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ML: It is a lazy wind that is blowing under that door.
GT: Pardon! - I have never heard that before.
ML: Oh it is something that Leo and Leone taught me last year when they visited.
The wind is so lazy - it blows through you and not round you.
GT: You are right the wind is beginning to chill my bones too. But I am much older than you, Mai Ling, and feel the cold more than I did as a younger woman.
ML: I too am getting older..another year on...my, how time flies...
GT: Isn't that what Leo called "Tempus Fugit?"
ML: Fancy learning Latin at our age! You know, it really was a good idea having those children from the International School stay with the youngsters. Is anything happening this time around?
GT: No, although Little Ming and Little Fung were invited back by Leo and Leone to spend some time at the school.
ML: I think I remember them going on that trip but the details of their escapades are vague.
GT: Wouldn't it have been wonderful if they could have gone back to England with Leo and Leone. They left China last Saturday.
ML: Oh, for the opportunity to see another country, to see how other people live...
GT: If only we had had those chances to travel... Little Ming and Little Fung have done much, much more than we have ever done.
ML: That is a fact! That pair have quite an interesting time of it!
GT: Not like when you were a girl....
ML: Now, you are laughing at me Granma T. Although younger than you, I feel more in keeping with your generation ...
GT: And here I am thinking of you as a really modern miss!
ML: You are too kind, but just think how long I have worked here!
GT: Perhaps I had better not. I just know that we couldn't run the business without you. And it was you that insisted we modernise. Oh what was that phrase of Leone's?
ML: We have to GET WITH IT!
GT: That's right.. I am going to GET us a drink of tea, can you GET those figures finished those figures without me?
ML: No problem... I will also leave a note for Wai Ping to put a strip on the bottom of that door. We might as well as well have comfort as we get older....

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Title text: When charged particles of more than 5 TeV pass through a bubble chamber, they leave a trail of candy.
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world's largest particle accelerator, used in physics research, and particularly for finding the Higgs Boson. The Higgs Boson is one quantum excitation of the Higgs Field, in the same way as the photon is a quantum of the electromagnetic field. Interaction between particles and the Higgs field can explain why other particles have mass. The Higgs Boson was first detected in 2012, and confirmed to exist in March 2013. It was the last particle of the Standard Model of Physics to be experimentally confirmed.
At the time of this comic's writing, the LHC was nearing completion, and the comic imagines experimental physicists starting up the LHC for the first time. It has taken many years to complete, and its purpose is mainly to prove the Higgs Boson exists - but in the comic it turns out the experiment does not show the boson. Since they can't see the Higgs Boson, they can only wait for the theorists to determine what actually happened - and maybe they would then come up with an even more expensive way to find it. In reality, experiments ran for many years and were analyzed for a very long time (4–5 years) before the scientists could conclude that the particle did exist. But imagine the opposite - and you have the scenario of this comic with a five-year delay between panel 3 and 4.
After the experiment failed the bored physicists try frying pigeons with the proton stream and instead end up giving a helicopter cancer. Both of which are impossible. This is because the stream is contained within the LHC, and non-organic entities can't get cancer. However, the proton stream could cause considerable damage to pigeons or humans, if it could hit any, as the U-70 synchrotron did to Anatoli Bugorski in 1978.
At that time there was also a big concern by some people that the LHC could produce microscopic black holes. However, cosmic rays regularly strike Earth's atmosphere with particles at higher energies; thus, if the proposed doomsday scenario were possible it should have already happened. Many jokes were published like this video "LHC End of The World Black Hole".
The title text makes another joke about the effects of highly energetic particles, claiming that when they pass through a bubble chamber (an older particle detection device) they leave a trail of candy. TeV means teraelectronvolt and it equals 1012 eV. 5 TeV is about the energy of the LHC. It is of the order of the energy of a flying mosquito and would never be able to convert a liquid to candy or anything macroscopic.
- The Large Hadron Collider, CERN...
- Megan: Okay, moment of truth. "click"
- Large Hadron Collider: "VVVVVRRMMMMMM"
- Cueball: Do you see the Higgs Boson?
- Megan: Nope.
- Cueball: Huh.
- Megan: Well, then.
- Cueball: Until the theorists get back to us, wanna try hitting pigeons with the proton stream?
- Megan: Already on it. Cool! I just gave a helicopter cancer.
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- Probably to rub it in that the Higgs Boson is well in our past now. Davidy22[talk] 04:46, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
Apropos to birds, there was a mishap at the LHC involving a piece of bread dropped from a bird. That occurred months after this comic was made. --Quicksilver (talk) 04:36, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
As I see it, they are experimental physicists. They see the data, they do not find the Higgs boson, now it is the theoretical physicists' turn to find a new explanation of massive particles. Undee (talk) 12:40, 29 October 2013 (UTC)
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5. Those struggles in short-yardage situations are something that are going to cost the Ravens again
Let me start off by saying that I agree 100 percent with John Harbaughs decision to go for it on 4th-and-1 from the New England 33-yard line. The Ravens were down by nine points with 11 minutes left, but with the way the Patriots were moving the ball at that time, it seemed like a sure thing that they would at least tack on another field goal before the game ended. People are going to second-guess the play call, but they would have second-guessed it if they threw an incomplete pass there, too. I would have liked to see them give it to Rice there; instead, he stood on the sideline with his helmet in one hand and his hands on his hips. But I understand why rookie Bernard Pierce got the carry; he is their new Ricky Williams, their new big-bodied back. Now that we got all of that out of the way, lets discuss the consequences. Whether it has been due to poor decisions, poor design or poor execution by the players, the Ravens have struggled in short-yardage situations the past two weeks. In the 24-23 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles last week, there were six situations when they needed to pick up two yards or fewer on third down or fourth down and they did not convert a single one. If this is not your first time on our website, then you probably know by now that they passed on all six plays, including their final two offensive plays of the game. On Sunday night, the Ravens converted a 3rd-and-2 when Flacco hit Torrey Smith on a crossing pattern. But Pierce was stuffed for a loss on that 4th-and-1 play early in the fourth quarter -- a decision that would later be scrutinized had the Ravens lost. I think thats something we need to do well, Harbaugh said. I really do believe that we will be very good on 3rd-and-1 and 4th-and-1. I think thats something we have the offensive line and the running backs to do. ... So I think well go for those a lot. I want to go for those. The Ravens won, though, and that fourth-down failure will get glossed over because a thrilling, emotional, back-and-forth battle with the hated Patriots ended in their favor. But these issues in short-yardage situations already cost them dearly against the Eagles. The Ravens need to make sure that not being able to pick up that longest yard wont cost them again in the future.
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"It was wild. He didn't give me any warning, especially the second time and went straight for the gate," Perez said. "My life went before my eyes for a few seconds. I was thinking about bailing but saw there was enough space between the gate and the rail to get through, so I grabbed his mane and hoped for the best. Once we cleared the gate he re-broke again and almost won the race. It was really close. In fact, Forest Boyce (who was aboard Turbin) congratulated me after the wire."
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"I have watched the replay many times with my fiancé and I still cannot believe what happened. I am grateful to be here," added Perez, who has been a regular rider in Maryland since September 2011. "The guys in the room were impressed. When I came back to the jocks room it was funny because nothing bad happened but Mary Eppler was apologizing to me, but this is part of the business. I had ridden him three times before and he never did anything like that before. He is a nice, kind horse."
Eppler reported Sunday afternoon that Spicer Cub "is fine" with no nicks or cuts from his adventure.
Perez's remarkable ride and track announcer Dave Rodman's outstanding call of the race have received plenty of positive attention.
"It was probably the wildest race I have ever called," said Rodman, who has called races at the major Maryland tracks since March 1991. "It beats the Afleet Alex incident in the 2005 Preakness and tops the guy running on the track (1999 Preakness day). All I could do was keep my eyes on the X-Man (Perez's nickname) and Spicer Cub. I can't believe he went through that hole between the outer rail and the gate. It was really something else. I really thought he was going to win the race. Xavier did an amazing job. It was certainly a gutsy ride."
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SALT LAKE CITY, UT — Starting Thursday, Verizon Wireless customers in Ogden will be able to surf the web, download files and share music and photos up to 10 times faster than before with Verizon Wireless' 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) network. The network launches on July 21 and will be available to customers from 12th Street in the north to South Ogden 40th Street in the south and Harrison Boulevard in the east to I-15 in the west.
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Bride To Sue After MORTIFYING Wedding Video Goes VIRAL
A recently married couple are suing their wedding videographer after humiliating footage of the drunk groom trying ( very unsuccessfully) to remove the bride's garter has gone VIRAL.
The internet is a powerful tool, all it takes is one video, snap or moment to go viral. Unfortunately for Monica and Felix, that moment happened to be the most cringe-worthy part of their special day.
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In the video, which has been now been pulled from the internet, viewers saw the mortifying moment the blindingly drunk groom wasn't able to remove his wife's garter and then fell down right on the top of her. The look on the bride's face said it all.
When the newlyweds received their wedding video, they hid it so no one would ever see THAT moment. However, they soon found out that the clip was on YouTube, Reddit and Facebook - racking up millions of views by the minute.
The newlyweds are suing the photographer for "intentional infliction of emotional distress.".
Experts predict that couple has an uphill battle on their hands. A videographer generally has copyright over their footage.
What do you think about the couple's lawsuit? Would you do the same?
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I started last year's, might as well start this year's now that we have a preseason to judge upon (LOL, a little humor there).
Unfortunately, I'll have to start this one off with a bucket of cold water.
at San Francisco 49ers - LOSS
at Pittsburgh Steelers - LOSS
vs Arizona Cardinals - LOSS
vs Atlanta Falcons - LOSS
at New York Giants - LOSS
at Cleveland Browns - WIN
vs Cincinnati Bengals - WIN
at Dallas Cowboys - LOSS
vs Baltimore Ravens - LOSS
at St. Louis Rams - LOSS
vs Washington Redskins - WIN
vs Philadelphia Eagles - LOSS
vs St. Louis Rams - WIN
at Chicago Bears - LOSS
at San Francisco 49ers - WIN
vs Arizona Cardinals - LOSS
5-11. Rams take the division.


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Reports of Capt. John S. Mosby, Virginia Cavalry.
|This page contains several of the ORs that Mosby (The Gray Ghost) made relating to his exploits in Northern Virginia. There are several of them contained here so just scroll down and enjoy.
Skirmishes near Fairfax Court-House and at Middleburg, Va.
February 4, 1863.
Maj. Gen. J. E. B. STUART.
GENERAL: I arrived in this neighborhood about one week ago. Since then I have been, despite the bad weather, quite actively engaged with the enemy. The result up to this time has been the capture of 28 Yankee cavalry, together with all their horses, arms, &c. The evidence of parole I forward with this. I have also paroled a number of deserters. Col. Sir Percy Wyndham, with over 200 cavalry, came up to Middleburg last week to punish me, as he said, for my raids on his picket line. I had a slight skirmish with him, in which my loss was 3 men, captured by the falling of their horses; the enemy's loss, 1 man and 3 horses captured. He set a very nice trap a few days ago to catch me in. I went into it, but, contrary to the colonel's expectations, brought the trap off with me, killing 1: capturing 12, the balance running. The extent of the annoyance I have been to the Yankees may be judged of by the fact that, baffled in their attempts to capture me, they threaten to retaliate on citizens for my acts.
I forward to you some correspondence I have had on the subject. The most of the infantry have left Fairfax and gone toward Fredericksburg. In Fairfax there are five or six regiments of cavalry; there are about 300 at Dranesville. They are so isolated from the rest of the command that nothing would be easier than their capture. I have harassed them so much that they do not keep their pickets over half a mile from camp. There is no artillery there. I start on another trip day after to-morrow.
I am, most respectfully, yours, &c.,
Affair near Germantown, Va.
FAUQUIER COUNTY, VA., February 28, 1863.
Maj. Gen. J. E. B. STUART.
GENERAL: I have the honor to report that at 4 o'clock on the morning of the 26th instant I attacked and routed, on the Ox road, in Fairfax, about 2 miles from Germantown, a cavalry outpost, consisting of a lieutenant and 50 men. The enemy's loss was 1 lieutenant and 3 men killed and 5 captured; number of wounded not known; also 39 horses, with all their accouterments, brought off. There were also 3 horses killed. I did not succeed in gaining the rear of the post, as I expected, having been discovered by a vedette when several hundred yards off, who fired and gave the alarm, which compelled me to charge them in front. In the terror and confusion occasioned by our terrific yells, the most of them saved themselves by taking refuge in a dense thicket, where the darkness effectually concealed them. There was also a reserve of 100 men half a mile off who might come to the rescue. Already encumbered with prisoners and horses, we were in no condition for fighting. I sustained no loss. The enemy made a small show of fight, but quickly yielded. They were in log-houses, with the chinking knocked out, and ought to have held it against a greatly superior force, as they all had carbines.
My men behaved very gallantly, although mostly raw recruits. I had only 27 men with me. I am still receiving additions to my numbers. If you would let me have some of the dismounted men of the First Cavalry, I would undertake to mount them. I desire some written instructions from you with reference to exportation of products within the enemy's lines. I wish the bearer of this to bring back some ammunition, also some large-size envelopes and blank paroles.
I have failed to mention the fact that the enemy pursued me as far as Middleburg without accomplishing anything.
I am, most respectfully, your obedient servant,
Skirmish near Aldie, Va
March 3, 1863.
Maj. Gen. J. E. B. STUART.
GENERAL: Yesterday a Yankee cavalry force of about 400 men came up to Middleburg. As soon as I heard of it I hastily collected together 17 of my men and started in pursuit, having in the meantime ascertained that they had gone back. At Aldie I overtook their rear squadron, of 59 men, which I charged and routed, capturing 2 captains and 17 men, together with their arms; also 23 horses and accouterments. Two of my men were slightly wounded. I have sent all the prisoners but 2 on to Culpeper Court-House. A wounded captain was paroled.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
Affair at Fairfax Court-House, Va
March 11, 1863.
Maj. Gen. J. E. B. STUART.
GENERAL: I have the honor to report that having accurately ascertained the number and disposition of the troops in Fairfax County, I determined to make the attempt to reach Fairfax Court House, where the general headquarters of that portion of the army were established. Sunday night, the 8th instant, being dark and rainy, was deemed propitious. I proceeded down the Little River pike to within about 3 miles of Chantilly; then, turning to the right, crossed the road leading from Centreville to Frying Pan, about halt way between Centreville and the Little River pike; then proceeding on toward Fairfax Court House, came upon the Warrenton pike at a point about 4 miles distant from Fairfax Court-House. I then kept the pike until I got within about a mile and a half of the Court-House, when I turned to the right in order to avoid some infantry camps, and came into Fairfax Court-House from the direction of the railroad station. The few guards stationed around the town, unsuspecting danger, were easily captured. I then sent one party to the headquarters of Colonel Wyndham (acting brigadier), another party to Colonel Johnstone's, while with 6 men I went myself to Brigadier General Stoughton's. Unfortunately Colonel Wyndham had gone down to Washington, but his assistant adjutant-general and aide-de-camp were made prisoners. Colonel Johnstone, having received notice of our presence, made his escape. General Stoughton I found in bed asleep, as well as his staff and escort, whom we captured. Afterward, in the darkness and confusion, two officers of his staff made their escape.
While these things were going on, other detachments of my men were busily engaged in clearing the stables of the fine horses with which they were filled. It was about 2 o'clock when I reached the CourtHouse, and I did not deem it safe to remain there over one hour and a half, as we were 10 miles within the enemy's lines, and it was necessary that we should get out before daylight, the close proximity of the enemy's forces rendering our situation one of great peril, there being three regiments of cavalry camped 1 mile distant, at. Germantown, two infantry regiments within a few hundred yards of the town, one infantry brigade in the vicinity of Fairfax Station, and another infantry brigade, with artillery and cavalry, at Centreville. About 3.30 o'clock, therefore, I left the place, going in the direction of Fairfax Station, in order to deceive the enemy as to my line of retreat should they attempt pursuit; then, wheeling to the right, took the pike to Centreville at a point about a mile and a half from Fairfax Court-House. When I came to within a half mile of Centreville I again turned to the right, passed so close to the fortifications there that the sentinels on the redoubts hailed us, while we could distinctly see the bristling cannon through the embrasures. We passed within a hundred yards of their infantry pickets without molestation, swam Cub Run, and again came into the Warrenton pike at Groveton.
I have not yet heard whether the enemy pursued. It was my purpose to have reached the Court-House by 12 o'clock, but this was frustrated by our mistaking our road in the darkness, by which we were delayed two hours; but for this occurrence I should have had ample time not only to have made more captives, but also to have destroyed the large amount of quartermaster's, commissary, and sutlers' stores accumulated there. They were stored in the houses of the town, and it was impossible to have burned them without destroying the town.
The fruits of this expedition are 1 brigadier-general (Stoughton), 2 captains, and 30 men prisoners. We also brought off 58 horses, most of them being very fine, belonging to officers; also a considerable number of arms. We left hundreds of horses in the stables and other places, having no way of bringing them off, as I was already encumbered with more prisoners and horses than I had men. I had 29 men with me; sustained no loss. They all behaved admirably.
I have the honor to be, most respectfully, your obedient servant,
Captain, Commanding.
Affair at Herndon Station, Va.
March 18, 1863.
GENERAL: Yesterday I attacked a body of the enemy's cavalry at Herndon Station, in Fairfax County, completely routing them I brought off 25 prisoners--a major (Wells), 1 captain, 2 lieutenants, and 21 men, all their arms, 26 horses and equipments. One, severely wounded, was left on the ground. The enemy pursued me in force, but were checked by my rear guard, and gave up the pursuit. My loss was nothing.
The enemy have moved their cavalry from Germantown back of Fairfax Court-House, on the Alexandria pike.
In this affair my officers and men behaved splendidly.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
Captain, Commanding.
Skirmish on the Little River Turnpike, near Chantilly, Va.
April 7, 1863.
Maj. Gen. J. E. B. STUART.
GENERAL: I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of the cavalry under my command since rendering my last report:
On Monday, March 16, I proceeded down the Little River pike to capture two outposts of the enemy, each numbering 60 or 70 men. I did not succeed in gaining their rear, as I expected, and only captured 4 or 5 vedettes. It being late in the evening, and our horses very much jaded, I concluded to return. I had gone not over a mile back when we saw a large body of the enemy's cavalry, which, according to their own reports, numbered 200 men, rapidly pursuing. I reigned a retreat, desiring to draw them off from their camps. At a point where the enemy had blockaded the road with fallen trees I formed to receive them, for with my knowledge of the Yankee character I knew they would imagine themselves fallen into an ambuscade. When they had come within 100 yards of me, I ordered a charge, to which my men responded with a vim that swept everything before them. The Yankees broke when we got within 75 yards of them, and it was more of a chase than a fight for 4 or 5 miles. We killed 5, wounded a considerable number, and brought off 1 lieutenant and 35 men prisoners. I did not have over 50 men with me, some having gone back with the prisoners and others having gone on ahead when we started back, not anticipating any pursuit.
On Monday, March 31, I went down in the direction of Dranesville to capture several strong outposts in the vicinity of that place. On reaching there, I discovered that they had fallen back about 10 miles down the Alexandria pike. I then returned 6 or 8 miles back, and stopped about 10 o'clock at night at a point about 2 miles from the pike.
Early the next morning one of my men, whom I had left over on the Leesburg pike, came dashing in, and announced the rapid approach of the enemy. But he had scarcely given us the information when the enemy appeared a few hundred yards off, coming up at a gallop. At this time our horses were eating; all had their bridles off, and some even their saddles; they were all tied in a barn-yard. Throwing open the gate, I ordered a counter-charge, to which the men promptly responded. The Yankees, never dreaming of our assuming the offensive, terrified at the yells of the men as they dashed on, broke and fled in every direction. We drove them in confusion 7 or 8 miles down the pike. We left on the field 9 of them killed, among them a captain and lieutenant, and about 15 too badly wounded for removal; in this lot 2 lieutenants. We brought off 82 prisoners, many of these also wounded.
I have since visited the scene of the fight. The enemy sent up a flag of truce for their dead and wounded, but many of them being severely wounded, they established a hospital on the ground. The surgeon who attended them informs me that a great number of those who escaped were wounded.
The force of the enemy was six companies of the First Vermont Cavalry, one of their oldest and best regiments, and the prisoners inform me that they had every available man with them. There were certainly not less than 200; the prisoners say it was more than that. I had about 65 men in this affair. In addition to the prisoners, we took all their arms and about 100 horses and equipments.
Privates Hart, Hurst, Keyes, and Davis were wounded. The latter has since died. Both on this and several other occasions they have borne themselves with conspicuous gallantry. In addition to those mentioned above, I desire to place on record the names of several others, whose promptitude and boldness in closing in with the enemy contributed much to the success of the fight; they are Lieutenant William H. Chapman (late of Dixie Artillery), Sergeant Hunter, and Privates Wellington and Harry Hatcher, Turner, Wild, Sowers, Ames, and Sibert. There are many others, I have no doubt, deserving of honorable mention, but the above are only those who came under my personal observation.
I confess that on this occasion I had not taken sufficient precautions to guard against surprise. It was 10 [o'clock] at night when I reached the place where the fight came off on the succeeding day. We had ridden through snow and mud upward of 40 miles, and both men and horses were nearly broken down; besides, the enemy had fallen back a distance of about 18 miles.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Captain, commanding.
Skirmish at Seneca Mills, Md.
June 10, 1863.
Maj. Gen. J. E. B. STUART.
General: I left our point of rendezvous yesterday for the purpose of making a night attack on two cavalry companies of the enemy on the Maryland shore.
Had I succeeded in crossing the river at night, as I expected, I would have had no difficulty in capturing them; but, unfortunately, my guide mistook the road, and, instead of crossing by 11 o clock at night, I did not get over until after daylight.
The enemy (between 80 and 100 strong), being apprised of my movement, were formed to receive me.
A charge was ordered, the shock of which the enemy could not resist, and they were driven several miles in confusion, with the loss of 7 killed, a considerable number wounded, and 17 prisoners; also 20 odd horses or more. We burned their tents, stores, camp equipage, &c.
I regret the loss of 2 brave officers killed--Captain Brawner and Lieutenant [George H.] Whitescarver. I also had 1 man wounded.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
Major of Partisan Rangers.
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We had the sense to take Mr. Gaga with us this year to the corn maze and the pumpkin patch.
Of course, there was no troubles and it was smooth sailing.
It was the exact opposite of last year's adventures in the pumpkin patch when I got lost and had a little altercation……
The first fall I was living in Connecticut after living as a newlywed in New York for a little while, I thought it would be so fun and whimsical to spend a fall day at a pumpkin patch with Mr. Gaga.
The first mistake I made was to wear a cool outfit that I would wear to go somewhere in NYC – which of course included a pointy-toed boot with a spike heel. I kept sinking into the muddy patch and could barely stand up straight – let alone bend over and pick up a pumpkin.
To add insult to injury, when I wasn't twisting my ankle, or tripping on pumpkin vines, I was narrowly avoiding small children that were running around me in circles. While I was trying very hard to be cute and romantic, there were 50 children around that I narrowly avoided crushing or poking their eye out with my stiletto.
Mr. Gaga was annoyed with me, "Why would you wear this outfit to go pumpkin-picking?" he grumbled between clenched teeth as he held me up by my elbow, helping me to not commit involuntary manslaughter on all of the children in the patch.
"Ugh – why are these children here – ruining our romantic time in the pumpkin patch?" I
screamed as loud as I could thought to myself.
I remember sweating to death as the sun beat down on us while we waited in line to pay for our pumpkins and apple fritters, swatting at yellow jackets that swarmed around the whole facility.
It was not exactly what I had in mind, and Mr. Gaga swore he would never go again.
I have since learned what is appropriate attire for "pumpkin patch day" – and have grown accustomed to going with children, sweating to death, and becoming completely filthy and exhausted from the whole ordeal. All to come home with a couple of pumpkins to put on our front steps.
Today my best friends, A and L were in town and all of our husbands were doing something to entertain themselves, as usual, so we decided to try out a new place that offered a corn maze, and other activities outside of just pumpkin-picking.
"What should we wear?" I asked L.
"Well – A's husband said that since it poured rain last night the whole place will be muddy. We better wear our rain boots."*
*Rain or shine – we will use any excuse to wear our rainboots. Let me just say that outside of the UGG – this whole "wear hideous rainboots as a fashion statement" trend is the best thing to happen to mothers since the double stroller.
So off I went thrilled to move my foot out of a flip-flop directly into a rainboot – and excited for a fun day.
We were running late and when we arrived I parked the car quickly and we all got out of the car. I had parked very close to the car next to me and I noticed there was a young couple sitting in the car, buckling their seatbelts getting ready to leave.
It was a tight squeeze -I saw the young woman watching me as I pushed the kids along in between the two cars. I was tempted to knock on the window and say "Enjoy your romantic Sundays, because once you get knocked up, it's over honey." but I thought better of it.
I thought back to when Mr. Gaga and I were young and those days of coming to the pumpkin patch with no kids. I had a flashback to how I felt when I was a young newlywed enjoying a fall day with nothing to worry about except how I looked. I looked at the actual pumpkin patch when we arrived and thought of how ridiculous I was to wear heels!!
Now – my looks are clearly the last priority as I arrived with a shirt, jeans and rainboots on what was shaping up to be a beautiful, HOT, SUNNY, DRY day….
When we arrived the kids had a blast just hanging out on huge haystacks for like a half hour!
Then off we went to the "corn pit." As Michael explained later to my husband, "It was like a "corn box," like a sandbox has sand in it – it was like that….except instead of sand, it was corn."
Weird right?
It was corn-effing-tastic.
L is in the midst of building a house right now – and we all agreed that she would speak to her husband about adding a "corn-box." to the backyard landscaping plan.
We spent hours rolling around in the corn….
It was magical.
By this time – we were hot and sunburned from the glorious afternoon and realized how absurd it was that we were wearing big heavy rainboots in the dusty dry fields.
A found one puddle in the whole place and we all felt obligated to step in it.
Before we knew it – we had spent most of our day in the cornpit – and we hadn't even gotten a pumpkin or gone through the maze.
"Do we really have to go in there?" A begged, "We will never get out!"
The kids insisted – so armed with maps we headed in. We were supposed to find clues along the way to solve some sort of mystery.
Fast forward 30 minutes – the clue charts were thrown in the corn and we were frantically running in circles looking for the light of day.
It was very clear that we were not good at mazes.
We kept grabbing the map from each other and just staring at it blankly. We would then look up and say "Um, go that way….."
Finally A led us out to safety and we went to the pumpkin patch to finally pick out some pumpkins.
It was a great day, a great way to kick off fall.
We ambled up to our cars, pulling wagons heavy with pumpkins. As I approached my car I saw a note on my windshield.
Remember that couple from the morning?
The ones in the car parked closely next to mine?
They left me a note.
Let's just say that it seems like someone skipped their anger management class today……and lets just say that that someone frantically used their dunkin donuts bag as a piece of paper to be sure she could get me a message……
To think I was going to warn them about what it will be like to have kids!!!
I guess they will have to just find out on their own….
and you know what they say….
xo, Ladygoogoogaga


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Software Pinpoints Traffic Accident "Hotspots"
COLUMBUS , Ohio -- Ohio State University scientists have created software that can identify traffic accident hotspots on state roadways.
The software is publicly available and can be adapted for use by any state, said Christopher Holloman, associate director of the Statistical Consulting Service in Ohio State's Department of Statistics. Currently, the Ohio State Highway Patrol is using it to help position its cruisers during major holidays.
"We can make predictions for every major roadway in Ohio, under all possible road conditions, for every hour of the day, for every day of the week," Holloman said.
The software relies on reports of injuries and fatalities from the highway patrol, and incorporates statistics about what makes accidents happen.
Common accident causes such as speeding or alcohol consumption are fairly easy to model using computers, Holloman explained. Others -- such as when a driver will be distracted by a cell phone -- are impossible. So the software makes general forecasts.
The key to making the software work in a particular state is the quality of the accident data, Holloman said. The Ohio State Highway Patrol was able to gather precise data from nearly all 88 Ohio counties, including the location of crashes.
"Everyone would love to be able to predict exactly where and when the next crash would be, but there are just too many factors involved, and too much randomness to do that," he said. "We can confidently make broad statements, like whether a particular piece of roadway is riskier at a particular time."
Not surprisingly, the software indicates that most speeding accidents in Ohio happen during weekday rush hours, and most drunk-driving accidents happen on the weekends between 2:00 and 3:00 a.m. -- after the bars close. But it did reveal some facts that weren't so obvious.
In Columbus, for instance, most speeding accidents happen on the northern potion of the outer beltway, Interstate 270. But Interstate 71, which divides the city north to south, is a hotspot for drunk-driving accidents.
Ohio is the seventh most populated state in the United States, and most residents live in and around the cities of Columbus, Cleveland, and Cincinnati.
Holloman expected to find that most fatal traffic accidents happen near those three cities. He didn't expect to find that most fatalities around Columbus and Cincinnati happen on the interstates, while near Cleveland more fatalities occur on the U.S. routes and state routes, as people cross the border to and from Pennsylvania. He says that his contacts at the highway patrol didn't seem surprised.
"It confirmed what they already knew, which is fine," he said. The software can't indicate the underlying cause of why a particular area is prone to a particular type of accident, but it may help the highway patrol find those answers. "We see the software as a supplement to officer expertise, and to the efforts of the highway patrol's quantitative analysis group, which does its own analysis of crash data."
"It's just one more tool in the patrol's toolbox."
Holloman and his colleagues have been issuing reports to the highway patrol in advance of every major holiday since July 4, 2006. That first report only covered interstates around major Ohio cities. Last fall, they expanded their computer model to include all Ohio interstates, U.S. routes and state routes for which crash data was available. Now they've combined the software with Google Earth, which Holloman said will make the tool even easier to use.
Google Earth offers an interactive map of the entire globe, including major roadways. The Ohio State software color-codes the roadways in Ohio, so that users can zoom in to see the general likelihood of accidents in any region of the state.
It's not something the average person would run on their home computer, however. The software uses a 900-megabyte database that details every traffic accident that occurred on Ohio highways from 2001-2005, and generates 50 gigabytes of output data. The equations that Holloman and his colleagues developed to connect all that data took two weeks to process at the Ohio Supercomputer Center.
The software would have to be modified to fit other states, and Holloman said the university's Statistical Consulting Service would like to do that. Other states would benefit from the fact that the Ohio State Highway Patrol paid the $40,000 development costs; customizing the software for a new state would cost about half as much.
The key to making the software work in a particular state is the quality of the accident data, Holloman said. The Ohio State Highway Patrol was able to gather precise data from nearly all 88 Ohio counties, including the location of crashes.
"I have to wonder if other states have such good data collection," Holloman said. "Having the latitude and longitude of the crashes was fantastic."
The Ohio Supercomputer Center donated the computing resources for this study.
#Contact: Christopher Holloman, (614) 292-0738; firstname.lastname@example.com
Written by Pam Frost Gorder, (614) 292-9475; email@example.com


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Quvenzhane Wallis, the Oscar-nominated star of "Beasts of the Southern Wild," gets a new lease on a hard-knock life in the first trailer for "Annie," an upcoming remake of the beloved stage and screen musical.
Directed by Will Gluck ("Easy A") and produced by Will and Jada Smith and hip-hop mogul Jay Z, the new "Annie" stars 10-year-old Wallis as the intrepid, orphaned youngster who gets an opportunity to escape the tyranny of her cruel headmistress after a chance encounter with a wealthy mayoral candidate.
Cameron Diaz plays the headmistress, Miss Hannigan, channeling some of her "Bad Teacher" naughtiness, and Jamie Foxx plays Benjamin Stacks, this movie's equivalent of Daddy Warbucks. Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale also star.
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Opening Dec. 19 from Columbia Pictures, the long-gestating movie had been slated to feature the Smiths' daughter, Willow, in the lead role, but she aged out of consideration.
The "Annie" remake updates the setting from Depression-era New York to the present day and includes topical gags referencing George Clooney and Facebook, but it appears that the arc of the story and syrupy tone have been retained.
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The hunt is on! You're the Last Bounty Hunter
>> Sunday, May 27, 2007
The Last Bounty Hunter finally made it to CD-i in 1997 and marked the end of CapDisc's CD-i productions including these excellent conversions of American laser Games. The Last Bounty Hunter is American Laser Games largest production and live action cast of all. Around one hundred actors contributed their talents to this interactive experience. Equipped with a six-shooter and sometimes a shotgun, your job as a bounty hunter will require you to track down four of the most vicious outlaws in the West: Nasty Dan, El Loco, The Cactus Kid, and Handsome Harry. Unfortunately, these outlaws have scores of gunfighters protecting them, so you'd better be alert.
Confused as "Mad Dog McCree 3", the gameplay is exactly the same in all the other ALG games on CD-i: Mad Dog McCree, Who Shot Johnny Rock, Crime Patrol; The difference with older American laser Games is that this one makes more use of FMV live shooting instead of static 'multiple shooting' sequences. While they can use these to lengthen the game and take away predicting enemies, it is also far more repetitive and doesn't invite me to replay scenes. So in this case, The Last Bounty Hunter is definately one of the best you can get. The setting is about the same as the two Mad Dog McCree games.
this game is based on line action in first person perspective, and you need to analyze situations quickly and shoot any threats before they shoot you. Be careful though, not all characters that appear are threats, some are innocent civilians that like to jump in your way while you're blasting away with your pistol. The pursuit of each outlaw takes you through different shootout scenarios and challenges ranging from a saloon to a bank to an Old West version of Chinatown.
Targeting can be set to either the CD-i Gun or the CD-i Mouse/Trackball. While the Gun is far more fun to play with, it is also a little slow and using the mouse you can reach higher accuracy. On the Internet I read about a PC feature of this game that automatically adjusts the level of difficulty to the player's shooting skills. I wonder if CapDisc included this in the CD-i version, but after playing in several ways, I don't notice anything of this. Who will tell?
You will probably die a lot in this game. In fact, you won't be able to play continuously for 30 seconds, because of unforseen one-killers by an unexpected enemy. This makes the game a little frustrating, and sometimes you will feel cheated why a guy shot you before you even had the chance of killing him. Thankfully, you have unlimited lives. After a while you remember when a ceratin enemy will pop up, so you'll keep the cursor ready at the enemy's spot.
Here's the promotional video of Philips Media about The Last Bounty Hunter:
The production value in The Last Bounty Hunter is very high. The acting is first rate (although a little cheesy) and really adds up to the Western atmosphere. The set design and setting is also first rate. In fact, The Last Bounty Hunter was filmed with the assistance of Old Tucson Studios in an Old Tucson setting. The same locations were used in some well known movies including Tombstone, Rio Bravo, and Lightning Jack. the CD-i version offers one of the best graphics of all the console versions, without a doubt. Thanks to the use of the Digital Video Cartridge, no other console can keep up with this high level of quality.
Interestingly, ALG continued the route of taking different paths to the end of the game to improve replay value, like they did with mad Dog McCree 2. One of the gunfighters that protects the four outlaws is a world record holder in fast draw competition in real life. Let me tell you this guy is QUICK! He can fill you full of lead in the time it takes to blink. All in all, some very nice touches.
There are also a few negatives to say about The Last Bounty Hunter. First, you can complete the game within one hour. For the original price of fifty dollars one would expect more than ONE hour of gameplay! But the scenes are great to play although replay value is low because it's the same story over and over again. Very little is randomized in this game, in fact this counts for every American Laser Game. It's still up to offer you the most addictive one-hour-of-shooting CD-i has to offer. In fact, nothing can beat real video killing.
All in all, I had a great one hour of gameplay with the Last Bounty Hunter. Production qualities are top notch, the acting believable, and the action non-stop. In short, I had a blast. Though the game is enjoyable, I wouldn't pay the high amount of money it requires to get an original copy of the second hand market. Mind you this is one of the most rare CD-i titles to get, and I've seen prices over 100 dollars. Crazy I know, and that's why it's important to know that this game doesn't offer a lot more than the other ALG games which are offered cheaper, probably because The Last Hunter has been released only in Western Europe. (While the game itself was created in 1993/1994, the decision to port it to CD-i took a long time!)
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Worship in the Heavenlies
What happens in worship? You might say: "We work our way through a familiar liturgy." "We respond to the pastor's invitation." "We wait for a fresh experience with the Holy Spirit." "We see how sinful we are …Read More
Paul Hahn
Rev. Paul Hahn is the church planter of Redeemer Church in Knoxville, Tenn.


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Liquid Force's goal in creating kids products is to provide the small rider with something they can truly progress on. The DREAM wakeboard continues along this path and focuses on the evolution of the riders abilities.
The 2016 DREAM bindings are packed full of features. These bindings provide a stable platform for your little dreamers to build their skills and have fun doing so. With a single lace system and Velcro strap there is more time on the water and less time wasting the butter!
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