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Strippers vs. Werewolves (2012)
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Jonathan Glendening
Billy Murray
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Review by Chad
First, there was Zombie Strippers, and then along came Zombies vs Strippers. That covers the living dead, but we've also had spectral strippers, vampire strippers, and of course, how could we forget about From Dusk Till Dawn? So, what about werewolves? Apparently, somebody asked that question one day, and thus, Strippers vs Werewolves came to be. I wasn't expecting to be blown away by a movie like this, and lo and behold, I wasn't. However, that doesn't mean that it was a waste of time, either.
As the title might imply, the film centers on two very different sets of characters. The strippers are just what you'd expect: a bunch of young ladies in a seedy bar, showing off some skin for paying customers on a nightly basis. This leads us to Justice (Adele Silva), a lovely little lass donning the traditional schoolgirl uniform, who is giving a private show in a small room for one particularly odd fellow. Said customer gets a little too excited during the show, and wouldn't you know it: he's a damned werewolf, and his excitement leads him to transform right then and there. Of course, Justice isn't going to just stand there and get eaten by this overgrown mutt, so she pulls out her fountain pen (you know, schoolgirls always carry pens) and stabs it in the eye... and since the ink pen was made out of silver, the wolf drops dead. Jeanette (Sarah Douglas), the owner of the bar and a woman with experience in werewolf-hunting, comes in and sets to covering this "murder" up, and we have ourselves a happy ending... right?
Not quite. You see, this werewolf victim belonged to a pack led by alpha male Jack Ferris (Billy Murray), a ruthless wolf who sees all humans as nothing more than food and entertainment. In an introductory scene, Jack and a few of his lycan boys show up and make a bunch of mobsters look like little pansies, as just one example of their viciousness. When the pack discovers that one of their own has been killed, they set out to get a measure of revenge on whoever wronged them... and wouldn't you know it, their hunt leads them to the aforementioned strip club and its working ladies. As an added twist, one of the werewolves (Martin Compston) is dating one of the strippers, but neither of them knows about what the other does at night. Turns out, it's a shock for both of them. Throw in a nerdy monster hunter (Simon Phillips), a cameo by Robert Englund, and Lucy Pinder as a vampire bride, and we have a film.
Strippers vs Werewolves, if the synopsis didn't give it away, is not meant to be taken as a serious horror flick. You're not going to find yourself scared of the dark after watching it, and hell, you're not even going to get hit with any jump scares. However, it's not a purely comedic affair, either. Sure, there are laughs to be had, but it plays out as more of a supernatural action flick than anything else - action on a budget, granted, but action none the less. These wolves want to kill the bitches that slaughtered one of their pack members. These strippers are fighting for their lives. Throw on some skimpy Little Red Riding Hood outfits, put on a little eighties dance music, and find out who will survive when the two factions wage war. It's simple enough, and if it sounds like something you could find yourself sucked into, you might enjoy it.
To the film's credit, it did manage to hold my interest from start to finish. While it may seem that the plot doesn't have enough material to keep it running for ninety minutes without resorting to padding, I found that there was enough subplots and side stories to keep things moving along nicely. Hell, I'll even give most of the cast credit for being fairly decent in front of the cameras: again, a shocker from a movie like this. It may say "strippers" in the title, and yes, there are boobies to be found (less than you'd expect), but these are real actresses in a legitimate film. Of course, there's the inevitable battle royal at the end, and even that was a pretty good payoff: not must-see, sure, but damned entertaining.
The only big downside to the movie is the werewolves themselves. As characters, they work out well: they are menacing, the characters portraying them are appropriately vicious, and everything plays out as it should. However, the actual makeup effects leave a lot to be desired. You see, these werewolves are nothing more than men with some thick mutton chops, unkempt heads of hair, and pointy fangs. I get that this was a low budget affair, but I'd be lying if I said that I wasn't disappointed by the constant shattering of the illusion. I want to see werewolves, damn it, not bearded men, and in a movie that has "werewolves" right there in the title, I was expecting something more.
In the end, I'm going to give this one a slightly above-average recommendation. It's really one of those movies where the title sells itself and tells you everything that you need to know. Are you up for seeing some scantily-clad strippers square off with some werewolves? Do you want to see some carnage, some bloodshed, some entrails, and maybe a bit of titillation? If you answered "yes" to all of the above, then you'll probably enjoy the movie. I doubt that you'll love it, and I'm not saying that it's an instant classic, but you'll probably find something to enjoy here. 7/10.
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BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- The Democrats are back in charge of the House of Representatives and in the majority of state capitols. And they are close to being in control of the Senate. And for some pundits and gurus, that means it's time to revisit one's retirement, estate and financial plans.
For most preretirees and retirees, the revisit will result in some minor tweaks here and there. For the wealthiest of Americans, especially those who face potentially big estate-tax bills come 2011, the revisit could result in some major overhauls.
"It's time to build flexibility into your plans," said Mark Nash, co-author of "PricewaterhouseCooper's 2007 Guide to Tax and Financial Planning."
No matter whether one is wealthy or just average, experts say that Americans will have more than enough time to make the changes to their plans. There are two reasons for that.
First, the Democrats, sensing that they could take control of the White House in 2008, won't propose drastic changes to ordinary income tax rates, or the alternative minimum tax or even estate tax rates over the next two years. Doing so, would put at risk their chances for having a Democrat as President in two years.
Second, Stephen McKee, president of Investment Selections & Timing says having Democrats in control the House and possibly the Senate and the Republicans in control the White House will result only in gridlock. "Don't let a Congress shift wag the investment dog, unless and until major changes are enacted," he said.
So what changes should average and wealthy Americans make over the next two years?
If ordinary income tax rates rise in the future -- say after 2008 -- then Roth IRAs start to look like a golden goose. Robert Keebler of accounting and consulting firm Virchow, Krause & Co., said retirees and preretirees should all plan on contributing to Roth IRAs or Roth 401(k)s and they should plan on converting either now or when eligible their traditional IRAs into Roth IRAs.
Experts like Roth IRAs because unlike traditional IRAs there are no required minimum distributions. And unlike traditional IRAs, distributions from Roth IRAs are not taxed.
At present, Americans, single or married, with modified adjusted gross incomes of less than $100,000 can covert their traditional IRA into a Roth IRA, according to Nash. But come 2010, Nash said Uncle Sam will remove the $100,000 ceiling on modified adjusted gross income and all taxpayers will be able to convert their traditional IRAs to Roth IRAs if they desire.
What's more, taxpayers can spread the income from Roth IRA conversions done in 2010 over tax years 2011 and 2012. Taxpayers who convert traditional IRAs to a Roth IRA do have to pay income tax on the amount converted, but they don't have to pay the 10% penalty that applies to early IRA withdrawals.
At present, experts say it's unlikely that the estate tax will be repealed or even reformed anytime soon. "I think there will be no action or deadlock on estate tax reform/repeal until after 2008," said Michael Jones of Thompson Jones.
Under current law, a federal estate tax is due on estates worth more than $2 million for those dying in 2006, 2007 or 2008. A federal estate tax will be due on estates worth more than $3.5 million for those dying in 2009. The federal estate tax will be repealed in 2010 and, come 2011, a federal estate tax will be due on estates worth more than $1 million.
Of note, the federal maximum tax rates will fall from 46% this year to 45% in 2007, 2008, and 2009. The tax rate is repealed in 2010 and then returns to 55% in 2011.
Nash, for his part, expects Congress to increase at some point the amount exempt from federal estate taxes to $5 million per person as proposed by then House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bill Thomas, R-Calif., in H.R. 5638 and Keebler says federal estate tax watchers should explore the Joint Committee on Taxation's Web site to get a sense of potential changes. Visit that Web site.
Unsure what the future ultimately holds, however, both Keebler and Nash says taxpayers should continue if not accelerate their efforts to reduce their taxable estates. "Americans should take advantage of current rules," said Nash, who recommends that taxpayers start by reviewing their wills and how their property is owned.
Taxpayers can this year and next transfer $12,000 ($24,000 for most married couples) to each of an unlimited number of individuals free of gift tax, according to Nash's book. Gifts beyond that are taxable, but only to the extent they exceed $1 million over a donor's life.
According to Nash, making annual gifts removes property from your estate at no gift or estate tax cost and often shifts income-earning property to family members in lower-income tax brackets. What's more, future appreciation in the value of gifted property is also removed from your estate.
In addition to the $12,000 annual exclusion, Nash's book notes that there is an unlimited exclusion for any tuition you pay directly to a school or for medical-care payments you pay directly to a health-care provider on someone else's behalf.
In addition, the Pension Protection Act of 2006 allows IRA owners age 701/2 or older to make direct transfers of up to $100,000 per year from their IRA to a charity. The provision became available for IRA distributions taken after Aug. 17, 2006 and applies only through the end of 2007. Read more.
Use valuation discounts. According to Nash's book, transfers of certain types of assets, typically a minority interest in a business, may permit the use of a valuation discount for gift and estate tax purposes.
Consider trusts. According to Nash, married couples should have a credit shelter or family trust in their estate plan if the combined assets exceed the estate tax exemption amount of $2 million in 2006. In addition, Nash suggests the use of life instance trusts as a way to shelter the proceeds from a life insurance policy from estate taxes. And Keebler suggests the use of a grantor retained annuity trust. That's a trust in which a person puts property expected to appreciate, such as S corporation stock or publicly traded stock, into the trust but keeps the initial value of the investment and earns a fixed return. In addition, Keebler recommends the use of something called a dynasty trust. That's a trust that lets you set aside assets for the benefit of grandchildren and great-grandchildren without incurring gift, estate or generation-skipping transfer taxes.
Review your will and estate plan to determine what adjustments are needed to benefit from changes to the estate and gift tax and to avoid potentially costly pitfalls. Especially consider whether you need to change or eliminate an existing credit shelter trust arrangement.
Use asset ownership forms that maximize estate tax savings, for instance limited liability companies or limited partnerships.
Review the use of joint ownership. Make sure each spouse has enough assets in his or her own name to fund credit shelter trusts or other testamentary objectives.
Make annual exclusion gifts each year ($12,000 per donee in 2006).
Pay tuition expenses directly to an educational institution or make a payment to a health-care provider on behalf of a donee. Consider a multiyear tuition gift, where appropriate.
Transfer existing life insurance policies into a life insurance trust. Acquire any new life insurance policies within a life insurance trust.
Put rapidly appreciating assets into grantor retained annuity trust or sell them to an intentionally defective trust.
Reconsider the investment mix of trust assets to take advantage of lower dividend and capital gain tax rates.
Structure asset ownership to take advantage of valuation discounts.


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CREATION AND THE FALL
[Contents] [End Notes] [Scripture Index]
(1) In our former book [1] we dealt fully enough with a few of the chief points about the heathen worship of idols, and how those false fears originally arose. We also, by God's grace, briefly indicated that the Word of the Father is Himself divine, that all things that are owe their being to His will and power, and that it is through Him that the Father gives order to creation, by Him that all things are moved, and through Him that they receive their being. Now, Macarius, true lover of Christ, we must take a step further in the faith of our holy religion, and consider also the Word's becoming Man and His divine Appearing in our midst. That mystery the Jews traduce, the Greeks deride, but we adore; and your own love and devotion to the Word also will be the greater, because in His Manhood He seems so little worth. For it is a fact that the more unbelievers pour scorn on Him, so much the more does He make His Godhead evident. The things which they, as men, rule out as impossible, He plainly shows to be possible; that which they deride as unfitting, His goodness makes most fit; and things which these wiseacres laugh at as "human" He by His inherent might declares divine. Thus by what seems His utter poverty and weakness on the cross He overturns the pomp and parade of idols, and quietly and hiddenly wins over the mockers and unbelievers to recognize Him as God.
Now in dealing with these matters it is necessary first to recall what has already been said. You must understand why it is that the Word of the Father, so great and so high, has been made manifest in bodily form. He has not assumed a body as proper to His own nature, far from it, for as the Word He is without body. He has been manifested in a human body for this reason only, out of the love and goodness of His Father, for the salvation of us men. We will begin, then, with the creation of the world and with God its Maker, for the first fact that you must grasp is this: the renewal of creation has been wrought by the Self-same Word Who made it in the beginning. There' is thus no inconsistency between creation and salvation for the One Father has employed the same Agent for both works, effecting the salvation of the world through the same Word Who made it in the beginning.
(2) In regard to the making of the universe and the creation of all things there have been various opinions, and each person has propounded the theory that suited his own taste. For instance, some say that all things are self-originated and, so to speak, haphazard. The Epicureans are among these; they deny that there is any Mind behind the universe at all. This view is contrary to all the facts of experience, their own existence included. For if all things had come into being in this automatic fashion, instead of being the outcome of Mind, though they existed, they would all be uniform and without distinction. In the universe everything would be sun or moon or whatever it was, and in the human body the whole would be hand or eye or foot. But in point of fact the sun and the moon and the earth are all different things, and even within the human body there are different members, such as foot and hand and head. This distinctness of things argues not a spontaneous generation but a prevenient Cause; and from that Cause we can apprehend God, the Designer and Maker of all.
Others take the view expressed by Plato, that giant among the Greeks. He said that God had made all things out of pre-existent and uncreated matter, just as the carpenter makes things only out of wood that already exists. But those who hold this view do not realize that to deny that God is Himself the Cause of matter is to impute limitation to Him, just as it is undoubtedly a limitation on the part of the carpenter that he can make nothing unless he has the wood. How could God be called Maker and Artificer if His ability to make depended on some other cause, namely on matter itself? If He only worked up existing matter and did not Himself bring matter into being, He would be not the Creator but only a craftsman.
Then, again, there is the theory of the Gnostics, who have invented for themselves an Artificer of all things other than the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. These simply shut their eyes to the obvious meaning of Scripture. For instance, the Lord, having reminded the Jews of the statement in Genesis,
"He Who created them in the beginning made them male and female . . . ," and having shown that for that reason a man should leave his parents and cleave to his wife, goes on to say with reference to the Creator, "What therefore God has joined together, let no man put asunder." [2]
How can they get a creation independent of the Father out of that? And, again, St. John, speaking all inclusively, says,
"All things became by Him and without Him came nothing into being."[3]
How then could the Artificer be someone different, other than the Father of Christ?
(3) Such are the notions which men put forward. But the impiety of their foolish talk is plainly declared by the divine teaching of the Christian faith. From it we know that, because there is Mind behind the universe, it did not originate itself; because God is infinite, not finite, it was not made from pre-existent matter, but out of nothing and out of non-existence absolute and utter God brought it into being through the Word. He says as much in Genesis:
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth;[4]
and again through that most helpful book The Shepherd,
"Believe thou first and foremost that there is One God Who created and arranged all things and brought them out of non-existence into being."[5]
Paul also indicates the same thing when he says,
"By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the Word of God, so that the things which we see now did not come into being out of things which had previously appeared."[6]
For God is good--or rather, of all goodness He is Fountainhead, and it is impossible for one who is good to be mean or grudging about anything. Grudging existence to none therefore, He made all things out of nothing through His own Word, our Lord Jesus Christ and of all these His earthly creatures He reserved especial mercy for the race of men. Upon them, therefore, upon men who, as animals, were essentially impermanent, He bestowed a grace which other creatures lacked--namely the impress of His own Image, a share in the reasonable being of the very Word Himself, so that, reflecting Him and themselves becoming reasonable and expressing the Mind of God even as He does, though in limited degree they might continue for ever in the blessed and only true life of the saints in paradise. But since the will of man could turn either way, God secured this grace that He had given by making it conditional from the first upon two things--namely, a law and a place. He set them in His own paradise, and laid upon them a single prohibition. If they guarded the grace and retained the loveliness of their original innocence, then the life of paradise should be theirs, without sorrow, pain or care, and after it the assurance of immortality in heaven. But if they went astray and became vile, throwing away their birthright of beauty, then they would come under the natural law of death and live no longer in paradise, but, dying outside of it, continue in death and in corruption. This is what Holy Scripture tells us, proclaiming the command of God,
"Of every tree that is in the garden thou shalt surely eat, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil ye shall not eat, but in the day that ye do eat, ye shall surely die."[7]
"Ye shall surely die"--not just die only, but remain in the state of death and of corruption.
(4) You may be wondering why we are discussing the origin of men when we set out to talk about the Word's becoming Man. The former subject is relevant to the latter for this reason: it was our sorry case that caused the Word to come down, our transgression that called out His love for us, so that He made haste to help us and to appear among us. It is we who were the cause of His taking human form, and for our salvation that in His great love He was both born and manifested in a human body. For God had made man thus (that is, as an embodied spirit), and had willed that he should remain in incorruption. But men, having turned from the contemplation of God to evil of their own devising, had come inevitably under the law of death. Instead of remaining in the state in which God had created them, they were in process of becoming corrupted entirely, and death had them completely under its dominion. For the transgression of the commandment was making them turn back again according to their nature; and as they had at the beginning come into being out of non-existence, so were they now on the way to returning, through corruption, to non-existence again. The presence and love of the Word had called them into being; inevitably, therefore when they lost the knowledge of God, they lost existence with it; for it is God alone Who exists, evil is non-being, the negation and antithesis of good. By nature, of course, man is mortal, since he was made from nothing; but he bears also the Likeness of Him Who is, and if he preserves that Likeness through constant contemplation, then his nature is deprived of its power and he remains incorrupt. So is it affirmed in Wisdom:
"The keeping of His laws is the assurance of incorruption."[8]
And being incorrupt, he would be henceforth as God, as Holy Scripture says,
"I have said, Ye are gods and sons of the Highest all of you: but ye die as men and fall as one of the princes."[9]
(5) This, then, was the plight of men. God had not only made them out of nothing, but had also graciously bestowed on them His own life by the grace of the Word. Then, turning from eternal things to things corruptible, by counsel of the devil, they had become the cause of their own corruption in death; for, as I said before, though they were by nature subject to corruption, the grace of their union with the Word made them capable of escaping from the natural law, provided that they retained the beauty of innocence with which they were created. That is to say, the presence of the Word with them shielded them even from natural corruption, as also Wisdom says:
"God created man for incorruption and as an image of His own eternity; but by envy of the devil death entered into the world."[10]
When this happened, men began to die, and corruption ran riot among them and held sway over them to an even more than natural degree, because it was the penalty of which God had forewarned them for transgressing the commandment. Indeed, they had in their sinning surpassed all limits; for, having invented wickedness in the beginning and so involved themselves in death and corruption, they had gone on gradually from bad to worse, not stopping at any one kind of evil, but continually, as with insatiable appetite, devising new kinds of sins. Adulteries and thefts were everywhere, murder and rapine filled the earth, law was disregarded in corruption and injustice, all kinds of iniquities were perpetrated by all, both singly and in common. Cities were warring with cities, nations were rising against nations, and the whole earth was rent with factions and battles, while each strove to outdo the other in wickedness. Even crimes contrary to nature were not unknown, but as the martyr-apostle of Christ says:
"Their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature; and the men also, leaving the natural use of the woman, flamed out in lust towards each other, perpetrating shameless acts with their own sex, and receiving in their own persons the due recompense of their pervertedness."[11]
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5.9 million Chinese short of drinking water: Report
Sat, 01 Mar 2008 18:40 UTC
The number of people facing drinking water shortages in China has more than doubled to 5.9 million because of a severe winter drought, state media reported.
The figures released late on Friday jumped from 2.43 million a week earlier, a Chinese news agency said, citing figures from the State Flood and Drought Relief Headquarters.
China's snowstorms claim 129 lives
Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:27 UTC
China's worst snowstorms in 50 years have killed a total of 129 people so far this winter, Xinhua news agency reported, citing official data.
The agency quoted the Ministry of Civil Affairs as saying the extreme weather has cost the country's economy $21 billion.
Snow and cold weather in China have affected 70 million people in 20 provinces, including Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei and Hunan in central, southern and eastern China.
About 1.66 million people are reported to have been evacuated from the blizzard-hit areas and over 485,000 buildings have collapsed.
Magnitude 7.0 quake hits off Philippine coast-USGS
Eric Beech
A strong earthquake of 7.0 magnitude struck in the ocean off the east coast of the Philippines on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The quake, which struck at 10:11 p.m. local time (1411 GMT), was centered about 116 miles (187 km) east-southeast of Pandan, Catanduanes, at a depth of 20.5 miles (33 km), USGS said.
Extreme weather kills 13 in Europe
BERLIN - Hurricane-strength winds howled across Europe over the weekend, killing 13 people and leaving a trail of destruction as cars were blown off the road, roofs were ripped off and trees fell like matchsticks.
The storm, dubbed "Emma" by forecasters, brought with it winds of up to 200 kilometres (125 miles) an hour and heavy rains as it ripped its way across central Europe.
Severe storm hits Europe
Storm Emma has left a trail of destruction across Europe. Nine people have in total have lost their lives, four in Austria, three in Germany, and two in the Czech Republic. In the United Kingdom thousands of rail passengers suffered delays caused by the severe weather conditions. High winds blew several containers from goods trains onto the rails, blocking the most important rail routes between England and Scotland.
Earthquake felt in Florence, Bologna
An earthquake in central Italy measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale was felt in the cities of Florence and Bologna, news reports said.
No injuries to people or damage to buildings were immediately reported in the earthquake which struck early Saturday, the ANSA news agency said.
Global warming sceptics buoyed by record cold
Catherine Elsworth
Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:54 UTC
Global warming sceptics are pointing to recent record cold temperatures in parts of North America and Asia and the return of Arctic Sea ice to suggest fears about climate change may be overblown.
According to the US National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), the average temperature of the global land surface in January 2008 was below the 20th century mean (-0.02°F/-0.01°C) for the first time since 1982.
Avalanche kills five in Kyrgyzstan
Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:37 UTC
An avalanche in the Issyk-Kul district in northern Kyrgyzstan, has left five people dead, the Central Asian state's emergencies ministry said on Friday.
The tragedy occurred on Thursday evening near the mountainous resort of Lake Issyk Kul. Rescuers have managed to recover three of the bodies while the search is continuing for the others, a spokesman said.
Avalanche hits Russian passenger train in Urals
An avalanche hit a passenger train overnight injuring the driver and blocking the track in the Chelyabinsk district, a South Urals railways spokesman said on Friday.
"The locomotive and the first two carriages, one of which was a freight wagon, took the brunt of the impact. The driver was hospitalized with leg fractures, but no passengers were injured," the spokesman said.
Famed geneticist creating life form that turns CO2 to fuel
A scientist who mapped his genome and the genetic diversity of the oceans said Thursday he is creating a life form that feeds on climate-ruining carbon dioxide to produce fuel.
Mountain lion attacks 5-year-old boy in Redwood City, California


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Q: Bootstrap nav-collapse hide in single page app I am currently using 2.x Bootstrap version for my single-page application.
On the desktop, it works fine.
However on my ipad and mobile phones, it shows a nav button which is good. However, when I click an item in the dropdown item shown, it does not close automatically.
Since, it's a single page app, I find it annoying to click it again to hide to look at the contents.
I tried collapse('hide') when li is clicked on nav-collapse elements but it hides other li elements in the dropdown menus.
$('.nav-collapse > li').click(function(e)
$(this).collapse('hide')
What's the best way to hide when a link is clicked?
Thanks.

A: I hit the same issue as well, and solved it by adding data attributes (modified to collapse only the open .nav-collapse) to the nav item links themselves.
Note the data-target on the links is ".nav-collapse.in" which only selects the expanded nav, thereby acting as a close only.
For example:

            Link

This is tested in Bootstrap 2.2.1 on Mac OSX Chrome only. Although it is repetitive and not DRY, it does keep the collapsing declaration to the HTML.

A: In Bootrap 3.3.4 you can add the following to the anchor tags to auto-close the nav.
data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbar"

A: There is a bug in Twitter Bootstrap's Dropdown plugin (see Issue #4497) which was introduced in 2.1.0 and inadvertently blocks the click events on dropdown menu items.  It should be fixed in 2.1.1.
If you are using a CDN or simply don't want to edit/recompile the bootstrap-dropdown.js, you can just add the following workaround to your page, loading it after bootstrap:
$('body')
  .off('click.dropdown touchstart.dropdown.data-api', '.dropdown')
  .on('click.dropdown touchstart.dropdown.data-api'
    , '.dropdown form'
    , function (e) { e.stopPropagation() })

If you are hosting your own code, and are comfortable building the bootstrap.min.js, then you can make the following edit to bootstrap-dropdown.js on line 145:
'.dropdown'

should be changed to
'.dropdown form'

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While very few musicians get voted into political office, Kalyn Heffernan deserves to be one of them.
The Wheelchair Sports Camp rapper, who is also a disability rights activist and former Indy cover story subject, has filed her candidacy papers for Denver's 2019 Mayoral election, and since released a series of videos that are well worth watching, regardless of your geographic voting status.
But how in the hell am I supposed to work here? [Points at stairs.] Wait, If I'm Mayor can I ban stairs? Wait, can I at least ban assault rifles? Who else is gonna rally our communities together to make real change, like YESTERDAY!? Who else is gonna do this?
Okay, Day 1: End the urban camping ban. Day 2: It's time for Denver to have rent control. Look, we need affordable, accessible housing before these realtors capitalize on our sunsets!
Oh, and what about women? Yeah, I don't stand for any of these dudes abusing their power! Women are the majority and IT'S ABOUT TIME we occupy the same amount of space and power as all these scumbags.
You can watch all of the rapper's campaign videos at the Kalyn For Mayor YouTube channel. We think you'll agree that Heffernan's politics are right on. What's more, her sharp wit can stand up to just about anyone out there on the comedy club circuit.
Come to think of it, forget the Mayor. Someone get this woman elected President!


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Although I don't have enough knowledge in the Cthulhu Mythos, the art and sound style helps to immerse yourself in the universe.
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Collider – A debut that brings energy back to shoegaze
English Kritik February 2 2019
Collider: "-><-" (Escho, 2019) — Reviewed by Macon Holt. Photo by Veronika.
There have been countless reissues of My Bloody Valentine's "Loveless" since 1991. And with every one of them, I am stunned at how weak the drums sound on one of my favorite records of all time. This is something Collider could not afford to mess up on their debut record, "-><-", because, while the influence of the shoegaze pioneers saturates this record, the band have a clear fascination with the kind of dramatic rhythmic technicality that requires percussive clarity. For the stripped back punk bands that usually deploy this feature, that's ok because a sparser soundscape affords plenty of space for such production. But to achieve this kind of rhythmic dynamism with dense washes of guitar noise is a challenge. To my relief, Collider managed to pull this off. So first off, kudos the record's producer, Jens Aagaard.
That said, the walls of sound deployed on this record aren't the main site of musical discovery for Collider that they are for Kevin Shields. Instead, as the band's name would suggest, it is the collision of these elements with punk phrasing that's so jerky it seems to shake off pretention, dissonant riffs reminiscent of Sonic Youth, and some kind of oddly ethereal mysticism.
The opening track "Daisy" is this ecstatic cacophony that seems to be pulling itself apart as excitement draws it in every direction at once. That it manages to hold itself together, while retaining this energy, is a testament to the kind of complexity Collider are capable of. I am, however, utterly ambivalent about the use of "rock flute". I can't say exactly if this is for aesthetic reasons or just a personal tick. Some kind of scar of memory from having once seen footage of the flautist from Jethro Tull hoping around the stage dressed in faux-medieval garb while delivering a solo. Real or imagined, it still haunts me. Horrifying.
The next track "Just start it" has this nice dissonate riffy vibe reminiscent of early Sonic Youth; a reference cemented by these use of extended guitar techniques throughout the track. But rather being so bogged down in the kind of self-importance that dogged later SY, there are moments of exuberance on this track that have more in common with the joyful naivety found in bands like Johnny Foreigner, such as the vocal melody in the refrain.
After this, we are into the odyssey portion of the album with two tracks that both run at over six minutes long, "Inept" and "Oblivion". These two don't quite manage to retain the energy of the album openers. In the case of "Inept", this is a bit of problem. The track seems to be a little overwrought by the constant expository logic of having to introduce so many new ideas to keep things fresh, while also having to return to them to give the song some consistency. There is not enough time to know where you are with this many fragments, but too much time be ok with that. However, I'd say this drop in energy gives "Oblivion" the space it needs to really open Collider up and begin to reconfigure what they can do. This track is the first chance on the record for us to hear the band working with sparsity as a technique, and they get a lot out it. When a band can be as technical and cacophonous as Collider, if they drop things back, it can create a lot of interesting tension. This is perfect preparation for the second side, which on the whole make great use of this capacity.
"Glockster" starts this side by trying a bunch of new things; A post-punk phrase that then gets boosted into proto-punk pace, to be shaken off for jangle pop, to be replaced by something more like a post-hardcore riff, then more jangle, and a then a lot more flute. This one doesn't quite add up.
"Sniper" though… "Sniper" is just great. The howl from vocalist (though I'm not really sure of everyone role in this band) Marie Nyhus lets us know this track is going to do something different. It's actually more exhilarating, after so much euphoria, to have something a little darker played with the same amount of energy. The interplay of Nyhus' and the male vocals (I mean there are three guys and no personnel list I can find for who did what) give this track so much tension and also allows them to explore a different set of sonic references. There are moments that bring to mind "Devil and God…" era Brand New and, more exciting, a smattering of sounds suggestive of oddities heard in the work of Autolux.
There are more smatterings of that weirdness in the choppy opening of "Axis Fall", which unfortunately kind of dies back to being a pretty passable shoegaze track. But then "DG" raises the bar again. The strained male vocal in the opening reintroduces stakes to what we are hearing and the track becomes a race to deliver on them. The noise of the breakdown, too, works really well in demonstrating the underside of the fragile balance which gives Collider's work it's exuberant emotional resonance. This track is a thrill.
The albums closer "Bruno" is a standout moment. And I say this not having been aware of its demo release two years previously. Which is to say, with no bias of familiarity. There is something about this track, maybe the insistence of the strumming dives it, which may be what provides the cohesive structure; maybe the way it wears its aesthetic references on its sleeve so as to objectify them and not let them dominate it. Suffice to say, there is a melodic, harmonic and timbral seamlessness with which the sections change and the track develops. Similar to "Oblivion", "Bruno" seems to clear a space for itself and its ideas but in a way that allows Collider to reconfigure what Collider can be. Even after the previous 40-some minutes of listening they still have new places to explore.
Collider sounds like a band who are trying to capture something that has largely disappeared: guitar music that can engender a sense of the possible without being bogged down in the self-importance of its own mission. "-><-" is a record that is rushing to show the world what it can do, and the excitement it carries with this intention is infectious. However, as with rushing to do anything, there are times when Collider falter on this album, but it is never due to them overreaching. When things don't work, it is usually because they are being too faithful to what has come before: Trying to hide references as their own authentic expression. "-><-" is at its most exciting when it breaks these formulae and finds new uses for them. "-><-" is an incredibly promising debut, the successes of which greatly outshine its shortcomings. The question for the future is rather; can they tame their influences enough to let their ingenuity shine through?
Info: "-><-" will be released February 8th. The release party will feature a number of undisclosed artists (RSVP).
Tags: collider, escho, jens aagaard, my bloody valentine, shoegaze
Gullo Gullo – Kakofonier af orden og kaos
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Ydegirl – Barok udveksling og rimets erotik
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Outer Nothingness "Storm Debris" (Phinery, 2015)
Aerosol "Leave" (n5md, 2015)
The New Spring "Late Bloomer" (Tambourhinoceros, 2014)
Gabestok "II" (Hævngær, 2017)
Henrik Pultz Melbye Trio "s/t" (selfreleased, 2016)
"Båndmagasinet III" (Resonans, 2019)
209 "Traffic Cone Flute" (Infinite Waves, 2015)
Western Skies Motel "Prism" (Preserved Sound, 2015)
F.E. Denning Descension Orchestra "s/t" (Insula Music & Infinite Waves, 2014)
Asger Valentin "Alp" (Visage, 2015)


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The first overall draft pick in 1988 made an instant splash in the NHL, finishing second in Calder Trophy balloting, though the player he lost was the 31 year old Russian, Sergei Makarov who many thought should not have been eligible for the award. While Modano's star was rising, the North Stars would relocate to Dallas and the Michigan born player was set to become the face of hockey in the state of Texas.
The city of Dallas loved their new team and embraced Modano as their new sports celebrity. It was Modano who would be the leader of the Stars and take them to their first (and to date only) Stanley Cup win in the 1998-99 campaign. While this was Dallas' only win in the Holy Grail of Hockey, Modano did take them to another final the year after.
Modano would retire with the most points ever by an American and made hockey relevant in a place where many thought impossible.
Seriously, who else could we have possibly picked?
Acquired: Drafted in the 1st Round, 1st Overall, 6/11/88.
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Data;

namespace MCDA.Model
{
    internal sealed class Cluster
    {
        private readonly ToolParameterContainer _toolParameterContainer;
        private readonly DataTable _dataTable;
        private readonly EnumerableRowCollection<DataRow> _enumerableRowCollection;
        private readonly int _featureId;
        private readonly IList<int> _clusterIDs;
        private readonly NormalizationStrategy _transformationStrategy;

        private IList<Tuple<IToolParameter, double>> _globalRange;
        private IList<Tuple<IToolParameter, double>> _localRange;
        private IList<Tuple<IToolParameter, double?>> _scaledValues;
        private IList<Tuple<IToolParameter, double?>> _weights;

        public Cluster(int featureId, IList<int> clusterIDs, DataTable dt, ToolParameterContainer toolParameterContainer, NormalizationStrategy transformationStrategy)
        {
            _featureId = featureId;
            _clusterIDs = clusterIDs;
            _dataTable = dt;
            _enumerableRowCollection = _dataTable.AsEnumerable();
            _toolParameterContainer = toolParameterContainer;
            _transformationStrategy = transformationStrategy;

            //the feature id is also part of the cluster!
            _clusterIDs.Add(featureId);
        }

        private int GetOIDColumnIndex()
        {
            foreach (DataColumn currentDataColumn in _dataTable.Columns)
            {
                if (currentDataColumn.DataType == typeof(FieldTypeOID))
                {
                    return currentDataColumn.Ordinal;
                }
            }

            return -1;
        }

        private IList<Tuple<IToolParameter, double>> GlobalRange(ToolParameterContainer toolParameterContainer)
        {
            IList<Tuple<IToolParameter, double>> listOfRangeTuple = new List<Tuple<IToolParameter, double>>();

            foreach (var currentToolParameter in toolParameterContainer.ToolParameter)
            {
                IList<double> data = _enumerableRowCollection.Select(x => x.Field<double>(currentToolParameter.ColumnName)).ToList();

                listOfRangeTuple.Add(Tuple.Create(currentToolParameter, data.Max() - data.Min()));
            }

            return listOfRangeTuple;
        }

        private IList<Tuple<IToolParameter, double>> LocalRange(ToolParameterContainer toolParameterContainer)
        {
            int oidColumnIndex = GetOIDColumnIndex();

            IList<Tuple<IToolParameter, double>> listOfRangeTuple = new List<Tuple<IToolParameter, double>>();

            var rows = _enumerableRowCollection.Where(x => _clusterIDs.Contains(x.Field<FieldTypeOID>(oidColumnIndex).OID));
            foreach (var currentToolParameter in toolParameterContainer.ToolParameter)
            {
                IList<double> data = rows.Select(x => x.Field<double>(currentToolParameter.ColumnName)).ToList();

                listOfRangeTuple.Add(Tuple.Create(currentToolParameter, data.Max() - data.Min()));
            }

            return listOfRangeTuple;
        }

        private IList<Tuple<IToolParameter, double?>> Scale(ToolParameterContainer toolParameterContainer, IList<Tuple<IToolParameter, double>> localRangeList)
        {
            IList<Tuple<IToolParameter, double?>> listOfScaledTuple = new List<Tuple<IToolParameter, double?>>();

            var oidColumnIndex = GetOIDColumnIndex();
            var clusterIDsRows = _enumerableRowCollection.Where(x => _clusterIDs.Contains(x.Field<FieldTypeOID>(oidColumnIndex).OID));
            var featureIDRow = _enumerableRowCollection.Where(x => x.Field<FieldTypeOID>(oidColumnIndex).OID == _featureId);

            foreach (var currentToolParameter in toolParameterContainer.ToolParameter)
            {
                var currentLocalRange = localRangeList.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Item1 == currentToolParameter);

                IList<double> data = clusterIDsRows.Select(x => x.Field<double>(currentToolParameter.ColumnName)).Distinct().ToList();

                var actualValue = featureIDRow.Select(x => x.Field<double>(currentToolParameter.ColumnName)).FirstOrDefault();

                var result = NormalizationStrategyFactory.GetStrategy(_transformationStrategy).Transform(data, actualValue, currentToolParameter.IsBenefitCriterion);

                listOfScaledTuple.Add(Tuple.Create(currentToolParameter, result));
            }

            return listOfScaledTuple;
        }

        private static IList<Tuple<IToolParameter, double?>> LocalWeights(ToolParameterContainer toolParameterContainer, IList<Tuple<IToolParameter, double>> localRangeList, IList<Tuple<IToolParameter, double>> globalRangeList)
        {
            IList<Tuple<IToolParameter, double?>> listOfLocalWeightTupel = new List<Tuple<IToolParameter, double?>>();

            double? divisor = 0;

            foreach (var currentToolParameter2 in toolParameterContainer.ToolParameter)
            {
                var localRange2 = localRangeList.First(x => x.Item1 == currentToolParameter2).Item2;
                var globalRange2 = globalRangeList.First(x => x.Item1 == currentToolParameter2).Item2;

                if (globalRange2 == 0)
                {
                    divisor = null;
                    break;
                }

                divisor = divisor + ((currentToolParameter2.ScaledWeight * localRange2) / globalRange2);
            }

            if (divisor == 0)
            {
                divisor = null;
            }

            foreach (var currentToolParameter in toolParameterContainer.ToolParameter)
            {
                var localRange = localRangeList.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Item1 == currentToolParameter).Item2;
                var globalRange = globalRangeList.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Item1 == currentToolParameter).Item2;

                double? dividend;
                if (globalRange == 0)
                {
                    dividend = null;
                }
                else
                {
                    dividend = (currentToolParameter.ScaledWeight * localRange) / globalRange;
                }

                if (dividend.HasValue && divisor.HasValue)
                {
                    listOfLocalWeightTupel.Add(new Tuple<IToolParameter, double?>(currentToolParameter, dividend / divisor));
                }
                else
                {
                    listOfLocalWeightTupel.Add(new Tuple<IToolParameter, double?>(currentToolParameter, null));
                }
            }
            return listOfLocalWeightTupel;
        }

        public void Calculate()
        {
             _globalRange = GlobalRange(_toolParameterContainer);
             _localRange = LocalRange(_toolParameterContainer);

             _scaledValues = Scale(_toolParameterContainer, _localRange);
             _weights = LocalWeights(_toolParameterContainer, _localRange, _globalRange);
        }

        public bool IsResultNull()
        {
            Calculate();

            foreach (IToolParameter currentToolParameter in _toolParameterContainer.ToolParameter)
            {
                var scaledValue = _scaledValues.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Item1 == currentToolParameter).Item2;
                var weight = _weights.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Item1 == currentToolParameter).Item2;

                if (!scaledValue.HasValue || !weight.HasValue)
                {
                    return true;
                }
            }
            return false;
        }

        // oid/fid, r1,s1, w1, r2, s2, w3, result
        public DataRow FillRowWithResults(DataRow row)
        {
            row[0] = new FieldTypeOID(){ OID = _featureId};

            var stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();

            foreach(int currentId in _clusterIDs){

                if (stringBuilder.Length == 0)
                {
                    stringBuilder.Append(currentId);
                }
                else
                {
                    stringBuilder.Append("; " + currentId);
                }
            }

            row[1] = stringBuilder.ToString();

            var index = 2;
            double? result = 0;

            foreach (var currentToolParameter in _toolParameterContainer.ToolParameter)
            {
                var scaledValue = _scaledValues.First(x => x.Item1 == currentToolParameter).Item2;
                var weight = _weights.First(x => x.Item1 == currentToolParameter).Item2;

                row[index] = _localRange.First(x => x.Item1 == currentToolParameter).Item2;

                if (scaledValue.HasValue)
                {
                    row[index + 1] = scaledValue;
                }
                else
                {
                    row[index + 1] = DBNull.Value;
                }

                if (weight.HasValue)
                {
                    row[index + 2] = weight;
                }
                else
                {
                    row[index + 2] = DBNull.Value;
                }

                if (scaledValue.HasValue && weight.HasValue && result.HasValue)
                {
                    result += scaledValue*weight;
                }
                else
                {
                    result = null;
                }

                index += 3;
            }

            if (result.HasValue)
            {
                row.SetField(row.ItemArray.Length - 1, Math.Round(result.Value < 0 ? 0 : result.Value, 6));
            }
            else
            {
                row.SetField(row.ItemArray.Length - 1, DBNull.Value);
            }

            return row;
        }
    }
}


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How Hackers Tore Apart A Tesla Model S To Kill The Car Mid-Drive
Thomas Brewster Forbes Staff
I cover crime, privacy and security in digital and physical forms.
Tesla currently has a good rep in security circles. Its cars might be some of the most connected, but they're also some of the best protected from digital attacks. That's what Marc Rogers, of content delivery network CloudFlare, and Lookout Mobile Security co-founder Kevin Mahaffey discovered as they tried to find ways to hack the Tesla Model S. But whilst they had much praise for the luxury vehicle, they were still able to compromise it, cracking open doors, altering the dashboards and even shutting the car off.
Rogers and Mahaffey had to rip the Tesla apart, quite literally, until they found an ethernet port that let them connect directly to the Model S' CAN bus, the controller area network across which car data is sent and received. In total, they needed to chain four separate vulnerabilities to first gain access to the infotainment systems and the touchscreen used to control certain functions of the vehicle.
From there, they were able to do all kinds of diabolical things, including forcing the speedometer to disappear, altering the suspension, unlocking doors and the trunk, making windows go up and down, as well as killing the car.
An American flag is reflected in the grill of a Tesla Model S P85D at Tesla headquarters in Palo Alto, California on April 30, 2015 during the visit of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. AFP PHOTO / JOSH EDELSON (Photo credit should read Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images)
Despite the problems uncovered by Rogers and Mahaffey, they discovered Tesla had a novel way to prevent even the most severe attack, that of shutting down the car, from causing carnage. When going under 5Mph, engine shutdown saw the displays go blank and the car "lurched to a stop" until the handbrake stopped it, Rogers noted. When attacked travelling any faster than that, the screens would go blank but the car would shift into neutral, allowing the driver to find somewhere safe to stop and restart the car.
"Ironically that means it's the only car that can protect itself against a successful cyber attack," Rogers noted.
They were able to get malware, effectively a bespoke vehicular remote access trojan (RAT), onto the car's network after getting physical access, meaning they could subsequently attack the car remotely. It was a simple backdoor, specifically an OpenSSH tunnel into the Tesla's tailored Ubuntu operating system.
Tesla disputed the hackers were able to do remote attacks, whilst confirming fixes were being delivered today at the latest. "Tesla has taken a number of different measures to address the effects of all six vulnerabilities reported by Lookout. And, we continue to develop further ways to harden our systems, informed by ongoing discussions with the security research community, as well as our own internal analysis. The update has been made available to all Model S customers through an OTA update. We will deploy this update to all vehicles by Thursday," a spokesperson said in an emailed statement to FORBES.
"Our over-the-air software updates remotely add new features and functionality to Model S. Similarly to how you receive updates to your smartphone, Model S owners download these updates from Tesla via Wi-Fi or a cellular connection. A button will pop up on Model S's 17-inch touchscreen and an owner can select a time to download the latest version of software. The ability to receive these features and fixes is free for the life of the vehicle and is one more way that Tesla is redefining auto-ownership."
Indeed, Rogers said Tesla was doing the right thing providing over-the-air updates with a modem and cellular connection Elon Musk's company offers for free. Mahaffey claimed that some of Tesla's updates were more like mitigations rather than full patches, the segregation of the on-board network was good enough to help prevent potential real-world attacks.
Disclosure was also relatively painless, even if there was a "long lag" between the original warning to the time the right people at Tesla were on the case, according to Rogers. "They are very forward looking," said Mahaffey.
The researchers, who will present their findings in full at the DEF CON conference in Las Vegas on Friday, also found two potential browser vulnerabilities that they disclosed, though didn't exploit. The flaws, resident in the WebKit browser engine, could have possibly been used for remote attacks before today's updates.
This week saw Chris Evans take the lead security role at Tesla, making the move over from Google's elite Project Zero research team. Evans even helped Tesla address the issues, said Mahaffey, noting: "This gives me really high hopes with Tesla going forward."
"I would like to see what they've done as a reference model for others… I think they've got lessons to learn but they're 75 per cent there," added Rogers.
This isn't the first time Tesla has been targeted by benevolent hackers. Chinese researchers from Qihoo 360 exploited the car for a $10,000 award in 2014. Its website and Twitter feeds were hit by malicious hackers earlier this year too.
There's been a heavy focus on car security this week during the Black Hat and DEF CON conferences. Not only have attacks on Chrysler vehicles been demonstrated, but Qihoo researchers are also due to show GPS exploits to trick cars into following false directions and independed hacker Samy Kamkar is to demonstrate a cunning way to unlock vehicles with a $50 device.
Thomas Brewster
I cover security and privacy for Forbes. I've been breaking news and writing features on these topics for major publications since 2010. As a freelancer, I worked for T


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I used to have nightmares about failing school until I got fired from a job. Now I have nightmares about that job.
Bowielee
I used to have a recurring dream when I was younger about the undead attacking my town. It was weird, but every night I'd have it, the dream would be exactly the same every time, but get a litter farther in each dream. At some point in the dream, I pulled a Shaun of the Dead and realized that if I looked and acted like one of them, they wouldn't bother me. So, I found some theater makeup and made myself up like a zombie and escaped. Never had the dream since.
Also, has anyone else had the dream where you keep waking up, but you're still in the dream?
Now that will mess with your sense of reality.
I sometimes have nightmares about fucking something up terribly at work. Those are always the ones that scare me awake.
Frank said:
Well I'm not a cop. No one could DIE as a result of my bad consultation. The worst they could do is lose millions of dollars.
and then kill themselves.
Just trying to keep it in perspective
Lives, millions of dollars, potato, potahto.
Last night I dreamt I was back in the army.
It's been a long time since I've had that "Oh thank God it's just a dream" feelings.
I actually had a dream about Dave last night. We were skyping about D&D campaigns. It was weird.
And then you made out?
Yeah, we fondled each other's moobs.
But seriously, I was then tackled by a cyclops. Interpret that how you will.
It looked just like this:
Docseverin
I infrequently have dreams that I forget to pull my parachute, or I pull it too late and I hit the ground. I never wake up frightened or with the feeling of falling, I just wake up, like I would from any other dream.
Dreams I frequently have:
1) Being back in high school but at my current age, because I somehow didn't complete ONE class that was required to get my diploma, and it's final is today and I haven't attended all year.
2) Being back at the part time job I held in high school at Best Buy, where they promptly chew me out for absenteeism because I haven't been to work in years and years.
3) Oh god there are pennies between my teeth all my teeth have pennies between them oh god don't pull them out everything will just come out.
4) I am playing the video game I am currently playing most, and everything is progressing as normal, ad infinitum. Games that have triggered these dreams - Everquest, DAOC, WoW, Warhammer Online, TF2, Supreme Commander, Skyrim, Mass Effect, Orcs Must Die.
5) Same as number 4 but everything is going to hell in a handbasket and I can't make any progress.
6) I have a loose tooth. I try to hold it in.
I no longer have this one, but 10 or 15 years ago, I used to frequently dream of walking to the supermarket, buying mundane items like deodorant or bread, and walking home. I would wake up from that dream feeling cheated because it was so drab and pedestrian.
Video game dreams always make me not want to play that particular game for a while because, for me, they're always the most monotonous parts of the game that I dream about.
Why does everyone have dream #1 there? http://xkcd.com/557/
Don't remember seeing anything... Just remember hearing a lot of Cee-Lo Green.
Chad Sexington
Dreams about teeth coming out are supposedly indicative of secrets. What aren't you telling us? What aren't you telling... yourself?
♫ I see you dreaming in bed, alarm starts to buzz, and I'm like "sleep through". ♫
Bowielee said:
Was it.. Dave's cyclops?
Chad Sexington said:
Oh wouldn't *I* like to know.
sixpackshaker
A strange thing happened in a dream the other night. I was riding in the passenger seat of a pick up, when a car ran the red light, T-Boned the door I was sitting at... and killed me. Then I woke up in a different part of the dream.
That was the first time that I was killed or severely maimed in a dream and did not fully wake up.
I have a lot of dreams about beaches that exist where they should not. For example, I walked into a post office and opened a back door, and there was this huge beach. All these cute manatees were swimming around, and Brock Samson was there tearing their heads off and selling their meat to people. I was so crushed, because I love Brock Samson. But then I thwarted his evil efforts by convincing the manatees to relocate (they spoke English), and then he chased me up this loooong flight of stairs. He caught me of course, because he's Brock Samson, and then he started strangling me. All I could think was, "I hope I'm on the show, because I bet this looks cool." Then I thought, "I wonder if the Monarch has some machine that turned him evil." Then I woke up.
@Li3n
Then I thought, "I wonder if the Monarch has some machine that turned him evil." Then I woke up.
She knows...
Mine was something about turning our garage into a "bat farm". No idea what the hell that's about.
Are you guano do it though?
I used to have frequent dreams that I could fly -- but not regular flying. I had to swim the breaststroke through the air with just the right timing and momentum, otherwise I'd lose altitude. These dreams started a good 12 or 13 years ago, when I first started swimming for a local club team.
The dreams happened so often that the flying ability itself ceased to be the focus of the dream. Sometimes I was spying on people via my flying ability, or making my way through a secret facility, or trying to cross a chasm. Because of the effort and skill involved in my in-dream flying, there was always the constant fear that I wouldn't be able to stay in the air -- the flight was constantly filled with the danger of my losing my rhythm or running out of energy, then plummeting to the ground below. I sometimes failed at my goals, though I never had any particularly brutal crashes.
The dreams became so frequent that in the back of my mind I began to wonder if I really could fly in the waking world, and I was just too afraid to try. I knew well enough to not actually try, but the thought was still there.
When I was unemployed right out of college, my flight dreams took an interesting twist: I knew I could fly, and consistently was able to fly on my own -- but I could never prove to anyone else that I could fly. Whenever I managed to get up into the air, no matter where I was, there was never anyone around.
When I started dating the woman I mentioned in the help thread, I had a dream that I don't think I'll ever forget. I was flying with no one around to see, as usual, when I spotted someone below. A witness! I flew over the person so they could see, but ended up losing my rhythm and falling.
I landed on the person, and found out that I had severely hurt her -- and that she was the woman I was dating.
I woke up scared, upset and in tears. I haven't dreamed of flying since.
I've had the same sort of dreams consistently. Flying, but only through manual effort, to the point where it was almost believable.
I grew up in a really rural area (couldn't see neighbors), and we had this green sodium light just next to our house. There was a long driveway (football field at least) that sloped to our house. I used to dream that I would run in the night toward the house, and then jump and fly over the roof. I remember fascinated by the dream because in it I was keenly aware of what our house looked like from about 30 feet above. Behind our house, there was a huge stretch of woods. Every time I crossed the roof crest, there was something happening in the woods. Usually lots of activity. I remember once, the woods were on fire, and the devil, who I only saw in silhouette, walked in front of the fire. People ran around in front of him. A lot of them were in military uniforms, firing guns, and talking on radios.
Later, I read about astral walking, and it freaked me out. The books always talked about knowing what things looked like from perspectives you had never seen, and a moment of "crossing over" into the spiritual world.
So flying is like running for everyone... doesn't work on it's own (in dreams)...
But i for one do get another kind of flying in dreams, where it's just like falling, except forward instead of down... and with Bug Bunny style mid-air breaking slowdowns...
So, last night i dreamt that those creepy wizard guys from Qarth where roasting Ned Stark alive in some sort of glass and wood display case... wonder what that's about... i mean after all human flesh isn't that good anyway and i wasn't that hungry...
I dreamt I was invited to take a shower with a Halforumite. I accepted.
redthirtyone
It has been 7 years since I managed a restaurant, at least 10 since I waited tables. I STILL get the "waiting tables in the weeds" dream.
North_Ranger
Threesome with Liara T'Soni and a cute white-haired chick with freckles.
I have no idea where that came from.
So last night I dreamt that all the super heroes in the Marvel Universe had to swim across Lake Mazinaw to reach Nazi occupied China and blow up the new Nazi Western Front HQ that was a brand new building situated on prime railway territory.
When they get there they find that their mission is going incredibly easy, they dispose of the guards, plant explosives and with the help of Lieutenant Cosmo Kramer manage to disrupt the entire Western Front communications relay system.
But wait! The entire complex is in reality the Nazis new secret weapon! The building is able to make the heroes believe everything they want. They have not in reality accomplished anything, and soon the exposure to the building itself will kill them all! They can only escape if they manage to convince themselves and the building to create a logical paradox that the entire team can't believe.
and then I woke up. Kinda bummed I didn't get to see how that one ended.
It's Marvel. Wolverine beat everything then picked up some more underage girls to moon over him.


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December 12, 2020 20:00 by NewsDesk
BOSTON – North Carolina striker Kayla Jones was thrown on her back, out of breath, after a tray that would have reduced Boston College's 16-point lead to four, with less than three minutes to go.
"When she made an accusation, I said, 'My God'. I was gassed, "said Jones. "I'm glad they changed that."
After a conversation between the referees, the decision was changed to a blocking foul and the basket was counted. Jones missed the free throw, but hit a 3-point basket after Wolfpack got the rebound and the No. 4 NC State was back on its way to a 75-69 victory over BC on Sunday.
"As we sometimes say, 'That baby was ugly, but it's ours,'" said Wolfpack coach Wes Moore. "We are happy to leave here with a victory."
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Jones scored 25 points and Elissa Cunane had 23 points with 15 rebounds on Sunday, while Wolfpack (6-0, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) scored 25 of the last 29 points of the game to remain undefeated. Jones had 11 points – including nine in a row when Wolfpack reduced the double-digit deficit to one point – and Cunane had eight rebounds in the fourth period.
"This league is difficult … our team needs to know that. I hope we can learn from that, "said Moore. "Getting out of here with a victory and still being able to learn from it will be a good thing."
Makayla Dickens scored 20 points, and Cam Swartz and Marnelle Garraud had 15 each for BC (4-2, 0-2 ACC). The eagles made only two baskets in the fourth period, while making six turns.
Boston College led in all but the first basket and got their biggest advantage, 65-49, at the start of the fourth period, before Wolfpack had eight consecutive points. After a Taylor Soule tray with 4:44 left, NC State scored the next 15 points, taking the lead with 1:25 to play in a pair of free throws by Jakia Brown-Turner.
Boston College led 63-47 with 6:50 remaining in the game, giving them a 99.7% chance of winning.
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The BC led 67-61 with three minutes left, when Wolfpack's owner Raina Perez deflected a pass to Swartz in front of the Eagles' bench, knocking her down in the process. BC coach Joanna Bernabei-McNamee defended a foul while the game went the other way.
Under the other basket, Jones headed for a tray that was initially discarded as a lack of cargo. After the referees discussed the matter, they decided that Dickens' feet were in the circle and that it was a blocking fault.
Jones' 3-point basket made it a five-point possession and a one-point game.
NC State: After a winning streak of 30, 40 and 50 points over teams like North Florida and Elon, Wolfpack won No. 5 in South Carolina for a quality win. But a tight victory over the unclassified BC may be an indication that the ACC will present a more difficult challenge for the NC State.
Boston College: Starting the ACC game with a loss to Georgia Tech could have signaled a setback this season. Instead, the Eagles showed that they can keep the best teams in the league.
NC State: Hosts Wake Forest on Thursday night.
Boston College: Hosts Syracuse on Sunday.
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(To flow together)
Three-channel, site-specific, video installation
1792 Bulfinch Staircase, Somerville Museum
Approx. 10 ft x 42 ft x 4 ft
Continuous loop (silent)
Confluere
Confluere (installation view), Somerville Museum, 2022
Exhibit info: WATERLINES, Somerville Museum, December 15, 2022 - March 22, 2023
Exhibition brochure (PDF)
Confluere • Latin: To flow together
con- ("with; together") + fluō ("flow")
Confluere is a three-channel, site-specific, video installation inspired by, and designed, for the two-hundred-thirty year old Bulfinch "flying double staircase" and the historically inhabited by the Pawtucket confederation of Algonquin-speaking tribes, including the Massachusetts. 1
This installation aims to create a visual environment in which global tidal waters / the past and the present / and the distant and the local / flow together and apart / divided and rejoined / by the architectural form.
This piece is dedicated to the memory of George Fifield, great friend and curator, as he flows beyond this known world.
Video and more photographic documentation forthcoming. Video sneak peak available here.*
"'Waterlines' At Somerville Museum Mulls Our Relationship With Water," Greg Cook, Wonderland, Jan 24, 2023
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Waterlines: Stories of Ebb and Flow, Cate McQuaid, Arts, The Ticket, Boston Globe, Jan 19, 2023
Confluere installation views, 2022
1 Charles Bulfinch (born 1763, Province of Massachusetts Bay, a British Colony), who is regarded by many as the first American-born [of European-descent], professional architect, designed the "flying double staircase" (1792) as part of his commission for the new Charlestown house for shipping merchant, Joseph Barrell. It was relocated to the Somerville Museum for historic preservation.
Prior to colonization, the Massachusetts people did not live in settled communities, but migrated seasonally, in bands, throughout their territories. The Massachusetts do not exist in any organized band, tribe, or nation today, but many Wampanoag and Nipmuc tribal descendants claim Massachusetts ancestry. Native Americans have lived throughout what is currently known as Massachusetts and Rhode Island for over 12,000 years.
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