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You might lose a tiny bit of rep on MSE as posts get lobbed over, but I'm going to try to minimize this.
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A pair of impressive victories propelled the Syracuse American Legion Seniors team to the Southeast Nebraska Baseball?Conference tournament finals during action last week.
The Rockets beat Plattsmouth and Elmwood-Murdock/ Nehawka in games at home on Wednesday and Friday before falling to Falls City in the final round on Saturday at Plattsmouth.
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The Juniors lost to Auburn in a close decision in Saturday's seventh place game.
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Challenges Facing Cancer Vaccines
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Why has it been so difficult to make a cancer vaccine that works?2
The problem with cross-reactivity
Cancer vaccines need to be directed at antigens that are expressed by the tumor but not by the normal cells. If the antigen that is used is also expressed in normal cells, the immune response generated by the vaccine can attack normal tissue as well. This cross-reactivity can increase the toxicity of the treatment, interfering with one of the biggest potential advantages of cancer vaccines: the ability to specifically target the cancer cells without damaging the normal cells.
Cancer cells inhibit co-stimulation of the immune response
Co-stimulation of the immune response must occur for there to be a vigorous immune response. Tumor cells secrete chemical factors that interfere with co-stimulation of the immune response. Even if an APC is able to present antigens to T-cells, the immune response is often limited without co-stimulatory signals. Cancer vaccines that present the TAA to the immune system without increasing co-stimulation run into the same problem. The immune response is often too weak for any significant effect on the tumor to occur. In order to solve this problem, cancer vaccines are often designed to provide co-stimulation in addition to the TAA in order to increase the immune response.
The larger the tumor, the more difficult it is to destroy all of the cancer cells
When individual cancer cells are found, the immune system can easily clear them from the body. Unfortunately, by the time most cancer vaccines are given, the tumors are large and much more difficult to treat. In addition to the sheer number of cells that need to be destroyed, as tumors grow, there are areas within the tumor that become difficult for the immune system to reach. These areas become protected from the effect of the cancer vaccine.
The immune system slows down as we age
The thymus is an organ in the chest that functions to produce T-cells (the T stands for thymus). It functions in childhood and slows down with time, eventually becoming inactive in adults. This is one of the reasons that vaccines are often given in infancy and childhood. The immune response of adults is dependent on the population of T-cells that was produced during childhood. Over time, this response becomes less vigorous. Cancer vaccines face the challenge of inducing immune responses in a population of patients whose immune systems are naturally slowing down.
Cancer cells themselves are immunosuppressive
Cancer cells can suppress the immune system in a number of ways. They can block co-stimulation, preventing a vigorous immune response. Cancer cells can inhibit the maturation or function of APCs, blocking the presentation of TAAs to lymphocytes. In addition, cancer cells can directly block the activation of lymphocytes, preventing a response after the antigens have been presented.


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Sunset Speedway Park Finally Gets Season Opener In The Books
By Ben Deatherage
(Photos Courtesy of Alyssa Jones)
After nearly a month of waiting Sunset Speedway Park would finally beat the weather to get their first race of the 2014 season in the books. Despite the threat of rain all day the entire program for Saturday May 17th was completed at SSP. Classes in action were Street Stocks, Northwest Extreme Modifieds, Dwarf Cars, 4-Bees, 600cc Restricted Micro Sprints, and 600cc Stock Micro Sprints.
The Street Stock feature would be a caution free affair with John Ireland of Banks stunning the crowd. The veteran hometown driver managed to work his way from the back of the field to take over the top spot and put his Ireland & Ireland at Law/Privateer Racing #88 machine in victory lane.
Finishing in second was Brian Roden of West Linn in his JNR Construction/Molecular Motion Inc./Dockweiler Stainless Steel Tube Systems #14 Camaro followed by the Big Sky Landscaping #88X Camaro of Gresham's Kevin Roberts in third. Ending the evening in fourth was the Liberty Welding/Old Iron Classics/City Sprint Deliveries/Buz's Equipment Trailers #01 Camaro of Craig Loomis from Vancouver, Washington while Marc Farrar from Sherwood was fifth in his A.F.T. Racing Engines/Aftermarket Enterprises #5 Camaro.
In Northwest Extreme Modified action it was the smooth sailing for Oscar Luckman. Luckman, from Hillsboro, would put his Privateer Racing #96 entry in the winner's circle after dominating the field. Ending the night in second was the Hope House/ Ri Ky Roofing and Sheetmetal #11 Pro of Brandon Potter from St. Helens and crossing the stripe behind him was Aloha's Doug Lockwood in the Brandon Penney owned Advocare/Perfection Automotive/Duncan Automotive #00 entry in third. Completing the finishing order was Michael Melton of Battle Ground, Washington in his Melton Racing #04 Dirt Works in fourth.
In the Dwarf Car main event it was a thriller between Gaston's Corey Esteban and Ryan Martinez of Portland duking it out. Martinez lead for much of the caution filled race but in the last few laps Esteban managed to get the job done. For Esteban it was a big victory for him and his #36 team.
A respectable second was Ryan Martinez driving the Auto Truck Wholesale/Van Raden Industries/St. John's Tire Factory #9 M&M while third place went to the Two Guys Racing/Ron Greer Trucking & Excavating/Hicks Family Racing #46 M&M of Rainier chauffer Guy Tow Sr. The rest of the top five would include the Matt's Auto Center of Scappoose/Finish Line Technologies #2 Hot Rod of St. Helens driver James Brinster in fourth and Creswell native Kevin Hicks in The Wright Shop/Hicks Family Racing/B-Rad Motorsports #78 Philpott entry in fifth.
Having a fast car all night, John Gartner of Portland was able to park his Ram Light Truck Salvage/Napa Auto Parts/Ace Car Detailing/J&T Racing #48 Mitsubishi Eclipse in the winner's circle for the 4-Bee division. Leading the majority of the laps in the feature Gartner was definitely the car to beat and it was a great way to open the campaign up as a full field of cars were on hand.
The Meyer Auto Body/Transaction Transmissions/Champion Signs #26 of Gaston's Stan Asanovic was second followed by Travis Koch of Vancouver, Washington in his North's Plumbing/Dusty's Automotive/Mac Tools #21 Neon in third. Crossing the line in fourth was the #10 of Jeremy Hughes while the Bill's Repair #77X Neon of Bill Blythe from Buxton was fifth.
In the 600cc Open Micro Sprints Kaitlyn Hammer of Lake Stevens, Washington was the dominant driver. She would set a rapid pace and eventually picked up the win in her Pacific Tire/Rob Graham Trucking/Pacific Logging/#39K PMP. It was a perfect evening for young Kaitlyn as she also won the night before in the 600cc Restricted Micro Sprints at her home track, Deming Speedway. Ending the evening in second was the #90 of Rich Speer from Portland while third was Jake Tupper of St. Helens was third in his Freight West Global/Fritts and Company/All Hazards Rescue #29T PMP.
In the 600cc Restricted Micro Sprints Jesse Schlotfeldt from Arlington, Washington was very fast. Despite being only ten years old Schlotfeldt dominated the feature and was the big winner in his Reliant Homes/Every Little Detail Auto Detailing/Service Pro of Everson, Washington #21 Pace. Ending the evening in second was Ferndale, Washington native Ashleigh Johnson in her Kathy's Mobile Massage/Brien Ford/Finish Line Detail #0 entry and Grand Prairie, Alberta's Benjamin Silliker was third in the Black Dog Drilling/Silico Racing #24 PMP.
Next Saturday and Sunday Sunset Speedway Park will be a very busy place as they will host the Spring Challenge. Classes in action for both nights include the Northwest Extreme Late Model Series, IMCA Modifieds, Street Stocks, Dwarf Cars, and 4-Bee's. For more information log on to www.sunsetspeedwaypark.com.
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Saturday May 17th, 2014
2014 Season Opener/Race #1
Sunset Speedway Park
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NW Extreme Modifieds
A Feature: 1. 96-Oscar Luckman; 2. 11-Brandon Potter; 3. 00-Doug Lockwood; 4. 04-Michael Melton
Street Stocks
A Feature: 1. 88-John Ireland; 2. 14-Brian Roden; 3. 88X-Kevin Roberts; 4. 01-Craig Loomis; 5. 5-Marc Farrar; 6. 87-Shawna Long; 7. 7-Doug Pitsch; 8. 5H-Tom Hughs; 9. 32-Robert Summerhalder; 10. 00-Terry Mason; 11. 70-Johnny Adams
A Feature: 1. 36-Corey Esteban; 2. 9-Ryan Martinez; 3. 46-Guy Tow Sr.; 4. 2-James Brinster; 5. 78-Kevin Hicks; 6. 777-Dennis Liebig; 7. 77-Brad Hicks; 8. 76-Brian Hicks; 9. 8-Chris McCleary; 10. 48-Neal Hopwood; 11. 37-Guy Tow Jr.; 12. 24-Driver 24; 13. 1-Ted Rees; 14. 33-Bill Lamm; 15. 31-Roger Moore Jr.; 16. 17-Chris Trickle
A Feature: 1. 48-John Gartner; 2. 26-Stan Asanovic; 3. 21-Travis Koch; 4. 10-Jeremy Hughes; 5. 77X-Bill Blythe; 6. 77-Jacob Henry; 7. 72-Alex Rees; 8. 53-Lonnie Jackson; 9. 22-Nick Henry; 10. 38-Chris Batalgia; 11. 97-Joe Loy
Micro Sprints 600cc Restricted
A Feature: 1. 21-Jesse Schlotfeldt; 2. 0-Ashleigh Johnson; 3. 24-Benjamin Silliker
Micro Sprints 600cc Open
A Feature: 1. 39K-Kaitlyn Hammer; 2. 90-Rich Speer; 3. 29T-Jake Tupper
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The Carmi City Council gave formal approval to its budget to end Dec. 31, 2013, at Monday evening's regular meeting and a citizen approached the council about the possibility to closing off the area near the dam on the Little Wabash River to vehicular traffic.
The city's general fund is projected to finish the year a little more than $35,900 in the black. The council expects the following expenditures in the general fund in these departments (all figures are approximate): public safety, $1.4 million; streets and roads, $2.5 million; cemetery and parks, $435,000; sanitation, $25,800; economic development, $62,000; airport, $145,000.
Total cash expenditures are projected at about $5.8 million for the general fund, which would be about $314,000 more than projected revenues. To bring the general fund into the black, a transfer from the electric department is required of about $360,000 to bring the profit for the general find to about $35,900, with a transfer from the general fund to the culture and recreation fund of about $10,000.
The electric department is expected to profit about $376,330, minus the $360,000 transfer to the general fund, leaving a profit of about $16,330.
The water department is projected to lose about $134,805 and the sewer department is expected to lose about $34,250, placing the total loss on the year on the utility side at about $152,000, however, the figure is deceiving because the report, prepared by CPA Keith Botsch, include "depreciation costs" of city property and equipment amounting to more than $550,000, which could indicate an actual cash profit for the utilities of some $398,000.
This will bring the total profit for the City of Carmi to about $434,000.
In other council news, Billy Newman, a lifelong Carmi resident, addressed the council before the close of the meeting and said he and his father, along with an estimated 25 or so other people, enjoy fishing near the dam on the Little Wabash River in Carmi.
However, he said, young people, perhaps teens, are using the area near the dam as a "mudding" area for their four wheel drive vehicles, which slings an excessive amount of mud on to the boat ramp at the dam.
Newman said he and some friends spent several hours recently cleaning off the ramp by hand with shovels and buckets after a pickup towing a boat on a trailer got stuck in the mud on the ramp.
He asked if the city ever cleans the ramp and was told the fire department hoses it off once a year. He also asked if the police patrol the area to perhaps issue some citations to offenders to stop the "mudding" in the area and was told the police regularly patrol the area and have issued citations, but to no avail in stopping the problem.
Newman said posts for a cable to be strung across the access road are already in place and suggested the city install a cable and lock. Those wanting to use the access for lawful activities could pay an annual fee for a key to the lock, he said, thereby eliminating the "mudding" in the area.
Page 2 of 2 - Mayor David Port told Newman the council would consider the lock as a possible solution to the problem.
Alderman Tim Pollard reported an electrical switch on a feeder line at the Bradshaw substation must be replaced due to age. He said the switch is a safety concern for workers and a continuity of service problem for customers. The cost was estimated at between $25,000 and $28,000.
City Supervisor Mike Buckman reported on a number of continuing projects and said a planned project to improve drainage at Smith and Hillsdale is in the works but the weather must improve before the project can begin.
He also noted more than 110 yards of concrete have been poured at the sewer plant in an ongoing updating project.
The mayor passed along thanks from resident Henry "Leon" Duvall to a city crew supervised by Todd Large. Port said Duvall told him the crew worked for about three days on a project to remove a tree and power lines that were damaged in a storm, calling the crew professional and genuine in their concern for fixing the problem for the residents of the city.
Alderman Jeff Pollard said Kendra Williams has offered to donate her labor to repaint the concession stand a Eckerle Park, which has been the focus of an ongoing project to update the baseball field by a group of citizens in conjunction with the city.
Jeff Pollard also asked the council to begin considering what to do with the tennis courts and basketball courts at Eckerle Park, with the possibility of removing the fence surrounding the courts for additional parking at the park.
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I feel positively like a Justin Bieber fan seeing Cory in this!
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Thank you for posting this! I had seen one of those photos elsewhere but had no idea about the entire shoot. Very stylish!
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Dear MO-fellows, Happy New Year !
Taking google as an example: https://www.google.com/zeitgeist/2012/
Why not to make a list of noted math events in 2012 ?
E.g. 15 December 2012 Museum of Math was opened in New-York (see also What would you want to see at the Museum of Mathematics? )
Mochizuki announced the proof of ABC conjecture. (see also Philosophy behind Mochizuki's work on the ABC conjecture )
I think Elsevier boycott should also be noted.
Good luck, health and great achievements in new year !


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Picking winners, creating losers
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy tossed a few scraps to the public Wednesday afternoon, when he unveiled his biennial budget proposal at the Capitol. Favored industries, especially bioscience, hit the jackpot. And the protected classes — especially the teeming masses in the state and municipal public-employee unions — got what they always get: protection from the brutal economic forces and rapacious government practices that surely will persist into the middle of the decade.
To be sure, the budget has superficially appealing features. Eliminating the property tax on motor vehicles and the sales tax on clothing items costing $25 or less will be helpful to many. But these are marketing gimmicks. And the car-tax measure, in particular, has potential to breed strife and distrust in municipalities that will have to look to other sources to replace the lost revenue — estimated at $500 million statewide.
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Since moving from a 6 megapixel DSLR to a 12.5 megapixel micro-four-thirds, the much bigger file sizes (especially shooting RAW) mean that I can't be so open about keeping everything I shoot.
I only have a 640GB primary drive for all my video and stills, and a 640GB backup drive - and they are getting fuller every day.
But going through photos and deleting bad ones can be a tedious process. I've slowly been going through old photos and pressing delete if they are obviously out of focus or have too much motion blur. But it still leaves a lot of photos that just seem uninspiring, or where I have a lot of photos that are very similar, taking up space. I'm too worried to delete them since they're actually usable, and I may find a use in future.
What is a good process for choosing what to delete and what to keep?
At what stage of the process do think it's best to do it?


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I never get why people add a sweet substance to a savory dish. Especially in something like a a curry or noodles. People say it balances out the flavors. But which flavor is it actually balancing out?
Sugar balances both salty and sour flavors in dishes. Adding just a little sugar makes salty things taste less salty and sour things taste less sour, without actually reducing the amount of salt or acid in the recipe.
For example, the liquid base of the Pad Thai recipe I follow contains chili powder, fish sauce, tamarind, and light palm sugar. The palm sugar balances out the sour from the tamarind and the salt from the fish sauce. Without it, the noodles would come out too sour and too salty.
I don't know the physiological reasons for this. Would be interesting to hear them if someone knew ...
Adding sugar to something acidic changes your perception of it up to a point but if you add too much it will start to taste sweet. The trick is to add the right amount so that it doesn't taste sweet but you get the reduction in the other property of the dish. The same applies to bitter flavours which are masked by salt. According to this article by Heston Blumenthal they don't know why it happens but the important thing here is that it does:


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6 Romantic Gestures That Backfired Horrifically
#3. Boat Man
Along with many males, Bryan Arquitt subscribes to a school of thought that says there's really no reason to tell the truth in a relationship when you can make up something wicked cool instead. Like telling that lady you just met in a chatroom that you have a 10-inch wang while she in turn never mentions her own 10-inch wang or that her real name is Gary. Lies make relationships spicy and wonderful and they never, ever come back to haunt you.
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The problem with this scenario is that Arquitt sucks at telling lies and/or understanding what impresses women.
When Bryan and his brother-in-law were taking a fishing trip, the water was too rough for the pair to dip their rods. Opting to head back, Arquitt felt the need to call his girlfriend and tell her a much more awesome and thrilling story: that their boat had capsized and spilled them into the bay. Seriously, he claimed he was in the process of drowning when he called, presumably claiming he was holding it and his head out of the water long enough to dial.
While in Arquitt's mind this made him seem like an adventurous badass, to his girlfriend, who was not retarded, it was a problem. So she called the police and rescue workers to let them know that her boyfriend was apparently thrashing around in the bay and calling all of his friends with his free hand.
Arquitt, in the parking lot of a nearby grocery store, continued to make desperate calls to his girlfriend, in which she must have been becoming increasingly suspicious how Arquitt was managing to keep the phone dry while he must have been spitting on the phone to attempt to make the realistic water sounds effects.
"Must have been my utter brilliance that made the phone work."
Eventually he told her he was back ashore, which is when the rescue teams phoned him to find out where they needed to show up with the paramedics. It was at this point Arquitt realized that his little lie had gone a bit too far. He admitted to making up the whole story to impress his girlfriend and the police, understanding his predicament, charged him with falsely reporting an incident because being a dipshit isn't a chargeable offense.
#2. Wife Plays Nurse
While we're on the subject of "people who will say absolutely anything in the name of love, regardless of how mind-bogglingly idiotic it may be," we have the story of David Sullivan who lived in the town of Merthyr Tydfil (just south of Mordor, apparently) and had his driver's license suspended. Unable to comprehend living without his car and having to do the amount of running and Orc slaying Aragorn had to do, David knew he was in desperate straits.
Eff that.
That's when his loving wife stepped up.
Joanne wrote a letter to the courts in defense of her man, begging for his license back. Oh, and just to make her claim more persuasive, she said she wasn't his wife, but rather a psychiatric nurse. And she said in the letter that David had been institutionalized for mental health reasons.
It's hard to say exactly how that would have gotten his license reinstated, unless there's a "crazies drive free" rule over in Wales. However, much like when you brought a poorly forged sick letter to school in the sixth grade to try to cover for playing hookie, things like this occasionally get researched further. So it would come as no surprise that officials soon found out that Mr Sullivan was in fact sane and chilling at home and that Joanne was not so much a psychiatric nurse as she was a "filthy liar."
The result was David lost his license. His wife ended up with a 28-day suspended sentence, which we like to think was overturned when her psychiatrist, who looked suspiciously like David with a beard and sunglasses, pled insanity.
#1. Cocaine Dick
WARNING: This is exactly as disturbing as you'd suspect an entry called "Cocaine Dick" to be. Possibly more.
It seems a day can't go by without someone deciding to attempt to boldly push the human penis where no penis has gone before. In this case, a man (whose name was left off the official record to protect him from being mocked mercilessly from all corners of the globe) decided that it was high time he wowed his girlfriend in bed by giving her the ride of her life. And what's the best way to make yourself into a sexual dynamo?
Jam cocaine in your dick, of course.
Presumably this all occurred after a romantic evening out with his lady friend and a few quick moments of foreplay before he ran to the can with a syringe and a little kit and absolutely no regard for personal safety whatsoever. He returned, had intercourse and then laid in bed, still completely high, still erect and probably patting himself on his back on how awesome his life was.
Three days later, when his dick was still hard and hurt like hell, he opted to go see a doctor. They managed to get his wang to go down, much to the relief of the man, but the doctors knew better. The blood leaked from the penis into pretty much all the tissue across the man's body and coagulated under his skin, leading to some intense gangrene and the amputation of his legs, nine of his fingers and, finally, his penis.
Don't do drugs, kids. And definitely don't do drugs in your dick.
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A true taste of Japan in Port Hueneme
Sticking with tradition
By Ron Russ 11/21/2012
Sushi Hanada
457 W. Channel Islands Blvd.
Port Hueneme
It's the fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants, hands-off-the-wheel, daredevil approach known as "Omakase." No, it's not Japanese bungee jumping, it simply means, "I'll leave it to you." It is the letting go of what you know (or what you think you know) and trusting that a qualified chef will deliver the freshest and best offering that he possibly can. While there is a menu, I highly recommend that you remember this term when dining at the very traditional Tokyo style Sushi Hanada in Port Hueneme.
As Chef Hanada artfully slices sashimi behind the counter, his wife runs the restaurant floor, leading you to feel as though you might be a guest in their home. While many sushi restaurants look to create a fun and funky ambience and come up with clever names for their sushi rolls, Sushi Hanada is deeply and proudly rooted in the traditions of Japan. If you want neon lights and techno music to go along with sake bombs and "cowboy rolls," this is definitely not your place. It's hidden away in a small strip mall and is understated both inside and out. What Sushi Hanada may lack in ambience, however, it more than makes up for in the quality and thoughtful preparation of the sushi.
After reading in the restaurant that "Chef Hanada travels before sunrise to the Los Angeles fish market where the fish is flown in daily from all over the world," I knew that I wanted to embark on my "Omakase" journey of trust. Despite a good variety of prepared rolls on the menu, I was guided in the direction of sashimi and edo-mae sushi, which is basically a slice of a raw fish atop rice lightly seasoned with vinegar. I willingly deferred, but first I needed to run a quick test of my own.
You know how you can often tell how good a restaurant is going to be based on its bread? That's how I feel about sushi restaurants and miso soup. This miso soup has never seen a can. Rather, it's homemade and will be some of the tastiest you've ever tried. After I slurped that down, the first plate arrived, carrying sashimi — thinly sliced scallops, whitefish (fluke with ponzu) and toro (tuna belly). It was served with hand-cut daikon (shinier when hand-cut), cucumber and lemon slices. Do not mistake these for "garnish" as they are a thoughtful accompaniment to the flavors of the fish. For me, the fatty perfection that is toro was the standout, along with the scallop with its delicate texture. The next dish to arrive was Japanese oysters. The creaminess of the oysters was very well-balanced by the pool of citrus of ponzu and the delicate scallions perched on top.
Shortly thereafter, I was staring down at an enticing plate of pure art. Ten kinds of sushi: fresh sea eel, squid, kohada, jumbo clam, yellowtail belly, zuke (marinated tuna), engawa (halibut fin), Spanish mackerel, salmon roe and sea urchin. The eel, which is first boiled and then baked, literally began to melt in my mouth. The marinated tuna had such depth, it didn't seem to want to end. My other favorite was the Spanish mackerel, which was perfectly accented with ginger and scallion. The squid and the jumbo clam left room to be desired both in flavor and an all-too-rubbery texture. At meal's end, maybe just to prove that his eel is fresh from the sea and not frozen, Chef Hanada handed me a small plate of flash-fried eel bones, which I happily crunched on and named "sea Cheetos."
Now I do want to reiterate that this place is not for everyone. There are a few rules and guidelines such as: do not ask for wasabi as it's already in the sushi, don't dunk your sushi into soy sauce (unless instructed) as it will mask the delicacy of the fish, ginger is to cleanse the palate between different tastes, and lastly, there is no pepper on the table because it's incompatible with Japanese flavors. At the end of the day, everyone has different preferences, so if you prefer to have your raw fish smothered in spicy mayonnaise or doused with Dynamite sauce, this may not be for you. If you, however, are like me and looking to open your mind and taste buds to something that seems new but is drenched in tradition, then Sushi Hanada is an excellent choice. Just keep the holster of soy sauce at home — it's like putting A1 on Wagyu beef.
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I heard that when you rip an Audio CD to MP3 with iTunes it hides your email address (or some other identifying information) in the MP3. Is this true?
Is there any way to remove this identifying information?
I've seen reference to various iTunes Data Anonymizer applications. This should be a reasonably comprehensive list of where you should and shouldn't be worried.
Did I miss a means in which data may become "available" into iTunes?
Two separate questions. For the first, "Is my name encoded in the file", you shouldn't trust the ID3 tag, as perhaps it is encoded elsewhere.
In the Terminal, if you run the
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@Jaso @mankoff Just quickly, a few points on that answer (since I don't have enough points to comment just yet)...
iTunes Plus (all that you can buy now) isn't mp3 at all. It's AAC. It might not be DRM'd any more, but it does seem to have a checksum, so you can't simply open the file, find ASCII, and start editing. I've got both my account's name (eg,
Mp3s purchased from Amazon have a tag that says stuff like
Now things you rip with iTunes seem to be clean, at least if you rip to mp3. I'll take a look at the AACs that are produced when I have a music CD handy.
So to sum: Stuff you rip: Likely free of any identifying marks.
Stuff you buy from Amazon: Minimal identifying marks. Probably nothing you can't edit easily.
Stuff you buy from iTunes Music Store: Identifying remarks (your account name (likely an email) and the name they have on file for that account) that can't be removed straight-forwardly, assumedly from checksums against the file that are run when AAC files are played.
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DAHLONEGA, Ga. – After holding a 3-0 advantage through five innings, North Georgia scored twice in the sixth and seventh inning to capture a 4-3 win over Anderson University baseball, earning the nonconference series sweep, Sunday afternoon at Bob Stein Stadium.
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Have you ever seen an ad for cigarettes? You have to admit that the people in that ad do look like they are having fun. Did you notice that they never show you an "after photo"? The reason that the advertisers never you the "after photos" is that those people are ugly now that their body has had too many puffs.
It?s hard to believe that one choice you might make will affect your life later on. Many people who smoke get addicted to nicotine, which is an ingredient in cigarettes. People want to stop smoking and their mind knows it is wrong but their bodies can?t fight the urge to smoke. It might seem cool to smoke, but all the cigarette smoking will catch up to the smoker. Smokers will eventually have their teeth turn yellow. They may start coughing.They won?t be able to breathe as well. Some people might even die! I see people that smoke. It smells to be around them. It takes five or six washes to get the smoke smell out of their clothes.
My Mom-Mom and Grandpop used to smoke. But then they had a friend die from LUNG CANCER which was caused by smoking. Now, my grandparents don?t smoke. Whenever I think of that story, it reminds me what could happen if I make the wrong choice. I can?t make your choice for you. I can?t tell you what to do. But, I can warn you. Respect yourself, make your life easier. If you are like me and want to grow up healthy and have a career, than just say "No!".
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Low-Buck Turbo Ford - 592HP 4.6L 2V Motor For $2,298Written by on May 1, 2011 A Junkyard Ford Modular Motor Plus eBay Bargains Equals Low-Buck Turbo Power!
Our thought process was simpleif budget boost works for a Chevy, as we showed last month in the story 594 Horsepower For $3,252, then why not a late-model Ford? While Ford fans may argue the point, the GM LS engine family does have an advantage over the mod motor when it comes to power production, especially compared with the 4.6L two-valve. Designed as a replacement for the now-legendary 5.0L pushrod small-block, Ford's 4.6L SOHC motor traded displacement for technology (or complexity, depending on your perspective). Unfortunately, the original 4.6L two-valve provided neither the torque of the original 5.0L nor the high-rpm power promised by the overhead-cam configuration. Ford eventually stepped up the performance of the two-valve when it introduced the Power Improved (PI) version in 1999, but a gain of 35 hp in 12 years could hardly be considered revolutionary, especially when GM was offering 5.7L combinations with nearly 100 more horsepower.
But don't count out the two-valve, as the modular Ford still scores well on both price and availability. Like the 5.3L LS motor, the 4.6L two-valve was Ford's official workhorse, offered in everything from trucks to Mustangs, and it started life way back in 1991 in the Lincoln Town Car. Despite the introduction of the three-valve and new four-valve 5.0L Coyote motor, the two-valve is still offered in a select few applications by Ford. With their 20-year production run, the chances of finding one in the wrecking yard are pretty good. Our local Pick-a-Part offered a complete, running modular motor with all accessories for just $265 plus core ($80), but that price was cut in half on select 50-percent-off sale weekends. We scored a complete running motor for the paltry sum of $135 plus the core at $80. Hard to go wrong for that kind of money, just make sure you do your homework and choose wisely.
We were lucky enough to find a PI motor from totaled '99 Mustang GT, but plenty more were available in trucks and fullsize Fords (though most were of the non-PI variety). The extra 35 to 60 hp (depending on year and application) from the better heads on the PI motor will really come in handy, and that extra power offered in normally aspirated trim is multiplied by the boost pressure from a turbo. Adding 14.7 psi of boost to a motor can often double the normally aspirated power output. Doubling the power output of your 215hp non-PI mod motor equates to 430 hp, but doubling the power output of the 260hp PI motor equates to 520 hp (an extra 90 hp at the same boost). This is why adding the LS6 cam offered so much power on the turbocharged 5.3L last month. In reality, our 260hp PI test motor produced more than the rated 260 hp on the engine dyno, but that was simply a function of the test method. Regardless, every attempt should be made to increase the power output of the normally aspirated combination before adding boost.
With our motor secured, we set to work on the turbo portion of the equation. Since it worked so well on our last test, we emulated the setup run on the 5.3L LS motor. A few changes to the basic system were in order for the 4.6L Ford, but a little eBay surfing netted a number of options, including a set of tubular exhaust manifolds designed for turbo use for only $100 and a killer water-to-air intercooler for $140. Unlike on the 5.3L test, we decided the $140 was money well spent on cooling the charge temperature. This ultimately allowed us to increase the boost pressure on the Ford, adding substantially more power.
Our 4.6L PI motor came complete, but there were still a few changes necessary before we could successfully run the turbo. First on the list was more fuel, as the stock, 19-pound injectors were not going to get the job done. We considered going old-school by employing an FMU (rising rate regulator) to increase the fuel pressure under boost, but precise tuning is difficult with this type of system. Besides, even a 12:1 increase in fuel pressure (versus boost) would only take us so far. In the end, we chose to purchase a set of 39-lb/hr FAST injectors from Summit Racing. The Ford Racing 42-pounders (as used on the 5.3L LS) might be an even better choice if you are looking for maximum power, but chances are you'll damage the stock internals of the junkyard motor long before you run out of fuel flow. Just to be on the safe side, we cranked up the static fuel pressure on the 39-pound injectors (to 70 psi) and added a boost reference to the fuel pressure regulator on the engine dyno. Despite the fact that they looked healthy, we replaced the factory spark plugs with a set of NGK TR6 plugs (in a colder heat range). Before installation, the plug gap was reduced to just 0.028 inch in an effort to eliminate misfiring. On boosted applications, it is often necessary to employ an ignition amplifier, but our budget did not allow such extravagance. Removing a cam cover on our motor (something we did prior to the purchase) revealed super clean cylinder heads with no sign of wear or sludge. We suspect work had been performed on them sometime recently, and they appeared to have stock cams but nonstock valvesprings (a bonus for our turbo motor).
Though we included a complete wiring harness, ECU, and programming in the purchase price, we actually ran the motor on the dyno with a FAST XFI/XIM management system, which is not on the price list. The factory ECU can be tuned equally well using software from sources such as Diablo and SCT, but running on the engine dyno was quicker and easier with the FAST system. Prior to the final installation of the turbo, we ran the motor normally aspirated with a set of Kooks long-tube dyno headers to establish a baseline. Run as pulled from the wrecking yard, the 4.6L PI motor produced peak numbers of 296 hp at 4,900 rpm and 343 lb-ft at 4,100 rpm. That the motor produced more torque than horsepower is a clear indication that the long-runner induction and mild cam timing were tuned more for torque. As with the 5.3 LS, the 4.6L Ford responds very well to wilder cam timing (any of the XE cams from Comp make a sizable power difference). After the baseline, on went our homemade single-turbo kit featuring the 76mm turbo, but initially without the secret weapon: the air-to-water intercooler.
Wanting to start off our tuning at a lower boost level, we installed a 6-psi spring in the wastegate (an assortment was supplied with it), and the wastegate was adjusted using a manual controller from CX Racing. Not wanting to hurt the motor, we ran all of our testing on 100-octane Rocket Brand race fuel. The same combination could likely be run with 93-octane pump gas and a can of octane booster. The air/fuel ratio was kept near 11.8:1 while we experimented with different timing values, all below 20 degrees. The 4.6L did not respond well to either rich mixtures or low static timing. Running just 6 psi of boost, the motor produced 394 hp and 425 lb-ft of torque. Adding the intercooler to the mix resulted in a jump to 431 hp and 464 lb-ft of torque, while stepping up to 9.5 psi resulted in an even 500 hp and 533 lb-ft of torque. The final boost level of 14 psi brought 592 hp and 640 lb-ft of torque. Torque production from the little mod motor exceeded 600 lb-ft from 3,600 rpm to 5,100 rpm, making for an impressive torque curve.
From all appearances, there was more power to be had from the 76mm turbo had we had the intestinal fortitude (or more accurately the lack of common sense) to push the boost higher than 14 psi on the stock motor. Though we are unsure how long some of these components might last, for now, this boneyard-boosted mod motor can be considered nothing but a success.
(Even before seeing the test results) How can an air-to-water intercooler this big, this shiny, and this heavy not be worth $140? The materials alone cost that much. Westech's Ernie Mena
Expense Account
|4.6L 2V motor
|Core charge
|Harness and ECU
|SCT programmer
|SCT programmer
|76mm turbo
|CX Racing
|Tubular exhaust manifolds
|ATW intercooler
|CX Racing
|3.0-inch tubing kit
|CX Racing
|3.5-3.0-inch reducer (2)
|CX Racing
|3.0-2.5-inch reducer
|CX Racing
|3.0-inch couplers (2)
|CX Racing
|3.0-inch clamps (7)
|CX Racing
|2.5-inch clamps (2)
|CX Racing
|3.5-inch clamps (2)
|CX Racing
|Wastegate controller
|CX Racing
|Oil feed & drain kit
|60mm wastegate
|Blow-off valve
|CX Racing
|5 quarts Lucas oil
|Auto Zone
|Oil filter
|Auto Zone
|Fast 36-pound injectors
|Summit Racing
|18 pipe to -4AN (straight) fitting
|G&J Fittings
|18 pipe to -4AN (90) fitting
|G&J Fittings
|Steel 58-inch pipe fitting (oil drain)
|G&J Fittings
|2 feet of 58 heater hose (drain tube)
|Auto Zone
|5 hose clamps (drain tube and intercooler)
|CX Racing
|2.5-inch V-band clamp and fitting (2)
|CX Racing
|T4 turbo flange
|90-degree mild steel bend (2)
|Muffler shop
|2 feet of mild steel tubing
|Muffler shop
|3-inch mild steel 90-degree bend
|Muffler shop
|3-inch V-band clamp and fitting (exhaust)
|3-inch 45-degree mild steel bend
|Muffler shop
|Spark plugs
|Note: The $0 parts were thrown into the deal by CX Racing since the author bought so much stuff from them for this story.
The Price of Precision
How does the low-buck eBay turbo compare to the real deal? We found out by comparing our eBay unit to a 76mm turbo from Precision Turbo. Both are advertised as 76mm, but the configurations are quite different. The 76mm from Precision featured a larger compressor housing, turbine wheel, and A/R, along with a larger exhaust flange.
Despite the 76mm ratings (which indicates the size of the inducer), the difference in power might come as much from the different specs as things like the quality and design of the compressor wheels. A back-to-back test netted a solid 46 hp in favor of the Precision unit, with 14 psi producing an amazing 638 hp and 665 lb-ft. Not only was the power up, but the intercooler inlet temp was down nearly 25 degrees. The gains could be even more substantial at higher boost and power levels, and the 76mm Precision Turbo will support more than 900 hp. Now the bad news: a 76mm ball-bearing turbo from Precision can run as much as $2,500, depending on configuration (but you definitely get what you pay for).
Intercooler Efficiency
It's hard to argue with an air-to-water intercooler that costs just $140, especially a polished-aluminum piece that included brass water fittings and aluminum mounting flanges. Every turbo guy we showed the core to wanted one based on looks and price alone (to say nothing of the physical weightit just felt like it was worth way more than $140). External appearances aside, how well did it really work? To find out, we plumbed the intercooler during our testing to data-log both the pressure and temperature drop across the core. Advertised by CX Racing to support as much as 1,500 hp, the intercooler featured a big 12x10x4.75-inch core. Available both with and without a secondary heat exchanger, the core seemed (if anything) oversized for our needs. Data gathered during the dyno testing indicated that the inlet temps into the motor never exceeded 95 degrees using 74-degree cooling water, this despite temperatures ranging from 188 to 212 degrees entering the core. This indicates that the core had plenty of reserve cooling capacity. Making things even better was the fact that this cooling came with a drop in boost pressure of less than 1 psi across the core. It was $140 well spent indeed. HRM
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Like most of our readers, we did not have access to either stainless tubing or a mandrel bender. Our low-buck, mild-steel tubing came from a muffler shop and included sufficient 2.5-inch and 3.0-inch bends that allowed us to weld together a suitable merge for the T4-based turbo. Note the tubular manifolds (sourced from eBay), wastegate provision, and beginnings of a cross-under pipe.Westech's Ernie Mena made short work of the cross-under tube. This directed all of the exhaust from both tubular manifolds to the T4 turbo. For a low-buck approach, don't get too caught up on things like mandrel bends and the proximity of the turbo to the exhaust valve; just get the exhaust to the turbo. Ideally, some type of expansion joint would be used, but for our quickie dyno test, we did things down and dirty with excellent results.The finished cross-under tube was secured in place using 2.5-inch V-band clamps purchased from CX Racing. The proximity of the thermostat housing and oil filter kept us from simply running the factory exhaust manifolds upside down.Said to support anywhere from 600 to 900 hp, the T4-based, 76mm turbo uses a 4-inch compressor inlet, 2.5-inch discharge, and a 3-inch exhaust outlet. To control boost, CX Racing supplied a manual wastegate controller. Note: Taking the boost reference (to the wastegate) from the discharge of the turbo will result in a slightly lower overall boost pressure in the manifold than taking the reference in the manifold. This is due to the slight drop in boost between the turbo and the intake manifold (especially the case with lengthy intercooler plumbing).A high-flow blowoff valve opens to provide pressure relief during shifts or lift-throttle situations and is a necessity on high-boost/power applications. Without the valve, the pressure wave that flows back after slamming into the closed throttle-body would try to escape back out the turbo. Attempting to instantaneously stop or reverse the flow of an impeller spinning upwards of 100,000 rpm is not a good thing! Tension on the valve was adjustable via a set screw.We also purchased this 60mm wastegate from CX Racing that included a mounting flange and V-band clamps. You can route the exhaust from the wastegate back to the exhaust system, but we left it open for the dyno testing.There is no need to drill and tap fittings on the 4.6 for the turbo oil feed, as the factory oil filter adapter featured two unused pipe-thread provisions. One was used to log the oil pressure on the dyno, while the second was used to feed the turbo.Playing backup to the 76mm turbo was the air-to-water intercooler. The sizable intercooler has 3.5-inch inlets and outlets, a pair of mounting brackets, and the necessary brass fittings for water flow into and out of the core. Reducers were necessary to adapt the 3.5-inch inlet and outlet on the intercooler core to the 3.0-inch discharge tube. CX Racing also offers a slightly smaller core with 3.0-inch in/outlets.
The only way the 4.6L Ford could equal the power output of the 5.3L was to include an intercooler, but we decided to run the motor sans cooler to illustrate the power offered by the reduction in charge temperature. Run at 6 psi, the nonintercooled motor produced 394 hp and 425 lb-ft of torque. Adding the intercooler to the mix resulted in a jump to 431 hp and 464 lb-ft at the same boost, timing, and air/fuel levels. The difference would be even more dramatic at higher boost levels.With the custom air-to-water intercooler, the turbocharged 4.6L pumped out an even 500 hp and 533 lb-ft at 9.6 psi and went on to record a best of 592 hp and 640 lb-ft at 14 psi. As with the LS, we suspect this combination would be living on borrowed time at this power level, but a set of forged rods and pistons would make this a killer street combo. Now toss in a set of cams and the new TFS 2V heads and intake and you have the makings of a serious contender—we've seen turbo 2V mod motors exceed 1,000 hp.


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Yup. Another superheroine on film post. Maybe I'll just keep writing these until one gets made (probably not, I'm already pretty tired).
If you read this column frequently you guys know that I'm a pretty big fan of io9 in general, but Charlie Jane Anders has been killing it lately on the superheroines on film issue. First with her compilation of Action Movies Starring Women that I linked to in last week's article and then this past week she proposed 8 ways to get a superheroine movie made, it's a great piece even if I agree with some of the ideas more than others.
One thing she points out that I think is key, is that NOW is the time to get a superheroine movie made. Waiting two, three, four, or more years to get the ball seriously rolling on a superheroine film is just not an option. Moves need to be made now, or we might just miss our window. There's sure to be burnout on superhero movies (are we already there?). As long as the movies continue to be good I think people will continue to spend money to see them (even if they complain or pretend to complain that they're tired of them), but the mainstream audience may get weary, and seeing a bad one (they can't ALL be good) can put a lot of people who aren't naturally invested in superhero properties off the concept quickly.
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For those of us here at Cracked, there are basically three types of animals: ones we'd like to keep as pets, ones that taste delicious and ones we only know a couple of things about. Sometimes these categories overlap, but that's another story.
Anyhow, the category we're concerning ourselves with in this article is the last one: animals that we know one, maybe two things about. Now, these are by no means obscure facts; you probably learned them when you were 10, and, as should surprise no one who has read the title, these "facts" are completely, totally wrong.
#6. Lemmings Commit Mass Suicide
Why You Know This "Fact":
Calling people a bunch of lemming is like calling them "sheeple." The small, furry lemmings are known for being mindless followers who will even commit mass suicide by jumping off cliffs. They've shown up in cartoons, commercials and video games doing exactly that.
Too bad none of it is true.
This rumor was probably started in the early 19th Century. Scientists would see sudden bursts of the lemming population that would just as suddenly shrink, and they couldn't figure out why. In 1908 a man named Arthur Mee decided that "mass suicide" seemed as good an answer as any and published it in his The Children's Encyclopedia.
Arthur Mee refused to shelter children from the harsh realities of the shit he totally made up.
Mee concludes that the self-inflicted almost total annihilation of lemmings is "sad and terrible, but if the dismal exodus did not occur lemmings would long ago have eaten Europe bare." This means that Mee believes that lemmings kill themselves out of an instinctual drive to preserve Europe at the expense of killing themselves, and everyone reading along at home said, "Yeah, that sounds right."
Still, Mee's pointless nerd book and all the myths therein would have faded into obscurity, if it wasn't for Walt Disney.
In 1958, Disney filmed the groundbreaking nature documentary White Wilderness, where they managed to capture lemming suicide on film for the first time. We spend a few hours watching an entire lemming migration and cap the whole film off with shots of lemmings diving off a cliff to their deaths.
And, for the few kids out there who aren't into encyclopedias or nature documentaries wherein cute rodents kill themselves, game designer Psygnosis spread the myth even further, with Lemmings, an incredibly addictive video game where the player had to save the adorably stupid green-haired protagonists from certain death. Thankfully, the game was recently, ported to the PS3 keeping the lie alive for another generation at the very least.
Why It's Bullshit:
Lemmings are good at two things: eating and fucking. A female lemming is capable of birthing 80 baby lemmings a year, a staggering number that most of them reach because when you're a lemming you've got shit else to do.
The end result of a bunch of hungry lemmings with their sex organs set to "Super Fuck" is what we call a "population problem." When this happens, the lemmings empty their surroundings of all possible food and have to go search for more, out in the world. Now you've gone from too many lemmings in a lemming habitat to too many starving lemmings frantically running around in unfamiliar territory.
As you would expect, panic sets in and they make rash decisions. Sometimes this means absentmindedly falling off a cliff or being accidentally bumped into a river by one of the other hundreds of lemmings. It's not mass suicide. Think about it. If that was the case, there wouldn't be any more lemmings. A creature that's instinctively driven to kill itself isn't designed for longevity; it's as simple as that.
As for the "groundbreaking nature documentary" White Wilderness, it turns out that it's total bullshit. The creators of the film simply grabbed up about a dozen lemmings and sent them to Canada. The film assured us that we were seeing an entire lemming migration when, in reality, they were filming the same handful of lemmings over and over again.
So how do you make 12 of the same lemmings running around into family friendly entertainment? Well, if you're Disney, you toss the lemmings off a cliff and tell your audience it was a suicide. That. Happened. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science was so outraged that they gave White Wilderness an Oscar for Best Documentary.
#5. Ostriches Stick Their Heads in the Sand
Why You Know This "Fact":
The famous Roman thinker, Pliny the Elder, came up with this bit of nonsense in the year 79 AD for Natural History, the epic encyclopedia he created as a home for all of the world's knowledge (including the not real parts). He wrote that the ostriches would bury their heads in the sand on the belief that, when the head is hidden, "the whole of their body is concealed."
Here's an artist's rendering of Pliny making shit up
The reason that this myth has stuck around for as long as it has is that it's an incredibly versatile political metaphor. Do you want to imply that President Obama is being naive about the war in Iraq? Say he's sticking his head in the sand. Do you want to revitalize an unpopular political party? Say you're taking your head out of the sand. Do you want to assert that Hillary Clinton is blindly appeasing a foreign country, while expressing that opinion as confusingly as you can? Say she's sticking the USA's head in Pakistani soil. Whenever you want to say that any person, party or organization is being willfully ignorant about a single issue, draw a picture of an ostrich with its head in the sand and scribble the party name on the ostrich's torso. It has never been easier to be a political cartoonist.
Why It's Bullshit:
Just like the lemming, the fact that the ostrich isn't extinct from sheer stupidity should have been your first clue that this wasn't even close to being true. Any animal that thinks hiding its head in the sand makes it invisible to predators is an animal too dumb to survive.
In reality, they'll get all up in your grill.
The truth is that while ostriches can't fly, they're the fastest animal in the world on two legs, capable of reaching speeds of 45 miles-per-hour (twice the top speed of a human), and maintaining that speed for up to a half-hour. So if the ostrich sees a leopard off in the distance, it doesn't bother hiding, it just runs, much in the same way that you'd run away from a wheelchair-bound serial killer instead of, say, putting your hands over your eyes in an attempt to disappear.
There are two possible reasons why people might believe this myth and, unfortunately, both of them are as stupid as the ostrich is supposed to be. First, the ostrich occasionally pecks at the ground for stones, which it uses to digest its food.
Try it some time.
(Note from Cracked.com's legal department: This site will not be held responsible if you do, in fact, "try it some time." Retard.)
Second, the ostrich sleeps laying down. In either case, the argument is: "Hey, from far away, it looks like the ostrich has its head buried in the sand. I'm content to believe this is true and further conclude that ostriches think they're invisible, this matter requires no further investigation." This is why, today, we base our animal facts on actual experiments and field research, and not the simple What Things Look Like To Pliny the Elder method of animal classification.
#4. St. Bernards Carry Beer/Brandy Around Their Necks
Why You Know This "Fact":
It's all because of an English painter named Edwin Landseer, in 1820.
Edwin also may have been Wolverine [citation needed].
Landseer was a bit of a child prodigy, beloved by both Queen Victoria and the masses for his landscapes and animal portraits. When, at age 17, he painted "Alpine Mastiffs Reanimating a Distressed Traveler," (Edwin was not the kind of artist who forced you to interpret his meaning), he decided to make it approximately 50 times more awesome by adding a barrel of brandy around the necks of the Alpines (St. Bernards). And the people ate it up.
One dog is going for the jugular, while the other isn't sure what he's stepping on. Some rescue.
Now, we know that, as members of the Cracked audience, you're incredibly well-versed and always up-to-speed on popular art throughout the ages, but how did your average John Q. Public hear about this myth? Probably the way they learn about everything else, by which we mean old Looney Tunes cartoons (see 2:30). Yep, once Looney Tunes decided to depict the St. Bernard-as-bartender (inspired by Landseer's painting), the myth was cemented in pop culture history.
What's interesting about this myth is that it wasn't as if Landseer once knew a St. Bernard that carried brandy, and it's not like the dogs regularly carried supplies and Landseer wrongly assumed it was brandy; there was no genuine excuse for Landseer to depict the dogs this way apart from "I felt like it." He was just a 17-year-old kid who thought dogs would be cooler if they were also bars (he's right), and the world just decided to take his word as gospel.
Why It's Bullshit:
Sadly, the world isn't that cool; there are three simple reasons why letting a St. Bernard carry brandy around would be absolutely irresponsible (that's "people die" irresponsible, not "throwing a party while your parents are gone" irresponsible). First, burdening a rescue animal with a heavy keg would obviously slow it down. Second, since Brandy is 36-60 percent alcohol, sub-zero (oF) temperatures could make it slushy or freeze it solid. If you're thinking that would be the best slushy ever, remember that when you're freezing to death, the last thing you want is a snow cone, even if it is beer-flavored.
There are worse ways to die, though.
Finally, and most importantly, alcohol actually causes you to lose heat faster, which means giving brandy to someone suffering from hypothermia would be about as effective as shoving ice cubes up their asshole.


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Funded by a Southern Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (SSARE) Professional Development Program (PDP) Grant, the Pollinator Conservation Short Courses draw attention to declining populations of pollinators and promote conservation by helping to protect their natural habitats.
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HOUSTON (February 14, 2013)--Houston police officers shot and killed a man who threatened his 1-year-old son with a butcher knife and refused to surrender while smoking crack cocaine.
The child was not injured Wednesday night.
Police didn't immediately release the name of the father or the officer who fired during the standoff at an apartment.
Neighbors called police Wednesday to report that a man and a woman were fighting.
Police forced their way into the unit and the woman, who was holding the boy, put the child down and ran outside.
The man picked up his son while smoking crack from a pipe, Police spokesman John Cannon said.
Cannon said an officer fired when the father put the knife to the child's throat.
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This $G_n$, defined that way, has a "name"?
It seems pretty easy, (and this is the main question) but I'm not sure how $G_n$ "looks like". For instante:
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Bielema's deal with Arkansas pays him $3.2 million a year, plus incentives
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I've read that a big factor was more more for asst. coaches. Well he'd better find some great ones.Hide replies
Has to be more of the residual stuff. $600K while not too shabby if you are switching jobs doesn't seem like a kings ransom enough to go to the SEC to get your butt kicked.
"doesn't seem like a kings ransom enough to go to the SEC to get your butt kicked"
Same would happen in the BIG the next few years. He would be getting his lunch handed to him by Meyer and PS each year, plus Michigan, when they played.
Couldn't wait til after the Rose Bowl to announce this, hu? Not very nice to the team.Hide replies
Arkansas was not going to wait around for him to tie a nice bow around his UW departure. When he took the job all decorum goes out the window. Who wants a guy consumed with his next gig sitting around working for your company?
He took a new job - - GET HIM OUT OF HERE.
Nature of the biz...nothing new. If Chryst leaves Pitt...same deal...different school.
Have fun in hayseed country, Bret. You'll fit right in you dumb rube.
All I can say is good riddance. Never liked him as a coach. Go Badgers.
He can make a lot more in incentives plus lucrative booster earnings will make this a much richer deal for Bielema. Plus it's a 6 year deal. Maybe Bielema really thinks he can succeed in the SEC but when you can't dominate in a weak Big Ten, its gong to be tough to win, and win often, in by far the toughest conference in football. Maybe he is banking on NCAA sanctions against Alabama and LSU to help propel his team. My prediction is he is ousted in 3, maybe 4 years tops without ever contending...Hide replies
I don't agree about the incentives as I stated in my post above. IF you looked at them carefully, he's not likely to achieve many of them in the near future. The incentives that seem most achievable don't involve much money.
"Your earnings from the foundation(boosters) combined with your University Salary shall equal your Annual Compensation for each year during the Term."
The total Annual Compensation is clearly listed as $ 3.2 million which appears to include any booster contributions. So, I also don't agree with you about "lucrative booster earnings."
You forget boosters also own many of the local businesses. So personal appearances outside the contract, TV commercials, etc are all extras not included. Madison is limited in that respect. Coaches are treated like Gods in the SEC...
No, I didn't forget and the same would have applied here. I'm sure he made personal appearances here and I believe he did some TV commercials. Arkansas is a very poor state in reality so I don't see the TV commercials etc, that you seem to see. Little Rock is ranked #56 in the country. Bielema was adjacent to the Milwaukee TV market as well as Madison. In addition the Fox Valley is available and not that much smaller than Little Rock. I guess I 'm just not seeing your points.
Crewchief....you forget....college football is by far #1 in Arkansas. No pro football, no pro anything. Just college. Have you been to the south? They live and die pledge football and their alums contribute a lot more to the schools. BB will have a lot more out of school revenue opportunities...
Don't keep telling "you forgot." I addressed the points you made and they don't hold water. But if you want to go on and on about the importance of football in the South have at it. You have no idea as to what he will make in these areas, but you speak as though it were fact. It isn't !
Arkansas may be a poor state but its has Walmart's HQ and the billions that the family controls. Little Rock may not be the size of the MKE market but it is the "big fish, small pond' story. No MLB, NBA, NFl, NHL, etc. to compete with. BB will do very, very well for himself in terms of $$$$.
Yesterday it was reported here that his new deal with Arkansas was for $ 4 million which looked like a significant jump from his current salary at UW. Now his salary at Arkansas is reported to be $ 3.2/yr PLUS incentives.
Now it doesn't look like that big of an increase from his UW salary. It appears his Total Compensation, less incentives, stays the same for all 6 years of the contract. That seems a bit odd and had he remained here you would have expected his Total Comp. to have increased significantly over the next 6 years. Also, with their program being down, it doesn't appear likely that he would receive that much in the near future based on the incentives listed.
His decision to move on must have been more a desire for a new challenge and possibly discontent with other factors like fan criticism, rather than just financial windfall.Hide replies
Then he is crazy because if he thought Badger fans were critical wait until he loses two games down there.
Looks like Bielema made a deal with the devil. remember Arkansas biggest booster is none other than Jerry Jones...Hide replies
Maybe he plans to "USE" Arkansas like he used WI to become the HC of the boys!
That would be awesome. I'd love Bielema to be HC of the boys. More years as cellar dwellers...
Yes, he used us to get to WI to 3 Rose Bowl berths. Apparently we need another Don Morton to put some perspective back in the WI fan base.
Well, this makes sense from a the view BB grew up on an Illinois hog farm.
Let BB go "wee, wee, wee" all the way to his new home.
This development sucks for the Badger players, especially the seniors. If BB could have waited until after the Rose, this will go down as a bad departure and I will bet Barry will have a few bitter comments.
Perhaps the "pigs" pressured him with "we need to know now, or we are moving on"...and even then this would hint he wanted out of WI, just wanted the money...probably some of both. 2012 was on of his worst years as a coach.
While $600,000 isn't small potatos, it's relatively minor.
For us normal people making $50,000 a year it would be about a $9000 for what most percieve as a much more difficult job.
My guess is he left for nicer facilities, nicer weather, and a new challenge.Hide replies
*$600,000 raise / 9000 raise*
It isn't "relatively minor" to be going to the SEC....
Are you people dumb or stupid?!? Did you see the $700k in incentives? I'm sure half of them are gimmes but all in all your talking at least a $1 mil increase in salary per year. There's not a soul on earth that when given that circumstance would stick with UW. UW needs to sack up and start paying their head coaches as well as the assistants.
Why not click on the on the LINK provided and see the "incentives" for yourself rather than speculate about them? Unless he wins a NATIONAL TITLE , the incentives aren't that great. If he appears in just a "bowl game", which is an accomplishment for most schools, especially for a program like their that has been down, it is quite an accomplishment. Just making it to a "bowl game" only nets him a $ 50,000 bonus. You need to study the agreement and the incentives MUCH more.
Half of them are NOT "gimmes"
David Johnson you sir are DUMB.
Do you really think BB is going to go down there and start pounding out national titles, win the coach of the year every year, while maintaining YALEesqe academics?
That's what it takes for him to even be close to the $700,000 in incentives.
Yes, Home Brew, I just did a quick search of one aspect of the Academic Incentives listed in his contract. This article was from last year and the data was recent, but it showed the graduation(within 6 years) rate of UW basketball and football programs. The Graduation rate for Men's basketball given was 50% and 66% for football. Based on the levels listed in Bielema's new contract that would give him a $75,000 bonus. Of course I have no idea what the typical Arkansas Graduation rate has been in recent years, but I'm guessing that 66 % could be high for them.
Well, I may have to take that back . I just found an article that says the most recent data showed a 72 % Graduation Success Rate for Student-Athletes at Arkansas. Of course that would include all student-athletes, not just football. I'm thinking the football rate would be lower.
data was NOT recent on the UW athletic study. The data on the Arkansas study wasn't recent either, 2002-2005. Probably takes them some time to compile comprehensive numbers.
The only way this move made sense to me was if he was going to be making a ton more money. Only a hypocrite of the highest order would begrudge a person the opportunity to do what he or she does for significantly better pay. I had originally heard idle speculation in the $5 million range. Now that the numbers are out. I am stunned. He is giving up a pretty good situation for a rather modest increase in pay. As far as Arkansas is concerned, BB is a pretty cheap date.Hide replies
Not sure why you or others are "stunned" that he's leaving only think he is doing it ONLY because of money....
He's is going from a mediocre football conference to THE best football conference in the country.
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Women's Tennis Suffers Road Setback at Erskine, 7-2April 10, 2014
DUE WEST, S.C. – Falling behind early after dropping all three doubles matches, Anderson University women's tennis managed just two singles victories, as the Trojans stumbled at archrival Erskine, 7-2, Thursday afternoon at the EC Tennis Complex.
With the setback, AU moves back to an even 7-7 record for the season, while the Flying Fleet improve to 13-5 overall and increase their winning streak to three straight.
After the Trojans were blanked in the doubles round, junior Lindsay Gregory captured her fifth straight singles win on the year with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Erskine's Haley Elliott at the No. 5 position. Gregory has now won eight of her last nine matches while improving to 9-4 overall.
Rounding out the AU scoring was junior Karen Ching who posted a three-set 7-5, 5-7, 1-0 (10-2) victory over Miranda Guthrie at the No. 2 slot. Ching bounced back after suffering a straight-set loss at Wingate last Saturday, improving to 8-6 for the year.
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Shimura (Crelle 221, 1966) considers the elliptic curve $E:y^2+y=x^3-x^2$ (although he doesn't use this equation) of conductor $11$ whose associated modular form is $$ q\prod_{k=1}^{+\infty}(1-q^k)^2(1-q^{11k})^2=\sum_{n=1}^{+\infty}c_nq^n $$ where $q=e^{2i\pi\tau}$ and $\tau$ is in the upper half of $\bf C$. For a prime $l$, he denotes by $K_l$ the extension of $\bf Q$ obtained by adjoining the $l$-torsion points of $E$ and shows that if $l\in[7,97]$, then ${\rm Gal}(K_l|{\bf Q})$ is isomorphic to ${\rm GL}_2({\bf F}_l)$.
Question. Is ${\rm Gal}(K_l|{\bf Q})$ now known to be isomorphic to ${\rm GL}_2({\bf F}_l)$ even for $l>97$ ?
Even if the faithful representation ${\rm Gal}(K_l|{\bf Q})\rightarrow{\rm GL}_2({\bf F}_l)$ fails to be surjective for a few $l>97$, does the recent proof of Serre's modularity conjecture not imply the
Statement. For every prime $l>5$ and every prime $p\neq11,l$, the characteristic polynomial of ${\rm Frob}_p$ (thought of as an element of ${\rm GL}_2({\bf F}_l)$) is $\equiv X^2-c_pX+p \pmod l$ ?
Shimura shows this only for $l\in[7,97]$.
Addendum. (2010/07/24) Looking at Shimura's paper beyond the first page shows that he actually proves (Section 3) that the characteristic polynomial for the action of ${\rm Frob}_p$ on the $l$-adic Tate module $T_l(E)$ is
$X^2-a_pX+p\in{\bf Z}_l[X]$
for all primes $l$ and $p\neq11, l$ and (Section 6) that $a_p=c_p$ for all $p\neq11$. And yes, he does use the Eichler-Shimura relation.


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The location is also perfect.
And mister Pier was very good for us. He was gently and was always open for little chitchats. I recommend mister Pier and the Place to other people!
Muy lindo departamento, bien ubicado. En una zona tranquila y cerca del metro. Además, Pier es un excelente anfitrión. Recomendado para ti estancia en Barcelona.
Perfekte Lage in der City, angenehm ruhig. Zimmer sehr klein, kleines Bad mit weiteren Gästen zu teilen. Sauberkeit könnte besser sein. Gastgeber freundlich.
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