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6 Laws That Were Great On Paper (And Insane Everywhere Else)
#3. The Endangered Species Act Endangers Species
The Endangered Species Act is a law passed by the United States Congress in 1973, whose main purpose is to prevent the extinction of like, four animals you've heard of, and then 800 types of skink. If your family was constantly under siege by the sinister dusky gopher frog or the malevolent dark-tumped petrel, then you were shit outta luck after '73 when it became illegal to ask them to dance with Big Betty (Big Betty being your shotgun in this strange, strange analogy). The ESA also made provisions to protect the habitats of these imperiled species by imposing restrictions on the land where they lived. This is an important point, as you will see in a moment.
Don't worry, this man is only hunting crickets.
How Did it Backfire?
As luck would have it, an estimated 90 percent of all endangered species in the United States can be found on privately owned land. When an animal on the endangered species list is found living somewhere, the surrounding habitat is automatically protected right along with it, and any activity that might harm the animal must cease. If the Fish and Wildlife Agency identifies a particular area as home to a giant kangaroo rat, for example, then farmers are restricted from tilling the soil there. Timber companies can't harvest trees. Swinger clubs have to put the kibosh on their druid-themed outdoor orgies, and somewhere the U.S. Government has to cut George Orwell a royalty check. And these restrictions stay in place until that animal is removed from the endangered species list, a proposal that can take years, decades or eternity depending on how much they like hanging out on roads, and don't like humpin'.
And animals love humping.
Obviously the farmers weren't exactly content to let the government put the needs of a rat, no matter how giant or kangaroo-like, above their livelihoods. If their land seemed like a suitable habitat for an endangered species, then the solution was obvious: Wreck the ever-loving shit out of the property to make it as unattractive to that animal as possible, kind of like keeping the refrigerator empty and never washing towels until your dickhead roommate moves out. Alternately, if they found an endangered species living on their property before the government did, then it was time to shoot, shovel and shut up. Kill the animal, bury it and never say a word to anyone. The endangered species list basically became a hit list for any animal that was on it.
Several recent environmental studies have shown that both of these unforeseen tactics have actually done more harm to many animal species than just leaving them off the endangered list in the first place.
#2. Boxing Gloves Mean More Head Injuries
We love boxing here at Cracked: It brought us marvelous things such as Punch-Out!!, Super Punch-Out!!, "Eye of the Tiger" and it single-handedly brought down the Soviet Union. But damn is it ever dangerous. Like any fighting sport, it's hard to make boxing safer without ruining the entire appeal of watching two dudes punch each other into the short bus. But rules did have to be introduced, otherwise the end of every boxing match would simply be "the balls."
So in 1867, the Marquess of Queensberry Rules introduced a few sensible codes of conduct, including the mandatory wearing of gloves and the ban on hugging. Gone were the days of bare-knuckle fighting followed promptly by long, emotionally intense snuggling sessions. But surely that's a reasonable price to pay for a safer sport, right?
How Did it Backfire?
The only thing boxing gloves have reduced are the number of cuts and bruises, while significantly increasing the risk of brain damage and number of deaths. Now, call us crazy, but we like to think brain damage and death sound a lot worse than cuts and bruises, unless we're opening up that whole ball area again (we'll take "forgetting multiplication" over "extensive testicle lacerations" any day, thanks).
There go the state capitols.
Yes, it turns out boxing gloves have only made it easier to punch a guy square in the face with full force. While the glove protects the hand against injury, your opponent's brain still has to deal with the full force of the blow, actually made worse by the added weight of the glove.
For all the modern boxers who don't die in the ring, there's the 15 percent chance they'll develop some kind of brain damage, while bare-knuckle fighters, on the other hand, prefer to avoid the head altogether: The skull is the hardest part of the body. The likeliness of breaking a hand against the head meant that fighters often chose to hit the body, thus saving their hands for more important things.
Gotta protect these babies for the next hand modeling gig.
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#1. The Paperwork Reduction Act Does Nothing of the Sort
When the government tries to regulate itself by simplifying processes and cutting down on waste, that's usually a good time to pop some popcorn, pull up a chair and watch the hilarity ensue. Passed by Congress in 1980 (and then amended in 1995), the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) was intended to, shockingly, reduce the paperwork burden on federal employees. It was also supposed to eliminate much of the paperwork that all us common folk have to put up with when dealing with the Man, who won't even accept a "Notice of Intent Informing You to Go Fuck Yourself" without a notary public present.
How Did it Backfire?
This act was spawned somewhere within the unholy Office of Management and Budget (OMB). That's the same office that routinely authorizes $600 toilet seats and infamous earmarks like the Bridge to Nowhere, so buckle up for some righteous bureaucratic gangbangin': If a particular government agency wants to collect data from more than nine people (NO LESS THAN NINE!) they must apply for an Information Collection Requirement (ICR) from the almighty OMB. These ICR numbers have to be renewed every three years or, you guessed it, there are reams (that's government-speak for "fucktons") of reports to that have to be filed in order to update them.
For a huge entity like the Environmental Protection Agency that has to maintain thousands of ICRs, this means a constant paper typhoon exploding comically out of their building, no doubt devastating the mighty forests of the endangered tree skink in the process. Private companies being sued by the EPA have even been able to avoid litigation simply by pointing out at their ICRs were expired, and that the EPA was not in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act.
And they were technically correct: The best kind of correct!
To put things in perspective, look at these numbers released by U.S. News & World Report: Americans spent 9.9 billion hours on government paperwork in 2009. Compare that to one billion hours spent on government forms in 1981 and you can see that the PRA isn't just backfiring, it's passionately suckling at the teat of complete failure. The solution to actually eliminating all this comically inept paperwork clutter from the Paperwork Reduction Act? Why, simply fill out Standard Form 152: The official government form to eliminate other forms. So it basically creates an eternal cycle of form-filing that we're pretty sure is one of the ironic punishments in Dante's Hell.
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- Date: Nov. 1, 2012
- Time: 9:38 p.m.
- Place of Occurrence: 800 block of southeast 6 Ave., Deerfield Beach
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The victim, Stacy Peppers, 41, was walking to her car with her husband after visiting her mother-in-law at the Monaco Gardens Condominiums that evening. Peppers was crossing the 800 block of southeast 6 Avenue, from east to west, when she was struck. The driver raced from the scene heading southbound on S.E. 6 Avenue, then turned westbound on 10 Street toward Interstate 95.
Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue transported Peppers to Broward Health North where she remains in critical condition.
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Anyone with information about this incident, suspect or suspect vehicle is asked to contact BSO Traffic Homicide Detective Michael Wiley at 954-321-4840. Anonymous tips can be submitted to Broward Crime Stoppers by phone at 954-493-TIPS (8477) or online at www.browardcrimestoppers.org.
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The 6 Most Counterproductive PSAs of All Time
To public service announcement creators, their videos serve as a terrible portent of doom for the audience. And if they do their job right, it works: Nobody wants to be Helen Hunt jump-kicking through plate glass. If they do their job wrong, however, it mostly just reminds the audience that our preferred form of mischief is pretty fun, and hey -- it's been a little while since we did it, hasn't it? Well, here are six PSAs that definitely did their job wrong, because they make their subject matter look downright tempting.
#6. Gofer Cakes
The President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports has one central goal: to embarrass fat kids into making healthy lifestyle choices. Sometime around 1997, they had an exciting idea: If we show children how ridiculous they look in the throes of cake-induced ecstasy, they'll never want to eat junk food ever again, right?
And that faulty logic is how Gofer Cakes -- the tastiest cake product you'll never get to eat -- were conceived. In the PSA, four friends arrive home from school and run straight to the pantry. As they put their bags down, a jingle starts to play:
"Go fer a mouthful/Go fer the fun/Gofer cakes are for everyone!"
The pantry door then opens to reveal a box of cakes, and from that point onward, this is a video documentary of the happiest moments in four children's lives.
Something tells us we probably shouldn't keep this picture on our hard drives.
Given her age, the term "orgasm" might not be appropriate, but we don't know what else to call that face, and she hasn't even taken a bite yet. The kids aren't just happy with eating them, though. They build chocolate cake forts:
Cover them with whipped cream:
Blend them into a brownie smoothie:
Great idea, terrible execution.
And generally continue to have dangerously inappropriate foodgasms all over mom's furniture:
Before they finally start to pass out into a sugar-induced coma:
Then an adult voice drones, "Exercise lately?" while the following message appears:
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Why It Makes the Subject Matter Look Awesome:
Where was the downside in this, exactly? That they were all spent after their sugar high? So what? You're spent after most anything fun, from sex to exercise to an intense round of Mega Man 2. That satisfied, post-coital and -foodal period is one of the best parts of the experience -- when every desire has been sated, and you're so happy you can do nothing but flop around like an endorphin walrus.
Those kids aren't sick; they're not puking into a bucket or stroking out from a sugar clot -- they're just in a temporary, blissful chocolate refractory period.
And it's no wonder. Look back at those screencaps! You've never enjoyed anything as much as those children did those chocolate cakes. They make fudge smoothies (which, we're sorry, is a bad idea how? That's the entire business model of Cold Stone Creamery) and even build whole fortresses out of chocolate; that's like the most fun afternoon of anybody's childhood. Have you guys never seen Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory? It's like all the best parts of that movie come to life, and without all the child murder.
Suffocated in a transparent tube if not for Gofer Cakes.
Gofer Cakes was literally the most effective advertisement we have ever seen, it's just in the opposite direction they intended. If somebody actually started selling these things, they'd be sold out within 15 minutes and at least one person would be crushed to death -- not in the stampede or anything, but because one less mouth equals one more Gofer Cake for the rest us.
#5. VD Is for Everybody
The American Social Health Association wants you to put your genitals in a plastic bag, and there's nothing wrong with that goal. We understand that they don't let you ride the zip line unless you put on a helmet, and you don't get sex without a condom. Toward that end, the ASHA created their public ad campaign "VD Is for Everybody." Holy shit, that tagline makes venereal disease sound like a pack of Lunchables -- something that's best shared with friends.
In the PSA, a group of attractive, well-groomed people smile at the camera while a catchy, upbeat tune plays in the background:
"VD is for everybody/not just for the few/Anyone can share VD/with someone nice as you."
We're not blind to irony. We get what they were going for: First they make it seem like something nice and bubbly that everybody can get, and then they slam you with the awful realization of what a venereal disease really entails. But the PSA never makes it to that twist; it's just a solid minute of shiny, happy people holding hands:
Is there supposed to be some transference between these people? Because that makes us uncomfortable.
Why It Makes the Subject Matter Look Awesome:
OK, since you (hopefully) know what VD is, you already get the implied level of irony. But if you know what it is, and you know you don't want it, this PSA didn't help you, did it? Check that lineup: Young woman, preteen, baby.
Hey, yeah -- wrap your dick up, baby; nobody wants your baby STDs.
The ad is obviously at least partly geared to people who haven't had sex yet. What if that were you? This PSA features beaming, ecstatic, attractive people living their lives in total peace and contentment, and then it ends.
After watching this, if somebody told you to watch out for VD, you'd be all "Oh yeah, I know all about that stuff. Saw this video in school. It's cool." Then they'd leave, confident that you were aware of the danger, while you'd leave, confident that stuff like "a satisfying career" and "meaningful relationships" are overrated, because the true secret to happiness is a set of leaky genitals.
#4. Party All Night
The Church of Scientology, perhaps most well-known for their ability to have good ideas and execute them in a sane fashion, decided to get in on that lucrative "public betterment" market. So they created Drug Free World, a campaign warning teenagers about the dangers of recreational drugs.
This is the main character of their PSA, and our impending cautionary tale:
Implicit message: Cute girls are into drugs.
Look at her! She's pretty, healthy and well put-together. Man, that's going to make her inevitable fall so much worse. She's probably going to start bleeding from the eyes any second now.
"At least you're not in a work safety PSA. Come back with all your limbs."
Oh, OK, she uh ... she has a nice home life, too. Whoooo boy. It's gonna be rough when they abandon her to a crack house.
Now her equally pretty, happy friends arrive in a nice car and start doing coke with her. OK, here we go. This is the turn:
She's having a great time at the party, really cutting loose, when oh no -- she falls into the pool! Probably drowns horribly, clawing at the floor, too fucked up to realize she's upside down and -- oh wait.
Her thetans have dried her from the inside.
No, OK. That one was a fake out. She's totally fine ... for now. She just changes and goes right back out with her friends.
And wait ... life of the party again? Cocaine sure is letting her have a lot of fun before it ruins her life.
Aaaaand ... Ke$ha!
Ah, here we go: She's having a minor freakout in the bathroom. The overdose is next, surely there's about to be a horrific overdose and --
The Spring/Summer catwalk collection by Coke and Chanel.
Nope. She's up and walking just fine. All of her cokehead friends are not only still with her, but deeply concerned, despite the fact that she's walking into the hospital under her own power, instead of, say, being rolled from the car as it whips through the ambulance lane.
Now she cries a single tear.
Guess her friends went to score more cocaine.
And sits alone in the waiting room. Here's the young girl's damning parting lines: "They said if I did coke, I could party all night. They lied."
Why It Makes the Subject Matter Look Awesome:
She's right, it didn't let her party all night ... just most of it. If anything, this PSA seems to be implying that you shouldn't do coke because it wears off too quickly.
Let's break it down: In the first half of the PSA, coke does nothing but bring her closer to her friends and allow her to let her hair down. It makes her seem cooler and more adult, and allows her to form a personal identity separate from her parents. It's basically a social shoehorn.
We're guessing her parents paid for the shoehorn. too.
The second half of the PSA -- the "awful downside" -- makes coke seem like the perfect expression of teen angst. She overdid it a little bit and didn't have an amazing time for the last hour of the party and now -- the poor girl -- she's basically suffocating in all of this love and attention. There aren't any lasting consequences, and although her lipstick is a little smeared, it's more in a "pretty punk" kind of way, rather than a "I mistook this dogshit for eyeliner" style. She self-destructs gorgeously, vomit-free and still ready to hit the town after.
We wonder if "cocaine" is just another term for "too many Jagerbombs."
Think about it: What teenage girl doesn't want to be a beautiful tragedy? If you slap a vampire up in this bitch, you'd have tweens lining up around the block to get in.


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"Looking for Me" by Betsy Rosenthal. Based on the childhood of the author's mother, this tale is told in free verse and gives a sweet and informative peek inside the life of a second-generation Russian immigrant in Depression-era Baltimore. Edith is in the middle of the 12 children of the Paul family, expected to help with the family restaurant and take care of the younger ones. Throughout the year chronicled in this book, she searches for some sort of identity, some uniqueness as the Depression rages, money is tight, and her family experiences tragic. This is a beautiful story of hope, family and figuring out who you are.
"Do You Wonder Why: How to Answer Life's Tough Questions" by David Pouilloux. This thoughtful yet humorous Q&A book answers all the important questions, such as: Why is it so hard to figure out who I am? Why haven't I ever been in love? Why do others make fun of me? Why do my parents fight? This book offers reassuring advice on dealing with low self-esteem, peer pressure, family and friends. Written with candor and in a friendly, non-judgmental tone, the Sunscreen series has the answers to tough questions.
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Kansas parks officials are hoping people will want to start the new year with a hike in state parks.
Five state parks are participating in a national "First Day Hikes" program. The program offers guided hikes through the parks. The hikes are generally one or two miles long. First Day Hikes are scheduled in all 50 states.
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I am attempting to pull the current location of all of a user's friends on facebook, and am running into a curious problem wherein some of those friends are reading out NULL when I can see on their actual Facebook pages that it says "Lives in ,." The difficult part of this error is that it only happens on probably ~30% of cases. On the remaining cases, it pulls all of the correct information, which tells me that the permissions are probably set up correctly.
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How to solve this nonlinear partial differential equation? $$\displaystyle\frac{\partial^2}{\partial x^2} f(x,t) +b \frac{\partial^2}{\partial x^2} f(x,t) \cdot \frac{\partial^2}{\partial t^2} f(x,t) + a = 0,$$ where $a,b$ are constant.
You might find some solutions by making the ansatz $f(x,t) = g(x) + h(t)$, i.e., that the solution separates. The equation then reads $$g''(x) + b \, g''(x) h''(t) +a =0,$$ $$g''(x) [1+ b \,h''(t)] = -a.$$ This equation can be solved by setting $g''(x)=c$ and $1+ b \,h''(t) = -a/c$. The solutions read $$g(x) = \frac{c}{2} x^2 + c_1 x + c_2$$ and $$h(t) = -\frac{a+c}{2 b c} t^2 +C_1 t + C_2$$ with $c\neq0$, $c_1$, $c_2$, $C_1$, $C_2$ arbitrary constants.
Also it is possible to look for traveling waves solutions $f(x,t)=g(x-сt)\,$. It leads to ODE $$ g''(x)+bc^2(g''(x))^2+a=0 $$ solutions of which can be written down explicitly: $$ g(x)=C_1+C_2 x+\frac{1\pm\sqrt{1-4 a b c^2}}{4 b c^2}x^2. $$


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Mother Nature has not been nice to all spring sport teams across the Midwest, whether it is collegiate, high school, or middle school teams. Bad weather this past weekend forced the cancellation of the remainder of the Heart of America Athletic Conference (HAAC) baseball tournament, thus ending hopes of the Peru State Bobcat baseball team of having a repeat national tournament performance.
The 2013 HAAC tournament was called off on Saturday due to unsafe playing conditions. Based on the HAAC Baseball Procedural Manual, the teams with the best records in tournament play are declared the winner and runner-up. Central Methodist University and Avila University both took a 2-0 mark into Saturday's games while Peru State and Evangel University had 1-1 records. Based on the tie-breaker, Central Methodist was named the winner as the higher seed. Avila was named the runner-up and became the second qualifier for the NAIA World Series Opening round since Central Methodist had won the regular season title.
Peru State finished with a 27-16 record, which included a 13-game winning streak going into the HAAC tournament. Six Peru State seniors finished their season with a win over Benedictine on Wednesday night before Mother Nature invoked her fury.
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2006 Super Chevy Car Show Joliet Illinois - Romeo in JolietWritten by Johnny Hunkins on November 17, 2006 Chevy lovers were just dyin' to get into the Chi-town Super Chevy Show.
The Chicago bedroom hamlet of Joliet, Illinois, is more than the location from the cult classic, "Blues Brothers," it happens to host one of the country's most state-of-the-art drag racing facilities in the form of Route 66 Raceway. Amid the cornfields and down the road apiece from the state prison made infamous by Jake and Elwood Blues, you'll find this drag racer's oasis.
Route 66 Raceway is huge. It has to be, because Chicagoans take their drag racing as serious as a full cardiac arrest. Compared to most West Coast tracks, Route 66 looks like a Wal-Mart next to a lemonade stand. Maybe that's why, in spite of triple-digit August heat, Chicago-area Chevy enthusiasts make the yearly Joliet Super Chevy Show a must-see event.
The weekend of August 12-14 produced many drag racing highlights, including jet dragsters, wheelstanders, nitro coupe Pro Mods, and a special exhibition race from the Chicago Super Stock Outlaws. The meat of the racing, however, was in the sportsman bracket classes and in the car show, where we made a special effort to aim our cameras. The manufacturer's midway at any Super Chevy Show is a great way to check out parts and talk to reps before you buy anything for your project, but Joliet's midway was especially well-staffed. We had a great time jawboning with the reps from GM Performance Parts, COMP Cams, Tremec, Rick's First Generation, Mr. Gasket, Original Parts Group, TCI and others. These guys are smart, if for no other reason than they offer the best shade on a hot August afternoon! In all seriousness, big projects can cost a lot of dough, and a lot of coin can be saved by getting the right advice firsthand from the people who make the stuff. Don't like what you see in the manufacturer's tents? You're in luck, because the Super Chevy Show swap meet area is a great alternative way to score junk on the cheap.
And then there are the trinkets and memorabilia. Imagine my happiness when I stumbled across original Chevy dealership brochures for '73, '74 and '75 Chevelles. I got the entire set. Getting PHR editorial director, David "dare-to-be-different" Freiburger, to greenlight one of these as a project car, however, will take additional convincing. (Feel free to visit his home in the middle of the night with a baseball bat. Just kidding.) You can bet I'll be staring at these brochures for a long time, trying to figure out what the coolest combos are.
One highlight we'd rather forget is when the '85 Pontiac Firebird we were shooting for a car feature launched from the starting line, then immediately stuffed itself into the wall. What to do? Go ahead and shoot the car anyway. Hey, life happens. It is the first (and probably the last) time PHR will ever do a feature on a wrecked car. Thankfully, the car is somewhat well-known (it recently appeared on the reality TV show "Pinks"), and the crew had brought the fine-looking Danielle Bowers to model with it. You can check it out elsewhere in this issue.
Taking all these pictures at the Joliet Super Chevy Show has its benefits, mainly because we get to meet people and find out what's on their minds. An hour or two on the starting line usually means spending the entire afternoon walking through the pits, tracking down all those cars and their owners. That's when the bench racing really takes off and you find out all the back stories behind the beautiful cars.
By the time you read this, the Super Chevy Show schedule will be done for 2006. If you like what you see and want to be a part of the action, we suggest you go to www.superchevyshow.com for the 2007 calendar. (PHR's Top 10 2006 Super Chevy Show Race Cars won't be announced until the SEMA show, so we'll have to update you on that in a few issues.) Whether you want to show off your car, get in a little drag racing, look around for some parts or find a new project, we can't think of a better place-unless you're into Fords.
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Larry Stahnke (52) of Oak Forest, IL, is in the home improvement business, but this weekend he was in the attitude improvement business. His Hugger Orange '69 SS Camaro runs in Mr. Gasket Bracket One, where it knocks down 9-flat ETs hard on the wheelie bars.We found Ashley Rasmussen helping her dad, John Rasmussen, prepping the family '72 Monte Carlo in the car show. The father/daughter restoration started in February '05 and was completed just prior to the Joliet Super Chevy Show. The license plate reads "SYCLPOP," the malaprop Ashley used in place of "popsicle" when she was a toddler.The door of this Camaro reads, "In Memory Of Bob Gorka," the beloved uncle of 18-year-old driver Matt Higgins (Palos Hills, IL). The Turbo 400-equipped '67 RS/SS gets plenty of power for wheelies like this from a healthy 468 big-block running World Products Merlin II heads.To all those guys hanging out on the Team Chevelle bulletin board, this one is for you. Check out Dennis Kent's '69 Chevelle SS (Algonquin, IL). Kent is a family man with three daughters (Shannon, Kori, and Leeann), so you know he's on a tight budget. Still, Kent manages 11.40s on pump gas (without juice) with a 499-inch big-block.Tim Boggs of Fayetteville, OH, insisted on showing PHR readers his Chrondek Christmas Tree tattoo. We've never seen a starting line with that much hair. "This guy said if I ran a picture of his tattoo, he'd give me a cold beer. It was so hot, I couldn't refuse."-Johnny HunkinsErin Braasch-PHR's Miss Joliet Super Chevy Erin Braasch of New Lennox, IL, was kind enough to pose for a full-page photo while she waited for her dad, John Braasch, to run his '85 Camaro in the first round of Bracket One. "She doesn't actually win anything for this. OK, maybe we'll send her a magazine or two if she calls."-Johnny Hunkins
"Big" Tony Phillips is a crane operator for Union Pacific, and he put that talent to good use by lifting the wheels of his '65 Chevelle SS during Bracket One competition. A 14:1-compression 565-inch BBC pounds down 896 hp, which is good for 9.20s at over 145 mph (off the sauce) with weight around 3,300 lbs.Sandy Stedman (Lisle, IL, foreground), hovers around Gary Karn's blown '70 Nova (Lockport, IL) at the car show. If she was more interested, she would've found out Karn's Nova has a Dyers 14-71 blower on a small-block 350, and that it has run a best of 10.50 in the quarter.When Paul Evans (Peoria, IL) bought his '56 Chevy a year ago, it hadn't seen the light of day for 17 years. Prior to his owning it, the '56 had been a show car, but Evans (60) knew the shoebox wanted to run free. It now runs 14-ohs in the DOT class with help from a tunnel-ram 355.This '75 Monza belonging to Clyde Biagi (Glenwood, IL) really got our attention, so we hung out until he returned a few minutes later. "I bought it brand new," says Biagi. "Had it since day one." The Monza has a nice 350 small-block and a four-speed. The original cost? $4,534.81. If you ever decide to sell it, we'll pay you full MSRP!From high atop the grandstand, you get a great view of Route 66 Raceway. In the foreground you can see the manufacturer's midway. A little to the left is the car show area, then the pits. The grandstand in the distance belongs to the quarter-mile dirt oval where Jake and Elwood Blues honed their driving skills.Cathy Belcher's '90 Camaro Nitro Coupe moves smartly off the line, but experienced tire shake a moment later. "We run a Powerglide, which doesn't have the adjustability of a clutch setup," says Belcher. "Tire shake is not good on a Powerglide." The only way to control tire shake, according to Belcher, is to soften-up the power through tuning. Her best ET to date is a 6.56/208.We cornered Caitlin Walstra (22, Joliet, IL) in the COMP Cams booth looking at the FAST XFI display. We asked her if she knew what it was: "I have no idea what I'm looking at." One thing's for sure, fuel injection never looked so good before.LS-engine guys know that Chicago is a hotbed for outrageous EFI street cars, so it's not much of a surprise to see John Reese's 2000 Corvette making 9-second passes. Reese (Cary, IL) has run a best of 9.78/138, which is a really big deal considering it's got a 4L60E trans, it runs on 93 octane, and passes Illinois smog. The combo puts down 760 rwhp from a 427-inch C5R block with an ATI F1R blower and a FAST LSX intake. Reese credits Finish Line Performance in Naperville, IL, for the deed. (You can contact them at www.flp2win.com or call 630-820-9294).
Now, for something really serious. As we started checking out Ray Gustafson's '67 Camaro (which has a 484-inch big-block, runs 8-teens with nitrous, and hails from La Porte, IN), our eyeballs latched onto Ashley Hawkins (24) of Portage, IN. Photography ensued. As we stumbled over tools and pit detritus snapping pictures, Ashley unleashed this gem and brought the house down: "I've never done this with my clothes on!"Chuck and Cherri Romani of Silvis, IL, prepare their '66 Chevelle for some tough competition in the car show. The Romanis have had the car since '92 and it has just completed a three-year rebuild. In Joliet, the Romani's '66 took the honors in Outstanding Modified, Modified Chevelle, and OPG Best Chevelle.


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The 5 Creepiest Defense Attorney Websites
Trial Attorney Richard Allaye Chan doesn't rely on pictures to hawk his services, much to my disappointment. Instead, he opted for a single stock photo of some pillars which are decidedly less engaging than a shot of a malicious and accusing child.
See? See how much better that is, Dick?
To be fair, he has a bigger job to do than advertise his firm: He has to explain to his clients what their conviction means. Statutory is a big word, and Richard Allaye Chan burns 223 words defining it. In fact, his homepage reads more like a Wikipedia post than a proposition for representation.
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"The situation may be a mere case of mistaken identity or the conniving scheme of an underage person to destroy your reputation."
It's a trap!
Statutory rape accusations are the result of one of these two things--they are literally the only options presented on the site. It's startling that anyone ends up in prison for statutory rape in the first place. Lady Justice is indeed blind if she would trust one of these stereotypically "conniving" little beasts enough to convict, or possibly just jealous that the young girls are getting all my attention.
#1. Domestic Violence Attorneys
Pawuk & Pawuk, P.A., have chosen one of the most questionable photographs possible for a website aimed at people accused of domestic abuse. Assuming the image is supposed to be related to the theme of the site, the message seems to be that sometimes women need to shut their goddamn mouths. It's unclear whether it is her husband's hand over her mouth or the lawyer's hand but the point is, she was talking and someone remedied that situation. The only alternative is that she committed the domestic violence with her extraordinary man hands and is shocked at her own actions, in which case I applaud Pawuk & Pawuk on their willingness to recognize that abuse isn't a one-way gender street.
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"Domestic violence seems to be the arrest of choice for law enforcement these days."
I am a sucker for unsubstantiated declarations. I certainly hope this is true. I like to imagine police officers scrambling to be the first to answer a domestic disturbance call because it's their favorite type of arrest. It would explain the somber eyes all police officers share during traffic stops; there is little chance of a domestic violence arrest without a domicile.
Of all the websites I have chanced upon, this is by far my favorite. A little research reveals that Pawuk & Pawuk are not father and son, or even brothers. They are husband and wife. A husband and wife law team defending domestic abusers. I can't think of anything more perfect and I want to know them, desperately. I want to know if they discuss strategy during sex. I want to know if they discuss sex during those whispering moments between lawyers. I want to know if he has scars and she has man hands. So far, they have not returned any of my calls.


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Traveling to the Country Music Awards (CMA) Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. was no vacation for couple and WAMZ morning show producer and radio personality Ron and Mel Fisher, but their fifth annual trip from June 7 to 10 was a whirlwind of music, interviews, and even bathtubs.
With 71,000 attendees each day, the 41st annual CMA Music Fest showcased performances by country music superstars like Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley and Blake Shelton, among others. Ron and Mel interviewed more than 70 artists during the festival, catching up with bigger stars they've met before like Miranda Lambert, but mostly focusing on the up-and-coming artists of the genre.
From chatting with One Tree Hill star Jana Kramer about her Top 20 single "Why Ya Wanna" to discussing upcoming Louisville performances with Justin Moore, Mel spiced up interviews with laughter and even strange locations.
A bathtub display was set up at their interview location in Music Row LIVE! by their broadcast sponsor Ferguson Bath, Kitchen and Lighting. Naturally, Mel hopped right into the bathtub with the men of Love and Theft, who are currently on tour with Brad Paisley.
"When I was in the bathtub this morning, I wasn't thinking I was gonna get to be in another bathtub with three other people today," Eric Gunderson told Mel during the interview. The other half of the duo, Stephen Barker Liles, quipped back, "Just keep your hands to yourself bro."
Aside from acting out imaginary rowing and brainstorming an album about whirlpools and showers, Mel had a chance to speak to American Idol's Season 10 runner-up Lauren Alaina. Alaina actually got a little embarrassed when discussing her new upcoming single written by Carrie Underwood, titled "18 Inches", describing the distance from your head to your heart.
"I'm glad it went that direction," Mel said about the title's significance. "It could have gone horrifically wrong." "It could have gone south," Alaina responded without realizing, and then hid her face in her hands while laughing.
Making even a busier weekend for Nashville, the Country Music Television (CMT) Awards were held on June 6, the night before the festival started. Ron and Mel attended Artist Luke Bryan's fan club party on Friday, celebrating his CMT Music Award for Best Male Video.
"Luke Bryan is always nice. He's always cordial," Ron said. Bryan admitted that he was slightly hungover from the previous night, but Mel assured him that winning an award called for celebration.
While musicians were celebrating awards, performing concerts and signing autographs, Ron and Mel labored through their hectic schedule. First they would talk to artists during the day and then go back to the hotel to load videos, edit audio, prepare for the next day's remote broadcasts, load content for the website, and of course, update social media. "There is no vacation whatsoever in this. When we are there, it is pretty much work from the get go," Ron explained.
Even though Ron and Mel were often running on an hour of sleep, they managed to see new and classical performances, including the "Bluegrass Generations" concert. The show featured a range of modern and established artists, including Ricky Skaggs, Dailey + Vincent, The Roys, Teddy Gentry from Alabama, Rhonda Vincent and Jimmy Fortune.
For more photos and interviews with CMA Music Festival performers from Ron and Mel, visit www.whas.com/pages/RonandMel.html.


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Would you show them a graph of total visits per month, or a graph with total unique visits per month? And why one vs the other?


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UK government apparently hacked foreign diplomats' BlackBerrys during the 2009 G20 summit through fake internet cafes
Are you a foreign diplomat? Did you visit the 2009 G20 summit? Congratulations, the UK government has most of your passwords and knows where your mistress lives! Thanks to The Guardian some new information has come to light about the UK government surveillance unit, known as the GCHQ, and their doings in light of the recent NSA and PRISM unveilings.


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April 6, 2013
To the editor: Carassious auratus is the scientific name for goldfish. Goldfish have notoriously short memories, just like tea party writers....
Ever notice the cities, counties & states with th eworse standard of life are controlled by the democratic Party ? Government entities which have gone bankrupt, filling bankruptcy, and on the horizon of bankruptcy are Democratic Controlled. Yes, the ghetto slum known as Steubenville is fairing oh so well.
The European countries also going belly up are socialist who replaced capitalism. The main difference when it comes to fiscal management is Republicans run governments like a business while Democrats run it like a social club.
As an Independent Constitutionalist, I see Obama's Utopia as the United States of Europe. The Mauslim Marxist in the White House will leave a lasting impression for generations to come.
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Judging by "Activist's" comment below, you hit that nail squarely on the head, Mr. Atkinson.
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President Barack Obama is proposing his 2014 budget.
His plan will touch almost all Americans. The rich would see tax increases, the poor and the elderly would get smaller annual SS benefits, and middle income taxpayers would slip into higher tax brackets despite Obama's repeated vows not to add to the tax burden of the middle class.
His proposed changes, once phased in, would mean a cut in Social Security benefits of nearly $1,000 a year for an average 85-year-old that worked and paid into Social Security all their working life and now with the help of AARP their SS will be cut and they can have a pain pill instead of lifesaving healthcare.
I'll bet you thought Obama would only let botched aborted babies suffer and die in the soiled linen room.
By the way Core these facts are also provided by a non-partisan government agency and quotes.
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I still think it is funny that liberals always claim that the other side cannot think for themselves. They are so busy tooting their own horn that they fail to realize that they are content with being told what to do by the government.
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Why do liberals think that the GOP has to approve everything that Obumjob puts forth. I sure love his cuts in SS and Medicare.
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I am going to adopt TDD in our team and one of the ideas I have is to review tests first. So one would write interfaces, mocks, and tests first, submit them for a code review and once interfaces and tests (think specification) are approved an actual implementation can be written (theoretically, can be done by another developer). I wonder how viable this idea is?
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To me this suggests that actually you shouldn't be spending time reviewing unit test code on an individual level, as there wouldn't be enough flexibility or speed in that approach to gain any of the benefit. It should be a fast process of multiple iterations. Theses iterations inform the programmer as they are writing code about the changes they are making, improving the code.
Instead review unit tests and final code submissions together. So long as the programmer understands the requirements correctly this should allow you to still have reviews (as you should of course) but keeping the advantages of TDD.
Doesn't TDD mean the developer has the design suggested to him as he codes the tests rather than being handed a spec to write code to ? Don't you then also miss the dev having the conversation with the customer to understand their needs ?
I think Tom's answer explains why TDD doesn't work well with reviewing unit tests ahead of time; unit tests become part of the implementation process in TDD, and are part of a tight cycle between testing and implementation. In other words, you can't write unit tests before coding if you are using TDD.
Reviewing Cucumber-style acceptance tests, however, makes sense before implementation starts. The purpose of these tests is to make sure that the customer / business owner and the developer are on the same page, and that should happen before implementation. Defining interfaces and reviewing them might also make sense, especially if two teams working in parallel. These should be relatively easy sells to the team.
I would be hesitant to design mocks ahead of time as well, as they will naturally be developed during TDD (if TDD is done right); however, doing mocks ahead of time could be useful for encouraging code reuse, so it's not a bad idea - just might not be worth the process pain. Developing mocks ahead of time could get some push-back from the dev team, if they don't fully grasp why they would be useful. I'd personally try this with just the acceptance tests and interfaces first, and then see if the team felt that adding mocks to the up-front requirements would help. This might mean more pain up-front if testers rely on developers to write mocks and devs aren't doing it, but I suspect it will result in more buy-in in the end. Also, you might find that good mocks are a natural result of TDD, and your testers are getting mocks without having to really push devs to create them. If it's the devs writing the mocks that are pushing for them to be developed first, then you already have buy-in and should give it a try.
In general, I'd be sure to get team buy-in on any up-front requirements. If the team doesn't want to do the work or believe that it might help, it won't work.
I hate such persons that says "This is not a Scrum", when they were asked "Hey, we have a scrum without stand-ups, so how could we do [something]".
I am going be such a nasty person when I say "That is not a TDD what you have described". The TDD has some strict rules, but is it really a big reason to follow them all? I think – no.
Nutel, the idea you presented is viable, but it depends how you will implement it. You should not be restricted to when to write the unit tests: before or after the production code. Maybe it would be better to start from integration tests? Or from the system integration or acceptance tests?
Or, maybe you do not need the tests at all, and it would be better to run the design workshops and just to discuss better what we need from the new functionality.
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What's the story: Can a man shake hands with a woman (or vice versa) in a business setting?
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There's a prohibition against touching any member of the opposite gender other than your spouse or close relatives. Many opinions say that's only "affectionate" touching, "such as hugging and kissing." Others say no, it includes all touching. (Rabbi Yehuda Herzl Henkin, in Hakira Journal, discusses these opinions and their sources; he strongly believes that the former is the majority opinion.) So we have three questions:
A.) Is the prohibition all touching, or only "affectionate" touching?
Depending on how you answer A, B, and C, the modern-day opinions will literally range from "it's absolutely fine, even in a social setting" (as had been the practice among Orthodox Jews of German ancestry not that long ago) to "not even if your life is at stake!" (R' Chaim Kanievsky). There's also the distinction between you offering your hand first, and responding to someone else's outstretched hand. (If the other person isn't looking for a handshake, do you need to go there?) R' Moshe Feinstein noted that many people do it, though he wasn't crazy about the idea.* It's said that the Bostoner Rebbe would shake a woman's hand if she offered it; Rabbi Dovid Cohen of Brooklyn quotes his mentor, Rabbi Yitzchak Hutner, that a handshake isn't about affection, it's about basic human respect ("derech eretz, not derech chiba"). On the other hand (pun intended), many Orthodox Jews have long worked with the assumption that it's prohibited (which also avoids slippery-slope problems), so be prepared to meet people with that practice.
For those who don't shake hands, it often helps to explain that the practice is 100% gender-symmetric and is not about Judaism disparaging women. Another way to say it is "I'm sorry but as a religious policy, I don't touch any woman/man other than my spouse." (This may get the response "gee I wish my spouse had the same policy ...")
The main Charedi Rabbis forbade it, though others more MO Rabbis permitted it where necessary. From http://doseofhalacha.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Shomer%20Negiah
I've been turned away from an interview for not shaking hands. Subsequent to that incident, I called a posek who permitted it, but only for the interview. If I were to be subsequently hired, I need to explain that I don't shake hands with members of the opposite sex for religious reasons.
My personal experience may be due to inadequate communication. If you're good with words and your hand-withholding comes across as easy-going and friendly (as opposed to holier-than-thou or zealotry) you may never have an issue.
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A Jewish man can not slap hands with a non Jewish woman
And a Jewish woman can not slap hands with a non Jewish man
Even when the hand is coverd with clothing
(The commentaries explain that if they are both Jewish it is OK when the hand is covered with clothing (but only if it is not done for the man to be able to see the woman for a longer time))
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Director Marc Webb and stars Andrew Garfield, Jamie Foxx and Dane DeHaan talk about bringing Spider-Man back to the big screen for the arachnid hero's latest adventure.
Hall H was treated to the world premiere of footage from "The Amazing Spider-Man 2," insight into the character of Electro and Andrew Garfields hope for his Spidey to eventually meet the Avengers.
"The Amazing Spider-Man 2" director Marc Webb discussed Electro's power set in the upcoming sequel, and they might not be exactly what comic fans are expecting.
Sony Pictures has released a promo clip for its Friday presentation at CCI featuring Jamie Foxx as Electro in the first footage from "The Amazing Spider-Man 2."
New "Amazing Spider-Man 2" images from Entertainment Weekly's Comic-Con preview give the best look at Jamie Foxx's Electro yet with photos also featuring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Dane DeHaan and Paul Giamatti.
Entertainment Weekly has released the cover for its upcoming "Amazing Spider-Man 2"-themed issue featuring a first look at Jamie Foxx's Electro, with quotes from leading actor Andrew Garfield about a possible male MJ.
Director Marc Webb shows off set photos of the wall-crawler overlooking the New York City skyline and a mysterious dockside arena from "The Amazing Spider-Man 2." SPINOFF has the images.
Actress Shailene Woodley reveals that her scenes have been cut from "The Amazing Spider-Man 2," and that Mary Jane Watson wonât appear until the third movie. UPDATE: Reports indicate the role may be recast for ASM3.
In anticipation of next year's "Amazing Spider-Man 2," Sony has set release dates for the third and fourth installments of its rebooted franchise in 2016 and 2018, respectively.
A new "Amazing Spider-Man 2" rumor states that Colm Feore will play Adrian Toomes in the upcoming sequel. Plus, director Marc Webb continues his behind-the-scenes Twitter teases.
Set photos revealed a possible future for Gwen Stacy's "The Amazing Spider-Man 2," and now star Emma Stone says she wants the character to stay true to her comic book roots. SPINOFF ONLINE has more details.
The film's director releases the first image of Paul Giamatti as Aleksei Sytsevich, the alter-ego of the Rhino.
Photos taken Monday in Times Square reveal the first glimpses of Jamie Foxx as Electro in director Marc Webbâs "The Amazing Spider-Man 2," which opens May 2, 2014.
Director Marc Webb continues his flurry of photos from the set of "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" with a shot of a location dubbed âThe Armory.â The wall crawler's sequel opens May 4, 2014.
In the latest casting announcement for Marc Webb's "Amazing Spider-Man 2," Chris Cooper has signed on to the sequel as the new face of longtime Spider-Man foe Norman Osborn.
The first photos from the New York City set of director Marc Webb's "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" reveal star Andrew Garfield in his new costume, and Shailene Woodley as Mary Jane Watson.
Director Marc Webb and Sony Pictures show off half of the newly designed costume that Andrew Garfield will wear in the upcoming "Amazing Spider-Man 2." The film arrives May 2, 2014.
Director Marc Webb reveals a sneak peek of the larger-eyed Spider-Man costume for "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" as Felicity Jones announces her involvement in the sequel.
Columbia Pictures announced the official start of filming on Marc Webb's "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" with the release of an official plot summary and the addition of Colm Feore in an unspecified role.
The villain roll call for Marc Webb's "Amazing Spider-Man 2" continues as reports have surfaced that Paul Giamatti is currently in talks to play The Rhino in the upcoming sequel.
"Chronicle" star Dane DeHaan has been cast as Harry Osborn, Peter Parker's best friend turned archenemy, in the sequel to Sony's "Amazing SPider-Man" director Marc Webb announced today.
Sony Pictures reportedly tested four young actors this week to play Harry Osborn, Peter Parkerâs best friend turned worst enemy, in director Marc Webbâs "The Amazing Spider-Man 2."
Director Marc Webb helmed a press event promoting the home video release of "The Amazing Spider-Man," touching on the Blu-ray's special features and hinting at a possible IMAX-specific cut for the web-slinging sequel.
Director Marc Webb discussed yesterday's rumors that Jamie Foxx is in talks to play Electro in "Amazing Spider-Man 2," saying, "I would love to work with him... you'll be hearing more on that shortly, I'm sure."
While Sony Pictures took some liberties with Peter Parker's origin in "The Amazing Spider-Man," the studio apparently plans to get back to established Marvel history in the 2014 sequel with the death of Gwen Stacy.
"The Descendents" actress Shailene Woodley is under consideration for the role of Mary Jane Watson in director Marc Webb's follow-up to "The Amazing Spider-Man," due in theaters 2014.
"Amazing Spider-Man" director Marc Webb and lead actor Andrew Garfield are slated to return for the sequel written by Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci and Jeff Pinkner.
Columbia Pictures President Doug Belgrad suggests Marc Webbâs commitment to Fox may keep the director from returning for the sequel to "The Amazing Spider-Man."
Sony's "The Amazing Spider-Man" has swung past the $400 million mark and is on pace to gross $800 million worldwide, which would bring the total box office number for comic-based movies this summer to over $2 billion.
"The Amazing Spider-Man", director Marc Webbâs franchise reboot, topped the North American box office this weekend, bringing its six-day forth of July total to $140 million. Worldwide, the movie has brought in $341.2 million.
Sony's "The Amazing Spider-Man" opened with $7.5 million in domestic midnight showing box office take, adding to its already impressive $50 million worldwide gross.
Despite strong turns from its cast, director Marc Webb's "The Amazing Spider-Man" ultimately disappoints due to a cobbled-together story and lackluster special effects, resulting in a reboot full of missed opportunities.
"The Amazing Spider-Man" producers Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach spoke to CBR News about rebooting Marvel's flagship film franchise with a new cast and director at the helm.
CBR News spoke with Denis Leary about playing Captain Stacy in the upcoming reboot of Marvel's "Spider-Man" film franchise, his comedy background, and Emma Stone's improv skills.
Columbia Pictures has released a new poster for "The Amazing Spider-Man" that plays up the relationship between Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy in director Marc Webbâs franchise reboot.
Columbia Pictures has released an Australian trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man that includes new footage from director Marc Webbâs franchise reboot including new looks at The Lizard, Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy.
CBR News caught footage of Colin Farrell's struggles with reality in "Total Recall" and Andrew Garfield's web slinging swings in "The Amazing Spider-Man" at the Kapow Comic Convention.
A four-minute "super preview" has debuted for "The Amazing Spider-Man," featuring new footage from director Marc Webb's July 3-opening reboot of the Columbia Pictures franchise.
Ahead of the U.S. premiere of "The Avengers," Columbia Pictures has released the new theatrical trailer for "The Amazing Spider-Man," director Marc Webb's franchise reboot.
Sony has hired "Transformers" and "Star Trek" writing team Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci to pen an "Amazing Spider-Man" sequel in anticipation of Marc Webb's reboot hitting theaters in July.
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Explorer Plus With GPS AntennaElectronic Charting System Control UnitThe EXPLORER PLUS turns almost any "off the shelf" PC monitor into a full-featured C-MAP electronic charting system. Couple this unique product to an existing onboard monitor or add just about any size CRT or flat panel display for a very convenient two piece charting system with unlimited mounting possibilities.
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Friday, October 26, 2007
(Freeport, Ill.)- Columbia College-Freeport will confer 43 bachelor's degrees upon graduates at a commencement ceremony at 2 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 4, at the Highland Community College Student Conference Center in Freeport, Ill.
Dr. Ann Bledsoe, assistant professor of mathematics, will give the commencement address, and Ren� Massey, assistant dean of Adult Higher Education, will confer the degrees.
"For Columbia College graduates, the commencement ceremony is the culmination of their hard work and dedication to improve their lives," Massey said. "We are proud to celebrate the accomplishments of each graduate on this special day."
Located on the Highland Community College campus in the Student Conference Center, Columbia College�Freeport was founded in 1996. Columbia College, founded in Missouri in 1851 as Christian Female College, was the first women's college west of the Mississippi River to be chartered by a state legislature. The college changed its name to Columbia College in 1970 when it became coeducational.
Columbia College provides accredited, affordable degrees for working adults, including military students, serving 25,000 students each year through its 32 campuses nationwide and online.


text: Howdy folks from Dragoart.com. Last week I did a step-by-step tutorial of Kenny from South Park and got quite a few viewings. I have also received requests on doing a few more characters from the "Good Times With Weapons episode from South Park. So today I will show you how to draw my favorite character from – Eric Cartman from the "Good Time With Weapons" episode. Eric Cartman as known as Ninja Bulrog in this episode is absolutely the funniest character of all. "If Butters tells on us, we're gonna tell on you too, that's ninja code!" Every time I hear that line from him, It just makes me laugh so hard. I never get tired of this episode, and the "Fighting love" song. Cartman is definitely one of my favorite characters from South Park. He is also criticized for his shockingly politically incorrect and profane behavior. But Cartman has also been included on the list as one of the most iconic television and carton characters of all time. The shocking languages he says even upsets some South Park fans. I personally just think this is one of the wittiest funniest shows I have ever seen! So I hope all will have a good time drawing ninja Cartman. And I will see you all again soon!


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In the winter I am in the habit of opening my oven door once I am done baking so that I can add the heat to the house. However I recently thought about it and it would seem that even if the door is closed, and the oven insulated, the only way for the oven to cool would be to heat the house. So this would mean that there is no benefit to opening the door in the winter and keeping it closed in the summer.
So my question is: Does opening the door of a hot oven heat the house more effectively than allowing it to cool with the door closed?


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I am a dev who mostly uses the Microsoft stack (C#/Silverlight/WPF/ASP MVC/.net framework) Although I am adding HTML5/CSS3/shivs/jQuery when using ASP.net MVC.
I have the opportunity to do some Android mobile phone work but am unsure if/how my current skillset would apply.
Anyone out there made this crossover transition? What new skillset is involved? What IDE development software would I need?
Thanks everyone for pointing me in a good directions! As a result, I took a couple of hours to check out Eclipse & the Android sdk plugin. So far, I find many comforting similarities between android and the MS stack that I'm used to.
These are my discoveries (maybe help some noobs like me!):
--The Eclipse+AndroidSDK development environment is complete, understandable and is very much like visual studio.
--Java is very "c#-like".
--Android separates the code (.java) from the layout markup (.xml).
--Android's layout markup is very much like silverlight.
--Android has built-in basic controls with basic styling.
--Android has some really useful built-in widgets! (I'm guessing it accepts custom add-in widgets also?)
--Android Activities are like c# classes: methods/local properties + class-wide properties. Create instance & use them.
--Activity lifecycles are understandable: Overrides -- onCreate(), onStart(), onResume(), onStop(), onRestart(), onDestroy().
--Android connects user events with event-handlers through the use of Listeners.
--Android uses a lot of "magic string" references in both .xml and .java (Oh-noooooo!)
--Found a great YouTube series "android tutorial & lessons" by CornBoyzAndroid (more than 30 informative episodes!)
--Android does try/catch/finally for error catching similarly to c#
I'm still exploring, and I'm sure I'll find answers to my further questions, like:
--How does android deal with remote and local data? (database access, local storage, Linq).
--How does android do asynchronous or long-lasting work? (callbacks, polling, sockets).
--I see android exposes threading…possibly useful, but I need more info.
--Does android have frameworks like MVVM or MVC and what about unit testing?
Again, thanks everyone for your help!!! -- Mark


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I was attempting to install a command line only version of Ubuntu and followed the instructions here.
I downloaded the alternate CD and went through the installation, but never got an "Install a command-line system." option.
12.04 is now up and running, though I don't need the desktop GUI. From what I have read I can set it back into text mode using grub, but what packages should I remove that I don't need any more?


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DURANT, Okla. -- A potential sales tax for the city of Durant is causing a stir in Bryan County. Commissioners weighed in on the issue on Wednesday.
Bryan County commissioners say they have taken several phone calls from folks who live outside Durant's city limits who do not want to pay a higher sales tax in Durant. So on Wednesday, everyone got the chance to make their opinions heard.
School officials, Durant city and Bryan County residents filled the room for Wednesday's meeting. Durant administrators say they need a new high school and plan to have an election for a sales tax increase to pay for it.
But some residents who live in the county say they cannot vote in the election, will not use the school, and say if there's an increase, they do not want to shop in Durant.
Commissioners say they support a new school, but have pledged to their constituents not to increase taxes.
"We've had numerous new industries come in. One of the first things new industries look at when they come into a community is the school system. Everyone in Bryan County has benefited from the growth of Durant," says Bryan County resident Nathan Williams, who lives outside the city limits.
"They're not opposing a new school; they just feel like since ad valorem taxes in their districts have to support their schools. That's the same thing that should happen in the city of Durant," Bryan County commissioner Ivan Kelly says.
An ad valorem tax is a tax based on the value of real estate or personal property.
The purpose of the meeting was for commissioners to decide if they wanted to take action on the issue. After some legal discussion, and the fact they have no authority over a city election, they voted not to act on it.
Superintendent Terry James tells us the district plans to continue with a new school, and he thinks it's beneficial for Durant and the entire county.


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I am particularly interested in the types of rifles that troops serving in Africa would use, especially during the 1890's. Did they have any kind of repeating rifles, or were they still using single shot rifles? Any specific details would be appreciated.
They would have started the decade with Lee-Metford bolt-action 8-10 shot rifles and ended the decade with Lee-Enfield bolt-action 10 shot clip rifles. There were probably still some Martini-Henry level-action single shot rifles as well as their updated version being used at the time but the 1890s seems to be when the single shot rifle was phased out in favor of those with magazines.
From "The Modern Traveller", published 1898:
I never shall forget the way
He marked them in their rude advance,
More seriously, Wikipedia provides this account of the Battle of Omdurman, 2 September 1898
Casualties are listed as:
British weaponry at Omdurman consisted of
The Maxim guns were single-barrelled of various styles firing 600 rounds/minute.


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[acoustical vibration]
A new maintenance engineer is assigned the
task of overseeing large, critical rotating equipment in a petrochemical facility (Fig.
1). In this example, the facility has vent-gas
compressors that, in general, run well, but sometimes fail.
This system has three compressors operating in parallel.
However, the associated piping is less than an optimum design,
and, unfortunately, it looks like an afterthought for both the
suction and discharge sections.
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Is 2016 the peak for US gasoline demand?
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DENVER � Crews in northern Colorado are facing powerful winds as they battle a blaze that has scorched about 86 square miles of mountainous forest land and destroyed at least 181 homes, the most in state history. Meanwhile, local authorities are focusing on another concern � looting.
The destructiveness of the High Park Fire burning 15 miles west of Fort Collins surpassed the Fourmile Canyon Fire, which destroyed 169 homes west of Boulder in September 2010.
More than 1,630 firefighters are working on the Fort Collins-area fire, which was sparked by lightning and is 45 percent contained.
Julie Berney with the Larimer County Sheriff�s Office said firefighters battled winds of 30 mph with gusts of up to 50 mph Sunday. Some rain moved through Saturday evening, but it wasn�t enough to quell the fire.
�The problem is that when you have a fire like this, even if it rains it evaporates before it hits the ground,� Berney said.
On Sunday afternoon, high winds prompted fire managers to ground all helicopters and to send 96 notices to residents, ordering the immediate evacuation of the Hewlett Gulch Subdivision in the Poudre Canyon area north of the fire. It was unclear how many homes were affected.
A red-flag warning has been issued for the area until 8 p.m. Sunday, and temperatures could reach 90 degrees, the hottest day since the fire was reported June 9.
But incident commander Bill Hahnenberg said he was pleased with the firefighters� progress, while also acknowledging that high winds could be a test.
�A scenario could be we�ll lose some line, and then we just go after it the next day and the next day,� he said. �We�re going to do everything we can to protect facilities, and we�re prepared to do that.�
As firefighters try to get the upper hand on the blaze, which has burned large swaths of private and U.S. Forest Service land, local authorities have dispatched roving patrols to combat looting.
Deputies arrested 30-year-old Michael Stillman Maher of Denver on Sunday on charges including theft and impersonating a firefighter. The sheriff�s department said Maher was driving through the fire zone with phony firefighter credentials and a stolen government license plate.
His truck was later seen near a bar in Laporte, and investigators say they found a firearm and stolen property in the vehicle.
�There�s a handful out there who are taking advantage of others,� said Sheriff Justin Smith, adding that �if somebody�s sneaking around back there, we�re going to find them.�


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Whitney. T. Bendeck has pursued a career in the field of history, focusing on deception, after visiting Normandy in 1998. Holding a PhD in history, she works for the International Affairs Program at Florida State University where she is an assistant instructor, as well as the Director of Undergraduate Studies. She lives in Crawfordville, FL.
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I noticed that I focus very well and do not forget the topic for months when I am told to prepare some questions for problem session (recitation) hours of the course I assist. On the other hand, I forget the topics I learned during my graduate studies even though I had very good grades or I prepared good presentations about them. I suspect that thinking as the asking person plays some important role here than thinking as the answering one. It enforces me to think on what really matters I guess.
Do you have any ideas about some research on this? Do you also notice similar results for yourself? If so, do you have any ideas on improving the efficiency of learning by taking "preparing questions" into account? For example, do you prepare questions for yourself on the topics you study? Do they have any effect on comprehension?
Sorry for the complexity of the question. I couldn't figure out how to ask it in an answerable form. Any comments on the question itself are welcome to improve the question.


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Saudi Minister of Interior Prince Mohammad bin Naif bin Abdulaziz concluded a working visit to Washington, D.C. yesterday. Prince Mohammad engaged in a number of meetings with U.S. officials on a wide range of security and regional issues of mutual interest.
On January 14, Prince Mohammad met with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House. Prince Mohammad expressed greetings to the president on behalf of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz. That evening, Saudi Ambassador to the U.S. Adel A. Al-Jubeir hosted a dinner party in honor of the visiting interior minister. The reception was attended by a number of U.S. administration and congressional officials, as well as businessmen, diplomats and embassy staff.
Prince Mohammad also met with a number of senior U.S. officials throughout his visit, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Attorney General Eric Holder, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, Director of National Intelligence James Robert Clapper, Deputy Secretary of State Bill Burns, Treasury Deputy Secretary Neal Wolin, National Security Advisor Tom Donilon, John Brennan, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Robert Mueller, and Director of the National Security Agency General Keith B. Alexander.
In a separate meeting on Jan. 16, Prince Mohammad and Secretary Napolitano signed an agreement to begin implementation of each nation's trusted traveler programs and to continue efforts to combat international security challenges in the areas of cyber crimes, physical infrastructure protection, and maritime security.


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Yes, this is coming from a Lions fan we took 50 years to find our replacement to Bobby Lane. Don't bother with Tannehill, Foles or Cousins. You don't need QB that turns out like Flacco, Sanchez or Gabbert. Maybe take K.Moore or Wilson with a late round pick just as a steady back up to M.Moore who can sit. Draft every posistion that needs filling on your team this year that isn't QB. Then next year break the Bank for Barkley, you have no hope of doing it for Luck but Barkley won't be worth as much. We went from the losers of the NFL to the playoffs with a QB that threw for 5000 yards & 41 TD's. Flynn isn't worth investing anything in he's started to games and in the game against us I can tell you we had a torn up secondary with injuries. Manning is an option if your lucky enough to pick him but hes the only FA option IMO.
DRAFT: Matt Barkley, trade the bank for the number 1 pick in 2013.
You already have a pretty good team with a lot of pieces in place but you gotta get your guy.


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spoiler:you take control of the Brotherhood of Shadow Leader (the guy with the cool sword)
spoiler: I only had a little problem when I was coming back to the administrator after doing the assassination missions. The dark Jedi spawned when I was still in the elevator, killed the "receptionist" and approached the administrator but when I got nearby, no dialog triggered and I couldn't get my reward for the last mission. ( I didn't looked into it and chose the lazy way of modifying the on enter script to remove the dark jedi so I could get my reward quickly and easily ) There is possibly a little something with the trigger script under some conditions.
spoiler:I can understand that Force choking the incorporeal form of Akirakon Sin is a pretty stupid thing to try, so he's given insane FORT saves. Okay, that makes sense. But why does Mandalore the Ultimate have +13/+10/+13 on top of his standard class saves and on top of the JEDI SENTINEL state immunity effects? If each +1 is an additional 5% chance to save, +13 is +65% (!), again, unexplained, unwarranted, and on top of already unfair immunities... making using the Force against him a waste of time. Unless, that is, you somehow manage to get your WIS to ~40, to offset his bonuses. For comparison, vanilla Malak has similar bonuses to his saves... but he's supposed to be drawing on the power of an ancient Dark Side artifact. Speaking of which, it's odd to find that the Mandalorian Wars version of Malak is murder incarnate... even when compared to his Dark Lord of the Sith self.
spoiler:An ithorian on Tattoine that spawns after you talk to drix, called "Do you have the time". When you speak to it, it asks, yep you guessed it, "Excuse me, but do you have the time?" You say no, and then he says look out behind you, and a party of Dark Jedi Masters spawn. You kill them, and talk to the ithorian again, a little bar of text appears: "This ithorian is speechless because of what he just witnessed."


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I intend to pre-order Assassin's Creed: Revelations from GameStop, the title was followed by "Signature Edition". What does it mean? And, why can't I pre-order digital version (so I can download it and all the bonus), GameStop says it's not available in my location (Vietnam). But I can still pre-order non-Digital version.
Normally it means "We really love you, please love us back with extra money/promotion/etc.?" Same idea as a Limited Edition where you might get extra swag along with the game.
I have Window 7 Signature Edition, which is just Ultimate in a fancy case and I think I got a deck of playing cards and a poster with it or something. Same idea but your disc will be a game :P and Anna's right that you need to give us the game name in order for us to tell you specifics.
Edit: AC:R has the following in the Signature Edition:
A signature edition is kind of like a collector edition; they are made for loyal fans as kind of a signature from the author, in the form of special features like:
As Anna Lear mentions; this depends from company to company, game to game.
So seach what the extra signature edition has to offer you and consider if it's worth buying it...
I once saw an under cover police agent wear a HL2 T-shirt, he must be a great fan of Half-Life 2...
As mentioned by Matthew, the "signature edition" is a collector's edition of a game.
It says right on the page what comes with the Signature edition. On top of the normal game, this deluxe edition of Assassin's Creed also comes with:
Also, your last question wasn't closed because you mentioned a specific game, it was closed for being too localized, explained here or in the FAQ.