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The Wiz
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The Wiz is an all-black version of The Wizard of Oz, starring Diana Ross, Michael Jackson Nipsey Russell, Ted Ross, and Lena Horne. The film resulted from a bet by its producer, Motown Records, that "anything whitey can do, blacks can do better."
Because of a limited budget, set designers made use of whatever was handy, using the decaying New York State pavilion from the 1964 New York World's Fair as the set for Munchkinland and the World Trade Center as the Emerald City. In his only motion picture appearance, Congressman Charles B. Rangel played Toto.
Motown acquired the rights to the successful Broadway show after a hasty bidding war with Disney. Berry Gordy, Dear Leader of Motown, immediately set about casting. Jackson was given the role after he promised to forget about that one gambling debt, and Diana Ross was cast as Dorothy after extensively lobbing Gordy for the role.
Plot, Setting, and Theme
In The Wiz, Dorothy is no longer a pre-teen (or even a girl per se); instead, she is a 24-year-old kindergarten teacher who is abducted from her Manhattan classroom by a blizzard (representing the white power structure of racist, capitalistic America) and spirited away to the mysterious Land of Oz, a decaying, nightmarish, metropolis that resembles New York's inner city. The story is set among the sprawling ruins of the slums and ghettos, and suggests that one may succeed in spite of the odds against him or her by embracing life as it is, crackheads, sexually transmitted diseases, poverty, prostitutes, drunks, and all, with a song in one's heart.
Critical Response
In a rare consensus of opinion, both moviegoers and critics alike panned the film, agreeing that it was not only a waste of Motown talent, but also a waste of celluloid. A financial disaster, the movie lost $10 million and ended Hollywood's exploitation of blacks (known, in the industry, by the code name "blaxploitation" or "keeping the darkies down"). It also ended the careers of Diana Ross, Russell, Ted Ross, and Horne, and drove Jackson to further facial mutilations and an increased interest in "friendships" and "sleep overs" with pre-adolescent boys.
Despite, or perhaps because of, moviegoers' and critics' response to the film, the cinematographer, art director, costume designer, and music director were bashed over the head with Oscars at the 1978 Academy Awards ceremony.
- Diana Ross - Black Dorothy
- Michael Jackson - Blackcrow
- Nipsey Russell - The Black Man
- Ted Ross - The Black Lion
- Theresa Merritt - Auntie Black
- Lena Horne - Glinda the Black Witch
- Richard Pryor - The Black Wizard
- Martin Lawrence - Big Momma (This scene was deleted.)
Samuel L. Jackson also made his screen debut in the role of "Dancing Wino #7".
And a cast of thousands in their underwear!
Despite the artistic and financial disaster of the film, Jackson is reportedly contemplating The Pizz, an all-male version that would spoof the original. In this parody, Jackson says, he would again play Dorothy, a transvestite, who journeys to "an enchanted world inhabited by Munchkin boys who delight in hot chocolate and stories at bedtime." The plot, the entertainer says, would center upon Dorothy's attempt to find "meaning and fulfillment in the arms of her admirers" and "could involve a trial, with The Wiz as judge."
Although Jackson refuses to divulge more of the plot, he did indicate that the movie would "end happily ever after, as is befitting a fairy tale," admits that he is "in discussions" with his lawyers concerning the legality of including nude scenes that feature young boys in the movie, and says that the movie will include new songs that he has written exclusively for the film, should he go through with his plans to produce, direct, star in, distribute, and promote it.
"Some [of the song] titles are 'The Joys of a Boy,' 'The Scarecrow's Pole,' 'What the Wiz Does Behind Closed Curtains,' 'Flying Phalli,' and 'There's No Place Like the Bedroom,'" adding, "My role in The Wiz, like my whole life, has been nothing more than preparation for this, the greatest, most meaningful, and most pleasurable project of my career."
Sadly, The Pizz will be unreleased because of the death of Michael Jackson. (This movie was supposed to be his comeback). But no fear...some of the scenes are used for his movie "This is Shit"!


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My problem is that when I was trying to install Nvidia drivers (some 301 version) on Ubuntu 13.04, it evokes a message a:
Ubuntu is running on low graphics.
After the installation(I am repenting that installation a lot :(). Now, whenever I reboot my laptop it show only command line version of Ubuntu 13.04.Though I could have reinstall the Ubuntu using usb-stick, but it could cost me loss of important data which is stored in home/username/ folder. I tried to copy this folder using live Ubuntu through usb-stick, but it is showing that you don't have permissions to copy that. Now, my problem could have multiple solutions such as-
I can reinstall Nvidia or integrated Intel graphics driver so that I can continue with my previous installation and data.
I can copy the data to an external harddisk through commands (which I don't know) and reinstall Ubuntu(which I know :))
I can copy the data though live Ubuntu run through usb-stick to external hard disk. problem is I tried many commands on this forum with similar problems but none had worked yet.
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Have you been stiffed by the Papa Johns Super Bowl free pizza offer?
Last night I went to order the so-called free pizza and 2 liter Pepsi that I was supposed to get as a result of the Papa Johns Super Bowl Coin Toss promotion. I had previously gotten their email and had what was supposed to be a Promo Code to use.
When I went to enter the Promo Code into their website, a warning box came up telling me that the code had been used to many times and was no longer valid. Since I had never used it, or in fact had never done an online order with Papa Johns before, I quickly became upset.
I called my local store and the manager said to call the Papa Johns 800 Customer Service number. After 15 minutes of getting a busy signal, the phone finally rang and only to be greeted with a message that all agents were busy and it would be a 26 minute wait.
27 minutes later and agent came on and after he couldn't get the code to work either basically told me I was screwed.
Papa Johns has lost me now as a customer forever, all over a $10 pizza and a lie from them.
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I got boned too. I got no email and the link that was floating around to get your own code didn't work for me either. Turns out though I had an online account with them and had ordered many times, I wasn't a "rewards member." Which took a single button click in my account to become.
Oh and I've heard that this giveaway was suppose to be a million pizza giveaway. Not, as advertised, each reward member gets a pizza and coke. So sounds like they've reached their one million limit.
That sucks. Sorry to hear.
I redeemed mine this past Sunday. Had to pay the $2.00 delivery fee, but what the hell. A large and a 2 liter for $5 (I tipped him). You can't beat that.
I didn't have any problem redeeming my code Monday night.
I got mine last week. I ordered ahead online and had no problems. That stinks you had probelms with it.
Sorry to hear that. I just remembered that the code is expiring soon and used mine last week.
Sorry. I figured that something like this would happen; it was a very ambitious promotion. I'd write a polite but firm e-mail to customer service and see what happens.
I got a promo code in my e-mail and used it without a problem. Normally, I don't order from Papa John's at all; I'm not the biggest fan of their pizza.
The code has an expiration date--two weeks from the day you receive it, I think. When did you get yours?
Edit: It should tell you the expiration date in your email.
My sister used mine last night and had no problem. Sorry yours didn't work :(
Yes. I got my code and it worked, but Papa John's pizza sauce still sucks and has no reheat value IMO. Think they need the Dominos makeover. If I had another code I'd gladly give it to you.
Used mine, ate pizza, smiled.
I just used mine on Monday night as well without a problem... bummer dude, got some pizza blue balls
Thanks for the replies everyone. I sent off a complaint form to Papa Johns last night and still haven't heard from them.
One thing is that living in Atlanta as I do, I have an endless variety of different places to buy a pizza. All the national chains as well as some terrific local shops. I don't have to do business with Papa Johns and as of this incident I won't anymore.
@katblue The expiration date on my code is not until March 4, 2012, so it should have still been good on 2/29.
@bigreddogatl: MAYBE you sleep order pizza, ate it all, and removed all evidence before the 29th! That sounds most plausible to me.... :D
Papa John is a tool - his commercials are creepy with all that head bobbing when he says "Better Pizza...".
Worked like a charm for me! I ordered online, stacked my Super Bowl freebie with some other discounts, fed 6 teenage boys AND had leftovers -- for less than $30.
Tried to enter my code and kept receiving "Error on Page" message. Tried the most recent code that came in an email today for another promo and same thing. I was using IE as the browser, switched over to Safari, and the code worked! So it may be your browser.


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Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner make statistics apply to your life, and they make you see those things in a whole different light. Somehow, they make stats seem...cool. Narrator Dubner pulls off a little miracle, too. At first, he sounds a bit geeky, but it doesn't take long before you are hanging on to his every word, waiting for the next nugget of information, and thinking that this geeky-sounding guy is really pretty smart. And it doesn't take long before you realize that you've read an entire book on economic theory and statistics - and enjoyed every minute of it. Go figure.
These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He is a much-heralded scholar who studies the riddles of everyday life, from cheating and crime to sports and child rearing, and whose conclusions regularly turn the conventional wisdom on its head. Thus the new field of study contained in this book: Freakonomics.
Levitt and co-author Stephen J. Dubner show that economics is, at root, the study of incentives; how people get what they want or need especially when other people want or need the same thing. In Freakonomics, they set out to explore the hidden side of...well, everything. The inner workings of a crack gang. The truth about real-estate agents. The secrets of the Ku Klux Klan.
What unites all these stories is a belief that the modern world is even more intriguing than we think. All it takes is a new way of looking. Steven Levitt, through devilishly clever and clear-eyed thinking, shows how to see through all the clutter.
©2005 Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner; (P)2005 HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.
"An eye-opening, and most interesting, approach to the world." (Kirkus Reviews)
"Prepare to be dazzled." (Malcolm Gladwell, author of Blink and The Tipping Point)
"It might appear presumptuous of Steven Levitt to see himself as an all-purpose intellectual detective, fit to take on whatever puzzle of human behavior grabs his fancy. But on the evidence of Freakonomics, the presumption is earned." (The New York Times)
"What it's really about"
Most of the reviews here and most of the conversations I've had about this book revolve around the subjects presented and whether or not they are believable, correct, or interesting, but none of that (although fascinating to me) seemed to me to really be the point of the book. I think the real intent of the authors is to convey the idea that it can be possible to quantifiably answer questions that don't seem possible to do so at first glance and to show how to approach those questions in ways that can yield real results. If you read the book and take away from it the results of the investigations, then you walk away with some interesting information, but I think that if the authors' intent had been to merely convey that information, it could have been done much more concisely, leaving room for still more study results. Instead, they focus heavily on the processes of their investigations, and it is my feeling that their intent in doing so is to help enable others to be able to do the same when analyzing their own unanswerable questions.
In addition, the recurring theme of challenging "conventional wisdom" cannot be overlooked. I don't think that the authors have an expectation that their readers will be able to go out and discover all the real truths behind the many assumptions we have about how our societies operate, but I do think that they have a hope that we might begin simply by questioning the validity of the things that we hear, are taught, or take for granted.
If you review the book solely as a source of interesting, unique, and sometimes controversial social insights, it's probably kind of hit-and-miss. If, however, you review it as a guide to critical thinking and analysis, it is quite successful, and I highly recommend it as such.
"Fascinating book, despite the title."
This book is a great intrduction to modern microeconomic ananlytical thinking. Despite the title and the (self-?) aggrandizement of a smart economist, the book offers a collection of windows into the often murky working of modern-day academic economics. I would not take the conclusions about crime or parenting or cheating as the final chapter in the analysis of those topics. That is not what this book is about. The heart of this book is how the authors strip out pedantic writing and academic jargon to lay bare the thought processes of a mainstream (despite the claims of the book) economist.
Take care before you read it. If you can not take an objective look at some difficult issues and question your own beliefs and unproven presumptions, this book is not for you. If you held your knee-jerk condemnation of Larry Summers' comments on women in science until you could form your own opinion from the actual text of his speech, then this book is for you.
Besides these deeper points, the book is also informative, challenging, entertaining and well-written. Read it!
"Popular economics at its best!"
Freakonomics is a popular press showcase for the research of Steve Levitt, who won the 2003 John Bates Clark medal for being the best US Economist under 40). In his academic research, Levitt applies the statistical tools and logic of economics to understand human behavior on a wide range of topics. Although the book is upfront about having no systematic theme, its main message is that careful, non-ideological analyses can, indeed, yield fundamental (and sometimes counterintuitive) insights into economic behavior and social problems. Levitt's analysis often point out the subtle (and sometimes insidious) nature of incentives and the potential for experts to take advantage of their inside information to achieve personal gain.
The book is read by Stephen Dubner, whose ability to translate Levitt's research into everyday language is a major contribution. Although it is Dubner's voice on the Audiobook, it is clearly Levitt's passion for data and desire to 'let the data speak' that brings each chapter to life.
Although the authors do not draw the comparison explicitly in the book, the contrast between Levitt's systematic analysis of complex problems and the simple-minded approaches of Cable TV pundits is very clear.
For anyone who ever thought that an Econ class might be interesting, the book is terrific. In fact, the book is great for anyone with even a passing interest in social science (like sociology) or public policy.
"An abridgement would be an improvement"
I generally refuse to read abridgements but this book would have been better as an abridgement. The topics addressed in the lengthy introduction are stated in sufficient detail to make subsequent discussion of them in the book redundant. Also, it was tiresome to hear the author read at the beginning of each chapter quotes and reviews lauding him as a brilliant expert. The second half of the book, at least what seemed like half the book, was a very lengthy and not too interesting diatribe on naming, the premise, I conclude, after listening to the whole thing and wondering "why" must be that the popular names of the future can be predicted by studying the names given today by affluant and educated parents. There, I said it. Enough said. The naming jag in the book pops up this way: The author suffered a very tragic death of his own child and in going to a grief support group he met parents whose children drowned in swimming pools which caused him to research the danger of swimming pools v. guns and speaking of names, . . . . This book to me is an example of an attempt to stretch an interesting magazine article into a book. Just not enough material and too much got in that is irrelevant/redundant.
"A Provocative Look at Some Interesting Questions"
I have found this book to be an interesting read but notice that when I tell my friends about it, their eyes tend to glaze over and pretty soon they're mumbling, "uh huh, well, that certainly sounds interesting!" So, ok, this is not everyone's cup of tea. I think that the ideal reader is the person who reads that a batch of cookie doough will make 99 1" cookies and then tries to picture how many 10" cookies that would be. One of the most interesting aspects is trying to put the author's suppositions into what you remember of your graduate level Research Methods Class that you aced 20 years ago. One more caveat, it does pull the curtain away and expose cheating sumo wrestlers, cheating teachers, real estate agents, and crack drug dealers!
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"intellectually stimulating"
This is a very interesting book, sure to get you thinking creatively about a variety of social science issues. Each "essay" in the piece is well written and fairly well narrated. I particularly enjoyed the last piece on the patterns of first names in the US in the last few decades, by race & social class. That's all to the good. But the book is also a rambling affair, with no "point" other than intellectual curiosity & inquiry. So it doesn't necessarily leave you with a life revelation, other than being skeptical about the received wisdom of many things. Also, some of the economics underlying the discussion could have been brought out more, to make the assertions more convincing. In a few places, I was left doubting because no evidence was there (I suppose I could dip into the author's scholarly papers to find the real evidence, but that shouldn't be necessary). Highly recommended.
"New Perspective on Various Social Phenomena"
I'm surprised to see that people either loved or hated this book. I found it to be a very entertaining listen, although the book seemed to me to lack a central theme.
I can't believe the number of people who claimed the book's conclusions were arbitrary or miscontrued. The conclusions came straight from the data and were corroborated in several ways. Those people who think the authors were making things up need to take some courses on statistics.
And no, you can't lie with statistics if you follow correct, scientifically sound principles. Good researchers make public their methods so that others are are able to repeat their research and either confirm or refute their findings. If you think these guys are wrong, gather your own team of statisticians to pour through the data. Given these guys' credentials, I'd be surprised if you were able to disprove their conclusions.
"Understandable Statistics"
This book blows away many of the common "truths" many of us have come to accept. I had heard of the books controversy and some of the points are controversial however in light of the authors demonstrating to never take statistics at face value, I don't believe all is true in the assumptions this book makes. It is a good, fast paced book, understandable in it's premise and how the authors conclusions were arrived at, but the tone is a bit self important, as are most tomes preaching the gospel according to economist/authors. It opened my mind to certain ideas on educating my own children and on how to spend tax dollars on students. The section on crime is interesting and as flawed as the various government reports on crime, but again, eye-opening.
I would recommend the book because it keeps the reader/listener's interest and it sparks internal debates with our own value system and beliefs. A good look at the "truths" we believe is good for the brain, the heart and the soul of a human.
"A great summer listen"
You've probably heard about this book from friends, family or the media. Unlike many books that create this much buzz, Freakonomics is NOT over-hyped and does in fact deliver on its promise of being a fun read that explores the hidden side of many everyday parts of society. The insights are clever, and the stories are memorable.
Even if the reader does not agree with the statements of the authors, each story in the collection is at worst thought-provoking and at best funny, revealing and intriguing all at the same time.
As a modern economics and game theory junkie this is almost a must read. Some of it is pretty good some of it isn't. The last third of the book is sort of a so what. Some of the most interesting revelations come when you juxtapose things from different chapters.
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6 Web How-To's That Are Apparently For Supervillains
So you want to be a supervillain, but you don't know where to start. Luckily, among the Internet's endless how-to articles and videos, there are countless projects that seem intended precisely for people just like you.
"I am totally ready to be evil today, Mittens!"
Don't believe us? Why else would someone want to...
#6. Make a DIY Wrist-Mounted Flamethrower
Every villain worth his salt has a really crafty weapon up his sleeve. No need to reach for a boring old pistol when you can just show your palm to your victim and suddenly spew electricity, or poison darts or, best of all, fire.
OK, How Do I Do It?
Well, this first video explains the hows and whys of building the thing. You need a lighter, tubing and an aerosol can, a wrist brace and an untreated antisocial personality disorder of some kind.
There's also a second video where you can see the progression of social misfit status as he demonstrates the Pyro System 2.2, because a wrist-flamethrower that attaches to your hip for fuel is not as badass as having it contained in a single unit for handheld scorching fun.
Will It Work?
The proof is in the video. It works exactly like you'd expect a wrist-mounted flamethrower to work. We guess you just have to remember not to scratch any itches or hold anything or basically use your hands in any way at all. Yeah, it's basically a clock ticking down to the point when you inevitably set yourself ablaze. So this is probably a project for full-time supervillains who are likely to have top-notch health insurance.
#5. Make your own Fusion Reactor
What supervillain doesn't want to harness the power of the sun? Oh, we're not talking about some pussy solar panels. We mean the stuff that powers the sun itself: nuclear fusion. Whether it's to melt the faces off troublesome do-gooders or simply bake a potato, fusion is the terrifying power of today's ne'er-do-well.
OK, How Do I Do It?
This how-to explains how to make a "Farnsworth Fusor." This high-energy device is named for Phil Farnsworth, but we prefer to think it shares its name with the wacky professor from Futurama, because then you know terror and awesomeness are imminent.
It looks like a minisub having sex with a fire extinguisher. And it can kill you.
Some of the skills you will acquire with this experiment include metalworking, high-powered electrical engineering, understanding plasma physics and insane monologuing. The instructions include where to acquire the parts, and links to places that detail how to assemble them. If you are patient, you can slowly gather parts for your fusion device for as little as $200. Not a bad price to melt a hole to the center of the Earth and recruit those Molemen.
As long as you sub-contract them from The Mole Man.
The tutorial was made by someone with enough conscience to include safety instructions, offering up warnings like: "Don't touch any exposed wires because you'll die" and "The fusion reactions give off X-rays, which will probably fry your testicles."
In fact, if you amp up your reactor enough, the X-rays will go right through the stainless steel, so use lead, or a minion who you don't mind losing to nut cancer.
Will It Work?
Why wouldn't a homemade nuclear device work? There even seems to be a group of "hobbyists" that do this kind of thing all the time. Generally you never even hear about it, except for when boy scouts nearly melt several city blocks or whatever, but that isn't going to stop you from completing your plans of being a danger to yourself and your neighbors, right?
#4. Build a Secret Underground Lair/Bunker
Every villain needs a lair, and while it would be nice to have a massive underground facility like Cheyenne Mountain to yourself, the villian-on-a-budget needs to think a little smaller.
Just leave room for your big-screen computer and death ray.
OK, How Do I Do It?
This helpful guide doesn't just explain how to build an underground bunker under your home, they have tips for doing it without arousing suspicion. Now that's thinking ahead. We think that's what did in all of those Bond villains; long before MI6 came calling, the locals noticed truckload after truckload of drywall heading toward that skull-shaped volcano outside of town.
Thus the guide suggests doing things like disposing of dirt in five-gallon bucket-fulls, just a bit at a time all Shawshank style. Then you need to sneak in building supplies a bit at a time because God knows if the neighbors see you carting lumber into the yard they're going to have to assume the next step is laying waste to the Eastern seaboard with a destructo-ray and setting yourself up as Supreme Ruler of Earth.
Will It Work?
Now, we're not engineers here, but even without doing pages of calculations we're pretty sure that if you build a hole under your house big enough, your house will eventually fall into it. That seems like one of those basic gravity things so keep that in mind.
Real villains build giant floating death cities anyway.
Also, for a "bunker" we're not seeing a lot of instructions here for running electricity, closed-circuit surveillance cameras, food supply, air filtration etc. In fact, the "bunker" in the instructions sounds suspiciously like "a hole."
See, this is the mistake that got Saddam caught. They really are two different things.


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A new study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute shows death rates from cancer steadily declined from 1994 to 1998. But the rates have since leveled off.
Lung cancer still remains the number one cancer killer in America. The American Cancer Society estimates that eight out of 10 lung cancer deaths are due to smoking.
Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows Kentucky not only leads the way in percentage of smokers in the population, but also has the highest lung cancer death rates in the country.
The state health department says it will spend $4.8 million on tobacco control programs this year--an amount that still falls far short of the $25 million recommended by the CDC for the state. This puts Kentucky in 40th place overall for tobacco control spending.
Health officials say they are doing the best they can with the funds available for tobacco control programs.


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A customer wants to know how to kill Bermudagrass in his lawn.
His question: The yard is about 1.5 acres with spots of Bermuda that vary from 2 sq.ft to much larger. It is spreading so I need to be aggressive. My question is can I improve my chance of success by treating more than one time in the spring? Maybe for March April and May? How do I decide when to start? Thanks for any info you can give me.
First, a little background on Bermudagrass:
Bermudagrass is grown as lawn turf in some areas, because it withstands heat, drought and heavy traffic. It spreads by both seed and underground stolons. This makes it a desirable lawn in some situations. But it is also an invasive weed, that seems to just show up in lawns where it is NOT welcome, and then it's tough to get rid of.
Think about it. It's the middle of a hot, dry summer. Your lawn is struggling. It's a perfect opportunity for Bermuda, which thrives in tough conditions, to gain a foothold. The more the Bermuda grows, the more stress it places on your lawn. It's the start of a takeover!
Since the Bermuda grass is spreading underground, you won't get rid of it by pulling, or by just killing the top. Any little piece of underground stolon can pop up and continue the growth. That's why most gardeners use a systemic herbicide that will spread to all parts of the weed, even the ones you can't spray because they're underground.
Now, a few effective and recommended bermudagrass treatments:
Ornamec Over the Top– This product is extremely effective at killing Bermudagrass. It is primarily for use around ornamentals but can also be applied on a Fescue lawn. It is NOT recommended for Bluegrass lawns. Apply in the spring, then follow up with a 2nd application a month later.
GreenLight Com-Pleet Weed Killer. The active ingredient it glyphosate, a chemical found in many herbicides used to treat bermudagrass and other tough weeds. Be aware that glyphosate is non-selective, meaning that it will kill most plants it comes in contact with, including your lawn. Spray should be controlled as much as possible to the weed only. In some cases, you may be willing to lose a little of your lawn to resolve the problem.
Bayer Advanced Bermudagrass Control. This one is safe on all northern turf types, including fescue, bluegrass and perennial rye, so it's a good choice if you are using it in those types of lawns. It may have to be re-applied numerous times to be fully effective.


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6 Terrible Ideas That Science Says Will Save the Planet
#3. Polluted Oceans? Populate the Waters With Robot Fish
Last year, a group of engineers from the University of Essex combined their concern for the environment with their love of insane science by designing and building "cutting edge" robotic fish programmed to seek-out pollution off the coast of Spain. The carp-shaped Terminators' job will be to find contaminated areas in the ocean and report them to us via Wi-Fi.
Also, look like some sort of undead alien demon.
Initially the fish will mainly keep an eye out for damaged underwater pipelines, but in the future they might be equipped with systems allowing them to neutralize pollution on the spot. We assume with lasers because, hey, once you've already designed autonomous underwater droids, weaponizing them seems like the next logical step.
A single fish will cost over $30,000 and only move at a rate of two miles-per-hour, but the robots will be advanced enough to help locate surface chemical spills and contaminants that have already dissolved in the water. This doesn't necessarily indicate that the fish's A.I. will be sophisticated enough to one day rebel against their human masters... but it might.
The experiment has already gotten lots of support from the European Commission, and if successful they want Nemo 3000 to be placed in rivers, lakes and puddles all around the globe, monitoring the waters and totally not spying on people or blowing them up.
#2. Melting Polar Ice? Give the Glaciers Blankets!
Recent studies put the Arctic melt-rate at 46.7 cubic miles a year (that's 47 trillion "Jesuschristareyouserious" gallons). This side effect of Global Warming creates a whole series of problems, from messing up the temperature of ocean currents to (eventually) flooding coastal cities.
A bunch of exclusive ski resorts in Switzerland have found a band aid solution to the problem (ice loss is a more immediate problem for them--if the Alp glaciers turn to water there will be less skiing which will translate to less monogrammed caviar for the resort owners). Having the most to lose, they contacted a local textile company who produced an answer to their thawing livelihood issue.
They gave them the "Ice Protector", a thermo-regulating fabric and the least imaginatively named product in the universe. The material is wrapped around the melting sites, insulating the white snow on the inside and protecting it from the colorful Sun rays on the outside.
A 2005 experiment was conducted, during which the Swiss Gurschen glacier was blanketed with the "Ice Protector" for two years. During that period, old Gurschen amazingly showed over 80 percent less leakage than its bed-wetting neighbors.
So we can just cover the whole Arctic with these, right? Uh, well, the blankets cost $12 million... per square mile.
There has to be a better way, right? Well, Canadian industrial engineer Peter Flynn of the University of Alberta says we should go up North and start dropping ice in the local waters to control Earth's climate.
Yup, again just like in Futurama.
This plan would call for over 8000 ice-making barges to be sent near the glaciers off the coast of Greenland in the winter and start spraying them with salty water. Due to the extreme cold, the saline would freeze up into a huge ice cube the size of New Mexico. Thus solving the problem once and for all.
Now we wait for photos of dead, ice-glazed whales to come pouring in.
#1. Asteroid Again? Tether It!
If we don't like the "throw it at the Russians" asteroid plan (and why wouldn't we?), aerospace engineer David French says he has one of his own: Simply tether a gigantic counterbalance to the celestial bullet using a 500-50000-mile long rope. It should effectively change its course and together with the weight transform the space stone into a monstrous pair of intergalactic cajones.
Basically this.
Admittedly, we don't really understand the mechanics of getting more than twice the Earth's girth worth of rope and (we assume) a giant iron ball into space--much less to lasso an asteroid cruising at 30,000 miles-per-hour--but actual experts seem to seriously be considering this approach. That's why French's tether ball proposal was reviewed and accepted for presentation at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics SPACE 2009 Conference and Exposition in Pasadena, CA--and you know they don't just let any asshole speak there.
Besides, if the plan fails and French's project results in not one, but two projectiles slicing the Earth in half with their massive tripwire, what are we going to do? Fire him?
It's not like it's the only one we've got.
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Note: Some skins may not be up to date with the current version of Masque. If you find a skin that is outdated, please notify the author or leave a comment below. Those skins that are compatible with Masque will be listed in bold text.
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Max57788 Jul 18, 2012 at 16:07 UTC - 0 likes
whats the skin [email protected] wanted updated and was it updated yet ive been looking for it forever
Mishii Jul 14, 2012 at 16:57 UTC - 0 likes
So the only way to fix it is have the skin author fix it?
Degausser has disappeared, so I don't know if it'll happen, not to mention I can't even find a file in my Addons folder for it.... it's just..."there" in the game.
For now I use the original Caith, I guess. Thanks for the reply :3
Mishii Jul 13, 2012 at 16:43 UTC - 0 likes
Hey! I have been using a variant of Caith, called NotCaith, which I originally got from Degausser's UI a long time ago - it just stopped working the other day, it has the problem with keybind numbers above and macro/reagent text below. I see it's not on the list up there, but I've been using it with Masque for a while :/
Bartender4 also just updated with better support for Masque, so I'm not sure which end the issue is from, but there you have it.
elloria Jul 12, 2012 at 23:06 UTC - 1 like
Hey Storm! I have updated Aion, Wildheart and Demigod Skin textures. :D
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Ilthana Jul 10, 2012 at 23:32 UTC - 0 likes
I'm not sure if this skin is still supported, but "Jiyll: Vista" and "Jiyll: Vista128" are bugged so that the macro text is below the icon, and the numbers are above.
I'll just switch to a new skin that looks similar, but it's just a fyi (i have those currently if you need a copy for other people.
Thank you alot for keeping this project updated!
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I got the Hi-Jump ability near the end of a level, and promptly lost it. But that got me thinking - I often struggle with the end of level "game" - basically, a jump off of a trampoline type thing for points. I never get past the first few floors, so I never get many points.
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The IPC and LAC's Special Report, "Two Systems of Justice: How the Immigration System Falls Short of American Ideals of Justice," was highlighted in a piece by Voxxi, which was then reposted by the Huffington Post:
"The United States' justice system is supposed to operate equally for all defendants, but a new report reveals that the immigration system operates under a different set of rules for immigrants facing deportation.
The American Immigration Council issued on Tuesday a report that reveals the immigration system fails to provide "a fair process" to immigrants in removal proceedings and "lacks nearly all of the procedural safeguards we rely on and value in the U.S. justice system." The report, titled "Two Systems of Justice: How the Immigration System Falls Short of the Ideals of Justice", also explores the major operational differences between the criminal justice system and the immigration removal system."
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Minister of Health and chief surgeon Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah today announced that Ruqayyah, one of the Iraqi conjoined twins that were separated 23 days ago, has died Friday at the King Abdulaziz National Guard Medical City in Riyadh.
Minister Dr. Al-Rabeeah expressed his deepest condolences to the parents of Ruqayyah and the Iraqi people
Dr. Al-Rabeeah said Ruqqayah had serious pre-existing health problems, including a deformed skull, including Typle III Chiari malformations (CMs), where the brain and cerebellum protruded out of the back of the head. Ruqqayah condition forced the medical team to separate the twins prior to move up the operation in order to save the life of Zeinab, Dr. Al-Rabeeah said.
Zeinab is reported in stable condition. On July 26, Dr. Al-Rabeeah reported that Zeinab started breast-feeding with no signs of complications or infections and that she had also started reacting to her parents and the medical staff normally.
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Zainab and Ruqayyah Naseer, were born June 5 in Najaf, Iraq. They had problems with their digestive and reproductive systems. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz in early July has directed that the pair be brought to the Kingdom for possible separation surgery.
Dr. Al-Rabeeah has performed 28 successful surgeries at King Abdulaziz National Guard Medical City on conjoined twins from 16 countries, including another set of Iraqi conjoined twins who were separated in 2006.


text: Mitt Romney's concession speech was surprisingly gracious, at least compared to other parts of his campaign, but, like the man himself, it was also incredibly boring. He covered all the standard points: he began by congratulating the Obamas (and this time, thankfully, there was no booing), and then thanked Paul Ryan, his wife Ann ("She would have been a wonderful first lady," which, no, but still a sweet gesture), his creepy sons, and his campaign. Teachers, professors, rabbis, pastors and parents all got shout outs as did, of course, "job creators." And he ended it with: "I believe in America. I believe in the people of America." He forgot to add, "Except for 47% of them. Those people, I really don't believe in at all."


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I'm moving a deck footing for an existing deck, the current one is in the wrong location and it's too small. What is the proper depth in Connecticut in order to ensure that it doesn't suffer from frost heaving?
You need to place the footings deeper than the frost line. Some research says the frost line in CT is around 42" so you'd do well to put the posts down 48".
The city will be able to verify this when you get your permit approved.
Count yourself lucky... In Ottawa, Ontario I had to put them down 60"... and they still heaved one year.


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5 Innovative Ways Hollywood Is Screwing You Over
#2. The MPAA
By handing out movie ratings, the Motion Picture Association of America controls the entire movie industry. Seriously. You want an example of a dark conspiracy controlling a major American industry? This is it. Right here. The MPAA decides what you'll see in movie theater and video chains, and just as importantly, what you won't. They're probably watching you right now. Don't turn around.
They've got it set up so that if you're a filmmaker and want it to be shown on the vast majority of movie screens in America, you need an MPAA rating. The North American Theater Owners (no, seriously, they call themselves NATO), which consist of the biggest chain theaters in America, by and large will not show an unrated movie. Nor will they show a movie rated NC-17, which is why one romantic comedy after another is ruined by their refusal to show penetration.
DVD rental giant Blockbuster also doesn't do NC-17, and neither does Wal-Mart. So in short, the ratings system is entirely voluntary and you don't have to go through the process. Unless, you know, you were hoping people would get a chance to ever actually see your work.
This is why Hollywood contractually obligates filmmakers bring the movie in for at least an R rating. But luckily, the MPAA is honest and open with filmmakers about how their films are rated. Oh, wait, no. It's the exact opposite of that. The MPAA is a black box: you submit a film, it spits out a rating for that film, and that's it.
You can recut the film, but they won't tell you what to cut or why. So do you cut from the orgy, or the exploding skull scene? Or maybe trim two minutes off the sequence where a cow shits a leprechaun? All you can do is guess.
But you can appeal, right? Sure you can! The appeals board consists of...members of NATO, representatives of the clergy and studio heads. Good luck!
Better Get Used to it...
The MPAA isn't going anywhere. It's a fairly effective lobbying group, and people like the ratings system, even though it appears consumers largely ignore it (how many of you actually didn't see an R-rated movie until age 17?).
Will they loosen the restrictions of "adult" material? Well for now, movies are actually moving in the other direction as fast as possible. These days the challenge is all about watering movies down to the PG-13 sweet spot (see the Die Hard 4 fiasco), so forget about pushing the limits of the R vs NC-17 envelope. Your studio head is giving you two "fucks" and some side boob. And maybe a pencil through a dude's eye if you're lucky.
#1. Video on Demand
As much money as Hollywood makes on DVD (and now, Bluray), there's one thing about it they still hate. Namely, the fact that you get to watch your copy over and over again without paying them again each time. It's not fair, dammit!
Even worse, you can loan your disc to a friend, without your friends paying to see it. Or, you can sell it back to some record store that deals in used DVDs. It's like highway robbery! You might as well leave these studio execs bleeding in an alley, you cold-hearted bastard!
"Before DVDs, I had four large bundles of money to juggle."
They hate it so much that they've been trying to devise a system that will lure the consumer away from, you know, actually owning movies and watching them when it's convenient, to a system where the consumer pays, every single time, to watch the movie, at Hollywood's convenience.
The first attempt was that venerable cable staple, pay-per-view. Remember when you were a kid, how PPV got "all the hot Hollywood movies FIRST"? Remember also how it cost about four times what it cost to rent a video? Remember how you laughed in their face?
Remember the laughing?
Then they tried to inflict DivX on humanity. DivX was a disc-based format which was supposed to rival DVD. The movies had no extras, didn't display in the proper aspect ratio, and literally expired after 48 hours. The idea that anyone would use DivX lasted just slightly longer.
The latest attempt is to put a squat plastic box on top of your TV that will feed you movies via download. So far, Vudu, Apple and Netflix have jumped into the fray with Blockbuster not far behind. Unsurprisingly, they're expensive, DRMed out the wazoo, don't cooperate with each other and have crappy selection. We're surprised the things don't self-destruct and blow up your house if you try to cancel.
Also unsurprisingly, they're all failing, with the possible exception of Netflix. At least their box doesn't make you pay for each movie, but lets you download however many you want for the same flat monthly fee you pay for the DVD subscriptions.
If that behavior seems less dick-like than what you'd expect from Hollywood, it's because Netflix doesn't really have a vested interest in the studios. Unlike, say, Apple, which has its ties to Disney via Steve Jobs, or Blockbuster, which has been owned by a movie studio, Viacom. So they don't have some guy in a suit in their office saying, "Come on, the little bastards will pay anything for our movies! Screw them harder! No, harder!"
Doesn't play by the rules.
Better Get Used to it...
The studios are still picturing a day when they can say goodbye to disc manufacturing and packaging costs once and for all (as well as having to share the profits with the retailers who sell them), hopefully replacing it with a model where you pay every time you watch a movie streamed directly from them over a digital signal.
After all, this is the era of broadband. Aren't customers ready to go to an all-download model for their movies?
Sure we are! We call it BitTorrent.
For even more proof that Hollywood is better than Japan at finding new and creative ways to screw people, check out 5 Ways Hollywood Tricks You Into Seeing Bad Movies. Or, read about how they plan on deflowering your childhood in 5 Upcoming Remakes of 80s Movies (That Must be Stopped). Or for an in-depth look at their favorite way to bone you, check out The 10 Most Shameless Product Placements in Movie History.


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Campus staff will return to school this week after summer break, and over the next few days they'll come together to celebrate Troy Wolff's life and 17-year career at the college.
"It's devastating. It's a devastating loss for our community and we're shocked," said Daryl Campbell, the school's interim president.
Wolff was protecting his girlfriend Friday night during a random attack in Pioneer Square when the knife-wielding attacker turned on him. His girlfriend survived, but Wolff was killed.
"I have no anger or hatred toward the killer. All I can do is just forgive him," said Wolff's brother, Tony Wolff.
The attack happened as the couple was leaving the Sounders game. During the match, Wolff posted a photo from CenturyLink Field that prompted what turned out to be his final exchange of messages with his brother.
"That last two pieces of communication before he died kind of shows it was a fun-loving, brotherly relationship where we just sort of bantered and had fun," Tony Wolff said.
At SCC, Wolff was the chair of the English Department and also worked with international students. His family said they find comfort during this difficult time knowing Wolff is now in heaven.
"He touched a lot of lives and I think a lot of kids' lives were changed because of him, and I really believe that," said Wolff's mother, Pam Wolff.
Wolff's girlfriend is now in stable condition at Harborview Medical Center.
The murder has been especially difficult for the Shoreline community because they're now mourning the loss of two faculty members. In July, an academic advisor died in a car accident in Idaho.


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Checkbox Focus/Blur Issue on Chrome
I have an issue with using the checkbox focus/blur events on Chrome.
On Chrome, when the user clicks on the checkbox, it doesn't trigger the focus and blur listener events, but it works as expected on Firefox and IE9. It seems the focus/blur events only get triggered if the user uses "Tab" button. Is it a bug or this is by design?
This is the code I used to test:
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Verified. I doesn't work in Safari either. Do you want this thread to be moved to Bugs?Jozef Sakalos, aka Saki
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This seems to still be happening. Is this bug looking to be fixed in the near future?
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To the editor: Forty years ago, seven justices of the Supreme Court of the United States exceeded their authority and issued a declaration of war....
FRITZPOP How does it feel to be an arrogant self righteous judgmental moron. Sorry to hear there are more like you. Laugh away.
I will take the Steubenville brain trust any day over you and your friends.
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Seriously? Well,I could keep trying to make my point by using "comparisons" but obviously it won't work.So I will just come right out and say it. Abortion is Murder. You support abortion, you condone murder. Simple as that. You perform abortions, you are a murderer, and I don't care how many years you spend in medical school.Killers! And this guy on here that just doesn't get it, I feel sorry for you. And those who are from the outside looking in, I feel sorry for you also, you have time to sit back and laugh as others Try to communicate, and you choose not to add any substance to the conversation.Very sad indeed. Man up and get your opinion out there, but stick to the topic.
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I live in the largest city in Ohio and read the HS online. It seems the only people who comment are the same 4 or 5 who feel they are indicative of the Steubenville brain trust. Keep 'em coming guys. We all get a laugh out them.
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This quote fits Core perfectly. "When speaking w/liberals, be calm, an always remember. Democrats Shift the subject, Ignore the facts, and if that doesn't work, they begin name calling."
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Core, your response is typical. You can't engage in an intelligent conversation so you resort to name calling.
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OK, again. Some people are more concerned with the treatment of dogs and cats than they are about the treatment of human beings in or out of the womb. I am not and have not COMPARED dogs and cats to babies. Learn to read the written word. A comparison would be to say that human babies are fuzzy like kitties and doggies. I simply point out that some human beings place NO VALUE on human life, and that those people would become livid if they found out that dog pounds performed abortion on dogs ( which they do not) but if they did, liberals would be screaming from the cross-less church steeples! Compare=Verb-Estimate, measure, or note the similarity or dissimilarity between. Point out the resemblances to; liken to. Analogy=Noun- A comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification. So why do we kill humans in the womb, but allow unwanted puppies and kitties to live?
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Core, we all know you are a liberal. Liberals typically draw a moral connection between animals and humans and how one really has no higher standard over the other. That is exactly where you were going. I know you did not introduce the topic but I know exactly where you were going with it.
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OK, I'm gonna rephrase my cats and dogs and human babies analogy for those that don't understand. Today's human beings show more concern for the treatment of kitties and puppies in a dog pound than they do for human babies in the womb.
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Leave it up to Core to equate humans with dogs and cats from a moral standpoint. Such logic fed to kids in schools by liberals is why we have people like james holmes, jarod laughner, trent mays, and malik richmond. To be a respectable person, you have to respect human life first.
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If I didn't believe people would object to a dog pound aborting puppies and kitties in the womb, I wouldn't have written it! Maybe the answer to the abortion of human beings in the womb would be to neuter all the young people at 14 years old.Problem solved.
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How livid would the people be if it was disclosed that the local dog pound was performing abortions on cats and dogs? It's not about church doctrine, it's about HUMAN LIFE! And the clowns being sent to Washington are not doing the work of running the country, they are doing the work of implementing and imposing their own ideology upon the people. Idiot Democrats!
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We have elections to send people to washington to do the work of running our country not to legislate church doctrine get used to that idea.
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Toro Rosso again struggled in qualifying for the Brazilian GP, finishing slowest barring Caterham, Marussia and HRT…
Toro Rosso:
Daniel Ricciardo: "Today, we ran at more or less the same pace we had since the start of Friday
Jean-Eric Vergne: "It wasn't too bad, given that I had struggled to find the best set-up since yesterday. In qualifying, the car was the best it has been all weekend. Maybe I could have been a tiny bit faster, even if I did not make any mistakes, but probably not enough to improve my position. Our car definitely felt better when the track conditions were cooler, which is encouraging for tomorrow when we can expect it to be even cooler and wet at times. I feel we can have a good race tomorrow and be opportunistic if the rain comes. We will try everything, we have nothing to lose and I want to finish my first season with a good result."
Vitaly Petrov: "I'm very pleased with the result today. It wasn't quite enough to get into Q2 but in the conditions today I think we can be happy with where we ended up. On the first couple of laps turn four was completely wet so I had to make sure we could maintain tyre temperatures and keep pushing throughout the whole lap until the dry line appeared and in the end it paid off. Tomorrow's going to be really interesting - we showed yesterday and today that the gap to the cars ahead is a bit closer here than it has been in recent races and the way the weather's been shifting around means anything can happen in the race. I'm looking forward to it - whatever happens it's going to be really good for the fans and I hope we can end the season positively."
Heikki Kovalainen: "At the start of qualifying it was quite tricky as there was some standing water on track in the first couple of laps and even though the grip levels improved there was still less grip than in FP3. In the end the times kept coming down and maybe we had a chance to get into Q2, but we can be reasonably happy with how it finished. On my final lap I made a couple of small mistakes, but apart from that I was close to getting as much as I could out of the car so now we move on to tomorrow. The race is going to be really tight - if the forecasts are right it will be pretty tense out there but we know what to do and we're looking forward to it."
Timo Glock: "It was quite an unusual qualifying today, but very good fun. In the first couple of laps, when it was very slippery out on track in a couple of corners, I simply made the most of it and was quicker than the guys around me. We came in for a fresh set of tyres, by which time the track was drying out quite a lot. On my second run I struggled with the first couple of laps but my third was good and I got a reasonable lap together. There was only so much we could do versus the cars we are fighting with as their KERS advantage up the hill was obvious, so with that in mind we have to be pleased with how well we performed relative to them. Unfortunately we ran out of time to complete one more lap, which I'm sure would have seen us keep improving. As for tomorrow, bit of an unknown because of the weather and how the car will perform in those conditions. It should be a very exciting day for the fans though."
Charles Pic: "This is another new track for me and I was happy with our pace in FP3 this morning. Unfortunately the track conditions changed a lot for qualifying and the circuit was quite wet in some corners and completely dry in others. This experience was useful and I have learned a lot from it, which will help for the future. For tomorrow the weather looks uncertain so it will be quite challenging."
Narain Karthikeyan: "This morning we did a good job with the car and the fact that the track temperature was lower than yesterday also helped in reducing the tyre degradation. But before qualifying it started raining and we were not sure whether to go out on intermediate tyres or slicks. Even though the track was still damp, we finally decided to go out on the slicks and, although it was difficult at the beginning, it was the right thing to do. We struggled to generate enough tyre temperature but I am quite satisfied of how it went overall. For tomorrow, I would prefer the race to be a wet one but whatever the conditions will be, we'll try our best as we have always done."
Pedro de la Rosa: "The track was damp when we went out but we decided to go for the dry strategy because the dry line would come up pretty quickly. The first laps were a bit tricky but it improved a lot towards the end. However, I'm not happy with how qualifying ended. Our car was competitive and we certainly could have done better but I was on a flying lap when I was hit by another car. It was a dangerous manoeuvre because I couldn't move aside given the track conditions. As a consequence of the impact, the rear suspension bent and also punctured the rear tyre. I went back in for a new set of mediums and fortunately managed to put in one more lap improving my time. I really hope the car is not badly damaged because the race is tomorrow and I want to be able to do my best here in order to finish the season on a good note."
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Not literally equivalent, but this phrase is commonly used in German:
which means: Don't punish the bearers of bad news.
Related: the German for the person who's always blamed even if he or she is innocent: Prügelknabe or Sündenbock (scapegoat).
Auch wenn die richtige Antwort schon vorliegt: "den Boten bestrafen" (to punish the messenger) ist vielleicht noch etwas kompakter, und Alliterationen sind doch immer was schönes :-)
I think "no" is not a sufficient answer, is it? I don't think there is one, at least not a commonly used one. The dictionaries in which I've found it seem to only explain the meaning.
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What would happen if we have a black hole and we start shooting at it a single electron at a time, and go on doing it forever? Would the electrons start to bounce off eventually?
There is a limit on how much charge a black hole may have: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremal_black_hole
In general, rotating, charged black holes is described by a Kerr-Newman metric.
Intuitively, eventually the Coulumb repulsion is enough that a charged particle which does not contribute more mass than charge will be repelled.
The Coulomb repulsion of the charged black hole does not prevent the charged black hole from acquiring more charge. If this were the case, then "all" that would be necessary to continue to charge a black hole would be to increase the energy of the beam of electrons that are shot at the black hole to overcome the Coulomb repulsion. You would just need bigger and bigger accelerators to keep charging the black hole up to and beyond the extremal limit. When the black hole exceeds the extremal limit it would become a naked singularity.
The concept or possibility of a naked singularity is controversial - it would allow actual "infinite" singularities to be seen directly in our universe - they would not be hidden behind an event horizon the way the singularity of an "ordinary" black hole is hidden. Indeed, a cosmic censorship hypothesis has been devised to prevent naked singularities from occurring. There is good evidence for this hypothesis but I don't believe it has been convincingly proven in all cases.
The real reason why adding charge to a black hole cannot make it become super-extremal is because when you add charge, you are also increasing the electrostatic field energy of the black hole which then has the effect of increasing the mass such that the $\frac{Q}{M}$ ratio continues to stay below the extremal limit of $1.0$. See this question and answer for the calculation of this effect.
Fairly soon the electrons would repel the black hole in the newtonian area (i.e. far away). As it kept charged up, it would take more and more energy to bring the electrons close enough so that general relativity takes over and pulls them in. All this energy adds to the black hole mass, keeping it from becoming extremal.


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Theft: Vehicle entered in the 800 block of Buena Vista Boulevard and clothing taken, Tuesday.
Theft: Cash missing from register at restaurant in the 100 block of North Fourth Street, Tuesday.
Cited: Brad Burkhead, 39, 2059 county Road 15, Rayland, speeding; Matthew Haught, no age listed, 556 Banfield Ave., Follansbee, improper turn; and Alfred W. Wade, 51, 309 Orchard Place, Wintersville, red light and speeding.
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STEUBENVILLE —Jalontay Johnson, 16, of Steubenville, who has been charged with murder in the stabbing death of another teen on Thursday evening, was ordered Monday by Jefferson County Juvenile Judge......
Yes, half the force works days and sits behind the desk. I don't wanna hear "they put in their time" If riding the years out until you retire is the right think to do with all these murders going on, I think you better think twice. I would rather pay an on duty , out on the streets police officer more money, then one that pushes paper and sits all day.Major Matt,,what an ahole! I can sit behind my computer all*****day If I want, I didn't take the oath "protect and serve".
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The police are doing the best they can. I personally have nothing but gratitude and admiration for police officers. When things like stabbings, shootings, and fights happen in bad neighborhoods they rush to the scene to diffuse the situation knowing they may be hurt or killed in the process. I'm sure the officers would rather be out on the patrol however the funds to do so may just not be there. With the amount of crime here, I think the police are doing an excellent job trying to keep a handle on it
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Matt: I know two 19-year-olds that just got back from Afghanistan who've complained about safety less than you. In fact, they've complained not at all. If being a cop is so scary then find a different profession. Nobody forced you to be a police officer. Perhaps one of those two young Marines could have your position. By the way, you chose the wrong news day to make your post. One of your brothers was just fired for using his position as an officer in an attempt to get away with illegal activities.
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You make is sound so easy. If it was that easy everyone would be a cop. Including YOU. But you choose to sit behind a keyboard and cap OUR You think they became a cop for the money or the funeral when they die protecting your $ss behind that keyboard. Boy what I would give to see you out there in the streets with a badge on. My money is you would crap your pants at the first site of trouble. Then you could use your uniform allowance to get them cleaned. What a wimp.
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Its such a shame , two best friends out at night parting with drugs laced with a component that kills. No wonder this city is coming to its ends. PARENTS, take heed, talk to your kids about drugs, get off the drugs,get a job, take a responsible approach in your children's lives. Don't let a neighbor raise your children or your parents. Your parents raised their kids its your turn. If your think you are mature enough to lay down then you should be mature enough to raise the children you make. If not then give them up for adoption so other parents who want kids and can care for them can. I am tired of the killing, shootings, drugs, and gangs in OUR town. Time for the city policemen to get away from behind the desk during day shift and go out and patrol nights.Over half the force is working days and behind a desk. WHY DID YOU BECOME A POLICE OFFICER? was it to serve and protect? cause that is NOT what you are doing !!!!!
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OTTAWA, Ont. — Jay Harrison's tally with 2:41 remaining in overtime lifted Carolina over Ottawa, 3-2, at Scotiabank Place.
Chad LaRose and Alexander Semin also scored for the Hurricanes, winners in three of their last four games.
Cam Ward stopped a season-high 45 shots to even his record at 3-3-0.
Daniel Alfredsson and Erik Karlsson lit the lamp for the Senators, who have lost three of four.
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What: The Second Annual Cohasset Historical Society Clambake.
Where: Sandy Beach, Cohasset.
When: Saturday, Sept. 6, 4 p.m. (rain date: Sunday, Sept. 7)...
What: The Second Annual Cohasset Historical Society Clambake.
Where: Sandy Beach, Cohasset.
When: Saturday, Sept. 6, 4 p.m. (rain date: Sunday, Sept. 7)
On the table: The night includes all the traditional fixings for a New England clambake, as well as beer and wine.
Entertainment: Local band Line Drive will perform during the evening.
Tickets: Reservations required, call the Historical Society at 781-383-1434 or buy online at cohassehistoricalsociety.org. Tickets are $120 per person for members and $130 per person for nonmembers.
Preserving history: All year long the Cohasset Historical Society finds ways to preserve and present the history of Cohasset. As a nonprofit organization, it depends on donations and fundraising events, like this one, to sustain its important efforts to protect the town's past.
Nothing completes a party like music.
On Saturday, Sept. 6, the Cohasset Historical Society will bring live music to Sandy Beach as part of its second annual clambake. Line Drive, a band with local roots, will return this year as the event's entertainment – and the musicians can't wait to be back on beach.
"We've been playing a long time but that day at the clambake was the most enjoyable sets we've ever had," said Steve Ferroli, the band's lead singer. "We were looking out on the water, playing on the sand; it was the perfect day. I think we all thought 'it doesn't get any better than this.'"
Line Drive includes Bob Lynch (lead guitar), Steve Ferroli (lead vocal and rhythm guitar), Dave Munstis (bass) and Pete Lindfors (drums).
All experienced musicians, their particular foursome has been playing together for about eight years.
"We play classic rock with some newer songs," Lindfors said. Think Eagles, Rolling Stones, Van Morrison mixed with a little Uncle Cracker.
Many in town will recognize Lindfors from the Cohasset Post Office where he has worked for 11 years. He's also provides percussion for the Rusty Skippers.
"I'll play with just about anyone that calls," Lindfors said. "But I love playing with Line Drive. The band sounds good and we have a good time."
One of their favorites to play is "Steppin' Stone" by the Monkees.
"We get really into it and it's fun playing music that you love," Lindfors said.
The clambake is the historical society's major fundraiser for the year. The evening includes a full spread of traditional New England fare (clam chowder, steamed clams, brown bread, corn on the cob, barbecue chicken and, of course, lobster) served right on the beach. The proceeds from the event support the society's mission to preserve and present the history of Cohasset.
"We couldn't do what we do without the generous support of our members and friends," said Kathy O'Malley, president of the Cohasset Historical Society. "It's a great evening to enjoy the best of Cohasset while ensuring the protection of the town's rich history."
To purchase tickets, call the Cohasset Historical Society at 781-383-1434 or go online to cohassethistoricalsociety.org. Tickets are $120 per person for members and $130 per person for nonmembers.
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Wednesday's presentation by Clint Hill and Lisa McCubbin was much more than the first installment in a speaker series.
It offered a chance for our community to once again put its best foot forward.
Hill and McCubbin were the first speakers in the lecture portion of the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce Concert and Lecture Series. They delivered a multimedia presentation in the Steubenville High School auditorium based on the best-selling book "Mrs. Kennedy and Me" that Hill wrote with McCubbin. The presentation - and the book - offered an intimate look into the time former Secret Service agent Hill spent on Jacqueline Kennedy's protective detail.
Included were details about the assassination of her husband, President John F. Kennedy, in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963. It was a moment in American history that Hill knows all too well - he is the agent who is seen running up to and jumping onto the Kennedy limousine in the moments after Lee Harvey Oswald fired his fatal shots from a window in the Texas Schoolbook Depository.
While planning for Wednesday's event began in August, the seeds for the appearance of Hill and McCubbin actually were planted in May 2011, when chamber President Susan Hershey and then-Chairman Alex Marshall, the publisher of the Herald-Star and The Weirton Daily Times, formally announced the concert and lecture series. After a concert in July 2011 featuring Little Big Town was followed last July with an event featuring the Clarks, it was decided to open the lecture portion of the series.
That work began in August, with the Herald-Star signing on as the presenting sponsor. It was not too long after Hill and McCubbin had been promoting "Mrs. Kennedy and Me," which had been published in April. While there has been much written about the Kennedy era, there are few books that offer such a close look inside the lives of the then-first family in general, and Jackie Kennedy in particular. That made them an easy choice to open the series.
Eastern Gateway Community College, the Franciscan University of Steubenville and Steubenville City Schools quickly signed on as major sponsors, and preparations began to make the proposed event a reality.
All of that work during the next three months paid off in a big way Wednesday, when more than 900 people from around the Tri-State Area gathered in the recently renovated, state-of-the art auditorium to see their presentation and give them a standing ovation at the end.
Hill and McCubbin were genuinely pleased with the reception they received, not just from those who attended their presentation, but from our community as a whole.
But how could they not have been? From the moment they arrived, they saw the best of what our area has to offer.
They enjoyed lunch at Naples with Suzanne Kresser and Ken Perkins, who were personal assistants to the pair during their 24-hour stay in town. Hill and McCubbin were impressed by the friendliness of the staff and fellow diners at the restaurant and said the food was among the best Italian cuisine they had experienced.
They were impressed with the auditorium at the high school and the technical assistance they received from the students who ran the sound and light equipment, and by the reception they received from those who attended the presentation. And those in the audience were equally impressed when the authors were willing to stay after their discussion and sign every copy of their book or program from the evening they were presented and shake every hand.
Hill, the former secret service agent who traveled the world while protecting presidents and their families, and McCubbin, the journalist who has reported from all parts of the globe, mentioned while greeting those who attended a reception at the Garrett House (the Fourth Street bed-and-breakfast where they also spent Wednesday evening) before the presentation how appreciative they were of the hospitality they had been shown.
Too often area residents dwell on the negative things in our area, some real, some imagined. And while it's easy to get caught up in that talk, it's important to remember the good things we have - fantastic local restaurants, a great education system and people who are respectful of our area's past while looking to a brighter future, to name a few.
Sometimes it takes a different perspective for us to fully appreciate that.
That's a view Hill and McCubbin offered to us in addition to their presentation about the Kennedys, and in so doing allowed our area's pride to show through.
(Gallabrese, a resident of Steubenville, is executive editor of the Herald-Star and The Weirton Daily Times.)


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1947 Chevy pickup - Cell JobWritten by on September 1, 2010 Contributors: Joshua Shaw Installing The Fuel System For Street Rodder's '47 Chevy Pickup
Good progress continues to be made on Project Shop Truck, STREET RODDER's in-the-works 1947 Chevy pickup built entirely with easy-to-find aftermarket parts. Sticking to new stuff has eliminated a lot of the hours and effort that goes into repairing or replacing worn-out components, but even with fresh, out-of-the-box, high-quality parts, this isn't exactly like snapping together a kit. There's a lot of fabricating to be done, and figuring out the best way to make everything work has been a big part of this project. Luckily, everyone at Hot Rods by Dean (HRBD), where the '47 is being built, has a knack for that and has kept this buildup moving forward.
Last month, we showed you the front and rear glass going in, and the windshield wiper system being installed. This month, we're back at HRBD to follow the installation of the fuel system. With the exception of the mounting straps, these are all Aeromotive parts that we ordered from the Summit Racing website.
Since we'll be driving this truck all over creation with long distances between gas stops, we opted for a nice, big, 20-gallon cell. And since Editor Brennan is all excited about dropping one of those new emission-compliant GM Performance Parts E-ROD engines between the fenders, we made sure to run a high-pressure dual-line system with a return line to the tank. The guys down the hall at Chevy High Performance magazine reminded us that although GM has been using high-pressure returnless systems on its later LS engines, transplant projects and buildups like this one, need a dual-line system.
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Two angle iron straps, running forward to back between the crossmembers, will fit along the sides of the top of the tank to position it in place in the bed. Charlie took measurements from the 'rails to center of the tank. He used the level to make sure the tank is mounted parallel to the angle of the bed.Notches were cut in the angle iron to clear the pump outlet and the two rollover valves. The two AN-08 rollover valves will eventually be vented with lines and breather caps.When the tank was positioned correctly, Jonathan Williams from HRBD welded the angle iron upper straps to the crossmembers in the frame.When positioning the tank, we couldn't forget that there is going to be a bed floor in this truck someday. All lines and fittings must clear underneath. The wood kit hinges hang down 5 or 6 inches, but the tank will clear, and the filler will be easily accessible underneath one of the boards.When the installation is complete, the angle iron straps will be welded to the upper edge of the tank. Rubber strips will be glued in place between the straps and the tank for insulation and to eliminate metal-on-metal contact.Summit offers fuel tank mounting straps to secure the cell from underneath, but these were built at HRBD using 16-gauge steel. When measuring the correct length, an inch was added at each end of the straps. That extra sheetmetal was doubled over to create a mounting pad where the straps will be bolted to the crossmembers. Each pad was drilled with a center hole area for the bolt, and additional holes for welding the folded-over segment.
Our 20-gallon tank is secure, and not bad looking either. The straps give it a little bit of a muscle car look, don't you think? Rubber strips will be glued to these straps, just as on the upper angle iron.Charlie drilled the rear crossmember and fastened the ends of the fuel tank straps, using 2-1/2-inch 3/8 bolts.After looking for a place on the frame to mount the filter bracket vertically, Sullens decided it would be more easily accessible if mounted horizontally on the top of this crossmember.Our EFI engine requires high-pressure fuel lines (150 psi or greater), which were carefully measured and cut to fit.
Sullens installed the fuel supply line from the 90-degree hose end fitting at the pump outlet to the fitting at the inlet side of the fuel filter. The pump will be wired later on in the buildup of the truck, using an Aeromotive wiring kit.The return line was routed along the top of the driver side of the frame to run parallel to the supply line, keeping things as clean looking as possible.As you can tell from the valve cover, our E-ROD has not been installed yet, but when it is, it will require the use of this bypass-style fuel pressure regulator (PN 13109) and 0-100 psi pressure gauge (PN 15633). The regulator mounts to the supplied bracket with a pair of No. 10 screws, lock washers, and nuts. The fuel line returning from the fuel rail connects to the inlet port on the side of the regulator. The fuel return line to the tank connects to the port on the bottom of the regulator. The other side port will get capped on our application. The regulator will be mounted in the engine compartment, possibly on the firewall.


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I love these cookies! They never last long around here.
Bev's Chocolate Chip Cookies
From EatingWell: Spring 2004, The Essential EatingWell Cookbook (2004), July/August 2012
EatingWell reader Beverley Sharpe of California contributed this recipe. She updated a favorite treat by cutting back on sugar and incorporating whole grains. To increase protein, she replaces the rolled oats with 1 cup almond meal.
179 Reviews for Bev's Chocolate Chip Cookies
I love this cookies! I make them all the time!!! They are a hit with everyone that tries them! =)
Good recipe, I will make these again!
These are delicious! I replace the 1 cup chocolate chips with - 1/2 cup Dark Chocolate Chips and 1/2 cup chopped walnuts and they are the best. My whole family loves them especially my husband.
i'm gonna try it!!! i love chocolate chip cookies and am looking forward to my first batch of healthier ones!!! yay!!!!


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Security annotations support in Sailfin CAFE
By venu on Sep 21, 2010
Recently we added security annotations support to CAFE on Sailfin. Though there is lot of work to be
done in this area, please give it a try.
JavaDocs can be found here
Here is musicstore sample bean annotated with security annotations. Though this eliminates the need for sip.xml for
security configuration, you still need to declare role to group or principal mapping in sun-sip.xml
Sample security role mappings in sun-sip.xml
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