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Sup. I used to go by the name "TewDee" but I don't play fighting games anymore and this is my regular name in the first place. If you know me, "Yo!" If you don't...welp.
Sup. I used to go by the name "TewDee" but I don't play fighting games anymore and this is my regular name in the first place. If you know me, "Yo!" If you don't...welp.
No, I don't know you, and if this pile of rat feces is any indication, then I don't care to ever know you. In the immortal words of Nathan Explosion, Please die now.
^ This lovely guy forgot to include the words " or make a better intro", follow that link by the way. (Damn man, go ahead and be harsh, but at least give a small hint of something constructive. The GN badge days are over.)
OP, how would we know you by the way? Been around here before, or you think we'd remember the name from playing online? We like our introductions to be intimate around here, tell us about yourself.
Well, like I said, my original ID on Dtoid and here was "TewDee". I decided to make a new one because I never use that name anymore. I only made it because I was big on fighting games and the time and now I don't play them at all. I don't know what more to say really. I have a 360, PS3 and a more than competent PC but I don't remember the last time I touched my consoles for an extended period. Because of the massive sale on Steam right now I'm playing a bunch of games off that. Most of my time is taken up by Dota 2 and MechWarrior Online though.
This intro sucks and needs work before we say nice things.
I very very vaguely remember you from back when I first joined the forums.
Welcome home.
The whole "Intro" concept was very strange to me when I first joined this site. And if someone was a dick lashing out at me based of their expectations and not mine I'd probably of reacted poorly (which intro wise my expectations weren't high but I just started geeking out and it worked). Basically I think we should find a better way to say make a good intro dirt bag because they're really important to the community.
Maybe have a fill out this fucking Template sticky (favorite games, genre, hobbies, penis size etc.) while leaving an area for "say whatever the fuck you want" just to leave things open.
Sup dawg. You say you used to play fighting games, which ones? What are you playing nowadays?
Welcome to the forums.
Vaguely aware of you, welcome back.
I remember you (the name anyways). If you'd like I'm sure the mods could just change the name of your old account.
Unless you don't want, in which case you can disregard.
Why isn't your title "Hey, nice dick." or something like that?
Oh hey Tewdee, Welcome back dude.
I just looked at your old profile like a creeper. You play bass.
I like you.
I feel fairly appreciated where I play. Then again I'm a pretty regular freelancer around where I live, when I'm not in school. (I'm also a music [education] major by the way. I do Upright and guitar, just upright for school of course.)
Depending on how comfortable you are with your playing, you should ask around places, assuming you have a group, and ask if they ever desire live music. That's what I've done. It definitely made for some opportunities. I even did a wedding ceremony.
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Ovarian Cancer Health Center
Ovarian Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise
July 23, 2007 -- Scientists today reported that an experimental ovarian cancer vaccine may help treat epithelial ovarian cancer, the most common type of ovarian cancer.
The experimental vaccine is still in the early stages of testing in ovarian cancer patients. It's designed to help prevent a relapse of ovarian cancer, researcher Kunle Odunsi, MD, PhD, tells WebMD via email. Odunsi works at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, N.Y.
"The relapse rate in ovarian cancer is extremely high, up to 70%," Odunsi says.
Ovarian cancer has the highest death rate of cancers of the female reproductive system. The American Cancer Society estimates that this year, about 22,430 women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer and about 15,280 women will die of ovarian cancer.
Ovarian cancer's high death rate is partly due to late detection. There aren't any routine screening tests to check for ovarian cancer. As a result, many women are diagnosed when ovarian cancer is already in its late stages.
Possible warning signs of ovarian cancer may include bloating, pelvic or abdominal pain, difficulty eating or feeling full quickly, and urinary symptoms (urge or frequency). But those symptoms don't always indicate ovarian cancer.
Ovarian Cancer Vaccine
The experimental ovarian cancer vaccine is designed to give the immune system a boost. Specifically, it raises blood levels of certain immune system cells called CD4 T-cells and CD8 T-cells.
The ovarian cancer vaccine is featured in this week's early online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Odunsi's team tested the vaccine in 18 women who had already had chemotherapy for new or recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer. The trial was a phase I clinical study, which is the first of three phases of human tests for new drugs.
The women got five injections of the ovarian cancer vaccine every three weeks. They received up to 15 injections.
The women's blood levels of CD4 T-cells and CD8 T-cells rose after getting the ovarian cancer vaccine and stayed above their prevaccination level for at least six months, and up to a year in some patients.
No major side effects were reported, though all of the patients briefly had pain at the injection site.
The study wasn't designed to test the vaccine's ability to thwart ovarian cancer or to increase ovarian cancer survival. But the results were "encouraging," note Odunsi and colleagues.
"Significant progress has been made," Odunsi tells WebMD. "However, we think the efficacy of the vaccine can be enhanced when combined with other strategies. ... We anticipated more definitive answers within the next five years."

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Heart Disease Health Center
Magnetic Resonance Angiogram (MRA)
How To Prepare continued...
For some abdominal MRI tests, you may be asked to not eat or drink before the test.
You may need to arrange for someone to drive you home after the test, if you are given a medicine (sedative) to help you relax.
If you are having blood flow studies, do not use tobacco products and do not eat or drink (including alcohol or caffeinated beverages) for 2 hours before the test. Do not take iron supplements on the day of the test.
You may be asked to sign a consent form that says you understand the risks of the test and agree to have it done.
Talk to your doctor about any concerns you have regarding the need for the test, its risks, how it will be done, or what the results will mean. To help you understand the importance of this test, fill out the medical test information form(What is a PDF document?).
How It Is Done
A magnetic resonance angiogram (MRA) test is usually done by a magnetic resonance image (MRI) technologist. The test is done in an MRI machine . The resulting pictures are usually interpreted by a radiologist. But some other types of doctors can also interpret an MRA scan.
Before the test
- Remove all metal objects, such as hearing aids, dentures, jewelry, watches, hairpins, wigs, and eyeglasses, from your body because these objects may be attracted to the powerful magnet used for the test. If you have had a car crash or an accident while working with metal, it is possible that you have metal fragments in your head, eyes, skin, or spine. An X-ray may be taken before the MRA to see if you can have the test.
- Take off all or most of your clothes, depending on which area is examined. You may be allowed to keep on your underwear if it does not get in the way. You will be given a cloth or paper covering to use during the test.
- You may be given a sedative if you are nervous or you do not think you can lie still for the test.
During the test
- You will lie on your back on a table that is part of the MRI scanner.
- If you are cold or uncomfortable, you may want to ask for a pillow or blanket.
- Your head, chest, and arms may be held with straps to help you remain still.
- The table will slide into a space that contains the magnet. Depending on the part of your body to be examined, your head, limbs (such as your legs), or your entire body will be moved into the center of the magnet.
- Inside the scanner, you may hear a fan and feel air moving. You may also hear tapping or thumping noises as the MRA scans are taken. You may want to ask for ear plugs to reduce the noise.
- It is important to hold completely still while the scan is being done. Otherwise, repeat scans may be needed.
- You may be asked to hold your breath for short periods of time.
- You may be alone in the scanner room. But the technologist will watch you through an observation window, and you will be able to talk to him or her through an intercom.
If contrast material is needed, the technologist will put it in an IV in your arm. The material may be given over 1 to 2 minutes. Then more MRI scans are done.
An MRA test usually takes 30 to 90 minutes but can take as long as 2 hours.
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Portman's vote makes no sense
April 21, 2013
To the editor: On Wednesday, U.S. Sen....
Portman has done a great job. Thumbs up. Brown on the other hand has not voted with Ohioans. Thumbs down. We need him to be voted out.
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BTW Core, Portman was in Steubenville yesterday. Did you go express your opinion to him?
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Core, how can you say that I am a hypocrite? Why do you resort to saying that during every argument that you are losing. You asked a question as to why something went this way or that and want a explination as to why it was so. Portman voted with the views of the people that sent him there. That is how a representative republic is supposed to function. My thought of what "majority" who voted with is irrelevant. MT failed, for that I am glad, the nation dodged a major bullet, Thanks Sen. Portman.
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Core, it would also go a long way if you and the other liberals actually took the time to learn about firearms, their classifications, and laws pertaining to. That way when you speak about firearms you will be educated enough to know fact from fiction.
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Core, please call Bob Mayne at the handgun world podcast and get on his show so that you can speak for the anti-gunners across the country. He isn't a jerk, he isn't going to embarrass you, or poke fun at your beliefs.
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Toomey says he will not back or vote for another gun control bill. He actually believed that 90% lie. He now knows the truth.
MT failed get over and deal with it. I am the hypocrite that went to a gun show and bought mags for my AR15. Thank you Senator Portman.
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Even if the 90% statistic were true, we are not a nation that makes laws based on poll numbers. We are a republic which is not governed by mob rule. All Senators and Congressmen take an oath to uphold the Constitution and the Senators that voted against Obama's attempted start of a gun grab did just that. It does not matter if 60% of the people in the United States wanted to ban all guns, the Constitution is the supreme law of the and and it says we have the right to bear arms. Period.
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What did I lie about Core?
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Core, you are asking me to speak for Valleyman saying that he is wrong or not wrong about how someone voted. I'm not going to do that. If you want valleyman to answer something, ask him. You and I were not discussing the 60 vote threshold, we were discussing gun laws, mental health and your boiling hatred for guns and gun owners.
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Valleyman misspoke Portman voted "NO" witch was the minority of votes, but enough votes to sustain a filibusterer and M-T failed. M-T failed and I don't care how. core seems to think it can some how grow legs and pass since it had more yes votes than no votes but it can not. The far left commies don't like the 60 vote threshold and whined about it,but had high praise for it when it was in their favor. M-T failed get over it Oh I wanted so much to get a double barrel shotgun this weekend and fire it into the air like Joe told us to do , but it didn't happen. I did get several more 30 rd mags.
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Why don't you ask Valleyman?
MT failed and that is all that matters.
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Core, there is a podcast that I listen to that is looking for someone like you to call in and explain your reasoning for gun control. The name of the podcast is "Handgun World." The host is Bob Mayne. Look it up on ITunes or send him a message on facebook. This is no BS, the guy is not a jerk, he just want's someone like you to call in.
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I say that it does not matter who voted with who or for what. MT failed! The people have spoken through their representatives. The voice was loud and clear, we the people don't want any more gun control laws. How come liberals, progressives, and democrats love democracy until the vote does not go their way.
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Core, I won't surrender my firearms. The Constitution says I do not have to.
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The immediate and prevailing reaction here has been to Core's general political philosophy and NOT to the points made in his letter.
Good job stirring the hive, Dave :)
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Yet you still refuse to answer the question, mostly because you are afraid.
I did ask you another question by the way. Still waiting on that answer.
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Core, since you seem to be an expert, how does a law abiding citizen purchase a gun illegally?
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Core, you did not respond to my question, you just keep reporting it as offensive to have it removed so that you do not have to answer it.
Core, would you punch a member of law enforcement that just saved you or a family member with a firearm?
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Pilk00, I really do not understand your comments. Law enforcement firing a volley of rounds at a target that they obviously could not identify, or see to place a round on reinforces what I've been telling Core for years. That snippet of information being that armed citizens are often better trained than members of law enforcement.
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pilk what has this discussion have to do wih the events in Boston? Then nowhere was it said everyone wanted a gun only 69% Then getting facts from core is always a gamble. M-T failed get over it answer RPGs question core.
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Somewhere in the 70+ comments I read everyone wished they had a gun when Watertown went down. Not really. A mosquito drone with a tranquilizer stinger would have been sufficient. The police wanted Johar "alive", yet the volley of rounds fired sounded like a 4th of July fireworks finale. Happy ending. Kudos to the police state, but also to the guy who got loose from his kidnappers to notify authorities, and the guy who went out for a smoke & discovered dumb ass in his boat.
Great letter as usual, Mr. Core :)
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Core the only way a law abiding citizen could buy a gun illegally is if they knew it was stolen and bought it anyway. A law abiding citizen would not do such a thing so your question is pointless. Criminals do not care for such laws. Want proof? A close friend of mine had a firearm stolen from him in Wintersville. The police recovered it months later, in the hands of a 15 year old, 50 miles away in Pittsburgh. Now, can you name all the chargable offenses committed there? Do you know the penalties involved? Enforcing the gun laws on the books would have that kid, and the guy that stole the gun, the guy that transported it, sold, it, resold, etc... In the bootyhouse for 10 years min.
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No, you did not answer my question. It is a one word answer. The options are: Yes or No. Like I said, choosing not to answer makes you, well, we discussed that one. If you want a question answered ask it. I'd have answered if I knew I was being asked.
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core did M-T pass the Senate, and I sure would like to hear you answer to RPG.
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I have a page that lists a bunch of events depending on what year is given to the site (current, or via URL):
The page happens to be at the front of a sub-section, so I have the site's main navigation at the top and another at the right for the page's parent section.
My question is: Is there a way to do a navigation like that of 24 ways on the page? And if so, how would it be done?


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Medical Technology Learning Objectives
Students majoring in medical technology will spend three years of study at the University of Mount Union and their final year participating in professional training at the Cleveland Clinic. While at Mount Union, students will gain a basic foundation in science and a broad liberal arts background. The time spent at the Cleveland Clinic School of Medical Technology amounts to 2,000 hours of intense study and laboratory experience. Upon successful completion, the bachelor of science degree in medical technology is awarded by Mount Union. Graduates are eligible to sit for certification examinations given by the Board of Registry of the American Society of Clinical Pathologists, the National Credentialing Agency for Laboratory Personnel and/or equivalent certifying agencies.
With our new $23 million natural sciences facility, Bracy Hall, and the facilities of the nationally-renowned Cleveland Clinic, medical technology students have the classroom and laboratory essentials required for functional learning. This helps to ensure that we are providing future laboratory personnel with the competence that is critical to high-quality health care.
Medical Technology Major Learning Objectives:
- Students will demonstrate scientific inquiry in course and lab assignments.
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I introduce myself, my name is Nicolas and I'm an independent developer of Apps on iPhone and iPad I am also a very umble amateur wine and whiskey.
Last year I developed a wine cellar manager VINOBOOK which is experiencing a real success on the french Apple store and this, I think, thanks to the fact that I really held the comments of users.
Available since sunday, and on the request of several users VINOBOOK, I declined an application version specifically for Whisky: WHISKYBOOK (I know I did not set foot on the name ...).
In the spirit of all my applications, I truly hope to get feedback to paste up the application requirement of passionate fans of this forum.
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Today in Tweet Beat, Ray J is no longer a fan of DWTS after his sister was eliminated instead of Bristol Palin. Plus, Lady Gaga gives an update on her forthcoming album.
@RayJ my head is HIGH! I'm so proud of this unforgettable journey! I love you Ray!! Please don't worry.. I won't go into my shell..lol
We're disappointed in the results in the semi-finals of "Dancing With The Stars" tonight. The wrong couple was eliminated.
Proud of all the competitors & pros in DWTS. Nice journeys & beautiful, inspiring stories shining through each individual!
Both of my Grand Mothers are 83.
There is an old lady inside of me that I can not wait to meet.
I Love my Peter Pan! :D http://twitpic.com/37kd4y
This Streisand house tour on Oprah is KILLING ME. she likes silos! and water lillies! and elegant barns!
Endless melodies, hooks, + poetry sledge-hammering my skull. It won't be much longer, its almost perfect. But I (we) don't want almost.
According to the Harry Potter theory of facial scars, Joaquin Phoenix is secretly a great wizard.
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What is a scientific explanation for why some people enjoy watching horror movies?
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Certain emotions/situations trigger parts of body's self defense mechanism which in turn make the brain release certain chemical compounds.
These chemical compounds in turn prepares your body to respond to the situation at hand. For example in case of life threatening situation one experiences an adrenaline rush which prepares the body by quickening the heart rate and adding strength (sometimes perceived as almost superhuman) and speed to our usual abilities. This lets an individual fight to the best of his ability or run away as quickly as possible.
As a side effect of adrenaline, the body releases dopamine which (among its many uses) stimulates the brain's pleasure system.
Thus when you experience a 'fear' moment in a horror movie, your brain perceives it as a threat and triggers and adrenaline rush which in turn releases dopamine.
Further reading: Adrenaline rush, Dopamine functions


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6 Terrible Cameos That Just About Ruined the Movie
A well-handled cameo subtly acknowledges the fourth wall without taking the audience out of the flow of the movie. A poorly-handled cameo hurtles through the fourth wall and furiously pimp slaps you until you're unable to remember what the fuck this movie was about in the first place. Here are six of the pimp-slappingest cameos of all time.
#6. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
The Cameo:
Ted Danson
The Lead Up:
We're immersed in the movie for a full hour already. We've seen the most graphic vision of D-Day ever shown on film. We've learned of the mission to save one man and we've seen the team lose a man in exchange.
Philosophical questions abound when suddenly the soldiers find themselves face to face with a squad of Nazis. Everyone has their guns pointed at one another, sweat is slowly forming on top of each and every brow. People are screaming in German and English and the entire theater is quiet with tense anticipation. And then it happens, the Germans get mowed down by ... Sam mother-fucking Malone from Cheers. Hey, Sammy!
Why it Nearly Ruined the Movie:
Maybe they got the idea to cast an '80s sitcom star in a war movie from Casualties of War. That Vietnam movie answered the question "Who do people want to see in a horrifying movie about cultural and oh so literal rape?" with the name Alex P. Keaton.
But Sgt. Sam Malone causes even more problems than Private Marty McFly, because his whole comedic persona on Cheers was based around a stone-faced droll delivery. So when he actually tries to be serious, you just keep waiting for him to crack a joke about how much tail he used to score when he was pitching in the minors.
Think back right now and see if you can remember anything about Ted Danson's role in the movie. If you're like us, all you hear is:
Sam: Hey there guys, looks like you've had a rough day. Sit down and tell me all about it.
Tom Hanks: We're looking for a Ryan. Private James F. Ryan.
Sam: Ryan eh? Let me go check. Carla! Hey Carla! You know guy named Ryan?
Sergeant Carla: Yeah, two of my eight kids are named Ryan.
Sam: No, Private James Ryan. Poor sap lost all his brothers and these guys need to find him.
Sergeant Carla: Haven't seen 'em. But you can have my boys instead. They're already proficient with firearms.
Tom Hanks: Thanks anyways, we'll be leaving now.
Lucky for us, Danson's only on screen for about six minutes, and Spielberg sucks us back into the action with a 10-minute scene of the guys holed up in a church for the night doing nothing but talking.
#5. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock(1984)
The Cameo:
Christopher Lloyd
The Lead Up:
Spock is dead, Bones has Spock's soul, the Vulcan chick isn't Kirstie Alley anymore and Scotty's weight gain continues unabated. Kirk and crew then proceed back to the Genesis planet so that they can save Kirk's bastard son because he's being threatened by ... Christopher Lloyd?
Why it Nearly Ruined the Movie:
This cameo transcends the space-time continuum that Trek writers regard with such reverence that they screw with it at least once per movie (and 10 times per season). People who watched The Search for Spock on the big screen in 1984 did not see the Klingon villain Kruge, but rather the perpetually stoned cab driver "Reverend" Jim Ignatowski from the recently canceled TV show Taxi. For our under-30 readers, imagine if The Matrix had ended with Neo having to fight Kramer.
And while the makers of The Search for Spock can't be blamed for what came later, it should be noted that things didn't get any better for the later generation, who watched it post 1985 and saw the guy from Back to the Future who liked to say Jiggowatts.
While he's on screen for a large portion of the movie (being the main villain and all), Lloyd's role seems less like a top-billed performance and more like a cameo that just won't end. In trying to pinpoint exactly what it was about Christopher Lloyd's performance that made a horrible movie worse we discovered that he bore a striking resemblance to a stereotypical relative most of us have.
Lloyd is that annoying uncle that comes for Thanksgiving and doesn't leave until Groundhog's Day. While he's there he eats all the food (takes up all the screen time), bullshits about how he used to be in the special ops (pretends he's a barbaric Klingon warrior) even though there's no picture of him where he weighs under 200 pounds (looks like he could scare a 4-year-old). When he finally leaves (gets kicked into a river of molten lava) we feel relieved that we will not have to see him until next Thanksgiving.
#4. Signs(2002)
The Cameo:
M. Night Shyamalan (playing a douchebag/himself)
The Lead Up:
Mel Gibson is an ex-Episcopal priest who stopped believing in God after M. Night's character killed his wife by being a drunken asshole.
Mel and his family discover a crop circle in their farm, they see an alien on their roof and chase it into a corn field where it disappears. It's around this time that they start to suspect something out of the ordinary might be going on. Unfortunately, it's not much longer before the audience starts to suspect the same.
It starts innocently enough. M. Night drives by in a car. No big whup. M. Night had tiny parts in The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable. Sure it's egotistical, but Hitchcock did the background cameo thing, and Hitchcock has always given M. Night a boner. Time to get back to the business of story telling as the family has another close encounter and then ...
Wait a second, now M. Night is calling them at home. A voice cameo in addition to the visual? Wait, what is Gibson doing at M. Night's house? Oh, M. Night just happens to possess key plot development points (they don't make crop circles near water) while also inviting Gibson to go deal with the alien stuck in his basement. Why, that doesn't make sense at all.
Why it Nearly Ruined the Movie:
Up until this movie, fans of M. Night's work had two assumptions that always came to fruition:
1) The movies would have an engaging plot with a twist that would make your skull explode.
2) He'd have a short cameo that had little to do with the actual plot.
But this movie fell short on both accounts because:
1) A "twist" being that your dead wife gave you a clue to defeat ONE fucking alien, instead of ALL of them seems like a waste of the power to see into the future.
2) M. Night's cameo was one of the first "Signs" (betcha didn't see that coming!) that he was descending into clinically insane narcissism.
We're guessing the character he plays is supposed to be mysterious: is he a deeply remorseful man seeking redemption or a sadistic bastard that still wants to fuck around with Mel Gibson's mind? Of course this would have only been mysterious if the character wasn't such an unremitting asshole: he killed his wife and only apologizes to him when he needs someone to kill the alien in his basement? That's not spooky, that's just fucking wrong.
Also, if you're going to create a character who's only reason for existing is to deliver a key piece of information and move the plot forward, it's probably best not to cast yourself. That tends to feel less like a cameo and more like you realized your plot wasn't going anywhere, and jumped in front of the camera and made up a bunch of shit that would get your movie to make sense again.


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Take an old PC (e.g. 1.8GHz P4 with 256MB RAM), install e.g. Ubuntu 10.04 LTS on it.
Now go to your PIC or AVR based home project and hook up the thing. With only three connections and the onboard peripherals of every microcomputer, you now have a large screen and keyboard easily interfaced to the $5 gadget.
Use minicom to read/write easily to the device.
I would like to take this one step further. I need the data logged, plotted and analysed
Essentially, I imagine the product of my search as a
- free and open MatLab clone, adept at
- handling real-time data streams, with intuitive interface to
- graphing one or several parameters at various time spans (e.g. the temperature of 4 sensors over the last minute or week and the setpoint). Basic control theory functions would be a significant plus (e.g. max, min, overshoot, state-space model transformations, PID tuning, controller synthesis).
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The 2011 Louisiana Conference on Sexual and Domestic Violence, themed on a concept developed by the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape, will be an exciting three days of workshops, plenary sessions, exhibits and networking opportunities. A committee of representatives from the agencies co-sponsoring the conference, each of which deal with sexual assault issues in some capacity, have designed a program that will be valuable for law enforcement officers, prosecutors, judges, nurses and physicians, emergency medical personnel, crime lab staff, child advocates, child and adult protection staff, advocates, counselors, therapists, prevention educators, probation and parole officers, corrections officers, and sex offender treatment providers, as well as other professionals. National and local experts will lead the discussions and present important information to all conference attendees. We hope it will be an invaluable educational experience to all who serve the victims of and seek to bring perpetrators of sexual assault to justice.
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I installed openssh-server and created a key with
ssh-keygen. I then attempted to test it using local port forwarding by doing
ssh -L 8080:www.nytimes.com:80 127.0.0.1. However, the key fingerprint that this command provides is not the key fingerprint I get when I do
ssh-keygen -l. Even if I delete my .ssh directory, I still get the same fingerprint, which is not the one I created with
ssh-keygen. Is there another key on my system? Where is this key? How can I select this key for use by openssh-server?
I installed openssh-server and created a key with
When you make a SSH session, two different key pairs (with a fingerprint for each pair) are involved. One is the user's key which is stored in
The other is the SSH server's key. This is the key you see the fingerprint for when you connect to a different server for the first time. This key's identity is used to make sure you are logging in to the SSH you intend to. This is important if you are using passwords because you wouldn't want to accidentally try to login to an attackers machine: the attacker would get your password when you typed it in. Then the attacker could login to the machine you thought you were logging in to! (this is known as a "man in the middle attack") The keys a SSH server uses to identify itself when you login to it are located in
You can actually change where the SSH server looks for the key in the
By default,
*There are different encryption algorithms. Each one uses a different key. Common ones are DSA (weak), RSA (default), and ECDSA (hopefully strong, somewhat new).
SSH host keys are stored in
You can list the fingerprint of the keys by
The fingerprint of your server will obviously not display as the fingerprint of the public/private key pair you generated, as they are separate from each other.


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I'm writing a skit but I need a counter for bowls of ramen. ひとつ ふたつ somehow sounds weird. Is there a counter for bowls?
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Quote from 数え方の辞典 (which I have introduced here before):
How significant is it when a Japanese learner says a word or phrase sounds weird? ひとつ、ふたつ、みっつ, etc. is by far the most often used way of ordering ramen in a restaurant.
玉 is the counter for the noodle part of a ramen, not for the entire bowl of ramen with noodles, soup, toppings, etc.
杯 is the counter for the whole thing --- noodles, soup and toppings. Some people use this counter for ordering ramen but it is much less common to do so than to use ひとつ、ふたつ、みっつ.
丁 is the counter almost exclusively used by the waiter/waitress to tell the kitchen how many ramen has just been ordered.
本 is almost irrelevant to the original question because it is only used to count the strands of noodle.


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Four red vectors are given, one per quadrant, $[0,90^\circ)$, $[90^\circ,180^\circ)$, etc. A rigid star of six green vectors separated by $60^\circ$ can be positioned at $(\theta, \theta+60^\circ, \theta+120^\circ, \theta+180^\circ, \theta+240^\circ, \theta+300^\circ)$. The goal is to spin the green star so that the red vectors are centralized in green sectors as much as possible. Define the deviation $\delta(r)$ of a red vector $r$ as the larger of the (absolute value of the) two angles from the red vector to the boundaries of the green sector in which it lies. I want to minimize the largest red deviation.
For example, let the red vectors be at $(0^\circ, 90^\circ, 180^\circ, 270^\circ)$. Then choosing $\theta=15^\circ$ yields a deviation of $45^\circ$ for all red vectors. For example, $\delta(0^\circ) = \max \{ 15^\circ, 45^\circ \}$.
My question is: What is the largest deviation of any four red vectors? I thought it might approach $60^\circ$, but it seems that perhaps $52.5^\circ$ is the worst ($52.5^\circ = 7 \pi / 24$).
The problem generalizes to $k$ red vectors and $m > k$ green sectors. Likely the logic to establish the answer for $(k,m)=(4,6)$ will work for any $(k,m)$.


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Your Teen Daughter: Is More Discipline the Answer?
It is true that children of all ages need some parental control and discipline. The quality just may be more important than the quantity. Learn to use authoritative, not authoritarian, control over your adolescent daughter. The authoritarian parent may be less tired at day's end but the final result won't be nearly as good.
Dr. Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, professor of child development at Columbia University, says that well-adjusted and happy adolescent girls have mothers who avoid using authoritarian behavior. Good parental discipline is authoritative versus authoritarian. Look at the list below to get a good grasp of the differences.
|The Authoritative Parent
|The Authoritarian Parent
|Presents rules based on reason
|Assumes absolute power
|Maintains control through argument
|Coerces through force
|Says don't do it, there is a good reason
|Says do it, because I say so
|Uses logic that can then be used by daughter to further exhaustive discussion
|Prevents daughter from learning to use logic
|Connects child to sources of discipline and promotes maturity of self-control
|Disconnects child from sources of discipline and denies development of mature self-control
|Negotiates day-to-day conflicts
Excerpted from The Complete Idiot's Guide to Mothers and Daughters © 2001 by Rosanne Rosen. All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. Used by arrangement with Alpha Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
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Hereby known as "MC Hawking - The Wheelchair Robot"
Here's the beast: (old picture) http://spaz.org/~jake/robot-emc/DSCN9886.JPG
Videos: rachel driving rachel
Improperly used, the robot can destroy itself, its suroundings, and run you over. Please know what you are doing and don't be afraid to ask questions.
- RTFI! Know how to engage / disengage wheel clutches, and where the power switch is incase it goes crazy.
- Always warn humans nearby that the robot could lose control and run them over.
- DO NOT "UPGRADE" UBUNTU OR THE KERNEL ON THE HOST MACHINE! (unless you are going to stick around and make everything work with it...)
- if someone is sitting in the chair when it is on, warn them that the robot could go crazy and kill them, it has almost happened.
- always make sure it's plugged into the battery charger, and that the charger is plugged in and powered on. The batteries are throwaways and barely hold a charge as is, so we need to keep it on the charger.
- We have not implemented even basic safety shutoffs, so you should be watching it all the time. It will very happily drive through its operator and the wall without stopping.
- If it appears to be getting out of hand, the power switch is just behind the joystick, where you turned it on. This will power down the motors and stop it where it is immediately, with the brakes on. At this point you can disconnect the parallel-port interface and drive it home with the joystick, or disengage the wheel clutches and push it home manually.
- If it REALLY IS getting out of hand, use furniture to try to stop its movement so you can get at the power switch. DO NOT try to use your body to stop it, it's heavier and stronger than you are and it doesn't feel pain.
People who have worked on it
M.C. Hawking the Wheelchair Robot, AKA Noise-Bot, uses an electric wheelchair (Action Arrow Storm Series). This is a mid-sized electric wheelchair which can be dis-assembled without tools and transported in a car, which is how it got to noisebridge. It uses two 12-volt lead-acid batteries such as car batteries. The batteries are wired in series for 24 volts, and it is necessary that they are matched so that one doesn't wear-out the other during use and charging.
At this time (April 2011) the batteries have been replaced with full-size gel-cells with decent capacity.
An Arduino has been added to monitor battery voltage, and has the ability to turn off power to everything except itself and the wheelchair joystick (but that is coming soon). If the battery voltage drops below 18 volts for 25 consecutive seconds, the Arduino will turn off the computer until the batteries go above 24 volts - when the charger is hooked up. There is also a DB25F connector wired to the Arduino so that the wheelchair's joystick interface board can plug into the Arduino instead of the PC parallel port. It is wired so that the four directions connect to four PWM-capable outputs of the Arduino. The Arduino program is written to watch for direction commands sent by the computer through the serial interface as a two-byte sequence. Case-sensitive F B L R for the four directions, followed by a byte corresponding to the magnitude of thrust in that direction. The left-right axis is independant of the forward-backward axis. To stop, send SS (Capital S twice). All direction commands expire after one second and so must be re-sent often enough to prevent auto-cancellation. The arduino's FTDI chip is a USB serial port, accessed at /dev/arduino1
| Arduino program as of April 2011
| Robot Arduino without DB25 yet
The battery charger consists of a voltage-regulated power-supply connected to the battery pack through a large Diode. The robot has an AC power plug mounted on a bracket in between the front wheels and facing foward. There is an electrical outlet mounted on a wooden bracket at the appropriate height for electrical docking. There is a USB camera (with built-in LED lights) on the robot which allows for visual alignment of the electrical connection. In the future, the robot will be able to plug itself in by driving up to its special socket, so that the onboard computer does not have to be shut down or manually plugged into mains AC to avoid draining the batteries. By that point the computer will have the ability to power-up the wheelchair electronics, so that the robot can be summoned from afar at anytime, without a human present to enable power to the DC motor subsystem by flipping the swtich.
There is a computer (separate from the wheelchair controller which technically has a computer in it) which is in a stamped aluminum case just like the media server. It uses a model | MS-9642 mini-motherboard and a | Mini-Box M3-ATX power supply
The box is currently powered by a custom voltage regulator made by jake. It accepts up to 40 or so volts, but will never deliver more than 23 to the M3-ATX which is hard-limited to 25 volts. If the voltage is at or below 23 volts, its FETs are in full conduction and there is zero dropout. Once on, the M3-ATX will keep the computer running unless voltage goes below 7 volts, at which point the 24-volt battery array of the wheelchair is being seriously damaged.
The voltage regulator's input plugs into a connector coming from the wheelchair controller's blue power connector, which is connected through a T-splitter going to the charger and to the batteries. This is where the voltage regulator gets disconnected when the computer is being worked on, so there are no shocking "surprises". The output of the voltage regulator goes to three tab terminals and a cord to the LCD monitor, to provide the computer's power supply with constant voltage, ground, and a second positive terminal for the unused on/off switch function of the power supply. Read up on the M3-ATX linked above.
A circuitboard zip-tied to the arm-rest interfaces the parallel port of the computer to the joystick. This circuit uses transistors to trick the wheelchair controlbox into thinking that the joystick is somewhere other than at-rest in the center. Of the eight bits of the parallel port, two make the chair go forward, two to the right, two to the left, and two backwards. For each direction, there is one bit causing low speed and another causing medium speed. Both bits cause full speed. This "speed" is separate from the speed control function of the two switches (one of which also controls on/off). A steady-state on the parallel port is not ignored by the circuit, so a computer crash will cause the chair to go out of control. In the future, the Arduino will connect instead of the PC parallel port, and it contains software to "expire" any direction command not refreshed by the PC.
Sensors have been installed on the motor which allow the computer to track movement and speed. An old ball-mouse has been disassembled and its sensors mounted on wires, and these sensors were placed at the open end of the drive motors. An optical interruptor is attached to the end of the motors' driveshafts, so the "mouse" reports movement on the x and y axes of the mouse when the left and right wheelmotors turn. The "mouse" is DB9 serial, and is seen by the computer as a serial accessory rather than as an actual Human Interface Device to move a mouse cursor (this would not be the case if a USB serial adaptor were used). The serial port corresponding to this "mouse" (which uses standard serial mouse protocol to report "movement") is /dev/odometry as set in udev config files.
An LCD monitor has been mounted permanently as the seatback. The ON/OFF switch for the monitor and its built-in amplified speaker-system is a pushbutton switch on the left (as you look at it) "shoulder" of the robot. Sometimes the speakers enter a feedback loop and power to the screen should be shut off to cease this irritation.
A robot arm made of mostly aluminum and animated by air-cylinders was fitted to the robot, but few electronic valves and no air compressor or tank have been acquired. Someone will have to invest time and energy to get the arm to do more than make the thing look more menacing. As of 11/15/2010 the arm was removed to make the robot more wieldy/less unwieldy.
Several electrically-operated linear actuators were acquired and would make great "muscles" for a large robot arm made from scratch. The air-powered arm is not a good match though, so a new arm should be made with those linear actuators causing magnified movement at joints such as elbows and a shoulder.
The PC is running a stock Ubuntu with PyParallel being used by the controller program to access the parallel port. All the software from the home directory as of 11/15/2010 is here:
As of April 2011 the software has been moved around and a lot of projects are in the works. Contact Lilia Kai at gmail or Jake at spaz dot org if you want to get involved in reading or writing programming for the robot.
username: mchawking password: [redacted]
Network Connection
The embedded PC is using a Cisco Aironet 1220B which was hardware-hacked by Jake to accept power from the ATX power supply of the computer. This consists of 3.3V and 5.0V which, plus ground, come into it with a custom three-terminal connector. A Generic Realtek USB 802.11b interface, which is sub-excellent, is also available in case the Cisco is not working or if the robot needs to access an 802.11b network.
The Cisco Aironet 1220B named wbr2 on the wheelchair associates to a matching Cisco 1220B named wbr1 at 2169 Mission. They use 802.11a to communicate on a dedicated channel. They use the default username and password for that platform. The embedded PC uses its ethernet port eth1 to talk to the Noisebridge network via a connection to wbr2's ethernet port.
The embedded PC is configured from /etc/networks/interfaces Also, Network-Manager which is the gui-compatible 21st century newschool network configuration system is been pushed to the side, possibly for good. The embedded PC is now configured to find the wireless network called noisebridge and take the internal IP below.
Noisebridge internal IP address
The robot's USB wireless interface has claimed an IP on the internal network of
Access from outside 2169 Mission
Configuration of the firewall is done (thanks Jof), so that connections to the machine can be initiated from the outside world. This is important if people are expected to log in and drive it around from Germany or Singapore.
DNS entry
In the future someone will assign that IP address a DNS entry like
Local Operation
The electric wheelchairs' controller brain will not allow movement unless the joystick is at rest for a second when power is switched on. If the computer has not initialized the parallel port to the "stop" bitpattern, and the switch is flipped on, the green LED will flash endlessly because it thinks you are leaning on the joystick and don't intend to do so.
The drive-wheels have clutches which can be disengaged from their motors (and brakes) by pressing a button and rotating a collar until it can be pulled outwards. When the clutches are disengaged, the robot can be pushed around like a shopping cart, and the motors can be activated without actually causing movement. Sometimes the robot must be pushed forward or backward in order to engage or disengage the wheel clutches, because they are like gears and only fit together in some positions.
Disengaging the clutches before testing movement software is highly recommended, as you will be able to see the motors trying to run you over without the robot being able to actually do it. This is like taking the laser off of Johnny Five before sending him to the lightning-prone recharging booth.
Autonomous Behaviors
Face Following
- Switch on monitor & grab wireless keyboard.
- Switch on wheelchair (on low speed!) and
- As user mchawking, open a terminal window in home directory.
- cd trunk/scripts/lilia/
- python noise-bot.py


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I want to simulate a 2d linear wave equation on a circle ($\displaystyle\frac{\partial^2 z(x,y,t)}{\partial t^2}=v^2\cdot\left(\displaystyle\frac{\partial^2 z(x,y,t)}{\partial x^2}+\displaystyle\frac{\partial^2 z(x,y,t)}{\partial y^2}\right)$).
To have a more significant result, I decided to use a hexagonal pattern (each point has 6 closest points at equidistant distance) as shown here: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/81/Uniform_polyhedron-63-t0.png where the white dots are discrete checkpoints who have describe the actual value of the wave at a certain time.
To solve the problem, I want to use central differences to calculate a new situation out of the previous 2 (in time). How can I convert the central differences (that use $x,y$ values , however you rotate the situation there is maximum one dimension that fits) intro the checpoints based on the hexagonal structure?
I suppose I have to interpolate the point of a square structure out of the hexagonal points, or are there better/faster ways?


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In this book you will find the patterns for a satchel, clutch, or carry-all for every occasion. The purses in this collection are inall shapes and sizes. Most are made from easy to use and work with felt or wool. They are quick to make, you'll be surpised! Your only problem will be which one to wear today! After all...."every woman needs a purse of her own". Designed by Sarah Sporrer.
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I spoke with a Rabbi in Far Rockaway NY who indicated that in the frum world civil marriage license is not required. Just the religious ketubah is necessary?
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closed as not a real question by Seth J, Isaac Moses, msh210♦ Jan 28 '13 at 17:39
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Not only the k'suva is necessary: there's more to a marriage, in Judaism, than that. But it's true that you don't, according to Judaism, need a New-York-State-legal marriage to be considered married. Moreover, religious Jewish societal norms are such that religious Jews will generally consider you to be married if you are married according to Judaism and not the state. However, a state marriage is necessary for other non-Judaism-related purposes, which may (I don't know) include some tax breaks, inheritance issues, custody issues in case of divorce, etc. My understanding [citation needed] is that most Jews (in the United States, anyway) who are married according to Judaism are also married legally.


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Has four color proof been proved without the help of computer?Where can I find the paper?
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No, but the proof has been formalized into computer-checkable form, using the proof-assistant Coq. As far as I know, the proof still relies on enumeration of cases and is therefore quite tedious.
For a paper, see Gonthier, Georges (2008), "Formal Proof--The Four-Color Theorem", Notices of the American Mathematical Society 55 (11): 1382–1393
Just as background, definitely not an answer to your question: You are probably aware of the paper, "A new proof of the four colour theorem," by N. Robertson, D. P. Sanders, P. D. Seymour and R. Thomas, in Electron. Res. Announc. Amer. Math. Soc. 2 (1996), 17-25 (electronic). It is still a computer proof, but simpler than Appel and Haken's: "Our unavoidable set has size 633 as opposed to the 1476 member set of Appel and Haken, and our discharging method uses only 32 discharging rules, instead of the 300+ of Appel and Haken."
from review http://www.ams.org/mathscinet-getitem?mr=1403921 of a survey paper by Paul Seymour, we find...


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11 Jul 2012 4:22 PM #1
possible to Extend a GXT 3.0 Widget, then use uiBinder?
I am extending the GXT Window widget, to build a custom dialog, which works just fine. I'm extending Window, because Dialog really only supports a set of predefined buttons, and I want a resusable Widget class.
I'd like to use UiBinder, and define the layout in the xml file, instead of creating it all through Java code. Does not seem possible though, because the UiBinder support is in the GWT Composite class (subclass of Widget), but the GXT 3.0 Window widget is a subclass of Widget (not Composite). So I can't write a statement like:
initWidget (uiBinder.createAndBindUi (this)); //initWidget inherits from Composite, not Widget
It's not the end of the world, but would be cleaner if I could use UiBinder to define the layout.
12 Jul 2012 5:00 AM #2
UiBinder does *not* depend on Composite. You can use it anywhere you can use a widget (assuming you are building Widgets in your ui.xml file).
The call
Uses ui:field on root widget in ui.xml:
Keeps value of createAndBind and returns it
12 Jul 2012 8:59 AM #3
thanks, that works perfect.
One more related question....the GXT Window widget has a ButtonBar, and from the code side, it's easy to just add a button by writing: buttonBar.add(widget);
Is that possible in uiBinder, or do buttons in the ui.xml file just go there. Looking the HelloWindowUiBinder example right now, seems like the Close button just magically winds up right justified in the window, not sure if it's in the button bar, or not, but there's nothing in the example ui.xml that would specify that.


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Before Maariv, we say the pasuk "Vhu rachum yichaper avon..." (Psalms 78:38). Why?
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Because sinners are lashed between minchah and maariv, and they say "Vehu Rachum" during the lashing (as per Makkot 22b), so the chazan also announces "Vehu Rachum" (Sefer HaManhig). Alternatively, because there is no korban tamid which maariv represents, but the tamid is supposed to atone, so we say "Vehu Rachum" instead (Pardes in the name of R' Eliezer HaGadol).
Source: Tur OC 237, Taamei HaMinhagim 239-240
Sidur Rashi 425 - since they used to give Malkus to the sinners between Mincha and Maariv, therefore immediately after that we say Vhu Rachum to request Slicha & Mechila. It was said three times since there are 13 words in the Posuk. 3 x 13 = 39 the amount of Malkus.
Minhagei Yeshurin 31 - against the 3 angels (Malachei Chabala) that take care of Geheinom. Mashchis, Af, & Cheima. Vlo Yashchis is against Mashchis. Vhirba Lhoshiv Apo is against Af. Kol Chamoso is against Cheima.
In addition to the many good answers there is more discussion found here. I will quote one additional answer
tl;dr the agents that administer hell beginning on week-nights have names that are found in that pasuk. We recite this pasuk to placate those agents of hell.
There is a mystical reason for this because that pasuk is associated with warding off malicious spiritual entities. Nighttime is more propitious for these forces. We do not want them to to intercede or cause damage to our prayer so we begin the evening prayer with this verse to keep those forces in abeyance. Source: Zohar II 135b.
We want to repel all the evil forces. There are represented in that Pasuk.
Source:HaRav Meir Eliyahu Shelit"a


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Have you ever tried the Darkside of The Rainbow?
It has been said for years that if you start The Wizard Of Oz and Pink Floyd's The Wall album at a certain time that they sync up together perfectly. There are even movie theaters that will have special Darkside of The Rainbow showings. I have never been to a showing or tried it myself, but I recently found a YouTube link that someone put a TON of time into. The soundtrack starts when it is supposed to and plays throughout the movie. The person who posted the video even went through the trouble to break out the parts that sync well together.
Pretty nifty!!
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Yes, I actually have that version on DVD. It contains 3 sound tracks.
1. Pink Floyd Music Only
2. Original Wizard of Oz track
3. Both #1 and #2 mixed.
It seemed to match in the beginning but as the movie progressed, it didn't seem a good fit. Wasn't too impressed.
I was not impressed either.
I was too busy watching the scarecrow pull out his gun and the hanging person in the background.
I thought you were talking about the new Skittles:
Which, of course, is probably a reference to this.
@cengland0: I do wonder if the DVD was created with the right source video. Not to mention, I think the timing was specific to the vinyl version of the album. And the running time of probably a specific DVD.
After posting here, I went out and bought the new Skittles of the same name. They're not bad, but they basically just taste like "skittles"
I haven't tried it myself, but I own the poster version of @rglee129's Dark Side of Oz Listening Party!
@omnichad: Me too.
Going to find some this evening. Gotta go to target anyways.
We actually did this with a videocassette of The Wizard of Oz and the Pink Floyd CD back in the 90's. If you get it synced up right, the hits are pretty strong. "racing around to come up behind you again", "The Great Gig in the Sky", "Money". Some of the Munchkin parts match up but it does start to get pretty loose after "the lunatic is on the grass".
We now have a copy of "The Dark Side of Oz" and a copy of "Dorothy on The Wall". Both are fairly good productions. I'll post up some deals if I can find them.
Nah. They are both classics in their own right. I like roast beef, and I like gummy bears. Both are classics but a mixture would be.......meh.
Didn't find any Skittles : (
I should do this, the wife like Wiz of Oz and I like the Floyd.
So do you turn the sound from the movie completly off or over lap?
@wickedd365: Granted, we probably live hundreds of miles away from each other and in different markets, but I saw some of the darkside Skittles at a Dollar General last Tuesday. Didn't buy any, yet, but they stuck in my mind. Good luck!
@mossygreen: I went to Target. Need some stuff. They have a small candy section. Even the ones at the registers are small. Like 4 boxes and chips and nonsense. Just the basic stuff.
I got my mom looking for me too. She's always shopping so I know she will find some.
@caffeine_dude: When I did it a long time ago, the sound was just off. The music kind of takes over this way, and does a good job on its own.


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SAN ANTONIO (March 21, 2013) – San Antonio Rampage General Manager Mike Santos announced today that the American Hockey League (AHL) club has recalled from loan forwards David Pacan and Josh Birkholz from the team's ECHL affiliate, the Cincinnati Cyclones.
Pacan, 21, is being recalled to San Antonio for the fourth time this season and has recorded two assists in four games for the Rampage this year. Pacan leads the Cyclones with 38 assists and has tallied 52 points in 57 games, good for second on the team. Pacan, the sixth-round selection (177th overall) of the Chicago BlackHawks in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, spent the last two seasons with the Niagara IceDogs of the Ontario Hockey League and played in 133 games, recording 49 goals and 77 assists. During the IceDogs playoff run last year, Pacan averaged 1.00 points per game on eight goals and 12 assists in 20 games as the club made it to the Robertson Cup Finals.
Birkholz, 21, is earning his first recall of the season after attending training camp with the Rampage. The third-round draft pick (67th overall) by the Florida Panthers has recorded 11 goals and eight assists for the Cyclones this season in 47 games with the club. Birkholz is in his first professional season after spending the last two years with the Everett Silvertips of the Western Hockey League where he recorded 47 goals and 39 assists in 138 combined games.
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Car weighs about 2600lbs with driver. A LOT of weight was put in to get to 3000lbs. There is also plenty of weight that can easily be taken out to be put on a diet!Selling my 2003 Lexus GS300 Turbo Modified / Back Half / Outlaw 10.5 / Comp Eliminator drag car. This car has the best of the best. Nothing short changed here. Built by Vanishing Point Race Cars. Factory Lexus sheet metal body with Carbon doors, Front end, decklid, etc... Full Carbon interior, factory molded Carbon dash. It is powered by a Toyota 2JZ, fully built and ready to roll. Gforce 5 speed, Trick Titanium can, Penske Shocks, Santhuff Struts, 2 sets of Wheelie Bars, Air launchers, etc... Headlights, Tail lights, 3rd brake light, and fog lights all work. Lexan Sunroof and full Lexan windows that fit with the factory pieces. MOTECH Fuel Management and MOTECH Ignition System. Racepack with Racepack Dash and just about every sensor and spares. Spare engines, cylinder heads, intake manifold, turbo manifold, tranny gears, Multiple sets of both 15'' and 16'' American Racing Beadlocks, Multiple Turbos and much much more. Pro Jacks included as well. Anything and everything that I own that has to do with this car goes with it and there is a TON of things.
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Still has the original vin number so it could be easily be put on the street.
This car is perfect for multiple classes. Outlaw 10.5, Import, CC/AT in Comp eliminator, etc... This car can run a second below the index in Comp. Multiple National Event Winner, and also winner of the PSCA Street Car Supernationals in Outlaw 10.5. Numerous magazine and TV appearances as well.
Car has been 7.000 and 201mph at 3000lbs. on 10.5w's with SMALL twin 58mm turbos. Will easily run well into the 6's with weight taken out and deep in the 6's with different and larger turbo's.
I am open to offers for everything. No lowball offers or tire kickers please. The car can be viewed in person just about anytime.
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The Center for Rural Affairs released a policy report today entitled – Health Insurance Coverage in Nebraska: The Rural Implications - which examines the most recent data on health insurance coverage in Nebraska to determine where differences in rates of uninsured Nebraskans exist, particularly differences between rural and urban areas. "With the Unicameral beginning their 2013 session tomorrow, it is crucial to recognize that expanding Medicaid as allowed in the Affordable Care Act would reduce by half the discouragingly high rural uninsured rates that our research reveals," said Jon Bailey, Center for Rural Affairs Research and Analysis Director and author of the report. According to the report, Nebraska's rural counties have lower health insurance coverage rates than more urban counties for residents under 65 and, as county population decreases uninsured rates increase. And counties with "high" uninsured rates (21 percent uninsured or greater) exist only in non-metropolitan (rural) Nebraska. A full copy of the report can be viewed and downloaded at: http://files.cfra.org/pdf/NE-Health-Insurance-Coverage.pdf. "Clearly, rural Nebraskans face more structural barriers to adequate health insurance coverage than our urban counterparts," said Bailey. "With an economic foundation of small businesses, self-employment, and low wages, rural communities are not well served by a health insurance system that relies on employer-based coverage." Many families are forced to purchase from the individual insurance market where they all too often wind up underinsured, with coverage that costs too much and provides too little. Those who cannot afford the significantly more expensive individual packages must go without or rely on public insurance, Bailey explained. The Center for Rural Affairs report also points out that significantly higher uninsured rates in rural Nebraska affect the health status of rural individuals and families and rural communities. Research finds that rural people receive fewer necessary health care services and less preventive care, leading to more expensive health care. The ultimate result of less than adequate care for rural residents is a worsening of health status and an increase in chronic conditions, exactly what Bailey and the Center have found in rural areas. "Moreover, a community's economic development, community cohesiveness, and health care infrastructure are all threatened by a lack of affordable health insurance that results in more families without health insurance or less than adequate insurance," added Bailey. "And we all pay for the skyrocketing costs of health insurance as the insured and health care providers in rural Nebraska face increasing economic pressure from the costs of health care services to the uninsured or underinsured that are not paid by insurance or any other source." Bailey explained further that in the coming weeks and months the Nebraska Legislature can take one action that could reduce the uninsured rate by almost half. The Legislature will decide whether to participate in the new Medicaid initiative, created by the Affordable Care Act to provide healthcare coverage to low-income, working adults, that could help as many as 108,000 uninsured Nebraskans - 54,000 rural Nebraskans - obtain health care coverage. A full copy of the report can be viewed and downloaded at: http://files.cfra.org/pdf/NE-Health-Insurance-Coverage.pdf.
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banana, date and olive oil bread recipe {gluten + dairy-free}
I've had a fruit-bowl full of bananas screaming out at me every morning for the past week. Use me up before I rot, hurry up! See banana's don't keep that well over here in Perth, so I tend to just buy just a handful every few days or so. Last week however, I got a little over-excited and bought loads. Once they turn a lovely shade of brown the kids don't touch them and to be honest, neither do I (unless I use them in a smoothie or to make ice-cream with).
The banana cake eater of our house is working away at the moment so that was out, but it's slightly less sweet cousin banana bread was calling. I've been doing so much baking for the book lately so this had to be something not overly sweet, sickly or buttery. There's only so much sweet baking one can take, I'm sure even my friends are getting sick of my weekly deliveries of baked goods! Shock horror I know. So in a bid to keep things relatively healthy and light I've used olive oil instead of the usual butter and chopped dates to give a boost of natural sweetness, cutting down on sugar.
I sliced into this way sooner than I should have in a rush to get this post to you all today, but should you have a little more time and patience than I, try to leave it until it's nearly cold before cutting in, the texture will be much nicer. And should you feel it needs it, a little smear of butter wouldn't go astray too, to serve... if you tolerate. Completely counteracting the butter-less batter I know.
Lastly, thank you all so much for you kind words after my last post talking about my trip home to farewell Grandad. Your support really does mean the world to me xx
banana, date and olive oil bread {gluten + dairy-free}
I used extra virgin olive oil, but I have a feeling you'd get away with using a slightly cheaper olive oil if that's all you have. Cornflour (corn starch could be used in place of tapioca flour if preferred). I use Billington's unrefined raw sugar, found at some supermarkets and health food stores.
Makes 1 loaf
1 cup finely chopped dried dates
2 tablespoons boiling water
1 teaspoon baking soda
3 large over-ripe bananas, mashed
1/2 cup (125ml) olive oil
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
the finely grated zest of 1 medium lemon
2 free-range eggs
1/2 cup (100g) unrefined raw sugar
1 1/2 cups (180g) fine brown rice flour
1/2 cup (50g) tapioca flour (arrowroot)
2 teaspoons gluten-free baking powder
sunflower and pumpkin (pepita) seeds, to sprinkle, optional
Preheat oven to 180C/350F. Grease and line a standard loaf tin with baking paper, extending up and over the edges by about 2cm.
Place chopped dates, water and baking soda into a small bowl, mix and set aside while you start the cake. Combine mashed bananas, olive oil, vanilla, zest, eggs and sugar in a medium bowl and beat until smooth. Sieve over brown rice flour, tapoica flour and baking powder and stir to combine. Add dates and any remaining liquid and stir until just combined. Transfer mixture to prepared loaf tin, sprinkle over seeds if using and bake for 60-75 minutes or until risen, golden and cooked when a skewer is inserted into the centre of the loaf and comes out clean. Remove from oven and cool in the tin for 5-10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely. Slice into thick wedges once cold. Best served on the day of baking.
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The bread sounds great - and congrats on the wonderful book news!! Can't wait to see it!ReplyDelete
How lucky that I've got some brown bananas in the fruit bowl right now! Great recipe indeed :)ReplyDelete
oooh sounds so yummy!....I was wondering what to do with those rather soft and not so yellow bananas in the fruit bowl!!! :D thank you..cant wait to try this.ReplyDelete
This is so helpful. I feel so at loss with those bananas, thanks lot for sharing the idea.ReplyDelete
This looks absolutely wonderful. I make banana bread all the time but have never made a gluten free version. Definitely going to try this.ReplyDelete
I've bought myself some brown rice flour and some coconut flour and can't wait to experiment with them but I see tapioca flour in a lot of recipes. Is there are special reason for using at least some of it?ReplyDeleteReplies
Yum Emma, I love your recipes. I also have a fruit bowl with some rather ripe bananas so here is my answer to what to do with them... Will give it go without the sugar for the little ones. I am sure the banana and dates will be plenty sweet for them. Keep up the great work :)ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for this recipe! There is no mention of xttan gum! Is it ok to bake without it? Thanks so much.ReplyDeleteReplies
Lovely! I've been putting olive oil in all my baked goods lately - I love it so much.ReplyDelete
I baked this lovely bread over the weekend and it was such a treat to share as we decorated our Christmas tree. I did use Bob's Red Mill egg replacer to make it vegan, and it turned out perfectly well. This recipe is surely a keeper! Thanks greatly for sharing!ReplyDeleteReplies
You're welcome, thanks for letting us all know it worked using egg-replacer xxDelete
I am actually very interested in playing with this recipe- I love the usage of flours (and I am absolutely ga-ga about banana bread haha). I have actually cut out sugar (even raw) pretty much (unless absolutely necessary) and have been using agave nectar and honey for baking. The agave nectar actually works wonderful with banana breads.ReplyDelete
ps. I recently read a study about how bananas ought to be eaten overly ripe to get most goodness out of them ;) more power for banana bread hahaReplies
Honey works great in this recipe in place of sugar, but I tend to steer clear of agave myself. Do some reading and you might decide you want to too... xxDelete
Emma, your banana bread looks divine. You are doing much healthier eating than I am this time of year.ReplyDelete
Hope your book project is going well!
xxoo from Berkeley,
Thanks Erin, all going well on the book down these ways, hope yours is going well too xxDelete
I'm making this tonight!ReplyDelete
Have you tried substituting apple sauce for the oil?ReplyDeleteReplies
No, but let me know if you do and it works out!Delete
I'm about to make this now! You are my favourite food blog for baking ; ) I can't wait for your book to come out.. will save all of this back and forth to the computer! Thank you for the amazing recipes xReplyDeleteReplies
You're welcome love. I can't wait too, I hate looking up recipes online! xxDelete
Hi Emma, I tried this recipe today and although it tasted yummy it was crumbling as I sliced the loaf. I did not have potato flour so used cornflour instead. Would that have made a difference in the texture? Love your cookbook by the way ;)ReplyDeleteReplies
It shouldn't have made too much difference in this recipe. I'd say it's more likely that the brown rice flour you used is not a super fine one. This will change the texture. Also, gluten free baking is never overly robust either. Nothing like wheat flour baking anyway ;-)Delete
I just made this for a staff room treat on Monday morning and it is a beautiful recipe - the bread is extremely moist and has a lovely brown, toasted exterior. Date are ridiculously expensive here, so I swapped in a cup of raisins (soaked in a little rum to add a Caribbean twist!). Thank you so much for the inspiration.ReplyDelete
I used 1/2 cup coconut flour in place of the required amount of brown rice flour, coconut oil, coconut sugar and added an egg. Super moist and yummy, though I might cut half the amount sugar next time. Thank you!ReplyDelete
Made this yesterday, thanks for another great recipe! My loaf was super tasty and moist, but also on the crumbly side. Not sure how to 'trouble-shoot' gluten free recipes, would you say more protein-rich flour would help here? Or would you consider using an extra egg? Thanks so muchReplyDelete


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Factor V Leiden thrombophilia
- Hereditary resistance to activated protein C
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13 question(s) from the public on this disease have been answered. Submit a new question.
I was diagnosed with factor V Leiden before I got pregnant. I am currently 38 weeks pregnant, and have never had a miscarriage nor have I had any VTE events. Even though I am only heterozygous and never had a clotting event before, it is apparently recommended that I be induced at 39 weeks. Who recommends this? Is the risk that high for a person to have to be induced at 39 weeks for a person who has never had a thrombotic event before? Click here for answer
My sister has factor V Leiden, but I do not. Does this mean we are half sisters? There is some question regarding my sister's parentage. Click here for answer
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Factor V Leiden runs in my family. My sister is now battling acute promyelocytic leukemia. Are these two conditions issues linked? Can Factor V Leiden bring on leukemia? Are they related in any way, shape, or form? Click here for answer
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I am heterozygous for a factor V Leiden mutation. I was on oral contraceptives for 10 years before trying to get pregnant. After two miscarriages, I was tested and I found out that I had this condition. I saw where you discuss oral contraceptives; but I didn't know if an IUD such as Mirena may be safer to use than an oral contraceptives? Click here for answer
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I was recently diagnosed with factor V Leiden. It was found when I needed surgery on my right ankle, which just broke without injury. I was on Coumadin, a blood thinner. Then two months after surgery, my left ankle broke in the same exact spot again just from being on crutches. The same bone broke at the exact spot on both ankles, so I started asking questions. My orthopedic surgeon said because of the factor V Leiden I was getting blood clots in the capillaries going to that section of my bone. The effect was of course bone death and breakage. I would like to know if my doctor's claims could be plausible. Click here for answer
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Hispanics and Hepatitis: What You Need to Know
Event Date: Monday, October 7, 2013 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm EDT
There are an estimated 53 million Hispanics/Latinos living in the United States, which makes this group the largest and fastest growing minority group in the U.S. The prevalence of Hepatitis C among Latinos is estimated at 2.6%; significantly higher than the estimated prevalence of 1.5% in the general population. Awareness remains very low among Hispanics despite the availability of treatments that can cure Hepatitis C.
This webinar will highlight factors affecting early diagnosis, disease progression and timely treatment for Hispanics, including barriers in access to quality care, common co-morbidities, patient awareness, education, and language barriers.
Presenters will share strategies to raise awareness about viral hepatitis among Latinos; benefits of prevention, testing, education; and bring attention to related health issues, such as HIV co-infection, diabetes, obesity, and behavioral health issues, such as substance use/abuse.
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