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Completely surrounded by mountains, Bandung, capital of the province of West Java, has a relatively cool and pleasant climate. Combined with splendid scenery, this attracted the rich Dutch colonial planters to make this city their retreat from the hot tropical weather along the coast. In its heydays the city was known as "Parijs van Java" or Paris of Java, where until today its many tropical art-deco buildings attest of its importance. Bandung made world history by hosting the first Asian-African Conference in 1955 which brought together for the first time ever, the newly independent nations in Asia and Africa. The Conference successfully produced the Dasasila Bandung or the Bandung Charter that laid the foundation for the Non-Aligned movement and international cooperation among the Asian and African nations. The Asian-African Conference, held at the "Gedung Merdeka", established Bandung as the first city in Indonesia to have hosted an international convention.
Surrounded by lush green mountains, Bandung today is Indonesia's center for learning and creativity. The city has several well known universities and centers of learning. Bandung has also gained a reputation as a shopping haven, especially for textiles and clothing, shoes and footwear, trinkets and other accessories. The city is also popular for its diverse and unique cuisine and snacks.
With the construction of the Cipularang toll road, which shortens the distance from Bandung to Jakarta to a comfortable two-hour journey, this has made Bandung a perfect destination for meetings and conventions. Moreover, its Husein Sastranegara Airport serves as a major gateway for flights from cities in Indonesia including: Jakarta, Medan, Surabaya, Yogyakarta and Bali. The airport also serves direct international flights from and to Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.
Bandung has perfect venues to fit any occasion, ranging from concerts and gigs, exhibitions, and many types of conferences. Bandung also has many hotels complete with facilities to support MICE events. With a wide selection of venues and hotels, and combined with the cool climate and beautiful scenery, Bandung is the perfect destination for hosting Meetings, Conventions and Exhibitions.
Bandung Convention Center
Bandung Convention Centre (BCC) was established in 2010 to develop Bandung as a premier destination for MICE activities in Indonesia. Located in, Jalan Soekarno Hatta, BCC is lies on a highly strategic area of Bandung with easy access to highway toll road (3 mins drive from Moh. Toha Toll Gate, 6 minutes from Kopo Toll gate, 10 minutes from Pasir Koja toll gate) and main transportation hub of Leuwipanjang. With state-of-the-art facilities and attentive professional staffs, Bandung Convention Centre offers a one stop services for various conventions and other events.
Address :
Jalan Soekarno Hatta 354 Bandung 40235 Indonesia
Phone: + 62 22 9169 7200 / 95087794
Fax: + 62 22 250 6102
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: www.bcc.co.id
The Sasana Budaya Ganesha (Sabuga) Convention Hall
This 22,000 square meters building, constructed in 1997, was first used chiefly for graduation and academic activities of the famous Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB). However, it was designed for multipurpose events such as for art performances, musical concerts, conferences and exhibitions. Sabuga has a total of six meeting rooms complete with all the necessary equipment and multimedia support. The venue is known for its good acoustics, perfect for concerts. The main auditorium can host as many as 2,500 persons.
Taman Sari Street No.73, Bandung
Telephone: +6222 251 1561
Fax : +6222 2511564
Email: email@example.com
Website: http://www.sabugacenter.com/
The Venue Concert Hall:
As simple as the name suggests, this multi-function venue, located within the Eldorado Sport and family club north of Bandung, is known as the best place in the city to hold concerts. Opened in 2007, The Venue Concert Hall came complete with acoustic and equipment. The main hall can accommodate as many as 3,500 people and comes complete with an outdoor pre-function area. Apart for concerts, the Venue also boasts a Ballroom for 600 persons that can be also used for seminars or gatherings. For outdoor events, the Venue offers the Pinus Garden offering a total capacity for 400 persons.
Dr.Setiabudhi Street No.438,Eldorado, Bandung
Telephone: +6222 2008749
Fax : +6222 2007476
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: http://www.venuebandung.com/
EVENT ORGANIZERS and SUPPORTING FACILITIES:
Bandung Link Creativa
Exhibition & Promotion Service
Komp. Pasir Pogor Blok. V Jl. Pasir Rahayu III No. 6, Bandung
Telephone : (+6222) 70007372, 5207372, 7504244
Fax : (+6222) 4504244
Email : email@example.com
Green Production
Event Organizer & Exhibition
Jl. Tubagus Ismail VI No. 5, Bandung
Telephone : 022- 2501593
Fax : 022- 2532480
Email : firstname.lastname@example.com
Bandung Link Creativa
Exhibition & Promotion Service
Komp. Pasir Pogor Blok. V Jl. Pasir Rahayu III No. 6, Bandung
Telephone : (+6222) 70007372, 5207372, 7504244
Fax : (+6222) 4504244
Email : firstname.lastname@example.com
Gruppa Bhatara B B
Rukan The Promenade, Jl. Cihampelas No. 119 Q, Bandung
Telephone : (+6222) 204816,2030179
Fax : (+6222) 2030179
Email : email@example.com
RHProRent (one stop rental solution)
Multimedia, lighting, genset, AC, toilet mobile, tents
Jl. Kolonel Masduri 83, Bandung
Telephone : (+6222) 70313737, 0856 2086208, 0813 20372345
HOTELS with CONVENTION FACILITIES
The Trans Luxury Hotel
Integrated along with the Trans Studio indoor theme Park, and Trans Studio Mall, The Trans Luxury Hotel offers some of the best facilities and services for MICE activities in Bandung. The hotel boasts the Trans Convention Center which is claimed to be the largest premium meeting, conference and exhibition venue in Bandung which can accommodate up to 6,000 persons as well as o‑ffering its guests the ideal place in which to turn their wildest ideas into reality.
Jl. Gatot Subroto 289, Bandung
Phone: +62 22 8734 8888
Fax: +62 22 8734 9999
Email: email@example.com
Website: http://www.thetranshotel.com/
Mercure Bandung Setiabudi Hotel
Savoy Homann Bidakara Hotel
The new look of Savoy Homann Bidakara Hotel with a unique combination of style, elegance and tropical deco combined with today's luxury standards and facilities provide the comfort and aesthetics the discerning traveler's demand even today. The grand ballroom can seat up to 1000 of your guest, and is perfect for a wedding reception, exhibition, conference, corporate meetings or order special event. There are also over 10 other meeting rooms to accommodate a wide range of activities.
Jalan Asia Afrika No. 112, Bandung
Phone: +62-22-4232244
Fax: +62-22-4236187
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: http://www.savoyhomann-hotel.com/
Grand Royal Panghegar Hotel & Convention
Nestled in the perfect location on Merdeka Street in the centre of Bandung's Business District, the hotel provides the easiest access to some of the important landmarks of the city. The hotel has 450 comfortable guest rooms and suites which are appointed in timeless Art Deco architectural design and sumptuous bedding. There are 17 distinct meeting rooms, which combined with the Amartapura Grand Ballroom can accommodate groups ranging from 10 to 1000.
Jl. Merdeka No.2, Bandung
Phone: +62224232286
Fax: +62224231583
Email : firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: http://www.grandroyalpanghegar.com/
Hilton Bandung
The Hilton Bandung hotel is just 10 minutes from Bandung International airport and a two hour drive from Jakarta. All spacious rooms feature LCD TVs and WiFi. For meeting, conference, celebration, or various events, there are 10 adaptable meeting rooms including one of the largest ballrooms in Bandung at 11,129 sq. ft.
HOS Tjokroaminoto No. 41-43, Bandung
Phone: +62-22-8606-6888
Fax: +62-22-8606-6999
Website: http://www3.hilton.com/en/hotels/indonesia/hilton-bandung-BDOHIHI/
Harris Hotel and Conventions
Harris Hotel and Conventions situated pleasantly only 5 minutes from the Jakarta-Bandung Toll Exit Pasir Koja, 20 minutes from Hussein Sastra Negara airport and 30 minutes from Bandung's Central train Station. The Hotel is also connected to the Festival CTLink Mall, which offers a huge variation of entertainment, shopping, and culinary options. Its Convention Hall can accommodate 4000 persons and is equipped with the latest audio-video facilities and internet connections.
Jl. Peta 241, Kopo, Bandung - Indonesia 40323
Phone: +62 22 6128600
Fax: +62 22 6128601
E-mail: email@example.com
Website: http://festival-bandung.harrishotels.com/
Horison Bandung Hotel
Roughly 30 minutes drive from the Husein Sastranegara Airport, this hotel is situated in the southern part of Bandung. As a Convention hotel, the Horison Bandung boasts the Krakatau Convention Hall that can accommodate 3000 persons and when connected to the outdoor area around the swimming pool it can host up to 4000 persons for receptions. It also has 25 meeting rooms with a total capacity for 500 persons. All the meeting rooms, guest rooms and public areas are facilitated with wireless internet connection of 3.2 Mbps speed.
Jl. Pelajar Pejuang '45 no. 121Bandung 40264, West Java.
Telephone: (+6222) 7305000 – 7305462
Fax : (+6222) 7304711
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: http://www.horisonbandung.com
Hyatt Bandung Hotel
The Hyatt Regency Bandung is an ideal business address for travelers and corporate meetings alike. With accommodations and it has an excellent location to host corporate events. The hotel is just a 20-minute-drive from the airport and a 10-minute drive down to the railway station. Located on the lobby level, its ballroom can accommodate 840 persons in theatre-style and 450 persons in classroom-style. The hotel also features 5 meeting and banqueting rooms accommodating from between 16 to 40 persons. Located on the hotel's mezzanine level, all five rooms are suitable for business events.
Jalan Sumatera no. 51, P.O. Box 1431, Bandung, Indonesia 40014
Telephone: +62 22 421 1234
Fax : +62 22 421 0380
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: http://bandung.regency.hyatt.com/
Aston Primera Pasteur Hotel and Conference Center
The Aston Primera Pasteur Hotel and Conference Center is located precisely next to the Pasteur toll gate, which is the main overland access to Bandung from Jakarta. This four star hotel has 204 rooms, six meeting rooms and two boardrooms. Its Ballroom is one of largest in Bandung and can accommodate up to 1,500 people for receptions. Each meeting room has international standard conference facilities, including teleconference and video call system.
Jl. Dr. Djunjunan 96, Pasteur, Bandung – West Java
Telephone: +62-22-2060123
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: http://www.astonpasteur.com
Grand Aquila Hotel
Set at a mere five hundred meters drive from Bandung's toll gate, ten minutes from the airport and 15 minutes from the train station, the Grand Aquila Hotel is one of the preferred hotels for MICE activities in Bandung. It offers 16 meeting rooms, with the largest capacity available for 900 persons. The swimming pool area can also be converted for functions, parties or receptions.
Jl. Dr. Djundjunan 116 Bandung 40173, West java
Telephone: (62-22) 2039280
Fax: (62-22) 2039282
Email: email@example.com
Website: http://www.aquila-international.com/


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I am in favour of compromises and I am glad that Gabriel also is.
Is it okay here to end the sentence with "also is"? Is there a better/more proper way to express this?
Is it okay here to end the sentence with "also is"? Is there a better/more proper way to express this?
Your sentence is grammatical, but not very idiomatic, at least in US English. My impression is that in ordinary speech:
In formal writing, you may put also just about anywhere, and you may put too immediately after the added element. You may put either at the head of the clause:
All of these displacements are very formal, however, and should be used sparingly: perhaps only when needed to point the structure of long propositions.
Per my comment to the question, Google Books, and mine and TimLymington's "inner grammarians", all seem to agree that it's better to end the sentence with is also, rather than also is.
Personally, I think "I am glad that Gabriel is too." is much better, but I can't really explain why.
While my immediate reaction was to reverse your usage (to "is also"), the strength of the sentence does seem to trail away.
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5 Bizarre Ways Your Siblings Made You Who You Are
About 80 percent of you have at least one brother or sister, and science says their influence goes way beyond whether or not you had someone to play catch with or just had to silently bounce a ball off the garage door in the driveway.
Whether or not you have siblings--and whether they were born before or after you--goes a long way toward determining what kind of person you are.
#5. Older Brothers Can Turn You Gay (Seriously)
Guys, remember the torment that your older brothers put you through when you were growing up? If you are the oldest (or only) brother in your clan, then you're lucky. You didn't have a bunch of quarterbacks pulling your arms behind your back, stealing your glasses and calling you a pencil-necked little gaynerd.
Plus, your younger brothers provided ample punching practice.
If your mother spat out a few boys already before you came along, then you know the pain of having your older brothers constantly questioning your sexuality. You may be interested to learn that, according to science, they were right to do so: Having older brothers increases the probability that you will be gay.
It's called the Fraternal Birth-Order Effect, and it's quite clearly documented. For each son a woman produces, the chances that the next one will be spending his first 20 years inside a closet increase by 28 to 48 percent. By the fourth or fifth, you might begin to notice a puzzling affinity for musical theater.
Now, keep in mind the base rate of homosexuality is low already, you would need over 10 brothers before your probability of being gay propelled over 50 percent. Still, it's estimated that one in seven gay men can attribute their sexuality to this effect.
And they can take one hell of a photo.
Scientists think that this phenomenon is caused by a mother's body reacting to her son's foreign dude-proteins, and making antibodies to fight them. Each time another boy passes through a woman's system, these antibodies get stronger, and their target is your masculinity. We wish we were making that up. Before you're even born, your older brothers actually gang up on you and attempt to beat the straight out of you for nine months.
#4. They Can Make You Shorter
There are many benefits to having older brothers and/or sisters: they provide a reliable source of advice, they keep the bullies off your back and they can help you build up a healthy alcohol and cigarette dependency long before it's legal to do so. Now it turns out that older siblings give you someone to look up to. Literally.
Science has proven that having older siblings noticeably stunts your growth. A scientific study following 14,000 British children found that those with three siblings were, on average, one inch shorter than their peers, the youngest being the shortest.
Tom Cruise: third child out of four.
Why? They think one factor is that, along with stinky second-hand clothes and a beat up backpack, the youngest has to make do with a stretched-out, hand-me-down uterus. As a mother goes through multiple pregnancies, she tends to put on weight, has worse blood sugar and generally stops giving a fuck.
"Screw it. The other two are smart enough."
It's like making three pizzas. The first one gets all the best ingredients, arranged carefully in a perfect ratio across every slice. For the second one, you find that you've run out of cheese halfway through, and you kind of just throw everything on there. For the third, you shit on the pizza just to see how it turns out. If you're the youngest in your family, you are that third pizza.
Then, after you're born, it turns out that not only do your parents love your older siblings more than you, they also spend more of their household's available resources on them. There is simply less time, money and attention available to a family's youngest child.
In big families, parents cannot provide proper nutrition to their youngest children, presumably because after years of responsible child rearing, they decide that owning a feral scavenger might be a fun change of pace.
"Honey, I think I know how we can save some money on our grocery bills..."
It's for similar reasons that...
#3. Older Siblings are Smarter Than You
Anyone with an older brother or sister has shared this pain. No matter how hard you try, your older sibling always seems to come out ahead. Upon realizing that your parents actually went to that sibling's athletic events, hugged them and even gave them real meals rather than your two daily bowls of expired dog food, you decided that, if you hit the books hard enough, you could at least surpass your elders academically. Curing cancer will show them all!
Great science is driven by deep fear of inadequacy.
Nope, sorry. In a recent study analyzing over 240,000 subjects, researchers found that, on average, the eldest sibling scored three points higher on an IQ test than their younger kin. Three points may not seem like much, but it can be the difference between receiving a nice fat acceptance envelope from Yale, and having them send you a rejection letter nailed to a dead possum.
We've already explained how your older kin get the lion's share of your family's resources, but it turns out that they also get the best education during the crucial infant years. Before you and the other homewreckers came along, your eldest sibling secured your parents' undivided attention for however long they were Mom's #1. Logically, each subsequent child divides this attention, and you only wind up with half, or a third, or a quarter of the time and dedication that the golden child ever had.
Scientists think that this head-start leads to higher vocabulary and reasoning abilities, and because the younger children are increasingly faceless members of a growing litter, they never have a chance to develop the same brainpower. It's called the dilution hypothesis.
But there's more. As the family grows, older siblings begin to take on some of the responsibilities of their fed-up parents. This means often that they become makeshift tutors for their dumb-as-a-brick brothers and sisters. Ironically, because teaching something is the best way to learn it, this benefits them more than it does you.
By this logic, teachers are the most selfish people on the planet.
It may seem altruistic that they would act as your mentor, but what they're really doing is reinforcing the fact that you will never be better than them. Ever.


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1969 Dodge Charger - Heavy HitterWritten by on September 1, 2012 Ghostworks and DeAngelo Hall team up to build the ultimate street Charger.
If you happen to be one of the quickest and hardest hitting cornerbacks in the NFL, you can bet when the time comes to build a special ride that it is going to show some serious muscle. DeAngelo Hall of the Washington Redskins had gotten to know the folks over at YearOne during his time with the Atlanta Falcons, and when the idea for this radical '69 Dodge Charger began to take shape, he turned to YearOne's Ghostworks division to make it happen. The game plan was specific; it had to turn the stats with numbers that impress, and more importantly it had to be usable. Unlike some of the all-show Pro Touring machines, this Charger is no Pro Poser. Here we are talking much more than packing plenty of power in the engine room, with handling and braking ranking just as high on the scorecard. Yes, in terms of performance it was going to do everything a car should do in a bigger and better way than any stock '60s Charger, but most of all it was going to be far more refined than a typical Pro Touring machine or any stock muscle car from back in the day.
As one of the world's premier suppliers of muscle car restoration parts, with over 30 years in the business, YearOne naturally has unique capabilities when it comes to building these machines. Back when the Pro Touring trend began gaining momentum over a decade ago, the company started modifying some of its own cars. As these in-house projects began to get attention at events across the nation, the strong interest eventually evolved into Ghostworks, a dedicated division specializing in bringing these unique automotive creations to life. Project coordinator Phil Brewer and the team at Ghostworks handle building internal projects for YearOne, as well as a select few custom outside projects, such as the Charger featured here.
Now you don't just jump into a build like this without a well-planned strategy, and before the first wrench was turned there were serious development sessions between DeAngelo and the Ghostworks team to iron out a game plan. Every major feature of this build was well thought out before work began. Arguably, nothing produced out of the Motor City has the recognition and pure muscle car identification as a second-generation Charger, and to preserve that timeless vibe, it was decided to reject radical and outrageous exterior body mods. There's no denying that the shape sculpted by the Dodge design crew has withstood the test of time, still evoking a pure message of performance after over four decades. As Phil relates: "One of the things when we were discussing the project was that we didn't want it to be too trendy. We didn't want something that would be out of style in a few years."
There would be body mods, cleaning and tucking in the front and rear bumpers, extending the rocker panels, and incorporating refined design themes in the front and rear valance panels, however, there would be no radical alteration of the classic original form. Stance, rolling stock, color, and detail would be enough to emphasize contemporary performance. Likewise, the interior would get upgrades in both form and function, from a high-end sound system, to the expected added insulation and upgraded seats, as well as an infinite number of understated details that go practically unnoticed but are just so right. As with the exterior, the interior makeover would remain true to the original theme of yesterday, with subtle upgrades of materials and components without destroying the classic appeal of a vintage Charger.
The build plan would include a fully modified chassis and suspension. Up front, the factory torsion bar suspension and industrial-sized steering would get the knife for a Reilly Motorsports AlterKation subframe. The system mounts in place of the original K-member and features a coil sprung suspension with tubular control arms, big 13-inch Baer brakes, and power rack-and-pinion steering. At the rear, in the interest of coping with the supercharged Hemi's massive torque, a solid rear would be retained in the form of a bulletproof Moser Dana 60, carrying matching Baer 13-inch discs. Instead of the primitive leaf-spring suspension, however, the rear would be hung on a custom-built four-link coilover arrangement, located laterally by a fabricated Panhard rod. The rear suspension system would clear the way for steamroller 345/30ZR19 Michelins, mounted on Forgeline SO3P 19x12 hoops, while up front 275/35ZR18s spin on 18x9 Forgelines.
With a clear vision of what this custom Charger was destined to be, and what it was expected to do, Ghostworks got to work, completing the Charger over the course of 16 months. The starting point was a green 383 '68 Charger. As Phil describes it, "It was a pretty decent survivor; it had never really been messed with, but it had a little rot here or there. It was basically an unmolested Charger SE." Even though the car was solid to start with, considerable metalwork was involved in achieving the final form.
Of course there were the custom touches, such as the body mods planned from the start, including the valance, rockers, and bumpers, as well as the sheetmetal surgery needed to achieve the desired stance. The inner and outer wheelhouses were replaced, opening the available space for the rubber to come by mini-tubbing the wheelhousings.
Much of the body and chassis work was really assimilation in terms of getting the wheel and tire fitment and stance just where Ghostwork envisioned it. This meant integrating the body and suspension to achieve the final result. The AlterKation front suspension setup was modified to pull it further up the rails, increasing travel at the desired ride height. At the back, the rear suspension was custom fabricated, using a four-link arrangement with sectioned framerails to tuck the moving parts up into the unibody. Phil expanded: "Getting that drivetrain and suspension up into the car was one of the key custom aspects of this build. We raised the front suspension up into the car, and raised the transmission tunnel and driveline into the car, then custom-built the rear suspension so the body just kind of sat over everything."
The engine work was contracted to the Mopar experts at Arrington Engines in Martinsville, Virginia, starting with a 6.1 Gen III Hemi and boring and stroking to the magic displacement of 426 cubes. Internally, the engine measures 4.080 inches in both bore and stroke, with the holes now filled with Mahle pistons linked to a K-1 forged crank by K-1 H-beam rods. Power comes on via a custom COMP cam working the valves in a set of CNC-ported OEM 6.1 heads. A Techco supercharger adds pressure to the mix, making the combination good enough to deliver 640 hp at the rear wheels. The beauty of the supercharged Hemi is it makes this kind of power while being docile on the street.
Completing the drivetrain, a five-speed 545RFE automatic from Bouchillon Performance was bolted to the stout Hemi, with the addition of a custom torque converter from Edge Racing Converters, and a Canton Racing trans cooler. An aluminum driveshaft was built to order from Precision Shaft Technologies, mating the trans to the Moser 60 rear. Of course, the high-tech blown and injected Hemi and electronically managed transmission require a full electronic management system to function. The control is supported by OEM electronics with a custom calibration using a Diablo Sport tuner by Arrington Engines.
With all of the repair work and custom engineering completed, the body tub was treated to a stunning finish in '06 Dodge Charger "Go-Mango" tangerine metallic, using Glasurit materials, with a custom matte black tail stripe and hood graphic completing the exterior look. The factory vacuum-operated hidden headlamp system was converted to electronic drive for reliability, while other modern upgrades include LED driving lamps and taillights by Classic LEDs. Overall, the look remains true to the classic Mopar's style, as Phil tells it, "I think it is a timeless look. It is obviously custom and everything, but 10 years from now it will look as good as it does today. There is no reason to change things just to be changing things. Mopar did a fine job on these cars back then so there's no need to visually change it that much."
As lifelong fans of classic Mopar Muscle, we have to commend this collaboration of ideas from DeAngelo Hall and Ghostworks. The planning and execution of the build proved right on target, with the stance and uncharacteristically fat rubber giving the Charger the unmistakable vibe of exotic performance. Inside and out, the custom details harmonize perfectly with that performance theme, while paying tribute to the best of what American muscle had to offer.
By The Numbers
1969 Dodge Charger
DeAngelo Hall, Atlanta, GA
Type: Chrysler Gen III Hemi
Block: 6.1 Hemi
Bore x Stroke: 4.080 x 4.080
Rotating Assembly: Mahle pistons, K-1 forged crank, K-1 forged H-beam rods
Compression Ratio: 9.5:1
Cylinder heads: CNC ported 6.1 Gen III Hemi
Camshaft: custom COMP hydraulic roller by Arrington Engines
Valvetrain: Mopar Performance rockers, COMP springs and pushrods
Induction: Integrated Techco Supercharger/manifold/EFI
Fuel system: custom fuel tank with in-tank OEM-style fuel pump
Ignition: factory coil-on-plug
Cooling: aftermarket aluminum radiator
Engine output: 640 hp, 570 lb-ft of torque at rear wheels
Engine built by: Arrington Engines
Transmission: Chrysler 545RFE five-speed automatic overdrive
Driveshaft: aluminum by Precision Shaft Technologies
Rearend: Moser 60
Frame: factory '69 Charger unibody,
Front suspension: AlterKation coilover with tubular control arms
Rear suspension: Ghostworks fabricated four-link with coilover
Steering: '05 Mustang rack-and-pinion
Brakes: Baer 13-inch six-piston discs, front and rear
Wheels and Tires
Wheels: Forgeline S03P, 18x9 (front), 19x12 (rear)
Tires: Michelin, 275/35ZR18 (front), 345/30ZR19 (rear)
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6 Historic Acts of Revenge That Put 'Kill Bill' to Shame
There's nothing like the vaguely sadistic pleasure of a good revenge movie, from Uma Thurman hacking the limbs off the entire Japanese mafia to any of the 36 vengeance-crazed madmen Mel Gibson has played. But it's all fantasy, right? Real people don't go on a Payback-style path of destruction when they're wronged.
Well, maybe you should consider...
#6. The Trung Sisters' Kung Fu Rebellion
Trung Trac and Trung Nhi were simple-living sisters in a small village sometime in first century Vietnam, who by the way had been trained from childhood in martial arts. This will become very important later.
The area at the time was ruled with an iron fist by the Chinese, who had a kind of zero tolerance policy when it came to their subsidiaries acting like they were all unique and independent. So when Trac's husband broke with convention and took a stand, the Han warlords decided to respond with a display of brutality that would have done the Roman Empire proud.
They executed the outspoken rebel, and then went ahead and raped his widow Trac because why not.
OK, see this? This is my ass kicking face.
The Payback:
We now take it as pretty common knowledge that you just don't mess with Vietnam, even if you're an immensely powerful and technologically superior nation. They know kung fu, or something, and apparently every time they get invaded they simply level up.
Due to their traditional Confucian teachings, the Han Chinese considered women to be pretty useless. So they didn't realize that Trac and Nhi had been schooled in badass martial arts since they were little girls and thus weren't prepared to take any of Confucius' shit.
To avenge her lost husband and restore freedom of her people, Trac and Nhi paired up to go Bruce Lee on Han China. They raised an army of 80,000 pissed off women who proceeded to crack open a can of Vietnamese-flavored whoopass on the foreign invaders, treating an army of men like a troop of boy scouts.
After liberating their home village, the sisters took their war further afield, ultimately driving the Chinese right out of Vietnam with their tails between their legs (or at least those of them who had somehow retained the use of their legs).
Although the sisters and their uprising were eventually defeated by the Han, their epic, final battle became the stuff that legends are made of. One tells of Phung Thi Chinh, a pregnant noblewoman in their army who gave birth on the battlefield, and fought the Chinese with her baby on her back. Another that the Chinese surprised the women by attacking them bare-ass naked, which may explain why China to this day refuses to acknowledge that any of it happened at all.
Among other things.
#5. Boudicca Takes a Bloody Chunk Out of Rome
The Roman Empire never really earned a reputation for fair play. In fact, if you ask a historian about the Roman Empire, they will describe something that sounds like a mash-up between the Star Wars Empire and Mordor.
So, when King Prasutagus of the Celtic Iceni tribe died, leaving his kingdom to his wife Boudicca and their two daughters, Rome had other plans: They invaded the Iceni and enslaved them. Boudicca and her daughters were flogged and raped. Unfortunately for Rome, they didn't understand who they were fucking with.
The Payback:
All we have to know about Boudicca comes from Roman records, and they described her as "tall and terrible, with a great mass of red hair to her hips... she carried a spear to instill terror in all who saw her." The Celts weren't just another tribe of pushovers for Rome to trample. Turns out they were one of the most terrifying civilizations in the history of the world.
With an army of William Wallace's angriest ancestors in tow, Boudicca plowed a fucking airport of destruction through Roman Britain. Their first target was Camulodunum, the nearby Roman outpost that also doubled as a country club for soldiers like the ones who raped Boudicca's daughters. The entire city was destroyed in a brutal siege so horrific that Camulodunum's statue of Victory collapsed "with its back turned as though it were fleeing the enemy."
It took three Roman legions to bring her down. But before she'd been stopped, Boudicca had obliterated three Roman cities, burned Roman London to the ground and massacred 80,000 Roman squatters in a manner that only the Celts can appreciate.
There's nothing like the sense of accomplishment that comes from killing tens of thousands of Italians.
#4. Dante Alighieri Writes The Divine Comedy as a Literary Fuck You
The Republic of Florence was long divided when it came to Pope Boniface VIII. Half the country would have gladly gone down on him, while the other half hated him and probably called him "Pope Bonerface" behind his back.
Shit got real in 1301, when the Pope appointed a Charles de Valois as peacemaker for Tuscany. A local politician named Dante Alighieri figured old Bonerface was up to something ugly (as per usual), so he decided to travel to Rome to talk it out. In a dick move worthy of the Guinness Book of Records, the Pope invited Dante to stay a while as his personal guest while he secretly ordered de Valois to march into Florence with an armed militia to overthrow and execute the government and install a more Pope-friendly regime.
To top it off, Boniface then slapped a huge fine on Dante, as punishment for being in Rome. The new council of Florence passed a declaration that Dante could never return to the city by punishment of death. This order wasn't repealed until 2008, about seven hundred years after this punishment would have ceased to be effective.
Fortunately, Dante's one-piece had shoes built into them.
The Payback:
The Pope probably should have just killed him instead of being such a smartass, because Dante went on to personally vilify him in what became one of the most widely read and influential works of literature in the Western world, the Divine Comedy.
Even without the aid of a printing press, Dante's brilliant rhyming style and use of the common Italian language assured that everyone would hear his side of the story. He put everyone who ever messed with him in his whole life in an ironic literary interpretation of Hell, reserving a special spot for Pope Boniface VIII.
In the epic poem, St. Peter himself denounces his papacy as "a blood-filled sewer," and his papal throne on Earth "vacant." The burn was so delicious that some families had to build entire churches to offset the damage Dante had done to their names and businesses. These days, the equivalent would be if Eminem released a 40-track album in which he personally named you and called you a fuckhead in every single song, and it went triple Platinum.
The sweetest plum in the up-yours basket is the fact that, since Dante became a superstar, Florence decided they weren't too good for him after all, and spent the next seven hundred years begging the city of Revenna, where he died, to return his bones to the city who screwed him. They refuse even to this day. Burn.
Almost as epic as this burn.


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What is the difference between "nötig" and "notwendig"? When would one be preferred over the other, or are they always interchangeable?
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Is the meaning different?
Looking at the etymology of both adjectives sheds some light on the subtle differences in the meaning of "nötig" *vs. "notwenig":
Are "nötig" or "notwenig" interchangeable?
In most cases "notwenig" can be replaced by "nötig" in contemporary German but "nötig" can not always be replaced by "notwendig". This is mostly the case in colloquial usage, when an an idiomatic expression is involved, as has already been said in conjunction with "haben", or in a more figurative meaning.
«Nötig» means that something is essential for a certain purpose («dringend erforderlich» für einen gewissen Zweck) whereas «notwendig» is used if something has to be inevitably present («unvermeidlich, zwangsläufig»; es kann gar nicht anders sein; es liegt in der Natur der Sache).
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Although there are some differences in certain situations, those words are interchangeable in most cases.
There are constructs like
where you can't interchange them. In general
But the latter form is only used as
In der Mathematik benutzt man nur notwendig .
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In my linear algebra class, we just talked about determinants. So far I've been understanding the material okay, but now I'm very confused. I get that when the determinant is zero, the matrix doesn't have an inverse. I can find the determinant of a $2\times 2$ matrix by the formula. Our teacher showed us how to compute the determinant of an $N \times N$ matrix by breaking it up into the determinants of smaller matrices, and apparently there is a way by summing over a bunch of permutations. But the notation is really hard for me and I don't really know what's going on with them anymore. Can someone help me figure out what a determinant is, intuitively, and how all those definitions of it are related?
Your trouble with determinants is pretty common. They're a hard thing to teach well, too, for two main reasons that I can see: the formulas you learn for computing them are messy and complicated, and there's no "natural" way to interpret the value of the determinant, the way it's easy to interpret the derivatives you do in calculus at first as the slope of the tangent line. It's hard to believe things like the invertibility condition you've stated when it's not even clear what the numbers mean and where they come from.
Rather than show that the many usual definitions are all the same by comparing them to each other, I'm going to state some general properties of the determinant that I claim are enough to specify uniquely what number you should get when you put in a given matrix. Then it's not too bad to check that all of the definitions for determinant that you've seen satisfy those properties I'll state.
The first thing to think about if you want an "abstract" definition of the determinant to unify all those others is that it's not an array of numbers with bars on the side. What we're really looking for is a function that takes N vectors (the N columns of the matrix) and returns a number. Let's assume we're working with real numbers for now.
Remember how those operations you mentioned change the value of the determinant?
I claim that these facts, together with the fact that the determinant of the identity matrix is one, is enough to define a unique function that takes in N vectors (each of length N) and returns a real number, the determinant of the matrix given by those vectors. I won't prove that, but I'll show you how it helps with some other interpretations of the determinant.
In particular, there's a nice geometric way to think of a determinant. Consider the unit cube in N dimensional space: the set of vectors of length N with coordinates 0 or 1 in each spot. The determinant of the linear transformation (matrix) T is the signed volume of the region gotten by applying T to the unit cube. (Don't worry too much if you don't know what the "signed" part means, for now).
How does that follow from our abstract definition?
Well, if you apply the identity to the unit cube, you get back the unit cube. And the volume of the unit cube is 1.
If you stretch the cube by a constant factor in one direction only, the new volume is that constant. And if you stack two blocks together aligned on the same direction, their combined volume is the sum of their volumes: this all shows that the signed volume we have is linear in each coordinate when considered as a function of the input vectors.
Finally, when you switch two of the vectors that define the unit cube, you flip the orientation. (Again, this is something to come back to later if you don't know what that means).
So there are ways to think about the determinant that aren't symbol-pushing. If you've studied multivariable calculus, you could think about, with this geometric definition of determinant, why determinants (the Jacobian) pop up when we change coordinates doing integration. Hint: a derivative is a linear approximations of the associated function, and consider a "differential volume element" in your starting coordinate system.
It's not too much work to check that the area of the parallelogram formed by vectors $(a,b)$ and $(c,d)$ is $\Big|{}^{a\;b}_{c\;d}\Big|$ either: you might try that to get a sense for things.
You could think of a determinant as a volume. Think of the columns of the matrix as vectors at the origin forming the edges of a skewed box. The determinant gives the volume of that box. For example, in 2 dimensions, the columns of the matrix are the edges of a rhombus.
You can derive the algebraic properties from this geometrical interpretation. For example, if two of the columns are linearly dependent, your box is missing a dimension and so it's been flattened to have zero volume.
In addition to the answers, above, the determinant is a function from the set of square matrices into the real numbers that preserves the operation of multiplication: \begin{equation}\det(AB) = \det(A)\det(B) \end{equation} and so it carries $some$ information about square matrices into the much more familiar set of real numbers.
Some examples:
The determinant function maps the identity matrix $I$ to the identity element of the real numbers ($\det(I) = 1$.)
Which real number does not have a multiplicative inverse? The number 0. So which square matrices do not have multiplicative inverses? Those which are mapped to 0 by the determinant function.
What is the determinant of the inverse of a matrix? The inverse of the determinant, of course. (Etc.)
This "operation preserving" property of the determinant explains some of the value of the determinant function and provides a certain level of "intuition" for me in working with matrices.
The top exterior power of an $n$-dimensional vector space $V$ is one-dimensional. Its elements are sometimes called pseudoscalars, and they represent oriented $n$-dimensional volume elements.
A linear operator $f$ on $V$ can be extended to a linear map on the exterior algebra according to the rules $f(\alpha) = \alpha$ for $\alpha$ a scalar and $f(A \wedge B) = f(A) \wedge f(B), f(A + B) = f(A) + f(B)$ for $A$ and $B$ blades of arbitrary grade. Trivia: some authors call this extension an outermorphism. The extended map will be grade-preserving; that is, if $A$ is a homogeneous element of the exterior algebra of grade $m$, then $f(A)$ will also have grade $m$. (This can be verified from the properties of the extended map I just listed.)
All this implies that a linear map on the exterior algebra of $V$ once restricted to the top exterior power reduces to multiplication by a constant: the determinant of the original linear transformation. Since pseudoscalars represent oriented volume elements, this means that the determinant is precisely the factor by which the map scales oriented volumes.
I recorded a lecture on the geometric definition of determinants:
Geometric definition of determinants
It has elements from the answers by Jamie Banks and John Cook, and goes into details in a leisurely manner.
For the record I'll try to give a reply to this old question, since I think some elements can be added to what has been already said.
Even though they are basically just (complicated) expressions, determinants can be mysterious when first encountered. Questions that arise naturally are: (1) how are they defined in general?, (2) what are their important properties?, (3) why do they exist?, (4) why should we care?, and (5) why does their expression get so huge for large matrices?
Since $2\times2$ and $3\times3$ determinants are easily defined explicitly, question (1) can wait. While (2) has many answers, the most important ones are, to me: determinants detect (by becoming 0) the linear dependence of $n$ vectors in dimension $n$, and they are an expression in the coordinates of those vectors (rather than for instance an algorithm). If you have a family of vectors that depend (or at least one of them depends) on a parameter, and you need to know for which parameter values they are linearly dependent, than trying to use for instance Gaussian elimination to detect linear dependence can run into trouble: one might need assumptions on the parameter to assure some coefficient is nonzero, and even then dividing by it gives very messy expressions. Provided the number of vectors equals the dimension $n$ of the space, taking a determinant will however immediately transform the question into an equation for the parameter (which one may or may not be capable of solving, but that is another matter). This is exactly how one obtains an equation in eigenvalue problems, in case you've seen those. This provides a first answer to (4). (But there is a lot more you can do with determinants once you get used to them.)
As for question (3), the mystery of why determinants exist in the first place can be reduced by considering the situation where one has $n-1$ given linearly independent vectors, and asks when a final unknown vector $\vec x$ will remain independent from them, in terms of its coordinates. The answer is that it usually will, in fact always unless $\vec x$ happens to be in the linear span $S$ of those $n-1$ vectors, which is a subspace of dimension $n-1$. For instance, if $n=2$ (with one vector $\vec v$ given) the answer is "unless $\vec x$ is a scalar multiple of $\vec v$". Now if one imagines a fixed (nonzero) linear combination of the coordinates of $\vec x$ (the technical term is a linear form on the space), then it will become $0$ precisely when $\vec x$ is in some subspace of dimension $n-1$. With some luck, this can be arranged to be precisely the linear span $S$. (In fact no luck is involved: if one extends the $n-1$ vectors by one more vector to a basis, then expressing $\vec x$ in that basis and taking its final coordinate will define such a linear form; however you can ignore this argument unless you are particularly suspicious.) Now the crucial observation is that not only does such a linear combination exist, its coefficients can be taken to be expressions in the coordinates of our $n-1$ vectors. For instance in the case $n=2$ if one puts $\vec v={a\choose b}$ and $\vec x={x_1\choose x_2}$, then the linear combination $-bx_1+ax_2$ does the job (it becomes 0 precisely when $\vec x$ is a scalar multiple of $\vec v$), and $-b$ and $a$ are clearly expressions in the coordinates of $\vec v$. In fact they are linear expressions. For $n=3$ with two given vectors, the expressions for the coefficients of the linear combination are more complicated, but they can still be explicitly written down (each coefficient is the difference of two products of coordinates, one form each vector). These expressions are linear in each of the vectors, if the other one is fixed.
Thus one arrives at the notion of a multilinear expression (or form). The determinant is in fact a multilinear form: an expression that depends on $n$ vectors, and is linear in each of them taken individually (fixing the other vectors to arbitrary values). This means it is a sum of terms, each of which is the product of a coefficient, and of one coordinate each of all the $n$ vectors. But even ignoring the coefficients, there are many such terms possible: a whopping $n^n$ of them!
However, we want an expression that becomes $0$ when the vectors are linearly dependent. Now the magic (sort of) is that even the seemingly much weaker requirement that the expression becomes $0$ when two successive vectors among the $n$ are equal will assure this, and it will moreover almost force the form of our expression upon us. Multilinear forms that satisfy this requirement are called alternating. I'll skip the (easy) arguments, but an alternating form cannot involve terms that take the same coordinate of any two different vectors, and they must change sign whenever one interchanges the role of two vectors (in particular they cannot be symmetric with respect to the vectors, even though the notion of linear dependence is symmetric; note that already $-bx_1+ax_2$ is not symmetric with respect to interchange of $(a,b)$ and $(x_1,x_2)$). Thus any one term must involve each of the $n$ coordinates once, but not necessarily in order: it applies a permutation of the coordinates $1,2,\ldots,n$ to the successive vectors. Moreover, if a term involves one such permutation, then any term obtained by interchanging two positions in the permutation must also occur, with an opposite coefficient. But any two permutations can be transformed into one another by repeatedly interchanging two positions; so if there are any terms at all, then there must be terms for all $n!$ permutations, and their coefficients are all equal or opposite. This explains question (5), why the determinant is such a huge expression when $n$ is large.
Finally the fact that determinants exist turns out to be directly related to the fact that signs can be associated to all permutations in such a way that interchanging entries always changes the sign, which is part of the answer to question (3). As for question (1), we can now say that the determinant is uniquely determined by being an $n$-linear alternating expression in the entries of $n$ column vectors, which contains a term consisting of the product of their coordinates $1,2,\ldots,n$ in that order (the diagonal term) with coefficient $+1$. The explicit expression is a sum over all $n!$ permutations, the corresponding term being obtained by applying those coordinates in permuted order, and with the sign of the permutation as coefficient. A lot more can be said about question (2), but I'll stop here.
I too find the way determinants are treated in exterior algebra most intuitive. The definition is given on page 46 of Landsberg's "Tensors: Geometry and Applications". Two examples below will tell you everything you need to know.
Say, you are give a matrix $$A=\begin{pmatrix}a&b\\c&d\end{pmatrix}$$ and asked to compute its determinant. You can think of the matrix as a linear operator $f:\mathbb R^2\to\mathbb R^2$ defined by
If you define the standard basis vector by $e_1=\begin{pmatrix}1\\0\end{pmatrix}$ and $e_2=\begin{pmatrix}0\\1\end{pmatrix}$, you can then define $f$ by the values it assumes on the basis vectors: $f(e_1)=ae_1+ce_2$ and $f(e_2)=be_1+de_2$.
The linear operator $f$ is extended to bivectors by $$f(e_1\wedge e_2)=f(e_1)\wedge f(e_2).$$
Then you can write
$$f(e_1\wedge e_2)=(ae_1+ce_2)\wedge(be_1+de_2)=(ad-bc)e_1\wedge e_2,$$
where I used distributivity and anticommutativity of the wedge product (the latter implies $a\wedge a=0$ for any vector $a$). So, we get the determinant as a scalar factor in the above equation, that is
$$f(e_1\wedge e_2)=\det(A)\,e_1\wedge e_2.$$
The same procedure works for 3-by-3 matrices, you just need to use a trivector. Say, you are given $$B=\begin{pmatrix}a_{11}&a_{12}&a_{13}\\a_{21}&a_{22}&a_{23}\\a_{31}&a_{32}&a_{33}\end{pmatrix}.$$
It defines a linear operator $g:\mathbb R^3\to \mathbb R^3$
$$\begin{pmatrix}x\\y\\z\end{pmatrix}\mapsto \begin{pmatrix}a_{11}&a_{12}&a_{13}\\a_{21}&a_{22}&a_{23}\\a_{31}&a_{32}&a_{33}\end{pmatrix} \begin{pmatrix}x\\y\\z\end{pmatrix},$$
for which we have
$$g(e_1)=a_{11}e_1+a_{21}e_2+a_{31}e_3,\quad g(e_2)=a_{12}e_1+a_{22}e_2+a_{32}e_3,\quad g(e_3)=a_{13}e_1+a_{23}e_2+a_{33}e_3$$
on the standard basis $e_1=\begin{pmatrix}1\\0\\0\end{pmatrix}$, $e_2=\begin{pmatrix}0\\1\\0\end{pmatrix}$, $e_3=\begin{pmatrix}0\\0\\1\end{pmatrix}$. The operator $g$ is extended to trivectors by $$g(e_1\wedge e_2\wedge e_3)=g(e_1)\wedge g(e_2)\wedge g(e_3),$$
which gives
$$g(e_1\wedge e_2\wedge e_3)=(a_{11}e_1+a_{21}e_2+a_{31}e_3)\wedge(a_{12}e_1+a_{22}e_2+a_{32}e_3)\wedge(a_{13}e_1+a_{23}e_2+a_{33}e_3).$$
If you then follows the rules of $\wedge$ such as distributivity, anticommutativity, and associativity, you get $$g(e_1\wedge e_2\wedge e_3)=\det(B)\, e_1\wedge e_2\wedge e_3.$$
It works in exactly the same way in higher dimensions.
If you have a matrix
If you do a eigenvalue decomposition of $G$ you get eigenvalues $\lambda$ and eigenvectors $v$, that in combination $\lambda\times v$ describes the same space.
Now there is the following equation, saying:
I.e., if you have a $3\times3$ matrix $H$ then $G$ is $3\times3$ too giving us three eigenvalues. The product of these eigenvalues give as the volume of a cuboid. With every extra dimension/eigenvalue the cuboid gets an extra dimension.
Think about a scalar equation, $$ax = b$$ where we want to solve for $x$. We know we can always solve the equation if $a\neq 0$, however, if $a=0$ then the answer is "it depends". If $b\neq 0$, then we cannot solve it, however, if $b=0$ then there are many solutions (i.e. $x \in \mathbb{R}$). The key point is that the ability to solve the equation unambiguously depends on whether $a=0$.
When we consider the similar equation for matrices
$$\mathbf{Ax} = \mathbf{b}$$
the question as to whether we can solve it is not so easily settled by whether $\mathbf{A}=\mathbf{0}$ because $\mathbf{A}$ could consist of all non-zero elements and still not be solvable for $\mathbf{b}\neq\mathbf{0}$. In fact, for two different vectors $\mathbf{y}_1 \neq \mathbf{0}$ and $\mathbf{y}_2\neq \mathbf{0}$ we could very well have that
$$\mathbf{Ay}_1 \neq \mathbf{0}$$ and $$\mathbf{Ay}_2 = \mathbf{0}.$$
If we think of $\mathbf{y}$ as a vector, then there are some directions in which $\mathbf{A}$ behaves like non-zero (this is called the row space) and other directions where $\mathbf{A}$ behaves like zero (this is called the null space). The bottom line is that if $\mathbf{A}$ behaves like zero in some directions, then the answer to the question "is $\mathbf{Ax} = \mathbf{b}$ generally solvable for any $\mathbf{b}$?" is "it depends on $\mathbf{b}$". More specifically, if $\mathbf{b}$ is in the column space of $\mathbf{A}$, then there is a solution.
So is there a way that we can tell whether $\mathbf{A}$ behaves like zero in some directions? Yes, it is the determinant! If $\det(\mathbf{A})\neq 0$ then $\mathbf{Ax} = \mathbf{b}$ always has a solution. However if, $\det(\mathbf{A}) = 0$ then $\mathbf{Ax} = \mathbf{b}$ may or may not have a solution depending on $\mathbf{b}$ and if there is one, then there are an infinite number of solutions.
(I considered making this a comment, but I thought it might deserve more attention than a comment would receive. Upvotes and downvotes will tell if I am right or wrong).
Complement about the sign of the determinant
I loved the accepted answer by Jamie, but I was frustrated that it did not give more explanation about the sign of the determinant and the notion of "rotation" or "orientation" of a vector. The answer from Marc Van Leeuwen comments more on this, but maybe not enough for everyone -- at least for me -- to understand what it means for a matrix to change the orientation of the space it transforms. So I googled the issue and ended up on the following explanation which I find excellent and accessible:
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I'm having problems installing the drivers for internet connectivity from service provider. My computer recognizes the files when I insert the stick but does not want to install the drivers when I click on the .exe files.
When you see the windows drivers on the modem it is in USB-drive state. You need to install usb-modeswitch to toggel it in to modem mode. This is also what namkid is refereing to as "flip flop USB". You can install this tool from the software center.
I am not sure that you necessarily need to do this, it depends on what network interface you are trying to install.
However assuming it is a wireless card and that you really do require the windows drivers you may find what you need to know on the ndiswrapper page of the Community Ubuntu Documentation.
To connect with my mobile as a 3G modem (via usb cable) I had to use the wvdial package to get it to work...
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Elsewhere you need to tell us some more detail on what modem you are trying to get to work...
I installed a 3G USB modem...did the following: There was a problem the USB modem (which the service provider replaced)...downloaded "flip flop USB" from Ubuntu software centre for network recognition...installed "mobile partner"(may have a different name with other providers) for Linux for USB(internet) login...if necessary, make sure that proxy settings are set to "no proxy"...thanks everyone taking the time to read and post answers...hope my experience will be of some value as well
Is not necessary install other software,the NetworkManager recognizes the USB modem,only connect the modem and wait...


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10 Tools for Parenting Happy, Healthy Children
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Show Them That Broccoli Can Be Fun
If you feel there's a lot to do to get your children's lifestyle as healthy as you would like, take it in stages. Set yourself a time-line—maybe decide to get their diet healthier by the end of May, and then spend the summer getting them into the habit of spending more time outdoors. Don't set yourself an impossible target, but do have a clear plan to keep yourself and the family on course.
More: Set Up Healthy Patterns
Next: Give Them Each Other
From Nobody Told Me That! 10 Tools for Parenting Healthy, Happy Children Copyright © 2009, FT Press. Used by permission of FT Press, and Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
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Authentication, Social Profiles, Social Auto publish, Facebook integration, Open Graph
Social network integration for Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, Yahoo, Instagram, VK, Github, Amazon, Meetup, Windows Live and more for Joomla! Post content to Facebook Pages and Facebook Groups, Twitter Streams and LinkedIn Company Profiles. Use Facebook Open Graph tag and Twitter Card tags to manage the looks of all content shared from your site. Show your Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn streams easily on your site. And much more!
Simple Social Network Authentication
One-click registration and login from Facebook and 10 major social networks. Let your users access your site quickly and easily with no forms, passwords, and usernames to remember.
Automatic Social Sharing Buttons
Add Facebook Comments, Facebook Likes/Shares, Google +1, Twitter Share, LinkedIn Share and Pinterest Pin buttons automatically to your content.
Social Streams
Show the news feeds from Facebook Pages & Facebook Groups, Twitter feeds and LinkedIn Company Pages. Streams are fully customizable and can chose posts from multiple providers merged into one feed.
Social Posting
Easily 'push' your content along with a custom comment and URL to Facebook Pages & Facebook Groups, LinkedIn Company Page or Twitter stream. Works with all extensions!
Facebook Open Graph and Twitter Cards Tags
Describe your pages to Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn using Open Graph tags, which are used to set you're thumbnail preview in user's Timelines. Twitter Cards are a similar set of meta tags specific to that social network.
With Facebook's Open Graph Actions, you can post content to a user's Facebook Timeline about activity on your site. Facebook Open Graph Actions integrate with Joomla content, EasySocial, JomSocial, EasyBlog, jReviews, K2 and more.
3rd Party Profile Integration
Import user Facebook and other social network profile information including avatar and cover photo. Fully control your site's fields and what social network data should be imported into each one. Works with the User - Profile plugin, JomSocial, EasySocial, Community Builder, Kunena, K2, Virtuemart and more.
Over 50 Social Widgets
Easily setup and configure social widgets from any of the social networks we support. Includes:
Almost 20 Facebook widgets, including Facebook Likes, Facebook Shares, Facebook Comments, Facebook Friends and Facebook Page Plugin.
Google+ Community Badge, Embedded Posts, Follow, Badges and +1
LinkedIn Apply for Job, Company and Member widgets and Share buttons
Pinterest Share
Twitter Follow, Hashtag, Mention and Share buttons
See full list below
Facebook Invitations
Let your users invite their Facebook friends to your sites. Configure a customized 'welcome' page for recipients as well to woo them in.
Auto-Configuration Tool
Don't mess with Facebook App settings yourself; JFBConnect can configure your Facebook Application automatically and check for common mistakes and errors.
Includes translations for nearly a dozen front-end languages.
Fully Documented
Detailed configuration guides take you step-by-step through all social network integration features available for Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, Instagram, VK, Github, Amazon, Meetup and Windows Live.
All Social Widgets
Amazon (All Amazon widgets can use your own affiliate ID for referral commissions)
- Amazon Login - An Amazon login can be added anywhere to your site using any image or text you want
- Amazon Carousel - Display products in a slick rotating display
- Amazon MP3 Clips - Show songs from your favorite artist or genre
- Amazon My Favorites - Select and display any products you want
- Amazon Omakase - Let Amazon decide which products to display most relevant to the current user
- Amazon Search - Add an Amazon search button to your site to gain extra referral fees
- Facebook Login - A Facebook login can be added anywhere to your site using any image or text you want
- Facebook Comments - Show the Facebook Comment box in articles or any other Joomla content
- Facebook Comments Count - Show the Facebook Comment count for an article, great for a blog listing
- Facebook Embedded Post - Have a favorite Facebook post? Show it anywhere
- Facebook Embedded Videos - Embed a Facebook video anywhere
- Facebook Follow - Let your Facebook users easily follow your personal Facebook profile account
- Facebook Like - Add Facebook Like buttons to any page
- Facebook Page Plugin - Show your Facebook Page's activity stream, information and a Facebook Like button
- Facebook Requests/Invitation - Let your Facebook friends invite their friends
- Facebook Send - Easily let your users send any page of your site to their Facebook friends
- Facebook Share - Have your users post your content to their Facebook Timeline
- Facebook Shared Activity - Show your users any content they've shared with your site and set the appropriate privacy settings
- Facebook Open Graph Action - Push Facebook Open Graph Actions to your guest's Facebook Timeline
Google +
- Google Login - A Google login can be added anywhere to your site using any image or text you want
- Google Community Badge - Show information about a Google+ Community
- Google Page Badge - Show information about a Google+ Page
- Google Personal Badge - Show information about a Google+ Profile
- Google Follow - Let your users easily follow a Google+ user
- Google Embedded Post - Show a selected post from a Google+ user
- Google Hangout - Create a Google Hangout with the click of a button
- Google +1 - Let your users like and share your content through Google
- LinkedIn Login - A LinkedIn login can be added anywhere to your site using any image or text you want
- LinkedIn Share - The standard share button from LinkedIn
- LinkedIn Alumni - Show alumni from any LinkedIn school
- LinkedIn Company Insider - Display a list of employees in any LinkedIn Company
- LinkedIn Company Profile - Display a summary of any LinkedIn Company
- LinkedIn Jobs - Display a list of jobs relevant to the viewer
- LinkedIn Member - Display information about any LinkedIn user
- LinkedIn Follow Company - Show profile information along with a follow button for any LinkedIn Company
- Instagram Login - An Instagram login can be added anywhere to your site using any image or text you want
- Instagram Embedded Picture - Display any picture from your personal profile or any public Instagram image
- Instagram Embedded Video - Display any video from your personal profile or any public Instagram image
- Meetup Login - A Meetup login can be added anywhere to your site using any image or text you want
- Meetup Group Stats - Show member count and activity statistics from any Meetup group
- Meetup OEmbed - Fully customizable HTML layout for display Meetup group information
- Meetup Sponsored Groups - Display Meetup groups in a specified sponsorship campaign
- Pinterest Share Button - Show the standard Pinterest sharing button
- Twitter Login - A Twitter login can be added anywhere to your site using any image or text you want
- Twitter Share - Show the standard Twitter share/Tweet button
- Twitter Follow - Display a Twitter Follow button to increase your followers
- Twitter Hashtag - Show a list of Tweets with the specified hashtag
- Twitter Mention - Show a list of Tweets that mention the specified user
- Twitter Embedded Tweet - Embed your favorite Tweet wherever you want
- Github Login - A Github login can be added anywhere to your site using any image or text you want
- Yahoo Login - A Yahoo login can be added anywhere to your site using any image or text you want
Windows Live
- Windows Live Login - A Windows Live login can be added anywhere to your site using any image or text you want
- VK Login - A VK login can be added anywhere to your site using any image or text you want
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Game 6: Which Side Can Repeat History?
As they prepared for Monday's Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final in Boston, both the Chicago Blackhawks and the Boston Bruins had reason to be optimistic: They have been here before, and not all that long ago, either.
In 2010, the Blackhawks led the final three games to two entering a Game 6 on the road—just like they do now—and won, beating the Philadelphia Flyers in overtime. The next year, Boston trailed the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 entering Game 6 at home. Not only did the Bruins win Game 6, they won Game 7 and the Cup, too.
"It's do or die," Bruins coach Claude Julien said. "We've done well in that situation."
This time, though, each team could be hampered by the loss of an important player.
After Boston defenseman Johnny Boychuk drilled him in the second period of Chicago's 3-1 win Saturday, Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews (pictured above) didn't play in the third period with what coach Joel Quenneville called "an upper-body injury."
Though he has just two goals in 22 games in these playoffs, Toews won the Selke Trophy this year as the NHL's best defensive forward. Quenneville said Toews was feeling better Sunday and was hopeful he would play.
The Bruins could be in deeper trouble. They could be without center Patrice Bergeron (below), who won the Selke Trophy last year and is tied for the team lead in playoff goals with nine. He played little more than six minutes in Game 5 before he was hospitalized with a mysterious injury.
After the hospital released him later Saturday night, Bergeron flew home with the team. But Julien was even more cryptic than Quenneville was, saying Sunday that Bergeron was "day to day" with a "body" injury.
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Is This Finally the Big Ten's Year?
A Bruising Season Ends With Ohio State Cutting Down the Nets; Now Onto the Real Tournament
CHICAGO—The Big Ten Conference's regular season was decided last Sunday on the final possession in a game between Indiana and Michigan that came down to the basketball sitting on the rim, pulling out a beach chair and polishing off a piña colada. Once it settled its tab and strolled off the rim, the Indiana Hoosiers had sole possession of the conference title.
Their bragging rights lasted for exactly one week. Sunday's Big Ten tournament championship featured two other teams, Ohio State and Wisconsin. The Buckeyes won 50-43 for temporary ownership to the claim as the Big Ten's best.
It was a grinding, grueling game that distilled pretty much everything about Big Ten basketball to its essence—which means the NCAA tournament's selection committee could have watched cartoons instead and still come up with the same bracket.
The dirty secret of conference tournaments at the highest level is that they are basically meaningless. Every team had at least 30 chances to impress the NCAA selection committee before this weekend, so for only a tiny number of them were conference-tournament results the difference between watching film this week and paying $15 for a movie and popcorn.
The Big Ten tournament is just as trivial: This year's was nothing more than an excuse for regional rivals to treat each other like cookie dough. "I'd [rather] play the Lakers tomorrow instead of some of the teams I've played recently," Michigan State coach Tom Izzo said.
As it turns out, though, redundancy is what makes the Big Ten tournament so fascinating. The Big Ten tournament isn't actually about the Big Ten tournament. The entire point is that it is a pit stop: a chance for some to rest, others to refuel and no fewer than five teams this year to figure out how they can win the national championship.
Neither the most wizened of scouts nor the most oval of eggheads needed this weekend to anoint the Big Ten as the best basketball conference in the country. The conference was inches away from crowning four-way regular-season champions for the first time since 1926, and its finest players could beat All-American teams.
Indiana's Victor Oladipo is the nation's only guard-forward-magician hybrid. Michigan point guard Trey Burke, the Big Ten player of the year, tallied 206 touches in two games this weekend, according to SportVU data, and the Wolverines wouldn't mind if he had even more. Wisconsin plays a snoozy style of basketball but offers a smorgasbord of things to love, most of all curly-haired forward Mike Bruesewitz, who recently credited his success to no less than the Buddha.
Then there is Ohio State's Aaron Craft, the Big Ten tournament's most outstanding player, who logged 7.25 miles this weekend and still looked like he could do a 5K and brunch. On Sunday, the lead changed for the last time when Craft drove the length of the court and spun in a layup with his back to the basket.
He also was the first player out of Ohio State's locker room before the second half, because of course he was, and waited to high-five every teammate behind him in the tunnel, like that is a surprise, and then nuzzled his way into the huddle for a pep talk, as if you would expect anything else. His message for the Buckeyes was "win every war"—yet another reminder that the Big Ten is the closest thing to combat in sneakers.
The real stars of the Big Ten are coaches who sit so rarely that their seats could be electric chairs and they'd live to yell another day. They brag about their league's reputation as the best-scouted conference in the country, and it is easy enough to see this time of year.
In Wisconsin's win over Indiana on Saturday, for example, all of Badgers guard Traevon Jackson's play calls were parroted by Indiana guard Yogi Ferrell. "Every time I called a play," Jackson said, "they knew it." No one even pretended to be surprised about this. By now, the Big Ten teams "know what each other's gum is," Izzo said.
Here's the catch: This was all true last year and the year before that, too. For all the bluster about the Big Ten being the heart and soul of basketball, it has just one national championship in the last 23 years—Michigan State in 2000.
And yet the year that Big Ten loyalists like to reminisce about is 1989. Indiana won the Big Ten that season and made the NCAA tournament's second weekend with Illinois, Michigan and Minnesota. Michigan survived Illinois in the Final Four and then beat Seton Hall for the title two days later.
This year, there are five teams from the Big Ten that could win the NCAA tournament: Indiana, Michigan State, Michigan, Wisconsin and, especially after this weekend, Ohio State. They all managed to survive each other. Now comes their chance to inflict the virtues of Big Ten basketball on everyone else.
"We've been beating each other up all year," Ohio State's Lenzelle Smith Jr. said as he petted the Big Ten trophy. "Now we can go beat up some other teams."
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In Ubuntu 10.04 there was a special option, which provided you an ability to change an animation level in one click. But it doesn't exist in Ubuntu 12.04 and 12.10.
Which parameters I should change in
Compiz Manager to set the 'Extra' level?
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text: Big Bear, Ca, September 21, 2011, 12:00pm - This coming weekend many familiar faces may be seen around town as Big Bear High School will have its Homecoming. The Homecoming football game will take place this Saturday at the Big Bear Middle School field, with the JV football game starting at 10:45am with the Varsity Game to follow. There will be … [Read more...]


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Kenmore 4-Burner Gas Grill with Side Burner for $81 w/ free in store pick up
Regular price: $269
Clearance price: $81
Free in store pick up or pay $90 shipping
Received great reviews on kmart.com
48,000 BTUs
over 650 sq. in. of cooking space
12,000 BTU side burner
Porcelain enameled cast iron cooking grids
Temperature gauge
Electronic ignition
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Smoking deal!
I don't think you can buy an old, used one for that price! I'm in....now, where am I going to put it???
@glbasila: For us northerners, I would suggest putting it in the basement until next spring. I'm going to let my old grille rust away on my back deck for another winter. :-)
Informative review.
Looks like a good buy but don't expect it to last more than 4 years.
@djheater: For $90, four years will be just fine....
Great find! I've been stalking end of summer clearances for a new grill for a while now. Sweet sweet charred meats all winter long now!
Wish I had a Kmart in my general vicinity. I'll keep making do with the Little Green Egg and my old red Weber kettle.
Good deal if you don't have to pay the shipping. Shipping's more than the product
No store within 50 miles of me had it, also I could not ship it if i wanted to. Killer deal I would've like to take advantage of.
Just called and talked with a representative of Kmart/Sears. This is a floor/display model that they are selling at clearance. No stores within 300 miles of me carry it. Great deal if you can find it!
I had it in my cart from a near by store and when I went to check out with Paypal it was unavailable. Done sold out. :( Closest spot now to have it is 1.5 hours away.
I can't find one within 300 miles of Milwaukee, WI. Gotta wonder which stores do have them then. Too bad, what a great deal.
@nate2003: Found out the one that's 1.5 hours away has like 6 of them in the box. They won't transfer them to the near by store neither. >_<
Out of stock online, and the idiot at KMart chat won't tell me what zip code its available at, apparently nothing in Southern California.
@nate2003: What city?
Yup, same story here...no store within 300 miles has it!
NW IL for a reference.
@lmyhill: Tennessee, Clarksville. Will only except instore pickup at that store.
@nate2003: Thanks
Sure wish there was one near me! :( Tampa, FL
"Item out of stock at this time."
UPDATE So I chat online with the Kmart sales rep and she wanted to instead sell me this http://www.sears.com/kenmore-4-burner-gas-grill-with-side-burner/p-07116106000P?prdNo=1&blockNo=1&blockType=G1
@dslocum: Wow...she tried to sell you the EXACT same grill? Did you tell her it was the same one? What did she say?
@nicabus: She acted like she had no idea, "and it is on sale, down from $269.99!"
Just got back from my local Sears. The Kmart nearby was OOS so I went to Sears to get a Price Match. Not an issue at all. It was marked at $199 in Sears and they had 10 in stock. Left out the door for $84 and change, very good deal, thank you!


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I'm wondering what other peoples' experiences are with krausen at the start of fermentation. I've had some beers that have bubbled along happily without producing huge amounts of foam, and others that seem like they'll neve stop spuming. This weekend we started a stout and I installed a small plastic airlock. By 7 AM the next morning there was krausen up through the airlock, down the sides of the carboy, and trickling away in a tiny stream. I cleaned everything up and switched to a larger diameter hose with its end in a bucket of water so the foam had somewhere to go, but there seems to be substantial quantities of wort being lost by this (I'd estimate 1/3 gallon in this case). Are there things I can do to control this? Are there ingredients, or styles of beer, or strains of yeast that tend more towards producing big, frothy krausen? How are other people dealing with this?
A healthy fermentation with a strong yeast will tend to produce a larger krausen. You're right about the strain of yeast being a big player, but the best thing you can do is increase your fermentor head space.
In this case, the obvious answer is best: either use a larger carboy or smaller volume of wort. You can also get a little help by fermenting cooler to slow yeast metabolism, but this will affect the flavor profile.
Additionally, there are silicon defoamers like Fermcap and Foamtrol that will help - if you don't mind breaking the Reinheitsgebot. Personally, I don't like chemical additives, but they're FDA-approved and many homebrewers swear by them.
I'd suggest using a pail for a primary instead of a carboy. There seems to be a bit of a Canada/US cultural difference here. I think most Canadian homebrewers would consider the term "primary fermenter" to refer to a large food-grade bucket. The ones we commonly use here are about 40 litres, giving plenty of head-space for a 23-litre batch.
There is a product out there called Fermcap-S. You drop a drop or two into the boil or primary and it prevents foam buildup. The ingredients are insoluble and don't seem to affect the flavor or head-retention of the finished product. The ingredients settle out during fermentation. From my experience it works great. I don't even have to watch the boil for boil-overs.
It comes in a small eyedropper bottle and you can probably find it at your LHBS.


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TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The efforts of two Topeka companies added up to big help for a local organization.
Advisors Excel, Security Benefit and se2 presented a check for more than $10,000 to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Topeka. The money was raised from the companies' first-ever Run for the Money 5k. The September 29 event attracted around 80 participants.
"We're glad to be a part of something special," said Cody Foster, one of the founders of Advisors Excel.
Foster says the company chose Big Brothers Big Sisters because of its work to mentor young people.
"This check means so much to our agency and the children in our community. We depend on our donors and our community to help children reach their full potential," said Nancy Daniels, Executive Director for the agency.
For more information on Big Brothers Big Sisters, go to www.kansasbigs.org or call 785-234-5524.


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Nursery Spotlight: Tangerine Tango
We've been seeing Tangerine Tango, Pantone's Color of 2012 everywhere lately. The key to using the bright, energetic hue in nursery decor is to balance it with a cooler color (like teal, turquoise or brown) or with neutral elements. Here are some ideas for incorporating the on-trend color into your little one's nursery.
Tell us what you think! Do you like the color tangerine for a nursery?
How pretty is this beach-themed nursery from Project Nursery? To channel this look, mix tangerine with light teal and include beachy elements, like seashells and sea glass.
To add color without going overboard, this nursery (spotted on Design Sponge) uses neutral furniture with pops of tangerine in the crib bedding and picture frames. We love the idea of using one larger frame with baby's initial.
Are you a fan of the woodland creature theme? Add a pop of color with this fox nightlight.
(Tangerine Fused Glass Nightlight, $42 on Etsy)
The simple, white furniture in this surf-themed room from Nursery Notations tones down the bright walls and floor.
Check out more photos from this nursery on Baby Lifestyle — we love the tangerine, chocolate and teal color scheme.
If you're a tangerine fan but aren't ready to use the color in your entire nursery, add one fun piece, like this mirror.
(Tangerine Scallop Mirror, $83 on Etsy)
Colorful accessories can transform a neutral room. We love this look, especially the tangerine bookshelves and bird wall art with the turquoise vase. To see more photos from this nursery, visit Buy Modern Baby.


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Let $R$ be a Noetherian domain, and let $I$ and $J$ be two ideals of $R$ such that their product $I\cdot J$ is a non-zero principal ideal. Is it true that $I$ and $J$ are principal ideals ? This seems an easy question to settle, but I can't find an answer.
Any idea is welcome, thanks !
Thanks a lot for your enlightening answers. I admit I'm more interested in a geometric setting (i.e. when $R$ is an algebra, finitely generated, or a localization of that). I fail to adapt examples coming from number theory to this setting. What do you think ?


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From the Manufacturer's Label:
Delight in the Royal Taste of Egyptian Licorice
Egyptian licorice is known for its natural sweetness and rich flavor. Egyptian Licorice® tea brings you this royal herb in an intriguing blend of complementary spices. This tea is sure to delight with its delicious and satisfying taste, fusing Organic Licorice with sweet and spicy notes of savory Cinnamon and zesty Orange Peel. Enjoy this uniquely delectable tea any time, day or night.


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The 10 Most Disturbing PSA's From Around the World
What better way to raise awareness of an issue than through a nice Public Service Announcement? And what better way to get people to pay attention than to make your PSA batshit insane?
Here are 10 that will probably haunt your dreams.
#10. Masturbation and Your Pet
The people at TakeTheAction.com are out to stop masturbation. The website lets us know that if we agree with the following statement, "I see successful people and want to become like them. I understand that I spend most of my time in masturbation and that they don't," then they can help us. If that didn't convince you, perhaps their "animated with magic marker and typing paper" PSA will:
Most Unsettling Moment:
No question, it's the moment 30 seconds in when we realize the subject's masturbation has killed his dog, in some unthinkable way. So we can make fun of TakeTheAction and their quest, but seriously, if masturbation is preventing you from leaving the house and has killed even one animal, please do seek professional help.
#9. Workplace Safety is Terrifying
Canadians love themselves some safety. It's right up there with beavers and mounties as things they can't get enough of. But as any beaver rustler will tell you, sometimes things get out of hand and the shit hits the fan. Luckily the Workplace Safety and Insurance board is here to watch out for workers by scaring the living shit out of TV viewers on a regular basis.
This series of 5 commercials run any old time on Canadian TV, scarring young and old alike with their quick and frank depictions of horrible atrocities befalling random workers.
The message? Everything is somebody's fault, dammit. Probably YOURS.
Most Unsettling Moment:
Nothing tops the lady's melted face in the first spot, implying that the restaurant was boiling a soup pot full of that toxic waste from Robocop.
#8. AIDS and Gay Porn Cartoons
French people apparently live on an entirely different plane of reality than those of us in North America, as evidenced by this PSA for preventing AIDS that makes just short of absolutely no sense whatsoever in any language.
Though the meaning may be lost, it's clear that horrifying things occur in France. The idyllic Sims world of our hero is shattered by witnessing a knife fight which apparently turns him irrevocably gay. From there it's on to a string of man-love encounters, cartoon-like violence, a man fighting a dog and then a full body cast brought on by an intense round of our hero being hate-crimed before his doctor molests him.
Most Unsettling Moment:
The animated anal boner-spin (at 1:30) almost takes the top spot, but we're probably going to have to go with the two young lovers riding the Bonercoaster (one of the penis-themed amusement park rides that we heard are common in France) one minute in. At one point the car is covered in an enormous condom, which implies that somewhere down the tracks they're going to be riding right into a gigantic, possibly diseased, orifice.
#7. VD is for Everybody
Educating the world about the dangers of venereal disease is serious business. We can hardly have a functioning society if half of us have to stay home washing and rewashing our ass beards with crab shampoo while the rest of us are running all akimbo through the streets in a syphilis-induced state of dementia. We'd be no better than France. On the other hand, setting the concept of every bright, smiling person in your neighborhood being riddled with disease to a lazy waltz with catchy lyrics may not be the best way to let everyone know of potential dangers.
By showing the pregnant lady, your child's teacher, the guy handling your food at the store, the librarian and a baby as filthy, pox-laden cesspools, the Ad Council may have just managed to make any impressionable viewers deathly afraid of any and all human contact.
Most Unsettling Moment:
We thought this ad had hit the bad taste apex 40 seconds in when the diseased man emerged from the water with his seven-year-old lover. Then, it tops itself just six seconds later when "VD is for Everybody" plays over the face of a smiling infant. In our opinion, no sex is safe at that age.
#6. The Homosexual Scourge
The '50s were an enlightened time when film really took off as a tool to educate and inform. One of the most important topics that needed to be covered for the benefit of all young men was, of course, the danger of the homosexual. The homosexual, like Bigfoot, is apparently a singular, mythical beast only seen by lone travelers who have strayed from the pack. Also like Bigfoot, the homosexual will give young athletes rides and be incredibly friendly the entire time before taking them back to his den and infecting them with homosexuality.
Most Unsettling Moment:
A minute in, after the homosexual has lured innocent young Jimmy into his den of sickness, we see the homosexual driving away. Alone. We cannot see into the car to see if the homosexual has killed Jimmy and made a suit out of his skin, but we must presume that he has.


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No More Goodie Bags: 12 Birthday Party Favors That Won't Get Thrown Away
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Painted Pillow Cases
Planning a slumber party? Painting pillow cases is a fun themed activity, and they double as party favors!
All you need is plain white pillow cases and fabric paints or markers. Lay down some newspaper or cardboard, and let the kids' creativity take over.