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6 Teenage Inventors That Changed The World
It's frustrating being a teenager, unable to drive, or drink, or vote. It's like society doesn't trust you with anything.
Well, in most cases, society is right: Give a kid a car and he's immediately going to see how high he can ramp it off something. But that doesn't change the fact that some very ambitious teens have changed the world. For instance ...
#6. Superman Was Invented by High School Kids
Every elementary school kid has doodled a superhero on the back of a notebook at some point. But we're guessing your sloppy depiction of "Butt Man" didn't make you a millionaire and change pop culture forever. That is, however, what happened when a young Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel first conceived the Man of Steel in high school.
Their design would wind up being the template for pretty much every superhero that would come later. For instance, have you ever asked yourself why superheroes wear spandex and Speedos? It's not exactly practical crime-fighting wear. Well, it's because a couple of kids were most likely inspired by 1900s circus strong men like Zishe Breitbart.
Seen here about to sucker punch some rebar.
Breitbart was world-famous right around the time Siegel and Shuster were growing up. His mailing address was actually "Superman-New York," and the advertisements for his shows bragged that he could stop a speeding locomotive. And guys like him wouldn't be seen on stage without a tiny pair of shorts or tights.
As teenagers, Siegel and Shuster self-published their crude comic in a fanzine. And forget Lois, the Daily Planet, and Lex Luthor -- the first fictional superman was a creepy, sort-of evil mentalist who probably menaced renamed replicas of local bullies. After the Nazis went and soured the world on the whole concept of a "super man," Siegel and Shuster reinvented him as the captain of truth, justice and the American way.
The American way is to take your wrench-beatings with a smile.
Finding it difficult to track down anyone who had a serious interest in the character and style, it took an almost unbelievable three more years for the granddaddy of all superheroes to find an independent publisher.
What kid in the Great Depression would want to read this boring thing?
By the way, there is an almost Batman-esque element to Jerry Siegel's story. Siegel was a hugely unpopular proto-nerd, and his only solace came from seeking the elusive approval of his successful father. His father was mysteriously murdered while Jerry was still a kid, thus motivating him to dedicate his life to fighting crime. Since he didn't have billions of dollars or serious mental problems, he used comics instead of batarangs.
#5. The Inventors of Hip-Hop Were Age 17 and 12
Obviously no one person sat down and just invented hip-hop out of the blue. It evolved over time and has many fathers. But two of the most prominent fathers were a couple of kids in the Justin Bieber age range.
It was the early 1970s and everyone was getting over that whole peace and love thing. A 17-year-old named Clive Campbell had just emigrated from Jamaica, and boy did he love music and partying. He became known as DJ Kool Herc and proceeded to put on some of the first block parties.
The fan is for the auto-tuning.
Herc noticed how anxious the people at the parties got waiting for the beat to start so that they could start dancing. So he decided to play with their impatient asses by playing the beat from a song, and then fading in a beat from another song, and then fading to another beat, creating an on-the-fly mix of nothing but beats. He also had a unique vocal style of calling out in his microphone to the attendees in rhymes such as "B-boys, B-girls, are you ready? Keep on rock steady," and "This is the joint! Herc beat on the point," inadvertently laying the basis for what would become rap.
And if the lyrics ain't broke, never ever, ever fix 'em.
Soon, the DJ had his own pupils known as the first MCs, who spread hip-hop throughout the Northeast. One of these pupils, Grand Wizard Theodore (who we assume loved Dungeons and Dragons), claims that once when he was in his basement messing around with his turntable, his mom came down and started yelling at him. Trying to stop the record by pushing it down, Theodore accidentally abruptly slowed the disc and so heard the first scratch.
Promptly ignoring his mother, he did it over and over, trying to perfect the sound. And that was that -- record scratching became a thing, and later would appear on the first really successful hip-hop track ever, Herbie Hancock's "Rockit." Oh, and if Grand Wizard Theodore sounds like a ridiculous name for a cutting-edge musician, he has an excuse: He was 12 years old at the time.
It's like having your 11-year-old foxxygrrl69 Hotmail address on your CV.
#4. Sam Colt Was in His Late Teens When He Invented the Revolver
Even if you know nothing about guns, you know the name "Colt." You've heard someone refer to a certain pistol as a "Colt 45" or some character in a Western refer to his Colt revolver. Today the Colt company makes the M16 rifles carried by the U.S. military and a whole lot of other guns you've fired in a Modern Warfare game. It all goes back to one guy, who spent his teens tinkering with gun designs. So what kind of guy devotes his life to making a better killing machine?
Some men were born small, but this man gave them the means to shoot into the air and go "Yee-haw!"
For starters, Sam Colt was put into a boarding school as a kid, where he was unpopular, had no friends and did poorly in class. And like most of the other 15-year-olds, he wanted to get popular fast. So, the story goes that one day he made a crude firework and set it loose outside. This had the expected results and got him popular, until it burned down the school.
At which point he blossomed into a full-grown Fonzie.
His school days over but still interested in explosives, soon thereafter Colt had a light bulb moment and began carving the initial design of a gun in wood. A prototype was built, and this .45 caliber gun performed remarkably in its beta testing, and by that we mean it blew up. Colt reworked his design, and even went so far as to show it to some gunsmiths ... who told him it sucked and would never fire. Colt changed careers, going on the road and charging people to huff laughing gas. No, really.
This venture somehow failed, and he was forced back into gunsmithing. After opening a factory (thanks to borrowing cash from his dad), he set out selling his crude guns, and failed spectacularly.
Probably because he started making a knife 90 percent of the way through.
That all changed when one night, he found a stall on the corner of the street with a guy selling his unsold guns at dirt cheap prices. Rather than sue his ass, Colt met Sam Walker, captain of the Texas Rangers. (Yes, his name really was "Walker, Texas Ranger.") Walker not only suggested improvements for the gun, but also ordered a thousand of them for use in the Mexican-American War. The rest is history: Since then, Colt's company has sold over 30 million goddamned guns worldwide.


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As we wind our way down to PDC, it's time that you meet more of the team behind the scenes as they'll share with you each week some of their favorite things to see and do in the Seattle area. First up isJeannine Harsh, who represents the Eastside (the term for the Eastern suburbs of Seattle that include cities such as Bellevue, Issaquah, Kirkland, Mercer Island and Redmond). Not only is Jeannine offering a $100 challenge, but she is the sole judge in our PDC vintage contest. Take a creative picture of something, anything, from a past PDC and post it on Twitter using the#PDC10 tag, and Jeannine will pick the coolest in her estimation. There are all sorts of ways to win this week! And for Jeannine's local tips, here are the links to some of her favorite Pacific Northwest things:
Roslyn: The home of Northern Exposure
North Bend: Home of Twin Peaks and Twede's Café
Snoqualmie Falls
Woodinville Wine Country
Red Hook Brewery
South 47 Farm Corn Maze
Lake Washington Argosy Cruise
Lake Bill
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The hamburger lies, Jeannine!
Anyone interested in the Argosy cruise from Kirkland, call them first...their docked ship in the marina had a big fire a few weeks back...not sure if they replaced the fleet yet.
The video is almost inaudible on the Medium WMV setting, and has lots of audio glitches.
edit: nevermind, my headphones were half-unplugged. D'oh!
hey Jeannine, check this out.. a PDC'05 official wallpaper, I found it in my MS Pics collection http://twitpic.com/2rksu5
@amyrc it does!
@timheuer I called Argosy and confirmed that they have plenty of ships in their fleet, so the cruises from Kirkland aren't affected
@nitinagarwal198 Ribbons! Good find!
WooOOH! I'm so pumped!
Here's my PDC '05 badge signed by Bill Gates! http://tinyurl.com/25awzs2 The background story on my blog: http://tinyurl.com/6jgmgu (also twitter'd with #PDC10)
Q:Why do I still have some much geeky stuff from old PDCs I have attended? A: Because I am a geek.
I'm supprised, there is no local event listed for the UK.
@PerfectPhase:There is a UK event in the works - email "pdclocal" at microsoft.com for more info.
Im getting desperate to get into PDC: http://yfrog.com/042spj #PDC10 going to make a deepzoom mosiac out of this image with a flickr feed of past pdc stuff.
a deep zoom silverlight azure version http://www.hackingsilverlight.net/HopeForPDC10.html
Hey, I'm also desperate - I'll exchange my PDC '05 badge signed by Bill Gates for a ticket to the PDC. - Here's my PDC '05 badge signed by Bill Gates!http://tinyurl.com/25awzs2 The background story on my blog:http://tinyurl.com/6jgmgu (also twitter'd with #PDC10)
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Beautiful and entire Apartment 75 m² Strasbourg
Size75 m²
Floor No.4
- Family/child friendly
- Kitchen
- Smoking allowed
- Lockable room
- Pets allowed
- Washer/dryer
- Towels
|Rue Charles Appell, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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The apartment is on the 4th floor without lift and includes:
- A kitchen
- A bathroom with a tub-shower and toilet.
- Two rooms:
- A suite with double bed
- A room with two single beds.
- A lounge / dining room
Ideally located in a quiet Street (Strasbourg-Contades), this apartment is 3 stops by tram from the historical center, two stations of the European Parliament and 2 stops from the station. Access by car is easy from the highway. You will easily find parking in the street. The tram station is located nearest the " Place de Bordeaux " (Lycée Kléber station) very close from the apartment.
A list of establishments recommended by the owners will be provided, and a map of the city, with all pertinent information activities, tours, museums, etc. from the tourist office.
Visit to Strasbourg with family or friends, business trip, this flat fully meet your expectations.
|Weekly rate for up to 3 guests
|Price for > 3 guests
|$ 29 US per guest/night extra
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This is a spacious apartment on the fourth floor of an old Strasbourg building. There is no lift so you need to take the stairs. It was a great location for us, being close to my meeting venue and also only a 15-20 minute walk into the old city (just follow the tramline down Avenue de la Paix). As Strasbourg is pretty flat, it is easy to walk around. If you prefer, there is also a nearby tram stop and it is just two stops to Place de La Republique (and another stop to Broglie which is just a short walk from the Cathedral) and two stops in the opposite direction to the European Parliament buildings. A day ticket for 24hrs is 4.20Euro.
Inside, the apartment has plenty of space with two bedrooms, living/dining room a kitchen and bathroom with shower over the bath. There is a washing machine, dishwasher, microwave, hotplates, oven and coffee maker but the apartment lacks some useful items as there is no iron or ironing board, no toaster and no kettle.
The crockery is limited, particularly cups, some of which were chipped and one had no handle. I am not particularly fussy but while the apartment was generally clean, the crockery wasn't, so we needed to wash it by hand properly before use.
The bed is low but was comfortable. The simple lounge in the living room was more comfortable than it looked. We had good hot water. The Internet connection was faultless and there was good TV reception. Being an old, somewhat characterful building, the floorboards are a bit squeaky.
The owner was pleasant to deal with and responded to our emails promptly. We were met at the apartment as arranged assisted to get our luggage up to the apartment. We were also met promptly at the agreed time for handover on departure.
There is no written information about local stores, trams etc in the apartment although there is a small collection of brochures. There is a Carrefour store about 10 minutes walk away on Rue Lauth.
Parking is available on the street and although spaces fill we were always able to find a spot to park. Currently fees are 1 Euro for 9-12noon and 2-5pm, 12-2pm is free and after 5pm is free. The only thing being that if parking all day you need to be around between 12noon and 2pm to get an afternoon ticket, they cant be purchased in advance. However, you can buy a ticket in the evening that will cover the next morning's parking.
Overall this was a spacious apartment in a good location with on street parking available and we would happily stay here again. It could be improved by the addition of a few appliances (kettle, iron and toaster) and a little bit of information on location of nearby shops etc to make it easier for guests to get orientated to the area on arrival.
Great apartment, clean, warm (we were there for the Christmas market) and spacious. Note that the owner has more than one apartment; this one is on the 3rd (UK) or 4th(US) floor. Very quiet and as mentioned, it's easy to find parking locally as well as a very easy trip into the city centre using the overground train. Tom was very friendly and helpful, especially as we arrived at 11pm with twin toddlers, strollers etc in tow. We had a great stay!
Hello. We stayed for 2 nights in Strasbourg. The viewing is nice except that on 2 Day no hot water was available. Here you could meet with the price. Also, the brother of Tom, not much idea about shops and trams nearby. We then made our own clever and small. Shop just found around the corner. The viewing is very central and our suite only 4 stops from the center.
wir waren für 2 Nächte in Strassbourg.
Das Apparment ist schön ausser das am 2. Tag kein Warmwasser mehr verfügbar war.
Hier hätte man mit dem Preis entgegenkommen können. Auch hat der Schwager von Tom, nicht viel Ahnung über Läden oder Strassenbahnen in der Nähe. Wir haben uns dann selber schlau gemacht und ein kl. Laden gleich um die Ecke gefunden. Das Apparment ist sehr Zentral und nur 4 Stationen vom Zentrum entfehrnt gelegen.
The owners are really nice and friendly. The apartment was simply perfect, next to the tram stop and 10 min by foot to the center. The house is really nice and spacious, there is everything you need.
I suggest you!!!
nice apartment, everything is there, even fresh strawberries and yogurt in the refrigerator. despite large lateness we were taken very friendly and helpful in receiving. great and come back again! strasbourg himself has again fallen well, but our weekend trip was enhanced by the cozy feeling in the house yet, we thought it was nicer than the hotel!
schöne wohnung, alles da, sogar frische erdbeeren und joghurt im kühlschrank. trotz großer verspätung wurden wir sehr freundlich und hilfsbereit in empfang genommen. großartig und gern wieder! straßburg selbst hat uns auch wieder gut gefallen, unser wochenendtrip wurde aber durch das gemütliche gefühl in der wohnung noch verbessert, wir fanden es schöner als im hotel!
nice, clean, well-located apartment in a quiet environment. gladly again!
schöne,saubere,gut gelegene wohnung in ruhiger umgebung.
gerne wieder!!!
nice apartment, centrally located, but in the 3rd Stock-no lift, which was no problem for us ... very bemühter owner! Great stay!
schöne Wohnung,zentral gelegen,allerdings im 3. Stock-ohne Lift,was für uns kein Problem war...sehr bemühter Vermieter !
Prima Aufenthalt !
Everything worked out great, a very good service, my emails were answered immediately and all charged correctly.
Alles hat sehr gut funktioniert, ein sehr guter Service, meine Emails wurden sofort beantwortet und alles korrekt abgebucht.
Wir haben uns in der Wohnung sehr wohl gefühlt - Tram, Supermarkt und Parkplatz sind in unmittelbarer Nähe - wir kommen gern wieder
Ein sehr schönes Appartement und ein sehr freundlicher Gastgeber....es lief alles komplikationslos ab. Auf jedem Fall empfehlenswert !
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When NASA's MAVEN spacecraft powers up on the launch pad for its journey to Mars in mid-November, one University of Colorado Boulder student will be especially pleased to see the spacecraft disappear into the heavens over Cape Canaveral, Fla.
Christopher Fowler, a doctoral student in the astrophysical and planetary sciences department, is one of scores of CU-Boulder students, faculty and other professionals involved in the $670 million Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, a NASA mission being led by CU-Boulder. Fowler's charge is to help convert data from the MAVEN mission -- which is targeting the atmosphere of the Red Planet to understand how it went from a warm, wet planet suitable for life several billion years ago to a cold dry planet today -- to a format scientists can use.
The MAVEN mission is being led by CU-Boulder Professor Bruce Jakosky of the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, principal investigator for the project.
Twice a week, engineers from Lockheed Martin of Littleton, Colo., which built the spacecraft and is responsible for mission operations, will upload commands to turn MAVEN toward Earth so the data collected by the instruments can be downloaded. Once the download is complete, the satellite will be turned back toward the sun to keep its solar panels charged.
Fowler helped to write the software that will help scientists build a library of data streamed back from the MAVEN spacecraft so that scientists around the world can have access to the information, paving the way for new discoveries.
"It's our job to calibrate that data and make sure it really means something so it can be used for scientific research," said Fowler, a native of Great Britain.
MAVEN is currently slated for launch at 1:27 p.m. on Nov. 18. For more information on MAVEN visit http://lasp.colorado.edu/home/maven/


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6 Weird Things That Influence Bad Behavior More Than Laws
#3. The Smell of Citrus
The same guy who brought you the Lady Macbeth effect decided to see whether there were still more ways that cleanliness makes you either totally awesome or a horrible, horrible person. It turns out that regardless of your own level of personal hygiene, even the cleanliness of the room you are in can affect how you act.
For example, if your room looks like this, you will be acting celibate.
Most of us associate the smell of citrus fruits with cleanliness, because the household cleaning product industry decided that was what every damn thing it sells us should smell like. So now when you smell a hint of lemon, you don't think "delightful summer beverage" or "scurvy-fightin' time!" but "Did I remember to tip the maid?"
So powerful is this association between citrus and cleanliness that you will behave better because of it. That's right -- unlike the last study, which said being more physically clean makes you an ass, a different study shows that when you smell something clean, you become a better person.
If only they'd had these in Nazi Germany.
In this study, participants were brought into one of two rooms. Both rooms looked the same and had the same level of cleanliness; the only difference was that one had been sprayed with a very light citrus scent. The men and women were then told they had to split a pot of money with someone else and that the other person did not know the value of the original amount in the pot. People in the scented room were far more generous when giving this anonymous partner money than those in the unscented room. In some cases, the citrus scent actually doubled the amount of money shared.
Later, they were asked if they had noticed the smell or noticed that the room was clean. Overwhelmingly they did not, meaning the kindness and generosity bestowed on us through these "clean" scents works even on an unconscious level.
#2. The Presence of Large Trees
The U.S. Forestry Service did a huge crime study (covering more than 430 cases) and found something odd, yet strikingly consistent:
People don't know we still have a Forestry Service.
Big trees equal less crime.
That is, neighborhoods with large trees tend to have much lower crime rates than those with smaller trees or just bushes.
You might think that it's just because big, fancy trees are more common around big, fancy homes, so it's more correlation than causation (that is, the type of neighborhood that would have low crime anyway would also have nicer trees). But the trend holds true even if you account for that -- low crime/high income neighborhoods with smaller trees have higher crime than their peers.
Nothing like big trees to deter street crime.
Researchers can only speculate -- one commented that maybe the burglars figure that a neighborhood that can keep a tree from dying for 50 years must have its shit together (and thus must have an organized neighborhood watch program). Though that seems like a lot of deductive reasoning for a dude looking to steal a plasma TV for crack money.
Another theory is that smaller trees or low bushes skew the crime rates upward for everyone else, because they give criminals something to hide behind. Still another is that tall trees drop leaves, and that makes for loud, crunching footsteps when you're trying to sneak in at night (though again, you'd think they could just walk around the leaves or save up all of their crimes for spring).
Or maybe it goes back to the "honesty when you think you're being watched" thing, and they just think the trees are keeping an eye on them, like in the second Lord of the Rings movie. Or that they're full of cookie-making elves. Or they think Batman is hiding up there. It's hard to say, because criminals are really hard to get survey results from.
#1. Signs of Other People Misbehaving
It seems humans just need any little excuse to be bad. All we need is for other people to break the ice of immorality, and we're ready to jump in with them.
For example, a parking lot with parking carts strewn willy-nilly is 28 percent more likely to get littered on than one that is clean. For some reason, once we see that someone else has misbehaved, even if we don't witness it, it gives our brains the go-ahead to be bad ourselves. It doesn't even have to be something directly related; seeing a broken window in a house might make you more likely to litter.
In one part of an exhaustive six-part study on this phenomenon, researchers left an envelope that obviously contained a 5-euro note in an open mailbox. Five euros isn't a lot of money, but most people would still say that the thought of stealing said money would never cross their minds. Well, a bunch of you would be wrong, and all it would take to change your I'm-totally-not-gonna-steal-from-random-strangers minds is a trashy-looking mailbox.
Literally anything you do to these people is justified.
While a "mere" 13 percent of people stole the money when the mailbox looked nice and taken care of, over a quarter of the random people who walked by stole the money if the mailbox was covered in graffiti.
This isn't new; the idea has been around for a while under the name the "broken window theory," which states that when we see broken windows around, we just assume it's a Thunderdome free-for-all for committing crimes.
Seriously: What the hell is wrong with us?
Maybe, as a species, we could agree to cut down on the meth?
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I was wondering if anyone had got their Synaptics touchpad disable button to work. I find it strange as my friend has a Compaq Presario CQ61 which is a slightly different model, but still has the Synaptics Touchpad and his disable button worked fine, yet mine doesn't.
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What's the meaning of "Y yo voy y me lo creo"? I encountered it in a Spanish novel. With 146,000 Google.es hits, it seems to be a set expression. Context helps, but doesn't remove all doubts.
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I agree it is a sarcasm, something people say when they are told something unbelieveable, stating they are believing it although they actually don't.
It is of very common use here in Spain, mostly from people belonging to a low social/economic condition.
As a nuance, it has to do with self consideration. Saying that you are stating
It literally means "And I go and believe that."
It's a sarcasm, as insulting oneself for being too credulous.
I think is an idiom, a good translation could be: "I can't believe I was silly enough to believe that" or "I'm such an idiot to believe in that". You use it when you discover you were fooled and you're offended by that, mostly with the people who fooled you and with you for being so credulous.


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Riesz' lemma gives us that in infinite-dimensional spaces no ball is compact, but what about the sphere $\{x \in X : \|x\| = 1\}$? Can we say something about the compactness of the sphere in infinite-dimensional spaces?
(I guess the sphere is also not compact and I think one can also show this by constructing a sequence with Riesz lemma that has no convergent subsequence). Is this idea correct?


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In Christian Bloch's latest book, he outlines a Hybrid Stitching Workflow in sect. 6.4.9 using batched processing with Photomatix to a dual set of JPG and EXR files that one "swaps out" in PTGui.
Is anyone having success using this? - I am getting odd results I cannot explain. Yet, if I process the same Image Sets conventionally in PTGui - it works fine.
I'm attaching two sample images, I did not really work these to best ... just attempting "proof of concept".
If anyone would care to guess what I may be doing wrong ... I'd appreciate some feedback.


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To the editor:
I am writing as a concerned resident of Jefferson County.
We have experienced crime dealing with young people being allegedly involved in killings and rapes. My plea is with the clergy of Steubenville and Jefferson County. It does not matter the denomination, we are all one. The saying, "It takes a village to raise a child," is real in these times.
We have a minister who has stepped up to the plate to put forth an effort to curb the crime among the young, but he can't do it alone. If we can catch them while they're young, we may be able to build up more responsible adults. It does not matter who has the biggest membership in the church of how long the pastor has been there, the cry should be to let us come together and see what the clergy can do.
This is not about denominations, for the Lord is head of all. As it says in 2 Chronicles, "If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves, and pray and seek my face." I say to the clergy of Jefferson County, God is speaking to us. If we can't come together, how can we expect to lead the people?
I humbly submit and challenge this to all clergy. Isaiah 1:18 reads, "Come now and let us reason together."
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The 5 Most Terrifying Jobs in the History of War
#2. Coup Counter
Let's face it: Being a warrior for a Native American tribe in an era when the white man was steamrolling his way westward was already kind of a shitty job. You're part of a long, horrible, doomed war against a technologically superior opponent you don't completely understand. And, on some level, you know that in the future Kevin Costner is going to make a condescending movie about you.
Up yours, Costner.
But there also comes a time in a young warrior's life when his superiors would say, "We need you to charge through the enemy's lines, dodge their gunfire and bayonets, and poke one of their soldiers with this here dull stick."
The Plains Indians called it counting coup, and it was basically a way to prove yourself in battle. You had to go in and touch the enemy with your coup-stick, and get out. If you did it successfully, you got an eagle feather in your head dress telling everyone you were a badass. If you got wounded in the process, you had to paint the feather red -- you lost points for that. If you got killed, well, that was that.
Keep in mind, there was no ceremonial purpose to this -- as in, they didn't believe the coup stick was magical or that it would curse the enemy or that it was good luck. It was just for bragging rights. Only, to be fully accepted by the tribe, you had to do it. Everybody would sit around after the battle and count coups. You certainly didn't want to be the guy sitting on a goose egg.
There were other ways to get points -- such as stealing an enemy's weapon, or touching an enemy's horse while it was tied up at their camp. Seriously, the Indians treated war like a video game, and the coups were their Xbox achievement points.
"Alright, who has the bag of poop? I'm gonna make a run for the fort."
#1. Member of a Penal Battalion
In 1942, Joseph Stalin established Order 227 to make it clear that no commander or soldier fighting in the war had the authority to retreat in battle. And anyone who defied the order would be eligible to serve in something called "penal battalions." These separate units of convicts and rejects were intentionally sent to do the shittiest and most suicidal jobs in the war. They were to be sacrificed so as not to risk "real" soldiers.
Thus, penal battalions were composed of gulag labor camp inmates, disgraced soldiers accused of cowardice and liberated POWs. You read that right ... their own POWs were punished for their stupidity of getting caught by having to serve in penal battalions, and that's if they weren't executed on the spot after liberation. So why not just run away? Because backing them up were barrier troops who were there for no other reason than to kill soldiers who tried to retreat.
Otherwise known as, "the second crappiest job ever".
So, for instance, the first penal unit was deployed on the Stalingrad front in advance of the invading Germans. Of the 929 disgraced officers who were sent, 300 survived. Some soldiers who actually had been sentenced to death penalty were instead assigned to one of these battalions -- everyone involved knew it was basically the same thing.
Pictured: Not a safe place.
It's hard to nail down what exactly was the worst job for a penal battalion member. Mine-clearing has to be way up there -- and it almost certainly had the shortest life expectancy. Among them were people whose job it was to just dig up the mines and hope they didn't explode in their faces, but then there were the "tramplers" -- guys who ran ahead of advancing troops, with the intention of tripping any mines that might be up there. If you did your job well, you'd wind up in bloody chunks scattered all over the battlefield.
So, yeah, you'd definitely hate to be one of the unlucky few who served in the -- wait, what's that? Over 400,000 troops had to serve in the penal units?
That is hard core, ladies and gentlemen. We don't know if we should be more amazed that the Soviets ever lost a battle, or that they ever managed to win one.
For people who made Rambo-ade out of their shitty wartime jobs, check out 5 Real Life Soldiers Who Make Rambo Look Like a Pussy. Or, for proof that old-timey folk didn't need war to give kids shitty jobs, check out The 6 Worst Jobs Ever (Were Done by Children).
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Who can forget Vallgina and hemoroid.
Who can forget Vallgina and hemoroid.
WHo's gonna be on tonight to watch me & bloo clash???
Halo 4 needs more Chiron TL-34.
I'm solo legendarying these new spartan ops missions.
This episode is trying harder than before to create a continuity about it.
I can't say it's bad.
I'll be on around 9 central.
Oh shit they put dominion turrets on Complex and called it a chapter.
Hey sup guys, just got back from vacation at Disney World with the wife and kids. Still working the night shift at my job and just picked up Halo Quattro. Hoping to get a chance to play tonight so maybe I'll see you fuckers on. Around 1am EST.
That 2DOT code I linked before unlocks 2500XP and the Raider DSTT shoulders.
There's a 3DOT code not complete yet, I am going to assume it's going to be an arbitary number of XP and another piece of the armor, most likely the Torso.
So we're in agreeance that you're the dumbest motherfucka on earf then
It's a shame Spartan Ops doesn't let you record films, I really wanted to make a clip with all those sentient guns skittering along the ground firing at us earlier tonight. Shit was fun and funny.
Unfortunately all of the lag the rest of the time we played Spartan Ops was pretty unbearable.
The lag in everything was ridiculous tonight. Check my file share for a SWAT vid that's unbelievable. You see me shooting dudes multiple times in the back of the head and they take zero damage. This goes on for almost full clip of ammo before they turn around and one shot me.
I've been noticing more lag since the last playlist update. I'm guessing they probably hot patched something in, because it's been effecting me enough to notice (especially in SWAT)
Yeah, I've been getting lag more regularly than usual as well. I saw two of the same dude in a hall on Adrift at one point, running after himself.
In SWAT i'm also running into a lot more "simultaneous shot" situations where both myself and the person i'm shooting at both die. Despite me clearly shooting first.
Unrelated - Halo 4's forums on Halo Waypoint have officially made me lose faith in gamers a bit. You have people there who think the changes 343 made are killing the population because the population had a dropoff about a week after the game came out.
It's like they're completely oblivious to the fact that Black Ops II is out.
Reading those forums it seems people who never had lag issues before the update are now getting them and people who had issues now have a solid experience. I guess we have to take turns with online stability.


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When visitors entered Government Center in the past, they may have been greeted with a "hello" from the receptionist at the information booth on the first floor, who would direct people to where they needed to go in the six-floor building. As of Aug. 1, visitors who are seeking assistance may hear their own voices echoing through the sprawling area, asking, "Hello, is anyone here?"
City hall — like many places in this day and age — has gone high-tech, with the clerks replaced by a large monitor, which displays a scrolling list of departments. Telephone callers are greeted by an automated system featuring the mayor's voice that directs callers to various departments.
At its meeting Tuesday night, the City Council was set to debate a resolution asking the administration to reconsider the move. While the staffing change is considered a low-budget option, with the new system costing $5,600 and the two clerks who had staffed the info booth moved into other departments, the unstaffed kiosk may be a penny-wise, but pound foolish decision.
The administration apparently failed to consider the deterrent effect that watchful eyes have on the otherwise vacant entryway, or who would give out keys to the new handicapped restrooms on the first floor. Meanwhile, there are other considerations, especially for the elderly, disabled and those faced with language barriers, that the administration failed to take into account. For example, those with visual impairment cannot see the monitor. They may need assistance finding government services they need to access. Could this represent a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act? If so, the city ought to immediately address these concerns.
Furthermore, in a city where some residents are upset about having to pay for trash disposal under the new pay-as-you-throw system, it represents yet another way that taxpayers, who may visit Government Center to pay their tax bills, are receiving less service for their tax dollars.
In trying to find ways to save money and increase efficiencies, it is tempting for government to turn to automation, but you can't put a price tag on the customer service and assistance only a human can offer.
It may seem like much ado about nothing since most Government Center visitors will eventually figure out where they need to go. But due to the lack of any offices on the first-floor of Government Center, a staffed information booth fills an important role as a liaison to the public, as well as a presence to deter any potential troublemakers.
If the administration truly feels the need to reassign the receptionists, perhaps volunteers or interns could help fill that need. This might be a good time for the city to consider launching a senior tax break program, like Swansea's, where seniors get a credit on their property taxes in exchange for volunteering for the city. The city needs to reinvent the way it delivers services. The administration, in turn, must think outside the box about ways it can deliver necessary services at a lower cost.
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For all the talk of how HTML5 can do anything Flash can, I have yet to see a broadband speed test, created in HTML5.
SpeedTest.net is built in Adobe Flash.
MeasurementLab.net uses Java-based tools.
BroadbandReports.net uses Java and Adobe Flash.
But I have been unable to find an HTML5-based broadband speed test.
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When a politician is talking bollocks.
Some politicians talk bollocktics not politics.
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Bollocktics - noun; The philosophical study of testicles.
"Man, I went down to Oxford Uni, and a Professor P Indik was initiating a bollocktics lecture"
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this wiki
"I'm not leaving ... I can't ... I've spent too long trying to find this place ... There's not another collection of knowledge like this on Earth ... I could spend an eternity in here."
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Zei attempted to find Wan Shi Tong's Library several times, but failed in every attempt. Though he knew the library was somewhere in the uncrossable Si Wong Desert, he never managed to find it on his own.
However, in 100 AG, he met Avatar Aang and his friends at the Misty Palms Oasis while preparing another expedition into the desert. The professor quickly befriended the group, interested to meet a living Air Nomad. He asked questions about the Air Nomads, including their primary agricultural product, though the Avatar was overwhelmed by these questions. Sokka quickly turned the conversation toward maps, and though Zei was able to provide the group with a more up-to-date map, he was unable to provide them with one that included the Fire Nation. The team discovered that the professor had made several trips into the Si Wong Desert, and Zei informed them about his quest to find the missing library. Sokka became interested in assisting the professor in finding the library, believing that there might be information about the Fire Nation there, but Zei warned them of the difficulty in crossing the desert, noting that he had almost died in every attempt. The group decided to search the desert from the sky by riding on Appa, whom Zei was thrilled to meet, wishing that he could speak the language of the flying bison.
After a few hours of searching, they stopped to investigate what appeared to be a tall, slender tower, but upon further investigation and the observation of a Knowledge Seeker entering the structure, the tower was revealed to be the top of the library, which had been mostly buried in sand. Zei entered the library, marveling at its architecture, along with Aang, Sokka, and Katara. He easily passed Wan Shi Tong's test of knowledge by contributing a book to the library, which was found pleasing to the spirit being. The professor proceeded to peruse the library along with the rest of group, and later pointed out the Knowledge Seeker trying to help Sokka find information about the "The darkest day in Fire Nation history". Zei was greatly impressed by the mechanical marvel of the planetarium, which Sokka was using to find information that could be to the group's advantage against the Fire Nation.
When Wan Shi Tong discovered the group had betrayed his trust and were planning to use his information against the Fire Nation, he sank his library to prevent humans from accessing his knowledge ever again. As the members of Team Avatar made their escape, Zei tried desperately to grab as many books as he could. Eventually, he simply declared that he would rather "spend an eternity" in the library than lose all of his life's work.[1] Zei ended up dying in the library, inadvertently fulfilling his wish.[3]
Despite his disappearance, Zei remained a known character among historians, and even Aang's granddaughter, Jinora, came to learn about Zei's story during her studies. Seventy years following the relocation of the library to the Spirit World, she arrived at Wan Shi Tong's Library, stating that she could spend her life reading in the building. Wan Shi Tong informed her that the last human who said that was still there, before motioning toward the skeletal remains of Professor Zei, slumped against a bookshelf and surrounded by books and scrolls.[3]
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Book Two: Earth (土)
- 210. "The Library"
The Legend of Korra
Book Two: Spirits (神靈)
- 210. "A New Spiritual Age" (no lines)
- Avatar Extras for "The Library" stated that Zei may have ended up in the Spirit World; this was later confirmed to be true in "A New Spiritual Age".
- A student in Ba Sing Se that Team Avatar interrogates mentions Professor Zei in "City of Walls and Secrets".
- Zei appeared in the tenth episode of the second book of each Avatar series.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 O'Bryan, John (writer) & Volpe, Giancarlo (director). (July 14, 2006). "The Library". Avatar: The Last Airbender. Season 2. Episode 10. Nickelodeon.
- ↑ From older Avatar: The Last Airbender official site, originally on Nick.com (link). No longer updated.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hedrick, Tim (writer) & Graham, Ian (director). (November 8, 2013). "A New Spiritual Age". The Legend of Korra. Season 1. Episode 22. Nickelodeon.


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If there shipping charges wheren't so ridiculous i'de be all over this
@alfredenigma: Your English teacher just cried a little.
Would totally go for that X Gaming Joystick if I didn't just buy a new computer case last week.
The ONE thing I can't find is the huge thing in the middle of that picture lol.. the "night vision" goggles..
If you are interested in the iCade Mobile cradle be sure to check the compatible apps list first, the selection of games is seriously weak.
@drchops: that makes 2 of us i have tried all i know as a novice "no luck".
Why God Why! i just got paid and now im buying $128 of Random Stuff!!! WHY!!!
I was hoping the Sonic screwdriver screwdriver to be on sale again
Can anyone comment on the bluetooth retro cellphone handset? I really despite talking on the iphone, and I can't bring myself to get a bluetooth cyborg earpiece.
@tlange413: I just ordered one right before the sale so I got an credit now that its reduced. In regards to the limited app list that is true but if you are jailbroken like me you can use this with emulators as it supports quite a few of them like iMame.
I just ordered $15 worth of stuff, and paid $25 after tax and shipping.
But it's alot of little stupid things.
...instead of one big stupid thing.
so that's better....right?
ThinkGeek Mega Deals Sale: Up to 83% off clearance, deals from $1 + $6 s&h ThinkGeek takes up to 83% off over 500 clearance items as part of its Mega Deals Sale. (Although the banner offers up to 75% off, we found greater discounts than this.) Plus spend $80 or more and apply coupon code "ASNEEZE" to bag a Screaming Common Cold Microbe for free. With deals from 50 cents, that's the best discount we've seen on such a large selection of items from ThinkGeek since February, when we saw up to 90% off with stacking coupons. Shipping starts at around $5.95, or get free shipping on orders of $75 or more.
I have a hypnocube. It's awesome. If you're on the fence, the $60 one they have is a great deal.
@dupedyetagain: I can't attest to the bluetooth version (I know that's probably the more important feature you'd like some input on), but I have the corded version and I love it. I can hear people fine and it rests comfortably on my shoulder just like the good ol' days ;)


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Brazilian Portuguese
During its five centuries in the New World, Brazilian Portuguese has incorporated hundreds of words from other idioms. In the first century of Brazil's colonial history, many newcomers adopted expressions and even spoke indigenous languages quite fluently. To this day, many place names (Ipanema, Paraíba) and names of animals (tucano [toucan]), plants (mandioca [manioc]), and fruits (abacaxi [pineapple]) are of Tupi-Guarani origin. With the proliferation of sugar cane plantations followed by the gold and diamond rushes of the 18th century, millions of Africans were brought to Brazil as slaves. They too left an important linguistic legacy. Many expressions related to specific Brazilian foods (moqueca, quindim), music (samba, maxixe), and religion (macumba, orixá)—many of Yoruba or Ewe origin—have entered the vernacular as have terms such as cafuné (caress) and moleque (brat).
In more recent times, words from other European languages entered the vernacular, specifically French and English. Terms such as metrô (subway), abajur (lamp), chique (chic) all hail from French. Meanwhile, the global influence of English in spheres such as business (commodities, layout, marketing, freelance) and technology (app, Internet, email, modem), not to mention pop culture (skinhead, junkie, vibe), has seen a growing number of English expressions infiltrate contemporary Brazilian Portuguese. The tricky thing is recognizing these homegrown idioms in their Brazilian guises: When pronounced by Brazilians, terms such as "nerd"—pronounced "nairdjee"—will often leave you scratching your head and scouring through your Portuguese dictionary in vain.
Considering the size of the country, Brazilian Portuguese is surprisingly uniform. It helps that no matter where you are, the dominant media (initially radio and today television) beamed across the land features standardized accents and vocabulary of the Southeast. Nevertheless, regionalisms abound in terms of idiomatic expressions, slang, and accents. Some of the most pronounced (and colorful) regional "dialects" are Carioca (from the city of Rio de Janeiro), Baiano (Bahia), Mineiro (central and northern Minas Gerais), Gaúcho (Rio Grande do Sul), and Caipira (interior of São Paulo, northern Paraná, southern Minas Gerais, Goiás, parts of Mato Grosso, and Mato Grosso de Sul). Although initially you might not be attuned to the differences, Brazilians themselves derive great mirth from imitating and gently making fun of each other's accents and expressions.
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Is there free software that automatically composes music and does not place restrictions on the generated output? I need to be able to use the generated music commercially.
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Couldn't Garageband's 'Magic' feature do this for you? (Assuming you have access to a Mac)
There's a guide to Automatic Composition with Magic Garageband here.
There was also (back in the deep recesses of time) a program available for the Amiga, called
-EDIT- There appears to be a free, Windows version of Super Jam here. It's probably extremely dated but it used to work well enough for me.


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A beetle finger is an ingrown pubic hair that has managed to also grown long enough to reside inside the vulva.
Man! I was going down on this girl and when I swallowed, there was a hair in my mouth. It was a beetle finger dude! I threw up!
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How can a massless particle such a photon be the result of electron-positron annihilation? What about the law of conservation of energy? Is a valid explanation that the pair's energy transforms itself into the kinetic energy of the photon, not its mass?
Photons are massless but they do have momentum. Check the relativistic energy-momentum equation: $E^2 = p^2 c^2 + m^2 c^4$. Even when $m=0$ particle can have energy.
The annihilation process is $e^-+e^+\to 2\gamma$. In the rest frame of the system, the spatial momenta of the particles before and after the event are opposite to each other, but their kinetic energies (the 0-component of the relativistic 4-momentum) add up and all four of them are equal.


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On Dec. 1 in Rock Hill, S.C., seven Indian Creek students ran in the Amateur Athletic Union Cross Country National Race.
Four high school students - Fanci Ward, Kyle Weaver, Allen Keister and Tyler Gaydos - along with junior high pupils Karli Celestin, Mario Allietta and George Shea competed in their perspective races. Qualifying times for the nationals were previously attained during the state meet in Columbus.
These runners were fortunate to be coached by Jack Fluharty, Matt Morrow and Erica Hosterman. These coaches directed the runners through grueling training and miles of running. These coaches gave the children support, encouragement and confidence to believe in themselves both on and off the course. Morrow and Hosterman volunteered their coaching talents, and Fluharty went above and beyond, both monetarily and in spirit. The coaches' dedication to the cross country (and track) programs is commendable.
As the mother of a first-time cross country runner, my family and I thank the coaches for my son's new-found confidence and an amazing experience. In the future, I hope the cross country program gets the recognition it deserves. Bravo to all the runners. We are so proud of all of you.
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Simple Definition of masticate
: to chew (food)
Full Definition of masticate
masticationplay \ˌmas-tə-ˈkā-shən\ noun
masticatorplay \ˈmas-tə-ˌkā-tər\ noun
Examples of masticate in a sentence
The cows were masticating their food.
<mindlessly masticated peanuts while watching the baseball game on TV>
Origin and Etymology of masticate
Late Latin masticatus, past participle of masticare, from Greek mastichan to gnash the teeth; akin to Greek masasthai to chew — more at mandible
First Known Use: 1562
Rhymes with masticate
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MASTICATE Defined for Kids
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Medical Definition of masticate
transitive verb: to grind, crush, and chew (food) with or as if with the teeth in preparation for swallowing
2: to soften or reduce to pulp by crushing or kneading
intransitive verb: to make the motions involved in masticating food
mastication\ˌmas-tə-ˈkā-shən\play noun
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September 3, 2013
The Konecranes ATB AirBalancer is a lifting device that aids picking, lifting, moving, and placing items by hand. The pneumatic-powered mover is suitable for assembly processes, repair, and industrial production tasks across a variety of industries.
The unit reaches movement speeds up to 6.56 FPS. Its automatic balancing feature allows operators to move the load freely and accurately in zero-gravity mode. The equipment is compatible with many other crane systems.
Safety and productivity features include load weight compensation for predictable movement of loads regardless of variances in weight, an over-speed brake, available minimum pressure control, and interlocks. The unit holds the load in the event of air supply loss.


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I'm running an Ubuntu server environment with icecast-2.3.2 and ices-0.4.0 to enable internet-radio streaming.
I have a directory with music files, mostly MP3, let's call it
/PATH/TO/MUSIC. I also have directories with jingles and podcasts.
/PATH/TO/JINGLES and
So far my server is up and running.
What works:
- Creating daily random playlists from the music-directory using a script and a cron-job.
- Running an IceCast2-Server and streaming the playlist file using IceS.
My question now is:
- How to play podcasts and jingles at specific times? For example every full hour a certain jingle, or every Thursday at 8 p.m. a certain podcast?
I've tried to search the internet on this topic but it seems there is no "one final solution" for this radio-automation issue and it also seems a lot of solutions are rather hacky, aren't they?
Keep in mind this is a server environment, solutions with GUI wont help.
I appreciate any hints and experiences on this topic!


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Weather permitting, paving will begin later next week or early the following week with the same traffic patterns. Once the main paving is complete, work will take place in the intersections with intermittent traffic closures. All paving is expected to be completed by mid-December and the road opened back up to four-lane traffic.
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STEUBENVILLE - Three area residents were presented awards Wednesday evening for their contributions in making Historic Fort Steuben an educational and entertaining place for visitors to enjoy.
Rick and Deb Witkowski of Weirton and Frank Gutierrez of Chester were singled out for honors during the fort's membership meeting and dinner held at the Steubenville Country Club.
Jerry Barilla, president of the Old Fort Steuben Project, said Gutierrez is "a major player" in the fort's annual Ohio Valley Frontier Days, with this year's installment set for June 8-9.
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AWARDS PRESENTED — The annual membership meeting and dinner of the Old Fort Steuben Project was held Wednesday at the Steubenville Country Club, with special awards presented to Rick and Deb Witkowski of Weirton for their role in making the summer concert series happen and to Frank Gutierrez of Chester for his work with the Ohio Valley Frontier Days. On hand were, from left, Jerry Barilla, awards presenter and president of the Old Fort Steuben Project; the Witkowskis; Gutierrez; and Judy Bratten, executive director of the fort. -- Janice R. Kiaski
"He is the fellow who actually gets the Native Americans to come to the fort and present their wares and others who make the fort festival interesting," Barilla said. "He goes to pow-wows and re-enactments handing out our fort leaflets and whatnot. I have to say that without Frank and his contribution, our fort festivals would not be what they are," Barilla said in acknowledging Gutierrez.
The Witkowskis are the owners of Studio L , a recording studio in Weirton, who help make the fort's Berkman Memorial Summer Concerts something that area residents enjoy on Thursday evenings at the Louis Berkman Amphitheater.
Described as "the heartbeat" of the concert series, the couple constitute "the people we rely on" for suggestions, encouragement, contacts and contract agreements in lining up acts.
"They play a major, major role in our success," Barilla said, noting Deb Witkowski serves as mistress of ceremonies at the concerts.
The 2013 concert series kicks off May 23 with Oldies Night and a classic car cruise-in. There will be performances by One-A-Chord and the Original Fantasy's. All concerts begin at 6:30 p.m.
In her annual report, Judy Bratten, fort executive director, said, "With the free summer concerts, hundreds of people each week enjoy a variety of music, and we couldn't have done it without the efforts of Rick and Deb Witkowski."
A third award - a state award for tourism excellence - was presented by Steubenville Mayor Domenick Mucci to Barilla on behalf of the 28-county East Ohio Development Alliance of which Jefferson County is a part. The alliance deals with economic opportunities and typically honors businesses or corporations for their economic impact, but Mucci said tourism plays an important role as well.
The vision to develop the fort in 1986 transformed a city block into an asset, "a jewel for downtown Steubenville," Mucci said in presenting the award to the fort in recognition of efforts to improve the economy and quality of life for people of Eastern Ohio by enhancing tourism activities in the region.
Mucci said the fort will host the alliance's annual meeting, attracting as many as 300 people.
Bratten's annual report was set to the theme of "Now More Than Ever," including the need for "positive and uplifting educational and cultural activities" at the fort.
The organization, in the past year, has offered black history, Civil War and Constitution programs; provided tours for schools and church groups; sponsored concerts and events such as a quilt show; local history day and Ohio Valley Frontier Days; provided meeting space; and worked with other organizations on beautification and development projects.
At the visitors center, meanwhile, the fort has assumed the responsibilities of promoting local attractions, maintaining the Murals of Steubenville and enhancing the Dean Martin festival and the Steubenville Christmas Parade.
Bratten reminded audience members that becoming a member of the fort is a simple way to show support of activities. So are legacy contributions.
The guest speaker was Thomas Besch, University of Akron professor, whose talk in the program was listed as "Measuring Ohio." He said there was no way he could talk about the full aspects of that in the time slot allotted. He instead held up a surveyor's chain, the unit that measured not only Ohio but the rest of the United States and gave a historical perspective on the evolution of surveying.
"Surveying is more than just measurement. It's also an interpreting of what was done, how it was done, the intent for what it was done, and that's the hard part of surveying. The science is measurement," he said.
For information on Historic Fort Steuben, 120 S. Third St., call (740) 283-1787 or visit the website at www.oldfortsteuben.
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Who has been your greatest inspiration?
The greatest influence in my life has been my grandmother, Dr. Lena F. Edwards, whose commitment to public service and to minority communities has always inspired me. She was a pioneer for both women and African-Americans, as one of the first African-American women to graduate from Howard Medical School in the early 1920s. For decades, as an ob/gyn, she provided health care services to minority communities in New Jersey and Washington, D.C., and she built, funded, and staffed a 25-bed hospital in Hereford, Texas, for Mexican migrant workers. In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in recognition of her work. Throughout her life, she championed the cause of public service.
How do you define success?
When people care enough about you to impact your life positively; and you have the good sense to do the same for others.
Why did you go to law school?
In high school, I became enthralled with the study of American history, the U.S. Constitution and its architects, and the pivotal role of lawyers in the founding and preservation of the Republic. I was most impressed with the process by which grand ideas were enshrined in the Constitution, alongside flawed compromises. It struck me as the paradox of liberty: slavery and freedom, discrimination and justice. I viewed lawyering as the noble profession at the crossroads of the protection of fundamental rights and social change, breathing life into the more perfect union envisioned by President Lincoln.
Who is your favorite lawyer of all time?
This one is easy: Thurgood Marshall. Like my grandmother, he was the grandchild of slaves who used his knowledge of the imperfect system and his core belief in the rule of law to combat the searing effects of discrimination and peacefully effectuate societal change in the public interest.
Finish this sentence: You wouldn't catch me dead without . . .
My iPhone and my copy of the U.S. Constitution.
One thing you absolutely must do before you die?
The list is very, very long, professionally and personally, but one thing can be crossed off: a Presidential appointment after confirmation by the U.S. Senate (unanimously) to serve as general counsel of the U.S. Treasury.
Thing for which you are most thankful?
In addition to my family, I have been blessed with an enormously diverse and satisfying career, filled with wonderful clients and exceptional mentors, and an opportunity to serve the American people in a critical role at one of the most consequential times in the economic history of the nation.


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Kathleen Tierney is executive vice president, Chubb & Son, and chief operating officer of Chubb Personal Insurance (CPI).
She assumed her current responsibilities in November 2010 and is responsible for the profitability and growth of Chubb's personal
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Ms. Tierney joined Chubb in 1990 as a surety trainee and managed the New York City surety operation from 1995 to 1997. Subsequently,
Ms. Tierney was a manager in Chubb's corporate development department and was the strategic marketing manager for Chubb Specialty
Insurance (CSI). From 2008 to 2010, she served as CSI's Eastern territory manager, a role in which she was responsible for
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KBTX Media, The Bryan Eagle and WTAW/Candy 95 are collecting funds for the families of the two Bryan firefighters killed in the line of duty and for two others who were injured. Brazos Valley Media Giving Back has set up the fund and donations can be made at any location of The Bank and Trust. Checks should be made out to BV Media Giving Back, and should note in the "memo" line that they're for Bryan firefighters.
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MARLIN (February 21, 2013)—A long, sad procession of firefighters from around the country, law enforcement officers and mourners escorted by motorcycle officers arrived Wednesday afternoon in Marlin where veteran firefighter Eric Wallace 36, was laid to rest.
Wallace was killed when he and three other firefighters were trapped inside a Knights of Columbus Hall in Bryan as a portion of the roof collapsed after the building caught on fire late Friday night.
One of the injured firefighters, Lt. Greg Pickard, 54, died Saturday afternoon in a Galveston hospital.
A funeral service for Wallace was held at 10 a.m. Thursday at the First Baptist Church of Bryan, after which his body was taken to Marlin for burial in Hillcrest Cemetery.
Wallace was a former member of the Marlin Volunteer Fire Department and flags were lowered to half-staff in his honor Sunday at the courthouse.
Wallace leaves a wife and five children behind.
His wife Brandie said at a vigil Sunday night that her husband was her hero.
"I'm honored to have loved the most wonderful man in my life. I will love and miss him daily," she said.
Wallace was a nearly 13-year veteran of the department.
In 2010, the nonprofit 100 Club honored him for bravery.
He was off-duty, driving home from a shift in 2009 when he saw a house on fire.
When he found out the homeowner was still inside, he ran into the burning building.
The homeowner was too weak to get out on his own, but Wallace pulled him to safety.
The 100 Club was providing assistance to the families of both of the fallen firefighters and media outlets in the Bryan-College Station area have created a fund for the families as well.
Pickard had been with the Bryan Fire Department for 32 years and was the father of two and grandfather of three.
One of his children is a College Station firefighter.
A funeral service for Pickard will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Central Baptist Church at 1991 FM 158 in College Station with burial at College Station Memorial Cemetery at 3800 Raymond Stotzer Pkwy.
Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at Hillier Funeral Home in Bryan.
The two injured firefighters remain in the hospital.
Ricky Mantey, Jr., 30, and Mitch Moran, 21, were taken to St. Joseph Hospital in Bryan, and then were flown to the hospital in Galveston by helicopter for treatment of burns.
A faulty power cord on a fan in the kitchen sparked the fire that broke out late Friday night at the Knights of Columbus Hall in the 1500 block of Groesbeck Drive near downtown Bryan.


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Oracle SOA Suite-BPEL and OSB
By Srkastur-Oracle on Jan 12, 2012
In my role as a presales consultant,I often get questions from customers on the specifics of Oracle SOA Suite and the individual components and their role within the larger spectrum of the overarching SOA Suite.
One of the most common questions is about the role of Oracle Service Bus and how does it differ from Mediator or ESB and BPEL?
To answer this,we first have to understand some history about the evolution of the Oracle SOA 11g stack of solutions.
From the above timeline,we can see that post the BEA acquisition ,the release of SOA Suite 11g in 2009 included the Oracle Service Bus.
The 10gR3 release included the ESB which has evolved in to the Mediator in the 11g release.
From the Oracle data sheets:
OSB is a 'A proven, lightweight integration Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) specifically designed for the task of integrating, virtualizing, and managing services in a shared services infrastructure, Oracle Service Bus allows you to achieve value more quickly with simple, code-free, configuration-based service integration'
'Oracle BPEL (Business Process Execution Language) Process Manager is a tool for designing and running business processes. This product provides a comprehensive,standards-based and easy to use solution for creating, deploying and managingcross-application business processes with both automated and human workflow steps – all in a service-oriented architecture'
In simpler terminology:
If the primary requirement is for a solutions to accomplish content based routing,transformation,message validations,enrichments and the integration is enterprise wide and features like message throttling,service virtualization,Reliable messaging are important,the Oracle Service Bus is a great fit .
If the requirement is for a solution to design, manage and run business processes which are stateful with functionalities like Human Workflow,Business Rules,monitoring and management and composite service implementations,the choice should be BPEL.
In reality ,most of the requirements are a combination of both of the above and a pattern of using OSB in conjunction with SOA /BPEL has emerged.
The rule of thumb is summarized in below table:
|Oracle BPEL
|Oracle Service Bus
|Stateful and long running processes
|Stateless messaging capablities
|Service Orchestration
|Service virtualization,message throttling,configuration based service configuration,Service pooling.
|Composite implementation
|Message validation,content based routing,transformation.
|Integration of Rules and Human Workflow
|XQuery and XSLT based message transforms.
Mediator has replaced the old ESB solution in SOA 10g-it is essentially installed as part of the SCA composite.Primary function of the mediator is to serve as an intermediary bus within the composite components.
Below is a table summarizing key differences between Mediator and OSB:
|Oracle Service Bus
|Light weight intra composite mediation
|Larger,more heavy weight inter composite enterprise service 'Bus'
|Domain Value mapping and Xref(cross referencing ) support.
|Serves as a logical proxy to physical services effectively providing service vitualization
|Capablity to create data type assertions in XML trees.
|Message throttling,service pooling and reliable messaging
|Message transformation using XSLT.
|Message transformation using XQuery and XSLT.
|Development within JDeveloper
|Eclipse or web console based development.
It is also intresting to note that there are potential areas where all three components offer some overlapping functionality namely:
- Message Routing
- Message Filter
- XSLT transformation
- Message validation
- Asynchronous Messaging
In conclusion,it would be wise to analyze the requirements of a business problem thoroughly before choosing one over the other and in most cases the solution is a combination of the OSB,Mediator and BPEL.


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Will there be a video recording of DevDays 2009? Is that planned? Is anyone planning to do it for the rest of us that can not go and would really like to see what was happening there? :)
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That would be nice to have them recorded. If you decide to do them again, could you put one in say Chicago, for us people who are too lame to live in Europe or on one of the coasts?
So it sounds like Joel doesn't like Chicago, so Indianapolis, Louisville, Dayton, or Cincinnati would work for me also.
Jon Skeet's London talk was semi-professionally video recorded here:
Alex Rozanski was kind enough to video record my Cambridge talk here, and it came out pretty good:
Not sure if there's anything else official
If they are recorded, and if they are made freely available, just stating my preference for blip.tv over youtube as the host. Blip.tv make it easy to download the video files in whatever format you need. Makes it much more efficient to watch in two or more sittings or on the TV instead of in front of the computer.
(Yes, I know there are tools to enable downloading from YT, but you usually end up with poorer quality and it's a fiddle.)
Given the absence of an official answer, it might be prudent to try and see if we can organize unofficial recordings of the event. Does anyone going to DevDays have a video camera? If you do and you're willing to record a talk or two at your city, post the details in this thread.
I know the audio from San Francisco (which is pretty similar) was put in last week's podcast, but I recorded Jeff's talk at Cambridge yesterday (with video) and uploaded it.
Audio came out pretty well and there's some questions at the end that he took and answered from the audience.


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NFL unveils new Pro Bowl uniforms NFL unveils new Pro Bowl uniforms Close Tweet0 Share0 Comment0 Share0 Share0 Stumble It0 Print0 More Audibles Roethlisberger injury overshadows Steelers' win over Chiefs by Chris Burke Add Favorite Favorite Added Twitter Email Posted: Tue Nov. 13, 2012 Ben Roethlisberger injured his shoulder and left the game in the third quarter after being sacked. (Don Wright/AP)Monday night's game? Mostly forgettable, save for a late rally to force (a very brief) overtime. A rain-soaked, wind-driven cavalcade of mistakes and missed opportunities.The ramifications of what went down in Pittsburgh's 16-13 win over the Chiefs, though, could dictate how next week's Steelers-Ravens game plays out -- not to mention the remainder of the AFC North race.Pittsburgh trailed 10-0 early, only to rally back with 13 unanswered before Kansas City forced overtime. But the lasting image from this one might be of Ben Roethlisberger, pads off, arm limp against his body, stepping out of the Steelers' locker room and onto a golf cart.On Pittsburgh's opening possession of the third quarter, Roethlisberger dropped back to throw on a 3rd-and-4. Kansas City, as it did constantly all night, generated some pressure off the edges.How many times have we seen a similar scenario occur, only for Roethlisberger to step up, avoid the rush and make a play?He was not so lucky this time. Justin Houston hammered Roethlisberger from the front, Tamba Hali sandwiched him from the blindside and the Chiefs' duo drove him down to the turf, where he landed hard on his throwing arm.Roethlisberger did not return to the game. Will he return again this season? Pittsburgh now sits 6-3, winner of four straight ... with two of its next three games against first place and arch-rival Baltimore."Ben has a right shoulder injury that's being evaluated," Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said in his postgame press conference. "To my knowledge, he was (taken out of the stadium for further tests), but I don't know where he is right now."The writing was on the wall early that this game might be unusual. With everyone expecting the Steelers to roll to an easy victory (and offensive coordinator Todd Haley to run it up on his old team), the Chiefs instead sprinted out to a shocking 10-0 -- their first lead of the season.Pittsburgh erased that deficit by halftime, with Mike Wallace tying the game on a ridiculous sprawling catch in the end zone.The Chiefs twice appeared to retake the lead in the third quarter, first when Dwayne Bowe had a touchdown wiped out by a dubious holding penalty (Ryan Succop then missed a chip shot field), and then again when a fumble by Byron Leftwich was overturned on a review.Leftwich later mustered just enough offense to move Pittsburgh into field-goal range, with the help of two more costly Chiefs penalties. That looked like it would be enough for the Steelers, until Matt Cassel and Dwayne Bowe connected on a 4th-and-15 in the game's closing seconds to setup a tying Succop kick.Cassel's next pass was far less successful -- on the second play of overtime, he fired an interception to Lawrence Timmons, who returned it to Kansas City's 5. Pittsburgh won the game seconds later with a Shaun Suisham field goal.And rather quickly, the attention turned back to speculating on Roethlisberger's status."I'm not going to get into hypotheticals," Tomlin said. "I'll wait to see what his status is like before I make any determination. ... I don't live in the hypothetical world. I'll wait until I get information and then I'll respond."The last thing the Steelers needed Monday -- aside from, say, a loss to the lowly Chiefs -- was another round of injuries. Already on Pittsburgh's inactive list heading into the game were Troy Polamalu, Antonio Brown, Rashard Mendenhall and offensive lineman Marcus Gilbert.This was not a good weekend to be an NFL quarterback, however. Roethlisberger's shoulder injury came just one day after Chicago, Philadelphia and San Francisco all lost their starting QBs to concussions.The only positive news for the Steelers, a very important silver lining on a troublesome night, was that unlike the Bears, Eagles and 49ers, they won their game. By doing so they put the AFC North lead up for grabs in next Sunday night's game against Baltimore.Now, Pittsburgh will wait to see if Leftwich has to carry the load in that one as well."The great thing about Byron is he's got a very consistent demeanor, a very calming presence," said Tomlin of Leftwich, whose last meaningful action in an NFL game prior to Monday came back in 2009. "It wasn't a pretty body of work by any of us, but his body of work remains steady."Steady, calming and consistent may have gotten the job done against the now 1-8 Chiefs. What awaits ought to present a stiffer test.Pittsburgh hosts the Ravens in Week 11, then travels to Baltimore in Week 13, with a game against Cleveland stuffed in between. The Steelers' 6-3 record has them in a comfortable spot in the AFC wild-card race. But if they want to maintain that hold on a postseason spot or truly contend for the North title, these next three weeks are monumental. Where the Steelers' season goes from here may now depend on Roethlisberger's wounded right shoulder. Simply surviving, as Pittsburgh did Monday night, likely won't be good enough. More Audibles