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The Reds have been way better this year than I ever thought they'd be.
The Reds have been way better this year than I ever thought they'd be.
Thanks for painting the picture on the final play.
So Pittsburgh has lost, but since they & St. Louis were tied in the loss column, if the Cards hang on and win, the magic number only goes down by one for the win, right?
In the same way that a baseball season never really begins, it never really ends either. - Lonnie Wheeler, "Bleachers, A Summer in Wrigley Field"
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The Reds only have to worry about themselves.
At worst, they'll be 8 up over the Cardinals.
ABack to back road wins against a very tough Phils club. Showed large nads.
The motel of lost companions,
Waits with heated pool and bar
I just checked. 4 posters have predictions in the 70s. Top6 and mfs at 72 and 74. I'm sure they're thrilled to be way wrong.
We've run our bottom 3 starters out there against Halladay, Lee and Worley. And we're without Joey Votto. And we've won 2 of 3. Unreal.
Elephant in the room. (not a horrible one)
Frazier has played to Votto's level the past month. The Reds aren't gonna be that much better looking once Votto returns.
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Corey Taylor Discusses Upcoming Slipknot and Stone Sour Albums
Slipknot are currently headlining the Mayhem Festival, their first U.S. shows since the tragic 2010 death of the band's bassist Paul Gray. In advance of the Mayhem show Friday (July 6) in Arizona, frontman Corey Taylor spoke with the Phoenix New Times about a number of topics, including upcoming albums from Slipknot and Stone Sour.
Lamb of God's Randy Blythe Posts Bail, Still in Czech Custody
The ongoing legal saga of Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe had an important development today (July 3); he made bail. Blythe posted the approximately $200,000 bail in Prague, but remains in Czech custody due to statutory deadlines and holidays.
Van Halen's Postponed Summer 2012 Tour Dates Officially Canceled
After Van Halen postponed 30 plus shows that were to begin July 7, those shows now apparently won't be rescheduled and have been officially canceled. According to Pollstar, many of the previously postponed shows, including those in Uncasville, Conn.; Baltimore; Rochester, N.Y.; Detroit; Toledo, Ohio; Memphis, Tenn.; Sacramento, Calif.; Reno, Nev.; and Milwaukee are now listed as canceled on Ticketmaster.com.
Marilyn Manson to Guest Star on Showtime's 'Californication'
Showtime has announced that Marilyn Manson will guest star in season six of 'Californication.' The shock rocker will appear as himself, and in the episode will have what is described as an "unforgettable meeting" with David Duchovny's character Hank Moody.
Filter Announce Summer 2012 Tour Dates
Filter have expanded their summer tour, adding several new dates (listed below.) The band entered the studio in April with producer Bob Marlette to record their fifth studio album 'Gurney and the Burning Books.' It is due to be released sometime later this year.
The Offspring Offer Full Stream of New Album 'Days Go By'
Due in stores on June 26, the Offspring's latest album 'Days Go By' is now streaming in full at RollingStone.com. It's the band's ninth studio effort, and was produced by Bob Rock (Metallica, Motley Crue), who also produced their previous album, 2008's 'Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace.'
Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament Unleashes Solo Album
Linkin Park Releasing Live Compilations for Each of Their Albums via Spotify
As the June 26 release date for their latest album, 'Living Things,' approaches, Linkin Park will be releasing a series of live compilations to correspond with each of their previous studio albums. The collections will be exclusive to Spotify, with the first compilation, 'Hybrid Theory: Live Around The World,' released today (May 31).
Slipknot Prepping Greatest Hits Release, Working on New Demos
Shedding a little more light on the mysterious 'Antennas To Hell' teaser video posted on Roadrunner Records' official site earlier today (May 29), Slipknot's Corey Taylor has revealed information about the upcoming release on Twitter. He also tweeted that the band is working on new demos.
Metallica's Rock AM Ring Gig To Stream Live
This weekend is the annual Rock AM Ring Festival in Nurburgring, Germany, with Metallica headlining on Saturday, June 2. They'll will be performing their 1991 self-titled album, known as 'The Black Album,' in its entirety, and you'll be able to watch it from the comfort of your own home, thanks to a free live stream.
Slash: I Haven't Spoken to Axl Rose Since 1996
As he makes the rounds promoting his new album 'Apocalyptic Love,' Slash can't avoid countless questions about Guns N' Roses and his relationship (or lack thereof) with Axl Rose. Slash was interviewed on Piers Morgan's CNN show last night (May 23) and he had some interesting things to say about his former band mate.
Megadeth's David Ellefson: Metallica / Megadeth Supergroup 'Would Be a Blast'
In a new interview with MetalSerbia.com, Megadeth bassist David Ellefson offers his thoughts on a possible Metallica/Megadeth supergroup.

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Here are some soldiers having fun on the base. Next there is a photo captioned "Hudgins at work". I wonder what his task was? Then is presented a trooper with his mount. And lastly, we see some soldiers manning the chow line. Could they be cooks or men on KP? Well, at least hey look happy!


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As helmed by Laurent Tuel, this visceral French crime saga follows the doings of the Malakian clan, a family of mobsters who rule the criminal underground with an iron fist. Spearheading it all is don Milo Malakian (Jean Reno); poised to assume control after Milo retires is his son, Anton (Gaspard Ulliel). Anton longs to break free and build his own life, but to do so, he must bring down his father's nemesis via one final heist job that will prove Anton's mettle once and for all. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
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I love experimentation and as an art medium, clay allows a wonderful scope of intricate surface, textures and design possiibilities. Whether in form, surface or variation of approach the exploration of ideas and treatment can be continually re-examined without any loss of anticipation in each new piece.
My excitement and appreciation of clay art never wanes but grows consistently with every new idea.


text: March Muscle Car Madness: Round Two, Day OneJason Torchinsky3/19/12 4:30pmFiled to: March Muscle Car Madnessmuscle carsMarch MadnessMuscle Car MadnessTop1151EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkThe first round of our March Muscle Car Madness is over, and we've got a good, strong parking lot-full of contenders for round two. These next battles look to be intense, and sure to get your muscle car loyalties tested; Let's see how this plays out with our first four second round match-ups.AdvertisementThis last batch of matchups gave me a few genuine surprises, and one observation. First, the observation: in all but one case, the car named after an animal– any kind of animal, avian, insect, fictional– won. That's seems important, somehow.The surprises all sort of border on disappointments for me. Some, like the Corvair, were just personal affectations I knew likely wouldn't win. Okay, I can live with that. More for me. But I was surprised to see the El Camino beat out–I had to check the URL to make sure I worked for the right site. Besides, when did hauling drywall at genuinely stupid speeds become uncool?AdvertisementThe biggest shock, though, was the Ford Thunderbolt's loss. As many commenters pointed out, the Thunderbolt was likely the most balls-out of any muscle car. Wildly lightened (one wiper, plexiglass windows), sacrifice of high-beams for air intakes, and a truly, alarmingly bonkers engine, this thing is the absolute epitome of senseless musclecardom. Maybe the lack of practicality killed it. What do you people want, matching luggage? Anyway, the results:1950 Hudson Hornet 71.6%1957 Studebaker Silver Hawk 57.4%Sponsored1967 Buick Wildcat 58.6%1968 Chevrolet Camaro 60.6%Advertisement1968 Pontiac GTO 81.2%1971 Dodge Charger 75.3%1966 Shelby Cobra GT350 73.5%Advertisement1969 Dodge Coronet Super Bee 63.0%1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 68.5%1971 Dodge Charger Daytona 53.0%AdvertisementAdvertisement1970 Plymouth Superbird 77.0%2009 Shelby Cobra GT 500KR 67.5%1969 Ford Boss 429 75.4%Advertisement1989 Pontiac 20th Anniversary Trans-Am Pace Car 73.12%1972 Ford Mustang Mach 1 51.4%1968 Dodge Hemi Dart 70.6%AdvertisementAdvertisementToday, in round two, we have four excellent match-ups. Let's break 'em down and get votin':ZOMBIES: 1971 AMC Javelin SST vs. 1970 AMC AMX:The last of the internecine AMC battles, this should be good. These cars are really quite similar, but still different enough to have their own character. The '71 Javelin had an entirely new body, with really agressive front fenders that arced above the hoodline, and a great hood-to-rear-deck ratio. In 6.6L V8 guise, we're talking 335 Kenosha-bred horsies. Plus, it was known for a very usable rear seat. The '70 AMX has a somewhat more restrained body style, still agressive yet crisp, and can make up to 420 hp from a 6.4 L. These are both great, largely under-appreciated muscle cars.ROD RAGE: 1992 Ford Thunderbird SC vs. Buick GNX: Okay, remember when I said we had four excellent match-ups? I lied. This is a terrible match-up. I can't help but think we'll just be picking chunks of Thunderchicken out of the GNX's stools. The Thunderbird SC is supercharged, yes, and makes a respectable 210hp, but the GNX is all pedestrian-puncturing corners and black menace, making an under-reported 276 hp. Soft 90s aerodynamics are great, but you just can't beat that angular sneer of a GNX.CLASSICS: 1950 Hudson Hornet vs. 1957 Studebaker Silver Hawk: I'm not sure how much the role in Cars helped the Hornet, which I think really should be a '51— they came out in '50, but for the '51 model year. Oops. Either way, they had the biggest displacement six at the time (5L), and Hudson had a line of "secret" racing parts called "severe usage" parts, letting you get much more than the stock 145 hp. The Stude is one of the lovely (but somewhat over-redone) Lowey coupes, and in V8 guise ran with 210 hp. A classy choice, like punching someone with cufflinks on.DRAG QUEENS: 1970 Chevy Chevelle SS vs. 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona: If you're deciding these on wing size, you're done. There's albatrosses with less wing than a '69 Daytona. Plus, they had that crazy Haloween-mask aero front end, and a massive 7.2L V8 (called "the Elephant") with somewhere around 425 hp. The '70 Chevelle's no slouch, of course, offering classic muscle-car looks with 360 hp and plenty of tuning options. This should be a good fight. March Muscle Car Madness is brought to you by Gumout.Reply115 repliesLeave a reply


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This is an AMV to the song "Two Sisters" by Fiction Plane. The anime used is Elfen Lied.
Well I began with the idea of this video mostly because I'd been making a lot of trailers and I figured that it might be good to go back to an actual music video. I'd been hearing this song on the radio a lot and as much as I could just rock-out to it, as I listened to the lyrics I starting thinking of an idea. That idea progressed and eventually became "Two Sisters".
I could have used any anime for this that involved a male character with two conflicting love interests...but the "...cold mister mister" had only one true candidate, and that was Batoh. Such a mean anti-hero doesn't come around very often, and his cruelty was a great choice to play off the love affairs of Kotah with Lucy and Yuka.
It's hard to think that nobody else has thought to use this song in an AMV (so far). Currently the band doesn't have a music video of its own, but I look forward to seeing it when it comes out. However, I do believe that with no false claim that I can honestly say that this is the original use of this song in an Anime Music Video.
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After selectmen recommended a tax 10-year property tax break, Dunkin' Brands has decided to stay at its Royall Street headquarters in Canton for 16 more years.
According to state Representative William Galvin, Westwood had made a better offer to Dunkin' Brands, but the company has become a part of Canton and "they really wanted to stay, but made sure it made fiscal sense."


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Maxim analyst Ray Neidl is certainly concerned about rising oil prices and their effect on airlines, but he thinks that "maybe we have reached the turning point," opening up some buying opportunities. Although high oil prices could reverse the economic recovery and dampen demand (not to mention pinch airline margins), data and anecdotal evidence point to continued strong demand.
"US Airways (LCC) told an investor meeting that I organized a few weeks ago in Phoenix that they have never seen such a strong demand environment and that the elasticity of demand was zero at this point. There were two major ticket price increases in late December and six more during the first quarter on top of the tightening of ticket sales discounting," he wrote. "However beginning a couple of weeks ago, additional price increases were not sticking, primarily because Southwest (LUV) would not go along with them."
A broad-based airline downgrade by Dahlman Rose's Helane Becker on Monday added to the pessimism about the sector, but Neidl thinks that could signal a buying opportunity.
"[W]ith the sharp decline since November in airline stock prices, still strong demand and we believe increasing yields, capacity constraints and entering the high travel season, we believe that he sector offers buying opportunities. Some sell side analysts have reduced their ratings of the sector across the board recently which to me could be a good sign as panic sets in, so maybe we have reached the turning point."
"If oil prices stay below $110 a barrel, look for a spring rally. If they fall by 10% look for a major airline stock price rally across the board in airline stock prices."
Neidl particularly likes Alaska Air (ALK), Allegiant Travel (ALGT) and Hawaiian Airlines (HA).


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Josh Howard is out for the season with a torn ACL. Meaning in nine days in D.C., he has:
a) Been accused of missing a game due to hangover.
b) Talked playoffs with the team 7.5 games back with 31 to go.
c) Suffered a major injury.
Meaning it took him a week to evoke memories of Webber being stoned on his way to practice, Jamison decorating his locker with a poster of the Larry O'Brien Trophy and Arenas blowing out a tire.
Though he may have only played four games as a Wizard, he made all the right moves to be a Wizard for life. Impressive.


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Wirepop: Dan Hess
Guest ArtistDan Hess: Instead of going outside to shoot hoops or go skateboarding, Dan (seen here with Tabitabi) spent much of his childhood indoors, drawing comics. And playing with Lego bricks. If it weren't for the Internet, he'd probably still be there. Some free Syracuse University webspace gave him a place and the courage to showcase his work, until he graduated and started up his own website. His other works include "Rebus," a tale of interstellar mercenaries stumbling their way through missions, and the mildly successful "Angel Moxie," which seemingly mocks and admires the magical girl genre all at once. WORKS: |


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Vivendi French Phone Unit Ready for IPO, SFR Chair Says
Marie MawadVivendi SA's French phone unit SFR is ready for an initial public offering, SFR Chairman Stephane Roussel said, though it will be up to its parent to decide on the timing.
Vivendi is seeking to make SFR more autonomous as the Paris-based company pushes to refocus its business on media and away from telecommunications, Roussel said yesterday at a conference organized by French daily newspaper Les Echos.
"We are ready for an IPO," Roussel said. "It will be for Vivendi to decide, but I do think we have an equity story to tell. Given our structure and forecasts, we can do an IPO."
Vivendi last month moved its telecommunications chief Jean-Yves Charlier to the chief executive officer role at SFR, splitting the CEO and chairman positions and bolstering leadership at the unit. SFR, France's second-largest mobile-phone company, will seek more people to expand its board, Roussel said yesterday.
More than a year after Vivendi Chairman Jean-Rene Fourtou promised a "no-taboo" strategy review of the company's conglomerate structure, investors are waiting for proof that management is committed to follow it through. Vivendi has said an IPO is an option for SFR, though not in the near term. Business at the unit must first be strengthened, Philippe Capron, Vivendi's finance chief, said in April.
Price Wars
SFR won't improve its profitability this year or next as price wars in the wireless-services market continue in France, Roussel said yesterday. Competition has intensified since Iliad SA became the country's fourth mobile carrier last year and started selling discounted phone packages starting at 2 euros per month.
SFR will continue to trim costs, Roussel said. Falling French phone bills have prompted SFR to simplify its structure and cut jobs. The unit has forecast it will lower its expenses by 500 million euros ($665 million) by the end of 2014.
"We will seek savings beyond what we have already announced," Roussel said. "It won't be on jobs or investments. It will be, for example, by simplifying our commercial offers."
SFR is open to sharing parts of its network and partnering with rivals, except through mergers, Roussel said.
Vivendi owns all of SFR since it bought Vodafone Group Plc's 44 percent share for 8 billion euros in 2011.
Different Rhythms
"It makes sense for SFR to be an autonomous company, managing its own investments and returns," Roussel said. "Vivendi wants to make SFR more autonomous because telecommunications and content don't have the same rhythms."
Vivendi also owns phone companies in Morocco and Brazil and has sought to sell those assets as it looks to focus instead on content businesses: music company Universal Music Group, video-game publisher Activision Blizzard Inc. and French pay-television company Canal Plus.
Emirates Telecommunications Corp. and QSC Qatar Telecom in April submitted binding offers for Vivendi's 53 percent share of Maroc Telecom, Morocco's biggest phone company. A deal is targeted for completion by October, people familiar with the matter have said.
Attempts to divest Brazilian Internet operator GVT and a stake in Activision Blizzard have failed because of valuation differences or insufficient interest.
Vivendi shares dropped 13 percent in Paris trading this year to close at 14.71 euros yesterday.


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When New Zealand coach Mike Hesson confirmed new names would be on the list of the 20 nationally contracted players for the coming year, it wasn't exactly a jaw-dropper.
Several players from last year's list won't be there for various reasons when the names are released today.
Dan Vettori has absented himself as he recovers from surgery; Jacob Oram opted out early in the period; Chris Martin has retired; Tarun Nethula, Kruger van Wyk, Daniel Flynn and Rob Nicol haven't done enough to warrant retention.
Several factors are considered in coming up with 25 players - the bottom five will get high-end major association contracts when that list is made public shortly.
One key point to consider is looking ahead, not back. So performances over the past 12 months, while not forgotten, are usually outweighed by what the panel believe a player can offer in the coming year.
A weighting system is used to demonstrate the primacy of the test game over the shorter forms, as is right. It ensures test specialists are in the frame, even though they may don the colours far fewer times in the period than allround performers. That said, those available in all three forms - should it come to a head-to-head with a test-only rival - can be seen to have more overall value.
Several core players are certain to be in the top half of the list.
Captain Brendon McCullum, Ross Taylor, Tim Southee, Kane Williamson, Trent Boult and Martin Guptill fit those criteria. The placings in the extended batting order aren't revealed but it's safe to assume either McCullum or Taylor would be No1.
The captain receives an extra whack for wearing the arm band, but as he leads all three teams, considering the substantial responsibility that entails, McCullum should be top dog.
Those seen as test-only players for now include opener Hamish Rutherford - and this year might be the time he breaks into the ODI side - and Doug Bracewell.
Canterbury batsmen Peter Fulton and Dean Brownlie - both test centurymakers last summer - should be in, but in the bottom half.
One-day specialists such as Kyle Mills, Nathan McCullum and Mitchell McClenaghan are shoo-ins.
One new name who could make it is Canterbury seamer Matt Henry, after a strong domestic season.
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A possible list of the 20 players to receive national contracts in rough order:
Brendon McCullum, Ross Taylor, Kane Williamson, Tim Southee, Trent Boult, Martin Guptill, Mitchell McClenaghan, Hamish Rutherford, Kyle Mills, Nathan McCullum, BJ Watling, Doug Bracewell, Neil Wagner, Corey Anderson, Tom Latham, Peter Fulton, Dean Brownlie, Grant Elliott, Matt Henry, Adam Milne.


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On Sunday, the team hosted the Redskins Rides car show in Ashburn, and as you can imagine, it turned into a pissing contest over who can waste the most amount of their signing bonus on an automobile. There were several quality entrants, but my personal favorite is Clinton Portis and his Maserati sitting on the aftermarket chrome rims with the red lip:
Many more after the jump.
Antwaaaaaaan Randel El keeps it classy with what looks like a stock Bentley Continental GT — probably on loan for free from Easterns:
Winner of the ugliest ride: Santana Man's Dodge Magnum:
I don't know what kind of car Cooley is showing up in, but it has by far the most attractive after market modification:
The Ron Landry, doing his part to save the environment with his F-650:
Chris Samuels wins the "best execution, Lambo doors on an old school Caddy" category:
Smoot keeps it low key with a 6-series. He lets his mouth do the talking, not his ride:
And last, but not least, Mike Sellers Impala, because, shit, somebody had to have in Imp up in this bitch:
(All images via The Official Redskins Blog and Gearshift. Special thanks to Mr. I commenter CptChaosSidekick for the tip.)


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Gov. Perry Getting Involved In Missouri PoliticsTexas Gov. Rick Perry waded into Missouri's political battle over taxes Thursday, endorsing an uphill effort by Republican legislators to override Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon's veto of an income tax cut.
Fiscal Cliff Deadline Nears: No Deal YetA Capitol Hill deal to avert the "fiscal cliff" was proving elusive Sunday as a deadline to avert tax hikes on virtually every American worker and block sweeping spending cuts set to strike the Pentagon and other federal agencies grew perilously near.
Congress's Inactivity Could Cost North Texans ThousandsDebbie Haskett is trying to beat the rush at the grocery store. As she goes through her list at a Kroger in Arlington, she looks for the best deals.


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It's not the first time (and it won't be the last), but this breathtaking Atalanta affair is blowing my mind. That probably has a little something to do with the beyond beautiful images of Amy Arrington Photography, which are like one mesmerizing moment after another, all gathered in one seriously awesome gallery. Also blowing my mind? The gorgeous location that is the The Trolley Barn, a historic meets garden party paradise perfect for marrying. See it all right here in the full gallery.
From the Bride… Our wedding took place at a venue nestled in Inman Park called the Trolley Barn, an old housing facility for Atlanta's street railway line back in the late 19th century. The venue has wonderful space both outside, which is where we had our ceremony, and inside, where most of the reception took place. Our ceremony was non denominational and very personal. We wrote our own vows and letters to each other that were only then shared with one another for the first time. During the ceremony, the guests all were given a rock to make a wish for our marriage. The rocks were collected into a single vase and we now have them as a keep sake of these wishes. The Barn did not require too much decor, and we went very light on flowers. My mother made the centerpieces for each of the guests tables, which were stained glass vases that we used as candle holders. The theme of the reception was very laid back, and with the guest count being only around 100, it felt pretty intimate.
Photography: Amy Arrington Photography | Venue: The Trolley Barn | Coordination: April Huckaby & Tiara Lord | Floral Design: Peachtree Petals | Cake: Perfect Wedding Cake | Caterering: Zest Atlanta | Band: Sweetwater Junction | Officiant: Reverend Dawn Smith | Hair + Makeup: Bombshell Creations | Photobooth: Classic Photobooth | Ceremony Music: Keith Gehle | Trolley: The Trolley Guy


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Love from our family to yours! Merry Christmas!
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What great pictures of your beautiful family! Merry Christmas!
Great photos! I love the portraits the best, especially the one of SJ.
Your family picture this year is wonderful. How did you manage to get one where everyone looks great?
Great pictures!!!
I agree, wonderful photos! I'm oozing with jealousy when it comes to people who can get all the kids looking great and actually all smiling at the same time!


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This week's Independent available on newsstands
Here's a preview of this week's Arenac County Independent. This week's edition is available on newsstands now. Print exclusives this week include:
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- A preview of an upcoming canning class hosted by MSU Extension
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Warming Center thousands short, could delay opening next year
BOZEMAN, Mont. - Jennifer Martin and Jeremy Higgins are homeless residents in Bozeman. Jennifer is pregnant. "Almost five months," she said. Jeremy has a broken ankle. "I'm having surgery on Friday," he said.
They were staying at the Warming Center, but that closed a few weeks ago. And they say finding a place to stay has been difficult. Sometimes they have to camp out, even in freezing temperatures.
"It's very overwhelming," Higgins said. "It's scary -- you don't know what to do from [one] day to the next."
They said Bozeman has some great community resources. But some of those services are dwindling.
"We're short about $20,000 for what we need to operate this season," said Sara Savage, with the Human Resources Development Council (HRDC).
She said they came up short this season for the Warming Center. Donations are down, and that means their programs suffer.
In the Warming Center, yellow bags are filled with over 100 blankets used for the beds. Right now they are being stored for next season, but Savage said next season may come a lot later than usual.
"Now with what we're looking at for funding, it looks like we probably won't be able to open until mid or end of December," she said. Usually, the Warming Center opens in November.
The HRDC is hoping to rent out the space during the off season to help offset costs, and brainstorm other ways to raise money.
But Savage said unless funds turn around, homeless residents like Higgins and Martin will have to survive in the cold- like they're trying to do now.
"It's stressful, I get a lot of anxiety attacks because of it," Higgins said, adding "I just try to... stay on the the positive. All we can do is stay in the positive."
We checked with other homeless resources to see where they stand, like Family Promise. They tell us they're open and able to house one to three homeless families.


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15. Which type of reproduction leads to daugther cells that are identical to the parent cell? Cloning? My Answer: Asexual Reporduction 16. Is this process called mitosis or meiosis? My Answer (that I think): Mitosis 17. Which type leads to a mix of genetic information in the ...
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I'm actually in 7th grade, but I'm doing 8th grade pre-algebra, but anyway, here: I'm supposed to simplify these four problems and I don't really understand how: 28s (15 power) ____ 42s (12 power) 4m+(n[7th power]m) 63m(5 power)n(6 power) ______________________ 27mn 3a·4a(4 ...
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7th grade science
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7th grade science
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7th grade science
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7th grade science
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7th grade Science
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7th grade science
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7th grade
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7th grade science
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7th grade science
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7th grade science
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7th grade science
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7th grade Science
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7th Grade Science
Identify 5 characteristics common to plants and describe them?
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7th grade science
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7th grade science
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Does the bending (folding and faulting) of Earth create sound?
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Science-7th grade
the sides of the DNA ladder are made up of molecules of the sugar______and_______.
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How do lithospheric plates lead to evolution and species? Please help me.
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What types of cells in your body are no longer undergoing mytosis?
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7th Grade Science
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7th Grade x y input output tables
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Jones, H. and Leinonen, I. and Theobald, Julian and Tagliavia, C. and Loveys, B. and Grant, O. (2006) Dynamic thermal imaging for estimating leaf and boundary layer conductances. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology, 143 (4 Supp). S146-S146. ISSN 1095-6433
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The most straightforward approach to estimation of stomatal and boundary layer conductances from thermal imagery depends on the use of wet and/or dry reference surfaces. An alternative approach might be to utilise and active thermography approach based on the thermal dynamics of leaves following changes in incident radiation. The theoretical basis of this approach will be outlined and its limitations evaluated. Potential applications and disadvantages of this approach are outlined and discussed on the basis of a range of laboratory and field experiments on grapevine and other plant species.
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Journal or Publication Title: | Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | thermal imaging ; thermal dynamics ; leaf conductance ; boundary layer ; grapevine |
Subjects: | Q Science > QK Botany |
Departments: | Faculty of Science and Technology > Lancaster Environment Centre |
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Deposited By: | Dr Julian C Theobald |
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It's always refreshing to see fresh British green vegetables popping up in the shops and food markets at this time of year, although I confess that I wish that our short asparagus season lasted for another month or so.
I always associate peas with British cuisine, although you do see them all over the world in various forms – both fresh and frozen. And I'm always amazed at how good frozen peas are and I'm not at all embarrassed to admit that there's always a bag in my deep freeze. The problem with fresh peas is that unless you pick them yourself, you don't quite know how long they have been knocking around for and once cooked they might not turn out quite as sweet and juicy as you expected.
We always offer fresh peas as a bar or pre-dinner snack in the restaurants when they are in season and it brings back childhood memories of podding them in the garden on the deckchair with my grandmother.
Chilled pea and fennel soup
Serves 4
I bought some lovely young fennel from Tony Booth, who has now moved out of Borough Market to the food market at Tower Bridge. As well as the bulbs, I've also used the stalks and fern in this soup and shredded the stalk to make a salad garnish – and just one stem of fennel will be enough for 4 good servings with the peas.
1tbsp vegetable or corn oil
1 small onion, peeled and roughly chopped
1 stem of baby or young fennel (or a couple if they are small)
1.2 litres vegetable stock
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
350g freshly podded peas (or frozen ones will do)
1tsp cider vinegar
1tbsp rapeseed oil
Cut the fennel bulb away from the stalks and finely shred it with a sharp knife or on a mandolin and put to one side. Separate the ferns from the stalks and just keep a few of the ferns for garnish. Roughly chop the stalks, then heat the oil in a pan and gently cook the onion and stalks for 3-4 minutes, stirring occasionally until soft. Add the stock, season and simmer gently for 10-12 minutes.
Reserve about 60-70g of the peas and cook in boiling salted water with a little sugar, then drain, cool under the tap and mix with the shredded fennel. Add the rest of the peas to the soup and simmer for another 6-7 minutes or until they are tender (frozen peas will only need a couple of minutes once they come back to a simmer).
Blend in a liquidiser until smooth, then taste and adjust the seasoning. Pass through a sieve if you wish (some blenders do a better job than others) then leave to cool and adjust the consistency with a little more stock if necessary.
To serve, mix the cider vinegar and rapeseed oil with the peas, fennel and a few ferns and season. Pour the soup into shallow soup bowls and pile the pea and fennel salad up in the centre.
Grilled salmon with pea and leek broth
Serves 4
A piece of wild salmon or sea trout freshly grilled is great just simply served as a starter or main with a light broth of peas and leeks. If you have made the pea soup recipe (see above) you can just use a little of that thinned down with some fish stock.
4 salmon fillets weighing about 150-160g (100g for starters) boned with the skin on or off
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
A little vegetable or corn oil for brushing
For the broth
Use the pea and fennel soup recipe thinned down with a little fish stock
To garnish
8 or so young leeks, trimmed, washed and halved
60-70g or so of podded peas, cooked
A couple of good knobs of butter
Cook the leeks in boiling salted water, then drain. Heat the broth and add the leeks and peas; season to taste, then stir in the butter. The broth should be single-cream consistency; just add a little stock if you need to.
Meanwhile, preheat a ribbed griddle or heavy-based frying pan, season the salmon and lightly brush the pan with oil. Cook the salmon for 2-3 minutes on each side with the skin side down first, keeping it a little pink.
To serve, spoon the leeks, peas and broth into deep serving plates and place the salmon on top.
Deep-fried pea pods with minted pea mayonnaise
Serves 4-6
You may recall that a couple of years back I decided to deep-fry some broad bean pods instead of tossing them on to the compost – and very delicious they were too. Well I'm still on my Love Food Hate Waste campaign and I think that if you love food and shopping and growing then it's natural not to want to waste a thing. If you have nice young peas in their pods, the pods themselves will make great crispy snacks and you will get more out of the pods than the actual peas themselves. If you wish, you can also spice up the flour with some ground cumin or paprika.
A couple of handfuls of pea pods, shelled
120-150g self-raising flour (preferably Doves Farm gluten-free)
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
150ml milk
Vegetable or corn oil for deep frying
Cornish sea salt for sprinkling
For the mayonnaise
50g well-cooked peas
10-12 mint leaves, washed
3-4tbsp good-quality mayonnaise
First, make the mayonnaise. Blend the peas and mint in a liquidiser with a little water until it's smooth. Mix with enough of the mayonnaise to taste; season.
Season the flour well and add the suggested spices above if you wish. Preheat about 8cm of oil to 160-180C in a large thick-bottomed saucepan or electric deep-fat fryer.
Have three bowls ready, one for the seasoned flour, one for the milk and the third for the finished pea pods. Coat the pods in the flour, shaking off any excess, then pass them through the milk and again through the flour.
Deep fry in batches, stirring occasionally, for 2-3 minutes until lightly coloured and crisp. Remove with a slotted spoon on to some kitchen paper and sprinkle with Cornish sea salt and serve immediately with the mayonnaise.
Pea and spinach curry
Serves 4
This makes a lovely spring or summer vegetable accompaniment, starter or part of a cold buffet.
400g cooked peas, fresh or frozen
A couple of handfuls of young spinach leaves, washed and dried
60ml of ghee or butter
2 large onions, peeled and finely chopped
4 cloves of garlic, peeled and crushed
2tbsp finely grated root ginger
1 green chilli, sliced
2tsp ground cumin
2tsp cumin seeds
1tsp ground turmeric
2tsp ground coriander
Seeds of 6 cardamom pods
¼tsp cayenne pepper
¼tsp ground black pepper
500ml vegetable stock
2tbsp chopped coriander
Salt to taste
Heat the butter or ghee in a thick-bottomed pan and gently cook the onions for 3-4 minutes until soft, stirring every so often until lightly coloured.
Add the other spices and continue cooking on a low heat for a couple more minutes. Add the stock and salt, cover with water and simmer for 15-20 minutes until the liquid has reduced by half. Stir in the peas and spinach and simmer for another 8-10 minutes, or until the sauce is just coating the vegetables. Stir in the coriander, remove from the heat and serve with basmati rice.
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text: Homemade Infographic: What Were The Gayest (And Straightest) Super Bowl Halftime Shows?Tom Scocca1/30/12 5:25pmFiled to: NFL roundtableHomemade infographicsSlateKinsey scaleMadonnaSuper BowlSuper bowl halftimeNewstweetHomosexualityheterosexualitySuper Bowl 46Super bowl xlviGay as EasterTop451EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink We're doing a season-long NFL roundtable with our friends at Slate. Check back here each week as a rotating cast of football watchers discusses the weekend's key plays, coaching decisions, and traumatic brain injuries. « Previous entry | Next entry » Last week, one of Madonna's backup dancers was overheard (presumably on purpose) by the Daily News, saying the pop star would be "bringing gay to the Super Bowl" in her upcoming halftime show. Typical Madge: carrying coals to Newcastle and calling it an innovative energy policy. Advertisement Advertisement In fact, a survey of Super Bowl halftime history reveals that, pace Madonna, these splashy, highly choreographed song-and-dance theatrical routines have often owed a debt to gay culture. The early shows may have featured old-fashioned university marching bands, but by Super Bowl V, Carol Channing was headlining. By Super Bowl XXVI, Brian Boitano was figure-skating onstage, with music by Gloria Estefan.Like humanity itself, the Super Bowl halftime show falls on a continuum between straight and gay—and sometimes goes off the continuum entirely. Here's a breakdown of all XLV halftime programs according to Alfred Kinsey's scale of human sexuality, from 0 for exclusively heterosexual (Paul McCartney, 2005) to 6 for exclusively homosexual (Gloria Estefan with figure skaters, 1992). (And here's a video collection of notable ones through the years.) See also: The Gayest (And Straightest) Super Bowl Halftime ShowsReply45 repliesLeave a reply


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Over and over and over, you claim to have given direct answers. I have read this thread over many times so telling me to read it again doesn't make your answers any more logical. As one the participants, who was interested because of your claim that wealthy people don't pay their fair share and need to have their taxes raised, I have asked one of the direct questions as a result. What is a fair share? How do you define it? You still haven't come anywhere close to defining it. [EDIT: For those with the patience to read this post, bis's comments are in green, my interjections are in blue and tec's comments are in red)] You started with this (on page 6):
I'd be in favor of making ALL taxes income taxes and streamlining the process so that you pay a certain percentage based upon your income (with the wealthy paying MUCH more than the middle and lower classes). [You don't define how MUCH more] This would also include the elimination of most or all deductions and other ways to artificially lower your tax rate. You pay the percentage no matter what. That would make sure everyone pays their fair share. [You don't mention whether or not tax revenues and share of the burden will change and in what direction (I've given you many hints and references along the way). This is very important context to your suggestions]
tec responded [with specifics] with this (page 13 - 2 posts):
How much is enough? The source of the 38% number (my bad, it's actually 36.73% as of 2009) is the Internal Revenue Service. Top 1% pays 36.73% Top 5% pays 58.66% Top 10% pays 70.47% Top 25% pays 87.30% Top 50% pays 97.75% Bottom 50% pays 2.25%
You responded with this (page 13):
Regardless of your numbers, the rich should be paying more than they are right now. They can afford it. [Again - you won't define how much more - only that they can afford it]
and this:
"They can afford to" IS a valid reason to expect the government to make them pay their fair share. [AGAIN: What the h*** is that?] There is no reason people who struggle to get by should pay taxes that put them in more financial peril when there are those who can easily afford to absorb more of those taxes. The rich should be paying more than they are now, that is for certain. [Um, okay - that settles it then. It's "for certain"]
I responded with a post outlining that you can't tax at 0% or 100% to obtain maximum revenue and that rates don't correlate postively with treasury revenues and at some point between the two and that raising taxes would likely not increase revenues to the treasury in the first place (which is the goal of taxation). Our historical evidence suggests an inverse correlation. Your "logical defense"?
The numbers actually indicate the wealthy are NOT paying anything close to their fair share. Take Mitt Romney, for example. He paid less percentage wise than many middle class Americans, and yet he made $20 million or so last year. That's not his fair share at all. [This is one of the many errors in your argument. Trying to hit that "percentage-wise" number does not correlate to increasing share of the burden for the rich. This has been demonstrably true simply by looking at the IRS tables of burden versus rates - readily available in downloadable csv format] Fair share is also a perfectly reasonable phrase, much to MikeT23's dismay, as is "they can afford to". Fair share is only a moving target based upon economic factors including inflation (when you're talking about total money). They can afford to because they have the money to pay for taxes others can't afford. The idea you can afford to do things but choose not to is irrelevant because what you choose to do has nothing to do with the tax rate. The reason they can afford to is reasonable is because the idea is to lower the taxes on those who CANNOT afford to pay them, and the easiest and most direct way to do that is to compensate for a loss of revenue from the lower classes who can't afford those taxes by making the wealthy who can afford them pay more. [The other MAJOR fallacy of your argument. As I point out in the reference to the other thread, raising taxes on the wealthy would likely have the opposite effect of lowering them. The effect of lowering rates - across the board to include the wealthy has had the effect of BOTH 1) increasing tax revenues, and 2) increasing the share of the wealthy in those revenues. I have the numbers to back that up. It's not a zero sum game. A growing economy provides a multiplier effect by broadening the tax base. It also broadens the number of upwardly mobile taxpayers, meaning an even greater percentage of the burden is paid by the rich. (Which is what I thought you wanted)]
There isn't a shred of specificity in your posts. You claim they are not paying there fair share. "Fair share" is undefined in your argument. Therefore asking them to pay more is irrational because you can't even define what you want. Then you come up with this nugget:
I already explained the rational behind "because they can afford to", but I'll summarize for you once again: Every tax dollar paid by someone who is incredibly wealthy can represent one less tax dollar which must be paid by someone who can't even afford to pay their heating bill.... [At what point does someone owe taxes and have a stake? When is it fair? You appear to be advocating that the poor pay zero tax because the wealthy can "afford to pay it for them". Okay, at what point do someone begin to pay? If your goal is to take that dollar from the rich, how do you know that if you raise their tax rates that you'll actually get that dollar you want? Answer: you DON'T know. Escpecially since evidence suggests lowering those rates will take more dollars from them. Again you refuse to address this]
This is the only post in this thread where you come anywhere near answering the question (basically by refusing to totally answer it, but again leave out the important aspect of human behavior):
I'm driven entirely by logic, not by emotion. It makes LOGICAL sense that those who earn more should pay more. [I actually agree with this - except that this is already the case - as tec pointed out.] It would take a rather extensive fiscal and economic analysis to determine exactly what those numbers should be. [I agree with this too - gasp - however it avoids the question. A fairly simple analysis would be to look at history and find out when our best growth rates have occurred, determine our tax revenue as percentage of GDP and set that as a target. Look at the what the percentage of the burden paid by the wealthy is (hint: you'll see that it is higher when their rates are lower and the GDP is high. If you set your target somewhere near there, that's probably about the most you're going to be able to get from the wealthy without having the human reaction factor in and begin to reduce government revenue due to their investment (and wealth) going elsewhere] However, my suggestion is to get rid of loop holes, deductions, and other nonsense in the tax code and turn it into straight line system based upon income brackets, i.e. if you make between $100,000 and $200,000 you pay X percentage, and there is no way for you to reduce this amount or get out of it, that's simply what you pay, period. The percentages would obviously increase as you get into higher income brackets, with the percentage for the very highest being correspondingly high, and the percentage being close to zero for those who make, say, less than $20,000 each year. [This is a nice theory but it does ignore the consequences of human reaction to variables - like how much wealth gets generated (or not generated) based on opportunities risk versus return. It also does not address the likelyhood that 1) The burden of tax revenues may shift AWAY from the rich (see the percentages paid by income levels before the Coolidge/Harding and Kennedy tax cuts and that 2) because of the possibility of reduced GDP government revenues would likely fall].
For someone who claims the "won" a debate you have given far less concrete answers than a simpleton inferior intellect like me. Tec and I are the ONLY ones in this thread to bring up anything concrete. It is you who has asserted that the wealthy don't pay their share. Yet it is you who steadfastly refused to define what that even means. It is you who has ignored what your own proposals will likely do if they were even enacted.
Oh and BTW, you haven't stated anything about your background and knowledge (despite claiming you have stated facts about your background and knowledge) - only that you have knowledge. You have also inferred that others need economic education or can't keep up with you in debates.
Over and over and over, you claim to have given direct answers. I have read this thread over many times so telling me to read it again doesn't make your answers any more logical.
[You don't define how MUCH more]
You don't mention whether or not tax revenues and share of the burden will change and in what direction
This is one of the many errors in your argument. Trying to hit that "percentage-wise" number does not correlate to increasing share of the burden for the rich.
If you pay a higher percentage on the portion of your income above X dollars, then you pay a higher total percentage of your income than someone who makes less than X overall. You simply have to do the relatively simple calculations to figure out the weighted average and you can know what you pay and see that it is more overall. I'm not going to give a sample problem using weighted averages - you can look that up on your own if you need to do so (judging by other things you say, you probably don't).
The effect of lowering rates - across the board to include the wealthy has had the effect of BOTH 1) increasing tax revenues, and 2) increasing the share of the wealthy in those revenues.
Your statement may be true on the surface, but by digging deeper, we can see its flaws. Lowering rates for everyone including the wealthy benefits the wealthy the most. Again, this is simple mathematics. If the wealthy pay more to begin with, they stand to save more when rates are lowered (in terms of total dollars). You can't get around the math on that. Now, you can argue that this is perfectly acceptable in your view, but you can't say it doesn't work that way as the math says it does. Following that, if the wealthy are saving more money, there are very few scenarios in which they could also be paying a larger share of the total money. The math would have to work out correctly such that a the wealthy's total dollars paid goes down and yet their percentage share of dollars paid rises within the set of those who pay taxes. You cannot argue that this would always occur unless the tax code is specifically designed to make certain that is the case. If the tax codes does that, then I concede lowering taxes across the board would probably do as you suggest.
A growing economy provides a multiplier effect by broadening the tax base. It also broadens the number of upwardly mobile taxpayers, meaning an even greater percentage of the burden is paid by the rich.
The economy will not grow unless consumer spending rises. The way things function right now is the middle class drives consumer spending (and therefore the economy). This is because the lower classes do not have the disposable income to spend and the wealthy stop spending once they reach a certain point and begin to invest instead (and the positive effect on the economy is exponentially less from investing than from consumer spending). Following that, there are two ways to boost the economy. First, you can increase the number of people who are middle class. I suggested giving employers incentives to provide more people with full time jobs with benefits featuring family sustaining wages, which are the hallmark of the middle class. Second, you can encourage the wealthy to spend more (either as direct consumers themselves or on efforts that will trickle down to consumer spending). I suggested giving the wealthy incentives that would discourage investing and other incentives to spend.
Increasing the total number of wealthy individuals may increase total tax dollars paid by the wealthy, but it doesn't increase how much each wealthy individual pays. I do, however, acknowledge your point that more wealthy individuals would broaden the tax base.
You appear to be advocating that the poor pay zero tax because the wealthy can "afford to pay it for them". Okay, at what point do someone begin to pay?
Again, it would take more data and research to determine an exact dollar figure. For the sake of argument, let's say those who make below X dollars per year do not pay any income tax (and it should be much higher than it is now), with the tax dollars they pay under our current system being shouldered by the wealthy. My point is that a wealthy individual whose annual income is let's say 100X will not be burdened at all if they take on, say .1X dollars in taxes (the ten percent income tax the poor individual now pays in this hypothetical). That would amount to 1/1000 of their annual income, or .001 percent. Now, I know there are far more poor people than there are wealthy individuals. Still, let's assume every wealthy individual paid for the tax burden of 10 poor people, meaning they now pay X more in taxes. That's still just one percent of their total income in increased taxes, while it would represent an entire year's wages for the poor person.
If you set your target somewhere near there, that's probably about the most you're going to be able to get from the wealthy without having the human reaction factor in and begin to reduce government revenue due to their investment (and wealth) going elsewhere]
This is a nice theory but it does ignore the consequences of human reaction to variables - like how much wealth gets generated (or not generated) based on opportunities risk versus return.
Posted by bistiza on 12/5/2012 8:30:00 AM (view original):Typical. I provide the information asked for and get no response. This is one of the main reasons it is impossible to have even a decent debate over issues with a lot of people - if they can't launch personal attacks or use logical fallacies to back up their arguments, they're done with the debate and will simply ignore you.
if they can't launch personal attacks or use logical fallacies to back up their arguments, they're done with the debate and will simply ignore you.
We let you have the last word. That wasn't enough?
You have no idea why someone decides not post in a thread (or even if they're "done" in the first place). And there you are doing the very thing you constantly falsely accuse others of doing: making false assumptions.
I started to "simply ignore you" because I wasn't reading your long-winded replies anyway. Blocking you shortened the page length.
You're arrogant, and refuse to listen to or respect any opinion or argument that differs from yours.
You present your unsubstantiated arguments as self-evident, irrefutable fact.
When challenged on those arguments for specific details to back up your arguments, you respond that specific answers/data/detail is not currently available because your theories have never been implemented correctly, but if they were, then the truth and accuracy of your statements/theories/arguments would be obvious to all.
Anybody who doesn't understand that is basically uneducated in economics and incapable of participating in intelligent discussion with you.
I guess I've just accepted my inferiority to your supreme knowledge, and deem myself unworthy of further discussion with you.
If I wanted "expert" opinions on economic issues, I'd do my research on another website. And I'd allow them to be long-winded. I have no interest in some dipshit on this particular site claiming to be all-knowing while refusing to present his credentials.
Someone please tell me that he just wrote a book explaining how he's not long-winded.
That's not arrogant?
"So if you can't effectively argue your opinion against someone whose knowledge and experience makes them an expert compared to you . . . "
I've already ended my participation in this discussion. Please refer to my post from 12:05PM today.
If you've had to state several times that you're not arrogant in the least you're probably wrong. That should be self-evident, but somehow you're missing it.
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Why do we get these posts come out of the woodwork, like clockwork, 6 to 8 months. About 8 months we had this exact same discussion, with the same bull**** right wing posters. Every single article they presented I shot down with 5 minutes research on google.
First of all, we hear it doesn't exist, then the planet is warming but we don't believe it's man made, now it's we believe its mostly man made (I believe that came from the Exxon CEO lately) but it costs too much to reduce it. What's next, we wait until coastal cities are under water, mass extinction of animals because they are lower down the intelligence scale?
Climate deniers are nothing but a bunch of idiots. Those that aren't have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo. Two of humanities worst traits on show, stupidity and greed.
No, you can't argue that it's built on a false premise. Everything you've stated as "evidence" to that has been your opinion. Opinion isn't evidence.
Your second paragraph is a perfect example of sticking your head in the sand and ignoring everything. No conclusive evidence that climate change poses a threat to us? Did you seriously just type that? I really hope you're trolling me, because I would be severely worried about you if you're in this level of denial...


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Ruby on Rails 2.1 - Layouts
A layout defines the surroundings of an HTML page. It's the place to define common look and feel of your final output. Layout files reside in app/views/layouts subdirectory.
The process involves defining a layout template and then letting the controller know that it exists and to use it. First, let's create the template.
Add a new file called standard.html.erb to app/views/layouts. You let the controllers know what template to use by the name of the file, so following a sane naming scheme is advised.
Add the following code to the new standard.html.erb file and save your changes −
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">   <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;. charset=iso-8859-1" /> <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us" /> <title>Library Info System</title> <%= stylesheet_link_tag "style" %>

Library Info System

Library powered by Ruby on Rails

 <%= yield -%>

Everything you just added were standard HTML elements except two lines. The stylesheet_link_tag helper method outputs a stylesheet <link>.
In this instance we are linking style.css style sheet. Its the name given in double quotes in front of stylesheet_link_tag command .
The yield command lets Rails know that it should put the generated HTML here for the method called.
Now open book_controller.rb file available in app/controllers subdirectory and add the following bold line just below the first line as follows −
class BookController < ApplicationController layout 'standard' def list @books = Book.find(:all) end ...................
This tells to controller that we want to use a layout available in standard.html.erb file. Now try browsing books it will give following screen.
Adding Style Sheet
Till now we have not created any style sheet, so Rails is using its own default style sheet to show the result.
Now let's create a new file called style.css and save it in our application subdirectorty ~/library/public/stylesheets. Add the following code to this file.
body { font-family: Helvetica, Geneva, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-color: #000; background-color: #fff; } a:link, a:active, a:visited { color: #CD0000; } input { margin-bottom: 5px; } p { line-height: 150%; } div#container { width: 760px; margin: 0 auto; } div#header { text-align: center; padding-bottom: 15px; } div#content { float: left; width: 450px; padding: 10px; } div#content h3 { margin-top: 15px; } ul#books { list-style-type: none; } ul#books li { line-height: 140%; } div#sidebar { width: 200px; margin-left: 480px; } ul#subjects { width: 700px; text-align: center; padding: 5px; background-color: #ececec; border: 1px solid #ccc; margin-bottom: 20px; } ul#subjects li { display: inline; padding-left: 5px; }
Now refresh your browser and see the difference. Isn't it amazing....
What is Next?
So now you have completed an application development cycle using Ruby on Rails. You can do your experiments around these concepts.
Next chapter will explain you how to develop application with Rails Scaffolding concept to give user access to add, delete and modify the records in any database.


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Consumer Aborts
Open up the May/June 2003 issue of Adbusters and you'll find a cardboard-sleeved CD glued to the inside of one of the pages. Its presence isn't blazoned across the cover as an incentive to buy the magazine; it's not tagged with a magnetic strip to prevent sticky-fingered browsers from lifting it. It's titled Live Without Dead Time, and when you turn over the stark black-and-white envelope and squint at the hand-scrawled credits, you'll find it just so happens to be the new DJ Spooky album.
DJ Spooky, born Paul D. Miller, is the New York-based artist/writer/turntablist known for coining the term "illbient," a form of electronic music that bridges -- or rather refuses to acknowledge -- the gap between hip-hop and musique concrète. Samples and scratches are assembled into dense architectures of darkness and abstraction. John Cage and Kool Herc co-exist on the same set of decks, laced together by concept and cross-fader. As much of a vague manifesto as it is a style, illbient embraces the sounds and philosophies of jazz, R&B, techno, industrial, punk -- just about anything that can serve as raw stuff to be manipulated and recontextualized.
Spooky, accordingly, is also a champion of the mix. Two of his previous releases, 2001's Under the Influence and last year's Modern Mantra, are mix CDs, disc-length streams of songs and samples that flow from start to finish without pause. The end result balances the fluidity and improvisation of a live DJ set with the meticulous hard-wiring of a digitally produced studio album.
Live Without Dead Time is a mix CD, too. Its 31 tracks are jammed together with jazzy interludes and seamlessly interlocked rhythms. Spooky's choice of artists is as eclectic as his original compositions: Saul Williams's poetic soapboxing segues into the goofball noise collation of Negativland. Ani Difranco's chilling "Coming Up" decays into a drone of Muslim chants. Fugazi and illyB swap beats. Dub thumb-wrestles with funk. Spooky wields his mouse like a conductor's wand, building freestyle and spoken-word snippets to crescendos as the whole mess coalesces into a dizzying, dazzling collage. In fact, besides blurring the lines between songs, Dead Time blurs the line between "original" and "sampled" music, casting the DJ as a true composer rather than a mere selector.
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But the most dramatic question was put succinctly by music-industry analyst Aram Sinnreich: "How can a half a billion downloaders be wrong?" In a recent poll, a staggering 97% of those asked associated Napster with online music -- surely a higher percentage than those who know the name of our vice president. Ad execs slit throats for that kind of brand recognition. Roxio's plan, then, is to take the ailing, pay-to-download music service Pressplay, which it recently bought from Sony/Universal, and slap the Napster name on it -- kind of Roxio's own version of sampling and mixing.
The "legitimization" of Napster -- as well as the co-opting of its renegade image -- is the type of corporate bait-and-switch that Adbusters has in its crosshairs. A magazine with a distinct situationist slant, its guerrilla graphics turn parody into protest, taking the aesthetic commodification of popular culture and turning it back in on itself -- actually, the same theory behind DJ Spooky's methodology. Where Adbusters takes phrases like "shock and awe" and "linear thinking" and projects them onto images of crass consumption, Spooky layers Coldcut's thick, digital riffs over the dollar-mongering, "patriotic" speech of George W. Bush. In both cases, the goal is clear: Rip the signifiers out of the semiotics of commerce.
Spooky's political bent is inherent in his music. In an ersatz democracy that alienates its culture from its people, he's a liberator, a hip-hop Robin Hood. At a time when burning mix CDs is taking on an increasing air of criminality, he's clicking and dragging the mix CD into the realm of high art. But it's not just the way he makes music that's so political; it's the form he allows it to take. Like his oft-sampled hero Marshall McLuhan, Spooky is aware of the medium as the message. Dead Time isn't an advertisement. It isn't a sales gimmick or a toy at the bottom of a box of cereal. It blends into its environment. It doesn't even come in a conventional CD package, though it does come with a booklet of sorts, a page of the magazine printed with the song list that the reader is instructed to "Rip. Fold. Insert."
Of course, the title Live Without Dead Time could be read two ways, with the word Live acting as either an adjective or a verb. In the first sense, it sounds like just another reference to Spooky's own formidable skills as a non-stop mixologist, as an artist who bows down before the altar of uninterrupted flow. But in the second sense, it reads like a command, perhaps even a commandment. "Live without dead time," he seems to be ordering all of us who buy too much stuff and then sit around all day licking the wrappers clean. "Cram every second with sound, with movement, with color, with reflections of the world around you. With life."
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I agree .@cranium2001 the maps look very similar, here is the breakdown http://xboxenthusiast.com/2011 /09/02/official-modern-warfare -3-multiplayer-gameplay-video/
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Cod is still a recoiless shooter and still looks to damn easy definitely passing on this one maybe BF3 has what I'm looking for but will keep an eye out for Dust 514
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Why does the audio sound likes it coming out of a tin can>?
Posted: September 4, 2011 7:28 PM -
Personally, I think that the trailer looked good from a gameplay standpoint but its going to be hard to get used to after Black Ops and MW2 gameplay. It looked a litlle bit complicated. Thats just me.
Posted: September 4, 2011 9:15 AM -
At MW3 is a Game. When Comic Con hits G4 feels the need to cover and then post about every stupid panel. Especially Twilight which shouldn't be at Comic Con to begin with.
Anyway I just wish the G4 Video Player didn't suck so bad.
I also wish G4's Bloggers could actually write an article that explains something other then throwing snippets of garbage at us and videos.
But I'm in a cranky mood right now. Still kind of like ya Nikole.Posted: September 2, 2011 2:46 PM -
Ok currently there are 11 articles of the 15 articles on this page are all either MW3 or COD..
Do you think we are talking a bit to much about these war games. This has to end up like Guitar Hero soon where no one just cares about these titles anymore...Posted: September 2, 2011 2:09 PM -
0:03-0:04 was all that necessary for simply switching weapon??
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Car of the Month - August 2010 - Stahlgrau's HPF 2.5 Turbo E46 M3
Congrats to Stahlgrau for Car of the Month, August 2010. Take a look at his garage for pictures, details, and the eye opening mod list . The car is extremely well modded and this is the template for how one should list their mods. The only things missing are dyno numbers and 1/4 mile times. Well done, beautiful vehicle!
This article was originally published in forum thread: Car of the Month - August 2010 - Stahlgrau's HPF 2.5 Turbo E46 M3 started by Sticky View original post14 Comments-
Take a look here: http://www.bimmerboost.com/garage_ve..._vehicle&id=37
0-60Motorsports - 08-02-2010, 08:54 AM
Gorgeous car! I would love to get a STG 3 SC