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11-06236 Redmond, Brooke Trustee v. CJD & Associates a/k/a Davidson-Babcock (Doc. # 20) - Document Text
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- Published: 01 August 2012
- Written by Judge Somers
SIGNED this 26th day of July, 2012.
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In Re:
BROOKE CORPORATION, et. al.,
Chapter 7 Trustee of Brooke
Corporation, Brooke Capital
Corporation, and Brooke Investments,
CJD & ASSOCIATES a/k/a
(jointly administered)
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Chapter 7 Trustee of Brooke
Corporation, Brooke Capital
Corporation, and Brooke Investments,
DAVIDSON-BABCOCK, INC., a/k/a
CJD & Associates,
Defendants CJD & Associates (CJD) and Davidson-Babcock, Inc. (D-B)
(collectively Defendants) move for summary judgment on the complaints of the Chapter 7
Trustee of the estates of Brooke Corporation, Inc., Brooke Capital Corporation, and
Brooke Investments, Inc. (Trustee) to avoid allegedly preferential transfers and fraudulent
conveyances to CJD of approximately 8.6 million dollars.1 The complaints against the
two Defendants are identical, with the exception of the addition in the Amended
Complaint against D-B of allegations that it is liable for the allegedly avoidable transfers
1 This Court has jurisdiction over the parties and the subject matter pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§
157(a) and 1334(a) and (b), and the Standing Order of the United States District Court for the District of
Kansas that exercised authority conferred by § 157(a) to refer to the District's bankruptcy judges all
matters under the Bankruptcy Code and all proceedings arising under the Code or arising in or related to a
case under the Code, effective July 10, 1984. Furthermore, this Court may hear and finally adjudicate this
matter because it is a core proceeding pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 157(b)(2)(F) and (H). There is no
objection to venue or jurisdiction over the parties.
Case 11-06236 Doc# 20 Filed 07/26/12 Page 2 of 14
to CJD as the successor in interest to CJD. The facts and arguments in the motions,
responses, and replies filed in the CDJ and the D-B adversary cases are identical.
Although discovery is far from complete, Defendants2 move for summary
judgment on three defenses - judicial estoppel, strict foreclosure, and waiver. The
Trustee3 opposes the motions based upon both the substantive law and because of the
presence of material factual disputes.4
The following facts are uncontroverted for purposes of the motions for summary
Plaintiff is the Chapter 7 Trustee of Debtors Brooke Corporation, Brooke Capital
Corporation, and Brooke Investments. Prior to October 28, 2008, when Debtors filed for
relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, CJD, a Kansas limited liability company,
was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Brooke Brokerage Corporation (Brooke Brokerage),
who in turn was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Brooke Corporation. CJD conducted an
insurance brokerage business under the name Davidson-Babcock. In the adversary
complaint against CJD, the Trustee alleges that prepetition numerous transfers were made
2 CJD appears by Paul D. Sinclair and Brendan L. McPherson of Polsinelli Shughart PC.
3 The Trustee appears by Benjamin F. Mann, John J. Cruciani, and Michael D. Fielding of Husch
Blackwell LLP.
4 Since the facts which are uncontroverted as sufficient for the Court to deny the motions, this
opinion does not address issues relating to the Trustee's compliance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure
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by Brooke Capital and Brooke Corporation to CJD, which can be avoided as preferential
transfers or fraudulent conveyances and recovered from defendant CJD for the benefit of
the estates. By virtue of the transactions described below which resulted in defendant DB,
an Iowa corporation, acquiring the assets of CJD in 2009, the Trustee contends in the
complaint against D-B that it has liability as the successor in interest to CJD for avoided
transfers made to CJD.5
On May 21, 2008, NCMIC Finance Corporation (NFC) loaned Brooke
Corporation $2.5 million dollars. The loan was 100% guaranteed by Brooke Brokerage
and secured by Brooke Brokerage's delivery to NFC of a certificate for 100% of the
common stock of CJD. Brooke Corporation defaulted on the loan, and NFC became
entitled to foreclose on the collateral.
The collateral was described as "stock," and a "stock" certificate was delivered to
NFC. The parties agree that CJD was a Kansas limited liability company and that the
collateral was Brooke Brokerage's 100% ownership interest in CJD, not stock. But the
use of the term "stock" rather than membership interest in the loan documents and
elsewhere is not relevant to the issues before the Court.
In October, 2008, Debtors filed a voluntary petition under Chapter 11. Albert
Riederer was appointed Chapter 11 Trustee. On December 22, 2008, the Chapter 11
5 At oral argument, counsel for Defendants asserted that CJD is dissolved and forfeited its charter
on July 15, 2010.
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Trustee filed an Emergency Motion6 requesting that the Court permit him to abandon the
stock of CJD to NFC as the holder of a security interest in the stock securing the loan,
which was then in default. The Chapter 11 Trustee alleged that CJD was conducting
business as an insurance broker, but, as a result of the bankruptcy filing of Brooke
Corporation and two of its affiliates, CJD was unable to maintain its existing business and
was rapidly losing valuable insurance company general agency contracts. The Chapter 11
Trustee further alleged that "unless immediate action is taken to consummate this
abandonment, CJD's business will have no value to anyone" and that the "Debtor has no
equity in the stock of CJD and the stock has no value and is of no benefit to the estate."7
The Court granted the emergency motion.
On January 15, 2009, NFC and Brooke Brokerage enter into Agreement to Accept
Collateral in Satisfaction of Obligations (Agreement). Collateral is defined in the
Agreement as 100% of the common stock of CJD, a wholly owned subsidiary of Brooke
Brokerage. The Agreement recites that "The Secured Creditor [NFC] has fully performed
under the Note, and neither the Debtor [Brooke Brokerage] nor Brooke [Brooke Corp.]
has any claim or cause of action against the Secured Creditor with respect to the Note or
the Collateral."8 NFC agreed to accept the Collateral in full satisfaction of the Brooke
Brokerage's obligation to NFC, as provided in UCC 9-620(c)(2). The parties
6 Case 8-22786, dkt. 326.
7 Id.
8 Dkt.12-3.
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acknowledged and agreed, that under UCC 9-622, NFC's acceptance of the collateral (I)
discharged the obligations of Brooke Brokerage under the guarantee, but did not waive or
discharge NFC's claim against Brooke Corporation with respect to the note; (ii)
transferred to NFC all of Brooke Brokerage's interest in the collateral; and (iii)
discharged the security interest, which Brooke Brokerage and NFC acknowledged, to the
best of their knowledge was the only lien or security interest in the collateral. NFC also
agreed upon satisfaction of certain conditions, it would pay Brooke Corp. $50,000, which
payment has been made. When moving for the order to allow abandonment of Brooke
Brokerage's interest in CJD, agreeing to the strict foreclosure, and entering into the
Agreement, the Chapter 11 Trustee did not disclose the possibility of preference or
fraudulent conveyance claims against CJD.
After the 100% membership interest in CJD was acquired by NFC through the
strict foreclosure, D-B, the Defendant Iowa corporation, was formed to acquire the assets
of CJD. The Defendants allege that approximately 2.9 million dollars has been invested
in D-B to resurrect the business of CJD, but the Trustee controverts this fact because
discovery has not been undertaken.
On June 29, 2009, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order converting the Debtors'
Bankruptcy proceedings to Chapter 7. Albert Riederer was appointed Chapter 7 Trustee.
Plaintiff Redmond is the successor to Albert Riederer as Chapter 7 Trustee of the
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Judicial estoppel is Defendants' primary argument in support of summary
judgment. Defendants urge that the Trustee should be estopped from pursuing the
avoidance claims based upon the positions taken by the Chapter 11 Trustee in the
Emergency Motion and the Agreement. Equitable arguments in favor of the Defendants
abound. A case of unfairness as to the claim against B-D under these facts is readily
apparent. The membership interest in CJD, which had no value to the Debtors' estates,
was acquired by NFC; the possibility of claims against CJD was not disclosed; NFC
transferred the assets of CJD to B-D; and B-D invested significant sums to revitalize the
business of CJD. The Chapter 7 Trustee now seeks to recover 8.66 million dollars from
B-D, and CJD, far more than CJD was worth when the membership interest was
transferred in strict foreclosure. But application of judicial equitable estoppel does not
rest upon fairness.
The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals describes the doctrine of judicial estoppel as
The Supreme Court first recognized the doctrine of judicial
estoppel in New Hampshire v. Maine. The Court explained
that the doctrine's "purpose is to protect the integrity of the
judicial process by prohibiting parties from deliberately
changing positions according to the exigencies of the
moment." New Hampshire, 532 U.S. at 749-50, 121 S.Ct.
1808 (internal citation and quotations omitted). In other
words, "the rule is intended to prevent improper use of
judicial machinery." Id. at 750, 121 S.Ct. 1808 (internal
Case 11-06236 Doc# 20 Filed 07/26/12 Page 7 of 14
quotations omitted). While the Court recognized the
circumstances under which a court might invoke judicial
estoppel will vary, three factors "typically inform the decision
whether to apply the doctrine in a particular case." Id. First, a
party's subsequent position must be "'clearly inconsistent'"
with its former position. Id. Next, a court should inquire
whether the suspect party succeeded in persuading a court to
accept that party's former position, "so that judicial
acceptance of an inconsistent position in a later proceeding
would create the perception that either the first or the second
court was misled[.]" Id. (emphasis added) (internal quotations
omitted). Finally, the court should inquire whether the party
seeking to assert an inconsistent position would gain an unfair
advantage in the litigation if not estopped. Id. at 751, 121
S.Ct. 1808.9
Hence, the essence of the doctrine is preclusion of a present position which is clearly
inconsistent with the party's prior position which was judicially approved.
The Defendants' arguments in support of the contention that the Trustee has taken
clearly inconsistent positions compares the allegations of the avoidance actions with the
representations made in the Emergency Motion. Defendants state in their memoranda in
support of summary judgment as follows:
In the Emergency Motion, Riederer represented both
that "[t]he Debtor has no equity in the stock of CJD and the
stock has no value and is of no benefit to the estate" and that
"[t]he emergency nature of this sale is that unless immediate
action is taken to consummate this abandonment, CJD's
business will have no value to anyone. The former trustee
certainly did not disclose the fact that it has an $8.66 million
avoidance claim against an alleged insider when it made its
representations to this Court or to NFC. Succinctly stated, the
former trustee took $50,000 in consideration for CJD for the
9 Eastman v. Union Pacific R. Co., 493 F.3d 1151, 1156 (10th Cir. 2007).
Case 11-06236 Doc# 20 Filed 07/26/12 Page 8 of 14
benefit of the estates, did not disclose that it would later sue
CJD, and now has sued CJD for an amount in excess of $8
The Court rejects this argument. There is no inconsistency. In the Emergency
Motion, the Chapter 11 Trustee stated that Debtor's interest in CJD had no value - it was
a membership interest which was fully encumbered by a lien of approximately 2.5 million
dollars. A representation in the Emergency Motion that the estates had no avoidance
claims against CJD would create an inconsistency, but there is no such representation.
The assertion of the avoidance actions against CJD, the entity, over two years after the
filing of the Emergency Motion, is independent of the right to abandon the membership
interest. And, assuming that at the time the Emergency Motion was filed, the Chapter 11
Trustee had knowledge of the avoidance claims against CJD, a very doubtful assumption,
Defendants point to no legal obligation of the Chapter 11 Trustee to disclose such
potential claim against CJD in the Emergency Motion.
The presence of clearly inconsistent positions taken before the court is the essence
of judicial estoppel. Since Defendants fail to show clearly inconsistent positions, the
Court does not address the additional elements of the defense and denies summary
judgment under the doctrine of judicial estoppel based upon the absence of clearly
inconsistent positions.
10 Case no. 11-06236, dkt. 12 at 12.
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When contending that they are entitled to summary judgment, Defendants next
argue that "[a]ny preference or fraudulent transfer claims were terminated as subordinate
claims under the Uniform Commercial Code when NFC accepted its collateral, . . .."11
Understanding of this defense requires examination of the Agreement and relevant
sections of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC).
As stated in the Agreement and in accord with § 9-620(c)(2) of the UCC, Brooke
Brokerage agreed to NFC's acceptance of the collateral, Brooke Brokerage's 100%
membership interest in CJD, in full satisfaction of Brooke Brokerage's obligation as
guarantor of the note of Brooke Corporation owed to NFC. Section 9-622 addresses the
effect of acceptance of collateral as follows:
(A) Effect of acceptance. A secured party's acceptance of
collateral in full or partial satisfaction of the obligation it
(1) Discharges the obligation to the extent consented to
by the debtor;
(2) transfers to the secured party all of a debtor's rights
in the collateral;
(3) discharges the security interest or agricultural lien
that is the subject of the debtor's consent and any
subordinate security interest or other subordinate lien;
(4) terminates any other subordinate interest.
This section of the UCC is reflected in the Agreement which provides that the acceptance
of the Collateral in full satisfaction had the effect of: (1) discharging the secured
11 Id. at 15.
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guarantee obligation of Brooke Brokerage; (2) transferring to NFC all of Brooke
Brokerage's interest in the collateral; and (3) discharging the security interest granted by
Brooke Brokerage, which to the best of the knowledge of NFC and Brooke Brokerage
was the only lien or security interest in the membership interest collateral.
According to Defendants, even though not mentioned in the Agreement, the
Trustee's avoidance claims against CJD are "subordinate interests" which were
terminated as a matter of law by the acceptance of the collateral under 9-622(a)(4). But
this is not a correct interpretation of the UCC. The discharge of security interests under §
9-622(a)(3) and the termination of subordinate interests under § 9-622(a)(4) refer to
interests in the collateral.12 These subsections must be read in conjunction with § 9-621,
which requires the secured party proposing to accept collateral in full satisfaction of a
debt to give notice of the proposed strict foreclosure to parties claiming an interest in the
collateral and holders of liens in the collateral. If none of these parties object to the
proposal, upon completion of the acceptance of the collateral, their interests are
discharged under § 9-622(a)(3). Even if the secured party did not give such notice to the
holder of an interest, that subordinate interest is terminated under § 9-622(a)(4), but the
secured party may have liability under § 9-625.13 There is nothing in § 9-621, § 9-625,
12 Official Comment to 9-622 ¶ 2 ("Paragraphs (2) through (4) indicate the effects of an
acceptance on various property rights and interests."); 9C Frederick H. Miller & Neil B. Cohen,
Hawkland Uniform Commercial Code Series § 9-622:2 [Rev] (Federick H. Miller updated through June
2012, available at http://www.Westlaw.com) ("Section 9-622(b)[Rev] provides that a subordinate interest
in the collateral is discharged even if the secured party does not comply with Article 9.")
13 Official Comment to § 9-622, ¶ 2.
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and § 9-625 addressing the release of claims against anything other than the collateral.
An avoidance claim against the entity, the interest in which was collateral for the
loan, is not a subordinate interest in the collateral for purposes of § 9-622(a)(4). Strict
foreclosure did not terminate the Trustee's claims.
Defendants' third argument in favor of summary judgment is waiver. It is based
upon the recital in the Agreement which states, "The Secured Creditor [NFC] has fully
performed under the Note, and neither the Debtor [Brooke Brokerage Corporation] nor
Brooke [Corporation] has any claim or cause of action against the Secured Creditor with
respect to the Note or the Collateral." Collateral is defined to mean "100% of the
common stock of CJD & Associates, LLC." According to Defendants, the
acknowledgment of the absence of claims against NFC with respect to the membership
interest in CJD is equivalent to the acknowledgment of the absence of claims against the
CJD, the entity, whose membership interest was acquired by NFC.
This is an erroneous position. First, the recital relates to claims against NFC, to
whom the membership interest was surrendered, not against the two Defendants in these
adversary cases, CJD and B-D, the alleged successor to CJD. Second, under Kansas law,
a membership interest is distinct from the limited liability company. A membership
interest in a limited liability company is personal property.14 And the debts, obligations,
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and liabilities of the limited liability company are solely the obligations of the limited
liability company, not the personal obligation of the member of the company by virtue of
the holding of the membership interest.15 "[I]t is legally wrong to conclude that a member
holding a majority ownership interest in a limited liability company owns the company
property."16 Therefore the absence of claims against a membership interest is unrelated to
the presence or absence of claims against the limited-liability company itself.
Defendants' conflation of the 100% membership interest in CJD with CJD, the
entity, permeates each of the defenses on which the summary judgment motions rely.
According to Defendants, "100% of the ownership of CJD, an LLC with a sole member
means CJD."17 The only case cited in support is Albright.18 It held where a debtor, on the
date her Chapter 7 petition was filed, was the only member of a Colorado limited liability
company, debtor's bankruptcy filing effectively assigned her entire membership interest
in the limited liability company to Chapter 7 estate, and the Chapter 7 Trustee obtained all
of her rights, including right to control management of the LLC. In this case the issue is
not control of the limited liability company; it is assertion of claims against the limited
liability company. In neither the Agreement nor the Emergency Motion did the Chapter
11 Trustee waive any claims against CJD.
16 In re Tax Exemption of Kouri Place, L.L.C., 44 Kan. App.2d 467, 470, 239 P.3d 96, (2010).
17 Case no.11-06236, dkt. 14 at 18.
18 In re Albright, 291 B.R. 538 (Bankr. D. Colo. 2003).
Case 11-06236 Doc# 20 Filed 07/26/12 Page 13 of 14
For the foregoing reason, Defendants' motions for summary judgment are denied.
Defendants have not established the defenses of judicial estoppel, termination of claims
through strict foreclosure, or waiver on which their motions are premised.
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I want to install rvm on my Snow Leopard machine.
It says I need to add a line to my
.bashrc file (I'm using bash) but where is my
.bashrc file?
I want to install rvm on my Snow Leopard machine.
It says I need to add a line to my
Regarding the problem with
On most systems,
See the Bash Reference Manual, section 6.2 Bash Startup Files
On my Mac (Running Leopard), there was no line to source
On some systems and other OSes,
To be honest the distinction between
So turns out that on Mac OS X Snow Leopard as well as Mac OS X Lion, the file that's loaded is called
What you want to do is create a file in
Put whatever information you needed to load with each instance of bash there (Thanks, thepurplepixel).
A couple of side notes:
Edit: Chris Page notes (correctly) that whatever you place in a .profile file will apply to whatever shell you're using (i.e. zhs, bash, et cetera). If you want the contents to affect only the bash shell, place the contents in a
You have to make your own
I find that in my OS 10.6.5 the bash settings are in "/etc/bashrc". I think this is the toplevel specifications for shell.
However, you need a root account to modify it. The local per-user specifications "~/.bashrc" should start with the following snippet, to read and load the system-level bash settings:
I normally add aliases in the system level bashrc so that all users can access them as well. Unless they don't want to use your shortcuts and aliases.
Good luck!
Use the .profile file to add anything that you would add to a linux .bashrc file.
For example
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WOODSFIELD - The Washington Township/village of Graysville area was selected Monday by the Monroe County commissioners as the proposed investment area for the 2013 Neighborhool Development Program.
Two public meetings have been scheduled for April 27 and May 4 with dinner at 5 p.m. and the meeting at 6.
Mary Jo Westfall, Extension Office associate, who works on grants for the county, emphasized the importance of attendance at these meetings, because citizen participation is considered to be important when the successful grant applicant is chosen.
Several proposed projects already have been selected, and these will be discussed and considered at the public meetings. Final decisions on the projects to be submitted will be made at the May 4 session.
The entities and the proposed projects are:
Washington Township:
Village of Graysville:
Graysville and Community Volunteer Fire Department:
Community center:
If this section of Monroe County is chosen on the state level as an investment area, $300,000 will be available for projects.
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The age between 6 and 8 years old marks the first half of middle childhood years. (Middle childhood: 6-11 years old.) There are many changes physically, socially, and emotionally. By this age, children can dress themselves, have a growing sense of right and wrong, become more independent, and are interested in friends and social settings.
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I love making our own bread - we rarely buy shop bought, but it tends to go off very quickly. Part of the appeal is that it doesn't have any "junk" in it - artificial preservatives - which I'm sure contributes to the lovely flavour. Is there anything natural I can add to it to stop it going mouldy so fast?
My whole wheat bread takes 4x to go off than my white bread. Even a mixture of 50% whole wheat flour will make it last longer. But that will only help if the problem is the bread getting hard too soon. That can also be prevented by keeping it in a plastic bag. You'll get the mold before the bread goes stale.
If you're keeping the bread in a plastic bag, try paper bags.
To solve the mold problem, the traditional way is to add some acidity. For example, you can add a sourdough starter. If you don't like the taste of sourdough, a poolish starter should also help. The bacteria it grows will prevent the mold growing.
I know it's not what you're asking, but freezing will also help. When you bake more bread than you eat, freeze it wrapped in a plastic bag and thaw it overnight and you will get a good, fresh bread.
Honey is considered a natural preservative. Try adding 2 Tbsp of honey, or replacing the sugar in your recipe with honey.
Do a google search for 'honey natural preservative' and you'll find lots of references.
Rather than adding a preservative, slice whatever bread you can't eat within one or two days (or whatever period it is before your bread goes 'off') and freeze it wrapped in heavy-duty aluminum foil. Whenever you'd like some of that bread, either thaw it in advance or warm in a toaster or toaster oven before eating.
Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) is a natural preservative. A little also helps the yeast grow (you will find it in many commercial dough enhancers). When I make bread I use Fruit Fresh, a powdered vitamin C with some sugar used to preserve fruit in canning and freezing. I use about 1/4 teaspoon per loaf. I don't know if that is enough to provide additional preservative power, but it is worth a try as it has no downside. Of course you can just get some vitamin c tablets and crush them but it will take some experimentation to figure out how much to add.
I bake sourdough bread and if I put in clean sealed plastic bags it molds in 3-4 days. I finally gave up storing it in the bread box. I freeze the extra loaves when I bake. To keep the sourdough from going bad I now keep it in the fridge. I keep it in sealed plastic bags and add a couple of saltine crackers as a moisture absorbent. Keeps for days.
Although they will materially change the profile of the bread you are baking, dried fruits will do a lot to keep bread from molding, especially raisins. Cinnamon will also do this, but will reduce the activity of the yeast in the rising bread as well.
A dear friend of mine is from Greece, and he once told me a story that before WWII, no one in Greece really ate cinnamon raisin bread. But after the war, huge amounts of it was flown in from the USA to feed the hungry population, chosen because it was known to keep for long periods of time. Apparently, now it is a common thing to eat there.
One commercial bread company has switched preservatives... They use vinegar (I suspect ordinary white vinegar).
Maybe you could give a little bit of vinegar a go and see how that works? You can still smell it if you sniff and sandwiches do have a faint vinegar flavour, but it seems to work well enough for the company and it apparently hasn't sabotaged the product line...
Then again, it /is/ commercial bread...
The big problem is touching the bread with your fingers after it is baked. Your finger will put mold spores on your bread.
I have made bread that will last 3 weeks in my tropical climate by the following procedure:
You can also use citric acid, I use about a 1/2 tsp of citric acid. It does not do anything for the taste it just perserves. Also, push your dough down and let it rise more than once, I push mine down after the first rise then after the second then on the third I put it in my bread pan and let it rise again but this time in the oven, then after it rises I turn on the oven. It also makes for a lighter bread, more wholes helps it breath better when stored.
Hope it helps.
I have read bread labels that list preservatives; one was calcium propionate and sorbic acid found in Thomas English Muffins. You can look at your own bakery's labels and see if you can obtain the preservative from the baker, grocer, or drugstore.
First use 50% white Flour and 50% dark flour. This will help allready to make it last at least a couple of days longer then plain white flour. Also make sure you use Type 00 flour. This also is better to use and last longer. Now it can stay at least a week in very good eatable condition. Using olive oil in stead of butter, and changing sugar into honey, will make sure you can dry store this bread at for 1,5 week before it goed bad.
The best way I've found to keep my homemade bread fresh is to refrigerate it. After it's cooled to room temp I put it in a plastic bread bag and refrigerate. I make 1/2 whole wheat, 1/2 white flour bread and this is the only thing that keeps it from going moldy on me before I can finish it. My recipe makes a 2 lb. loaf. I put honey in it instead of sugar, but without the refrigeration still turns moldy within 3-4 days. I've tried adding ascorbic acid powder and a couple other things mentioned and they don't work for me. Just refrigerate.
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I have been wanting to travel to Socotra, Yemen to see the dragonblood trees and bizarrely beautiful landscapes for a while now, but given the current instability in the rest of Yemen, is it advisable? Are Socotrans heavily involved in the current goings on or are they somewhat isolated from it? If so, are there ways of getting to Socotra which bypass the more dangerous parts of Yemen?
Sorry for answering my own question, but it looks like all flights currently go through larger Yemeni cities, and traveling by boat is likely to be just as dangerous due to Somali pirates. From the Australian Government's Travel Advisories for Yemen:
The trees look amazing!
According to Wikitravel:
And at least one website claims it's totally safe, at least in the tourist areas, which is certainly where the trees will be:


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Aluminium Sprocket cover for the F650GS. It's better for riding off road, where the original cover can be jammed with mud. Open design allows easier inspection of the countershaft sprocket.
Compared to the 300-0115, this solid cover around the front contains some the chain grime which would be thrown forward onto the engine case.


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'No' vote will remain 'no' vote
March 3, 2013
To the editor: I am writing in regards to the failure of the Edison Local School District levy....
Great letter Margaret. Mine will also remain a NO. Remember to vote against the incumbent school board members that keep allowing the district to keep putting this on the ballot. The school board works for the voters and the majority have told them we don't want the levies. They work for us not the school district administrators.
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I respect your opinion, but the board of education did not "try to sneak" anything past the voters. It was on the news and in the paper. Moteman make sure you start planning your campaign. I cant wait to see your name on the ballot. Let me guess, you wont run but will keep condeming the people who are trying. Board members are your elected officials to to the school district. They are to do what is in the best interest for the district and childfren, not what is in the best interest for Moteman. Go on line and read the school board members code of ethics.
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GTFC, was eliminating transportation for high school students in the best interests of the children that don't drive, don't own cars, who's parents work and cannot transport them to class, that may not have any other way whatsoever to get to school?
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GTFC it is my right to vote any way I want, and you seem to want to take that right away from me and, anyone that disagrees with the school levies. Why I even respond to you is something I am starting to question. One thing you don't seem to understand it doesnt matter what the school boad code of ethics says. It is what the voters say, and if we won't vote for school boad member because they blindly go along with school adminstrators you can't stop it. Anyone that wants to be a school board member better start listing to the voters.
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RPG-THERE IS NO MONEY FOR BUSSING! You wanted the board to cut and they did. They are closing a school,cutting bussing and approx 25 positions. Moteman you are correct. The voters have spoken. You are getting what you wanted. Moteman, I only respond when you post unfounded items on this site. I didnt call anyone a "loser" like someone did on the Weirton Times site in regard to this letter. Once again I look foward to Moteman and RPG running for schoolboard of course we wont know who you are. I applaud the schoolboard who are INVOLVED in the district, support the district and kids, attend all of the events and why, because they care.
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I disagree GTFC. Layoff teachers. How many of those 25 positions eliminated were teachers, I'd like to know. Next, ask the remaining teachers to take a collective pay cut to save the district perhaps pay for their benefits like the rest of us. If they do not comply, layoff to the absolute bare minimum. If that means 30 students for 1 teacher, that it is what it is. You still never answered my question. Was cutting bussing in the best interests of the children that cannot drive to school ,find a ride, or rely upon their parents for transport to and from school? Answer that question before hurling criticism at me please.
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Valleyman I doubt that will happen. I would guess a consolidation of several schools and the tax rates will be recalculated. Even if I get a small millage increase it won't be as high as the 9.4 then the 4 or 5 mils they are going to ask for to build new school.
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Still waiting on that answer GTFC.
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I'm sure I will upset some folks on here with this comment, but oh well. I'm tired of hearing people complain about being set on a fixed income and not being able to afford the rise (albeit small) in their taxes. Every community in the state and across the nation has retirees in it. Somehow those individuals not working any longer have the ability to survive financially. So, why can the public that belongs to Edison not afford to do the same? I swear, the people of that school district won't be happy until the school system is financially run into the ground and becomes defunct. Then, potentially increased taxes from neighboring districts will be forced upon the unwilling tax payers of Northern Jefferson County.
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RPG. In the long run, yes cutting the bussing will be in the best interest for the kids and the district. The district will still be able to be solvent and provide them with the "BEST" education in the county. Lets remember you cant educate kids if you the district cant run. RPG, if you are so concerned about Edison, step up and support it.
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WOW! Do you have any words for the kids and parents that don't have a way to get to school?
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Takeoff. Edison doesn't have much if any welfare housing. There are an over abundance of retired and laid off workers that can't afford the tax. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Another thing you neglect to think about is once you have retired that income never goes up. Yes your SS does go up if inflation gets higher but not enough to cover the higher cost of Food. heating fuel or fuel for your car to travel to purchase your food. After 10 years of retirement if you haven't seen to your own needs you could be in trouble. Seniors are not getting supported by the tax payers. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++=+========== Taxes went up with out the levy. This district is hurting not the schools, the people living here. The voters are stepping up supporting their selves first. Move to Steub. or Toronto where they have welfare housing to vote for their levies.
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Takeoff+++ Under Obummer gas prices have went up around 2 dollars a gallon. Heating fuel and electricity also skyrocketed. Do you know how much of a cost of living raise seniors have gotten since Obummer? We have got one cost of living raise. About 40 to 60 dollars a month while medicare has increased each year to take most of that. So in the last three years seniors actually are getting less than when Obummer took office with everything getting higher. +++++++++++++++I have a feeling the vote will always be NO!
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Yes I do RPG. Thank the voters such as you that do not take responsility to help fund the schools. Many times people on here have said, " I dont have any kids in the school so let other people fund it." That is not how the system works, like it or not. Kasich is not giving the district any more money, because the district has the capability of raising money by passing a levy. Unfortunately, Edison is considered a "RICH" district due to propery values. Until the legilature changes the way schools are funded, levies will still be placed on the ballot. REGARDLESS of who the school board members or administrators are.
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FYI. Going forward I am not responding to you nor Moteman in the future. You dont want to debate facts, but just make excuses of why people cant afford it or why people wont support it. Please keep voting no as it is your right and I will keep supporting Edison as is my right.
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GTFC and takeoff Just read this. I think I am going on welfare and then vote for the. levie s. A person on welfare gets not only a check but a debit card free hosing, free cellphone and internet. with all they get a working person would have to make 80 thousand a year.pretty good. for staying home and leaching off working people. Let me get on welfare and i'll vote for your levies.
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I agree Moteman. I'd vote for the free stuff if it were "free" for me too.
GTFC, here is the problem. People with no stake in the game can play their hand; they collect on it if they win and walk away from the table unscathed if they lose. Why should the property owners be the only ones that foot the bill.
GTFC, You mad bro? We are engaging in an ongoing conversation about this. Taking your ball and running for home is a good sign you are losing.
The taxpayers want to be respected as much, if not more so than the tax consumers.
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No RPG, I am not losing. However, there is better use of my time working with people who want to try and support the district. I already know how you and Moteman feel about Edison. No reason to beat a dead horse. I respect your opinion, but we just happen to disagree.
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FREE? The teachers take free handouts? You say that as if teachers do not work at all for a paycheck. Granted, teachers do not physically break their backs when it comes to educating our youth. But you are sadly mistaken if you believe there is no mental or emotional exhaustion experienced by educators. Most of the time, it is a result of dealing with behavioral or parental issues more so than educational issues. Let's not forget the hundreds of hours and dollars teachers are required of on a regular basis to continue their education and professional development. So much goes on the behind the scenes of education that the public refuses to acknowledge. Again, ignorance prevails.
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These fiscal problems will continue until the State steps in and mandates a minimum number of students for a school district to exist as the political entity they are. It will never occur locally, since BOE members and administrators have selfish interests. Can you imagine a BOE electing to consolidate? There should only be one school district in Jefferson, Belmont, Harrison and Caroll counties due to the low population. Taxes will be lower as a result, and this endless levy seeking would come to an end.
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Takeoff2011, the mental exhaustion that teachers experience is minimal compared to your average worker around here. I'll take little Jimmy cursing at me over pondering my job being there next week anyday. If you screw up, you get paid admin. leave (vacation) for a few days and a month later it is all forgotten. If I screw up, I get serious consequences, my job held over my head for 6 months or fired.
They are also given paid time off to attend their continuing education classes, they are also reimbursed for their educational expenses. Teachers have it good, they should be thankful for what they have, or join the parents of those they teach.
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When a block cipher key length is greater than the block length, is it the case that for some keys $k_0, k_1$ (with $k_0 \not= k_1$) and plaintext message $m$ that $E_{k_0}(m) = E_{k_1}(m)$?
A block cipher processes a single block of input and produces a single block of output, where the input and output blocks are the same size. By the pigeonhole principle, if the key size is larger than the block size then there must be some keys that will encrypt the same input block to the same output block.
More formally, a block cipher is defined as the family of encryption functions $E: K \times X \to X$ (and their inverse decryption functions), where:
The cardinality (number of elements) of these sets is $2^b$ where $b$ is the length of an element in bits. For example for a 256 bit key, $|K|$ is $2^{256}$ and for a 128 bit block, $|X|$ is $2^{128}$.
If you think of setting the key for the block cipher as fixing the value $k \in K$ to produce a function $e(X) \to X = E(k,X)$, then it's obvious that there are $|K|$ such functions.
It's then easy to see that if $|K| > |X|$, there are more possible encryption functions than there are possible output values, and so for any $x \in X$ there must exist (at least) two keys $k_0 \in K$ and $k_1 \in K$ where $E(k_0,x) = E(k_1,x)$. For a good block cipher, the number of such keys will be very low.


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6 Classic Movies (That Narrowly Avoided Disaster)
#3. The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz is the story of a girl, her dog, a tornado and the band of rejected circus freaks she meets on her way to meet the titular Wizard, who she is told will help her get back to dreary Kansas, rather than stay in the awesome wonderland of magic.
Released in 1939, the film was nominated for Best Picture, introduced the world to the song "Over the Rainbow" and somehow turned Judy Garland into an icon in the gay community.
Exactly what L. Frank Baum had in mind.
Why We Almost Never Got to See it
Usually you can tell how bad a movie is by how many people they had write it. Tons of writers usually means tons of rewrites due to horrible drafts.
The Wizard of Oz had 16 writers.
Even more amazing, it went through four directors. The film's original director, Richard Thorpe, was fired after a few weeks and replaced by George Cukor. Unfortunately, Cukor was on his way to directing Gone with the Wind, and despite having full knowledge that he would be bailing on the film soon, the studio brought him on anyway - for a whopping seven days.
After Cukor hustled off to burn down Atlanta all over again, Victor Fleming was brought in and ended up filming the bulk of the movie. Toward the end of the shoot, Fleming (who clearly enjoyed Cukor's sloppy seconds) left the production to finish off Gone with the Wind, and the awesomely named King Vidor, who probably ruled a small island nation somewhere, came on as the film's closer.
King Vidor. What a disappointment.
An actress named Gale Sondergaard was originally cast as the Wicked Witch, but quit due to the decision to make the witch into a hag. Presumably on her way out the door the producers gave her a dictionary and told her to look up the definition of "witch."
Along with Sondergaard leaving production, the film also famously needed to replace Buddy "Uncle Jed" Ebsen in the role of the Tin Man after nearly killing him. Ironically, he wasn't even cast as the Tin Man in the first place, only swapping from the role of the Scarecrow to the Tin Man because Ray Bolger bitched about playing an aluminum can with legs.
After swapping roles, Ebsen was hospitalized after the makeup being used to make him look like Silver Surfer coated his lungs from breathing. Naturally, they failed to mention that little side effect to Jack Haley, Ebsen's replacement (though they did slightly alter the makeup, not wanting to have a pesky manslaughter trial on their hands).
"Oxygen tank...oxygen tank!"
But that wasn't the only near death on set. Perhaps in an attempt to keep up with the good people of Salem, Margaret Hamilton, who replaced Sondergaard as the witch, was very nearly burned to death in a scene in which she disappears in a puff of smoke.
Upon returning to the production, Hamilton refused to do another similar scene, and, quite predictably, her stand in was quickly injured thanks to a malfunction on the set. There may not have been an actual death like the myth about the munchkin hanging himself on set, but we can never say it wasn't because the filmmakers didn't try.
#2. Titanic
Titanic, if you're one of the three people who have not yet seen it, is the story of a wealthy discontented young woman who only wants to mix it up with the impoverished, and the rascally street urchin who helps her accomplish that goal. He draws her naked, they have sweaty monkey sex in the back of a car and the giant luxury ocean liner they are on (SPOILER!) very inconveniently sinks when it strikes an iceberg.
"Oh, nice boat, assholes."
Partly thanks to millions of teenybopper girls who just could not get enough of Leo and his feminine good looks, it became the highest grossing film of all time and won the Best Picture award for 1997.
Why We Almost Never Got to See it
When he stepped on stage to accept his Best Director award and proclaimed himself king of the world, we probably should have guessed that James Cameron might be kind of a douche.
More like king of the dicks
On the set of Titanic, Cameron would often force the cast and crew to work 20 hour days to meet his very particular vision for every single frame. Three stuntmen suffered broken bones, several crew members quit due to the rigorous demands and many of the cast members came down with colds, the flu and even suffered kidney infections from logging so many hours floating around in the dirty ol' Pacific down Mexico way. Who would have guessed the water in Mexico would cause illness?
Star Kate Winslet found the experience so off putting, having been one of the cast members to come down with the flu in addition to chipping a bone and, oh yeah, almost drowning, that she famously announced she would never work with Cameron again unless she first got a giant bag of money with a big dollar sign on the side.
We like to think she made this announcement while being drawn naked.
But the near disaster that became Titanic was not entirely Cameron's fault. In one incident that no doubt would have been hilarious to witness, someone sprinkled PCP into a batch of lobster chowder that was then consumed by most of the crew, including Cameron, sending numerous cast and crew to the hospital. It was still reportedly the best damn chowder the crew had ever tasted.
The movie was also very nearly the ruin of Fox. Titanic was originally budgeted for $100 million, but due to the production running more than a month longer than originally slated, coming in at just about half a year in total, the budget ended up doubling. The $200 million final budget (which some say is itself a conservative estimate) made it, at the time, far and away the most expensive film production in history, and nearly bankrupted Fox.
The release date was pushed back from July to December, causing journalists everywhere to salivate at the chance to wittily remark about how, ironically, Fox was sunk by Titanic. Get it?!?
"My god, what a headline! Pulitzer here I come!"
#1. Apocalypse Now
Considered by many to be one of the finest war movies ever made and based on Joseph Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness, Francis Ford Coppola's masterpiece Apocalypse Now starred Joe Estevez's brother Martin Sheen in a star making role as a disillusioned soldier in Vietnam.
The movie was a smash success with critics, winning the Cannes Palme d'Or, which is French for "Fucking Sweet Movie," and earning a nomination for Best Picture. It also taught us that napalm, while one of the most terrifying substances known to man, smells positively delightful.
Why We Almost Never Got to See it
In all of Hollywood history, there are only a handful of movies that can claim to be as famous for their disastrous productions as for the actual end product, but such is the case with Apocalypse Now. Surprisingly, not all of that had to do with Marlon Brando being a complete douche (and what a douche he was, hurling coconuts at Coppola while discussing the script and being shot almost entirely in shadow to hide his ungodly weight gain).
"I hope the moon really is made of cheese, because I want to eat it."
The film's budget swelled from $12 million to $31 million, more than half of which came directly out of Coppola's own pocket, and the shoot dragged on for over 14 months. Some of that was due to the decidedly inconvenient typhoon that came through the Philippines and completely destroyed the films sets, causing massive delays as many of the cast and crew returned to the States for close to two months. Even after the long and arduous shoot, it took a whopping 26 months on top of that to edit and finally complete.
Photos of the slightly over-enthusiastic wrap party.
While Martin Sheen made the role of Willard famous, the role was also famously difficult to cast. Steve McQueen, Al Pacino, Jack Nicholson, Robert Redford and James Caan all passed, leading to Harvey Keitel (who you might remember as the guy who is apparently contractually obligated to show off his dong in every movie he's in) being given the role.
Less than a month into shooting, Coppola realized that Keitel and his penis were all wrong for Willard, and the pair were fired and replaced with Sheen... who subsequently had a massive, near fatal heart attack on set. Even Brando must have been shocked that it was Sheen, and not himself, who had the coronary.
"Sheen had the heart attack? Well, I just lost a bet."
Fortunately for the production, Martin's brother Joe was doing the same thing he's doing now (not having a legitimate acting career), and was available to stand in on some scenes, making Apocalypse Now officially the only quality film to ever involve Joe Estevez. Well, unless you count Werewolf.
Best. Tagline. EVER.
For movies that came out shittier than expected, check out 5 Awesome Movies Ruined By Last-Minute Changes. Or find out how we wish some classic movies really came out in 9 Foreign Rip-Offs Cooler Than The Hollywood Originals.
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It's not clear what occurred at the West facility. The fire which preceded the blast could have heated up the storage tanks and set off the explosion. For now, though, "that is still speculation", officials say.
(Our initial story on the West plant explosion and its
aftermath can be read by clicking here.)
By GAUTAM NAIK
Experts are still trying to pin down the chain of events
that triggered the mammoth explosion at a Texas fertilizer
plant on Wednesday night, but such explosions are unusual
because of the high temperatures required to ignite them.
facility, run by West Fertilizer Co., appears to be a place
where agricultural fertilizer was likely stored, rather than
manufactured. One of the main chemicals at the facility likely
was ammonia -- a colorless, pungent gas that's stored in liquid
form under high pressure in steel containers.
But because ammonia is relatively stable and only
ignites at a temperature of 1562 degrees Fahrenheit, such
events are rare.
"This is pretty new to us," said Kathy Mathers, spokeswoman
for The Fertilizer Institute, or TFI, a US trade association
for the fertilizer industry. "It's not something we are
familiar with in our business."
While nitrogen is found widely in the environment, many plants aren't
especially efficient at using it for growth. Fertilizer
provides nitrogen in a form that's easier for plants to take
Mined minerals such as potash and phosphates are a type of
fertilizer that can be spread. Another fertilizer is ammonia
gas, a combination of nitrogen and hydrogen. In the US, ammonia
gas is often directly injected into the soil.
Nitrogen fertilizers are often made with a century-old
technique known as the Haber-Bosch process. The process takes
nitrogen out of the air and combines it with hydrogen obtained
from natural gas.
When ammonia is heated, it expands. "Traditionally, that's
our concern," said Ford West, president of TFI. "That's why
tanks [that store ammonia] have safety release valves" that get triggered if the
pressure inside rises past a certain point.
It's not clear what occurred at the Texas facility. The fire
which preceded the blast could have heated up the storage tanks
and set off the explosion. For now, though, "that is still
speculation," said Mr. West.
Another fertilizer is ammonium nitrate, which is easy to
spread and often used for specialty crops, fruits and
vegetables. The product is highly combustible but requires a
fuel booster before it can ignite. Ammonium nitrate is also to
make explosive and was the material used in the deadly Oklahoma
City bombing of April 19, 1995.
It is not known if ammonium nitrate was stored at the Texas
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abdolreza foolad
Ammonium Nitratrate in a closed container or warehouse , if heated up, is disintegrated and emits a lot of gases. these gases , when can not evacuate from the closed warehouse,as in the above case, may triger a great explosion.
Bill,Safety rules dictates following a disaster all the credible scenarios to be considered and discussed and then ruled out if not relevant. Anhydrous Ammonia BLEVE can happen. Pls. refer to page 220 -Storage Requirements-Rural Rescue and Emergency Care published by American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons ISBN 0-89203-075-5. WACO Police Seargent William Patrick Swanton in HCP April 2013 issue states that the fire and blast appeared to involve a railroad tanker carrying anhydrous Ammonia. So I believe we can not rule out this possibility and ofcourse risk of Ammonium Nitrate explosion .Masoud SadraTech. Safety &Risk Principal Engineer
peter R Wigley
If they had ammonium nitrate stored there that is the cause. I still remember as a boy seeing the photos of bodies resulting from the explosion of a French ship "The Grandcamp" loaded with Ammonium nitrate at Texas City,it must have been back in the 1940s. I also remember that on 10/11,a fertilizer plant in Toulouse,owned by Total was completely demolished by an Ammonium Nitrate explosion. This event did not make much news being the day after 9/11 in New York,but I heard all about it because I was working for an Exxon/Total JV in Antwerp at the time.The cause of the explosion in Toulouse was never fully established, except that it was not a terrorist attack
Bill Arnold
Forget the anhydrous ammonia. The plant was storing more than 270 tons of ammonium nitrate, a compound known to be unstable and much used in terrorist bombs where it is mixed with fuel oil. The Oklahoma bomb was such a device and was estimated to use about half the amount stored at West fertilizer. The TFI must be extraordinarily ill informed not to be looking in the direction of ammonium nitrate instead of anhydrous ammonia!
Could it be what is called a Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion (BLEVE) which is very commn in industries. It happens when a pressurized storage tank full of liquid is exposed to external fire (Cryo liquids like LPG are specially prone to this phenomenon).
Mohammad Nasir Khan
I am chemical Engineer working in the Ammonia / urea Fertilizer industry for last 20 years. In my whole career I haven't heard this kind of incident. this was really tragic one costing mass causalities. All such facilities have very effective process safety management in place. Nevertheless, sometimes some unsafe conditions or acts may cause catastrophic failure. It is always a good idea that utmost importance should be given to Safety Management.
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Does the Bible say anything about there being a second chance for salvation after the time of rapture? I would assume that God is doing this rapture so that people would recognize Him and repent. But I don't have a Biblical basis for my assumptions.
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For starters, the Bible doesn't contain the word "rapture" nor does it clearly state that such an event will happen. Different people have read between the lines to infer a rapture at different points in the book of Revelation, but it is not clearly stated anywhere.
Since the Bible doesn't clearly state that there will be a Rapture and those who believe that it will happen disagree significantly on when it will happen, the only clear answer that can be given to your question is:
"No, the Bible does not make a clear statement about there being a second chance for salvation after the time of rapture."
If the Rapture takes place in Revelation 7:9-17 according to the Pre-wrth Rapture viewpoint, then there will be no further salvation. The Pre-wrath Rapture takes away the remaining saved; what's left is God's wrath in the trumpet and the bowl judgments. (That's why it's called the "Pre-wrath" Rapture.)
During those judgments, it never tells us of people repenting. Rather, they "will desire to die" (9:6); "they did not repent" (9:21); "blasphemed the name of God" (16:9); "blasphemed the God of heaven" (16:11); and gathered "them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty" (16:14). So the Bible gives us a dim view of the possibility of salvation when He pours out His wrath. What's left of humanity after the Rapture will receive His "true and righteous ... judgments" (16:7).
However it does state that we will be caught up with Him and He will return (1 Thes. 4:17).
Also if there was a second chance He would have to go back to the beginning of time and give everyone a second chance.
Now do you think that he will allow those who chose Hell for not believing in Christ to change their mind? No He won't you make your choice while you are here and when He does return it will be too late to make that choice


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Collected by Mary C. Parler Mrs. Anna M. Pearcy
Greenwood, Ark. October 18, 1958
Reel 314, Item 3
New Mexico
Well, it was early in one year I started out West with a bunch of fat steers I left that darling little girl behind Who had often told me her heart was mine.
I've often embraced her in my arms It seems to be ten thousand charms,
Her feature so fair and her kisses Cowboy will marry next time we meet.
Well, it was a long and a lonesome go As the herd moved on to Mexico,
And the merry music of a cowboy song
And the drifting herd as the time rolled on.
At last I reached New Mexico I longed for home but I could not go I wrote a letter to my little dear Not a word from her did I ever hear.
At last I returned to my once loved home To call that darling little girl my own.
They told me she had married to a higher life And left a poor cowboy to seek another wife.
That girl has married whom I adore I am not going to stay at home any more.
I'll go out West for many a mile And cut my way where the bullets fly.
Says she, cowboy do stay at home Don't be forever on the roam.
For there truer, prettier girls than I Don't go out west where the bullets fly.
I'll go out west to some foreign land,
And there I'll join a cowboy band,
I'll lie on the trail through the heat and cold.
I'll die on the trail of New Mexico.
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The Charlotte 49ers (18-9, A-10: 6-7) travel to New York to play defending Atlantic 10 Tournament Champion St. Bonaventure (13-13, A-10: 6-7), Saturday, March 2 at 7 pm.
Chris Braswell, who scored 10 points off the bench against Dayton, averages 11.1 points per game. Braswell is second on the team in rebounding at 5.4 boards per game. Pierria Henry averages 9.5 points per game. Henry leads the team in assists with 97 and steals with 75. Henry ranks among the nation's leaders in steals. Willie Clayton averages 8.3 points per game. Clayton leads the team in rebounding at 6.6 boards per game. Terrence Williams, who scored 15 points off the bench against Dayton, averages 7.2 points per game.
Darion Clark, who scored a career-high 17 points against Dayton, averages 6.7 points per game. Clark is third on the team in rebounding at 5.1 boards per game. Denzel Ingram, who has started 23 of the last 24 games, averages 6.3 points per game. E. Victor Nickerson, who has started the last seven games, averages 5.6 points per game. Ivan Benkovic recorded his first career double-figure scoring game with 10 points off the bench against Massachusetts, February 2. Mike Thorne scored 10 points and grabbed seven rebounds off the bench against Temple, February 24.
St. Bonaventure enters the game on a two-game winning streak after wins over Massachusetts and Duquesne. St. Bonaventure has not played since a 78-71 win on the road at Duquesne last Saturday. Demetrius Conger leads three Bonnies in double-figures at 13.9 points per game. Conger also leads the team in rebounding at 7.0 boards per game.
This game will mark the 13th meeting between Charlotte and St. Bonaventure. Charlotte leads the all-time series, 7-5. St. Bonaventure has won the last two meetings between the two teams. St. Bonaventure defeated Charlotte in Charlotte's Halton Arena, 72-56, in their last meeting, February 25, 2012. Former Niners Javarris Barnett and DeMario Mayfield each scored 13 points in the game. Henry scored 11 points. St. Bonaventure defeated Charlotte, 92-88, in double-overtime in their last meeting at St. Bonaventure, January 8, 2011. Formers Niners Javarris Barnett and Jamar Briscoe scored 20 points apiece in that game. Barnett recorded a double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds. Charlotte's last win at St. Bonaventure was an 87-83 win, February 9, 2008.


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Picturesque meant - he decided after careful observation of the scenerey that inspired Twoflower to use the word - that the landscape was horribly precipitous. Quaint, when used to describe the occasional village through which they passed, meant fever-ridden and tumbledown.Twoflower was a tourist, the first ever seen on the discworld. Tourist, Rincewind had decided, mean 'idiot'.
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Exclusive Sport of Polo Is Reaching Out
Guards Is One of Several U.K. Clubs in Talks About a Polo Premier League
England's Guards Polo Cub provides a quintessential image of the "Sport of Kings."
Located near Windsor, the affluent town where Queen Elizabeth II often spends her weekends, Europe's largest polo club, founded by Prince Philip, occupies 130 acres of playing grounds and 120 stables surrounded by deer parkland that was once used for hunting by British royalty.
The white clapboard buildings and glass-fronted clubhouse complete a picture of polo that is found from Long Island in the U.S. to Palermo, Argentina—places for the wealthy and well-connected to be seen and to take part in an ancient sport.
But three months ahead of the new season's first chukkas, Guards, like other upscale polo clubs, is looking far beyond its manicured lawns. Considered a pastime for nobility in the West, growing enthusiasm for polo among multimillionaire entrepreneurs from the world's fastest-growing markets is shifting the established thinking.
Rooted in Persia as a cavalry war exercise more than two millennia ago, polo is returning to postrevolutionary Iran. It is also moving beyond Argentina—a mecca for the modern sport—back to China and India, as well as to Romania, Nigeria, Brazil and the Middle East. Expansion beyond the U.K. and U.S., its heartlands, is accelerating.
Guards' Chief Executive Neil Hobday, speaking from an oak-paneled office, said he is busy crossing the world to chase commercial opportunities. "Eight years ago we were first in the Middle East. We are now in the Far East and are looking at Latin America."
He added that the "astonishing new wealth" of the nouveaux riches from Kazakhstan to Beijing has found a lifestyle niche through the sport. Partnerships with emerging clubs and local patrons—individuals who can spend a million dollars funding a polo team—are bankrolling new tournaments and players, backed by sponsorship dollars. Argentina's star Facundo Pieres, for instance, is an ambassador for whisky brand Royal Salute, sponsor of the World Polo Series.
And as Eastern economic growth sidelines gloomy sentiment in the West, banks, champagne houses and jewelers are jumping on board.
"We can turn [a deal] around in less than 12 months," Hobday said. "Go to Beijing, find the right guy and find the right club. That establishes Cartier, the sport and ourselves in the region."
For polo, like pro-am golf and yacht racing, money and commitment can guarantee top-level participation. Footing the bill for professional players, horses, grooms and transport has its rewards. As Oracle Corp. ORCL -0.36 % Chief Executive Larry Ellison sails the Americas Cup, so Dubai businessman Ali Albwardy hits with Adolfo Cambiaso, the world's No. 1 polo player.
"Polo has always been funded by the wealthy and there is no denying this," Pieres said. "The only change is that patrons really are the modern-day kings now."
It is the sport's "new money era," noted Guards' marketing manager, James Turner. "Everyone with new money wants to be taken seriously. [For those who settled in London], a lot of them wanted the 'car sticker' of the polo club to help them with their social status. We have certainly seen that within our membership over the last five to 10 years."
The club's transformation into a modern business over a decade ago is well set, as membership, sponsorship and branded clothing lines drive revenue—with good reason.
The price of the sport is growing. And even as traditional funding from military sources dries up amid government spending cutbacks, players and ponies are traveling more. Last month's snow polo on the frozen surface of Lake St. Moritz, Switzerland, is the latest tournament to see elite "high goal" players converge.
Links with the East have allowed Guards, which hosts more than 500 matches in a season, to "weather the storm" of the downturn, Hobday said. "Our overseas activities have been able to help our sponsorship."
Mia Randall-Coath, executive secretary of the International Women's Polo Association, admits that while sponsorship money has been "tight" for clubs lower down the pyramid, the sport is resistant. "Polo, for many people, is almost like school fees and private health care. It is the last thing to go," she said.
With last year's membership entrance fee at £22,000 ($34,075) for playing civilians at Guards, polo struggles to shake off criticisms of elitism. But it also has growing numbers of social members who pay less than £500 in joining and membership costs to picnic and watch.
But changing the perception remains an uphill task. "Some people would feel intimidated to walk into a Rolls-Royce dealership. We suffer from the same stigmas of social conscience," said Turner.
In Argentina, where crowds reach 20,000, polo is more common because of the deep-rooted riding culture. "It's about the passion and love for the game which is instilled at a young age, not how someone is perceived to others if they play polo," Pieres said.
Hobday said, "People on the street know the rules. They cheer, boo and hiss. All the big billboards [during tournaments] are not of soccer or movie stars, but polo players."
Still, the game's expense, as well as limited exposure by major sports broadcasters, keeps it largely niche. It was last an Olympic sport in 1936.
Commercial exposure is complex for a sport trying to modernize while retaining glamour and exclusivity. "While the revenues of Formula One would be exciting, I don't think we would want all the patches and the clutter. We are a quality over quantity sport," Turner said.
"Polo doesn't get very much television support outside of Argentina, so it's hard for it to become completely mainstream internationally," Pieres said.
Yet promoter-driven events are growing in the U.K., like Polo in the Park, the British Beach Polo Championships and Gaucho International, which mixes polo, wine tasting and club music.
"One could argue that 'fake' polo could drive people to see the real thing. But the flip side is that negative publicity...could be detrimental," Turner said. Indeed, Cartier ended 27 years of sponsoring the International Day at Guards, an event more frequented by celebrities than aficionados. The club said the company, which remains a big sponsor of polo, wanted a more "tournament-focused" competition.
Despite the difficulties, polo administrators remain ambitious. Guards is one of several U.K. clubs in talks about a "Polo Premier League." But Hobday believes at least six major companies would have to make a substantial investment to support it.
And even then, a Premier League-type model would probably be geared to television coverage, which may not be the best way to reach the target audience. "A luxury- brands consumer doesn't watch [much] television," Turner said.
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Eagles turn the tables on Wilby
WATERBURY — Coming back from a tough loss is never easy. Kennedy and Wilby, both attempting to avoid a second loss in as many nights, left their blood, sweat and tears on the court at the Reggie O'Brien Gymnasium on Thursday night.
Kennedy used a strong fourth-quarter performance to outrun the Wildcats in a 79-68 victorty. Don Jarrett had a game-high 34 points for the Eagles, who outscored the home team, 29-11, in the final period.
Wilby controlled the game through three quarters behind the hot shooting of Taifa Wright. Wright poured in a team-high 32 points, including six from beyond the arc, but was held to just two points in the fourth quarter. Wilby's second-leading scorer, Denzel Mitchell, was held in check for most of the game, but still managed 18 points, eight in the fourth quarter.
Kennedy coach Armand LeVasseur had a plan for defensing Wright heading into the fourth quarter, and his team executed the plan to perfection.
"I told my team that whenever Taifa came off a screen to double-team him to force him to pass the ball," LeVasseur said. "We knew it would be hard to completely shut him down because he's a very good player, but we needed to try to force the ball out of his hands."
Kennedy (9-2) was trying to shake off an 82-43 drubbing at the hands of Crosby on Wednesday, while Wilby was coming off a 78-61 loss to Sacred Heart.
Wilby (8-3) jumped out to a 62-50 lead with 6:32 remaining in the fourth quarter and looked well in control until Kennedy forced three straight Wildcat turnovers and reeled off a 15-0 run in a two-minute span to give the Eagles a 65-62 lead with 4:30 left to play.
"We stayed focus and didn't fall apart," Jarrett said. "There have been games where we will get down late in the game, and we will play sloppy and lose ourselves, but we knew that we needed to keep our composure and come together as a team."
Two Kennedy players who aren't looked upon to score a lot, but are needed to do all of the necessary dirty work are senior DeAndre Boatwright and sophomore Darryl Flowers. Flowers scored seven of his 11 points in the fourth quarter and grabbed several offensive rebounds to give his team extra possessions late in the contest while Boatwright took two crucial charges midway through the fourth quarter during the Eagles' comeback.
"They really give us that spark that we need," LeVasseur said. "DeAndre is the leader of the team that everyone listens to, and Darryl brings that energy off the bench. They give us aggressiveness and that edge the team needs."
LeVasseur is still looking for his team to find its own identity and hopes that Thursday's game is a step in the right direction.
"This game got me really excited because it looks like they are starting to believe in themselves and believe in each other," LeVasseur said. "I've been challenging our players every practice and every game, and I hope this makes them realize what they can become if they believe."
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What is the lamest commercial on TV right now?
for me it's the Miller 64 commercial..... a bunch of really good looking people in a bar singing what sounds like
a spongebob pirate song.....
I'm sure there are more, but this one stands out right now
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Right now I'm watching a football game.
@jsimsace: that commercial was on the game during a time out
Every political ad. Can we just have the election now?
"Call now for a free sample of our new pain free catheters."
I'll spare you the youtube link.
Myself, I am sick of the Ice Cube Coors Light commercials. They are brutally awful.
@okham: I'm with you!
I'm just glad the creepy Burger King guy is gone. Or is he?
@tarasadies: Hah, yeah those are bad. I do an Ice Cube impression every time I hear those and say something along the lines of "I sold my soul for adverTISing dollars".
I'm not an Apple hater, but the iPhone 5 commercials with Jeff Daniels are annoying and pretentious.
I dare you to find a lamer commercial Yes It's local but i don't care.
All the non-Super Bowl beer commercials. Also, I hate those class action lawsuit commercials.
And @mkentosh, I now hate you for getting the Miller 64 song in my head.
sorry if this offends anyone's politics, and it's certainly not the lamEST commercial on right now, but certainly one of my favorites.
Gave all my televisions away 10 years ago. I can fill my mind myself, Thank You. I don't need nor want someone else pouring information into it that "they think" I need to know.
The Microsoft ad for IE9.
Microsoft makes the lamest ads, though the ad's for Bing at least had some humor in them.
@maxify55: And yet, here you are, reading and commenting in a tv centered thread.
@cowboydann: That is an epic commercial!
Don't know about TV, we cut the cable over 10 years ago. The most annoying radio commercial I hear is '1-877-cars-for-kids'. I change the channel or turn it off every time it comes on.
@cowboydann: I accept your challenge, NOT WORK FRIENDLY, probably not woot friendly but they play it during my cartoons man, my cartoons! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7aM93AxstE
Here I am watching Futurama and up comes this sucky commercial in front of my 13 year old daughter.
Any Levis commercials. They're god awful. Especially the one with a really terrible poem about being a kid holding a string that holds it all together or some crap.
@rprebel: I'm with you that one kills me too. My least favorite right now are any of the ahem adult oriented commercials. Like cialis or my new favorite. "I'm barely 18 and so lonely. I'm a beautiful college co-ed who has no life, so I like to sit at home in my panties and talk to awesome guys like you on webcam." (Eye-Roll) And they play it back to back on Comedy Central at night.
@cowboydann: Ahahahaha that's pretty lame!
@caffeine_dude: So you're ok with your 13yo watching Futurama as long as she isn't exposed to penis pump commercials? Hmmmm...
any geiko and/or progressive commercial
I don't mind most of the GEICO commercials, they run a lot of campaigns, and while I don't like all of them, I find some of them mildly humorous. Flo from Progressive is like nails on a chalkboard, I hate those commercials, but the State Farm commercials where the customer sings the jingle and an agent appears, then they sing it again and they get whatever they want...those commercials are the worst.
@bnbsouthworth: BK seems to have finally realized how creepy that thing is and dropped him.
These jokers picked him up in a heartbeat:
@ganzhimself: YES. That would be my pick too.
@aphroat: To be fair I believe all drug commercials should be banned.
Typical Drug commercial:
First the setup with generic symptoms like. Do you feel tired? Do you not have the mobility that you did 5 years ago? Do you have frequent headaches? Do you breathe harder when you run? Do you feel sad?
Second you may have X.
Third invent new symptoms: You should see your doctor and let him\her know you have shortness of breath and ask for drug Y and feel sad.
Fourth they show happy people having fun assumingly taking drug X.
What is wrong with Futurama? Sure it is no Southpark or American dad or 2 and 1/2 men.
And I have a favorite episode (something which I never do is pick a favorite episode of anything but this one is SO GOOD) GodFellas
@cowboydann: Okay, as long as you're going with local commercials, then I have to accept your challenge:
This was local about 2 years ago, but it's a classic in my mind.
Rob Bironas is the place kicker for the Tennessee Titans. He is a very good kicker, but also very......eccentric.


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World Hepatitis Day 2012
"It's closer than you think" is the theme of this year's World Hepatitis Day, which takes place on 28 July 2012.
The campaign focuses on raising awareness of the different forms of hepatitis: what they are and how they are transmitted; who is at risk; and the various methods of prevention and treatment.
Despite its staggering toll on health, hepatitis remains a group of diseases that are largely unknown, undiagnosed and untreated.
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Hepatitis A
1.4 million estimated cases occur annuallyRead the fact sheet on hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
2 billionpeople (estimated) worldwide have been infected with the virusRead the fact sheet on hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
150 millionpeople are chronically infected with the virusRead the fact sheet on hepatitis C
Technical resources
- Prevention and control of viral hepatitis infection: framework for global action
- Hepatitis A, B, C, and E fact sheets
- Hepatitis A vaccination: part of plan for prevention and control of viral hepatitis
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- Guidance on prevention of viral hepatitis B and C among people who inject drugs


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Imagine that there is a class of Riemannian metrics $\mathcal{R}$ on 3-dimensional manifolds such that
- $\mathcal{R}$ is locally finite dimensional; i.e., there are finite number of real parameters which describe the metric locally at any point;
- Any closed 3-dimensional manifold admits a metric from $\mathcal{R}$;
- $\mathcal{R}$ is is invariant with respect to Ricci flow.
Likely such $\mathcal{R}$ does not exist. Otherwise there is a good chance to simplify the Perelman's proof.
Can it be proved that such $\mathcal{R}$ does not exist?
UPDATE: You need to assume that metric depend continuously on the real parameters and $\mathcal{R}$ is closed in a reasonable topology.


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I am new to LaTeX, and I want to create a command that will display my previous positions formatted appropriately in a resume.
The format I am looking for is this:
02.07.2009 - 02.07.2010 Soft Dev, IVM Corp
Sunset, California, USA
Duties included blah blah,
03.07.2009 - 04.07.2010 Tech Spport, SupOrT inc.
Sunset, California, USA
Responsibilities and duties included blah blah,
blah, and then blah, but somtimes blah and blah,
and MySQL blah and C# and Java blah Python.
where everything on the right should be aligned.
I think I need a command that looks like this:
position(dateFrom, dateTo, position, location)
and then somehow also align the responsibilities/duties section.
Ok here is what I got so far:
\def\position#1-#2 #3@#4{\noindent#1 --- #2: \textbf{#4}, \em{#3}}
which allows me to use it like this:
\position 02.07.2008-02.08.2008 {Software Developer}@{Supre Core Computing Inc.}
\position 22.12.2005-12.01.2007 {Support}@{Telephony Inc.}
However, I still don't know how to make the position (i.e. software developer) align with the following position (support).


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I'm interested in answering questions on the few topics that I know something about, but they are somewhat infrequent. Is there a way to get an email notification of new questions with particular tags? Or that match a search?


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I have a table called
osm_places with
place_name geometry, place_type and many other info related to the city. My database system is PostGIS.
My requirement is:
Given a latitude and longitude (which may or many not be the exact lat and long stored in the database), I need to find the nearest city or place_name from the table
osm_places with the help of the input latitude and longitude. Any help is highly appreciated.
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Linda Nesvisky
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Six Bottles
It has been five years since my surgery, radiation therapy and -- I hope -- cure. In that time, I have made dramatic strides in my artwork.
Translucent/Jerusalem Studio and Six Bottles are from my "post-cancer" artwork. These compositions of bottles and jars; with their intriguing shapes, show how light transfuses the glass, creating a "presence" in these vessels.
Art helped me get through the trauma of having cancer. My art always demanded concentration and dedication, leading me out of myself and into a realm of inspiration and creativity. I didn't realize how my art helped me transcend anxiety and despair. It energized and excited me in a period that mitigated against emotions.


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I have surround sound speakers with the speaker wires going up through the wall. The wire is fixed and doesn't slide in and out the wall.
Now it's time to tidy it up!
- How much loose wire should I leave?
- How can I tidy up the loose wire?
From the images I can see that you have space behind the speakers to hide them by rolling the wire and taping it. Hope this helps!
My first concern here is safety and code compliance. Ordinary speaker wire is not in-wall-rated.
You need to use CL2 or better, CMR rated cable for in wall use..
CL2R is short for Class 2 Riser Site detailing low voltage cable options
As far as neatness goes, installing a termination panel or a "brush" wall plate would help
Decora style insert which would mount to a low voltage old work ring


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I was told it is very unusual to say 'I don't give a toss'. If so, why is that?
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It is used colloquially in the UK, and possibly elsewhere, to mean 'I couldn't care less.' It is derived from the act of tossing a coin. If it is thought to be improper, it's probably because toss-off is a slang word for an act of masturbation.
I've never heard or read this expression, but it's easy enough to interpret. "Toss" is a euphemism for damn in this case. It differs in form and register but not in meaning. As an American speaker, I'd probably think it comes from "toss your cookies", slang for "to vomit". It may be unusual in American English. I don't know about British English or other varieties. If it's unusual, then it probably means that Snooki or Justin Bieber haven't used it on TV
I don't think that toss-off is American slang for masturbation, but the online slang dictionary says, as Barrie England confirms, that it's British slang for masturbation. (How many times does one get to use that word in a short discourse without raising eyebrows?)
Here's an interesting factoid. I don't know whether it's true, but it's fun to read: "The penalty for masturbation in Indonesia is decapitation." And then there's this: "Alabama Supreme Court Upholds Anti-Masturbation Law". I think I remember being told, when I was in the US Navy back in the mid-1960s, that masturbation was against the UCMJ (Uniform Code of Military Justice), but I don't remember looking it up. Any other veterans out there told anything like that in boot camp or barracks BS sessions?
Projectile vomiting (vomiting that ejects the gastric contents with great force) is arguably a type of ejaculation and, therefore, related to the desired outcome of masturbation.
In the British use of "don't give a toss," "toss" is a euphemism for masturbation, which indirectly infers the F-bomb. Americans don't draw a connection between "toss" or "tossing" and anything even remotely sexual, but typically will use the F-bomb in the same construction.
Before the arrival of BBC America (ca. 1998), most "British" dialogue that reached America was rather more proper, even highbrow. I mean, no one mentions "tossing off" in "Room With a View" or "Howard's End" or "The Man Who Would Be King." Or "Harry Potter." And the American public television channel (once the chief source of exposure to British English "conversations" for most Americans) always featured an equally sanitized British fare, such as "Rumpole of the Bailey" and "Are You Being Served?" They did air Monty Python's Flying Circus at one time (in fact, that was how the Pythons were introduced to the states), and the Pythons did drop the odd "tossing" or "sodding." But spoken in passing and with so little frame of reference, the non-British audience had to be paying especially close attention to grasp the meaning. Outside of public television, and before BBC America, the only British TV show I can think of that came across and was aired unaltered was Patrick McGoohan's wonderful "The Prisoner" series, and that was 1967-68. And there certainly wasn't any off-colour language in that, either.
And often as not, when American telly ...ahem ...borrows a popular British TV show (Sanford and Son, The Office, Shameless, Man About the House[=Three's Company], et Al), they re-cast it and re-script it and substitute "American" dialogue, so the Britishness largely gets filtered out. But when TV shows go the other way, USA to UK, there's more the tendency to keep the original content. So I think Brits tend to be more comfortable with American slang than the other way round.
So put "tossing" on the list of terms most Americans simply wouldn't get, along with "sodding" and "bugger." And without a frame of reference to draw from, most won't understand the significance of references to "a poof," "leg over," "chatting up," "randy," "rodger," "snog," or your "John Thomas," to name but a few.
As George Bernard Shaw said, "England and America are two countries separated by a common language."
protected by tchrist Jul 2 '14 at 2:30
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