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Take a look at this page.
Have you had calculus yet?
A capacitor discharging through a resistor is an exponential function. (Since the current is not constant, you cannot use C = I x t except for "one instance" in-time.)
The circuit schematic is too far away, but let me guess :The capacitor is in parallel with the LED.The switch is in parallel with the LED.The resistor is not used.
See the attached schematic.
QuoteSee the attached schematic.You short the supply into the capacitor - add a small value resistor in series with the switch if you want to avoid welding it shut and resetting the Arduino!
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Ohio State was the favorite to win the Big Ten Conference before starting QB Braxton Miller went down for the season with a shoulder injury.
But a part of him will still be on the field, as tight-end Jeff Heuerman has changed his jersey number to Miller's No. 5.
Only right that part of him stays on the field with us @BraxtonMiller5 pic.twitter.com/9y3YvXx2PV
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With the recent news about DJ Green Lantern's "Liberty City Invasion" album, it appears that the official Grand Theft Auto IV website had a little update in the music section. The More Soundtrack Releases section has been updated to display the two new albums:
The formerly mentioned "Liberty City Invasion" and "Vladivostok FM" are now up on the website to check out. Liberty City Invasion includes a special four minute sample of what can be heard on the album along with information about its May 20th release. Vladivostok FM contains the track list on the soundtrack and information on where it can be purchased, US readers can purchase it from Amazon whilst UK readers can grab it from iTunes.
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The Fur (& Feather!) Flyer
Established in 1965, HAWS assists over 6,000 animals and welcomes more than 31,000 human visitors annually. As an "open admissions" shelter we lead the community in animal welfare and assure sanctuary for all animals in need, regardless of age, health or temperament. HAWS is a non-profit, entirely donor-fund organization with an active humane education program, and both wildlife and companion animal rescue services for Waukesha County.
HAWS License #267280-DS
HAWS Observes World Spay Day 2012
HAWS again joins HSUS, the Humane Society of the United States, to observe World Spay Day 2012 – Tuesday, February 28th.
The message is simple: Spay-Neuter works – and HAWS is aggressively fighting pet over-population in the community with several life-saving programs.
In conjunction with World Spay Day 2012, HAWS is running the annual Cat-Nip and Pit SNIP Campaign, offering free spay-neuter services to the pets of qualifying Waukesha County residents. "World Spay Day promotes the control of our pet population in a real positive light," notes Lynn Olenik, HAWS' Executive Director. "Our focus this year is cats, kittens, Pit Bulls and Pit Bull mixes, since those are the animals and breeds most in need of spay-neuter efforts in Waukesha County."
HAWS also invites greater community awareness and support! Donate to HAWS' Sponsor-A-Spay drive or purchase a limited edition World Spay Day t-shirt at HAWS ($15, while supplies last). Pet owners can even help raise money for HAWS and promote spay-neuter programs all while showing off their best pet friend by entering the HSUS online Pet Photo Contest. Details and links are on HAWS' Spay-Neuter Initiative Program (SNIP) page at hawspets.org.
Olenik continues: "This year in particular, Spay Day gives us a chance to promote our Project Guardian and its impact on pet overpopulation within our community. This very important, grant-funded program sterilizes barn and outdoor cat populations in Waukesha County with no cost to property owners." Olenik notes numbers of stray kittens coming into HAWS have dropped nearly 20% since the outdoor cat program began in 2005, proving the program a great success already!
"Everyone can get involved – by promoting awareness of spay and neuter for pets, or with their financial contributions," said Olenik. "Every donation helps save countless lives of animals in our community!"
Call the shelter at (262) 542-8851 or visit www.hawspets.org to learn how to help.
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Help please, I'm trying to begin my jabba's palace diorama and have amassed a huge store of styrene foam to make all the complicated curves from but I need assistance in making a hotknife to cut the stuff with so that i don't end up with tiny styrene balls flying all over the place.
I know it involves a large batteryand lengths of wire and some kind of insulated handle but how to actually put one together eludes me. if anyone can help with the simple info it would be greatly appreciated. thanks.


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I took two waterfowlers (5 yrs. experience) pheasant hunting. They had never done this before. Granted, a preserve hunt but a good one. One hundred acres, fallow fields and woods of an overgrown farm, and rolling hills made for a good days hunt which gave us all that feeling of tired at days end, but a good tired feeling. I loved the comments. "This is a great hunt". "I can't believe that the dog retrieved that one" (bird sailed maybe 80 yards after being lightly hit). "I'm taking my son pheasant hunting during his winter break".
I had the opportunity to educate them to this type of hunting: appropriate clothing, appropriate loads, shoot through trees, pheasant habits, cockbird flush vs. hen flush, etc.
Then the comment "I can't believe the shape your dog is in. She doesn't even look tired. Whatever we walked she did three times that. And she is well behaved." (Those on this forum who know my dog can laugh at that.) I welcomed the opportunity to tell them the difference between a working dog and a pet, and the training that goes into the dog. And I felt very satisfied that I think I got two new people interested in upland hunting.


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Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., a member of the Democratic Senate leadership, got on a conference call with reporters Tuesday morning without realizing the reporters were already listening in. Schumer thought he was on a private line with four Democratic senators who were to talk with reporters about the current budget stalemate.
Schumer instructed the group, made up of Sens. Barbara Boxer of California, Tom Carper of Delaware, Ben Cardin of Maryland and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, to tell reporters that the GOP is refusing to negotiate.
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Family: Mephitidae, Skunks view all from this family
Description Has soft fur, with a hood of long white hair on the nape. Head has one thin white stripe; back has either one wide white stripe, or two separated thin white stripes. Fur is much longer and softer than in other skunks. Tail is longer than that of the Striped Skunk.
Dimensions 56-79cm, 27-43cm, 800-900g; / 65cm, 37cm, 400-700g
Warning All skunks are highly developed for defense and can spray their foul-smelling musk distances of up to 15 feet. Besides its overpowering odor, the musk can burn the eyes and cause momentary loss of vision.
Breeding Unlike Striped Skunks, females normally do not den communally during the winter. Breeding season is February-March, and litter size ranges from 3 to 8. Lactation lasts through August.
Habitat Canyons & caves, Cities, suburbs & towns, Lakes, ponds, rivers & streams, Meadows & fields, Scrub, shrub & brushlands, Swamps, marshes & bogs
Range Southwest, Texas
Discussion More secretive than most skunks, rarely dens in man-made structures. Diet consists primarily of insects, small vertebrates, bird eggs, and fruit if available. They break chicken eggs by throwing them between their hind legs, football style. Small vertebrates are taken opportunistically as they make their nightly rounds. Forages among leaves and litter, pouncing on beetles and other insects as they scatter. Active year-round, but almost completely nocturnal and spends daylight hours sleeping in the den. Anal glands provide powerful defense mechanism, and they can spray many times in succession in a short period of time. Pre-spray behavior similar to that of M. mephitis, with foot stomping preceding full-scale spraying. Nightly foraging begins after dusk with routes following rock walls, streambeds, and other protected areas. Solitary except when females are with young, but several may come together at carrion sites. Prefers arid lowlands below 2500m, but also occurs in deciduous and coniferous forests, forest edges, pastures, rocky canyons, and riparian habitats.


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Since tomorrow it's Julia's 2nd birthday I decided to finally finish up the layout from the actual birthday.
I used the tag by:
TKA_MyLove collection
Everything else comes from a kit I purchased long time ago before I joined Scrap Girls.
What a sweet little one I think it is great as is!
Very, very, very cool. I think the text is fine just as it is. And congratulations on your beautiful girl.
You are doing real well. I bet it doesn't seem like two years ago she was born! I like your text you have chosen, my only suggestion would be to perhaps take the opacity of the black down a little so it doesn't seem quite so bold against the pretty delicate page.
I like the way you've tucked the photos behind the ribbon.
One suggestion I would make is to line the floral paper up with the vertical ribbon.
One suggestion I would make is to line the floral paper up with the vertical ribbon.


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Cokin PURE Harmonie filters are the thinnest and the lightest in the world. With a thickness of 3.3mm for the Multi-Coated Anti-UV (UV MC), they are almost invisible when mounted on your lens. Their weight is so light that you won't even notice that they are attached.
Cokin PURE Harmonie filters have been engineered with no compromise: very robust, compatible with all lens caps and multi-coated with EVERCLEAR 5 Coating Technology to withstand almost any conditions. Super lightweight for maximum AF performance and ultra-shallow profile to prevent vignetting, they are just perfect. They are PURE.
Anti-UV filters are used to prevent ultraviolet light from getting through the lens, by reducing haziness or fogginess caused by that type of light. Anti-UV filters offer a physical protection from dust or scratches to the lens. PURE Harmonie UV MC filters are made of extremely resistant glass with very high level of light transmission. Thanks to their extreme thinness, PURE Harmonie UV MC filters also prevent from lens flare that could occur when using traditional UV filters.
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@A_tec, please do not cross-post.
Where is the documentation for this product?
If there is no documentation then how can we help?
Quote from: mkwired on Jan 19, 2013, 12:59 amIf there is no documentation then how can we help?Maybe you can't, perhaps someone have the same device or knows how to get this data.
Maybe saving in a var the devices previously scanned with AT+FSAD=<Param>?
If you have an Android device with bluetooth module:1. Start your Arduino BT module2. Install and run Android application that scans for BT devices and displays their MAC addresses ( https://play.google.com/store/search?q=bluetooth+scanner&c=apps )Regards!
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343 Industries dev shoots down Halo 3 Anniversary and PC rumors
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The downloadable content pack Artorias of the Abyss, which was previously included in the Prepare to Die Edition for PC, is available today as an add-on for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
The expansion costs $14.99 or 1,200 Microsoft Points. It's arriving a little more than a year after the game's debut.
Artorias of the Abyss features new maps and environments, bosses, enemies, nonplayer characters, and weapons and armor. It also provides players with an "enhanced" online player-versus-player mode.
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Reifenstein syndrome is a disease that occurs in boys when their body cannot respond the right way to the male sex hormones (androgens). Testosterone is a male sex hormone.
This disorder is a type of androgen insufficiency syndrome.
Partial androgen insensitivity syndrome; Incomplete male pseudohermaphroditism
As a male baby grows in the womb, male hormones are made. This leads to the development of male sex organs.
In Reifenstein syndrome, there is a change in the gene that helps the body recognize and use male hormones properly. This leads to problems with the development of the male sex organs. At birth, the baby may have ambiguous genitals, which leads to confusion over the baby's sex.
The syndrome is passed down through families (inherited). Women are not affected but may carry the gene. Males who inherit the gene from their mothers will have the condition. There is a 50% chance that a male child of a mother with the gene will be affected. Every female child has a 50% chance of carrying the gene. Family history is important in determining risk factors.
The syndrome is estimated to affect 1 in 99,000 people.
Symptoms of Reifenstein syndrome are:
The health care provider will perform a physical exam. The male may have:
Tests may include:
Treatment with testosterone may improve the chance that a boy will be able to have children when he grows up.
Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome Support Group (AISSG) -- www.aissg.org
Intersex Society of North America (ISNA) -- www.isna.org
Androgens are most important during early development in the womb. People with Reifenstein syndrome can have a normal lifespan and be totally healthy, but they may have difficulty conceiving a child. In the most severe cases, boys with outer female genitals or an extremely small penis may have psychological or emotional problems.
In some cases, the genital surgery is postponed until the boy is old enough to make the decision, but this should be discussed with your child's health care provider.
These problems may occur:
Call your health care provider if you, your son, or a male family member has infertility or incomplete development of male genitals. Genetic testing and counseling are recommended if this disease is suspected.
Prenatal testing is available. People with a family history of this condition should consider genetic counseling. Testosterone treatment that is started early may prevent some infertility.
Donohoue PA. Disorders of sex development. In: Kliegman RM, Stanton BF, St. Geme J, Schor N, Behrman RE, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 19th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 582.
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text: AMC theatre at Pleasure Island Disney sold us tickets two weeks in advance to see AOTC in their digital theatre. After driving two hours, we get in line and then were told that our showing was not going to be digital but all the others were. Of course all other's were sold out. It will be days before I can get in to see it in the original digital. Thanks AMC,... a birthday I will never forget. I ask that all fans spread the word and boycott the lying bast*rds.:frus:


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pretty good, but not as good as B&W mm1
Pros: big sound - loud
Cons: not as detailled as b&w mm1
sound not as good as b&w mm1. but it can fill big rooms for party rocking. except that, b&w mm1 is better - and much better for nearfield. i think the 4.1 klipsch is a serious pc speaker but comes short against the more expensive b&w mm1. the bad thing that it is made cheaply - plastik and low build quality - the electronical parts are lacking reliability.


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What is a spike?
There was some discussion on the Growstuff IRC channel last night, while I was asleep, about the term "spike". I use it a bit on the Growstuff project but I don't think everyone knows what I'm getting at, possibly because I picked it up by osmosis from the Extreme Programming community over a decade ago, and the term's fallen out of favour since then. So here's a quick definition as I use it:
- A spike is experimental. It's for writing something you've never written before, and don't quite know how to start.
- A spike is a learning exercise. The goal isn't to write a new feature. The goal is to get enough knowledge to know that you can write that feature.
- A spike is a conversation-starter. It moves abstract "maybe we could…" conversations into the concrete.
- A spike may not follow coding standards. You don't even know this thing is possible. It's pretty hard to write tests first in that situation.
- A spike is thrown away when you're done. It gives you enough to say "okay, we know this is possible", and then go and write it properly.


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Quick Pic – So Sweet
Inspiring ideas from customers!
The best and brightest chosen from images off facebook, flickr, instagram and more.
When Julianne got married recently she used her mad crafty skills to make all kinds of things for her wedding. Her daughter wore a headband made with lace, she used the Mr & Mrs bunting for the top table, stitched lots of lace lanterns, and finally, made this super cute bunting for the sweet table using the Cirque Alphabet. She said she accidentally bought the wrong size W, but I thought it was super cute and totally intentional. What a crafty wedding!


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The Western Mediterranean is Europe's main calling card. Cruises here focus on the countries most passengers really want to see – Italy, France and Spain.
In all three high culture shines, including excellent shopping, world-class museums and gourmet dining. Itineraries hit all the favorites, bringing you to or within bus distance of such places as Rome, Barcelona, Monaco, Florence, Naples and sometimes Paris. You can, on the same cruise, hang out at the Vatican and at the casino in Monte Carlo.
Some weeklong cruises, particularly on small ships, spend time in the French Riviera and Italian Riviera, visiting such desirable topless beach destinations as St. Tropez, Nice and Cannes. Along the way, you find museums dedicated to the artwork of Picasso, Matisse and more.
The cruises typically embark from Barcelona, the port city of Civitavecchia (near Rome) or Lisbon. Most cruises are for a week or more. These cruises attract a good number of families in summer – American and European. Longer cruises may also visit the Canary Islands.
Cruise in the Western Mediterranean if you…
Are a culture-vulture and want to experience several top European countries in spring, summer or early fall.
Don't go if you…
Don't want to pay often steep prices for land-side experiences.
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Idaho Criminal Rule 2.2 Jurisdiction of Magistrates
(a) Jurisdiction of All Non-attorney Magistrates. The jurisdiction over the following criminal proceedings, when approved by a majority of the district judges in a judicial district, may be assigned to any magistrate pursuant to section 1-2208, Idaho Code:
(1) The arraignment, trial and sentencing of any misdemeanor.
(2) Proceedings pertaining to warrants for arrest or for searches and seizures when a certified non-attorney magistrate, as defined by subsection (b) of this rule, or an attorney magistrate is not available.
(3) The first appearance and setting of bail in other misdemeanor complaints or in a felony complaint when a certified non-attorney magistrate, as defined in subsection (b) of this rule, or an attorney magistrate is not available.
(b) Jurisdiction of Certified Non-attorney Magistrates. The jurisdiction over the following criminal proceedings, when approved by a majority of the district judges in a judicial district, may be assigned to non-attorney magistrates pursuant to section 1-2208, Idaho Code, when such magistrate has received written certification by the Supreme Court that said non-attorney magistrate is qualified to handle criminal proceedings involving incarceration:
(1) The arraignment and trial of any misdemeanor and sentencing upon conviction, whether or not incarceration is involved.
(2) The first appearance, the setting of bail, and the preliminary examination on a criminal complaint for a felony to determine probable cause, commitment prior to trial, or the release on bail of persons charged with a felony.
(3) Proceedings pertaining to warrants for arrest or for searches and seizures.
(c) Assignment of Additional Cases to Attorney Magistrates. The jurisdiction of an attorney magistrate is the same as that of a district judge, but the cases assignable to an attorney magistrate shall be those assignable to magistrates in subsections (a) and (b) above and the following additional cases may be assigned to attorney magistrates when approved by the administrative district judges of a judicial district:
(1) The trial and related hearings, and sentencing upon conviction, of felony proceedings when approved by order of the Supreme Court upon application by the administrative judge of a judicial district.
(2) Extradition proceedings.
(3) Proceedings regarding fugitives from justice.
(4) The performance of any function of a United States magistrate when requested by federal authorities or courts as provided by law. The assignment of this authority and jurisdiction shall be recommended by order of the administrative district judge to specific attorney magistrates and shall be effective when approved by order of the Supreme Court.
(d) Objection to Assignment to Magistrates. Any irregularity in the method or scope of assignment of a criminal proceeding or action to any magistrate under this Rule 2.2 and sections 1-2208 and 1-2210, Idaho Code, and all objections to the propriety of an assignment to a magistrate are waived unless a written objection is filed not later than 7 days after a notice setting the action for trial, pre-trial or hearing on a contested motion and before any contested matter has been submitted to the judge for decision. No order or judgment is void or subject to collateral attack merely because rendered pursuant to an improper assignment to a magistrate.
(e) Special Assignment to Attorney Magistrates. The administrative district judge of a judicial district may by order appoint a specific attorney magistrate to hear and try one or more specific actions which are otherwise triable only by a district judge. The appointed magistrate shall cause an order of the assignment to be served upon all parties to that action.
(f) Enlargement of Cases Assignable. The administrative district judge of a judicial district may by order enlargecategories of cases assignable under Rule 2.2(c) as to the attorney magistrates of the judicial district or of a county within the district, or as to specified attorney magistrates.
(Adopted December 27, 1979, effective July 1, 1980; amended March 23, 1983, effective July 1, 1983; amended March 28, 1986, effective July 1, 1986; amended June 15, 1987, effective November 1, 1987; amended April 2, 1991, effective July 1, 1991; amended April 4, 2008, effective July 1, 2008)
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TOKYO — After spending the past four years in a defensive crouch battling a string of crises, Toyota Motor Corp. signaled it is now ready to go on the offensive, reports The Wall Street Journal.
The Japanese auto maker today announced its biggest management overhaul since founding-family scion Akio Toyoda took over as president in 2009. The moves will open up the world's No. 1 auto maker to its first outside directors in its 76-year history, accelerate a generational change in the executive ranks and streamline the company's decision-making.
Toyoda said the reorganization was undertaken to better enable the company to handle growth without compromising its core values of high quality and customer service. Both these values were called into question at the start of Toyoda's tenure during a massive recall.
"The objective of the changes being announced today is to build an organization where people can take ownership of their work as we enter a new phase of growth in vehicle sales," Toyoda said at a news conference in Tokyo.
Toyota builds its top-selling Corolla at Northeast Mississippi's Blue Springs facility west of Tupelo.
WSJ reports that some analysts evaluated the moves favorably, especially a decision to have company units focus on specific products, and a decision to appoint Takeshi Uchiyamada as chairman. Uchiyamada is seen as the driving force behind Toyota's successful hybrid vehicle, the Prius, a car that symbolizes the importance of technical innovation that meets the needs of the times. He will succeed Fujio Cho, who is to become honorary chairman.
The shuffling of top management marks a generational change at Toyota, as Toyoda bids farewell to some of his closest allies. Three executive vice presidents and the current chairman will retire. Two deputies will be promoted and three outside directors will join the board.
Among the outside directors named to the board is Mark Hogan, a former General Motors Co. executive who once ran a now-dissolved California joint venture between the Japanese and U.S. auto giants.
Commenting on the move to appoint outside directors for the first time, despite the relative insularity of Japanese businesses, Toyoda said the company made the decision in an effort to improve transparency after years of requests by shareholders to take on external board members. "As a global company, we'd like people to view us as an open company," he said.
Toyota will condense its businesses into four main units, creating a structure that that the company said should "clarify operations and earnings responsibility as well as speed up decision-making." The units include one for the developed markets of North America, Europe and Japan, another for emerging markets such as China and Latin America, and one to run the company's Lexus operations. The fourth unit will focus on the development and production of vehicle components such as engines and transmissions.
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Personally....I think the single biggest issue in the current economy is the state of small to medium sized businesses and their ability to create/sustain jobs.
You would think that lawmakers would realize that the easier it is for these businesses to exist and prosper...so goes the economy as a whole.
That being said, the old reliable democratic way of taxation certainly has helped out Michigan, hasn't it?
"In 2007 Governor Jennifer Granholm signed the biggest tax increase in Michigan history, with most of the $1.4 billion coming from business. The personal income taxwhich hits nonincorporated small businesseswas raised to 4.2% from 3.95%, and the Michigan business tax levied a surcharge of 22%. The tax money was dedicated to the likes of education, public works, job retraining and corporate subsidies. Ms. Granholm and her union allies called these "investments," and the exercise was widely applauded as a prototype of "progressive" budgeting.
Some prototype. Every state has seen a big jump in joblessness since 2007, but with a 15.2% unemployment rate Michigan's jobs picture is by far the worst. Some 750,000 private-sector payroll jobs have vanished since the start of the decade. For every family that has moved into Michigan since 2007, two have sold their homes and left.
Meanwhile, the new business taxes didn't balance the budget. Instead, thanks to business closures and relocations, tax receipts are running nearly $1 billion below projections and the deficit has climbed back to $2.8 billion. As the Detroit News put it, Michigan businesses are continually asked "to pay more in taxes to erase a budget deficit that, despite their contributions, never goes away." And this is despite the flood of federal stimulus and auto bailout cash over the last year."
"Following her 2007 misadventure, Ms. Granholm promised: "I'm not ever going to raise taxes again." That pledge lasted about 18 months. Now she wants $600 million more. Among the ideas under consideration: an income tax increase with a higher top rate, a sales tax on services, a freeze on the personal income tax exemption (which would be a stealth inflation tax on all Michigan families), a 3% surtax on doctors, and fees on bottled water and cigarettes. To their credit, Republicans who control the Michigan Senate are holding out for a repeal of the 22% business tax surcharge.
As for Ms. Granholm, she and House speaker Andy Dillon continue to bow to public-sector unions. There are now 637,000 public employees in Michigan compared to fewer than 500,000 workers left in manufacturing. Government is the largest employer in the state, but the number of taxpayers to support these government workers is shrinking. The budget deadline is November 1, and Ms. Granholm is holding out for tax increases rather than paring back state government.
The decline in auto sales has hurt Michigan more than other states, but the state's economy would have been better equipped to cope without Ms. Granholm's policy mix of higher taxes in order to spend more money on favored political and corporate interests."
How can the state which houses the major portion of auto manufacturing have an such an imbalance of public sector vs manufacturing jobs?
In support of my original premise....where are the efforts to promote a business climate where JOBS are created/sustained? Instead it's just tax, tax, tax.


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U.S. proposals undermine secure, uncensored Internet
UPDATE, OCTOBER 22, 2010: CPJ's board of directors sets policy for the organization. At the October 18 meeting of the board, directors discussed the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act, known as COICA.
The September 30 blog post below incorrectly stated that CPJ had "joined with other press freedom and civil liberty organizations and the Internet's pioneering engineers to urge the U.S. Senate to reject COICA in its current form." After discussion, the board determined that CPJ should take no position on the proposed legislation at this time. The matter was referred to the CPJ policy committee for further review.


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Community Goes to War over Yearbook Photo
Original post made by Marvin, Parkside, on Dec 11, 2012
On the other side are the fearless Libertarians who argue that it is the wayward teen's right to tattoo his face albeit it might have been better received had it been the curly red-white-and-blue R in the front of 'money' -- make that 'omney' -- that rallied so many true patriots during the final apocalyptic days of our most recent election. For this is an individualist community that has sanctified the right of all individuals, from Sam Walton and sibs possessing more wealth than 40% of the population; to their high-tech surveillance of minimum wage Walmart workers attempting to organize into cursed unions; to their God-given right to hire out subcontractors whose deplorable factory conditions lead to thousands of deaths annually by fire, by hunger, by suicide (for, after all, those dead workers weren't coerced into working there, right?).
But of what import colonization of the lifeworld where all appearance and consumer habits are forced into corporate-molded taste and 'self' expression? Of what import the annoying deaths of foreigners who really just don't appreciate liberty like we do? No, let us search every nook and cranny in our efforts to learn more of the class dolt's noxious behaviors. They say in 1st grade he once wore his pj's under his school clothes, in fifth grade he kissed a girl on the playground (investigation of the girl's intention still pending, though gossip queens throughout the community are leaving no possible interpretation unturned), and that he has two -- two I tell you -- fillings on the left side of his mouth.
Is it too late to call in the Nat'l Guard to quell this battle? Oh, you say a request has been put in already? Oh, so say the gossip queens? The war continues!
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a resident of Parkside
on Dec 11, 2012 at 8:23 pm
Rumor has it according to one of our rumor queens that the ACLU is going to, um, bubble up -- yes, bubble up [that's journalism, folks] -- and whine that new aerial spy-drones with special smoke detectors were essential to the arrest of the criminal snicklefritz who thought he'd attempt to spare his lungs by smoking smooth, concentrated hash as opposed to harsh, cough-inducing marijuana.
Since hashish is a felony, it's use along with other drugs is a contributor to nearly 1/2 of all maximum security prisoners in the Cal penitentiary system who have been convicted of felony drug possession -- defined by our criminal justice system as a 'violent crime' that warrants putting young guys like Kenton in with the likes of Manson and Gotti. Ah, but I digress.... For my main reason for contributing this has been to keep the topic 'current'. And to feel important.
Sincerely yours, Marvin
a resident of Parkside
on Dec 11, 2012 at 8:29 pm
It has been stated that other kids in Pleasanton smoke hashish also and that some were planning on getting their ears pierced. I'll look for the link.... Stay tuned, Marv
a resident of Parkside
on Dec 11, 2012 at 10:38 pm
Haven't found the link yet. I'll keep trying. Marv
a resident of Parkside
on Dec 12, 2012 at 7:30 am
Okay, I still haven't found the link yet. But I've heard it from at least one reliable source, and so shouldn't that be good enough for this forum? Look, this kid going rogue in front of the photographer indicates huge problems, starting with ear piercing and "evolving" to the need for drones surveillance of democratic crowds. But worse, there are evil ACLU bubbles resting at the bottom of the swamp just waiting for tattoos and such because that's what they do. They bubble up and then whine about ridiculous things. Like civil rights. Which I know all about because I was a sociology major.
a resident of Parkside
on Dec 12, 2012 at 8:50 am
I have polled two of my neighbors this morning. One on them says that based on the rumors she's heard, the kid is a bad egg who will never make it in Corporate America but, indeed, it is stated that these types of kids usually bleed us all during the lifelong stints in prison. The other one who, it has been stated is a product of no hands-on parenting, thinks the kid is okay. "Just okay?" I asked. To which she rejoined: "That's what some ACLU bubble guy told me at a meeting involving use of drones to capture pot smokers in our city parks."
Stay tuned for more updates oh loyal readers!
a resident of Parkside
on Dec 12, 2012 at 11:21 am
There's a rumor out there, I don't know how valid it is, but the gist of it is that there is a deep rift between the Authoritarians and the Libertarians in Pleasanton, and that it may lead to cancellation of next spring's Tea Party hoe-down hootinanny. "This past year there were only 17 participants," Jimbo Freeman from Tracey was quoted as saying. He continues: "With the split among Republican Libertarians and Authoritarians in the region, we'll likely not have enough for a gathering with double figures. KFC won't make party reservations unless you can guarantee a party of at least 10." Consensus is that both sides wish the great yearbook scandal had not occurred; but since it has, there is no pulling away from it. This kid deserves all the attention he is getting!
a resident of Parkside
on Dec 12, 2012 at 11:37 am
The failure to reach consensus has the Authoritarians wanting Kenton to spend the rest of his life in jail because, frankly, he deserves it and so do his parents.
The Libertarians, stuck on their original defense of the criminal lad, and now faced with having to defend a heinous felon who "allegedly" smokes hashish which is way stronger than marijuana but not quite as strong as crack cocaine, are urging at least a reduced prison term. As for his parents, being pilloried on Main St. should suffice. Because we are a free society.
No word yet on how this will affect future Tea Party activities.
a resident of Parkside
on Dec 12, 2012 at 11:58 am
NEWS FLASH This just in!!!
Rumor has it that Kenton's High School has issued a mandatory recall of the yearbook. The school intends to put RED Letters across Kenton's picture which reads: "ALLEGED" FELON HASHISH POSSESSOR
Below the picture will read: This misfit subversive was found guilty by the community because it refused to believe someone so disrespectful of the Corporate Look might be innocent until a trial proved otherwise.
More comin' atcha! Marv
a resident of Parkside
on Dec 12, 2012 at 1:40 pm
Very credible sources it is said have now revealed that Pleasanton's finest citizens have compiled a list of Kenton's friends and have forwarded them to the police. A spokesperson for the PPD has confirmed that as we speak drones are hovering over the city with special hashish detection devices that will lead to the criminal indictment of at least 26 teens in the city of Pleasanton. Moreover, no exhonoration of the culprits will be permitted. It is the law!
a resident of Parkside
on Dec 12, 2012 at 4:45 pm
It has been stated that among the 26 of Kenton's friends who were busted, several have confessed to setting up and operating a hash lab in a backyard of Ruby Hill. Hashish, stronger than marijuana, but not as strong as marijuana buds, has never lived up to its potential. But the not yet convicted but guilty nevertheless friends of Kenton intimidated that they had developed ways of converting the heinous, mind-altering, life-destroying hashish into an injectable form that can be mainlined straight into the user's vein. Had it reached the public, it might have been experimented upon Pleasanton's kindergarten population.
Pleasanton's Chief of Police - the one with the exorbitant salary that everyone knows he doesn't deserve (oh, wait till it's HIS turn!) - has refused to comment on whether this new super variant of hashish needed to be cooked on a spoon before being injected. One anonymous source, however, stated that hashish dealers in the city had found devious ways of using a microwave oven. More as this story develops.... Marv
a resident of Del Prado
on Dec 12, 2012 at 5:17 pm
Marvin. Serenity now. Serenity now. take a yoga class. Breath.
a resident of Parkside
on Dec 12, 2012 at 5:26 pm
Thank you, Frank, for your keen analytical narration of events and, above all, your spelling lesson.
Dear Loyal Readers, Now is the time for all good gossiping men and women to come to the aid of their party. Rumor has it that Kathleen Ruegsenegger is sitting on a fence, with pitchfork in hand just to tantalize those of use sitting on pins and needles awaiting her word on whether she will lead our community's great vigilante crusade. One source, it is said, has stated that she will not further publicly denigrate the ingrate criminal Kenton unless an effigy of Luz Ceasares is also thrown onto the pyre.
Marvin is a well-respected contributor to PW Forum
a resident of Parkside
on Dec 12, 2012 at 7:40 pm
This just in. Authoritarians, Libertarians, and Aristotelian Chanteliers intend to assemble on Main St. at 9 p.m. this evening in order to offer torch-bearing testimony against the likes of Kenton the hashish manufacturer and Luz Caesares who hides behind her position while bilking Pleasanton millionaires out of hundreds of dollars. The assembly will be led by Kathleen Ruegsinegger who stated to another PW poster, "I'll meet you there, honest." Rumor also has it that Stacey will take time out from her home xmas shopping in order to attend the event. (She'll be the one who looks exactly like Ms. Ruegsinegger.) At stake will be whether to burn effigies of Caesares and the ring-nosed doofus high schooler at the stake or whether, in good Aristotelian fashion, they will be given the choice of either drinking hemlock or slithering out of town. In response to many of your inquiries, no, shoes are definitely not required at the gathering, though authorities have asked that everyone pick up the droppings from their whittle sticks and dispose of them either in trash cans or in the pyre upon which the effigies will be burned.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Dec 12, 2012 at 8:25 pm
Kathleen Ruegsegger is a registered user.
Marvin, Forest, Mad as HECK, Tell everyone that you are a sh__disturber whose fantastical leaps have no bearing on reality.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Dec 12, 2012 at 8:25 pm
Kathleen Ruegsegger is a registered user.
Marvin, Forest, Mad as HECK, Tell everyone that you are a sh__disturber whose fantastical leaps have no bearing on reality.
a resident of Parkside
on Dec 12, 2012 at 8:41 pm
You read it first here. Kathleen Ruegsinegger, the classy one that she is, with a rough and tumble double twitch on the submit button, has definitely NOT denied that she'll be leading the assembly tonight on Main Street. Moreover, she has announced on another thread that Luz Caesares can either hold her job or go somewhere else. Further, it is said that Ms. Ruegsinegger stated that she personally doesn't care if Caesares stays or leaves, which many have speculated may be a way of Ms. R. either stating something personally about an impersonal matter or, conversely, stating something impersonally about a personal matter. We continue to attempt to reach Ms. Caesares for a response, but unconfirmed sources tell us she doesn't have time to deal with vigilantism in the community.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Dec 12, 2012 at 8:47 pm
Kathleen Ruegsegger is a registered user.
Marvin, Forest, Mad as HECK, Tell everyone that you are a sh__disturber whose fantastical leaps have no bearing on reality.
a resident of Parkside
on Dec 12, 2012 at 8:54 pm
Please stay tuned, as live coverage will be provided of the Assembly of Ptown Vigilantes who are convening shortly to
symbolically cleanse the city of its noxious, sinful tendencies.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Dec 12, 2012 at 9:08 pm
Kathleen Ruegsegger is a registered user.
Marvin, Forest, Mad as HECK, Tell everyone that you are a sh__disturber whose fantastical leaps have no bearing on reality.
a resident of Parkside
on Dec 12, 2012 at 9:38 pm
Apologies for the technical delay.... Since the city has done such a miserable job with cell phone towers, and now with dozens of drones hovering over the city, our ability to wifi from Main St has been seriously compromised.
As for the Assembly of Vigilantes scheduled to meet at 9 pm, it must be objectively reported as being something of a flop. No throngs of angry people, but only a few sad and lonely individuals who appear to be rather out of sorts. One elder woman continues to walk in a circle, repeating "Oh, the irony is so delicious! Oh, the irony is so delicious."
Another elderly woman, slowed by excessive weight, persisted in grabbing my staff supporters by their shirt lapels and shouting, alternately, "Aristotle WAS a libertarian, he was, he was, I tell you!" But then she'd quickly follow with, "Do you know who I am? Do you know who I am?" And this latter was interspersed with a change of voice along with a varying "Do you know who she is? Do you know who she is?"
A desperately forlorn and hateful looking man, carrying a tattered Confederate flag, seemed confused as he bellowed "I am NO MAD, I am yes MAD, I am NO MAD," and when we asked for his identity all he could muster is "Liberalism is a disease." As I turned away, I caught him studying me, and then he asked: "Are you black or half-black? It matters you know!"
Ah, and then he returned moments later, with a lecherous look about him, and asked if we knew of any kids who needed home schooling.
Finally, a dirty little man who alternated between picking his hairy toes and whittling a stick, asked if we knew about the approaching tsunami. When we expressed our ignorance, he handed each of us a 150-word blog piece, and he said it foretells of the end of the earth, at least as we know it with unions and bloated pensions for public school teachers.
Oh, yes, and then there was this old geezer who insisted he was a journalist. "What scam educational institution are you from," he queried, and before we could respond he began warning us of ACLU whiners bubbling up from cracks in the sidewalk. He then apologized and asked where the golf course was, but he wouldn't let us respond. We said "Have a good evening," and he rejoined with "I didn't hear that, and I couldn't care less whether you have an opinion or not."
And that, I'm sorry to say, is all the Ptown Vigilantes were able to field for their first assembly. Reading the PW Forum pages, one would have thought there'd be many more, but alas, only this sad motley crew appeared.
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a resident of Parkside
on Dec 12, 2012 at 10:04 pm
The Assembly of Vigilantes met earlier this evening but they were unable to put to rest the bile and venom that induces so many of the half-dozen of so of them to post madly, incessantly, day after day, the same charges. Many now are calling Luz Cesares a liar. It is said she has no real experience with education and that she lied on her Curriculum Vitae while simultaneously using the teachers' union to cast a spell over the school board such that they all never have bothered to check her credentials. "She doesn't have degrees from U of Chicago or Harvard's Kennedy School," exclaimed one poster, with rumors from reliable sources confirming that she merely has a journalism degree from one of the Idaho state universities.
It remains unclear whether Kenton Koos will have his day in court or whether he may have to serve six years without a trial for the gram of hashish planted upon his person. "Sometimes," stated one hate-filled ptown resident, who insists her name is Resident, "community will must prevail over the vagaries of the law." Another monger was reported to have stated, "That oughta teach the nasty little narcissist a lesson or two." When asked about the strain community disapprobation was placing on the little creep's family, several in the community, almost in unison chimed in with "It serves the ACLU lovers right!"
Good night for now, and good luck. Marv
a resident of Parkside
on Dec 13, 2012 at 6:59 am
It is said that a special "Truthiness" award is being given to Ms. Kathleen Reugsinugger for her candid "drop" into Stacey mode as she called Mad as HECK on another site, and an unnamed source here on this site, a "Disturber" of you know what. For those who need a more graphic depiction: "Disturber" of something stinky that ordinarily deserves to be flushed out into the river.
It is rare when posters have been so "Truthy." And we commend this day's recipient. "It is spot on," admits Mad as HECK. "When I see it in my yard I kick it to the curb," he stated, "and when I see it in front of me in written form, whether preceded by 'bull' or 'horse', I have an overwhelming compulsion to Disturb it." "There is so much of it on this Forum," states an unnamed source on this thread, "and I'm compelled to give it a good hosing." "It's like seeing numerous piles of it in your driveway," he stressed. "My first task, therefore, is to give my driveway a thorough hosing down. Everything then seems less full of untruth, irrationality, ideology, stinky stuff, call it what you may." "That's why I accept the uncouth designation that Ms. Ruegsinubber has so accurately applied to me," the unnamed source went on to say.
Mad as HECK then concluded: "Heck, I'm flattered as HECK to be called a Disturber. What an honor! Do you know who Ruegsinibber or Stacey or whoever she calls herself is?!?!?" And our unnamed source pledged his assurance that whenever faced with stinky stuff, often disguised as untruthfulness or irrationality or unfounded gossip, he'd continue to give it a good "Disturbing." He then called upon others to follow his lead. "When you see it, Disturb it! That is our duty as rational beings!"
And so, with that, we bestow this most prestigious "Truthiness Award" upon our most frequent and truthy poster. Thank you Kathleen or Stacey for your heroic efforts. We commend you. Please carry on!
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Dec 13, 2012 at 9:44 am
Stacey is a registered user.
Pleasanton Weekly, when are you going to put an end to the facilitation of cyberbullying on your website? Clearly, Marvin isn't interested in talking about Kenton beyond using the subject as yet another hook for making personal attacks against Kathleen. Your site has also enabled parties in the Brian Lancaster story to harass each other here. Stop pretending this is some grand experiment in democracy and free speech and mature your site already.
a resident of Parkside
on Dec 13, 2012 at 11:47 am
This just in. Stacey, often fondly referred to by PW readers as Staceleen, recovering from the disappointment of last night's Assembly of Vigilantes protest, has upped the ante. It is not enough that we crucify the likes of Kenton Koos or Luz Cazares. Us bullies need also to go after the likes of those wayward ones who defend them. And the best way to do that is to censor anyone who finds Staceleen's views and the way they are expressed to be something of a giggle. To quote Mad as Heck: "On what grounds censor me for being the stinky stuff Disturber that I am?" And another anonymous but highly placed source, who says we can use Disturber as his name, states: "Like I say, when I see a plop on my driveway I take out the hose."
But according to some, which presumably includes the half-dozen stalwarts who attended last evening's bust, it's okay to find people guilty before they are tried and have them sentenced to prison, it's okay to badger ayoung hashish smoker's (allegedly) family with all sorts of gossip and innuendo, it's okay to insinuate that people are drugged up, it's okay to wish the demise of entire groups or populations of people, BUT IT IS NOT OKAY TO LAUGH AT THE RIDICULOUS CLAIMS BEING FORWARDED BY STACELEEN BECAUSE GOSH DARNIT THAT COUNTS AS BULLYING.
Excuse me, my loyal readers, but I must go clean off my shoes after this recent encounter with a queen plopper. I hope we have benefitted from this learning experience.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Dec 13, 2012 at 12:07 pm
Stacey is a registered user.
I was not on this website last night.
PW, Marvin is NOT here to challenge ideas or claims made by other posters. Marvin has conducted a multi-year effort to cyberbully Kathleen Ruegsegger by actively stalking her posts and making personal comments about her, even on subjects where Kathleen and Marvin have agreement. Marvin is not exercising free speech, but engaging in continuous harassment. It is really sad that you either do not recognize it or recognize it and allow it to continue.
a resident of Parkside
on Dec 13, 2012 at 12:36 pm
In a highly significant development, Stacey insists she was not on any PW sites last evening. More interesting, however, is her failure to state her whereabouts during the Assembly of Vigilante protests. Without her denial, of course, it makes sense for loyal readers to infer that she was not on the PW sites last evening because she was busy organizing last night's gaggle of gossipers.
It has been stated by one reader, "She may deny it somewhere down the road, but the damage has already been done."
Well, perhaps. But what is now paramount is that we collectively - oops, scratch that, because that's socialism - that we individualistically develop a universal formulation that specifies exactly WHICH sarcastic remarks need to be stricken from the record, WHICH unfounded accusations, WHICH hysterical remonstrations, WHICH anonymous, self-aggrandizing, pseudo coming to the defense of another poster (who suddenly has disappeared) must be deemed credible over others. Yes, that ... and we need to renew the discussion about what Kenton Koos really have coming to them for their call upon the ACLU to whine about the rights of individuals.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Dec 13, 2012 at 12:38 pm
Stacey is a registered user.
Speaking of ridiculous claims, did you notice that we happened to post at exactly the same time on this other thread? Web Link
Posted by Kathleen Ruegsegger, a resident of the Vintage Hills Elementary School neighborhood, on Nov 29, 2012 at 11:24 am
Posted by Stacey, a resident of the Amberwood/Wood Meadows neighborhood, on Nov 29, 2012 at 11:24 am
Of course doubt can be sewed that Staceleen somehow logged into two different computers from two different IP addresses from two different service providers and posted at exactly the same time. If that were true, Staceleen would have done it a long time ago, don't you think?
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Dec 13, 2012 at 12:47 pm
Kathleen Ruegsegger is a registered user.
This call to assembly was your brainchild (as were the torches and burning of effigies).
I supported the student's right to have his photo in the yearbook. There is no post by me where I bashed that person, family, or an entire population of people.
My express concern is increased costs to PUSD and the apparent lack of priorities for students. I have contacted the board and superintendent, and I am waiting for a response regarding a discrepancy.
Stacey is one person.
I am a separate, and entirely different person.
The ridiculous claims belong to you.
So I repeat: Marvin, Forest, Mad as HECK, Tell everyone that you are a sh__disturber whose fantastical leaps have no bearing on reality.
a resident of Parkside
on Dec 13, 2012 at 1:20 pm
In a stunning new development, Kathleen Rugsenugger, who vowed not to respond to these posts, has recently offered testimony to the existence of Stacey and that Stacey is one person. However, critics have been quick to point out that no evidence was forwarded in support of Ms. Rugsenugger's claims. It has been stated by one credible source: "How in the HECK does she know that, unless, well, maybe, she's that one person she's claiming is Stacey?"
My indefatigable staff members have contacted a prominent psychologist at Hunt's College of Golf and has posed the question: Is it possible for one person to actually believe they are two separate persons? Professor Steven Mooseturd Stevarino states that "Yes, it is absolutely true. The split in personality develops from a strong self love." When asked for examples, the notable psychologist, whose specialty is "empirical differences between blacks and half-blacks," stated the following: "Yes, we see evidence of this all of the time. There have been extreme instances when a person will sit with two telephones or even two computers in front of them. They will enter in data simultaneously and then obsessively keep records for purposes of convincing others that they are not one and the same."
Another tendency of this extreme narcissism growing into split personality is when one or the other enters into dialogue with others and persistently comes to the defense of one's other "self." There may be others who are denied chocolate, but the split self will express absolute outrage only that his or her loved other has been deprived. "This is called narcissistic, hysteria, self defense of one's deeply loved other self," Professor Stevarino went on to claim. He continued: "The condition can become quite severe when one or the other of the split selves attempts to censor everyone around them. When this occurs, about the only remedy is laughter. Predictably, however, the split self-loving one is too immersed in self-infatuation to recognize any humor whatsoever."
We will attempt to provide more insight into this not so very fascinating topic in future news posts. Marv
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Dec 13, 2012 at 1:42 pm
Kathleen Ruegsegger is a registered user.
So I repeat: Marvin, Forest, Mad as HECK, Tell everyone that you are a sh__disturber whose fantastical leaps have no bearing on reality.
a resident of Bridle Creek
on Dec 13, 2012 at 4:36 pm
You know, I can't take my eyes off this forum for a few weeks without Staceleen getting herself embroiled in another dust-up. Some people, it seems, are never able to grow up and take the high road. In fact, some people, it seems, are never able to log off of their computers. I wonder, Staceleen, if you might be happier if you rejoined the living world from time to time. Too much computer time isn't healthy.
a resident of Parkside
on Dec 13, 2012 at 5:18 pm
An anonymous source who insists that we protect his/her identity has dropped this earth-shattering bomb shell: "There is something fishy going on in Ptown and I'm going to find out what the HECK it is." He is referring to the local scandal that currently engulfs all of Pleasanton's residents. To wit: Is Stacey one person or two?
It has been stated during our interview with a poster named Teddy that there is something uncanny about the way Stacey's and another person with a very different name share identical viewpoints on virtually every topic that has ever, ever been posted on the PW Forum. Yet another poster points out, "They rarely ever share the same cyberspace, so what in the HECK do you make of that?" S/He then continues: "And when they do show up together, they appear at precisely the same time. There was a point in time in late November when this occurred. So, what the HECK do you call it?"
Yet another bit of evidence came from Kathleen Rugsinuckle's proclamation that Stacey is a real person. But, say skeptics, how could Ms. Rugsinuckle voice such a proclamation without inside knowledge?
After commissioning my state-of-the-art investigative team, we have learned further that Stacey's impassioned defenses of Ms. Rugsinuckle are never devoted to other posters. We again reached Professor Steven Mooseturd Stevarino, a psychologist at Hunt's College of Golf and Plumbing, and he hypothesized that either Stacey and Ms. Rugsinuckle are indeed the same person OR that there exists a deep infatuation of one for the other which, ironically, would eventually fuse them into one single being. "This might be a case of obsessive cyber-doting developing into a case of manic fuseometricity that effectively makes two people one, even if in their own mind they remain two separate entities." The professor continued: "This might very well explain one's impassioned defenses of the other."
"A deeper problem may manifest itself should the one who is defending the "other" not feel reciprocation." "Do you mean," I asked, "like that Ms. Rugsinuckle never, ever reciprocates by coming to Stacey's defense?" "Exactly!" exclaimed the cerebral expert on self-loathing.
We intend to delve deeper into this matter, despite the excoriations that have been directed at us by the duo's attack side of itself.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Dec 13, 2012 at 5:33 pm
Kathleen Ruegsegger is a registered user.
"Yet another bit of evidence came from Kathleen Rugsinuckle's proclamation that Stacey is a real person. But, say skeptics, how could Ms. Rugsinuckle voice such a proclamation without inside knowledge?"
Ya think?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Dec 13, 2012 at 7:18 pm
@Nurse - Seems it is Marvin and his ilk that can't log off their computers these days. And he is definitely not healthy.
a resident of Parkside
on Dec 13, 2012 at 8:08 pm
STOP THE PRESSES: NEWS FLASH NO-he really truly isn't-MAD PROCLAIMS THAT MARVIN AND 'HIS ILK' ARE NOT HEALTHY
We have interrupted the above scintillating series of exchanges in order to inform all loyal readers that NO-he really truly isn't-MAD (just very sick) has proclaimed that Marvin "is definitely not healthy." What is most newsworthy about this contribution from the self-loathing one is that he was able to write an entire sentence without a single spelling error. Congratulations, NOMAD/Steve/Joe/AnnaS/Frank/Ethyl'sMom/Liberalismisadisease/mooseturd and all the other names where with your sickness rises like steam off a hot plop on a cold winter's morning.
In addition to his newly discovered spelling skills, NOMAD has also deemed himself in possession of expertise that permits him, nay requires him, to state the obvious: Marvin is not healthy. Of course this is true, for what other excuse might Marvin have to make a ninny of himself like NOMAD, Staceleen, and others do on a daily basis than to be bedridden by the flu? He quotes himself: "Yes, I haven't been able to do any serious writing for the past few days because I've been sick as a dog. Do you think I'd waste my time on this site were I in suitable health to do anything else?"
And with that, we'll now allow one and all of you to return to your full and interesting lives. Good night and good luck, Marvin
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Posted on 5 Sep 2010 by Brian Saa.
Snip, snip, snip. The Dolphins have terminated the contracts of veteran TE David Martin and DT Montavious Stanley. Martin had looked good in camp, but the team chose to go in another direction. The team also raided the Cowboys again, acquiring OT Pat McQuistan. McQuistan gives the team more depth on the o-line after Nate Garner's placement on the IR. McQuistan is a big guy (6'6″, 31...


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I've not had as much time as I'd like to look into python - however, I've written my obligatory calc script (with no error checking).
Feel free to try it for yourselves (note that advogator doesn't really look after indentation, or I haven't found out how to do it yet). Indentation is key in python.
First impressions are that python is nice and clean. I could do some special stuff with this, given my time commitments now. I'm thinking about writing a little app which keeps tracks of my computer magazine collection and the articles within (I waste loads of time flicking through all the magazines to find an article from Nov 2002). If something comes of this, I'll post it here.
#! /usr/bin/env python import sys
arg1 = raw_input("What is your first number?:") oper = raw_input("What operation: +, -, *, / ?") arg3 = raw_input("What is your second number?:")
num1 = float(arg1) num2 = float(arg3)
if oper == "+": answer = num1+num2 print answer elif oper == "-": answer = num1-num2 print answer elif oper == "/": answer = (num1/num2) print answer elif oper == "x": answer = (num1*num2) print answer
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Restore the Roar
Posted on 1 Sep 2010 by David Lesmeister.
The Detroit Lions again played well in their exhibition game against the Cleveland Browns last Saturday. The first team was on the field for a good amount of time, as they are beginning to get into game mode as the regular season approaches. For those who are not guaranteed to start, this gave players an opportunity to impress the coaching staff another time and solidify their positions on the ...


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The Land
Cities & Suburbs
Boom & Bust
Patriotic Duty
At Ease
Theme: Boom & Bust
Artist: Yosl BERGNER
Birth/Death: 1920
Title: The pie eaters
Credit Line: Acquired 1986 University of Western Australia Senate Grant Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, Perth
The couple in The pie eaters 1940 consider a bare table, an empty plate and bottle. The title of the work suggests that they have already eaten but the bleak and barren space that they inhabit speaks of their continuing hunger. They have an air of suspension.
Josl Bergner was raised in a Warsaw ghetto and came to Australia in 1937 when it was still in the grips of the Depression. This painting illustrates a very personal and passionate response to poverty and dispossession.
Bergner had a determined creative spirit and by undertaking endless menial jobs he was able to survive and continued his studies in painting at art school in Melbourne.
Bergner's work was the source of inspiration for many young Australian artists in the 1940s.
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Alternate name: Common Caiman
Family: Crocodylidae, Crocodiles view all from this family
Description Olive-brown to light brown/yellowish. Crossbands on back to tail. Bony ridge. When jaw is closed, lower tooth on lower jaw not visible.
Dimensions 1.2-2.64m. (4'-8'8")
Warning Caimans, like all crocodilians, have powerful jaws and sharp teeth and should be considered potentially dangerous. Although the Spectacled Caiman is the most popular pet crocodilian, it is by no means a docile animal and tends to become more aggressive with age.
Breeding August-September. Nest made of soil & vegetation, built by females. 28 eggs in a clutch. Hatches October/November, 8 1/2" long.
Habitat Streams, marshes, rivers, bogs.
Range South Florida.
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The forbidden love affair between the first human/werewolf and the daughter (Rhona Mitra) of the vampire leader (Bill Nighy) sets the stage for a full-scale werewolf revolt against nosferatu rule in 2009's okay scary movie Underworld: Rise of the Lycans.
I watched "The Untouchables."
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Avatar. In 3D!!! I enjoyed it, but left the theatre with a headache from the 3D effects. The visual effects were amazing, and the story, in some spots, was original. I do think it could've been trimmed down a bit.
An ex-pat Irish explosive expert (James Coburn) and a Mexican bandit (Rod Steiger) reluctantly find themselves embroiled in the Mexican revolution in Sergio Leone's watchable 1971 western A Fistful of Dynamite (aka Duck, You Sucker).
Professor Broom's hunch that there is more to the routine haunting the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense is engaged to investigate is soon proved true when followers of the "Blood Queen" Elizabeth Bathory attempt to return her to the flesh with the help of the goddess Hecate in the fine 2007 film Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron. Features voice work by Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, and John Hurt.
I watched Public Enemies!
This is a MUST-SEE! (and the music is great)
Johnny Depp as outlaw bank-robber John Dillinger in 1930's gangster Chicago, Depression Era, is seen as a hero to the people, as he gives bank customers their money back while ripping off the fat-cats with deadly terror tactics and a pattern of taking hostages and shooting it out with the police.
His hot girlfriend (I think she might have been a Bond-girl, but she's very fine in that same niche).
Christian Bale as Special Agent Melvin Purvis, the first Director of the FBI's Chicago field office, under FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover - President Rooseveldt's pick to destroy the mob in domestic USA.
This is Al Capone's era, though he's being shut-down at this point, and the next wave of crime-bosses are vying for power over Chicago.
Stephen Lang also stars as a quick-to-shoot-with-deadly-accuracy Texas lawman recruited by the FBI to take down Dillinger by any means, when Bale's Purvis character takes the gloves off.
A true story. A lot of action and gun fights and a great car chase with tommyguns blazing.
Johnny Depp is amazing and the story's told mostly from the Outlaw's point-of-view!
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"Away We Go"- Very enjoyable flick about a couple (Maya Rudolph, John Krasinski) that are expecting their first child. The two decide to visit friends around North America in the hopes of finding a place to raise their first child, but along the way they realize there might be rougher road ahead of them that they expect. Rudolph and Krasinski have a great chemistry together and it's obvious that their characters are really in love with each other and want to make it. It has some really great dramatic parts and a few scenes that are really funny. Great film! Rating- *** out of ****
"Woke up at 9.55am. Soon as I woke up, I looked at Suzanne and she looked at me. I said, 'Did I tell you about the immune system?' Suzanne starting laughing, I said, 'it's amazing.' She said, 'Not now.'"
They certainly shot up some antique classic cars, too - and some of your trees.
These movies have to be made with real firearms for some parts for sure.
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AT 360 - Clinical Education in AT 3
Guided experiences in athletic training, which includes the application of knowledge and skills in the following domains: prevention, clinical evaluation and diagnosis, immediate care, treatment, rehabilitation, and reconditioning, organization and administration, and professional responsibilities. Prerequisite: AT 260 and 261 and 370 and 371. Open only to athletic training majors.
College: College of Health
Hours: 2
Permission: Y
Prerequisite: AT 370
Prerequisite: AT 371
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By Parrish Alford/NEMS Daily Journal
COLUMBIA, Mo. – It's been almost a month since Ole Miss really announced its presence this basketball season with a dominant performance against then-No. 10 Missouri.
The Rebels have come full circle since then. Maybe the Tigers have, too.
"I think they'll have a chip on their shoulder. We will, too. We haven't really proven ourselves," Ole Miss forward Murphy Holloway said Wednesday as the Rebels closed the first half of SEC play with a 7-2 record following a 93-75 win over Mississippi State.
It's a noon tip today at Reed Arena with television provided by CBS.
No. 21 Missouri – coming off a 70-68 loss at Texas A&M in which the Aggies hit the winning shot with 12 seconds left – will have a different look with Laurence Bowers in the middle.
Bowers was his team's top scorer when he missed five games with an MCL sprain, the first one in that stretch the Tigers' 64-49 loss at Ole Miss.
In the three games since his return, Bowers has averaged 9.7 points and 3.3 rebounds. His minutes have decreased each game going from 32 at LSU to 20 against Auburn and 12 at A&M.
Missouri hasn't won an SEC road game but hasn't lost at home.
Playing without Bowers for the first time, Missouri at times looked disoriented offensively in Oxford. Ole Miss held Missouri to just 36.8 percent shooting, and the Tigers were 2-for-18 from 3-point range while turning it over 19 times.
holloway bounces back
Holloway had a field day with 22 points and eight rebounds. He was 8-for-12 from the floor, numbers very similar to Wednesday night when he broke out of a shooting slump to go 9-for-12 from the floor for 24 points.
Holloway was just 9-for-30 in the two previous games, both losses, and had gotten off only a combined 10 shots in the two games before that.
Noticeably unhappy with his players after the MSU game, Ole Miss coach Andy Kennedy questioned his team's sense of urgency as it tries to play its way into the NCAA tournament for the first time in his seven seasons, the first time for the school since 2002.
"We didn't rebound the ball at all. We just tried to coast through the second half," Kennedy said.
"Give Mississippi State credit. They kept attacking us, and when you're passive defensively, you're susceptible to drives. That's what happened."
Holloway stopped short of full agreement with his coach but acknowledged a need for heightened intensity and greater consistency from he and his teammates.
Ole Miss could use Florida's blueprint in that regard.
"I'm a senior. I have a sense of urgency," he said. "I think it's just hard for us. Florida jumped on us, and they didn't let up. I told some of the guys on the team, 'You see how they up 20, and they still acting like they down 20?'
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L'Avant-Scène to perform 'L'Échange'
Posted May 4, 2010; 11:54 a.m.
L'Avant-Scène, Princeton's French theater workshop, will perform Paul Claudel's "L'Échange" at 8 p.m. Friday, May 7, in the Butler College Memorial Court theater.
The group, formerly known as L'Atelier, was founded in 2001 by Florent Masse, a senior lecturer in the Department of French and Italian, who will direct the performance. This is the workshop's 20th full-length production in French, and its first production of a Claudel play.
The performance is sponsored by the Department of French and Italian. Admission is free, but reservations are encouraged. To reserve seats, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The 'dog days' of summer have arrived. The genesis of that phrase? I haven't a clue. To tell ya' the truth, sometimes I just don't want to know the answer. Call it Information Age burn-out. Suffice to say, 'dog days' feels apropos come late July.
It's that time in baseball when the pep & vigor of spring has vanished like a cool summer breeze. Players, managers and umpires start to dig deep into those reserves. Even a salary 20x the President's won't make a 162-game schedule feel any easier. It's a grind.
The batsman who works the count long, keeping defenders out on the 100° field is a favorite of teammates. On the flip-side, if you're out guarding the grass, it's the pitcher who works fast, throws strikes and induces easy 'cans o' corn' that you dearly admire.
This MLB season has been a bit of a mutt itself. Besides the early no-hitters that caused such a stir, there have been few special feats, record-paces or super teams to fawn over. And that's fine. It means most games are in play and that's good for fans.
The Feel Goods
New York Yankees
There are two kinds of sport franchise: the coasters and the go-getters. The pinstrippers are the Grade A, all-time getters of go. And when they've got rhythm, MLB smiles. Division rivals aren't too thrilled about it but then most of them are real woofers this year. New guy Ichiro Suzuki spent his best (US) ball in Seattle but is a hit-genius. Yanks hope he is 2012's version of Lance Berkman. Absent LB, who batted a sizzling .423 in the Series, Cards would've been toast by June.
Washington Nationals
A contender in the nation's Capital is the biggest story of 2012. Might stir memories for real old-timers of DC's great '24 team, the Senators, when Bucky Harris, Goose Goslin, Sam Rice and Walter "Big Train" Johnson led them to a lone WS title. Harper & Strasburg (sound's like an 1890s musical team) get all the ink, but direction of long-time Nat Ryan Zimmerman and legendary Davey Johnson stoke the fires that fuel this pleasant surprise.
Oakland Athletics
As Texas won't take-charge and the talent-laden Halos need more help (Greinke), the A's become relevant. Beyond that, their clover is just a nice summer graze. Signing Youkilis (Chi-Sox) for that vital 3B-spot would've bolstered playoff bid (Inge .202). Looking ahead, Cuban pick-up Yoenis Cespedes will star if he perfects patience at the plate. Caveat: Oakland's unies are great but the wedding-gown white shoes, gotta' go.
Atlanta Braves
Choppers make the list because they're contenders, Ben Sheets is 3-0 and it's Chipper Jones' swan song season. Though sometimes cantankerous, no player in the years '95-04 was better all-around than Chipper. The fact he was a key cog on a perennial winner for all of his 19 seasons and retained a normal appearance, with strong, not gaudy stats in a time when PEDs raged, all make him a 1st-ballot Hall of Famer. One of the era's best.
Dickey, Trumbo & Trout
It's been a storybook season so far for Mets' R.A. Dickey. At 37, R.A. has re-invented himself with a wicked knuckleball and terrific numbers (13-2 / 2.97 / 3 CG), while the T & T boys, Mark Trumbo (.307 / 69 RBI / 27 HR) and Mike Trout (.354 / 75) have caught on quick in Anaheim as vets try to get it together. Not to be over-looked, Halo Jered Weaver (13-1 / 2.26 / .201), Brewer Ryan Braun (.314 / 70 / 28), White Sox Adam Dunn (31 HR) and comeback kid Buster Posey (.315) are writing best-sellers themselves.
Sad Sacks
Boston Red Sox
Could this be Curse II? Only if you believe in boogie monsters and campaign promises. But Beantown may be feeling the Karmic backlash. Not for 2011 meltdown. Those are as common today as over-paid contracts. Rather, for the collective hissy-fit in wake of the crash. In contrast, Spurs flame-out in this year's NBA playoffs (vs OKC) was its biggest shocker, but in their grief, San Antonio sucks it up and nobody gets run outta' town (Vaughn? He got promoted in FLA).
Philadelphia Phillies
No bad karma here, just injury influenza (Howard / Halladay / Utley), though Fred Galvis' PED suspension is salt in the wound. His light-bat, low run output (14) made him a non-factor. Max factor is low output from oft-injured Polanco (.255 / 27 R) and Jim Rollins (.253). Off-season pick-ups Papelbon (25 SV) and Pierre (.303) prevent total disaster.
Get Crack'in!
Detroit Tigers
Though neck & neck with the pale hose, I expected more from Detroit. If there's a better batsman in MLB today than Mr. Cabrera (.327 / 83 RBI / 25 HR), I don't know who it is. As playoffs have not been strong-suit for the princely-paid Fielder, his less-than-hoped-for RS stats (.306 / 69 / 15) are a slight downer. Maybe a bigger problem is the absence of reliable 3 / 4 starters to take some burden off ace Verlander, Scherzer and busy bullpen.
Pittsburgh Pirates
Bucs pass critical marker in reaching / holding ten games over. That keeps them in the mix and keeps Reds from creating separation. But stars McCutchen and good-fit Burnett need help in this lean line-up or Pirates turn into pumpkins. Standings evoke memories of 70s Bucs' team under Should-Be-HOF skipper Danny Murtaugh. Their battles with the Big Red Machine were some of baseball's best. As for Reds, Votto loss is bearable, for a time, in middling National.
Milwaukee Brewers
Anyone thinking Brewers' brass had hopes of contention in 2012 doesn't know this franchise. When Miller Park opened in 2001, official word was that cost (largely borne by taxpayers) must first be recouped, then big bucks could be allotted for contention. Ten years later, nada. Greinke commands a pretty penny (Angels) but has an arm you build around (Sabathia). The 1-2 punch of Braun & Fielder is history. Now plans to 'youth-enize' the roster. Whoopee. Can't live off Molitor & Yount forever. Milwaukee, who had an original AL team (1901 / Orioles), deserves better but doesn't seem to mind. And Green Bay? If Packers were dogging it, every pooch in Brown County would be on curfew (Devine '74).
Los Angeles Dodgers
LAD gets kudos for contending during Kemp's absence and ace Kershaw's imperfect year. The Hanley move has moxie but I question the smarts, given production fall-off (.251) and head-case hiccups. If Yankees are AL flagship franchise, boys in blue should be NL version, though St. Louis has a claim. Dodgers have coasted post-Lasorda and if Magic & friends feed the drift, dogged Halos will put a permanent & fitting stamp on the City of Angels. Can't live off Koufax, Fernando, "Bulldog" & Scully forever.
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Collar conditioning and force fetch are both 2 separate "courses" that a retriever pup may take in his education.
An Engineer needs to take physics and chemistry. An entgineer may take pchem or physical chemistry, and he may take thermodynamics. Each of these courses can play a role in the Engineer's education. But in the end, whether the Engineer takes physics 101 first, or chemistry 101 first, if he masters both courses, he'll be OK.
Various programs have stepwise progressions that work nicely together.
I agree with those who post that if you're following a program, go ahead and follow a program. If a program works for you, then the results are proof that it worked well.
For me to tell another trainer that he's better off doing FF before CC or vice-versa is like my telling him he's better off marrying a blonde than a brunette. It's his life, his dog, his set of experiences. It is a personal choice and there's no "one size fits all".


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Family: Hylidae, Treefrogs view all from this family
Description Thigh of hindleg bright orange/yellow. Rough green-brownish skin. Dark blotches on back.
Dimensions 3.2-6cm. (1 1/4-2 3/8")
Voice Resontating trill. Mostly heard in spring/summer.
Breeding April-August. In southern parts breeds in winter.
Habitat Woodland trees & shrubs near water.
Range Eastern United States & Canada.
Discussion Nocturnal. Sits in trees, comes down at night to breed and chorus. Overlaps range with other species particularly Cope's Treefrog. Indistinguishable from Cope's appearance. Cope's has a faster trill.


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In the Northwest part of Connecticut on 8/5. I spotted the ARC-170 for $64.99 at the Targets in Bethel, Torrington and Waterbury.
Also the Turbo Tank Support Squad and 212th Battalion for $15.99
Clone Turbo Tank also at Bethel for $99.99
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text: blog postsWhat Matters at Illinois?Mar 21, 2011 3:30 pm by Brian PreciousShare on FacebookTweetEmailImagesAn MBA is not just about the classes you take to earn a degree. Its about the experience; the people you add to your personal and professional network, the opportunities you have to learn and grow and the resources at your disposal to elevate your career after graduation. That is why it is important to find the right program for you. While cost, rankings and location factor into the decision, one of the most important, and sometimes overlooked criteria is the culture of the program.What do we mean by culture? I look at it as the values the program embodies combined with the traits of students who do well here. So, what's important to us? At Illinois, we value:· Academic Excellence – Students at Illinois have the opportunity to learn from top faculty in a variety of disciplines. We look for students who have been successful in previous academic endeavors and who demonstrate the discipline and maturity required for success in our program.· Leadership – We want students to leave the program better than they found it. We want them to take our student clubs to the next level and lead their organizations as graduates of our program.· Involvement – Our program provides opportunities to travel, participate in case competitions, attend guest lectures, work at the world's largest student-run consultancy and interact with alumni on a regular basis. We look for students who enjoy these types of activities and will take advantage of them. We also look for students who are likely to stay involved and give back to the program as alumni.· Attitude – During the first year of our program, students work extensively in a team setting. Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work well in a deadline-oriented situations is imperative. We look for students who have demonstrated these traits throughout their previous academic and professional careers.· Service – Having the opportunity to attend Illinois is a privilege and we look for students who are willing to donate their time and abilities for the benefit of our program, our University and/or the community in which we live. A great example of this is the Kola foundation, a non-profit started and run by Illinois MBA students. The Kola foundation works to alleviate suffering on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.If Illinois sounds like the place for you, it's not too late to apply. Our final deadline for domestic students is May 1st. Please contact us for additional information if you are interestedstats471 Views 0 Comments additional actions Add Comment