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Europe Week Ahead: Volatility Could Return
Nina Bains and Martin Essex look at risk of volatility returning to financial markets next week if fears about the global recovery return. They also look at the first Bank of England policy meeting under its new governor Mark Carney. Photo: Getty Images
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Cultivion Vineyard Soil Cultivator
Cultivion is a simple, but very versatile tool. I use it for superficial tillage for weeding or for hoeing my vines after the heavy rains at the end of winter. The power of the tool is impressive. I work a lot faster than with my hand tools and it is not as tiresome. The electric motor is also very much appreciated, the Cultivion starts instantly in all seasons, and does not produce any pollution while working.
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With the different blades, you can easily adapt to all working environments. Rapid blade changing tile means you can move from one application straight to another.
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|COMBUSTION ENGINE POWERED ROTARY HOE Direct emissions + petrol production
|CULTIVION Direct emissions + electricity production
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|15 kg CO2/day
|258 g CO2/day
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** Vibration emission value following DIN EN 60745-1:2009 – Kd uncertainty = 1.5 m/s².
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You'll have to forgive us for being a little slow to get this final set of notes out. We've had a terrible affliction whereby something seems to have got stuck in our eyes all week. Sniff. And our hayfever is just terrible. Yes. That's definitely it.
Needless to say, you shouldn't be reading this if you haven't yet read issue #641 of Journey Into Mystery but might be planning to do so at some point. Even if you have, you probably shouldn't be reading it – it might reopen all sorts of painful wounds – but what the hell, we're still publishing it anyway.
Hark to the tale of Loki!
And the girl* he loved so dear
They remained the best of friends**
For years and years and… <sobs>
* handmaiden of a vengeful goddess of death
** although not if anyone's watching
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Salisbury Plain, Britain – Wiltshire, to be precise. This is the large plain where Stonehenge is, as you'll learn on – spoilers! – the following page.
Page 1, Panel 2
"There really is an app for everything." – Loki seems to be falling victim to a popular misquoting of Apple's advertising slogan, which is in fact "There's an app for that". The poor boy's excited, we'll let him off.
(An alternative explanation, of course, is that the Marvel Universe's popular smartphone brand "Starkphone" does have the advertising slogan "There's an app for everything".)
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"It's symbolic." – It sure is, Loki. It sure is.
Okay, so. If you're reading a comics website and yet somehow inexplicably don't get this, let's have a bit of fun explaining it. Loki and Leah are, of course, wearing "V" masks. V is the eponymous hero – well, the eponymous lead character, anyway – of Alan Moore and David Lloyd's V For Vendetta, a comic originally published in the UK's Warrior magazine and later reprinted (and completed) by DC Comics before being collected into a hugely-selling collected edition. It lays a legitimate claim to being one of the best comics of all time – in the opinion of at least one, perhaps both, halves of Alternate Cover it surpasses Moore's own Watchmen – and tells the story of a morally ambiguous vigilante-cum-terrorist who wages an explosive war on a totalitarian alternate-future regime. Politically, it's very closely aligned – albeit reaching to a few further extremes – with everything that Loki has chosen to side with in this particular conflict.
The mask, incidentally, is a play on the popular image of Guy Fawkes, a British historical figure from the late sixteenth century who was either – depending on whom you believe – the figurehead of a Catholic plot to destroy the Palace of Westminster (aka the Houses of Parliament) and assassinate the Protestant King James; or a patsy in an elaborate government-led conspiracy designed to whip up anti-Catholic sentiment (and legislation). Either way, the so-called "Gunpowder Plot" failed, and – for reasons nobody's really sure about – Fawkes became a near-mythological figure as part of the annual November 5th (aka Bonfire Night, aka Guy Fawkes Night) celebrations, in which the narrow escape of the government/monarchy is (supposedly) celebrated. Moore's choice of the mask – which subsequently became used on effigies during Guy Fawkes Night celebrations – for V was therefore entirely apt, particularly given that at the beginning of the book V actually succeeds in destroying Westminster.
However, its appearance here arguably draws on a secondary source. Following the movie adaptation of V for Vendetta (the relative merits of which will be debated some other time), the Guy Fawkes mask was appropriated by the anarchists/hacktivist collective "Anonymous" as a means of hiding their identity during protests. This was in part inspired by the arresting image (albeit one that pretty much entirely missed the main point of Moore's work) of the film's climactic scene, in which the assembled masses of London wear the masks in tribute to V and defiance of their rulers. It's also turned up for similar reasons being worn by members of the Occupy movement. Both of these groups are anti-establishment, broadly anti-wealth, and largely interested in redistributing power from the rich rulers to the poor ruled. Again, the theme of class is represented.
And in one final, beautiful piece of irony, because DC and Warner Bros own V For Vendetta, and produce the replica masks, they make a substantial amount of money from all this anarchy-inspired protesting.
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"Symbolism is important." – Kieron Gillen, there.
Stonehenge – Discussed last issue, and the issue before that. Before Stonehenge, incidentally, there was Woodhenge and Strawhenge, but a big bad wolf came and blew them down.
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The Long Man of Wilmington – A giant (two hundred-plus feet tall) chalk figure on Windover Hill in East Sussex. Supposed by most to date from around the sixteenth or seventeenth century, although others believe it dates to pre-historic times and is the work of Celtic Druids. As if there hadn't been enough Sandman links in JiM already, the Long Man made an appearance in the famous "A Midsummer Night's Dream" issue – where, as opposed to the scythe and rake (or pair of staffs) that the man is generally accepted to be holding, the figure was the keeper of a doorway between Faerie and the "real" world.
"I have become death! The destroyer of Otherworld! I am the lightbringer!" – The first two parts of Loki's exclamation are a paraphrasing of J. Robert Oppenheimer's reputed words upon the testing of the first atomic bomb (although this is generally considered to be apocryphal – in fact, Oppenheimer, the director of the Manhattan project, only said in later interviews that the words had come to mind during the test). This itself was a misquoted line from the Hindu scripture Bhagavad Gita.
"Light-bringer", although more commonly "light-bearer", is one translation of the Latin name "Lucifer". You know, him with the tail and pitchfork. If Loki weren't so against "old people's media", we're pretty sure he'd dig John Milton.
Glastonbury Tor – A hill in Somerset which, despite the name, has no connection to the Glastonbury Festival Of Contemporary Performing Arts, Posh Hippies And John Peel Worship. In fact, the Tor has all manner of indelible links to legends of England past – including, most notably, the belief of some that it is the location of the mythical Avalon of Arthurian Legend.
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"Ahem" – Yeah, we all remember Agent Coulson, you bastard.
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"Camelot" is, as we all know, the company who administer's Britain's national lottery (aka "the Lotto"). We trust that clears up any confusion.
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The first three buildings are locations from or related to Arthurian Legend – Merlin's (or, in Marvel's continuity, Merlyn's) tower, the castle owned by the sorceress (and sometime Avengers villain) Morgana Le Fay, and the home of the Green Knight. The last, the Starlight Citadel, is where Otherworld's protectors (most frequently Merlyn and Roma) have operated ever since its first appearance in Daredevils #1 (1983).
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"Iron tracks burst from the ground […] they swept in on their engines." – It's hard to tell whether Herne is remembering the battle he's just fought, or if he's just watched the Olympic opening ceremony and is describing that. Either way, it's apparently an idea whose time had come.
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Kingston Upon Hull, popularly referred to as "Hull", is a port city in Yorkshire (as Wilson suggests, in the North) and as such, played a major part of the industrial revolution. It has since lost much of its prestige, and famously placed first (by vote) in the book "Crap Towns: the 50 worst places to live in the UK" published in 2003. Its juxtaposition against "hell" here would be considered apt by many Brits.
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Cheap non-franchised fried chicken outlets are a staple of modern British high-street life. We don't think there's one called "Choice Chicken" in Camden, but maybe there is in the Marvel universe. As pretty much the worst type of fast food imaginable, it's an apt choice for a Prince of Hell to be seen eating.
Maybe he had the Junior Spesh. We hope so, anyway.
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"A guy who's usurped a few thrones in his time" – The definition of "hell" in the Marvel universe is almost as confusing as the one in the DC universe, but we think Daimon has ousted the leaders of, and temporarily ruled, at least two of them.
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The Lady of the Lake – Mentioned last issue. There are actually lots of different Ladies in Arthurian legend, but the one in the Marvel universe is named Niamh Chinn Oir, and takes inspiration from the classical Nimue. In addition to being the keeper of Excalibur, it appears here that she guards the Holy Grail.
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Ikol explains on the next page how the timelines don't necessarily match up (as they so rarely do with myths) – but it is indeed said in the thirteenth-century Icelandic work Prose Edda that Loki is the father of Hel (who is, of course, the antecedent of Marvel's Hela).
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Muspelheim – One of the Nine Worlds of Asgardian cosmology (both classical and Marvel). Inhabited by the sons of Muspell, who are ruled by Surtur – and yes, he's the big red fire demon taking up the entirety of this page. In Norse mythology, the Ragnarok prophecies state that the destruction of the Bifrost bridge by the sons of Muspell is the signifier of the end of times. The Marvel version is even more specific: in Thor #128, way back in 1966, Odin states that the freeing of Surtur by Loki will be the cause of Ragnarok.
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Larry Hagman, the actor who played the dastardly J.R. Ewing on the hit television series "Dallas," died Friday. He was 81.
Hagman's "Dallas" co-star Linda Gray, who was at his bedside at the time of his passing, issued the following statement to NBC Los Angeles: "Larry Hagman was my best friend for 35 years. He was the pied piper of life and brought joy to everyone he knew. He was creative, generous, funny, loving and talented and I will miss him enormously. He was an original and lived life to the full and the world was a brighter place because of him."
Hagman was born in Fort Worth on Sept. 21, 1931. He was the son of Benjamin Hagman, a district attorney, and Broadway star Mary Martin. Hagman died at Medical City Dallas Hospital from complications of his recent battle with cancer, members of his family said in a statement per the Dallas Morning News.
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"Larry was back in his beloved Dallas, re-enacting the iconic role he loved most," a statement posted on the actor's website read. "Larry's family and close friends had joined him in Dallas for the Thanksgiving holiday. When he passed, he was surrounded by loved ones. It was a peaceful passing, just as he had wished for. The family requests privacy at this time."
Hagman achieved fame through his role as the perpetually tested Major Anthony Nelson, the master-turned-husband of a beautiful genie played by Barbara Eden in the 1965 NBC sitcom "I Dream of Jeannie." But it was his star turn as the conniving Texas oil baron J.R. Ewing on the CBS nighttime drama "Dallas" (1978-1991) that made him a television legend. He announced his return to the role in 2011 when the series was rebooted on the TNT network.
In an interview with NBC prior to the relaunch of the series, Hagman likened being back in the role of J.R. to be as comfortable as "an old pair of slippers." The actor said the character was the perfect guy you love to hate because, "Everybody has a jerk like this in their family – a father or brother, uncle or cousin. Everyone has that. That's what makes him so appealing: they can hate him. They know who he is."
Hagman originally played the villain for 14 years, with "Dallas" appearing in more than 90 countries and attracting an estimated 83 million viewers in the U.S. for the "Who Shot J.R.?" episode that aired Nov. 21, 1980. It was revealed that the person who pulled the trigger was the scheming sister of J.R.'s wife Sue Ellen (Gray).
As his fame skyrocketed, offscreen Hagman struggled with chronic alcoholism, resulting in a 1995 liver transplant. "In the heyday of 'Dallas,' it got to the point where I showed up for work about 6:30 in the morning, and by around 9, I might have opened a bottle of champagne, which I would nurse until about noon," Hagman told People in 1995. "By lunch I might start on another half-bottle of champagne. I would go through about three bottles a day, sometimes with people who would drop by the set, but mostly by myself. I just kept that steady drip going."
Following the life saving surgery Hagman served as the national spokesperson for the 1996 U.S. Transplant Games, became an anti-smoking campaigner and continued to advocate for organ donation and transplantation throughout the remainder of his life.
In October 2011, Hagman announced he was battling cancer once again. Despite his fragile health, the actor was already on board for the remounted "Dallas" and appeared in the first season, which was well received by audiences. He had recently filmed six of the 15 episodes for season two, which is set to return Jan. 28 according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Hagman first pursued acting in New York, making his stage debut in "The Taming of the Shrew." In 1954 he married Maj Axelsson while they were in a production of "South Pacific." The couple had two children, Heidi and Preston.
Hagman served in the air force, spending five years as director of USO shows, before returning to New York, where he took a starring role in the daytime soap "The Edge of Night." After relocating to Hollywood, Hagman won the role of Nelson in "I Dream of Jeannie," a show he described in his 2001 autobiography as "good, wholesome, escapist fun, with a healthy dose of sexual tension."
During his career he appeared in more than 80 television productions including "Police Woman" (1974), "The Rockford Files" (1977), "Nip/Tuck" (2006) and "Desperate Housewives" (2011), as well as numerous films such as "Superman" (1978), "Nixon" (1995) and "Primary Colors" (1998).
But it was the larger-than-life J.R. Ewing that Hagman would remain most famously associated with.
In a statement, Warner Bros. and "Dallas" executive producers Cynthia Cidre and Michael M. Robin, and the show's cast and crew said: "Larry Hagman was a giant, a larger-than-life personality whose iconic performance as J.R. Ewing will endure as one of the most indelible in entertainment history."


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About Modern House Design
There are various ideas that you can apply for your house as the design. What I want to discuss here is about modern house design. Like the name implies, this type of house can really suit for recent theme of the house. First thing to pay attention is the kitchen. Kitchen becomes the part that affects significantly to the entire part of the house. What you should consider is to determine first the features and layout of your kitchen. Just make it to represent modern theme actually.
Next thing about modern house design is about the living space. What you should pay attention is about the way to make it as natural as possible in the aspect of light. You can take benefits from windows to provide natural light to enter your house. Next is about the function. In this case, you really need to make sure the functionality of your house to become the priority. Modern house indeed focuses on the aspect of function.
If it is possible, you need to combine the aspect of function and style for your modern house design. This is considered as troublesome effort actually. Next, you should include some quality electronics especially television and also home theatre.


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PSC Receives NSF Award for Bridges Supercomputer
PSC Receives NSF Award for Bridges Supercomputer
$9.65-Million Supercomputer Will Enable Analysis of Vast Data Sets, Ease Entry for New Research Communities into High-Performance Computing
Read the NSF announcement here.
Monday, Nov. 24, 2014
The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) award to create a uniquely capable supercomputer designed to empower new research communities, bring desktop convenience to supercomputing, expand campus access and help researchers needing to tackle vast data to work more intuitively. Called Bridges, the new supercomputer will consist of three tiered, memory-intensive resources to serve a wide variety of scientists, including those new to supercomputing and without specialized programming skills.
Bridges will offer new computational capabilities to researchers working in diverse, data-intensive fields such as genomics, the social sciences and the humanities. A $9.65-million NSF grant will fund the acquisition, to begin in October 2015, with a target production date of January 2016. The system will be delivered by HP® based on an architecture designed by PSC, and will feature advanced technology from Intel® and NVIDIA®.
"The name Bridges stems from three computational needs the system will fill for the research community," says Nick Nystrom, PSC director of strategic applications and principal investigator in the project. "Foremost, Bridges will bring supercomputing to nontraditional users and research communities. Second, its data-intensive architecture will allow high-performance computing to be applied effectively to big data. Third, it will bridge supercomputing to university campuses to ease access and provide burst capability."
"Bridges represents a new approach to supercomputing that helps keep PSC and Carnegie Mellon University at the forefront of high-performance computing," says Subra Suresh, president, Carnegie Mellon University. "It will help researchers tackle and master the new emphasis on data that is now driving many fields."
"The ease of use planned for Bridges promises to be a game-changer," says Patrick D. Gallagher, chancellor, University of Pittsburgh. "Among many other applications, we look forward to it helping biomedical scientists here at Pitt and at other universities unravel and understand the vast volume of genomic data currently being generated."


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Likely DOE nominee Ernest Moniz has already drawn fire from some environmentalists for being pro-industry. But his speeches reveal a more nuanced position.
The likely nomination of nuclear physicist Ernest Moniz to lead the Department of Energy has drawn criticism from some environmentalists who say his support for natural gas and close ties to industry would undermine efforts to tackle climate change. Moniz strongly favors natural gas as a "bridge fuel" and directs the MIT Energy Initiative, a research program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that is funded by some of the world's largest fossil fuel companies.
"His appointment to the DOE could set renewable energy development back years," said a statement released by Food and Water Watch. The environmental group is circulating a petition opposing Moniz's nomination.
But an examination of Moniz's public record indicates a more nuanced outlook. Moniz did not return requests for an interview. However, in speeches and reports over the past few years, he has expressed concern for climate change, proposed additional funding for renewable energy and recommended more stringent regulations for natural gas production. He even hinted that he might support a tax on electricity to fund clean energy research.
In December, while speaking at the University of Texas at Austin, Moniz warned that while natural gas could reduce carbon emissions by displacing coal-fired electricity, its increasing use could also slow growth in the clean energy sector.
"When it comes to carbon, [natural] gas is part of our solution at least for some time," said Moniz, who served as undersecretary of energy during the Clinton administration. "And we should take advantage of the time to innovate and bring down the cost of renewables. The worst thing w[ould] be is to get time and not use it. And that I'm afraid is where we are."
Moniz's comments came during a discussion about the impacts of shale gas at the conference, "Comparative Energy: Policies and Technologies in France and the USA." He spoke on a panel with three industry representatives, a university scientist who studies water resources and a Democrat from the Texas House of Representatives. (Note: InsideClimate News publisher David Sassoon also spoke at the Texas conference, on a panel about energy and media).
During his 10-minute presentation, Moniz called the recent boom in shale gas production—made possible by a combination of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, or fracking—a "game changer."
Shale gas, he said, has lowered utility bills and created "something on the order of 600,000 jobs...There is no politician in my view who's going to walk away from this."
But he also addressed the environmental impacts of natural gas drilling.
"As a rough general statement I would say all of these [environmental concerns] are manageable, which should not be confused with managing them. And that's going to be the real challenge," he said.
While the industry has taken "impressive" steps to reduce its environmental footprint, Moniz said it hasn't done enough. "There have been water issues—not from fracking, but from bad well completion. There have been surface water spills. There clearly has been methane leakage...I would have to say that the natural gas industry...has not exactly been very forward-leaning in terms of coming together in ways that actually propagate best practices by everyone so that in fact these manageable problems are managed by everyone."
Uniform Regulations Needed for Fracking
Moniz didn't propose any policy solutions during the Texas conference. But two years ago, speaking as a witness before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, he told lawmakers that the environmental problems created by fracking "can be mitigated to acceptable levels through appropriate regulation and oversight."
The committee hearing was about a 2011 MIT Energy Initiative report titled "The Future of Natural Gas." According to its website, the Energy Initiative is a multidisciplinary program that "includes research, education, campus energy management and outreach programs that cover all areas of energy supply and demand, security and environmental impact." An Energy Initiative spokeswoman said that as of Oct. 2011—the most recent data available—74 percent of the program's research projects were related to clean energy, energy efficiency and innovation.
The Initiative's natural gas report was written by a group of more than 30 scientists led by Moniz and two other study co-chairs.
"Regulation of shale (and other oil and gas) activity is generally controlled at the state level, meaning that acceptable practices can vary between shale plays," Moniz wrote in his prepared testimony. "The MIT study recommends that in order to minimize environmental impacts, current best practice regulation and oversight should be applied uniformly to all shales."
Moniz didn't elaborate on how to standardize regulations and oversight, but his comment touched on a controversial subject. The federal government has little control over oil and gas drilling because the industry is regulated by a patchwork of state laws. The Department of the Interior is finalizing fracking regulations for wells drilled on public lands, but the industry says the rules are redundant and wants regulation left to the states. Environmental groups say the proposed rules are too weak to be effective.
At the hearing, Moniz indicated that the MIT study had strengthened his support for gas drilling.
"Prior to carrying out our analysis, we had an open mind as to whether natural gas would indeed be a 'bridge' to a low-carbon future," he told the committee. "In broad terms, we find that, given the large amounts of natural gas available in the U.S. at moderate cost...natural gas can indeed play an important role over the next couple of decades (together with demand management) in economically advancing a clean energy system."
At the same time, however, the report projected that natural gas will "eventually become too carbon intensive" and should be phased out around 2050.
In order to ensure that the bridge has a "suitable landing point," Moniz said, "we must continue to invest in research in carbon-free sources—renewables, nuclear and CCS [carbon capture and storage] for both coal and natural gas."
More Money Needed for Renewable Energy R&D
Moniz has consistently supported renewable energy. As a member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, he helped write a 2010 report that recommended a federal investment of $16 billion per year for clean energy innovation—about triple the 2010 investment. Some of that money could come from the private sector, the report said. For example, "we use about 200 billion gallons of transportation fuel annually, so a two cents per gallon charge would...generate about $4 billion per year." It said the same amount of money could be raised by charging a fee for the electricity used nationwide—a suggestion Moniz reiterated at the Texas conference.
Moniz also supported energy research and development in a letter he and Robert Armstrong, a chemical engineer and deputy director of the Energy Initiative, wrote to the MIT community in November. Federal support "for energy research is threatened by substantial cuts in funding and changing priorities," they wrote. "In this environment, even the evident benefits of plentiful, low-carbon natural gas create unease that the drive for zero-carbon options may stall."
In the letter, Moniz and Armstrong said there are "alarming indicators" that climate change impacts "are accelerating faster than expected"—but despite the warning signs, there has been "very little collective action" on a national or international scale to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Moniz and Armstrong then thanked the Initiative's funders, including "inaugural Founding and Sustaining Members, BP and Chevron," which recently renewed their funding commitments to the research program.
"Our program was designed with these partnerships as the core element of MITEI," they wrote, "and we remain convinced that this is the pathway to maximum impact for advancing MIT's research and educational mission, for meeting the companies' science, technology, and human-capacity strategic objectives, and for influencing the energy future."


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Alabama moves on to play Notre Dame for BCS title
Alabama vs. Notre Dame. The BCS championship game couldn't get much bigger.
The Crimson Tide locked up a spot in the title game in Miami on Jan. 7 with a 32-28 victory over Georgia in the SEC championship game Saturday.
Now the hype can begin for what could be the most-watched BCS title game since the system was implemented in 1998. It'd be hard to find two more popular programs and a more enticing matchup.
The top-ranked Fighting Irish have won eight AP national titles - matching Alabama for the most - but none since 1988. They'll be playing in their first BCS championship game.
Alabama is making its third BCS title game appearance in four years. The Crimson Tide is trying to become the first team to win back-to-back BCS titles, and three in four years.


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Facebook Starts Stuffing Coupons in Users' News Feeds
Apr 16, 2012 10:44 AM PT
Facebook is rolling out its Facebook Offers service, a way for users to get discounts and promotions from local businesses via the social networking site.
The offers will be distributed through users' Facebook news feeds. Users can then sign up to receive the offers via email and redeem them at participating businesses. Users are more likely to see offers from businesses that they've "liked" on Facebook.
Facebook is rolling out the offers launch gradually. The site promised more page owners access to create offers soon.
The social network experimented with a similar ad launch before, a Facebook Deals product that offered deals and coupons from local vendors. It killed the pilot program last August after four months of testing it in eight cities. Facebook also pushes ad-like content with its Sponsored Stories, which promotes content that a user's Facebook friends posted or liked to make it seem like an endorsement.
Facebook didn't respond to our requests for more comment.
Conspicuous Ads
Facebook's approach at its latest ad initiative is similar to online daily deal hubs such as Groupon and LivingSocial. Offers is in some ways different, however -- with Groupon, for example, a deal must be purchased before it's used. A Facebook Offers discount or promotion is free and simply must be presented at the time of purchase.
Groupon and Facebook Offers are similar, though, in the way they provide businesses with an alternative means to advertising.
"Survey research shows that getting a deal is the top reason that people 'like' brands and businesses," Greg Sterling, founder of Sterling Market Intelligence, told the E-Commerce Times. "So the program makes sense for both businesses and users. And offers and coupons can be extremely effective in driving store visits and sales."
Facebook has the advantage of seeing where Groupon -- and the social network's own failed attempts at daily deal ads -- have faltered in the past. It also has the insight to roll out a system that won't drive away users, said Ty Downing, CEO of SayItSocial.
"We are seeing gradual rollout of news feed deals, so in an effort of learning from past rollouts and deals failure in the past, it appears Facebook is trying to ward off resentment by rolling this out slowly," Downing told the E-Commerce Times.
Facebook also has the advantage of pushing highly targeted offers, since users will receive promotions from pages they've liked in the past.
"The daily deals product is one where targeting the right user is extremely key to the offers success, which is one of Facebook's strengths," Dilip Venkatachari, CEO of Compass Labs, told the E-Commerce Times. "Given the amount of information publicly shared across Facebook, advertisers will be able to precision target and ahieve strong performance for their offers."
Maintaining a Balance
While users might be more excited to receive a personalized offer from Facebook than they do other ads, there is concern about overkill.
"Consumers are generally receptive to money-saving offers," said Sterling. "However, if brands or local businesses make too many or weak Offers they might become annoying or be regarded as spam and alienate users. It all depends on the quality and frequency of the Offers."
As always, though, informed consumers have the power to control what information they release, and in turn, what daily offers are heading their way, said Downing.
"Ultimately I don't see this too much of a turn-off, as the consumer will always be in control. If they see too many ads in their news feed, they could easily 'unlike' that brand," said Downing.


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The forest heritage area is part of 50km of walking tracks available in Hanmer Springs.
Three easy going walks are available in this part of the forest. They are suitable for all ages and levels of fitness. All start at Herdman's Avenue Gate opposite the car park on Jollies Pass Road.
Forest Amble - 30 minutes, easy walk
Follow the Forest Walk through some of the oldest stands in the Hanmer Basin. At the first junction turn left to meander through European larch planted in 1904. A feature of this section is the understorey of ivy. A further left turn leads the track through 1978 plantings of Ponderosa pine to return to the car park.
Forest Walk - 1 hour, easy walk
A pleasant circuit which threads its way through some of the oldest stands in the Hanmer Basin with a variety of exotic conifers and broadleaf species. Included is European larch which is one of the few deciduous conifer species in the world. Other species are Corsican pine, European alder, Austrian pine and Norway spruce – all planted in the early 1900s. Understoreys of sycamore, oak silver birch and rowan provide a colourful display in autumn. Also of interest are wild fungi in autumn and native orchids in late spring.
Forest Journey - 1¼ hours, moderate walk
Follow the first half of the Forest Walk to Mansfield Road. The walk then meanders through Macrocarpa planted in 1927 before emerging back onto Mansfield Road. A left turn leads into Dawson's Drive which has trail plantings of cedar, cypress and redwood trees. The forest journey then passes through 1904 plantings of Ponderosa pine and larch before finally following the forest edge back to the carpark.
This information is part of the Hanmer Springs Walks brochure available from the Hanmer Springs i-SITE Visitor Centre, Amuri Ave, Hanmer Springs. It's a good idea to pick up one as it includes a map and information on longer walks and tracks that you can enjoy.


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The Bank of England has chosen not to follow US counterparts into another round of emergency measures to prop up the economic recovery.
Policymakers held interest rates at an historic low of 0.5% and resisted pressure to pump more cash into the economy, despite fears surrounding the Government's deficit-busting spending cuts announced last month.
Although there is likely to have been another three-way split in the nine-strong Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), economists suspect recent better-than-expected economic data steadied the hands of those in the no-change camp.
On Wednesday night, the US Federal Reserve unveiled a second quantitative easing programme of 600 billion US dollars (£372.8 billion) - dubbed QE2 - in a bid to kick-start the lagging recovery.
City expectations that the MPC would follow suit cooled after higher-than-expected third quarter GDP growth of 0.8%, as well as upbeat data from the manufacturing and services sectors.
The good mood was bolstered as the FTSE 100 Index hit a two-year high on the back of dollar weakness and the Halifax reported a moderate rebound in house prices following a sharp fall in September.
Analysts suspect the Bank will reveal its QE2 package early next year - possibly injecting a further £50 billion on top of the existing £200 billion - as the country starts to feels the pain of austerity measures.
The MPC has not changed rates for 19 months in a row, while it last increased QE 12 months ago, when it upped the programme by £25 billion.
Minutes of last month's MPC meeting showed that one member - Adam Posen - called for a £50 billion hike in QE, while Andrew Sentance maintained his vote for a rate hike to 0.75% to calm inflation.
Mr Posen previously warned of a potential Japan-style "lost decade" of stagnant growth if further moves are not made. But the Bank is also battling against stubbornly high inflation, which remained at 3.1% in September - well above the Bank's 2% target.


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Jeff,It doesn't look like it turned out all that bad. If you ever decide to try it again, maybe you could start with a spray of water on the pan before starting the pile of flour.- red.november
I know I am stretching the theme a bit here, but I recently had an amazing pizza, ok I can't believe I am saying this, an amazing FROZEN pizza from Trader Joes. This pizza was not only easy to procure, but it also had less work going on inside of it as I noticed that there was no yeast or any other levening agent in there at all. I have read about this type of quickee crust before on the forum, and had dismissed the idea, but now that I have tried it I think I want to do it from scratch. Do yourself a favor and check out the Trader Joes Tarte Alsace. I found it interesting that they don't call it a pizza anywhere on the packaging, but it is definitely the best frozen pizza I have ever had, and all that with no yeast.
Less destructible: lay rebar (chicken wire) in between layers of dough
Less sober: use straight beer for the liquid in the dough
As a matter of fact, what you bought was ConAgra Mill's Minnesota Girl flour. It has a protein content of 11.8%. See their brochure and notice that the suggested uses are the same.http://www.conagramills.com/media/ConAgraMillsBrochure.pdfhttp://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=10250592&whse=BD_823&Ne=4000000&eCat=BD_823|9896|10035&N=4031138&Mo=7&No=5&Nr=P_CatalogName:BD_823&cat=10694&Ns=P_Price|1||P_SignDesc1&lang=en-US&Sp=C&topnav=bdoff
We're near the end of the month so here is a list of ideas in case anyone was running low. I'm saving my favorite to do this weekend.Less baked: don't bake the pizza at allLess evolved: amoebae shapedLess aerodynamic: concave square shapedLess motion: stop sign shaped, red sauce visible, "STOP" printed with cheeseLess pizza: baked with a slice already cut out of itLess pizza 2: baked as a single sliceLess appealing: topped with Clamato sauce, limburger cheese, escargotLess edible: cut out a corrugated cardboard circle, soak it in yeast water for an hour, drain liquid, ferment, top, and bakeLess edible 2: mix, knead, ferment, shape, and top pizza while ingredients are directly on the floorLess less: make an enormous pizzaLess eligible: bake a cake that's frosted to look like a pizzaLess safe: top with raw spoiled meatLess flat: stand all the pepperoni on their edges and bake the pizza on a severely warped panLess bumpy: use sandpaper to sand the crust rim until smoothLess sensible: throw the pizza away after bakingLess thrifty: use the most expensive ingredients available, e.g. caviarLess permeable: coat with Thompson's WaterSeal after bakingLess natural: silicone rim implantsLess visible: mix spinach and green food dye into dough (camouflage effect); top with green sauce, sparse cheese, and green bell peppers; and take a picture against a foliage backdropLess shaping: top dough ball with sauce, cheese, and some other toppings, do not shape into skinLess repeatable: don't measure anythingLess equation: small pizza, two breadsticks (equal sign), large pizzaLess than: shape pizza like a less than signLess domestic: use only imported ingredients and slap a "Made in China" label on itLess sober: use straight beer for the liquid in the doughLess repetition: find a wheel of cheese that can cover the whole pizza with a single slice, same for other toppingsLess work: get someone else to do itLess destructible: lay rebar (chicken wire) in between layers of doughLess relevant: bake a bean casserole- red.november


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Visual Network Systems has released VPM Xpress, a cut-down version of its network monitoring of its VPM product. The tool combines data from a variety of sources into a single view enabling enterprises to isolate and repair problems at an earlier stage.
The new product, based on IntelliTrace technology allows users to check on a particular application's performance, said Visual Network Systems,formerly known as Fluke Network Systems. The company added that the software contains many of the same elements as its big brother, scaled down for the mid-sized enterprise market. The product has also been simplified for installation by organisations without large IT resources, claimed the company.
"VPM Xpress is designed specifically for the mid-market. We have included a comprehensive set of capabilities for managing applications and end-user experience but in an affordable package, said said Lyn Cantor, senior vice president and general manager, Visual Network Systems. "Users can go from out-of-the-box to fully deployed in 30 minutes or less and benefit from the same power of our Visual Performance Manager to effectively deliver networked applications,"


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The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday opened an investigation into data brokers, the companies that collect and sell information about consumers for marketing and other purposes.
The agency issued administrative subpoenas to nine information resellers, requiring each company to provide extensive details about how it collects information about consumers; how it uses, stores, analyzes and shares that data; and whether the company allows consumers to access and correct the records the company holds about them. Some of the companies named in the inquiry do not directly sell information about consumers, but offer analytics services in which they categorize, score or evaluate consumer data.
The companies include Acxiom of Little Rock, Ark., one of the world's largest information resellers, which manages customer databases for major banks, automakers and retailers; eBureau, a company in St. Cloud, Minn., which, on behalf of clients like credit card companies, lenders, insurers and educational institutions, evaluates and scores online consumers in the market for those companies' products; Intelius, a company in Bellevue, Wash., which offers people-search look-up services and background checks; and PeekYou, a company that analyzes social media sentiment. Acxiom and eBureau were the subjects of separate articles this year in The New York Times.
In an email message in response to a reporter's query, Gordy Meyer, the president of eBureau, wrote that the company "welcomes the opportunity to describe, to the FTC, its practices and the benefits we provide to businesses as well as consumers."
Representatives of other companies did not immediately return emails from a reporter seeking comment.
The FTC's action comes nine months after the agency issued a report on consumer privacy, calling on data brokers to make their practices more transparent to the public.
Because most data brokers are business-to-business enterprises, regulators say, many consumers are not aware that such companies may compile and sell hundreds of details about their race or ethnicity, financial status, shopping habits, health interests, vacation preferences, Web browsing history, online search queries and other matters.
"Data brokers aggregate huge amounts of data on individuals and have the capacity to create powerful profiles combining information about what you do offline and online," David C. Vladeck, the director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, said in a phone interview Tuesday. "We worry that this information may be used in ways that could be harmful to consumers."


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Last week the stock market finally reached the apex of its clickety-clack roller coaster ascent. Now it's begun the free-fall into financial oblivion. So what does that mean for you, gadget enthusiast?
The Short Term
THE SKY IS FALLING. Well, maybe. And if your retirement is tied up in LinkedIn then you have my deepest sympathies. But a two-day stock market drop, however severe, does not a recession make. And surprisingly enough, tech stocks actually did relatively better yesterday than the market as a whole.
There are some stock collapses that seem to come out of nowhere, some that are indicative of systemic collapse and some that can be traced back to a single catalyst. Given my druthers I'll take the latter, and that's what we're dealing with: Stocks are down because one ratings agency downgraded US debt from very very very very very safe to very very very very safe. It's largely a semantic downgrade, one by the same joyously nattering dolts who thought subprime mortgages were a rock-solid, low-risk investment back in 2008. But when they talk—rightly or wrongly—markets listen.
Companies, though, are what you care about. Companies make products! And products—that new phone, that mirror-thin TV, that ridiculous "infotainment" center that makes your car a death trap—are the things that actually affect your life in a tangible way. And two days of stock market disturbance does absolutely nothing bad your present and near-future products. In fact, it might actually work to your benefit.
Any gadget that's coming out this year has already been built. Period. It and/or its components are being manufactured now in factories in China. That money's already been spent. And any gadget coming out next year has already been designed; the resources have been allocated for its production. Could that budget be slashed? Sure. But it's going to take an actual full-on recession for companies to start reworking their books to that extent. A two-day stock dive—or two weeks for that matter—doesn't turn that dial.
What it does, though, is create uncertainty in consumers' minds, which makes them less likely to buy things. And since those things, those TVs and phones and infotainments, have already been made, they're going to end up being discounted heavily when they hit stores. Companies made their sales projections when things weren't quite so gloomy; they and their retail partners are going to have to slash prices to get that glut of products off their backs. So if you weren't that poor LinkedIn investor, what you're looking at, for the moment, is opportunity.
The Long Term
Of course, there are serious problems with the US economy. And if those problems persist, well, things get a whole lot gloomier in our little tech-addled corner of the world.
Go back to CES a few years ago, when CEA President Gary Shapiro took the stage to deliver his memorable keynote. He said—and I may be paraphrasing here—"We're totally screwed." We'd been mired in a recession for months, with no end in sight, and companies had gone through layoffs and restructuring. But most of all, they'd stopped investing in R&D. They'd stopped innovating. And the products were, by and large, shite.
This kind of thing doesn't just affect the big boys—they'll tighten their belts a little, but the Apples and Microsofts and Googles have enough cash on hand to weather a major contraction. If anything, it's an opportunity to put a little space between themselves and their less-funded competition.
The problem is, it's that less-funded competition—the venture-capital-backed start-ups and the disruptive dorm-room widget makers—it's those guys that fuel so many breakthroughs. And if we are headed into another recession, they're either going down in smoke or being bought up on the cheap by a behemoth that might just be absorbing them for their patents.
The Bubble
One last note: tech stocks may well have held up because we're in a tech bubble like the one that burst in 2000. And the fact that LinkedIn had such a mega-IPO seems a strong argument in favor of that. If that bubble blows up spectacularly, yes, that'll be terrible. People will lose their jobs, and that's something I wouldn't wish on anyone.
But in terms of what matters to you, Johnny Gadgeteer, remember that Amazon survived that collapse, along with hundreds of other companies that lived up to their valuations. I guess what I mean is: I don't miss Pets.com. I won't miss FarmVille. And if a reckoning is about to happen, know that however much chaff we lose, the digital wheat remains.
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Fat Tuesday made skinny
Everyone knows that Self-control is the antithesis of Mardi Gras tradition. But you can put a skinny spin on a Fat Tuesday celebration. Serve this spicy seared-shrimp-and-rice dish in place of a higher-fat Creole specialty like jambalaya or gumbo. The protein-packed meal is so tasty, it seems indulgent — and so healthy that you can let that Self-control slip in some other area (like dessert!).
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- Makes 4 servings
- 2 tbsp canola oil
- 2 celery stalks, chopped
- 1 red bell pepper, cored, seeded and chopped
- 2 cups fat-free, low-sodium chicken broth
- 1 cup long-grain white rice
- 1 cup frozen peas
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1/2 tsp dried thyme
- 1 1/4 lb large shrimp, peeled
- Heat 1 tbsp oil in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Add celery and pepper and cook 2 or 3 minutes. Add broth, bring to a boil and stir in rice. Cover, lower heat and simmer 20 minutes. Turn off the heat. Stir in peas; cover. Let stand 5 minutes or until peas are heated through. Meanwhile, combine salt, garlic powder, cayenne, and thyme in a bowl, then toss with shrimp. Heat remaining 1 tbsp oil over medium-high heat in a large skillet, add shrimp and cook 4 minutes, turning once. Divide rice among 4 plates. Top with shrimp.
Nutritional analysis per serving: 445 calories, 10 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 51 g carbohydrates, 36 g protein


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Thinking Yogi
The intersection of two loves: yoga and writing.
Why do I keep falling asleep in savasana?
I used to pretend to have the answer to this commonly-asked yoga student question.
Here's how it went:
A student came up to me after a nice, juicy gentle practice that included several long restorative poses. She gushed about how peaceful and calm she felt after the practice.
"I love the restorative poses," she said. Then she added, in a whisper, "But I can't help falling asleep. Is that okay?"
I smiled and nodded knowingly, as a wise yoga teacher should, and told her that savasana is different than sleep. To keep herself mindful and awake, I suggested she focus more intently on her breath.
I wasn't intentionally misleading her. I believed my answer wholeheartedly at the time, because that's what I'd been told by my teachers.
But could I actually follow my own advice?
With three kids, a business, and work hours that regularly kept me in front of my computer till 2am?
No way.
A 5-minute savasana was totally doable; I was present, still, mindful, awake.
When the duration crept up to 7-10 minutes, it was a toss-up; I might do one of those savasana arm twitches that gave me away to the teacher, but I could usually play it off like I just had an urgent (and twitchy) need to adjust my hand position.
But man, when the teacher went yoga nidra on me, it was over. Guaranteed, I'd be doing the twitch AND that weird sleepy exhale "HAAAA" sound that was tough to disguise.
I hated that feeling. Not the sleepy, relaxed goodness which was wonderful and clearly much-needed.
I hated the fear of getting too relaxed, as if there is such a thing.
My approach to long, deep relaxation in group classes was completely counterproductive. Worried I'd be exposed as a negligent savasana practitioner, I'd keep my mind on high alert. Sometimes it worked, but other times I still woke myself with an errant arm banging on the bamboo floor (followed by some pretend arm position adjustments to play it cool).
You've probably already figured out that yoga practice makes a lot of things better. Yoga can soothe everyday aches and pains, help you feel stronger and more alive, give you a feeling of peace and calm unlike anything else you experience in your day. But it can't solve all your physical, mental, or emotional woes.
If you're not getting enough sleep, I've got news for you. You WILL fall asleep in restorative poses (if you're really going for it rather than taking the high alert approach I was attempting).
So what's my new answer?
When a student from my Gentle class asked about the savasana/sleep issue this week, I told her it's okay, and it still happens to me, too. The way I figure, with my third child approaching 18 months, I have a lot of catching up to do.
You're not a savasana failure when you fall asleep. You could probably just use a little more sleep and rest.
What's the difference between sleep and rest?
Sleep is that thing that happens at bedtime, while rest is the conscious and mindful practice of relaxing body and mind. They're different, but both are essential for total, vibrant health and exquisiteness.
Conscious rest is the companion practice to good sleep hygiene, and it belongs in everyone's day, in my opinion. It's different than watching TV, browsing Facebook updates, and even reading. It's doing nothing, with intentionality.
These days I'm sleeping more (8 hours is my sweet spot), I've stopped working into the wee hours of the night, and I feel better than ever. I'm doing less, but enjoying it more. I'm allowing more time to get things done and giving myself a break where I used to be so demanding.
And yet still, still, I find myself waking up from restorative poses.
I don't know how long it'll take to get enough sleep and rest in the bank to make up for my sleep deficit. But it's logical to assume that the longer the deficit has been in effect (ahem – I have a 10 year old, too), the longer it takes to make it up.
Restorative yoga practice has become the handiest little barometer for tracking my sleep/rest progress. It's an embodied reminder that rest is important, and that slowing down has value (and is far from laziness or indulgence).
Judging from the fact that I managed to conk out in a restorative twist in under five minutes the other day, I still have a lot of work to do. But when your definition of work includes making an easy-chair out of bolsters, blankets, and blocks and then tucking yourself in for a nice rest, I can get behind that.
And in the meantime, I'll be banking those minutes of restorative yoga sleep. And it's okay.


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A tribe of grasses that is also known as "The great, the glorious, the Stipeae." Unfortunately, I have no funding to work on this wondrous group. Because no funding also means no time, these pages will grow slowly and be rather dull in their format. They may, however, eventually serve as a useful source of information about this wonderful tribe.
The checklist is based on work I did many years ago. The generic listings provide more information about the genera concerned. I have begun to review each of them (Nov. 26, 2006) with a view to providing the synopsis of the tribe. The lack of agreement on generic limits in the tribe is a problem, but it seems better to update the generic lists than complete the checklist.
I recognize that not everyone agrees with the generic treatment that I prefer, but hope that others will find the information that they need. If anyone wishes to develop a site with alternative treatments, I would be happy to provide a link to it.
Mary Barkworth (firstname.lastname@example.com)
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How many years away do you think we are from being able to upload a picture of a platonic friend/sexy coworker/friend's mom and have the internet do a facial recognition search for porn starring someone that looks similar?
Even though I'm certain that workers at the Pentagon already have access to high-tech facial recognition software that allows them to search for Redtube videos of your mom banging her pastor, the current consumer offerings in this department are woefully thin. I found a site called Pictriev that claimed to be able to search for faces on the web. So I took my head shot (HANDSOME) and uploaded it. Pictriev told me there was a 55 percent chance the face I uploaded was that of a man. It said my approximate age was 25, which was flattering but wrong. It also said I looked like Brendan Fraser, which I think is still flattering, but wrong. Then it displayed a gallery of similar faces on the web. Here is that gallery:
There's a 24 percent chance that I'm Diane Kruger. I don't think I'd have a problem if that turned out to be true. I'd just throw on a Helen of Troy costume and diddle myself all day long.
Pictriev did manage to turn up one Photoshop of me from the web, so I guess my search was a "success." But none of the pictures they turned up were porny in nature. Chances are, any attempt to plug in a bikini picture of that secretary you stalk on Facebook will turn up empty.
Most other sites that search for faces (including, of course, Facebook) do so using tags. They don't actually scan your face for unique features and octagonal glasses, the way Roger Moore's computer could in For Your Eyes Only. I know that sucks, because we'd all like to think that there's a Sarah Phillips porn tape out there just begging to be discovered. But consider all the terrifying alternative uses for widespread facial recognition technology. Someone could use it to steal your identity. A stalker could use to search for all photos of you on the web, then print them and cut them out and make a little shrine to you that will only be complete once your liver is resting in a silver bowl in the center of it. Employers could easily find that Photoshop your friends made of you fucking a donkey in a hot tub. If this technology is not yet fully developed, it's not the worst thing on Earth.
I was in a wedding over the weekend, and while we were sequestered away waiting for thing to start, somehow we got on the topic of American Pie. Let's assume there must be a number of people, let's call it X, who saw that movie and subsequently stuck their dick into a pie to see how it felt. What percentage of X, let's call it Y, burned their dick when they put it into the aforementioned pie? My gut tells me that anyone dumb enough to put their penis in a pastry would likely do it too quickly and torch their dong, so I'd put the over/under at Y = 85 percent. Others (WITH DISTURBINGLY KNOWING CONFIDENCE) said it'd be as low as 15 percent, because someone who isn't afraid to put their dick into things has put their dick into things before and isn't going to put their dick into something all willy-nilly. What's your estimation on Y?
See now, this is the kind of question that should be on the SAT. What makes you think it's "dumb" to stick your dick in a pie? You could be a MENSA member and still want to do it because you just wanna see how it all plays out.
I think your friends are closer to the correct percentage than you are, for a handful of reasons. First of all, most pies keep without refrigeration, so the average pie is already out on the counter at perfect room temperature. No need to microwave it and subject your dick to dreaded microwave hot spots in the center apple ooze. Everyone knows that, after about three seconds in the microwave, pie filling becomes hotter to the touch than a fucking exhaust pipe. Few boys would dare risk their manhood for that. For even heating, you'd have to toss it back in the conventional oven. And if you're gonna fuck a pie, you're gonna be too horny to stand there with a rock hard dick waiting for it to heat up for twenty minutes. You'll just nut into an oven mitt ten seconds later because you can't stand it anymore.
Also, I'd be willing to wager that the majority of piefuckers out there fuck store-bought pies. If your mom was nice enough to make a pie from scratch, you're not gonna defile it, and if you are, you're not gonna do it right after she pulled it out of the oven. You're going to bang one of those cheap whore apple pies from Safeway, the kind someone buys in bulk for a library fundraiser or some shit like that. That's a pie you can get away with stealing and raping.
As someone who made love to handful of food products as a teenager, I can tell you that the temptation to have sex with a pie is real, and that most boys usually end up regretting it. It doesn't feel as good as it oughtta feel, and it makes a huge mess, so much so that you begin worrying about the cleanup well before you've achieved orgasm. Once you get to my age, you've put your dick through Hell on Earth and come to realize that a fistful of lotion is always the way to go.
Since implementing the horribly frustrating new kickoff spot to the 35-yard line, I've noticed many kickoffs that have made there way through the uprights. Shouldn't there be some kind of reward for doing this? What if by making the kickoff through the upright it resulted in pinning the opposing team on the 10-yard line instead of the 20?
Works for me. I've also thought that any returner who fields a kickoff and lets his momentum carry him out of the back or side of the end zone should get whistled for a safety and the summarily spit on by local fans. They let returners get away with murder back there. You could balance the ball on your facemask for 10 minutes and they'd still call it a touchback.
In Under Siege, Bad Billy and the Bailjumpers et al. take over the ship. Were these guys terrorists trained to be musicians or vice versa? Terrorist and kick-ass rock musicians? Dual threats!
Obviously, Tommy Lee Jones is a former US agent gone rogue, so terrorist is his day job. As for the band he hired, I presume that they were all mercenaries to begin with and then Tommy had them learn their instruments as part of their cover, which seems like a lot of work, but no one said taking over a battleship was a cakewalk.
But then the band would have to be credible enough to get hired to play a show on the boat, which means they would have to cut demos, play in clubs, and gather up something a following in order to get notice of the U.S. Navy. And that's a real stretch, considering this is a movie where an entire band of terrorists is foiled by a cook.
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What if you had to choose one meal you'll be consuming three times a day for 30 straight days. That meal cannot be changed or modified in any way throughout the challenge. What would you choose? On what day do you officially began to hate what you are eating (if ever) and after your 30 days are up, do you think you'd be able to eat that meal ever again?
I swear I could knock down a couple tasty sushi rolls for the entire time and would never give up eating said rolls again. Then again 90 meals is a long fucking time!
Take it from someone who once flushed sushi down the toilet at an all-you-can-eat sushi joint, you could not have sushi for 90 meals in a row. You'd die. Your best bet would be to have some kind of breakfast or lunch food that you have every day. I could eat Cocoa Puffs every morning for three months and be relatively pleased with the arrangement. Make it all three meals of the day and maybe I can pull through. Or maybe there's a sandwich you always have for lunch that might also be acceptable at other hours of the day. Record holder Don Gorske has eaten a Big Mac at every meal for years, even though I bet he's lying. You could find an item that's agreeable enough to take the distance, but the key is that it would have to be a relatively staid choice, like an Italian sub or a an Egg McMuffin. If you try to get all crazy and pick chicken tikka masala, your bowels might never forgive you. Personally, I would choose some kind of breakfast sandwich, with eggs and ham and bacon and shit. Never goes out of style.
This problem in my physics textbook appears to involve Superman taking a hit from a massive bong.
"What if, like, Krypton had just been in my head this whole time? Whoa."
Would you rather never have to wipe your ass after taking a dump, or never have to shake your dick after taking a piss?
A lifetime free of wiping has its advantages. I can only imagine the ego boost that comes with strutting out of a stall having done no paperwork of any kind. I've laid down some clean dumps in my time, but I've never worked up the courage to forgo wiping. I lack the cocksure attitude needed to say: "You know what? NO WIPE. I know I just threw a perfect game." I always have to check, so it would be fun to have that kind of confidence.
Not to mention the fact that you could skimp on toilet paper. Not only is toilet paper costly, but it's a cumbersome item that takes up precious real estate in the grocery cart. If you put an economy-size pack of Charmin in your cart, what else can you fit in the cart? A pack of fucking cheese slices, that's what. Either that, or you have to tuck the TP under the cart on that little shelf they give you, and I NEVER remember that the TP is down there. Lord knows how many times I've enriched the local grocery store by purchasing TP and then just leaving it there for them to pick up and re-sell. FUCKERS.
All that said, I'll take the clean pissing. Because I'm accident prone. For once, I'd like to go to a job interview and not have a pee stain on my khakis.
What would you do with your own personal Death Hawk? Let's say this thing is near invincible and you are the only falconer who can control its immense power. If you were dead, it would fly free going berserk, so the authorities have to keep you alive. Would you use it for good or evil? Would you use it to kill your enemies and snatch bags of money from unsuspecting armored car guards? Or would it deliver canned goods to kids in Africa and solve the Asian carp problem in the Great Lakes?
I would simply license it for use. If the U.S. government needed my Death Hawk to take out the three of clubs in the terrorist deck, then they can jolly well pay my ass $3 million for the privilege. And if some kid wanted to hire my Death Hawk to kill a shark at his birthday party, his family is gonna pay up. I'd also happily rent out my death hawk for important courier work. If sensitive materials need to be shipped, you're gonna trust my Death Hawk more than some klutz working for UPS. It's not the most exciting way to use a Death Hawk, but I'm no fool. I'm milking that thing for all it's worth.
How many people do you think people have suggested to Anthony Davis that he shave his unibrow? Somehow has had to have said something, right? Is it possible that no one has the balls to tell him how ridiculous he looks? If he has any real friends they would surely rip on him for it all the time. Do you think he's just the weirdest dude on the planet and thinks he looks good? Maybe he believes if he shaves the unibrow he will lose his basketball abilities.
I think that when you're about to become the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft and a multimillionaire, you could have a lizard head growing out of your face and you wouldn't give a shit.
I once a had a friend who had a big permawart on his face, the kind that you would instantly stare at the second you met him. One day, I sacked up and asked him why he never bothered to cut it off. And he told me that he liked himself just the way he was. Now, I think that was silly and that he should have gone to the closest permawart specialist to have that thing lasered into oblivion. But people don't always see themselves the way you see them. I look in the mirror and I see a handsome fellow. Pictriev looks at me and sees a transvestite Diane Kruger. The things that other people think are flawed about us are often things we regard, rightly or wrongly, as a fundamental part of our identity.
I bet Anthony Davis has grown to love his unibrow. He probably got teased for it by friends or enemies or whoever, but now he's gonna be rich, so he'll probably keep that unibrow intact as a daily reminder of people doubting him. That unibrow is his way of saying FUCK YOU to haters and all that. I'm sure he takes any ribbing about it from friends with good humor. And it gives him a distinct brand. He's "that guy with the unibrow" now, which gives him an angle when it comes to product endorsements and shit. That unibrow will be incorporated into all kinds of Anthony Davis ads. The shape of it makes a fine Nike sub-brand logo.
So he's keeping the unibrow. His teeth, however, are a goddamn traffic jam.
Every time I'm stuck in bumper to bumper traffic, invariably there is some total fuckwad who leaves no less than 20 car lengths between himself and the car in front of him. Every body in the next lane over cuts in front of him to get 20 car lengths while I am sitting behind him wishing that he would die of dick cancer.
Yes, but when you need to change lanes and one of those stragglers is in the adjacent lane, there's no better friend in the world. Why did that guy let me in for no reason? Beats me. All I know is that it's TIME FOR GUNNIN'.
Let's pretend right now that North Korea's supreme leader Kim Jong-un just finished watching the Hunger Games and is inspired by Suzanne Collins' vision. He decides that he'll create the North Korea Games. Rules are the same, just 24 kids trying to be the last man standing and broadcast to an audience. The media reports that the first NK Games will be played this year and be broadcast online. Honestly, do you watch it? Or do you take the high moral road and don't even browse Google Videos?
I wouldn't watch it, and you wouldn't either. One of the biggest plot holes in movies like The Hunger Games is that it presumes that kind of event would generate a large audience when there's no way in hell that normal people would want to watch real children kill and maim each other on television. You'd either find it personally repugnant, or you'd be afraid that other people would find you repugnant for enjoying it. I know a lot of people who watched Saddam Hussein get the rope, and I don't think many of them enjoyed it. Once you know it's real violence happening to real people, a switch goes off in your brain and you shy away.*
(*Unless it's football. YAY FOOTBALL!)
There are a million TV ideas that sound really cool on paper that end up being unwatchable because of this. I'm sure the Fox exec in charge of Celebrity Boxing thought it would be a big draw, and then no one gave a crap. And even though it sounds cool to make prison inmates fight robots for sport, you still wouldn't tune in. Many things that sound awesome on paper end up not being awesome in practice, which is bullshit. I wish reality would be more receptive to stupid ideas.
What percentage of injuries athletes suffer are due to masturbation injuries? 10%? 20%? 50%? Did Greg Oden end his career trying to reach his arm around the back of his knee and up to his dick?
In football, the answer is .00001 percent. In baseball, the answer is a million percent. Ever have a hammy cramp up while fapping, then power through it anyway? Not fun. That's winning ugly.
What do you think is the best amount of toilet paper to use for ass wiping? Personally, I'll usually rip off a strip anywhere from 4-8 squares long (depending on the shit) and can usually get 3, maybe 4 good wipes, after always folding it inward to get to a new clean spot. Now, this is assuming I'm at home with a soft, high-quality 2-ply. I work at a hospital, and let me just give a big "Fuck you." to hospitals, hotels, stores, and anywhere else that uses the massive rolls of terrible 1-ply. Gotta have at least 30 SPW (squares per wipe) with that.
I overuse because I lack confidence and because I'd rather be safe than sorry. But I do fold and wipe in order to reduce waste, which makes me a Good Samaritan. I don't believe for a moment that you could get four wipes out of four squares, regardless of ply. You'd have to be a mathemagician to pull that off.
It does not appear Ghost, from Sweden, makes music videos, but this concert footage, from HellFest (who knew?), is a little terrifying:
"Ah oh, how they laughed, the little people of Stone'enge."
Is that the Eyes Wide Shut music in their intro? Well played.
For $1,000,000 would you let Jerry Sandusky babysit your child/children for 5 seconds? Sandusky is sitting on the couch in the living room. Your kid(s) are 5-10 feet away just standing there watching you as your walk out. The timer starts when the door shuts behind you. No cameras.
Five seconds? Absolutely. What kind of raping can you get done in five seconds? You'd have to be Superman to pull that off. It takes me an hour to wrangle one of my kids for a goddamn bath and they LIKE me. What prayer does an old coot like Sandusky have?
Make it five minutes and we no longer have a handshake deal.
Shouldn't sports drafts be snake drafts?
No, because then you're punishing the worst team by making them wait four million years between picks. That's why no one wants the #1 pick in fantasy drafts. No one wants to wait that long in between picks. It's torture. You sit there for four hours while every other cool player gets taken off the board and you're left to choose between Jerricho Cotchery and a bag of flour.
THASS RAICES! And that plantain sticking out also works for unintentional dongs. 2 for 1!
Can't argue with that.
Of the 4 major sports, in which one would the dominant college team have the best chance at beating the worst pro team?
Well, football and hockey are both out. I thought it would have to be baseball because in baseball, all you need to stay competitive is a good pitching performance. Get one from your college starter, and you're automatically just two or three runs from pulling off the upset over the Orioles or whoever.
The only problem is that, due to farm leagues, college baseball doesn't have anywhere near the talent level of a college sport like football or basketball. That's why it's so tempting to pick basketball and say that Kentucky could beat the Bobcats. I wish they played a pay-per-view exhibition of this in late April and answered the question for good. I'll take basketball for now, even though I think it's easy to get fooled.
You're on the Metro en route to a Nats game. A random stranger comes up to you and makes you an offer: For the rest of your life, he will randomly show up once a month and hand you $1,000 cash. If you accept this offer, you will also have uncontrollable shits for one day each month. He will pick which time and day of the month it is out of a hat on the 1st of every month, so neither you nor he will be able to willingly choose which day this is. As soon as he shows up, you know that you are going to get $1,000 cash, but you will also be shitting out of your ass until the clock strikes midnight.
This is $12,000 cash/year that you do not have to report on your taxes for the rest of your life. Do you accept his offer?
I don't think you do, because in the long run it's a poor investment. You're making $12,000 a year guaranteed, but that comes at a heavy personal price, and there's no telling if you're designated Shit Day ends up ruining a job interview, a business meeting, or some other transaction that could prove far more lucrative down the road. You could easily end up ruining your career just for $12K, which isn't enough to live off of for a year. So do NOT take that offer. Demand that the Poopy Stranger offer you $20K a month as a starting point, then work your way down from there.
Time for a GREAT MOMENT IN ANIMAL POOP.
I have two cats. They're both sixteen. One of them has cancer. This is important to the story.
Recently, I came home from work one day and I was instantly hit in the face with one of the worst smells ever. I've had large dogs in the past and this easily beat out anything that ever came out of them. I tracked down the source and found it in my bedroom (of course). Except it didn't look like shit. Instead, it was three spots of yellow...something, each the size of my outstretched hand. I let it dry and cleaned it up. A week later, I discovered the same thing. Same smell, same amount of stuff. I figured the cat with cancer was sick and expelling this stuff. Called the vet. She confirmed it and told me to alter the diet. I followed the directions.
Yesterday morning I got out of the shower and heard the distinctive sound of a cat wretching. I ran out to try and catch the cat in time to hold him or her over the sink in an effort to reduce cleanup. Instead I was hit in the face with that smell again. The cat without cancer sat right in the middle of those familiar three spots. He looked up at me and wailed.
This was not good.
I rushed him to the vet. They examined him and told me he most likely had some kind of intestinal blockage. And since waste couldn't go out the back end, his body was pushing it back out the front.
In short, my cat is shitting out of his mouth.
Basically his intestines are hardened and it's the sign of a variety of aliments. The vet took blood, gave me further care instructions and told me that until we get this situation figured out, I have to just continue letting this run its course. Which also involves the mouth shitting all over my house.
As a brief aside: Bissel makes a pet stain remover called Dang! that cleans up mouth shit with ease.
Never own a cat.


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Singer/songwriter M.I.A. has gone public with her child custody battle, insisting her ex-fiance will have a fight on his hands if he attempts to take their son Ikhyd away from her.
The singer took to Twitter.com on Wednesday to alert followers to the impending legal war, suggesting that her ex Ben Bronfman and his wealthy family are attempting to gain full custody of her 4-year-old son.
In a series of tweets, she writes, "BEN you cant take my son away from me… Just because you have money doesnt mean you have the right…(sic) THE BRONFMANS WANT TO TAKE MY CHILD AWAY FROM ME. WHAT KIND OF S— IS THAT? THEY NEVER SEE HIM."
She adds, "Every child needs the MOTHER, I GREW UP WITHOUT A DAD. If (I) grew up without my mother i wouldn't be here."
M.I.A. has since removed the tweets, but they were still online long enough to prompt responses from her fans, who flocked to the star's social network sites to offer her their support.
Bronfman is the son of Seagram heir Edgar Bronfman Jr., a former CEO of Warner Music Group.


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Program offered for Latino businesses
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Chester County SCORE will kick off "How to Succeed as a Latino Entrepreneur," an eight-week bilingual program offered by the Kutztown University Latino Business Resource Center, on Sept. 16.
The series is presented in partnership with La Comunidad Hispana, National Penn Bank, and the Southern Chester County Chamber of Commerce.
The free kickoff event will begin at 6 p.m. at La Comunidad Hispana (731 W. Cypress St., Kennett Square). Participants will learn about the course and be able to register for the entire eight-week series. Seminar sessions will be held Thursdays, Sept. 27 through Nov. 11, 2014, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at La Comunidad Hispana. Total tuition for the course is $50. The covered subjects include business planning, marketing, financial models, bank products, insurance, and legal and zoning regulations.
Horace Scherer, project coordinator for SCORE and bilingual business counselor, has worked with the sponsoring partners to promote the event.
"We are very excited to offer this valuable program to the Hispanic residents in the Kennett Square area. We know that many residents have started new businesses, or are considering taking that step. This program is designed to offer helpful guidance for new business owners" Scherer said.
For more information, visit the Kutztown University Latino Business Resource website at www.kulbrc.org, or contact Carolina Martinez, director of the Latino Business Resource Center, at 484-646-4013 or e-mail [email protected]


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CUMBERLAND — A Garrett County judge is throwing cold water on expanded boat rentals at Deep Creek Lake.
The Cumberland Times-News reported in its Friday edition that the court voided a boat-rental permit the county issued last June to the owner of the Lakeside Creamery. The permit allowed the ice-cream shop to offer personal watercraft and pontoon boat rentals despite its lack of other marina services such as fueling and boat repairs.
Two marina operators challenged the permit. They alleged the permitting process was flawed. They also said the increased boat traffic would reduce safety.
Circuit Judge James Sherbin ruled that the permit was improperly issued.
The county's planning director says the ice-cream shop can appeal the decision.


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Livedrive's Andrew Michael is not your average storage CEO.
Storage CEOs are generally dependable, earnest and businesslike. They don't fly Grammy Award-winning popstars over the Atlantic to sing at their girlfriend's birthday party and they don't generally have a stopped cheque dispute with a gambling club. Neither do they hire the UK's most famous kiss-and-tell publicist, Max Clifford, to do the PR for their storage product.
Andrew Michael has done all these things. He made a reported $46m from selling Fasthosts, the small business internet hosting company he founded ten years ago, when he was aged 17, in 2006 to a German ISP. Since then he has become a bit of a celebrity on the social scene and started up a new storage company called Livedrive which stores your data in a Livewire facility giving you internet access, and can also keep local copies on your PC or notebook, caching them, so you can work offline as well as online.
The celebrity scene activities are becoming newsworthy right now. Last month it was reported that he'd stopped two cheques for the Clermont Club in Berkeley Square, a one-time haunt of Lord Lucan, one for £300,000 and another for £200,000. This was to pay for chips used in gambling at the club. He wrote the cheques shortly after joining the club in February this year. When the club presented them for payment the bankers refused as the cheques had been stopped. The club filed a High Court action to recover the money.
Max Clifford said that he'd talked to Mike Smith, the finance director at the Clermont and, after a couple of meetings, the issue was cleared up to everyone's satisfaction. The Clermont is no longer suing Andrew Michael, and he is not suing the Clermont Club.
Michael said: "We spoke to them and the disagreement was resolved. The money has been paid."
Michael flew R'n'B singer Usher to sing at his girlfriend Katy Teague's 26th birthday party in the Paper club in London earlier this year. He is said to be a friend of Pete Doherty, the former boyfriend of supermodel Kate Moss.
In 2003 he had Mis-Teeq, the Cheeky Girls and Louise Redknapp appear at his staff Christmas party. The next year a coachload of youngsters visiting his grand house near Cheltenham were entertained by Rachel Stevens, Girls Aloud, the Sugababes and Big Brovaz.
Now he's gone and engaged Max Clifford Associates as Livedrive's PR agency. Clifford is known both as a broker of kiss-and-tell stories and also as a man skilled in damage limitation and concealing harmful stories. Clients or story subjects have included Pamella Bordes, Rebecca Loos, Shilpa Shetty and many others. Clifford also created the notorious 'Freddie Starr Ate My Hamster' story for the Sun.
Simon Cowell is a Max Clifford client and the MCA website says: "He knew that his eye for the ladies left him in danger of being perfect kiss and tell fodder. Clifford's unique combination of protection and publicity helped control his image and cement his place as one of the world's most successful music moguls."
Michael said that Nick Cowell, Simon's brother, has put money into Livedrive. Simon Cowell has not.
Concerning the Livedrive product Michael said: "We're not the only people doing this. Everyone is predicting things are going online. There's Google's G: drive... we pretty much copied what they're talking about... and Microsoft has a product they're testing. Ninety percent of the products out there are rubbish... A lot of people who do have a [virtual] drive don't cache... people aren't going to use them for their main storage."
"We think we have a better product than Microsoft's LiveMesh product that's in beta. Basically it doesn't work, it's so slow."
"We haven't seen the Google one [but] we suspect it will be mass-marketed and advertising-supported. We've tried to build a product for business use."
The Livedrive product technology looks good, but it may be overshadowed. Will the news about its livewire CEO, his lifestyle, and his celebrity PR agent eclipse the Livedrive product news? Ordinary tech PR may never be the same again. ®