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- noun - a thick cream soup made from shellfish
- A rich, creamy soup made from meat, fish, or shellfish.
- A thick cream soup made of puréed vegetables.
- Ice cream mixed with crushed macaroons or nuts.
- See biscuit (n.
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- A pale orange-yellow to yellowish gray.
- A color ranging in various industries from moderate yellowish pink to grayish yellow.
- An advantage allowed an inferior player in certain games, such as a free point in tennis, an extra turn in croquet, or an additional stroke in golf.
- noun - a thick soup
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Not long after I announced to my husband that I planned to stop coloring my hair, he delivered what he intended as an upbeat insight into his own feelings about gray hair on women. He'd seen a 35-ish woman on the subway with distinct gray-white streaks in her dark hair, and he said he found her "very hot" because of the gray. That reminded him, he told me, of his assistant at a job a dozen years before, a woman who developed white streaks at age 30. "And I found that extremely hot too. Although she was sexy in general. Still is."
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I realized that there was a close-to-the-bone experiment I could conduct to test whether going gray would be a detriment to romance for a woman my age. I could fudge my marital and parental status and offer myself up on an Internet dating site to men in the New York City area. And with the miracle of Photoshop, I could do it as both a gray-haired and a brunette 50-year-old.
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My husband, Kurt, is not a particularly jealous person, but I imagined that this idea would test even his limits. With genuine trepidation, I announced my plan over dinner one night. Kurt was a little unsettled by the notion of my pretending to date ("In the movie version of this," he said, "you actually meet a guy and fall in love with him"), but he's a writer with a sense of mischief. And he's sort of a data nerd besides, so he ultimately endorsed the experiment. My teenage girls just thought it was one more weird, embarrassing thing their weird, embarrassing mother was doing.
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That same week I happened across a survey of 7,000 cyber daters that seemed to confirm the conventional wisdom: "An overwhelming 86 percent of women and 91 percent of men said they would not date someone with gray hair, preferring instead someone who looks younger." Well, I thought, we'll see.
I wanted all my answers to the Match.com profile questions to generate the largest possible response pool, but it was too upsetting to write that I was divorced. (Have I mentioned that I'm superstitious?) Kurt convinced me, however, that no guy would want to get embroiled with someone who was separated — too messy, too "not ready" — so divorced I'd have to be. I also hated erasing my children from the picture, but the same argument held: Having kids implied complications, and I wanted men to think I was available at the drop of a hat.
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We pride ourselves on being able to provide you with an itinerary to satisfy all your requirements. The itinerary suggestion below is by no means rigid but would, we feel, give you and your guests the maximum enjoyment and variety of experience that a one-day yacht charter can offer.
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9:00 - Meet at Port Hamble Marina and board 'Destination Anywhere' (see Destination Anywhere for details) for welcome and breakfast. Danish pastries and bacon rolls, hot and cold beverages to include Buck's Fizz if requested.
9:30 - Safety briefing and allocation of wet weather gear and life jackets (for use if necessary).
10:00 - Depart Hamble river and enter Solent. Sail westwards towards Beaulieu River. You and your guests can take part in activities such as helming, sail setting and navigation or simply sit back and enjoy the beautiful Solent scenery.
13:00 - Moor at Buckler's Hard, a picturesque 18th century village on the banks of Beaulieu river in the heart of the New Forest. You may take your guests ashore for lunch at the Master Builder's House Hotel (options include the Riverview restaurant and Terrace or the Yachtsman's Bar and Galley, a popular venue with visiting yachtsmen) or stay on board for a buffet lunch served by the crew (see Catering for menu options).
14:30 - Depart Buckler's Hard and enter Solent. Sail eastwards towards Hamble River. You and your guests may wish to take part in team activities including sail hoisting, setting and dropping and navigation around a set course. Alternatively, you may wish to take the opportunity to get to know your clients better during the informality of the sail back.
17:30 - Return to Port Hamble Marina for afternoon tea on board, with scones, jam and cream.
18:00 - Guests depart for a well-earned drink in one of Hamble's beautiful pubs.
Alternative lunchtime destinations include:
West Cowes – the renowned yachting centre on the Isle of Wight, which has played host to some of the greatest international sailing events and has a sailing history second to none (see UK Calendar for further details). There is an excellent selection of public houses, bars and restaurants, all with a great atmosphere and most serving excellent food throughout the day.
Folly Inn – sail up the Medina River past Cowes and go ashore to the 'Folly Inn'. Here there is a wide selection of hot and cold food available all day. Steaks, vegetarian dishes, infamous crew pots and specials, sandwiches and desserts. There is a spacious bar and outside terrace.
Osbourne Bay – a sheltered anchorage east of Cowes. Osbourne House, holiday residence of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, looks out over the bay from its commanding position on top of the hill. Here, you and your guests would remain on board for a buffet lunch (see Catering for menu options).
At additional cost, rigid inflatable powerboats are available to take individuals onto the water should you wish to add another adrenaline rush to the day (see RIBs for details).
If you would like to combine aspects of the different itineraries we would be more than happy to arrange this for you. For example, a buffet served on board is available at any of our lunchtime locations. Also, we can arrange for rigid inflatable powerboats to rendezvous with your yacht at any time in the day to take guests for a high-speed spin around the Solent or on a sightseeing trip up to the famous Needles at the western end of the Isle of Wight.
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Low-Ki retired last year, and most felt it was because he was burnt out when it came to professional wrestling. Rumors had him focusing all his time on his voice over work for movies, but he is now returning to wrestling. PWS reported on Friday that Low Ki is headed to TNA Impact Wrestling to work both as a wrestler and an agent.
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WWE fans might remember Low Ki from winning season two of WWE NXT under the name Kaval. The named he beat included Curtis Axel, Alex Riley, Bray Wyatt and Titus O'Neil. Unlike season one winner Wade Barrett, Kaval received a small push on Smackdown and was released shortly thereafter.
Low Ki left the WWE and went back to NJPW in Japan for two years where he won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship and also wrestled some in the U.S. for Evolve and Dragon Gate USA. It was at this time that he retired from professional wrestling. His retirement lasted five months and Low Ki returned to Dragon Gate USA for a match last month.
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March 14, 2004
SEATTLE - They didn't have to wait long.
The Washington men's basketball team gathered around a television set to learn their postseason fate Saturday afternoon.
Minutes after the selection show began, the name "Washington" appeared on the screen among the first pairing of games. The Huskies received their 11th NCAA Tournament berth, stopping a four-year absence from the "Big Dance."
The room erupted as any lingering doubts that UW would be invited were erased. Skeptics questioned whether the Huskies would receive a bid after struggling to a 5-8 record to open the season. UW won the tournament committee over with a run of 14 victories in their final 17 games, including a 75-62 triumph over top-ranked and previously undefeated Stanford.
Washington (19-11) received the No. 8 seed and will meet No. 9 UAB, Friday, March 19 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. The winner advances to meet the victor of Kentucky's matchup with Tuesday's play-in winner Lehigh or Florida A&M.
The second-round winner moves to the St. Louis Regional at the Edward Jones Dome.
Game times have been announced and Washington will play UAB at approximately 6:45 p.m. Pacific Time (9:45 Eastern) as the game is scheduled to start 30 minutes following Kentucky's first-round game that tips-off at 4:10 p.m. PST.
Washington has never before played against UAB in men's basketball. The Blazers tied for first place in Conference USA with a 12-4 record. UW's Lorenzo Romar coached in that conference during his three seasons at Saint Louis from 2000-2002. His Billiken squads posted a 3-0 record against UAB.
Seven-time national champion Kentucky is the top seed for the entire the tournament. The Wildcats won the only previous meeting with Washington, a 66-58 decision during the first round of the 1985 NCAA Tournament in Salt Lake City, Utah. That game marked the final coaching appearance of legendary Coach Marv Harshman who retired after 14 seasons at UW.
The Huskies are making their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1999.
Washington registered a 12-6 record to finish second in the conference regular-season standings for the first time since 1986. UW advanced to the Pac-10 Tournament championship game for the first time since 1987.
The No. 8 seed is Washington's highest since entering the 1985 NCAA Tournament as a No. 5 seed. That team lost to 12th seed Kentucky.


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By Ken Beck
Author's Note: Too long has philosophy been bogged down by pretentious diction that serves no purpose but to keep valuable information exclusive to the classically trained. Although a diverse vernacular can be appreciated academically, it is but a barrier to the people who need to understand it the most. Not everyone can afford to achieve the level of education common to most great thinkers, and writers can easily resolve this predicament by using language that is comprehendible by the many, not the few. Philosophy should not have to be translated, but direct in its doctrine and clear in explanation. The era of pompous vocabulary is at an end, and I hope that this piece can serve as an example of the way it can and should be.
Part I: The Necessity of Truth
Where is it said that there must be such a thing as truth? Stop. It isn't as complicated as you may think. For me to halt at a red light means that it is true for red to signify the idea that I must stop for fear of legal penalty. Because I arrive on time for appointments, it is the truth that my wristwatch is set properly. For me to brush with toothpaste instead of hemorrhoid ointment means that the Crest label tells me that it is true I'm choosing the correct tube. The answer is everywhere. It is what we believe and have established to be the great foundation. That is to say it is the basis for what we perceive to be our reality. Something must be true in order to exist.
It is impossible to imagine reality without truth. The only explanation is mental dysfunction. My eyes cannot exist as brown if the truth is that they are blue. If I defy this principle, I have either color blindness or I am mad. For me to have actually kicked a tire on my car out of frustration, it must be the truth that my boot did impact the hard, Michelin rubber. The void of truth is falsity; that which cannot exist, because something that is false does not coincide with reality. We believe it is false that 2 + 2 = 5 because we know the statement is in direct conflict with the reality that 2 + 2 = 4. Like truth, falsity is a prerequisite, not for reality, but the opposite: nothingness, emptiness, nonbeing.
That is not to say this entire concept is indeed legitimate.
Now, perhaps, I am mad. But think about this. If it is the case that I am 22 years old and all my life I have held the belief that I am only 21 years old, then reality, at least for myself, has existed with a falsehood, which should be impossible. Therefore, at least a form of reality is void of truth. Truth is then only an idea (be it a universally accepted idea) that is something we must have in order for facts, our thoughts, our feelings, and our perceptions of the world to make sense. The proposition that 2 + 2 = 5 can exist if my sense of reality dictates such. We are wrong all the time, yet our shared reality did not collapse upon itself when it was discovered that the earth was round instead of flat. If that were the case, then we will have undergone cataclysmic peril before the people at the FDA decide whether or not eggs are good for us.
Our reality is only based on truth because we make such connections, not because they really do exist. People live without truth everywhere. Some people are Buddhists while others are Christian, Hindu, Muslim, and atheist. Come on, someone has to be wrong. And yet each of the false realities continues day after day without a colossal rapture of void. Our reality does not entail truth, but merely our perception of it. One cannot even say if truth itself exists, but, again, for us to comprehend the multitudes of information that the mind receives continuously, truth is necessary. Humans must believe in truth to interpret anything, as being or nonbeing. Everything we have ever seen, heard, tasted, touched, or smelled can never be reduced to anything less than Hamlet's great question of "To be or not to be…"
Hence, it does not matter if truth does actually exist. The mere question of the idea is futile. All that is consequential is that we have unanimously accepted it, creating rules based upon it, other general ideas associated with it, and systems that operate on it. Like it or not, truth is the figurative backbone, perhaps even a crutch we rely upon to appease ourselves. It's not that we have any choice in the matter, however. The minute we begin to doubt the existence of truth, the mind is then thrown a loop and as confused as Descartes at the beginning of his Meditations. If we can believe nothing, can we even believe that idea?
So does truth exist? Not necessarily. It's only a concept humans have created. We can't go around finding truth in nature like we can with rare birds or pretty flowers. It exists only because we've labeled it and mass-produced it generation after generation. So can reality exist without truth? Absolutely. People do it everyday. I may even be doing it now with this theory of mine. Can the mind function without the idea of truth? No. The necessity of truth is only the mind's necessity. And since we cannot comprehend that which is beyond the limits of our own minds, we have no other option but to accept it.
The very nature of this proposition sounds as if I am somehow giving up or that I do not have faith in humankind to reach above this constraint. But it would be the same thing if I would say that I am giving up on my grandmother because I believe she cannot go 15 rounds with Mike Tyson. It's not going to happen. Even I, the one who conjured the very prospect, cannot possibly imagine how truth could not exist. Yet, that doesn't mean that it does. It only means that for my system of labeling what reality is, truth becomes, necessarily, a key factor.
Part II: The Nature of Truth
Truth, as stated before, is an idea. Pure and simple. But what kind of idea is it? Truth is actually a creature of multiple forms. Truth can be relative. Language is an excellent case in point. For instance I know that the word "hello" is a basic greeting, yet to someone who has no understanding of English, it means nothing and has no truth. Even if one knows English, but has another native tongue, the word "hello" is only a translation of another word that means the same thing. Take "hola" in Spanish. To me, it is only translation of "hello," but to the Spanish-speaking world, "hello" is the translation. Which is true? Well, there is no true language, so neither of them are, or they both are, depending on which angle you take.
Turning to religion: for Christians, there is only one true God. For the Hindus, there are many different specialized gods. Even within one general religion, there are differences: Catholics and Protestants, Lutherans and Baptists, Southern Baptists and Traditional Baptists. It goes on and on like this. The bottom line is that these truths are different for everybody. Is abortion right? Some say yes and some say no, but each side believes that their view is the truth. To each their own.
Truth can be what lines up with the facts. That is to say a given statement matches what everyone perceives as reality. Relativity, then, is taken out as a contributable factor except for basic means of perception, like line of sight, proximity, human error, and so on. These are deductive truths or truths of definitions, mathematics, science, logic, and so forth. Here we see the famous example: all bachelors are men that are not married. If it is so that I cheat on my taxes, when I say, "I cheat on my taxes," it is true. Luckily, for me, this is not the case (as far as anyone knows). Likewise, if I say that 2 + 2 = 4, and 2 + 2 does in fact equal 4, then it is the truth. If it is raining outside, when I say it is raining, that is the truth. They are factual truths or propositions that, under our understanding of a common reality and with the knowledge available, cannot be proven otherwise.
Some truths are mere probability. Will the sun really rise tomorrow morning? I, and most of the world, assume that this will happen, even though there is no way to prove it to be a certainty. I have no other evidence except that it has risen every day for the last six billion years and the odds would dictate it will do the same the next day and every other day within my lifetime. These are inductive truths, relying on learned likelihood to dictate what will happen. Take death. I believe that I will one day die, as do most rational human beings. We accept this as truth. But, as with our friend the sun, the only proof of this we can conceivably put forward is that everyone who has ever lived on earth has died. Now, science may have something to do with it too, seeing as there are basic scientific laws that dictate the end result for any living cell is death, but to most people, this is not something they think about, nor really need to. We know it will happen to us because we've seen, heard about, or read about everybody dying throughout our own lives.
Other truths are those that come into play only because of some decree, authorization, executive order, democratic vote, or ruling. They are truths of authority. Why is a killer in prison for murder when he or she professes innocence? There is no absolute way to know if the right party is rotting away in jail unless there is a guilty plea or a confession. The jury has, then, decided the truth through deliberation of the evidence. These 12 people came to a conclusion that is accepted as the final judgment. Try to get a job without a social security number. Believe it or not, unless you have those nine digits, you do not exist in the United States of America. On that little paper card is the truth of your identification. Why is your boss your boss? Only because someone has promoted him or her above you in the office hierarchy. The sole reason that George W. Bush is the current president is that our nation's Electoral College has said so. Their very disposition does not dictate that these conclusions must be correct, but only that they are accepted ubiquitously. The jury could be wrong, I could have lost my social security card, and there could have been some miscounts in Florida! But they are what they are, and, for the most part, they are unwavering, that is only if another, higher authority does not overrule it.
Part III: The Properties of Truth
Within the idea of truth we come across several different characteristics that separate it from any common proposition. These basic elements work in conjunction to form the mind's basic conception of truth through simple conditioning in the human environment. Alone, they may be facets of any number of given ideas, but together they create a principle so steady, it contains the sole possibility of our view of the universe. Truth can transcend time and space, alter in form, be created or destroyed, and is innately good.
Transcending time and space may sound difficult or some notion out of Einstein's Theory of Relativity, but it is actually not as difficult to imagine as one might believe. Nevertheless, I do not have this power, nor does any other form of life. Sure, I live from one minute to another, and can place myself in different spatial settings, but I am affected by time. My cells age and I have difficulty walking through walls, as do most other people. But truth does not have these sorts of constraints. Once a truth exists, it is timeless. For instance, the truth that Pearl Harbor was bombed by the Japanese on December 7th, 1941 was just as true on that date as it is now in the third millennium. Not only that, but it will continue to be true throughout time and in every conceivable spatial situation. It will always be the truth.
That example is, however, a finite one in another sense. The Pearl Harbor example can only transcend time and space from one point to another. It was not true that Pearl Harbor was bombed by the Japanese in 500 B.C., 1900, or even December 6, 1941. It was only true from December 7th forward. There are truths that do run in all points along the great timeline, though. Going back to Einstein, we can look at the example of his formula, E=mc². When did this become the truth? When Einstein discovered it? When it became an accepted theory in the scientific community? When it first appeared in a college textbook? No, it was always true, from the very beginning of the universe and from the beginning of time, spanning all points throughout the spectrum. They are limitless.
Truth can also alter in form going from relative to deductive, inductive to authoritative and so on. Let us say we hold a deductive truth that I have $100 in singles. I have counted them and basic math would tell me that this is so. However, when I go to the bank to deposit my $100, the bank teller informs me that I have only $99. This deductive truth suddenly becomes a relative one, seeing as the bank teller and I have two different views of how much there is. It can easily be resolved back to a deductive truth through a speedy recount, but for that instant, the leopard had changed its spots. As soon as the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that abortion was legal in Roe v. Wade, the relative truth (of its legality) suddenly became an authoritative one. Probability, too, turns into certainty. When we see a poll on the evening news in any election, we take it as an inductive truth as to whom the winner will be. When the votes are then counted, that probability gives way, and transforms to pure deduction.
Although matter may not be created or destroyed, truth can all too easily. When Pearl Harbor was bombed, that truth was created. When it was proven that the earth revolves around the sun, and not the other way around, that truth was also created, and the former truth was destroyed. When it was found that cigarettes were actually bad for you in the late 60's, the truth that they had no effect on the body died and was replaced by a new truth that now involves little warnings on the side of every pack. Truths are created and destroyed everyday. One minute the President is a role model, and the next we discover he is a womanizer. Suddenly there is such a thing as "good" cholesterol. Bell bottom pants are no longer in style. There are only two rules. For truth to be destroyed, another truth must take its place. We can't just all of a sudden kill the truth that the earth is flat unless we have the truth that the earth is round taking its place. Likewise, cigarettes can't all of a sudden be bad, unless they were once good, or neutral. Also, when a truth is destroyed, a falsity is created in the former truth. When it was demonstrated that a vacuum could indeed exist, the truth that it could not was destroyed and labeled as a falsehood.
The most perplexing property of truth, however, is that it is somehow innately good. Being well-dug-in at the empiricist camp, I find this quite troubling, but am unable to find it otherwise. Truth, to humans, is pure. It involves and creates other "good" ideas, like certainty, honesty, reliability, and existence. For us to accept any other idea, it must be true. For us to like something, it has to be genuine. Even if something is bad, but true, it is still better than something that is good, but unfortunately false. A lot of people hate the idea that Lee Harvey Oswald shot JFK as the lone gunman that day in 1963, even though, if accepted, it would create the feeling of well-being because the nation would know who did it, and he who did it is also dead. But because many believe it to be false, they value the truth that it was probably not Oswald over the falsehood, bringing with it the uncertainty of the assassin and a possible conspiracy that has haunted us for generations. Truth has real value to people. Anything else is basically garbage.
Part IV: The Fallacy of Absolute Truth
We've somehow gotten it into our heads that there is such a thing as an underlying absolute truth, a truth that can never be created or destroyed, but is unwavering in every aspect. It somehow co-exists with reality and contains every truth on every subject. Some would attribute it to God or another divine power. It is something that many think humans can never perceive, yet it exists for the sake of existing and our goal is to, by some miracle, find it. To some, it is the meaning of life, void of opinion, uncertainty, and change. It is some sort of greatness we believe to be at the end of self-actualization or life itself. Hooey.
There exists no such thing, nor could there ever be. It's a fantasy to think there's this information floating around, which we cannot ever hope to perceive. The fact that we can never know if any truth is absolute gives the theory very little chance of holding water, especially if truth is something that humans have conjured. As I've touched on before, truth can't be found in the world other than in our own minds. So how can it be that there is some universal truth that hangs over reality like the Bat Signal over Gothem City? It can't. But what of deductive truths? If 2 + 2 = 4, isn't that mathematical certainty always going to be true no matter what? Well, no. It's certainly possible that it is not. Deductive truths are only as good as the information that comes with them. 2 + 2 = 4 is only true under our system of math. It could be false in another we have yet to discover. There have, in fact, been many products of mathematics that have later turned out to be false under burgeoning systems, like algebra and calculus. We didn't even have the number zero until the Myans came up with it a couple of thousand years ago. Once it was thought there could be only one system of numbers, but that was blown out of the water many different times throughout history.
We have to accept that there are no absolute truths, anywhere. They are all subject to change without notice. Truth can only go as far as our very limited understanding of the universe. That which we cannot understand may one day come back to bite us in the hindquarters. There may even exist truths that we will never and can never fully comprehend. Little, green men from outer space could someday land on Earth and inform us of different truths and realities beyond our benevolent understanding. Anything is possible. It's quite feasible that everything we believe is false, even the certainty of death and taxes. But it is absurd to believe that there is a library of truth waiting somewhere for us to eventually find, chalk full of certainty, when it is we who have devised such an idea in the first place.
Part V: The Ethics of Truth
What has been laid out before you is a clear and concise view of how humanity views, utilizes, and interprets the idea of truth. The mind often accepts the probable as the certain, the relative as the universal, and the authoritative as the final say. We live in a world that relies too heavily on some truths and severely neglects others. Sometimes we have even been put in the position of acknowledging power as truth. But just because that's the way it is doesn't mean that's the way it should be.
The fatal flaw of human beings is that we do not realize that there are different forms of truth, each with their own usefulness, structure, and rules that must be followed in order to perceive what is real, what may be real, and what is possible. Quite simply, the mind is confused when truths overlap into different frames of understanding. The fault regularly arises from the failure to communicate truths appropriately, effectively mislabeling them and passing them off as something that can be riddled with inaccuracy. We play off the inequitable notion of certainty and absolutes. We sometimes rely on too few sources of truth to make critical decisions, and we are too quick to accept judgments, elections, and executive decisions as virtuous, and too often conflict arises because people hold their individual, relative truths as universal truths of fact.
The first step to avoid misusing truth is to understand the nature of it. It is the responsibility of all to learn that there are indeed different forms of the idea that work on very different systems of thought and reason. More importantly, however, it is imperative that we realize there is no crossover and the means by which we attain these truths must coincide with their fundamental composition. It is never possible to reach a deductive truth through inductive means. An authoritative truth can never be something brought to view in a relative process. Each must be thoroughly segregated in order to guard against the high probability of falsehood. That is not to say a truth cannot be reached incorrectly, but it is very unlikely.
A more serious problem is, however, the practice of confusing the forms of truths themselves. Not only is it weakness of thought, but highly volatile when truths move sharply across a scale of definiteness because of the potential impact to individuals, an entire culture, or our global village as a whole. Acting as the chief antagonist of conflict, it is the source of most schoolyard fights, general upheaval, and our bloodiest wars. We do this often in two ways: by making more out of some truths than they really are, or not giving enough credit to those truths that really do have value. It can be from something as simple as buying one product over another because a celebrity said so, to banning a teacher from instructing evolution in a public school. In the first example the consumer has given more credit to the celebrity's testimony than it is really worth, and in the second, a school board has mistakenly undervalued the principles and evidence associated with the scientifically solid theory. A group or society that holds a relative truth of religion to be a definitive one may try to decimate another group or society who do not agree with them (i.e. The Crusades). They overvalue their relative truth of their deity and undervalue another. Governments can crumble because citizens sometimes act as sheep, following the authoritative truths of the head administrator without question, simply because he or she is in charge. Truths do have the ability to change form, as suggested before, but only if the appropriate steps are taken given the necessary evidence to warrant it.
Utilizing truth appropriately involves treating each as their properties would allow, not only stopping with their individual limits, but also attaining their utmost facility without exception. Relative truths must be treated as merely a view. They should never signify anything definite because of their inability to be demonstrated and the possibility that alternative truths of the same kind can exist simultaneously. Deductive or factual truths must be treated as the closest thing to absolute certainty, but with a very low likelihood that it could be proven otherwise given new information. For instance, we should accept the idea that light is faster than sound unless it is ever proven vice versa because of new evidence. Probabilities or inductive truths should exist as only extreme likelihood depending on the odds. So if the sun has risen everyday for six billion years, the odds that it won't rise tomorrow are roughly (six billion years x 365 days per year) 1 to 2,190,000,000,000. Extremely likely, but nevertheless, still a probability. Authoritative truths should be treated as judgments, which are sometimes fallible. Human error should always be taken into account, especially in situations dealing with prediction, where an authority will make a decision based on what he, she, or they believe what may likely happen in the future.
Our greatest weapon against misusing truth is to rid the mind of the notions of absolute truth. It is perfectly acceptable in our society to speak absolutely, leaving little room for error, when error abounds. "I know for a fact that he did it." "There can't be any other way." "We know what will happen." This should be not acceptable to any society that genuinely values truth. When we think and speak in absolutes, it is inevitable that we will treat all truths as such specimens. Leaving room for different possibilities is not that difficult, and simply realizing that we do not know everything about the universe is the first step.
It would help mankind greatly by looking at knowledge and truth in a homely simile such as a simple card game, like poker. Bear with me here. In poker, there are rules which all players follow without questions, rules that have been in existence from the very invention of the game: a five-card draw, a starting ante, a simple card hierarchy, winning combinations, and so on. But when the game needs to be more interesting, that is to say, when the players discover that poker can be improved to include more ways of winning and betting, the players create new rules based either entirely on the first rules or having absolutely nothing to do with them; one-eyed jacks are now "wild," a seven-card, draw, and so forth. This is the game of truth. We, as thinking beings, are given or discover certain rules of the world. Whilst we exist according to these rules, we must play by them, for we have no other option. It's as simple as that.
It is only when humans strive for knowledge, discovery, exploration (inwardly and in the world), that we can play by different rules, no matter how much they shake up the foundation of truth we have so ardently built throughout history. It can solve so many questions. Do we really exist? In the game of truth we are currently playing, we have no other recourse but to observe the rule that we do, until we can prove otherwise. Does God exist? In the game, the deity exists in so many different forms that it is impossible to say, so the rule says: maybe. Humans must learn to treat truths within the limits of their collective natures and simply accept the rules they are given for the time being, never ridding the mind of the possibility that the rules could change or the rules were wrong from the very beginning. Absolute truth or certainty is nothing but a fallacy, so weak in its reasoning that no one should be its fool.


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I want to build bookshelves in groups on pistons to maximize a smaller space. Do I need to make each bookshelf independent or, what are the most logical groupings for low, middle and high enchantments?
An enchantment table uses up to 15 bookshelves. You can produce all counts up to 15 by using groups of 1, 2, 4, and 8 bookshelves; the combinations of these are just binary numbers.
Here's a nice symmetric pattern for the groups, if you like that sort of thing.
Here's my own build of that pattern, with the 8-bookshelf group deployed. (In case you're wondering about the dark/sunlit aspect, I usually have a ring of slabs on top to prevent spawning, but it hides the pattern so I removed it for this picture.)
Here's a few pictures of the wiring for controlling the groups. I removed a casing around the pistons which prevents light from getting up into the room (that one upper-slab is needed to avoid cutting a wire).
This picture shows the topmost set of torches controlling the pistons, and the wires to the 1 group and half of the 4 group:
Here is the other side of the 4 group.
The 8 group is the most complex as it needs a lot of branching. It is fed from low in the center. There's redstone on top of the 4 sandstone blocks the repeaters are feeding into, which is what controls the pairs of torches at each corner which are directly under the top ring.
The extra repeater on the left of center is just to produce an aesthetic delay in the order the bookshelves rise.
The 2 group just cuts across the center of the top ring like
Every sandstone block in the pictures is either supporting a redstone element or carrying a signal; stone blocks are just the floor and walls.
On the other hand, if you just want an ultra-compact system with less underground wiring, another configuration is to run a single redstone wire around a ring of pistons, and then use variable signal strengths — the signal dies out at some point before reaching all the pistons, so the signal strength at the input directly sets the number of extended pistons.
However, it's tricker to make a small control interface for this: the simplest is a row of 15 separate levers (all spaced out along the input wire), which you toggle only one of.
If you seek to create an easily controllable setup to get varying maximum enchantment levels, removing bookshelves is not the only way, another is to block them.
Enchantment table detects a supporting bookshelf if there are air blocks between them. Hence you can easily control how many bookshelves affect your enchanting table by placing and collecting torches. (Or raising cakes with pistons. Cakes sap magic energies, true story.)
Lower bookshelves require lower block to be air, higher bookshelves require both blocks, on the foot level and head level, to be air. Horizontal dependencies are as follows (capital letters are shelves, small letters are air blocks that control those shelves):
Below are "weights" of air blocks, i.e. number of possible shelves a given air block connects to the table:
By arranging your bookshelves in a certain way, you can make your enchantment area easily and precisely controlled by several torches. Taking Kevin Reid's correctly proposed combination of 8, 4, 2 and 1 shelves, something like the following can be done (controlled entirely by ground-level torches):


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In a little over 24 hours, I am going to be watching the current and the future of freestyle motocross!
I'm getting geared up to head to Dallas to watch what is going to be the greatest freestyle show ever! You see this is not just a group of boneheaded kids doing stupid things on dirt bikes. These guys are professional riders doing tricks that most of us could hardly fathom, let alone actually try.
The show is in the American Airlines Arena on January 23, 2010. I will be there at 6:00 p.m. I will be posting twitter updates (@joshherr) all evening long. For more information and dates check out http://www.nuclearcowboyz.com


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Christianity Today, the flagship magazine of conservative American evangelicalism,editorializes "the obvious": George W. Bush is not Lord, and "God Bless America" is not the Doxology. So far, so simple; but CT goes further, rebuking Christian Right oupost (their words) Family Research Council; Rod Parsley, the Ohio pastor who was instrumental in winning his state for Bush and who's a national leader in the fight against gay marriage; and Ted Haggard, president of the National Association of Evangelicals.
The Young and the Sexless
"What if the true face of the Christian right in America is not that of Dr. James Dobson or Jerry Falwell or Pat Robertson; not that of an aging, comb-over preacher orange with pancake makeup, smiling orca rows of ungodly white teeth on The O'Reilly Factor or Hardball? Nor that of spittle-flecked Fred Phelps of Topeka, Kansas, roaring that God hates fags? What if the true face of the Christian right is, instead, that of a twenty-four-year-old religious-studies graduate student at New York University?"
Revealer editor Jeff Sharlet on "The Young and the Sexless" in Rolling Stone.
Darcey Steinke: "Up until that year, my most developed internal incantations had to do with fantasizing about sex. Maybe because of this, my first attempts to pray resembled scenes from a Victorian bordello. My cloud was purple, like the purple smoke I'd once seen at a Prince concert, and I imagined myself lying in front of the swirling mass in a green velvet gown. I rested there on a warm blanket and was comforted by the idea that, though hidden in vapor, I was in the presence of God…"


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Since PA is not one of the few states with a stupid "assault weapons" ban, no, there are no laws at the state or federal level that would keep an eligible person from buying one.
I personally would get it with the collapsible stock.
This is a discussion on Laws affecting Benelli M4 Tactical shotgun ownership within the Defensive Rifles & Shotgun Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; Is there any law that prohibits civilians from owning a Benelli M4 Tactical auto loading shotgun with a factory Benelli magazine extension which gives it ...
Is there any law that prohibits civilians from owning a Benelli M4 Tactical auto loading shotgun with a factory Benelli magazine extension which gives it a 7+1 round capacity? Here is a picture below.
Since PA is not one of the few states with a stupid "assault weapons" ban, no, there are no laws at the state or federal level that would keep an eligible person from buying one.
I personally would get it with the collapsible stock.
No reason I can think of why you couldn't buy it. I recommend against the collapsible stock - its quite uncomfortable to shoot with, doesn't reduce length much, and takes too long to extend IMO.
Actually, yes there is a law. I only know the final number which is 922(r). It basically states that since it is an imported firearm that you can't remake the gun by putting the full length mag tube on. It is the same deal as putting the collapsible stock on. If you were wanting to legally do this you could try and find enough US made parts, 5 i believe, and put those on. Or you could register it as an SBS and do what you want. You don't have to cut the barrel down either.
the Benelli forums are a good resource for information on this topic. And there are some people who are making after market parts.
this is a major topic so do a search, or multiple searches and you will find all that you need to know, and then some.
Can you tell I had to research this exact question not too long ago?
jualdeaux: How did you get around the problem? What US made parts did you put on your M4 Tactical? I hit the link but it doesn't specify whether or not I can install the Benelli factory +2 extension if I changed the trigger, disconnector, and hammer with US made parts. Do you have the factory +2 extension on your M4 Tactical?
Take a look at this and please tell me if I am reading it right. If my Benelli M4 Tactical has a standard traditional shotgun stock without the pistol grip I can have the factory +2 extension. Please correct me if I am wrong. Here is the link.
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Ronald Reagan
Here is a thread from the Benelli forums that talks about this.
I am not a lawyer and did not stay at the Holiday Inn last night so...
What 922(r) does is that you cannot reconfigure your weapon into an original made outside of the US gun. It must have at least 5 US Made Parts. This is a common thing with AK owners that want to upgrade their babies with all the tacticool stuff.
If that shotgun is new & of recent purchase from Benelli by the gun shop you have a very good chance that the gun conforms with 922(r). Just make sure any part you want to change is made in the US.
You have to make the shot when fire is smoking, people are screaming, dogs are barking, kids are crying and sirens are coming.
Randy Cain.
Ego will kill you. Leave it at home.
Signed: Me!
".................It shall be unlawful for any person to assemble from imported parts any semiautomatic rifle or any shotgun which is identical to any rifle or shotgun prohibited from importation under the Section 925(d)(3)...as not being particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting purposes... Also, 27 C.F.R. Section 478.39 (formerly 178.39) states-
This part of 922 addresses the manufacture of only those weapons that are PROHIBITED FROM IMPORTATION. That is the key phrase and was meant to prevent the construction of things like AK's. The M4 shotgun does not fall into that category. Adding factory parts like stocks and extended mag tubes is not a problem.
"The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization." Sigmund Freud
As was stated previously, you can buy that shotgun as pictured. However, it does not have a true magazine extension and it's capacity is not 7+1 rounds. The part that looks like a magazine extension is just a dummy extension. If you look close you can see the part of it where it looks crimped like a bendable straw, which is a giveaway that it's not a real extension.
I also don't believe it's possible to buy a factory extension in the US due to import restrictions (it's not used for "sporting purposes"), but there are several aftermarket versions available.
And to address a previous post, depending on what state you're in it may very well be legal to have a shotgun with a barrel shorter than 18", military or LE status notwithstanding. All you have to do is get the right forms approved, pay the ATF $200, and a couple other things, and you can have a shotgun with as short a barrel as you want. And unless you're buying a shotgun from an idiot seller, there's no way you'll accidentally buy a Short Barrel Shotgun, they're highly regulated.
Or instead of the Benelli, you could just buy a Remington 870 Police model with a factory extension. Just a thought...
Nice shotgun.
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This story has a happy ending, folks, and I'll start with it. After working for three weeks to painstakingly restore Bryan Sutton's flood damaged Banjo Killer, Shin Ichikawa finally got to test drive it today! The entire shop stopped working to watch this exciting moment, after which Shin received a standing ovation (well, we were all standing anyway).
Mike Onofrio, our regular fret guy, came in early this morning to install frets.
I was kinda sorta planning to receive the guitar from Mike and do a quick and dirty setup, but Shin wanted to carry the baton over the finish line himself. Before I realized that Mike had finished the fret job, Shin had the neck on and started installing a new set of Waverly tuners.
I should have known better than to expect that the guitar would end up on my bench.
Shin quickly installed the original nut and saddle, got strings on the guitar, put some tension on the strings, and adjusted the truss rod. Machines stopped running all through the shop as word spread that a possibly historic moment was about to be witnessed.
After a little warmup doodling (compulsory for all professional guitar setup folks), Shin played a few tunes. When we finished applauding and reaching for the hankies, several of the more courageous players the shop took turns trying out the Banjo Killer. Shin is a tough act to follow!
Here's a portrait of the team that put the Banjo Killer back together: Shin, Brian Durkin, me, Mike Onofrio, and Cary Clements.
So how did the Banjo Killer sound? Pretty amazing. After about 15 minutes of playing, the bottom started to open up and we all got a little glimpse of what it might feel like to be Bryan Sutton.
I'm sure there's more break-in ahead, but to sound this loud, clear and full after being drowned in the Nashville flood, disassembled piece by piece, nipped and tucked, and cobbled back together, is more than I could have hoped for. The video at the top of the page was made within 10 minutes of initial string up.
Late this afternoon Shin received a phone call from Bryan Sutton, thanking him for accomplishing the incredible feat of restoring a treasured guitar that might otherwise never be played again. Bryan is Shin's real life guitar hero, and this was the first time Shin had ever spoken with him. I'm pretty sure the phone call was as exciting for Shin as playing the Banjo Killer.
Shin leaves for Boston tomorrow and for Tokyo on Monday. He came here at his own expense and donated his time for the challenge, for the lutherie experience, comraderie, and pure love of the music the Banjo Killer represents and may produce again.
So long, my friend. Working with you has been a real pleasure and a humbling experience. Your heart is as big as your talent. Lets find a way, someday, to do something like this again.
I need a little break, but tomorrow I will finish restoring Courtney Hartman's guitar, which imploded, cracked and came unglued a couple weeks ago in Telluride's 20 percent humidity (the opposite condition experienced by the Banjo Killer). I thought I got out of the repair/restoration business 20 years ago, but a few projects just can't be refused.
The Banjo Killer needs still some cosmetic work and a better setup, and this will generate a couple more blogs. But not tomorrow.
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Dear everyone who left comments to us below,
I am sorry that it has taken me a long time to respond. I got back to Tokyo safely 4days ago. I can't thank you enough for supporting us since we started working on the project on June 25. As Dana mentioned, the Banjo Killer still needs some cosmetic work and the final setup and it will sound BETTER for sure. I really wanted to hear the sound after they gave it the final tweak, but I had to leave it up to them. I was extraordinary happy that I could be a part of the project. I could not make it without great advice and suggestions that Dana and guys at the shop gave me and being supported by all of you who read the blog daily. You all encouraged us and we have been motivated. Again, thank you very much for the compliment and thinking that I am your hero. I guess I am still nothing but a repair guy though!
Best Regards,
Thanks for sharing this great story. Shin is a wonderful player. Bryan must be thrilled to be getting his instrument back!
Well done Shin! Great story thank you for sharing.
I can't wait to see the videos of the restoration of the case...you are going to restore that as well, right?
I just love a happy ending! Shin is my hero now. I hope he has sweet dreams of playing such a huge role in this project (and the Banjo Killer, if you'll pardon the 'syllepsis'...)
What a great story. Thanks for taking the time to document this amazing reclamation. Bryan must be ecstatic, and Shin's playing was pretty impressive as well.
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Screw Productivity: Happy Birthday, Tetris!
Today marks the 25th birthday of Tetris. In its quarter century of service it has been responsible for thirty googlejillion man hours of gameplay and countless drops in productivity. I know I got fired for playing at work once. You hear that, the man? YOU CAN'T HOLD ME DOWN! Happy Birthday, Tetris, this long piece is for you. And by long piece I mean 40. A GLUGLULGLULAGLUG!
At 25, `Tetris' drops into place as gaming icon [yahoonews]
Thanks to Pat, Watch-303, catch22 and /Eyeroll, who don't even bother working at work anymore.


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Les Brown, one of the world's most renowned motivational speakers, was quoted as saying, "Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you will land among the stars."
The act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target takes a lot of patience, focus, and calmness.
Picture a marksman at an outdoor shooting range. Study his or her movements. The casual way they adjust their rifle's scope and position their firearm. They are relaxed and focus when firing a discharged projectile into the Bull's-eye of their intended target.
But not everyone is that disciplined.
"Most people don't aim too high and miss," continued Brown. "They aim too low and hit."
So what's your target? What are you aiming for in life?
Is it a Bachelors Degree in Communications? Or let me guess, you want to fly to the moon? Perhaps you want to be a lawyer? A doctor? A Superhero? Maybe President of the United States of America?
Anything is possible. But the examples above are impressive goals that are safeguarded by life's goalkeepers (obstacles).
Can you imagine the standing ovation you will get when you score?
The loud monotone sounds of hundreds of vuvuzelas (plastic horns) will be heard. The stadium will be in an uproar because of you. And depending on your imagination, confetti might fall from the sky.
If you like this article, and appreciate good journalism, you can follow me on Twitter @zangbathomson, visit my website personal, or subscribe to receive email updates whenever I publish a new article. Always remember that (P) Positive, (E) Energy, (A) Always, (C) Creates, (E) Elevation (PEACE).


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This page shows the required elements of the University brand online.
The image at right shows the required elements of the University brand online. The very top navigation, as well as the navigation across the bottom of the page, remain consistent to unify the site across divisions, colleges and units. The wordmark and logo clearly and consistently identify the University on every page. The open white area represents the region of the page available for individual unit/department look and feel, navigation and content.
In some cases, such as a college website, it is appropriate to remove the second row of audience-level navigation on the University template and add similar, college- (or other unit-) specific navigation. Replacement of standard navigation with unit-specific navigation is evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
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This is the modem you would typically get these days; which is WiFi enabled:
Its all happy going from there until you decide to get a little adventurous and somehow jumble up all the settings losing that important little link with the outside world. I know it can be really frustrating but lets try to get it working DIY style.
Power up your modem if it isn't already and connect the phone line into the line port on the modem. If you just booted the modem you should have a red light for power. Wait for it to get stable.
If you are using a laptop connect to the modem over wifi. Your network should typically be named PTCL-BB unless you changed the SSID. If you are unable to connect over wifi or are using a desktop computer plug in a LAN wire into the modem and your PC. This should get you a connection with the modem. Do not hesitate if it shows an exclamation sign we just need a stable connection for now.
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Once you are through. Click on Advanced setup to be greeted by the WAN setup page. This is where we are going to add the correct settings for the internet to work once again.
If you have anything added to the table just click the checkboxes under the remove column and hit remove. Once done
your modem will be wiped of any previous settings.
To begin click on add.
Use the image below to fill out the respective fields.
Alternatively you could also enter: VPI: 0 and VCI: 103 and check enable quality of service. Use these settings if the ones in the image do not work out for you. These are the two most common settings so either one of them should hopefully work!
Note: The following screens are the same for both the configurations.
Hit Next. Choose PPP over ethernet (PPPoE), and set the encapsulation mode to LLC/SNAP-BRIDGING
Hit next. On this screen you will enter your PTCL username and password. The username now here usually is your PTCL landline number on which you have your DSL connection. This is without the area code. The password for this however is ptcl. If you still get a authentication error call 1218 and ask them for your credentials.
MTU is 1492. Use the following image to make the appropriate selection for the checkboxes.
Once again hit next and use the image as a reference to fill out this page. Typically you will check enable NAT, enable firewall and enable WAN service.
Hitting next shall give you a summary of your settings. This should be what you should expect:
Hit save, reboot your router and we are all set!
If everything worked correctly you should be able to get something like this and a stable green internet light on the modem and not to mention a working internet connection!
Your internet connection has been restored to its actual glory. Report back if these settings worked for you or if there were any hiccups.


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Wall Street Plaza will host its "Groundhog Day Block Party" tonight starting at 5 p.m. There wil be buy-one-get-one specials on all beers and cocktails behind the bar (Wall Street says you'll be buying the drink and getting its shadow, the second drink, for free). There is no cover for the 21-and-up party. Wall Street Plaza is at 25 Wall St., downtown Orlando; call 407-420-1515.


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Maintaining my relationships on this website has become a burden rather than a joy. So off I go to greener pastures. If you'd like to stay in touch, feel free to drop me a line on my tumblr (pokeaday.tumblr.com) or you can message me for my FB.
Not much else to say, except maybe thank you guys for nearly nine years of artistic community, inspiration, and all around devious fun. I'll check back occasionally, but please don't expect quick responses.
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Martin C. Burke, DO, FACC, FACOI, FRCP, is an expert in cardiac electrophysiology, the study and treatment of heart rhythm disorders. Dr. Burke offers the full range of services for patients with heart rhythm problems.
Dr. Burke's clinical interests include the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias through intracardiac device and radiofrequency catheter ablation techniques, and the basic mechanisms and clinical applications of cardiac defibrillation. He is a regional expert in the management of infected cardiac devices. His major research interests involve ablative therapy for atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia as well as the implantation and laser removal of therapeutic devices for cardiac arrhythmias.
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A California woman was arrested this week for spraying weed killer into the face of a seven year-old girl. Sixty-year-old Julie Rodenhuis, from Grover Beach, was arrested after she allegedly went on a weed-killing rampage with her noxious spray chemicals. Witnesses say Rodenhuis was feuding with her neighbors at their condo complex shortly before the attack.
Rodenhuis has been charged with three felonies – Assault with a deadly weapon, battery with serious injury and child endangerment. The girl was treated at the hospital and released. Rodenhuis meanwhile currently sits behind bars at the San Luis Obispo County Jail in lieu of $100,000 bail.
The Huffington Post reported that Rodenhuis moved into the apartment complex "about four years ago, and neighbors said that ever since, their kids have been so afraid of her that they've been hesitant to play outside. Their fears may have been justified, since police say that Wednesday at around 7:15 p.m., Rodenhuis approached a little girl who was playing outside and sprayed poisonous weed killer directly into the child's face."
The reason that the wacked-out woman assaulted the girl? Neighbors who live at the condo said the girl had accidently splashed Rodenhuis by the pool, and now she was getting her back. According to witnesses, Rodenhuis, who lives alone, told the girl, "You squirted me, now I'm going to squirt you," before blasting her in the face with the chemicals.
While police are continuing to investigate the incident, Grover Police Commander John Peters said that Rodenhuis "has been involved in several neighborhood disputes in the past and this appears to be a continuation."
Perhaps Chem-Lawn would take her in?
In other strange news today, a live-in nanny from California has taken the "live-in" portion of her job title quite seriously, refusing to leave the home even after she has been fired.
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Once upon a time sci-fi fans had many options when it came to the theme of their stories. There were your gruesome alien plots, dinos aplenty, genetic mishaps, and robots galore. Regardless of the topic, you also got to choose between the type of future for these stories to take place in, dystopian or utopian. With the latter option society had evolved, and humanity had matured into a better species. Through sci-fi we were able to see all the possible ways the world could be saved, and the brighter futures that could come from having done so.
We don't get too many of those storylines anymore, happy ones I mean. Sure, we see how some "hungry" misfit hero type "diverges' from the pack, helps fix a dystopian future, and makes things better; but the world has to go to hell-in-a-hand-basket first, and even then things still aren't great. No, what we don't really see any more are the sci-fi stories like Star Trek, where humanity has already worked through its problems, and gotten its act together. By the time that Kirk, Pickard, and all the other captains came along, the environment had been healed, and there actually was peace on Earth. That freed them up to go on really cool adventures, and help to solve other peoples' problems while they were at it. (Way to multi-task guys :)
Stories like those are few, to non-existent these days. Maybe it's because the world seems like such a mess right now. Between the politics, wars, and climate change it's easy to lose hope. However, that's why a positive, hopeful, message is so important to hear now; and for whatever reason, sci-fi just isn't delivering that really needed boost as it has in the past. The last upbeat sci-fi show of recent years was Eureka, and that's now off the air.
With Comic-Con right around the corner, perhaps now is as good a time as any to put the word out. What the world needs right now if for sci-fi writers of all kinds to help show us the way again. Star Trek, and its like, once inspired us to think of a brighter future as a real possibility, and as a result many of us grew up working towards that idea. Now it's time to pass the torch, because one can't help but dread a future that was solely inspired by tales of life in dystopian futures after all!


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An ABC book for children 4-6 years old. The rhyming couplets are amusing and encourage interaction with the child to understand the jokes.
Since 2000, my company, Tidewater Graphics has designed outdoor interpretive exhibits for national and state parks and wildlife refuges. When I have time I write and illustrate children's books.
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I just begun studying for the RHCE. While on the topic of PAM configuration, I was a little perplexed with this stanza from
auth required pam_env.so
auth sufficient pam_unix.so nullok try_first_pass
auth requisite pam_succeed_if.so uid >= 500 quiet
auth required pam_deny.so
According to the PAM documentation,
sufficient means that it would cease to process the rest of the stack. If that is the case, then the 3rd line never gets to check the UID of the logged in user.
Am I interpreting this correctly or am I misunderstanding something?