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I agree, but maybe you could elaborate as to why you don't think it could be plasma. Others may not be aware of this phenomenon. It was one of the official explanations given, but I can't remeber the source. If I find it, I'll post it.
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sorry spelling, a giant nematode... or it could be squidy or something ((^_^)) with tentacles..
Quite an interesting pice from a distince she looked like a naga, close up the snake body is different, must be a worm or a snake even closer reminds me of a jiant nematode.
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hands and face too....
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one of the best ive seen, beautiful...
Wow! I adore the style & whole texture-feel, especially the little etchies on the background. And then there's the shadows on the face...
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Great job.
Great job.
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very awesome as always, falk! sorry i haven't been commenting for a long time, i've been too busy
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Das Bild wirkt einfach unheimlich gut, besonders auch in der verkleinerten Version... (Wobei man da die schönen Details gar nicht sehen kann... )
Besonders die Hauttextur dieser Tentakeln wirkt unglaublich realitätsnah! (Wenn man da von Realität sprechen kann...)
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are you a buddy of her ? bet one can learn a lot from her. but from you as well, very nice details especially those swirls and the tentacles texures are very sweet. lovely professional work
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Wondering whether to buy your acetone at the beauty supply or the hardware store? The fact is, acetone is acetone, but some acetone contains small amounts of other impurities, says Doug Schoon, president of Schoon Scientific and co-chair of the Nail Manufacturers Council on Safety. He explains: "For removing nail polish or coatings, the impurities usually don't matter since their concentrations are so low. However, when acetone is used to clean the nail plate for better adhesion, the impurities left behind when the acetone evaporates are often oily, which can make a big difference. Leaving small amounts of oily contaminants on the nail plate is the opposite of what acetone is supposed to do when the nail plate is being prepped for a nail coating. Acetone is supposed to remove oily contaminants on the surface of the nail plate for better adhesion."
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ABSTRACT: In distant-downstream control of an irrigation network, there exists a tradeoff between the local performance requirement of regulating the water level in each pool to a given set point and the global performance requirement of attenuating the amplification of flows over gates in the upstream direction. Such a tradeoff is well managed by a distributed control that inherits the interconnection structure of the irrigation network. In addition, for each subsystem, to decrease the water-level deviation from its set point in response to large offtakes, the knowledge of the offtakes can be fed forward. This brief explores a systematic approach to the offtake feedforward compensation.
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ABSTRACT: Extremum seeking control (ESC) is an adaptive control scheme that locates an extremum of an input-output map, without any explicit knowledge of this map apart from its existence. As is typical in adaptive control an integrator is used to drive the parameters that are being adapted. Due to this integrator, it is possible that the adapted parameters wander outside their physically relevant domain as the underlying adaptation technique is blind to this constraint. As these constraints may represent realistic operational limits it is important to design ESC to respect them. Two such ESC schemes are proposed. One is based on a constrained optimization approach in which some penalty function is used to adapt the search so as not to violate the constraints. The other technique uses an anti-windup scheme, a widely used mechanism in engineering to prevent windup of integral action in a controller. It is demonstrated that both methods are essentially equivalent. In that for any penalty-function based ESC, there exists an equivalent anti-windup ESC whose phase portrait is a global approximate of the penalty-function ESC. Some simulations are presented to illustrate the main results.
Conference Paper: A robust feasibility problem for the design of a reference governor[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: We formulate a robust feasibility problem for the design of a reference governor to provide setpoints for the lower-level control in a two-layer hierarchical system. Using linear programming duality, solutions to the robust feasibility problem (i.e. both necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of an admissible reference) are given. Three cases are considered: 1) Fixed reference; 2) feedforward management; and 3) affine feedback management. The computationally efficient results can be implemented in supervisory control in SCADA networks.
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ABSTRACT: For a string of pools with distant-downstream control, the internal time-delay for water transport from upstream to downstream does not only limit the local control performance of regulating water-levels at setpoints and rejecting offtake disturbances in each pool, but also impacts the global performance of managing the water-level error propagation and attenuating the amplification of control actions in the upstream direction. A distributed control scheme that inherits the interconnection structure of the plant is investigated. It is shown that the decoupling terms in the controller help to improve global closed-loop performance by decreasing the low-frequency gain of the closed-loop coupling. Moreover, the decoupling terms compensate for the influence of the time-delay by imposing extra phase lead-lag compensation in the mid-frequency range on the closed-loop coupling function.
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ABSTRACT: In the distant-downstream control of irrigation channels, the interactions between pools and the internal time-delay for water to travel from upstream to downstream, impose limitations on global performance, i.e. there exist propagation of water level errors and amplification of flows over gates in the upstream direction. This paper analyses these coupling properties for a string of identical pools, both with identical feedback controllers and with non-identical feedback controllers. The definition of string stability in terms of bounded water level errors and bounded flows is given. It is shown that for a string of infinite number of pools, string stability cannot be achieved by decentralised distant-downstream feedback control. However, for a string of finite number of pools, a better global performance can be achieved by non-identical feedback controllers such that the closed-loop bandwidths of the subsystems increase from downstream to upstream.
Conference Paper: Performance Analysis of Irrigation Channels with Distributed Control[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: For a string of pools with distant-downstream control, the internal time-delay for water transport from upstream to downstream not only limits the local control performance of regulating water-levels at setpoints and rejecting offtake disturbances in each pool, but also impacts the global performance of managing the water-level error propagation and attenuating the amplification of control actions in the upstream direction. A distributed control scheme which inherits the interconnection structure of the plant is studied. It is shown that the decoupling terms in the controller helps to improve global closed-loop performance by decreasing the low-frequency gain of the closed-loop coupling. Moreover, they compensate for the influence of the time-delay by imposing extra phase lead-lag compensation in the mid-frequency range on the closed-loop coupling function.
Conference Paper: Decomposition of a Fixed-Profile Load Scheduling Method for Large-Scale Irrigation Channels[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: The problem of fixed-profile load scheduling is considered for large-scale irrigation channels. Based on the analysis of the special structure of a channel under decentralised control, a predictive model is built on a pool-by-pool basis and a decomposition strategy of the scheduling problem is provided. The decomposition avoids excessive memory requirements in building the predictive model of the controlled plant and solving the formulated optimisation problem.
Conference Paper: Offtake feedforward compensator design for an irrigation channel with distributed control[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: In the control of irrigation channels, there exists a tradeoff between the local performance of regulating the water-level in each pool to a given setpoint and rejecting offtake disturbances, on the one hand, and decoupling between pools, on the other. Such a tradeoff is well managed by a distributed control that inherits the interconnection structure of the plant. Furthermore, to decrease the water-level deviation from its setpoint in response to large offtakes, i.e. to improve the transient response of the local closed-loop system, the knowledge of the offtakes can be fed forward. This paper explores the designing of a feedforward compensator to improve local control performance while maintaining the good management of closed-loop coupling between pools by distributed control.
Conference Paper: A {0, 1} linear program for fixed-profile load scheduling and demand management in automated irrigation channels[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: A {0,1} linear program is proposed for scheduling fixed-profile requests to load a dynamical system. The problem involves organizing requested load across time, without modifying the load profile of individual requests, while satisfying constraints on the transient response of the system to change in the load. A time representation of the load is developed and delivery delays, being the differences between requested and scheduled start times, are introduced as the decision variables. Given a linear discrete-time state-space model of the dynamical system and an objective of minimizing a measure of overall delivery delay, the problem is initially formulated as a mixed-integer non-linear program. This is then shown to be equivalent to a more tractable {0,1} linear program. The main ideas are motivated by and applied to the problem of scheduling water off-takes from an automated irrigation channel.
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ABSTRACT: In the design of an automatic controller to achieve water-level set-point regulation and off-take load-disturbance rejection for an open water channel, a key concern is an inherent trade-off between local performance and the way water-level errors propagate due to control action. Here a structured optimal controller synthesis problem is formulated to systematically manage this trade-off, using H ∞ loop-shaping ideas. The loop-shaping weights can be scalably designed and the imposed structure ensures the controller only involves local information exchange. Importantly, the distributed control structure we consider confines water-level error propagation to upstream pools, with corresponding benefits in terms of water distribution efficiency. Moreover, it coincides with the interconnection structure of a channel, and so the corresponding optimal synthesis problem has a convex characterisation; detailed state-space formulae are provided. Field test data are presented to illustrate overall performance.
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ABSTRACT: For a class of (marginally) stable linear plants with distributed structure, it is shown that a well-known anti-windup/bumpless-transfer scheme can be applied in a correspondingly distributed fashion. This is desirable, for example, when the feedback controller is also designed to respect the distributed structure of the plant. To illustrate the main ideas, an anti-windup compensator is designed for an open-water channel control system. Both simulation and field test results are presented.
Article: Anti-windup for marginally stable plants and its application to open water channel control systems[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Actuator saturation can have a significant impact on control system performance. In particular, when actuators saturate because of large initial condition mismatch at startup, or because of large disturbances, the controller can suffer from so-called integrator windup. This paper describes the application of recent anti-windup and bumpless transfer (AWBT) compensation techniques to the problem of open water channel control. This is nontrivial in light of the (marginally) unstable nature of uncontrolled open water channels, which for the purposes of controller design, can modelled as a concatenation of integrators, linked by saturation-prone gates used to regulate the flow of water. AWBT compensator design is considered within the context of both continuous- and discrete-time controllers and models. All simulation studies are carried out using an experimentally validated, high-fidelity model of the Haughton Main Channel in Queensland, Australia. The AWBT compensation schemes considered achieve excellent performance.
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ABSTRACT: Irrigation networks of open-water channels are used throughout the world to support agricultural activity. By and large, these networks are managed in open loop. To achieve closed-loop water distribution management, it is necessary to augment these civil engineering systems with an appropriate information infrastructure-sensors, actuators, information processing, and communication resources. Recent pilot projects in Australia demonstrate the significant potential of closed-loop management, which can yield a significant improvement in the quality of service, while achieving improved water distribution efficiency. This paper focuses on the modelling and closed-loop control of open-water channels from the perspective of large-scale irrigation network management. Several feedback information structures are discussed and the key design tradeoffs identified
Conference Paper: On Water-Level Error Propagation in Controlled Irrigation Channels[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: We consider the propagation of water-level errors in a controlled string of (identical) pools comprising an open-water irrigation channel. It is shown that water-level errors are amplified as they propagate upstream, whenever the feedback control scheme is decentralised and load-disturbance rejection is required in steady-state. Moreover, a design trade-off is identified between local performance, in terms of set-point regulation and load-disturbance rejection, and the error-propagation characteristics. The use of feed-forward/decoupling paths is considered in terms of managing this trade-off. However, the corresponding analysis suggests it is difficult to exploit the extra degree of freedom. Finally, we investigate a so-called distributed generalisation of the decentralised schemes. This leads to an optimal control based framework for dealing with the design trade-off.
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ABSTRACT: In Australia, gravity fed irrigation systems are critical infrastructure essential to agricultural production and export. By supplementing these large scale civil engineering systems with an appropriate information infrastructure, sensors, actuators and a communication network it is feasible to use systems engineering ideas to improve the exploitation of the irrigation system. This paper reports how classical ideas from system identification and control can be used to automate irrigation systems to deliver a near on-demand water supply with vastly improved overall distribution efficiency.
Conference Paper: Anti-windup for marginally stable plants applied to open water channels[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: In this paper we apply anti-windup bumpless transfer (AWBT) techniques for marginally stable linear plants to the windup-prone control systems of an open-water channel. AWBT constructions are carried out both for the continuous time and for the discrete time case and are based on preliminary results on L/sub 2/ (respectively l/sub 2/) anti-windup design. The anti-windup properties of these compensation laws (already published in the literature) are recalled and their bumpless transfer properties (corresponding to recent research results) are also discussed. Although the controller and AWBT designs are carried out on simplified linear models of the open water channel, the simulation results are carried out on an experimentally validated high fidelity model of the Haughton Main Channel (Queensland, AU) and show excellent behavior of the AWBT compensation laws, both in continuous and in discrete time.
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ABSTRACT: This paper describes the design of a multivariable H∞ loop-shaping controller for water level regulation on the Haughton Main Chan-nel, Queensland Australia. A one-degree-of-freedom controller structure is applied to three successive pools. Analysis of robust performance is pre-sented in terms of the structured singular value. Closed-loop performance is also evaluated through simulations with high fidelity models of the channel. The controller shows better performance than decentralized PI control, and attains similar performance to a multivariable LQ controller. The H∞ loop-shaping controller is, however, much easier to tune than an LQ controller. This becomes important when the number of pools to be controlled is increased. As such, it is an appealing design paradigm when high performance control of an irrigation channel is required.
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But an indirect requirement is less aggressive and humiliating than a direct one. This has become just another in a series of business mandates under Obamacare -- motivating eventual repeal instead of civil disobedience. And religious people could easily respond to overreach with overreach. Some conservatives argue that any business -- not just religious hospitals and charities -- should be able to withhold contraceptive coverage because of the beliefs of its owner. This is probably a bridge too far in our current cultural and political context. The defense of religious freedom unites. Opposition to contraception divides.
Obama has partially defused a crisis of his own creation. But some effects of his blunder will linger.
First, Obama has made clear who is part of his ideological coalition and who is not. Discussions on the structure and restructuring of the contraceptive policy were conducted between the administration and pro-choice and feminist groups. The people most directly affected by the mandate -- particularly the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops -- were not in the room. The administration engaged in no substantive consultation with Catholic bishops, who were only called to receive pronouncements. Interest group liberalism is alive and well in the Obama White House.
Second, the administration has consistently adopted and applied a view of religious liberty so narrow it imposes almost no limits on federal action. In the Hosanna-Tabor Supreme Court case, the Justice Department argued that there should be no "ministerial exception" at all -- a contention the court dismissed as "amazing." The modified contraceptive mandate still presupposes that religious liberty only applies to institutions whose primary purpose is worship, leaving every other religious institution vulnerable to future regulation.
Third, Obama has surrendered his main political appeal to religious voters from the last election -- his embrace of faith-based social service providers. Any attempt to repeat this outreach will seem absurdly disconnected from reality.
Fourth, with a single miscalculation, Obama has managed to unite economic and social conservatives in outrage against government activism and energize religious conservatives in a way Mitt Romney could never manage. Culture war debates in America are evenly divided. But the objects of culture war aggression do not easily forget.
If Obama is playing a political chess game, he has just sacrificed his queen, a rook and all his bishops. It would have to be a deep game indeed.
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Wolfpack Hostel DalatDa Lat, Vietnam
The dinners were so delicious and the rooms we very spacious and clean. Wish we could have stayed longer! Such a great hostel!
Downtown Siem Reap HostelSiem Reap, Cambodia
Our stay was quite good! Every night was a different vibe, chilled out and also very party. Easy to make friends and the organised events like the barbeques and pub crawls are great. The pool makes the place though! Some of the staff were nice, although they seemed like they were just there to party. And other staff were really rude to us, when wanting to ask a question at reception we were left waiting for a long time with no acknowledgement. Other than that we had a really good stay!
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Tangier Melting Pot HostelTangier, Morocco
Loved this hostel! Such a beautiful place with an awesome roof top. Great for meeting people and nice location
Hotel LagosmarLagos, Portugal
Good value for money and in a good location
Home Lisbon HostelLisbon, Portugal
Had an amazing time here. Met so many lovely people. The staff were helpful and the dinners were delicious! If you want to chill out and watch a movie, it's the place for you, if you want to have a few drinks and go party, it's the place for you! Everything you need
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We only stayed here for one night but it truly felt like home when we stayed here. There was also a very large variety for breakfast which was nice. Good location. Would definitely stay here again.
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It was a very large hostel.... Lots of people and not a very friendly vibe around. But the facilities were great, the resteraunt wasn't too bad and it was clean
Metropol Hostel BerlinBerlin, Germany
Breakfast was great. Loved this hostel! Only problem was the shower in a room. Didn't get cleaned and got quite dirty. Other than that, great area with really cheap and tasty food around
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Only stayed here for one night but it was great. Felt really comfortable, was clean, the beds were nice and the staff were very friendly. Good location, I would recommend this hostel.
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Improvements made in sniffer dog training
Scientists at the University of Lincoln are trying to improve the way sniffer dogs are trained and understand more about the way they think.
Instead of teaching them to identify specific scents, like TNT or Semtex, they're being taught groups of odours in the hope that the dogs might start to recognise the similarities.
It is hoped training them in this way will make them more effective at recognising improvised explosive devices:
West Yorkshire Police Dogs enjoying a relaxing bank holiday weekend
A lazy bank holiday. PD Gimley & retired Mr Otto enjoying the sun.. http://t.co/d4KvpiwD26
South Yorkshire rescue centre caring for burnt dog
An animal rescue centre in South Yorkshire is caring for a dog which is thought to have had boiling water or chemicals poured onto its back and before being thrown into a canal.
The Staffordshire Bull Terrier, named Colin by those who found him, suffered horrendous burns and those caring for him fear it may have been done on purpose.
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Colin the Staffie recovering after horrific ordeal
A Staffordshire Bull Terrier is recovering after being scalded with boiling water and thrown in a canal. Some pictures may be distressing.Read the full story ›
Bradford man recovering after dog attack
A man from Bradford says he might not be able to work again after being attacked by a dog.
Jamie Farrell was collecting tools from his van when he was mauled by a Japanese Akita which was being walked by a child.
His injuries were so severe that he thinks he might not be able to return to work as a self-employed joiner.
Because the attack happened on private land, no one has been arrested.
Dog stolen with car found
A dog which was in a car in North Yorkshire when it was stolen has been found.
Quinn the cocker spaniel and the stolen Ford Mondeo were found in Ripon. The pet has been taken to a local vet's surgery for a check up.
A police uniform and identification which were in the car have also been located.
Alfie the police dog recovering after tail operation
One of West Yorkshire Police's dogs is recovering after an operation to remove his tail.
Not the usual side you see of PD Alfie, but unfortunately he has damaged his tail and has had to go to the vets. http://t.co/UcAg0ec74r
Due to the nature and frequency of Alfies injury and that his type of work will aggravate the injury, he is going to have his tail removed.
PD Alfie is struggling to get to grips with his new headgear at dinner time. http://t.co/NNa1Po0wGs
Doggy knit-off campaign urge people to bring items
The Jerry Green Dog Rescue are urging people to drop knitted items in at one of their centres as they try to keep homeless dogs warm this winter.
The Great Doggy Knit Off campaign is asking for knitted jumpers, snoods, hats and blankets to help.
More than 160 abandoned and unwanted dogs are feeling the chill particularly short-haired and older ones.
Knitted items can be donated to any of the charity's five centres at Blidworth near Mansfield; Gilberdyke in East Yorkshire; Broughton near Brigg in North Lincolnshire; Algarkirk near Boston in South Lincolnshire; and Thirsk in North Yorkshire.
They can also be dropped off at wool shop Tricot in Scunthorpe.
Knit one purl one for chilly canines
Knit one, purl one for chilly canines. That is the appeal from the Jerry Green Dog Rescue as it launches its first Great Doggy Knit Off campaign.
The aim is to keep dogs without a home warm this winter and the charity is asking for knitted jumpers, snoods, hats and blankets to help.
More than 160 abandoned and unwanted dogs are feeling the chill particularly short-haired and older ones.
Knitted items can be donated to any of the charity's five centres at Blidworth near Mansfield; Gilberdyke in East Yorkshire; Broughton near Brigg in North Lincolnshire; Algarkirk near Boston in South Lincolnshire; and Thirsk in North Yorkshire.
Lincoln University study dogs left at home alone
Academics at the University of Lincoln have teamed up with a university in Slovakia to study how dogs behave in the owner's absence.
Dog owners are being asked to complete a detailed survey to help researchers analyse the various clinical signs and situations in which problems can occur.
Destructiveness, vocalisation such as barking and whining, and house soiling are among the most common complaints of dog owners.
It has also been established that dogs showing these problems are at a higher risk of a range of other complications.
The researchers hope to apply the findings from the survey to aid the development of more specific treatments and prevention programmes.


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Azumi Says Iran Sanctions Could Be 'Big Blow' to Japan Banks
American sanctions on Iran could hurt Japanese banks that do business in the U.S., Finance Minister Jun Azumi said.
"It's possible that Japan's financial institutions will have a big blow" and exemptions should be made, Azumi said at a press conference in Tokyo today. President Barack Obama's measures would deny access to the U.S. financial system for any overseas bank that conducts business with the Central Bank of Iran.
Asked whether his promise yesterday to reduce Japan's oil imports from Iran was a reflection of his opinion rather than government policy, Azumi said there is no difference in opinion among Cabinet members and that all countries need to show a united response to denounce Iran's nuclear program.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura said yesterday the government hasn't made a final decision on cutting Iranian oil imports, and that Azumi's pledge "is just one of several opinions."


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I am a software engineer with almost 30 years experience in the design and implementation of embedded, real-time, and high-reliability distributed enterprise manufacturing systems software.
I worked as principal software architect and engineer for a major manufacturing software company for about 20 years. In the mid 1990's we considered DRM-based licensing for our software. We went as far as to test implement it. We were smart enough to realize that since our customers could not tolerate downtime at all (1 hour == $10 million in lost profits), that if the DRM caused a semiconductor fab to go down because of some stupid problem, we would be up shite creek without a paddle! We promptly dropped the idea. Never lost a dime to "pirated" software - and our software cost million$ to purchase, implement, and install! We ended up one of the 50 largest application software companies in the world...
Does IRS stand for Idiotic Retard Service?
So, the FBI arrests another wacko nut job who they enticed into doing stupid stuff. He should be in a funny farm, not jail. ISIL? They are not doing such a great job stopping those assholes! The FBI can't even shut up their twitter and facebook feeds!
I think this is a clear example of the pot and kettle and which is blacker... Oh, sorry, I meant "darker". The world is just so screwed up these days. Well, I suppose it always has been, but it seems to becoming even more egregious in this lately.
Pee in your socks to generate electricity? What do you name it? Electricipee?
And so will be millions of US Citizens when this is enacted! In any case, I was surprised to hear Illinois is not Real ID compliant - I was under the impression that it was, especially after I moved here from Massachusetts and had to provide my birth certificate or passport, and proof of residency, in order to get an Illinois drivers license. I guess it was just an example of Illinois' over-aggressive bureaucracy.
You can't spy on me! I'm the Queen of Spies! Sayeth Madame May...
I wonder what this idiot would say if she found out we were tracking her movements all over the city, and sent her emails about the inappropriate locations she was seen in...
I have futures on a really nice, but somewhat old, bridge in New York that you can invest in!
In the 1960's and early 70's I was involved in some "questionable" activities - mostly political. My colleagues and I realized that if you try to hide, you will be found out. The best approach was to "hide in plain sight", just being "normal". It worked very well, and we were never arrested or targeted for our activities. We even lived across the street from the state governor's mansion! Who'd have thunk that a bunch of radicals would live there?
Hillary has just lost every techie and geek vote - GO BERNIE!
Tim, for now and forever more you will be lovingly known as Tim Lush-ing... :-) Enjoy your new moniker!
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Only a $25K fine for Hilton for obstructing a federal investigation? It should have been $2.5M instead! That would have been appropriate, and made Hilton think twice about this shit!
Sure. In large quantities, both gas and vodka are bad for you! But you can drink a lot more vodka than gasoline...
First, Wasserman-Schultz has to go. Second, Lessig should be in the debates - he is one of the few truly honest candidates. So, I think that W-S has taken too much of Joseph Heller's book to heart - and all of the bad stuff at that! Lessig must feel a bit like Yossarian and all... :-(
If you cannot have an independent expert examine the tools that have convicted you, then those tools, and their results, should be summarily rejected by the courts! DNA is notoriously difficult to analyze without extensive lab work, even today. That some software tool some years ago could do this accurately with 100% certainty is ludicrous!
Since most of these poses, and transitions between them, have been in use and taught for (quite literally) thousands of years, isn't there also applicable the concept of "prior art"?
This is why politicians should not be allowed to legislate technology. They are mostly clueless, and the law of unintended consequences are strong here!


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1. Point Break (1991)
R | 122 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
An FBI agent goes undercover to catch a gang of surfers who may be bank robbers.
Writers: Rick King, W. Peter Iliff | Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves, Gary Busey, Lori Petty
Votes: 106,022
2. The Princess Bride (1987)
PG | 98 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
While home sick in bed, a young boy's grandfather reads him a story called The Princess Bride.
Writer: William Goldman | Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Robin Wright, Chris Sarandon
Votes: 280,672
3. The Great Escape (1963)
Approved | 172 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Allied P.O.W.s plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.
Writers: Paul Brickhill, James Clavell, W.R. Burnett | Director: John Sturges | Stars: Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson
Votes: 157,986
4. The Mummy (1999)
PG-13 | 125 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
An American serving in the French Foreign Legion on an archaeological dig at the ancient city of Hamunaptra accidentally awakens a mummy.
Writers: Stephen Sommers, Lloyd Fonvielle, Kevin Jarre | Director: Stephen Sommers | Stars: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo
Votes: 305,913
5. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
PG | 216 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
Follows a brilliant, flamboyant and controversial British military figure and his conflicted loyalties during wartime service.
Writers: T.E. Lawrence, Robert Bolt, Michael Wilson | Director: David Lean | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins
Votes: 183,320
6. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
PG-13 | 169 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Captain Barbossa, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann must sail off the edge of the map, navigate treachery and betrayal, and make their final alliances for one last decisive battle.
Writers: Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Stuart Beattie, Jay Wolpert | Director: Gore Verbinski | Stars: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Geoffrey Rush
Votes: 451,512
7. Jarhead (2005)
R | 125 min | Action, Drama, War
A psychological study of operations desert shield and desert storm during the gulf war; through the eyes of a U.S marine sniper who struggles to cope with the possibility his girlfriend may be cheating on him back home.
Writers: William Broyles Jr., Anthony Swofford | Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Lucas Black, Scott MacDonald
Votes: 139,107
8. The Hurt Locker (2008)
R | 131 min | Drama, History, Thriller
During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.
Writer: Mark Boal | Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce
Votes: 318,108
9. Spider-Man 3 (2007)
PG-13 | 139 min | Action, Adventure
A strange black entity from another world bonds with Peter Parker and causes inner turmoil as he contends with new villains, temptations, and revenge.
Writers: Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi, Alvin Sargent, Stan Lee, Steve Ditko | Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Topher Grace, Thomas Haden Church
Votes: 362,657
10. The NeverEnding Story (1984)
PG | 102 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A troubled boy dives into a wonderous fantasy world through the pages of a mysterious book.
Writers: Wolfgang Petersen, Herman Weigel, Michael Ende, Robert Easton | Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver, Tami Stronach, Gerald McRaney
Votes: 95,724
11. Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A spaceship arrives in Arizona, 1873, to take over the Earth, starting with the Wild West region. A posse of cowboys and natives are all that stand in their way.
Writers: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Damon Lindelof, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Steve Oedekerk, Scott Mitchell Rosenberg | Director: Jon Favreau | Stars: Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, Abigail Spencer
Votes: 167,417
12. Love & Mercy (2014)
PG-13 | 121 min | Biography, Drama, Music
In the 1960s, Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson struggles with emerging psychosis as he attempts to craft his avant-garde pop masterpiece. In the 1980s, he is a broken, confused man under the 24-hour watch of shady therapist Dr. Eugene Landy.
Writers: Oren Moverman, Michael A. Lerner, Brian Wilson | Director: Bill Pohlad | Stars: John Cusack, Paul Dano, Elizabeth Banks, Paul Giamatti
Votes: 18,305
13. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)
PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A young fugitive prince and princess must stop a villain who unknowingly threatens to destroy the world with a special dagger that enables the magic sand inside to reverse time.
Writers: Boaz Yakin, Doug Miro, Carlo Bernard, Jordan Mechner | Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley, Alfred Molina
Votes: 213,938
14. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
PG-13 | 122 min | Action, Adventure
Famed archaeologist/adventurer Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones is called back into action when he becomes entangled in a Soviet plot to uncover the secret behind mysterious artifacts known as the Crystal Skulls.
Writers: David Koepp, George Lucas, Jeff Nathanson, Philip Kaufman | Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Shia LaBeouf, Karen Allen
Votes: 320,839
15. Buried (2010)
R | 95 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Paul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap.
Writer: Chris Sparling | Director: Rodrigo Cortés | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, José Luis García Pérez, Robert Paterson, Stephen Tobolowsky
Votes: 113,893
16. Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
PG | 101 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Yearning for escape and adventure, a young boy runs away from home and sails to an island filled with creatures that take him in as their king.
Writers: Spike Jonze, Dave Eggers, Maurice Sendak | Director: Spike Jonze | Stars: Max Records, Catherine O'Hara, Forest Whitaker, Pepita Emmerichs
Votes: 85,702
17. The Scorpion King (2002)
PG-13 | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A desert warrior rises up against the evil army that is destroying his homeland. He captures the enemy's key sorcerer, takes her deep into the desert and prepares for a final showdown.
Writers: Stephen Sommers, Jonathan Hales, William Osborne, David Hayter | Director: Chuck Russell | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Steven Brand, Michael Clarke Duncan, Kelly Hu
Votes: 97,612
18. Stalker (1979)
Not Rated | 163 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A guide leads two men through an area known as the Zone to find a room that grants wishes.
Writers: Arkadiy Strugatskiy, Boris Strugatskiy | Director: Andrei Tarkovsky | Stars: Alisa Freyndlikh, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy, Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Nikolay Grinko
Votes: 64,495
19. Pokémon (1998– )
TV-Y | 24 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The adventures of Ash Ketchum and his partner Pikachu, who travel across many regions in hopes of being regarded as a Pokemon master.
Creators: Satoshi Tajiri, Junichi Masuda, Ken Sugimori | Stars: Veronica Taylor, Rachael Lillis, Eric Stuart, Ikue Ohtani
Votes: 21,130
20. Priest (2011)
PG-13 | 87 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
A priest disobeys church law to track down the vampires who kidnapped his niece.
Writers: Cory Goodman, Min-Woo Hyung | Director: Scott Stewart | Stars: Paul Bettany, Cam Gigandet, Maggie Q, Karl Urban
Votes: 94,199
21. Spring Break (1983)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Romance
Two sets of two college guys spend a spring break together in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. There they have lots of fun in and out of the sun.
Writer: David Smilow | Director: Sean S. Cunningham | Stars: David Knell, Steve Bassett, Perry Lang, Paul Land
Votes: 1,656
22. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Approved | 111 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A somewhat romanticized account of the career of the notoriously violent bank robbing couple and their gang.
Writers: David Newman, Robert Benton | Director: Arthur Penn | Stars: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman
Votes: 76,914
23. Nine (2009)
PG-13 | 118 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Famous film director Guido Contini struggles to find harmony in his professional and personal lives, as he engages in dramatic relationships with his wife, his mistress, his muse, his agent, and his mother.
Writers: Michael Tolkin, Anthony Minghella, Arthur Kopit, Maury Yeston, Mario Fratti | Director: Rob Marshall | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz, Sandro Dori
Votes: 36,811
24. Hang 'Em High (1968)
M | 114 min | Western
When an innocent man barely survives a lynching, he returns as a lawman determined to bring the vigilantes to justice.
Writers: Leonard Freeman, Mel Goldberg | Director: Ted Post | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Inger Stevens, Pat Hingle, Ed Begley
Votes: 24,225
25. Weekend at Bernie's (1989)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy
A pair of losers try to pretend that their murdered employer is really alive, but the murderer is out to "finish him off".
Writer: Robert Klane | Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan Silverman, Catherine Mary Stewart, Terry Kiser
Votes: 37,151
26. Crossroads (I) (2002)
PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Three childhood best friends, and a guy they just met, take a road trip across the country, finding themselves and their friendship in the process.
Writer: Shonda Rhimes | Director: Tamra Davis | Stars: Britney Spears, Anson Mount, Zoe Saldana, Taryn Manning
Votes: 33,691
27. Samurai Cop (1991)
Unrated | 96 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Joe Marshall and Frank Washington are two police detectives who must stop the ruthless activities of the Katana, a renegade Yakuza gang composed of violent and sadistic killers who want to lead the drug trade in Los Angeles.
Writer: Amir Shervan | Director: Amir Shervan | Stars: Mathew Karedas, Mark Frazer, Robert Z'Dar, Janis Farley
Votes: 2,019
28. Sahara (2005)
PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Master explorer Dirk Pitt goes on the adventure of a lifetime of seeking out a lost Civil War battleship known as the "Ship of Death" in the deserts of West Africa while helping a WHO doctor being hounded by a ruthless dictator.
Writers: Clive Cussler, Thomas Dean Donnelly, Joshua Oppenheimer, John C. Richards, James V. Hart | Director: Breck Eisner | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Penélope Cruz, Steve Zahn, William H. Macy
Votes: 75,623
29. Ninja Assassin (2009)
R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A young ninja turns his back on the orphanage that raised him, leading to a confrontation with a fellow ninja from the clan.
Writers: Matthew Sand, J. Michael Straczynski | Director: James McTeigue | Stars: Rick Yune, Naomie Harris, Rain, Joon Lee
Votes: 57,046
30. A Prophet (2009)
R | 155 min | Crime, Drama
A young Arab man is sent to a French prison where he becomes a mafia kingpin.
Writers: Thomas Bidegain, Jacques Audiard, Abdel Raouf Dafri, Nicolas Peufaillit | Director: Jacques Audiard | Stars: Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, Reda Kateb
Votes: 76,160
31. Timbuktu (2014)
PG-13 | 97 min | Drama
A cattle herder and his family who reside in the dunes of Timbuktu find their quiet lives -- which are typically free of the Jihadists determined to control their faith -- abruptly disturbed.
Writers: Abderrahmane Sissako, Kessen Tall | Director: Abderrahmane Sissako | Stars: Ibrahim Ahmed, Abel Jafri, Toulou Kiki, Layla Walet Mohamed
Votes: 9,199
32. Flight of the Phoenix (2004)
PG-13 | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Survivors of a plane crash in the Mongolian desert work together to build a new plane.
Writers: Lukas Heller, Scott Frank, Edward Burns | Director: John Moore | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Miranda Otto, Giovanni Ribisi, Tyrese Gibson
Votes: 45,127
33. Red Planet (2000)
PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Astronauts, and their robotic dog AMME, search for solutions to save a dying Earth by searching on Mars, only to have the mission go terribly awry.
Writers: Chuck Pfarrer, Jonathan Lemkin | Director: Antony Hoffman | Stars: Val Kilmer, Carrie-Anne Moss, Tom Sizemore, Benjamin Bratt
Votes: 46,619
34. Captivity (2007)
R | 96 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A man and a woman awaken to find themselves trapped in a cellar. As their kidnapper drives them mad, the truth about their horrific abduction is revealed.
Writers: Larry Cohen, Joseph Tura | Director: Roland Joffé | Stars: Elisha Cuthbert, Daniel Gillies, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Michael Harney
Votes: 20,400
35. Hidalgo (2004)
PG-13 | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Western
In 1890, a down-and-out cowboy and his horse travel to Arabia to compete in a deadly cross desert horse race.
Writer: John Fusco | Director: Joe Johnston | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Omar Sharif, Zuleikha Robinson, Louise Lombard
Votes: 66,587
36. Walkabout (1971)
R | 100 min | Adventure, Drama
Two young siblings are stranded in the Australian Outback and are forced to cope on their own. They meet an Australian boy on "walkabout": a ritual separation from his tribe.
Writers: Edward Bond, James Vance Marshall | Director: Nicolas Roeg | Stars: Jenny Agutter, David Gulpilil, Luc Roeg, John Meillon
Votes: 16,814
37. Dune (2000 TV Mini-Series)
Unrated | 265 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A three-part miniseries on politics, betrayal, lust, greed and the coming of a Messiah. Based on Frank Herbert's classic science fiction novel.
Stars: William Hurt, Alec Newman, Giancarlo Giannini, Uwe Ochsenknecht
Votes: 14,489
38. Sleepaway Camp (1983)
R | 84 min | Horror
Angela Baker, a traumatized and very shy young girl, is sent to summer camp with her cousin. Shortly after her arrival, anyone with sinister or less than honorable intentions gets their comeuppance.
Writer: Robert Hiltzik | Director: Robert Hiltzik | Stars: Felissa Rose, Jonathan Tiersten, Karen Fields, Christopher Collet
Votes: 15,540
39. The Four Feathers (2002)
PG-13 | 132 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A British officer resigns his post just before battle and subsequently receives four white feathers from his friends and fiancee as symbols of what they believe to be his cowardice.
Writers: A.E.W. Mason, Michael Schiffer, Hossein Amini | Director: Shekhar Kapur | Stars: Heath Ledger, Wes Bentley, Kate Hudson, Mohamed Bouich
Votes: 27,569
40. Imitation of Life (1959)
Not Rated | 125 min | Drama
A struggling young actress with a six-year-old daughter sets up housekeeping with a homeless black widow and her light-skinned eight-year-old daughter who rejects her mother by trying to pass for white.
Writers: Eleanore Griffin, Allan Scott, Fannie Hurst | Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Lana Turner, John Gavin, Sandra Dee, Susan Kohner
Votes: 10,592
41. The Lost Patrol (1934)
Passed | 73 min | Adventure, War
A dozen British soldiers, lost in a Mesopotamian desert during world war I, are menaced by unseen Arab enemies.
Writers: Dudley Nichols, Garrett Fort, Philip MacDonald | Director: John Ford | Stars: Victor McLaglen, Boris Karloff, Wallace Ford, Reginald Denny
Votes: 2,135
42. Summer Rental (1985)
PG-13 | 87 min | Comedy, Romance
Jack Chester, a stressed air-traffic controller, takes his family on a beach vacation to Florida but is soon beset by problems, especially when an arrogant sailing champion shows up, who Jack challenges to a race.
Writers: Jeremy Stevens, Mark Reisman | Director: Carl Reiner | Stars: John Candy, Richard Crenna, Rip Torn, Karen Austin
Votes: 9,770
43. The Caine Mutiny (1954)
Approved | 124 min | Drama, War
When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardizes the ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial for mutiny.
Writers: Stanley Roberts, Michael Blankfort, Herman Wouk | Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, José Ferrer, Van Johnson, Fred MacMurray
Votes: 19,563
44. Arn: The Knight Templar (2007)
139 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Arn, the son of a high-ranking Swedish nobleman is educated in a monastery and sent to the Holy Land as a knight templar to do penance for a forbidden love.
Writers: Jan Guillou, Hans Gunnarsson | Director: Peter Flinth | Stars: Joakim Nätterqvist, Sofia Helin, Stellan Skarsgård, Michael Nyqvist
Votes: 17,640
45. Little White Lies (2010)
Not Rated | 154 min | Comedy, Drama
A near-fatal accident leaves one friend in the hospital while the rest go on their annual vacation. But their secrets and personal grief threaten to drive them apart.
Writer: Guillaume Canet | Director: Guillaume Canet | Stars: François Cluzet, Marion Cotillard, Benoît Magimel, Jean Dujardin
Votes: 17,714
46. Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (2011 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Drama
Treasure hunter Nathan Drake embarks on a quest in search of the Atlantis of the Sands while battling an ancient, sinister organization.
Writer: Amy Hennig | Director: Amy Hennig | Stars: Nolan North, Richard McGonagle, Emily Rose, Claudia Black
Votes: 8,673
47. The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
R | 150 min | Action, Biography, Crime
A look at Germany's terrorist group, The Red Army Faction (RAF), which organized bombings, robberies, kidnappings and assassinations in the late 1960s and '70s.
Writers: Bernd Eichinger, Uli Edel, Stefan Aust | Director: Uli Edel | Stars: Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu, Johanna Wokalek, Bruno Ganz
Votes: 28,619
48. Running on Empty (1988)
PG-13 | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Music
The eldest son of a fugitive family comes of age and wants to live a life of his own.
Writer: Naomi Foner | Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: River Phoenix, Christine Lahti, Judd Hirsch, Jonas Abry
Votes: 9,906
49. Gallipoli (1981)
PG | 110 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in Turkey during World War I.
Writers: Peter Weir, David Williamson | Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Mel Gibson, Mark Lee, Bill Kerr, Harold Hopkins
Votes: 29,115
Not Rated | 127 min | Comedy, Drama
C.R.A.Z.Y. Extraordinary lives of ordinary people in search of love and happiness - that's the premise of "C.R.A.Z.Y", a family drama unlike any other.
Writers: François Boulay, Jean-Marc Vallée | Director: Jean-Marc Vallée | Stars: Michel Côté, Marc-André Grondin, Danielle Proulx, Émile Vallée
Votes: 26,524


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Had 3 people in line at at&t stores in southern cal. They sold out saying they only had 3 when in fact i went eariler and was told what they really had , That info was not supposed to come out ,? You wonder how ebay got so many with a mark up Think again
This is pure stupidity. My friend has already bought 10 ipad2's only to sell for avg. $100 profit on ebay. He is out every now and then looking to grab more. He himself has no interest in it. Thanks to so many apple fanatic morons smart people are making easy money.
The iPad is absolute junk. I really find it hard to believe it is selling out; I don't know a single person who has or wants one. I think apple don't make enough on purpose to say they "sold out" (notice they never have enough iPhones either...hmmm).
There's a sucker born every minute. Hope you get your money's worth, but I doubt it.
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