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This week, Robert DeFelice, Jordan Chaffiotte, and Jonathan Maldonado will be giving their thoughts on this past Friday's WWE Greatest Royal Rumble, and previews WWE Backlash 2018!
We end a tumultuous few months with this Sunday's WWE Backlash. Let's take a look at three of the top matches on the card and give our predictions. Does the YES Movement crumble at the feet of the Gotham Goliath? Is this the night that we finally crown the King of Strong Style? Which Samoan behemoth will stand tall at the end of the show? Let's discuss…
Question 1: Two months ago, the idea of Daniel Bryan wrestling full-time was a pipe dream. After a record-breaking performance this past Friday during the Greatest Royal Rumble Match, this Sunday, he will be making his one-on-one pay-per-view return against... Big Cass. What do you think of this match, and who do you think wins here?
CHAFFIOTTE: Ahhh. AHHHHHH. That's how I react every time Daniel Bryan steps into the ring because Bryan is my favorite. He's my absolute favorite, he's everything that is right about wrestling, but he also represents the very real risks that come along with it. Every time he steps in the ring, I'm nervous about it.
That being said, things are going really well for him so far. I don't expect BackLash to be any different, provided he doesn't take a bad bump or a bad boot to the head. Cass isn't a half bad opponent for him. I'm not sure I understand his motivations, but such is the way it goes when it comes to midcard heels. Bryan is at his best when he's fighting guys twice his size and he can help lead Cass to a really strong showing. Bryan is also at his best when he's fighting from beneath, and that means it's a bad call to have him win and win and win some more. Cass ought to win this one after Bryan takes him to town. That reinstates Bryan's underdog status and gets some heat on Cass which he can use to maybe get involved in the US Championship. Will Bryan win his Match of the Year here? Probably not. But as a summer pay-per-view in the middle of the card, it'll be good. Let's be real, we're biding our time for Miz vs. Bryan, and that's alright with me.
MALDONADO: I like this more for the placement of Big Cass against a big name. He's been on fire with his promos and he has a lot of potential to wreak havoc on SDL just being the big guy on the roster wanting to pick on anyone and everyone he feels is inferior. I feel like this is what Baron Corbin should have been.
Anyway, this question is more about and Daniel Bryan. This is a fun way to get him back in regular feuds, almost symbolically calling back to his David vs. Goliath run back in 2014. It feels right not to jump right into a program with The Miz. Those two have a long journey ahead of them and a warm-up feud for Bryan is the way to go.
Jordan makes a good call in reestablishing Bryan as an underdog and having him drop this one to Cass. Of course, this can't end clean if that's the case, but I'm fine with that. This match to me seems intended to advance Cass than serve as a step for Bryan. Bryan is fine as he is, Cass needs this more as he is just returning and really starting his singles run.
DEFELICE: First off, it's crazy how long ago it seems that Daniel wasn't cleared to compete. Second, I'm surprised that they haven't immediately pushed him to the moon and given him a championship match. I think the greatest Royal Rumble performance was stuff they should have saddled him with at the beginning of his WWE career. As far as his match against Big Cass is concerned, I go back to a podcast Bryan did with Chris Jericho in 2015, where he said that he wanted to work with everyone on the roster and show why everyone was worthy of a WWE contract. I definitely think that is the philosophy taken here.
Cass has a solid spot filling the Baron Corbin role of being the one traditional WWE main eventer on a roster filled with major names from the independents. I see Cass winning, with help from The Miz. The Miz and Daniel Bryan feud is still the big money match to be had on Smackdown Live, and this will bring us one step closer...
Question 2: Shinsuke Nakamura and AJ Styles will be competing against each other for a third time in four weeks on a marquee stage. How are you liking this feud so far? Do you think Nakamura is more appealing as a heel? Who do you see walking out of Backlash with the WWE Championship?
DeFELICE: I think they established at WrestleMania that just having a dream match isn't enough. I am definitely way more into the Nakamura character, and their feud subsequently now that he has some edge to him and I'm surprised they didn't give him the win at the Greatest Royal Rumble event. I expected a switch there and then a quick switch back to AJ here, but since they didn't go with that, I will say that Nakamura walks out of Backlash with the WWE Championship. Although, if he doesn't win here, it might be time to start thinking about the reality that he may never be WWE Champion.
MALDONADO: Heel Namakura is the best Nakamura. While I'm not crazy about his new theme, it certainly fits this persona, as well as that sweet new vest. It's time AJ Styles feuded with a worthy heel, and Nakamura is the right one.
I do have to admit however, this feud is severely lacking in real heat. This low-blow thing has to end. As of the go-home show Nakamura is still at it and AJ Styles four weeks after Mania is none the wiser. Let's get a little more creative, and a little more adult. Low-blows have a high school prank feel to them, especially when they're done so many times. Have them brawl backstage every now and then, have Nakamura interfere with real strong style shots during AJ matches, something.
Hopefully this feud endures and we get a true classic sometime soon. I don't think it will come at Backlash, it's not a big enough stage. AJ will likely retain, even in a no-disqualification environment against a heel. AJ doesn't strike me as the traditional face who will avoid getting real down and dirty to retain. Actually, I think the no DQ stipulation is a set-up for AJ to return the low-blow favor for the win.
CHAFFIOTTE: Heel Nakamura is everything. I'm not a big fan of Strong Style, quite simply it's just not my cup of tea. I can, however, appreciate a good worker when I see one. For the past few years, that's what Nakamura has been for me. His matches are always fantastic but they're not what I'm most excited for. This heel turn has changed all of that because now I have no idea what he's going to do next. Wrestling is meant to be fun, and this is a lot of fun.
I feel that the only reason he hasn't won it yet is that they had no intention of making any moves at the Greatest Royal Rumble. AJ has held on to the belt for a long time, and while it's been well-deserved, it also doesn't feel premature. With literally nothing happening in the title scene over on Raw, the WWE Championship is the most important story right now. Nakamura is the right guy to hold it down, as charismatic heels often are. He has a pre-written story with any honorable babyface on the card after disrespecting the sport. I hear Daniel Bryan might be available soon.
Question 3: After another loss to Brock Lesnar, Roman Reigns finds himself in the interpromotional main event of the evening against Samoa Joe. Who wins this match? Will this match matter next week? Most importantly, where do both guys go from here?
MALDONADO: Reigns has to win this one, right? He's had two major losses on PPV in a row, certainly, they can't book a third? He's still the biggest full-time name in the company, I can't imagine they continue to bury him. Unless WWE is actually responding to crowd reactions for Reigns.
That said, I think he beats Samoa Joe. Joe's been talking a lot of smack about Brock beating Reigns when Joe's also fallen victim to The Beast. He deserves a dose of karma for that and AJ needs a reason to shoot back at Joe following that promo on SDL. Which brings me to where Joe goes from here. He enters the WWE title picture and adds some life to the low-blow Mania going on between AJ and Nakamura.
As for Reigns, it's hard to tell. Maybe it's a feud with Lashley to determine the #1 contender in the lead up to SummerSlam. Honestly, I think he's best served to win the Money in the Bank briefcase and cash in on Brock during his match against Lashley or Strowman SummerSlam.
CHAFFIOTTE: Samoa Joe might just be the best heel in WWE right now. He's ruthless in the ring and in promos. We believe that he's just a bad dude, he doesn't need any more motivation than that. I think this match is a good moment to show off just how good Joe is. We all know how the summer months go around here, I'm not mad about it. We won't see a whole lot of consequences coming out of these sort of non-title matches. That doesn't mean it can't serve a purpose.
Joe could really use a win. He's been out on injury for a while and just suffered a loss at the Greatest Royal Rumble. Now that he's on SmackDown, he has a clean slate and a chance to be one of the top heels. Losing to Roman Reigns, bless his heart, not a great way to go about establishing that. It's not that I think Reigns is disposable, but technically speaking he did just beat Brock Lesnar. They had him beaten and bloody, pinned in the middle of the ring, and still, he's the top guy and the strongest babyface. Passing out to the gnarliest finisher on the roster today isn't going suddenly make him look weak. It's not like they're worried about people turning on him, it's way too late for that. Give Joe the win and give him some momentum towards the United States Championship. A feud between Jeff Hardy and Samoa Joe? Now that's something.
DeFELICE: I'm going to make a choice for my mental health, and completely stay away from all frustrating conversation about Brock Lesnar here.
Joe's lined up to be a big star on SmackDown. Roman is the one with really no back door here. For that reason, I'm tempted to say that Roman Reigns picks up the victory here. However, there's always the possibility that someone from the Raw roster costs Roman, bleeding into a new feud for Roman, and allowing Joe to become top dog on Tuesdays. Both possibilities considered, I'm going to go with Roman picking up the win here, and Joe and Roman shall continue their rivalry in the co-branded Money In The Bank Ladder Match next month.
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Cancer is a type of disease in which mutated cells i.e. cancer cells in our body starts increasing very quickly which can harm the healthy cells and can be dangerous to our lives when it becomes uncontrollable. It may be surprising for you to know that our body develops near about one million cancer cells per day and destroys them every day. Fifty million cells are created per second in our body and with that some cancer cells also develop but our immune system checks it out and destroy those cells. Cancer may happen in any organ or part of the body like skin, breasts, lungs, blood and digestive organs.
When the new cells are formed in the body then sometimes an agent called "carcinogens†attack the cells and the healthy cells change to cancer cells. They form a group and start multiplying more quickly than the normal cells and they do not perform any function of the tissue in which they are present. Moreover they consume nutrients and do nothing. After that they start destroying other healthy cells of that tissue. Ultimately they collectively forms tumor. Sometimes cells from this tumor moves to the other tissues and organs through lymphatic system and bloodstream. This process is called metastasis. This may further lead to cancer.
Some doctors say about cancer that it can happen due to genetic reasons also which means that you might have born with the genes that already carries cancer If one of your close relatives is suffering from it.
Here is the description how stomach and blood cancer attacks the body:-
Researchers tell that there are nearly 760,000 people are diagnosed with stomach cancer all over the world.
Helicobacter pylori bacterium thins the lining of stomach and can result in cancer. You may have chances to get infected by helicobacter pylori bacterium if you are living with the person in a small place infected by this. There can be other reasons also for stomach cancer.
Protease called Spycep (strep pyogenes cell envelope protease) or it is also known as "flesh eating†bacteria which attacks the body and survive by causing harm to the immune system molecule. It inactive the power of white blood cells to fight against disease and they become weak. "Strep†bacteria are responsible for many diseases which can be dangerous to life too.
Some of the causes of cancer:-
It is something that harms the normal cell and makes it cancerous cell. More carcinogens more are the chances of cancer. It can be some chemical like formaldehyde, benzene, asbestos or radiation of UVA and UVB, radioactive elements etc can cause skin cancer.
Tobacco smoking is other reason for cancer in your pancreas, lungs, throat, mouth, esophagus, and bladder.
As you become old your immune systems also weakens and looses its ability to fight with abnormal cells or damaged cells. As a result these cells remain in the body and leads to cancer.
Eating excess of fatty food can increase the chances for cancer; drinking alcohol; no physical workout and obesity also contribute towards cancer.
People having hepatitis B and C may lead to cancer but other viral and viruses cannot cause cancer.
Immune system fights with the damaged or mutated cells. Poor immune system may lead to certain kinds of cancer.
Sometimes abnormal cells are inherited and trigger the child's cell causing cancer in specific part or organ.

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Debugging segfaults from logs to gdb
So this week after a version upgrade on GraphicsMagick we got some segfaults on our servers. Nothing terrible, twelve segfaults or close to that on a 24 hour period. The only information was a line on
Feb 22 13:28:27 serverXX kernel: [1953364.275653] gm[16356]: segfault at 0 ip 00007fd137bd41e0 sp 00007fff5770dcd0 error 6 in libGraphicsMagick.so.3.7.0[7fd1379b9000+29d000]
No core dumps since
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Long Live the Funk and Other Randomness
Rick James is dead, alas. Whatever problems he had, he still made some great music. I challenge anyone to listen to "Give It to Me Baby" and remain motionless. Not possible. R.I.P.
In other news, reading Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell (yes, it is every bit as good as you've heard--despite a bit of a slow start--and no, you can't borrow my copy. Sorry) is making me want to write about a magic school. There's not even a magic school in the book, but every time I read about magicians--Harry Potter, A Wizard of Earthsea, what have you--I want to write about a magic school. And yet, it's been done so well by so many that I probably shouldn't. And yet, I think I might anyway. The concept I'm mulling may even turn out to be a shared-world sort of thing. It's been weighing on my mind the past couple of days . . .
The list of Honorable Mentions for the Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 17 (go buy it now) is not short. This is good, because it means that many people whom I've met through workshops, conventions and online are on the list--more of them than I can list, in fact! It's exciting to be a part of that group. Hopefully those folks (you know who you are) will soon be among those reprinted. And hopefully those who aren't yet on that list will be there soon.


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My friend Sander converted my company logo from 3D Max to Unity 3D and then with some help from the information on this page I was able to have my logo spinning around in my room. Very cool!
My friend Sander converted my company logo from 3D Max to Unity 3D and then with some help from the information on this page I was able to have my logo spinning around in my room. Very cool!
What a day it has been… today I unboxed my HoloLens and started my augmented reality adventures.
After going through the tutorial and learning about Gaze, Gestures and Voice commands and then ofcourse some initial playing around with Holograms, RoboRaid and my first HoloLens Skype call it was time to get ready and start work on my first HoloLens app.
But first I needed to get the right tools:
After updating Visual Studio, installing the emulator, installing Unity 3D and creating a Unity account and for good measure, following Unity 3D on Twitter, I figured I was ready to go.
I watched the welcome to Unity video and figured as a coder it might be easier to start with a simple Visual Studio only trial app. Well…. After looking at the DirectX 11 template app that comes with installed with the SDK and running a colorful cube in the HoloLens emulator I quickly figured I needed an easier start so I build a 2D Universal Windows Application with my "Hello AR World" message. On this page I found how to an over the air WiFi deploy directly from Visual Studio to the HoloLens, nice!
Oh, and after messing around with 'transparent' settings for the background of my Window I suddenly remember something Dennis had told me: HoloLens knows no black and so black is considered transparent.
Note: The screen capture shows the transparent window much darker than how you really see it when you wear the HoloLens.
Tip: use Cortana if you need to reboot, just say 'Hey Cortana' followed by 'Reboot'.
Also, I have a feeling my laptop is going to need an upgrade soon… 8GB of memory appears to be barely enough to run the necessary HoloLens emulator, twice I've had to restart my machine and make sure that the emulator is started first, before starting other apps.
Next step… building a Unity 3D application… to be continued 🙂


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Step 1
Combine oats, cottage cheese, eggs, and vanilla in a blender or food processor. Process until smooth. Gently stir in blueberries.
Step 2
Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Spoon about 2 tablespoons batter per pancake into pan. Cook 3 minutes or until tops are covered with bubbles and edges look cooked. Carefully turn pancakes over, and cook 3 minutes until golden.
Step 3
Combine yogurt and maple syrup; serve over pancakes.
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Heat hope to end road woes in Toronto
Tune into Sun Sports at 6:30 p.m. to watch the Miami Heat take on the Toronto Raptors. NBA Heat territory.
Coming off yet another win at home, the Miami Heat hope they can take that momentum and finally start to turn things around on the road.
The Heat look to make it seven straight wins over the Toronto Raptors when the teams meet Friday night at Air Canada Centre.
After back-to-back losses at Oklahoma City and Indiana, Miami responded with a 106-85 win over visiting Dallas on Thursday in a rematch of last year's NBA finals.
It was the first time in seven games the Heat (36-13) topped 100 points. After averaging 88.3 in the previous three games, they had 60 at the half against the Mavericks. LeBron James and Chris Bosh led six players in double figures with 19 points apiece.
"We just worked our habits," James said. "The best thing about tonight, we didn't take another step backwards like we did the last two games. And it was good to see."
James shot 8 of 16, perhaps at least temporarily quieting concerns after he dislocated his ring finger on his non-shooting hand in the loss to the Pacers on Monday. He's also been dealing with a troublesome right elbow and hadn't shot better than 45.0 percent in five straight games before Thursday.
Coach Erik Spoelstra is eager to see if his team, which has won 15 straight at home, can carry that success over to the road.
Miami has lost six of eight away from American Airlines Arena, averaging 91.3 points. The last two losses to the Thunder and Pacers were by an average of 15.5 points.
"It's time for a response on the road," Spoelstra said. "We will take this win. This is a great team win against a very good team. But we have to move on and now let's take care of business on the road."
Taking better care of the ball would help improve the Heat's road play. They've averaged 17.8 turnovers in their last four games away from home.
A visit to Toronto could also help.
The Heat made it six straight wins over the Raptors with a 95-89 victory on Feb. 5 behind 30 points from James, who is averaging 28.6 points in his last 13 meetings with the Raptors.
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Tutorial for
Segments 021
Using Slots
These frameworks are used as an organizational and segmenting tool. Because of the way it is created, each section can be layered so that items can be placed in the slots and appear correctly. Working with this framework requires a more advanced knowledge of PowerPoint than most other frameworks, although the tutorial should be a good enough guide if you want to try it.
These frameworks come in as a shaded image, which is different from most other PowerFrameworks. This has been done so you would have a guide for coloring the framework, as it takes three different hues of the same color.
Once you have identified the best-suited PowerFramework, download it to a specific location on your computer so you'll be able to find it (the desktop is always a good choice).
Customizing your PowerFrameworks Slots
Adjust size
Remember to group the frameworks before sizing so that the integrity of the framework is maintained. Hold the shift key down if you want to scale it while you are sizing. Ungroup again once it is the size you like so other customizations can be made.
Color variations
These frameworks are drawn as a 3D object, as opposed to a 2D with 3D effect applied. For that reason, coloring these frameworks takes some thought. Choose a color that is consistent with your color palette. You will need to have three hues of this color, including your palette color. Make the two extra hues of the base color and apply them as shown below.
When the coloring is complete, you are ready to begin grouping the sections so you can "slot" the content for this framework. See below the steps for grouping so that ordering can be accomplished.
This framework relies heaving on proper layering of elements. To learn more about layering read our FAQ on the subject.
Layer Group 1
2 fields grouped together and brought to front.
Layer Group 2
Groups of "inserts" are grouped and layered under layer 1.
Layer Group 3
Group the 5 fields to make layer/group 3 and layer under layer/group 2.
Layer Group 4
Groups of "inserts" are grouped and layered under layer 3.
Layer Group 5
Group and layer these 5 fields and place in back of everything.
The term "layer" is the same as the term "order," which is how PowerPoint refers to this process. A quick instruction for ordering in PowerPoint is: select your object/group, click draw menu, click order, and select one of the four ordering commands.
PowerPoint 2007 options
Since these are drawn in 3D and have built-in shadows, do not apply more of either. This series is drawn so that it does not need specialize formatting to make the frameworks work. Just apply the colors you like.
3D variations
Do not apply 3D to this as it is already drawn in 3D.
Do not use shadows with this framework, as the shadowing is drawn into it.
Gradients, patterns, and pictures
You can use gradients with this framework as long as they are subtle. Otherwise, the gradients will detract from and overpower the concept.
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The Creative Media Institute film and animation program at New Mexico State University and In Cadence Films is proud to announce that "Duck-a-Cola" an animated short film by recent CMI graduate Carlos H. Tejeda has being submitted to a number of film festivals across the U.S. and Mexico. The Florida Animation Festival is currently considering "Duck-a-Cola" to be part of its 2nd Annual Fest.
Here is the Official Trailer
Carlos H. Tejeda – Writer/Director & 3D Animator
Carlos Tejeda, is a borderland art director/actor born in El Paso, Texas in 1993. He went to film school in New Mexico State University where he got a Bachelors Degree in May of 2017. He is best known for his 3D art work, visual effects and make up plus some short films and the Mexican TV series for kids "El Laboratorio de Mostrosanos"
Alfonso Loya – Composer
Alfonso Loya is a film director and composer born and raised in Cd. Juarez, Mexico. In 2012 he joined the CMI (Creative Media Institute) program at New Mexico State University. He directed a couple of short films including his Senior Thesis Film "Thomas". In December of 2016 he graduated with a Bachelors in Digital Filmmaking. Early in 2017 he started a production company In Cadence Films with filmmaker Tony Marquez where he continues to direct and score films.
Derek Fisher – Executive Producer/Academic Advisor
Derek Fisher, is the director of animation and special effects at NMSU's Creative Media Institute.
Duck-a-Cola is a story about passion and the sacrifices you have to make while following a dream. This film is for all ages, specially directed to those who dream.
The Florida Animation Festival is a four-day film festival launched in 2016 by The Tallahassee Film Society in partnership with Wells Fargo and The Pod Advertising to showcase amazing animated films and spotlight Florida's local animation talent.
The festival includes feature programming, free children's shows, selections from the 18th Annual Animation Show of Shows, the 2017 Oscar-nominated short animated films, short animated film submissions, and more! The FAF is hosted in a historic Amtrak Station in the All Saints District of downtown Tallahassee; a unique, storied location that speaks to the FAF's identity as the only festival of its kind in North Florida.
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The dark blues duo Soledad Brothers began in early 1998 after guitarist/vocalist Johnny Wirick (a.k.a. Johnny Walker) asked drummer Ben Smith (a.k.a. Ben Swank) if he wanted to play a show. Since then, they have recorded for Detroit's Italy Records and Bellingham, Washington's Estrus label. Wirick and Smith's partnership can be traced back to their days in the Toledo, Ohio blues group Henry and June, which existed from 1994 until 1996. After that group broke up, Wirick continued playing with drummer Doug Walker in the two-piece blues outfit Johnny Walker. Before one of the band's shows in early 1998, Walker decided to leave the group. Looking for someone to fill in for the gig, Wirick turned to Smith, who agreed to play. Developing from what was supposed to be a one-off show, Wirick and Smith decided to continue as the Soledad Brothers.
After a few performances around the Toledo, Ohio and Detroit, Michigan areas, Dave Buick, owner of the Detroit-based Italy Records, approached the Soledad Brothers about cutting a single. This turned out to be their first 7", released in late 1998. Around the same time as the release of the single, the national independent label Estrus began distributing some of Italy's catalog. Upon hearing the Soledad Brothers, Estrus signed the group in early 1999. With the label, the band recorded their second single, which was released late that year. Jack White, a member of the Detroit band White Stripes, produced the 7". White had known the Soledad Brothers since their first gig and was a labelmate of the group during their time with Italy. White also assisted the band for two years recording their self-titled debut. It was during those two years that the group opened a show at Cleveland, Ohio's Pat's, located in the famous Flats, for legendary MC5 manager John Sinclair. He enjoyed the Soledad Brothers so much that he invited them to be the backing group for his part of the performance. This led to a friendship with Sinclair that resulted in him writing the liner notes for the band's 2000 debut album. Their sophomore effort, 2002's Steal Your Soul and Dare Your Spirit to Move, added several new instruments, including a second guitar, and a new group member in multi-instrumentalist Oliver Henry. Like many other Detroit bands, The Soledad Brothers became unexpected beneficiaries of the surprise international success of The White Stripes, which brought new attention to the city's blues-rooted rock scene, and in 2003 they released their first major label album, Voice of Treason. ~ Stephen Howell
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5 of Hulk Hogan's infamous lies that no one believes
Hulk Hogan, one of the most iconic pro wrestlers the world has ever seen and one of the many reasons wrestling is as big and successful to date. Despite his recent controversy, it seems controversy has followed Hulk for the majority of his career, whether it be through wrestling, refusing to 'job' for another superstar, or hindering a superstars career with backstage politics, fans have had an up and down relationship with the immortal one for a number of years, and here are 5 lies that no one believes when Hulk Hogan tells them.
5. Elvis was a big Hogan fan.
In a WWE produced autobiography of the life of Hulk Hogan, Hogan claimed The King of Rock and Roll would take time out of his then amazingly busy schedule to come and watch Hogan wrestle everytime the star would come to Memphis. Whether it was the book's ghostwriter or Hogan himself who decided to include this statement in the book needed to fact check Elvis' life, as Hogan began his wrestling career in 1979, 2 years after the passing of Elvis.
Dog serves as best man (and good boy) at wedding
It comes as no surprise to most people as you grow through life, your amount of friends decreases as everyone goes separate ways. For one, Timmy Moutrie, had the perfect idea for his wedding, back in July 2017, Timmy and his wife would adopt a 3-year-old pitbull named Bruce and of course would become inseparable together. Timmy would explain how Bruce didn't get the best start to life being chained to a fence but now that has all turned upside down as Bruce is a mountain explorer with Timmy going on many adventures as well as being currently trained to be certified at the local hospital as a therapy dog.
So what was next for Bruce and Timmy? Well after making such a huge impact on Timmy's life, Timmy would repay the favour by making Bruce his best man at his own wedding, including, that's right, a dog tuxedo. Being walked down the aisle by Timmy's brother, Bruce while getting all the looks from guests, sat next to Timmy's feet both as proud as each other. Bruce wasn't the only dog invited to this majestic wedding, Timmys wife's dog 'Zeke' would also walk the aisle as a ring bearer. Cuteness overload.
Three days ago, Timmy would let the world see Bruce in his tuxedo, posting a picture to Reddit and getting 40,000 upvotes in one day. Bruce quickly became a star and has surely sparked an interest in many peoples heads as to include pets in weddings, a truly magical day all around.
10 most savage memes about WWE
Meme's lately have been taking over the internet. Most are hilarious, but some are cringe-worthy. Here are our 10 most savage memes about WWE.
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5 Things You Didn't Know About Donald Trump
1. He has never smoked cigarettes, drank alcohol or done drugs. His older brother, Fred, was an alcoholic for many years and warned his younger brother to avoid drinking. Fred ultimately died from his addiction and could potentially be the reason why Trump abstains from alcohol.
2. His infamous hairdo is achieved by blow-drying his hair forward and then combing it backward.
3. He has a board game titled Trump: The Game, this monopoly-like game was released in 1989 and ultimately discontinued due to poor sales.
4. He is a germaphobe, Trump and dislikes shaking hands.
5. He launched a brand of vodka named after himself in 2006 and said it was "a superb product and beautifully packaged," consumer did not agree and the company went belly-up.


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The Almanac Group wholly owns and operates each and every property in the current portfolio allowing them the freedom to develop and create visionary projects that are entirely bespoke in nature. The commonality in each hotel is the delivery of exemplary luxury hospitality services – maintaining the highest standards across the entire brand – while respecting the individuality of each hotel and every guest.
As a brand, Almanac Hotels understands and strives to enhance the elements of travel that make up your personal journey. Those components are comprised of Scent, Taste, Light, and Touch. When all of those things come together in an exciting way your heart may skip a Beat or it may beat faster – in either case you will know that we got it right. Awaken your senses to a new kind of hospitality experience and unlock the essence of Almanac Hotels.
The first luxury hotel to launch in the summer of 2017 will be Almanac Barcelona (main picture) offering 92 rooms and suites, located on Gran Via de les Corts Catalans. A stylish restaurant and bar along with a panoramic rooftop terrace, pool and lounge is sure to make this a standout.
Followed by Almanac Vienna in its homebase, the culturally rich hotel (122 rooms) is located on the Ringstrasse, which is arguably the most beautiful boulevard in the world. Currently undergoing a complete renovation, the previous Radisson Blu Palais Hotel will open with a sophisticated spa, business and conference center in 2020.
Further afield, the collection will include the new ultra-luxury Almanac Prague (204 rooms including 63 suites) sitting on the banks of the Vltava River in the city center. Opening 2021.
The Almanac Esplanade Zagreb in Croatia's vibrant capital underscores the iconic nature of the group's properties. Built in 1925 to accommodate passengers from the Orient Express Train the hotel has a legendary status. The hotel is scheduled to undergo major renovations while remaining in operation. In 2021 the property will then be relaunched as Almanac Esplanade offering 148 rooms and 60 suites.
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When we called the Nighthawk X8 "the Ferrari of routers", the statement wasn't just frivolous flattery. The comparison also meant most owners would never see the top speeds exhibited by the premium-priced device. Given the current speeds of residential internet service and the sluggish deployment of multi-user multiple-input, multiple-output (MU-MIMO) technology, the peripheral might have superfluous power for most households.
But for those seeking elevated transmission speeds and stretching signal strength while saving a bit of coin might want to take an extended look at Netgear's X6. Offering the same tri-band capacities of its superlative sibling as well as a (slightly slower) dual-core processor to manage net traffic, the Nighthawk X6 can be found for about a hundred dollars less. As such, the peripheral offers a compelling price-to-performance ratio while still offering enough future-proofing for most consumers.
Hardware was supplied by Netgear, in exchange for an honest, unfair evaluation
Typical for a Netgear product, set-up is a largely effortless process, thanks to foresight from the engineering team. Once users open the outer box and extract the R8000 from its protective molded pulp housing, they'll find the router, a breakaway AC adapter, an Ethernet cable and a twenty page quick start guide. With the device powered on and connected to a modem, all you'll have to is to connect the X6 using the network name and unique password created by Netgear. Fortunately, this information is attached on a breakaway label on the front as well as a permanent sticker on the underside of the router, largely eliminating any possibility of uncertainty.
Once connected to the X6's network, simply point a browser to http://www.routerlogin.net if you're not automatically forwarded. Here, you'll find the web-based Netgear Genie interface, permitting users to change network names, passwords, and adjust security options. On some of our tests setups, we had a bit of trouble connecting to the router login address, but running ipconfig from the cmd prompt revealed the default gateway, which could be used to summon the Genie.
The first time you access the web-based interface, you'll be offered the latest firmware update as well as an optional download of the separate Genie and ReadySHARE Vault apps. Despite the presence of ads in the Genie, we found it to be functional. Not only did the app alert of high-bandwidth usage in the windows tray, but also could be used to quickly assess download speeds. On the downside, the program seemed to only work with a PC's default wireless adapter. Any USB dongles didn't show up under connection settings, forcing us to use Windows' default management options.
When the settings are finalized, the X6 carries on the Netgear tradition of offering median transmissions speeds in the 2.4GHz band, while delivering exemplary performance in the 5GHz span of the spectrum. Across a variety of four different setups that varied in range, number of physical obstructions, and broadband speed, the X6 showed no significant advantage over budget-priced competitors in the 802.11b arena. When pitted against the TP-LINK TL-WDR3500 or the D-Link DIR-813, two sub $50 routers, transmission speeds and ranges were disappointingly similar, making a purchase of the X6 unnecessary for homes where the 2.4GHz band still reigns.
However, with a household filled with 802.11ac-capable devices, the R8000 proves it worth. Here, download and upload speeds equaled or trumped AC3200-rated rivals, outshining TP-LINK and Linksys' Tri-Band products by a several megabits per second. And even through the TP-LINK mimics the X6's distractive six antenna array, signal strength on the Nighthawk was stronger by a few percentage points, as the router demonstrated its ability to send signals through walls and physical impairments just a bit better.
Remarkably, each competitor has a similar design, extending a single 2.4GHz network as well as a duo of 5GHz bands, Dynamic QoS prioritization, and a 1GHz dual core processor to handle traffic. When trying to push each peripheral to its limits, all three routers were able to exhibit a stutter-free streaming of Mad Max: Fury Road as four tablets, a trio of PC, two phones, and a quartet of consoles were attempting to guzzle as much bandwidth as possible. With both a 200/20 and 300/30 Mbps connection, trying to create an instance of net traffic was difficult, even with QoS turned off. As such, any of these aforementioned routers would be a welcome addition to a tech-teeming abode. Given the comparable functionality of each device, shoppers might want to prioritize price over any diminutive difference in speed or signal output.
When it comes to build quality, the X6 is also in line with its competitors. While smaller than its substantial brethren, the X8, this Nighthawk still takes up a sizable amount of space. The upside of having a broad body and external power supply is that the X6 stays fairly cool while in use, eschewing the frying pan temperatures produced by some smaller routers. For transportability, the Nighthawk's permanently attached antennae fold down. While that's a contenting design decision, we'd would have preferred if the aerials were detachable. As it stands the extending the antennae can be a bit difficult and we worried about breaking one of these crucial components.
For those who'd rather have their Nighthawk operate in stealth mode, a switch on the back of the unit allows the top mounted lights to be turned off. Meanwhile two USB ports, a 2.0 and 3.0 input, allow the R8000 to utilize a networked printer and a thumb or hard drive for storage. Rounding out the back of the router is a WAN and a quartet of LAN gigabyte ports. On top of the unit is a button to enable WPS, allowing devices to be connecting without worry about passwords.
Naturally, the Nighthawk X6 isn't going to make your internet faster, only improve the efficiency of your existing home network. If you simultaneously use a number of 5GHz devices and your current router is struggling underneath the load then the R8000 is a reliable purchase- as long as it's not priced much higher that it's AC3200 rivals.
WiFi Technology: 802.11ac Tri-Band Gigabit
WiFi Performance: AC3200 (600 + 1300 + 1300 Mbps)
WiFi Band: Simultaneous Tri-Band WiFi – Tx/Rx 3×3 (2.4GHz) + 3×3 (5GHz) + 3×3 (5GHz)
Number of Ethernet Ports: Five (5) 10/100/1000 (1 WAN and 4 LAN) Gigabit Ethernet ports
Number of USB Ports: Two (2) USB ports: 1 USB 3.0 & 1 USB 2.0 port
Processor: Dual-Core 1GHz with 3 offload processors
Memory: 128 MB Flash and 256 MB RAM
Additional features: VPN support, guest network access
Dimensions: 11.63 x 8.92 x 2.14 in (295.5 x 226.8 x 54.5 mm)
Weight: 2.43 lbs (1.1 kg)
Review Overview
Build Quality - 80%
Functionality - 90%
Aesthetics - 85%
Performance - 85%
Value - 75%
Summary : If the Netgear's top of the line router is out of your budget, the Nighthawk X6 R8000 is a respectable alternative, offering capabilities within the scope of most home networks, at a lower price.


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There is a world map projected on the big board in Mission Control, showing the oscillating track of the capsules' orbits. Two lights: red for Sputnik-2, blue for Eden 7. The lights almost touching now, somewhere over Australia. I've always thought of myself as having a good imagination. It's only now that I'm starting to learn how helpless I am with only numbers in front of me. All around me are engineers, men who've made their careers turning pictures in their heads into numbers, and numbers into pictures. Just in front of me, Flynn's eyes are glued to Eden 7's telemetry, and Lorentz's to Sputnik's -- screens and screens of digits and acronyms. If there were men in those capsules they'd know less of what was going on up there than the ground controllers do.
But the screens might as well be full of Linear A, for all the good they're doing me.
Flynn used to be in military flight testing, and Lorentz worked on the rocket plane program, out in the high California desert. They're used to this. But didn't they have test pilots in those programs, men in the machines along with the instruments, words along with the numbers, someone to tell them that the situation was nominal, that everything was under control?
Do they really, I wonder, trust Adam to tell them that?
And then I realize, with a chill, that they're taking my word that they can.
We'd been in the playroom at Holloman, watching the Sputnik-2 mission on TV. Adam's mission, MA-5, had been scrubbed again, this time less than twenty hours before liftoff, postponed for at least a month.
Officially the delay was to fix a possible design flaw in the gimbal system for the attitude jets, but all of us knew it was really a sop to the Russians. They were falling farther and farther behind in the space race, and Ike knew that embarrassing Khrushchev would only give ammunition to Stalin's holdouts. Adam's Atlas rocket was trucked slowly back to the vehicle assembly building, and he and I flew back here to New Mexico, while we waited for the Russians to launch their second test satellite.
The TV coverage of Sputnik-2 was mostly still pictures from Izvestiya, along with a few seconds of film, probably from some other launch, and a parade of NACA eggheads, most of whom I knew.
But now that it was all going wrong, Walter Cronkite was on as well. He wasn't Uncle Walter then, not yet, but since the '52 Democratic and Republican conventions, every TV viewer in America knew his face and voice, and even Adam was occasionally looking up from his blocks and his stuffed animals.
There was a knock at the glass wall of the playroom, and I looked up to see the Director himself, Bob Akers, on the other side of it.
"Bob," I said as I went to let him in. "I thought you were in Washington."
"Hello, Phil," said Akers. "I was. At the White House, actually." He looked up at the television. "The Russians can't get their dog back."
"I heard," I said. "We've been watching TV."
"We--?" He looked over at Adam, and smiled. "Right," he said.
"So what's the inside story?" I said.
Akers shrugged. "The heat shield story they're giving on TV is as good as any," he said. "No way the capsule can reenter without burning up. Our guys think she's got air for maybe a week -- ten days, tops."
I glanced up at the TV; they were showing pictures of the Russian wonder dog again. They said she was part Samoyed, but I couldn't see it. Maybe they'd shaved her coat. In those blurry pictures she looked skinny, with big floppy ears. She looked like the Jack Russell terrier Adam used to play with, back in the language program in Kentucky, back before he started training for space.
"Listen, Phil," Akers said. "The President wants NACA to mount a rescue mission. We've got MA-5; the team at the Cape says the launch could be moved up again."
I laughed. "You've got to be kidding," I said. "What are they going to do, try to cram a grown man into an acceleration couch built for a forty-pound chimpanzee?"
"Nope." Akers's eyes went again to Adam, who was watching the television intently. I suddenly had a terrible suspicion.
"No, Bob," I said.
"No!" I said. "Let the Russians save their own damn dog!" I glanced at Adam, who had left the toys and the television and gone over to his symbol translator.
"Phil," Akers said calmly, "you know their manned capsule program's at least two years behind ours. They've got no way to save her. None."
"You're not sending Adam up there," I said. "Period. You're not sending him with no tools, no training, no mission profile--"
"We'll have all that," Akers said. "As much as we can squeeze in, anyway. Look, you're always saying how smart your chimps are. Now's the time to put your money where your mouth is. He's got to go up sometime."
"He'll go up when he's goddamned ready, and he'll go on the mission he's been trained for."
"The President's on my ass, Phil," Akers said. "If you won't send Adam, we'll have to send Cal."
"Cal!" I said. "That's not even a joke, that's just nuts." In the background I heard the bing of Adam's symbol translator, but I ignored it.
"Look," Akers persisted, "I know you and Roper don't get along. But Roper's got Cal, and he's been training him for MA-6. If you won't agree to send Adam, who am I supposed to go to?"
I shook my head. "You're not going to get me that way," I said. "That poor bastard Cal couldn't puzzle his way out of a telephone booth, after six months of Roper's so-called training. Electric shocks and banana pellets, rote memorization -- you might as well send an empty rocket up and pretend it's a rescue mission, and you know it."
Adam was tugging on my pants leg. "Not now, Adam," I said.
"Phil--" Akers said.
"No, Bob. You want me to say no to the President for you, too?"
"Phil, you better look at what your chimp's doing." He pointed to the screen above Adam's symbol translator.
"Looks like we've got a volunteer," Akers said.
Adam grinned at me, and tugged his ears in embarrassment.
On the big board in Mission Control, the two lights are now perfectly synchronized. Adam has spent the last half hour maneuvering the Mercury in between Sputnik-2 and the sun, in an effort to keep the Russian capsule from overheating.
CAPSULE SEE DOG, says the symbol translator screen. GOOD DOG SEE.
"Good job, Adam," I say into the microphone, hoping it's true.
"How's the dog doing?" Akers says.
"I'll ask," says Lorentz. Joe Lorentz is Air Force, and an expert -- as close as we have to an expert -- on the Russian space program. In the last week he's gotten maybe ten hours of sleep; the rest of the time he's been in meetings and on conference calls with the Russian engineers, our engineers, interpreters -- maybe the CIA and the KGB, too, for all I know.
If Lorentz were one of my chimps I'd probably have sedated him by now. He looks that bad.
But then, so do the rest of us.
"The Russians say she's fine," Lorentz says, after a lengthy spell on the telephone.
It's frustrating, trying to tell from Mission Control what's going on hundreds of miles over our heads. There are no TV cameras up there; all we've got is the telemetry, ours and the Russians', and Adam; and Adam's vocabulary just isn't large enough to be much help. ADAM GET DOG is about as far as it goes, and even then it's only blind chance when he gets the word order right.
"Are we close enough?" I say to Flynn.
He shrugs, and waves a hand at the symbol translator screen, which still reads GOOD DOG SEE.
"We've got no radar up there," he says. "No cameras. We'll have to take Adam's word for it."
"How's he going to get her across?" I said. We were looking down into twenty feet of water. It was less than a day after Akers had shown up at Holloman, and already they had Adam down in the neutral buoyancy tank, in a weighted, radio-equipped dry suit pressurized to two atmospheres. There were two frogmen down there as well, and two life-sized sheet-aluminum capsule mockups, the flattened cone shape of a Mercury and the longer, skinnier, lumpier cone of Sputnik-2.
The screen on Adam's control station was blank; he hadn't said anything since we put him in the water. I couldn't tell if he was concentrating or just confused.
God help the frogmen if he panics, I thought.
Akers hadn't answered. I repeated my question. "How's he going to get her across?"
"What?" Akers said.
"The dog," I said. "How's he going to get the dog across? There's no air. Does the dog have a flight suit?" Into the microphone, I said: "Adam, open the hatch now."
Akers looked blank. "I don't know," he said.
"No," said Lorentz. "The dog doesn't have a suit. There's some kind of pressurized can. It's part of the mockup."
"Look," Flynn said. "There he goes."
"If Adam cuts into that can, you haven't got a dog," I said. "You've got dog food."
I looked down; Adam had opened his hatch, and was hammering on the side of the mock-Sputnik with a crowbar, gripping the capsule with his feet. A tether like a thick umbilical cord, medical telemetry and air supply, trailed back to the mock-Mercury.
"The can's small," Lorentz said. "Less than three feet across. McDonnell's modified the real capsule to use the Gemini hatch. He should be able to bring the whole thing back."
"Should be able to?" I said.
Lorentz grimaced. "We don't have a blueprint for the can," he said, "or, for that matter, for Sputnik-2. We've just got the approximate dimensions. The Russian telemetry says pressure in the can's down a hundred millibars. It might be a leak that's plugged itself, or it might be that the can's expanded since it was launched."
"Then there's Adam's suit," Flynn said. "We've got an extravehicular activity design on the boards for Gemini, but what Adam's got is just an ordinary flight suit. Once he opens the Mercury's hatch, it's going to blow up like a balloon."
"Great," I said.
"It'll be touch and go," said Lorentz.
Adam had worked the crowbar in under a body panel. He yanked on the free end. An adult chimpanzee is three times stronger than a man. First the panel bent, and then bolts were popping out, and then the panel came completely loose, falling slowly to the bottom of the tank.
"Does he understand what he's doing?" Flynn said. "Does he know this is just practice?"
"Phil would say so," Akers said. "Wouldn't you, Phil?"
I didn't say anything.
Adam let the tethered crowbar drop, and tapped at the symbol panel on the belly of his dry suit.
OPEN ADAM CAPSULE FAKE DOG GET FAKE, said Adam's screen. In the tank, he turned and looked up at us, and I could see his grin through the diving mask.
"Attaboy," I said into the mike.
"I guess he does know," Flynn said.
"That's quite an astronaut you've got there," Flynn says to me quietly. "A real pro."
"Thanks," I tell him. I want to believe that's the truth. I've staked my whole career on that being the truth. But now that it's being put to the test, all the doubts are coming back.
Someone comes around with coffee and sandwiches. The sandwiches are bologna, margarine, and mayonnaise on cardboard-dry Wonder Bread, and the coffee tastes like gunpowder cut with iron filings. I wolf it down all the same.
I tell myself that Adam's not doing too badly. He's got Eden 7's hatch open; and according to the Russians, he's got Sputnik-2 pretty well in pieces. He's taken out the can with the dog in it -- or at least disconnected it from the Sputnik's radio, because the Russians aren't getting the dog's medical telemetry any more.
Adam seems calmer than I am; his heart rate and blood pressure are fine, much better than the last numbers posted by the Russian dog.
More words appear on the screen: DOG ADAM PUT CAPSULE.
I hope so. I'm trying not to think about Lorentz and Flynn's touch and go.
"Go get her, Adam," I tell him.
"Dr. Akers," said a TV reporter. "What do you say to the charge that this is all a waste of money?"
Adam's Atlas was back on the launch pad, and I was back in Houston. I'd wanted to be there at the Cape, but I couldn't really be with Adam there anyway, and I needed to be here even to talk to him. Unfortunately, that also meant participating in Akers's last-minute press conference.
"I don't think it's a waste of money," Akers said. "The President doesn't think it's a waste of money."
"But, Dr. Akers," the reporter said. "People are saying it's a lost cause; that we're spending millions of dollars of taxpayer money, just to end up with a dead monkey and a dead dog."
"You wouldn't be asking that if it was a man up there, would you, son?" Akers said.
"But it's not a man up there," said the reporter.
"Son--" Akers began, and stopped. "Is this going out live?" he said.
"Yes, sir."
"Son," said Akers, "have you ever owned a dog?"
"No, sir," the reporter said.
"Then shut up," Akers said. "Next question, please?"
I was still working at Yale when I came up with the idea for the symbol translator, still working under Roper. There was -- I thought -- plenty of evidence that apes could understand human speech, up to a point anyway; but all attempts to teach them to speak themselves had foundered on the inadequacies of their vocal apparatus. What they needed, I thought, was some way to communicate without speech.
Roper didn't buy it. Communication requires language, he said, language requires thought, and apes don't think. Only humans think. Apes might be faster than rats, say, or pigeons, at picking up the tricks we taught them, but that didn't mean what they were doing was thinking. Stop anthropomorphizing, he told me, and reassigned me to a part of the program where I wouldn't be in direct contact with the apes. When I was ready to stop being a romantic and start being a scientist, he said, he'd let me back in.
I didn't wait around for that, though. As soon as I found out the University of Kentucky had a federal grant to start a primate communication research program, I jumped ship.
My first idea was sign language, but the Kentucky grant was for the Army, and it required that the apes be able to communicate by radio. When I got to Lexington, they were thinking about Morse code, and -- as I could have told them -- getting nowhere. Chimps weren't very interested in anything that required mathematics, or counting; but they were brilliant when it came to shapes and colors.
So I developed the symbol translator. It had a vocabulary of about two hundred ideograms, mostly simple nouns and verbs like PERSON, FRUIT, EAT, PLAY -- and, in the case of Adam and the other chimps we were training for the space program, CAPSULE. The ideograms were constructed on the Chinese model, though drastically simplified: six radicals, each of which could appear either on the left or on the top, and eighteen other glyphs that combined with the radicals to produce the final symbols. With two fat bars for CLEAR and SEND, we had a keyboard small enough to hold in one hand, even with keys big enough for gloved ape fingers (or toes) to press.
It worked . . . well enough. Adam was the most articulate of our chimps; he knew and used most of the symbols, never seemed to get a symbol wrong, and even, sometimes, seemed to be trying to make up his own compounds, like HAIR FRUIT for coconut. But even Adam's utterances didn't conform to any rules of word order or syntax, which was enough to keep the MIT grammarians from accepting them as language, and Roper from even accepting them as communication.
Sometimes I had a hard time accepting them myself.
Another reporter stood up, one of the newspaper men. "I have a question for Dr. Schulman," he said.
"Go ahead," I said.
"Does the chimpanzee--" the reporter began.
"Adam," I said.
"Does Adam understand what he's doing?" said the reporter. "Or is he just repeating something he's memorized, like a dog doing tricks? I mean, everyone knows apes can't really think."
"Where'd you get that idea?" I said.
"Well," said the reporter, looking uncomfortable, "my paper recently ran an interview with Dr. Theodore Roper of Yale--"
I interrupted him. "I consider Ted Roper a close personal friend," I lied, trying to keep my voice level. "But when it comes to primate cognition, he and his behaviorist friends couldn't find their asses with both hands." As the reporter turned red, I added: "You can quote me on that."
"All right," Akers said hurriedly. "I'm afraid that's all we have time for, gentlemen; we have a rocket to launch."
ADAM HATCH BAD HATCH DOG CAPSULE CLOSE, reads the screen.
"What the hell does that mean?" says Akers.
I have a bad feeling that I know. I don't smoke much, as a rule -- the chimps don't like it -- but I started chain-smoking two or three hours ago, along with everyone else. Outside it's gone noon, but in Mission Control it's still the same air-conditioned, fluorescent night, and the air has a sticky feeling, a used feeling. It might be the accumulation of stale sweat; it might be the cigarette smoke, or the ubiquitous cups of boiled coffee, many of them gone cold.
"Adam," I say into the microphone, "is the dog in the capsule?"
Flynn is watching the telemetry screen. Lorentz has a slide rule out, and a pad of paper, and a schematic of Eden 7. He knows what Adam means, too.
"The acc couch is the bastard," Lorentz mutters. "He's got to squeeze past the can to get into it, but then how's he going to close the hatch?"
I'm trying not to listen. "Adam," I say, "are you in the capsule?"
No response. I try again.
"Telemetry shows the hatch is still open," Flynn says.
"Adam," I say, "you have to close the hatch."
Lorentz puts down his slide rule, takes off his glasses, and rubs his eyes.
"Last telemetry we had from Sputnik," he says to Akers, "that dog wasn't looking so good. If we don't get her down on this orbit, we may not get her down at all."
Does Adam understand what he's doing, what he needs to do? That's the problem with animals, even the ones like Adam that can almost talk. You never know what they're thinking and feeling; you never know if they're thinking and feeling at all, or if they're just doing a clever imitation of it, to please you.
But then, maybe that's the problem with people, too.
I look at Flynn.
"Hatch is still open," he says.
"Adam," I say, "go to the dog. Go into the capsule and close the hatch."
Akers stubs out his cigarette. "Christ, Phil," he says, "what's your monkey doing? That's just gibberish--"
"Shut up!" I say. And into the microphone: "Adam, you get in that capsule and you close that hatch, do you hear?"
"Hatch is still open," Flynn drones. Then: "Jesus!" he says. "I'm losing Adam's medical telemetry. He must be pulling out his tether."
GOOD DOG, says the screen. GOOD PHIL.
"Adam!" I yell. "Put the tether back! Get into the capsule!"
"No good," says Flynn. "We've lost him completely. Medical, communications, the works."
Maybe the tether was tangled, I think. Maybe he had to pull it loose to get into his couch. Maybe it's still plugged in, and it's just a problem with the electronics.
But I can't make myself believe it.
"Hatch closed," says Flynn. "That's it."
Lorentz turns to Akers. "Sir, if they're going to make it on this orbit we need to start the burn now."
"Do it," Akers says.
I grab his arm. "Bob, no!"
He shrugs me off angrily. "Phil," he says sharply, "either your monkey is in that capsule or he isn't! If he isn't, he's dead already, do you hear me? -- Flynn, I said do it."
"Start the burn," Flynn tells the techs.
I still have the picture that Life photographer took, on the deck of the Valley Forge, when they got Eden 7's hatch open and the Navy pried the top off that Russian can. Little Laika, looking wide-eyed and pathetic, upside-down in her big padded harness. The photographer was good; you can't see that she's covered in her own urine and vomit.
He said it was worth the smell, though, when she wagged her tail, and tried to lick his hand.
I don't know about that.
Chimps have walked on the moon, now, and dogs, too -- the Russians are stubborn about their furry cosmonauts, even after seeing the advantage of having not just two but four opposable thumbs. I'm not a dog person, but I still treasure that film of Bondarenko and Chaffee, playing "fetch" with Mushka in the Fra Mauro, with the Earth rising over their LEM. But Adam is still their patron saint; the first chimpanzee in orbit, the first primate, human or chimp, ever to make a solo EVA -- the first to die to save the life of a comrade in space.
I still wonder what Adam was thinking, those last few minutes; even more, I wonder what he was feeling. Do animals feel compassion, or courage, or fear, or love? Maybe Adam was brave; maybe he understood what he was doing; maybe he, like the photographer, thought one lost dog was worth the trouble. Or maybe he was just alone, and scared, and tired; maybe after all the work he'd done already, he just couldn't face the effort it would take to get Laika's can back out of the capsule. Or maybe -- and this is the one that keeps me awake at night -- he didn't understand; maybe he was just trying to do what we told him, trying to make us happy.
Trying to make me happy.
There's a tree planted for Adam in Baikonur, on that walk where the Russians plant trees for all their cosmonauts, living and dead. So far Adam is the only NACA astronaut on the row, though I don't think he'll be the last. I've been out there once or twice. It's very peaceful. Laika's been known to mark Gagarin's tree, or Leonov's, on some of our walks, but never Adam's; she only stops sometimes, and sniffs at the plaque with Adam's name on it, and then moves on.
Copyright © 2003 David Moles
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A lot of people think learning about auto insurance is a difficult process. In reality, research and understanding make it much less confusing.
When considering the purchase of aftermarket additions for your car, be sure to check how much your insurance company will cover if your car is stolen or damaged. Insurance usually won't cover the cost of aftermarket parts, but will add to the value of the vehicle.
Before you purchase a car, it's important to talk to your insurance agent first. Your insurance agent can inform you which new cars have the lowest insurance rates. Selecting a car with a low insurance rate can help when buying a new or used vehicle. If you purchase a car with a high safety rating, insurance will be quite a bit cheaper.
Try comparing the cost of giving a teen their own insurance plan versus including them in your insurance policy. Depending on the type of car your teenager drives, it might be cheaper to have them on a separate policy.
Liability insurance is required in many states for those who operate motor vehicles. Remember that the responsibility for carrying the legally-required level of insurance lies with you, not your insurance company. Many states enact severe consequences for not being insured, as well as being involved in an accident while uninsured. The laws are very clear on these matters, and you should know the facts.
If you are seeking to purchase auto insurance, make sure you shop around for premium quotes from various insurance carriers. There are several factors at work that can cause major variations in insurance rates. You should get yearly quotes to ascertain that you maintain the best coverage and rates. However, make sure the policy details for each quote are very similar.
Trade in your sports car for something more insurance friendly. Insurance is more expensive for sports cars. Instead, choose a car that gets the job done without flashy extra features. Those with high performance engines will be expensive to cover because they are involved in more accidents. Insurance companies charge more for sports cars because there is a higher chance of them getting stolen.
Speak with your auto insurance company and ask them about discounts they may have. You should thoroughly comb this list for any discounts that are applicable to you. If you want to spend as little as possible on auto insurance, you want to make sure you are getting all the discounts you can.
When considering a switch in insurance coverage for your automobile, be sure to continue your existing coverage during the search. You don't want to be caught with auto insurance because you never know when an accident can happen.
If you've received a ticket, you know what that does to your car insurance rates. The better your record is, the less you are going to have to pay in premiums. When they go away, you can get some other quotes.
These tips can apply to most people. Just apply these tips to your specific needs for insurance coverage. Apply these tips to get auto coverage that you need at a price you can afford.


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I am an ardent believer of "show me how it works" principle and usually, I have demos in my presentation. So, I was presenting "Tools for advanced debugging in Solaris and Linux" with demos in IOUG Collaborate 2015 in Las Vegas on April 13 and my souped-up laptop (with 32G of memory, SSD drives, and an high end video processor etc ) was not responding when I tried to access folder to open my presentation files.
Sometimes, demos do fail. At least, I managed to complete the demos with zero slides


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What is the real cost of this ts bill for each American? What will they get for their temporary tax reduction, if indeed they get them?
The NY Times tax bill calculator below does not ask for your real estate taxes or state of residence which could make a significant difference,so results will vary. New Yorkers would usually do worse because of state and local taxes not being fully deductible in some cases.
So with the tax calculator you can get a rough idea of how you will do. But how much more of the National Debt will each person owe?
The average American's portion of the increased debt from this bill individually is about $4300, and it's $8600 for a couple and $17,200 as the share of the increased debt for a family of 4. (The Increased Debt = $1,500,000,000,000 divided by 350,000,000 Americans to get $4300 each person.) This is your share of the debt individually you've incurred for the extra $25 a week you will receive from the tax cut if you are married with 2 kids and make between $25,000 and $75,000 per year. The exact details on your status will make a difference.
But this does not count the decrease in government services that you would have had access to that you will not have access to in the future that is sure to follow. If they cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid by $1,000,000,000,000 your total new debt plus LOSS OF FUTURE SERVICES would be about $7,100 individually or $28,400 for a family of 4.
Yet even this total does not count the increase in premiums from higher health care insurance costs which this tax bill would cause. If that is also $1,000,000,000,000 you are now in the hole for $10,000,000 or $40,000 for a family of 4! This is what you'd get for the extra $25/week based on my assumptions.
But here is the final straw; if you are priced out of the health insurance market due to premiums being too high and you get ill - your loss can be almost any amount - leading to bankruptcy. And if Obamacare is gutted to the point where pre-existing conditions are cause to be denied coverage, you could be dead.
Now of course the above math goes for the wealthy as well - but what is $10,000 in total to a rich person or $40,000 to a rich family when they may see $100,000 or much more in lower taxes every year, not to mention the decrease in the Estate Taxes for their heirs or the PERMANENT tax cuts for corporations owned primarily by the wealthy? And that is why this tax cut is for the wealthy.


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On Thursday, Bernie Sanders kissed the ring during a visit to the Oval Office and vowed to team up with Hillary Clinton and fight Donald Trump.
"I look forward to meeting with (Clinton) in the near future to see how we can work together to defeat Donald Trump and to create a government which represents all of us and not just the 1%," Sanders said after a meeting with Obama.
In an effort to stage manage his defeat, Sanders held out the pretense of continuing his campaign and overseeing a "full counting" in California where he was robbed of an undetermined number of votes.
On Friday, Kunoor Ojha defected to the Clinton camp. Ojha worked as Sanders' national campus and student organizing director. She will now "shore up support with millennials" as Clinton launches her "millennial engagement" program to corral disillusioned Sanders supporters.
According to CNN, the Ojha defection "is the Clinton campaign's first major hire from the Sanders campaign."
The millennial engagement "team will travel the country and listen directly to millennial voters—including students, parents, workers, and organizers—to ensure that they have the voice at the table and that the campaign is addressing the issues that matter most," a Clinton aide said. "They will also serve as a resource for state teams to ensure that every state has an aggressive program to reach millennial voters."
The establishment is pushing hard to give the impression millennials will make the transition from Sanders to Clinton. A poll released in April by Harvard University's Institute of Politics claimed millennials overwhelmingly prefer Clinton over Trump.
MTV releasing a study of millennials political preferences. Interesting. pic.twitter.com/FRWWrrwpy5
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On Monday, a study produced by MTV's Elect This found that 57% of millennial Bernie Sanders supporters are already planning on voting for Hillary Clinton after Sanders throws in the towel.
"It is time to put the idea that there is going to be some sort of great unrest in the Democratic Party if Bernie Sanders is not the nominee to bed. Trump would pick up 3% of millennial Bernie Sanders' supporters. After Sanders endorses Clinton, which he will do at some point, the number of millennial Sanders supporters voting for Hillary Clinton will continue to increase," writes Jason Easley.
"Clinton is already in a really good position with the 'Sandennials,' so the notion that the divides of the Democratic primary will carry over to the general election is false. Democrats are already coming together, and the party will only get stronger after California primary."
Former Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz urged the Clinton campaign to exclude the "Sanderistas"—described as his hard left radical supporters—and concentrate on those who may be more easily persuaded by Clinton's "centrist" rhetoric.
Dershowitz, writing for the neocon newspaper The Jerusalem Post, advised "let Hillary be Hillary and not become Bernie… Let her look for guidance to the successful centrist politics of Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, rather than the failed revolutionary screeds of Bernie Sanders, Cornel West and Susan Sarandon."
An effort to sway disillusioned millennials and other voters may require more than a tacit or even overt endorsement by Bernie Sanders of Hillary Clinton. It may require a "dream ticket"—Clinton choosing Sanders as her running mate. This may be too much of a stretch, however, and Clinton will likely attempt to placate liberal voters by picking either Elizabeth Warren or Sherrod Brown as a running mate.
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by Ciara McCarthy, The Guardian
New York City police have tracked citizens' cellphones over 1,000 times since 2008 without using warrants, according to public records obtained by the New York Civil Liberties Union.
The organization announced on Thursday that the NYPD has typically used "stingrays" after obtaining lower-level court orders, but not warrants, before using the devices. The department also does not have a policy guiding how police can use the controversial devices. This is the first time that the scope of stingray use by the nation's largest police agency has been confirmed.
The devices, generically known as stingrays, work by mimicking cell towers and tracking a cellphone's location at a specific time. Law enforcement agencies can use the technology to track people's movements through their cellphone use. Stingrays can also detect the phone numbers that a person has been communicating with, according to the NYCLU. The devices allow law enforcement to bypass cellphone carriers, who have provided information to police in the past, and can track data about bystanders in close proximity to the intended target.
Mariko Hirose, the NYCLU attorney who filed the records request, said the records reveal knowledge about NYPD's stingray use that should have been divulged before police decided to start using them.
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This is a blog post about how I wish I had something to say because I'd like to write but lately there has been NOTHING.
I'm a bit numb because of everything going on with my health. Adding in more drugs. Having to do more things. Beginning to feel trapped at home.
While at the same time feeling like I need to get out of the house for a writing session to get back into writing. But, hey, this counts as writing!
I'm running out of time to decide if I'm going to participate in Camp NaNo in July – and what I'm going to write. I could "pants" something or I could start outlining something. No idea.
Numbness makes creativity difficult to process.


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The upshot of this is that the appeal that was due to be heard on Tuesday 26th November (at Strawberry Lodge in Carshalton) has been cancelled. This was the appeal of the first rejection made on 3rd December last year.
Now they have appealed the second rejection made in September this year and the Planning Inspectorate has decided to discuss both applications under one joint appeal.
If you want to write in with comments or representations about either appeal you can send them to:
The Planning Inspectorate,
3/10 Kite Wing,
Temple Quay House,
2 The Square,
Temple Quay,
Bristol BS1 6PN
You will need to send them three separate copies. (I can only assume their photocopier is in for repairs). Otherwise you can email them at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Please quote the planning appeal reference APP/P5870/A/13/2199244 (appeal of first rejection) or APP/P5870/A/13/2206647 (for the appeal of the second rejection).
Comments and representations need to be received by the 19th December.
For further details, here is the letter that was sent out:


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Nat Faxon is an actor and writer who stars alongside Judy Greer in the new FX comedy series, Married, which premieres tonight at 10pm EST. Along with Alexander Payne and UPROXX pal Jim Rash, he won an Oscar for co-writing The Descendants and has also appeared in films like Slackers and Beerfest, as well as TV shows such as Ben and Kate, Reno 911, The Cleveland Show, Mad Men, Happy Endings, and Grosse Pointe.
Nat was nice enough to take a few minutes out of his busy schedule recently to answer a few questions from us.
1. You walk into a bar. What do your order from the bartender?
A cleansing Scotch. Preferably Lagavulin. Pure smokiness.
2. Who's your favorite person to follow on Twitter?
The people who are bat shit crazy.
3. What's currently waiting for you on your DVR/TiVO?
Probably a Red Sox game that I never watched from a few weeks ago that I extended for 3 extra hours that is now preventing anything else from being taped.
4. It's your last meal — what are you going out with?
Bacon. Followed by some more Bacon.
5. What websites do you visit on a regular basis?
Surfline so I can check the waves and Boston.com so I can check on my beloved sports teams.
6. What's the most frequently played song on your iPod?
I just checked my iTunes. "Soul Shakedown Party" by Bob Marley. Would not have guessed that, but it does put me in a good mood.
7. The first face that comes to mind when you think "punchable"?
The bad guy in Karate Kid, I guess? Or maybe people that are constantly "cleansing."
8. What's your favorite meme?
I had to look up what that was. I'm still not sure I know what it is.
9. Dogs or cats?
10. Best concert of your life was…?
Grateful Dead at the old Boston Garden.
11. What book are you most likely to give as a gift?
The new Judy Greer book (You owe me huge, Greer).
12. What's the nicest thing anyone has ever done for you?
I can't remember but I bet it was awesome
13. South Park or Family Guy?
14. You have an entire day to do whatever you want. What would you do?
Surf, eat fish tacos, drink cold beer, and nap.
15. What movie can you not resist watching if it's on?
The Jerk.
16. What's your favorite sports team or teams?
Bruins, Patriots, Red Sox, Celtics
17. Where did you eat the best meal of your life?
That super expensive place where someone else was paying.
18. The last movie you saw in a theater?
Obvious Child.
19. Who was your first celebrity crush?
Alissa Milano.
20. What would you cook if Nic Cage was coming to your house for dinner?
I guess something Italian. I don't why. Probably because of Moonstruck?
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Why We Avoid Each Other
I'm a green-eyed freckled blonde girl from Texas. I think it's fair to say that I kind of stand out in Japan. A lot.
It's true that foreigners are frequently stared at by Japanese people, and as much as us gaijin like to roll our eyes when this happens, most of us are in fact guilty of the same crime. I will attest that whenever I see a face that doesn't quite blend well with the rest of the hustle and bustle, I too can't help but gawk. And what many foreigners don't want to admit is that really, deep down, we all want to wave at each other.
Of course if we were ever to do this, we would indeed look like idiots. "I'm only greeting you because you have a funny face too!" Because it can be annoying when Japanese people stare at us, we can't go encouraging this behavior to the general public. So what often happens is most of us just ignore each other on the street. We don't even meet eyes, even though we both know that we both want to acknowledge each other. Salutations are not exchanged, and we move on with our lives.
I can admit that when another foreigner approaches me on the street and asks if I need any help, I can get a bit irked. I want to say, "Dude, I live here. Do I look like a tourist?" But the truth is that actually, yeah, I do look like a tourist. I'm white. And even after living in Japan for a year, there's still so much that I don't understand. So I'm learning to embrace my ignorance and tear down some walls.
The foreign community in Japan is expanding these days, and as my love for Japan grows, so does my appreciation for the gaijin that live here. I want to be a part of this budding, if very very small, community of foreigners that live in Japan. Our voices aren't very loud (except for on trains), and we're few and far between, but we're here. So I've decided to ditch the avoiding-eye-contact game. I'll stare at you on the street, and if you stare back, I'll give you a smile, and hell, I might even wave. After all, we're gaijin. The least we can do for each other is be weird together.