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5 Things You Can Do Right Now to Become Instantly Smarter
There might not be a worse feeling than when you have some kind of huge project due and the creative part of your brain just slowly grinds to a halt. Some people have little rituals they go through to try to jump-start their muse, from "take a relaxing walk" to "steal someone else's idea and then secretly murder them." But why not look to science to figure out what actually works?
Well, we don't guarantee that any of the below will work for you -- all we can say is that smarter people than us have gotten them to work under scientifically controlled conditions. They also happen to cost absolutely nothing, so if you need to force you brain to start thinking outside the box, try to ...
#5. Work at the Worst Time of the Day, With the Worst People
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When it comes to solving problems, we like to think we know how to get the best results out of ourselves. We know if we're morning people or not, and the types of people we work well with. When we're in college, we choose our class schedules around the time of day our brains work best, and pick out our own study groups based on the unique blend of introverts, extroverts, and Asians that we know will complement us best. In the professional world, the more success you achieve, the more freedom you get to choose who you work with and when.
Well, science is here to do what science does best and tell us that we're doing it all wrong. As we've covered briefly before, you are actually way better at solving problems that require creativity and insight if you work on them during the time of day when you think you're at your worst. When you're telling everyone not to bother talking to you until you've had another cup of coffee, it turns out your mind is at its most brilliant.
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"4 p.m. already? Just give me a little more time -- I can't do anything at all before six."
In one study, morning people actually performed better at problem-solving when they were brought into the lab at night, whereas night people scored better during the morning sessions.
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"Wait, pickles with hamburgers stuffed in the middle!"
We're also pretty bad at judging how well we're working within a group -- studies found that people were worse at solving problems in groups with those that they felt most comfortable. Even weirder, the groups that had a merry old time fucking up the problem they were supposed to be solving had no idea. According to the study, "The teams that felt they worked least effectively together were ironically the top performers."
This flies in the face of everything we believe about how things get accomplished. We think that great teams work extraordinarily well together and experience success, and the good times keep on rolling. Whenever a great band, team, or company looks back on the time they were kicking the world's ass, they usually describe it as magic. It turns out there's a reason they don't describe it as fun.
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Which is going to make reading the eventual post-breakup interviews with members of fun. confusing as shit.
Think about the Beatles. They were the most famous rock band of all time, they had an almost supernatural ability to write music that would make them more famous, and they couldn't last a decade. With hundreds of millions of dollars and unprecedented fame hanging in the balance, they called it quits faster than most failed marriages. If you prefer less artsy examples, keep in mind that Michael Jordan punched Steve Kerr in the face in practice the year they set a record for wins in a single season.
Being with your friends in a comfortable social setting is a great way to make yourself terrible at solving problems. It's the same as the morning people doing their best work at night. Your well-rested, socially comfortable brain is pretty good at thinking inside the box -- accessing that sensible place that appreciates old jokes and rejects ideas that seem too "weird." But if you have to solve a truly difficult problem, you're better off at 4 a.m. on your third slice of cold pizza with a room full of people wondering what it will take to get John Lennon to stop being such a dick.
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"Imagine you're not a douche."
"It's too hard, I won't try."
That's when you decide that you might as well chase whatever off-the-wall notion pops into your head, regardless of how tap-dancingly ridiculous it may appear. You start following those threads to their conclusion, until boom, you suddenly have a great idea that would never have occurred to you if you were operating during your optimal work hours with the people you like hanging out with, because your brain's anti-nonsense detectors would've been too strong.
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"Stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid ... WHIP GUN!"
#4. Try Doodling -- But Only Make Smooth, Looping Lines
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You've probably seen people who, when hunched over a notepad and trying to force an idea, will start lazily doodling smiley faces or spirals in the margins. It probably just looks like a sad physical manifestation of their boredom and/or lack of any useful ideas, but they may be jump-starting their brain. It's not just aimless doodling that does it -- the success depends on what they draw, according to researchers at Tufts and Stanford universities, who found that drawing "fluid" designs can help abstract thinking.
They gathered together 30 subjects and divided them into two groups -- one group was made to trace a bunch of jagged lines, while the other group drew a single elegant, looping strand.
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They they were forced to eat them.
Following the tracing session (but presumably before snacks and nap time), each group was given a creative-thinking task. For instance, they were given a set of "exemplars," which are words that exemplify certain categories -- "triceratops" would be a strong exemplar of the category "dinosaurs," but not so much of the category "college football coaches." The researchers then asked the groups to assign each exemplar to a category, and found that the group that had engaged in fluid movement prior to the task (drawing the looping line) was linking weak exemplars to completely unrelated categories, such as insisting that "camels" are an acceptable example of "vehicles."
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"The only way over that ridge is to ramp it. Where's your nitrous switch?"
The point is, the group that was coming up with the most abstract and inventive answers was the one that had done the drawing with the most fluid, uninterrupted movements. The other group did the bare minimum, providing only boring and obvious answers until they were presumably asked to leave before further sabotaging everyone else's creativity.
The theory is that it's more about the hand motion than the drawings -- the brain likes fluid, continuous movements rather than abrupt, rapidly shifting ones full of right angles and sharp corners. Whether it's just more relaxing, or it somehow makes the brain more "fluid" in its thinking, it just seems to open up your creativity.
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"I just solved the energy crisis with fish!"
#3. Raise Your Eyebrows
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Despite what you may think, raising your eyebrows isn't just the universal signal for "I didn't know Ted Danson was in this movie" and/or bracing for an impending face punch. According to a study published in the Creativity Research Journal, the simple act of widening your eyeholes can actually serve as an adrenaline boost for your creative thinking.
You see, there are two different types of attention -- perceptual attention, which is given to your physical experiences, and conceptual attention, which is allotted to your mental processes. The two are inextricably linked, like conjoined twins jumping rope with their umbilical cord. If one speeds up or slows down, so does the other. Likewise, if you increase your spectrum of perceptual attention (by opening your eyes really wide, for example, or going to see one of those panoramic documentaries at Epcot Center), it should kick-start your brain into broadening its scope as well, allowing you to make all kinds of creative connections that you wouldn't have been able to otherwise.
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"And that's why my eyebrows insist upon destroying the sun. Hey, wait, where are you going?"
The study tested this theory using two groups, one of which was asked to raise their eyebrows, while the other was told to keep their brows furrowed like a bunch of bitter old railroad tycoons in perpetual disapproval of their daughters' commonfolk husbands. The groups were then asked to come up with a caption for an image of a dog lying on a bed with a bagel in its mouth, because the really good science is only made by crazy people.
Anyway, the group with the raised eyebrows suggested things like "Betty the Beagle Beds a Bagel," which, as you may have noticed, is a blazingly hilarious piece of sexual innuendo. The narrowed-eyed group, however, offered baffling captions, such as "Dog Who Breaks Rules," which isn't even a complete sentence. It also mysteriously refers to some prohibitive legislation governing dogs and the eating of breakfast food that, to our knowledge, has never existed at any point in the history of civilization. The point is, the first answer is clever and unobvious, while the second is lazy to the point of being meaningless.
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"Woman be flower head."
The idea is that the group whose members had their eyebrows raised were receiving a greater amount of perceptual attention that they were subsequently able to translate into a greater amount of conceptual attention, thereby enhancing their nonlinear thinking. The other group was more or less squinting at the picture, which diminished their perceptual attention, and the best they could manage creatively was scribbling down some B.S. that sounded like the second half of a knock-knock joke.
Hey, give it a shot -- who knows? If anyone sees you staring wide-eyed at your computer screen like it's a doorway into a magic kingdom, they'll just assume you're really into your work, or that you're having a stroke.
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This is an election year, which means Columbus Day has become almost a forgotten holiday.
To many, it's a Monday off and nothing more. The bashing of Christopher Columbus as a man who ruined a pristine way of life that had been so fashionable for many years, has died down. Also missing is praise, if not for Columbus himself, then for the spirit of adventure and willingness to delve into the unknown that he continues to represent.
It's difficult to believe what a different world we would be living if Columbus had been willing to give up on his journey. He certainly had the opportunity - he was laughed at and ridiculed, but the persistent sailor from Genoa, Italy, continued to press, arranging financing through Portugal and then Spain.
He was willing to spend years assembling a crew and equipping his ships before embarking on his great adventure, which led to the West Indies.
An entire hemisphere was opened to the world, just because Columbus was able to prove that it existed.
While arguments endure about exactly where Columbus landed and what legacy he created, there can be dispute that Columbus represents the spirit of humankind and its desire to explore and gain knowledge, to test the boundaries of what is known.
That drive built the United States, when the Founding Fathers took a stand against Great Britain. It lived in the work of Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Henry Ford and Orville and Wilbur Wright. It was seen in the lives of the late Neil Armstrong, the first man to step on the moon, and the late Steve Jobs. It lives through the work of people like Bill Gates and the people at NASA who put the latest rover on Mars.
Sadly, it sometime appears that we are losing that spirit. We are more than willing to honor second- and third-place "winners" because we are afraid of hurting their feelings.
It has become acceptable to some in our society to sit back and wait for others to help, rather than taking a stand and stepping up to make a difference.
Columbus embodies the spirit of being active, of being willing to get out of bed and take on the unknown challenges that face us each day, and because of that, it's appropriate that we set aside a day to remember him.


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By JENIFER FROMMEYER | Your Voice Contributor
Whether you are decked out in fangs and a cape, a little black dress or jeans and a shirt, don't forget to wear your dancing shoes when you attend this year's exciting new Halloween event, the Black Widow's Ball!
The Brown Hotel's Bluegrass Room will be the place to be this Saturday, Oct. 13. The fun starts at 7 p.m. and is hosted by Dreams With Wings. Dance to the tunes of Gary Chism with C & J Entertainment. Dance contests and prizes for the best "Thriller" or "Salsa Pair" and of course there will be a costume contest! The overall winner of the costume contest will be crowned and receive a one night stay at the Brown Hotel, complete with champagne breakfast.
The evening will include dancing, light Halloween-themed hors d' oeuvres and spirited cocktails, the Spider Mite and Widow Maker! As the night wears on and your dancing feet are feeling weary, you can step over and dip your very own Krispy Kreme donut. You may even want to drink your cocktail out of a specially fashioned "spider" glass.
To kick off your holiday celebration, you will also receive a little bubbly to take home: a bottle of Kenkell Trocken!
Make sure to bring your change and help the folks at Dreams With Wings determine our first annual Black Widow King and Queen.
The proceeds for the evening will benefit Dreams With Wings, whose mission is to empower individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and autism as they recognize their strengths, contribute to their communities and pursue their dreams. Our vision is to provide individuals support to live inclusive lives full of purpose and meaning. There is a strong focus on giving of themselves through volunteer work in our community.
In 12 short years, Dreams With Wings has grown to serve over 220 clients with 113 employees and has expanded their programming to include children. Services include residential housing, a day program providing community based activities, one-on-one individualized support in the community customized to individual need, summer camps for children as well as literacy, health and wellness and recreational programs.
Dreams With Wings' signature event, the Jack O' Lantern Stroll, is also returning this year, to rave reviews! It will be held on Oct. 26 at Louisville Slugger Field from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Last year, over 2,500 beautifully carved jack o' lanterns were displayed on the field with trick or treating, craft booths, the sounds of Michael Bush and The All Stars, 102.3 The Max with George Lindsey and Louisville's largest pumpkin pie. This year's is going to be larger and more exciting than ever! So plan on howling into the Halloween season with Dreams With Wings and join us this weekend for the Black Widow's Ball and again on Friday, Oct. 26 for the Jack O' Lantern Stroll!
Tickets for the Black Widow's Ball are available at www.dreamswithwings.org. They're $25 in advance and $30 at the door.
Jenifer Frommeyer is executive director of Dreams With Wings, 1579 Bardstown Road.


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After Rosemary was impregnatated by "Satan," many of the occult leaders that knew about this were obsessed with providing her "Tannis Root." What was the significance behind this "Tannis Root?"
In the film, Rosemary is sent a book by Hutch called All of Them Witches where she discovers the identity if her neighbours. One part of the book is underlined:
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"The name is an anagram" doesn't refer to Tannis root. It refers to Roman Castavet. Recall when Rosemary uses Scrabble tiles to figure out Roman Castevet is really Steven Marcato.
Tannis root, with its mystic/magic property and bad smell, is simply a clever plot device used by author Ira Levin to demonstrate the power of the devil worshipers.
It is never fully explained just hinted at throughout the course of the movie that it is a fictional something only devil-worshiper types, witches, and anything related to black magic use in their concoctions, recipes, for good luck, etc.
I've seen references to Tanis Root providing immortality, but I can find no hard documentation right now to support that theory. Tanis is also an Egyptian city. Shown in the movie Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark to be the resting place of the Ark of the Covenant. However it is normally spelled Tanis and not Tannis.
It IS an anagram, it's Tanas Root - when Roman mentions it to Hutch during Hutch's visit to the apartment, he's never heard of it and does some digging. Then, at Hutch's funeral, Grace, the woman who answered his phone while he was in a coma, gives Rosemary a paper-wrapped book and told Rosemary that Hutch said to tell her "the name is an anagram." Rosemary repeats the phrase "the name is an anagram" while she's reading the book and telling herself there can't possibly really be witches. So the movie itself states that the name - the name of tanas root, which Hutch had never heard of and did some research on - is an anagram. I don't know why I only see it spelled Tannis.
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WEIRTON - The city's plans for an energy conservation audit couldn't have come at a better time for the water department, Utilities Director A.D. "Butch" Mastrantoni says.
Earlier this week, council gave City Manager Valerie Means the go-ahead to negotiate a letter-of-intent for an energy audit, a process that will include the water and sanitary departments as well as the recreation department and library.
"We want to think outside the box," Means told board members Thursday. "We need to look at anything that will help us with energy costs (including) meters and leak detection."
Those items meters and leak detection are hugely important to departmental operations, Mastrantoni said.
"We can't account for every drop of water being produced," he said. "We're at 26 percent (unaccounted for), and we need to get back to 15 percent. This is a real opportunity to get that done with this project."
City personnel have been evaluating new metering systems, looking to find one that's reliable, cost-effective and labor efficient.
Mastrantoni said ESCO, the energy service company performing the audit, can look at the meter base and determine if changing them out could be done in such a way that the revenue gained through improved efficiency could be leveraged to cover the costs of the upgrade, rather than requiring water customers to pick up the tab.
Mastrantoni, who served on the committee that evaluated the four companies responding to the city's request for proposals, said ESCO ranked at the top.
If the new energy systems the company recommends fail to reduce costs as expected, he said the company would make up the difference.
"We can make the improvements without them, but our customers would pay for them," he said.
In other business, the board hired C.T. Thornburg to add pressure and flow readings to the telemetry at the Texas Street, Rice Boulevard and Weircrest booster stations.
When the work is finished, Mastrantoni said crews would be able to monitor pump pressure and flow in those areas. "It will put us on to leak scenarios much earlier," he said.
The board also agreed to spend up to $8,500 to repair one of two Lee Avenue pumps.
Chief Operator Chuck Tennaglio said the problem appears to be a mechanical seal, "and no one on staff has the expertise to make the repairs."


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Grappled condition should make a character vulnerable to sneak attack, but my reading of Grappled was that it imposed a dexterity penalty, but does not deny the entire dexterity bonus. Would this allow Sneak Attack, and is there any related condition that does?
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While the grappled-condition does not make the character vulnerable to Sneak attacks, the pinned-condition states, that the character is flatflooted (Core Rulebook page 568). If you are grappling another character and take a standard action to maintain the grapple (and succeed), you can pin your opponent (CRB pg. 200). So your party will need another round to pin the opponent, but then sneak attack would work.
It's very easy to flank a grappled creature, which would provide sneak attack, but the grappled condition itself doesn't grant it. A grappled creature does not threaten any area, so you can move around them freely, and is guaranteed to be adjacent to an ally (because you move them into an adjacent space when you grapple). Thus it becomes trivial to flank with the grappler (who also has no threatened area, except that they do threaten the one they're grappling with) and go to town.


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I have a 5th Gen Ipod Classic 150G. I've read there there are some issues with them and Linux. Clementine transfers my new music as files to the iPod as if it were a hard drive. I can look at the files from my computer but I cannot listen to them. How can clementine send my music so the ipod can see, read and play them?
Not sure about Clementine as I don't use it. However I believe it's based on Amarok 1.4 which IIRC did not have native ipod support.
suggests that you can copy the files to the ipod which means the ipod should see and play them. Remeber that when you copy files to the ipod you need to hit save otherwise the ipod's database won't get updated and so the new files won't be seen. Also, you might need to install libgpod to provide the functionality you need.
In my experience If you simply want to manage your Ipod then I can confirm gtkpod is specifically designed for that purpose and works very well with my 80Gb Ipod classic. Also Amarok 2 works fine as well.
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Which Clementine version do you use ?
At first, you should try the latest Clementine version (1.0.1), which should support your Ipod. You can download the deb package for your Ubuntu version at:
or stay up to date with Clementine via PPA:
Check exactly the how big is your ipod(no such thing as 150GB ipod, 160 maybe) and the generation.
Mount the iPod (connect the cable, wait for the system to report it was mounted)
Click the devices tab in clementine, and wait for the program to recognize the iPod
Drag some music from the main list to the iPod window.
If this is what are you doing, you might also try to downgrade the firmware of the iPod( I read it is possible, this usually causes some pain)
Use floola (search for it, alothough slow, this is the software that worked for me without any issues)
Last, but not least: PRAY!!!
I had a problem quite similar, I could put my music on my iPod Classic (160Go), I could then see them on my iPod but it was impossible to listen to it. I just figured out that the music I had downloaded on my iPod were no .mp3 files, but .ogg files. That is my problem, I converted it and it is working. So beware with this, it might be your problem too. Hope it will help...


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She was born in Torrington on Nov. 1, 1914, daughter of the late Omar and Mary (Norton) Pollick, the fifth of 12 children. She was the last surviving sibling. She was a longtime employee of the Torrington Company and was a lifelong communicant of Saint Francis Church.
She married John on June 28, 1941. They had four children. When the children were young, summers were spent at Highland Lake, at the cottage Dad built. Later in life, Gina and John enjoyed traveling and spending winter months in Florida. She enjoyed playing cards at the senior center, going on their bus trips to musicals, plays and especially the casinos. The last few years were spent on her front porch "taking in the sun" and watching neighborhood activities.
Virginia is survived by her daughters, Patricia (Joseph) Paganini of Torrington; Mary (Gary) Carotenuti of Sun City, Ariz., and their children, Cheryl Carotenuti, Paula (Matt) Thompson and Justine (Jeff) Ryan; Barbara (Clark) DeFrance of Billings, Mont.; and son, Francis (Vickie DeMichiel) Patrick of New Hartford, and their children, Caitlyn (Tom) McKenzie and Danika Patrick. Also there are four great-grandchildren, Brenna and Camden Ryan and Annabelle and Jonathan McKenzie.
She was preceded in death by her parents, brothers and sisters-in-law: Raymond in WWII, Henry, James (Flash) and Molly (Milanesi), John (Boosie) and Mary (DiBerardino), Omar and Chris (Marchione), Francis (Bummer) and Harold; sisters Josephine and William Baker, Jane Reis, Hazel and Anthony Guisani, and Mary Anderson. She is survived by brother-in-law Victor Reis, sister-in-law Mrs. Francis (Laura) Pollock, and a special lifelong friend and sister-in-law, Mrs. Harold (Bernadette Viarengo) Pollick.
In addition, she was "Auntie Bobs" to numerous dearly-loved nieces and nephews and their children.
Over the years, she enjoyed spending time attending school theatrical and sports events of the younger generations.
The family wishes to extend a special thank you to Pat and Joe for their years of love and attention that allowed Mom to live her last years happily at home.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, Dec. 5, at 10 a.m. from Phalen Funeral Home, 285 Migeon Ave., Torrington, to Saint Francis Church for a Mass at 10:30 a.m. Burial will follow at New Saint Francis Cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to St. Peter/St. Francis School, c/o the Pastoral Center, 160 Main St., Torrington, CT 06790. www.phalenfuneral.com
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5 'Crazy People' Who Were Right All Along
Paranoia can destroy your life. But, like that great sage Kurt Cobain once said, "Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after you." Tragically, Guru Cobain was shortly thereafter taken from us by the Ant People who secretly rule our media. Every once in a while, though, a paranoid suspicion is just a truth that sounds too crazy to be real until it bites you right in the ass with its supernaturally powerful mandibles.
#5. Billy Mitchell Thinks Pearl Harbor Is Ripe for Air Attack
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Billy Mitchell once made the farfetched prediction that "wars would soon be fought in the air and under the sea." That seems pretty reasonable, until you consider that he said it way back in 1906. When World War I rolled along, Mitchell earned the rank of brigadier general and showed the world that he wasn't just full of hot air, becoming one of the most feared Americans in Europe as his aerial forces plagued the German ground forces with hot leaden rain.
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We also imagine some rude gestures were exchanged.
Mitchell's airborne prophecies came to a head with his famous battleship trials in 1921, in which he demonstrated how properly equipped airplanes could totally kick a battleship's ass. But this is all firmly in the realm of common sense masquerading as prophecy. Things really only get weird when you consider his prediction that war with the Japanese would begin early one Sunday morning with a surprise air attack on Pearl Harbor, shortly followed by an attack on the Philippines.
Yes, he got that specific.
"Let's change the subject; any eerily accurate guesses on tomorrow's lotto numbers?"
The War Plans Division filed his report under B, saying that "Since he so notoriously overestimates what could be done with air power by the United States it is not improbable that he has likewise overestimated what Japan could do." He was court martialed, convicted of insubordination, and suspended from active duty without pay for his lunatic ravings about those awkward metal sea-beasts and strange flitting gunbirds being anything more than novelty items in the grand old tradition of ground warfare.
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"Relax. What's the worst a plane could do?"
But It Turned Out ...
Thanks to your high school history teacher and Michael Bay, you know precisely how this story goes: Early one Sunday morning in December of 1941, a hundred Japanese bombers buzzed over Oahu and made short work of the Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, then attacked Clark Field in the Philippines just hours later, effectively drawing America into World War II. It was an attack that came as a complete surprise to everybody ... with the exception of Billy Mitchell, who had predicted it with eerie specificity nearly 20 years earlier. His lack of reaction was mostly due to his being dead at the time, but still.
Never let it be said that The Man can't play backsies with the best of 'em: Mitchell's legacy was redeemed when, in 1946, he finally received the Congressional Medal of Honor for his "outstanding pioneer service and foresight in the field of American military aviation." Today, Billy Mitchell is most well known as ... that dick with the '80s hair from the Donkey Kong documentary.
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Let's not forget the milk-curdling sneer.
But a close second as the patron saint of the United States Air Force.
#4. Russ Tice Thinks the NSA Spies on Americans
Russ Tice may sound like a shitty Pokemon, but he was much closer to a professional paranoid. Tice was an intelligence analyst for the National Security Agency, serving for decades before he decided to turn whistle-blower in 2005. And when he went, he went big -- Tice ran screaming straight to the New York Times about how the American government was invading the privacy of its citizens. They're reading your emails! They're listening in on your phone conversations!
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"They've got your browser history! Abort! Abort!"
What a loon. As if the government could ever guess your password. You used a "3" instead of an "E"! That's practically cryptomancy.
Unfortunately for Tice, this wasn't his first brush with whistle-blowing. In 2001, he suspected a co-worker of being a Chinese double agent and was so insistent that his superiors finally submitted him to an emergency psychological evaluation. They declared that his delusions of being surrounded by Asian 007s were less than concrete and downgraded his security clearance before eventually firing him altogether.
Thanks to his prior tug-of-war with NSA bigwigs, many wondered if Tice was simply spreading malicious rumors after his disgraceful firing. Add to that the fact that his allegations at the time sounded like a bad techno-thriller plot -- the NSA has a massive computer system that can sort and filter hundreds of thousands of conversations in seconds, and only Sandra Bullock can stop it! -- and Tice was difficult to take seriously. Critics said he was paranoid, and professional butt cheek Bill O'Reilly even went so far as to call for Tice to be imprisoned for his outrageous claims.
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Always a level-headed voice of reason, that Bill O'Reilly.
But It Turned Out ...
You know exactly how that whole NSA thing turned out: In early 2013, Edward Snowden entered stage left. Unlike Tice, who had always been careful to stick to his non-disclosure agreements while blowing on the ol' whistle, Snowden began drop-kicking secrecy left and right -- the more classified the information, the better. Snowden trucked in a massive amount of physical evidence to support his case, and his revelations proved that Tice was not only telling the truth, but had in fact merely scratched the surface. The entire concept of privacy in America would never be the same! The American public was devastated by this betrayal and displayed said devastation in their own unique way: by briefly skimming the news, deciding it was too long to read, and then going right back to tweeting about celebrity sex tapes and unsatisfying burritos.
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The NSA's files on subpar Mexican food must be staggering.
#3. NYPD "Helps" Paranoid Officer Check into Mental Hospital
In October of 2009, NYPD officers of the 81st Precinct were worried about one of their own. Officer Adrian Schoolcraft had been spreading malicious rumors about nefarious activities at the precinct and had been declared "emotionally unstable" by a police department psychiatrist, so when he unexpectedly left work early one day, his co-workers were obviously concerned. That night, they went to his apartment, talked his landlord into giving them a key by explaining that Schoolcraft was suicidal, and then helped him check into a psychiatric ward to get the help he so desperately needed. Oh, and the way they chose to help was by handcuffing him to a gurney. Tough love, you know.
"The duct tape and rope are because we care, man."
While the final report produced by Schoolcraft's involuntary committal indicated plenty of paranoid behavior -- "He expressed questionable paranoid ideas of conspiracy and cover-ups going [on] in the precinct" and "Since then, he started collecting 'evidence' to 'prove his point' and became suspicious 'They are after him.'" -- it was ultimately decided after a few days of observation that he displayed no significant psychiatric symptoms. That didn't stop the hospital from giving Schoolcraft one last kick in the balls as he checked out in the form of a bill for $7,185.
That's still pretty cheap by kidnapping standards.
But It Turned Out ...
Not only had Schoolcraft recorded that handcuff-heavy police visit to his apartment (he had two tape recorders running at the time, but his co-workers only found one), but he had been taping every roll call at the precinct since 2008. And boy oh boy, were these tapes doozies: In order to meet the quotas that the department was expected to produce, officers were repeatedly ordered to arrest people who were just standing around being all law-abiding, deliberately underreport serious crimes ("lost property" sounds a whole lot less scary than "robbery at gunpoint"), or downright ignore victims of serious crimes. Official procedure dictates employing the "Plug your ears, close your eyes, and yell 'Na na I can't seeeee yooou'" maneuver.
Those annoying potential murder victims tend to work themselves out if you ignore them.
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"Screaming followed by the line going dead again? There sure are a lot of prank calls tonight."
Note that Schoolcraft wasn't slapping bugs directly onto the chief of police's ass -- he was simply recording the day-to-day activities of his precinct, and the product was so damning that his superiors had him forcibly committed. The fallout from the tapes contributed to the end of New York City's stop-and-frisk policy and played no small part in shifting the focus of New York City police work away from producing impressive stats and back to actual police work. Or, failing that, kicking some serious ass at Candy Crush while sipping coffee in the cruiser.


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Let k be an algebraically closed field of characteristic $\ell$, and let $q = p^r$ be a prime power with $p \neq \ell$. Suppose I have a cuspidal representation $\pi$ of $GL_n({\mathbb F}_q)$, for some $n < \ell$.
The supercuspidal support of $\pi$ consists of $m$ copies of a supercuspidal representation $\sigma$ of $GL_{d}({\mathbb F}_q)$ for some integers $m$ and $d$ with $md = n$.
In this setting, there also exists a cuspidal representation $\pi'$ of $GL_m({\mathbb F}_{q^d})$ that has supercuspidal support equal to $m$ copies of the trivial character.
Let $A$ be the block of the category of $W(k)[GL_n({\mathbb F}_q)]$-modules containing $\pi$, and let $A'$ be the block of the category of $W(k)[GL_m({\mathbb F}_{q^d})]$-modules containing $\pi'$. Are $A$ and $A'$ equivalent as categories? (More precisely, is there an equivalence of $A$ and $A'$ that takes $\pi$ to $\pi'$?) I can prove this when $\pi$ is supercuspidal; i.e. $m=1$, but computations from character theory and considerations from the Langlands program make me suspect that it's true in general.
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An inmate from Tennessee is on the loose in Bowling Green.
Law enforcement officials say 35-year-old Stevie Robertson was in Bowling Green with his father-in-law for a doctor's appointment.
When they stopped at White Castle on Scottsville Road to eat, Robertson ran toward the Holiday Inn Express.
Police say he was planning on turning himself in later in the afternoon, but took off in his mother's teal green Dodge Dakota with Kentucky plates 564-NCN.
He was last seen in a black and white jumpsuit. Robertson is white male, 6'1", 250 pounds, and has brown hair and brown eyes.
Robertson was in the Sumner County, Tennessee Jail for vandalism and prior sexual charges.
If you have any information on his whereabouts, call any law enforcement agency.


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WACO (November 13, 2012)--A Waco man pleaded guilty Tuesday to multiple child sex charges and was sentenced to 60 years in state prison.
State District Judge Ralph Strother sentenced Matthew Mark Schoenewolf, 39, to 60 years for continuous sexual abuse of a child, 20 years for indecency with a child by contact and 10 years for possession of child pornography, and then ordered the sentences to be served concurrently.
Schoenewolf was arrested on a warrant in November 2011 after a U.S. Marshal's task force tracked him down in Oregon.
He was returned to Waco and later named on Feb. 15, 2012 in three multi-count indictments in the sexual abuse of three local girls who ranged in age from 10 to 16.
The incidents occurred in 2009 and 2010 at a residence in Waco, police said.


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Im pretty stupid when in comes to bash and I was hoping someone could help me.
I would like to take the output of
hg resolve -l
which is in the format
R somefile/filename
U somefile/filename
R somefile/filename
U somefile/filename
and be able to use the first line that starts with a 'U' as an argument, so i could do things like
open -t <first U file>
hg resolve -m <first U file>
it would be great it someone could give me some pointers about the best way to do this!
EDIT: solution from answers below, a simple script. Thanks guys!
# Script that gets the first file from hg resolve | grep U and passes to default text editor
first_u_file=$(hg resolve -l | grep -m1 '^U')
first_u_file=${first_u_file#U }
echo opening \'$first_u_file\'
open -t "$first_u_file"


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Miranda Lambert At The 2014 Academy Of Country Music Awards
Fab or drab?
Preview Your Response
In The News Today
- Athletes probably won't break records at the Rio Olympics. Scientists say most top performers have reached the limits of human biology.
- Bernie Sanders' former press secretary says she experienced repeated incidents of blatant racism while on the campaign trail.
- Sixteen people died after a hot air balloon caught fire and crashed in Texas Saturday.


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Visit the PBS KIDS and PBS KIDS GO! websites
Visit the PBS KIDS Previews website
Support programming like PBS KIDS Previews through your local PBS station.
You can watch full episodes of Sesame Street on the PBS KIDS Video App and pbskids.org!
Get to know Nature Cat and his friends!
WordGirl isn't giddy about a game show where villains compete for a chance to defeat her.
Find a Way to Play Together with Prince Wednesday
The Arch Villain is turning everything in Mathtropolis into arches!
Bud and D.W. begin their camping adventure in the backyard.
Bubble off to the Australian desert with Cooper, Clem and Brad to find a missing lake!
So where is Plum from, anyway? Would you believe a dry and distant planet called Blorb?
Daniel and his friends help Mr. McFeely.
It's Aviva's birthday! Chris, Martin, and Coci and gathering quills for her present.
Peg and Cat aren't tired, so they have a dance party.
Thomas and the other engines help the Great Composer put on an unforgettable concert.


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Andy Husbands and Chris Hart with Andrea Pyenson are back at it again with Grilled to Perfection. This is a simple straightforward grilling book. What is not simple are the recipes. They have included recipes to really elevate your backyard experience. I am a huge fan of these guys. I like their books because they truly actually test food. They obsess over food. I own their other books Wicked Good Barbecue and Wicked Good Burgers. I have used multiples of their recipes. In addition their techniques can really set you on a great course of grilling happiness.
There are a lot of grilling and BBQ books out there. The difference that sets these guys aside is their true love of food. Their involvement with the ingredients and their BBQ passion.
I read cookbooks like novels. I read them cover to cover before I will try recipes. This is easy on the eyes due to the excellent and consistently outstanding photography of Ken Goodman. I hate overly staged food shots. I can't stand it when the food looks so perfect its plastic. That is about as appealing as eating cardboard to me. The photography from Ken truly captures food in its best light. It is not overly staged. You just want to devour the pages with your eyes and feast on these beautiful recipes.
These recipes are easy to follow and will help you seriously take your grilling to new heights. I completely recommend you buy this book.
You need to try the recipe below for Slow-Grilled Chicken Thighs with Alabama White Sauce – it will knock your socks off.
Slow-Grilled Chicken Thighs with Alabama White Sauce
The beauty of this recipe is crispy, golden brown skin, achieved by coating the chicken pieces with dry rub before grilling – and a little bit of technique. By cooking the chicken over low, direct heat you vastly reduce the risk of burning the skin. When using charcoal, it's important to watch out for hot spots. If they occur, simply move the chicken to a cooler part of the grill.
Alabama White Sauce (aka Alabama White BBQ Sauce or just plain White BBQ Sauce) is a regional oddity that is virtually unknown outside of northern Alabama. Tangy and rich, with a kick of horseradish, it is typically paired with chicken but tastes great with just about anything you can think to pour it on or dip in it. We think it works particularly well with these chicken thighs.
Makes 4-6 servings
1 tablespoon/15 mL kosher salt
1 tablespoon/ 15 mL turbinado sugar
1 tablespoon/15 mL smoked or sweet paprika
2 teaspoons/10 mL coarsely ground black pepper
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon cayenne
8 bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs, about 4 ounces/113g each
Alabama White Sauce (recipe follows)
Cooking Instructions
In a small bowl, mix all the dry ingredients. Set aside.
Build a low direct fire. Spread an even layer of unlit charcoal in the bottom of the grill. Fill a chimney one-third full with charcoal. Stuff two sheets of newspaper in the bottom of the chimney and light it. When the coals are fully engaged – you should see flames peeking over the top – pour them over the unlit charcoal. If using a gas grill, light the gas and adjust temperature on both sides to low.
While the fire is coming to temperature, place the chicken thighs on a baking sheet, skin side up. Sprinkle the chicken with half of the dry rub.
When you can hold your hands over the fire for no more than 8-10 seconds, clean the grill grate. Set the chicken thighs, skin side down, on the grates. Sprinkle the remainder of the dry rub on the chicken. Cook, covered, for 30-40 minutes, checking periodically to avoid excessive charring on the skin. Rotate thighs over the fire if there are hot spots. If using a charcoal grill, adjust the vents to maintain a temperature of 300oF/149oC.
Flip chicken and continue to cook until a thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the meat registers 170oF/77oC, about 15-20 minutes more. Transfer chicken to a platter and let it rest for 10 minutes. Slather with Alabama White Sauce and serve.
Alabama White Sauce
Makes 2 cups/475 mL
1 cup/240 mL mayonnaise (we prefer Kewpie)
1/2 cup/120 mL apple cider vinegar
1/4 cup/60 mL light corn syrup
1 tablespoon/15 mL prepared horseradish
1 tablespoon/15 mL fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper sauce (or your favorite hot sauce)
Cooking Instructions
Whisk all ingredients in a medium mixing bowl until fully incorporated. Cover and set aside until ready to use; or transfer to an air-tight jar and refrigerate for up to 2 weeks.
Full disclaimer: I was provided a book to review for free – however in no way was I compensated or provided any remuneration for this blog post. I truly think you need to own this book.


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I was reading Exodus 3:1:
Now Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb. [NET Bible]
From a theological point of view it makes sense for him to be there. The mountain is called the "mountain of God" and later he is, as the shepherd for the people, leading them there to receive the law.
But from a practical point of view it does not makes sense. I was looking at the place with the help of Google Earth (and a kml file I found). It seems to be really hostile from looking at satellite images:
Could there be any practical reason that would be beneficial for him or the sheep to be there? Or was he actively going there to meet God?


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I'm more of a programmer than designer so forgive me. I am looking to sharpen my UX design skills though.
I found plenty of websites that give impressive sets of glyphs and icons, but I've been looking for one that has eluded me for days and it seems really simple. I need a simple white flag icon, but more than just 2 rectangles also. :)
Something like this but a little more refined:
Any ideas where I can find one or perhaps convert the above to something that would fit into a Glyph set like this (http://www.icondeposit.com/theicondeposit:24)?


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WACO (September 10, 2012)-Last year, H-E-B launched an early childhood literacy campaign called Read 3 with a goal to collect one million books to give families in need.
As Read 3 approaches its one-year anniversary, H-E-B aims to collect another 1 million books in 2012-2013, starting with a two-week book drive in all Texas stores from Wednesday to September 25.
H-E-B is encouraging customers to drop off new and gently used children's books in special collection bins in all stores and is giving away 600 different children's book titles with 15 Combo Locos and a Meal Deal.
To celebrate the event, H-E-B is planning costume story times and local author readings in each region.
Books collected in stores will be donated to children in need through schools, libraries, nonprofits, and H-E-B's annual Feast of Sharing dinners.
During this year's two-week event, customers can pick up a variety of Combo Locos and a Meal Deal and go home with 15 free books featuring popular characters such as Ratatouille and Sponge Bob Squarepants.
In addition, all children's books are being offered at a 30 percent discount and "Where the Wild Things Are," H-E-Buddy's Book of the Month selection, is being offered at a 40 percent discount.
Read 3 encourages parents to read to their children at least three times a week to build a strong foundation for early literacy.
During the two-week event, H-E-B will be teaming up with the Texas Library Association and the San Antonio Public Library Foundation to encourage families to apply for a library card.
To date, the workshops have served 645 families in Brownsville, San Antonio, and Laredo, with plans to expand into Waco this fall.


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No one wants to think about what could go wrong when they are out for a day of fun and celebration. However, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, it may be necessary when talking about safety on the water.
"Georgia's lakes, rivers and other areas are great recreational resources, and their abundance makes them an easy and economically sound way to beat the heat in the summertime," says Lt. Col. Jeff Weaver. "However, there needs to be a healthy amount of respect for what can go wrong when utilizing this resource. You need to know how to protect yourself, your loved ones and others on the water."
What are some of the best ways that you can stay safe while swimming? Check out these following tips:
- Parents/guardians, don't take your eyes off small children. ALWAYS know where they are when around water. DON'T ASSUME SOMEONE ELSE IS WATCHING THEM!
- Always swim with a buddy, never swim alone.
- Know your swimming limits and stay within them. Don't try to keep up with a stronger skilled swimmer or encourage others to keep up with you.
- Swim in supervised areas only. Drop-offs or other underwater hazards may not be detectable from above the surface.
- Obey "No Diving" signs that indicate the area is unsafe for headfirst entries. Enter feet-first into water rather than headfirst if you don't know the depth.
- Watch out for the "dangerous too's" -- too tired, too cold, too far from safety, too much sun, too much strenuous activity.
- Alcohol and swimming don't mix. Alcohol impairs your judgment, balance and coordination especially in and around water. It affects your swimming and diving skills and reduces your body's ability to stay warm.
- If you are a marginal or non-swimmer, wear a life jacket.
- Many lakes have life jacket borrowing programs – take advantage of these if you do not have your own.


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Township officials indicated they plan to repeat last year's level of spending on local road projects during annual meetings with the Lenawee County Road Commission, said Scott Merillat, road commission managing director.
The county's 22 townships have been spending more than $2.5 million a year on local road improvements in recent years.
Some significant paving work is being considered, said operations manager Jason Schnaidt. He said cost estimates for projects that townships requested will be sent out soon, after material prices are set by supplier bidding. Schnaidt said he expects little change in asphalt prices.
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Fourteen graduate students from the Engineering for Developing Communities program at CU-Boulder traveled abroad this past summer to gain field experience in community development.
The students partnered with nonprofit organizations, private companies and universities for 4- to 12-week practicum experiences in Guatemala, Nicaragua, Peru, Bolivia, Uganda, Nepal and China.
The Mortenson Center in Engineering for Developing Communities at CU-Boulder arranged the practicums, which included monitoring and evaluation of drinking water and sanitation systems, low-carbon approaches to affordable housing and cook stove emission testing.
Among the students who went abroad were Chalie Nevárez, Katie Spahr and Chance Steffey who helped to pilot a monitoring and evaluation system that uses smartphones to assess the sustainability of community-based drinking water and sanitation projects in Nicaragua.
The three students worked with El Porvenir, a nonprofit organization based in Denver that provides technical assistance and training for rural communities lacking access to government services, to build and manage their own drinking water and sanitation systems.
For seven weeks they helped train El Porvenir staff and local university students to use the smartphone system and supervised the rollout of a pilot evaluation in 44 rural communities.
"I learned that community development is not a linear problem and solution, and it's not just about the technology," said Nevárez." There are many factors you have to consider such as politics, power, organization and economics." he said. "The smartphones made the evaluation so much quicker; we uploaded a survey every 15 minutes and we got richer data with pictures of the projects."


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WACO (November 22, 2012)—Dozens of volunteers, some from as far away as Dallas and Austin, went to work early Thursday morning as Waco's Friends for Life prepared to delivery 400 Thanksgiving meals to homebound and disabled residents.
Local businesses and restaurants donated the food, including 56 turkeys, 14 large pans of dressing, mashed potatoes, green beans, bread, pie and tea.
Friends for Life has been delivering Thanksgiving meals to Waco area residents for more than 15 years.


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People say that porn has desensitized us because of its ready availability online and the increasingly creepy horrors brought to us by Rule 34. But weird-ass porn is not exactly a new phenomenon: Even before the Internet, our fathers and grandfathers were well-versed in the art of finding different ways to give themselves new and interesting boners. And, in their own way, they were just as depraved as we are -- and then some.
Just take a look at these creepy old-timey porn magazines, featuring themes as diverse and disgusting as ...
Warning: Fairly NSFW Images Ahead
#6. Erotic Nazi Torture
Man's Book Periodical
We assume a trained sexologist could literally spend years studying that magazine cover alone, without even realizing that "busty woman getting tortured by Nazis" was a whole genre of porn through the 1950s and '60s.
Man's Adventure
"And I thought these heels would be the most painful part of my day."
We can ... sort of understand it. Many sexual fantasies involve elements of control, and who better to control than someone you hate? But the strange thing is that this isn't like Raiders of the Lost Ark turning Nazis into cartoonish enemies in 1981; these magazines came right after the war, when veterans were still nursing wounds. We don't know, it kind of seems too soon to be turning Hitler into a wank fetish. Yet, when Grandpa wanted to get freaky, Nazis were the port of call. They were essentially the era's equivalent of BDSM, commonly indulging in torturous shit you'd be hard-pressed to find in modern porn. Here's some swastika branding:
World of Men
"10 Ways to Tell if You're Sexually Maladjusted: 1-10, you paid money for this fucking magazine."
Here's another scene you probably won't find modern porn stars doing in a hurry, in the form of good old-fashioned waterwheel torture:
New Man
The self-test is just "Look in a mirror."
The typical elements that make up Nazi torture porn covers are threefold. You have the Nazis -- one grimacing henchman and a cackling commander. There's the ridiculously unerotic method of torture. And then there are the women themselves, who are always clearly in grave danger, yet seem only slightly miffed, like they're dreading sitting in the middle seat on an airplane.
Men Today
"This is bullshit. I'm not drowning next to that bitch Janice."
"Well, isn't this just a male rescue fantasy? Aren't the men supposed to get off on the idea of saving these curvy, grateful females?" If so, they certainly aren't promoting it on the cover -- there's no swashbuckling hero to save the day. Basically, the only thing these covers tell a boner-prone reader is that the magazine is all about the untimely death of several nubile ladies at the hands of the most evil men in the world.
Well, that, and tips on how to "master a woman for life" yourself. Somewhere, Don Draper is smiling.
#5. Cribs
Look, let's be honest: No porn photographer has ever gone broke infantilizing women. Put a hot girl in a schoolgirl outfit, or make her speak in baby talk while licking a lollipop, and a certain type of dude will come running. Well, back in the day, somebody apparently was curious to see if it was possible to take it too far. And the answer is "Oh, holy shit, what is this? Am I going to jail?"
That's the same face the judge made at the arraignment hearing.
Even if you manage to ignore the more disturbing connotations, any mental association with an actual baby should be a surefire way to kill any and all sexy vibes, as anyone who's ever heard one cry can attest. Yet in a crib these fine ladies remain, and that's all you're going to get, boner.
You can just imagine these models excitedly skipping into the studio, expecting a luxurious if slightly naughty shoot in racy nightwear, then having their jaws (and dreams) drop through the floor as the photographer unceremoniously grunts at them and points his thumb at the baby prison in the middle of the floor. To their credit, most models presented in this particular fashion look as bewildered and confused about the situation as the reader. When they seem at ease with their surroundings, it's somehow even worse:
Late Show
"Fall of the Latin Lover ... Also, Your Dignity"
Note to aspiring erotic models everywhere: Call it kinky subtext all you want, but things stop being sexy the second you bring actual baby gear into the mix. If you're dressed like you poop your pants on a bihourly basis, it doesn't matter how well you fill out your diaper.
#4. Fencing
Les Dames
Most sports can be classified as at least somewhat sexual, being activities that consist of sweaty people performing complex physical maneuvers and grunting a lot. However, when it comes to pure visual sexiness, fencing is at the absolute low end of the spectrum. The sport is essentially a bunch of crash test dummies poking each other with car antennas in a contest that demands clothing from head to toe.
Yet somehow, this sport with padded uniforms and skinny fake swords manages to rank as an old school smut trend.
"No, no, poke the sword lower ..."
Compared to the other women in this article, this model is practically a nun. That hip-hugging onesie might not be as practical as the full-body padding her fallen foe is wearing, but that badass glove looks like an eagle could perch on it at any moment. Barring any Freuds who wish to compare a long, pencil-thin weapon to a penis and mentions of "sympathetic geishas" and actress and glamour girl Ziva Rodann, you could almost believe this is not a dirty magazine. However, the same can't be said about this one:
Man, that's totally going to be the name of our French subsidiary.


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What's the structure of representation ring of SU(n)?
What are the representations of generators?
What's the structure of representation ring of SU(n)?
What are the representations of generators?
For a connected compact group, the representation ring is isomorphic to the subring of the representation ring of the maximal torus that is invariant under the action of the Weyl group.
The maximal torus of $SU(n)$ consists of the diagonal matrices in $SU(n)$. We can identify its representation ring with $Z[x_1,...,x_n]/(x_1...x_n-1)$, where $x_i$ is the representation that sends a diagonal matrix to the $i$th diagonal entry.
The Weyl group action of $S_n$ just permutes $(x_1,...,x_n)$. Thus, the representation ring is the ring of symmetric polynomials, generated by the elementary symmetric polynomials $s_1,...,s_n$, under the relation $s_n=1$.
It remains to show that the elementary symmetric polynomial $s_k$ corresponds to $\wedge^k$ of the standard representation. This is clear if we write the symmetric polynomial as a sum of monomials, and $\wedge^k$ of the standard representation of the maximal torus as a direct sum of $1$-dimensional representations. The decompositions are identical.
Will has summarized concisely the classical structure theory for the representation ring of $SU(n)$, but it's worth emphasizing that all of this is found in textbooks on compact Lie groups. Doing any kind of research involving such older parts of representation theory requires some acquaintance with this kind of literature, to avoid re-inventing the wheel. It's also a good idea to place the special example in the context of simply connected semisimple compact Lie groups.
A typical source is the Springer GTM 98 Representations of Compact Lie Groups (1985) by Brocker and tom Dieck. They have a clear discussion of representation rings in section II.7, along with the general version of Will's answer in the setting of highest weights and fundamental representations in section VII.2. They also provide a lot of concrete details about classical groups, etc. (All of this material goes back to much older work of Weyl and others, and is treated in multiple sources.)


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I'm considering running a campaign in the Urban Arcana D20 Modern setting. Instead of taking the usual approach by creating new characters for the D20 Modern system, I want to make the "modern" part a surprise for the players. I plan to have them create characters from D&D and then convert the sheets to D20 Modern myself when I throw them into the new setting. For this, I need some guide or resource for converting the characters. The Urban Arcana rulebook had surprisingly little information on that subject, so instead I am asking here.
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Classically Modern is a homebrew attempt to make d20 Modern and 3.5 D&D compatible. He has conversions for the D&D classes. It's pretty complex, but it might be what you're looking for.
As some here, I am of the opinion that you should not bother converting, as many classes lose too much in the conversion. but if you really must... here are the guidelines to a "naive" approach of the problem.
d20 Modern has its own way of classifying characters you can use for reference when converting, depending on the main stat of your character :
As commented in the question, the whole thing starts to fall apart when Magic enters the equation. Monks, Paladins, Bards, Wizards, Clerics and Druids don't have anything close to an equivalent. Magic use is introduced later with prestige classes. As such, your characters must meet the specific conditions of said class. Psions fare just a little bit better, as the Wild Talent required feat finds some use even before the characters actually "classes in".
On a purely roleplay/setting note: if you intend to effectively "throw" them into the setting of Urban Arcana, remember that this makes them Shadowkind, and as such unable to be resurrected past a few brief hours when they're reclaimed by Shadow (and that's because they're heroic characters, Shadowkind "extras" don't even have such luxury).
As has been stated there are problems doing a direct port across but with an understanding of what the players are looking to get out of their characters, you could give them interesting "alternates" to play in your D20 Modern game.
I would be porting them this way :
For characters with spellcasting, look closley at what the Mage and Acolyte Advanced classes require as pre req's and make sure that the characters will qualify as soon as possible. I would delay your move from Fantasy to Modern until around level 5 so that the characters will be able to qualify for the Advanced classes to still be able to cast some spells even if at a diminished power level.
Then it is all about selling the concept to the players. With the right players you will have them really getting into the change. You could also offer them the opportunity to make changes to the characters you give them after a few sessions through an interaction with a "magic pool/item/shadow encounter" that lets them change some things(skills or possibly classes etc) to get the character the way they would have liked to do it if they'd had the chance.
If you can find it you want Grim Tales, it was fantasy done using the d20 Modern rules.
Well, this is a tall order, but I'll take a stab at it.
In the True20 system there is an 84 page conversion PDF you can download for moving D&D 3.5 to True 20 game system. I know that True20 and D20 are similar enough that you might just get what you need.
Considering what I have read about the two system this may be your best shot.
Okay, the big question you need to answer is what do you mean by conversion?
If you mean what needs to be done to a 3.5 character to get them to work in D20 modern, then I think there is virtually nothing needed, but I'd personally hesitate to do this unless you don't mind them wiping the floor with much of the opposition given their greater access to magic.
On the other hand, if you want to try to stat up as similar characters as you can given the D20 modern ruleset, then you should probably just use the advice Nigralbus gave. I might also be tempted to figure out the most important aspects of the 3.5 characters your converting, and then try to build D20 modern characters who have that.
Either way, your going to need to make some decisions about how powerful compared to the locals and compared to the characters they gave you the final characters should be, about how easy access to spell levels should be, and how prevalent magic items are.
So, like a 10th Kingdom thing, where fantasy characters are running around a modern setting? Or more of a Top Cow Lady Pendragon thing, where fantasy characters are reincarnated in a modern setting?
Assuming the former, since they're both d20 system, I wouldn't bother with an explicit convert for the PCs. Have the PCs continue playing with standard issue DnD3.5 rules; convert the environment instead. For example, you might want to increase the damage on firearms.
The only thing you may need to convert for the characters themselves is how to give the players a "wealth bonus" since the DnD gold standard doesn't really work in a modern setting.
(Community Wiki as @C.Ross kind of said this first, in comment form)


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Being home with a minor illness, I thought it might be nice to see my old drawings. I went through what I've submitted and noticed I dont have as much as I've drawn. Like, I've only got one thing from this year even up. And I have a whole folder with me. I realied that I dont update as much as I used to.
So, this is where I need you my watchers. Should I put more things up? Even if they're little doodles? I mean, the rate I update things now is like once every 3-6 months. Do you guys want more from me? If so, I have a whole folder, with a few comics in it if you guys want me to update more. Let me know if you guys do.
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WACO (March 26, 2011)—After 109 years standing on top of the McLennan County Courthouse, "Themis" the Greek goddess of justice, was separated from her perch and was on the way to the ground Saturday morning.
"She's in bad shape," said Mike Anderson, project manager for Johnson Roofing, the contractor that is in the midst of repairing the courthouse roof.
Anderson has birthright to the job in that his grandfather and father worked on the same roof in 1953 when they repaired the statue and other portions of the roof after it was damaged by the 1953 Waco tornado.
Just after 10 a.m. the statue and the pedestal she stands on were separated from the courthouse dome and workmen were in the midst of securing her for the 100-plus foot trip to the ground.
Anderson said she'll be trucked to the Johnson Roofing shop where she'll be repaired and updated over a three-month process.
We'll fix her broken arm and replace the missing sword," Anderson said. "She also has a (basketball-sized) hole in her head from hail storms and weather."
Anderson said the goddess weighs about 2,300 pounds but the scaffolding erected around her to ensure her safety add a great deal to the weight.
A large crane parked in the courthouse alley will be used to bring her down and place her on a trailer for her trip to the shop.
The statue is hollow, made of thin plates of zinc.
Most of her weight is in the wooden base she rests on, which Anderson said is mostly rotted away.
"There are places in the base you can stick your finger through," he said.
The larger dome is virtually stripped of its ornate decorations and it will be repaired in place, Anderson said.


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To the editor:
"2016" is a must-see movie.
On Sept. 4, my husband and I and two relatives went to the theater at the Fort Steuben Mall to see this documentary film produced by Gerald Molen. He admitted that he, and probably most Americans, know very little about Barack Obama.
For two years, he worked on this film, which included trips to Hawaii, across the continental United States, Kenya and Indonesia. He had interviews with very close friends of Barack Sr., who loved him dearly, and hand-crafted a huge monumental grave site in 1982 after he died. He also interviewed his grandmother before she died and his half brother, George Obama, a very handsome and intelligent man who wrote a book about his brother.
He spoke with people who grew up with him after the family moved to Indonesia. He also spoke with college professors and people, past and present, who held or hold political offices. All these, and more - interviews and speeches made by Obama himself talking about his father after he had written his book, "Dreams from My Father," were filmed, including a very touching scene of him visiting his father's grave - were shown in this film.
Molen said Barack Obama had met with Al Sharpton and decided that he did not want to travel the "angry black man's" path.
It is a very insightful film, and I agree with the advertisements I have seen about it - "Barack Obama, whether you love him or dislike him, you need to see this film."
Dottie Helsley


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Collections in the State Archives which may contain some useful
genealogy information are:
Commissioner of Confederate Pensions
Applications, 1915-33
Includes names of Confederate veterans or their widows, who
receive pensions from Oklahoma, addresses, places of enlistment,
military units, types and dates of discharge, and wounds. Search
an index by name of pension recipient. If the name appears in the
index, you may contact the State Archives for further information.
View or download an index
to Oklahoma's Confederate pension records (332K Adobe PDF
format file) or search the Oklahoma Confederate Pension Records Online Collection.
Commissioner of Confederate Pensions
Pension Files, 1915-49
Consists of correspondence pertaining to lost warrants, deaths
of pensioners, and questions of continuing eligibility for
U.S. District Land Office
Homestead Registers, 1889-1908
Includes legal description of tract sold, number of acres, fees
paid, name of purchaser, date of purchase, residence, receipt
numbers, and patent number (final certificate) and date of issue.
(Information needed: legal description -- section, township and
range -- or geographic location).
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Applications to the Bar, 1907-42
Includes correspondence and Oaths of Attorney.
Oklahoma Board of Medical Examiners
Deceased Files, 1907-86
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Oklahoma Board of Pharmacy
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Oklahoma Board of Chiropractic Examiners
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DENISON, TX -- Grayson College and the Herald Democrat will host the Grayson County Sheriff runoff debate tonight. Voters can watch the runoff candidates go head-to-head before the July 31st runoff election.
Grayson County Sheriff Keith Gary and runoff challenger Johnny Waldrip will begin debating at 7 pm tonight. Questions from voters attending the debate will be collected beforehand so both candidates can address issues that directly affect the community.
The event is an opportunity for both Keith Gary and Johnny Waldrip to share their plans for the county.
"I think we need to state our message," said Johnny Waldrip in a May interview with KXII. "We need to explain to people what we want to do and the changes we want to make."
Sheriff Keith Gary said, "My task now is to get out and continue to mix with the public, try to make my points and try to recruit a few more people."
Tonight's 7pm debate will be held the Cruce Stark Theater at Grayson College in Denison. Immediately following will be the debate between Grayson County Precinct 3 Commissioner Jackie Crisp and his challenger, Phyllis James.


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Panel IV - Business and Technology
The Executive in Residence Centennial Series
October and November 2006
Assistant Dean Barbara Rose Aglietti, producer of the Executive in Residence Centennial Series, introducing panelists Marilyn H. O'Connell (left), Senior Vice President, Video Solutions, Verizon Communications; Paula Summa (second from left), BBA '78 and MBA '84, General Manager, ibm.com, IBM Corporation; Marie J. Toulantis (right), BBA '81, CEO, Barnes&Noble.com, and faculty moderator Alan Eisner (center).
Lubin's Dean Joseph R. Bazcko (center) speaking to Lubin Leaders and Scholars students before the Centennial Series panel.
|"One of the reasons we had to look into growth was our core business was declining."
- Marilyn H. O'Connell, Senior Vice President, Video Solutions, Verizon Communications
|"Clients are demanding more and more integration... it's about convergence of technologies and business processes."
- Paula Summa, BBA '78 and MBA '84, General Manager, ibm.com, IBM Corporation
|"We think we're pretty advanced, but in 10 years, we'll look back and think we were in the Dark Ages in 2006."
- Marie J. Toulantis, BBA '81, CEO, Barnes&Noble.com
Paula Summa with Dean Jim Russell and Lubin Leaders and Scholars students.
|"The challenge is to keep up with the enormous rate of change."
- Marie Toulantis,
Marilyn O'Connell meeting with Lubin Leaders and Scholars students before the panel discussion.
Students had the opportunity to ask questions of the participants following the panel discussion.
Professor Robert Isaak asking a question during the Q&A session.
Lubin's Dean Joseph Bazcko thanking panelists Marie J. Toulantis (left), Marilyn H. O'Connell (second from left), Paula Summa (right), and faculty moderator Alan Eisner (center).
Assistant Dean Barbara Rose Aglietti posing with the panelists and moderator after the event.
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Eye Health Center
Cholinergics for Glaucoma
|Generic Name
|Brand Name
|Isopto Carpine, Pilopine
Cholinergic medicines are also called miotics. Most of these medicines are given in eyedrop form. Pilocarpine comes as a gel form (Pilopine).
The eyedrops have green bottle caps. If you need to use more than one type of eyedrop, you may need to take each medicine in a certain order. You can use the color of the bottle cap to help you keep track of each type of eyedrop.
If you are using more than one type of eyedrop, wait 5 minutes between the different eyedrop medicines.
How It Works
These medicines reduce pressure in the eyes by increasing the drainage of fluid (aqueous humor) out of the eye through the trabecular meshwork.
Why It Is Used
Cholinergics can be used to treat glaucoma.
Like beta-blockers, cholinergics can be used alone or combined with other glaucoma medicines. A combination of medicines can help control how much fluid is produced in the eye and increase the amount of fluid that drains out of the eye.
Cholinergic medicines may be used during an episode of closed-angle glaucoma after the pressure inside the eye has been reduced.
How Well It Works
These medicines lower eye pressure by 20% to 30%.1 They have the strongest effect on the pressure in the eye during the 2 to 4 hours after medicine is applied. The medicine continues to work for 4 to 8 hours after use.
Side Effects
All medicines have side effects. But many people don't feel the side effects, or they are able to deal with them. Ask your pharmacist about the side effects of each medicine you take. Side effects are also listed in the information that comes with your medicine.
Here are some important things to think about:
- Usually the benefits of the medicine are more important than any minor side effects.
- Side effects may go away after you take the medicine for a while.
- If side effects still bother you and you wonder if you should keep taking the medicine, call your doctor. He or she may be able to lower your dose or change your medicine. Do not suddenly quit taking your medicine unless your doctor tells you to.
Call911or other emergency services right away if you have:
- Trouble breathing.
- Swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.
Call your doctor if you have:
Common side effects of this medicine include:
- Blurred vision or a change in near or far vision.
- Trouble seeing at night or in dim light.
- Stinging or burning of the eye.
- Headache, aching in the brow, or eye pain.
- Eyelid twitching.
- Watery eyes.
See Drug Reference for a full list of side effects. (Drug Reference is not available in all systems.)
Cholinergics are one of the oldest types of medicines used to treat glaucoma. But because they can cause significant side effects and because there are other effective medicines to treat glaucoma, cholinergics are not used as frequently as in the past.
What To Think About
If you are going to take any of these medicines, tell your eye doctor about all of the prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, herbs, and supplements you take. This is especially important if your doctor suggests echothiophate for you. This medicine is known to interact badly with quite a few other medicines.
Echothiophate needs to be stopped several weeks before surgery if a certain general anesthetic (succinylcholine) is going to be used. Using echothiophate while receiving this anesthetic could increase the risk of breathing problems (respiratory paralysis).
If you take echothiophate, avoid breathing in even small amounts of poisons that kill insects and pests. Breathing in these products may increase the effects of your medicine and could be harmful.
Taking medicine
Medicine is one of the many tools your doctor has to treat a health problem. Taking medicine as your doctor suggests will improve your health and may prevent future problems. If you don't take your medicines properly, you may be putting your health (and perhaps your life) at risk.
There are many reasons why people have trouble taking their medicine. But in most cases, there is something you can do. For suggestions on how to work around common problems, see the topic Taking Medicines as Prescribed.
Advice for women
Do not use echothiophate if you are pregnant, breast-feeding, or planning to get pregnant. If you need to use this medicine, talk to your doctor about how you can prevent pregnancy.
If you are pregnant, breast-feeding, or planning to get pregnant, do not use any of the other medicines unless your doctor tells you to. Some medicines can harm your baby. This includes prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, herbs, and supplements. And make sure that all your doctors know that you are pregnant, breast-feeding, or planning to get pregnant.
Follow-up care is a key part of your treatment and safety. Be sure to make and go to all appointments, and call your doctor if you are having problems. It's also a good idea to know your test results and keep a list of the medicines you take.
Complete the new medication information form (PDF)(What is a PDF document?) to help you understand this medication.
ByHealthwise Staff
Primary Medical ReviewerAdam Husney, MD - Family Medicine
Specialist Medical ReviewerChristopher J. Rudnisky, MD, MPH, FRCSC - Ophthalmology
Current as ofSeptember 9, 2014
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Which MLB Team Won the Winter?
It's the start of spring training in baseball, which means all 30 general managers can agree on one thing: They all had a successful winter. But which team improved itself the most?
The answer won't be known for months, but we can make an educated projection. The Wall Street Journal examined every off-season transaction and ranked each team based on how many projected marginal wins it added or lost.
The calculations were based on each player's projected wins above replacement (WAR), a statistic used to compare a player's value to the average Triple-A fill-in. The forecasts were made by Dan Szymborski, a sabermetric analyst whose projection system, Zips, is considered among the most reliable. It uses weighted averages of four years of data and adjusts for age based on aging trends of similar players. The rankings don't include contract extensions or promotions within organizations.
1. BLUE JAYS (+10.7 PROJECTED WAR) Key acquisitions: SS Jose Reyes (4.3), SP R.A. Dickey (4.0), SP Josh Johnson (3.4), SP Mark Buehrle (2.5), OF Melky Cabrera (2.5) Key losses: SS Yunel Escobar (2.5), 2B Kelly Johnson (2.0) Outlook: Twenty years removed from their last playoff appearance, Toronto is suddenly the trendy pick to win the AL East.
2. CUBS (+8.2) Key acquisitions: SP Edwin Jackson (2.8), RP Carlos Villanueva (1.4) Key losses: None Outlook: They didn't make any splashy deals, but the Cubs made several smaller moves that should make this rebuilding year somewhat less miserable than the last one.
3. INDIANS (+7.2) Key acquisitions: OF Michael Bourn (4.0), OF/1B Nick Swisher (2.5) Key losses: OF Shin-Soo Choo (3.1), DH Travis Hafner (1.1) Outlook: The Indians haven't had a winter this good since the year they picked up Ricky "Wild Thing" Vaughn and Willie Mays Hayes. They should return to respectability, if nothing else.
4. RED SOX (+6.3) Key acquisitions: OF Shane Victorino (2.9), SP Ryan Dempster (2.4) Key losses: SS Mike Aviles (2.1), OF Cody Ross (1.4) Outlook: The playoffs may still be a long shot, but with Bobby Valentine gone, the Red Sox will at least avoid the dysfunction of 2012.
5. PHILLIES (+5.4) Key acquisitions: OF Ben Revere (2.2), 3B Michael Young (1.4) K ey loss: SP Vance Worley (1.5) Outlook: At best, the Phillies could be in the mix for a wild-card spot, but they're no longer the class of the NL East.
6. PIRATES (+4.4) Key acquisitions: C Russell Martin (2.3), SP Francisco Liriano (2.0) Key losses: None Outlook: After 20 consecutive losing seasons, the Pirates seem at least capable of cracking .500. They were only two wins short last year.
7. ROYALS (+3.8) Key acquisitions: SP James Shields (3.2), SP Wade Davis (1.9) Key loss: OF Wil Myers (2.3) Outlook: The Royals upgraded their rotation, but their offense will need to improve considerably for them to contend for a wild-card spot.
8. REDS (+3.4) Key acquisition: OF Shin-Soo Choo (3.1) Key loss: OF Drew Stubbs (1.6) Outlook: Choo gives the Reds a bona fide leadoff hitter. Last year's 97-win team remains largely intact.
9. DIAMONDBACKS (+3.1) Key acquisitions: OF Martin Prado (3.3), SP Brandon McCarthy (2.3) Key losses: OF Justin Upton (3.0), OF Chris Young (2.3) Outlook: After a busy winter, the D-Backs at least have a chance to challenge the Giants and Dodgers in the NL West.
10. PADRES (+2.3) Key acquisition: SP Freddy Garcia (1.1) Key loss: IF Andy Parrino (1.0) Outlook: At best, the Padres can be roughly a .500 team. At worst, well…the weather in San Diego is still gorgeous.
11. ROCKIES (+2.1) Key acquisition: RP Wilton Lopez (1.3) Key loss: RP Matt Reynolds (0.7) Outlook: The Rockies were atrocious in 2012 and have done nothing to instill confidence that 2013 will be markedly better.
12. DODGERS (+1.7) Key acquisitions: SP Zack Greinke (4.3), RP Hyun-Jin Ryu (1.8) Key loss: OF Shane Victorino (2.9) Outlook: The highest payroll in baseball means high expectations for the Dodgers, who narrowly missed the playoffs last year.
13. NATIONALS (+1.0) Key acquisitions: SP Dan Haren (2.9), OF Denard Span (2.7) Key loss: SP Edwin Jackson (2.8) Outlook: The Nationals had the best record in baseball last year and managed to get better this winter. It's World Series or bust in D.C.
14. MARINERS (+0.5) Key acquisition: 1B Kendrys Morales (1.3) Key loss: C John Jaso (1.8) Outlook: They didn't land the top sluggers they coveted, but the Mariners did move in the fences at Safeco Field.
1 5. TIGERS (+0.4) Key acquisition: OF Torii Hunter (2.4) Key loss: DH Delmon Young (1.0) Outlook: After being swept in the World Series by the Giants, the Tigers appear primed for another October run.
16. GIANTS (+0.3) Key acquisition: OF Andres Torres (2.1) Key loss: OF Melky Cabrera (2.5) Outlook: The Giants return essentially the same team that won the World Series last year.
17. CARDINALS (-0.6) Key acquisitions: None Key loss: DH Lance Berkman (1.2) Outlook: When you're a perennial contender with as much homegrown talent as St. Louis has, a quiet off-season isn't necessarily a bad thing. We didn't count the expected loss of free agent pitcher Kyle Lohse (2.7) only because he technically could still return.
18. ASTROS (-0.9) Key acquisition: DH Carlos Pena (1.6) Key loss: SS Jed Lowrie (1.5) Outlook: Oy. After losing 107 games last year, the Astros cut their payroll to $25 million and moved from a weak division to one of baseball's toughest.
19. ATHLETICS (-1.6) Key acquisitions: OF Chris Young (2.3), SS Hiroyuki Nakajima (2.2) Key losses: SP Brandon McCarthy (2.3), SS Stephen Drew (1.7) Outlook: The As surprised everyone by winning 94 games in 2012. No one should be shocked if they win the AL West again this year.
20. YANKEES (-2.7) Key acquisition: 3B Kevin Youkilis (2.7) Key losses: OF Nick Swisher (2.5), C Russell Martin (2.3) Outlook: They're still formidable, but a quiet winter and an elderly roster makes the Yankees appear unusually vulnerable.
21. ORIOLES (-2.8) Key acquisitions: None Key losses: SP Joe Saunders (1.2) Outlook: Fresh off their first playoff appearance in 15 years, the Orioles all but sat out the winter.
22. TWINS (-2.9) Key acquisition: SP Vance Worley (1.5) Key losses: OF Denard Span (2.7), OF Ben Revere (2.2) Outlook: The Twins have a strong base of young talent on the way, but it's not here yet. Could be another ugly rebuilding year.
23. BREWERS (-3.1 ) Key acquisitions: None Key loss: SP Shaun Marcum (2.9) Outlook: The Brewers are perfectly mediocre, figuring to be neither especially good nor remarkably bad.
24. METS (-3.9) Key acquisition: C Travis d'Arnaud (1.9) Key loss: SP R.A. Dickey (4.0) Outlook: Check back in 2014, when the Mets' top prospects will be in the majors and their worst contracts will be off the books.
25. RAYS (-4.2) Key acquisitions: SS Yunel Escobar (2.5), OF Wil Myers (2.3) Key losses: OF B.J. Upton (3.5), SP James Shields (3.2) Outlook: Better than their ranking here suggests. A deep reservoir of young pitching should keep the Rays in contention.
26. ANGELS (-4.2) Key acquisitions: OF Josh Hamilton (3.8), SP Tommy Hanson (2.2) Key losses: SP Zack Greinke (4.3), SP Dan Haren (2.9), OF Torii Hunter (2.4) Outlook: A fearsome offense will put the Angels in contention. Whether their pitching is good enough to get them to the playoffs is an open question.
27. BRAVES (-4.2) Key acquisitions: OF B.J. Upton (3.5), OF Justin Upton (3.0) Key losses: OF Michael Bourn (4.0), OF Martin Prado (3.3) Outlook: It'll be strange seeing the Braves without Chipper Jones, who retired, but there's still enough talent here for them to be one of the NL's best teams.
28. WHITE SOX (-6.5) Key acquisitions: 3B Jeff Keppinger (1.6), RP Matt Lindstrom (0.7) Key losses: 3B Kevin Youkilis (2.7), C A.J. Pierzynski (1.8) Outlook: A September collapse followed by a slow winter makes it hard to envision Chicago overtaking Detroit in the AL Central.
29. RANGERS (-7.7) Key acquisitions: C A.J. Pierzynski (1.8), DH Lance Berkman (1.2) Key losses: OF Josh Hamilton (3.8), SP Ryan Dempster (2.4) Outlook: Credit the Rangers for not overpaying for top free agents, but in a tough division, a quiet winter could hurt their chances.
30. MARLINS (-11.6) Key acquisition: 3B Placido Polanco (1.0) Key losses: SS Jose Reyes (4.3), SP Josh Johnson (3.4), SP Mark Buehrle (2.5) Outlook: The Marlins took a blowtorch to last year's pricey, losing team and will return to the more familiar position of being a cheap, losing team.
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