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Children's Health
Weil Syndrome
It is possible that the main title of the report Weil Syndrome is not the name you expected. Please check the synonyms listing to find the alternate name(s) and disorder subdivision(s) covered by this report.
- Fiedler Disease
- Icterohemorrhagic Leptospirosis
- Infectious Jaundice
- Lancereaux-Mathieu-Weil Spirochetosis
- Leptospiral Jaundice
- Spirochetal Jaundice
- Weil Disease
- Icteric Leptospirosis
Disorder Subdivisions
- None
General Discussion
Weil syndrome, a rare infectious disorder, is a severe form of the bacterial infection caused by Leptospira bacteria known as leptospirosis. Weil syndrome is characterized by dysfunction of the kidneys and liver, abnormal enlargement of the liver (hepatomegaly), persistent yellowing of the skin, mucous membranes, and whites of the eyes (jaundice), and/or alterations in consciousness. In most cases, Weil syndrome occurs among individuals who are exposed to affected animals.
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I've seen both being used interchangeably. Are both valid? Is only one correct?
- Lyrics to a song.
- Lyrics of a song.
I've seen both being used interchangeably. Are both valid? Is only one correct?
This Google NGram indicates that both are in use, with "lyrics of a song" being more popular:
This phrasing may be more popular because "lyrics" is a property of a "song". That is a song has lyrics, so the lyrics are of a song because this is the possessive form. I think that both are sufficiently valid (as NGrams records use from a corpus of written material, which tends to be slightly more grammar-conscious than online works such as a blog), so you could use either and be understood.
This is personal feeling, but I'd just like to say that:
"Lyrics of a song" is more correct. We usually say "words of a book", "works of an author", etc. That's because you're asking for something that belongs to another, therefore "of" should be used.
"Lyrics to a song" is correct in its own way, but shouldn't be used when asking for the words of a song. "Lyrics to a song" should only be used when referring to someone giving words to a song:
That's personal opinion, and I don't really have any sources or links or rules to back me up. Maybe someone else has.

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Two Paws Up To All Our Military Branches!
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Days like this hit a little closer to home since my human-owner joined the Army. They seem even more real with PFC Benjamin Jeffrey now deployed to Afghanistan. Today is Armed Forces Day. But do you know what Armed Forces Day is? Most people know about Memorial Day – which is next weekend by the way – and of course July 4th Independence Day is big too.
When Digital Bear Molly asked me to write a tribute post here on Behind the Seams I was thrilled and it was all I could do to keep my stuffing from bursting the seams!
Yes, yes, yes I would love to write about this very important day.
I even gathered a bunch of my military furry friends from General Sarge HQ for the occasion. We made a stop at Central Park in my hometown and posed for a picture. We got some interesting looks from people as they passed by, but we saw a lot of smiles too because everyone loves furry friends! If you look real close you will even see my furry-friend brother, Rockin' Sarge, in the right hand side of the picture sitting in front of my tent and playing his guitar. Rockin' and his new wife Photo Lady Sadii Sarg – who took this picture – moved back to New York State to be near my human-owner's parents while my human-owner is deployed. It made us all very happy.


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I've watched a few videos on cutting tools and the use of axes. However I'm not clear on what the advantage (or disadvantage) is of a tomahawk style axe over a typical belt or hand axe, such as this estwing.
Unfortunately the words "Tomahawk", "Hand Axe", "Hatchet", etc are not rigorously defined terms. If I wanted to make my own heavy blade attached to the end of a stick and sell it, I could use any of those terms.
That said, typically a Tomahawk has a lighter head on a longer handle (and usually a smaller cutting surface, because it's a smaller head). A Hand Axe has a larger, and heavier, head on a shorter handle. A plain-jane axe has a heavy head on a much longer handle.
As for trade-offs, it comes down to the weight you can carry, the type of cutting you need to do, and the accuracy with which you need to accomplish your task. I find any axe/hatchet/tomahawk with a lighter head and longer handle makes accurate cuts easier to make, while the heavier head on the shorter body allows for more powerful cuts, with the most powerful cut coming from a heavy head on a long handle (aka your typical axe).
If you are showing off your axe throwing ability, a tomahawk (as defined in this answer) is better since it will spin less. Otherwise, if you are trying to actually chop wood for useful purposes, the hand axe will make quicker work for you.


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The recent publication by Wang and colleagues provides...
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The recent publication by Wang and colleagues provides thought-provoking data about the role of NMDA receptors in "higher" cognitive functions such as working memory, and the potential role that NMDA receptor dysfunction might play in psychiatric illnesses such as schizophrenia. Briefly, Wang and colleagues show that both direct iontophoresis and systemic administration of NMDAR antagonists reduced delay-related firing of cells in deep layer III of primate dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC). This effect occurred for both antagonism of NR2B and NR2A receptors, though the focus of Wang and colleagues' report was on NR2B receptors, given their localization to the postsynaptic density and the fact that the temporal dynamics of their kinetics make them good candidates for playing a specific role in the maintenance of persistent firing in DLPFC circuits, as explicated by computational modeling.
The results of Wang and colleagues were consistent with a computational model of the role of NR2B receptors in working memory and delay-related activity in DLPFC neurons (Wang, 2001; Wang et al., 2008). One of the most important implications for these results in terms of understanding the potential role of NMDA dysfunction in schizophrenia is that they suggest that NMDA dysfunction can lead to a reduction in pyramidal cell firing during critical task conditions, such as when information needs to be actively maintained in working memory. This is in contrast to the more traditional focus of hypotheses about NMDA dysfunction in schizophrenia, which have highlighted a role for NMDAR blockade in decreasing inhibition and in the sculpting of DLPFC circuit activity, mediated via GABAergic inhibition on the firing of pyramidal cells. Of course, such disinhibitory effects may still be a critical part of the process by which NMDAR dysfunction could lead to cognitive or other impairments, but these data do suggest that the effects of NMDAR dysfunction extend beyond effects on GABA cells, and that working memory dysfunction associated with NMDAR antagonism may not be solely the result of disinhibition.
An intriguing feature of these data is the fact that while direct iontophoresis of antagonists for both NR2B and NR2A receptors reduced firing of cue and response cells as well as delay cells, systemic administration of ketamine reduced activity in delay-related cells, but also increased activity in response cells. The fact that this increase in response cell activity occurred only with systemic administration led Wang and colleagues to suggest that it may result from extra-PFC effects of systemic NMDAR blockade, or at least effects beyond the specific PFC column influenced by their iontophoresis method. They argue that these results might help explain why administration of systemic NMDAR antagonists in humans can manifest as increased BOLD response, given that response cells (located in layer V) are large and highly prevalent in PFC, and thus may strongly influence BOLD fMRI findings. However, this should only be true if the working memory paradigm does not allow the separation of activity associated with cue, delay and response periods (e.g., N-back tasks that may "average" across activity associated with all three task components). In contrast, there is increasing use in both the schizophrenia (Johnson et al., 2006; Driesen et al., 2008; Edwards et al., 2010) and the human pharmacology (Anticevic et al., 2012) literatures of paradigms—frequently referred to as delayed-match-to-sample tasks—that do allow this separation.
The recent work by Anticevic et al. that examined working memory related activity under ketamine using such a delayed-match-to-sample task showed clear evidence of decreased activity maintenance-related activity (e.g., delay activity) in DLPFC, which they interpreted in the framework of the disinhibition theory of the effect on NMDAR antagonism on local DLPFC cortical circuitry. However, these new data by Wang et al. suggest that these same findings might instead (or in addition) reflect direct effects of NMDAR blockade on pyramidal cell firing. Further, all of the studies using delayed-match-to-sample tasks in schizophrenia have also found reduced maintenance-related activity in DLPFC regions (Johnson et al., 2006; Driesen et al., 2008; Edwards et al., 2010; Anticevic et al., 2012). Such findings in schizophrenia would be consistent with a hypothesis of altered NR2B function that disrupts delay-related activity in DLPFC.
At the same time, the studies using delayed-match-to-sample paradigms have provided some results that are not fully consistent with the data presented by Wang et al. Specifically, several of the studies in schizophrenia and the study in healthy volunteers on ketamine did not find evidence of increased activity during the response period in DLPFC. Work from our lab did show evidence of increased response-related activity in schizophrenia during a variant of a working memory task that focused on the maintenance of context information, but we interpreted this increased response-related activity as reflecting the need to engage reactive control due to deficits in proactive control (Edwards et al., 2010). In addition, Anticevic et al. did not find any evidence of an influence of systemic ketamine on probe- or response-related activity in healthy humans. Honey and colleagues (Honey et al., 2004) did find an increase in brain activity in both PFC and parietal regions during working memory as a function of ketamine, but they used an analysis that focused on the cue and initial delay period in a working memory task. As such, one would have been predicted to show reduced activity—at least in DLPFC—based on the results of Wang and colleagues. However, ketamine only increased working memory-related brain activity in a manipulation versus maintenance contrast, and not in a high versus low load contrast. Thus, it is possible that the manipulation condition engages response processes even during the delay period.
Overall, the elegant data presented by Wang and colleagues are highly intriguing and offer an alternative way in which to understand and model the effects of abnormal NMDAR function on working memory and DLPFC function. At the same time, more work is needed to understand the degree to which findings in humans under NMDAR antagonism or in humans with illnesses such as schizophrenia correspond to the predictions made from the influence of NMDAR receptors on pyramidal cell firing versus interneurons. This work should take into account the potential differences between very local activity measured as spike rates in single cells versus fMRI BOLD data, which are an indirect measure of neural activity that aggregates across much larger spatial scales. In addition, this work will need to take into account potential effects of age, illness duration, and medication, all of which may change the dynamics and effects of potential NMDAR dysfunction or modulation.
Anticevic A, Gancsos M, Murray JD, Repovs G, Driesen NR, Ennis DJ, Niciu MJ, Morgan PT, Surti TS, Bloch MH, Ramani R, Smith MA, Wang XJ, Krystal JH, Corlett PR. NMDA receptor function in large-scale anticorrelated neural systems with implications for cognition and schizophrenia. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A . 2012 Oct 9 ; 109(41):16720-5. Abstract
Anticevic A, Repovs G, Barch DM. Working memory encoding and maintenance deficits in schizophrenia: neural evidence for activation and deactivation abnormalities. Schizophr Bull . 2013 Jan ; 39(1):168-78
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Driesen NR, Leung HC, Calhoun VD, Constable RT, Gueorguieva R, Hoffman R, Skudlarski P, Goldman-Rakic PS, Krystal JH. Impairment of working memory maintenance and response in schizophrenia: functional magnetic resonance imaging evidence. Biol Psychiatry . 2008 Dec 15 ; 64(12):1026-34. Abstract
Edwards BG, Barch DM, Braver TS. Improving prefrontal cortex function in schizophrenia through focused training of cognitive control. Front Hum Neurosci . 2010 ; 4():32. Abstract
Honey, R. A., G. D. Honey, et al., (2004). "Acute ketamine administration alters the brain responses to executive demands in a verbal working memory task: an FMRI study." Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology 29(6): 1203-1214.
Johnson MR, Morris NA, Astur RS, Calhoun VD, Mathalon DH, Kiehl KA, Pearlson GD. A functional magnetic resonance imaging study of working memory abnormalities in schizophrenia. Biol Psychiatry . 2006 Jul 1 ; 60(1):11-21. Abstract
Wang H, Stradtman GG, Wang XJ, Gao WJ. A specialized NMDA receptor function in layer 5 recurrent microcircuitry of the adult rat prefrontal cortex. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A . 2008 Oct 28 ; 105(43):16791-6. Abstract
Wang XJ. Synaptic reverberation underlying mnemonic persistent activity. Trends Neurosci . 2001 Aug ; 24(8):455-63. Abstract


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Candidates, Mayor Tangle Over Business
In a day of political theater for Mayor Michael Bloomberg and two of his would-be successors, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio accused the mayor of a bias against businesses outside Manhattan, Council Speaker Christine Quinn released a plan to cut fines for street vendors—and the mayor lambasted them both.
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio charged in a report released Thursday that Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration dramatically increased the number of inspections and fines issued against New York City businesses during the economic downturn, "nickel-and-diming" small businesses in the boroughs outside Manhattan with a disproportionate burden of this "hidden" tax.
Between fiscal years 2010 and 2012, the city's Department of Consumer Affairs increased inspections by 66%, increased violations issued by 153%, and increased revenue from fines by 102%, according to Mr. de Blasio's report. During the same time period, the city's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene increased inspections by 55%, increased violations issued by 73% and increased fine revenue by 90%. The two agencies combined have increased annual fine revenue to $66 million in fiscal 2012, compared with $16 million in fiscal 2002.
The report, titled "Borough Bia$: How the Bloomberg Administration Drains Outer Borough Businesses," shows that businesses in the Bronx were inspected by Consumer Affairs 8% more frequently than the citywide average during the past decade. Businesses in Manhattan, for example, received 14% fewer inspections during that time period.
The report "shows a clear pattern of targeting the outer boroughs and going to them to take revenue out of small businesses that could not afford it," Mr. de Blasio said during a news conference outside City Hall. "The mayor has been balancing his budget on the backs of these businesses."
Coining a word, Mr. de Blasio called this type of discrimination "boroughism" defined as "clear bias according to borough."
Ms. Quinn's office sent out a press release about 30 minutes before Mr. de Blasio's press conference announcing the council will pass a package of legislation next week to reduce vending fines. The bills will cap maximum fines at $500 and will prohibit vending near hospital no-standing zones, taxi stands and within 20 feet of residential building exits.
Mr. de Blasio, a Democratic candidate for mayor who lives in Brooklyn, facetiously called the timing of Ms. Quinn's announcement a "stunning coincidence." Her office denied making the announcement in hopes of stealing Mr. de Blasio's thunder.
For his part, Mr. Bloomberg denounced Mr. de Blasio's report and promised to veto Ms. Quinn's proposal. The speaker is the frontrunner in the race for the Democratic mayoral primary and a close ally of Mr. Bloomberg.
Responding to Mr. de Blasio, the mayor said he isn't "going to sit here and answer every one of their campaign slogans."
"If you want to have people not do something society's thought they shouldn't do, you raise the fines, you don't reduce the fines," he said in response to the report. "Fines are very different than taxes. Fines are easy to avoid. You can't avoid taxes. Just don't do what we're trying to prevent you from doing, and you won't have the problem."
According to the mayor's office, during the past 10 years, businesses in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island have opened and created jobs at a faster rate than those in Manhattan.
Referring to the street vendor proposal, the mayor said, "I think reducing the fines is one of the stupider things I've ever heard."
Ms. Quinn defended the legislation, saying there will be escalating fines to deal with law breakers. "But the guy or gal who makes one honest mistake, let's not whack the heck out of them for no reason," she said.
Mr. de Blasio also lambasted Ms. Quinn for failing to combat what he called this pattern of inequity highlighted in his report.
"It is the responsibility of the City Council leadership to do something to stop it and it hasn't happened," Mr. de Blasio said. "It doesn't surprise me that Speaker Quinn did not put pressure on this mayor to change these policies."
Justin Goodman, a spokesman for Ms. Quinn, said the council in the fall 2009, under her leadership, created a penalty-relief initiative that saved businesses and individuals $36 million in fines and interest. The council was also involved in a program that reduced by more than two months the time it takes for new restaurants to get city permits and inspections.
"Her record on supporting small businesses in New York is second to none," Mr. Goodman said.
Mr. de Blasio suggested that the boroughs outside Manhattan are getting hit harder because many of these businesses are owned by immigrants and it might be easier for the city to collect fines from them.
Frank Garcia, chairman of the New York State Coalition of Hispanic Chambers of Commerce, attended Mr. de Blasio's news conference, and described the mayor and Ms. Quinn as "bullies" to small businesses.
"Hispanic businesses are going under. They cannot deal with this issue. I asked the mayor to stop," he said. "Now, we got proof and we are going to fight as much as we [have to] to make sure the mayor doesn't hurt our Hispanic and minority businesses no more."
Mr. de Blasio said he was forced to sue the Bloomberg administration to get the data, an allegation the mayor's office says is untrue. The city handed over the data when it was compiled, the mayor's office said.
—Laura Nahmias contributed to this article.
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I have 2 monitors (laptop + monitor). One of them 1280*800, second - 1366*768. Now i have 3 problems:
- How can i do that all ubuntu panels be only on laptop (first) display?
- On notebook resolution is 800, on display 768. Of course i have "blind" zone, where i cant see cursor. Nvidia settings show that resolution is 768, but i already can move cursor to this zone. How can i fix this?
- How can i install different wallpapers on each display?
My nvidia-setting screen:
Please help me and sorry for my english, i am from Russia :)


text: This next lesson is based on a character from Adventure Time. She is sweeter than she looks and she looks good to eat. Here is "how to draw Breakfast Princess", step by step. This princess is from the Breakfast Kingdom and she rules alongside her sister 'Toast Princess'. The Breakfast Princess is made up of six breakfast foods; bacon, buttered toast, syrup slobbered pancakes, her hair is made up of an egg white while her face and body is in the color of the egg yolk, her shoes or feet are exactly what they appear to be, cracked egg shells. Drawing Breakfast Princess will be entertaining because she is a likable figure in the Adventure Time series. Have fun and good luck with your drawing.


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Does there exist $c>0$ such that among any $n$ positive integers one may find $3$ with least common multiple at least $cn^3$?
Let me post here a proof that we may always find two numbers with lcm at least $cn^2$. Note that if $a < b$, $N$=lcm$(a,b)$, then $N(b-a)$ is divisible by $ab$, hence $N\geq ab/(b-a)$. So, it suffices to find $a$, $b$ such that $ab/(b-a)\geq cn^2$, or $1/a-1/b\leq c^{-1} n^{-2}$. Since at least $n/2$ our numbers are not less then $n/2$, denote them $n/2\leq a_1 < a_2 < \dots < a_k$, $$2/n\geq \sum (1/a_i-1/a_{i+1})\geq k \min (1/a_i-1/a_{i+1}),$$ so $\min (1/a-1/b)\leq 2/nk\leq 4/n^2$.
For triples we get lower bound about $c(n/\log n)^3$ on this way. Again consider only numbers not less then $n/2$. If all lcm's are less then $c(n/\log n)^3$, then all number itselves are less then some $n^3/2$, so for $2^k < n^3 < 2^{k+1}$ all of them do not exceed $2^k$, hence at least $n/2k$ of them belong to $[2^r,2^{r+1}]$ for the same $r$, then there exist three numbers $a < b < c$ with $c-a\leq 2^r/(n/4k)\leq 4ka/n$. Then
lcm$(a,b,c)\geq abc/((b-a)(c-a)(c-b))\geq (a/(c-a))^3\geq (n/4k)^3$.


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Is there any possibility to speed up a city production?
A few options:
Note: if it's particularly the courthouse which is giving you trouble, consider getting the Police State social policy, under the Autocracy tree, which makes occupied cities produce only half the unhappiness value.
Oak has a great list of the conventional methods for increasing production. There are a couple of other options you can consider, although they are more situational and involved:
Start a Golden Age
I love production I was producing producing additional production.
Golden Ages can be started using a great person, saving up enough excess happiness, and various wonders/social policies.
Play as a Civilization that Boosts Production
This is more involved than starting a Golden Age, or any of Oak's suggestion: Civilizations are chosen before the game, so you can't react in the middle of the game when you realize you need a courthouse to finish faster, and you lose the benefits of your other favorite civilization. So, I would recommend using other suggestions first, and switching Civilizations only if you find the other suggestions aren't enough.
Quotes from the Civilization 5 Manual.
Place cities in areas with plenty of hills and forest tiles. In Civilization IV, food tiles were of utmost importance in allowing cities to become large and prosperous. The introduction of maritime city-states to Civilization V, along with the decreased food output from non-strategic resources, makes food tiles a lesser concern. Now I happily settle in the hills and forests, knowing that in the mid to late game I can maintain alliances with several maritime city states to make up for any missing food. Besides allowing you to increase production by working mines and lumber mills, this also allows you to use specialists very liberally, which can lead to tremendous science output (with the Secularism social policy) and even more greatly increased production (if you are able to build the Statue of Liberty).
If you have a great engineer, you can expend them to complete a wonder instantly. There doesn't seem to be a way to increase production speed by spending gold, short of spending enough gold to purchase it outright (and not all units / buildings can be purchased. For example, wonders.)
Edit: As of the 12/15 patch, you can buy courthouses outright in conquered cities, which is a decent way to boost production in those places. (Though expensive!)


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One of the foods that come to mind when asked about a favorite food is macaroni and cheese, often called the ultimate comfort food.
History on the dish from the Woman's Day magazine notes that Thomas Jefferson began serving macaroni and cheese at the White House in 1802, having fallen in love with the dish when he was in Europe.
Kraft got into the act in 1937, by manufacturing a box of dried cheese and elbow macaroni that is now called our famous Kraft Macaroni and Cheese. It went on to sell a million little blue boxes.
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Macaroni and cheese — a just-right dish to chase away the cold
A new color came about called macaroni and cheese, an orange hue, when Crayola sponsored a coloring contest in 1993 and is in the large boxes of assorted color Crayola crayons.
In 2006, S'MAC, the first restaurant devoted to the dish, opened in New York City.
With the chilling winds of October swirling about the doorstep, a hot and steamy casserole of mac 'n' cheese is just right for chasing away the cold. There are healthy methods, old-fashioned baked methods, spiced-up versions, those adding meat and veggies and those using many types of cheese. Your taste is the only thing that dictates the recipe.
Here is an old-time version that is baked and bubbly from the oven. You might add buttered bread crumbs to the top to get a crunchy topping if you like.
Baked Mac 'n' Cheese
4 cups uncooked pasta, any shape or form desired
1/4 cup butter, cubed
1/4 cup flour
4 cups milk, your choice of skim, 1 or 2 percent or whole
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
Dash nutmeg
2 cups, 8 ounces, shredded cheddar cheese (You might make it 1 cup mild and 1 cup sharp cheese.)
1 cup cubed processed cheese, such as Velveeta
Cook pasta according to package directions. In a large saucepan, melt butter, stir in flour until smooth. Gradually add milk; stir in seasonings and Worcestershire sauce and nutmeg. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes, or until thickened. Stir in cheeses until melted. Drain pasta and stir in cheese sauce. Transfer to an ungreased 2-quart baking dish. Bake, uncovered at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes or until bubbly. Makes eight servings.
Now comes a recipe for a heart-healthy macaroni and cheese. It is from Heartbeat, a magazine promoting heart- healthy lifestyles. Adding the mustard and red hot pepper sauce gives it an upbeat flavor, and it is only 173 calories, with 3.5 grams total fat for a 1/2 cup serving.
Rich and Creamy Mac and Cheese
4 ounces dried elbow macaroni
4 slices low-fat American cheese, about 3/4-ounce per slice
1/3 cup fat-free milk
2 tablespoons light tub margarine
1 teaspoon mustard
1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce, lowest sodium sauce available
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon red-hot pepper sauce
In a large saucepan, prepare the macaroni, using the package directions but omitting the salt and oil called for in many box recipes. Drain well in a colander. Return to the pan. Add remaining ingredients, stirring until the cheese melts. Cook over medium heat for 8 to 10 minutes, or until slightly thickened, stirring frequently. Remove from the heat and let stand for 5 minutes to continue to thicken.
This is a macaroni dish that adds veggies to the mix, spinach and frozen peas. It is from Good Housekeeping and makes six main dish servings.
Veggie-Style Mac 'n' Cheese
2 tablespoons cornstarch
2 1/4 cups low-fat milk, 1 percent
1 clove garlic, lightly crushed
12 ounces corkscrew or cavatappi pasta
Salt and pepper
12 ounces reduced-fat, 2 percent, American cheese, chopped
1 ounce grated Parmesan cheese, about 1/4 cup
10-ounce box frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
10 ounces frozen peas, thawed
Heat a covered 5-quart saucepot of water to boiling on high. Meanwhile, in a 4-quart saucepot, whisk cornstarch and 1/4 cup milk until smooth; add garlic and slowly whisk in remaining milk. Heat to boiling on medium-high heat, whisking constantly. Boil 2 minutes or until thickened, whisking constantly. Reduce the heat to medium-low. Add pasta and 1 teaspoon salt to boiling water. Cook 2 minutes less than the minimum time the label directs. Drain well. While pasta cooks, remove and discard garlic from milk mixture; add cheese in two batches; stirring until smooth after each batch. Stir in spinach, peas, cooked pasta and 1/4 teaspoon each salt and freshly ground black pepper. Cook 2 minutes longer or until pasta is al dente, stirring often.
Ham or any type of cooked meat can be added to this macaroni dish to make it a hearty one-dish supper. It is from Taste of Home magazine and takes 30 minutes of preparation and 25 minutes of baking.
1 1/2 cups uncooked elbow macaroni
4 cups fresh broccoli florets
1 large onion, finely chopped
1 cup cubed fully cooked ham
1 medium sweet red pepper, chopped
2 tablespoons butter, divided
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
4 cups fat-free milk
2 1/2 cups, 10 ounces, shredded cheese
1/4 cup minced fresh parsley
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/4 cup dry bread crumbs
Cook macaroni according to package directions. Meanwhile, place 1 inch of water in a large saucepan. Add broccoil. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 4-5 minutes or until crisp-tender. In a large saucepan, saute the onion, ham and red pepper in 1 tablespoon butter until vegetables are crisp-tender. Sprinkle with flour; stir until blended. Gradually stir in milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in cheese, parsley, mustard and seasonings until blended. Drain broccoli and macaroni and stir into cheese sauce. Transfer to a greased 2-quart baking dish. It will be very full. In a small skillet, melt remaining butter and stir in bread crumbs. Sprinkle over macaroni mixture. Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes or until heated through. This is 389 calories and 16 grams of fat for a 1 1/3 cup serving cup as a main dish.
Now for a wild and flavorful mac 'n' cheese dish from Better Homes and Gardens magazine. It has a healthy helping of bottled hot pepper sauce, along with the traditional cheese sauce.
Cajun Mac 'n' Cheese
3 cups dried tri-color or plain elbow macaroni, 12 ounces
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese, 8 ounces
4 ounces American cheese, cubed
3/4 cup chopped sweet onion
2 tablespoons minced fresh garlic
2 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup sliced green onions
1 cup chopped green and or red sweet peppers
12-ounce can evaporated milk
2 eggs, lightly beaten
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons yellow mustard
2 teaspoons bottled hot-pepper sauce
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon salt
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 3-quart rectangular baking dish; set aside. In a large saucepot cook macaroni according to package directions; drain. Return to saucepan. Stir in cheddar and American cheeses; set aside. In a medium skillet, cook sweet onion and garlic in butter until tender. Stir in green onions and sweet peppers. Cook and stir 1 minute more; stir onion mixture into pasta-cheese mixture. Spoon into prepared baking dish; set aside. In a medium bowl, whisk together milk, eggs, flour, mustard, hot pepper sauce, paprika and salt until smooth; pour evenly over pasta mixture in baking dish. Bake, covered, 20 minutes. Uncover and bake 15 to 20 minutes more or until bubbly and heated through. Let sand for 5 minutes before serving. Makes six servings.
This dish uses a package of ranch salad dressing in the ingredients. It is from Taste of Home magazine.
Ranch Mac 'n' Cheese
16-ounce package elbow macaroni
1 cup 2 percent milk
1/4 cup butter, cubed
1 envelope ranch salad dressing mix
1 teaspoon garlic salt
1 teaspoon lemon-pepper seasoning
1 cup, 4 ounces, shredded Monterey Jack cheese
1 cup shredded Colby cheese
1 cup, 8 ounces, sour cream
1/2 cup crushed saltines
1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Cook macaroni according to directions. Meanwhile, in a Dutch oven, combine the milk, butter, dressing mix and seasonings. Heat through. Stir in Monterey Jack and Colby cheeses until melted. Stir in sour cream. Drain macaroni and stir into cheese sauce with the crushed saltines. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Makes eight servings.
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text: Hey guys, today I will be uploading some fun lessons on popular actors and actresses from Hollywood. To start things off here is "how to draw Jennifer Aniston,/strong>", step by step. Jennifer has done so many fun films but we all first got to like this bright faced gal from the television series Friends. She also starred in the creepy horror flick 'Leprechaun' back in 1993 which is one of my favorite cheesy low budget films. Nowadays she has appeared in very entertaining movies like 'Wanderlust, Just Go With It, The Switch, The Bounty Hunter, Along Came Polly', and many many more. I really do enjoy all of Aniston's films even if they can sometimes be a little too quirky. As for the tut, I did have problems with getting her nose drawn right, but overall I think it came out great. Have fun Drawing Jennifer Aniston folks and I will be back with more drawing fun.


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Seat Filler: NYC Theater Guide for May 2012
Cory Michael Smith's spineless John is torn between two competitive lovers, Jason Butler Harner and Amanda Quaid as M and F, in Mike Bartlett's Olivier Award-winning comedy, which raises but appropriately fails to answer questions about bisexuality: Isn't who more important than what? James Macdonald urgently stages the verbal combat in the round, which invests the rapt audience like an exhilaratingly tense sporting event.
The Duke, through October 7.
Gabriel Kahane and Seth Bockley's hauntingly sublime chamber musical stars out singer-songwriter Julian Fleisher as flamboyant editor George Davis, who created a bohemian Brooklyn commune in 1940 for colorful luminaries such as W.H. Auden, Benjamin Britten, Chester Kallman, Carson McCullers, Erika Mann, Peter Pears, and Gypsy Rose Lee — most gay or bisexual behind doors, all seeking inspiration at the dawn of war.
Public Theater, through June 10.
The infamous all-male musical revue closed in January after more than 12 years, but it's been successfully re-erected by married director-producers Tom and Michael D'Angora, who've made the show tighter and sprightlier with a sexy new crop of young trou-droppers. The novelty and shock value have waned since its inception, but the trifle still provides a comfortable soft spot for bachelorette parties and curious gay tourists alike.
Kirk Theatre, open-ended.
In Amy Herzog's quietly moving drama about loss, a familial Harold and Maudefor the modern age, a 21-year-old hippie seeks comfort at his 91-year-old grandmother's Manhattan apartment after his best friend's tragic death on their cross-country bike trip. As the feisty yet fading widow with a Communist past, the great Mary Louise Wilson of Grey Gardens fame gives an indelibly detailed performance worth any long journey.
Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, through July 1.
Inspired by the website of the same name, this hilarious comedy revue enlists five actors — including two youngsters and the marvelous Marilyn Sokol — to honor and reinvent classic borscht belt gags about birth, death, and everything in between, particularly sex or the lack thereof. Light songs and heartfelt monologues are peppered throughout, but it's all about the jokes, folks, delivered here with the sharpness and precision of a deli slicer.
Westside Theatre, open-ended.
Jody Flader and Liz Eckert impress as interior decorator Elsie de Wolfe and theatrical agent Bessie Marbury, feminist pioneers and self-described New York "bachelors" who lived together during the early 20th century, in Kiran Rikhye's absurd light comedy. Cleverly staged like a child's tea party with porcelain dolls sitting in for the couple's social circle, the dainty show is made more satisfying by a tasty five-course tea service.
Lady Mendl's Tea Salon, through July 15.
Out director Trip Cullman helms Paul Weitz's slight but seductive cinematic rom-com, which stars That 70s Show's Topher Grace as Porter, a young Wall Street burnout trying to pull his life together with Heather, a blind businesswoman played by Juno's Olivia Thirlby. Competing with superfluous fussiness like LED signage, Maureen Sebastian is a scene-stealer in three roles, which include Heather's quirky and clingy lesbian roommate.
Second Stage Theatre, through June 3.
The provocative final full-length play by Tennessee Williams had its tech-heavy world premiere — originally scheduled to run through the end of the month — under David Schweizer's direction with Shirley Knight as Babe, a wealthy, boozy broad held captive along with her gay husband (Robert Beitzel) and his young lover (Sam Underwood) by a sinister corporation. Knight's shaky command of her lines didn't help this messy curiosity.
Culture Project, closed May 13.
See our reviews of the complete 2011-2012 Broadway season here.


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Clothespin Colors
If the cutting and gluing aspect of preparing this activity will take more time than you have, use two sets of matching stickers instead.Materials
- Metal lids from frozen-juice cans
- Double set of pictures (either photographs or from a magazine)
- Glue
- Clear contact paper
- Magnets (optional)
- Plastic container, shoebox, or diaper-wipe container
- Cut a double set of pictures of family and friends (or pictures from two identical magazines) into a round shape that will fit the lid of a frozen-juice can.
- Glue the pictures onto the lids and cover with clear contact paper. (You should have two sets of lids exactly the same.)
- Have your child sort the lids into pairs by matching the two pictures that are the same.
- If you like, glue magnets to the backs of the lids and make this a refrigerator or cookie-sheet activity.
- Store the lids in a plastic container, shoebox, or diaperwipe container with a slit cut in the top, your toddler will enjoy dropping the lids into the opening to put the game away.
More on: Activities for Toddlers
Copyright é 1999 by Patricia Kuffner. Excerpted from The Toddler's Busy Book with permission of its publisher, Meadowbrook Press.
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I am very new to using WordPress and I was wondering what the benefits of using widgets is? Looking here it sounds like they are for people who are not programmers that want to add plugins to their site. Is that correct? or do widgets allow the site to be more robust in some way?
I battled with this very same question. I'm presently developing my own ability to develop WordPress sites. My employer is launching numerous websites on the engine, and is moving me from general PHP work to focused WordPress development. The thing is, these sites will all be managed by other people, and not myself.
Using widgets allows the non-programmers to help develop the site without potential of breaking things. For instance, they can move things around in the sidebar, change up the contents of the footer, and so much more. That being said, I wish I could prevent them from doing some types of editing, but permit them to do others. While they can't break the site (to my knowledge), they could really make it ugly.
I think "widgets are for non-programmers" is terrible description of their purpose.
Widget API purpose is to provide way to package code and expose consistent and convenient controls for it. With decent object oriented approach on top.
Widgets are not there for dumb people. They are there for creating good, convenient and reliable functionality.
I have been subject to creating custom widgets and widget areas for clients for the sake of not breaking websites myself. While it can seem a bit tedious, I can understand the value. I even set out on my own to create a contact form widget that wraps the user-submitted information with microformat classes. I wanted people to be able to simply insert their info without breaking the valid hcard information.
When used effectively, they are good to use.


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Let $W$ be a Coxeter group and let $P_W(q) = \sum_{w \in W} q^{\ell(w)}$ be its Poincare series. When $W$ is the Weyl group of a simple algebraic group $G$ (hence $W$ is finite), $P_W(q)$ is the generating function describing the cells in the Bruhat decomposition of the flag variety $G/B$, $B$ a Borel.
What happens when $W$ is infinite, e.g. when $W$ is an affine Weyl group or a hyperbolic Coxeter group? Can $P_W$ still be associated to an infinite-dimensional "flag variety"?


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Version 1 of a web application is on an old Host.
Version 2 is on a new host, operating on a test domain.
At launch, we will point the official domain at the new host.
However, I would like to verify that we have the SSL certificate installed correctly on the new host before pointing the domain at the new host.
I exported the certificate, but it is my understanding that the SSL certificate only works for the single domain it was issued to, so I'm not sure how to test that we have SSL setup pre-launch.
Any ideas?


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With the advent of CRIME, BEAST's successor, what possible protection is available for an individual and/or system owner in order to protect themselves and their users against this new attack on TLS?
This attack is supposed to be presented 10 days from now, but my guess is that they use compression.
SSL/TLS optionally supports data compression. In the
For this example, we suppose that the cookie in each HTTP request looks like this:
The attacker knows the
When DEFLATE sees that, it will recognize the repeated
The request goes to the server. From the outside, the eavesdropping part of the attacker sees an opaque blob (SSL encrypts the data) but he can see the blob length (with byte granularity when the connection uses RC4; with block ciphers there is a bit of padding, but the attacker can adjust the contents of his requests so that he may phase with block boundaries, so, in practice, the attacker can know the length of the compressed request).
Now, the attacker tries again, with
He then just has to repeat the process (
What I describe above is what I thought of when I read the article, which talks about "information leak" from an "optional feature". I cannot know for sure that what will be published as the CRIME attack is really based upon compression. However, I do not see how the attack on compression cannot work. Therefore, regardless of whether CRIME turns out to abuse compression or be something completely different, you should turn off compression support from your client (or your server).
Note that I am talking about compression at the SSL level. HTTP also includes optional compression, but this one applies only to the body of the requests and responses, not the header, and thus does not cover the
Edit 2012/09/12: The attack above can be optimized a bit by doing a dichotomy. Imagine that the secret value is in Base64, i.e. there are 64 possible values for each unknown character. The attacker can make a request containing 32 copies of
Edit 2012/09/13: IT IS CONFIRMED. The CRIME attack abuses compression, in a way similar to what is explained above. The actual "body" in which the attacker inserts presumed copies of the cookie can actually be the path in a simple request which can be triggered by a most basic
To add to Thomas Pornin's outstanding answer, I wanted to point out some prior work on the subject of compression and cryptography. Take a look at the following research paper:
That paper describes chosen-plaintext attacks against systems that (a) compress data before encrypting it, and (b) where an eavesdrop can observe the length of the resulting ciphertexts.
The attacks that are conceptually vaguely similar to what Thomas Pornin describes. The paper even mentions that TLS uses optional compression before encryption. However, at the time I don't think anyone realized that this enables an attack on HTTP over TLS, or that an attacker could learn the value of secret cookies sent over a TLS-encrypted connection. The paper looks at attacks on compression mainly in the abstract, rather than in the specific context of the web, and is pretty theoretical. So, CRIME (or Thomas Pornin's attack) is still a significant novel extension of these ideas.
Nonetheless, this is an interesting paper that anticipates the general sort of attack at issue here, even if it did not realize the consequences for web security. It is interesting that the general sort of issue was first described in the research literature 10 years ago, yet it took that long for the security community to fully appreciate the practical consequences of this work. Crypto sure ain't easy, is it?
Just to add to great Thomas answer, it seems that to successfully leak the cookie value the actual POST body sent should not only be the:
but should contain much more text from the POST header, like so:
This POST contents can be easily constructed with Javascript (e.g. he will retrieve user agent via
In practice, attacker can mutate the body even more, e.g. by putting the cookie value multiple times, putting multiple Cookie headers, using only parts of the POST headers in the body etc.
Based on @xorninja code I've constructed the adaptive algorithm that duplicates the whole request header in the body, and tries to shorten it iteratively if the results for the next cookie character are unclear.
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Myriad of Ways to Show it!
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Open Wide for Art
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Into the Distance
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"Speak out Loud"
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The Creative Beast
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My Dad's Favorite Guitar
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A company has the words This order will ship on 9/14/2010 from our Virginia location on their website. The user could request a ship date in the future.
The internal, recommended replacement is This order is requested to ship on 9/14/2010 from our Virginia location but the readability of the statement is in question.
What is the correct way to combine a requested ship date and a location statement in a single sentence?


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The 6 Most Hilariously Creative Acts of Revenge
We do not endorse any of the following actions. In real life, revenge fantasies rarely go the way you want, and usually just make things worse. Still, sometimes the act of vigilante retribution is doled out in such a clever manner, it's hard to call it anything but "justice." Or at least, "hilarious."
#6. Man Turns the Police Department's Own Website into a Traffic Camera Protest
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Speed control cameras are a pretty controversial issue, not least because getting a retroactive speeding ticket by mail is the stuff swear words are made of. Still, at the end of the day, most people just pay the fine and move on with their lives. Computer network designer Brian McCrary of Bluff City, Tennessee, was not most people.
For one thing, he has a much larger monitor than most people.
The Bluff City area already had a reputation for using surveillance cameras as speed traps to collect revenue, so when McCrary got a belated ticket from one in 2010, he was damn well going to say a word or two. McCrary went to the police department's website to locate a non-emergency phone number to give someone a piece of his mind, and he made a curious find: a warning message saying that the police department's domain was just about to expire.
Imagine the situation: A computer network professional is fuming about a questionable ticket dealt by the local police department, then unexpectedly finds out that said police department's website is about to be up for grabs. As perfect moments go, it must've been a pretty sweet one.
"Ticket this."
Within a few days, the BCPD's website mysteriously stopped being all policey and began displaying information about the evils of speed cameras, including the area's specific camera locations and how to avoid them.
McCrary, the site's proud new owner, created and linked to a number of articles highlighting just how much money these cameras were taking in and how said money was distributed. When it became apparent that 50 percent of the revenue went to the company that sold the cameras, it didn't take long for the public to take interest.
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You'd really expect more bullet holes in a sign like that.
Meanwhile, the cops had zero idea about what was going on. In fact, they didn't even know anything had happened until the reporters started calling. A quick investigation revealed that the BCPD had in fact received no less than seven email notifications that their domain rights were about to expire, and they just never got around to renewing them.
This made everything McCrary did nice and legal -- the cops couldn't touch him, and he could just lean back and watch as his newfound publicity jumped his site to a very respectable 90,000 unique visitors, all on a quest to learn about the dark side of speed cameras.
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We're surprised that many people needed to be convinced that these suck.
McCrary's site is still alive and well today. Meanwhile, the Bluff City Police Department maintains a limited Internet presence, presumably while attempting to get with the times and figure out how to set up a Myspace profile.
#5. Theft Victim Makes the Thief Go Viral
Bentley University freshman Mark Bao was more than a little pissed off when a thief relieved him of his MacBook Air. Luckily, Bao was pretty handy with computers and used a browser-based backup database to remotely access the stolen computer. Curious to see what the dickbag who took the computer had been using it for, Bao started combing through its files and browsing history. Soon enough, he had dug up the culprit's identity via his Facebook profile information. That wasn't the only interesting thing he found, either:
That video is of the thief, who apparently used the computer's camera to make several videos of himself doing a weird frat boy robot dance to the song "Make It Rain" by Travis Porter.
Once Bao had watched the videos and recovered from the ensuing douche chill seizure, he realized that he'd hit the jackpot. He now had the perpetrator's identity and all the damning proof against the dude he could ever want. So Bao took his case to the cops, they arrested the guy and the laptop was returned to its original owne- ha, no, of course not! Where's the fun in that?
Locked away somewhere with his rhythm?
Instead, Bao picked one of the more embarrassing videos and uploaded it to YouTube under the less than subtle title of "Don't Steal Computers Belonging to People Who Know How to Use Computers."
The clip instantly became a runaway YouTube hit (1.7 million views, as of the writing of this article). Before long, the guy himself caught wind of his newfound viral fame. The realization that you're now known to your friends, family and the world as Dancin' Douchebag Computer Thief apparently has a very invigorating effect on a person's honesty glands, because he immediately turned the stolen laptop over to the campus police. He then proceeded to write Bao a rambling email, asking him if Bao could take the video down as a huge personal favor for him, the guy who stole Bao's computer.
You naive fool. Nothing can ever unmake this.
History doesn't explicitly state what Bao's reaction was, but judging by how he instantly posted the email on Reddit and the fact that the video is still up, we're guessing his reply was a set of very specific instructions as to where the thief could stick his request.
#4. Man Counters Repossession of His Home ... With a Bulldozer
One of the millions of homeowners screwed by the economic meltdown in 2008 was Terry Hoskins, who was stuck with a $350,000 house that he was unable to pay off thanks to a failing family business. To ward off foreclosure, he put the house on the market -- only to receive a single offer of $170,000, the house buyer's equivalent of mooning the seller. Still, the world economy was moments away from devolving into Road Warrior territory, so Hoskins was in no position to haggle. While the offer was less than half the value of the house, it was also a full ten grand above what he owed the bank on it. Knowing that it could have been much worse, the relieved Hoskins informed the bank of the deal ...
"I'd like to place an order for $9,999 worth of cocaine and one small Dr. Pepper."
... only to have them tell him that they absolutely would not accept the arrangement.
Hoskins' bank had chosen to handle the crisis in a manner best described as a feeding frenzy: They just calculated the most money they could make and went for the jugular. And since they could profit the most by repossessing and selling Hoskins' house, well, that's just too bad for Hoskins.
"The best way to challenge society's perception of bankers is by not doing that at all."
Freshly stripped of fiscal dignity, Hoskins took one last look at the house he had built and lived in for decades. Then he did an inventory of his earthly possessions. He had one home that was no longer his, one business that was likely to go belly-up ... and, as luck would have it, one perfectly functional bulldozer.
And really, what honest man needs more than that?
As we've mentioned before, the one lesson corporate America doesn't seem to learn is that you never, ever fuck with a man who has access to a bulldozer. Hoskins took it upon himself to remind the bank of this, cranked up the 'dozer's engine and proceeded to tear through his home, aka the house the bank was hoping to seize.
For two hours.
So, when the bank cashed in on their shenanigans and came calling on this ...
... they found Hoskins lounging in front of this:
The Spokesman-Review
"I just wanted to take out a couple walls. And a couple ceilings."
Hoskins explained his actions by stating that he merely wanted to leave the place in the same condition that he had found it -- that is, sans house. When the bank countered by saying they'd repo his business premises, too, he just shrugged and gave the bulldozer a meaningful look.
Of course, the letter of the law doesn't leave much room for poetic justice, so Hoskins will still have to pay a shit ton of money for the havoc he wreaked. Still, we're guessing the bank managers aren't leaning on him too hard if he misses a payment ... lest they wake up in the middle of the night to the sound of a large, slowly approaching engine.
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"This thing really needs a cape."


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Big Red to hold golf tryouts
STEUBENVILLE - Students interested in trying out for the Steubenville Big Red golf team must report to Blackmoor Golf Course at 8 a.m. Thursday.
Candidates need to make sure they have an updated physical and insurance before they are permitted to participate. Candidates should bring their clubs, shoes, etc., and be prepared to practice. Proper attire required.
For information, contact coach Joe Biasi at (740) 266-2440.
Edison to sell tickets
RICHMOND - Football season tickets will be on sale from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Aug. 9. Monday and Aug. 6 will be seat renewals and Aug. 7-9 will be new seat purchases.
Senior citizen passes will be available. In-district passes are $40 and out-of-district passes are $50.
For information, contact Athletic Director JoAnn Stagani at (740) 765-4313, ext. 101.
The fall sports parent meeting for junior high and high school will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the auditorium.
Bleacher work continues from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday. Any help is needed and appreciated. The athletic boosters will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesdays in the cafeteria throughout the season.
Coleman to hold camp
WEIRTON - Basketball coach Mel Coleman will hold a centers and forwards fundamentals techniques clinic from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Aug. 6-8 at the Bush Center at Mercy Baptist Church. The cost is $40. Checks are not accepted.
Fundamentals will include footwork, ball handling, defense, rebounding and shooting.
Collaros to make first start
TORONTO - Toronto Argonauts head coach Scott Milanovich confirmed Sunday that 24-year-old Zach Collaros will start in place of injured quarterback Ricky Ray when they face the BC Lions tonight.
The announcement ends nine of days of speculation regarding whether or not Ray would be able to play after suffering a lower-body injury in a winning effort over the Blue Bombers in Week 4.
"I've been taking the reps all week so I was kind of expecting it," Collaros, a Steubenville Big Red and University of Cincinnati graduate, explained Sunday. "I'm just ready to go and I'm excited - it is my first start in a while."
Collaros, who spent most of last season on the injured list and sat No. 4 on the depth chart behind Ray, Jarious Jackson and Trevor Harris, said getting the chance to start is entirely different than coming on in relief, which he has done this year.
"It's very special. It is a lot different than coming in in the fourth quarter ... it is a completely different thought process and preparation before the game, so I'm just anxious and ready to go."
Ray will get time to heal with the Argonauts entering a bye after tonight. In the meantime, he has been putting in time with Collaros as he attempts to get his backup prepared.
"Pre-snap (reads), where guys are aligned and how I can use that to my advantage to help me see what the coverage is going to be," Collaros said about what he is learning from Ray.
Collaros and fellow backup Trevor Harris saw action in relief, with Collaros completing just one pass for five yards, while Harris threw for 66 yards, connecting on three of his five attempts.
In a Week 3 loss to the Roughriders, Collaros was solid in late-game action, throwing for 107 yards on six completions, while running for 19 yards and a touchdown.
Tonight's tilt will mark the first start in Collaros' two-year career.
From staff and wire reports


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I think CakePHPs JsHelper is pretty neat to use for AJAX form submissions. Normally you just set the DOM element to update with the new content and the JsHelper takes care of the rest. A normal submit button could look like:
echo $this->Js->submit('Submit', array(
'update' => '#a-div',
'url' => 'some-url'
Now, I want to update 2 or 3 different DOM elements and my AJAX response type will be JSON with 2 or 3 key pairs. So to my question.
How can I capture the JSON response data and pass THAT DATA to an independent callback function that I have written myself where I can parse the response and update the relevant DOM elements with the value pairs? What is the correct syntax for that? I realise I could probably skip using the JsHelper and create my own submission, but I don't want to do that in this instance.


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March 1, 2012
New York University's Fales Library, the home of one of the nation's largest and prestigious collection in food studies, will host a panel discussion entitled "Yelp? Help! Is There a Return to Actual Expertise in Food?" on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 from 4:00-6:00 p.m. at the Fales Library, third floor, Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, 70 Washington Square South, (at LaGuardia Place). [Subways A,C,E, B,D,M to West 4th Street; 6 line to Astor Place; R train to 8th Street.].
No longer just a world of connoisseurship, knowledge about what we eat and drink, as well as its impact on our bodies and our world, is getting a fresh look and some serious thought. Have we begun to recover from what professors have called the "democratization of information," and are we finally ready to embrace the occasional actual expert? Nobody can know everything, but it sometimes feels like everyone has an opinion. The panelists tackle the questions of "Where should we look, whom should we read, and how shall we learn?"
The conversation, between traditional and non-traditional educators and practitioners moderated by Clark Wolf, host of the Fales Library's "Critical Topics in Food Series," will center on a discussion about what's on the agenda of food pros and just plain folks and how that just might translate into menus for the next slice of the 21st Century.
MEDIA ONLY: Reporters interested in covering or attending the event must contact Christopher James at 212-998-6876 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Eric Asimov Chief wine critic and former temporary restaurant critic for the New York Times
Scott Hocker Editorial Director of Tasting Table
Jonathan Milder Research Librarian at the Food Network
Sara Moulton Chef, Cookbook Author and Television Personality
Krishnendu Ray Author & NYU Food Studies Faculty
Host: Clark Wolf, food and restaurant consultant. Wolf has more than thirty years of experience in the food industry and is founder and President of Clark Wolf Company, a New York-based food and restaurant consulting firm.
Suggested donation: $10; RSVP to: firstname.lastname@example.com with your name and title/date of the event. For more information the public may call Elizabeth Wiest, 212 992 9744 or email email@example.com.
Yelp? Help! Is There a Return to Actual Expertise in Food, part of Fales Library's "Critical Topics in Food Series," is sponsored by New York University Fales Library; Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development, Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health; and Clark Wolf. The "Critical Topics in Food Series" is made possible in part by the generosity of the Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Foundation.
About Fales Library and Special Collections:
The Fales Library, comprising nearly 200,000 volumes, and over 8,000 linear feet of archive and manuscript materials, houses the Fales Collection of rare books and manuscripts in English and American literature, the Downtown Collection, the Food and Cookery Collection and the general Special Collections of the NYU Libraries. The Fales Collection was given to NYU in 1957 by DeCoursey Fales in memory of his father, Haliburton Fales. It is especially strong in English literature from the middle of the 18th century to the present, documenting developments in the novel. The Downtown Collection documents the downtown New York art, performance, and literary scenes from 1975 to the present and is extremely rich in archival holdings, including extensive film and video objects. The Food and Cookery Collection is a vast, and rapidly expanding collection of books and manuscripts documenting food and foodways with particular emphasis on New York City. Other strengths of the collection include the Berol Collection of Lewis Carroll Materials, the Robert Frost Library, the Kaplan and Rosenthal Collections of Judaica and Hebraica and the manuscript collections of Elizabeth Robins and Erich Maria Remarque. The Fales Library preserves manuscripts and original editions of books that are rare or important not only because of their texts, but also because of their value as artifacts.
This Press Release is in the following Topics:
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Nuchal Translucency Screening
An ultrasound scan, known as the nuchal translucency screening, is done between 11 and 14 weeks of pregnancy and is used to help assess your baby's risk of Down syndrome. During this test, the sonographer measures the depth of fluid under the skin at the back of the baby's neck, known as the nuchal fold. If this measurement is high, it indicates that excess fluid is present, which means that the baby has a higher risk of Down syndrome. The measurement is then combined with the results of blood tests and the average risk based on your age to give your baby's individual risk for Down syndrome. If your risk is higher than 1 in 250, you will be counseled and offered a diagnostic test, such as amniocentesis or chorionic villus sampling, to give a definitive result (see Chorionic villus sampling).
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I have a database accessed by around 50 clients via TDS over TCP which does not seem to be releasing log space. The number of processes stays around the expected 50, and some of them are quite long lived (>120 days).
The database now has 40 gb in log space (it only has 14 gb data), 39 gb free. Due to space limitations on the drive, I would like to shrink to something more reasonable (10gb-ish). When I execute
DBCC SHRINKFILE('db_log', 10000), it returns an error that the end of the log is in use.
In order to free access to the end of the log, I attempted to place the database in single user mode with the following:
ALTER DATABASE db SET SINGLE_USER WITH ROLLBACK IMMEDIATE
ALTER DATABASE db SET MULTI_USER
but the script is returning the following message repeated hundreds of times:
Nonqualified transactions are being rolled back. Estimated rollback completion: 100%.
Which leads me to believe that somewhere, I am leaving some transactions uncommitted. I am not aware of any process that would intentionally open this many transactions at one time, so I think they must accumulate over time, never being closed.
Question: How do I locate the offending process or script or why is the log not being released?
sys.dm_tran_active_transactions is showing a reasonable 18 transactions with understandable purposes.
sp_who shows only the processes I am aware of.
SQL Server Version:
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 (RTM) - 10.50.1600.1 (X64)
Apr 2 2010 15:48:46
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
Enterprise Edition (64-bit) on Windows NT 6.1 <X64> (Build 7601: Service Pack 1) (Hypervisor)
Server Version:
Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 - Datacenter 4 vCPUs, 16GB memory, Pass through disk for data and log, OS disk is VHD
on Hyper-V (Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 x64 Datacenter) Dual Intel X5650 (6 core, 12 thread at 2.67GHz) 72 GB memory
Hypervisor only has three VMs and does not show high resource use. SQL Server VM shows ~40% CPU under load and 99% cache hits.


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The objective of this cooperative research project is to identify genes important in resistance of soybean to the soybean cyst nematode and to develop soybean plants with broad resistance to soybean cyst nematode.
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Soybean genes expressed during nematode invasion will be identified that may be used to broaden resistance to SCN through soybean transformation or targeted mutations. Virtually nothing is known about the resistance or susceptible response of soybean to SCN. These genes can be over- or under-expressed in soybean roots and challenged with SCN. Genes will be identified that are up regulated during the resistance response using microarrays or genes localized to known SCN resistance quantitative trait loci (QTLs). These up-regulated genes will be over-expressed using strong constitutive promoters or under-expressed using RNA interference. Transgenic roots with altered expression profiles for candidate resistance-associated genes will be challenged with different races of SCN and the resistance profile examined.
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Let $f$ be a $C^\infty$ function on $(c,d)$ ,and let $O=\cup_{n\in \mathbb{Z}^+} (a_n,b_n)$ where $(a_n,b_n)$ are disjoint open interval in $(c,d)$ and $O$ is dense in $(c,d)$. Suppose for each $n\in \mathbb{Z}^+$ ,$f$ coincides with a polynomial on $(a_n,b_n)$. Is it necessary that $f$ coincide with a polynomial on $(c,d)$?
I believe the answer is "no". The key lemma is:
Lemma. Let $f: [c,d] \to {\bf R}$ be smooth, let $I$ be a compact subinterval of $(c,d)$, $q$ be an interior point of $I$, let $n \geq 1$, and let $\varepsilon > 0$. Then there exists a smooth perturbation $g: [c,d] \to {\bf R}$ of $f$ which agrees with $f$ outside of $I$, is a polynomial on a neighbourhood of $q$ of degree at least $n$, but is not a polynomial on all of $I$, and differs from $f$ by at most $\varepsilon$ in $C^n[c,d]$ norm.
If we apply this lemma iteratively for $n=1,2,\ldots$ with $\varepsilon = \varepsilon_n := 2^{-n}$ and $n=0,1,2,\ldots$, starting with $f_0 = 0$, and setting $q = q_n$ to be the first rational (in some enumeration of the rationals) on which $f_n$ is not locally polynomial, one obtains a sequence $f_1, f_2, f_3,\ldots$ of smooth functions on $[c,d]$ which form a Cauchy sequence in $C^k$ for each $k$, and thus converge in the smooth topology to a limit $f$ which is equal to a polynomial on degree at least $n$ on an interval $I_n$, with the $I_n$ disjoint and covering all the rationals, thus dense in $[c,d]$, giving the claim.
To prove the lemma, recall from the Weierstrass approximation theorem that the polynomials are dense in $C^0[c,d]$; integrating this fact repeatedly we see that they are dense in $C^n[c,d]$ as well. So we can approximate $f$ to arbitrary accuracy by a polynomial $h$ in the $C^n$ norm; by a small perturbation one can ensure that $h$ has degree at least $n$. Now using a smooth partition of unity, one can create a merged function $g$ that equals $h$ near $q$ and equals $f$, which can be made arbitrarily close in $C^n$. By modifying $g$ a little bit in $I$ away from $q$ one can ensure that $q$ is not polynomial on all of $I$.
The problem here is superficially similar to that in the previous question If $f$ is infinitely differentiable then $f$ coincides with a polynomial , but the latter has qualitative control at every single point (allowing the powerful Baire category theorem to come into play), whereas here one only has qualitative control on a dense set, which is a far weaker statement, and one which allows for a great deal of flexibility.
No. Say that a function $f(x)$ is locally a polynomial at $x_0$ if there is some neighborhood of $x_0$ upon which $f(x)$ coincides with a polynomial. In
the author constructs an example of a $C^\infty$ function that is not a polynomial but is nonetheless locally a polynomial on a dense set. Since the set of points at which a function is locally a polynomial is open, hence a countable union of disjoint intervals, the answer to your question follows.
The existence of such functions being established by now, there remains a curiosity for the concrete situations that may generate them. Here is one, which is also interesting as an example of a $C^\infty$, non-analytic solution, of a simple first order linear DDE.
Let's consider the problem
$$f'(x)=\lambda f(3x),\qquad x < \frac{1}{2} $$ where we seek for a function $f\in C^1(\mathbb{R})$ with support in $I:=[0,1]$, and with the condition $f(x)=f(1-x)$.
I will show that it has a simple eigenvalue $\lambda= \frac{9}{2}$, corresponding to an eigenfunction with $f(\frac{1}{2})=1$ (see the details below). Then, it is very easy to check that $f$ is locally polynomial on the complement of the Cantor set; and it is, of course, $C^\infty$.
Indeed, since $f (3x)=0$ for $ x > \frac{1}{3}$, from the equation we have that $f'(x)$ vanishes identically on the interval $(\frac{1}{3},\frac{2}{3})$, so that $f$ is the constant $1$ therein. By induction, it is easy to see that $f$ is polynomial of degree $k-1$ on each component of the complement of the closed set $F_k$ in $I$, inductively defined by $F_0:=I$ and $F_{k+1}:= \frac{1}{3}F_k \cup\left(\frac{1}{3}F_k + \frac{2}{3}\right)$. Note that $\{F_k\} _ {k\in\mathbb{N}}$ is the well-known nested sequence of closed sets whose intersection is the Cantor set.
$$*$$ Construction. Consider the linear operator $T$ on $L^\infty(0,1)$ (thought as subspace of $L^1(\mathbb{R})$ via extension by zero), defined by
$$Tu(x)= \cases{ \int_0^{3x}u(t)\, dt\qquad \qquad 0 < x < \frac{1}{3}\\\ 0 \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \frac{1}{3} < x < \frac{2}{3}\\\ \int_0^{3(1-x)}u(t)\, dt \qquad\frac{2}{3}< x < 1.} $$ Since $T$ and $T ^ 2$ are integral operators with non-negative kernels, their norms are attained on the constant function $1$ on $[0,1]$. We have, by simple computations $T1(x)=3\min(x,1-x)\chi _ { F _ 1 }(x) $, $\|T\| = \|T1\| _ \infty=1$ and $\|T^2\|=\|T(T1)\|_\infty=\frac{1}{3}$. Therefore $\rho(T)\le\frac{1}{\sqrt 3} < \frac{2}{3}$ and $I-\frac{3}{2}T$ is invertible. The function
$$f:= \left(I-\frac{3}{2}T\right) ^ {-1}\chi _ {[\frac{1}{3},\frac{2}{3}]} = \sum _ {k=0} ^ \infty \left( \frac{3}{2}\right) ^ k T ^ k \chi _ { [\frac{1}{3}, \frac{2}{3}] } $$
$$f(x)=\frac{3}{2} \int_0^{3x}f(t)\; dt\qquad \mathrm{for\; all}\quad 0 < x <
\frac{1}{3}\, ,$$
and $$f(x)=f(1-x)\qquad \mathrm{for\, all}\quad x\in\mathbb{R} \, .$$ The only points in $\mathbb{R}$ where the continuity of $f$ is not immediate and has to be checked, are $\frac{1}{3}$ and $\frac{2}{3}$. We have
$$\int_ 0 ^ 1 f(x)dx=\int _ 0 ^ \frac{1}{3} f(x)dx+\int _ \frac{1}{3} ^ \frac{2}{3} f(x)dx+\int _ \frac{2}{3} ^ 1 f(x)dx= 2\int _ 0 ^ \frac{1}{3} f(x)dx+ \frac{1}{3}\, ,$$
$$ 2 \int _ 0 ^ \frac{1}{3} f(x)dx = 3\int _ 0 ^ \frac{1}{3} \int _ 0 ^ {3x} f(t) dt dx= \int _ 0 ^ 1 \int _ 0 ^ x f(t) dt dx=$$
$$= \int _ 0 ^ 1 (1-t) f(t) dt = \int _ 0 ^ 1 tf(1-t)dt= \int _ 0 ^ 1 tf(t)dt = $$
$$ =\frac{1}{2}\left(\int _ 0 ^ 1 (1-t)f(t)+ tf(t)dt\right) =\frac{1}{2} \int _ 0 ^ 1 f(t)dt\, . $$
$$ \int _ 0 ^ 1f(t)dt = \frac{2}{3}\, ,$$
which implies the continuity of $f$ at $ \frac{1}{3}$ (and by symmetry at $
\frac{2}{3}$ ), since
Here is a Pudding Function $f$, and its integral function, $F(x):=\int_0^x f(t)dt$. Note how the latter coincides with the first third of the former, up to rescaling. Simple considerations based on odd and even symmetry show that $F(1)=\frac{2}{3}$.
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Suppose That on $(a_1, b_1)$, $f$ is a polynomial of degree $N$. This means that in its Taylor series at any point $x \in (a_1, b_1)$, every coefficiant past the $(N+1)$st vanishes.
This must also be true for the border points, $x = a_1$ and $x=b_1$. However, because the intervals are dense in $O$, $a_1$ or $b_1$ lies in the closure of some other interval. The rest is something like an induction: It follows that on every set $(a_n, b_n)$, the coefficients past the $(N+1)$st vanish.
This shows that $f$ is a polynomial, by the fundamental theorem of calculous.


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I am using Apache's mod_rewrite to redirect mobile users to my mobile site based on their http_user_agent. However not all pages have a mobile equivalent. Also mobile pages end in .html and "full" pages end in .shtml.
Here is some pseudo code.
Does the user have a certain HTTP_USER_AGENT?
Is there a mobile page?
If so take them there. If not, no redirection is needed.


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Yahoo! Mail is not letting me attach files to send. This problem started suddenly and inexplicably on 18 October 2011. I have tried multiple browsers. I have tried re-installing browsers. I have tried to attach both
.docx and
.doc files (files that are clearly well below the maximum allowed size).
Sometimes the system just hangs and sometimes I get an error message in red type (sorry, can't recall the specific text of the message). Has anyone else experienced this?
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The Pratt High School wrestling team completed another successful year with the best State finish in nearly 40 years. The 1974 Greenbacks placed 5th, just slightly better than the 7th place earned by this year's Greenback grapplers.
Pratt's combined record over the two-day State Tournament was an impressive 16-9, placing 4 out of their 5 qualifiers. Cesar Regalado, #113 junior, was State Champion and sported an overall record of 31-3 on the year.
PHS' next highest state placer was #220 senior Austin Gates, who took 4th. Gates went 31-10 for the campaign.
A 6th place state finish by Mitchell Baird culminated a 29-13 season record for the #152 senior.
Trae' Foreman took 5th at state, the #106 junior finishing the season at 32-6.
#170 senior Weston Riner was just one match from placing at state, and sported a 22-15 record on the year.
Other varsity wrestlers this season included Gabriel McAbee, Hudson Swift, Brendan Pribil and Taylor White. Each of those grapplers is an underclassman, and the experience they gained over the campaign should help them to contribute strongly next year.
Despite the loss of 3 senior state qualifiers, PHS head coach Tate Thompson is optimistic about the prospects for next year. "With Trae' and Cesar returning as state placers, the Greenbacks are projected to be in the top 5 with returning State placer points next year," Thompson pointed out. "We look forward to a quality group of freshmen next year to add to our 7 returning varsity wrestlers so that we can just continue to reload and reach our ultimate goal of a team state championship in the very near future."
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The Vine - November 2011
What's New?
It's been quiet on the forums these last few months, with the Miss TDP pageant still on hiatus and no new events being started. However, this November marks the passing of a year since I took over posting the Vine! I've got to say, despite the delays and difficulties, it's been fun for me.
But after all this time, I am considering stepping down as editor and letting someone else take over - preferably someone who is able to occasionally get a newsletter out on time. So if you're interested, let me know, either in this thread or by PM.
If I don't get a replacement, I'll probably continue posting the newsletter, and you can continue expecting schedule slips. At any rate, though, I'm definitely planning to get one more issue out in December!
Doll of the Month
Best handdrawn:
Rosette de Lacroix by Silent_Wolf - I absolutely adore how much personality this doll shows! The shading on the top part of the dress is also gorgeous, and the scratches and bruises are really well done. Congratulations!
Want to comment? Her thread is here.
Since only two dollmaker dolls were posted in the last two months, I'm postponing the dollmaker award until the next issue.
Art of the Month
Keeping Me Down by spirit_queen - Something a bit different from the usual, a lovely and very emotive charcoal painting by Queenie. I love the black/yellow tone on this one, and the way her hair is drawn is absolutely beautiful. Congratulations!
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During the past few years, your boundaries between fantasy and reality have become blurred. For some unknown reason, you actually believe the fallacy that you are a genuine, likeable person instead of a pathetic loser with a tendency to create toxic smells. Quick to chastise others for their tardiness you ought to take a look at your own track record. You will discover a brand new species of bacterium on your toothbrush due to your inability to brush your teeth more than once a year. All your clothes smell of beer, and you have absolutely no idea as to why. Avoid public toilets this month. Tip: Eat more sugar.
In two weeks time, you will be forced to go to the emergency room after an incident involving superglue where you accidentally glue your right hand to your left thigh. The doctors will give you knowing glances and refuse to believe your excuses. You will suddenly have the revelation that no-one actually believes a single word you say, even when you're telling the truth, and feel all the better for it. The pigeons are out to get you and will poop on you every time you leave the house this month. Coincidence, you say? Keep on believing that, everyone else knows what's really going on. Today you will be mostly pitied, though those that truly know you will despise your soul with as much passion as they put in to breaking into your house and stealing the batteries out of your remote control.
Take all the worthless designer copies you use as clothing and burn it in a giant bonfire in the center of the city park as an offering to the gods. A trying month ahead for you which should please you no end. Why are you always so ready to pick a fight? Even when the person you are trying to mow down with a Sherman tank agrees with you? You are the definition of the pathetic moron who feels that winning internet fights confers on them some sort of glory, when in fact, the opposite is true. Stop trying to save water by bathing less; you are wilting the plants around you with your foul body odour. Maybe you'd have more friends if you weren't such a thick headed sheep. Warning: Beware the Ides of March.
The term "bull headed stupidity" not only applies to you, but when you look the phrase up in a dictionary, there is a picture of you right next to it. Moths will be your enemy this month and will delight in burning themselves up in kamikaze flights to your light sources and making every lightbulb in your house explode simultaniously. Sometimes, dear Taurus, it is better to go softly into that gentle night rather than roaring around like the proverbial bull in the china shop. Doing so only means that people can hear you coming and therefore take steps to avoid being in your company. Next Tuesday, you will spend all of your money on quack doctors and strange medical treatments. Have a nice month.
Next Monday or Tuesday at noon, your car will be smashed by a rat, a mouse, and a giraffe while you are receiving a parking ticket. You will manage to persuade a suicidal man from jumping from the top of a building as he will realise that he's at least got a less pointless existance than you have. The contents of your fridge are out to get you. Your dual nature often leads to a diagnosis of bi-polar disorder; however the real problem with you is that you are two faced, and both faces are hideously ugly. This is going to be a bad month for you. You will need to start working overtime and live off moldy bread and the table scraps of others so you can provide properly for your descendants' futures. Tip: Avoid pork scratchings.
You are arrogant, selfish and completely oblivious to the feelings of others. You should be ashamed of this, but in fact, you are actually quite proud. You don't get into half as much trouble as your fellow star signs do, but don't get smug just yet. You will go into an emotional decline when you are unable to make an appointment at the hairdressers and your decidedly unglamourous mousy brown roots start to come thru. As a result, you will gorge on chocolate and gain half a stone. To make yourself feel better, you will go and find that Virgo from who you stole a wallet off two months ago and steal their new wallet with their month's money inside. You should feel guilty about this, but being a shallow, vain and heartless individual, you do not. Shame on you.
Sometimes, you choose relationships for unhealthy reasons, such as the adulation the person bestows upon you, rather than mutual affection. This month, it is time to do some housecleaning in your Rolodex and decide if you want the true relationships or merely the acolytes. You should avoid standing still too long, as you tend to take root. You will go to a party in three weeks time and wake up floating in the swimming pool with the rest of the trash. You've encountered many hardships in the last couple of months, and things are starting to seem harder and harder. I'd like to say that things will only get better from now on, but it would only be a lie and would give you false hope. Remember that the leader of every pride will eventually end up alone and eaten alive by hyenas.
A zombie will attack you next Monday; however, after tapping your head with its rotting fingers, will conclude that you have no brain and leave in disgust. You are not even worth biting, as more intellect is needed for being a zombie than you currently possess. Your wallet will be stolen, and you will have no choice but to go dumpster diving in order to get enough food to last out the month. Look at a Libra for ten minutes non-stop and you'll get an unpleasant response. In ten days time, you will be peed on by an otherwise adorable kitten. You are a doormat and unable to stand up for yourself, particularly against Cancers. That's not necessarily a bad thing; statistically, there are not many Virgos on Death Row. And that's a good thing, right? Tip: Choose wisely.
Your overwhelming fake charm will empower you mightily this month. Due to your history of emotional instability, you aren't sure if you should be flattered or frightened. Don't worry. It will have passed by the time you've finally made a decision. This is the month to take stock of yourself. Where do you want to be in twenty years time? Let's face it, you're not getting any younger and unless you want to be the greeter at some Southern Wal-Mart twenty five years from now, you best make a plan. Look on the bright side; at least you're nowhere near as vain as Cancers are. True, you have nothing to be vain about; but try to be positive. Try and get a life; your mother isn't going to wash your dirty socks and cook your meals forever, you know. You will not survive long in the real world with just wardrobes packed full of designer clothing.
Although you personally are convinced you are funny, erudite and wittier than Oscar Wilde, everyone else just thinks you are an irritating drunkard with as much personality as a used teabag. Try being nice instead of sarcastic. You might be surprised; people might ask you back. You are going to be shot and live through the pain. You secretly do horrible things to small animals. You should avoid used car salesmen this month. You should also be careful to not eat anything that is blue. In two weeks time, aliens will abduct you, probe you, then come to the conclusion that there is no intelligent life at all on this planet and that they should avoid it in future. For the rest of the month, you will continue on in your meaningless existence. Pro-tip: Beware of the gerbils.
You are ornery, thick skulled and have a horse's rear which is, in fact, prettier than your face. You really ought to listen to advice, but you seldom do and then whine about the consequences. You can't expect to be negative and disparaging all the time and not expect the people you love to become increasingly suspicious of your original charm. Let them know, really, all you need is some extra hugs and unconditional love this month. You are driven by an irritating desire to be right all the time, which in turn makes people want to smack you. You nurture a secret desire to be on X-Factor, but let's face it, you're no oil painting and your singing makes people's ears bleed. Warning: Do not eat anything that's past its sell by date, no matter how tempting.
Your malevolent side needs to stay hidden this month; you don't want to do any favours to that FBI agent who's been tailing you. Do not eat the yellow snow. It's time to start focusing on your real job and start taking it seriously. Start this endeavor by showing up on time, clean and well groomed. If that's too difficult for you, then at least brush your hair and shower to remove the smell of goats which hangs around you continuously. You will attempt to make sense of life, give up, and head to the mall instead. It's really difficult to execute a practical joke at your age without ticking someone off. You are not in junior high any more. Recording these jokes for display on the internet does not endear you to anyone, either. Am I making myself quite clear on this? Don't go away mad, just go away.
Lol, looks like I'm going to have a fairly eventful month. XD
Same here, I already ate lots of chocolate :lol:.
Doll of the month? :mrgreen:
Well, I do pride myself on being pointless... *ponders*
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