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John Cassavetes' films reflected sympathy for their characters as well as the actors who played them. Similarly, Mac, John Turturro's 1992 directorial debut, expresses as much affection for the craft the actor as for the craft of its blue-collar laborer-hero. The film pays homage to Torturro's late father, a carpenter who took tremendous pride in his work. Set in Queens in the 1950s, it's a eulogy to a kind of immigrant experience that's forever gone from the American scene. Mac recalls Ken Loach's Riffraff, a British comedy about construction workers, but Torturro's film is more romantic and less political, perhaps a reflection of the differences between American and British labor.
The movie perceives carpenters as modern Van Goghs, working in brick and mortar, spackle and beam–"people who are artists and don't even know it." Celebrating craftsmanship, Mac concerns the costs of technological progress, the slipping standards of excellence in manual work. It's about the end of the craftsman–a man who dreams of being independent and all the battles he has to go through to do that. Turturro is aware that "not everyone works with their hands, but the ones who do, there's a sense of worth and they know who they are." "People who just make money are always hysterical and they're never at ease with themselves."
Turturro conceived of the idea in 1980, first writing a play with Brandon Cole, then rewriting the script for a whole decade. Scenes from the play were continuously revised with the actors' collaboration. In honing his craft, Turturro picked up a few tips from the indie directors he'd worked with, most notably Spike Lee and the Coen brothers. He also credits Italian neo-realist director, Vittorio De Sica, as an influence. But above all, his work derives from Cassavetes: Mac is unmistakably an actor's film, and like most actor-turned-directors, Torturro relies too heavily on long monologues and close-ups.
It's rare for an American film to knowingly extol working-class life. The film charts the labors of Mac Vitelli (Turturro), a Queens carpenter who quits his job with an abusive contractor to go into business for himself. Set in the post-WWII suburban housing boom, while financial opportunities were abundant, Mac follows three brothers who start a partnership that eventually shakes up their personal relationships. Mac, the leader, is a task master whose perfectionism alienates his siblings. His hardspokeness can't keep his brothers (Michael Badalucco and Carl Capotortol) in line, and eventually he executes his dream bitterly alone.
Turturro's directing stumbles in the neophyte's danger zone of structure and pace. His sensitive understanding is marred by a crude portrait of ethnicity and a tangled narrative. Nonetheless, there are some small, delightful scenes, as those in which Ellen Barkin, playing a beatnik, lures one of the brothers into bohemia.
The product of a working-class Italian-American family in Rosedale, Torturro started working summers with his father when he was 10. Since Turturro pere was too busy to teach his son the finer work, he was only allowed to do minor jobs, framing, wielding a hammer, mixing cement. Turturro recalled: "As a kid, I thought, 'I'm not gonna be doing this,' but then I got to appreciate it." Turturro's acting ambitions were resisted, with his father urging him to have something to fall back on, like teaching. It was a typical concern of an immigrant who, having come from Italy as a boy, always worried about financial security.


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My family will vouch that I'm one of the worst cooks in the world. I like to eat, but I can't get excited about all the work that goes into food preparation. So I was surprised yesterday to find myself drawn to a copy of the 1929 edition of the Lodi Women's Club Cook Book, which I discovered in the Museum's collections thanks to one of our patrons.
The book is written in flawless English. It's bound in an attractive hard leather cover and was obviously composed by a professional typesetter. Three well-placed women spearheaded the project: Editor Elizabeth Montgomery (wife of John S., the owner of a brokerage and insurance firm), Assistant Editor Cliffie West (wife of Lodi attorney Glenn West), and Secretary Ruth Ridenour (wife of Lodi dentist Irving Ridenour). The list of contributors, which includes "members of [the] club, and friends," reads like a who's who of early twentieth-century Lodi.
Scanning this book makes me feel as though I'm peering through a high-society dining room window. Abundance reigns. Recipes range from appetizers, through soups and entres, to "Spanish and Italian Dishes, cookies, "Electrically Frozen Desserts," and pickles and relishes. As for appearances, I'm told that "A charming table is almost as important as good food."
"Napkins should always match the [table] cloth," advises the book. "Silver is laid one inch from the table edge [and] forks are placed at the left of tines turned up…. If two waitresses are serving, it is more prompt if two dishes of each course, one for each waitress, are prepared."
Much as my wife and I would like hired help, this will never happen at our house. In fact, most of us will never experience the affluent world this book suggests.
The Lodi Women's Club Cook Book for 1929 is more than a list of recipes and culinary advice. It reflects an entire way of life—long since gone—marked by elaborate social protocols and dependent on considerable wealth. In October 1929, much of that affluence disappeared when the stock market crashed and the Great Depression started.
I'm not quite ready to suggest that members of the club fired their maids right away and started eating with plastic forks. However, I suspect that a tough economy during the 1930s may have eroded the importance of good manners and served as a milestone in our march toward a fast food culture, not only in Lodi but throughout the United States.
I honestly don't know if our collection holds any of the club's cookbooks from later years, but I'm eager to start the search so I can test my suspicions.

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High school counselor retires after 53 years
PUEBLO, Colo. - A Central High School counselor retired Friday after working at her alma mater for 44 years.
Hilda Gallegos, 86, is the longest-serving employee in the Pueblo City Schools district. She worked for the district for 53 years. Her family shares her love for Central High School so much so that every relative wore blue in a family photo to show off their true blue spirit.
"Something goes wrong at Central, we all seem to get together and we work it out as a family. And I don't think any other high school has that kind of tradition that we have," Gallegos said.
Gallegos said she'll still be attending sporting events and plans on volunteering at Central.


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Is Bush's America a police state?
Every time I return to the Jose Padilla case, I employ the deliberately provocative term "police state" because I think it's accurate. Padilla, after all, is an American citizen. If he can be picked up off the street, held incommunicado without charge, indefinitely, than so can any of us. And if this can happen to any of us, then we do, indeed, live in a police state with no rights whatsoever. I mean, what good are rights if a citizen can be jailed without charge, indefinitely?
So I see buried in today's Times, here [1], that Padilla is finally getting his trial, after many efforts by the Bush administration to avoid one.
(The government transferred him to civilian custody in Miami in 2005, just as the Supreme Court was weighing whether to take up the legality of his military detention.)
So is America a police state? Judging by the Padilla case, the Bush administration has tried to turn it into one but has yet to succeed fully. You can apparently only hold an American citizen for five years without trial. That's not a police state, I suppose, but it sure as hell isn't a free country either.
People say Andrew Sullivan is a good blogger, and indeed, he was hired by Time and The Atlantic for this purpose. So let's do a small experiment.
Andrew writes, and I quote the following item [2] in its entirety:
The Menace of Oliver Stone [2]
14 May 2007 09:23 am
Through his movie lies and fictions, the man has changed Americans' understanding [3] of their own history.
I was interested to see the evidence and so I clicked on the link, which was to a blog called "Tigerhawk," who was linking to a New York Times article [4] on Vincent Bugliosi's new book on the Kennedy assassination. The blogger shares Andy's hatred for what he calls "Hollywood's overwhelmingly left-wing film industry." Andrew, you may or may not recall, has actually blamed what he called "the Hollywood left" for losing the election for John Kerry -- something I don't think he would want to try to defend today. Anyway, what is the guy's evidence upon which Andrew rests his accusation against Stone for "changing Americans' understading of their own history"?
It is, again in its entirety, as follows, here [3]:
The Times article [5] says that Bugliosi was taken aback by the extent to which Oliver Stone's movie influenced the perception of the history:
Mr. Bugliosi likes to tell a story illustrating why he believes this book is necessary. In 1992, less than a year after the debut of Oliver Stone's conspiracy-minded film "J.F.K.," Mr. Bugliosi was addressing a group of trial lawyers when a member of the audience asked him about the assassination.
Mr. Bugliosi asked for a show of hands of how many people did not accept the findings of the Warren Commission, which had investigated the assassination and concluded that Oswald was the killer. Close to 90 percent of the 600 lawyers raised their hands, he recalled. Then he asked how many had seen "J.F.K." or read an account that argued in favor of a conspiracy; a similar number raised their hands. Finally, he asked how many had read the Warren Commission report. Only a smattering of hands went up.
Of course, the average American is more feet-on-the-ground than "a group of trial lawyers," and certainly some of us were less inclined to believe the conspiracy theories around the assassination of JFK because Oliver Stone promoted them. Nevertheless, Bugliosi's anecdote is instructive. Political movies, whether overtly fictional or allegedly factual, can have a huge impact on popular opinion.
So what Andrew and Tigerhawk conclude is that because many people have seen JFK and few people have read the Warren Commission report, Stone has therefore "changed Americans' understanding of their own history."
There's just one problem. The story contains no evidence at all for the charge.
After all, I don't believe the Warren Commission report. I have seen JFK. And yet, JFK has absolutely nothing whatever to do with my disbelief of the report. I didn't believe it before JFK. I didn't believe it afterward. Perhaps Mr. Buglosi will change that; after all, I don't claim to be an expert. But I do have a doctorate in the relevant historical period, am writing my own book on it, and I have done some reading about the making of the report itself, most recently in this terrific biography of Earl Warren [6]. From my research, I know that establishing the truth was not first and foremost in the minds of its authors when it was written. I know that even it had been, the truth was not entirely available. I don't need a Hollywood director to tell me what to think about this or any other matter of American history. If you get your history from Hollywood, you're an idiot, period.
More to the point, no one in the story described above is ever asked whether JFK shaped their views of the assassination. Mr. Buglosi, The New York Times, Mr. Tigherhawk, and Mr. Sullivan simply assume that because a Hollywood movie reaches more people than a thousand-plus page government report published over 40 years ago, that means said Hollywood film has shaped the view not only of the public but also of the trial lawyers. It does not even try to establish whether
a) people believed the Warren Report before the movie was released -- and by the way, it is my understanding that a majority did not; or
b) the movie is what made people change their minds if, indeed, they did change their minds, for which again, I add, no proof is given.
Moral of the story: Much of what you read both in newspapers and in blogs, is bullshit, and unless someone is invested in proving the opposite, no one cares.
My buddy Ezra makes a few mistakes in this interesting item [7] when he writes:
For instance: The punditocracy has enormous respect for Paul Berman, who looms large in George Packer's history of the Iraq War, The Assassin's Gate. Packer admiringly describes Berman's spartan, life-of-the-mind existence: "Berman lived alone in a walk-up apartment that was strewn with back issues of the Anarcho-Syndicalist Review and volumes of French literature and philosophy in the original," and writes that, "I listened, occasionally asking a skeptical question, admiring the dedication of his project (who else was really trying to figure this stuff out?)."
Brian Williams, of course, would never demean Berman as "some guy named Paul who lives by himself in a walk-up and hasn't shaved in three months." Berman is credentialed and respected. And that's what separates him from Vinny, and protects him from the same dismissal. Reporting has a talismanic quality in this town, to be sure, and for good reason: There's no substitute for real reporting. But too often, picking up the phone and calling three people does not magically grant omniscience, and nor does studying issues in a half-hearted and generalist way. Too often, reporting is really just a word that paid writers use to separate themselves from the unwashed, typing masses. Indeed, it's telling that Sy Hersch is usually upset about the lack of reporting among self-described reporters, rather than among bloggers."
Point one: Berman is not "credentialed" in any meaningful sense of the term. He has no advanced degrees. For the first twenty-something years of his career, he worked almost exclusively in the alternative media, largely at The Village Voice. Later on, he worked as an independent freelance writer, with occasional stints at mainstream publications that never really worked out, and the assorted teaching gig. Until recently, he had not really written any books, except a single volume of loosely connected essays. Rather, his life and work represents the essence of the independent intellectual who, outside of establishment/credentialing institutions, makes his name purely on the quality of his work. He both thinks and reports, which, I would argue, is the only real way to get near the truth of anything (which of course is not to say that he always does get at the truth. He doesn't. But still, it's the only hope ...).
Paul's path, in other words, is open to anyone willing to invest the hard, lonely, and materially unrewarding work he has spent decades putting in. There is a point to be made about people with no experience, no qualifications, and no particular expertise, mouthing off about the work of people with experience, qualifications, and with expertise. They may be right, but they had better be able to prove it. Simply assuming the virtue of youth and inexperience is more wrong than not. I'm not saying that's what Ezra is doing here. But just because experience, credentials and the high opinion of others -- call it "Broderism" -- are frequently misused and foolishly respected does not make them meaningless. When I read an attack on someone I respect by someone I've never heard of, I need a reason to take it seriously. The best reason is evidence. The second best is a track record. The third possibility is that it is intrinsically interesting and original, however speculative. Absent any of these qualities, it's masturbation, which is certainly edifying for the person doing it, but for the rest of us, not so much ...
Point two: For the record, Packer's portrayal of Paul in his book is actually an attack on his ex-friend and intellectual mentor, to whom he misattributes statements and views that are contrary to Berman's belief and the source of much justified anger on Berman's part. I read the description Ezra quotes as part of Packer's effort to make Berman appear ridiculous. Exactly why he felt compelled to do this I can only speculate, which I won't do here. But Berman has gone on record -- I believe we printed some of this in Altercation once upon a time -- responding to what he insists are Packer's false portrayal of their conversations.
Point three. Sy Hersh (!) has made the real point here. The problem with most reporters is that they don't report. By reporting I mean not the kind of stenographic accounts of what powerful people say but by placing in a thoughtful and meaningful context not only what they say but also what they do. That what Sy does. It's also, albeit quite differently, what Berman and even Ezra do. But it's hard work. And damn few people have the time, the resources and the independence -- whether material or intellectual -- even to try.
I'll say this for the guy: You gotta admire his audacity. Marty Peretz, in his comically meshugina obsession with that "young cog in the Hitlerite wheel" and "ruthless Jewish banker" (!) George Soros, apparently thinks it right and proper for him to pass judgment on the latter's love life, here [8], even though it is an entirely private matter between two consenting adults.
Nice glass house you have there, bub. Be a shame to see anything happen to it.
Russert challenged Democrats -- but not McCain -- about 2002 Iraq intel "caveats" [9]
On the May 13 "Meet the Candidates" edition [10] of NBC's Meet the Press, host Tim Russert asked Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (AZ), "In hindsight, was it a good idea to go into Iraq?" but did not challenge McCain's reply that the invasion of Iraq "was certainly justified" because "[e]very intelligence agency in the world, not just U.S., believed that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction." Yet on two separate "Meet the Candidates" editions of Meet the Press, Russert did challenge former Sen. John Edwards (D-NC) and Sen. Joseph Biden (D-DE) for their 2002 votes giving President Bush the authority to use military force in Iraq, citing the "caveats" in the October 2002 National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) concerning the purported existence of an Iraqi nuclear weapons program. The NIE was made available [11] to all members of Congress before the vote, according to The Washington Post. Russert did not challenge McCain with either a general question about the contrary evidence in the NIE or a question about the basis for his explicit assertion one day before the war resolution vote that "[t]o wait for Saddam Hussein to threaten imminent attack against America would be to acquiesce to his development of nuclear weapons."
Ignoring polling, Liasson claimed on Fox News Sunday that all Republicans beat Clinton [12]
On the May 13 edition of Fox Broadcasting Co.'s Fox News Sunday, Fox News contributor and NPR national political correspondent Mara Liasson asserted that former New York City mayor and Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani is "trying to argue" that he is "the only one who can beat a Democratic nominee -- [Sen.] Hillary Clinton [D-NY]." Liasson added, "But I don't think the polls support that. I think the polls show that in head-to-head matchups, for whatever that's worth now, they all do." However, while some recent polling has been less favorable to Clinton, two polls released in May show her leading not only Giuliani, but also the other top Republican candidates in head-to-head contests.
Media pounced on Edwards' haircuts, but ignore Giuliani's Iowa farm snub [13]
As Media Matters for America documented [14], the media recently devoted extensive coverage to a report -- first "broken" by Politico senior political writer Ben Smith on April 16 [15] -- that Democratic presidential candidate and former Sen. John Edwards' (NC) campaign spent $800 on two haircuts. The story was covered by major print, broadcast, and cable outlets, and often featured characterizations [16] of Edwards as "pretty" and the "Breck girl" -- echoing Republican and conservative attacks on Edwards dating back to 2004. These same media outlets, however, have shown almost no interest in recent reports that the presidential campaign of former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) scheduled -- and then abruptly canceled -- a campaign rally at the home of two Iowa farmers because they were not wealthy enough to be affected by the estate tax.
Name: Lo Fleming
I started a campaign to boycott the Super Bowl owing to your article [17] in The Nation about Fox. I had planned on doing it anyway, but your article reminded me, so thanks.
Check out my blog [18].
Here's [19] the page that connects to the petition.
Name: Jonathan Schwarz
Given what you've written about George Will's misunderstanding of "Born in the USA," I think you might be interested in this [20].
Dear Altercation,
It is good work to point out the hypocrisy of GOP candidates who urge sexual morals on others that they do not engage in themselves. However ... there is a Democratic equivalent to this sort of thing, which Party regulars still flinch at confronting. This is the political leader with the right-wing lifestyle and the leftish economic views. It's no use making excuses for this. To ordinary voters, nothing undermines the credibility of an Al Gore or a John Kerry or a John Edwards more than gleeful suggestions by conservative media outlets that Democrats talk the talk but don't walk the walk when it comes to their own lives and those of their children.
This is a lesson that Democratic leaders should have learned when they were endorsing busing for purposes of racial integration while sending their own darlings to private schools. Conventional wisdom still underestimates the degree to which that sort of thing began the long slide of the Democratic Party from the position of dominance it once had in electoral politics.
Your asserted [21] that "the netroots" jumped the gun to wrongly criticize the WaPo, and concluded as follows: "I don't recall any of the bloggers who expressed their outrage printing corrections in the aftermath, though I may not have seen them."
I would have expected you to identify those bloggers responsible for the misreadings so that we all might have the option to judge for ourselves the original error and whether or not there were corrections. Would you hope for anything less of the MSM?
[Eric replies: Well, the mistaken accusation was published in more places than I could have tracked at the time. The original error, if I'm not mistaken, was made by Glenn Greenwald. I was trying to be nice by not pointing that out yesterday.]
More importantly, your defense of Edsall is edifying and appreciated. However, after reading everyone's take on the sidewalk kerfuffle, and not just your own Broderite refereeing (take that!), I reject your conclusion that either Reed or Greenwald were in the wrong about Edsall. While I am strongly persuaded by your appeal that Edsall is easily misunderstood- people who matter often are- please don't place blame for that on anyone other than Edsall.
Your beef seems to be with Greenwald's taking Reed's literally accurate report and fitting it to his perception of MSM. Greenwald certainly would not have written word one about the exchange if at any point Edsall had let the others in on the joke. Could Greenwald have called Edsall? Sure.
Eric replies: You can reject it all you want, bub. I happen to know it's true. My beef is with the fact that people in the netroots ignored the most obvious explanation -- that a young, inexperienced reporter missed a joke -- because the less likely explanation -- that someone as smart and experienced as Tom Edsall, someone whose books have taught us as much about the state of contemporary American politics as almost anyone alive, would say something so patently ridiculous as anything but a joke -- appeals to the netroots' sense of outrage about the MSM. Look, I really don't care about this joke at all. And Tom Edsall's reputation in the world does not need any help from me. (That's a very nice chair he's sitting in there at Columbia.) What I actually care about here is trying to help the netroots, whom I support, albeit not uncritically, to improve. Not everything that would confirm one's worldview turns out to be accurate. Some things need to be checked before being built upon. Without this kind of caution and intellectual skepticism, the ultimate loser is the cause itself. In the Edsall case, the netroots -- aiming their ammunition after reading an account by a reporter with no known reputation and published on a gossip magazine's website -- hurt only themselves.


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SOOOO long to dry!! HELP!
Before I took 10 inches off my hair, it took FOREVER to dry (like at LEAST 2 hours).....and I thought I would be golden cutting it....but I am not...exactly.
Yeah, I am having an easier time, overall....BUT it is still taking me this long (and really...closer to three hours now) to just let the thing air-dry!!!!! It is madness! I've got two kids under 3 and I just can't take that time so most days, my hair goes up (pony tail or something).
Part of the reason why I think it is taking longer to dry is because I am not letting the towel sit on my hair as long as I used to to soak up the water. I do not have anything mircrofiber-ish and I've read many people say that they put the products on their hair when it is nearly soaking wet.
So naturally, that is going to take me MUCCHHH longer to dry.
Help me. Are regular towels REALLY so bad that I shouldn't be using them for very long???
And...forget the diffuser...my arm will go dead holding it for as long as it would require me to with this thick stuff on my head!
It used to take me all day to air-dry my hair and it wouldn't be fully dried til dinner time. Now my routine is a little better and it's dry by mid-morning. I put my JC RR in dripping wet hair, scrunch out a lot of the water, scrunch w/ a microfiber towel (btw, you can find those in the auto department of Walmart near the car cleaning stuff!), scrunch in more RR and Loreal TW, plop for as long as it takes me to get dressed and do my face and then diffuse for about 15, 20 minutes until I get bored with it or it gets crunchy whichever comes first. LOL I HAAAAATTTTEEEE blow drying my hair, always have. After all this it only takes about an hour to completely dry and then I scrunch out the crunch.
Now, I'm sure I'll have to figure out the whole thing all over again once I have my baby in July. If my other 2 are any indication, I'll be lucky if I get a shower AT ALL!!! :shock:
Just play around and see what works for you. I like to put my leave-in conditioner into wet hair, but then I'll wait a bit and/or scrunch with paper towels before putting in my mousse/gel/cream/whatever. Makes it dry a bit faster and I still get great frizz control.
Also, I still use a regular towel. I even wrap my hair up turby-style after a shower, but only for about 3-5 minutes. I certainly don't rub my hair with it, though. I just squeeze out the water, wrap the towel around, then carefully unwrap to start applying products. My hair just looks too flat if I put everything into soaking wet hair.
plopping or scrunching it out with a microfiber towel really does make a difference! You should give it a try :wink:
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New Experiment Induces Lucid Dreaming Using Electrical Stimulation
Lucid dreaming refers to such dreams in which you become self-aware and are able to control them. A new experiment at J.W. Goethe University in Germany reveals that electrical stimulation can be used to induce such lucid dreaming.
Time For Some Affordable And Effective PC Watercooling
Do you have a mammoth desktop PC that you play games on or put to any other exhaustive work? You must have come across the issue of adequately cooling down the system. PC watercooling is a cutting-edge solution for that and this article helps you decide what hardware gear you should choose.
AT&T May Soon Acquire DirectTV In A $50 Billion
We have seen many acquisitions in the tech world over the past few years, some of them raking in billions of dollars. But reports have it that AT&T is all set to trump them by acquiring the pay TV mammoth DirectTV in a $50 billion deal.
What Is Jet lag And Why Does It Occur?
When you travel between time zones, you have to inevitably confront the issue of jet lag. While many of us consider it an inevitable nuisance, jet lag is a fairly interesting phenomenon. This article details why jet lag occurs and what remedies may be used to counter it.
Should You Buy A 4K TV? Why And Why Not
4K TV sets are changing the way we view entertainment. They are making movies, sports and other content more vivid, more real-life. But because of the price tags of these sets and the fact that 4K content is still limited, it's a pertinent question that whether or not you should buy one.
Being Ignored On Facebook Leads To Low Self-Esteem, Sense Of Exclusion
Social media presence has come to be a critical part of our modern-day lives. A new research reveals that people who are ignored on Facebook tend to suffer from low-esteem and a sense of exclusion.
Microsoft's Upcoming Event Will Feature Intel-Powered Surface Tablet
On May 20, Microsoft is bringing together a major event where the company will show off its upcoming Surface tablets. Among these, it is now being reported, will be an Intel-powered Surface tablet with a Haswell chip.
$199 OMsignal Smart Shirt Can Monitor Your Fitness And Vitals
We have seen some halfhearted attempts at smart dresses in recent past. OMsignal has now gone full-throttle on the concept, offering smart shirts which can keep a close track of your fitness as well as vitals and inform you about them through an app.
Adobe Voice: A New Story-Telling App For iPad
Adobe has unveiled a new app for iPad users. Called Adobe Voice, this app allows you to create a slideshow with voice narration. The app is meant to allow the creation of more interactive and interesting story-telling, using a whole plethora of tools.
Doctor Tinkers With Server, Costs The Hospitals $4.8 Million
One must not tinker with things that one doesn't adequately understand. This is manifest in the case of a Columbia University Medical Center physician who tinkered with a server, leading to data leaks and an expensive $4.8 million settlement.
New Facebook Scams Use Ghost Videos To Install Malware
Facebook is fast becoming a popular platform for hackers who use blatant scams to lure the users and install malware on their machines. A recent barrage of videos about ghosts or other supernatural phenomenon makes use of this technique to possibly compromise user accounts.
Research Reveals Why We Have No Memory Of Our Early Childhood
The creation of memories and the way they change in a person over time has been a key focus of many recent studies. In one such study, researchers have demonstrated why we lose all recollection of our early childhood years.
Google Is Currently Testing A Massively Redesigned Version Of Gmail
Tech analysts have long lamented that email is one part of the internet that has been more or less similar to what it was in early days. It seems that Google is all set to change this with a huge visual overhaul of Gmail that it is currently testing.
Google Glass Users Can Now Become Citizen Journalists For CNN
Imagine wearing a Google Glass and covering a live event. That can be an all-new, and better, way of news reporting. CNN is banking on that and has invited Glass users to contribute to its iReport citizen journalism initiative.
Apple Sweeten The Deal, Launches In-Store iPhone Trade-In Event
Apple is rumored to unveil its new flagship iPhone 6 in August or September this year. The company has now launched an in-store iPhone trade-in event, prompting users to upgrade to iPhone 5C and iPhone 5S.
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I've noticed that I've been receiving less Google Alerts the past week than usual. Turns out I'm not the only one who has noticed a chance. Stoney deGeyter (who presented in SEMpdx SearchFest earlier this month) wrote how he has experienced some disappearing Google Alerts within the past week as well. He can't seem to even resubscribe to the disappearing alerts.
So, in an attempt for my Google Alerts to come back to me in their regular fashion, I've created a Google Alert haiku:
Google Alerts
My heart misses you so
Please come on back
Or how about this:
Google Alerts
I love you like phones
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posted by Shella on .
What is the chief rhetorical featuren of this sentence? the baby was like an oxctopus, grabbing at all the toys.
This questions can be asking many different things so hopefully this it what you are wanting....
If you are wanting to know the type of sentence it is a simile.
If you wanting to know which part of the sentence makes it "Rhetorical sentence" I am 99% sure it is:
(The baby was like and octopus)
Remember it as anything that is very effective in the sentence and/or is Persuasive. Basically it stands out.
Sorry for the rambling, hopefully this helped. :)
Julie's post is not only incorrect; it's very difficult to make sense of. I'm surprised.
The type of sentence is declarative.
The rhetorical device is simile, as Ms. Sue already replied.
I don't know what the rest of this is supposed to mean.


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Online special offer firm Groupon (NASDAQ) saw shares surge over 6% in pre-market deals after reports emerged that Chinese e-commerce giant and rival Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) might mount a takeover bid or buy another stake in the firm.
It comes after earlier this month, Alibaba revealed in a regulatory filing it had bought 33mln shares in the firm - taking it to owning a 5.6% stake and making it the fourth largest shareholder.
Conglomerate Alibaba has plans to further expand overseas and Groupon currently operates in 28 countries, albeit that is down from a peak of 45, so the rationale behind a potential deal is there.
Alibaba is also reportedly interested in Groupon's group buying power
The Chinese firm is hungry to put right its deficiencies in this area, and even a minority stake of 20% to 30% could lead to a strategic alliance or joint venture with Groupon that saves Alibaba considerable development time.
This month, Groupon has also reported better than expected results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015 as well as an upbeat outlook, which prompted the shares to go north by almost 30%.
The Chicago-based e-commerce marketplace reported revenues of US$917 million in the fourth quarter, up nearly 4% compared to the fourth quarter of 2014 BUT IT posted a net loss of US$46.5 million, swinging from an US$8.8 million profit in the same three months of 2014.
For the year, Groupon posted US$3.1 billion in revenues, up from US$3 billion in 2014 and net earnings were 3 cents per share.
As well as improving the customer experience, new chief executive Rich Williams said his priorities were better customer acquisition, getting out of low-margin international markets and building a higher-margin goods business.


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Environmental activists defended a plan to lay down light rail transit tracks across the city, saying that it creates "way more winners" than Mayor Rob Ford's subway plan.
Using statistics released by the Pembina Institute, the Toronto Environmental Alliance compared Mayor Ford's proposal for 18-kilometres of tunnel along Sheppard and the Scarborough RT to a 148-kilometre LRT network that is only partially funded. The provincial government has committed $8.15-billion to build 53 kilometres of light rail along Eglinton, Sheppard, Finch, and the Scarborough RT. The four lines were supposed to stretch 75 kilometres, but Queen's Park delayed half of funding last year and shortened the lines to be completed by 2020.
"We're here today essentially because there has been a heck of a lot of talk about transit in the last while but unfortunately most of it has been of the political variety," Jamie Kirkpatrick, a transit campaigner for the TEA, said standing next to a map that showed more than double the number of LRT lines than those that have committed money. He defended the use of the full 148-kilometre map. "Even if you look at the four priority lines that are funded, there is still way more winners created by using the light rail network then there are by adding a little bit of subway."
, which was also released on Wednesday, calculated that the four lines, in their original length, are within a six minute walk of 290,000 residences or workplaces, including 45,000 low-income residents. Mayor Ford's subway plan, by comparison, would serve 61,000, it found. Graham Haines, one of the authors of the report, estimated that about 200,000 workplaces or residences are within six minutes of the scaled back version that is funded. That includes about 30,000 low-income people.
"To me the big difference is the difference in cost per kilometre. We're looking at a plan that is proposing subways, without the additional costs for rail yards and maintenance, are costing over $300 [million] per kilometre, for LRT you're looking at a cost below $100 [million] per kilometre, so simply put we're going to be able to connect one third of the people," said Mr. Haines, a technical policy analyst for the Pembina Institute.


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This Week In Design
PSFK compiles this past week's top design stories featuring inspired products, furniture and automobiles.
Here is a look at this past week's standout design stories you shouldn't miss.
Is this the next Mini? Sonny Lim sketches the next-generation Mini(above)
Color gradients in furniture: New from BRANCA by Marco Sousa Santos
Chairs become indoor soccer nets: Lazy Football Chair By Emanuele Magini For Campeggi
Products designed to evolve with the user: Epilogue – Prologue by Design Soil
Iconic classroom clock returns: 1960s IBM Clock Reissue
Ski jacket reinterpreted as a sofa: Gilles & Boissier: Sit On My Doudoune Sofa For Moncler
LED light uses magnets to expand uses: Neil Poulton: Ipparco For Artemide
FITCH sweeps Retail Design Awards: FITCH Wins Triple Crown of Retail Design Awards
Radical park proposal for NYC: A Proposal To Give NYC Two Things It Lacks: Canals And A Waterfront Boardwalk
Eyecandy: Watercolors by Amy Park


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text: Hey Mac, I have the same shotgun and want to do the same thing. Considered chopping it (18" of course), but was a advised against it by a friend. Found 20" barrel for $100 or so @ Cabela's, unsure about the barrels fitting. I do know that the Magnum model uses a different choke for larger slugs, check out Remington's website for some info. Thanks and God bless, Mike.


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And away we go!
Mar 26th, 2008 by quirkybird
Hey everybody!
At long last I've found adequate hosting for this, the scruffiest of webcomic podcasts. I apologize for the volume of "um"s in the first five minutes, as well as the incessant woosh of my internal disc drive. Also for my voice, and the words I am saying. Oh god.
Now that I'm off the ground, I'm looking to invest in a decent little USB mike so that the next round of questions can be answered more competently! If this one doesn't cut the mustard for you, stick around for my next attempt.
If you would like to submit any new questions, feel free to submit them in comments here, or at my primary journal.
Thanks everybody! Please subscribe to the many, many feeds that podbean offers to you, and enjoy my witless ramblings.
Love it. I'd take the raygun too, though I might be tempted by a laser-axe.
No, I don't have anything much of substance to add here, I just wanted to say hi. Keep up the great work.
Man, this was actually quite entertaining! Love it! I'll probably be coming back for more.
And I'm glad I'm not the only one who's scared of statues now.
You sound a bit like Kim Swift, except a few notes deeper. This is a good thing. There's a similar underlying energy. I wish I had a way to put it that didn't sound fruity.
I really enjoyed that. Thanks!
Totally adorable podcast. I completely understand what it's like to be walking around with Not Really Real people.
And, oddly enough, it turns out that you sound rather like one of my girlfriends older sisters (who is about double your age), a dancer/musician/artist/writer that recently moved to, you guessed it, Portland.
Hi Dylan I've been stalk-^H^H^H^H^H following your work since you were in grade school and before the nefarious Japanese took over your site for a while. It's nice to have a voice to go with the imagery and you sound just like I thought you should
Good luck
Hi Dylan,
That was so entertaining! I'm really looking forward to the next podcast, and am happy/relieved to know I am not the only person who listens to music for narrative hooks or spends an inordinate amount of time with People I Make Up.
Thanks for posting!
Oh now this is just silly. Best quarter of an hour I've spent on the internet all week, good on you.
So, as a question, how much are your characters your own personal creation, and how much of them came from this world, especially working in historical fiction where there seem to be a lot of definite guidelines?


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Judge rejects bid to ban Samsung in the US
A judge has denied a legal request by Apple to ban US sales of Samsung smartphone models that a jury said illegally used its technology.
The decision is part of a series of rulings that US Judge Lucy Koh says she is releasing over a period of several weeks to address the many legal issues raised in the case.
Her ruling comes after Apple was awarded 1.05 billion dollars in damages this summer. A jury found Samsung had copied critical features of the iPhone and iPad.
Apple had urged the judge to permanently ban the US sales of eight Samsung smartphone models that a jury said in August illegally used Apple technology, while also seeking to add millions more to the award.
Earlier this month Judge Koh appeared ready to trim the billion-dollar jury verdict Apple won over Samsung Electronics, but gave no indication as to by how much.
Adding to the legal tangle, Apple filed a second lawsuit earlier this year, alleging that Samsung's newer products are unfairly using Apple's technology. That is set for trial in 2014. In addition, the two companies are locked in legal battles in several other countries.
Apple lawyer Harold McElhinny claimed earlier this year that Samsung wilfully made a business decision to copy Apple's iPad and iPhone, and he called the jury's 1.05 billion-dollar award a "slap in the wrist".
Samsung lawyer Charles Verhoeven has argued that Apple was trying to tie up Samsung in courts around the world rather than competing with it head-on. Samsung has also claimed that it was deprived of a fair trial in a court about 12 miles from Apple's Cupertino, California, headquarters.
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Wendy graduated from Cardiff University in 1994 with a BSc in Physics and Music and intentions of becoming a sound engineer. Instead, she began working for Techniquest science centre and caught the science communication bug whilst presenting in the Science Theatre. After a short stint as a presenter in Australia she became Education Manager at Techniquest and appeared as a regular presenter on three series of the ITV Wales programme, "What on Earth" In 2002 she was appointed as the first woman - and youngest person ever - to deliver the Institute of Physics National Schools Lecture tour.
Wendy established "science made simple" in 2002 to help translate the complexities of science to engage a wider public. The company reaches around 40,000 people a year with its innovative approach. The interactive shows they offer are a blend of popular culture, entertainment and education. In 2004 she was voted "Welsh Woman of the Year" and given the WISE* excellence award for helping to promote science to girls and women. In 2005 the Institute of Physics named her "Young Professional Physicist of the year" and in 2007 she was named as a Laureate in the EU Descartes Prize for Science Communication - a prize formerly won by both David Attenborough and Bill Bryson!
Wendy was part of the first ever all-female team on Channel 4's Scrapheap Challenge programme and has also run over a tank of slime live on the former BBC Tomorrows' World programme!
She is passionate about encouraging people to take an active interest in science - whether or not they intend to take it up as a career!
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Hello, Dae. Well, first I have to say, I could not write two words in another language, so well done. You could use a beta, for some of the mistakes, which believe me, even English speakers make. And they have no excuse. This sentence: ' She *run* to the beautiful maiden who was sitting not far away, gazing thoughtfully *to* nothing...' , should be she ran and ' thoughtfully at nothing.' You should use speech marks to indicate conversation, I have seen only one ( published ) book written as you are writing it here, using - before some-one speaks, but it makes it more difficult for the reader to follow. If you want to send me that chapter and let me send it back to you back with those corrections shown in bold italics or something, I am more than happy to. If it pleases you to leave it as it is, no worries. I must say I am always impressed when some-one who is ESL writes, since again, I could not even say '' hello '' in your native tongue, and I hope you will continue to write, but if you need any pointers, let me know. The mistakes are easily made and as easily corrected. Take care.
Author's Response: Thank you for the review! And for your advices. I'll try to follow them. As I said I'm new here and there are many things I need to learn (rating for example, for I did it only by intuition). I'll try to be more careful.
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Pictures were fine for me. This post rules BTW. I didn't even know how to find the plugs until this FAQ. Car started acting up and I found cylinder 2 to be misfiring. With no experience on h-opposed engines I got it done in 90 minutes or so, and that's counting for breaks.
For what it's worth, I used the small (1/4?) ratchet and no extension to get off the coil packs on all 4 cylinders. Then a medium (3/8?) ratchet with a 3 inch extension to get out the plugs. Luckily nothing was too tight so I didn't run into trouble where I needed more leverage.
Hardest part is gapping the plugs right on the first try.
I would love to know how many hours of labor a shop charges for doing this job.


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Yes, I realize that I would be better off posting in a mustang forum, but, there seems to be many people here that know quite a bit about mustangs, so here it is:
Whilst embarking on what was the best 80 miles I've ever driven my STI, I saw a unique looking mustang pull out in front of me.
It was black, with pretty aggressive ground effects, and had a wing bigger than my STi. On the back right, below the tailights was a big red "R", but, kinda like an Integra Type R R. At first, I thought "Cobra R", but, then a few things stood out:
1. It was almost as high off the ground as a V6
2. It had dual exhaust, but, with pretty wimpy looking pipes
3. The wheels were aftermarket, with more "bling" than performance, and couldn't have been more than 235's in width.
I did some further searching, and all I could find was a VERY expensive (60k) limited production Cobra R, from 2000. Possibly only sold in red.
So, was this guy dressing up a GT or V6 Mustang to look like a Cobra R you think? Did I spot a case of American Uncle Bens?
BTW- For anyone in SE Minnesota, I'd STRONGLY recommend driving Hwy 60 from Zumbro Falls to Wabasha, brand new black top, with very well banked curves, elevation changes and many 25 and 30 mph caution signs. 30 miles of bliss.


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DENVER -- Vicente Padilla gave the Los Angeles Dodgers a shot in the arm and the Colorado Rockies a punch to the gut.
The right-hander, jettisoned by Texas earlier this month after angering the Rangers by throwing at hitters, returned to the National League on Thursday and pitched the Dodgers to a 3-2 win over the Rockies.
"I can do a lot for this team," said Padilla, who allowed two runs and six hits in five solid innings.
Rafael Furcal, in the game for his defense, delivered a tiebreaking RBI single in the sixth and Matt Kemp hit his career-high 19th homer as the Dodgers put the brakes on the surging Rockies by taking two of three at Coors Field. They also opened a four-game lead in the NL West over the wild-card leaders.
"Damn right that's what we needed and wanted," Dodgers manager Joe Torre said.
And now the Rockies have to go to San Francisco for a weekend series after an emotional week in Colorado, where they took three of four from the Giants before facing Los Angeles.• Dodgers: Belisario pleads not guilty to drunken driving
"We didn't win this series, but we won this homestand," said Rockies manager Jim Tracy, whose team has to face Tim Lincecum, Barry Zito and Matt Cain this weekend. "We're still in a wonderful position."
The relieved Dodgers appear to have a much easier road ahead, with three games at Cincinnati this weekend before playing nine games against struggling Arizona and San Diego.
Four relievers combined to preserve Padilla's first win for his new team, and Jonathan Broxton got the last four outs for his 28th save in 32 chances. The Rockies put runners on first and second with one out in the ninth before Broxton struck out Eric Young Jr. and Seth Smith.
The resurgent Rockies, who once trailed L.A. by 15½ games, had won eight of 10 before the Dodgers took the last two games of this crucial series.
"I'm not worried about cooling anybody off. It's all about our record," Torre said. "We're trying to enhance our record. We hold our fate in our own hands and if we take care of business ourselves then we don't have to look around for help."
Padilla (1-0), who played for Arizona and Philadelphia before getting traded to the Rangers in 2005, signed a minor league contract with the Dodgers on Aug. 19 after he was released by Texas, where he was 8-6 with a 4.92 ERA in 18 starts this year.
In going back to the NL, Padilla has to bat, which could make him a target for retaliation if he keeps plunking batters, something he didn't have to face in the American League. He didn't hit anybody Thursday.
Torre was eager to see if Padilla could help L.A. down the stretch considering the uncertainty surrounding right-hander Hiroki Kuroda, who went on the disabled list after being hit in the head by a line drive Aug. 15.
"He hangs in there. He eats up innings. That's big at this time of the year," Torre said.
With sinkerballer Padilla on the mound, Torre decided against resting slumping shortstop Furcal, a decision that paid off -- but not in the field -- when he singled up the middle to score Orlando Hudson from second base in the sixth and give Los Angeles a 3-2 lead.
Kemp hit a two-run shot in the first off Jorge De La Rosa (12-9), who allowed baserunners in each of his seven innings but yielded just three runs and eight hits.
"They had been playing really well and had some hot hitting and good pitching. We shut them down," Kemp said. "We showed them we aren't going anywhere."
Carlos Gonzalez returned to the Rockies' starting lineup for the first time since cutting his left hand with a steak knife Saturday night, but he left in the fifth after jamming his left thumb into the grass while trying to rob James Loney of a double.
Gonzalez said the stitch didn't come out but his wound bled and his palm swelled up so much that he couldn't grip a baseball or bat. He said he was unsure if he'd be able to play Friday night.
- The Rockies hadn't dropped a series at home since July 5.
- The Dodgers are 12-3 against Colorado this season. Eight of those wins came while Clint Hurdle was still managing the Rockies. "We got them early when they really weren't playing well," Torre said. "That's a good team. They aren't easy. They are tough. They are hard-nosed."


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And now I feel a little bit better about humanity.
Its the simple things that make me realize that maybe, just maybe we're rather misguided, but not stupid and childish.
You're my other half, and you know it
Stop pretending
And now I feel a little bit better about humanity.
Its the simple things that make me realize that maybe, just maybe we're rather misguided, but not stupid and childish.
I love you.
I have the same feelings about someone and he does me, but he keeps pretending and in some ways so do I.
There is this girl i've had strong feelings for awhile now. I always try to push the feelings away by getting a new girlfriend.. and it works for awhile. Somehow the feelings always come back. I call her my best friend..
But really.. I wish I could be something more. :[
Thank you so much for this secret, i love this boy and he loves me but hsa a girlfriend. But he wouldn't evergo out with me because what people would think as we have been out before and it ended badly. i wish he could put it all aside because it feels like we are meant for each other. i love you baby
you're too good for me. as much as i want you, i don't deserve you. that is why you will never know how i really feel.
Everyone says we are perfect for each other….we balance each other so well….I don't think he sees me like that….and I don't find he physically attractive….but we will probably end up getting married in 5 years
I just lost the one person who made me feel whole becouse he though he wasn't good enough. He was more then I ever dreamed of haveing. Now he realy isn't good enough for me – but I still love him.
I secretly hope we'll end up back together…
i feel like i wrote this comment! it is so scary, bc i really don't like anything about him, why am i so afraid to just break it off? i don't want to have a miserable life, but i don't want to have a lonely one either!
I feel like he wrote this about me.
I'm not pretending, I'm just scared of settling down.
I told you that I expect nothing from you. Really, I want everything from you. I love you.
He says we are best friends, we joke about running off together if our circumstances were different, he just broke up with his fiancee, my family doesn't approve of my spending time with him, I've only known him for 10 months, so how can I be in love with him?
I found out 1 yr ago that the one who has had my heart for 30 yrs feels the same way I do .. we can't get back the last 30yrs… but we can have the next
My highschool sweetheart – I never got over him. Sounds lame, it is a little, but we remained the best of friends. Fast forward 8 years – I'm still in love, he's a little lustful – and otherwise (unhappily) entangled. *sigh* – I want everything that I shouldn't want. Why can't I get over him? Is he stringing me along? Am I going to settle for being left hanging? I feel like I should have posted this picture. Maybe even 8 years ago . . .
I love you jacob
Yeah, so I told him how I felt… He lied and said he wasn't ready for a relationship yet. Then the next day I found out he had been dating someone for 3 weeks. What a poser my former best friend is!
i wish my best friend would say that to me.
say it to her.
The thing about love….. it seeing the perfections in the imperfection, just because you think you don't deserve them, they could be thinking the exact same thing about you.
I have a boyfriend and i love him insanely. But before that i was in love with my best friend. I know that if me and my bf break up i'll fall straight back in love with him. If i'm truly honest, i still am. I'm in love with two guys at once, and just once, i'd love to hear my best friend tell me he loves me as more cause i know we're meant to be together
Everyone knows you love me, we both know we're supposed to be together and the fact you won't hurts the most. It would be easier if you you walked away b/c you didnt love me.
It's hard to love another guy.
Real hard.
Especially when you know he had feelings for you.
When you know it could've all worked.
Then it slipped away.
I still want it, so much.
But I'm too scared to ask you.
Do you love me as much as I love you? 'Cause I think I want to spend every second of my life with you.
I'm in the same boat. I'm sure my guy knows, but since he's in the Peace Corps for 23 more months he wont talk about it and risk holding me back while he's gone. Truth is, there is nothing I'd rather do then wait for him to come home so we can start up where we left off.
sometimes loving them is what makes you deserve them (watch My Best friends Girl)
My best friend in highschool kissed me once, long ago. I was afraid and didn't know what to do. He found a girlfriend the next week. He broke up recently with her. She hated me for no reason, so we stopped being friends in highschool and post-highschool. Now that he's single, (and so am I) the timing always gets in the way. I'm moving across the country, and he is still fresh out of his relationship. But I can't help feeling this electricity everytime we meet. So I will do nothing and be the good, reliable friend I've always been.
It's a bitter sweet secret – I tell no one.
Impossibly true. She just FITS. I go out with other people, it never goes beyond first date, I'm never the one to ask them out and I never kiss them. No one else is right, the dating never works. I used to tell myself they were too….loud if she was quieter than them, short if she was taller than them etc.
The problem is that I'm me and none of them are her. Most of them are perfectly lovely people, but I just can't bring myself to care.
I've been in love with my best friend for the last 4 years. We're no longer the friends we once were, because of our feelings for each other. We've both just moved to a new city for graduate school. He currently has a girlfriend but I just found out that he told all his friends that he was going to marry me the day that we met. We went to dinner the other night and it was wonderful, like nothing had changed, and now I don't know what to do…
I'm so afraid you'd turn away from me again. I love you so much.
I feel the same way about someone. I fell in love.
i also feel like i wrote this comment
Same situation exept I am the girl, just tell her because she feels the same way and it's so frustrating to see you with another girl.
My "best friend" didn't have the courage to tell me, we slept together, we know we love eachother, but he's going out with a girl I hooked him up with.
So messed up.
I think its hard for me because we're young. I get scared because of the "statistics" on teen relationships so I try to pretend I'm not as vested as I am, but I know he's my heart.
This is perfect for me and my best friend. We are the perfect pair… but I don't thin either of us will be able to tell each other how we really feel.
I feel the exact same way about someone. I can't feel anything romantic for any other man because they're not him.
In an ancient book somewhere it was written about a promise made between two souls leaving for their journey. "I WILL FIND YOU†is what was said: In space only a blink of an eye to end a good bye, but on this planet, in this world it takes so long to find my girl.
She was lost so long ago. Will she remember the words of old? There has been countless lives that pass us by, Missing each other as we fall from the sky. So many times I have searched ending up on this earth. Our words that we vowed so long ago, will bring back magic memories when left untold. In our hearts we will know, what was written in the days of old.
Um, this isn't a secret.
Stalker alert!
i'm a lesbian and i've fallen in love with a friend(who's a guy) that i couldn't be attracted to if I were straight… but in the back of my mind I can see us happily married. but i'd never tell him this


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Awwwww we love you TROYLE !!!
********** One question : Is it tradable ????
The Clawbot offered with your subscription! Info - 2012-10-15 17:20Back to list
From October 15th to 29th, the mechanized Clawbot pet will grab onto your subscription! The beast has claws full of Stasis and iron all around, making it a formidable ally. Based on the Foggernauts technology, it can accompany any adventurer, no matter his class, and provide up to +15% damage and +15% Resist to all elements (at max level). Get it before it's too late!
More loyal than an organic pet, the Clawbot will follow you anywhere you go. It doesn't let go easily and will surely never let your opponent run away. Stasis being an inexhaustible source of power, this little piece of technology might stick around for a while…
Almost no maintenance is required, except maybe with its favorite candies, like Kibibbles, Edible Stasili, Copper Ore, and even the Kibibble of Fortune!
To earn its healthy food, your Clawbot will give you a bonus of +15% Damage and +15% resists to all elements (at max level).
If you're already hooked, just visit our subscription page! And get your own Clawbot!
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BentKidz 15 October 2012 17:22
Kikuihimonji - Member - 15 October 2012 17:26
Finally pet that eats ore! Now we have a reason to gather copper after we don't need those for minting kamas.
#[Troyle] 15 October 2012 17:28
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They'll review your case and send you the pet directly.
They'll review your case and send you the pet directly.
ZeraKoN - Member - 15 October 2012 19:00
What's the max stats it gives? Database says that it adds bonus to Damage and Resist (all elements).
ZeraKoN - Member - 15 October 2012 19:01
And I just read that it gives 15% each... sorry =P
Spazturtle 15 October 2012 19:01
15% dmg, 15% res.
Ryuugari 15 October 2012 19:31
THANK YOU TROYLE!!!! Ur a godsent.
UrbanBunny 15 October 2012 21:30
according to database, it isn't tradeable.
Kikuihimonji - Member - 15 October 2012 23:10
Will it be given to those who win subscribtion in Al Howin event?
neroatsushi - Member - 16 October 2012 17:01
thx troyle


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Have a Tax Question? Ask a Tax Expert
Hello and thank you for using Just Answer,If you have been working outside the US for a US company then you normally would not be subject to US taxes. The US uses sourcing rules and for an employee the income is sourced where the work was performed. You will want to file a US 1040NR return to claim the refund for taxes withheld.
Thanks for the quick reply, Robin. So basically even if I am enrolled in the US cost center of the company & have been doing the same work remotely that I was previously doing on US premises, I can just file US 1040NR form and get all the paid taxes in return. Correct? Does that mean 100% of the federal taxes will be returned?
It could mean that you will receive the refund of your federal taxes withheld. I have to advise though that the IRS is getting more and more strict on their definition of where work is performed when employees are "working remotely" by internet connections. The IRS has started looking more closely at the way a remote worker is tied into the everyday processes.You will not be refunded the Social Security or the Medicare
Sure, that would be no problem to prove since my passport is with US consulate outside US and I have not entered US since Dec 2011. All the work has physically been performed remotely outside US premises.
Then you need to file the 1040NR
Regarding Form 1040 NR, Row 42 of the Form 1040 NR asks me to compute the taxes. When I refer to tax computation table in Form 1040 NR instructions document, the eligible federal tax comes out to be $20,539. And that is what is confusing me. Could you elaborate on that particular field? Or do I just put in a Zero for Tax field in Row 42?
You need to use the tax treaty provision for the country where you were resident. What country were you physically in.=?
I am currently in Pakistan.
One sec
Article 11 of the treaty covers you. You need to complete page 5 of the 1040NR and follow the instructions on how to eneter the income and then exclude it.
Robin, thank you for the answer & advice. Great job! I am still a bit confused about how the exempt income in field 22 would cancel out the tax field row 42. Do I need to submit another question for it?
The income listed on Line 22 will be subtracted from the income entered on Line 8, this will then make your income $0 so tax will be $0. Then when you enter the Line 61a amount for withholding the refund will be the same. No income = No tax
Now I get it. Line 8 & 22 will have the same total income amount. Therefore 'total effectively connected income' is $0 in line 23. The rest works itself out.Thank you for the detailed answers and excellent service! It's much appreciated.


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Oil Painting For Beginners
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It is definitely a challenging form of painting, no doubt about it, but it's also beginner friendly. It's pretty forgiving, because if you make a mistake, you can quite easily correct it.
Where To Start?
Getting started is relatively easy. You will need some basic supplies, a quiet place with good lighting and ventilation to work in, and instructions.
Finding good instructions is the very first step you should take. If you're completely new to painting, then this is crucial.
InstructionsAs a beginner you will need guidance, every beginner does. At this point it's crucial to build strong foundations. You must get familiar with the fundamentals - perspective, lighting, composition, brushwork techniques, color theory – these are all essentials.
You can use the Internet, books, or any other source to learn about them, but I would really recommend you to invest in a well-structured lesson plan. DVDs are a great choice.
They offer visual coaching which is the way visual art should be taught, they are affordable and convenient. You can learn at your own pace, in the comfort and convenience of your own home.
There are quite a few oil painting DVDs out there, the best that I've come across so far is – Learn & Master Painting with Gayle Levee.
SuppliesA thing to remember about supplies - shop smart, save big. You don't have to break the bank when shopping for paint supplies.
Have a budget, make a list and only buy things that you actually need. You don't need every paint or paintbrush in existence.
When you're just starting out, it's okay to go for lesser quality. You're learning, you're experimenting. However, when it comes to brushes – don't be too cheap. Bad brushes can be a huge headache.
Always be on the lookout for good deals, discounts and specials. Internet is a great place to find them. I usually shop online.
In ConclusionAnyone with a strong enough desire to learn can learn how to paint in oils. You'll need good instructions, some painting supplies, and above all – commitment.
Although oil painting is quite forgiving to beginners, always remember that it is a difficult medium to master. Learning to be a painter never really stops, so don't get discouraged if your first paintings don't turn out just the way you wanted it.
Hang in there and keep painting. You'll soon be surprised at how far you've come.
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Café Concert: Duo Gazzana
Duo Gazzana's first notes in the United States were played this month in the WQXR Café. The Duo, consisting of Italian sisters Natascia and Raffaella Gazzana, performing respectively on the violin and piano, has been together professionally since the mid-1990s. But although the Gazzanas have traveled throughout Europe, South Africa and Asia, a U.S. concert date has strangely eluded the group until now.
Along with a visit to WQXR, the duo was in town to perform at the Look & Listen Festival in Manhattan, and to promote their second album on ECM, a collection of modern pieces based on old forms like toccatas, suites and canons. Along with rarely-heard pieces by William Walton, Luigi Dallapiccola and Francis Poulenc, there's a Baroque-tinged Suite in the Old Style, written in 1972 by Russian composer Alfred Schnittke. The duo revealed its flair for a well-spun melody with three movements in the WQXR Café.
• Watch the full performance video
The Gazzana sisters were born in Sora, Italy, near Rome, and began performing together at a young age. They decided to seek a professional career together after studies at the University of Rome and later, in Switzerland. While today Raffaella lives in Berlin and Natascia is in Florence, they describe themselves as "best friends" and collaborate regularly.
The sisters hope to promote the cause of Italian instrumental music – not an easy feat in a country so identified with opera. But Natascia Gazzana cites golden-age Baroque composers like Corelli, Tartini, Geminiani as influences, all having brought violin into prominence.
She also acknowledges that there is a definite Italian sound and aesthetic. "For example, the La Scala Orchestra aims to be more melodic," Gazzana said. "In Italy, there is [also] a sense of structure because of our origins in Latin and Greek culture. It's a mixture between the two things."
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are we talking auto or manual trans?
(the auto steering wheel has buttons on the back and the shift knob is different for obvious reasons)
Auto trans..
for some reason the parts catalog is not showing a suede steering wheel with shift control for the 2012 year
the 2010 & 2011 suede steering wheel with shift control is:
$291.40 - list price
$207.63 - forum price
the knob is pretty straight forward v-series suede (for 2010-2013)
$83.37 - list price
$59.40 - forum price
i'm not sure about the discrepancy with the years on the steering wheel - my gut says that it's a catalog error and the it's just dropped from the catalog for some reason
but it would probably be a good idea to try and make sure that part number is the same on the 2012s or if all the electrical connectors are the same
Thanks Chris..
Hi chris, this is one of my first posts. I've been a lurker for a while here. i just signed the papers of my 2011 thunder gray. Its in transit as i write this and Really excited. i understand you sell two items im looking for. I would love to order the suede shifter ( manual) and the suede steering wheel (obviously manual as well). Let me know what I need to do. Thank you!
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you can email or Call me if you can't send more PMs
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Wind Mobile buyout limited threat to Canada telcos, for now
By Alastair Sharp and Euan Rocha
TORONTO, Sept 16 (Reuters) - The sale of Wind Mobile to a group of private equity investors will need to be followed by hefty investment and further deals before Canada`s No. 4 wireless provider poses a significant threat to its much larger competitors.
Shares of BCE Inc, Telus Corp, and Rogers Communications Inc all fell slightly on Tuesday following the news, which some view as a first step to creation of a stronger challenger to the three dominant national players.
"It definitely makes consolidation more likely ... but it doesn't worry me as an investor in Bell, Telus or Rogers," said Ryan Bushell, a portfolio manager at Leon Frazer, which holds shares in the big telcos. "I don't think they can compete at the high-end of the market, which is where the margin is."
The deal announced on Tuesday replaces Amsterdam-based Vimpelcom - a majority equity owner who was unable to turn that into a controlling stake - with five private equity backers who sources say paid some C$300 million combined.
While the Canadian government will likely tout the deal as validation of its promise of four viable wireless players across the country, there was little indication the new backers have such lofty ambitions.
Wind Mobile founder Anthony Lacavera said the carrier - which operates in populous Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta - would now focus on improving service and had no big expansion plans.
"The business plan has evolved," he told Reuters. "There are already four carriers in all other Canadian markets, so we don't necessarily want to enter as a fifth carrier in any of those markets."
BCE, Rogers and Telus compete with Eastlink in the maritime provinces, with Quebecor Inc in Quebec, Manitoba Telecom Services in Manitoba, and Sasktel in Saskatchewan. Continued...


text: Oh gosh, I posted this in the other thread but lazy and continuing it here, I have a date with my guy again and I'm so nervous. Mainly because he's staying over which I've never preplanned nor have pple stay unless they are bfs and it's been a while, but his place is an hour outside the city. It's going to be so weird having a guy at my place(although I'm super excited)! Oh yea we're going to local historic dive bar tonight.


text: Paddington: first look at a bigger, grizzlier version of the marmalade-loving bear Paddington Bear is back in a new live-action movie, starring Colin Firth, Peter Capaldi, Nicole Kidman, Hugh Bonneville and Sally Hawkins Comments Written By Ellie Walker-Arnott 2:41 PM, 10 June 2014 Paddington Bear is back in Britain. And he's bigger and grizzlier than ever. The first images from the live-action Paddington film show the Peru-born, marmalade-sandwich-loving mammal in all his glory (compared to the teaser trailer where we only really got a good look at his iconic red hat.) And he's a million miles away from the bear Michael Bond's creation has become in recent years. He still has a kindly look around his eyes and an approachable smile. But he's a lot more like the Spectacled Bear species he's based on than modern-day Paddington illustrations and cutesy stuffed toys. Perhaps it's the perspective but he looks practically human-sized in front of Buckingham Palace... Watch the trailer for Paddington: Directed by Paul King, Paddington is voiced by Colin Firth and also stars Nicole Kidman, Sally Hawkins, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Bonneville, Julie Walters and Peter Capaldi. Paddington will be in UK cinemas 12 December Like this? Share it. Facebook Twitter Google Tumblr Pinterest Blogger Reddit VKontakt Print Email


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Right from the start, Jarrett Design LLC impressed us with their efficient, professional manner — an approach that not only inspired confidence, but also generated the results we were looking for. We needed a solution to the problem of expanding our kitchen into the dining room, while maintaining an aesthetically pleasing design and flow for our home. Jarrett Design LLC provided us with a beautiful kitchen that is both contemporary and functional, and we know we will enjoy for many years to come. From their patience and willingness to work with us numerous times to find the right design solution, to their helpful, knowledgeable, and friendly staff — our experience with Jarrett Design LLC confirms that we made the best choice for our home renovation. – Jim and Lisa from Allentown, PA
Jill and her team of designers bring the highest level of design and coordinating services to clients with discerning tastes. They are the perfect blend of art and design with getting the job done on time and within budget. All that and most importantly they bring integrity and fun from start to completion. What we have seen is that the relationships started continue on to more projects and develop into friendships that are enduring. – Rick from Perkasie, PA
My kitchen is all that I dreamed of and more. It is such a pleasure to cook in my beautiful new space. I could call Jill anytime of the day or evening to ask questions or talk about ideas and she was always pleasant and responsive. Our kitchen has been transformed into a wonderful gathering place for our family and friends. I would highly recommend Jill to anyone who is considering remodeling their kitchen or bath. – Jill from Allentown, PA
Working with Jill and her team was such a pleasure! She had the patience and know-how to walk us through every step of the process. Her recommendations, from cabinets to contractor, were outstanding. The flow of her design allows us to entertain family and friends in a beautiful, functional space and we could not be happier with the finished product! – Denny and Cherie from Allentown, PA
Jill's engineering background is her secret weapon to the perfect kitchen design. I knew that she would be able to create an extremely functional kitchen out of our existing space. But having seen the beautiful kitchens that Jill has designed, we were skeptical that she would be able to design our kitchen within our limited budget. With kids in college, we had decided not to do the dream kitchen that we had planned. Jill scaled back the cost of the kitchen without sacrificing the design. Not only was the kitchen within the budget, it is more beautiful than we could have ever imagined. The cabinets from Plain & Fancy are absolutely gorgeous and of the finest craftmanship. The details that Jill has chosen made all of the difference in the design of the kitchen and its functionality. She helped choose our contractors as well and was there every step of the way making changes that make the kitchen truly custom. We reworked the space to better suit our family's need and created a fantastic area for entertaining. I would highly recommend Jill to any of my friends who would like a kitchen that is both beautiful and functional! – Amy and Dave from Berwyn, PA
Jill simply creates beautiful spaces. She takes what can be a complicated and daunting process, and makes it simple and fun. From educating you on products and design to selecting pieces and creating the look you want for your home, Jill works tirelessly to stay on budget while getting you the most for your investment. She never makes you feel rushed and is always a pleasure to work with. I couldn't be happier with the cabinets for our new home. – Janine from Alburtis, PA
We had a wonderful experience working with Jill Jarrett when having our master bedroom and bath renovated. Her knowledge of available products to meet our needs coupled with her enthusiasm for the project made this sometimes daunting task seem easy. She was present to evaluate each new step of the process and was always amenable to incorporate new ideas along the way. We would never undertake a project of this type without working with Jill and we highly recommend her to everyone we know! – Pat and Charlie from Allentown, PA
It has been an exteme pleasure working with Jill on my kitchen. Her skill set combines the precision of an engineer with the artistic flourishes of a designer. Besides her immense knowledge of kitchen design, her greatest asset to me was taking the vague ideas I was not able to articulate and make them into a reality. I would often have nothing more than, "I saw this in a magazine" and she would be able to design what I had envisioned. She took the time to understand the needs of my family and helped to create a kitchen that had both form and function. She worked seamlessly with my contractor. It was very enjoyable working with Jill on my dream kitchen. – Ellen from Allentown, PA
I am very satisfied with my beautiful kitchen. Lynn did a fantastic job. She was with the contractors, etc. every step of the way. She actually went out of her way to do everything possible to please me. The service was super excellent. She coordinated the granite, paint, and tiles so beautifully with the gorgeous kitchen cabinets. I am super happy with a dream come true kitchen. I recommend Jarrett Design LLC to anyone needing a fantastic kitchen. – Mary from Allentown, PA
I just want to thank you for all your help with our office project. We were thrilled with the cabinetry as soon as it was installed. You made the entire process easy and painless. Your coordination of the project from design through installation was excellent. – Nora from Stroudsburg, PA
Dear Lynn, Just wanted to say thanks again for the beautiful kitchen. We just love it. Your design is so functional and left us with plenty of counter top space. Thanks again for all you did to make this happen like we wanted! – Val and Gordon
My kitchen is a little bit bigger than a galley kitchen. After working with Jill on design and layout, my kitchen can now keep pace with the big boys. When we started the kitchen project Jill asked me what I was looking for in a new kitchen. I told her function and fun and WOW did we meet those goals! I never knew how hard I was working until now. Everything is easier and I really enjoy cooking. I wanted to make my kitchen eco friendly and Jill gave me some good ideas and pointed me in the right direction. I now have an absolutely beautiful recycled glass counter top that gets compliments from anyone who sees it for the first time. The floor is cork, a great renewable resource that comes in so many colors and designs. Designing this kitchen was not only a wonderful learning experience, but enjoyable as well. I know that I have a high quality, highly functioning kitchen due to the expertise of the folks at Jarrett Design. – Denise from Clifton, NJ
My husband and I purchased the house he grew up in and renovating the kitchen was the first step towards making the house our own. We met with Jill once and knew she was the one to transform the 1948 house into our new home. Jill and Lauren were so respectful of the character of the kitchen that had been enjoyed by the family for over 20 years. Rather than trying to change everything, they helped us appreciate the character that was already there. Their design for our space was amazing, but most important it was practical and safe for our growing family.
Jill and Lauren made great recommendations given our budget and style preference. They were on top of the big decisions like cabinets and countertops, but were just as willing to help with the small details. I should add that the entire planning process and renovations were done while we lived over an hour away. Needless to say, we spent a lot of time on the phone and email with Jill and Lauren and we were never waiting for a response. Due to these logistics we used only vendors recommended by Jarrett Designs, and we were thrilled with every one of them. We love our new kitchen and had so much fun throughout the process! – Kate from Allentown, PA


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Installing xmonad log applet
From HaskellWiki
awick has created a gnome-panel applet to read and display xmonad logHook output, which frees gnome-panel users from the need to run an additional status bar to display xmonad information such as workspaces, titles, etc. See xmonad-log-applet for the project home page.
This page explains how to install and configure xmonad-log-applet-1.0 (or the git version which is currently identical but configured to install to locations compatible with ubuntu karmic.)
1 Preparing for the install
2 Installing C dependencies
3 Installing haskell dependencies
4 Installing the applet
5 Configuring xmonad to write to the applet
6 Trouble
Check .xsession-errors for info from gnome-panel, xmonad, dbus, bonobo, etc. Try #xmonad on irc.freenode.net or the xmonad mailing list for help. Please pastebin or attach your xmonad.hs and what version of xmonad/xmonad-contrib you are using.


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