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On number 11 I hooked my drive, heading towards out of bounds on the dog leg left par 4...I hit a construction worker, the ball ricochet of his hard hat back in bounds...thank God he was all right! Hitting the same Tilteist ball with a Titleist AP2 8 iron that was carried in a Titleist bag by me wearing a Titleist hat and Titleist glove the same Titleist ball that should have been out of bounds goes in for my first ace on the very next hole, number 12. I nutted a 3 qtr 8 iron into a slight wind. The hole was just over the crest of the green, when I hit it I said out loud "sweeet, going to be close!" Walking from my cart I could see 3 balls on the green, as I got closer I realized none were mine...before trudging down the hill to look for my ball, I assumed I went long, I started to turn and go get my wedge...then I stopped in my tracks, took a couple steps to look in the hole...and there it was! My first beautiful ace! It only took 27 years of golf addiction to get it accomplished!
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That is awesome! Congrats. You should give partial credit for your ace to the construction worker. Have him sign the card :)
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Congrats!!!!! Just had my first this year after 23 years. I hope they come sooner now. Make sure you register with Titleist to get bag tag
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Very smart column by Mari Cocco in which she contemplates Sen. Barack Obama's limited appeal in battleground states — Ohio, for one — that the Democratic presidential candidate will need to win in order to win the White House.
"There is a reason some states are called general election 'battlegrounds,'" she writes. "It is because partisan identification is roughly even, or because certain groups in the electorate, such as Catholics, Hispanics or blue-collar whites, switch their allegiancesâor split their votes. Thatâs why Clinton made so much in her victory speech about the 'bellwether' nature of Ohioâ¦
"There is no papering over the depth of the problem Obama faced there. He won only five of the stateâs 88 counties, an inauspicious foundation for a general election campaign. Clinton trounced him among Catholic voters, 63 percent to 36 percent, according to exit polls. She beat him among voters in every income category and bested him by 14 points among those making less than $50,000 annually.
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"The Democratic Party is indeed developing a general election problem, and itâs only partly because Obama and Clinton will be sniping at one another for the next seven weeks. Obama, the leading candidate, still hasnât shown he has appeal in a large battleground state that will be pivotal in the fall. In this sense, Pennsylvania is where Obamaâs back, and not Clintonâs, is up against the wall."
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Mr. President, you should be ashamed
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If biblical prophets like Amos and Isaiah had read last week's news about what happened to child tax credits for low-income families, they surely would be out screaming on the White House lawn about the justice of God - and be quickly led away by the Secret Service. The New York Times reported that in a last-minute revision of the tax cut President Bush just signed into law, House and Senate Republicans removed the child tax credit from most families who make under $26,625. This will effectively prevent almost 12 million children, one in every six in America, from receiving any benefit. Middle- and upper-middle income families will see an increase in their child tax credits from $600 to $1,000, but low-income families and their children will be systematically excluded. The inclusion of these families in child tax credit benefits was in the Senate package, but was stripped out in the conference committee, reportedly to make room for more dividend and capital gains tax cuts. Government spending programs sometimes provoke legitimate concerns about effectiveness. This was not a government spending program. It was a child tax credit that would have put money directly into the hands of our poorest mothers and fathers who are trying desperately to raise their children. "These are the people who need it the most and who will spend it the most," said Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.), whose provision to include low-income families was dropped from the final bill. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) voted against the bill, calling the omission "ill-founded" and "unfair." So what does such a clear and revealing decision tell us? Apparently, what is good for middle- and upper-income families and children is too good for the poor. Apparently, stimulating the economy with middle-class mall shopping is a good thing, but helping the grocery budget for low-income single moms is not. Apparently, reducing taxes on stock dividends and capital gains for our wealthiest citizens was the highest priority for the congressional leaders, and there was simply no room left, under the tax cut ceiling, to do anything for poor families. Apparently, the Republican preference of putting money back into people's hands, rather than spending it on government programs, doesn't apply to the poor. We do have our priorities after all. Let's tell it like the prophets might have: The decision to drop child tax credits for America's poorest families and children in favor of further tax cuts for the rich is morally offensive. It is blatant disregard for the poor, and an outrageous bias toward the rich. In religious terms, the exclusion of any benefits for poor children in the new tax bill should be named as a political sin. And those politicians who utter the words of religion and faith, yet who supported this exclusion of the poor, deserve to be called hypocrites. The White House, which approves all these choices, engages in moral double talk when it espouses faith-based initiatives, then allows the abandonment of poor families. The Republican House and Senate leaders who made these choices against the poor should be ashamed of themselves. The day after the Times report, the White House defended the decision to remove the child tax credit from poor families. So, Mr. President, you too ought to be ashamed for allowing something to happen that is so conspicuously wrong. Perhaps it's time for our religious leaders to head for the White House lawn. |
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Presented by The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: In today's tense political climate, it's tough to express one's honest opinions about the war in Iraq or the Bush administration without being shouted down by the Dixie Chicks and their ilk. Finally, a man has stepped forward to present a courageous voice of dissent - and that man is Texas Governor George W. Bush, candidate for president in 2000. Here's one snippet of this historic debate: Whoa, fellas - settle down! We can talk this through diplomatically...can't we? See the full debate at: http://www.comedycentral.com/mp/play.php?player=realplayer&type=v&quality=high&reposid=/multimedia/tds/stewart/jon_7131.html
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Reclaiming hope: The peace movement after the war
by Paul Loeb
Because so many citizens marched, vigiled, lobbied, and otherwise raised our voices, we felt like we might stop the war. An amazing movement bloomed, seemingly out of nowhere. Then Bush invaded nonetheless. And many of us sank into despair. "I did everything I could," a Minnesota college student told me recently. "I wrote letters and called members of Congress. I marched and held signs. So many other people did too. Then Bush said he wouldn't listen no matter what we did. I felt all our efforts were worthless." The student was young, but people 30 years older expressed the same demoralization - a sense of futility and dashed hopes. This response risks creating a self-fulfilling prophecy where a movement that may still be our best hope to transform America dissipates in resignation. To move past the despair many of us are feeling, we're going to need to look at its roots. And then gain enough long-term perspective to remind us why our actions still matter. Read the full story at: http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=news.display_archives&mode=current_opinion&article=CO_030604 |
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Religious light-switchers: Devout or deluded?
Umbra Fisk of Grist Magazine, the online eco-mag with a sense of humor, sheds some light on this question: Dear Umbra,
In the dark,
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African-American spiritual journeys
"This Far by Faith: African-American Spiritual Journeys" is a six-part series that will air on PBS June 24-26. The series traces African-American history from the early days of slavery in America to the civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s and into the 21st century, and explores the connections between faith and African-American cultural values. The series was produced by Blackside Inc. and The Faith Project. It was conceptualized by the late Henry Hampton, a filmmaker whose work included "America's War on Poverty," the Peabody and Emmy Award-winning "Eyes on the Prize," and "Malcolm X: Make it Plain." Hampton died in 1998. Lorraine Toussaint, of TV's "Any Day Now" and "Crossing Jordan," narrates the series. Check local TV listings for times or go to http://www.pbs.org |
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The plan would contribute $160 million to the cost.
Schneider said that option should be reconsidered along with a new one: a single tunnel running six-tenths of a mile and under the water channel. Although that tunnel would be shorter, burrowing under the bottom of the channel would boost the tunnel costs from $160 million to $200 million. He said the planners shouldn't spend $245 million on a tunnel that would go under the channel and run 1.1 miles.
"We have a big decision to make next week," said Hopkins City Council Member Cheryl Youakim.
Bad faith in Minneapolis?
Asked after the meeting if the city might consider the new tunnel alternatives, Wagenius questioned the sincerity of the Met Council.
"We are not convinced this is a real thing," he said.
He noted that the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board urged the Met Council to consider tunneling under the channel and that the board has the authority to challenge the project under federal environmental regulations.
"It seems to us it might be entirely for the purpose of anticipating a future … lawsuit from the park board," Wagenius said.
He said the Met Council first disclosed the new options for tunneling under the channel earlier this month to the park district and Hennepin County before telling Minneapolis two weeks ago. "No one has had enough time to evaluate," he said. "The city has had even less than others."
He said the City Council hasn't softened its stance of three weeks ago, when it passed a resolution favoring the freight reroute and opposing the two tunnels with a light rail bridge over the channel.
The Met Council is required under state law to ask the cities along the proposed route for their consent to plans.
Wagenius declined to say whether the city would deny consent to a tunnel or tunnels.
But asked if he thought it was likely the city would vote with the majority of metro leaders next week, he replied, "No."
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As men, regardless of where we are in the world, we are bold if we speak up. And, we cannot be bashful.
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My name is Amb.Beyan Flomo Pewee. I was born in the slums of Konyamah, Guinea in 1996 during the Liberian Civil War. My story is complex, as has been my life. I always believe that if one reflects on the past, one can feel hardship and pain, or one can discover lessons and hidden strengths. My life has been hard, but it has allowed me to overcome situations and be the voice for my friends, and many brothers and sisters across Liberia and West Africa.
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On Wednesday, Plan International announced its part in a groundbreaking effort spearheaded by The Clinton Global Foundation's "No Ceilings" Initiative and the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution.
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Africa has big plans. It is a continent with more peaceful, stable, democratic countries than ever before. It is a continent with some of the fastest growing economies in the world. It is a continent with increasing opportunities for women and youth. And, it is still a continent with more than its share of conflict, poverty, and corruption. But it is certainly both of those things these days. Africa knows what Africa needs, and its leaders and citizens are more capable than ever.
Read MoreMichelle Obama Got It Right: Gender Equality Is about Attitudes and Beliefs
Michelle Obama got it just right when, in her address at the Summit of the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders last Wednesday, she pointed out that when it comes to the role of girls and women in Africa, "the problem…isn't only about resources, it's also about attitudes and beliefs."
Read MoreTake Action and Get More Children into School
Plan International CEO Nigel Chapman wrote a recent op-ed for Devex emphasizing the importance of girls' education and why it is imperative that countries follow through on the pledges made to invest in education at the recent Global Partnership for Education Conference.
Read MoreGirls' Education: We Know What Works, But What Works Sustainably At Scale?
I was privileged to have been invited a few weeks back to a meeting assembled by First Lady Michelle Obama's staff to discuss the challenges facing adolescent girls' education. Representatives and experts from a broad range of research, advocacy, and service delivery organizations, both public and private, that focus on the issue of girls' education convened for a lively discussion.
Read MoreGovernments Cannot Ignore Young People's Right to Education
This is a reaction from one talented youth advocate to our new youth advocacy toolkit, launching on April 10th. At Plan, we are committed to working both with and for young people and children around the world. This means children and young people are central to our program design, development and implementation.
Read MoreBright Futures in Ethiopia
A country's future are its children. Ethiopia, with more than 40% of its population under the age of 15, is a very young country, among the youngest in the world. As noted in an earlier blog, Ethiopia faces many challenges. But, for all the challenges, a trip to Miazia 23 school in one of Addis Ababa's subcities, tells you Ethiopia's future is very bright indeed.
Read MoreCelebrating the Achievements of Global Women in Management
Tomorrow, people around the world will celebrate women's achievements. In my home country of Papua New Guinea (PNG), there has never been a more important time to highlight the progress that is being made and the important link between investing in women and strengthening community and economic development.
Read MoreTackling Wicked Problems in Ethiopia: Getting Girls to School
Getting girls to attend and stay in school is another "wicked problem" being tackled by Plan in Ethiopia. As I outlined in part one of this series, wicked problems are hard to define and are unstable.
Read MoreWhy We Must Increase Investment in Children's Education in Emergencies
We must increase investment in children's education in states affected by conflict, such as Syria and Mali. That's the message I'll be taking to our partner USAID's Education Summit this week. The Summit will bring together experts in education to share best practice around USAID's three goals: literacy in the early years, education in conflict situations and giving young people the skills for economic success.
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Not bad to keep the wind off, but you lose a lot of heat through the Lycra in the armpits, and any surf session longer than an hour or so will result in a decent abrasion on the back of the neck due to a flat-stitched seam located there. Probably better suited for snorkeling or even jet-skiing, rather than something more movement-oriented like surfing. Fits true to size chart on Jetpilot website.
The wetsuit top is a good investment for those chilly, windy days. Blocks UV rays, wind, and keeps you nice and warm. The only problem I had with this purchase is the sizing. I followed the Overstock's general sizing charts and it still was a bit too tight (due to Jetpilot's difference in sizing). My suggestion to any buyers is to buy one size larger than what you would normally wear; trust me on this.
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Trent Franks has announced that he is not running for US Senate. This denies all of us junkies what was looking to be the best Republican Senate primary since John Conlan got beaten by Sam Steiger.


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RTSP (Real Time Streaming Protocol) streaming is not supported in the Series 40 devices' MMAPI implementations. Instead of using RTSP streaming in Series 40 devices, use another way for downloading video content from the server.
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The example above is from the MIDP: Mobile Media API Developer's Guide which can be downloaded from the Nokia Developer website. You can also test which MM APIs are supported in the devices with the MIDP: Mobile Media API Example – Media Sampler MIDlet which is referenced in the MIDP: Mobile Media API Developer's Guide and can also be downloaded from the Nokia Developer website.
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I can't pinpoint when these shots of Victoria Justice were taken, although it seems fairly recent. Whenever it was, it's pretty clear that Victoria is a true vision of beauty. I mean there are plenty of hot women out there, but Victoria has something else going on that's completely above and beyond most other women. And the great part is that it comes to her naturally. No surgery, no bleached hair or gobs of make up and Photoshop retouches. She's got the real kind of beauty, which is the kind that lasts. This woman is going to be gorgeous when she's 80. In a world with so much fake and superficial, women like Victoria are just like a bright ray of light. Bless her.
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TUESDAY, Nov. 9 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. health care reform law offers help to the majority of smokers who are trying to quit, but states need to bridge coverage gaps to ensure that all smokers have access to smoking cessation treatments, a new American Lung Association report suggests.
There are two main areas where the health care overhaul leaves large gaps in helping smokers get access to cessation treatments, according to the report, which was released Tuesday.
The first gap affects Medicaid recipients. While the new federal law mandates cessation treatment coverage for pregnant women enrolled in Medicaid, that requirement applies to fewer than 1 million out of the approximately 58 million Medicaid recipients. The smoking rate among people enrolled in Medicaid is more than 60 percent higher than the rate in the general population, the lung association noted in its news release.
The second gap affects people on private insurance plans. The new law requires the majority of private health plans, which cover 64 percent of Americans, to cover smoking cessation treatments. However, the federal government hasn't issued guidance on what private insurers must cover. Until that happens, insurers may not provide comprehensive coverage.
According to the lung association, comprehensive coverage means easy access to seven medications and three types of counseling recommended by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. These include over-the-counter (patch, gum, lozenge) and prescription (patch, nasal spray, inhaler) nicotine replacement therapies; two non-nicotine prescription drugs called bupropion and varenicline; and individual, group and phone counseling.
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Twinstar II FPV build log
UPDATE: I'm adding updates as comments - I'll prune it down later and throw it into the original post once complete so be sure to check the comments - thanks - 2010/12/29
Short and to the point build log here. Initial post may have small errors as I'm not in my work room to check on exact spec or am typing from a phone. Will correct any later. Flight platform & propulsion Multiplex Twinstar II 7x4 push & pull (reverse rotation on one motor) Turnigy 2826 1650kv Outer runner x 2 Turnigy 18A ESC/BEC x 2 Power System Flight power: A123 2300mAh 3 cell Avionics & Electronics power: 11v 1000mAH BEC 5v/3A FPV setup KX171 NTSC 12v (IntelligentFlight build) 2.4GHz 10mW/5v & 40mW/5v OEM TX 2.4GHz RX (add spec) PUP3 12v DC to DC stepup converter 12v/300mA output Piloting and Control Setup Futaba 10CAP modded to mode 2 Futaba 72MHz TP-FSM TX module (removable) Corona Dual Conversion 72MHz 8CH RD8P1 modded with RSSI & PPM buffered output HXT900 servos OSD & Autonomous Systems (planned) DragonOSD+ v2 Locosys GPS module Ardu IMU v2 (flat) ImagesView all Images in thread
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On with the build...
On with the build...
A lot of this work was done last year but got put off due to other commitments. Currently focused on getting this done. Servo mounting Don't like the idea of hot glueing everything in place. Added to the fact that the HXT900 servos are smaller than the Twinstars II servo bays I decided to pad out the servo bays to give them a more mechanically secure fit. ImagesView all Images in thread
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Been busy with other stuff... as one does
So here's an update
RSSI/PPM Buffer Wanted to go SMT with the OpAmp but couldn't as the Vmax was too low at 5.5v (and a diode will only give me 6.2v) so I did this. Battery and Current Sensor Adapters Roll your own folks... ESC & Motors all Soldered Placed thin metal washer between motor and mounting plate on left side to correct the offset as i will be running one prop counter-clockwise. Used plastic washers for the hex bolts to bight into. Will threadlock if need be after first flight. Unfortunately the timing is off on the ESCs One kicks in at 1.25ms the other at 1.45ms I guess I buy one more... Oh and one of the motors feels 'smooth' while the other feels 'klunky' (klunky is German for 'clunky' or 'dodge' like a cabbage) So I guess I buy one more of them as well... ImagesView all Images in thread
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I've held out for a long time - but its time to start hacking
Cutting/Melting the foam for wiring
To allow for wiring I decided to hotwire the foam. I don't like the idea of cutting with a straight knife as it will leave potential tear/crack points for the foam to tear under stress. Nice melted curves should distribute any stresses better... in theory. Jetboil + copper wire + chopsticks ImagesView all Images in thread
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Houston we have video...
Mini Base Station
Not much to say... it works. Haven't range tested yet - will post back when done. This is pre FPV, nothing to do with this set up... Probably knocked this up around 2002 or 2003 900 something MHz and very low power Got a good few hundred meters in a residential area The RX is in a box somewhere - it wasn't PLL - just direct voltage driven tuning. If the antenna looks a bit wonky its because I hand drilled everything ImagesView all Images in thread |
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Over the last decade, there has been increasing debate as to whether feminism and evolutionary psychology can co-exist. Such debates often conclude with a resounding "no," often on the grounds that the former is a political movement while the latter is a field of scientific inquiry. In the midst of these debates, there has been growing dissatisfaction within the field of evolutionary psychology about the way the discipline (and others) have repeatedly shown women to be in passive roles when it comes to survival and reproduction. Evolutionary behavioral research has been misled due to theoretically misguided assumptions. As a result, the community has missed important areas of research, and in some cases, will likely come to inaccurate conclusions based on existing dogma, rather than rigorous, theoretically driven research. The bias in the field of evolutionary psychology echoes the complaints against the political movement attached to academic feminism. This is an intellectual squabble where much is at stake, including a fundamental understanding of the evolutionary significance of women's roles in culture, mothering, reproductive health and physiology, mating, female alliances, female aggression, and female intrasexual competition. Evolution's Empressidentifies women as active agents within the evolutionary process. The chapters in this volume focus on topics as diverse as female social interactions, mate competition and mating strategies, motherhood, women's health, sex differences in communication and motivation, sex discrimination, and women in literature. The volume editors bring together a diverse range of perspectives to demonstrate ways in which evolutionary approaches to human behavior have thus far been too limited. By reconsidering the role of women in evolution, this volume furthers the goal of generating dialogue between the realms of women's studies and evolutionary psychology.
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I'm sitting here, and the time is 3:20. Today is the big day, the day I move to afternoon's, AND start my own show! Starting at 4 I join the new guy, Robbie Owens, and hang out with him till 7. From 7 till 10 I take over the night show! I have a feeling this is going to be a great time, and I will definitely learn a lot. I was really pumped this morning when I woke up, but as the morning progressed, it went from pure adrenaline to pure chaos.
I woke up, and for the first time in what seems like forever, the sun was shinning through my window on a Monday, and I was well rested! I climbed out of bed, and decided to watch the CMT's next big country star. As I'm watching it, T, asked if I could make pancakes. I figured, sure shouldn't be too much trouble. This is where everything starts to go downhill fast. First, my pancake grill cord is not long enough to reach the socket. So I go over to the TV, and pull out an extension cable that I figured was safe to unplug and use that.
Next step is the ingredients. Since I have no clue what goes into making pancakes, I have T read off the list of things to put in the bowl. Somewhere along the lines there was a disconnect and I put in way too much milk. Trying to save the pancakes, I decide to just add more ingredients to the mix. Then I discover my next problem, we aren't using milk, but coconut soy milk! This stuff isn't ,mixing the ingredients the correct way, so now I have a think batter. I figured, who knows, maybe it will taste delicious, and I will have created a new type of pancake....nope, tasted like crap. The burnt, on the outside, stayed raw on the inside, and now I'm looking at the clock, realizing I'm late for work!
So now I'm frustrated, take it out on poor little T, who just wanted breakfast, and fly out the house. This is how my morning started out, but when I got here, things started to get a little bit better, and I'm pretty sure that once this show gets on the road, I will be smooth sailing in no time! Well I have about a half hour till show time, so I'm going to get some last minute things finished, I will see you at 4!
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"________!" someone called loudly across the break room, causing you to wince at the harsh tone. What did I do this time? you wondered as you turned around to face the source of the outburst- a tall German man named Ludwig; a close friend of yours but not terribly forgiving when he noticed a mistake.
"Y-yes?" you replied timidly as he stalked over to you. He noticed the intimidated look on your face and instantly seemed taken aback, rearranging his stern features into an awkwardly forced grin.
"H-hallo ______, I didn't mean to startle you... erm, can I, ah, ask you something?"
Pinpoints of sweat were gleaming on his brow, and you watched him puzzledly. "Of course, Ludwig. What can I help you with?"
Sighing briefly through his nose, he looked away and awkwardly ran his fingers through his slicked-back blonde hair. "I-I vas vondering if maybe you vould like to come... out... for a cup of coffee vith me sometime!" he finished on a triumphant note, the bright smile still painfully plastered across his face.
You bit the inside of your cheek to keep from chuckling at his incredibly out-of-character expression. "Sure, I would love that," you said truthfully.
Obviously embarrassed (and maybe a little surprised), he attempted to make small talk with you for several more minutes before making a hasty exit, picking up the book he had been reading and tucking it protectively under his arm before he left.
After he was gone, you gave in to your surpressed laughter at his flustered behavior, earning you some strange looks from your coworkers. After overcoming your giggles, you also allowed yourself to blush and smile excitedly into your hand. You really would be looking forward to this.
All in all, your little date was going well. Quite well, in fact. The German was much more at ease with you than he had been the day before, talking casually as he always did and even laughing occasionally. You were thoroughly enjoying yourself- but you also noticed something strange.
Ludwig seemed to be copying all of your movements. When you crossed your arms or legs, he mirrored you; if you leaned back or forward in your seat, he would mimic the action (albeit with a slight glint of panic visible in his eyes if you leaned too far away).
He also seemed to be watching your eyes very closely. Once, after making one of his dryly clever remarks, he leaned closer and stared into them intently; only to quickly realize his mistake and retreat from your personal space.
You even noticed the obviously fake facial expressions make their return. You couldn't help yourself- you had to ask. "Is something wrong? You seem to be acting... different."
Ludwig immediately blushed and glanced to the side, adjusting his tie self-consciously. "Ahem... I'm sorry, I... you see.... I just thought that mdhflgbtfhjgbn" he mumbled incoherently, his face growing redder with every syllable. It made you blush a little yourself as well.
"I'm sorry, what was that?" you asked gently. He cleared his throat and looked up to meet your eyes with his piercing blue ones.
"Y-you see, I'm not terribly adept at... this type of interaction," he began. "So I was, ah, reading up on some tips to sort of... help me out." You cocked an eyebrow skeptically, and his lips formed a good old, natural pout. "I read that you can.. hold somevone's attention better if you copy their movements- or if their pupils dilate, then they're interested in vhat you're saying. Verdammt, that sounds so stupid, I'm sorry-" He broke off, cursing under his breath and knotting a napkin desperately in his large hands.
Once again, you simply couldn't help yourself- you burst out laughing, and the supremely mortified expression on his face just made it that much better. Setting down your coffee, you stood up abruptly and leaned across the small café table, flinging your arms around a very flustered German's neck and pulling him tightly into you.
"Ludwig," you said, "I can't speak for everyone, but those tricks just won't work on me." You felt his shoulders stiffen uncomfortably.
"But," you continued fondly, "you can do something for me that you won't find in any old book."
He removed his head from where you had forced it into your shoulder and craned his neck to look at you. "And vhat vould that be?"
Dipping a finger in his unprotected coffee, you scooped up a dollop of foam and plopped it generously onto his nose. "Be yourself," you said simply.
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Update: Rumors are now surfacing that claim none of the Idol judges will return next season.
Earlier: American Idol's ratings have been in a steady decline since 2008, and its 12th season has reached a low point. Just 12 million viewers have tuned in for the past four weeks, a far cry from the more than 30 million in Idol's prime. But instead of examining the deeper reasons for such a steep fall in viewership, Idol brass are once again hoping a judging shakeup will bring in the eyeballs they need. Jennifer Lopez back, Mariah Carey gone? That's the new plan, according to The Hollywood Reporter (which Fox has refuted). But there's some faulty logic at work there, because the judges aren't the problem.
Idol ratings have been in free fall for years, and no judging shakeup has managed to change that. Season 8 saw the first change, with the introduction of Kara DioGuardi and the four-judge panel, yet ratings started to slip with both the premiere and the finale seeing about a 3 million drop in viewership. Season 9 didn't fare much better when beloved comedian Ellen DeGeneres replaced Paula Abdul while DioGuardi, Randy Jackson, and Simon Cowell continued on. Swapping out Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez for Cowell, DioGuardi, and DeGeneres the next season couldn't provide ratings stasis. And now, the panel comprised of Jackson, Carey, Keith Urban, and Nicki Minaj is failing to prop up Idol's droopy legacy. Sensing a pattern?
Anyone who thinks bringing in more stunt judges is the key to an Idol uptick is off their rocker: It doesn't matter who's in those judges' seats. It's the formula. It's the contestants. It's the feeling. It's the fact that Idol has been at it for 12 years and there is another dog (The Voice) doing new tricks.
And, if we're being completely honest, it's the fact that Idol's desperation is showing. It's like every fiber of the series' being is screaming "love me!" at every single turn. First, there's the series' quest to crown a lady the champion this season, pushing aside all their cute boy failures and hearkening back to the era of Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson, and even Jordin Sparks. It's something many fans have been crying out for (ahem, Hollywood.com included), but this year's effort has been so hamfisted. First, the series delivered a set of boys doomed to fail. It wasn't even fair. There wasn't a single young man who could stir up audiences a la Phillip Phillips. Instead, we were given Burnell Taylor, who only managed to wow a few stalwart fans much like the fallen Deandre Brackensick before him.
Without that glue, we're left with a set of very talented ladies – now whittled down to a pretty quartet – and it almost doesn't matter who wins. We like them all, they're all gorgeous and talented, and the battle has already been won. There's no drama, no intrigue. Idol wanted a lady victor and Idol will get one. It might have been more exciting or satisfying if we hadn't known Nigel Lythgoe was sitting in the wings and smiling at how his girl-centric plan had come together. It doesn't feel like a victory; it feels like a prescription that's been filled, and that's not why Idol fans love this series. Sure, you can often tell who's going to be standing on stage at the finale, awaiting his or her fate, but never before has it felt like a master puppeteer and his subjects loping towards a forseeable conclusion. That's on Idol, not the judges, who've provided a great deal of entertainment for viewers this season.
But if the obvious lady-centric mission wasn't enough, Idol is also jumping through hoops to be "fresh" and "different," yet the biggest moves consist of mirroring its competitors The X Factor and The Voice and changing up the process and intensity of its Thursday night results shows. Sometimes we find out the top three, sometimes we get zero results until the last five minutes, you just have to tune in to find out! It's an attempt at freshness that just feels like Grandpa trying to make a pair of Justin Bieber's famous harem pants work. At times, the secondhand embarrassment is almost unbearable.
Finally, it's the show itself. After 12 years, it makes little sense to drop the familiar pieces that fans react to in an almost Pavlovian sense: Ryan Seacrest's "THIS... is American Idol" and "Dim the lights, here we go," plus the classic, yet dated theme song and opening credits. Without these elements, the show isn't really American Idol, it's just some other singing competion, yet it's these elements that ensure Idol is a relic, slowly slipping toward retirement age, instead of being a young, spry competitor for the fresh face of NBC's The Voice.
The producers may or may not have tried to shake up the judging panel as a means of raising the ratings a la NBC's recent acquisition of Usher and Shakira and the magic they've worked for The Voice's numbers, but that plan, however real, would be misguided.
This year's panel has incredible chemistry. They're wildly entertaining, so much so that they've managed to rejuvinate the appeal of Jackson (even if it's only in the way that they all respond to him the way my brother and I respond to our father's dad jokes). And no amount of stunt casting at the last minute or next year will best their performance enough to boost viewership.
Nothing can last forever, and 12 years is quite a run. Idol is best accepting that it's no longer top dog, dawg, and slip quietly and gracefully towards what will be its eventual retirement. After all, it's far better to go out with style and grace than kicking and screaming in some fiery downfall marked with gaudy baubles and stunts.
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Well the car wasn't submerged or anything. As far as I can tell the carpet just got wet and the condensation accumulated in the trunk from sitting closed up for a month.
Are BMW's such delicate hot house flowers that you can't leave the sunroof open in a rainstorm without selling the car for salvage?
Well, I won't speak for BMWs, but I do know that more than one B5 series Passat (same time frame as the 2006 325) went toes up for just that reason. If you put a quart or so of water in the passenger footwell, you would start killing modules.
Do I think getting rain in is a guaranteed problem? Not if you dry the car out right away, but that doesn't sound like what happened here. It sounds like it got wet and was left that way. I would guess that if it was condensing water in the trunk, it was condensing water elsewhere, and that's certainly not going to help anything.
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This works in both Firefox and IE just fine.
It's impossible from a practical perspective to go back and edit thousands of posts to resave them with the new system, so I was wondering if anybody can "spot the problem" and then I can fix it through some other means. HTML/CSS/SQL/whatever.
Any ideas on why Firefox reads it as a Comment and IE doesn't? Thanks!
[edited by: eelixduppy at 5:07 pm (utc) on Nov. 7, 2009] [edit reason] disabled graphic smileys [/edit]

It does contain double-hyphens at "--username", but that code is identical in both the broken and fixed versions of the code, so I don't see how that specifically can be the problem.
Why doesn't the "comment" end properly at "14:26-->"?
How invalid code (e.g. the -- inside your comment, but the is a bunch more) is handled differs from the mode the browser is in.
I'd suggest validating your code: it'll fix this and more, but for a forum that's not an easy task.
In regards to comments, validating it says:

" are what was highlighted by the validator.
I'll be honest, that doesn't mean a whole lot to me, can anybody interpret?
Hence what's the doctype in both cases and is there anything in front of it (e.g a xml prologue)
validator: Make it:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
Here's the thing with the double dashes, if you look above at my original post you'll see that the "fixed" code that works fine in both IE and Firefox also contains the exact same double dashes. So clearly, while a bad idea, it's not what's causing the problem. Any other ideas?


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