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In this article you will learn how fear of success can affect your trading results. Jason felt like a deer caught in headlights. The unnerving thing about it was that he had been down this road before. He would identify a demand zone on the 60-minute chart where the price action was pulling back to retest this zone. A 5-minute time frame would be used to execute an order to buy 2 contracts of the NQ E-mini. But just like before, as soon as the price action entered the zone he would freeze in the face of the entry; or if he actually mustered enough courage to "pull the trigger" he'd exit the trade prematurely by moving his stop too tight so as to disallow the price action to breath. The good thing is that he realized this as a pattern through the use of his Thought Journal. He recognized that he was trading from a position of fear. From tracking his thoughts he uncovered that he was telling himself, "Even if I win this time, I can never sustain it and at any moment will lose it all." This and other limiting beliefs associated with "success" were out of his awareness, that is, in his subconscious, affecting his emotions and therefore his behavior. So, the fear that Jason was experiencing was not a fear of failure, but a fear of success.
Fear of success is just as daunting as a fear of failure although fear of failure may be more easily understood because fear of success is somewhat counter intuitive. Firstly, fear of success stems from the meaning that you ascribe to it. Meaning gives context and definition to an idea as in what is the importance or significance. For example, your 16 year old son comes home one evening and is sporting a new tattoo…on his face! You would ascribe a significance to it, and it would define how you felt about it, and, what you intended to do about it. With regard to success, if your meaning entails having to be stronger, smarter, or somehow better-than then this could be very scary. Or, if your father told you as a child that rich people are jerks; then on a subconscious level that would mean that in order to be rich and successful you would be a jerk. That meaning would make it difficult to follow-through with behaviors designed to get successful results.
Another subconscious fear is that when you grow, evolve and create another expression of yourself, you leave behind other aspects of yourself, which can represent inner conflicts. You may outgrow people, places and things. For instance, as a child you may have really enjoyed reading "Jack and Jill" stories; however as you grew and matured in your literary tastes, you no longer get the same level of enjoyment from reading less challenging and therefore less engaging works. As you grow and develop your sensibilities and sensitivities refine. That doesn't mean that you have become "better" than anyone else, it's just that your interests have expanded. Additionally and as an outcome of subconsciously considering such an idea you may harbor unconscious doubts, as in, "Have I done the right the right thing?" Or, "Will this success make me someone who I don't want to be?"
Success can also be scary due to the level of complexity, commotion and potential turmoil that it can bring. You may be programmed to suppose that there "should" be no chaos and that would lead to subconscious limiting beliefs such as, "I can never be happy with success;" or, "Success is too chaotic for me." These unconscious thoughts stem in part from childhood programming that seeks to stabilize chaos through "black or white" thinking; that is, it is either one way or the other, which makes it difficult to see elements of the confluence or grayness of life. The point is that this absolutist approach leaves little room for the possibilities of considering how things could be woven together.
Now that we have discussed to a degree how fear of success can become manifest in your life; it is important to view this or any fear from the standpoint of ally rather than foe. The meaning here is that your growth as a trader and human being is predicated upon identifying and confronting your fears along with your other emotional issues that take you outside of your comfort zone and drive behaviors that are not in your best interests. There is no growth without effort and courage to challenge your weaknesses and face your fears. These improvables are best approached as opportunities to learn more, do more and be more.
One of the ways to confront the fear of success is to ask the question: What will happen if you succeed? This question is not a few-moment perusal of what consciously seems obvious to you about what you would like to success to be; or what you fear might happen. This question is one that you want to take quiet time to realistically contemplate. In other words, so you achieve your goal; then what? What will change in your life? If you take the time to allow the question to seep into lower levels of your awareness, your subconscious will answer the question. There are often unintended consequences associated with getting what you want and they could be enough to prevent you from taking committed action; such as the meaning, the inner conflicts or black and white thinking. The bottom line is that whatever the reasons that would motivate you to avoid the fear of unintended consequences you'll want to root out and shed the light of day on them. By asking, "What will happen if succeed?" you can focus your conscious attention on the potential unintended consequences and therefore the fears. This provides you with "grist for the mill" in other words, with what was causing you to shrink away from taking committed action in your trading. Then you can consciously deal with them in advance. You'll send a message to your subconscious that you needn't fear this because you have a practical way to solve it; you can devise a new strategy for moving forward.
Here are a few of the limiting beliefs associated with fear of success:
- That you are undeserving of success.
- That you will accomplish all that you set out to, but that you still won't be content, satisfied or happy once your goal has been achieved.
- Belief that there are others who will take away your success.
- Fear that once you achieve success, the motivation to continue will fade.
- Belief that you will find no happiness in your achievement and that you will always be dissatisfied with your life.
Any fear can be difficult to overcome. The important thing to remember is that you can't overcome a fear that you are unwilling to confront and you can't confront a fear that you are unaware of. Fear of success is real and if you are continually plagued by getting in your own way and sabotaging your efforts fear of success may be the culprit. In Mastering the Mental Game Online and On-location courses we help you to extricate, root out and neutralize unconscious limiting beliefs and other issues that are raising fears that get between you and the results that you want in your trading. Ask your Online Trading Academy Educational Counselor for more information. Also, get my book, "From Pain to Profit: Secrets of the Peak Performance Trader."
Happy Trading.
Written by Dr. Woody Johnson, Online Trading Academy Instructor. Dr. M. Woodruff Johnson has actively and successfully traded stock options, forex and futures since 2000. He is the former Executive Director of the Kaiser Permanente, Watts Counseling and Learning Center. He holds certifications in Accelerated Learning, Neurosensory Development and hypnotherapy, and he is a Certified NLP Master Practitioner.
Dr. Woody is also an Associate Professor and teaches graduate psychology courses at Pacific Oaks College and Ryokan College. He has provided clinical staff services in hospitals and community clinics as well. He has a passion for helping others to achieve their goals and get the results in trading and life that they desire.
Dr. Woody has been using mind/body healing techniques both professionally and personally with much success for many years. He is the author of "From Pain to Profit: Secrets of the Peak Performance Trader.


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|Rock Crab
|Small Magical Beast
|Hit Dice:
|6d10+30 (63 hp)
|20 ft. (4 squares), burrow 5 ft.
|Armor Class:
|22 (+1 size, -1 Dex, +12 natural armor), touch 10, flat-footed 22
|Base Attack/Grapple:
|Scissors +10 melee (1d4+2)
|Full Attack:
|2 scissors +10 melee (1d4+2)
|5 ft./5 ft.
|Special Attacks:
|Improved grab, Natural Disguise, scissor rend 1d4+2
|Special Qualities:
|Blindsense, damage reduction 10/adamantine, resistance to acid and fire 10
|Fort +10, Ref +4, Will +4
|Str 15, Dex 9, Con 21, Int 4, Wis 15, Cha 10
|Hide +4, Listen +8, Spot +3
|Toughness, Weapon Focus (Claw), Improved Natural Attack (Claw)
|Any rocky or sandy
|Solitary, troupe (2-4) or throng (5-20 with 100-250 small noncombatant offspring)
|Challenge Rating:
|Always neutral
|7-10 (Small), 11-16 (Medium)
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The mountains along the Spine of the World are strewn with smooth, greyish rocks that at first glance appear nothing but rocks. Rocks that mysteriously follow people when they do not look, and prove next to immobile and inanimate when faced. These usually complacent rocks will, however, become deadly creatures when disturbed.
A rock crab is a large landbound crustacean whose body is almost entirely composed of hard minerals, giving it its formidable protection. The outer shell and outer limb carapace of its body, when compressed together, gives the crab the shape of an oblate spheroid rock. When provoked however, it relinquishes its natural disguise and shows its crab-like shape. The rock crab's body is about 3 feet from end to end, and its arms and jagged, barbed scissors when unfolded reach about two feet away. Rock crabs weigh between 165 and 310 pounds.
A rock crab, although not quick, will prefer to flee from confrontation or use its innate natural disguise to disappear. Usually only when attacked or when interlopers run afoul of one of their breeding places will these creatures take action.
Natural Disguise (Ex): A rock crab has a natural disguise; in rest it has the shape of a featureless, smooth grey rock. Recognizing a rock crab with its natural disguise active requires a DC 23 Spot check. Unfurling its body or disguising itself takes 1 move action and may be done at will. When it disguises itself as a rock, it is no longer subject to critical hits.
Blindsense(Ex): A rock crab, whether disguised or not, can locate creatures within 60 feet by nonvisual means (mostly hearing and scent, but also by noticing vibration and other environmental clues). Opponents that the rock crab can't actually see still have total concealment against it.
Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability, a rock crab must hit an opponent of any size with one of its scissors attacks. It can then attemp to start a grapple as a free action without provoking an attack of opportunity. If it wins the grapple check, it establishes a hold and automatically deals damage from its scissors.
Scissors Rend (Ex): On a successful grapple check, a rock crab deals 1d4+2 points of damage. Since it has two scissors, it may still attack with its free scissors during its turn.
Skills: Rock crabs get a +6 racial bonus on grapple checks as well as a +4 racial bonus on Listen and Spot.
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Ah yes, Thursday, my favorite day of the week is here. It's just so wonderful that tonight I can go out in my Party Pants, consume as many vodka sodas as I want and yet still be okay with the fact that I have to work tomorrow because tomorrow is Friday. It truly is a glorious thing. We've got some ground to cover, so let's check out what this Thursday is throwing down.
Local singer-songwriter Brian Patricks will be playing original tunes pairs with classic that everyone knows and loves over at Andy's Old Port Pub on Commercial Street in Portland this evening. Patricks gets things started right around 7 o'clock for this free event.
If you're kicking around Westbrook tonight, stop in The Frog & Turtle where the acoustic duo known as Uke n' Smile will be doing their thing featuring David Jacquet on ukulele and Keith Kitchen on percussion. It's a free gig, there's tasty food, and boozy drinks, so check it out beginning at 7.
Portland's Post Provost goes south this evening as they bring their super eclectic folk pop sounds to The Run of The Mill in Saco this evening. Beginning at 8 o'clock you can check out PP's free set, which incorporates everything from ukulele, accordian, trombone and more.
A great night of jazz standards with a bit of a twist awaits guests at Gingko Blue in Portland as local siren Megan Jo Wilson teams up with Bob Hamilton, Duane Edwards and Chas Lester for a gig as the Birdland Jazz Quartet. Things get started at 8 o'clock.
If you're looking for a little twang this Thursday then check out national country act Eli Young Band as they heat things up over at the State Theatre in Portland. Things get started right around 8 o'clock with special guest JT Hodges.
Another great comedy show hits The Asylum in Portland tonight because sometimes all you really need is a good belly laugh. Tonight that's exactly what you'll get as starting at 8pm you can check out comedy sets from local laugh masters Mike Levinsky, Brian Stone, Kyron Hobdy, Kate Ghiloni and Lue Avent. This event is absolutely free, so swing on by and chuckle it out.
Brothers Cody and Clint Phipps will be bringing their acoustic country-rock act, PitchBlack Ribbons, over to The Dogfish Bar & Grille in Portland. Tonight you can check the fellas out as they play a set for free beginning at 8.
If you're down south in Dover Rock City this evening, be sure to swing on by The Dover Brickhouse where Paranoid Social Club/Rustic Overtones frontman Dave Gutter will be crooning songs during a solo acoustic set. It's a great way to check out all your favorite tunes in a stripped down fashion. Things get started at The Brickhouse right around 9pm.
Indie pop rockers The Milkman's Union returns home from tour and play their first Portland show since July over at Empire Dine and Dance tonight. The boy's beards are undoubtedly wild and ready to get weird this evening. Chamberlin and GinLab join them for this homecoming party, which gets underway right around 9 o'clock this evening
So Velourosaurus front man, Eric Bettencourt has packed up shop and shipped on down to Austin, TX, but that doesn't mean the party has stopped over at Gritty's in Portland this Thursday night. Tonight the remaining members of Velourosaurus have joined forces with Kris "Fingers" Rodgers for a new cover band known as Vinyl Tap. Beginning at 9:30 the fellas will be playing you all the hits that you know and love with Rodgers tickling the keys. It's free and always an awesome time, so check it out.
The Big Easy's regular, chilled out Thursday crowd will be shuffling in right around 9:30 for this week's Band Beyond Description show. What to expect: hula hoops, hippies, and good times for all with Portland's favorite Grateful Dead cover band, who actually cover way more than just The Dead. So if you're into mellowing your mind, get your can over to The Big Easy.
Start the weekend early tonight at Bull Feeney's in Portland with some live roots, reggae, and dub-step with the Gorilla Finger Dub Band. These fellas come together right around 9 o'clock to provide some extremely danceable party music for anyone who loves and appreciates all things reggae and dub.
North of Nashville will be rocking their weekly gig over at Brian Boru right around 9:30pm and won't stop the party until last call. Jay and Andrew infuse their love of pop music with a little bit of bluegrass for a sound that is truly American. This is a free show and always a lot of fun, so check it out.
The jazz-funk fusion act that is Groove Ruckus takes over Blue on Congress Street in Portland tonight. You can check out this talented group of musicians as they bring their own flavor of sound to life starting at 10.
Looking to kick back with a tasty cocktail and take in some experimental jazz and funk paired with a little bit of hip hop? Then make your way down to Sonny's in the Old Port where Jaw Gems will be doing their thing from 10 until closing time.


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Doug Clark was named Director of Sailing in January 2005. Doug manages the five member coaching staff and is responsible for all competitive, recreational, and instructional sailing programs.
Doug is a 1986 graduate of the University of Rhode Island and was an All-America sailor his senior year. Doug has over 20 years coaching experience with tremendous successes achieved while at the Naval Academy, then the Merchant Marine Academy, coaching teams to several national titles, producing numerous All-America sailors and three Sailor-of-the-Year awardees.
He is an active competitor in multiple one-design classes winning several National Championships and finishing in the top ten in four International World Championships. Doug received a DOT Outstanding Unit Award for his participation in USMMA waterborne assistance operation in the rescue and recovery efforts at Ground Zero following the terrorist attacks of September 11th.


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One dead, 3 injured in Winston-Salem shooting
A man is dead and three others were in the hospital after a shooting early Saturday morning in Winston-Salem, police said.
Kenneth Ravon Braddy, 24, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Winston-Salem police.
Police said the shooting happened a little after 1 a.m. at the Nitty Gritty Soul Café on South Main Street in Winston-Salem.
Police identified three other shooting victims. They are Cortez Lenard Smith, 20, Carmen Lanelle Simmons, 23, and Barry Bevionta Richardson, 20.
Officers found one person shot outside the club and two that were shot inside. A fourth victim, who had been shot outside the club, was later brought to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.
Authorities said Smith is in stable condition. Simmons is in critical condition and Richardson is in serious condition.
Police are still investigating.
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While some gracefully coasted around the ice, others struggled to drag themselves around the edge.
A few twirled in the center, many fell, but nearly everyone smiled as they skated around the oval ice rink inside Savannah's Civic Center during the city's SkateFest.
The annual event that began Dec. 8 will continue through Jan. 6, allowing thousands to spend at least a little time on the ice.
"It does really well, and it's really become quite the tradition in the city for families in town and also for people coming through," said Cindy Ogletree, acting Civic Center director. "A lot (of people) come back again and again. To me, anyone who feels like they can get out there and skate should give it a try."
With few local options for those who want to skate, the event drew many from out of town, including Matthew DiGiovanni who drove from Hilton Head on Wednesday morning with his 9-year-old daughter Francesca specifically for SkateFest.
The DiGiovannis, visiting family in South Carolina from their home in West Palm Beach, Fla., enjoyed their experience even more than anticipated.
"We're both pretty proficient skaters," Matthew DiGiovanni said. "We got in here, and it just kind of hits you - this is perfect. We definitely got our fix in."
Even after leaving the ice, Francesca couldn't help but grin. "You get to go in circles and just put your head up and see the lights," she said. "They're almost like snow falling from the ceiling, except (they are) yellow, so you know it's not real snow."
Visiting from Texas, Tatiana Mota brought her 2- and 7-year-old daughters for their first ice skating experience.
"They're doing OK. My little one (Helen) can't quite keep her balance, but she's having fun," Mota said. "Everyone out there has been real friendly, and no one is out of control or running them over, so we're really happy. I'm glad I brought them out here."


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First it was a tax hike. Now consumers are looking at a higher than expected gasoline bill for 2013.
The government on Tuesday boosted its forecast for gasoline prices this year by 11 cents to an average of $3.55 a gallon. That would be the second-highest annual average ever, behind last year's $3.63 a gallon.
The revised forecast follows a more than 10 percent increase in gas prices since the middle of December. The Energy Information Administration, the statistical arm of the Energy Department, says the average gas price jumped from $3.25 on Dec. 17 to $3.61 Monday.
In its monthly Short-Term Energy Outlook, the EIA primarily pins the increase on higher oil prices. Brent crude, the benchmark for many international varieties of oil imported to the U.S., rose from $109 a barrel in mid-December to about $119 in early February. That $10 increase equates to about 24 cents per gallon of gas, the EIA says. U.S. benchmark crude rose $8 a barrel, to nearly $96 in the same time frame.
Consumers are already feeling a pinch from higher taxes. The expiration of last year's payroll tax reduction will cost an extra $579 for households making $40,000 to $50,000 in 2013, according to the Tax Policy Center, a non-partisan Washington research group.
Still, there is some good news: The government expects oil prices to drop because of increased production in countries outside of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. For instance, crude oil production in the U.S. is expected to grow 13 percent to 7.25 million barrels a day this year.
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You can email your questions to Professor Hammer at email@example.com, or mail to Professor Hammer, c/o Classic Trucks Magazine, 1733 Alton Pkwy., Irvine, CA 92606. You'll receive a personal reply! We'll print your name and city unless you request otherwise. ron covell has made many DvDs on metalworking processes, and he offers an ongoing series of workshops across the nation covering all aspects of metalworking. Check them out online at www.covell.biz, or call for a current schedule of workshops and their free catalog of DvDs. Phone 800-747-4631, or 831-768- 0705. You can send a request by mail to: covell creative Metalworking, 106 Airport Blvd. #105, Freedom, CA 95019.
Q. I have made wheel tubs for my Chevy truck. Please give me your suggestion on the best method for welding these to get little to no distortion. They are 16-gauge steel, and we can weld them with TIG or MIG.
Tom Hickey
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A. Welding always causes distortion to some degree. The flatter the panel, the more troublesome the distortion will be. Unfortunately, with the wheel tubs you have constructed, there is a very long weld all along the edge of the flat side panel. You will probably get a considerable amount of distortion on the flat areas, no matter how carefully you weld the joint.
Still, some welding techniques are better than others for controlling distortion. Your best option is probably to MIG-weld the joint, one spot at a time. I can see that you have tack welds on the joints, holding the panels together. I'd suggest adding more tacks, until they are spaced no more than 1-inch apart.
After you've completed the tack welding, and the panel has cooled completely, I'd start adding one spot to the first weld, move about 8 inches, and add another spot to the weld there, move another 8 inches, and so on, until you reach the end of the joint. Wait until everything has cooled completely before continuing.
Then, you can add a little weld to the tail end of the first weld, move 8 inches, add a bit there, and continue with this pattern of slowly filling the unwelded areas, while keeping the heat in the panel to an absolute minimum.
Unfortunately, you'll probably still see some distortion in the flat areas, but by keeping the heat down, you will minimize the distortion as much as possible.
The next time you do such a job, adding even a small radius to the edges of the panels will go a very long way to keeping the distortion at a low level!
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Q. I was pleased to read your comment in a recent column that in some situations plastic filler can be a better choice than lead. This speaks to an issue that often comes up where pros, hobbyists, and Mr. Know-It-Alls gather.
I learned to lead more than 40 years ago. I always found it tricky, time consuming, unhealthy, and costly. The results weren't always satisfactory, or long lasting; pin bubbles sometimes formed under the paint when untreated acid migrated to the surface. It is true that there are pitfalls that can accompany the use of Bondo too, like rust in the metal under the filler, poor adhesion, or color bleed-through in the paint.
These problems and several others can be traced to poor mixing of the product. It is true that there are health hazards with the use of Bondo; you have to wear a mask when you sand the stuff. I guess it might come down to a choice between lung cancer and heart or brain injury due to lead poisoning. Then, there is the economy factor. Lead is damn expensive compared to Bondo. A stick of 30-70 around here was going for $10 when you could find it. I may be preaching to the choir, but thanks for listening.
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A. Yes, the lead versus plastic filler issue is still controversial, with many proponents on each side. I think most of your comments are spot on, but I want to add a few tips that may help some others. Most plastic fillers are permeable to water, so if they are put over bare metal and the filler absorbs moisture, sometimes the metal under the plastic starts to rust. This problem can be alleviated by putting a sealing primer on the metal before the plastic goes on. Also, if the plastic is sealed with paint soon after it is applied, the paint film stops the moisture intrusion. Not all primers are good barriers to moisture, but the epoxy-based catalyzed primers are excellent moisture barriers, either on top of or underneath the plastic filler. These primers should stop color bleed-through, too.
You are correct that there can be health issues with careless use of both lead and plastic, but I consider lead by far the more dangerous of the two, since its toxicity is well documented, and it is absorbed through the skin. A simple dust mask should offer adequate protection from the dust created by sanding plastic filler.


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One of the more unintuitive facts about sailing is that it is possible to harness the power of the wind to sail in a direction against that of the wind or to sail with a speed faster than the wind itself, even when the water itself is calm. It is somewhat less known, but nevertheless true, that one can (in principle) do both at the same time – sail against the wind (even directly against the wind!) at speeds faster than the wind. This does not contradict any laws of physics, such as conservation of momentum or energy (basically because the reservoir of momentum and energy in the wind far outweighs the portion that will be transmitted to the sailboat), but it is certainly not obvious at first sight how it is to be done.
The key is to exploit all three dimensions of space when sailing. The most obvious dimension to exploit is the windward/leeward dimension – the direction that the wind velocity is oriented in. But if this is the only dimension one exploits, one can only sail up to the wind speed and no faster, and it is not possible to sail in the direction opposite to the wind.
Things get more interesting when one also exploits the crosswind dimension perpendicular to the wind velocity, in particular by tacking the sail. If one does this, then (in principle) it becomes possible to travel up to double the speed of wind, as we shall see below.
However, one still cannot sail against to the wind purely by tacking the sail. To do this, one needs to not just harness the power of the wind, but also that of the water beneath the sailboat, thus exploiting (barely) the third available dimension. By combining the use of a sail in the air with the use of sails in the water – better known as keels, rudders, and hydrofoils – one can now sail in certain directions against the wind, and at certain speeds. In most sailboats, one relies primarily on the keel, which lets one sail against the wind but not directly opposite it. But if one tacks the rudder or other hydrofoils as well as the sail, then in fact one can (in principle) sail in arbitrary directions (including those directly opposite to ), and in arbitrary speeds (even those much larger than ), although it is quite difficult to actually achieve this in practice. It may seem odd that the water, which we are assuming to be calm (i.e. traveling at zero velocity) can be used to increase the range of available velocities and speeds for the sailboat, but we shall see shortly why this is the case.
If one makes several simplifying and idealised (and, admittedly, rather unrealistic in practice) assumptions in the underlying physics, then sailing can in fact be analysed by a simple two-dimensional geometric model which explains all of the above statements. In this post, I would like to describe this mathematical model and how it gives the conclusions stated above.


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Syria's official news agency says a former member of parliament and three members of his family have been killed in a rebel-held area the near the northern city of Aleppo.
SANA said Sunday that "terrorists" fired at Ibrahim Azzouz's car in Sheik Said neighborhood near the city's airport, killing him along with his wife and their two daughters.
Rebels captured the strategic Sheik Said neighborhood, southeast of Aleppo on Saturday. It was a significant blow to regime forces because the area includes the road the army has used to supply troops.
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Ten years ago, 30 Australian friends decided to do something to raise awareness and funding for men's health issues, including testicular cancer, prostate cancer and mental illness. Their bright idea was to start November clean shaven and grow (or attempt to) a moustache (or reasonable fascimile thereof) for 30 days. Serving as walking billboards to promote the cause, they would also raise money in the process.
Today, Movember has more than 1.1 million Mo Bros and Mo Sistas, their female supporters, around the world, including a local chapter (movemberjax.com). To help promote the cause locally, as well as recognize some of the city's most famous moustaches, I am officially announcing the Jacksonville Moustache Hall of Fame. From athletes and attorneys to politicians and a pussy cat, they wear their lip sweaters proudly—and most likely, without even realizing it—supporting the Movember cause year-round, while encouraging others to do the same.
To see the inaugural class of the Jacksonville Moustache Hall of Fame, click on the photo gallery above. And if I missed anyone, let me know if the comments section below.
As for me, I would love to support the Movember cause by growing a moustache of my own but am unable to do so (thanks to the invention of electrolysis). Instead, I have decided not to shave my legs for the entire month of November. I don't think my cats will mind.


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REAL NAME: Peter Williams
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BORN:August 26, 1982 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Known for his innovative Canadian Destroyer finisher, Team Canada's Petey Williams has certainly helped to further put his home town of Windsor, Ontario on the wrestling map for his exploits in TNA's X-Division, making a name for himself as one of the industry's most exciting young wrestlers.
Trained by his future Team Canada coach Scott D'Amore at the Can-Am Wrestling School, Petey Williams began his career in D'Amore's Border City Wrestling promotion in Windsor where he would cross paths with other future members of Team Canada including A-1, Eric Young, Bobby Roode and Johnny Devine. Beginning in January 2002, Williams would spend most of the first two years of his career in Border City Wrestling, competing against the best of BCW including Tyson Dux, The Hacker and Mike Legacy before moving on to NWA-TNA in early 2004.
On February 25, 2004, Williams (representing Team Canada and a last-minute replacement for the injured Teddy Hart) would defeat Team AAA's Juventud Guerrera and Jerry Lynn of Team TNA but could not stop Team AAA from retaining the America's X-Cup several weeks later. In addition to wrestling in TNA, Williams would wrestle in Pennsylvania's Combat Zone Wrestling in the spring of 2004 and return to Border City Wrestling and other independents.
On May 29th, three days after losing to Chris Sabin in an Ultimate X match (that also included Hector Garza which gave Team USA the win the World's X-Cup, Williams headed to IWA Mid-South to win a tournament for the IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship.
In June 2004, Williams returned to TNA and began competing with Team Canada, regularly in six-man matches against various combinations of X-Division competitors. He also formed a regular team with Bobby Roode and the two Canadians battled America's Most Wanted in an unsuccessful attempt to win the NWA Tag Team titles as well as members of 3 Live Krew.
Williams garnered some singles gold when, on August 11, 2004, he won a 20-man gauntlet match to win the X-Division title, a championship he retained against Amazing Red, Chris Sabin, Sonjay Dutt and others. When he won the title, he admittted to SLAM Wrestling that it was a suprrise since he'd had few singles matches within the organization.
Eleven days after winning the X-Division Championship, Williams was in Japan, winning a Wrestle Aid tournament to claim the TPW Jr. Heavyweight title.
In September, Williams returned to IWA where, after several successful title defences, he lost the IWA title to Arik Cannon in the Ted Petty Invitational. His return to Border City Wrestling a day later was more successful, teaming with Roode to defeat defeated Truth Martini and N8 Mattson and win the Border City Wrestling Tag Team titles.
Back in TNA, Williams continued to successfully defend the X Division title, most notably at Victory Road against A.J. Styles and against Sabin at Turning Point. His 2004 campaign netted Williams the Wrestling Observer's Rookie of the Year award.
2005 started off a bit rocky for Williams, as he lost the X-Division Championship to A.J. Styles in an Ultimate X match at Final Resolution. However, that would not be the end of Williams' brush with championship gold. He and Roode continued to retain the Border City Wrestling Tag titles (until February 27, 2005), and on February 12th, he traveled to Quebec and won the Elite Wrestling Revolution Championship. Amid his teaming with Team Canada (defeating America's Most Wanted and 3 Live Krew at Destination X), Williams won the 2005 ECWA Super 8 tournament on April 9th, and eight days later, returned to Border City Wrestling/Prime Time Wrestling to win the TV title, defeating Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley.
Back in TNA, however, he wasn't so lucky in his attempt to win the NWA Tag Team titles with Eric Young (America's Most Wanted defeated them in a cage strap match at Hard Justice and the Naturals defeated them at Slammiversary) or the NWA World Championship, as Williams traveled to Rome, Italy, only to fall to A.J. Styles on June 4, 2005.
In between wrestling in TNA, Williams also appeared on several independent shows including Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, NWA Cyberspace, NWA Florida (for the Jeff Peterson Memorial Cup tournament) and faced A.J. Styles again at a June 18th Ring of Honor show.
Williams would return to NWA-TNA and get back into the thick of things in the X-Division tournament, challenging (albeit unsuccessfully) Christopher Daniels at No Surrender and taking part in the Super X tournament, defeating Chris Sabin in the first round before being eliminated by A.J. Styles.
Amid appearances at the NWA Legends Convention in August (where he defeated Elix Skipper and NWA Cyberspace and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, Williams returned to Border City Wrestling on September 15th, to successfully defend the TV title against Jerry Lynn.
Returning both to TNA and his X Division past, Williams defeated Matt Bentley and Chris Sabin to win an Ultimate X match at Bound for Glory. Unfortunately he couldn't use his momentum to carry him to another reign as X Division Champion, as A.J. Styles defeated him at Genesis.
With Coach Scott D'Amore aligning Team Canada with NWA Champion Jeff Jarrett, Williams splits time between battling Team 3-D with his Canadian teammates, and making his way back to the top of the X Division title scene.


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Also known as a variable-rate mortgage or tracker mortgage, the interest rate on the note periodically adjusts based on an index, which reflects the cost to the lender of borrowing on the credit markets. The loan may be offered at the lender's standard variable rate/base rate. There may be a direct and legally defined link to the underlying index. Since payments may increase over time there is added risk of financial hardships, so an ARM will commonly use Caps to limit risk. Most ARMs carry lifetime and periodic rate caps.
5-to-7 year lower fixed rate translates to a lower monthly mortgage payment. Add another pro POINT here looks like more con than pro
Considered an interest rate risk because after the 5-7 year timeframe, your interest rate can fluctuate up or down, either increasing or decreasing your monthly payments.
INITIAL INTEREST RATE - This is the beginning interest rate on an ARM
THE ADJUSTMENT PERIOD - This is the length of time that the interest rate or loan period on an ARM is scheduled to remain unchanged. The rate is reset at the end of this period, and the monthly loan payment is recalculated.
THE INDEX RATE - Most lenders tie ARM interest rates changes to changes in an index rate. Lenders base ARM rates on a variety of indices, the most common being rates on 1-, 3-, or 5-year Treasury securities. Another common index is the national or regional average cost of funds to savings and loan associations
- This is the percentage points that lenders add to the index rate to determine the - This is the percentage points that lenders add to the index rate to determine the ARM's interest rate.
INTEREST RATE CAPS - These are the limits on how much the interest rate or the monthly payment can be changed at the end of each adjustment period or over the life of the loan.
INITIAL DISCOUNTS - These are interest rate concessions, often used as promotional aids, offered the first year or more of a loan. They reduce the interest rate below the prevailing rate (the index plus the margin).
NEGATIVE AMORTIZATION - This means the mortgage balance is increasing. This occurs whenever the monthly mortgage payments are not large enough to pay all the interest due on the mortgage. This may be caused when the payment cap contained in the ARM is low enough such that the principal plus interest payment is greater than the payment cap.
CONVERSION - The agreement with the lender may have a clause that allows the buyer to convert the ARM to a fixed-rate mortgage at designated times.
PREPAYMENT - Some agreements may require the buyer to pay special fees or penalties if the ARM is paid off early. Prepayment terms are sometimes negotiable.
The maximum mortgage payment adjustment is usually 7.5% annually on pay-option/negative amortization loans. The total interest rate adjustment is limited to 5% or 6% for the life of the loan. Caps on the periodic change in interest rates may be broken up into separate limits; for example, 5% on the initial adjustment and 2% on ubsequent adjustments. Although uncommon, a cap may limit the maximum monthly payment in absolute terms (for example, $1,000 a month), rather than in relative terms.
ARMs that allow negative amortization will typically have payment adjustments that occur less frequently than the interest-rate adjustment; for example, the interest rate may be adjusted every month while the payment is adjusted once every 12 months.
Cap structure is sometimes expressed as initial adjustment cap / subsequent adjustment cap / life cap; for example, 2/2/5 for a loan with a 2% cap on the initial adjustment, a 2% cap on subsequent adjustments, and a 5% cap on total interest-rate adjustments. When only two values are given, this indicates that the initial change cap and periodic cap are the same; for example, a 2/2/5 cap structure may sometimes be written simply 2/5.


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| HELP CONTENTS · Getting Started · New to WoWWiki · Editing WoWWiki · Editing WoWWiki (advanced)
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|See Wikia Help for general Wikia- and wiki- related help. See Meta-Wiki HelpIntro for basic MediaWiki usage!
Editing is the process of changing a wiki page. Any unprotected article on WoWWiki is editable by anyone who has logged in. Before editing, make sure your changes are in line with the WoWWiki's policies and guidelines and provide some constructive addition to the article. If you see information that is clearly incorrect, feel free to correct it by editing the page. Wikis survive only by the contributions of others, and the more edits you make, the more you are helping WoWWiki grow.
The following will give you some basic tools to use when editing pages.
Basic editing
To edit a MediaWiki page, click on the edit this page link at the top of the article. This will bring you to a page with a text box containing the wikitext: the editable source code from which the server produces the webpage. For the special codes, see below.
After adding to or changing the wikitext it is useful to press "Preview", which produces the corresponding webpage in your browser but does not make it publicly available yet (not until you press "Save"). Errors in formatting, links, tables, etc., are often much easier to discover from the rendered page than from the raw wikitext.
If you are not satisfied you can make more changes and preview the page as many times as necessary. Then write a short edit summary in the small text field below the edit-box and when finished press "Save". Depending on your browser, pressing the "Enter" key while the edit box is not active (i.e., there is no typing cursor in it) may have the same effect as pressing "Save".
You may find it more convenient to copy and paste the text first into your favorite text editor, edit and spell check it there, and then paste it back into your web browser to preview. This way, you can also keep a local backup copy of the pages you have edited. It also allows you to make changes offline. However, before you submit your changes, please make sure nobody else has edited the page since you saved your local copy by clicking on the History tab. Otherwise you may accidentally revert someone else's edits. If someone has edited it since you copied the page, you'll have to merge their edits into your new version. (You can find their specific edits by using the "diff" feature of the page history.) These issues are handled automatically by the MediaWiki software if you edit the page online, which will warn you if someone has edited the page since you pressed edit this page .
Dummy edit
A dummy edit is a change in wikitext that has no effect on the rendered page, such as changing the number of newlines at some position or adding text that is commented out. This allows an edit summary, and is useful for correcting a previous edit summary, or an accidental marking of a previous edit as "minor" (see below). Also it is sometimes needed to refresh the cache of some item in the database. As an example, see the following section of Help:Category.
If the wikitext is not changed, no edit will be recorded and the edit summary is discarded.
Minor edits
When editing a page, a logged-in user has the option of flagging the edit as a "minor edit". This feature is important because users can choose to hide minor edits in their view of the recent changes page, to keep the volume of edits down to a manageable level.
When to use this is a matter of personal preference. The rule of thumb is that an edit of a page that consists of spelling corrections, formatting, and minor rearranging of text should be flagged as a "minor edit". A major edit is basically something that makes the entry worth revisiting for somebody who wants to watch the article rather closely. So any "real" change, even if it is a single word, should be flagged as a "major edit".
The wiki markup
In the left column of the table below, you can see what effects are possible. In the right column, you can see how those effects were achieved. In other words, to make text look like it looks in the left column, type it in the format you see in the right column.
You may want to keep this page open in a separate browser window for reference. If you want to try out things without danger of doing any harm, you can do so in the Sandbox.
Sections, paragraphs, lists and lines
- To edit this table, go to Help:Editing/Basic.
|What it looks like
|What you type
Start your sections with header lines:
New section
== New section ==
=== Subsection ===
==== Sub-subsection ====
A single newline has no effect on the layout.
But an empty line starts a new paragraph.
(
 disables this paragraphing until
 or the end of the section)
A single newline has no effect on the layout. But an empty line starts a new paragraph.
|You can break lines
without starting a new paragraph.
 is sufficient as wikitext code. The XHTML code
 is not required; the system produces this code.
You can break lines
 without starting a new paragraph.
marks the end of the list.
* Lists are easy to do: ** start every line with a star *** more stars means deeper levels *A newline *in a list marks the end of the list. *Of course *you can *start again.
marks the end of the list.
# Numbered lists are also good ## very organized ## easy to follow #A newline #in a list marks the end of the list. #New numbering starts #with 1.
* You can even create mixed lists *# and nest them *#* like this *#*; can I mix definition list as well? *#*: yes *#*; how? *#*: it's easy as *#*:* a *#*:* b *#*:* c
* You can also **break lines
inside lists
like this
; Definition list : list of definitions ; item : the item's definition
A manual newline starts a new paragraph.
This is primarily for displayed material, but is also used for discussion on Talk pages.
: A colon indents a line or paragraph. A manual newline starts a new paragraph.
IF a line of plain text starts with a space THEN it will be formatted exactly as typed; in a fixed-width font; lines won't wrap; ENDIF
This is useful for:
WARNING If you make it wide, you force the whole page to be wide and hence less readable. Never start ordinary lines with spaces.
IF a line of plain text starts with a space THEN it will be formatted exactly as typed; in a fixed-width font; lines won't wrap; ENDIF
Centered text.
|A horizontal dividing line: above
and below.
Useful for a variety of separation needs, mainly within some kind of box, but rarely used within the text of an article.
A horizontal dividing line: above ---- and below.
Keep in mind that a newline anywhere by itself has no effect, but it can end a list or indented item. Remove newlines from lists and indented items to keep the formatting from breaking. See also Wikipedia:Don't use line breaks.
Links, URLs
- To edit this table, go to Help:Editing/Links.
|What it looks like
|What you type
|Sue is reading the Molten Core article.
The first letter of target is automatically capitalized. So typing [[Molten Core]] is the same as typing [[molten Core]]. Internally spaces are automatically represented as underscores (typing an underscore has the same effect as typing a space, but is not recommended). Thus the link above is to http://www.wowwiki.com/Molten_Core, which is the page with the name "Molten Core".
Sue is reading the [[Molten Core]] article.
Link to a section on a page, e.g.
When section editing does not work the link is treated as link to the page, i.e. to the top; this applies for:
Section linking:
[[Travel_Guide#Alliance]] is a link to a section in another article. [[#Links, URLs]] is a link to a section on the current page. [[#example]] is a link to an anchor that was created using
an id attribute

|Link text and target are different: the naming policy page.
This is called a piped link.
Same target, different text: [[WoWWiki:Naming policy|the naming policy page]]
|Endings are blended into the link: potions, pwned
Endings are blended into the link: [[potion]]s, [[pwn]]ed
Automatically hide stuff in parentheses: Druid.
Automatically hide namespace: Village pump.
The server automatically fills in the part after the | when you save the page. Next time you open the edit box you will see the expanded piped link. A preview interprets the abbreviated form correctly but does not expand it yet in the source. Press Save and again Edit and you will see the expanded version. The same applies for the following feature.
Automatically hide stuff in parentheses: [[Druid (lore)|]].
Automatically hide namespace: [[WoWWiki:Village pump|]].
|Link to a different Wiki.
This only works if the wiki has been registered with the WoWWiki server, so not all wikis produce inter-wiki links.
Link to a different [[Wikipedia:Wiki|]]
|When adding a comment to a Talk page,
you should sign it. You can do this by adding three tildes for your user name:
or four for user name plus date/time:
You can also simply place the date/time manually using five tildes if you have a custom signature.
When adding a comment to a Talk page, you should sign it. You can do this by adding three tildes for your user name: : ~~~ or four for user name plus date/time: : ~~~~ You can also simply place the date/time manually if you have a custom signature. : {{User:Rustak/Signature}} ~~~~~
|This page doesn't exist is a page that doesn't exist yet.
[[DELETE THIS PAGE IF IT EXISTS|This page doesn't exist]] is a page that doesn't exist yet.
Redirect one article title to another by putting text like this in its first line.
The redirect line should be the only line in the article for a redirect to work.
#REDIRECT [[Creatures]]
|"What links here" and "Related changes" can be linked as:
Special:Whatlinkshere/WoWWiki:How to edit a page and Special:Recentchangeslinked/WoWWiki:How to edit a page
Most special pages work in this format: The name of the special page followed by the specific page. For example, contributions links are Special:Contributions/Username.
[[Special:Whatlinkshere/ WoWWiki:How to edit a page]] and [[Special:Recentchangeslinked/ WoWWiki:How to edit a page]]
|External links: Wikipedia, [1]
External links: [http://www.wikipedia.com Wikipedia], [http://www.wikipedia.com]
|Or just give the URL: http://www.wikipedia.com.
In the URL all symbols must be among: A-Z a-z 0-9 ._\/~%-+&#?!=()@ \x80-\xFF. If a URL contains a different character it should be converted; for example, ^ has to be written %5E (to be looked up in ASCII). A blank space can also be converted into an underscore.
Or just give the URL: http://www.wikipedia.com.
To include links to non-image uploads such as sounds, use a "media" link.
|Link to templates {{tocright}}.
This will provide a nicely formatted link to the template instead of adding the template to the page.
See the section on templates below.
Link to templates {{t|tocright}}.
- To edit this table, go to Help:Editing/Images.
|What it looks like
|What you type
|A picture:
A picture: [[Image:INV_Axe_04.png]]
|A picture scaled to 16px wide:
A picture: [[Image:INV_Axe_04.png|16px]]
|A picture with alternate text:
A picture with alternate text:
[[Image:INV_Axe_04.png| A WoW inventory icon for an axe]]
|A picture with a caption set to the right:
A picture with a caption set to the right:
[[Image:INV_Axe_04.png|frame|A WoW inventory icon for an axe]]
|A picture with a caption set to the left:
A picture with a caption set to the left:
[[Image:INV_Axe_04.png|frame|left|A WoW inventory icon for an axe]]
|Clicking on an uploaded image displays a description page, which you can also link directly to: Image:Beastmaster1.jpg
|To include links to images shown as links instead of drawn on the page, use a "media" link.
|To include thumbnails of very large images, use the "thumb" tag in the image link.
|Left aligned thumbnails of very large images, use the "thumb" and "left" tag in the image link.
Character formatting
- To edit this table, go to Help:Editing/Characters.
|What it looks like
|What you type
Emphasize, strongly, very strongly.
These are double and triple apostrophes, not double quotes.
''Emphasize'', '''strongly''', '''''very strongly'''''.
You can also write italic and bold if the desired effect is a specific font style rather than emphasis, as in mathematical formulae:
However, the difference between these two methods is not very important for graphical browsers, and many people choose to ignore it.
You can also write italic and bold if the desired effect is a specific font style rather than emphasis, as in mathematical formulas: :F = ma
|A typewriter font for technical terms.
A typewriter font for <tt>technical terms</tt>.
|You can use small text for captions.
You can use small text for captions.
|You can
and underline new material.
You can strike out deleted material and underline new material.
Umlauts and accents: (See Special characters)
è é ê ë ì í À Á Â Ã Ä Å Æ Ç È É Ê Ë Ì Í Î Ï Ñ Ò Ó Ô Õ Ö Ø Ù Ú Û Ü ß à á â ã ä å æ ç è é ê ë ì í î ï ñ ò ó ô œ õ ö ø ù ú û ü ÿ
¿ ¡ « » § ¶ † ‡ • —
Commercial symbols:
™ © ® ¢ € ¥ £ ¤
|Subscript: x2
Superscript: x2 or x²
ε0 =
8.85 × 10−12
C² / J m.
Subscript: x2 Superscript: x2 or x² or in projects with the templates sub and sup: Subscript: x{{sub|2}} Superscript: x{{sup|2}} ε0 = 8.85 × 10−12 C² / J m. 1 hectare = 1 E4 m²
|Greek characters:
α β γ δ ε ζ
α β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π ρ σ ς τ υ φ χ ψ ω Γ Δ Θ Λ Ξ Π Σ Φ Ψ Ω
Math characters:
∫ ∑ ∏ √ − ± ∞ ≈ ∝ ≡ ≠ ≤ ≥ → × · ÷ ∂ ′ ″ ∇ ‰ ° ∴ ℵ ø ∈ ∉ ∩ ∪ ⊂ ⊃ ⊆ ⊇ ¬ ∧ ∨ ∃ ∀ ⇒ ⇔ → ↔
|x2 ≥ 0 true.
x2 ≥ 0 true.
Complicated formulae:
<math>\sum_{n=0}^\infty \frac{x^n}{n!}</math>
For comparison for the following examples:
arrow →
italics link
arrow → ''italics'' link
Use <nowiki> to suppress interpretation of wiki markup, but interpret character references and remove newlines and multiple spaces:
arrow → ''italics'' link
<nowiki>arrow → ''italics'' link</nowiki>
Use
 to suppress interpretation of wiki markup and keep newlines and multiple spaces, and get typewriter font, but interpret character references:
arrow → ''italics'' link

arrow → ''italics'' link

Use leading space on each line to keep newlines and multiple spaces, and get typewriter font:
arrow →
italics link
arrow → ''italics'' link
Use typewriter font:
arrow →
italics link
<tt>arrow →</tt> <tt>''italics''</tt> <tt>link</tt>
Show character references:
Commenting page source are not shown in the rendered page.
Used to leave comments in a page for future editors.

HTML Tables
HTML tables can be quite useful as well. For details on how to use them and discussion about when they are appropriate, see Help:Table.
The finer points of editing
Some part of a page may correspond in the edit box to just a reference to another page, in the form {{name}}, referring to the page "Template:Name" (or if the name starts with a namespace prefix, it refers to the page with that name; if it starts with a colon it refers to the page in the main namespace with that name without the colon). This is called a template. In order to change text generated by a template, you must edit that template. Sometimes a separate edit link is provided for this purpose. Note that a change to a template effects every page that uses that template, so do so with caution.
See WoWWiki:Templates for a list of templates in use in WoWWiki, and Help:Template for helpful pointers on editing existing templates and making your own.
Page protection
In a few cases the link labeled edit this page is replaced by the text "Protected page". In that case the page can not be edited.
Position-independent wikitext
Wikitext for which the result does not depend on the position in the wikitext page:
- Categories
- __NOTOC__, __FORCETOC__, {{DEFAULTSORT:}}, and a few others
Separating edits
When moving or copying a piece of text within a page or from another page, and also making other edits, it is useful to separate these edits. This way the diff function can be usefully applied for checking these other edits.


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Recently, Ice Cube announced that he would briefly return to the rap game with a new album. Ever since his six-year hiatus, due to his demanding schedule, Cube has tried to release an album every other year. Starting in 2006, Cube does release a new album every year.
With 2010 here, Ice Cube wanted to release a new album for many reasons. First, he releases an album every other year. Because he missed out on last year, he felt that he should get an album out this year. Also, with 2010 being the start of a new decade, Cube decided to go ahead and put an album out.
Recently, Ice Cube began working on his new album, I Am The West. He signed a one-album deal with Interscope Records to put his last album out, but they did very little to help promote the album. Now that Snoop Dogg is the head of Priority Records, a lot of rappers, especially those from the West Coast have signed to the label. Given his relationship with Snoop, it would not be a stretch to think that Ice Cube may do the same.
On top of everything else, Ice Cube began his recording career with the label in the late 1980s, when he was on Ruthless Records. Even after he left the label, he created his Lench Mob label as a sub-label of Priority. When he went on hiatus, Ice Cube left the label and suspended the operations of his own record label. But, when he returned, Priority Records was placed on hiatus.
Now, for the first time since 1996, Ice Cube is a free agent and Priority Records is able to sign him. With Snoop Dogg at the helm, a deal is likely to happen.


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Facebook will begin reporting its users' online viewing habits to a TV ratings company in September, reports say.
Facebook will report what TV content users are watching on smartphones or tablets to Nielsen, a company that measures TV ratings, according to the Los Angeles Times. Facebook will send the age and gender of the user to Nielsen as well as viewing habits.
U.S. & World
News from around the country and around the globe
Nielsen helps marketers know more about audiences and tailor their ads to fit the population. It used to recruit families to record viewing habits, but now with so many people using mobile devices, Nielsen had to expand its metrics to social networks. "The world is shifting radically, and so we had to evolve our measurement so that we could capture all of this fragmented viewing," said Cheryl Idell, a Nielsen executive vice president.
However, the problem is not Nielsen collecting data, it's the idea that Facebook and others will be reporting its users' data with or without consent.
"It's interesting to me that I'm watching a video somewhere and somehow Facebook knows that,"
Chris Conley, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union, told the Times.
"Consumers really are not aware of the extent to which Facebook is putting their non-Facebook activity to use," Julia Horwitz, a consumer protections counsel at the Electronic Privacy Information Center said."Watching television and surfing the Internet shouldn't necessarily involve Facebook."
Both Nielsen and Facebook said the process hides user identities by making them anonymous akin to "a double-blind science experiment," with the information sent via a numerical code so Nielsen can only view information by aggregate.
Despite Facebook's past privacy transgressions, the company seems comfortable dancing on the razor's edge of users' trust. Just how much information will be compiled and shared before Facebook users leave?


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Dolores Ochoa / AP
Helianny Garcia uses crutches as she parades down the catwalk during Bionic Fashion Day at the Metropolitan Cultural Center in Quito, Ecuador, on Feb. 5. Garcia is a cancer survivor from Venezuela whose right leg was amputated in her fight against the disease.
Published at 3:53 p.m. ET: As Fashion Week starts today in New York, the catwalks will be filled with implausibly thin models who embody a very particular idea of physical perfection, but in Ecuador on Tuesday a different kind of fashion show took place. At Bionic Fashion Day the models were young cancer survivors who had lost limbs to the disease. Sixteen models from Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Colombia and Ecuador wore creations by Ecuadorean designers at an event organized by the Youth Against Cancer Foundation. The event aimed to counter stereotypes and break down social barriers for cancer patients and survivors.
Editor's note: All photos are from Feb. 5 and were made available to NBC News on Feb. 7.
Dolores Ochoa / AP
Cintia Caraguay of Ecuador prepares to model a creation before the start of Bionic Fashion Day. Caraguay lost her right leg to cancer.
Dolores Ochoa / AP
Eric Salas from Venezuela, who lost his right arm to cancer, is prepared to model clothing at Bionic Fashion Day.
Dolores Ochoa / AP
Yulexi Chevez of Ecuador is assisted as she parades down the catwalk using her prosthetic leg at Bionic Fashion Day.
Dolores Ochoa / AP
Arli Mujica, from Venezuela, supports herself on crutches as she wears a piece of her costume before the start of Bionic Fashion Day. Mujica is a former runner who lost her left leg to cancer. Today, Mujica is a competitive swimmer at the paralympic level.
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I got over 500 responses to my CL survey. Here are a few charts to summarize the data.
What CL implementations do you use regularly?
More than 80% of responders use SBCL. Clozure is next with around 30%.
What operating systems do you use with CL regularly?
Almost 80% use Linux. I was surprised that Mac and Windows are so similar. Most of the CL nerds I know use Macs.
What programming languages do you use regularly?
75% use CL regularly. (I kinda expected this to be 100%.) But I was surprised by how few responders are also using Ruby and Clojure, relatively speaking, and how many are using C.
How do you interact with other CL users?
I was a little surprised to see that almost 25% of responders claim not to interact with other CL users at all.
How do you manage CL libraries?
Almost 60% don't do anything special. And asdf-install, despite its flaws, is a semi-popular option.
How do you use CL?
Over 80% use CL for hobby projects, but about as many people use CL in a primary role for paid projects as in a supporting role for paid projects.


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Nakama is an open-source realtime server for apps and games.
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Nakama powers some of the most popular brands and games in the world. It is being used to power games and apps for millions of users worldwide.
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01 What is Nakama
Nakama is an open-source scalable server that makes building social
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Nakama is a fast, realtime, extensible, open-source server built to power games and apps. It does not depend on any external services.
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Congress to move court against post-poll violence in Tripura
The Congress on Saturday threatened to move the courts and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) against alleged attacks on party workers by CPI-M activists after the Tripura polls.india Updated: Mar 03, 2013 07:33 IST
The Congress on Saturday threatened to move the courts and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) against alleged attacks on party workers by CPI-M activists after the Tripura polls.
"We will report to Congress president Sonia Gandhi about the atrocities on party workers by the CPI-M. The party will move to the court and NHRC to intervene into these violence against Congressmen," Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi told reporters in Tripura.
"This is the responsibility of the Left Front government to take appropriate steps to stop the post-poll violence," he said.
According to Gogoi and other Congress leaders, many Congress workers were injured and their houses burnt down allegedly by CPI-M (Communist Party of India-Marxist) workers in different parts of Tripura after the Left Front won the February 14 polls, results of which were declared February 28.
Gogoi, Congress general secretary in-charge of the northeastern states Luizinho Faleiro and Congress general secretary Shakeel Ahmed met governor DY Patil.
They urged Patil to ask the state government to take suitable actions to stop violence against Congress workers.
After briefing the media, when Gogoi, Faleiro, Ahmed, state Congress president Sudip Roy Barman and opposition leader Ratan Lal Nath were coming out from the Congress Bhavan here, agitated party workers attempted to attack them.
"Some Congress workers tried to reign blows on Faleiro. NSG (National Security Guards) commandos, who were protecting Gogoi, rescued the high-profile Congress delegation," a police official, present at the spot, told reporters.
The Congress workers were agitating against the party's failure in the Tripura polls and not extending any help to the distressed workers in the post-poll violence.
"None of the party leaders came to see us. We were out of our homes and they chose to disconnect our calls, leaving us helpless before our tormenters", Shibani Sengupta from Joynagar near Tripura told reporters after the scuffle.
The CPI-M instead accused the Congress of resorting to violent attacks against its members injuring at least 20 in different parts of the state.
The Congress suffered a humiliating defeat in Tripura bagging only 10 seats in the 60-member house while the CPI-M-led Left Front retained the political supremacy securing 50 seats.


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Washington Times Names New Executive Editor
David S. Jackson has been named the new executive editor of The Washington Times. Jackson, a former correspondent for Time magazine and director of the Voice of America, started his career in newspapers and later served in senior news management positions overseeing online, broadcasting, and print operations. Since February, he has been working as a strategic planning consultant for The Washington Times.
Jackson began his career at The City News bureau in Chicago, a wire service, and The Chicago Daily News. In 1978, he joined Time magazine, where he spent 23 years as a correspondent, bureau chief, and senior correspondent based in Chicago, Washington, Houston, Cairo, Seoul, Hong Kong, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. As a foreign correspondent, he reported from dozens of countries around the world, and as Time's chief technology correspondent, he led the magazine's coverage of the growth and development of the Internet as a tool for communication and commerce.
After the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Jackson created and edited a public website for the Defense Department devoted to news and information about the war against terrorism. In September 2002, he was appointed by the U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors as the 26th director of the Voice of America, the nation's leading international broadcasting service that provides news and information in 44 languages to audiences around the world. Under his leadership, VOA's global audience grew by one-third, to nearly 120 million people, and VOA's website was named one of Google's top 10 Internet destinations for international news.
The Broadcasting Board gave him a Distinguished Honor Award in recognition of his achievements. Jackson later worked as a senior advisor for communications at the State Department and served as the first director of Defense Media Activity, a new agency which consolidated the print, broadcast, and online media operations of the Defense Department and the military services in one organization. In that role, he oversaw all American Forces Network (AFN) radio and television broadcasting and Internet support operations, plus The Stars & Stripes newspaper and other elements.


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The campus of the Case School of Engineering is centered on the beautiful Case Quad at the southern section of the Case Western Reserve University campus. The school's physical plan primarily is comprised of eight buildings that offer a mix of traditional and modern architecture. Each facility has the latest in information technology and is part of Case's campuswide wireless network.
YEAR BUILT: 1927 SQUARE FEET: 94,921 HOUSES: Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Center for Micro and Nano Processing, Cleveland FES Center, The Richard C. and Opal Vanderhoof Research and Infrastructure Facility FAST FACT: The student wood and metal shops are located in the basement.
YEAR BUILT: 1968 SQUARE FEET: 116,325 HOUSES: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Material Science and Engineering, Swagelok Center for Surface Analysis of Materials, Sears Undergraduate Design Laboratory FAST FACT: Named for former Case president T. Keith Glennan
YEAR BUILT: 1988 SQUARE FEET: 61,000 HOUSES: CSE Dean's Office, CSE Development, Division of Engineering Student Programs, Institute for the Integration of Management and Engineering, Office of Graduate Studies, Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations, Computer Lab FAST FACT: Formerly home of the Weatherhead School of Management, the building was renovated in 2003 with support from Eric and Jane Nord, and renamed in honor of the Nord Family, comprising of many distinguished alumni and benefactors.
YEAR BUILT: 1962 SQUARE FEET: 59,611 HOUSES: Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Systems Engineering, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, National Center for Space Exploration Research. FAST FACT: The Reinberger Labs and the Engineering Machine Shop are located on the second floor. The new Virtual Worlds Laboratory is located on the fourth floor.
YEAR BUILT: 1939, 1956 SQUARE FEET: 88,536 HOUSES: Chemical Engineering. FAST FACT: Also houses Case's Department of Geology; there is an observatory on the roof.
YEAR BUILT: 1993 SQUARE FEET: 92,515 HOUSES: Macromolecular Science and Engineering, The Center for Layered Polymeric Systems (CLiPS) FAST FACT: Named for a former Case president, alumnus, trustee and benefactor Kent Hale Smith.
YEAR BUILT: 1961 SQUARE FEET: 75,290 HOUSES: Materials Science and Engineering FAST FACT: The White Metallurgical Building contains a foundry in the basement.
YEAR BUILT: 1955 SQUARE FEET: 72,635 HOUSES: Biomedical Engineering FAST FACT: Named for former Case President William E. Wickenden
YEAR BUILT: 2005 SQUARE FEET: 18,514 HOUSES: Wright Fuel Center, Cleveland Center for Structural Biology FAST FACT: First university building built on the West Quad


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We received feedback from some users that the notification bar that is shown you when you have multiple logins at a particular site was distracting because it pushed the page down.
With the release of v1.42, LastPass now gives you the ability to show the notification bar at the bottom of the page rather than the top. To try it out, simply click on the toolbar and open Preferences. On the advanced page, click on the 'Show notifications below browser' option.
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Rule #1 - Be Patient - Rule #2 - Don't ask when, if you don't contribute - Rule #3 - You have coding skills - LinuxMCE's small brother is available: http://www.agocontrol.com
Works fine for me, I've got the latest updates and it ripped 2 movies and found data automatically last night.J.
What movies did you rip? Where are you located?Please tell if you can rip dvd´s and if they are automatically identified together with info which country you live in.


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We all know that the SGZ is the main source for historical information on the Romance of the Three Kingdoms; but, there are the other ones, (ZZTJ comes to mind)
I was hoping to compile a complete (or as near complete list) as possible of historic sources for this period.
If you know some, (could be kingdom specific sources), that would be great. I am pretty much looking for the original sources, not translations of parts or derivative works, (i.e., Rafe de Crispigny's works, (Generals of the South, Man from the Margin, etc...) wouldn't really count; of course, if you have those books, you could list his sources...)
The format I am planning to use is:
(Pinyin title (if you know the tones, feel free to use them)) Abbreviation- Translation- Author (any additional notes, like later commentaries)
(San Guo Zhi) SGZ- Record of the Three States/Kingdoms- Chen Shou(later given commentary by Pei Songzhi)
I would also request an old-fashioned copy-paste of the list, when additions are being made, to facilitate things; (help prevent double/triple listing, etc). Also, it will let's newcomers see the full list. Thank you


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Re: Why did Boba Fett put himself next to Luke in Rotj?
What im saying is you probably havent seen all the sources such as when he used Boba a 13 year old as bait and he was almost killed and other such things.
I think, therfore i am I destroy, therfore i endure - IG-88 tales of the bounty hunters


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Kimye's Wedding Singers: Andrea Bocelli, John Legend & More
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are prepping for the biggest wedding ever, with performances from Andrea Bocelli and more!
Sorry, Prince William and Kate Middleton — we all know to whom the real title of Royal Wedding belongs, and it's to Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, who are mere hours away from their wedding vows. As you might expect, the performers at their wedding are a little higher class than The Police cover bands; as Bruce walked Kim walked down the aisle, Andrea Bocelli performed "Con te Partiró" for the happy couple, as reported by People. Furthermore, an appearance from Lana Del Rey is pretty likely. Read on for more details!
Andrea Bocelli & More Perform At Kim Kardashian And Kanye West's Wedding
It would only be fitting that Lana perform at Kimye's wedding; after all, Kanye played her song "Young And Beautiful" during his surprise proposal to Kim on Oct. 21, when he rented out AT&T Park in San Francisco to get on bended knee.
Kimye's Romantic Italian Wedding: Everything You Need To Know HERE
Furthermore, she even performed at their rehearsal dinner! The only logical next step would have been that she take part in the best wedding band ever. However, Lana did not perform at the wedding itself. Too bad!
Andrea Bocelli has a long history of performing at huge celeb weddings — he also performed in 2006 at the wedding of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes! Fingers crossed that he's not cursed.
Another performer was good friend of the Kardashian-Wests, John Legend. He and his beautiful wife, Chrissy Teigen, were guests at Kim and Kanye's big day, and John serenaded the happy couple with "All Of Me" as the two had one of their first dances, according to Us Weekly. "All Of Me" was written about his own wife — what more romantic song is there than that for a wedding? Before John performed, he announced to the crowd:
"I am so happy for Kim and Kanye, Kanye was was inspired by you, knew he was in love with you, knew you were the one… I know Kanye personally as person, as friend and as a mentor… I believe in you two and I also believe in this song, and it's number one now!"
So sweet!
John Legend Performs At Kim And Kanye's Wedding
For Kimye's very first dance, they danced to a mashup of Otis Redding's "These Arms Of Mine" and Etta James' "At Last," Us is reporting. This segued into Kanye rapping for the crowd. How fun is that?!
However, People is reporting that John did indeed perform for the couple's first dance, singing "At Last". So, reports are a bit conflated, but we'll update with more details when we can!
Beyonce and Jay Z were rumored to perform, but considering that they skipped out on the rehearsal dinner, that was looking less and less likely as the ceremony approached, and indeed, the two did not attend.
So, HollywoodLifers, which limb would YOU cut off to have John Legend perform at your wedding? Are you excited about Kimye's nuptials? Let us know!
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Chuck b. said:
Oh my..!So far, so good. Chuck is with me!
I would of course include selected tracks in the music program that I play during the cocktail hour before all my dinner parties.
Like everyone else in the world is going to do once this gets in circulation!
Everyone one the coasts, I mean.
Your level of celebrity is about to tick up a notch.
Palladian said:
This is a terrible idea. I can't think of anything more repellent than having to listen to Titus's comments.Uh oh. I don't have Palladian! Why doesn't he appreciate Titus's absurd writings? You won't be listening to Titus. You'll be listening to me. Whatever is repellent about Titus's voice will be transformed. It won't be an attempt to impersonate him, but purely me. I think I can help you see what is so funny about it. As for prints of my photographs, anyone can download the original files and print out whatever they want under the Creative Commons license I have displayed at Flickr. As for donations, my post worked as a request for donations and I got a few. (Thanks!) I'm not desperate for money. That's not my purpose here. I really am in it for the laughs. I was reading some Titus comments aloud — the thing about the sock — and I laughed into hysteria. I'd have a lot of fun making the recording, and I only want to share the fun.... with those who find it fun.
But this is the way the wind is blowing around here. Apparently someone's endless commentary about their excrement and their fictive sexual encounters and their ugly dogs is what passes for interesting conversation these days.
Will you include the parts where he insults other commenters? How about when he sexually harasses female commenters, asking about their tits? What about his unfunny faux-conservative rants? Will these all be a part of the collection?
Bleh. Better to make a best-of cd of your late podcast or sell prints of your photographs or squirrel mugs or simply as for donations like Andrew Sullivan used to do?
Skeptical said:
I know why Althouse likes Titus's shtick.Ha ha.
Even the lame crap that Titus serves up over and over becomes performance art through his sticking to it over the long haul. When one thinks of the narrative strand that is Titus's 'I squeezed out a loaf this morning, and it had two heads,' etc., picturing it extended in time, itself like an endless loaf shat out of Titus, it has an aesthetic appeal that none of the individual loaf comments even hints at individually. So when Althouse laughs at Titus's loaf remarks, she is laughing at it not on its own, but only as a loaf-moment, if you will, in the unending loaf.
John Stodder said:
I think the guy's hilarious.... [T]here is something so decorous about the way Titus expresses pride in his creations, I can't help but laugh. There's a generosity about his whole approach here. Obviously, he's one of the commenters who disagrees with the majority, but his stings are gentle and sometimes clever....This is something I thought of doing and, in fact, worked on — 100 pages worth — in 2005. I abandoned the project because I didn't like the way it felt to be on the outside observing the thing I was actively doing, as if it had already occurred. To blog is to be constantly in the middle of things. I want to be the blogger, not the memoirist observing me, the blogger. That's not bloggy. This blog may seem to be about me, but it's not. You may be able to see something of me in it, and I know it feels personal. But the fact is, I don't blog about myself. I blog about whatever interests me at any given moment, and I'm not self-absorbed. I want to look out, not in.
But, professor, wouldn't it just be easier for you to write a damn book? You're a pioneer blogger, a pioneer bLAWger, and a pioneer woman blogger. I'm also convinced that you've got one of the few big blogs with political content that isn't essentially dishonest.... Why don't to write a book about this blog, why you do it, what it has added to your life and career, what it's taught you?....
Onparkstreet said...
I have to admit, I scroll past the Titus comments because I find them a little bit gross.Ha ha ha. That is funny.
And, the funny thing is, I'm trained as a pathologist.
Palladian again:
Titus is not just a harmless minstrel in a faggot costume debasing himself for the pleasure of the straights. If you have read enough of his comments (and there are certainly a lot of them), you'll have noticed that there's a deep nasty streak underneath all the "namaste" crap. The titus project is to disrupt any attempt at reasonable conversation and drive away the intelligent commenters and readers. It hasn't totally worked fortunately, but I have to say that my interest in reading the comments on a post drastically diminishes when I see his alias...So if I'm amused, then I'm not politically correct, gay-wise?
"Always wondered why Titus was tolerated."
Unfortunately Althouse's commendable respect for free speech in her comments has allowed some bad-faith commenters to do a lot of damage to the community.
I don't understand the attraction Althouse has for titus's writing. I mean, the first few times he talked about his vapid life and his "rare clumbers" I thought it was amusing. But it quickly got old and quickly became apparent that his intentions were not good-faith performance art....
To me, titus is like a blackface minstrel amusing a crowd of upper-class white people. I'm not entirely comfortable with his clownish and repulsive depiction of a gay man. And I'm still not convinced he's not an entirely fictitious character.
Jason (the commenter) said:
Always wondered why Titus was tolerated.The plot thickens. But I know Palladian. He couldn't be playing such an elaborate prank on me.
I always wondered why Palladian was tolerated. I bet they are the same person!
Theo Boehm said:
When Titus writes about some place or thing I know about, it's inevitably misapprehended and cartoonish. It seems, as Palladian points out, as if he's toying with the suckers. His putative sexual escapades are along the same lines, again, per Palladian....That means a lot and emboldens me.
Part of what Titus is about, as has been said, is the making of everything he tells into clownish and unappealing grotesquerie. Althouse reading [some other commenter's porn] would certainly attract attention, but it wouldn't have the same underlying dark and hostile humor, if you want to call it that, of Titus' offerings. The point of porn is to attract; Titus' goal is to repel. I do think, however, there's something to learn in the process.
Althouse has in the past attracted to "comic" characters... who were classic long-range trolls, and whose goal was disruption exactly as Palladian describes. I think Althouse's commitment to free speech assumes that openness toward, and even, in the case of Titus, a co-opting of hostility that is the best way to handle it. She may have a point and a lesson to teach here. Or she may be incredibly naive about the motivations of disruptive people.
Among the many things I have learned in this blog these past years is to never underestimate Althouse, especially in her longstanding role as teacher.
Penny said:
Two thumbs up for Althouse, two thumbs up for Titus and two thumbs up for Palladian and all the rest of you.Aw. Cool. Thanks.
The beauty of Ann's blog is its diversity. She has created an exceptional oasis here, where those who have very different sensibilities can come for a little bit of this, and a little bit of that.
I love politics and law. I love art and photography, and humor, and commenting on headlines. I could go on and on. The best thing that Ann has brought us ALL, is a place where we can virtually sit down and hash nearly ANYTHING out, and nearly always without making those not-like-us our enemies...or worse yet, buffoons.
Face it. Most of us head out on the internet every day for hours. Some might like to spend most of their time listening to those who say EXACTLY what they are thinking. Some take some time to check out msm links, or even the political "opposition". But where the heck do we choose to plop our asses down at the end of a hard day, or a boring day or a so-so kind of day? Right the heck here at Ann Althouse's place.
And why is that? I suggest it is because Ann is OPEN to all of us being EXACTLY the way we are. It is her "gift", and our good fortune, to have found her in this world that is becoming increasingly intolerant.
Please don't screw up what our hostess, Ann, is bringing to the internet.
This fine lady will become famous for opening up her "living room" to all of us. ALL of us.
Count me as one who will be searching out Titus, right after I give Ann a great big hug for keeping us all human.
Money follows value, my dear. And YOU, Ann Althouse, are more valuable than you know.
Ralph said...
"Sex and the City" proved there's a market for women talking about dicks. Perhaps Althouse wants to prove there's a market for women talking about shit.And hog.
Palladian said:
Good Evening fellow republicans and lovers of the Bush Doctrine. Here's my attempt at a titus audiobook. I took all the comments he made in yesterday's "Mauve Cafe" post and performed them in the closest approximation of my impression of titus that I could throw together in 5 minutes. I did a bit of digital post-processing to "enhance" the performance and added an appropriate backing track.Am I a bad person if that made me laugh until tears ran down my face (even though you tried to make me feel guilty about laughing by using that "gay" voice that only homophobes are supposed to laugh at)? By the way, Palladian left out the funniest part of the sock story, the part that nearly killed me.
Jason (the commenter) said:
Palladian,Palladian said:
Althouse MUST do this!
I never knew you had such a sexy voice. I always read your stuff (out loud to my friends) in a monotone.
Well... uh, thanks I think. But that's not really what my voice sounds like, the pitch and speed is digitally altered and I was laying on the stereotypical faggotry pretty thickly. But my voice is quite animated and modulated, not a monotone at all.Darcy said:
Palladian, with that bit of genius, you do realize you probably just guaranteed Althouse doing this, right?Palladian said:
My God! What have I done!?Jason (the commenter) said...
Oh, by the way, I am The Arm, and I sound like this...."
Palladian,Palladian said:
You're real voice sounds cute! You could have read what Titus wrote with your normal voice and it would have been just as funny.
Clearly, Althouse should do a compilation.
It would be amazing if Matmos could make it into a song, like Tract for Valerie Solanas.
This also shows the genius of Titus. He's growing on me.
Just like tinea cruris...Penny said:
Here's my LuckyOldSon/Michael voice.
Althouse is a leader, and shaping us all, simply with her presence.TitusFreezeFrame said:
The fucking beauty here is that she is not shaping us all in her own form.
To whoever up above asked where I came from? Same place as you. I hit a link that FINALLY makes some sense to me.
Philosophical "warrior" in need of some middle place...and YES...even better, a sometimes silly place to set my ass down when I have had enough of "all that".
Thank you, Ann, for allowing my butt to rest here.
So? Does this site make my ass look big?
Palladian that was brillant.Palladian said:
Wow, the time and energy you have devoted to this is remarkable.
More please!
I laughed my ass off!
Took 5 minutes each, darling.TitusFreezeFrame said:
Regardless of how much time it took it was terrific.
I bet you even got a little chuckle doing it, didn't you?
That voice, which I know is embelished, is the voice of my comments.
I love how you pronounced burgurs the same way I spelled it. Amazing....
All and all there is a lot of love here.
And hate I guess-150 comments on me? One commenter was right I don't give a shit...obviously.
What I do think is amusing is if anyone tried to share this with someone outside of this blog.
So there is a commenter who comments about pinching loaves. I am thinking of putting it on a CD (Althouse). I am actually going to tape some of his comments in a very queeny voice (Palladian). Try explaining that to someone at your next company staff meeting.
Also, this place would be boring without me. Just another voice bitching about liberals. Ignore me, although it seems to be hard for some.
And I actually do talk to my friends like I talk on this blog. I think I have mentioned this before but I actually leave recordings on my friends voicemails of me pinching loaves with grunts and groans and everything. They in turn forward them to other friends. I have also called them when I am having sex and let them listen. The trick doesn't know but it is my little way of sharing my life with my friends.
Now I feel a virtual group hug coming on. Don't you?