035)? I have access to Bloomberg, but so far all I was able to find was individual bond yields. Is the 23 yr corporate spread available? Lastly, just to be sure. I use the 23 year spread + 23 treasury, and not the 30 year for a bond maturing in 2035?
You may wish to consider this process a little more generally. That is to say, you are defining a cohort of comparable bonds as 23-year A- rated bonds. Bloomberg doesn't supply a long-dated A- curve, so no matter how you approach this, you will effectively be modeling this bond spread against others in its cohort.
I suggest redefining the cohort to be 20-30 year bonds in the same industry with any level of A rating. Find the average spread $ s $ to treasuries and then apply $s$ to the 23-year point on the treasury curve to come up with a value.
Needless to say, if you have views on recovery rate, capital structure changes, or other hard-to-model criteria you should consider them. The whole process is very fuzzy so you won't be introducing any extra error.