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Bring on Ohio State!!
"Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing."
Fuk yeah!
I wanted to win by 20. Not even kidding. The Irish cockiness wanted me to see them do it.
Great game tonight. Fantastic D the whole game.
Two years, two blowout tournament wins over teams from the almighty Big East!
Originally Posted by IHavNoCyCash
I wanted to win by 20. Not even kidding. The Irish cockiness wanted me to see them do it.
we made them cry. That is good enough for me.
turns out we're a better team with competent, not paid-off, officiating
Proud of Booker for damn fine mins. in the game.... Niang... just wow. And Korey for breaking the funk that he felt in the b12 tourney. Great ISU win!!!!!
At least the Irish didn't attempt a windmill.
Iowa State vs. Ohio State....how will New York or L.A. keep us straight? "It's where they grow the potatoes!"
Notre Dame does not show up for important games in football and basketball, no joke!!!!
Well, I guess that ND should have been discussing ISU instead of OSU - at all levels.
Good win. If we can put together another game like that it's on to the sweet 16.
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Women's Golf Wraps Mason Rudolph Invite
Princeton completed the Mason Rudolph Championship Sunday afternoon at Vanderbilt's Legends Club in Franklin, Tenn.
The Tigers placed 15th in a field in which 14 teams received votes in the Golf World preseason poll and 11 were ranked in the top 25.
UCLA, the No. 4-ranked team in the Golf World preseason poll, won the title at -11 by 15 shots over conference rival Arizona State. A pair of Bruins, Erynne Lee and Alison Lee, were atop the individual leaderboard with Erynne Lee at 7-under edging out her teammate by just one shot.
Princeton's results are below and complete results are available here via BirdieFire. The Tigers will play again Oct. 13-15 at the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational in Texas.
15. Princeton 296-315-314--925 (+61)
T44. Hana Ku 79-72-76--227 (+11)
T52. Kelly Shon 71-83-75--229 (+13)
T68. Alexandra Wong 79-73-81--233 (+17)
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Thursday, November 17, 2011
Excuse My Excuse
There are posts of mine (e.g. here) where a student wants to do something for reasons I may not approve of or understand, or I want to do something for reasons someone else doesn't approve of (e.g. this post). Massimo has commented several times on several of my posts, very consistently, that the problem is always overexplaining. When you offer people a reason why you cannot do something, be ready to have it judged and/or dismissed. So it's best to just say "Sorry, I cannot make/do it" or something to that effect, and leave it at that. There are several other commenters who endorse this approach.
I think Massimo has a valid point, but in my opinion "Sorry, can't do it" is not universally acceptable. Its appropriateness depends strongly on the relationship that the people involved have. Sometimes, "Sorry, can't do it -- period" can do more harm than good as it may seem inappropriately dismissive.
For instance, if a relationship is that of equals, such as between two faculty colleagues, not disclosing details about why you can't meet is fine. But, when the two people have very different positions in a hierarchy and/or one has some power over the other or one is doing the other a favor, then it may not be a good idea for the person lower on the totem pole to appear dismissive, which saying "Sorry, can't do it" without giving a reason does.
Giving a reason indirectly shows that you are considering the proposal seriously and would not really dismiss it without something valid, and as a token of good will you share what it is that you consider important enough to turn down the proposal.
For instance, as in this post, I do not feel it is acceptable to blow off (i.e. stay at a required meeting less than ideal while offering no more than "Sorry, can't do") my program manager, a person I would like to continue to fund my work, without an explanation. I find it less acceptable and more disrespectful than offering an explanation and taking the risk of having its validity judged.
Similarly, I find it more disrespectful/ less acceptable if the student just says "Sorry, can't do" without an explanation to an advisor he'd pestered for months when said extremely-pressed-for-time advisor attempts to schedule a meeting, than it is to offer even a strange excuse.
So what do you say, blogosphere? Is "Sorry, can't do it - period" always acceptable, and, if not, when is it not?
26 comments:
- Barefoot Doctoral said...
Personally, I don't want to be bothered with the excuses my students give for dropping a course, or taking the 1 late homework that the syllabus allows. If it is contractually there, take it, let me sign the paperwork, and move on with life.
If they are asking for something beyond contract, some explanation/discussion is warranted.
The closest experience I've had to advising is supervising summer interns. There my attitude is more along the lines of "I give you time/respect in proportion to what you give me". If that ever drops to disastrously low levels, we sit and talk about it. Again, I'm not really interested in reasons, unless there is some really extenuating circumstance, and even then, keep the details to a minimum. How a student prioritizes me is his/her business/funeral, especially if it isn't my grant money paying their salary.
On the other hand, I have had to have discussions with colleagues right after giving birth about how my time was tightly budgeted (I considered this an extenuating circumstance) and that I'd appreciate them not being consistently late to meetings.
- November 18, 2011 at 12:07 AM
- JaneB said...
I agree with you - I think it's only polite in a newish relationship (where trust that 'can't do' means 'genuine issues' not 'can't be bothered' has been established) and especially where one is lower on the totem pole (and therefore wants the other person to take you seriously long term) to offer a brief excuse.
Now, detail is not necessary - family commitment or doctor's appointment is fine, details of your child's issue which necessitates meeting the school or your piles are inappropriate, in my view.
But I felt you did the right thing with the Programme Officer case, and that the student was right to give you a reason - and that reporting that the reason was bizarre, especially given the student's apparent desire to work with you, was also a perfectly legitimate use of your blog. But then, I am another satanic advisor... :-)
- November 18, 2011 at 5:41 AM
- feMOMhist said...
I suppose it depends what you are "doing." If you "declined" to make a set deadline in my syllabus, you can "i'm sorry" with a reason all you want, but if you don't follow the procedures set by the school to document your "acceptable" reason for failing to meet the deadline, it will do you no good.
If you are my colleague and want me to take your class, and I can't I will probably explain why. Why? because I'd like to maintain credibility with you. That IMHO is the issue raised by PrevPost about the luncher.
HUSH was spot on.
1. This student is asking for a privilege to work with a prof (who cares if you aren't paying him, hello welcome to life in humanities people).
2. Having pushed until he got this, he then declined so he could eat. Hello again, as a student who worked to put myself through school sit down lunches were nonexistent. I grabbed something on the go. Turned out to be excellent training for life as a working parent.
3. The idea that lunch trumped meeting is a MASSIVE red flag for entitled student who will be PITA and may repeat behavior. Since you can obviously pick and choose your students WHY would you work with this person who has declined to think OMG PROF is finally going to meet with me, now I must WOW with my brilliance rather than DAMN now I won't be able to eat lunch.
- November 18, 2011 at 6:45 AM
- Alyssa said...
My response depends more on the type of request than the requester. For example, I'd say "sorry, I can't do it" if someone wants to set up a meeting at the last minute or wants me to do something that isn't very important.
The more important something is the more likely I am to give a reason I cannot do it. For example, if I have to cancel/reschedule a meeting I will give a reason.
- November 18, 2011 at 7:18 AM
(who cares if you aren't paying him, hello welcome to life in humanities people).
So now we can start making justifications for whatever we do based on cultural practices in some random corner of the world?
- November 18, 2011 at 7:55 AM
I think that "I have a commitment of a personal nature at that time" would be a sufficient excuse (that personal commitment = lunch but you wouldn't know and you couldn't pry). However, "personal commitment" is quite a stretch for lunch. If he is meeting somebody over lunch then "lunch commitment" is sufficient excuse. "I have to eat lunch" - insufficient excuse for more than 30 minutes.
"Can't make it" is also insufficient in a hierarchy. And yes, there is a hierarchy between a busy adviser and a student who hopes that he would be taken on into said adviser's team. Part of what students learn and are expected to show in a graduate degree is professional behavior, and the sort of nuances Alyssa describes are part of that professional behavior.
- November 18, 2011 at 7:59 AM
3. The idea that lunch trumped meeting is a MASSIVE red flag for entitled student who will be PITA and may repeat behavior. Since you can obviously pick and choose your students WHY would you work with this person who has declined to think OMG PROF is finally going to meet with me, now I must WOW with my brilliance rather than DAMN now I won't be able to eat lunch.
People who think you can "pick and choose" your students don't have a friggin' clue about how hard it it really is to get good students.
I'll let you in on another secret, after you act insane with a few students everyone will start avoiding because your acts of insanity will be broadcast to the student population. This might not affect GMP because presumably she directly hires applicants to the grad program, but in schools which provide a first-year fellowship or TA-ship to incoming grad students so that they can pick and choose an advisor, the "bad" ones are avoided like the plague.
- November 18, 2011 at 8:05 AM
- GMP said...
It seems to me there are one or two anonymous commenters who have left multiple (fairly enraged) comments today and yesterday. It would be a good idea if they could give themselves some sort of a nickname so everyone could know if it's a returning commenter. It helps the conversation.
- November 18, 2011 at 8:30 AM
Anon at 8:05 AM, you have no fucking clue what an insane adviser actually is. Calling you at 8 am on Sunday morning to see if you are in the lab, scheduling group meetings at 1 am, demanding that you log in more than 60 hours per week in the lab (as in, have them recorded in the facility usage log). Boohoo -- GMP wants the student to meet her over lunch. Better call the ambulance, she's batshit crazy!
And don't get me started with the nice advisers. Several students had to be rescued from the super nice advisers who hold on to students for ages without the student making much progress on anything or even having a well-defined topic, but yeah it's important that everyone is feeling all warm and fuzzy the entire time while nothing is getting done.
- November 18, 2011 at 9:11 AM
- DRo said...
It is definitely not universally acceptable to offer no explanation.
I think in cases where two people have some kind of existing relationship (such as a working relationship) then an explanation is always required. In cases where you are declining a request from a stranger--for example, a request to give a public talk or something, giving no explanation is fine.
On the larger debate going on in these posts: Successful research groups require collegiality. Everyone is busy but also everyone has a common goal of moving science forward and advancing their own careers. Thus everyone must be reasonable and flexible. Everyone must have a "can-do" attitude. If "sorry can't do it" is a response, then things aren't going to get done. Everyone must find a way to make things work.
The student's response to GMP's was completely unreasonable.
GMP: for the record I love your blog and think you are always spot on.
- November 18, 2011 at 10:10 AM
- GMP said...
Thanks, DRo, I really appreciate it.
- November 18, 2011 at 10:23 AM
I think justifications are totally useless for a reason others have mentioned: who are we to judge what should and should not be a priority in someone else's life? Is everything in my life automatically less important because I've chosen not to have kids (yet... if ever)? Inaccurate judgments will distort our perceptions of others' effort.
A better approach instead is to follow any "no" with a counteroffer. Over some time period, both parties must be making a comparable effort to meet/work; the effort of the underling (if there is one) must generally be greater. How people spend their time in the interim is completely personal.
- November 18, 2011 at 11:10 AM
I'm Anon at 11:10 a.m. For the record, I'm not a moral relativist by a long shot. That said, I also don't think family-related obligations are inherently superior to obligations to see old friends, perform community service, pursue most hobbies, etc.
- November 18, 2011 at 11:15 AM
who are we to judge what should and should not be a priority in someone else's life?
Um, we're talking about a request to have a meeting during normal work hours, a request made by a person who IS responsible for judging the student. The advisor has to decide whether the student is worth funding (if her funding situation improves to the point where she has the funds to support the student), has to judge the student's work ethic when writing letters of recommendation, and (at least at some schools) has to assign a letter grade for directed research courses, etc.
She isn't judging him because he doesn't work late into the night, or because of the way he spends his free time. She's judging him for not making himself available for a lunch meeting during a 90 minute portion of a normal work day. And yes, the reason does matter, at least if you're in a working relationship where you need to maintain good faith with each other. I don't think any decent person would fault him if he couldn't make the meeting because of a medical problem, or an urgent situation with a relative or friend, or some other circumstance beyond his control. But people SHOULD be judged by how they handle circumstances that are within their control.
- November 18, 2011 at 11:38 AM
The naivete displayed by many commenters on yesterday's post is just astounding. Hello, you won't get far in *any* kind of job if you routinely disrespect your co-workers and don't pay attention to standard rules of professional behavior. I am a junior PI and if my department chair wants to meet with me, you better believe I don't tell him I have to go to lunch for an hour instead. If I'm hungry I'll have an apple first. Students need to learn how to behave professionally if they expect to succeed in academic science, or any other career. Personally I would be very put off if someone pursued working with me as long as GMP's student, then once I agreed to accept them, behaved as GMP describes.
GMP, I think you are right on.
- November 18, 2011 at 11:43 AM
- structurefunction said...
The whole thing is kinda silly in this particular situation. Why not get lunch together and discuss science over food?
- November 18, 2011 at 12:49 PM
I agree with you, GMP. I would find the whole situation strange as well. There definitely should be some context to the "no, I can't make it" conversation. Lunch, not such a good reason. "Thanks for making time for me, but unfortunately I have a prior obligation. Is there another time we can meet?" would definitely work better.
- November 18, 2011 at 1:16 PM
I used to agree with you on this point, but after the past couple years, I'm in Massimo's camp.
People want an explanation because they feel entitled to pass judgement. People give explanations because they want a bit of understanding and perhaps sympathy. I don't think either of these dynamics has a place in a professional relationship.
I was once chewed out by a former advisor because after 8 solid hours of teaching, I didn't have the energy to go sit at a bar(!!) and listen to people banter about things that might be cursorily related to research. And I certainly wasn't getting paid for it. Hell, I barely had the energy to go home and pass out in bed. But I got read the riot act and told I should quit school if I didn't care about my research.
If I'm not able to do something, I will try to provide a reasonable alternative. However, I'm not going to give people reason to come up with reasons why I won't ever make a decent scientist because they happen to schedule things when I need to be doing something for work or be with my family or whatever else I'm doing that they probably disapprove of. I have my priorities, and no one else has the right to make judgement calls on them.
- November 18, 2011 at 3:26 PM
- Comrade PhysioProf said...
If someone who is a grown adult says to me, "I'm sorry, but I can't do thing X at time Y, but I can do it at a different time", then I take it at face value and move on. I don't give a fucke why. If someone exhibits a pattern of avoiding doing things and fails to carry their weight, then I deal with that.
- November 18, 2011 at 3:51 PM
- Comrade PhysioProf said...
I am a junior PI and if my department chair wants to meet with me, you better believe I don't tell him I have to go to lunch for an hour instead.
This is an absurd scenario. We are talking about professionals in a professional environment, not hourly workers paid to be in a certain place for a certain period of time doing a certain thing every day.
- November 18, 2011 at 3:55 PM
- feMOMhist said...
So now we can start making justifications for whatever we do based on cultural practices in some random corner of the world?
geez I mean I always sort of suspected you science types didn't care for us down the other end of campus (for the record I worked in a med school for 10+ years), but I"m pretty sure we aren't completely random.
- November 18, 2011 at 5:35 PM
I'm the enraged commentor. Sorry if I upset you, for the record I was to say that by and large, I do admire what you seem to have accomplished, but unfortunately you came off looking a bit extreme in this episode which triggered some unwise responses by me.
I've worked in both academic and corporate environments where there was very little hierarchy vs. those where there was a lot of hierarchy. The ones with hierarchy were significantly worse than their counterparts. On a personal level, I suffered when working in these environments. This might explain part of why I have strong feeling about this. (The other part is probably due to what appears to be racism.)
Generally, news about a bad environment gets around and then it becomes difficult to recruit good talent. This might be something for you think wrt to the divide between your expectations for and the performance of your students.
- November 19, 2011 at 8:45 AM
- GMP said...
Anon at 8:45, thanks for the comment.
I am sure you understand that yesterday's post was about things I was thinking, nothing that actually hurt the student in any way.
Regarding the cultural/racial issues -- my group is pretty diverse (4 people from Asia, 1 from the US, 1 from the Middle East, 2 from continental Europe). Actually it is considerably more diverse than many of my colleagues' groups (there are quite a few who only have American students or only students from their home country). I have had several students from the same country as the 90-min-lunch student, and, as expected, they ranged from very bad to excellent; my first PhD student, who is therefore very special to me, was a stellar student from that same country.
I don't know how long you've been reading this blog, but I am an immigrant in the US. I am familiar with the US culture but there are a number of cultural peculiarities, in the US as a whole and in this region in particular, that I still discover and find puzzling. Whenever I encounter something that seems weird to me, I typically ask myself "Is it this person's idiosyncrasy, or is it another feature of their culture that I never encountered before?" Working with lots of people from all over the world and in a country that's not native to most of us can be challenging.
Regarding hierarchies: like everything else, they are neither inherently good nor bad. There are good and bad things about them. I suppose people differ in how they perceive and tolerate a hierarchical structure, and it also depends on how the structure is designed and how rigid it is. For instance, a junior student has a designated senior students as a first point of contact, who has a postdoc to talk to, and then there's me. Often, the group members resolve a research issue on their own before the problem ever reaches me. Students are always paired up like this so they always have someone in the trenches to ask for help on a short notice; it's an example of a hierarchy that I think is a good thing and fosters group cohesiveness. Also, I think it enables people to get more work done -- for instance, if a newbie student doesn't have to come to me for every minute roadblock they encounter, I can be more efficient when dealing with things that do require my input, such as writing grants and papers.
- November 19, 2011 at 10:01 AM
- gasstationwithoutpumps said...
I did not comment on the previous post. I found the student's behavior slightly odd, but not suspiciously so. Scheduling meetings is always a difficult task in my department and usually ends up requiring someone to reschedule something. As a result, meetings are almost always a negotiated, not a dictated thing.
I would have told the student: I'm available at the following time(s) if you want to meet---otherwise we won't be able to meet until ...
If the student had made the unusual excuse that they had to eat lunch then, I would have invited them to join me at the taco truck so we could discuss research while waiting in line. If that didn't work out, then we would meet the next time our schedules lined up.
I have had several students who had medical or family problems that they did not wish to discuss with other students or faculty. For the most part, they were forced to use unexplained "I can't make it then" excuses, so I don't judge people harshly for not explaining conflicts.
Students in our department have started using doodle.com to schedule things like thesis committee meetings and discussions of fellowship applications. If people use the three-state answers (yes, no, only-if-essential), it is often easier to negotiate a feasible time for everyone. That happened recently when a group of seven students and me were meeting to provide feedback on fellowship applications. There was no time in a two-day window when everyone could make it, and only 2 hours when all but one could make (and then only after a couple of people switched their "no" to "only-if-necessary"). We ended up meeting with one person missing. One of the students who switched from "yes" to "if necessary" had a thesis committee meeting immediately after the fellowship meeting---his initial desire to keep that slot open was understandable, and his willingness to give it up on seeing that no other slot would work for others was commendable. (It turned out not to be a major problem---the meetings got scheduled for the same room, and he had enough time between them to set up a projector and collect his thoughts for a couple of minutes.)
- November 19, 2011 at 4:54 PM
I'd say the warning flag for this student should be "They were dumb enough to SAY that they had to go for lunch"... I may not be the most socially aware person out there, but even I know that translates into "I am an ass-hat who is going to do something else stupid"
Anyone with common sense would just say "I've got an another meeting/appointment/thing" at that time and suggest otherwise... people gotta realize what kind of message they are sending...
- November 20, 2011 at 2:39 PM
Would it really bother you if the student said "I can't make it at that time, but what about X?" And then maybe some back-and-forth until you find a time that works for both of you?
I have to say, it's really difficult for me to imagine that a lack of reasons would bother me. I often find students' ability to articulate their reasons quite bad anyway; I prefer when they just try to negotiate a time that works for both of us.
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The vB system doesn't have any evident vulnerabilities, currently. Once they release their beta then floods of hackers will start hacking their enemy sites.
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It would all be quite discouraging except for the fact that the raspberries are finally on. There is a family in Francis that grows great raspberries. They are just about perfect. All summer long, I've driven past the raspberry patch looking for the berries. I've stopped a couple of times and peeked over their fence, trying to see if there was any fruit on those bushes. There wasn't. They normally come on in late August, but not this year. Like everything else this season, the frosts in June, the unusual heat of summer, drought, and general weirdness of the season wreaked havoc with the growing cycle, and the berries were off schedule.
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I've tried to raise raspberries in my yard, with no success. My sister gave me some starts from bushes she had in her yard, but I didn't get them in the right location. They struggled and then died out. They were planted in a spot where the snow gets pushed all winter, and either the snow plow or the weight of the snow did them in. But it was about the only sunny spot in the yard.
There are wild raspberries along the river where I walk the dogs all the time. They came on in late July and were actually pretty good for such a dry year. The wild ones are practically microscopic, but I can usually pick enough along the way to get a little taste. There were not enough tiny wild berries on any day to fill a bowl. The fruit stands in Heber may have had some early, but by the time I was looking for berries, they were through. So I had to wait.
The plan with the raspberries is to freeze them and dole them out in small doses for as long as I can make them last. If I'm a little thrifty with them, I can have raspberries on my cereal almost every morning almost until February. By then the days are getting noticeably longer and spring isn't far off. There is something about raspberries on my cereal in January that makes winter easier to take.
Of course there are raspberries in the grocery store all year. But those are berries of the flavorless, rubber variety that are grown a thousand miles away, picked green, and delivered in cement mixers. By the time they hit the grocery-store shelves they are pretty close to being jam. They are expensive, banged up, and bland. That's nothing at all like taking them out of the freezer, every bit as good as they were the day they were picked - which is the same day they were frozen. Not much time for spoilage in that process.
One problem with my raspberry habit is that there isn't room in the freezer for much else right now. Once they are frozen up, I can stack them a little tighter without smashing them and get a little more space, but those ancient freezer-burned chicken breasts that I am never going to cook, but am too cheap to throw out, are finally going to hit the road.
The fall weather continues to be beautiful. I've had a couple of great bike rides, and managed to avoid injury while looking at the scenery instead of the trail. There isn't a whole lot of this weather left.
Tom Clyde practiced law in Park City for many years. He lives on a working ranch in Woodland and has been writing this column since 1986.


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College Park shooter worked for campus police
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) -
The shooter in a murder-suicide Tuesday just off the University of Maryland campus worked briefly for the campus police.
A university police spokesman said Wednesday that Dayvon Maurice Green worked as a police auxiliary officer for about two weeks in August and September. He did not carry a badge or a gun, but had a police radio that would allow him to summon a sworn officer if he spotted trouble.
Spokesman Marc Limansky said Green was fired after he twice failed to show up for work.
Police say Green shot two roommates, one fatally, and then killed himself early Tuesday after setting a series of small fires in around the home he rented.
Green's family told police that he had been suffering from mental illness for at least a year.


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I've been taling about building a 9mm direct impingement upper since this past april and have been gathering parts since early summer. Over the past two weeks I've managed to make some progress on the build.
I started with: a 9mm blank; a $10 barrel extension from CDNN; a spare carrier and upper I've had for years; A set of used USGI bolts off of gunbroker; and a Caterpilliar diesel engine nut 13/16"-16tpi.
The barrel blank I started with was one of the .800" blanks that have been floating around for the past few years. This barrel is too thin to turn a shoulder into for the barrel extension to rest against. I decided to used a savage style locknut to solve this problem. An internet search turned up Catapilliar diesel engine grade 8 nuts for about $1.50 each so I got several.
After short chambering the barrel I threaded the last 1.150" of the barrel to 13/16"-16tpi so that the barrel extension was a little difficult to thread on. Then I screwed on the barrel extension so that the back end of it was 1/2" from the back end of the barrel and drilled the index pin hole to a depth of just past the bottem of the barrel threads. I also drilled a gas port about 1.5" in front of the barrel extension since it was already squared up. Then I screwed on the locknut as far as it'd go, and then screwed on the barrel extension with red locktite and secured it with the index pin made from 1/8" drill rod. After letting it set for a day I torqued down the lock nut and secured it with red locktite. Before the loctite set up I turned down the locknut to just under 1" with the barrel extension towards the tail stock so that any cutting force would be tightening the lock nut and not loosening it. Then I finished chambering the barrel after opening up the 556 bolt to .398" so the 9mm case would fit.
I then made a gas block for it out of steel and cut down a used rifle length gas tube to fit. The first few rounds of test fire showed that with a .090" gas port the bolt comes back enough to extract the case from the chamber and stop with the hammer half cocked so that the hammer catches the firing pin as it tries to go forward.
Thats where I'm at right now. The wonder 9 part of it is I wonder what it'll take to get it to run. More work and current photos to come!


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Lu turns the big 2-9 this year. Leave him a birthday comment below and don't forget Lasers March 8th!
Happy Birthday Lupe!
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Lu turns the big 2-9 this year. Leave him a birthday comment below and don't forget Lasers March 8th!
Salaam alaykum Lu. May this year be better than the last one! You are the conscious of music and the soul of truth, don't retire.
Happy Birthday. Looking forward to seeing you back in Chicago. That meet and greet at PHLI was bogus.
Happy birthday Lu! As an artist, and a person, you are one of the best. I wake up to Sunshine every day and I hope yours is filled with it today. All the best. Khairun x
YO Lupe you inspire me to go against the grain and do things my way I want to Thank You and Wish You A Happy Birthday and don't forget "Pop Pop Make It Hot"
Best of Wishes, and much respect to Lupe. Shout out to his family for raising a dimensional thinker. Thanks for the Inspiration.
Happy Birthday Lupe! Your music has definitely helped me through a good share of dreary nights. Thanks,
Happy Birthday Wasalu, InshAllah many more to come! Good Luck on LASERS. and my birthday was yesterday!
Happy Birthday Lupe Fiasco! You inspire me in many ways. You brought hip-hop back and this is why you should have more fame. People just don't want to hear the truth do they? I hope you have a wonderful day, I will pray for you in namaaz. With love, Hasan Khan aka Supasayan4
Happy Birthday in the year of the Rabbit and hope the Rabbit grants your wish. Thank you for the blessings in all your music!
Happy Birthday, Wasalu! I wish You to inspire more people in the way you ispired me ! I believe in hip hop again after hearing You.. I believe in the people, I had forgotten that feeling. I wish you a long and fulled with happines life. (btw it's my birthday too..) I feel changed in a good way. I try to tell your story to my friends to inspire them too, to give them the fire & passion that You gave to me. Thank You with all my heart BLESS YOU ALL !.. I WILL NOT lose Because I am Not alone and I am Not a loser. I am a Laser.
Lupe i couldnt thank you enough for all that you've brought. Keep up the good work. Have a great bday.
Happy Birthday Lu.' Thank you for blessing the earth with your amazing gift. You are beyond a rapper; you are a true poet. I hope this birthday is special for you.


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Earl Lewis Thomas
Position: WR-TE
Height: 6-3 Weight: 224 lbs.
Born: October 4, 1948 in Greenville, TX
High School: Greenville
College: Houston (school history) (Thomas college stats)
Drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 6th round (135th overall) of the 1971 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 22 (4446th overall since 1950)
Relatives: Brother of Jimmy Thomas and Mike Thomas
Other SR Links: College Football at Sports-Reference.com


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Saturday, December 24, 2011
Some people think this will be a close game. Me? Not so much. I'm going Patriots 35, Dolphins 17.
Even though the "Sparano factor" (ie, that Bellichick would always find ways to beat the guy who embarrassed him) is no more - I still think the Patriots will find ways to shut down Miami's run game, and contain the pass. Meanwhile Brady will have his usual kind of day. I see Gronkowski and Hernandez coming in with about 10 passes each.
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Seriously, you really need to take a break from blogging about the Dolphins. I've been reading your stuff for quite awhile and I've even read all your excuses for having the attitude that you have towards this team, and I think getting out of the pool is your best option.
This team obviously brings you no enjoyment whatsoever so wouldn't it be wiser to step back a little and quit immersing yourself in Miami Dolphins minutiae?? In reality your opinions or attitude are never going to change a thing. So instead of constantly being angry and constantly spewing your negativity into the universe, why not give yourself a break and step away.
Unless of course, you're some sort of masochist who enjoys that anger, then more power to you.
You are right; my "negativity" isn't doing any good.
But everyone else's positive approach isn't doing much good either.
I happen to be speaking the truth. And with ownership this inept and management this bad it's funny how my opinion comes off as negative. Even though it happens to be right more of the time than not.
You're right, not one single fan's opinions are worth the paper I use to clean my ass ..that was kinda my point anyway.
My main point was this though, stop torturing yourself. Step back. Take a breather. Try and remember what is was like before the internet, before every meaningless quite or action was life and death to you. I think that is this case, ignorance could bring bliss...or hope...or at least bring back the wonder and feelings from why you became a fan in the first place...Information overload kills the enjoyment of just being a fan.
I know from experiencing the same thing and doing exactly what I'm telling you. Reading other fans opinions about the team, about draft picks, about management is a huge waste of time. There are maybe no more meaningless words ever written.
Stop being angry all the time and maybe you'll find some reason to be a fan again.


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"The Forgotten War." It's a name first used to describe the Korean conflict of the 1950s, but more recently applied, with good reason, to Afghanistan. President Obama's announcement that he would pull all troops out of the region by the end of 2014 may have given a reason for many of us, consciously or not, to put this war in the rear-view mirror -- while the death toll continues to grow.
Meanwhile, the veterans of previous wars -- especially Vietnam and Iraq -- try to fend for themselves in a country that seems more concerned about cutting taxes than funding social programs. Estimates of the number of homeless veterans in America are staggering ranging from about 130,000 to 250,000. In addition to physical injuries, large numbers of veterans also struggle with alcoholism, drug abuse, depression and posttraumatic stress.
In this election it took a local Congressional candidate, Donna McAleer, to remind us of the debt we owe our veterans.
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, many U.S. servicemen returning from Vietnam were shunned by a country that was tired of government deception and body counts and photographs of children burned with American napalm. It took years, but the American public finally learned to make the distinction between an unpopular war and the soldiers who fought in that war -- many of them conscripted against their wishes.
It is a lesson we need to remember as the war in Afghanistan drags on. We owe our soldiers our gratitude for their willingness to put themselves in harm's way on our behalf. And we can express that gratitude by supporting them when they come home -- not only on Sunday, Veterans Day, but on the other 364 days of the year as well.


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Final Womens Basketball Non-Conference Tune Up Set for Saturday at Drexel
| Game No. 14: Princeton (8-5) at Drexel (5-7)
|Game Info:
|Saturday, Jan. 4 • 2 p.m.
|Philadelphia, Pa. • Daskalakis Athletic Center • Parking • Tickets
|All-Time Series:
|Princeton leads 8-1
|Last Meeting:
|Princeton won 74-59 on Dec. 31, 2012 at Jadwin Gym
|Live Media:
|Live Stats l Audio l Video ($) l @PUTIGERS l @PrincetonWBB
|About Princeton:
|Roster l Schedule l Stats
|About Drexel:
|Roster l Schedule l Stats
|Game Notes:
|Princeton Game Notes • Drexel Game Notes
This Week for the Tigers: The Princeton women's basketball team (8-5) concludes the preseason with a Saturday, Jan. 4 meeting at Drexel (5-7) at 2 p.m. in Philadelphia.
Last Time Out:
• The Tigers went 1-1 at the Cavalier Classic last weekend, opening with the program's first win over an SEC team in a dominating 79-59 victory over Alabama on Dec. 28.
• In the tournament championship game, Princeton would battle host Virginia for control through the first half, but was unable to sustain a second half run and fell 69-57.
On Deck: A return trip to Philadelphia is on deck for the Tigers who open the Ivy League slate at Penn on Saturday, Jan. 11 at 3 p.m.
Get Connected:
• Are you following Princeton on social media? Follow the athletics department at Facebook.com/PrincetonAthletics, Twitter.com/PUTIGERS, Vine.co/PUTIGERS and Instagram.com/PrincetonAthletics.
• To connect with the women's basketball program, follow the Tigers on Twitter via @CoachBanghart and @PrincetonWBB.
Scouting Drexel:
• Drexel returns home to host Princeton after snapping a two-game skid with a 69-44 win over Cornell on Dec. 30 to improve to 5-7.
• The Dragons are averaging 55.8 points per game with a +1.0 margin versus opponents.
• Princeton and Drexel have only played one common opponent in St. Joseph's, a team both squads lost to.
• Rachel Pearson is the team's leader in both points (10.3) and rebounds (5.2) per game, followed by Sarah Curran's 10.0 points per game.
All-Time versus Drexel:
• Princeton owns the all-time series versus Drexel, 8-1, having won the last eight meetings.
• The Tigers topped the Dragons 74-59 on Dec. 31, 2012 at Jadwin Gym in their last matchup.
Dietrick Picks Up National and Ivy Player of the Week Honors:
• Junior Blake Dietrick is coming off an incredible personal week collecting both USWBA Ann Meyers Drysdal National Women's Basketball Player of the Week and Ivy League Player of the Week honors.
• She earned the dual honors after her 36-point combined effort at the two-game Cavalier Classic, scoring 24 from beyond the arc.
• She averaged 18 points, four rebounds and 1.5 steals over the weekend and capped it off with all-tournament honors.
• Dietrick is averaging a team-leading 15.2 points per game, tallying 10 points or more in all but three games in her first full season as a starter.
Program's First National Player of the Week:
• Blake Dietrick's USWBA National Player of the Week honor marks the first time in Princeton women's basketball history a player has earned the weekly honor.
• She is only the second Ivy Leaguer to garner the accolade and first player from a non-major conference this year.
Tigers Roll Tide:
• Princeton's 79-59 win over Alabama on Dec. 28 at the Cavalier Classic marked the program's first-ever win over an SEC opponent.
• It was the Ivy League's second win over an SEC team and first since 1988.
Cavalier Classic All-Tournament Team:
• Along with playing in the championship game of the Virginia-hosted Cavalier Classic, Blake Dietrick and Kristen Helmstetter represented the Tigers on the all-tournament team.
• It was the first career all-tournament honors for both veterans.
Extra Minutes: Princeton's overtime win over Delaware on Dec. 15 marked the program's first extra period game since Dec. 19, 2010 when the Tigers fell to St. Joseph's 70-61 in double overtime.
Five-Game Win Streak:
• The Tigers' five-game winning streak was snapped in their 69-57 loss to Virginia.
• Princeton is 6-2 over the last over the last month.
In the League:
• Princeton is the top-ranked team in the Ivy League in the following categories:
• Scoring offense - 74.4
• Scoring margin - +6.8
• Field goal percentage - 46.9 (358-764)
• Rebound defense - 34.5 (449)
• Rebounding margin - +8.2
• Assists - 16.2 (211)
• Taylor Williams is No. 1 in field goal percentage - 65.0 (39-60)
• Kristen Helmstetter is No. 1 in assists - 3.7 (48)
The National Scene:
• Princeton is currently ranked in the top-60 nationally in three categories as of the Dec. 30 stats update:
• No. 54 assists per game - 16.2
• No. 17 field goal percentage - 46.9
• No. 43 rebound Margin - 8.2
• Blake Dietrick is ranked No. 29 in three-point field goals per game (2.85) and No. 32 in three-point field goal percentage (44.0)
Another Four-Game Road Swing:
• The Tigers will embark on another four-game road swing before their annual break for final exams in January.
• After two games at the Cavalier Classic, Princeton will make day trips to the City of Brotherly Love to face Drexel (Jan. 4) and Penn (Jan. 11).
CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top-25: Princeton moved up a spot to No. 13 in the Dec. 30 CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top-25 Poll with 385 points.


text: These silly Binturongs are distant relatives of the weasel, great climbers, and smell like popcorn! They are also called bearcats and are from Asia. They aren't bears or cats but do smell like buttered popcorn, its how they get the ladies! They are in the Carnivore order but are usually found eating fruits, especially figs! They are crucial to the strangler figs seed dispersal! Oh and they also have prehensile tails which help them maintain their arboreal lifestyle!


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Its name means ''city of peace.'' But as a focal point of three major world religions, and home to some of those faiths' holiest sites, Jerusalem has witnessed 3,000 years of bloody conflict, intrigue and passion. National Geographic, with exclusive access, intimately explores locales held sacred by Christians, Jews and Muslims.
From footage filmed inside the magnificent Dome of the Rock to the vast underground expanse of Solomon's Stables to the traditional sites of Jesus Christ's death and resurrection, it's a spellbinding journey into this ancient, multilayered urban landscape of war, worship and timeless wonder.
Bonus feature: interactive timeline - The Crusades.
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I watched this alone and will suggest to my Bible class that we watch it together. Everything about it was very good. I wish someone had told us why the Jewish men rock back and forth while they pray at The Wailing Wall. I have always wondered about that. It was an excellent source of information. I thoroughly enjoyed it.


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On Campus
International Politics Program to Focus on Governance and Security
The International Politics program will change its name to the Global Governance, Politics and Security program (GGPS) effective fall 2013.
In her proposal to SIS's Graduate Studies Committee, International Politics Program Director Celeste Wallander explained the name change: "One of SIS's comparative advantages as a scholarly and service community is our multidisciplinary approach to understanding relations among and beyond states and societies on the global stage - beyond the traditional approaches of schools of international politics."
While most program requirements will remain the same, the curriculum's framework will change to mirror the program's new name. GGPS students will be required to take four core courses: Global International Relations Theory, History of Global Politics, Foundations of Global Governance and Foundations of Global Security.
In addition, rather than four areas of study (currently International Security, International Organization, Human Rights and Transnational Crime and Corruption), the program will offer two areas of focus: Global Security and Global Governance.
"The name change better reflects the direction that the International Politics program is taking," said Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and Graduate Education Tamar Gutner. "As the number of SIS courses in security and governance grows, it made sense to readjust the focus of the program."
Wallander said, "In re-shaping our GGPS curriculum and requirements, we believe that we will prepare our students better, align the GGPS program better with the other SIS programs and put SIS on the map in defining multidisciplinary scholarship and teaching in global affairs."


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Wanda Lavonne Jackson is born in Maud, Oklahoma.
Wanda Jackson, still in high school, signs to Capitol Records
Wanda Jackson meets Elvis Presley while on tour, and they cultivate a friendship.
Elvis Presley encourages Wanda Jackson to sing rock and roll, playing her records from his collection to emphasize the point.
Wanda Jackson's first session for Capitol Records yields "I Gotta Know," a country-rockabilly hybrid.
Wanda Jackson cuts her self-titled debut album, which includes the rockabilly raveup "Let's Have a Party," is released
"Let's Have a Party," by Wanda Jackson, becomes the singer's first Top Forty rock and roll hit reaching #37.
Rockin' With Wanda, the second album by Wanda Jackson, is released.
Rockin' With Wanda, the second album by Wanda Jackson, is released.
Wanda Jackson converts to Christianity and begins singing and recording both gospel and country music.
Wanda Jackson leaves Capitol records after nearly 17 years over their objections to her desire to make more gospel records.
Wanda Jackson records Rock 'N' Roll Away Your Blues, her first rock and roll album in 20 years, in Kumla, Sweden. It is released in the U.S. three years later on Varick Records.
Queen of Rockabilly, a 30-track compilation of Wanda Jackson's rockabilly recordings from the Fifties and Sixties, is released on Ace Records.
Wanda Jackson is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the 24th annual dinner. Rosanne Cash is her presenter.


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i told them it was someone i banged when i went to london three years ago
i told them it was someone i banged when i went to london three years ago
Who hasn't had a little bit of Eve. haha
Your an absolutely wonderful man, any girl that is yours is lucky and I know that from personal experience. ~KMT
i should go on and tell them its all lies!
see ascaris, my advice is never wrong.
tell them it's some bitch who wants to sleep with you but you have rejected in the past due to mitigating circumstances
eve has given everyone a piece, indeed
your welcome
Kai_Dante is getting jelly
"There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it."
- Guatama Buddha
My friends don't ask me who comments on my statuses because they aren't giant faggots.
from every single post about your social circle youve ever made, all of your friends appear to be utterly retarded. or autistic.
It's weird because I think that about your friends.
Do you guys constantly talk about your IRL friends just to reassure us you actually have friends? It isn't working...
No Celery I'm just trying to truly define my role as Internet revolutionary by going against the status quo. A forum poster having friends is as rare as a first edition holographic Pokemon base starter card; a forum poster posting about them is UNHEARD OF.
*shrugs* 'snot that revolutionary... I'm pretty sure I can dig up a holographic base starter card first edition... Machamp I think it is... and I've posted about my friends on here from time to time...
i cant think of a single instance i have ever referenced them except in this thread. i could be wrong but i doubt i am. you have the burden of proof.


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A three-day continental summit on "revitalizing higher education for Africa's future" is underway here in Dakar.
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Sports columnist, radio talk show host, feature writer and M-A Class of '56 grad Dave Newhouse became curious about his classmates.
His book, "Old Bears," released by North Atlantic Books in June, revives poignant memories, solves some mysteries you may have had about your parents' generation, and gives a sharp snapshot contrasting the difference that half a century can make in someone's life.
"The Class of 1956 reaches its 50th reunion, reflecting on the Happy Days and the unhappy days" is the front cover quote, along with a picture of M-A grad Nina Carson getting kissed by Elvis Presley when she won an essay contest about him.
Roberta Gard Argendeli, now of Lincoln Hills, California, says it all: "At first I looked at the classmates interviewed and thought, oh, a further testimony to those who were 'so perfect.' In spite of my first reaction, I went ahead to read each story. Some things I knew; others were quite surprising. But, most importantly, the touching human events in each person's life astonished me. The book was written with a sincere and honest effort to tell the stories of those 'most likely' not to have such pain and anguish in their lives."
At Kepler's on Aug. 9, between 60 and 70 gathered with Newhouse, who had earlier attended Coach Bill Walsh's invitation-only memorial at Stanford. Joining supportive classmates from all over Northern California were sports fans and Kepler's shoppers who stayed to hear Dave say why he wrote the book: curiosity.
Given Newhouse's friendly inquisitiveness, classmate Lynne Kramer McCallum piped up, during Q&A, "If you have any secrets you're hiding, don't let Dave ask you any questions."
Curiosity turned into a "gift," attorney Gerrie Keely Miller of Los Altos said when Dave proudly introduced her to the crowd. Diverted from law school as a young woman, because a scholarship program thought she'd "waste" the money on becoming a mother, Gerrie raised her kids and then went to law school, passing the California Bar at age 63.
Former Atherton police officer George Carr thanked the author for the interview process itself. "It came just after my wife died. I needed to look at my life, and I might not have if Dave hadn't asked for an interview. I was not as happy at M-A as I should have been. I couldn't wait to graduate and join the Navy. It wasn't until October of 1967, during the first riots, as a young rookie police officer, that I realized how much I loved M-A, and how much the school had done for me. This was our school, and I was very upset seeing it damaged, and witnessing students being injured, and taken to the hospital."
Local faces at Kepler's that evening included Don Moore, Pinkie Chan, Jim Lyons, Duane Starnes, Jackie Cook Geist, Joe Parodi, George Carr, Susan Erstrom Thomas, Bill Wood, Bob Frey, Joan Stickney, Eugene Boklund, and Judy Terhune.
You can join one of the friendliest people you'll ever meet when Dave has another book-signing at the Oasis, 241 El Camino Real, between Partridge & Cambridge in Menlo Park, on Wednesday, Aug. 22, from 5-8 p.m.
"Old Bears," North Atlantic Books (Berkeley, CA) soft cover, 346 pgs., $18.95. Available at Kepler's in Menlo Park.
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I think the profile's great, Ninetails.
And I wasn't saying like, that the picture was bad or anything. I just was wondering because if he didn't use cards, and I did make a profile, I was likely to use some kind of cardmaster/mistress idea.
I think the profile's great, Ninetails.
And I wasn't saying like, that the picture was bad or anything. I just was wondering because if he didn't use cards, and I did make a profile, I was likely to use some kind of cardmaster/mistress idea.
omae wa mou shindeiru
Yeah, sure. XD
when are we going to start?
it always seems imposible until it's done-nelson mandella
a house divided agaisnt itself cannot stand-abraham lincoln
gotta catch'em all-pokemon
(still checking if I have time for an RP, but here's a basic sign-up in the event that I do)
Code Name: Twisted Fate (Fate)
Real Name: Sarah
Age: 18
Sex: Female
Power Type: Magical
Powers: Telekinesis (typically with cards), Probability Manipulation, Proficiency with a quarterstaff.
Cold... So cold...
Sarah awoke on the evening of Friday, March 13th, 2007 to something she had only expected to see in her nightmares. She was lying on the wooden flooring of her living room. Her clothes were torn, half were removed entirely. She was covered from head to toe with various cuts and scratches, some of which seemed like they should have killed her. As she lifted herself up, she turned to see both her parents hanging from the rafters, mutilated, almost unrecognisable. Numb to the events that had unfolded around her, Sarah barely noticed that the house was also burning. She looked up just in time to seen a burning rafter fall down towards her. Not moving, not even flinching, Sarah merely closed her eyes, waiting for death to come. However, it didn't. She found the rafter was suspended a foot above her head, like magic.
How lucky...
Twisted Fate put on her mask again. The hard mask sat perfectly on her face. She pulled the hood of her cape over her head, attached her extendable metal quarterstaff to her belt next to the deck of cards, and left the apartment in which she had spent the past year. If all went well, she would not be returning again. She started clim,bing the stairs to the rooftop, replaying the plan over and over in her head. She would walk into the back of the bank, past the two guards who stood outside the door without either of them even so much as looking at her. Upon entering the bank, she would proceed to place as much of the money stored there as she could into the various pockets on her person. She would then walk out the bank the same way she came in.
Fate reached the roof, still thinking over the plan. Wrapped up in her thoughts, she mis-stepped and tripped over the edge of the building. Somehow, she managed to land on the matress she had thrown out a few days ago. It was a lucky thing that she had thrown it out, lucky that no one had moved it, lucky that she had managed to land on it.
Very lucky indeed
Fate is 5'10", with very dark brown hair. Her outfit consists of a Venetian Volto mask, with intricate designs of cards and dice on it, a black cape with a hood, and the rest of the outfit resembles Psiren from Fullmetal Alchemist.
omae wa mou shindeiru
code name:sketch
real name:habill
power type: magic
powers:can copy a power into my dna and be able to use it and can bend water fire air and earth
origin:was born with dna missing threads so i was aways able to take in other stuff and copy it on t my own and use it.i was able to do it just by seeing the person; even on tv.
i was hungry for wealth and power and used this to my advantage.when i heard the news i new if people died my main power would be useless.so i decided to join up.
ps-i love full metal alchemist
it always seems imposible until it's done-nelson mandella
a house divided agaisnt itself cannot stand-abraham lincoln
gotta catch'em all-pokemon
Allright.. runnin into town for a bit and then I'll get started working on getting things started... got a few more Sample characters to post... (two I might use myself) review everyone's profiles and then I'll do some starting off... hopefully by this evening, my time.
Codename: Seance
Real Name: Justice Valentine
Power Source: Magical
Powers: Variable... Seance can use the powers of whatever dead super she can convince to aid her. SHe can communicate with the dead, and even take them into herself, but this also puts her at a risk for possession. She also permanently has the power of the criminal Switchblader, turning her left arm into a lethal weapon that can shapeshift into any sort of blade, she is VERY reluctant to use it however, fearing SB may try to take possession of her again.
Origin: Justice was born in a small southern town but she wanted to be a big city girl, So when college age hit she and some of her girlfriends moved to New Orleans. Justice loved it, the history, the nightlife, everything. She got a decent job and her friends lived with her in a fairly nice appartment. Things changed one night when the group decided to have a little fun and perform a seance. Despite legal requirements to the contrary, no one told Justice or her friends that their appartment was the location of the last stand of a Powered murderer known as the Switchblader. It was during the seance that Justice's powers manifested. the Switchblader possessed her, transforming her left arm into a scything blade the he used to attack her roomates. They survived, but when Justice gained control she was horrified and left everything she knew behind.
It took time for her to learn to understand her powers. She could communicate with the dead, and if she could talk them into it, she could take their powers. Taking the spirit of the deceased into oneself isn't easy, however. It subtly alters your personality and it makes you suceptible to being possessed. As for the arm, Justice, calling herself Seance rigged up a leather harness and kept her left arm bound to her chest. The Switchblader is still inside of her, and she can still use his powers if she needs to, but she won't, not unless there is no other alternative.
Justice reluctantly decided to become a hero, she had a gift and needed to do something with it. Unfortunately before she really got the chance, the Nihlorn invaded, wiping out any potential contacts she might have in the world of the living, but simultaneously opening up a world of possibilities in gaining power. She didn't know what to do. Virgin City had long been home to the greatest heroes and so she traveled there... hoping to contact one of their spirits, to find out how to fight the Nihlorn. Instead she found Malfactus.
Malfactus, Greatest Villian of the Ages, or so he styled himself. He was finally slain in battle against Sister Superior, eight years before the Nihlorn invaded. He had made plenty of contacts in the dark crime ridden parts of the world however, and the world was supposed to be HIS to conquer, not some festering alien species. And so Malfactus made a bargain with Seance, if she turned over control to him for an hour...some point in the future, he would help her gather a force to combat the Nihlorn.
A month later Seance had everything she needed, or so she hopes. Theres a small army of villains gathered here in one of Malfactus's abandoned safehouses and they're willing to listen to her. Of course the nagging nightmare of her debt keeps Seance from being truly hopeful about the future.
Nine... I'm a little dense sometimes... so one of his abilities is to shoot himself... which disintegrates him... then his soul can go wherever and then he can use his power to rebuild his body? Amiright?
If so.. coolness. Here's a question... Do y'all think it would be a problem playing in more than one thread? A sort of main base thread, where the characters discussed what they were going to do, relaxes, etc.... and other threads in which they actually went out and did things? This would serve several purposes... each Mission Thread.. could have a definite ending so we wouldn't have 100s of pages... which is cool, but it makes reading through tough. And we could split the posters into teams for the varying missions... posters who can;t post as often in one team, doing one mission or event.. and the more regular posters in another.... Or do you think it'd make the forum to crowded... your input is imperative!
It would only be crowded if there was any semblance of other activity on here.
I say go for it.
omae wa mou shindeiru
why don't we all do a mission a thread?
know what?nevermind.
it always seems imposible until it's done-nelson mandella
a house divided agaisnt itself cannot stand-abraham lincoln
gotta catch'em all-pokemon
I think that several threads might make it more difficult to follow. I've participated in roleplays with many threads as you describe, and what occurred was that those not interested in a specific mission did not follow that mission, and missed what happened entirely. It made it very difficult to keep everyone focused, and eventually the RP fell apart.
For a cohesive unit, I think one thread for IC and one thread for OOC is necessary.
Just my opinion.
What if there were mission summaries posted in the main thread? Like, one at the beginning explaining the mission, and then one at the end that summarises what went down?
omae wa mou shindeiru
WEll that is what the Home Base/Mission Control center thread would be for... to have the characters debrief what happened and make new plans.
It gets complicated, people can't/won't keep up and it falls apart. One thread is easy to follow. It hasn't worked out well in my experience, but as it is not my roleplay you can of course do whatever you think would be best for all parties involved.
Can Pikachu be on my team?
Hmm.. let's let a few others weigh in on this and I'll put up some IC in a bit.
i think pink-kitty2's idea was great.
it always seems imposible until it's done-nelson mandella
a house divided agaisnt itself cannot stand-abraham lincoln
gotta catch'em all-pokemon
Codename: Joe
Real Name: SJ-1012
Power Source: Technological
Powers: Robot stuff
Origin: Joe was one of the first robots Simmons-Johnson Corporation intended for home use, after selling their robots for military use. The 1000 line was discontinued after it was discovered that they would follow any order without hesitation, and owners were given a refund and forced to dispose of the robots. The owners of Joe were careless when throwing away him, opting to put him at the dump. The owner of a hit-man business learned about his presence, and sensing a humongous business opprotunity, quickly snatched him up. Joe had been doing a job in Virgin City when his target had been taken by the Nihlorn. He now is trying to find a way to kill his target.
The Nihlorn: Arriving from far across the universe, the Nihlorn are a sinsiter race. Their empire is based on conquest and consumption. They attack a world, destroy it's defenses and colonize it. The natives they use as a combination, food source, genetic experimentation pool, and slave labor. When they've drained a planet of life and resources they move on.
Their technology is far more advanced than that of Earth's they use weapons that human scientists aren't even able to comprehend yet, although that's in part due to the fact the the Nihlorn haven't given them the chance.
The Nihlorn don't do a lot of the own dirty work however. After their initial attack, they create synthetic beings that mimic the form of whatever sentient being previously considered themselves the owner of the planet. They have already created an immense army of Synthsoldiers to help maintain their control over the planet. While these beings are partially organic the bulk of their mass, as well as most of Nihlorn technology, is made from some for of advanced ceramic.
So the main fighting force are basically like Necrons, which the actually populus are organic fleshbags back on the home planet?
omae wa mou shindeiru
Kinda... There are real Nihlorns on earth... and they do plenty of fighting, especially at the outset. Once they have a foothold however, they create their SynthSoldiers, because they are expendable, unshakable, and they inspire fear and loathing amonst their enemies.. You'll find out more in game I'm sure.


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ZF-4514: language packs
For non English users we need language packs for Zend_Validate we can use. A infrastructure which allows people to review en commit translations should be placed on the website like with other open source packs.
Otherwise everyone is doing it's own translations. This is a lot of double work!
Hello, Kristof.
For example, you mean Zend_Filter_Alpha and Zend_Filter_Alnum should be customizable for each languages?
(Zend_Filter_Alpha and Zend_Filter_Alnum are used in Zend_Validate_Alpha and Zend_Validate_Alnum.)
protected $_messageTemplates = array( self::IP_ADDRESS_NOT_ALLOWED => "'%value%' appears to be an IP address, but IP addresses are not allowed", self::UNKNOWN_TLD => "'%value%' appears to be a DNS hostname but cannot match TLD against known list", self::INVALID_DASH => "'%value%' appears to be a DNS hostname but contains a dash (-) in an invalid position", self::INVALID_HOSTNAME_SCHEMA => "'%value%' appears to be a DNS hostname but cannot match against hostname schema for TLD '%tld%'", self::UNDECIPHERABLE_TLD => "'%value%' appears to be a DNS hostname but cannot extract TLD part", self::INVALID_HOSTNAME => "'%value%' does not match the expected structure for a DNS hostname", self::INVALID_LOCAL_NAME => "'%value%' does not appear to be a valid local network name", self::LOCAL_NAME_NOT_ALLOWED => "'%value%' appears to be a local network name but local network names are not allowed" );
protected $_messageTemplates = array(
self::INVALID => "'%value%' is not a valid email address in the basic format local-part@hostname",
self::INVALID_HOSTNAME => "'%hostname%' is not a valid hostname for email address '%value%'",
self::INVALID_MX_RECORD => "'%hostname%' does not appear to have a valid MX record for the email address '%value%'",
self::DOT_ATOM => "'%localPart%' not matched against dot-atom format",
self::QUOTED_STRING => "'%localPart%' not matched against quoted-string format",
self::INVALID_LOCAL_PART => "'%localPart%' is not a valid local part for email address '%value%'"
There is already a issue for this one... No need to have it twice.
Still, this issue depends on other like ZF-3164, ZF-4311, ZF-1998, ZF-1877, ZF-4371. I see this more as part of the this proposal: http://framework.zend.com/wiki/pages/… even if it's not exactly the same.
Alex: Would you mind if I take over the work internationalisation, collecting and so on also for this component ? I see this as part of I18N. Please give me a reply what you think.
Closing as fixed.
Resources for english and german are available within incubator. Acceptance for core has been requested.
Hi, thomas. Can I add ja/Zend_Validate.php to incubator/resources/languages/ ?
There is still no acceptance.
It could be that it is wished to change the used format or that other points have to be done before migrating it to core.
And we have also to keep the revision where the resouce is build from. Otherwise there would be no way to know which messages have changed and which not.
You could add it, but you must keep track of any changes I am doing within 'en' and 'de' as I will not move other languages to core ( I don't understand them ;-) )
Thank You for quick responce.
I see , I will wait for Your moving trunk and being released in core ;-)
French is really easy to learn ;)


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Photographer William Daniels, Edith Bouvier Safe in Lebanon
Agence France Presse reports that French photographer William Daniels has managed to escape from Homs, Syria to safety in Lebanon with French reporter Edith Bouvier. The two journalists had been trapped in the besieged city for more than a week.
Bouvier's leg was badly injured when Syrian troops fired mortars at a makeshift media center in Homs on February 22. Two other journalists –American reporter Marie Colvin and photographer Remi Ochlik–were killed in that attack, while British photographer Paul Conroy was also injured.
French president Nicolas Sarkozy announced at a press conference today: "Edith Bouvier and William Daniels are currently safe on Lebanese territory and will within moments be under the protection of our embassy in Beirut."
Concern for the safety of Daniels and Bouvier had mounted as the Syrian army moved into Homs today, cutting off water, electricity and other supplies. Reporters Without Borders had earlier today reported that the two had not been heard from since February 23, when they managed to post a video pleading for "any assistance" to get them out.
Photographer Paul Conroy, also injured in the attack that killed Colvin and Ochlik, was smuggled to safety in Lebanon on Tuesday. Several activists who helped in his escape were killed by the Syrian army.
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First I went to the Sundance Resort for a Full Moon lift ride. Let's just say I've ridden a lot of lifts in my life (really, lots of lifts, around the world, day and night and my entire life), yet I'd never ridden one bottom to top (and top to bottom) in the pitch black darkness. And let me tell you, it was luminous!
The lift line was perhaps one of the longest of my life (another first!), and it got kind of chilly standing around for oh, about an hour. The Full Moon lift rides seem to be popular with the college folks, too-as in, THE date night thing to do. So of course the people watching factored into the fun. Well, sort of. My date and I passed the time counting the number of people wearing shorts, the 20-somethings in spiked heels, and those sporting oversized bags.
Finally the games were over, though, and we sat on our chair. Surprisingly, the air was balmy and pleasant-warmer than down below where we'd been waiting, and the scenery-sublime! The moon had started to wane, but it was still so bright like a spotlight, the stars aplenty and the mountains in gunmetal-silver silhouette. The views into the valley were spectacular and the ride-especially on the way down-was well worth the wait.
I took a video of my ride, and unfortunately, you can't see the details of the mountains in the distance. I'll post it shortly, though, so you can get a grasp of the darkness. For those who've seen the movie, Frozen, you'll agree that the Sundance Full Moon rides would make for fun Halloween-type fare.
The rest of the weekend unfolded nicely at Red Butte Garden. First, I saw Euripides' Alcestis, part of the University of Utah's Greek Theatre Festival, which started at 9 AM. (Dr. James Svendsen, the Festival's creator gave a lecture on the history of Alcestis and the time period in which it was written, at 8:30 AM.) The Greeks used to perform their plays at dawn, so the U's Theatre Dep't honored that morning performance tradition. For me, the staging of a morning play was the biggest draw. It was a nice way to ease into the day (especially Sunday), with a little dose of culture.
The play itself? The story was interesting-Alcestis gives her life to save that of her husband, Admetus, and the play was a tragicomedy, which was unusual (and actually the first) of its kind. The masks and wigs were fun, too, and I got a kick out of how there was a "wig mistress" on the crew. The accompanying piano proved to be a bit distracting, though. It reminded me of Kindergarten chorus. I don't mean to say it was bad-just, kind of simplistic and not very Greek to me. Sure, read that as you may.
Later, I went back to Red Butte to check out the Bonsai show and bought one of my own. It's called Stress Relief. Actually, it's a Eugenia Brush Cherry and it's supposed to produce lovely berries and flowers.
[caption id="attachment_5661" align="aligncenter" width="473" caption="My little tree pre-prune"][/caption]
The array of little trees, though, was quite impressive. There was one on display that was more than 100 years old!
I also met Dr. Richard Jaffe, president of the Bonsai Club of Utah (look for a profile on Dr. Jaffe in a future issue of Salt Lake magazine!), who showed me the tree-trimming ropes. It's kind of relaxing, to be honest, in a meticulous, crafty-type of way. Dr. Jaffe started Bonsai-ing himself 17 years ago after watching the original Karate Kid. Yes, that is a fact.
For the similarly inspired, check out the Bonsai Club of Utah the fourth Wednesday of every month, 7 PM, at the Sugarhouse Garden Center. The meetings are informational and free.


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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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"I won't stand for this!"
Franklin Delano "Theodore" Roosevelt (born:Robber Baron Era - died:Firebomb the Japs Era) was the 32nd President of the United States (1933–1945) and number one clown face of the United Spades of America and the bass player/part time singer for ZZ Top. Born Arthur Linkletter in Cambridge, Massachusetts, "Delano" (as he was nicknamed for reasons too obscene to be explained here) developed a love of the motorcoach. While driving it to his Aunt Bertha's house, the young future president flipped his wheels and caught whooping cough before hitting the ground. He was killed instantly, making him the first president to die before being elected. However, he would be confined to a wheelchair for the remainder of his life, and would even be buried in it.
edit Resurrection and Aftermath
Upon his election as Governor of New York, Roosevelt is rumored to have said, "Betty, if I knew where I had it last, it wouldn't be lost! Please help me find it!" It is not known to what he was referring.
In the election of 1932, Roosevelt was literally elected in a landslide when his brother and former room mate Teddy Roosevelt, his only opponent, was crushed to death by cascading rocks. He was elected four more times on his own, and once later as "Richard Nixon," an anagram of "Orchard Inn IX", his favorite slasher flick. And the landslide was probably another reason why John F. Kenedy.
The romance of FDR has become a captivating story portrayed in biographies and numerous A&E specials. Faced with depression-hit America during the mid-30's, the President was faced with a need to pacify the growing anxiety amongst the populous. While the creation of labor groups and employment agencies were recommended, Roosevelt took an unexpected, completely irrational approach and left his wife of 24 years, saying in a famous defense, "There is nothing to fear except commitment... and spiders... and the dark." The words, albeit nonsensical, stuck with the public, later the motto amongst dead-beat dads everywhere.
"Real Men Fear Commitment" became one of the great slogans in the world. A solution to the current economic situation, responsibility the sick and elderly, and currently employed by the Moderate Republicans as a solution to illegal immigration. One example being when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, Roosevelt took bold action and reissued his infamous "commitment" speech, thus effectively sealing the fate of Western Europe and, unbeknownst at the time, the Jews.
edit Presidency
A noted Regressive Democrat, President Roosevelt has become renowned for creating over 7000
useless necessary Federal programs, such as the ground-breaking Let's All Find Dogs Hats Commission (LAFDHC), that put over a million Americans back to work. His efforts to help every American (except the evil Jew Capitalists, of course) ended the Great Depression after eight years only six short months, making him greater than John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Warren Harding and every other President at fixing economic crises in record time. He is considered one of the greatest Presidents for crushing civil liberties, destroying capitalism, ignoring black rights and, perhaps most famously of all, leading America to victory in World War II, after sitting back for a few years watching Hitler gain power; he notably remarked to one of his aides, "Let's wait for Hitler to kill all the Jews, and THEN go to war against Germany." However, his plan backfired when the pesky Japanese bombed Pearl Harbour, and Winston Churchill beat him in a game of leg wrestling. So, he reluctantly agreed to join the war on the side of the Allies, after only 67% of Jews had been killed.
edit Recent criticism
Unfortunately, in recent years the lolbertarian movement has been saying some rather unkind, untrue things about FDR. I will use this page to address the slander:
FDR did NOT fund the New Deal using regressive taxes. Contrary to capitalist propaganda, these taxes were in fact paid for entirely by Jewish Capitalists, because common mathematical logic states that if all rich people are paying everything they earn to the government, poor people become not poor anymore. This worked, creating the Great Communist Utopia of America, until that pesky Ronald Reagan came along and ruined everything. Oh boy do I hate him... did you know he invented the blue jellybean? Jellybeans suck ass, another reason why Reagan was a terrible President.
FDR did NOT divert federal aid towards swing states while the Democratic South got very little for electoral purposes. This was done because the Southern USA has long been the most prosperous one, becoming even more so after their victory in the Civil War. So anyway, even though the South was always going to vote for FDR, the reason they got only a few hundred dollars in federal aid while New Jersey got over $1 trillion was because there was only a single poor person in the South, and that was Rocky Balboa.
FDR did NOT ignore black rights. This is simply ridiculous! He had many complex reasons for things like refusing to support anti-lynching bills and allowing the New Deal to discriminate against African-Americans. The former was not because he didn't care about blacks, but because the Ku Klux Klan were a trustworthy bunch of folk who helped implement New Deal programs in the South. He also needed them to keep the peace in town and cities
with large black populations infested with crime. In the words of Roosevelt himself, "Aside from the lynchings, the Klan really are good Democrats." As for the latter policy, Franklin had an epiphany early in his Presidency that his illegitimate son John F. Kennedy would one day become President and one day free blacks from their plight. Being an arrogant asshole unpretentious and modest man, he wanted to share out the credit of ending segregation with other Democrats. While some over-reactors say that this was 'racist', it was in fact a heroic decision that helped other Democrats get credit for stuff, because none of them are anywhere as awesome as the D(elano).
edit Quotes
"What does 'economics' mean?" FDR to policy advisers, 1933.
"Huh?! What do you mean I've just given Stalin Eastern Europe?!"
"I'm not quite sure if it self lubricates."
"I'd say Raiders of the Lost Ark, with Last Crusade a close second. No one liked the Temple of Doom." - To President Ford.
"If I have polio, how do I take a piss?" -Upon getting polio.
"Truman? Truman? Who the hell's Truman?" -On his deathbed.
"Starve 'em. Starve 'em all!" -Roosevelt regarding homeless Republicans.
edit See also
|Washington | J. Adams | Jefferson | Madison | Monroe | J.Q. Adams | Jackson | Van Buren | Harrison | Tyler | Polk | Taylor | Fillmore | Pierce | Buchanan | Lincoln | A. Johnson | Grant | Hayes | Garfield | Arthur | Cleveland | Harrison | McKinley | T. Roosevelt | Taft | Wilson | Harding | Coolidge | Hoover | FDR | Truman | Eisenhower | JFK | LBJ | Nixon | Ford | Carter | Reagan | Bush 41 | Clinton | Bush 43 | Obama


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Pad Thai Pizza RecipeRead Reviews Be the first to add a review
- 1 tube (11 ounces) refrigerated thin pizza crust
- 2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
- 2 tablespoons teriyaki sauce
- 1 tablespoon Thai chili sauce
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 2 cups shredded rotisserie chicken
- 1 cup (4 ounces) shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 cup shredded carrot
- 1/3 cup bean sprouts
- 1/4 cup chopped salted peanuts
- 1/4 cup minced fresh cilantro
- 2 green onions, thinly sliced
- Unroll dough into a greased 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan; flatten dough and build up edges slightly. Bake at 425° for 5-6 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.
- Meanwhile, in a small bowl, whisk the peanut butter, teriyaki sauce, chili sauce and honey. Place chicken in another small bowl; add half of the peanut butter mixture and toss to coat.
- Spread remaining peanut butter mixture over crust; top with chicken and cheese. Bake for 10-15 minutes or until crust is golden brown. Sprinkle with remaining ingredients. Yield: 6 pieces.
Medium-Bodied White Wine
Enjoy this recipe with a medium-bodied white wine such as Riesling or Gewürtztraminer
Reviews for Pad Thai Pizza
"I loved this, my husband didn't so much. It's a good change by any standard."
"I have made this twice. I had to triple the sauce portion. I also cut the peanut butter by half. Reheats well."
"This was excellent. We made a few modifications, substituting sweet & sour sauce for the Thai chili sauce, and adding a julienned red pepper (delicious) prior to baking. We omitted the bean sprouts. My only complaint is that it could use more sauce. Very tasty though and would definitely make again."
"Absolutely awesome! Really good hot or cold. Nice for something different. Instead of rotisserie chicken I bought fresh pieces of boneless chicken breast, sauteed them in olive oil with a bit of season salt and then shredded them. Great recipe!"
"Try adding just a little fish sauce in the peanut sauce when you make it - gives it a little more flavor (they altered the recipe I submitted just a little when they published it and that was something they left out.)"