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The Year One Experience - One Size Fits AllWritten by Johnny Hunkins on September 3, 2008 No Matter Your Interest, If It's Related To Musclecars, You'll Find It At The Year One Experience.
Every year, the musclecar parts giant, Year One, puts on an epic event near their Braselton, Georgia, headquarters, which is located about half an hour north of Atlanta on Interstate 85. We don't know if it's a coincidence, but that's also in the same neck of the woods as Road Atlanta-one of the country's premier road courses-and Atlanta Dragway, ditto as one of America's top dragstrips. Put these three giants together, and you have the ingredients for a very exciting event that encompasses every niche of the hobby you can imagine. As a point of reference, the Hot Rod Power Tour needs thousands of miles and venues in several states to create something resembling the same experience, only with the Year One Experience, you don't have to take two weeks off to enjoy it, and that's exactly what several thousand fans chose to do the weekend of May 16-18.
To say that there were only three ingredients to create the Experience isn't quite true. It actually takes the cooperation of dozens of key vendors, all of whom are major suppliers to the Year One product line. And while these vendors are discouraged from selling wares at the Experience (other than for dire circumstances, it's bad form), it allows them to focus on every fan's true love: the cars. For example, Stainless Steel Brake Corporation makes and sells a huge assortment of brake systems for musclecars, which are in turn sold by Year One. At the Experience, SSBC set up a 0-60-0 timed course in the paddock area of Road America. This provided musclecar fans the perfect opportunity to test the acceleration and braking performance of their classics under precise test conditions, and against competing makes and models.
Detroit Speed & Engineering is another example of a company that has merged a strong engineering ethic with face-to-face customer interaction; they also use the Year One Experience to bring that to the next level. Project cars you've seen in magazines and on the Internet are on hand for customer demonstrations-as well as actual product tests-on the high-speed 2.54-mile road course at Road Atlanta, and on the autocross.
While we run the risk of flogging a dead horse here, Air Ride Technologies can always be counted on to use and abuse their equipment (actually, a substantial brace of project cars) at any event that will let them, and they were in fine form at the Experience, with a full-tilt autocross course. This is a great way for all enthusiasts-with and without Air Ride systems-to get their feet wet in hardcore handling situations, with little risk of damage (other than perhaps to pride).
No Year One event would be complete without a car show, and the one at the Experience is always a fun and diverse group of cars. From the 1950s on up to late-model fuel-injected rides, there's everything you want, and it's conveniently located next to the manufacturers' midway. Park your wheels in the show, then loop through the vendor booths to discuss your next big purchase with the folks who build it. There's even a shuttle bus to the Mall Of Georgia for those family members who get bored with the high-octane environment.
Those of the drag racing bent may already know that Year One is the primary sponsor for the Outlaw Racing Street Car Association (ORSCA), which runs a solid, 10-event schedule that's largely restricted to the southeast part of the country. ORSCA's focus is heads-up, eighth-mile drag racing, where the first one to the finish line wins. It's a good fit with Year One, who rolled out a hardcore Speed Shop parts catalog earlier this year. Yes, Margaret, Year One does horsepower, and you need look no further than ORSCA to see that. In support of Year One, ORSCA runs its second event in their yearly schedule in conjunction with the Experience, and all participants are granted free entry for the entire weekend.
We ran ourselves ragged checking out every corner of the Year One Experience. In our experience, the only thing that could make it any better is adding a few days to it so we can enjoy it to the fullest extent. Want to know more about the 2009 Year One Experience? Log onto www.yearone.com!
Domesticated GoddessWe leave you this month with 30-year-old Lisa Rosendahl, a homemaker from Monroe, GA, and her soon-to-be '69 Chevy Nova. The car currently belongs to her husband, Kris, who races it in ORSCA (see inset photo). The GM X-body relies on a 427-inch small-block with 13:1 compression, and a handy 150hp NOS plate. A set of Dart Pro 1 heads, Herbert solid roller cam, and Holley 1000 HP carb was assembled by Rob Fincher of Walnut Grove, GA, and has been good for a best quarter-mile e.t. of 10.53/125 on motor. A ladder-bar rear suspension with QA1 coilovers helps plant the Moser 12-bolt rear with a spool and 4.11 gears. Power gets funneled through a built Turbo 400 with a JW 'brake. When Kris, a building contractor by trade, started talking about building another hot rod, Lisa gave it the OK, on one condition: "You've got to give me the Nova as part of the deal!" Way to go, Lisa! We hope to see you racing it at next year's Year One Experience.
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The Road Atlanta road course, where part of the Year One Experience is held, is a large and beautiful venue. Here, Lorraine (45) and Rich (46) Barbara of Oakland, NJ, enjoy the sights and sounds of the open lapping session as cars exit Turn 8 and come down Atlanta's long, winding back stretch.Nineteen-year-old Lee Summers could not have picked a more seductive-looking musclecar to become his first hot rod! Lee works at his family's shop-Summer's Show & Go Restoration-in Blowing Rock, NC, and had just finished the paintwork a mere two weeks before the Year One event. This was Lee's first time autocrossing the '68 Cutlass S, which was still undergoing the finishing touches of its restoration. It's got a youth-friendly Olds 350, and an M20 Muncie four-speed. Lee did all the work on the Olds himself.Last year, we showed you a picture of Savannah Stanley (Lilburn, GA) posing with her '66 Mustang. A lot has changed since then with both of them. Savannah, now 20, is no longer a criminal justice major at Gwinnett Tech, and is now a patient care coordinator. The Mustang, which she built with help from Bowen's Collision, has also been upgraded with American Racing Torq-Thrust wheels.OK, we might be just a tad partial to Oldsmobiles, so when we saw Andy Schaefer's '72 Olds Cutlass Supreme come to the burnout box, the camera came to attention. Andy hails from Flowery Branch, GA, where he wrenches on Nissans by day. When he gets sick of that junk, he wheels out the Olds, which struts a 12.5:1 Olds 455 with Edelbrock heads and intake, a Herbert solid roller cam, a Dana 60 with 4.10 gears, and a 150hp plate of NOS. Andy runs the Outlaw 7.0 index class; the Olds has a best e.t. of 6.60/103 (eighth) under its belt."I'm a Chevy girl," proclaimed Amy Gunter, a 24-year-old Navy Second-Class Petty Officer from Buffalo, NY. She was digging the Bill Mitchell small-block in this '67 Chevy II when we found her. Amy works on Navy C-9s, the military equivalent to the MD-80, and has big designs on a project she plans to start soon. Amy tells us she's partial to Novas and Chevelles.
Ever wonder how photographer Robert McGaffin takes those wonderful action blur shots? Here he is preparing a shot for Adrienne Janic's lightweight '68 Firebird, which is on our cover this month. The rig attaches under the car with super-strong magnets, the camera clamps to the articulated pole, and Robert grabs a long exposure with the car rolling slowly downhill. He then takes the pole out of the shot with photoshop. If you're really lucky, we'll do this to your car some day, too.The Year One car show was chock-a-block full of cool cars, like Tommy Parker's '73 Camaro. "I'm gonna try some track days this year," says the 43-year-old newspaper publisher from Dallas, Georgia. "I went to the Run Through The Hills last year, and did some hot laps, and now I'm ready to step up."The autocross portion of the Year One Experience was sponsored by Air Ride Technologies, the same people who built the blue '70 Chevelle on our July cover. Air Ride also built this cool '71 Camaro RS with a 383 small-block, Bowler Transmissions 4L60E, and Air Ride Street Challenge suspension package with an Air Pod unit. Here, PHR publisher John Gallagher wheels the RS through the autocross cones for a 29.54-second lap time.Jim Daugherty (59) is a retired postal worker with a jones for heads-up racing. "Forget that bracket stuff. No buy-backs. If you don't win, get on the trailer and go home," says big Jim. "I've been trying to sell the bracket racers on heads-up for a long time now." Daugherty lives in Friendsville, TN, and runs his 632-inch big-block '72 Chevelle in ORSCA's Outlaw 6.0 index.ORSCA's Outlaw class is a heads-up index for street-appearing cars with a steel body, full interior, and a 3,000-pound minimum weight. Rather than saddle racers with tweaky cubic-inch weight breaks, there are two eighth-mile indices: a 6-second class, and a 7-second class. Here, Michael Wright (23) of Acworth, GA, wheels Chris Harper's diminutive '67 Chevy II. Harper's mini-'box shoehorns a 434-inch small-block with a solid roller, ZEX 250-shot plate, AFR heads, Pro Products Hurricane intake, and a Holley 950. Best e.t. on the lightweight hauler has been a 5.90/18 (eighth-mile).Bill and Emily Farmer (Rome, GA, left) are typical of many Powerjection fuel-injection customers: They're looking for a reliable, powerful, and more fuel-efficient alternative to a carburetor. The couple has an '88 Monte Carlo that they've decided to equip with the Powerjection unit. Here, they're speaking with Professional Products rep Ken Farrell as he explains the benefits, which include classic carburetor looks, ease of installation, and simple self-learning electronics.Everything Dale Earnhardt Jr. touches turns to gold, which is exactly why the folks at Sam's Club had Detroit Speed & Engineering build him a '69 Camaro for the Hot Rod Power Tour. The Camaro will also hit plenty of Sam's Clubs for display. The spec sheet lists a DSE Quadralink, DSE hydroformed front subframe, DSE dash panel with Classic instruments, Baer brakes, TCI Turbo 400, BFG tires, Budnik wheels, and a GMPP 383 crate motor. In short, everything you won't find in Dale's Cup car.


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No longer the die hard sales shopper of 15/18 years ago when I was "that" person who almost fainted inside Next within the first hour of their sale, trying to bag myself some suitable office attire and clothes for my three young daughters (I was a single mum back then), these days I just can't stand all that hassle and even the thought of a half price bargain won't see me at Bluewater until everything has started to die down a little bit, but you certainly pay a price (although not a monetary one) for leaving it late.
So off I went with my list. A list containing items that I wanted to fill gaps in my wardrobe or to create looks I had seen and admired else wear Well let me tell you I got diddly bloody squat of the things I wanted and it was so depressing as I already knew I couldn't get my wish list online, well not in my size anyway.
If I found a jumper it had the wrong neckline, the blue shirt was more a blouse than a classic cut and as for sizes, well what a joke, I now know that the entire female population of the UK (or maybe just Bluewater shoppers) are either sizes 8, 10 or 16, as everything left in every damn shop I went in was either in a medium or a 12! This should of course be enough inspiration to slim down to this dress size because size 12's everywhere must love the final reductions, 70% off - tick, do you have it in a 12? - tick - "er of course we do madam!"
Either medium sized women hate shopping or is it more to the point (being friends with an independent boutique owner I know this) that brands sell clothes in bundles that come in packs of 1,1, 2, 1, 1, and you can guess what size they get 2 of, yes it's a 12! Buyers often don't have the ability to buy 10 tops and have 6 of them in the sizes they know they will sell, but that's another story for another day with a "gripes against the fashion industry" heading.
As we decided to head home, dragging our sorry arses behind us and with the car parked very close to this particular store, I went somewhere I rarely shop these days and one I certainly no longer sales shop from - Next. I thought it was worth a quick look and my daughter agreed, picking herself up a pair of pyjama's and me grabbing a couple of pieces I have wanted for ages, although they weren't on my list, so I don't feel that they were silly impulse purchases and I am glad I have bought both of them, even if I can't wear them immediately and this is where the savvy shopper redeems her disappointing shopping jaunt with a tweed/bouclé looking biker style jacket, I mean seriously how long have I been posting about jackets such as these from every damn retailer on the planet from Chanel to Boden? Plain t-shirt and statement necklace is all that is required..........
|Was £40 paid £16.
Did you shop on the High Street with certain items in mind, make impulse purchases, or come home with nothing?

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- Consider a smooth projective surface $S\subset\Bbb P^N_{\Bbb C}$ which is a complete intersection of hypersurfaces of degrees $(d_1,..,d_{k\ge2})$ with $d_i\ge2$ for all i. Is it true that for such surfaces $c^2_1\le 2c_2$? (i.e. much better than BMY) At least asymptotically (i.e. for high enough $d_i$'s)?
Let $td_2$ be the top-dimensional Todd class, i.e. $td_2=\frac{c^2_1+c^2}{12}$. The inequality as above can be written as $c_2\ge 2^2td_2$.
- More generally, let $X\subset\Bbb P^N_{\Bbb C}$ be a smooth complete intersection of dimension $n$. Let $c_n$ and $td_n$ be its top-dimensional Chern and Todd classes. What are the known inequalities on $c_n$ and $td_n$? (I would like to have smth like $c_n\ge 2^n td_n$)


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Genesis 2:15(NIV)
The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.
I'm curious to know, now, in which which country is the Garden of Eden located? (which is mentioned in Genesis)
Genesis 2:15(NIV)
I'm curious to know, now, in which which country is the Garden of Eden located? (which is mentioned in Genesis)
Per Genesis 2:
While Mesopatamia (i.e. Iraq) is where the Tigris & Euphrates are, the remaining two rivers (Gihon is in Israel, and the Pishon is, I believe unknown, though some scholars think it is the Nile) are not.
There are thus two possibilities:
In any event, the Flood probably did wipe out the Garden of Eden, and even if it didn't, there was an angel (in Genesis 3:24) who is guarding the entrance.
Update: For an interesting excursion into the idea of "mapping" Eden, check out this article showing maps of Eden from 1914. They are highly speculative, but show the diversity of thought around where Eden might be.
Assuming it was a literal garden in the physical world, and not a metaphor, it was most likely somewhere between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, close to the border between modern day Iraq and Iran, or maybe the Eastern region of modern Turkey.
Just Googling for Tigris, Euphrates and Eden will give you more sources you can probably read in a lifetime :)
John Sailhamer proposes a rather novel idea in his book Genesis Unbound:
I haven't read the book myself, but thinking about the Torah texts, it does solve a number of problems. But the theory is at least as controversial as every other theory I know of.
well i know that the gihon river is all gone but a little portion of it left is located in ethiopia africa and the gihon river used to flow down the middle of the red sea gowing through the sinai peninsula to the mediterranean sea and down through ethiopia africa. and pison river actually ran kind of east to west across saudia arabia from the red sea to the persian gulf the pison runs smack down the middle of modern day kuwait. and both the hiddekel and the euphrates both run thru modern day iraq but the euphrates also goes through syria but the hiddekel goes through modern day turkey. so the garden of eden is not in iraq like they think it is. there is two possible places where the former location of eden would be located either at the bottom of the persian gulf or the mediterranean sea. and that is where i think it is located.
Many years ago (1988) I took an excursion in Turkey which I blew off at the time as ridicolous. I'm a veteran and was stationed in Sinop on the black sea. We took a very interesting bus ride to what the Hittites considered to be the remnants of the garden of Eden. I admit it sounded cheesy at the time but on that bus we experienced things and saw things that even 25 years later I cannot explain. It was beautiful and it was said to be unkept. On the way to the garden was carnage and death where people started getting irritable and shouting including myself. I said theatrics or perhaps gases from a tar pit can explain that? Then as we entered through a stone gate the climate and mood instantly changed. Lush fruit trees and picturesque waterfalls and streams.I tell my story but ironically I cannot find any evidence of where the actual location was then or now. It was in Turkey and within a 2.5 hr bus ride of Sinop for certain. After growing and understanding the bible and it's teachings 25 years later has given me renewed interest in my personal journey and why I was given the visions I've seen throughout my life so Happy hunting!!!! Some things are supernatural and I've accepted it.
Most sources conclude that finding Eden would be just about impossible. That's aside from the fact that god placed an angel to guard it. That tells me god doesn't want us in there and that's assuming anything survived the flood Source.
Here is another source with information on Eden and some clues to location Insight. scroll down it's the last article.
Many believe that south of Van lake in modern day Turkey may have been the location of Eden. Source
This is a question can't really be answered. All we can do is guess. John Calvin could not answers this and I know that I have no clue. When you factor in how the earth changed from Pangea to what we have today and then the changes the Flood would have caused no one can say for certain. But here are some links that talk about the Garden of Eden, Creation, and A map of Pangea. And two links for any who would like to venture into the Tanakh online. chabad.org is the better of the two if you just want to read the books of the Tanakh. Torah - The Pentateuch is part of the Tanakh (Jewish Bible).
http://www.mechon-mamre.org/ http://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/63255/jewish/The-Bible-with-Rashi.htm
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For testing purposes, I need to install a Windows XP Home environment in a virtual machine.
The thing here is I don't have a license and Microsoft won't sell it anymore. What can I do about it?
For testing purposes, I need to install a Windows XP Home environment in a virtual machine.
The thing here is I don't have a license and Microsoft won't sell it anymore. What can I do about it?
To my understanding, Microsoft officially endorses the use of the unactivated "grace period" in a pure testing environment. So, if your testing is short term, you may not need to activate at all.
This should be legally in the clear as long as you have any kind of Windows license that you are not actively using on another device - an OEM license for the same edition would be fine. This is technically in the clear no matter what, you are simply not required to activate for 120 days.
If its for testing, spend the 300 dollars or so, and get a technet account - you get fully functional versions of pretty much every OS MS has made or is making , for evaluation and testing purposes.
You can exercise your Downgrade Rights from Windows 7. See this FAQ from Microsoft here.
"Download Free Windows 7, Vista and XP via new IE Application Compatibility VPC Images"
If you are a student/instructor, your university probably provides MSDN access to you, and you can legally get a serial number for free. Or, if you graduated from a college and your account is still accessible, you might want to see if you have access to university resources (again, MSDN.)
Buy Windows 7 Pro or Ultimate, which include XP Mode, which is Windows XP running in a Virtual PC VM.
Without a license key, you cannot install Windows legally. I recommend finding a friend who owns it, and asking them. You could also try buying a copy from eBay or Amazon, they may still sell copies.
First, that Microsoft does not sell XP licenses anymore does not mean that they are not available anymore. I'm sure, on Amazon or a similar site you will find one. Second, if it is for testing purpose only, you may use the 30 day trial period of win XP to perform your tests and then delete it.


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The Top 15 Cracked Videos of 2012
#8. The Invention of Last Names: Stuff That Must Have Happened by Cracked Staff
The whole Cracked cast turned out for this Monty Python-inspired meditation on the origin of surnames. If you enjoy illiterate English peasants, stone amphitheaters, cuckoldry, or dirt, then you should continue watching this sketch. And if you look closely, you might notice some of our friends from 5 Second Films in the background.
Fun Fact: This sketch was shot at an empty summer camp in Idyllwild, California.
#7. F#@K Batman: Why Gotham Would Hate the Caped Crusader by Cracked Staff
This original rap by Michael Swaim exposes the destructive implications of Batman for Gotham City. Featuring the artwork of Winston Rowntree, some sick beats, and a halfway decent understanding of city planning, this video is both love letter and railing condemnation. Because the Batman is as much menace as he is messiah.
#6. The Awful Spider-Man Movie James Cameron Almost Made by Obsessive Pop Culture Disorder
The pilot episode of Obsessive Pop Culture Disorder deconstructs a terrible and little-known Spider-Man screenplay written by James Cameron in the early '90s. This episode perfectly captures the snarky and painfully knowledgeable analysis of the series, and manages to both ruin James Cameron forever and illustrate one of Dan O'Brien's life mantras: If I can't be happy, then neither should you.
#5. If Nature Documentaries Didn't Let Science Get in the Way by Cracked Staff
Professor Scott Bug educates and delights Cracked viewers with his musings on the sun, the Earth, and the bits and stuff that cover them both. Shot around beautiful tree stumps, rocks, and a creek, Marvels of the Science completely captured the wonder and vast complexity of our universe. So much so that we'll probably make more of them.
#4. The Problem With Using Time Travel as a Murder Weapon by Cracked Staff
Conceived, shot, and edited in less than two weeks, this scathing satire of the movie Looper (based solely on the trailer for the movie Looper) was as ill-informed and presumptuous as it was badass. Predicting obvious plot problems that turned out to be mostly right, the sketch was later tweeted by such directors as the guy who directed Looper.
#3. The Biggest Problem With High School (According to Movies) by Sketch Competition/Natural Disastronauts
People often say that high school is a time of self-discovery. But Cracked knows that what they really mean is that all high schoolers are actually adults wearing elaborate disguises in a misguided attempt to solve their life problems. This sketch was commissioned as part of our ongoing Sketch Competition, where you write the sketch and we make it. Look for more in the near future.
#2. Why Supervillains Always Keep the Good Guy Alive by Cracked Staff
Notorious supervillain Dr. Malice and his evil henchman Cody Johnston from Cracked have managed to do what no other villain has ever done. They've killed William Blonde. The problem is, they never expected him to actually die. Like forever. It's kind of a bummer. And it really messes up the laser.
#1. Stuff That Must Have Happened: The First Marriage by Cracked Staff
When a Neanderthal couple puzzles over the recent birth of a "belly gnome," they unwittingly stumble onto a game-changing truth. After they have sex for a while. Also, Cracked would like to reassure you that very few belly gnomes were harmed in the making of this film.


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I need to prevent uploading bmp image for user. How can it be possible?
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I have found the solution from here. And its working!
WordPress has a set of restricted filetypes it will allow you to upload via the media library. Whilst this is a great security feature, there may be times where you'd like to add other files that are restricted by default, or maybe even the opposite where you'd only like to allow a few extensions to be uploaded. Fortunately, WordPress makes this dead easy with a small snippet of PHP code.
If you'd like to add or remove a specific filetype that can be uploaded to wordpress via the media library, you can insert this PHP code in your theme functions.php file:
Here is an example of what you can do to add and remove a new filetype (in this example, I'm adding an extension that already exists, but the concept is the same):
You can also reset the allowed filetypes by creating a new array within the function and returning these values:
If you'd like to see what filetypes are currently supported by wordpress, check out the function get_allowed_mime_types located in the wp-includes/functions.php file.


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TEMPLE (September 30, 2012)— A 21-year-old man is charged with intoxication manslaughter after a fatal two-vehicle crash in Temple Saturday night.
Temple police Sunday identified the woman who died as Shelly Easter, 35, of Temple.
The accident happened just before 8:15 p.m. Saturday at the intersection of West Avenue M and South 51st Street in Temple.
Police say Ramon Rivera from Nixon was driving a blue SUV west on Avenue M at a high rate of speed when he lost control of the vehicle, which crossed the center lane, and slammed into the eastbound SUV that Easter was driving.
Easter died at the scene and the Rivera was taken to Scott & White Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
He was served with the arrest warrant at the hospital and was taken to the Bell County Jail after his release Monday afternoon.
His bond was set at $1 million.
Avenue M from 49th to 53rd Street was closed until 1:30 a.m. Sunday while the Temple Police Department's Accident Reconstruction Team investigated the deadly accident.


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Vocational Training
Published: Thursday, December 12, 2013 at 1:57 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, December 12, 2013 at 1:57 a.m.
Recent news headlines said that our teen students are not doing well in middle and high schools, especially in areas of math, English and science. Is it possible that they have no incentive?
The cost of attending college is outrageous leaving them with a lifetime of student debt and very often no job possibilities even if they graduate.
The public school system needs to include vocational training at no cost so they can see the possibility of learning a trade where they will start apprenticeship jobs in electric, plumbing construction, etc.
It saddens me each time I go to the supermarket and see all these young boys and girls stocking shelves and bagging groceries. Is this their future?
They tell me they can't afford college tuition. They can't all become managers and heaven knows we can use all the trained help we can get in the trades.
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Is it true that stored procedure will prevent databases from being injected? I did a little research and I found out that SQL-Server, Oracle and MySQL are not safe against SQL injections if we only use stored procedure. However, this problem does not exist in postgreSQL. Does stored procedure implementation in postgreSQL's core prevent it from SQL injection or are there any other reasons/differences? can I use SQL injection in postgreSQL if we only use stored procedure?
In short - no, stored procedures does not prevent from SQL Injection. It depends on how you do handle dynamic SQL inside stored procedure.
For more complete answer, check what is posted here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/627918/am-i-safe-against-sql-injection
Check these links and the picture will get clearer:
"...Measures to avoid SQL injection
IF you use SP correctly, then you are pretty much safe from SQL Injection (assuming you still do proper input validation anyway, of course). IF.
Ah, but what does it mean, to use SP correctly?
Two of the most common mis-uses of SP that I see often, and can each lead to SQL Injection even with Stored Procedures, are:
You need variable binding along with named parameters, regardless if the query is a stored procedure or not. Also need to worry about certain SQL statements like LIKE


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ARDMORE, OK - Ardmore Young Professionals and The Ardmoreite would like to invite you to attend their Meet the Candidate Forum on Tuesday, February 7th at 6:00 pm at the Ardmore Public Library.
The Forum is being held for the public to meet the candidates running in the upcoming Ardmore and Plainview school board elections on February 14th. All school board candidates from Ardmore and Plainview schools are invited to speak at this event.
The event will begin with an introduction of the candidates and then a five- to 10-minute oral presentation by each addressing the following questions:
1. Please tell us about yourself, including experiences and skills you would bring to the Board of Education.
2. What do you perceive to be the role and responsibilities of the school board?
3. As a board member, you will be asked to make decisions on the "big picture" issues. How would you prepare yourself to make those decisions?
4. What are the biggest challenges facing our school district today?
5. Briefly discuss any school-related topic that is of special interest to you.
The Forum is open to the public and everyone is encouraged to attend. For questions, contact the Ardmore Young Professionals at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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I got a flat/puncture on my bike tube, how can I fix it myself without going to the nearest bike shop? What kind of equipment would I need?
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Replacing a tire isn't that hard, but it will take a few times for it to seem like second-nature. If you have a road bike with skinny high-pressure tires, you can expect that the tires will be harder to remove and replace.
This is how I do it on my touring bike, offroad bikes, cruiser, and folding bikes. You'll need a pump to match the valves used on your bike (presta or schrader), a spare tube, and a place to work. Tire levers would be quite helpful.
Watching a video or seeing pictures probably makes this all seem simplerl the other answers provided links to these resources. Bonus: More information that you'll ever need to know about tires and how to replace them: What Every Cyclist Should Know About Flat Tires
Just go grab yourself a tube repair kit. They usually come with a few patches, some rubber cement, and something to scuff up the rubber of the tube. Next, scuff up the tube around the puncture so that the cement can stick. Apply the cement around the puncture and make sure to let it dry. Then put the patch on and apply plenty of pressure for about a minute or so.
Go buy yourself a repair kit for about £5-6 pounds. These would include the following:
1) Tyre levers - something to remove the tyre !! 2) Repair patches 3) Emery cloth - To roughen up the tube surface. 4) Tube of glue.
If you haven't got quick release wheels, make sure you take something to undue the wheels nuts. I learnt this the hard way when I first started riding my fixed wheel.
I find that the easiest way to deal with this problem is to just carry a spare tube around with you so you can quickly get back on the road. Then you can patch the punctured tube when you get home. You are also covered in cases where the tube cannot be patched, like if the valve itself breaks.
Regardless of whether you choose to patch or just replace the punctured tire, you should definitely feel and look for sharp objects along the inside and outside edges of the tire before inflating the new tube inside the tire. Just yesterday I had a flat which was caused by a small piece of glass which I could not feel on the inside of the tire, as it was just barely poking through from the outside. Very often, the object which caused the flat may be embedded somewhere in the tire, and if you don't properly remove it, you'll find yourself fixing another flat tire very quickly.
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I really recommend the park tool glueless 'Super Patch' - so much less faff, and all you need to carry are the tyre levers and the patches. No cementing, no sandpapering, you just stick it straight on. It Just Works.
(Disclaimer, I've chucked my amazon associate tag in that link. I do not work for amazon or Park tool.)
My answer to flat tires was pretty simple. I added a bottle of Joe's No Flat into each tire (tube). I have been flat free for at least six months and about 3-4,000kms. Sort of a minor miracle of sorts. I live and ride in Thailand and the surrounding countries which all suffer from lots of sharp trash, glass, thorns, nails etc along the highways just waiting to puncture a bike tire. I have Shrader valves in my tires which makes installing the sealant easy as you can remove the valve core and just squeeze in the liquid sealant. Presta valves present a bigger problem as you cannot normally remove the valve core. My solution to this dilemma would be to replace the tube with a Shrader valve and drill out the rim to accept the larger valve.


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NAU eLearning - August 2012
Start of Fall Term eLearning News & Updates
Bb Learn Update
Over the summer ITS applied a couple of significant service packs to Bb Learn, service packs 8 & 9.
There are some differences to the overall look and feel to Bb Learn, some new functionality, bug fixes and improved stability. A couple specific improvements are:
- Better student tracking (The Student Overview for Single Course report displays an individual student's activity within a course, sorted by date)
- Test question regrading
NAU Supported Tools
To see a list of the supported eLearning tools at NAU,
see http://www2.nau.edu/d-elearn/support/tutorials/featured_tech/index.php
iClicker to replace eInstruction
iClicker adopted to replace eInstruction as NAU standard supported classroom response system. After reviewing the options and because of the poor performance of the eInstruction product, a faculty group recommended that iClicker become the supported university standard.
see http://www2.nau.edu/d-elearn/support/tutorials/clickers/clickers.php
Bb Collaborate (Elluminate rebranded)
Over the summer the NAU webconferenceing tool, Elluminate, was rebranded to be Bb Collaborate. The service is still being setup and upgraded to ver. 12, but will be ready for fall classes.
Please hold off on linking webconferences in Bb Learn until further notice. We expect notice soon this week. We apologize for this inconvenience.
What was formerly Wimba Voice Tools are now called Bb Collaborate Voice Authoring.
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Faculty Help Line: 928-523-5554 or 866-802-5256 (toll free)
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CLINE, Tracy, 72, of Toronto, OH, passed away November 9, 2012, at her home.
She was born November 30, 1939,, a daughter of the late Edwin D. and Bertha Forsythe.
In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by sister, Wilma Forsythe and brother-in-law, Fred Bailey.
She is survived by her husband, Edward Cline of Toronto; daughter, Sherry (Ed) Delong of Toronto; son, Edward David Cline of North Carolina; brother, Keith (Beverly) Forsythe; sisters, Wanda (Victor) Cline, Genevieve (Ron) Cline, and Margaret Bailey; two grandchildren, Raeann (Ken) Ralston and Derick (Kelly) DeLong and nine great-grandchildren.
Her care has been entrusted to the Everhart-Bove Funeral Home.
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As I learnt from this post, there are some fruits that should not be kept together with the others (e.g. watermelon and apple). Which fruits should be kept separately in order to prevent rotting?
Anything that outgasses ethylene should be kept away from other items (both fruits and vegetables), in a well-ventelated area, if possible.
Apples and bananas are the two most common culprits, but the list is much longer. Subzero has a list of etylene producers and ethylene sensitive items, which I'm reproducing below in case of link rot:
Ethylene producing foods
Ethylene sensitive foods
I keep a list on my fridge from the June 2009 issue of Cooking Light magazine. (p. 45) Here's the details:
Keep these in the fridge:
On the countertop, away from direct sunlight in a container that allows air circulation, like a vented bowl.
And, of course, keep onions, garlic, and potatoes in a dark, well-ventilated area.
apples are typically the ones who cause problems. They cause bananas skins to ripen while the inside fruit does not actually get ripe. The best method for keeping fruit ripe without rotting is to let them ripen at room temperature, and then refrigerate them when they are at peak.
If you buy fruit in bulk, check for signs of mold/rot regularly. This way you only have to throw away the bad one, instead of having it spread to the whole batch.


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Hi All,
This thread is meant as a sticky to keep a log of the updates and fixes we do.
To keep it relevant and accessible we're going to lock it to only have devs post in here.
If you guys would like to discuss certain aspects, please start a new thread!
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WELLSBURG - As she addressed the many gathered Sunday for the dedication of the Brooke County Veterans Memorial Park, Joan Nicholson of Wellsburg recalled how the idea was sparked by the death of her nephew, Marine Lance Cpl. Michael J. Smith Jr., who was killed in a skirmish in Iraq in 2004.
Nicholson was attending a community memorial service for Smith at the Wellsburg Town Square when Howard Armstrong spoke of honoring all Brooke County veterans and paying special tribute to those who lost their lives while serving at wartime.
Nicholson encouraged Armstrong to pursue that goal, offering to assist with fundraising. He then contacted Nancy Strope, who went on to lead a volunteer committee in organizing dinners, dances, bike runs and other events to raise funds for the project.
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REMEMBERING — Beatrice McClain of Oakmont, Pa., grandmother of Army Sgt. C.J. McClain of Colliers— who was killed by an explosive while serving in Afghanistan — seeks the paver his family sponsored in his memory. The walkway between two key monuments at the park includes 267 pavers sponsored in honor or memory of loved ones. Before her is the granite wall on which the names of 186 veterans who died while serving and 27 prisoners of war are inscribed. McClain and Lance Cpl. Michael J. Smith Jr., a Wellsburg native killed in skirmish in Iraq, are the youngest fallen veterans memorialized by the monument. -- Warren Scott
SPECIAL SCULPTURE — Marianne Smith, left, mother of Lance Cpl. Michael J. Smith Jr., who was killed in a skirmish in Afghanistan; and Alice Minto, his grandmother, study a cast bronze sculpture at the center of the Brooke County Veterans Memorial Park, which was inspired by Smith's death. -- Warren Scott
Nicholson said the park's completion shows, "If you have hope and faith and the will, you can move mountains."
Brooke County Prosecutor David B. Cross recalled the first meeting of the Brooke County Memorial Park Foundation where Armstrong, he and others recalled fallen veterans in their own lives.
Cross' father, also named David, was a ball turret gunner returning from a bombing mission over Germany when his plane went down over the English Channel. His father was 22 then and he was less than a year old, Cross recalled before addressing the many who turned out for the dedication.
Armstrong noted more than 60 area residents, organizations and businesses have pledged donations of $1,000 or more, and 267 have sponsored granite pavers for its walkway. Still many others have supported the park through other donations, and all are appreciated, he said.
The result of the group's hard work and extensive community support is a $171,180 memorial site overlooking the paddle boat pond at Brooke Hills Park and featuring several monuments:
A polished granite wall bearing the names of 186 local veterans who died while serving their country in military conflicts and 27 who were prisoners of war.
A 7 foot tall and 4 foot wide cast bronze statue designed by Canadian sculptor Tim Schmalz. On one side the wings of an eagle frame a scene of a soldier accepting a reddish pink flower from a young girl, with many other service members behind him.
In a telephone interview, Schmalz explained it was customary for the citizens of towns liberated by Allied troops during World War II to give flowers in appreciation, with a small child making the presentation.
On the other side the wings of a dove frame a scene of tombstones representing military graves, an image of a peaceful European village behind them. A reddish pink flower has been placed at one of the graves.
Schmalz said the eagle is appropriate because it represents Americans valor and national pride, while the dove is known by many as a symbol of peace.
A monument to Smith with his likeness taken from the last photo taken by his mother, Marianne Smith of Wintersville, before he was killed.
A stone recognizing sponsors of $1,000 or more and members of the foundation's board of trustees.
Ledgers representing Flanders Field and Arlington National Cemetery. The two burial sites were suggested by foundation member Paul "Bud" Billiard, who said as the burial site of many Americans killed while defending France in World War I , Flanders Field symbolizes all American veterans buried abroad, while Arlington National Cemetery represents all those buried in the U.S.
Several cherry blossom trees line a cement stairway from a parking area above the park, and an asphalt road extends from the north end of that lot to the site, with a small parking area at the foot of it.
Crews with Danny Hukill Contracting of Weirton built the steps, a walkway through the site and foundation under the supervision of Ernie Stucin and Charles "Poke" Beall, both members of the foundation. The business performed a significant amount of the work at no cost, said foundation leaders.
Local contractor Mark Van Horn recently finished laying the pavers, though the group is accepting sponsorships for another 230 to support the park's continued maintenance.
Brooke Hills Park board president Walter Ferguson and his son Brian and grandson Jason installed lighting to highlight the park at night, while still more volunteers planted the trees and performed other landscaping.
The foundation recruited many local veterans for input in the park's design and assistance in identifying those who served.
Among them was foundation board member John Chernenko, who was captured by the Germans after fighting in the Battle of the Bulge during World War II.
Because of illness, he was unable to attend but wanted to express appreciation on behalf of veterans and particularly POWs.
"Everybody worked really hard on it. They all spent a lot of time on it," said Chernenko
Many gathered at the site before the dedication to seek the names of family and friends on the wall or pavers.
Among them were Marianne Smith, Michael J. Smith's mother; and Alice Minto, his grandmother, both of Wintersville, and sister Alison of Beech Bottom. They were pleased by the monument to Michael and that the park has been completed after several years of effort.
"He was a great guy and my best friend. I miss him," said Alison.
Also on hand were Anita Hone of Weirton and Beatrice McClain of Oakmont, Pa., mother and grandmother, respectively, of Army Sgt. C.J. McClain, who was killed by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan in 2006.
"This is wonderful. Any place and every place we need to recognize the boys who served," said McClain, whose own father was killed at the Battle of the Bulge during World War II.
Hone, who laid a wreath at the monument during the dedication, said, "He would be very impressed (by the park). He would have been standing here as proud as everyone. They did an absolutely beautiful job."
Also participating in the dedication were: Billiard and Ferguson, who offered remarks; the Ohio Valley Veterans Memorial Squad andTri-State Young Marines, who offered a military salute and raised the flags; the Gem City Brass ensemble, Brooke High School Choir members and Paul Grantonic, who provided music; the Revs. Rudy McAllister and Bryce Grieco, who offered prayers; resident Greg Cheeks, who presented a compilation of veterans killed while serving at wartime.
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Richard H. Watterworth Beloved Waterbury teacher
Richard was born Feb. 19, 1935 in Waterbury Conn., son of the late Harold and Emma (Herr) Watterworth. He graduated from Wilby High School in 1953 and proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War.
When he returned from his service, he went on to earn a bachelor of science from Quinnipiac University, a master's of education from Central Connecticut State University and a sixth-year teaching certificate from Fairfield University.
Richard was a dedicated teacher in the Waterbury school system for 34 years, where he taught business education at John F. Kennedy High School, Mattatuck Community College and Post University until his retirement.
An avid sportsman, Richard coached football, basketball, baseball and track at John F. Kennedy High School. He was a professional referee in basketball and football throughout the state of Connecticut.
He was an outstanding and well recognized athlete and a member of Wilby High School's championship basketball team of 1953 that played at the Boston Garden. He was a passionate fisherman and a long-standing member of the Waterbury Deep Sea Fishing Club, he loved the outdoors and being in nature, enjoyed gardening, and found great joy in woodworking.
He lived for several years in Old Orchard Beach, Maine, where he found peace on the ocean and taking his boat "Dad's Four A's" out from Booth Bay Harbor.
Richard is survived by his four daughters, Dayna Watterworth and her husband John, of Ansonia, Melissa Batt and her husband Steve, of Storrs, Monica Watterworth and husband Rusty and their children Sophia and Jamison, of Northfield, Krista Alterman and her husband Eric and their children Griffon and Skylar, of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.; his former wife Iona and her husband Frank Valentino of Waterbury; and his faithful dog "Patches"; one brother, Donald L. Watterworth and his wife Patricia, of Middlebury; sisters Carol Perugini of Waterbury, Virginia Wagner (husband Doug) of Norridgewock, Maine, Winifred Saginario of Bethlehem, Conn., Christine Watterworth of Preston, Conn., Corinne Watterworth of Southington, Conn.; and many nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by his brother, Harold "Joe" Watterworth.
The family would like to thank the staff at Glendale Center of Naugatuck, Conn. and especially his caregiver of many years, Maria Moura and her daughter Kathy.
Funeral services with full military honors for Mr. Watterworth will be held on Monday, Jan. 21, 2013 at 10 a.m. from Eastside Memorial "A Casey Family Funeral Home & Tribute Center," 1987 East Main St. at Southmayd Road, Waterbury, to SS. Peter and Paul Church, 67 Southmayd Road, to celebrate a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m. Rites of Committal will follow in New Pine Grove Cemetery, Waterbury. Family and friends may visit at the funeral home on Sunday afternoon from 4 till 7 p.m.
Memorial contributions can be made to "No Vet Left Behind" in his name and may be made out to: No Vet Left Behind, 14 Jewett St., Ansonia, CT 06401 or via the website www.thenovetleftbehind.org.
To extend online expressions of sympathy to the family, light a memorial candle or for additional information, kindly visit the funeral home website at: www.eastsidememorial.com.
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Dealing with Holiday Conflicts (and Satisfying Your In-Laws)
Parents often don't realize the problems their married children experience as they try to balance loyalties to their own parents as well as to their in-laws and spouse during the holidays. If the older generation didn't experience the same stress, they may not be able to understand how difficult this problem can be to their children, especially to young couples just setting their own boundaries in the relationship. So, what can you do to deal with the conflicts in-laws can cause during the holidays? Here are some suggestions.
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Be Loyal To Your Mate
Your first allegiance is to your spouse. No matter how heavy a guilt trip your relatives lay on your shoulders at holiday time, recognize that you and your spouse are a couple. By promising to love, honor, and work through the toilet seat issue, you have created your own family. Now that you're a team, work as one.
This doesn't mean that you should throw out your family and in-laws as you would your old Partridge Family albums. Instead, make your in-laws a part of your new family, the one you have formed with your beloved.
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Excerpted from The Complete Idiot's Guide to Dealing with In-Laws © 1998 by Laurie E. Rozakis, Ph.D. All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. Used by arrangement with Alpha Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
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Like I asked in the title, what's the name and origin of a staff with a cross on top? Like the one depicted in the picture.
Like I asked in the title, what's the name and origin of a staff with a cross on top? Like the one depicted in the picture.
That, in fact is the Papal Cross or Ferula.
It has been used since Pope Paul VI, designed by the Italian artist Lello Scorzelli. It is used in the same manner as a crozier. However, the cross bar is bent much like the paterissa.
Those are crosiers, which have their origin in a shepherd's crook and are a symbol of a bishop being a "shepherd of men." Many have become more ornate than just a simple shepherd's crook and have crosses or other stuff on them; check out the pictures on the wikipedia article on crosier. Here, you can buy one yourself and smite some heathen. The one in the picture is specifically the Papal Cross, which is, like, the Pope's one of those.
[Edit] Actually, unless you really are rubbing shoulders with bishops a lot, it came to me as I lay in bed last night that you might mean the "cross on a staff" that Catholics and other high church denominations commonly use in church services. This is a "processional cross" and are available from church supply stores everywhere. They were used very early in the church's history to head up processions, it being the equivalent of a flag or banner (which similarly, you put on a big stick for visibility and because it's a pain to carry a big ol' cross or flag in your paws for long). Here's the Catholic Encyclopedia article on them. Today, they are regularly used to precede the priests and Bible down the aisle to the altar to kick off a church service, and similarly out during the recessional. Episcopalians use them, Lutherans might too I believe. I'm not Catholic but stick to the high church end of the spectrum and see them a lot.


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It's a coveted opportunity that art lovers look forward to all year, and this time, about 300 gathered at Laguna Art Museum for the 14th annual Laguna Beach Plein Air Painting Invitational Collectors' Soirée. They browsed—and bought—works by 40 artists who dotted the landscape the week before, capturing iconic settings on canvas. Live music set the mood, courtesy of the Dan Reckard Trio. In between marveling at masterpieces, guests sipped wines by 14 Hands and nibbled on bites by 24 Carrots. The night served as a lively ending to another fabulous invitational—plein and simple. Photos by Eric Stoner


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The 6 Biggest Dick Moves in the History of Science
Science can be an ugly business. Progress requires smart people to do nasty things, like cutting up bodies or electrocuting animals. It's just part of the price we pay for advancement.
But sometimes, scientists come up with experiments that seem to serve no other purpose than to fuck with unsuspecting test subjects for their own amusement.
#6. The Piss Test
Say you find yourself in a public restroom and notice a man standing at the mirror taking an obsessive interest in combing his hair. At the same time, an overexcited guy tries snuggling up to you in the adjacent urinal, getting as close as possible to share in your moment of dick-wielding intimacy. On top of all that, you get the eerie feeling that someone is secretly staring at your gigglestick through a periscope.
Sound like paranoia (or a David Lynch film)? Wrong. You've been caught in a urination shyness sting. Yes, that's a real thing, done by actual scientists.
Though, clearly, it could be worse.
That guy at the mirror groping his coif is actually intently listening to your pee and trying to determine how fast it's being jettisoned from your chubmarine. The eager beaver next to you is fucking with you on purpose, diligently working to increase your level of discomfort. And yes, there is someone inside the wall, monitoring your urine stream through the world's filthiest viewmaster. All in the name of science, of course.
Here's the paper the three researchers published on their experiment-slash-Porky's reenactment. They wanted to know how an invasion of personal space would affect the speed and flow of someone's urine stream. Really, do we need to list all of the thousands of reasons that information could be important in an emergency?
Their mind-blowing discovery? It takes a guy longer to pee when he's creeped the fuck out. Perhaps even more mind-blowing is the fact that the experiment was likely made possible by grant dollars, which means somebody read this proposal and decided to invest in it, presumably before going on to invent several Japanese game shows.
#5. The Military's Death and Paperwork Experiment
Back in the 60s, 10 soldiers boarded a military aircraft for what they were told was a routine training mission. After reaching an altitude of 5,000 feet, the plane suddenly lurched and began to plummet back down to Earth.
The pilot took the intercom and informed the soldiers that the aircraft was experiencing catastrophic engine failure, and that everyone aboard should probably start kissing their asses goodbye while they still had lips. But before they could bend over, a steward passed out insurance paperwork and explained that the forms had to be completed in order for anybody's family to be paid a death benefit.
So there they were, rocketing towards a jagged metal resting place by way of fiery explosion, trying to find a flat surface to write on. Then, just as impact seemed imminent, the pilot said, "LOLZ, just kidding about that emergency, folks" and righted the plane. Once safely back on the ground, we like to think the soldiers showed their appreciation for this fine joke by repeatedly sodomizing the pilot with their rifles.
What was the point? To see how extreme stress affected a person's "cognitive ability," measured in this case as the ability to do paperwork.
Also, we might as well test out the new puke bags.
In a revelation that surprised no one ever in the history of anything, researchers determined that errors in cognitive reasoning occur more often if a person is being exposed to unusually high levels of stress. So under no circumstances should you whip out a job application in the middle of a car accident or attempt to file a tax return while being stabbed to death.
It's worth noting that the researchers were unable to repeat the experiment because the soldiers involved had written warnings to future subjects on the plane's airsick bags. The only option at that point would have been to collect all the bags and then crash the plane for real. Which they probably would have done, if they could figure out how to make sure the paperwork survived.
#4. The Little Albert Experiment
John Watson established the entire psychological field of behaviorism by gallantly conducting experiments on babies. Evidently, getting an baby to work on back in the 20s was easy: You just grabbed one that belonged to one of the hospital's employees... an employee who, it should be noted, was not involved in the experiment. Apart from their relationship to the subject/lab rat, of course.
For this particular experiment, Watson took a baby named Albert and exposed him to rats, monkey masks and burning newspaper. Then he stopped fucking around and began the actual experiment.
Little Albert would be introduced to a series of fluffy white objects, such as a white rat, a white rabbit and a swatch of white fur. Initially, Albert possessed no fear of these things. During subsequent exposures to the same objects, Watson would hammer a steel bar, creating a terrifying racket. In time, whenever Albert saw anything white and fluffy he cried with fear. This is science.
Watson's goal was, of course, to see if it was possible to condition fear in an infant. You know, because prior to this infants were regarded as cold, unfeeling machines, incapable of emotion.
Working tirelessly alongside his assistants, he scared a child for 31 days before returning it to the hospital drenched in terrified excrement (evidently it was just a rental). Unfortunately, Watson spent the entire experiment scaring the shit out of Albert with the hammer of Thor and never got around to actually correcting any of the tremendous psychological damage he was causing, thereby dooming Albert to grow up as a man who pissed his pants at the sight of a cotton ball.
"Who doesn't have a chance at a normal life, is it you? Yes it is! Yes it is!"
As if this wasn't enough, it turns out Watson had wanted to do more. He lamented that he didn't have the time to condition both fear and arousal in Albert by stimulating the child's erogenous zones during the experiments, because back then getting an infant to shit all over his own boner was considered the pinnacle of behavioral research.


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Thanksgiving has passed, and now that December is here, it's looking a lot more like Christmas.
Several South Central Kentucky towns held their annual Christmas parades today, including Bowling Green.
Hundreds of onlookers crowded the streets as the parade rolled through downtown.
Bands, cars, and even our WBKO news team participated in this year's parade.
And for most going to the Christmas parade each year is a family tradition.
"We came last year with my mother-in-law and we had a really good time so we're back again this year," Mary Cline says.
"I like Santa Clause and Mrs. Clause," says Kaitlyn Klein.
"I just love Christmas, and my daughter is in the Christmas parade every year, either with ROTC or band," Tonnie Simmons says.
Munfordville, Morgantown, Columbia, and Glasgow also held their Christmas parades today.