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spoiler: ... He strikes out for the Rim alone, searching for what he believes is the true Sith menace.
spoiler: ...true Sith menace. Word capitalization may be important here. Using the lowercase letter changes the proper noun. Could the true Sith menace be referring to just another faction? Could the word true be referencing a stronger and more powerful group of Sith? Sith during the Dark Wars were fractured into smaller groups. Could Revan be referring to a more united and stronger faction of Sith in the Outer Rim? There may not be a True Sith species after all.
We may be looking at another group of Sith, but they are more united and stronger. Revan could have evaluated between two Sith threats, and had decided to go after the more powerful faction. We will have to wait and see.
spoiler: ...Intrigued, Kreia scours the texts through the Force, suspecting their authors were in fact pureblooded descendants of the Sith people.
spoiler: We have a conflict with the meaning of true Sith. Revan is looking for the true Sith menace. Kreia studied from books in which she believed were written by the pureblooded descendants of the Sith people. Could this be the original Korriban descendants?
I think we are all correct in some weird way. We need more input. More data please.
Calling Lucas now.

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Warren County mosquitoes and two more horses from Logan County are now listed on the updated information for the West Nile virus.
Public Health officials say the disease is more of a worry than a concern.
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Candy Shoppe Birthday Cake
I made this cake for a candy themed party. The gum balls are actual gum balls but I made everything else by hand. The popcorn is made from mini marshmallows and the rest of the decorations are made from fondant. Everything is edible except the wires:)
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5 Hilarious Ways Game Designers Are Messing With Pirates
Video game developers, like most creators, are tired of having their shit brazenly stolen by anonymous pirates. However, as has been proven time and time again, eradicating online theft is damn near impossible, at least without making things too annoying for the legitimate buyers.
So what's left for them to do? Find devious ways to get revenge, obviously. Some more of our favorite anti-pirate harassment measures include ...
#5. Crysis Warhead Turns Your Bullets into Chickens
Via Hdwallpapers.in
Crysis Warhead is a first-person shooter where you portray a battle-hardened soldier with a shitload of guns and armor fighting hostile alien forces. No game before or since has boasted such a unique plot. Or at least none that have also featured a gun that shoots a rapid-fire stream of flailing chickens, which is what you wind up with if your copy of Crysis Warhead is stolen.
The eager pirate boots up the game, grabs his dual-wielded machine pistols, pulls the trigger, and ... sprays a barrage of chickens through the air:
Something we've been begging the gaming industry for since day one.
Yep, Warhead's developers sat down and tried to think of ways to fuck up the game for anybody who illegally downloaded their copy and came up with "all guns become Chicken Gun." It doesn't matter which gun -- you're spraying chicken bullets like it's going out of style:
If only they'd included a physics engine that allowed the chickens to kill the enemy with their blunt force trauma.
No matter how many times you upgrade, the results are the same: Chicken Gun. You don't even get bigger chickens or anything like that. It is a thing of beauty:
In case you're wondering, chicken bullets do no damage whatsoever, meaning you can't kill anybody, and the game cannot be won. You can't die, either, because the bad guys use chickens, too. You could seriously "play" this game for all eternity and never get anywhere, you and your enemies endlessly bouncing streams of poultry off of one another in a sad metaphor for the futility of warfare.
However, shooting enough chickens at a building will actually demolish it (without harming the chickens), so if that's your idea of a good time, have at it.
OK, we actually do want to try that.
Sadly, the developers didn't include any clucking noises, which is a damn shame. Watching the most fruitless gunfight of all time while thousands of chickens tumble through the air squabbling their little heads off might have been a feature actually worth paying more for. Still, when it comes to sheer entertainment value, we guess the mindless complaining of hackers who don't understand that they're the reason chicken bullets exist will have to suffice:
Via Overclock3d.net
"So ... is that a 'no' then?"
#4. Serious Sam's Seriously Invincible Scorpion
Serious Sam 3 is a first-person shooter where you portray a battle-hardened soldier with a shitload of guns fighting hostile alien forces. Yes, that is exactly what we said about Crysis Warhead. But Sam doesn't have armor, and his game takes place 200 years in the future, so it's a totally different concept.
One thing the games do have in common, though, is a dedication to creatively pissing off pirates. Where Crysis has chickens, Sam has scorpions. Well, just one scorpion. One big, terrifying, completely invulnerable, utterly murderous, lightning-fast scorpion.
Via News.com.au
"Here I am. Rock you like a hurricane."
If you went to the store and bought the game for real, you'll never run into this guy. But if you didn't, and you chose to get cute with the hacking and the cracking, be prepared for it to relentlessly stalk you, from the beginning of the game until you can't run anymore. Because you are dead. Because it has killed you. Because you are a thief.
You cannot stop it. You cannot kill it. Any shots you land will make it spill blood, but it seemingly has a never-ending supply of the stuff, because it keeps coming at you. Running away is useless, as it can catch up to you in a nanosecond. Literally your only hope of survival is to turn off the game, dig into your soda-and-Doritos fund, and buy a legit goddamn copy.
In the beginning, it was highly likely that pirates didn't even realize what was going on and assumed that this was just another challenge -- a ridiculously hard monster with a secret weakness that simply needed to be uncovered (we'd love to know the record for "most time spent trying to kill the unkillable anti-piracy monster"). The secret's out, though, and the hacker community's fully aware of what this enemy signifies. And they STILL want to fight it:
Once again, we kind of agree with them.
#3. Grand Theft Auto IV Has the Camera Movement of a Found-Footage Horror Movie
Grand Theft Auto IV is one of the most popular games of all time, as well as one of the most pirated. Even before the game was officially released, over 17,000 illegal downloads were recorded. The hardened criminal you portray in the game would be so proud.
Naturally, Rockstar Games saw this coming and took measures to punish anyone who stole the game. Now, while their methods didn't make the game completely unplayable, they sure as hell caused some major headaches, Cloverfield style. When your computer or console detects a pirated copy of GTA IV, everything is normal for a few minutes. So the pirate thinks, "Hey, I'm home free. Piracy rules!" Sure it does, much like slowly succumbing to alcohol poisoning rules. Because after a short while, you start to notice a not-so-subtle change:
It's the same game, only with the wobbliest, clumsiest, drunkest camera imaginable. Pirates found themselves in an environment that was full of life and under the effects of an earthquake that nobody, not even the main character, seemed to notice.
Via Gta.wikia.com
Just pretend you forgot your glasses and have an inner ear infection.
Despite hiring the cameraman from The Bourne Identity and injecting him with Quaaludes, the game is actually still playable, although the inevitable motion sickness you'll suffer might be a slight distraction.
That's why Rockstar coded another anti-piracy trigger, because overly patient pirates deserve even more punishment. Glitch No. 2 makes it so that any car you drive only goes in one direction, auto-accelerating the entire time. Also, it will be smoking and close to exploding the second you hop in.
Exiting the car won't do much good, since it'll just speed away the second you get out. Find another car, and the same shit happens again.
And yes, the camera is still shaking the entire time. And no, pirates didn't get the hint, going online to find out why their illegally obtained copy isn't working perfectly:
Via Gtaforums.com
Somewhere on WebMD, there's a post from his mother, asking if she can still abort him.


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This is a somewhat philosophical question. Given that even after person A's death, there's a non-zero chance that a brain fluctuates into existence with exactly the same structure and memories as A's brain, does that imply that A is immortal as given enough time, even if for each fluctuation, it survives for only a short while, A's brain will fluctuate into existence arbitrarily many times and this will enable A to "exist" for an arbitrarily long time.
Your question engages many of the same philosophical issues as those raised by so-called quantum immortality (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_suicide_and_immortality). Discussions of quantum immortality are generally centered around the many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics. The introduction of Boltzmann brain fluctuations into the discussion is an interesting variation. In any case, this is a question that lends itself more to the tools employed by philosophers than those employed by physicists (although this doesn't stop some physicists from devoting attention to it).


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Rob PetersPossessing an old school charm with a modern twist, Winchester Mansions in Sea Point is a Cape Town gem that is hidden in plain sight.
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Win a Road Trip in Cape Town Competition: and the winner is…
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5 Creative Co-working spaces in Cape Town, the 2014 World Design Capital
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Does slim mean underdeveloped? Can a female dancer have a more womanly figure without being criticized?
Even the definition of "womanly" changes over time, though. Allegra Kent, who had her own intermittent weight problems, notes in her Dancer's Body Book that the current ideal weight for female dancers is somewhat lower than what's considered normal for women, while for men the desired dancer's weight is much closer to the norm, making it that much more difficult for dancing girls to stay in line. Dancers seem to be becoming more thin over time, men and women both but especially women, and that accords with changing styles in the wider culture. 19th century womanly is not 21st century womanly.
But Farrell was always an exception, and even though she had a 'big look' in 'Mozartiana', that seemed appropriate to me.
And in that tutu she looks fine. In other styles of tutu, less so, perhaps. I remember when I was a kid watching her on TV in 'Chaconne' for the first time I thought, "Gee, she's kind of fat." My niece, looking through my copy of Keith Money's book on Pavlova, said "She's a little chunky, isn't she?" And of course in her day Pavlova was considered very slender.
And again Macaulay's comment was one line in an article that was valuable in describing in fair detail the plan of Balanchine Nutcracker - before that one line got sent to Huffington Post readers for thumbs up or thumbs down.
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- BSO Case Number: PK01-12-431
- PIO Number: 01-12-22
- Date: December 14, 2001
- Place of Occurrence: 3131 W. Hallandale Beach Blvd., Pembroke Park, FL
- Wachovia Bank, 3131 W. Hallandale Beach Blvd., Pembroke Park, FL
- Kelvin Gibson, 22, 11/23/79, 2329 Scott St., Hollywood (in custody)
- Myron Franklin, 21, 12/16/79, 254 Sheridan St., Hollywood (hospitalized / in custody)
- Chauncey Holmes, 19, 8/29/82, 2359 Farragut St. #7, Hollywood (at large)
Description of Incident:
Broward Sheriff's Office detectives, working with the FBI, Hallandale, and Hollywood police, broke up a trio of bank robbers around 11:00 o'clock the morning of Friday, December 14, 2001, before the three could hit their target.
Many aspects of the morning's events are still being investigated, but this is what we know so far: Several unmarked Broward Sheriff's Office units were waiting as the robbers pulled their black Monte Carlo into the parking lot of the Wachovia bank at 3131 W. Hallandale Beach Blvd. in Pembroke Park and began preparing for their crime by putting on masks and checking their weapons.
BSO detectives attempted to arrest the crooks before they entered the bank and injured someone or created a hostage situation. The suspects fled in their car, nearly running down BSO detectives who, fearing for their safety, fired at the suspects.
The suspects fled north on Park Road, then east on Pembroke Road, to 9th Way, then south to NW 7th Court where they bailed out of their vehicle and ran to an area near Foster Road and
NW 10th St. in Hallandale.
Two of the suspects, 22-year old Kelvin Gibson and 21-year old Myron Franklin, both of Hollywood, were taken into custody in this area. Franklin, who suffered a gunshot wound to his right hand, was listed in good condition at Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood.
A third suspect, 19-year old Chauncey Holmes of Hollywood, has been identified and is being sought by investigators as of this report.
A year-long multi-agency effort by the BSO and other law enforcement agencies led investigators to believe that the robbers might try to hit the bank at 3131 W. Hallandale Beach Blvd. this morning. That investigation also links the suspects to 10-12 bank robberies in the area over the past year. Charges against the trio are pending.
- INVESTIGATORS: Sgts. J. Ulvang, J. Carr Dets. T Duggan, J. Berrena
- THIS REPORT BY: Hugh Graf/PIO 12/14/01 5:00pm
Posted At: 12/14/2001 05:48 PM
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An Army post in Kansas is sending 29 helicopters and nearly 300 soldiers to Colorado's Fort Carson for high-altitude aviation training.
Soldiers and aircraft from the 1st Infantry Division's 1st Combat Aviation Brigade at Fort Riley, Kan., will train at Fort Carson and in the mountains west of the post from Nov. 26 through Dec. 14.
The helicopters include Kiowas, Apaches and Blackhawks.
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Given a directed acyclic graph
G and a path made up from its set of nodes
N, what is the closest approximate match to N, equipped with an intuitive notion of distance?
A path in a directed acyclic graph is essentially a string (that uses the set of nodes as the alphabet), so when comparing paths one can make use of edit distances developed for approximate string matching:
There are many algorithms for approximate string matching:
This string matching answers the question when the
G itself is also a path.. then we're merely asking to compare two strings.
Asking if an arbitrary graph
A built from the same set of nodes is a sub-graph of
G is the general case of the problem, but I'm only interested in the case where
A is a path and
G is directed & acyclic.
Any general pointers are also welcome.
Edit: I ended up using a dynamic programming algorithm, independently also suggested in the accepted answer. Good call! It is probably the most accurate option as well, and barely more "complex" than the string-to-string case when the average # of edges per node is low.


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The Bariatric Surgery Support Group is for those who are considering surgery and for those who have had bariatric surgery to come together to talk, share experiences and provide emotional support for one another. We offer a variety of speakers and topics.
No registration required!
The meetings are held in The Blue Ridge Room at the Lanier Park Campus, 675 White Sulphur Road, Gainesville.


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I would like to play music from iPod in MacBook's iTunes with wireless (over Wi-Fi).
Please advice how to setup to get that function.
That feature is only available on iOS 5 for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. If you have one of these devices with iOS 5, connect your device via USB, open iTunes. After your device shows up, under the primary device tab (should default to it), towards the bottom, there will be a checkbox to "Sync this i(Phone, Pad, or Pod) over Wi-Fi." Check the box, and you should be set.
You must be on the same Wi-Fi, and have your computer on with iTunes open for it to actually sync in the future.


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WELLSBURG - The Brooke Bruins came from behind twice and put up a gallant fourth quarter goal line stand to hold off John Marshall and pull out a 17-13 victory Friday night in the final home game of the 2012 season at Brooke Memorial Stadium. Eighteen senior Brooke football players were honored in pre-game ceremonies as they wore the green home jersies for the last time.
The win, Brooke's second in a row, boosted its season record to 3-6.
In addition to the goal line stand, the Bruin defense scored the winning touchdown when sophomore Aaron Walker picked off a Monarch pass early in the fourth period and raced 42 yards to the end zone.
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FINAL HOME APPEARANCE — Brooke's Raleigh Mason, and 17 Bruins seniors, played their final home game Friday, a 17-13 victory over John Marshall.
The John Marshall (2-7) defense also scored as both teams struggled to get the offenses untracked.
"The goal line stand - if you want to pick out one play in a game this close, that was it," said a jubilant Sean Blumette, Brooke's first-year head coach. "We called time out and we drew it up in the dirt, really. We said this is what they like to do in this situation and this is what we're going to stop. If they beat us on something else, then so be it."
After Walker's interception for a touchdown and Jake Schwertfeger's extra point kick the Bruins led 17-13. Robert Moore's kickoff was caught by senior Evan Magers at his own 16. He got away from the first wave of the Bruin kickoff team and raced to the Brooke 43 before he was knocked out of bounds.
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Brooke 17, John Marshall 13
John Marshall 6 0 7 0 - 13
Brooke 0 10 0 7 - 17
JM: Magers 25 pass from Fromhart (run failed)
B: Mason 1 run (Schwertfeger kick)
JM: Betras fumble recovery in end zone (Litman kick)
B: Walker 42 interception return (Schwertfeger kick)
RUSHING: JM, 35-82 (Kibert 11-49, Miller 1-(-2), Galentine 1-1, Woods 10-28, Morgan 2-39, Fromhart 10-(-33); B, 37-54 (Mason 21-59-TD, Loughrie 1-0, Morris 1-1, Buchmelter 14-(-6).
PASSING: JM, 13-26-117-TD (all by Fromhart); B: 11-25-96 (all by Buchmelter)
RECEIVING: JM, Magers 6-55-TD, Betras 2-17, Howard 1-12, Gonchoff 1-12, Winland 1-4, Woods 1-6, Wharton 1-11; B: Mason 4-21, Cole 3-25, Wallace 2-13, Hildreth 1-25.
FIRST DOWNS: JM, 7: Brooke, 11.
FUMBLES-LOST: JM, 3-2; Brooke, 4-3.
PENALTIES: JM, 5-68; Brooke, 6-47.
The Monarchs put together a drive that eventually gave them a third and goal to go situation at the Bruin one yard line. First senior quarterback Jeremiah Fromhart attempted a sneak that was stopped cold and after the Brooke time out, running back, Jacob Woods, got the call from John Marshall coach, Rich Goodrich. He ran into a stone wall of a Brooke defense that denied him from getting into the end zone.
"We weren't able to punch it in there at the end," said Goodrich about the play that saved the game for the Bruins. "Give credit to Brooke. That just was the difference. Brooke was stopping us from going wide so we decided to go inside over our best lineman, but Brooke made a play and we just couldn't get it in."
The Monarchs got on the scoreboard first in the halfway through the opening period when Fromhart found Magers, who beat the Bruin defensive back and caught a pass at the Brooke five yard line and ran into the end zone. The placement holder was unable to handle the snap and John Marshall's extra point attempt was thwarted by the Bruin defense.
A John Marshall fumble on a second quarter Heath Hildreth punt set up a Brooke go ahead touchdown in the second period. The Bruin offense had driven the ball to the John Marshall 41, but with fourth-and-one Blumette called for the punt.
The Monarch returner caught the football at his own nine yard line, but fumbled the ball. An alert Alex Tate pounced on the loose pigskin at the Monarch four yard line to set up the score.
Senior running back, Raleigh Mason, blasted through the line to the one and then pranced through a gaping hole over his left guard to the end zone. Schwertfeger's kick was true giving the Bruins a 7-6 lead. Mason, in his second game back after an injury cost him most of seven games, led the Bruins with 59 rushing yards on 21 carries.
The Bruins, who could muster just 150 yards of total offense, had a drive stall at the John Marshall 21 yard line. Faced with fourth-and-11, they took the lead at 10-6 just before halftime when Moore booted a 40-yard field goal.
"We can go back to the Parkersburg game at the beginning of the season where it seemed that there were so many missed opportunities and it continued throughout the season," Blumette said. "We got some things go our way tonight and it paid off."
The John Marshall defense got its turn to score in the third period. It was set up by a Monarch punt.
The Bruin defense stopped a Monarch drive at the John Marshall 48, but the Monarchs' Alan Miller punted the football and it bounced out of bounds at the Brooke one yard line.
Senior Bruin quarterback, Alec Buchmelter, was topped for no gain on a blast up the middle and then threw a pass incomplete. On the third play, Buchmelter fumbled the center snap allowing John Marshall senior Jeremy Betras to pounce on the football in the end zone for a Monarch touchdown. This time Austin Litman's kick for the extra point was good arming John Marshall with a 13-10 lead with 5:51 left in the third quarter.
That lead held up till Walker's pick six less than a minute into the fourth period.


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I am using Zentyal Os as a firewall, it working fine like blocking http sites and but I am not able to block https facebook site. My only aim is need to block https facebook site, like need to block 443 port.
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The 6 Most Hilariously Insane Overreactions of All Time
#3. A U.K. Couple Gets Deported for Twitter Posts
It's not just emotionally unbalanced individuals who can blow a situation way out of proportion. Sometimes entire federal agencies can do the same.
For instance, British tourists Leigh Van Bryan and Emily Bunting probably didn't appreciate how on edge the American Department of Homeland Security can be at times. Otherwise, just before their American vacation, Bryan would not have sent a message to his friend on Twitter reading "Free this week, for quick gossip/prep before I go and destroy America."
In the U.K., this is apparently a slang term for partying really hard (wait, is that also what it means in Iran? Because that would explain a lot), but Homeland Security didn't get the reference.
"We think we can also get a domestic violence charge based on all these 'I hit that' tweets."
The Overreaction:
Bryan and Bunting were pulled aside at the airport and interrogated by Homeland Security agents determined to get to the bottom of the plot of two British citizens to single-handedly destroy America (God knows what the agents thought the "quick gossip" mentioned in the Twitter message was slang for). As if that wasn't bad enough, the department had scoured Twitter for further information on the British terror plot, and found another tweet by Bryan where he said he was going to "dig up Marilyn Monroe," a quote from Family Guy. This led to an awkward search of their luggage, apparently to try to locate any shovels they might be smuggling in.
After sharing the night in a cell with a Mexican drug dealer, the two were shipped back to Britain the next day.
Then U.S. Customs and Border Protection released a statement about the incident detailing how they were trying to "show the world that the United States is a welcoming nation." See, because we could have killed them and fired their bodies back across the Atlantic in a giant catapult as a warning to everyone else. But we didn't!
Don't worry, Deportapult. Your time will come.
#2. Guy Pulls a Gun on Another Man for Farting
New Jersey resident Daniel Collins had apparently been involved in an ongoing noise dispute with his neighbor, which isn't unusual. We don't know the details of the feud, but it was evidently no small affair, as Collins reached his breaking point when his neighbor, passing by the front door of his apartment, farted loudly enough for Collins to hear it.
The Overreaction:
Rather than light a match and breathe through his mouth for a few minutes, Collins answered the door with a .32 caliber revolver. From there, he pointed it at his presumably very surprised neighbor, stating that he was going to "Put a hole in his head." Because of the fart, you see.
"Silent, loud, I consider everything deadly."
Collins never went beyond threatening, but that was obviously enough for his neighbor to call the police to report that a man had pulled a gun on him for farting. After the presumed lecture over fake 911 calls had ended and the police realized that he was serious, they were dispatched to Collins' home. There they found the gun he had used in his car, and arrested him for possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose. Wait, that's not a legal reason to pull a gun in New Jersey?
"Don't be ridiculous ... we repealed that last year."
Of course the best part of this story is the fact that it got reported at all -- when the cops got involved, apparently both the gunman and the victim acknowledged that the fart was the instigator. It wasn't just some crazy heat-of-the-moment thing, and no one felt the need to tell the story in a way that made them look less like neighbors from a wacky sitcom. No, hours later, everyone involved was like, "You see, when I heard the fart, I knew that this was a situation that only firearms could solve. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go tell the press the same thing: I want the world to know."
#1. Woman Sues Walmart Over Two Cents
When Mary Bach reached the cash register at Walmart with her pack of Brown 'N Serve sausages, she knew that something was very wrong -- the label on the product read 98 cents, but the cashier tried to charge her a full dollar. She wasn't impressed, and neither, we assume, were the people lined up behind her with their groceries while she haggled over the two-cent outrage.
Walmart offered to defuse the situation by refunding the two cents, but the damage was done, and this grandmother wasn't about to take it lying down.
"Especially not with how long it takes me to sit up these days."
The Overreaction:
So she sued their asses over those two cents, alleging that it was totally intentional and they were trying to rip her poor ass off.
According to Bach, the suit wasn't about the money -- it was about principle. How can you justify overcharging customers two cents? The kicker is that Bach won the suit. The courts awarded her $100 for her suffering and $80 for her trouble. On one hand, that's a trivial sum compared to the time and energy she must have devoted to pursuing it. But that is also 9,000 times the disputed amount, making this the world's most successful and dumbest lawsuit at the same time.
Which kind of makes it the Walmart of lawsuits.
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A star-studded guest list filled the Louisville Palace on June 15, as the Kentucky Pro Football Hall of Fame inducted its Class of 2012.
Since it began in 2003 the ceremony has been held in Lexington, but was relocated to Louisville for its 10th anniversary. Kentucky is the only state in the nation with its own Pro Football Hall of Fame.
"Frank Minnifield was the driver in bringing it here," said University of Louisville President James Ramsey. "He's the chairman of (the University of Louisville) Board of Trustees. The group that's benefiting from this is the University of Louisville Autism Center, so we've got to be excited about having this great event here and highlighting a great program at the University of Louisville."
The purpose of the Kentucky Pro Football Hall of Fame is to honor those who have brought significant recognition to the state of Kentucky, have by their successful service achieved significant accomplishment on behalf of their school, have by a significant act or contribution distinguished themselves as an unusual former National Football League player, coach, referee, owner or member of management, or have been a significant or unusual supporter of professional football.
Five former and current professional football players were inducted into this year's class, including former Kansas City Chiefs guard Maurice "Mo" Moorman, past Baltimore Colts and Chicago Bears offensive lineman Dan Neal, former San Francisco 49ers offensive lineman William "Bubba" Paris, current Tennesee Titans placekicker Rob Bironas and current Atlanta Falcons quarterback Chris Redman.
"It feels great to see all these faces and all these names, and to be a part of it," said former UofL QB Chris Redman, who won a Super Bowl with the Baltimore Ravens. "It's a special night. … Anytime you come back to Louisville, it's awesome. This is my hometown and will always be."
Kentucky native Kenny Rice, a sportscaster with NBC and HDNet Sports, served as emcee of the ceremony, which also honored several college athletes who were named to the All-Commonwealth Collegiate Team. Following the Pro Football Hall of Fame induction, a special tribute was paid to football great Johnny Unitas, and Dr. Kay Collier McLaughlin handed out the 2012 Blanton Collier Awards for Integrity On and Off the Field, an honor created in her father's name.
Representing the Manning family, Archie Manning, father of Eli and Peyton, accepted the 2012 Blanton Collier Award and shared stories of his past as a former NFL quarterback for the New Orleans Saints and his relationship with his Super Bowl-winning sons.
Also in attendance at the ceremony were many past pro football players and Kentucky Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees, such as Howard Schnellenberger and Will Wolford, who mingled with the crowd and reconnected with past teammates, coaches, family and fans.
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This has morphed into a study group from a former Intro to MYSQL class
WE will be 'rebooting' Tues 2013.01.15 and running in synchronization with an Intro to Databases Class being given free online by stanford university
Here is her intro to the course
I wanted to introduce you to a course coming this January,
Join me in the second public offering of my popular course, Introduction to Databases. In Fall 2011, tens of thousands of students joined Introduction to Databases when it was offered as one of Stanford's three inaugural MOOCs. If you missed it then, here's your chance to take the course, once again offered free to the public. Materials have been improved and expanded since the original offering, and the course will be hosted by Stanford's open-source online platform, Class2Go.
Why learn about databases? Databases are incredibly prevalent -- they underlie technology used by most people every day if not every hour. Databases reside behind a huge fraction of websites; they're a crucial component of telecommunications systems, banking systems, video games, and just about any other software system or electronic device that maintains some amount of persistent information. In addition to persistence, database systems provide a number of other properties that make them exceptionally useful and convenient: reliability, efficiency, scalability, concurrency control, data abstractions, and high-level query languages.
This ten-week public course covers database design and the use of database management systems for applications. It includes extensive coverage of the relational model, relational algebra, and SQL. It also covers XML data including DTDs and XML Schema for validation, and the query and transformation languages XPath, XQuery, and XSLT. The course includes database design in UML, and relational design principles based on dependencies and normal forms. Many additional key database topics from the design and application-building perspective are also covered: indexes, views, transactions, authorization, integrity constraints, triggers, on-line analytical processing (OLAP), JSON, and emerging NoSQL systems.
Working through the entire course provides comprehensive coverage of the field, but most of the topics are also well-suited for "a la carte" learning.
The course does not assume prior knowledge of any specific topics, however a solid computer science foundation -- a reasonable amount of programming, as well as knowledge of basic computer science theory -- will make the material more accessible.
Introduction to Databases begins January 15, 2013. Find out more and register here: [1]
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In this group we sometimes work from the sakila and world databases, if you have MySQL installed you can see how to install the sakila database at this page <https://dev.mysql.com/doc/sakila/en/sakila-installation.html>
The teacher of the former MYSQL class here @ NB Robert will be part of the group and available for questions...


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Belichick to provide all notes, tapes made from sideline video recordings
Updated: September 17, 2007, 7:11 PM ETAssociated Press
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The NFL may soon find out if the New England Patriots video spying went beyond one game, and the team itself may provide the evidence.
Coach Bill Belichick said Monday he will comply with the NFL's request to provide any notes or tapes made from video recordings similar to those that drew a stiff penalty against him and the team.
"Of course," he said.
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Former Patriots employee Matt Walsh met with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and Sen. Arlen Specter to discuss Patriots' illegal videotaping. Story
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• Walsh sends eight tapes to NFL
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• Clayton: Spygate will expire quietly
• Former Pats employee sends tapes to league
• Fish: NFL faces serious questions
• Goodell to punish Pats, depending on evidence
• Walsh, NFL to finally talk | Agreement
• Goodell growing impatient with Walsh stalemate
• Kraft, Belichick apologize to owners
• Walsh still working on deal for testimony
• Rams player, fans withdraw lawsuit
• Spygate revelations might not be imminent
• NFL, Walsh close to deal to turn over tapes
• Report: Specter calls on Goodell to release letters
• Report: Goodell proposes crackdown on cheating
• Specter says Pats 'stonewalling' Spygate probe
• Committee lauds Goodell's handling of Spygate
• Goodell hoping deal to talk to Walsh close to done
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• Walsh's attorney: NFL indemnity offer falls short
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• Source: Specter wants NFL indemnity for witness
• Goodell, Specter to discuss Spygate Wednesday
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If you're in the market for a PS Vita Slim then you might be interested to know that Sony has a new PS Vita Action Mega Pack bundle coming out in various European territories at the end of this month.
The bundle includes a PS Vita Slim, an 8GB memory card and a voucher code for five PS Vita and PSP games including Injustice: Gods Among Us – Ultimate Edition, Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate, PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, God of War: Chain of Olympus and Killzone: Liberation. This hardware pack will sell for a recommended retail price of €199.99 in the following territories: Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Ireland, UK, Bulgaria, Croatia, Iceland, France, Greece, Poland, Russia, Denmark, Germany, Portugal, Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Spain.
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Do toy models of quantum mechanics help us better understand "regular" quantum mechanics? For example, if we look at quantum mechanics over a finite field $F$ (e.g. $\mathbb{Z}_2$), can this lead to new insights for "regular" quantum mechanics? Or do these toy models just help clarify our understanding of "regular" quantum mechanics without actually providing any new insight? In other words, what is the utility of having toy models of quantum mechanics?
Here is a really great blog post by frequent MO contributor Qiaochu Yuan, entitled "The Schrodinger Equation on Finite Graphs". This is, in my opinion, an excellent toy model which should really be presented in intro QM courses. The punchline is that representations of the automorphism of a graph should correspond to "particles" moving around on the graph. In a sequel post, Qiaochu mentions that this toy model shows up in quantum computing research (see this Wikipedia article and this recent preprint).
It's important to remember that quantum probability, which is part of quantum mechanics, is a generalization of classical probability that is really very similar in many ways, even though many of the answers are markedly different. Much of classical probability can be viewed as the theory of commutative von Neumann algebras, while quantum probability is the theory of non-commutative von Neumann algebras.
People don't have all that much temptation to make toy models of classical probability that, for instance, replace the real numbers by a finite field. In any case I don't know of any toy models that are all that useful. The most that I would say for either theory is that classical probability is a good toy model for quantum probability. It is an important toy model in information theory, for example --- both models already have channels, entropy, channel capacity, etc. And stochastic differential equations are an important toy model (or even an accurate method of calculation) for the Schrodinger equation, that the physicists sometimes call Wick rotation.
The other side of quantum mechanics is the mechanics, i.e., the forces, geometry, and dynamics on which one imposes quantum probability. For this part of the theory, I have heard that $p$-adic geometry shows some promise as a useful toy model or at least an interesting alternative model. I.e., the quantum probability stays the same but spacetime is replaced by a $p$-adic variety. I don't have great references for this at my fingertips though. Okay, here is an arXiv paper on $p$-adic quantum field theory, but I suspect that it's not the best example. (And, as in the link to Qiaochu's blog post, finite graphs and discretization are another type of toy model of space.)
Regarding finite field versions of quantum mechanics, the following paper is a good place to start:
In this paper, the authors present a discrete model of quantum theory that is similar to standard quantum mechanics, but it is based on finite field-valued amplitudes instead of complex amplitudes. The theory is surprisingly rich: it allows for entangled states and contains versions of the no-cloning theorem and Bell's theorem. It also has a distinctly different flavor when it comes to probabilities, namely (as the title suggets) it deals only with modality, the possibility or necessity of an outcome, rather than probability measures.
There is at least one other program for studying toy theories which comes to mind. These go by the name of "general probabilistic theories" or "convex operational theories". Here the idea is to replace quantum mechanics with a general convex space which becomes the space of quantum states. Then you decorate this space with things like tensor products to define composite systems and so on. It lets you ask questions about why quantum mechanics is special, since only some of the things we think of as being quintessentially "quantum" can be done in these other theories. In this regard, they do indeed shed important light on the nature of quantum mechanics.
The names I most associate to this approach are Barnum, Barrett, Leifer and Wilce, though I may have forgotten some others. Searching the quant-ph arxiv will turn up some papers for you. One which I've read personally, and it should get you started, is
My answer is a resounding "yes!" First of all, let me say that I agree with Steve that it is better to talk about toy theories than toy models. In fact, I favor the terminology "foil theory" for this sort of thing. Essentially, if we want an answer to the question "why quantum theory?" we need to study the alternatives, the ways the world might have been – the foils to quantum theory. It is only against a landscape of possible theories that one can identify what is special about quantum theory.
One can certainly devise foil theories by a modification of certain features of the formalism of quantum theory. However a more fruitful approach, in my view, is to define novel foil theories by deriving their formalism from a set of physical principles within an operational framework. Recently, there have been several approaches of this sort. For instance, there has been a lot of work in the last few years on foil theories that allow violations of Bell inequalities that are stronger than those allowed in quantum theory, but which still do not allow superluminal signalling.
There have been several workshops on this topic. The first was in Cambridge in 2007. Matt Leifer provides a synopsis here: http://www.fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/86. The next two happened at the ETH in Zurich in 2008 and 2010: http://www.qit.ethz.ch/workshops/IPLN2008. Finally, there will be a conference this year at Perimeter Institute: http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/Events/Conceptual_Foundations_and_Foils_for_QIP. Looking up the participants of these workshops on the arxiv will yield lots of relevant papers.
My own work in this area starts with a classical statistical theory, and posits a principle that restricts how much information an agent can have about the classical state. The article "In defense of the epistemic view of quantum states: a toy theory", http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0401052 describes one such foil theory, and the following talk of mine from 2008 summarizes the broader research program at a nontechnical level: http://pirsa.org/08020051/. The foil theories one obtains in this way (epistemically-restricted classical statistical theories) reproduce a wide variety of quantum phenomena, such as the noncommutativity of measurements, interference, many features of entanglement, no cloning, teleportation, mutually unbiased bases, and many others. What they suggest about the interpretation of quantum theory is that quantum states are states of incomplete knowledge rather than states of reality.
One problem with non-"regular" fields in quantum mechanics is that the Spectral Theorem may fail. For example, if I recall correctly there is a $3\times 3$ symmetric matrix with entries in $\mathbb Z_2$ that is not diagonalizable by any matrix over $\mathbb Z_2$.
Though it is not a finite field the non-archimedian versions of quantum mechanics have indeed been used quite a bit in the recent years. Here I would like to draw attention to a different approach, not to the $p$-adic numbers which have been mentioned already in several answers/comments.
One big flaw of the $p$-adics is that they are not ordered: there is no notion of positivity in the field of $p$-adics. Positivity on the other hand is crucial at many places in quantum physics (stability, probabilistic interpretations, ...). So one may wonder whether there are field extensions of $\mathbb{Q}$ which are ordered and still relevant in QM. Of course, if we stick to archimedian orders then the only field (which is also complete) are the reals, so this we all know. However, if we allow for non-archimedian orders then there are plenty more such fields. The most simple ones are perhaps the formal Laurent series $\mathbb{R}((\hbar))$ in a formal parameter $\hbar$. This is the quotient field of the (ordered) ring of formal power series $\mathbb{R}[[\hbar]]$.
As my notion already suggest this is the field underlying quantization theory itself if one (as a first step into the right direction) treats quantization as a (at this stage still) infinitesimal deformation of classical physics with deformation parameter $\hbar$, commonly known as deformation quantization. The non-achimedian order simply means that $\hbar$ is positive but smaller than e.g. $\frac{1}{n}$ for all $n \in \mathbb{N}$. So physically speaking the quantum effects are still "very small" at this stage of the theory.
It is now the positivity which allows to mimick many constructions from operator algebra also in this framework like e.g. a GNS construction, notions of pre Hilbert spaces, etc. Of course, for a honest quantum theory, $\hbar$ is not infinitesimally small, but has to be replaced by a real positive number. From this point of view the formal deformation quantization approach is only a first step, but still a very important one when it comes to the construction of quantum mechanical models for complicated classical theories.
OK, I hope this is not too off-topic, but I was inspired by the nice answers on the $p$-adics ;)
This perhaps elaborates on Greg's answer regarding quantum field theory on the p-adics. One approach to studying "regular" quantum field theory over $\mathbb{R}^d$ is to consider probabilty measures on the space of fields $\phi:\mathbb{R}^d\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$. These are obtained as limits of Radon-Nikodym pertubations of better understood Gaussian measures. The mathematical analysis involved, typically based on rigorous renormalization group techniques, is very difficult. One can define analogous models over the p-adics where the fields $\phi$ become random generalized functions $\mathbb{Q}_p^d\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$. There the analysis is much easier, and therefore the p-adic case is a good "toy model" for the real case. The idea is to develop one's tools and methods on the p-adics first, and then add the necessary refinements to handle the real case as a second step. Most of the core difficulties of the renormalization group analysis are already present in the p-adic toy model. However some features of the "regular" real case such as the flow of the wave function renormalization coupling are specific to the real case and therefore cannot be studied with this toy model. This being said I also believe such models over the p-adics are worthy of study per se and not just as toy models for "regular" QFT over the reals, in which I agree with Theo's comment above.
The above answers and comments do not mention monographs giving detailed expositions of non-Archimedean quantum mechanics and related subjects in analysis. See
V.S. Vladimirov, I.V. Volovich, and E.I. Zelenov, p-Adic Analysis and Mathematical Physics, World Scientific, 1994,
for quantum mechanics on $\mathbb Q_p$ with complex-valued wave functions, and
A. Khrennikov, Non-Archimedean Analysis: Quantum Paradoxes, Dynamical Systems and Biological Models, Kluwer, 1997,
for a completely non-Archimedean theory. Analysis over fields of positive characteristic including such things as representations of canonical commutation relations of quantum mechanics is given in
A.N. Kochubei, Analysis in Positive Characteristic, Cambridge University Press, 2009.
All the above are in fact not toy models, but the exploration of mathematical subjects emerging as one tries to develop non-Archimedean quantum theory. They are undoubtely interesting though it remains to be seen whether they correspond to any realistic physics.
The preceding "toy models" focus mainly on algebraic properties of quantum state-spaces. Students who prefer a more geometric and/or PDE perspective on quantum dynamics may find it instructive to consider classical dynamical systems, which (historically) have always been a rich source of quantum dynamical "toy models".
Classical: The state-spaces of classical dynamical systems typically are endowed with both a symplectic structure and a metric structure. Canonical examples ("toy problems") include the Bloch equations and the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equations: both have $S^2$ as their state-space; the symplectic and metric structures are natural; and in both cases dynamical trajectories unravel according to canonical fluctuation-dissipation relations.
Quantum: $C^n$ is the state-space; the symplectic and metric structures are natural (that is, Kählerian); and dynamical trajectories unravel according to canonical fluctuation-dissipation (that is, Lindbladian) relations.
In this geometric dynamical framework, what are often regarded as "spooky mysteries" of quantum mechanics are seen to be similarly present in classical theories; the main change is that global spectral theorems that apply in $C^n$ appear classically as local theorems involving dynamical flow.
These ideas are scattered throughout in the literature of math and physics, but there is at present no single textbook that develops this unified classical/quantum dynamical point of view. This for me defines " a book that you would like to write" (in Gil Kalai's phrase); further references to the literature can be found in that post.
In the meantime, a good "toy" exercise is to write down the symplectic and metric structures, and the Hamiltonian and Lindbladian potentials, that describe the Bloch equations in geometrically natural terms. In particular, an illuminating exercise is to derive via classical geometric methods the results that Charles Slichter's Principles of magnetic resonance derives quantum mechanically in Section 3.2, equation 3.7.
Note added: At the 52nd ENC Conference at Asilomar conference, we reduced the above ideas to practice, by redrafting Chapter III of Slichter's Principles of magnetic resonance in the language of geometric dynamics (PDF here). Here is the main theorem:
In essence, it turns out to be surprisingly easy to construct nonlinear quantum state-spaces that respect both thermodynamic "goodness" (that is, Kählerian structure) and quantum "goodness" (that is, Lindbladian structure).
Ought we to regard Kronecker state-spaces as legitimate quantum foil theories? Or are they merely useful computational idioms? Don't ask us ... as quantum simulations become more-and-more realistic, the division between quantum foil theories and practical computational tools is becoming less distinct.
The theory of nonlocal boxes is quite illuminating to the beginner (or expert) trying to get a handle on entanglement. (Google "nonlocal box" or "box world".)


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If you're planning a group event, such as a family reunion, hunting party, or even a scrapbooking party, why not rent a large private lodge? Get a tour, along with Dan Kaercher, of the Hole 'N the Wall Lodge in Akron.
Hosted by Dan Kaercher, Iowa's Simple Pleasures features Iowa travel destinations, restaurants, events, parks, recreation and more. Produced by Iowa Public Television, the series highlights fun things for Iowans to do, see and taste, right here at home.
Kaercher: Large family gatherings often take place at community centers, parks, and hotels, but why not at a large private lodge in Northwest Iowa's Plymouth County. For city dwellers like me, it's always nice to get away to the country for some peace and quiet, or hunting and fishing if that's more your thing. But many of us do like our creature comforts. I found it all here at the hole in the wall lodge north of Sioux City near Akron. The lodge was built new but to give it a rustic, comfortable feel, the creators used an 1890s notch-and-peg framework taken from an old barn. The barn door even adorns one of the walls. This lodge was built originally as a place for hunting parties, where close by the lodge owners planted more than one thousand acres of prairie for pheasant habitat. But pheasant hunting season is, well, seasonal. The rest of the year, the three-level, ten-bedroom main lodge which, by the way, is handicap accessible, and the adjacent guest house would sit idle. So in 2006 the lodge was open for other large groups wanting a distinctive place to meet. I emphasize the word large because the lodge doesn't maintain a full-time staff or services to operate as a nightly in. Joe Cain the only full-time employee, is the general manager.
Cain: We are not a motel/hotel. This is a special event facility. So what I tell couples is I don't like to tell anybody no, but I says if you can get maybe ten couples together, you know, whether we do a church group thing, we do a maybe business retreat or even, you know, anniversary party, a company party, any kind of thing. But we have to have more of a group setting.
Kaercher: I understand that some family reunions have been held here, as well as weddings. But for family reunions, this looks like ideal.
Cain: It is. See, part of the whole thing and myself and the staff let people know is that you come here, it is your place for that weekend, three days, four days, to do your own cooking. I have a fabulous kitchen in there. Pretty much you bring your food, you do what you want to do. The kids love it. I have a full game room downstairs. The lodge itself here, the main lodge has ten rooms, the west wing has four, five counting the bunk beds. As far as what we can sleep here, the most that we've had here at any one time is a family reunion, and we're looking right at 60 plus people.
Kaercher: Family gatherings are a growing part of the clientele here. The facility can also cater to some business needs with, for example, a projector hidden in a support beam. And there's internet access. But the lodge, of course, still caters to hunters. Bill, tell me what amenities do you offer hunters here?
Cain: Well, what we have is -- first of all, our amenities would be included. I like to do an all-inclusive package. So what that means is you show up and I'll take care of you. That includes the lodging, food, three meals a day plus the hors d'oeuvres, beverages of any type. Also, we have kennels for their dogs here. We have a bird cleaning facility out there.
Kaercher: It is not stocked bird hunting but wild game.
Cain: That's correct. There is not -- has not been a released bird here set on this ground from day one. I take care of the grounds. We plant food plots every year. But we do have a lot of habitat specifically for that wild pheasant.
Kaercher: Well, it wasn't hunting season during my visit, but I could try my hand at fishing. The hole in the wall lodge doesn't have its own fishing pond, but leases the fishing rights to a private lake owned by the Mayor of Akron, Harold Higman, Jr. Lodge guests are offered the opportunity to fish from a boat, but on this day I stayed on shore with the mayor. Good one, Harold. Hey, tell me a little bit about the lake here. What size is it?
Higman: The lake, Dan, is a little over a half mile wide and it's approximately one mile long. It's boot shaped. It was started back in the early '50s by my father as a gravel company. Dad always was kind of a conservationist, so he made sure there was plenty of fish stocked every year. Every year he'd buy a number of fish and stock it.
Kaercher: What kind of fish?
Higman: We put catfish in, bass, walleye, crappie.
Kaercher: So what's the biggest fish you've caught here?
Higman: Oh, my word. I think a 12-pound catfish, 4-pound bass, some walleye measuring 26, 27 inches.
Kaercher: Hey, look what I caught! Look!.
Higman: Yeah, you've got a big green one there.
Kaercher: That's a green leaf fish, isn't it?
Higman: There you go. It would make a good salad, Dan, a good salad.
Kaercher: Well, I may not have caught any fish today, but I was outdoors on a nice day so I can't complain. After a day of fishing and trying to scare up some pheasant, I'm tired. It's nice to know I don't have to get in a car and drive all the way home. I can stay in this beautiful countryside and simply return to the lodge for a little rest. And I've got the perfect book, "How To Be Idle."
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Treason! 8 Celebrities You Won"t Believe Aren"t American
#4. Led Zeppelin
Rocking out to "When the Levee Breaks," you get the unmistakable feeling that Zep were undoubtedly spit out of some backwoods Louisiana marsh with electric guitars in their hands and Kentucky Bluegrass in their lungs. But, then you start to notice their skinny bodies and, alarmingly, even skinnier jeans. You realize that parts of their fourth album sound like they've been transcribed from a Tolkien novel. You learn that they claim that they dropped the "a" from "Lead Zeppelin" because they were worried "thick Americans" would think their name was pronounced "Leed Zeppelin." Then there' the fact that all Zep's members speak in a barely discernible cockney accent. Suddenly it hits you: By God, "Going to California" was about an 11-hour transatlantic, transcontinental flight!
Meanwhile, Michael Bolton' an American. Kenny G is an American and Barbra Streisand is an American. Well, at least we'll always have our all-American folk singers, Bob Dylan and Neil Young.
Wait, what?
#3. Neil Young
One of the great living protest songwriters, Young often aimed his potent pen and crazy, old gypsy lady voice at the American government-or, when the government was being good, at entire swaths of the American continent. He even started the classic rock equivalent of rap' East Coast-West Coast battle when he criticized southerners for being racist in his song "Southern Man," and got a "Fuck you" from Lynyrd Skynard in the lines "I hope Neil Young will remember, the southern man don't need him around anyhow" from their hit "Sweet Home Alabama." Proud racists everywhere can stop worrying, because Young isn't from anywhere "around" Alabama. He' from Toronto and currently resides in something called Manitoba, presumably in a hut made from antelope carcasses fused together with dried mud.
You can't blame Skynard for thinking they needed to tell Young to hit the bricks. A quick survey of the titles in his discography come up smelling as all-American as Hulk Hogan' ball sweat. There' "After the Gold Rush" (we weren't aware there was a Canadian one), "Harvest" (of hockey pucks presumably) and his urgent message to Americans to maintain their rocking, "Keep on Rocking in the Free World," which, last time we checked, meant us.
Showing that we're not as dumb as Young might have thought, our proud nation has spent the ensuing 30 years buying American with our FM dials. These days, the only people who listen to Neil Young' southern protest songs write for Rolling Stone. Meanwhile, every American citizen is required to know the words to "Sweet Home Alabama," and proudly sings along when it gets its requisite twice-hourly airplay on the local Clear Channel classic rock station. Looks like we're not as dumb as you thought, eh Neil? Who cares what the part about loving the governor is about, it' catchy. Now you heard what Skynard said at the beginning of the song: Turn it up!
#2. Uncle Sam
For nearly 100 years, this grand old personification of the United States has encouraged young men to go off and get killed in a war for the good of their country. But did you know that the image of Uncle Sam, first depicted in a U.S. Army poster in 1917, was based on a similar English recruitment poster created three years earlier? Our greatest American icon is nothing more than a cheap knock-off of some British guys named Lord Kitchener and John Bull. Nothing says "American independence" quite like a total rip off of an icon native to the country we fought so hard to distance ourselves from.
Truth be told, Uncle Sam doesn't even really compare to Lord Kitchener. He doesn't have Kitchener' awesome mustache, and his costume looks especially ridiculous when you stand him next to a man wearing the full uniform of the British Army. But the kicker is that Lord Kitchener was a real personâ€"he was England' War Secretary from 1914 to 1916. We'd like to give Uncle Sam the benefit of the doubt, but the fact of the matter is that real peopleâ€"even dead peopleâ€"trump imaginary people every time.
#1. Jesus Christ
Nobody is as fond of telling people that they're on a mission from God than good red-blooded Americans like the Blues Brothers and President George W. Bush. But where do you think they got the whole, "Don't question my crazy beliefs because God is never wrong, now check out this sick party trick" thing from? Jesus of Nazareth, of course. And, while his James Dean-like violent death, Elvis-like popularity in the South and David Blaine-like air of mystery all seem to point logically to the stars and stripes, about the only thing that' certain about Jesus is that he wasn't actually born in America. Believe it or not, he was born in the Middle East! That means (gasp) Jesus wasn't even a handsome young white man! If Jesus ran for mayor in your town, there' almost no chance you'd vote for him. In fact, we'd be willing to bet that if Jesus were on a plane with you, you'd keep an eye on him every time he got up to go to use the bathroom, just in case.
Luckily, it only took us a couple of minutes of research to find a suitable replacement: known to perform miraculous feats that defy the laws of the physical universe, an iconoclast who hangs out with "hoes" just like Jesus, born of a virgin (according to an interview with his mother that appeared in Sports Illustrated), and most importantly born inside the boarders of this great nation, ladies and gentleman meet your new, All-American Messiah!


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I was wondering if there was any relatively easy way to change the carrier text on my iPod touch 3g (running ios 4.3.3). I've tried editing the com.apple.springboard.plist and adding the SBFakeCarrier key, but it appears that has been removed as of ios 4.2.1. Is there any similar solution?
Here's a relatively simple method that does involve jailbreak but ends up with a non-jailbroken iPod and a fake carrier setting.
Your iPod touch should now display your fake carrier and be non-jailbroken.


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I am trying to embed a KML file onto our webpage and the way it was previously done, using the KML embedding tool from Google no longer works, it seems that google has taken the gadget down or something. Is there another way of doing this that isn't overly complex? Any Suggestions and or advice is greatly appreciated
I don't know what the "KML embedding tool from Google" did.
However, if you want to display your KML on top of a basemap (Google Maps or another one like OpenStreetMap), you can use a library like Leaflet (KML plugin) or OpenLayers (KML display example).
I have been able to resurrect the code from the gadget, and get it working again:
GPX, KML, SHP (ESRI shapefile), or OSM XML format can be loaded as a basemap with Potlatch_2, according to this wiki page
Potlatch: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potlatch_%28software%29
If you have a google account, you can store the kml as a file in google drive. Then it will natively display from there onto a Google map. However this is for relatively simple kmls, without too many features and without background images.
It may then be a simple matter to have a link from your webpage to the url of the kml. You would share the kml from Google Drive to "anyone with the link".
Let us know how you go.
The free level of CartoDB could easily handle what you're trying to do- very powerful and simple to use so far. Leaflet or the new MapBox.js tools are powerful but more work to learn over basic CartoDB. Simple MapBox hosted maps could work for you too- they are fun to play with! Otherwise try geocommons for a hosted but feature rich option for less developer types- but be warned it is also slow for large files to display..
what is the info you want to display that doesn't work in Fusion tables? they can do a lot easily too.
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So my girlfriend is an artist and I'm a programmer and we often talk about joining talents and doing some small games or other fun stuff for the different popular platforms currently out.
But because I haven't really done any serious games development yet I have a hard time explaining to her how she should create or package the assets she'd make so we always end up not doing nothing about it.
What I'm mostly thinking about here is when doing frame by frame animation. I know sprite sheets are used for this kind of thing but then comes questions like frames per second and stuff like like that. Not program wise but art wise.
Is there a reference site or sites out there that teach someone with the skills of art how to manage and arrange the assets in sprite sheets and other stuff in words that artists understand?


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WASHINGTON Only 11 of the 50 U.S. states have moved to implement new consumer safeguards under President Barack Obama's healthcare law, raising questions about how major health insurance reforms will be enforced, a report released on Friday says.
The report by the nonpartisan Commonwealth Fund found 39 states have yet to pass laws or issue regulations on seven reforms, including coverage for people with preexisting medical conditions, a ban on coverage waiting periods and limits for out-of-pocket consumer costs.
The report coincides with the start of a new legislative year for most states and comes 11 months before the reforms are scheduled to take effect under Obama's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which is opposed by many states with Republican leadership.
The law would expand health coverage to more than 30 million people beginning on January 1, 2014, partly by creating new state-based online health insurance markets, or exchanges. These would allow families to buy private coverage at subsidized rates. Seventeen states won conditional approval to operate their own exchanges, while more than 30 have opted for an exchange run by the federal government.
The Commonwealth Fund, which focuses on ways to improve the $2.8 trillion U.S. healthcare system, said states that fail to act on key market reforms could end up lacking the authority to enforce the changes in their home insurance markets and ultimately cede control of those areas to the federal government.
Other reforms that many states have yet to address would restrict insurers from charging more according to a beneficiary's gender, age and health conditions; require coverage of 10 essential health benefits; require plans to cover at least 60 percent of costs; and stipulate that insurers accept every individual and employer that applies for coverage.
"Because insurance regulation falls to the states, states need to take action to make sure they can enforce the law and ensure their residents can fully benefit from it," Commonwealth Fund vice president Sara Collins said in a statement.
The report said that only Connecticut has passed legislation addressing all seven of the new reforms. California has done so for six of the seven. Nine states -- Arkansas, Maine, Maryland, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont and Washington -- have passed laws or issued regulations covering at least one.
The 11 states cited as having taken action on insurance market reform include only nine of the 17 states that have been approved by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources to operate their own exchanges.
(Reporting by David Morgan; Editing by David Gregorio)
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Where can I find a Halo Wallet online for $15 and free shipping?
Our GameStop is sold out and they are not available on their website. My son wants the black bi-fold with the silver stripe and logo. I can find these for $25 and $30 online but don't want to pay that much. If anyone sees a sale on these would you please reply? Thanks
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Is this it? It's a dollar over your price, and I don't think it comes w/ free shipping, but it's the cheapest one I found
@captainsuperdawg: Found it on ebay for $14.36 and free shipping! http://www.ebay.com/itm/NWT-HALO-XBOX-UNSC-OFFICIAL-BIFOLD-WALLET-FREE-SHIP-/150660699741?pt=Wallet&hash=item231413d65d
But thanks for checking!
@cindihoward: No problem. I usually aimlessly wander around amazon.com for a bit anyways, so it's always nice to have a purpose. Hope your son likes it


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Clinton County Sheriff Kay Riddle has been suspended by the county's fiscal court for allegedly not executing a bond required by law. In a letter of notification to Riddle, the court says, "You have failed to provide proof of your sheriff's bond. As you are aware, KRS 70.020 requires that the sheriff execute a bond for the faithful performance of the duties of his office."
The suspension will remain in place until Riddle complies with the request to execute such a bond.
The suspension, effective last Thursday, comes with an announcement Monday that Riddle has agreed to reimburse the Clinton County Fiscal Court for almost $75,000 in taxes collected during 1997 and 1998 that were never turned over to the county.
"The fiscal court felt compelled to pursue it, did pursue it, and fortunately now did collect it or is on the verge of collecting that money," says Ryan Reed, Fiscal Court attorney.
Sheriff Riddle will pay $10,000 initially out of his own pocket, with the rest being paid by his insurance company. However, Riddle is expected to reimburse the insurance company dollar-for-dollar out of his own personal funds.
But the questions surrounding Riddle's handling of county taxes aren't over. A state audit found irregularities with the 2001 and 2002 tax returns, as well.
"The best we can say is that we're closing chapter one on what will probably be an ongoing issue with the sheriff and his tax collections," Reed says.


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Public invited to presentation on promoting excellence at home
Donald Sheffield, affiliate professor of education at Penn State Beaver, will present "Promoting Excellence at Home: Behaviors for Successful Families," at noon on March 24, in room 15 of the Student Union Building on campus. The program is part of the campus' Brown Bag Lunch Series, which is open to the public.
Sheffield is the author of the book "Practice Makes Perfect -- Not! Understanding High Performance: Excellence is a Habit" which was published in 2009 by Dorrance Publishing Company and is available in the Beaver campus bookstore. Sheffield's presentation and book focus on teaching children proper study practices, instilling a strong value system in them, and helping them develop a work ethic geared toward excellence. He contends that parents and teachers play a vital role in the development of children's attitudes and goals.
Early in his career, Sheffield was an admissions counselor at Beaver campus. He moved on to become an administrative assistant to Penn State football coach Joe Paterno and director of the Academic Support Center for Student Athletes at Penn State's University Park campus. He also served as director of diversity outreach for the Office of Outreach and Cooperative Extension. He has developed field programs to improve the multicultural education of Penn State undergraduate students at Beaver campus and throughout the University, and is the founder and president of TAME (Techniques Assisting Motivation and Excellence) Inc., a consulting firm dedicated to cultural excellence.
Sheffield holds a doctorate in higher education from Penn State, a master's degree from Slippery Rock University, and a bachelor's degree from Geneva College. He can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com or 724-773-3564.


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Warren County Sheriff responds to allegations of neglect, fraud and mismanagement.
Tuesday, Warren County Republican candidate for sheriff, Allen Houchin, made those and other accusations about current Sheriff Jerry "Peanuts" Gaines.
In a recently released statement, Gaines states: "I flatly deny Mr. Houchin's wild accusation of fraud and misuse of taxpayers money. I am not a perfect man, but I take great pride in being sheriff of Warren County. I have built a reputation of being a good sheriff and have great respect for the office and for the trust that people have given me."
Georgia Whittamore was another individual mentioned in the slew of allegations. Houchin accuses her of going against County Personnel Code, by using a county-issued cell phone while no longer being employed by the Sheriff's Department. He also contends Whittamore continued using fuel cards in her name, filling-up for 8 consecutive months after her departure.
In an exclusive interview, Whittamore denies ever using ComFuel cards once she left her moonlighting job as a civil-server. She contends her cards were left in the county car and most likely never changed.
Houchin says the sheriff went against Warren Co. Personnel Code by allowing Whittamore to use 1 of his 4 department-issued cell phones. In response, Whittamore says she did use the cell phone but paid the county back for the charges. She believes the cell phone was given as an amiable gesture from a compassionate man, after finding out that her son had been in a serious accident and slipped into a coma. After traveling to Georgia the roaming charges added up to more than $2,000. According to the Sheriff's Department, Whittamore reimbursed the department for the pricey phone bill.
On Tuesday, Houchin says he plans on sending these allegations, as well as many others detailed in a lengthy packet, to the KSP Special Investigations Unit and the Attorney General's office.
In response to the investigations, Sheriff Gaines states: "I not only deny Mr. Houchin's accusation of improprieties, but welcome an investigation of these allegations by the Commonwealth Attorney's Office and appropriate authorities."
Sheriff Gaines is expected back in Bowling Green on Thursday.


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I'm very short on time here, so I truly hope someone here has a clue how to fix these:
[proguard] Warning: android.support.v4.view.ViewConfigurationCompatFroyo: can't find referenced method 'int getScaledPagingTouchSlop()' in class android.view.ViewConfiguration
[proguard] Note: org.codehaus.jackson.map.deser.BasicDeserializerFactory: can't find dynamically referenced class java.util.ConcurrentNavigableMap
[proguard] Note: org.codehaus.jackson.map.deser.BasicDeserializerFactory: can't find dynamically referenced class java.util.ConcurrentSkipListMap
[proguard] Note: there were 2 unresolved dynamic references to classes or interfaces.
[proguard] You should check if you need to specify additional program jars.
[proguard] Warning: there were 1 unresolved references to program class members.
[proguard] Your input classes appear to be inconsistent.
[proguard] You may need to recompile them and try again.
[proguard] Alternatively, you may have to specify the options
[proguard] '-dontskipnonpubliclibraryclasses' and/or
[proguard] '-dontskipnonpubliclibraryclassmembers'.
I already tried adding multiple things:
-dontwarn **CompatHoneycomb
-dontwarn **CompatCreatorHoneycombMR2
-keep class android.support.v4.** { *; }
and also (for the jackson errors):
-libraryjars /Libraries/Joda/joda-time-1.6.2.jar
-libraryjars /Libraries/stax2-api-3.0.0.jar
-libraryjars /Libraries/jsr311-api-0.8.jar
-libraryjars /Libraries/httpmime-4.0.1.jar
Anyone have a clue what i'm missing in my proguard.cfg for these references? Or potentially some tips on how to investigate / resolve it more generally?
I brought it down from 472 warnings to just these, mostly by adding the dontwarn statements: -dontwarn java.awt.,javax.security.,java.beans.,javax.xml.,java.util.,org.w3c.dom.
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Great Job Elbira Villarreal!
When Elbira Villarreal arrived at Hacienda Oaks Short Term Rehab, she was unable to stand, walk, or complete any activities of daily living without maximum assistance from our staff. Mrs Villarreal was determined to get stronger and worked hard with our Rehab Team to achieve her goal of going back home. On March 6, 2013 Mrs. Villarreal was able to return home independently! Congratulations Ebira! Thank You for CHOOSING Hacienda Oaks Fast Track Rehabilitation Program to get you back on your feet and living your life! We will miss you deeply.
We also want to send a Special Thank You to Dr Dunn & Terri Trevino, PAC for allowing us to care for your patient!
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Len Cariou
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Len CariouOne of the theater world's most beloved talents, Len Cariou is a member of the Theatre Hall of Fame and a pre-eminent interpreter of the music of Stephen Sondheim. On Broadway, he has appeared in Applause, for which he earned a Tony Award nomination and won the Theatre World Award; A Little Night Music, for which he was also nominated for a Tony Award; Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, for which he won a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award; Nightwatch; Cold Storage; Teddy and Alice; Dance a Little Closer; The Speed of Darkness; The Dinner Party and Proof.
Off-Broadway, Cariou has appeared in Mountain, Papa, The Persians, A Sorrow Beyond Dreams, The Master Class and Measure for Measure. In addition, he has served as Artistic Director of the Manitoba Theatre Center and Associate Director of the Guthrie Theatre.
On television, Cariou has appeared in Damages, BROTHERHOOD, Murder, She Wrote, CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION and NUMBERS on CBS, ED, Law and Order, The Outer Limits, The Practice, The West Wing, and many television films including Into the Storm, for which he earned an Emmy Award nomination.
Cariou's feature film credits include One Man, for which he received a Genie Award, The Four Seasons, Flags of our Fathers, 1408, Executive Decision, Lady in White, Thirteen Days, About Schmidt, Secret Window and The Boynton Beach Bereavement Club. In addition, he supplied voice narration for the Academy Award-winning documentary, The Johnstown Flood.
Cariou was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and holds two honorary degrees as well as the Order of Manitoba. He currently resides on the Hudson River's shore in New Jersey with wife Heather Summerhayes Cariou, author of Sixtyfive Roses: A Sister's Memoir.
Len loves golf almost as much as he loves his family and friends. He's a Friar, an avid sports fan, and a crack gin rummy player. His birth date is Sept. 30.


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Is there a way to programmatically retrieve the definition of each STATISTICS added to table columns and indexes. For both user added and system created indexes. There are many STATISTICS like '__WA_Sys_*' that are added by Sql Server.
I need to re-write some of them and add more, but there are too many to do them manually with Management Studio.