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I am currently sitting in Sydney for a summer break and I want to buy games from GameTreeOnline. Unfortunately, their 'security' mechanisms prevent me from using my bank account while in Sydney, though they would let me purchase if I were willing to do a cross country transaction with an Australian bank account, so it would be legal. However, I can ask my friend to purchase it on my account for me. Now I am curious if said sites would allow me to purchase in the US and then turn around and download from Australia, or would they block my download (in which case my money would be wasted because the main reason I'm buying the game is to play it over the next month).
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Can I have my friend in the states buy the game from GameTreeOnline and then download the game in Australia?


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The 6 Stupidest National Outrages About Fictional Characters
There are two statements you can make with 100 percent certainty about any fictional character in history: somebody has drawn that character naked, and someone has voiced a public complaint about that character for an objectively ludicrous reason.
Characters in children's entertainment seem to get the worst of the latter (and probably the former as well), constantly finding themselves at the center of absurd controversies manufactured by misguided people who apparently exist solely to tear the joy out of everything they see. For example ...
#6. The Malaysian Government Banned Power Rangers for Promoting Heroin Abuse
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In America, fears that the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers were corrupting children went no further than kids suffering awesome injuries while trying to imitate the show in their driveways. But the Power Rangers problem in Malaysia was a bit different (and dumber). In December 1995, the Malaysian government took the show off the air because, according to them, it was encouraging kids to stick needles in their veins and fill them with hospital-grade opioids. We admittedly do not remember the particular episode in question.
Saban Entertainment
Although Bulk and Skull were always more than a little suspect.
As it turns out, the ban had nothing to do with the show's content. Malaysia targeted Mighty Morphin Power Rangers because they thought the word "morphin" was a little too close to "morphine." The country's deputy home minister claimed that the show was telling children that all they needed to do to become superheroes was find that shaky man hanging out behind the mattress store and score a dime of sweet, sweet H. Admittedly, Zordon must've slipped those teenagers something, because it only takes him nine seconds to convince them that thrusting oversized belt buckles into the air and shouting the names of prehistoric animals will transform them into magical ninjas.
Saban Entertainment
"It won't be any of those dinosaurs with brains in their butts, right? Cuz if so, no deal."
However, despite failing to take similar precautions as Malaysia, no other country reported an increase in the number of preteens climbing on the Horse. It might have been because morphine doesn't exactly come on the candy rack at the drugstore, or it might have been because no one else in the fucking universe would've ever come to that daffy "morphin/morphine" conclusion.
Saban Entertainment
Talk to Snizzard. He'll hook you up.
In the end, Malaysia decided to allow Mighty Morphin Power Rangers back on the air, provided the show dropped the "Morphin" from the title and the characters fought rubber aliens as the Mighty Power Rangers ... which honestly doesn't make any less sense as a title, we suppose.
#5. Harry Potter Fans Rage Against an Obviously Asian Character Being Portrayed as Asian
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Cho Chang, the pretty Ravenclaw girl in the Harry Potter series who gives Harry his first kiss/non-embarrassing erection, was the center of a huge backlash when the film version of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was released in 2005. Katie Leung, the actress cast as Cho, conceivably expected some amount of fan hate when she accepted the role, because it goes with the territory when you're making nerd movies. What caught Leung off guard, though, was that an unusual number of fans hated her for the unforgivable crime of being Asian.
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Who would commit such a horrible deed, aside from a couple billion people worldwide?
Years before the similarly vile Hunger Games race "controversy," some Harry Potter fans were deeply confused and upset over the fact that the actress playing Cho Chang wasn't a God-fearing white girl like Cho was in their minds. "How," you may be asking, "could they have been taken off guard by this, when 'Cho Chang' is arguably one of the most Chinese names ever written down on paper?" Well, according to the grievants, Cho had to be a white English girl adopted by Chinese parents who gave her a Chinese name, because how else would she have been accepted to Hogwarts, a purely British school of wizardry? Evidently, the suggestion of a mystical race of British Chinese people was too far-fetched for a story featuring dragons and centaurs -- that's simply too much magic for an audience to digest.
And it's not like the books ever say that Cho isn't white, except, you know, for the freaking illustrations:
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"Hey, you mind? I'm trying to get her to Expecto my Patronum."
The final ridiculous argument in this debate saw angry, racist nerds insisting that Cho must be white because the books say she has freckles, and no Asian person in the history of Earth's celestial rotation has ever had freckles.
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To her credit, Katie Leung doesn't seem to have been affected by the ordeal. But regrettably, some fans will undoubtedly continue to spit venom at her until J.K. Rowling writes the next set of Harry Potter books and changes Cho Chang's wand to a goddamned chopstick.
#4. London Banned Peter Rabbit for Being "Middle Class"
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The Inner London Education Authority was a local council tasked with providing proper education to London's children. For some reason, they decided to accomplish this goal by banning all of the children's favorite books. In the interest of social justice, political correctness, or whatever buzzword was in vogue back then, in 1985 the ILEA declared that all "racist, sexist, and imperialist books" were to be removed from school shelves. Oliver Twist, for example, was tossed on the grounds of being "anti-Semitic," while Tom Sawyer was determined to be "sexist" and "racist" (in all fairness, Charles Dickens was a bit of an anti-Semite).
However, in a move that made significantly less sense, the ILEA banned Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Peter Rabbit for the salacious crime of portraying "middle-class rabbits."
Beatrix Potter
Look at that rich fuck. Not all of us can so easily feed 75 percent of our children, you know.
Yes, that Peter Rabbit, the one who lived with his family in constant fear of Mr. McGregor, the farmer who owns all of the vegetables they depend on to survive, and who killed Peter's father. Somewhere in all of that, the ILEA felt that Peter Rabbit was flaunting too much privilege, and that this somehow constituted a complete lack of representation of poor, oppressed rabbits in Beatrix Potter's world -- clear evidence of the author's sinister middle-class agenda (although at no point in the story do we recall Peter and his wife driving the kids to soccer practice in their Prius).
Beatrix Potter
Besides, he and Benjamin Bunny were clearly the ones with a thing goin' on.
At this point in the 1980s, the ILEA was already notorious for being borderline fanatical, so while the book ban pissed off plenty of people, it didn't exactly shock them. Luckily for the children of London, the ILEA was abolished in 1990, along with their ridiculous bans. Margaret Thatcher then presumably chased them out of London with a rake, collecting their discarded clothes and using them to build scarecrows.
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This communication may lead to joint meetings and conferences and peer review of each other's publications. Leaders of both organizations say such cooperation is critical to incorporating process safety into companies' management systems to prevent the recurrence of existing and former problems.
The Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) of the
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safety in the petroleum sector in India and around the
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Hazardous industries like ours must ensure that the
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Right move bu both organisation to give direction/momentum to Process safety in petroleum secctor in India. Hearty congratulations to management of both organisations. Govind Ram, Vadodara
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This is certainly a welcome move in the right direction towards ensuring high levels of Safety standards in the Petroleum sector in India. HAZOP for new and upcoming Projects is carried out, but the optimum cut off of implementation of Safety measures is more often dictated by the EPC Contractor executing the Project, since Commrcial considerations during the Project stage often outweigh consideration for the marginal Safety addtional Cost, some times exorbitant and unforeseen, can bring in. This collaboration between CCPS and OISD should help to quantamatize and define the the extent to which HAZOP principles should be applied to optimize on economy and also ensure Safety to the highest possible level. V. Krishna KumarFounder & Chief Consultant,Projects Consultancy Services,email@example.com
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Hi everybody! Does anybody remember some platforming game which the players character jumps by pressing up in the D-pad or analog stick and the player can also hold the D-pad or analog stick down for some time and then press up to do a high jump? Doesnt matter if the game was from Atari, NES, SNES, Genesis, PlayStation, Nintendo64, PSP, NDS, etc. I was doing some research about interaction design in video games, and I need an example of this kind of control scheme. Thanks.
Different from Mario games which you can hold the D-pad down and then press a button to jump, and also different from Marvel VS Capcom which you pull down and push up the analog stick really fast to do the high jump.
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1972 Chevy El Camino - El Cheapo, Part 4Written by on August 1, 2000 Paint for the Poor
You can't paint your own car. OK, maybe you can, but that puts you in one of two categories: guy with more time and skill than the rest of us or guy with a really ugly paint job. We long ago faced our ineptitude for bodywork, and most readers tell us they don't do their own skilled labor, either. Because of that, this year's paint--'n'--body blowout will show you the grunt work you can do to lower the price and improve the quality of a paint job farmed out to a local shop. It's what you asked for.
Readers also told us that when it came time to color our El Cheapo 1972 El Camino, they didn't want to see a penny--pinching hackjob. Lots of you realize that nothing makes a car cheesier than a 10--cent repaint; when buying a car, we'll take wasted original paint over a halfhearted redo every time. That's why the Elco's new clothes are way better than cheap, nicer than average, and far less costly than perfect. Our goal was to reveal the steps and the price of a paint job an average guy would give a street machine he cared about. Still, it's probably more on the credit card than you'd expect: At $5,609.28 not including our new wheels and tires, that's a big wad o' bills. But in typical Car Craft reporting, that includes all the bodywork and every little chingus from start to finish, including the materials, weatherstripping, chrome, trim, and restoration extras from Chevelle specialist Original Parts Group (OPG). It's all listed in the story, and so are the steps we took to save bucks where possible.
Step one is finding the right shop. We did that with Gonzalez Auto Body, which you've seen doing all the rust repair and bodywork on the El Camino over the past few issues. Owner Gus Gonzalez was perfect for us for several reasons. First, he has a passion for keeping older cars on the road, and Gonzalez Auto Body is one of few shops in our area willing to paint an entire car.
Importantly, Gus knew we wanted a good job that would last but that we weren't willing to pay for full--on show quality. He let us ask all kinds of questions and showed us other cars he had painted at a similar quality level. Most shops don't want to work within a budget, but Gus underpromised and overdelivered for what we paid.
We also looked to Gonzalez because it's a PPG--certified shop. Durable paint relies on quality materials from bare metal on up, and each layer of primer, filler, sealer, paint, and clearcoat needs to be compatible with the next. By using the appropriate PPG products bottom to top, we knew there wouldn't be a problem.
Finally, Gus put up with us changing our mind on the color at least four times. We were originally going to go yellow or white, which tend to hide more flaws than reds, oranges, metallics, and dark colors. Happily, the El Camino's body came out straight enough to paint Hugger Orange. It's not perfect, but it's just what we needed. See what you think.
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The toil began by tearing the car apart as far as we could, benefiting us twofold. First, it saves huge bucks to avoid paying high bodyshop labor rates to do simple mechanical work. Second, the further the car is torn down, the better the paint job will turn out--especially if the shop masks the trim rather than removing it. Every masked seam is an opportunity for a future paint chip or for the old color to peek through immediately. The downside is that taking the car apart means you need to keep track of the fasteners, which we did with resealable freezer bags labeled with a marker. Stripping the car this far down means more cost in replacement weatherstripping and trim, but it's really, really worth it. We even recommend removing most of the interior.After disassembly, we took a few trips through the coin--op car wash, spraying the deepest hidden dirt out of every crevice. The cleaner the car is when it goes into the paint booth, the less dirt ends up in the paint--so deliver it as clean as possible. We also scrubbed every surface with green Scotchbrite pads to get rid of greasy fingerprints and knock off as much loose paint as possible. The harder an area is to reach, the more important it is to scrub clean.At Gonzalez Auto Body, progress ensued: New Original Parts Group floorpans were installed, rust spots were repaired in the fenders and quarters, and a major gack in the quarter--panel was evened out. For the full details, see the following articles: "How to Replace Floorpans," Dec. ´99; "Fender Rust Repair," Jan. ´00; and "Basic Quarter--Panel Repair," Feb. ´00.In the past, we've had cars painted with all the bodywork in the condition shown. Bad idea--all the sanded edges show through, and as Gonzalez proved, there's a lot more smoothing to be done. After hitting the entire car with 180--grit on a dual--action sander, the Camino got its first of four coats of PPG's NCP 280 gray primer surfacer mixed with NCX 285 hardener. These are low--VOC, California--legal materials. Just before the primer, every spot of bare metal was sanded to eliminate even the lightest beginnings of surface rust, then the car was wiped thoroughly with PPG Wax and Grease Remover and lint--free towels.The primer fills in sanding marks and slight variations in the height of the sanded surface, but it still needs to be block--sanded to make it dead flat. Black paint is misted over the primer as a guide coat while block--sanding with wet 180--grit paper. High spots in the sheetmetal are revealed by areas that become sanded to bare metal, and areas where the black guide coat is not removed are low spots. This is the most time--consuming portion of the job, and hence the most costly. The more you pay, the more block--sanding you'll get. Gonzalez blocked the car three times.We didn't expect it for the price, but Gonzalez removed the doors to paint the jambs. He says that it's the only way to get the jambs fully sanded so they don't peel and it's also the only way to get full coverage of the paint. Once the jambs were painted, the doors were installed and realigned, then the jambs were fully masked. If the shop doesn't take this step, later coats of paint on the body will leave a fine overspray and make the jambs look flat and dry. Even if you're painting a car and not changing the color or painting the jambs, insist that the jambs are well masked to avoid primer overspray.After the last coat of primer, the surface was carefully inspected for pinholes, which were then filled with a polyester--based spot putty and sanded smooth. The final wet--sanding is done with 400--grit to remove all the swirl marks from the 180--grit.Finally, the floor of the paint booth is hosed down, the car is blown off with compressed air, then wiped down with wax and grease remover, and painted Hugger Orange. The paint is PPG's Concept CLV line of California--legal urethanes, which Gonzalez reports lays down smooth and reduces the need for color--sanding. The Camino got five coats of color so it can be sanded in the future, but we omitted that step to save bucks up front.
As soon as the car came home, we were all itchy to start bolting stuff on and immediately found our first blunder. While bolting on the new rearview mirror, we discovered that we hadn't asked Gonzalez to fill a big hole left by the previous Taiwan--special sport mirror. Good thing the new gasket covered it. OPG offers two mirrors for ´69--´72 models: U.S.--made versions for $49.95 and imports for $29.95. We went cheap, but the mirror head was so loose it was useless. OPG said the mirrors have a lifetime warranty and happily traded it for a good one. We cut costs in half by installing an outside mirror only on the driver side.We bought our own masking paper, tape, and sandpaper so we could black out the scummy cowl, firewall, and frame. After sanding, we wiped everything down with The Eastwood Company's Pre--Paint Prep in an aerosol can because we've found the stuff to all but eliminate fisheyes if you let it dry enough before painting. Likewise, our favorite black paint is Eastwood's Underhood Black that dries quickly to the perfect eggshell finish.Our ´72 originally came with those chintzy plastic inner fenderwells that were all cracked and worthless. Goodmark recently started repopping metal versions, so we added a set to the Elco. Deep into the installation, we discovered that reusing all the old rusty fasteners we'd worked so hard to keep was a big waste of time. One of the J--bolts broke as we were tightening it and gashed our fresh fender paint, so we gave up and got an OPG Front End Fastener Kit for $44.95. It doesn't have every single bolt you'll need, but all the weird and critical stuff is there. Way worth the expense.Here's a tip from Gus Gonzalez that really paid off: When installing the fenders, add a protective layer or two of masking tape to the edges of the fender and door to prevent chipping the paint when you unavoidably smack them together. Reduce the tape's adhesive qualities by sticking it to your pants a few times before putting it on the paint.The next big thrill was dropping our Harwood fiberglass hood into place and ogling the enormous 4--inch cowl. Look for an entire how--to story in this issue.Don't even consider painting a car well without pulling out all the old weatherstripping and installing new stuff. Masking it off ends up looking hideous. OPG offers two levels of weatherstripping kits. We didn't really need the rear bumper seal, rubber stopper kit, hood--to--cowl seal, hood insulation, or A--arm seals in the Stage II kit, so we saved $165 with the less complete kit. The door seals are the nice and soft foam Metro brand, and they snapped in so nicely we didn't even use glue.The new window--run channels are more of a hassle. Begin with the most forward channel; leave the door part of the channel out so the window can move rearward a bit. Roll the window up, then reach through the inner door and feed the channel into its groove, pushing it up from the bottom until it's about an inch above the sheetmetal. The channel slides better if you wet it. Next, roll the window down about halfway, making sure you don't pinch the channel in the guide. Now you can easily pull the rest of the channel up, snap it into place, and trim it to fit. Roll up the window the rest of the way, and reach through the inner door to snap the lower part of the channel into the window guide. The door part of the channel is easy to install with the window rolled down.The outer window fuzzies snap easily into factory slots in the sheetmetal. The end with the extra chrome trim goes forward--align the front end first, then check to see if the back end needs to be trimmed a bit to avoid chipping the paint as you snap it into place.We sanded the entire bed with 80--grit, wiped it down with Eastwood Pre--Paint Prep, and sprayed it with Duplicolor Truck Bed Coating. The Duplicolor product sprays on thick and leaves a nice, slightly textured, just--right--glossiness finish. However, spray it from too far away and it gets very rough and flat--toned, then cargo scrapes it shiny and it looks bad. With proper application, it looks right and touches up easily. It took five cans to do the complete bed.
To save money we eliminated every emblem and trim piece possible. By polishing with fine steel wool, we were able to reuse the door handles, rear turn signal and backup bezels, and front and rear window trim. We tried to rescue the bed trim, but much of it was dented, and the local polishing shop wanted more to fix it than the $249.95 price of OPG's complete bed--molding kit. OPG won.Man, costs start to add up! Our old rear bumper was totally gonzo, so we took advantage of one of the newly available reproductions from OPG. We were able to reuse all the plastic lenses at the back of the car by polishing them with Meguiar's Plastic Polish. New ones would have been $166.20.For the front bumper, we again went with Harwood fiberglass. It weighs just 3--4 pounds! Gonzalez painted it straight PPG aluminum toner (DMD 690) with a clearcoat, which turned out to be the perfect color. We mounted the bumper with the stock brackets--cleaned and painted Eastwood black--by first installing the brackets, then marking the holes from the backside so the bumper could be drilled. We mounted it with an OPG bumper--bolt kit that also had enough pieces to do the rear bumper. The Harwood bumper was $149, and Gonzalez didn't charge extra to paint it, so it's a deal.By now, most of you have noticed that we swapped the front end from a 1972 to a 1971. All that's required is changing the grille, headlight bezels, and turn--signal lenses and bezels. Our 1972 would have needed at least a new grille and signal lenses at an OPG price of $199.95 at the cheapest. The new 1971 parts cost $438.30 total. That's a $238.35 extra expenditure, but we think the 1971 looks so much better that it's worth it. It would have cost another $86 for the factory chrome that's supposed to be on the 1971 grille, but we painted the trim areas Hugger Orange instead. Note that we did not blindly turn the Elco into an SS. Tech tip: Remember that the fender extensions, turn-- signal bezels, and turn--signal lenses for Chevelles are not the same for El Caminos and wagons for the 1971-1972 model years. They won't even bolt into place properly.Scope out the black stripe down the side. We just couldn't live with the standard SS hood Band--Aids, and instead chose the 1969--model stripes. They're available in white, black, or red from OPG. The El Camino versions will fit 1968--1972 models, but the Chevelle ones won't work properly on 1970--1972 models because of the fender bulges added to those cars. Look for a one--page story in this issue to show you how to stick the stripes properly.Paint your car, and all of a sudden everything else looks pretty dingy. We couldn't shoot the car for the magazine with fresh paint and grody old swap--meet Cragars, so we stepped up to 15x4 and 15x8 Weld Rodlites with 28x7.50--15 Mickey Thompson Sportsmans up front and massive 30x12.50--15 ET Streets on the back.Wow--Gonzalez Auto Body turned our total turd into an impressive street machine! We're still swallowing hard at the total investment of $5600, but we rescued a $400 junker, made it respectable, and we know what's under the paint. For the price, it's better than buying a nicer car to begin with.


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Driving from the west into the eastern part of Kansas, the landscape changes from high plains to rolling wooded hills, and the Flint Hills in between. Headed northeast, specifically to Lyndon, Kansas, we set out on a mission to experience and explore the Kanza Rail-Trails on horseback. Dedicated to converting old railroad lines into public access trails, the Kanza Rail-Trails Conservancy is made up of volunteers and interested citizens working together to develop trails that merge the historic importance of the old railroad lines with the beautiful scenery of Kansas.
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What follows is a timeline of events related to the sale of Newell Memorial Field and the old Jimmy Carey Stadium in Weirton:
June 19 - Hancock County Board of Education declares both stadiums surplus property in anticipation of the completion of new multi-sports complexes at Oak Glen and Weir high schools
July 2 - Chester Fire Chief John Hissam sends a letter to Superintendent Suzan Smith offering to buy the Newell stadium property for a "donation" of $150,000, to be paid in three yearly installments. The offer is later increased to $300,000.
July 16 - Smith rejects Hissam's offer, saying she is constrained by a state law that says school boards cannot negotiate with nongovernmental agencies.
Aug. 13 - The school board sets the public auction date for both stadium properties for Oct. 5.
Aug. 27 - Sue Thompson, treasurer of the Newell Community Improvement Coalition, tells the school board of the community's misgivings over the proposed sale of the Newell stadium and submits a list of petition signatures.
Aug. 31 - Hissam goes public about the fire department's attempts to buy the Newell property.
Sept. 10 - The school board votes 3-2 to reject Smith's rules for the Oct. 5 auction, including a requirement for a 10 percent down payment and a lump-sum payment soon thereafter. The board also removes Jimmy Carey Stadium from the auction. Thompson attends the meeting and reiterates her objections to the auction.
Sept. 24 - Smith tells the school board the Oct. 5 auction will be postponed.
Oct. 1 - The city of Chester offers to facilitate the sale of Newell Memorial Field to the fire department for $250,000, using money from an anonymous, private donor. The offer dies for lack of interest by the school board.
Oct. 8 - The school board reschedules the auction for Oct. 25 under slightly revised rules and sets the minimum bid at $250,000. Thompson attends the meeting and reiterates her objections to the auction.
Oct. 25 - Auction held for Newell Memorial Field, with only one bidder, Hissam, bidding $50,000.
Oct. 29 - The school board rejects Hissam's bid, saying it was $200,000 too low.
Nov. 4 - Newell businessman Tommy Ogden announces through a local newspaper he would be willing to pay $250,000 for the Newell property and would consult with Hancock County commissioners on how to pursue economic development on part of the property.
Nov. 5 - The city of Chester and Hissam make a second joint offer on the Newell property, saying they would be willing to pay $250,000 up front.
Nov. 13 - The school board passes on the latest Chester offer and reschedules the auction for Nov. 30. Ogden attends the meeting and explains his proposal to the board.
Nov. 19 - The school board postpones the auction indefinitely after meeting with two Hancock County commissioners and an economic development official from Weirton.
Nov. 24 - Protesters organized by Oak Glen High School alumnus Jackson Wilson meet in front of Newell Memorial Field, chanting slogans against the school board.
Nov. 26 - Hancock County commissioners, in a special meeting, vote 3-0 to offer the school board $400,000 for both stadium properties, saying they want to market the land for economic development purposes.
Nov. 29 - Ogden and former West Virginia Del. Pat McGeehan fax an alternative offer to the school board, saying they would be willing to outbid the commissioners, to the tune of $425,000, if the sale were done by public auction.
Nov. 30 - The school board votes 3-1 to accept the commissioners' offer.


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6 Natural Disasters That Were Caused by Human Stupidity
We like to mark-up natural disasters to everything from The Weather Channel to a large, invisible bearded man who hangs out on clouds and doesn't wear pants (the ghost of Ernest Hemingway). And while these things may be true, there's no avoiding the fact that we ourselves are responsible for many of the planet-murdering buttfucks that befall our delicate population.
#6. The Draining of Lake Peigneur
The Disaster
In carpentry there's a saying: "Measure twice, cut once." Oil drillers used to have a similar saying: "Fuck measurements, let's rock."
"If there's not a hole in the ground by the time I finish this pipe, someone's getting a mustache headbutt."
In 1980, a Texaco oil rig was drilling for petroleum at Lake Peigneur, a Louisiana lake that sits directly on top of a salt mine, and has an average depth of six feet. Were it a swimming pool, it wouldn't have been safe for diving, so it probably wasn't surprising to anyone but the drillers when they punched a hole through the top of the mine.
At first the water simply trickled down below. But as the salt dissolved the hole expanded, and by lunch time they'd created a whirlpool that managed to suck the drilling platform, several barges and 65 or so acres of land into the lake. Because the water was going into the mine faster than the air could get out, spectators were treated to a geyser of water and debris that shot 400 feet into the air.
Fortunately no workers were killed by the whirlpool. Those on the platform, while unable to do their job properly, were smart enough to haul ass when things started getting a little too real, as were the salt miners below.
Probably something like this.
Though all the evidence was literally flushed down the drain, it was a bit difficult for Texaco to sidestep the mystery of the suddenly salty lake and giant-ass waterfall that wasn't there before, and were forced to pay out over $40 million dollars, an amount of money that ensured the oil industry would never again cause an environmental disaster.
#5. The Boston Molassacre
The life of a construction worker at a molasses factory is a difficult one. Or at least we assume it is, because one named Aurthur Jell decided to half-ass it when he built a molasses storage tank in the North End of Boston. He never bothered to check his tank for leaks of any kind before calling it a day, leaving the locals to try and plug up its many cracks (presumably while joking about construction being slower than molasses).
"Get it? Because it's molasses. Seriously though, I've put you all at considerable risk."
As more leaks appeared, they knew the sight of molasses oozing from the cracks served as a warning of the disaster that could follow. So they hid them by painting the tank a molasses shade of brown.
The Disaster:
January of 1919 was unseasonably warm. As the fermentation process in the tank continued to produce carbon monoxide, the pressure inside continued to build, causing the cracks within the tank to expand like a trucker's waistline. Eventually the rivets shot out of the tank, unleashing a 15-foot tall tidal wave that covered Boston, providing residents with a valuable look at what a melted Stay-Puft would have really done to New York at the end of Ghostbusters.
It would not have been a comedy.
The wave traveled through the city at 35 miles an hour, lifting a train off the tracks and crushing buildings in its sweet, sticky fury. The hot air released from the tanks also created a blast wave that reportedly threw vehicles off the road, though considering this took place in Gatsby's America we can only assume this meant a maelstrom of horses and Model Ts.
The military, police and the Red Cross joined in on the rescue effort, and the final toll would be 21 deaths, countless injuries and 87,000 man hours of the nastiest cleanup outside of an oil tanker spill.
The owners of the tank tried to pin the explosion on anarchists (presumably after first blaming hooch parlors and the women's suffrage movement) but in the end they were found liable and were forced to pay damages. The tank was never rebuilt, but to this day some Boston residents claim you can still smell the molasses on hot summer days.
#4. Sidoarjo Mud Flow
If you're not familiar with a "mud volcano" we're going to suggest you not Google it as it almost certainly doubles as the name for a certain kind of fetish video. But it also refers to a geological phenomenon where underground pools of mud become pressurized and sometimes spew out to the surface.
Want to know what happens when you stand on top of one of those and start drilling into it?
Spoiler alert.
You can ask the people at the drilling company, PT Lapindo Brantas, who began an operation in East Java, Indonesia to drill for natural gas (to a depth where no gas had previously been found), on a fault line a short distance away from the Ring of Fire. In an attempt to avoid a tragedy that even Ray Charles could see coming, more experienced drillers tried to warn them to stay away from the dangerous terrain, but the PT team just chuckled, swilled a beer and insisted that it was totally going to work.
The Disaster:
Having already spit in the face of sensibility, the drill team decided it was time to cock punch the law as well, so in the second phase of drilling they opted not to use the required protective casing to stabilize the drill site, presumably subcontracting the job out to the Foot Clan.
Unsurprisingly, running a giant drill next to a fault line tends to result in seismic activity, and the result was the eruption of a mud volcano which continues to this very moment, spewing 88,000 cubic feet of bullshit each day and leaving 1.5 million people without homes as a result.
The drill team responsible first tried to pass the blame off on an earthquake that occurred two days before in Central Java, forming faults as far as their drill site 186 miles away. When scientists pointed out that an earthquake that severe would've shut down drilling (which obviously it hadn't), PT Lapindo Brantas was ordered to pay $278 million.
The higher-ups of Lapindo Brantas tried to sell their company to an off-shore group for $2, effectively dodging responsibility for the disaster. But the government stepped in and said if they intended to get out of paying victims for their losses, they'd have to get more creative than that. Some analysts believe the company will next declare bankruptcy in an effort to do that very thing.
That'll do, douchebags. That'll do.


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Dead Doctors Dont Lie 27 Feb 2015
Dr. Wallach starts the show discussing type 2 diabetes. Asserting that 90% of people with diabetes have type 2. Contending that with lifestyle and dietary changes coupled with a nutritional supplement plan the condition can be prevented and reversed.Pearls of Wisdom
Doug Winfrey and Dr. Wallach discuss two news articles regarding the health. The first article concerns some 6000 federal lawsuits against manufacturors of surgical mesh. This mesh is inserted in women with pelvic organ prolapse a condition where muscles weaken and causing organs to bulge or slip down into the vagina. Women are suing the manufacturors contending they weren't warned about possible complications that leave the women in pain. The next article discussed concerns a report that analyzed 24 previous studies finding that eating "high-glycemic" foods increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.Callers
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Rachel was diagnosed with Lyme's disease three years ago.
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Gina and her sisters all suffer from chronic fatigue.
Call Dr. Wallach's live radio program week days from noon until 1pm pacific time at 831-685-1080 or toll free at 888-379-2552.


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September 26, 2011
My Cape Town concert rocks V&A Waterfront Amphitheatre
Photo by Deon Gurling
It was a day of sunshine, music and crazy love for the Mother City as the My Cape Town Concert rocked the V&A Amphitheatre on Sunday 25 September.
Attended by hundreds of proud Capetonians, including sexy Sama award nominee, singer Chad Saaiman, the concert kept the masses entertained and dancing with a line-up featuring incredible local acts and demonstrations, including Keeno Lee, Blaze, CODA and Dragon Power.
Lee, a successful crooner, was also the MC for this fantastic event and got the crowd going with his soulful set. From original compositions (City Dreams, Your Man, Someday and Hooked) to great covers of hits by US pop and hip-hop stars Chris Brown and Drake, Lee had the audience enthralled.
Following a rousing welcome from Velma Corcoran, Cape Town Tourism's executive marketing manager, the first of three fantastic giveaways got under way. Up for grabs were vouchers to the city's best attractions, including the Table Mountain Aerial Cableway, City Sightseeing Bus, V&A Waterfront, Cape Point and more. When asked what they loved about Cape Town, the several prize contenders had some interesting things to say. Cutie-pie Mila Roth, just eight years old and hailing from Hout Bay, said she loved Cape Town because "it's a very friendly place".
The exciting Chavonnes Battery Museum cannon blast set the explosive tone for the next act of the day: Blaze. With their eccentric fusion of jazz, R&B and vibrant African beats, and their covers of chart-toppers by Michael Bublè, Amy Winehouse, The Script, Coldplay and the Jackson 5, they inspired audience members to demonstrate some sharp dancing skills on stage.
Move over Jean-Claude van Damme because Dragon Power's strong-willed and fleet-footed men and women are taking over the martial arts world. Demonstrating some of their expert moves, these kung fu masters, some as young as six, performed to traditional music.
Well-built men broke wooden boards with their palms and demolished poles with murderous roundhouse kicks, proving that with diligence and determination anything is possible.
A groovy dance contest determined the winner of the grand prize of tickets to Robben Island, MyCiTi bus, Cape Point and the Table Mountain Aerial Cableway. Two Green Cards to the Table Mountain National Park were also up for grabs. By way of a loud cheer-o-meter, the unanimous vote went to seven-year-old Rhys Orange of Plumstead. Said Dean Orange, Rhys's dad, "We've just returned to Cape Town after a 14-year stay in England. This is a fantastic way to be welcomed home."
Wrapping up the performance for the day was one of the country's most-loved bands, CODA. The stunning combo of gorgeous women using classical electric strings and Afro-jazz sax, singing their own songs and mixing things up with hits by Brenda Fassie, ensured the concert ended on a high note.
Here's to next year's awesome My Cape Town Concert.


text: This is a wonderful Fall scene in the Midwest of a pond surrounded by the beautiful elm trees. A friend asked me to do this picture from a photo he took. And I must say, he was very happy with the results. You too can escape away to Fall days where the leaves cover the ground like a carpet and the ducks play in a nearby pond. I hope your drawing will give you pleasure as much as a beautiful Fall day can.


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I envision a longitudinal wave as a series of vertical lines like that drawn on the board in an introductory physics class. This image contains no angles. Sound is a longitudinal wave.
Some audiovisual references claim that sound is composed of sine waves.
I am trying to reconcile how longitudinal waves (no angles) can be composed of sine waves (dependent on angles). What maths or theory explains the relationship?


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I've seen rangefinder cameras around and idly wondered what the difference was between them and SLR cameras. Are there any advantages rangefinders offer that cannot be reproduced using an SLR?
A SLR camera allows you to look through the lens and was created to reach WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get). It has a mirror box inside, and as a result, is much larger. Other developments include splitting the beam for auto-focus, etc.
A rangefinder is a camera that has a rangefinder mechanism. This is a device that measures subject distance. Through this device, you see two images. When the two images coincide through moving the dial, the correct distance is displayed. On older cameras, this was a separate device and one must transfer this to the lens. Now they are built into the viewfinder. You have different viewfinders for different focal lengths (zoom lenses are difficult, as a result)
The basic difference is that a rangefinder has some kind of contraption to measure the distance (i.e., range) to the subject and then set the focus to that distance, while the SLR uses direct observation through the lens (either with phase detect autofocus or a manual focusing screen) to set the focus. Wikipedia has decent writeups: rangefinder, SLR.
Advantages of the SLR format:
Advantages of the rangefinder format:
With rangefinders, you compose the shot using a separate viewfinder, rather than with through-the-lens view.
This has several implications:
A rangefinder is simply a mechanism to measure the distance to an object. Early models came as accessories to cameras, then was incorporated into the viewfinder of the camera.
A rangefinder camera is a camera with a built in rangefinder, which today is synonymous with a camera with a viewfinder. So, what you are asking is really the difference between a viewfinder camera and an SLR:
A viewfinder is separate from the lens, often with much simpler optics, so you see how much you will get in the image, but not exactly how it will look. As the viewfinder is offset from the lens, you get a difference from what you see and the result the closer you get, so closeups can be difficult.
An SLR uses the lens for the view, so you get a better view of what the image will actually look like. Common nowadays is a matte focusing screen that even let you see the depth of focus you get.
The viewfinder camera still has some advantages though. As there is no mirror, it's quieter and smaller, which is useful for some applications.


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A barrel full of crackers
A Chain of resturaunts full of crackers
A Chain of resturaunts full of crackers
lets throw this cracka barrel overboard
damn these old crackas eatin at the fuckin cracker barrel
damn these old crackas eatin at the fuckin cracker barrel
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A large wooden structure filled with old white people.
Cracker Barrel has some excellent food.
by VooDooXII May 28, 2008
Chain of resturaunts that is based on a country store gimmick that combines a fairly varied store that sells mostly woodwork such as chairs and a resturaunt that is known for it's southern country style. Very good.
I went to cracker barrel the other day. I bought me a rocking chair and Momma's Pancake Breakfast.
by Hobo Spider August 19, 2005
Its when you kneel next to the bed while you eat out a girl and you put your hands under her knees and rock her back and forth like a rocking chair so your tongue goes from vagina to ass and everything in between.
Last night he gave her the cracker barrel until her whole body was shaking
by DJL32304 November 18, 2011
A room full of white people
"I'M NOT GOING IN THE CRACKER BARREL"- doug
by uncle rukus March 01, 2011
When a vehicle abruptly crosses multiples lanes in a highway to exit the expressway.
"We unexpectedly planned to exit the expressway, so we had to cracker barrel to make our exit."
by huhchoo June 15, 2012
An unfortunate occurrence during man-on-man sex in which the participating scrotal sacks SLAM into one another causing discomfort. cracker barrel.
"Take it easy lover! You just cracker barrel-ed me!"
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HMAC-based One Time Password (HOTP) was published as an informational IETF RFC 4226 in December 2005. In May, 2011, Time-based One-time Password Algorithm (TOTP) officially became RFC 6238. What advantages it introduces?
One of the advantages is purely on the human side of security. From RFC 6238's abstract:
(Emphasis mine.)
The TOTP passwords are short-lived, they only apply for a given amount of human time. HOTP passwords are potentially longer lived, they apply for an unknown amount of human time.
The reference to "enhanced security" is referencing (at least) two areas: The value of a compromised key, and ability to attack one.
First, should a current HOTP password be compromised it will potentially be valid for a "long time". Ensuring frequent use of the HOTP in human time is not a part of the HOTP design, so it is unknown how long the current HOTP password will be valid for and we have to assume the worst case, namely, that it will be a "long" time. This allows the attacker to use a compromised password at their leisure. But should the current TOTP be compromised, it will not be useful for very long because in one TOTP time increment it will be invalidated. Of course, in theory the attacker could grab and use the password in negligible time, but it does prevent a practical human aspect. For example, someone who gets a look at your current Paypal key (which rotates every 30 seconds, IIRC) can't go home and try to use it later, they would have to lunge for a computer in the moment. Someone who compromises they key may not realize it until after the key has expired. Etc.
Second, if you are attacking a key, your work is potentially invalidated or set back every time increment of the TOTP because the target has moved. Perhaps an attacker has discovered an attack against an OTP scheme that allows them to predict the next password only if they have some number of the last 10 passwords, but it takes about 2 hours of computing time to do so. If the OTP changes every minute, their attack is pretty much useless. Brute-force attacks are inhibited as well, because the next password is chosen the same distribution each time; it is possible to brute-force exhaust the password space and not find the password. TOTP doesn't eliminate those sorts of attacks, but hopefully it limits which ones have the ability to be effective.
Neither is worthwile. Changing number codes were invented by RSA in 1984 to block keyloggers. More than 90% of todays internet breakins take place as a result of phishing, and we're seeing incidence of entire countries having more malware infected machines than clean ones (the boleto bandits, have pocketed $1bn cash so far, & are still going strong).
TOTP and HOTP are almost completely ineffective against todays' risks.
You need solutions that include mutual authentication, and transaction verification, not 30-years-old gizmos.


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I have been pondering the issue of what makes a theorem noteworthy. There are many famous examples of 'outstanding' theorems, such as Roth's theorem in Diophantine approximation, Szemeredi's Theorem, Vinogradov's Theorem, etc. There are also examples of theorems that are only marginal improvements despite significant effort... such as Dyson's theorem (which only improved Siegel's theorem from $2\sqrt{d}$ to $\sqrt{2d}$, where $d$ is the degree of the algebraic number being approximated). In fact I was told that Dyson gave up mathematics because he worked so hard only to get what he thought was a very small improvement.
So what do you think is a 'good' theorem? Presumably when you set out to work out a theorem, you intend your theorem to be good. So how do you decide what is a good theorem to prove? How do you decide which results are important achievements that are noteworthy?
Some of my criteria include:
1) The perceived strength of the hypothesis and the conclusion. For example, the following theorem is surely not good: Suppose every element of a set $A$ is a power of 2 larger than 1. Then every element of $A$ is even. In this case the hypothesis is extremely strong, and the conclusion extremely weak.
However, here's an example of what I consider to be an outstanding theorem, based solely on the weakness of the hypothesis and the strength of the result: Suppose $\alpha$ is an algebraic number of degree $d$, and suppose that $\epsilon > 0$. Then there exists only finitely many integers $p,q$ with $\gcd(p,q) = 1$ such that $$\displaystyle \left | \alpha - \frac{p}{q} \right| < \frac{1}{q^{2 + \epsilon}}$$
Here all we are assuming that $\alpha$ is algebraic, which is not a particularly strong assertion... but the conclusion is very strong. This is compared to Thue's theorem, Siegel's theorem, and Dyson's theorem where $2 + \epsilon$ is replaced with $d/2 + \epsilon$, $2\sqrt{d} + \epsilon$, and $\sqrt{2d} + \epsilon$ respectively.
2) How much it improved on the previous best result. For example, Szmeredi's theorem which asserted that the assumption of a subset $A \subset \mathbb{N}$ having positive upper density is sufficient for $A$ to have arithmetic progressions of length $k$ for any $k \geq 3$ is a significant improvement over Roth's (other) theorem which asserted the same for length three arithmetic progressions.
3) How much it spurred further research. Examples in this category could include the $h$-cobordism theorem, Falting's theorem, and Roth's theorem.
So what qualities do you think make up a magnificent theorem and what are some examples?


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California Travel Destinations
Plan a family vacation to California. Visit historic sites, national parks, and fun destinations.
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Wine Country
The rolling vineyards and relaxed pace of California's wine country can be a great vacation for parents trying to get away, or for the family that wants to take a relaxed vacation in a mild climate. The counties of Napa and Sonoma offer no shortage of quaint bed and breakfasts, guided tours, and wonderful dining spots - not to mention wine tastings.
Next: San Francisco
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The Center for Functional Neuroimaging Technologies is a Regional Resource located at the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at the Massachusetts General Hospital. The primary mission of the Center is to expand understanding of the human brain in health and disease through the development and dissemination of innovative multimodal Magnetic Resonance (MR)-based neuroimaging techniques and technologies. The Resource is sponsored by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering of the NIH.
Research at the Center for Functional Neuroimaging Technologies centers around four interrelated technical development projects, each focused on creating and improving multimodal methods for functional brain imaging.
Collaborative projects have been selected that address relevant problems in neuroscience research while synergistically advancing the technical capabilities of the Regional Resource itself. Many of these collaborations are with industrial partners. Scientists from a wide range of disciplines use the services of the Center to apply advances in neuroimaging to their own research efforts. The Center for Functional Neuroimaging Technologies welcomes collaborations with and provides a unique resource to investigators from throughout the world neuroscience community. We offer a variety of training opportunities for students, fellows and junior scientists as we seek to advance the field of brain mapping through the active dissemination of new neuroimaging technology.
Learn more about the NIBIB Biotechnology Resources Center here. You can also find a list of related centers on the site (choose: Scientific Area: Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy).
Sep 15, 2013: The next Boston FreeSurfer Workshop is scheduled for Nov 4-6. Learn more about the course here.
Sep 2, 2013: The Martinos Center Optics Division is looking forward to its two-day course on functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), an emerging imaging modality with a wide array of potential applications. More information here.
Anatomical Modeling
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Brain Imaging
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Weird question here, but I'm playing with a python chat server/client combo on my Linux server. Currently, if I do this:
$: cd /path/to/chat/server
$: sudo python ChatServer_Listen.py
This starts the python app run loop and the server listens for incoming TCP connections.
My problem is, if I close my terminal window, the ssh session quits and the python app stops running, and clients can no longer connect. I'd rather not run a terminal instance 24/7 locally. Can I set up this python app as something that can run in the background on Linux? If so, how? Ideally it would be sort of like Apache which just runs as a service.
Thanks for helping me out!


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$10 Starbucks Gift Card for $5
Pay $5 and get a $10 Starbucks eGift Card at LivingSocial. After you pay, the "Buy" button turns into a "view my voucher" button which brings you to a page with an eGift card. It essentially works as a gift card that you print out and bring into the store.
The page might crash in the process. I had to go through a few Error 503's before it finally worked for me, but my credit card was only charged once.
Description from website:
Fall's on the horizon–the perfect time to catch a stunning sunset, a football, and this offer from Starbucks: a $10 Starbucks Card eGift for just $5. Students starting the semester can get ready for those marathon study sessions with friends, sipping delicious drinks and swapping stories. Parents dropping their kids off at school can grab some much-needed "me" time with seasonal favorites like the Pumpkin Spice Latte. After you buy this deal, you'll receive your $10 Starbucks Card eGift via e-mail.
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thanks, I bought one
@str8chilld2: Glad you got it to work! It wasn't working for a lot of people before because the servers kept crashing.
Uh yes please.
I go to starbucks a lot... so I bought 4, made 3 additional accounts to purchase from the link of the first one, transfered all of them to my single gold card. So I bought $40 worth of coffee for $20...but wait! because I made 3 purchases on that link it is now $40 for $15. woohooo.
Ummm, FYI, if you paid with the same card, they won't give you the free deal. They track what cards you use, even from other accounts. If they see the same card has been used to purchase a deal, even if it is two separate email addresses under two different names, they know. I found this out when my mother-in-law's Australian credit card wouldn't work, so I let her use mine on her account. I called when I didn't get my free deal, and they said, it looks like another account used the same card as you to purchase the deal, so it doesn't count.
@queesy: That's awesome. Did you use the same credit card each time, or did you have to use four different credit cards/debit cards/gift cards? I was going to do that too, but I wasn't sure if they limited the offer by credit cards/the address on your credit card.
@ibriian: i bought 4 too!!! probably gonna get 3 more... FOR THE PRICE OF 5!!! and yes, u have to use different cards, i don't think addresses matter, i did it when they had fandango movie ticket deals and got 8 tickets for the price of 4 :D
@rubysoho: Yeah I noticed that, I ended up paying with a CC a debit and a visa gift card i had lying around
@qnguyen8811: I used same address for all 4, different names on the accounts though
Stupid question is there a way to tell how many friends have bought it?
@qnguyen8811: No problem, I have an arsenal of American Express gift cards anyway LOL. Thanks for the heads up.
Took me about an hour to get the card number with security code in my email. I took the information and went to Starbucks.com. I was then able to add the card to my profile and transfer the money to my existing card. I then unregistered and removed the card from my profile.
@dravack: Not a stupid question, I guess it is a little misleading but basically you get a free $5 (good for $10) ecard when the third friend buys. Here was a screen shot I took before i made the last purchase. So really if you end up buying 4 for yourself. you get a 5th one for free. So it really comes out to $50 worth of starbucks for $20 still an amazing deal especially if you go there often =).
The irony is... this is still not a good deal. LOL
@kyamega: I guess so to some people, I am a gold card member and I work a lot at starbucks. So I sit there maybe order a small ice coffee, get free soy milk and syrup no charge. Work there for a few hours come out with maybe 2-3 refills for $1.75, seems ok to me
update I used the same card twice, different names, different address and it worked. Usually you would get an email saying you cant do that but I just got a voucher. So it works :]
@queesy: I understood the math just didn't know that the little people that were orange that turn to green showed you where you were at with recruiting friends. Was hoping some people off my FB would have bought one oh well.
@queesy: How long do they usually take to get applied.
@dravack: Actually I just received an email, my statement before is incorrect. I thought we would just be given a 5th ecard for free but the email actually says this.
"It appears that you're quite popular! Three of your friends have pending deal purchases through your personalized link, which means that yours will be free! Your payment method will reflect your free deal within a week from today. It's a small token of our appreciation for spreading the word about LivingSocial."
How long is it taking to get the email confirmation? I ordered about a hour ago and still nothing.
Mine still aren't lighting up =/ Bought twice through my refer a friend URL. Using a different credit card and no luck. Though did get more gift cards at $5 price.
Been taking mine 2 to 3 mins to get the voucher under my vouches at living social. But didn't get any emails other than the one on my main account no idea why. Might be delayed due to mass people buying. So yeah.. check your voucher area.
@dravack: After you purchase, if you check your "my vouchers" page or purchase history page on the living social account then it should show a greyed out starbucks voucher. If it doesnt it means they didnt accept your card. If it does then its just pending and wait like 15-20 mins and refresh.
Just FYI, you dont have to wait for the email confirmation. Just simply log into your livingsocial.com account, and click "my vouchers" to view your current vouchers recently purchased, and print it.
I received the email, and I have confirmed both have the exact same numbers.
I hope this helps:)
In for 4 for the price of 3. Great deal. I used 4 different email addresses and credit cards. All the same name and address. Added all 4 Starbucks cards to my current one and Bam! $40 worth of caffeine for $15.
In for one! Pls help a bro' out https://www.livingsocial.com/deals/448600
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look like you are able to make 2 purchases per credit card. just create seperate accounts.
@lorddreams469: Thanks!
@queesy: That doesn't really help me. I'm not trying to get to my voucher. Again I'm trying to see how many friends purchased it. But my guys aren't lighting up. I know 2 have been bought using my refer link soon to be 3
Maybe I'm just a goody-two-shoes or whatever the kids are calling it these days... But isn't creating multiple accounts to get around usage limits kind of dishonest? Not to mention referring yourself to yourself to get one free... I mean, it's already $5 for free; what's with the greed?
I got mine. BTW did anyone do the auto reload deal that was here last month? I did, but no $10 bonus yet.
How does the referral work I don't understand. It says on mine I had 3 friends purchase, but no extra certificate and my account is still being charged 5 dollars.
Just need 1 more before mine is free! Please help me out :)
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I'm not sure what's up with all the down votes on the referral links. This is the community site. Help someone else out, get $5 extra free coffee, post your referral link, and maybe get an added bonus. Keep the savings circle going...
Plus, avoid the ethical dilemma of creating multiple accounts for yourself.
@dravack: I almost always have problems trying to find out how many have been bought off my referral link. Usually I'll get an email for the first one bought off it, saying that one of my friends used my link to buy. None of the others will send me an email and the little guys don't turn green to indicate that anyone's used my link. Usually I can't confirm that I got three referrals until a week or so later when it shows that I got it free.
it worked - this link works: https://www.livingsocial.com/deals/448600
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Ordered this last night, already getting spam from Living Social this morning, lovely.
@dyingofboredom9: Just unsubscribe from their emails. It's pretty easy to do.
Sweet! This worked and I was able to add it to my account online and transfer it to my gold card just as I would with any gift card! :) GREAT deal! Now I need to make my multiple accounts!
@dyingofboredom9: It's not exactly Spam if you sign up for it....They are a deal a day site, they email you a deal a day. If you don't like it then unsub at the bottom of the email
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Someone want to buy 1 more?!
@dravack: What I said before wasnt just for you, it wasnt just for your friend who you i assume you bought it from. Or who bought it from you. Just have them check their living social acct to make sure they have the voucher, if they do not then the other person did not successful purchase it yet.
@superllama7: I wholeheartedly agree with you.
However, people who tend to take small advantage of little things generally don't succeed in doing big things. It's ok.
Are we really talking about morals on a deals site right now? Thats interesting haha.
I personally just go to Starbucks a lot, its on my way to work, whats wrong with saving extra money if I know I will benefit from it? If I didn't go so often and bought all of those eCards then I would definitely agree that is just plain greed/hoarding.
I love the assumption that people who take advantage of a small deal wont succeed at big things, thats funny. So funny. It's woot, we're all here to save money not judge each other, chill =).
I still don't why they do this.
@broskifski: Marketing 101
They get their 5 bucks back from you pretty quick. Starbucks makes their money on repeat customers - I recently read in a business journal that they average around $4.59 per transaction and that nearly 20% of their business comes from people who visit 16 times per month or more.
Basically it's a drop in the proverbial bucket in exchange for a customer who theoretically will have to visit a location twice to utilize the entire gift card. Also they have a large percentage of customers who do not spend the entire $10.00. Stores make a great deal of money from people throwing away cards that have change or just over a dollar left.
What the heck Arizona isn't on the list!!!
They're out of vouchers >_<
Not worth dealing with LivingSocial at 1/2 the price....


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Michael Kreutz' experience is quite varied: singer (music theater, cabaret, opera); actor (some 70 shows); music director (over 40 shows); accompanist; and vocal coach. Michael has coached voice students for over 25 years, currently teaching at Emerson and at his studio in Boston. His students have performed both on and off Broadway, in national and international tours and in countless regional theatres.
Michael studied with many well-known teachers, including Gabriella Tucci (internationally famed opera singer), Dale Moore (long-time NATS president) and James King (of the Metropolitan and Bayreuth Operas). After arriving in Massachusetts, Michael changed his emphasis to cabaret and theater, becoming a graduate of the prestigious "Cabaret Symposium" where he coached with Cabaret & Broadway legends Julie Wilson, Margaret Whiting, Kay Starr and Carol Hall. On stage, Michael has portrayed Isador Straus in the National Tour of Titanic; the role of The Baker opposite 3-time Tony nominee Judy Kuhn in The Baker's Wife; and the role of Starbuck in the pre-Broadway production of Moby Dick. Michael has music directed productions at the Emerson Majestic, The Lyric Stage, the Gloucester Stage and a special inaugural concert at the Boston Opera House. Michael's CD, "Since You Stayed Here" was reviewed in the national theater magazine Show Music, which called Kreutz "smooth-voiced" and praised the CD's "refreshing choices" and "good taste". Michael's students perform regularly in professional theater, cabaret and in concert. They tour nationally and perform in New York and throughout the United States.


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Football's Secret Strategies
The hidden plans that let NFL coaches tackle football's hardest plays
Fans of professional football are used to seeing NFL coaches on the sidelines holding what look like enormous bistro menus in front of their faces. These are "call sheets" for plays, distilled from the week's game plan, and they summarize the tactical choices on which NFL games depend. Because everything in a game plan is a closely guarded secret, most football fans have no real idea what they are watching as coaches and players, communicating through headsets or face to face, share this privileged information.
I watched the process of developing game plans over the course of more than a year spent alongside the defensive coaching staff of the New York Jets. It was a life of perpetual meetings. Through winter, spring and summer, the coaches pored over film of practices and games, working through the actions of every Jets player and opponent in every play of the previous season, trying to understand why ideas succeeded or failed.
Come fall, the assistant coaches would scour the coming opponent's recent games on film and supply the offensive or defensive coordinator with their thoughts. The advance-scouting department would compile an opposition research dossier for the coaches thick enough that some called it "War and Peace." Teams that had recently beaten the Jets' next opponent were scrutinized; elements of their successful plays might be adapted or lifted outright.
Tuesday is the traditional day off for NFL players. As they rested and unwound, the coaches worked deep into the night to build their plans. Some coordinators, such as former Jets and now St. Louis Rams offensive leader Brian Schottenheimer, prefer to do the job alone; others, such as Jets head coach and defensive master Rex Ryan, as well as his protégé Mike Pettine (now of the Buffalo Bills), keep trusted assistants beside them as sounding boards.
Messrs. Ryan and Pettine thrived on asking players to perform tasks that opposing offenses wouldn't expect. One of Mr. Ryan's favorite defensive calls, known as "Dime Spike 1 (Vegas)," asked the "dime" back (the sixth defensive back) to blitz through a gap created by a defensive lineman who would "spike" over to an adjoining gap. Meanwhile, another defensive lineman would drop back into pass coverage. The beauty of the call was that quarterbacks, like most people under pressure, tend to see only what they've seen before; they might well look past a 300-pound lineman drifting around in backfield territory where lithe safeties usually roamed.
Before the first game of the 2011 season against Dallas, the Jets coaches, knowing that Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo often got flustered late in games under blitzing pressure, inserted a pass-rush bluff called "Jet Mike Mix." They hoped that the simulated pressure would make Mr. Romo lose his composure and throw into what was actually dense pass coverage. "Don't be the safety who bails early from the look," Mr. Pettine warned the players. He used the entire game to set up the call and then, with less than a minute left in the fourth quarter, radioed it in. Sure enough, Mr. Romo floated a pass right into the arms of Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis for an interception that led to a game-winning field goal.
Good NFL coaches can usually design an antidote for anything an opponent has "put on film." But in less than a week, players can absorb only a limited amount of new material well enough to react without thinking during a frenzied game. Still, it is hard for coaches to resist adding another new call, and another.
Completing game plans took all Monday afternoon and evening. The coaches were back in early on Tuesday, and on Tuesday nights, they might not rest at all. If they were lucky, they'd crawl under a desk or inside a closet to sleep for two or three hours before waking up to proofread the drafted plan and print a copy for each player.
On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, the players were taught the plan. Getting 11 big, fast men to perform intricate maneuvers in unison isn't easy. NFL coaches say that plays are performed correctly only 10% of the time. But on those rare moments in a game when all 11 men did their jobs exactly as diagramed and the opposition responded exactly as hoped, I'd look at the sleepless men whose creative forethought had led to a sack or a first down and sense their exhilaration.
For them, the intoxicating power of speaking their football ideas into a headset and then watching multimillion-dollar athletes execute them made all the hours of work worthwhile.
—Mr. Dawidoff is the author of "Collision Low Crossers: A Year Inside the Turbulent World of NFL Football," just published by Little, Brown.


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5 Everyday Things That Can Literally Drive You Crazy
#2. Warm Weather and Sunlight
So we joked that everybody waits until fall/winter to get depressed, but it's not a joke -- there is actually a term for it (seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, hilariously). It's basically a cyclical depression that some people experience during the winter months. This is understandable -- the days are short and cold, the nights are long, lonely and freezing, and you hear three straight months of Christmas music.
"Come here. I just want to talk. About killing you."
However, there is a small percentage of people who go through the winter whistling merrily, twirling a cane and spinning a top hat (probably), only to have the bright months of summer hit them like the death of Mufasa. The warm weather and piercingly joyous sunlight actually make them horribly suicidal.
Only 1 percent of Americans reportedly suffer from summer SAD (as opposed to the 5 percent who suffer from winter SAD), but the symptoms are pretty extreme -- one sufferer blacks out all her windows like a drug-dealing Batman and sleeps with frozen bottles of water in her bed, simply because the sunlight and the heat make her abysmally depressed. It isn't a body image thing, either -- people who suffer from summer SAD aren't just walking beanbags who hate going to the beach for fear of being mistaken for a Cloverfield hatchling crawling out of the ocean in board shorts. The disorder affects them at a deep neurological level, keeping most victims indoors for months (even bedridden), experiencing extreme weight loss and paralyzing anxiety.
At least you can watch The Wire in its entirety.
Research shows that cases become more prevalent closer to the equator. Southern states in the U.S. report more summer SAD victims, and in the hottest parts of India (which you may recognize as an entire country situated almost directly above the equator), the condition is actually common -- more people there suffer from summer SAD than winter SAD, possibly because India is a place where winter does not exist.
Scientists aren't really sure why this happens to some people, but they do have some guesses. For one thing, heat does things to the body, like suppressing the thyroid hormone, which results in a severe energy drain that is a telltale symptom of depression and could explain why summer SAD victims stay in bed all day. High temperatures also stimulate a specific hormone called prolactin, which sounds like that foot fungus repellent John Madden sells but totally isn't. Prolactin can block the effects of dopamine, better known as the feel-good juice your body produces in response to pleasurable stimulation. It is essentially the only reason anybody does anything, and if a person's ability to feel the effects of dopamine were blocked (say, by warm weather), he or she would be one sad bastard.
Interestingly, many antidepressants actually lower a person's body temperature, which seems to further indicate some relationship between heat and debilitating misery.
#1. Your Diet
We know what you're thinking -- obviously your diet influences your health, mental and physical. After all, you can't just congeal in a recliner all day long, osmosing french fries and pizza sauce through your Ghostbusters T-shirt and chest folds, and not expect to get a little depressed. So you scoff at the Twinkies and stick to fish (grilled but never fried), congratulating yourself as you picture rainbows and sunshine pouring out of each bite of cod you take.
"I also increase your penis size!"
Well, guess what: Eating fish and other seafood has been linked to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, as well as a neurological disease called ALS that cripples the brain and spinal cord to the point where the victim can no longer swallow or even breathe. Cases are most prevalent around large bodies of water, or in areas where the diet consists primarily of things caught in large bodies of water. This is because of the presence of a toxin called BMAA, which is produced by cyanobacteria, a type of algae that lives in lakes and oceans and was in no way represented by Sebastian the crab's delightful musical number.
And no, this doesn't mean that you should sprint to the nearest KFC with an armload of ice cream and chocolate sauce and make a Famous Bowl sundae. If you fill yourself with fatty foods and sweets, you're essentially loading your body with insulin, to the point that your brain will no longer respond to it. And when your brain can't respond to insulin, it can't make new memories, leaving you with the same symptoms as dementia. As soon as you get home from the Colonel's grease-bucketed shame dispensary, you'll forget that you were just there, and you'll hop right back into your Aspire and haul yourself down the road for another five-piece meal in an endless cycle, like a fat Memento.
"Goddamn movie still makes no sense."
Diets high in sugar and fat can also lead to depression and schizophrenia, because science isn't doing its job unless it is spoiling everything that has ever made you happy. Sugar suppresses a vital growth hormone in the brain called BDNF, which affects memory (did we mention that already?). Low BDNF levels are characteristic of schizophrenics and people suffering from depression, which, as fate would decree, is compounded by a low intake of fish and seafood.
So basically, you can't eat a damned thing without ruining your brain.
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A magnificent sunset lit the sky over Brian and Ashley Fargo's Newport Coast home, where 100 oenophiles were sipping, savoring and otherwise indulging in a feast of the senses at Beckstrand Cancer Association's Wine Share event. Well-heeled guests snacked on tropical tastes from Tommy Bahama and delectable desserts from 24 Carrots, and grooved to live tunes over glasses of vino—favorite picks from celebs Don Diamont and Cindy Ambuehl, and notables Michaele Hall, Julia Post and Renetta Caya. Attendees were also asked to bring a brilliant bottle to donate to this month's Diamond & Pearl Ball, which always raises megabucks for the nonprofit's efforts. And that just about took them over the top. Photography by Candace Derossett


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5 Depressing Realities Behind Popular Reality TV Shows
Television is full of reality shows starring real people just like us that are designed to make us feel better about our own shitty lives and inspire us to believe that we can accomplish anything. If some random jackass can lose 200 pounds on The Biggest Loser or turn his restaurant around thanks to Gordon Ramsay, there may be some hope for us yet. Well, maybe not, because as it turns out, the truth behind most of those shows is more depressing than the Nirvana "reunion."
#5. No One from The Biggest Loser Can Keep the Weight Off
The Biggest Loser puts extremely overweight people through an intense diet and exercise regimen to see who can shed the most pounds by the end of the show's run. The first few episodes look like a bunch of circus bears doing jumping jacks, but gradually the contestants lose extra weight like car keys on a roller coaster. For instance, first season winner Ryan Benson lost a total of 130 pounds, which is roughly the equivalent of two Goonies (excluding Sloth and Chunk). Who wouldn't be motivated by that?
Why It's Depressing
We'll tell you who wouldn't be motivated -- anyone who has met Ryan Benson in real life. Benson's current weight is around 300 pounds, which is just 30 pounds less than what he weighed at the start of The Biggest Loser.
Benson isn't an anomaly -- almost every Biggest Loser winner has gained back a chunk of the weight he or she lost on the show. The worst example is Season 3 winner Eric Chopin. Chopin began the show clocking in at 400 pounds, and won after successfully dropping 200. Once the show was over, however, Chopin bounced (ahem) right back up to 370 pounds like he got stung by Earth's mightiest bee. It's like some kind of mummy curse the contestants can't escape.
The unfortunate truth is that people on The Biggest Loser don't do anything but train for the entirety of the season -- the show's producers cover all their expenses during filming. It's not like they're going to work and then driving over to the gym to film some sit-ups. They aren't doing anything except training, under constant supervision, for however many weeks production lasts.
"Come on! You can do it! Don't giv- and we're done, peace!"
Once the show is over, they go back to their normal 9-to-5 lives, which typically do not include controlled diet and exercise. They cannot possibly continue a weight loss program as intense as the one on the show, and in all fairness, if you'd spent the past two months sweating through a purple T-shirt with the word "LOSER" written across it while punishingly in-shape people scream into your face about taking responsibility for your love handles, you'd probably drive straight home and order all of the pizza in the world, too, and not just because there's no longer anyone there to keep you from doing it.
"You mean to tell me that perfectly toned professional trainers don't yell at you every day? Stop making excuses."
Wait, it gets better. People who watch the show are more likely to have a negative view of physical activity. A recent study showed that the grueling way exercise is portrayed on The Biggest Loser actively discourages viewers from wanting to participate. Basically, overweight people watching the show see other overweight people crying, throwing up, and passing out during their exercise sessions while all of the thin personal trainers just yell and berate them. The end result may be inspirational, but The Biggest Loser seems to go out of its way to make the actual process of weight loss seem like thankless fucking misery.
#4. Almost Every Restaurant on Kitchen Nightmares Goes Out of Business
Kitchen Nightmares is a show where angry celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay goes to failing restaurants to scream at the owners for two weeks straight until their food stops tasting like farts.
"If I don't scream, how will you know how bad you suck?"
Ramsay's technique of bellowing profanity like a Nazi born from a Vidal Sassoon explosion magically rescues the restaurant from the brink of financial collapse and restores its profitability. His work complete, he floats away on the breeze like Mary Poppins to find another ailing eatery in need.
Why It's Depressing
Oddly enough, restaurateurs who are terrible at running a business don't suddenly become J.D. Rockefeller just because a Scottish man shouts at them and gives them a new menu their cooks can't even read. In actuality, only about a third of the restaurants Ramsay "rescues" actually manage to stay open once he leaves them in a haze of scowls and belittlement, and the number drops as time goes on. For instance, in the first two seasons of the show (2007 to 2009), Ramsay rescued 21 restaurants. Only two are still open.
And one of those might be a strip club with a buffet.
For comparison, about 40 percent of new restaurants are able to stay in business after three years, so starting a new place from scratch would give you better odds than a Kitchen Nightmares visit.
Now, we do have to be fair here -- Ramsay doesn't visit a restaurant unless it's teetering on the brink of disaster. So it could be argued that without him and his very expensive intervention (often buying them all new equipment and decor, and even lending them staff), 0 percent of them would have survived. Still, each episode ends with inspirational music, owners who have seen the light, and a restaurant that has undergone a complete renovation with a brand new menu and a dining room full of customers. There's no hint that all Ramsay has done is delay the inevitable.
#3. The People on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Can't Afford to Keep Their New Homes
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition features the world's most excitable man and his impossibly attractive crew building awesome new houses for people who have been shit on by life. The family gets sent on a complimentary vacation while the crew either does extensive repairs and renovations or replaces the entire goddamn thing. Truly, there is no aspect of this that anyone could be upset about.
Although whoever Photoshopped this picture was clearly feeling vengeful about something.
Why It's Depressing
For starters, you can't throw downtrodden waste management employees into a five-bedroom mansion when they aren't even able to make the payments on their leaky two-bedroom sadness bungalow. Sure, the show's producers may cover all the construction costs, but the lucky homeowners are left on their own to figure out how in the name of Warren Buffett's gilded butt hairs they're going to cover the utility bills and property taxes that have skyrocketed as a result of their extreme home makeover.
One family, which had a new home specifically designed to help their developmentally challenged son, was forced to put the house on the market after just a little over a year because they simply couldn't afford what it cost in both time and money to maintain a palatial four-bedroom estate while trying to raise three children, one of whom has special needs. That's like Santa Claus bringing a lonely kid an awesome robot friend who, by the way, must be fueled by human blood.
"Whoops, looks like you're low on fuel. Come on, let's get down to the homeless shelter."
Another couple fell behind on the $405,000 loan they had to take out just to keep their utilities connected in the million-dollar mansion built for them by the show (which inexplicably included a carousel and a movie theater, because those are things that a young husband and wife need to turn their luck around) and were forced to sell the house and auction off most of its contents.
Arguably worse is the fact that your eligibility for an Extreme Makeover visit is really only limited by the number of children's tears you're willing to sacrifice. The Leomiti family took in five orphans burdened with the debt of their dead parents, making them irresistible candidates for the show's producers. However, as soon as Ty Pennington swooped in to turn their shitty house into Xanadu, they immediately booted those smelly orphans the hell out.