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- From: Maciej Stachowiak <email@example.com>
- Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:43:15 -0700
- To: Steve Faulkner <email@example.com>
- Cc: Ian Hickson <email@example.com>, Richard Schwerdtfeger <email@example.com>, Paul Cotton <email@example.com>, HTMLWG WG <email@example.com>, "firstname.lastname@example.com" <firstname.lastname@example.com>, Sam Ruby <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Since there are no objections to either of the following ways of implementing the decision, either would be acceptable to apply at this time: (1) Applying the diff at http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/attachment.cgi?id=976&action=edit OR (2) Applying the diff at <http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/attachment.cgi?id=976&action=edit> and also adding "header" to the roles allowed for h1-h6 The chairs note that in particular, if option (1) is taken, it is still acceptable to file a follow-up bug to add the "header" to allowed roles for h1-h6; the WG Decision should not be taken as standing in the way. While it does seem clear that the decision left it off the list, it seems this was partly due to oversight, and we are fine with correcting it via bugs. Therefore: - Option (2) might save some time, as there would be no need to cycle back through a separate bug to add back "header", if all agree that this would be a good change. - Option (1) hews closer to the letter of the decision, and it would be reasonable to first apply the decision as stated, then fix up any minor points via separate bugs. Thus, either approach seems fine. Regards, Maciej On Apr 15, 2011, at 12:31 AM, Steve Faulkner wrote: > hi Maciej, > >> As far as I'm concerned, if you and Ian are in agreement to make this additional change > > well if Ian would repsond to the list then we would know if we have > agreement. and If Ian will not agree it would be appreciated if he can > provide a clear technical reason for not doing so. > > regards > stevef > > On 15 April 2011 05:41, Maciej Stachowiak <email@example.com> wrote: >> >> As far as I'm concerned, if you and Ian are in agreement to make this additional change, and no one specifically objects by tomorrow morning, then it is just as acceptable as Ian's diff. It is also acceptable (as far as I'm concerned) to handle this refinement via a separate bug. Thus, if there are no objections, I will list this as one of the acceptable alternatives for implementing the decision. >> >> Regards, >> Maciej >> >> On Apr 14, 2011, at 6:56 PM, Steve Faulkner wrote: >> >>> Hi Maciej >>> >>> I would like a response to this email ( below) before the change is applied >>> >>> Regards >>> Stevef >>> >>> On 14 Apr 2011, at 08:58, Steve Faulkner <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Maciej, >>>> >>>>> So far, there are no objections to Ian's proposed text, linked here: >>>>> http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/attachment.cgi?id=976&action=edit >>>>> >>>>> Steve has reviewed it and said he can live with it, and believes it is close enough to the decision as written. >>>> >>>> >>>> As there is only one word difference (in regards to my proposed diff and Ians) >>>> I ask Ian to add 'heading' to the allowable roles as it allowing it is consistent with all other elements that have a default role. >>>> >>>> This would save time and effort on the part of all parties. If Ian will not agree It would be appreciated if he can provide a clear technical reason for not doing so. >>>> >>>> >>>> Ians: >>>> >>>> "heading role, with the aria-level property set to the element's outline depth >>>> Role must be either link, menuitem, menuitemcheckbox, menuitemradio, >>>> tab, or treeitem" >>>> >>>> mine explcilty allows the headings role, rather than implicitly: >>>> >>>> "heading role, with the aria-level property set to the element's outline depth >>>> Role must be either HEADING link, menuitem, menuitemcheckbox, >>>> menuitemradio, tab, or treeitem" >>>> >>>> >>>> regards >>>> stevef >>>> >>>> On 14 April 2011 02:00, Maciej Stachowiak <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On Apr 12, 2011, at 1:09 PM, Ian Hickson wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, 12 Apr 2011, Steve Faulkner wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I have provided am updated set of spec changes for review by the working >>>>>>> group: http://www.html5accessibility.com/tests/aria-changesv2.html >>>>>> >>>>>> This does not accurately reflect the decision. If we're going to correct >>>>>> the mistakes in the decision, we should correct all of them, not just the >>>>>> ones you want to correct. >>>>>> >>>>>> Maciej suggested that instead we should apply the decision as the chairs >>>>>> made it, and then file bugs to address the issues arising. I suggest we >>>>>> follow his advice instead of trying to fix the mistakes here. >>>>> >>>>> So far, there are no objections to Ian's proposed text, linked here: >>>>> http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/attachment.cgi?id=976&action=edit >>>>> >>>>> Steve has reviewed it and said he can live with it, and believes it is close enough to the decision as written. >>>>> >>>>> We will bring this up as a topic at tomorrow's telecon. If we hear no objections tomorrow, or within 24 hours (i.e. by 10 AM Pacific Time Friday), then we will deem this diff an acceptable implementation of the decision, and follow-up issues can be tracked as bugs. >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Maciej >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> with regards >>>> >>>> Steve Faulkner >>>> Technical Director - TPG >>>> >>>> www.paciellogroup.com | www.HTML5accessibility.com | www.twitter.com/stevefaulkner >>>> HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives - dev.w3.org/html5/alt-techniques/ >>>> Web Accessibility Toolbar - www.paciellogroup.com/resources/wat-ie-about.html >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> > > > > -- > with regards > > Steve Faulkner > Technical Director - TPG > > www.paciellogroup.com | www.HTML5accessibility.com | > www.twitter.com/stevefaulkner > HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives - > dev.w3.org/html5/alt-techniques/ > Web Accessibility Toolbar - www.paciellogroup.com/resources/wat-ie-about.html >
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A search for supersymmetry with R-parity conservation in proton–proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV is presented. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 35 pb −1 collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC. The search is performed in events with jets and significant missing transverse energy, characteristic of the decays of heavy, pair-produced squarks and gluinos. The primary background, from standard model multijet production, is reduced by several orders of magnitude to a negligible level by the application of a set of robust kinematic requirements. With this selection, the data are consistent with the standard model backgrounds, namely tt¯, W + jet and Z + jet production, which are estimated from data control samples. Limits are set on the parameters of the constrained minimal supersymmetric extension of the standard model. These limits extend those set previously by experiments at the Tevatron and LEP colliders.
|Original language
|English (US)
|Pages (from-to)
|Number of pages
|Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
|Issue number
|Published - Apr 11 2011
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We thank L. Dixon and the members of the Blackhat Collaboration for discussions concerning vector-boson + jets production at the LHC. We wish to congratulate our colleagues in the CERN accelerator departments for the excellent performance of the LHC machine. We thank the technical and administrative staff at CERN and other CMS institutes, and acknowledge support from: FMSR (Austria); FNRS and FWO (Belgium); CNPq , CAPES , FAPERJ , and FAPESP (Brazil); MES (Bulgaria); CERN ; CAS , MoST , and NSFC (China); COLCIENCIAS (Colombia); MSES (Croatia); RPF (Cyprus); Academy of Sciences and NICPB (Estonia); Academy of Finland , ME , and HIP (Finland); CEA and CNRS/IN2P3 (France); BMBF , DFG , and HGF (Germany); GSRT (Greece); OTKA and NKTH (Hungary); DAE and DST (India); IPM (Iran); SFI (Ireland); INFN (Italy); NRF and WCU (Korea); LAS (Lithuania); CINVESTAV , CONACYT , SEP , and UASLP-FAI (Mexico); PAEC (Pakistan); SCSR (Poland); FCT (Portugal); JINR (Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan); MST and MAE (Russia); MSTD (Serbia); MICINN and CPAN (Spain); Swiss Funding Agencies (Switzerland); NSC (Taipei); TUBITAK and TAEK (Turkey); STFC (United Kingdom); DOE and NSF (USA).
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You already love coffee beans, but did you know that they grow in cherries? And that those coffee cherries are used in teas, skincare products, and even butter?
As a lover of all things coffee and a proponent of food waste reduction, I was really excited to learn everything I could about the coffee cherry, and I hope that you are, too.
If you want to know how coffee cherries taste and look, what happens to them after the coffee beans are removed, and what innovative products people are making from coffee cherries and coffee cherry extracts, here's your chance.
Grab a cup of coffee, and we'll jump right in.
Is Coffee Bean a Cherry?
Not exactly. The coffee bean is the seed of the coffee cherry. That's right, it's not really a bean at all!
You may have already known that coffee grows on trees, but you probably didn't know the whole story. Coffee trees produce white blossoms that have a fragrance similar to that of jasmine. These blossoms become coffee cherries (also called coffee berries). These cherries start off green, but they turn pink or red as they ripen. These cherries are actually stone fruit — also known as drupes — just like mangos, olives, and the cherries that you typically think of as, well, cherries.
Inside coffee cherries, two beans grow with their flat ends facing. These beans are the only part of the coffee plant that most of us ever see — and only after they have been roasted, changing their natural green color to one of several shades of brown.
Do All Coffee Cherries Have Two Beans?
No, only about 85-90% of them do. The rest have only a single, denser, and rounder coffee bean known — because of its shape — as a peaberry. Because it's an only child, this bean can sap up much more of the coffee cherry's nutrition, essentially eating for two every day of its life.
I will never miss a chance to rant and rave about the peaberry coffee bean. They are prized for their sweeter, more intense flavor, which comes from the additional nutrition they steal from the cherry. Some of the best Sumatran coffee varieties and most amazing Kona coffees come from peaberries. If you haven't tried coffee made from these special beans, I highly recommend it. Hint: They make great beans for espresso!
Are Coffee Berries Poisonous?
There are plenty of toxic berries in the world, so that is a completely reasonable question to ask. Coffee cherries are edible, non-toxic, and absolutely safe to eat by humans and many animals. In fact, as we'll talk about later in this article, they are consumed by humans in a few different forms.
One caveat to their safety: Coffee cherries have a higher caffeine content than roasted coffee beans. It would still take quite a few of them to reach a dangerous level, but this is still worth knowing if you have any plans for a new coffee cherry specialty food or beverage.
Do Coffee Cherries Taste Good?
Not everything that is safe to eat is worth eating (I'm looking at you, summer squash!). The taste of a coffee cherry is described as being like a cross between an apricot and a watermelon. They are pleasantly sweet and refreshing.
That sounds great, right? Well, the real issue is with the makeup of the fruit. We are used to modern, hybridized fruit varieties that are easy to eat; have large, sweet chunks of edible fruit; and have fewer, more isolated seeds than natural varieties. Eating more ancient fruits is, well, typically pretty disgusting by comparison.
Coffee cherries are almost entirely skin and seeds. There is a fleshy pulp, but it sticks to the beans as if the entire pulp were those bits of peach flesh that you can never get off the pit. And the skin itself is rough, much rougher than that of a cherry or a peach.
Health Benefits of Coffee Cherries
Many of the suggested health benefits of coffee cherries come from the high levels of antioxidants and polyphenols. The antioxidant levels of coffee cherry products — like the coffee cherry tea and coffee cherry extracts discussed later in this article — are higher even than many products made with blueberries or green tea, some of the products touted for their antioxidant benefits.
The Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation has assembled a report of the potential health benefits of coffee cherries. Most of these studies are still in the early stages, but there are indications from pre-clinical trials of their ability to prevent tumor growth and of some neuroprotective benefits. I want to stress that these are early results, but it's pretty cool to watch these studies happen in real-time.
What Are Coffee Cherries Used for?
Obviously, the beans are the most sought-after part of the coffee cherry. There are several uses for the pulp and skin of the cherries too, but they can't hope to keep up with the demand for the beans that make our favorite brew. Sadly, this means that much of the pulp and skin is simply discarded, washed away to pollute the waterways as part of the runoff from the bean washing process.
After removal of the coffee bean, cherries don't all get wasted though. Small coffee farms have been particularly innovative in their usage of coffee cherry leftovers as fertilizer, tea, and a range of other products.
Some small coffee farms de-pulp their cherries on-site. This provides a large amount of organic material that can be recycled into fertilizer for the next round of coffee. The cherries are an excellent source of phosphorus, and they are typically mixed with nitrogen-rich manure to create a viable fertilizer.
Coffee cherry tea
Cascara, or coffee cherry tea, is becoming an increasingly popular beverage amongst herbal tea lovers. While coffee is made from the seeds of the cherry, cascara actually comes from the cherry skins. So-called whole-fruit cascara has also become common — using both the skins and the pulp but still excluding the bean.
If you remove the skin from a coffee cherry and dry it out, you get fibrous flakes that resemble husks. Nobody wants to say dried coffee cherry skins, so these dried skins are instead called cascara. Yes, the skins have the same name as the drink.
When you place the dried skins into water, the skins release their flavor into the water, resulting in the cascara drink. Since this drink doesn't use tea leaves, it isn't technically tea. If you want to be picky, it's a fruit tisane, but most just refer to it as an herbal tea.
Most of the caffeine from the cherry ends up in the beans, but there is still some left throughout the pulp and skin. Unlike most herbal teas, then, cascara does have some caffeine, comparable in concentration to that of a typical black tea.
Coffee beans have distinct flavors depending on both how they are roasted and their growing conditions. Cascara isn't roasted, but it still takes on unique flavors of its growing conditions just like coffee beans do. Many have fruity or floral flavors, but some will have smoky, earthy, flavors instead.
Cascara syrup
Starbucks made cascara syrup famous with the 2017 release of their cascara latte, which contained both the syrup and cascara extracts. Most cascara syrups are made from coffee cherry skins and pulp with added sugars (typically cane sugar). They are becoming a popular addition to coffee, sparkling water, and cocktails. Their high level of antioxidants makes them an ideal substitution for drinks that would typically include blueberry, acai, or pomegranate for their health benefits.
Other products
Coffee cherry extracts are commonly used as a source of antioxidants in health supplements. There are also recent skincare products that have used coffee cherry extract both for its purported health benefits and its unique scent. Some farmers have also started to try out new coffee cherry food products like chocolate, sorbet, and even butter.
Can Coffee Cherries Be Used for Animal Food?
No, the high caffeine content of coffee cherries makes them a poor choice for use in animal feed. Many food byproducts and bulk sources of nutrition make their way into animal feed since the regulations surrounding those foods are less strict than those for human food.
But this only works if the food can be used in any reasonably large quantity. The levels of coffee cherry you would need to include in animal feed to make it practical would introduce an unhealthy level of caffeine into the animals' diets. And I'm sure the farmers wouldn't appreciate the extra energy in their livestock either.
Final Thoughts
The coffee cherry is truly an amazing plant. We already knew that its seeds were the source of our favorite beverage, but the uses of the pulp and skin are innovative, resourceful, and just plain cool.


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2006 Saleen S7 Twin Turbo Competition
The S7 Competition was a variant of the Twin Turbo model that had increased power boost, producing 1000 bhp which was 33% more than the standardTwin Turbo. Only very few of the models were upgraded in this way and Saleen also modified the suspension and aerodynamics to keep pace with the power.
The press car was painted Beryllium Orange and was handed over a few journalists to test the car which reported 0-60 times as fast as 2.6 seconds. Later this car was used in the for movie Iron Man starring Robert Downey Jr.
A top Canadian client took his car back to Saleen after having difficulties with the engine. At that time, both parties agreed to take the adventurous move and crank up the turbo boost past the normal level. To further distinguish it, an FIA-spec wing was added to the rear and the competition script was added to the rear bumper. This was the first time Saleen named the 1000 bhp package, but wasn't the first 1000 bhp car.
The Barrett-Jackson Car
image: http://www.supercars.net/carpics/3573/2006_Saleen_S7TwinTurboCompetition2_small.jpg
At the 2009 Barrett-Jackson Auction in Arizona, they auctioned another 1000 bhp car for $412,500 USD. It was described as follows:"This vehicle is 1 of only less than 100 Saleen S7 mid-engine supercars ever produced and a 1 of 1 with the 1000hp engine upgrade. Its power will leave you breathless. The hand-built engine on this Saleen Press Car is an all-aluminum 7.0 Liter Twin-Turbo V8 with a 6-speed manual transmission. The chassis is also hand-built with a custom frame, all carbon fiber body and aircraft honeycomb structural reinforcement. The race-style cockpit features handcrafted black leather with sueded accents, orange stitching and instrument panel positioning designed to optimize high performance driving. Air conditioning, power windows, power doors and AM/FM/CD/DVD with retractable 7″ in-dash LCD screen are also included. This S7 was featured in the blockbuster hit, "Iron Man" in Tony Stark's workshop and lab. It was also in the movie "Redline". "Power in the Hands of a Few" is Saleen's slogan and this vehicle is the embodiment of that slogan. The downforce is equal to the weight of the car at 160 mph. It has a 250 mph top speed and does 0-60 in 2.6 seconds."
In Detail
|submitted by
|Richard Owen
|Series Production Car
|built at
|California, USA
|price $
|$ 555,000
|Twin Turbo All Aluminum V8 w/Dry Sump Lubrication
|Twin Garrett GT35R Turbos
|Pushrod Driven, 2 Valves per Cyl
|fuel feed
|Fuel Injection
|6991 cc / 426.6 in³
|104.6 mm / 4.12 in
|101.6 mm / 4.0 in
|745.7 kw / 1000 bhp
|specific output
|143.04 bhp per litre
|747.38 bhp per tonne
|body / frame
|Carbon Riber-Reinforced w/Plastic and Aluminum Honeycomb over Steel Space Frame
|driven wheels
|RWD w/Limited Slip Differential
|wheel type
|Forged Aluminum
|front tires
|rear tires
|335/30ZR-20 104Y Michelin Pilot Sport PS2
|front brakes
|Brembro Ventilated Discs w/6-Piston Monobloc Calipers
|rear brakes
|Brembro Ventilated Discs w/6-Piston Monobloc Calipers
|front wheels
|F 48.3 x 24.1 cm / 19 x 9.5 in
|rear wheels
|R 50.8 x 30.5 cm / 20 x 12 in
|Rack & Pinion w/Power Assist Michelin Pilot Sport PS2
|f suspension
|Unequal Double Wishbones w/Coil-OverAluminum Dampers, Anti-Roll Bar
|r suspension
|Unequal Double Wishbones w/Coil-OverAluminum Dampers, Anti-Roll Bar
|curb weight
|1338 kg / 2950 lbs
|2700 mm / 106.3 in
|front track
|1748 mm / 68.8 in
|rear track
|1710 mm / 67.3 in
|4774 mm / 188.0 in
|1990 mm / 78.3 in
|1041 mm / 41.0 in
|6-Speed Transaxle
|gear ratios
|2.86:1, 1.61:1, 1.14:1, 0.96:1, 0.81:1, 0.64:1
|final drive
|top speed
|~399.1 kph / 248 mph
|0 – 60 mph
|~2.6 seconds
After its press duties were completed, this S7 was loaned to Paramount Pictures for the production of the 2008 blockbuster hit Iron Man, starring Robert Downey Jr. as the alter ego of the famed Marvel superhero Tony Stark. In the movie, the unmistakable Saleen can be seen in Stark's garage alongside a Tesla and an Audi R8.
Finished in a sensational color known as Beryllium Orange, the exotic looks of the S7 are in keeping with its remarkable performance and innovative construction. Overall, the Saleen remains an outstanding, low-mileage example with a clean CARFAX® report.
Auction Source: 2011 Scottsdale Auction by Gooding & Company


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Though they dont harm the swimmers but their bites can really be a painful. Although most common in the Queensland area from the Gold Coast to the Sunshine Coast these bugs can be found all over Australia.
These pool bugs are Mosquitoes.
Swimming Pool Bugs Types. If you are not taking care of your pool then four types of swimming pool bugs will infest your pool for sure. Dobsonflies Mayflies and Stoneflies. To eliminate it you must shock your pool at least once if not twice.
Below well look at three swimming pool bug types and what to do about them. Additionally theres a good chance you will come across some beetles as well as wasps and dragonflies buzzing around your pool. These troublesome visitors will absolutely bite if.
Caterpillars spiders grasshoppers and bees commonly find their way into the water by accident. This bug is also known as a Water Wasp because it has a nasty sting. It seems to keep company with white water mold which is a fungus.
Water Boatmen will also lay their eggs in your pool algae. 4132021 There are many types of bugs that can invade your pool during the swimming season. Before we get into how to get rid of them lets take a sneak peek at how they land up in your swimming pool.
Chemicals keep the pool clean but can also cause. 1242021 Water boatmen and backswimmers the two most common aquatic bugs eat algae that typically lives on the sides and bottom of your pool. A bacteria pink algae appear as a reddish-orangeish slime usually at a swimming pools water line.
Japanese beetles are prevalent in some areas as are the springtail bug. Of all its colorful cousins pink algae are the easiest to maintain. There are two types of water bugs that are common in swimming pools.
The tiny single-cell parasites Cryptosporidium and Giardia are the leading causes of pool-related gastroenteritis in Australia and worldwide. 10282017 There are a few different types of bugs that people commonly refer to as water bugs but the two most common types to find in your swimming pool are. 1292016 The majority of bugs that end up in swimming pools originate in our gastrointestinal tract and arrive via faecal contamination poo or are washed off a dirty bottom.
While the boatman generally feeds on the pool algae the backswimmer feeds on the boatman. What about the bugs that want to live in your pool though. Types of Swimming Pool Bugs There are two main types of bugs that can be found in Australian pools and those are the Water Boatmen and the Back Swimmer Bugs.
Their food sources are all the gross stuff you try to keep out of your pool like algae and mosquito larvae. There are 2 common types of water bugs that can be found in your pool are Water Boatmen and Back Swimmers they both look similar though one is harmless and the other has a bite. Backswimmer It leaves a nasty painful bite on you if youre in a pool with it Springtails.
12162019 Even though your pool is full of chlorine and other chemicals there are still a lot of creatures that can make their homes in your pool water. The most docile of water bugs these guys are just here to eat some algae and swim in your pool. The first is the water boatman.
Cryptosporidium and Ecoli both of which can cause vomiting and diarrhoea are caused by faecal material. Other common aquatic insects that invade swimming pools are Dobsonflies Mayflies and Stoneflies. 3142018 If theres one type of bug you absolutely do not want in your pool its a backswimmer.
Bugs are already swimming in your pool. It is also attracted to PVC surfaces in a pool especially piping. Both the Water Boatmen and the Backswimmer have wings and can fly.
The second is the backswimmer. This means that you need to use quite a bit of shock that will kill the algae. There are two common types of water bugs that youll probably find in your pool and rest assuredthey are not roaches.
These small brown oval critters feed on and other microorganisms that may be lying in your swimming pool. 5252017 The first type of water bug you may encounter while you are wading in the pool is a Water Boatmen. Water boatmen backswimmers and springtails.
This one is sometimes known as a skimmer bug because of the way they skim across the water and it feeds on any algae in your pool. When it comes to swimming pool bugs there are a few usual suspects youll typically come across the water boatman the backswimmer and the springtail. 7252019 Youre unlikely to find snails in your swimming pool and chlorine will kill these parasites so you wont get swimmers itch from the pool although you might get another kind of rash.
The most common types of water bugs found in the swimming pool is water boatman as well as the backswimmer. This is what turns your pool green. Water bugs in a pool can make your swimming experience a terrible one.
Generally considered beneficial insects water boatmen are usually less than half an inch in length. Should I Be Worried. Water boatmen are slim oval bugs with oar-like back legs that they swim with.
They have long flat dull-colored bodies. Doctors calculate that there can be any one of 30 different bugs in a swimming pool.
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By Esther Egbe
The Confluence Queens' goalkeeper Vincent Mercy remained confident of increasing her clean sheets this season when her side take on Osun Babes of Oshogbo this Wednesday in the Matchday 3 of Nigeria Women Premier League, NWPL in Lokoja.
The Edo born safe hand told National Daily that she has kept two clean sheets in the opening two matches for the New Direction Queens against Delta Queens and Nasarawa Amazons, while warning her team mates to be wary ahead of Osun Babes' visit to the Confluence Stadium
"My personal target this season is to maintain as many clean sheets as possible for the team, I will continue to work hard to contribute my quota for the team to achieve our set targets ".
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" Osun Babes are not a bad side, but we will not leave any stone unturned against them" Mercy said.
"Our focus is on the three points, we are not ready to joke or underrate any team because whoever is playing in the NWPL stand a chance to challenge".
The last time both side met in Lokoja, Osun Babes snatched a point after a goalless draw and the Queens will be seeking all means to avoid similar scenario of what happened last two season.
Confluence Queens are second on group B table behind Adamawa Queens who tops on goals difference and a good goals margin for the Coach Tenimu Nayashi 'Maja' led side might shoot them to the top of the log. Osun Babes seat fourth with a point separating both teams after two games respectively.


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RFR in SAP RAR
In this blog I would like to explain how Reason for rejection works in SAP RAR. Firstly RFR is not a field in RAR and hence we can't see this in RAR contract / POB.
If you create a Sales order with 2 lines without any RFR and send to SAP RAR, you get allocation and all looks fine. Now if you set RFR on one line and transfer to RAR, then this line gets ZERO allocation which is the correct behavior.
Now coming to the normal scenario where user sets RFR during the initial creation of the Sales Order. When this Order is transferred to SAP RAR the contractual Price on the line where there is RFR gets a ZERO contractual Price but there is allocation also on this POB. This is not actually right as this line having RFR must not get any allocation or impact allocation of other lines.
Here is the suggestion from SAP note 2731374.
Option 1 – Only reject an order item after the POB has already been created in SAP Revenue Accounting and Reporting
Option 2 – The POB cancellation report(FARR_POB_CANCELLATION) can be scheduled as regular job to process this type of POBs. The POB cancellation report is a standard function of SAP Revenue Accounting and Reporting.
The base is that the system checks for the finalization date in the POB and if it less than the current date then it marks this a cancelled.
So the solution will be to schedule the POB cancellation job right after the RAR transfer / Process Jobs so this RFR in SO and the RAR contract will always be in sync.
Kindly let me know if you have faced similar issue or other issues due to RFR so we can keep this blog updated for RFR behavior in RAR.
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Wait, is it freaking sold out ALREADY?? I think I just paid for a sold out copy. *Sigh*
Have Another Cup, Plus Limited TGB Shipping
Posted on November 13, 2007 Posted by John Scalzi 33 Comments
I've had a ton of folks asking me if there was ever going to be another printing of my book on writing, You're Not Fooling Anyone When You Take Your Laptop into a Coffeeshop, because the first print run of 500 copies sold out before its release date. Well, now I know the answer, and the answer is:
(drum roll)
Yes. Subterranean Press just announced that it would have a second, 500-run printing of Coffeeshop which will ship in December, i.e., just in time for the holidays (clever folks up there at Subterranean). The pre-order page at Subterranean is here. As the first run sold out before it was published and copies from that run are now being sold at $250 a shot (seriously, that's what it's going for on AbeBooks), and this second run is still only 500 copies, it's not just ridiculous self-promoting hype to suggest that if you really want a copy for your own (or to give as a gift) you may wish to consider pre-ordering. I'm just saying, is all.
While we're on the subject of books of mine from Subterranean, those of you who pre-ordered the signed, limited edition of The Ghost Brigades will be happy to know it's winging its way to you even as we speak. I got a copy of it last week and it's friggin' gorgeous; Vincent Chong, who did the cover art and the full-color illustrations inside, did an absolutely stunning job. You're not going to be disappointed, and if you are disappointed, I suspect you are disappointed about most things in life, and I can't help you there, I'm afraid.
Some signed, limited editions of Old Man's War and The Ghost Brigades are still available if you didn't pre-order; head over to Subterranean to find out more.
Thus endeth today's self-promoting entry.
33 Comments on "Have Another Cup, Plus Limited TGB Shipping"
No, no. If you pre-ordered it today, you ordered the second run, which is definitely not sold out. Yet.
Dang, and I felt so special snagging the second to last copy Amazon sold.
Well, John, as per our arrangement, you will find the money for this book taped to the underside of the red bench at the Dayton Greyhound station. Once you retrieve the money, please use the provided Ziplock bag and duct tape to affix your novel to the underside of the BLUE bench nearest the Ladies' room.
It really is the easiest way… I think.
Why must beautiful things be so expensive? I'm only a poor college student!
D'oh! I would LOVE a signed hard cover of TGB, but I'm broke. As much as I'd rather have a copy of TGB with that gorgeous cover, I need new tires. BOO.
Stupid tires!
What's a "done of folks"? My mind it reels.
I'll thank you not to call attention to my mini-strokes, Justine.
John: My thoughts exactly. But we're bound to get snow any day now and I'd rather not kill myself and/or others by having no traction.
I ordered a copy of Coffeeshop- I figured with the high Canadian dollar I would save lots of money on the price- with ten dollars added for shipping to Canada it comes to $45 US, and in Loonies it comes to . . . $44.22!
What a savings!
Having invested a substantial sum of money on eBay to obtain a copy of said book through legal means and having a reasonable expectation that said book would appreciate due to the small size and finality of the publishing run (as evidenced by the $250 asking price for copies at the present time) as well as the inexplicable demand for product from ScalziWorld; and having been informed that another press run of 500 copies is being readied; and therefore concluding that said second run will depreciate the value of my copy by no less than $125 you, sir, will hear from my attorneys.
Oh noes! Iz be soooed!
Ahem. If I order it this time, will I actually get it? On account of, my gmail account has the receipts for two different orders for "You're Not Fooling Anyone", #12090 and #18332, and I never got a copy.
Talk to Bill at Subterranean, Greg. If you didn't get books you paid for, I think he's going to want to know about it.
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Dang, and I felt so special snagging the second to last copy Amazon sold."
Hrmpf. Guess how special I felt when I snagged the very last copy Amazon sold? But this shouldn't hurt the resale prize much, would it? I don't think I ever will sell it, cos I've been very proud of it, seeing as its the most valuable book in my tiny collection.
Copy of "You Aren't Fooling…" has been ordered. Thus begins the countdown to my eventual Scalzification….
I'm in.
I retire (again and finally) at the end of the year. If after the first of the year I show up at Starbucks with a laptop and a copy of this book will this end up being one of those M.C. Escher scenes?
Jarhead: No, it just means that everyone will know what you're really there for.
John: Count me in too. I'm sure my son will have a great time with this book. Glad they did a second printing!
Damn! Wouldn't you know it? I just took my brand new laptop to a coffee shop this weekend. It's the first time in my life I've done that. I cranked out about 500 words and left.
I'm going to have to pick up a copy of the book.
Speaking of books, my copy of Android's Dream arrived from Powell's today. You're right about the texture work on the cover, they did a wonderful job.
After several contemplative minutes of playing Pat the Sci Fi Book, I decided that I like the sheep best. The letters of the title (in conjunction with the drop shadow) were a close runner-up, though.
Mine's on it's (future) way.
Man, I've turned into a soft touch. My Scottish grandfather would be horrified!
But these copies will pale in comparison to the divinely-inspired One True Edition, also known as the First Printing of the First Edition.
Are people really paying $250 for these? Not to blaspheme or anything, but I've already read mine…
Vincent Chong is an amazing artist, and will be huge, very, very soon!
I just went to buy "Coffee Shop", but felt that $17 postage to the UK was a little extreme. Damn shame. :-(
The Norwegian Woodsman, well sure. In fact I plan to hunt down Scalzi during his toastmasterific duties and get him to personalize my copy instead of selling it. Now, if I had actually seen what Old Jarhead reports, that might change my mind. $250 will buy a lot of other books. I don't think this printing will hurt that selling price too much as it will be the "second" printing. As well all know, first printings are to fleece, I mean, sell to collectors. Second printings are for those that want to read it.
Alas, it actually costs us more than $17 to send one average book to the UK these days. I certainly wish we could charge less for the shipping.
That's a real shame, William, but thanks for the response. I'm sure the run will sell out soon, but it's a shame that us poor UK readers won't have the chance to read it.
Maybe an opportunity to partner with a UK-based Small Press publisher? I can recommend several excellent ones (the things I'll do to save the cost of a stamp!)
Lee, there's a copy on amazon.co.uk for £188.23. In that context, the $17 shipping charge is an absolute bargain! ;)
Thanks, Jon – I'll see if they'll do a price-match on the book itself, then I'll be quids in! :-)
I saw, I caved, I ordered.
Coffee Shop is now available in electronic form (so you can read it on your laptop in a coffee shop while not fooling anybody)


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Beginnings is out today!
Beginnings is a novella looking at where Kate Martinelli and her family and friends have got to in 2015, eleven years after The Art of Detection. But in fact, the story goes back to the first book in this series, A Grave Talent, when young Inspector Martinelli moves into the Homicide division of the SFPD—a path that started with the death of her kid sister back when Kate was in college.
The story of that loss is one I've wanted to explore for a long time, and because 2018 was a year when I was taking my own path—volunteer work and no contracts to fill—this was the time to tell the story.
I greatly enjoyed writing it. I hope you like it.
Now, because this is a publication from Team LRK rather than one of my usual Big Publishing Houses, getting your hands on it is a little more, well, hands on.
What I mean is, you may need to ask your local bookshop to order it.
Get a copy from your local Independent bookseller.
Or have Bookshop Santa Cruz send you a signed copy.
Or ask for it from Amazon
Barnes & Noble and the e-books are coming soon, and there'll be an audio in the spring.
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make sure you've read the September newsletter, here, because the giveaway details are there, and it ends on Monday…
which is the day Beginnings is published!
Order your copy: SIGNED from Bookshop Santa Cruz; or pristine from your local Independent bookseller; or from Amazon (Barnes & Noble, UK & Commonwealth, and e-books will appear soon—and audio in the spring).
"Beginnings" Begins!
Thanks for the hundreds of you who played the jigsaw-puzzle game! We drew six winners—and Monica, Nicole, Steven, Penny, EA, and Maggie will all be able to gloat over their books at the very earliest possible minute.
Which means that Beginnings has a cover I can show you:
It's slowly going out to various online sites, but if you'd like to know more, or to have the pre-order information, make sure you're signed up for the newsletter (here)—it goes out Sunday, and will have All Sorts of News!
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Hey, it's time for a cover reveal–and an e-puzzle!
Here's what you do:
- Go here.
- Do the puzzle, on your computer or mobile device.
- When you've done it, send me an email to firstname.lastname@example.com with the subject Beginnings, and tell me what the main image of the puzzle is. We'll do a drawing from the correct replies.
BUT YOU ONLY HAVE UNTIL FRIDAY because it's going up on the publishers' site then. So spread the word, enter the contest, win
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How Do I Create an IT Business Continuity Plan?
Creating an information technology (IT) business continuity plan requires knowing the key personnel, equipment and processes of a business' IT department, then securely documenting all of that information. It also involves making sure that any critical data stored digitally is backed up to ensure a minimal loss of information if any type of disaster occurs, whether it is a natural disaster, some type of event that causes a loss of power, a disruption in communications systems or even a malicious attack from hackers or computer viruses. Working in conjunction with an overall disaster recovery plan, an IT business continuity plan helps a company to continue doing business and provide service to customers even in a time of crisis.
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SBFs lawyers signal need to push back October criminal trial
Lawyers representing FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried have flagged that it may be necessary to delay his criminal trial, since the defense is still waiting for a substantial portion of evidence and more charges have been brought against Bankman-Fried in late February. Meanwhile, law firms, investment banks and consulting companies working with FTX on its bankruptcy case billed the crypto exchange a combined $34.18 million in January, court documents revealed. FTXs chief restructuring officer and new CEO, John J. Ray III, also received a hefty pay package, charging $1,300 an hour, amounting to a total of $305,000 in February.
Biden budget proposes 30% tax on crypto mining energy use, double capital gains tax, and a ban on crypto wash sales
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Winners and Losers
At the end of the week, Bitcoin (BTC) is at $19,920, Ether (ETH) at $0,000 and XRP at $0.35. The total market cap is at $928.9 billion, according to CoinMarketCap.
Among the biggest 100 cryptocurrencies, the top three altcoin gainers of the week are Kava (KAVA) at 12.40%, Bone ShibaSwap (BONE) at 1.22% and UNUS SED LEO (LEO) at 1.05%.
The top three altcoin losers of the week are Stacks (STX) at -31.05%, Mina (MINA) at -29.40% and SingularityNET (AGIX) at -29.14%.
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Bitcoin battles $20K as trader calls bank chaos 2008 all over again
Bitcoin fell to its lowest price since mid-January on March 10 as cryptocurrency markets panicked over a potential banking crisis, data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows.
The BTC/USD pair saw the majority of its losses during the previous day's Wall Street trading as risk assets everywhere suffered setbacks courtesy of the markets cold feet on the back of major restructuring at Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) the United States' 16th largest commercial lender.
Will probably wick into 18-19k before this is over- but it's just a retest, pseudonymous trader Credible Crypto wrote on Twitter.
Uncertainty remains in the air as the aftermath of the meltdown at SVB is far from over crypto stablecoins in particular are feeling the heat. USD Coin depegged from the U.S. dollar on March 11, trading at $0.93 an hour after disclosing it had $3.3 billion held SVB, triggering a domino effect on other stablecoins.
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Sheremetyevo. Terminal D.
Moscow Region, Khimki, Sheremetyevo International Airport
Go to the customs representative at the departure point and present your completed Tax Free voucher, passport, receipts and purchases to the customs officer to have your voucher stamped. Be ready to present your purchases in an unused form for inspection.
Proceed to the nearest Sber Tax Free refund point. In some cases, they may be located at currency exchange offices. To receive a refund, present your completed Tax Free voucher with a customs stamp and your passport.
In a hurry? Use the Sber Tax Free mailbox located next to the customs office. Drop the envelope with the completed Tax Free voucher (with the customs stamp and your bank card details) into the mailbox to receive a refund to your bank card. You must specify the IP address of your email in the Tax Free voucher in case we need to contact you.
3rd floor, border control area, the checkpoint is located between the doors for the entry of passengers.
3rd floor, opposite the entrance to the Moscow business lounge
3rd floor, to the left of the entrance to the customs control point.


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Why junior developers are seriously awesome
- Publish Date
- Authors
- Pam-Marie Guzzo
Here at Test Double, we have the privilege of working with teams whose members range from fresh out of school to 30+ years in the industry. As consultants with a sneak peek into a large number of companies, we see the general preference to hire only senior developers. We've also seen the benefits our clients get from hiring people with wider ranges of experience, especially early-career developers, often referred to as "juniors."
Working with junior developers, I'm always energized by their passion to learn, optimism around what code can do, and questions I would never have thought to ask. There's an energy that gets lost after decades of writing code. Years of navigating a constantly changing landscape can be disillusioning for many. A new perspective can help even the most grizzled of software veterans regain some of that (relatively) youthful optimism. This is why I will always encourage clients to hire junior developers.
We'll talk about how not to treat new developers and how amazing these entry level employees are, but first…
Defining terms
It's important to get on the same page about what "junior" means. We've all seen the memes about what junior positions look like in 2021:
- 5+ years JavaScript
- 3-4 years C++
- 10+ years Docker/Kubernetes
- Familiarity with every cloud provider a plus
- Can knit a sweater
- Makes a mean ratatouille
- This is an JUNIOR LEVEL position
These memes reveal both a frustration on the side of actual junior developers and a reluctance companies have to take a chance on those with less experience. A junior, however, is really someone with less than 2 years of experience. Someone fresh from school or bootcamp. Someone who is probably still trying to figure out if this whole "software development" thing is for them.
Even in this limited group, you'll have a HUGE range of experience. You'll have the kids who grew up writing Minecraft mods in their spare time, but have never seen a Kanban or Scrum board. You'll have Project Managers who want to take the leap to a new career, but for whom TDD is a foreign concept. You'll have Quality Control Testers who are extremely familiar with all the ways code can go wrong but have never actually opened an IDE. All of these people bring something new and special to your team.
Now once you have some junior devs hired…
What not to do
There's one giant mistake I've seen companies make over and over again–hiring a fresh, eager junior only to give them the worst, most boring work available. Doing this is pure waste for a few reasons:
They will remember this. When they get a few years experience and recruiters come knocking, they will definitely answer.
You don't learn doing grunt work. Expanding tests can help someone ramp up quickly, but to be excited enough to want to do that learning it's best to start with a small feature.
Assigning grunt work violates autonomy and isolates juniors. The entire idea of having a sprint ready is for the team to pick up work as they are able and self-organize. If you're telling your juniors exactly what they'll be working on, what you're really telling them is that they aren't real team members.
If you embrace your new developers and give them opportunities to shine, they will definitely benefit your team. After all…
Diversity is a superpower
The first thing you get when you hire a junior developer is a brand new perspective on everything you've built. One of the quickest ways to improve code quality and clarity is to start having early-career developers, on day one, actively participate in Peer Reviews. Someone new to programming is going to ask the questions your most senior people will never have thought of.
Juniors, if given the opportunity, will shine an ugly light on your assumptions. If you can make your team a safe space to ask any and all questions, you will hear some absolutely brilliant ones. Your junior developers don't know "how it's always been done," they don't know what's broken that can't be fixed, and they usually don't have an ego needing to be appeased.
There's another advantage to posting junior positions when it comes to diversity. There are reports that women tend to only apply to positions if they match or exceed the requirements, meaning positions with lower requirements are likely to see more women apply. You'll also open the door to those normally shut out of tech–people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ individuals, and those from various backgrounds that don't normally get selected for opportunities and promotions.
Speaking of opportunities…
If your junior developer is fresh from school, there's a good chance they've been exposed to the bleeding edge of languages, computer science, AI, you name it. While some seniors find the time and energy to keep up on all the trends, many won't be able to. You can help your seniors learn and your juniors develop their public speaking and technical presentation skills by having them do lunch'n'learns or talks on the knowledge they desperately want to share.
You'll also want to have your seniors start mentoring juniors as soon as possible. Teaching is the best way to retain information, and your seniors are constantly learning more about the software they're creating. Walking a junior through test driven development, functional decomposition, and the nuances of whatever tech stack you happen to be using is the best way to reinforce best practices in your seniors.
Speaking of seniors…
The call came from inside the house
You need a senior developer who knows your tech stack, can fit in easily to your culture, and, magically, already has knowledge of your company's business domain. Luckily, if you've been smart and lucky enough to keep junior developers for more than 3 years, there's a decent chance you've already hired this person!
Whether or not a developer is ready for a bump in responsibilities this early in their career is going to vary wildly. If you've played your cards right—encouraged lots of training, mentored consistently, provided leadership and technical opportunities—you might be one of the lucky few to have a ready-made senior already working for you!
It's rare for developers to stay in one place for more than 2 years, often because a developer is far more likely to get a raise or promotion by leaving than by staying. You might lose your investment if a junior leaves. You'll definitely lose your investment if you don't give them a reason to stay.
PRO TIP: The secret to keeping your developers after a promotion? Don't scale salary based on the salary they had as a junior. Match their new position's market value when they get promoted.
Speaking of pro tips…
Junior developers can be a great injection of fresh ideas and new perspectives. They can help build leadership skills across your org through mentoring, and improve your software quality through their questions. Treat early-career developers as full members of your team from day one, mentor them, advocate for them, and you'll reap the benefits.
As people who have had the privilege of working with and training junior developers, we can't speak highly enough of the benefits junior developers add for our clients. Passion, diversity, and eagerness to learn are keys to great, productive teams. Hiring junior developers is a great way to get an injection of these qualities into any team.


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May 31, 2005
Name: gsmack
You suck...no doubt about it...you suck!
I enjoy these hate messages a lot more when you dipshits make comments about my sexuality and the bizarre state in which you believe it exists. It still doesn't make my site any more popular, but at least I know that I have you thinking about my penis.
May 14, 2005
Name: professor g-spot
the generic white guy on the right side of every tecmo page is freaking me out.
Here's a picture of admitted child cannibal, Albert Fish. The freakiness level of a guy in a football helmet should now have been reduced by at least 35% if my Fright Reduction Emergency Handbook has its calculations up to date.
April 22, 2005
Name: Curious in Cogswell
Location: Cogswell, ND
Inspired by the recent success of Nike's "Air Denny" product line, the Chrysler corporation is rumored to be working on a new vehicle designed to capture the spirit and image of Phoenix coach Dennis Green. Tell me Leonardite, what do you think this vehicle will be named and what special features will it have so it can personify "Denny".
These beach ball posts for me to hit out of the park are like the always enjoyable "Hey Leonardite, say something funny" request. If you seriously want me to create humor, tell me in your most serious tone of voice that you take offense to one of my opinions. A subpar mastery of the English language will also be greatly effective in accomplishing your goal of squeezing a one-liner from my fingers.
April 22, 2005
Name: The MCL
E-mail: email@example.com
Location: college
Oh Sheep Dawg, I now see that when I left the hallowed halls of Kindred, the student population went to hell in a handbag. It's quite obvious (I've done the research) that Mr. Bonga's "record" is truly second for two reasons. One, when the Leonardite ran his 83 yard reception into the record books, the lines on the field were crooked, something any Kinnert alumni should know is all too common. It was probably closer to a 86 or 87 yard completion. Secondly, the Leonardite caught his pass from a quarterback that wasn't a fat ass. That alone should be grounds for at least an asterick next to the record, if not a full blown investigation into the matter. While the MILCO investigation would hurt the morale of the student body, when your sitting on bedrock, you can't go much lower anyway.
Ah, go easy on him. You'd be pretty scarred too if you had to drive a car that was defiled by a man named "Phantom."
April 21, 2005
Name: Sheep Dawg
E-mail: email@example.com
Location: Paradise a.ka. Leonard
Mr. Leonardite, if that is your real name, I have two things to address with you.
#1 - You totally disregarded the MCL's comment about your 83 yard touchdown reception, which now ranks number two in Kindred High School Football history to Mr. Haberman's 85 yarder. This is more for the MCL, but it's your fault for not correcting it in the message below.
#2 - I may be mistaken on this, but I believe "Nasty" Brian Knobbs' Finisher, the PitStop, is the devastating manuever of taking his opponent's face and ramming it into his armpit. I may be mistaken, or you may have already known this and failed to put it in his biography.
I'm not positive, but a Leonardite's guess is better than anybody else's guess, therefore I'm assuming I'm right.
The 83-yard display of dominance may now rank #2 in the record books, but it is still number one in every fan's heart so I think his comment is still accurate.
And I find it disturbing, amazing, and awesome that mere minutes after posting all of my knowledge about Brian Knobbs, there's already an entry in the guestbook from a Leonardite who knows even more.
April 15, 2005
Name: The MCL
E-mail: email@example.com
Location: eulogizing our dear friend
Ladies and Gentlemen...The Leonardite...well, he's dead. After weeks of silence from him, it's safe to say that he has gone home to the stick. He is survived by his Nintendo, Monte Carlo, and Kindred High School record for longest Touch Down reception in school history. Truly, he was a giant among...shorter giants. Rest easy dear Leonardite...
I hate neglecting you guys because you people clearly have no obligation to keep coming back and yet you do. But sometimes when I have to weigh priorities, I usually have to give precedence to the people that have a bearing on my academic and financial future rather than those that send me Tecmo Super Bowl cartoons.
April 4, 2005
Name: The_Duck
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
As a Viking football coach (Kindred or Minnesota...doesn't matter) who would you take with the #7 pick in the upcoming NFL draft. Assuming that Paul Schmidt does not declare for the draft. Obviously his combination of size and speed is unnatural.
I could spend hours scouring the draft books or Mel Kiper's hair to find the next big star, but that would be a big waste of everyone's time. If Air Bud has left any indelible mark on athletic rulebooks - and it has - I would select a biologically produced mastodon from the science department at Northwestern University.
March 31, 2005
Name: The MCL
E-mail: email@example.com
Location: Jamestown
Leonardite, I liked the article on steroids and baseball. However, everyone, including yourself, has overlooked the gravest concerns of steroid abuse: 95% of current baseball players' genitals are so withered and useless that no progeny can ever spring forth from their loins again. I forsee the likes of Jacob Beto being the future "stars" of baseball. Leonardite, say it aint so...
Going solely on some of his prior nicknames, I'd say it's doubtful that the Tornado will be reproducing any time soon either.
March 31, 2005
Name: Ivy Roe
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Location: J-Diddy's dreams
Hi Leonardite. I was just using your forum to ask for the Iceman's hand in marriage. I love you John!
Apparently you've gotten Neil Roesler's website confused with Neil Clark Warren's website. While on the surface our pages may appear to be largely similar, his goal of "Bringing couples together for love" slightly deviates from my operations which consist mostly of making fun of people like Neil Clark Warren and pointing out exciting ways for my visitors to have fun with origami.
*Editor's Note* Flimflammer...!
March 28, 2005
Name: J Diddy
E-mail: email@example.com
Location: B-Town The Capital
It is true. There is nothing larger than a laaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrgggggge frosty. That is all.
March 21, 2005
Name: The MCL
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Location: here
All right Leonardite. We all get that you're on a spring break bender of mass proportions, but there's still the issue of the website. It might be high time to hire 1000 monkeys typing on 1000 type-writers to take your stead untill you can see strait again. You've created something larger than all of us now...even sweaty Teddy Johnson himself.
March 21, 2005
Name: David Fulcher
E-mail: email@example.com
Absolutely love your website, man, and what you have going here on the Tecmo homepage especially! Keep up the good work...I'm sure you get this message from quite a few people, as I can see from the guestbook, but who can wait? We need more updates! I want to see how this season plays out, especially since I haven't had the ability to play emulated Tecmo in over a year now. Well, actually, that's a lie. I have had the ability, just not the time. Yeah, it's rough when you don't even have time to play the greatest football game of all time anymore. Anyways, here's hoping for a simulated season in which those Dolphins actually dethrone those Bison Beasts from the East!
In the future, when webmasters replace rock stars and athletes as America's heroes, I look forward to being featured on G4TV's "Behind the HTML."
Reporter: "So, Leonardite, when did you realize you were starting to become a big deal?"
Leonardite: "When e-mails and guestbook entries started pouring in after I skipped a week of simulated Nintendo football, I had a pretty good idea. I guess I'd also have to give credit to the time those death row inmates shaved my URL into their prison bitch's back hair in Mississippi. A guy can't buy that kind of advertising."
March 19, 2005
Name: Will killer
what the hell is going on in this guest book? P.S. why hasn't tecmo season been updated? I'm waiting feverishly!
A lesson for today's brave new world: Anything that can be spammed will. This includes guestbooks. Of course the spamming messages and links are so confusing and foreign that the dosage of narcotics you would have to take in order to understand them would likely be lethal to most earth mammals. However, I would like to bring out the official Leonardite.com spam response for this occasion:
"Nice site. Really enjoy the web hit plunge annoying. +++ Seen site my beautiful things? Go forward yourself sex mightily. Dirigible fester muchly so."
March 16, 2005
Name: The MCL
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Location: down home
Hey Leonardite. How do you like your Bar-B-Que: Dry rub or wet?
March 16, 2005
Name: Base
I dont know all that but I do know that hell will freeze over before Oakland makes the elite 8.
Guest Webpage Response:
Courtesy: Backstreet Boys and Mariah Carey R and B Web Page
For you BSB-Haters, you may want to know that I have the power to edit your comments, so it could end up looking like you LOVE the Backstreet Boys. Insulters BEWARE..I have the POWER! Also should you decide to enter the chat, I warn you that BSB fans will be on you so fast, you won't believe it. Faster than bees to honey!!! You have been warned!!
March 15, 2005
Name: The Other Leonardite
E-mail: email@example.com
Location: God's Country, Leonard
Mr. Leonardite, with your knowledge of college basketball, winning the annual kindred bracket tournament as a senior, who do you forsee in the Final Four and who do you see winning the whole thing?
And a more important question, am I retarted for picking Oakland, not not California, it's in Michigan, to make the Elite 8?
Please, enlighten me.
Honestly, I don't really care about all the money bracket hoopla that much anymore. Sure, I dominated the annual KHS tourney in '02, but it's what you do with the winnings that's important. Is putting Oakland into the Elite 8 crazy? Perhaps. But I'd call you downright insane if you didn't start a school-wide sportsbook with your winnings, should you of course take home that Dots box crammed with five dollar bills.
Even if you don't, there are very few things I've done in my life that were more satisfying than collecting illicit wager sheets in school every morning and profiting like a Rockefeller in the process. This behavior gets my highest recommendation.
March 9, 2005
Name: Simon Belmont
Location: Texarkana
Did Jim McMahon commemorate his Week 4 start with a "Frankie Says Relax" headband?
No, but he did wear a smoked visor which counts for a lot in my book.
In my Week 1 indoor flag football season a few weeks ago we got totally jobbed out of the game by a lazy referee who wanted to go home rather than maintain the integrity of such an important contest. I didn't let him get away with it, though. Sure, I didn't get the call overturned, but that 20 year-old kid getting paid nothing to watch us play football for three hours deserved to be told he was "full of shit" ten times, among other scathingly true beratings. I was heroic enough that I had members of the other team holding me back. It was a proud moment. I wish my Mom had been there to see it.
February 27, 2005
Name: TheEvilOne
Location: Oklahoma City, OK
Hello, and this is a nice site you've got here.
I was quite saddened the other day to hear of the death of Reggie Roby. I have many good memories of playing Tecmo and just absolutely booming kicks with him. He was a pretty good punter in real life, too, and also was a good person. He'll be missed.
Black punters are about as rare as white halfbacks, and black punters who wear wristwatches during the game are about as rare as Mongolian ICBM strikes.
I was pretty sad to hear this news. You knew it was important when, upon reading the news, I immediately called a buddy to inform him. And you knew it was REALLY sad news when he put a gun to his head after I told him and joined Roby in drop kick heaven. His family blamed me for his untimely suicide until I informed them of the Roby situation, upon which they bought me a cake to say they were sorry. That was nice of them.
February 25, 2005
Name: The_Duck
E-mail: email@example.com
Location: Schmittys_Davenport, ND
So the arguement about trading Randy Moss seems to have reached a stalemate.
some say Vikes should keep him, others say trade him. some feel throwing in the rights to Jim Plunkett and the Vikes would've walked away laughing.
This bickering is getting to me. I mean arguing is like running the Special Olympics....even if you win, you're still retarded right? no offense to Corky Thatcher. he had downs syndrome and was not retarded.
I can't even try and be wittier than this line: "no offense to Corky Thatcher. he had downs syndrome and was not retarded." so I'm not going to even try.
But I will say that I am quite familiar with Schmitty's House of Dead Deer in Davenport and I have never seen you there. Although, I guess it's possible that somehow you were able camoflauge yourself amidst 1,200 severed deer heads.
February 18, 2005
Name: The MCL
E-mail: email@example.com
Location: dorm room
Aloha Leonardite.
I love Hawaii. Such a beautiful state and chain of islands. There is one thing I don't love however. That is the Pro Bowl. Seriously, why even have it. No one cares, be it the players, fans, or the coaches. I forgot when the game even was this year. Leonardite, it's high time you came up with a better concept to honor the games finest.
Like an NBA player reading a Dr. Seuss book, I have struggled with this tricky piece of material. I think I have finally come up with an answer, however.
We see players get hurt all the time in relation to the mini-games around the Pro Bowl. Several players pulled out of this year's game thanks to these festivities, Robert Edwards essentially had to retire after an injury in sand football, and none of us will ever forget Terrell Davis's career-ending incident when Gilbert Brown ate him at a luau.
What we need is real competition. The football game itself is a no-contact borefest, so let's bring in the real full contact game that tests the mettle of any true man: Musical chairs. Pick the top 30 players, sign contracts with hot musical stars to promote their songs during the game, and put 29 chairs out at midfield. We play until one man is left standing, in which case he will enter the next NFL season with "Musical Hercules" emblazoned on his back, XFL-style.