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Ace Hood's 'Bugatti' goes certified platinum
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Ace Hood can add a platinum plaque to the "new Bugatti" he raps about.
After seven months on the airwaves, the rapper's single "Bugatti" has been certified platinum.
Featuring Future and Rick Ross, the track is the lead single on Ace Hood's fourth album Trials & Tribulations. This week, the rapper took to Twitter to thank fans for helping the song sell more than 1 million copies.
Bugatti platinum thank u 2 the fans! #HoodNation WTB #GODIsGood— acehood (@Acehood) August 22, 2013
When Trials & Tribulations hit stores in July, it opened at number four on the Billboard 200 chart after selling 37,000 copies.
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Washington Post seems to think gay suicide is a two-sided issue
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Via Pam's House Blend, I learn that the Washington Post's remarkably poor decision to post Tony Perkins's falsehood laden, anti-gay screed on their On Faith blog (on National Coming Out Day nonetheless) was because they felt they needed to "cover both sides" of "bullying and gay suicide." No, really, they're serious. Apparently they hosted a Live Q & A chat with Dan Savage to discuss "bullying and gay suicide" and his "It Gets Better Project," which is a You Tube channel Savage created in order to reach out to gay youths to prevent suicide. So, to balance Savage, the Post turned to Perkins to respond. Apparently to the Post, gay suicide is a two-sided issue.
GLAAD and the Washington Post had an exchange over Twitter, in which the Post responded to criticism over publishing Perkins' column, by saying, "[W]e're working to cover both sides. Earlier, we hosted Dan Savage of It Gets Better in a live chat." GLAAD rightly replied, "There are not 'both sides' to this issue. Teen suicide isn't a debate-it's a tragedy."
Need I remind you that Perkins's argument was that gay suicide, which often is prefaced by homophobic bullying, was caused not by the bullying, but because "homosexuals experience higher rates of mental health problems in general, including depression," and that the "homosexual movement and their allies" teach kids "that they are 'born gay' and can never change. This--and not society's disapproval--may create a sense of despair that can lead to suicide." To back up this insanity, Perkins linked to studies that showed exactly the opposite of what he claimed. While Perkins is right, "Several studies suggest that gay men, lesbians and bisexuals appear to have higher rates of some mental disorders compared with heterosexuals," he's just wrong that this is pathological, and he's equally wrong that there's no link between this and discrimination. Indeed, the article to which Perkins himself linked immediately goes on to report that "[d]iscrimination may help fuel these higher rates." The article further reported: "In a study that examines possible root causes of mental disorders in LGB people, [Susan] Cochran [PhD] and psychologist Vickie M. Mays, PhD, of the University of California, Los Angeles, explored whether ongoing discrimination fuels anxiety, depression and other stress-related mental health problems among LGB people. The authors found strong evidence of a relationship between the two."
The article also reported that the researcher who conducted several of these studies was "concerned that these findings may give ammunition to people who want to falsely promulgate the argument that gay people are by nature mentally ill." The article added:
For one thing, she says, "these are certainly not levels of morbidity consistent with models that say homosexuality is inherently pathological." For another, the data simply don't prove either pro- or anti-gay arguments on the subject, whether it's that the inherent biology of homosexuality causes mental illness or that social stigma provokes mental illness in LGB people, she says.
It seems that Perkins counted on the fact that people wouldn't click through his links, and apparently the On Faith blog editors obliged.
Joseph Stiglitz once wrote of the 2004 elections:
Most of the media not controlled by the right wing tried to play the role of honest broker, giving equal weight to each interpretation. If one side said the sky was blue and the other said it was orange, journalists would work hard, for the sake of appearing balanced, to find some academic, even a color blind one, willing to say that the sky was indeed orange.
Unfortunately, the same still holds true today, and the Post feeling the need to balance a conversation with a gay man about how to prevent gay suicide with a homophobic rant from a crazy man who blames the gays for the suicides, is just the latest sad example of this fallacy.
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Yes, rolled fondant should not be used on ice cream cakes, because fondant should not be frozen. Very moist cakes are generally not strong enough to support the weight of the rolled fondant icing. Also, very moist fillings have a tendency to seep out into the rolled fondant, which can become soggy and fall off the cake. Though some people do place their fondant-covered cakes in the refrigerator for short periods of time, we do not recommend doing so.


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I keep getting an error message when I start my computer. It says "The snmaster idx file database file is missing, please restore this file". What's this all about? Can I restore it? Error: Missing or Corrupt SNMaster.idx. What Do I do!?
Do you start your computer up every day, greeted by a message notifying you that your "SNMaster.idx" file is missing, and needs to be restored? Do you have problems connecting to the internet, or using AOL instant messenger? Even if you don't use AIM, do you have AOL installed on your computer? If you find yourself confronted with the above error message, then you most definitely have AOL installed on your computer, and if you are not yet having problems using AOL or its related programs, it is highly likely you will begin to experience issues with it in the future.
SNMaster.idx is an important data file used by AOL to store various bits of program information essential to running the AOL software and its numerous components. As such, when the SNMaster.idx file goes missing, AOL will attempt to access it (usually automatically when Windows first starts,) and when it does not find it, will display a message asking you to restore this missing file. When this happens, you will want to replace this file ASAP, to prevent any data loss or further problems with your AOL installation. Luckily for us, AOL provides a backup SNMaster.idx file with every installation of AOL, all you have to do is find it . . .
To recover the backup SNMaster.idx file, and fix the "missing SNMaster.idx" issue, follow these steps:
(Note: These instructions detail methods used to find the SNMaster.idx file in Windows 7, finding the SNMaster.idx file in previous versions of Windows can also be done in a similar fashion, with slight variations of some of the methods outlined below.)
1. Navigate to your C: drive by clicking the Start button, followed by the Computer or My Computer button/icon.
2. Double click the C: drive icon
3. Click the Organize button. In the menu which appears, click Folder and search options.
4. The Folder Options menu box will appear. Click the View tab and make sure Show hidden files, folders, and drives is selected. If it is not, select it and then click the Apply to Folders button followed by the Apply button.
5. Click the Search tab, and be sure the following options are selected:
– Always search files names and contents
– Include subfolders in search results when searching in file folders
– Find partial matches
– Include system directories
– Include compressed files (ZIP, CAB…)
If any of the above options are not selected, select them and click the Apply button.
6. Click OK to set and close your folder search options.
7. In the Search Location search box (in the upper right corner of your Folder display) type in SNMaster.idx and hit the Enter key.
8. Windows will search your C: drive for the SNMaster.idx file. This may take a couple minutes so, as they say, feel free to grab a coffee/soda/beer while you wait.
9. Once Windows search has completed, you will see all found instances of the SNMaster.idx file. If there are multiple copies of SNMaster.idx on your hard drive, you will see them all displayed in the search window.
10. Click the folder view options button, and select the Details view setting. The search results window will update to show various attributes of your SNMaster.idx file(s.)
11. Take note of the Folder file attribute column. This column will show you the location of your SNMaster.idx file(s.) If you have multiple SNMaster.idx files displayed, they will likely all be in different folders, which will be displayed under the Folder file attribute. In this example, we see two SNMaster.idx files in the "backup" folders found under the two paths (C:\ProgramData\AOL\C_AOL 9.5) and (C:\ProgramData\AOL\C_AOL 9.5a). At the end of each file location path is the AOL program folder named after its corresponding version number (C_AOL 9.5 and C_AOL 9.5a) Select the SNMaster.idx file which is located in the folder with the latest version number, either denoted by the highest number, or the highest letter at the end of the file path. In this case, you would choose the SNMaster.idx file from C_AOL 9.5a.
12. Once you have selected the latest SNMaster.idx file, right click it and select Open file location from the context menu. Your search results window will update to display the "backup" folder containing SNMaster.idx and its related files.
(Note: If you are unable to find the Open file location link in your right click context menu, you can alternatively get to the AOL file location folder by typing the entire path (C:\ProgramData\AOL\C_AOL 9.5a\backup) into the address bar at the top of your folder search window and hitting the Enter key.
13. Right click the SNMaster.idx file, and select Copy from the context menu which appears.
14. In the folder address bar, click on C_AOL 9.5a to move up one folder level, then find and open the "idb" folder.
15. Right click inside the "idb" folder and select Paste from the context menu. If the SNMaster.idx file is missing from this folder, the backup copy will appear after the Paste operation is complete. If, however, there is an old or corrupt SNMaster.idx file already in the "idb" folder, the Copy File dialog will appear. From this dialog, select Copy and Replace to overwrite the old SNMaster.idx file with your "untouched" backup version.
16. Close all windows, and restart your computer.
Once windows starts up, you should no longer see any error messages referencing SNMaster.idx, and any AOL programs which were dependent on this file to run properly should be working correctly once again. In the unlikely event that you still receive a SNMaster.idx error message, consider uninstalling your AOL software and re-installing a newer version if possible. For further information on this procedure, consult your AOL help files.
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With nearly 200 kilometres of coastline, Maui boasts over 50 kilometres of beautiful beaches. On these world famous shores you'll find white, black and red sand beaches, renowned surfing and windsurfing spots as well as some of the best beaches in the world to simply swim, snorkel and sunbathe. Many are easily accessible beach parks with lifeguards, picnic facilities and public toilets. Others are undeveloped, "secret spots", found off the beaten track. Discover Maui's world-famous beaches below:
West Maui Beaches:
Kaanapali Beach: West Maui's "signature" beach, Kaanapali Beach offers around give kilometres of white sand. Easy walking access from all Kaanapali hotels, this was named "America's Best Beach" in 2003." Puu Kekaa, also known as Black Rock, on the northernmost section of the beach is excellent for snorkelling.
D.T. Fleming Beach Park: This classic Kapalua beach was named "America's Best Beach" in 2006. Facilities include picnic tables, public toilets and lifeguards.
Kapalua Beach: Known to Maui veterans as Old Fleming Beach, Kapalua was the first of Maui's beaches to be named "America's Best Beach" in 1991.
Launiupoko Beach Park: Just south of Lahaina, this local favourite offers a unique natural pool surrounded by a lava rock wall excellent for small children. Picnic tables and public toilets are available.
Puamana Beach County Park: This Lahaina beach provides swimming, picnic tables, public toilets, grills and a grassy park with waves that are excellent for beginning and intermediate surfers.
South Maui Beaches:
Kamaole Beach Parks I, II, & III: Ample parking, lifeguards, volleyball courts and excellent swimming conditions make the Kamaole Parks in Kihei local favourites.
Keawakapu Beach: A beachcomber's delight with classic views, this Kihei beach is an 800-metre walk to the Wailea Resort.
Kihei Beach: A series of beaches, coves and tide pools along nearly ten kilometres of Kihei coastline. Some areas offer lifeguards, public toilets and picnic facilities.
Makena Beach State Park (Big Beach): Makena Beach State Park is one of Maui's signature beaches. With white sands extending about kilometre long, it is one of the largest beaches in Maui.
Polo Beach: This Wailea beach is popular with Maui locals and visitors. Picnic tables and public toilets are available.
Wailea Beach: Named "America's Best Beach" in 1999, Wailea offers excellent swimming with public toilets and equipment rentals. A paved beach walk lets you meander past Wailea's hotels, restaurants and shops.
Central Maui Beaches:
Kahana Beach Park: World famous for its excellent windsurfing conditions, Kanaha also offers good swimming and diving. Close to Kahului, this beach is a popular spot for locals. Lifeguards, public toilets, showers and picnic tables are available.
East Maui Beaches:
H.A. Baldwin Beach Park: This picture-perfect Paia beach with excellent swimming and bodysurfing. Also features a "baby beach" with a lagoon. Lifeguards, public toilets and picnic facilities are available.
Hookipa Beach Park: A world-famous contest venue for professional windsurfing. Winter surf can be massive, with excellent and safe viewing for photography. Picnic tables and public toilets are available.
Hamoa Beach: Author James Michener called Hamoa Beach the most beautiful in the Pacific. This Hana beach was named one of "America's Best Beaches" in 2006. You'll find outstanding swimming and bodysurfing as well as showers and limited facilities on this family-friendly beach.
Hana Beach Park: A favourite with local families, Hana Beach Park is one of the most popular swimming beaches on the island. Many local community events are held here.
Wainapanapa State Park: Excellent camping facilities make Waianapanapa State Park one of Maui's best beaches. You'll find a black-sand beach with good swimming, snorkelling and freshwater pools.
Note: Heed all warning signs and be aware of changing conditions, strong currents and reefs. Use your own best judgment to determine whether a particular beach is appropriate for you and your ability level.


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May the Fourth Be With You
In what would rank as probably the shortest Larry the Free Software Guy blog item in the history of, well, Larry the Free Software Guy (and the blog's predecessor, Larry the Open Source Guy), here's a classic Mark Terranova mash-up of Red Hat's Karsten Wade — Obi-Wade Kenobi — and Larry the Free Jedi Guy.
May the fourth — I mean, force — reamin strong with you always.
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Hasan Guilty on All Counts in Ft. Hood Shooting--Faces Death Penalty
Nidal Hasan this afternoon was convicted on all counts in the 2009 massacre at Ft. Hood which left 13 people dead and 32 wounded, 1200 WOAI news reports.
The panel of 13 Army officers which convicted Hasan will now begin hearing evidence in the punishment phase of his trial, and Jeffrey Addicott, a former Army prosecutor who heads the Center for Terrorism Law at St. Mary's University, expects that decision to be made quickly.
"I don't expect Hasan will take the stand to offer any extenuation or mitigation," Addicott. "The paint brush that was painted at the trial is so vivid that everybody understands the great horror that was visited on this soldiers on that day in 2009."
The prosecution called 89 witnesses, including many of the victims, who told in vivid detail what it was like inside the Soldier Readiness Room at Fort Hood when Hasan jumped up onto a table and opened fire with a laser guided pistol. They heard stories of terror, stories of heroism, and stories about how many soldiers risked their lives trying to stop Hasan.
They also heard that, although Hasan claims to be fighting to protect the Taliban in Afghanistan and claims to want to be a 'martyr,' he actually may have acted out of cowardice. He told one fellow soldier that he didn't want to be deployed to a war zone, and said if he was deployed, "they will pay."
"I think there was no surprise here, I think most individuals thought that he would be convicted on all counts," Addicott said. "The jury spent a lot of time going over the evidence, and came to the conclusion that any reasonable person would reach."
Hasan, who acted as his own lawyer, did not present any witnesses or testify in his own behalf and he did not present a closing argument. He spent much of the trial simply listening to the testimony, occasionally politely responding to the judge's questions and only once or twice did he ask a question or cross examine a witness.


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SC BASKETBALL CAMPS - Basketball camps began yesterday at Sheridan college Men's basketball coach Steve Smiley and players put the campers through their paces the camp concludes Thursday.
The Lady Generals basketball camp for girls K-8th grade will begin Monday the schedule will be each day from 9:00 to noon.
McCarthy says the focus on their camp is to instill a love of the game for young kids. And he says they make sure that each camper has a lot of fun as they learn more about the game.
The Sheridan Lady Spartans won the annual Battle on the Blacktop basketball 9th and 10th grade division championship game this past weekend in Buffalo.
Pictured from top left, Kaycen Townsend, Bailey Bard, bottom left, Robbi Ryan and Jamy Shassetz.
This team that has been playing together since 4th grade!!!!! Fun watching the girls.
They play together one weekend a year and it's like they have played all year together.
Girls will be in the 10th grade this fall, all are Sheridan High School girls, except for the lone Big Horn girl, Bailey Bard.
Thank you!
WYOMING ALL-STAR HOOPS - The Wyoming high school all-star basketball teams dropped both both games in Sheridan Friday night the girls lost 70-69. The boys game went into overtime with Montana holding on for a 93-87 victory.
Saturday the Wyoming girls turned up the defensive heat and dominated Montana winning 65-49. They took a 12-1 lead at the start and never let Montana in the game after that, Sheridan's Hailey Ligocki says they were very motivated after losing by one point on Friday.
WYOMING / MONTANA ALL-STAR BASKETBALL - The Wyoming high school All-star basketball teams lost both games in Sheridan Friday night the Montana girls held off the Wyoming girls 70-69. The boys game went into overtime with Montana taking a six point lead and held on for a 93-87 victory.
The series now shifts to Billings for games tonight. The girls game will tip at 6:00 the boys go at 8:00 both games will be broadcast live on 14-10 KWYO. broadcast time tonight is scheduled for 5:30
WYOMING / MONTANA ALL-STAR BASKETBALL - The Wyoming high school all-star basketball teams host the Montana all-stars tonight in the Hoffman dome at Sheridan college.
Lady Bronc players Hailey Ligocki and Mali Wright will compete for the Wyoming girls this weekend.
Ligocki played for the Wyoming team in last week's series with South Dakota and says she's having a great time.
Hailey will be playing for the Wyoming Cowgirls this fall and says she will be working on basketball mostly this summer but says she has some other home duties as
ALL-STAR BASKETBALL - The Wyoming high school all-star basketball teams will play public scrimmages will be held tonight at the Hoffman dome at 5:00 and 6:30.
The All-star games over the years especially in the boys games and seen each team winning on the other team's home court, longtime All-star coach Bruce Hoffman chalked it up to nerves and current boys head coach Steve Smiley says that is an interesting thing they have to deal with.
TROOPER BASEBALL - The Sheridan Troopers got a brilliant pitching performance from Drew Adriaens Tuesday night and beat the Gillette Roughriders 5-3 in a big conference game in Gillette.
Adriaens went seven innings Skyler Holwell pitched the final two innings as they combined to throw a one hitter.
Trailing 3-0 going into the 9th inning the Troops scored five runs to pick up their second conference win of the season.
They are now 8-7 overall and 2-0 in conference play, next up they play a return game with Gillette Tuesday night at 6:00 you can hear the game live on 14-10 KWYO.
ALL-STAR BASKETBALL - The Wyoming high school all-star basketball teams arrive in Sheridan tomorrow to begin preparation for their games with Montana Friday.
Lady Bronc teammates Hailey Ligocki and Mali Wright will play this weekend.
Games Friday night at the Hoffman dome will tip at 6:00 and 8:00 and Saturday they shift the series to Billings all four games will be broadcast live on 14-10 KWYO.
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Pusha T & Pharrell begin recording 'King Push'
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Pusha T is starting the New Year off in the recording studio.
On Twitter, the emcee posted pictures of himself in the studio with Neptunes producers Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo.
The three began working on Pusha's sophomore album King Push this week.
The emcee previously revealed his plans to start recording as soon as the calendar flipped to 2014. At the time he also said that he and the Neptunes planned to complete the album in a mere 20 days. Pusha T's debut solo album My Name Is My Name hit stores in October.
Starting now............................🏁 pic.twitter.com/1JHeKtmSJq
— PUSHA T (@PUSHA_T) January 2, 2014
Meantime, Pusha T and Pharrell are the stars of the latest commercial for Beats by Dre's portable speaker, the "Beats Pill." The recently released ad features Pharrell's hit song "Happy" and shows Pusha T dancing to the track.
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Nicholas C. DiDonato
Neurologists have long wondered whether a particular part of the brain can help explain a person's experience of God. Stanley Koren and Michael Persinger, for example, famously developed the "God helmet," a device that stimulated what they called "the God spot" and so induced its wearer to feel the presence of God. (Interestingly enough, the device had little effect on the popular atheist writer Richard Dawkins.) However, neuropsychologists Brick Johnstone and Bret Glass (both University of Missouri) challenge the plausibility of the "God spot," arguing that spirituality involves many areas of the brain.


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Kelly Osborne is engaged and #FeelingVeryLucky
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(Yahoo!) - Kelly Osbourne is going to be a missus.
The E! "Fashion Police" co-host got engaged last week while on vacation on the Caribbean island of Anguilla, after her boyfriend of two years, model Matthew Mosshart, popped the question.
The 28-year-old star showed off her new solitaire sparkler in Hello! magazine in a cuddly photo spread and revealed that she designed the bling herself. "I designed it to look like an earring that my father wore. I used to hold my finger up to his ear when I was little and say, 'I want a ring like that.' Now I have one!"
She also told the British rag that she can't stand to be away from her new fiancé. "I've never felt this close to another human being, ever. People say we're co-dependent but we just want to be together all the time."
While Osbourne has remained tight-lipped about her engagement on Twitter, she has been posting a series of pictures from her island getaway on Instagram with gushy captions like, "Thank god for words like #paradise for I would not seek the definition of it! #FeelingVeryLucky!"
Osbourne, who was previously engaged to model Luke Worrall in 2009, met Mosshart in 2011 at supermodel Kate Moss's wedding to The Kills rocker Jamie Hince. The cute couple jumped into a long distance relationship shortly thereafter. It wasn't long before Mosshart relocated from his home in New York City to Los Angeles to be closer to his ladylove.
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Turing machine
From HaskellWiki
1 Introduction
2 Variants
There are several variants of defining the concept of a Turing machine. These variants can be classified across several aspects. I shall classify possible variants in terms of two questions:
- how the machine behaves at transitions
- how the the running of the machine terminates
2.1 A classifying aspect
2.1.1 Transition
I make a distinction between sum-like and product-like transition behavior:
- product-like transition
- means that the head moves and writes at each transition (this may have a funny consequence: sometimes, we have to undo the last moving step of the head at the end of running -- i.e. there may remain a superfluous last moving that has to be undone). Maybe that is why some of these variants extend the moving possibilities: besides left, right there is also an idle move.
- sum-like transition
- means that the head moves or writes at each transition (never both). [Mon:MathLog] describes this approach. I like this approach better, because it looks more economical conceptually (we do not have to undo any superfluous final movings, nor do we need to introduce idle moves) and because it looks nicer for me even conceptually.
2.1.2 Halting
Halting can be done in several ways -- a (second) special state (final state), or a special action (termination action) etc... Here, I avoid the concept of halting state. The only special state is the starting state, but I do not overload the concept of state in any other way -- halting is achieved in another way
2.2 A construct called Maybe2
Sum-like transition and avoiding the concept halting state -- they look like two independent, orthogonal aspects. But a construct (called
data Maybe2 a b = Nothing2 | Just2 a b
2.3 Moves
There are variants of the Turing machine concept also across other problems, e.g. how the head and the tape moves related from each other: which is regarded as moving, which is immobile.
Using the facts that
- the head is
- finite (even if the states are included)
- and even limited, even constant (having fixed a concrete Turing machine): it does not grow during a run
- the tape is infinite, or (in some approaches to Turing machine concept) finite but unlimited, maintaining dynamically its appropriate size
I prefer a convention taken from a physical view: I regard the head as being mobile even if it is made from the heaviest transuranium metal or a black hole, and tape being (or growing) immobile even if it is made of the finest membrane.
3 Turing machine definition language as a programming language
I use term Turing machine definition language for what we generally mean when talking on the language of Turing simulator softwares: a language which can represent infinite -- even all possible -- concrete Turing machines, so it is able to serve as an (of course Turing complete, in the most literal meaning) programming language
3.1 SyntaxI was dreaming of a syntax reflecting the conceptual structure of the main concepts -- maybe reflecting even the logic of the Haskell implementation! In generally, I do not like special names (like
start is for starting state, everything else...) -- I like the concept of tags much better -- I mean the concept of tags as shown in classical examples -- e.g. direct sum or
3.1.1 Verbose syntax
184.108.40.206 Example
Incrementing a number represented in the tally (in other words, unary) notation:
starting : blank : Move right WITH starting; starting : Letter 1 : Write Letter 1 WITH Becoming processing; Becoming processing : blank : Write Letter 1 WITH Becoming extended; Becoming processing : Letter 1 : Move right WITH Becoming processing; Becoming extended : blank : stop; Becoming extended : Letter 1 : stop;
3.1.2 Tagging structureAs we can see, this Turing machine definition language has an algebraically motivated tagging structure. I have taken the idea from Haskell's sum-like datatypes (
This tagging structure makes such programs (i.e Turing machine definitions) more readable, that make use of different namespaces for symbols and states.
As symbols and states are different concept, most Turing machine definition languages allow us to use the same symbol for a state and a symbol -- they are simply in different namespaces. This is a natural consequence of the essential concept of Turing machine. [Mon:MathLog] leverages namespaces in an extreme way: everything -- states, symbols, even actions -- are coded as natural numbers.
The tagging structure enables us also to define the set of states and symbols in an easy way: no burnt-in presupposition is required (e.g. restricting the set of symbols for characters). Special keyword for declaring sets of states and sets of symbols are also superfluous.
3.1.3 Algebraic background of the tagging structure
Keywords can be classified according their corresponding type and tag coordinates, and coloring scheme can reflect this.
18.104.22.168 Types (represented with colors)
- Special keywords
- are common in all Turing machines. They are colored.
- user-given names
- are specific for a concrete Turing machine. They are colorless, more exactly, black in case of light background, and white in case of dark background.
126.96.36.199.1 States, symbolsStates and symbols are rather different concepts in the theory of Turing machines, but they both have (maybe incidentally) a common feature. It is worth of distinguishing a special state (the starting state) -- and the same is true at symbols (blank symbol). This has a consequence: the tagging structure is the same for these two rather different concepts, and this common tagging structure can be covered by
| Tag
|Concept (type)
220.127.116.11.2 Result of transitionRepresentation of halting, and in non-halting cases maintaining new state and action -- this has also a tagging structure. It is
| Tag
|Concept (type)
|Result of transition
126.96.36.199 Arity (represented with font)
The keywords have different arities, and it can be represented with syntax highlighting (by mapping a font type to each arity). But also pure ASCII text can contain this information by appropriate capitalization rules.
- Constant keywords
- are either -like things for special cases (symbolNothing
blank, state
starting), the-like solution for halting (stop), or direction constants like left, right, or user-named things (state or symbol names, varying in each concrete Turing machine). They are typeset with normal font, and it is recommended to type them without any capitals (of course, user-given state and symbol names can ignore this, because state and symbol names are part of the specific Turing machine, so the Turing machine definition language does not restrict their use).Nothing2
- Unary keywords
- are one-parameter commands like Write, Move, or one-parameter state/symbol constructors like
Letter. They are typeset with italic, and just the beginning letter is capitalized.
- Binary keywords
- like
WITH, but considering the idea of currying, the colon sign : is also typeset the same way: they are typeset with bold, and they are either typed with all capitals (
WITH), or they consist of a symbol (:)
3.1.4 Concise syntax
188.8.131.52 Example
0 : _ : -> / 0 0 : '1 : !'1 / @processing @processing : _ : !'1 / @extended @processing : '1 : -> / @processing @extended : _ : . @extended : '1 : .
126.96.36.199 Motivation of signs
- 0 signing starting state comes from David S. Woodruff's Turing machine interpreter TM
- Exclamation mark signing the concept of writing comes from the Z model-based formal specification language, where exclamation mark is used to mark output variables
- Repeated colons signing compound cases come from the concept of currying.
- At-character signing state comes from its literal meaning in natural languages (in everyday English language, as a preposition for expressing being at places times or states) -- also reflected in its use in e-mail addresses
- Apostrophe signing a (non-blank) letter comes from using apostrophes in programming languages for character literals and from using apostrophes (or upper corners) for quotations in mathematical logic
- Slash-character signing the concept of compound action (allowing the possibility of halting instead) comes from the theory of automata
- Dot signing termination is hard to explain. In Prolog, dot is a terminating symbol, but in another sense: it terminates syntactical units (rules and facts), not processes!
3.2 Implementation
3.2.1 Representations of main concepts
220.127.116.11 Language
module Language where import Util (Maybe2 (Nothing2, Just2)) type Turing becoming letter = UnsafeTuring (Maybe becoming) (Maybe letter) type UnsafeTuring state symbol = state -> symbol -> Maybe2 (Action symbol) state data Action symbol = Write symbol | Move Bool
188.8.131.52.1 Observable non-emptiness: special state, special symbolMost conceptual frameworks of Turing machine concept allow us a big liberty at choosing the set of states and symbols -- but empty set is not allowed. Of course Haskell types are never empty, but non-emptiness provided by
blank and special state is called
starting. The presence of special symbol, special state is reflected directly in the representation of language concepts -- and both are represented by
This way allows us a big liberty at choosing the set of states and symbols -- we do not have to restrict the user's freedom to use any types for both symbols and states. Strings, integers, enumerations, characters, booleans...
18.104.22.168.2 Halting
Another -- maybe analogous -- problem is the representation of halting.There may be alternative solutions: introduction of concepts like halting state or halting action, etc... I felt that
18.104.22.168 Tape
At first I wrote a circular program to make double linked list to implement a Bi-directionally infinite tape. It is superfluous, there is a more simple solution:
module Tape where import Util (Stream (Cons)) data Tape a = Tp {left, right :: Stream a, cell :: a} move :: Bool -> Tape a -> Tape a put :: a -> Tape a -> Tape a get :: Tape a -> a
22.214.171.124 Utility module
module Util where data Maybe2 a b = Nothing2 | Just2 a b data Stream a = Cons a (Stream a)
3.3 Extending language
A pattern language, or some other extending possibilities, to avoid redundancies. Maybe a macro language as at David S. Woodruff's Turing machine interpreter TM. Other syntactic sugar.
4 Bibliography
- [Mon:MathLog]
- Monk, J. Donald: Mathematical Logic. Springer-Verlag, New York * Heidelberg * Berlin, 1976.


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Families of September 11 is now operating as the For Action Initiative. The web pages on this site are available for informational purposes only. Please visit us at www.foractioninitiative.org.
In light of the recent headlines and hubbub, much of it regarding the release of the Joint Intelligence Committee report, we want to update you on the activities of our organization. Over the past month, Families of September 11 members have participated in a number of important 9/11 meetings. Highlights include:
The New York office of Families of September 11 recently held its second focus group, this time they met with parents who lost adult children. The group discussed parents' challenges and unique needs. A report from this discussion is available on the FOS11 website homepage http://familiesofseptember11.org – we encourage you to review the family feedback and send us your input via e-mail to http://firstname.lastname@example.com or contact us by phone at 212-575-1878.
Issues Update
9/11 Lawsuit deadline extended
Family Rooms in NYC
WTC – New York City Memorial Update
WTC DNA Identifications Update – Office of Chief Medical Examiner, New York City
9/11 Commission Releases Interim Report
Joint Intelligence Committee Releases De-Classified Version of Report
Legislation, Treaties and Other Developments
The proposed law - S 1275 - will not apply to the 9/11 victims families whose damages are addressed in the Victims Compensation Fund. As it is presently written it appears to not interfere with ongoing 9/11 anti-terrorist litigation. The amount of proposed damages would be limited to the 1968 Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program that is an amount inadequate under present day's values. The act in its present form does not prevent any victim from bringing action against terrorists in the judicial system. Further developments of this proposed legislation will have to be observed carefully and families' input should be considered.
On July 31, 2003 the Senate gave its advice and consent to the new "Montreal Convention" of 1999 and to "The Hague Protocols" of 1955 by unanimous consent. Both Treaties will modernize the international air transportation liability system (the Warsaw Convention of 1929). The United States will hopefully be the 30th country needed to put the Treaty into effect – hopefully by November 2003 (60 days after deposition). "Montreal" codifies and extends the already existing private "International Airline Transportation Association" (IATA) agreement of 1996 which governs claims by 9/11 families with international tickets. The salient features of the new system are a reversal of burden of proof of liability (the airlines admit liability unless they can prove to have "taken all measures" for the tragedy not to happen), full liability for provable economic and non-economic damages with a first step of "strict liability" of about $140,000 (with a provision that this amount is kept at present value), and advance payments (which some airlines like Air France, Swissair, Alaska Air and others are have already started to make. The new Treaty also introduces the right to the jurisdiction of the passengers' domicile, meaning that in the future American citizens and U.S. residents who travel internationally have the right for their damage claims be settled in U.S. courts regardless of where they are traveling in the world. The liability is also extended to code share or alliance arrangements among the airlines as being "continuous" transportation. The Hague Protocols also contain a provision that the airlines are liable for all costs if the ultimate amount of damages exceeds the initial settlement offer of the carrier.
Starting with the KAL007 Families Group in 1983 and joined over the years by families of other air transportation tragedies worldwide, families have been active participants in the development of the new "Montreal" system. They are presently represented in a study group at the "International Civil Aviation Agency" (ICAO), a United Nations organization with 187 member countries to modernize the "Treaty of Rome," and address the damages caused on the ground by airplanes (9/11, AA 587, AF4590, SAS-Linate, EL-AL - Amsterdam, etc). We have a copy of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Report to the Senate including the families' group statement. If you have questions about this information or would like to learn more, contact Hans Ephraimson, spokesperson for the Air Crash Victims Families Group (ACVF), by phone at 201-825-1124 or by e-mail at email@example.com.
Terrorist trials
The two attorneys: Dr. Ulrich von Jeinsen, senior partner at Goehmann Wrede Haas Kappus & Hartmann in Hannover and Andreas Schulz in Berlin have again graciously consented to represent 9/11 co-plaintiffs interests donating their time on a pro bono basis. The participation as co-plaintiiffs in the first terrorist trial was of great benefit to the families, because it gave them access to all of the court files (45,000 pages), which they could contribute to the Independent Commission, and to the attorneys involved in the litigation process in the US. The judges also specifically stated in their conviction of Mottassadeq that the families' participation was essential in their better understanding of the human dimensions of those heinous acts - and persuaded them to mete out the maximum allowable sentence under German law.
It is quite important that in the new trial as many families as possible join as co-plaintiffs – we urge you to join as co-plaintiffs. Please contact Dr. Ulrich von Jeinsen by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com and Andreas Schulz by e-mail at email@example.com for more information.
German 9/11 families – Joining together to develop a National Crisis Management Program
Upcoming Events
Family Meeting for 9/11 Families in IL, WI, IN, and MI – AUGUST 16th
The Past and Future of the WTC (A Municipal Art Society walking tour)
VCF or Civil Lawsuits: Forum for September 11th Victims and Families, Suffern, NY
Events in NYC to commemorate September 11, 2003
City Hall in New York City is presently organizing its September 11 memorial gathering. Although details for the day have not as of yet been finalized, we have been told that the plan largely resembles that of 2002. Most likely the area will be open at 7:30AM, with the first ceremony beginning at 8:48AM. The American Red Cross will not be providing travel benefits for families this year. We will provide an update to this information as we receive more details.
WTC Hotline:
New resource from the 9/11 United Services Group
Property Clerk Update and Contact Information
To identify any clothing that was possibly worn by your loved one on September 11th, contact the morgue at 212-263-7882. At the present, the Property Clerk's Office is also holding all key rings, and has not provided information about when it will beg to distribute these keys. Families of September 11 has learned that within two months, a website will be available for families to view unclaimed jewelry and personal photographs. We will continue to work with the Property Clerk and other appropriate officials to expedite the return of ALL of our loved one's personal property.
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Cuyahoga Falls teachers have new contract
(Cuyahoga Falls) — The Cuyahoga Falls City Schools District Board of Education voted unanimously in favor of a new agreement with the Cuyahoga Falls Education Association Monday morning,. The new two-year contract was ratified by the CFEA on Friday.
"This is outstanding news for our employees, taxpayers and students and their families," said Kellie Patterson, BOE president. "We have an agreement we can afford that will make our school district more competitive. We will be able to retain our best teachers and attract other top-notch teachers.
The new contract is back-dated to June 29, 2013 and extends to August 1, 2015. The highlights of the agreement with CFEA include:
• Employee health care premium contribution increases from 7% to 10% in 2013-2014 and to 11% in 2014-2015. This applies to both single and family coverage.
• 2% raise on base pay for both years one and two.
• Steps frozen for 2011-12 and 2012-13 will not be restored.
• One time lump sum payment of $500 for members of the bargaining unit who do not receive a salary schedule step increase.
• The Evaluation Committee will work to align evaluations not subject to the new system.
• Teachers responsible for more than 500 students will receive one additional planning period each day.
With regard to the Professional Learning Community structure and process, the District Leadership Team and Building Leadership Teams will be continued and enhanced. Teachers and administrators will continue to develop their collaborative leadership skills to drive the district using data-based decision-making frameworks.
Finally, within each group of continuing and limited contract personnel, no preference for seniority will be given upon layoff or recall, except when making a decision between teachers who have comparable evaluations.
"An evaluation rating scale was created during negotiations," said Todd Nichols, school superintendent. "It will provide the guidelines we need to move the school district forward in harmony with current state directives."
"Once again, we want to thank the federal mediator and the negotiation teams for their efforts," said Patterson. "These negotiations were a true demonstration of teamwork and compromise—showing we are all in this together."
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COLUMBIA, Ky. -- The countdown began
Saturday for May 13, 2017.
That is when members of the Lindsey Wilson College Class
of 2017 are scheduled to graduate from the liberal arts
But in the next four years, great things are expected of
one of the college's largest freshmen classes.
"You are going to accomplish great things together and as
individuals," LWC President William T. Luckey Jr. told the freshmen
Saturday afternoon at an opening ceremony in the Doris and Bob
Holloway Health & Wellness Center. "You will win national
championships together; you will travel across this country
together and to other countries as well; you will sing and act,
make music together; you will serve in nursing homes, daycares and
afterschool programs together; you will laugh, you will cry, you
will grieve, and you will celebrate together."
College officials will not know for a couple weeks the
size of this year's freshman class. But they already know it will
be one of the largest and brightest. Luckey told the freshmen that
they are part of the "best and brightest" class in LWC's 110-year
history, according to ACT scores and high school grade point
Luckey encouraged the freshmen to take advantage of the
opportunities they receive over the next four years -- not unlike
the way he did 35 years ago when he left home for college in the
"I had a lot of fun. I played hard, but I also worked
hard," he said. "I took advantage of an incredible opportunity, and
I'm reminded of that every day of my life. The question is, will
you do the same? Will you take advantage of this opportunity before
you today?"
LWC Student Government Association President Jonathan
Joseph of Louisville, Ky., told the freshmen that it is easy to
find a place at the college, which will have more than 1,150
students living in residence halls this school year.
"This is the most loving place that accepts everyone for
who they are and for who they want to be," he said. "The
possibilities at Lindsey Wilson truly are endless. … The family
aspect of Lindsey Wilson is second to none."
Students began moving into residence halls early Saturday
morning -- an annual tradition that longtime LWC Dean of Students
Chris Schmidt said he always enjoys.
"Opening weekend is traditional. It's performed by
colleges all over the nation, but we try to make it special,"
Schmidt said. "For many people, opening weekend marks a new
beginning and a series of new opportunities. It would be
anti-climatic if we didn't make a big deal out if it. … It's not
just a big deal to the students but to the parents and
grandparents. We have so many first-generation college students
here that it means a lot to entire families."
And judging by the mood of freshman Luke Rearic
of Lexington, Ky., there is much enthusiasm in the LWC
freshman class.
"What drew me to Lindsey Wilson was the small campus, and
I just liked being here when I visited," he said. "I came here for
wrestling and can't wait to start here with practice and classes.
I'm very excited about my new life here."
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Wickliffe Police looking for serial exposer
(Wickliffe) – Wickliffe Police are looking for a man who's showing more than anyone wants to see.
The latest incident happened Tuesday evening, October 1, at about 11:17 pm. Police say a white male suspect opened an unlocked rear screen door and confronted two adult females and a juvenile female who were seated at a kitchen table just inside the door.
The suspect exposed himself and began to masturbate as he stated, "You want some?"
The females screamed, and the suspect fled out the same door that he entered. The resident locked the door and called 911 at once. Several patrol cars responded and checked the area, but the suspect was gone on arrival.
The suspect is described as a white male in his mid-thirties, 5'7" inches tall with medium to slightly heavy build and two or three day's growth of facial hair. He was wearing a grey zip-up hooded sweatshirt, and blue jeans.
This incident is not the first to occur at the Ridgewick Gardens apartment complex.
In March of this year, a similarly described male exposed himself to an adult female in a parking lot of the same apartment complex, and in May, the same type of incident occurred at a neighboring apartment complex.
All three incidents are believed to be related. As a result of the proximity of the crimes, there is likelihood that the suspect lives in the general area.
Finally, at about 5:20 pm on this same date, a white male exposed himself to a juvenile female on Glenhurst Road in Willowick. Wickliffe and Willowick investigators are comparing information to determine if the two incidents may be related.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Wickliffe Police Department at #440-943-1234.
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'"The perception, obviously, is that Buffalo is not the most desired place to play, with what it has to offer," Rivet said. "I talked to a number of players, and they loved it here. When you come here, you're told that there are a number of players where this is where they reside at the end of their season and the end of their careers."'
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By Gale Fiege Herald Writer
DARRINGTON — For Randall Wellings, any day in Darrington is a good one.
Wellings, a native Australian who lives in Michigan, is in town again for the National Field Archery Outdoor National Championships hosted by the Darrington Archers.
"Darrington has my favorite archery range in the entire world. Everything about this place is heaven," Wellings said. "Not only is it aesthetically gorgeous, among the trees and the cool mountain air, but the course is a good one and challenging to shoot."
Wellings, 57, is one of 400 archers packing bows and arrows from around the country who have gathered here this week to participate in the competition. He's been to Darrington many times for national and world championships that the town has hosted periodically since the early 1980s.
The archery contest is a big community event, too, Darrington Archers secretary Candy Vincent said. Most of the visiting archers stay in family homes and eat home-cooked meals at the Community Center.
The community involvement was most evident in March when the Darrington Archers noticed that about $3,000 worth of supplies had been stolen from the association's office.
"People in town rallied because they knew we were getting ready for nationals," Vincent said. "Our business owners and many friends donated so that we fully recovered from the burglary. We also have Darrington people who clean and prepare the course trails and help us in so many ways."
Teko Phillips, 63, travels from Lynnwood for the archery contest.
"The scenery, the weather, the townspeople — these are the reasons I love the outdoor championships in Darrington," Phillips said. "And I am so glad to see that we have 40 kids participating in the contest this year. We need to keep this going in the next generation."
Wellings competes in the senior professional group.
"I may be older, but I shoot just as well and look a hell of a lot better than the young pups," he said with a laugh. "But mostly I'm here for camaraderie and just to keep shooting."
One archery range on the course, at 300 Sauk Ave., is good for spectators, Phillips said. More information about the championships is available at darringtonarchers.com or by calling Vincent at 425-760-9024.
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The Allegheny County Health Department is warning that the extreme heat and humidity forecast for the next few days can pose serious health problems for the elderly, infants and children up to the age of four, the overweight, people who work or exercise outdoors, and people with heart or respiratory problems.
Heat-related illness occurs when the body's temperature control system is overloaded. The body normally cools itself by sweating, but sometimes this cooling mechanism breaks down and the body temperature rises rapidly, triggering heat exhaustion or heat stroke.
Heat exhaustion is the body's response to an excessive loss of water and salt contained in sweat. Warning signs include heavy sweating, paleness, muscle cramps, fatigue, dizziness, headache, nausea or vomiting and fainting. Seek medical attention immediately, if the symptoms are severe or if the person has heart problems or high blood pressure. Otherwise, help the victim cool off, and seek medical attention if the symptoms worsen or last longer than one hour.
Heat stroke, a more serious and potentially life-threatening condition, occurs when the body is unable to control its temperature and the sweating mechanism fails. Warning signs may include an extremely high body temperature (above 103F); red, hot and dry skin, due to no sweating; a rapid, strong pulse; throbbing headache; dizziness; nausea, confusion; and unconsciousness. Death or permanent disability may result without emergency treatment. Cool the victim rapidly by any means available until paramedics arrive.
These precautions are recommended to minimize the risk of heat-related illness:
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Bernice MacNaughton High School is located in the West End of Moncton at 999 St. George Blvd. The school serves approximately 840 students from three 'feeder schools', Hillcrest, Bessborough, and Evergreen.
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By Ryan Nakashima Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — Comcast said Tuesday that it's buying General Electric's 49 percent stake in the NBCUniversal joint venture for $16.7 billion several years early, as the company takes advantage of low borrowing costs and what CEO Brian Roberts called a "very attractive price."
At the same time, the company said it would raise its annual dividend 20 percent to 78 cents per share and buy back $2 billion in shares this year.
Comcast shares jumped $2.93, or 7.5 percent, to $41.90 in after-hours trading. GE shares rose 76 cents, or 3.4 percent, to $23.34.
Comcast Corp. had bought a majority stake in the television and movie company in 2011. It had planned to take a larger stake in it over seven years, paying for it from operating cash.
But Roberts told The Associated Press that the sale of its stake in pay TV network A&E and some wireless spectrum gave it plenty of cash on hand. He also says Comcast got a good deal given that the stock price of media conglomerates has been rising.
"We thought that we would have to pay more later," he said.
In a statement, Roberts added that "our decision to acquire GE's ownership is driven by our sense of optimism for the future prospects of NBCUniversal and our desire to capture future value that we hope to create for our shareholders."
Comcast had bought a 51 percent stake in NBC Universal, home of the NBC television network, from General Electric Co. for $13.8 billion in cash and assets. It came after the government approved Comcast's takeover of NBCUniversal with conditions intended to prevent it from keeping NBC programming to itself at the detriment of other cable operators and video websites.
Comcast, which is based in Philadelphia, is the nation's largest cable TV operator.


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Saltine Cracker English Toffee
40 salted saltine crackers
1 cup (2 sticks) butter
1 cup brown sugar
2 cups milk chocolate chips
1 cup chopped nuts (I used peanuts, you can use whatever kind you like)
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Line a large jelly roll pan (mine was 15×10″) with aluminum foil and spray with non-stick cooking spray. Lay the saltine crackers evenly on the pan (I put mine really close together so that they were touching).
In a saucepan, melt the butter and brown sugar over medium heat. Bring it to a boil and let it boil for three minutes without stirring. After three minutes, pour the hot brown sugar mixture evenly over the saltine crackers.
Bake in the preheated oven for 5-7 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven and sprinkle the chocolate chips across the toffee. Let them melt for a couple of minutes and then use a spatula to spread the melted chocolate evenly across the toffee (like frosting).
Sprinkle chopped nuts on top of the melted chocolate. Let the toffee and chocolate cool completely (I put mine in the fridge to help it set up quickly). Break the toffee into bite-size pieces.
To store, keep in an air-tight container for 1-2 weeks or in the freezer for a couple of months.
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Frat hosts 'Colonial Bros and Nava-Hos' party, university implodes
A public university's outrage machine is firing on all cylinders in the wake of a vaguely offensive "Colonial Bros and Nava-Hos" theme party hosted by an off-campus fraternity.
The party, which asked men to dress up as colonists and women to wear sexy Native American garb, was held last month at Phi Sigma Kappa, an off-campus fraternity of California Polytechnic State University. Some students took offense and filed a complaint with the university, obliging administrators to investigate, according to Campus Reform.
The results of the investigation were announced today: The fraternity did not violate any official campus policies.
Does this mean the university plans to forget the incident? Absolutely not.
"We personally deplore this behavior," wrote university administrators in a press release. Despite conceding that nothing improper was done, administrators then outlined the numerous steps they would take to heal the deep wounds that the party inflicted on "historically marginalized communities," at Cal Poly.


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Top one, Capital T or lowercase t? Bottom. Crits. Mind all these were done while blazed.
Top one, Capital T or lowercase t? Bottom. Crits. Mind all these were done while blazed.
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The second one with the capital t is nice dude.. I would bring that t in more n define the k cause its lookin like an n.. good start tho
aha I always sketch blunted.. sometimes I feel like I get writers block if I dont have any trees
nope not doing it right
i think its funny phats a mod yet he posts in toy
++++++SIR CREW++++++ sircrewgraffiti.blogspot.com
Phat only mods the toy forum, why wouldn't he post in it?
And modding an internet graffiti forum doesn't mean that you are good at graffiti.
It just means that you have a lot of spare time to spend modding an internet graffiti forum.
momma on the phone askin if im still trappin
try simpler things that K is nice thoe
The K looks like an H
actually I mod the toy forum, battle forum and tools and tips forum. and I do it all in about 30mins before I go to bed. so no, it doesn't mean that mods have nothing better to do. I've got 0 time for rest during the day flawless victoy.
not that it's any of your bee's wax anyway tho
@smoke, eh the greens a little weird and the pics are small and low quality so its hard to tell..
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It really looks like a P is an r. Just sayin.
Zeta - Digging it, I wouldn't have the diamond opening in the A. Just seems to off balance it. But some might like that.
haha hope those arent yours smoke they suck
nice crotch zeta and put some fucking socks on man
^ Yeah, I thought the same as you. "Fuck the art, lets stare at his crotch."
Tried Defining the K. Re Crit this bitch.
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iToy but iTry, thought I would throw up some pics from a legal place to tag in the area. The last one says HKD, which is my groups name, I usually throw it but I was just messing around earlier. Didn't come out too great but alas... Feedback please
hey guys,
this is my first post on this forum...
ive been interested in Graffiti all my life, but latley have had the urge to draw/write some peices. Im by no means any good and give full respect to all the talented writes out there.
here are two throwups ive plotted on paper. Feedback would be great.
@strange, socks are for pussies who cant stand the "cold" of october... and yeah ya like that crotch?
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Vert: Your bottom one is smashing your top one, but they both need work. I suggest filling some of the space under the left side of your T on the bottom one. I am horrible at throws so I can't really expand on that, but the idea is for it to have style in quick and simple way. Troll around and keep rockin' the books... post as you progress to keep it moving.
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Buchanan called for sending "federal marshals" to reinsert Schiavo's feeding tube, but labeled federal intervention for Elian Gonzalez "police-state tactics"
MSNBC political analyst and former presidential candidate Pat Buchanan advocated sending "federal marshals" into the hospital room of Terri Schiavo to reinsert her feeding tube. Yet when the Clinton administration sent U.S. marshals to seize Elian Gonzalez from his great-uncle's Miami home and return him to Cuba in 2000, Buchanan described the government's intervention as "a police-state tactic one associates with a Communist tyranny, not the United States."
On the March 23 edition of MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews, Buchanan asserted: "What George Bush ought to do right now is send federal marshals in and pick up Terri Schiavo and put that ... food and hydration tube back into her." Buchanan added: "Action [by the president] ... creates consensus."
Yet, when "[e]ight helmeted, SWAT-equipped federal agents broke down the front door of the Miami home of Elian Gonzalez's relatives before dawn yesterday and removed the boy," as The Washington Post reported [1] on April 23, 2000, Buchanan had a very different reaction, despite the fact that in that case, the federal government was acting to "enforce the decision of the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the federal court," as then-President Bill Clinton noted. As a March 23 Knight Ridder Newspapers article noted [2] about the Schiavo case: "State courts have sided with Michael Schiavo, who insists his wife told him she would never want to be kept alive artificially."
On April 22, 2000, the Associated Press reported Buchanan's condemnation of federal action in the Elian Gonzalez case:
The predawn Easter weekend raid on the home of the Miami family of Elian Gonzalez was a police-state tactic one associates with a Communist tyranny, not the United States. The devoted family that gave Elian months of love and affection was treated like a gang of kidnappers. But the real kidnapper of Elian Gonzalez is Fidel Castro; Mr. Clinton and [then-Attorney General] Janet Reno acted as his accomplices.
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text: Dear all, we have some good news for you, Torque 2.4 has arrived in Debian and Ubuntu as a collaborative effort of the two distros' communities. It is now in Debian Squeeze (testing) [1], which is expected to be releases as the next stable version later this year. Ubuntu has it in the Maverick Meerkat [2]. The packaging followed the philospophy to change as little as possible of the original source tree. The few bits that have been changed appear as separate patches [3]. It would be lovely if those could all be integrated with Torque 2.5 or even earlier? The packaging brings some advancements for an easier mainte- nance and installation across a cluster with it. There must be something to it, since we are aware of 6-8 independent efforts to package Torque. A major achievement over the manual installation is possibly the clean separation of server, scheduler, mom and client in separate packages. The latter has a separate GUI version with dependencies to X, i.e. for the packaging the sources are compiled twice, one time with a GUI and one time without it. Here the list of available packages: libtorque2-dev - header files for libtorque2 libtorque2 - shared library for Torque client and server torque-client-x11 - GUI for torque clients torque-client - command line interface to Torque server torque-common - Torque Queueing System shared files torque-mom - job execution engine for Torque batch system torque-pam - PAM module for PBS MOM nodes torque-scheduler - scheduler part of Torque torque-server - PBS-derived batch processing server one will install by invoking apt-get install with any subset of torque-server, torque-mom and torque-client as arguments. The packages are easily rebuilt under older versions of either distribution. We have tried them down to lenny and jaunty. Many, many thanks go to all who were involved, to mind come Daniel, Dominique, Jordi and Morten, and our thanks also go to Michael and Chris from Cluster Resources for their encouragement. Please let patches or comments flow in. And we are very interested in any issues that you have run into while upgrading or to hear that is just went smoothly. With best regards, Steffen [1] http://packages.qa.debian.org/t/torque.html [2] https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/torque [3] http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-escience/torque/trunk/debian/patches/#_torque_trunk_debian_patches_ -------- Original Message -------- Subject: torque 2.4.8+dfsg-7 MIGRATED to testing Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 16:39:21 +0000 From: Debian testing watch <noreply at release.debian.org> To: torque at packages.debian.org FYI: The status of the torque source package in Debian's testing distribution has changed. Previous version: (not in testing) Current version: 2.4.8+dfsg-7 -- This email is automatically generated once a day. As the installation of new packages into testing happens multiple times a day you will receive later changes on the next day. See http://release.debian.org/testing-watch/ for more information.


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The Log Cabin Republicans' R. Clarke Cooper was quick to try to discredit Obama's announcement supporting marriage equality today, calling it "cold comfort" and "offensive and callous" in the immediate wake of Amendment One's passage in North Carolina:
COOPER: That the president has chosen today, when LGBT Americans are mourning the passage of Amendment One, to finally speak up for marriage equality is offensive and callous. Log Cabin Republicans appreciate that President Obama has finally come in line with leaders like Vice President Dick Cheney on this issue, but LGBT Americans are right to be angry that this calculated announcement comes too late to be of any use to the people of North Carolina, or any of the other states that have addressed this issue on his watch. This administration has manipulated LGBT families for political gain as much as anybody, and after his campaign's ridiculous contortions to deny support for marriage equality this week he does not deserve praise for an announcement that comes a day late and a dollar short.
Though LCR claims not to endorse candidates, this absurd attack suggests the group would rather stand with Mitt Romney, who has pledged to support a federal marriage amendment banning same-sex marriage nationwide. Coming from a group whose mission is to "secure full equality for gays and lesbians," this is a stunning example of petty partisan politics.
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It's being reported that over 600,000 Macs are now infected by the Flashback trojan, a "drive by" piece of Malware that doesn't need administrator privileges or even a password prompt to successfully latch on.
The PC pundits couldn't be more excited. Finally, they say, the inevitable has happened and smug Mac users are finding out what it's like to be a PC user.
"It was only a matter of time."
It's true. Many of these PC pundits -- the Rob Enderles, the Ed Botts, the Paul Thurrotts -- have been telling us for years and years that it was only a matter of time before we'd finally see a successful attack, and that we'd come to rue the day that we ignored their advice.
Let's take a step back.
I'd like to describe what it's been like to be a Mac user, over the years:
There's the wilderness years -- the time between Steve Jobs's ouster in the mid 80s and his prodigal return in the late 90s -- in which you'd head off to a local retailer fully expecting to be lied to about whatever it was you wanted to buy.
As often as not, you'd find yourself pulling an interested consumer aside to tell them the truth about the Apple products they were interested in, but only after listening to a salesperson feed them misinformation rooted in ignorance/disinterest at best, outright lies at worst.
Most of the Mac hardware you'd find at Best Buy or CompUSA was relegated to a single shelf. Somewhere in the back of the store. Flickering lights. If you were lucky, the devices were in working condition and/or plugged in. If you were even luckier, a "Mac guy" (we'll call him Soul Patch) was hired to look after the merchandise and answer questions. I think he had his own drinking fountain.
In the end, we learned to answer our own questions. We learned to troubleshoot our own problems. We learned to spot bullshit a mile away.
We bought what we knew we needed because the guy trying to sell us something else probably didn't know what he was talking about. They rolled their eyes, and we left the store.
According to the PC Pundits, Apple was doomed.
It was only a matter of time.
Miracle of miracles, Steve Jobs returned, the retail situation eventually improved, and at some point we found that we could now go to an official "Apple Store" to ask our questions. Even better, we'd (usually) get good answers, by people who were as interested in the products as we were!
The PC Pundits branded this behavior "smug" and "cult-like" but we pressed on because we'd never seen so many Macs plugged-in and booted-up. No matter, Apple's retail strategy would fold in on itself. Dell couldn't make it work. HP couldn't make it work.
It was the late 90s / early 2000s, and it was only a matter of time.
We bought iPods and we foolishly locked ourselves in to Apple's ecosystem -- according to the PC Pundits -- because we were buying music in a format that would never catch on for a device that was destined to fail.
It was only a matter of time.
We bought Macs. Then, our Moms and Dads and Grandmas bought Macs, too. At some point, that guy who thought he'd never buy a Mac bought a Mac. The iPod didn't fail, despite its destiny, and it led millions and millions of new customers to Apple, eager to see if they might want to try something new.
"Uh, oh," thought the PC Pundits: "Apple is starting to get popular." Snicker. "Popularity breeds scrutiny. So much for security through obscurity." Then they'd high five and take apart their PC and blow some canned air through it while cataloguing its parts.
We didn't know what we were missing.
It was the mid 2000s, and it was only a matter of time.
We bought iPhones, and then iPads. We started to see the term "Post PC" applied to mobile computing. Apple was leading the way. This would never happen, according to the PC Pundits. Netbooks would catch on in an big way and the tablet fad would die off as quickly as it caught on.
It was only a matter of time.
We -- and millions upon millions of people who were new to Apple's growing platform -- had turned Apple into a massive success. The stock was way up. Apple flirted with being the most valuable company in the world. This could never last, argued the PC Pundits. The new iPhone wasn't good enough, the latest iPad was barely better than the last iPad. One flop, and that would be that.
It was only a matter of time.
It's 2012, and Apple has 100 billion dollars of cash on hand. It's just sitting there! The PC Pundits are demanding to know how Apple will spend that cash. (After all, the party can't last forever.)
Even worse, the only reason Apple had been able to amass that $100,000,000,000 was because they'd earned it on the backs of Chinese laborers. Not just any Chinese laborers, though: Underage Chinese laborers. The problem was widespread, and Apple had to know about it. Of course they knew. They just didn't care. Armed guards patrolled the factory gates at Apple's suppliers. Workers suffered carpal tunnel on a scale so massive that they forever lost the use of their hands! Chairs with no backs!
Oh, there'd be a day of reckoning ... if the PC Pundits had anything to say about it. We could trust them, because they were in China while all this was happening, and they'd never lie to us. Don't worry about the fact that virtually every company in the world had also outsourced its manufacturing to China.
It was only a matter of time.
Finally, in 2012, our undeniable hubris resulted in 600,000 infected machines.
The PC Pundits had been predicting this day for over a decade and it was finally here. Because we weren't constantly looking over our shoulder, because we didn't take viruses seriously enough, we were infected by a trojan that, well, didn't seem to be detectable through vigilance.
The anti-virus software didn't catch it. We couldn't even avoid it by refusing to install it.
Perhaps if we'd have just been a bit more humble!
The PC Pundits finally get one right. Decades of dire warnings later. Millions of words, thousands of articles, hundreds of empty threats later, they can finally say they were right all along.
Much like a stopped clock, it was only a matter of time.
Meanwhile, as the fear, uncertainty, and doubt percolates on the twitter accounts and websites of various PC Pundits, those of us wanting the best, most rational take on the Flashback trojan can seek it out where we've always found such information:
The past is prologue.
"Post PC" is now a reality. In many respects, there's a two-way race between the walled-garden approach of Apple's iOS and the "open" nature of Google's Android OS. Android leads the market for smartphones (though, iOS commands a significant share as well) and when it comes to tablets, there's not really a market other than the iPad market.
Malicious hackers are taking note:
Malware on Android devices is at an all time high and growing fast, thanks in large part to Google's open strategy, whereas Apple's iOS is virtually free of such exploits, thanks in large part to Apple's walled-garden approach to app curation -- an approach that has been widely ridiculed by the PC Pundits.
In fact, that very strategy is going to be Apple's undoing. No one wants to be told what to do and consumers will eventually wise up and switch away from their iPhones and iPads.
It's only a matter of time.
And, if not, well: Malware will eventually make its way to the platform.
Seriously. (Give it a decade or two.)


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Greg T's #TopicTrain: No Underwear, Sneaking In and Drunken Messes!
DO MARRY KILL: Let's play! Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber, Amanda Bynes. GO!
i-FUN: We all know that Candy Crush is addicting, but Greg T wants a new game to play. What is the next "it" smart phone game?
DRUNKEN MESS: Seems everyone on the Morning Show went out drinking last night and they are all a HOT MESS today! Do you wake-up a drunken mess too?
UNDERWEAR FREE ZONE: Greg T ran out of underwear! Today he is going commando! It is an underwear free zone! Are you living in an underwear free zone today too?
MY CRAZY ASS WOMAN: A friend of Greg T loves his "Crazy Ass Chick"! She has a temper, parties hard and loves football. Are you a "Crazy Ass Chick"? Are you dating a "Crazy Ass Chick"? How is it going?
SNUCK IN: A few years back Greg T's friend snuck in to a professional baseball game. He just found an open door and walked in! Where did you sneak in?


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WATCH: David Letterman announces he's retiring from 'The Late Show'
David Letterman is saying goodbye to "The Late Show."
The late night host announced he's retiring in 2015 during a taping for his show on Thursday.
The comedian has hosted the "Late Show" for the past 20 years, and before that, he served as the host of "Late Night" for a decade.
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MSNBC anchor Lisa Daniels touted Bush "likeability factor": "[P]eople still relate to his character"
On the September 18 broadcast of NBC's syndicated The Chris Matthews Show, MSNBC News Live anchor Lisa Daniels [1] repeatedly defended President Bush's widely criticized response to Hurricane Katrina, predicting "that this is actually ... going to be a win for President Bush." Citing Bush's purported ability to overcome low expectations in presidential debates, Daniels described Katrina as "the perfect storm for him" and suggested that it was "actually going to work to his advantage." In addition, Daniels touted Bush's "likeability factor" and told viewers, "He's the same guy that was on 9-11 with the bullhorn. He hasn't changed. And people still relate to his character." She added that "the white folks" in the French Quarter "told me directly" that "[t]hey're blaming New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin" instead of Bush, because "[t]hey think he [Bush] cares."
From the September 18 broadcast of The Chris Matthews Show:
MATTHEWS: Lisa, you're the new kid on the block this week, but let me ask you about this thing. You were down there. I was down there with you. We were covering the hurricane down there -- the whole clean-up mess with all the water. By the way, it's still all there. That city is in terrible shape. Amidst all the smells down there and the water down there, did you get a sense that there was more cracking up here than just a little delayed response? What did you get a sense of the president's leadership down there?
DANIELS: I actually, I was struck that people did not blame President Bush. They like this guy. I think we're forgetting that -- the likeability factor. He's the same guy that was on 9-11 with the bullhorn. He hasn't changed, and people still relate to his character.
MATTHEWS: Which people are you talking about? The white folks still in the Quarter, or who are you talking about?
DANIELS: The white folks still in the Quarter, in the French Quarter. They are not blaming President Bush. They told me directly. They're blaming New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin. But they are not blaming this man. They think he cares.
DANIELS: See, we're undermining him once again. It's a perfect condition for President Bush. We said it with Al Gore, we said it with John Kerry: This guy can't debate. This is the perfect storm for him, because it's actually going to work to his advantage.
MATTHEWS: Lisa, you first. You were down there. Will George Bush be haunted by New Orleans to the last day of his presidency?
DANIELS: Absolutely not. He's actually going to do better because there are such low expectations. You're all writing him off in Newsweek. He's gone.
MATTHEWS: Lisa, tell me something I don't know.
DANIELS: All right. Being down in New Orleans for two weeks, I think it's actually worse than the TV pictures actually show. But that said, expectations are so bad right now -- that it's going to take so long for the water to be pumped out, that there are 10,000 dead bodies there -- that this is actually, Howard [Fineman, fellow panelist], going to be a win for President Bush.
MATTEWS: Because there won't be 10,000 bodies?
DANIELS: Right. It's going to be much better.
MATTHEWS: They've lowballed it brilliantly.
DANIELS: And that's exactly what President Bush does best.
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Louis "Rags" ScheuermannBaseball Coach, 1951-1990Loyola University/Delgado Community CollegeInducted: 1982
[From the New Orleans Times-Picayune, 4-13-97]"Black Cat" LaCombe, Hap Glaudi, Leapin' Lou Messina, Otis Guichet - they all were New Orleans originals, characters who came out of neighborhoods such as the 9th Ward or the Irish Channel, who, because of the marks they made, grew into legends and were cherished as city treasures. Sure, they were characters and rogues who could have been part of a Damon Runyon story, but they made us laugh, enriched our lives with what they gave to the community, and defined the true New Orleans character. As each of them passed away, it was said that he was one of a dying breed. And now another of that dying breed is gone. When Louis "Rags" Scheuermann died this week, the city lost a charter member of that Runyonesque society. "There can't possibly be another one coming like him," said the Rev. Harry Tompson, who delivered one of the eulogies at his funeral at St. Francis of Assisi Church. No there can't. A little rough around the edges, crusty, opinionated; owner of a heavy Noo Awlins accent teamed with a voice like a parrot having a bad day; known for his dry wit and mischievous personality; a haberdasher's despair; a handicapper who never met a race he didn't like; baseball fan with a knowledge of the game that few people have; a family man and friend with a heart as big as a ballpark - that was Rags. The man with the wild shock of white hair sticking out from under his baseball cap coached hundreds of baseball players for generations at Loyola University and Delgado Community College. Each summer he took his beloved New Orleans Boosters All-American teams to Johnstown, Pa., to play in the World Series - and touched the lives of many players and their families. "I look out here in the crowd and we have a helluva team here today," Rags' son, Delgado coach Joe Scheuermann, told the enormous turnout - many of them former players - at St. Francis of Assisi Church on State Street. "We've got lead-off guys, good four- and five-hole hitters, a deep pitching staff; we've got the press, TV stations, even some bad umpires. We could play a game!" There was never any shortage of humor in the Scheuermann family and it was passed on to all four kids: Joe, Eddie, Maureen and Emma. At the wake the night before the funeral, the Delgado baseball team, coming off a road trip, stopped by in uniform, formed a circle, and said a prayer for Rags. "That was nice," someone told Joe and his brother Eddie. "Yes it was," said Joe. "They should have prayed. They just lost a doubleheader," Eddie said. The Rev. Des Crotty, who officiated at the services, said that Rags lived for three things: church, family and baseball. Joe Scheuermann said he was not one to correct a man of God, but that Crotty forgot one thing. "He lived for four things, and the fourth was the Fair Grounds. So if there are any bookies in the house, if we owe you any money, I'm sorry - all bets are off." Baseball lends itself to storytelling like no other sport and the ex-players were swapping old Rags tales. Former Loyola pitcher Wally Pontiff said he remembers Rags walking out to the mound after a pitcher had walked the bases loaded. He said, "Son, are you nervous?" The kid said no. "Are you scared?" Again, the pitcher said no. "Are you anything?" asked Rags. The kid again said no. "Well, I'm nervous and I'm scared. Gimme the ball." Joe Scheuermann said his dad from time to time would joke about his funeral. Mainly, he'd talk about the wake. "Joe, if we don't have a good gate the first night, then hold me over for a second night," he'd say. Well, there was no reason for that. The wake at the Muhleisen Funeral Home on Williams Boulevard was a mob scene. State Sen. John Hainkel said he walked into St. Francis church one day and saw Rags all dressed up. Then he noticed that he had no socks on. "Where are you going, Rags?" Hainkel asked. "To Johnstown," he replied. Hainkel said, "Rags, you don't have any socks on." And Rags replied, "Yeah, I know. I was so busy figuring out my pitching rotation, I forgot." One day Rags caught his Loyola ballplayers placing bets out at the track and told them they'd be finished if he ever saw them there again. The next day, they were back, and he saw them. The players expected the worst. Instead, Rags walked up and said, "Who ya like in the double, guys?" Consumed by the ponies, he had totally forgotten about yesterday's lecture. Not long ago, Rags got a call from the new major league team the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. He was asked to scout for them in this area. "Maybe I'm not through after all," he joked with his family. But after a heart attack a few weeks ago, he probably decided he was, and, according to Father Tompson, made his peace with the Lord and was ready to go. "He was a great dad," Joe said, speaking for his siblings and mom Maureen. "He taught you family values, morals and religious beliefs. He always took his teams to church. That impressed a lot of people. We all know he was noted for his baseball but he'd like to be remembered for being liked and helping people." There were many who attended the funeral who had the same suggestion: The Zephyrs, who are looking for a name for their new ballpark on Airline Highway, should name it for Rags. No person in the history of New Orleans has had more effect on the lives of local baseball players and their families. Unlike many plays at second base, there's no argument there - it's not even a close call. At the church, Joe Scheuermann noted that there were eight priests and a deacon at Rags' services. There are nine players on a baseball team. "We didn't plan it that way, it just happened," he said. You had to believe The Man Upstairs was keeping score.