text:
It is very easy to play. It is under the US state of New Jersey. As you know anything can happen in jersey, so there are many ways that you can win lottery through CASH4LIFE. It offers the huge amount of 1000$ in a day and 1000$ in a week to win in life.Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!
Winning Numbers
17, 33, 40, 53, 60 Cash Ball 3
Steps to play CASH4LIFE
Number generator
First, you must have to select the set of numbers to enter the lottery quiz and you can do it by clicking on the GENERATE button. This button can randomly select the set of numbers for you.
DOUBLER feature additional impact:
DOUBLER will surely double the non-for life prizes.
Method to fill CASH4LIFE pay slip:
- You must pay your 2$ for each time you play CASH4LIFE.
- You must choose 6 numbers, 5 between 1-60 and 1 cash ball number between 1-4.
- You can select your set of numbers by your lottery computer, and you can also choose Quick Pick (QP) to choose the sets of numbers for you.
- Now you must have to select an option to claim money if you win whether in cash or in installments like series of payment either you win 1st prize or 2nd.
- DOUBLER will surely double the non-for life prizes, but you must add it with only 1$ per play.
- With Multi-draw you can play the same numbers up to28 times consecutively by marking the numbers you want in your bet to win. Also mark your numbers of drawing if they are more than one.
- DOUBLER and Multi Draw are optional.
- Now you must give your slip to your retailer and now your sale is final.
You can also read the information from their original website. You can see CASH4LIFE Game Rules and DOUBLER Addendum Rules for more information.
- Must be 18 or older to buy a lottery ticket.
- Please play responsibly if you or someone you know has a gambling problem call 1-800-GAMBLER.
- Beware not to damage your lottery tickets barcode otherwise damage barcode cannot be scanned.
- It will delay the payout of your prize if cannot be scanned.
Chances to win prizes
- Your winning chance is nearly 1:8 (You can also get this information from this website).
- With DOUBLER, your prize money is doubled.
- You must have to increase the bet amount so that DOUBLER can be activated.
Prize money in installments:
It is very time taking, sometimes from days to weeks, weeks to months and years.
Prize money in cash:
- Cash options are done by prize level 1 and 2 according to the prize liability limitations.
- In case of Jackpot the prize money will be divided between 15 winners.
- There are at least more than 5 Prize level 1 winners and 1 prize level 2 winners.
Purchase timing for CASH4LIFE
Every day you can purchase your tickets before 8:46 pm for nightly drawings.
Draw timing for CASH4LIFE:
Drawings are held every night at nearly 9:00 pm.


text:
Today I was able to conduct a short webcam interview with Scott Paul, Executive Director of the Alliance for American Manufacturing. The occasion is this week's Us-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue taking place in Beijing. This dialog is a series of meetings between top-level officials of both governments on a number of issues. Secretaries Geithner and Clinton are leading the US delegtation. The trade imbalance between the US and China is one of the top issues being discussed.
Scott has posted a video at the AAM manufacturethis blog, titled THE 15 NUMBERS YOU NEED TO KNOW, which discusses AAM's 15 Numbers You Need to Know before the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Beijing next week. (Example: 2.4 million: Number of U.S. jobs lost or displaced due to U.S.-China trade imbalance, 2001-2008.)
Here is our interview with Scott Paul:
Scott will be speaking on Making It In America at the America's Future NOW! Conference in Washington, DC, June 7-9. Click here to register for the conference.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Sen. Bennet's Report
Nothing beats a week of gray skies and stuffy suits in Washington like a sunny day in Colorado's high country.
A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to strap on some snowshoes for a short hike on Berthoud Pass with local water managers and staff from the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). They were taking a manual reading of the state's snowpack and checking the automatic SNOTEL measurement device. Undersecretary Robert Bonnie, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's top environmental and natural resource official and the man who oversees NRCS, also came along.
These snowpack measurement systems, some that date back to the 1900s, are a critical part of the NRCS Snow Survey and Water Supply Forecasting Program that Colorado water officials rely on to anticipate river flows in the spring when the snow melts and calculate how much water will run off into rivers and reservoirs. Our state's farmers and ranchers depend on these forecasts to decide how much and what type of crops to plant, while metropolitan leaders use the data to decide how best to meet their needs in the coming years and to prepare for potential flooding.
Beyond Colorado, these measurements are important for states downstream that depend on our watersheds. Colorado contains nine major watersheds, each with its own snowfall patterns and obligations to other states. While some of these water sources may be at 100 percent, in other regions the levels may be less than half of the normal supply. Many of the state's water rights agreements are predicated on the level of snowpack, making the accuracy of these measurements particularly important.
Recently, however, funding for the Snow Survey and Water Supply Forecasting Program was threatened by budget cuts and sequestration.
Colorado communities from across the state shared their strong concerns that cutting funding to this program would damage the accuracy of the measurements and reduce the effectiveness of this vital planning tool. In response to these concerns, we joined forces with Colorado's water community, Sen. Mark Udall and Rep. Scott Tipton to urge the NRCS to reconsider the cuts. After working with local communities, water managers and the NRCS, we secured funding for the program for this winter. In addition, we secured funding in Congress for the next fiscal year.
We are not out of the woods yet, though. While we provided much-needed breathing room in the short-term, we must continue to work to explore options to ensure the program's long-term sustainability.
Water is one of our state's most valuable resources. In the face of unending drought in southern Colorado, historic levels of flooding on the Front Range and significant population growth, the accuracy of these measurements is increasingly critical. Today's snowpack is tomorrow's water, and it is vital to our state's future that we work together to ensure that our farmers, city leaders and water managers have the tools they need to accurately forecast how much of this precious resource they'll have each and every season.


text:
From the abstract of a new paper on the influence of the Ku Klux Klan by Roland Fryer and Steven Levitt:
Surprisingly, we find few tangible social or political impacts of the Klan. There is little evidence that the Klan had an effect on black or foreign born residential mobility, or on lynching patterns. Historians have argued that the Klan was successful in getting candidates they favored elected. Statistical analysis, however, suggests that any direct impact of the Klan was likely to be small. Furthermore, those who were elected had little discernible effect on legislation passed.
The full paper is available on Fryer's web site. (via mr)


text:
It is essential to have both active and passive monitoring capabilities in your network management tool. The active monitoring makes for a proactive approach to keeping networks healthy i.e. continuously scanning the network and trying to prevent or minimize the effects of a possible downtime⁄slowdown. With passive monitoring techniques you are also armed with a sound troubleshooting mechanism to analyze any network incidents after they have occurred, despite having tried to prevent them through the proactive approach.
Syslog monitoring is a good passive monitoring mechanism to compliment the continuous, active SNMP monitoring done throughout the network. OpManager provides a rule–based method of reading incoming syslogs and associates alerts to these syslogs to notify required network personnel or perform other tasks e.g. a server⁄port shutdown. OpManager's Syslog daemon supports a wide number of devices across multiple platforms. It supports any syslog exporting device or applications viz. Servers (Linux, UNIX, AIX and Solaris), routers, switches & etc.. No more do you have to switch between a log monitoring tool and a network management tool - network management through OpManager now also includes syslog monitoring, all in one unified console.
A huge task before administrators is to maintain lengthy log messages which occupy enormous space. OpManager's rule–based reading of syslogs allows the administrator to intelligently correlate incoming syslogs and thus do away with time–wasting syslog "noise". Logs help administrators to spot external attacks, analyze their patterns, recognize any breach in internal user access permissions, study system usage trends etc... Seasoned administrators monitor Syslogs and Event Logs to use these for
Learn how to get the most out of your Syslogs with Syslog Monitoring on OpManager.
Register for a personalized demo now!


text:
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Michael Duggar Update
22 comments:
Wow!! It sure dosent seem like a year ago that Michael was born! Happy almost-birthday Michael!ReplyDelete
- Lauren H.May 2, 2012 at 4:27 PM
I really can't see a resemblance LOL! Their hair is pretty much the same, but, his eyes are dark while her's was blue. HAPPY (EARLY) BIRTHDAY MICHAEL!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 2, 2012 at 4:33 PM
Oh My goodness he is growing up!..He's so big......It probably seems so, because here in Oz i think they have ONLY shown his birth or just before it! So we are far behind but i follow online as much as i can and watch episodes online too...Thanks Lily and Ellie..Tanya in Yeppoon QLD AustraliaReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 2, 2012 at 4:50 PM
So cute!ReplyDelete
They look like siblings...:)ReplyDelete
Nice! He is almost 1 year old, so if Anna has the same "fertility level" that I have, she might be pregnant really soon! lolReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 2, 2012 at 6:03 PM
Aww! He is SO cute! They do look alike! They look like their parents too! I can't wait to watch them grow up and become God-loving children just as their parents are!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 2, 2012 at 6:33 PM
Micael is so adorable and looks so much like his sister. Thanks Ellie & Lily for sharing the photos. Love this blog!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 2, 2012 at 6:34 PM
SOOOOOO CUTE! Michael Dugger is growing up so fast! That is REALLY amazing how he and makynzie look just like each other when looking at their pictures!ReplyDelete
What a cutie!!! ;p I think Michael looks more like his mama ;)ReplyDelete
i dont see the resemblanceReplyDelete
if i can see another picture of michael duggar without the toy and i might see the resemblance
- AnonymousMay 2, 2012 at 9:21 PM
Your children are beautiful. I just became a grandmother for the first time. Life is good. Please tell your mother in law if she gets pregnant to keep it private.ReplyDelete
Post it a week before the baby is due. Many people can be so cruel and I think it should be a celebration for your family. I do hope she has another child. It is so cool in hollywood to have children later in life so may I ask why are the standards different for you guys. I love your show. God Bless. Doreen
- AnonymousMay 2, 2012 at 9:31 PM
My goodness, they look so much like each other! I'm not sure which parent they look like the most though...I guess probably a mix of both! :-) They are both very cute!!!ReplyDelete
I think they both, Mackynzie & Michael, look more like Anna's family. Although Mackynzie reminds me of Jennifer Duggar at times. They're both adorable and precious gifts from God, as we all are ; )ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 3, 2012 at 10:42 AM
Wow, he is getting so big! I just saw him recently at the ATI conference and he is getting to be a big boy!!! He is so precious and Mackynzie is adorable! Love those cutie pies!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 3, 2012 at 3:22 PM
both michael and mckenzie are adorable. i totally see a resemblense!ReplyDelete
- BayleyMay 3, 2012 at 10:57 PM
I think they do look alike, but you can still tell them apart.ReplyDelete
- Treasure19May 4, 2012 at 4:16 AM
i reckon Michael actually looks different from the other duggar babies and toddlers, including Mackynzie. He looks a lot like Anna though. They are both very adorable!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 5, 2012 at 11:29 AM
mackynize is very cute , but her and her brother are not very alike. i think they are almost the same.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 8, 2012 at 5:51 PM
I don't want to appear cynical, what I found ironic that the Duggar daughternlaw worries about leaving a carbon footprint and they promote by used and recycled goods, yet she leaves a carbon skid mark driving a Hummer.ReplyDelete
Wow time flysReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 17, 2015 at 11:17 PM
I miss you guys on t.v.....i really enjoyed watching your family grow up before my eyes...i am sorry for the unforgiving and closed minded people we have in our society...and applaud the changes in your family you invoked to make sure that the boundaries were set and met in your house hold ( side hugs, dressing more modest, etc) to prevent temptation with such a big group of growing children we only learn by trying and our mistakes.... I respect your morals and values and again enjoyed watching you every week ...thank you for including me in your family every week...i hope to see you all again....my prayers to you all !!!!!ReplyDelete
Thanks for leaving your comments! We answer as many of your questions as we can, but due to the number of comments we receive daily, we are unable to answer every one. Our aim is to post all points of view, but we do not post anything that is profane, insulting, derogatory, or in poor taste.


text:
Comcast, the largest provider of cable-based broadband service in the U.S., will limit residential customers to 250 gigabytes of bandwidth a month beginning Oct. 1, the company announced late Thursday.
Comcast will contact customers who go above the 250G byte limit and ask them to curtail their use, Comcast said. If a customer goes over the monthly limit again during the following six months, Comcast will suspend service for a year.
Currently, Comcast contacts high-bandwidth customers and will suspend their accounts if they don't curb their use, but it has not set a firm bandwidth limit until now. Most customers contacted about their bandwidth usage agree to limit their activity, according to Charlie Douglas, Comcast's director of communications.
Earlier this month, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission struck down Comcast's past network management practice of slowing BitTorrent peer-to-peer traffic in an effort to reduce congestion. The FCC ruled that Comcast was violating so-called net neutrality principles by targeting a certain kind of Internet traffic.
The new bandwidth cap will affect less than 1 percent of Comcast customers, Douglas said. Those customers "are using so much bandwidth that they are degrading the experience of other users," he added. "Two-hundred-and-fifty gigabytes is an extremely large amount of data."
Some high-bandwidth users have asked Comcast to identify a specific cap so they know where the line is, Douglas added. Some other broadband providers also warn customers about excessive bandwidth use.
An average Comcast customer uses two to three gigabytes of bandwidth a month, Comcast said. To reach the 250G-byte limit, a customer would have to do one of the following: send 50 million e-mails, download 62,500 songs or download 125 standard-definition movies, the company said in its announcement.
Comcast has also looked at charging high-bandwidth users additional fees, and it still has not ruled out doing so in the future, Douglas said.
Comcast is also looking at "de-prioritizing" heavy users' traffic during times of network congestion. The plan Comcast is considering would slow heavy users' traffic for up to 20 minutes during times of the most congestion.
Comcast will notify customers of the new bandwidth limits using several methods, including banner ads at Comcast.net and notices sent with monthly bills, the company said. Some net neutrality advocates criticized Comcast for not telling customers of its previous network management plan to slow P-to-P traffic at times.
Some net neutrality advocates have said Comcast's new network management plans of targeting individual users is preferable to blocking Web applications. But others have suggested that those efforts may be equal to penalizing their best customers.


text:
Lohse dominates, Cardinals beat Indians
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Carlos Beltran would prefer to hit in one spot every day. No matter where he lands on the lineup card, there's no arguing the results.
Primarily the St. Louis Cardinals' cleanup man, Beltran provided some pop batting second in a 2-0 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Saturday night. Beltran hit his National League-leading 17th home run in support of Kyle Lohse, who allowed three hits in 7 2-3 innings to outduel Justin Masterson.
"I felt in control, I felt like I was getting pretty quick outs," Lohse said. "If I'm doing those things, keeping the ball on the ground, that's my plan."
Beltran has batted cleanup 31 times, third three times and second 18 times. Manager Mike Matheny resisted the temptation to shift Beltran back to cleanup after Matt Holliday was scratched just before the first pitch with mid-back spasms.
Beltran, who has homered nine times batting second, also leads the Cardinals with 45 RBIs.
"For me, honestly this year has been more difficult than any year," Beltran said. "As a player I like to come to the ballpark and just know I'm going to hit in one spot and just be there."
Michael Brantley had two singles to extend his hitting streak to 17 games for Cleveland. But the Indians had only three runners in scoring position against Lohse (6-1), who ended a string of five starts with no decisions and a 5.16 ERA, and two relievers.
Beltran homered with two outs in the third and had three of the seven hits for St. Louis, which has won three of four. Shane Robinson doubled to start the eighth and scored on Rafael Furcal's one-out sacrifice fly against Jeremy Accardo.
The game took just 2 hours, 14 minutes, the fastest of the season for both teams. It was the first time the Indians were shut out, leaving only the Tigers who have yet to be blanked.
Manager Manny Acta put his thumbs up in celebration.
"Step in the right direction, that's great," Acta said. "It took over two something months for us to get shut out. They've been battling. It had to happen."
Masterson (2-6) struck out six with no walks in seven innings, while giving up five hits, but fell to 1-4 in his last seven starts. He retired the side in order three of his last four innings and walked none.
Indians pitchers totaled one walk, an intentional pass from Accardo to Yadier Molina in the eighth that also represented the lone three-ball count against a St. Louis hitter.
"We were right there," Masterson said. "A little slider that was just hanging up to Beltran. Besides that I was happy with the way things went."
Lohse moved a game above .500 at 108-107 with his first win over the Indians since 2004, when he worked an inning of relief in a 12-inning game. The outing was his longest of the season, one out longer than on opening day when he won at Miami, and he threw 105 pitches for his first time in triple digits this season.
In his last two starts, Lohse has allowed one run on five hits in 13 2-3 innings.
"It's about as sharp we've seen him," manager Mike Matheny said. "He was locating everything. It was a great display of pitching."
Molina threw out Asdrubal Cabrera attempting to steal, ending the eighth on reliever Marc Rzepczynski's only pitch, and Jason Motte finished for his 11th save in 14 chances.
Brantley is 24 for 65 (.369) during the longest current streak in the majors.
Molina reached a pair of firsts for St. Louis, batting third the first time in his career and getting caught stealing for the first time in six attempts on a nice throw by catcher Carlos Santana to end the sixth. The slow-footed Molina usually catches foes napping.
Matheny said Holliday told him he couldn't go "about two minutes before we exchanged lineup cards." He didn't think Holliday, who underwent treatment throughout the game, would be out long.
"There was some mad rushing going on to get everybody in place, I think he did a smart thing and pulled up," Matheny said. "He probably could have pushed through it."
NOTES: David Freese didn't leave the box on a groundout to third ending the fourth, believing he'd fouled a ball off his left foot. He turned the opposite direction for several seconds before pivoting back and noting the Indians had left the field, then Freese and Matheny briefly complained to home plate umpire Mark Wegner. "Sometimes being tough works against you," Matheny said. "It sounded different to me and that's what I was trying to at least try to get him to agree with me on." ... RHP Ubaldo Jimenez, who starts the series finale against rookie RHP Joe Kelly, has a 3.09 ERA in seven starts with a win or no decision, but is 0-4 with a 10.42 ERA when taking the loss. RHP Joe Kelly starts in his major league debut, one day after his 24th birthday, in place of injured Jaime Garcia for the Cardinals. Kelly is 2-5 at Triple-A Memphis but leads the Pacific Coast League with a 2.86 ERA. He's a distant relative of gangster George "Machine Gun" Kelly.


text:
Comic books browse by: Shop category:
" Dick Heins is mainly active as an illustrator for game and holiday books. He began his career contributing to small press magazines Striptuur and Incognito in the 1980s and 1990s. He created several comic characters, such as 'Baldo', 'Babeteam' and 'Mooie..." [ Read more ]


text:
Dean Richards is WGN-TV's Emmy Award-winning entertainment reporter and critic.
His work is seen and heard on WGN, cable channel News Nation and many of the 200 Nexstar Media Group properties. He was cited in a New York Times front-page article as the company's "Man of Many Hats."
Dean joined WGN-TV as a staff announcer in 1991. In 1998, he appeared as a guest reviewer and was brought onboard as a regular contributor soon after. His interviews with national and local celebrities, reports on showbiz and reviews of the latest movies are seen on WGN's newscasts, including the #1 rated "WGN Morning News", the "WGN Midday News," as well as on Nexstar Media Group stations nationwide. Dean's reviews and interviews are also seen on national cable channel "News Nation." He is a former writer for the Chicago Tribune and RedEye. In 2016, he was inducted into the Chicago Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences' Silver Circle; and in 2017, he was honored with the Chicago International Television Festival's Chicago Award.
He has also hosted and co-produced specials such as the award-winning "Bozo, Gar & Ray: WGN TV Classics," the Oscar preview special "The Envelope Please," "Stories of Hope: Facing Breast Cancer," "Unforgettable: Living with Alzheimer's," "Chicago's Summer Blast," "Family Classics," "Chicago's Very Own New Year's Eve Blast," "Bozo's Circus: The 1960s" and "Bozo's Circus: The 1970s."
On WGN Radio (720 AM), "Dean Richards' Sunday Morning" covers Chicago's entertainment and lifestyle scene including movies, theater, food and dining, Sundays from 9am-1pm. Dean's entertainment reports and reviews can also be heard on "The Bob Sirott Morning Show" weekdays between 8:10-8:30am. Since joining WGN Radio in 1994, he has won over 30 local and national awards for programming and production, including the Peter Lisagor Award for Outstanding Journalism, the Associated Press Best Feature of the Year, the Illinois Broadcasters Association, UPI, Chicago A.I.R. Awards, and Promax International Promotion and Marketing Awards.
In 2016, Dean was inducted into the WGN Radio Walk of Fame, which pays tribute to the station's legendary talent.
Dean's radio and television specials on the fight against breast cancer have also garnered many national and local awards and citations from breast cancer organizations, including the "Y-ME" National Breast Cancer Organization's "Outstanding Media" Award, for their contributions to the fight against the disease.
On and off the air, Dean has been a tireless worker related to HIV/AIDS issues, hosting charitable functions for decades including "AIDS Run & Walk Chicago" and "Dance for Life Chicago." He has lent support to numerous organizations including Howard Brown Health Center, Horizons Community Services (now Center on Halsted), Open Hand Chicago, and was awarded a citation by Stop AIDS Chicago for his contributions to the fight against AIDS. The AIDS Foundation of Chicago also recognized him in their annual "Faces of AIDS" publication for bringing HIV/AIDS issues to mainstream media and, in 2006, cited him with a special commendation for his work in the field.
For over 25 years, Dean was part of the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon benefitting the Muscular Dystrophy Association, many of those years as the telethon's co-host on WGN-TV. He has also hosted numerous events for Alzheimer's, hunger, homeless, and domestic violence organizations.
A native of Chicago, Dean worked his way through a string of suburban Chicago radio stations after completing his Broadcast Communications/Marketing degree at Columbia College. A veteran of the Chicago's broadcasting scene since 1975, he has worked at WNUA, WCLR, WIND, WCFL, WFYR, WPWR and WFLD.
He also hosted a nationally syndicated morning radio program for the ABC Radio Network, while also acting as its Operations Manager.


text:
Goethe-Zertifikat B2
in Bonn
The Goethe-Zertifikat B2 is a German exam for young people and adults. It certifies that candidates have acquired advanced language skills and corresponds to the fourth level (B2) of the six-level scale of competence laid down in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
*) course/ exam exempt from VAT pursuant to sec 4, no. 21(a)(bb) of the German Turnover Tax Act (UStG)
**) The cheaper price displayed applies if you have already participated in a German language course at the Goethe Institute in the past six months. The six months refer to the period between when the language course ended and the date of the German language exam. In this case, the price will change automatically during the booking procedure. If not, please contact the course office.
When will I receive my Goethe certificate?
Find out here when your Goethe certificate will be available after taking an exam.
Passing the exam demonstrates that you can ...
- understand the main contents of complex texts on concrete and abstract topics, as well as technical discussions in your own area of specialization,
- communicate so spontaneously and fluently that a normal conversation with native speakers is readily possible without a great deal of effort on either side,
- express your opinion on current issues in a clear and detailed manner, explain your position on a current issue and state the benefits and drawbacks of various options.
Note for exam candidates
Available spaces for external candidates may be booked out several weeks before the registration deadline. External candidates should therefore register early.
Course participants are defined as
- Persons currently taking part in courses at a Goethe-Institut in Germany.
- Former course participants of the Goethe-Instituts in Germany or worldwide who attended a course within the past six months (based on the examination date).


text:
"Well done! Whoever controlled the microphone did a great job"
Paul Joseph Watson
During a roll call of states at the Republican National Convention yesterday, an attendee was caught on a hot mic praising the moment where Ron Paul's delegate result was accidentally censored as a result of an audio failure.
As representatives of Georgia read out their delegate results, Ron Paul's name and result was lost as a result of a microphone failure.
"Well done! Whoever controlled the microphone did a great job," one of the RNC attendees standing nearby was caught saying as others around him snickered.
The results were repeated, proving that the act of censorship was not deliberate, but the attitude of establishment Republicans in welcoming the sidelining of the Texas Congressman is emblematic of how Paul and his delegates have been treated by the GOP establishment at every turn.
Paul-nominated delegations were intentionally seated in the bleachers and on the fringes of the convention center so as to limit their vocal influence as much as possible in Mitt Romney's home city.
"Delegates from U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, American Samoa and the Northern Marianas Islands get better seats than Ron Paul's supporters," reported the Houston Chronicle.
Ron Paul's campaign manager Jesse Benton, who many have accused of sabotaging the Paul campaign in order to advance his own political career, failed to kick up a fuss and in fact all but welcomed the situation, stating, "I am glad so many of our delegates get to sit close together."
Representative Justin Amash (R-Mich.) reacted somewhat differently, calling for an audit of the Republican National Committee.
However, Paul supporters were not to be completely silenced, expressing their fury at a last minute rule change which greased the skids for an unchallenged anointment of Mitt Romney by chanting "let him speak" and "point of order" during the convention, while others walked out in protest.
As the New American explains, "The RNC's rule change effectively disenfranchised Republicans supporting anyone other than the Establishment's man and left 10 of Maine's 24 delegates locked out of the process, preventing them from casting votes for Ron Paul."
This meant Paul was robbed of a chance to speak at the convention in a move that will effectively nullify any future effort for any grass roots candidate to influence the GOP.
The rule change now forces delegates to side with the winner of the popular vote cast at state caucuses or primaries.
"It's a disgusting, disgusting display of a hostile takeover from the top down," Maine delegate Ashley Ryan told the L.A. Times.
"If they vote for Romney and he's democratically elected, then he's democratically elected. We just want a choice," said Minnesota delegate Gary Heyer, who confirmed that his state along with Nevada, Minnesota, Iowa, Oregon, Alaska, and the Virgin Islands had all submitted documents nominating Ron Paul..


text:
The Federal Trade Commmission, FTC does a pretty good job of protecting consumers from fraud. Unfortunately the latest fraud about which the FTC recently issued a warning is about an email that appears to come from the FTC, but is actually the work of an identity thief. The phony email contains a good copy of the FTC's logo and looks quite official. It is not. In the email, it informs the recipient of the email that a complaint against his or her business has been received by the FTC. A copy of the alleged consumer complaint is accessible by clicking on a link in the email. If you receive such an email, do not click on the link. The email is phony and if you click on the link, you will only end up downloading a keystroke logging malware program that will steal the informaiton from your computer including your Social Security number, credit card numbers, bank account numbers and passwords and end up making you a victim of identity theft.
When you receive an email you can never be sure of who sent it. Sometimes you can immediately tell that the email address of the sender is not a legitimate email address for the company or person that it purports to be, however, other times the email may have been hacked into and you may get an email that actually looks like it is from a legitimate person or company. Never click on a link or download an attachment in an email unless you are absolutely positive that it is legitimate and the only way to do that is to confirm that the email is legitimate such as by calling on the telephone the person who sent it to you to confirm that it is indeed legitimate. In the case of this email, your should be immediately skeptical because the email is not directed to you personally and does not contain your name anywhere. If you have even the slightest thought that the email might be legitimate, contact the FTC at its dedicated line to deal with these kind of scams 877-382-4537 and you can confirm that it is a scam. Trust me, you can't trust anyone.


text:
On January 27, 1978, Richard Chase, who becomes known as the "Dracula Killer," murders Evelyn Miroth and Daniel Meredith, as well as Miroth's 6-year-old son and another woman, in Sacramento, California. Chase sexually assaulted Miroth with a knife before killing her and mutilating her body. He removed some of the organs of the body and filled them with blood before taking them with him. Meredith was found shot in the head.
The previous year, the 28-year-old Chase had been found in a field, naked and covered in cow's blood. His behavior did not come as a complete surprise to those who knew him. As a child, he had been known to kill animals, drinking the blood of a bird on one occasion. He had been in and out of psychiatric hospitals for most of his life. A year prior to the killings, Chase was released because his psychiatrist found that Chase had a handle on his problems.
Upon his arrest, police found that Chase's home was filled with human blood. It was found in the blender and in the sinks, suggesting that Chase had been drinking it for some time.
In 1979, Chase went to trial and his attorney argued that he was insane. However, a jury found that he was sane, convicted him of six counts of first-degree murder and sentenced him to death. Chase killed himself in his cell at San Quentin on December 26, 1980.


text:
Clifton Tyler Goose Hunting Club
Clifton Tyler Goose Hunting Club
Rated 0 out of 5.0 based on 0 Outfitter reviews.
Contact: Clifton Tyler
Location: Columbus , Texas
Species Hunted: Ducks, Geese
State(s) Hunted: TX
No reviews in the system for this Outfitter.
Contact: Phil Rutt
Location: Buffalo, Wyoming
Species Hunted: Whitetail Deer, Elk, Mule Deer, Black Bear, Pronghorn Antelope, Mountain Lion, Coyote
State(s) Hunted: WY
Arizona Hunting Information
Arizona has lots of trophy big game but is probably best known for its trophy elk and mule deer. This partially due to the limited number of tags available.
Iowa Hunting Information
Iowa is one of the best Midwestern states for monster whitetail bucks. Non-residents must apply for a tag in their annual drawing. Archery tags are the most sought after and depending on what units you apply for generally take 2-4 years to draw.
Utah Hunting Information
Utah has recently been outstanding for trophy elk, but the best tags take many years to draw. Utah does have conservation tags available for purchase that allow hunters to bypass the drawing. Given the high demand for these premium tags prices can be high. In the past Utah has been a top trophy mule deer state but recently only a handful of units consistently produce B&C caliber deer.


text:
Aerial7 have brought culture, fashion, and art into their four lines of DJ style headphones. They are providing high quality sound reproduction while at the same time being on the forefront of ever changing trends, innovation and self expression. In a market of literally billions of products the four series of headphones below encompass an essence of individualism while paring it with advances in technology and features that are not usually found in DJ Style headphones. Ranging from superior high-end headphones like the ROYALE series, to a more affordable series that still delivers superb sound reproduction like the PHOENIX series. With this wide spectrum, Aerial7 on-ear headphones have everyone covered.
ROYALE Series
Without any question the best on-ear headphones by Aerial7. Available in Absolute and Bourbon, these high-end professional DJ style headphones are designed for the true music enthusiast. ROYALE series headphones are equipped with 50mm speaker drivers that deliver the highest possible sound reproduction and quality by providing an enhanced full sound spectrum. Royale series headphones come equipped with a 3.5mm to 6.3mm adapter so that you can go from casual applications to more professional applications without any hassles. The built-in microphone that allows for hands free use with mobile devices really sets these headphones apart from other professional headphones. With precise headband adjustment and a full grain patent leather headband you will receive supreme and premium comfort during all listening sessions. With a classy and luxurious look and feel accompanied with professional sound reproduction Aerial7's ROYALE series headphones are perfect for those looking for unmatched professional headphones.
TANK Series
These professional headphones feature single-sided monitoring with a spring swivel ear cup design, making them perfect for any looking for a quality DJ style headphone. A straight thin cable with a built-in microphone allows you to have hands free conversations with mobile devices and even Skype. The 57mm speaker drivers deliver high quality sound reproduction that is to be expected in high-end professional headphones at a fraction of the cost. TANK series headphones not only provide superior sound quality but with multiple color options, they allow you to truly express your personal style that will make you stand out above the rest. Aerial7 has taken comfort into mind and given the TANK series headphones ultra-thick cushions and a soft pliable headband for guaranteed comfort during long listening sessions. The soft touch and rubberized finish of the ear cups provides sturdiness and longevity of the headphones. TANK series on-ear headphones will bring out those lows and display those mids and highs without breaking the bank.
CHOPPER2 Series
Aerial7 kicks it old school and retro with the CHOPPER2 series and do it in a way that showcases the essence of retro while still introducing the improvements in technology and advances in personal audio. Apart from the 44mm speaker drivers for excellent sound production and built in microphone for hands frees talking, the CHOPPER2 provide an aesthetics that you will not find on any other retro style headphones. The 3.5mm to 6.3mm adapter makes these headphones versatile and perfect in more than one application. 7 different color selections will allow you to step out the standard and into the stylish. Equipped with a soft pliable headband and plus ear cups for comfort during extended listening. With satisfying and excellent sound reproduction and a true and honorable retro style design, CHOPPER2 headphones are a great repertoire for any music lover and enthusiast.
PHOENIX Series
Not everyone wants oversize headphones that are usually associated with DJ style headphones, but they still want a product that can produce the same sound quality as its counterpart. Enter Aerial7's PHOENIX series on-ear headphones. Featuring a swivel ear cup designed for single sided monitoring and beat matching, but in a mid-size frame design that sets them apart from your traditional DJ style headphones. Even with a compact design, the PHOENIX series headphones are still able to deliver high quality sound reproduction with the use of 44mm speaker drivers. These headphones feature a slim profile microphone for use with hands free devices, and a Skype adaptor that will allow VoIP on your PC. The use of proprietary materials and finishes along with a reinforced frame, plush ear cushions and adjustable headband make the PHOENIX series headphones durable, reliable and comfortable. With multiple color options and an affordable price, these headphones are a great way to improve your listening experience.


text:
Conductive Coating can be segmented by Ingredients, Companies and Applications. Ingredients of Conductive Coating are Dispersants, Epoxy Resins, Biocides, Surfactants, Ethylcellulose, Bio-Based Polyether Polyols, Dummy Acrylic Emulsion, Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA), Solvents, Dyes, Pigments, Acrylic Resins and Plastics, Halogenated Solvents, UV Curable Resins, Colorants, UV Curable Resins, PolytetraFluoroethylene, Melamine Formaldehyde Resin, Food & Beverage Solvents and 1,6 - Hexanediol (HDO).
Companies of Conductive Coating are PPG Industries Inc, BASF Performance Products, AkzoNobel N.V., Asian Paints Limited, Axalta Coating Systems Llc, Berger Paints India Limited, Deutsche Amphibolin Works Se (Daw), Hempel A/S, Jotun A/S, Kansai Paint Company Limited, Masco Corporation, Nippon Paint Company Ltd., Rpm International Inc, The Sherwin-Williams Company, The Valspar Corporation and Tikkurila OYJ. Applications of Conductive Coating are Building & Construction, Industrial Applications, Bedding & Furniture, Passenger Cars and Packaging.
Key Questions Answered
- What are market estimates and forecasts; which of Conductive Coating markets are doing well and which are not?
- What is the competitive landscape; How companies like PPG Industries Inc, BASF Performance Products and AkzoNobel N.V. doing in Conductive Coating?
What makes our report unique?
- It will provide you market insights into Building & Construction, Industrial Applications, Bedding & Furniture and Passenger Cars.
- This report provides market sizing and forecast for the Conductive Coating market. It also provides market sizing and forecast along with the drivers/inhibitors/opportunity analysis for each of the micro markets.
- The report provides deep dive competitive landscape covering the top players such as PPG Industries Inc, BASF Performance Products, AkzoNobel N.V. and Asian Paints Limited.
- The reports provides benchmarking insight on the top players PPG Industries Inc, BASF Performance Products, AkzoNobel N.V. and Asian Paints Limited.
- The report provide competitive intelligence on PPG Industries Inc, BASF Performance Products, AkzoNobel N.V. and Asian Paints Limited.
Audience for this report
- Global Conductive Coating companies
- Conductive Coating manufacturers
- Conductive Coating traders, distributors, and suppliers
- Governmental and research organizations
- Associations and industry bodies
- Technology providers to Conductive Coating companies
Please fill in the form below to receive a free copy of the Summary of this Report
Please visit http://www.micromarketmonitor.com/custom-research-services.html to specify your custom Research Requirement


text:
Imaging Center
Intravenous Pyelogram (IVP)
Your doctor has requested an examination of your urinary tract, including your kidneys, ureters (tubes leading from your kidneys to your bladder) and bladder. Richard Sukov, MD FACR, chief of Cedars-Sinai Gastrointestinal Radiology, leads a team of physicians, nurses and technologists who specialize in this procedure.
Before Your Procedure
- In preparation for the intravenous contrast injection (dye injected in your vein) used for this procedure, you will be asked not to eat or drink anything for four hours before your procedure.
- Important note: This exam includes an injection of a contrast material that contains iodine. Please inform the scheduler of any allergies you have before your exam, especially if you have an allergy to iodine. Please inform the technologist, nurse or radiologist before your study if you have such an allergy.
- If your doctor gave you an order, please bring it with you.
- We want to make any time you have to wait as pleasant as possible. Please consider bringing your favorite magazine, book or music player to help you pass the time.
During Your Procedure
- The technologist will explain the procedure and answer any questions you may have prior to your exam.
- You will be asked to change into a gown and to lie on the exam table on your back with your arms at your side.
- The technologist will take two X-rays (scout films) prior to your injection. The first X-ray is of your abdomen and pelvis area. The second X-ray is a tomogram that is taken by moving the X-ray tube over your body in a sweeping motion.
- Once the scout films have been reviewed by the imaging physician, you will receive an intravenous injection (in your arm) of contrast material that will visualize your kidneys, ureters and bladder. You may experience a warm sensation all over your body and a metal taste in your mouth. This sensation is normal.
- If you experience any itching, sneezing, nasal congestion, scratchy throat or swelling, you should notify the technologist immediately. Several X-rays and tomograms will be taken with you lying in various positions during your procedure.
- The pictures will be reviewed to see if they adequately show the areas under study. If they do not, more pictures will need to be taken. It is possible that this exam may take several hours. This is not because of the equipment or the people performing your exam, but because of the way a human body works.
- When the exam is near completion, the technologist will ask you to go to the bathroom to empty your bladder prior to taking the last X-ray.
- This procedure takes approximately 45 minutes, if no extra pictures need to be taken.
After Your Procedure
- The technologist will instruct you to drink plenty of water during the remainder of the day to flush your kidneys.
- Your study will be read by the imaging physician and results sent to your physician, usually within 48 hours. Your physician will discuss these results with you and explain what they mean in relation to your health.


text:
Please feel free to email me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
I've been interested in cemeteries for as long as I can remember. As a child my dad would take my brother and I to the cemetery where my grandparents were buried. We would spend hours trying to find the oldest stones. It was like a game for us, so I learned at an early age that cemeteries were not the scary places that many people believe them to be.
As a teenager I would spend hours wandering around trying to imagine what the people were like that belonged with the stones I would photograph. I have always been drawn to the older sections with the elegantly carved stones and individuality that can be found in almost every cemetery. As I would wander amongst the stones grand images of Victorian women in long elegant dresses and gentlemen in the finest of attire would fill my mind. These imaginary people would wander thru the cemeteries right along with me paying their respects to the long deceased family members.
As I grew older the whole concept of death and what happens afterward became a fascinating subject to me. So I decided to go to college to obtain a degree in Forensic Anthropology. Sadly I choose not to work in the field but it has opened my eyes to so many different aspects about death that I would never have thought about before.
Now as an adult, I still enjoy roaming around cemeteries photographing the unique stones. I love the angels most. But I am always excited to find a mystery that makes me want to know more about that particular person. Thankfully, the internet has made it much easier to discover the information that sheds light on the peoples lives.
My family and friends have always thought my obsession with cemeteries is odd and a bit morbid. But I am okay with that. I just say they haven't figured out how interesting they can be. They really began to think I was odd when I proposed the idea of having my wedding in a cemetery on Halloween, of all days. I had found the perfect one, it had a beautiful gazebo in the middle of the beautiful Fall foliage. Luckily my husband was all to happy to have our wedding there. Although he doesn't enjoy wandering the cemeteries like I do, he does put up with my constantly making him stop at new ones. He sits in the car and says, "Just tell me when to stop," or, "You go, and I'll follow in the car". Now tell me that isn't love. My nine-year-old daughter has her own camera she likes to use. Hopefully she is a Graveyard Rabbit in the making.
I enjoy this hobby so much that I have recently founded a small group of like minded individuals called Grave Addicts of Arkansas. That way there is never a shortage of people to wander the cemeteries with me or someone to chat about my new finds with. We venture out almost every week looking for new places to go and new mysteries to find.
I joined the Graveyard Rabbits Association to broaden my network of like minded friends. And so far I have learned much from the group and I look forward to learning more. And the best way to learn about neat cemeteries are from the ones who love them.
I believe this will be a hobby that will stay with me for the full duration of my life. Then, hopefully, someone will enjoy my headstone as much as I have enjoyed others.
Happy graving to each of my fellow Grave Addicts and Grave Rabbits!


text:
Lower Falls - Letchworth State Park. HDR
Wolf Creek ~ Letchworth State Park. See the wall on the other side...I am standing on a ledge just like that one over there. My tripod on a rock, one leg in the creek. The pool to the right is about 15ft deep and another 20 ft to the right is a 150ft cascade, but I saw the light and HAD to get this shot. I think it was worth it. At least to me.
Heaven Above
Upper Falls, Letchworth State Park
Middle Falls, Letchworth State Park


text:
Job Application
Cover Letter
Job Application Form
Job Boards
Maintenance Technician
AvalonBay Communities
Oak Park, CA
Job Type:
Non Exempt
Los Angeles
Creating a better way to liveis the purpose that binds AvalonBay associates. With over 280 communities and nearly 84,000 apartment homes, you have endless opportunities to make a difference in our residents' lives. Our culture is built on purpose and our core values , which is why Glassdoor ranks us as one of 2019's Best Places to Work. If you're looking for rewarding work with unparalleled benefits, we would like to hear from you.
The Role
As a Maintenance Technician, you will make apartments move-in ready and help address any resident maintenance requests. One day, you could be patching and painting walls. The next, you might update kitchen fixtures, and walk a resident through the features of their new dishwasher. Every day, you'll be creating the best possible experience in our community.
You Have...
2-3 years' experience in maintenance, facilities, or field with related skills
Positive attitude
Desire to help people
Basic knowledge of:
General repairs/maintenance work
Basic appliance and HVAC repair (replacing fixtures, installing parts)
Plumbing and electrical
How AvalonBay Supports You
We know that our teams are the heart of our success and we're committed to showing our appreciation. We offer:
Opportunities to advance your skills and grow your career through promotion with on-the-job training and maintenance certifications
Comprehensive benefits — health, dental and vision, 401(k) with company match, paid vacation and holidays, tuition reimbursement, an employee stock purchase plan and more
Associate recognition (like our quarterly awards meetings and maintenance rallies)
A significant discount on our incredible apartment homes
A culture built on purpose and our core values —A Commitment to Integrity,A Spirit of Caring, andA Focus on Continuous Improvement
Additional Info
AvalonBay is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to an inclusive and diverse work environment free of discrimination and harassment. We believe that in order to achieve our purpose of creating a better way to live, we must recruit, develop and retain associates with a wide range of backgrounds, experiences and perspectives and create an environment that encourages all voices to be heard, understood and appreciated. With this we know we can do great things.
AvalonBay will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with requirements under the law.
Apply This Job
AvalonBay Communities
Company Size:
1001-5000 employees
Real Estate
$1B to $5B (USD)
671 N Glebe Rd, Suite 800, Arlington, VA, United States
About Company:
At AvalonBay, we're driven by a bold purpose: creating a better way to live.|||AvalonBay Communities, Inc., an equity REIT, has a long-term track record of developing, redeveloping, acquiring and mana...
People Also Viewed
AvalonBay Communities Jobs
Maintenance Technician Jobs
Oak Park, CA Jobs
AvalonBay Communities Maintenance Technician Jobs


text:
Collecting data on customer behavior is nothing new for most online retailers. Now, brick-and-mortar stores are trying to get in on the action.
Numerous retailers, from Family Dollar to Nordstrom, are hoping to gather valuable information about their customers in their physical outposts, The New York Times reports. By using video cameras, cellphone signals and facial recognition technology, the companies can hone in on information like shoppers' gender, the time they spend examining merchandise before making a purchase and even their moods.
The stats will help retailers make more informed, data-driven choices on business decisions like store design and customized coupons.
RetailNext, based in San Jose, Calif., is one company that now helps retailers collect data. It's technology can track a customer in the store simply by following the signals in a shopper's smartphone that search for Wi-Fi—even if they did not connect to any network.
Another company, Brickstream, in Atlanta, offers stores a state-of-the-art camera that can pinpoint which aisles are most popular, based on its headcount of people throughout the store.
Some cameras have become so advanced that they can also determine what specific item shoppers are examining—and for how long.
And in-house advertisements could even be customized to a customer's mood. Some companies, like Synqera, a start-up in St. Petersburg, Russia, can now determine both basic demographics and customer moods by using facial recognition technology at the checkout counter—and then customize marketing messages to those stats. "If you are an angry man of 30, and it is Friday evening, it may offer you a bottle of whiskey," Ekaterina Savchenko, head of marketing for Synqera, told The New York Times.
Will There Be Customer Backlash?
While consumers have long accepted being tracked while online, the idea of the same technology in person can be rattling to many shoppers.
Nordstrom ran an experiment last fall that tracked customers' movements through their smartphones' Wi-Fi signals. When the company then informed shoppers of the tracking program, a wave of complaints followed, and Nordstrom called off the experiment in May, in part because of customers' negative reactions.
But some shoppers may have no problem giving up privacy—as long as there's something in it for them. One company, Placed, has developed an app that lets customers agree to take part in a tracking program, in return for rewards like cash and Amazon gift cards. Users reveal their demographic stats (like gender, age and income), and permit the company to follow them through Wi-Fi and other cellular networks. The company then sells the useful information to retailers and app developers.
So if the new technology allows shoppers to receive deals they find valuable, they may be more than willing to let the tracking continue.
Related stories from LearnVest:


text: Germany is stopping short of legal action against Facebook after reaching a 14-point agreement on Monday over how the site handles data from non-Facebook users.Hamburg's Data Protection Authority took issue with Facebook last August over its Friend Finder feature, which imports e-mail addresses from user contact lists on other e-mail services and then sends out invitations to non-Facebook users to join the site.But it wasn't necessarily clear to those recipients how their e-mail addresses were obtained, Johannes Caspar, who heads the agency, said on Tuesday. The DPA also questioned whether Facebook's retention of those e-mail addresses violated data protection regulations.Under the agreement, Facebook will allow those non-Facebook users to opt-out of further invitations. Those targeted users will also be told why they have been sent an invitation and how Facebook is allowed to use their e-mail addresses for additional friend finding.Caspar said it would be better to have those non-Facebook users opt-in before receiving notifications such as invitations at all, but further progress with Facebook on that issue was unlikely without legal action."I think we could go further in the way of legal punishments but I think we have come to an end with this agreement," Caspar said. "We think we have done a good job."Pushing further would have meant that the German regulator might have to look into other privacy issues, such as non-Facebook users who are displayed in photos on the social networking site, he said."We have to accept that this what we could legally get so we think we won't go further," Caspar said.Facebook relies on the invitation feature to draw new users into the rapidly growing service. Under other terms of the agreement, Facebook users who import e-mail addresses will be given clearer notification that those addresses could be used to send out invitations. But those users will also be able to shut the feature off if they wish, Caspar said.Those users will also be reminded to only sent invitations to people whom they know personally and who would welcome such an invitation, Caspar said.In a statement, Facebook said: "We are pleased that we have come to a solution with the Hamburg DPA regarding concerns about Friend Finder and look forward to continue our constructive discussions and dialogue in the future."


text:
Story highlights
Army's updated appearance guidelines ban many African-American hairstyles
African-American soldiers; scholars say rules against dreadlocks, twists, cornrows are biased
Army says the regulation is needed to maintain a professional, uniform look among soldiers
Controversy touches on historic tensions about black hair and white beauty standards
The U.S. Army's new ban on many types of ethnic hairstyles has African-American women who wear their coifs in dreadlocks, braids and cornrows in a twist.
The Army's regulations stipulate such guidance as hair "must be of uniform dimension, small in diameter (approximately ¼ inch), show no more than 1/8 (inch) of the scalp between the braids."
Dreadlocks "against the scalp or free-hanging" are banned. "Unkempt" or "matted" braids and cornrows are also considered dreadlocks and "are not authorized," according to the regulations that were updated this month.
It's that type of language, words like "unkempt" and "matted," that read to some African Americans, as code for racial bias.
"These new changes are racially biased and the lack of regard for ethnic hair is apparent," Sgt. Jasmine Jacobs of the Georgia National Guard wrote in a White House petition she started in late March asking the Obama administration to reconsider the policy.
Currently, the petition has more than 13,000 signatures.
"We feel let down," Jacobs told the Army Times. "I think, at the end of the day, a lot of people don't understand the complexities of natural hair. A lot of people, instead of educating themselves, they think dreadlocks and they think Bob Marley, or they see women with really big Afros and they think that's the only thing we can do with our hair."
The updates in appearance standards were crafted, in part, with the help of African-American female soldiers and are intended to clarify the professional look of soldiers, said Troy Rolan, an Army spokesman.
Previous regulations did not specifically address things such as braid widths or numbers, or the definition of twist styles.
"Many hairstyles are acceptable, as long as they are neat and conservative," Rolan said, noting the Army has banned dreadlocks since 2005.
If soldiers aren't happy, they can go through a formal process to request changes to the hairstyle regulations, the Army said.
"We encourage soldiers to make use of this process by sending recommendations and examples of hairstyles which could present professional appearances and conform to the regulation," Rolan said.
The rules' conciseness isn't the problem, say some African-American women and black studies scholars.
The problem, they say, is a perception that ethnic hair that is "natural" or not straightened with heat or chemicals is somehow unruly, unkempt and must be carefully regulated to fit within white cultural norms.
Black female soldiers say new grooming reg is 'racially biased'
"In a broad sense, it's just another example of U.S. institutions policing black style," said Mark Anthony Neal, an African-American studies professor at Duke University. "And it's not that there aren't other examples of such policing among other racial and ethnic groups. But, given the fraught relationship between black identity and culture and what some Americans might perceive as 'normal,' it strikes a particularly dissonant chord among some blacks."
Mandating what should be done with black hair is a particularly sensitive matter.
During slavery and for generations after, hair texture, along with skin complexion, was used to classify which slaves were more valuable, given jobs in the master's house rather than the field, and — by default — deemed beautiful.
Straighter hair, lighter skin and features that looked white were considered preferred traits, African-American scholars noted.
Those values were internalized and perpetuated within the black community for years in a way that was particularly damaging to the self-esteem of black women, African American scholars said.
"The gender dynamic here is also important; hair is so tied to the idea of black womanhood and self-esteem," Neal said. "There have been many stories, for example, of the extra scrutiny black women with locs or dreads face going through airport security. The Army's ban is just another knock from the dominant society that somehow black women are out of step with the so-called status quo."
Black pride and natural hair movements have emphasized that all hair types and the rainbow of skin hues are all beautiful.
However, the Army's regulations, some natural hair advocates and African American scholars fear, might suggest to black soldiers that their tresses must be straightened or closely cropped in order to fit in and be valued.
Army: Female focus group helped determine new hair rules
That type of pressure is "both unfair and racially biased," said Imani Perry, an African-American studies professor at Princeton University.
"While it is reasonable for the military to expect some degree of conformity and neatness in hairstyles, those expectations ought to take into account the variety of natural hair textures people have," Perry said. "For many African-American women who have tightly curled, coily or kinky hair, cornrows braids and locs are styles that allow for ease of close to the head grooming. Hence, banning those hairstyles puts black female soldiers in a difficult bind with respect to the requirement."
That type of pressure is "both unfair and racially biased," Perry said adding that the Army conformity isn't absolute because female soldiers are allowed to wear their hair long.
"Likewise, consideration ought to be made for different textures of hair," Perry said. "Otherwise, a burden is placed disproportionately upon some soldiers due to an immutable characteristic, natural hair texture that is tied to race."
HLN.com's AJ Willingham contributed to this report


text:
Last week, I picked up this dowdy bench with really great lines at a local thrift store. It was $12. I transformed it this past weekend with fresh paint, a bit of silk, and some custom fabric covered buttons. If you want to know how to create a custom tufted seat, follow the tutorial at the end of this post.
Here's the Before and After:
The first thing that had to go was the original fabric. Ewwww. The bench seat was easily removed with a screwdriver, but those side cushions were another story. I thought they would simply peel off with a little tugging. I was way wrong. I had to take the end of a hammer to them, and the inner stuffing completely disintegrated in the process. Pliers were necessary to get the green fabric off.
The paint had yellowed, so I decided to prime it and give it a fresh coat of white paint. Then I gave it a good coat of spray paint in RustOleum's 'Heirloom White'.
Once the bench's wood frame was completely painted, I recovered the bench with some fabric and a staple gun in some pale green silk. [That's "lemongrass" colored silk from Joann's Fabrics – it was on sale for $8 for 2 feet.] Note: If you are tufting a cushion, make sure you drill your holes through the seat cushion before you cover with fabric.
Tufting Tutorial for a Bench or Cushion
- Screwdriver to create holes in seat cushion
- Long needles (called Decorator Needles) from craft store
- Thin twine or embroidery thread (regular sewing thread is not strong enough)
- Button cover kits
- Staple gun and staples
Once the bench had been covered in fabric, I created the custom buttons with the scraps of silk leftover and some custom button kits. These kits make it very simple to use your fabric of choice to create custom buttons for tufting with the same fabric you use to cover your seat cushion.
Thread your decorator needle with the thin twine or embroidery thread. Push the needle up from the bottom through the pre-drilled hole. Once you come up on top of the cushion, thread your needle through the button. Push the needle back down through the hole and pull button tight to fabric to create desired amount of tufting.
Use your staple gun to secure the thread to the underside of the cushion. Staple the thread once, then pull the thread in the opposite direction, and staple it down again. Secure with a knot.
One final problem with my bench was covering the marks from those previous side cushions. Rather than creating my own side cushions like I did here and here, I chose to keep the sides open and airy. I covered the marks from the previous cushions with hot glue and some simple gimp trim.
Bench $12, Primer and Paint $6, Fabric $8, Button Kits $7, Needles $4, Embroidery Thread $1. Total = $38 Isn't it amazing what a little paint and fabric can do?
Isn't it amazing what a little paint and fabric can do?


text:
the company I work for has a one page invoice that uses the library
tcpdf. they wanted to do some design changes that I found are just incredibly difficult for setting up in
Using html/css I could easily create the page and have it print very nicely, but I have a feeling that I am over looking something. What are the pros and cons of setting up a page just for printing? What are the pros and cons of putting out a
I could also use the
CSS inline so that if they wanted to download it and open it they could.


text:
The coming of sound to the movies meant a great deal to the development of the fantasy genre. Although science fiction and particularly horror films had been produced since the earliest days of the medium, the addition of dialogue and, more importantly, special effects, greatly enhanced the creative abilities of filmmakers. As early as the turn of last century, Frenchman Georges Méliès had making short 'trick' films which had often been about or featured fantastic imagery. In 1902 Méliès made one of his most famous films, A Trip To The Moon (1902). This early cinematic pioneer can also be considered the first special effects maestro, creating a wealth of mechanical and optical illusions, with the latter being completely achieved in-camera without the benefit of post-production trickery.
In 1910, Thomas Edison produced the first of many versions of Frankenstein (1910). This ten-minute short had an electrifying effect on audiences of the era, despite the fact that many of the more horrific aspects of Mary Shelley's novel were deleted from the film, soon after a film version of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde (1912) appeared, the first of many. But it was in Europe during the second decade of last century and in the twenties that the horror film really had its beginning with such films as The Student Of Prague (1913) and The Golem (1917), Robert Wiene's The Cabinet Of Doctor Caligari (1919) featured a story about a sleep-walking killer controlled by a mad doctor. The expressionistic sets, lighting and photography thrilled audiences and critics alike with its boldness. F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu (1922), based on Bram Stoker's vampire classic Dracula, took the horrors one step further with its blend of realism and expressionism. Before we get stuck-in, I must profusely thank Wikipedia for assisting me with some research.
AELITA (1924): Also known as Queen Of Mars, Aelita was directed by Soviet filmmaker Yakov Protazanov and based on Alexaie Tolstoy's novel of the same name. Though the main focus of the story is the daily lives of a small group of people during the post-war Soviet Union, the enduring importance of the film really comes from its early science fiction elements. It primarily tells of a young man named Los, traveling to Mars in a rocket ship, where he leads a popular uprising against the ruling group of Elders, with the support of Queen Aelita who has fallen in love with him. This is very likely the first full-length movie involving space travel, the most notable part of the film remains its remarkable Martian sets and costumes designed by Aleksandra Ekster. Their influence can be seen in a number of later films, including the Flash Gordon serials and Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1926), and plot was also loosely adapted for Flight To Mars (1951). While very popular at first, the film later fell out of favour with the Soviet government and was thus very difficult to see until after the Cold War.
THE CRAZY RAY (1925): Also known as Paris Qui Dort (Paris Which Sleeps), The Crazy Ray is a French science fiction comedy directed by Rene Clair about a mad doctor who uses a magical ray on citizens which causes them to freeze in strange and often embarrassing positions. Not all the city's inhabitants are frozen, however, a small number are mysteriously unaffected by the ray, and most of them take advantage of their position by breaking out of their social roles and having a darn good time. But the film's young protagonist, a security guard on the Eiffel Tower, retains his sense of social responsibility and persuades the revelers to seek out the source of the phenomenon. Originally about an hour long, this was re-edited by Clair into a brisk 35 minutes in the fifties, and this is the version available as an extra on the Criterion DVD of Clair's first sound feature, the engaging Under The Roofs Of Paris (1930), which features the same lead actor, Albert Préjean. Made with style and charm, the film still retains much of its humour when seen today.
DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (1920): This is the best of many versions made during the silent era, and most of the talkie adaptations. In my own humble, subjective (yet always accurate) opinion, only the 1931 version starring Fredric March is better than this one. If you haven't seen that version you should seek it out, but not before the conclusion of this article. I'm sure you'll enjoy my old mate John Barrymore as yet another scientist who is punished for not knowing his place and tampering with the supernatural. He filmed this while preparing for a stage production of Richard The Third and it was a turning point in his film career. Prior to this his films were light-hearted action adventures such as The Incorrigible Dukane (1915) and Raffles (1916), but with the success of this multi-leveled performance, the studios cast him in more challenging roles. His triumphs continued into the sound era, for he had a most agreeable voice.
FAUST (1926): Starring Emil Jannings as Mephisto and Gosta Ekman as Faust, F.W. Murnau's film draws on older traditions of the legendary tale of Faust as well as Goethe's classic version. The movie contains many memorable images and special effects, with careful attention paid to contrasts of light and dark. Particularly striking is the sequence in which the giant, horned and black-winged figure of Mephisto hovers over a town sowing the seeds of plague, an image later used by Walt Disney in Fantasia (1940). Faust was Murnau's last film to be made in Germany, and he moved to the United States under contract to William Fox to direct Sunrise (1927). By the time Faust premiered in Berlin, Murnau was already shooting Sunrise in Hollywood.
FRAU IM MOND (1929): Also known as Woman On The Moon, this is considered by many to be the first serious science fiction film, directed by Fritz Lang and written by his then-wife and collaborator Thea von Harbou. The basics of rocket travel were presented to a mass audience for the first time by this film, including the use of a multi-stage rocket. The moon rocket (dubbed Friede) was submerged in water before launch, which NASA did not do when it sent actual rockets to the moon, but large rockets are launched over water to prevent damage to the spacecraft from the sound generated by liftoff. NASA did, however, have proposals for water-launched rockets. This film is often cited as the first occurrence of the countdown to zero before a rocket launch. The launch crew counts down the seconds from ten to zero and the rocket ship then blasts off into space. Since rocket scientist Hermann Oberth worked as an adviser on the movie, it was popular among the rocket scientists in Wernher von Braun's circle, which is why the first V-2 rockets had the Die Frau Im Mond logo painted on the base!
THE GOLEM (1920): After making a version in 1914, Paul Wegener went on to make a series of fairy tales, but he returned to a longer and grander version of the Golem story in 1920. This second Golem (subtitled How He Came Into The World), which still exists in an 85-minute version, returned to the original story of Rabbi Loew, who creates the Golem to save the ghetto from disaster. The Rabbi is unable to control his creature, who resembles an incarnation of some juggernaut-like natural force. The Golem breaks through the ghetto gate into the world outside, where a pretty little Aryan girl (significantly) offers him an apple and then plucks the Star Of David from his chest, and he once again becomes no more than a dead clay statue. Young German maidens dance and play on the body, which is then ceremoniously carried back into the ghetto by the Jewish leaders.
LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT (1927): Also known as The Hypnotist, London After Midnight is more like a mystery film with horror overtones. Produced and distributed by MGM, the film stars Lon Chaney Senior and was directed by Tod Browning. It is also a lost film, unfortunately, probably the most famous and eagerly-sought of all lost films. The last known copy was destroyed in a fire in a film vault in 1967. No copies of the film are known to exist, although there has been an attempt at a reconstruction utilising the screenplay and publicity photos. Chaney's makeup for the film is noteworthy for the sharpened teeth and the hypnotic eye effect he achieved with special wire fittings which he wore like monocles. This was the only time Chaney used his famous makeup case as an on-screen prop. He purposefully gave the vampire character an absurd quality because, as it turns out, he was really a Scotland Yard detective (also played by Chaney) in disguise. Browning later remade the film with some changes as Mark Of The Vampire (1935) starring Lionel Barrymore and Bela Lugosi.
THE LOST WORLD (1925): The very first in-flight movie, The Lost World is an adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's 1912 novel of the same name, and stars Wallace Beery as the excitable Professor Challenger. This version was directed by Harry Hoyt and features pioneering stop motion special effects by maestro Willis O'Brien. Many things in King Kong (1933) can be traced to earlier O'Brien projects such as The Lost World and his unfinished film Creation. For instance, the idea of a giant prehistoric monster running amuck in a modern city comes from O'Brien's version of The Lost World, as does the log spanning a vast chasm which is then dislodged by a monster (an image used in both The Lost World and Creation), and the sequence where Kong reels in Ann Darrow and Driscoll as they attempt to climb down a vine is an elaboration of a similar sequence in The Lost World. Without a doubt, O'Brien contributed more to the overall structure of King Kong than he has been given credit for.
METROPOLIS (1927): Fritz Lang's science fiction classic is set in a futuristic urban dystopia and explores the social crisis between workers and owners in a capitalist society. The most expensive silent film ever made, it cost approximately five million Reichsmark, Metropolis features special effects and set designs that still impress modern audiences with their visual impact – the film contains cinematic and thematic links to German Expressionism although the architecture in the film appears to be based on contemporary Modernism and Art Deco. A new style in Europe at the time, Art Deco had not reached mass production yet and was considered an emblem of the bourgeois classes, and similarly associated with the ruling class in the film. Rotwang's laboratory, with its lights and industrial machinery, is a forerunner of the Streamline Moderne style, highly influential on the look of laboratories of so-called mad scientists in popular culture. With many good performances, Brigitte Helm is the real star, portraying both the angelic Maria and her evil robot double.
DIE NIBELUNGEN (1924): An epic silent fantasy film in two parts created by Austrian director Fritz Lang, entitled Siegfried and Kriemhild's Revenge. Both films were co-written by Lang's then-wife Thea von Harbou, based on the epic poem Nibelungenlied written eight hundred years ago. Siegfried, the first part, is a marvel, one of the truly great silent films and one of the most spectacular ventures into fantasy and legend that there has ever been on the screen. It is best known for its stunning design work supervised by Lang himself, the vast sets and photography which owe less to expressionism than romanticism. But the characters are grand and the story exciting, subtle enough for adults and magical enough for kids. Kriemhild's Revenge, the second part, is more sombre, more violent, more geared for adults. The visuals are equally as impressive and the character of Kriemhild, so passive in part one, becomes one of the most formidable heroines in film history. If you've been looking for a film in which Attila The Hun is a sympathetic figure (who respects women, is a good host, plays with babies, cries, etc.) then look no further.
NOSFERATU (1922): The name itself is enough to induce an excrement hemorrhage in anyone who watched this movie during their youth, like I did. I mean, those fingernails! He clearly isn't getting regular manicures, and Nosferatu had the shaved-head look long before it was trendy. Overall, it's one fine piece of cinema. The film stars the aptly named Max Schreck as the vampire. Schreck, in case you weren't aware of it, is the German word meaning 'fear'. How cool is that? Schreck was a Stanislovsky method actor, which meant that he immersed himself fully in the character – as well as the unconsecrated soil of Transylvania. He was so effective that some on the set of Nosferatu believed that Schreck might actually be a vampire. This conceit was later used in Shadow Of The Vampire (2000) starring John Malkovich as Murnau and Willem Dafoe as Max Schreck, a vampire pretending to be an actor.
THE STUDENT OF PRAGUE (1926): Henrik Galeen's remake of the 1913 film of the same name is considered his most important film since The Golem (1915) which he co-directed in 1915 with Paul Wegener. In the meantime, Galeen had written The Golem (1920), Nosferatu (1922) and Waxworks (1924). This probably represents the last gasp of German romantic Gothic cinema, extremely stylish with wild, almost expressionistic sets. Scapinelli (Werner Krauss) is the umbrella-wielding bourgeois devil who buys the soul of Baldwin (Conrad Veidt) in exchange for his reflection in a mirror. The reflection then becomes a Doppelganger, a phantom double which haunts Baldwin until driven to suicide.
THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (1924): This swashbuckler from director Raoul Walsh starred Douglas Fairbanks Senior and tells the story of a thief who falls in love with the daughter of the Caliph. Strong on special effects of the period (flying carpets, magic urns and fearsome monsters) and featuring massive exotic-looking sets, the film also proved a stepping stone for a scantily-clad Anna May Wong as a Mongol slave. According to Douglas Fairbanks Junior, his dad considered this to be his personal favourite of all of his films. The use of imaginative gymnastics fit the athletic star, his catlike, seemingly effortless movements were as much dance as gymnastics.
Also: see
1930s Genre Films
1940s Genre Films
1950s Genre Films
1960s Genre Films
1970s Genre Films
1980s Genre Films


text:
Samsung Electronics is considering a key management overhaul that could see the company's head of TVs and home appliances also overseeing its underperforming mobile business, according to a news report.
Boo-keun Yoon, a co-CEO who looks after Samsung's consumer electronics business, could also be given control of the mobile division, according to The Wall Street Journal, which cited people familiar with the matter. The decision is, however, not final, the newspaper reported.
The market share of the South Korean smartphone maker fell to 23.8 percent in the third quarter from 32.5 percent a year ago, according to research firm IDC. The company said last week it planned to cut the number of smartphone models it makes by about 25 to 30 percent in 2015.
The company's net profit fell 49 percent in the third quarter. Unsold inventory piled up in warehouses because Samsung overestimated demand for its flagship Galaxy S5 smartphone, the Journal reported, quoting people familiar with the matter.
The new management structure could help the company respond more quickly to competition in its smartphone business, particularly from low-cost Chinese players.
Yoon is also expected to help Samsung compete in the Internet connected home market, as he has been a key advocate of the company's move in this direction, including by signing off on Samsung's acquisition of SmartThings, according to the Journal.
Samsung said in August that SmartThings will operate as an independent company within Samsung's Open Innovation Center group. The company's strategy is to create an open smart home platform that brings together third-party developers, device makers, and consumers.
On Monday, Samsung said it would not comment on rumors or speculation, when asked to comment on the report of the management changes.
If one of the scenarios being considered is finally adopted, the current co-CEO who heads the mobile division, J.K. Shin, may be moved out of his role. A third co-CEO, Oh-Hyun Kwon, who is in charge of components like semiconductors and display panels, could stay in his job, the Journal said, quoting people familiar with the matter. The three CEO model was adopted last year.
The report of the discussion on leadership changes comes ahead of an annual year-end reshuffle, but this year it assumes significance after Samsung's chairman Kun-Hee Lee was hospitalized in May after a heart attack. His son Jay Y. Lee, now a Samsung vice chairman, is widely expected to take over from him, though the timing of his appointment is not clear, according to the report.


text:
United States Department of Agriculture was established to provide leadership on food, natural resources, agriculture, and other associated issues that are all based on sound public policy, the best available technology, and efficient and effective management.
This post is aligned with a network of sites interested with the intersection of small business, the philanthropic sector and government in creating healthy and sustainable communities.
Find additional information and resources on nonprofit information, educational grants and Civic Engagement programs from around the world.


text:
The Dice Man
Forgotten by society and shunned by circus clowns, dice men are unable to decide anything because of a genetic blockage in their frontal lobes. This is why they can never do anything without a quick roll of their six-sided buddy, the poor fools.
When faced with one of life's more difficult decisions, such as how many marbles to put in a sock, the dice man will immediately scribble down a list like this one:
- 1 marble.
- 97 marbles.
- Half a marble.
- Every marble in the world.
- No marbles.
- Eat the sock.
Then they roll a die and just go with whatever option is subsequently thrown up by Mr. Destiny - the big, cuddly and imaginary companion to "dicers" all over - and a companion who throws up regularly as a result.
Where to find one
Dice men can often be spotted in shopping centers and pub car parks, rolling dice, wandering around in circles and crawling under chairs. If you should happen to meet one, don't touch him. Call a librarian, a council official or a bomb disposal expert. They will approach the dice man, making gentle cooing sounds, and then quickly snatch his dice - thus rendering him immobile. You are now at liberty to poke him with something until he starts to dance.
The First Ever Dice Man
The first ever dice man was Mr. Fluke Rhino, known to some as Mr. Luke Reinhart and to a special few as Mr. Root Grunthard. Fluke was an unassuming German plumbing engineer who found love in the most unexpected places after he decided to give up the idea of being normal. And so can you!
It all began one day when Mr. Rhino was trying to decide on whether to get 1cm or 2cm cladding for a fat sump. He'd been in the fat sump shop all day and was putting off the other customers, so to force him to come to a decision, the shop owner simply put a gun to Fluke's head and rolled a dice. Shocked out of normality, Fluke was soon using dice to decide on all kinds of things, such as whether to fix a garden hose in Bremen or just go roller skating.
He was last seen bouncing into Denmark on a spacehopper.
A Warning for Germans
Fluke's adventures were recorded in a small notebook by Günter Grass, and eventually published as "Plumbing the Depths, A Warning for all Germans". Grass's book emphasises the dangers of basing your life on dice rolls, such as forgetting to bring your sandwiches to work, having to staple a tiger to a coffee table, or even (just imagine it!) - casually forgetting to put on your CV that you were once in the Waffen SS. Despite Grass's noble attempt to claw back some shreds of mundanity for German pride, like some desperate eagle, from the rolling mania which, like a huge blacmange, threatened to engulf it, like a great blubbery engulfing sort of thing - many young scamps still think that dicing is the way to go.
And for all I know, even you might be a bit scampish yourself, you old scallywag. I am therefore forced to write this article in order to save you all from yourselves. You'll thank me one day, maybe even next Wednesday.
The Safe Option
If you're really really seriously, like — sure dude that sounds cool, nothing is getting in my way, I'm rolling a die like my life depends on it and want to go the Dice Man way — then please, for the love of all things solid, do it the safe way. Be safe. Be cool. Yeah?
Try making an undangerous list like this one:
- Boil an egg.
- Boil a chicken.
- Tie shoelaces.
- Go to the post office.
- Buy an ice cream.
- Go back to bed.
The main benefit of this approach is that you will find that your life is exactly the same as before, except much slower, and therefore safer, because you are spending so much time writing lists. In fact, by the time you've had breakfast, it's dark again and you'll have to go to bed. But usually only after you've dusted the sideboard, put the cat out, taken the cat back in again, put the cat on the sideboard and walked around in a circle. At least, however, you'll minimise the risk of getting run over by a lorry. Last year, in Spain, nine people were run over by the same lorry. So the risk is very real.
The Death Match Option
Yeah! Fuck safety, we're on a roll here! It's the thousand yard stare! Hah Hah Hah!
Most "safers" as they are known, don't last too long, which is a good thing too, because who wants the world clogged up with losers?
Safers quickly fall into a practice known as "ramping" which means adding in some crazy stuff to the lists, like putting an extra spoonful of coffee into the cup or going out without a hat. But even this is not enough for some.
Death Knocking
"Death Knocking" is a hardcore dicing practice of adding one really nasty option on the list. For example:
- Eat marshmallows
- Stroke a kitten.
- Give money to the poor.
- Buy an ice cream.
- Watch a DVD.
- Hit an unexploded bomb with a large brick.
- Hum innocently
- Make babies
- Bring home a hedgehog
- Skip through daisies
- Read a good book
- Cover self with honey and run naked through a maximum security prison, shouting "come git yo' honey here, bitches".
It puts an edge on things, if you get my drift.
But wait a minute, what about Bungle Treehog? Oh yeah, I'd forgotten about him.
The Sad Story of Bungle Treehog
Before he began dicing, Bungle Treehog was a very helpful but morally confused bus conductor who was loved by children and dogs for his happy smile, free sweeties and baggy trousers. But then, for some reason, possibly extreme boredom, Treehog decided to chuck in the bus conducting game and start dicing. He soon fell into "ramping" and then "death knocking".
Unfortunately, it was exactly the moment that he began death knocking that Treehog ran into a stunning run of bad luck on his rolls. Each single time, he got deathknocked. Every time, without exception. He rolled harder and faster, in a desperate attempt to once again eat an ice cream or skip through dasies, but it just was never going to happen. Treehog was marked by tragedy and forever stuffed into the dustbin of luck.
Marked by Tragedy and Forever Stuffed into the Dustbin of Luck
After getting his bollocks blown off by a Chieftain Tank, being boiled in chip fat and kicking the Pope where the sun doesn't shine, Bungle was ready to give up. But by now he was unemployable and only owned a shoe. In despair he returned to dicing, and was quickly deathknocked into touch. By the end he was nothing more than a head on a spring, a sorry human jack-in-the-box, a coiled and grinning freakboy, tragically unable to roll dice with anything except with his mouth. This is his last, poignant, list.
- Bounce left
- Bounce right
- Don't bounce.
- Bounce in a circle.
- Bounce in a line.
- Die.
International effects of the book
On its release, "Plumbing the Depths, A Warning for all Germans", was an instant success. But much to the horror of Günter Grass, everyone who read the book thought that dicing sounded really cool, and especially in Holland, where stoned Amsterdammers, previously subsisting on a diet of cheese and wheat, went crazy and threw furniture into the canals.
Although subsequently successful in many countries around the world, some communities have banned members from reading the book due to worries that it may encourage copycat activity and severe hair loss among chartered accountants. Most notably, the Methodist movement have held many vociferous and really annoyed protests against the novel, organising mass happy-go-lucky burnings of the book, marching bands and brutal dictatorships. It is also rumored that John Kerry used dice to decide how to vote in Congress.
The Flip A Coin Man
Günter Grass attempted to cash in on his success, and reverse trends, by publishing "The Flip A Coin Man", which was all about the happy and safe life of a man and his coin. Only seven pages long, including the illustrations, the book was a failure. Grass claimed later that it was all just an experiment to reduce the logics of randomicity into their binary state so that they could build a giant computer in Berlin that would make all the decisions for everyone in the Rhine delta and thus prevent traffic accidents - but no one understood what the hell he was on about.
The Belgian Connection
Some people flipped coins in Belgium but nothing came of it.
Things to avoid doing with dice men
- Offer one a lift
- Play Snakes and Ladders
Famous Dice Men
See also
|Featured Article (read another featured article)
|Featured version: 26 August 2009
|This article has been featured on the main page. — You can vote for or nominate your favourite articles at Uncyclopedia:VFH.


text:
Boxer Adrien Broner Pays Woman $200 to Cut Her In DMV Line
World champions usually don't have to wait in lines very long... unless they're at the DMV.
Current undefeated WBC lightweight champion of the world, Adrien Broner, who likes to call himself "Mr. HBO" because of his fights for the pay-TV channel, had to renew his driver's license yesterday. Like everyone else, Broner was subjected to a time-killing, soul-crushing wait on a line. Unlike everyone else, the audacious Broner was able to buy his way to the front of the line.
Like an auctioneer, Broner offered $150 for a trade of his number for the next number in line. After there were no takers at that price, Broner upped the cash to $200. Still no takers, until… a woman took Broner's deal. She gave him No. 80, which was the next number to be called at the DMV. At the time of the trade/purchase, Broner was at No. 89. Not a bad deal, considering the line was moving quickly enough that the woman was unlikely to wait more than another hour to be called. Most people would take $200 for an hour of their time. And, don't lie (or hate), if you had the cash to jump to the front of a line, you'd do it, too.
This isn't the first time that Broner has clowned around with money. He recently flushed some cash down a toilet, making Floyd Mayweather's gambling exploits look downright sensible. If Broner isn't a little more careful with his cash, he may wind up next in the long line of former professional athletes that threw away all their money. At least he'll know where it went.