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NEWINGTON — Image Sensations, a store in the Fox Run Mall, is pleased to announce that it is a Holiday Donation Drop Off Center for the Cocheco Valley Humane Society in Dover, New Hampshire. It is a convenient location for you to make a donation of items that are so greatly needed by the shelter and its animals. Image Sensations is located near the entrance to Sears.
From now until December 24th, if you donate an item from the Cocheco Valley Humane Society's Wish List, Image Sensations will give you a 10 percent discount on your entire purchase of dog and cat breed shirts and novelty items from their store. Simply present your donation when you make your purchase (excludes license plate items, coins and stamps that are also sold in the store). Items needed include dog and cat food (the shelter requests certain brands), pet toys, leashes, cleaning materials, office supplies, and more. For specific items, you may obtain the Wish List from Image Sensations or you may visit the shelter's website at cvhsonline.org. If you would like the list emailed to you or have any questions, please contact Pat Soucy at email@example.com or call 603-285-5978.


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acquire(Receive), verb accept, achieve, adipisci, adopt, be given, come into possession of, derive, gain, glean, obtain, reap, take in, win
acquire(Secure), verb adquirere, annex, appropriate, assume, assume ownership, attain, exact, extort, extract, force from, gain, get, make one's own, obtain by any means, purchase, realize, steal, take, take possession, wrest from
Associated concepts: acquire a business, acquire by fraud, acquire by gift, acquire by inheritance, acquire by will, accuire for resale, acquire ownership
Foreign phrases: Incorporalia bello non adquiruntur.Things incorporeal are not acquired in war.
See also: accept, accrue, aggregate, appropriate, arise, attain, collect, condemn, derive, gain, garner, gather, hoard, impress, increase, incur, inherit, obtain, occupy, possess, procure, profit, purchase, realize, reap, receive, recover, seize, store, succeed, take
TO ACQUIRE, descents, contracts. To make property one's own.
2. Title to property is acquired in two ways, by descent, (q.v.) and by purchase (q.v.). Acquisition by purchase, is either by, 1. Escheat. 2. Occupancy. 3. Prescription. 4. Forfeiture. 5. Alienation, which is either by deed or by matter of record. Things which cannot be sold, cannot be acquired.

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The average American household (representing 66% of total households) has three televisions, at least one desktop computer and one laptop. What if one of these devices could do double duty as a Hi Def TV AND computer rolled into one? The energy savings (both in manufacturing and stand-by operation) would be significant in reducing the average carbon footprint of a typical home.
That of course is NOT the reason why Steve Jobs rolled out the latest Apple TV gadget today at the big Apple media event in San Francisco. He modestly called Apple TV his "hobby" which belies the fact that Apple could very well change the landscape of television distribution, just as it did the landscape of music distribution back in 2003.
I recall heated discussions amongst media and music pundits back in the day -- "iTunes will never turn a profit... It's just being used to sell iPods.. The music industry won't lose its hold on distribution." etc. They were wrong. By 2008 iTunes had become the #1 music distributor, and as of this year it has sold more than 10 billion songs, making it a massive profit center for Apple.
The key was getting the big music catalogs on board, which Apple eventually succeeded in doing after big music execs realized the seamlessly integrated online music purchasing experience was increasing sales at a time when most media experts were crying about the "death" of the music industry.
Television will follow the same course. I for one, am part of a generation of consumers that have completely forgone the television (along with that telephone thing with the cord). I have a TV in my closet but I can't remember the last time I used it. I pretty much consume all my media on my computer via Hulu or directly on TV wesbites like ABC.com.
The Netflix deal with Roku is exciting, but the promise of being able to download and own my favorite TV shows via iTunes and play them on my monitor without buffering or ads has me ready to whip out the $100 for the hocky-puck sized Apple TV gadget.
Right now it's a small catalog -- FOX and ABC. But remember iTunes started with just 200,000 song titles. My guess is that cool features (like big Flickr slideshows, 99 cent downloads, and WiFi integration with the iPad) along with a growing catalog will make Apple TV a hit and cable TV its first big competitor.
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Machine Learning Meetup Notes: 2009-03-11
Machine Learning Meetup Notes: 2009-03-11
We made perceptrons. To learn how, you should go to Wikipedia [1]
Code people wrote
- Mathematica, by Christoph (PDF, because noisebridge is a little too anti-commercial)
- Matlab/Octave perceptron by Jean
- Python by Skory
- extremely naive Python by Rachel
- Ruby by Zhao [2]
- C by Cristian [3]
- Python implementation by David Stainton
- LISP! by John Kaufman
Everyone should upload their code!
Follow-on notes
Now, if you look at your weights and think about what they mean, you'll notice something odd. At the end, the weights aren't equal! We trained a NAND gate, so every input should have an equal opportunity to change the output, right? Given that last leading question, what would you expect the ideal weights to be? Do the learned weights match that expectation? Why? (Hint: What does "overfitting" mean, and how is it relevant?)
Can you build a training set for an OR gate, and train it? What other operators can you implement this way? All you need to do is build a new training set and try training, which is pretty awesome if you think about it. (Hint: What does "separability" mean, and how is it relevant?)
Let's say we wanted to output smooth values instead of just 0 or 1. What wouuld you need to change in your evaluation step to get rid of the thresholding? What wouuld you need to change about learning to allow your neuron to learn smooth functions? (Hint: in a smooth output function, we want to change the amount of training we do by how far we were off, not just by which direction we were off.)
What if we wanted to do something besides multiple each input by its weight? What if we wanted to do something crazy, like take the second input, square it, and multiply _that_ by the weight? That is: what if we wanted to make the output a polynomial equation instead of a linear one, where each input is x^1, x^2, etc, with the weights as their coefficients? What would need to change in your implementation? What if we wanted to do even crazier things, like bizarre trig functions?


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EXCLUSIVE: Teri Polo, Chazz Palminteri, Tia Carrere and Luke Eberl star in the thriller, producers Elaine Hastings Edell and Jeffrey Edell announced on Tuesday night [29].
Barbara Stepansky directed Life Saver, which centres on a high-powered woman who survives a tragedy only to sink into substance abuse as she turns her back on her family.
To make matters worse she is then abducted and begins to suspect her kidnapping may involve someone close to her.
The film shot in and around the Texas environs of Fort Worth and Dallas.


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DOVER — Spontaneous combustion of flooring materials is being named as the accidental cause of a two-alarm structure fire that struck the banquet hall of the Cochecho Country Club Thursday evening, according to Assistant Fire Chief Jim Ormand.
The blaze drew mutual aid from numerous neighboring departments who provided additional manpower and helped to sustain the water supply on Gulf Road.
Following an investigation into the cause and source of ignition for the fire, officials narrowed the origin of the blaze to an area where workers had stored flooring materials in the banquet hall.
On Thursday evening as temperatures dipped back into the single digits and below zero, firefighters responded to a fire in the roof and attic of the banquet hall. When they arrived, smoke was discovered on the first floor and the sprinkler system had been activated.
Damage was contained to just the rear of the building and banquet hall.
The monetary value of the damage was still unknown on Tuesday.
Dover, Durham, Portsmouth, Rollinsford, Somersworth, South Berwick, Newington, and Rochester were all on scene assisting with the fire.
Additional tankers were called to the scene to maintain the water supply for the fighting the blaze.
Berwick and Durham departments also provided station coverage in Dover.


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The Museum of Cycladic Art (MCA) is a small but prestigious archaeological museum located at the heart of Athens, Greece.
It contains one of the most celebrated collections of Early Cycladic culture worldwide, as well as extensive collections of Ancient Greek and Cypriot art.
The museum organizes major exhibitions on the archaeology of the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean, as well as innovative presentations on the relations between ancient and modern art.
The MCA is a private institution functioning under the auspices of the Nicholas and Dolly Goulandris Foundation (a non-profit organization) and the supervision of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture.
The Collection
In the early 1960s, Nicholas and Dolly Goulandris began to collect ancient Greek and Cycladic artefacts, after being granted official permission by the Greek government. Gradually, they managed to build an important collection, which became subject to study by distinguished scholars, mainly because of its exquisite Cycladic marble figurines. During the 1970s and early 1980s, the collection was presented in major museums around the world (British Museum at London, Grand Palais at Paris, National Gallery at Washington DC, Museum of Fine Arts at Houston, Museum of Western Art at Tokyo, etc.). In 1985, after the death of her husband, Dolly Goulandris founded the "N.P. Goulandris Foundation" in his memory, and donated the world-famous collection to the new public institution.
The Museum
The Museum of Cycladic Art opened its doors to the public in January 1986, and is now a thriving institution in the heart of Athens. With the aim of communicating with the general public, it organises temporary exhibitions devoted to archaeology and contemporary art, educational programs, creative activities for children and families, lectures, one-day conferences and seminars. A rich publication record contributes to the scholarly documentation of collections and temporary exhibits, and the education of our young visitors.
Today, the MCA contains over 3.000 artefacts of Cycladic, Ancient Greek and Ancient Cypriot Art, which provide testimony to the cultural developments and interactions that took place in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean from the 4th millennium BC to the 6th c. AD.
Cycladic Culture
A unique selection of 3rd millennium BC marble figurines and vessels from the Aegean islands (Cyclades), which have provided a major source of inspiration for early 20th century artists.
Ancient Greek Art
A representative sample of artifacts from all periods of ancient Greek history (2000 BC - AD 395), including pottery vases, terracotta figurines, marble sculpture, bronze tools and weapons, gold jewellery, coins, glass vessels, etc.
Ancient Cypriot Art
A rich selection of artifacts from Cyprus, the melting pot of ancient Mediterranean cultures. It includes unique stone models of the human form, bronze artifacts, pottery, glass vessels, and high-quality gold jewellery, dating from the Chalcolithic era to the Early Byzantine period.
The MCA is housed in three interconnected buildings:
- The Main Building, a modern structure in marble and granite designed by the architect Ioannis Vikelas (1986), houses the permanent collections, a conference hall, the Cafe and the Museum Shop.
- The Stathatos Mansion, an exquisite Neo-classical building designed by the Bavarian architect Ernst Ziller (1895), houses temporary exhibitions and administration.
- The New Wing, an extension to the Main Building, houses the Department of Educational Programs and offers extra exhibition space.
Monday: 10.00 - 17.00
Tuesday: closed
Wednesday: 10.00 - 17.00
Thursday: 10.00 - 20.00
Friday: 10.00 - 17.00
Saturday: 10.00 - 17.00
Sunday: 11.00 - 17.00
Public holidays (museum is closed):
1 January, Shrove Monday, 25 March, Easter, Easter Monday, 1 May, Spirit Monday, 15 August, 25 December, 26 December


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With holiday parties and social events on the rise, the hunt for the perfect outfit, or several, can get downright expensive. After the shopping high fades, the guilt of overspending generally follows and that shirt you called a "must-have" has disappeared to the back of the closet. Next time, how about renting instead? More companies have started to recognize the efficiency and cost-saving efforts of renting clothes online.
Rent the Runway
Likely the most recognizable rental site, Rent the Runway rents designer dresses and outfits with an occasion in mind.
Pros: In addition to free dry cleaning and postage, the site offers outfits from more than 95 designers in a range of sizes.
Cons: The more expensive the dress, the higher the rental price. So a $1,200 gown could cost you $250 for a four-day rental.
Bag, Borrow or Steal
Jennifer Hudson's character in the "Sex and the City" movie explained it best: "It's like Netflix for purses."
Pros: Thousands of choices, free shipping, plus jewelry and accessories.
Cons: Most high-end designers--think Chanel or Louis Vuitton--cost about $200 or more for a monthly rental.
Le Tote
Different from one-and-done rentals, this site offers complete, everyday outfits that you can wear as long or little as you want. For $49 a month, you will receive a tote filled with a minimum of three garments and two accessories catered to your personal style.
Pros: There's no limit to the number of garments you can receive per month, plus free shipping and cleaning.
Cons: The price is a bit steep if you only rent one tote per month, and there's a $5 fee if an item is stained or missing a button.
Fresh Neck
Men can rent designer ties, cufflinks, pocket squares and bow ties for a monthly membership fee.
Pros: There are three options to choose from--silver, gold and platinum--but all options offer unlimited monthly rentals and zero late fees. Silver starts at $20 a month and includes designers such as Michael Kors and Calvin Klein.
Cons: None that we can see.
For women in constant search of the next statement necklace, this site sends you three pieces of designer jewelry as often as you would like.
Pros: Designers include House of Harlow 1960, David Aubrey, Gorjana and Ted Rossi.
Cons: The six- and 12-month memberships require you to pay $100 and $180 upfront.
This accessories rental site is geared toward brides planning their weddings.
Pros: Rent replicas of the diamond drop earrings that Kate Middleton wore for her wedding. To help save on big-day stress, all of the jewelry is insured.
Cons: A 5 percent security deposit is required to rent.
Tie Society
Similar to Fresh Neck, this site rents mens accessories. However, rentals are based on the number of items per month versus a monthly fee of unlimited rentals.
Pros: You can exchange one item at a time or all at once, plus free postage.
Cons: The cufflinks collection is rather limited.
The Frock Shop
Just as men rent tuxes for special occasions, this Chicago-based service rents evening and cocktail dresses for women.
Pros: The average price to rent a cocktail dress is $50, or you can opt for an unlimited monthly membership for $99. Chicago residents can stop by a local showroom in Pilsen at 2150 S. Canalport Ave. on Thursdays and Saturdays for "Chicago Try On."
Cons: Dress sales only occur twice a year, so if you're in love with your rental , you'll have to wait to buy.
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"We are excited to get the group back together and to see some fresh new face. We will continue to get to know the players and gather some valuable information during our 10 days together.
Hopefully we can continue where we left off from the game against Mexico."
-- U.S. national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann on his squad for friendlies against Costa Rica and Belgium. It includes five changes from the team called up for the Mexico game.


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A Quick Bite- Brown Rice Pita Chips
Sometimes all you need is a quick, easy bite to eat. Today I was thinking about those Trader Joe's brown rice tortillas in my refrigerator that failed to be successful burrito wraps, and decided to rethink their function. If they aren't good when they are soft (rubbery) and malleable (like tofu jerky), maybe they would be good when crispy. So, I sprayed a baking sheet with nonstick olive oil and broiled two tortillas on one side, then turned them over and basted one with some leftover garlic spinach pesto from last night and basted the other with Trader Joe's Tomato chutney, putting them back into the broiler until crispy and golden. The results? A very tasty and flavorful flatbread that felt like a meal, albeit a small one. So, if you've got some of those wretched things or other undesirable GF tortillas lurking in your fridge, why not try them as a crispy flatbread?
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How was that little vacation you took? You remember. It cost you almost nothing, it burned some calories (or, after that ice cream cone, added a few) and briefly immersed you in quintessential California.
It was that walk on a pier, those structures that stretch out like a gateway into the Pacific. Perhaps we don't think about them much, but they're part of what has made California California: Piers (or wharfs as they were called in the mid-19th century) once were the primary way of moving food, cargo and travelers on and off sailing vessels. After having walked 75 of California's finest piers in the last year and a half, I also found they were the best way to move...me.
During my jaunts up and down the coast, I skipped some of them. I didn't do military piers (not open to the public); I eschewed commercial business piers (too dull). I ignored the un-touristed reaches of the San Francisco Bay, particularly leading back into the freshwater Sacramento Delta. And I blew off the state's thousands of private and public boat docks (a pier has pilings, a dock has none), leaving those for some other pilgrim.
That still put me on long piers (some more than half a mile long), short piers (one only 75 feet), rickety old piers, new but sometimes boring concrete piers, solitary piers and piers jammed with fun seekers. From the end of the trim structure over Imperial Beach—from which you can see Mexico—to the charming harbor in Crescent City, which is almost to Oregon, piers increasingly seemed to me less utilitarian and more like inviting portals into the past and present.
Monterey had the first pier, which went in 1847. Then railroads began became the hot new mode of transportation, and soon train tracks were being installed near the piers to ferry goods up and down the coast. Next came the car, but most piers weren't built to accommodate the auto. But real estate impresarios figured a way to bring newly mobile Californians to the shore by building "pleasure piers"— places bustling with dance pavilions, restaurants and arcade games. Sometimes that bait worked; sometimes it didn't. You can see the ghosts of those failures even today.
Like the people who dreamed them, piers are perishable. Their decline can be slow, as wind and water chip away at them, or fast, brought to their knees by coastal storms, especially in the El Nino years of the '80s and '90s. Even steel and cement sometimes are no match for Mother Nature. For instance, the Aliso Creek Pier in South Laguna Beach, built in 1971, lasted barely 25 years before El Nino tore it apart in the late '90s.
If our piers have a guardian angel it is the California Wildlife Conservation Board. The board was created to "administer capital outlays for wildlife conservation and related public recreation" and is now in its seventh decade of working with local cities and counties to fund construction of piers, and, more recently, coordinate their restoration.
Ken Jones, whose book "Pier Fishing in California" and website (www.pierfishing.com) are the definitive guides to the California structures, notes, "In the 1960s this group helped build or renovate 16 piers in the state. And in the 1980s, after the 1983 El Niño storms hit, they worked on 18."
Jones, who loves to fish, specifically off piers, has been a self-described "pier rat" since 1962. (He says a true pier rat "leaves the pier cleaner" than when he arrived and helps unhook birds that get snarled up in man's detritus.)
His favorites among all that he sampled (and he has sampled all of them): "Ventura Pier, with a beautiful sunset and those islands in the background, can be great." And "The 'B' Street Pier in Crescent City—that is something."
Momentarily less pier rat and more uncrowned poet laureate of California's piers, Jones explains their primal allure. "For me, out there at night, so still except for waves splashing against the pilings, maybe some moonlight on the water…It's simply a special moment and place to be in the world."
I found Jones' special moments and places aplenty during my own wanderings. (The highlights of each pier I visited can be found at latimes.com/piers.) They were, I realized, a sort of low-cost spa treatment.
They're also a window into nature—bird and marine life and California's life. As you meander out on a pier, you see, for a moment, a small portrait, each, by itself, interesting. But together, they paint a picture of a state where the riches are sometimes more psychic than sensational. Staring out to sea, listening to the waves, hearing the cry of a gull, I felt complete.


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President Edgar Lungu says he will no longer attend traditional ceremonies as they are dividing the country.
ZANIS reports that President Lungu explained that some tribal groupings get offended when he fails to attend their ceremonies after being invited.
The Head of State cited the Kalumba traditional ceremony of the Chewa speaking people as one such ceremony that has raised dust after he failed to attend this year's ceremony.
President Lungu revealed that some people are accusing him of siding with the Ngoni speaking people after having graced this year's Ncwala traditional ceremony.
The President disclosed that his failure to attend the 2017 Kalumba ceremony has caused so much annoyance with some people threatening not vote for the PF.
President Lungu said the divisions being caused by traditional ceremonies are worrying especially that traditional ceremonies are supposed to unite all tribal groupings.
"I have information that my failure to attend Kalumba ceremony in eastern province has caused so much annoyance among some people," he said.
President Lungu said this when responding to senior Chieftainess Nkomenshya Mukamambo II who personally invited him to grace this year's Chakwela Makumbi traditional ceremony of the Soli speaking people.
The President assured the traditional leader that he will only attend traditional ceremonies once the ministry of Chiefs and Traditional Affairs resolves the problems.
President Lungu further disclosed that he has since informed cabinet of his decision not to attend traditional ceremonies.
Earlier, chieftains Nkomenshya told President Lungu that she will be disappointed if he sent a representative to grace the Chakwela Makumbi ceremony.
The royal highness had appealed to President Lungu to adjust his programme so that he creates time to attend the ceremony.


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Cars in New York City that aren't lucky enough to spend their days in a $600 per month garage see a lot happen on these mean streets.
That's why it is with great sadness that we let you know that Harry Ettling's 1982 Honda Civic, affectionately known as Bluey, has been carted off to the junkyard in the sky.
The Civic, which covered 170,000 miles in 30 years, has endured a lot of hardship. Right after he — Bluey is a dude — was purchased, Bluey was in a crash that rendered him totalled. But Ettling got Bluey repaired and kept on driving. Ten years after that incident, Bluey was flipped during the Washington Heights riots of 1992.
Bluey started right up after being flipped over onto his wheels and was brought back to drivable condition with a new door and windshield.
When Ettling became nervous that his feet might go through the rusted floor of the car, he decided to make Bluey an organ doner and send him off to the junkyard.
But boy was it sent off in style.
For the funeral, Ettling donned a top hat and suit and put a colorful wreath on Bluey's hood. A Dixieland band performed in the traditional New Orleans style. And once he was loaded onto the flat bed, Ettling and friends went to the local bar to remember his beloved friend.
Ettling says that he always considered Bluey to be the "most reliable friend [he] ever had. [He's] never had a friend that would be there for [him] like this car has." He isn't getting a new car yet. He needs a little time.
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Rockies pay tribute to Boston with 'Sweet Caroline'
DENVER -- The Rockies, joining teams all around baseball, took time to honor Boston and remember those killed and injured Monday in the bombing at the Boston Marathon by playing "Sweet Caroline" -- a Fenway Park staple -- before the eighth inning of the second game of Tuesday's doubleheader -- a 9-8, 10-inning victory over the Mets -- at Coors Field.
By that point, the celebration was shared by only the heartiest of fans who endured temperatures in the 30s, along with light, icy precipitation.
It was a day full of reflection and celebration at Coors.
Because Monday's game was snowed out, all folks in uniform for the first game wore No. 42 in honor of Jackie Robinson, who broke baseball's color barrier on April 15, 1947. In the second game, the teams went with a scheduled "throwback night." The teams wore their uniforms from April 5, 1993 -- the first game in Rockies history, a 3-0 loss to the Mets at Shea Stadium. The Rockies wore their road uniform design from that day and the Mets wore a vintage home uniform.


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Fifteen Gets You Twenty
I'm in my car like, so you'll beat a man's ass for beating your mom or sister, but it's okay for a grown ass man to sleep with, urinate on, and marry an underage girl? Why doesn't that warrant the same reaction from these brothas? Tell me that.
[Column: Decidedly Jasmyne]
I'm 30, so I can still vaguely remember being 15 years old. And at the risk of revealing more about my past than I want to or care to remember, I'm going to tell you a little bit about me.
The Jasmyne of today is not the Jasmyne of 15 years ago. At 15, I thought I knew it all. A ward of the State of California, I bounced from group home to group home and sometimes in between wandered the streets of Hollywood and South L.A.. I've seen things and been places that I never care to see or go again.
At 15, I had the body of a grown woman. Hips, thighs, ass, and the attitude to match. And while on the outside I may have appeared to have been older and maybe even acted like it, I wasn't. I was 15. At 15, I had grown men following behind me as if I was 25. I had grown men, married men, father's, grandfather's, and the like checking for Jasmyne.
At 15, I was blinded by my anger at my parents and at the same time misguided by it.
Having just been introduced to Los Angeles by way of the Department of Children and Family Services, I was in a whole new world and the only thing that I had going for me at the time, or so I thought, was my big butt and a smile.
My big butt and smile got me rides to and from Foshay Jr. High School and later Crenshaw High School. It got me beepers, cell phones, shopping sprees and McDonald's. All at the expense of grown ass men who were into young girls who didn't know any better; confused, angry, and all too willing to lose their innocence for a Big Mac with Cheese, rims, and a car with a boomin' system that made their friends jealous.
I'm telling you this because this is why I stood on the corner of Prarie Avenue and Manchester Boulevard in front of The Forum last Friday in the cold holding a sign that read "15 Will Get You 20." You saw that video just like I did and even if you didn't you heard about it. For argument's sake, even if you didn't hear about it there's one thing that can't be denied; he did marry Aaliyah when she was 15 and he was 27.
Just because it's consensual doesn't make it alright. He was the adult in the situation as many other men are that still choose to take advantage of young girls just because they are willing to go there. I don't know everything, but there's one thing I am certain of.
No one who preaches that the children are our future and that we need to leave the babies alone, then turns around, and flips a profit off the concert of a pedophile just to pay the mortgage can tell me anything about how I should live my life and who I should or should not be sleeping with and that's real.
To all those people who are outraged over the case of Megan Williams, the young Black woman in West Virginia who was held inside a shed and tortured for days, sexually assaulted, beaten, forced to eat rat droppings and drink the urine of her white captors, but yet are still stepping from side to side to R. Kelly's music and living in complete denial regarding his blatant penchant for underage lovers, spare me your rhetoric.
If Michael Vick can sit in prison seven months after being charged with dog fighting, why has it taken nearly six years for R. Kelly to stand trial in a case involving a human being?
Last week, I was listening to the Michael Baisend Show and they were discussing domestic violence. All of these brothas were calling in and talking about how they had to whoop on someone's ass for beating on their momma or sista. I'm in my car like, so you'll beat a man's ass for beating your mom or sister, but it's okay for a grown ass man to sleep with, urinate on, and marry an underage girl? Why doesn't that warrant the same reaction from these brothas? Tell me that.
Better yet, why is it that a high school coach can be arrested for allegedly handcuffing and tying up teen girls at his home and on campus and immediately be banned from the school and placed on leave, but a man that is videotaped urinating on an underage girl and who is indicted on 14 counts of child pornography is welcomed with open arms into our community?
Oh wait; the girl's the coach was accused of handcuffing and tying up were white I believe and well R. Kelly just relieved himself on a Black girl. Silly me, what was I thinking?
Until this community, the Black community, my community, can value the lives of young Black girls the same way that the lives of young Black men are valued, you can miss me.
Just so that we're clear--Pedophilia is the primary or exclusive sexual attraction by adults to prepubescent youths. A person with this attraction is called a pedophile.
The term pedophile is used to denote an adult who is sexually attracted to adolescents or youths below the local age of consent, as well as those accused or convicted of child sexual abuse or child pornography related offenses.
Denial is a defense mechanism in which a person is faced with a fact that is too painful to accept and rejects it instead, insisting that it is not true despite what may be overwhelming evidence. The subject may deny the reality of the unpleasant fact altogether, admit the fact but deny its seriousness, or admit both the fact and seriousness but deny responsibility.
Addiction is the recurring compulsion by an individual to engage in some specific activity, despite harmful consequences to the individual's health, mental state or social life. Plain and simple. R. Kelly's a pedophile that we're in denial about and whose music we're addicted to. My naivety was due to my age, what's your excuse?
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Two weeks ago, we asked our social media followers to vote for their favorite Stanley Kubrick film to be shown in an encore screening in conjunction with LACMA's exhibition. With more than 200 responses, 2001: A Space Odyssey came out on top with 26.4% of the vote. The runner-up was A Clockwork Orange with 19.5% of the vote. The screenings of our two winners have been scheduled (February 2—A Clockwork Orange, March 1—2001: A Space Odyssey) and tickets are now available.
We also asked for brief responses on why a certain film was their favorite. Below are some of the highlights.
2001: A Space Odyssey
- "It is timeless. It is yesterday's, today's, and tomorrow's . . . "
- "No science fiction movie has said more about all life on earth and stayed as relevant to our understanding of humanity and its trajectory."
- " . . . It says so much with so little narrative."
- "Timeless, grand in scope, holds the mirror up to humanity's role in the universe!"
- "Beauty that transcends any decade, generation, or culture."
- "It overwhelms our aesthetic sensibilities, as well as captures our ongoing desire to understand where we come from and where we are going."
- "2001 is a movie worth seeing a thousand times and each time offers something different."
- "Powerful, cinematic, and innovative, the wondrous special effects to the layers of detail and themes make it a superb and wonderfully dense experience."
- "Because science!"
- "The symbolism, the style, & the writing—all as new and striking as they were when it was first released. And who can top that ending, other than *maybe* David Lynch? A masterpiece."
- "2001 will keep a conversation going for an eternity."
- "2001 went where no commercial film making had gone before: into a realm of mind-bending thematic elements, abstract narrative, and experimental film technique; and yet it succeeded above all as a fantastic entertainment."
- "Because it is the greatest film ever made."
A Clockwork Orange
- "This film is a real horror show!"
- "Visually stunning, a work of art."
- "Clockwork is an exhilarating juxtaposition of how messy it is to be human against our futile attempts to civilize and sterilize society."
- "It makes me feel "off" of balance in a strange and intricate way."
- "I saw it when I was a teenager, and I couldn't sleep for a couple of nights. It was that powerful."
- "It shows how easily our minds can be manipulated."
- "Costumes, music, Malcolm McDowell, & dystopia."
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The Shining
- "This is hands down the best horror film of all time."
- "This movie ruined all future horror movies for me . . . #GoldStandard"
- "My best friend and I have watched The Shining religiously since we were in elementary school . . .which might be weird. But we're horror nuts."
- "I like blood."
- "Chilling, evocative, and simply brilliant."
- "Ambiance, snowed-in hotel setting, music, characters, actors, REDRUM, Tony, the sound of Danny driving his bigwheel on the carpet and then on the marble, the maze, Room 237, all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy . . . brilliance!"
Barry Lyndon
- " . . . it's a landmark in cinematography, and the opportunities to see it in its native 35mm are only going to be more scarce as time passes."
- "The exquisite imagery, particularly the candle lit scenes, really do cry out for the big screen. And, I do like the story line of one man trying to raise himself up by his bootstraps, only to be kicked back down by the very people he wants to be like. This is a film that is full of irony and subtle humor."
- "Kubrick's approach to the lighting. The storyline. Overall an amazing film."
- "Barry Lyndon is an underrated masterpiece. Leon Vitali gives an unforgettable performance as Lord Bullingdon."
- "Beautiful and under appreciated."
- "James Mason's shattering performance. Sue Lyon's brittle innocence. Peter Sellers' mania in all Clare Quilty's guises. Pedophilia as Gothic horror, with the most horrible of the horror being this: Kubrick makes us identify with the monster who robbed Lolita of her golden goggle."
- "You never know if you like or dislike the characters. It challenges your own criteria."
- "Nabokov abides."
Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
- "It is hysterical, timely, and timeless."
- The complete package of satire, characters, and outlandish story is always a welcome to watch, as I personally always learn something new every time I watch it."
- "Peter Sellers plays three separate characters. There is so much pertinent and funny information re: war, politics, and sex. The characterization is excellent, along with the beautiful and interesting cinematography in black and white."
- "Dr. Strangelove captures the absurdity and chaos that ran rampant during the atomic age. Also. Peter. F*cking. Sellers."
- "A daring mix of political satire, social commentary, and comedy."
Full Metal Jacket
- "The recruit training scenes remind me of my time in the Marine Corps."
- "Full Metal Jacket is the quintessential Kubrick film that makes you laugh while looking at the blackest part of the human heart."
- "It inspired me to be a photographer."
- "It is a darkly satirical dramatic comedy that only the great master Kubrick's multi-layered brain is able to more than successfully accomplish. 10 out of 10 steers and queers."
Eyes Wide Shut
- "It's an underrated visual masterpiece."
- "Eyes Wide Shut was entertaining, while pushing me into questioning the motives behind sex, and the power it holds over people . . . "
Paths of Glory
- "I love it because it's the best anti-war war film."
- "While Kubrick approaches this story in his typical unsentimental, clinical style, Paths of Glory is heart wrenching to watch. He has it both ways, and it works brilliantly."
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As followers of this year's special VineWatch series now know, Lytton Springs has joined our program, so to accommodate their schedule, we'll now be posting our dual-property VineWatch updates together on Mondays.
And with that said, may I present #VineWatch13: Week 3!
First, Monte Bello. I took this photo last night, just as the sun was about to drop below the horizon …
Such a lovely, beautiful, striking being; such an amazing, gravitas-laden, dignified and present entity; so alive, so real, so zen …
Winter seclusion:
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against this post.
As to Lytton Springs, this shot was taken bright and early this morning …
Ah, what an amazing life you are!
My spring is just this:
a single bamboo shoot,
a willow branch.
That said, anybody notice anything different about our beautiful Lytton vine?
Compare against last week's shot:
Can you see the difference? Yes! It's been pruned!
We'll talk more about pruning in the coming days (for some antecedental detail on this amazing — and amazingly impactful — process, please click here and here), but suffice it to say there are few endeavors more important to the long-term health, development, and success of a vine than pruning; it is something so specialized, and requires such great and intimate knowledge, that only the most experienced, most mojo-laden, most connected, vibrating, and in-touch individuals can do it; shamans of the vine, they are, and they've done beautiful work with our precious ol' gnarly Lytton baby …
As to our vine here at Monte Bello, pruning day is just around the corner; who knows, by the time of next week's photo, we may be looking at an altogether different look!
And until then, all the best to everyone, from #VineWatch13!
Please stay tuned as we follow our lovely vines through the 2013 vintage!
We're only three weeks in so far, but for a quick look back, please enjoy the links below:
Week 2-Lytton Springs
Week 2-Monte Bello
Week 1
(if you're following #RidgeVineyards on Twitter, you can also track VineWatch 2013 by specifically filtering for the following hashtag: #VineWatch13)
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- "This establishment of Diagon Alley the Leaky Cauldron is noted for its most excellent and delicious luncheon"
- —A sign in the Leaky Cauldron.[src]
The Leaky Cauldron is a popular wizarding pub in London. It is the entrance to Diagon Alley, and, indirectly Knockturn Alley. For much of the end of the 20th century, Tom was the landlord. At some point, Hannah Abbott became the landlady, moving in with her husband, Neville Longbottom.
It was built by Daisy Dodderidge, the first landlady, in 1500. She said that it was, "to serve as a gateway between the non-wizarding world and Diagon Alley." It rented rooms, had a bar, several private parlour rooms, and a large dining room.
To Muggles, the pub appears to be a broken-down old shop front on Charing Cross Road. The rear of the pub, however, opens up onto a chilly courtyard and the entrance to Diagon Alley. To gain access, a witch or wizard has to tap the bricks in the wall in a anti-clockwise order, causing a doorway to Diagon Alley to form and then rearrange itself back into the original wall after the person(s) walk through.
- "This is it – the Leaky Cauldron. It's a famous place."
- —Rubeus Hagrid in 1991[src]
In 1991, Harry Potter and Rubeus Hagrid passed through the pub on their way to Diagon Alley. Tom, the innkeeper greeted Hagrid there like an old friend. This made it seem that Hagrid was something of a regular. Some other witches and wizards who were there at the time were Doris Crockford, Dedalus Diggle, and Quirinus Quirrell and they took a great interest in Harry, queuing to shake his hand.
In 1992, Harry Potter and the Weasley family travelled to Diagon Alley by Floo Powder. Harry Potter mispronounced "Diagonally" and therefore travelled to Knockturn Alley instead. After doing their shopping Harry and the Weasleys departed through the Leaky Cauldrons fireplace to the Burrow.
In 1993, as well as stopping there for drinks, Harry Potter stayed at the inn for a time, having accidentally blown up his Aunt Marge. He also met Cornelius Fudge in a private room for the first time.
While the Leaky Cauldron was a favourite hangout for the magical community, its patronage took a turn for the worse in the summer of 1996, during the beginning of the Second Wizarding War. With Lord Voldemort and the Death Eaters moving in the open, many witches and wizards avoided public places as much as possible, including the Leaky Cauldron. When Harry Potter, Rubeus Hagrid, and the Weasley family passed through the Leaky Cauldron that summer on his way to Diagon Alley, they noticed that the bar was empty with the exception of Tom.
On 1 May 1998, at the height of the war, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger, with the assistance of Griphook the goblin, staged a break-in on Gringotts Wizarding Bank. While passing through the Leaky Cauldron on the way to the bank, they noted that it was nearly empty. Tom bowed in fear at the sight of Hermione, who was disguised as Bellatrix Lestrange at the time.
After 1998Edit
At some point after the end of the Second Wizarding War, Tom either retired or passed away. Hannah Abbott then became the new landlady.
- "For a famous place, it was very dark and shabby. A few old women were sitting in a corner, drinking tiny glasses of sherry. One of them was smoking a long pipe. A little man in a top hat was talking to the old barman, who was quite bald and looked like a gummy walnut"
- —The Leaky Cauldron in 1991[src]
Beneath the stairs leading to the second floor, was a second set of stairs leading to the basement. The latter come out on the right wall where two sitting areas containing red couch and chairs were nestled in each corner on this side. The front wall had a stage with red curtains in front of a lowered viewing area. The back wall was blank, but the left wall had another red sitting area, and a bar. However, the basement, it seems, had been locked off for no apparent reason.
Known roomsEdit
Private parlourEdit
This was a room located behind the bar at the ground-floor. It had a desk, a window and a little table and two somewhat uncomfortable chairs. In 1993 Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge borrowed the room so he could talk to Harry Potter about his safety and that he didn't have to worry about Sirius Black (who was thought to be a mass-murderer). He also told Harry that two men from the Accidental Magic Reversal Squad were sent out to puncture Marjorie Dursley and modify her memory after Harry lost control in Vernon Dursley's home, and that running away was irresponsible.[1]
Room 10Edit
This was a room at the first-floor. In 1993, the day maid was about to clean the room when its owner roared at her and closed the door.[2]
Room 11Edit
This was a room at the first-floor which had a bed in the middle, a fireplace, and a window. In 1993 Harry Potter and his owl Hedwig stayed in the room after Harry ran away from Privet Drive and was picked up by the Knight Bus.[1]
Dishes served at the Leaky Cauldron included:
- House, House Soup
- House Leaky Soup
- House Soup Leaky
- Leaky House Soup
- Leaky, Leaky Soup
- Leaky Soup House
- Pea soup
- Soup House Leaky
- Soup Leaky House
- Soup Leaky, Leaky
- Soup, Soup Soup
Beverages served included:
Behind the scenesEdit
- In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, as Hagrid and Harry approach the front door, the sign for the Leaky Cauldron clears from a blank, black cut-out to a stylised design with a cauldron in the background. In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, a different doorway, with a different sign is shown. It is never shown whether this is supposed to be an alternate doorway or a "new" main entrance. Also, Tom the landlord was recast for the the third film. In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the Leaky Cauldron is shown to be located between 48 Charing Cross Road (Quinto Bookshop) and 12 Great Newport Street (Ashley Associates Chartered Surveyors), London. In real life, there is no building in between 48 Charing Cross Road and 12 Great Newport Street, which can be seen in the following image. It is possible that as they were all three different door-ways, that the Leaky Cauldron had a door-way for every single part of London.[[nl:Lekke Ketel|]]
- Chapter Four of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is titled "The Leaky Cauldron".
- In LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4, the Leaky Cauldron has a basement, notice board, cinema room, and a back door.
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (Mentioned only)
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
- Harry Potter Trading Card Game
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MILWAUKEE — Two Marquette University students continue to improve after they were struck by a car as they walked on campus.
The university said Tuesday that Nicole Gibson and Honnalee Go are being treated at Froedtert Hospital for serious injuries, but are improving.
In a statement, a Marquette official said Gibson is "stable and healing" while Go is expected to be released from the hospital later this week.
The two 20-year-olds are both sophomore engineering students. They were struck while standing on a sidewalk about 9 a.m. Monday.
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The NCLEX® Examination
Under the guidance of its membership, the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc. (NCSBN®) develops and administers two nurse licensure examinations; the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN®) and the National Council Licensure Examination for Practical Nurses (NCLEX-PN®)*. These two examinations are used by Nursing Regulatory Bodies to test entry-level nursing competence of candidates for licensure/registration as Registered Nurses and as Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurses*. The NCLEX examinations are provided exclusively as computerized adaptive tests.
NCSBN includes a Special Research Section as part of the NCLEX-RN administration. By participating in the Special Research Section, candidates will be making valuable contributions to the future development of NCSBN examinations as well as to the enhancement of the nursing profession.
The Special Research Section will be given to select candidates taking the NCLEX-RN and will take approximately 30 minutes to complete. This section will be administered following the regular exam and will not count as part of the NCLEX score.
Once a candidate finishes their exam, an introductory screen will indicate the beginning of the Special Research Section. This section will also continue to be numbered in accordance with the completed exam – for example, if a candidate's exam ended with question 153, the first question on the Special Research Section will be numbered 154. Despite the consecutive numbering, these new questions will have no impact on NCLEX scoring or results.
Candidates may take the entire allotted 6 hours to complete the NCLEX. All questions on the NCLEX-RN examination and the Special Research Section are confidential.
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Please note that the tutorial is the same for both the NCLEX-RN and NCLEX-PN* examinations with the exception that the exam time will reflect the correct time allotted for the exam type.
- Submit an application for licensure/registration to the Nursing Regulatory Body where you wish to be licensed/registered.
- Meet all of the Nursing Regulatory Body's eligibility requirements to take the NCLEX Examination.
- Register and pay for the NCLEX examination with Pearson VUE.
- Receive eligibility from your Nursing Regulatory Body.
Attention: Please make sure that you check your spam and junk folders as it is possible that candidate correspondence from Pearson VUE could automatically go to one of these folders. All correspondence from Pearson VUE will end with "@pearson.com".
Visit ncsbn.org for a complete overview of the NCLEX® examination process.
Once you have been made eligible and received your ATT, you may schedule your examination by selecting either Sign in or Register from the menu. You must test within the validity dates of your ATT. These validity dates cannot be extended for any reason. Appointments may be made up to one business day in advance.
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Please be advised when selecting a Nursing Regulatory Body for licensure/registration to make the appropriate choice. Requests to change the Nursing Regulatory Body must be made through customer service and will result in a $50 fee. In addition, any requests to change an examination type* will result in a $50 change fee. Finally, any requests to change the examination language** type will also result in a $50 change fee.
Testing Internationally
Candidates who would like to test internationally are required to pay an international scheduling fee of $150 plus a Value Added Tax (VAT) where applicable. Candidates may schedule online and pay the fee. In order to make any adjustments to already scheduled international appointments, you must contact Pearson VUE's customer service for assistance.
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Quilting is what separates quilts from blankets. It holds all the layers together and provides a great opportunity to add texture to our finished quilts.
During this last week of 100 Days of Modern Quilting, we'll be looking at quilts with particularly interesting quilting including: straight line walking foot quilting, free motion quilting, hand quilting, and longarm quilting.
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I'm making "merge sort" program. I've been making a program that merges two lists.
And,I'll use embeded sort program as sort process in mergesort.
I have problem in first step of mergesort algorithm.
Correct program will divide list like this.
But my program work like this.
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(dividetwo '(1 2 3 4 5))
((1 2) (3 4) (5))
Below is my dividetwo program.
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CL-USER> (dividetwo '(1 2 3 4 5))
((1 2) ((3 4) ((5))))
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(defun divideTwo (list)
"this function (will) divide list into lists of list that contains two argument"
(defun divideTwo-iter (list)
(cond ((null (cdr list)) list)
((null (cddr list)) list)
(t (values (list (car list) (cadr list)) (divideTwo (cddr list))))))
(multiple-value-list (divideTwo-iter list))
I don't know why this program doesn't work.
Please tell me the way to modify this program or more better way to divide list into list of lists.


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On July 18th, 1936, the original Oscar Mayer Wienermobile first hit the road to spread its mission of wiener domination. Today, 75 years later, the phallic meat-mobile is here in New York City to restore pride to a similar-sounding name sullied by salacious sexting.
To celebrate its 75th anniversary, the Wienermobile — a GM chassis cab under an oversized meat-and-bread suit — hit New York City today to assert wiener dominance over Gray's Papaya and the rest of the fruit-flavored-drink-plus-hot dog vendors with an event on 75th Street and Broadway.
From there, the Wienermobile is heading down to the New York Stock Exchange where — we can only hope — a man dressed up in a giant wiener will be ringing the closing bell at the NYSE.
I took a look inside while it was parked at 75th Street, and when I climbed out, a little girl and boy both started to clap and giggle. God bless America — a land where a man climbing out of a giant sausage is cheer-worthy.


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Daily Everolimus in Combination With Trastuzumab and Vinorelbine in HER2/Neu Positive Women With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer (BOLERO-3)
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Water parameters are hard to measure because water is hard to get to. It's underwater, and water is a strong solvent. Water parameters are interesting to us because we are mostly water. Using inexpensive sensors and an Arduino (compatible) we can measure those water parameters, such as temperature, turbidity and salinity. We can log those changes over time, and correlate them with the tides, or the time of day. With a log, we can look for changes in the water that affect public health. With a network of these sensors, pollutants can be tracked through the water channel. There the sweet water in Mahim Creek in Mumbai, India several years ago? A salinity test could have said whether that was actually sweet water, or merely differently polluted water.
We'll show how to measure temperature, turbidity, and salinity of water using the A/D on the Arduino, and control a LED. Will explain the concept of a voltage divider. Will run through the C source code that reads the sensors and controls the LED.
Russell Nelson has been self-employed for 17 years, so he must be doing something right. For ten of those years, he has been on the board of the Open Source Initiative. He's the author of Freemacs, the editor of the Clarkson Packet Driver Collection, and webmaster@{quaker|qmail|tinydns}.org.
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Russ I would like more details of its environmental monitoring project with Arduino, if possible send me more informations about this project and code and pictures of how it was after all the ready.
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Insulin: Reusing Syringes and Lancets Safely
Topic Overview
Some people with diabetes use their insulin syringes and lancets more than once to save money. But makers of syringes and lancets do not recommend using them more than once. Talk with your doctor before reusing these items. Some people who have diabetes should not reuse their syringes or lancets, including people who have:
- Trouble seeing clearly.
- Trouble using their hands.
- Infections or open wounds.
Some precautions to take if you reuse syringes or lancets:
- Put the cover back on the needle after use. The safest way to do this is to place the cover and syringe on a flat surface and slide the cover over the needle without letting the needle touch either the flat surface or your fingers. Only the inside of the cover should touch the needle. Do not hold the syringe straight up; you may accidentally stick yourself.
- Do not clean the needle or lancet with alcohol. Alcohol removes the silicone covering on the needle, causing it to become dull.
- Store the syringes at room temperature. It is best to store them with the covered needle pointing up to prevent insulin from blocking the needle opening.
Dispose of reused syringes and lancets in safe containers when:
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I choose Klaus Von Fynnvaria, Kaiser of Bavaria. He is an excellent leader and tactician, although he is very Machievellian and arrogant. He wields a Katana forged by the Space Shogunnate that was gifted to him at age 12 and his first assault rifle, a modified Sturmgewehr that's more compact than the models that came afterwards. His armour is good and tough without restricting movement, and is very effective against small arms fire. He also carries two Zweihanders under his cape. He is a very good swordsman, one of the best in his empire. He is a fairly good shot, but he prefers to spray and pay when it comes to gunfights. However, he doesn't wear a helmet which is honestly pretty stupid.
In addition to this he has a very powerful magic artifact, the shovel. The shovel has the ability to turn into a spaceship when the wielder's perspective changes. It also has a very powerful laser, that blew a hole in a Space Piltogg dreadnought while the shields were still up. The laser can't be used when the shovel is in non spaceship mode though.
He will be fighting against Von Bragstein, the famous Neo-Prussian inventor. Von Bragstein was missing his right arm after he test fired his tank sniper until he replaced it with a robot one. This robotic arm is much stronger than his other one, although because it has a claw instead of a hand it is less dextrous. He is prepared for all situations, and carries tons of tek on him. He is also both merciless when he's been pushed into a corner.
In addition to this he has a very powerful magic artifact, the shovel. The shovel has the ability to turn into a spaceship when the wielder's perspective changes. It also has a very powerful laser, that blew a hole in a Space Piltogg dreadnought while the shields were still up. The laser can't be used when the shovel is in non spaceship mode though.
He will be fighting against Von Bragstein, the famous Neo-Prussian inventor. Von Bragstein was missing his right arm after he test fired his tank sniper until he replaced it with a robot one. This robotic arm is much stronger than his other one, although because it has a claw instead of a hand it is less dextrous. He is prepared for all situations, and carries tons of tek on him. He is also both merciless when he's been pushed into a corner.
Reminer: This is a Maeby's Canon and will probably never happen.
Setting: Großenimperialentodraumfestung, the Neo-Prussian Superweapon
Von Bragstein had finished preparations, Großenimperialentodraumfestung was finally ready. The combined navies of the Trattorian Empire, the RIN and puny Bavaria wouldn't have a hope against his fearsome weapon. Hell, even the Immortals would be quaking in their boots. After the Third Alliance was united under his leadership, the entire Brikverse wouldn't stand a chance.
"Sir, Bavarian ships spotted. It looks like the Kaiser's personal fleet, or possibly Amelie's."
Perfect. He would demoralize and batter Bavaria in one battle, with a ship just bigger than one of their Cruisers.
"Open communications, ve'll get zem to surrender immetiatly or suffer ze wrath uf our guns."
Klaus' scarred face appeared on the view screen. He was not a pretty man, and his lack of distuingishing facial hair only exacerbated this.
"Greetings Von Bragstein, I will offer you 40,000,000,000 Reichsmarks for your weapon. Otherwise, I will take it from you by force."
"Mein weapon? Zis iz no more than a pleasure ship. Incidently, I vill giff you and your fleet the chance to surrender. Osservise, I cannot promiz safety."
"You're a clever man, Bragstein. You've been without your laboratory and your nation has been nearly destroyed by the peach virus. You never had the numbers of the RIN, or the economic security of the Trattorians. You didn't have magical artifacts or superpowers and you were always facing enemies that were superior to you in almost every way. I respect your brilliance. This is your last chance, join me or be annhilated."
Klaus was a prideful bastard. He probably had a spy alert him about the Großenimperialentodraumfestung. Still, he had come too late to stop him. It's also possible that he wanted to die in battle. He was pretty crazy about stuff like that.
"End transmission."
The display turned off, and was replaced by a three dimensional representation of the Bavarian fleet in proportion to the Großenimperialentodraumfestung.
"Take zem down."
Within moments, a beam was fired. It cut through several dreadnoughts like paper, completely bypassing shields. More than half of the ships had been eliminated.
"Sir, a ship has appeared from the wreckage."
"Zo he dit haff an ace in hiz zleef, open fire with all guns."
The ship opened up with all guns, firing hundreds of powerful torpedos locked on to the new ship, heavy lasers that could destroy anything they hit in seconds. Every single shot missed.
"Zis iz imposseeble, how can zis be?"
"Calculated odds of hitting the ship are less than a trillion to one, Captain."
Magic, or ridiculously advanced science. There was no way a Bavarian scientist came up with this. It had to be an artifact. The thing was shaped like a shovel for Cthulhu's sake.
"Prep ze psychobots, und anti-boarding personnel. I vant everyvun armed und ready for combat."
Klaus was smiling on the inside. His ship was untouchable. The dice gods would roll ones for every time the Shovel was shot at, making it practically impossible to hit. All due to that Russian arms dealer.
His ship was piloted by himself only, although it could fit as many as he wanted. The onboard computer located the position of the bridge, hidden deep in the center of the ship. Bragstein was a crafty one, but he couldn't outsmart the Shovel. The artifact wasn't on par with any of Piltogg's, and it would likely be destroyed if it did take a proper hit from a ship's guns, but otherwise it was godlike. Klaus clicked a button to communicate with his remaining fleet.
"Non-essential crewmembers and marines, arm and prepare for a mass teleport. I will give you the signal when shields are down."
It was going to be bloody that's for sure. Klaus triggered a small super accurate laser. It pierced the shields and hull until it reached the shield generators. Klaus sent another communication to his personnel.
The Shovel stopped, completely. Klaus got out of the chair, walked to the opening hatch and put his helmet on. He went outside into the cold abyss of space. Then, he changed his perspective and his ship turned into a shovel. He grabbed it.
"Schadenfreude, send me to the following location."
Klaus sent a very long and precise combination of digits to the now commanding ship, Schadenfreude. It was calculated by the Shovel to be in the Bridge. Light filled his vision.
"Vut do you mean zey're evryvere?"
It was a disaster, at first the shield generators were destroyed and before his team of engineers could repair it the entire crew was overrun with Bavarian soldiers and random crewmen. Some poor bastards had managed to teleport themselves into walls. Still, less mess to deal with than a living one.
Suddenly, a bright light flashed behind Bragstein. He knew a teleport's flash when he saw one, and he jumped behind his main console for cover. Gunshots rang out like a loud typewriter, and his staff began to scream.
"Shinji, I will deliver you to your grave."
Von Bragstein looked into the reflection of a nearby monitor. Two soldiers rushed Klaus, one armed with a chainsaw, and the other with a steel sword. The Kaiser charged the sword wielding soldier, dodging his attack and slicing his throat with his katana. He turned and stepped out of the way of his other assailant, and stabbed him through the back.
Von Bragstein tossed one of his devices at Klaus. Klaus saw it, and leaped away from it. A sticky substance was released, coating the backs of his legs. Steam rose upwards, and his armour began to melt. "Fuck, fuck." Klaus continued the chain of profanities as he worked hard to take off his leg plates. He unscrewed the main part of his left leg, releasing the plate. He through the acid eaten armour to the side. He unscrewed the other one quickly as well, although he wasn't quick enough. It burned into the skin of his right leg before he took it off. The pain was great.
His pants, worn underneath had saved him. Only some skin had melted away before Klaus ripped the fabric away. Klaus opened fire, and bullets ripped through Bragstein's console, missing him by only inches. Von Bragallot took out a remote control from his pocket, and manipulated the levers and buttons.
Suddenly, a miniature tank the size of a German Shepherd emerged from the wall. It's turret blasted Klaus, knocking him back. Klaus got behind the nearest cover, a pilot's chair with a dead body draped over the arm.
The tank's turret swiveled slowly towards Klaus' location. BOOM! The main gun fired, blasting the chair into tiny flaming pieces. Klaus stood unhit, a few feet away from the dessicated cover.
The gun reloaded, taking a full three seconds. Klaus threw his Katana, lodging it in the machine's barrel. The gun fired milliseconds afterwards, and the explosive ammunition destroyed it from the inside after hitting the blade.
Klaus drew his Zweihanders from under his cape, after he put his assault rifle away.
"Will you fight me honourably, Shinji?"
"Yes, I vill Klaus." Shinji stepped out from behind the console. "Melee veapon to melee veapon?"
Klaus nodded. Shinji pulled a small silver hilt out of one of his many pockets. A green beam emerged from the end.
"You are familiar vis beamsabres, yah?"
Klaus removed his helmet, tossing it to the side.
Von Bragstein charged, and Klaus backed away, dodging both of his attempted strikes. Von Bragstein swung his beamsaber again, but he stepped forward too much. Klaus swung his Zweihander down after dodging the blow on Von Bragallot's hand. He then swung his other Zweihander at Bragstein's head. Von Bragstein caught the sword with his robotic claw, and bent it out of shape before throwing it away.
Klaus backed away, Von Bragallot's arm wasn't bleeding, instead a black device emerged and folded itself out. His entire arm gave way to the rifle's shape, revealing an Assyrian Laser Rifle. Klaus pulled out his Sturmgewehr, and fired an entire clip into his opponent's face. Von Bragstein's most valued trait was destroyed. His life was ended.


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The more information Bungie reveals about Forge World, the more excited I am about it, which is strange considering my disapproval towards Halo 3's Forge. I guess I like it more form a technical perspective.
Was there anything specific about Halo 3's Forge that you had issues with?
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