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GWAR -- Tulsa, OK -- March 28th, 2012
Little bit late but I still wanted to review. *This will make #6 or 7 time to see the mighty GWAR. As far as their headlining tours go, IMO this seems to be the best lineup I've seen them tour with. I know a lot have seen them tour w/ Ghoul and/or Municipal Waste but this was my first time seeing them w/ either band. I missed opener but from what I read on here I didn't miss much.*
This was my first time seeing Ghoul. I knew their name but after that I knew literally zero else. I've seen a bunch of shows @ Cains in Tulsa and never saw a crowd go crazy for the 2nd band on a bill like this. Place was probably only 1/2 full for Ghoul. There were good sized pits & crowd surfing. I had no idea I'd enjoy Ghoul so much. Only thing I thought was a bit much was they did a lot of GWAR stuff (the matching stage attire, having characters come out, spitting/dumping stuff in crowd). *Not original by any means. I did enjoy their music though. Seemed so odd getting sprayed so early in a GWAR show & not by GWAR. Idk if they did this all tour but the MW bassist came out for their last song & did backup vox on last song. I may have missed 1 song but otherwise saw their whole set & was really impressed. I hope to see them again. *Assuming they did same set as I wouldn't know the difference.*
It's been almost 3 years since seeing MW on the LOG/AILD/GF tour few years back & it ways pastdue. Was not a fan of Massive Aggressive but I'm digging the new album a lot. After seeing crowd for Ghoul I planned on being smashed against front gate. Not real close. Guessing kids didn't like them bc they had no over the top schtick, just killer thrash. *Band was amazing as usual. The 1' gap between gate & stage killed mood a little. Odd seeing thrash band & hardly getting touched on the rail. There was a half assed wall of death for Mind Eraser w/ instruction of "kill the kid w/ the Rancid shirt on". *Enjoyed their set, I wish a few songs on Art Of Partying *had been exchanged for others. Also LOVE Sadistic Magician as the opener. Ton of fun. The most fun was Born To Party. After almost a minute I noticed what was ontop of the stacks. I'm always a sucker confetti regardless off cheesy factor. The confetti went off when the song started to get to chorus. Never would have expected confetti out of MW. They were my #1 reason for wanting to go. Crowd was a little lame for them but nice not worrying about being smashed into rail. Set was same as posted:
Garbage Stomp
Sadistic Magician
The Thrashin' of the Christ
Terror Shark
Wolves of Chernobyl
Beer Pressure
You're Cut Off
Wrong Answer
Headbanger Face Rip
Insurance Fraud
Blood Drive
Waste In Space (intro)
The Fatal Feast
Guilty of Being Tight
Mind Eraser
Unleash the Bastards
Born to Party
And now time for dirtiest part of the evening. Gotta say I didn't know how well they would sound as a 4 piece. Maybe it was me but Zombies, March didn't sound like the same song. Maybe it was the sound. I might leave a few out the GWAR murder victims were: Bone Snapper, Techno Destructo, Nazi Dentist, A Huge Worm, Snookie. Leaving a few out. Only 1 celebrity is a little lame. Did feel like a few less deaths than normal. Sadly, this was my least slimed show as well. No love for right side of stage. Gotta say this was probably one of my least enjoyed GWAR sets, minus Road Behind *which was quite special. *They lost a friend & band member. I can only imagine they might be more limited to what they could play as 4 piece. I will not bitch @ all. This couldn't have been easy w/o Corey. Granted I've seen them a lot. Maybe I'm GWAR jaded. Hell idk. Oderus was pretty funny tonight. He told a guard who kept standing near a crowd surfer & told him nobody paid money to see his ass. And right before Maggots he said Rob Zombie is a fagget & other bad stuff about Slipknot & Mushroomhead but then said "I Love Me Some Juggalos", lol. To say GWAR could do a sensitive ballad is like saying Jason is a great camp counselor. The Road Behind seemed like the most heartfelt thing I've ever seen at a metal show. Before the song Corey's guitar was put on a stand ontop of their amps w/ a spotlight on it the whole song. When song was over lights were turned off on the stage as the band took turns touching his guitar as they walked by. I didn't figure GWAR was capable of such emotion. You can tell they are a different band when they do The Road Behind than everything else they play. I was disappointed in set but by the end it seemed like I was missing the big picture. I hope they can figure out another guitar player & character for the band. Pretty sure set is same w/ only different order.*
Zombies, March!
A Gathering of Ghouls
Storm is Coming*
Saddam a Go-Go
The Salaminize
Bring*Back the Bomb
Crack in the Egg
Immortal Corrupter
KZ Necromancer
Eighth Lock
Metal Metal Land
Ham On the Bone
Sick Of You
The Road Behind
Sadly no pictures this time around. Used a disposable camera. No way I take a digital camera in for GWAR. Gracias for reading.*
6/19 - American Head Charge
7/23 - Kiss
I'm probably reading too far into it, but is there actually bad blood between Oderus and Rob Zombie?
6/19 - American Head Charge
7/23 - Kiss
When i saw them last year a week after Corey's death, the sound was very noticable to me. I could hear distinctively the missing solo's. Not an indictment on GWAR as i love them and they were great, but there's no doubt not having Corey play is fairly obvious to me.
I passed them up last week as it looks like a very similar show. I know it's GWAR and MW, but the theatrics were the same. And Oderus did a full on rant on Zombie and Slipknot at that show as well. Love me some GWAR but i gotta pick and choose my shows since there are numerous coming here this spring and summer i want to attend.
GWAR's always a great time though
R.I.P. Corey
When I saw them headlining on the War Party tour in '05 it was an absolute bloodbath, if you were within 20 feet of the stage you were getting soaked whether you wanted to or not, and they were killing things just about every other song. But the last few times I saw them it seemed like they only killed a handful of things in the whole show, and you basically had to put in an effort to actually get a good soaking. If you were anywhere other than in the first few rows near the center, you'd get a little spray here and there but nothing remotely extensive. A bit disappointing in my opinion.
I don't know if they can't afford a good stage show anymore, or if they've lost interest in it and want to focus more on the music, or some other reason, but it seems to me that it's just not what it used to be. It's still fun, but it's just a bit underwhelming compared to my first couple of GWAR shows.
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Through the First 88 Games…
"The break comes at a good time." – Buddy Bell, KC Star, July 9, 2007.
As much as we all love baseball, this year's four-day All-Star Break comes – as Buddy put it yesterday for the Star's Bob Dutton – at a good time. It not only gives the guys (and the front office folks!) time to rest and regroup, but, and especially after winning our second straight homestand with Sunday's 12-4 win over the Devil Rays, it's a great time to evaluate. Here are just a handful of figures to start looking at…
Record at the All-Star Break: We enter the ASB with a 38-50 mark, which is seven wins more than last year. It's also the most wins we've posted at the "unofficial" halfway mark since posting a 51-41 record in 2003 and also only the second highest win total in seven years.
Splitting the First Half: After starting the season with a 16-28 mark, we've evened out a little more, posting a straight-up 22-22 record in the final 44 games of the "unofficial" first half.
Royals Rookies: Unfortunately, Tony Pena, Jr., is NOT a rookie this year. TJ, who went 3-for-5 with three doubles and four RBI in Sunday's game and has a .281 average this year, misses out on rookie status since he recorded 85 days of service with Atlanta in 2006. (More than 45 days of service at the Major League level or at least 130 at-bats marks a rookie year.) Meanwhile, to date, Billy Butler has accumulated 37 days of M.L. service and with Sweeney's return to the lineup postponed, B. Butler should be reaching rookie status soon. In just 25 games this season, Butler is already batting .286 (24-for-84) with five doubles, three homers and 14 RBI…in the last homestand, Butler collected 11 hits in 31 at-bats to post a .355 average. Oh yeah, he had nine RBI including that six-RBI game vs. Seattle. His buddy in the rookie field, Alex Gordon, got off to a slow start, but in his last 30 games, he's batting .316 (37-117) with 20 RBI and five stolen bases.
On the mound…MLB recognized Brian Bannister's rookie success, awarding him the AL Rookie of the Month award for June. Bannister is 5-5 with a 3.71 ERA in 13 starts this year. In the pen, Joakim Soria, a Rule 5 pick, has been lights out with a 2.21 ERA in 36.2 innings pitched (33 games). He completed 10 of 13 save opps while Dotel was sidelined to start the season, and has not allowed a run since May 20 at Colorado – a span of 13 appearances. Basically, there has not been this much good "Rookie talk" around the Royals for a few years (maybe 2003…Berroa). Looking at the stats through Sunday, who is your pick for Royals Rookie this year? Should any of them be getting league consideration for Rookie of the Year?
Calming Down: Through the "unofficial" first half of the 2006 season, the Royals pitching staff had 51 wild pitches (87 games). This year, the staff has kept it under control a tad more, collecting just 33 wild pitches through the first 88 games. But, on the flip side, instead of our guys struggling with control on the mound this year, they are actually dealing with the lack of control by the rest of the league. The Royals have been hit by 55 pitches this year, making them league leaders in the bruise category.
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I love the direction this team is headed in. In The Star a couple days ago they evaluated the Royals prospects in the minors. The writer made a comment about not having many prospects, obviously forgetting the young talent already playing in the majors. With a few more trades, I can see us contending as early as next year (a little too much optimism never hurts).


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Mangano sees things differently. Through the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency, he has implemented several successful public/private partnerships that have saved taxpayers tens of millions of dollars. He privatized our bus services and inmate health care services at the Nassau County Correctional Center. Initiatives such as these are closing the county's budget gap.
So far, Mangano has slashed the deficit of over $300 million he inherited from the Suozzi administration. On his first day as county executive, Mangano repealed Suozzi's home energy tax, which would have charged taxpayers every time they turned on a light switch.
Mangano also has the wherewithal to withstand pressure to increase spending. These continue to be tough economic times, especially when you add the unexpected costs of Superstorm Sandy last year.
Overall, for fiscal year 2014, spending will be down $1.2 million compared with last year. County Comptroller George Maragos recently announced that he expects Nassau to end this year with a $5.6 million cash surplus.
For three years, Mangano has made the tough decisions that put our county on a stable path to the future, and it's paying off. Holding the line on property taxes and eliminating the home energy tax has saved county taxpayers $495 million.
He has accomplished this while battling the Nassau County Interim Finance Authority. The state-mandated board, which is controlled by Democrats, has done everything in its power to impede Mangano's efforts to get the county back on a fiscally sound track.
He is a tenacious leader who does the right thing and fights hard for the people of Nassau County. Under his leadership, the county has made a real turn-around. In just a few short years, the Coliseum will be returned to its glory.
I just want to say thank you, Ed Mangano, not only for holding the line on property taxes, but also for making it an exciting time to live and raise a family in Nassau County once again.
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We release Metamorphosis, had a #1 Rock single and video, hit the top 10 debut on the billboard charts, celebrated 10 years of being in the rock game, traveled over seas 3 times, hit 15 different countries, 3 of the them for the first time, played with all types of bands from Avenged Sevenfold to Shine down to Kings Of Leon, built an army on paparoach.com, helped a couple awesome charities feed the homeless (WHY and Loves and Fishes), and our personal favorite, started VIP packages which allowed us to get up close and personal with a bunch of our fans around the world, plus a bunch of other stuff that would take "Forever" to list...
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Welterweights Brian Foster (13-5 MMA, 1-2 UFC) and Forrest Petz (18-8 MMA, 2-4 UFC) are now official for the preliminary card of UFC Fight Night 22.
UFC officials today announced the contest, which had been previously confirmed by MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com).
Featuring a middleweight contest between top contenders Nate Marquardt and Rousimar Palhares, UFC Fight Night 22 takes place Sept. 15 at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas, and airs live on Spike TV.
The event serves as a lead-in for the debut episode of "The Ultimate Fighter 12."
Foster returns to action for the first time since he broke his leg during a pick-up game of basketball in April. The H.I.T. Squad-trained fighter then told MMAjunkie.com that he would be out of action for six to eight weeks and hoped to return by August.
Foster is in dire need of a win inside the octagon. In his most recent appearance, he fought Chris Lytle at UFC 110 as a replacement for an injured Dong Hyun Kim and was submitted inside two minutes by a kneebar.
It was a disappointing turn for the hard-nosed fighter after he earned his first octagon victory with a second-round TKO of former WEC welterweight contender Brock Larson at UFC 106. That win put him on good footing after Rick Story submitted him in his promotional debut at UFC 103.
Petz, who trains with the Strong Style Fight Team in Independence, Ohio, could also use a bump in his second UFC stint. He was re-signed to the promotion on short notice and faced Daniel Roberts at UFC 116 when Roberts' original opponent, Julio Paulino, withdrew due to injury. He lost the fight via split decision, which snapped a four-fight win streak in regional fight promotions.
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Hello All:
I testing Zimbra for almost 1 week now and it looks good.
I want to use a script for my backup.
In the script (find in this forum) i have :
su - zimbra -c "$zimbra_dir/bin/zmslapcat /tmp/"
cp /tmp/ldap.bak $backup_dir/
rm /tmp/ldap.bak
ls -al $backup_dir/ldap.bak
but in my $zimbra_dir/bin/ i d'ont have zmslapcat .
I have the open source edition
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Hello world!
My quick question is:
How to use zmmsgtrace in Zimbra 7 to search other than latest day email events?
I believe as it is written in CLI zmmsgtrace - Zimbra :: Wiki only today's logs are searched. But some workaround perhaps?
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This morning I had a friend request pop up from the Buyer of our house (we settled about 3 weeks ago). She knows my dad and stepmum reasonably well, but it was just a co-incidence that she liked and bought our house as we did not know her.
BACK STORY - We built this house 2 years ago. I had 1/2 acre of land and had worked hard on the vegie garden and the front garden. The sale had some hiccups, which I suspect were mostly the fault of her conveyancer and later miscommunication from our Agent (who I used to work for, but frankly dropped the ball on our sale badly). My DH and I had a lot of stress and aggravation at the end of sale due to the final inspection - we cleaned top to bottom, including steam cleaning all carpets, but I missed a few little nooks (bottom edge of dishwasher door had a bit of dirt and when sun shone on cupboards you could see where I cleaned them... etc) and her conveyancer threatened to withhold $5000 for cleaning (WTF?!?!). We also had not finished collecting all our things, but as we had not settled this should not have been an issue. Our agent made it an issue even tho I had already told her partner we were picking up things. Apparently the message never got through. Also we had mowed lawns the weekend before, but as the weather had been perfect for grass growing it was a bit higher than buyer wanted.
I had left a bunch of vegies in garden (unharvested) and some chopped wood for her, as well as some shelves in the shed for her stuff. We figured she might like that. Well after all the stress DH went and removed all of it - leaving her no firewood and removing some more vegies at the end of their season (there were still a lot of vegies left that would be ready soon tho). We just threw away the shelves.
They had no right to withhold money anyway and our conveyancer told our Agent off for even suggesting such garbage. Yes OUR AGENT was ringing harassing us BEFORE it had even settled. Our conveyancer told them to stop being stupid as what they were suggesting was ridiculous. It turns out her conveyancer meant $500 and backpedalled his way out fast (knowing he was in the wrong). Nothing was withheld and settlement went through fine.
Now my stepmum does not believe most of this stuff came from buyer as she says she is actually a lovely person and would never complain about this sort of thing. She thinks my Agent suggested it wasn't clean enough. We are not obliged to clean it at all, but we had 4 people cleaning over 2 days. I admit to missing small areas, but it was darn clean according to everyone else who saw it. It was also only 2 years old, so not much time to collect lots of dirt. It has been suggested many times that I am OTT about making sure things are clean anyway, but I am pregnant and some VERY SMALL areas were missed. We know that the issue about removing stuff was the agents fault as we had already told her partner we would be back before settlement to do it.
There were also issues about the settlement date - which we said we didn't want to be over 60days, but in end was over 80. Then we asked to move forward a week which was denied. Then days before settlement her conveyancer asked if THEY could move forward 2 days. Which was when I had steam cleaners booked for. It turned out she had to rent a guest house for 3 weeks while waiting on settlement and if they message that we wanted to move sooner had ever been passed on we would all have been happier.
Now this Buyer had sent me a Facebook Friend request. I feel a bit of ickiness toward her - even tho I know it may not have been her fault. I also miss my house we built (the first we had owned) and the garden. We have moved into a rental until after baby is born and then we are moving back to the US, so selling was what we wanted, but I still feel sad.
Do I accept her request and potentially let in someone who MAY then harass me if things are not to her liking in house? Or do I trust she is actually a nice person who may want to keep me updated on the garden etc?
(she knows I am proud of garden and plans to do more work that I never got around too. My stepmum has also said the Buyer told her that my carrots are delicious LOL)
Edited by vitaechel, 11 April 2012 - 09:49 AM.


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Hello, all. Downloaded Zimbra Desktop 7.2.1 today to Widows 7 laptop and installed the software. Had a few failed attempts at authenticating my Gmail account...error message said that my username and/or password were incorrect, even though I had, in fact, entered the correct Gmail address and password. I eventually succeeded in authenticating by unchecking the boxes for contact and calendar synchronization and then resubmitting my login credentials. After that, the program started downloading my emails from Gmail. About 20 minutes into the process, though, I got an account authentication prompt that looks like this:
I keep entering my password, but the program won't accept it...even though I'm entering the correct password (sort of like when I tried to set up the account in the first place).
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I have configured Zimbra-4.04 on CentOS-4.4. I am using external LDAP (SAMBA PDC) for authentication. For getting email address as same as my current addresses, i set aliases for each account ( ie, firstname.lastname@example.com has an alias as email@example.com). Things are going well, but regarding my GAL, i am using internal authentication. Now the problem is that when i searching from Global Address List, it showing both "email address and aliases", but i want only aliases. Is there any option to filter internal GAL for alias only..


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Mr. Rios was born on Jan. 4, 1958 in Dimmitt to Manuel Rios, Sr. and Aurora Dominguez. Mr. Rios worked as a truck driver.
Survivors include his children, Presila A. (Jimmy) Torres of Yorktown, Sally A. Rios of Yorktown, Sonia L. (Joey) Perez of Pflugerville, Crystal L. (Caleb Brandon) Rios of Luling and Clarissa L. (Joe) Estrada of Vanderbilt; fifteen grandchildren; and siblings, Rosalinda Gonzales, Armando Rios, Susana Comings, Thomas Rios, Lonny Rios, Lucy Rios, Abby Rios and Abel Rios.
He was preceded in death by his parents and by a brother, Manuel Rios, Jr.
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The White Stripes' 2003 album "Elephant" has topped a new poll to find the best release from the last 20 years.
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Louis Grasso Jr. speaks almost romantically when recalling how he became involved with a new way of manufacturing block and brick at his plant in Kingston, N.Y. "It's been an 11-year journey for me," he says. "This is not the flavor of the day. I have 11,000 hours of my personal time invested in this."
Grasso is referring to Kingston Block & Masonry Supply's development of Pozzotive block and Pozzotive Plus brick, which use post-consumer glass as a supplementary cementitious material (SCM). He recalls attending a National Concrete Masonry Association conference in Chicago. "Most of our industry at the time was stuck in 1968," he says. "Everyone was trying to figure out how to find ways to participate in this renaissance in the construction industry in terms of LEED and sustainable development."
About the same time, architect Robert Fox Jr., partner of Cook+Fox Architects who worked on the 945-foot-tall Bank of America building in Manhattan, touted by some as the world's greenest office high-rise, met with Grasso. This was just after Grasso, his father Louis Grasso Sr., brother Patrick Grasso, and business partner Elliot Kracko opened their block manufacturing plant in Kingston, about 100 miles north of New York City on the Hudson River.
Expecting to receive the architect's praise, Grasso took some block samples to Fox's office. The architect said they looked fine, but then added that he couldn't use them.
"I was a little perplexed and disappointed," Grasso recalls. "He said to find a way to make them sustainable and to incorporate recycled content so they could contribute to sustainable development. I took that challenge very seriously. He gave me the kick in the pants that challenged me to find a way to manufacture a green product, and we did. It's been a game changer for us."
Glass has been a bottleneck in recycling for many years. (Pardon the pun, Grasso says.) Eighty percent of all post-consumer glass gets landfilled. This material is not biodegradable, so it sits in landfalls forever. Between 12 million and 13 million tons of this material enters U.S. landfills a year.
To make a product suitable for Pozzotive block and brick, glass is pulverized, and then washed, dried, and further reduced in size. In the final stage, this material is fed into a ball mill, where it is finely ground to 15 microns in size. The post-consumer recycled aggregate used for the Pozzotive Plus brick is derived from recycled concrete. Using Pozzotive products can help projects obtain recycled content and regional material credits toward achieving U.S. Green Building Council LEED certification.
"It's a wonderful example of using a material that would have been land-filled and using it for a much higher and better use, and getting it out of the waste stream," says Grasso. "Unlike other pozzolans, in the end, it doesn't contain any heavy metals. It's all post-consumer, and it's all derived regionally." The material is manufactured in Coeymans, N.Y., and is shipped to Kingston Block by tanker.
"Everything we do with Pozzotive and everything we've done at Kingston speaks to regional manufacturing," he adds. "The material is harvested regionally and made into feedstock for a regional manufacturer to make a regional end-product that contributes to a regional project." Kingston also boasts that manufacturing one ton of Pozzotive prevents one ton of carbon dioxide from being released into the atmosphere in the cement manufacturing process.
Grasso points to Pozzotive block's and brick's added strength as a major selling point. This material replaces 30 percent of the portland cement in Pozzotive products, and the particles' size distribution provides the added strength.
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So it's almost the weekend again, which means what? A bar? A party? Ehhhh. Sometimes that gets old and you need a little extra something-something in your weekend. I know I do. Last weekend my friend and I got really bored at the Northside Tavern (I think that was because everyone we knew was at Grammars, which I thought burned down, and it was only like 9:30 p.m.). Instead of sitting around getting wasted in the 'Side, we decided to shake things up a bit and go to the Brass Ass.
I spent the last week in Mexico and I realized two things: A) I have a freakish inability to tan. I mean, seriously, if it's possible, I left Mexico whiter than when I arrived. And Two) somebody needs to regulate the sale of skimpy bathing suits.
Last night around 9:30 I was just minding my own business, watching some harmless comedy shows on demand when a commercial came on that piqued my interest via a typically dumb interaction between a dude talking to a babe in a bikini. I was waiting for some type of cliché to end the interaction between the two — something like a beer-commercial crotch shot or the woman doing something weird like licking an ice cube — when the story took a most-surprising turn: the dude in the scene was gay.
The woman sits down on a beach chair next to the guy, who
is squinting into his iPad-looking device like a dork. She starts
reading her Kindle like the sun is no big deal and he says: "That's a
Kindle, right?"
Woman: "Yeah, it's the new Kindle Paperwhite."
Man: "I love to read at the beach, but..."
Woman: "This is perfect at the beach. And, with the built in light, I can read anywhere anytime."
Man: "Done."
Woman: "With your book?"
Man: Nope. "I just bought a Kindle Paperwhite." *Leans toward her.* "We should celebrate."
Woman: "My husband's bringing me a drink right now."
Man: "So is mine."
Husbands waive from the bar.
I watched it again this morning (the email I sent myself on the subject after having several beers and talking about sports all evening only says: "Gay kindle commercial. What does that commercial mean?"), and it's actually pretty genius. Gay-rights groups have pointed out that this type of media is following steps taken by shows like Ellen and Modern Family, which depict gay couples as pretty much ordinary anymore.
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Naturally, some people on the Internet think it's way icky.
And organizations like One Million Moms (a weird, conservative Christian group that should be named something more like "One Million Mean Moms." Ha.) took exception to it. OMMMs wrote this: "We have Amazon's Kindle Paperwhite commercial that promotes gay marriage. Instead of Amazon remaining neutral in the culture war while showcasing how their product has no glare even at the beach, they chose to promote sin."
People flagged the ad as inappropriate enough times on YouTube that it was briefly taken down for review, but it was posted back on the site later.
I just found out that tractor pulls aren't nearly as cool as I thought they were. I, being a city boy, had no idea what they were all about. Turns out, a tractor pull involves a tractor — get this — pulling shit.
Now, correct me if I'm wrong, like I said, I'm just a poor city boy, but isn't that what tractors are supposed to do? Pull shit? And there are 21 different organizations (as recognized by Wikipedia) devoted to this "sport?" I am supremely underwhelmed.
Forgive me for stereotyping, but I envisioned some big, buff, corn-fed good-old-boy pulling a two-ton tractor with his fucking teeth. Or at least jumping a herd of flaming cattle while Farmer Dan shoots skeet (not that kind of skeet — I mean the one with shotguns and clay pigeons where people yell "pull!" and work out their sexual inadequacies by shooting really big guns). That's like using a "brass knuckle paperweight" as a paperweight, or Google Image Search to look up something other than porn. I mean, using something for what it is intended for is incredibly passé. I'm boycotting all state and county fairs until they make tractor pulls significantly more awesome.
- In other news, Americans take their Harry Potter very seriously. If you've ever been to a midnight book release or showing of one of the movies, you know what I'm talking about. Hundreds of
virgins enthusiasts dressed up as their favorite magical persons, directly flouting the authority of the Holy See and all of those other people who want to destroy my childhood.
But the British … don't fuck with the British when it comes to their favorite angsty, sexually repressed, greasy, hung-like-a-grape (yeah, I saw Equus. Or at least the pictures. What? I was curious!) national hero. In Britain, across the pond, where they speak the queen's English and actually think Hugh Grant is a good actor, some punk kid (no doubt a greasy, angst-ridden teenager who identified with our pasty-faced hero) threw bleach on a woman, harshly burning her for "disrespecting" him during the newest movie. Apparently she was telling him to be quiet for making out too loudly with his girlfriend (left hand).
- Speaking of sexually repressed, Vladimir Putin is fucking buff. In a flashback to the Cold War, after seeing online photos of President Obama shirtless, Former Russian President Vladimir Putin engaged in his own version of one-upmanship by displaying his (old ass) weapons of mass destruction in shirtless photos from his vacation. The photos included Putin fishing, riding a horse and chilling by a stream. The Times Online reported that, "The photos will inevitably trigger mass swooning by women all over Russia — as well as unfavourable comparisons of their husbands to Mr. Putin's manly physique. They will also confirm the Russian Prime Minister's status as a gay icon." America quickly responded with "our president could beat up your former president and shadowy-seat-of-power-behind-the-current-administration."
Image: A tractor trying really hard to do what it was built to do.
Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill this week became The Banks' newest tenant, opening its red, white and blue doors and offering "family friendly" lunch and dinner, ongoing live performances and a guitar-shaped bar where patrons can drink beer out of Mason jars.
The official website says its family friendliness makes it "the perfect spot for everyone," though it is assumed to have instituted some kind of protocol for children who accidentally view one of the "Whiskey Girls" the restaurant prides itself on offering ("Don't close your eyes, Billy! It's just the American way!").
currently aren't many online reviews of the restaurant, but at least one proud American has braved the giant, Country music-themed
complex and come away with an experience worth mentioning on
Metromix's online listing.
User "couintrymusiccincy" (sic) was
disappointed by his experience, describing a waitress that had a bad
attitude and thought she was so cute she should be Miss Universe.
"Couintrymusiccincy" advised the restaurant to fire her, and
noted that he would return if managers hire "pretty and legitimate
waitresses" like the Las Vegas and Tulsa, Ok., locations do.
In addition to the Whiskey Girls, who apparently are allegedly "more worried about their reflection than about getting an order right" (classic Couintrymusiccincy complaint), the bar/grill/stage/conference plaza offers American and Southern cuisine such as friend bologna sandwiches and pan-fried ribs. Burger names include the "American Soldier" (Toby's classic burger with cheese), "She's a Hottie Burger" (melted pepperjack cheese, Hatch Valley Chiles and crispy onion straws) and "Should've Been a Cowboy" (Bacon, cheddar and Toby's BBQ sauce topped with crispy onion rings). Dessert offerings include deep-fried Twinkies, "All American Apple Pie" and "Saddam's Head Pudding" (just kidding).
The décor relies heavily on a "Country cliché" aesthetic to ensure that guests don't forget they're in a bar owned by the guy whose artistic response to the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2011 was to write a song titled "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)," which called upon the wrath of Uncle Sam, a personified Statue of Liberty and an eagle (flying, of course) to serve justice to goddam terrorists across the globe. The chorus is enough to make even the most cowardly among us raise a Mason jar in defiance.
"Ohhh Justice will be served, and the battle will rage/This big dog will fight, when you rattle his cage/And you'll be sorry that you messed with the U.S. of A./'Cause we'll put a boot in your ass, it's the American Way."
It's enough to bring a tear to one's eye and cause a man to mistake his fellow American brother with one of the Whiskey Girls and tie on a big, patriotic hug ("Sorry man, I ain't gay I just love this song and my country and when Middle Eastern people get killed." *Sniffs*).
For those interested in more information or to see the many other creative names TKILB&G has come up with for typical bar food, the official website is www.countrybaroh.com. For scary homemade videos set to "Angry American" just search YouTube.
(408): hey, what are you doing? my roommates are gone for the night... you should come over ;)
(650): nah, i'm gonna grab some food
If you're looking for your own 15 minutes of fame but find your skill sets are generally limited to things that are superfluous — or, in this case, possibly self-destructive — your best bet might be to take up one of these local eating challenges (these are the ones we know of — we bet there's a lot more of 'em) so you can achieve glory, superstar status and indigestion — right after you unbuckle your pants.
Everybody knows Cincinnati is obsessed with food, probably because there's a lot of it around here. Good food, that is. Whether you want to show off, naturally induce hibernation, experience a lifetime's worth of a particular dish in one sitting or just want a good story to tell, there are plenty of opportunities to make it happen with eating challenges around the city.
A new mediocre everything store! White people rejoice! Kenwood has FINALLY opened up the fancy new Kroger Fresh Fare. It's like regular Kroger but with more "market" and "organic" produce that is more expensive and appeals to the high-class folks that still have their jobs.
Feather hair extensions are one of the trendiest fashion accessories right now (I say this knowing that Cincy's always a little behind the times on all things stylish). Celebrities from Ke$ha to Steven Tyler to Roseanne Barr have been rockin' the look, which may sound like a deterrent, but now these birdy little weaves are everywhere. Even on dogs.
Drop those pickles and ice cream, ladies! Becoming Mom Spa in Mason is looking for the hottest pregnant gut in the Tristate for its Beautiful Belly Contest.
Knocked up chicks are encouraged to send in a photo of their lovely lady lumps, which will be displayed on the spa's Facebook page for public voting. Because that doesn't sound like it could go horrifyingly wrong.
For every vote on the photos, Becoming Mom will donate $1 to the March of Dimes. Prizes for top-voted bellies include gift certificates to The Polo Grille, Buy Buy Baby, Radiant Hair Removal (which you should probably think about before you submit a photo...) and other businesses. Becoming Mom will also crown Most Creative Belly Shot, Belly Shot that Best Represents the Journey to Motherhood and Most Beautiful Belly with $100 a pop.
Before MomsLikeMe.com hijacks this shit, I want to be clear. Being pregnant is totally cool (as long as you aren't a white trash idiot who learned the hard way that a pregnancy pact doesn't come with an MTV contract). I mean, you and a dude made a person! Holy shit, that's like one of the coolest things humans can do. And it's particularly special for women, because they get to let the thing simmer in 'em, pop it out and then feed it with milk their own bodies produce. That's hella eco-friendly. Pregnant women even look cool most of the time.
Terrifying other times.
Motherhood should totally be celebrated. I don't think a pregnant woman needs to hide her belly under a tent dress by any means, but do you really have to go to Sears, strip down and get a portrait of yourself covering up your boobs and vag like you're some kind of bloated Venus? No amount of retouching in Photoshop is going to make you feel like you look like Demi.
Not pictured: a normal pregnant person
But I know what you're thinking. You're going the tasteful route: planning on the denim/white oxford ensemble?
What a unique idea!
And let's think about who's truly affected by a contest like this: the little tadpole inside. How's Junior gonna feel when he finds out mom whored him out on Facebook before he was even born? All this for a couple bones and some Greater's gift cards. It's bad enough you picked the kid's name off a Web site, then tweaked it to end with "-ayden."
But if you disagree, send your belly shot to firstname.lastname@example.com by April 22. Winners will be announced on - wait for it - Mothers Day. Aw!
This is the caliber of photo Becoming Mom is looking for, so, preggy ladies, take note:
Mariah Carey continues to set the bar high:


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Thermal Bridges in Building Construction - 2D Composite Structure
Application ID: 12571
This example studies heat transfer in a composite two-dimensional structure. Four materials with distinct thermal conductivities k compose the structure. The top and bottom boundaries are facing environments respectively at 0°C and 20°C. The temperature distribution and the heat flux through the structure are compared with published data.
This example corresponds to the case 2 described in the European standard EN ISO 10211:2007 for thermal bridges in building constructions.
COMSOL Multiphysics passes successfully all the test cases described by the standard and is hence classified as a three-dimensional steady-state high precision method.


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Royals unveil plans for 2010 "It All Happens Here" season
The Royals have announced a new tagline for the 2010 season tabbed "It All Happens Here." As part of the season-long campaign, the Royals are introducing a special logo that will be used throughout the 2010 season incorporating the "It All Happens Here" tagline. The primary version retains the club's signature crown and shield as well as a silhouette of iconic Kauffman Stadium. The logo will be showcased at Kauffman Stadium, throughout the Kansas City region and featured on the Royals 2010 advertising campaign.
"The 'It All Happens Here' slogan celebrates the fan experience at the ballpark, which has been enriched by the recent renovations of Kauffman Stadium and the new traditions fans enjoy while watching Royals baseball," said Mike Bucek, Royals Vice President-Marketing & Business Development. "Along with featuring Royals players and fans, the campaign will highlight many of the unique features that make Kauffman Stadium such a great venue."
The campaign, created in partnership with Kansas City-based VML, includes a series of new television commercials as well as internet, radio, print and outdoor advertising.
"We want Kansas City and the surrounding region to see just how much there is to do at Kauffman Stadium," said David Levy, Managing Director of VML. "While 'The K' has always been a fan favorite for watching games, the renovations have established the ballpark as one of the area's top entertainment destinations for families and fans of all ages. Our job is to let people know that going to a Royals game is a whole new experience."
25th Anniversary of the 1985 World Series Promotions & Giveaways
2010 marks the 25-year anniversary of the 1985 World Champion Royals. The club will commemorate its historic World Series victory with a month-long series of events paying tribute to the great moments and memories shared by Royals fans, players and staff from the 1985 World Series.
The 25th Anniversary Celebration includes several premium promotions beginning with the second annual Willie Wilson Classic presented by Farmland on Saturday, May 22 as the 1985 World Series Royals Alumni will take on members of the 1985 St. Louis Cardinals in a softball game prior to the Royals-Rockies 3:10 p.m. matchup. Proceeds from the game benefit TeamSmile, which provides dental care to underprivileged children in the Kansas City community.
A special logo reminiscent of the 1985 World Series mark has been created to commemorate the anniversary and will be featured on special-edition giveaways throughout the season, including a 1985 25th Anniversary t-shirt presented by AT&T and a Bret Saberhagen bobblehead presented by Fox Sports Kansas City. Other great giveaways include a Build-a-Bear featuring the commemorative logo presented by the Kansas City Zoo and a Salute to the 1985 World Series poster presented by James Printing.
Season Ticket Packages
Starting at just $168 per seat, Royals Season Ticket plans are available to fit every budget. Plus, fans can guarantee Opening Day tickets with any Full Season, Half Season or 21-game season ticket plan and enjoy all the benefits of becoming a Season Ticket Holder including reserved parking, first priority to purchase additional tickets for all 2010 home games, special events and more! All season ticket packages are available online at royals.com and by calling (816) 504-4040.
Single-Game Ticket On-Sale
As previously announced, single-game ticket prices will remain unchanged for the 2010 season and will go on-sale to the general public on Saturday, March 6 at 9 a.m. 2010 Royals tickets will be available online at royals.com, by phone at 1-800-6ROYALS, the Kauffman Stadium Box Office, and all Hy-Vee locations in Kansas City, Lawrence, Topeka and St. Joseph.
One of the "It All Happens Here" television spots can be viewed by visiting:
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When does the full promotional schedule come out?
With tickets going on sale on March 6, we should have the promotion schedule soon. This is important to a lot of fans as they make plans and buy tickets. Wish I knew with this would be release. I, for one, will not buy any tickets until this is released. Anyone who knows anything, even tentative, please post and let us know.
I agree they need to release the promotions schedule already. I've asked the Royals about this via email, and the only response I've gotten is that it will be released "soon". Well I would sure hope so! I purchased a 9-game plan, and wanted to see the promotions first. But in the interest of getting the best seats possible I went ahead and bought the tickets, and will have to hope I "hit" on some good promotions with some of my games.
Here is something I cut and pasted from the message boards, from someone who attended Fan Fest and got a copy of promotions. It's not complete, and it's tentative, but it's something.
4/10- Blue replica jersey
4/24- Greinke bobblehead
5/11- Greinke T-shirt Tuesday
6/1- 1985 T-shirt Tuesday
6/5- Saberhagen bobblehead
6/6- Build-a-bear polar bear
8/14- 1980 A.L Champion coaster set
8/21- Jersey Cooler
9/14- Soria T-shirt Tuesday
10/2- Royal's fleece blanket


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Work confidently to provide safer health care facilities for all occupants. NFPA 99: Health Care Facilities Code responds to the challenges of an evolving health care system with comprehensive requirements for the installation, inspection, testing, maintenance, performance, and safe practices for facilities, material, equipment, and appliances -- including medical gas and vacuum systems formerly found in NFPA 99C*. It's a critical resource for engineers, facility managers, Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJs), plumbers, gas and vacuum system installers, designers, and verifiers, security personnel, insurance companies, and manufacturers.
The 2012 edition of NFPA 99: Health Care Facilities Code* reflects a new environment where it is the risk that a procedure poses to patients and staff, not the location where it is conducted, that defines safety guidelines. This groundbreaking edition has a new title -- Health Care Facilities Code -- and is rewritten to make performance criteria for health care facilities more enforceable and adoptable. In addition to the risk-based framework, this edition includes an updated Chapter 5, Gas and Vacuum Systems, including important changes to maintenance requirements necessary for safety. New chapters on security, fire protection, and information technology address industry needs. In another major change, operating rooms are considered a wet location unless a risk assessment of the area determines otherwise.
The 2005 edition of NFPA 99: Standard for Health Care Facilities features changes to the emergency management chapter to correlate with NFPA 1600®: Disaster/Emergency Management and Business Continuity Programs. Extracted text from NFPA 110: Emergency and Standby Power Systems presents specific guidance in the chapter on electrical systems. Essential for plumbers, two new pipe joining methods in the chapter on gas and vacuum systems reduce the possibility of leaks and eliminate a potential fire danger or loss of system use. To improve safety, this edition also introduces additional restrictions on types of fabric, clothing, and materials that can be used in hyperbaric chambers.
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The new Cranbrook Junior School was designed with the ambition of creating a 'school in a park'. Working closely with Tzannes Associates, ASPECT Studios developed the landscape design to provide flexible spaces that best meet teaching, learning and play requirements.
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Cholesteryl Ester Storage Disease
National Organization for Rare Disorders, Inc.
It is possible that the main title of the report Cholesteryl Ester Storage Disease is not the name you expected. Please check the synonyms listing to find the alternate name(s) and disorder subdivision(s) covered by this report.
- acid cholesteryl ester hydrolase deficiency, type 2
- cholesterol ester hydrolase deficiency
General Discussion
Cholesteryl ester storage disease (CESD) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by subtotal defect of an enzyme known as lysosomal acid lipase (LIPA or LAL). This enzyme is essential for hydrolysis of triglycerides and cholesteryl esters in lysosomes. CESD is caused by mutations in the lysosomal acid lipase (LIPA) gene. The disorder is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait. Deficiency of the LIPA enzyme causes lipids storage in tissues and organs of the body potentially causing a variety of symptoms. In the liver the consequences are hepatomegaly due to hepatic steatosis and fibrosis that can lead to micronodular cirrhosis. Some individuals may not be diagnosed with CESD until adulthood.
While mutations causing Wolman disease produce an enzyme with no residual activity or no enzyme at all, CESD-causing mutations encode for LAL which retains some enzyme activity Genetic and biochemical evidence that CESD and Wolman disease are distinguished by residual lysosomal acid lipase activity. CESD belongs to a group of diseases known as lysosomal storage disorders. Lysosomes are particles bound in membranes within cells that break down certain fats and carbohydrates. Defective lysosomal enzymes associated with CESD leads to the accumulation of certain fatty substances (mucolipids) and certain complex carbohydrates (mucopolysaccharides) within the cells of many tissues of the body.
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The Foo Figthers have thrilled their South African fans by announcing they will perform in the country for the first time in their 20-year career.
The "Everlong" hitmakers will play in Cape Town on Dec. 10, followed by Johannesburg three days later
In a video uploaded on Twitter.com, frontman Dave Grohl says, "Hey South Africa, my name's Dave. I play in a band called the Foo Fighters. We've never met, so we're coming down to see you in December. Got a new record to play for you too. Guess what? It's going to be a long (expletive) night."
The band's eighth album "Lanterns" is due for release later this year.