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The 6 Most Atrocious Uses of Facial Hair in Music History
We hope you won't take it as innuendo when we say that Cracked is hard on mustaches. Facial hair isn't just a personal choice; we all have to look at it. Especially if you're performing on stage every night.
Therefore, Adam Brown and Kristi Harrison feel it is their responsibility to deconstruct what has to be some of the most atrocious facial hair in the music industry.
#6. John Oates Power 'Stache
Adam: OK, so right off the bat, I'd like to protest. I thought we were discussing atrocious facial hair? The only thing atrocious about John Oates's mustache is that all of my past efforts to grow one of equal force and dominance have fallen miserably short. This is the mustache by which all other mustaches must measure themselves. If there was a Mt. Rushmore for upper lip hair excellence, which there totally should be, all four faces would be John Oates and they'd all look exactly like his does in that picture.
Kristi: First of all, if you have a mustache covering your whole upper lip, I'm just going to assume you have mouth herpes. There are at least five or six blistery lesions all up in that caterpillar, festering and loving their warm little hair home. That look in his eyes only confirms it for me.
His private eyes are watching my every move. He looks like he's trying to crawl into my head through my eye sockets and read all my deepest thoughts and emotions, then use them against me to make me do his will. And I can't go for that. No can do.
Even more disconcerting, though, is that the look in Oates's eyes is almost obscured by his brow-mustaches. Browstaches. Boom. I just made that up.
Adam: Well done. As for that look, that's a look that makes things happen. Exciting things. Fun things. Sex things. That look is equal parts come hither seduction glance and warning to all other males in the room that the alpha has arrived. As if any of us would need a look to know that. By the time you see that mustache, it's already too late. Whatever lady you're talking to at the time immediately becomes property of the Oates. Unless you seal the deal and get the hell out of there in the delay that exists between the moment his mustache walks through the door and when the rest of him follows about 35 minutes later. It's sort of like waiting for a train to pass.
You know what that train is hauling? Machismo. Don't act like you don't want to ride that train, Harrison.
Kristi: By the way, I have NO IDEA what John Oates sounds like. So I'm just going to assume he talks like a Mario Brother and goes around saying things like, "I'ma John Oatesa. I'ma gonna rape-a you in the bottom now."
#5. Bruce Springsteen's Soul Patch
Adam: OK, this is what I'm talking about. This? This is atrocious. This is a blight against the otherwise spotless Springsteen track record. This a chin vag on a man. And Bruce should know better. This is right up there with that time he decided to start monkeying around with synthesizers on the Born In the U.S.A. album. Except with pubes. On his face. Horrible decision.
Kristi: "I'm On Fire" was a good song and you'll never prove otherwise. What's tragic about this patch of soul is that it's marring someone who has otherwise aged astonishingly well.
This man is older than my father.
I'm thinking that this little tuft of awful is actually some kind of fuzzy fountain of youth, one that is powering Bruce's sculpted chest and shoulders and abs and back and legs and chest and abs and sculpted and all that I'm looking at in this picture right here. Like, maybe the hair follicles are drenched in some kind of baby collagen, and then they imbibe his chin nerves with babyness, which travels down to his firm body, but can't travel up. Because of gravity. Thus all the face crags. This theory is still a work in progress.
Adam: Seems plausible enough to me. But personally, I'd rather age like Mickey Rourke's face than resort to growing a goddamn soul patch to keep my youthful appearance.
And by the way, why is it that a soul patch just automatically makes a person seem a lot less trustworthy? There has never been a situation where seeing that little tuft of nasty on someone's chin has made me feel anything other than the need to pull a weapon of some sort. If Springsteen was here right now, I'd be all jittery like and have my hand on the gun I keep tucked in the waistband of my sweatpants at all times. I should really get a holster for that thing.
#4. Scott Ian's Red Goatee
Adam: There is nothing about this facial hair fiasco that doesn't make me want to violently yank this dude to the ground. This must be the feeling a linebacker gets when he's chasing a running back with long stupid dreadlocks sticking out the back of his helmet. How could you resist? I don't think I could. I'm going to make a prediction right now: If I ever meet Scott Ian, I'm going to tackle him to the ground by the facial hair. And I concede that after pulling off this takedown I'd most assuredly be beaten within an inch of my life by angry roadies, but it would be worth it, though. So worth it. You know why?
Kristi: Because you like to wrestle boys?
Adam: Who doesn't? But also because this guy is a show off, that's why. And he can get away with it, because he's in a metal band. He's all "look at what I can do because I don't have a real job." This guy hates the little man, and he's mocking us with his shitty red goatee.
Kristi: I feel like he has a clown growing upside-down out of his face. The It clown. And I hate that clown. Like maybe he's going to open his mouth and bare 6,000 sharp little teeth that are going to claw out my soul and eat it. If I kept a dream diary it would be full of pictures of this clowngoat man gobbling my innards with his dagger teeth and then smirking about it. Like he's so cool. He's not so cool. He's a clowngoat.
Adam: Why would you post that picture? There could be kids reading.


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20 Feb 2012 7:25 AM #1
QuickTip does not show whole title
REQUIRED INFORMATIONExt version tested:
- Ext 4.0.7
- Chrome 17
- Firefox 10
- HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"
- When creating a tooltip with a "title" property longer than the "text" property, the title gets cut off.
- The easiest way to reproduce is to go to the QuickTipManager in the Sencha docs http://docs.sencha.com/ext-js/4-0/#!...uickTipManager and edit the example under "// Manually register a quick tip for a specific element" to contain a title that is longer than the text. Then click "Live preview".
- A bold title showing the entirety of the title, plus the shorter text (not bold) shown under it.
- The bold title is cut off at the first word that becomes longer than the quicktip text.
Ext.tip.QuickTipManager.register({ target: 'quickTipContainer', title: 'My long (and dynamic) title ', text: 'Detail info'});
- not provided
- only default ext-all.css
- Ubuntu 11.10
- Windows 7
20 Feb 2012 7:29 AM #2
The obvious workaround is to set the quicktip text to something like "My long and possibly dynamic title
The short text." but I consider the current behaviour a bug, so I'm reporting is as such.
Best regards,
12 Apr 2012 11:27 PM #3
Is this considered a bug? Is it fixed in the upcoming release of ExtJS 4.1?
18 Feb 2013 12:24 AM #4
I think this is a bug and it seems that it hasn't been fixed in the current release.
I tested the following code in firebug on the docs page of ExtJS 4.1 and I get the same error:
PHP Code:
var tip = Ext.create('Ext.tip.ToolTip', {
title: 'aaaaaaaaaaa bbbbbbbbbb ccccccccccccc',
html: 'abc',
renderTo: Ext.getBody()
PHP Code:
Ext.defer(function() {
tip.update('abc
aaaaaaaa bbbbbbbb ccccccccc');
// tip.doLayout();
}, 2000);
For the moment I put the following code in the launch-function of my application as a workaround (This only works for automatically generated QuickTips, e.g. in a TreePanel):
PHP Code:
Ext.tip.QuickTipManager.getQuickTip().on('resize', function(tip) {
var headerDom = tip.header.el.select('.x-tip-header-text').elements[0];
var headerWidth = Ext.get(headerDom).getWidth() + (tip.getEl().getPadding('lr') * 2);
if(tip.getWidth() < headerWidth) {
}, this);
27 Mar 2013 12:13 AM #5
it's not fixed in 22.214.171.1243.
And there is another bug: In an Ext.tree.Panel the qtitle (from json data) is hidden, only the qtip is shown.

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Copyright ©2009 Beaufort County Library
A Department of Beaufort County Government
Listen to stories, sing songs, flannel boards, finger plays, and crafting fun. Ages 3-5 years
Tuesday, December 4th at 11am and Wednesday, December 5th at 2pm. "The circus is coming to town!"
Tuesday, December 11th at 11am and Wednesday, Dec 12th at 2pm. "Christmas Animals"
Tuesday, December 18th at 11am, and Wednesday, Dec 19th at 2pm. "Christmas Story time"


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Nebraska City shooter Dylan Heng has won a few golf tournaments—15
during his high school career.
So when Heng refers to a victory as the biggest of his life, there is reason to take notice.
That's just what Heng is saying after winning the Michelob Amateur tourney at Grand Island's Riverside Golf Course June 8-9.
Heng shot 18-hole scores of 71 and 72 to claim first place by a single shot.
"I was really happy with the way I played," Heng said. "I took advantage of the opportunities I gave myself during both rounds on Saturday and Sunday. I was happy with how I handled being in contention and closing the deal.
"It was the biggest win of my life and hopefully the first of many more to come."
Heng will continue a busy summer of work on the course by playing at Elkhorn's Indian Creek Golf Course on June 17 in a qualifier for the United States Public Links Championships.
Also on Heng's schedule is the Nebraska Match Play Championship on June 24 at the Elks Country Club in Columbus.
Heng is working at the Yankee Hill Country Club in Lincoln and will enter his senior year as a marketing major at the University of Nebraska this fall.
For now, it's all about golf though.
"My short term goals are to keep working and improving while continuing to contend in these tournaments," said Heng. "My long term goal is to take advantage of any opportunities golf brings my way."
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An important invariant of a knot in $S^3$ is its Alexander polynomial, related also to Reidemeister torsion. Is there something like that for knotted surfaces in $S^4$? If not, what are the difficulties?
Yes for $S^2$, and more generally, depending on what you are after.
Given any torsion module $M$ over the PID $Q[t,t^{-1}]$, the order of $M$ is well defined in $Q[t, t^{-1}]$ up to units, in the usual way. Moreover $M\otimes Q(t)=0$. These two facts are at the heart of why the Alexander polynomial is related to Reidemeister torsion. The way it works is that if $C$ is a f.g. chain complex over $Q[t, t^{-1}]$ its homology is torsion iff $C\otimes Q(t)$ is acyclic. Then the two notions of torsion are related by
$$\prod_k order(H_k(C))^{(-1)^k}=\tau(C)$$
If $S^n\subset S^{n+2}$ and $X$ its complement, then $X$ has a $Z$ cover $\tilde{X}$ and hence an exact sequence of chain complexes $0\to C(\tilde{X})\to C(\tilde{X})\to C(X)\to 0.$ The corresponding long exact sequence shows that $H_k(\tilde{X})$ is torsion for all $k$, since $H_k(X)=H_k(S^1)$.
Setting $\Delta_k$ to be the order of $H_k(\tilde{X})$ gives the $k$-th Alexander polynomial. You get Reidemeister torsion equals the multiplicative Euler characteristic:
$$\tau= \prod \Delta_k^{(-1)^k}$$
In the case of $S^1\subset S^3$ Poincare duality relates $\Delta_2$ and $\Delta_1$, and $\Delta_0$ is independent of the knot, so you recover Alexander poly "=" Reidemeister torsion. But in general $\tau$ combines all the $\Delta_k$.
All this (including how to pick the basis of the acyclic complex) is explained in Milnor's article "infinite cyclic covers."
As far as what happens more generally, all this extends, but you have to be careful when the homology is not torsion, which can happen for surfaces in $S^4$. Then you have to view Reidemeister torsion as a function of the homology , etc. Milnor's other Torsion articles are worthwhile reading for these topics.
The ideals that define the homology of the infinite cyclic covering are not principal. So the Alexander polynomial, as a single polynomial, is not defined. Fox's example 12 from "A quick trick in knot theory" is the 2-twist spun trefoil. The ideal is generated by a pair of polynomials. I haven't thought about Reidemeister torsion.
For ribbon 2-knots, there is an "Alexander polynomial", which is the universal finite-type invariant for such knots. The original references are


text: 4 Things that Keep you up at Night By LoAndra Berg February 21, 2014 Did you know most people speed 1/3 of their life sleeping? Sleep is essential to renew our mental and physical health. But there are some things that make it challenging, or near impossible, to fall asleep, let alone wake up feeling rested. Read More


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- Provides Relief from Cough, Cold and Flu Symptoms
- Recommended Non-Medicated Alternative to the Over the Counter Children's Cold and Cough Medicines
- Provides Moisture for Nasal Congestion, Dry Cough, Sinus Irritation, Dry Skin
- Easier Breathing for a Good Night's Sleep
- Provides Moisture for Dry Cough, Sinus Irritation, Dry Skin
And why choose a Crane humidifier? Here are some of the great features Crane humidifiers have
- One Gallon Water Tank Runs Whisper Quiet up to 11 hours
- Auto Off Function When Tank is Empty
- Up to 2.1 Gallon Moisture Output per Day
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- Suitable room size: Approx. 250 sq.ft/ 23m2
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Here is an important fact that every parent should know:
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) strongly recommend that over-the-counter cough and cold medications not be given to children under six years old because of the risk of life-threatening side effects due to accidental overdoses.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) strongly recommend cool mist humidifiers, saline solution and suctioning bulbs to relieve a baby and young child's nasal congestion as a safe alternative to cold and cough medicine.
I use one, because if I don't, I wake up in the morning with nose bleeds. And besides all of that, they are the cutest. We received the penguin one for review and my kids love it! The cool mist really helps them sleep all night without waking up with a coughing fit. They have many different designs perfect for boys or girls and will look much better in their room than a traditional humidifier. The people at Crane have offered to send one of my readers a humidifier of their choice. You can choose one of the following:


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What Are the Treatments for Psoriasis?
Despite the fact that psoriasis is incurable, it responds well to many topical and systemic treatments. Even people with severe psoriasis can get relief during flare-ups in about 85% to 90% of cases.
Topical Treatments for Psoriasis
Topical treatments are rubbed directly into the affected skin to bring local relief without the system-wide side effects of medicines taken by mouth. Topical treatments for psoriasis include:
Salicylic acid. Some doctors recommend salicylic acid ointment, which smoothes the skin by promoting the shedding of psoriatic scales. Using salicylic acid over large areas of skin, however, may cause the body to absorb too much of the medication, leading to side effects. Salicylic acid may also cause skin irritation and weaken hair shafts, which can cause breakage and temporary hair loss. The effectiveness of these preparations are modest at best.
Steroid-based creams. The mainstay of psoriasis treatment, steroid creams decrease inflammation, relieve itching, and block the production of cells that are overproduced in psoriasis. Stronger preparations, which are more effective than milder ones, can cause side effects that include burning, dryness, irritation, and thinning of the skin. Be especially careful to follow your doctor's instructions on their use.
Calcipotriene-containing topical ointment. Calcipotriene, which is related to vitamin D, has proven to be effective for treating psoriasis, especially when combined with a topical corticosteroid cream. It's best to use only limited amounts to avoid side effects.
Coal-tar ointments and shampoos. These products can help slow the rapid growth of skin cells and alleviate symptoms, but some people are vulnerable to the side effects, especially folliculitis, a pimple-like rash affecting the hair follicles. These medicines should be used only under a doctor's supervision.
Prescription retinoids. These topical preparations containing a synthetic form of vitamin A can help improve psoriasis. These preparations don't work as quickly as steroids. Topical retinoids can sometimes cause dryness and irritation of the skin.


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5 Horrifying Details Hidden in Classic Children's Cartoons
Margery Williams' 1922 children's novella is perhaps one of the gentlest and most innocent childhood fables ever created. Tender and haunting, it teaches that the predations of time are unimportant when someone truly loves you and you engage with life fully, and also that toys are dickholes.
The story is simple. A toy rabbit, relentlessly mocked by the "better" toys for being made of velveteen and fluff, overcomes the odds and becomes his boy's favorite toy -- just in time for the boy to contract scarlet fever. The unnamed rabbit that we'll call Velvie stays faithfully by the boy's side while he's bedridden, and when the boy recovers, the doctor tells his parents that they must burn everything he's been in contact with -- including his toys. So the parents send the boy on a wonderful seaside trip, and while he's away, they secretly burn all of his stuff, because adults are lying bastards who can't be trusted.
But Velvie is saved because, as he sits waiting to be immolated, he cries a single real tear, which causes the Fairy of Becoming Real to appear and fly him away to live in Rabbitland and discover the true joy of being a Real Rabbit: nonstop procreation.
David De Lossy/Photodisc/Getty Images
"Alright, line 'em up!"
The Atrocity:
First of all, you should know that the book explicitly shows that the toys are capable of experiencing physical sensations -- they don't like to be bustled around by the maid, but they do enjoy being picked up and held. They're also capable of experiencing the entire range of human emotions, including grief and intense fear. But while there's something unsettling about conscious beings trapped inside inanimate bodies, deeply dependent upon the affection of an easily distractable child who will inevitably grow up and leave them, that's not our point -- go watch Toy Story 3 if you want to blubber like an inconsolable baby about that.
Consider this: The boy was sick for weeks, during which time he inevitably grew bored and probably played with every single toy in his bedroom. So when the doctor wrote out his incendiary prescription, he was effectively passing a sentence for everyone Velvie had ever known to die a slow and excruciating death by fire. In the feature-length animation, we even see the other toys -- the ones who were mean to Velvie -- about to be fed to the flames:
This is how Freddy was born.
But don't worry, kids, because the fairy saved Velvie! And that's precisely our point: She only saved Velvie. Did the fairy use her powers of flight to rescue any of the other toys? Did Velvie use his new powers of Realness to snatch a few of them away from danger? No. We're not sure whether fairies are jerks, whether Velvie breathed deep of the sweet, toasty smells of payback, or both -- but however it went down, we're guessing that in their final moments, all those other toys were wishing they'd treated the gentle little plush rabbit with more kindness almost as much as they were wishing they lacked the ability to feel pain.
The moral of this story, kids? Don't nobody fuck with Velvie.
#1. Rampant Cannibalism in the Classic Disney Universe
Via Disney.wikia.com
The classic Disney cartoon universe has traditionally hosted two types of animals. The first type includes human-like animals such as Goofy and Mickey Mouse who wear clothes, pay taxes, and speak in some kind of coherent human language. The other type more closely resembles actual animals -- Pluto, for example, runs around naked, eats whatever he happens to find laying on the floor, and sniffs the crotches of random strangers, just like your average real-world dog (Goofy, on the other hand, only pulls that shit in fanfic).
That important distinction is why we can see a picture like this ...
Via Disney.wikia.com
And the scene before it, where they fucked it to death.
... and accept it as something other than cannibalism. Sure, maybe it's a bit odd, but it's not, like, Dahmer odd, you know? Because Donald and his nephews are some kind of highly evolved duck-people, while the duck on the platter is just your run-of-the-mill edible kind, right?
The Atrocity:
The problem is that Disney doesn't play by its own rules, and if you pay attention to all the times the "anthropomorphic animal versus non-anthropomorphic animal" rule gets violated, it starts to paint a quite disturbing picture -- that is, a picture of your most beloved childhood icons participating in the widespread hunting and farming of other members of their own species who are just as intelligent as they are, capable of understanding everything they say, and, hell, can probably even all talk.
For proof, just look up any Disney short that depicts the characters hunting or farming -- it's not hard, there are quite a few of them. Take this one of Donald, Goofy, and Mickey hunting a non-pants-wearing turkey for sport, for example:
Not only does the turkey understand English, know how to use a gun (clearly, the most dangerous game is turkey), and outsmart his hunters, but he also clearly expresses awareness and fear of his own death when he pleads for his life. You see where we're going with this, right? If meat animals display human mannerisms and thought patterns, and the classic Disney characters occupy a universe in which meat farms are common, all signs point to cannibalistic bloodshed on an industrial scale.
But wait, it's OK to eat anything that can't talk -- we learned that in kindergarten. Pigs may be able to play video games and recognize themselves in a mirror, but as long as they can't converse with us, it's all bacon sandwiches, baby. Perhaps you need to see, say, a duck of the Donald variety hunting another talking duck in order for the ghastliness of the situation to truly set in. Something exactly like this:
Via Disneyweirdness
"I'll be back around dark. If you tell the police, I'll slaughter your family."
Holy shit, there you have it -- that's Donald's wacky cousin Fethry heading out to hunt him up some fully sentient ducks. We're not sure why the duck in the lower right-hand corner has that shit-eating grin on her face, given that she's basically trapped inside a horror movie. Then again, if you lived under some bizarre caste system in which one of the castes was "food," perhaps you'd greet death with a daft smile, too.
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I believe that the engine that drives us forward is our IQ. Increasing it will result in a higher productivity rate so I'd like to know what are the general steps that will put a person on that path. Thank you!
So I've always considered IQ to be pretty innate, but wikipedia.org has other ideas:
My personal take is this - treat your IQ like it's pretty set in stone, and consentrate on the contextual factors. None of the results above aare life-changing....
Consider the idea of 'effective IQ' - if you are tired you might only be working at 70% of your capacity - so making sure you get enought rest is probably a lot easier than trying to increase your IQ by 42% to compensate... Similarly, if you are spending some of your working memory keeping pertinate numbers 'in your head' - then a pen and paper might increase your effective IQ by quite some margin...
Take lots of IQ tests. They're supposed to be tests of your creativity and mental ability, but they're standardized to some degree because the results need to be repeatable. All of them follow some pattern.
Take basketball as an analogy. You can't possibly train every shot from every position blocked by people of different sizes and techniques. But the more shots you take, the more of them get into the basket.
While practicing IQ tests won't give you a perfect IQ, it will certainly improve your score.
Remember, the people with the highest IQ are the ones who make the tests.
Doing IQ exercises are proven to increase the brain's capacity in several areas. Do crosswords, sudokus, SAT practice exams, mensa tests, etc.
Do take into consideration that the tests should be varied and timed so that you constantly challenge and improve yourself
i will avoid textbook answer in this regard. i think that it is the habit of using your mind more and more. very importantly it is active and happy lifestyle( you cannot have a high IQ when you are unhappy). IQ will decrease dramatically if you are depressed or anxious. also it is more exposure to things. it is doing the things that matter most in your life. also very important to know a brilliant medical researcher in cancer maybe not be that brilliant in lot of other fields.
also inborn genius is a reality. but i think that iq is also your grooming from the very early age. first by your parents and school , secondly your personal grooming when you become seeing the world with your eyes. initially, intentionally the child should be giving more responsibilities. they should be giving the situations in which they should be encourage to use their mind more and more. I think the parent and the school can do limitless things for the child. more develop nations are investing more and more in this regards.
as an adult what my take is that the more the person get out of his comfort zone the more confident he feel and the more happy he will get that will automatically lead him to use his mind horse power more. food is very much underestimated in this regards. there are many vegetables and fruits in this world that boast your mental capacity. it would be nice to go to some nutritionist and set some plan from him to consume more and more such food at appropriate time. set some time to exercise everyday. learn some thing new every year. At-last summing up it is very important to being happy and contended that will lead to a higher iq.


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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (August 27, 2013) – To honor the state of West Virginia's 150 years of existence, the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics at West Virginia University has created a special logo to celebrate the history, traditions and pride of the state.
"As the flagship institution of higher learning in the state of West Virginia, we take enormous pride in celebrating the sesquicentennial with Mountaineer fans," says Director of Athletics Oliver Luck. "The state of West Virginia was forged from the Civil War and the motto of the state—Mountaineers are Always Free (Montani Semper Liberi) describes perfectly the approach that West Virginians have always taken. Our people are proud, hard working and self-reliant, and, together with the citizens of the state of West Virginia, we are delighted we can celebrate this important milestone."
The logo will be displayed by each of WVU's 17 sports teams, with the unveiling at this Saturday's home-opening football game against William & Mary. The commemorative logo is the outline of the state of West Virginia with a large 150 in the middle, and can be seen on the back of every football helmet throughout the 2013 season. Incorporating it into each of the sport teams will vary depending on uniform; some will have stickers, while other teams will have a patch.
"From the dawn of statehood, West Virginians have embodied a fiery spirit for our beloved home," Governor Earl Ray Tomblin said. "Today, as we celebrate our 150th birthday that same spirit and pride resonates with every West Virginian. These logos will show people how truly proud we are to be Mountaineers."
In 1963, West Virginia's 100th birthday, West Virginia University was asked to take part in helping promote the state's Centennial Celebration. That season, St. Albans, W.Va., native Chuck Kinder was chosen to don the No. 100 jersey in honor of the state's 100th birthday. The NCAA approved of Kinder, a kicker on the 1963 squad, to wear the No. 100 for the season.
June 20, 2013 was officially West Virginia's 150th birthday, which will be celebrated all year long by the coaches, athletes and fans of West Virginia University.
-Courtesy of West Virginia Sports Information


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Golf Skills Challenge
Location:Hilton Head Branch
Date & Time:Saturday, April 13, 2013 - 1:00pm – 3:00pm
As the Island gets ready to host the RBC Heritage Golf Tournament, stop by the library to test your golfing skills and compete for prizes. Stations will include putting, chipping and wii long drive. Open to children 6 years old through adults.


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Can you tell me how I can load geodatabase data into PostGIS without having to install Esri apps?
The solution I found online talked about using ArcGIS to convert GDB to SHP and then importing SHP to PostGIS.
Can you tell me how I can load geodatabase data into PostGIS without having to install Esri apps?
The solution I found online talked about using ArcGIS to convert GDB to SHP and then importing SHP to PostGIS.
I do it all the time for my clients.
Dump your data to FileGDB or Shapefiles then execute the following command:
For ESRI Shapefiles:
For FileGDB:
For FileGDB, you need to make sure that the FileGDB driver is installed. You do it with:
which should show FileGDB somewhere to tell you it is installed.
I haven't tried this so can't verify it works, but the File Geodatabase API may allow you to export the data from file Geodatabase to SHP (and thence PostGIS). The documentation says:
The Esri file geodatabase API only works with file geodatabases created using 10.x - the older versions will not work with GDAL, QGIS or anything else that depends on the open file geodatabase API. The old Personal Geodatabases depend on MS Access and there are readers and code available.
If you have a 10.x file geodatabase you can read layer from FileGDB and load into PostGIS with a single ogr2ogr command (see documentation):
In order to do this I also had to download VS2010 express edition and build my own GDAL, ogr plugin and 1.3 of the open file geodatabase API.
What I have been unable to do is migrate an older 9.x file geodatabase without using esri software (not available to me atm) - I cannot get past the...
...when trying to open the 9.x "gdb" with the open API that only supports 10.x "gdb".
While I have not tried it yet myself, I did just come across this tutorial (which is shapefile-->PostGIS) that uses the open-source geoETL software called "Spatial Data Integrator". I'm not sure if it supports Esri GDB or not, but it might be worth investigating further to see if you can use this product to make the similar conversion from GDB to PostGIS without using ESRI products.
Other ETL packages that I have heard of are FME from Safe Sofware ($, very popular) and GeoKettle (open-source), as well as many more references on the Spatial ETL wikipedia page.
EDIT: Upon digging a bit further, it looks like SDI does not directly support read of EsriGDB, but can read available OGR file formats.
FWIW work is going on to create a GDB to postgis loader. This depends on latest GDAL trunk which has GDB bindings. Haven't had a chance to compile and try myself but hope to before PostGIS 2.0 is out.
check out - http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/browser/spike/pramsey/postgis2fgdb
You can probably give Paul a buzz on PostGIS newsgroup to find out where he is with this. http://www.postgis.org/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users
For the Personal GeoDatabase format, GDAL can read that fine and that's what I usually use to export data out of personal geodb.
Answering my own question here that I posted here a while back...
Another option that I found online (in addition to the suggestions above) is to use pgdbf (https://github.com/kstrauser/pgdbf) which dumps the SQL script that you can then use to ingest into postgres manually.


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The 6 Most Awesome Special Effects Produced by Nature
This world of ours is brimming with awe-inspiring displays of nature's splendor (like rainbows and sunsets), as well as a whole bunch of not-so-awe-inspiring ones (like rainbows and sunsets the third or fourth time you see them). However, Mother Nature loves to demonstrate that, even if you happen to be the most seasoned of outdoors enthusiasts, she still has the ability to full-on blow your goddamn mind ... if you're lucky enough to stand in exactly the right spot, at precisely the right time.
#6. Yosemite National Park Hosts a Fiery Waterfall Every February
No, this isn't lava. But if it were, it wouldn't kick any less ass:
It looks like how peeing as an old man feels.
That's Horsetail Fall in Yosemite, and for an awesome couple of weeks in February, the sun hits it at just the right angle to make it look like it's actually on fire. The phenomenon has been given the only appropriate name possible -- the Firefall -- and it lasts for about 10 minutes at sunset, assuming some asshole cloud doesn't get in the way. Given the right conditions, it's hard to take a picture of this thing that doesn't look completely badass:
Yosemite Firefall
Eat irradiated asparagus and this'll be your urine.
As an interesting (and somewhat insane) side note, you might have seen similar photos like this ...
Yosemite Firefall
The Human Torch shouldn't drink.
... that are in fact not the Firefall, but a completely different event in Yosemite where a bunch of people would gather, start a bonfire, and then dump the embers down the side of the mountain. This went on for almost a century, from 1872 through 1968, at the Glacier Point Mountain House Hotel, which is located up there at the top. The Park Service made them stop doing this for some mysterious reason (why do we even have national parks if we can dump tons of flaming debris off the cliffs?), so now you just have to settle for the real thing at that magical moment when the sun hits it just right:
Yosemite Blog
Way to be lame as shit, regular waterfalls.
#5. A South Korean Island Gets Biblical in the Spring
AFP / Stringer / Getty
And by "gets biblical" we mean that for very brief stretches, suddenly everyone on this particular island can walk on water:
Visit Korea
What's the plural of "Moses"? "Moseses"? "Mosi"?
About twice a year, sometime between March and June, the tidal forces at work on the Yellow Sea all line up to cause an extremely low tide, resulting in a 1.8-mile walkway between Jindo and its neighboring island, Modo. The 130-foot-wide path stays open for only an hour, during which thousands of tourists take advantage of this rare opportunity to walk across the sea.
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"But wait, my car's parked on Jindo!"
Jindo Island throws a four-day festival every year around one of these low-tide events, because when you've got yourself a magic sea, you damn well use it as an excuse to party. The phenomenon is even popularly referred to as the "Moses Miracle," since it's the result of the seas suddenly pulling back like when Moses parted the Red Sea. So there are multiple biblical events at play here, which has to help with the tourism.
Actually, the Koreans have their own origin story about the Parting of the Yellow Sea: Legend has it that Jindo Island was once infested with tigers, so everybody escaped to Modo, figuring they'd just let the tigers have it. All except for one old woman, whom they forgot to take with them (kind of like the plot of Home Alone, but with tigers). She prayed to the god of the ocean, who created the pathway so she could mosey on over to Modo. Presumably the god of the ocean didn't have the heart to tell her that tigers aren't the least bit afraid of water.
Robyn Beck / AFP / Getty
Or anything else, for that matter. Because they're goddamn tigers.
#4. A Colombia River Trips Balls in the Summer
Cano Cristales in Colombia exists for most of the year as a boring old river, with some nice clear water and a bed of dull green moss at the bottom. You know, standard river stuff. But for a brief summer period between September and November, the river starts to look a little ... different.
Hotels Costa Rica
Pictured: different.
No, our art department didn't run that second image through the LSD filter in Photoshop. Remember that dull green moss we told you about five seconds ago? When the sun turns up the heat, it blooms into a cavalcade of colors that look like the runoff from a Chinese textile factory:
Atlas Obscura
An unusually clean Chinese textile factory.
Cano Cristales gets so crazy colorful in the summer that its nickname is "the river that ran away to paradise" (or just "the world's most beautiful river," if you hate words). But as with many such psychedelic delights, this 60 straight miles of trippy goodness can be tricky to come by -- tourists have to fly out to the small town of La Macarena, travel by boat for a bit, then hike through unmarked trails to find it. We're not saying it's not worth it, of course, but if pretty colors in swirling water is what you're after, there are much simpler ways to achieve that (hint: it involves illegal substances and your toilet).
Atlas Obscura
"The water's burning. Burning! I'm freaking out, man!"


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A Maine judge says she's not going to let prosecutors introduce almost 600 sexually explicit images at the trial of a man charged with helping a fitness instructor run a prostitution business from her Zumba studio.
But Judge Nancy Mills said Wednesday she will allow prosecutors to show jurors in the trial of Mark Strong Sr. some of the images, but not all 577 of them. He's on trial on charges of promoting prostitution.
The defense says Strong had an affair with Alexis Wright and helped her launch her dance studio in Kennebunk by co-signing for her lease but knew nothing about allegations of prostitution.
Prosecutors say the images show Strong knew about the prostitution.
Both Strong and Wright have pleaded not guilty. She'll be tried later.
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The Man Without an Era
Sorolla & America
Meadows Museum
Through April 19
Anyone who remembers college courses in the great forward march of Western Art from Duccio through the 20th century—with styles and periods defined clearly and in relation to the major men—gets stumped when finding an outlier, someone who doesn't quite fit easily into the discernible categories.
So it is with Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (1863-1923), an important figure in his native Spain and, more interestingly, in the U.S., where he found patrons and champions who bought and commissioned work from him and helped him become—especially as a portraitist—almost as well known here as the American John Singer Sargent was in England. In 1893 he won a medal of honor at the Chicago World's Fair. His two big U.S. shows, New York in 1909 and St. Louis and Chicago in 1911, unveiled his art to hundreds of thousands of viewers; hundreds of his pictures entered U.S. collections and museums.
His greatest work, "The Provinces of Spain" (1912-1919), hangs in the Bancaja Gallery at the Hispanic Society of America in New York, a museum founded by Archer Milton Huntington, who was, along with Thomas Fortune Ryan, Sorolla's most generous American supporter. Ryan commissioned and then acquired "Christopher Columbus Leaving Palos, Spain" (1910), a portrait of the explorer looking like Wagner's Flying Dutchman, stern and steady but also a little wary. In "Sorolla and America" at Southern Methodist University's Meadows Museum, this big picture (91½ inches by 637/8 inches) is shown for the first time in the company of nine preparatory oils.
The show at the Meadows consists of 160 works—oils, oil sketches, gouaches and graphite drawings—reflecting the range of the painter's subjects and styles. Even more, it asks us to consider the nature of art patronage and of transatlantic connections. It is also the largest Sorolla exhibition in the U.S. for more than a century. All the works were produced, exhibited or acquired here.
Sorolla was born in Valencia. His pictures might strike you as advertisements for a stereotypical "sunny Spain." This is especially true of those 14 large pieces at the Hispanic Society of America that constitute "The Provinces of Spain"—scenes typical of each region, like "Ayamonte: The Tuna Catch," "Seville: The Dance" and "Valencia: Couples on Horseback"—all with swirling colors (especially large billowy puffs and piles of white), loose brushwork and thick impasto. In Dallas, the enormous "Dancing in the Café Novedades of Sevilla" (967/8 inches by 116¼ inches, 1914) could make a Renoir canvas seem chastely understated. But Sorolla, who also worked en plein air, would never be labeled an Impressionist: His canvases are overloaded, sometimes to excess, with rich gestures and embellished details.
He was a master of the flesh. At the Meadows, "Sad Inheritance!" (1899), one of his large, powerful early pictures, portrays a group of crippled children at the seashore, in various states of deformity and undress; the colors of their dappled skin vie for our attention with the somber backdrop of the waves. As a painter of seascapes, Sorolla can't measure up to Manet and Turner, but he did something different: He focused on the interplay of human bodies with the waves behind them. "The Young Amphibians" (1903) presents a back view of a young girl, in a hot-pink dress and a large straw hat, facing the sea. To her left, two glistening, naked boys crawl in the sand. Seen up close, their orange flesh seems to be slathered with Coppertone. "After the Bath" (1908) is a virtual study in whiteness, with its elegant female bather emerging from the sea and being covered by a male attendant in an enormous white wrap.
Compared with the sea pictures—and one small side gallery here has an elegant didactic display of five preparatory sketches, in graphite, charcoal and pastel, for "Running Along the Beach" (1908) that show how the master came to his final iteration of the subject—the garden pictures and some of the landscapes are less impressive, more formulaic.
And then you have the portraits, which constituted much of Sorolla's bread and butter. He made 550 of them. They sold well. A 1906 picture of his wife was adapted for a Baldwin piano advertisement. Sorolla could not compete with his contemporary, Thomas Eakins, for psychological depth in portraiture, or even with Sargent, although he often came close. One section of this exhibit features his portraits of Americans, painted in France and the U.S. President William Howard Taft and Robert Bacon (Teddy Roosevelt's secretary of state) both look like self-satisfied, prosperous, upstanding men of power. Louis Comfort Tiffany (1911), on the other hand, sits dressed in white, with paintbrush and easel in hand, engulfed by flowers in an explosive rainbow of color. Emily Perkins (1909) is gracious old age, in white and gray; her hair, silken dress and ruff are complemented by her sad, all-knowing liquid-blue eyes and her wrinkled skin that shows signs of its earlier luminous tautness.
Sorolla's large works make one kind of statement. His smaller ones, especially the 13 gouaches that he did rapidly on paper or shirt cardboard in his hotel room in New York, overlooking the city, register his excited and happy impressions of Manhattan. He dashed these off with ease, happy in the New World.
Sorolla's art came at a time when Spain had lost its empire. There's something atavistically romantic or sentimental in all those bright colors and castanets. His contemporary Ignacio Zuloaga, working with a different palette and more somber themes, painted a literally darker picture of their native country. However one feels about Sorolla or his place in art history, his connections to Sargent and other contemporaries who had similar styles and projects, it's a bit sobering to realize that his two U.S. blockbusters came right before the 1913 Armory Show, which really radicalized America.
And something else: At the same time Sorolla was painting colorful landscapes and realistic portraits, a countryman of his was doing something far different and far-reaching. His name was Pablo Picasso. Painting would never be the same after him.
Mr. Spiegelman, a professor of English at Southern Methodist University, writes about art for the Journal.


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Endurance exercise and metabolism are linked to transcriptional activation of human telomeres, researchers propose.
Killer TB Hits India
January 16, 2012|
An incurable form of tuberculosis has turned up on the subcontinent.
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An incurable form of tuberculosis has turned up on the subcontinent.
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Proteins that appear before patients show symptoms of the disease could offer clues to the disease process.
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Should research that makes pathogens more deadly or infectious—or other dangerous research—be conducted in the first place?
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This week will mark the one-year anniversary of the last polio case in the second-most populous country.
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The FDA approved 30 drugs last year, the highest number in the last 7 years.
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An adenovirus isolated from chimpanzee feces proves more effective than human adenoviruses as a vaccine vector for hepatitis C.
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A new study shows that breast cancers that become resistant to hormone therapy have different patterns of estrogen receptor binding.
January 3, 2012|
A Chinese health agency confirms that the strain of H5N1 bird flu that killed a Chinese man last month does not spread between humans.
January 3, 2012|
After Science pulls the original article linking a mouse virus to the chronic fatigue syndrome, PNAS follows suit, yanking the only other study supporting the link.
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An intrepid researcher and her team battle the elements and bouts of misfortune to explore the biodiversity of a brand new African country.


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5 Hilariously Bad Ideas That Actually Solved Huge Problems
Here at Cracked, we like to celebrate outside-the-box thinking: the crazy inventors, the creative solutions, the improvised weapons. So we're not saying that any of the below are necessarily good ideas. We're just saying that even the most insane problems need to be solved, and sometimes they're solved with more insanity.
#5. Zimbabwe Battles a Backed-Up Sewer With Synchronized Toilet Flushing
The Ridiculous Problem:
Please, take a moment out of your day and thank your toilet. Modern sanitation is one of those things we absolutely take for granted in the First World, despite the fact that billions live with sewer systems that are unreliable at best. Take Zimbabwe, one of the poorer countries in Africa. Their second largest city, Bulawayo, saw their sewage system back up due to a water-rationing system caused by a drought. There simply wasn't enough water left in Bulawayo's pipe system to carry away all the dumps the million-strong city was taking daily.
"We're about to be in deep shit. Like, for real, though. That's not a pun."
You can imagine the problems this causes. Dry pipes tend to contribute a liberal amount of ghost stench from the logs of yesteryear to the atmosphere. So apart from the whole "not enough water" situation, Bulawayo was now stinking to high heaven and subjecting its residents to a whole host of interesting feces-related health hazards.
What's a city to do?
The Solution:
Create a tidal wave with their toilets, that's what.
Faced with a seemingly impossible situation, Bulawayo's city officials decided to do something that would appear to be straight out of a cartoon: They calmly ordered everyone in the city to start flushing their toilets at the exact same time, at three-day intervals.
You'll need to imagine some inspirational music swelling while the community flushes to save the town.
The reasoning behind this strange move reads like a shit-based metaphor for social media: Although the sad trickle of water from an individual drought-toilet couldn't possibly budge the literal wall of shit that's clogging the sewers, thousands and thousands of simultaneous flushes should be able to create a massive sewage tsunami that allows the poop to ride away with the wave like the world's most horrible surfer. Synchronized flushing's other benefits included putting a stop to both the stench and future blockages by getting the pipes wet and keeping them well-lubricated with regular, periodic moistness.
The plan faced some heavy criticism -- after all, flushing your poop tunnels with tons of water doesn't seem like the ideal thing to do when there is no water. Still, synchronized flushing appears to be genuinely working.
"This town needs an enema! Again, this is a serious matter."
And while we're on the subject of toilets ...
#4. Taiwan Wages War on Toilets by Forcing Men to Pee Sitting Down
The Ridiculous Problem:
If you ever feel the need to summon an ungodly amount of hatred toward your fellow man, consider visiting the nearest public men's room. At best, you're going to get your shoes wet; at worst, the experience will play out like the toilet-diving scene in Trainspotting.
Well, that's what Taiwan thinks, anyway. That's why Stephen Shen, the country's Environmental Protection Administration minister, has embarked on a campaign that has one goal, and one goal alone: clean up men's toilets once and for all.
Most war crimes smell better than this.
The Solution:
Taiwanese health officials -- spearheaded by Shen -- have decided to fix everything that is wrong in the world of passing water by launching a serious-as-balls campaign for men to sit while they urinate. Seriously, that's the big thing they focus on -- drill glory holes in the stall wall all you like, as long as you remember to take a seat before pissing. They have plaques, public notices, endorsements by influential politicians, the works. Officials say that they are inspired to do this by the outstanding man-sit-pee statistics of Japan and Sweden, two countries that are no doubt thrilled by such publicity.
"Fuck urine! Long live Sweden!"
As you can probably imagine, the project is facing quite a few hurdles -- the least of which is not the fact that Taiwan's public men's rooms consist largely of urinals. When questioned about this, the unfazed officials stated that men should first train sit-peeing at home, presumably because sitting on a urinal becomes easier with training.
There's also the matter of signage. Let's say you're a guy and you see one of those "Don't pee all over the seat" signs above the toilet:
"Please use cock funnels, not cock colanders."
Man, we're not claiming to be authorities on the subject of toilet education, but we'd guess that seeing a sign where a dude is spraying all over the toilet isn't going to put too many butts on seats.
#3. Russian Drivers Fight Hellish Conditions With YouTube Fodder
The Ridiculous Problem:
The Internet's image of Russia has traditionally been dominated by three big Vs: vodka, Vladimir Putin and vile, balls-freezing winters. But with the advent of YouTube, another variable has entered the equation: freaking vicious traffic. You might have seen one of these videos:
Holy crap, just look at that. There you are, happily driving to the store for a pack of smokes, when suddenly trucks start Mario Kart jumping at you for no reason whatsoever. That's not traffic, that's Tetris with automobiles. What's worse, that video is just one of the many, many, many proofs of the madness that is everyday driving in Russia.
The reason that all Russian drivers appear to be insane is (perhaps surprisingly) not vodka, but a massive clusterfuck of societal issues. First of all, their roads suck. The main road network alone ranges from badly maintained terror-gridlocks to horrifying dystopian deathtraps, and the government's devotion to fixing the issue is limited to a hearty laugh and a shrug. The police are prone to taking bribes, and car insurance companies are notoriously difficult to deal with, so tough luck if your vehicle sustains damage. What's more, criminals and scammers abuse the shit out of the situation, happily staging accidents for profit or even lying on the road in hopes of getting hit and being able to sue.
Nope, totally not joking about that.
All of this has taken its toll on the drivers, to the point where they have precisely two available options: Either they embrace the insanity and become GTA characters every time they enter a vehicle ... or they drive like sane human beings and risk getting rammed into or, as often as not, getting cut off, dragged out of the vehicle and beaten by a 6-foot-7-inch tracksuit dude who embraces the Niko Bellic lifestyle.
The Solution:
None of those insane YouTube clips were filmed for shits and giggles. They're footage from dashboard cameras, the drivers' response to the unholy mess that is their country's road system.
This is what's known in the traffic world as a "pants filler."
The thing is, the parts of Russia that don't involve automotive activities are extremely enthusiastically governed. Their justice system is perfectly capable of delivering a heaping helping of sentences to any culprit. The problem is that deciding who said culprit actually is can be difficult when the evidence consists of smoking wreckage, a traffic cop with a suspiciously padded wallet and two guys pointing at each other.
The drivers have learned to combat this by equipping most every vehicle with dash cams, which provide perfectly good evidence for court and, given the unreliability of literally everything else on the road, have proven to be the only true way to protect themselves from the lawless wastelands of Russian asphalt.


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I'm searching for a todo-list application for Mac OS X which can do the following.
- list tasks
- organize them in "projects" (à la GTD)
- assign a start date and a due date to each task
and also understand "today" "yesterday", +3="in 3 days", ....
- create recurring tasks (on fixed dates or x days after last completion)
- have a priority field, which makes it possible to emphasize some tasks (like a star or flag or similar)
- allows to define and quickly use custom filters for different views on the data (based on the criteria like date, priority, ...)
- sort tasks according to criteria with custom filters
- access all relevant features via keyboard shortcuts
No web applications, please! I want "real" software which saves its data (only) on my computer.


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Since I have heard that keeping on the charger plugged while the battery is at 100% will degrade battery life, I would like to find a way to make the Mac switch off by itself when it reaches 100%. This is mainly for when I want to charge the laptop overnight.
Is the first claim true? Also, if it is, how can I get the Mac to shut down by itself when it reaches 100% charge?


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Ukraine: More! AND MORE!
For those of you following events here are some more (and other) comments/views, etc.
Francophones: Le Monde "The Ukraine Crisis in Five Minutes," a short history ending in the current crisis. My French is fading, but I could make it out.
David Ignatius in the Wash Post: "Putin's error in Ukraine Is the Kind that Leads to Disaster."
Dana Milbank in WP offers a vigorous riposte to Obama's critics ending in a mild defense of the president.
Ann Olivier forwards this: Time, "How Putin's Ukraine Invasion Is Already Losing in Ukraine."
Robert Hunter, former U.S. ambassador to NATO (1993-98): Nato, Russia, and Ukraine.
Chancellor Angela Merkel: She may be the key to a stand-down. NYTimes, March 4
MORE: The British take: Do the U.S. and the EU know what they're doing?
About the Author
Margaret O'Brien Steinfels, a former editor of Commonweal, writes frequently in these pages and blogs at dotCommonweal.
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The commentaries by Ignatius and Millbank seem exceptionally worthwhile. The mis-steps of previous policies by Ukraine leadeship cannot be corrected by an American president. As with the Cuban missile crisis, there has to be some face-saving manuevers. However, in this age one cannot get away with Kennedy's Jupiter missile move...
I'm looking for some kind of referendum... and can the Crimea get peacefully re-attached eventually to Russia with 60% of the populace supposedly sympathetic and Russian speaking?
Or is world reaction going to force Putin either to retreat with some cover story or to some strategic gesture with the fleet?
And I'm still curious about the despised concession of the Sudetenland- and we all know how that turned out!
I'm definitely skeptical of that Ignatius article. The first factor he mentioned- that Russian people generally oppose the invasion- might be a big deal, but the other three are things that Putin surely anticipated before he made his move.
Sorry, I was actually referring to the Time article (How Russia is already losing in the Ukraine), not the Ignatius one. My mistake.
Putin might be a typical Russian autocrat who thinks he has a right to rule, but to liken him to Hitler, as Hillary Clintn just did, makes me wonder whether she's diplomatic enough to be POTUS. Over-state insults won't help the situation.
Egos, egos, egos.
It's a careless thing for her to say. Makes me wonder if she's paying attention to what is going on.
The odd thing is that she did a fine diplomatic job as Secretary of State.


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I've been looking for a solution to post to twitter from a wp7 app but have found very limited resources on the matter. Everything seems to be in either a different programming language (ex. PHP) or platform (ASP.NET), or is lacking documentation.
These questions did NOT work for WP7:
Post in Twitter using C# application
Post Tweets to Twitter from FaceBook using ASP.Net C#
Are there any resources, code samples or posts that talk about how to get started with the Twitter API for WP7?
Also are there any particular libraries maybe that are well documented that support WP7?


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Mission College Admissions & Records - Payments & Refunds
How Do I Pay Fees / Receive Refunds?
Registration Fee
Mandatory registration fees are determined by the State and/or College's Board of Trustees and the fees must be paid by all students, immediately after registering, and for each term.
Enrollment Fee = $46 per unit (Effective Summer 2012)
Non-Resident Tuition = $204 per unit
Health Fee = $19 per semester (Effective Fall 2012); $15 for Summer Session (Effective Summer 2012)
Campus Center Fee
This fee supports the Campus Center and is assessed at $1 per unit (up to $5 max)
Associated Student Government (ASG) Membership/ID Card Fee
This $7 membership fee charged at the time of registration supports a variety of student services, activities, programs, scholarships, discounts, and it covers the initial cost of the ID card. Should a student choose not to be a member, the fee is refundable when requested by the "refund" deadline. ID cards and stickers are available for pick-up, in the Campus Center Lobby, using proof of enrollment and the students' photo I.D.
ASG Representation Fee
This $1.00 fee per semester, effective Fall 2011, is collected for the purpose of establishing a student representation fee. The proceeds support student government representatives stating their positions and viewpoints before city, county, and district government as well as offices and agencies of the state government. Should a student choose not to be represented, the fee is refundable when requested by the "refund" deadline.
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A one-time per semester non-refundable fee of $3 is assessed for the use of the My Mission Portal, and in-person credit card payment.
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To be eligible for a refund of enrollment and other fees, students must drop classes by the published deadline.
Dropping classes after the published deadline will result in loss of enrollment fees. Adding classes after the refund deadline will require that new fees are paid. Refunds for ASB card, ASG Representation Fee, and Parking Permits are processed when the request is made at the Admissions & Records Office by the "last day to drop with a refund" deadline. A parking permit refund requires the return of the parking permit. Refunds for Credit Card payments will be returned to the student's credit card. Check and cash payments will be refunded by check and mailed to the student's current home address. It is important that we have a current postal address on file. (The refund process takes 4 to 6 weeks' time, for the check delivery.)
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Could Woot modify how the reply box works on ATC?
Why is it positioned directly in the middle of the screen? Am I the only one who likes to see the comment I'm replying to? Couldn't it sit at the bottom of the window so you can still scroll up and down and actually read the different comments? This would definitely make replying to multiple people much easier. It is definitely not very user-friendly how it is now.
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Honestly, that's a fair complaint. I have had the same issue before. I end up typing out my response into another source (note pad, word, etc) and copy and paste it here. Plus it ends up eliminating the "OMFG! I just accidentally clicked outside the box and half of my thoughts have been deleted!" effect.
@capguncowboy: if the original comment to which you're replying isn't too long, can't you just copy/paste the entire text into your reply box for easy reading (and delete later, if desired)?
incidentally, if there is a real suggestion/complaint, i would suggest also entering it into "beta feedback" (should be a button for that at the top of the screen).
I actually ran into this today. I was replying to several points made by another poster, and the placement of the reply box made it quite difficult. It -looks- nice, but it's functionally poor design.
@no1: ouch, minus score. rough crowd. remember to tip your waiter!
Great suggestion. Do put that in the beta feedback. Yes, it is read.
I've run into this often. I'd like to be able to drag it.
@thunderthighs: Go ahead. THIS is my beta feedback. How long is a site considered beta? It seems like Woot has long passed beta feedback and is more at site suggestions.
@no1: I think the point is that you shouldn't have to open freaking notepad and copy/paste comments so that you can properly reply to someone. It's ridiculous.
I'd like to be able to reply and at the same time highlight/copy/paste other people's comments. The whole reply box closing when clicked outside of is a weird concept to me. It makes sense when viewing pictures, but not for replying to a comment. It's an accident waiting to happen as @capguncowboy mentioned.
While we're on it, it'd also be nice to have a way to reply to multiple people without needing to type @ and their whole username.
I would think that it'd be possible to have it so that when you type @ and a little of their name it auto-populates. Similar to IRC or Facebook. It would only auto-populate for people who have already replied in the thread.
@iggz: "@no1: I think the point is that you shouldn't have to open freaking notepad and copy/paste comments so that you can properly reply to someone. It's ridiculous." - uh, i was just proposing a simpler workaround that avoided notepad entirely while woot modifies their code. not sure why my workaround deserves so many downvotes.
@no1: I think your "workaround" is pretty obvious.
And about the down-votes, you'll survive. Trust me.
Once upon a time THEY DID. I'll see if I can find a screen of it.. I'm sure someone has it.. Okay, just looked at the thread according to last year me I forgot to take a screenshot :)
Here's the thread though.. http://deals.woot.com/questions/details/60636a76-657e-457b-a453-10a762f1bd9b/did-your-comment-box-drop-anchor#17
Okay, here.. I recreated what it looked like. Not exact, but close.
Here's the direct link if you want to see the full size enchilada
::sigh:: What's old is new again. Nothing changed. Too bad. Same ole, same ole. And the beat goes on. And on.
As a relatively new member of deals.woot, I've finally realized that the same questions are asked frequently. And, not resolved. (FAQs? - not going there again. It doesn't help.)
We do have avatars, though. And we can post pics & videos. :-/
The real problem is that the developers don't actually use what they create. Yeah, they probably tested it a few times and have made a few replies, but they don't REALLY use it. Because if they did, they'd realize that it is very poorly designed.
I like tasks that are challenging.
@iggz: Honestly, it's likely more of an issue of trying to design to a particular aesthetic goal than a functional one. Most highly functional web stuff winds up looking "old" and untrendy. (Craigslist is a great example ... super functional, but most web folks revile the look.)
Hell, it's even simpler to have the box show up in the normal document flow than to have it do this pseudo-popup junk.... which also closes too easily.
@capguncowboy: Nice to mention the problem about clicking outside the box. Another issue is when you hit the submit and it waits a couple seconds before posting and it is unable to connect to the server and you get that dreaded server error. Then you click your back button and the comment is gone.
You have a good idea of typing it into a text editor and copy/pasting it. I'll do that from now on too.
Best work around I've found is to scroll the comment to which I'm replying high enough so I only see the reply and THEN click it. That usually works well enough so when the reply box appears, I can scroll the whole thing back down revealing most of the comment to which I'm replying. Genuine PITA as well as my comment disappearing when I accidentally click somewhere unintended.
alright, what's the deal here? did somebody hack into your account or something?
@inkycatz: ;-) Nope. Tried that; didn't work. IF FAQs ever get officially published, it will be when TPTB determine they want to. Last time I asked about it, lichme answered. Odd that. :-/
Re: The OP's question: "Could Woot modify how the reply box works on ATC?" Could they modify it? - of course they could. Will they? Again, not holding my breath. This is not the 1st time this same question has been asked. ....And the beat goes on.
@pemberducky: hey sunshine.
First, I agree with all the previously-mentioned gripes about the infernal comment box.
@gmwhit: "And we can post pics & videos."
Yeah, I remember a thread about that. Unfortunately, I couldn't find it again when I needed it. A mini-tutorial file that helped ATC'ers with that, as well as how to italicize, bold, etc, would be very useful. (Maybe it could even be a pop-up from the comment box!)
@ginawoot: "Maybe it could even be a pop-up from the comment box!"


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O'Malley, a second-term Democrat, administered her the oath of office Tuesday.
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Disaster Relief: Senate Bill 14 will give eligible state employees up to 30 workdays of paid leave per year to help with American Red Cross disaster relief efforts.
Sexual Assault: SB 25 will make it a felony to possess Rohypnol, more commonly known as the "date rape drug."
Body Piercing: House Bill 29 will require minors to obtain parental consent before undergoing a body piercing procedure.
Organ Donation: SB 36 will require circuit clerks to point out the organ donor section on the back of driver's licenses when issuing licenses.
Veterans: HB 45 will allow school councils to award high school diplomas to World War II veterans who left high school early to serve in the war.
Elections: HB 31 will move Kentucky's primary elections up a week to avoid conflicts with the Memorial Day Holiday.
Health Departments: HB 67 will restore the ability of health department nurses to dispense certain prescription drugs to their patients.
Worker's Compensation: HB 348 will make changes in Kentucky's worker's compensation system to make it easier for miners with black lung disease to receive financial, educational and job training benefits. Miners with black lung who are 57 or older will have the option of receiving a cash award rather than retraining benefits.
Emergency Volunteers: HB 388 would keep volunteer emergency workers, such as rescue squad members, from being punished or fired from their regular jobs if they are absent or late because of valid emergency services duties.
Boating Safety: HB 453 will double the fines against people who operate boats while intoxicated. The new fines will be $200 for the first offense, $350 for second offense, and $600 for all subsequent offenses.
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The Steam Awesome Autumn Sale for $2.50 + free shipping
It's the magic of the holiday sale without having to wait for the holidays!
Which is good because, as we all know, an asteroid is going to kill us pretty soon so we ain't having no holiday sale and that's all the more reason to blow your wad now !
Also as we'll be dead soon don't just consider this to be pregaming and practice for the holiday sale. K?
Pretty much everything is on sale even F2P games and daily deals too for those games that just need to be the center of attention.
In conclusion just have at it so you can yet again double the size of your back catalog.
Don't know what that feeling is you are feeling?
That's excitement.
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Daliy Deals:
XCCOM Enemy Unknown 33% off(get this)
Magic Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 50% off
The Walking Dead 50% off (get this)
Darksiders II Death Lives 66% off (meh)
Age of Empiers III Complete 75% off (buy AOE II instead)
Terraria 66% off (you should already own this)
Indies have their own page how nice
There are also Flash Sales that refresh oftenish
The indies don't seem to have daily specials but these are the featuered ones.
Sanctum, 75% off (get this)
World of Goo 75% off (how do you not aready own this for shame!)
Waves 75% off
Audiosurf 75% off
Fortune Summoneers 50% off
Cave Story 75% off (greatness is in here)
q.u.b.e 75% off (any game with dots in it's title isn't worth your love)
E.Y.E Divine Cybermancy 75% off (except this one)
KRATER 66% off (it's got co-op so...)
Anything on FTL?
@chronosquall14: It's not on sale ATM but it might be in a flash sale later. I'll probably check Steam constantly so if I see it go on sale I'll tell you through the magic of the internets.
@the7654: Thanks! Can't check Steam at the office.
@the7654: throw me an @ reply as well for FTL please, also dont forget that amazon should be starting out with there big sale tomorrow through monday, (there are SEGA games on it cheap right now)
It is not advertised but ARMA II: Combined Operations is 40% off also making it only $17.99. This is the edition you need to run the Day Z mod....You welcome
@raremonkey: No this isn't the FTL has arrived email.
Just saying I will update you also yesterday I put up an Amazon Games Thanksgiving sale thing but it was taken down. :(
@chronosquall14: How will you buy it from the office.
hotspotshield.com should be able to get you through but they will know you downloaded a vpn from work. ¬_¬
Also the first flash sales end in 10 hours so hopefully you don't have such a suckly long work day.
@the7654: I made a week long amazon sale for this week its still up just got no votes, http://deals.woot.com/deals/details/9fb678bf-bfb7-4054-9d1a-3a97a8c3c542/game-downloads-deal-of-the-week-up-to-75-off#1
@the7654: ha, i will have my wife take care of it if i cannot get to the store in time.
@the7654: said: "Age of Empiers III Complete 75% off (buy AOE II instead)"
I dont see AOE II on Steam, do you?
Thats my favorite, I cant play it on my piece of crap HP Laptop because the DVD drive is broke.
Steam would be a solution...
@danieleg: A good point well there is AOE Online the F2P game...
Doubt its as good as AOE II though.
Also I feel your pain I've had similar issues in the past with CnC Generals I had to buy that game more than a couple times but it was worth it.
Also also since you do own it you are morally cleared to download a copy even if you aren't fully legally allowed to do that and surely there is somebody you could give the disk to have them make an iso then install it through a virtual CD reader a la Deamon Tools.
Again also 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 :)
Best thing to do for Steam sales is make a wishlist for anything you have your eye on, then check it when the sale rolls around. Tons of items that aren't listed front page are still on sale, even the crapware.
@the7654: Thanks, some good info there.
I already have AOE F2P... it looks a little cheesy.
I only played it for a few minutes.
I will look into the daemon tools thing.
Whats the 30 30 30?
@danieleg: 30 is the chat command for WooLooLoo. :p
If you need a more complete explanation on doing i through Deamon Tools I could probably help you but its pretty easy with all the walkthroughs on the internets.
KOTOR 2, the greatest game ever, for $2.50.
Just imagine how great it would have been if they had finished the ending. But still.
Have you tried the restored content mod?
Just gonna say...Audiosurf is really really cool. Not a game you'd play for hours on end but the amount of work they've put into the interface is really astounding and makes for incredibly unique gameplay. For metalheads its great, you have to dodge the breakdowns for moar hardcore.
Orcs Must Die! Franchise Pack is $17 and comes with OMD 1 and 2 and all their current DLC. Highly recommend.
I, too, want to slow jam THIS news!
"Awwww yeah, seems things are gettin' STEAMy up in here. Ohhh..." xD
P.S. If the game you want isn't 75% off now, don't buy it. It will be by the end of the sale so don't over pay!!! :)
Batman Arkham City Game of the Year edition is fifteen bucks. The stock version without all the extra DLC is ten bucks.
You can find the value of all your steam games here, just put in your ID instead of mine.
There is a F2P Age of Empires that i think is pretty good. gives me my fix anyway.
EDIT: I see that's been said, a bunch.
I think Waves is fantastic. If you're a fan of twin-stick shooters, you will love it.
Also, if you don't already have Terraria, you're a bad person.
@segafanalways: I have been waiting for the Winter sale to grab this, didn't expect Autumn sale. Can't wait to try some Day Z!
Some things of note:
flash sales 10 hours left on both
Rage 75% off ($5) and it is well worth it if you aren't the kind of person to finish games also Train Simulator 2013 66% off for a total price with DLC of $574.08!
Something else well for the money the F2P Tribes Ascend has some good deals
steam starter pack 70% off $6 and the raider pack 70% off $4.49
Also the Valve pack is 50% off for $50
Sanctum on sale for $2.50 but also the Sanctum with all the DLC is also 75% off for $4.74 that game doesn't start with many maps and usually when Sanctum goes on sale the DLC isn't or only at a smaller discount so that is a good one
similarly Defense Grid: The Awakening with all the DLC is $4.00
something else Indie Game The Movie is $2.50
and not a great deal but I'm going to show it anyway Thirty Flights of Loving is 33% off for $3.74
and not Steam but Star Wars: The Old Republic went F2P a couple days ago so that is an okay deal--only okay because it uses Origin. :}
@mbrower72: be prepared to work at getting it up and running. It is a pain. For instructions go to maximumPC.com and search days install instructions. That isn't where I had my problem though. The first thing was getting Operation Arrowhead to run. I had a common error, after some research I got that fixed the Battleeye DRM wouldn't let me play multiplayer, moded or not. I finally got that fixed. All in all it took me 3 to 4 hours to get it up and running.
Steam Sale Remix Part 2!
Daily Deals:
Arma II 50%
Max Payne 3 75%
Awesomenauts 66%
Portal 2 75%
Sleeping Dogs 50%
Prototype 2 50%
Yesterday's deals still good for 23 more hours
@the7654: of course ARMA II is $3 less than yesterday. Oh, well it is still a great game.
@segafanalways: Someone didn't listen to violetarrows's advice did they?
@the7654: it was on sale yesterday but only for 40% off and now it's 50% off.
@segafanalways: Just think of it as a digital life lesson like all the digital life lessons you will learn in DayZ. To reiterate yes lots of the Steam catalog goes on sale with the daily deals being better deals so until the last day you are better off only buying daily deals and flash sales unless you are unless like me and will forget on the last day and then fill with sadness. Also sometimes on the last day many daily deals will come back and sometimes they come back at a lower price. Either way Gabe probably needs your money more than you do... :p
@the7654: I waited for the one during the summer sale but $17.99 was the lowest it went so I didn't want to miss it again. It was a great deal even at $17.99 though
This is a great sale.
However, looks like ARMA2 download is $14.99 on Amazon, and you get a $5 credit for use later on.
But The Orange Box is just $9.99 on Steam.
Many thanks to the OP.
Flash Deal: 4.5 hours left
Ravaged $3.39 or $10.19 for a four pack.
The savings on the four pack are the kind of extra savings that make up for over spending on ARMA. :p
Or not a flash deal
Section 8: Prejudice $3.74
Sectoin 8: Prejudice - Four Pack $11.24 (all 4 copies come with all the DLC!)
@danieleg: Pssh!
I remember stuff. :P :D
@the7654: Dood, U R a rockstar!!!
BTW, I did get it to load with that Magic Disk software, but I had to delete because it insisted on loading at startup. I have too many things running in the background as it is. Soluto couldnt stop it.
Anyhow, thanks for the heads up!!


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This guy is a genius, I envy him.
would have been good if they should actual use of it. Presentations slides can get boring after a while. Although.....loved his other videos!
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CNN cited the American Immigration Council's recent report ...
Idaho: Immigrant Entrepreneurs, Innovation, and Welcoming Initiatives in the Gem State
In Idaho, there is no doubt that immigrant entrepreneurs and innovators play an important role. Immigrant entrepreneurs bring in additional revenue, create jobs, and contribute significantly to the state's economy. Highly skilled immigrants are vital to the state's innovation industries and to the metropolitan areas within the state, helping to boost local economies. Furthermore, local government, business, and non-profit leaders recognize the importance of immigrants in their communities and support immigration through local "welcoming" and integration initiatives.
Immigrant entrepreneurs contribute significantly to Idaho's economy.
- From 2006 to 2010, there were 4,051 new immigrant business owners in Idaho, and in 2010, 5 percent of all business owners in Idaho were foreign-born.
- In 2010, new immigrant business owners had total net business income of $192 million, which is almost 5 percent of all net business income in the state.
Highly skilled immigrants are vital to Idaho's innovation industries, which in turn helps lead American innovation and creates jobs.
- Immigrants contribute to Idaho's economic growth and competitiveness by earning degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields from the state's research universities. In 2009, around 30 percent of STEM graduates from the state's research-intensive universities were foreign-born.[v]
- In 2011, the U.S. Department of Labor certified 551 H-1B high-skilled visa labor certification applications in Idaho, with an average annual wage of $65,359, which is higher than Idaho's median household income of $46,890 or per capita income of $22,788.
- An expansion of the high-skilled visa program would create an estimated 1,200 new jobs in Idaho by 2020. By 2045, this expansion would add around $544 million to Gross State Product and increase personal income by more than $511 million. The following is an example of a metropolitan area's demand for high-skilled foreign-born workers.
- The Boise City-Nampa metropolitan area had 360 H-1B visa requests in 2010-2011, with 81.9 percent of H-1B visa-holders working in STEM occupations.
While the numbers are compelling, they don't tell the whole story.
- Immigrant entrepreneurs not only contribute to large innovative companies, but to small business formation in local communities. In towns across Idaho, immigrant family-owned small businesses contribute to the vitality of their local communities. Although initially aimed at other immigrant customers, many businesses quickly see an expansion of their clientele to include a diverse array of immigrant and native-born customers alike.
- Lucio Prado, originally from Mexico, has opened more than half a dozen restaurants and a satellite television company in several communities around Treasure Valley, an area that includes Boise. Prado is also the chairman of the Idaho Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
- Also in Boise, Ayad Al-Mansuri, from Iraq, was previously a dishwasher at a chain restaurant. By 2008, he was running his own company, A.H.A. Lawn Care, employing 12 and bringing in revenue close to half a million dollars.
In Idaho, localities have begun recognizing and supporting immigration through "welcoming" and integration initiatives.
- Welcoming Idaho, part of the Idaho Community Action Network and an affiliate of Welcoming America, states that their organization seeks to "foster dialogues in our communities about our shared values…Welcoming Idaho celebrates our differences and our common values."
- In Boise, the Idaho Office for Refugees is a private, statewide initiative that "promotes mutual understanding between refugees and the larger community by sharing information, encouraging social interaction and developing opportunities for refugees to participate in all aspects of community life."
- The organization, along with the City of Boise Mayor's Office, has led efforts to "more fully integrate refugees into the community and create a more welcoming environment for all newcomers."
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I have kubuntu 10.04 32bit. I'm having some problems with some kde apps.
I have read around that installing the updates from the ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports would help.
I know that the kubuntu ppa are unofficial ubuntu repo but are directly maintained by the kubuntu team, to provide important updates to the kubuntu users
I'd like to know from other people that have kubuntu 10.04 + ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports.
Is this solution working really well? Is it stable enough?
I'm confused 'cause if I add the repository, and take a look on what an update what do, I have different results if I check with kpakagekit or with aptitude
- update 116 packages
- 26 packages will be marked as blocked (network-manager kdebase-bin plasma-widgets-workspace)
- 82 packages to install
- 13 packages to delete (kdebase-plasma kdepimlibs-data ecc)
- 142 packages to update
wich program should I use to do this? Aptidude ore KPackageKit?


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Once the German advance was halted, neither side could seriously advance for two years. This seems like an extraordinarily long time. Why didn't anyone succeed at going around the trenches or striking through?
As Shmuel Brill points out, there really wasn't a way around the trenches, the only choice was through, and that was a tough proposition. We're talking about ground troops who do not have significant body armor other than a helmet, armed primarily with bolt action rifles and bayonets, advancing on foot over significant distances of open ground against heavily fortified installations. While they advance they are supremely vulnerable to artillery fire and machinegun fire. They are also vulnerable to sniper and rifle fire from any of the defending soldiers, who have the ability to pick their shots. If they survive that then they have to deal with the barbed wire and other obstacles protecting the enemy trenches. And if they survive that then the real battle begins in the trenches. A battle where the attackers are yet again at a disadvantage.
At each step the attackers are at extreme disadvantage, and at each step the attackers will have their numbers cut down until any remnant forces that manage to make it to the defending trenches are so numerically disadvantaged that they are easily defeated.
Now, once those conditions begin to dominate then there are second order effects. You are not going to attack willy nilly overly much because it'll just result in slaughter, so you wait for the right time. You wait until your artillery has pounded the enemy positions a great deal. You wait until, perhaps, you have sufficient reinforcements to give your side the benefit of numbers. You wait until whatever disease has been cutting down your troops has passed and you are back to a level of strength where it's reasonable to attack. So there's a lot more waiting as well. But even so, the waiting doesn't help because the odds are so heavily stacked against offensive actions that you'd need an overwhelming advantage to break through the enemy lines. Acquiring enough ground troops for such an advantage would simply have the effect of diluting the defenses elsewhere.
It's only once technological advances and new tactics are developed that it became possible to break that stalemate. However, once broken the remainder of the war proceeded rather rapidly.
Fairly early in the war techniques and tactics were developed that meant trench systems could be successfully assaulted and many offensives were initially successful. They relied on large amounts of artillery support. While machine guns, trenches, the wire made attacking difficult, sufficient prepared assaults were generally successful.
The Problems of successful exploiting a successful assault were vast. The Lack of communications over no mans land to the successful troops prevented accurate knowledge of their positions and what was happening, and without that knowledge is was hard to provide artillery support, or know when to reinforce or resupply.
On top of that the range of most of the artillery meant that once advanced significantly the attacking troops were outside the range of supporting guns, (and even when in range lack of reliable observation of targets made it less effective)
Bringing supplies, reinforcement and artillery over no man's land up to support, consolidate and attack further was very hard. The land was generally very churned up and often in range of enemy guns.
Conversely the defender,he normally had much better information about the attacking troops location, the attacking troops and it's supply line was definitely in range of the defenders guns, the defenders communications generally were intact (buried wires), and his reinforcements could arrive along railways or roads quickly from other areas.
Allied successful tactics, normally involved 'bite and hold' or similar, purposefully shallow attacks to keep the attackers in range of supporting artillery.


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