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2.915658 | 1.665946 | 19 | A Mimoe. So if that's not your cup of tea, leave now, and I'll
hold nothing against you. Mimi had come back from America to
look around at the old place. That was basically it. She had no
great sentimental reason to stay in Japan, but it was the place
of her childhood, so when she got a chance, she was happy to
visit. She had not planned on developing a sentimental reason.
But there it was. This is entirely his fault. Why couldn't he
have stayed that dorky geek from three years ago? she thought
crossly. Why'd he have to go and get smart and funny and
calm…and cute…he's absolutely gorgeous now! Jerk. Why had TK
and Kari told the others she was back, anyway? She could have
just slipped away anonymously if it weren't for them. And why
had she let herself be talked into going on another picnic in
the Digiworld? That first one hadn't gone so well. Joe's voice
brought her back to reality as he tapped on her open door. "Hey,
Mimi. Ready to go?" Oh, his hair Mimi loved his new, long
hair. Also, his new, chic |
3.31206 | -3.740203 | -1 | Vacaville's freshman boys basketball team won the consolation
title at the Mira Loma tournament after a 51-35 win over Bear
River. Jessy Armstrong led the Bulldogs with 14 points and was
named all-tournament. Marquis Pratcher had 12 points and Garrett
Bair contributed eight. Vacaville is 3-2. The Bulldogs host
Dixon on Tuesday. |
-1.326224 | 0.179812 | -1 | Md. police investigate shooting deaths of two bald eagles Bald
eagle (Wikipedia) Bald eagle (Wikipedia) Investigators
believe the shootings are unrelated. Anyone with information
should call officials at (410) 260-8888. Bald eagles are no
longer protected as an endangered species, but it is illegal to
shoot eagles without a permit from the U.S. Department of
the Interior. If convicted, the maximum fine is of $5,000 and
up to one year in prison. About these ads 1. So we can’t
use hate speech? Are we supposed to love the person who shot
these eagles? 2. I heard they were just trying to lob bullets
into D.C. 3. Reblogged this on 4. So why are we giving a
pass to “green” wind mill companies that kill thousands of birds
a year…. 5. Windmills got a 30 year pardon, hows that? 6.
Big-people words… 7. Why is this news? After all, the
“renewable energy” schemes of the enviro-elite kill eagles,
raptors and bats every day but lib press all but ignores that.
8. If the bald eagle represen |
-2.246151 | 1.212395 | -1 | Peter Sudermans Walmart Twitter PostsIt’s no secret that many on
the left (and even some on the right) really, truly dislike
Walmart and its business practices. Indeed, just yesterday the
union-backed OUR Walmart tried to disrupt the big box retailer’s
Black Friday sales by staging a nationwide protest. Luckily for
Walmart, the protest did little damage and the much-touted
employee walkout never materialized. But let’s talk about the
long-standing and persistent hatred against the company. Let’s
face it, ever since Walmart became an economic powerhouse,
they’ve been attacked, maligned, smeared, and, in some cases,
blocked by certain communities from even opening stores. We all
know the arguments against the retailer: Walmart puts mom-and-
pop stores out of work; Walmart doesn’t pay its employees
enough; Walmart doesn’t offer the healthcare benefits its
employees deserve; Walmart operates on “greed.” But there has
to be another side to this argument. Is there anything to be
said that might explain the retail |
4.381216 | 1.441098 | 121 | The Osbournes Image No score yet - based on 1 Critic User
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Crazy, but hey that's how it goes. Millions of people living as
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hate! The Cleavers, the Bradys, the Huxtables...and now the
Osbournes. It's the next generation of family-oriented sitcom, a
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family is normal...well, sort of. Network: MTV , MTV - Music
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0.88197 | 3.378463 | -1 | This lecture may be from 1991, but the topic is timeless, the
discussion is lucid, and it's all delivered by Basil Fawlty
himself. Here's 36 minutes of John Cleese discussing the
psychology of being creative. Listen to one of the funniest
fellows alive talk seriously about how to become more creative,
how to spitball ideas with others, and the benefits of building
a "space-time oasis." Comedy sketches about dead parrots don't
grow on trees, after all. [Via MeFi] |
0.289431 | 8.582022 | 103 | [plt-scheme] MrEd: multiple displays From: Matthew Flatt
(mflatt at cs.utah.edu) Date: Fri Dec 6 16:19:27 EST 2002 At
Fri, 6 Dec 2002 15:52:57 -0500 (EST), Doug Orleans wrote: > I
guess I'm naive about how X works-- don't you already have to
give > it a display argument when you make a top-level window?
Why is it > that hard to expose this argument to the MrEd top-
level window classes? Bitmaps are a pain, and they're used a
lot. (Colors are a problem, When we supported multiple X
displays, we had lots of code to move bitmaps around as needed.
Even designating bitmaps as display-specific (and adding code to
check compatibility) is painful. Posted on the users mailing
list. |
0.633588 | 5.747737 | -1 | Logo: University of Southern California Let There Be Leisurely
Light High-Bandwidth Laser Data Pulses are Made to Dawdle, in a
Controlled Fashion June 01, 2006 — Increasing interest has
focused recently on ways of drastically slowing light or, more
precisely, the speed of laser data pulses - and a joint USC/Duke
University team has just reported improvements in how to do this
in a flexible and controlled manner. The team was co-led by Alan
Willner, a professor of electrical engineering at the University
of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering who
specializes in photonics, the study of using light to carry and
process information. The results appear in the June issue of the
Journal of Lightwave Technology. The key parameters are
slowness of the light, maximum data modulation rate, and control
of the delay. The new system, says Willner, "uses simple optical
fiber and can potentially accommodate much higher data rates
than the previous work using exotic atomic vapors. The slowing
process in fib |
2.484916 | 1.508805 | 19 | Interview with C. T. Vivian C. T. Vivian: O.K. Now I was, I
was in Marion. Uh, here's, let me give it to you so that you can
begin to think about it, right? You see, when they called me, I
was in Selma. They called me to come over to Marion to give the
speech for the mass meeting before they march, because they
didn't have anybody who could do that really, they felt, to pull
the people out of the church, right? So, but I was the only
person there in [Selma], ‘cause everybody had gone home for the
week and it was my uh, time, whatever, not week, but for the
weekend or whatever, it was my time at least whatever, ‘cause I
never remember days and stuff like that, for me to be there to,
so I could handle whatever came up. We'd change off like that,
Sometimes it'd [be] Hosea [Williams], and sometimes be- that's
how the march [unintelligible], right? And uh, uh, the uh, uh,
and uh, uh, so when they called me I told them, "Hey, look now,
I will come over and give the speech, but I've got to get right
back here bec |
0.820011 | 4.060748 | 29 | post #1 of 1 Thread Starter I have a pair of 60's-70's vintage
leather Levis, probably cowhide. They are smooth on the inside,
rough suede outside, undyed brownish color. Tab is black/white,
big "E", zipper is 42 Talon and there is a dark bronze snap, not
a button. I've seen similar jackets online occasionally, but
never jeans. Anyone seen these before? My leather pants days
are over - who buys something like this? |
-0.058816 | -0.458167 | -1 | Jorge Luis Borges (2435 words) • Gerardo Pina (University of
East Anglia) Jorge Luis Borges was born in Buenos Aires,
Argentina on August 24, 1899. The Borges family lived in
Palermo, a neighbourhood at the outskirts of Buenos Aires which
was a lower-class suburb historically famous for its cabarets,
whorehouses, tango dancers and knife-fights among the
compadritos or hoodlums. By the time Borges lived there, the
neighbourhood had become less violent but the influence of these
characters remained in his works. His father, Jorge Guillermo
Borges, was a lawyer and a psychology teacher; his mother,
Leonor Acevedo de Borges was a descendent of soldiers, so she
kept her house ornamented with family artefacts such as swords,
uniforms and portraits of great freedom fighters. Borges’
parents spoke and read E… Pina, Gerardo. "Jorge Luis Borges".
The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 15 July 2002 [,
accessed 19 December 2013.] Articles on Borges' works 1.
Ficciones [Fictions] 2. The Aleph Related Grou |
-0.514591 | -1.532752 | 43 | Forgot your password? Submission Facebook lying about its
friend finder brdsutte writes: So we've come to accept that
Facebook knows a lot about us and our friends, and uses that to
target ads. But how about them lying about what we do or like
and mispresenting our behavior? Every now and then these friend
finder ads show up, in which it is claimed that this and that
friend already used friend finder. I've checked my mentioned
friends, and none of them actually used it. If Facebook is lying
about this, why wouldn't it be lying about other user behavior?
Any other bad experiences like this? Or any suggestion on how to
make them stop? Single Neuron Wired To Muscle Un-Paralyzes
Monkeys 180 Comment Re:tour of duty (Score 1) 257 We fight in
defense of the freedom of countries other than just our own. It
would seem france (small "f" intentional), and a large swath of
Europe owes us pretty big for defensive actions. Also, after
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, do you think our response was not
defensive? I'd sa |
-0.675907 | 0.371058 | 6 | Donnie Herman’s Wife Saves the Family I’ve said it before and
I’ll say it again, if you are a woman you should learn how to
shoot. Guns are the great equalizer. If you can ignore the
righteous (wrongeous) fervor against firearms in the news, and
have a small amount of spare cash, I would suggest purchasing
one. Follow all licensing rules in your state and get as much
training as you can. Take this story of a woman, only referred
to as Donnie Herman’s wife. She shot a burglar five times in the
face. And the guy tried to drive off: The injured burglar
eventually made it out of the home and into his car, driving
away before deputies arrived on the scene. He didn’t get far.
MSN originally referred to our heroine as trigger happy(or here,
in the Yahoo cache, third story down) but have since taken that
line out of the story. (You can still see commenters complaining
about it to MSN in the comments.) Trigger-happy? Let’s put their
wives in front of a “burglar” and see how they feel. Exact MSN
line from the Y |
4.013489 | -3.981352 | 55 | How does Tony Allen's face kick on Chris Paul compare to that of
the master, Bruce Bowen? Who kicked it best? People don't get
kicked in the face very often in the NBA. It's a shame, I know.
Even with all the jumping, feet are rarely at face-level, and,
since there is no legal reason to kick the ball itself (YET),
there's no viable excuse to avoid penalty in such an instance.
You can find photo evidence of several face kicks in recent
history and there was, of course, the scary Kevin Love stomp on
Luis Scola, but until last night, one face kick clearly reigned
supreme. Bruce Bowen marked his NBA career with threes, dogged
wing defense, occasional dirty plays, and the crown jewel: a
2002 kick to Wally Szczerbiak's mug that got him a $7,500 fine.
It is the quintessential NBA face kick GIF: No one had even
challenged that kick's egregious excellence until Monday night,
when Tony Allen did this to Chris Paul: Allen has succeeded
Bowen as the NBA's preeminent wing defender, though his
dirtiness quotient nee |
-1.865342 | 4.018335 | 154 | Stay Connected Meeting exploration challenges in Uganda's
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March like Lionesses! - Page 5 post #81 of 1113 I am jealous. I
miss the PNW! post #82 of 1113 Originally Posted by Nemesis View
Post I am jealous. I miss the PNW! I'm jealous too. If we do it
again in 2011, I'm totally in! Plady ~ for Nora Lala ~ for
you! I'm having the post-parent-visit blues. I miss having all
that help! But I finally made it to the YMCA today and did a 10
minute walk, 30 minutes of elliptical intervals, and my hammy
stretches. Then my core endurance class tonight. Nice to be
moving again, even if it's not running. I am really unsure
about what to do with my Indy Mini registration. Sell it?
Run/walk the race? Walk the entire thing? I'm in a freaking
preferred corral, but there is no way I'll be running from
there! I'm already 3 weeks behind on the t |
-1.436252 | 1.638177 | 92 | Pegasus Global Holdings (us neither) wants to build "The Center"
-- an ominously named ghost town on the New Mexico plains. The
20 square mile development will be theoretically capable of
housing 35,000 people but will remain deliberately devoid of
inhabitants. Instead, it'll be rented out to companies wanting
to test their technology in a real urban environment, rather
than just testing it out in a real urban environment. Companies
can examine things like residential solar panel efficiency,
smart traffic systems or the best way to secure wireless
networks in dense areas. Presumably doing that in Detroit would
be too expensive, or something. New Mexico's science ghost
town: bands won't play no more, too much fighting on the dance
floor |
-1.377821 | 1.194473 | -1 | Race plays role in talks with officials March 11, 2007 You
don't have to be motivated by the same concerns to improve race
relations. Case in point is what's quietly going on between the
city of Myrtle Beach and a faith-based community organization
led by area black ministers. The group and the city have been
meeting in recent weeks on various topics, including discussing
the city's bidding process, mentorship programs, cleaning up
neighborhoods and a potential rhythm and blues festival.
There's nothing unusual going on, no special treatment for one
group of city residents. When I sat down with Bennie Swans, a
leader in the faith-based organization, city spokesman Mark
Kruea and assistant city manager John Pedersen at City Hall a
few weeks ago, Kruea wanted that clearly understood. "We have a
couple of neighborhoods that need a little extra assistance,"
Kruea said. "This is not a black or white or racial issue in any
sense." But it is. And that's OK. A sizable percentage of
black residents don't trus |
-0.483932 | 6.821186 | -1 | Pink Floyd tracks: goodbye cruel (digital) world? The High
Court's ruling was based on a clause in Pink Floyd's contract
with EMI that was designed to enable the band to "preserve the
artistic integrity" of its music. According to judge Andrew
Morritt, the implication of this was that EMI needed Pink
Floyd's explicit permission to "exploit recording by online
distribution or by any other means other than the original
album". As the BBC explains, Pink Floyd didn't release many
singles. Instead, the band's songs were meant to 'go together',
meaning that fans needed to buy an entire album to experience
the product the way Pink Floyd intended. In the digital age, of
course, consumers more often than not opt to purchase songs à la
carte, and up until now, to Pink Floyd's dismay, they've been
able to do that with Pink Floyd music. At this stage, no order
requiring EMI to stop selling individual Pink Floyd tracks has
been issued. Yet. And it's all but certain this won't be the
final word on the matter. But what |
-1.855293 | 1.034298 | 101 | Go to the Globe and Mail homepage Jump to main navigationJump
to main content Tax Matters The spousal effect - for better or
worse Add to ... I attended a wedding last weekend, and
reminded the groom not to be surprised when he learns things
about his wife that he didn't know before. People hide things
while dating. I think of my friend Karen. Her feet smell worse
than anyone I know, but she somehow managed to hide this from
her boyfriend Scott. And Scott has a problem with morning
breath, but Karen didn't know this before marriage. Both were
trying to think of a way to tell the other about their odour
issues. On their honeymoon, they woke up one morning staring
into each other's eyes, when Scott said, "Honey, I have a
confession to make." Karen replied: "Don't tell me - you've
eaten my socks, haven't you?" More Related to this Story
Having a spouse can also lead to surprises at tax time. Let me
share with you some of the benefits and drawbacks of having a
spouse, from a tax perspective, for better or |
-1.642452 | 0.301766 | -1 | UPDATE 3-Brazil dock workers end strike, expose fragile ports
Fri Feb 22, 2013 2:34pm EST * Stoppages lasted 6 hours at grain
ports Santos, Paranagua * Unions back at work, agree to call
off Tuesday strike * Protests target government drive to
privatize ports By Gustavo Bonato and Roberto Samora SANTOS,
Brazil, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Dock workers returned to work at
ports across Brazil on Friday after they disrupted the movement
of global commodities with a six-hour strike in protest of the
government's plan to overhaul regulations and privatize hundreds
of terminals. The short-lived stoppage provided a glimpse of
what could be a tense harvest for Brazil, one of the world's
biggest commodities exporters, if unions do not reach a deal
with the government and call off an open-ended strike set for
mid-March. Until then, ports should operate normally as both
parties agreed to a negotiation period that runs through March
15. Workers decided to call off a second six-hour stoppage
planned for Tuesday. "We are t |
0.149383 | 9.631485 | 16 | Oracle Fusion Middleware Reference for Oracle Directory Server
Enterprise Edition Responding to the Failure of a Data Source
When Directory Proxy Server detects an error on a connection,
the proxy closes the connection and tries to reestablish the
connection immediately. If the proxy can reestablish the
connection, it considers the data source to be up and running.
If the proxy cannot reestablish the connection, it flags the
data source as unavailable. Directory Proxy Server stops
distributing requests to the data source and closes all other
connections to the data source. If a request fails because of a
failed connection or a failed data source, Directory Proxy
Server replays the request over another connection to the same
data source or replays the request to another data source. If
the request is replayed to another data source, the load
balancing algorithm determines which data source is used. If
there are no data sources to which Directory Proxy Server can
replay the request, the proxy returns an err |
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-0.835781 | 9.02305 | 148 | Tell me more × The firm that I work for has 2 ADSL lines into
the office. We have a domain which we would like to be able to
reach our network server on. One of ADSL connections is already
a DNS entry for We would like to use the other connection as a
backup. I know there is "round robin" DNS but that isn't a
redundancy system is it? How would you suggest we get this other
ADSL connection added to the DNS so one ADSL will act as a
failover for the other? Example: If one of the ADSL lines goes
down, the other is used seamlessly. Cheers Chris share|improve
this question That's network routing, it's not something you can
do with DNS (alone). You either build it into the client, or you
build it into routing, or you put a transparent proxy in front
of your ADSL connections (i.e. before they get to your office)
and it probes and checks with routes are up. But really, you're
talking about network routing. – EightBitTony Jul 13 '11 at
18:25 You seem to be bordering on the point where getting an AS
number, IP ad |
-4.650066 | 0.966501 | 18 | HOME > Chowhound > Outer Boroughs > Spicy Mina's---where to go
after? • 5 We are going to Spicy Mina's----any suggestions
on where to go around there for dessert? 1. Click to Upload a
photo (10 MB limit) 1. you can walk up to Krystal's Cafe on
Roosevelt for some filopino desserts, halo halo etc. fun stuff.
Its also a short walk to some of the Jackson Hts sweet shops on
37th if you want to continue hyour so. asian theme. 1 Reply
1. re: jen kalb Also, it's not a long walk from Spicy
Mina's to Sripraphai. (Though I wouldn't try going there just
for dessert during a dinnertime crunch.) 2. why have
dessert elsewhere? the carrot halwa at Mina's is excellent, as
are many of her sweets. 1 Reply 1. re: charlie_b
The rice pudding is excellent. I am not a fan of rice pudding,
but I have to admit her version is terrific. I guess the only
other dessert option would be a trip to nearby Astoria for Greek
stuff. 2. El Sitio for some good flan and cuban coffee. |
-2.486114 | 2.149733 | 26 | Teddy also does the growly thing when playing, and this happened
about the same time as his barking started. Perhaps it is an age
thing as he is nearly 9 months old. I hope he grows out of it
eventually, we darent take him camping yet as it would annoy
other campers from the word go. |
-0.885316 | 0.166633 | -1 | NEWSWATCH: “Teresitas Law” passes NY Senate Featured in Record
Newswatch - the traffic death of a Middletown woman spurs the
passage of Teresitas Law in the State Senate; Gov. Andrew Cuomo
unveils a series of proposals aimed at reforming the states
electoral process and a long-time Middletown senior shuttle bus
driver gets a big send-off into retirement. |
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road. Who's Who: Buffy-Scarlet Witch, Willow-Jean Grey,
Dawn-X23, Harmony-Boom-Boom, Cordelia-Magma, Rory-Shadowcat,
Kylie-Rouge, Lucy-Emma Frost, Ruthie-Wolfsbane, Mary-Dazzler,
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2.626449 | 1.497151 | 19 | tagSci-Fi & FantasyIn a Bottle... Ch. 04 In a Bottle... Ch. 04
Smooth, slender fingers. There were fingers on his arm. Fingers
that slowly caressed him, comforted him. He blinked. The fog of
sleep crept from his mind like a nocturnal animal retreating
back into its hole. He squinted momentarily at the morning
sunlight peeking in the window at him while those wonderful
fingers continued to roam across his bicep. Alan lifted his
head to look over at the woman beside him as he gradually began
connecting thoughts in a logical pattern once more. Lucky was
asleep, yet continued to stroke the tender skin of his inner
arm. He smiled at her as he remembered his mother once telling
him that the most peaceful moments in life were spent watching
your loved ones sleep. He hadn't truly known what she meant
until now. His connection with the four genies in his life was
wonderful. It felt normal to sleep surrounded by his art
collection again, next to the hum of his computer, in his own
bed, albeit still a little damp |
4.624522 | -3.182814 | 1 | The Fiver badge Guardian Unlimited's tea-time take on the world
of football Spurs boss Tony Soprano has done some bad things
in his life. He's whacked his cousin, his best mate, his [woah,
some people haven't seen the last nine episodes, and won't know
about that or the fact that it ends with Meadow and Paulie
getting it on - Fiver Lawyers]. He's persecuted rats. He's
mistaken "amour fou" for "our mofo". He's used an innocent
little marmot as an er0ticism facilitator (it was in the out-
takes). He's simultaneously bought 447 midfielders and failed to
buy a midfield. Most unforgivably of all, he's sold Emil
Hallfredsson to Lyn Oslo for a nominal fee. But through it all
we've been rooting for him to survive. And now we're going to
have to watch as someone puts one in his head. Bobby Bacala was
wrong: when it happens, you very definitely see it coming, as
the imminent hit on Soprano was splashed all over today's bite-
size Daily Hyperboliser. Sevilla coach Juande Ramos is due to
take over, possibly even in ti |
-0.166635 | -1.94538 | 17 | Sat October 29, 2011 Tribal Unrest In The New Libya
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: (foreign language spoken) LOURDES GARCIA-
NAVARRO: A police car drives down the streets of Bani Walid,
calling out to police to return to duty. Libya is free; we must
secure the city blares out over the loudspeaker. But there are
few to hear the call. Bani Walid was one of the last cities in
Libya to fall, and the fierce fighting here drove the majority
of the residents away. Most of the traffic is from the
revolutionary fighters who race around in their gun trucks. At
the main base in town, fighter Shibani Saad maintains that the
people of Bani Walid are thrilled at their liberation. SHIBANI
SAAD: All of them happy, all of them. GARCIA-NAVARRO: But as
he's talking, a huge argument breaks out. GARCIA-NAVARRO:
Eighty-seven-year-old Abdul Hafid Awad complains to the fighters
that his son has been arrested for no reason. They usher him
away. We follow him and he tells us he's furious with what's
happening in Bani Walid. ABDUL HAFID AW |
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this poses a challenge since most entrepreneurs need at least 10
investors to put together a meaningful round of funding--and the
process of assembling 40 to 50 fundraising prospects is
daunting. So what's an entrepreneur to do? In previous columns,
I've written about the process of identifying private investors
and brainstorming a list of relatives, friends and business
associates who'd be |
-2.641532 | 5.163465 | -1 | Email | Print Type Size - + How to fix the housing mess
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-0.879601 | 7.057963 | 8 | Forgot your password? Comment: Re:Proof that capitalism doesn't
work (Score 1) 163 Ruining it? You must be joking.... Or,
merely naive? Forcing AT&T to increase performance while
decreasing price might, must might, reduce their profit margin
from nearly infinite to something you can compute with long
double precision. Remember AT&T used to make over 1200% profit
on caller-id. And that was computed using the special accounting
rules that only AT&T and the baby bells get to use. Comment:
Re:no, telcos 20+ years old don't get same conditi (Score 2) 163
I live just out side of Austin (groan... there goes my property
value...) and I've been watching this mess for a long time.
Austin started to build a network like this one back in the
'90s. Then the telcos used their pet politicos to get a law pass
in Texas that makes it illegal for a City to build its own
network. That was the end of high speed Internet hopes for
cities in Texas. Then, AT&T. Verizon, Time Warner, and Comcast
got pissed off because the cities |
1.969604 | 0.391271 | 44 | Jewish prayer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Morning Prayer, 2005. Jews praying in Jerusalem (HaKotel
HaMaaravi), 2010. Jewish prayer (Hebrew: תְּפִלָּה, tefillah
[tefiˈla]; plural Hebrew: תְּפִלּוֹת, tefillos or tefillot
[tefiˈlot]; Yiddish תּפֿלה tfile [ˈtfɪlə], plural תּפֿלות
tfilles [ˈtfɪləs]; Yinglish: davening from Yiddish דאַוונען
davnen ‘to pray’) are the prayer recitations that form part of
the observance of Judaism. These prayers, often with
instructions and commentary, are found in the siddur, the
traditional Jewish prayer book. In general, Jewish men are
obligated to pray three times a day within specific time ranges
(zmanim),[1] while, according to the Talmud, women are generally
exempted from obligations that are time dependent.
Traditionally,[1] three prayer services are recited daily: 1.
Shacharit or Shaharit (שַחֲרִת), from the Hebrew shachar or
shahar (שַחָר) "morning light," 2. Mincha or Minha (מִנְחָה),
the afte |
3.120081 | 2.414857 | 25 | Add to Cart Lone Wolf He was supposed to be dead. Five
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trail of carnage across the southeast, had become a figure of
folk legend. Many of his pursuers thought he had either skipped
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• Battling Makuta! • 511 posts Posted Jun 27 2012 - 09:52 PM
Greetings, fellow BZPers. I saw there was a Comedies Contest
goin’ on, and I’ve been meaning to write a comedy for a while,
so I thought, “What better way to propel myself to riches and
glor-err, get into the forum?”This particular comedy is parody
of the film Goldeneye,(thought I will admit it is a fairly loose
parody) set near the final days of Metru Nui. Now those of you
more familiar with the James Bond film franchise might be
looking at this and going, “Hey, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
and Goldeneye are totally unrelated!” And you would be correct.
I couldn’t think of a good name for this that related to
Goldeneye in any way. =PI had to whip this up pretty quick,
seeing as I'm moving across the country in a few days. And this
is my first comedy. So |
2.125628 | 1.486634 | -1 | Haines Eason Pacific Starfish On the middle day we saw them,
As if we had to be evenly distant From everything made by man—
Both approaching and leaving known Worlds. Purple, blue, yellow
By the uncounted gross across a tide So low it shivered, bruised
by coastal rocks. A day, a night, half a day more and there We
found ourselves, racing the rising waves Around a headland crag,
rough sky Heavy as the gear lashed to our backs, Its weight with
us gouging holes Across the slate sands. Until stillness. And in
the muffled, moving gray above, A wing beat slight in turning,
ravens' calls Muted, a sound of feathers turning Down the
cliffs. It was then we found ourselves, resting, Surrounded
by a concentration of them, All fingers, clinging, climbing to
nowhere As kelp would, if it might, deathly In their stony
dreams, sure, secure even, And it made no sense, our joy At such
unexpected colors—violet, turquoise, Amber—at such immutable
light that hung, Pure and unknowing and unchanged. Continue
browsing Cha |
-2.406772 | 2.500616 | -1 | Winterizing the truck, tractors and whatever other equipment you
have is often second nature. Do not forget about the livestock.
This can be a difficult time for animals. There are several
areas that you should pay careful attention to. Depending on
how far north you are winter shelter may vary. Most cattle in
Missouri can make do with windbreaks or roof and a windbreak. A
wooded area is often adequate to fulfill this purpose. The very
worst scenario is to provide shelter that does not have adequate
room. It is paramount that there is room for every animal and
enough airflow to allow any heat provided by the animals to
dissipate. Cattle that are given access to a building that is
too small with inadequate airflow will build up excess heat.
This will cause them to get warm and increase the moisture in
the air. This “steaming” of the cattle is perilous when they are
forced to leave the shelter for food and water. To read the
entire article, link here. |
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3.941402 | -3.491506 | -1 | Feb 182010 One thing Canada’s always been on the fortunate side
of has been the blow out games. After the womens team beat
Slovakia 18-0, the debate on whether or not there should be a
mercy rule was brought up again. We watch the womens team
dominate most countries except the US, we spent our Christmas
and New Years watching the Canadian World Junior team slaughter
teams, and even in the mens opener against Norway, Canada
stomped them 8-0. So that raises the question, do we need a
mercy rule? What is winning a game by 18 goals doing? I for
one, am a proponent that no matter what the score, if you’re up
by one goal or up by six goals you shouldn’t let up the offense.
I’m all for running up the score in an NHL game because in NHL
games there are different things at stake. It’s not a regular
occurence in the NHL and it’s welcome and exciting when it
happens. But when you watch the Canadian juniors romp 16-0 over
the Latvians, or the Canadian women put up 18 over the Slovaks
there’s little exciting about that. |
0.01081 | 8.493079 | -1 | Permalink for comment Why focus on the filesystem? by F
Hendrikx on Tue 29th Apr 2003 23:36 UTC Although your article
is well written, it seems to me to be missing an essential
point: If I was a basic user, why do I want to look at the file
system? I want to be able to open my documents, read email and
browse the web, not look around "under the hood". The
underlying filesystem is irrelevant to a basic user. Sure, /dev
or /proc don't mean anything to most users, but why should they
care? As long as the basic tasks that most users need to
complete can be done easily from the DE, what does it matter? |
1.774515 | 6.792335 | -1 | Take the tour × As Wikipedia says: [...] the kinetic energy of
a non-rotating object of mass $m$ traveling at a speed $v$ is
$mv^2/2$. Why does this not increase linearly with speed? Why
does it take so much more energy to go from 1 m/s to 2 m/s than
it does to go from 0 m/s to 1 m/s? My intuition is wrong here,
please help it out! share|improve this question It doesn't
increase exponentially (a^x); it increases quadratically (x^2).
Can you correct the title? – nibot Nov 11 '10 at 0:09 What I
found most counter-intuitive about this is that kinetic energy
is a coordinate-dependent quantity. In a different inertial
frame, the object will have a different kinetic energy. This
contradicts the intuitive notion that kinetic energy should be
independent of the coordinate system. – nibot Nov 11 '10 at
0:12 Did you mean quadratically ($v^2$)? Exponentially means
something different ($~\exp(v)$). I believe there is derivation
in every standard high school level textbook ($dE = F dx = m a
dx = m \frac{dv}{dt} dx |
4.671182 | -3.12959 | 1 | Martinez proud of players Wigan boss Roberto Martinez was proud
of his much-changed team as they ended Bournemouth's long
unbeaten run. Mauro Boselli's 18th minute goal was enough to
settle the contest at Dean Court and book the Premier League
club a fourth round date with non-league Macclesfield. But
Martinez, who only named Emmerson Boyce and Maynor Figueroa from
the team who drew with Fulham at the weekend, knew his players
had to work hard to end Bournemouth's 18-game unbeaten run under
Eddie Howe. "We knew that we had nothing to win today and
had to be very professional; really, really strong and I
couldn't be more proud of my players. When you make nine
changes, it is not easy." When asked if he was taking a chance
by naming an inexperienced side, Martinez said: "No, it is not a
risk. A risk would be not to give the opportunity to
youngsters." |
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-1.27763 | 1.397085 | -1 | Consider alternatives to new high school in Streetsboro What
if we build onto the current high school in Streetsboro? They
say we haven't room but I offer up this picture of before and
after a modification: and to get a different perspective. The
"after" picture would indicate a total of about 20 classrooms
while also providing an athletic center that pours out onto the
current field. Additional parking lots are added. Addition to
Campus is also envisioned. Or on another note, why not approach
the Catholic church and see if they are willing to sell their
property. Have they ever had an event on it? It would be for a
very useful and good cause. Combine that with the property the
district owns all the way past the baseball diamond, and there
would be enough space to build a high school, revamp the current
high school for a middle school, still have room for an athletic
facility and everything is on one campus. We can still expand
Campus to include the lower grades. I think this would be a
more cost-effect |
-0.550824 | 0.470998 | 6 | Storey County Escapee May Have Left County Jail Escapee Jeremy
Morales Jail Escapee Jeremy Morales VIRGINIA CITY, NV -
Authorities are still searching the mountainsides of the
Comstock looking for a 38-year-old man who escaped early Monday
morning from the Storey County jail. But Sheriff Gerald Antinoro
says he thinks it's likely the man has left the county. Jeremy
Morales had already pleaded guilty to a charge of sexual assault
on a minor. As part of his plea bargain, he was to have been
sentenced later in the morning in Storey County District Court.
At 38 years of age, he was facing spending the next 25 years
behind bars. At about 1:30AM Monday, the deputy on duty was
making a routine cell check. Apparently the door to his cell was
not locked and Morales was actually hiding in the shadows of an
adjacent locked day room. As the female deputy checked Morales'
cell, he slipped out of the day room, locking her behind him.
Once out of the cell area, he was able to work his way past
additional security, f |
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Oct. 22, 2005 Final Stats | Quotes | Notes SEATTLE (AP) -
One week after willing itself through an epic, last-play win at
Notre Dame, top-ranked Southern California got back to normal
Saturday. That meant Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Matt
Leinart returning to passing off three-step drops and finding
seven different receivers - en route to 20 completions in 26
attempts, 201 yards and four touchdowns. That meant super
sophomore receiver Dwayne Jarrett catching three of those
Leinart scoring passes for the second time this season - one
week after those two connected for 61 yards on the revitalizing,
fourth-down pass that led to victory over the Irish. That also
meant Reggie Bush's spinning, electric, 84-yard punt return for
another touchdown and ultimately the Trojans' 29th straight win,
51-24 over Washington. And normal ultimately meant the Trojans
hopping up and down, poundi |
3.357626 | -3.820302 | -1 | September 11, 2008 Volleyball Team Begins New Era Under Marritt
Cafarchia Sept. 11, 2008 By Phil Landry Special to
GoHolyCross.com In her first season as Holy Cross' head
volleyball coach, Marritt Cafarchia is focused on creating an
environment in which winning is the norm. "We want to create
more respect on campus to become a game that people want to come
watch and cheer," said Cafarchia. "Our motto this year is expect
to win." Cafarchia's experiences on and off the volleyball
court have taught her that the path to respect and success is
through hard work. "My coaching philosophy is hard work equals
success," said Cafarchia. "And I think it is important to create
an environment where the players are physically and mentally
pushed to their limits." From an early age growing up in Arroyo
Grande, Calif., it seemed as if Cafarchia was destined to become
a volleyball coach. "I started playing volleyball in fourth
grade, and a friend's mom played for the U.S. Olympic team in
1984 and coached at a local colle |
4.091631 | -4.128588 | -1 | CP Entertainment Monday, Oct 05, 2015 '42' Breathes New Life
Into Jackie Robinson's Legacy • (Photo: D. Stevens/Warner
Bros. Pictures) (L-R) HARRISON FORD as Branch Rickey and
CHADWICK BOSEMAN as Jackie Robinson in Warner Bros. Pictures'
and Legendary Pictures' drama "42," a Warner Bros. Pictures
release. By Emma Koonse , Christian Post Reporter April 8,
2013|4:34 pm Baseball fans and movie fanatics alike have
something to celebrate this Friday with the release of the new
film "42." Aptly titled after the athlete's jersey number, the
film is based on the true story of Jackie Robinson, the first
African-American to join Major League Baseball. He became a
player for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. In honor of Robinson,
the number 42 jersey became the first number ever to become
retired in MLB history. Furthermore, each year on April 15,
every MLB player on every MLB team dons the distinctive number
in remembrance of Robinson. "42" boasts an impressive cast
including Harrison Ford, Chadwick Boseman, a |
-0.671433 | 7.177136 | 8 | Back to Mobile View Skip to Content Counterpoint: AT&T isn't
cheating iPhone 3G customers To a lesser extent, the same
thing is happening with iPhone 3G owners wishing to upgrade to
the 3G S for the subsidized price. A year ago, 3G owners bought
a $600 cell phone (assuming we're talking about the 8GB model)
for just shy of $200. The 2-year contract guarantees that AT&T
makes their $400 back over the length of your contract. So far,
3G owners are only about 1 year into their contract, so they've
really only paid off about half of their subsidy to AT&T. Most
carriers would stop there, and offer no additional incentives
until you've come close to reaching the end of your contract.
AT&T is being about as generous as they can be by offering 3G
owners half of the subsidy after completing half of their
contract. Once 3G owners have fulfilled a year of their
contract, they can get the 3G S for the base price ($199) plus
half the subsidy ($200) for a grand total of $399. Read on for
some fun cell phone contract |
-1.569597 | 1.4288 | -1 | Definitions for RURALˈrʊər əl This page provides all possible
meanings and translations of the word RURAL Random House
Webster's College Dictionary ru•ral*ˈrʊər əl(adj.) 1.
characteristic of the country, country life, or country people;
rustic. 2. living in the country. 3. of or pertaining to
agriculture. * Syn: rural and rustic are terms that refer to
the country. rural is the neutral term: rural education. It is
also used subjectively, usu. in a favorable sense: the charm of
rural life. rustic may have either favorable or unfavorable
connotations. In a derogatory sense, it means provincial,
boorish, or crude; in a favorable sense, it may suggest
simplicity and lack of sophistication: rustic manners. Origin
of rural: 1375–1425; < MF < L rūrālis=rūr-, s. of rūs the
country, rural land +-ālis -al1 Princeton's WordNet 1.
rural(adj) living in or characteristic of farming or
country life 2. rural(adj) of or relating to the
countryside as opposed to the city "rural electrific |
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Getting started with Dictation Use these steps to turn
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or Off to disable it. You can also choose a shortcut key,
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0.680657 | 7.722507 | -1 | Core Memory Newer Older Core Memory Board overlay
Here is the CDC 6600 computer from that era that I saw in the
Computer History Museum... And a wonderful overview of the
CDC memory system. NihonGoose, asol, Tomi Tapio, and 5
other people added this photo to their favorites. 1. Sam
Scholes 110 months ago | reply Is that photograph really
on the chip? If so, why? 2. jurvetson 107 months ago |
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0.676387 | 7.781602 | -1 | Help - Search - Members - Calendar Full Version: Newbie Question
flying to japan next month and getting a C3100. what would you
recommend i read up on before i buy it and what OS would be the
best to install? background, never used linux or bsd only used
windows XP, windows mobile 2003se, and 10.4 tiger for newbies, i
recommend using the default sharprom. if you follow my links in
my sig, you can change the look. then install meanie?s xqt
installer which will run debian, openoffice. I recommend you buy
wifi and bluetooth that works for the z. hardware compatability
is a rere thing for the z. also buy the poweradaptor and do not
use the japannesse one. buy the one that comes with the sl5500
which is the EA-70S. after you learn the sharprom ropes, you
can try other roms. the other roms are currently being
developed. they are almost done and you can try these when you
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package? 2 ways 1. you can remove the mmc convert file and just
run it as is but i |
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from Doubleday on September 2, 2014! Available for pre-order
from Amazon and A young scholar's history of 175 years of
teaching in America. We often hear about how much more
prestigious the teaching profession is in other nations, like
Finland and South Korea. Dana Goldstein explains why this is the
case: Historically, American public school teaching developed as
an explicitly anti-intellectual, working class profession. Yet
at the same time that we paid public school teachers poorly,
policed their political activity, and prevented them from
influencing the curriculum, we asked them to eradicate poverty
and inequality—an impossible expectation. In her lively,
character-driven history, Goldstein guides us through American
education's many passages, including the feminization of
teaching in the 1800s and the fateful growth of teachers unions,
and shows that the battles fought over nearly two centuries echo
the very dilemmas we confront today. The |
0.736907 | -1.090785 | -1 | Nazis Complain Jewish Officer Investigating Attack on Synagogue
The police department was attacked yesterday by the Nazi press
for entrusting the investigation of the attack upon Jewish
worshippers on the last day of Rosh Hashanah in a synagogue on
Sperlstrasse to a Jewish Police Commissar, Dr. Priester. The
papers charge that Dr. Priester is a member of the Jewish War
Veterans Organization. They demand that the investigation be
handed over to an Aryan Commissar. They also insist upon the
release of the three Nazis being held for trial in connection
with the attack in which five Jews were injured. While the Nazi
press complains against the pro-Jewish bias of the police
department, Jews make public their complaints in the daily press
that the actions of the police were in the Nazi spirit. |
-0.266874 | 9.442776 | -1 | Take the 2-minute tour × I'm able to ssh -i mykey.pem to EC2.
I'm able to scp -i mykey.pem to EC2. But when I try to rsync
-avz -e "ssh -i mykey.pem" I get this error: Warning: Identity
file mykey.pem not accessible: No such file or directory.
Permission denied (publickey). rsync error: unexplained error
(code 255) at io.c(605) [sender=3.0.9] Any suggestions what
I've done wrong? share|improve this question Have you
considered setting up an SSH agent, or adding the key to your
.ssh/config file so you don't need to provide an option at all?
– Zoredache Sep 24 '12 at 21:46 @Zoredache I don't know how to
do that but it sounds like a good idea. – isomorphismes Sep 24
'12 at 21:49 Identity file - serverfault.com/a/418755/984 –
Zoredache Sep 24 '12 at 22:12 what's the permissions on the pem
file ? (la -l) – Sirex Sep 24 '12 at 22:22 @Sirex I changed
them to chmod 400 mykey.pem based on some advice elsewhere on
the Web. (or maybe it was based on an error message) –
isomorphismes Sep 26 '12 at 3:13 2 Answer |
3.881025 | 2.716677 | -1 | RSS Feeds Monday - 5/14/2012, 12:17pm ET Jason Fraley, WTOP
Film Critic WASHINGTON - Today's teens are turned on by
"Twilight," but a half century ago, they were still lusting for
vampires on TV's "Dark Shadows" (1966-1971). For many, the
daytime soap opera was a "can't miss" afternoon event, airing
back-to-back with "General Hospital." When I heard it was
getting re-"vamped" for the big screen, I was skeptical. But
when I heard it was Tim Burton and Johnny Depp doing it, my ears
suddenly perked up. After all, this was the same duo that
romanticized sexy fangs in "Ed Wood" (1994): "Take my word for
it. If you want to make out with a young lady, take her to see
'Dracula.'" The duo pairs for the eighth time after "Edward
Scissorhands" (1990), " Ed Wood" (1994), "Sleepy Hollow" (1999),
"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (2005), "Corpse Bride"
(2005), "Sweeney Todd" (2007) and "Alice in Wonderland" (2010).
This time, they track Barnabas Collins (Depp), an 18th century
vampire who returns to live in his f |
-1.084873 | 9.440144 | -1 | member22 - 9:54 am on Jun 21, 2010 (gmt 0) I think I figured
out what the issue is it is internal linking, I have none other
than menus... If someone could explain me how internal linking
works that would be great. Thread source:
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-1.548106 | 5.794063 | -1 | Search Google Appliance MSFA and undergraduate finance
students win regional finance competition Author: School of
Business Administration Posted: February 25, 2013
Congratulations to the Portland State University student team
who recently won the regional Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
Institute Research Challenge Competition! The team of Master of
Science in Financial Analysis (MSFA) and undergraduate finance
students included Preety Novlani, Emily Schrum, Shauna Thomas
and Sameer Allabadi, who competed against four other Oregon
schools. They will now move on to the national level in Toronto
where they will compete against winning teams from all over
North America. The annual competition, hosted by the CFA
Society of Portland, involved conducting a valuation of Nike,
Inc. and recommending a “buy, sell or hold” position to
investors based on each team’s estimates about Nike’s growth and
potential. In this financial analysis, students learned that
Nike’s reputation as a large and stable company is not |
3.500706 | 4.659679 | 2 | View Full Version : Saber Staff to Dual Sabers (and vice-versa):
Here's how to do it. **DEMO TESTED** Wes Janson 09-17-2003,
06:50 AM All right, all right. I know I haven't been here in a
long while. I come back, and everything's changed on me. Well,
everything except for my love of the JK series. Now, I know a
lot of you have been dying for a seemless way of switching from
Saber Staff to Dual Saber mode (similar to what we've all heard
about the E3 demo). Well, no, I didn't find the code, but I did
conur up something close. All I did was simply use the in-game
assets and script them into a key bind. What assets? Well, the
/gloat and /flourish commands for one. Each saber style has
different animations for them. Combine them with the saber style
switch command, and presto, you've got your potential. Now,
before you shake your head and run away because of the
misleading title, fear not. I did all of the work for you to
accomplish the effect. You need to go into your
JKA\GameData\Demo directory and open up |
1.30123 | 2.525142 | -1 | Reply to a comment Reply to this comment Sonic98 writes: in
response to LiberalViewer: (This comment was removed by the
site staff.) You keep referencing "worshiping the RPI." I'm
still looking for these vast array of posts where people are
always talking about the RPI. Tigers articles get 150 comments,
and maybe 5 or 6 mention our place in the RPI. Someone
mentioning our RPI or saying a game is a good RPI game is not
"worshipping the RPI." It's making a simple observation. I just
don't understand how there are 2 or 3 posters on here who
criticize other's analysis of the RPI, but at the same time
complain we need higher RPI teams on the schedule. So, is the
RPI important or not because I've seen posts, and this is not
directed at you, say that it is very important and completely
unimportant coming from the same poster. I serious just have a
hard time understanding the negativity of some posters. Yes,
sometime Kingfish does go overboard. I'm not talking about the
borderline childlike banter than might bre |
-1.291945 | 7.474437 | -1 | Seven Flaws of Identity I'm at Burton Group's Catalyst
conference today. I'll be blogging some things here and some
over at Between the Lines. I just put Jamie Lewis' keynote up
there. I've also got some pictures online. Mike Neuenschwander,
an associate research director at Burton Group introduced what
he called the "seven flaws of identity," a take on Kim Cameron's
Seven Laws of Identity. Here they are: 1. Failure of the
weakest link mustn't lead to catastrophe. For example, smart
card deployments are sufficient protection against social
engineering and inside attacks. Encrypting the channel doesn't
stop dumpster diving. 2. Don't put the role before the start.
Role engineering is important, but it doesn't drive the project.
5. Identifying things doesn't make the more secure.
Identification can improve security, but security isn't an
inevitable outcome. Over-identification has repercussions. 6.
Identity isn't about the individual. It's about the
relationship. IdM encompasses the services community |
2.961579 | 5.55585 | 2 | February 9, 2007 The State of Nintendo OnlineEditorial by
Jonathan Metts - 9:12 P.M. Total Comments: 89 …is a sorry state
indeed. But there is hope. I want to start off with some
rhetorical (and not at all bitter) questions for Nintendo.
Where are the new, must-play online games from Nintendo on DS?
If NST could do voice chat, lobbies, and rivals in Metroid Prime
Hunters a year ago, why isn't it in any other games from
Nintendo? If Nintendo WFC has been up and running for a year
and a half, why aren't first-party Wii games like Excite Truck
and Mario Party 8 online? |
-0.725388 | 5.121819 | 4 | What can Blackbear do for me? Discussion in 'Black Bear
Performance' started by Aeropagus, Nov 26, 2011. 1. Aeropagus
Aeropagus Rockstar Platinum Contributor 100 Posts I read a
lot on this site and people who want to get a bit more power or
get better gas mileage will get the blackbear custom tune done,
what is this and how does it work? can you fill me in?
Below is a Link to Black Bears FAQ Section of their Web site, it
should be able to answer most of your Questions, if you have any
other questions you could sent them an E-Mail Link to Black
Bear, Last edited: Nov 26, 2011 3. Als09Sierra
Als09Sierra Rockstar 4 Years ROTM Winner 1000 Posts
JennaBear is a member here. In addition to Mike's advice above,
you could contact her. 4. ChevyFan ChevyFan The Sheriff
Staff Member 5+ Years 5000 Posts Give them a call, they've
helped out a lot of people on this site and there are dozens and
dozens that swear by them. 5. McMahan McMahan Rockstar
100 Posts |
4.021883 | 1.63307 | -1 | Details About Baby Blue Ivy Daytime in No Time "GDLA": I can
barely muster up enough courage to jump off a diving board into
a swimming pool let alone out of an airplane, so I'm pretty
impressed with Lauren. I'm even more impressed that she only
muttered one swear word when the door to that plane opened,
because I would have completely worn out the bleep button! And I
totally get why you have to be strapped to a pro on your first
jump, because there has to be someone there to force you out the
door. Otherwise skydiving would be just another airplane ride
for most people! "Live! with Kelly": When co-host Michael
Strahan invited his buddy Justin Tuck on today's show (direct
from the Super Bowl parade after party), Kelly was starting to
feel overshadowed by a couple of New York Football Giants…
especially when they started to show off their signature on-
field celebration dances. So to make her feel better, they
taught her the Strahan Stomp, and the Justin Tuck Tuck... and
then they invented the Kelly Ripa Rip |
-0.554826 | 0.295893 | 6 | A judge has scheduled a November hearing to decide whether a
Colorado man charged with killing an eastern Montana teacher
should be declared ineligible for the death penalty. Richland
County Judge Richard Simonton on Friday set a Nov. 4 hearing on
the matter in Sidney. Defense attorneys for 24-year-old Michael
Keith Spell say he suffers from mental disabilities that
preclude a death sentence under a 2002 U.S. Supreme Court
ruling. Prosecutors say the Parachute, Colo. man killed high
school teacher Sherry Arnold of Sidney in January 2012. Her body
was found near Williston, ND. Spell's co-defendant, Lester Van
Waters Jr., pleaded guilty last month under a deal that calls
for him to receive a 100-year prison sentence with 20 years
suspended. Waters also agreed to help in the case against Spell. |
0.76728 | 3.805772 | -1 | April 2002 The Magazine Past Issues Write for Us About the
Magazine Letter from Editor Order Back Issues The
Innovator Technology’s upward spiral brings us more for less.
That’s the special magic of innovation. The late songwriter
Steve Goodman put so many of my feelings into words, it’s second
nature to look to him when there’s something really big to work
through. "My Old Man" starts out: I wish he was here with me.
With his corny jokes and his cheap cigars That’s not an easy
thing to do, But no one ever knew a more charming creature On
this earth than my old man. My dad sold a few cars, but only
after he had personally refurbished the mechanics and sprayed on
a fresh new coat of paint. Folks liked getting a car from him
because they knew that, unlike at used car lots, the engine was
always better than the paint. He performed those mechanical
miracles in the garage next to the house, which he built with
his own hands and those of a few good friends. He was a
Renaissance man of the mecha |
-0.138283 | 7.143521 | 8 | World Record: 144 Windows Phones create a massive display
[Video] Symbio created a 12x12 Windows Phone formed display,
totaling 144 devices, at the TechDays 2012 event in Helsinki,
Finland. The display is able to take input from a single Windows
Phone for control and relay content beamed from a web server
(over WiFi). The result is pretty spectacular and is also a
world record. Impressive stuff. What do you guys make of this?
144 phones would be a fairly expensive investment (in cost and
power), so we'd still recommend a decent 50" TV instead.
Source: YouTube, via: WMPU, thanks to everyone who tipped us!
There are 10 comments. Sign in to comment TheDarKnight says:
Thats impressive! Trib#WP says: Neat, but it would of looked
better if the spent a little extra time and lined all of the
phones up into a nice grid. Some phones are at angles and not
all spaced evenly. If they could of found USB connectors that
were at 90 degree angles, the could of gotten the close together
which would of created a be |
3.879749 | 0.787753 | -1 | When a thug ass Blood is gangbanging, he often sports a red
bandana to alert fellow American citizens of his "Thug Nature"
and his affiliation to bloods, esp. LA Pirus. IF you where blue
around these folks, they will blow your head off. Stupid White
Boy- "Oh shit that person is wearing a red bandana, he must be a
thug." Another white boy wearing all blue: "Nah they are just
posers" (Gunshot and white boy wearing blue is killed) di
KripKilla 10 luglio 2008 Email Gratuita Quotidiana |
0.927598 | 6.187152 | -1 | UV filter vs Polarizer filter Started May 20, 2008 |
Discussions thread Barrie Davis Forum ProPosts: 21,459 Re:
Well... In reply to austin design, Jan 4, 2013 austin design
wrote: tjack wrote: Jim Boutilier wrote: While digital
cameras are less sensitive to UV than film they are not immune
to the effects so where you are taking pictures of distant
landscapes, particularly at high altitudes, a UV filter han help
eliminate the "haze" or fog caused by the UV light.
Clarification... This is NOT the "haze" they cut down on. In the
old days of film, UV light would cause a haze on the film
itself. Or, UV light would bounce off particles in the air and
get recorded by the film. This had absolutely nothing to do with
the actual haze in the scene. Also, the film recorded too much
blue at high altitudes so a Skylight 1A or 1B was used to cut UV
and some blue. These days, film and digital sensors assemblies
are not sensitive to UV light and do not create the haze as in
the old days. If there is haze in the scene, |
3.214109 | 4.492562 | 2 | Protagonist: Barbarian Group Description Games in which a
barbarian is the main protagonist. Historically, the term
barbarian was used to identify uncivilized cultures in the
classical world, other than the Romans or the Greeks, usually
referring to the Persians, Germanic and Celtic nations, as well
as tribes occupying today's Eastern Europe. Although the term
barbarian itself in many languages is used to refer to what is
perceived as a nation with a low cultural level, this game group
is limited to the original Greco-Roman use, referring to
protagonists with long (and obviously un-shampooed) hair,
leather/animal skin type clothing, usually wielding an over-
sized sword, club, or very mean looking axe, possibly capable or
speaking German or French, with a slight Russian accent. Conan
the Barbarian would be a fitting example in this regard. Not to
be confused with Protagonist: Caveman. • Some games may allow
the player to choose a protagonist belonging to the barbarian
class. These games should not be |
-1.907466 | 2.680386 | 54 | Stilt Sandpiper From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to:
navigation, search Stilt Sandpiper Conservation status
Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae Genus:
Calidris (disputed) Species: C. himantopus Binomial name
Calidris himantopus (Bonaparte, 1826) Micropalama himantopus
Stilt Sandpiper Quintana, Texas The Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris
himantopus) or Micropalama himantopus, is a small shorebird; it
bears some resemblance to the smaller calidrid sandpipers or
"stints". DNA sequence information is incapable of determining
whether it should be placed in Calidris or in the monotypic
genus Micropalama.[2] It appears most closely allied with the
Curlew Sandpiper,[3] which is another aberrant species only
tentatively placed in Calidris and could conceivably separated
with it in Erolia. This species nests on the ground, laying
three or four eggs. The male has a display flight. Outside the
breeding season, this bird is normally f |
2.347728 | 2.997913 | 65 | Tiffany Doll - mofos girl Tiffany Doll How she was
found/recruited: Can you hear this sex kitten talk dirty in
French without wanting to shove your tongue all the way up her
snatch? This little skank asked our guy to film her getting
pounded in her tight wet pussy and firm ass, and he was happy to
help. Age: 26 Ethnicity: Euro Bra size: 34B Height: 5'5 Weight:
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Come and Play 29747 views - 1 year ago Watch all their videos
here! |
-0.398489 | 9.225713 | 16 | How do you remember a name??? - Programmers Heaven Howdy,
Stranger! How do you remember a name??? Eeehzzzz People,
i'm making an Flash game and i want People to enter a name at
the beginning of the game... And the later on in the gam they
see that name, HOW the heck do you do that in flash??? Allrighty
thanxxxx • KnightKnight Posts: 34Member Its Simple.
First create a text window and select Text options to input.
Then you type in a variable name. Then you create a new text
window anywhere in your flash game. and select the Text
options to Dynamic Text. Then type in the variable name.
A sample? (Open this in flash) • ajoyajoy Posts: 17Member
hey there, 1.first declare a variable which will contain
your name 2. when a user enters a name it gets stored into
the variable 3. when you call the movie in which you wnat to
display the name you pass the value of this variable into the
movie hope this works tell me if you need a fla file
with a simple |
-2.159878 | 5.784444 | -1 | Take the 2-minute tour × In case I lose my credit card and I'm
abroad how can I receive money electronically? I've heard there
are some "transfer companies", and that provide you a temporary
bank account for the transfer. Could you give me some
information about it ? More in particular, I'm interested in
South America. share|improve this question Can you clarify what
is it that you want to do? Because for what you describe Western
Union and Moneygram will work just fine. – Karlson Mar 21 '13
at 12:36 What credit card do you have? Some credit card
companies offer emergency replacements and emergency cash
advances if you loose your card overseas. Worth checking if
yours is one of the helpful ones! – Gagravarr Mar 21 '13 at
15:04 @Gagravarr good one, thanks I will check. Although it
might be too late to get a replacement card, I'm leaving in 5
days – Patrick Mar 21 '13 at 15:05 add comment 2 Answers up
vote 3 down vote accepted Companies like Western Union (they're
the biggest and because of the Nigeri |
-0.652897 | 2.161864 | -1 | Monday, August 13, 2012 Why is India's Olympic Output so
Dismal? The Student Perspective At the 2012 Summery Olympics,
India won 4 bronze medals, 2 silver, and zero gold. How can 20%
of humanity win barely 0.003% of its Summer Olympic medals? For
most of modern Olympic history, the excuse given was that India
was poor and undernourished; although poorer countries were/are
faring better. Now, with a booming economy and an emerging
middle class, many with first world problems, new fallacies have
emerged. The NYT India Blog claims claims that is a cultural
issue "School-age children are encouraged to study hard, and
parents often see sports as an unwanted intrusion on academics".
Actually, school-age children in India are encouraged to study
hard, but the extra pressure is a consequence of other problems
in India's higher education. - a result of of generations of bad
policies. First, decades of bad policies have ensured that
there simply aren't enough university seats to go around. About
8 million studen |
-0.492744 | 8.972273 | 16 | Hobby-hacking Eric So we have in Haskell quite a few consumer
applications 1. revision control system 2. text editor 3.
window manager 1 comment: Creighton Hogg said... Well, I have
thought about features I'd like to see in an e-mail client, the
main one being a more complicated web structure showing the
development and relationship between conversations. I could see
laziness making something like that more feasible. |
0.052129 | 0.366389 | -1 | March 14, 2009 New England exceptionalism-the odd one out in
the early Republic Who was the true "speical" or "unamerican"
region in the history of the early American republic? Southern
exceptoinalism in early US history as we have seen while real
was limited. That is it consisted mostly of direct and
indirectly of slavery .However an alternative candidate a very
credible one was New England- the Six States Vermont,
Massachusetts Rhode Island, Connecticut Maine and New Hampshire-
at the north east corner of the United States then as now. They
were historically perhaps the most distinctive part of the
United States at that point. Most American states were crown
colonies or states essentially formed out of them (this was even
true of somewhat Quaker Pennsylvania and somewhat Catholic
Maryland-they were closely tied to royal patronage).. The
earlier Massachusetts colonies were the product of religious
dissenters-people who disapproved of early 17th century England
as too Catholic and insufficiently "godly". Th |
-0.327685 | 5.627597 | -1 | + Reply to Thread Results 21 to 30 of 71 1. #21 no wonder
a smart key was no wonder a smart key was developed.. there
are an awful lot of dummies out there. 2. #22 Memo to
Patricia: Don't Memo to Patricia: Don't forget to turn
off your car. I'm amazed that someone would even need to tell
you this. Have you ever forgotten to get dressed before leaving
your house? 3. #23 I am looking at buying a I am
looking at buying a camry hybrid, and was wondering what the
black button is on the 2 front door handles. I assume it is a
part of the smartkey. 4. #24 With the Smart key system,
With the Smart key system, you can keep the key fob in your
pocket the whole time. The black button is what you hit to lock
the car when you get out so you don't have to dig the fob out of
your pocket. Note that the car usually senses if the key
fob is inside or out, although it's not always perfect. So if
you leave the keys in the car, shut the door and hit the black
button, it |
-2.315617 | 0.552186 | -1 | @techreport{NBERw1102, title = "Taxes and Labor Supply", author
= "Jerry A. Hausman", institution = "National Bureau of Economic
Research", type = "Working Paper", series = "Working Paper
Series", number = "1102", year = "1983", month = "March", URL =
"http://www.nber.org/papers/w1102", abstract = {Over 75% of
Federal tax revenue is raised through the income tax and FICA
taxes. The potential effects on labor supply and economic
welfare are important because of the large and increasing
reliance on direct taxation. Over the past few years significant
legislative changes have occurred with respect to taxation of
labor: the 25% tax cuts,indexation,the tax credit for working
spouses, and likely increases in FICA taxation.I reviewr ecent
econometric work which measures the effect of taxes on labor
supply and which analyzes the likely effects of tax law changes
on labor supply and economic welfare.Sections 1 and 2 develop
the theory and econometric techniques for models of labor supply
with taxes. Section 3 discusse |
4.111915 | 3.319664 | 5 | picture in picture FF2012: 'Dredd' Heads Alex Garland and Karl
Urban talk politics and hard R comic adaptations By Richard
Whittaker, 5:14PM, Sun. Sep. 23, 2012 Into a grimy future: Karl
Urban in 'Dredd 3D' As judge, jury and executioner, comics
anti-hero Judge Dredd seems like a someone who'll shoot the bad
guy in the head for no reason. "Not for no reason," says Karl
Urban, who gets to don the iconic helmet for the new Dredd 3D.
It's a hard-R take on the mythology of the ultimate, unrelenting
future cop. Over the years, the character has had to contend
with some cartoonish elements (he was lumbered with a lisping
mechanical sidekick for years called Walter the Wobot). But this
new cinematic outing cuts out all the frivolousness, and heads
straight for the jugular. Often with a heart-seeking high-
explosive round. "That's just the way I like telling stories,"
said script writer Alex Garland. "I work in genre but I play it
straight. I'm not into high camp like The Fifth Element or the
previous Dredd mov |
2.961618 | 2.343894 | 25 | Survival of the fittest Helen Walsh has a novel take on
feminism - for her it means unlimited lapdancing from a front
row seat, respect from prostitutes if she's paying the fee,
sympathy for men, the true victims of porn, and a credo that
looks matter. She's 26, with a big mind, a fast mouth and a
first book coming out. Zoe Williams gets the hang of it Helen
Walsh's first novel, Brass, is an incredibly uplifting
experience. I don't mean that in the sense that it is full of
redemption, or messages of hope, or helpful life lessons. Not
much could be further from the truth; about the most useful
lesson it has to offer is that you can drive, and not at all
badly, on really strong ecstasy. Besides that, the bad guys win,
the good guys come last and everyone else just gets good and
drunk. Actually, that's not entirely true - there are no bad
guys, only flawed ones, of whom the most blemished (yet charming
with it) is Millie, the protagonist. She has a lot of sex,
mainly with women, although she does go off-piste |
2.995055 | 5.149336 | 2 | News Article Nintendo Champ Puts Coveted Golden Mario Trophy Up
For Auction Posted by Damien McFerran Got a spare $300,000?
Way back in 1990, Thor Aackerlund saw off all challengers to
secure the Nintendo World Championships in the 12-17 category.
Now, over twenty years later, he's selling his one of a kind
trophy on eBay for an eye-watering $300,000. Just in case
you're thinking that figure is a little high, it should also be
noted that included in the auction is the actual controller
Aackerlund used to win the contest. Still not convinced? Well
allow the man himself to explain why these items are so darn
collectable: The NWC (Nintendo World Championship) contest
stands easily as the largest video game contest in history,
filling the largest convention halls in cities from coast to
coast. It went on for 9 long months traveling the country before
culminating at Universal Studios in Hollywood, California. At
the finals the grand prize was a car, a TV, a savings bond, and
the golden Mario statue itself. |
-1.90594 | 3.95698 | 154 | Foreign Affairs; Don't Punish Africa Published: March 07, 2000
There is a travesty brewing in Congress that, if allowed to
continue, will be a source of shame for all Americans. It will
certainly be an ugly stain on the U.S. labor movement,
particularly the apparel union and the A.F.L.-C.I.O. -- a stain
that will highlight all the unions' phony-baloney assertions in
Seattle that they just want to improve worker rights around the
world and help the poor. This controversy has to do with a
stalled trade bill called The African Growth and Opportunity
Act. And the bottom line is this: At a time when Africa is
ravaged by AIDS, at a time when 290 million Africans -- more
than the entire population of the U.S. -- are living on a dollar
a day, the main U.S. textile union, UNITE!; the main textile
manufacturers' lobby, ATMI; and the lawmakers who bow to both of
them are blocking a bill that would allow Africans to export
clothing to America duty free -- instead of with the current 17
percent import tax. Why the opp |
0.436094 | -0.477415 | -1 | Vernon "Woody" Woodward World War II Fighter Ace A Short
History Vernon Crompton Woodward entered the world on Dec. 22,
1916 as the first of three children. His father ran a market
garden on Vancouver Island. As a youngster he was interested in
hunting. He owned a .30-.30 rifle when he was 14 and could kill
a deer on the run with one shot. But, oddly enough, he wasn't
much good with a shotgun. Early in 1938 he decided to enlist
with the Royal Air Force, as he was a "British subject". He
didn't go for the RCAF as they were taking only university
graduates for pilot training. This policy is similar to what is
done today, for in peace time the military staffs lower
positions with the officers of the future if there is a war.
Then the lower ranks can be quickly filled with men that are not
so highly educated. In 1938, the RAF was expanding as rapidly as
the government would allow it, in response to European tensions.
Germany was coming out of the depression through a rearmament
scheme, Hitler had pulled off t |
-2.4065 | 0.22718 | 104 | You're watching... ExxonMobil Paying More Than Its Fair Share
in Taxes? This transcript is automatically generated Well it
was a record day or near record day -- one of the world's
biggest companies ExxonMobil. Now the oil giant barely -- a
record for full year earnings today just under 45 million
dollars. 340 million shy of its -- -- 1008 record profit.
Exxon said its net income equaled two dollars and twenty cents a
share or about ten billion dollars. Even with revenue falling
5% it's a huge number Kodak company. As a result of the success
people on the left rail against is companies saying hey they
don't deserve the massive tax breaks they're getting. These big
-- oil guys have to pay their fair share like the rest of
successful I mean I'm sorry wealthy -- -- expense take a look at
this. For the fourth quarter Exxon paid nearly seven and a half
billion dollars in income taxes. Nearly eighty billion in sales
taxes and nearly nine billion an assorted other taxes that's a
total. A more than 24 b |
2.522966 | 8.779974 | 24 | , Volume 176, Issue 1, pp 209-220 Weak convergence in the dual
of weak Lp Purchase on Springer.com $39.95 / €34.95 / £29.95*
Rent the article at a discount Rent now * Final gross prices
may vary according to local VAT. Get Access We consider a
Dedekind σ-complete Banach lattice E whose dual is weakly
sequentially complete. Suppose that E has a positive element u
and a family of positive operators $ \mathcal{G} $ such that
1. each T′, T $ \mathcal{G} $ , is a lattice homomorphism 2.
$ \cup _{T \in \mathcal{G}} $ [−u, u] contains the unit ball of
E 3. for any sequence (x n ) ⊂ [0, u] of pairwise disjoint
elements and for any sequence (T n ) ⊂ $ \mathcal{G} $ the
sequence (T n x n ) is majorized in E. We show that such a
space is a Grothendieck space, i.e., in the dual every weak*
convergent sequence converges weakly (Theorem 1). We prove that
Weak L p on a real interval satisfies the conditions above if 1
< p < ∞ (Theorem 2). Then we show that every Weak L p space is a
Grothendieck space (The |
-0.772176 | 10.286531 | 20 | Take the 2-minute tour × I have a number of autocomplete list
on a couple forms and wondering if there are better way to
validating this form Because some of fields have 1000 rows of
data we need to use autocomplete not just selection list. The
problem is not only user can select from the autocomplete list
but they can enter manually without selecting from the
autocomplete list. Because of this I need to validate the data
on submit synchronously to make sure all fields are valid. But
since I have to check the fields synchronously it takes more
time. I am not sure this is correct way to do it. Or should I
just depend on the server side to give me back the error
instead? We are developing restful web app with backbone on the
front end and .net as server side. share|improve this question
1 Answer 1 What JQuery validate plugin are you using? Assuming
you are using some named plugin, the time factor varies
depending on the plug-in implementation. You can test it
yourself before making a choice. You said you |
3.254637 | 5.177825 | -1 | Take the 2-minute tour × By "building," I refer to those
activities such as roads and settlements that are heavy on wood
and brick requirements. By "development," I refer to those
activities that require the other three commodities, ore, grain,
and wool, such as buying cities and development cards. Is it
possible to be "too good" at the building phase of the game, to
the detriment of the development phase of the game? Conversely
is it possible to be so focused on development that you fall
critically behind in building? How do you avoid these pitfalls?
Is there a transition/balance between building and development,
and if so, how do you manage it? share|improve this question
Your "building" phase is more commonly referred to as
"expansion" – bengoesboom Sep 21 '13 at 5:30 This question
should really probably be at least 2 questions. – bengoesboom
Sep 22 '13 at 4:08 @bengoesboom: "It should be at least 2
questions." Under other circumstances I would agree with you.
But this is a comparison/contrast quest |
-0.025472 | 3.377842 | 138 | Sunday, March 11, 2007 Nope, no bias there. Just kidding. The
actual opening paragraph from Reuters was Bias, anyone?
Anonymous said... "Bias, anyone?" Sure, I'll have some. Oh,
wait, I'm already getting so much that I'm turning into a
Biasbetic. I'll pass then. Alcibiades said... Why I'm so
offended I might launch a campaign called "Take Back the
Daylight". It's goal is simple, to move DST back to April. Of
course, if that's too much work, I'll just leave the lights on
during the day and nullify any savings. phlegmfatale said...
What drives me nuts is the people who say we "gain" an hour of
daylight. People like that should come replete with drool cups
attached. Seamus said... Don't forget all the agricultural
folk who seem to think that DST actually means that they lose an
hour of daylight. As if the MAN-MADE time system has any
influence at all on when the sun comes up. BobG said... I
still have yet to see a reason that it helps anyone. You have
lights on before the sun comes up, and you |
3.5673 | -3.34387 | -1 | October 21, 2009 VIDEO: Pipers capture MIAC victory over Scots
For post-match reaction from Anna Murie (Jr., Grand Forks, N.D.)
and head coach Lynette Bernardy, click here. Hamline won the
match by set scores of 25-12, 25-18, 25-15. The Pipers jumped
out to a quick 7-1 lead in the opening set, forcing Macalester
to call an early timeout to regroup. The Scots closed their
deficit to three at 8-5, but the Pipers pulled out a large
advantage again - getting a double-digit lead at 21-11. Hamline
maintained that lead to win the first set, 25-12, as Simmons
tallied five kills in the opening frame. To start the second
set, the teams played to a 4-4 draw before the Scots pulled
ahead 6-4 on a Piper attacking error and a kill from Taylor
Tinkham (So., St. Louis Park, Minn.). Heather Bly (Fy., Amery,
Wis.) recorded a kill and Anna Murie (Jr., Grand Forks, N.D.) a
service ace to start a five-point Hamline run for a 9-6 lead.
The hosts carried that momentum to a 15-12 lead that the Scots
evened by taking advan |
3.055596 | 2.272918 | 25 | Final Fantasy Spectrum, 14th Century / Plays To Please EP
(Blocks Recording Club / States Rights Records/Slender Means
Society; 2008) By Dom Sinacola | 24 October 2008 As with the
charming company he keeps, Owen Pallett treats his influences
like a turkey dinner, first glutting on the skin and then
picking his teeth with a rib bone. His output has mostly been
wispy chamber pop arranged for his friends and—some might say
for self-absorbed reasons—for himself, but the form he only
exploits for the obvious tension at its core: three or four
classically trained, young, attractive musicians, white
probably, sitting in a small space making art that must at some
point bend to the art of another person in the tiny room. Then
Pallet domesticizes the music by pitching his fey tenor over the
whole proceeding, poking fun, but never too much fun, and
dropping a fat hock of hierarchy in the lap of any player to
ever join Pallett in that white room where magic happens. Final
Fantasy, then, is untenably one-sided; I happ |
-4.315715 | 1.177256 | 18 | Wheaton College duo tries everything on local menu December 07,
2012|By Michelle Manchir, Chicago Tribune reporter Colleagues
Kerry J Haps and Brian Porick had always joked about ordering
the entire menu at the Smokehouse Restaurant in Wheaton. The
fast casual restaurant famous for its gyros and burgers on North
Main Street was a regular lunch spot for the audio engineers at
Wheaton College. Last December, their joke became a mission,
with the pair mapping out a year's worth of meals at the diner.
They wanted to be the first on record to try everything. The
ribs. The foot-long polish sausage. The whole chicken. Nothing
was off the table. On Thursday, the duo, with more than a dozen
supportive colleagues and family by their side, reached their
goal of trying everything, including drinks and side items. The
last meal? A New York Strip steak dinner, on the house. "I go,
if you guys do this, then the last meal's on me," said Ken
Jimenez, co-owner of the restaurant. He snapped a photo with his
phone of the m |
-0.984753 | 9.892437 | 15 | Take the 2-minute tour × I'm wondering how sites these days are
managing their content and AJAX calls. How is it that Facebook
is able to have a URL like: http://www.facebook.com/zuck
without with / on the end of zuck like
http://www.facebook.com/zuck/ This is obviously really handy as
they don't actually need to create a sub-directory called zuck.
I noticed as well that places like http://hypem.com/popular is
doing it too. Convenient for them as they're able to run their
media player without breaks and they don't need to to have a #
in their URL. share|improve this question closed as unclear
what you're asking by Musa, Mr. Alien, vladr, BeatAlex, Paul-Jan
Mar 6 at 12:27 The answer is .htaccess URL Rewrite – Mr.
Alien Nov 15 '12 at 4:31 URLs don't have to map to a filestem!
zuck/ does not have to be a directory somewhere. Some
applications take the URL and map it to a filesystem, some don't
(take Ruby on Rails and its map.resources.) And I don't
understand why on Earth you came to think that the tra |
-1.911077 | 2.597569 | 54 | ChristianAnswers.Net WebBible Encyclopedia Hebrew: Peres = to
“break” or “crush” the lammer-geier, or bearded vulture, the
largest of the whole vulture tribe It was an unclean bird (Lev.
11:13; Deut. 14:12). It is not a gregarious bird, and is found
but rarely in Israel. “When the other vultures have picked the
flesh off any animal, he comes in at the end of the feast, and
swallows the bones, or breaks them, and swallows the pieces if
he cannot otherwise extract the marrow. The bones he cracks
[hence the appropriateness of the name ossifrage, i.e., ‘bone-
breaker’] by letting them fall on a rock from a great height. He
does not, however, confine himself to these delicacies, but
whenever he has an opportunity will devour lambs, kids, or
hares. These he generally obtains by pushing them over cliffs,
when he has watched his opportunity; and he has been known to
attack men while climbing rocks, and dash them against the
bottom. But tortoises and serpents are his ordinary food… No
doubt it was a lammer-geier t |
-0.044352 | 4.148256 | -1 | Angel Fire Resort | Ability Chart for Snowboarders Book Now #
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avoiding hard falls….but mostly having fun! You can perform
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Your goal is to continue to develop tow and heel side skills,
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changes and elementary turns. Your goal is to begin linking
turns and varying turn shape and size with rhythmic movements.
You are linking turns on green terrain with confidence,
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