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1. To run at person, door, or inanimate object and jumping either of the ground or bench,table,chair.. etc in the air extending both legs so the body is parallel or horizontal to the ground and hitting the designated target usually breaking or knocking over the target with the kicker usually falling to the ground. Hence a drop kick.
Guy 1: "Dude I so wanna drop kick that freshman in the face"
Guy 2: "You should defiantly do it, dude"
Guy 2: "You should defiantly do it, dude"
von T.BiGGz 9. September 2006
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Dimwitted person, slow on the uptake.
"Where's that dropkick Gordon, he was supposed to be here an hour ago?"
von Jenesis 9. September 2004
In Australia, a 'drop kick' refers to someone who isn't very smart and hasn't made it very far in life. A drop kick usually doesn't go to school anymore, either having dropped out or done very poorly in Year 12, and is usually either unemployed or working a crappy low paid job full time (such as at McDonalds, KFC, supermarket etc), with no aspirations to do anything better with their lives. Many smoke and/or do drugs. Many drop kicks are eshays or bogans.
Drop kicks can be found hanging around train stations or bus interchanges, shopping centres and of course in low paid, unskilled jobs like fast food or supermarkets.
Drop kicks can be found hanging around train stations or bus interchanges, shopping centres and of course in low paid, unskilled jobs like fast food or supermarkets.
Guy 1: So, what happened to James? He dropped out of school before we graduated, what's he doing now?
Guy 2: Yeah, he's working at McDonalds full time. He's a total drop kick.
Guy 2: Yeah, he's working at McDonalds full time. He's a total drop kick.
von 10lo 18. Januar 2014
Australian slang.
reasonably polite and socially acceptable.
reasonably polite and socially acceptable.
Hey johnno, ya drop kick.
von gladi 10. Juli 2008
a simple, common and effective wrestling move.
Hardcore Holly does the best dropkicks in the WWE.
von Purofan 6. Mai 2005
An stupid moron who is as good as being used as a football.
Daniel is such a dropkick, he cant even write his own name.
von Nick Russo 18. November 2004
When you have to use brute force to get a piece of computer or networking equipment working properly again.
No one is able to connect to that server, I am about to apply drop kick.
von Shadowed_Stranger 9. April 2010


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5 Surprising Upsides to Getting Married
I've only recently become convinced otherwise, but am I ever glad that I was, because there are some amazing upsides to marriage that just don't get as much play as the pitfalls.
Oh, and before we start, know that when I say "marriage," I'm really just using that as shorthand for the point in a relationship when two people realize they could stay together forever, and both agree to do so. If your equivalent of that doesn't involve legal matrimony, and you can be just as committed and loving without this symbolic gesture, more power to you. But I'm not writing out "any loving union entered into by two people that is like marriage in many aspects, but may not come with any religious significance, the proper paperwork or be technically acknowledged by law because of some archaic bullshit hangups about sexuality" every time. That's just a pain in the ass to type.
#5. Fuck your Uninteresting Hobbies, Pretty Girls
As a socially awkward, mildly unattractive man in my 20s, girls were a fucking scourge. Don't get me wrong, ladies: It was nothing you did, and I'm not blaming you for anything. I'm just saying that, if I was interacting with you at any point in my early 20s and you were an even slightly attractive heterosexual single woman, then there was something at stake: No matter how absurdly remote the possibility, no matter how little either of us may have even wanted it in the first place, there was always a slight chance that we would sleep together at some point. Again, don't mistake me: I'm not saying I'm a ladies man here. We're talking odds in the upper billions, I know. But hey, maybe I've had just enough whiskey to be charming, but not enough to start a fistfight with your dog. Or maybe you've watched enough of the same rehashed '80s TV to understand my jokes. Or maybe you're just really, really high and think I kind of look like Ed Norton caught in a time distortion.
"You kinda look like that guy from Fight Club, but y'know ... after the beatings. And with boiling skin and goat eyes."
Regardless of the likelihood, being single meant that every single interaction with an eligible member of the opposite sex -- whether that was talking with them at a party or ordering a coffee -- had something riding on the results. My entire life from 13 to 25, I felt like I had an open bet riding on a roulette wheel that may or may not ever actually stop to pay out. Sex was a niggling little rat in the back of my mind, gnawing slowly but persistently through my rational brain: "Did she like that joke? Is she laughing at me, or with me? Wait, what does that look mean? Is that lust or is she trying to burn me with her thoughts? Did she get that reference? Did I just seal the deal, or kill it forever? Should I go? I should just go. Or should I ask to stay over? Or no seriously, what the fuck does that look mean?!"
I wasn't a sex-crazed fiend or anything. It's not that I even necessarily wanted to sleep with you (although yes, I probably did) -- I'm just saying that, for well over a decade, there was a dim social pressure between pretty girls and me, and it flavored our every conversation with stress and judgment.
"Yes, my penis finds your anecdote very amusing."
And now that I'm happily married, I completely do not give a shit. Seriously, it is such an amazing relief to speak with an attractive woman and know that I will never, ever sleep with her. I feel smarter, wiser and more balanced. It's like I've gotten the 30 percent of my concentration back that used to be reserved for worrying about inappropriate erections. Now I don't have to pretend that you're interesting if you're not, and I don't have to pretend to be interesting myself when I don't feel like it. If our conversation isn't going well, I can just give you a little smile, swivel around and talk to somebody else without rebuking myself for my social awkwardness.
When you get married, you instantly gain an amazing new superpower: To never again insist that you genuinely want to see the prints when that hot blonde tells you she's "something of a photographer."
#4. Your Own Buddy Cop Movie
Any time you share your life with another person, there are going to be stressors: The kids will get sick, the house will need repair, you'll take a nasty spill and be unable to work, get attacked by Russian drug-smugglers, or watch your sailboat tragically explode one goddamn day before retirement. That's because, much like Lethal Weapon, being married means having a partner that always has to have your back, even if they kind of hate you right now. With Riggs and Murtaugh, it was because they were thrown together by the job; in married life, it's because you tricked somebody into thinking you were a responsible human being long enough for them to sign up with you.
Life still can and absolutely will shit all over each of you in turn, it's just that now that you're married, that shit gets spread out over a whole other person. Sure, that means two people get shit on instead of one, but it's half as much shit. Marriage is a shit-diffuser. In my experience, by far the worst part of dealing with life's psychotic streak was that moment when I had exhausted every option I could think of trying to fix whatever was wrong, and was ultimately left just sitting on the couch alone, out of time, out of ideas and stuck in an unproductive mental loop of disbelief at how astoundingly screwed I truly was.
You're so fucked that the concept of fucked has turned in on itself and formed a fucked paradox that threatens to destroy the very fucked universe.
For me, it was usually cars: I was poor, and bought junkers which -- surprise! -- usually turned out to be pieces of junk. They would inevitably explode or implode (or, in one bizarre case, replode) at the worst possible time, and I could never pay to have them fixed. This happened again recently (PROTIP: If your car manufacturer's name also means Killed in Action, it may not be a trustworthy automotive conveyance!), but it was a whole different story now that I was married. This time around, instead of staying up all night extrapolating endless budgets to try and squeeze a new car out of a bank account that scoffed at the idea of Ramen, and still bus four hours to a full work day, every day, there was somebody else around that legally had to be on my team. The sucker volunteered for it! So now the wife got to figure out new and exciting ways to spruce up that Ramen (throw some chives in there! That shit's gourmet!), research loan stipulations and work on a coherent plan to unfuck the universe while I was working, and vice versa.
In other words, I learned that marriage isn't just about love, romantic intentions and raising kids. It means playing co-op through life; it means never being pinned down by life's nonstop hail of bullshit bullets again, because there's always somebody there to cover you while you sprint up and poetically drop the exploded shell of your sailboat right on life's goddamn head.
#3. Forced Cross-Pollination of Interests
If you're anything like me, most of your affection for something lies in the amount of exposure you get to it. Sometimes "this album sucks" is a statement of divergent opinion, sometimes it means you're listening to Incubus and sometimes it just means "I haven't listened to this 10 times yet." My impressions can be changed pretty easily, and given enough forced exposure to a thing, I can eventually start to see the good in it. Marriage means sharing space, time and sometimes conflicting interests with another human being ... forever. I can no longer monopolize the Netflix and watch nothing but Buffy for six weeks, because somebody else gets equal TV, video game or music time. As a side effect, I'm not only being exposed to new properties all the time, but being exposed to them by somebody I like and respect.
Before meeting my wife, I was locked into an insular little circle jerk of punk rock, role playing games and postmodern fiction. After meeting her, I can now debate the narrative merits of the esteemed Sir Ghostface Killah, or play through Ocarina of Time without hurling that damn awkward controller through the wall the first time it Z-targets instead of centers the camera, or condescend to children by insisting that "the Neverending Story book was much better."
"Yeah, I guess Dora is OK, but have you read the books? Way darker. Not just little kid stuff, like the show."
Getting married is like inviting somebody into your house that immediately opens up your garbage and starts pulling all the refuse out. It's weird and unsettling at first, and you wish they would just stop, but then they start unwrapping wads of toilet paper with precious metals inside, and you realize some of that shit has been gold this whole time.
Of course other times, on rare occasions, they're completely wrong and just end up wrist-deep in fecal matter. (Project Runway just plain sucks and that's the end of the story, sweetheart.)

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Tiffin reports
Veneda K. Weaver, 49, of Tiffin, was charged with domestic violence and drugs-paraphernalia Sunday after an incident Saturday.
A 100-block East Market Street woman reported Monday afternoon someone kept dumping chemicals at her door.
A 600-block South Sandusky Street woman went to the station Monday evening to report she was assaulted.
A physical domestic dispute was reported in the first block of Rebecca Street Monday night.
County reports
A 4000-block TR 1070 woman reported early Monday morning she was in the process of evicting a man, and she returned home to find some belongings were gone.
A 2000-block North TR 155 man requested to speak with a deputy Monday morning because someone had been using his debit card.
A 7000-block North TR 70 resident requested to speak with a deputy Monday morning about a fraudulent check that had been received in the mail.
An 8000-block Main Street woman reported Monday afternoon her home had been burglarized.
A woman reported Monday evening her rental property in the 4000 block of TR 1070 had a door kicked in.
A 6000-block North TR 190 woman reported Tuesday morning someone had hit her mailbox and knocked it off the post.
Fostoria reports
A 400-block West Jackson Street woman reported Sunday evening someone stole a package off her porch. It later was returned to the owner.
A 200-block Watson Avenue woman reported early Monday morning her husband and son were fighting and had broken a door.
A person from Fostoria Community Hospital reported Monday evening a woman reported she was raped. The incident was under investigation. A message was left for a police captain Tuesday night.
A person from Fostoria Community Hospital reported Tuesday morning a woman was being treated for injuries sustained from an assault.
A 300-block East North Street resident reported Tuesday morning someone broke into a garage and took items. It was under investigation.
A 100-block East Fremont Street man reported Tuesday afternoon he returned home, and his television was stolen.
Tiffin accidents
A pole was struck in the first block of Clay Street early Monday morning.
A truck struck a street sign at South Washington and Charlotte streets Monday night.
An accident was reported in the first block of Oak Street Tuesday afternoon.
County accident
A two-vehicle, non-injury accident was reported in the 200 block of West Woodmere Drive Monday night.
Fostoria accidents
Patrick A. Coe, 19, of Risingsun, was cited with assured clear distance ahead after an accident on North US 23 Friday afternoon.
Danielle J. Hampton, 36, of Fostoria, was cited with improper backing after an accident in the 800 block of South Main Street Saturday afternoon.
Helen J. Haney, 86, of Fostoria, was cited with failure to yield right-of-way on a left turn after an accident in the 600 block of Stinchcomb Drive Saturday evening.
Tiffin fire
Firefighters were called to a power line down at 46 Clay St. early Monday morning.
Firefighters were called to arcing and shorted electrical equipment at 55 Madison St. Monday evening.
Fostoria fire
Firefighters were called to a lift assist on Stinchcomb Drive Monday morning.
County fire
Bascom firefighters were called to a propane fire on South US 23 Sunday evening.
Clinton firefighters were called to a gas smell on South SR 231 Monday morning.
Green Springs firefighters were called to a gas odor on West Adams Street Tuesday afternoon.
Municipal Court
Bryan S. Swartz, 808 Leonard St., disorderly conduct, $115; Dustin P. Myers, Dayton, speed, $117; Alexis D. Bulkowski, Van Buren, failure to control, $125; Richard U. Baldwin, Southfield, Mich., speed, $147; Felix E. Vanderhoff, Ottawa, assured clear distance, $125; John M. Gabel, New Riegel, assured clear distance, $125; Jennifer L. Billings, Clyde, red light violation, $125; Mark J. Lehman, Bloomdale, seat belt violation, $75; David M. Bollinger, 149 1/2 E. Crocker St., traffic control device violation, $125; Connor S. Lewis, Fostoria, speed, $129.


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Summerville Oakbrook Breakfast Club inducted Nicole Bailey as its newest member during this year's annual banquet.
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My knitting tote is broken and this one is longing to hold my needles and yarns... just dreaming about it makes me happy today.
Life of the Day, Day 13
That is a cute bag! I love the color...it makes me happy too. I'm on a pink kick right now.ReplyDelete
Oooo. Love the bag. I wonder if it is big enough to use as a diaper bag. ??? Course, I'm sure the hubby wouldn't appreciate having to carry it around. Ah well, he is manly enough to carry it off.ReplyDelete
That is GORGEOUS. Where did you find it?ReplyDelete
beautiful but wow... 180 dollars?!ReplyDelete
How cute is that!!!ReplyDelete
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|October 5, 2005
|Afterthoughts on the Aftermath of the New Orleans Flood
|by D. Eric Schansberg
|September 28, 2005
|The Nose of a Camel: The Federal Government and Education
|by Kevin E. Schmiesing
|September 21, 2005
|Whining is un-American
|by Jennifer Roback Morse
|September 14, 2005
|Low Marx for Poor Memory
|by Samuel Gregg
|September 7, 2005
|Pascal's Blunder: Miscalculating the Threat of Global Warming
|by Jordan Ballor
|August 31, 2005
|Robertson's Fatwa
|by Rev. Robert A. Sirico
|August 31, 2005
|For Our Freedom and Yours: Remembering Solidarity
|by Samuel Gregg
|August 24, 2005
|Back to School, Back to Parents
|by Anthony B. Bradley
|August 17, 2005
|Benedict and World Youth Day: Becoming Adults in Christ
|by Kishore Jayabalan
|August 10, 2005
|Miracles of God and Miracles of Science
|by Acton Staff
|August 3, 2005
|Voluntary Association and Union Politics
|by Charles W. Baird
|July 27, 2005
|Family Values and Grand Theft Auto
|by David M. Phelps
|July 20, 2005
|Ghetto Cracker: The Hip Hop 'Sell Out'
|by Anthony B. Bradley
|July 13, 2005
|More Government Control of Charities Looms
|by Karen Woods
|July 6, 2005
|Heroes of the Half-Measure: Christian Advocates for Government Charity
|by Jordan Ballor
|June 29, 2005
|Our Slap-Happy Slide into Techno-Violence
|by Jordan Ballor
|June 22, 2005
|Business and Virtue in Batman Begins
|by Ben Sikma
|June 22, 2005
|It's a Wonderful Retirement?
|by D. Eric Schansberg
|June 15, 2005
|The Free and Easy Charity of the 'One Campaign'
|by Anthony B. Bradley
|June 8, 2005
|The Culture's Animating Values
|by Rev. Robert A. Sirico
|June 1, 2005
|Europe's Statist Nightmare -- Beginning of the End?
|by Kishore Jayabalan
|May 25, 2005
|Of Mice and Men: What it Means to be Human
|by Jordan Ballor
|May 18, 2005
|Global Goods for the Anti-Globalization Movement
|by Anthony B. Bradley
|May 11, 2005
|The Flawed Fast Food Tax
|by Jordan Ballor
|May 11, 2005
|Old Europe's New Despotism
|by Samuel Gregg
|May 4, 2005
|Civic Groups Remain Relevant
|by Jordan Ballor
|April 27, 2005
|Grading America's Giving: Global Action Week for Education
|by Anthony B. Bradley
|April 22, 2005
|True Liberalism
|by Rev. Robert A. Sirico
|April 20, 2005
|God, Man, and the Environment
|by Samuel Gregg
|April 20, 2005
|Benedict XVI and Freedom
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The IMF Advocacy Team has seen major growth this year with two new additions. Early this year, Aimee Martin joined as our Grassroots Liaison and in July we added Zina Cary as our National State Affairs Consultant. We are excited to now have more feet on the ground to advocate for myeloma patients' rights. With these and other team changes we wanted to inform you of each person's role so you know who to contact when you need support from the Advocacy Team.
We are proud to announce that because of our team growth we have been able to expand our reach to help myeloma patients around the world get access to the treatments they need.
After 3 successful years spent building the IMF's US advocacy program, Arin Assero has been promoted to Vice President of Global Advocacy and will be focused on international initiatives and building our capabilities globally.
Zina Cary joins our team with over 19 years of experience in the health advocacy arena. She has led the charge, for many years, to increase patient access to critical cancer care including clinical trials, life saving chemotherapies and programs such as Medicaid and Medicaid Part D. Zina will lead and expand our state efforts relating to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and ensuring that myeloma patients are covered under these new regulations.
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Diana RossThe one and only Diana Ross will be making summer nights red hot as legendary icon performs her greatest hits in a spectacular live show with breathtaking costumes and stage designs.08/20/2013Time: 8:00 pmHeinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
JuliaBox Heart Gallery presents a series of large-scale oil portraits by Sonja Sweterlitsch of Pittsburgh Ballet Theater Principal Dancer Julia Erickson. A CMU-trained curator for the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Sweterlich had her debut exhibition last fall -- a collection of portraits of Pittsburgh women titled "Beautiful Dreamers." A free public reception with the artist and her subject will be held on Sat., Aug. 24th, 5-8 pm.08/20/2013 - 09/14/2013Location: Box Heart Gallery, 4523 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
The Moth MainstageNew York City storytelling sensation, The Moth Mainstage, makes its Cultural District debut presented by the Cultural Trust and Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures. The theme is "On Point: Stories of Balancing Acts." Consistently a sell-out, each Mainstage show features five storytellers, a local musician to act as timekeeper, and a charismatic host -- in this case, comedian Dan Kennedy, author of "American Spirit," described as "an amusing guy-version of an Eat, Pray, Love odyssey." Storytellers will include David Newell, best known as "Mr. McFeely" on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.08/22/2013Time: 7:30 pmLocation: Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
The Second City - Happily Ever LaughterAmerica's famed comedy troupe, The Second City, brings its one-of-a-kind "Happily Ever Laughter" tour to Pittsburgh. From the company that launched the careers of Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell, Gilda Radner, Bill Murray and more, comes the next generation of the comedy world's best and brightest in an evening of hilarious sketch comedy and trademark improvisation.08/23/2013 - 08/24/2013O'Reilly Theater, 621 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Duquesne University TamburitzansDuquesne University Tamburitzans08/23/2013Time: 7:30 pmLocation: South Park Amphitheater, South Park, PAwebsite
Shadyside…The Art Festival on Walnut StreetThe festival presented by Florida's Howard Alan Events takes place along Walnut Street between South Aiken Avenue and South Negley Avenue featuring more than 200 artists from 30 states, live music, a juried outdoor showcase, and prices for all budgets.08/24/2013 - 08/25/2013Location: Walnut St. and Filbert St., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
Community Day Outdoor ConcertWalter Morales conducts a concert with pops favorites, marches, and a grand fireworks finale.08/24/2013Time: 7:00 pmLocation: Koenig Field, 401 Greendale Ave, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
Rickie Lee Jones Rickie Lee Jones (Folk Rock)08/25/2013Time: 7:30 pmLocation: Hartwood Amphitheater, website
Party on the BridgeKnit the Bridge presents a community art party with food, fun & music and family-friendly, hands-on art activities. Get up close to the fabulous fiber installation made possible by the Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh, Fiberarat International, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Heinz Endowments, Sprout Fund, and many more.08/25/2013Time: 3:00-7:00 pmLocation: Andy Warhol Bridge, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
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text: Tokyo is known for being an expensive place to sleep; however, more and more attractive budget and midrange options are popping up every year. The best deals are on the east side of town, in neighbourhoods such as Ueno and Asakusa. As with pretty much anywhere in Tokyo, you can expect high levels of cleanliness and service.


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MILROY - Delvin J. "Dute" Wagner Sr., of 2716 New Lancaster Valley Road, Milroy, passed away at 1:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012, at his residence.
Born June 23, 1930, in Milroy, he was a son of the late Millard L. and Violet Alice (Reed) Wagner. His wife, Marilyn L. (Kenawell) Wagner, whom he married on April 11, 1955, survives.
Also surviving are: children, Gary L. Wagner and his wife, Tammy, of Reedsville, Ronald A. Wagner, of Daytona, Fla., Douglas K. Wagner and his wife, Kay, of Yeagertown, Randy G. Wagner and his wife, Jean, of Treaster Valley, and Jeffrey S. Wagner, of Belleville; brothers and sisters, Mrs. John (Marian) Weber, of Siglerville, Albert E. Wagner, of Belleville, Jane Hoar, of Lewistown, Lula Lewis, of Burnham, and Mrs. Charles (Mert) McCardle, of Lewistown; nine grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
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Delvin J. 'Dute' Wagner Sr.
Delvin was preceded in death by a son, Delvin Joseph Wagner Jr., and siblings, Arlene Harter, Steve Wagner, Russell Wagner, John Wagner and Arthur A. Wagner.
He had worked at Metz Farms, of Belleville.
Delvin was a U.S. Army veteran, having served in the Korean War.
He was a simple man who loved his family and the outdoors.
A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, at Bohn Funeral Home, Reedsville, with Pastor Jean Ward officiating. Interment will be held in Salem Cemetery, Siglerville.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 324 S Logan Blvd, Burnham, PA 17009.


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Windows Phone 7: News for Developers
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Great news guys, and congratulations on reaching this confidence point and the announcement of September 16th.
Brandon, are you in a position to comment on the availability of developer phones for any of us currently in limbo?
This is great! I've been waiting on this released to get started. One question... like you'll really tell us, though... are you saying there are more control goodness coming in final bits in addition to the 3 ( pano, pivot and map )?
Is there any other extra features or will we just have to wait to see?
Thanks again.
WoOT! Big Thanks to WP7Dev Team! Looking forward to enjoying the fruits of your hard efforts. (1st in line for Sept 16 download
Ian, based on the Silverlight things you posted you don't need a developer phone.
Nice Tattoo!
There are quite a few devices which have made their way to developer's hands, but the demand has way outstripped supply. Based on your URL, I am guessing you are in the UK. If you want to send me a note to my work email (brwatson [at] microsoft) I will make sure I get it to one of our field champs in the UK.
i like that the director for windows phone 7 has books on php and jini.
Does this mean XNA 4.0 will also be final september 16th ? With Xbox , Phone and Windows support final ?
Very much looking forward to this!
Any word on VB.Net support?
Yes, this is the final release of the development tools, and all of the frameworks, tools, controls will be final as well. We will obviously rev and update, but these are the v1 final tools.
Sorry, no word on VB.NET support at this time.
HA! You should see what nuttiness is on my bookshelf.
Did I hear correctly that there will be free tools available?
Great news that the Panorama and Pivot controls will be available with the final release - the community has done well with the phone.codeplex.com versions to keep developers happy in the meantime.
I'm also hoping more developer devices will become available in the UK, although there are labs being organised in London giving developers a chance to deploy their apps, although if you're doing desktop PC development then this is not really an option.
Hopefully the momentum for Windows Phone 7 will step up as it is clearly getting close to launch, I'm guessing that as final dev tools are being made available this also means a final version of the Emulator and OS too.
What about remote desktop connection on windows mobile 7? or HP Ilo remote managment?
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LOCKPORT – Two new downtown Lockport projects apparently will be applying for tax abatements at today's meeting of the Niagara County Industrial Development Agency.
Appearing on the agenda is Geise Properties, the owner of Old City Hall on Pine Street, where the new Flight of Five Winery and Local Food Store is to open in May. Also on the agenda is Hydraulic Race Co., owner of the Lockport Cave, which is to construct a new ticket office and visitor center on Gooding Street.


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War on drugs reaches 40th year
June 26, 2011
At the 40-year mark of Richard Nixon's 'War on Drugs,"it's as controversial now as it ever was. If LEAP (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition) had its way, legalizing drugs would end the violence....
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|Great American Movies: From Soup to Nuts
Event Type: Branch Program
Age Group(s): Adult
Date: 1/29/2013
Start Time: 6:30 PM
End Time: 8:30 PM
Tonight's film: "Dr. Strangelove" featuring Peter Sellers. Matt Wigdahl will introduce the film and lead a short discussion afterward.Library: Philip S. Miller - Castle Rock Map to Philip S. Miller Library
Location: CR Bank Room East
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Reservations are preferred 303-791-7323 or reserve online. Please join us for this exciting and insightful film series. Popcorn will be served!Contact: Suzanne LaRue
Contact Number: 303-791-7323
Presenter: Matt Wigdahl
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About Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Cooley Dickinson Hospital is a full-service community hospital ranked in the top 5 percent of all U.S. hospitals in patient safety by Healthgrades, the leading provider of information to help consumers make an informed decision about a physician or hospital. It is the only hospital in Massachusetts to achieve the HealthGrades Patient Safety Excellence Award™ for five consecutive years (2009–2013) and its VNA & Hospice of Cooley Dickinson is a 2012 HomeCare Elite™ agency. Cooley Dickinson's staff of 1,700 professionals and 300 affiliated physicians comprise a network of emergency, surgical, clinical, rehabilitative, and hospice and home care expertise that admits 6,000 patients, treats 40,000 emergency patients per year, delivers 800 babies, makes 49,000 home care and 10,000 hospice visits, and collaborates with Massachusetts General Hospital to deliver comprehensive cancer care. Cooley Dickinson's vision is to make the mid-Pioneer Valley the nation's model healthy community. Learn more at www.cooley-dickinson.org.
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Get With The Guidelines® is the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's hospital-based quality improvement program that empowers healthcare teams to save lives and reduce healthcare costs by helping hospitals follow evidence-based guidelines and recommendations. For more information, visit heart.org/quality.
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Not pork fat, but the large intestine of a hog. Signature variety meat of soul food and Southern cuisine in general. Cleaned, cut, and then fried or boiled.
Known for a distinctive aroma.
Known for a distinctive aroma.
Some love chitlins while others can't stand the smell.
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A term of endearment for a young child.
Awwwwwwwwwww, look at the lil chitlins playing outside.
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Pig intestines, smells bad.
How anyone eat chitlins? They smell bad before they are cooked, and worst when they are being cooked.
dodane przez Saints październik 08, 2003
sambo food, see pig ass holes...
says Le-Roy...we's a gonna havs us a mess o muh-stad greenz and chitlinz tonight, and wash's it 's all's down wit a colt foty five...o' maybe's a shlitz...
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chitterlings, a food made of fried pig intestines(often regarded as characteristically eaten by black people and in the southern United States)
Looks like someone has been cooking a pot of chitlins.
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Yeah yeah, they were the poor people's food. They're still cheap and still tasty though, especially in plain soup.
Chitlins require little money yet give much satisfaction.
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n. Children, kids.
You're thinking about having some chitlins?
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Darl E. Aichholz, 85, of Republic, died Saturday morning, Aug. 11, 2012, at Autumnwood Care Center, Tiffin.
He was born Aug. 29, 1926, in Attica, to Lloyd H. and Myrtle (Williams) Aichholz. He married Wanda M. Swick June 27, 1948, at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Attica, and she survives in Republic.
Also surviving are two sons, Dennis (Sandra) Aichholz of Tiffin and Steven (Karen) Aichholz of Republic; four grandchildren, Matthew Aichholz of Sandusky, Kelli (Bill) Jones of Tiffin, Christopher (Jena) Aichholz of Tiffin, and Sara Aichholz of Republic; one great-grandchild, Noah Jones of Tiffin; and a brother, Melvin Aichholz of Attica.
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He was preceded in death by a sister, Elsie Brause, and a brother, Claude Aichholz.
Darl was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Republic; a member and Pastmaster of Seneca Lodge 790 of Republic; a member of Cornelia Chapter 93 OES of Republic; a member of the Zenobia Shrine; a World War II Navy Veteran; and a member of the Wade Benfer American Legion Post 404 in Republic. He was a Scipio Township Clerk for 32 years, retiring in 1994, and a town councilman for Republic.
Darl owned and operated Swick's Sohio in Republic from 1968 to 1990, and was a former mechanic for Bishop Motors in New Washington. He was an avid hunter and fisherman.
The funeral is 11 a.m., Tuesday, Aug. 14, at the Trinity United Methodist Church in Republic, with the Rev. Gary Hicks and the Rev. Matt Garrabrant officiating. Burial will follow in Block Cemetery, Republic.
Visitation is 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m., Monday, Aug. 13, at the Lindsey-Olds Funeral Home, 3085 S. SR 19, Bloomville. Seneca Lodge 790 will conduct Masonic services at 7:45 p.m. at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Trinity United Methodist Church, Community Hospice Care, Wade Benfer American Legion Post No. 404, or to Seneca Lodge No. 790.
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"Most AOL (America On-Line Subscribers) are stupid and gullible, so AOL sells their addresses to spam scammers. Only an idiot would fall for these schemes."
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Usually filtered by most email spam filters.
Usually filtered by most email spam filters.
Yesterday I got the weirdest spamscam. It said I could get Viagra for a buck!
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A replacement of ground pig entrails and body parts with the entrails and body parts of a domesticated farm animal of another species not in accordance with SPAM(tm) or USDA specifications.
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LowCountry DayLily Club
The LowCountry DayLily Club will hold its annual day lily sale on June 15, 2013, from 8 am - noon, at the Moncks Corner Piggly Wiggly. Many plants will be in bloom, so buyers can see what they are purchasing. There will be photos of all the day lilies for these named beauties. Many will be in pots and priced at $5 each. Members of the club are providing the plants.
Day lilies are an excellent choice of plants for all gardeners, even the inexperienced. These plants are easy to care for and provide years of enjoyment.
IPPL hosts ape specialists lecture
The International Primate Protection League welcomes a trio of orangutan experts, who will draw on their decades of expertise to give an illustrated lecture on the conservation crisis facing the great red ape on Wednesday, June 19, at 7 p.m., at Gage Hall, 4 Archdale Street, Charleston.
The event is is free and open to the public. This event is also part of IPPL's 40th anniversary year celebration. The speakers are Leif Cocks, who was head orangutan keeper and then curator at Perth Zoo for 25 years and is now president of The Orangutan Project, which supports orangutan conservation, rainforest protection, local community partnerships, and the rehabilitation and reintroduction of displaced orangutans back to the wild.
Dr. Gary Shapiro, who was the first person to teach sign language to free-ranging orangutans in the late 1970s and is now the president of the Orang Utan Republik Foundation, an organization that aims to save wild orangutans via public education.
Garry Sundin, of Orangutan Odysseys, who will show how eco-tourism can promote orangutan conservation and describe his upcoming Trans Borneo Challenge fundraising trek.
Faith Sellers Senior Center Events
• Monday, June 17: 10 a.m. – Guest Speaker. Tonya Bell of United Healthcare will be here to present information on "Extra Help for Medicare."
• Tuesday, June 18: 7 p.m. – Line Dancing. You do not have to be a member of H2U to join this class, but you must be 50 years or older and a member of the Senior Center. Cost is $4 per class
• Wednesday, June 19: 1-2:30 p.m. Clogging. Put on your dancing shoes and join us as instructor Julia Tourtellotte, teaches beginner-level clogging.
• Thursday, June 20: 10 a.m. – Speaker. Nutrition Series – Energy Drink Assessments with Dina Morgan of NHC.
• Friday, June 21: 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. – AARP Defensive Driving Class. To be eligible for this course you must be at least 50, but you don't have to be a member of AARP. Companies offering auto insurance in SC must give a discount to drivers over 55 that do not use their cars to go to work ad have no male drivers under 25 in their household. Discounts from 2-10 percent are given to drivers over 25 who take a defensive driving course such as this one. This discount is good for three years and may be renewed by taking the course again. $12 for AARP members, $14 for non-members.
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Monday, June 17 • 7:30 p.m.
The regular meeting of the Trident Amateur Radio Club is planned for Monday evening.
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Location: American Red Cross Office, Rivers Ave.
Sertoma cheer training scheduled
The Azalea Sertoma Club of Summerville, sponsor of the Azalea Sertoma Recreational Cheerleading program, is hosting its 2nd Annual Basic Cheer Training from 6 -7:30 p.m. on June 18 and 20, and July 16 and 18 at Doty Park (320 N. Laurel St.) in Summerville. This event is free and open to children of all ages. They are also registering, now through July 27, for the 2013 Cheer Season, and offering fundraising options to offset the registration and uniform costs.
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When using Firefox, you keep one tab open with the sexiest picture/video on the internet...to help you finish the task.
Omg I used to use 2girls1cup as my happy ending...but now it's just not good enough. I need to watch 8girlsnocup to get anywhere near finishing.
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When a massouse feels inclined to finish your session w/ oral sex or manual release (usually for an extra twenty dollars)
"I was in china town getting a rubdown and the girl gave me a happy ending; is that cheating on my wife?"
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When getting a rub down by an Asian, you roll over and ask for a happy ending. They then jerk you off with their skilled hands.
Dave Chappelle: Hey baby, can I get a happy endin'? *Pause* She didn't say no!
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When a girl (usually Asian) gives you a full rubdown with the exception of your cock, which is rock hard now, and looks up at you and says, 'You want Happy Ending?'
The perfect ending to the weekend was getting Happy Ending from Kako last night at the massage parlor.
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When a massouse feels inclined to finish your session w/ oral sex or full on sex
"I was in china town getting a rubdown and the girl gave me a happy ending; is that cheating on my wife?"
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An expression for having sex at the end of a date.
After dinner and the movies and making out in the car in front of the house, Brie Ann invited Tyrone up to her bedroom for a happy ending. Having sex was the happy ending for the date.
Richard Black tarafından 28 Aralık 2010, Salı
it is an ending that ends with EVERYONE HAPPY, and is not dirty or sexual in ANY way. FAH and ramo aka princess and the bear is a real life example of this situation.
awww... you two are so cute, i see the princess and bear happy ending
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This area used to be bustling with square dances; Harman and Canaan Valley both had large dance platforms, and the log cabin in Elkins, among other places, hosted dances every weekend.
Delmas Evans, dance caller, remembers when about 30 couples attended the dance each weekend and the whole floor was full.
"That's just the way things went in Harman. Everybody knew how to square dance, and if you didn't you would learn on the fly; the caller never explained the dances," Evans said.
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Musicians, callers and dancers take part in traditional square dances throughout Randolph County and the region. Two dances are set this weekend.
But things have changed in the last decade, said Ron Mullennex, who grew up in Harman.
"It was really well received and attended. ... It was part of the culture. It isn't now," Mullennex said.
However, with the help of The Mountain Dance Trail of Augusta Heritage Center and Davis & Elkins College, dances are becoming popular again. Local high school and college students have begun coming to local dances, younger people are starting to call square dances and more folks are noticing how unique this West Virginia tradition is.
"It needs to be preserved as much as it can," stated Jack Judy, a musician.
Anyone interested in joining the fun can check out two local events this weekend.
A dance is set for 8 p.m. today at the Randolph County Community Arts Center on Randolph Avenue, where the Elkins Country Dance Society's monthly square dance will take place. A workshop for beginners will be at 7:45 p.m. Lou Mauiri will call squares, and Andy Fitzgibbon will lead the old-time string band on fiddle.
At 8 p.m. Saturday, there will be a square dance and cake walk at the Harman VFW Hall on U.S. 33 near the Dry Fork River. Jack Hedrick and Red Creek Junction will play lively old-time dance tunes as Evans and Don Olson holler out square dance figures. The Harman VFW Ladies Auxiliary will have refreshments for sale.
Beginners and children are welcome at both events, and no experience or partner is necessary. There is a charge for admission.
In its second year, The Mountain Dance Trail is assisting communities throughout the state. A complete schedule is available at www.mountaindancetrail.org. Information also is available by calling Augusta Heritage Center at 304-637-1349. The West Virginia Humanities Council, The West Virginia Division of Culture and History and the National Endowment for the Arts lend support to the project.


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The governor's proposal to overhaul this state's public education program in elementary and secondary schools — his top priority at the 2013 legislative session — will soon be on its way to his desk......
Public schools have to take everyone, private schools can pick and choose. No public money for private schools unless they accept all students.
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She never had any little girls of her own to give dolls to, but that didn't stop Lulu Oxley from sharing her love of dolls with people of all ages.
For years, few people knew it was Oxley's dolls they saw at Christmastime on display at the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Altoona. Oxley wanted to remain anonymous.
But the public only saw a small part of Oxley's doll collection, which she started in her childhood 83 years ago.
Now everyone will see all 4,000 dolls in the collection when they are put up for sale in an auction Tuesday at "Col.'' Ken Miller's Cross Keys Auction Center in Duncansville. The money raised from the auction will help pay expenses for Oxley, who is now in an assisted living facility in Bedford, said Hollidaysburg attorney Mary Lou Maierhofer, who is handling Oxley's financial matters.
Oxley has had heart problems, and her health has declined in recent months, said her niece, Beverly Johnson of Ellerslie, Md., who lives near Oxley's hometown of Corrigan, Md. But she said Oxley is aware of the auction and is content with it.
"If collectors and maybe a child can get these dolls, then Lulu will be so happy,'' Johnson said.
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What: Large doll auction of 4,000 dolls
Where: Cross Keys Auction Center, Duncansville, 295 Emerald Drive, just off Route 764
When: 4 p.m. Tuesday
Details: For more information, call the auction center at 696-1913
Oxley's mother, grandmother and aunts began giving her dolls when she was a little girl, Johnson said.
"Like most people, she started young,'' she said. "She loved them from a child on up.''
When Oxley was an adult, she worked in a doll store in McLean, Va., where she learned not only how to display dolls but also how to repair them, Maierhofer said.
Included in the auction are doll parts that Oxley continued to use to repair dolls for friends and family, such as doll eyes, hair and other body parts. She also made beautiful doll clothes, Johnson said.
For the last several years, Oxley lived in a two-bedroom apartment in downtown Altoona near the SAMA museum. Despite the small quarters, she still managed to artfully arrange the large collection, Johnson said. Wooden barrister bookcases filled with dolls of all sizes lined the apartment adjacent to shelves, built by Johnson's brothers that served as home to more dolls, she said.
The end result proved amazing, not cluttered, Johnson said.
"She did it all so beautifully,'' Johnson said.
Once a year, in late fall, Oxley would meet with Barbara Hollander, SAMA-Altoona's site coordinator, and they'd select the dolls that would highlight that year's Christmas Tea event, Hollander said. The annual holiday favorite featured about 100 of Oxley's dolls usually with a theme, such as her large German dolls. The event became so popular that it prompted an evening spin-off, a pizza and parade party to kick off the doll exhibit. Families would come to see the exhibit, eat pizza and watch the city's annual Christmas parade go by in front of the museum's windows.
"We'd plan huge programs around the dolls,'' Hollander said.
She said she looked forward to going to Oxley's apartment every year to see the dolls because she knew she could go for years and still only see a fraction of the collection.
"What I was amazed at was how meticulous she was, how each one was carefully wrapped and preserved,'' she said. "She had detailed records on each one of where it came from and how she got it.''
Last Christmas marked the first year SAMA-Altoona had to go without the Christmas teas with the dolls because of Oxley's poor health. The museum has nothing like them to try to stage a similar exhibit, Hollander said.
"That era is now over,'' she said. "To see the collection broken up is rough. I miss them already.''
Miller said he expects a good turnout for the auction, but he said it's not the first time he's sold some of Oxley's dolls. Several years ago, he sold another part of her collection, which was even more extensive. That auction was very successful, he said. Tuesday's auction should bring out all kinds of people, from doll collectors to antique dealers to just the average crowd, looking to buy a doll for perhaps daughters or granddaughters, Miller said.
No matter what type of doll they're looking for, they won't be disappointed in the quality, he said. Dolls range from 30 inches to two inches tall.
"She didn't have anything junky,'' Miller said.
Miller got to know Oxley very well over the years and frequently asked her to come to his auction center to help set up dolls when he'd have a doll auction. She knew how to artfully arrange the dolls to showcase them to the best advantage, he said.
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'Plan B' order is politically correct without any sense
May 18, 2013
Political correctness has sunk into absurdity in a situation involving access to the so-called "Plan B" birth control drug....
Rightway yes sex is not new, neither is raging teenage hormones. But it was not looked upon as something without significant consequences until the threat of pregnancy was taken out of the way. Today the attitude toward sex is very casual multi partners maybe even at the same time is common place. Why the fear of pregnancy has been taken out of the way and the fear of one's parents finding out is taken away because all they have to do is go get the little pill and it will get rid of the consequences. My guess is the graduating classes of 60 years ago had a much larger percentage of virgins graduating than todays classes. Ps even with the pill it does not protect kids against STD's something that has increase greatly since the advent of the birth control and that is something that kill our youth.
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Pheonix says: "Restricting the availability of birth control to young people won't make them more responsible, only good parents, mentors and role models can do that."
I agree but when the good parents, mentors and role models are under minded by allowing kids to get abortion pills to cover up promiscuity how does that help.
I repeat it teaches kids it is ok to be irresponsible and more promiscuous, because if they get in trouble they can just make it go away and not even the parents will know. I really can't comprehend a parent that would want their daughter to have access to such things without their knowledge.
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It does not promote promiscuity. Look how many teen pregnancies there were before all the different kinds of contraception were even available. People just hush hushed things more back then
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Restricting the availability of birth control to young people won't make them more responsible, only good parents, mentors and role models can do that. It just creates more unplanned and unwanted pregnancies and who left to suffer but the child.
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The availability of any birth control methods to children under the age of 18 simply promotes promiscuity among our youth. It sends them a signal that it is ok to have pre-marital sex with whomever you want because their is no consequences for such behavior.
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rightway It still does not teach responsibility. Why should kids abstain they can just get rid of the consequences of their behavior. What did we ever do before abortions and morning after abortions pills and birth control pills? What we did was teach kids if they fooled around they could get pregnant and that they would have to live with the consequences of their action. Which method do you think produced the most responsible members of society? Take a pill so you can do as you please and prevent any consequences or knowing that if your got caught you had to live up to your responsibility. With your thinking kids should be able to buy booze and cigarettes freely also. Who is to say a 17 year old is as responsible as an 18 year old. Why do you make 17 your cut off year?
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I don't think anyone mentioning supplying them with birth control on here. Maybe I missed it?
And a 17 year old (if that's what the age gets raised to hopefully) is old enough to emancipate from their parents, old enough to be tried as an adult. They are old enough to protect themselves from unwanted pregnancy if they choose. Thinking that if you take away all contraception teens just won't get pregnant is not good logic. Of course teens should be taught abstinence is the first route. But guess how often that happens? Not a lot.
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Ladybug says: AQre you kidding me concerned,How many teenagers in our schools all over the country are having sex ?
The attitude of o well they are going to do this anyway so we may as well supply them with the birth control, ******s, morning after pills etc, is what is part of the problem. It teaches people they do not have to be responsible for their actions. Get pregnant o well just make it go away, so you can continue on and not have to face an consequences for your action. That is not the way to teach people to be responsible. As I said before children are not mature enough to make these kind of choices. The government allowing kids to get their hands on these things are under minding the authority of the parents. If parents want to provide their children with this stuff that is their business but to allow kids to get it without parental consent is wrong. How is a parent to gain control when society is*****bent on destroying the parents authority.
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Maybe the Gov, shouldn't be involved. But just remember where that ole welfare check comes from every month for the next 18 yrs,
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I might mention that also applies to the drug scene,
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AQre you kidding me concerned,
How many teenagers in our schools all over the country are having sex ?
It appears the parents don't have much say until it becomes time to find out who the father is .
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c o n d o m s
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If a person under 18 can, in our courts of law be tried as an adult, then they should be allowed to get this pill. (though i do hope it gets bumped up to 17)
And plan b is not comparative to an abortion. it prevents implantation. just like a ******. unless you consider ******s abortions as well? maybe we should ban them next.
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Anyone under the age of 18 is not responsible enough to make these kinds of judgments. The government is interfering with parental rights by allowing anyone under the age of 18 to obtain this type thing without parental consent. I know a lot of people that if their grandparents had not intervened, they could easily have been an abortion statistic rather than a useful member of society.
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At least Obama is trying to get the "15 year old age limit" moved back up to 17, notsocialist :)
and ladybug you are exactly right!
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More teen preg. 'more welfare,
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If parents had control their 15 yr. olds wouldn't be getting knocked up !!
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Women PeaceMakers Conferences
The Institute for Peace and Justice regularly hosts an international conference in conjunction with the Women PeaceMakers program. Each topic is chosen for its relevance to the major issues Women PeaceMakers are facing, and explores successful strategies being used around the world.
Participants range from practitioners, policymakers, academics, students and personnel from security and justice sectors, and often produce recommendations which are shared with our partners and at the United Nations.
2014 - Defying Extremism: Gendered Responses to Religious Violence
From November 19 to 21, the IPJ will convene its 10th international conference to examine the rise of violent religious extremism and explore gendered strategies to confront it. Find more information, including the application form, co-convening organizations, speakers, agenda and ways to support this timely and important gathering.
2012 - Breaking Barriers: What it will take to achieve security, justice and peace
As the public venue for the 10th anniversary of the Women PeaceMakers program, this singular working conference convened nearly 40 Women PeaceMakers from 34 countries with other peacebuilders and human rights defenders to strategize how to overcome both the age-old and newly systematized impediments to peace.
Watch the video.
Final Report (PDF)
Policy Brief (PDF)
Security Recommendations (PDF)
Justice Recommendations (PDF)
2011 - Women, Media, Revolution
This free public forum brought together frontline journalists, filmmakers and social media citizen activists engaged in the critical examination of women in conflict and how they are using their voices in a revolution against ongoing political and cultural violence.
Final Report (PDF) includes links to videos of panel discussions
Forum Program (PDF)
2010 - Precarious Progress: U.N. Resolutions on Women, Peace and Security
The 2010 Women PeaceMakers Conference coincided with a momentous year, marking both the 15th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the 10th anniversary of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1325. In anticipation of these celebrations, the working conference was situated to develop, distill and disseminate expert opinion from practitioners and policymakers of all levels. Delegates reflected on the implementation and challenges of UNSCRs on women, peace and security (1325, 1820, 1888 and 1889) and analyzed their practical considerations.
Final Report (PDF)
Conference Statement (PDF)
Agenda (PDF)
Conference Program (PDF)
Speakers, Moderators and Rapporteurs (PDF)
Video - Asmahan Alawaisheh, UNMIS
Video - Sanam Anderlini
2009 - Bearing Exquisite Witness Arts Festival
This was a three-day event that highlighted the ability of the arts to transform individuals and reconcile communities who have suffered conflict and violence. The festival showcased playwrights, filmmakers, poets, musicians, visual artists and academics from the fields of theater arts and conflict resolution who are using the creative power of art to raise awareness, prevent violence, help communities recover, change policies of exclusion and heal trauma.
2008 - Crafting Human Security in an Insecure World
This international working conference brought together those on the forefront of informing, creating or facilitating the training and mandates that must be active to overcome rampant human rights abuses and the brutality of conflict-related sexual violence.
Watch the video.
View the photo gallery.
Final Report (PDF)
2007 - Is Peace Possible? A Summit of Peacemakers on Today's Frontlines
The Women PeaceMakers Program at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice celebrated its fifth anniversary in 2007. Each fall, this unique program hosts four courageous women and documents their stories of working to end conflict and build just and sustainable peace. The Women PeaceMakers were joined by international policymakers and experts who highlighted gender concerns and inclusion in conflict resolution, peacekeeping operations and long-term peacebuilding efforts.
Read the daily summaries.
Final Report (PDF)
San Diego Call for Action (PDF)
2006 - Who's Making Policy? What Difference Does It Make?
More than 150 policymakers, practitioners, researchers, experts and students participated in the three-day, international working conference to address the shaping of peacemaking, peacekeeping and peacebuilding policies when women are more equally engaged.
Read the daily discussions.
Final Report (PDF)
2005 - Global Women's Court of Accountability
This was an act of hearing the profound depth and cost of human rights abuses against women in conflict environments, as well as an examination of the global community's use of legal, moral and ethical resources to call for an accounting of abstention from these crimes against humanity.
Final Report (PDF)
Findings of Law and Fact (PDF)
Indictment (PDF)
2004 - Promoting Women's Participation in Peace and Security Processes: Operationalizing U.N. Security Council Resolution 1325
The conference brought together scholars, practitioners, political-influentials, nongovernmental organizations and grassroots leaders working with the United Nations, national governments and international humanitarian agencies. Delegates representing 32 countries demonstrated personal or organizational experience and research, and a commitment to return home to continue to contribute to a collective effort to engage women in peace processes throughout the world.
Final Report (PDF)


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5 Signs of a Crappy Motel They Never Show in the Pictures
It's a basic fact of life that from time to time, a little redoing is in order. It's true for people, places, things, and Kenny Rogers' face alike. I encountered a recent redo that, at least initially, seemed to be quite impressive. Have a gander at this:
Are you from the future, motel room?
That's the image I was presented with recently when looking for an inexpensive-but-not-in-a-terrifying-way motel to shack up at while visiting Indianapolis for a night. For lack of a better term, that room looks fresh to death. Actually, there are a lot of terms that would be more appropriate. I'm just saying, shit looks nice. I've paid strong money for rooms that didn't look much different. For example:
Are you married to Prince, hotel room?
The only real difference between those two rooms, at least on the surface, is that when you walk out the door of one, you're in New York City, and when you walk out the door of the other, you're in Indianapolis. There's a huge dropoff in just about everything except time zone when you make that kind of switch, but other than that, it would seem that there isn't a whole lot different happening between the two. To that, I say, "Don't believe everything you see on the Internet."
Here are five mistakes to avoid when trying to fancy up a shitty motel.
#5. Leaving Behind Signs of Your Past
I knew this room was trouble as soon as I walked in and noticed what's shown in the above picture. I've only seen that kind of sitting area in one other place. In fact, I have a picture of the last one I stumbled upon:
It's so dark.
That image is from my second column for Cracked, the timeless classic "7 Charming Amenities of the World's Grossest Motel Room." I never mentioned the name of the motel in question in that article, but now I must. I've only seen that kind of "sitting area" in one place, and that would be, of course, at a Microtel.
That's where I was staying when I wrote that first article. I'm not sure how familiar the rest of the audience is with staying at a Microtel, but if you are, then you know doing so says two things about me: I'm poor and I'm not above using the shower to iron my clothes.
What I'm getting at is that there aren't a lot of amenities at a Microtel. Like housekeeping, for example. I don't think they have that. I'm pretty sure they just send a crew in to make the bed, spray some Febreeze, and scope out shit to steal. Again, in reference to my previous column, I base this opinion on the fact that, during my first stay at a Microtel, there was a pubic hair stuck to the frame of the bathroom door for the entirety of the trip.
Hello, old friend.
When I was at my saddest (which is literally any time I'm inside a Microtel), I liked to imagine that hair valiantly fighting off every housekeeping attempt to remove it, because it knows that no man should be alone at a Microtel.
Nor should any man have to be, because if that place has any slogan at all, it should be: "Microtel: It's where the hookers live."
It's got a ring, you must admit.
I say that because, for most of my stay, there was a prostitute working across the hall from me. Or at least I assumed she was a prostitute based on the steady stream of male visitors to her room and the way she let me pay her $25 to watch me jerk off in the shower while crying. A lady would have done that for free.
To their credit, they did offer a "continental breakfast" at the Microtel I stayed at, but I was never able to ascertain exactly what continent it was supposed to be from. I mean, they had powdered milk. I thought you had to be on government assistance of some sort to even get powdered milk. That's the kind of shit relief agencies feed disaster victims, which is exactly what you are if you're staying at a Microtel, so I guess I get that part after all.
A slightly less controversial option.
Anyway, in spite of what that fancy Internet picture led me to believe, for all intents and purposes, I was back at that very same terrifying Microtel, except, you know, it's way more orange. Those pictures I looked at online did a great job of fooling me into believing that this place might be some kind of oasis of hip in the middle of the oasis of shit that is Indiana, but I was wrong. The clues that prove my hypothesis were everywhere. Let's look at a few more.
#4. Storing Debris in Common Areas
Alright, there's a pretty big mistake on display in the above photo. Take a second to see if you can spot it before I tell you. We'll make a game of it, it'll be great. Go!
Did you say, "Why in the fuck am I looking at a post-apocalypse air conditioner right now"? Good, because that's exactly what I said when I entered the stairwell of this "newly remodeled" nightmare. Which stairwell? Every stairwell. There were only two, and they both featured similar piles of spent cooling system trash, proudly displayed for all to see like a ruffly Prince shirt at the Minneapolis Hard Rock Cafe.
"Hey, just take the elevator if you have a problem with refuse in stairwells, buddy!" Is that the stance you find yourself taking right now? If so, for one thing, unless you own this place, I don't get why you're so upset with me. Beyond that, your advice wouldn't have solved my problem. Here's a shot of the elevator area:
It looks like al-Qaida's hostage video studio.
If you're in the process of remodeling a shitty motel yourself and are unsure why this is a problem, I'll give a few reasons. For one, pick that shit up; people pay money to stay at this place. Beyond that, there are no other reasons. Just pick that shit up.
#3. Not Paying Attention to the Little Things
If you're going to convince people that your shitty motel isn't a shitty motel anymore, you have to hide the shitty motel amenities in the proverbial shitty motel closet. I say "proverbial" because, of course, this room didn't have a closet. That's why, I'm assuming, this jaw-droppingly impractical tangle of mahogany laminate and plastic hangers (with additional wire hanger, for guests with unruly children, no doubt) is needed at all. Here's the thing, though: When was the last time you saw plastic hangers in a three- or four-star hotel? Never. They are made of wood and if you try to steal them an alarm would probably go off.
Ryan McVay/Photodisc/Getty Images
Worth more than your house. Or at least more than the plastic hangers in your house.
You know what else you rarely see in a fancy hotel? A built-in bottle opener in the bathroom.
Get hammered like the '70s!
You barely see those anywhere anymore, much less in a "nice" hotel room. So, you know, take those down if you want the public to think your remodel took, shitty motel purveyors of the world. Also, this probably isn't the best idea, either:
Wrapped in plastic, just like grandma's couch.
Just as I've explained to every dipshit I know who leaves the protective film coating on their flat screen TVs and various other electronic gadgets, the scratches would look way better. Leaving the plastic wrap on anything that's not collectible makes you look like a crazy person, and "motel run by a crazy person" is a terrifyingly common movie premise. That's a great way to put your customers on edge.
And if for some reason you're already on edge when you check in, this place has something for you, too ...


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5 Great Ways to Destroy Your Highly Anticipated Video Game
It's a truism that everything will always be better six months from now, but that's never truer than it is at E3. For the uninitiated, E3, or the Electronic Entertainment Expo, is an annual convention where the world's biggest video game makers show off their upcoming products to the Internet's most pee-scented journalists, each one of whom is struggling to differentiate between the 12 urban first-person shooters being shown to them. They all look "gritty," our intrepid game journalists enthuse.
Unfortunately, not all of the promises for extreme grittiness are going to be fulfilled. Indeed, the video game industry has a history of underdelivering on such promises; there's a long list of massively anticipated games that didn't come out until years after their initial announcement at E3. There are a few reasons why this happens, which I've enumerated in an extraordinarily gritty list below for your reading delight:
#5. Engine Swapping
As seen in: Daikatana, Duke Nukem Forever
Daikatana is infamous in the gaming world, a completely foreseeable catastrophe, the video game version of the Titanic.
Constructed out of the Quake II engine and hubris.
Cracked has beaten up on the game before, so I won't do too much of that here. (OK, just a bit: It was buggy and uninspired, had mediocre graphics, wasn't very fun and was awful.) But remembered just as much as its awfulness is how long it was delayed; from 1997 to 2000, Daikatana blew past at least three of its claimed release dates.
There were a few reasons for these increasing delays, many of them having to do with incompetence. But by far the biggest reason was the decision to switch game engines halfway through the development process. First a primer for the less nerdy: An engine is essentially the brains of a video game. It's the part that knows what should or shouldn't be on the screen, and can tell when something is about to hit something, and what that something should look like when it happens. The engine doesn't care much what's hitting what; that's left for the artists and game play designers to plug in later. Take an engine, plug "rocket" and "grayish/green space marine" and "shower of meat blobs" into it, and you've basically made a video game.
The problem the guys who made Daikatana had was that the new engine they switched to was so wildly different from the old one that most of the game play and content they had created wouldn't work anymore. They had to start from scratch, creating all their rockets and meat blobs again. This ended up taking a year longer than they'd expected, and by the time they had caught up, they were apparently so tired of making video games that they just stopped. "Fuck it," I imagine a lot of people saying around the office those last couple months. "Fuck everything."
The Likelihood of This Happening Again: Low
This hasn't seemed to be too much of a problem lately. Engines have become friendlier to work with since Daikatana came out and are a bit easier to upgrade between new versions. More importantly, project management in the video game industry has matured significantly since the '90s, when development teams and budgets often quickly outgrew their managers' ability to control them.
And while we're talking about management problems ...
#4. Feature Creep
As seen in: Duke Nukem Forever
This is a well known problem in project management where, halfway through the development process, someone decides to add something to the scope of the project. This something, whatever individual merits it might possess, causes the rest of the project to slow down. Changes have to be made to accommodate the new feature, often causing old work to be undone. When this happens once or twice, it's a nuisance; when it keeps happening, it can stall a project forever.
The most famous case of feature creep has to be Duke Nukem Forever, the long-delayed sequel to 3D Realms' first-person stripper-soliciting masterpiece, Duke Nukem 3D.
Duke, pictured here in a rare moment not actively objectifying women.
The original Duke game was developed back in the mid-'90s, when it was possible for a fairly small team to build a cutting edge game in a matter of months. The level design of a game back then was only marginally more complicated than what you might find in a shoebox diorama. As the gaming technology grew more advanced, so did the development process. Dozens and hundreds of T-shirt clad geniuses were now necessary to create modern gaming engines and content, and the six-month development cycles quickly became two-year development cycles. Anything that might have once caused a small delay now had much bigger consequences.
These delays crippled the team developing Duke Nukem Forever. Like when the lead designer saw snow in another game and, instead of being delighted at how magical the universe was, decided his game had to have snow in it, too. (Putting snow in a game is real tough.) Or when he saw Half-Life and decided his game had to have more Half-Life in it. (Putting Half-Life in a game is real tough.) Every time a new game came out with an innovative feature, the Duke team had to stop what they were doing and cram that feature into their game. And with every delay, the technology they were working with grew more and more out-of-date, eventually forcing them to change engines, and to deal with all the problems that entailed. By way of comparison, Daikatana changed engines once. Duke Nukem Forever changed engines at least four times.
The Likelihood of This Happening Again: Medium
There's no reason to suspect the problem will go away entirely. Remember that feature creep isn't just a video game problem; it rears its head in most forms of software development, and almost any project in general. But dealing with feature creep is also pretty straightforward; it just takes some strong managers who understand concepts like milestones and are willing to lean on programmers who don't have families. Which is something the game industry has happily (maybe sadly for the programmers) gotten better at over the last decade.
"Hail to the Gantt chart, baby!"
#3. It Doesn't Actually Exist
As seen in: The Phantom
E3 marks the anniversary of a thousand broken promises. Remember that, when a video game company makes a promise to you, one of the reasons it's doing that is because promises are very, very cheap. For example, did you know that the Cracked video game coming out this November is going to support 68,000 simultaneous players, have some kind of RPG mechanic, be controllable by a wireless steering wheel and feature a sniper rifle? I am promising you that right now, and I can assure you, it is incredibly easy. Hell, it's also only going to cost $4, be etched on a disc made of solid gold and be called Chris Bucholz Presents Cracked Cops: Factmasters!
One of the most infamous broken E3 promises was the Phantom, a console announced in 2004 that would supposedly be capable of downloading every PC game that ever would be. This is something that consoles and computers are only just getting figured out right now; it would have been mind-blowing to see something like that in the primitive landscape of 2004, back when people were using Netscape and shitting in the middle of the street.
If it had actually worked, people would have accused it of being a witch.
The Phantom only had a couple of hurdles to get over -- namely, the technology and the licensing, which turned out to actually be the entire project. And sure enough, the Phantom soon found itself failing to exist, failing to even have a chance of existing. After a few years, it beat absolutely none of the odds and continued to fail to exist right to this very day. Later, the company would make a keyboard, which managed to exist like a motherfucker, but was, you know, a keyboard.
The Likelihood of This Happening Again: High
Right now at E3, someone is being handed a promotional USB stick full of lies, and live-tweeting about it, because it's very important to them that they be the first person to report the lies. So yes, this is probably happening, and will continue to happen until people stop being so damned gullible, which is expected to happen right after my Kickstarter to Cure Gullibility gets funded.


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Fast Track to OpenSolaris minibook - Now available for download
By krabhishek on Feb 10, 2010
EDIT: If you are having troubles downloading the PDF of the book from Scribd, you can download it from my personal server (follow this link).
Last month was pretty happening. I, in capacity of being leader for Mumbai OpenSolaris User Group (http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/User+Group+mmosug/), spent last month working with the editorial team of Digit Magazine (http://www.thinkdigit.com) to come up with a minibook on OpenSolaris. Even though we got a very little time to finish a massive project like this, but with help of everyone, finally we could finish it in time and on the first day of this month (1/FEB/2010) 100,000 copies of the book- "Fast Track to OpenSolaris", along with a OpenSolaris CD with each copy, hit the newsstands all across the country! It took me 10 days to finish the book and it was the first time that I found myself writing a book of any sort.
Now Fast Track to OpenSolaris is available for download: http://www.scribd.com/doc/26659478/Fast-Track-to-OpenSolaris
Digit and Mumbai OSUG are jointly running a online Quiz competition (OpenSolaris Geek Hunt) at http://www.thinkdigit.com/opensolaris Participate in this quiz to test your OpenSolaris skills and even win a Acer Aspire One Netbook, 1 TB or 500 GB external hard disk and many more OpenSolaris goodies!
I hope you all like the quiz and enjoy the book. Please feel free to drop me a line if you find any errors in the book. Also, please note that I wrote this book as a OpenSolaris community member and not as a Sun Microsystems Inc employee. So all the views and opinion and facts mentioned in this book are essentially mine and Sun should not be held responsible for mistakes and errors, if any! Now go ahead and geek out with OpenSolaris!