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'Modern Family' Recap: Manny Get Your Gun
S02E08 'Manny Get Your Gun' is a perfect Modern Family episode. It had the "classic" Modern Family set up, hilarious jokes, great story telling, and Gloria running around. I doubt you could call this the best Modern Family episode, but it is a perfect example of why the show is great.
We start off with Manny thanking his family for gathering to celebrate his birthday. He appreciates everyone coming because he loves seeing their smiling faces. Of course everyone is pissed off and that leads us right to a flashback from 30 minutes before. However, since they were eating at Maggianos, realistically they would still be waiting for a table. Unless they had a reservation, which they must have had.
Anyway, we flashback to trace why everyone was so pissed and as usual it's the Pritchett's that have gotten the group so tangled. The Pritchett's are very concerned about being on time which drives their partners insane, but each partner frustrates their individual Pritchett in their own way. Modern Family does a great job of having each of the three families react in a unique way to the same situation without feeling repetitive.
First we have Claire trying to round up her clan. Phil drags his feet, of course, and tries to convince her that they have plenty of time if they go his way. However Claire insists that her way is quicker, so they split up to race. Phil takes Haley and Alex (great to see her back after her weird absence last episode) and Luke goes with Claire (which resulted in the hilarious bit where Claire drags him by the hood of his sweatshirt). Haley and Alex have to break it to their dad that they don't want to go to Family Camp again because a) it's not fun and b) it makes Phil unknowingly seem like a racist. When they finally confess that they don't want to go they all end up in tears. Claire finally confronts Luke about him liking Phil over her. He naively confesses that, to him, Phil is the extremely fun parent without realizing that he is breaking Claire's heart. There was some terrific bits of acting from Julie Bowen during this and especially great lines like "You know that kid Liam who wears pajama pants to school and pays for everything with a $100 bill? Two fun parents!" Fantastic storyline.
Then we get the Cam and Mitchell chapter. One tiny thing about this plot line was it was another bit of Cam doing something that upsets Mitchell, but I think there was a big enough reversal at the end to justify it. They're running late through the mall trying to buy Manny a gift but Cam keeps taking his sweet time and making friends with the sample ladies. Eventually he stops to help an elderly gentleman confess his love to his equally elderly lady, but this also involves a bit of navigating an escalator and a cell phone being so it was quite funny. And when they finally get the two love birds together Cam realizes to his horror that the old guy wanted to cheat on his wife with her. Big reversal, big payoff. Then they are about to get to their destination when a huge flashmob breaks out in dance. Cam is mystified and enjoying it when suddenly Mitchell jumps in with the dance. Mitchell thought of his participation as a "love letter" to Cam but Cam only considered him to be "cheating with choreography." This huge reversal worked wonders because it showed Mitchell letting loose and Cam being pissed off that he wasn't invited. No one likes being left out more than Cam which led to him trying to dance along on the sidelines.
And finally we had Jay and Gloria rushing around trying to find Gloria's keys and Manny fretting that he had wasted his childhood. I was quite glad that they didn't do another storyline revolving around Gloria's cultural differences because lately there has been talk about how racist Modern Family appears to be. Granted, I think all the chatter should be taken with a grain of salt, but that's just me. Nevertheless I was glad to see a side to Gloria that didn't have to do with her heritage and instead focus on another fault: her lack of organization. Granted, you could talk about how they focus on so many negative aspects of her character and how the "man" of the family is always taking care of and making fun of her, but honestly if you were to make that point you don't enjoy life and/or laughing so you shouldn't be watching the show in the first place. If you were wondering whether they find the keys or not: they do.
Manny is troubled because he feels his childhood has slipped by so he attempts to make up for it by relaxing in a pool and making prank calls. What bothered me about this was that Jay confessed to Manny that he "didn't like kids" which furthered Manny's obsession with being a kid. Now I know Jay thinks of Manny as older than he really is, but the character is still very young and telling a kid that you don't like kids is very emotionally hurtful.However, Jay has always been slightly grumpy so it fits and Manny seems like a tough enough kid to take it. Jay also makes up for it by giving Manny a BB gun which Gloria ends up wielding like a professional. Holy shit was that scary – watching Gloria take shots at both Manny and Jay. When she said that she could unbutton Manny's shirt with the BB gun, everything negative I said about the writers only showcasing her negative features can be retracted. That was awesome.
And here's where it went from being a pretty good episode to a great episode. Usually the whole family comes together in the end for their big sentimental moment, but since up until this point they had all basically been heading toward individual train wrecks the writers got them to head into a four-way train wreck in front of Maggianos. It was a great visual metaphor for the story and also quite funny. Two for the price of one! Then everyone came together at the dinner table and realized that they had all been very childish and forgave each other. Manny ended it all with a slight dig saying that he realized after watching them that he had plenty of time left to act like a child. Oh Manny, always so smart for your age. Never change.
I was a little skeptical of Modern Family winning the Best Comedy Emmy last year but episodes like this make me realize that they have earned it. Great job. However, I still think Community is a funnier show, but it and Modern Family have the same problem. They both have a certian "special" type of show that truly stand out above the others. Community has their genre episodes where they spoof different types of movies or films that have a distinctive feel (like war, zombie, and mafia movies) than the other episodes. Modern Family has episodes like this where each family has the same type of problem then come together at the end and realize the lesson of the week. Each show can't do those types of episodes each week, its just too much and they would lose their "specialness" so they have to have more normal episodes. Perhaps because its slightly easier and cheaper to make these better episodes, Modern Family walked away with the award last year. I hope this doesn't seem like sour grapes (because its not), just a educated guess at the politics behind the selection process.
Also there were some great callbacks and crossovers this week. Luke and Phil both didn't realize they were not wearing shoes as they were about to leave. Their subsequent self-admonishing with "come on luke/phil!" was hilarious if not a little Arrested Development-esque (though that's not necessarily a bad thing). Then each Pritchett was shown hurrying the other along with the same "Lets go, lets go, lets go!" which was clever and funny. It really shows that the writers want to make their characters as life like as possible by including little bits to show that the son and daughter would have traits like their father. Smart moves and funny lines all over the place.


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One out of three aint bad
The first woman was funny but very annoyingly repetitive. The second woman was hilarious but a tad offensive. The third guy was absolutely abysmal. I didn't even smile once during his performance.
Liam 11:16pm Wed 23 Nov Report Abuse
Hit and miss. Sometimes it is hilarious.
Yaspaa 9:26pm Wed 13 Jan Report Abuse
About as funny as a dose of you know what.
Joe 11:47am Wed 22 Apr Report Abuse
its great 10/10
mainstream guy 12:13pm Tue 3 Mar Report Abuse
stereotypical hipster
too mainstream
stereotypical hipster 12:11pm Tue 3 Mar Report Abuse
From OK to Awesome
How can it be utter cack or a waste of tax payers money. there is too much variety. Bishop IS funny.
Yaspaa 11:06pm Sun 15 Dec Report Abuse
jsj 9:44pm Mon 23 Sep Report Abuse
Best pair in the country. Sack Mcintyre
onslow 11:45pm Fri 12 Oct Report Abuse
not my cup ov t
cack, cack, utter damn cack.
bbc tv evader 6:45pm Sat 14 Jul Report Abuse
Alan Carr - can somebody park him up in a garage?
Usually a consistent show with new vibrant talent. The new talent must have sobbed when they realized that Carr was the MC. His camp un-funny burblings ruined the flow of the show so that the new talent had to start off 'cold'.
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By ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press
Congress is sending President Barack Obama a Republican-drafted bill to trim $4 billion from the budget to keep the government running for two more weeks.
The Senate cleared the measure by an overwhelming 91-9 vote that gives the GOP an early but modest victory in its drive to rein in government. Obama has until Friday to sign the measure and avert a government shutdown.
The legislation buys time for Obama, the GOP-dominated House and the Democratic-led Senate to start talks on legislation to fund the government through the end of September.
House Republicans last month muscled through a measure cutting this year's budget by more than $60 billion. The White House has promised a veto and it will take weeks or months to find a compromise that Obama would sign.
"It's encouraging that the White House and Congressional Democrats now agree that the status quo won't work, that the bills we pass must include spending reductions."Mitch McConnell, R-KY
"The president is encouraged by the progress Congress is making toward a short-term agreement," White House press secretary Jay Carney said after the House vote. "Moving forward, the focus needs to be on both sides finding common ground in order to reach a long-term solution that removes the kind of uncertainty that can hurt the economy and job creation."
Hours earlier, however, Carney had floated a trial balloon for a four- or five-week measure that would provide a more realistic time frame for what promises to be highly contentious negotiation on a follow-up bill to set spending levels through the end of the fiscal year, Sept. 30.
That balloon soon popped. "If there had been a conversation about this10 days ago or two days ago, we might have had something to talk about," Republican House Speaker John Boehner said. "But the fact is, we were forced to move on our own."
The $4 billion in savings comes from some of the easiest spending cuts for Congress to make, hitting accounts that Obama already has proposed eliminating and reaping some of the money saved by earlier moves by Republicans to ban lawmakers from "earmarking" pet projects for their districts and states.
"While some have been patting themselves on the back for proposing $4 billion in so-called 'cuts,' in reality, this bill fully funds billions upon billions of dollars in wasteful, duplicative programs that should be eliminated, reduced, or reformed," said freshman GOP Sen. Mike Lee of Utah.
But other Republicans seized on the vote as setting a precedent for cuts of $2 billion a week - which, if extended through the end of the budget year, would match the $61 billion in cuts in a measure passed by the House last month to meet their promise of cutting federal agency operating budgets back to levels in place before Obama took office.
"It's hard to believe when we're spending $1.6 trillion more than we're taking in a single year, that it would take this long to cut a penny in spending, but it's progress nonetheless," said Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. "It's encouraging that the White House and Congressional Democrats now agree that the status quo won't work, that the bills we pass must include spending reductions."
The White House has promised a veto of the bigger GOP measure, citing crippling cuts to many federal agencies and studies by economists that predict the spending cuts would harm the economy.
The GOP won control of the House and gained seats in the Senate last fall with the backing of tea party activists demanding deep, immediate cuts in federal spending. They say that an early down payment on those cuts would send a confidence-building signal to financial markets and the business community.
Still, difficult negotiations loom between House Republicans, Senate Democrats and the White House over the full-year spending measure. It blends cuts across hundreds of programs - education, the environment, homeland security and the IRS among them - with a slew of provisions that attack clean air and clean water regulations, family planning and other initiatives.
Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo., said the earlier measure "loads up every piece of the far-right social agenda in one bill, from restricting a woman's right to choose to preventing government from protecting the air we breathe and the water we drink."
The White House and many Democrats believe that the two-week time frame is too short for negotiations on the longer-term bill.
"The sooner we can agree on a long-term package of smart cuts - not reckless, arbitrary, job-destroying cuts - the sooner we can stop funding the government in disruptive two-week increments that undermine efficiency and spread economic uncertainty," said Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland, ranked second in the Democratic leadership.
When it came time to vote in the House, Democrats split, 104 in favor and 85 against. The leadership was similarly divided, Hoyer supporting the legislation and Pelosi opposing it.
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What would cause you to think Greene would have any more to say then, say, you. He knows physics but why would you think he has anything to say about the rest? If I had an opportunity to sit and talk with him, or even interview him, the questions would all be about science, both current views, and issues of methodology. And, honestly, Jerry, I don't think we agree, because I do think the modern physics ruminations – which is what a whole lot of it is – are irrelevant to social change aims, means, and choices. But, if you would like to pursue the possibility of implications with a physicist, I would suggest Michio Kaku. He was – may still be, I don't know – a serious socialist and certainly has more of a two portfolio focus – physics and social change – then I would anticipate for Greene. I also think if you find Kaku's address and write him, he would probably reply. If you do, let me know the result!


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idchafee wrote:Usacomp2k3 wrote:Everyone that I know IRL wants a play-off. The thing is, you could still have the meaningless bowls that you have now, they just wouldn't be part of the playoffs. Just like for college basketball, there is still a postseason for most decent teams in the form of the NIT.
I don't want a playoff. All that would do is move the "who should play for #1" arguement to "who should be #8 for the playoff." As long as the rankings are based on polls voted on by writers who don't see all the games and coaches who have their TA's do the voting for them, its going to be subjective.
It seems to work for the Championship Division, or whatever division2 or division1-AA is.


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Organized youth sport leagues are full of all kinds of commitment from both parents and kids, but in Pasco County there is another alternative growing in popularity.
I9 Sports is a noncompetitive sports program that has more than 200,000 members nationwide. In 2008, Jimmy Barbarise became the coordinator of the Pasco County portion of the program. Since taking on the challenge, he has seen the popularity of the program boom.
"In the last year, the number of memberships across the country has doubled," Barbarise said. "To me, a league like this is better for the kids because it's good for their self-esteem because everyone plays and there are no tryouts. Nobody is treated differently because of their skills."
The league not only has no tryouts, it also has no fundraisers or requirements for parents, such as operating concessions. With only one practice per week, the league is a more realistic option for parents whose professional lives don't allow them to run their kids to and from practices throughout the week.
"Parents come to our games to watch their kids play," Barbarise said. "We understand that people are busy and they don't have time to run around with their kids selling candy bars and doing carwashes, so we don't use any fundraisers. Family time is important, so we don't bombard the kids with practices three and four days a week either."
The organization uses a Web site to compile stats and standings for all i9 sports, which include soccer, basketball, flag football and cheerleading. Baseball is on the agenda for 2010.
Coaches are volunteers; however, there is a certification test that covers not only strategy, but how the coach should treat the kids. Chris Florence is a coach of the flag football team, the Chargers, and feels i9 is a unique experience for kids.
"Because every kid gets to play instead of just the really skilled kids, there is a better sense of unity," Florence said. "Everyone is like a family. I've seen other leagues, and they don't have the organization or the fun atmosphere that this has."
For parents, the league is good because of the unbiased nature of i9 that caters to both boys and girls. Tanji Coats' son and daughter are on the Dragons flag football team together and she feels that the organization of the league, and the fact that girls and boys can play together, makes the league special.
"I've received e-mails from the coach giving details about the season, which is new to me," Coats said. "I think it's great that the boys and girls play together because my daughter wanted to play football, but thought she'd be the only girl until she got here. I think that it changes the kids' perceptions of gender bias when they see that my daughter can play pretty well, too."
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Discussion in 'Dog Pictures and Pet Photos' started by Maliraptor, Apr 11, 2013.
Yep, I got them. Thanks to all that helped!
Cute!! How many and which breeds?
Two easter eggers and four silver laced wyandottes. I'm going to return in a couple of days and pick up a couple black sex-linked babies. The others are a straight run and I suspect a couple of my lighter SLWs are Roos.
^^ Look at me, talking like I have a chick clue!! :lol-sign:
You're going to love the easter eggers! We have 3 and they all look compeltely different. One lays blueish eggs, one lays blue-green eggs, and one lays olivey eggs.
They were my surprise buy. He brought out 4 and said "I have Easter Eggers" and I remembered everyone liking them that I've talked to about chickens. I didn't like the fuller face, but when I saw it, I though it was cute.
I almost wanted to get one of each kind lol.
He has Cuckoo Marans which are very nice to look at also. Oh the choices...
I've decided to renovate our old chicken coop. It is about 10 x 12 with an attached run and already built nesting boxes. I was brave enough to look inside tonight, and it's too nice to not fix up and de-spider. :yikes:
nothing cuter than baby chicks! I have a couple silver laced wyandottes, as well as 7 others (different breeds), I found as you might, with the SLW's at one point when young, they go thru the "uglies" LOL,,they looked like ugly vulture babies and I to, thought maybe they were roo's! But they weren't
I just put in an order for 2 lavendar orpingtons, a coronation sussex, and lemon cuckoo orpington, to be hatched april 29,,what they say is true, you can definitely become addicted to chickens!!
Have fun and my one suggestion, HANDLE THEM ALOT!!!! Mine are all very friendly and very easy to handle
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The guy we got them from said don't handle them for the first two weeks. But I have read online we should go ahead and start. Not sure what to do? What do you do?
Vultures lol. Yep- that is what that one above looks like to me.
They're adorable! I'm dying of jealousy over here!
We handled ours from the start, and they're all very tame.
They are CUTE!! When I was younger, our neighbor (before we moved) would let us take home her baby chicks to raise for a few weeks. Absolutely loved them.
Maybe new pics tomorrow!! Going to stop by in the morning to see if I can grab some Black Sex Links. will update.
I handled mine ALOT, just place some crumbles in your hand and set your hand in there, they'll investigate for sure..I pick them up etc..
Couple suggestions,,I put Apple Cider Vinegar (organic Braggs I use), in their water, mine are almost a year old and it's a daily thing. I mix up 3T with a gallon of water..Good for digestion/intestinal health and I swear it prevents "pasty butt".
I also when young, would take their crumble food, and add warm water to make a "mash",, kind of like a treat,,they go crazy for it!
Now that mine are adults, I make a mash daily out of all kinds of stuff , coucous, rice, dried fruit(cranberries), flaxseed, all organic dried stuff mix it up, cooked pasta, oatmeal,,add a little warm water and they like that too
Make sure you supply them with grit if you feed anything other than their crumbles (usually when they start eating other foods), and oyster shell when they start laying


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After taking a class about social justice, two San Domenico School juniors are putting what they've learned to use by sprucing up homes for people transitioning out of homelessness.
Shea Rounds, 16, of San Anselmo, and Emily Datnow, 17, of San Rafael, have spent nearly three weeks painting and cleaning an apartment in Novato's Meadow Park community that will soon be home to two different homeless women and their children. The friends were spurred into action after learning about homelessness and the lack of adequate housing in Marin County.
"We did this (school) project pretending to rent a house in Marin and the places we found online took up a ton of our income," Datnow said.
Encouraged by Rounds' mother Kate Mahoney, the teenagers contacted Homeward Bound of Marin, a Novato-based nonprofit that serves homeless people, to see how they could help. As a personal assistant, Mahoney receives many unwanted household furniture items that she can donate to others and thought her items might assist the nonprofit.
Rounds, Mahoney and Datnow ultimately decided to help homeless people by revamping the homes of those moving into transitional or permanent houses as part of Homeward Bound's programs. Rounds said she knew setting up homes would be a perfect fit.
"I love to design stuff and I wanted to do something to give back," Rounds said.
The trio of volunteers has taken the three bedroom, 11/2 bath apartment they were given as their first project and transformed it into a home. They've cleaned, restored furniture, painted all the walls, collected donations of household items, pulled weeds in the garden and coaxed friends to help out.
Mahoney said the place has come a long way from when they first saw it.
"There were holes in the wall and the carpets were filthy," Mahoney said.
Datnow agreed.
"We vacuumed like five times," Datnow said.
As part of the transitional housing program, families can stay in the 13 homes overseen by Homeward Bound for up to two years. Mary Kay Sweeney, Homeward Bound executive director, said it allows time for families to stabilize, get jobs, save money and get their children through school.
Sweeney said the homes, which are funded by grants, are hard to come by.
"It's so difficult to find places because the rents have gone up," Sweeney said. "It's important people understand that every bit of help can support this program."
The soon-to-be-housed two homeless women, their two newborn children and two toddlers transitioning to the Novato apartment are scheduled to move in Sunday. The identities of the women are protected by Homeward Bound, even from the volunteers, so Rounds was nervous about whether the women would like their home since not much was known about them.
"I hope they'll be excited and see that work was put into it," Rounds said.
Rounds, Mahoney and Datnow are scrambling to finish the home, filling it with baby clothes, new sheets, curtains, a crib and essentials like soap and toilet paper. They plan to buy a slow cooker and have a meal waiting for the new tenants when they arrive.
Rounds and Datnow hope to gain the support of San Domenico School's social justice club and hold fundraisers such as bake sales to purchase items to outfit future transitional homes. The teens plan to gather support to renovate other homes and pass along their work to other students once they graduate. They also want to set up a donation system where people can give their unwanted furniture and other items to Homeward Bound.
Sweeney said she's grateful for the teens' work and hopes they learned something in return.
"We can't underestimate the value of connecting people with folks who don't have as much," Sweeney said. "For the students and families from San Domenico, it's a tremendous education to see people who aren't as well off."
She said connecting more people with those less fortunate and getting additional people involved in volunteering would be a huge help to the nonprofit.
"If we did more of that, we could really change the world," Sweeney said.
Contact Megan Hansen via email at firstname.lastname@example.com or via Twitter at http://twitter.com/hansenmegan. Follow her blog at http://blogs.marinij.com/bureaucratsandbaking.
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Here's a summary of what happened this morning.
I must admit a bit of a sense of pride for having one of my articles entered into the permanent record of Maj. Nidal Hasan's capital murder court-martial.
I'll explain how that came about. The prosecution entered in Appellate Exhibit #364. The exhibit is a copy of this article "Accused Fort Hood shooter releases copy of trial delay request" along with the actual document Hasan authorized to be given to me.
The issue before the court was that Hasan was never authorized to make the document public. It was filed under seal. Presiding judge Col. Tara Osborn said Hasan could ask her to allow sealed documents to be made public, but first needed the court's permission.
"You did violate a court order. Again, a reminder, you need to follow the rules and repeated violations may jeopardize your pro se status," she said, referring to Hasan's right to represent himself.
We are on break right now and will be back in court at 2:30 p.m. for jury selection to begin in earnest.


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Junction's growth plan catches eye of national panel
Grand Junction's comprehensive plan, which provides a road map for growth in the Grand Valley, is receiving accolades from the American Planning Association, according to planning officials at Monday's City Council meeting.
The plan, which took about three years to complete, calls for in-filling of city centers and ideas for trail, park, infrastructure and sewer projects over the next 25 years.
Officials with the national committee admired the plan for including the greater Grand Valley, not solely focusing on Grand Junction.
"In the planning world, this is like an academy award," city planning manager Lisa Cox said. "We're really looking forward to tooting our horn for Grand Junction."
In other news:
Councilmembers unanimously approved an increase of 3.46 percent in ambulance transport fees to adjust for increasing rates.
Councilmembers approved by a 6-1 vote to rezone property at 315 Ouray Ave. from residential office to downtown commercial to incorporate a jewelry gallery. Councilmember Gregg Palmer opposed.
Councilmembers unanimously approved an ordinance to rezone Heritage Villas, 606 1/2 29 Road. Developers have plans to convert the vacant lot to a single-family home and 10 retirement living homes.


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Hello, guys.
I was managed to do multilingual website, everything works perfect, but locale switching
I have 2 files en_US.php and ru_RU.php in mysite/lang/ folder there're some params for templates, like:
$lang['en_US']['Page.ss']['BTN_FEEDBACK'] = 'feedback'; inside en_US.php
when i changing language of website content is changing and function Translatable::get_current_locale() returns en_US, content is changing, but those variables are still taken from ru_RU.php file.
I tried to add self::set_current_locale(Translatable::get_current_locale()); in Page_Controller->init(); and nothing has changed


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It will be a single dose, single-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled dose escalation study of SC continuously-delivered LD/CD solution (ND-0612) for 24 hours in healthy volunteers.
Objectives are to determine:
- the maximal tolerated dose of SC ND-0612
- the steady state plasma concentration of LD and CD following SC ND-0612 administration.
Each treatment group will include 6 healthy volunteers. Dosing will be done in a sequential manner.
|Parkinson's Disease
|Drug: ND0612 Drug: Placebo
|Phase 1
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Phase I, Single Dose, Single-centre, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Dose Escalation Study Evaluating Safety, Tolerability and Levodopa Plasma Concentration Following Administration of Subcutaneous Continuously-delivered Levodopa/Carbidopa Solution (ND0612) in Healthy Volunteers
Resource links provided by NLM:
Genetics Home Reference related topics: Parkinson disease
Drug Information available for: Levodopa CarbidopaU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by NeuroDerm Ltd.:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Safety and tolerability [ Time Frame: 2 weeks ]
The safety and tolerability of ND0612 will be well monitored and will assess the ND0612 effect at various doses in comparison to placebo in the following parameters:
- Incidence and frequency of local adverse events related to the ND0612 Sc administration.
- Local safety scoring. In addition, systemic adverse events and withdrawal rates and discontinuations due to adverse events will be recorded
|Study Start Date:
|April 2012
|Study Completion Date:
|December 2012
|Primary Completion Date:
|October 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Placebo Comparator: levodopa and carbidopa
Drug: ND0612
levodopa and carbidopa solution for subcutaneous administration
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Saline solution for subcutaneous administration
Drug: Placebo
Saline solution for SC continuous administration
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 40 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Healthy Caucasian males between 18 and 40 years (inclusive) of age
- Normal BMI (18.5-24.9)
- Subjects with negative urinary drugs of abuse, HIV, Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C serology tests
- Subjects must be able to adhere to the protocol requirements
- Subjects must provide written informed consent to participate in the study.
Exclusion Criteria:
- History of significant psychiatric disorder, neurological diseases or sleep disorders
- History of significant systemic diseases, by medical history or tests performed during screening examinations
- Clinically significant laboratory tests at screening
- History of drug or alcohol abuse.
- Allergy to levodopa, carbidopa or any inactive component of the test formulation.
- Subjects with dark skin
- Subjects with skin diseases or neoplasms
- Subjects with narrow-angle glaucoma
- Subjects with significant allergic response to other drugs.
- Presence of clinically significant scars or other skin disorders in the area of placement of the pump.
- Use of any prescription or over-the-counter (OTC) medications
- Subjects who donated blood or received blood, in the last 3 months
- Participation in another clinical trial in the last 30 days
- Subjects which do not have the ability to communicate well or will not adhere to the protocol procedures
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01486628
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01486628
|Hadassah Medical Center
|Jerusalem, Israel
Sponsors and Collaborators
NeuroDerm Ltd.
|Principal Investigator:
|Yoseph Caraco, MD
|Hadassah Medical Center,Israel
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Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|NeuroDerm Ltd.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01486628 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
ND0612/001 and 001b
|Study First Received:
|December 4, 2011
|Last Updated:
|March 31, 2016
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Parkinson Disease
Parkinsonian Disorders
Basal Ganglia Diseases
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Movement Disorders
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Pharmaceutical Solutions
Antiparkinson Agents
Anti-Dyskinesia Agents
Dopamine Agents
Neurotransmitter Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Aromatic Amino Acid Decarboxylase Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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If your kids are traumatized by 9/11 or the Boston bombings, then you are a bad parent. We lived through World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Charlie Manson, etc., and came through it with flying colors. Quit babying your children.
Our pathetic Congress demonstrates its true colors again by ending the sequester cuts on the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration), so they can cater to the jet set and fly home for their umpteenth legislative break without a long delay at the airlines. Too bad they don't personally suffer from the cuts in cancer funding, Head Start, Meals on Wheels, etc. If they did, they actually might do something about the poor who suffer from those cuts.
If alcohol is served at a "family event" (such as a baseball game), neither yourself nor members of your family have an obligation to drink. This isn't a difficult concept.
Sen. Rand Paul said that President Obama was using the Newtown families as "pawns" as they met with legislators in Washington. Actually, the real pawns are the Republicans (and a few Democrats) who are controlled by the NRA, which itself is the pawn of gun manufacturers.
When you're in the right lane making a right turn, do you all swerve left before making the turn, causing me to swerve into the oncoming traffic to avoid sideswiping you? … Just make the turn!
It sure is aggravating to be in a line of traffic in the left lane of an interstate highway, in the process of passing slower traffic in the right lane, and the lead vehicle slows down to less than the speed limit. If you can't keep the traffic moving at a consistent, safe speed, please stay in the right lane and don't impede the progress of others.
The school vouchers are not a monetary gift. It is for educating children. I pay school taxes, and I don't even have any children in any school. Since my taxes pay for your child's education, do you pay taxes on that "gift?"
We, too, are not happy with getting so much jibber-jabber from the people who are supposed to giving us the news locally. Please just deliver the news and weather in a professional manner after you have checked the facts.
Funny, one shooting after another, and there is never anyone who sees anything. Now the police are involved in a shooting, and everyone in the area sees the incident. Amazing.
My heart goes out to the family of the shooting victim. May God give everyone peace. I will continue to pray for everyone, and know you will always be in my thoughts. I also pray that the truth will be told. Your son was a very respectful young man I had the pleasure to meet once. My heart breaks with yours, mother to mother.
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By Sean O'Dell
Apr 8, 2002
|Mense's Prow/Bluge wall has what is probably the highest concentration of moderate routes in Shelf Road. Where as the other walls in the area might have one or 2 routes under 5.10, this wall has at least half a dozen. Probably the best bet for intermediate leaders in the area.
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Dec 30, 2002
|In 1995, I soloed up the west side of the South East Arete, of the California Pinnacle (it was just like soloing the last pitch of The Flame).... When I got the the top, I wrapped a rope -10 ft. down and drilled two climbs: *The one on the East side (of the South East Arete) is called Red Dog *The one one the North West side of the California Pinnacle is called Tucker's Faith. Then I hiked to the top of Bat Crack and tryed to clean it, but there were too many bats and the sun was going down. So I lowered the anchors, left the Bosch, and returned the next day to finish it with Jason. This was two weeks before I fell off - above skyline - of DoRDi, and stopped that dirty shi....
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From: Durango
Jan 27, 2003
|What is the name of the route on the California Pinnacle facing the trail? I don't see it listed here or in any of the guide books. It's a bolted line, approx 75-80', felt like it was about 10a ish, give or take.
By Sean O'Dell
Jun 3, 2003
|Tracy - I've never heard a name for it. I think Knapp's book lists it as "Unknown - 5.9+" but I'm not sure. For lack of a better name, my parties have always referred to it as "Plumber's Crack." Who knows, maybe we should post it that way and then it'll stick...
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From: Oakland, CA
Jan 21, 2004
|Anyone know the name of the route two lines to the right of B.O.S.S. Method? I believe that Dumb Waiter ascends the inside arete (dark, with a bulge near the top riddled with four-finger pockets) just right and across the chimney from Method. The one I'm asking about is the outside, blunt arete a yard or so right of this, where the trail bends at a gnarled tree. About six bolts, a brief, thin crack half way up, small black roof just before the anchors...
By Nate Oakes
May 14, 2007
|A reminder to watch for loose rock, even with as much traffic as this area gets. This weekend on Menses Prow, a loose block was pulled off and broke a belayer's leg, requiring a stretcher and helicopter flight out of the canyon. Be careful!
By Jason Parks
From: Colorado Springs, CO
Oct 4, 2013
|28 Sept 2013: May have dropped my wedding ring (white gold with 5 sapphires) and another ring (titanium with silver inlay) out the Trail to Menses Prow. Any booty finders, please contact me so I can get out of the doghouse.


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" Brand: Jurlique / Type: Face Oil / Skin type: for dry skin and for all types "
I recently purchased Clary Sage Oil due to me being pregnant. Being a first time Mum I'm desperate to meet my little one so am doing everything to encourage the process along.
The claim that made me buy this product was this -
"Recommended for childbirth, since it encourages labour yet promotes relaxation. It is a tonic for the womb and balances hormones, reducing PMS and relieves the pain of menstrual cramps."
Come in a small glass bottle with a screw cap and fitted inside the cap with a dripper so easily allows you to manage the amount of drops you use.
The bottle can get a little greasy after a few uses but that is to be expected as it is an oil.
I have used this oil in a few different forms.
In an oil burner - If projects a woody aroma into the air and it nice a relaxing used in a bath.
Rubbed into my bump/back - I have had it rubbed in to my bump and back which feels nice but no nicer than any other oil.
Dropped into a bath - I have used this in my bath water along with lavender which claims to enhance the Clary Sage to be even more relaxing. Now I'm unsure if it's just the Lavender or the mixture of the two but I do find it very relaxing and the aroma of the lavender and clary sage compliment each other.
It has a woody, floral smell to it which I can't decide if it's nice or not. I can only describe it as unusual.
I brought my bottle of Jurlique Clary Sage Pure Essential Oil from Holland & Barretts for only £6.00 so not a particularly expensive supplement.
**Other Benefits
-Assists with lower blood pressure
-Helps with stress
-Soothes inflamed skin
-Promotes hair growth
**My Opinion
As I mentioned I only brought this product for one purpose...To Get This Baby Out!!
At the moment it hasn't worked (but only being 39 weeks there is time) but I do find it very relaxing and have enjoyed having it in the house.
I possibly would buy it again if I felt it may assist with any problems it claims to help but I wouldn't buy it just a relaxation method.


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Time to fight
The forsworn had been raiding trade routes and travellers for months, killing and stealing as they went.
The previous week they had attacked a family, taking one captive. They had found her unconscious in the back of the wagon the group had been using.
Now awake, she hears them tell of the assault that had led to her capture, and the death of the family she was with. The people that had saved from her the Dragon attack at Helgen.
Taking their armour and weapons, along with a sword she remembered the father carrying before she had passed out, she prepares for an attack of her own.
"They all die tonight. Every last one of them..."
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Police use 'firebombs' to break up protest
Violent end to anti-copper mine rally
November 29, 2012
Riot police broke up a protest against a controversial copper mine project in central Myanmar early today with tear gas, water cannon and with what protesters said were "firebombs."
At least 30 Buddhist monks received serious burns, and six temporary shelters set up by the protesters were razed.
"They first attacked us with water cannons, and then firebombs exploded and we fled," said Ashin Zawana, one of the monks at the scene. "Three monks I ran with were seriously burned."
The crackdown came after the government announced on Tuesday night that protesters had to end their sit-in by midnight on Wednesday. The protest has shut down operations of the joint Chinese- and Myanmar army-owned mining project since last week.
As the deadline passed, protesters did not expect the new civilian government, praised for a series of political and economic reforms, to use violence against the monks and local residents at the mining site.
"All our expectations were wrong. They attacked us as if it were a battle zone," said Sasana, a monk who was beaten during the crackdown. "This government, I know, is no different than the previous regime."
The action came just hours before a scheduled visit by opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to the protest site. Suu Kyi was to arrive in Monwya and visit injured monks at the hospital before meeting with villagers near the project.
Police have cordoned off the entire project area and officials have not responded to inquiries about why the police used incendiary devices.
Resentment against Chinese projects looking to tap the country's abundant natural resources is growing in Myanmar, and is thought to be behind the government calling a halt to a hydro-electric dam project earlier this year.
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Portrait of a Genius as a Young Girl
It's not often that we get to witness the first swings of someone who goes on to be the best tennis player in the world. Today's our lucky day: here is Dinara Safina, current world number one player, taking her first swings at Spartak. We all know how great she became. The question is, did she have some special gift that separated her from other kids her age?
- Does she an unusual level of natural coordination? (Uh, no–check out the pratfall at the 17-second mark.)
- Does she exhibit unusually sharp hand-eye ability (Not really.)
- Does she have a naturally efficient swing? (Not unless underhand is efficient.)
Yet I think we can see the real gift here: She's falling in love with this game. Her coach (her mother) has wisely cut down her racquet and given her a soft, bouncy ball to play with. Dinara is having a complete blast out there. When she misses, she chases it down and does it again. This is how it begins.
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Hi Daniel,
This video is amazing. Reminds me of a simple lesson from John Holt's works that most of the children never discover their full potential because their mothers or guardians don't believe the kids are capable enough. This video is such a relief to watch!!
Slowing down seems to be a key to deep practice. Has the replacement of Clay courts with Hard Courts in the USA resulted in the US producing fewer great Tennis players.
Most children get very frustrated playing on Hard Courts and Clay Courts were once the standard. Is it possible that the loss of clay courts has created another barrier to mastering Tennis for players in the US.


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Game developer and publisher Electronic Arts today announced John Riccitiello will step down as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board of Directors, effective March 30. Larry Probst, who was CEO prior to Riccitiello, was appointed Executive Chairman while the Board searches for a new, permanent CEO.
EA made the announcement today via an official release, also stating that the company is considering both external and internal candidates to replace Riccitiello.
"My decision to leave EA is really all about my accountability for the shortcomings in our financial results this year," Riccitiello explained in his letter to EA (published by Kotaku). "It currently looks like we will come in at the low end of, or slightly below, the financial guidance we issued to the Street, and we have fallen short of the internal operating plan we set one year ago. And for that, I am 100 percent accountable."
Riccitiello also took pride in the strides the company has made in the mobile space, telling his employees: "You are number one in the fastest growing segment, mobile, with incredible games like The Simpsons: Tapped Out, Real Racing 3, Bejeweled, SCRABBLE and Plants v. Zombies."
EA's release cited Probst's accomplishments when he was last CEO, also specifying his contributions to online and mobile. "As CEO, Probst successfully grew the Company's annual revenues from $175 million to approximately$3 billion, led EA into new platforms such as mobile, online and other emerging markets and expanded its international presence to more than 75 countries."


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MONTREAL — All the employees of the Bixi bike-sharing service received bonuses a few weeks before the company declared bankruptcy.
Montreal's opposition leader Marc-Andre Gadoury said Tuesday his party received an anonymous tip about the bonuses paid out by Montreal-based PBSC Urban Solutions.
PBSC runs Bixi bike-sharing programs in Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa and 13 other cities in the U.S., Europe and Australia.
The company was placed under bankruptcy protection last week with debts of nearly $50 million, including $38 million owed to the City of Montreal, its main creditor.
The bike-sharing program has been plagued with problems since its launch.
QMI Agency reported in 2011 that PBSC was losing millions of dollars and that several board members and executives had quit.
Montreal city council approved a controversial $108-million Bixi bailout package in May 2011.
In December, the City of Toronto took over its Bixi program and is now looking for a private firm to take the reins.
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Former Westlife star Brian McFadden won a new job as a TV presenter by flashing his nipples during his audition.
The singer is to front new Australian reality show Football Superstar, which aims to find new, talented soccer players.
But the 28-year-old had an unusual strategy when trying to impress the judges at his initial screen test - revealing his bare chest to the selection panel.
He says, "I did a screen test and at the end you had to look down the camera and say why you should get the job.
"I pretty much said I have a job already so I'd just do it for fun. Then I opened my shirt and said, 'But the main reason is you are never going to see nipples like this on TV again.'"


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RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson delivered an abject apology Thursday to hundreds of current and former female officers and employees who were subjected to alleged incidents of bullying, discrimination and harassment dating back 42 years.
Paulson made the apology as he announced a $100 million settlement of two class-action lawsuits stemming from the harassment allegations, some of which date back to September 1974.
"To all the women, I stand humbly before you today and solemnly offer our sincere apology," an emotional Paulson told a news conference in Ottawa.
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Snuggies are a bit monk/cultish looking, yes, but you've gotta admit, they're kind of the perfect San Francisco attire. So on March 20, wear it proud in the inaugural Snuggie Pub Crawl down Polk Stret.
In addition to an all-around good time drinking with your Snuggie-clad peers, you can compete for Best Male Snuggie, Best Female Snuggie, Best Couple or Group Snuggie (gross), and the ultimate distinction....The Sluttiest Snuggie. The rules are as follows: An official Snuggie must be used in all costumes; no fleece alternatives allowed. Snuggies may be shortened, cut or altered and in one of the original Snuggie colors: red, blue or sage green. All participants must be at least 21 years of age. Three assigned judges reprising the roles of Idol judges Paula, Randy and Simon will decide the winners. Prizes will be given out at a later date.
As stated on the Snuggie Pub Crawl's Facebook page: "All snuggies alterations, themes and modifications will be judged for creativity and integration of the Snuggie into the costume or theme. Remember, this is about the Snuggie. Without the large ridiculous sleeves, it might as well be a toga party."
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Virtual Families 2: Our Dream House Answers for iPhone - iPadHome / iPhone - iPad /
Game Questions & Answers (Q&A) service lets you ask questions about video games for game consoles or PC games. So ask your Virtual Families 2: Our Dream House question for iPhone - iPad and get answers from real gamers or answer questions and share your insights and experience with the rest of the gaming community.
- Developer: Last Day Of Work
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- Genre: Simulation Virtual
- Release: Dec 6, 2012
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Awesome Contest!!!
Hi, today I wanted to make a contest, so I am! The theme for it is ... House events! Make up any house event you want,it can be good, or bad, scary, or AWESOME!! have fun! :-)
Answer from: Vfam2girl
Here is my house event: you find a note... It says I'm gonna get you. Here is my number you can decide to call or not to call if you call there is another event that says there is a knock at the door you can pick don't open or open if you open your door your character instantly dies if you say no to either of them nothing happens
Answer from: Lolzxtyellow
Scary: A few people come and ask you to join a protest. They say they can't tell you what it's about and they look like demons. If you say yes your person never comes back. And if you say no everyone dies from a plauge,and become ghosts.
Answer from: Awesome_Person
Awesome: A guy comes to your house and offers to give all the kids careers for free. If you say yes he gives all the children careers master at level 8 salary 690. If you say no he takes all your children away to boarding school. Hope you liked it!
Answer from: CocoHeart
Good and Bad: Randomly when your kid is playing with the plush elephant, a screen pops up and it says: A tiny lost child is at your door. She is shivering, sick, and hungry. The options are adopt her, give her directions, or try finding her mom. Results: Adopt her- she spreads a virus to the family and they all die. Give her directions- she ends up being killed and the police take away all your money. Try finding her mom (only good one)- her mom turns out to be extremely rich and pays you $50,000 in thanks.
Answer from: Clalexander
Bad and Good: You find a man at the door in a tux and a top hat. He wears a mischevious smile. He asks to come in and you hesitantly let him. He asks to see your wallet. If you let him, he'll give you a free 1500 food to go in your fridge but still 500 coins. If you don't he will steal a child (you can only get this event if you have a child) as he leaves. He'll leave a note saying that You should have let him see your wallet and that he would sell your child. He leaves nothing but 500 food, hoping you won't call the cops. You still call them but they say your child was not found.
Answer from: TheFantagePeeps
Good/bad: Your kid is admiring the magic fish. Then the screen pops up saying: Your child called the police saying they're fish had died You can pay the fine go to jail have your kids taken away or tell the officers and get 500000000 coins
Answer from: Emduck ????
Here's mine: You hear a small knock at the door. If you open the door there will by a man and a little girl standing there. The man says please take this child I can't cope! You look at the girl, boy, she's dirty. If you say yes you put her in a shower straight away, praise her and click on her detail button. You find out that she is a master carpenter and will renovate all of your rooms for free, you will also get 1000000 coins. If you say no,oh darn...
Answer from: Ki ki
Good: A Mysterious man comes to your house and asks if you would like the box in his hands. If you say yes, he gives you all of the organic groceries and 500 coins for taking it. If you say no, he will just walk away angrily. Bad: A senior asks if she can stay in your house. If you say yes, she will give cookies (10 units of food), but she will give your family a grave infection. If you say no, she will just stumble away.Hope you like them :-D
Answer from: CocoHeart
Another one because this is a cool idea. Awesome: A man is standing at your door, all dressed in green. He is quite small. He has black boots with gold buckles and pointed toes. He asks if you have any spare food. If you say yes, he says he is a leprechaun and gives you a "pot of gold" ($9000). If you say no, he gives you a bunch of fruit, candy and organic groceries then walks away.
Answer from: AwesomePie
These are good ones!
Answer from: Spider
Good: Your child was wandering around the yard, when it found a ugly looking cat with no fur. S/he begs you to keep it, but you notice it has a collar with tags. If you say yes, You get a free Hairless cat, if no, you call the number on the tags, and it turns out this is a famous show cat. You get 10000 coins, and your career goes up a level.
Bad: (only if your person has not married) -Nameofperson- had read on the news that a man/woman has been seen around the neighborhood, and will pretend to love you, but after a bit they will steal your money, food, and your furniture. They hear a knock at the door, and get up to find a beautiful wo/man dress in rags. They beg you to let them in, and will raise a family with you. If you say yes, a man/woman walks in. If your person is a man, the woman holds a baby, if they are a woman, they hold a baby. One in game day passes, and this text box appears: "You wake up to find your baby on the floor, your fridge empty, and you have no money. You are forced to sell your furniture, and your person holds the baby for one more day no matter what gender. If you say no, they shove you to the ground, screaming. You call the cops, and they take the crimnal without another word.
Answer from: Spider
Scary: This event only happens at night. Your persons child is out playing in the yard, when you hear them scream and run inside, telling you they saw a dead man in the trees. They ask you to check it out. If you say yes, You find a pile of bones and a note that says, "I'll get you next". If you worry about the message(an option), your childs mood becomes "Frightened" whenever they are outside of the house. If you ignore it or said no to the first option, You comfort the child, and you never get the event again.
Awesome!: Your person finds their pet(they must have one for this event), with a note in its collar. You take the note, and it reads: "Your such a great owner, want to let me inherit the house when you die?" You take it as a joke. When you click, Start a new generation, you find the pet as one of the options, Its name is random, so is its gender, buts it's job is "Pet". If you chose it, Your house suddenly disappears, and your screen is a pet shop. Your adopted by a person, and your at a new house with all the repairs, but the people now act as pets, and there is a new area, where there is a dog house with needed repairs. There is an event when the pet finds a mate, and the game works from the pets point of view.
Answer from: Tacocat
Bad+scary; When u give birth to twins or tripetlets and have 1+ kids all ready, a man comes to ur door and tells u to give him all ur money food and furniture. If u say yes he says he will come at 8 to pick it up but he never shows up and ur family goes to sleep and ur kids r missing and u have nothing in ur house, no food or money, and u r gravely sick. If u say no, he will scowl and walk away. But he leaves a note at the door say u will be sorry.... And when night falles for ur little ppl and they go to sleep when u wake a note on the door says I warned u and ur kids r missing plus EVERYTHING is taken away from u :'( u have no money food furniture and can't buy coins for 1 week
Answer from: Bobbiko
Scary a guy who has a black hat over his face knocks on the door if you open it he kills the mom and dad and takes the kids it was the slender man
Answer from: Awesomness_6563
Scary: one night when all the kids and parents are asleep, a mysterious man shows up to your house. He hasn't been invited. He starts quietly stalking through the house, stealing small but valueable things, and he ends up stealing all of your food, money, and home decor. When the parents wake up in the morning, they hear their children screaming. They run to the kids room where your kids are huddled in a corner and a pair of twins (demon twins) are standing there with knives and glowing eyes. Then you notice that your house is a mess. Apparently this man robbed you and gave you two demon children because when he asked to babysit your kids, you said no.
Ok not very good but whatever.
Answer from: AwesomePie
More great ones! I think I'll choose results tomorrow!(but you can definitely still answer!) ^_^
Answer from: Snowqueen
A hauntingly beautiful lady dressed all in white will come to your door asking for work. If you open the door she will in glide in and examine your house. when she is done examining the house she will walk into the office and all your children walk into the into the office and stand in a line in front of her. When she is done examining your children she tells you she is staying to be a ghost governess for your children. She moves in and your children are always a well behaved, you gain 10000 coins and your kids grow up to have good careers. If you don't open the door she casts a curse on you so you never gain a career level. Then feeling guilty gives you a pool.A while ago there was another question like this and the answers are really good, with aliens and devil children and strange men. Maybe you can find it.
Answer from: Ki ki
Awesome: A rich, stern, lady comes to your door. She asks if you would like her to renovate all rooms, get the appropriate furniture for each room, and get 3000 units of food! If you say yes, all that happens plus 5000 coins in thanks for appreciating her work. Also, another event pops up (only if you say yes) saying, The rich lady asks if you would like to take 1 of the 3 pets she has. You have the options of a hairless cat, an iguana, a chihuahua or none. If you say no she will just walk away saying "You will regret this!" Scary: Your kid is heard screaming. When your little people come in, she held a post-it-note saying "Give me this kid for 4000 coins or else..." If you say yes, you will get 4000 coins in return for your kid. If you say no, you will hear a loud, brutal, knock on the door. He kidnapped your child and your people are left extremely weak. Your child after a couple vf2 days, your kid comes back... as a DOLL!!! Hope you like once again. :) Sorry if they're bad :(
Answer from: AwesomePie
@Snowqueen, I've seen that one, and I answered.
Answer from: Agent a 122
Awesome!!! A baby walked to the door. He starts playing with your kid (you must have a kid.) Mother shows Up saying if they play once a week she will give you a lottery ticket once a week. If you say yes your 5th is 10000 coins! if you say no too bad.....
Answer from: I-cat
An old lady appears at your door, she asks you to take care of her if you say yes you look after her till she dies, when she does, she gives you her fully renovated house with furniture and 10,000 coins. YAAAAY!
Answer from: Hope
You go onto the game and your three year old daughter's action says, playing with imaginary friend. You think its cute and you start praising her for it. It gets to the point where she's playing with her imaginary all the time. Then one day, the family gathers at the table and for some reason no one takes the seat right next to the daughter. You try constantly but no one will sit and there action say's seat already taken. Then later the parents action says arguing about child not growing up. Your so confused you turn off the game. The next time you get on, the girls action is running away. after dragging her back the girls action says my imaginary friend told me to. The parents are fed up and tell the girl to say by to her imaginary friend. You see the girl walk to the door. Then there's this white ghost looking thing that suddenly appears at the door and strikes the parents with a cold steel glare that sends them into shock and then disappears out the door. Guess that imaginary friend isn't so imaginary......
Answer from: ILikeChezBurger
GOOOOD: A homeless person knocks, and asks for 100 coins in return for his dog, as he thinks the dog would be better in a rich home. If you say yes you get a chihuahua!!! If not he scowls at you and steals 200 coins.
Annoying: Your great uncle who lives in a distant country asks to come and stay. If you say yes, all your children get depressed and a man stays in your house and eats a lot of food for a bit. If you say no, he comes anyway and the adults get depressed too.
Answer from: ILikeChezBurger
And PS
AWESOME: a friend calls you to say that their giving up their ranch, and they'll sell you a random pet for 500. It's a gamble, you get either a hairless, a longhair ORRRR BRAND NEW AWESOME PET HORSE and if you get the cat or dog you just get have they in your inventory, but if you get the horse it says your family moved to a fully furnished/renovated ranch with much more space to have a horse. You also get 500 every hour for its winnings. If you say no, I feel for you man :P
Answer from: AwesomePie
Sorry I couldn't decide between two of them,so there will be runner up and winner!
Runner up:......Spider's Awesome one! Congrats!
And the winner is......Hope!
Congrats everyone!
PS thanks for spending time to answer these.
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by Sayyid Anwer Ibrahim
Bangalore April 09, 2011 KMNN: A workshop on "Awareness and Capacity Building of Muslim Women" was organised here by the "Centre for Study of Society and Secularism Mumbai, India Social Institute, Bangalore (ISI), and Talent Promotion Trust, Bangalore (TPT).
Dr. Rafat Seema, General Secretary of NISA Research and Resource Centre for Women, Hyderabad and Chief Editor of "NISA" Research magazine on Women spoke on "Situation of Muslim Women in India". Presenting the statistics on their positive aspects she said "Girls generally are in the forefront of everything that once considered the male dominion. Girls including Muslim girls are shining in secondary education to higher education in all the streams and subjects. Even in professional courses they are achieving remarkable success, surpassing boys."
She further said, "Hyderabad has established first medical college for Women. There is a Sunday school and distance learning school for study of Quran. Professionals, students, housewives and all are learning Quran from here."
Dr. Rafat also narrated case studies of difficulties in Women's education. She said, "Still majority of parents think girl education as non-profitable business. They prefer boys' education over that of girls. The irony is that even if a girl gets higher education there will be problems in finding suitable educated husbands. The problem of ragging and degradation of moral standards also resists the parents from sending their daughters to colleges. All this results not only in limiting education of girls but also their capabilities are not available for nation building."
On the economic problems Dr. Rafat said, "As per 'Sachar Committee' report, the condition of Muslims is worse than that of Daliths. Then the plight of Muslim Women is understandable. They are being exploited by private financiers".
Dr. Rafat analyzed the situation in Muslim society by categorizing it into three classes financially. She said, "The Muslim elite class is busy in accumulating Dinaars, Dirhams, and Dollars. They are secluded within their own comforts without bothering about the outer world. If they come out to help the community there will be a positive difference. The middle class should shun their inhibitions and stop wasting wealth on maintaining social standards. They should join combined efforts for betterment of the community."
Dr. Rafat outlining details of situation post Makkah Masjid blast in Hyderabad said, "In the aftermath of this blast, Muslim Youth were picked up in large number by the police. They were treated barbarically and false cases were framed against them. Nobody was willing even to talk to their female folks for the fear of being branded as 'terrorist'. In this grave situation our organization 'NISA' reached to them and provided moral support. As a result they stood up against police atrocities and voiced their concern through the media. This proved effective in freeing many detainees".
Kaneez Fathima Motivates Muslim Girls to do Active Social Service
Miss Kaneez Fathima, Civil Rights Activist and 'NISA' Coordinator from Hyderabad dealt in detail about the Women's plight in the region. Miss Fathima said, "More Muslims were injured by Hyderabad police firing than the blast in Makkah Masjid. The police picked up innocent Muslim brethren and treated then worst than third degree. Actually the Makkah Masjid blast was deliberately carried out by communal forces in order to shift public attention from Gujarat fake encounters. The Sohrabuddin fake encounter and other such fake encounters were carried out in connivance by police of three states namely Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Andhra Pradesh".
Miss Fathima said, "Burqa is not a barrier in any manner in any phase of life". She said, "Muslim Women can do anything worth doing, and we have shown this through NISA. We were able to mobilize moral support to the women of victims' families. This led to the release of victims from illegal detention".


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We have an application which runs an OpenVMS Basic routine. This routine accesses RMS files and an Oracle RDB (version 7.0-14) database. It is a recursive routine but only opens the files and connects to the database once (thereafter it uses the same ch annels/connection for each call to itself). Occasionally, for processes which involve a lot of recursion, the user gets thrown out of the application with the following error message :- "%DEBUGBOOT-W-CHN, assign channel system service request failed". I've tried changing the user's FILLM quota from 300 to 340. However, this seemed to make no difference (if anything, it made it worse). Any ideas?
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As a homework assignment, we were given a case study and asked to diagnose the disease. I have come to the conclusion that "my patient" is inflicted with DiGeorge Anomaly. However, as part of the assigment we must list other possible options in order to make the final diagnosis. So far I have come up with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and I would really appreciate it if any of you know more. Thanks for your help
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In the first part of my YouTube guide, you found out about such tools as YouTube TV, Analytics and Snake game – hope you enjoyed it. It was a pleasant thing to start with, but now it's time to knuckle down and meet the features that will not only entertain you, but also improve your video content's performance.
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After you have it done, you'll not only be able to place ads next to your content, but also add your custom cover for each video. If you don't select a cover, you are given 3 random screenshots to choose from, which can turn out blurry or simply not matching the topic your content covers. Now, you have full control over your video's look on the website.
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An award-winning book, one that lures young and old to the Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail, has been stopped dead in its tracks by the National Park Service.
Because the agency, which long has allowed use on road signs of the somewhat ubiquitous silhouette of the intrepid 19th century explorers pointing westward, won't stand to see Ben Long's book, Backtracking by Foot, Canoe and Subaru Along the Lewis & Clark Trail, use that image on its cover.
The image did not grace the hardcover edition of the book, which according to the Missoulian newspaper has "won the Chinook Literary Prize, and was named best book of the year by the Northwest Outdoor Writers Association. It was quoted in Time magazine, received rave reviews in places such as the Chicago Tribune, was praised by noted authors, including Montana's own Rick Bass."
Rather, the image appears on the cover of the paperback edition released back in June 2004.
Mind you, it's not the image that's selling the books, it's the contents. But the Park Service apparently could care less. No small businessman is going to try to encourage more interest and visitation to one of the agency's 391 units by using that silhouette in a montage on the book's cover.
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biggest problem here is the logo's being used for a profit. That's the
Now, I could perhaps understand the Park Service's point if Mr. Long or someone else had made up posters or postcards solely using the image and sold them, or if it was being used to fuel a cottage industry of Lewis and Clark T-shirt sales. But a book cover? One in which a Subaru wagon is cruising across the image?
Of course, what's also ironic here is that I can easily use that silhouette in this story, because that's perceived as permitted "editorial use." And really, isn't that all Mr. Long's publisher is doing? Would money-making newspapers that print the historic trail's distinctive logo to accompany a story about the trail also receive a cease-and-desist letter?
And what about the commercial web sites out there that utilize the image, such as this one, and this one, and this one, and this one, and this one, and ... well, you get the idea. Did they all pay a licensing fee? Or can they also expect a letter from Stephen Adams, trail administrator for the Park Service's Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail?
Unfortunately, Mr. Long's publisher sees no out other than destroying all paperback editions of the book and canceling any future editions with a new cover, as the cost of recalling the unsold books precludes that possibility.
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On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 7:33 AM, Lennart Augustsson <email@example.com> wrote:

 Thinking that Functor allows you to apply a function to all elements
 in a collection is a good intuitive understanding. But fmap also
 allows applying a function on "elements" of things that can't really
 be called collections, e.g., the continuation monad.

I hadn't even thought about fmap for continuations... interesting!

It falls out of the logic though doesn't it?

I'm not one to throw all the cool mathematical and logical thinking out for "simpler terms" or not covering the full usefulness of certain abstractions.

I know Haskell allows for lazy evaluation (as an implementation of non-strictness) but Haskell programmers are NOT allowed to be lazy :-)

Try learning the terms that are there... and ask for help if you need help... most of us are pretty helpful!

Improving documentation can pretty much *always* be done on any project, and it looks like that's coming out of this long thread that won't die, so kudos to the ones being the gadflies in this instance. It really looked at first like a long troll, but I think something very useful is going to come out of this!

Dave

 -- Lennart

 On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Andrew Coppin
 <email@example.com> wrote:
 > Cory Knapp wrote:
 >>
 >> Actually, that was part of my point: When I mention Haskell to people, and
 >> when I start describing it, they're generally frightened enough by the focus
 >> on pure code and lazy evaluation-- add to this the inherently abstract
 >> nature, and we can name typeclasses "cuddlyKitten", and the language is
 >> still going to scare J. R. Programmer. By "inherently mathematical nature",
 >> I didn't mean names like "monoid" and "functor", I meant *concepts* like
 >> monoid and functor. Not that either of them are actually terribly difficult;
 >> the problem is that they are terribly abstract. That draws a lot of people
 >> (especially mathematicians), but most people who aren' drawn by that are
 >> hugely put off-- whatever the name is. So, I guess my point is that the name
 >> is irrelevant: the language is going to intimidate a lot of people who are
 >> intimidated by the vocabulary.
 >
 > Oh, I don't know. I have no idea what the mathematical definition of
 > "functor" is, but as far as I can tell, the Haskell typeclass merely allows
 > you to apply a function simultaneously to all elements of a collection.
 > That's pretty concrete - and trivial. If it weren't for the seemingly
 > cryptic name, nobody would think twice about it. (Not sure exactly what
 > you'd call it though...)
 >
 > A monoid is a rather more vague concept. (And I'm still not really sure why
 > it's useful on its own. Maybe I just haven't had need of it yet?)
 >
 > I think, as somebody suggested about "monad", the name does tend to inspire
 > a feeling of "hey, this must be really complicated" so that even after
 > you've understood it, you end up wondering whether there's still something
 > more to it than that.
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 > But yes, some people are definitely put off by the whole "abstraction of
 > abstractions of abstraction" thing. I think we probably just need some more
 > concrete examples to weight it down and make it seem like something
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 > (Thus far, I have convinced exactly *one* person to start learning Haskell.
 > This person being something of a maths nerd, their main complaint was not
 > about naming or abstraction, but about the "implicitness" of the language,
 > and the extreme difficulty of visually parsing it. Perhaps not surprising
 > comming from a professional C++ programmer...)
 >
 >> At the same time, I think everyone is arguing *for* better documentation.
 >> And you're probably right: better documentation will bring the abstract
 >> nonsense down to earth somewhat.
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