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by Keb » Fri May 03, 2013 10:49 am
It always pays to have a thing in the contract so a home inspector (one that is accredited) will come through and do an inspection of the home before you close the deal.
I went through hell trying to fix up my mother's house a couple years ago because the buyers hired some hotshot home inspector who came through and said we had to change this and that. It was so bad. They wanted us to basically dig up the garden so the woman could plant, which they put in the contract as "landscaping", so we cut the grass, left the manual mower there and got on with our lives.
Watched an interesting show a couple weeks ago about people who buy homes that are former meth labs and grow-op houses. A lot of the construction work in those after they're seized is very shoddy and not up to standards, yet contractors and sellers seem to get by.
by Jack Burton » Fri May 03, 2013 10:54 am
We had a home inspector and he did point out some issues with the basement. Our problem was we underestimated what the work that needed to be done would cost and the previous owners complete and utter ineptitude in fixing shit. We frequently refer to them as the Half Asses.
by CountD » Fri May 03, 2013 10:56 amI love my home. It's one of the oldest in the borough, well water, large rhodadendrons and japanese maples, zoschia grass, lots of room inside, dual a/c units.
The unfinished basement is my practice studio.
but yeah, Jack is right, every house is a money pit. Sometimes they rush construction on new ones and 'forget' to do things like peal the backing off the roof shingles or something. You have to expect the unexpected.
by Chesscub » Fri May 03, 2013 11:08 am
Your previous owners didn't have a last name of Roberge did they? They left holes in walls and electrical that was bleh.
by CountD » Fri May 03, 2013 11:16 amconsider a fence for your home.
I'm getting one, you should, too. It's a nice way to ensure your privacy and keep things sorta safe.
always go 6' vinyl, w/ steel reinforcements.
by outsider » Fri May 03, 2013 11:17 am
At my previous house, the dryer wouldn't vent to the outside, making the humidity/moisture level crazy in the laundry room. I checked the outside vent & it was clear. I went back inside, pulled the dryer vent hose and it was like a damn clown/magic trick. The dumbasses must have bought a 20' hose and instead of trimming it, just shoved ALL of it in the crawlspace.
by Jack Burton » Fri May 03, 2013 11:18 am
No it was Hill.
What these people did was have a finished basement without a true heat seat up. We were assured the electric fire place heated the whole space.
It wasn't even close. I played Mass Effect 3 last year wrapped in an afghan with the heated air blowing directly on me. So we figure no big deal how much can it cost to reheat duct a basement?(here's a tip...It's a bunch)
They also never finished flooring the basement. They ran out of laminate flooring so the threw a rug over it. They didn't even put the flooring in correctly in the first place.
So in February we tore down the previous ceiling tile(which btw had started to sag) had the heat duct re-worked, double checked the electric(because at this point these people could not be trusted) and installed a new ceiling.
I'm doing the floor next year.
by Chesscub » Fri May 03, 2013 11:22 am
Oh geez that's amazingly dumb.
by Keb » Fri May 03, 2013 11:24 amMy brother moved into his brand new house 6 years ago. On the weekend he moved, the Sunday actually, he filled up his jacuzzi tub, hopped in and there was no pressure coming from the jets. He thought "oh well" and sat there for ten minutes or so. Then he felt kind of useless and was annoyed so he got out, changed and went downstairs to get something to drink. He walks into his kitchen and the ceiling had a HUGE leak.
Some idiot had punctured the jacuzzi pump and it leaked, going down to the kitchen ceiling and dripping from the light fixture. Luckily he had the site manager's number and called him and got it fixed the next day, but it was funny when he called home in a mad panic asking us to bring towels.
by Chesscub » Fri May 03, 2013 11:25 am
Making it rain : u r doin it wrong.
by Pink_Orchid » Fri May 03, 2013 11:27 amCongrats. My only advice, don't ever get a second loan on it. Just don't.
by Keb » Fri May 03, 2013 8:09 pm
We got the basement finished by the builder in or old house. Eventually we ripped out the carpet and had tile put in (my dad smoked in the basement so it was awful), repainted and had a gas fireplace and a kitchen put in. It became the perfect little entertainment den. We rented it out as an apartment too.
by syxxpakk » Thu Jun 06, 2013 1:02 amNow we're having second thoughts. The seller wants to wait until a week before closing to repairs per the inspection. In addition to this originally she wanted a very quick closing date . We also found out that someone pulled out of buying at the last minute prior to us. I know I can't be 100% comfortable, but for the amount of money I'm going to spend over the next 30 years, I don't think I should be losing sleep either (which I literally am right now). The repairs aren't minor, BTW, the most major of which has to do with poor foundation.
Thoughts, Outhouse?
by Keb » Thu Jun 06, 2013 7:49 amHave you spoken with your real estate agent and lawyer?
If the sale of the house is contingent on the work being done, then it NEEDS to be in the sale agreement. Absolutely 100%. Unless she plans on lowering the price so that you can afford to get the work done yourself, you should not buy a house that has foundation issues.
If you are able, see if you can renegotiate the inspection terms. Try to get an accredited inspector in there prior to closing, maybe a day or two. Make certain they are accredited and YOU (or your agent/lawyer) choose the inspector. Sounds like this seller is trying to pull some shoddy repairs on you guys.
Be firm. Sellers usually just want to get their money and get out. If you or your wife don't feel comfortable with this, just pull out. There are always going to be other houses. You can always buy, fix and flip, but if you don't have the money to fix the house it's probably not worth dipping further into debt to do.
by CountD » Thu Jun 06, 2013 7:55 amfoundation issues?
I'd pull out.
That's like having termites or a leaking oil tank in the ground.
Things like that can potentially cost tens of thousands of dollars.
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As the noise began to rise from the crowd cheering for the harvest, Marne was focused on making sure that no one walked off the field without a Start! Bible. If someone doesn't have a Start! Bible when they leave, they probably haven't been talked to, encouraged, instructed, or prayed for. She spotted two young ladies headed for the exit. She introduced herself and began explaining to them what the Start! Bible was and how it is different from other Bibles. Marne instructed them to go to a church, to seek fellowship with other Christians, to pray daily, and just all around encouraged them. "Don't ignore the Lord; He's speaking to you," she told them. Then she prayed for the girls' relationships, jobs, for them to continue to follow Christ in their lives and to open up opportunities for them to tell others about what Christ has done for them.
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Voice commands
It uses the internet with Google Voice for at least the music, Elon mentions it around 2:30.
(Here's the direct link if the embedded one doesn't work... http://youtu.be/vIMeXIRLXKU)
Yep, and I'd expect on native command support not no 3rd party API extensible options for aspiring developers. At least TM can update the cars firmware for more options in the future though.
Wow, how about that for a poorly worded sentence.
I'd expect native command support only.
No 3rd party API extensible options for aspiring developers, but it would be super cool to remotely start a song playing or something like that. At least TM can update the cars firmware for more options in the future though.
My 2010 Mariner hybrid has Ford Sync for voice-command of my phone through bluetooth - it can read text messages to you, as well as let you dial numbers or to "call _name_ on _cell/home/work/whatever_" Works like a charm.
The voice control also covers music, including radio, CD and any storage device you connect via the USB port. It can index my 3/4-full 80GB iPod and recognize "play album _album name_" or "playlist" or "artist" etc. Very very slick stuff.
That is the future of car interfaces. Bah! Humbug to touchscreens, knobs and buttons for all but the essential functions (AC, heat, volume, on/off).
The 2010 Fusion hybrid also had voice commands for climate control (set temperature by voice command in either Celsius or Fahrenheit) and other functions.
Of course, both vehicles had a few key redundant buttons on the steering wheel for hanging up the phone, adjusting volume and advancing up/down songs/radio stations/etc. on one side, and cruise control on the other side (no voice control for cruise, as far as I know, and that is a good thing, as far as I am concerned!).
News flash. TMC has hacked the Roadster interface for iPhone/Android apps. Looking for "contributors".
Send me a roadster, I'll contribute.
Does someone have a list of commands for the Model S?
Sorry, does someone have a list of VOICE commands for the Tesla S?
Like everything else in my house, the Model S doesn't respond to the standard voice commands such as sit, stop, no and give it to me now.
From the Owner's Guide:
You can use voice commands to call a contact, navigate, or listen
to Internet music. Press and hold the voice button on the upper
right side of the steering wheel. When you hear the tone, speak
your command. Release the button when you finish speaking.
• To call a contact, say "Call" or "Dial," followed by the contact's first and/or last name(s). For example, "Call Eric."
• To navigate, say "Drive," "Navigate," or "Where is," followed by an address, business name, business category, or landmark. For
example, "Drive to Tesla in Menlo Park."
• To listen to the Slacker Internet music service, say "Listen to," or "Play,"
followed by the name of the song, album, artist or combination. To
improve voice recognition accuracy, provide multiple cues in your
command, such as artist plus song (for example, "Play Free Fallin by Tom Petty").
@michael1800- LOL.. can't wait to bump into your Model S at the gym after it divorces you.
I just learned that besides playing a particular song or an artist, you can also say "Play Jerry Seinfeld" (or other comics) and you will hear 5-7 minute bits from him and other comics like Dane Cook, Steve Martin and others. Love it.
That's a great tip. Thanks jeffrey.begens@
Big help for all owners
I found that every time I voiced a command it would never understand me. When my daughter would say the same command it would work. My voice in far from a barratone but I found if I speak in a false seto my chances of getting understood became much higher.
I hope 5.0 is better and I hope it does not need Internet connection.
Be nice to turn on cruise control and set (or reset) the speed with voice command, instead of having to monkey with the lever all the time.
@murraypetera Strange that you have to use a false seto. I use the real seto commands, and it works OK for me.
Perhaps you should try speaking in a stack catto. PS, also consider a music or italian class.
My T ms is a beauty to drive but voice command seems to be not as responsive as on my 10 year old Acura or
2year old Lexus. Is this a fact or I should go to TM delivery store for some lessons?
@rpssks Hold the button, hear the beep, continue hokding the button, speak your command using "listen to" "Where is" or "call" wait a beat then release the button.
Songs with contractions don't do well.
Hope that helps.
"play" "find"
I find the voice commands better than Porsche, Jaguar, or BMW.
With those cars I used them once or twice during the entire ownership.
In 5 days with the Model S I have used it at least 15 times and marvel at its abilities.
I may have low expectations from my previous experiences however.


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Posted on Thursday, July 17, 2003 - 6:39 pm:
There are many words and concepts that are closely associated with Honduran culture. Unfortunately, "volunteerism" isn't one of them. Therefore, you can imagine my pleasant surprise to find that there is a new institution in Honduras called the Presidential Agency on Volunteerism.
The agency, headed by Otto Martinez, was established last year by the Maduro Administration. I liken it to Americorps in the US, which was created by the Clinton Administration in 1993. The mission of the Agency on Volunteerism is to promote volunteerism in Honduras and strengthen the organized participation of society in the search for solutions to community problems.
These sound like very nice words, and the idea behind the effort is noble enough. Only time will tell whether this agency will succeed in capturing the hearts and minds of the Honduran public. In the industrialized world, citizens generally have more spare time on their hands than people in developing countries such as Honduras and easier opportunities to get involved in volunteer work. In the US, the infrastructure for individuals to channel their excess energy is well-developed.
In Honduras, this "channeling" process for willing volunteers is a little more problematic, a lot more cumbersome. My sense is that Hondurans can be inspired as much as anyone else to give of themselves freely and enthusiastically to worthy causes. But there has to be some creative leadership for this to happen and be sustained for generations to come.
Given the lack of an ingrained tradition for volunteerism in Honduras, such leadership cannot occur in isolation. It has to be developed and reinforced through relationships with individuals and groups for whom the spirit and experience of volunteerism comes as second nature.
There are thousands of individuals representing hundreds of organizations, companies, churches, and universities abroad who are working on a wide range of projects to help meet the basic needs of the Honduran people. Some are as large as Catholic Relief Services (www.catholicreliefservices.org), while others such as Rodger Harrison's Paramedics for Children (www.paramedicsforchildren.com) and Michael Miller's Micah Project (www.micahcentral.org) are much smaller.
The bottom line is that all of these foreign volunteers are making a real, albeit quiet, impact on Honduras. What is missing is not only more coordinated interaction between these groups, but also between these groups and the Honduran government and Honduran businesses. Imagine the exponential growth effect that you might put in motion if everyone--Hondurans and their foreign friends--were working from the same page and sharing information and contacts as a rule, rather than as the exception.
One of the panels at the Conference on Honduras in Copan Ruins on October 24-26, 2003, will be the Panel on Volunteerism. The goal of that panel will be to encourage a national dialogue on how citizen volunteers can work jointly, seamlessly with government and industry in Honduras to facilitate and expand the valuable work in which they're already engaged.
For information on the Presidential Agency on Volunteerism, see www.presidencia.gob.hn/voluntariado. For more information on the Conference on Honduras 2003, see www.projecthonduras.com/conference.
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While many group fitness trends have come and gone, kickboxing has proven to have staying power in facilities across the country. Energizing music and exhilarating moves fuel this high-intensity workout, making it a fun alternative to pounding a treadmill. While most people are familiar with traditional boxing gloves and hand wraps, other tools are available to keep classes fun and challenging. Adding new equipment to a beginning or existing class is a great way to take your participants' workout to the next level.
Freestanding Bags. If you have room for a somewhat large piece of equipment, freestanding bags are a great way for participants to exert a higher level of force than with a kick-and-punch shield. They can be purchased either individually or in groups of up to four bags linked together by a centered pole. Use these bags in a similar way that you would use a kick-and-punch shield.
Kick-and-Punch Shields. When pressed for floor space, kick-and-punch shields are a great way to practice almost any kickboxing exercise. When properly trained, participants may use the shields to perform partner exercises, or personal trainers may use them to cross-train clients. The shields may be purchased in smaller sizes for punching only or larger sizes that may be used for both punching and kicking. It is important to wear protective wraps, gloves and shoes when using these pieces.
Shadowboxing Bands. Shadowboxing bands are a great way to add additional resistance to any level of kickbox workout. Similar to traditional tubing, shadowboxing bands have foam rollers that protect the body from rubbing against the tube and foam-covered handles that provide a comfortable grip. A great alternative to wearing gloves for resistance, these bands allow for easy set-up and beginner friendly use, especially for those participants who are leery about using punching bags.
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Strapped Hand Weights. Like the weighted gloves, strapped hand weights are a great way to add extra resistance to a kickboxing workout. While they clearly are not to be used with punching bags, the weights may be used to practice various punches with the benefit of additional strength training. Standard weights start at around one pound, but strapped hand weights may be adjusted using add-on weights to challenge even the most advanced participants. Keep in mind that strapped hand weights, like weighted gloves, are not appropriate for an entire workout; they are more suited for short periods.
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Dylan Schmidt plans to turn his love of cars into a career, and he's going to get a lot of help from the Ford Motor Co.
Schmidt, an 18-year-old senior at Sycamore High School, recently won a $24,000 scholarship from Ford for taking second place out of more than 200 entries in an automobile design competition called "Designing for the Future."
Schmidt's prize-winning entry was a hand-drawn sketch he made of a concept car targeted at affluent 20- to 30-year-olds. He called it the 2025 Lincoln Obsidian.
"I'm a total gearhead," Schmidt said. "Like 'Top Gear.' Best show ever."
Schmidt, who takes physics and calculus classes at Kishwaukee College's Engineering-Math-Science Academy, will be attending Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, Mich., in the fall. He plans to study transportation design.
"The program's one of the best in the country, " Schmidt said. "They have 100 percent [graduate job] placement, they're very selective. The professor told me they let in like 12 kids a year."
Schmidt was admitted to the school in October and found out about the contest through the university, which cosponsors it along with Ford. It was a project right up Schmidt's alley – he's sketched thousands of vehicle designs in his young life, ever since he first started playing street racing video games on his first PlayStation.
Schmidt learned of the project about a month in advance, and said the timing of the deadline couldn't have been worse.
"It was really difficult because I was studying for my calculus and physics finals at the same time," he said. "The project was actually due the day of my calculus final. That was ridiculous."
Yep, that's college for you.
Schmidt, who considers the 17-foot 1956 Lincoln Continental Mark II to be one of the coolest cars Lincoln ever made, designed a concept car that followed his basic premise that "you can design a car with a wide wheelbase that's a two-door and it will almost always look good."
He called the vehicle "obsidian" after both the color, and the fact that it's a strong material that Native Americans used to create arrowheads and spear blades. He chose the Lincoln badge because that line doesn't generally appeal to people in the 20- to 30-year-old demographic.
Unlike most of his competitors, Schmidt drew his entry freehand, again and again until it was styled just right. He received his award Jan. 13 in Detroit.
In addition to the scholarship from Ford, Schmidt also will receive a $10,000-a-year scholarship from Lawrence for his academic standing, as well as $6,000 a year for his portfolio.
In the years to come, his handiwork could be shaping the vehicles we drive. Or the concept cars at the auto show. Good luck to him.
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Bit my tongue: During our conversation, Schmidt told me he was interested in designing most any kind of vehicle except – shocker – minivans.
If there's one thing anyone who's ever been young knows, it's that minivans aren't cool. They're Steve Urkel on wheels.
I was never going to own one myself. But they're just so … handy. You can pile all manner of things into them. You can take the family on a long roadtrip, or just stick the kids in the third-row seat to get some separation.
The list goes on.
I know people still fighting the good fight, still trying to hold out against the siren call of the minivan. I see you guys driving around in new-age station wagons and SUVs, trying to be hip, get better gas mileage and not turn into your parents.
But if you have two or more children and want to take them anywhere, the minivan is king.
You think we'd be driving around in them if that wasn't true?
What guys like me need are guys like Schmidt to design a minivan that looks cool. Or is that not possible?
• • •
Elect a clerk: It's good to see that the office of DeKalb city clerk finally generated some interest.
No one filed to run for the position in time to get their name on the ballot, but four people (Leonard LeGrand, Liz Peerboom, Lynn Fazekas and former Clerk Steve Kapitan) are running as write-in candidates.
The DeKalb City Council would have preferred no one run for the position ever again. They've wanted it to become an appointed job, but the voters overwhelmingly said no in November.
The city council has lowered the pay for the clerk from $30,000 a year to $5,000 and gave most of the clerking duties to an assistant.
The citizens are the ones with the right idea on this one, though. The argument for keeping the clerk position is simple – the city clerk keeps all city records, and is the freedom of information officer for the city.
If that person is elected, they are accountable to voters. If they're appointed, they are accountable to whichever city employee happens to be their boss.
An independent clerk who is accountable to the public will be far less likely to seek to conceal potentially embarrassing or unflattering public records than someone who could lose their job if they angered they wrong person on the city staff.
I'm not suggesting that anyone currently working at City Hall would pressure a subordinate not to release certain information.
But this is the kind of change that, once made, tends not to be reversed.
So it's good that the city is sticking with an elected clerk.
The winning candidate must be a force for government transparency and accountability. Who will be? We'll try to get to the bottom of that before it's time to vote.
• • •
Good sports: The Associated Press Sports Editors annual newspaper contest is a tough one.
Sports writers and editors from around the country enter their best work in the various categories; this year, the Daily Chronicle's sports staff won seven Top 10 awards.
Congratulations to all of the winners, who included sports writers Steve Nitz and Anthony Zilis and web producer John Sahly. Sports editor Ross Jacobson's team also earned recognition for having one of the Top 10 special sections among newspapers with less than 30,000 circulation for the special section on Northern Illinois University's trip to the Orange Bowl.
It's great to see the Daily Chronicle's staff named alongside some of the country's other top small newspapers.
Let's hope 2013 turns out to be a great sports year and those guys stay busy.
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MTFS loves this week's IFB project, which is to create a playlist of ( a few of the) tunes we're tapping our toes to, jigging our hips to, shedding a tear to and even playing a bit of O2 Guitar to ....Enjoy!
Love and Affection ( Joan Armitrading) – Pure poetry
You are the best thing (Ray La Montagne) - We all have someone we'd like to sing this to
Fairytale lullaby (Bombay Bicycle Club) – Sweet and soporific
That's How You Know ( Amy Adams) - TB's personal fave... and yours too before long
Poker Face ( Lady Ga Ga - as if you didn't know ) - Another of TB's favourites
Firework ( Katy Perry) - Again, on TB's hot list
Never Going Back Again ( Fleetwood Mac) – Love the acoustic guitar in this track
The Blower's Daughter ( Damien Rice).... Heavy Sigh
Don't go breaking My Heart (Rachel and Finn - Glee Cast) – Upbeat cheese
Running Up that Hill (Kate Bush) – A great track from a genius songster
Better together ( Jack Johnson) - Because two is better than one
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I am starting to realize that I can do nothing on my own
Everything that I start to build crumbles into nothing
Itís safe to say no matter what I try I fall so short
This unrelenting pride continues to widen the space between you and I
Is there a point in trying to change?
No matter what I do it always stay the same.
But I feel like this has been made for me
Is there something more that I canít see?
All I want is to let go
I try so hard; this pride still grows
Just for once to breathe in deep
And catch a glimpse of what you see in me
So many years of sorrow and grief
The bitterness I tasted in the face of defeat
How can I forget the joy of the mountain tops down in the valleys?
And even amidst the struggle of finding the man that you have called me to be
Your love reminds me that though I am broken I am still standing I am still screaming
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No matter what I do, You always stay the same.
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ESPN-Chicago reported that Bears' general manager Phil Emery said his team attempted to sign Roach, but was up against the salary cap and Roach "wouldn't make the necessary adjustments,'' instead accepting the Raiders' offer.
Roach joins free agent signee Kaluka Maiava and incumbent Miles Burris on a team that is expected to part with three-year player Rolando McClain.
An undrafted free agent out of Northwestern, Roach (6-foot-1, 234 pounds) was originally signed by the San Diego Chargers in 2007 but signed with the Bears upon his release.
He is a veteran of 59 starts for coach Lovie Smith's primarily Cover 2 defense, playing both the strong side and in the middle.
Roach started the final four games of the season for Chciago in place of Brian Urlacher and was considered the logical choice to take that position this season, with Ulracher a free agent.
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Meanwhile, running back Mike Goodson, according to multiple reports, has signed with the New York Jets.
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by Garofani Spruzzo » Wed Apr 06, 2011 1:15 pm
The truth is, I had them leave one for you because I was sorry to hear about what happened to your dog.
by guitarsmashley » Wed Apr 06, 2011 1:20 pmIt looks like the speculator market is already too late on this one.
by Punchy » Wed Apr 06, 2011 1:24 pm
There were about 3 copies left.
by Garofani Spruzzo » Wed Apr 06, 2011 1:29 pm
There are two other British people I felt sorry for as well.
by Garofani Spruzzo » Wed Apr 06, 2011 1:30 pmPlus, there are other books to speculate on...heh heh..
by Punchy » Wed Apr 06, 2011 1:43 pm
Like Nonplayer and Undying Love? I got them too.
by Punchy » Tue Apr 12, 2011 6:38 amButcher Baker, The Righteous Maker #1 - Untitled - Casey & Huddleston
Story - Well that was.... interesting. Butcher Baker is probably one of the strangest first issues of a comic I have read in a long time, I'm really not sure what to make of it. Which makes trying to write 3 or 4 paragraphs on the book a rather difficult proposition.
I think the main reason for this is that BB,TRM is shorter than most comics, at only 18 pages of story (plus a healthy amount of backmatter so you get your money's worth), Joe Casey has to cram a lot in, and I don't think he managed enough cramming in #1 to really hook me. I'm certainly interested in this book's unique tone, but I'm not really sure why yet.
The basic plot is this; Butcher Baker is a retired superhero (kind of a Captain America analogue) who loves fucking. He is visited by Dick Cheney and Jay Leno and recruited by the Government to kill all the super-villains he arrested and are now too expensive to incarcerate. On the way to the Prison in his massive truck, he pisses off a cop and monologues, then he blows up the Prison. The End.
That's it really, but it's all spiced up with a lot of nudity and sweating and weird ideas. But this alone isn't enough. I'm not a fan of self-consciously 'wacky' books which pile as many 'shark ninja zombies fighting robot monkey cowboys in space' in them, and I fear that Butcher Baker may become that, just trying for non-sequitur bollocks. Hopefully later issues will allay this fear, but as I said, based on this issue, we just don't know yet.
At the moment, the thing that sets this book (apart from the art, more on that later) is the sexually explicit nature of the book. On the first page we get a Doorknob shaped like an actual Knob. There are tits everywhere, and Casey livens up the exposition by having it take place during an Orgy. I'm not sure how I feel about this, I mean, it's not like nudity is that shocking, but this is much more in-your-face than most comic book nudity. I mean look at that cover. Comic books have matured in a lot of ways, but in many ways their take on sexuality and sex is very adolescent. Maybe Butcher Baker will be the book that finally picks up where American Flagg! left off and explores sex properly. Or maybe it'll just be gratuitous stupidity.
As you can probably guess, the main tone of this review is that even after reading this book more than once, I am still none the wiser. I feel that this book doesn't really stand alone. Luckily #2 is out this week, so things could be cleared up. Joe Casey is a writer who is always worth getting behind, he's always trying something new. And even if I don't quite get what this book is going for, I'm still interested in following it.
Art - Mike Huddleston is an artist I'm not familiar with, but he puts in some fantastic work here, especially since he is the colourist as well as the penciller. Every page pops with life and energy, and his style changes a lot, even from panel to panel. This makes the book a frenetic read, and it really fits the odd-ball nature of Casey's script. His caricatures of Leno and Cheney are spot on too, as are his depictions of male and female genitalia and what happens when they come together. I wouldn't go as far to say that it's worth picking this book up just for the art, but it's damn near that.
Best Line - 'You know me, Dick ... I convinced an entire nation that I'm not the douchebag they think I am'
Yes that's right,a Punchy 7.
by Zero » Tue Apr 12, 2011 8:10 amA Punchy 7 is just a 'Punchy'. It's the Wolverine of comic scores.
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One recent sunny morning at a 200-acre farm in McDonough, Ga., an Atlanta suburb, three young girls sit at a table shucking just-picked corn. Nearby, a woman collects money from visitors for the corn and for pick-your-own blackberries. In the distance, workers tackle other farm chores.
It's an idyllic setting, just 30 miles south of the city, and Jimmy Carter, who is not related to the former president from Georgia, is in his element: His grandfather bought the farm in 1938, and Carter grew up here, then came back home to run it in 1975.
"Farming is something that's instilled in you that a lot of people don't understand," says Carter, 65. "There's something about nature, and the soil, and how the good Lord blesses us, to create a beautiful atmosphere to raise a family."
Now, Carter is working to ensure that his son Jake, 31, can carry on and keep the farm in the family. Seven years ago, Jake became partners with his father in this farm, just as Jimmy Carter had done a generation ago with his father.
"What we've done so far is we've formed a corporation," Jimmy Carter says. "We're 50-50 in it. That is the entity that runs the farming operation. At this time, the land is still owned by me. The goal we have this year is to decide what to do going forward with the land. We have the opportunity to purchase some adjoining land to expand the operation. We've made an offer. So we have to figure all that out."
It's called succession planning — laying out a road map for the future so that property passes from one generation to the next without a debilitating tax bite that could prevent children from taking over the family farm.
It's a critical matter for a nation trying to prepare the next generation of farmers.
According to the Department of Agriculture, family farms account for about 98 percent of all farms in the USA and for 85 percent of the nation's total agricultural output. About 70 percent of the nation's farmland will change hands in the next two decades, and recent surveys show that about 89 percent of farmers don't have a farm-transfer plan, according to the USDA.
If farm families fail to plan for succession, the farm is more likely to go out of business, be absorbed by larger farms or be converted to non-farm uses, according to the agency.
"It (succession planning) is extremely important," says Siva Sureshwaran, national program leader for USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture. "The average age of a farmer in the U.S. is 57. In any other industry, that would bother everyone."
The USDA also supports Land Link programs around the nation, such as California FarmLink, which connect retiring farmers and beginning farmers. The agency's Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program, started in 2009, trained more than 5,000 new farmers and ranchers in 2010, the most recent year for which data are available, Sureshwaran says.
"The next generation of people entering agriculture needs to be trained so they can be profitable and sustainable," he says.
But figuring out how to keep the family farm rolling — and in the family — is not just a one-and-done deal.
"Succession planning is something that is done over time," says Van McCall, chief lending officer at AgSouth Farm Credit, part of the national Farm Credit System, a cooperative network of lenders that serves agriculture in rural America. AgSouth Farm Credit provides financial services in South Carolina and Georgia.
"It's something that a (potential) lender does assess," he says. "If something happens to the business continuity, can someone come in to take over that operation?"
From Father to Son
Lee Watson, who grows about 2,000 acres of corn, soybeans and wheat near Bellevue, Ohio, is planning for his son, Dusten, to take over the operation. Lee Watson started farming with his father in the early 1970s. He's 59 now, and about five years ago, he started researching how he could pass the farm on to Dusten, 35.
"I'm in the process of transferring shares of the farm to him," Lee Watson says. "It's important to do for inheritance tax purposes. It can be a large amount of debt for a person to start out with on their own. I've always worked for this. I'd like to see that land and the operation stay within the family."
In their case, creating a succession plan is relatively simple because Dusten is an only child. "Other families sometimes have to deal with, 'How do you make it fair?' " Dusten says. "There may be some kids that want to keep farming, and others want no part of it. For people that have two, three, four, five children, it can get pretty complicated."
The Watsons say they met with an estate attorney and an accountant to work out their plan and are transferring the operation of the farm from father to son.
"It's probably more difficult for my father," says Dusten Watson. "For 40 years, he's been calling the shots. But some day, I hope to be doing this for my son."
Sureshwaran says succession planning should begin five to 10 years before retirement.
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Spanning Generations
Eric Tanouye, whose family grows tropical flowers and plants for their Green Point Nurseries in the upper Puna district on the Big Island of Hawaii, wasn't sure which of his three sons might one day take over the business.
"One of my responsibilities was to get one of my sons to come into the family business, if I could," he says.
His middle son, Jonathan, 23, graduated from the University of Hawaii with a degree in horticulture and decided to follow his father into the family business. "I wanted to maintain that legacy," he says.
When Jimmy Carter's grandfather bought land here in 1938, it was a dairy farm. Carter, who had gone away to school, served a stint in the Army and worked as a lobbyist for farmers in Atlanta and Washington, D.C., came back in 1975.
"I formed a partnership with my dad and my uncle," he says. "In 1979, I bought them out of the partnership." He sold the dairy operation in 1986, raised beef cattle and produced hay and other animal feed.
In 2005, Jake, who had followed his father around the farm since he was old enough to walk, realized that farming was in his blood, too.
But Henry County, which had been largely rural farmland when Jake was growing up, had changed. Starting in the late 1980s, the county had been swept up in the real estate boom that sprawled across metropolitan Atlanta.
"A lot of the farms got developed," Jake says. "We saw an opportunity in agri-tourism. More and more people were moving into our community, and we saw an opportunity to share our farming heritage with the community."
They incorporated as Southern Belle Farm. Visitors can learn how farmers once milked cows; buy pick-your-own strawberries, blueberries and blackberries; or wander through a corn maze in the fall. The farm hosts 70,000 to 80,000 visitors each year, including about 20,000 schoolchildren on field trips.
"Growing up here on the property, I always wanted to be a farmer," Jake Carter says. "Now, I'm able to do that and teach people about farming. People come here, and they feel like they are going back to their roots."


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Saturated Fats
Eating a diet high in saturated animal fats, like those found in red meat and high-fat dairy, notably increases your risk of breast cancer. A study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute in 2003 interviewed 90,655 women and found that young, pre-menopausal women between the ages of twenty-six and forty-six who consumed the highest amounts of red meat and high-fat dairy had a higher risk of breast cancer than those who ate only a small amount of these fats.
What's interesting, according to the study's principal researcher, Eunyong Cho, is that this study "found that earlier [dietary habits] have a stronger impact on later breast cancer risk. In other words, women had an increased risk if, as young adults, they had a higher intake of animal fat, mainly from meat and dairy fat." But don't think that this means there's nothing you can do now to reverse the damage. You can. Remember, other studies show that decreasing your saturated-fat intake lowers your estrogen levels and significantly reduces your danger of developing breast cancer.
When you eat saturated animal fats, they make the cells throughout your body more insulin-resistant, and consequently increase the level of insulin in our blood. This seemingly innocent, normal response actually brings on a flood of increased risk; high insulin levels are one of the biggest risk factors and promoters of breast cancer. Women with abnormally elevated insulin levels have a 283 percent higher risk of developing breast cancer than those with normal insulin levels.
Saturated animal fats are a storehouse for concentrated toxic chemicals such as pesticides. Some of these chemicals mimic estrogen and make cell division in the breast speed up rapidly. The faster cells divide in your breast, the higher will be your risk of breast cancer. If the animals and animal products you eat were not organically raised, the level of toxic chemicals in them can be quite high. In addition, these animals are commonly given hormones and growth factors that, when you ingest them, speed up breast-cell division. These hormones are also very dangerous for women with breast cancer, because they cause breast tumors to grow more rapidly.
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Organically raised animals, by law, must be fed only organically grown foods. They cannot be given any antibiotics, hormones, or growth factors. Despite this, organically raised animals aren't always completely toxin-free. Some of them may have small amounts of toxic chemicals concentrated in their fat. Why are there toxins in organic animals? Primarily because, instead up being confined in stalls, they graze in pastures. Although being outdoors is a good thing, our environment is contaminated with hundreds, if not thousands, of toxins. Rainwater may, and often does, contain poisonous chemicals. When it rains, these dangerous compounds fall onto the pasture and into the ponds where organic animals eat and drink.


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Oscar-winning actress and newly anointed "Star Wars" cast member Lupita Nyong'o is set to star in and produce an adaptation of Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's novel "Americanah."
Nyong'o is partnering with Plan B, the production company of her "12 Years a Slave" co-star Brad Pitt, along with D2 Productions and Potboiler Productions, the filmmakers announced Thursday.
Part love story and part social critique, "Americanah" tells of two young Nigerians, Ifemelu and Obinze, whose romance spans continents, visas, phone cards and breakups. The novel won the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction and appeared on numerous top-10 lists last year.
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With 2 weeks left to go, Auction Mania is in full throttle. From the posters designed by Pace Kaminisy in 300 phone kiosks throughout the City to the media buzz, things are in full swing. But what is this thing, the Bailey House Auction? Let me describe it to you like this. Where can you go to mingle with 1000 of the best looking people in NYC while you pick up a Mapplethorpe and bid on chance to do the weather with ABC's Sam Champion? Or, let's put it this way. Where can you go to drink and eat all night, bid on over 250 items like fabulous trips, "meet and greets", New Year's Eve in the ABC booth above Times Square and a cool Herb Ritts photo for only $250?
The best part is while you're drinking custom blended blue drinks you will be rubbing shoulders with some of the sexiest celebrities around. In past years auction goers hobnobbed with Tim Gunn, Anderson Cooper, Simon Doonan, Jonathon Adler, the Duchess of York, Martina Navitolova, Susan Sarandon, Luci Arnez, Cindy Crawford, Parker Posey and Ashley Judd. You may have even ended up in Bill Cunningham's pictorial column in the NYT Sunday Style. Nice.
Yes, the Bailey House Auction & Party is the thing dreams are made of. Well maybe that's too dramatic but here are some of the fantasies we know will be activated by this year's experience. Will the Armani model be free later? Will ARod throw a ball my way when I'm in my Premium seats on Opening Day? Will Sponge Bob wave to me as I watch him float by from my VIP seats at the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade? Will Tim Gunn think my outfit should be on Project Runway? Good luck and remember that like the NYC lotto commercial says, "you've got to be in it to win it". .
Run out and buy your tickets now. Or better go to www.baileyhouse.org and get them online. And keep in touch on our facebook page for updates on new items and other exciting news! I'll see you at the bar. Maybe Anderson Cooper will stop by and we can quiz him on what it's like to spend New Year with Kathy Griffin. Blue margaritas anyone?
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I live 364 days for this one!
Still recovering. This year's event was the coolest.


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Shea Stadium
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Shea Stadium was the home of the New York Mets major league baseball team before being replaced by Citi Field in 2009. The stadium was named after William Alfred Shea, an attorney that led the efforts to attract a second baseball team to New York after the Dodgers and Giants moved to the west coast in the late 50s.
Groundbreaking occurred on October 28, 1961 and the 55,601-seat stadium was dedicated on April 17, 1964, a year behind schedule. The stadium cost $28.5 million to build and included motorized stands that permitted conversion to a football configuration. The New York Jets also played at Shea from 1964 until 1983, when the Jets moved to New Jersey following a failed effort to finance a renovation of the stadium. The building was one of the aesthetically-challenged "cookie-cutter" multi-purpose designs that proliferated in the 1960s and, since it was in the approach to LaGuardia Airport, was deafeningly noisy.
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Can Scraping Non-Infringing Content Become Copyright Infringement... Because Of How Scrapers Work?
from the this-seems-troubling dept
Judge Fogel concluded that the allegations of the complaint made out a sufficient claim of copyright infringement because Power Ventures "need only access and copy one page to commit copyright infringement." The court also found that the ToU prohibited downloading, scraping or distributing content from the Facebook Web site content except that belonging to the user, and that in any event, using automated methods, i.e., "data mining, robots, scraping, or similar data gathering or extraction methods" to access any content were also prohibited by the ToU. Thus, the court found that the allegation that Power Ventures accessed Facebook via automated means constituted made out a claim of direct copyright infringement, while the allegation that Facebook users utilized the Power.com interface to access their own profile pages made out claim of secondary copyright infringement.Thus, because the terms of service said you can't do any automated scraping of the site, it's suddenly infringing? Even worse, the court found that even though the data being used by Power.com isn't owned by Facebook (it's the users') the scraping was still copyright infringement, because in order to scrape the non-infringing content, Power.com had to first "scrape" the whole page. O'Toole explains:
OK, so far the court has found that Power.com made unauthorized copies of the Facebook Web site. What about the fact that Facebook does not own the copyright in its users' profile data? Facebook surmounted this hurdle by arguing that the content of the Facebook page that surrounded the user's data is copyrightable and is owned by Facebook. According to Facebook, the Power.com scraper operated in a manner that required it to copy the entire Web page in order to extract the user's profile data....All of this seems a bit troubling, as it would effectively rule out scraping even non-infringing content, just because the scraper had to first read through copyrighted content to get to the non-infringing stuff. But, that seems to go against the entire purpose of copyright law. The fact that the scraper reads copyrighted content shouldn't mean that it's infringement. It's not doing anything with that content other than using it to find the content it can make use of. Anyway, this ruling probably doesn't mean all that much, since it was just to reject the dismissal request, but it does seem odd that the judge gave so much weight to Facebook's terms of service, and seems to indicate the mere act of scraping can be copyright infringement.
Note that the court is conditioning its ruling on the assertion that the Power Ventures scraper necessarily copied the entire Web page before it processed the page and extracted the profile data. That comports with my (limited) understanding of how a Web scraper works. But is it true? If it were true, couldn't an argument be made that this is a fair use of the page? I'll leave that for better lawyers.


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Since the initial launch in 1994, the Brandon Hall Group's HCM Excellence Awards has been widely recognized as the "Academy Award" in the human capital management field.
This is the first time a China-based company has won the award.
As a crucial part of its strategic digital transformation progress against the "Internet+" environment, this insurer is dedicated to becoming a world leader in integrated financial services, yet faces huge challenges.
The firm has 800,000 life insurance sales staff and about 236,000 full-time employees, serving about 100 million customers global wide. To achieve its business ambitions, the insurer required a cross-industry comprehensive upgrade to its staff's knowledge and skills. However, the one million+ employees are highly geographically dispersed—85 percent are mobile—making training extremely difficult.
A robust integrated system incorporating updated and effective training content, training deliverables and training channels was the key to revitalizing its existing organizational legacy.
Mobile learning model design
Personnel training on mobile learning courses
Learning content development
Mobile learning platform design & development
Operation & promotion.
Numerous subprojects were also delivered, including the following:
Mobile learning research
Model design & training
Development in mobile courseware & platform
Micro-class designer training
Since Phase I of this project the insurance enterprise has increased its salesforce's effectiveness, reducing classroom training days by over 5,200 and saving $14 million in training costs through nearly 400 micro-training courses. In the meantime, it recorded higher work efficiency equal to over 156,000 working days, and cross-selling sales increased by 26 percent.


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Four were killed in three different incidents in the sprawling port city and the fifth in the northwestern city of Peshawar, on the second day of a nationwide three-day drive against the disease, which is endemic in Pakistan.
Sagheer Ahmed, the health minister for Sindh province, of which Karachi is capital, said he had ordered a halt to the anti-polio drive in the city in the wake of the shootings.
Senior Karachi police officer Shahid Hayat said another polio worker was shot dead in the city on Monday, but the circumstances of his death only became clear on Tuesday.
In Peshawar, which lies close to the restive tribal areas, a haven for militants and hotspot for polio, two attackers on a motorbike fired on two sisters working on vaccination, killing one, senior police official Javed Khan told AFP.
The incident took place in Mathra suburb of Peshawar which borders Mohmand tribal district, Khan said.
Hayat blamed "militants who issued a fatwa against polio vaccination in the past" for the Karachi killings.
Pakistan is one of only three countries where the highly infectious crippling disease remains endemic, along with Afghanistan and Nigeria.
But efforts to tackle polio have been hampered over the years by suspicion over vaccination drives.
The Taliban have banned immunisations in the northwest, condemning the campaign as a cover for espionage since a Pakistani doctor was jailed after helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden using a hepatitis vaccination programme.
The ban – to protest against US drone strikes and because they allege that the anti-polio campaign is a cover for espionage – risks the health of 240,000 children in North and South Waziristan tribal areas, officials say.
Tuesday's killings in Karachi took place in parts of the city dominated by Pashtuns, Hayat said. Pashtuns are the dominant ethnic group in northwest Pakistan and have a sizeable migrant population in Karachi.
WHO, a partner in government efforts to eradicate the disease, suspended vaccination activities in part of Pakistan's largest city in July after a spate of bloody shootings.
A UN doctor from Ghana working on polio eradication and his driver were shot in part of Karachi and three days later a local community worker who was part of the same campaign was shot dead in the same area.
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Prana Law PLLC needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 106 designs submitted by 25 freelance designers.
Solo Plus LLC
I am an ex-big-firm attorney who's out to help the little guys, the solo practitioner and small firm lawyer that's strapped for time and resources. Solo Plus LLC aims to revitalize their practices by providing high-quality, affordable legal research and drafting services. It'll take a load off their chests, freeing them up to find new clients and to boost their bottom-line. Solo Plus is not the typical law firm, and a winning logo should convey this.
Solo and small firm lawyers who are strapped for time and money.
- I prefer something with hues of blue, black and grey. I'm open to anything though. - Maybe a red, orange, yellow scheme?
- I want to use this logo on my website, business card, e-mail signature, and potentially on letterhead. Please make sure the resolution, etc. is appropriate for each use. Because I'd like to use the logo in print, please provide a CMYK image in either PDF, EPS, SVG, Corel Draw CDR, or Adobe Illustrator AI format.
- No stock images
- No gavels
- Nothing like what you'd find on a traditional law firm website.
- Slogan: "Research and Briefing for Solo and Small Firm Lawyers" - One idea is a graphic, possibly a slick, cartoonish drawing of a person. (Something like: http://www.abstrakt-design.de/; except dressed as a lawyer.)
I really like the 3D drawing on this site!!! 3D is preferred to 2D.
- Bonus points if you can contrast it with something like this: http://www.abstrakt-design.de/kontakt.html, illustrating the busy solo lawyer.)
- maybe include link to http://www.soloplusllc.com
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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(defttag :redef!), so that
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definitions. Thus, note that even system functions can be redefined with a
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Montenegro's First Gay Pride Attacked By Hundreds Of Extremists
The debut of Montenegro Pride was marred by a violent showing of extremists who pelted the LGBT community with rocks and chants of "kill the gays."
Several hundred extremists shouting "Kill the gays" attacked gay activists and clashed with police on Wednesday in a bid to disrupt the first ever pride event in staunchly conservative Montenegro, which is seeking to improve its human rights record as it bids to join the European Union.
Angry assailants threw rocks, bottles, glasses and various other objects — including chairs from local cafes — at several dozen flag-waving gay activists who shouted back "Kiss the gays." A shower of stones and bottles also landed on special police securing the gathering in the coastal town of Budva.
Police then intervened to push the attackers away and allow the event to continue. The participants briefly marched by the sea before they stopped to hold speeches as extremists shouted insults from a distance. Later, police again clashed with smaller groups of extremists scattered throughout the town.


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Mexico part company with coach Chepo
Mexico fired manager Jose Manuel "Chepo" De la Torre early Saturday morning, about three hours after an embarrassing home loss to Honduras in World Cup qualifying.
• Gomez: Sacking 'Chepo' may be too little, too late
• McIntyre: El Tri chaos adds spice to Tuesday's U.S. clash
• Review: U.S., Mexico both lose qualifiers
• Canales: An ominous sign of things to come
Luis Fernando Tena, one of de la Torre's top assistants, will take up the post on an interim basis. Tena has won the Mexican league twice and is held in high regard for guiding Mexico to the gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics.
Mexico lost 2-1 to Honduras on Friday, only its second ever loss in World Cup qualifying matches at Estadio Azteca, and the first since 2001.
The Mexican federation wasted little time after the match firing De la Torre. Officials announced the news at about 3 a.m. ET on Saturday.
"In a dialogue with Chepo, I asked for his support to name Tena the technical director of the team," federation president Justino Compeán said Saturday.
Compeán said Chepo was given a lot of support, but the game results mattered the most. Mexico have not won a match at Estadio Azteca in 2013, crashed out of the Confederations Cup in the group stage and failed to make the final at the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
"Since the beginning, this program was formed with Chepo, Tena, (and assistants Salvador "Chava" Reyes and Eduardo "Yayo" de la Torre). All highly professionals, but unfortunately the game results didn't reflect the effort behind the program."
Chava and Yayo will stay with the team under Tena.
"I supported Chepo's continuity [with the team] and we obviously failed ... I failed," Compeán said.
The defeat to Honduras leaves Mexico fourth in the six-team CONCACAF group, six points behind leaders Costa Rica, who beat the U.S. 3-1 on Friday. Only the top three qualify for the finals in Brazil next year, while the fourth will go into a playoff series against Oceania winner New Zealand.
Mexico are next in action Tuesday when they travel to Columbus, Ohio, to take on Jurgen Klinsmann's U.S. team.
Mexico have not missed a World Cup since 1990.
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|2007-02-06, 14:37
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Join Date: Feb 2007
That works great with the perl RSS parser (tvtorrentfetch) I use for my bittorrent Client (mldonkey) too.
|2008-03-24, 11:43
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Tech Bloke
Since Animesuki's RSS feeds do not offer any means to filter by series and/or fansub group, I wrote a PHP script which downloads the relevant Animesuki XML feed (caching it for 15 minutes as required by the XML information page) and outputs it as a uTorrent-compatible RSS feed. The source code for this script can be found here. It's very much a quick'n'dirty solution, but it does work. I'm sure there are ways in which it could be improved, so if anyone here is interested, have at it. Alternatively if there's anything the script does with regards to Animesuki that it shouldn't be doing, please let me know.
EDIT: also in case it isn't obvious, the script takes 3 arguments, one of which is optional:
sid (required): Animesuki series ID
gid (required): Animesuki group ID (for multigroup releases, can be either group's ID)
v (optional): version (e.g. XviD, h264)
|2008-05-22, 06:31
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Location: Surrey, UK
Age: 34
Many thanks for the PHP script Danj. Just a couple of suggestions though:
1) $release->torrent->direct on this line:
echo "<link>" . $release->torrent->direct . "</link>\n";
echo "<link>" . htmlspecialchars($release->torrent->direct) . "</link>\n";
2) I replaced $release->version == $vidver on this line:
if ((isset($vidver) && ($release->version == $vidver)) || (!isset($vidver))) {
if ((isset($vidver) && ( preg_match("#" . $vidver . "#i", $release->version) )) || (!isset($vidver))) {
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|2008-07-21, 09:02
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Hey Guys,
Simple question.
Any way of coaxing the xml with some nice GET statements to retrieve a list of series ID's ?
I'm thinking along the lines of something like this:
But in XML Form.
Something like:
<vintage>Apr 2008</vintage>
But yeah, can easily parse the html table and create something like that anyways. Just wondering if there was already an existing xml interface for retrieving series information, something to link the ID and Title together
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if (!isCached()) { dlSeriesXml(); }
$ourXML = simplexml_load_file($filepath . $seriesid . ".xml");
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|2011-06-17, 06:20
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Is there an option that can be given to the xml or rss feeds to get the list of new licenses ? Or even put something in the xml feed when requesting an update on a licensed series?
At present it just seems to return an error, it would be great if it returned something with the 'licensed' field set or something, that way any sites using the feed will know to stop using it or the series. For example I parse the xml and store the results in a db, and the db updates from the feed, but it dosnt know if the series was licensed since last update, and so just keeps the old torrents listed. Basically means its showing the torrents and links as normal.
|2011-06-20, 09:56
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Surrey, UK
Age: 34
Are you saying you'd like an RSS feed for the licensed database? Unless you've got quite a few series in your database it'd probably be easier to check each series feed individually to see if they return the: series is licensed error.
I appreciate how inefficient that might be though, so the other thing you could do is write a PHP script that takes a look at the source for the licensed database front page, and get the licensed anime names from that. I'm not sure how the Animesuki staff would feel about someone scraping that page (you'd probably have to ask permission first), but given that only a few animes are added each month, you'd probably only have to scrape that page once a week.
An RSS feed for the licensed database would be a good idea for version 3 of the Animesuki site. You might want to repost your post into wishlist thread, so that GHDpro knows about it.
|2011-06-20, 23:52
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Age: 36
There has been some discussion already about what should happen about the licensing list, given that licensing has become a lot more dynamic and complex in recent years (with region-locked streaming-only licenses, and the like). I think an RSS feed seems like a good idea as a potential addition as well, but we'll see who has time for it and when...
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I am originally from the birthplace of many performing pigeon breeds, the city of İzmir in the Republic of Turkey.
You might have heard of İzmir by its' historical name Smyrna or Simirna.
I moved to the states when I was around fourteen years of age. Now I reside in the states of Maryland.
Through out my life I have kept pigeons; Kelebeks, Döneks, Mısıris and Taklas.
At this time I keep Muffed Döneks and enjoy their performance abilities a great deal.
I thought, it would be a good idea to share this interesting hobby with other fanciers interested in performing breeds.
In the mean time, if I get to make a few good friends it would be the icing on the cake.


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GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — At least one person was injured after a small plane crashed on takeoff from Great Barrington Airport on Tuesday evening. The victim was taken to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries, according to YNN.
There were reportedly two people in the Piper Cub.
The crash was reported shortly after the plane took at 6 p.m. by FireGround360. It apparently came down across the line in Egremont near Route 71.
Egremont firefighters were called to the station; scanner reports stated the plane was 400 to 600 feet from the runway and "in trees" near Pumpkin Hollow Road.
No further information was immediately available.
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A Lifeflight helicopter turned back after hitting poor conditions over the mountains. The patient was taken to North Adams Regional Hospital and a few hours later taken to Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center by ambulance.
The crash reportedly occurred when the vehicle went over an embankment at the dead end of Highland Avenue. That information has not been confirmed by police.
ADAMS, Mass. — A single-vehicle accident early Saturday morning left two young people seriously injured, according to scanner reports.
A Lifeflight helicopter that
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — A Chase Avenue man faces multiple charges after crashing an SUV into a State Road residence Friday, causing damage to the home's foundation.
Chad Slick, 29, is charged with use of a motor vehicle without authority, leaving the scene of an accident, driving with a suspended license and negligent use of a motor vehicle.
According to Police Director Michael Cozzaglio, Slick was upset when he left a New Street apartment and lost control of the vehicle at about 11:15 p.m. The 1995 GMC Jimmy went through a line of bushes and struck the corner of the
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Balsamo was sentenced in Berkshire Superior Court on Monday morning to six to 10 years at the Massachusetts Correctional Institute at Cedar Junction on the vehicular homicide charge. The other charges were filed.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A Connecticut woman pleaded guilty on Wednesday morning to charges related to the Sandisfield crash that killed Erin Dufour of Chicopee last year. Dufour, who was also listed by authorities as residing in Tolland, spent much of her life in Western Massachusetts.
Pamela N. Balsamo, 48, of Cedar Lane, Barkhamsted, Conn., appeared before Judge John Agostini in Berkshire Superior Court. She pleaded guilty to single counts of motor vehicle homicide
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — A city woman was killed Friday afternoon in a three-vehicle crash on Route 2 in Orange. Her identification has not been released pending notification of family.
Police identified the woman as 59-year-old Anne Hill at 7:24 on Saturday morning.
Three others were injured in the crash, which occurred at about 3:15. State police from the Athol barracks responded to the scene.
Preliminary investigation by Trooper Frank Parillo indicates that a 2003 Toyota Matrix operated by a 59-year-old North Adams woman was eastbound on Route 2 when it veered into the westbound lanes, striking a 2008 Hyundai Elantra operated by Catherine Runge, 25, of Quincy. The Toyota
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