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Twenty-five billion dollars for new fighter jets. A couple of billion to float a few used submarines. Another twenty-five billion in new army boats. And don't forget the war on weed — plus two billion for new prison cells to house the POW's. Either somebody erased the forty-ninth parallel while I was tunnelling under my bunk, or Canadians have caught themselves a nasty case of penis envy. Regardless of which it is, the latest headlines make me think that this could be a good time for a bird and bees discussion on the dangers of a big swingin' member — and why there's no such thing as a little bit pregnant.
When it comes to first-hand knowledge of how bad things can go on home soil, Canada has about as much experience as a pre-pubic teen. After all, it wasn't the farm fields of Saskatchewan that binge-drank the blood of two world wars. Nor was it in Ontario and Quebec where a half million brothers slaughtered each other in a North-South civil war. You think Canucks know something about drug-related violence? There were more drug-related murders in Detroit, Michigan, twenty years ago than there were total homicides in Canada in 2011. And if you think that a dead Hell's Angel or two is a sure sign of criminal anarchy, try Googling Pablo Escobar — or Mexican drug gangs. Warning: Scenes of decapitated, disembowelled drug runners hanging from elementary school flagpoles may be disturbing to some baby-boom viewers. Parental medication is advised.
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I wish I could say that Sierra Leone is the country made famous by the movie Blood Diamond. But the queasy truth of the matter is that Sierra Leone is responsible for its own fame — mostly via the evening news. In a ten-year "internal conflict" that gave us new synonyms for the word horrific, Sierra Leoneans gang-raped, mutilated, amputated, immolated, decapitated, and cannibalized their fellow citizens with a zeal unmatched in even the killing fields of Cambodia. Much of this terror was inflicted by child soldiers who, under threat of death (by government soldiers), raped and murdered their own parents while extended family members were forced to watch. Not even Dante could have dreamed up that kind of hell.
Finally, in 2002, a UN-brokered peace saw the killing end. But like most of the "peace" that the Unable Nations has scripted in the past sixty-five years, this one left behind a lot of festering wounds — the largest of which was a blanket amnesty for almost all those who had engaged in crimes against humanity. Sure, there were truth & reconciliation commissions, just as there had been in South Africa and Chile. The aim of these western-style venues was to foster national healing, just like the Indian residential school one that Canada tried to do. The problem is, in Sierra Leone, many of the 70,000 perpetrators returned to their same small towns and villages — where they took up residence right across the sidewalk from families whose members they had murdered or mutilated only months earlier. And when these ex-combatants walked through the village, machete in hand (to work their plot in the community garden), it wasn't with their heads bowed in shame. It was with a glint in their eye and a smile. You think Florida has a tough Neighbourhood Watch.
I learned about this sad West African conflict just recently, in a documentary from a remarkable organization called Fambul Tok. The words are Krio (the main dialect of Sierra Leone) for "family talk." And the work that this unassuming organization does must be seen to be believed.
For me, one of the film's more breathless moments came when a young mother talked about a man named Timba Joe — a neighbour from her own village — who beheaded every member of their village right in front of her. The dead included her own three children. One was just an infant. Then Timba Joe and his commanding officer made her drag a sack containing all the heads to the village water source, and throw them in — emotionally poisoning it forever. And while her story stole my breath, what she said afterwards stopped my heart.
"I want to forgive Timba Joe. I want him to return to our village."
Why? Because after fifty thousand murders, ten thousand rapes, and thousands of forced mutilations, a four-thousand-year-old community has had enough. Enough of violence, enough of hate, enough of revenge — and absolutely enough of war. Which makes you wonder what message they would have for a nation barely two-hundred years old, that in the past decade has whipped out a war on drugs, a war on terrorism, a war on crime, a war on illegal immigrants, a war on pipeline protestors, a war on tax-evaders, and a war on anyone who isn't democratic enough. They'd probably tell us to put it back in our pants.


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Jan 19, 2009
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I imagined a world where there is only "one Avatar at a time." This Avatar, an old man who is the smartest human in the world, has only one duty: When the people of the world get attached to destructive ideas, as they tend to do periodically, his job is to replace those ideas with notions more productive. I have been reminded of this fiction lately because we have been living in an environment of toxic ideas for the past several years.
The economy has been in a tailspin, with one shock after another. Fear, mistrust, and pessimism are running high. Those are the very ideas that are most harmful to a financial recovery. Even more worrisome has been the lack of belief in the competence of those in charge. From Katrina to Iraq to the economic downturn it seemed as if old-fashioned know-how has disappeared. Somehow we just forgot how to get things done.
Many Americans put their faith in Barack Obama to right the ship. And perhaps he will help. But at this point he is mostly promises and good intentions. We wish him well, but he is a politician and certainly not an avatar.
Then a funny thing happened. A 57-year old pilot in an Airbus A320 had a chance encounter with a flock of geese soon after takeoff. You know the rest of the story. He lost both engines and still managed to glide his airliner to a perfect splash landing in the Hudson, saving the lives of everyone onboard. And the world was astonished at his skills.
We keep learning more about this pilot, Chesley Sullenberger III. This was no lucky landing. Sullenberger, or Sulley as he is known by friends, was a straight-A student in school, with a genius level IQ. He graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy as the top aviator in his class of 1973. He majored in psychology at the academy and used that knowledge to open a safety-consulting firm on the side. He was also an experienced glider pilot, which comes in handy if your airliner loses its engines. In short, this pilot, considered an old man by many standards, had acquired over his lifetime every skill necessary for this specific situation, and he executed perfectly.
If you went anywhere this weekend, you probably found yourself in conversations about this pilot and this event. And the thing you probably talked about was his outrageous level of competence. You might have gotten chills when you heard about it. Maybe you teared up. At the very least it impressed the hell out of you. But something more fundamental happened too. This one pilot changed all of us. He reminded us what competence means and he proved in spectacular fashion that it still exists.
I think the economy will struggle for some time to come, but I'm calling this the bottom. The first sign of the turnaround is a turnaround in attitudes, especially in such things as consumer confidence. Thanks to the Avatar (or aviator if you prefer) that turnaround starts now.
Thanks, man.
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Jan 19, 2009
Phantom Parting shot: Being egotistical enough to say you have a "genius IQ" is dumb.
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Jan 19, 2009
lol I guess where the cabin where the pilot sits in an airplane does sound dirty and deserves to be filtered.
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Jan 19, 2009
I don't know about the turning point for the economy... but it is nice to see a good news story. Nice mix of the right person being in the !$%*!$% and getting lucky.
I imagine the probability of landing a plane in the Hudson safetly looks something like Pr(Welive!!)=(1-G)*x G*g where x is pilot experience (takes values between 0 and 1), g is god's will, and G is an indicator function which is 1 if you are PhantomII and 0 otherwise. Presumably if G=1, x exists but doesn't really matter since its all going to come down to whether God is feeling vengeful today.
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Jan 19, 2009
Scott said: "Even more worrisome has been the lack of belief in the competence of those in charge."
Maybe because "in charge" is an illusion. No one can manage or control the economy, and when they try, we get economic collapse. If they then try to "fix it" we get a depression.
It is up to you and me, in spite of "laws" or Rulers, to take control and MAKE this a better world. Don't wait for someone else to take the first step.
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Jan 19, 2009
This was brought to my attention by my nephew....
"He failed to mention one thing about CAPT Sullenburg; leadership. He was the last man off that aircraft. He made a sweep of the cabin to ensure all passengers and crew were out before he departed the aircraft himself. In this world of self-interest at the expense of others this sounds louder than the competence he showed."
Thanks to Mr. Adams, we can have a bit of faith in more than just the turn around.
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Jan 19, 2009
That's a great piggybacking effort in furthering a positive change, Scott. Thanks for your part. The incoming Obama administration probably had the same idea in inviting him to the inauguration.
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Jan 19, 2009
There is no need to make a distinction here between 'just doing his job' and 'savior'. In this instance, a pilot (normally put in charge of the lives of many people) had a far greater than usual challenge. But he had been well trained for it, had the talents and emotional makeup to handle the situation, and executed well. Thus by 'doing his job', he also became a 'savior' to his passengers.
This is a moment to celebrate. Even if you take the job the pilot was just doing something which is part of his job (ignoring the fact this was beyond the normal days flying), it is still worth celebrating. A job done well and professionally is something to celebrate.
We've become far too accepting of poor execution of jobs and poor conduct of individuals - poor conduct, criminal conduct, sub-standard conduct, unprofessional conduct, incompetent conduct, abusive conduct, etc. This is part of what allowed the economic fiasco to get rolling and part of what may prolong it.
Celebrating the people who do their jobs well, who act responsibly, professionally, and with good ethics and competence is part of !$%*!$%*! our mindset. The economic downturn and the accompanying thievery and corruption as us developing a blanket negativity which is unproductive and useless. We need to develop a very perceptive intolerance - intolerance of poor execution, of poor conduct, or poor ethics, and of poor judgment. We need to develop a positive discrimination once again for competence, ethical conduct, and professionalism. In doing so, we will help to limit the damage the next set of corporate brigands can do and we'll also start to shape our society in a direction we would wish it to head, rather than in a direction our fears unconsciously direct.
So, to the entire flight crew of that flight: Bravo! A job well done and an example well set!
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Jan 19, 2009
In relation to Phantom II's comment and your reply, I'll go out on a limb here and say it's not just Phantom II's "personal version of God," but probably the "version" of God found in the Bible, and believed in by millions of people today.
Yes, there are some differences in the details, but the major points in a nutshell are that God loves people, people are born into opposition to God, God sent Jesus to die for the penalty for those sins, and that upon a person's acceptance of that substitutionary death, he/she is forgiven of all sin.
But Scott, you probably knew already what Christians believe, being a fairly intelligent sort of guy.
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Jan 19, 2009
Phantom II logged off before explaining why God was so merciful toward Capt. Sullenberger and the passengers on his plane, while ignoring the plight of the poor souls on United Flight 911. Does God only have time for the easy tricks, or were the 911 passengers quantitatively more wicked than the fortunate folks who splashed down in the Hudson River?
It is safe to say that Sullenberger was uniquely qualified to respond to the situation that he found himself in, and was, at the same time, remarkably lucky in all of the ways enumerated by Phantom II. However, unless one is willing for God to shoulder the blame when things go south, it is unfair to give him all of the credit when skill and luck combine to create a happy ending to a perilous situation.
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"Fear, mistrust, and pessimism are running high. Those are the very ideas that are most harmful to a financial recovery."
Unfortunately, fear, mistrust, and pessimism are the only sane attitudes to have in this, the world's shiniest, most perfect, and most universally admired Democracy, so help us, God.
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Jan 19, 2009
Oh, boy. There you go again.
Only you, Scott, could develop a mythos, act like it's real, take a particular situation and tie it to your mythos, and then tell everyone that "the bottom" has been hit because of your fantasy world vision. Perhaps you should join L. Ron Hubbard and turn this thing into a religion. At least you could make some money out of it that way.
Someone once said that when people stop believing in God, they don't believe in nothing - they believe in everything. Your "God's Debris," et. al., are perfect examples.
If you presented this boo-hah to Sulley Sullenberger, he would probably laugh in your face. Take it from one who had a similar background - Naval Academy versus Air Force Academy; also flew F-4's; also has a genius IQ. Trust me on this one. Sulley, that plane and everyone on board, was extremely lucky that it turned out as it did, and Sulley for sure knows it.
If the bird strike had happened sooner, or had caused the engine to explode and take the hydraulics with it, he and all those people would have been toast. To those of us with religion, it was the hand of God keeping this situation from becoming a horrible catastrophe. Sulley was just doing his job, and with God's help, made the best of a bad situation. So many things had to happen just when they did to make that plane come down in one piece, and all of those, save the decision to ditch in the river and the outstanding job of piloting that Sulley did, were completely out of his hands.
He's not an avatar. He's an extremely competent guy who got extremely lucky after a bad situation happened. So keep believing in nothing, Scott. Maybe you'll find some more avatars if you look hard enough.
You, who don't believe in anything, really, somehow actually believe this situation validates your fictional world. You might just as well toss the chicken bones and use that as your reason to say we've reached bottom in the economy. The economy is cyclical, Scott. It goes up and down. Usually when government gets involved, it makes the situation worse, not better. A bunch of lawyers pretending to be economists and spending money they don't have is not something that gives me a lot of confidence.
Stick to writing fiction, Scott. But I recommend you treat it for what it is. If you really start believing in these figments of your imagination, it may not be good for your mental health.
[So I should stop believing in figments of my imagination and start believing in your personal version of God? -- Scott]
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Jan 19, 2009
I love it. Thanks, I feel more cheerful today after reading your insight. (see, the upturn continues!)
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Jan 19, 2009
If this is truly the "sign" of the bottom, my mind turns to what a bargain this was. I read somewhere where a human life is worth about $10M. Assuming there were 200 passengers and crew on that plane and that the plane is worth $400M, that would be a risk of about $2 billion to cause an inspirational act be the sign of the bottom of the current recession. Compare that to the trillions of dollars that are going the be spent in real money to get us out of this, and i think that $2 billion was a risk worth taking. Of course, I knew nobody on that plane, but aren't you supposed to have a detached view of the world when your trying to solve problems?
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Jan 19, 2009
The pilot was absolutely in the right place at the right time. I considered this sort of an "Anti-9/11", and you nailed it perfectly in terms of an event that inspires hope. Also, went and looked at Dilbertfiles.com today - nice concept, and I hope it does well for you.
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Jan 19, 2009
One aspect (pardon the pun) of Avators is that they are generally hidden, or at least unsung.
So if this is the bottom, and this aviator avatar is the source of Change, then history will wind up crediting President Obama as the cause (who incidentally is another person who has demonstrated competence in the past several months). Or maybe The Stimulus Package will get the credit.
And that's ok with the pilot. He doesn't consider himself a "savior" - even of those passengers in his plane. He was just doing his job.
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Jan 19, 2009
This timing also fits right in with the webbots prediction of the economy,
Also, nice plug in your comic today.
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Both coolers are compatible with most cases that feature a rear 120mm fan mount. Both the Hydro Series H55 and Hydro Series H60 CPU coolers support motherboards based on the Intel LGA115x/1366/2011 and AMD AM2/AM3/FM1 sockets. The coolers are backed by a five year limited warranty.
The Hydro Series H60 is available for $79.99 while the Hydro Series H55 sells for $69.99.
These things are interesting, cant wait to see the higher end designs but im wondering if they are the same as Thermaltake's recent releases, from what I understand they all come from the same place and are rebranded /shrug
That doesn't mean they are bad, just no real competition or variety.
for instance
[Thermaltake CLW0217 Water 2.0 Extreme/All-In-One Liquid Cooling System]
reviews a tad better than the corsair h100 which seems to be due for a refresh now
I would really like to have one as I have one of the old hot i7 920s but its hard to imagine paying 130 for this when thats pretty close to half the cost of a new processor in general - which would lower my heat output while giving more power. As an added bonus for conflicted decision making you have the XSPC Rasa kits which (some) only cost a hair more but are full fledged water cooling and easily upgradeable and expandable to gpus too or whatever else you can put under water.
I have an H50, H60, and an H80 here. All are at least a year old, and the H50 is four years old now.
The advantage to these coolers is that they have no maintenance chores other than keeping dust out of the cooling fins and fan blades. Their water loops are closed, so you never have to change the fluid in them.
They cool my CPUs pretty well. Right now I'm using the H50 on an i7-870 CPU, the H60 on an AMD FX-4170 CPU, and the h80 is on my i7-2600k. All are slightly overclocked, and temps are well within specifications.
They do not interfere with tall RAM module installation because their cooling fins are moved to the rear of the case.
I have an Enermax ETS-T40-VD Air cooler that cools as well as the H60, and I have an NZXT Havik-140 Air cooler that works slightly better than my H80 does. Both of them need low profile RAM on the motherboard to install correctly. Both of these air coolers take more time and effort to install,......but they work well too.
I avoided buying the H-100 because of the problems some people were having with them, but that is a problem that Corsair solved long ago. They look pretty good to me.


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"Growing up in this city I've seen a whole lot of kids killed by gunfire," said Morgan Park coach Nick Irvin (pictured in November). "I've lost a lot of friends." | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times Media
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High school sports are unique in the sports world. The teams are a direct representation of the communities they represent.
The Cubs are not from Chicago and most of the players do not live here. The same with the Bears and the Bulls, Derrick Rose excepted of course. There are some local kids at Illinois and Northwestern and UIC, but they come from too wide an area to represent any real community.
But Morgan Park and Simeon players are Chicago. They are a full, breathing representation of the neighborhoods they all live in, and the good and bad that comes with that.
Wednesday night at Chicago State University, the shooting death of Tyrone Lawson II, 17, a Morgan Park student, shined brighter than usual light into what that Chicago is like. A Chicago that many residents simply think of as unfamiliar street names on the crime blotter.
"Growing up in this city I've seen a whole lot of kids killed by gunfire," Morgan Park coach Nick Irvin said. "I've lost a lot of friends."
Irvin knew Lawson. He talked with him about the Simeon game just a few days ago. Every member of the team knew Lawson as well.
"All of them knew Ty," Irvin said. "They took it really hard. We didn't practice today or do anything."
But Lawson's death wasn't a new experience for anyone on that team. They've all lost friends and acquaintances to violence, whether it was at a basketball game, on a walk to the store or the trip to school.
"It's everywhere," Irvin said. "It happens everywhere."
Irvin said he isn't worried about his team getting caught up in the violence.
"I have a bunch of good guys," Irvin said. "They stay in the house and play video games."
Good kids at New Trier and Schaumburg don't have to stay inside and play video games to keep from getting shot. Those are very different communities.
Reporters, college coaches and recruiting analysts make frequent trips into the Chicago of Simeon and Morgan Park. There's always some nervous joking about the metal detectors and all the police. The threat of violence just hangs in the air.
During my first year covering prep basketball for the Chicago Sun-Times, a melee after a game at Crane shook me pretty badly. I asked the Crane coach at the time, Anthony Longstreet, if it was hard for his players to concentrate on the game with everything going on around them. I asked how his players could play basketball in such a threatening atmosphere both in the gym and just outside.
Longstreet looked at me and laughed.
"This is their fun," Longstreet said. "They face this every day, all day, everywhere. That basketball game may have been the only time all day they weren't worried about it. They live here. You're going to drive home to somewhere else. They aren't."
There isn't a game time that will make things safer in Chicago. There isn't a certain number of police or a gang-neutral venue that will change anything. Not until the city changes.


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A 58-year-old Sundance man who survived a grizzly bear attack 21 years ago while he was hunting still carries the physical scars from the incident.
But Terry Everard still hunts and retains a great respect for grizzly bears and their power.
He has used his experience to preach safety in the backcountry, including suggesting that hunters and hikers carry bear spray and have it ready.
The native of Cody, Wyo., was hunting with two friends when he startled a sow grizzly with cubs. The bear quickly pounced on him, clawing and biting his head and upper body.
He tells the Billings Gazette (http://bit.ly/19EJXss) that he felt helpless and like the attack would never end.
He says the worst thing that happened to him was he couldn't bowhunt that year.
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Denise DeSio was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York and graduated from Brooklyn College with a BA in education and a full Masters course in English Literature. She is a member of the Arizona Author's Association and the recipient of the notable Soroptimist Award for her essay writing. She's been published as an anonymous contributor in several publications, but she is most widely known for her true, unpublished, hilarious, adventures documented for the sole purpose of entertaining her friends, who have forwarded them to an exponential number of their friends (some as far away as China).
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The CW has released its official synopsis for the upcoming fifth season finale of Gossip Girl, airing Monday, May 14. On that night, Blair Waldorf makes a choice between the two men in her life.
The episode title: "The Return of the Ring."
There's a lot else going on in this installment, which executive producer Josh Safran told us will include a major cliffhanger and forever alter the fabric of the show. Here's what lies in store ...
- When Gossip Girl goes after Blair as she's never done before, Serena admits she may have unintentionally played an important role in Blair's latest nightmare.
- Lily must make a big decision about the future of her marriage.
- Nate invites Lola to move in with him.
- Finally, by episode's end, Blair will make a choice between the two men in her life... will it be Chuck or Dan?
Sounds like an intense episode. What do you think turns Gossip Girl against Blair so dramatically? Does this mean she wrests back control of the site? And will Serena's role as Gossip Girl 3.0 be exposed?
Can Rufus and Lily survive, and will the lovely Lola accept Nate's bold request?
Finally, do you think the episode's title implies that Chuck's engagement ring will make another appearance? Will Blair actually choose Dan for the long haul if Chuck makes one final play for her affections?
Two episodes remain ("Raiders of the Lost Art" and "The Fugitives") between now and then, and the possibilities for our beloved characters are endless, especially in light of recent developments.
UPDATE, 5/2: There are rumors of a Derena reunion, as well as a Monaco trip. Serena's role remains unclear, but part of the finale does take place overseas, and at least two central characters are there.
UPDATE, 5/3: Apparently Serena is getting a "new" love interest ... who we already know. And the choice Blair makes will NOT be a cliffhanger. She will make a clear choice, one way or the other.
UPDATE, 5/11: According to new intel, someone will "see" Gossip Girl, while the final scene will feature two characters - one male, one female - and does not take place in New York. So ... there you go.
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Maybe Lily returns her ring to Rufus, which makes a way for Serena and Dan to get together next season because Lily and Rufus will get a divorce? Even though I personally like Serenate...Blair cannot refuse Chuck again that would be utterly ridiculous, she's already done that too many times...if she does it again then Chuck will just be forced to give up forever :(
Just read a spoiler don't know how true it is.
If you don't wanna know don't read this
Nate asks Lola to move in with him and Lola says no.
Dan goes to Rome and asks Blair to come with him. Chuck finds out who's his real mother is and asks Blair to come with him to meet her. Blair is torn apart and decides to go with Dam because she's is Dan GF but goes to tell Chuck first Dan looks for Blair to convince her to come with him and gets a blast from GG of Blair and Chuck together a hurtful Dan decides to go to Rome and forget Blair. Blair gets the blast and try's to tell Dan it wasn't what he thinks but Dan tells Blair she needs to make up her mind it's chuck or Dan not both. Blair tells chuck she can no longer be friends with him because she loves Dan. Dan tells Blair he wants to go to Rome alone. A confused heart broken Blair runs into Nate and they hang out?
Blair is a prostitute who cannot close the legs and to must end alone
You speak about this Chuck's form because you have never had sex
Because you are not going to clean to Blair the blood that Dan left him between the legs
The vagina of a prostitute is better than Blair's vagina. And your you are a shit
You are a stupid
I think that Blair is going to choose Chuck. But Chuck is not going to want to be with Blair
Blair is a prostitute and must end alone
Given that this is the LAST EPISODE of THE ERA OF SAFRAN, I expect very little from the season finale. As usual, Safran makes a big fuzz of -what probably will be- a very predicted move. My toughts?
-Lily will return the ring to Rufus
-Dan will say "I love you" and give the ring to Blair, who will take her time to decide if she wants to get married again.
-Chuck will ask B, again, to marry him (how many times can this man propose?) That's what I got so far...
What I hope for: Chair reunion or engagement. What I expect: To be screwed over, in spite of more Chair-positive signs and spoilers than we've had in AGES, just because the GGWriters have been screwing us over for the past 3 years. What will happen: Your guess is as good as mine.


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The AD7612 is a 16-bit charge redistribution successive approximation register (SAR), architecture analog-to-digital converter (ADC) fabricated on Analog Devices, Inc.'s iCMOS high voltage process. The device is configured through hardware or via a dedicated write only serial configuration port for input range and operating mode. The AD7612 contains a high speed 16-bit sampling ADC, an internal conversion clock, an internal reference (and buffer), error correction circuits, and both serial and parallel system interface ports. A falling edge on CNVST samples the analog input on IN+ with respect to a ground sense, IN–. The AD7612 features four different analog input ranges and three different sampling modes: warp mode for the fastest throughput, normal mode for the fastest asynchronous throughput, and impulse mode where power consumption is scaled linearly with throughput. Operation is specified from −40°C to +85°C.
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|AD7612: 16-Bit, 750 kSPS, Unipolar/Bipolar Programmable Input PulSAR® ADC Data Sheet (Rev A, 12/2012) (pdf, 2876 kB)
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|AN-1141: Powering a Dual Supply Precision ADC with Switching Regulators (pdf, 640 kB)
|Application Notes
AN-931: Understanding PulSAR ADC Support Circuitry
(pdf, 299 kB)
This application note discusses in general the pitfalls that occur regularly when using SAR ADCs and, more importantly, how to easily prevent them.
|Application Notes
|AN-932: Power Supply Sequencing (pdf, 95 kB)
|Application Notes
|MS-2210: Designing Power Supplies for High Speed ADC (pdf, 327 kB)
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Product Families Made for High-voltage Apps
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High Speed, High Accuracy 14-Bit, 16-Bit, and 18-Bit PulSAR ADCs
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A PulSAR Family Brochure (6/2006)
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Symbols and Footprints— Analog Devices offers Symbols & Footprints which are compatible with a large set of today's CAD systems for broader and easier support.
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Effective October 1, 2014,
Joseph V. Topper, Jr. was named President and Chief Executive Officer of CrossAmerica
GP, the general partner of CrossAmerica Partners LP, formerly Lehigh Gas
Partners LP. Mr. Topper was Chairman of the board of directors and Chief Executive
Officer of Lehigh Gas GP, the general partner of Lehigh Gas Partners LP, since
December 2011. Mr. Topper has 25 years of management experience in the
wholesale and retail fuel distribution business. In 1987, Mr. Topper purchased
his family's retail fuel business and five years later founded our predecessor,
where he has been the Chief Executive Officer since 1992. Mr. Topper currently
serves on the Board of Directors of CST Brands, Inc., the Board of Trustees for
Villanova University and the Board of Directors for Lehigh Valley PBS. He is
the past President of the board for Lehigh Valley PBS and the Lehigh Valley PBS
Foundation and previously served as a board member for the Good Shepherd
Rehabilitation Hospital in Allentown. Mr. Topper holds a master of Business
Administration degree from Lehigh University and a Bachelor of Science degree
in Accounting from Villanova University. Mr. Topper is also a Certified Public
Accountant. Mr. Topper and his wife, Maureen, have four children.
F. Hrinak, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
David F. Hrinak was appointed Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of our general partner in October 2014. Mr. Hrinak has been the President of
LGC since September 2010. From 2005 until September 2010, Mr. Hrinak
served as the Vice President of Wholesale for LGC. Mr. Hrinak has
35 years of experience in the wholesale and retail fuel distribution
business. Prior to joining LGC, Mr. Hrinak was the Branded Wholesale
Manager at ConocoPhillips. In addition to ConocoPhillips, he has held various leadership
positions at BP and Mobil including Territory Manager, Sales and Business
Consultant, Region Manager, and Wholesaler Business Manager.
Mark L. Miller was appointed Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer of our general partner in July 2012. He has been employed by LGC since
2004 as Vice President of Acquisitions managing LGC's acquisitions, divestitures, acquisition
financing and working capital requirements. Prior to joining LGC,
Mr. Miller was the Chief Financial Officer for several middle
market companies in various industries. Mr. Miller also spent six years
with Deloitte & Touche LLP.
Mr. Miller holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from
Northeastern University and is a Certified Public Accountant.
A. Sheaffer was appointed Chief Accounting Officer of our general partner
in June 2013, following his employment by LGC as Director of Financial
Reporting since November 2012. Prior to joining LGC, Mr. Sheaffer was
Senior Manager of Financial Reporting for Graham Packaging Company, Inc., a
publicly traded, specialty-packaging company, from June 2008 to November 2012
and was Manager of Technical Accounting and Financial Reporting for Rite Aid
Corporation, a publicly traded, pharmacy-retail chain, from March 2005 to June
2008. Mr. Sheaffer also has more than nine years of experience with public
accounting firms. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from
Elizabethtown College and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Tracy A. Derstine was appointed Vice
President of Administration in May 2012. Ms. Derstine has worked for LGC
since 1999. Ms. Derstine has been the Vice President of Human Resources of
LGC since February 2009. Prior to that, Ms. Derstine held the positions of
Director of Human Resources from October 2006 to February 2009 and Human
Resources Administrator and Office Administrator from 1999 to October 2006. In
her position as Executive Vice President, Ms. Derstine oversees
administrative departments for LGC including Human Resources, Safety, Information Technology, and Insurance. Ms. Derstine has 14 years of
experience in the wholesale and retail fuel distribution business and more than 30 years of human resource experience. She holds a Bachelor of
Science/Bachelor of Arts degree in Management from Shippensburg University. Ms. Derstine is a member of the Governor-appointed Pennsylvania Workforce Investment Board.
K. Hooven was appointed Senior Vice President of Operations in July 2014.
Beforehand, he served our general partner as Vice President of Wholesale
Distribution, a position he held since May 2012. Mr. Hooven had served as
the Vice President of Wholesale Distribution of LGC since April 2009. From
July 2008 until April 2009, he served as the Vice President of Operations of
LGC. Prior to joining LGC, Mr. Hooven worked at Getty Petroleum
Marketing Inc., a subsidiary of LUKOIL, where he served as regional Sales
Manager from May 2004 until July 2008. Mr. Hooven has 35 years of
experience in the wholesale and retail fuel distribution business. He spent
more than 20 years at Mobil Oil Corporation where he held various
marketing positions along the East Coast. Mr. Hooven holds a Bachelor of
Business Administration degree in Business Management from Temple University.
M. Nifong, Vice President, Finance & Chief Investment Officer
Charles Nifong joined Lehigh Gas in
February 2013. Prior to joining Lehigh Gas, Mr. Nifong worked for more than
nine years in investment banking, most recently as a Director at Bank of
America Merrill Lynch in the real estate industry coverage group, where he
worked on an extensive range of capital markets and mergers and acquisitions
advisory assignments. Prior to his career in investment banking, Mr. Nifong
served as a Captain in armor and reconnaissance units in the United States Army.
Mr. Nifong holds a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering with Highest Honor from the
Georgia Institute of Technology and Master of Business Administration from the
University of Virginia.
Stephen Lattig was appointed Vice President of Wholesale East
of our general partner in July 2014. Prior to that, Mr. Lattig served as CFO of
Lehigh Gas Ohio LLC from April 2013. Since September 2006, he has held several
roles with LGC, including Vice President of Operations and Real Estate,
Director of Operations, Area Manager of New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts,
and Territory Manager of New Jersey. Mr. Lattig has more than 20 years of
experience in the wholesale and retail fuel distribution business. Before joining
LGC, he worked at E. M. Haynes Jr. Inc. for 14 years in various leadership
positions, including Sales Manager, Vice President and President for five
years. Mr. Lattig earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from
DeSales University and received his Executive MBA from Villanova University in
Wilkins was appointed Vice President of Wholesale West of our general partner
in July 2014. Mr. Wilkins had previously served as Wholesale General Manager of
Lehigh Gas since March 2012, where he was responsible for growing and
developing our network of dealer-operated locations. Prior thereto, he worked
for LUKOIL North America, where he served as Director of Wholesale Operations
and Marketing from 2010 to 2011 and as Brand Manager from 2004 to 2010. Mr.
Wilkins has more than 17 years of diverse experience working for major oil
companies, including ConocoPhillips as East Coast Marketing Manager, and he has
held a series of award-winning sales positions, including Regional Strategy
Manager for Mobil Oil Corporation. Mr. Wilkins holds a Bachelor of Science
degree in Business Management from Drexel University and is currently
completing his Master of Business Administration degree from Villanova
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In sympathy with the farmers
Vegetarian Benn takes charge of environment | Earth News | Earth | Telegraph
The arrival of the bean-eating Mr Benn in charge of livestock - as part of his brief as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - has caused sharp intakes of breath in the farming world.
Mr Benn, who eats neither meat nor fish, has been a vegetarian for the past 35 years, even converting his father, Tony, to the cause.
So no point in inviting him down for the Full English at the farmhouse table then.