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This scorched-id ashvomit from a bitter, unattractive androgyne is representative of a lot of spoiled word salad written by emotionally shattered Millennials. It's featured on the hallowed screen of the Chateau because it encapsulates just about every psychological disorder afflicting the inhabitants of the currently operative mating market.
See if you can spot the try-hard misappropriation of Heartistian ideas in her snarkbark.
My Tinder match decisions had grown more rapid and decisive. Handsome but no bio and all shirtless gym selfies? Dick is abundant and low value. Lists only an Instagram as a bio? Dick is abundant and low value. Quotes Jack Kerouac's "The only ones for me are the mad ones…" Dick is abundant and low value. Went to Burning Man…twice? Dick is abundant and low value. Member of an improv troop? Dick is abundant and low value.
Technically, she's right. Dick is abundant (aka sperm is cheap) and, therefore, low value. But if she were to finish her thought — she wouldn't dare — she'd have to admit that high value dick is scarce, in fact scarcer than is high value pussy, and that her real problem is getting too much attention from loser men and not enough attention from the winner men she wants who aren't desperate enough to momentarily flatter her self-conception as part of a low investment strategy for an easy lay with a rancid skank.
Dick is abundant and low value. I had gotten my new motto amidst the worst break-up of my life.
Break-ups are especially hard on women when they are the ones getting dumped. Women in their sexual prime are rarely cast off outright. Usually, when a man tires of his girlfriend, he strings her along and starts to check out while keeping his eye open for new possibilities. A man would have to be completely fed up with his girl to dump her cold before having another plate in his cabinet.
Shaken to my core by the degrading insults my ex had hurled at me but also mourning the permanent departure of some poetically good dick,
A frequent semantic ploy of Millennial chicks is their straining to ape the sexual prerogatives inherent to men, or their claiming to do so to an audience of like-minded bitterbitches cheering them on. The urban warrioress wants the world to know she has the sexual appetite of the most promiscuous men, because it infuses her with a false sense of power in the face of personal crisis.
I was spending a day mindlessly refreshing Twitter and reading up on how to spot sociopaths.
Dead giveaway she loves her some sociopath schwing.
Send an unsolicited photo of your lower body in your laundry-day underwear with your hand suggestively but not sexily placed over your semi and not even bothering to crop out your poor cat? Dick is abundant and low value.
If you look weird and have an unfeminine personality, it shouldn't come as a surprise that the kinds of men contacting you are also weirdos with a poor grasp of of the concept of selling themselves.
Some will read my gleeful rejections on the many faces I encounter on Tinder as evidence of a disturbing uptick in malevolent, anti-male sentiments among single straight women. It is not. It is evidence of us arriving nearer to gender equilibrium where men can no longer happily judge the clear and abundant photos and carefully crafted profiles of women but become incensed when they take the opportunity to do the same.
This paragraph doesn't make any sense. How does she reject on Tinder faces? With a vigorous clit flick? And how can men no longer judge the clear and abundant online dating photos of women? Are men blind, or just the men who contact her?
It was not always thus.
Painfully bad writing. If it weren't for the internet, what would all these feminist Austen-wannabes do with their time?
I hoped that the obvious would become clear and that he'd do what I would do when faced with rejection: slink away to a remote cave and hope to find a sudden and merciful death. Instead, he flooded both my email and Facebook page with accusations of egregious superficiality and a sudden change of heart regarding my own attractiveness.
Note the subtle attractiveness-affirming humblebrag. Typical self-contradicting feminist. "I reject your patriarchal beauty standards, forthwith and egregiously. But not before I mention this one guy I rejected who acted like I wasn't cute when it was so clear to both of us that he did think I was cute when he thought he had a chance."
And, for all its faults, I still find Tinder delightful. […] No one can address me without my consent, which I can withdraw with an unceremonious "Unmatch" at any time. […] It is a special joy to left-swipe such profiles back into the bowels of Hades from whence they came.
Woman with low SMV imagines that a technology particularly suited to the insta-courtship, low investment preference of fly-by-night men is somehow a blow for female sexual empowerment.
When Tinder matches occurred, these men stormed into our messages with all the social grace of Steve fucking Urkel but none of his endearing sincerity with appeals like, "Sexy dress. Hook up?"
Men give women what they think women deserve. If you look like a good-to-go slut and you have a Tinder profile, most men will think you deserve little more than a dick pic.
They wore jerseys for teams that suck.
She's got to pare down her 463-bullet point checklist by at least 462 bullet points.
And almost every last goddamn one of them found their whiskey habit absolutely fascinating.
Fascinating enough that she remembered them and wrote about them.
When these tactics repeatedly failed them,
Did the tactics fail them? This chick seems to have no comprehension of the appeal to men of the low investment, mass mailing seduction strategy. If 1 out of 100 drive-by "hey baby" Tinder come-ons work, that's a roaring success considering the few seconds of effort it requires to put the plan in motion.
It would be sad that they inadvertently admitted that they actually just have no game if there wasn't such a spiteful sense of entitlement in such sentiments.
Bless their blue-balled little hearts.
Alert: Unloved harridan enjoys visualizing herself in the role of temptress heartbreaker.
Meanwhile, a substantial number of other men guessed that women using Tinder might enjoy wild romantic gestures like using punctuation in sentences instead of winky faces, or asking which trains we lived off of to pick mutually convenient meeting places, or bringing their own condoms because safety is everyone's responsibility. These men who care more about women's realities than their own fantasies are the ones who still actually get laid on Tinder.
She's yet to form a lasting bond with this kind of man. Mysteries of the universe.
While some women only use Tinder to seek long-term relationships, the
assertiontruth is that many of us are actively trying to find no-strings attached sex and even more are at least open to the possibility of it on an initial meeting.
Slut wants NSA sex, shocked to discover men who want same thing aren't Prince Charming.
It is understandably non-negotiable for many women that this meeting take place in public because the law does not look kindly on us if we are assaulted after showing up at a new man's home nor is it any kinder to women who welcome new men into theirs.
I am one of many women who has upgraded these initial encounters into sex and have grow increasingly skilled at selecting for only the most exceptional sex with every swipe.
David Fatrelle smiled knowingly.
One guy was 20 minutes late to our museum date and it turned out it was actually closed so we went to Ikea for our date instead. Ikea where love goes to die! Ikea. I carried his clunky-ass light fixtures across an industrial part of town in August heat wearing skinny jeans and still let him see me naked that day.
Well, that's the kind of thing desperate LSMV women who love entitled jerks do.
I halfway had sex with an investment banker who insisted on bringing his shitty little dog into my pristine cat's lair.
What you are witnessing is the raw, uncensored id of a loveless and unloveable shrike having a mental breakdown online as she recollects with exquisite detail and simmering rage all the badboys who dumped her after they squared away a few jackhammer sessions with her shredded snatch before moving on to less crazy pastures.
The truth is,
Autonomic female verbal tic meaning "the truth is not".
sluts like me are everywhere on Tinder but we aren't impressed by men who are positively beleaguered by the prospect of having to put effort into getting laid,
Funny, if you aren't impressed by these men, why did you fuck so many of them that you were able to recall and write up a compendium of them as part of your mental health rehabilitation?
nor do we like it when they mock the boundaries of our girlfriends who want to use Tinder only for traditional dating.
Strange non sequitur. I'll leave it as a challenge for the readers to parse its hidden meaning. My guess: She's been used a few too many times by men as a pivot to score with her hotter girl friends.
But I've found enough value on Tinder to keep going, swiping and unmatching bad profiles out of my life at the first sign of unreasonable expectations.
Power Swiper. With any luck, Tinder will still be around when she's really old (and not just old-looking), and she can assuage her butthurt spinsterhood by swiping away randos who love her as much as they love the other 100,000 Tinder ladies they've gallantly wooed.
Their corner of Tinder is a dark place, dense with hapless souls who didn't realize that the centuries-long period of dick overvaluation is over.
Yet there she is, in the dark place with these hapless souls. So that makes her…?
The writer — and I use the term loosely — of this soul-scarred confessional is Alana Massey. You can follow her on Twatter here.
Esteemed winner of the CH Attention Whore of the Month award:
29-year old Millennial, or 50-year-old meth addict? If she's the slut she says she is, she's a great PSA for women to lay off the cock carousel.
(My shiv needs sharpening after this carving.)


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Mike Capps, president of Gears of War and Unreal Engine powerhouse Epic, gives one reason why his company isn't yet developing a game for the PlayStation Vita.
Considering he also told GI.biz in an interview, "I'm not sure how well it's going to be accepted in our Western market which is primarily where our games sell", it's fairly clear where the company's opinions on Sony's upcoming handheld lie.
That's not to say there won't be Unreal Engine-powered games on the Vita, because there are. There just isn't one coming from Epic itself. And from the sounds of it, won't be for some time.
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Padres Edge Yankees The Seaview Little League Majors Division game between the Yankees and Padres on April 28 was a pitching duel. The Yankees' Adam Cavecche, Jake Froehle and Jack Andros, as well as the Padres hurlers Nolyn Jacobs, Zac Ciulei and Jacob Price, kept the game scoreless into the ninth.
But the Padres' Tanner Hord singled, then stole second, third and ultimately home as the Padres earned a 1-0 walk-off victory. The Padres are now in first place.
Robinwood Minor A Division Pirates 10, Yankees 2: Yankees pitcher Drey Despot and Pirates pitcher Seth Hoetker kept the score low, as it was tied 1-1 after two innings.
But Hoetker later hit a two-run home run in the third inning, when the Pirates scored five runs. Hoetker now has five homers in his last five games.
Connor O'Brien made an unassisted double play at third base in the fourth for the Pirates.
Hoetker gave up one run in 3 2/3 innings. Cade Palma came in for the Pirates with the bases loaded and got out of the jam, with a strikeout. Hoetker went three for three and Bryan Robinson scored twice.
Angels 15, White Sox 11: The Angels' first-year player Nolan Arotcharen hit his first home run, a grand slam in the second inning. He also had a double and went three for four.
White Sox pitcher Troy Kent struck out the side in the third. Brett Rudy hit two home runs for the White Sox. Colin Fathauer and Kevin Arent both hit a double to help the Angels regain the lead.
Fathauer struck out eight in 2 2/3 innings and Chance Sommerville added 12 strikeouts in five innings for the Angels. Brandon Vacarro, Kale Noble, Noland Andersen, Cody Griffith and Blaine Rierderich of the Angels all contributed with clutch singles and doubles.
Minor B Division Mariners 9, Angels 8: Jared Ramirez hit a walk-off single to score Timothy Davert from third in the Mariners' win. Mariners pitchers Brayden Gratzer, Ramirez and Jonathan Lake combined to strike out 10 Angels, with no walks, keeping the game close.
Ocean View Majors Division Dodgers 8, Yankees 2: Braydon Salzman went three for three with a double. Hunter Jackson drove in two runs in the first, including Salzman and Nick Pratto, who reached on a walk.
Nick Pratto hit a home run, Ryan Hernandez produced a triple and Adam Tajudin had an RBI single. Salzman pitched four shutout innings and Pratto closed in the sixth, retiring the Yankees in order.
Dodgers 2, Red Sox 1: Jackson of the Dodgers and Michael Gates of the Red Sox faced off Saturday afternoon in a pitchers' duel. In the fourth, Salzman led off for the Dodgers with a double to center. After getting to third on a passed ball, Jackson batted in Salzman with an RBI single. Jackson and Gates both pitched complete games and with no further runs scored.
Minor A Division Bats 4, Knights 1: The Bats' Jason St. Pierre pitched all six innings for the win. Grant Brehm and Danny Smith also pitched well for the Knights. St. Pierre broke up a scoreless game with an RBI single, while Brandon Windisch drove in two runs.
Nick Deleske provided several key outs at shortstop. Kenton Oliver contributed to the Bats defense with outs at second base. Nick Daniels had two great plays from third base and threw out another Knight at second base from left field. Windisch dug out several throws at first and caught a line drive, and Noah Hickman did an excellent job at catcher for all six innings.
The Knights scored one run in the fifth after a big hit by Danny Smith. Both teams played outstanding defense with an exceptional play from Bats third baseman Austin Meyer.
Minor B Division Hooks 18, Naturals 7: Tyler Overton led the Hooks to victory, pitching two innings and striking out four batters. He added offense, too, with a timely single. Joey Legg, Evan Gates, and Mauro Ballinas also had key hits. Gates closed out the game with five strikeouts of his own.
The Naturals had great pitching led by Joel Kosareff, Antonio Caico and Zach Lyons, who combined for eight punch-outs. Lyons and Luke Adelman added hits.
Minor C Division Threshers vs. Scrappers: Tristan Kennedy was first to pitch for the Threshers and threw three strikeouts in a row, in both the first and second innings. Alec Muirhead was next and had five strikeouts in innings three and four, and a little help from Jimmy Campbell, who caught a force-out at 2nd base.
Samuel Mejia threw three strikeouts of his own in the fifth. On offense, Porter Reynolds had a double and single, Hunter Smith hit a single and had two RBIs, Campbell had two singles and an RBI, Kennedy had two singles and an RBI and Joseph Vardayo had a single.
Farm Division Trojans vs. Dirtbags: Thee Ocean View Little League's Farm Field experienced something that rarely happens even in the major leagues — an unassisted triple play. In the Farm League game between the Trojans and the Dirtbags on April 28, the Dirtbags had the bases loaded when a line drive was hit to Trojans shortstop James Kormanik. "Jammin' James" caught the line drive, tagged second base to double up the runner who started on second, then tagged the runner who ran from first.


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Love don't cost a thing? Not according to the latest findings of the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center. More than 10 percent of total financial losses in online scams reported last year – about $56 million out of the $525 million overall – involved romance ripoffs.
The biggest losers, in money and heartbreak: Women 50 and older, who lost $34 million, roughly two of every three dollars in romance scams. Similarly aged men were swindled out of nearly $5 million, more than half of the total reported losses by all male victims.
Keep in mind those figures are just from reports filed about various scams with the cybercrime-tracking agency. Older Americans are less likely than other age groups to admit to being victimized in any type of scam, say officials.
Read: Confessions of a scam artist
Romance scammers may be self-employed or part of overseas organized crime rings, sending hundreds of emails per day to members of online dating websites and chat rooms. Using stolen photos, they customize their phony identities based on targets' profiles – you mention that you love dogs, they claim to volunteer at an animal shelter, for instance – and after a few weeks of sweet cyber-talk, the inevitable hook: Your new love needs your help – aka your money – for a personal emergency or plane ticket to meet.
Those who use online dating sites should educate themselves about how these scammers operate and how to look for warning signs of a sweetheart swindle.
Meanwhile, another report finds that "real" love has its own costs – at least come breakup time: risk of identity theft.
It occurs when a revenge-seeking ex posts details online of a former sweetheart's bank accounts, Social Security number, email address and passwords. After Splitsville, such revenge leaks occur to at least one partner in one of 12 couples older than 45 (and one in eight couples of all age groups), reports online security vendor McAfee, after interviewing 1,200 Americans between 18 and 54.
And it's not just details custom-made for identity thieves that warrant for cyber-posting concern. McAfee says that one in four boomer-aged interviewees admitted to sending risqué photos by email, text or social media to their partners (usually for Valentine's Day).
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Oneida group brainstorms about area revitalization
ONEIDA -- A group of Greater Oneida Chamber of Commerce members convened on Friday to start the brainstorming process of how to make Oneida a better place to live.
Hank Leo, chamber president and Catherine Wuillaume, a business management consultant from Vernon, led the meeting. Also in attendance were members of the city planning commission, county industrial development agency, and the state department of transportation.
Leo explained that going forward, Wuillaume will be working with the chamber on a number of member recruiting and branding initiatives.
Addressing the group of 20 who gathered at the Kallet Civic Center, Leo said the goal of what will be a four-meeting series will be a vehicle for "improving the quality of life in Oneida."
Wuillaume said it is infrastructure and environment that makes a place livable.
"People need to have something to look at," she said. In order to achieve that goal, "We need to be open-minded."
"We're all here because we want to make things better," she said. In Oneida, there are "nice people. This is a great community to raise kids."
So, the group rolled up their sleeves by employing a questioning model of identifying needs in the community rather than a negative critique.
Wuillaume posed the question "How do we enhance the life of the community?" to which group members responded with questions of their own that fit within categories geared toward community and government engagement, and infrastructure improvement.
"How do we educate people about the importance of infrastructure?" asked former Oneida mayor Peter Hedglon. He noted that 40 percent of city residents voted against a referendum on election day that would provide money for the repair of a water transmission line which provides water to the city.
"What were people thinking?," said Oneida City Councilor Brahim Zogby, echoing Hedglon's concerns.
Oneida Public Library Director Carolyn Gerakopoulos asked, "How do we change the attitude of this community to understand that change is good?"
Hedglon later pointed out that Oneida has become a "magnet for low-income people," and to make a significant change, one must be able to find a balance between helping the less fortunate and enticing high-income individuals to stay in the area.
Hedglon had other ideas for increasing interest in the area. "We need to give people a reason to get off the Thruway," he said.
Zogby said that in his opinion, Oneida is a "bedroom community," meaning people who live in the city end up working and shopping elsewhere.
"We need stuff here for kids," he said. "We need economic stimulus."
Zogby went on to say that the area may never see a huge economic boom, but a goal of the group could be to figure out what the identity of the city should be.
Which is where Wuillaume will jump in to assist, Leo said. In the near future, the chamber will be working on branding initiatives for the city.
The group hopes to begin meeting once a month for the next few months. While this month's meeting focused on exploring questions, next month's meeting will center on creating a vision statement for Oneida.
Leo said he hopes to involve more individuals from the community in the process.
The next meeting will be held on Friday, Dec. 14 from 8-9:30 a.m. at the Kallet Civic Center.
For more information, call the Greater Oneida Chamber of Commerce at 315-363-4300.


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Just when you thought the Scorsese spectacle "The Wolf of Wall Street" had finally been swept under the Hollywood rug of loudly-arriving but quickly-forgotten epics, Screen Junkies comes along and gives it the "Honest Trailers" treatment.
Leonardo "NoOscaro" takes a good ribbing for his lack of Academy hardware, and Jonah Hill gets completely abused for trying to shed his image as "the funny fat guy in comedies by becoming the funny fat guy in a Scorcese movie."
Still haven't seen the movie myself. Too many friends and family steered me away. Too long. Overdone. Too sympathetic to those creeps on Wall Street. But if the movie is as good as this @#$#-ing trailer, I just might change my #$@#-ing mind.
In less than a day, the spoofy taster for "the last film you'd ever want to watch with your grandparents" has already garnered almost 250,000 hits on YouTube. Those aren't exactly Gangnam Style numbers, but it's a solid showing, anyway.
It still has a long way to go to catch the send-up of @#$#-ing "Frozen".
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"Broadcasting is the transmission of radio and television programs that are intended for general public reception," reports the Britanica 15th Edition of 1986. Television involves the transmission of entertainment, information and education programs to a vast public audience in picture and sound.
Television uses electrical communication and transports an electrical image and a sequence of electrical impulses to produce a final image. The images are produced so quickly, (within less than 0.1 seconds), so it appears to be a moving continuous image from the perspective of the human eye. To remain fast and continuous, the image should refresh about every 0.035 seconds. It is approximated that about 300,000 details are sent through the airwaves to provide televisions with an accurate image.
Television systems are intended to add senses of vision and hearing beyond that of normal human capability. For example, a soccer game on the other side of the world transmitted live. Important variables in television systems include brightness, colour, detail, size and shape. The position of objects on the screen influence experiences, emotions and senses.
Sir Isaac Shoenberg had a significant impact on the early days of television, having lead a research group investigating television. His electronic scanning outperformed Baird's mechanical alternative and the BBC used his television standards for the first 26 years of operation.
Television is a system by which transient images are produced in series to appear as a moving picture, similar to a film. As with most films, a television also usually provides sound to accompany the picture. Television will usually be transmitted through VHF or UHF radio signals, by cable or by satellite.
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THE Anderton Boat Lift is set to receive an award for 'engineering heritage' in recognition of being the oldest operational boat lift in the world.
The prestigious boat lift provides an essential link between the Trent and Mersey Canal and the River Weaver in Northwich, which runs 50ft below it.
The Engineering Heritage Awards recognise artefacts of special engineering significance, with previous winners including Mallard locomotive, Tower Bridge and the Jaguar E-type.
Richard Parry, executive of the Canal and River Trust, who is receiving the award, said: "I am delighted to receive this award on behalf of the trust.
"I would like to take the opportunity to acknowledge the skills and efforts of the engineers who designed and built the boat lift, and the work of all those who played such a vital role in its restoration and re-opening.
"I would also like to thank our team of staff and volunteers who look after it today and welcome the 100,000 plus visitors to Anderton every year."
The award will be presented by John Wood, chairman of the Institution's Engineering Heritage Committee.
Mr Wood said: "The engineers who originally conceived the idea of the Boat Lift were tackling a difficult problem with an ambitious solution.
"The lift is just as impressive today as it would have been in the 19th century.
"This award recognises the work of both the original designers and engineers as well as their modern day colleagues who have re-engineered this Boat Lift and restored it to such impressive working order."
The Anderton Boat Lift is one of only two operational boat lifts in the UK.
The other boat lift, the Falkirk Wheel in Scotland, received an Engineering Heritage Award in July 2012.
The lift, which is a scheduled monument protected by unauthorised change, was closed in 1983 due to corrosion and was reopened again in 2002.


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The 2012 Barcelona Design Festival kicked off last week, and Inhabitat was on the scene to bring you the best green designs from this year's shows! Organized by the Spanish association Fostering Arts and Design (FAD), FADFest is held in a beautiful former convent of the Els Angels where some 577 award-winning and shortlisted designs were on display. Read on for our favorite finds - from an eco-friendly cremation memorial to a simple series of modular recycling containers.
This wall vegetation system by Nodo17 Architects is constructed from a cage of galvanized sheet metal and geo-textile felt, and it features an incorporated drip irrigation system. The lightweight design becomes a beautiful flourishing facade that helps control solar and thermal radiation.
Carla Cava Carbonell's Arum ring is designed to contain ashes after cremation. The ring can be placed around a tree and over time it disintegrates, leaving a personalized mark that remains on the tree as a memorial.
Francesc Rife's modular planting systems are perfect for perfect for giving urban environments a burst of greenery.
Jon Santacoloma Moro's 5PRV-H is a simple EV charging system that provides infrastructure for the widespread adoption of electric cars.
This cool set of Bon Aprofit tableware is made from vegetables and fruit! Designer Carla Balmana created it to encourage children to learn about seasonal produce.
Jose F. Lopez-Aguilar's Plec container is made from flexible materials and is designed to store recycled cooking oil for future use. The container is lightweight yet sturdy enough to resist deformation, and it is designed to be easily cleaned.
Saboo is a new laundry soap that is designed to cut down on wasted detergent. Sandra Reira's design can be grated so that the perfect amount of soap is used.
Viniculum is a customizable identification system by Marion Frei that is designed to help blind people recognize the contents of tetra bricks and cans. It's a flexible band made from silicon and plastic and can be adapted to many kinds of products.
Box is a sleek alternative to the average recycling container! Each of Jordi Blasi's modular cans slot together, and they feature different languages and colors to aid in the proper disposal of waste.
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In ludhiana , most of the people do not accept the inter-caste marriage. Inter-caste marriage is the marriage that has been done between two people of different caste and different religion. The people of ludhiana do stick with the old thinking and on the caste system that does not let them move forward. There are many couples those who have to end their relationships just because of their parents. Marriage is a bond in between two people. In arranged marriages, the love happened after marriage and in love marriage, love happened before marriage. Today's generation prefers for the love marriage as they do not want to waste their time to know about each other after marriage. Inter caste marriage specialist in ludhiana can help you to solve all of your problems that become the hurdle in your inter-caste marriage. People take it as a sin for the society but actually, it is not sin because there is no good thing other than making the two love couples to spend their whole life with each other.
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There is a thing called Minecraft Anywhere, which is not exactly something that lets you play Minecraft Anywhere. It's a marketing gimmick. A silly one, but a clever one too!
You might have some fun with it, if you'd like to have a Creeper run across your computer monitor right now... or if you'd like to smash the words you're reading now with a pickaxe. Would you like to burrow deep down to the lava layer of Kotaku or any other website made of Minecraft blocks?
You can.
Here's how to use Minecraft Anywhere, according to a Sony rep who ultimately would like you to get Minecraft Pocket Edition for the Xperia Play:
1. Visit the "Minecraft Anywhere" tab on the Sony Mobile U.S. Facebook fan page (http://www.facebook.com/sonymobileus?sk=app_161940370565927) 2. Click and drag the Minecraft button to your bookmark bar. 3. Now that you're ready to unleash the world of Minecraft, visit any website and turn on the game by clicking the Minecraft bookmark link 4. Use your pickaxe and release the creepers to dig into the webpage revealing layers of dirt and more
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Robinson III leads Michigan over Holy Cross
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan knows it might not have preseason All-American Mitch McGary in the lineup again this season but Glenn Robinson III and the Wolverines showed all probably isn't lost.
Robinson scored a career-best 23 points Saturday night and the players who will fill McGary's role combined for 16 points and 10 rebounds to help the Wolverines finish their preconference schedule with an 88-66 victory over Holy Cross.
McGary's season in jeopardy
Nik Stauskas and Caris LeVert each added 16 points for Michigan (8-4), which won its second straight and pushed its winning streak over unranked opponents at Crisler Center to 19 games.
"I still had to keep up an aggressive mentality," Robinson said. "That's what the team needs from me."
The Crusaders (6-6) stayed close for much of the first half but Michigan pulled away by outscoring its guests 11-4 in the final four minutes and led 42-30 at intermission.
Dave Dudzinski scored 17 points and Justin Burrell added 14 for Holy Cross, which has lost three of its last four games.
The Wolverines were 16 for 27 from the floor in the first half but the Crusaders stayed on their heels by making four 3-pointers and turned the ball over only twice.
Holy Cross never got closer than nine points the rest of the night. The Wolverines pulled away early in the second half and gave fans plenty of time to get home and watch Michigan's football team play in the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl late Saturday.
Michigan's victory came a day after the team learned McGary will have surgery to address a lingering injury to his lower back. The preseason All-American averaged 9.5 points and 8.3 rebounds in the eight games he played this season.
Coach John Beilein was pleased with the play of center Jordan Morgan and reserve forward Jon Horford. Morgan had six points and five rebounds while Horford added 10 and five boards.
"Sixteen and 10 is a pretty good number," the coach said. "If Mitch McGary did that, everyone would be talking about him."
Morgan, the Wolverines' lone senior, said the team's frontcourt has gotten better despite not having McGary in practice or some games.
"If he can't play with us, we have to do all we can to move forward," he said. "Guys have played a lot without him. It's not like we're throwing (inexperienced) guys out there."
The school said Saturday that McGary's surgery has yet to be scheduled. There is no timetable for the sophomore's return.
His play during the Wolverines' run to last season's national championship game helped shoot his name to the top of many NBA mock draft lists. He averaged more than 14 points and 10 rebounds during Michigan's six-game run last spring.
McGary missed Michigan's first two games and did not play in its most recent contest, a 68-65 victory at Stanford on Dec. 21.
Robinson, who, along with McGary opted to return to Michigan this season, heard the news before the rest of the team.
"It's a rough experience for a guy like Mitch," he said. "He's like a brother to me.
"I know he'll come back stronger."
The Wolverines begin Big Ten play Thursday at Minnesota.


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In the JMX implementation used by Message Queue, JMX client applications access MBeans using remote method invocation (RMI) protocols provided by JDK 1.5 (and later).
When a broker is started, it automatically creates MBeans that correspond to broker resources and places them in an MBean server (a container for MBeans). JMX client applications access the MBean server by means of an JMX RMI connector (heretofore called a JMX connector), which is used to obtain an MBean server connection, which, in turn, provides access to individual MBeans.
The broker also creates and configures two default JMX connectors, jmxrmi and ssljmxrmi. These connectors are similar to the broker connection services used to provide connections to the broker from JMS clients. By default, only the jmxrmi connector is activated at broker startup. The ssljmxrmi connector, which is configured to use SSL encryption, can be activated using the imq.jmx.connector.activelist broker property (see To Activate the SSL-Based JMX connector ).
JMX client applications programmatically access JMX MBeans by first obtaining an MBean server connection from the jmxrmi or ssljmxrmi connector. The connector itself is accessed by using a proxy object (or stub) that is obtained from the broker by the JMX client runtime, as shown in the following figure. Encapsulated in the connector stub is the port at which the connector resides, which is dynamically assigned each time a broker is started, and other connection properties.


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Music Top 100 (Keys) for Symbian - Top 100 music performers. Search bots show images. You guess the musician.
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I've been riding the NYC subway lines for nearly a decade now and must admit that sometimes, when I'm waiting for a train, I look into the darkness of the tunnel and have an urge to jump down and follow the tracks towards the blue light and wherever they lead me. I actually thought that this must be a pretty common feeling, given the propensity of graffiti on the walls between stations, but when I revealed this desire to some friends a few weeks ago, they gave me a long, hard look and quite clearly told me that this feeling, was in fact, not normal. I think I need new friends. Well, don't get me wrong, I love them, but sometimes I do wish that they were more adventurous. Especially when stories like that of the Underbelly Project breaks and it was revealed that yes, there are no shortage of people who are willing to hop down into the tracks and wander into the darkness in order to explore the bowels of the NYC underground and leave behind hidden treats for subsequent adventurous spirits.
And what a treat it was for street art followers on Halloween, when the most comprehensive street art exhibition ever put together was unveiled by a freelance journalist by the name of Jasper Rees in the New York Times and in the National (it was also in the Sunday Times London, but you need a subscription to read that article). Since then, the word on the lips of every street art junkie has been "Underbelly." Except this exhibition was actually a trick: the art wasn't on the street, and almost no one will ever be able see it. Aptly named "the Underbelly Project" because it's part of the hidden underground of NYC, the Underbelly Project has taken graffiti and street art back to its non-commercial roots, echoing the prolific period of NYC subway art of the 1970s and 1980s.
It wasn't hard to figure out which abandoned station the Underbelly Project resides in (as I always say, with a bit of fingerwork, you can figure out anything with the help of the Internet). Since the exhibition was made public, urban spelunkers and subway lore fanatics have pinpointed the site to be that of the Broadway/South 4th Street Station in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The history of the station is also a fascinating one (read more here): back in 1929 and 1939, when NYC was working to build up its subway system, Broadway/South 4th Station was to be a major transfer and connection point for the IND Second System. However, work began before the city even knew if funding for the remainder of the line would ever materialize. When World War II and the subsequent onset of the automobile age put a grinding halt to subway expansion, the project was halted and the 6 track station remained incomplete. Therefore, the South 4th Street Station is not an abandoned subway station (as it had never been functional) so much as it is a forsaken dream. However, it was at this shell station that two NYC street artists, PAC and Workhorse, realized a different dream: to showcase the work of a collection of street artists (both graffiti artists and fine artists) together in a non-commercialized exhibition space.
For the past 18 months in a series of about 75 visits, Workhorse and PAC have been escorting a total of 103 artists into the station to leave their creative marks on the walls. The rules were simple: only one trip per artist, which meant that they had about four solid hours to paint and had to walk into the site with all the equipment that they would need to finish their work. What I personally find most fascinating about this project is the representative cross-section of street artists. An estimate by the organizers pegs about 10% of the artists as female (which seems fairly representative in my opinion). Additionally, there are a good mix of both established and new artists, and quite a few international artists as well. Most interestingly, graffiti artists and fine artists have works exhibited side by side without the disconnect and friction that is sometimes seen above ground. Works by graffiti artists such as Demer and Asylum are next to works by fine artists such as Swoon and Ron English.
The roster of artists drawn to the project by the organizers is very impressive (although we must remember that these are friends, or referrals, so please don't think of this as a "Best of Street Art" list, but rather those who were both in the know and able/available to work in NYC). From various sources, we can identify the works of Boxi, Ethos, London Police, SheOne, Remi Rough, Stormie Mills, Damon Ginandes, Lucy MacLauchlan, Swoon, Logan Hicks, Aiko, Faile, Ron English, Flying Fortress, Imminent Disaster, Dan Witz, Elbow Toe, Ripo, Peru Ana Ana Peru, Michael De Feo, WK Interact, Roa, Specter, Demer, Momo, Posterchild, Saber, Trusto Corp, Sinboy, Cash4, Rone Nick Walker, Revok, Ceaze, Know Hope, L'Atlas, M-City, Mark Jenkins, Meggs, Kid Acne, Lister, Jeff Soto, Smith/Sane, Gaia, Noh J Coley, Jim Darling, Thundercut, Daryll Peirce, Surge, Spazmat, Ema, Joe Lurato, Guilerme, JMR, Asylum, Gould, Indigo, Jeff Stark, Bigfoot, Kid Zoom, Strafe, to name a few (no particular order).
When Rees asked Workhorse why he and PAC have spent over a year curating an exhibition that nearly no one will ever see, Workhorse recited their statement of purpose: "In the beginning, street art was something you did because you didn't fit in anywhere else. But for the last few years urban art was getting ridiculous. You could go out with some cute little character that you drew, or some quirky saying, and put it up everywhere for a few months, then do a gallery show and cash in on the sudden interest in urban art. It really was that easy for a while. Banksy pieces that were selling for $600 one year were suddenly selling for $100,000 a few years later. It was commercialism at its worst. The Underbelly was our way of feeling like we were an island again. We finally had a space in the world that collectors couldn't contaminate. A space that couldn't be bought."
While I understand that this is a completely valid train of thought, I disagree with its sentiment. Look, I understand the desire to be naughty and self-indulgent and to go against the establishment. But street art isn't just the newest hot commodity that's been appropriated by every Sharpie-welding, sticker-slapping, stencil-making egomanic who wants to make a buck: it's a great mode of expression and still attracts and inspires a certain type of recklessness. And yes, while a part of me despises the commercialism of the art game, we've got to realize that all this attention isn't necessarily a bad thing: in fact, it's legitimizing a form of art that should have been recognized as such decades ago. And I think that street art and graffiti deserves that kind of attention, and deserves to be recognized as an important urban cultural movement and genre in art history textbooks.
So in that sense, I completely agree with the lads at Graffoto (as in, don't blame us for wanting to legitamize and expose your secret lifestyle). But I do respect and admire the fact that Underbelly has brought the risk back into art, and at least they've admitted that their interest was in creating art for the sheer sake of creating art, and that they just wanted to get a bunch of people together and do something a bit reckless that harkened back to the golden days of subway art. I'm glad they've gone to the press to let the world know about it, too. It might sound a little self-serving to the untrained ear, but the implications are much larger: art can exist everywhere, and artists are still having fun creating it. And with the shift of this type of art into the gallery-space, where trained curators will recontextualize it all and trained conservators will be concerned with its archival preservation, I think that this project was very important in that it it will serve to function as a last great guerrilla hurrah.
But of course, there are those of us who will still want to search out street art, or hidden architecture, or an urban adventure. To those of you who are tempted to search out this particular underground adventure, I would highly advise against it, as it's both dangerous and illegal. Since news of the project broke, it has been revealed that much of the art has already been tagged up by a few disgruntled locals, and a few dozen people have been arrested in their attempt to climb down into the tracks in search of the artwork. The MTA, as is expected, don't seem too pleased about the revelation of the Underbelly Project, and have taken a few measures of their own to prevent exploration, including stationing plainclothes cops on the platform. Though they have reiterated that such wanderings are deemed illegal as trespassing, they have simultaneously assured the public that they won't be taking any measures to actively remove any artwork. (Though, as a conservator-in-training, I feel this point is moot and am forced to shake my head at PAC's hopeful assessment that the pieces of the Underbelly Project will last three or four decades. In the end, it's no more permanent than the art that many of these artists have created above ground.) Therefore, this unfinished station will retain these artworks as a poignant reminder that street art is ephemeral, and that no matter how hard we look, we're bound to miss some of it.
Instead, keep your eyes and browser on the Underbelly Project website, which promises completion soon and will likely feature a comprehensive list of contributing artists, more photos, statements, and hopefully time-lapse video. Until then, the New York Times article has provided this video for your enjoyment. Also, please note that most photos in this post (except for the wide angle of the station, that was from the New York Times) were taken from Luna Park's site. Definitely worth a visit, as she has managed to capture a significant portion of an unbelievable body of work.


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This Pidgeot is a normal/ -type Pokémon owned by Solidad.
Pidgeot made its debut in the final round of the Pokémon Kanto Grand Festival, where it battled alongside Slowbro and together they easily overwhelmed May's Combusken and Munchlax. It showed it was brilliant battler when attacked by Combusken's Fire Spin, as it was easily able to recover and use a beautiful Feather Dance to destroy the flames and damage Combusken and Munchlax with flaming feathers. It then used Double Team to dodge Combusken's attacks and strike back. Finally it and Slowbro switched opponents and Pidgeot used Aerial Ace on Munchlax, despite the fact that it would have been more effective on Combusken, and knocked it out while Slowbro finished Combusken with Hyper Beam, winning Solidad the Ribbon Cup.
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text: Time Trial Week #15 Hockenheim, Germany (Dry) Hey everyone, Welcome to time trial week. Post your times for the weekly track competition here This weeks track is Hockenheim, Germany (Dry) You must upload evidence in the form of a screenshot (PC)/ photo (Ps3/360) of the leaderboard with your gamertag showing. This is because we cannot verify leaderboard results easily over the 3 platforms. The leaderboard also shows whether assists are used or not, wheras in game photos of times do not, so will not count. So basically you can put in as many laps as possible and your best can be posted here: The closing day for this thread and results for times is Monday 14th February at 9pm (UK Time) The race settings are as follows Dynamic Racing Line: Off TCS: Off ABS: Off Gears: Manual I needed to ellaborate on this as there are a few people who are putting up times with aids on and these times will not count. Cheers Peeps and enjoy Rules: - upload your picture to www.tinypic.com (or make a nice video) - post your picture here at the forum - don't upload pictures directly to the forum - take a screenshot with your best time showing or of the ranks - no driving aids are allowed - mention if you did your time on a PC, xbox or ps3


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The new year has begun, and as we all start our resolutions of ridding one bad habit, try to stick with it for 40 days to see a real change.
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This year, consider putting a financial spin on your resolution to kick a bad money habit while you have the support of everyone around you.
Vowing to stop ignoring your 401(k), giving up your monthly budget for wine or staunchly refusing to put unnecessary items on your credit card could all be worthy money goals during this time.
But before you pick your poison, consider turning your short-term goal into a long-term, healthy habit.
"If you can do something for 40 days, you can most likely keep it ongoing," says Lora Sasiela, financial therapist and owner of the Financially Smitten blog.
Items That can Damage Your Wallet and Waist
The booze, cigarettes and fast food aren't doing you any favors. Giving up these bad habits for 40 days could save you money and preserve your health.
If you're a pack-a-day smoker, you'll save almost $240 over 40 days, as the average price of a pack of cigarettes reached $5.98 in 2012, not including local and sales taxes, according to the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. If you live in an area with high taxes on cigarettes, such as New York City, expect to save closer to $500 over 40 days.
Giving up restaurants and fast food could save an extra car payment. The average consumer spends about $272 over 40 days on eating out, according to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2010 Consumer Expenditures survey.
Beer and wine are an extra $40, according to estimates from the Beer Institute, Wine Institute and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
These vices may be difficult to give up, but remember, it's not forever, Sasiela says. It's important to stay realistic on what you can and want to give up.
"I think it's really important for people to really get clear on what their 'why' is," she says. "I think so often there are 'I should do this' goals, and they may not be aligned with what the person really wants."
Bad Credit Card and Credit Report Behavior
People use credit cards to create an astonishing amount of debt each year. For households that use cards, the average was $4,996, according to a report by TransUnion released in November 2012.
"People will spend this month's lifestyle on next month's 'if-come,'" says Chad Carden, co-author of "Winning the Money Game: A Rulebook to Achieving Financial Success for Young People." "I will buy stuff this month, and I'm banking on that I'm still going to have my job (next month)."
It would take a cardholder more than 11 years to pay off $4,996 by making the minimum payments at an 18.9% interest rate -- and would ultimately cost about $3,000 in interest.
Pay down those cards with balances to get rid of that looming interest. Start training yourself to skip using a credit card for unnecessary purchases -- any items you haven't budgeted for. When you do use your card, make sure to pay off the balance each month.
And while you're using your credit card responsibly, start building good credit report habits.
Take it one step at a time, Sasiela says. As the year begins, pull your credit report from just one of the three main credit reporting agencies: TransUnion, Experian or Equifax. You can request a report for free once a year from each agency.
Ignoring Your Savings
Around 28% of Americans don't have any money tucked away for emergencies, according to Bankrate's June 2012 Financial Security Index -- and it can seem like an intimidating goal to get started on.
But to start saving, Fisher suggests going on a "financial Paleo diet," which puts a money spin on the popular diet that encourages people to "cut out all the garbage."
"Here's my budget, and I'm going to cut out all the fat," Fisher says. "You're not coming up with this goal of 'I want to spend no money.' You're basically saying, 'I just want to quit throwing money away.'"
Sasiela says one way she plans to cut expenses is by giving herself manicures and pedicures instead of going to a salon for the service. It'll save her about $100 over 40 days, and more over the long term.
Trimming these extra expenses from your budget -- whether they're mani/pedis or fast food -- could accrue a nice chunk of savings that could be put to work as the start of your savings account, Fisher says.
But emergencies aside, you'll also need to stop ignoring your other savings needs. Your 401(k) won't contribute to itself, but your employer might.
Check out whether your company matches a percentage of your salary toward a retirement vehicle, open one and start contributing every month.
"Habit-wise, it should just be automatic," Carden says. "It's almost as if I make $100, I know that I really make $90" and put the other $10 in retirement savings.
Bad Bank Behavior
Banks may have backed away from charging customers the notorious $5 debit card fee, but they're still going full-steam ahead in charging customers for other services.
These include fees such as using ATMs and overdrawing from a checking account. But most of these costs can be avoided.
"We could argue all day long and say 'It's a bank ploy,' and 'They shouldn't let us do that,'" Carden says. "But at the end of the day, we need to sit down and take personal responsibility and say 'Do I have this money or do I not?'"
Pay attention to your banking habits over the next 40 days, and it could save you money over the long haul.
Making the unfortunate choice to overdraft every day for 40 days would cost you $1,233.20. Dodging just one of these account overdrafts could save you an average of $31.26, according to Bankrate's 2012 Checking Survey.
Same with ATM fees, which reached an average of $2.50 in the checking survey. Sidestepping this fee just once in 40 days could save you a few bucks; but bucking it once a day for 40 days will save you almost $100. ATM fees are easily avoidable by visiting an ATM in your bank's network or withdrawing money with your debit card at a grocery store or drugstore as a cash-back option.
Whether you're cutting back spending or trying to avoid pesky bank fees, keep your goal in mind while understanding you might make a mistake in those 40 days.
"We have to go into change knowing there are going to be falls off the wagon," Sasiela says. "Maybe it was too ambitious; maybe it wasn't ambitious enough. There's a lot of Goldilocks stuff to this, where everything has to be just right."
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AirAsia Launches 'World's Best Ever Sale!'Jul 16 (Mon ), 2012
AirAsia Launches 'World's Best Ever Sale!'
AirAsia has launched another 'World's Best Ever Sale!', with all-in-fares from as low as RM24 one way to domestic destinations in Malaysia such as Penang, Alor Setar, Johor Bahru, Kota Bharu, Kuching, Sibu, Kota Kinabalu and more.
All-in-fares to exciting international destinations such as Singapore, Phuket, Bangkok, Bali, Hong Kong, Macau, Guangzhou, Guilin, Chennai, Kochi and others start from RM54 for one way travel.
All-in-fares from Clark International Airport to Kalibo, Puerto Princesa and Davao in Philippines are going from as low as RM36 one way; while domestic flights within Thailand are from as low as RM26 one way. Indonesian domestic flights start from as low as RM34 one way
The promotion is running from 16 – 22 July 201å2 for travel between 4 January and 22 May 2013. Terms and conditions apply.
Travellers can take advantage of these low fares and fly long-haul with AirAsia X from Kuala Lumpur to Japan (Osaka, Tokyo) from as low as RM 284 one way and from as low as RM 294 one way to China (Hangzhou, Beijing, Chengdu) and Taiwan (Taipei).
Other hot long-haul destinations offered are Korea (Seoul) with fares from as low as RM324 one way and Australia (Perth, Gold Coast, Melbourne, Sydney) from as low as RM354 one way.
Travellers can also enjoy long-haul Fly-thru deals from Australia to Japan, Taiwan, Korea, and China from as low as A$ 259 or vice versa.
Alternatively, guests from Australia, China, Korea, Taiwan and Japan may also hop on to Kuala Lumpur and connect to ASEAN and beyond, leveraging on the AirAsia's low cost carrier network with affordable low fares.
Fly-thru deals to ASEAN and beyond start from as low as A$ 229 from Australia, JYP 14 900 from Japan, KRW 170 900 from Korea, CNY 709 from China and TW$ 3 990 from Taiwan.
AirAsia has just won the World's Best Low Cost Airline award by Skytrax for the fourth consecutive year. Kathleen Tan, AirAsia's Regional Head of Commercial said, "Yes, we did it again, and we could not be more excited about being awarded World's Best Low Cost Airline again for the fourth consecutive year! We have our guests to thank for all their support, and throwing this 'Thank You' sale is our way of showing our gratitude to everyone who voted for us again in the Skytrax survey."
Source: Asia Travel Tips


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All transactions initiated by client applications are tracked by the broker. These can be local Message Queue transactions or distributed transactions managed by a distributed transaction manager.
Each transaction is identified by a unique 64-bit Message Queue transaction identifier. Distributed transactions also have a distributed transaction identifier (XID), up to 128 bytes long, assigned by the distributed transaction manager. Message Queue maintains the association between its own transaction identifiers and the corresponding XIDs.
The imqcmd list txn subcommand lists the transactions being tracked by a broker:
imqcmd list txn
This lists all transactions on the broker, both local and distributed. For each transaction, it shows the transaction ID, state, user name, number of messages and acknowledgments, and creation time. Example 7–7 shows an example of the resulting output.
To display detailed information about a single transaction, obtain the transaction identifier from imqcmd list txn and pass it to the imqcmd query txn subcommand:
imqcmd query txn -n transactionID
This displays the same information as imqcmd list txn, along with the client identifier, connection identification, and distributed transaction identifier (XID). For example, the command
imqcmd query txn -n 64248349708800
produces output like that shown in Example 7–8.
If a broker fails, it is possible that a distributed transaction could be left in the PREPARED state without ever having been committed. Until such a transaction is committed, its messages will not be delivered and its acknowledgments will not be processed. Hence, as an administrator, you might need to monitor such transactions and commit them or roll them back manually. For example, if the broker's imq.transaction.autorollback property (see Table 16–2) is set to false, you must manually commit or roll back non-distributed transactions and unrecoverable distributed transactions found in the PREPARED state at broker startup, using the Command utility's commit txn or rollback txn subcommand:
imqcmd commit txn -n transactionID
imqcmd rollback txn -n transactionID
For example, the following command commits the transaction listed in Example 7–8:
imqcmd commit txn -n64248349708800
Only transactions in the PREPARED state can be committed . However, transaction in the STARTED, FAILED, INCOMPLETE, COMPLETE, and PREPARED states can be rolled back. You should do so only if you know that the transaction has been left in this state by a failure and is not in the process of being committed by the distributed transaction manager.


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'That's My Boy' (2012)
After squishing around in such dubious PG-13-rated hits as "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry," "Grown Ups" and "Just Go With It," Adam Sandler's latest swings for the fences of hard-R-rated raunch, just past the outfield of rancid. Deploying a Boston dialect that makes one long for the voice he came up with for the distaff half of "Jack and Jill," Sandler plays a party-hardy punk who, at age 13, fathered a child with his sex toy of a teacher. This produces a son who grows up to be a neurotic, insecure mess portrayed by Andy Samberg, who quit "Saturday Night Live" for this? -- Michael PhillipsRead the full "That's My Boy" movie review
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