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Best TV mistakes of all time
The best and biggest TV mistakes of all time. Vote as you browse around to help the best rise to the top! Show entries not limited by media.
The One Where Ross Finds Out - S2-E7
Continuity mistake: When Rachel finds out that Ross and Julie are getting a cat, watch Rachel's neck. When she says "together?" she's not wearing a necklace; cut to Ross and Julie for a fraction of a second, then when it cuts back to Rachel saying "both of you?" she's suddenly wearing a necklace. It then disappears again when she says "isn't that just lovely?" hanging off the side of the tray she's holding.
SpongeBob Meets the Strangler / Pranks a Lot - S3-E20
Plot hole: When the invisible Spongebob and Patrick scare Sandy, they are using a sheet to appear as "ghosts". However, the form of the sheet reveals that they don't have their helmet bowls on. How could they survive in the treedome that time? They sounded fine, not dehydrated.
The Importance of Being Phoebe - S5-E11
Continuity mistake: When Phoebe is lying on the ground and is supposed to be unconscious, when Cole goes to pick her up you can see Phoebe throw her arms around his neck.
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Homer's Vegas wife shows him the video in front of Marge, it shows Homer kissing Ned. This didn't happen when she showed it in the Vegas episode.
Continuity mistake: Lily and Marshall mention that they've been using the same toothbrush ever since they've been together, but in the 14th episode of the 1st season, "Zip, zip, zip", Marshall and Lily are simultaneously brushing their teeth with a tooth brush each (before Ted and Victoria get home).
Full House (1987)
Continuity mistake: In episode 10 (Joey's Place) the Tanner family move Joey into the garage, redecorating it so the entire place is filled with Joey's furniture, yet in episode 12 (Our Very First Promo), it shows the characters in and out of the garage which is completely empty and back the way it was before Joey moved in.
Visible crew/equipment: When Dewey yells for Lois because the bow was put on the present, if you look to the left of Lois, you will see a crewmember kneeling down, handing Lois the red dress, who is holding a bucket of water. He quickly gets out of the camera's view. [This is on the DVD of the first season. Someone said on the audio commentary that after catching it, they deliberately left it in to see if anyone would spot it. It's still a mistake, but that's why it's there.]
Prison Break (2005)
Fire/Water - S3-E2
Continuity mistake: When Scofield has water poured in to his glass the water level isn't even a quarter full, however, when it cuts back the glass is half full.
Continuity mistake: In the apartment there is a cardboard box on a table, with a strip of blue tape on it and a tube of paper sticking out of it. A few shots later another strip of blue tape suddenly appears on the box and the tube of paper has vanished.
Gilmore Girls (2000)
Star-Crossed Lovers and Other Strangers - S1-E16
Visible crew/equipment: In the scene where Rory asks Lorelai to call Emily to get her out of Friday Night Dinner so she can celebrate her and Dean's 3-month anniversary, a boom mic drops into the shot as Lorelai stands to get the phone.
Continuity mistake: Alan is sitting at the kitchen table talking to his son Jake about a math test on which Jake got a bad grade. At the beginning of the scene Alan holds the open test in his left hand. When the camera switches back to him a second later the test is now in his right hand. Finally at the end of the scene the test is back in his left hand but is now folded.
Sex and the City (1998)
Visible crew/equipment: When Charlotte approaches Wyle in front of the fire extinguisher, the boom mic is visible at the top of the screen.
Family Guy (1999)
Continuity mistake: Just before Peter enters the tunnel in his new car, the white line in the middle of the road is blotchy and not continuous. When the shot changes to Peter's POV, the line has completely disappeared. The next shot which shows the car side on, there is now a straight white line on the road.
Visible crew/equipment: When Jack, Kim and Teri are at the compound, Kim stands up shortly before Gaines first shot. On the left you see a crew member kneeling.
Continuity mistake: Willow is turned into a ghost. Throughout the entire episode, she can't touch anything (can't turn the pages of a book, etc.), yet towards the end when she and Giles go to Ethan's shop, and she leaves, you can hear that she opened and closed the door, even though she can walk through walls and can't actually touch the door. The curtain moves when she leaves too.
Supernatural (2005)
Hell House - S1-E17
Visible crew/equipment: When Dean, Sam, Ed and Harry have just shot Mordechai, the cameraman's arm is visible on the right-hand side of the screen.
Eastenders (1985)
Factual error: When Cindy wanted a hitman to kill Ian she looks in the yellow pages to find one. Surely the police and the makers of the yellow pages would have been alerted if a hitman agency wants to advertise itself in the yellow pages?
The Herb Garden Germination - S4-E20
Revealing mistake: When Sheldon is web chatting with Amy, we can hear Amy talking, but the bar at the top of Sheldon's computer screen indicates that the sound is off.
The Prisoner (1967)
Free for All - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: Throughout the episode, Number 6's lapels switch from having solid to broken white piping and back again.
Continuity mistake: When the Villains send their cronies (for example, Putties, Tengu Warriors, Cogs, Piranhatrons, etc.), their numbers constantly change from when they arrive, to when they leave. This is due to the use of Japanese footage used from Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger.
Visible crew/equipment: When Alan views the kitchen, a boom mic shadow can be seen in the top left of the screen.
Dark Shadows (1991)
Episode Nine - S1-E9
Continuity mistake: When Barnabas enters Josette's room, the door is painted white. When he leaves and Natalie follows, the door has changed to varnished wood.
Continuity mistake: In numerous shots of individual characters, while on the island, the sweat stains on their clothing significantly and repeatedly change, or disappear and reappear between shots.
Continuity mistake: When Charlie Epps is writing a quadrillion on the whiteboard, the writing alternates between shots. Most noticably when he first writes it down, there is a significant downward tendency of the 000 groups. In the next shot, they are pretty much horizontal. Also the shapes of the commas alter.
Dirty Harry - S4-E5
Continuity mistake: When Dexter listens to Officer Lundy's tape recording, we hear Lundy say that the Trinity killer's weight is 190 to 200 pounds. When we saw him recording that, he said 200 to 220 pounds.
Kobol's Last Gleaming (2) - S1-E15
Visible crew/equipment: In the scene where Starbuck attempts to retrieve Apollo's arrow, a crewman in a red tee shirt and dark vest can be seen standing just behind and to the right of the display case as she is shooting out the glass.
The Office (2005)
Survivor Man - S4-E7
Continuity mistake: In "The Alliance" (1-4), Pam says that the next office birthday is Meredith's, but it isn't until the next month. Later, in "Survivor Man", it is said that Meredith's birthday is at the end of 'Birthday Month', when many employees have birthdays close together. It wouldn't be possible for Meredith's birthday to both be the next office birthday but also at the end of the following month, which is stated to have many other birthdays in it.
South Park (1997)
Cartman Gets an Anal Probe - S1-E1
Continuity mistake: In the classroom there is a poster of The Laughing Cavalier in the back wall in the class. In the last shot of that scene you can notice that the poster has disappeared and is replaced with an astronaut poster.
Doctor Who (2005)
The Doctor Dances (2) - S1-E10
Factual error: Magnetic tape recorders weren't available outside of Germany during World War II. True the tape recorder could have been captured from the Germans, but, as it was "cutting edge" technology for 1941, it would hardly be likely to have ended up in a hospital office.
Revealing mistake: When the mall Santa lands in the Bundys' back yard, everybody looks toward the back, and when Al looks forward, he cracks a smile although he's upset about the matter. Ed O'Neil admitted he couldn't contain his laughter.


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Question: I have tried to buy groceries 3 times and been turned down 3 times by Telecheck. I called Telecheck from my bank they, said write smaller checks. I did once and that was turned down. I am so frustrated. What can I do to get a check through for food from Meijers and Walmart.
Answer: When a merchant such as a grocery store submits your check through Telecheck, it is analyzed and reviewed for evidence of unpaid checks, fraud and other factors that present a red flag for merchants.
Telecheck may return a code "3" back to the merchant, signaling the transaction contains a significant level of risk markers. This may occur even if you have sufficient funds in your account. Telecheck does not determine the balance of your account; it only analyzes the level of risk of a transaction.
According to Teleheck, "For any decline, you should have received a written notice providing information about the decline, including how and where to receive more detailed information. " You have a right to know what is prohibiting merchants from accepting your check.
Common reasons for a check being declined by Telecheck
1. Too many risk factors. The transaction carried other risk indicators. Basically once the transaction was analyzed; it had several characteristics that made it look risky.
2. Insufficient information in your file. You write very few checks which in and of itself makes you a risk factor; meaning they do not have sufficient information on you to make a decision to accept your check.
3. Fraud. At some time you may have reported fraud to your bank or the police. A report of fraud about your bank account, even if you made the report yourself, may cause your checks to be declined in Telecheck. For instance, your check book was stolen and you reported a range of check numbers to the bank so they would know not to honor those check numbers. A fraud report to your bank may have been submitted to Telecheck also.
4. Identification. Your driver's license number could be used, unbeknown to you, in fraudulent activity such as cashing checks on other accounts. If this occurs, your driver's license number or identification can be "linked" to those bank accounts and subsequently to your bank account.
5. Previous history with Telecheck. Prior debt on file with Telecheck, even if paid, can still affect your check writing privileges.
6. Unpaid Debt. There could be a current unpaid check or unpaid bank account debt causing Telecheck to decline your checks.
7. Other risk variables. You may have been declined based upon risk variables which are not based on evidence of unpaid debt. There can be 100s of variables active within a risk model and the risk-based decisions it generates.
8. Cashier error. The data at Telecheck links you to another check writer's data which is negative. This may happen if information on an identification card or driver's license is misprinted, a cashier may have miskeyed the numbers on your identification or there are multiple check writers linked to a single account and one of them has a negative Telecheck record. TeleCheck can "unlink" these inaccurate links once they are discovered by you.
You are entitled to a free copy of your Telecheck Report
Telecheck is a consumer reporting agency making you entitled to an annual free report. And, if you have been denied service based upon information in your Telecheck report, you are entitled a free report.
The only way to get to the bottom of why your checks are being declined is to see what information is contained in your Telecheck report. Once you get your report you can dispute incorrect information and errors which may exist.
The best way to get your Telecheck report is to write them
TeleCheck Services, Inc.
Attention: Consumer Resolutions-FA
P.O. Box 4514
Houston, TX 77210-4514
To verify your identity, Telecheck requests the following:
(1) a daytime contact phone number
(2) a copy of your driver's license
(3) your social security number
(4) a voided check (I would not give them this piece of information as it is unnecessary to verify your identity and none of their business)
(5) a copy of a tax or utility bill reflecting your current address
You can also call Telecheck at 1-800-366-2425 to get your free annual file disclosure pursuant to the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Good luck to you.
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I got declined twice before I called to find out the problem, I thought the first time may have been because the cashier didn't enter in my drivers license info- I have the funds, so was very confused. I called & went through a long automated system over the phone, then repeats the same information to the person who finally got on the phone. They told me there was negativity with a driver's license number associated with my account, gave them my info & it's not my license, then my husband had to get on the phone & give them his information as well & they said it's not his license either. So I am left very confused as we are the only people on this account! Then they asked if anyone ever cashes our checks for us & I said yes, the only people are my mom & my daughter, they couldn't tell me anything further, but said well it must be them. I don't think they're is anything wrong with their stuff either, their accounts seem to be fine, but how can someone else automatically get linked to my account who's not on my account & cause us not to be able to use our account?! Makes no sense & they couldn't give me any answers!
TeleCheck website is no help, they were unable to tell me why they refused the check. AND they only do problems by mail. A lot of good if you have to wait a month to get their answer. or to writ a ck. Just don't use that store any more BYE, stay cleare of telecheck.
I am going thru the same thing with tese AS*H**** and your information has givin me a little more hope that I can nail there A***s to the wall thank's again I'll let you know how I make out .
I tried to write a check at Walgreens and Telecheck declined it. When I called to follow ne out why, they said it was because I have written too many checks to Walgreen's., even though they have always approved them up until now and they admitted they could see that I had never written a bad check. The person I talked to said that now since I have been declined, I may be declined again…..even though I hsve money in the bank to cover my purchases and I've never been declined before. Their only reason is because I've written too many (all approved) checks …and now I will have THIS in my Telecheck "history". Even though it may be difficult, I will only shop places who DO NOT employ Telecheck. Ridiculous.
I am as angry as I can be because 4 times now your company has declined my checks. I have never been rejected in check writing to pay for my purchases ever before and I am angry and humiliated each time it happens. Who are you to decline me funds when I know in by bank I have funds to pay for my purchases or I would not be buying anything. My checks have always been checked by Telecheck and never have been refused. Your company has always been the machine use to verify funds. I don't know what your company policy is but I gather that I have to have a good standing before you will issue me what I need from Telecheck; so if you keep denying me how am I suppose to get my rating up there for you say that I am relaiable. Your company stinks>>>>> I hope I will never have to use you again because you are arrogant and malnipulative in destroying people reputations by your actions.
Telecheck shows an account I don't even have and haven't had for years with Wells Fargo, and after talking to Wells Fargo I find they do not even report to telecheck, and the account never had any problems, overdraft etc, I have made seven calls to telecheck and even after speaking to a 'supervisor' I can get no help. They keep telling me that I have to wait at least up to 30 days to write a check, bills are due, prescriptions need to be picked up. They have the worst ' customer service' ever.

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North Park Jack in the Box court case surprise
"I am not going to subject my clients to abusive declarations by Mr. Briggs."
Dorian Hargrove 1:15 p.m., Sept. 25
Do Killer Whales belong in captivity? That's been an ongoing question for decades, especially in cities such as San Diego and Orlando, where Sea World's popular amusement parks are located.
The issue was recently covered by Randy Dotinga, writer for online-news org, Voice of San Diego. Dotinga interviewed journalist and recent author of "Death at SeaWorld: Shamu and the Dark Side of Killer Whales in Captivity," David Kirby.
In the interview, Kirby describes footage of a Killer Whale named Kasatka grabbing the ankle of her trainer during a show at Sea World San Diego and holding him underwater for more than a minute.
That video was recently released. The ten-minute video shows trainer, Ken Peters, getting whipped around by Kasatka underwater. The whale finally surfaced and Peters spent minutes trying to calm the whale by rubbing her back. Peters eventually managed to escape with a broken foot, and quite the scare.


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PopMatters Film and TV Editor
Looking around corners
I phone Michael Almereyda at home in New York. He's funny and also careful as he speaks, his voice quietly energetic. His photo which I spot in the New York Times, alongside a piece he wrote about making his movie of Hamlet reveals that he wears glasses, that he's young, and even, despite or because of the grainy black-and-whiteness of the newspaper, that he's a little intense. He's certainly not afraid of a challenge: in 1992, when he was unable to find conventional (or much) funding, he made a film with an old Fisher Price toy video camera, a Pixel 2000. He transferred his 56-minute pixel-film Another Girl Another Planet to 16mm, and took it round to the festivals, where it won acclaim and prizes, like the Golden Gate at the SF International Festival and notice from the National Society of Film Critics for "expanding the possibilities of experimental film." Before Hamlet, Almereyda's best known movie was 1994's Nadja, a wicked-dry urban vampire comedy starring Elina Lowensohn, Martin Donovan, Suzy Amis, and Peter Fonda as the slayer, Van Helsing.
Almereyda's Hamlet is speedy and lean, meaning that it's pared down to bones and then juiced up with extraordinary super 16mm visuals and a pulsing soundtrack that combines contemporary and older musics as well as variously abrupt and interesting noises. I ask the filmmaker first how he conceived this complex mix, which both enhances and changes its verbal and visual poetry.Michael Almereyda:
It's great that you ask because no one is noticing the music. The music was crucial in creating a balance of tones, and there are three kinds. One is the score by Carter Burwell [who has scored all the Coen brothers' movies, as well as Being John Malkovich and Three Kings], which unifies things. There's source cues, contemporary music and then there's classical cues, which are used in a way that straddle source and score. A lot of the music was either written for Hamlet over the years or inspired by the play. There's a piece by Tchaikovsky, written for The Mousetrap, others by Liszt and Gade, and a Nick Cave song called "Hamlet (Pow Pow Pow)."Cynthia Fuchs:
The music seemed to reinforce and also jumpstart the narrative's moves back and forth in time.MA:
That's a good way of putting it. I wanted to invoke old-fashioned romanticism and contemporary concerns.CF:
But it's not only old-fashioned, in that it seems relevant for young viewers: were you thinking about audience?MA:
I'm not good at that, if I were, I would make more movies. I did have a generational axe to grind in that I wanted to make everyone in the movie younger than is standard for those parts. In every other movie version, it's strange but the actor playing that part is middle-aged. So if you make Hamlet a young man [Hawke is 29], everyone else gets correspondingly younger, and the relationships make a bit more sense, they're more immediate. And some of the best comments I've had are from young people who hadn't read Hamlet before or hadn't felt so charged up about it. But I've also had good responses from Shakespeare scholars, so I've been lucky to have a good balance.CF:
The combination of actors is pretty vibrant, their rhythms all complement and conflict, sometimes at the same time.MA:
They're great actors in great parts. It was the easiest thing I've ever worked on, getting the players: everyone wanted to work with William Shakespeare. The parts are archetypes, they're so well-known, but everyone can invest themselves.CF:
Diane Venora, just for one example: how did you think of her for the movie?MA:
She's always been one of my favorite actresses ever since I saw her performance in Bird, and I was intrigued why she didn't work more. I happened to meet her agent, and mentioned this, and she called me the next night. She had played Hamlet and Ophelia, so she knew the play better than anyone else and was always telling us what we were doing wrong.CF:
Your resident dramaturgue.MA:
Exactly. And Ethan and I have been friends for a long time and had wanted to work together. He's unusual in his willingness to take risks.CF:
The film does a good job of breaking down this conventional nexus, where Hamlet's youthfulness is part of a supposed inability to make decisions, as well as insanity.MA:
Ethan and I thought that he didn't have a problem making decisions, he would make a decision and then he'd reverse himself, which is a very different thing, more truthful to human nature and to the character. We kind of dropped the ball on the madness issue. Hamlet wasn't mad, he was feigning madness. I mean, he was dangerously depressed, which is a kind of madness, but the whole element of him acting goofy, we downplayed that, or maybe it just eluded us, and stuff that we shot in that direction, we didn't use. One key figure for Ethan was Kurt Cobain, who wasn't crazy, but suffered a particular form of depression, or just being overwhelmed with reality. I don't think you have to be young to feel that. It's an element of the character that he's got contradictions and has passionate feelings. So we tried to milk that idea without making him mad.CF:
And Ophelia has to carry the burden of madness.MA:
Yes, I think she walks away with the madness prize. But Goethe was one of the first people to say that even if Hamlet's father hadn't appeared to him, Hamlet would still be in bad shape. Even if his father hadn't been killed, there's something in him that's full of turmoil and doubt, and would always be looking around corners and reexamining what a lot of people take for granted. You don't have to be mad to do that. He could be apathetic at one moment and really urgent and passionate the next. We wanted to play more with that, than make him hopping mad.CF:
The look of the film and your use of New York make his responses feel reasonable.MA:
Right, the world's a bit mad. We shot in super-16 and were moving pretty quickly. The DP [John de Borman] is British and was a bit amazed by the city, he hadn't spent much time there, so I think he was alert to it as a spectacle. A lot of it is a kind of document of what's available to the eye. It's a key thing in any movie that the locations are a manifestation of the way your characters are feeling.CF:
What informed your use of the surveillance technologies?MA:
A lot of the play is about people spying on each other and being watched and playing parts and being aware of themselves playing parts. And that corresponds to contemporary reality where cameras are on the present and images within images are on the present, at least in the city. So that seemed like a natural way of mirroring things that were going on in Shakespeare's text.CF:
How much interacting and story shapeshifting took place on the set? Or did you go in with a strong vision of what you wanted?MA:
I always try to go in really prepared and then everything changes in the heat of the moment. Everything's storyboarded and then disaster strikes. Sometimes the disaster's better than anything you could have planned.CF:
It makes sense, to me, for the translation of royal court power and anxieties to a corporate, consumer setting. How did you come to that?MA:
There's still a class system in the world and in America, people who have things and people who don't, and people who have things tend to make sure they keep having them and controlling them, and that's aligned with corporate power, which is such an overarching power that you can't even attack it without becoming part of it. It simply absorbs any kind of criticism. I don't know that that's the most profound aspect of the film but it seemed like a natural way of talking about contemporary power, and it's aligned with consumer culture, people telling us that the more we buy, or if we buy the right things or wear the right things, we'll be happy. I don't think that's completely divorced from what Shakespeare was talking about, because he was drawing lines between private experience and public experience, and authentic being and inauthentic being, all still a problem, if you're awake and alive. So, Hamlet sparks a lot of these questions, and we're just kind of scribbling in the margins sometimes, but I hope the film does also directly address some of those themes, and ideas that are spoken about in the soliloquies.CF:
Can you say more about what you mean by "authentic being"?MA:
A lot of Hamlet is about people caught in roles, either as the King and the Queen playing out their state functions, or in contemporary terms, their corporate functions, or Polonius trying to be a father, Hamlet trying to be the good son, and Laertes mirroring that same struggle in a more crude way. Shakespeare, maybe because he started as an actor, or maybe because he saw into human nature more deeply, he understood that a lot of life was about this role-playing and that presumably there's something separate from that, which you could call authentic. And finding that in the middle of tragic circumstances can be pretty tricky. Hamlet is trying to find himself in the midst of really impossible circumstances, and I think that's why so many people can relate to him, you don't have to be a teenager, or a prince, or have your father killed by your uncle who remarries your mother, but somehow that heightens the confusion and the challenge.CF:
Somehow. And then there's this romance attached to the idea that if he finds that self, he does so in his dying breath.MA:
I think he arrives at a kind of peace.CF:
How did you decide to restage key scenes, like the final duel or "The Mousetrap" as a film?MA:
Most of it was kind of natural. The duel is probably the hardest and the one I feel least good about, and wanted to reshoot up until the last minute. Contemporary fencing involves a wire linked from the swords through the fencers' outfits, and a pulley system, so they're literally linked on the same wire. The electricity that connects them seems like a natural metaphor for the violence that connects them. Shakespeare is incredibly challenging, in that he gave all these characters a chance to die and say goodbye to each other, and in some cases forgive each other, but to really do it justice, you'd need a little more time and money than we had: we were on a roof and it was raining and people were complaining and ready to throw the director off the roof. But everything else, I'm proud of, because it feels very natural and direct and clear.CF:
What's an example of something that is particularly direct and clear for you?MA:
Well, the film within the film. It answers what Shakespeare called for in the play, in that a mirror is being held up to nature: the audience of the movie is watching an audience watch a movie. It's a hall of mirrors.
Published at: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/almereyda-michael/


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Do mothers suppliment more than half of what their baby needs? Does this depend on each case? Will a doctor know about what to expect or should expectations be that a mother with breast augmentation should just use formula entirely for their baby?
How Much Does Breast Augmentation Decrease Milk Production?
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Breast feeding with implants
Without knowing exactly the amount of milk produced from the breast without implants it becomes difficult to comment on whether the amount changes with implants. In my practice of over 4000 breast augmentation surgeries I have had many patients who successfully nursed after augmentation. I used to share my office with a birthing center and there were many patients there who participated in La Leche League...strong advocates of breast-feeding. I operated on many of these patients. Scott Newman, MD FACS
Lots of Mothers with implants are able to breast feed.
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Satipatthana sutta describes a mindfulness of origination of the body, and mindfulness of dissolution of the body, and mindfulness of origination and dissolution of the body.
This can only and properly mean metabolism of the body, the way in which body and its cells are built from the matter that we take in every day by eating, and also its continuous breaking up, and discharge of used matter through excrement, urine, sweat, etc...
This practice of mindfulness implies a view in which food consists of atoms or elements, that are then combined in the body in a new way to form its diverse parts, like skin, bones, muscles, tendons, etc... Also that the body continually discharges, through defecating, matter that consists of elements, or of elements that consist of atoms.
This part in Satipatthana sutta describes mindfulness of the Metabolism of the Body, in the Body. This knowledge has been studied throroughly in modern Biology. You can hardly understand this particular form of mindfulness without knowledge of Biology. Through studying biology you naturally develop the mindfulness of origination processes and mindfulness of dissolution processes in the body.
According to Satipatthana Sutta this mindfulness can and will lead to full enlightenment in this life time. Knowledge of biology implies important Dharmic vision, important buddhist insight. That is clearly and accurately described in Biology, that is a liberating knowledge.
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Fired FCSD1 Athletic Director Barry Scott asks court to review his termination by the Lander School Board
(Lander, Wyo.) – Former Fremont County School District 1 Athletic Director Barry Scott has filed for judicial review of his termination from the post in April.
Scott, in his petition filed on April 24, 2014, in the Ninth District Court, asks the judge to review the FCSD1 Board of Trustees's actions that resulted in his termination. According to the petition, Scott was terminated on April 10 following an independent review of an October 2013 driving under the influence charge.
"On Wednesday, October 23, 2013, and 12:46 a.m. Mr. Scott was arrested for Driving Under the Influence of alcohol," states the petition. "At the time the citation was issued Mr. Scott was not driving a school vehicle, was not on school grounds, was not representing the school, and was not engaging in any activity related to his employment." The petition goes on to state the charge was eventually dismissed, and the FCSD1 Superintendent put Scott on notice that he intended to recommend Scott's termination.
The independent review of the situation was reportedly received by the Board of Trustees on March 20, 2014, and the board's decision was made 21 days later on April 10. According to the petition, the Board's policy requires rejection or adoption of the independent review's recommendations within 20 days of receiving it.
The petition is seeking three specific items to be reviewed: does the board have authority to adopt or reject the independent review's recommendations after 20 days; was the board arbitrary and capricious in terminating Scott's employments "when there was no evidence that Mr. Scott's conduct outside the school disrupted or impaired discipline in the teaching processes and substantially interfered with the requirements and discipline in the operation or the school;" and was the board arbitrary and capricious in its application of board policy.
The petition was forwarded to Judge Richard Lavery in Green River on May 2.


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Lebanese singer Nicole Saba has revealed during an interview with the internet website MBC.net, her childhood secrets stating that the best times in her life are when she was a child. Nicole said that some of the moments that she would never forget is when she would play make-believe and pretend she is a teacher and when she drew and played with her neighbor's son, whom she at the time had a crush on.
Nicole noted that she was a very well-behaved child and was always on the honor roll in school.
The actress said that since she was a child she has wrote in a diary and until this day she has kept all diaries of the past.
Nicole stated that she lived an ideal childhood and she has no regrets about anything.
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The government of the United States is over $17 trillion in debt. The debt increases an average of $2.59 billion per day. With the economic crisis reaching such historic levels, one would imagine that the federal government would be rushing to impose financial barriers on the spending, enacting austerity measures with haste, lest the country run headlong into financial ruin.
Despite the rapid approach of the cliff, Washington continues pushing the pedal to the metal, awarding a grant worth over $3 million to keep Mexican prostitutes safe from disease.
A project of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), university researches are paid to study the HIV risks among Mexican sex workers and their "non-commercial partners," that is to say, sexual partners who are not also clients.
For five years, the American taxpayer will pay professors at the University of California at San Diego to study the sexual habits of these prostitutes and how their behavior contributes to the spread of HIV, particularly among those men that don't pay for their services.
Since 2009, this study has received grants of more than $500,000 a year, and the money will continue to flow through 2014, the last year of the study.
According to information provided on the project's data sheet at the NIH, "The overall goal of this study is to study the context and epidemiology of HIV, STIs [sexually transmitted infections] and associated risk behaviors among high risk female sex workers (FSWs) and their non-commercial male partners in two Mexico-US border cities. Preliminary data collected by our binational team over the past 5 years suggest that FSWs' non-commercial partners may be significant drivers of HIV/STI acquisition and/or their re-infection, which is supported by literature in other countries."
The NIH lists four goals of the study:
Aim 1: To examine the a) context and b) patterns of high risk sexual and substance using behaviors among high risk FSWs and their main non- commercial male partners, both within and outside of the partnerships, using a mixed-methods approach;
Aim 2: To determine prevalence of HIV and specific STIs (i.e., syphilis, gonorrhea, Chlamydia, HSV-2) and associated correlates at the individual and partner level;
Aim 3: To prospectively identify predictors of STI incidence and their attributable risks at the individual and partner level;
Aim 4: To determine the feasibility of conducting a behavioral intervention trial among high risk FSWs and their main non-commercial male partner at the a) partner level and b) individual level, using mixed methods.
As if this wouldn't be enough reason for the American taxpayer — burdened by debt and oppressed by an all-powerful federal government — to demand such programs be immediately terminated, the NIH is paying money to male prostitutes in Mexico, as well. As reported by the online Daily Caller:
If you give U.S. tax dollars to a Mexican male prostitute, will he agree to stay disease-free? That's what government-funded researchers at Brown University would like to know.
The study is called "Conditional Economic Incentives to Reduce HIV Risks: A Pilot in Mexico," and uses a grant from the National Institute of Health to pay male prostitutes in Mexico City. The prostitutes were placed in different groups and tested for sexually transmitted diseases. For every six months that they remain clean, they receive a payment that is larger or smaller depending upon their group.
Though the dollar amounts paid to each prostitute are small — they must remain poor enough to continue in prostitution, of course — the study has already cost nearly $400,000.
Researchers hope the experiment will show that financial incentives can be used to deter the spread of HIV/AIDS.
The goal of the program is described by the NIH on the project website:
The overall objective of the current application is to implement a pilot project offering conditional economic incentives (CEI) for HIV/STI prevention among male sex workers (MSW) in Mexico City, to test feasibility and acceptability, and to gather preliminary evidence on effects sizes to inform a future efficacy trial. CEI are an innovative structural approach for HIV prevention, which so far has not been tested in concentrated epidemic settings.
Conditional economic incentives. That's the euphemistic name given to the federal government to the bribes paid to male Mexican prostitutes to convince them to practice safe sex.
The Daily Caller article quotes Drew Johnson from the Center for Economic Freedom, questioning the wisdom of a federal government throwing millions of dollars at Mexican prostitutes while the American middle class is being ground into oblivion by that same government. "At a time when the federal government is hiking taxes, raising its debt ceiling and drowning in ever-deepening debt, the last thing Washington needs to do is ship our money to Mexico City to give a cash reward to prostitutes for not catching Chlamydia or Gonorrhea," [Johnson] wrote. "But that's not stopping them."
Perhaps President Obama was thinking of reducing the money we pay to Mexican prostitutes when he said in April 2011:
We don't have to choose between a future of spiraling debt and one where we forfeit investments in our people and our country. To meet our fiscal challenge, we will need to make reforms. We will all need to make sacrifices.
Rather than forcing Americans to pay higher health insurance premiums, rather than forcing Americans to take on multiple part-time jobs just to pay for those premiums so that their families can be healthy, perhaps the House of Representatives — whose obligation it is to control spending of the people's tax dollars — should immediately cease funding for programs paying millions to Mexican sex workers.
Which of the people's representatives in Congress will be the first to offer a bill turning off the payments-to-prostitutes pipeline?


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Kasich Put Politics before Womens Health
Columbus, OH Today Governor John Kasich put himself in the same camp as the anti-choice extremists in the Ohio Legislature when he ignored the pleas of medical professionals and tens of thousands of Ohioans to remove multiple measures from the state budget that interfere with the doctor patient relationship and jeopardize womens health.
"Elected officials are supposed to protect the health and safety of the people they serve, not impose their personal beliefs on them. Today Governor Kasich enacted measures that prescribe medically unnecessary procedures, force doctors to mislead their patients and will force quality medical centers to close, said Kellie Copeland, executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio. "Kasichs agenda is clearto put politicians in charge of womens personal, private medical decisionseven in cases of rape or incest, or when a woman is faced with serious threats to her health. This extreme political agenda is not what Ohioans want and they will hold him accountable when they vote on November 4, 2014.
The five provisions that Governor Kasich signed into law today will:
- Create a new consent process for women seeking abortion care that forces a doctor to perform medically unnecessary tests and give medically ambiguous information about the viability of the pregnancy.
- Require that all ambulatory surgical centers have transfer agreements with hospitals and grant authority to the anti-choice director of the Ohio Department of Health to cherry-pick what constitutes a valid transfer agreement, or variance, for any reason. The budget also singles out and blocks public hospitals from having transfer agreements or allowing their doctors to use their admitting privileges to contract with abortion clinics.
- Reprioritize family planning funding to defund Planned Parenthood and other family planning experts, many of whom serve the poor in rural counties. This will wreak havoc on tens of thousands of patients that rely on these facilities for cancer screenings, birth control and other basic health care, and could result in eleven counties losing access to subsidized family planning services entirely.
- Divert federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds intended to be used for cash support for mothers and their children to unregulated crisis pregnancy centers. A year-long investigation conducted by NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio Foundation into crisis pregnancy centers revealed widespread use of biased and medically inaccurate information.
- Ban rape crisis programs funded by state dollars from counseling rape victims about all their medical options if they get pregnant from the assault.


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Washington, December 21 (ANI): The observation of an elusive sub-atomic particle, known as the Higgs boson, has been hailed as the most important scientific discovery of 2012 by the journal Science.
This particle, which was first hypothesized more than 40 years ago, holds the key to explaining how other elementary particles (those that aren't made up of smaller particles), such as electrons and quarks, get their mass.
In addition to recognizing the detection of this particle as the 2012 Breakthrough of the Year, Science and its international nonprofit publisher, AAAS, have identified nine other groundbreaking scientific achievements from the past year and compiled them into a top 10 list that will appear in the latest issue.
Researchers unveiled evidence of the Higgs boson on 4 July, fitting into place the last missing piece of a puzzle that physicists call the standard model of particle physics. This theory explains how particles interact via electromagnetic forces, weak nuclear forces and strong nuclear forces in order to make up matter in the universe. However, until this year, researchers could not explain how the elementary particles involved got their mass.
"Simply assigning masses to the particles makes the theory go haywire mathematically. So, mass must somehow emerge from interactions of the otherwise mass-less particles themselves. That's where the Higgs comes in," explained Science news correspondent Adrian Cho, who wrote about the discovery for the journal's Breakthrough of the Year feature.
As Cho explains, physicists assume that space is filled by a "Higgs field," which is similar to an electric field. Particles interact with this Higgs field to obtain energy and-thanks to Einstein's famous mass-energy equivalence-mass as well.
"Just as an electric field consists of particles called photons, the Higgs field consists of Higgs bosons woven into the vacuum. Physicists have now blasted them out of the vacuum and into brief existence," he explained.
But, a view to the Higgs boson did not come easy-or cheap. Thousands of researchers working with a 5.5-billion-dollar atom-smasher at a particle physics laboratory near Geneva, Switzerland, called CERN, used two gargantuan particle detectors, known as ATLAS and CMS, to spot the long-sought boson.
It is unclear where this discovery will lead the field of particle physics in the future but its impact on the physics community this year has been undeniable, which is why Science calls the detection of the Higgs boson the 2012 Breakthrough of the Year.
The special 21 December issue of the journal includes three articles written by researchers at CERN, which help to explain how this breakthrough was achieved. (ANI)


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A multiple testing procedure for neural network model selection
One of the most critical issues when using neural networks is how to select appropriate network architectures for the problem at hand. Practitioners usually refer to information criteria which might lead to over-parameterized models with heavy consequence on overfitting and poor ex-post forecast accuracy. Moreover, since model selection criteria depend on sample information, their actual values are subject to statistical variations. So, to compare multiple models in terms of their out of sample predictive ability, a test procedure is needed. But, in such context there is always the possibility that any satisfactory results obtained may simply be due to chance rather than any merit inherent in the model yielding to the result. The problem can be particularly serious when using neural network models which are basically atheoretical. In this paper we propose a strategy for neural network model selection which is based on a sequence of tests and, to avoid the data snooping problem, familywise error rate is controlled by a proper technique. The procedure requires the implementation of resampling techniques in order to obtain valid asymptotic critical values for the test. Some simulations results and applications to real data are discussed.
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Road to Broadway: GHOST Opens Tonight!
Ghost the Musical, adapted from the Academy Award winning film, began previews on March 15 and opens on Broadway on Monday, April 23, 2012 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. It's been a long road to the Broadway stage, and we highlight key parts of the musical's journey below!
Ghost got its start as the beloved 1990 film starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg- written by Bruce Joel Rubin and directed by Jerry Zucker. In the movie, Sam Wheat (Patrick Swayze), a banker, and Molly Jensen (Demi Moore), are a loving couple who move into a New York City apartment. At work, Sam discovers a major discrepancy in one bank account, and confides in his good friend and colleague, Carl Bruner (Tony Goldwyn). Soon afterward, Sam and Molly are attacked by armed thug and Sam is killed by a gunshot during a struggle. Sam is trapped as a ghost between this world and the next and unable to leave Molly, who he learns is in grave danger. With the help of a phony storefront psychic, Oda Mae Brown (Whoopi Goldberg), Sam tries to communicate with Molly in the hope of saving and protecting her.
The film was a box-office success, grossing $505,702,588 on a budget of $21,000,000. It was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Score and Best Film Editing. It won the awards for Best Supporting Actress for Goldberg and Best Original Screenplay. Goldberg was particularly praised: she also won the BAFTA,Golden Globe, and Saturn Awards in addition to the Oscar.
Ghost: The Musical opened in London's West End at the Piccadilly Theatre on July 19, 2011, starring Broadway favorite Caissie Levy and UK star Richard Fleeshman. Prior to its West End run, Ghost The Musical played a seven-week, critically-acclaimed engagement at the Opera House in Manchester, England from March 28 through May 14, 2011.
Ghost The Musical was created by a team of Grammy and Academy Award winners, with a brand-new original score by Dave Stewart and Glen Ballard, with a book by Bruce Joel Rubin, who adapted his Academy Award winning original screenplay for the stage. The brand new score also includes the iconic song "Unchained Melody," famously performed in the film by The Righteous Brothers. The musical was directed by Tony Award winner Matthew Warchus and choreographed by Ashley Wallen.
On September 19, 2011 it was announced that GHOST would transfer to Broadway in Spring 2012. Earlier this year, the show hosted the Ghost Light Sessions, a special sneak peek presentation to welcome the new musical to Broadway and introduce the cast and creative team to the US.
Richard Fleeshman and Caissie Levy reprise their starring roles as Sam and Molly, which they originated in London's hit West End production. They are joined by newcomer Da'Vine Joy Randolph as Oda Mae Brown and Bryce Pinkham as Carl Bruner. The cast also features Tyler McGee,Lance Roberts, Moya Angela, Jason Babinsky, Michael Balderrama, JAmes Brown III, Stephen Carrasco, Jeremy Davis, Sharona D'Ornellas, Josh Franklin, Albert Guerzon, Afra Hines, Carly Hughes, Karen Hyland, Alison Luff, Vasthy Mompoint, Jennifer Noble, Joe Aaron Reid, Constantine Rousouli, Jennifer Sanchez, Daniel J. Watts, and Jesse Wildman.
Tickets to Ghost The Musical are currently on sale and may be purchased at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre Box Office (205 West 46th Street), via www.Ticketmaster.com or by calling 877-250-2929. Ticket prices range from $57 to $137 (including a $2 facility fee). Premium tickets are also available. The performance schedule during previews will be as follows: Monday – Saturday evenings at 8pm and Saturdays at 2pm. Beginning, Tuesday, April 24th, the performance schedule will be as follows: Mondays at 8pm, Tuesdays at 7pm, Wednesday – Saturday at 8pm, Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2pm.
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Furniture December 21, 2011
Bureau by Martin Holzapfel is a handsome, Bauhausy-looking piece indeed. But what is even more attractive is how functional it is. The desk is comprised of two components – the main working area, which is only about 43 inches long and contains a drawer and a file compartment. Another component is a free-standing storage unit that can be attached to the desk from two different sides (depending on your storing needs and space requirements). Here you have two long shelving compartments and one generously sized drawer that can be used for files, papers, immediate working clutter or equipment. Beautiful idea and tremendous execution.


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It was the end of the road for another competitor on Wednesday's "Survivor: Cagayan."
So, who was sent packing? [Warning: Spoilers below]
After displaying a terrible amount of bad work ethic, poor social skills, refusing to help out around camp and informing everyone she's "used to things being easy for me and not having to work that hard to get things," it was Morgan who was eliminated at tribal council. Not even her argument that she should be kept around because no one would vote for her in the finals was enough to save her.
Elsewhere in the episode, Kass was convinced her alliance flip last week was a "triple win," because it ousted Sarah and forced Tony and LJ to play their immunity idols. "I'm a free agent," she brags.
Spencer also got a clue to a hidden immunity idol tucked in his napkin after a reward challenge and goes off to find it, but Woo steals the clue (out of Spencer's pants!) and both go searching for the idol with reinforcements from the rest of the tribe. Spencer found it before anyone else and then won individual immunity at the next challenge, so he was safe from elimination this week anyway.
The majority alliance wanted to target Morgan at tribal council, while Spencer wanted to oust Tony because he already used his immunity idol. He doesn't have the numbers to get it done, so he attempts to convince Kass to flip once again. She calls Morgan "annoying" but then says she likes to be unpredictable. "I do trial by ambush," she explained. "It's not a recommended strategy by any legal authority. It's probably not a recommended strategy by any 'Survivor' authority."
In the end, she didn't flip -- and Morgan was voted out.
"I just want to say how proud I am of myself...They can say whatever they want at tribal, that I was spiteful or that I was lazy, but I could care less what they said," she said in her final comments. "I mean, Kass is a child and if she was upset with me -- whatever. Grow up. You're 40. Get over it."
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The Sting/WWE solution
by, 02-09-2012 at 05:36 PM (8928 Views)
The conclusions I've come to regarding Sting and his desire/lack there of to join the WWE are as follows:
1) Sting does not want to work a WWE schedule
2) Sting HAD resentment towards the WWE for the lack of respect they gave to the WCW wrestlers during the brand fusion
3) Sting regrets not being apart of at least 1 Wrestlemania
4) Sting has a strong loyalty for Dixie Carter
Now where I am not of the sort that desperately needs to see Sting at this point of his career (the end of it) in a WWE ring, I do believe an Undertaker vs. Sting Wrestlemania match has more interest than a Taker/Triple H 3 match. Much more interest. And I am taking into account the reality of the situation. That being, both Taker and Sting have long since had their best in ring days pass them. But I am a sucker for the storyline more than the quality of the match itself. I believe Sting can, at the very least, bring some new elements to a match with Taker as oppose to the same spots that Triple H would provide.
But we've discussed all of this already. We know why we'd like to see it, but we also know why we haven't: Sting is not signed to WWE.
There in lies both my problem and solution. Why does Sting HAVE to sign in order to appear at Wrestlemania?
My point here is simple and complex. Wrestling is a business. Plain and simple. In the wrestling business, WWE is king. Does that mean they produce the best wrestlers? No. But objectively speaking, there is no organization, not TNA, ROH or the slew of smaller promotions that can rival the monster that is the WWE. Consider WWE the ESPN of wrestling. Once we except this a being reality, we can move on from the idea that TNA is somehow a threat to the WWE. They are not. If anything, they help the business by offering SOMETHING else for fans to watch. Competition, even though it really isn't "competition," is great for wrestling.
It is within this point that I don't see why WWE and TNA couldn't come to terms where the WWE gets to use Sting for Wrestlemania, and Wrestlemania ONLY. In return, I'm sure there can be some monetary compensation for TNA and there consideration of allowing a signed talent to perform on a WWE show.
As far as storyline, more specifically how to build a match without having Sting actually show up on a RAW leading up to the event, I reference the Sting/Hogan year plus build up back in WCW. Sting, for months, would only appear on TV in the rafters regarding his involvement in the storyline with Hogan. He rarely ever was in the ring, actually, he didn't even wrestle anyone for a good 2-3 months. Yet that took nothing away, in fact, enhanced the Starcade main event when both men finally met in the ring. It worked.
Imagine now, if you will, each RAW leading up to Wrestlemania featuring anything from scarecrows, to black bats, painted faces, etc.... without ever actually referencing Sting, but the implication would be obvious. (WWE does the best work as far as their video promos, I'd be eager to see them get their hands on a Taker/Sting build up). Each week, the ground work is laid, till the storyline peaks at Wrestlemania. And finally, for one night, and one night only, Sting's music hits (ala WCW black faced Sting entrance theme), and he for the first, last and only time, pops out of a WWE entrance.
I'd like to believe that moment would be a transcendent moment for wrestling, both for the short term and long term future. Perhaps it could open the doors to seeing the matches we dream of seeing, if only for one night, but have been denied because someone isn't signed to WWE.
Maybe. Or maybe i hit the J one too many times...You be the judge, and if you've read this far, thank you for your time.
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The website should walk you through the rest to setup and update your device,there is a free map update link to click on on the website,you will have to click on it and follow the instructions to see if your device qualifies.
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You will have to have the correct cable to do this update to prevent any damage to your GPS device.You may have to do some searching to find the correct cable.


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The Review of Wayland Progress In 2016 – Part 2: Multimedia, Web, Games, Office, Programming Tools
We live in time of Linux graphic revolution and it's not a scenario of popular blockbuster. X Window System from the 1980's with old architecture isn't good as 10 or 20 years ago. Wayland provides the modern speedy protocol without tons of legacy code and make the Linux desktop better and faster. Time to testing the most popular Linux desktop environment on Wayland. If you have interested working experience with Wayland – I'm will happy to read it in the comments.
Many of peoples think that Wayland has a similar client-server architecture with X Window system. Wayland specifies the communications between a display server (compositor) and clients. Wayland it's only a protocol and most operation on desktop environment like a move and resize window, virtual workspaces and many others performing by compositor – Weston, KWin (KDE), Mutter (GNOME) etc.
The another popular myth – "Wayland is not ready". First release of Wayland was published in 2012 and today it's stable. All problems in software and desktop environments support, not in Wayland.
Weston is the reference implementation of Wayland compositor and written by Wayland developers. He's ideal for the first acquaintance with Wayland and look at the window manager with minimal configuration and can be run inside a X session. Weston can be useful for geeks and advanced users, the typical option for desktop environment such as font size, background, display resolution available for editing in the configuration file.
No serious bugs were found in test drive. Several application have a problem with hiding and moving window – for example, several GTK+ based applications can be resized with a special button to 70-80% instead 100% of workspace. Copy, paste and cut text work OK on applications based in one toolkit, but you can't paste text between the Qt- and GTK-based applications. By the way, fast work and minimal resources can be a good choice for old or slow hardware.
Verdict: good, 4/5.
GNOME developers was the one of the pioneers in Wayland porting to traditional desktop. Text manipulation, tiling and window management working without issues. Several things can be unexpected for typical user: context menu appears outside of the application window. Small cosmetic bugs are available, but they can't seriously disturb. Wayland session also was planned to be default in Fedora Workstation 24.
Verdict: perfect, 4.5/5.
I can't run the latest KDE Plasma 5.5.4 with Wayland session and guess Wayland support it's now broken; my opinion based on Plasma 5.5.3. Problems with text manipulation: text from the Kate editor can be copied to Konsole terminal, in reverse order it's doesn't work. Tiling working good, but many applications crashes in Wayland session. During the test drive Plasma was crashing several times. Some applications and widgets can't start or working incorrectly. Sad that KDE looks definitely the worst in this review and now not ready to work with Wayland.
Verdict: bad, 2/5.
The developers did a great job over the last few releases for Wayland support and I must send them a big respect. Of course, size of the Enlightenment software is small in comparison with KDE or GNOME. Visually all works nicely if you use only EFL-based software, the most of Qt/GTK+ application crash after start. Text manipulation works only with EFL-based software; no problem with tiling and focus of the cursor. Sometimes I was seen unexpected freezes, but they can be no-Wayland specified issues.
Verdict: nearly good, 3/5.
Progress is better than I expected and hope this work will continue. If you want to try Wayland maybe the better candidates is GNOME, Weston and Enlightenment. Your help with bug reports will be highly appreciated. Personal thanks to the RebeccaBlackOS, Fedora Project, and all desktop environment that was used in this review.
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KDE Plasma and KDE Apps on Wayland Review and Video: The First Plasma Wayland Live Image
Life with Wayland – Fedora Rawhide: Real Experience And List of Native/XWayland Applications
Ring – The Free & Open Source Text/Audio/Video Messenger As Alternative To WhatsApp/Telegram/Facebook Messenger: Review And Video Demonstration
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Situated near the airport, this motel is within a 15-minute walk of Holiday Village Mall and University of Great Falls. Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art and C.M. Russell Museum Complex are also within 2 mi (3 km).
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This motel features laundry facilities, a 24-hour front desk, and a computer station. Free continental breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a lobby fireplace and RV/bus/truck parking.
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All 108 rooms provide conveniences like refrigerators and microwaves, plus free WiFi and TVs with cable channels. Guests will also find coffee makers, free local calls, and hair dryers.
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Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. A computer station is located on site and wireless Internet access is complimentary. This Great Falls motel also offers a fireplace in the lobby, laundry facilities, and complimentary use of a nearby fitness facility. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
- Free WiFi
- Total number of rooms - 108
- Number of floors - 3
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- 24-hour front desk
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Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-out time is 11 AM
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Yesterday I wrote three book reviews: The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup, by Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey; Damnation Street, by Andrew Klavan; and Soccer against the Enemy, by Simon Kuper. Anyone who writes for publication knows that the challenge isn't writing something that's long enough – it's writing something that's short enough. Because we want to review a lot of books in the print Booklist, reviews are, with some exceptions, only 175 words long. When I'm, as they say, "feeling it," I write short, putting in only what's necessary to the review. On off days, I put in too much and agonize over what to take out. In The Thinking Fan's Guide, for example, I wanted to note that most essays aren't written by natives of the countries under discussion – and point out that half the contributors have written for Granta, where one of the editors is an editor. But there were more important things to say. For purposes of illustration, this blog entry is, you guessed it, 175 words long.


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I work at a commission job and I'm not getting clients, low paying p/t job, utilities in jeopardy, trouble paying bills, the further I go the more behind I get.
How can I get out of debt with a commission job and no clients and a low paying p/t job?
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Dear Sam,
You can't.
This is about the math. With money going out and nothing coming in, eventually the piggybank is dry.
Money problems are often resolved by increasing income, reducing expenses, or a combination of the both. In your case it appears you have little to no income flowing in. That's the logical crux of the problem.
It might just be either the product you are selling is not something people want at this time or maybe selling just isn't your thing. I don't know.
You might just need to draw a line in the sand and give yourself 30 more days to make the commission job a success. If you can't in 30 days then you'll need to go look elsewhere for income. Even a combination of low paying parttime jobs would be better than a high paying commission jobs that pays nothing.
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Did John Cena and CM Punk Switch Roles? Nope. Not Even Close.
by, 02-24-2012 at 09:41 AM (3889 Views)
I was just watching the Punk-CNN spot (what can I say, I'm a sucker for human beings who think beating women is wrong) when I noticed the only comment below it urging me to read a blog that tells the not-so-accurate tale of Punk becoming the new Cena, how he's already watered down and stale, and how nothing is different about the WWE title. Having read this blog already, I remember finding it annoying because it just sounded like bitching for the sake of bitching. I can't speak for anyone else, but hey... wrestling is finally getting good again. We're wrestling fans though, so naturally we cannot acknowledge this fact and instead feel the need to bash everything that's wrong with the product and wax braggadocio on how we'd make much better bookers than the powers that be.
Anyway, here's the comment and a little retort from me. This is not meant as an attack on Knox or Hill or, aw what the hell if you want it to be an attack, eat your heart out girls.
In the comments section of the Punk-CNN video, Edward Hill writes:
"For you CM Punk fans please read Did John Cena & Cm Punk Switch Roles? by Knox. (He hits the nail in the coffin)."
Nope. He doesn't. He doesn't hit any nail on the head. Or coffin, or any other mix-and-match idioms you feel the need to come up with. The blog is pretty horrible actually because it's completely derived from lack of attention. Cena isn't funny. Cena isn't well-spoken. (Screaming really loudly and changing accents to adjust to crowds doesn't add points to one's speaking ability.) Cena is slightly witty, but in a very mechanical sort of way. Cena has set punch-lines and makes sure that everybody watching him knows they are indeed set punch-lines.
Punk is naturally funny (any commentary he's ever done, especially the NXT stuff). Punk is well-spoken, he doesn't need to scream or add a Bostonian twang to his rants, nor does he tack on a street thug accent as his intensity grows. He simply doesn't need to. Come to think of it, I don't believe anyone should. Except maybe New Jack, who will in fact, fucking cut you (you = general public). Punk is so naturally witty he'd give Johnny Carson a run for his money. Punk has set punch-lines, but instead of dropping a line and trying to look cool for doing it, he'll just slip it into a promo with the greatest of ease (see: "Mine went straight to DVD, just like yours.").
The blog says that nothing has changed in WWE since Punk took the belt and "took over", that Punk has become stale, just like when Cena carried the strap. Really? Because I've never seen Cena put on top quality TV wrestling matches with guys like Ziggler or Danielson or Mysterio or Kofi or Morrison. Don't get me wrong, Cena can deliver a HELL of a match. The guy just gets chemistry and story-telling and all those little things the WWE loves oh-so much. All those little things that ensured a guy like Rob Van Dam would never be top dog. These are the things that work as a great match's exoskeleton. RVD had that meat (the crazy spots, the flashy moves, the crazy moves, the SIMPLE moves) to fill the skeleton, but no "storytelling"; no exoskeleton.
Cena is the opposite. He's got all the things to provide a match with a skeleton, but I've never seen him provide any of the meat. And that's at BEST. That's on Pay Per View. I've never seen Cena deliver the stuff Punk is delivering week after week in his TV matches. I've never seen Cena throw in little interesting moments like incorporating the handshake of honor or tribute Savage elbow into a match. I've never seen Cena throw the WWE championship around or bang it against a cage like a rock star smashing his guitar. I've never seen Cena do anything interesting with that championship and wait, weren't Punk's exact words "I'm going to make this title interesting again"? Wasn't the whole point of this dude's blog to say that he hasn't made it interesting and things are the same? Well things aren't the same. The times, you see, are indeed a-changin'. Shit was unbearably boring and stale when it was Cena, Edge, and Orton every night. And yes, mostly due to booking. But none of those guys did anything to make shit interesting again. Punk is doing those things.
I've never seen Cena commentate and do a better job of it than most of the regular announcers. I've never seen Cena cut a promo (in the last 7 years anyway) where he didn't say something about how he's going to stay real and true to himself no matter what. (It's boring and we get it John, you have morals and shit.) Word Life. I've never seen Cena perform a single wrestling move that made me say "Man, that was awesome." Come to think of it, I've never seen Cena perform any more wrestling moves than I can count on my two hands... ever.


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FALLBROOK ---- Authorities blocked traffic in one lane of northbound Interstate 15 on Tuesday while they arrested a woman who appeared to be brandishing a gun in a vehicle, a sheriff's lieutenant said.
San Diego County sheriff's deputies responded about 5:15 p.m. to a report of threats with a gun in a blue Chevy Tahoe on northbound I-15 about a mile south of Old Highway 395, Lt. Jim Duffy said.
Authorities stopped the vehicle near Mission Road and arrested a woman, Duffy said.
He said traffic was congested around the traffic stop.
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As of the 2012-13 School Year, each student wishing to participate in our Grades 7-12 VEX program must individually complete Level 1 and Level 2 of training before designing and building any robot for the JV competition.
Level 1 requires students to build a "proof of concept" robot (i.e., a robot with no motors attached). The robot consists of a basic rectangular chassis frame, and features a robotic arm with a hinged elbow and a two-claw grabber for the End-of-Arm (EOA) tooling.
In addition to the assemblies required for Levels 1B to 1F, students must also pass the "Parts Names" certification test associated with Level 1A. A copy of this test is attached to the bottom of this webpage.
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After a spike in mid-August, gas prices in Killeen seem to be stabilizing. Fear and refinery closures due to Hurricane Isaac caused prices to rise across the country, and Texas was no exception. The average price per gallon was slightly above $3.35 at the beginning of August. The price rose above $3.70 a gallon before dropping to $3.66 on Friday, according to Gasbuddy.com.
That is still more expensive than most area residents are comfortable with.
"I live in Temple, and I work in Lampasas," said EMS dispatcher Tom McGuire as he pumped $3.59 gas into his SUV. "I drive over 100 miles a day. This has really thrown a wrench into things."
McGuire is taking steps to deal with rising costs. He recently bought a motorcycle to save money on gas and uses an app on his smartphone from Gasbuddy.com to find the best deals in the area.
"I am very selective about where I get my gas," he said.
McGuire might be happy to know that Gasbuddy.com's senior petroleum analyst Gregg Laskoski expects prices to decline toward the end of Labor Day weekend.
"Ten of the last 12 years, gas prices were actually lower at the end of Labor Day weekend than they were in the beginning," Laskoski said.
Laskoski said Hurricane Isaac caused prices to soar because refineries were forced to close.
"Anytime you have proximity to oil infrastructure, these facilities go into a mode of closure or partial closure," he said.
John Gilmore, owner of Killeen's fuel wholesaler Big Chief Distributing Co., said it can take up to two weeks for a refinery to be fully operational after a closure.
"They can't just show up the next day and start them back up," he said.
Gilmore said although none of Big Chief's suppliers were shut down by the storm, Big Chief still felt the impact.
"It still affects us because they have to divert products to make up for those refineries being hit," Gilmore said.
The increasing gas prices are making it harder for powerwasher Michael Carranza to turn a profit. He has had to increase his prices from $100 to $135 per house to keep up with inflation.
"Gas prices are too high for me to make a living," he said while filling up with $3.65 gas at Mickey's on Trimmier and Illinois. "It's eating up my profits. I had to go up on my prices. Everything has gone up."


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"Do not be provoked by evildoers; do not envy those who do wrong. Like grass they wither quickly; like green plants they wilt away." Psalms 37:1-2.
As a new school year begins in less than two weeks, we need to remind our children to be true to their values as they head back to the classroom. It can be tempting for young people to respond to a negative influence because it might seem appealing and fun. But young people don't always think through the consequences of their decisions. Now is the time to remind them of the values you and your family espouse, and to help them remember to turn away when they face temptation.
For today's young people of, there is an expectation to fit in with the popular crowd. And now that we have social media influencing them from many different angles, it can be difficult to resist. By reminding them of your values, they can bring them to mind when they feel they are being forced to do something they don't believe is right. As Thomas Likona states, "Children need to hear their parent's voice in their heads at the moment of decision." Essentially, he strongly suggests that parents talk with their kids.
Take time this week to have a discussion with your kids about the values you advocate as a family. Even at this very busy time, don't forget to give your children a life lesson along with their new backpack and fresh set of school supplies. Help them start the new year with confidence that they can do whatever they need to do to remain consistent with what you value as a family.
Kate Walsh Soucheray is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Stillwater. She works at Christian Heart Counseling at 275 Third St. South and can be reached at [email protected] or
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Lukoil, one of Russia's largest oil companies, said it would defend its rights to a large Iraqi oil field in court if Western oil companies made claims to the field during or after military action in Iraq. Leonid Fedun, a vice president at Lukoil, said in a telephone interview that his company would sue any usurping company in international court in Geneva. Lukoil, said Mr. Fedun, is confident about the contract, which was concluded with the Iraqi government, but never advanced because of economic sanctions imposed on Iraq by the United Nations. Sabrina Tavernise (NYT)Continue reading the main story
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WFBSC release 2.2
February 2, 2011
TIM M. MURCH, CBSE, PRESIDENT OF MITCH MURCH'S MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT COMPANY (MMMM) has been appointed to the WFBSC (World Federation of Building Service Contractors) board of directors. The WFBSC is a dynamic union of national and international associations as well as individual contracting companies, manufacturers and suppliers from around the globe. MMMM is a full service contract cleaning services company specializing in quality cleaning of office buildings, corporate headquarters, schools, manufacturing/industrial facilities, entertainment facilities and providing specialized services.
"The WFBSC is dedicated to achieving universal recognition for the building service contracting industry and to improving the awareness, knowledge and professional competence of its worldwide membership and should compliment regional and national aims."
Tim Murch states "I am highly honored and appreciative of this global role and am looking forward to contributing to move our industry further ahead world wide."
The WFBSC holds a congress biannually, this year it will be held in Auckland, New Zealand in February, where Tim will be installed on the board and attend with other Building Services Contractors from around the world.
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Olisadebe throws in towel on World Cup chances
WARSAW, April 4 (Reuters) - Nigerian-born striker Emmanuel Olisadebe has given up hope of a place in Poland's World Cup squad four years after he was Europe's top scorer in the national team's advance to the 2002 finals.
'I've stopped dreaming about the finals,' Olisadebe told Polish tabloid daily Fakt. 'It's straightforward - I know that I'm not going to Germany. I thought I could make it if I played in the English league, but I haven't even had the chance.'
Olisadebe was fast-tracked to Polish citizenship and scored eight goals in Poland's qualification for the finals in Japan and South Korea in 2002.
He has been plagued by knee trouble since and spent most of this season on the bench with his club Portsmouth. Despite regular call-ups, the 27-year-old has played just twice for the national team in three years.


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Farmington Hills, MI (June 7, 2006)--- The American College of Osteopathic Internists named Botsford physician, Chris Doig, D.O., the 2006 Internist of the Year. Dr. Doig will receive his award during a special ceremony at ACOI's Annual Convention and Scientific Session in October.
Dr. Doig is not only a current staff member at Botsford, he received his postgraduate medical training there through the Internal Medicine Residency Program. He is a graduate of Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine.
The Botsford Health Care Continuum is an integrated system of care which includes Botsford General Hospital, the Botsford Physician Network, Community Emergency Medical Service, the Botsford Continuing Care Corporation and the Botsford Center for Health Improvement. The Botsford site on the internet is www.botsford.org.
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Facebook is certainly one of the biggest Internet phenomena of recent times. It has become so huge that almost all Internet users, and countless others, know about it or use it regularly. It is for this reason and so many others that Internet marketers have jumped on the bandwagon and started harnessing its marketing and selling power for their own gain. In this special report you will discover a bit more about social media marketing and Facebook in particular. By the end of this report, you will be able to create your own money-sucking Facebook fan-page from scratch. You will also be able to harness the power of Facebook and fan pages to boost your online income easily. Please make sure that you listen to the report through from the beginning to the end, even if you are not a Facebook marketing newbie anymore, as I am sure that you will discover a lot of Facebook marketing nuggets.
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