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There are many ways to get injured
By Jerry Nine
(Aug. 13)—In agriculture, being around equipment and livestock, there are so many ways we can get hurt. This morning me and one of my boys went to a pasture where we were tearing out an old fence.
I had a chainsaw and was trying to be very careful explaining to my boy all the ways you could easily get hurt. A little before lunch I had said, "Before we do this again, I am going to buy a pair of goggles."
The day before I had turned around and almost stuck a branch in my eye. And then very shortly after that, a chunk of wood came out of there and popped me in the eye, leaving most of the white part very red. Live and learn. I guess it seems like sometimes I just live.
Our cattle market has taken a setback, but most of us thought a correction would probably be better in the long run. However, I'm hoping we do not make much more of a correction. Once you change the momentum, it is hard to tell if they are going to adjust it more or perhaps just some profit taking. It's still a very good market, and our feeder cattle numbers are tight. One cattle buyer said he thought by now our number of feeders would go to a normal number instead of this few.
Our bred cow and pair demand is extremely good with plenty of calf buyers, also. Our grass needed some growth, and now most pastures are as good as they have been for a long time.
One of the guys who works at the sale barn found out he had rectum cancer. Luckily they found it, it was contained, and they are going to treat it like a colon cancer. At least he still has a sense of humor. One person said to him the other day, "Well, when you get this behind you!" He said, "It is behind me!" He told someone later it had gone to his brain.
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Another guy who works at the sale was in the process of getting divorce. However, they talked him into going to a marriage counselor. I said, "How is that going?" He said, "Well, now I've two people who think I'm a jerk."
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Bill Strickland, CEO of Manchester Bidwell Corporation, must decide the best way to replicate his innovative, award-winning approach to curing poverty. Manchester Bidwell's approach, which provides both adult job-training tuned to fill the needs of local industries and after-school art instruction for at-risk youth, has proven highly effective over the 40 years Strickland has operated it. He wants to replicate this strategy across 100 or 200 cities, but progress has been slow. Is the current intensive approach correct, or should he change it? What would be at risk? How can he best provide his "cure for poverty" to the greatest number of communities?
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Sally Shapiro
By Matthew Solarski , October 30, 2007
The reports of Sally Shapiro's shyness may have been slightly exaggerated. Pitchfork phoned up the elusive chanteuse recently to chat about the dazzling Disco Romance, her producer Johan Agebjörn, and the act's origins and unlikely success. And although Shapiro still refuses to record her vocals while any other sentient lifeform is listening, in conversation she's a sweet, affable, humble young lady, one who stumbled into the role of a disco diva unwittingly and is, for the moment, better off for it.
While falling under her spell we also learned which artist makes every Shapiro-curated mixtape, how the melancholy in Sally's music extends beyond her recording persona, and why we shouldn't rule out the possibility of a live Sally Shapiro gig just yet.
Pitchfork: Some people have suggested that Sally Shapiro doesn't exist.
Sally Shapiro: I've read that too [laughs]. Well, I don't really understand what they're thinking, because somebody has to sing. So that's obvious, that there is someone that's singing-- so she has to exist!
Pitchfork: Fair enough. Tell me though, what role did music play for you growing up?
Shapiro: When I was a child, I listened mostly to Swedish music, of course, because you don't understand English. We had a pop list in Sweden. Nowadays it's more like music for older people, but I think that back then it was more pop, disco music-- like Eurovision song contest stuff.
Pitchfork: Were you rooting for [Gwar-like metal band and surprise winners] Lordi at last year's Eurovision?
Shapiro: [Laughs] It was nice that they won. Finland has never won before, so it was their turn.
Pitchfork: Did you play music in your household growing up as well as listen to it?
Shapiro: Yeah, my father plays a lot of music. We always had music on at home when I was little. So, we played played a lot together and sang together and so on. I played piano and flute.
Pitchfork: Have you played on any of the Sally Shapiro tracks?
Shapiro: No. We've been thinking if we will add a flute sometime I will play it, but not yet.
Pitchfork: Johan sent me an pre-Sally Shapiro recording called "Klapp und Klang". How old were you when that was made?
Shapiro: [Laughs] I was, like, five or something like that. I was pretty small.
Pitchfork: Did you record yourself a lot growing up?
Shapiro: Yes, I did. I liked that. I had a small microphone and I recorded a lot of singing, so I have a lot of cassettes with myself on it.
Pitchfork: I don't suppose those will ever come out in some form?
Shapiro: I think they will stay where they are [laughs].
Pitchfork: How did you and Johan first meet? It says on the website that you and Johan conceived of Sally Shapiro while singing Christmas songs, but did you know each other before the Sally Shapiro concept was born?
Shapiro: Yeah, yeah we did. We work at the same office. In 2001 or something like that, I think, we got to know each other. And we have been friends since then.
Pitchfork: Can you describe that moment with the Christmas songs, when the idea for Sally Shapiro came up?
Shapiro: It was in December and I was visiting Johan. He has a piano, so we were singing [Christmas songs] for fun, because it's a nostalgic thing to do. And Johan said that I have a very Italo disco voice; I didn't really know the term then because I always classified all disco as Eurodisco and didn't really know that there were different sorts. And so he showed me some Italo disco. I had heard some of it before and some not. [Later] Johan wrote ["I'll Be by Your Side"] and asked me if I could try to sing on it.
Pitchfork: Did it take much convincing to get you to sing on record?
Shapiro: Well, he put it like, "Oh, I would like to try and write an Italo disco song" because he likes it so much. And I thought it was just for fun. I don't really know now if Johan also thought so from the beginning or not. So I sang on it and did three or four tries, because we really just thought that it would be for fun.
Then Johan put it on the website. So it has all come step by step; first it was just for fun and then it was, "It got a good response, then maybe we'll do a single," and then it just came along.
Pitchfork: What role do you play in Sally Shapiro, apart from singing?
Shapiro: Johan does the most; I just sing and come up with themes to write about. So I say, "Write about something like this," and he writes it. Mostly it's like this: Johan has the music already, he plays it for me and I say "Okay, it sounds nice," or "No, I don't like it." And then he works out a demo and I listen to it and say what I think. And he changes some [things]. But he's the writer.
Pitchfork: And you have a veto?
Shapiro: Yeah [laugh]. He writes, I have a veto.
Pitchfork: Have you considered doing some writing yourself, or making the music?
Shapiro: I have considered it a little. We have a song that I have written. I wrote it before the Sally Shapiro project and we are thinking if we will do it or not.
Pitchfork: What's it called?
Shapiro: It doesn't have a name, but otherwise it's there.
Pitchfork: Okay. What's the subject matter?
Shapiro: Like all the songs, love [laughs]. And this is on the theme [of an] old ex that you feel hurt from, and how you handle it.
Pitchfork: I think that's something we can all relate to.
Shapiro: Yes [laughs].
Pitchfork: So pretty much everything written about Sally Shapiro addresses your shyness-- how you make Johan leave the room and mow the lawn when you record your vocals, and so forth-- first of all, how true is this? Is it something you'd admit to yourself?
Shapiro: It is true, Johan has never listened when I sing the songs.
Pitchfork: If you don't mind my saying so, you don't sound too terribly shy...
Shapiro: Okay, thank you [laughs]. I think it's different when you do art things-- it has a feeling in it. Like if you sing or if you paint something, or if you write a novel-- stuff like that-- you put a part of yourself in it, in another way than if you present something theoretical or something like that. I think singing seems so personal; I'm shy about that.
Pitchfork: You're making yourself vulnerable. I imagine that's a part of it?
Shapiro: Yes, that's the point. And therefore it's like that.
Pitchfork: So you still don't let anyone listen?
Shapiro: Yes, it's still like that. I actually have some recordings-- because I do it at Johan's place, because he has the [equipment]. So there are some recordings where I'm singing to the computer, and Johan comes into the door because he has to fetch something and then you hear on the tape that I am disturbed and I am saying with an angry voice, [mimics] "Oh, you are coming in here when I'm singing; you're not supposed to do that!" Very nice, I have that on tape now. I saved it [laughs].
Pitchfork: Haha. But now that you've been doing this for a little while, are you feeling more confident?
Shapiro: Yes, of course. It's like that.
Pitchfork: How do you feel when you listen to the finished songs?
Shapiro: Sometimes it feels very good. And sometimes you think of those small, little things that maybe you're the only one that will hear because you listen to it so much. And sometimes I think I sound like I'm 12 years old, so I ask Johan to fix my voice, but he says "No." It sounds different in your head, you know. But mostly it feels good. And I also very often sing like Sally Shapiro and not my real identity. And it's the vulnerable thing you talked about-- it feels better [as Sally Shapiro].
Pitchfork: So there's definitely a distance between you and the Sally Shapiro recording persona. Are you surprised by Sally Shapiro's success so far? Why are people responding so well to the music?
Shapiro: Yeah, I'm very surprised really. And I don't really know why [they are responding]-- it's so hard to say because it can't just be the nostalgic thing that I thought at first, because that would just become a nostalgic thing for the 80s nerd. But it feels like it has reached other people, too. So I don't really know. But I like it, so then maybe more people will?
Pitchfork: How did you decide on the name Sally Shapiro?
Shapiro: First, we wanted to take a name, because it's the 80s tradition to do that. And we talked about names, and we wanted it to be an English name which is not too common, but not too uncommon. Shapiro was good because it also has this little Italian touch. And we liked the alliteration. Then Johan likes names that end with a "y," so it was done that way. The actual name, it was Johan that came up with it and I also liked it.
Pitchfork: It's been said that you don't want to perform live. Is that still true?
Shapiro: Yeah, it is. Again, the vulnerable part, and the bad confidence part, maybe? Because I'm afraid I will get very nervous and then I will sing wrong and false and I will look stupid, you know? When you're on a stage you have to have a stage presence. You [must perform] with very good self confidence. I'm not sure I will manage to do that. So that's why.
Pitchfork: Is there any offer you couldn't refuse? A band or singer that you couldn't turn down if they wanted you to open for them, or something?
Shapiro: Of course it would be hard to turn down, like, Mylène Farmer or stuff like that. But they would never offer so it's easy to say that--
Pitchfork: Well, you never know!
Shapiro: [Laughs] You would regret it your whole life. But otherwise I don't know. We're discussing it back and forth, if we will perform or not.
Pitchfork: So it's not completely out of the question?
Shapiro: It's not completely out. It seems more possible than it did a year ago, but it still seems pretty far away. If there was a show that felt more like Sally Shapiro, but if there was a show that matched the songs very nice and I would feel comfortable in, of course it would be easier.
Pitchfork: Now Valerie Dore, for instance, at least on her early singles, had a singer and a different performer who would lip sync the words. Is that something you'd consider, having someone else do the performing?
Shapiro: No, I wouldn't approve, because that would also be something you'd regret your whole life. No, it feels like-- even though I'm very shy, I still have an ego, like everyone else. It would feel like you would get taken advantage of. If there would be a show, I would like to be in the show in some way, but in a way that I feel very comfortable in.
Pitchfork: Let's talk about the original cover art for Disco Romance. Vice magazine in the U.S., while praising the music, awarded it "Worst Cover of the Month", and you guys put a little smiley on your MySpace in response.
Shapiro: Yes, it was supposed to look cheap and it doesn't really look good. And it was supposed to be an 80s rip-off. So in a way it's the worst cover ever; it's like a compliment in some way. Also, bad cover art attracts people. And it was more for the Italo-disco nerds. They can have it like a reference to old 80s discos and cover art and stuff like that. But to be honest, I don't really like the cover [laughs]. So I'm pretty glad that when it's printed again it will [have different] cover art.
Pitchfork: So what's next for Sally Shapiro? You have the North American release [due October 30 via Paper Bag Records], plus a 12" in Europe featuring the bonus tracks from the new version of the LP. And that "Spacer Woman" track. Anything else we can look forward to?
Shapiro: We will see how people like these new tracks. If they like them, and if we feel that we're getting good input, and if we feel like doing more music, we will. And if not we will probably not do it. Because it very much feels like it depends on the response.
Pitchfork: You mean you'll stop moving in that direction or stop Sally Shapiro altogether?
Shapiro: We will at least think about how we will go on, and if we will go on.
Pitchfork: So is there always a question of whether Sally Shapiro is going to continue?
Shapiro: Yes, there is, because we're still in this, "Wow, oh, people like it" [phase]. We're not taking it for granted that people will like it, and therefore we don't take it for granted that we will do more songs if enough people like it.
Pitchfork: Changing gears here: So Italo disco is club music. Do you go to clubs?
Shapiro: Yes, when they have those clubs here. I don't go to Italy to go to them. But if they're in Gothenburg I go to them.
Pitchfork: And do you like dancing?
Shapiro: Yes, I do.
Pitchfork: What's your favorite style to dance to?
Shapiro: I like 80s disco a lot. And then I like dancey electronic music. Not when they just have rhythm and no melody. There has to be a melody.
Pitchfork: Ultimately, what does Sally Shapiro hope to offer to people with her music?
Shapiro: I hope it will give a melancholy feeling with some hope in it in the end. Because I like that kind of music. And then I think-- first it was the nostalgic feeling but now it [does more]. Personally I like indie pop with no guitars-- I like guitars also, but there are so many guitars in indie pop-- and I like when it has that feeling but with no guitars. So I think there's too little music like that.
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Something is fishy. She's probably going to make it a stressful yr for u and ur career could be at jeopardy
It's ONE year. Change grade levels.
Don't do this to urself
Sounds to me like she is tryint to set you up for failure.
I am shocked at the way that your administration kind of blew you off at first, saying there was nothing that they could do. I am glad that they redeemed themselves somewhat.
I completely agree with the poster that said you don't want her showing up at your door, grinning at you, and picking up her daughter.
I hope administration hammers her to the point that she backs out. They can't possibly need her tuition that bad that they would allow themselves to be unwilling participants in her little messed up game.
Marriages that start this way, stepping over the bodies of loved ones as the giddy couple walks down the aisle, are not likely to last.
ETA: Please see a lawyer! And don't look at FakeBook. The OW is just using it to lie and pretend her life is great. If I were you, I would contact her new hubby to let him know that you will be the teacher for his step child and what your connection to the OW is. It's fishy that she's pulling a stunt like this if she's happily married.
[This message edited by What2Do76 at 7:16 AM, August 3rd (Sunday)]
I have had my kids in a small private Catholic school for 16 years now... I know what it's like. The parents are very involved and get pretty chummy with each other. I, too, find it very odd and suspect that she would choose to enroll her child in your class.
Besides dealing with OW on any behavior issues, you also run the risk of OW bad-mouthing you and trying to "stir the pot" with other parents.
I think this is an unbelievable amount of added stress -- needing to deal with this every day and constantly watching your back. I have very good friends who are teachers at private schools and I know how it can be. I think you need to protect yourself, your sanity, and your reputation. No matter how well you treat the OC and the other students, you are opening yourself up for all sorts of trouble.
I know it's not my decision to make, and I think you are wonderfully generous-hearted to think you could treat this child normally, but I would strongly urge you to switch grades for one year.
If the OW is looking to get under your skin, you can show her that you can avoid her attempts. Maybe she will give up and go away. I cannot fathom why she is choosing to do this. It sounds pretty evil to me. And if you're dealing with a wacko, you just don't know what she is capable of.
I'm nervous on your behalf. I hope you can come up with the right solution for yourself.
My principal is meeting with the OW on Monday. I'm feeling strong right now, thanks to all of you. I'm going to call a friend and get a pedicure before the feeling passes!
Please follow the forum guidelines. There is no OW namecalling in the Reconciliation Forum.
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Even without that, I would not want that daily reminder. I would change grades and consider it an opportunity for something new.
I REALLY hope they make everything go in your favor. I would agree with the poster who said that small catholic schools tend to have very involved parents who become chummy. The parents are very involved with their students, the school, fundraisers, etc. That's how my daughter's school is. Everyone knows everything. You don't want OW hanging around and you especially don't want to have OW's child in your class.
First, there is NO way I would teach the OW's child. That is setting yourself up for an enormously stressful year. Why would you want to tackle that? I totally understand being a bigger person, not punishing the child for the sins of the parent, blah blah blah..
But this is your job. You will spend more time with the OW child than your own kids this year. Do you really want the reminder of what your WS did every single day?
I would switch grades if the admin allows this OW to stay enrolled. It's NOT worth it...
From my own experience with the private school hierarchy, I'd suggest giving the principal a view of the potential risk to the school, especially if this parent decides to stir the pot with other parents. I'm guessing the principal may not be thinking of the "big picture" of the ramifications here. He/she may just believe this is a "personal" issue for you. I don't believe that to be true. If the principal understands the potential issues, perhaps he/she will be more open to the idea of denying this student's application for the school.
I think that would be the ideal situation.
Please let us know how it goes. You shouldn't have to deal with this crap!!!!!
The aide can just say that you have a full plate and if problems and concerns are needed to be address to communicate to her and if she wants to write it to send her an email and she can be the messenger between you and her. Your aide should be your best friend through this year to help you and you're just going to need more help with this student.
Yes I know that it's not the child's fault and being the professional you are. You'll be more than willing to educate this child for the year and get that obstacle out of the way.
I'm a special education teacher. One of my students last year was a lovely girl with a very demanding mother who was very much a bully. My colleagues told me she's been this way with every other teacher that has had her child.
Basically, everything it did wasn't right to her. The work I gave her kid was way too challenging, and then it was way too easy. I was sending home too much stuff, then it wasn't sending enough. She complained to anyone who would listen that her daughter was regressing in my class, her performance was worse since I'd been there (lies. We tested her several times with several tests, she was actually improving).
She would tell the principals that her daughter came home crying over how mean I was, how mean other students were, and how I let it happen. She said I would punish her daughter for no reason. Again, all lies. When interviewed by the guidance councellors, principals, other teachers, etc, the student never once said anything that her mother was claiming, she actually love my class.
She wrote aggressive emails and notes to me demanding explanations for everything, cutting down my teaching ability, basically being a bully. She sent these emails and notes to other parents as we'll.
I know this is long, bear with me, I totally have a point, I promise.
My bosses and several other parents had witnessed this behavior with other teachers, and assured me she did this before, and I was not the problem. So, here was how I got her to finally lay off:
I killed her with kindness. I was always nice, smiling pleasantly and speaking calmly when I saw her in person. In notes and emails ( of which I made copies and cc'd to my bosses, as teachers we must always cover our asses) I was sickeningly sweet and saccharine. I was always chirpy and cheerful with her, when she would have a brutally worded complaint, my response was "thanks for the info! I'm glad you told me. I appreciate it when parents communicate their concerns, it helps me improve my class and my ability to teach your child!"
Of course, once I was with my TAs or with friends, I vented like crazy, I just never let her see me mad.
This sounds like absolute bullshit. But it works. It pissed her off to no end that she could not get a rise or negative response from me!
I think OW may be trying to do the same thing: bully you and get a rise out of you. Show her it won't work, and she'll get bored and stop. Also, let your boss know just in case she tries to tell them something. Mine understood and it never affected my job, they knew she was lying and just trying to start stuff.
A positive: it will make her SO mad when her silly little scheme won't work :)
I cannot believe this shit is actually happening.
Truth #1
I've been married 22 years. I've been teaching 22 years. She tried to take my husband away. I'll be d------ if I'm going to let her take my job from me too!
Truth #2
So if she thought she could break me, she can't. She wasn't successful then, and she won't be successful now. I am stronger, smarter, and more lovely than she inside and out.
Truth #3
I have terrific friends, a loving family, and a husband who has realized what fool he was and is working to be the husband I want and deserve.
I don't know if I kill her with kindness, but perhaps indifference is enough.
Firstly I am glad your Principal has supported your boundaries and seems prepared to act on them. Did you get this in writing as well? If you havent' already forward her an email just detailing the agreement to confirm your understanding. Her reply can be supporting documentation just in case for the future.
secondly I am very pleased to see your last post!
You are right ... indifference is the key - if she is doing this to have an impact / attention then starve her of it.
Professionally continue to protect yourself and document, document, document.
Her choice to send her daughter to your school is crazy - unless for some reason it is the only option she had available (ie daughter being terribly bullied and your school / class is only other available within reasonable driving distance).
but I know you know that.


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Do your beers look infected? Although beer can be infected without visual signs. after this many batches I would say its aceldehywhateverthefckitis. My extract brews had this flavour. Every one of them and I chalked it up to the unboiled tap water I was adding was somehow causing this flavour. The cure? All grain and never look back
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Check your bottling bucket spigot (if you're using a three piece). This got me and ruined a couple of batches in a row. **** gets stuck in between the two pieces and grows bacteria, infecting your beer. I know nothing is supposed to get in there, but it does. Run some hot water over it and pull it apart (believe me, it will come apart) and clean in between the pieces. I started using a two piece spigot that doesn't swivel for this exact reason.
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Sweet. That's great advice and much cheaper than doing a 5 gallon batch. Thanks!
I really resent that this poster has the same sour beer problem being discussed in 2 different forums. Here's the other one.
We've doubled up on pretty much every solution regarding contamination, bottling buckets, spigots etc. I think one of these threads ought to be closed. This one is in Fermentation & Yeast and sanitation has little to do with that. The other thread is in the beginners forum, where issues like that are common and in the right place.
We shouldn't lose the wisdom of these 2 threads so i do not suggest deleting one of them.
It is just really bad forum etiquette to have double threads running. And a waste of time.
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A game for 1 person to develop stategy and shape and space awareness. 12 counters are placed on a board. Counters are removed one at a time. The aim is to be left with only 1 counter.
This is a challenging game of strategy for two players with many interesting variations.
Reasoning based on this Japanese activity.
A game for two players. You'll need some counters and somewhere to draw a board.
A game somewhat similar to 'noughts and crosses' on a much larger
A game for 2 players. This could be played outside with people instead of counters. Try to trap or escape from your opponent.
A game for 2 players. Take turns to place a counter so that it
occupies one of the lowest possible positions in the grid. The
first player to complete a line of 4 wins.
A game played with a standard pack of cards.
A game for 2 players. Using 2 dice, some counters and a games board, can you form a line of counters from one side of the board to the other?
Here are a collection of games from around the world to try during the holidays or the last few weeks of term.
Everthing you have always wanted to do with dominoes! Some of these
games are good for practising your mental calculation skills, and
some are good for your reasoning skills.
Advent Calendar 2010 - a mathematical game for every day during the run-up to Christmas.
In this game you throw two dice and find their total, then move the appropriate counter to the right. Which counter reaches the purple box first? Is this what you would expect?
Try this version of Snap with a friend - do you know the order of
the days of the week?
A game for 1 person to play on screen. Practise your number bonds
whilst improving your memory
Nim-7 game for an adult and child. Who will be the one to take the last counter?
A game for 1 or 2 people. Use the interactive version, or play with friends. Try to round up as many counters as possible.
Can you work out how to win this game of Nim? Does it matter if you go first or second?
A game to be played against the computer, or in groups. Pick a 7-digit number. A random digit is generated. What must you subract to remove the digit from your number? the first to zero wins.
This is a game for two players. Can you find out how to be the first to get to 12 o'clock?
Stop the Clock game for an adult and child. How can you make sure you always win this game?
Incey Wincey Spider game for an adult and child. Will Incey get to the top of the drainpipe?
A game for two players. You'll need some counters.
Here is a version of the game 'Happy Families' for you to make and
Design your own scoring system and play Trumps with these Olympic Sport cards.
Can you make the birds from the egg tangram?
A game for 2 people that everybody knows. You can play with a
friend or online. If you play correctly you never lose!
A shunting puzzle for 1 person. Swop the positions of the counters at the top and bottom of the board.
You'll need two dice to play this game against a partner. Will Incey Wincey make it to the top of the drain pipe or the bottom of the drain pipe first?
Exchange the positions of the two sets of counters in the least possible number of moves
Dicey Operations for an adult and child. Can you get close to 1000 than your partner?
Board Block game for two. Can you stop your partner from being able to make a shape on the board?
There are nasty versions of this dice game but we'll start with the nice ones...
A game for two players on a large squared space.
A game to make and play based on the number line.
Train game for an adult and child. Who will be the first to make the train?
Work out the fractions to match the cards with the same amount of
A game for 2 players. Can be played online. One player has 1 red
counter, the other has 4 blue. The red counter needs to reach the
other side, and the blue needs to trap the red.
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Boffins trial cheap landmine sniff-tech
American boffins reckon they may have found a way to build landmine-detecting equipment more cheaply, possibly offering hope to dispossessed people in warzones around the world. Landmines are cheap to make and easy to lay. Once laid, they are difficult and dangerous to clear up: so much so that minefields often become …
Is that like the massachusetts institute of technology?
You know how they apprev. massachusetts institute of technology??
Does that mean that this land (mine) mark technology has been produced by "Gregg Larson and James Martin of the Georgia Institute of Technology (GIT)"?? >80)
Sorry.... its the kinda day when very small things are needed to keep me amused
...an easy lay (snigger snigger)
A use for John Prescott
I say we give Two Jags Prescott a set of lead boots and send him off to march round all those farms abandoned thanks to British manufactured landmines (and cluster bombs, changing the name does not change the problem). His clomping around can provide the 'low frequency vibration' for the system. Tony Bliar and Lord Golddigga can go and help him too, then we can see how keen future policiticians are to support the arms trade from this country.
Of course those poor sods from MIT would have to turn their headphones off otherwise they would risk accidentally listening to John Prescott and that would be serious injury...
More seriously though, anything that helps clean up landmines and stop them killing more innocent locals is a darn fine plan.
I always thought a bag of big rats could solve two problems...
Morocco has an even cheaper method of clearing mine fields
The Somme
In France to this day they are still using sheep grazing on the battlefields of the Somme to `neutralise´the old left over ordanance from the 1ST World War, it is not unknown to have your lamb chops butchered and cooked in about one tenth of a second there.
The line about èasily laid and often diffcult and dangrous to get rid of reminds me of one or two exes.
Monkeys, Mines, and Mental Midgets
"Morocco has offered 2,000 monkeys to help detonate land mines.
An official at the Moroccan Embassy could not confirm the presence of monkeys in the coalition of the willing. "
Clearly, the White House should accept Morocco's generous offer. After all, if one chimp in the Administration is good, it should be blindingly obvious that an additional 2,000 monkeys would be better.
@Morely Dotes
But can't you see, US-gov would be rightfully concerned that the monkeys would out-think their Oval Office Seat Warmer and overthrow the government...
monkeys too dangerous
Using specially imported animals for mine clearance runs the risk of spreading disease and damaging export industries.
Africa is pretty much a festering disease ridden pest hole anyway, so it doesnt matter what you send in to there, but you would want to ensure that none of your monkeys came out, to be sent to mine clearing areas in other parts of the globe.
Quarantine provisions would impose serious delays on moving the beasties around, making them less attractive than a piece of mechanical equipment which can be soaked in a tub of bleach for a few days then used freely.
Remember, Human life is cheap, and Profits are important.
Cheap sensors?
Hmmmm. Surely the acoustic sensor part (i.e. the microphone) would be relatively cheap in any system. The expensive part would be the processing system and software to correlate and filter the input. Or am I missing something?
What happened to Flower Power?
The funny Cress that turned red when near mines:
I thought l Reg covered this one too...
But why....
Are the Farmers/landowners being asked to pick up the tab?? 9/10 the farmers didn't ask for the mines to be laid, the offending army should pick up the tab.
Must dash, otherwise i'll miss my ship back to Utopia
Exploding Monkeys
So 2000 monkeys all being blown to bits so a farmer can grow some banana's to feed other poor monkeys awaiting certain death! That sounds like a Reality TV show! might as well get corporate sponsorship and make a bit of cash on the side then the farmers can buy some expensive equipment to sort out their mates. Not sure it's entirely ethical though and i'm sure PETA might kick up.
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- Publisher: Bam Entertainment
- Release Date: Aug 24, 2004
- Also On: PC, PlayStation 2
- Summary: Based on the 70's television show, Starsky & Hutch lets you race through Bay City in Starsky's bright red Ford Torino, while Hutch takes aim at criminals with his .357 Magnum--but don't go thinking this will be a joy ride. If your driving and shooting skills can't keep the TV audience on the edge of their sofas, your ratings will plummet, the show will be cancelled, and it's "game over." Don't think you can handle all the high-speed thrills by yourself? Find a partner and let them shoot while you drive.… Collapse
- Developer: Supersonic Software
- Genre(s): Other Driving Games
- # of players: 1-2
- Cheats: On GameFAQs
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The developers have, perhaps through genius, devised one of the most interesting cooperative multiplayer elements seen in this generation.
The problems with the game though far outweigh the positive aspects and whilst this overall design probably looked good on paper there's not nearly enough variety to sustain your interest.
Isn't quite as good on the GameCube as it is on other platforms. However, the tardiness and the rougher edges are alleviated somewhat by a phenomenally deep discount price, as well as by some nice stylistic touches in the game itself.
Cel-shaded in-game graphics and cut scenes give the game a cool, kitschy look. [June 2004, p.121]
The driving and shooting found in Starsky & Hutch would have been a dream come true but thanks to the awkwardness of the controls for the shooting side of it youll be frustrated if youre playing this as a single player experience. The missions can also become really repetitive and thats too bad since there are a small number of missions that really kick asphalt.
But after two or three missions, you'll find the range of missions is incredibly small, the gameplay is overly simplistic, and the style of graphics and dialog to be more of an annoyance than a cult bonus.
Dont. That is, dont take a second look at this game dont even briefly consider it.
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Following a suspected U.S. drone attack that slaughtered 25 people – including eight civilians – in northwest Pakistan, American military personnel have allegedly vacated the Pakistani Shamsi Air Base, a key hub for U.S. drone activity.
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Last month's arrest in Pakistan of one Raymond Davis, an American working security for other U.S. operatives in Lahore—and an American with clear employment ties to the CIA and previously to Blackwater Worldwide—has made for additional diplomatic strain between the two nations.
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A firefight between foreign troops and insurgents in Afghanistan last week reportedly led to the deaths of more than 50 civilians. The confrontation came in Kunar province, close to Pakistan, a region that has become a flashpoint for violence because of insurgent activity on the border.
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An arrest warrant has been issued for former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. He is wanted in connection with the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, a candidate for the country's presidency who was killed in a gun-and-suicide-bomb attack during a rally in 2007.
AP / Fareed Khan
Pakistani parliament member Sherry Rehman is the latest politician to contest the country's controversial blasphemy law in a move that has led to threats on her life, but her efforts have been thwarted by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani ...
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Our failures in the Middle East have consequences. We are soaked with the stench of these regimes.
In defense circles, "cutting" the Pentagon budget has once again become a topic of conversation. Americans should not confuse that talk with reality.
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American officials were for Tunisia's ousted despot before they were against him. Across the Middle East and Central Asia it's the same: U.S. allies are invariably corrupt dictators, maintained in power by lavish patronage and the military.
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In an attempt to rebuild relations with restive Kashmir, one of the world's most militarized regions, the Indian government has declared that it will cut its troop levels there by 25 percent over the next 12 months.
There are few scenarios more frightening for America than a domestic nuclear terrorist attack. We now know that U.S. policy is actually increasing the danger of a nuclear incident.
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All polite appeals to the formal systems of power will not end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. We must physically obstruct the war machine or accept a role as its accomplice.
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The value of the Davis example, as with the parade of Wall Street hustlers so prominent among the Clintonistas, is that his greed has broken his cover.
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Sen. Lindsey Graham has been wrong about almost everything in the Middle East for a decade and a half, so his harebrained proposal to build permanent bases in Afghanistan is hardly surprising.
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Thursday's New York Times headline on Pakistani disappearances and U.S. disapproval is just a bit too much to take. ... (more)
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The paradox that is seldom discussed in politics or the press is that the United States, with total military resources equal to those of all the rest of the world combined, wages wars that consistently turn out badly, leaving American enemies in power.
This year was a game-changer, and what we need is a game-changer list. On that kind of list, I would drop one-off sensations, beginning with the oil spill, the Haitian earthquake and the mine rescue. No. 1 would be WikiLeaks.
In apparent response to a Pakistani military action that killed some 40 rebels, a suicide bomber in Pakistan has killed at least 43 people in an attack on a mass of people receiving aid in the northwest town of Khar.
The great campaign to create a new Middle East and Central Asia, slay Islam's violent extremists and build a radiant new world of democracy and capitalism is moving backward.
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As the decade draws to a close, it is clear that the bright hopes inspired by Obama's 2009 Cairo speech have markedly faded, and the disappointments have outweighed achievements in the most important arena for contemporary American foreign policy.
On Thursday, author, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges and Pentagon Papers whistle-blower Daniel Ellsberg were among the 131 anti-war activists arrested during a nonviolent demonstration outside the White House ...
Indian police and security forces have allegedly tortured hundreds of Kashmiris as WikiLeaked evidence shows the use of electrocution, beatings and sexual humiliation against detainees from 2005 to 2007.
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The good news is that President Obama's strategy in Afghanistan is "on track." The bad news is that the track runs in a circle.
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Richard Holbrooke was apparently preoccupied with his role as the Obama administration's special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan until the very end, discussing the ongoing conflicts in those two countries up until he went into surgery for the heart problem that led to his death Monday.
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Richard Holbrooke, a diplomatic fixture since the Vietnam era whose last assignment was special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, died Monday following heart surgery. ... (more)
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An already fraught relationship between India and Pakistan got a bit more taut after a lapse of journalistic responsibility led several leading Pakistani papers to publish fabricated WikiLeaks cables that more resembled anti-Indian propaganda than diplomatic correspondence.
The WikiLeaks documents reveal the irrelevance in much of what was being reported by American diplomats. There was no recognizable pattern or purpose.
In the first major policy fallout from the WikiLeaks disclosures, the State Department has ordered all U.S. diplomats to "cease and desist telling the truth until further notice."
AP / Mohammed Javed
In news that may reopen the mystery surrounding Benazir Bhutto's unsolved assassination, a Pakistani anti-terrorism court has ordered the arrests of the former police chief and deputy of Rawalpindi, the city where Bhutto was killed.
Flickr / David Shankbone (CC-BY)
It's a sad day when working journalists condemn those who would pry loose a few secrets from the national security state. Glenn Greenwald has done an excellent job tracking the hypocrites, hacks and access addicts. His latest target is Joe Klein (above), who describes WikiLeaks' work as a "human disaster." ... (more)
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According to diplomatic cables obtained and leaked by the whistle-blowers extraordinaire, the king of Saudi Arabia asked the U.S. to attack Iran, Hillary Clinton instructed her diplomats to spy on U.N. leaders and others, Vladimir Putin is ...
India's future role in the United Nations might just bump up a big notch soon, thanks to Barack Obama's endorsement. The president officially announced his support for India's permanent inclusion on the U.N.'s Security Council on Monday ... (continued)
AP / Mohammad Iqbal
Two bomb attacks on mosques left more than 60 people dead and scores injured in northwestern Pakistan. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the most lethal attack, in which a 17-year-old suicide bomber struck a Sunni mosque during Friday prayers.
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Looks like Osama bin Laden is still around after all. The French Foreign Ministry said Thursday that video footage showing a man appearing to be bin Laden and threatening repercussions against France for recent actions he finds objectionable ... (continued)
An epoch of Western world political domination is coming to an end. This is not simply an end to imperialism (new or old), but quite possibly the beginning of a probably long decline in the West's primacy in industry, technology and scientific innovation.
AP / Riccardo De Luca
An Iranian representative is now included in a league of international envoys from the EU, NATO, the U.S. and elsewhere—aka the International Contact Group on Afghanistan—that is engaging in an ongoing conversation about Afghanistan's future.
AP / Mohammad Sajjad
After back-and-forth bickering between NATO and Pakistan—and a stream of militant attacks on supply tankers stopped at the border—Pakistan has said it will reopen a key border crossing for NATO supplies entering Afghanistan.
Truthdig's own Robert Scheer schools listeners about the mortgage mess and the need for a moratorium on foreclosures in the opening minutes of this week's "Left, Right & Center." Tony Blankley joins him for a discussion of this and other topics.
The Sept. 30 incident in which NATO aircraft fired across the border of Pakistan, killing two Pakistani soldiers, has not been forgotten in that country, and the fiery retaliatory strikes that have ensued compelled the American ambassador ... (continued)
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The Afghan government claims to have had contact with the Taliban, though the insurgent group denies this. The White House signaled its support, but said such contact, which the Washington Post reports is at the "secret, high-level talks" stage, "has to be done by the Afghans."
AP / J. Scott Applewhite
We can hold One Nation marches every week. It will not make any difference until we revolt against the formal structures of power.
He's no Al Gore, but terror plotter Osama bin Laden is sounding a call for action on global warming. In a new audiotape, the head of al-Qaida also scolds Pakistan for what he sees as the inadequacy of its relief efforts in the wake of recent catastrophic floods.
Officials believe as many as 15 gunmen armed with rocket launchers have attacked a supply convoy and destroyed at least 27 tankers carrying fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan. The attacks, which occurred in the southern Sindh providence of Pakistan, may be a response to Thursday's cross-border NATO airstrike into Pakistan.
Could somebody please remind me just what it is that we're achieving in Afghanistan? Don't all speak at once. No, I mean what good things we're accomplishing. Anybody? Hello?
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In an incident that could lead to even more tension between the U.S. and Pakistan, NATO has confirmed that one of its aircraft engaged in an attack across the Pakistani border, purportedly to fire on suspected militants.
Future historians will marvel at how U.S. leaders failed to learn from their horrific crimes in Indochina, and are instead repeating many of them today.
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Although there's no official confirmation from the U.S., Pakistani officials said Tuesday that a senior al-Qaida operative, Sheikh Fateh, was killed Saturday by an American drone attack in north Waziristan, according to the BBC.
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Things to do after installing Kubuntu
Kubuntu offers one of the best Plasma and Linux experience. It is heavily customizable so you can personalize your desktop the way Counting Cars personalize cars!
Kubuntu has fully matured and stabilized and comes with the brand new KDE Plasma workspaces and other KDE technologies. Like any other operating system Kubuntu also needs a little bit of work to get it ready for you. There are a few things which are optional and I have added them here based on my own usage, you may not need them.
#1. Install proprietary drivers
The first thing you need to do is install drivers if you are using proprietary GPU. Kubuntu comes with free drivers so it will work out of the box on a majority of machines, but if you need better and smoother performance than you may want to do it.
Hit Alt+F2 to fire Krunner and then type Additional Drivers.
Open the tool and it should show the drivers available for your GPU. Go ahead and activate it.
You will need to reboot your system in order for the driver to work.
#2. Install non-free codecs
If you watch online videos or listen to patent incumbent MP3 music you may want to install drives and codecs which are not pre-installed due to licensing and patent issues.
Open Muon Package Manager from Krunner and then search for kubuntu-restricted, it will show two packages, select them and install them. Once installed you should be able to play all video and audio formats.
#3. Install Chrome browser
Kubuntu comes with a free browser Rekonq, which respects user's privacy; the latest version of Kubuntu also comes with Firefox pre-installed and you can choose either one. You can also install Google's open source Chromium or non-free Chrome browser. Chromium is available in the official repositories of Kubuntu so you can install it by searching in the Muon Package Manger or from the Konsole. However, if you want to install Google Chrome, go to this link and download the appropriate version (32 or 64 bit .deb) and the click on it to install it just like you would install .exe files on Windows.
#4. Install VLC
VLC is more or less like Swiss Knife when it comes to play videos. It supports virtually ever video format available out there. VLC is also available in the repositories (aka repos) so you can easily install it from Muon Package Manager. Once VLC is installed, you won't have to worry about playing videos on Kubuntu.
#5. Install more fonts
Kubuntu come with a decent set of fonts. However if you want you can increase your font collections – for free. Google has made available its Web fonts for free. If you want only a few of Google fonts then you can download them manually from here. But if you want to grab the entire collection, go ahead and open Konsole (terminal for KDE):
First you need to install Mercurial by running this command:
sudo apt-get install -y mercurial;
Once done, run this command to clone the font repo on your KDE system:
hg clone https://googlefontdirectory.googlecode.com/hg/ googlefontdirectory;
The command will create googlefontdirectory folder in your home. That's where all the fonts will be downloaded.
Once the fonts are downloaded you have to install them. Stay in the home directory and hit Alt + . to view hidden folders. If you already installed some fonts manually you will see a folder called .fonts in home; if not then create a folder named '.fonts'. Now copy the fonts folder that you downloaded to this folder and all Google fonts will be enabled on the system.


text: House, Senate Tell Obama UN Arms Treaty Ratification Not Happening Print article Send a Tip by AWR Hawkins 19 Oct 2013 post a comment During the past week, the House and Senate released bipartisan letters informing President Obama the "U.S. will not be bound by [the] U.N. Arms Trade Treaty" (ATT). The treaty was signed by Secretary of State John Kerry on September 25. The letter from the House was announced in a press release from Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA) on October 15. Backed by 180 members of the House, the letter says: Today the Peoples' House takes a stand for national sovereignty where the White House failed to do so. The ATT is a clear threat to the Constitutional rights to all Americans and should have never been signed. This letter makes absolutely clear to President Obama and his Cabinet that the United States Congress will not support any implementing legislation to give this dangerous treaty the legs it needs to take effect. The letter from the Senate was detailed in a press release from Senator Jerry Moran (R-KS), who announced that 50 Senators, including Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), "overwhelming [oppose]" ratification of the treaty. The letter clearly states that the "U.S. will not be bound by [the] U.N. Arms Trade Treaty." As the NRA points out, this comes on top of Senator James Inhofe's (R-OK) March 23rd amendment to the FY 2014 Budget Resolution, which "established a deficit neutral fund" for the "purpose of preventing the United States from entering into the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty." The good news for gun owners is that a ratifying resolution of the ATT would require two-thirds support in the Senate. With 50 Senators on record in opposition to the treaty, such a super majority is not possible at this time. Yet diligence is required, because a shift in the makeup of the Senate could open the door to future ratification. Follow AWR Hawkins on Twitter @AWRHawkins.