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The 9 Most Unintentionally Depressing Pro Wrestling Gimmicks
Any professional wrestler will tell you that the hardest part of the job is coming up with your gimmick. You need to be outrageous and distinctive without being ridiculous. It's a subtle art, one not easily mastered.
Notable failures include ...
#9. Oz
The best part about professional wrestling is how it marries fantasy with gritty reality; smoke machines with sweat and blood; dramatic lighting and rock anthems with folding chairs and collapsible tables conveniently left lying about for violent purposes. Most importantly, a good wrestling character is going to have a great story behind it. And what better story is there than The Wizard of Oz? And what character from The Wizard of Oz is better suited for the ring than The Great and Powerful Oz, himself?
Pretty much any of them, it turns out.
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Our best guess is this was based on someone's childhood nightmare. Remember, the Wizard of Oz in the movie was just a regular old man, so the character these guys are ripping off didn't actually exist at all. The wizard was just a projected disembodied head:
And he kinda looks like Ralph Nader.
And here's the World Championship Wrestling's version:
He looks like an extra from a poorly budgeted Turkish Broadway production of Aladdin. Where are the similarities apart from a piss-weak reference for a name and the color green? And, in case you're wondering, that's Merlin standing in front of Oz. Merlin the Magician. Not that Merlin ever appeared in the canon of The Wizard of Oz, but apparently one ill-conceived wizard was just not enough to satiate WCW fans.
We've got no issue with the monkey sidekick though.
#8. Hornswoggle
For anyone who thought that ludicrous wrestling gimmicks were purely a product of the innocent, mescaline-fueled 80s and 90s, think again. Because in 2006, the WWE introduced the gimmickiest of gimmicks: Hornswoggle.
God is dead.
Let's see how many offensive-to-little-people stereotypes we can fit in here: Hornswoggle, who is still an active character in WWE, is a little person who dresses as a leprechaun and hides under the wrestling mat like a damn tiny troll. He only shows himself to hit competitors with his little stick while announcers try to cram in as many Irish and midget jokes as humanly possible.
As time went on, the WWE thought they'd do the character right with an actual storyline. Unfortunately, the storyline involved the little guy wrestling grown-men-sized wrestlers and winning a title. Despite professional wrestling being a completely scripted work, the title belts are still treated as faux achievements and usually mean the winner is the most talented wrestler in that class. So, giving Hornswoggle a title belt would kind of be like handing over a Best Actor Oscar to Frankenberry.
Not that he doesn't do good work.
And if you thought the WWE wasn't done with Hornswoggle yet, after all this humiliation, congratulations, you know wrestling. Next up for the Little Bastard was the revelation that he was literally the little bastard son of Vince McMahon, which eventually led to a father/son steel cage match, which inevitably led to Vince McMahon spanking a whimpering little person in front of millions of viewers with an actual whip.
#7. Arachnaman
It's a known fact that wrestling promoters firmly believe that anything popular in mainstream society today can be given a lobotomy, placed in a wrestling ring and kids will eat that shit up two years from now.
Which explains how early 90s World Championship Wrestling thought it would be OK to debut ... Arachnaman. Yes, you read that right -- fucking Arachnaman. Why? Because fuck Marvel and all that horseshit about intellectual property and copyright.
Besides, Arachnaman is totally different from Spider-Man. For one thing, Arachnaman was yellow. And for another, he was entirely stripped of Spidey's sense of humor, wit and the ability to do anything at all without looking like a dick. Arachnaman was the wrestling equivalent of those cheap Korean knockoff toys that are bought by terrible parents at gas stations the world over.
And it didn't help that one of his moves actually involved silly string. Like wrestling fans are supposed to believe that silly string would have any effect on a 250-pound man.
Or an audience.
#6. The Yeti
Here we have The Yeti. Not "The Mummy," which is what you'd guess you were looking at by that picture up there, but "The Yeti." Because apparently in the mid-90s wrestling writers operated under the false belief that abominable snowmen weren't covered in fur, but soiled toilet paper.
With emphasis on "soiled."
The Yeti was a member of the Dungeon Of Doom, that, if you are a connoisseur of embarrassing wrestling leagues, could have had this entire article dedicated to its cringeworthy mediocrity. Which probably explains how the group came up with a villain who had the mobility of an amputee giraffe and the signature move of "opponent humping."
The Yeti won no matches, was allowed nowhere near the rear end of Hulk Hogan ever again and did little else of note. He was quietly retired from television and now lives a normal life as that escaped mental patient who lives under the bridge and yells at things.
That mental patient still has more dignity than the Dungeon of Doom.
#5. The Gobbledy Gooker
In the weeks prior to the World Wrestling Federation's Survivor Series of 1990, viewers of Monday Night Raw were treated to an enormous egg sitting in the middle of the arena. Much hype surrounded this egg and just what would hatch from it ... would it be some sort of hideous creature with the torso of a wrestler and the legs of a chicken? Perhaps a talking velociraptor whose finishing move was to claw the shit out of everything? Or perhaps God could turn his back on the universe and it would be just be a jerk in a giant turkey suit.
Witness the dignity and grace of nature.
The Gobbledy Gooker is what happens when professional wrestling meets Thanksgiving, slips it a roofie, commits several varieties of sexual assault and then draws a dick on its face before leaving in the morning. Instead of getting in the ring and kicking the crap out of a spandex-clad pilgrim or something else Thanksgivingy, the Gobbledy Gooker just ... just danced.
The whole spectacle gets sadder when you find out that underneath the suit and humiliation was Hector Guerrero, part of the renowned Guerrero wrestling family from Mexico. The Gobbledy Gooker turkey was not only booed (on Thanksgiving!) but the character was immediately abandoned after the match. Which was leaves us with only one conclusion: The Gobbledy Gooker was taken out the back and decapitated.
Good riddance.
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Are Personal Flotation Devices (PFDs/life vests/life jackets) good for rafting? It may seem like a silly question, but I have heard several times now that they increase your danger due to the risk of entanglement.
No question about it -- use a life vest. Make sure you're using a secure, tight-fitting jacket, though. The ones I've always used have several straps across the front so you can get a good, snug fit. If the jacket isn't fitted properly, you stand a good chance of the jacket popping up around your face when you go in the drink. A tight-fitting jacket also helps the people in the raft haul your sogginess back into the boat -- it's a lot safer and more reliable to grab your jacket to haul you in than to try to pull your arms out of their sockets.
While you're at it, don't forget a lid. When you get sucked under the boat, you may go head-first into the rocks, and you'll be glad you're wearing a helmet.
The instructions I've always heard are unequivocal - always wear a life vest. By all means make sure it fits well and lose straps are tucked away to minimise entanglement, but, when in a sport where there is real risk of falling in water and being knocked unconscious definitely wear a life vest.
No question, life vests are a net reduction in risk.
It's trivially easy to check yourself and your gear over and eliminate any potential risk of entanglement beforehand.
It's not so easy to get control of your body once you've been unexpectedly tossed into the drink.

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Let $p$ be a prime of the from $p= 2^k +1$ where $k$ is natural number.
The first question that was asked is to prove that the set of all generators of $\Bbb Z^*_p$ is not a subgroup of $\Bbb Z^*_p$.
By brute force and Euler's theorem, I saw that the possible sizes of the subgroup are $1$, $2$ and $4$ for $k =2$ and $p=5$.
Then I saw that $1$ always would not be a generator of any group, and because of that, the set of all the generators will not include $1$, which means that the identity element will not be included and therefore it could not be a subgroup.
I was trying to show that the set of all elements of $\Bbb Z^*_p$ that are not generators is a subgroup of $\Bbb Z^*_p$.
I can easily see that in $\Bbb Z^*_5$ it's true. I started checking it for $\Bbb Z^*_{17}$, but it's a lot of work. I saw that $2$ is not a generator and $3$ is a generator. It's a lot of work.
Is there any way to quickly check the list of the generators of $\Bbb Z^*_{17}$ ? How do I prove it?


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oxacillin (cont.)
What happens if I miss a dose (Bactocill)?
Take the missed dose as soon as you remember. If it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and take the medicine at your next regularly scheduled time. Do not take extra medicine to make up the missed dose.
What happens if I overdose (Bactocill)?
Seek emergency medical attention if you think you have used too much of this medicine.
Overdose symptoms may include confusion, behavior changes, a severe skin rash, urinating less than usual, or seizure (black-out or convulsions).
What should I avoid while taking oxacillin (Bactocill)?
Antibiotic medicines can cause diarrhea, which may be a sign of a new infection. If you have diarrhea that is watery or has blood in it, call your doctor. Do not use any medicine to stop the diarrhea unless your doctor has told you to.
What other drugs will affect oxacillin (Bactocill)?
Before taking oxacillin, tell your doctor if you are using any of the following drugs:
This list is not complete and there may be other drugs that can interact with oxacillin. Tell your doctor about all the prescription and over-the-counter medications you use. This includes vitamins, minerals, herbal products, and drugs prescribed by other doctors. Do not start using a new medication without telling your doctor.
Where can I get more information?
Your pharmacist can provide more information about oxacillin.
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Deputies Searching for Lakeland Woman Reported Missing
Published: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 at 11:34 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at 1:48 a.m.
LAKELAND | Officials are looking for a 68-year-old Lakeland woman who was reported missing Monday.
Jewel Mole of 6532 W. Newman Circle was last seen by her family early Monday morning, when it was thought she went shopping in Lakeland.
A Polk County Sheriff's deputy found Mole's vehicle Tuesday morning in a restaurant parking lot in North Lakeland.
Mole is 5 feet, 2 inches tall, 150 pounds with gray-blonde hair and blue eyes.
Anyone with information about her whereabouts can call the Sheriff's Office at 863-298-6200 or Crimestoppers at 800-226-8477.
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by Melissa Brunner
I am notorious about saving old notes and documents related to ongoing stories. (Remember when I cleaned my desk last year?!) When the Supreme Court's ruling on the health care reform law came down today, it had me thinking back to a panel discussion the Topeka Independent Business Association invited me to moderate. It was all the way back in July of 2010. I thought you might find it interesting to read again, given today's developments.
Originally posted in July 2010:
I had the chance Tuesday to facilitate a panel discussion for the Topeka Independent Business Association. The topic was the new health insurance law. I am certainly no expert on it, so I welcomed the opportunity to learn more about it. What I learned is there's still a lot to learn - even for the experts.
On the panel were Linda Sheppard of the Kansas Insurance Dept., independent insurance agent Tom Bryon, Melissa Hungerford of the Kansas Hospital Assoc., Brad Clothier of Preferred Health Systems, and Midway Wholesale founder Ken Daniel. All agreed that the exact impact of the health care reform law remains to be seen.
Because of that, they all also agreed that the small business owners in attendance probably shouldn't make any changes just yet. Sheppard pointed out that the National Insurance Commissioners group has 14 subgroups currently working, at the direction of federal officials, to develop recommendations for implementation. By some estimates, some 250,000 pages of rules and regulations have yet to be written before the law is set to take effect in 2014.
We also talked about enforcing the law. The panelists pointed out that the penalties may add to the challenge. For example, it could be cheaper for a business to pay the fine for not offering coverage for their workers than it would to offer it. In much the same way, the penalty for an individual to not get coverage could be less expensive than paying for a policy. Which would you choose? And the tax incentives for small businesses to offer coverage? Well, some panelists said they may not really offer any incentives.
Couple all that with concerns over choice and whether doctors would close up shop, and it would be easy to say this was a session to bash on health care reform. However, the panelists also agreed that the current health care system is broken and change is needed. In the end, their message was one of caution. Let's see where the chips fall when the details are nailed down and work to clear obstacles. Implementation is five years down the road, they said, so. Lot can change.
Stay informed and research options. A few resources on the web they offered: www.IRS.gov, www.nfib.com, and www.healthcare.gov. Some of these sites already have tools to plug in numbers and see how the reform could impact you, particularly for business owners.
And, as we like to say, stay tuned!


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Can Christians Trust Tales from Heaven? Yes
Millions have read the testimonies of those who have been to heaven and returned. But what do these stories mean for Christians? How do they fit with what the Bible teaches? What do they say about who goes to heaven? Debate has raged throughout the church about whether we should trust these testimonies, since they don't always align with what we think the Bible teaches. Reverend John Price, a pastor who has been a pioneer in integrating near-death accounts into ministry, surveys the Bible and Christian doctrines to discover that these firsthand accounts of encounters with God are fully compatible with Christian spirituality.
Price began his ministry not believing in heaven. In Revealing Heaven, after hearing over two hundred accounts of near-death experiences, Price narrates the stories of those who helped change his mind and now makes a case not only for why Christians can trust near-death accounts but for why we should treat these amazing stories as precious gifts from God.


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Let $v \in \mathbb R^3$. Given a matrix $M : \mathbb R^3 \mapsto \{v\}^\perp$, that is, there is one vector $v$ such that $\forall x \in \mathbb R^3\setminus\{v\}$: $\langle Mx,v \rangle = 0$. Furthermore I know that a vector $w$ exists, such that $Mw = 0$.
What is known about the motions and the domain of the eigenvalues (and -vectors?) of $M$, if it has
- $0$ fixed points (e.g. a translation)
- $1$ fixed point (e.g. a rotation (+scaling))
- $≥2$ fixed points (e.g. mirroring)
- $>2$ fixed points (lin. indep.) (e.g. identity)?
Any hint or pointers to relevant literature or search term are greatly appreciated as well.


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Southwestern Collge Sun
Steven Uhl and Gonzalo Quintana
Staff Writers
There is nothing soft about softball star Gabrielle Beasley. The hard-hitting, hard-throwing shortstop-pitcher works hard, plays hard and is hard to ignore.
Beasley is leading her hard-charging teammates on a playoff run worthy of last year's historic season when the Lady Jags made its first-ever post-season appearance. After a pedestrian start to the season, SWC has become downright hard to beat.
Beasley almost single handedly destroyed the Victor Valley Rams. She hit a two run triple and pitched a shutout in a 9-0 romp the umpires called for the mercy rule.
SWC next clobbered San Bernardino Valley College, 12-4. Beasley led off the bottom of the first with a triple and scored on a sacrifice fly.
SBVC scored two runs in the second inning to take the lead, but not for long. Beasley singled in a run, knotting the score, 2-2. SBVC came up to bat and scored three runs to take the lead and they thought the game was over until the Jags were at bat when outfielder Jessica Ramirez hit in two runs making the score 5-4 Jags.
"I had confidence that if I got on base, my teammates hitting after me would keep the rally going and make sure I scored," said Ramirez.
In the bottom of the inning Jags put together a nice rally capped by a two-run single by Beasley. Infielder Erika Forget hit a two run home run, and the rout was on with the Jags winning, 12-4.
"The girls took advantage of the opportunities and whole heartily took control of the situation towards our advantage," said head coach Yasmin Mossadeghi."We executed bunts and solid hits when we had base runners on."
Early in the season SWC lost a double header to the College of the Desert Roadrunners, 2-1 and 4-3. The Lady Jags started strong as Beasley pitched a one-two-three first inning. She then led off the game for the Jags with a base hit, followed by infielder Stephanie Beltran, who was hit by a pitch to load the bases with two outs. COD's pitcher threw a pitch in the dirt, which scored the Jags' first run.
The Roadrunners scored in the third when a COD batter hit a line drive double down the right field line, which put them up 2-1. The Jags closed out the inning when infielder Sonia Mazon gunned down a runner trying to score at the plate, preventing further damage.
SWC's dugout became more and more vocal – cheering on their fellow teammates.
When the bottom of the seventh arrived, each voice drowned out the next until the dugout cheers became one unintelligible roar. Jag batters, however, were impatient at the plate swinging at pitches in the dirt to end the game.
In the second game of the doubleheader against College of the Desert, the Lady Jags lost 4-3.
With a runner at second, Mazon hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the third inning.
"I honestly just wanted to make solid contact and on base," said Mazon.
The Lady Jags did have their chances to put the game out of reach early when they loaded the bases up but a single run did not cross the plate. In the following inning, COD loaded the bases and with one swing of the bat the Jags were down 2-4.The Jags scored on a sacrifice fly to make the score 3-3. COD bounced back with two runs and took a 4-3 lead. Mother Nature then finished off the Lady Jags. Heavy rain began to fall and the umpires called the game in favor of the Roadrunners.
SWC lost to Riverside City College, 4-1 in the season opener.
Riverside's leadoff batter started the game with a triple and was knocked in on a single with two outs in the top of the first to make the score 1-0, Tigers. Beasley settled down with two strikeouts in the inning.
"I try to forget it, move on to the next batter, and focus on getting three outs so the runner does not score," said Beasley.
RCC was threatening in the third inning with a runner on third but came up empty with a nice block of the plate by catcher Nikki Berumen.
"I got an adrenaline rush and was excited to block the plate because that's my favorite thing to do as a catcher," she said.
Lady Jag players showed signs of life when they were able to get a runner on base, but left her stranded.
RCC added another run in the top of the fourth were on the attack again in the fifth with runners in scoring possession and no outs, but Beasley was able to keep her composure and get two outs. RCC got a clutch hit, however, and ran the score to 4-0. Beasley singled in a run in the sixth to make it a 4-1 final.
Moassadeghi said the early season games have gone well, even the closes losses, and she expects a late-season run like last year's. The Lady Jags have momentum—and Beasley—on their side.
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After the thrice-Cursed Black Widow Miata team fled the People's Curse at the 24 Hours Of LeMons New Orleans, LeMons fans have been going through an Agonizing Reappraisal of the whole crush-a-car-at-each-race idea.
There's been a huge shitstorm of controversy about the Black Widow Crisis on the 24 Hours Of LeMons forums, complete with conspiracy theories (in which yours truly is alleged to have been one of the Black Helicopter pilots involved in the cover-up) and attempts to make the rabble see reason. Of course, the People's Curse is here to stay- it's just too damn much fun- but we're definitely due for a history lesson here. After that, you can take the How Cursed Is My LeMons Car quiz and determine your Curse-O-Meter™ reading.
This was the very famous Car And Driver Aurora , and it earned the Curse by virtue of its newness and V8 power, plus its perceived bigshot backers; in the words of LeMons Perpetrator Nick Pon: "Car and Driver backing perceived to be Yankees-esque stacked-deck-playing (when in reality the C/D offices might be even more ghetto than ours). They voted for themselves (which makes the C/D guys A-OK in my book)."
According to Nick: "Half-Camaro, Half-Firebird creation made liberal use of the PIT maneuver in this early Altamont free-for-all. Made few friends on track, and made even fewer off track as a result of a smoking brake stand in the penalty box."
The Rubber Biscuit Caprice survived the Curse and has since appeared in both LeMons South races as well as the New Orleans race (it caught on fire in each of the first two and blew its transmission last weekend, but it's fast while it runs). Nick: "Most congested track in LeMons history—not a good environment for a bubble-body Caprice 9C1. While the Mythbusters proved that a bull in a china shop is not as smashy as you'd think, the old adage about a hopelessly outdated Yank tank on a rinky-dink road course full of Mazdas is highly accurate."
When you work at a BMW shop and a customer skips town without paying his repair bill, why not talk your boss into giving you the car for use in a 24 Hours Of LeMons race? That's what happened with this E38 7 series, and it all seemed like a great plan… until the other racers got a look at the shiny-looking late-model V8-powered BMW on the track. It was too big and unwieldy to be particularly fast on the demolition-derby-style confines of Altamont Motor Speedway, but that didn't matter to the Curse voters: time for a date with The Crusher! The Poly Orchid Racing team members were nice, non-whiny guys and they had a good sense of humor about it all. For this, the operator of The Crusher took a modicum of mercy on their car, and it was able to return to the track in drivable- albeit thoroughly mashed- condition and keep racin'.
The 2007 Arse Freeze-A-Palooza 24 Hours Of LeMons was one of those in which everyone knew who the Curse front-runner would be. The Mazdasaurus Wrecks Mazda was an ex-ITC racer that the Fantasy Junction crew had obtained cheap- maybe even 500 bucks cheap- but the People's Curse is all about perception , and all anyone had to do was listen to its awesome-sounding engine wail and compare it to the rod-knockitty sound made by all the other racers. The Mazdasaurus' pilots tended to have a no-quarter aggressive driving style, and they entered the race having made quite a few enemies with their Mad Max-grade nerf bars at the infamous "Demolition Derby LeMons" race at Altamont a couple months earlier. Crusher operator Ryan heeded the bloodthirsty demands of the howling mob and went after the Mazdasaurus with extreme prejudice, leaving few parts- including the engine, which was packed with tasty JDM goodies- that wouldn't fit nicely in a coffee can.
When your LeMons car is big and slow, many of the other drivers behind you start to feel like they're stuck in a traffic jam on the way to their veal-fattening-pen cubicles… and nobody wants to feel like LeMons is an ordinary workday , right? The Stugots LeMons turbodiesel Benz got slugged with the "rolling chicane" label early on, and from there it was a short commute to the People's Curse. However, nobody really hated the Stugots Mercedes enough to feed it to a ravenous piece of earthmoving equipment, so instead they did the ol' brick-on-gas-pedal thing and dumped various solids and liquids down the throttle body. When this failed to kill the engine, the no-longer-blood-maddened crowd decided to let it go race some more.
Some racers in Toledo felt that the First Blood Sonoma truck was throwing its weight around excessively on the track, while others thought that it was just too slow. Here comes the Curse! Some lead-footed Rambo blew up the engine immediately prior to the Curse, so the truck had to be pushed to Death Row… where the team itself destroyed it! How's that for LeMons spirit and lack of whining? First Blood is the first and only LeMons team to win both People's Curse and People's Choice in the same race.
Here's the beginning of the Houston Miata People's Curse Saga , the latest chapter of which we just witnessed in Louisiana . The Bum Steers And The Moo Poo Crew threw a quickie bovine paint job and tail on their well-set-up Miata and proceeded to drive the hell out of it at MSR. They raced cleanly and didn't seem to be cheating much more than the norm, but they were conspicuously fast and there were rumblings of some sort of Texas feud between various local factions. Did they deserve it? I didn't think so, but judges don't get to vote on the Curse.
LeMons races had become quite clean by the time of the second Arse Freeze-A-Palooza, so we weren't going to see big cars breaking out the PIT Maneuver every 30 seconds and/or bashing the CRXs into oblivion any more. What the racers did see at Thunderhill '08, however, was this ludicrously fast P71 Crown Vic (a car with a widespread rep as a reliable and decent-handling, if somewhat underpowered, LeMons machine) out-turning, out-accelerating, and out-braking all comers. Is it possible to build a 6-speed-manual-equipped Crown Vic with (what sure looked like) way more than the factory 240 horses for 500 bucks? The voters sure didn't think so, and the fact that the Blues Brothers Ford had a nerve-wrackingly realistic cop light bar and paint job didn't help their cause on the track. LeMons Chief Perpetrator Jay Lamm thought they'd gotten a raw deal, so he instructed Crusher King Ryan to take it easy on the car . The doors, hood, and trunk were torn off, but the car still ran; in fact, it got back on the track and put down the best lap time of the entire race.
Superkak Racing had some of the best and most extensive cost documentation we've ever seen, with legit (or high-quality phony) paperwork proving that they'd really managed to build a mid-90s Mustang GT with all manner of badass aftermarket engine and suspension parts on a $500 budget. They racked up the best overall lap time at the first South Carolina race but got knocked out early by mechanical woes, and Salazar Racing's egregiously aggressive driving took the heat off the Mustang… for a while. Fast-forward to the next CMP race, and the Superkak crew again had the fastest thing on the track. Not only that, they'd added an incredibly irritating police siren, which they used constantly on the track . That was bad enough, but blasting the siren in the pits late Saturday night- while the campers tried to sleep- sealed their fate. Crunch!
The Goin' For Broken LeMons event had the best, cleanest driving of any LeMons race yet, there were no in-your-face blatant cheaters, and the top contenders were mostly well-known and respected LeMons veterans. For these reasons, it was extremely tough for most voters to choose a People's Curse winner, so I jokingly suggested that teams vote for Chief Perp Lamm's horrible VW Bus. We'd been driving it around the paddock blasting the Hymn Of The Soviet People on its PA system and everyone was quite sick of it, plus Lamm had lost his free storage location for his old Transporter, which barely ran well enough to manage 15 MPH and had a floor built primarily of air. Sure enough, no team got more than a handful of votes, so that was all she wrote for the rackety old van. The Curse was set up to appear that the Fantasy Junction crew would be watching another one of their cars get crushed… but then the Cat D9 fired up and it was time for a very flat Volkswagen!
We all know that the Black Widow Miata team packed up their car and hit the road back to Texas upon learning that they'd been Cursed for a third time last weekend. Were they cheating? Probably some, though not quite as outrageously as many of the Curse voters felt (and they'd been hit with a harsh 25-lap BS Inspection penalty… which they'd made up by the end of Saturday). Were Texas racing feuds being carried over to Lousiana? Maybe. Were they eating the black paint with their mouths still discolored from the last two ill-advised fast-Miata/crappy-theme entries, in which they'd been Cursed? Absolutely. Fortunately, one of the BABE Rally cars , a Volkswagen Rabbit, had garbooned its tranmission at the LeMons-versus-BABE drag races the night before, and its owners volunteered it as a substitute People's Curse victim.
So, is your LeMons racer liable to get the Curse? Take this easy quiz and find out!
Vehicle Type
Mazda Miata: add 75 points
Former (non-LeMons, non-redneck) race car: add 35 points
Acura Integra: add 25 points
Toyota AE86: add 20 points
BMW E30: add 15 points
Mazda RX-7: add 10 points
V8 Camaro or Mustang: add 10 points
Chrysler K car: subtract 20 points
Front-wheel-drive 80s GM product: subtract 25 points
Corvair: subtract 50 points
Minivan: subtract 60 points
Any Italian car: subtract 75 points
Any French car: subtract 150 points
Kia, Daewoo, Ssangyong, or Daihatsu: subtract 200 points
Any British Leyland product: subtract 500 points
Any Russian car: subtract 100,000 points
Vehicle Age
Less than 5 years: add 100 points
6-10 years: add 30 points
11-15 years: add 10 points
25-35 years: subtract 20 points
36-45 years: subtract 50 points
45+ years: subtract 500 points
Vehicle Theme
No theme whatsoever: add 50 points (100 for E30 or Miata)
Really lame 5-minute-with-rattle-can theme: add 25 points
Dumb theme that took some time to execute: add 5 points
Crudely done but funny theme: subtract 10 points
Halfway decent theme with costumes: subtract 20 points
Really good theme with no costumes: subtract 25 points
Great theme: subtract 50 points
Awesome theme with brain-meltingly good costumes: subtract 150 points
Team makeup
Hard-eyed, no-nonsense, victory-obsessed automatons: add 100 points
Raging, super-aggressive jerkolas: add 80 points
Mechanically inept dingbats who clog up the track with repeated breakdowns: add 30 points
Dudes who crank loud music and/or Sawzalls at 4:00 AM: add 10 points
Amiable doofuses: subtract 10 points
Tool lenders: subtract 20 points
Good Samaritans who help wrench and/or share parts: subtract 40 points
Teams that cook for everyone: subtract 60 points
Teams that cook the best shrimp and jambalaya we've ever had: subtract 1,000 points
Vehicle Performance
Like a cheetah among echidnas: add 75 points
Like a greyhound among dachshunds: add 40 points
So slow that cobwebs form on the tires: add 25 points
Lots of power, crappy handling: add 10 points
Sloth-like, but stays out of the way: subtract 100 points
Add up your total and check the list below to estimate the likelihood that your car will be the next People's Curse:
250+ points: you probably won't need your trailer for the drive home
50 to 250 points: better start working on your PPP (Paddock Propaganda Program) now
-50 to 49 points: you're probably safe, but Ya Never Know
-100 to -51 points: breathe easy
less than -100 points: ha ha ha ha ha ha!


text: How about another easy lesson that will be super cool and super cute for a monster? Today is the day that I will submit "how to draw a zombie for kids", step by step. Normally zombies are pretty hard to draw if you are going to make them with blood, torn flesh, and missing body parts. I wanted to make a lesson on a zombie that would be so simple; everyone can tackle it and actually finish with no problem at all. If my eight year old sister is able to draw this zombie, then you guys should be able to draw it too. There is no wrong way to tackle this tutorial on "how to draw a zombie for kids". You will definitely be happy with the end results and when you're done, you can color in the zombie, and even add some of your own special tweaks to make it more personalized. That's pretty much it for now, I still have more drawing fun coming your way guys so keep those pencils moving and the creative juices flowing.


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Bowlling Green code enforcement officials say this is an unusual case hope more vigilance by tenants can prevent a repeat of the Bowling Green Estates situation in another rental property.
If you see a maintenance issue in your apartment, officials say you need to start on site.
"They should always contact their property owner or manager first. File a maintenance complaint and tell them that they need some repairs made. If they can't get those repairs made, they can call city central at 393-3444. And file a complaint and let them know that they have some concerns and that there might be some repairs that need to be made," said Julie Brown, code enforcement officer.
Here are a few tips to use before you sign a contract for your new apartment:
-Always do a complete walk-through inspection....
-Interview the landlord while you're there
-Ask other tenants about their experience and find out if there's an on-site maintenance staff to address your needs


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3-0 up from the first leg then this happens
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3-0 up from the first leg then this happens
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Been there, done that. Was 3-0 up in a CL quarterfinal, just to lose 4-0 at the return match.
See I have the reverse happen, 3-0 down after 32 mins and win 3-5
It happens to me all the time, as soon as the opposition go down to ten men they start playing like Barcelona.
Ah yes the good ole 10 minute hattrick.
Ouch! Nothing like this has ever happened to me.
It must hurt even more that they were down to ten men after three minutes. Take it like a man and make sure your revenge is sweet
I remember being Derby against Real Madrid in the second round of the European Cup back in 1975, I won 4-1 at the baseball ground before being thrashed 5-1 in Madrid...
...or did that really happen... either way, SORT IT OUT SI!
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I am currently publishing Android apps on Google Play and the Amazon Appstore. Are you going to provide a similiar place to market apps?
- If so, is there some kind of Digital Rights Management provided or any other solution preventing unauthorised use?
- Is the source code some how protected or is everything open source?


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It seems like a través de and por medio de can often be used to mean the same thing. What is the difference between them, and in what contexts can you only use one or the other?
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There's little (if any) semantic difference between these two constructs, as they both can express mode:
and place:
However in the first pair of examples, por medio sounds awkwardly more formal than a través, and in the second one, rather uncultured (if that's the right word in English).
There are cases in which por medio sounds just as acceptable as other options, but as a rule of thumb, always prefer a través de.
I would translate "a través de" as "through," and "por medio de" as "by means of," or "using." The difference is rather slight.


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Play along as you drive the back country roads.
Enjoy the journey.
Score the Yard Art.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
A Time Of Change
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Hip Hip Hurray!!!!ReplyDelete
Glad to see you here. I relish the upcoming comments during your drug induced convalescence.
Yay, it's a pre-Turkey Day miracle!! I'm going to scamper out in the yard to tell the gnomes that you're back (I don't think the wi-fi signal reaches them in the yard) on the blog. The poor gnomes were so sad that they had taken to wearing black armbands as a sign of their mourning.ReplyDelete
Tufa Girl, I already have so many drugs!!! One is a nasal spray so the narcotic will go directly into my drug stream. I can only use it for one week thought because of kidney damage. Got to be some good stuff! I plan to write in a drug induced daze.ReplyDelete
El Gaucho, you have gnomes! Quick send a pick. I have a whole holiday of research to do to get back into the swing of it.
Sniff, I am still loved.
You are back? I wish you Happy Thanksgiving!ReplyDelete
Autumn Belle, I am and my intern took the day off. So Happy pre-thanksgiving for me and you have a great holiday!!!ReplyDelete
So glad you're back! I understand about the scoring; I never really could imagine how you kept up with it all. Good luck with the surgery. If you get totally bored drop me a line; I'm retired now and bored out of my tree--we could do lunch.ReplyDelete
Hope the surgery goes well TG. Nice to see your blog.ReplyDelete
Glad you're back LH - I was waiting.ReplyDelete
No scores is fine with me - everyone's a winner.
MorningGlory, You are retired! Time have all the time in the world would be a luxury. I would love to have lunch sometime but you probably don't want to see me in the next few weeks as I anticipate a lot of whining on my part.ReplyDelete
Creekside, thanks bunches. I feel ready to go (other than the surgery part but the drugs will be good)
b-a-g, so good to see ya' Glad I got a comment on the scores. I will be changing the look and just having some fun. You guys can score at home.
Hooray! Great to see you emerge from gnomeless lands. No scores is fine with me, too--I never really paid much attention to them, actually. Best wishes on the surgery!ReplyDelete
You're back! Hurrah! Huzzah! Yippee! Not having to keep score is not a problem for me either, it was just a hoot seeing everyone's comments and posts.ReplyDelete
Good luck with your surgery, and I hope you'll keep us up to date on your recovery. Happy Thanksgiving, too. It sure is good to have you back.
:0) Wearing our happy faces now!!!ReplyDelete
Glad to see you return. Looking forward to the new and improved LH. Hope all goes well with the surgery.ReplyDelete
Oh, Happy Gnomegiving she's back! And you didn't have to beg me - I've watched for this day for months! And don't worry about the departed scoring - makes the playing field level for me; not a camera person, you know! Good luck with your surgery; I see a neurosurgeon Monday to find out what they can do about the spinal stenosis that has knocked me flat in the past few months. Already had it, didn't know it, then fell flat on my back and made the lower vertebrae sit up and demand attention. Welcome Home!!!ReplyDelete
Nancy in Iowa
Welcome back!! Hooray!!!ReplyDelete
I knew if I kept checking back eventually I'd see a new post. Thank goodness! Persistence pays off.ReplyDelete
Stacy, thanks. The biggest problem is the break from riding my horse, but I will have plenty of time to catch up with my blogging buddiesReplyDelete
Karen, thanks it has been a great holiday, hope yours has been good, too.
GWGT, I am really surprised by the well wishes after I went on a long hiatus. I know you continue to be productive and over the top creative.
MomL, does this mean we will be seeing some of your own field reporting? I don't really understand all of the spinal stuff but I hope you get great news. I have missed you, Mom L.
Lynn, thank you so much. I may stay crying.
Julie, so kind.
YEA!! You are back!!! I've missed you!!!ReplyDelete
I'm glad we are done with the scoring--I never got past 3 or something lame like that. :(
Interns suck. Co-workers pretty much suck. Hell, work sucks.
Hey, I'm gonna have toe-straightening surgery the following week--maybe we can cyber hang out! Hahaha!
Welcome back! No scoring is perfectly fine. There seems to be a lot of blog burnout going around. Whatever makes the blogger happy is perfectly fine with me.ReplyDelete
Lin, yep... work sucks. If only I could play on the PC all day.ReplyDelete
Bom, hey, good to see ya! I may score from time to time but it will not be a major driving force.
I am still playing the At Home Version.
The dog is thrilled beyond words.ReplyDelete
Field Reporters: feel free to mingle with your public
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Maine Space Grant Consortium Scholarship
Phase One Application Deadline: Monday, February 15, 2016 at noon
Phase Two Application Deadline: Monday, February 29, 2016 at noon
Description. The Maine Space Grant Consortium Scholarship and Fellowship Program at Bowdoin College provides summer and academic year research opportunities for Bowdoin students in aerospace-related research, including astronomical, biological, physical, social, earth science, human exploration and development of space, space science, and other science technology, computer or engineering related fields.
Additional Requirements. Within 60 days of the completion of their projects, Maine Space Grant Consortium Fellows must submit a final project report to the Office of Student Fellowships and Research. This report should not exceed five pages and must conform to standard scientific reporting format. In compliance with copyright laws, submitted final reports must be unpublished material. Final reports will be compiled by the Consortium as a compendium to be circulated to NASA officials and affiliate members of the Consortium.
Recipients are expected to conduct research outreach activities that may include one or more of the following:
- Presentation to a local school to share project work and experience
- Presentation of projects at the annual Maine Space Grant Consortium meeting
- Participation in a local or regional Space Grant event to display and present projects
Eligibility. First-years, sophomores, and juniors may apply. Current seniors are ineligible. In addition, applicants must:
- be a US citizen,
- be enrolled as a full-time student at Bowdoin,
- have a GPA of 3.0 or higher (lower GPAs may be considered if there is sufficient justification based on the letter of recommendation and relevant courses taken or enrolled in),
- make a good faith effort at the time of application to identify a NASA researcher who could be a mentor during the project period. The Office of Student Fellowships and Research can answer questions about this eligibility.
Please note: Minorities, women and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply to this program.
APPLICATION PROCESS: Scholarly mentoring is crucial for a positive research fellowship experience. Interested students are encouraged to talk with faculty early in the process so that they can identify a faculty member who will be available and willing to mentor the student throughout the fellowship period.
Please note: If students wish to apply for more than one institutional research fellowship, they need submit only one application indicating which fellowships they are interested in. For example, if a student wishes to apply for a Doherty, Rusack, and Surdna Fellowship, s/he will submit just one application and in that application indicate that s/he would like to be considered for all three fellowships.
Please be reminded that Bowdoin's Honor Code applies to the fellowship application process.
PHASE ONE APPLICATION: The phase one online application (see deadline above) will require you (the student) to provide:
- student name and e-mail address
- contact information for your faculty mentor
- an uploaded PDF of your unofficial academic history from Polaris
- a brief paragraph describing your proposed research (This will not be considered during the evaluation process; it is purely for the benefit of your faculty mentor.)
When you submit your phase one online application, your mentor will receive an e-mail explaining how to submit a letter of support by the phase two deadline, and you will receive a confirmation email with a link to your phase two application. The phase one deadline pertains to student applicants only; the letter of support from your faculty mentor is due by the phase two deadline. If you have any problems or questions, please contact Corey Colwill.
If you are even considering applying for an institutional fellowship, you are encouraged to submit a phase one application. You can withdraw from the process by contacting Corey Colwill and your faculty mentor. There is no need to complete a phase two application if you are no longer interested in being considered for an institutional research fellowhsip.
PHASE TWO APPLICATION: Once you submit your phase one application, you will receive an email with a link to your phase two application. The phase two application will ask for:
- more detailed student identifying information (such as Student ID, SU Box, etc.)
- a two-page, single-spaced project description (for detailed instructions on what your project description should include, please refer to the "Selection" tab of this web page)
- if applicable, budget and justification for up to $500 of research-related expenses
- if your project is based in the humanities, a bibliography of representative primary materials and scholarly studies that will inform your project and that you plan to work with during the period of the fellowship. This bibliography should include at least six items (books, scholarly articles, or similar materials), but should be limited to one single-spaced page. Be sure to follow a bibliographical format (e.g., Chicago MLA) appropriate to your discipline.
Additionally, faculty mentors will be expected to email their letters of recommendation to Corey Colwill (email@example.com) by the phase two deadline.
Please note that there is limited funding available, and the application pool is extremely competitive. As a result, the Internal Student Fellowships Committee has to make very difficult decisions, resulting in some strong applications being left unfunded. An application, however, will be more competitive if it adheres to the following guidelines.
Selection Criteria. Members of the Internal Student Fellowships Committee review applications and base their award decisions on the following:
- Fit with fellowship criteria. The extent to which the proposed project meets the aims of the particular fellowship to which the student is applying should be explicitly stated.
- Relevance and significance of the proposed project. How the proposed activities relate and make an original contribution to the broader scholarly or creative field should be clear.
- Description of the proposed project. The research question or goal should be clearly stated and the methodology, processes and procedures plainly explained. The description should be concise, free of unnecessary jargon (or with specific terms defined) and easy to understand by a non-specialist.
- Feasibility/scope of the proposed project. Evidence that the student has sufficient expertise, gained through previous coursework or research experience, to carry out the proposed project should be clearly outlined. In addition, what the student aims to complete, and by what dates, should be evident. The project should have a reasonable expectation of being completed.
- Candidate's academic record. No GPA minimum is required; however, the transcript should provide evidence of sufficient coursework in the area of the proposed project and grades should indicate a strong understanding of the subject matter and likelihood of being able to carry out the project.
- Potential for learning. How the project will significantly enhance the student's academic development (e.g., completion of an honor's project) and possibly career and personal development (e.g., presentation at a conference, preparation for graduate school) should be clearly stated.
- Faculty mentor's letter of recommendation. The letter of recommendation should evaluate the student's qualifications to carry out the proposed project and assess the appropriateness of the proposed project's scope within the context of the discipline. Letters should also describe the faculty-student mentoring relationship in some detail (e.g., how often will the mentor and student meet, what are the mentor's expectations for the student) and why this plan is appropriate for this project. It is expected that faculty mentors will review student proposals before submission.
- Budget (when applicable). The budget should be comprehensive, specific, and reasonable. All costs should be relevant and essential to the project and be justified in the budget narrative. In general, budgets demonstrating frugality will be more competitive (e.g., shared accommodations, use of public transportation). Information about domestic and international travel costs can be found on the websites of the U.S. General Services Administration and U.S. Department of State, respectively. Students are advised, however, that the rates provided on these websites are in the higher range of what the Internal Student Fellowships Committee would expect to see in a student's budget.
Frequent Problems
- Proposed activity's contribution to the broader field or community not clearly stated.
- Procedures omitted, vaguely stated, or unrelated to the project; project unrealistic or unlikely to succeed.
- Failure to speak adequately to the student's development.
- Failure to demonstrate the student's and the mentor's engagement in the project.
- Inflated or unreasonable budget, or narrative or notes that do not clearly support the budget.
In addition to the above, please also keep in mind:
- Inadequate attention to style raises questions about the student's commitment to the project and likelihood to succeed.
- Brevity and lack of detail in the faculty member's letter of recommendation raise questions about the degree of faculty support for the project.
Stipend/Research Related Expenses. The Maine Space Grant Fellowship carries a $3,200 stipend. Summer fellows agree to commit eight weeks full-time toward the completion of their proposed projects and to refrain from employment during their period of appointment. Academic year fellows agree to carry out their project on a part-time basis over two semesters (i.e., effort approximately equivalent to that of summer fellow).
If requested and approved during the application process, summer and academic year fellows may also be reimbursed for up to $500 for justified research related expenses (e.g., laboratory/art supplies, analytical costs, and travel beyond the local area to conduct field work or to visit an archive).
Should a faculty mentor feel that a fellow is not making sufficient progress toward the research goals set forth in the fellow's proposal, the College reserves the right to discontinue funding.
Housing. Summer Fellows, who are in good disciplinary standing with the College, are eligible to stay in campus housing during the summer. If you elect to live in campus housing over the summer, the College will cover the $600 cost and you will not pay rent. (Please note that for some students this benefit may be taxable.) Summer fellows who live off-campus, whether by choice or due to their standing with the Office of the Dean of Students, will not receive any support for their housing costs. Academic year fellows do not receive any support for housing.
Human/Animal Subjects. Bowdoin College is committed to the proper and humane treatment of all human and animal research subjects.
- Research involving vertebrate animals must be covered by a protocol approved by Bowdoin's Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) before any research can commence. Often a student's research project will fall under the auspices of a faculty member's existing protocol. Talk with your faculty mentor and visit the IACUC website to learn whether you must submit an application to Bowdoin's IACUC. If you are required to submit an application, it must be approved prior to beginning your research and before you can receive your first stipend payment. Please plan to submit your application two months prior to beginning your research.
- If your research involves human subjects, you may be required to submit a protocol application form to Bowdoin's Institutional Research Board (IRB). Please talk with your faculty mentor and visit the IRB website to determine if your project requires IRB review. If IRB review is required, your application must be approved prior to beginning your research and before you can receive your first stipend payment. Please plan to submit your application two months prior to beginning your research.
If you are unsure whether your project needs approval, please contact either the IACUC or IRB chair, depending on whether your research involves vertebrate animals or humans, respectively. The chairs can be contacted via the IACUC and IRB websites.


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COLUMBIA, Ky. (AP) -- An Adair County District Judge has entered a not guilty plea for the man charged with assaulting Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer.
The Lexington Herald-Leader reports District Judge Michael Loy set a preliminary hearing for 18-year-old Kanissa'ai Thompson, during a brief court hearing in Adair County Monday. Thompson is charged with second-degree assault, a felony.
Police say Thompson injured Meyer seriously enough that Meyer required medical treatment, including staples to close a gash on his head. Thompson denies the allegation, saying it was a woman who hit Meyer during a party in December.
Loy also appointed a public defender to represent Thompson and scheduled a preliminary hearing for him for Jan. 16.


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Brain research shows that positive emotions, like gratitude, can benefit our bodies and minds. Feeling grateful for what we have (instead of obsessing about what we don't) helps with many different aspects of our lives — like relieving stress and boosting determination to try again when things don't work out the way we want.
This worksheet can help you start thinking about gratitude. Print out the page and write your answers to the questions in the spaces below. The act of writing down feelings of gratitude can reinforce this powerful emotion.
For a daily reminder to practice gratitude, post your answers where you'll see them each day or keep them in a gratitude journal. Then, make it a habit to pause each day to notice and appreciate what's good in your life.
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text: NORTHRIDGE, Calif. — More than two-thirds of Americans are worried about losing their minds, according to a recent poll released Monday. Or rather, 69% of Americans are concerned about maintaining a healthy, active and sharp mind, the survey, conducted by Opinion Research Corporation on behalf of Pharmavite, found. Almost as many respondents (68%) reported having experienced some form of cognitive decline.


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I always end up playing a game or something when I'm supposed to study. Hey, having fun is a lot more fun than studying, right? What can I do to make the consequences of my action seem more real? I mean, come on, I wouldn't be homeless if I don't study for my exam tomorrow, right?
There is no quick solution to this.
Okay, there is. Read the other comments for some good tips. However, the problem is deeper than that, and if you won't fix it, the problem will keep returning to you later.
Pushing yourself, threatening yourself, punishing yourself, etc. those are all short-term solutions which may save the day, but will leave you more tired. You have to change your mind. As long as you see studying and having fun as opposites, you will always suffer when studying. When you fight against youself, whoever wins, you lose. You have a choice between losing fun or failing at exam. Both options suck, honestly. And you already know that. Let's not pretend otherwise.
I looked at your other question on SE. You say you go to gym every day. Wow, that's impressive! I would like to improve my body, but I couldn't do that, and I would prefer to be a fat computer guy, because that would mean less suffering for me. I mean, going to gym is so boring, exercise is so annoying, and the whole business takes so much time. If I had to do that every day, I would consider it similar to being in prison. Do you agree with me? -- Or does your mind process this situation completely differently? Is there some magical point of view, where all this suffering either disappears or somehow becomes irrelevant? Don't say "willpower", because willpower is just a code for "I don't really know". And I wouldn't believe you. If you can do it, it means it is easy. For you. In your current state of mind. No offense meant, the same thing is true for anyone who manages to do something for a long time without becoming crazy.
Studying is fun. At least for some people. Who belong to the same species as you do. How can they do that? (How can you go to gym every day?) Maybe they don't think about the suffering and "just do it". (You know, the thoughts about suffering are optional. You can turn them off anytime you decide to.) Maybe they don't push themselves, they just get a book, an empty room, turn off all distractions, and let the natural thing happen at its natural pace. (You can read as slowly or as quickly as you wish. You can sit comfortably. Make it as good as possible; just no distractions. You can even get breaks. Just no distractions during the breaks, either.) If you can later talk about what you learned, with anyone, classmate or not, that would be great. It is okay to have good days and bad days, as long as you don't give up after the bad day.
And the easiest way to make the consequences more real, is to take a large piece of paper, colored pencils, and paint a nice picture describing all the good things your current effort is heading towards. (Satisfaction with yourself. Pride for the achievements. Being wise among your friends. A diploma. A big salary. A large house. A private helicopter. Anything else.) Then put the picture on a place you can see every day, preferably where you spend a lot of time. This is your life, this is what you do. Because you enjoy that.
The consequences of your (in)action won't be real until you actually suffer from it.
If you want to go that negative route, visualize that suffering: the embarrassment, the realization that you lost that time and cannot retrieve it, whatever motivates you to do something with a longer-term payoff than the fleeting "thrill" a few hours of video games.
Or, go the positive route and instead visualize the postitive benefits of taking measurable action, of passing your exam and wowing your teacher/professor, the recognition that you're making an investment in yourself and/or your future, etc.
Or, don't allow the time-wasters to be an option, by using timers, tricks, friends, internet blockers, etc. so you don't have any reasonable alternatives during times you should be doing something useful.
Make your studying a game (gamification).
If you like games have you considered trying to create one?
This also many be an indication that you don't like what you are studying.
Your question is an example of instant gratification versus deferred gratification. For example, you are given 20 bucks. There are two choices: either spend it now (instant) or save/invest (deferred) it. If it's used now, it's gone. The future value is zero. If it's used in the future value is 20 dollars + interest (assuming you invested it). By saving it, you can increase the value. The catch is you have to wait.
Should you play games or study? Playing games is now. Studying is investing in your future.
It seems to me that your parents/relatives are paying for your education, and house rent (or you are living with them).
So, your hard earned money will be spent on paying the fees of same class in which you are currently (till you pass) and on the house rent.
You won't have any money to spare for entertainment since your income will be limited and if you don't pass you will certainly be homeless.
You really, really want to beemind your studying! Here's a guest post on the Beeminder blog by a student who did so: http://blog.beeminder.com/gandalf
Beeminder is all about setting up very real consequences, as well as visualizing your progress, which serves as the positive reinforcement.
It's super great, says the co-founder of Beeminder. (Sorry for my shameless plugging! So many questions on the productivity stackexchange are begging for solutions like this, it's hard to help myself. :) I'm happy to plug our competitors as well.)
To me, it's just a matter of priority and practice. No, you will not be homeless if you don't study for the exam, but then why are you going to school in the first place? So, after you've realized that you indeed HAVE to study to pass the exam, graduate, get a decent job etc, it only takes practice. Focus is just a matter of practice. No, you will not be able to study for 8 hours first day, but you will be in a week. Also, don't be too hard on yourself. Take 15-minute breaks every hour, or whatever works for you. Just don't end up making an hour break every 15 minutes :) Remember, practice makes perfect. Good luck!


text: More from SI New Tampa Bay Buccaneers uniform features throwback ora... New Tampa Bay Buccaneers uniform features throwback ora... 'More menacing skull' highlights Tampa Bay Buccaneers g... 'More menacing skull' highlights Tampa Bay Buccaneers g... NFL now has three legitimate Los Angeles stadium sites... NFL now has three legitimate Los Angeles stadium sites... Everything you need to know about the footballs that wi... Everything you need to know about the footballs that wi... Peyton Manning, other NFL Sports Illustrated Sportsmen... Peyton Manning, other NFL Sports Illustrated Sportsmen... Fans celebrate Halloween at stadiums around league in W... Fans celebrate Halloween at stadiums around league in W... NFL unveils new Pro Bowl uniforms NFL unveils new Pro Bowl uniforms Close Tweet0 Share0 Comment0 Share0 Share0 Stumble It0 Print0 More Audibles Jason Babin cut as Philadelphia Eagles focus on the future by Chris Burke Add Favorite Favorite Added Twitter Email Posted: Tue Nov. 27, 2012 Jason Babin has 36 sacks in his last 43 games. (Brad Mills-US PRESSWIRE)The Philadelphia Eagles cut DE Jason Babin, furthering a reluctant youth movement that had been, to this point, mostly brought on by injuries.Babin, 32, has been a Pro Bowler for each of the past two seasons and recorded 18 sacks in 2011 for the Eagles, thriving as a pass rusher in the wide-nine defensive scheme; he fell to 5.5 sacks through the first 11 games of 2012. His release should provide more playing time for third-year end Brandon Graham and rookie Vinny Curry -- the latter of the two made his NFL debut on Monday night against Carolina after being inactive for Philadelphia's first 10 games."By releasing (Babin) today, this gives us an opportunity to give more playing time to some of the younger guys in the rotation," Andy Reid said Tuesday, according to Les Bowen of the Philadelphia Daily News.Claiming Babin off waivers would put a team on the hook for the remainder of the $5.575 million he's owed this year (approximately $1.65 million), plus $4.225 in 2013 and $6 million in 2014 and '15. The Bengals and Lions both employ the wide-nine look under which Babin thrived, but he may find other interested parties out there.The 3-8 Eagles, meanwhile, are headed full bore into preparations for the 2013 season.It's likely no coincidence that Curry's arrival on the game roster coincided with Babin's eventual release. The Eagles used a second-round pick on Curry back in April, then made him a healthy scratch en route to a 3-7 start. Reid maintained all along that Curry was progressing, but he was stuck behind Trent Cole, Babin, Darryl Tapp and Graham at a crowded defensive end spot.With Babin out of the picture, Curry should at least stay active for the Eagles' remaining five games and may wind up splitting time with Graham opposite Cole -- Graham saw 31 snaps Monday to Curry's 22; Babin played 41.Even with Graham and Curry waiting in the wings, though, Babin's departure comes as a surprise. The Eagles locked up Cole this offseason through 2017, and they appeared to be set at the defensive end position for the immediate future.Instead, Cole will now go about his business while the Eagles try to figure out if any of their other DE options can be his sidekick in the coming seasons. And Philadelphia's decision to send Babin packing could be another team's gain, especially if Babin steps in wherever he winds up and provides some veteran punch through the end of the season. More Audibles


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7 Nov 2012 2:29 AM #1
Unanswered: ReOrdering of child nodes within the parent
i have created a Treepanel using a treestore. i need to reorder [move the child node up and down within the parent] on click of a button. is this possible ???
i have been trying to achive the same by reomiving the seleted node and insert the same node again
but the problem am facing is when i remove a node the code written after is not executing, even thoug the node gets deleted from the treepanel but a new node is not being added/inserted when debuged it
I tried using a button upArrow
.addSelectionListener(new SelectionListener<ButtonEvent>() {
public void componentSelected(ButtonEvent ce) {
BeanModel selItem = treePanel.getSelectionModel().getSelectedItem();
BeanModel parent = treePanel.getStore().getParent(selItem);
List<BeanModel> childrens = treePanel.getStore().getChildren(parent, true);
for(BeanModel child : childrens){
treePanel.getStore().remove(child); // this works well for the nodes not being selected, for selected node it throws Targetinvocationexception.
treePanel.getStore().add(parent, childrens, true); // Doesnt get executed at all
let me know if any this is wrong or suggest me a proper solution for moving the children within the parent and i have to have this funcionality on click of a button.
14 Nov 2012 6:03 AM #2
got the solution i had added two listners for treePanel
1 listner for Checkbox and also for TreePanel.getSelectionModel() listner so when tried to remove the node it was trying to remover the nodes twice.
so removed one listner and added treepanel.onClick instead of getSelectionModel() listner.
14 Nov 2012 6:11 AM #3
I am stuck up with another problem. when Expanding the node i am trying to sort the Childrens byt
Collections.sort(childrens, new Comparator<BeanModel>() {
public int compare(BeanModel f1,
BeanModel f2) {}});
so after sorting i am removing the childrens from the Treepanel
store.removeAll(parent); // removing as this was not sorted from the server.
store.add(parent, childrens, true);// addign the sorted children based on the sequence value
here i am able to get the Nodes displayed on the UI but the problem is not able to get the checkbox, inspite of
store.sort("defaultValue", SortDir.ASC);
if i comment the bold part above checkbox is visible.
let me know if am missing anything here


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Holy Guacamole!
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SQL Server Essentials for Oracle DBAs: (04) Data Objects
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Module 4 examines in greater detail the schema objects introduced in Module 2. While all schema objects are mentioned, of particular interest are tables, the type of data they can hold, and their storage layout. A proper understanding of data types and storage architecture of tables and indexes is useful in many aspects of database design and administration, such as fragmentation, capacity planning, etc. A mapping of the native data types from Oracle to SQL Server provides the student with a very good reference on what data types are compatible and what are not.
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Here is pano shot during snow-shoes trekking (not much snow in fact so mainly regular trekking) during Christmas holidays at family in french Pyrenees). Most far mountains around are at 300km, so pretty important view. You can see the biggest talc quarry (closed at that time of the year) and also view on large ski resort Bonascre.
Panorama depuis le Rocher de Scaramus by Vincèn PUJOL - SkiVR, on Flickr
Flash interactive version on that link: http://www.skivr.com/?p=1431
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