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Exhibition dates: June 28 – July 12, 2011
The 80WSE Galleries of The Steinhardt School at New York University will show the work of five Doctoral candidates from L'UFR d'arts plastiques et sciences de l'art, Paris I Sorbonne (Faculty of Fine Arts and Art Sciences, Panthéon-Sorbonne University) in an exhibition of approximately 30 works entitled Les Jours Heureux (Happy Days). The artists, who were selected for a one year exchange with NYU Steinhardt's Department of Art and Art Professions, are: Pauline Bastard, Karim Charredib, Eleonore Josso, Aude Legrande, and Annick Naour.
Les Jours Heureux will open June 28 and remain on view through July 12, 2011. The works in the show range from paintings, drawings, and photographs to digital prints, video, and installation-based creations. The exchange between art students in Paris and New York has been initiated and supported by the Bruni-Sarkozy Foundation. The project allows young artists to experience global culture first-hand and to create new cultural and artistic initiatives between New York and Paris.
80WSE Galleries is located at 80 Washington Square East (between W. 4th and Washington Place). Subway: N&R (8th St. Broadway). Gallery hours: Tues-Sat, 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. The exhibition is free and open to the public.
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Let's say that you keep your project spreadsheets in google drive and google decides that you violate their terms. They suddenly close your account and you are unable to access anything. You have an unknown downtime until you find out what went wrong, contact the right people (what kind of support do you get for a free account from google?) and access your files again. And what If they do not recover access to files?
This make me think that everything free is not viable for serious usage. I should keep everything in BOTH the cloud and my computer. This is not portability, this is just a backup system! If I intent to move all my data in podio or trello for example, what do you think is the possibility of failure in the future ?
Another subject of concern is taking your files out of there... In google drive you can't get them directly but export them to word and excel files. Not so practical but at least there is hope (lol).
I would like to hear your opinion on my fears !
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upcoming release from VAISYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE
Posted 20 August 2009 - 07:22 AM
Will be ready 8/31
Ballet choreographed by Léonide Massine
Performed by the Royal Danish Ballet (1948)
(silent work film synchronized to Liszts piano transcription of score performed by William Hicks)
52 min., B&W, English subtitles, 4:3, mono, All regions
089948450795 $29.95 list
Posted 20 August 2009 - 07:26 AM
Posted 20 August 2009 - 09:17 AM
Produced In Denmark, U.S.
Description 1 film reel (52 min., 1870 ft.) : sd., b&w ; 16 mm.
Note Originally filmed in 1948; sound version produced in 1980 by John Mueller and Neelon Crawford, University of Rochester, New York, from silent version in Dance Collection, *MGZHB 16-1000, no. 286-290. Music synchronized by Niels Bjørn Larsen, performed by William Hicks.
For complete casting and descriptive material about this film, see *MGTZ (Symphonie fantastique) 82-4205.
Performer Danced by the Royal Danish Ballet: Niels Bjørn Larsen (the young musician), Mona Vangsaae (the beloved), Kirsten Ralov and Erik Bruhn (scene 3 pas de deux), Stanley Williams (jailer), Toni Lander, Inge Sand, Fredbjørn Bjørnsson, and others.
Credits Sets, Pierre Roy.
Event Filmed during onstage rehearsal with sets, in practice clothes, in April 1948.
Summary Royal Danish Ballet production with revised choreography, presented under the title Episode af an Kunstners Liv.
Posted 20 August 2009 - 11:05 AM
And third, it's a beautiful work.
Another thing that sis interesting about it is that, in 1948, the RDB was just at the cusp of their international period. Children were still being trained by the Bournonville Schools (two classes only, danced the Schools every day). There had been some dabbling in mostly Russian, or faux-Russian, styles by some of the stars, and some of the young men (Bjornsson, Bruhn and Stanley Williams) had been dancing in London, right after the war, but mostly this was a really truly Danish company -- no real Russian influence. They also haven't had a great classical ballet director for 30 years (when Hans Beck retired; Lander was a character dancer) and it shows.
The dancers are mostly very small. There were men around 5 feet tall and women a bit shorter. But they all look alike -- they dance alike. It's really like watching a family. Yet there were at least two tall men -- I believe Frank Schaufuss is in that (6'3) and I know Henning Kronstam was in it (5'11, at 13). I can find Schaufuss, I think, because there's one very tall man in one section, but I cannot find Kronstam (and believe, me, I've looked!) He was mentioned in a review, in which the reviewer complained that the company was so hard up they had to use a boy from the school, and even though Kronstam had had a major, pantomime role in an opera ("Peter Grimes") they shouldn't be using children.
Larsen is interesting, in Massine's role. Mona Vangsaa, 8 years from being Ashton's Juliet, already shows she has "modern" lines.
A few months after the premiere, Lander had the sets painted over and used as a backdrop for an evening of Bournonville divertissements. He did not want the Russian influence to come there (yet he began preparing a very young Toni Lander to be as Russian as possible, changing "Etudes" from Danish to Russian, sylphs to swans). This action is believed by many to have precipitated the Lander Scandal (he was fired after a court trial for sexual harrassment, but many feel that the dancers really wanted to get him out of the company).
Anyway, lovely DVD, glad it's out
Posted 20 August 2009 - 11:39 AM
Does anyone know when the VAI dvd will be released, other than the 8/31 date? Amazon doesn't have an advance sale listing yet.
Posted 20 August 2009 - 12:32 PM
Thanks for linking to that, bart. I didn't remember I'd put it on line (The Danish dancer, Bjarne Hecht, translated the review for us. I found it fascinating the way the reviewer approached it -- not through movement, nor even the story, but through the music.)
Posted 20 August 2009 - 02:28 PM
I've seen this, and it is a wonderful find on several grounds. First, the DVD is clearer than the film. Second, there are dancer identifications. (Erik Bruhn is about 20 here, and is absolutely gorgeous. You can tell he's a great dancer, even though he's still a boy, and even though he is not yet fully trained.)
And third, it's a beautiful work.
Thank you for such an evocative description and also I enjoyed reading Henry Helissen's review.
It was also pleasing to hear that the company's dancers were short. So right for the Romantic ballets of the company.
Posted 03 September 2009 - 01:27 AM
they've posted a segment!
Posted 03 September 2009 - 03:51 AM
I will definitely be ordering this. In the meantime, I'm anxious to hear what others think.
Posted 03 September 2009 - 04:12 AM
Posted 08 September 2009 - 09:14 AM
(Pity they can't spell your name, Alexandra!)
Posted 08 September 2009 - 10:10 AM
(Pity they can't spell your name, Alexandra!)
Posted 08 September 2009 - 10:39 AM
Larsen was excellent in that clip---he really captured Massine's persona---you could easily fool me into believing it was Massine. Who is the fellow who did those fast pirouettes?
atm, I'm reasonably sure that is Stanley Williams, as he played the part of the jailer.
It is danced with such conviction, isn't it? Late in his career, Larsen was noted as a character dancer, so people forget he was a star dancer -- not a classical one, but a star dancing character dancer He created a 45-miniute solo in Harald Lander's "Qvaartsiluni" ("the Nordic 'Rite of Spring'").
Posted 09 September 2009 - 06:31 AM
Future projects in the Massine series include St. Francis with music by Hindemith and Seventh Symphony to the Beethoven score. Both ballets are danced by the original cast members of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo featuring Massine, Alicia Markova, Igor Youskevitch, Frederick Franklin and Mark Platoff"
(How on earth can they afford to do this, I wonder? How many copies will they sell? And if this is commercially viable, what a lot of other things might be!)
Posted 09 September 2009 - 06:34 AM
These films might be in the public domain, and while they might need cleaning up and a soundtrack, I suspect no royalties are involved.
(How on earth can they afford to do this, I wonder? How many copies will they sell? And if this is commercially viable, what a lot of other things might be!)
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Subject: Re: [OMPI devel] Fault tolerance
From: Josh Hursey (jjhursey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-03-06 11:13:40
The checkpoint/restart work that I have integrated does not respond to
failure at the moment. If a failures happens I want ORTE to terminate
the entire job. I will then restart the entire job from a checkpoint
file. This follows the 'all fall down' approach that users typically
expect when using a global C/R technique.
Eventually I want to integrate something better where I can respond to
a failure with a recovery from inside ORTE. I'm not there yet, but
hopefully in the near future.
I'll let the UTK group talk about what they are doing with ORTE, but I
suspect they will be taking advantage of the errmgr to help respond to
failure and restart a single process.
It is important to consider in this context that we do *not* always
want ORTE to abort whenever it detects a process failure. This is the
default mode for MPI applications (MPI_ERRORS_ARE_FATAL), and should
be supported. But there is another mode in which we would like ORTE to
keep running to conform with (MPI_ERRORS_RETURN):
It is known that certain standards conformant MPI "fault tolerant"
programs do not work in Open MPI for various reasons some in the
runtime and some external. Here we are mostly talking about
disconnected fates of intra-communicator groups. I have a test in the
ompi-tests repository that illustrates this problem, but I do not have
time to fix it at the moment.
So in short keep the errmgr around for now. I suspect we will be using
it, and possibly tweaking it in the nearish future.
Thanks for the observation.
On Mar 6, 2008, at 10:44 AM, Ralph Castain wrote:
> Hello
> I've been doing some work on fault response within the system, and
> finally
> realized something I should probably have seen awhile back. Perhaps
> I am
> misunderstanding somewhere, so forgive the ignorance if so.
> When we designed ORTE some time in the deep, dark past, we had
> envisioned
> that people might want multiple ways of responding to process faults
> and/or
> abnormal terminations. You might want to just abort the job, attempt
> to
> restart just that proc, attempt to restart the job, etc. To support
> these
> multiple options, and to provide a means for people to simply try
> new ones,
> we created the errmgr framework.
> Our thought was that a process and/or daemon would call the errmgr
> when we
> detected something abnormal happening, and that the selected errmgr
> component could then do whatever fault response was desired.
> However, I now see that the fault tolerance mechanisms inside of
> OMPI do not
> seem to be using that methodology. Instead, we have hard-coded a
> particular
> response into the system.
> If we configure without FT, we just abort the entire job since that
> is the
> only errmgr component that exists.
> If we configure with FT, then we execute the hard-coded C/R
> methodology.
> This is built directly into the code, so there is no option as to what
> happens.
> Is there a reason why the errmgr framework was not used? Did the FT
> team
> decide that this was not a useful tool to support multiple FT
> strategies?
> Can we modify it to better serve those needs, or is it simply not
> feasible?
> If it isn't going to be used for that purpose, then I might as well
> remove
> it. As things stand, there really is no purpose served by the errmgr
> framework - might as well replace it with just a function call.
> Appreciate any insights
> Ralph
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Five Worst Christmas Movies of All Timeby Amina Sharma
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Dr. Boettke received his PhD in economics from George Mason University in 1989 and is currently professor of economics here. His fields are Austrian economics and Comparative Political Economy. Prior to his returnin 1998, Dr. Boettke taught at New York University. He was also a National Fellow at the Hoover Institute, Stanford University. While he was at NYU, he won the Gold Dozen Teaching Award, the university wide recognition for teaching excellence at NYU.
He has edited or co-edited several volumes on Austrian Economics including: The Elgar Companion to Austrian Economics and The Market Process: Essays in Contemporary Austrian Economics and Market Process Theories.
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I am having trouble seeing how to apply the definition of transcendental to see this. Thanks!
If $\mathbb{Q}[\pi]$ were a field, then $\pi$ would have an inverse. Every element in $\mathbb{Q}[\pi]$ is of the form $r_0+r_1\pi+r_2\pi^2+\cdots+r_n\pi^n$. So an inverse of $\pi$ would cause $(r_0+r_1\pi+r_2\pi^2+\cdots+r_n\pi^n)\pi=1$. But this is not possible, as this would imply $\pi$ is root of a polynomial with rational coeefficients, which it is not (it is transcendental).
Hint $\ $ Notice $\:\pi\:$ transcendental over $\rm\Bbb Q\:\Rightarrow\:\Bbb Q[\pi]\cong \Bbb Q[x].\:$ But a polynomial ring cannot be a field since if $\rm\ x^{-1}\! = f(x)\in\Bbb Q[x]\ $ then $\rm\ x \; f(x) = 1 \: \Rightarrow\: 0 = 1,\ $ by evaluating at $\rm\ x = 0. $
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Awesome thx! Love slurpee...well, except for the wicked brain freezes!
I welcome brain freeze ,wahoo free slurpee ......
thx,great find. Time is coming, go and get one offer.
I had this up for several hours yesterday. For some reason they took it down.
I have no idea why it was taken down yesterday :/ Real shame.
(EDIT: @vistaseas: Actually, now that I think about it maybe because it was labeled as a facebook thing, which it isn't. Woot doesn't like those things)
it's like july 11th came early!
@vistaseas: I believe you may have posted too early. You have to post the day of.. not the day before, unfortunately.
@vistaseas: Actually, the rule is that you can't post a deal till it goes "live". That's very likely the reason why it was taken down. I'm going to go to the website and try to find out what kind of sugar substitute they are using, as Splenda, which gives me migraines, is making unfortunate inroads into the diet drink market. If they are using aspertame, I will be making a swing by 7-11 this evening to try a mini diet slurpee. I wonder how many people will be on here crying about getting a tiny little slurpee when they were expecting a big one?
Darn, it's splenda. No slurpee for me.
Oh thank heaven........
I wish we had 7-11 in Houston.
Wish we still had 7-11s here in South Dakota! They closed awhile back ... I went to them every day when I lived in Austin though, great coffee.
Thanks for giving us a fun free place to go after my daughters dance class today :)
We have 7-11s in Oklahoma, but they aren't the same 7-11's. Thanks to some old deal back in the 70s, they are a franchise. The main difference? No Slurpees, only the Icy Drink. Different flavors, no diet.
Strange little anomoly.
Closest 7-11 is 80 miles away, a little far to go for a beverage
Eating mine at work now... I'm practically brain dead
It's interesting that they advertise "50% fewer calories" but then give this example: "Compared to a regular 8oz. Slurpee Fanta Wild Cherry. Regular Slurpee Fanta Wild Cherry: 66 calories per 8 fl. oz (240mL). Slurpee Lite Mango: 20 calories per 8 fl. oz (240mL)." Last I checked, 20 wasn't 50% less than 66...it's actually about 70% less.
in for 3
Free is my favorite flavor
Got mine! Yum.
The purpose of this promo is to promote the new reduced calorie mango. They are probably still doing another slurpee day 7-11.
Ungh I feel sick.
Just came from my local 7-Eleven! I would've stayed a little longer but I was frowned upon refilling twice.
Mmmmmm... Sugar+ food coloring + artificial flavors = American
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13 Aug 2012 4:31 AM #1
Basic Grid inside of Window Mouse selection bugs
When creating a simple Grid inside of a Window (I have used the basic grid example from the ExplorerDemo) the mouse selection of rows no longer works as designed.
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It looks like after further review I had an implementation issue with the KeyProvider.
There is still a carrot/selection display problem related to the IE8 bug I've seen already filed under a different bug listing.
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The question is about things like the following: A reductive group scheme is defined to be a (really nice) group scheme whose geometric fibers are reductive groups. So in some sense, "reductiveness" is some kind of "geometric" notion.
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Giving what is likely his last major speech to the alliance as defense secretary, Panetta called for collaboration, particularly on cyber security projects, and said NATO should invest in intelligence and special operations forces. Panetta also urged investment in the Lockheed Martin F-35 joint strike fighter, a stealthy warplane a number of European allies intend to purchase.
"Going forward, we also must broaden the scope of our alliance security discussions beyond European and regional issues," Panetta said at Kings College. "In particular, I strongly believe that Europe should join the United States in increasing and deepening defense engagement with the Asia-Pacific region."
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Panetta called on the alliance to broaden its partnerships with the Arab League and Gulf Cooperation Council and increase dialog with the African Union and Economic Community of West African States.
The Pentagon announced a new military strategy last year that calls for greater focus on the Asia-Pacific region. The plan was initially met with cries that the U.S. was abandoning its strongest allies in Europe.
Panetta — on his last leg of a trip that has included stops in Portugal, Spain and Italy – said DoD would continue keep its strong ties with Europe, despite scaling back its permanent presence in the region.
"[T]he United States and Europe should work together and ensure our efforts are coordinated through regular consultations between European and U.S. defense officials focused on Asia-Pacific security issues," Panetta said. "The bottom line is that Europe should not fear our rebalance to Asia, Europe should join it."


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- please only bring CRTs if you intend to use the parts for anything other than a normal monitor.
- We prefer LCD's. Why? CRTs are large, put out a lot of heat, and are difficult to dispose of.
- We can't accept donations of CRTs unless they're very special-purpose, because e-waste disposal of CRTs is very expensive in California. The exception is for unique devices, for example the slow-scan CRT in the SEM or the vector CRT in an old arcade stand-up console. A special-purpose but uninteresting CRT, like from a commercial security system, would probably not qualify.
Leaving/donating a metric or standard ass load of equipment/stuff
We don't want people leaving lots of useless obsolete broken electronics etc. Please post to the list before dropping off to gauge interest in the items. I suggest you write to the list a week later to see if anyone objects to having any of the items here; and if so you should remove them.
kthx bye
Getting a receipt to those who want one
If they want a receipt, the following process works:
- they bring in the stuff
- then either:
- a NB volunteer writes down what they donated, and the name+address of the donor, and emails it to treasurer@
- our awesome treasurer emails them a PDF receipt
- or:
- a NB volunteer uses the sales book on the Treasurer's shelf to create a receipt if the donor wants a receipt in hand
- then that volunteer mail the details to treasurer@
- NOTE: We can't provide valuation information on the receipt. The receipt will simply list the items donated and it's up to the donor to provide a value if they wish to claim a charitable donation for tax purposes.


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"Saudi Arabia will continue to be a stable supplier of crude oil to world markets for many decades," Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Ali Al-Naimi told the Middle East and North Africa Energy 2012 conference at Chatham House in London yesterday. In a speech, entitled "Investing for the Future in Turbulent Times," Al-Naimi described the continuous investment the Kingdom is making in its oil industry. He denied that increased domestic energy consumption will affect crude exports, citing measures to raise energy efficiency inside Saudi Arabia, as well as the expansion of the natural gas industry and the use of renewable energy sources.
"This ongoing focus on gas, for use in domestic consumption, is one of Saudi Arabia's economic priorities," he stated. "This increase will meet a large part of our energy consumption, and will also free up even more oil for export." Furthermore, the Kingdom has "embarked on a number of ambitious programs to enhance energy efficiency in the industrial, government, commercial, and residential sectors." And while "the fact remains that oil will continue to play a major role in the overall energy mix for many decades," the Petroleum Minister stated, "I see renewable energy sources as supplementing existing sources, helping to prolong our continued export of crude oil."
Al-Naimi noted that the Saudi government is currently focused on creating jobs, investing in education and building up infrastructure and social services. By "investing in our young people," he asserted, the Kingdom is "diversifying our economy away from its over-reliance on fossil fuels." During a time of turbulence, regionally, globally and in the oil industry, Al-Naimi said, "Saudi Arabia is committed to fulfilling its international role." He concluded, "There is a great spirit of dynamism sweeping across Saudi Arabia. And I am sure that this will be a dynamic decade of growth in the region. Of course the world will face many difficulties and challenges over the coming year, but I am confident that, through dialogue, partnership and trust, they can be overcome."


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I don't understand the structure used in this exercise:
What's it called?
There are two types of passive: "true passive" and "statal passive" (or "Zustandspassiv").
Compare these "true passive" sentences (of which one is analagous to the OP's):
to these "statal passive" sentences:
According to the Handbuch zur Deutschen Grammatik, the difference between the two is a
It is Perfekt Passiv of bauen ... Vorgangspassiv to be precise.
I will not give translations as the notion of the tenses in German and English are not the same. Both past forms are to an extend interchangeable. What threw you of was probably the missing ge. This is special for the verb werden. Its participle 2 (the ge-form) is geworden but as soon as it is combined with another participle 2 (gebaut) the ge disappears. Double ge would sound strange. We already know, that we are in Perfect Tense and once is enough.
That's passive voice in perfect tense:
Passive in past tense would be
As to why this passive structure uses "worden" instead of "geworden", here's an explanation I found in a forum post:
(links and emphasis mine)
There are different problems with that sentence, i think. Besides the verb, there's a noun ellipsis, because the noun "im Jahr" / "in the year" is missing. Maybe it's easier to recognize with the noun at its place:


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6 Classic Songs That Were Supposed to Be Jokes
We tend to think of successful songs as the carefully crafted result of great artistic vision and hours of grueling, dedicated work. This isn't always the case, though. Every so often a song explodes into the mainstream completely by accident, tearing up the charts to the surprise (and sometimes chagrin) of the musicians responsible. Like ...
#6. "Loser" -- Beck
The first and biggest hit of Beck's life would be the result of a bored Beck and his ability to make up random bullshit on the fly.
He had a lot of practice. Before he got famous, Beck played his music anywhere he could -- in clubs, in coffee houses and on the streets of L.A., usually to crowds who couldn't give less of a shit about him. Being the type of guy he is, he'd eventually break out of whatever song he was playing and start making up random lyrics instead, just to see who was paying attention.
"Heathcliff the cat, fucking a midget, with a pigeon's foot in the skyyyyy!"
This particular skill came into play later when Beck and Carl Stephenson, a producer for Rap-A-Lot Records, spontaneously decided to record a song in Stephenson's kitchen. Beck started rapping, and they both got a laugh out of how terrible he sounded. As they were playing it back, Beck just started sarcastically singing, "I'm a loser, baby, so why don't you kill me." Everything else is just random nonsense Beck made up while staring at things in Stephenson's kitchen.
Suddenly the lines about dog food, beef and Cheez Whiz make sense. Well, more sense, anyway.
The track took six and a half hours to record and produce from start to finish. Beck wasn't happy with the song, it being something he slapped together as a demonstration of how bad he was at rapping, and only agreed to release it under pressure from his label at the time, Bong Load. Because who wouldn't recognize the wisdom of every business decision made by an organization with such a name?
U2, for example, got their first big break while signed to Boner Fart Records.
"Loser" got Beck the attention he needed, and he soon got picked up by a real label, Geffen Records, which reissued the song in 1994. It peaked at 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, made Beck a star and was ultimately ranked #203 in Rolling Stone's "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time." Not bad for a bunch of gibberish made up in a kitchen.
#5. "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party)" -- Beastie Boys
Featured on the Beastie Boys' debut album, Licensed to Ill (1986), "Fight for Your Right" was the group's first hit and helped establish the persona of the badass, take-no-shit, hard-rocking party boys that they totally weren't, at all.
In fact, the Beasties hated the whole rocker scene, feeling it was populated by obnoxious, testosterone-laden douchebags. They wanted to poke fun at mindless party anthems like "Smoking in the Boys Room," so they cut the lyrics to "Fight for Your Right" as an in-joke before going on tour.
Their producer, Rick Rubin, added some drums and a blaring guitar riff and released the track, which soon became a big hit. Thinking the song's success was hilarious, the Beasties made what they assumed was an equally ridiculous video to go along with it.
This, shockingly, is disingenuous.
Slowly, they began to realize that the whole "parody" part was lost on most of the listening public, and the majority of their newfound fan base was now made up of the same toolbags they were making fun of.
The kind who would happily waste good pie.
Despite being the song that put them on MTV, the Beastie Boys publicly denounced "Fight for Your Right" and haven't performed it live since 1987. They would not be the first or the last band to find out that the whole "make an intentionally stupid song mocking other bands" thing can come back to bite you ...
#4. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" -- Nirvana
When "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was released in August of 1991, it virtually changed mainstream music overnight, allowing us to finally forget about the popular music of the 1980s.
Nirvana would go on to inspire a whole new generation of artists, with their breakout single eventually ranking in the top 10 of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list (which is a fine pedigree, but before we proceed it should be noted that the list recently dropped Iggy Pop in favor of Kelly Clarkson).
The world dropped Iggy Pop quite a while earlier.
The name of the song came about when Cobain walked into his bedroom one day to see that his friend Kathleen Hanna had spray-painted "Kurt Smells Like Teen Spirit" on the wall. Being somehow totally unaware of Teen Spirit deodorant, the brand that his then-girlfriend Tobi Vail wore, he thought it was some kind of badass revolutionary slogan and didn't realize that Hanna was actually making fun of him.
Surprisingly, this was not in Kurt Cobain's wheelhouse.
When he finally found out, Cobain didn't care, because he felt the song had been a joke from the start. He said in a Rolling Stone interview that he was trying to rip off the Pixies and write the ultimate pop song, and came up with his version of the riff from Boston's "More Than a Feeling." When he showed the riff to the rest of his band, bassist Krist Novoselic instantly dismissed the song as "ridiculous," so Kurt made the band play it repeatedly for an hour and a half because his ability to write music was eclipsed only by his ability to be a shithead.
Then he started writing the lyrics, which may sound deep and full of imagery but according to him were "just making fun of the thought of having a revolution."
"Load up on guns and bring your friends. Who are idiots. Like you."
When "Teen Spirit" became a hit, Cobain resented having to play it all the time, and would sometimes lead into it with "More Than a Feeling" just to tell everyone exactly how much of his ass they could kiss. Damn, Kurt, you should have asked the Beastie Boys about the dangers of sarcastic music. Then again, both of them could have asked Quiet Riot ...


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My lab is in the process of setting up a small server that holds data (mostly video and image data, plus a few documents) for the project our group is working on at a moment in time. Historically, after a research project ends, the data haphazardly ends up being archived in one hard drive, or a big pile of DVDs (or CDs in the olden days), and/or some of the video ended up in Sony DV cassettes or even VHS tapes (this lab has been active since the early '90s), OR a mixture of all the above...
Question: What is the best way for (1) consolidating them ALL into the same format AND storage medium, and (2) what's the best medium for long term archiving of such data for very occasional access (say, 30+ years?)? Unfortunately we don't have enterprise level budget (we are just a ~10 people lab), so can't do things that costs hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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"Willow is about done," said Andy Dorian, director of the Hannibal Parks & Recreation Department. "The manufacturer is finishing installing their part of it today (Thursday). We're going to come in and redo the mulch and then we're going to put in some swing sets early next week. That playground should be up and running by some time next week."
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We were just thinking that that is a concept that really ought to have a word. "Wastefully rich"; for example, smoking a $100 bill as a cigarette.
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There are lots of good words that might apply:
Combining one of these with an immoderate adverb of one sort or another should get the point across just fine.
The word I would normally use in this situation is decadent.
It connotes moral decline, deterioration, and importantly, luxurious self-indulgence.
The classic term is conspicuous consumption, coined by Thorstein Veblen in The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899).
I like prodigal -- especially if the person used to be rich and wasteful but has given it up.
If you're looking for an adjective, I think Lavish would be perfect. For example:
I'd go for ostentatiously rich / wealthy. It's clear visibility to others that counts.
Wealthy people don't get or stay that way by habitually "wasting" money. If Bill Gates drinks beer that costs $100 a bottle, that's probably because he likes it (and can afford it, obviously).
I'm not sure anyone would prefer smoking a $100 bill rather than a good cigar, but I'd hazard a guess that anyone who actually did this would be more concerned with how the action would be seen by others, rather than the quality of the experience per se.
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Haan Sanitizing Garment Steamer for $39.99 + $5.00 shipping
As a phase-transition triathlete, I require high-performance vaporization.
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Hey! It's a Sean Hannitizer !!!
While it's not this one that I own, I did want to comment on the usefulness of these type of steamers. What I've found is that they work well for lightweight materials that need a bit of a touch-up. Wore something and it's wrinkly? These take the edge off. However they really aren't a replacement for an iron. You're not going to get the crisp edges, nor all the wrinkles out of that shirt you let sit in the dryer for the extra day or two. Dress shirts in particular need to be ironed correctly (if you care at all what you look like.) I found mine works wonders on my scrubs, so it appears they're best for permanent press type materials.
Btw, the manufacturer's site is here: http://www.haanusa.com/professional-gs30-garment-steamer.html
This was the deal of the day on Amazon, last week, and it sold for $69.99. I was thinking I should have bought it. Good thing I didn't. I just bought it, right now. This is mainly for my wife who would use it for her scrubs and since Cinoclav says it works wonders on his/her scrubs, it looks like this will be a good purchase. Awesome!
@dazoneranger: Good timing! Hope she has results as good as I have!
Did a Dalek go on a diet or what?
It's actually Wall-E's less popular & socially awkward cousin Tall-E.
bought this last month from woot for 70bucks. works good. wish i waited. would be nicer if its more compact. also it is kind of clumsy because of how the clips works, the side bars too. always put filter water. the clipping motion feels a bit cheap. i still think its a good buy but not great. i wish it can fold to save space in storing. it works
In addition to being Amazon's Gold Box deal of the day for $69.99, this was previously on the main Woot site for $49.99 on April 6th, 2012.
Since it's now on Sellout for $39.99, I think this is a really good deal.
In for one.
@theguruguys had a great post that sold me on garment steamers. I can't say the same is true for this steamer but this is what he said about the Sunbeam Steamer
Like I said, THIS IS A DIFFERENT MODEL, but I feel it still applies (as I too am terrible at folding my laundry immediately) and I'm consider getting this even though I just spent 200 in the last woot off
my daughter wet the bed with a microfiber mattress underneath, will this at all cleanse it so I don't have to get rid of the mattress?
I think this is the same one that was just in the woot-off on Home.woot at $49.99 this past week. I've been wanting one. I debated and decided that it was $10 more than I wanted to spend....so tonight I'm in for one! yay!
It has decent reviews on Amazon but people that used it long term complain about thermostat problems and broken parts. Haan also would not help them with out of warranty repairs. Not sure if you'd want to deal with that.
I bought this one when it was $49.99 :(, but it has been one of my better woot purchases, I use it practically every day. Starts to steam in about 30 seconds and get wrinkle out faster than ironing. The only negatives I can think of are it doesn't work as well with thicker cotton shirts, but that's probably every steamer, and since I'm 6'3 and the handle points to the front when docked, the steamer is at my face level so I have to make an effort to not get burnt, gotten pretty close a couple times.
I love mine. I know it won't last forever, until then, it beats an iron. I bought 3 as gifts today. It knocks big wrinkles out. When it dies I will shell out for a heavier duty steamer, unless I can get another one of these for $40. Get one if you hate to iron.
These are great for when you feel like washing your clothes is too much hassle and you'd rather just sanitize them to kill the nasties. Perfect for sanitation engineers, doctors, dentists, prison guards, or anyone that has a difficult job where you might be sprayed by some sort of noxious chemical or bodily fluid but don't want to take the time to start the washing machine. Also, gets out wrinkles.
Can you use tap water with these or do they need filtered water or something else special?
This stinks, I just paid $49 for mine from Woot this past week. One good thing was that it arrived in four days, quickest shipping from Woot ever.
JUST bought this from woot for 10 dollars more. JUST did. Puts a bad taste in your mouth about buying from the site.
@dwayneam: So it gives facials too :)
Just bought 2!! Yea WOOT!!
Just bought two of these a few days ago at $10 more each. Very disappointing... I agree with the other reviewer who states this really does put a bad taste in my mouth about Woot (and I have ordered a number of things on here).
Ah, the Bed Bug plague! One thing sure to kill them is HEAT; they die at 120 degrees I believe. It's 212 degree steam output should do the trick seeing that professionals will heat your entire home to 150 degrees (and that's THE ONLY WAY TO ERADICATE THEM). So if you have signs of BB's, this might solve the problem before it gets out of control!
P.S. I live in Chicago where they're everywhere, so this has been a kind of pro active interest/fear of mine.
And this steamer is awesome for clothes, especially for those like me whom refuse to fold their laundry!!! lol! Just steam & go :D
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Some people raise the issue of "brailling" tiles and refuse to play with etched in tiles, such as those that which commonly come with a store bought version of Scrabble. Is this a big deal? Have there been issues in the past with "brailling" in top-rated tournament play? Unless if someone is super good at it, I would imagine it would be easy to see if someone is taking too long to draw their tiles. It seems like too big a fuss for me.
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Apparently there is enough of a concern, because according to the latest tournament rules:
In addition, to keep players from swapping tiles with adjacent games:
My finger sensitivity isn't good enough to tell tiles apart, but I'm more than certain that people with better-than-normal finger sensitivity could easilty tell tiles apart.
"Brailling" tiles would probably take some practice, but anybody can feel when they've touched a blank tile, which can be quite valuable.
Etched in tiles can be readily rejected by feel by many players. Picking the right ones is harder than rejecting the Q or Z you're not going to use with your other tiles, but is still a huge advantage.
I can, with inset tiles, often tell when I've got a Q or a Z. Or, I used to be able to; it's been YEARS since I've played. But against friends who couldn't or didn't, I was able to get more tiles I could readily play.
Moreover, it's not a hard skill to practice and to learn, and may not even be consciously done by some players. Even some painted-on-letter tiles have sufficient texture differences to be felt.
So, yes, there is a good basis for the rules against etched titles. It's to keep the game about winning with random draws, rather than feeling for the tile you want.


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My card is EVGA 9800GTX+ --- I need instructions on how to change my xorg config (I'm assuming that's the problem).
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- In 2010, new immigrant business owners had a total net business income [1] of $242 million, which is 10.8 percent of all net business income in the state.
- In 2010, the foreign-born share of business owners was 33 percent [2] in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, which includes the District of Columbia and parts of northern Virginia and Maryland.
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- Ben's Chili Bowl [13] has been an iconic restaurant in the District of Columbia for over 55 years [14]. In 1958, Ben Ali, an immigrant from Trinidad, and his wife Virginia, opened Ben's Chili Bowl on U Street between 12th and 13th Streets. Ben and Virginia's sons, Kamal and Nizam, now run the restaurant, which has expanded to several additional locations within the Washington metropolitan area.
- In January 2009, Washington, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty, who noted that Ben's Chili Bowl is "one of the greatest treasures in the District of Columbia," took then-President-elect Barack Obama to eat at Ben's as part of his welcome [15] to the city.
- Chef and restaurateur Jose Andres [16], an immigrant from Spain, has made a huge impact on the District of Columbia's restaurant scene. Andres, president of ThinkFoodGroup, is often credited with popularizing the tapas or "small plates" dining concept in America. In addition to other locations, his popular restaurants [17] in D.C. include Jaleo, Zaytinya, Oyamel, Minibar, and Barmini.
- In 2012, Jose Andres was named [18] one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine, and in 2011 he was named "Outstanding Chef" by the James Beard Foundation. In addition to his restaurant endeavors, Andres is also a culinary innovator, advocate for food and hunger issues, author, educator, and television personality.
- Atieno 'Ati' Okelo Williams, an immigrant from Kenya, moved to Washington, D.C., after graduating from York University in Toronto. In D.C., she founded [19] her own real estate company, DC Home Buzz [20]. Her company not only exists to sell homes, but to "help buyers understand the market and educate them about the financial basics."
In the District of Columbia, some localities have begun recognizing and supporting immigration through local "welcoming" and integration initiatives.
- The District of Columbia Government houses several offices [21] that exist to work with the area's immigrant communities. These include the Office on Latino Affairs, the Office on African Affairs, and the Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs.
- The Office on Latino Affairs [22] exists to "improve the quality of life of the District's Latino residents by addressing a broad range of social and economic needs through strategic management of public and private partnerships, expertise on policy, community relations, civic engagement and community-based grants."
- The Office on African Affairs [23] was created to "ensure that a full range of health, education, employment, and social services are available to the African community in the District of Columbia." The Office's goals include planning programmatic activities and outreach, establishing a resource center, responding to recommendations, supporting community development, empowering African youth and entrepreneurs through networking, seminars, informational sessions and outreach materials, and encouraging civic engagement.
- The Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs [24] works to "improve the quality of life for District Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders through advocacy and engagement." The office advises the Mayor, Council, and District agencies on the views, needs, and concerns of the community. It also provides recommendations on programs and initiatives affecting the community as well as organizing various programs for the community.
- According to the Urban Institute [25], "immigrant-serving organizations in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area help immigrants find their way by encouraging them to participate civically and politically. These organizations are growing in number and changing with the region's demographic profile."
- The Urban Institute found [25] that over 500 immigrant-serving non-profit organizations are dispersed throughout the Washington, D.C. metropolitan region providing a wide range of services and programs to foreign-born communities.
- The Urban Institute also notes [25] that "immigrant communities provide leaders who create nonprofits; staff, volunteers, and board members who run these organizations; and funding and other support." Additionally, "immigrant integration through culturally sensitive services promotes newcomers' social and political mobility…These non-profits advocate for their communities and encourage constituents to voice their own concerns and issues."
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About Jeff Masters
Dr. Masters co-founded wunderground in 1995. He flew with the NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990. Co-blogging with him: Bob Henson, @bhensonweather
By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 2:12 PM GMT on September 03, 2009
Tropical Storm Erika is hanging together despite strong wind shear, and is bringing high winds and much-needed heavy rain to the Lesser Antilles Islands. Winds on the south shore of Dominica Island were sustained at 37 mph this morning, and 8.03" of rain have been measured at the airport over the past two days. Winds and rain at nearby islands have been less, according to our wundermap for the region. The Hurricane Hunters are in the storm now, and have generally encountered top winds of 40 - 45 mph at the surface. They did find one spot of 50 - 65 mph winds, but that was likely due to outflow from a strong thunderstorm, and is not representative of Erika's wind field.
Figure 1. Radar image of Tropical Storm Erika at 9:15am EDT 9/3/09. Image credit: Meteo France.
Erika has improved in organization a bit since last night, but remains weak and disorganized, thanks to about 20 knots of shear at the 200 mb level, as seen on last night's Guadeloupe upper air sounding. Radar animations out of Martinique show plenty of heavy rain moving through the Lesser Antilles, but little organization of the echoes. Satellite imagery shows no low-level spiral bands and little upper-level outflow. Long range radar out of Puerto Rico is beginning to show rain echoes from Erika approaching the island.
The forecast for Erika
The computer models have come into better agreement about the track of Erika, taking the storm west-northwest over Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. This track will take Erika into a band of significantly higher wind shear of 25 - 35 knots, Friday through Saturday. Considering that Erika is barely maintaining itself as a tropical storm with 20 knots of shear, the combined effects of the higher shear and the encounter with the high mountains of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico should be enough to cause Erika to dissipate by Sunday. Erika's remains will still be capable of dumping very heavy rains of 3 - 5 inches over the Dominican Republic and 1 - 3 inches over Haiti and the Southeast Bahamas, due to the slow motion of the storm. By Monday, when the remains of Erika should be over the Bahamas, the storm will have penetrated through the band of high wind shear over the Greater Antilles, and shear may fall low enough for redevelopment of the storm. This is a scenario offered by the NOGAPS model, which then takes Erika northward towards North Carolina. The other models predict quite a bit more shear in the region than the NOGAPS, and any redevelopment of Erika early next week remains an iffy proposition. The GFDL and HWRF models continue to insist that Erika will brush off the high shear this weekend, avoid Hispaniola, and intensify into a Category 2 hurricane five days from now. These models have not been giving enough emphasis to how the current shear is affecting Erika, and are being discounted at this time.
McAfee virus alert messages
A number of wunderground users with the McAfee virus protection software installed were alerted yesterday that a possible Trojan virus existed on our web pages. After an investigation of the issue, we have determined that this is a false alarm. It appears McAfee updated their virus files yesterday, and included in their list of suspected viruses JavaScript web pages that are compressed using the packer compression system used by wunderground. We've changed the compression technique used on our web pages, and hopefully this will eliminate the bogus McAfee alert messages.
Elsewhere in the Atlantic
A large, strong tropical wave with plenty of spin emerged from the coast of Africa this morning. The wave is not yet generating much in the way of heavy thunderstorms, but has the potential to gradually develop into a tropical depression by early next week. NHC is giving this wave a low (less than 30% chance) of developing into a tropical depression by Saturday. The GFS model has been consistently developing this wave in its runs over the past few days.
I'll have an update this afternoon.
Jeff Masters
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Currently using http://shopify.com for my shop.
What are some ways to do custom image sizes in Shopify themes?
I've been using phpThumb to provide thumbnails so far. It recently bugged out and I'm looking for alternatives.
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- interesting theming techniques using Shopify
I'm interested in all answers and will up-vote all the ones that accomplish this.
The best answer will be one that accomplishes this goal the cheapest and least hacky.


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2010 Devon GTX
The American supercar Devon GTX introduced at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance this weekend. The limited edition supercar is the first product from Los Angeles-based industrial design house Devon Motorworks, and according to its manufacturer will go on sale in the first quarter of 2010.


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Published: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 9:53 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 9:53 a.m.
NEW YORK | A man who accused Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash of having sex with him when he was a teenage boy now says they had a relationship as adults and it was consensual.
The man, who has not identified himself, released his statement Tuesday through the Harrisburg, Pa., law firm Andreozzi & Associates. He's now in his 20s.
Sesame Workshop, which produces "Sesame Street" in New York, says "We are happy that Kevin can move on from this unfortunate episode."
Clash responded that he's "relieved that this painful allegation has been put to rest."
The 52-year-old divorced father of a grown daughter, Clash has acknowledged that he is gay but said the relationship had been between two consenting adults.
It is not known why the man made the accusation.
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Combahee River Raid
To commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Combahee River raid, here is a transcription of the Commanding officer's report to Major-General David Hunter, Commanding Tenth Army Corps, Department of the South as given in the Supplement to the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, volume 14, serial 20, p. 104:
June 2, 1863. Union raid on the Combahee River, South Carolina.
Report of Colonel James Montgomery, Second South Carolin Infantry (Union), of operations at Combahee River, South Carolina, June 2, 1863.
Beaufort, South Carolina, June 3, 1863.
GENERAL: I have the honor to report that in obedience to your orders, I proceeded up the Combahee River with the steamers John Adams and Harriet A. Weed with a detachment of 300 men on the Second South Carolina Volunteer Regiment [Union] and a section of the Third Rhode Island Battery, commanded by Captain [Charles Ray] Brayton.
We ascended the river some twenty-five miles, destroyed a pontoon bridge, together with a vast amount of cotton, rice and other property, and brought away 725 slaves and some fine horses.
We had some sharp skirmishes in all of which the men behaved splendidly; I hope to report more fully in a day or tow.
I have the honor to be, General, your most obedient servant,
James Montgomery,
Colonel, Commanding South Carolina Volunteers.
Serving as a scout for this raid was Harriet Tubman, a former slave who was a key conductor of the Underground Railroad. During the Civil War she served the United States as a scout, nurse, cook and spy. Review the links in our list of online sources and other materials about Harriet Tubman found at https://bdcbcl.wordpress.com/article/harriet-tubman-1821-1913-3859k4scvd....


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An Ariens Deluxe Sno-Thro makes light work of the heavy stuff, relentlessly carving out a path up to 27 inches wide. Always on the attack, these machines feature a heavy-duty XS Gear Case that provides additional powerespecially in extreme snow conditions. That's domination, that's an Ariens Deluxe.
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Zip Snake Drain Cleaner - Set of 2 (Sink & Shower) for $4.99 + free shipping
Condition: New - Retail
This product works amazing! We tested it ourselves and it did a GREAT job of getting a giant gob of hair out of the shower drain. It would cost far more to use Draino, Liquid Plumber etc and still not get the same effect as 5 seconds of using this.
Introducing Zip Snake the quick & easy way to clear slow-moving or clogged drains! Simply glide Zip Snake down the drain, twirl, then pull out Zip Snake's specially designed head grabs & locks onto hair clogs to remove and free the drain instantly! It's that easy! What's best, its flexible design easily maneuvers down the drain to seek out clogs without having to remove the drain stopper. For bathroom sinks, showers & tubs.
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I bought these awhile ago. They aren't worth a flip. When I opened the pack the brush fell off of one. I tried to use the other one and the head came off in the drain. Had to take the drain apart to remove it.
Save your money and get the 'Cobra Zip-It' instead. They are around 2.50 at my local Lowes and they work so much better. There are no pieces to come apart and get lodged in your drain.


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Reviewer: Walter F. Sall, MD
The Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Ultima Vez Modificado: 9 de mayo del 2004
Authors: Keys HM, Roberts JA, Brunetto VL, Zaino RJ, Spirtos NM, Bloss JD, Pearlman A, Maiman MA and Bell JG
Source: Gynecologic Oncology 92 (2004) 744-751
Approximately 36,000 cases of endometrial cancer are diagnosed yearly in the USA. The majority of these are stage I. After standard hysterectomy, there is little randomized data on which to base decisions regarding the utility of post-operative radiation therapy (PORT). Creutzberg et al has previously examined the utility of PORT in a prospective randomized study in women undergoing incomplete surgical staging (no node sampling). For stage I patients, a small decrease in locoregional recurrence (LRR) was seen prompting them to recommend PORT only for their high risk sub-group: those with FIGO stage IB Grade II tumors or worse or any patient over 60 years of age. The goal of this study (GOG 99) was to investigate the utility of PORT in stage IB, IC and II (occult) patients having undergone complete surgical staging.
This is the only large, randomized study of PORT vs. NFT in a population undergoing complete surgical staging. Overall, PORT reduced LRR by 58%, primarily by greatly reducing the incidence of vaginal recurrences. The absolute risk reduction in the high intermediate risk group was 19% vs. 4% in the low intermediate risk group. There was a trend towards OS benefit in the PORT arm. However, because of the low overall recurrence rate and the impact of intercurrent disease in this elderly population this study was underpowered to detect a survival benefit. Based on unplanned sub-group analysis, the authors recommend PORT only for those stage I patients who fit their criteria for high intermediate risk.


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Slip on a sparkling flapper frock or your fanciest pinstripe suit and head to Churchill Downs to celebrate the Golden Era along with the highly-anticipated return of night racing.
On Saturday, Nov. 17, Downs After Dark – The Golden Era – presented by Stella Artois & Finlandia Vodka will attract an energetic, fun-filled crowd of horse racing aficionados and socialites to the historic racetrack off Central Avenue. In keeping with the tradition started in 2010, Downs After Dark will incorporate a special theme, this time commemorating the Roaring Twenties. "We're always looking for new themes and fun ways to celebrate, and we thought a great (theme) for the fall would be to have a nod to the Roaring Twenties," said Darren Rogers, senior director of communications and media services at Churchill Downs. "We'll be transforming the facility into a Gatsby-like estate party. We'll have lots of greenery and … lavish decor that's reminiscent of the '20s."
In keeping with the retro motif, Churchill Downs will host much of the night racing festivities in a different, though not entirely new, location at the track. The former Paddock Pavilion, used between 1920 to around 1980 and situated between the saddling paddock and Gate 1, has been razed and transformed into the Plaza, allowing plenty of space for dancing and watching the dynamic night racing performances from opening act Swing St. Louis featuring Jack Garrett & the Syndicate, as well as headliner The Rick Bartlett Band.
"In August, (Churchill Downs) decided to raze the Paddock Pavilion and clear open 30,000 square feet of new space," Rogers said. "When we do have night racing on the 17th, the Plaza Balcony will be open to the public for the first time." The Plaza Balcony will provide outdoor covered seating for 218 people (36 tables of six), complete with flat screen TVs and close proximity to the Jockey's Quarters, among other amenities.
The new night racing area will be decked out in Great Gatsby-themed decor, as will many other facilities inside the racetrack. From the park benches to a five-tier fountain, oversized gold metallic treatments in the dining areas, feather centerpieces and black crystal candelabras, you'll feel as if you've been instantly transported into the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel.
While dressing up to match the theme is encouraged, it's, of course, not a requirement. Churchill Downs, however, has made a friendly suggestion to attendees to intertwine black, gold or white into their ensembles.
Aside from the thrill of commemorating the new theme and the return of horse racing under the lights, Downs After Dark will also bring back the Bet or No Bet sweepstakes presented by Thorntons, in which four lucky fans during the night will receive a chance to choose between placing a $1,000 win wager on the horse of his or her choice or walk away with a $100 Thorntons gift card.
The unique excitement surrounding Downs After Dark has led the event to become one of Churchill Downs' most popular and lucrative. Night racing generally sees three times the attendance of a typical afternoon race, and accumulates twice the amount in track betting figures.
"I'm there for the horses and the betting, but as far as the music, it's different, it makes (racing) more festive instead of just (having) dead (time) between the horse races," said Jimmy Toon, a frequent attendee of Churchill Downs and night racing. "There's action all the time."
Though the crowd is generally younger at Downs After Dark, people of all ages enjoy the night racing atmosphere. Tedi Dietrich, a huge Churchill Downs fan and mother of three, has been planning her visit to the track on Nov. 17 for more than a month. "(Night racing is) very picturesque," she said. "I love the nighttime setting. … And people are always in a great mood. The Downs After Dark club are people who are there to have a good time. I feel like no one's a stranger and everybody's really friendly."
Churchill Downs admission gates will open at 3 p.m. on Nov. 17. The first of 11 live races will be held at 4:30 p.m. with sunset at 5:29 p.m., meaning at least seven races will be held under the lights. The final race is scheduled for 9:36 p.m. General admission is $10. Those with shareholders passes or horsemen licenses and children 12 and under (when accompanied by an adult) will be admitted free of charge.
Churchill Downs is offering unique packages, including admission to the Millionaires Lounge for $40, which includes live entertainment, exclusive balcony access, a racetrack view and three tastings featuring Stella Artois, Hoegaarden and Leffe. Each brew is paired with a specialty food sample that can be ordered in a full-size portion if desired for an additional fee of $5. For $59.90, receive a dining space ticket on the fourth floor of the Skye Terrace with an indoor seat in a climate controlled environment and the opportunity to view the races from an outdoor balcony. Finally, for a step above general admission at $20, enjoy reserved box seating on the Third Floor Clubhouse and a complimentary race program. Based on current ticket sales, Rogers encourages anyone looking to attend the latest installment of Downs After Dark to reserve a spot quickly because indoor seating is going fast, he warned.
"The whole part of the Downs After Dark concept is to take some of the ingredients that make the Kentucky Derby so special," Rogers said of next Saturday's event. "We don't just want to flip the switch and race under the lights. We want to create a truly unique event, and we think we've done that, and the crowds have responded."
For more information on Churchill Downs' night racing, visit www.churchilldowns.com/tickets/downsafterdark.


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7 Creepy Video Game Easter Eggs You'll Wish Were Never Found
#3. Game Boy Camera -- Disturbing Error Faces
The Game Boy Camera was a weird accessory to begin with: It allowed you to take small, grainy photos with your Game Boy, which could then be printed out into small, grainy stickers if you hooked it up to the Game Boy Printer.
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It's only practical purpose was convincing your friends you were trapped inside a game.
But what made it downright bizarre was the creepy messages hidden through it. The system came loaded with several mini-games and image editing features, among which was a "Run" option. Every kid who ever owned a Game Boy Camera was terrified to accidentally select Run from the menu, because if he did, the system would freeze for a moment and show one of three vandalized faces ...
Credit Feed
"Now this game is ready for children."
... accompanied by the phrase "WHO ARE YOU RUNNING FROM?" and this sound.
Even if you managed to steer clear of the Run option, though, you were still under permanent risk of being randomly subjected to inexplicable images like that if you happened to come across a system error (like if the game couldn't find the printer or something). So, while playing with the Game Boy Camera you always had to be extra careful if you didn't wanna run into something like this:
Here's the third error face, and there were two more that were only present in the Japanese version, which is kind of puzzling, because it means that someone at Nintendo actually sat there and said "No, no, the American market will never go for these faces, let's get different ones."
"These are Japan-creepy. We need America-creepy."
There's more: If you looked at the Game Boy Camera's credits sequence and pressed "B," the screen would be overtaken by a self-replicating dancing Japanese person (possibly Mario's creator, Shigeru Miyamoto):
The Game Boy Camera wasn't a big hit and was eventually discontinued, but its legacy of terror lives on in the nightmares of thousands of gamers and lo-res photography enthusiasts.
#2. Various Games -- All Sorts of Weird Sounds
Apparently game developers get off on hiding creepy noises in games, because Portal 2 isn't the only one. If you stand in certain spots in multiplayer maps in Call of Duty: World at War, you can hear nice, pleasant things like girls crying, a disembodied piano, Red Army rallies, people being tortured and even a speech by ghost-Hitler himself. (And if that's not weird enough, Call of Duty: Finest Hour has a blackened room filled with candles and the ghost of a young boy sitting around in a baby's crib.)
This is why grandad got quiet whenever we watched Ghost!
Half-Life 2 and its expansions also contain insane shit. For example, the zombies you frequently encounter in the game usually make some strange, howling noise that's kind of disconcerting on its own. It gets weirder if you reverse it, though, and hear a mostly unaltered human voice screaming "Oh God, oh God, God help me" over and over. So you can sleep well with that in your head.
We hate to stray off topic, but man is that one bloody crotch.
In the expansion Half-Life 2: Episode One, you also encounter City 17 police forces that have been infected and turned into zombies. They're generally unintelligible, but with a bit of sound manipulation, you can hear some kinda disturbing stuff. Essentially, these things seem to be reliving their last human moments over and over again, using words and phrases like "infestation," "parasites," "sector is not secure" and "necrotics inbound."
"Tomorrow was my retirement party."
And, you know, maybe those kinds of Easter eggs are a little understandable, being in intense, mature games like they are ... unlike the next one. In the game Jam Sessions for the Nintendo DS, of all things, you can allow the A6 guitar chord to ring out and, if you don't play any other notes afterward, it plays a whispered message that sounds a hell of a lot like "forgive us."
What's that doing there? According to one of the game's developers, it's actually a bit of the recording artist caught on tape saying "tsugi ikimasu," which is Japanese for "next," which is creepy enough in and of itself, if you think of it in a "you're next" kinda way.
This is basically the console equivalent of that VHS tape from The Ring.
But, speaking of ghostly voices ...
#1. World of Warcraft -- The Ghosts of Warcraft Past
We've talked a bit about strange things you can find in World of Warcraft before, but who are we to resist writing about what is, essentially, a haunted castle from a previous game?
How many of you know more about the history of this castle than World War I?
Before World of Warcraft there were Warcraft games, a series of non-MMORPG strategy games focusing on the war between humans and orcs. On WoW there is an area called the Ruins of Lordaeron over the undead capital, and inside the main castle-looking area, you can find an abandoned throne room. If you listen very closely (that is, crank the "ambient sound" volume slider to the max), you can hear some spooky, disembodied voices:
On top of that, if you go just outside the castle into Lordaeron's courtyard and use the "detect invisibility" spell, you can actually see the ghosts of the former townspeople wandering around.
They look like blue farts, basically.
These could just be random video game ghosts, but they're not: There's a whole back story here. Those ghostly voices we just showed you actually come from the opening and closing cinematics of the human campaign in Warcraft III. The throne belongs to an old character called King Menethil, and Lordaeron itself, before turning into ruins, was a main setting in Warcraft II and III. It turns out that the ghostly whispers are actually replaying the catastrophe that doomed the city.
The whispers about the tides of darkness and all that? That's King Menethil being warned that his son, Prince Arthas (also from the Warcraft games), is gonna fuck everything up for everyone. The rest of it is Arthas later returning home after being possessed by something called the Lich King and stabbing the shit out of his own dad. After that, the undead kinda came in and set up shop underneath the abandoned city and killed off all the remaining humans that were still there and in the surrounding area, hence all the ghosts and shit.
"Arthas, your skin is totally bloodless and your armor is covered in skulls. Are you planning to murder everyone? Be honest."
The point is that throne room is where Arthas/Lich King betrayed King Menethil and the rest of humanity and set in motion the events that caused pretty much every problem in World of Warcraft.
So if you're wondering who to blame for your sleepless nights and Cheetos-stained fingers, now you know.
Maxwell Yezpitelok lives in Chile and likes to waste his time writing back to scammers or making stupid comics. Ashe recently wrote a short story for a charity book that you can buy here. For more of his stuff, check out Weird Shit Blog and Bad Metaphors.
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LEONARD, Robert A. "Bob" Jr., 52, of Bloomingdale, OH, passed away at his home on Friday, October 19, 2012.
He was born April 30, 1960, in Steubenville, a son of Robert "Bob" Sr. and Carolyn (Jamison) Leonard of Unionport.
Bob was a member of the Wintersville Methodist Church. He retired from Weirton Steel. Bob enjoyed hunting, golfing, and four wheeling.
In addition to his parents he survived by his wife Glenda (Grimes) Leonard, whom he married on April 22, 1989; daughter Christy (Albert) Devore of Mingo Junction; son Cody Leonard of Steubenville; two grandchildren, Garrett and Jacob Devore; and brother Doug Leonard of Wintersville.
Friends will be received on Sunday from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. at the Everhart-Bove Funeral Home, 685 Canton Road, Wintersville, where the funeral service will be held on Monday at 11 a.m. with Pastor Bob Welch officiating.
Burial will follow at Fort Steuben Burial Estates.
Memorial contributions may be made to Jefferson County Animal Welfare League, 200 Airpark Drive, Wintersville, OH 43953.
Send condolences online at www.everhart-bovefuneralhomes.com.


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I've recently read over Getting Things Done again, after reading Making Things Work, and as I was starting to implement my GTD system, I ran into an issue. I had ended up with a project that had multiple next actions; it just didn't matter in what order the tasks were done.
Is this a mistake in how I've broken up my projects, or is it ok for there to be multiple next-actions for a single project in GTD?