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Reminds me of the Berserkers in Viking stories, who went into battle and fought in a trance like frenzied state.
Reminds me of the Berserkers in Viking stories, who went into battle and fought in a trance like frenzied state.
Another Tiny Tiny RSS user here. I run it on the home server, and never looked back.
I am no fan of Perl, but if you have an application that is mission critical, has lots of legacy code, and just works, then you do not go about rewriting it just because there is some dislike for the language.
If it was something related, such as difficulty of finding suitable candidates for developer positions, then I would understand. But just because "perl is ossifying" does not cut it as a valid reason.
There's a dedicated physical button on the side of the phone that will turn it on and put it into camera mode when pressed.
I've had that since 2013 on my Sony Xperia ZL.
And even before that on the Sony Xperia Arc.
And even before that on the Sony Xperia X10 since 2011.
Blackberry's market share is predicted to fall to 0.3% by 2018. And they will ship 50% less handsets this year than the past.
Here is the link.
The proper way is to install gdebi:
sudo aptitude install gdebi
Then, you install a downloaded
sudo gdebi packagefile.deb
Gdebi will search for dependencies for that
Reverse anecdote
I had tonsillectomy as well, when I was around 5. Yes, in the 1960s it was very common.
But never suffered from memory loss. On the contrary, I was always told I had good memory.
No problem with muscle coordination too
Meanwhile in the north, we have had Wifi for many years at Toronto's Pearson airport
But the point is, I am in Southern Ontario, and searching on just the restaurant's name does not get me Restaurantica results at all on the first page. And, it used to be that Restaurantica did show up by searching just the restaurant's name, in the first couple of results.
Google has been "going local" for a while, showing you results in your area first. But this is the exact opposite.
I have seen this in a few sites I run. One is a business site, another is a special interest with specific demographics, and the third is a blog.
It all started with Google shuffling their algorithms, with Panda then Pengiun.
I saw traffic drop on all three sites. Some coninciding with Panda, and the other coninciding with Pengiun.
One site was the top site for certain search terms for many long years. Not anymore. That site saw a 7.5X drop in pageviews per month traffic. Another site saw 3.5X drop, and the third was 2.5X.
What is weird is that Google de-indexed one site because of "un-natural links". When I contacted them, I asked what the links are, so I can remove them. They never came back with any definitive information, and sent the same template email saying site de-indexed because of un-natural links. It took 3 or 4 tries, and then they reinstated the site back in the index. They never told me what the links are, and never explained why they de-listed the site nor why they reinstated it.
Another thing of note: some sites no longer show up in Google searches. For example, here in Canada we have a restaurant review site called Restaurantica. It used to show up in the first few searches for restaurants in the area (Southern Ontario). Now, I don't see it at all on the front page. Seems Google decided that Trip Advisor and Urban Spoon are the authoratitive ones for restaurant, and Restaurantica is third class or something.
I also noticed that the search quality for Google has gone downhill starting in 2011. Really stupid matching of terms, some partial strings even. I've never seen Google's search that bad before.
They are for sure dumbing things down, a general trend in the industry in the name of "user experience" and such. You see this in Firefox with the dumbed down Australis, which requires Classic Theme Restorer to undo some of the damage.
Or, perhaps it is the generation that can't understand procedural [programming] that is the issue
This e-wallet stuff is not their main source of revenue.
Square is advertising on TV about how one pays with a credit card, using the plain old magnetic strip, using a card reader that plugs into the mic socket of a mobile phone.
Here is how it works.
Also, they are opening an office in Kitchener, Ontario, within the Kitchener Waterloo technology hub.
Evidence elsewhere does not support this theory.
Egypt for example, has one of the highest Schistosoma infections rates. Even its other name, Bilharzia, is after the guy who discovered it in Egypt in the mid 19th century (Theodor Bilharz).
My own father died from complications of Schistosoma. This is because in the 40s and 50s, the treatment involved antimony injections, and they used to stand up patients in line, and inject them all with the same glass syringe one after the other. This caused Hepatitis C virus to spread, even before they diagnosed the virus.
Back to the theory: Egypt has a very low AIDS incidence rate, so that seems to negate the finding.
However, there are many species of Schistosoma, so there may be variations there. And this vaginal version is something I have never heard about before. So perhaps the species they found over there is the cause.
Just install the Classic Theme Restorer extension. A bit of configuring and you have a better Firefox than either version 28 and Australis.
To be fair, APL was a wonderful language, and perfect so long as you didn't want to actually
/do/ anything.
I worked with a guy in the mid 1980s who used APL for everything. He came from the mainframe world, but had APL for MS-DOS on floppies. When he was contracted for writing an MS-DOS application in RM-COBOL, he used APL to write a full screen text editor so that he would not use edlin and such.
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Amanda Bynes was involved in a minor car accident around 2:45pm on Saturday afternoon, and according to an LAPD spokesperson, she was at fault!
Bynes, 22, made an "unsafe" left turn at the corner of Crescent Heights and Oakwood when a white Ford Mustang ran into her 2008 BMW X5. The LAPD spokesperson said that it looked as though the Hairspray actress "may not have been paying attention." Additionally, "drugs and alcohol were not involved," and there was no serious damage to either car, but the other driver complained of minor injuries.
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IPSWICH — The courtyard at the Ipswich Museum's Heard House is closed as construction is underway to fix serious structural issues in the more than 200-year-old building.
Walls, sills and clapboards near the ground have been rotting due to poor drainage, according to Stacey Fraser-deHaan, co-director of the museum.
"It is a much-needed project we've been trying to raise money for," she said. "If this continued, it would compromise the stability of the building."
The project will be done in five phases; this is the second. The first phase was an archaeological dig before any work started, a requirement of the Massachusetts Historical Commission.
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Most of the phase two work is being done to the rear of the original structure and around sections of the home added later in 19th century, including a carriage house.
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Tougas Construction of Ipswich started the work this week. Plans were drawn by McGinley Kalsow & Associates of Somerville.
The Heard House was built between 1795 and 1800 as a summer home for John Heard and his family. Before the Revolutionary War, Heard invested in the rum distillery on Turkey Shore Road along the riverbank, according to the Ipswich Historical Commission.
Heard was a merchant who had regular dealings in the West Indies and China. Fraser-deHaan said the Heard family were large donors in town and helped to open the Ipswich Public Library.


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Americans OK With Military Cuts, CIA Kidnapping Scrutinized in Court, First-Offender Granny Gets Life: P.M. Links
- Politicians may not be so keen on cutting the cost of waging multiple wars around the globe, but a recent survey finds that Americans would be comfortable with trimming an average of 18 percent from military spending.
- Saying marriage-equality should not be decided on a state-by-state basis, Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina vows to introduce a bill to legalize same-sex marriage at the national level. Meanwhile, Colorado lawmakers killed an effort to legalize same-sex civil unions.
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How many divisions does the European Court of Human Rights have?
Saying marriage-equality should not be decided on a state-by-state basis, Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina vows to introduce a bill to legalize same-sex marriage at the national level. Meanwhile, Colorado lawmakers killed an effort to legalize same-sex civil unions.
every state that has had a referendum has seen gay marriage lose. A couple of states where the duly elected legislature pulled the trigger say it pass.
If you run for office, have the balls to cast the tough votes, not just the ones to support apple pie and sunshine. Let voters then decide if you made the right call or not. The referendum is another word for political cowardice.
And "Love" means never having to say you're sorry.
Initiatives and referenda bypass the legislature - initiatives take promosed laws directly to the voters and referenda challenge laws already passed by the legislature.
In neither case has the legislature been cowardly - some people are justy trying to bypass it.
of course, it has. Legislatures could introduce bills, debate them, then vote. Instead, they want the public to do the heavy lifting for them. Referenda do not always bypass legislatures; lawmakers are pretty often complicit in such initiatives occurring.
That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard.
Referenda are often part of amending state constitutions which can tie the hands of legislatures and courts. Considering that the pro-homosexual "marrige" side has been pursuing a court oriented strategy, complaining that their opponents are bypassing legislatures is amusing.
I do not think you or others would be complaning about direct democracy if homosexual "marriage" was not consistantly losing in the only sort of polling that actually matters.
Direct democracy is bullshit in every fucking sense of the term and we are ALWAYS complaining about it, even when it produces results we like.
Fucking retard.
Bank runs in Greece
Next you'll tell me that bad things happen when people vote for communists.
Depends on if you're a party member or a regular prole.
In Soviet Russia, bad things happen to YOU!
Wait, that's just a true statement.
Heh. Sad to think the euro is going to be a relative store of value compared to the revived Drachma.
I honestly have to ask how anyone could keep money IN a Greek bank.
If you were a Greek depositor, wouldn't you take all your money out? Hell, even if you were lazy and inattentive, wouldn't your money already be out and in Germany?
I think once they started talking about a bailout, I would have put the money under my mattress. But people are still buying bonds from Greece. So apparently, figuring this out is harder than it appears.
Or gone down and bought all of the silver you could. Greeks will be taking their pay home in wheelbarrows soon...the few that are working, that is.
Silver and gold are crashing as we speak, too. Probably only temporarily, but temporary things can last a long time.
I wish the yen would finally drop. No matter how shitty the Jap economy gets their money just goes up. I gues that's what they get for having a personal savings culture.
Never fear. The central banking cartels of the world will not stand idly by while Greece falls. If one card falls, the whole house falls with it.
...but a recent survey finds that Americans would be comfortable with trimming an average of 18 percent from military spending.
Newsworthy if at least nine percent of it comes from the poll respondent's own side.
I thought this was a pretty weak article...
Vague details of what was actually asked, or how anything was presented to the respondents.
thinking people favor cuts period, and they get that the military cannot be treated as a sacred cow. It's not like we don't have enough defense as it is.
The censored race war.
Living where I do, I find this troublesome.
I find it very troublesome. At some point the mob is going to run into someone who is armed and there is going to be a big shooting. The the shit will really hit the fan.
That someone would be most of my white male neighbors who have concealed carry permits and spend a lot of time at the firing range in Robbinsdale.
My nieces from Japan LOVE the range at Bill's Gun Shop. Don't be bad mouthing that place.
It already did happen. He had a screwdriver on a subway train.
I have some documentary footage here.
And then the armed person will be charged with a federal hate crime for, uh, profiling. Or something.
I live near the Redneck Riviera. This could be the wrong place for thuggery, though it appears to have been swept into silence in Mobile. Folks here tend to be tolerant but stupidity for the sake of stupidity does not sell.
My first thought was that the perps would be staring down the muzzle of at .357. Of course, my second thought was that I would be in a world of shit if I was carrying where this was going on.
... Hobbit
Living where I do, I find this troublesome.
Not sure where that is, but I do too. I know this happens here in Chicago, although I don't have any idea how much. Sometimes there is a rash of it and though it's not necessarily reported on, it becomes community knowledge. But it's not good and not something to sweep under the rug.
Of course, "fortunately" for those of us here, John's scenario will not play out. No one armed to run into.
Minneapolis, Northside. Shootings every day.
This is for you, Pip.
Blocked at work. Will look at home.
It won't happen in Chicago. But it will happen somewhere else.
If you find a gun in the grass whatever you do, don't touch it.
"They said I did the right thing getting it off the street," Chevilott told MyFoxDetroit.
However, Chevilott's superiors at the Department of Public Services had a much different opinion. His foreman, who had knowledge of the situation, was suspended for 30 days, and after 23 years on the job, Chevilott was fired for violating department policies.
I guess you have to be pretty evil and stupid to get to the top of the Wayne County Department of Public Services.
No, just corrupt as hell.
How do we know he didn't steal the gun and make up this story and turn it in because his bosses found out.
Because his bosses are not claiming that?
White guy wearing an iron cross pendant, he's fucked. Wonder why nobody else seems to have noticed.
Poor fool should have known that obedience to policy is more important than doing the right thing.
Granted it was her first offense and the punishment is crazy, but smuggling a ton of cocaine is a pretty big deal.
People are smuggling money and dope on buses going back and forth to Mexico! She must have known because she was the co-owner.
Not exactly the most compelling case.
Everyone in prison is innocent.
Holy shit, did anyone click through to the Houston Chronicle article about the imprisoned grandma? The first person they quote on the subject (other than the woman herself) is a member of LEAP! Very nice. Maybe there's hope.
The article points out that she'll be in jail longer than the Zetas founder and mass murderer Cardenas.
Yeah, but he mostly killed Mexicans. i thought we'd pretty well established Americans don't give a shit about killing brown people.
She'll also be in jail longer than Obama and Bush.
I haven't seen anything on HR about Zimmerman being up for hate crime charges now.
I don't see any possible hope they would have for actually getting a conviction there, since (assuming an impartial jury) they have to prove that he murdered Martin specifically because he was black. In a sane world they wouldn't even be able to get an indictment, but we know how that goes.
Are they still using that doctored 9-1-1 tape that NBC used to make Zimmerman sound racist?
It was fake but accurate.
It'd get really interesting if Z's attorney could bring *counter* hate crime charges against someone.
He should sue the fucking media outlets that knowingly altered tapes to smear him as a racist.
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"Saying marriage-equality should not be decided on a state-by-state basis, Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina vows to introduce a bill to legalize same-sex marriage at the national level."
How would he do this? Certainly the feds can't just order the states to change their laws. Is he going to threaten them with federal funding cut-offs? Or allow for a federal marriage certicate (what enumerated power does that fall under)?
Reason only cares about the Constitution when it's not in the way of a socially leftist crusade.
I'm not sure I read the post as endorsement of Clyburn's proposal. What makes you think it is?
Because he's Tulpa, and he already made one reasonable post today.
"marriage-equality" isn't exactly a neutral description of the content of Herr Clyburn's proposal.
They could attempt to do it on Equal Protection grounds. Not saying that's necessarily a winning argument, but it is a basis for federal preemption.
Oh, and Commerce Clause.
14th Am, Section 5? That would be interesting. I still wonder if that can overcome the rule in Printz and New York v US.
Commerce Clause looms LARGE.
Also, necessary and proper, general welfare, Executive Privlege and....FABULOUS!
Don't forget my personal favorite, the Preamble.
Abolish marriage as a civil institution. Anybody can call anybody else they want to their husband or wife.
Saying marriage-equality should not be decided on a state-by-state basis
"Federalism for me but not for thee" strikes again. How does Reason feel about keeping communities drug-free being decided on a state-by-state basis?
Also nice to see Reason repeating lawmakers' talking points for them, something they're constantly criticizing leftist reporters for doing.
Federalism is a means, not an end.
I'm not saying I necessarily agree with what's going on in this exact instance, but just making a larger point. Federalism, like democracy, is merely a tool to achieve liberty. Most often it works better than top-down solutions. Occasionally it doesn't (i.e. Jim Crow).
States don't get a pass to act like tyrants just because they're a smaller locality than the feds. Where the feds are in the wrong (which is the vast majority of the time), then I'll cheer on federalism. When states are in the wrong, then I want the feds to step in. It's simple; the guiding principal is not a system of control (federalism, democracy, etc.) but rather always liberty.
No Jim. Federalism is an end. Sorry but if we let you use the government to forcibly create your Utopia, we then have a hard time telling liberals and SoCons they can't do the same thing.
No, the green monster is right when he states:
. Where the feds are in the wrong (which is the vast majority of the time), then I'll cheer on federalism. When states are in the wrong, then I want the feds to step in.
Federalism works both ways. The end is the protection of individual liberty.
The problem is that he's just saying what he personally wants. He's not prescribing a rule in an effort to convince others who may disagree with his positions on the issues should follow, he's just saying what he would do if he were dictator.
Whereas John is saying that whatever your position is you should always respect federalism.
And I disagree. You should only respect federalism when it results in the correct outcomes, i.e. that of liberty. Intentions don't matter; only results.
There is no rule. Whatever increased liberty is good, whatever decreases it is bad, period, the end, full stop. Most of the time, federalism is a boon to freedom. Once in a great while, it isn't. That's what I mean about it being a means, and not an end. In the instances where it is not conducive to liberty, then it is meaningless.
Intentions don't matter; only results.
And the result of libertarians demanding everything they want at the national level without compromise has been the advancement of statism on nearly every front. You think gay marriage is a triumph of liberty? Think again. Even if some liberty-minded folks favor it, the impetus is coming from rank statists of the worst variety.
Federalism allows the statists to enact their perfect society in one area while liberty-minded people can enact theirs in another. And then lets them compete. If the rule is that whoever is currently dominant gets to dictate policy for the whole country we're ALWAYS going to lose, because the statists are much better at this game than we are, and statism is very intuitive to human nature and thus will always be more popular.
I think we'll have to agree to disagree. If you think that any particular system of government is itself the end and not the means, then we're too far apart to have a meaningful conversation about it.
And I needn't point out the difference between liberals creating Utopia at the point of a gun, and advocating for a severe reduction in gov't (one of the few legitimate functions of which would be to preserve liberty, even down to the smallest level).
How does gay marriage result in a reduction of government?
And in any case, the point is that federalism allows people who believe different things about the role of govt to peacefully coexist in different states. It may not be an end in itself, but barring the complete extermination of statists throughout the country, it's a necessary component in any plan to increase liberty.
It doesn't really matter what you believe the role of government is if you believe it should have the power to fuck some people in the ass but not others. Federalism is bullshit if Mississippi passes a law that whites and blacks can't marry or blacks are chattel property again.
We're not talking about anything near the severity of Jim Crow laws here. Gay marriage is, even if you agree with it, just a matter of symbolism.
Given the choice between federalism and minor liberty issues (and I'm not convinced gay marriage is a liberty issue at all) I'll side with federalism. Otherwise you've got to be storming the barricades over NYS banning fireworks or St. Louis banning ferrets.
As I stated originally, I was interested in disagreeing with your take on federalism, not this issue in the particular.
Federalism for me but not for thee is perfectly find if the end result of all actions is increased liberty.
But that only works if you're dominant. Which libertarians aren't and probably never will be.
Federalism is an excellent COMPRO*ISE. (asterisked out because it's a dirty word in libertarian circles)
We just opened our first pale ale's the other day and they came out fucking great. It honestly was the best pale ale I've ever had. The batc of nut brown ale is in bottles for a week now. And of you brewers think you know when we should pop one of them?
Also, we have two batches going as we speak. The Hefeweizen and Kolsch will both be ready to bottle by the weekend and we've had to buy a second fridge just for our beermaking.
Second question: does anybody have any experience brewing Kolsch? It is so damn cloudy halfway through fermentation with an almost muddy look to it. Is this common?
Third question: Our Hefeweizen is a lot redder than what I'm used to seeing from American breweries. Is this typical?
Mine was not red. and my Kolsch was not particularly cloudy.
It's not red-red. But it's not golden. Maybe a shade darker than this. Meh. I'm sure it will be fine.
As far as the Kolsch is concerned, I'll resolve it going to secondary, but I've never seen a beer so muddy looking in the carboy.
You added too much blood as a flavoring agent. Try to balance it out with a little mother's milk next time.
You're supposed to use orphan blood, not regular blood.
Bitch on the cover of Time set me up.
And a Mother's Milk Stout might be really good, eh?
Mother's Milk Stout would go excellent with this:
Doc says blood-based alcoholic beverages are feasible.
Wouldn't blood break down at a boil? Or would you steep in the blood prior to boil? Maybe add post-boil?
Anybody know what the likelihood is you could make a pus-based drink? I've got a buddy laid up with a blown knee and he's had some drainage since the surgery. I'm not seriously considering it, but it is a thought.
Again, that is fictional. We're talking true blood brew. Possibly the hard stuff, depending on our ability to filter out coagulants while simultaneously raising the blood sugar level to a fermentation-worthy point.
I'd be remiss in not mentioning SF's alternative if the coagulants can't be removed--blood cheese. Or my counter-alternative of blood Jell-O.
If you're brewing with malt extract, expect all your beers to be a lot darker than what you can buy in the store. You can only get the really light coloring if you go all grain. The Kölsch being cloudy could be influenced by the yeast you used; it may settle out eventually. I think you could still add a clarifying agent to help with that, although normally Irish Moss is added during the boil. For bottles, you should wait at least three weeks for optimal carbonation and aging.
That's the time frame I was thinking, but the guy who owns the store I buy ingredients at said the Hefe and Kolsch will be ready to bottle in 7-10 days and will be ready to drink 10 days after that. I'm going to wait an extra week to be safe.
And we are doing extract. I'll bear that in mind going forward.
You still in Fresno? I'll be driving from L.A. to Sac on one of the weekends around Memorial Day (woe is he who can't take teh awesome high speed railz up there), and I may very well stop by and steal some of your beer, or just drink one with you.
Just south of Fresno in Visalia. If you're coming down the 99, you're welcome to stop by. If you're taking the 5, let me know and I'll meet you and leave some with you.
Either way, email me. firstname.lastname@example.com
Slate always delivers.
George Tazberik
He also inspired many people to look at libertarianism and realize that a civilization without centralized proactive coordination can't exist.
It's centralized proacive corrdination now, is it?
These people didn't even know what a toilet was until Uncle Sam showed them.
Now if only someone could show them how to use it, so they'd stop crapping all over themselves.
Yeah the comments are priceless.
And despairing.
in ron paul's world we would not have gone to the moon, built the internet and the interstates, hoover dam, the panama canal. we wouldn't have won world war ii. we wouldn't have created the huge middle class whose work and values support the country now. we would be living on subsistence farms, leaving school in the second grade to hoe and weed, knowing little of the wider world, which would be in the hands of people like hitler and tojo and stalin.
Government is all, all is government. Submit.
who is this we this scribe speaks of? Seriously, it is staggering that folks like him believe their own bullshit. Try building the Hoover Dam today and watch how many Slate readers/writers show up to protest. The Panama Canal would be deemed corporate welfare and whole Internet canard is nuclear stupid. I am reasonably sure the people behind ARPAnet had no idea what it would morph into.
Also, there were plenty of privately developed networks in the works before the Internet boomed. FideNet, for example, which I used twenty years ago, when the hippest geeks were all on BBSes.
Not to mention the Intranet developed at Xerox Parc. In the early 1970's.
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Obama Has Over $500,000 with JPMORGAN...
It is a jointly held account, presumably with First Lady Michelle Obama.
Or with that composite girlfriend, eh?
and it bears repeating - it was not his money or that of any other individual that was invested in the money loser. JPM has its fund for investment, made up of money earned over the years. Besides, it turned a 4Bil profit in the quarter. Govt cannot legislate risk out of business.
6 apologies that aren't apologies at all.
There's no need to have a national level law that recognizes same-sex marriages as having the same civil rights as different-sex marriages.
The constitution already does that, in the requirement that states recognize marriages performed in other states as being valid.


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What should I say better, "domesticable" or "domesticatable"?
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If OP is set on using a single word, domesticable is far more common. Note that the less-common derivative domesticability does actually exist, but domesticatabilty is virtually unknown.
Personally, I'd probably just use tameable, farmable, house-trainable, or capable of being domesticated, depending on context.
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Before the playlist, I should say that I do in fact listen to the other HSW.com podcasts as much as I can. They're all stellar and if you haven't checked them out you should. There's a lot of smart and talented folks in this office.
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This American Life — the best one out there and #1 for a good reason. Ira Glass and company have a tight show that's always an interesting listen. He's the Godfather.
The Moth — live storytelling sessions from regular folks taped in different spots around the country. Excellent show, it can really knock your socks off at times.
Creative Screenwriting Magazine — if you're a closet screenwriter like me, or just a regular old film buff, you have to subscribe to this show. Long, insightful interviews with writers and directors. They're more like film school lectures.
Marc Maron's WTF — more insightful interviews from veteran comedian Marc Maron. He's funny and the "interview" is more like you're sitting in on a great conversation.
The Sound of Young America — we went to a live show version of Jesse Thorn's podcast in New York and it was one of the most fun evenings I've had in quite a while. We met Jesse after and I've since become a big fan of his show. Great interviews, Jesse is a natural broadcaster and his Maximum Fun ethos is something I'm way down with.
Judge John Hodgman — anything John does I find pretty hysterical. This one finds Judge Hodgman presiding over mundane disputes between couples, friends, roommates, etc. Some people have remarked poorly about the quality, but I actually enjoy the lo-fi goodness. So should you.
The Onion Radio News and The Onion News Network – the Radio News is audio, the News Network video. Not much needs to be said here, it's America's Finest News Source doing their thing. Always funny.
The Ricky Gervais Podcast – one of the funniest people on the planet. Gervais and Stephen Merchant basically just pick the brain of dimwitted Karl Pilkington, and somehow it's one of the funniest things I've ever heard.
Pod F. Tompkast — comedian Paul F. Tompkins show is slightly off kilter, just like him, and that's a beautiful thing. It's a mix of different kinds of comedy, so you never know what you're gonna get. Another plus.
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ALLEN PARK, Mich. — Havard Rugland has not missed a kick in game-like conditions during Detroit Lions training camp, including a 58-yard field goal that got everyone's attention that saw or heard it.
"That big boot? He's legit," teammate Nate Burleson said. "Kickalicious is for real. He isn't just an Internet sensation."
Even though the Norwegian made all 11 of his field goals in 11-on-11 situations in a three-day period, he still seems like a longshot to beat out David Akers.
"He's done an impressive job, but I don't want to get out ahead of ourselves," Lions general manager Martin Mayhew said Tuesday. "He's never played in a National Football League game. He hasn't played a preseason game. I'd like to see him do that before we start making a judgment on him."
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He recently posed for a photo shoot and after each practice, fans clamor for him to sign autographs and pose for pictures.
"It's kind of surreal," he said. "A year ago, I was kicking all alone in Norway. And suddenly, I'm here."
Rugland acknowledged that a YouTube video he posted last September, which had been viewed more than 4.5 million times by Tuesday afternoon, opened the door for his opportunities in the NFL.
Kicking a football to a friend on a boat in a lake, in a moving car or on a skateboard led to tryouts with the New York Jets, Cleveland Browns and Lions, the only team to offer the 28-year-old Rugland a contract.
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COLUMBIA — Senate Majority Leader Harvey Peeler – saying there is "no way" S.C. lawmakers will raise the state's gas tax – has proposed borrowing money and taxing out-of-state truckers to repair the state's highways.
The Gaffney Republican's bill, introduced Wednesday, is the latest attempt by a lawmaker to solve one of the state's most vexing problems: How does the state spend more money on roads without raising one of the lowest gas tax rates in the country?
South Carolina has $48.3 billion in road-repair needs through 2033. But it only has $19 billion to pay for those repairs, leaving a $29 billion shortfall.
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• Gov. Nikki Haley tried paying local governments to take over state-owned roads – an idea that lawmakers rejected – and proposed using a portion of the state's revenue growth to repair bridges.
• House Speaker Bobby Harrell, R-Charleston, has proposed using 80 percent of the state sales taxes on cars for road repairs.
• Senate Minority Leader Nikki Setzler, D-Lexington, wants to borrow $500 million and distribute it to the state's 46 counties to repair local roads.
Peeler's bill borrows from those ideas and adds more proposals that he hopes will rally Democrats and Republicans. But even if Peeler's bill passes, it only will add about $230 million in state money plus up to $500 million in loans to pay for road repairs.
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Portions of Peeler's bill quickly ran into opposition.
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But doing that would cut the state's education budget by $20 million a year, something Setzler, the Senate's Democratic leader, said he would never support.
The bill also would classify ethanol – up to 10 percent of the gasoline you buy – as a motor vehicle fuel. Peeler says doing that would ensure the state collects all of the gas taxes it should.
But Michael Fields, executive director of the S.C. Petroleum Marketers Association, said his group would oppose that. "Straight ethanol is not a motor fuel. It's blended with a percentage of gasoline," Fields said.
Peeler's bill also would tax out-of-state commercial truckers – a tax in-state truckers already pay.
"(Out-of-state truckers) won't necessarily like it," said Rick Todd, executive director of the S.C. Trucking Association. "(But) when you look at the fact that our fuel tax is so much lower than our sister states and most state tax, I think it's palatable."
Even with its problems, Setzler said Peeler's bill encourages him that lawmakers will be able to come up with a compromise.
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Every once in a while, a statistic gets thrown out and actually sticks, and unfortunately, those statistics don't always paint a complete picture. I would like to clarify Knoxville's misleading ranking with regard to public transit use in a 2011 Brookings Institute report, as stated in "Outsmarting Old Habits"—a great story on the Smart Trips program from the June 28th issue. [Citybeat by Paige Huntoon] First, let me start with a little background: Within the Knoxville metropolitan area, the City of Knoxville is the only governmental entity with a fixed route public transit system, which is Knoxville Area Transit (KAT). As such, KAT operates within the city limits and aspires to provide really good transit service to the urban core of the city (with the exception of Route 102X, The Farragut Express, which is partially supported by The Town of Farragut).
The Brookings Institute report examined metropolitan areas across the United States that provide transit services. Many, or most, metropolitan areas have regional transit services, or multiple and interconnected fixed route transit offerings. The Knoxville metropolitan area does not. When the Brookings Institute says that 0.4 percent of people use public transit to get to work in Knoxville, they mean in the Knoxville Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Anderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon and Union counties. What these statistics have gotten translated into in certain quarters is "Knoxville has one of the worst transit systems in the country." But really, that's like saying the Knox County Health Department is doing a horrible job because of the poor service they provide to Grainger County.
While KAT welcomes aboard many passengers from neighboring counties when they commute to or visit the City of Knoxville, we recognize that our focus must of necessity be on providing the best public transit service we can within the city's urban boundaries.
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It was a scary day at the Charlottesville Circuit Courthouse when a threatening letter and suspicious package were delivered.
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It all happened around 2:00 p.m. when the head of security was notified of an envelope containing a white powdery substance. The head of security immediately closed off the bottom floor, and notified the proper people.
Those people quarantined everyone on that specific floor, but others throughout the courthouse were working as normal. Officials from the Charlottesville Fire, Police, and Sheriff's departments converged on the scene to assess the situation as the city's hazardous materials team made entry to test the powder.
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With Ayanna testing the limits so often, I can't help but wonder how and what discipline is. Is there a right or wrong method? One thing I know smacking is not my thing. More on that later but for now, let's explore discipline; what and how it is like to discipline a toddler.
When we think discipline, the first image that comes to mind is that of punishment, threats and anger. Funnily the word discipline, means to teach.
Why is it so important to discipline a toddler -
to instill an understanding of the concept of right and wrong
to plant the seeds of self-control
to teach respect for the rights and feelings of others
to increase your child's chances of growing up a happy adult (since the real world is full of rules)
When it comes to discipline, I constantly remind myself that
every child is different, each circumstance is different so I would have to treat each individually.
I cant' rely on a toddler's obedience as they're not old enough to understand what is safe/ not.
It is important to let Ayanna know that even when her behaviour may not lovable, she is still loved.
I will not be extreme in my method of discipline: too much parental policing or overly permissive styles can leave toddlers feeling unloved.
Consistency is important so I try to enforce the same limits all the time.
Following up is important as toddlers rely on repetition to remember.
A no is necessary but I try to provide an alternative. For example, "You can't play with Mummy's books but let's read your favourite book together."
Ayanna needs to be allowed to make mistakes as she learns and explores.
Praising and rewarding her with love and affection is always important especially when it involves good behaviour.
Ayanna needs to be treated with respect – I use the polite words with Ayanna just as she is expected to use it, offer simple explanations and listen to her.
Setting limits that are fair and enforcing them firmly but lovingly is the key. Tailor your style to the situation as well as your child.
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Madison - 664
Sangamon - 579
Pike - 572
Peoria - 517
Lake - 516
Will - 509
Kane - 501
McHenry - 447
LaSalle - 444
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for the deer to move along.
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injured. Contact local, county or state law enforcement - do not attempt to
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accidents resulting in damage of $500 or more to be reported and an accident
report to be filed with the police.
The driver involved in an
accident involving a deer may take possession of the animal. If the driver does
not want it, any Illinois resident may claim the deer. Anyone possessing the
deer must keep a personal record of the date the deer was claimed, the sex of
the animal, the location of the accident, and the place where the deer or deer
parts are stored. This information must be kept until the deer is consumed or no
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There's something you need to know about Gary Michael.
"I collect ... things," he said with a laugh.
The garage off his White Day Road home is filled with antiques ranging from fishing equipment to holsters, key chains, pen knives and more.
But his pride is his collection of more than 700 belt buckles he's amassed in just a few years.
He's got big ones. Little ones. Some that cost under a buck. And some over a lot of bucks.
And in between are the ones he finds at flea markets and auctions, and gets from friends. He inherited some from his late father.
It all started three years ago when he finished a contracting job for some people in Colfax.
"They brought out two boxes of belt buckles and asked if I was interested. I made an offer of $100 and they took it. And I got 113 belt buckles.
"That got me started," he said with a laugh. He already had a couple, but these were the spark that ignited the fire.
He doesn't know exactly how many buckles he has. He doesn't keep a list of what he's got.
"Now, that's a winter project," his wife Joan said with a laugh. "It will keep him off the streets."
His collection hasn't been appraised and isn't insured. He doesn't specialize in any particular kind of belt buckle.
"As long as they're pretty," he said. Now his collection tops out at more than 700 and he's still looking every weekend at local flea markets and shows.
He's got some that are about 30 years old. He's got pewter buckles. Brass. Gold. Silver. Leather buckles.
About 20 or more are WVU buckles (all given to him). Buckles are from just about every state. From fuel companies. Trucking companies. About 200 from coal mining companies.
"They seem to be in great demand," he said.
He's even got an Elvis buckle.
"I just collect for my own pleasure. It's just something to do. I'm not after any particular kind. Just any kind. I like a variety."
If they come dirty, he doesn't polish or clean them.
"That's part of their history," he said. But he does wear them.
He doesn't sell them.
"And I don't buy off eBay," he said.
"Our grandson is 14 now and he can wear a different buckle each week until he graduates and not wear the same one twice," Joan said.
His glass-encased display covers almost an entire wall in his garage, with additional cases near the door. As crowded as they are, there's always room for more.
"When I run out of space, I've got more walls," he said. "And if I get rid of things, I'll have room for more cabinets.
"I'll take care of that Sunday," he said, grinning at an empty space. He planned to hit three flea markets that day. He uses some of his other antiques to trade and barter with.
They've lived in this house since 1969, when Interstate 79, within earshot just down the road, was just an idea.
"It was so quiet you could hear the cows pulling grass out of the ground," Joan said. "But you get used to the noise."
The constant sound of cars and trucks whizzing busily north and south is almost like white noise. You hear it but you don't really notice it.
"It's louder when it rains," she said. "And then when it snows, it's real quiet and you wish you could open the windows."
He used to collect baseball cards.
"I couldn't put them all in a pick-up truck, I had so many. I didn't have an Honus Wagner, but very few people have that. I have a lot of Mickey Mantle things. A bat and ball autographed by him. A 500-home run ball, signed by about 10 different people who'd gotten 500 home runs. Things I didn't want to sell."
He doesn't know if there's an official belt buckle collectors association or society, or even if there is an official price guide.
"Yet, if someone offered me $1,000 for my most very favorite belt buckle ... he'd probably own it," he said, laughing.
"I think they're interesting," Joan said. "You can look at them every day and see one new. You just have to look. He found one the other day he didn't even know he had, even though he hung it up," she said, laughing.
"People are shocked when they see the collection," he said. "I know I never dreamed they made that many belt buckles.
"I like old stuff. I'm just a pack rat," he said. "And believe it or not, I have been cleaning this garage out. You should have seen it before!"
His favorite from the entire collection is his first and, in his opinion, the prettiest: from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.
"But really, I just like to look at them. I don't care how old they are," he said.
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From Camp 1, continue up mixed terrain on snow and rock for 1,640 feet (500 meters) to Camp 2 at 21,980 feet (6,700 meters). The camp is usually set against a cliff on a shoulder. It can often be windy and cold here but it's safe from avalanches. On this section is the famous House Chimney, a 100-foot rock wall split by a chimney and crack system that is rated 5.6 if free-climbed. Today the chimney is fixed with a spider web of old ropes, making it fairly easy to climb. The House Chimney is named for American climber Bill House, who first climbed it in 1938.
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Hart County residents can be notified of severe weather through CodeRED, a reverse 911 notification system, if they have signed up for it.
The service is available to county residents who wish to receive information regarding thunderstorm, flood or tornado warnings through calls made to either their land line phones, their cell phones or by messages sent to their e-mail accounts.
Hart County has had the system in place for about a year.
"We had spent all of our available funding on outdoor warning systems and a lot of our outdoor warning systems had become obsolete due to their age and efficiency," said Kerry McDaniel, emergency management director for Hart County.
He said outdoor warning systems can only reach individuals who are within a certain radius or hearing distance.
"We wanted to go to something where we could attempt to reach a lot more individuals," McDaniel said.
CodeRED is also more economical. One outdoor warning siren costs about $25,000, he said.
Since the county has made CodeRED available, McDaniel has heard a lot of compliments about the system.
"Currently, we have about 2,000 individuals who have signed on to CodeRED and we would like to reach an additional 5,000," McDaniel said, adding that would enable nearly ever household in the county to be reached through the system.
Monroe County also utilizes CodeRED.
"We've tried to advertise that pretty hard," said Tommy Willett, judge-executive.
Monroe County joined other counties in obtaining grant funding for the system because of Wolf Creek Dam having been determined by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a high risk for failure. The dam impounds the Cumberland River, which runs through Monroe County and could cause heavy flooding if the dam were to fail.
"We were just a rider on that grant," said David Rich, emergency management director for Monroe County.
The county has outdoor warning sirens, but only at volunteer fire departments in Tompkinsville, Gamaliel and Fountain Run. With CodeRED, more people can be reached in the event of bad weather.
"It's just an opportunity for people in the area to be more informed when there is inclement weather or any disaster in the area," Rich said.
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Residents' home phone numbers are automatically programmed into the system, but they can ask for their cell phone numbers to be added.
Emory Kidd, emergency management director for Metcalfe County, uses Codespear about five to six times a year.
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"The night we had an escaped convict in Edmonton we used it," Kidd said, adding it was helpful. "It got the word out to people."
The system has also been used to notify residents of road closures.
"Missing persons is the main use for ours," he said. "We can use it for storms. We have not, but we can."
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In Barren County, Codespear is often used as a back-up dispatch pager for the Glasgow Fire Department.
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Both services are available free of charge. For those in Hart County, who would like to sign up for CodeRED, they should go to www.coderedweb.com. Barren and Metcalfe County residents should go to https://barrenmetcalfe.smartmsg.com, and Monroe County residents should go to www.R911SignUp.com.
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Simon Rattle was born in Liverpool and studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
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Striking images from Jun Takahashi's "Undercover Grace" show in Tokyo.
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erzatsen says:
the cross-your-eyes-ery is exactly what reveals that this is not a stereogram.
i wish it was, because this would be a good model for it.
i poked around a bit at that flash site, but i wasn't able to find this image, or any others like it. (and jamie doesn't bother to include a useful link, either)
Antinous / Moderator says:
It's a stereogram. I can see it.
erzatsen says:
well, ok, yes, the images lock-up with an eye cross.
but they are just the same image.
are you seeing those left arms out in front of the dress?
are you seeing the background seem behind?
here is an example of a cross-your-eyes stereogram with depth
Antinous / Moderator says:
It definitely appears 3D to me. It's not a particularly dramatic effect, probably because the image is so monochromatic, but moving my head side to side confirms it.
christalm says:
erszaten and I are right. No parallax, no stereogram. As if you held your finger over a distant object and quickly switched your view from one eye to the other, there should be a shift of what your finger covers in the background. Now, in the two photos, look at the tip of the smallest finger closest to you and the fold of the dress just behind it. It touches the exact same pixel of that dress detail in both photos. No shift, no parallax, no stereogram.
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Little John says:
Personally, I think all taxidermy is weird.
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er … that's a swell Flash(tm) interface, but what do i need to click on to see the images?
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Anonymous says:
@3 You're right that puting the same image side by side does not make it stereoscopic, but I don't think these are the same image. Cross your eyes and watch the image "pop" out at you.
christalm says:
Putting the same photo beside itself does not make a stereo pair. I could make similar statments about "wierd" and "taxidermy" not making worthwhile art.
Anonymous says:
yeah! ..mo-seph. i wish more artists would post stereograms (for those of us with the knack born of years of molecular modeling)


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Ronald D. Perko, 50, of Lakeville, passed away unexpectedly on July 28, 2012.
Perko was a 1985 graduate of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he majored in Chemical Engineering. Perko worked as sales manager at Cargill's Health & Nutrition business unit. Prior to that, he was a longtime employee of Monsanto, where he worked for 15 years.
He is preceded in death by his mother, Dolores Perko.
He is survived by his loving wife Sherry; daughters Taylor and Jordan; father Milton Perko; sisters Laura (Jim) McCommis, Diane (Ron) Kenley and Judy (Dave) Kulikowski; brothers Larry (Chris) and Ken (Carol) Perko; Also by many loving relatives and friends.
A funeral service for Perko will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, August 3, 2012 at Hosanna! Church, 9600 163rd St. W. Lakeville, MN. Visitation is scheduled for 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, August 2, 2012 at White Funeral Home, 14560 Pennock Ave. in Apple Valley and also one hour prior to service at church.


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The district attorney for four Down East counties has been interviewed as part of the investigation surrounding former Gov. Mike Easley.
But Dewey Hudson, the top prosecutor for Duplin, Jones, Onslow and Sampson counties, won't talk about it.
Hudson declined to comment on any matters he has discussed with federal authorities, other than to say they involve "quite a few folks that I know, and most people do know in Eastern North Carolina, particularly elected officials." He said he did not want to impede the federal probe by speaking about it.
"I was interviewed by agents who are working on this probe of numerous officials out of Raleigh that you've been working on," Hudson told The News & Observer. Hudson said he provided information completely and fully.
Hudson, a Democrat and prosecutor for more than 30years, also said revelations this year have prompted him to consider a run for the state Senate seat in his area.
"It's just because some of the things I've been reading in the paper; you know, I can't stand corruption," he said.
The seat he could seek is now held by Sen. Charlie Albertson, a Duplin County Democrat.
You paid for fewer trips
Lawmakers didn't travel much at taxpayer expense in 2009.
Out-of-state travel spending for the first five months of this fiscal year dropped 92 percent from the same period in 2007, according to the legislature's Financial Services office. This year, the legislature spent $6,500 on travel, an average of $38 per lawmaker. Most of that money was spent on registration fees.
In 2007, the legislature spent $78,000 on travel, an average of $460 per lawmaker.
House Speaker Joe Hackney and Senate leader Marc Basnight ordered a cut to travel expenses after the economic downturn.
Lawmakers typically travel out of state to legislative meetings to learn more about issues or to study ways to improve their effectiveness. The state normally reimburses legislators for travel and registration and gives them a flat daily rate of $104 to cover lodging and food.
Hackney was president of the National Conference of State Legislators for the past year and has encouraged lawmakers to attend the organization's conferences. He noted that many lawmakers paid for their own travel.
"Legislators realize that, as important as it is for them to receive continuing education, it is more important right now for the state to save every dime it can find," Hackney said in a news release.
On Marshall's team
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Elaine Marshall has brought in a campaign operative with experience going up against establishment-backed candidates.
Marshall, the secretary of state, has hired A.J. Carrillo to oversee day-to-day activities and coordinate strategy.
Marshall is in a Democratic primary race that includes former state Sen. Cal Cunningham of Lexington, who has the backing of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
Chapel Hill lawyer Kenneth Lewis is also running for the Democratic nomination. U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, a Republican, is running for re-election.
Carrillo knows what's ahead for Marshall. In 2008, he worked for Kentucky Senate candidate Greg Fisher, who finished second in a seven-member Democratic primary field to Bruce Lundsford, who was backed by the DSCC.
Two years earlier, Carrillo worked for Jerry McNerney, who upset Steve Filson, the candidate backed by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in California's 11th district. McNerney won, in part, by running an extensive "netroots" campaign that tapped into the support of liberal Internet contributors around the country. McNerney defeated Republican Rep. Richard Pombo in the fall.
Gingrich to speak
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich will be the main attraction next month when the John Locke Foundation, the Raleigh-based think tank, celebrates its 20th anniversary.
Gingrich, who was speaker from 1995-99, was the architect of 1994 GOP revolution that saw Republicans gain control of Congress. He has his own 527 group, American Solutions for Winning the Future, and has been mentioned as a possible presidential candidate in 2012.
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Nebraska's Gina Mancuso and Purdue's Ariel Turner were two of 10 volleyball student-athletes selected as finalists for the 2012 Senior CLASS Award. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence - community, classroom, character and competition. An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School, the Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities.
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