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The Schweizer Armee/Armée suisse/Esercito svizzero/Armada svizra, also known as the Swiss Army or Armed Forces, must maintain a level of readiness in the event of invasion against its neighbors, even though they are all at peace and are even part of one union with a common currency and similar laws that Switzerland is not. The Swiss Army, who do not make their namesake knives (though a Swiss company does make them), did military exercises last month regarding a possible invasion by the French. However, not only did the invasion scenario seem completely plausible, but hit too close to home for the French: An invasion caused by bankruptcy.
Switzerland has every reason to be prepared for invasion: The confederate nation maintains a long-standing policy of neutrality towards any and all world powers or political factions, to the point of even refusing to become a member of the United Nations until approximately 11 years ago. This conveniently makes it possible for the nation to be a staging ground for major treaties such as the Geneva Convention, but also cause it to be a tough spot to be in during a war, as was evidenced in World War II.
The scenario of the Swiss Army fighting, an invasion from France, though, comes something like this: The Fifth French Republic, under the crushing weight of debt burdens caused by the Great Recession and the Euro crisis of the last five years, would dissolve itself, splitting into smaller French-speaking nations. One of those new nations, which the Swiss envisioned to be called Saônia because reasons, would invade the French-speaking portion of Switzerland, which includes Geneva and Lausanne in order to recover money they believed stolen by the Swiss during the last five years.
If this feels even a bit familiar, you are not alone: While the military exercises, known collectively as Operation Duplex-Barbara, were drawn up in 2012, the French has since been showing some money troubles: French debt nearly matches the country's economic output, with taxes taking up nearly half that output. The situation, while near as bad as Greece or Spain, is pretty painful for the French, and bankruptcy is now a plausible possibility, even if it is in the double digits in terms of odds. Furthermore, the French government, along with other Western nations, are taking a far more aggressive stance in targeting tax evaders in these troubling times, and may take on the secretive Swiss banks in due time.
Now, the French have not spoken on the matter, focused more on their ailing economy than somewhat-plausible military invasions. However, this is not the first time the Swiss Army have imagined completely plausible scenarios to defending their nation: In 2012, their military exercise was built on the premise that the Euro's collapse (a very real possibility then) would cause a mass influx of refugees in Switzerland.


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We've all watched the medical shows when a patient flatlines and doctors race to break out the paddles to restart their heart. The reason giving an electric shock to the heart works is because a heart's normal sinus rhythm is determined by electrical impulses sent to the cardiac muscles by the body's nervous system. When these electrical impulses are interrupted or abnormal, it can produce dangerous or fatal contractions of the heart muscles called arrhythmia.
Sometimes arrhythmias can be corrected with using defibrillator paddles, drugs (known as beta-blockers), or the surgical insertion of a pacemaker. These options involve a lot of risks, and provide minimal control over the problem, but there are not a lot of options for fine-tuning that control. Basically, it's like being able to turn a switch on or off but not being able to dim or brighten the light in a room to a level that's comfortable.
A desire to gain greater control over these electrical impulses (also known as excitation waves) prompted scientists to look into possible cardiac applications for a field of science known as optogenetics. Optogenetics uses genetic modification to alter cells so that light can activate them. This has been used mainly in brain science, but brain and cardiac excitation waves are very similar. Due to this similarity, researchers decided to test further to see if this method could be a way to fine tune cardiac excitation waves.
To do this, researchers delivered a protein to the heart cells called channelrhodopsin, using gene therapy techniques so that light could control them. Then, using a computer controlled light projector, the researchers were able to control the speed of cardiac waves, the direction and even the orientation of the wave spirals in real time. This is a HUGE development, as in, never been done before!
Short-term benefits include being able to carry out experiments at a level of detail researchers had only been able to carry out via computer-generated models. This gives them the ability to see how well the computer models stack up and provides valuable information on how real cells and the entire heart as an organ work.
Long term? Researchers feel confident that this ability to fine tune excitation waves could conceivably be used to develop more precise treatments for heart conditions. The team is quick to say that there are some significant challenges that must be overcome first, including making sure that they can get the heart to be light sensitized and being able to get the light to desired locations. But with gene therapy, and optical nanotechnology becoming more common, a little innovation will bring us much closer to creating more precise and less invasive treatments for cardiac arrhythmias.
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You must turn them upside down and look at their bums. They will squirm less if they are sitting up rather than flat on their backs. Or get them to go in to one of those clear plastic hamster tubes. You can usally see the testes in the males by 4 weeks of age; this is just after they are ready to leave the mother.
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Police are investigating a second sexual assault on a footpath in Hythe in two weeks.
Officers today sealed off a path in Green Lane near the Royal Military Canal while forensic teams scoured the area.
Police were called at 1.35am when it was reported that a woman in her 20s had been sexually assaulted.
A spokesman said: "The victim was walking along Green Lane and recalls hearing movement coming from bushes before she was assaulted by a man.
"Forensic checks have been carried out at the scene and inquiries, including house to house, are on-going."
A 30 year-old man from Hythe was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault at 9.20am and remains in police custody.
DCInspector Ann Lisseman said: "We would like to remind residents that incidents such as these are very rare, but having said that it is still important to think about your personal safety when out and about. Stick to well-lit and busy areas, and try and avoid travelling alone at night. It is also helpful to let others know where you're going and when you'll be home."
She added that police would like to hear from anyone who may have seen anyone acting suspiciously between 12.30am and 1.45am.
Officers are also investigating a previous sexual assault, at 7.30am on Sunday, June 22, in Seabrook Road, Hythe.
Then, a woman in her 20s was assaulted as she walked along the Royal Military Canal path.
She was on the footpath that runs parallel to Seabrook Road, between Cannongate Road and Hospital Hill, when a man forced her off the path and into a secluded area.
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Anyone with information on the latest assault should call 101, or 01303 289423 quoting reference 05-0133.
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You can make enough beanbags for the entire alphabet or just specific words or names. This would make a great gift for a baby shower or child's birthday! It can also be used for nursery or home decor if you set them on a shelf or table.
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- Freezer Paper
- Fabric Paint
- Beans
- Sewing machine or needle and thread
- Iron
Step 1: I made a square template 6 1/4" x 6 1/4" and used it to cut 2 squares from each piece of scrap fabric I had.
Step 2: I cut 8.5" x 11" pieces of freezer paper to run through my printer*. I printed out S-I-E-N-N-A in both capital letters and lowercase letters. Then I cut out around the letters and also cut pieces of blank freezer paper to place behind the fabric. I used a razor blade to cut out the letters to make a stencil.
*I use Powerpoint to create my letters but if you have trouble here is a file you can download.
Note: Freezer paper has a waxy side that adheres to the fabric when you iron it on. The non-waxy paper side should be on the side you are going to iron. Make sure to adhere all the edges and your paint won't go on any area that you've ironed the paper onto! Just be careful not to use too much paint on each layer....or the freezer paper will start to unstick if it gets too wet. Do 2-3 light coats of fabric paint!
Step 3: I ironed each freezer paper stencil onto the front of a piece of fabric (and ironed a blank piece to each back to keep paint from bleeding through).
Step 4: Then I used fabric paint (I use Jacquard Fabric Paint) to fill in each stencil.
Note: Be careful not to use too much paint on each layer....or the freezer paper will start to unstick if it gets too wet. Do 2-3 light coats of fabric paint!
Step 5: Once dry, I peeled off the freezer paper stencil and voila!
Step 6: I placed each piece of fabric right sides together and pinned.
Step 7: Then I started in the middle of one side of a square (do not start on a corner) and I sewed all the way around with a 1/2" inseam. I stopped 1" from where I started sewing to leave an opening.
Step 8: I turned the square right side out and ironed flat (this also heat sets your paint).
Step 9: Next I topstitched around the edges of my square making sure to leave an opening where the previous one was (so that there is hole to put the beans through).
Step 10: I filled the beanbag 3/4 full with dried beans (I used pinto beans).
Step 11: Lastly I sewed the opening shut!
One cute little beanbag finished!
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May 03, 2016
So funny how we forget about old time fun things as we get older. Bean Bags. How simple and easy to make and a fun game on tossing them indoors or out. Great project and I will be making some today. I have plenty of scrap fabric laying around and great way to use it up. Also could you old clothing too. I am going to make some with sunbrella fabric to use outside when it is wet . Thanks.
Dec 10, 2010
Very cute! I especially like the prints you used. I think it would be good to put a lining of plastic inside. If I know kids, these things will get water on them before too long and I'm not sure how the beans would handle water. Maybe just using a cut up sandwich bag as the lining would work.
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Oct 25, 2009
These bags will make great gifts for my nieces and nephews. Thank you so much for your awsome idea.
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The specification language developed by CoFI is called Casl: the Common Algebraic Specification Language. Its main features are as follows: Casl is based on a critical selection of known constructs. It is an expressive, simple, pragmatic language. It is suitable for specifying requirements and design for conventional software packages It has restrictions to various sublanguages. It has extensions to higher-order, state-based, concurrent, and other languages. Use of Casl is supported by tools.
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- Jin, Miaomiao; Short, Michael: Multiphysics modeling of two-phase film boiling within porous corrosion deposits (2016)
- Madeira, Alexandre; Barbosa, Luis S.; Hennicker, Rolf; Martins, Manuel A.: Dynamic logic with binders and its application to the development of reactive systems (2016)
- Zhang, Qinglei; Khedri, Ridha: On the weaving process of aspect-oriented product family algebra (2016)
- Knapp, Alexander; Mossakowski, Till; Roggenbach, Markus: Towards an institutional framework for heterogeneous formal development in UML. -- A position paper -- (2015)
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"Make Cold Calls, Work Hard, Play Hard, Try Not To Burn Out"
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I have been working at Yelp full-time (More than 3 years)
+ Solid benefits like totally covered health/medical/dental, gym reimbursement, etc
+ Hip corporate culture, great coworkers, offices with fully stocked kitchens, music, game rooms, offsites, stock options, relaxed environment, no dress code
+ Brand recognition, Yelp is legitimately a great company that has sustainable growth and you can be proud to be a part of it - looks great on your resume
+ If you do very well in sales you can be promoted quickly with more earning potential and do have the opportunity to be promoted into a management position or doing national accounts in less than 2 years
+ Training is fun and very informative, you are given tools and resources throughout your career
+ Prospecting from Yelp means you have access to data that's relevant for SMBs and you can find leads using the database and backend on Yelp....talk to business owners who use the site actively
+ Your territory is protected for the most part, so unlike with other sales jobs, you can expect that other reps can't take over your leads
- Cold calling...it has its ups and downs. It's cold calling. It can be a grind.
- If you start in sales it's pretty impossible to move laterally...so you'll always be in sales
- You're supposed to work 40 hours, but your managers and directors have a way of expecting you to work more than that and not get OT, some could equate this to just working hard but it is stressful and makes it harder to have a work/life balance
- Your quota isn't adjusted for time off...it's hard to get your manager to approve PTO or feel job security when you take time off and aren't at your quota
- Yelp is a quickly growing company so that means things are constantly changing...this can be good, but it means perks can be taken away even after you already earned them like laptops, jackets, wireless technology....nothing done to compensate for this
- A lot of your success can be contingent upon the territory you are assigned at random of your first day. A very talented rep can call into a podunk city in the midwest and barely hit their quota, while a very shoddy rep can call into LA and hit their targets, continue to advance and be assigned additional and better territories. Vicious cycle. Easily worst flaw with the AE job.
- Benefits do not include a matching 401k...why?
- You can have loyalty to the company with 3 years on your belt and be put on a performance plan to be fired after 1 or 2 months of missing your quota...that's just bad for morale.
- Job security, not so much. A very common theme among AEs is being terrified of losing their jobs for missing quota
- New training classes with incredibly aggressive hiring plans for 50 new AEs every single month in the office...doesn't boost morale or make AEs feel valued.
OVERALL, Yelp is a great company to work for and even if you only last a couple months doing sales calls, it's worth it for the experience. There is earning potential and whether you just graduated or have a seasoned sales background I'd recommend giving it a shot as long as you're comfortable with 8 hours in front of a computer and on the phone.
Advice to Management
* Even the playing field for new reps in training by seriously strategizing on how to best assign territories.
* Raise the bar on hiring new managers...some of them have only one year of experience in the AE role, no professionalism, and absolutely no managerial experience...it makes it hard to respect and work for them
* We know you're aggressively hiring but it's important to retain employees, right...? Act like it.
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I worked at Yelp full-time (Less than a year)
Fun parties once a quarter, great opportunity to work with a lot of fun, god-looking, young people. If this is your first job out of college and you want to learn boiler-room style sales, this is a great job for a year.
Arbitrary assignment of territories makes your success in sales there hit, or miss. unprofessional management and HR teams. High turn over.
Advice to Management
If you want to hire the best people, treat your employees with respect and set them up to succeed. people with 2 years of sales experience teaching an assembly line approach to training new sales people is not going to return you great results and it's never going to yield you satisfied, long-term employees. Also, assigning sales people to territories in the boonies where yelp adoption is not great is not fair for the new employee, or the management team. Also, you've got to pay people a competitive wage if you want to keep them. Your compensation structure is ridiculous for the bay area. You are paying people below the poverty line and telling them they can make $100k by the end of the year. That's just false.
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Yelp has a fun culture, and gives you a lot of experience as a new sales rep. The sales culture is very transactional and you get to work with multiple a variety of vertical SMB markets. If you are dedicated to sales, take feedback well and don't hold back on the phones, you'll be successful at Yelp.
A fast growing company has it's perks and downsides - you'll learn a lot quickly. The downsides to fast growth is you might not get a promotion as quickly as you expect (but what company does) and you will be working with very green managers.
Advice to Management
Management is just green, it'll get better with time.


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First his sculpted torso and chiseled abs, followed by his pecs, followed by his bulging biceps then finally his gorgeous face, a face created by Angels comes into view.
"Like the hot guy of our dreams so our the Gays of Our Lives"
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****Scene 1: Eric's POV**********************
Several weeks had passed since Mike and I had broken up and all of that time I had done nothing but mope around in think about the good times. Only a few days earlier I had witnessed my father's trial……and as to be expected he had been convicted of attempted murder and was sentenced to fifteen years in Walworth State Penitentiary, a maximum security prison. Looks like I wouldn't be seeing dear old dad anytime soon.
It was the day before Prom and the school had allowed all the seniors to leave three hours earlier so that we could get ready for tomorrow's prom. Not that I wanted to go to prom without Mike. Even if he didn't want to go with me.
For the last week or so, Kayla had been nagging me and bugging me about going to Prom. She had tried every trick in the book to persuade me to change my mind and go to prom. But she had yet to change it. She had texted me telling me she was coming over and seconds later her and Kevin were standing in my living room. Both of them trying to convince me to go to prom.
"Come on man," Kevin pleaded "You just have to go man….. This might be the last time we see the whole gang together."
"Dude way to be dramatic." I chuckled. "Even if I don't go with you guys to prom it's not like we'll never see each other again."
"Eric you know what he means." Kayla replied. "Every high school student, boy or girl should go to their senior prom. Just imagine all the memories you will be missing out on, by not going."
"Kayla I won't be missing out on anything" I interjected. "As much as I love you guys the only person that I want to be making these kinds of memories with……….. is Michael."
"Eric I know how much you miss being with Michael………..I know it hurts but you just have to come with us…… You just have to." Kayla pleaded.
"If you won't do it for yourself do it for me…….and if not for me could you at least do it for Michael? He wouldn't want you to be moping around all day waiting for him to come back to you."
"Kayla even if I did go I would a freaking third-wheel. Kayla you and Kevin each have each other, and even Jake has somebody……..and I have no one. I would be sitting on the sideline all night like a fucking dumbass." I sighed.
"Eric but you won't be alone." Kevin blurted out. "Michael's going to be there too!"
"Wait? What?" I paused. "Kevin what the hell are you talking about? Michael's going to be there?"
"Kevin we were going to wait to tell him." Kayla said trying to get Kevin to shut up."
"What Kevin's trying to say is we kind of already convinced Michael to go to prom and now were over here trying to convince you too." Kayla replied meekly.
"What do you mean? When did you guys do that?"
"Ummm on the way over here…… actually." Kayla laughed. "So you see you if you come to prom with us, you won't be alone. Because Mike will be there with you….. And you two can third wheel together."
"Kayla you know I can't do that" I sighed. "Spending all night with him will only make it worse for me. I won't be able to hold him or kiss him, or do none of the shit I want to do with him….What fun is that?!"
"But Eric you don't understand Michael misses you so much. Every time you're not around he talks about nothing but you……It's just Eric this and Eric that. You've got to know he still loves you and I know you still love him, so I just know that after spending a whole night together under the stars you and him will be back together in no time."
"You just got to have faith Eric." Kayla pressed. "It's going to be a magical night that none of us will ever forget for the rest of our lives."
"Not to mention they rented out this big ass yacht for the Prom!" Kevin cried overjoyed.
"Okay, okay I'll go." I cried. "On one condition."
"Ok what is it?" Kayla sighed.
"The condition is that even if Mike and I don't get back together you have to promise me that you will stop trying to push us back together. If it's meant to happen it will happen. I know it."
"But Eric….." Kayla protested. "I just can't stand to see two people who love each other so much not be together. You two belong together I'm just doing my civic duty and making everything right."
"Kayla you heard him…..if it's meant to be………he and Mike will get back together. You just have to let things work out on their own and without interference from you."
"Ok fine I agree." Kayla cried. "Ok I'll leave it all alone. But all I know is that you better be there tomorrow Eric and you better have fun."
"I'll try."
"Eric you better do more than try. This is our last high school prom……like ever!!! So that means that you better have fun." Kayla cried.
"I don't know how he couldn't have fun……Prom's on a fucking yacht this year!!" Kevin cried. "Man when I tell you it's a big ass yacht I mean it's fucking huge."
"The yacht has all the amenities: it's got an indoor pool, it's going to have a freaking de-jay playing the coolest freaking beats, and even a buffet table with all the food we can eat man!"
"Man it's going to be crazy……it's going to be sick!" Kevin cried. "This is going to be an amazing night. Might even be the best night of our lives!"
"Looks like someone's a little excited." Kayla laughed.
****Scene 2: Emily's POV**********************
"EMILY KATHERINE GRACE CHANDLER!!!" my mother Elizabeth Chandler yelled from downstairs. "You get down here RIGHT now! Right this instance!"
I rushed down stairs immediately to see what on earth my mother was raving about now. When I reached the end of the bannister there she was staring angrily at me with those piercing green eyes of hers; I should know I inherited them from her.
My mother was nearing fifty but her fair face hid this fact. She still looked almost as young as she did in her and father's wedding photographs with only slight traces of her age, such as the slight streaks of grey in her hair or the age wrinkles on her still lovely face.
"Mom what's wrong? Why are you yelling are you trying to wake everybody in the house up?"
"What do you mean wake everyone up?!" my mother yelled back. "Emily you do realize that its one o'clock in the afternoon. The only person in this house that's asleep is you. Your father's at work…..Mike's out with his friends. Mikayla and Wes are over their friend's house for a sleepover."
"Since you've got back from Europe you've done nothing but go out every night and sleep in every day. You've done nothing productive but drink and party." My mother lectured, before stopping to smell the air.
"Wait? What is that?" my mother began……"Is that weed I smell?!?!"
"No." I lied, having been caught red handed.
"Emily Kathrine Grace Chandler don't lie to me." My mother shot back. "I was a teenager once too. I know exactly what weed smells like." She said, leaving to question how she could have known and whether her statement was just some random thing or whether it was an admission of past misdeeds.
"Girl I won't have you stirring up trouble in my house…..I want you out of here. I want you to go anywhere. You can go to university again or you can go back to Europe just as long as you come back clean." She added.
"Fine then!" I yelled. "I'll leave just like you said…..But I'm not going back to Europe I'm staying right here in town. I'll just move in with grandfather and grandmother I'm sure they'll love having me around the house. If you could even call the Chandler Estate a house. Some call it a mansion, other's call it a castle, but my family and I call it home.
Situated on a 200 acre island with stables, a golf course, tennis courts, basketball courts, a pool and pool-house, lavish rose gardens, expansive wine cellars, a carriage house, and a mausoleum and crypt filled with deceased Chandlers. And right in the middle of it all a 110- room Gothic revival mansion divided among five floors and sprawled over 150,000 square feet. Equipped with countless bedrooms and bathrooms and complete with turrets, towers, and elegant balconies and terraces providing sweeping views of the Harmony Harbor and the bay. That's not to mention the wide range of catacombs and secret passage ways underneath the house. Those parts are little two creepy and dark for me; but the servants and the obvious perks are a definite point in favor of my choice to stay with my grandparents.
After that I ran upstairs to get my things………
****Scene 3: Mike's POV**********************
When I got home I walked upstairs to find my sister Emily in her room rummaging through her stuff. She had clothes and empty suitcases scattered all over the floor.
"Hey sis, what's going on?" I asked, standing in my sister's doorway. "What's with all the clothes all over the floor?"
"I'm moving out." She quipped.
"What do you mean moving out?" I gasped. "Wait? Why? But Em, you just got back!"
"I mean I'm moving out…..hasta la vista……..see you later I'm out of here." Emily laughed. "I'm getting the hell out of this house little bro."
"But Em you just got back……….I'm going through a lot right now and I really need you to be here." I sighed. "Sis you know I can't talk to mom about this kind of stuff….you know she doesn't like Eric, she hasn't even accepted the fact that I'm gay yet."
"Emily please don't go……..I need you."
"Baby brother relax I'm not going anywhere. I'm just moving out of here. I'm going to be staying with grandfather and grandmother for a while."
"But why?" I pleaded. "Why are you moving out?"
"Because I can't stay in this house anymore." Emily sighed. "Because Michael, mother is always getting on me about every little thing…. She's always talking about how all I do is party all night, drink, and do extracurricular activities." She laughed.
"Like drugs…." I blurted. "Emily, but you do all of those things."
"Mikey that is beside the point. I just can't live in this house anymore." Emily replied. "I can't deal with mom being extra all the time. And as for you and Eric answer me this do you still love him?"
"Emily of course I still love him." I cried. "How could you even ask something like that? I will always love Eric. But I just can't get over seeing him and Haley in bed together….."
"Mike but you only saw them in bed together…..you didn't actually see them in the act so to speak." She continued. "So how do you know that they had sex? How do you know it wasn't just some big misunderstanding?"
"Because Emily I saw them, not in the act. But Eric had his pants down and Haley didn't even have any underwear on. They had to be having sex……she was groping him."
"What did she say?" Emily questioned. "And what did he say when you found them in that hotel room?"
"They were in a state of shock. Haley basically implied that they had sex." I started. "But Eric was completely shocked……He kept denying it…..he told me that nothing happened."
"But then that's when he stood up and walked over to me……" I sighed. "And that shocked me so much….Partly because I was so happy that he could walk again and partly because I knew that he had been keeping this from me….."
"I know he was trying to protect me…..but he could have at least confided in me."
"Michael why don't you believe him………maybe he's telling the truth and Haley is the one is lying. If you love him like you say you do, you should have faith in him that he's faithful to you."
"Em you don't understand I want to believe him. I want to believe him so bad. But I don't want to be hurt again. I couldn't bear it."
"What do you mean hurt again?" Emily asked. "What are you saying?"
"There's something you need to know….. There's something that happened a few months ago to me… Nine or eight months to be exact."
"What do you mean nine months ago? What are you saying? What are you pregnant or something?" my sister laughed absentmindedly. "I didn't know Eric's dick was that good that it can get a guy pregnant.
"No I'm not pregnant…..guys can't get pregnant." I laughed trying to brush it off. "But I'm having a child….."
"What do you mean you're having a child?" she gasped. "I thought you were gay. Please explain this to me because I don't understand."
"A girl………that Charlotte girl that you met at Eric and mine's engagement party she's having my child…..like any day now."
"What do you mean having your child……." My sister replied, more confused than ever. "Michael's she's a pretty girl and it does look like she's about to burst any day now…….But she doesn't seem like your type….."
"You know the whole thing about you being in love with Eric and super gay." She laughed.
"She's not my type……but that didn't matter to her."
"What do you mean it didn't matter to her?" Emily cried, getting serious. "Michael what did she do? Did she…..did she do something to you?"
"Yes……" I said, tears welling up in my eyes. "Yes she………….she………she."
"She raped me." I cried, unable to clearly make out the words. How could I tell my sister that I a big muscular man had been raped by a small petite girl? It barely even registered with me, even though I knew it happened…."
"SHE did WHAT?!"My sister yelled. "How did she even do this to you?"
"She drugged me…….at least that's what she said." I sighed.
"What did mom say? What about grandfather and the rest of the family?" my sister cried, her face visibly shaken by what I had just told her.
"They were all angry. Grandfather was so furious I was worried he would do something to her. Everybody was very upset……except for mom she took it has proof that I wasn't really gay." I began. "She was actually trying to set me up with this girl."
"Wait so you're telling me that this girl……this Charlotte chick……a girl our delightful mother tried to set you up with sexually assaults you and she barely bats an eye." Emily yelled. "Are you fucking kidding me?!"
"Emily don't be like that she was caring in her own way……it's just she want her baby boy to be straight and with girls…..All moms want that deep down."
"I don't give a fuck what mom wants. She's out of line thinking that she can turn someone straight." My sister yelled. "But what I really want to know is why this bitch is? Why is this Charlotte chick not in jail?"
"Well that's about to change real soon." Emily laughed. "You can be sure of that."
"Emily please don't get involved. I already have Kayla getting involved and trying to fight Charlotte every day I don't need you fighting her too."
"Mikey it's too late I'm already involved." Emily replied. "I'm your big sister and you are my little brother and I'm going to fix all of this for you. "Prom is tomorrow right?"
"Yeah, why?" I said uneasily.
"Good because I'm crashing that party and I'm going to give that girl a piece of my mind."
"Emily can we please drop this…..I don't want to talk about what that girl did to me anymore. I just want to relax and not think about that…."
"Ok well back to what we were talking about earlier. About your love life right?"
"Yeah," I nodded.
"Mike the bottom line is that Haley Macy a liar…she always have been and always will be a liar." Emily laughed. "You can't believe a word she says….especially since you basically stole her man from her."
"Em I didn't mean to…….Eric kissed me and broke things off with her."
"Well do you want him to keep kissing you?" Emily giggled.
"You know I do……." I sighed. "More than anything but I can't just get over the fact that he cheated on me with Haley Macy."
"But what if he didn't cheat on you…..what if you walked in on nothing? What if nothing happened? Would you take him back?"
"I would take him back in a heartbeat………but I just can't get that fear that something did happen out of my mind."
"So what if something did happen?" she replied. "He loves you and you definitely love him. Why don't you just take a chance and go to him?"
"Who gives a fuck what happened? You two are so completely in love it's a crime that you guys haven't got back together. Ever since you and Eric broke up all you do is mope around."
"Like I came into your room the other day and you were sitting on your bed looking at old pictures of you and Eric." She smirked. "Mikey you know you still want to be with him…."
"Promise me you'll tell Eric how you really feel tomorrow at prom?" Emily said. You two deserve to be together. Don't let something is stupid as a misunderstanding ruin your relationship because this is what mom wants…….she wants you to be with a girl or nobody."
"But I want you to be happy and you are happy with Eric. So that's who you need to be with." She added.
"Ok………ok sis," I cried. "Calm down Em, I'll talk to Eric like you said tomorrow at Prom if he's there. You have my word."
"Don't worry little bro you don't have to give me your word….I'm crashing that prom and I'm going to see for myself." She giggled.
"Oh great…." I smiled.
****Scene 4: Chris DeVille's POV**********************
"Father what do you mean I have to leave the prom before 10:00?" I protested. "That's when those things get good. What are you trying to do? Make me miss the best part?"
"No my dear Christian you won't be missing the best part." My mother Regina said approaching from behind me. "You need to listen to your father because he and I are just looking out for you."
"Looking out for what?" I asked, looking a little confused. "What could happen at a Harmony school dance?"
"It's a prom my dear………and let's just say things are going to be explosive and that this prom is going to be one that no one ever forgets." My mother Regina smirked, her lips curling into a twisted grin that sent shivers up my spine. And she was my own mother….
"What did you guys do?!?!" I cried. "What?!"
"Christian you don't have to worry about that. Just listen to your mother and leave before 10 o'clock or you will stay at your own risk." My father Alistair replied, sitting comfortably in his overstuffed chair.
"So you guys are planning something?" I gasped. "You have to tell me. You always say that I'm going to take over the family business one day. I have to be treated as an equal if I'm going to do that. Tell me what you guys are planning."
"What we've been planning?" my mother sneered. "What your father and I have been planning is the revenge we have waited for……for years. For years the DeVille name was dragged through the mud, ridiculed and degraded but now all those self-righteous townsfolk will suffer for their actions……
"Yes the means to carry out our sweet revenge has finally come." My Father cackled evilly. "They will lose the one thing that they value most in this world…..their children….."
"What? No!?" I cried. "What you guys put a bomb on the boat?! ARE you serious!! ARE you GUYS kidding me……….I know these people you can't just kill them!!!" I yelled out.
"Oh but we can and we will." My father laughed back. "Christian you have a lot to learn if you are going to lead this family to higher heights. Not one of them means a damn thing……….and after to tomorrow night the Spencers, Bradys, McCarthys, Barretts, Smiths, Macys, Williamses, Huggins, Stewarts; the whole lot of them will pay!"
"Especially those damned Chandlers!" my mother added.
"You guys CANT do this……" I pleaded. "It's not right…..IT's wrong!"
"It's already done." My mother Regina laughed wickedly. "And as for it being right nothing could be more perfect….more right. Tomorrow is going to be deliciously divine and I don't want to miss a minute of it….."
"Ok what if something happens. What if someone finds the bomb? What if I don't get off the boat in time? That's going to throw a wrench into your whole plan if your little bomb kills me instead for all those innocent people. Or do you not care about what happens to your screw up son?"
"Now that just won't do." My mother smirked. "You know we love you…..just make sure that you are out on the deck by 9:50. Our lifeboat will be there to pick you up. So you better be ready."
"And you are to tell no one of our plan to inflict our wrath on this town." My father added.
"You guys can't honestly believe you can get away with murdering half the town?" I cried. "You have to be delusional."
"My dear sweet son." My mother Regina smiled. "DeVille's have been GETTING away with things for centuries, and this time around is no different. Tomorrow night this town will suffer and this family will rise."
"Harmony High's Prom is going to be an explosive affair." My father laughed.
"No dear it's going to be a show stopper….."My mother replied, before proceeding to laugh manically….


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It's the third team in my personal run through each of the schedules in the Big Ten for 2013. So far we've tackled Northwestern and Iowa. Today of course, we introduce our first Leaders division team and it's one of the most talked about teams over the past two years.
However, the question is… What do we make of this 2013 Penn State team? There is plenty of talent, but the harshest parts of the NCAA sanctions are beginning to take hold. Can PSU win more than they lose, or will they struggle without the leadership and "magic in a bottle" moment that was the 2012 season.
Thankfully for you, I've got it all figured out. So, here is exactly how Penn State's 2013 season will go down – you don't need to look any further.
2013 Schedule:
Aug. 31
Syracuse Orange
MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ
3:30 p.m. ET
Sept. 7
Eastern Michigan Eagles
Beaver Stadium, University Park, PA
12:00 p.m. ET
Sept. 14
UCF Knights
Beaver Stadium, University Park, PA
6:00 p.m. ET
Sept. 21
Kent State Golden Flashes
Beaver Stadium, University Park, PA
Sept. 28
|Open Date
Oct. 5
at Indiana Hoosiers
Memorial Stadium, Bloomington, IN
Oct. 12
Michigan Wolverines (HC)
Beaver Stadium, University Park, PA
5:00 p.m. ET
ESPN or ESPN2
Oct. 19
|Open Date
Oct. 26
at Ohio State Buckeyes
Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH
8:00 p.m. ET
Nov. 2
Illinois Fighting Illini
Beaver Stadium, University Park, PA
Nov. 9
at Minnesota Golden Gophers
TCF Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN
Nov. 16
Purdue Boilermakers
Beaver Stadium, University Park, PA
Nov. 23
Nebraska Cornhuskers
Beaver Stadium, University Park, PA
Nov. 30
at Wisconsin Badgers
Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, WI
My Predictions:
Aug. 31 – vs. Syracuse (MetLife Stadium): WIN
Syracuse is going through a lot of change and so to are the Nittany Lions, however if you put $1 million in front of me I couldn't name a single Syracuse defensive player off the top of my head. I can name more than one PSU defensive player and that's the difference in this game. Penn State has the better defense and going up against a team working in a new QB along with a new coaching staff means it could be a field day for that Nittany Lions D. Give me PSU in a "closer than the experts think" type pick.
Sept. 7 – vs. Eastern Michigan: WIN
As if I should need to explain this one to you at all…. But, since that's what I'm paid to do…. here goes nothing. EMU hasn't had a single winning season of football SINCE 1989. Over the past decade the Eagles' record is 29-89 or put even more brutally, they've got a .245 winning percentage over the past 10 years. However, the Eagles did get to 6-6 just two seasons ago. Point being this is a mismatch and if Penn State can't win this game its going to be a massively disappointing season.
Sept. 14 – vs. UCF: WIN
Speaking of "closer than the experts think," we give you the UCF Knights. While this game is at home, don't sleep on George O'Leary's guys. Too bad I think they are a year away from truly challenging Penn State. So, if you travel to Ireland for this matchup next year I think you'll be in for a very intriguing matchup. This season it should be the Nittany Lions winning in Beaver Stadium. If it doesn't happen… expect it to be because PSU hasn't gotten consistent QB play.
Sept. 21 – vs. Kent State: WIN
Kent State was really freaking good last season. However, that was last season and this year they're breaking in a new head coach as Darrell Hazell is off to fellow Big Ten team, Purdue. Add in the fact that no matter how good KSU is going to be they'll be on the back end of back-to-back games against LSU and PSU and you have the recipe needed for a bigger win than some think. Expect Penn State to torch the Golden Flashes in this game.
Oct. 5 – at Indiana: LOSS
If there is a darling sleeper pick in the Big Ten this season, it is the Hoosiers. They have arguably the most explosive offense in the conference not named Ohio State and they also have an ever improving defense. In fact, one could easily argue this game is all about opposites butting heads. The question is who wins out in a battle of better offense vs. better defense. Give me the Hoosiers to take this one, especially since this is the first true road game the Nittany Lions will play. Indiana is just too good not to take care of business against teams they are on the same level as (and YES I JUST SAID THAT PSU FAN).
Oct. 12 – vs. Michigan: WIN
So, on the heels of losing to Indiana, of course I'd pick them to beat a pick to win the Legends division, right? Well, that's exactly how I see this going and it's because I think PSU's defense is much more capable of keeping up with anything the Maize 'N Blue's offense can throw at them – especially in the WR vs. DB area. I also think the running game of Penn State will be in full swing and that means PSU can control the clock and limit possessions as well. This could be a low scoring affair, but in Happy Valley it'll be the Nittany Lions winning.
Oct. 26 – at Ohio State: LOSS
Yes, Penn State and Wisconsin have won the same amount of games against OSU in the past decade… At least on the field (lets remember all those wins are vacated according to the NCAA record book). However, this Ohio State team isn't the OSU team of two or three years ago. It's loaded up front on each side of the ball and has this guy named Braxton Miller, who's a top contender for the Heisman Trophy this season on it. Add in this game being in Columbus and it being the first trip there for whomever is going to start for PSU and it all doesn't look good against Ohio State. Ummm…. of course with logic like that watch Penn State destroy OSU.
Nov. 2 – vs. Illinois: WIN
O.k., so after a rough stretch against Michigan and OSU in a three week span Penn State gets a break if you will. This is perhaps the 2nd biggest no-brainer pick on the PSU schedule. Illinois has some decent parts on their team (i.e. Nathan Scheelhaase, Jonathan Brown, and Mason Monheim), but those parts aren't enough to save them from a butt-kicking in Happy Valley. Expect Penn State to take out any anger over what happened over the last three weeks in this one.
Nov. 9 – at Minnesota: WIN
Minnesota is getting better and getting better fast, but not good enough – especially in the secondary to hang with what Penn State can literally throw at them. However, this is for the Governor's Victory Bell and since PSU had to vacate all it's wins in this series in recent memory Minny should technically hold the trophy. Anyway, this game hasn't been played since 2010, so it will be interesting to see how two completely new coaching staffs deal with a rivalry that hardly anyone on either roster has been around for. Give me PSU in a close game, just like this series is close (currently standing at 4-3 in favor of Minnesota thanks to the vacated W's by Penn State).
Nov. 16 – vs. Purdue: WIN
This game scares me and that's because we just don't know what Darrell Hazel's crew will look like by this point in the season and we also don't know how bad the depth of PSU will be depleted. Besides, Ross-Aide isn't exactly a hospitable place for opposing teams – just ask Ohio State about that. However, in 2013 it appears on paper that this is a mismatch as Penn State can do multiple things offensively that could really stretch thin the Boilers defense. Look for the running game to be key in this one as Zwinack has his best game of the season and Penn State gets out of Ross-Aide with a W.
Nov. 23 – vs. Nebraska: LOSS
Not gonna happen, just that simple here. Sure, this game is in Happy Valley and that's advantage Penn State, but give me Taylor Martinez, Ameer Abdullah and the best wide receiver corp in the conference over anything PSU can throw at them. I also expect Nebraska's defense to be a lot better than people think, especially by this point in time of the season.
Nov. 30 – at Wisconsin: LOSS
It's a shame these two teams won't be playing each other in the same division anymore because they've given Big Ten fans some of the most memorable football games over that past few seasons. The games are always competitive and as last year proved, you can't really predict what will happen down the stretch. However, Wisconsin is a senior laden and loaded team. It appears the secondary is looking better than people thought earlier this summer and that backfield is simply scary. Wisconsin also has the better defense all around and it's at Camp Randall with the Badgers likely needing a W to stay in the Big Ten title hunt. They'll get it over a game PSU team though.
Overall Record: 8-4
Conference Record: 4-4
Final Analysis: Most look at this team and all that is lost and happening around it and think this is the year they go down the drain. I just don't see that happening, especially given the way their schedule shapes out. They'll be favored to win their first four games right off the bat and even if they go 3-1 at worst this is a schedule wholly made for them to gain some confidence in the middle of the Big Ten schedule. If they can pull off one of their home games against Michigan or Nebraska this team is really going to be a noise maker in the Big Ten title race as well. Expect this team to have at least the same record as last year at a minimum.


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For decades, American high school students' ranking in global achievement testing have been falling. Is it possible that the very suburban communities that parents sought to help their children have actually hindered their performances, at least in aggregate?
I have a theory, and only a little circumstantial evidence. But would welcome tips on actual studies or obtaining access to data to examine this question properly. Here's how the theory works:
First, there is a correlation between higher density cities and innovation (as measured by patents). It's also widely accepted urban theory that this is because higher density places, like cities, force people to be exposed to and interact with new people, ideas and things constantly. This makes them smarter, so the theory goes.
Second, there is a correlation between higher density cities and economic productivity. Doubling density increases productivity between 10 and 20 percent according to one study.
Third, earlier this week, Ryan Avent, pondering Ed Glaeser's work, suggested that relocating high tech jobs from high density places like Silicon Valley to lower density locales like Raleigh may have hurt America's economic productivity.
…is it really so strange to imagine that two decades of migration from productive cities with high average wages to less productive cities with low average wages would have a significant impact on national average labor productivity, on national wages, and on national employment and output growth? Raleigh is innovative, but one of the key's to Raleigh's success is the fact that its land is dirt cheap relative to the home base of many of the technology companies that have opened offices there: Silicon Valley.
So, if most American students live in lower density places than their peers in Europe and Asia, could it be possible that this–in part–is a reason for lower performance on science and math tests, which are basically a series of challenges or problems to solve.
Do children in higher density areas encounter informal problem-solving challenges far more frequently than their suburban counterparts and therefore have had more practice, more opportunity to hone their problem-solving skills? The urban challenge may be how to communicate with someone from another country, or how to navigate a Razor scooter down a busy sidewalk, but it's still a problem to solve. In one recent series of tests, students from rapidly growing and changing Shanghai were tops in the world. Coincidence?
If density matters for economic productivity and innovation productivity, surely it matters for education productivity.
Certainly, there are other compounding reasons why America has some catching up to do in the global education race. But maybe a shift toward higher density living could help. If nothing else, the college-educated, middle-class parents, who previously would have moved to suburbia in search of good schools, might instead support new schools–or work hard to improve the existing ones–in their newer transit-oriented, higher density communities. This might benefit all children in the area, rich and poor.


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Need some feedback.
I am looking at purchasing a Stag Arms Model 1 carbine. I have done some research on them and have found nothing to dispute that it would be a bad first investment. I have been wanting to own a carbine for a while and now I have an opportunity to. All feedback appreciated.
Intro brother....please drop us some info about you first with an intro.
As for your question, what do you want to use it for? Casual rec shooting, just to "have one", or hard use.
Let us know, here all day ;)
I am a deputy sheriff in oklahoma and have been wanting to own my personal AR for a while. Am in the military so the only AR I have really ever shot is the Colt. I have shot a Rock River on occasion but it is my dad's and he aint giving it up! :) Anyway, I would like to have it for LE use if needed and occasional rec shooting just to stay sharp. Thank you for the reply!
First welcome to FTF, it is good to have LEO's in the board.
I see nothing wrong with your choice of weapons the main thing is will you be happy with and is it reliable. I have not heard anything bad about it and the few comments from other places have been positive
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We've seen stock Android L builds on devices like the Nexus 5 and the Nexus 7 so far. But it seems like Google has already issued pre-release version of the software to top OEMs, as a new video is showing the Samsung Galaxy S5 running a TouchWiz skinned version of Android L, complete with Material Design elements.
The device shown in the video is running build LRW58J of Android L on the Galaxy S5 (SM-G900F) which is the global version of the handset. The leak is apparently of a very early version of the ROM, so don't get your hopes up just yet. But considering the nature of such leaks, it shouldn't be long before curious users get their hands on this particular ROM.
It's quite interesting to see the changes Samsung has made with the stock Android L ROM. There's also prominence of white in many areas which could be a concern for the battery life of the device. But it could well be fixed in time for the final release.
Do you like the look of the TouchWiz skinned Android L?
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Tari is a gorgeous mare out of a daughter of Taris Catalyst, World Champion who has winnings of 181k & offspring earnings of 778k NRHA/NCHA. She produces…$3,700
This filly has athletic ability to the 10th degree! She moves effortlessly, has quick feet, is trainable and capable of performing in all arena events…SOLD
Copper Eyed Ellie.....started as a 3 yr old and turned out due to, too many to work with. When kicked out was riding well. Used to gather cattle, been…SOLD
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Willing to negotiate on price, or will offer package deal with other mare. ( GH Miss Lynx) ......Awesome broke to ride broodmare!!! "Kate" as we call…SOLD
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OK, Have an interesting question here. I've been doing some troubleshooting with WMI connections to machines that are coming back with scan errors. I've noticed that when I run the following command I get different results if I use the netbios name in place of the IP address.
wmic /user:DOMAIN\Username /password:password /node:"IP Address or NETBios Name" systemenclosure get serialnumber
All the machines that have come back with scan errors that are failing due to authentication, if I use the IP address in the above listed command, I get the same authentication error, but if I use the netbios name, the WMIC command brings back the serial number without error.
My question out of all this is, is there a way to force network scan to use the netbios name instead of the IP address to do inventory.
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Jun 9, 2010 at 10:06 UTC
Give this a read:
There are also good how-to's on setting up WMI and DCOM to work properly with the scan.
Jun 9, 2010 at 11:25 UTC
I understand how the scan works and how to troublehsoot the errors, but I want to know if there is a way to force the scan to use the netbios names to inventory the machines instead of using the IP address, as the IP address fails, but NetBios name works fine.
Jun 9, 2010 at 11:26 UTC
AFAIK what is listed in the link I provided is the way the scan works and can't be changed.
Jun 9, 2010 at 11:41 UTC
Well if it is, I can't find it. I'm tired of so many people in this comminity just linking things thinking they're helping when they just cause frustration. I've already done all the searching I can on this topic. I'm over it. Thanks for making my day that much more frustrating.
Jun 9, 2010 at 11:52 UTC
Jeff - I'm sorry your day has been so frustrating and that I contributed to that.
I am tired of so many people in this community not searching before they ask questions that have been addressed several times before or even in the help topics that Spiceworks itself provides. This situation contributes to my frustration levels.
Had you mentioned in your OP that you had already searched the community and read the help documentation I would not have referred you to that link and would have only given my second response.
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