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Headaches: How Soon Will They Kill You?
Sex dissatisfaction! Child car seats! Deadly headaches! Chronic fatigue! Radiation safety! Male facelifts! Fitness myths! Poison prevention! Trauma survival! And a hot new lupus update! It's your Tuesday Health Watch, where we watch your health—with head-splitting authority!
- What with all the dissatisfaction over sex, "Couples need to talk about the frequency of sex," according to a fancy doctor. Girl let's talk about it and talk about it and talk about it.
- Experts say you should turn your kid's car seat around facing backwards until they're two, or they'll nag your fucking ear off from the back seat.
- Do you get headaches every day? The overwhelming probability is that you have a deadly inoperable brain tumor. But also you can try less coffee and more sleep, maybe that will take your mind off it.
- What is it with chronic fatigue syndrome? It's hard to get lots of money for research when all you sufferers are always so down in the dumps. Razz! Pizzazz! That's what we need!
- Radiation is a natural part of our world. It's really nothing to worry about. I certainly wouldn't get myself worked up over it. I wouldn't get hectic over the issue. I definitely wouldn't panic about it. There's no reason to stress yourself over it. I'd be very copacetic about it, personally. Nothing about it would make me worried. I'd go easy on the nervousness. It shouldn't be a cause of concern. I'd just not think about it. Or not very much, at least. Just forget it.
- Guess what, more men are getting plastic surgery than ever before. I blame Adam West.
- The top ten fitness myths have been REVEALED!! The number one myth: eating ten Dominos™ Pasta Bread Bowls for breakfast every day will get you fit. Not so!
- It's National Poison Prevention Week. Wait—you already took poison this week? Haha, well my face is red. (From poison, coincidentally.)
- Trauma patients have higher survival rates if they go in the hospital on the weekends. The weekday shifts are when most of your murderous doctors like to work.
- In our March 10 Health Watch column, we reported that "Cancer Makes Lupus Look Like Such a Wuss." The following week, we received a very serious and lengthy email from a spokesperson at the Lupus Foundation of America stating "I am disappointed and shocked at your lack of understanding of how devastating this potentially fatal disease can be." (Not making this story up.) First, we would like to express our thanks to the Lupus Foundation of America for its tacit acknowledgment that Gawker Health Watch continues to be America's foremost respected source for lupus news. Suck it, Science Daily. Secondly, we would like to qualify our March 10 statement that we would "not believe" someone who told us that they had lupus, because "It seems very unlikely." At the time of that writing, we had assumed that lupus was a disease communicable only through the consumption of infected Froot Loops. What with the modern advances in food safety, it simply seemed beyond belief. We now understand that this is not the case—in fact, lupus has nothing whatsoever to do with Froot Loops. That was not an entirely "scientific" analysis on our part, and for that, we apologize. Lupus is indeed a very real and very devastating disease. I mean, it's no cancer. But still.
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I had never visited the Acela service facility in Sunnyside Yard before, and was quite impressed. Compared to the ancient buildings that had kept Amtrak's long-distance trains originating from Penn Station limping along during the 1980s and 1990s, the Acela operation epitomized another world, one in which passenger trains had a bright future. The shop floor was immaculate, the building was well lit and ventilated, and staff were using computer guided diagnostics, rather than sledgehammers, to test the trainset under inspection for any issues. None of this had been the case on my last visit to the old Sunnyside complex decades ago.
But spending a couple of hours in very close proximity to an Acela trainset also yielded an eye-opening view of what America's struggle with developing high-speed trains looks like in practice. Like many, I had read about the cracks and other deformities that began to emerge in the Acela's wheelsets, braking and suspension systems in 2005. What I had never seen was what the 'fix' to address such problems actually looked like. The photo below shows an aluminum basket that has been mounted on the Acela suspension system to catch pieces of metal that break off in service. Described by our guide as 'the breadbox', this basket is meant to protect line-side passengers and maintenance of way workers against serious injury or worse from the shrapnel that could be flying out from the Acela's undercarriages at high speed.
Running the world's heaviest high speed trains over tracks that are shared with freight and commuter trains produces more than just the rough ride I had experienced up from Philadelphia that morning. It also literally tears the train's running gear apart over time, as manifested by the breadbox and its accumulation of contents. Just like its predecessor, the Metroliner, Acela was never able to attain its 160 mph design potential on the Northeast Corridor's existing railroad tracks. That is why an announcement that preceded the Highspeed 2012 Congress gave me particular hope.
Just before the Highspeed 2012 Congress opened, an update of The Amtrak Vision of the Northeast Corridor was released. The document made headlines by its $151 billion cost estimate, but what lies beneath that price tag is a staged renewal of the existing infrastructure that would lead into a brand new two track high speed railroad supporting 220 mph operation. After two generations of effort spent (and some would say wasted) chewing up advanced rolling stock on antiquated infrastructure, the Northeast would finally get the high speed tracks that would have been needed to achieve what President Johnson had in mind when he signed the High Speed Ground Transportation Act of 1965. And when modern HSR finally arrives, offering a 94-minute trip between New York and either Washington or Boston, people will wonder why it took so long to bring such a valuable transportation improvement into being.
For the answer, they need look no further than Sir Winston Churchill's quote on Americans' willingness to engage in demanding and demanding tasks. He once said that "You can always count on Americans to do the right thing, after they have tried everything else." While Churchill was thinking about the Second World War, his logic applies equally well to high speed rail. I just hope I live long enough to see the contribution that effective high speed rail service will make to the Northeast after so many decades that were spent trying everything else.


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honeymoon wives wear their rings.
C'mon! Honeymoon couples don't do cumshots!
Very sexy girl!
if they're on honeymoon why doesn't he cum inside her for a creampie shot? I'd cum big time in that beautiful cunt
She needs to learn how to give head.
no love.. :( at least she's hot.. XD
Hearing her moan from beginning to end made me horny as a Watusi! Liked the fucking but was soooo sad that he had constant opportunities to play with her tits and clit and he didn't. And worse, toward the end of the video she looked like she was building up to coming and that's when he took out his dick and came on her face. To me, even she looked shocked. I noticed in a lot of porn videos that the guys leave the girls unsatisfied. How would those fuckers feel if we let them feel real good but just b4 they came, we got off and walked away. I guess they would still come but it really irks me to see it even in porn. I guess I was lucky that all of my lovers and my late husband always put me first and got me off (oral/vaginal/anal or a combo) at least once or twice b4 they came. What's the deal with these guys?
So far for the amateur part, but he, who cares! this most amazing hot girl also shines in a clip of hdpov, anyhow still no name!
If she's an amateur, then I'm still a virgin! But she is hot. Great body! And for the record, I haven't been a virgin since I was 13!
congrats on your wedding
what the hell is he doing to her pussy at 10:30? Giving it a little tickle?
i love this Girls Body!
The way she sucks the cock is so hot
they suck at fucking
Whats her name??
What about her you prick.
I masturbated looking at her: female superb!
Auf Youporn gibt es so viele geile Videos. Einige davon schaue ich mir immer wieder gerne an, um dabei zu masturbieren. Dies gehört dazu. :) Jetzt mit meinem Schwanz in ihre Muschi. Hmmm
That guy's got the biggest cock I've ever seen!
Lovely girl!
Wish my wife looked and performed like that.
how do you turn a fox into a pitbull ? Marry her
Its so jucy
Lucky guy, she is smoking hot!
Bitch is gorgeous! Imagine having that waiting for you at home every night.
Oh please let me fill her
All this time and no comments? he ha s a great body, her's is super and what natural boobs. very nice video.
Congrats on marrying a pornstar...
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shes a keeper
What a cutie! And her smile is gorgeous!
hot body and even hotter all natural boobs. if they are newleweds they're ver y quiet.Jam
Beyond amazing if they're amateurs. Hot video, super hot body on the bride, great sex.
You have a gorgeous face and a beautiful body!!!
Why my wife is not like her?
This girl was wonderful! I also liked how the guy kept his mouth shut the entire time.
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Great body. He didn't seem to appreciate her accesories i.e. boobs and clit.
Geiler Körper
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e gli uomini sono cornuti
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I'd eat her ass out
Now why the fuck do I keep thinking I've seen her before?
Married? they must have taken off their rings when they stripped...
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She is beautiful, with a great accessories package..
which trailer does she live in. she's as common as snot.
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i like the dick from him
Hey what a sweet Gal!! To take a greatload like that!! and please her husband the couple that loves SEX stays together!! Happyness to both of ya!!
at the time, they do not want to have children :-)
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Nothing says amateur honeymoon video like multiple camera angles and a facial at the end (not).
Would have been nice to see her get off
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what's her name bro?
Lucky bastard
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Wheres the honeymoon? Sound like the Bronx with those sirens.
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This cool 'do is tapered into the head around the back and sides, blending in perfectly to the top length that is jagged cut to achieve height and texture making it a great hairstyle to compliment a round face. The top can also be smoothed back for a more formal finish depending on the occasion. Regular trims is needed to maintain this shape.
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Mainly talking about KT and Camby --- I'm done fellas...These guys can't help us....Even before Camby pulled up lame---AGAIN!!---he didn't look good to me at all...He and KT just can't keep up with younger, quicker, stronger frontline players...That's it. Case closed.
Look at last night -- Hibbert for part of the game, West, T. Hansbrough, even Jeff Pendergraph --- Camby and KT can't match up with guys like this...And it's gonna be more of the same tonight AGAIN with Noah and Boozer. Seen it before and we'll continue to see it until Amar'e's close to 100%, Sheed finally makes it back (he's old but unlike KT and Camby, can still impact the game), and/or we bring in some younger/stronger/more athletic bigs to compensate and cover our frontcourt weakness, even if it's just for the interim. Ba fongooll!!! I can't bear to watch this anymore!!!!
Listen, if we could go out and trade for an Anderson Varejao (he's hurt now but you know what I mean, a high-priced NBA impact big), I'd say go for it...WE CAN'T!!! Don't have the trading chips for a guy like that and don't have the cap room to absorb salary...That's why I've been advocating going a different route --- import at least one young big from the D-League or the like (Europe?) on a league minimum deal that can help us compete up front!!! KT and Camby aren't getting it done. Period...Aren't capable of getting it done...Now Camby's hurt again, supposedly limping & walking around in a boot after the game...There's a shock..LOL....These guys are done, man....DO SOMETHING!!! We're throwing away games. First order of business -- open up at least 1 roster spot. Waive bye-bye to KT. HE'S DONE...I'd waive Camby too, thing is we gave this guy too much money where it wouldn't be feasible...And while we're at it -- buy out or waive Brewer and James White and bring in a 2G upgrade as well. I can't stand the sight of these guys anymore -- NO OF THEM CAN HELP US!!!! I can't believe mgmt. hasn't seen this and taken steps...Mark Cuban wouldn't put up with no productivity outta KT, Camby, Brewer, White, etc.., I can tell you that. Why's Gunwald putting up with it???
1 - Cut KT & sign K-Mart. He's supposedly open to a 10-day make good deal. Get it done. WTF are we waiting for?!? Not sure how much he's got left & what kinda shape he's in, but I GUARANTEE he'll give us more than KT & Camby. Was still playing above the rim last year for the Clips in a limited capacity. KT and Camby can barely walk---there's a difference.
2 - If K-Mart continues to play hardball, move on and sign a capable big from the DL like JaJuan Johnson (#1 pick in the DL draft), Arinze Onuaku, DaJuan Summers, Marcus Cousin (where's he been? he go back to Europe?), Chris Johnson (the 6'11" big from LSU with NBA experience), even a Luke Harangody who played great the other day -- Harangody's a little undersized but he hustles, is surprisingly skilled and always manages to have an impact..Harangody had something like 28 & 15 2 days ago down in the DL and is averaging close to 19 & 14....Love to have a guy like that over KT/Camby. Even Jarvis Varnado --- did Miami pull the trigger on him yet? I'd jump in and get involved on this guy. I'd be all over this guy if I were Grunwald!!! Guarantee him 20 mins a night for the forseeable future. Explain to me how Miami, the league champion last year and a team that is ahead of us in the EC, shows interest in a guy like this but we have none?? He goes to Miami, he may not even play...With our gapping holes up front, he'd play here (up to Woody of course)...I'd play him..This guy's shot-blocking and rebounding skills are NBA caliber...I even would've signed PF Kevin Jones over a month ago (Cleveland did)...Any of these cats would be a HUGE upgrade over KT/Camby. I don't see how anyone could even debate this.
3 - Address the 2G situation already, even if it's just on an interim basis...I was screaming for Chris Douglas-Roberts...20 games ago!!!! Would've been perfect...Dallas scooped him up...Still good solutions out there -- LOOK FOR THEM!!! Watching a lot of DL lately -- really like the look of this Chris Johnson outta Dayton. 6'6" lefty 2G who can shoot from deep and put it on the floor...I also like this 6'8" SG/SF Gary Flowers. Guy's a stat-stuffer that impacts every area on the court. Even a guy like Morris Almond's still around...Cut White, Brewer or both and upgrade the spot with one of these guys...Clear as day that any of these 3 would be huge upgrades over Ronnie Brewer. Wake up Grunwald -- Brewer's killing us!!!!!
Well thought out post, but how many chances did we give Morris Almond?


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33,000 elephants are killed every year for their ivory
Between 1970 and 1989, African elephant populations were decimated as legal "regulated" trade in ivory enabled the laundering of illegal ivory from poached elephants. In 1989, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) abandoned attempts at regulation and passed a ban on the international ivory trade. Though the 1989 ban was initially a great success — cutting ivory prices overnight, reducing poaching and allowing elephant populations a chance to recover — such progress sadly was short-lived. The growth of newly affluent markets in Asia, predominantly in China, coupled with "one-off" sales of African ivory stockpiles in 1999 (to Japan) and in 2008 (China and Japan), allowed illegal markets to flourish, particularly in China. Corruption, poor enforcement and a lack of prosecutions have further contributed to the crisis.
In 2013, WildAid launched a three-year campaign to reduce demand for elephant ivory in China. Our goal is to use existing methodology, networks and contacts from our successful shark fin campaign to achieve the following:
The campaign launch featured new public service messages from longtime WildAid Ambassador Yao Ming as well as actor/director Jiang Wen that were broadcast thousands of times on nearly two dozen TV channels in the first two months of the campaign.
In addition to the new TV messages featuring Yao Ming and Jiang Wen, we also produced messages with leading Chinese actress Li Bingbing, actor Edward Norton, and NBA stars Tyson Chandler, Pao Gasol, Serge Ibaka, Thabo Sefolosha, Al Horford and Joakim Noah. WildAid also collaborated with The Duke of Cambridge (Prince William), sports icon David Beckham and Yao Ming on PSAs filmed in London for worldwide distribution.
Through this campaign, WildAid has developed key partnerships with Save the Elephants, African Wildlife Foundation, the National Basketball Association and the Clinton Global Initiative. We continue to liaise with the Chinese State Forestry Administration and are encouraged to see effort to phase out the commercial ivory trade in China — the single largest step that can be taken to save Africa's elephants.
In 2015, we are continuing to build momentum by creating new messages and extensive street-level and social media campaigns. Our continuing partnership with Sina Weibo (i.e. China's Twitter) will help spread our messages as we create an editorial board of celebrity ambassadors to share facts alongside their personal views online.
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I just wrote the following Perl 5 code. Consider the bolded bits, and think about what the code would have looked like if I had tried to write it in any equally DRY way using
sub new {
my $class = shift;
my $self = bless { @_ }, $class;
my $builder = $self->builder;
my $content = $self->content;
my ( @gather, @take );
for my $r ( XML::Builder::Util::is_raw_array( $content ) ? @$content : $content ) {
@take = $r;
if ( not Scalar::Util::blessed $r ) {
@take = $builder->render( @_ ) if XML::Builder::Util::is_raw_array $r;
if ( not $r->isa( $builder->fragment_class ) ) {
@take = $builder->stringify( $r );
next if $builder == $r->builder;
Carp::croak( 'Cannot merge XML::Builder fragments built with different namespace maps' )
if $r->depends_ns_scope;
@take = $r->flatten;
my ( $self_enc, $r_enc ) = map { lc $_->encoding } $builder, $r->builder;
if $self_enc eq $r_enc
# be more permissive: ASCII is one-way compatible with UTF-8 and Latin-1
or 'us-ascii' eq $r_enc and grep { $_ eq $self_enc } 'utf-8', 'iso-8859-1';
'Cannot merge XML::Builder fragments with incompatible encodings'
. " (have $self_enc, fragment has $r_enc)"
continue {
push @gather, @take;
$self->{'content'} = \@gather;
return $self;
I don't know whether this way of writing the code would have occurred to me if I hadn't seen the construct in Perl 6. I suspect not.
Thank you for your attention.
Requesting http://use.perl.org/search.pl?op=journals;content_type=atom now comes back with a 500 error and an empty body… and I can't find any other way to read use.perl's full journal section with an aggregator. Or even with a browser – if you leave off the
content_type parameter, you'll see the page comes back empty.
(There's http://use.perl.org/journal.pl?op=top;content_type=atom, but that contains links only to the most recently updated journals, with static IDs, so it's of little use as a way of tracking the site.)
[I wrote the following over the course of 2 days, about two weeks ago.]
Two days ago [on Aug 6], I checked out from the hotel where I'd been staying for YAPC. Unfortunately, I tried to to pay with my credit card.
Well, it has all the trappings of a regular credit card (or almost…), but it's actually a debit card. I have no interest in taking out loans, but I wanted to be able to order things online from outside the German web, and Germany-typical payment modalidities are unknown elsewhere (whereas credit cards are somewhat unusual in Germany, in turn). So when my bank sent me an offer for one of those cards, I thought it was just perfect. I have since used this card some two dozen times, and with a single exception it always worked, both online and off. As a matter of fact, I used it on the day of my Lisbon-bound air journey.
That's how I came to have a have a credit card that's not a credit card.
Now, since I was travelling to a foreign country, I figured that having the hotel money on a credit card would be the safest bet for paying. Unfortunately it appears that unbeknownst to me, sometimes you need a PIN to pay with this sort of card. I'd received the PIN in the mail when I got the card, but I'd never needed it, so I hadn't bothered to memorise the PIN.
And of course, it came up at the hotel. We tried a bunch of things, including me phoning home and asking the folks if they could scare up the slip with the PIN. They found one, except that number didn't work.
Ironically, the MasterCard for my regular German debit account would have worked just fine (of course I do know the PIN for that) – so if I'd simply done nothing, I wouldn't have had any trouble. But of course I didn't have enough money in that account: it was all on the credit card account.
Heck, if I'd carried it all as cash that would have worked brilliantly.
Now, I went to check out at 15:00 – 50 minutes before the check-in counter at the airport would close, in turn the usual 30 minutes before the flight, which was at 16:20. The airport is barely over 5 taxi minutes away from the hotel, so 50 minutes seemed to be plenty early. In the end, when I started to get antsy and mentioned my flight, the hotel manager let me go without paying then and there.
But you know what's coming, or else the story wouldn't be so freakishly long: the credit card hold-up took long enough that I missed the check-in by 3 minutes. I should have called the airline to tell them I'd be in late – they could have held the check-in open a bit longer if I'd done that, and none of this would have happened. But that didn't cross my mind; besides, I've been late a minute or two late for check-in at my home airport, and they always managed to get me on the flight anyway, so I thought that as long as I was close enough, I'd make it.
So I arrive at the airport and the clerks at the check-in counter tell me I'm late, and that there is absolutely no way that they can re-open check-in for me. I need to run over to the Air Berlin ticket office. Now I'm seriously worried. The flight is taking off in 26 minutes. Maybe I can make some kind of luggage arrangement so I can get on the plane and have the luggage trail me later; or something. I run over to the office… to be greeted by a sign that says "be back soon".
Two minutes pass. Three minutes. Five. Eight. Twelve. Twenty now, the flight is going in 10 minutes – and no one's at the office! Finally, some 30 minutes later, a lady shows up. I tell her what's going on and she tells me there's nothing to be done. My only option is to re-book the flight for next day. It'll be a bunch extra, of course. Just great. Still, what can I do? So I tell her to book it; she asks for my transaction number and sets to work.
Then I think to myself, wait a minute, I shouldn't be so impulsive. Let's see if another airline has a flight out sooner and/or cheaper. So I tell her to abort the procedure. She asks, is that really what I want? Am I sure? Well, so I say, yes I am sure. OK, she says, and she does it. Now this transaction number is void, she announces; if I decide to take tomorrow's flight, I'll have to book a completely new ticket. How much? Nearly twice as much. This is the point in our program where I barely hold myself back from cursing – couldn't she have told me that 30 seconds earlier?!?!?
Because now I have a serious problem: the credit card does not have that much money on it. I do have the money, but it's in a regular German debit account – and since it takes 2–4 days for withdrawals from such accounts to go through, that money is non-existent for the purposes of booking a flight on the spot.
What to do?!
I do what I was going to: look around for the prices at other airlines.
Among the many other things Lisbon airport appears to lack is a central ticket office.
That means I hit up half a dozen airline ticket offices, one by one, asking for flights to my airport. It's 16:30 so I'm under time pressure: the offices all close soon, including the Air Berlin one, which closes at 17:30. I get the same picture everywhere: significantly more expensive than the ticket offering I already have, or no flights to my airport, or all seats booked solid for a week, or whatever.
And now?!
Ah! I paid a small cash advance at the hotel. If they'll let me have it back, that money plus the credit card would cover the flight – with a 20€ allowance left over. I won't have enough cash on me to pay the long-term parking lot ticket at the airport at home (which comes to 40€), but heck, even if I can't get at my car right away, at least I'll be back in my town. So I call and ask. The poor manager sighs and says OK.
The taxi to the hotel and back eats 7€ out of my allowance. Ugh. If I run out of money, I'll be screwed… so far it looks like it'll suffice, and I can only hope.
Triumphantly I return to the Air Berlin office 5 minutes before it closes. I smile at the lady and tell her the good news. She smiles back and says she can only take either all cash, or charge it all against a credit card, but not both. That's even though the Air Berlin office at my home airport could and did book a flight in that exact way just days before.
Of course, without the PIN, the airport ATM won't let me convert the credit card allowance into cash either.
At this point, I'm feeling pretty defeated.
At least I am left with some 90€ in cash, so I'm not completely stranded in this airport. Unlike the story of another time where I came very close – an altogether separate level of unpleasantness –, I have enough fuel to communicate and get around town a bit, which gives me the leeway I need to hatch a plan. And I should probably have enough left at the end that paying the parking lot fee back home shouldn't be a problem either.
So I relax a lot. Of course I'm still worried, since I don't have an actual solution for how I'll book my flight, just the means to implement one. I assume I'll hit the World.pm social meeting, where I will hopefully find people who will be able to help me in whatever way they will. I was previously disappointed that I was going to have to miss the meet since it was announced so late and my return flight was long booked at that point. "I guess that solves that", I think to myself.
I don't know where the meeting will be, though. So the plan will have to involve going online somehow, to check the conference wiki. Since there is no free wireless at the airport, this implies going back to the venue where I'll be able to use the conference WLAN, which is still operative because there are tutorial sessions still running over the next few days. So the venue is my next destination.
With the drop of my stress levels, exhaustion kicks in, so I look for seats in a quiet spot in the airport. I want to sit for a while to unwind a little and collect myself before launching into the next attack.
Lisbon airport does not seem to have any quiet spots.
I wander aimlessly… and run into Roz, who is at the airport way early for her flight. The hotel wouldn't have her any more. So I sit down and tell her the story so far. We chat for a while, then her check-in counter opens. I tag along as she goes to checks in her luggage.
Near the counter, we run into evdb, whom I didn't know personally, and probably would have missed if I wasn't in Roz's company. We tell him the story again, and to my astonishment he immediately asks in what way he can help – lend me cash, book my flight, whatever. I'm speechless at first, and of course immensely relieved and grateful. Maybe things will be OK after all.
The first thing we try is that evdb asks the counter, then some ticket offices, for flights; he has a few tacks I wasn't aware of. Unfortunately, covering more airlines does not change the results: no tickets, booked solid, etc.
Next angle of attack: having him book my flight online. However, try as we might we cannot go online at the airport: more than half a dozen wireless ISPs offer connectivity, but none of their payment procedures work.
At that point, the two of them are running out of time. As a last resort gesture, evdb withdraws a fistful of cash and hands it to me – we'll be in touch by email for paying it back –, before they leave to board their flight. I thank him and we say goodbyes.
Now I am really good cash-wise. I expect to need very little of his money, but I'll be able to absorb surprise expenses without breaking a sweat. So I calm down a little more at the same time as my worry also increases back due to the fact that my situation is not yet sorted out after all.
After a short rest, I re-embark on my initial plan to find the World.pm meet. The part that follows here is largely boring – in the really good sense of the word. I take a taxi to the conference venue, connect to the wireless there, check the wiki, take notes, hit the metro, make the trip to the destination as planned, and find the pub where the World.pm meeting is taking place, all without a hitch. This stretch of the story passes completely uneventfully – what a welcome change that is.
So I arrive at the meet-up, and of course conversation turns to my story immediately, despite my not wanting to turn it that way myself, at least not right away – I want to ask for help, not beg for it or demand it. As soon as I've explained the situation, Nobull offers to help me out with cash or a flight booking.
Now the problem is, how do we book the flight? There is no free wireless around, only several closed networks. José mentions that one of the nearby cafés has an open access point, so we wander over to mooch some access. Since the signal is weak, we wander a little closer, but soon, the network disappears entirely. Our guess is the bartender or someone else in the shop saw us milling about with a laptop and turned off the access point. Bummer. So we walk back to the Irish Pub, where there is a strong PT-WIFI signal, and eventually we find one of the Portuguese mongers has an account with them, though no laptop. Another local monger produces his laptop, and a connection is eventually established, so I can finally get online to book the flight, leaving the payment details for Nobull to enter – who uses his wife's credit card.
That "booking confirmed" screen is a truly international effort.
And with all that, my journey back is finally secured and I relax.
After socialising for a few hours, I take a taxi to the airport to sit out the rest night and the following noon. It's nearly 2am and I don't care where I'll stay anyway, just as long as I know I'm going to get out of this hell hole OK. I'll deal just fine with any inconvenience in the meantime.
I only manage to get a few hours of fitful sleep of course, and those are while sat in a hard chair… but I end up less exhausted than I should nominally be. In the morning, I hit the pay phones and call home to tell some very worried folks the good news.
There are wall plugs where I'm spending the night, so I can mooch electricity off the airport to feed my laptop battery. I won't have to worry about conserving battery charge – more or less the only bright spot in this entire ordeal.
After wiling away the hours, the time has finally come: the check-in counter opens. Inwardly jubilant, I stroll over and hand the clerk my passport.
… Who looks up at me and says there is a problem, and would I please head back to the ticket office to sort it out? I curse. I was hoping never to have to see that lady's friendly smile and her maddeningly intact throat again.
Turns out it's in fact two problems.
Nr. 1: originally, the ticket payment had been refused by my bank because it fell into an untimely moment. Since I booked my flight relatively late, I had called Air Berlin and asked them whether I could send the money by wire transfer, because if they tried to re-withdraw, it might get there too late. (As previously mentioned, German wire transfers take several days to complete, because the banks like to sit on that money so they can keep it warm.) The lady on the phone OKed this. But it appears that even though the ticket was then considered covered – after all, they let me take my inbound flight! –, somehow they subsequently lost track of the money. Don't ask me how they managed that.
Nr. 2: there was a problem with Nobull's credit card – so he'll have to provide written and signed confirmation of the booking in some form (fax acceptable).
Without these problems being fixed, they're not going to let me on the plane – but of course, they very well will ding me for the full price of the flight I booked and which I am not being allowed onto.
Unfortunately I don't have Nobull's cell number. He had put his home phone on file when we booked the flight, so I ask the Air Berlin clerk on the phone to try that one. No luck: no one is home, only a mailbox answers.
I have 15 minutes to sort out the situation before the check-in closes – if I don't get it fixed in that time, I miss the flight.
Some options, those are. I know what it will come down to, and surely so do you as you're reading this.
I head back to the pay phones and call my folks to tell them the – decidedly worse this time around – news. They mention that they've called the colleague and told him what happened, and that he offered to sort out any situation I might need help with. Which is something I was hoping to avoid – he's bailed me out of more than enough situations already. But it's no longer a matter of choice.
So I call him and give him the run-down. He tells me to call back in half an hour. I do. He tells me he has called Air Berlin and tried the entire battery of approaches in the book – all unsuccessfully. They simply will. Not. Budge. He tells me to call back again later.
The next time I call, he is at the airport back home, and speaking to the Air Berlin clerks there. He booked another flight with Air Berlin – unfortunately! They seem to be the only option for getting out of Lisbon right now. They've offered him to rebook today's missed flight, which at least means it won't be much extra. When the clerk asks him to pay the difference in cash, he has the presence of mind to ask whether that will really suffice – is the ticket actually covered? Good thing too, because she calls the headquarters in Berlin and finds out that no, the rest of the money was still pending. In other words, if he had relied on the legendary diligence and help of the Air Berlin staff, I would have been slated for another day stuck in Lisbon airport.
But by all appearances, at this point, things are finally sorted.
I sit at the airport a while longer and notice that I don't manage to make much progress through my reading material: I keep dozing. So I throw fiscal caution to the wind and decide to see if I can find a room in a hotel. It would also be nice to have an opportunity to shower and brush my teeth. But after calling several hotels I know to be cheap, I find they are all booked solid. So for another night, sleeping in the airport like a bum it is.
This time, I'm not particularly relaxed. I can only imagine what twist of fate is going to await me tomorrow when I try to board my flight. The hours pass a lot more slowly this time. By noon, the sleep deprivation is catching up with me; I fall asleep whenever I sit down. I discover a restaurant hidden away on a third floor in the airport, where there are soft chairs – even couches! The tendons in my neck are eternally grateful.
I don't sleep all that much or all that well anyway, of course.
Which is just as well, because it means this time I am at the check-in counter very early. With quite a bit of trepidation, I hand my passport to the clerk… who checks me in without any hesitation. I can barely believe it… I am going home! It's all I can do not to do a few fist-pumps.
The rest of the journey is, finally and thankfully, completely uneventful.
Thanks, Air Berlin. I made my own mistakes to be sure, but it was your being deeply true to German customer service tradition that really granted me an opportunity to properly enjoy the hell out of this bloody airport – to the tune of half a thousand bucks up in air (quite literally). Double the trip price for double the hell – what more could one ask for?
A while ago, I wrote a rather pessimistic comment [edited and expanded for this post]:
I often see utterances along the lines that we in the Perl community need to recognise how bad we are at design and that we should get in touch with willing real designers who can do real design for us. I think that this precise utterance points to the reason why Perl applications don't have good design.
Why would real designers even feel motivated to participate in a community that has no specific appreciation for what they are doing, nor, therefore, any ability to provide useful feedback? Anyone with highly specialised skills has this experience, and we as programmers do too: it's frustrating to develop software for people who cannot appreciate the coolness of particular interesting bits, have no idea what feedback would be useful, and don't know what they want, or what they need, or how to communicate it. "Real designers" would feel alien in the Perl community.
Paul Graham once wrote about American car companies that because the executives had no taste themselves, the cars produced by their companies ended up ugly. It's not that the executives designed the cars, but they didn't know how to tell who to hire to make tastefully designed cars nor did they know to appreciate the work any designer might have done, or how to build the culture and structure to foster design and designers. Microsoft has the same problem.
Perl does not have a culture of appreciating design. This "we need real designers so they can put a good coat of painting on our crud" mentality is perfectly symptomatic of that.
I appear to be one of the few Perl programmers who have any direct appreciation of (if not particularly great skill at) design; it sure feels lonely out here sometimes. In contrast, both PHP and Rails are infested with these people. I have seen reams of postings about typography out of the Ruby people I follow, f.ex., and not a single thing about it from a Perl person, if memory serves. Even the Python community seems to have some awareness, even if less than the others.
That means whatever full-fledged web apps these people write, they're going to look at least passable, out of the box; even if the developers themselves are not great designers, they'll know to build their apps from things that give them good defaults, and they'll be able to recognise better designs or truly good detail tweaks when they come along (and good design is all about the details).
In his essay about Why software sucks, Scott Berkun includes a translation table for what people mean when they say something sucks, and the entry of interest there is "It's so ugly I want to vomit just so I have something prettier to look at". I think a huge reason for the marketing problems that Perl is having is the simple fact that a lot of Perl stuff looks ugly.
The few widely-known Perl things that don't, don't advertise Perl as a primary ingredient of theirs. The only exception I can readily think of are the SixApart applications, but I bet that even then, only MovableType is widely associated with Perl – and MT's sun has long set.
Perl is associated with ugliness. I seriously think that this sets an expectation that is part of why the ridiculous "executable line noise LOL" meme persists across the Reddits and the Twitters of the world. There is a huge number of people who write stuff like that even though they have never actually written any Perl code, or even seen any – except maybe for the various iconic JAPHs, quines, golfs and monstrous regular expressions. And their direct experience of Perl apps and sites is that they tend to look nauseatingly ugly. Is it any wonder that they'll readily pick up and propagate the "random punctuation LOL" meme? Bad design is definitely an inherent aspect of Perl's marketing problem.
Frankly, I feel pessimistic about the prospects of the Perl community in this respect. You can't suddenly imbue a culture with a sense for design when it has never known the first thing about design nor had any appreciation for it.
Imagine, then, my delight at discovering Phillip Smith's article about the typography of the TPF logo and his suggestions for consistent branding in the Perl community: this is exactly the sort of thing I was talking about. Is exactly the sort of thing we need.
Thanks, Phillip.
Zed Shaw
Quite frankly, we're dying off because the companies who use our software do not give back. The irony of the situation is that, in order to improve my motivation to do open source, I have to charge for it.
Who's trying to be realistic by attempting to release software with some quality expectations, notably by making the upgrade process seamless and introducing as little bugs as possible?
The problem with that argument is that 5.10.0 did contain regressions.
That the rarity of releases is justified by the high quality standards being adhered to is, unfortunately, merely polite fiction. What it all boils down to is simple:
Shit happens.
No matter how much we'd like for it to be otherwise, shit happens. The release process needs to be reality-based: it needs to deal with the very real fact that shit happens and has in fact already happened. The only realistic way to deal with that is for releases to be easy enough that the shit that does invariably happen can be dealt with soon enough, so that it won't cause too many people too much trouble.
And the best way to make releases easy is to make them frequently.
And the simplest (though not only) way to ensure that is to put them on a schedule.
That is all.
Whenever I hear someone saying we should have regular releases, I hear we should release when Venus enters Pisces.
There is your misunderstanding, then: what they are really saying is we need a reliable plan for dealing with accidents. If you can make that happen without sticking to scheduled releases, that's fine too.
Yes: releasing often does not affect the quality of software by itself. But releasing it rarely almost certainly will – negatively. Because shit happens.
I don't like it either! But that's reality for you. I doesn't care what you like. It just is.
I took over this module from Simon Cozens nearly 5 years ago when he gave away his modules, but never got around to any of my ideas for it. What was I thinking? In hindsight, I don't get around to my own ideas for comparable lengths of time; I should never have applied for it.
I did start a refactor at some point that's still sitting in my projects directory, but in all honesty I didn't get very far before losing steam. I even delayed writing this note, thinking I'd get around to making my changes available, but they're insubstantial and unfinished and it really doesn't matter any more. There's a patch in the RT queue that's been sitting there for years. I didn't think the patch too great, but it would have been better to apply it and release than leave it in limbo waiting for a reformulation that I'd never get around to.
It is time to admit defeat. I've been a bad steward.
Is there anyone reading this who cares about the module? Want to take it over?
The following should all do (almost!) the same:
pipe( 'zcat' ) | [ tar => x => '-O' ]
Pipe->new( 'zcat' ) | Pipe->new( tar => x => '-O' )
Pipe->new( 'zcat' )->std( Pipe->new( tar => x => '-O' ) )
Pipe->new( 'zcat' )->stdout( stdin => Pipe->new( tar => x => '-O' ) )
Pipe->new( 'zcat' )->pair( stdout => stdin => Pipe->new( tar => x => '-O' ) )
Thoughts? (Aside from module naming.)
(Rationale: setting up complex pipes manually with IO::Pipe/
socketpair +
fork results in brain-melting code. Shell shows, however, that pipes can easily be described declaratively. Why is there, 20 years after the inception of Perl, no module that provides a piping API congruent with shell syntax?)
Anyone who has read Jeff Friedl's book can write a decent basic word splitter regex off the cuff:
m{ \G [ ]* (
" [^"\\]* (?: \\. [^"\\]* )* "
[^ ]+
) }gsx
I have written and used this many times. What has always bugged me about it, however, is that it captures the delimiters along with the content, so afterwards you have to do something like this to the captured value:
This is… not pretty.
Of course, you could use two captures:
m{ \G [ ]* (?:
" ( [^"\\]* (?: \\. [^"\\]* )* ) "
( [^ ]+ )
) }gsx
But then you need to check which of the two captures has the value – is it in
$1 or
$2? So this is still inelegant. The pattern has already done all the work of examining the string – why can't it provide its results in an invariant form?
The problem is that the presence of the trailing quote must be dependent on the presence of a leading quote, so you must keep the quotes inside the alternation, so there is no way to avoid having either two distinct captures that exclude the quotes or a single broad capture that includes them.
Except, of course, you don't have to and there is. True enough: when you rely on the matcher to pick an alternation implicitly, the quotes must be included in the alternation. But by using an extended regular expression feature (that has been marked experimental for a decade – what's up with that?), namely conditional matches, you can make the match of the trailing quote conditional on the leading quote independently of an alternation.
m{ \G [ ]*
( (?(1)
[^"\\]* (?: \\. [^"\\]* )*
[^ ]+
) )
And of course you can (and must, in this case) use a conditional match in the middle to explicitly specify which of the cases to pick, depending on the presence of the leading quote.
This way, you can match surrounding delimiters in a captured alternation for some of its cases but not others, without having to include the delimiters in the capture.
Note that the interesting capture is now
$2, not
$1 – we need the first capture for the quote, since conditional matches can only use captured groups as conditionals. However, the matched word is always in
$2, regardless of whether quotes were involved. Furthermore,
$1 has now turned into a true boolean flag, whereas previously this information had to be inferred (however easily).
This pleases me.


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Bottom of Halos' lineup struggles
Angels' last four batters unable to contribute in Game 2 loss
By Rhett Bollinger / MLB.com
The last four batters in the Angels' lineup combined to go 1-for-15 with just one RBI. They also went 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position, with the one RBI coming on a bases-loaded walk by pinch-hitter Mike Napoli in the seventh inning.
Rock bottom
The two usually dependable hitters have struggled all series as neither batter has reached base yet via a single or a walk, as they have combined to go 0-for-17. It's an unusual spell for Kendrick and Aybar, as the two batted .303 and .277 during the regular season, respectively.
The struggles at the bottom of the order have become a disturbing trend, as the No. 6-9 hitters went 1-for-12 on Wednesday in Game 1. That means the bottom four hitters are hitting just .074 with no extra-base hits in the American League Division Series.
Rhett Bollinger is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Wonder Woman: Rachel Weisz Wants to End World Hunger
Oscar winner, fashion muse, hunger advocate and mother, Rachel Weisz, juggles quite a few roles in addition to those that land her on the big screen. The British-born actress is about to embark on a whirlwind media blitz to promote her three new films this Summer, including The Brothers Bloom, which opens this week, and The Lovely Bones. While the tour of television studios will give us a better opportunity to see the beauty on our small screens, it doesn't mean the actress will be converting to the Hollywood lifestyle.
Known for intensely keeping her family-life private, Weisz and her fiancé Darren Aronofsky, director of the Oscar-winning film The Wrestler, welcomed son Henry Chance almost three years ago and quietly live in Manhattan's East Village, far from the glitz and glamour of other Tinseltown stars. Following the filming of her Academy Award-winning role as murdered Kenyan aid worker Tessa Quayle in The Constant Gardener, Weisz joined the UN's World Food Programme to bring global awareness to the hunger and poverty issues facing children around the world, saying:
"Every new mother wonders what will I pass on. Hunger is one inheritance no mother wants to give her child, yet millions of poor mothers have for generations. Help WFP break this cycle. No child inherit hunger."
Weisz recently signed on to play a similarly gritty role in The Whistleblower, the true story of post-war Bosnian peacekeeper who exposes a United Nations cover-up of a sex-trafficking scandal. We look forward to seeing the passion she brings to that project as well.


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We Need to Talk About Kevin
After escaping from Purgatory, Dean heads straight for Sam.
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We Need to Talk About Kevin
After escaping from Purgatory, Dean heads straight for Sam.
What's Up, Tiger Mommy?
Sam & Dean discover that Kevin`s mother is a strong-willed woman.
Sam and Dean investigate a string of unusual murders.
Sam and Dean investigate a bizarre murder in a college town.
Blood Brother
Benny calls Dean for help in tracking down his Maker.
Southern Comfort
Sam and Dean find that Garth is already on the murder investigation.
A Little Slice of Kevin
Mrs. Tran gets Kevin into trouble with Crowley when she trusts a witch.
Hunteri Heroici
Castiel joins Sam and Dean on a series of investigative small-town murders.
Citizen Fang
Sam suspects Dean's friend, of being responsible for the vampire-drained bodies.
Torn and Frayed
Crowley is holding an angel captive.
LARP and the Real Girl
Sam and Dean investigate the mysterious deaths in a Live Action Role Game.
As Time Goes By
Sam and Dean are stunned to meet their grandfather.
Everybody Hates Hitler
Sam and Dean face off against a Golem, who now belongs to the Rabbi's grandson.
Trial and Error
Kevin reveals a test desined by God.
Man's Best Friend With Benefits
Sam and Dean come to the aid of a police officer.
Remember the Titans
Sam and Dean encounter an amnesiac man who dies and revives himself every day.
Goodbye Stranger
Crowley unleashes several demons in a small town in search of Lucifer's Crypt.
Freaks and Geeks
Sam and Dean run across an unusual team of teenage hunters.
Taxi Driver
Sam and Dean team up with reaper named Ajay.
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Sam and Dean set out to uncover the Third Trial.
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While numerous cities in Colorado and around the country are banning plastic grocery bags in their communities, the city of Cortez has yet to discuss whether it would want to look into it or not.
Because the state Legislature has not taken up this issue, Montezuma County would have no authority to ban plastic grocery bags.
The city of Durango recently banned plastic bags as did Aspen, Telluride and Carbondale.
Montezuma County Administrator Ashton Harrison said for the rule to go unto effect the city would have to be home ruled with its own charter, and Cortez is home ruled with its own charter.
Harrison said he has heard of a few places that require customers to bring their own bags to grocery stores when shopping.
The ban in Carbondale, Colo. was for stores in excess of 3,500 square feet, so a similar ban in Cortez would only affect Safeway, City Market and Walmart.
Different communities can make their own choices, Harrison said.
City Manager Shane Hale said he has no idea how the city council feels about such a ban because it has never come up.
He said if a group were to approach the council about a potential ban on plastic grocery bags, the council could always discuss the matter.
Mayor Dan Porter, said while he cannot speak for the entire city council, he did not rule out it being discussed at some point.
If council wanted to take a look at it we would, he said.
Speaking as just one council member, Porter said he does not see a ban of plastic grocery bags happening in Cortez.
I think what you would have to say is what works best for everyone, he said, and added the grocery stores would have to be included in any discussions because they would be the ones being impacted the most.
Still, Porter said he understands the concerns.
I know plastic is a danger, but you have to look at both sides of the equation, the mayor said, and added he does not think council would make such a sweeping change when there would be nothing to base it on.
Porter also said he tries to recycle all of his plastic products, but added the only place in the community he knows that will accept plastic to recycle is at Walmart.
According to the Internet, plastic bags are not biodegradable, clog waterways, spoil the landscape, and end up in landfills where they may take 1,000 years or more to break down into ever smaller particles that continue to pollute the soil and water.


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"America will soon cease to exist. Fallacies, and lies have ruled over your nation's great name. Demise will soon come, in the form of a smile. Credit will be given to the men of secret, and they will be found responsible, along with those of you who did nothing to stop them. So do not blame me or your tyrants. Blame yourselves, for allowing them to do what they do. Your name is fear, and I hold you responsible; for the extinction of man."
"When you are aware of a fact that, whether you make a choice or not, a river of fate is not going to change its course, this glorified state is known as, 'Choiceless Awareness', in a language of spirituality; however the same deplorable state is known as, 'Learned Helplessness', in a language of psychiatry."
"Manking has made millions of things so far, but still it doesn't have a sense of responsibility for what it has created."
"If tongue didn't go; a little out of control (after drinking alcohol), then where's the fun; if steps didn't, then where's the fun and if mind did, then where's the fun."
"Neither ignorance nor the false claim that nothing can be figured out helps people to live sober and responsible lives."


text: Decided to go out for a few hours afterwork on this beautiful day. Didnt have anytime to get live bait and only had some squid left in the freezer so i went out expecting to really be just jigging for tuna. Got out to 300 saw some weeds and started drifting while freelining squid lol. current Nonexistent but grabbed a decent almaco on jig that went back in the drink then dropped the jig to the bottom and saw a large blue and green mass coming toward my kayak. i reeled my squid in and tossed it in front of the mahis mouth and BAAAM After a longggg fight bc im stupid and pitched out my 10# spinner i landed him. nice bull mahi maybe #20. after that i had 2 schools of atleast 50 small mahi come up to the yak and wouldnt touch anything. tried squid, jig, bucktail, xrap and nothing. So i decided to go back out to 250' where i jigged and for about 8 drops in a row hooked and landed ginormous bonita, was hoping a bft was mixed in but no luck. overall awesome trip for only a few hours


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I put this Lost on woodsons head...Melo @ the 4 works with most teams, but when your playing teams like the Grizzlies & Lakers who THRIVE in the post... your rolling the dice and pressing your luck...I know you should keep going with whats working but CLEARLY we were getting mauled down low and Woodson did absolutely nothing about it..& why doesn't camby get any playtime is he still injured?
besides woodsons coaching tonight Chandler played like CRAP
well you win some you lose some, we showed some fight towards the end. The grizz are a good team you have to give them some credit.


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Clean and Organize Your Computer
How To: Clean Your Computer Inside and Out
How To: Clean Your Computer Inside and Out
As you know, Spring cleaning isn't restricted to your house and home (or Spring). We live our digital lives via our computers every day, so expect to find a lot of random files, folders, and media that you've collected all year, but don't ever use. That's not even mentioning all the dust and grime on the outside. Dump all that wasted space and clean up your computer inside and out! Ready to start clean and fresh all year long? I thought so.
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Hello and thank you for your time
First of all I would like to thank you in advance for your eventual support, advice and your honest opinion. What follows is a true story, my story. This is not an attempt to badmouth Citroen or any other manufacturer. This is about how some car dealers choose to treat their customers, about gross negligence and, why not, fraud. Everything that follows is supported by, I believe, strong evidence - phone conversations recordings, e-mails, pictures and video recordings.
Some of you will probably say that this expected when you buy a car from X manufacturer instead of Y manufacturer. Sorry but you are wrong and there are enough stories to prove that this is not the case.
This kind of Car Dealers are hurting the entire industry by denting consumer's trust and this is not acceptable.
Here is my story:
After much consideration and a crazy amount of courage I have decided not to buy a Seat Leon Touring FR but a brand new Citroen DS5 2.0 HDI manual. Very soon this proofed to be a huge mistake.
The car was purchase by finance, PCP. The OTR price of the vehicle was 17000 pounds, heavily discounted from 25000 pounds. This big discount of 8000 pounds made me choose this car. Big mistake. This kind of discounts are not something out of the ordinary in the industry, specially in March.
Also relevant is the fact that this was a distance selling purchase. This vehicle was advertised via AutoTrader home page and all the correspondence between me and the dealer (Sutton Park Motor Company Ltd - Stourbridge) was via phone or email.
I have recorded each phone conversation with dealer representatives, I kept the email correspondence between us and also I have detailed and relevant video recordings about how the car behaves.
Friday (21.03.2014) I took delivery of a brand new Citroen DS5 which I bought with finance by PCP provided by Barclays Partner Finance. As soon as I drove the car from the dealer I've noticed Steering and Braking faults with the car. The most obvious defect was the fact the car suffered from a bad wheel alignment, the steering wheel stayed all the time lean to the left and the car was pulling constantly left, no matter of the camber of the road.
I immediately turned to the dealer to report the issues with the car. The dealer briefly inspected the car and they told me that they used some kind of brake spray to clean the brakes and also test drove the car and informed me that the car is fault free. This seemed very weird to me because no spray cleaner in this world will cure a bad wheel alignment but I was too tired to argue (been travel for 4h by train to reach Dealer's location)
I've set up again on the road and I noticed that nothing has really changed with the car's issues, obviously.
When I arrived home (more than 140 miles away) I have contacted the dealer by phone explaining that none of the problems with the car have been fixed. I've been told that on Monday (24.03.2014) I will be contacted by the Dealer's Service Manager who will discuss with me this matter.
Nobody contacted me and I decided to take the car to an independent tracking specialist. The wheel alignment job print out clearly shows that the car's tracking was off.
This was not the only problem with my brand new car.
Here is full list of faults:
1. Bad wheel alignment and tracking causing the vehicle to constantly pull to the left.
2. Steering wheel was off centred, it stays leaned towards passenger side.
3. Steering wheel vibrates at motorways cruise speeds 60 – 70 mph.
4. Steering wheel shakes under braking.
5. The car is very unstable on uneven and slightly bumpy roads, especially when braking, causing the car to change trajectory towards incoming traffic or pavement.
6. The steering wheel is twitching and jerking back and forth every time the front wheel goes over small bumps and cracks on the surface of the road, also causing the car to change trajectory towards incoming traffic or pavement.
7. Miss coloured front bumper – painted in a different shade of grey.
8. Rattling noise coming from the right hand side rear passenger door.
Tuesday ,25.03.2014, morning I've contacted the dealer and told them that I'm willing to return the car to them so they can have a full check of the car. They agreed to bring the back to them, which I did.
They kept the car for one and a half day before calling me to come pick up the car. They did offer me a courtesy car with almost identical mileage, a Citroen C3 which drives flawless.
I went back to the dealer to pick up the car and noticed that there was an improvement to some of the issues but most of them were still not fixed. There was no more steering wheel vibration at motorways cruise but still the steering wheel was shaking under braking sometimes.
The steering shake under braking was pointed out by me to dealer's Service Manager when we test drove the car together but he informed me that this was normal because of the road condition which I strongly rejected. He also tried to convince me that the steering wheel jerking and twitching from left to right was absolutely normal. I've explained to him that maybe this is normal with an used car with many miles on the clock but not with a brand new car with 3 miles on the clock.
Every time my car goes over small bumps and cracks on the road the steering wheel is abruptly twitching and shaking back and forth, making the car to suddenly change direction to the left or right very rapidly. I have tried to explain to the dealer that this is not normal or safe but he disagrees with me.
On 31-03-2014 I phoned the Dealer and Informed him that I want to reject the car. I've been informed that they have to speak with Citroen UK. Later that day they come back to me and told me that they opened a case with Citroen and also informed me that I have to book in the car with another Citroen dealer for an independent opinion, if this can be considered independent opinion. I agreed with that and on 01-04-2014 the car was with my local dealer Freeborn Garage Ltd.
One of the mechanics has test drove the car with me and immediately noticed that the car was pulling left in a very strange way. He also noticed that the steering wheel is twitching and jerking every time the front wheels go over small bumps and cracks on the road. He told me that they have to check the air pressure, disk brakes and something like connecting the steering rack to a device that will tell if the wheel alignment of the car changes while driving the vehicle. This part is very technical for me.
Later that day they called me to tell me that I can take the car back. They gave me a job report that says that while the car was pulling left when during the test drive, they couldn't find anything wrong with any of the steering and suspension components so the car is OK at the moment of the testing.
On the evening of 01-04-2014 I emailed a formal Complaint Letter to the Dealer. On 02-04-2014 I have received an email confirming that they have received the letter.
On 03-04-2014 I have noticed that the front bumper is painted in a noticeable different shade of grey then the rest of the car!!!!!
06-04-2014 === Officially rejected the car and returned to the shocked Dealer, who didn't want to touch the keys. I've left them on the reception desk. Also left them a letter explaining them my actions and the reasons behind them. Everything was video recorded by my trusted phone.
=== Later that day I've posted on Citroen's Facebook pages and on Tweeter.
07-04-2014 === Citroen UK Head Office has been contacted me, aground 11 AM. I've been told they are working on my case.
Here are some links to YouTube and Flickr:
This is the story so far.
Is the steering behaviour normal for a new car or I'm just crazy ?
Is there enough evidence to support my case ?
Thank you


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AN IPSWICH man has admitted he killed his housemate after a squabble last year.
Shaun Patrick Flanagan, 35, pleaded guilty in Brisbane Supreme Court on Friday morning to the manslaughter of Leeroy Johnson, 30, at Redbank.
Flanagan stood accused of murder after Mr Johnson died from a fatal stab wound in front of their home on Mine St on February 8, 2010.
He was expected to face a trial on that charge this month but the Crown has accepted the plea on the lesser manslaughter offence.
The trial has been de-listed and the murder charge withdrawn.
Mr Johnson and then girlfriend Lisa Dawson had moved into the bottom floor of the house where Flanagan, his partner Martinez Driessens and their children lived.
The hearing revealed they had been socialising the night Mr Johnson died but a scuffle later resulted in a fatal stab wound.


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Music teachers now eligible for new Grammy honour
Recording Academy President Neil Portnow poses for photographers at 'Play It Forward: A Celebration of Music's Evolution and Influencers' at the Grammy Foundation's 15th Annual Music Preservation Project, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Invision/AP)
Sandy Cohen, The Associated Press
Published Friday, February 8, 2013 10:49AM EST
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Music teachers are now eligible for a Grammy honour of their own.
Recording Academy president Neil Portnow says the group has established a music educator award that will be presented for the first time next year.
Portnow announced the new award Thursday at the Grammy Foundation's 15th annual Music Preservation Project event at the Saban Theatre.
"We're dedicated to preserving the great music of the past, present and future," he said. "Music education is perhaps the most vital part of the Grammy Foundation's mission."
Kindergarten through college teachers are eligible for the new annual award, which will be presented at a special ceremony the day before the Grammy Awards. Students and colleagues can nominate candidates online.
Thursday's event, dubbed "Play it Forward," featured performances by Dionne Warwick, LeAnn Rimes, Emmylou Harris, George Thorogood and the Destroyers, Yolanda Adams and Lupe Fiasco, who is up for best rap album at this year's Grammys.
Adams, who performed two rousing songs backed by a gospel choir, thanked the Grammy Foundation "for preserving the authenticity of all music."
She cited Warwick and Aretha Franklin among her music heroes.
Other artists shared their musical inspirations in video clips that punctuated the program. Ike Turner cited Pine Top Perkins, Quincy Jones named Billy Carter and Isaac Hayes recalled Minnie Pearl. Buddy Holly inspired Waylon Jennings and Bootsy Collins was moved by the guitar work of Lonnie Mack.
The 55th annual Grammy Awards will be presented Sunday at Staples Center and broadcast live on CBS.


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SNOW HILL – Citizens will finally get their chance to weigh in on proposed rezoning regulations meant to implement the 2006 Worcester County Comprehensive Plan at a public hearing Tuesday night.
The hearing will be held at 7 p.m. in the County Commissioners meeting room in the Government Center building in Snow Hill.
The county's updated Comprehensive Plan was approved in March 2006, but the rezoning, which was supposed to follow immediately after, was delayed until June 2008.
Two local environmental organizations, the Maryland Coastal Bays Program and Assateague Coastal Trust, organized public workshops for communities throughout the county this month in response to citizen questions over the new zoning regulations. Organizers report that those events were well attended.
The county also offered a week-long open house and some events in the north and south of the county to inform citizens, with extensive maps and staff members available for questions.
Some elements of the Comprehensive Plan such as TMDL levels for local waterways have not been included in the regulations intended to enforce the acclaimed plan, said Coastkeeper Kathy Phillips. The county needs to explain how it will meet those state mandated water pollution limits.
The county also needs a transfer development rights program, as well as required conservation subdivision design, Phillips said.
Most citizen concerns begin with individual properties and potential changes to individual zoning, but concern has also arisen over large sections of rezoning, particularly areas east of Berlin and bordering Stockton that are proposed to be zoned A-2.
This new zone is essentially a more intensified agriculture zone getting golf courses, racetracks, auto repair shops, marine boatyards and the like out of pure agricultural land.
Another item from the Comprehensive Plan that is contradicted in the zoning draft is the upzoning of the South Point area, from estate to residential, according to Phillips.
"What's the reasoning behind that?" she said. "The Comprehensive Plan very clearly stated we made a mistake on South Point and we need to correct that."
Environmental site design for development should also be required, but is not under the draft regulations, said Phillips.
"The language says, 'may;' it doesn't say 'shall,'" Phillips said.
Critics of the draft rezoning are calling for more consistency with the 2006 Comprehensive Plan and more protection of sensitive areas.
"It's all about comparing the Comprehensive Plan to what they have proposed," said Phillips.


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Brave crews ran a gauntlet of flying flour and eggs as they took to the water for an annual boat race to raise money for charity.
A total of 18 teams took to the River Idle near The Haxey Gate Inn for the challenge on Saturday morning.
Crews dodged flying flour and egg bombs, thrown by spectators, as part of the fun annual tradition.
All proceeds went to the Help for Heroes charity.


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Three Taken Into Custody at Central Connecticut State University
Police at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain have taken three people into custody in an investigation of a student seen wearing camouflage and possibly carrying a sword and a gun near campus, officials said. There were no injuries, officials said.
"We received 911 calls of a person that was apparently armed and causing some amount of alarm as they walked through the campus," said New Britain Police Department Chief James Wardwell. When police responded, the 911 callers "assisted in directing our officers…exactly where to go," Mr. Wardwell said.
The suspect "was walking then started running. It started to alarm people," said Chris Cervoni, the university's director of public safety.


text: Will there be a lot of FOOD, Brat,etc..."ON" this rally site? Spokane, a few years back, had a lot of food vendors. Kind of nice not having to go out and search for every nights dinner. Breakfast too! I know some orgs. like the "Lions" have been so supportive in this regard, for their own fund drive needs and have supplied great feeds for some of our rallies out west. I do not know if they have been involved in any really bigger rallies, like a national, but worth asking Anyhow, food, refreshments,etc in large quantities is a good thing. Vermont was kind of funny one night; the Wendy's restaurant, across from the Rally, RAN OUT of half their menu one night . Boy, we eat at these things! Happy Trails, R andy13233


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Note: Knowledge of Digital Electronics and Computer Organization desired when building and programming a robot.
First we start with an introduction to the Handy Board. It is a hand-held microcontroller board very well suited for personal and educational robotics projects.
It contains:
- Motorola 68HC11 microprocessor (with system clock at 2 MHz)
- 32K RAM (battery-backed static RAM)
- Outputs for four DC motors
- Analog and Digital inputs
- 16x2 character LCD screen
Lab 1:
The first lab consists of getting familiar with the
handy board. There are two ways to interact with the handy
board: first we install Interactive-C and write sample
programs, or secondly we directly download the *.S19 binary
files to the board (done by using the dl command) to
get familiar with its inner workings.
Then we familiarized ourselves with the schematics and the lay out of the board and all of the inputs and outputs.
Lab 2:
We write test programs in Assembly to control two DC motors. They consist of writing modules for making the device move forward, backward and turn. We would like to be able to move the device few feet forward, having it turn around twice, and then go backward to its starting position. This is a sort of brute force method where we are in full control of what's going on. Later on we will go on further and try to automate the mobile device (Robot) as we start mounting sensors to it. Embedding AI into it is out of the picture for now.


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It's a Hyundai...... but you can go in the hatchback.
My doctor gave me six months to live, but when I couldn't pay the bill he gave me six months more.
Walter Matthau
Bet it's one of them damn Elements See ya soon
i belong to peta ... people eating tasty animals. all my opinions are just mine.
I think you'll be OK Pat. It's only an hour drive.
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Steve Miller Band, NPR quiz show 'Wait, Wait ' added to Tanglewood summer lineup
LENOX -- The Boston Symphony Orchestra has announced bookings of the Steve Miller Band and a broadcast of the popular NPR quiz show -- "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me!" -- as part of a rapidly expanding slate of non-classical music attractions at Tanglewood this summer.
Tickets go on sale to the general public on Feb. 19 for the Steve Miller Band ($25.50 to $79.50), performing on Monday, July 29, at 7 p.m. in the Shed, and for the Thursday, Aug. 29, taping of the NPR quiz show to be aired at a later date ($21 to $120). The tickets will be available at www.tanglewood.org or by phone at 888-266-1200.
Over more than 40 years, the Steve Miller Band has sold more than 30 million recordings. Its classic rock hits include "Fly Like an Eagle," "The Joker" and "Take the Money and Run." The group is touring Australia and New Zealand later this year.
Miller released two new albums recently, the blues hit "Bingo" in 2010 and "Let Your Hair Down" in 2011. The recordings followed an 18-year gap in the group's studio activities. Miller toured Europe last year, headlined the public TV show "Austin City Limits" in 2011 and performed with country star Kenny Chesney in 2010.
The quiz show, based in Chicago and hosted by Peter Sagal, airs on more than 600 public radio stations nationwide, including WAMC in Albany, N.Y., and WFCR in Amherst, and reaches an estimated weekly audience of 3.2 million. It scores more than 1 million podcast downloads monthly.
A winner of the prestigious Peabody Award for broadcasting, the hour-long show, which began in 1998 and is now aired at various times on weekends, combines humor with a challenging quiz based on recent news events, with listeners calling in to try their luck. Scorekeeper and Official Judge is Carl Kasell of NPR News. Winners of the contest can receive a customized recording of his voice for their answering machines.
Well-known guest panelists include comedian Paula Poundstone and authors P.J. O'Rourke and Roy Blount, Jr.
In addition to the core eight-week classical season of the BSO from July 5-Aug. 25 and an array of guest performers at Ozawa Hall, the BSO previously announced a record five-concert slate by the Boston Pops, including a Jerry Garcia symphonic tribute and evenings starring country singer Vince Gill and Broadway-pop standard specialist Michael Feinstein.
Popular Artists bookings include Jackson Browne on July 4 and Melissa Etheridge on June 21. More are expected, BSO Managing Director Mark Volpe told The Eagle last week -- the populist thrust of the summer schedule is designed not only to meet public demand but also to help plug the gap caused by James Taylor's absence from the touring scene this year while he composes new material for an upcoming album.
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Google's Nexus
One looked to follow in the success of Motorola's Droid
(Milestone) Android smartphone. It brought slightly improved
hardware (courtesy of hardware partner HTC), special software
attention from Google, and the possibility of picking from a variety
of carriers.Sales of the Nexus One were conducted exclusively
through a new web store – and sales weren't very good. In
fact, Google as of March was estimated to have moved a
mere 135,000 units in the three months since its January
launch.Now, as potentially superior competitors like the HTC
Incredible (Verizon) and HTC
EVO 4G (Sprint) storm the market, Google admits that choosing to
sell the phone online was a mistake. In a blog
post, Google writes:
as with every innovation, some parts worked better than others. While
the global adoption of the Android platform has exceeded our
expectations, the web store has not. It's remained a niche channel
for early adopters, but it's clear that many customers like a
hands-on experience before buying a phone, and they also want a wide
range of service plans to chose from.
says that as a result of this realization, it will be phasing out the
web store and trying to get retailers to sell the phone, which is
currently available for AT&T and T-Mobile in the U.S.Sprint
announced on May 10 that it would not be carrying the Nexus One,
despite earlier announcements that it would be
carrying the device. Along with Verizon's announcement that the
phone is not
coming to its network, it looks like the possibility of a CDMA
Nexus One release may be dead.No retailers have been
announced yet, but likely candidates include Best Buy and Walmart.
Walmart back in January accidentally
posted the phone on their site, but then stated that
they had no plans to sell it. Despite the Nexus
One's disappointing sales, the phone does have some fans. Linux
founder Linus Torvalds loves the phone and says that its the
first smartphone he finds to be tolerable. Hardware-wise it
might not be the best,
but it's still one of the best Android handsets on the market.


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Harang's nine straight K's a Dodgers record
By Quinn Roberts / MLB.com
The streak was broken up on a home run by Will Venable to left field leading off the fourth inning.
Cameron Maybin led off the game with a single to center field, which was the only ball put in play before Harang tallied the nine strikeouts.
The Dodgers record was previously held by Johnny Podres, who struck out eight batters in a row on July 2, 1962, against the Phillies.
Finding success with his two- and four-seam fastball, the Harang also mixed an occasional curveball and slider to keep San Diego off balance.
Harang fell one short of the Major League record of 10 consecutive strikeouts, set by the Mets' Tom Seaver on April 22, 1970.
Quinn Roberts is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I am a very proud graduate, former student-athlete and one-time assistant tennis coach for the University of North Carolina. I cannot imagine a more fulfilling and rewarding collegiate experience than I had at Chapel Hill. The academic environment and many relationships I developed at UNC, undoubtedly, were the foundation for a very rewarding career and life experience today.
Without question, the N&O has done some tremendously valuable work in exposing myriad problems at UNC. What started as a few athletes unable to say "no" to being wined, dined and bedazzled by agents turned in to a litany of embarrassing academic issues.
However, over time, your paper has devolved from reporting the facts of the story to driving a narrative that inflates and perpetuates the story.
In Dan Kane's recent article on Jan Boxill's role in the Faculty Executive Committee Report , he states Boxill "watered down the report." The FEC report, referencing a detailed AFAM review, specifically states as a "clear finding" that Deborah Crowder was involved in problems in the AFAM department. If Jan Boxill really wanted to hide Crowder and her role from the NCAA, why did the final report reference Crowder by name and highlight her role in a detailed investigative report that mentions Crowder's name over 11 times?
The purpose of the Faculty Executive Committee Report was to report facts and findings. If Crowder would not speak and if nobody interviewed the athletes, how can anyone suggest they know why Crowder did what she did? Was it to help basketball players? Or African American students? Or low-income students? How could anyone feel confident in presenting speculation as fact?
Recently, Luke DeCock described the Martin Report as "whitewash." Insults to a respected Governor aside, Baker Tilly is a global accounting firm and universally recognized as a leader in academic audits. I can believe that a bunch of hicks on a website would find a conspiracy of epic proportions in Baker Tilly's findings, but a seasoned journalist? B-T audited 172,000 class sections and nearly 20 years of student data looking for grade inflation, clustering and irregular results, but DeCock considers that inadequate? The Martin Report cannot be a "whitewash" just because B-T didn't reach the conclusion DeCock wanted.
By my count, there have been 6 investigations at UNC the last 3 years. Every review and investigation concludes the fraud began and ended with 2 people in a small department at UNC. The facts make abundantly clear that it is not systemic and it is not widespread. Do you think the N&O has presented these facts in a balanced way?
I have no doubt that, despite the steady erosion of your industry, your reporting on the mess at UNC has been beneficial to the News and Observer's relevancy. Without question, Dan "Is His Biggest Fan" Kane enjoyed the national attention his initial work procured. Your paper did legitimate work at the beginning of the UNC debacle (whether I liked it or not). But you have crossed the line. You are no longer reporting the facts. You are perpetuating a self-sustaining narrative. I would expect that from some hillbillies at a rival school. I would expect more from journalists like you.
Enough is enough.
Joe Frierson III
Athens, GA


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A Diablo 2 spin-off was originally planned by Blizzard for handhelds, says author David Craddock. Titled Diablo Junior (d'aww!), the game would be developed by Blizzard North for either the Game Boy Color or the Game Boy Advance. Obviously, the game never came to fruition, but it's certainly interesting to think about.
"Following Diablo 2's release, Blizzard North split into two teams … kind of," says Craddock. "One team immediately started in on D2's expansion set, Lord of Destruction. The other team went into spitball mode, kicking around ideas for a new IP. But several other developers ventured into groups of two or three and put together proposals for smaller projects. One of those was given the working title Diablo Junior, a game tentatively planned for the Game Boy Color and/or the Game Boy Advance, depending on market share and other business-y factors."
Had Diablo Junior actually become a thing, it would've likely been a single-player prequel intended to give fans of the series a bit of backstory. According to Craddock, the game would take a page out of Pokemon's book and come in three different cartridges. Each version of the game would star a different hero and include different items that could be traded among Diablo Junior players who owned different carts. Ultimately, the game never saw the light of day and was but a mere concept due to the high cost of producing handheld titles at the time.
In addition to Diablo Junior, Blizzard was also thinking of releasing an expansion to the main game following Lord of Destruction. Said add-on would've focused heavily on the game's multiplayer features, adding banks and customizable guild halls among other things.
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