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License fee tax considered
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ST. CLAIRSVILLE —The Belmont County commissioners heard from County Engineer Fred Bennett during Wednesday's meeting. He brought up the possibility of an additional permissive license fee ta....
remember these people next time they are up for reelection!! i know i will.
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I've never seen such a combination of ignorance and time wasting. Oh, and I don't like the article either.
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Typical elected official, just raise taxes !
Mr Bennett, you should say : Because I'm too stupid to run my department efficiently)I need more money
I know nothing about cutting costs, or time management.... all's I know is I'm short on money, so let's get more,... for me to stay in budget 8(
Meanwhile, the 3 BC "figure heads" will eat up everything he sez, like a "starving dog in a meat market"
Engineers aren't necessarily efficient business people.... CASE IN POINT .... P I T I F U L, and unexcuseable.
Look up the word "politician" in the dictionary...... the new difinition is :
BEND OVER, here it comes. L O L
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I wish that everytime I needed extra money I could just demand it. I am referring to all utilities, taxes, fees, and permits. Electic is outrageous and Comcast just arbitrarily raised their bill charging now for equipment they sent out alledgedly at no charge. I cut back more and more on groceries,gasoline, eating out, going anywhere and I just don't see how low income people can absorb much more. I am not getting a dime from the current gas/oil boom , but I should help pay for them being here and using the roads.It is all so wrong.
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hey mr bennett!! why don't you get the county sheriff to patrol rt 9,331,149 & rt 40 with portable scales!! just think how much money that will bring in to fix the roads & bridges,i can guarantee alot of speeding tickets too!!
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west virginia is the way to go!! 1 plate & it cost the same for cars & pickups!! it's even cheaper than ohio. i think i will keep my property in ohio so there won't be a chance for them to rip another resident off with all the crap fees.
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Cars don't destroy roads and bridges..TRUCKS DO. This is horse crap. This county has to have a large influx of money from the gas and oil drilling. Use that money or tax the big heavy water trucks. Leave US alone.
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EXACTLY as I predicted!!!
Instead of these THOUSANDS of out of state pipe liners and drillers being FORCED to buy OHIO plates and pay TAXES as the law REQUIRES, these liberals want to STEAL even MORE money from RESIDENTS to pay for the damage that the drilling activity is CAUSING!!!!
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yes!! THATS ALL WE NEED!! MORE FEES ON OUR BACKS!! HOW ABOUT GOING AFTER THE BIGGER TRUCKS THAT ARE TEARING UP THESE ROADS & BRIDGES & NOT FORCING THE LITTLE PEOPLE THAT CANT AFFORD THE FEES!!LIVING IN WV IS LOOKING LIKE A CHEAPER MOVE EVERYDAY..
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We know the part in a site that is to carry an action is called "Call to Action". Similarly, is there any name for the part on a site that takes the utmost attention of a user? Or is the action element always the one that gathers it?
Thus, we try to make the call to action a focal point so it will become the locus of attention.
In his book "The Humane Interface", Jef Raskin has introduced the (formerly biological) term "locus of attention" to the field of HCI. It is defined as the area to which the user's attention is drawn:
Often, calls to action (or other elements that the user should focus on) never get the user's attention because the user gets distracted and thus their locus of attention is somewhere else entirely.
Good examples are ads that directly compete with a site's main content and use distracting means like popups, blinking or more attractive calls to action.
"Prime Real Estate" is the term I (and many others) use. You can google it.
Since eye trackers produce 'heat maps', does it not follow that the points of maximum attention on the heat maps are 'hot spots' ?

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PC Post-Op 1,360 Days -- But Who's Counting?
Ron Kauffman
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OncoLink Survivor Story:
"PC Post-Op 1,360 Days -- But Who's Counting?"
Author: Ron Kauffman Posted Date: November 14, 1999
It's hard to believe, as I sit here just a few hours away from my semi-annual revisit to my surgeon's office for another PSA test, that I'm approaching 4 years since my prostate cancer (PC) surgery. I really have no doubt that the results will again be in the range of 0.2, as they have been so consistently for the past 3 years.
I continue to hear almost weekly from many people who have read my previous articles tracking my own experiences from biopsy to post-surgery recovery. For other PC "victors" out there or for those who see themselves as recently notified victims with Prostate Cancer, I can only relate my continuing story of successful surgery and good health, and tell you that you too should plan and expect a similar result.
These days, my energy level, which began to rebuild within a few weeks of surgery, returned to 97% about 6 months after surgery. Probably as good as it can get for a 55 year old who still thinks he's not over 40. In fact, my wife and I took up road cycling with our local bicycle club about a year ago, and now ride almost daily. I can routinely ride 35 to 60 miles with the occasional 100-mile century ride thrown in for good measure.
It still seems to amaze some people to think that I had cancer and now lead a normal life. I guess that's the point. I had PC, and once you have had any form of cancer, it becomes, at some level, a part of your life forever. The choices you have, as any survivor can tell you, is to get on with life and be in control of your destiny, or allow any aspect of the disease to control your life - the latter is a bad choice.
Obviously, I chose the former, to get on with my life. The memory of the horror and shock of being told I had PC, as well as the fear I had of electing and submitting to the radical surgery has long since diminished. I remember it was absolutely NOT a painful surgery, and that there were many funny incidents that occurred in the weeks and months after the surgery. Particularly the catheter during the first 18 days, and then the much anticipated return to a "normal" sex life. My wife, Lisa, and I still laugh about it.
The fears of incontinence were totally unfounded, as it was resolved within a few days of removal of the catheter after the successful surgery. My return to work took about 30 days, and my return to full energy and all physical activities took between 4 and 6 months.
Candidly, the return to normal sexual function took quite a bit longer. Although I had no nerve bundles removed during the surgery, the trauma to the nerves in the area, just as a by-product of the surgery, was enough to create unpredictable occasions of impotence.
To overcome this problem, I worked with my surgeon as a "human guinea pig" willing to try anything to return to those wonderful days of old. I tried everything. From inserting medicines such as Muse into the opening of my penis, to Caver-Ject, a medicine that is self-injected into the side/shaft of the penis, to the well-known pill Viagra. I tried them all.
Of those three "cures", the shots worked best. Viagra also worked, but the Muse failed to assist me at all. Viagra, however, gave me severe headaches. Imagine telling your partner that taking "the pill" and then making love gave you a headache. It's almost comical. But my return to adequate performance without some chemical assistance became a 2 year journey filled with some disappointment, some hilarity, and a great deal of acceptance.
About the end of the second year after surgery, I found that although I could not perform sexually like the 20-year-old stud I always thought I was, my body had recovered sufficiently to no longer require the use of any chemicals or outside substances. For me, not taking or putting anything into my body that it doesn't need is important. So I'm pleased to say that with a loving and willing partner, patience, and persistence, life is and can be quite normal and satisfying.
Life goes on, with all its challenges, excitement, stress, failures and successes. I really choose to keep my experience with cancer as just something that happened to me in the past. Not anything to worry about on a continuing basis. But it's always there, hiding in the dark and dusty corners of my memory. Out of sight, waiting for those rare moments of personal weakness, when it can pop into my stream of conscious thought and force me to deal with it again, questioning, and make me wonder if I'm really cured. Like today.
So, I'm off to see my doctor who facetiously swears he never pronounces anyone "cured," until they've completed their 20th year of visits to his office for clean bills of health. But he's also the same skeptic who was actually emboldened enough to tell me during my last visit 6 months ago, that he's tempted to use the "C" word regarding me. Imagine that, "C" meaning CURED!
There you have it, the Yin and Yang of survivorship. Maybe I can finally put that pesky little wave of doubt to rest for good. We'll see after today's appointment.
Editors Note: Read Ron Kauffman's OncoLink Letter to the Editor and his original OncoLink article, "Personal Experiences of a Prostate Cancer Survivor."


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'Art in the City' is a range of European travel guides aimed at the art lover on tour, devised by Artist and Art consultant Tiddy Rowan (http://www.tiddyrowan.com) in collaboration with Quadrille publishing. An amazing project to be involved in for a fledgling freelancer and this huge confidence boost was further increased when my images eventually totaled 25% of the book, representing the largest individual photographic contribution. What can I tell you? They kept giving me the locations, I kept going out and they kept buying the results. The Fan Mural by Michael Craig-Martin which features on the inside cover of the guide is sadly no longer there but has great sentimental value to me as a photographer. I also include a couple of images that were off the brief, but really took my eye (this is my site right?)
My sincere thanks to Tiddy, Quadrille and Nadine Bazaar/Sarah Airey for having such great faith in my work.


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Hi all,
Putting together a project and just wondering if people knew of any other famous, including non-footballing, people who are Football Manager fans? I know Plan B was, anybody think of anybody else?
Any help would be ace!
Hi all,
Putting together a project and just wondering if people knew of any other famous, including non-footballing, people who are Football Manager fans? I know Plan B was, anybody think of anybody else?
Any help would be ace!
Oh and Jason Manford
Stuart Broad is big fan.
James Corden
There's loads of famous FM fans, even if you don't count footballers themselves.
Andre Villas-Boas?
Robbie Williams,Paolo Nutini
Wayne Rooney said so, at a FIFA Press conference
I imagine Rooney would be the type of guy who'd buy FM just to see how good he is on it each year.
Steven Finn
who's steven finn? O.o
Dara o Briain is a fan
Joey Barton keeps tweeting about actual real life transfers and how he wouldnt have done that in FM... horrifically stupid but incredibly enterntaining man.
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Welshace - don't know where you heard that he does, but Dara doesn't play FM.
The others listed on the thread so far do, or have done over the years.
Pointermum - see above. Am fascinated to know where that rumour has come from, or where he's said it.
I know he hosted the launch of FM10 - but not sure if he plays it.
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Wasn't Gordon Strachan seen with a copy of FM? I'm only going by Wiki so it could be a load of bull.
I think Eugene is confusing hosting the 2010 British Academy Video Game Awards, with a FM10 launch...
tbf I think there is a reasonable chance of Dara playing FM, he is a self confessed big gaming fan and also likes football. Where do those two meet on a Venn diagram? Fifa and FM.
Ant & Dec.
They used to have a show with a bit in it called Challenge Ant. It went something along the lines of the contestant could win FM from Ant, and he looked genuinely devastated. Pretty sure I didn't dream that.
THe front man for Los campesinos, a band from Cardiff that are big in the US and Japan! I think his name is gary campesinos
It's Gareth. And he posts on the forums occasionally \o/
I play FM and am relatively famous.
You do make quite a good coffee.
Ricky Hatton used to play a little bit. I got him into it when he came round once in the early 2000's.
I remember hearing Robbie Williams claim he liked to play it. I think Ashley Cole said the same too.
At least one of those posts on the forum
Arshavin plays it IIRC.
Is it verboten to mention FIFA? I was pretty surprised to discover that one of the South Park creators (I forget which) is a massive FIFA player.
Former Polish national team coach, Jerzy Engel.
Pirlo plays it apparently
Glen Johnson, Micah Richards, Kyle Walker have all mentioned playing it in the past.
England right-backs ftw?
Paolo Maldini has played it in the past as well.
PMLF is actually Ronaldo and FM is the real reason he got so fat.
Albertini played it, he was asked to fire his lap top up by the Italy manager so he could see who some of the young players were. It was that game when Peter Taylor was in charge , i think.
I think Tim Krul plays it.... might be wrong though! Never seen that Jason Manford routine - so true and top stuff.
I'm sure there are plenty of famous footballers who have played the game a little bit before if just for curiosity's sake. I doubt there are too many who are legit fans of the series like most of us are here though.
You'd be surprised, Miles is ever so proud that Ole Gunner Solkjaer is a huge FM fan.
John McClure of Reverend & The Makers, did a podcast on FM11 (I think) and tweets to Miles about it occasionally
Dara mentioned it in a concert was talking about how easy it would be to win the prem with arsenal.. he does it often on fm...
i know stuart holden is a huge gamer... perhaps he plays it..
he was a pro counterstrike player
Jon McClure absolutely loves it, I was supposed to interview him last year when he game to my uni but we just ended up talking about FM for 20 minutes. Got a right bollocking from my lecturer afterwards but it's not everyday you hear about a rock star's toils with Sheffield Wednesday.
Holden wasn't great at Counter-Strike. Nice lad though.
I don't know of any famous people who do who haven't been mentioned. I've asked a couple of footballers who've said they don't, which surprised me. Would put money on Gary Neville playing it though.
My mate Jacob Butterfield(Barnsley FC) plays it, He doesnt understand why his fave club in the game is Barcelona when he is an ardent Man United Fan.
The whole of Everton if am correct? They bought the database a few years back.....http://www.tribalfootball.com/articl...everton-216437
Ali Ece, Güntekin Onay, Ersun Yanal, Hayrettin.
Adam Le Fondre of Reading is also a big fan. Tweets about his progress every now and again.
Pontus Wernbloom plays the game.
André Vilas Boas and Hugo Viana.


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*I forget his name. Nice guy, unshaven, pretending extremely hard to not be homeless, plays chess, is really handy at repairing the Occupiers clothes with a needle and thread or with the sewing machines. Stores random things in the shelves in the middle of the space.
*I forget his name. Nice guy, unshaven, pretending extremely hard to not be homeless, plays chess, is really handy at repairing the Occupiers clothes with a needle and thread or with the sewing machines. Stores random things in the shelves in the middle of the space.
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Misunderstandings about 85
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So I'm seeing edit wars and that sucks but there's kind of no option because there's no talk page and now there is so take it here, guys.
I'm wikitransposing a bunch of stuff from the articlespace to here because it's getting out of hand and crufty. Maybe we should start a new page called Beef, and you can just talk shit about people in the space or not in the space bugging you, either signing your posts or like an anonymous little coward. But at the beginning of this page it says, "This is a place to keep track of ... people who have been asked to leave Noisebridge ..." So for now, let's just limit it to that, yeah? If someone hasn't been explicitly individually asked to leave the space, please leave them off 85. As it is it's turning into a "people part of subcultures I don't like" page. 'Cause otherwise this thing is going to get ridiculous and way out of control, with oogles and other annoying individuals. And let's face it, in a place dedicated to people with limited social skills, almost everybody's a bit fucking annoying. <3
Sorry Anonymous Coward, this is completely wrong. 85 is not a list of people who have been kicked out of the space, as implied by your bad attempt at selective quoting (...) above. It's to help solve a specific problem of the space being invaded by non-hackers. It's a tool to help us determine who the problem users of the space are and then ask them to leave. (Jesse Z.)
It wasn't an attempt at selective quoting... it was selective quoting. I'd think the ellipses made that obvious and explicit. If you'd read what was actually written, you'd see I was labouring under no misimpression that this was exclusively a list of people who have been kicked out. I merely suggested that the page needed clearer focus - or don't you feel it's become crufty? People annoyed with Rayc included him on the page. Does anyone disagree that he can be difficult to deal with sometimes? But do you think he belongs on this page? I don't. But "unexcellent" is by nature subjective. Jargon file and Mitch Altman puppet shows aside, the definition of "hacker" is a contentious one as well. So then why not include rayc? or is moving shelves now "hacking" because we like him?
So if we can't come up with clearer criteria for inclusion on the page, let's just move it to "oogles" and anybody who dresses too white trash or takes the Gaia theory too seriously can go on it. It had become a subcultural witchhunt, and, I felt, not productive. You understand that the more people who can become included on the page, the less power and significance it has.
Some people ("some people") had perhaps been swept into this understandably zealous purging of counterrevolutionary elements, and painted with a broad brush. I never heard of Jedi before this whole pack of mush-brained self-styled anarchists and spangers descended upon Noisebridge in Amber's wake. Was he part of her original crew in tow? Or does he just happen to wear a beanie and camo? Who knows? Who cares? I think it was Shannon at the last meeting who made an allusion to folks enduring religious sermons for their supper, and being just as willing to "learn[...] to speak hacker" for a meal here - well, if it looks like a hacker and it quacks like a hacker... that's still better than merely asserting that because you're "with Occupy" or a human being you have a right to be in the space. If you're tinkering with stuff and seem like you're making a genuine effort to learn and interface with the existing culture I think there are a lot of people who will go to bat for you, regardless of how you got here. If nothing else, he seems to have a knowledge of the 'Net beyond checking his e-mail or of hardware hacking beyond making bongs out of whatever happens to be lying around on the shop floor. Do we now kick people out for knowing people who we haven't kicked out but don't like? If this page is merely an "on notice" page for people to shape up their behaviour, then why the endless pro/con battles below everybody's name?
That first night I added all those names in response to Kelly's desire to document incidents, I cast a wide net. If I didn't recognize you and you even looked like you could have ever owned a Limp Bizkit or Insane Clown Posse CD, I tried to put you on the list, even/especially if I didn't get your name. There was just such an onslaught, it felt out of control and I didn't feel I had the luxury to be discriminating. It was mostly public scratch paper to figure out who's who among these new faces in the space, many of whom were blatantly abusing it. I didn't intend it to be a long-term document of people we didn't like. And that vagueness is exactly what caused the page to be immediately sabotaged by other Noisebridge regulars.
Including questionable cases muddies the waters and undermines the very purpose this page was created for - to empower people to feel like they have institutional support to ask people to leave for unexcellent behaviour.
Maybe this is just a page to compare notes on people who've acted inappropriately. But then rayc doesn't get a pass just because he doesn't dress like Shaggy from "Scooby-Doo" or talk like a stoner. And certainly people don't get to censor others' comments just because someone on this list is their friend.
Edit/P.S.: Oh, God. Now, look, they've gone and added Justin. Do you seriously doubt this is going to degenerate into anything but a drama-ass slapfight if some clearer criteria aren't established? Do you really think merely being an obnoxious fucktard is grounds to be permanantly barred from the space? You don't think anyone'll block that?
If not, then please, I reiterate, please limit 85 to people you think engage in particular bannable offences, or else grow a fucking pair and tell them to their face why they're annoying, or try to kick them out yourself and then add them.
<3 eric
- "Please only re-add someone if you know for a fact they've been asked to leave and have specifically refused or been escorted out." --Eric
- Sorry Eric, that is just not correct. This page is to compare notes with people who may think a person's presence in inappropriate. If a person has already been asked to leave they may be placed on the 86 page. I have not seen Amber in four days and the space has been MUCH MUCH improved as a result. I would very much like it if she never returned. (Jesse Z.)
- No, if you look at 86 you'll see that's simply not the way it's worked so far. 86 has been strictly for people who had to be forcibly ejected from Noisebridge for the immediate seecurity of others or their property. 85 has included people who were asked to leave, whether or not they protested or wanted to state their case at a meeting. (Eric)
Old beef
The Oogles
Some people seem to have gotten the impression Noisebridge is a 24-hour hangout and drop-in center, whether or not sleep is permitted. With refrigerators where you can leave your food.
The following people have been accused of using Noisebridge as a crashpad and the general sentiment seems to be that they are not making the space more Excellent.
- guy with cane who isn't Zack
- Has not slept or stored stuff at the space in any way.
- Assisted with Removing Jonathon from the space
- Has been active in utilizing the space productively.
- Iraq War Veteran with two purple hearts. (edited by Jedi)
Yogurt Container Man
- I forget his name. Nice guy, unshaven, pretending extremely hard to not be homeless, plays chess, is really handy at repairing the Occupiers clothes with a needle and thread or with the sewing machines. Stores random things in the shelves in the middle of the space.


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Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan called on Middlesex Clerk of Courts Michael Sullivan to release the details of his financial arrangement with Alexandria Real Estate Equities, an out-of-state real estate developer that stood to make millions developing property in Cambridge, where Sullivan had been a city councilor, according to Ryan's campaign.
The Boston Globe reported Monday morning that Sullivan had accepted more than $91,000 in payments the newspaper described as "secretive." In the story, Sullivan admitted that the arrangement appeared suspicious, but claimed he was innocent of any wrongdoing.
"I think the public has a right to know what he was doing for all that money," Ryan said. "All along it's been one secret after another. First he doesn't tell anyone he's taking money on the side – not even the Supreme Judicial Court committee that evaluates conflicts. Then he admits he's taking money, but he won't say where it comes from. Then, when it turns out it's a company with massive interests in Cambridge real estate development, and he says he can't reveal what he did for all that money, because they have a confidentiality agreement. So what is he hiding?"
Ryan's campaign says the Globe story revealed a lack of judgment from Sullivan, who expressed regret after defending his work in a debate last week.
"I wish someone had advised me otherwise," Sullivan told the Globe, while also acknowledging that "the appearance bothers me."
Ryan blasted Sullivan's sudden reversal.
"Last week he said there would never be a conflict," Ryan said. "Today he blamed a lack of good advice. No one advised him otherwise because he kept the whole thing a secret – a secret from the voters, a secret from the courts. It's time to release the contract so people can see the truth for themselves."
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I can't remember everything. In fact, anything past the last week gets pretty fuzzy. That's why I try to share as much as I can through this personal blog, Living an Awesome Life. You'll find notes about sketchnoting, Emacs, visual book reviews, self-tracking, blogging, life, automation, delegation… whatever I'm learning about or whatever I can help other people learn. (Over ten years, that's quite a lot – and now that I'm experimenting with semi-retirement, I'm learning even more.)
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- 32 years old (turning 33 in August 2016) and loving life
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TEAGUE (October 10, 2012)--The City of Teague will honor former Temple Clerk Yrene Morgan Friday by dedicating a communications tower.
Morgan died in 2010 while on vacation.
"Morgan was instrumental in getting the Teague Public Safety Commissions tower project off the ground. She also participated in the development of other safety communications projects in Freestone County through her work representing the county on the Emergency Preparedness Advisory Committee at HOTCOG," spokesperson Tim Jeske said.
The tower, or voter site, stands 180 feet tall and listens for communications from public safety responders, relaying each transmission.
The new tower is built to withstand hurricane force winds and it houses all of the county's public safety radio equipment.
This is the second tower project for the county.
Both projects represent a $440,000 total investment of Federal Home Security funds in Freestone County.
The projects are intended to help all public safety responders in the county discharge their duties and maintain a safe community, Jeske said.
The public is invited to attend the ceremony, slated for 2 p.m. at the tower site, located at the corner of Cypress Street and 5th Avenue.


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I smell the blood of an Englishman.
Be he alive or be he dead,
I'll grind his bones to make my bread.
Joseph Jacobs, Jack and the Beanstalk (1890)
I've read about the origin of 'Fee-fi-fo-fum' but what does it actually mean?
Joseph Jacobs, Jack and the Beanstalk (1890)
I've read about the origin of 'Fee-fi-fo-fum' but what does it actually mean?
It's a nonsense phrase, developed by the writer of the old English fairytale "Jack and the Beanstalk". It is usually expressed as fee-fi-fo-fum and it has no meaning or relevance besides the fact that it makes a neat couplet designed to strike terror into the listener's heart. As a child hearing this story, I always imagined the giant stomping his feet to the beat of fee-fi-fo-fum and making the ground shake and poor Jack's knees tremble.
Wikipedia covers the meaning well and has this to say about Jack the Giant Killer:
The article mentions that in William Shakespeare's play, King Lear (written between 1603 and 1606), Edgar exclaims:
The article goes on to explain:
However, King Lear isn't the first work in which the phrase appears. English dramatist Thomas Nashe in 1596 wrote in Have With You to Saffron-Walden the passage:
So it seems that writers have puzzled over the origins of this chant and what it means for over four centuries!
How about Fee, Fye, Pho, ƒum? Fee being the lesser of the Golden Section (or a value of 0.6180339), Fye being the greater of the Golden Section (or a value of 2.6180339), Pho being a shorthand for Fibonacci or Phyllotaxis, and ƒum being the word sum when written in old script.
There is a quite similar phrase in Russian fairy-tales. Instead of a giant, it's said by a wicked witch and reads like
"Foo-foo-foo, I smell the russian soul!"
(or "russian odour". Russian word "дух (dookh)" means both spirit/soul and odour) with various endings: "A russian bone came to my home", "I'll roast you and eat you and roll and wallow in your bones" etc.
Here "Foo" is a sound of disgusting and also a sound of someone smelling something (like horse's snorting).
Maybe both english and russian phrases have a common origin - from some ancient source?
"Fee Fi Fo Fum" is an old English galdr charm based on the rune Fehu. Ettins (Etyn, jotun, etc) where monsterous giants who were well known (in the mythology) to use galdr magic (vocally sung magic chants). The Fehu Galdr in four parts, such as "Fee Fi Fo Fum", is used for finding what is being searched for. As the poem indicates, the ettin was searching for the "Englishman" and using this chant to aid in the search.
Fee fi fo fum...
Fief I (have) foe (you must be) fum(bled foolishly).
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Where is there a good description of the use of the word 'scope' in computer science?
In this post of a question about the Java final reserved word one responder implies that scope is textual so each iteration of a
for loop causes a scope to be resumed as current. Another responder implies scope is time dependent so each iteration is a new scope. In those contexts, it was possible to understand what scope meant even though different people use the word differently but sometimes when I am reading a programming book I am not sure what scope means.
What are good qualifiers for the word 'scope'? I suggest 'textual' is one. Can you think of others? Should a qualifier almost always be used or is there a general understanding about contexts that help one perfectly infer the the intended meaning?
How is the word 'scope' used when speaking of objects (and object oriented programming) and what qualifiers might be necessary?


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When I don't need the footplate with pole rotator f.i. when shooting panos with a motor drive on top of the pole then it can be difficult to raise the pole because the bottom end of the pole can easy slip sideways due to the large weight (approx. 3 kg) on top of the pole.
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5 Horrifying Implications of the 'Star Trek' Universe
#2. Everyone in the Future Is Dangerously Naive
Working on the Enterprise is one of the best jobs ever imagined in any work of fiction, ever. Your ship is the most technologically advanced piece of equipment humanity has ever developed, you have limitless resources and funding, and your mission is "screw around in space until you find something awesome, then try to make friends with it." It's like spending five years on StumbleUpon, only instead of just pulling things from the Internet, you're drawing from the entirety of things that exist in the universe.
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"As long as you stay in this general area, you're doing your job."
However, because they're exploring the perilous reaches of the unknown, they have to be prepared for anything. Luckily, they have the most competent and highly trained emergency specialists in the history of remote exploration.
Or not.
The Horror:
Star Trek is a utopian vision -- it portrays a future in which mankind has advanced and left behind its primitive, savage ways. But somehow this has resulted in a race in which cynicism, and even basic caution, is in short supply.
A race naive enough to believe that a beard hides obesity.
For instance, nobody in the 23rd century seems prepared for any type of chaotic aggression. It's like the Enterprise is crewed by the G-rated future culture Sylvester Stallone wakes up to in Demolition Man -- they're so stunned to learn that anyone could actually be mean that half of the ship has already been taken over by the time any of them have heroically powered through enough of their disbelief to react. Heck, the problems at the center of most episodes of The Next Generation could've been solved in minutes if the crew had the slightest instinct to take basic precautions.
The episode "Symbiosis" features a particular alien race that has the ability to electrocute people through physical contact. Riker makes sure his security team is aware of this fact before stumbling headfirst into an electro-boob-clutch himself.
Pictured: Riker, not following one damn word of his own instructions.
No insulated vests, no "Don't let any of those daffy zap creatures get anywhere near you" level of alertness -- he just lumbers right into the alien and gets put out of commission.
In "The Neutral Zone," Lieutenant Data beams three frozen people from the late 21st century back aboard the Enterprise (without telling Picard, for some reason). When the three of them wake up, one of the guycicles starts hassling Picard over the intercom until the captain confronts him and tells him to stop. When the unfrozen douchebag asks why the intercom doesn't have any special security to keep jackasses like him from using it, Picard says, "Because most people have better judgment." Picard has clearly never been in a Walmart where the pager phone was carelessly left off the hook waiting for anyone walking by to practice their "Darth Vader shitting his pants" routine to the delight of everyone in the store.
"Welcome to the future. Think of it as one giant honor bar."
Oh, and what about diseases? The Enterprise is constantly beaming people aboard and sending crew members running up to shake the new arrivals' hands (or, in Riker's case, engaging their pelvic thrusters for crotch-docking) without so much as administering a quick blood test to make sure they aren't carrying an airborne strain of Space AIDS. Occasionally they reference bio-filters in the transporter technology, but that information gets a lot less comforting after you watch episodes like "Unnatural Selection," which specifically shows people bringing diseases on board through the transporter.
We'll accept that most people in the Federation are decent enough to not break the rules whenever they feel like it, and that civilized life on Earth has advanced to a point where criminal activity is more or less unheard of. But the whole point of the Enterprise's mission is to discover bizarre new life forms, and some of them are bound to be mind-ripping star beasts who simply do not subscribe to the honor system. And shoving your hands in your pockets and whistling your way through the galaxy isn't going to keep you safe from the billions of rapacious multidimensional contagions waiting to turn the Enterprise into the Event Horizon. The most competent and cautious person on the bridge is probably Lieutenant Worf, and, unsurprisingly, there's a montage of people telling him to shut the hell up.
And a montage of him getting beat down.
#1. The Earth Has Been Completely Destroyed by War Several Times Over
As we mentioned, the characters in the various television shows and movies are happy to brag about how war, disease, and hunger have all been eradicated by the 23rd century, thanks to cultural and technological innovations such as replicators that can eliminate any shortage and giant spaceships with laser cannons that discourage people from starting international incidents. What could possibly be the downside to that?
Aside from "Synthehol."
The Horror:
Well, in order to get to that utopia, everything you have ever loved was torn apart by world war, engulfed in atomic fire, or executed in a mass genocide.
Roughly 90 percent of the time anyone in Star Trek mentions how wonderful the Federation is, they make some offhand reference to one of three major incidents in Star Trek canonical history: the Eugenics Wars, the Third World War, and the Post-Atomic Horror.
During this stunning trifecta of apocalyptic shame, every major city on Earth was destroyed, millions were killed in a nuclear war, and millions more, infected by radiation, were executed to prevent their damaged genes being passed on to future generations. We even get to see this period a couple times -- Q, a recurring character on The Next Generation with godlike powers, recreates a trial from the Post-Atomic Horror on the bridge of the Enterprise, and it's goddamn horrifying.
It also totally looks like Thunderdome.
Star Trek implies that the human race needed to go through this dark era of near extinction in order to achieve the utopia that is the Federation. In an episode of Enterprise, one character (we'd specify which one, but let's face it, nobody watched that show) says that after the Horror ended, it took only two generations to completely end poverty, disease, and war. Therefore, the only thing holding us back from a divine future is everything about contemporary society and culture. Our current way of life has to completely dissolve if we ever hope to zip around the galaxy in awesome spaceships with holographic sex chambers.
It actually manages to get worse the closer you look at it -- as the Star Trek wiki Memory Alpha points out, different Star Trek series have shown certain parts of the world living peacefully during the Horror. Which parts? Well, America, obviously, and possibly Western Europe. So where was the devastation? Where did this wanton murderous destruction spring from? Are there any hints, like maybe in that episode where Q shows us the godawful trial from that catastrophic period of Earth's history?
Is that Peter Dinklage with a Fu Manchu?
Yep. Let that picture soak in for a minute. Based on what we see in flashbacks, it seems like most of the worst stuff from the Post-Atomic Horror happened in Asia. And Khan, the prime dictator from the Eugenics Wars and one of the most notorious villains in any of the Star Trek series, was a Sikh from northern India (despite being played by a Ricardo Montalban making no attempt to hide his Mexican accent).
"I'm as Sikh as pico de gallo."
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I read that cardinal Ratzinger stated the story in Genesis 1 and 2 should not be interpreted as a literal account of the beginning of things. In spite of recent events like this, they have always been in favour of a literal explanation of creation based on Genesis. This is what I read. Why is it that the Catholic church changed their views on such an important matter?
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Ratzinger writes at such length as to obscure the point, in my opinion. If you read the Catechism of the Catholic Church, 283 (2nd ed.), the reasoning is spelled out in a brief and clear form:
That is, they recognize and appreciate the value of scientific studies for the information they yield about matters including the history of the universe and life on earth. This is entirely consistent with their stance that faith and reason can never truly be in conflict (CCC 159):
In this case, the scientific evidence against a literal reading of Genesis is so overwhelming that if truth cannot contradict truth, it suggests that the error is to read Genesis literally. I do not know why it took so long for the Catholic Church to recognize this, but the current position is internally consistent and reasonable.
If they were to continue to insist on a highly literal interpretation, they would have had to drop their position on discrepancies and simply state that faith wins. That would have been a much larger doctrinal change than maintaining (as they do, to my understanding) that Genesis 1 and 2 is spiritually accurate without being a literal account of all events.
More on this topic can be found in a large number of places, including here.
My mother-in-law has that book you link to (she's a very traditional minded Catholic and would be aghast if the Pope invalidated the Genesis account). I read a little of it and it's more or less a collection of meditations written by then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, it has no official doctrinal significance and is little more than his opinion. Frankly, I'm aghast that someone could infer from a collection of meditations, written by a man who didn't even really want to be pope, something about Catholic doctrine.
Rex did a good job of giving the Catechism's take on Faith, Reason and Creation. But I've got to put a plug in for the YouCat, it just answers the questions outright
There's a lot more to those answers than just yes's or no's, but it's nice that initially they don't mince the words. I'll leave it to you to get your hands on a YouCat in case you want to know more, just find someone who went to World Youth Day in Madrid in 2011 and they ought to have one in your language.
However, and to your exact point, question #46 has a more nuanced answer. I won't quote it completely since it's copyrighted, but I'll try to give you the gist of it all.
It goes on to give 7 points, which I'll phrase in my own words.
The 7 days account are symbolic of these principles:
Science is not going to inform our theology any more than theology is going to inform science. They're completely separate entities and they tell us completely different thing. Theology is infinitely more important than science since it concerns our ultimate destiny and knowledge of science is not necessary for entrance into Heaven. Science is not the realization of what is hoped for nor the evidence of things not seen. Theology is for the simple (Virgin Mary, St. Bernadette, St. Juan Diego, the 3 Children from Fatima) and it was not incumbent on them to understand complex theological principles any more than it was incumbent on them to understand complex scientific principles to receive God's grace.
If you show me one scientist who fully understands the Big Bang, Evolution and Quantum Mechanics, I'll show you one scientist who fully appreciates God's grandeur in the infinite and infinitesimal.
Finally, I'll leave you with the words of Pope Benedict XVI (in the margin of the YouCat)
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More recently, Pope Francis has made a statement that more than confirms Cardinal Ratzinger's position. Francis said it was easy to misinterpret the creation story as recounted in the book of Genesis, according to which God created heaven and Earth in six days and rested on the seventh, saying, "When we read the creation story in Genesis we run the risk of imagining that God was a magician, with a magic wand which is able to do everything." Pope Francis said there is no incompatibility between the Big Bang or evolution, and God as divine creator.
Notice that this position, like that of Cardinal Ratzinger, is incompatible with traditional readings of the creation account in Genesis. Undoubtedly the evolution of the Church's position has come about because anything else would become increasingly unsustainable as science moves forward in understanding the origins of the world. Even in the third century, Origen recognised that traditional readings of the creation account in Genesis are contrary to reason (De Principiis, Book 4.1.16):
This is because he professes that the Bible was constructed from pagan sources and therefore he doesn't think its true or take it literally,
If the biblical creation account in the book of Genesis is based in part on pagan creation accounts, then it is neither original nor inspired directly by God. It's heresy and another reason he is not a Catholic, and was not a Pope. He was the head of the counterfeit Catholic Church set up in the last days prophesied by Our Lady of LaSalette, Pope St Leo XIII, Our Lady of Fatima and The Book of Revelation.


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This is likely to be the hardest time in your battle with cancer – when you have tried everything within reason and it's just not working anymore. Your doctor may offer you new treatment, but you will need to talk about whether the treatment is likely to improve your health or change your outlook for survival.
If you want to keep on getting treatment for as long as you can, you need to think about the odds of treatment having any benefit and how this compares to the possible risks and side effects. In many cases, your doctor can tell you how likely it is the cancer will respond to treatment you are thinking about. For instance, the doctor may say that more treatment might have about a 1 in 100 chance of working. Some people are still tempted to try this. But it is important to have realistic expectations if you do choose this plan.
No matter what you decide to do, it is important for you to feel as good as possible. Make sure you are asking for and getting treatment for pain, nausea, or any other problems you may have. This type of treatment is called palliative treatment. It helps relieve symptoms but is not meant to cure the cancer.
You can learn more about the changes that occur when treatment stops working, and about planning ahead for yourself and your family, in our documents Nearing the End of Life and Advance Directives.
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It is possible that the main title of the report Sly Syndrome is not the name you expected. Please check the synonyms listing to find the alternate name(s) and disorder subdivision(s) covered by this report.
- Beta-Glucuronidase Deficiency
- MPS Disorder, type VII
- mucopolysaccharidosis type VII
- GUSB deficiency
Disorder Subdivisions
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General Discussion
Mucopolysaccharidoses, which are also known as mucopolysaccharide storage (MPS) diseases, are a group of rare genetic disorders caused by the deficiency of one of ten specific lysosomal enzymes. The lysosomes are particles bound in membranes within cells that break down certain fats and carbohydrates (mucopolysaccharides) into simpler molecules. The accumulation of these large, undegraded mucopolysaccharides in the cells of the body causes a number of physical symptoms and abnormalities.
Sly syndrome (MPS-VII) is an MPS storage disease caused by a deficiency of the enzyme beta-glucuronidase that leads to an accumulation of dermatan sulfate (DS), heparan sulfate (HS) and chondroitin sulfate (CS) in many tissues and organs of the body including the central nervous system.
The clinical features of Sly syndrome vary from patient to patient, but all have short stature due to growth retardation, changes in bones visible on X-rays and some degree of mental retardation. Survival into adulthood is common with milder cases and osteoarthritis is a common complication.
The symptoms of Sly Syndrome are similar to those of Hurler Syndrome (MPS I) and the other Mucopolysaccharidoses. Symptoms may include mental retardation, short stature with an unusually short trunk, and/or abnormalities of the intestines, corneas of the eyes, and/or the skeletal system. Sly Syndrome is inherited as an autosomal recessive genetic trait.
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There was no wedding planner for Fraser residents Eric Van Herwaarden and Philip Naill's July 11 wedding in downtown Denver. No tuxedo rentals. No fragrant bouquets or champagne toasts.
But there was a lot of celebrating.
"I can't tell you how welcoming everyone was, and how excited they were to be able to finally do this," Van Herwaarden said of the Denver county clerk staff who guided them through the process.
Van Herwaarden and Naill said "I do" during a maelstrom of legal activity regarding the rights of gay couples to marry in Colorado.
The family went to Denver that day for a doctor's appointment for their 2-year-old son, Jacob.
"It was kind of spur of the moment," said Van Herwaarden. "We thought, we're in a county that recognizes our commitment to each other."
That commitment began in 2003 when the two met and began their relationship. Since then, they've bought a home, cared for their brood of pugs, and in the fall of 2011, adopted their son. They refer to each other as "my spouse," and did so before the marriage certificate was issued.
But having the official license makes a difference to them.
"Jacob put his handprint on the marriage license … he was our witness and that just kind of tied our family together," said Van Herwaarden.
"We've been together for 11 years so obviously we are together for better or worse. It was kind of like we sealed a contract together. We would have to get divorced now if we separated," said Naill.
Earlier Civil union
The pair performed a civil union in Grand County earlier this year and plans to have a reception sometime this fall. They are in the process of changing their last name to Vandernail, which is already Jacob's last name.
"I think it's good for Jacob because when he grows older he can tell his friends, 'yeah, his dads are married, just like your mom and dad are married.' So I think it's good for him, too," said Van Herwaarden.
July 11 was the second day that Denver County issued marriage certificates to same-sex couples. On July 9, Adam's County District Court Judge C. Scott Crabtree ruled that Colorado's gay marriage ban violates constitutional rights, but the decision is stayed pending review from a higher court.
His decision followed another case in which the Tenth District Court, which includes Colorado, struck down Utah's ban on gay marriage.
"That's what everyone is starting to see — it is unconstitutional to have a ban against same-sex couples," said Van Herwaarden of the recent cases. "Our rights were voted upon, and it shouldn't be that way."
Naill and Van Herwaarden saw other same-sex couples at the Denver Courthouse the day they married.
"We took a number and got it line, just like everyone else. It was awesome. There were brides and grooms and grooms and grooms. It finally felt like we had some normality to our relationship, just like everyone else," said Van Herwaarden.
Three Colorado counties issued marriage licenses to same-sex couples: Boulder, Denver, and Pueblo. All were ordered to stop. Colorado Attorney General John Suthers went to the Colorado Supreme Court to order them to cease issuing the licenses until the higher courts decide. Denver and Pueblo acquiesced, but Boulder continues. A federal Judge is scheduled to hear arguments on the case beginning next Tuesday.
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Before going to Denver, Naill called the Grand County Clerk and Recorder's office to inquire if they could get married in the county where they live. County Clerk Sara Rosene was advised not to by her attorney.
When the Sky Hi News contacted her for a comment, she stood by her decision.
"State law at that point mandated that a marriage license be between a man and a woman," she said.
Her reaction to their request, along with the recent results of a poll at skyhidailynews.com, has made the couple more willing to be in the spotlight. The poll on skyhidailynews.com, asked "Do you applaud momentum in support of gay-marriage rights in Colorado?" 67.27 percent of respondents said no.
"The poll results up here on the website were a little hurtful because there are gay families up here and I want people to know that," said Van Herwaarden.
Naill and Van Herwaarden are active members in the Fraser Valley community — Naill serves on the Fraser Town Board. Their son is growing up here.
"We're part of your community. For you to say that our marriage isn't as valid as yours or that you don't agree with it is not fair," said Naill.
"That's what everyone is starting to see: It is unconstitutional to have a ban against same-sex couples."
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(WIBW) - A Kansas House member is pushing a proposal he hopes gets more parents involved in their children's education.
Republican Steve Huebert of Valley Center has prefiled a bill aimed at students who do not score proficient on their third grade reading test. Under the measure, parents would have to acknowledge the score in writing in order for the student to be promoted to fourth grade.
Huebert says he wants it to be a tool to engage parents in getting help for their students. For some, he says, it might serve as a wake-up call. He says the goal would be to present options to parents for getting their children extra assistance.
Huebert says he doesn't want to "re-invent the wheel, but he says it's important because third graders who can't read "become fourth graders who can't read, who become fifth graders who can't read, who become high schoolers who can't read, who drop out of high school."
Gov. Sam Brownback has said he'll make fourth grade reading a priority this legislative session.


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The 5 Most Terrifying Ways Your Brain Can Turn on You
We don't have to tell you how amazing your brain is. Even if you're the dumbest guy on the block, your mind is spectacular. But there's a dark side to this complicated organ of brilliance, because when it goes wrong, things get weird. Here are five more ways your brain can suddenly turn the world into a bizarre carnival of the absurd.
#5. Attack of the Jibber Jabbers
Remember that scene in Bruce Almighty when Jim Carrey uses his God powers to turn Steve Carell's newscast into a nonsensical disaster?
You know the one.
Well, what's hilarious in a movie is incredibly creepy in real life, where it's called receptive aphasia. These patients (usually people recovering from a stroke) speak with the same syntax, inflections and grammar they've always used, but the words coming out of their mouth holes are strings of incoherent gibberish. Also, both spoken and written language is gibberish to them. They'll look you right in the eye and give you one sentence that's normal, but the next will be nonsense. The results are really, really weird:
In that video, a woman with the condition attempts to answer some simple questions and perform a few tasks. She alternates between being able to answer with ease and sounding like a breakdown in an old school hip-hop album.
Again, if you didn't know English or turned off the sound, you'd think the lady was speaking normally. Everything about her body language, inflections and facial expressions indicate that she's perfectly comfortably engaged in conversation with her granddaughter about the good ol' days. She's not confused or frustrated or stumbling over words. It's not until you turn up the volume and hear the almost Tourette's-like sounds coming out of her mouth that you realize anything is wrong. People who've recovered from it say it was like their mouths just took off on their own -- they didn't know what they were about to say or understand what they were saying once it started.
So it joins schizophrenia and narcissism on the list of "mental illnesses that can help your political career."
The damage can come from head trauma, tumors, strokes or other illnesses that affect the auditory cortex of the brain. Strangely enough, there is one form of language that sufferers of this condition can process with no problem: song lyrics. We're not kidding. Song lyrics are processed by the other hemisphere of the brain. So, could you theoretically re-learn how to communicate with somebody by learning to talk to each other entirely in song lyrics? Has no one honestly ever tried that?
"Don't stop believin' you fill me up with this American pie, Mr. Mom."
#4. Motion Blindness Turns Everything into a Slideshow
Imagine standing at a busy street corner, waiting for the signal to walk across. But instead of seeing the blur of fast-moving cars, bikes and hipsters on unicycles, you only see cars standing still. Then you blink, and the cars and people and monkeys on stilts are further along, but are still frozen. Nothing moves. All is motionless. Are you dead? Is this Instagram heaven?
"OK, wait. I'm going to need you to describe everything that led up to this."
You actually have akinetopsia, otherwise known as motion blindness. Your eyes are fine, but lesions or traumatic damage to your visual cortex have left your brain unable to perceive anything moving. It's just a stuttering series of images, the way Crysis looked on most old PCs. So, watching sports would be nothing more than a series of sweat-drenched people manipulating themselves into stretched postures. Depending on the context, it would be impossible to know if you were watching wrestling or porn. Every time someone entered a room, it would feel like a poltergeist haunting. Walking in a crowd would require predicting the movement of everyone around you to avoid collisions.
And if you're running from the CIA, all you can do is blink really fast, like running in a strobe light.
Fortunately, the condition is so rare that doctors have only studied a handful of patients who've had it. But what we've learned is that it's the little things that frustrate the most. Like water. Imagine not being able to perceive the movement of liquid. One patient, "L.M.," couldn't pour herself a glass of water without it overflowing -- she couldn't see fluid rising to the top of the glass. Handwriting was an exercise in frustration, since she couldn't see her own hand making letters.
L.M. eventually trained herself to use sound cues to figure these things out (that is, the same way blind people know when to stop filling a glass, or when it's safe to cross the street). You can get used to anything, apparently.
Especially if your sound cues come from a person you hired to scream things like "STOP POURING WATER NOW!"
#3. Refusing to See Anything on Your Left
Pretend you're at a strip club. Directly in front of you are two dancers, Big Juan and Jermaine the Beefmaster, doing their thing. While Juan is butt-thrusting on your right side, Jermaine is bending over and jiggling his booty meat on your left. But you only have eyes for Juan, and Jermaine is dead to you. Not because you're not into black guys, because goodness knows you are, but because you've got a case of hemineglect and your brain won't let you see anything on your left.
People with hemineglect are notoriously bad tippers.
Your brain, as you probably know, is divided into a left and a right hemisphere, with one hemisphere processing sensory information received from the opposite side. So if you stub your left toe, it will be the right part of the brain that tells you to scream "Pissing Cooch Bubbles!" and wet your pants. If your right parietal lobe is damaged by a stroke, injury, a brain tumor or lesions, you're not going to process anything you see on the left side of your body. It's not that your left eye doesn't work, it's that your brain can't make the connection to what you're seeing. The picture below shows what happened when a hemineglect patient was asked to copy a picture:
Via Psychology Today
She had to erase the left half because it was too gruesome to show other humans.
She drew half the house and said, "Done. Looks good to me." And that's not even the crazy part. The crazy part is that when asked to finish the picture, patients come up with insane excuses why they can't do it, like "I'm not good at drawing trees" and "The fence will just blow down in the wind."
And not seeing things is only half of the problem -- patients are also known to neglect the left half of their bodies as well. As in they only wash, groom and dress half of their body.
"It'll be fine. I do all of my surgeries one-handed, anyway -- no need to wash it."
Patients have been known to leave half the food on their plate and ignore voices coming from one side of the room, and of course driving would be completely out of the question. Not to mention avoiding any Two-Face-related Batman movies, The Phantom of the Opera and Mel Gibson's dramatic 1993 film The Man Without a Face, which would probably be the greatest hardship of all.
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"Do you remember when…?"
I can't tell you how many times a conversation starts that way. I've been in this game so long that I have so many fond memories. And I miss a lot of things and even more people.
Such people as Ed Hasenour and his restaurants.
His first was a little restaurant just across the street from old Male High's football stadium. A lot of Male's athletes didn't have much and there were no free lunches. Ed saw to it that none of the Purples went hungry.
When he opened his fancy place in the Highlands it became a favorite watering hole and fine dining for the elite of Louisville athletes and administrators.
It was my favorite place, not just for the food and drink, but also for the many news sources. If I needed information or an idea for a column, Hasenour's was the place to be.
When Ed built his fancy atrium, A. Ray Smith, the owner of Louisville's Triple A baseball team, held court there every day.
There are a lot of people and things I miss:
Clarence "Slick" Royalty was one of many characters no one could forget. He was a hustler, a man for all seasons who worked a little for The Courier-Journal's Sports Department and did publicity for promoters. He got his nickname because of his wardrobe. He was a nifty dresser.
He hadn't driven for some 20 years, but he decided he wanted a new Cadillac. He bought it and wrecked it before he could drive it out of the auto dealer's parking lot!
You can't make up stories like that.
None other than Cassius Clay was a frequent visitor to the sports department. Satchel Paige was a visitor. After Cassius changed his name to Muhammad Ali, he would visit the C-J sports department to see his friend Larry Boeck, who wrote the earliest stories about him.
"Cassius!" Larry would greet him. Ali would say, "Larree, you is the onliest one who can call me Cassius!"
And Joe Martin, the Louisville police officer who taught Ali to box, could never be forgotten. When Ali started to lose some of his faculties, Martin would tell me, "They say he can't talk. Well, he calls me at all hours of the night from all over the world and he talks to me!"
I – and tennis fans – miss Sam English Jr. The Male High and Yale graduate knew all of the greats of the tennis world and he could get them to come to Louisville. The talented Aussie men would play here for relative peanuts because of their friendship with Sam. And I wish I could reveal the name of the wealthy man who never said no to Sam when he needed financial help to stage a tennis event, but I would be violating a trust. My wife and I sat inches away from Crissie Evert when she and Martina Navratilova would take breaks when they played an exhibition match at Freedom Hall. Sam's work again.
Lyman Johnson, the Louisville Central High School administrator, was the man who broke the color barrier so that he could study at UK. During a dinner sponsored by the Kentucky High School Athletic Association at the Brown Hotel in Louisville, a Western Kentucky principal was president of the KHSAA. I was seated next to Central High's table when the president told a racial joke.
I could see Lyman fidgeting.
As soon as the dinner was over, Lyman made a beeline to the head table. Poking his forefinger in the man's chest, Johnson said, "Mr. President, those days are gone forever!"
The first time I went to Central to cover a basketball game, Lyman was at the door to the gym. If a Central student tried to enter with his hat on, Lyman would firmly say, "Young man, please remove your hat!"
If the student didn't, Lyman would swat it off!
The legendary Central coach, Bill Kean, won national black championships in both football and basketball.
When I was lucky enough to be inducted into the Kentucky Athletic Association Hall of Fame, I looked down from the podium at the end of the banquet. There stood Mrs. Kean (Alice Houston's mother). She said, "Do you know why I'm here? I am here because you always treated us fairly."
At another function, a photographer was about to take a picture of her and her son, Dr. Bill Kean. She grabbed me and said, "There will be no picture until Mr. Cox gets in it."
I promise more "People I Remember" columns before I kick the bucket.


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GENESEO, N.Y. - James Walker, SUNY distinguished service professor of music, begins his 41st year as conductor of the Geneseo Symphony Orchestra Oct. 3 with a concert celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Samuel Barber, one of America's foremost composers. The program begins at 3 p.m. in Wadsworth Auditorium and is open to the public without charge.
Included on the program will be two of Barber's most famous works: the Adagio for Strings, conducted by Geneseo student Louis Lohraseb, and Knoxvile: Summer of 1915 for soprano and orchestra on a text by James Agee, sung by soprano Pamela Kurau, head of Geneseo's vocal department. The concert also will feature Amy Stanley, head of the piano department, in a performance of Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 2.
The orchestra, now 90 members strong, will conclude the concert with the original version of Mussorgsky's malevolent Night on Bald Mountain.
"The original version of this piece was so unrelentingly satanic that after Mussorgsky died, his good friend Rimsky-Korsakov 'revised' the work and gave it a very kind, ecumenical ending - the version that most of the world knows," said Walker. "That wasn't what Mussorgsky intended. He wanted an unexpurgated depiction of evil, with Satan arriving among the diabolical creatures and reveling until his thirsts were quenched. That's what this version does; it's a marvelous 'rough diamond' and a totally different piece when compared to the bowdlerized version that Rimsky-Korsakov created."
The Geneseo Symphony Orchestra is a collaboration between the best wind, percussion and string players in the SUNY Geneseo student body and members of the music faculty who coach and perform in the ensemble. The result is the performance of some of the finest literature written for a large orchestra.
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8 Guinness World Record Attempts That Failed (Hilariously)
#4. Free-falling
The Goal
To free-fall from 34 kilometers above the Earth's surface, breaking the sound barrier in the process. Also, to prove that some Guinness Records are actually pretty badass.
What Went Wrong
A balloon that was part of the mechanism designed to carry the aspiring record-setter (Michel Fournier) into the air detached from its capsule as it was being inflated and floated away. No problem, just go get another balloon, right? Oh, wait... it cost five hundred thousand dollars.
Fournier spoke in a press conference after the attempt, saying "This is the first time that something like this has arisen." While demonstrating his ability to make puns in the midst of stressful situations, Fournier also assured the public that it was merely a simple mechanical problem that kept him from getting off the ground. Unfortunate, but at least technically speaking the idea was sound, and it's not as though he's in the habit of wasting money or anything, right?
Oh, wait. Did we mention Fournier had attempted this once before, and failed that time as well? Combined, the two attempts have set him back nearly twenty million dollars. Hell, with that much money lying around why not just buy the rights to the book and make up some record so specific that you're the only one who could possibly hold it? "Most Money Wasted Attempting to Get Into the Guinness Book of Records" has a nice ring to it.
Lesson Learned
After a certain point in time, you just have to cut your losses and accept the inevitable. And that that point in time was well before you invested twenty million dollars.
#3. Fasting
The Goal
To demonstrate that Ghandi was a pussy who could have held out for way longer.
What Went Wrong
Agasi Vartanyan, the Russian making the attempt, forgot one key step: telling Guinness he was doing it. In order to successfully make it into the book, you must first inform Guinness of the attempt, which they then look into and approve. Vartanyan, on the other hand, decided it would be better if he sat in a giant plastic cube for fifty days first, and then dealt with all that boring and tedious paperwork once he got out.
Before doing that though, he berated the reporters who had gathered around to watch him emerge for not providing enough coverage of his record attempt. We're not sure, but we suspect that had something to do with the fact that he technically wasn't making an attempt at all. Plus "Day 38: Yup, he's still sitting in there" doesn't make for a very good headline. After ranting at the media he hopped into his car and drove off, presumably to learn a valuable lesson about how bureaucracy works.
Oh, and even if he had filled out all the proper forms and had his attempt adjudicated by Guinness, he would have failed anyway. The book lists the record for longest hunger strike as 94 days, set by jailed Irish Republicans in 1920.
Lesson Learned
That perhaps we were too hard on the Croatian Smurfs up there.
#2. Domino Toppling
The Goal
To set up four million dominoes and then knock them all over, each one representing seconds of precious time those involved will never, ever get back.
What Went Wrong
Four million dominoes require a very large building, in this case a Dutch convention centre. Like any large building, it's possible for animals to get inside from time to time. Oh, yeah, you know where this is going.
A sparrow flew into the building during setup and, while it didn't knock over all four million of the dominoes, it did knock over 23,000 of them. Little did the sparrow know that domino standing volunteers, usually a passive and meek bunch, are quick to anger when their hard work is toppled prematurely. They cornered the bird and shot it, presumably knocking over countless dominoes during their blind rage.
Seriously, don't fuck with these people.
Their brutal vigilante justice quickly backfired when they learned that the one thing the Dutch love more than record breaking dominoes are cute birds. Animal rights groups threatened to investigate, a tribute website for the sparrow was set up and contests were announced to reward anyone who managed to further damage the attempt.
The television station that was broadcasting the affair even started to receive personal threats, likely in the form of photographs of knocked over dominoes. Oh, and did we mention the bird they shot was endangered? That kind of pissed people off too.
Lesson Learned
Always check for unpredictable animals before investing hundreds of man-hours into a project that can be destroyed by a gentle touch. Guinness learned a valuable lesson as well, choosing to cancel the announcement of their upcoming "Most Endangered Birds Killed by an Angry Mob" record.
#1. Bar Hopping
The Goal
To visit as many bars as possible in a single night while consuming at least a pint at each establishment, while pretending this is being done in the name of setting some kind of record.
What Went Wrong
We're sure you don't need us to explain the many, many ways this one could go wrong. What you probably won't think of is what happened in this case: Guinness declined to oversee the attempt because the man behind it, Larry Olmsted, had been blacklisted by the organization.
Olmsted had previously held the world record for the greatest distance travelled between two rounds of golf played on the same day. Not content to simply bask in the glory, Olmsted planned more attempts. But in between, he wrote a book that chronicled both his own record attempt and the history behind Guinness Records as a whole. Guinness didn't take kindly to it, calling the book an unauthorized association with the company. Apparently, the history of Guinness Records is full of dark and shameful moments that the public can't be allowed to know about.
"That book is an insult to the dignity of everyone who owns a Guinness Record."
When Olmsted made his application for a new record attempt he learned that Guinness was looking to taking legal action against his book, and so they wouldn't consider any applications from him until the matter was settled. Word has it that Olmsted made the attempt anyway, not in the name of setting a Guinness record but because it was Wednesday night.
"I'll make my own Guinness book. Then we'll see who can't get in."
Lesson Learned
That a book that contains information about the most dogs married at one time and the fastest game of Operation ever played is extremely serious business.
For more stories from the realm of stupidity, check out The 5 Most Retarded Causes People Are Actually Fighting For. Or check out the dipshits that took it a step too far in 6 People Who Died In Order To Prove A (Retarded) Point.


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