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Has been some curiosity as to some of the effects I am causing in themes. Below is a few effects along with what these effects cause. Hope this may help others that enjoy creating themes to get things looking as they want!
First effect centers on Gnome Tweak and I started this look in Black Beauty II about accentuating the upper crevice, sides and middle running a selected_fg_color which is light blue. The effect causes a sort of flourescent light effect like light is cascading down Gnome Tweak to illuminate what is being shown. Also adds more dimension to Gnome Tweak to give it more depth instead of a boring flat look. The difference between this and the following is a matter of size and shading. Settings as this are more intense than the following. Takes a few times to get settings correct, so might have to switch in and out of Gnome Tweak theme you are working on to another, just to get it right. Here is that setting:
GtkWindow {
color: @fg_color;
background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom,
shade(@selected_fg_color, 1.5) 1px,
shade(@selected_fg_color, 1.20) 8px,
shade(@bg_color, 4.0));
Now on backdrop we want to get it not be so bright and look faded in the distance so it looks decent. For that this was done. Remember though in my themes text changes color on backdrop. I do not want to bore people with the same old color all the time. In this instance goes from green to amber:
GtkWindow:backdrop {
color: @amb_c;
background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom,
shade(@selected_fg_color, 0.9) 1px,
shade(@selected_fg_color, 0.6) 8px,
shade(@bg_color, 4.0));
Gnome Tweak scroll down menus:
.toolbar .menu,
GtkComboBox .menu {
background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom,
shade(@selected_fg_color, 1.4) 1px,
shade(@selected_fg_color, 0.7) 4px,
shade(@base_color, 0.4));
In this instance above we are looking at a light blue color for selected_fg_color and the base color is blackest black. What this effect causes, is when user scrolls down list of items in menu it gradually gets darker. Now on the rebound or going up it turns light. Nice little effect, that kind of adds to desktop looks along with compiz effects. Also since the frame around Gnome Tweak contains a nice light blue line, it matches that effect. This is the reason instead of using background-color we use background-image, so we can add more coloring. When is only one we then get limited and there goes the looks or effects!
If we can have the above effect in Gnome Tweak menu scroll, then why not in the main menu? Under Applications when one has many programs to go through such as yours truly, or for the greatest OS around "Ultimate" what better way then to do the same effect? So we once again use a background-image to display this effect. Up towards the light, down to the dark!
primary-toolbar .button .menu,
.menu {
background-image: -gtk-gradient (linear, left top, left bottom,
from (shade(@dark_bg_color, 2.1)),
to (shade(@base_color, 0.5)));
Now for a little spruce up on Nemo. This is a nice little effect to make one of the nicest looking file browsers even nicer looking. What it does is brings more body into the coloring brings it from a lighter shade into a darker shade. Yes, you guessed it another image! Background colors in certain areas become boring! So, we then drop that and move to an image we can create. Here is the example and when done creates sort of a rounded effect towards the middle.
.menubar {
-GtkWidget-window-dragging: true;
padding:2px 7px;
background-image: -gtk-gradient (linear, left top, left bottom,
from (shade(@dark_bg_color, 2.5)),
to (shade(@bg_color, 0.8)));
color: @fg_color;
text-shadow: 0 -1px alpha(@selected_fg_color, 0.4);
Now below the menubar background-image you will notice color is fg_color in this instance is green and its text shadow is a lighter light blue but with an alpha adjustment. We do not want to get overbearing on text, but we want to make sure users can see and enjoy what they see! Remember this is not an average theme. Most of those that create themes will not take it to this limit, because of the amount of time it takes. I feel what we see everyday should be something we enjoy immensely. Remember we have to do work and tasks on our computers. Now if what we see on screen makes us feel good, I would say we become more productive! I noticed that fact immediately after using my first copy of Ultimate 3.4! It looked great and to be totally honest worked even better than it looked! That part left me with my jaw wide open and still does. I do not think there is a way to beat an OS of this magnitude! Anyway, I just hope this will be something for those that enjoy theme creation and might spruce the looks up a bit. When time permits will put some more things up. Am also hoping things to smooth out in life and permit me to complete Black Beauty III. We all know good things take time, so will just have to be patient.


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Are microfinance institutions (MFIs) exploiting poor borrowers by charging the excessive interest rates? Some people think so, especially after the publicity around Andhra Pradesh in India. Despite recent events, there has always been a widespread agreement that most MFIs should operate sustainably, keeping costs as low as possible, and charging interest rates high enough to cover these costs. However, even in these instances, rates hover much higher than your typical commercial bank.
One of the leading factors attributing to high MFI interest rates is administration expense. The cost to process numerous tiny loans requires a lot more legwork that cannot sustainably offset by economies of scale. Also, MFIs often operate in remote or low population density areas, were simple contact with the borrower can turn into long journey. The video below depicts this through my trek out to Kanaan Village in West Timor, Indonesia. Enjoy!
Lisa Skowron is part of the Kiva Fellow's 14th Class and is currently working with TLM in Kupang, West Timor, Indonesia.

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It's topwater time in saltwater
As we move into the latter days of September and with both dove and teal seasons going full swing, it is also time for some great fishing. Both freshwater and saltwater action will begin an upward trend only to peak in late October or early November. Those anglers that do their thing in late September get in on the fall action before those who wait. With the water becoming a few degrees cooler, there will be some of the best topwater action since the early springtime. This is the case on both the freshwater and saltwater scenes.
On the inland and jetty saltwater scene, the ever-popular topwater action has begun. That doesn't in any way mean that you couldn't score on topwaters before now. It just means that the speckled trout are now much more consistent in striking the lures.
Deciding which type of topwater lure to go with many be a brain twister for newcomers to the topwater lure action. There are a number of companies that are now producing them. There are those that remain on the surface when they are retrieved and those that may dive a foot or so and then resurface. Some of the topwaters will have rattlers inside them and others will not. There are also those that are in two sections that have long been called "broken back" varieties. So which style lure that you choose to go with will be a trial and error situation for anglers just beginning to use the lures. For the more experienced, most have already chosen their favorite style. This is usually because they have used them for longer periods of time and scored well.
Colors are, in my opinion, mostly the angler's choice. For some reason unknown to this writer, there are some folks that will only use any certain colors for their topwater lures. My experience after having used many colors over many years is that the lure's action is more important than the color. Yes, my experience, in fact, is that it is prudent to choose darker colors in clear water and on sunny days. In off-color water, the brighter colors seem to attract more strikes. Keep in mind that I am referring to the use of topwater lures. Subsurface or bottom bumping offerings are a completely different situation.
On the inland lakes and bays, it seems that shorelines with grassy banks are good places. The shallow reefs that are present in most waters are also good places to give a try even if they are out in the open water. The action and sound coming from the lure will draw strikes.
Another really good aspect for using the topwater lures is that folks that are fishing from the bank or in the surf are as likely to score well as those folks that are afloat. By being in your selected fishing area at first light and finding the schools of nervous baitfish, you could be on to some super action. Most of the time the lures produce larger speckled trout than other offerings. Besides specks and the redfish at the jetty as well as in the surf, Spanish mackerel will take them. I use a short covered steel leader whenever I go where there could be Spanish mackerel. I enjoy them striking the lure, but without a steel leader they will literally take it home.


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Fear the Jackie Chan Adventures quotes...OR I SHALL DROP TOHRU ON YOU ALL!!!
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By Alpha Abebe
In development studies, it's become rather stale to critique Walt Rostow – the grandfather of neoliberal ideology – and his 1960 book The Stages of Economic Growth: A Non-Communist Manifesto. We've seemingly moved past the tempting notion that a country's health can be measured along a linear path of economic growth. And it should go without saying that it is no longer useful or appropriate to talk about societies as "backward and traditional". And the concept of 'modernity' –the idea that certain countries somehow exist outside of time and are waiting to catch up with the rest – is ironically outdated itself. However, one has to wonder whether mainstream representations of Africa have moved far enough away from these stubborn tropes.
I was left wondering this very thing after reading Mary Harper's recent piece for BBC News Africa: Ethiopia's 'cupcake divide' in Addis Ababa. From the title and content of the article, one gets the impression that the author was dumbfounded to stumble upon traces of 21st century existence in the middle of Africa. Her article is framed as a commentary on the rapid industrialization in Addis Ababa, juxtapositioned against the country's chronic poverty and political uncertainty. However, this story is buried beneath a rather colourful depiction of Addis Ababa, a city apparently suspended between two centuries and trying to decide which to settle in:
"… Every time I go to Addis Ababa, more tall, sparkling buildings take me by surprise and confuse my bearings.


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Gymnastics, in Pueblo, is a sport of performing exercises that display physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, balance, and grace. Gymnastics is considered to have evolved from the ancient Greek exercises involving skills for mounting and dismounting a horse, and from circus stunts.
There are several forms of gymnastics, namely – Artificial gymnastics, Rhythmic gymnastics, Trampolining & tumbling, Acrobatic gymnastics, Teamgym, Display gymnastics & Aerobic gymnastics. Competitive Artistic gymnastics is the most popular gymnastic sports. The events for women include: uneven parallel bars, balance beam, floor exercise, and vault, while those for men are - floor exercise, pommel horse, still rings, vault, parallel bars, and high bars.
Rhythmic gymnastics is performed by women only, although Japan is pioneering a new version of this discipline of gymnastics for men. Performance of five separate routines with the use of five apparatus—ball, ribbon, hoop, clubs, rope—on a floor area is the basis for this form.
Trampolining and Tumbling include four events- individual, synchronized, double mini and power tumbling.
Acrobatic Gymnastics is a group gymnastic discipline for both men and women. Acrobats in groups of two, three and four perform routines with the heads, hands and feet of their partners.
TeamGym is an ancient sport developed to enhance fitness and health in the participants and is accessible to anyone of any age. Floor Programme, Trampette & Tumbling are the events of teamgym. Display gymnastics is the performance of synchronized, choreographed routines by troupes of single gender or mixed.
Aerobic gymnastics involves performing of routines by individuals, pairs, trios or groups up to 6 people, focusing on strength, flexibility, and aerobic fitness rather than acrobatic or balance skills.


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Shaheed-e-Kufa Hazrat Imam Ali Part 3
Video: Shaheed-e-Kufa H. Imam Ali (A.S.) Part 3 of 22 (Urdu with English Subtitles)
In The Name of Allah, The Most Beneficent, The Most Merciful
This is the tale of a tragic night, more terrible than any other night in the history of mankind, when the great paragon of virtue and perfection was struck down fatally by the sword of tyranny and ignorance.
This film is a tribute to that great paragon of justice, who was martyred in the niche of prayer because of his resolute and indomitable zeal for the cause of justice. "He was slain in the niche of prayer due to his devotion to the cause of justice."
This movie is a humble effort to present an account of the last ten years of the life of Imam Ali(P.B.U.H.). These years represent the most turbulent era in the history of Islam. The first eight episodes depict the last days of the rule of the Third Caliph. These episodes explain the causes of the revolt of Muslims against him.
The Imam was present in Medina throughout this period. Sidelined and isolated, he silently watched this sad state of affairs with "a thorn in his eye and a bone in his throat."
Video: Shaheed-e-Kufa Part 3 of 22


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We understand real women and design clothes to help them look and feel great.
Our 400 stores in the UK and Ireland gives us plenty of opportunities to talk to our customers about what they want. And we're delivering – we sell enough dresses every year to fill Wembley stadium 15 times over! Online we ship to around 160 countries and we're building partnerships with retailers like Zalando and Norstrom to help take our beautifully designed clothing to an even wider global audience.
Our Petite range is particularly admired; beautiful clothes designed especially for women 5' 3" and under, where every detail from hem length to sleeve length has been carefully considered for the smaller frame. We're also known for our exclusive prints – in 2016 we announced a new collaboration with British print designer Hermoine De Paula, creating a bespoke 12-piece collection featuring botanical blooms, whimsical prints and a vivid colour palette.


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UPDATE: Commander Premiere Aircraft has declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and is looking for a new buyer.
Extra, Commander, playing waiting game
Two firms are making important decisions this summer. For Commander Premiere Aircraft, the decision either continues or ends the effort to bring the Commander back into production. The company has been ordered to vacate the factory at Cape Girardeau, Missouri, airport by the city. The city was able to pay off the bonds it used to construct the facility by using casino money, and it now wants the tenant out. Premiere Commander was nearly sold to Ron Strauss of Canada until he ran into difficulty raising the money in Europe for the purchase. He is back there, now, talking with potential investors. This should all play out in 30 days. For Extra Aircraft, the pending decision is not as serious. The factory in Germany is doing well, but the United States distributor wants to open an assembly and distribution facility for the company's single-engine turboprop. That was going to be in Montrose, Colorado, until the county government's previous legal troubles with the local airport threatened the deal. "We'll go elsewhere," Extra officials said, and cities in Colorado and around the country responded. One of them called me and I forwarded the information to Extra. But now the company says it will wait 60 to 90 days before deciding to leave Montrose.


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winestopperstore necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 44 diseños de 7 diseñadores freelance.
I am a 24 year old who has started a website in the online wine accessory market. This site is my passion and I pursue it in my free-time when I am not at work. I love internet marketing and I cannot wait to soon quit my day job and work on the website full time.
I majored in Electrical Engineering at college but have decided to pursue my passion for wine and online marketing with my extra energy (good thing I am still young and have time and energy for this stuff!).
The product I feature is used to help preserve a bottle of wine after it has been opened. Upon opening a bottle of wine, the cork is not designed to be reinserted into the bottle. That leaves a person with two options, either finish the bottle or use a wine stopper.
Most of the websites out there selling wine stoppers simply have one or two varieties of wine stoppers. Our goal is to provide the largest collection of the finest wine stoppers to feature and sell. We want to provide great value for our clients.
The current website is here: http://www.winestopperstore.com/
Our target audience is primarily females (perhaps 70-80%). Their ages mostly range from 25-50 and then start dropping off in numbers after 50.
There are two main types of customers. There are the wedding related people (brides, wedding planners, etc) who are buying inexpensive wine stoppers as wedding favors. The other market is individuals seeking personal gifts for friends and family.
Our target market is wine experts and rookies alike. They either want a neat method to help preserve their wine that helps show off their personality, or simply a practical party favor that enhances the theme of their party.
They want high quality pictures that detail what the wine stopper looks like. Additionally, they want to know that the item will ship quickly and what other customers have said about the products.
These are some of the most important factors in this market place.
This will not be a sales page unless someone gets further into the site. I do sell products on the site currently, but I will have potential customers fill out an opt-in offer form before the landing page directs them through to the main website. I do not currently intend to sell other wine accessory products on this site, so having the front page talk exclusively about selling wine stoppers will work.
I do want to convey through graphics that they will get a visual, simple experience with this website. I do not want there to be any confusion for the customer when it comes to what they are to do. The opt-in button should be above the fold in 1024x768 resolution. I have included logos of companies that have featured products we sell, and I have included some photos of products to use in the layout as well.
A great example of how I want the site to function is shown here: http://www.emotionaleatingtips.com/
Notice that there is nothing for sale on the main page? You actually have to click on "start now" to get to a sales message. That's how I'd like my page to function as well.
The layout will be required to support an opt-in survey page similar to this: http://www.totalmemoryimprovement.c…edNow.html
I will promptly answer any and all questions.


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ROCKFORD — Jessica balances the fear that she could be arrested for using medical marijuana against the fear that the cancer in her body won't let her live to see her 5-year-old daughter grow up.
ROCKFORD — Jessica balances the fear that she could be arrested for using medical marijuana against the fear that the cancer in her body won't let her live to see her 5-year-old daughter grow up.
The Rockford resident — whose last name is being withheld to protect her privacy — has struggled with health problems since her teenage years.
In November 2011, doctors told her she had stage 4 neuroendocrine pancreatic cancer, a rare and less aggressive but still serious cancer.
Last summer, she had surgery to rebuild her digestive system, and she smokes and eats medical cannabis to kill the nausea that frequently surges through her body.
Jessica is 27.
"I want to see my baby grow up," she said. "It's hard to think about it ... If something helps my quality of life, then why not use it? I'm not drinking and making my husband and daughter miserable because it's legal."
Jessica benefitted from legal access to marijuana when she lived for a short time in California. She'll travel to Springfield next month to lobby for a bill that would legalize the use of medical marijuana in Illinois.
Bill sponsor Rep. Lou Lang, D-Skokie, has said he thinks the legislation is a few votes shy of approval in the House. Advocates say there's more momentum for this version than others.
The outlook
Eighteen states and the District of Columbia have legalized medical marijuana.
Dan Riffle, deputy director of government relations for the Washington-based Marijuana Policy Project, said there are more Democrats in the General Assembly this year, so there's a need for increased education about legalizing medical marijuana, but also the chance for greater support.
Riffle also said the legislation is stricter this time around, not allowing patients to grow their own medical marijuana, for instance, and there are a finite number of medical conditions that would qualify patients to use it.
"All signs point to this is the year," Riffle said.
House Bill 1 creates a four-year pilot program that would give people with certain medical conditions — like cancer, multiple sclerosis and HIV/AIDS — access to medical marijuana if their doctors and the Illinois Department of Public Health approve.
Cultivating medical marijuana would be taxed at 7 percent of the sales price per ounce.
Medical marijuana is cheaper and has fewer side effects than the 11 medications Jessica was on at one time to manage her symptoms. She doesn't smoke around her daughter and keeps the supplies out of sight.
"As long as I can smoke, I don't have a problem eating," she said. "When I first got out of the hospital, I was just taking medicine like they wanted me to do. I wasn't gaining any weight, and I had a hard time keeping food down."
The legislation still has its critics, namely law enforcement officials and addiction-treatment professionals.
Rosecrance Health Network in Rockford has a long-standing policy of not supporting legalization or decriminalization of cannabis, CEO Phil Eaton said.
Local reaction
Response to the bill is mixed from the Rockford-area delegation.
Rep. Jim Sacia, R-Pecatonica, is one of the bill's most vocal opponents, a stance rooted in his 30-plus years of working in law enforcement.
"If this bill passes, it will open a very significant issue with our law enforcement community," Sacia said. "I just see this creating more problems than it will ever solve."
Rep. Joe Sosnowski, R-Rockford, said this bill has more safeguards than previous versions, but he's still not supportive of it and is against medical use "no matter what."
Rep. John Cabello, R-Machesney Park, voted "yes" on the bill to get it out of committee so a broader discussion could take place. But his final vote is undecided: "This would be the strictest medical marijuana bill in the country, and I believe it does merit a debate."
Cabello's biggest concerns are some of the rules in the proposed legislation, like allowing people who have used medical marijuana to drive.
"Who am I to tell someone in great pain 'No, you can't do this' if it helps them with their pain?" he said. "On the other hand, there are other drugs out there for that. The problem is, some of those drugs are addictive, as well.
"I have major concerns about the bill, but I'm keeping an open mind about it. Again, if it helps certain people who need it, I've got to at least give them the courtesy of looking at it."
Sen. Dave Syverson of Rockford has been the lone Republican who voted in favor of previous medical marijuana legislation. He hasn't studied this version as much because it's still in the House.
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PITTSFORD — The Buffalo Bills have thrown a little more at quarterback Kevin Kolb through the first two practices of training camp, by design.
"I think Kevin is seeing more of the exotic stuff from our defense," coach Doug Marrone said after Monday afternoon's practice at St. John Fisher College. "We throw Kevin out there and … he's seeing everything for the first time."
That has allowed rookie first-round draft pick EJ Manuel to evaluate what the defense is doing, but Marrone said the time will come soon for Manuel to start facing some of those pressure situations.
"We've got to start stepping him up," the coach said.
Pressure was indeed a focus for the Bills' defense on Monday. Practicing without pads, the Bills sent defenders at all angles after Kolb in particular. The result was several would-be sacks, forced throwaways or incompletions.
"I'm not paying attention to who gets what. It's just a learning curve for all of us," Kolb said of the workload between he and Manuel. "They bring a lot of different looks. They got us a few times today in that third-down period; got me a few times I should say. They mix it up well, so it's a lot of stuff to look at. But it helps you down the road and I'm glad I get to see it now rather than being surprised by it in the season."
Kolb is no stranger to a competition for playing time.
"You're continually competing, so it's just something we get used to," he said. "I think really in this day and age because it's a 'now' business, you have one bad year, you have one bad preseason, whatever it is, things start to happen. So everybody is competing every day. You can ask anybody, even midseason practice you're still competing. So, it's nothing new for me, nothing new for this position or in the NFL."
Manuel, meanwhile, said his comfort level has increased greatly between spring practices and the start of training camp.
"I understand my protections," said Manuel, who studied them during the offseason and goes over them in camp with offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett. "Just going over all the playbook, I feel that I have a better grasp on than I did in the OTAs."
As for whether any part of the process of competing for a starting job in the NFL has been overwhelming, he responded with a confident: "No sir."
Manuel's performance improved from Sunday night's first practice. He did not throw an interception Monday. His long completion to rookie tight end Chris Gragg during 11-on-11 drills was the best play of the day.
"That's my main goal: try to get better every day," Manuel said.
Heading into his eighth NFL season, Kyle Williams became the most experienced (with the Bills) on the team has when Chris Kelsay retired in the offseason.
"Well it's obviously different. You get really close with those guys, but they were there, they were kind of in that position at one point," Williams said of the retirement of Kelsay and Aaron Schobel. "You always kind of adapt when you have new people coming in. You tend to gravitate to a guy and develop other relationships. I think we have special relationships. I hate to see them gone, but at the same time that's the nature of this deal. You bond with your teammates, especially through getting out here and working."
Williams said the leadership role on defense is nothing new for him.
"I think I've been there for a while. I don't think I've slid in to it," he said. "Early in my career, guys watched me and they saw how I worked and how I conducted my business. That earned respect and I was able to do it on the field. It's just kind of been a natural progression that everyone has to go through. I feel like I've been there for a while."
Marrone indicated that Brad Smith is being utilized solely as a wide receiver on offense for right now, a hint that the Wildcat could be put to sleep. Marrone, though, said Smith's value to the team goes beyond just a pass-catching role.
"He's a core special teams player and does it very well," the coach said.
As for Dorin Dickerson, who's listed on the roster as a wide receiver, Marrone indicated he's a tight end.
"He was in that hybrid situation and he can really run well. … He's big, strong and can run," he said. "We had him out there and then he actually came to us. I think it was a problem of trying to get the weight down and that he needed to be able to be faster to play the position or get in and out of cuts.
"He said, 'I really want to play tight end.' I think you're trying to give the players the best chance to make the team. He feels – and I don't disagree with him after seeing him at wide receiver – that the best position for him to be at is the tight end position."
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By falling to the bottom of the first round of the NFL Draft, Johnny Manziel will make $11.7 million less on his rookie contract, than what he would have made if drafted in the top five.
Many NFL Draft experts projected Manziel to be selected by the Cleveland Browns with the fourth pick of the draft.
After the Browns traded the fourth pick, the Buffalo Bills selected Sammy Watkins who is projected to sign a 4-year contract worth $19.94 million according to Spotrac.com. That is a slight increase over last year's fourth pick, Lane Johnson of the Philadelphia Eagles, who signed a 4-year, rookie contract worth $19.85 million
Meanwhile, Manziel is projected to sign a 4-year contract worth $8.25 million, $11.69 million less than Watkins.
Here is a look at the contracts for first round picks in the 2013 draft. This year's contracts are projected to be only slightly larger.
Negotiations will decide the size of their signing bonuses and the amounts guaranteed. However, Johnson received a $12.82 million signing bonus last year and seven of the top nine players drafted received contracts that were fully guaranteed (including Johnson).
Desmond Trufant, who was the 22nd pick last year, received a signing bonus of just $4.32 million with just $6.95 million (85.1%) of the total contract guaranteed.
If Manziel is successful with the Browns, he will be able to renegotiate his deal after his third season. But until then, he will have to think about what could have been.


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Václav Havel (väts´läv hävĕl), 1936–2011, Czech dramatist and essayist, president of Czechoslovakia (1989–92) and the Czech Republic (1993–2003). The most original Czech dramatist to emerge in the 1960s, Havel soon antagonized the political power structure by focusing on the senselessness and absurdity of mechanized, totalitarian society in plays that implicitly criticized the government, such as The Garden Party (1963, tr. 1969) and The Memorandum (1965, tr. 1967), and in various essays of the 1960s and 70s. As an organizer (1977) and leading spokesman for the dissident group Charter 77, he was imprisoned (1979–83) by the Czechoslovak Communist regime, and his plays were banned.
Havel was a founder (1989) of the Civic Forum, a human rights and opposition group, and became its principal spokesman. When it succeeded in forcing (1989) the Communist party to share power, he became interim president of Czechoslovakia. He was elected president of Czechoslovakia after the collapse of Communism in 1990, but resigned in 1992 prior to the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, to which he was opposed. He was elected president of the new Czech Republic in 1993 and reelected in 1998. As president he tended toward a social democratic approach to social and economic issues, strongly supporting civil liberties and human rights and an eastward-expanding NATO. He retired from the presidency in 2003. Havel's other works include Protocols (essays and poems, 1966), Letters to Olga (1983, tr. 1989), Three Vanek Plays (1990), Open Letters: Selected Writings 1965–1990 (1991), Summer Meditations (1991, tr. 1992), and Selected Plays, 1984–87 (1994).
See his memoir, To the Castle and Back (2007); interview ed. by P. Wilson (tr. 1990); biographies by M. Simmons (1991) and M. Zantovsky (2014); collections of essays on Havel, ed. by J. Vladislav (1986) and M. Goetz-Stankiewicz and P. Carey (1999); study by J. Keane (2000).


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The larger clutch, with an outer diameter of 115 and an inner diameter of 108mm, are the original PIAGGIO standard items in the premier division of VESPA large frame models: GS150/GS160, SS180, both Rally models, PX200/PE200 till 1994, VESPA T5 and last but not least the first version of the COSA 200. The clutches produced since the VESPA Rally models are interchangeable with all subsequently produced VESPA large frame motors clutches. The larger dimensions ensure grater frictional area. This clutch assembly includes six springs for the GS and Rally 180 models, seven for all other models in combination with the usual three friction plates.
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One evening last week I dropped by my friend B's house. I found my barefoot and pregnant friend the kitchen, whipping up a loaf of banana bread adapted from the Joy of Cooking. She was substituting gluten-free flours and honey for wheat flour and sugar, and success seemed inevitable - the Joy of Cooking is so reliable and B is a fantastic baker. I had high hopes for this loaf and marveled at my excellently timed visit. As it baked, the house filled with the intoxicating smell of honey and banana and my quick bread-loving heart swooned.
Finally, the timer beeped and B removed the loaf from the oven. Oh my, was it gorgeous! We could hardly wait for it to cool and sunk a knife into its golden, crisp crust. The bread had light and lofty crumb, and our first taste revealed a marvelously sweet and nutty flavor. Even her banana-leery husband devoured it. We polished off half the loaf, and they finished it the next day.
Since then, I have made the bread a few times and have landed on a reliable and inarguably delicious recipe. After it cools, the bread can be sliced very thin and it holds up well to being spread with butter or nut butter. And the best part? It stays moist for days, even when simply stored on the counter wrapped in parchment. While at a picnic this past weekend, my friend April's daughter ate three thick slices, using two of them to make a strawberry and butter sandwich. That's my kind of kid.
Eventually, I'd like to make a banana bread with no added sweetener other than stevia, as well as a banana bread that doesn't use eggs. But for now, this is my new go-to banana bread. I think you'll love it.
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Really Good Banana Bread
yield 1 loaf | adapted from my friend B's adaptation of a recipe from the Joy of Cooking
This recipe is largely sorghum flour-based, with a blend of tapioca starch for a crisp, brown crust, quinoa flakes for extra binding ability and fiber, and brown rice flour or millet flour for a nice crumb.
I have tried this recipe using flax "eggs" instead of chicken eggs, and it was a failure - too heavy, gummy, and moist. Try substituting the eggs at your own risk. I'll try to come up with a good egg-free version soon!
- 4 large ripe bananas
- 2 large happy eggs
- .3 cup liquid coconut oil
- .5 cup agave nectar, honey, maple syrup, or brown rice syrup
- 1 cup/120 grams sorghum flour
- .25 cup/40 grams brown rice flour or .25 cup + 1 heaping Tablespoon/40 grams millet flour
- .25 cup/30 grams tapioca starch or tapioca flour
- .25 cup/25 grams quinoa flakes
- 2.5 tsp/12 grams baking powder
- .5 tsp/3 grams unrefined salt
- optional: 1 tsp/2 grams ground cinnamon
Heat oven to 350º F. Line an 8-inch x 4-inch bread pan (or similar size) with parchment or coat with coconut oil and dust with flour, and set aside. I prefer the parchment route, as a successful removal of the loaf from the pan is almost a guarantee.
Peel bananas and break each banana into a few large chunks. Place in a food processor, pulse, then process until smooth. Then add eggs, oil, and sweetener and process until just combined. Then add remaining ingredients, pulse a few times, and process until fully combined.
Pour batter into prepared bread pan and bake for 1 hour, until bread is golden brown and toothpick comes out clean. Remove from oven and let cool for about 5 minutes on a wire rack, then remove loaf from pan and allow to cool completely.
If you don't have a food processor, don't fret. Simply mash the banana as smoothly as you can in a large bowl, or blend until smooth in a blender. Then beat together with the eggs, sweetener, and oil until smooth and creamy. In a separate bowl, combine the dry ingredients, then add to banana mixture and stir until combined. Bake as directed. Easy!


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The collapse of 38 Studios — the game development company founded by all-star pitcher Curt Schilling — became one of the most colossal video game development flameouts ever. But, in a tweet this morning, the former Red Sox player says that the fantasy creation would still be innovative if someone ponied up the cash to put the dev team back together.
If someone were to buy Amalur, put team back on it, it's a billion dollar franchise, 2 years later and still no ones done what we were doing
— Curt Schilling (@gehrig38) November 26, 2013
The murderer's row of creative folk, the move to Rhode Island and subsequent bankruptcy… the whole affair painted Schilling and his partners in the worst of lights. The one game that 38 Studios did release — the well-received Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning — supposedly needed to sell 3 million copies just to break even. Schilling himself said that the affiliated Amalur MMO wasn't fun but someone working on the game refuted that. The rights to Amalur are still seemingly up for grabs but with such a hapless history behind it, it'd take brave souls to decide to pick up the fictional world's crest.


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Conversely in a rotating system of spinless particles can the macroscopic algular momentum be decreased by converting some of the particles into those having parallel spins?
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I was reading The Daily Mail (I admit it ok – you should too) and guess what? Today they've decided that "millions" of men think we wear too much make up and prefer the natural look.
They chose pretty extreme examples of those who do like to cake it on – Jordan, Xtina, for example:
Yes, its pretty tranny-rific, but they are also celebrities and are out doing their photoshoot thing, not like they are heading out to Asda.
For today they preferred the 'natural' look of Maniston (which as we know, takes a long time to achieve – her base is a flawless combination of primer, foundation, concealer, powder, bronzer, highlighter I'm sure):
Apparently a spokesperson for St Ives (remember their Apricot Scrub? Or was at someone else? Anyway…) says:'For many guys, makeup can act as a barrier between them and their partner, and it seems they simply prefer their women to go natural.
'But it's interesting to see that the majority of men were reluctant to admit this to their partner.
Well, when I asked Mr Candy in all honesty he does prefer me natural as opposed to when I am done up in my glitter and liner (I love glitter and liner!). But at the same time he understands that I just feel a lot better with some make up on, so thats fine for him.
I certainly don't have a problem seeing him with nothing on (my face) at all, I've even made him squeeze my spots before so it makes no difference to me.
'This seems to be part of a bigger issue between the genders as many women also admitted they weren't happy with their skin condition.
'So it would appear that women are wearing makeup to hide bad skin, not simply to impress the opposite sex.
'If women felt more confident that their skin was in good condition they wouldn't need to wear so much make-up to cover up.'
I certainly do slap on more base if I have redness or acne. I would love to have better skin overall so that less base was needed in the future. Its the way my mum brought me up to look after me skin – treat it from the inside and aim for clear skin – but I've lapsed in the last few years.
Its also quite a long process, if you have skin problems, to find the right skincare, to drink more water, to eat better, to cut out bad habits like smoking and drinking. Its worth it though, in the end!
By the way, you know if a Daily Mail piece is written on the whim and is a pointing slightly in the direction of bullsh*t because no one will put their name to it, it will just say:
Uh-huh. The intern probably did it on her lunch break.
Anyway here's the Daily Mail List:
1. Lipstick on teeth – Yes, when I wear red
2. Too much blusher – Yes when I apply it in the dark
3. Thick foundation – If my skin is red raw I do pile on the foundation
4. Panda eyes – Yes, all the time
5. Clumpy mascara – Yes, cos I rotate mascara so much
6. Bright lipstick – YES! Love a bit of hot pink but men are terrified of bright lips
7. Foundation tide mark around the jaw-line – Is it my fault if they sold me the wrong shade?
8. Bright blue eyeshadow – Get lost! Everyone needs a bright blue shadow
9. Penciled-in eyebrows – What, you think everyone has visible brows?
10. Amy Winehouse-style eyeliner flicks – It only sounds bad because you put Amy Winehouse before it. Whats wrong with a cat eyeliner flick?
Anyway, my verdict is, we'll wear what we want on our faces, if you are a man and have a problem with it, then have a sex change and do what you like with your face. Amen.


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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen has now blasted its way into theaters and IMAX and after just one day, the movie has managed to break box office records ($60 mil!), incite controversy (minstrel Autobots Mudflap and Skids), and, of course, spark (unconfirmed) rumors of an inevitable sequel.
Oh yeah, and the film has been taking a "record-breaking" beating in the review columns. Not that Michael Bay care$.
If you've seen our Transformers 2 discussion forum (or looked just about anywhere else on the known Internet), then you've surely seen the outcry from both fans and critics about "The Twins" Mudflap and Skids, two new characters that were introduced in Revenge of The Fallen.
The problem? The Twins have been almost universally pegged as the most offensive racial stereotype on film since Jar-Jar Binks. The two Robots talk in southern crunk drawls, use profanity almost every other word, talk slang like "bust a cap in somebody's ass," and proudly admit to being illiterate. Oh, and one of them even has a gold tooth.
In an interview with the Associated Press, Michael Bay sort of kind of denied the accusation of racial insensitivity:
"We're just putting more personality in...I don't know if it's stereotypes - they are robots, by the way. These are the voice actors. This is kind of the direction they were taking the characters and we went with it."
So... basically he's saying that, as the DIRECTOR he wasn't keeping close eye on the development of the characters in his movie? On how they might be perceived, who they might offend or what kind of controversy they might stir? Yikes.
Bay later added (brilliantly) in his defense:
"I purely did it for kids, Young kids love these robots, because it makes it more accessible to them."
There is TOO much loaded into that statement for this blogger to touch. Just good to know that (in Michael Bay's humble opinion) Mudflap and Skids are the avenue to reaching today's youth. Double yikes.
Transformers 2 writers Robert Orci and Alex Kurtzman are wisely putting up an umbrella (ella, ella) to shield themselves from this s-storm. Apparently, this "ghetto fab" version of Mudflap and Skids was a shock to them (the writers) as well. As they told Film School Rejects:
Orci: Number one, we sympathize. Yes, the gold tooth was not in the script, that's true.
Kurtzman: It's really hard for us to sit here and try to justify it.I think that would be very foolish, and if someone wants to be offended by it, it's their right. We were very surprised when we saw it, too, and it's a choice that was made. If anything, it just shows you that we don't control every aspect of the movie.
Kurtzman and Orci are pretty good guys in my experience, so I for one gladly give them the benefit of the doubt. Besides, this has studio idiocy written all over it; when you think about it, Paramount had to clear this depiction of The Twins at some point, so no matter what Bay or the voice-actors were up to, the studio should've known better.
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The Handbook of Language and Globalization
The Handbook of Language and Globalization
ISBN: 978-1-444-32406-8 October 2010 Wiley-Blackwell 672 Pages
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The Handbook of Language and Globalization brings together important new studies of language and discourse in the global era, consolidating a vibrant new field of sociolinguistic research.
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- Comprehensive coverage is divided into four sections: global multilingualism, world languages and language systems; global discourse in key domains and genres; language, values and markets under globalization; and language, distance and identities
- Covers an impressive breadth of topics including tourism, language teaching, social networking, terrorism, and religion, among many others
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Acknowledgments x
Introduction: Sociolinguistics in the Global Era 1
Nikolas Coupland
Part I Global Multilingualism, World Languages, and Language Systems 29
1 Globalization, Global English, and World English(es): Myths and Facts 31
Salikoko S. Mufwene
2 Language Systems 56
Abram De Swaan
3 The Global Politics of Language: Markets, Maintenance, Marginalization, or Murder? 77
Tove Skutnabb-Kangas and Robert Phillipson
4 World Languages: Trends and Futures 101
Ulrich Ammon
5 Language Policy and Globalization 123
Thomas Ricento
6 Panlingual Globalization 142
Jonathan Pool
7 The Spread of Global Spanish: From Cervantes to reggaetón 162
Clare Mar-Molinero
8 New National Languages in Eastern Europe 182
Brigitta Busch
Part II Global Discourse in Key Domains and Genres 201
9 Localizing the Global on the Participatory Web 203
Jannis Androutsopoulos
10 Globalizing the Local: The Case of an Egyptian Superhero Comic 232
Theo van Leeuwen and Usama Suleiman
11 Language and the Globalizing Habitus of Tourism: Toward A Sociolinguistics of Fleeting Relationships 255
Adam Jaworski and Crispin Thurlow
12 Globalization and Language Teaching 287
David Block
13 Discursive Constructions of Global War and Terror 305
Adam Hodges
14 Has God Gone Global? Religion, Language, and Globalization 323
Annabelle Mooney
Part III Language, Values, and Markets under Globalization 347
15 Language as Resource in the Globalized New Economy 349
Monica Heller
16 Language and Movement in Space 366
Jan Blommaert and Jie Dong
17 Indexing the Local 386
Barbara Johnstone
18 Ecolinguistics and Globalization 406
Arran Stibbe
19 The Chinese Discourse of Human Rights and Glocalization 426
20 Meanings of 'Globalization': East and West 447
Peter Garrett
21 Languages and Global Marketing 475
Helen Kelly-Holmes
Part IV Language, Distance, and Identities 493
22 Shadows of Discourse: Intercultural Communication in Global Contexts 495
Claire Kramsch and Elizabeth Boner
23 Unraveling Post-Colonial Identity through Language 520
Rakesh M. Bhatt
24 At the Intersection of Gender, Language, and Transnationalism 540
Ingrid Piller and Kimie Takahashi
25 Globalization and Gay Language 555
William L. Leap
26 Metroethnicities and Metrolanguages 575
John C. Maher
27 Popular Cultures, Popular Languages, and Global Identities 592
Alastair Pennycook
28 Global Representations of Distant Suffering 608
Lilie Chouliaraki
29 Global Media and the Regime of Lifestyle 625
David Machin and Theo van Leeuwen
Index 644
"Overall, The Handbook of Language and Globalization succeeds in providing the reader with insightful analysis at the intersection of language and globalization. With its broad scope and inclusion of useful research topics, the volume can be considered as an open gate for a wider field of study and research in sociolinguistics. It also provides a stimulating and complex picture of the
state of theory and practice in the area of language and globalization." (Linguist, 18 October 2012)
"An enlightening and engaging collection by eminent international scholars. A major resource for the study of theoretical and pragmatic approaches to Global English, including concerns about 'marginalization' and 'murder' of languages."—Braj B.Kachru, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois
"This Handbook provides a fascinating exposition of the complex, multidimensional nature of globalization as it pertains to the world's languages. Coupland has marshalled authors at the forefront of their fields who offer a diversity of approaches and do not flinch from disputes and challenging questions. I suspect that this book will transform the discourse on globalization within linguistics and will impel a reconsideration of whether linguistic diversity is inevitably impacted by global processes."
—Margaret Florey, Resource Network for Linguistic Diversity


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Wednesday, June 27, 2007 02:55 am
Terrible teens
They've met the enemy – and it's them
Untitled Document Many recent films about troubled youth remind me of Jean-Paul Sartre's play No Exit, in which hell is other people. The biggest problem facing teens today, according to these films, is other teens. Alpha Dog (2006) is a powerful indictment of today's youth, but its brute honesty hindered its commercial potential. Watching the film, you will ask yourself, "How could this happen? Can they all be that stupid?" Apparently they were, because the movie is based on a true incident. A small-time pot dealer, with delusions of being Tony Montana, the drug kingpin in Scarface, rules his gang with an iron fist. When one of his dealers can't pay the $1,200 he owes, this mini-Scarface and his goons kidnap the dealer's half-brother. The stereotypical characterizations are off-putting at first. The teens act too much like the drug dealers seen in dozens of movies. Maybe that is the point: They have little sense of reality and emulate what they see in entertainment. Movies, however, do not motivate their misguided actions that are strictly impulsive. As the film grows more compelling and suspenseful, the characters lose their façade to panicked reality. The biggest surprise is Justin Timberlake. Who cares that he was in one of those annoying boy bands? The guy can act. The Chumscrubber (2005) follows a similar path with teens resorting to kidnapping to resolve a drug conflict, but it lacks the gritty reality of Alpha Dog. Instead we get a self-consciously arty exercise in indie-film snobbery. Its stylistic excesses are simply irritating. In Bully (2001), a group of teens plan the revenge murder of their school tormenter. Bully, another fact-based story, suffers at the hands of director Larry Clark, a hack whose exploitation of teen subjects is viewed as great art by some pseudointellectuals. The less-celebrated Mean Creek (2004) takes the revenge scenario to a much higher level. The more realistic handling of the teens brings greater depth to the characters. The less extreme approach creates a much more plausible situation. Director Gus Van Sant used the tragedy of school shootings to create the masterwork Elephant (2003). He plunges us directly into the tragic day, and his prowling camera stalks various students as they draw closer to the inevitable. Exposition is avoided because we don't really need to be told why. A subtle hint is all that is required. Van Sant forces us to contemplate whether we are victims of fate or random choices. Elephant is the most important teen film of this decade.
New on DVD this Tuesday (July 3): Driving Lessons, Puccini for Beginners, and Disappearances.
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GreaseMonkey: Hide the ToC on search.cpan.org Module Pages
I love it when tools do exactly what they're supposed to, do it effectively, and in doing so let me do things quickly and easily.
Like any serious Perl programmer, I use search.cpan.org several times a day. Indeed, I even have it as a search plug-in for Firefox. But when I am looking at the manual pages for modules, I find the auto-generated table of contents to be cumbersome. I always just scroll past it to get at the meat. Yes, I could click on the links to jump to sections, but then browser-back has to be clicked that many more times to get back to the main distribution page, search results page, etc.
So I did the obvious thing: I set out to write a GreaseMonkey script to scratch this particular itch. And in this case, JavaScript was just easy-enough to use, and GM just helpful-enough, that before I knew it the task was done. I had initially planned to just put together the basic framework, make sure it was locating the needed <div> tags, etc. But that worked right the first time, so I thought I'd go ahead and have it hide the ToC. That took even less time, so I went ahead and put in a clickable <span> tag to toggle the hidden/exposed state of the ToC. And before I realized it, I'd pretty much finished the whole task.
There were two "gotchas," of sorts, that I had to spend a little time fixing:
- Seems that you can't set the style for CSS pseudo-selectors, ":hover" in this case, via JavaScript. So I solved this by creating an additional element, a <script> tag, to provide hover-styling for the clickable text.
- The <span> tag displayed as a block object, and as such the "hot" area actually extended well to the right of the text. I solved this part by just wrapping the span in another <div>. Then the span was treated as inline, and the "hot" part is limited to the bounding-box of the text only.
So, the script is being tracked on GitHub, the project page is here. Also, I uploaded it to userscripts.org, and you can install it from it's page there.


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Associated PressNovember 21, 2013
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Supporters of an initiative that would prevent Washington state from adopting universal background checks for gun sales say they have submitted 340,000 signatures with their first batch of petitions submitted Thursday to the secretary of state's office.
Initiative 591 would prevent Washington state from adopting background-check laws stricter than the national standard, which requires the checks for sales by licensed dealers but not for purchases from private sellers. It would also prohibit confiscation of firearms without due process.
"This is a monumental effort to protect our gun rights," said Alan Gottlieb, chairman for Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms and a spokesman for Protect Our Gun Rights. "Our mission is and always has been to assure public safety while protecting the constitutional and civil rights of law abiding gun owners and citizens."
Gottlieb and other supporters turned in 13 boxes of petitions with the signatures, with signs on the boxes that read, "Save your gun. Yes on 591."
The proposal was crafted in response to Initiative 594, also likely aimed at the 2014 ballot, which seeks to require background checks for all sales. Supporters of that measure turned in more than 250,000 signatures in early October. Both campaigns can continue to turn in signatures up until the Jan. 3 deadline.
Initiatives require at least 246,372 valid signatures of registered state voters to be certified, though the secretary of state's office suggests filing at least 320,000 to provide a buffer for any duplicate or invalid signatures. The validation process begins after the signature deadline.
Washington state lawmakers had considered a measure similar to I-594 earlier this year, but it didn't pass the House or the Senate.
I-594 does not include some of the exemptions that lawmakers had been considering. For example, law enforcement officers or people who have concealed pistol licenses still would have to go through background checks on private transactions under the initiative.
Because both measures are "initiatives to the Legislature," if enough signatures qualify for I-594 and I-591, lawmakers will have the option of adopting the initiatives during the next legislative session that begins in January. Otherwise the measures would be on the ballot in November 2014.
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August 10, 2008 - Group leaders participating in the 'Abbots Way' walk across Dartmoor, Devon have hailed the SPOT Satellite Messenger as an essential piece of kit, after using the device to save two young walkers suffering from exhaustion and hypothermia.
The rescue is among the first documented rescues initiated by SPOT in the UK. The device, which is rapidly growing in popularity within Europe, is the first of its kind, providing lifesaving communications technology from remote locations.
May 2008 - Technology triumphed over adversity in the great outdoors when an outdoor adventurer was rescued from a remote Scottish highland after using SPOT, the World's first satellite messenger system, to alert emergency services.
Niels Vinther, was rescued after he sent a Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) message to a SPOT emergency call centre from his location in Glen Etive, 15 miles south of Fort William in Scotland. The Danish man, who currently lives in Sunderland, had pressed the emergency button when he became incapacitated with acute abdominal pain whilst attempting a coast-to-coast trek across Scotland.
April 15, 2009 -A Norwegian man was caught in blizzard conditions on March 31 during a 5 day solo ski sailing attempt across Hardangervidda, the largest high mountain plateau in Northern Europe. Despite studying the advanced forecast and being prepared with the proper equipment, an unexpected late winter storm suddenly caused blinding, white-out conditions high winds and heavy snow snowfall.
March 2, 2010 – In February, Brent Martin was enjoying an off-road motorcycle trip with a group of riders across a remote desert near Lake Isabella in Southern California. He came upon an injured rider who just crashed her motorcycle. Martin stated that he had only limited cell phone coverage, and was unsuccessful maintaining a mobile phone connection and explaining their location to local 911 dispatchers.
"Being in the middle of nowhere limits your ability to effectively communicate your geographic location, even with cell phones," said Brent Martin, a motorcycle enthusiast and member of a Los Angeles County Search and Rescue team. "Everything looks the same out there and you're miles from any streets signs."
April 21, 2010 – On the morning of Sunday, March 14, Robert Cortis and three friends set off in their boat to enjoy the day fishing off the coast of
Mr. Cortis reported that their 23 foot 2006 vessel had begun to take on water due to a breach in the hull shortly before 4 p.m.


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A disappointing shower is no way to start your day. Luckily, there may be a quick fix to pump up the water pressure in your shower. The DIY mavens at Stack Exchange tell you how.
I recently purchased my first home. It has two bathrooms and the water pressure in both is less than ideal. What are some steps I can take to increase the pressure?
Scott Vercuski Answers:
This is an effective trick a plumbing contractor once told me.
Go to your local home improvement store and buy a cheap shower head (the one I picked up cost $1.50). If you look down inside of the showerhead you'll see a washer which constricts the water flow. If you take a drill and enlarge the hole, thereby increasing flow, the water pressure will increase. I didn't think it would work but it did!!
Vebjorn Ljosa Answers:
In the U.S., shower heads are required by government regulation to restrict water flow in order to save water and energy. By law, they must deliver less than 2.5 gallons per minute. For this reason, many shower heads will deliver less than ideal flow and/or pressure. To get around the law, and benefit those with less-than-stellar water pressure, many showerheads (e.g., the Waterpik I recently bought) come with instructions for removing the flow regulator. If you've discarded those instructions, a quick Google search should be all you need to figure out how to remove the flow regulator in your shower head.
Mike Powell Comments:
And even if there are no specific instructions, I've found that the regulator is often made of brightly-colored plastic that looks sort of "out of place." It's almost like it's begging to be removed. :)
Tester101 Answers:
Low pressure can be caused by old galvanized pipe, which often build up deposits causing the water to be restricted.
Another cause of low pressure can be incorrect pipe size. I like to run a 3/4" trunk line with 1/2" legs to fixtures (which I think is pretty common).
Some houses have pressure reducing valves on the supply line, which are used to control the water pressure inside the house. Here is a video explaining how to adjust this valve.
1. Start by loosening the lock nut.
2. Next, turn the adjustment screw. Turn the screw clockwise to increase pressure. Turn the screw counterclockwise to decrease the pressure.
3. Once the proper pressure is set, tighten the lock nut.
These answers all assume the pressure is low in the whole house. If it's just the shower see the other answers.
Illustration by Sean Gallagher.
Find more answers at the original post here. See more questions like this at Home Improvement, the DIY site at Stack Exchange. And of course, feel free to ask a question yourself.