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Here's Rabbi Michael Broyde's excellent treatment of the subject, in which he permits observance of Thanksgiving (according to many) but prohibits Halloween, out of our prohibition of imitating heathen-inspired rituals. This matches the practice I've seen observed (at both lay and rabbinic levels) in mainstream Orthodox communities wherever I've been in America. (And while I can't vouch for Canada, I'd think the US is the country that most secularizes Halloween.)
Handing out treats to kids who show up at the door is a different question (addressed by Rabbi Broyde as well); between rabbinic writings, what I've seen done in practice by the lay population, and what is recorded as practiced by twentieth-century rabbinic leaders such Rabbis Avraham Pam and Yaakov Kaminetsky, it's certainly defensible (if not outright appropriate) to do so.
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Veggie-Packed Lentil Stew
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This lentil stew is packed with vegetables and will keep your family going strong.
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- 2 (28-ounce) cans of Italian-style stewed tomatoes
- 2 cups low-sodium tomato juice
- 16-ounce can of kidney beans, drained
- 15-ounce can of garbanzo beans, drained
- 4 medium carrots, thinly sliced
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 2 cups chopped bell pepper
- 1 cup lentils
- 2 tablespoons chili powder
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- Chopped chives, for garnish (optional)
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- Spray Dutch oven with cooking spray.
- Add all ingredients except chives; bring to a boil over high heat.
- Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer until lentils and vegetables are tender, 40 to 45 minutes.
- Sprinkle with chopped chives before serving, if desired.
- Stew can be refrigerated or frozen; reheat on stovetop or in microwave oven.
- Garbanzo beans, an excellent source of magnesium, also contain digestive enzymes that help prevent the formation of cancer cells.
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STEUBENVILLE — Officials representing the three city unions said Friday plans for a townhall meeting to discuss the need for health care concessions, "may be illegal and an attempt to put union......
As long as Steubenville re elects the same from the limp wrist drunken hit & run mayor and council members with all the Ole Boy graff, patronage, & " we always did it this way ". We will continue to follow many other one political party rule. Absolute power brings absolute corruption.
Steubenville residence don't even have the decency of outrage of an innocent girl or two being raped by their beloved alma mater and the apparent lack of discipline of those involved. In most any other town the size of Little Chicago ( Steubenville ), there concerned citizens with a moral compass and desire for human empathy would scream for the coach's head and be in large numbers at the board of education. No, not in the 43952 zip code.
So, why should anyone care if the city manager makes X amount of dollars. She agreed to a lower pay which at other towns would have paid her more. Steubenville always have the Scarlet Letter in America's consciousness & we deserve it!
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First off, the nut job with the gun hangup should of gotten off the short bus a few blocks back...
I remember when they came to us, and asked us about City Council getting 'our' Health Insurance, and if it would have been ok with us to 'let them have it too'.. being in a generous mood, we all said 'yes', and voila, they had it.
Now they want to take it back from us, but not them, when they are part time? (I still have empathy with the Unions, even though I am retired)... I dont think so.
As you say, get rid of the City Manager, whos wages and benefiets are outrageous for a small city like ours now, (we are only 18,000 people, not the 30 thousands of yesteryear when I was a kid), so we dont need someone with a vast wage like hers, not bringing in the money she was "supposed" to bring in, with Grants and all those other things she was privy to.
If the Unions can do thier jobs with out benefiets and perks, then so can the Mayor take over, instead of the City Manager now.
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Even if the city's coffers were overflowing, the council perks seem "over the top".
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If everyone gave back what this council has given back we could erase our debt," said 1st Ward Councilman Gerald DiLoreto >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
WHAT, HUH, WHAT did he just say? What has council given up or back to the city?
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Correct me if I am wrong but I can't recall ever seeing a serious proposal by any councilperson to give up any of their benefits. We always hear about what an honor it is for them to serve the people but it seems that once they get accustomed to the perks, then they tend to serve themselves. There's not much honor in that.
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Forgive me for asking this question, but..WHAT the Sam*****does gun control have to do with the UNIONS and health care, and the City Manager lying? No, I do not think the Union meetings should be open to the public. sorry, pay your dues then you may go. As for the open town hall meeting, it is so wrong to try to strong-arm the unions through the citizens of Steubenville. And I hope illegal. I am glad that the police are finally taking a stand. I do understand the different unions with the police but come together and unite. The unions have not had a wage increase for "YEARS"! Cost of living goes up, minimum wage goes up, taxes goes up, food , utilities, gasoline. But not the paycheck. The unions give concessions , city takes and takes but gives nothing. Get rid of the health care for council. Heck, they do not need it, they have paying jobs or retirement from other sources. You say shame on the Unions, I say Shame on YOU!
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Ms. Davison has not revealed her resons for being a cheerleader for Gas...this industry brings its own crime wave including drugs, prostitution and pollution.please notice the big drilling waste water dumped in storm drains story making national news! As a property owner in Steubenville I object to paying her a nickle and support unions 100%. If she has stock or other interests in the energy industry she needs to make this known now. The latest story about using public money to build a facility for a petroleum businessman could be called The Life of Riley...Fr Pino Pugliesi, Blessed anti-corruption fighter is headed for sainthood. I am praying for a miracle to save Steubenville.Faith with action is needed here.
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AnathAmi- I really hope your posts are satire, otherwise you would look really foolish advocating actions that are not only unconstitutional but also ineffective. The silly thing is, criminals don't follow laws to begin with. If you don't like it, move to a country that does not have our Constitutional rights. I hear Iran is beautiful this time of year, plus they have recently reinstated public amputations as a form of punishment. What a great educational experience for you! By the way, my husband and I own more than 20 firearms, including those that get your panties in a twist. Collectively, they have killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.
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Wow, the hatefulness in this Ohio Valley is disgusting.There is so much of it that it's scary! I happen to agree that the meetings should be open to the public, the public pays the taxes that pays the salaries and benefits, they have a right to know! I had to read the article again, because I thought maybe I skipped over the part about the weapons ban. Looks like the government trickery of using trigger words is working. Assault Rifle is mentioned and the wing nuts come out of the woodwork. Was an assault rifle used last week when two were murdered in the fair city? No. Bad or a lack of parenting killed those two.
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Again, the Steubenville Police Department's union president has the courage to go public and place the blame with gun crime where it belongs…on assault rifles. I hope that anyone who reads this article, (even though it was ostensibly written about animosity between the unions and the city government) can appreciate the interjection of the term "assault rifle" into the story. The current gun control debate in this country needs more police officers to stand with what is right: and that is the banning and confiscation of weapons that nobody should own.
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Still another loophole involves gun shows, where people can buy these assault rifles without any type of background checks. Additionally, there are Americans who can sell guns through private purchases, or have them bequeathed to them by family members. These individuals also make a mockery of necessary background checks. These transactions not only include the assault rifles noted in the story, but also include revolvers, pistols, and shotguns that can hold more than six or seven rounds. No one needs weapons that hold seven or more bullets!
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Even more onerous is the ability of batterers to have these "lesser" offenses expunged or sealed by the court, allowing their violent criminality to be hidden and let them possess the very guns that the law was designed to keep out of their violent unstable hands. ALL sealed domestic violence records need to be re-opened. This includes those that have been pled down, but originally involved family violence. These individuals need to have their ability to possess guns stripped from them!
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Unfortunately, the gun culture in this country has allowed loopholes to subvert legislation designed to keep guns out of the hands of violent individuals. One tactic is to allow someone who has been charged with domestic violence to plead no contest to "disorderly conduct". Thus, these batters are getting around the federal prohibition barring domestic violence criminals from obtaining and possessing guns. If a person is charged with beating a family member then shouldn't that person have to go to trial, instead of being allowed to plead to a lesser offense? No innocent person should be afraid of going to court.
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I wish to applaud Fort Steuben Lodge 1's President for finally joining sides with those who wish to promote sensible gun safety in this country. He uses a term that many "gun-rights" or "pro-second amendment" Americans are scared to hear used. That term is "assault rifle". These weapons look like military rifles and normally use detachable magazines that can hold more rounds that any person would need to have for legitimate purposes. These assault rifles should be confiscated from anyone who owns one. Steubenville needs to follow in the footsteps of the state of New York. Governor Cuomo led the battle there for reasonable legislation banning assault rifles. Our council should use this as a model for ordinances in our city. It would be an even greater breath of fresh air if our ordinance barred any firearm capable of holding more than six rounds at a time from being possessed in our city
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We hope city residents will then put pressure on the city unions to consider our proposed changes," Davison said.Leave it up to the citizens , Mrs. City Manager.....you are one crazy woman. I really do not think a city of our size need a manager. If Jefferson county can do it with a 3 person board, then why can't we do it without a city mananger, That will save us money, plus get rid of a lying, deceiving , ungrateful person The City of Steubenville welcomed Mrs. Davison to our city with opened arms, stuck up for her when the going got rough, and this is how she repays us? It's not fair to even brings this up at the town hall meeting. I do hope You get yours, Mrs. Davison. I for one will NEVER have your back again. I think it's time to go back south.
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Grazia Deledda (1926)
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STEUBENVILLE - The Franciscan University of Steubenville men's soccer team beat D'Youville 2-1 Saturday, winning their first game of the season on Senior Day.
Before he subbing in with the score tied, senior Joe Krilich promised head coach Ward Rogers that he would finish the game for the Barons, despite coming off of an injury.
"Coach, I'm going to get the ball in the back of the net even if I have to tear every muscle in my leg" Krilich said to Rogers.
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FINALLY — Members of the Franciscan University of Steubenville men's soccer team celebrate Saturday's 2-1 home win over D'Youville College.
Krilich was able to keep the promise of scoring, and did so without any damage to his leg.
With two minutes left in sudden death overtime, Krilich took a corner kick and hammered the ball into the top right corner of the net, soaring over the goalkeeper's fingertips.
"This win would not have been possible without the efforts of our two seniors, Joe Krilich and Bill Milburn, who are finally healthy and back on the field," Rogers said. "They played with a lot of spark.
"We held possession of the ball throughout the game, which let the defense relax a little. Our boys are doing better and better each game. We had a really good set of practices this week and it clearly showed today."
Freshman midfielder Jace Vansteenburg got the Barons their first lead of the season by faking out D'Youville's goalie and scoring in the ninth minute.
D'Youville scored in the 37th minute on a strong shot from outside the 18-yard box that found its way into the upper left corner of the net.
"Sometimes people tend to look at a team in terms of wins and losses, but we're looking at the progress we've made this season," Rogers said. "This win is tremendous. When you get into a streak of losing games, and you finally win one it takes the pressure off your back so you can relax and move forward."
Lady Barons lose
STEUBENVILLE - A sweet start to senior day turned sour for the Lady Barons soccer as the visitors scored two unanswered goals in a 2-1 win by D'Youville College.
"I'm really proud of my girls. They really played a high level of soccer, and as a coach I couldn't ask for more," head coach Johann Marin said.
Forward Jordan Byrley's goal in the 16th minute put FUS up 1-0. Despite the early lead, the Lady Baron's weren't able to capitalize on any of their other chances, including three shots that hit the post or crossbar.
"It was clear today that we were the better team, however, goals win matches," Marin said. "The upright isn't moving. So it's our job to put the ball past the goalkeeper, and we didn't."
Both D'Youville goals came off of defensive breakdowns that allowed the Lady Spartan's one-on-one chances with senior goalkeeper, Lauren Koath.
The goals, and eventually the loss, meant a tough but emotional senior day for Koath, the lone senior on the team. Koath's day only got harder when she was hit in her already injured right quad during the D'Youville's second goal.
"As soon as I got hit I knew I still wanted to finish the game. This game means a lot to me and I only have so many games left in my career," Koath said. "I just wanted to stay on the field and inspire my team to come back."
The Lady Barons (3-9-3, 1-3-2) visit Penn State-Altoona at 4 p.m. Saturday.
Ruggers on wrong end of score
SLIPPER ROCK - The Barons rugby team dropped a 39-31 loss at Slippery Rock Saturday.
"It was a really, really good game," head coach Ken DeLuccia said. "We had opportunities but it was a good job by the Slippery Rock team."
Much like the Barons' only other loss of the season, a 31-17 loss to Grove City, the team struggled to overcome its youth and inexperience against an older squad.
"They have to do what they do faster, and when you become more experienced, you do that," DeLuccia said. "Because we have such a youthful side, they still haven't got it yet. They're getting there, but we're still not there.
DeLuccia added that Slippery Rock did a much better job on breakdowns once players were tackled.
"The other team was just a step ahead of us in one facet of the game, and that was a very important facet," DeLuccia said. "When guys went into contact while running the ball, they got there faster."
The Barons will host a portion of the 3RRC quarterfinals and semifinals on Saturday.
Runners fare well
OBERLIN - The men's and women's cross country teams traveled to Oberlin to compete in the Intra-Regional Rumble and it was won by the Barons' Bill Jones won the race, with a personal best and school-record time if 23:31.
The Barons took this weekend to check out their competition, and get a better understanding of where they stand for the AMCC Championships on Oct. 27.
"Our hardest competition today was Penn State-Behrend, whom the men beat but the women lost to" head coach Daniel Kuebler said.
"We're looking forward to seeing them again at Championships, along with other competitive schools."
The top three runners for the women were junior Nichole Krajewski, and seniors Theresa Evans and Sarah Mueller.
The Barons will spend the next two weeks preparing for AMCC Championships. Resting and not over-doing the workouts will be key for their success.
"Conference Championships will be a totally different type of race," Kuebler said. "The competition will be tough, but we know what we have to do in the upcoming weeks."
The Barons will compete at Mt. Aloysius on Oct., 27 for the championships, and again on Nov. 10 for the NCAA DIII Great Lakes Regional Meet.
Volleyball team splits
GROVE CITY, Pa. - The volleyball team defeated Chatham University 25-23, 25-18, 25-11 and lost against Grove City College 25-19, 25-20, 25-22 Saturday.
"We played well in both matches," head coach Kelly Herrmann said.
The Lady Barons were able to play competitively against both opponents even during a rotation switch to accommodate an injury.
"Lara (Holley) got the chance to play outside hitter for us so that Maria (Prezzia) could rest her ankle," Herrmann said about the injury situation.
Holley played well in her new position, earning four kills and eight assists on offense against Chatham University. Defensively, she was able to rack up seven digs. She was also able to defend well against Grove City with nine digs for her squad.
Amy O'Keefe set a career milestone on Saturday, surpassing the 1,000 assist mark for her college career. She had 49 assists in the two matches.
Dani Link had 20 kills on the day and senior Anna Cain dominated with 28 kills. Defensively, the Lady Barons played with a lot of focus. Sam Kelly recorded 31 digs Clare Prezzia recorded 13 digs, and Holley had 16 digs.
The Lady Barons (10-13) visit Penn State-Altoona on Wednesday.


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Jeffrey G. Fisher, a resident of Spokane, passed away on June 23, 2011 in Spokane at the age of 26. He was born on Dec. 18, 1984 in Spokane, the son of Thomas Wayne Fisher and Lori Denise Munson.He is survived by his mother, Lori Munson and husband, Scott, Chewelah; father, Tom Fisher, Omak; sister, Ashley Simmons and husband, Allen, Kettle Falls; son, Lance Baker; grandparents, Violet Fisher, Wilbur; Don and Eileen Munson, Chewelah; nephews, Chase, Talan and Devan; numerous aunts and uncles and cousins.A service time will be published in next week's newspaper. Please visit the online memorial and sign the guestbook at www.danekasfuneralchapel.com. Danekas Funeral Chapel and Crematory is entrusted with the arrangements.


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BORSCH, George, 85, of Richmond, died Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, at home.
He was born Jan. 24, 1927, in Steubenville, the son of the late Stefan and Elizabeth Drobnak Borsch.
George was retired from Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel, 80 inch with 34 years of service and served his country in the U.S. Navy during WWII, he received the American Area Campaign Medal and the Asiatic Pacific Area Campaign Medal with two bronze stars, was present at the signing of the peace treaty with Japan and was a graduate of Steubenville Big Red Class of 1944.
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George is also preceded in death by his brothers, John, Stephen, Andrew and an infant, John, sisters, Anna Getsey, Mary Blaschak, Judy Mihalko, Betty Young and two infants, Mary and Paulene Borsch and son-in-law, Richard L. Brockway.
Surviving are his wife; Martha Cooper Borsch whom he married Aug. 16, 1947, one son, George A. (Deborah) Borsch of Richmond, three daughters, Janis (Franco) DiVenanzo of Colliers, Cyndy (Jim) Haynes of Toronto and Tammy (Rick) Cope of FL.; 17 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
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Found the variant Wildcat I needed to finish up the Chemo wave this morning. Now I can fully concentrate on (fruitlessly) looking for the Wal-Mart wave.
Both my Wildcats have the "less bubbly" Chemo torso. If someone has the corrected torso with the insert and wants to swap, let me know.
This space for rent, apparently.....
i'd take a cape over an interchangable hand for darkseid anyday
I want NA Skeletor and Rio Blast and I want them now!
I live in So. Cal and have pretty much been checking my Local Wal-marts for the past two weeks for Wave 10. I have talked to every store and dept manager I can find and still no luck. No one knows anything! Has anyone in the So Cal area found wave 10 yet?
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Yeah it just seems like this area is a dead zone or something. I have checked 7 Wal-marts everyday for the past two weeks and nada. I even have called corporate amd have them looking into this situation. I really, really, hope they never do another Wal-mart exclusive wave AGAIN! They have no idea at all how to handle exclusives!
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My area's a bust too. I read on another forum a poster said a friend pick up some of wave 10 at a Walmart in MD, but didn't indicate where. I'm hoping I can find out what area that was. I really don't want to ebay it to get these figures.
Is anyone who is able to attain the Walmart wave going to be in attendance at Baltimore Comic Con next weekend? If so, I was wondering if there's anyone who could pick up the wave for me and then meet up at the convention to exchange.
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If nine hundred He-Man.Org members get eaten by Thundercats fans, but neither of them has a toyline, does it still count as a fan movement?
Well, I went ahead and bought the Joker on eBay. I paid a little more than I wanted to, but in the end between time and gas money I'm saving, I figure I'm about breaking even at this point.
I still don't understand the character selection for the Wal-mart wave. How could they put so many important characters in an exclusive wave that's going to be impossible to find. Joker, Power Girl, Beast Boy, Man-bat, Forager, I mean come on Mattel your killing us. This has been one of the most difficult toy lines to collect. Unless you have time to drive out to 100 different stores every day or can afford the outrageous scalper prices on e-bay you are basically screwed.
I will never own a Gleek or the Metallo wave, I might as well add wave 10 to that list. This sucks! Sorry had to vent.
Mike Jr. 1983-2008 the void left will never be filled. Rest in Peace Brother.
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if you want to sell a ton of toys my felling would be to make as many as you can so you sell a lot NO ?
i dont get it Mattel
To get Walmart to carry this line(thanks to Mattel's own usual idiocy ruining the previous DCSH line), Mattel had to give them an exclusive wave each year. Walmart places an order for the amount of cases they want, and Mattel produces them. It's up to Walmart which stores recieve them, and how many they get.
I got screwed on Wave 5, and likely will again with this one-- and I even work at Walmart-- so I hate it as much as anybody else. It's just the way things work, though.
You know I can totally believe that. I called Mattel the other day and they pretty much told me well it's your fault if you decide to collect the DCU. Aside from that they didn't have any information whatsoever to help me out. Well like Mattel said It's just my fault for collecting the line. Well I won't commit that mistake again, after this wave 10, I am done unless they go online.
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well i found both mantis versions today. i only wanted the super powers version though.
i also found the purple wildcat with the chemo piece that has the inner bubble.
all i really want from wave 9 is green arrow and mantis so now i just have to find GA.
anyone need the other mantis or wildcat?
I want NA Skeletor and Rio Blast and I want them now!
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Well, for those in Washington/Pittsburgh area. The Walmart in Carnegie, PA has the exclusive wave with Joker, Power Girl and rest. picked up Power Girl and Joker. There was still at least 2 complete sets left on the pegs about 1 hour ago. Would have bought more if I had some more money. They look great!
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I still haven't seen the Wal-Mart wave around me, but I,m patient. I did manage to pick up Green Arrow figure so now I'm done with wave 9.
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At least you guys are getting the figures at all. All I've ever found at retail here were some of Wave 8 at TRU and have yet to find any DCUC at any Wal Mart here at all.
On the plus side though I did get the Green Arrow I got on e bay today, and I've got to say, he's pretty awesome.
found all of wave 9 today at target today. it was the first time i saw GA so i bought him. i DO like him alot but i wish he didnt have to have the bow and arrow connected.
stupid crazy nanny state safety laws
I want NA Skeletor and Rio Blast and I want them now!
I sliced the arrow off with an exacto.
Huge improvement!


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this paper and also wiki here, show CDF as follows (different letters, but same concept):
Given PDF $f_{X}$: $$P\{X\in \chi\} = \int_\chi{f_{X}(x) dx} $$
Then CDF $F_{X}(x)$ is defined as: $$ F_{X}(x)=\int_{-\infty}^{x} f_X (z) dz$$
My question is, where is the $z$ coming from? If you look at a plot of CDF, the $x$-axis still shows, well, $x$. Wiki has $t$ instead of $z$.


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A man is behind bars after leading police on a high-speed chase that ends in a two-hour standoff.
It all began Sunday evening when 38-year-old Joey Fields of Bowling Green disregarded a traffic stop.
When police tried to stop Fields, he pulled out his shotgun firing once at police.
Fields then led police on a high-speed chase on Interstate 65, hitting speeds of more than a hundred miles per hour ending at Britthaven of Bowling Green.
Luckily, no one was injured in this chase or standoff that police are calling a "desperate act."
Those with loved ones inside the nursing home like Paul Murzi, couldn't do anything but watch everything unfold from right across the street.
"I sat across the street watching it, very, very, nervously because I didn't know what might happen."
Fields screamed at police and talked on a cell phone for almost two hours until negotiators convinced him to surrender.
While Fields made no attempt to enter the nursing home, the patients were moved to the back of the building for safety precautions.
Fields was arrested once before in 2001, for unlawful transaction with a minor and rape in the third degree.
Currently, Fields is lodged in the Warren County Jail. He's charged with wanton endangerment and fleeing and evading police. Plus, additional charges may follow.
Britthaven nursing home officials say everything was under control and residents were never in harms way.
Police say they know why Fields stopped at Britthaven nursing home but are not releasing that information.


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The 10 Most Perverted Old School Video Games
#5. Cho Aniki (Playstation)
It was inevitable that a Japanese game designer would follow their Japanese/English dictionary along a trail of mistranslation leading from "happy" to "whimsical" to "gay" and finally to "fucking hell, that is ass-demolishing gay." It looks like that's what happened here. Cho Aniki is a cross between Gradius and lubricated men having sex with each other. You start the game as a nine-story flying man in a Speedo firing lasers out of your viking hat, and yes you read the beginning of this sentence correctly.
The main boss is a pyramid of men in bikinis launching Skittles out of
their mouths.
After a few minutes of this, you are transported to a dimension of pure homoerotica. You swim through the air with your two nude male assistants, who follow beside you and recline into various sexy positions. The three of you fight off hordes of tiny chariots filled with naked men, rocket-powered dildos with naked men dangling from them and giant naked men using other giant naked men as pogo sticks.
Eroticism: 0/10
Let me try to paint this baby-oil massage of a mental picture: The first boss is a monstrously huge man wearing a metal sphere for a codpiece. As you blast it, a second phallic-shaped man comes out of his crotch and tries to jab you with his stretching penis-arms and penis-head. While this is all going on, humpy jazz music is being mixed with the sounds of a woman panting. That sound you're hearing is probably you screaming, either from homophobic panic or from someone putting things up your ass.
Nudity Challenge: 0/10
The game itself isn't that hard if you know what you're doing. The only tough part is keeping your hand-eye coordination when things like a severed head riding a penis tries to kill you.
If you lose, one or both of your naked men fall in love with the stage boss.
Plus, even if you're terrible at it, and can't unlock the later, gayer levels, the game's intro features all the grinning, posing naked men you could ever want. It's not the worst shooter ever made, but it is the worst shooter to advocate putting your mouth on a man's asshole, and that's a good way for an impressionable kid to catch dysentery.
#4. Beat 'em & Eat 'em (Atari 2600)
The object of Beat 'em & Eat 'em is simple. You control two naked women who run back and forth trying to catch falling semen in their mouth. You might ask why someone would do something like that. Well, the manual says that each drop of this stranger's seed "could have been a famous doctor or lawyer." The problem with that, and this is an actual medical fact, is that whether you swallow sperm from the sky or let it splatter all over the sidewalk, it's going to give you the same number of famous baby lawyers: zero. Also, if someone is masturbating off a roof onto people's heads, chances are he's not the best gene stock.
I suppose we shouldn't expect the designers of a game about a penis with a head stroking itself to be geniuses, but what happens when they settle down with their Beat 'em & Eat 'em royalties and want to have children? "You're still not pregnant, honey? Are you even eating the sperm I'm squirting off the roof?"
Eroticism: 1/10
There's something non-erotic about skipping past the courting, past the foreplay, past the actual sex and getting straight to the sperm-swallowing. They might as well have skipped directly to sleeping on the wet spot.
Nudity Challenge: 8/10
This game gets hard. I don't know how long this naked fruitcake on the roof has been without coitus, but his balls have a hell of a lot of germ waiting to be spurted free. As the game goes on, his seed falls like the goddamn rain and catching all of it in your mouth requires a miracle of perversion and reflexes. However, for each falling wave of future doctors you manage to swallow, you're rewarded with a disgusting animation of the women licking their lips. And due to the primitive graphics of the 2600, their attempt at drawing lips made it look like they have full beards.
#3. Custer's Revenge (Atari 2600)
Custer's Revenge is a dramatic historical recreation of the battle of Little Big Horn, slightly rewritten to appeal to our adult fantasies. Instead of being killed by the savage godless Sioux and Cheyanne Indians, Custer wades through a hail of arrows to hump a woman tied to a cactus. I know what you're saying: "Finally, I can use our country's bloodiest military disaster as foreplay!"
Eroticism: 2/10
The way Custer's manhood dangles and sways in the wind in perfect rhythm with his pink scarf creates an image more majestic than any Montana sky. However, the American Indian he's sexually assaulting sort of looks like a cocktail wienie on a toothpick. Concerned parents might be wondering how to explain this level of intense sexuality to your children. Well, the Custer's Revenge manual advises, "If the kids catch you and should ask, tell them Custer and the maiden are just dancing." This advice is moot, though, since if you're the kind of parent who jerks it to what looks like a gay cowboy humping a hot dog made out of Legos, you're probably reading this far, far away from the safe location to which child services has moved your children.
To their credit, despite a hail of deadly arrows, they're all smiles!
Nudity Challenge: 3/10
Getting across the screen to score points with your pelvis is mostly a matter of luck since if you see an arrow is coming at you, you usually can't move fast enough get out of its way. Also, cacti appear randomly to skewer your wang without warning. These are both formidable obstacles on your noble quest, but the real challenge must have come when Custer had to convince the seventh cavalry to go through with this operation.
Custer: "Gentlemen, you are the bravest squadron of men it has ever been this Southerner's privilege to serve with. And you will need that bravery today, as your orders are to remove my pants and underpants. I will then attempt to force sex on an Indian girl under heavy enemy fire. Are there any questions?"
Custer's military advisor: "Yes, general. Several."
#2. Boong-Ga Boong-Ga (Arcade)
Developed by Koreans for the Japanese, Boong-Ga Boong-Ga is the first arcade game that combines of assaulting assholes and fortune-telling. You select from eight characters like "Mother-in-Law," "Con artist" and "Child Molester" and then, steel yourself for this, you ram a giant plastic finger into an ass that protrudes out from the arcade unit next to the words "HAVE A FUN!! ENJOY." As you poke, spank and probe, the game plays an animation of your victim wailing in pain, and then the game, and I'm not fucking kidding, rates your sexual virility based on the impact of your finger against its virtual colon. Oh, and its corporate mascot is a six-foot magical monster made out of turd.
Boong-Ga Boong-Ga's corporate mascots, a finger beast
and a turd in pajamas.
If you're anything like me, you've already asked yourself about the dangers of this technology being in the hands of two foreign powers known for giant radioactive monsters and nuclear weapons, respectively. And again, if you're like me, this train of thought quickly hits a wall when you realize that you're not an accredited expert on foreign colon-probing policies. So until one of us is, let's just assume that we're all going to die, but not quite as quickly if we stay far away from Boong-Ga Boong-Ga.
Eroticism: ?/10
Since the entire idea behind this mess confuses me, I couldn't give it a fair Eroticism rating. So to come up with your own personal rating for how erotic this game is, rate the likelihood of you ever saying this sentence: "I am so horny after being at the arcade pretending to jam my finger up a child molester's asshole all day!"
If this game really wanted to help the world, it would
drop a steel cage around anyone who puts a quarter in it.
Nudity Challenge: 0/10
There's really no nudity to earn in this game, but after a successful game, a card pops out of the machine that "will explain your sexual behavior." And guessing what kind of people would assault a toy ass in public, it's a safe bet that each and every card reads, "You sex life big time number one disaster of freakish criminal behavior."
#1. Miss World '96 Nude (Arcade)
The object of Miss World '96 Nude is to draw out areas of the screen to uncover a picture of a nude woman. The challenge comes from the creatures who try to ram into and kill you while you're drawing. For those familiar with it, it's exactly like the game Qix, only here you "will meet hot beautiful girl." And even though it's called Miss World '96 Nude, some of the nations' women were misinformed and kept their underwear or swimsuits on. On the other hand, some nations went a little too far and are represented by women who look like they were photographed by a man trying to climb up their birth canals.
Eroticism: -16/10
Most of the women in this game look good, that's not the problem. The problem is that at random points during gameplay, a little girl's head appears, shouts "TURNING!" and then transforms into Dracula. Then, the nude photo you're uncovering switches into a scene of absolute horror.
Hey, this isn't so bad at all...
... oh HOLY FUCK SHIT AAAAHHHHH!
Growling demon heads grow smaller demon heads out of their faces, and unleash an onslaught of terror that will cease any self-gratification you might have been starting on. The maggot-dripping vision of terror does eventually turn back into a topless girl, but by then the point is moot. It doesn't matter if a lump of dead bodies burning in a fiery pit of hell turns into the most beautiful girl you've ever seen--you're still done thinking about sex for awhile.
While it will probably take a few quarters and a strong stomach for demonic organ-launching madness to reveal an entire nude picture, each woman's body is silhouetted before you uncover it.
So if you have basic silhouette-decyphering skills, you can go straight for the body part you most want to look at. For example, if you like armpits, it's pretty easy to figure out where her armpits are and draw out the area around them. But keep your quarters. If you can get off on an armpit that transforms into Pinhead then back into an armpit, chances are you could masturbate to anything.


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A seven-run, four-hit fifth inning pushed the Nishnabotna baseball team to its second win in the last three games during home action against Stanton on Thursday night.
Nishnabotna trailed early in the game 5-1, but stormed back and, with the help of their big fifth inning, the Blue Devils began to distance themselves from the visiting Vikings en route to a 15-10 final margin of victory.
"The middle of our order got going a little bit and starting hitting it on a line," said Coach Blair Homan.
Batting has been improving.
Coach Homan said the Blue Devils struck out 16 times in a game early in the season and has been working hard to correct that.
"That is the thing that we stress is to put the ball in play and we will be alright," said Homan.
Pitching was a big key to the Thursday win as well.
Riley Scroggie threw 138 pitches on the night and fought through struggles, particularly early.
"I really thought he got better as the game went along," said Homan. "He bore down when he needed to and got outs."
The Blue Devils are scheduled to return to action at Clarinda Academy on Friday and at Mt. Ayr on Saturday.
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Windows is screwed up and I cannot register it on my computer (product on HD doesn't match product previously on motherboard). So I decided to just run Ubuntu instead. I put the Ubuntu .iso file I downloaded off this site on a USB and tried to boot it from there but is gave me a disc error and never showed Ubuntu as an option.
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Let me get this right. Johnson & McEntire actually liked A Good Day to Die Hard. Did they see the same incompetent train wreck I did?
I loved the 1st four Die Hard movies. I know it's cool & hip to bash Live Free or Die Hard, but hey to each their own. So, when I went to see AGDTDH, I lowered my expectations when I heard about all the horrible reviews & I was still very disappointed & frustrated after I saw it for just the $6.50 matinee at my local theater last week. I saw a lazy cynical cash in on the Die Hard franchise.
The R-Rated Violence: I only saw three kills that were R-Rated & the final main bad guy death was badly executed. I won't completely spoil it, but it was a lame attempt to copy Hans Gruber's death from the first DH. The rest of the action & violence could've been in a PG-13 movie.
The Bad Guys: We have a mercenary who chews a carrot, a main villain who isn't established until the last 10 minutes, & forgettable henchmen. I know there are a lot of people who bash Timothy Olyphant's Gabriel from LFODH but at least he's established as the main bad guy at the beginning & had an interesting henchcrew (Maggie Q, the Parkour dude, & the hacker prick with the glasses).
The choppy editing & bad ADR: The pacing is so rushed with scenes ending awkwardly like when McClane getting out of the taxi & then you see other people leaving their cars as well (?). The motorcycle babe stripping to her underwear got cut. Yeah, we saw more flesh in the TV spots then we did in an R-Rated movie. Most of the F-Bombs & R-Rated dialogue aren't matching up with the mouths. It was like I was watching a badly dubbed foreign film. I get the feeling they were making a PG-13 & at the last minute had to make a few changes to get an R-Rating.
Subplots & characters: I hated the McClane Jr. hating McClane Sr. for being a screw up angle. I just thought it was very lazy to copy the daughter/Lucy hates her dad storyline from Live Free or Die Hard. Just lazy, lazy writing. Bruce Willis' John McClane was very obnoxious & unlikable, with the awful "I'm on vacation" jokes, punching out an innocent civilian, & driving on top of their cars. If McClane became Superman in Die Hard 4, he turned into Superjerk for this one.
The only highlight is the big chase with the Twisted Metal armored truck because it's good old fashioned vehicular carnarge with little to no CGI & a great finish. It's too bad the final act relies a lot on slow-motion, CGI explosions, & even CGI stuntmen (the money shot in the trailers).
I think all these years at DVD Verdict have finally taken their toll on good old Dave & Mac. Please Mr. Stailey, please give Mr. Johnson & Mr. McEntire a very long vacation before they completely lose their sanity.


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I am looking for players to join a play-by-chat game. I have set up a wiki for the game at Obsidian Portal, and have advertised on a couple Yahoo Groups dedicated to gaming. Are there any other places to advertise that would get some good results? Thanks!
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I'd recommend finding a forum devoted to the specific type of game you want to run. The smaller and more narrow, the better, as such forums are more likely to a) be inhabited by the players you want to reach, and b) self-police. If you were looking for an OD&D game, for instance, you might check the OD&D Discussion Boards rather than rpg.net. Big, broad forums are inhabited by a distressing number of lunatics.
If that's not an option, perhaps because there's no forum devoted to the type of game you want to run, or because your system is so popular that most forums devoted to it are quite populous (such as D&D 3.x or 4e), I'd highly recommend being very, very specific about your playstyle and what you're looking for out of players. No matter how many or how few people respond, don't say "you're in" or anything specific until you've corresponded with them a bit. Just let them know they're on the list and you'll get back to them, then politely turn down anyone who squicks you out or seems incompatible. No need to get specific, just thank them for their interest and move on. You will encounter some bizarre people in online gaming and nothing sinks a game faster than incompatible or disruptive players.
http://www.meetup.com is a great place
Enworld has a new section called Gamers Seeking Gamers. They have lots of users and lots of interested people there. Plus they cater to all kinds of RPGs.
http://www.gamersgather.com is somewhat in beta mode right now, but in talking to the site owner it seems really promising.
What sort of game do you want to play? Most companies have some sort of forum site you could use to advertise playing their game. You might also try related sites. For instance, if you want to run a game based on anime, you might try anime forums.
You might also want to look at the big sites, places like RPG.net and similar.
Best of luck!
One successful site is warhorn.net.
I'm a fan of Obsidian Portal myself.


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I've read (the free version of) Worlds Apart - a fantasy system using "Traveller System Reference Document Copyright © 2008, Mongoose Publishing".
I.e. an adaptation of core Traveller mechanics (as described in Mongoose edition), including careers and ship building, to a fantasy archipelago world.
My question: are there games from other companies that use the Traveller game engine?


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Lew Andrews: Will Online Learning Undermine Liberal Bias?
Will the rise of online learning undermine liberalism's control over education? Lewis Andrews thinks so. He joins the podcast to discuss his recent op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on the topic. There, Andrews writes, "As performance-based incentive structures spread, course designers and school-based curriculum directors will have to be more flexible, competitive and accountable. If history is any guide, the elevation of such workplace values will even make their way into the subjects being taught, emphasizing such conservative values as personal responsibility and entrepreneurship." Andrews is an author and director of the Children's Educational Opportunity Foundation, a privately funded scholarship program for poor and minority children in Connecticut. He has also recently written "Public Sector Unions vs. Local Politics."


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Hi All,
I do real estate photography and use a clunky pano head, and would like to purchase an NN due to the fact that it seems lighter and more compact - great for travel. The following is my wish list and then below that is my current equipment. I am open for suggestions as to which NN I would require and which accessories to make taking pans and then regular stills a little more convenient.
My wish list:
- ability to change out the pano/rotator so I can use my Manfrotto tripod for regular still shots easily without losing settings.
- currently do 12 shots horizontally only in portrait mode. Would like to minimize this # of shots horizontally
- would like to be able to do vertical shots as well
- if I purchase a Canon D40 or possibly Canon 5D in future that the NN that I purchase will accept that camera as well
- current pano/rotator has levels on it - do I need EZ-leveller as well?
My current equipment:
Olympus E-410
Zuiko 11-22mm Lens
Manfrotto 808RC4 and Manfrotto Tripod 055XDB
and FL-50 flash in the hotshoe
Suggestions and advice are more than welcome!


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Arkansas law prohibits Secretary of State Mark Martin from hiring outside lawyers, a Pulaski County circuit judge said Monday in a ruling that a Martin spokesman said would be appealed.
Martin had hired lawyers Chad Pekron and Joseph W. Price II to represent him in a lawsuit filed last month by liberal blogger Matt Campbell, but Circuit Judge Tim Fox on Monday granted a motion by Campbell to disqualify Pekron and Price.
Campbell had argued that Martin's hiring of outside lawyers violated Arkansas Code Annotated 25-16-702, which states that "the attorney general shall be the attorney for all state officials, departments, institutions, and agencies" and that legal advice "for state officials, departments, institutions, and agencies shall be given by the attorney general and his or her assistants, and no special counsel shall be employed or additional expense paid for those services."
The law allows the governor to authorize the hiring of outside counsel for a state official if the attorney general deems it necessary or declines a request to represent the official, but Fox found that neither of those exceptions applied.
The law also states that any person violating the provisions of this section shall be subject to indictment and upon conviction fined in any sum not less than $200 nor more than $2,000 and, upon proper proceedings, removed from office.
"We are drafting an appeal as we speak," Martin spokesman Alex Reed said Monday. He declined to comment further.
Campbell, who alleges in his lawsuit that Martin did not adequately comply with a Freedom of Information request, called Monday's ruling "the right decision."
Martin's office "had a little over $100,000 in legal fees to outside counsel in the last fiscal year," he said. "This is the only secretary of state to ever go out on his own and hire outside counsel instead of using the attorney general since the statute was passed in 1933."
Reed has said previously that Martin's office has hired outside legal counsel at least six times.
The state Democratic Party issued a statement Monday accusing Martin, a Republican, of spending state tax dollars illegally.
"Secretary Mark Martin has abused Arkansas tax dollars since he was elected, but today's ruling showed Mark Martin's complete disregard for the law," party spokeswoman Candace Martin said. "This indictable offense deserves being referred to a prosecutor so Mark Martin can answer to the full degree of the law for his irresponsible and reckless actions against the people of Arkansas."
Candice Martin also noted that the outside lawyers the secretary of state has hired in the past include former Congressman Asa Hutchinson, now a Republican candidate for governor, who represented Mark Martin in a lawsuit over the redrawing of legislative districts.
"This also raises huge questions about Asa Hutchinson's involvement in Mark Martin's illegal activities," she said. "Will Asa return the Arkansas tax dollars paid to his law firm that violate Arkansas law?"
Hutchinson told the Arkansas News Bureau on Monday that he believed his representation of Martin was appropriate because Attorney General Dustin McDaniel, a Democrat who was also named as a defendant in the redistricting lawsuit, had "an obvious conflict of interest."
"We worked closely with the attorney general through the course of that," he said.
Also Monday, Fox struck the answer to the lawsuit that Pekron and Price had filed on Martin's behalf. The judge gave the secretary of state 20 days to file a new answer, to be prepared either by his in-house counsel or the attorney general's office.
No trial date has been set in the lawsuit.


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The 6 Most Horrifying Sex Scenes in Fan Fiction (Pt. 4)
When you talk about erotic fan fiction, the word "erotic" tends to be redundant, because most people have no idea that any other kind of fan fiction exists. We've already talked about how brain-ticklingly insane some of these stories can get, but because the goal of the Internet is to boldly explore the furthest horizons of damnable madness, here are six more challenging pieces of fan fiction you can use to ruin any pleasant memories you might have had of the characters involved.
#6. Barack Obama Has Unicorn Sex With Princess Celestia from My Little Pony
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The Scenario:
The story opens with U.S. president Barack Obama strolling out into the White House garden to masturbate with a bottle of beer and somehow missing the opportunity to make the "stimulus package" joke that all of us were expecting:
One hand under his head, he slowly begins stroking his penis. (...) he takes the cold beer bottle and places it sideways under his balls, letting the cool condensation seep into his sack.
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Presidential historians call this "Coolidging."
Yes, we literally meant "masturbate with a bottle of beer," not that he was merely holding one while masturbating. You're in the world of erotic fan fiction now, this is how we roll. So anyway, at this point a majestic unicorn suddenly alights in the garden, prances over to the masturbating Obama, and starts giving him a blow job. Truly there has never been a more firm assurance that we are in the land of fantastical make-believe than that sentence.
Where It Gets Really Weird:
Still in his stupor, Barack let the unicorn to pleasure him with its mouth. His eyes rolled up into the sky, feeling the gentle sensation of the beast's soft lips rubbing against the skin of his cock, its saliva coating his shaft.
Hasbro Studios
"Friendship, with benefits, is magic."
Obama's new equestrian friend turns out to be Princess Celestia, the immortal ruler of the My Little Pony kingdom, who ventured into the world of global politics to comfort Barack Obama in his time of extreme loneliness. Obama (who, at the time of this writing, is the leader of the free world) accompanies Celestia to her pony kingdom, at which point he is forced to consume a magical potion of horse semen in order to stay alive:
"The elixir is transfigured from my excretion."
And Celestia doesn't deliver the serum in a convenient squeeze bottle or aluminum can -- she straight up craps it into Barack Obama's mouth:
Celestia positions her rear end over him. She lifts her tail and squats with her hind legs. (...) Her body shakes, and slowly from her ass hole, a drip of creamy white liquid begins to stream out. It lands in Baracks mouth, and instantly he begins to savour the warm chocolaty taste.
Jupiterimages/Goodshoot/Getty Images
"Forgive the grammatical errors. I was typing with one hand when I wrote this."
This raises several dozen questions about the biology of the creatures that inhabit the My Little Pony universe (or at least about what the author perceives it to be), and if you choose to investigate the matter further, we encourage you to never, ever share the results with us. Either way, we're considering everything we just read to be official MLP canon.
#5. Teen Wolf Has Amputee Sex With Characters from War and Peace
MGM Television
The Scenario:
Derek Hale, a teen wolf from MTV's 2011 Teen Wolf reboot, is out werewolfing one night when he suddenly catches the scent of other shape-shifting angst beasts nearby. He tracks the smell to the house of Fyodor Dolokhov and Anatole Kuragin (Nate for short), two characters from Leo Tolstoy's 19th century historical/philosophical epic novel War and Peace, who, according to this fanfic, are also werewolves. This helps explain how two 150-year-old literary characters are still alive in the modern era, because otherwise that would be too much suspension of disbelief for readers to swallow. It is also the least insane part of this story.
Where It Gets Really Weird:
I need an omega. Alpha werewolves can impregnate any gender, but only omegas can bear fruit (...)
MGM Television
"And lose these abs? Fuck nah, bros."
Fyodor and Nate inform Derek that they're looking for another male werewolf to bear their children and were wondering if Derek would be up to the task (there is a whole subgenre within the fan fiction community about men impregnating other men called Alpha/Omega, because of course there is).
Understandably unsure about their offer, Derek talks it over with his uncle, who responds by kind of raping him. Forcible incest proves to be just the thing to clear Derek's mind, and he agrees to let the two 19th century Russian werewolves inflate his stomach with wolf infants.
The first order of business is to make Derek an Omega (a man who can become pregnant), a procedure Nate performs by plunging his amputated leg stump into Derek's ass. This is surprisingly different from what we remember from the hilarious 1994 Arnold Schwarzenegger male pregnancy comedy Junior.
MGM Television
"Seems scientific enough. Fuck yeah, bros."
Nate took advantage of [the] moment of confusion, and in one motion introduced his crippled leg [into] Derek, to the knee (...)
Suddenly, in the middle of their explosive all-male werewolf sex triangle, Derek realizes that his uncle might have gotten him pregnant earlier during that whole "rape" fiasco, and runs out of the house to get an abortion.
- Where are you going? - Nate asked in a sleepy voice.
- [I need an abortion!] (...) I'm sorry, you'll have to find someone else!
Then, in perhaps the most baffling twist of all, Fyodor and Nate reveal that in this universe, it's impossible for men to get pregnant, magical ceremony or not. They just made the whole thing up to trick Derek into bed with them, which was admittedly a bulletproof plan, because who could resist the allure of carrying the child of two leering strangers?
MGM Television
"Fuck why, bros?"
Once again, this scenario leaves us with numerous questions we suspect we'll never have the answer to, such as who is the audience for this? Is there a large segment of the erotic fan fiction consumer base that A) has read War and Peace, B) watches the MTV version of Teen Wolf, and C) has a male pregnancy fetish? Again, it's a question we're happy to leave unanswered.
#4. How to Train Your Dragon's Toothless Licks Chocolate off of Lilo & Stitch's Stitch
DreamWorks Animation
The Scenario:
"An Experimental Encounter" opens with Lilo & Stitch's Stitch traveling back in time to the island of Berk, which, for those of you who don't commit DreamWorks films to memory, is where How to Train Your Dragon took place.
DreamWorks Animation
And where any fond memories you do have of this movie will go to die.
Stitch accidentally gets covered in chocolate (as one does), and Toothless, the endearing hero dragon from the aforementioned dragon-centric film, swoops down to lick the chocolate off of Stitch's underwear bulges. Stitch has no choice but to masturbate to completion, because on the island of Berk, there is no God:
The moaning little alien lets two paws slip to his cock, madly stroking as one branch of the forked tongue stretches him wide open and the other one tickles the base of his nuts. With a grunt the blue balled little critter squeezes hard, cumming into the grass (...)
Where It Gets Really Weird:
What transpires next is a vicious oral sex fest between Toothless and Stitch culminating in a gigantic bukkake shower:
With a roar the dragon climaxes, showering them both with a white rain of sticky warm dragon seed.
Walt Disney
"Who trained you to do that?"
This of course leads to a sequence wherein Toothless impales Stitch on his giant dragon schlong like a nightmare kebab and begins flying around in parabolic arches:
As he does the alien shouts, fearful of crashing, loosening his sphincter enough that as the dragons pulls out of the dive, momentum and gravity manage to work him in a little deeper.
Are you picturing it? This is one of those times you should be thankful these stories aren't illustrated.
DreamWorks Animation
The look on that dragon's face suddenly became incredibly sinister.


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Why do we eat things that don't taste good?
after inhaling a chewy chocolate chip cookie fresh from the vending machine, i realized it wasn't really that delicious.
nope, not delicious. but i still slog my way to the machine every day, a slave to the cookie. i crave it.
it's hardly the best thing i've ever eaten. it won't even be the best thing i ate today.
why do we knowingly eat mediocre foodstuffs? is this about serotonin again?
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What brand of cookie was it?
I'm a bit fan of cookies, but not so much out of a vending machine. Most vending machine cookies I've had tend to be on the stale or odd tasting side.
But my answer is, sugar is addicting.
1. Because you're hungry.
2. Because chocolate is addictive with the caffeine.
3. Because there isn't anything better for you to get at that time.
i find that even mediocre food in front of me can trigger pleasurable associations with better quality versions i've eaten in the past. sometimes the memory is enough to get by.
is it possible you need to start eating more/healthier food at meal times? something to make you feel full and not like you "need" a bad cookie? how about if they start putting brocolli in the cookie? then at least you would have the knoweledge that it might be less bad for you.
would it be wrong to put a package of decent (or heaven forbid good) cookies/snacks in your desk for munchie time? they market a brand around my area called "WhoKnew" it is "who knew a cookie could taste so delicious and still be nutritious". they actually do taste as good as oreos and keebler cookies and have at least a few vitamins/minerals in them.
i like tacos
@no1: glad i'm not the only one. i think you've hit on a thing here. that's what i was trying to get at.
i'm curious about the human inclination to eat tasteless food and seemingly derive pleasure from it, regardless of flavorlessness.
@iggz: YOU'RE A TACO.
@moosezilla: I find most "healthy" sweets to be brutally sweet. It's like they double up on the sugar to make up for taking out the fat.
RE the original question, I try to actually be aware of whether I actually want the food I am eating and discard it rather than eat it anyway if it isn't giving me the desired enjoyment. But I have the luxury of a big office with a cabinet and a little fridge all my own to store goodies that live up to my hopes. Then it's just a matter of finding the best balance of nutrition and deliciousness for my calorie buck. If you have a Costco membership, they sell a lot of healthy and tasty snacks (and plenty of unhealthy and tasty snacks) in single serve packages.
Why? Habituation. Eat junk for long enough, and you develop a tolerance/desire for it. Why do you explain someone's preference for Gin and Tonic? Or Natty light
Love G&T, btw.
There's also been research that shows modern wheat/corn/sugar to have addictive properties. Perhaps our mediocre snacks have hit upon the perfect formula for mediocre crack?
I'm going to throw them under the bus and guess Grandma's. At some point they changed the recipe, and it just isn't the cookie we all remember, but can't seem to forget. They're now salty, high fructose corn syrup-laden, stale hockey pucks, but we keep gong back.
I think it's habit. You're used to the ritual of going to the machine and picking out the cookie each day.
I'm not sure about your cookie "fetish", but since I quit smoking I am trying to keep my snacks healthier. I've been taking white grapes and gummies(made with real fruit juice!) to work. I'm not sure about why you eat food that doesn't taste good, but I eat things that do.
tl;dr I have no answer.
MSG? I can down a bag of chips in one go.. Not very healthy is it lol
Because our Moms taught us not to waste food.
Because our Moms taught us not to waste our money.
Though if we were really listening to Mom, we would not have spent our money buying junk from the vending machine in the first place!
We always do something we dont like to do.
I eat when I'm bored, lonely, happy, sad, hungry, not hungry...it happens. We just eat.
Somehow I've managed to stay slim sitting at this desk the last 3 years too!
I'm thinking I'll need to start hitting the gym another time or two a week though to make it through the next few months of Holidays!
I agree with the other comment about keeping healthier snacks (or at least snacks that you choose!) at your desk.
I buy groceries specifically for use at work and then just bring them in here and keep at my desk.
I've broken that bleh-food habit. It's only really tasty or nothing now. Forget that hersheys bar, I have a desk drawer with bags of Lindt and Ghirardelli. Most people just think I'm a snob.
You should get into the habit of delicious tasting breakfast cookies.
Rip off, I thought this was going to be a post about brussel sprouts or lima beans.
Speaking of Lima Beans, I try to shake it up a bit during can food drives, I look in the box and it's Lima Beans and Ramen - so I throw some Rotel, refried beans, corn, green beans, Campbell's soup, etc I'm sure the recipients of that food would like it very much if they never ate a lima bean again
Because you are addicted to refined/simple carbohydrates.
You probably get hungry for cookies at ~3pm. You are looking to replace blood sugar lost to excessive insulin release. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactive_hypoglycemia
I had the same problem. I would eat mediocre tasting junky food all day because I was crashing. My body knew the cookies had the simple carbs that would get my blood sugar back up.
you need to detoxicate your system if that thing wasn't good but you still ate it cause you have cravings. Try eating some food with with a high content of Folic acid and fiber to clean out ur system, like cereals, broccoli, nuts, fiber cookies which now come in chocolate flavor, bananas, berries, etc.


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Rheumatoid Arthritis Health Center
Sulfasalazine for Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
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Sulfasalazine is a combination of salicylic acid (the active ingredient in aspirin) and an antibiotic, sulfapyridine.
How It Works
Sulfasalazine may reduce joint inflammation caused by juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA).
Why It Is Used
Sulfasalazine is considered a second-line treatment for JIA. Its use is reserved for children with JIA who do not respond to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) or methotrexate. Children who are allergic to sulfa medicines or salicylates cannot use this medicine.
How Well It Works
Some research shows that the use of sulfasalazine is effective in the treatment of JIA, particularly children with polyarticular JIA and oligoarticular JIA.1
Side Effects
All medicines have side effects. But many people don't feel the side effects, or they are able to deal with them. Ask your pharmacist about the side effects of each medicine your child takes. Side effects are also listed in the information that comes with the medicine.
Here are some important things to think about:
- Usually the benefits of the medicine are more important than any minor side effects.
- Side effects may go away after your child takes the medicine for a while.
- If side effects still bother your child and you wonder if he or she should keep taking the medicine, call your doctor. He or she may be able to lower the dose or change the medicine. Do not suddenly quit taking your medicine unless your doctor tells you to.
Call911or other emergency services right away if your child has:
- Trouble breathing.
- Swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.
Call your doctor right away if your child has:
Common side effects of this medicine include:
- Skin sensitivity to sunlight.
- Stomach pain, nausea, loss of appetite.
- Diarrhea.
See Drug Reference for a full list of side effects. (Drug Reference is not available in all systems.)
What To Think About
Children with systemic JIA are most likely to experience severe side effects, so they are not treated with sulfasalazine.2
Positive effects from sulfasalazine treatment can take 1 to 3 months to become apparent, which is faster than some other second-line medicines.2
Sulfasalazine is considered safer, but is generally less effective, than methotrexate. A child who can't take or hasn't responded to first-line NSAID treatment or to methotrexate may be given sulfasalazine.
Your doctor may recommend a complete blood count (CBC) every 6 to 12 months when using sulfasalazine.
Your child may be sensitive to sunlight while taking sulfasalazine. Have your child use sunscreen and wear sunglasses.
Taking medicine
Medicine is one of the many tools your doctor has to treat a health problem. If your child takes medicine as your doctor suggests, it will improve your child's health and may prevent future problems. If your child doesn't take the medicines properly, his or her health (and perhaps life) may be at risk.
There are many reasons why people have trouble taking their medicine. But in most cases, there is something you can do. For suggestions on how to work around common problems, see the topic Taking Medicines as Prescribed.
Follow-up care is a key part of your child's treatment and safety. Be sure to make and go to all appointments, and call your doctor if your child is having problems. It's also a good idea to know your child's test results and keep a list of the medicines your child takes.
Complete the new medication information form (PDF)(What is a PDF document?) to help you understand this medication.
Hashkes PJ, Laxer RM (2005). Medical treatment of juvenile ideopathic arthritis. JAMA, 294(13): 1671-1684.
Giannini EH, Brunner HI (2005). Treatment of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. In WJ Koopman, LW Moreland, eds., Arthritis and Allied Conditions, 15th ed., vol. 1, pp. 1301-1318. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
ByHealthwise Staff
Primary Medical ReviewerSusan C. Kim, MD - Pediatrics
Specialist Medical ReviewerJohn Pope, MD - Pediatrics
Current as ofSeptember 9, 2014
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McNeil implements corrective action plan
In the wake of a product recall that included more than 50 million units of Tylenol arthritis products, St. Joseph's Aspirin, Motrin and other products, the McNeil Consumer Healthcare unit of Johnson & Johnson reported that it has taken steps to ensure that similar situations do not happen in the future. In a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Peter Luther, McNeil president, wrote, "McNeil and Johnson & Johnson management are taking this issue very seriously and are committed to ensuring that McNeil implements all necessary corrective and preventive actions to improve the McNeil quality systems." The letter also outlined key elements of the corrective action plan that includes enhancements to the quality system, organizational changes, and senior management oversight. For more, go to Modern's Web site, mmh.com/recall.


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I normally use Yahoo to login on SO, but I'm too lazy to type in the password everytime, so I decided to use Facebook. The thing is: whenever I login with Facebook I go to a totally different account. I tried adding it to the existing account but it didn't work. The reputation goes to 1, but when I click on my profile link it goes to the actual profile I use with Yahoo.
How can I have the two accounts working together?


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Are there any good, free 3D game engines similar to UDK that are under open-source licenses without copyleft provisions?
closed as off-topic by Byte56♦ May 29 '14 at 13:48
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Panda3D is relatively nice (note: relative to most FOSS game engines, not things like UDK) and free/unencumbered, though you would need a commercial license for FMOD if you use that I think (FFTW and ARToolkit also need commercial licences if you use them, but those are more special case tools). FMOD is dirt cheap as middleware goes though. Unity isn't open really, but I don't think there are any royalty requirements on it.
Cube 2 is an engine similar to quake engines that is under zlib (soon CubeCreate will be released with lua scripting based on Cube2)
There is also the more general Panda3d, Ardor3D, jMonkeyEngine. As well as a handful of 2d engines you can use without a problem
However there is nothing close yet to Unity, UDK or Source yet
jMonkeyEngine is pretty full featured and available under the BSD license.
It's my personal favourite if you want an open source, cross-platform engine with modern OpenGL features a good community.