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Is there a 1tb external hdd under $70?
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I see two on bestbuy.com
Could you please put the link?
@joey101: I tried, but the link didn't work. Go to bestbuy.com, Products>Computers>Drives and Storage>External HD and click 1TB on the left. Sort by price (low to high) and the top two will be your winners.
One is a Seagate, the other is a TEAC.
There might not be for long, with all the flooding having destroyed Western Digital's main fabrication plant. I've been reading that HDD prices will be going up.
Not one I would depend on.
I am not a fan of externally powered HD's or any over 500gb's because I have seen way to many damaged or corrupt themselves.
If you do go the big external route, spend the money and get a WD or Seagate. Something dependable.
Costco is running a 2tb Seagate for 69.99 this coming weekend...I intend to pick one up.
I need an internal, at least 500GB, preferably 1TB, for a security DVR I bought on Woot earlier this year. Why are internal drives more expensive then external? Are external typically a 3.5" SATA inside? Should I just buy an external and cannibalize it?


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West Bromwich Albion F.C. on P2P4U Net
Founded in West Bromwich, the West Bromwich Albion Football Club was established in 1878 and served as one of the founding members of The Football League in 1888. P2P4U notes that West Bromwich Albion is one of the few English clubs that can claim to have spent a majority of its existence competing in the top tier of English football. While competing at the top level West Bromwich Albion has managed to win the F.A. Cup a total of five times, the first of which was in 1888 and the last of which came 80 years later in 1968. West Bromwich Albion has also won the League Cup once in 1966 and were runners up twice, all three of which came in the same five year span from 1966 to 1970.
West Bromwich Albion F.C. currently plays in a stadium known as the Hawthornes which is located in West Bromwich. The Hawthornes was built in 1900 and has been the home to West Bromwich Albion F.C. ever since. The stadium was expanded and renovated in 2008 to increase the capacity to about 26,000 people, still well short of the capacities of the newer stadiums. Though it may be small in comparison to other stadiums the Hawthornes has plenty of history and for fans of West Bromwich Albion F.C. it is the perfect place to sit and watch football.
Throughout its history West Bromwich Albion F.C. has been known by many different nicknames including The Baggies, The Throstles and The Stripes. In the club's early days they were primarily known as the throstles though as support grew and more fans gravitated towards West Bromwich Albion the Baggies became the most popular nickname. The Throstles nickname has its roots in the official crest of West Bromwich Albion F.C. which features a brown throstle on a white and blue striped background. If you plan on visiting the Hawthornes to watch football P2P4U recommends that you make yourself aware of the celebration that fans of West Bromwich Albion F.C. do when their club scores a goal, which requires that the fans jump up and down while chanting "boing, boing."
P2P4U considers Aston Villa to be the primary rivals of West Bromwich Albion F.C. Every good club needs a rival to keep them on their toes year in and year out and for West Bromwich Albion F.C. the neighboring club of Aston Villa does just that. The origins of this fierce rivalry date back to the late 1880s and early 1890s when the two clubs found themselves competing with one another for the F.A. Cup on three separate occasions; two of which resulted in losses for Albion. A rivalry that has developed in more modern times is that between West Bromwich Albion F.C. and Wolverhampton Wanderers. This rivalry grew when the two teams were placed in the same division for much of the 1990s. Wolverhampton and the Spurs routinely clash in what is known as the Back Country Derby that has pitted these two local teams against one another over 150 times. As these two clubs continue to get better P2P4U net predicts that the Back Country Derby could very well evolve into one of the premier contests of the season.
West Bromwich Albion F.C. has had a few prolific scorers on its roster throughout the years, the most prolific of which is probably Tony Brown who scored 279 goals in 720 appearances with the club from 1963 to 1981. Before Tony Brown came along the record was held by Ronnie Allen who scored 234 goals in 458 appearances with West Bromwich Albion F.C. 3rd on the list is W.G. Richardson with 228 goals in 355 games. Richardson also holds the club record for most goals scored in a single season with 40. In 2011 West Bromwich Albion F.C. decided to hire a new manager to replace Roberto De Matteo and the man that they chose was Roy Hodgson. Hodgson comes to West Bromwich Albion F.C. after managing prestigious clubs such as Fulham and Liverpool, though he did not achieve much notable success with either of those two clubs. Some fans say Hodgson is the savior or Albion while others say his signing is a downgrade but P2P4U knows that only time will prove who is right.Tags: p2p4u, p2p4u net, p2p4u west bromwich albion, west bromwich albion p2p4u net
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Is it possible to make Jitouch work with Synergy? Jitouch allows me to make gestures correspond to actions in different applications, but it doesn't allow me to select Unix programs (like the Synergy server) as a target.
The reason for this is that the Synergy server doesn't have an OS X frontend. I have the same issue with my Logitech mouse configuration -- I want to have a different scroll speed for Synergy because when I have acceleration enabled, the remote computer doesn't scroll properly. So I'd like to disable acceleration only when using synergy.
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I didn't realize others would be interested in the same idea... If I ever complete that project I'll be sure to let you know! Or, maybe we should file a feature request with the synergy project? :-)


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- Date Available: November 2009
The French battleships of the Dunkerque and Richelieu classes were the most radical and influential battleship designs of the interwar period, and were coveted by the British, German and Italian navies following the Armistice of June 1940. Using a wealth of primary-source material, some of which has only recently been made available, the authors provide a full account of their development and a detailed analysis of their design characteristics. The technical chapters are interspersed with operational histories, with a particular focus on the operations in which the ships engaged other heavy units. The book is extensively illustrated with hundreds of photographs and technical drawings, including twenty-two color profile and plan views of the ships.
John Jordan is the editor of the Warship [5] annual and a lifelong student of French naval history on which he has written extensively.
Robert Dumas is France's leading expert on warship design, and the author of numerous books and monographs on the ships of the Marine Nationale.
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"Naval nerds delight! The magnificent tome, French Battleships 1922-1956, has been awaiting review for a year; it was not some thing to be rushed. John Jordan and Robert Dumas have turned their passion of studying French capital ships into a durable and valuable historical work of reference, which is also the kind of book which can in spire. As with the great book, The Battlecruiser HMS Hood, by Bruce Taylor, I think I will keep my copy of French Battleships under my pillow for ready reference."
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Recognition opportunities are available and will be explained further in your welcome pack. There will also be opportunities to network with other business leaders in our community at our networking breakfasts and evening receptions.
Throughout the year, the Holburne holds many events for our community and supporters. We also produce 3 exclusive exhibitions each year and our community Lantern Procession attracts thousands of people in November each year. Our Education Programme is second to none and is making a difference in the lives of people living in our community. Each event and activity is available for sponsorship and can promote your organisation to your target market. Please call to discuss on 01225 388 564.
A partnership with the Holburne is really an extension of sponsorship but over a 3 – 5 year period. It allows us to plan more effectively, and to develop a more in depth relationship with the organisations we work with. For instance, a Principal Partner of the Holburne Museum would be promoted on all our literature for the duration of the partnership, creating a visible presence for you company in all that we do with other partners receiving recognition where appropriate.
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- BSO Case Number: DN01-08-0621
- PIO Number: 01-8-10
- Date: Aug. 6, 2001
- Time: 2346
- Place of Occurrence: front of 25 SW 7 Ave., Dania Beach
- State of Florida
- 2 males - not in custody
- Anthony Permenter, 19, 1/13/82 605 NW 214 St., Miami (DECEASED)
- Gregory Calixte, 18, 1/4/83, 3911 SW 52 Ave., Pembroke Park (DECEASED)
- Willems Calixte, 20, 6/6/81, " "
- Charles Johnson, 17, 12/20/83, 1257 Arbor Dr., Miramar
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Two young men were killed and their cohorts were charged in their deaths after an ill-fated robbery led to shooting at midnight in Dania Beach.
Homicide detectives have determined that a group of four men – two brothers and their two friends – went to Boomers amusement park in Dania Beach late Monday and decided shortly before midnight to do some robberies. Riding in the same car, the foursome drove east to SW 7th Avenue, where they saw two men standing in the roadway. Anthony Permenter, 19, exited the car, wearing a makeshift mask and holding a handgun. One of the men standing in the road immediately raised his hands while the other pulled out a gun and opened fire, killing Permenter and mortally wounding the driver of the car, Gregory Calixte, 18. The shooter and his companion fled the scene. Two other occupants of the car, Willems Calixte, 20, (brother) and Charles Johnson, 17, slid Gregory out of the driver's seat and Johnson drove to Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood where Gregory Calixte was dead on arrival. Permenter was left lying in the roadway. BSO deputies, responding to reports of shots fired, found his body in the street.
BSO Homicide detectives questioned the two survivors, who admitted that they planned to "do some licks" (commit robberies). Because their criminal actions led to deaths, Willems Calixte and Charles Johnson were both charged with (felony) murder.
Detectives still want to talk with the two would-be robbery victims – the shooter and his companion – to get their side of the story. Anyone with information is urged to call the Broward Sheriff's Office at 765-4321 or CrimeStoppers, anonymously, at 493-TIPS.
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Artist Laurel will give two classes Chapman Cultural Center
Published: Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 3:15 a.m.
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Noted artist Christina Laurel will teach two beginner-level classes at Chapman Cultural Center in drawing and colored pencil, starting Feb. 18.
These adult classes are offered by Spartanburg Art Museum and will meet every Monday through May 6. Tuition is $180 for the 12-week program.
Laurel has taught beginning drawing for teens to seniors in Rochester, N.Y., at the Memorial Art Gallery's Creative Workshop, as well as at other venues, including senior residences and private studios.
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FYI, for all who bought the Gladiator Sapphire Series BluRay... from TheDigitalBits:
All right... now for that awesome Gladiator news. If you've been reading any of the A/V enthusiast forums in the last 24 hours or so, you may now be aware that Universal has just released the new remastered Gladiator Blu-ray in Holland. Fans will know that the previous U.S. Blu-ray release - a DreamWorks title distributed by Paramount, with elements provided by Universal - featured a (shall we say) somewhat disappointing and recycled high-def transfer. Let me rephrase that: It was an extremely disappointing transfer. Well... the good news is that a brand new 4K transfer of the film was done several months ago with fresh elements, and the title has been re-authored to include it. It's this new transfer that's now available on Blu-ray in Europe, and early word is it's spectacular. Here's a link to a good online screenshot comparison of the new and old Blu-rays. (The first image that appears is the old Blu-ray - roll your cursor over it to see the same shot on the new Blu-ray). As expected, the difference is pretty shocking. You see? There IS a real quality difference when a studio spends a little extra money on the A/V presentation of a Blu-ray to get it right.
Anyway, word (and visual proof of) the new transfer appearing on Blu-ray in Holland has resulted in hundreds of concerned U.S. Gladiator fans e-mailing us in the last day or so, understandably hoping/pleading/begging for any information as to when they might be able to get their hands on the new disc here in the States. So here's the AWESOME news: Paramount Home Entertainment is about to initiate an exchange program for anyone who would like to swap their previous Gladiator Blu-ray for an otherwise identical disc with the new transfer. Here's their official statement:
"We are implementing a limited exchange program. This program is only for those consumers that may have preferential issues with some of the technical DVNR (digital video noise reduction) and EE (edge enhancement) choices made in the original source transfer, and so would prefer to exchange it for one that addresses those preferences in a different manner.
While the version that we originally distributed was of the highest quality, some enthusiasts may prefer to view it without the Edge Enhancement and DVNR implemented as standard process in bringing the film to hi-def. This new master resolves those issues."
[Editor's Note: You can call Paramount Home Entertainment's customer service hotline number (323-956-5711) to arrange the swap. Replacement discs will be available soon. For those in the U.S. and Canada who don't yet own the disc, a running production change has been initiated, so future copies shipped to retailers will include the new transfer. Rest assured, we'll post details as to exactly how you'll be able to identify the new discs (likely via some kind of packaging marking) when they start becoming available in stores in the coming weeks. And for those of you in other countries around the world, the new disc is being gradually rolled out in each region, so contact your local distributor for the details.
On behalf of Gladiator and Blu-ray fans everywhere, I'd like to send out a big Bits THANK YOU to everyone involved in the decision to do the new transfer, to those talented mastering wizards involved in the actual work (for a job well done!), and to the folks at Paramount for implementing their exchange program. THAT'S how you do right by your customers, and it's very much appreciated.]


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G12 Century Vintage 60W, 12" Neodymium Guitar Speaker
- Nominal diameter: 12", 305mm
Power rating: 60W
Nominal impedance: 8Î and 16Î
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I have been using Celestion Speakers for many moons these are the best ones I have used and sure love the lightweight
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I have used the extremely heavy EVM12Ls since the 80s. I needed to reduce weight and decided to make the leap. I am very happy with the change. The Century's have a typical Celestion rock attack, but they do seem smoother in the mids than its V30 counterpart. They are about 3db less efficient than the EVs which I actually like because I can push the power section on my Hiwatt a bit more. I can't say they have the bass of the EV or the pristine cleans, but there is articulation and breath that gets me in the ballpark. The best part is my cabinet weight went from 74lbs to 48lbs.
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I was a little hesitant buying these speakers because they don't use conventional magnets (I liked that they are light but was worried about sound) but I have to say I was very impressed. These speakers sound amazing. I put them into a 4x12 cabinet they sound great running either my Mesa Mark IV or Marshall JVM heads.
I play a variety of music: rock, blues, metal, punk and these speaker can do it all. Great low end with beautiful highs, I don't know how they do it.
I've got a 2x12 cabinet as well with V30s and I'll pick these over the V30s any day.
Comments about Celestion G12 Century Vintage 60W, 12" Neodymium Guitar Speaker:
I originally bought this speaker based on what I had heard about the tone. I did not know what neodynium meant. I put this is a 2x12 cab I gutted Crate speakers out of, and it sounded great. Loved it. Later, I bought a Traynor combo with a v30 in it. It sounded wonderful, but I wanted to trade it for the neodynium speaker. That would keep my 2x12 cab from being lopsided and lighten the load on what would be my gigging amp.
Boy was that ever effective. The main difference in sound I noticed with the Century in there instead of the v30 was a kind of papery sound at low volume. If you even turn the thing up to 2, you find this papery sound translates into a nice open full crunch and punchy articulate cleans. It's really a perfect match for the amp. The whole thing is lighter, which is well worth it for gigging. It sounds better than the stock v30! It brings out some of the punchier qualities of this amp. The heavy magnet v30 is a lot smoother, so YMMV. For me, I love clean and articulate, and it goes especially well with this amp.
So yeah consider this for the weight, but look at it as a v30 sound except more definined and less smooth. Overall, great speaker. Would highly recommend unless you cannot live without the smoothness of a heavy magnet.
This arrived in perfect condition, and has stayed in perfect condition despite my usual half-brained fumblings.
Let's face it. This is a pretty pricey speaker. Eminence has good speakers for the price. Better value. Still, this is a fair price to ask for a quality speaker.
Comments about Celestion G12 Century Vintage 60W, 12" Neodymium Guitar Speaker:
Overall I'm so happy with it. I can carry this 4x12 single handed and it sounds amazing! Anyone want to buy my mesa cab? You have to carry it out yourself though.
I guess it only have 2 features. It's really light and it sounds fantastic. I usually prefer Vintage 30's but those were too heavy in my mesa traditional 4x12 cab. I injured by back for 8 months carrying that thing into my house. I bought a really light Jety City 4x12 and put 4 of these Century Vintages in and I'm super pleased. They took a little while to break in and I now run the cab at 16 ohms and it sounds amazing! Lightest 4x12 I've ever seen and the sound is perfect. I run my Engl Blackmore head through it.
Excellent Quality. Sounds great hopefully it's as durable as all the other celestions I've owned. Who would have thought that my quest for tone would end with these speakers. No more back injuries for me! (The drummer and other guitarist can carry their own gear)
These speakers mike up and record really well. I mostly play metal... black and death so the high gain tone is awesome. They DO break up a little and saturate at medium and medium high volumes. Of course the louder the more breakup. It is a very nice and usable breakup, I can drop my gain a notch at decent levels the speaker saturation makes up for it. Compare this to vintage 30's that barely breakup at all, and when they do I don't personally think it's all that musical or useable. The clean tone is great. Can get a good clean volume out of them, oddly the saturation isn't as noticeable on clean so that's an added bonus for me.
These are very pricey, I happened to find mine online for a VERY good price. I went back later and they raised their prices. Guess it was meant to be I really only needed 4 of them anyhow. You could factor in the savings of not having to pay a copay from the back injuries. I had a new girlfriend at the time, and hobbling around like an old man was not a great impression.
Comments about Celestion G12 Century Vintage 60W, 12" Neodymium Guitar Speaker:
My goal was mainly to cut down the weight of my amp without sacrificing tone too much. These things are so light that it takes over 10 pounds off of my Pro Reverb (2X12" 50W combo amp) and makes it so much easier to lug around. Turns out these things sound great, even a bit better than the stock speakers. I have used them live and in the studio and they always make me notice how nice my tone is! I play tele's, strats, 335, 339 and Paul's and after adjusting the amp for each guitar these speakers make each one sound amazing. But boy, do you have to pay for the savings in weight. For me, totally worth it!
Comments about Celestion G12 Century Vintage 60W, 12" Neodymium Guitar Speaker:
Replaced the V30 in my new SuperSonic with one of these and just love it. It is better balanced than the stock V30 with tight bass, smooth highs and super quick response. Crunches and sings like all good Celestions and tone for days.
Comments about Celestion G12 Century Vintage 60W, 12" Neodymium Guitar Speaker:
i've had this little gem in two combo amps, a peavey valveking, and most recently an epiphone valve standard. the clarity is outstanding in both amps. this speaker cleared up the mud of the peavey, and in the epi, i can crank the little 15 watter and cut through a whole group. doesn't break up too badly when played clean at high volumes, but can really crunch when called upon. keeps up with my genz-benz g-glex 212 cab! a definate rock solid speaker with great tone and a really nice price.
Comments about Celestion G12 Century Vintage 60W, 12" Neodymium Guitar Speaker:
I put this speaker in a 112 tube combo because my original speaker was so heavy. The light weight of Century Vintage is awesome! I just thought the sound was too smooth. The pure sound of your amp comes through with no coloring at all. That could be good or bad, depending on what you're looking for. I went to an Eminence Texas Heat instead which gave me more chunkiness, but I do miss the Century's light weight. It seemed like a good quality speaker, just not the sound I was looking for.


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mvcConf 2 - Chris Canal: Real World Application Development with Mvc3 NHibernate, FluentNHibernate and Castle Windsor
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In this session we will look at how we can use a number of popular .Net OSS projects to develop a real world application. Based on production code, we will look at how using a combination of NHibernate, FluentNHibernate, Castle Windsor and a number of other OSS (AutoMapper, MvcContrib, FluentMvc) to reduce the friction of application development and remove a lot of infrastructural concerns. We will explore how we can leverage these tools to drive a convention based development experience and make it easier for ourselves and team mates to write applications and deliver what the client wants.
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Rice and Black Bean Burritos
Categories: Vegetarian
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Burritos are so simple and so popular -- it must be that enduring combination of rice, beans, and cheese!
Serves: Serves: 6
- 3 1/2 cups canned black beans, drained
- 3/4 cup salsa
- 1/3 cup chopped tomatoes
- 1/4 cup chopped green chilies
- 1 1/2 cups cooked rice
- 6 low-fat flour tortillas
- 1 1/2 cups shredded nonfat cheddar cheese
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- Spray large nonstick skillet with cooking spray.
- Add beans, salsa, tomatoes and chilies to skillet; cook over medium-low heat, stirring frequently, until heated through.
- Add rice and mix well.
- Divide filling among tortillas; top with cheese.
- Roll tortillas up burrito style and place seam-side down on plate.
- Cover with plastic wrap and freeze until firm. Store burritos in individual plastic freezer bags.
- To reheat: Place in microwave-safe dish and heat on High 1 to 2 minutes per burrito. Serve with additional salsa, nonfat sour cream and chopped green onions.
- Calcium-rich cheddar cheese promotes healthy heart, brain, muscle and nervous system function.
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Hillary Clinton leaves the post of secretary of state Friday with a high approval rating, a strengthened résumé and a loose-knit network of donors and grass-roots supporters eager to make her the first woman president if she decides to re-enter politics.
Much of the political world is waiting for word on whether she'll do so. With four years as secretary of state added to a career that included New York senator and first lady, Mrs. Clinton would enter the 2016 race for the White House as a solid front-runner. Her presence would likely scare off some other presidential hopefuls, Democratic strategists say.
Adding to the drama: Mrs. Clinton's base of supporters and donors, built during her time in the Senate and White House, gives her an organizational advantage and the luxury of time as she considers her future. That could force potential primary opponents to decide their own moves before knowing hers.
Friends say Mrs. Clinton is in no hurry to show her hand. For now, she says she wants to sleep, relax and deliver speeches.
Speaking earlier this week, Mrs. Clinton was asked about possible presidential ambitions. "Well, I am not thinking about anything like that right now," she said. "I am looking forward to finishing up my tenure as secretary of state and then catching up on about 20 years of sleep deprivation."
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"I've talked to very strong Hillary supporters with deep pockets, and they clearly want to see her run," said Harold Ickes, a senior strategist in her 2008 presidential bid. "In the conversations I've had, they've said, 'If she runs, I'm in, and I'm in financially.' "
Ed Rendell, a friend of the Clinton family and a former Democratic Party chairman, predicted that she might decide to run as soon as early 2014, lured by the prospect of becoming the first female president and an abiding interest in government service.
"If she announces fairly soon after that, she essentially pre-empts the field," he said.
Should she re-enter politics, Mrs. Clinton would face a choice: Does she draw distinctions between herself and Mr. Obama—and by extension, with potential candidate Vice President Joe Biden? Or does she cast herself as the heir to the Obama legacy? That decision likely would depend on the shape of the economy and world affairs in the next two to four years.
If economic growth is strong and Mr. Obama remains popular, she might want to depict herself as a full partner in his success. At the same time, Mrs. Clinton is a different sort of Democrat than the president—more aligned with the pro-business views that her husband championed as he moved the Democratic Party toward the political center in the early 1990s. As a senator from New York, she voted for trade deals with Singapore, Chile and Oman over the objections of organized labor. Mr. Biden was among many Senate Democrats who opposed the trade deals with Singapore and Chile.
As Washington's top diplomat, Mrs. Clinton has taken a more hawkish line than Mr. Obama on issues such as diplomatic engagement with Iran and Syria. Mrs. Clinton voiced skepticism from her first days at the State Department that Iran would respond to U.S. calls for Tehran to negotiate away its nuclear program, according to U.S. and Arab officials who met with her.
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Some of her supporters never warmed to Mr. Obama and would like to see her draw distinctions with the White House in one respect at least: representation of women in government.
Should Mrs. Clinton run, "That's going to be a sharp contrast," said Amy Siskind, co-founder of The New Agenda, a woman's advocacy group that was created by 30 Clinton supporters. "It's shameful that a man who got elected by women and people of color and people of different sexual orientation goes and chooses a bunch of white men" for top government roles.
But some say Mrs. Clinton would have big hurdles, should she run for president. Republican Kenneth Blackwell, a former Ohio state official, said she might be haunted by the State Department's handling of the terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, last year that killed four Americans.
"There are serious questions about Benghazi," Mr. Blackwell said. Referring to what he described as her political sympathies, he said, "The car of the left will have run out of gas in four years—that will be her problem."
A wild card in her decision is her health. In December, Mrs. Clinton, who is 65 years old, fainted and suffered a concussion. She was later hospitalized and treated for a blood clot in her head. In a recent interview with CNN, she said she was taking medication, adding "that's what people do when you have blood clots."
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I generally think of Axis and Allies as being like advanced Risk. Also there are all of the different Risk clones, 2210, LoTR, Star Wars, Godstorm and others which introduce slight variants in maps and rules. Of those I'd recommend 2210, but if you can handle the complexity, which isn't bad in the grand scheme, Axis and Allies is the way to go.
Diplomacy is a similar game in that its aim is to conquer other players land. However it removes the dice and the element of chance, replacing it with face to face negotiation (making it a much better game IMHO).
You can play it online for a quick taster. There are also lots of other web based learning resources.
Shogun is another similar game. The combat is different in this game (you are not using dice at all) but gathering resources and conquering other provinces (which act like countries in Risk) has the same basic principles.
I really like Risk 2210 A.D.. Basically a faster, more Aggressive risk (also more luck and less strategy, but this does not take away from the fun of nuking a continent :))
Quest for the Dragonlords also plays a little like risk, but, to be honest, fails miserably at being any fun to play.
History of the World is played much like Risk. There are 7 epochs. During each epoch a player takes control of a different empire from the past. They expand and conquer as much as they can (this part plays out very similar to Risk). Next epoch they play a new vibrant empire.
Scoring is based on area control at the end of each player's turn.
Last year a new edition was released called, A Brief History of the World which is supposed to play to completion quicker. I haven't yet tried it.
There is also Dust, which is set in an alternate World War II. There you have mechs and tanks, submarines and destroyers, bombers and fighters. New additions also include character-based powers, fortified positions and capitals. Unlike vanilla RISK, it uses a VP track to determine victory.
One of the interesting part of the combat is that tanks soak damage before mechs, fighters soak damage before bombers and destroyers soak damage before submarines (If I recall correctly). Mechs, Bombers and Submarines provide more offense in the game
The official site for the game is here.
How about Twilight Imperium. We always play and when I explain to someone who is not into the scene what it is I always end up saying:"Ok, do you know Risk? Well it's like that but more complicated".
But I guess there are loads of game that then qualify as advanced Risk :).
Ozymandia is simultaneous Risk, simplified to its essence.
I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for, but there are various Risk variants that use exactly the same rules and mechanics, but on a different board. I've got the Lord of the Rings and Star Wars variants, and there are others. As far as I can tell (from the LOTR and Star Wars verions) they normally/often have some extra (and optional) themed rule and unit variations, which, combined with the new map topology, can keep it interesting if you're bored of classic Risk.
I used to play Samurai Swords (also known as Shogun) as a kid. It's a lot like Risk, with several unit types, more complex battles, and more territories. It takes forever though.


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Starters didn't end up playing big minutes so they should have enough in the tank against the Bulls.
Copeland is clearly the player of the game... happy to see his confidence coming back
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On the precipice of 10-0.
It won't be easy. Chicago will be amped and seeking revenge.
Yes. The Bulls are going to treat tomorrow like it's Game 7 of the NBA Finals.
Chicago is undefeated at home if I am not mistaken. It is going to be an extremely tough game, especially after we kinda challenged them by saying "Its our division until they take it from us." after the last game.
We gotta get a loss somewhere, I just do not want it to come against the Bulls, Heat, or Knicks.
"We've got to be very clear about this. We don't want our players hanging around with murderers," said Larry Bird, Pacers president.
It's super early, but so far this is the greatest Pacers team I've ever seen. Incredible.
Milwaukee really lacks talent. But if you look at the east as of today's standings, only two other teams are above .500. We are apparently hogging the W's.
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Wow, Roy scored 24 points on 10 shots.
The Bulls killed the Raptors tonight. Toronto had 22 points halfway through the second quarter. And yet:
Kirk Hinrich played 40 minutes. Luol Deng played 38. Jimmy Butler and Carlos Boozer played 34 and 33.
"Like them or not, Bill Belichick and Tom Brady are among the best whove ever lived, and any refusal to acknowledge that is the product of jealousy or rank ignorance." Bob Kravitz
Only thing our offense could use more movement, it just really boring to look at times, if we can't get the ball into the post fast enough.
The way we play is the way basketball should be played.
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I have an old laptop which doesn't have a HDD and I can't get Live CD to boot on it. (Trying to boot using 'try Ubuntu' option). It gets so far and then just shows a flashing cursor in the top left hand corner. it stays like this indefinitely.
If however, I put the hard drive from my other laptop into this one, it boots from the CD fine. Even more oddly, once it's booted into Ubuntu I can remove the hard drive (probably not advisable while the machine is still running!!) and it continues to work fine.
I have noticed that the hard drive is access briefly during boot up and it is at this point where it would fail if the hard drive wasn't present.
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Robert Kohn and Louis Nirenberg, professors in NYU's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, have been named winners of the 2014 Leroy P. Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research.
The prize, which they share with Luis Caffarelli, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin, is given by the American Mathematical Society (AMS). It will be awarded during the AMS/Mathematical Association of America's Joint Mathematics Meetings, to be held in January in Baltimore, MD.
The trio was recognized for its 1982 paper, "Partial regularity of suitable weak solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations." Published in the journal Communications Pure and Applied Mathematics, the work "was and remains a landmark in the understanding of the behavior of solutions to the Navier-Stokes equations and has been a source of inspiration for a generation of mathematicians," AMS said in the prize citation.
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Outwardly, Steven Bloom (Boris Kodjoe, "Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Vacation," "Soul Food," "Resident Evil: Afterlife") and his wife, Samantha (Gugu Mbatha-Raw, "Dr. Who," "Bonekickers"), are a typical married couple who own and operate a small catering company in Los Angeles - with help from Samantha's easily frazzled handful of a sister, Lizzy (Mekia Cox, "90210," "This Is It"). Secretly, the duo were two of the best spies the CIA had ever known, until they fell in love on the job five years ago and retired.
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Gov. McDonnell appoints Nixon's 'Jew counter' to help reform Virginia's government.
When former President Richard Nixon became paranoid that the Bureau of Labor Statistics had come under the control of Democrats and a "Jewish cabal," he ordered adviser Fred Malek to create a list of "important Jewish officials" within the bureau, several of whom were later demoted or transferred. "It was the last recorded act of official anti-Semitism by the United States government," Slate's Timothy Noah noted. Malek has since apologized for serving as Nixon's "Jew counter," and has gone on to be a perennial Republican operative, serving as national finance co-chair for Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) presidential campaign, and as deputy chairman of the Republican National Committee under President George H. W. Bush. Now, right-wing Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) has hired Malek to chair a 31-member commission charged with making recommendations on how to reform government:
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COPPERAS COVE (February 15, 2013)—A woman who was shot by a Copperas Cove police officer in January was jailed Friday, charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon against a public servant.
Amanda Jackel, 22, was arrested Thursday after she was released from a local hospital where she was treated for her wounds.
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This looks kinda similar to wearable interface demonstrated at Ted as "Sixth Sense". How is it different? expect this seems to be on a stable platform.
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I sucessfully managed to compile Ogre with MSVC2010 and I could dabble with the tutorials. However, is there a website I am missing where there would be more ressources / infos? The documention of the lib itself is very scarce and their wiki pages contain very few content, which is mostly outdated. For instance I'm trying to understand how the paging terrain manager works but I wasn't even able to find a single code snippet of a basic example, I don't even know which classes manage this effect. So what's the best way to learn how to use Ogre? Are there some ressources outside of the main website? thanks
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One of the things that differentiates this platform from the competition is the built in content editor, that builds on top of the 960 Grid System to give the user a point and click solution to creating layouts, before adding content.
In other words, instead of having a single WYSIWYG editor for an entire page, you can add rows and columns first, and then add content to the specific columns. This should give the user more control.
But to get the look and feel right, design, images, CSS is also needed. And this is where designers should come in.
Users create a store online, and they should be able to get a unique look and feel to their store in an easy and fast way.
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I can't install C&C Red Alert, I downloaded it from Chip.de (which is the website of a respected german computer magazine), but when I try to start it (after mounting the CD ISOs with Daemon Tools) it says that the application is not supported cause it's a 16-Bit-Version or so, so what should I do? My operating system is Windows 7 64 Bit.
I believe that Red Alert itself is 32-bit (and so should work fine if you can get it installed), however it sounds like the installer you have is 16-bit - 16-bit code simply won't run on 64 bit operating systems.
According to this thread the game content is just dumped in a directory on the CD and so you should be able to bypass the installer by copying these to your destination directory
Alternatively there is an article here which describes common methods of converting 16-bit installers into 32-bit installers - depending on what sort of installer Red Alert used this method may work.
Finally you could try installing it in a virtual machine running some 32-bit OS (or possibly even DOSBox) and then copying the installation directory off your VM onto your 64-bit machine (or just run it on the VM). If there are components installed outside of the installation directory then this might not work, but its probably still worth a try.
Seeing as it says "16 bit" it most likely needs an operating system that supports a 16 bit core. Todays processing cores are at least 32 bit.
Recently I had difficulty to get it to work, even after following different advice on the web, and after different methods and patches, I figured out something that works for me. It expands on Justin's reply, with a few crucial details that made the difference.
I'm using Windows XP Service Pack 3, 32bit, but it might work for you (since many people with different versions of Windows seem to be reporting similar problems and error messages).
You will probably need to mount the respective game's iso's when you want to play Allies or Soviet campaigns.
Hope this is helpful to you (or anyone else who is having trouble).
EDIT: added instruction for placing the executable in compatibility mode with Windows 95, which is apparently necessary (although ddraw says that it shouldn't be used)
redalert1.com has a download and multiplayer service that works for me on Windows 7.


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TORONTO - Two big innings made the difference Friday as unbeaten Toronto cruised past Brooke 15-5 at the Knight Baseball Complex.
The Red Knights scored six in the second and another half dozen in the sixth (they sent 10 batters to the plate in both frames) as they ran their early season mark to 6-0.
After connecting for 10 hits in Thursday's win over Catholic Central, Brian Perkins' club collected 17 safeties, four of which went for extra bases. Tyler Antinone drove home two runs with a pair of triples while Blaze Glenn and Nate Stewart each ripped doubles.
"We had some really good at-bats tonight," Perkins said. "Our guys were very patient. They waited for good pitches then took advantage of the situation."
Antinone's initial three-bagger (a shot to deep center) drove home Blaze Glenn (he drew a walk off Brooke starter Heath Hildreth) with the game's first run. Austin Lucas got the six-run second started with single up the middle. Bill Solomon, Blaze Glenn, Chez Glenn and Tyler Owens all knocked in runs during the rally.
Antinone then ripped one up the alley in right-center to get his second RBI. Brad Melville's run scoring single put Toronto ahead to stay at 7-2.
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Toronto 15, Brooke 5
Brooke 021 002 - 5 7 2
Toronto 161 016 - 15 17 1
BROOKE (0-8): Hildreth (LP, 3BB 0K) Sole (3, 1BB 0K) Hardisty (6, 1BB 0K) and Harper; Schwertfeger 2S, RBI; Schambach S; Buchmelter S; Sole D; Harper 2S, RBI.
TORONTO (6-0): Melville (WP, 3BB 0K) B. Glenn (4, 3BB 0K) Owens (6, 0BB 1K) and Solomon; Antinone 2T, 2 RBI; Melville 3S, RBI; Lucas 2S, Stewart D, S; Solomon 3S, RBI; Marriner 2S; B. Glenn D, RBI; C. Glenn S, 2RBI; Owens S, RBI.
To their credit, Ron Ujcich's Bruins hung tough. They plated two runs in the top of the sixth to pull with four at 9-5. Ethan Sole doubled to start the inning and scored on Chad Harper's single. Russell Schwertfeger then drove home Harper.
The Red Knights, however, exploded for another six spot in the home half of the inning to ice the win. Two base knocks by Melville, a double by Blaze Glenn and singles off the bats of Stewart, Solomon, John Marriner and Owens keyed the game-ending scoring spurt.
Melville started on the hill for Toronto and earned the victory. He gave way to Blaze Glenn in fourth and Owens took over in the sixth.
"He (Blaze Glenn) took over in a tough situation," Perkins said of his freshman standout. "They had some momentum but he did a nice job and was able to get the outs we needed."
Solomon, Antinone, Melville, Lucas, Stewart and Marriner all had multiple hit games for the Red Knights, who return to action today hosting Lisbon David Anderson in a single game set for a noon start. Originally, the teams were scheduled to play a twin bill.
"Our approach so far to every game has been the same," Perkins noted. "The kids show up ready to play Toronto baseball. They just get after it."
Hildreth took the pitching loss. Sole and David Hardisty also saw mound duty for the Bruins, now 0-8. Brooke hosts Wheeling Central today for a pair of games. The first pitch is scheduled for noon.
Schwertfeger and Harper both had two singles each for the Bruins.


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In 1996 the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations awarded Koon its national communicator of the year honor. During Koon's tenture, the college has won dozens of national and district awards for advertising, brochures, catalogs and writing. She serves on the Steubenville Events Committee and supports the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Celebration group.
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This is a good recent blog post covering Pope Benedict's thoughts on the matter.
The key is the date set for the annunciation (March 25th):
Therefore, as vsz says wikipedia says, but should say louder, add 9 months, et voila you've got December 25th.
As for the age of the feast as celebrated by Christ's Church, said blog post also notes St. Pope Leo the Great mentioning the feast of the Nativity of Jesus in the winter:
I'm not going to say that only stupid people think that Christmas is an attempt to quash pagan solstice shenanigans, but I will say that people ought to think long and hard before believing the Discovery channel over thousands of years of tradition.
"Chronograph" 1 – a document dating to 354 AD 2 in Rome: This was a list of martyrs and their birth dates, and a list of bishops of Rome and their birth dates. The Chronograph lists these dates (birth dates) in calendar order. The first date listed is the "8th of Kalens of January" ("Kalens" is used to refer to the first of a month – putting a number in front of it counts backward.) This translates to our December 25th. The notation in the Chronograph is that this is the birth of Christ in Bethlehem.
On the list, the last two bishops were added on apparently after the list was otherwise complete (dates out of order). The first bishop had died in 336 AD. Thus, it is probable that this list dates to 336 AD.
In 303 AD, under Diocletian, was the "last" persecution of the church. After this time of persecution, lapsed Christians-those who had recanted under persecution, were allowed back into the church (upon profession). There was a group called the Donatists that disagreed with this practice – they felt that the lapsed Christians should not be allowed to rejoin the church. The Donatists broke away from the church.
Augustine opposed the Donatists. He noted 3 that "the Donatists do not celebrate Epiphany", which was started as a celebration of the baptism of Jesus. Apparently, the Donatists celebrated Christmas – Augustine doesn't say that they didn't. This would push the celebration of Christmas back to before 311 – the time of the Donatist split.
A document called "De Pascha Computus" – calculating the date of Passover. The document also lays out a scheme to calculate the birth of Jesus. The calculation fell on March 28 of our calendar.
There were several assumptions made in calculating this date – assumptions from Jewish tradition. Jewish tradition held that the time of the Passover celebration was also the time of the beginning of creation. The sun, moon, and stars were created on the 4th day of creation. Malachi 4:2 refers to the "Sun of Righteousness" (referring to Christ). The reasoning is that it was symbolically fitting for March 28th to be the birth of the light of the world.
Though use of December 25th is not supported, yet the plan of celebrating birthday of Jesus was prevailing around 243 AD.
Note that even as early as the 12th century, it was thought that December 25th was co-opted from the pagans. EVEN IF it was co-opted, it was infused with new meaning by the best theologians of the time. But there is good evidence that a date of December 25th is true – it just happened to fall on the winter solstice. Early Christians believed that December 25 was the true day. It is likely that the early Christians would try to identify the birth day of their Saviour.
"De Solstitiis" – a North African document from the 300's attempts to determine the date of Christ's birth entirely from the evidence given in Scripture. It assumes a date of March 25th for Christ's death (Passover).
The reasoning begins from the conception of John the Baptist. The angel made the announcement to Zechariah. Zechariah completes his "time of service" and returns home. (Luke 1:23-24) The time of service is complete in the fall of the year (when the Jewish year changes). When Zechariah returns home, Elizabeth conceives John. This is around the time of the Fall Equinox.
The announcement to Mary comes in Elizabeth's six month – this would be about the Spring Equinox. This also happens to be Passover – the date of the death of Christ – March 25th (by the Julian calendar).
Birth of John – 9 months after Fall – Summer solstice.
This reasoning is based on the presumption of the conception of John the Baptist.
This line of reasoning is adopted by Augustine – he notes that the conception and crucifixion occurred on the same day. Also accepted by John Chrysostum – in the 380's, he reproduces this reasoning in the east – using the common eastern calendar – winds up 2 weeks off – January 6 for the birth of Jesus and April 6 for the death of Jesus. Augustine and Chrysostum promoted the celebration of December 25 because it is believed to be the actual date.
Since Clement of Alexandria was in the "east," we can assume that he used the eastern, or Egyptian, calendar in his calculations. He arrived at a date of January 6th (according to our calendar). This is the reason for the eastern church using Jan 6 and resisting December 25.
Also, Epiphanius (died 403 AD) in Palestine does the same calculation as in De Solstitiis, using the eastern calendar for dates, and also winds up two weeks later than December 25.
All these calculations have nothing to do with pagan festivals or equinoxes and solstices. (Jan 6th is two weeks after the winter solstice.)
Let me add here: We do not find any historical date in Bible, may be for obvious reason since the bottom line in Bible was to deliver a message of Salvation and not a historical record of events that took place. Notwithstanding this, there is always an urge in humans to remember and celebrate those events, which influenced their destiny. That urge gradually led the early Christian to commemorate all those sacred events that took place in life of our Lord as remembrance and veneration of our Lord. Savior and Emmanuel (God with us) spent His life as one of us and like us among us the earthly creatures. His birth, death and whatever mighty deeds He carried out are by no means any ordinary events.
Suppose we were those unfortunate who never knew the birth date of one of our parents, we would somehow try to decipher the probable date from whatever source. As such not knowing the date would not stop us from celebrating this event. In similar scenario, we were unfortunate not to know the exact date of our Lord's birth and in absence of any exact dates in Bible, it is not at all a SIN to fix appropriate day for this event in a year to give us opportunity to commemorate them in honour of our Lord. If one ponders it in an unbiased mind, it is not an issue at all whether Christian celebrate the Christmas on 25 December or 6 th of January as some do. What is important is we need one day to celebrate the day of birth of our Savior. Whether it is the date which coincides with the birth day of some pagan god or with birth of any other founder of any other present day religion is immaterial for any true and broad minded Christian. Celebrating a birthday by no means can be considered as Pagan.
Because paganism was prevailing during the early years of Christianity, just by relating any event in Christian practice to a pagan practice is easiest way to create doubt in minds of believers by saying that it relates to pagan practice.
1 The Chronography of 354. Introduction to the online edition
2 The Manuscripts of the "Chronography/Calendar of 354 A.D."
The exact day for the birth of Jesus is not known. You can find a lot of info on Wikipedia, with references. The most interesting for this question might be:
The answer to this question is simple. It is: Mystery, Bablyon the Great.
The Babylonian mystery religion is the source of all paganism on earth. At the time of the holiday that some call easter, the sun god osiris supposedly impregnates the moon goddess, isis. 9 months later, the sun god reborn hatches. Some call him mithra. He has a variety of names, depending on the country and culture.
Why easter time and why December 25th? Because of the winter solstice, etc. Because the sun decreases (dies), around that time and starts to be reborn.
Why is it in Christianity? The same reason that the obelisk (which represents the phallus of osiris) is in the middle of "St. Peter's Basilica" in Rome. And because the early "official" Roman church cared more about politics than God. The public likes entertainment and paganism is rife with it. It likes outward show and pomp, and paganism is rife with that as well.
Instead of stealing their "fun" and paganism, that church just changed the names and stuff around and gave the people what they wanted.
I've found a very nice and detailed article discussing the relation between the Roman calendar and the date of Christmas. It is well worth to read in full, but the passage most relevant to this question is the following:


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6 Tiny Mistakes That Almost Ended the World
#3. A Fictional War Scenario Is Confused With Horrible Reality
At 9 a.m. on November 9, 1979, a low-level Air Force officer sat down at a computer and booted up a training program that would simulate what would happen if the Soviets fired 1,000 nuclear missiles at America at the same time. You know, for kicks. Unfortunately, what he didn't know was that his computer was hooked up to the mainframe in the main NORAD control room. When he began the simulation, computers from NORAD to the Pentagon started reporting that every nuke in Russia was on a collision course with the USA. You may recognize this as the plot of WarGames.
According to Senator Charles Percy, who was touring the NORAD facility when it all went down, "All hell broke loose; they were absolutely convinced there were missiles coming at us."
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"I'm afraid I'll have to sit here until one of you finds a fresh pair of pants."
Warnings went out to every missile silo in the United States informing the crews that the country was under nuclear attack and to prepare to launch. Fighter planes started taking off to shoot down the Soviet bombers that were probably headed their way. The president's airborne command center was readied for takeoff, but no one could find Jimmy Carter to put him on board. So his plane took off without him, presumably leaving the president to find a suitable hole in the ground to hide in.
Thankfully, the commander of NORAD decided it would be a good idea to double check that the crisis was real before they went ahead and destroyed the world. He called up radar stations to ask if they had seen anything. They reported back that there was nothing on radar and everything looked clear. Satellites that were designed to detect missile launches from anywhere in the world also reported that everything was clear. So, good thing the phones were working that day.
"That's probably enough brinkmanship for the day. Anyone else want to go out and do just all the drugs?"
#2. Russia Confuses a Science Experiment With World War III
On January 25, 1995, scientists in northern Norway launched a completely benign research rocket designed to study the aurora borealis. But even though the Cold War had been over for some years, Russians still collectively soiled themselves when their radar picked up something that looked almost identical to an American ballistic missile flying straight toward them.
"That's probably something terrible."
According to Russian policy, if such an attack were to be detected, President Boris Yeltsin had 10 minutes to decide whether to nuke the shit out of the United States. Like the U.S. president, Yeltsin carried a briefcase with nuclear doomsday codes inside. This was the first time that it had been opened.
In a sane world, it would have contained nothing but a scrap of paper with "Fucking No" scrawled across it.
The Russian president, sweat reeking of vodka trailing down his forehead, sat with his hands poised over the Big Red Button as the minutes ticked by, his aides presumably screaming into telephones around him.
Allegedly, Yeltsin had only a minute left to decide a course of action when the radar announced that the rocket had fallen into the ocean without killing anybody. It would be hours before they could figure out that the object had been a scientific test and not just a really ineffective nuclear missile.
"Never mind. It was just Ted Nugent shark hunting."
If you're wondering how the Americans would be so silly as to antagonize an already backed-into-the-corner nuclear power for the sake of studying some flashy sky colors, in actual fact the Americans were every bit as confused, considering that they had officially notified the Russians about the launch weeks earlier. Apparently, someone along the Russian chain of command forgot to tell the people who really, really needed to know about this stuff, such as the guys with their eyes glued to their radar and a briefcase full of launch codes.
#1. America Messes Up Repeatedly During the Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis would already have the dubious honor of being the closest the world has ever been to nuclear annihilation even without all the screw-ups. It was basically the scene at the end of Face/Off where everyone is pointing guns at everyone else and screaming, except that the guns were doomsday devices. The U.S. military went to DEFCON 2 (the second highest nuclear threat level) for the first time in its history. Things couldn't get any worse, right?
"We're also out of amyl nitrate? Goddamn, this day is just the worst."
Well, there was the event that occurred on October 25, 1962, when a guard at a U.S. air base spotted a shadowy figure attempting to scale the fences. Concerned that it might be a Soviet saboteur sent to mess up the American defenses, the guard activated the intruder alarms, which alerted nearby military bases to the potential threat. But at Volk Field in Wisconsin, the wrong alarm went off -- the one that signaled the beginning of World War III.
They go off as individual notes to play the Imperial Death March.
As nuclear bombers started to tear down the runway to deliver an apocalyptic payload onto Soviet soil, it came down to a single truck to flag down the planes by frantically flashing its lights. The "Soviet saboteur," by the way, turned out to be a curious bear.
The very next day, on October 26, Vandenberg Air Force Base in California launched a Titan II rocket out over the Pacific Ocean. You know, right toward Russia. Why? It was a scheduled test. Of course, when it was scheduled, the military had no idea that the Cuban Missile Crisis was going to break out. It occurred to nobody that this might not be a good idea under the circumstances.
"As per the test's instructions, we sent a message to them saying that it isn't a test at all, but a very real nuclear attack."
But that was just one incredibly stupid oversight, right? Actually, later that afternoon, a second freaking missile test occurred at Cape Canaveral, right at ground zero of the Cuban crisis. This time, even the other U.S. bases didn't know about it, so both the American and Soviet government suffered a terrifying few moments wondering whether the other had just lobbed a nuclear warhead and instigated war.
Holy shit. How are we still here?
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24 Nov 2011 2:45 PM #1
Answered: Loading data into a component without a Store
Hi all!
I'm a Flex refugee and I'm slowly making my way through ExtJS.
I'm porting over an ActionScript 3.0 library for doing web-services to an open-source backend I've written, and I want to find out if there's any way to load data into an ExtJS component without a Store? Is this a really stupid question because I don't understand ExtJS yet?
I'd appreciate any and all help!
OK - I think I've solved the problem.
I've got a callback on an AJAX request which runs the following code:
success: function(response){ var list = Ext.getCmp("userlist1"); var store = Ext.getStore("Users"); list.bindStore(store); store.loadData(response); }
24 Nov 2011 2:55 PM #2
24 Nov 2011 2:59 PM #3
Hi tobiu
That's not quite what I'm looking for; I have the data I want to load into the component already and so I don't need the component to handle its own data retrieval. Is there some event that gets responded to by the Component which causes it to query the associated Store for its data? Perhaps I could fire that event and "fool" the component into thinking that the data is coming from the Store (i hope this makes sense)
24 Nov 2011 3:12 PM #4
update( String/Object htmlOrData, [Boolean loadScripts], [Function callback] ) Update the content area of a component. Parameters htmlOrData : String/Object If this component has been configured with a template via the tpl config then it will use this argument as data to populate the template. If this component was not configured with a template, the components content area will be updated via Ext.Element update loadScripts : Boolean (optional) Only legitimate when using the html configuration. Defaults to: false callback : Function (optional) Only legitimate when using the html configuration. Callback to execute when scripts have finished loading
24 Nov 2011 3:25 PM #5
Thanks tobiu! That's getting me a little closer, but it's rendering the data as a string of "[object Object]" - not the way the data is rendered when a used with a Store - is there no way to just hook into the process that the Store uses to pass data to the component?
Thanks for the help!
24 Nov 2011 3:30 PM #6
it depends like the comment said. if you have an XTemplate specified for the component, it is basically the same as a store that is bound to a view (which has an XTemplate as well).
24 Nov 2011 3:48 PM #7
Ok, I'm not very familiar with XTemplates just yet - but I'm trying to load data into a Panel (which I assume would have a default XTemplate applied to it) and it's not working as expected. Do I have to explicitly apply an XTemplate or can I use the default template of the Panel? I tried getting the "tpl" property of the element I'm working with, but it seems to be "undefined".
27 Nov 2011 1:29 PM #8
I've found a potential hook in the AbstractView class - there is an "onDataChanged" function which is the callback for the "datachanged" event. This event is fired when data is changed in a Store, and the AbstractView listens for this and accesses the Store's data to render it.
Is this the right direction to be going in?
27 Nov 2011 2:03 PM #9
OK - I think I've solved the problem.
I've got a callback on an AJAX request which runs the following code:
success: function(response){ var list = Ext.getCmp("userlist1"); var store = Ext.getStore("Users"); list.bindStore(store); store.loadData(response); }


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Ryan wants to be Jets coach for 'next 15 years'
Posted at: 12/28/2012 3:37 PM
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(AP) FLORHAM PARK, N.J. - Rex Ryan has no plans to go anywhere.
Doesn't want to, he said.
The feisty New York Jets coach opened his news conference Friday by denouncing a published report that said he would welcome being fired if owner Woody Johnson doesn't make significant personnel and coaching changes to the offense.
"There was a report that was untrue," Ryan said. "The fact is, and it's simple: This is the only team that I want to coach. Period. This is my team. These are my players. I don't want to coach somebody else's players. This is the team I want to coach."
With the Jets (6-9) out of the playoffs for the second straight season, Ryan's job status has become somewhat tenuous in his fourth year. But Ryan said he was "mad as a hornet" when he read the Daily News story, and immediately called Johnson to deny it.
The paper, which quoted unidentified sources, said it stood by the report. The back page carried a picture of Ryan and a headline that said: "Rex Wants Out ... Unless Woody spends on Jets' woeful offense."
"It's a very solid report," said Teri Thompson, managing editor for sports at the Daily News.
Ryan said he was contacted by the reporter Thursday night, but his response wasn't included. Thompson said it was an off-the-record comment and as such was not published.
"There's no bigger Jet than me," Ryan insisted. "I want to be the Jets' head coach for the next 15 years."
Several Jets players said Ryan talked about the story with them in the team meeting earlier in the day, but declined to elaborate on what was said.
The Jets are preparing to finish their season at Buffalo on Sunday. In limbo are the futures of Ryan, general manager Mike Tannenbaum, offensive coordinator Tony Sparano and quarterbacks Tim Tebow and Mark Sanchez.
"Let's face it, I wear Jets stuff every single day," Ryan said. "I'm proud to be a Jet. Sometimes I'm proud to be a Jet more than others. I mean, this season has been a rough one. But this is my team that's how I approach it. I believe that we can accomplish what I set out to do when I took the job. And that's the truth."
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