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 * decaffeinate suggestions:
 * DS102: Remove unnecessary code created because of implicit returns
 * Full docs: https://github.com/decaffeinate/decaffeinate/blob/master/docs/suggestions.md
 */
const { extend } = require("underscore")
const rewire = require("rewire")

const dispatch = rewire("../services/index")
const embedly = rewire("../services/embedly")
embedly.__set__("resizer", dispatch)
const gemini = rewire("../services/gemini")
gemini.__set__("resizer", dispatch)

const resizer = rewire("../index")
resizer.__set__("SERVICES", { EMBEDLY: embedly, GEMINI: gemini })

describe("resizer", function () {
  before(function () {
    return (this.src =
      "https://d32dm0rphc51dk.cloudfront.net/RhCPuRWITO6WFW2Zu_u3EQ/large.jpg")
  })

  describe("using the embedly proxy", function () {
    before(function () {
      embedly.__set__("EMBEDLY_KEY", "xxx")

      this.config = resizer.__get__("config")
      return resizer.__set__(
        "config",
        extend({}, this.config, { proxy: "EMBEDLY" })
      )
    })

    after(function () {
      return resizer.__set__("config", this.config)
    })

    describe("#resize", function () {
      it("returns the appropriate URL", function () {
        return resizer
          .resize(this.src, { width: 32, height: 32 })
          .should.equal(
            "https://i.embed.ly/1/display/resize?url=https%3A%2F%2Fd32dm0rphc51dk.cloudfront.net%2FRhCPuRWITO6WFW2Zu_u3EQ%2Flarge.jpg&width=32&height=32&quality=80&key=xxx"
          )
      })

      it("supports options", function () {
        return resizer
          .resize(this.src, { width: 300, height: 200, quality: 50 })
          .should.equal(
            "https://i.embed.ly/1/display/resize?url=https%3A%2F%2Fd32dm0rphc51dk.cloudfront.net%2FRhCPuRWITO6WFW2Zu_u3EQ%2Flarge.jpg&width=300&height=200&quality=50&key=xxx"
          )
      })

      return it("falls back when it has invalid options", function () {
        return resizer
          .resize(this.src, { width: 0, height: 100 })
          .should.equal(this.src)
      })
    })

    describe("#crop", function () {
      it("returns the appropriate URL", function () {
        return resizer
          .crop(this.src, { width: 32, height: 32 })
          .should.equal(
            "https://i.embed.ly/1/display/crop?url=https%3A%2F%2Fd32dm0rphc51dk.cloudfront.net%2FRhCPuRWITO6WFW2Zu_u3EQ%2Flarge.jpg&width=32&height=32&quality=80&key=xxx"
          )
      })

      it("supports options", function () {
        return resizer
          .crop(this.src, { width: 300, height: 200, quality: 50 })
          .should.equal(
            "https://i.embed.ly/1/display/crop?url=https%3A%2F%2Fd32dm0rphc51dk.cloudfront.net%2FRhCPuRWITO6WFW2Zu_u3EQ%2Flarge.jpg&width=300&height=200&quality=50&key=xxx"
          )
      })

      return it("falls back when it has invalid options", function () {
        return resizer
          .crop(this.src, { width: 0, height: 100 })
          .should.equal(this.src)
      })
    })

    describe("#fill", function () {
      it("returns the appropriate URL", function () {
        return resizer
          .fill(this.src, { width: 32, height: 32 })
          .should.equal(
            "https://i.embed.ly/1/display/fill?url=https%3A%2F%2Fd32dm0rphc51dk.cloudfront.net%2FRhCPuRWITO6WFW2Zu_u3EQ%2Flarge.jpg&width=32&height=32&color=fff&quality=80&key=xxx"
          )
      })

      it("supports options", function () {
        return resizer
          .fill(this.src, {
            width: 300,
            height: 200,
            quality: 50,
            color: "ff00cc",
          })
          .should.equal(
            "https://i.embed.ly/1/display/fill?url=https%3A%2F%2Fd32dm0rphc51dk.cloudfront.net%2FRhCPuRWITO6WFW2Zu_u3EQ%2Flarge.jpg&width=300&height=200&color=ff00cc&quality=50&key=xxx"
          )
      })

      return it("falls back when it has invalid options", function () {
        return resizer
          .fill(this.src, { width: 0, height: 100 })
          .should.equal(this.src)
      })
    })

    return describe("when disabled", function () {
      beforeEach(() => dispatch.__set__("enabled", false))

      afterEach(() => dispatch.__set__("enabled", true))

      return it("returns the non-proxied URL", function () {
        resizer
          .resize(this.src, { width: 32, height: 32 })
          .should.equal(this.src)
        resizer.crop(this.src, { width: 32, height: 32 }).should.equal(this.src)
        return resizer
          .fill(this.src, { width: 32, height: 32 })
          .should.equal(this.src)
      })
    })
  })

  return describe("using the gemini proxy", function () {
    before(function () {
      gemini.endpoint = "https://d7hftxdivxxvm.cloudfront.net"

      this.config = resizer.__get__("config")
      return resizer.__set__(
        "config",
        extend({}, this.config, { proxy: "GEMINI" })
      )
    })

    after(function () {
      return resizer.__set__("config", this.config)
    })

    describe("#resize", function () {
      it("returns the appropriate URL when no width is specified", function () {
        return resizer
          .resize(this.src, { height: 300 })
          .should.equal(
            "https://d7hftxdivxxvm.cloudfront.net?resize_to=height&src=https%3A%2F%2Fd32dm0rphc51dk.cloudfront.net%2FRhCPuRWITO6WFW2Zu_u3EQ%2Flarge.jpg&height=300&quality=80"
          )
      })

      it("returns the appropriate URL when no height is specified", function () {
        return resizer
          .resize(this.src, { width: 300 })
          .should.equal(
            "https://d7hftxdivxxvm.cloudfront.net?resize_to=width&src=https%3A%2F%2Fd32dm0rphc51dk.cloudfront.net%2FRhCPuRWITO6WFW2Zu_u3EQ%2Flarge.jpg&width=300&quality=80"
          )
      })

      return it("returns the appropriate URL when both a height and width are specified", function () {
        return resizer
          .resize(this.src, { width: 300, height: 200 })
          .should.equal(
            "https://d7hftxdivxxvm.cloudfront.net?resize_to=fit&src=https%3A%2F%2Fd32dm0rphc51dk.cloudfront.net%2FRhCPuRWITO6WFW2Zu_u3EQ%2Flarge.jpg&width=300&height=200&quality=80"
          )
      })
    })

    describe("#crop", () =>
      it("returns the appropriate URL", function () {
        return resizer
          .crop(this.src, { width: 32, height: 32 })
          .should.equal(
            "https://d7hftxdivxxvm.cloudfront.net?resize_to=fill&src=https%3A%2F%2Fd32dm0rphc51dk.cloudfront.net%2FRhCPuRWITO6WFW2Zu_u3EQ%2Flarge.jpg&width=32&height=32&quality=80"
          )
      }))

    return describe("#fill", () =>
      it("is not really supported and falls back to crop", function () {
        return resizer
          .fill(this.src, { width: 32, height: 32 })
          .should.equal(
            "https://d7hftxdivxxvm.cloudfront.net?resize_to=fill&src=https%3A%2F%2Fd32dm0rphc51dk.cloudfront.net%2FRhCPuRWITO6WFW2Zu_u3EQ%2Flarge.jpg&width=32&height=32&quality=80"
          )
      }))
  })
})


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Flashback | Match preview: Tigers v Moseley
Tigers forwards in action against Wasps during the club's 43-7 John Player Cup semi-final win
Forty years ago to the day, Leicester Tigers played Moseley RFC in the final of the 1979 John Player Cup – a cup that would play a huge part in the club's domestic dominance in the years to come.
Read our flashback matchday preview to find out how Tigers shaped up on this day as well as the teams the club's beat to get to the cup final.
Leicester Tigers will be hoping to erase the memories of their 1978 John Player Cup final defeat to Gloucester Rugby, when they take on Moseley at rugby HQ (Saturday, April 21, 1979, 3.00pm)
Still in early years of its foundations, the John Player Cup sees Tigers first real chance of domestic cup silverware since the post-war years.
Tigers hooker Peter Wheeler will lead his side out at Twickenham for the first time knowing he could be the first player in the club's history to lift the trophy.
Leicester beat local rivals Northampton Saints (29-3) progressing to see off Broughton Park (30-7) and Bedford (12-22) in the early rounds, before rolling over Wasps 43-7 in the semi-final with six separate Tigers getting on the scoresheet.
Tigers also came out on top in the match between Moseley in the Midland Merit Table back in November (1978) beating Moseley 15-10 thanks to two tries from Tim Barnwell and kicks from Les Cusworth.
Tigers head coach Chalkie Wight has gone for the same fifteen as that semi-final victory for today's John Play Cup final.
Props Robin Cowling and Steve Redfern fit either side of British and Irish Lion Wheeler in the front row with the reliable partnership of Nick Joyce and Arthur Hazlerigg in behind. Steve Johnson, Garry Adey and Ian 'Dosser' Smith make up the back row in the Tigers pack.
Steve Kenney and former Moseley player Les Cusworth take up the half-back positions for Leicester with England international Paul Dodge and double semi-final try scorer Mick Newton completing the midfield.
Tim's Burwell and Barnwell offer the width on the wings with the club's record points scorer 'Dusty' Hare providing the cover at full-back.
Today's opposition overcame the challenges of Liverpool (22-13), London Irish (0-10), Richmond (27-3) and Gosforth (3-6) to earn their place in the final.
Referee for the fixture is Alan Welsby of the Manchester/Lancashire Referees Society.
Keep an eye on the Tigers website for a full match report and video highlights from the game at 4.00pm today.

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Regulation and Policy, Research and Development
UPDATE – Senate committee endorses $4 million for hydro R&D
In an unexpected move, the Senate Appropriations Committee June 29 endorsed $4 million to revive the Department of Energy's zero-funded hydropower research and development program.
The hydro R&D money was included in a $30.7 billion energy and water development appropriations bill. The full committee approved the bill two days after its Energy and Water subcommittee passed the measure, which provides $24.7 billion for DOE, and money for the Bureau of Reclamation, Corps of Engineers, and independent agencies. (HNN 6/28/06)
The Bush administration's budget for the coming fiscal year includes nothing for DOE's hydropower R&D program. The previous budget, for the year ending Sept. 30, included $495,000 to dismantle the advanced hydropower turbine R&D program and to turn such work over to private industry.
Energy and Water Subcommittee Chairman Pete Domenici, R-N.M., said the newly endorsed spending bill would provide $380 million for energy-related activities authorized by the Energy Policy Act of 2005. It includes $4 million for advanced hydro, $148 million for solar, $213 million for biomass, restoration of $22.5 million for geothermal R&D, and $95.3 million for building technology.
The hydropower allotment would support goals of Section 931 of the Energy Policy Act, which requires DOE to conduct a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application for cost-competitive technologies that enable development of new and incremental hydropower capacity. Technologies include fish-friendly large turbines, and advanced technologies to enhance environmental performance and yield greater energy efficiencies.
Section 931 also requires DOE to conduct R&D, demonstration, and commercial application programs for ocean energy, including wave energy and kinetic hydro turbines.
EIA says renewables will be fastest-growing source of electricity generation through 2050
MIT study: Quebec hydro reservoirs provide valuable energy storage for U.S. northeast
IEEFA report: India needs policy certainty to boost renewable investment


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Q: Formatting classic ASP in an email Can anyone tell me how i would format the following ASP line for an email with bold
email_body = email_body & "Full Name: " & fullname & vbcrlf & vbcrlf

I also tried:
email_body = email_body & "Full Name: " & fullname & vbcrlf & vbcrlf

But it didn't work, just showed the tags
The email just showed the bold tags
Sorry the format I want is
Full Name: John Smith
And the ASP code is:
email_body = email_body & "Full Name: " & fullname & vbcrlf & vbcrlf

 I tried adding the Bold tags around the Full name, but it didn't format it just showed the actual tags

A: In order to have bold or other text formatting in an email, you have to make sure that the email is sent as HTML and not plain text. In your case it seems to be sent as plain text. Here are the ways to do it with the common mail components (some code copied from respective documentations):
CDO
objMessage.HTMLBody = "
This is some sample message html.
"

(the property is HTMLBody, not simply Body). Source: http://www.paulsadowski.com/wsh/cdo.htm
ASPEmail
Add:
Mail.IsHTML = True

Source: http://www.aspemail.com/manual_02.html
JMail
Add:
JMail.ContentType = "text/html"

Source: http://www.aspwebpro.com/aspscripts/email/jmail.asp

A: Set Mail = Server.CreateObject("CDONTS.NewMail")
Mail.from = "me@me.com"
Mail.to =  "me@me.com"
Mail.subject = "To Me"
sBody = "
blah blah
"
Mail.bodyFormat = CdoBodyFormatHTML
Mail.body = sBody
Mail.send

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We can serve medical professionals and customers across the continents of Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia, North and South America.
Within the Republic of Korea (South Korea), Health Evolution's TeloNine is approved by the KFDA (Korean FDA) for sale. All sales are through official distributors DoubleJ International.
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We are currently sold out of AminoBoosters in the US and Australia, and have small stocks available in the UK and Europe.
We expect to have Limited Edition AminoBoosters in stock everywhere next month, and in the meantime are providing TeloMind where AminoBoosters are not available. There is no extra charge for TeloMind.
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The standard daily dose is two capsules of AminoSerene.
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Many of our customers asked if they could take a triple dose of AminoSerene, and reported very significant benefits.
We commissioned independent Dietary Supplement Experts to evaluate any risks/benefits to tripling the dose. The evaluation confirmed that a triple dose of AminoSerene gives no negative impacts, only positive benefits.
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This articles explains further https://healthevolutionproject.com/yte-with-vitamin-b12.
AminoSerene contains ALL the B vitamins, zinc, BioPerine for enhanced nutrient uptake, the adaptogen herb Ashwaganda, as well as YTE®.
ANXIETY, LOW MOOD, PTSD
One of our customers recently said,
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The product itself is one of the best and purest forms of YTE (Young Tissue Extract) that is available for consumer purchase. If you look up YTE studies in PubMed, you will find that not only does YTE help regenerate new tissue, it also helps treat PTSD.
- Jeanny Trew, USA
You can read the PubMed articles Jenny refers to here at PubMed Central. PubMed Central® (PMC) is a free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM)
There's ever-increasing evidence to support the use of supplements to modify levels of activity in the brain for preventing or treating mood disorders.
While YTE® is the single most effective ingredient for mood disorders, the ingredients in AminoSerene can be a highly valuable addition.
For example, taking the right dose of high quality vitamin B6 has been shown to reduce feelings of anxiety and depression.
Vitamin B6 helps the body produce a specific chemical messenger that has a calming effect of reduced anxiety.
A B12 vitamin deficiency is associated with a fivefold greater risk of stomach cancer. This deficiency affects one in 10 older Britons, and most B12 supplements are ineffective.
A number of studies have drawn an association between low B12 and cancer over the years. A study published in the International Journal of Cancer found a link between low B12 and stomach cancer.
We only use the patented MecobalActive® B12 because it is highly absorbable (bioavailable), pure and consistent.
There's no need for B12 injections when you regularly take MecobalActive® B12 at clinical dose.
Clinical dose MecobalActive® B12 is one of the ingredients of AminoSerene.
One of our customers who has been successfully using AminoBoosters for her ageing pup asked about TeloMind for dogs.
AminoBoosters and TeloMind can be given to dogs.
As I've said before, TeloMind is the same formula as AminoBoosters with the addition of Rhodiola rosea, which is an adaptogenic herb. Adaptogens can soothe anxiety, strengthen muscles, improve coordination, and help you and your dog sleep more soundly. Rhodiola rosea is also an important rejuvenation herb.
More info: https://healthevolutionproject.com/dogs.
MORE SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES - THE PANCREAS, STEM CELLS AND INSULIN
1.6 million Americans currently live with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), as do millions more around the world. T1D is an incurable autoimmune disease in which the pancreas stops producing insulin because the body's immune system mistakenly attacks and destroys insulin-producing cells.
There are ways to lower blood sugar and counter both Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes, although it's not been easy to find out how.
In Vietnam, tea is made from the Gynostemma pentaphyllum Jiaogulan plant, believed to lower blood sugar. New research has proven it to work to some degree, with the active ingredient able to produce antidiabetic effects and bring about the growth of cells in the pancreas that produce the hormones insulin and glucagon which help control the level of blood sugar.
We're ahead of this research, though. Earlier research on our "hero ingredient" of fertilised semi-incubated egg proved that the Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF) in YTE® positively affects the regeneration of stem cells and normalises hormones in the pancreas.
In summary, YTE® appears to repair and renew cells of the pancreas, increases insulin secretion in pancreatic cells, and aids the regeneration of stem cells in the pancreas.
FGF-based therapies are still relatively new. The broad biology of this family of growth factors is yet to be fully exploited and increasing developments are expected in further understanding FGF biology and application.
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We ship from the US, the UK, Australia, and Europe.
I transited through Qatar in the Middle East, which was a first, on the way to the UK recently.
A senior member of our family in Devon, England, has been gravely ill and I was grateful to have been able to be at the bedside for many weeks..
Being present at the time of transition, when a baby arrives in the world or someone prepares for the next, is surely a sacred privilege.
A time for tenderness and togetherness.
Devon is very beautiful, especially now in the summer, with golden fields of wheat waiting to be harvested, and flowers everywhere. It's been more than two years since I was last in the UK, and I love that many roadside verges have been planted with wild flowers to benefit the butterflies and bees.
I also took a weekend break to Birmingham UK, to attend the Commonwealth Games. A close friend of the family was competing, which was very exciting.
Now more than ever, I know we're united in the importance of being able to look and feel younger, happier, stronger, rested, and support the immune system.
Do feel free to give me or any of our team a call if you need anything, or chat with us on the website LIVECHAT.
Here's to living your best life
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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hup.2852
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ijc.30809
https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/jmf.2010.0146
https://healthevolutionproject.com/yte-clinical-and-medical-studies/
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Researchers at Children's Hospital of Los Angeles were able to determine the exact stage of human retinal development when cells can spiral out of control and form a tumor mass. This finding may open the door for future interventions in the retinoblastoma (RB), retinal tumor that affects children under the age of five years.
The study is a continuation of the work supported by a grant from the National Cancer Institute, and was published online September 13 in the journal PNAS, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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The study is the first of its kind, identifying a phase of human retinal development in which specific cells called precursors of the cone, can become cancerous.
"Understanding this stage of development, and what goes wrong, can help us to find ways to intervene and eventually prevent retinoblastoma", - said David Kobrinik, MD, Ph.D., the Vision Center at Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
Although rare, retinoblastoma is the most common malignant tumor of the eye in children and can lead to a devastating loss of vision.
The previous discovery in 2014 that led to this study, the scientists identified CHLA progenitors cone as the retinoblastoma cell of origin. Conical cells in the retina responsible for color vision.
Following the discovery in 2014 in the current study, the team found that at some point in their maturation cone human progenitor cells can enter the cell cycle - a series of events leading to their separation. Then, the cells begin to multiply and form a pre-cancerous tumors that may develop in the fast-growing retinoblastoma-like mass. Precursors ripening cone includes the cell cycle in response to the inactivation of a tumor suppressor gene and loss of RB1 protein functional RB, which regulates cell growth and keeps the cells from dividing cone precursor.
"We suspect that the progenitor maturation cone are connected in such a way that cause them to become cancer cells in response to the loss of protein RB», - said Kobrinik, Research Institute Investigator CHANA Sabana and associate professor of ophthalmology at Keke School of Medicine at the University of Southern California.
In another case, the key researchers compared the process of development of the human eye with the traditional model of the mouse. Lead author and researcher doktorantny Hardeep Singh, Ph.D., found that the development stage of a particular cell proliferation and the formation of the retinoblastoma occurs in scarce human code precursor protein deficiency, but not in the precursors of the mouse. Animal models have failed to reproduce the genetic, cellular and characteristics of human cells in the retina. This discovery calls into question the accuracy of some models of retinoblastoma animals.
An alternative way to study the state can include induced pluripotent stem cells, Kobrinik said. They can be prepared directly from adult cells, and are another subject of investigation in his laboratory.
Retinoblastoma was among the first tumor who identified the genetic cause. Mutations in tumor suppressor gene RB1 were identified in CHLA and other institutions nearly 30 years ago. Since then, much has been known about how RB1 mutations initiate tumor retinoblastoma.
"Given the current state of genomic analyzes - Kobrinik said - we look forward to the time when we will be able to test the mutation in the RB1, as well as other genes associated with the disease and to ensure preventive measures."
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A balance has to exist between the living creatures such as plants, animals and the habitat for the sustained and proper functioning of the environment. However, we as human beings make sure it doesn't happen. In fact, for every progressive step human beings created in any field be it science, technology or others, the environment went through regression. This includes from destroying the forests, throwing garbages to slaughtering animals.
One such impacts on the environment that are alarmingly large to measure is plastic pollution. Accumulation of plastics in oceans and beaches is becoming a global crisis at an unimaginable rate. As per the report, at current rates plastic is expected to outweigh all the fish in the sea by 2050.
Since it is non-biodegradable, a single plastic bag can remain for at least 10-15 years or even longer under the soil or ocean. With that being said, an estimated one hundred million metric tons of plastic are present in the Earth's oceans. How sad?
In reality, plastics have a direct and deadly effect on marine lives, where thousands of seabirds, sea turtles, seals, whales, dolphins and other mammals are killed each year upon ingesting plastics or getting entangled in it.
The presence of plastics according to statistics is nothing but a human callousness!
Realising the sensitivity of this matter, a drone technology company from the Netherlands is taking up the issue in its hand in a bid to clear the world's seas from trash. Based out of Rotterdam, RanMarine Technology specialises in remote-controlled and autonomous drones called 'WasteSharks' that swim through water, extracting unwanted material and gathering data about their marine environment as well.
Inspired by largest fish on sea – Whale sharks!
Inspired by the planets biggest fish, the Whale Shark, Wastesharks, is a drone designed to be efficient, long-lived, non-threatening and unobtrusive. According to the company, this drone will eat plastics and other litter; detect chemicals in the water; extract alien and pest vegetation. Wastesharks are both human-operated via remote control or through a plotted map on an iPad and autonomous with zero greenhouse emissions as well.
According to Richard Hardiman, CEO of RanMarine Technology, the idea came to him as he was sitting at the Cape Town Waterfront observing two men in boats trying to scoop the plastics from the water.
Collect up to 200 litres of trash and does much more than that!
Capable of swimming for up to 16 hours, Wastesharks can collect up to 200 litres of trash in one trip. Moreover, it also comes equipped with a feature that is capable of transmitting information to a central command like data on pH levels, conductivity, salinity, ammonium, chloride, dissolved oxygen, nitrate and other parameters.
Otherwise called as aquadron, it is currently employed to collect trash in waste chokeholds like canals, harbours, rivers and ponds. Having said that, the company at present does not have plans to take the aquadron out in the open oceans.
It is good to know that various countries including South Africa, the United States, India, the United Arab Emirates, the Netherlands, Germany and Sweden are making use of the product to clear the mess. Recently, the wastesharks was employed in partnership with Dubai Marina Yacht Club, that can run 24 hours per day and is even capable of collecting oil from the surface of the water.
Let's contribute on our part too!
RanMarine's SharkPod project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. Moreover, it has also partnered with UN's Clean Seas campaign and the Plastic Soup Foundation.
This is only the beginning, but it takes an unrealistic amount of time to clean the entire oceans. From our part to preserve the environment, we can try replacing plastic with paper or other recyclable products. It's in our hand to reuse and recycle before it is too late for the Earth's oceans and its lives.


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Darrell Hamilton Throws Up During Helicopter Proposal Video
Ahh, proposals.
It's meant to be one of the happiest days of your life, and Darrell Hamilton Jr almost, almost nailed it.
In fact, he was completing crushing the romantic gesture, up until the part where he threw up. Everywhere.
Like, right in front of his bride-to-be Rheanna Faye. Not a great look, buddy.
Because he's a hopeless romantic and really wanted to surprise his girl, Darrell arranged for the pair to have a helicopter ride over Reedley, California on February 11, and planned to pop the big question onboard.
But his plans changed when he got motion sickness, and because he filmed the entire thing, you can watch his embarrassing moment in glorious HD! (Don't worry, you don't see any puke.)
About a minute into the clip, which Darrell uploaded to YouTube, he starts looking really uncomfortable, and a caption pops up on the video,
I did not anticipate motion sickness.
Like the trooper he is, Darrell soldiers on, as he and the pilot scan the ground looking for the sign he made for Rheanna.
Suddenly, he ramps up the romance by tapping her on the shoulder with ring in hand.
It's a beautiful moment for precisely four seconds, which is how long it takes after proposing for Darrell to start chucking his guts up.
Like, I get that commitment is scary, but come on man! You didn't even wait for an answer!
Poor Rheanna looks completely overwhelmed and clearly has no idea what to do as she clutches the engagement ring in one hand while trying to look after her man.
But I feel even more sorry for Darrell. You only get one chance at such a big moment, but at least he made it memorable.
And on the plus side, Rheanna said yes. Of course she did — he took her on a friggin' helicopter ride.
In the end, it's actually kinda cute, as they hug each other while Darrell continues to look like he's living through a nightmare.
Which is proof that even love can make a video all about vom pretty cute after all.


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Singer. Songwriter. Arranger. Multi-Instrumentalist. Producer - Eric Matthews has had a storied career. In 1994 Matthews debuted as one half of the band Cardinal with singer-songwriter Richard Davies. Their self titled album was at the forefront of the indie-rock movement, and remains to this day a high-water mark of the genre. Eric followed up the success of Cardinal with the release of his solo debut "It's Heavy In Here" on Sub Pop records in 1995. Heavy rotation of the hit single "Fanfare" on MTV led to a 2nd album on Sub Pop The Lateness of the Hour (1997), as well as collaborations with artists ranging from The Dandy Warhols to Elliot Smith.
Since 1997, Eric has continued a streak of critically acclaimed and thought provoking orchestral pop records: Six Kinds of Passion Looking For An Exit (2005), Foundation Sounds (2006), and The Imagination Stage (2008), followed by albums with his bands Seinking Ships (2010), Cardinal's long awaited 2nd album "Hymns" (2012), and SheLoom's "The Baron of the Fjord" (2015). All this leads us to this this critical point where "Too Much World (2017)" finally arrives. Eric Matthews returns to the solo record game, a one man wrecking crew intact and ready for another run, a run of his own.
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Q: Can an effect equivalent to negative padding be achieved with HTML and CSS? Here is the HTML and CSS I'm working with:

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I'd like the vertical border to the right of window 2 to sit directly atop the vertical border to the left of windows 5 and 6. This should be achieved without any change to the horizontal line below windows 1 and 2 --- that is, the right edge of window 2 should line up with the right endpoint of the horizontal line below windows 1 and 2.
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This needs to be implemented in html and css, and should work for any structure of nested containers (with the constraint that horizontal containers may contain only multiple vertical containers or a single window, and vertical containers may contain only multiple horizontal containers or a single window).
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These African and Scandinavian Musicians Create Sweet Sounds in Copenhagen
Written byPRI/PRX's The World
Posted 17 July 2016 10:00 GMT
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Musicians from Scandinavia and southern Africa play a jam session at a Danish café during the Copenhagen Jazz Festival this month. Credit: Sonia Narang
This article by Sonia Narang originally appeared on PRI.org on July 12, 2016, and is republished here as part of a content-sharing agreement.
During the annual Copenhagen Jazz Festival in July, people can hear music coming from street corners, open-air plazas, and iconic jazz clubs across Denmark's capital. On one Sunday afternoon during the recent festival, I saw a little Danish café turn into a meeting place for global cultures.
Inside Café Blå Time, which means "Blue Hour café" (or "Blue Time café") in Danish, a crowd gathered to watch a line-up of international musicians: a drummer/singer from Mozambique, Swedish brothers who play the saxophone and piano, a singer adopted from Swaziland who now lives in Denmark, a Finnish bass player, and a guitarist from Namibia.
I caught up with Mozambique-born musician Deodato Siquir before the jam session at the café. I'd seen him perform in front of a packed house at another venue in Copenhagen the previous night, and wanted to find out more about his music.
Siquir moved to Sweden when he was in his mid-20s. "It was a rebirth for me. I didn't know anybody, I didn't know any musicians. I had to start from zero."
Deodato Siquir is a singer and drummer from Mozambique. He moved to Scandinavia in his mid-20's and plays with musicians from around the world at the annual Copenhagen Jazz Festival. Credit: Sonia Narang
In the 15 years he's lived in Scandinavia — including seven in Copenhagen — he has built up a large network of friends and supporters.
"I had to learn the language, I had to learn the codes, and all the habits [of Scandinavians]," he says, and at the same time "not break the connection with my roots." He sings in his first language, Ronga, and writes songs about Mozambican life. One of his most poignant songs, "Para Mutema," is about his late mother.
In his shows, he brings together what he calls "an all-star" band of musicians who gel on stage despite disparate backgrounds.
"A Swedish guy, and a Mozambican guy, and a Danish guy, they're speaking one language, which is the music language," Siquir says. "That's what we want to reflect to the society, that it's possible."
He's joined on stage by two brothers — a pianist and a saxophone player — from Gothenburg, Sweden. The piano player, David Bäck, is Siquir's good friend and part of his trio.
"When we play the music, people in the audience feel like this is like my kitchen at home with the family, and we talk in a sweet way together," Bäck says.
He enjoys playing with people of different musical styles, and says, "African music is so rhythmical and ecstatic, so it's good for me when it takes some breaks and relaxes, and then you go with the energy again."
While I'm waiting for the jam session to begin, I strike up a conversation with Maria Thandie Stensgaard, who I spotted in the crowd at Siquir's concert the previous night. I find out she's a singer who performed 16 gigs at last year's jazz festival.
"My dad is a Zulu and my mom is from Swaziland," she says. She was adopted by Danish parents who lived in South Africa during apartheid, and now live in Denmark.
"They've been quite a beautiful guidance for me, because they were the Caucasian people in the black world during apartheid and now it's me, a little black girl in a white world," Stensgaard says.
Jazz Singer Maria Thandie performed 16 gigs during last year's jazz festival in Copenhagen. This summer, she says she's mostly just attending events to support fellow musicians, and pops into a few jam sessions like this one to sing. Credit: Sonia Narang
Stensgaard grew up with gospel and blues, and says she mixed her African inspirations into that music. "I'm really a storyteller," she says, adding, "I'm a live person. I never wanted to record. That's my thing. I need the crowd. Whatever they bring, I'll have that conversation by singing, that's what I love."
Today, she takes the stage to sing the jazz classic, "Summertime," a lovely melody that captures the entire café's attention.
"We do what we do best on stage, and it's like we're having this conversation with our instruments and getting to know each other by what we love the most," Stensgaard says. "And, for me, that's magic, yeah. I love it."
A little later, singer and guitarist Jackson Wahengo adds some more lively flavor to the jam session with his rhythmic blend of African folk and pop. He grew up in the refugee camps of Angola singing freedom songs for his country Namibia, which became an independent nation in 1990.
Today, as Wahengo sings a song in his mother tongue of Oshiwambo with a Swedish band in his new hometown of Copenhagen, it truly feels like a place where cultures mix.
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Pixar Pier is about to take over at Disney's California Adventure, with new neighborhoods, and new adventures. The biggest change, however is the all new Incredicoaster, which takes guests on a revamped California Screamin, as they join The Incredibles in trying to keep Jack-Jack in check.
We have a first look of the new coaster, which honestly looks like so much fun.
The coaster was a blast before, but with onride audio, and some extra effects, The Incredibles seriously have taken over.
The Incredicoaster is opening soon at Disney's California Adventure.
Stay tuned for more from Disneyland! Be sure to get social with us on Facebook and follow along with us on Twitter @BehindThrills for the latest updates!


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import (
	"github.com/keybase/client/go/kbfs/dokan"
	"github.com/keybase/client/go/kbfs/libkbfs"
	"golang.org/x/net/context"
)

// PrefetchFile represents a write-only file where any write of at least one
// byte triggers either disabling or enabling prefetching.  It is mainly useful
// for testing.
type PrefetchFile struct {
	fs     *FS
	enable bool
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}

// WriteFile performs writes for dokan.
func (f *PrefetchFile) WriteFile(ctx context.Context, fi *dokan.FileInfo, bs []byte, offset int64) (n int, err error) {
	f.fs.logEnter(ctx, "PrefetchFile WriteFile")
	defer func() { f.fs.reportErr(ctx, libkbfs.WriteMode, err) }()
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	if len(bs) == 0 {
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15 Military Friendly Colleges in Vermont
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There are many military friendly colleges in Vermont. According to the VA, in 2017, 31 Vermont schools got Post 9/11 GI bill funds for over 1,500 students totaling over $14 million dollars.
There are six active programs offering benefits for veterans' education. If eligible, all of these may be used to help fund a college education.
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The most-used benefit program is the Post 9/11 GI Bill. At Vermont colleges, 83% of the beneficiaries used the Post 9/11 GI Bill to help fund their education.
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These 15 military friendly colleges in Vermont are listed based on the total amount of Post 9/11 GI Bill benefits awarded in the 2017 / 2018 school year. All of the data cited from the National Center for Education Statistics. Many of these schools take part in the Yellow Ribbon Program, a part of the Post-9/11 GI Bill. Under the Yellow Ribbon Program, the colleges and the VA pay the tuition and mandatory fees not paid for by the GI Bill.
1Norwich University
158 Harmon Drive | Northfield, VT 05663
Total Post 9/11 GI Bill Sum Awarded in 2017: $5.66M
Norwich University is the first military friendly school in Vermont on our list. It has over 640 students who get GI Bill benefits. The Veterans Affairs Team understands the challenge of going from military to civilian life. So, they're ready to help veterans, military service members, and their families.
Norwich participates in the Yellow Ribbon Program. It offers an unlimited number of students up to $16,879 each, per year.
Veterans are eligible for transfer credit of military training. The retention rate for full time students who get military benefits is 100%. And, the rate for part time students is 75%.
Average Post 9/11 GI Bill Benefits Awarded
Undergrad: $24,043
Grad: $12,014
# of Students Earning 9/11 GI Bill Benefits
Undergrad: 80
Grad: 179
Retention Rates For Students Who Receive Benefits
Full Time: 100%
Part Time: 75%
2 Champlain College
163 S Willard St | Burlington, VT 05401
Champlain College's Veteran Services Office provides easy access to military and VA education benefit information and services. Plus, the school is home to ChampMilVets. This is the Student Veteran Organization (SVO) on campus.
Champlain participates in the Yellow Ribbon Program. It offers an unlimited number of undergrad and grad students an unlimited max contribution per year.
Veterans are eligible for transfer credit of military training. The retention rate for full time students who get military benefits is 86%. And, the rate for part time students is 50%.
Grad: $5,369
Undergrad: 178
Grad: 66
Full Time: 86%
3 University of Vermont
85 South Prospect St | Burlington, VT 05405
University of Vermont (UVM) is a Member of Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges (SOC). Plus, it offers UVM Student Veteran Services. This supports veterans and military students during college. That includes helping them to make a smooth transition to higher ed after serving in the armed forces.
UVM participates in the Yellow Ribbon Program. It offers an unlimited number of undergraduate students an unlimited max contribution per year. 2 graduate students at the Graduate College get up to $5,000 each, per year. And, 5 graduate students at the Medical School get up to $10,000 each, per year.
Veterans are eligible for transfer credit of military training. The retention rate for full time students who get military benefits is 67%.
Grad: 4
Part Time: N/A
4 Vermont Technical College
124 Admin Drive | Randolph, VT 05061
Vermont Technical College (VTC) is committed to helping current and former military members with their college goals. The school has a dedicated point of contact for support services for veterans, military service members, and their families.
VTC participates in the Yellow Ribbon Program. It offers an unlimited number of students an unlimited max contribution per year.
Grad: N/A
5 Saint Michael's College
One Winooski Park | Colchester, VT 05439
Saint Michael's College (SMCVT) offers a safe space for student veterans to transition from military to student life. The school is a member of Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges (SOC). And, it has a recognized student veteran organization on campus.
SMCVT participates in the Yellow Ribbon Program. It offers 50 undergrad students and 25 grad students an unlimited amount per year.
Veterans may be eligible for transfer credit of military training.
Full Time: N/A
6 Castleton University
62 Alumni Drive | Castleton, VT 05735
Castleton University welcomes veterans and is ready to meet their educational goals. The school has a dedicated point of contact for support services. These help veterans, service members, and families. Plus, there's a recognized student veteran organization on campus.
Castleton participates in the Yellow Ribbon Program. It offers 5 undergrad students up to $3,000 each, per year.
Veterans are eligible for transfer credit of military training.
Undergrad: $7,806
7 Middlebury College
Old Chapel | Middlebury, VT 05753
Middlebury College values the contributions of veterans to the campus community. It provides advising, support, and resources.
Middlebury also participates in the Yellow Ribbon Program. It offers an unlimited number of undergraduate and graduate students varying awards. Amounts depend on the school or division.
8 New England Culinary Institute
7 School Street | Montpelier, VT 05602
New England Culinary Institute (NECI) has a dedicated point of contact for support services for military students. These include veterans, military service members, and their families.
NECI participates in the Yellow Ribbon Program. It offers an unlimited number of students up to $12,000 each, per year.
9 Vermont Law School
164 Chelsea Street | South Royalton, VT 05068
Vermont Law School has a recognized student veteran organization on campus.
Vermont Law participates in the Yellow Ribbon Program. It offers 25 grad students up to $15,000 each, per year. And, 25 doctoral students get up to $15,000 each, per year.
Undergrad: N/A
10 Vermont College of Fine Arts
36 College Street | Montpelier, VT 05602
Vermont College of Fine Arts (VCFA) has a dedicated point of contact for support services for military students. These help veterans, military servicemembers, and their families.
VCFA participates in the Yellow Ribbon Program. It offers 6 grad students up to $500 each, per year.
11 Goddard College
123 Pitkin Road | Plainfield, VT 05667
Goddard College is another military friendly college in Vermont. They have a dedicated point of contact for support services. These serve veterans, military service members, and their families.
Goddard participates in the Yellow Ribbon Program. It offers 5 grad students in the MFA program in Creative Writing and / or Interdisciplinary Studies up to $500 each, per year.
Undergrad: 1
12 Sterling College
16 Sterling Drive | Craftsbury Common, VT 05827
Sterling College is open and friendly and includes people of diverse life experiences. That included military veterans. The school is a member of Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges (SOC). Plus, it has a recognized student veteran organization on campus.
Sterling participates in the Yellow Ribbon Program. It offers 10 undergrad students up to $7,500 each, per year.
Veterans are eligible for transfer credit of military training. The retention rate for full time students who get military benefits is 100%.
13 Landmark College
19 River Road South | Craftsbury Putney, VT 05346
Landmark participates in the Yellow Ribbon Program. It offers an unlimited number of undergraduate students up to $20,000 each, per year.
Undergrad: Info withheld for privacy
14 Bennington College
One College Drive | Bennington, VT 05201
Bennington College participates in the Yellow Ribbon Program. It offers an unlimited number of students an unlimited max contribution per year.
Grad: Info withheld for privacy
15 Marlboro College
2582 South Road | Marlboro, VT 05344
Marlboro College is proud of its veteran history. In fact, 35 of the college's first 50 graduates were veterans. Veterans are an integral part of the community, and Marlboro deeply respects their service.
Marlboro participates in the Yellow Ribbon Program. It offers 20 students an unlimited max contribution per year.
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Joint response on physician associate regulation consultation
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The presidents of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) and the Faculty of Physician Associates (FPA), have responded to the opening of a consultation on the regulation of physician associates.
The consultation has been announced today by the secretary of state for health, Jeremy Hunt.
Professor Jane Dacre, president of the RCP, commented:
The RCP has called for regulation of physician associates for years and we warmly welcome this positive step from the Department of Health on the road towards introducing statutory regulation of physician associates.
We believe regulation is required in order to ensure and enhance patient safety, and to make the most of the talents and skills that physician associates bring to the teams in which they work.
The RCP will be responding to the consultation recommending that the government introduce statutory regulation for physician associates, and will be encouraging our members and fellows to do the same.
Jeannie Watkins, president of the FPA, added:
We are delighted with the announcement from the secretary of state for health today that the Department of Health is opening a consultation on the regulation of physician associates.
Put simply, regulation will provide a legally accountable framework for patient safety, the setting of standards and ensuring fitness to practise. While this is currently overseen by the FPA through the Physician Associate Managed Voluntary Register (PAMVR), such matters cannot be legally enforced without statutory regulation.
Introducing regulation will enable physician associates to work to the full scope of the role, easing the workload burden on the medical team, and supporting doctors in the provision of high-quality care to patients.
We will be encouraging all of our members, the physician associate profession and those working with physician associates to respond positively to the consultation calling for the regulation of the profession.
For any enquiries please contact Hannah Prime, communications adviser:
Email: hannah.prime@rcplondon.ac.uk
About the FPA
The Faculty of Physician Associates (FPA) provides professional support to physician associates across the UK. FPA members are part of a professional membership body campaigning for progress and change in the profession, advising government, and taking part in national debates on medical, clinical and public health issues.
The FPA reviews and sets standards for:
the education and training of physician associates
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physician associate national certification and recertification examinations.
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The FPA oversees and administers the running of the Physician Associate Managed Voluntary Register (PAMVR) and is campaigning to achieve statutory regulationof the profession.
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Jackass: Number Two
Thread starter Dan
I didn't think they'd be able to top the first one, but they did. This one topped the first on grossness, dangerousness, and hilariousness. There was one particular bit that nearly made me throw up, and I have a very strong stomach. But, other than that, it was pretty much great.
Said1
Somewhere in Ontario
Just when you thought you couldn't take anymore.
My idea of the perfect date - going to the golf couse and hiding in the bushes with an air horn.
Kagom
I can't get into Jackass. I just find it way too stupid, kinda like I did with Napoleon Dynamite.
It's supposed to be stupid. You're thinking way to hard about it.
fuzzykitten99
You'll have to check the Marauder's Map...
i thought the terrorist stunt was the BEST one...
the 'devil' popping out of the ground in California was next in line.
what was your favorite?
Said1 said:
we did that to my father in law after we saw that stunt. He takes his golf WAY too seriously at the campground 9-hole that he plays at.
I know it's supposed to be stupid. I don't really think much on it. I dunno.
Probably the terrorist one, though I did feel bad for Ehren when they were telling the driver that it was okay to hit him really hard.
Other than that, the puppet show with the snake was funny but discomforting, The Switcheroo with Bam's parents was good, the love letter/boxing glove bit was great, and although it was a little, stupid thing during the credits, I really liked when Bam was bitching about everyone picking on him and he fell through that hole in the ground.
That said, the fish hook and the horse situation were two things I could go the rest of my life without seeing again. I almost threw up at the horse thing.
Some guy passed out in the theater I was in. Everyone was laughing at him, even his buddies. Now THAT'S what a Jackass moviegoing experience is all about!
the gunshot sound effects were a great addition to the terrorist one.
yeah, the fish-hook one was one that I had to actually cover my eyes on just because of the pain i could sense.
the horse one...that one was not that nasty (i have witnessed this type of thing before when i worked at a local stable) until Pontius drank some of it-that was a little sick...but they had to do something extreme for the camera - i guess.
Yeah, it didn't get me until he drank it. I thought it was funny that out of all the stuff in that movie, that was the one thing they had to edit. They really raised the nudity bar from the last one, didn't they? At least now I can say I've seen full frontal midget nudity, I guess.
oh, come on, we all know you're into midget porn! :
The I guess I didn't notice the nudity as much, but when we got home, we watched the first movie on dvd, and i then noticed the guys were a lot less 'shy' about their junk.
we were probably older than the rest of the whole theater (seemed to be filled with HS kids) and so when the stallion came on screen, you could hear the kids commenting on the size, so to speak.
I didn't know Bam was afraid of snakes-so what they did to him I thought was funny, but also kind of mean.
Ya know on the first movie's dvd, they have the deleted scene of the guy who hates mustard? That guy could have been my husband because they both share the same loathing for the condiment. I sometimes tease him with it, but I don't think I would have gone that far, which would just be cruel.
I can only assume that they knew they wouldn't get an R rating with all that nudity back then, maybe? They made efforts to hide the nudity in the first one, whereas in the second one, they went out of their way to get some major nut shots and stuff.
Where do you live? I can see where someone would be surprised by the size if they've never seen a live horse before.
But, yeah, most of my crowd looked like high-school aged kids, too, which is fine, this is the one movie that I didn't really mind a lot of people talking in the theater.
On the other hand, after the movie there were some kids dicking around in the parking lot, Jackass-style, and all I could think was "oh, THIS is why these guys have so much trouble making TV shows and movies, because of dumbasses like this!"
I'm not sure if that part's staged or not, and I'm sure Bam didn't really care, but I'd be furious if someone kicked a dent in my car because I put mustard on them.
Have you seen any of the CKY videos? They're basically the inspiration for Jackass, only it's just Bam and his crew (Rake, Dunn, Dico, Rabb, etc.), and there is a lot more focus on skateboarding. In fact, the first video is basically a skateboarding video with some pranks thrown in. The later ones are really good, though, especially CKY4. Definitely worth checking out if you're a fan of Jackass.
BTW, I recently rewatched the first one, too, and I'm pretty sure my favorite bit is probably either the Rent-a-Car Smash-Up or the Fireworks Wake-Up. But, my absolute favorite line, as dumb as it is, is when Steve-O's putting all those shrimp in his underwear and he points at his wiener and says "look at that shrimp!" Don't ask me why, but it gets me every time. It's making me giggle at this very moment, actually.
For some reason my favorite scenes in the first one is Party Boy in Japan when he first rips off his warm ups and starts dancing in that electronics store. The face on the japs is hillarious.
My other favorite is Wee man as a giant cone. Then the golf air horn. And the golf cart derby where JK almost killed himself.
Then the golf air horn. And the golf cart derby where JK almost killed himself.
Those are another two of my favorites.
Where do you live? I can see where someone would be surprised by the size if they've never seen a live horse before...
i live about 22 miles NW of Minneapolis in a town called Anoka (Halloween Capitol of the World, Garrison Keillor was born/raised here -not that anyone here wants to admit to it- and we have claim to Miss America 1989 Gretchen Carlson who is now working as a Fox News correspondent)
Go about 5-10 miles either west or north and you will run into many homes that have horses, but most of them don't have stallions. I just don't think many of the kids, while they have seen horses close up, it is not common to see a stallion cover a mare, or even being "teased", and they are more likely to have seen geldings, instead of stallions.
that's when I say 'natural selection' will thin the herd. If they are that stupid, then they are not worthy of passing on their genes...
I think Bam's reaction to the snake was real, because he was crying. Guys like that wouldn't cry unless they are really feeling it.
The mustard thing was psycho-I think he totally over-reacted, but some people have that psychotic-f*ing hatreds of certain things. Kind of like liberals and President Bush.
I have seen some of the CKY videos, but I am not as much into them because the skateboarding gets old after a while. Viva La Bam is pretty good though. But I prefer all the guys together because I think they all make it that much funnier.
Oh, and the first movie-AirHorn Golf was THE best one. There used to be a golf course that was right next to an intersection of two major freeways near here, and people who knew that would drive by and honk randomly. Now the course is no longer there-Medtronic bought the land for their new corporate offices and a new lab.
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John Kerry's Eureka Moment
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It has been a bizarre week for US policy towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. On 23 December, the Obama administration narrowly avoided becoming the first since Harry Truman's to leave office without a single United Nations Security Council resolution censuring Israel to its credit. Washington has spent the past eight years shielding what John Kerry on 28 December called 'the most right-wing [government] in Israeli history, with an agenda driven by its most extreme elements' from international scrutiny.
As the United States neither supported nor vetoed Resolution 2334, the Security Council unanimously confirmed that all Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, are illegal and constitute 'a flagrant violation under international law'. It was a rare victory for an international community that has been consistently thwarted by Barack Obama's indulgence of Binyamin Netanyahu's appetite for Palestinian land.
The Security Council additionally called on member states 'to distinguish, in their relevant dealings, between the territory of the State of Israel and the territories occupied since 1967'. With that single phrase, half a century of Israeli efforts to normalise the occupation by way of countless faits accomplis and legitimise its presence beyond the Green Line vanished.
It is unlikely that those who, unlike the US, voted for the resolution will ignore it, especially since Netanyahu responded by petulantly announcing that his government would continue to violate the ban on settlement expansion, and Donald Trump is preparing to douse the fire with gasoline.
Then, on 28 December, Kerry delivered a seventy-minute address on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. For all its obligatory political correctness, replete with condemnations of Palestinians for refusing to be passively and silently occupied, it included the harshest words directed at Israel by a US secretary of state since James Baker in 1990 questioned its willingness to make peace with the Palestinians. To his credit, Kerry openly used the emotive phrase 'separate but unequal' – albeit to describe a dystopian future rather than the very real present – and, in an apparent first for a serving US official, referred to the nakba and explained that it is Palestinian for 'catastrophe'.
But where Baker demonstrated seriousness of purpose by reducing the flow of American aid to Israel and effectively forcing Yitzhak Shamir into retirement, Kerry bragged about his administration's unprecedented generosity to 'the most right wing [government] in Israeli history, with an agenda driven by its most extreme elements'. Attempting to sound more like an interested spectator than the chief diplomat of the state whose acts of commission and omission over the past half century have perpetuated the crisis, he resorted to the tired saw that Washington cannot want peace more than the occupiers it enables or the occupied who don't have a choice in the matter.
Kerry concluded by enumerating six principles that Washington believes should guide the search for peace. They are broadly consistent with the long-standing US interpretation of a two-state settlement, even if they include an update here and an elaboration there. Which raises three questions.
Since there is effectively nothing new in Kerry's principles, and Israel's attitude towards them must have been known to him since his 'first trip to Israel as a young senator in 1986' about which he waxed so sentimentally, why did he do nothing to force 'the most right wing [government] in Israeli history, with an agenda driven by its most extreme elements' to accept them during the past four years, and refrain from criticising the government that rejected them until the final days of his tenure?
Why were we instead forced to put up with the charade of negotiations he sponsored, whose only purpose was as diplomatic cover for the further expansion of illegal settlements which according to Kerry himself not only 'have nothing to do with Israel's security' but are there for the express purpose of turning the occupied territories into 'small parcels that could never constitute a real state'?
If, on the contrary, Kerry's eureka moment arrived only this Christmas, and he felt the need to speak out in order to preserve the two-state framework from the assaults not only of Israel's extremists but also of those in America waiting in the wings to detonate America's Middle East diplomacy, why refrain from the obvious step of recognising Palestinian statehood?
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30 December 2016 at 9:33pm
kadinsky says:
The most embarrassing thing about it is that Kerry somehow believed he'd be taken seriously.
30 December 2016 at 11:10pm
F. N. Noyes says: @ kadinsky
He didn't, just for the record.
31 December 2016 at 8:21am
kadinsky says: @ F. N. Noyes
He did, just for the record.
31 December 2016 at 10:49am
Graucho says: @ kadinsky
Oh yes he did - Oh no he didn't . Panto is off to a good start this season. Happy New Year all.
1 January 2017 at 9:03pm
quasimodo5000 says:
What's really interesting is the apparently bottomless appetite among LRB readers for pro-Palestinian propaganda. You'd think thoughtful anti-Zionists would at least have some curiosity about this astonishing inability of the Palestinian State and its many allies to do anything at all to alleviate the misery of its long-suffering population. It's like the Occupied Terrirories are a vast prison camp. We know why Israel keeps things that way, but why do the other neighboring countries not do something? LOL it's such a joke.
manchegauche says: @ quasimodo5000
"You'd think thoughtful anti-Zionists would at least have some curiosity about this astonishing inability of the Palestinian State and its many allies to do anything at all to alleviate the misery of its long-suffering population."
Perhaps, I don't really know, it might be something to do with the Israeli embargo and frequent murderous assaults on the Palestinian population.
You'd think that thoughtful Tel-Aviv apologists would have some curiosity about their astonishing inability to get anything right about the whole war crime that is the illegal occupation of Palestine.
Fred Skolnik says: @ manchegauche
You are ranting. The murderous assaults come from the barbaric Arab terrorists and there is of course no embargo on anything other than war materials. Any supply ship can dock at Ashdod, have its cargo inspected and then transshipped to Gaza via the Israeli crossing points. Of course Hamas has never utilized more than 50% of their capacity for the simple reason that their leaders make more money shaking down the smugglers using the Egyptian tunnels - not money to give the Gazans a better life but kickbacks to support the extravagant lifestyles of these leaders. And by the way, about 40% of Gaza's annual budget goes to building its attack tunnels - easily over 2 billion dollars. And for what, to murder a few dozen Israeli civilians when they could be using this money again to give the Gazans a better life.
Graucho says:
What is absolutely mind boggling is the ability of the state of Israel to drag the rest of the world into problems of its own making. South Africa is the nearest parallel one can think of in recent history.
Fred Skolnik says: @ Graucho
Only people like yourself pretend that there is a parallel of this kind. It is the Arabs who created the problems, and if this hasn't sunk in yet, I'll be happy to recapitulate the history of the conflict.
Graucho says: @ Fred Skolnik
I keep forgetting that the Arabs created the state of Israel and evicted themselves from their own homes. Thanks for the correction.
No, they didn't create the State of Israel They invaded the State of Israel.
"We will smash the country with our guns and obliterate every place the Jews seek shelter in. The Arabs should conduct their wives and children to safe areas until the fighting has died down" (Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri)
And if evictions and dispacements trouble you, start investigating what happened to Jews in Arab countries during the war period.
Indeed. How the Arabs could fail to see that the Irgun and the Stern Gang had their best interests at heart is as much a mystery to me as it is to you.
What the Arabs saw was a sovereign non-Muslim state that they were intent on conquering in the name of Allah, just as they had conquered Spain and Persia in the days of their imperial glory. That's what they told us themselves before the UN vote. Why don't you listen. Hanging on to the Irgun for dear life neither magnifies its role nor mitigates the Arab determination to destroy the Jewish state.
3 January 2017 at 8:16am
There was I thinking that the Israeli electorate were hanging onto the Irgun by putting their political wing, the Likud, into power. I stand corrected. Anyway, we appear to be talking at cross purposes. I quite agree that the destruction of Israel is what its opponents desire. Logically there are only three possible outcomes in the long run. The one state solution, the two state solution and the no state solution. With the Likud joined at the hip with the settler movement the second option isn't going to happen so it's going to be one or three. My bemused observation is why, for example, our Prime Minister felt it necessary to throw her sixpence worth into the debate.
quasimodo5000 says: @ Graucho
yeah, those goddam Jews, thanks to them now the whole world has to take off its shoes to get on an airplane, not to mention watch out when it goes to a discotheque, walks through a market or rides a bus. Damn.
The great thing about John Berger's 2003 text on Ramallah, referenced nearby -- comments on his death notice are prematurely closed, for some reason (Fred it's your fault!) -- is not its political analysis, since it has none, despite his supposed Marxist frame of thinking. Rather, its his sympathy with those everyday Arab humans, including two barefoot young boys (wow), whose situation is both Edenic and dystopian, the latter thanks to the Jews. A reader of that text now would be excused for exclaiming Jesus Christ what's the matter with those guys that its been 14 years and they still can fix things for themselves! The anti-zionist Brits -- such meddlers, arent they, especially regarding Palestine? -- blame Netanyahu, Kerry, I don't know, John Stewart, but say nothing about those failed Palestinian leaders, whomever they are, whatever kind of state they would establish, and how they might actually act as the agents for their own people, who they force to live in their mutually assured hell. It's so stupid, isn't it? So, Brits, dragged into this thing, you should in fact be the ones who know how to fix it -- how did you get the IRA to stop bombing civilians in London, anyway?>
Graucho says: @ quasimodo5000
"how did you get the IRA to stop bombing civilians in London" well by having a serious negotiation and conceding meaningful political power as I recall.
As a Londoner I lived through the terror campaigns of the 70's 80's and 90's when our Irish friends murdered over 2,000 people including several MPs, a senior diplomat, a person close to the royal family, nearly assasinated a British cabinet, mortar bombed number 10, caused horrific life changing injuries to thousands and ran up a bill for damages not worth thinking about.
In spite of all these provocations I never recall HMG calling in air strikes on the bog side or shelling the catholic areas of Belfast. I do not remember stone throwers having their hands broken or the family homes of terrorist supects being bulldozed as a collective punishment. I certainly don't recall large numbers of new housing estates being built to house an influx of protestant imigrants in order to tighten the UK's hold on the province. Even though terrorists were using the republic as a refuge and receiving arms and support from there, I don't remember the UK invading the place, trashing Dublin and the British army holding the ring so that para militaries could invade catholic homes and murder the women and children. In fact the one serious mistep that took place was bloody Sunday and everyone, especially the army top brass admitted that it was the stupidest thing they ever did.
But, hey, Israel is your country and you should do things your way. Said it often enough, you've made your bed and the rest of us would do well to leave you to lie on it.
stettiner says: @ Graucho
So, after hundreds of years of occupation, massacres and famines, London finally had " a serious negotiation" with the Irish...
Great! As in Great Britain...
Graucho says: @ Graucho
@stettiner
Exactly, and wise men would do well to learn from our mistakes.
fbkun says:
I see the pro-Zionist troll factory is working full steam...
4 January 2017 at 12:32am
quasimodo5000 says: @ fbkun
Who me an Israeli? Oh no I call the Utopia of New York my home. I know nothing of the Middle East nor do I care save for what I read in these pages. It's mad repetitive, as you show here, suggesting that Hebrew forbearance is key. Well, I doubt Gerry Adams would accept the utterly passive role you give the IRA. But really just say it outright -- Oh those goddam Jews....
Fred Skolnik says:
Not nearly as hard as the haters.
That's quite a mouthful but you are ranting again. The Israeli army does not invade Arab homes and murder women and children and it attacks rocket launching sites. The last time Britain was subjected to massive bombardments, it leveled Dresden, among other civilian targets, killing up to 100,000 people, so don't get overly pious. I have mentioned more than once that Israel hatred is a pathological condition, but hey, that's your problem.
3 January 2017 at 11:20pm
Adam_Morris says: @ Fred Skolnik
I'm sorry, but all the facts are against you. Look at any independent report and you'll see a massively disproportionate rate of casualties in the Occupied Territories compared to Israel. Israel uses illegal phosphorous bombs, Hamas home-made rockets. Israel is armed to the teeth with high-tech weaponry (and a nuclear arsenal). Settlers shoot kids for throwing stones. Before you rant about Dresden, perhaps you should watch 'The Promise' by Peter Kosminsky, a Channel 4 drama about Britain's role in the founding of Israel.
Fred Skolnik says: @ Adam_Morris
We all appreciate Britain's role, for better or for worse, including the abstention on the partition vote, but what does this have to do with Dresden and what does this have to do with your moralizing about how Israel should defend its population while you sit around watching television? Settlers don't shoot children throwing stones and as long as Hamas fires rockets from the middle of residential areas, and prevents the civilian population from evacuating them after Israel gives advance notice of an attack, there are going to be casualties, though not as many as you caused in Kosovo and Iraq. In fact, to get back to Mr. Graucho's Dublin analogy, if 4,500 rockets had been fired from there at Britain's civilian population, and the government there had declared that the Republic of Ireland intended ultimately to destroy Great Britain (and of course massacre its population), you can be sure that a state of war would have been declared by Great Britain and the RAF would have responded accordingly with all its high-tech weaponry, and if those rockets had been fired from residential areas, you can be sure that civilian casualties would have been ten times higher than in Gaza.
Actually it was the invasion of Lebanon that I had in mind, not Gaza.
It's a common mistake among people like yourslf who get all their information about the Middle East from blogs and the telly. You see, they're shaped alike, but if look at a map you'll see that they're spelled differently.
lordarsenal says:
As for me, I care not for the endless struggle between Zionism and it's detractors. They've all turned this misbegotten part of the world into hell on earth. Here's my complaint, for what it's worth. As an American taxpayer, I wonder how long my tax dollars are going to be used to subsidize this folly. Why should I put up with the likes of Israel's chief punk, Netanyahu, slobbering over the UN abstention, while his grubby hands are in my pocket? The hutzpah is truly astonishing. My suggestion is for Israel to find another tit to suck. I'm sick of paying out.
Fred Skolnik says: @ lordarsenal
You'll be paying out a lot more if Muslim extremists take over the Middle East, because that's just the beginning, of which 9/11 was a foretaste. America gives aid to Israel because they are allies fighting a common enemy, just as America gave aid to the Allies in World War II.
Your choice of language and obvious hostility makes me think that you do care, only for the wrong reasons.
sol_adelman says: @ Fred Skolnik
Don't be silly. The US taxpayer hasn't subsidized Israel because it's preventing Muslim extremists from taking over the mideast. Israel has done nothing to confront al-Quaeda or Isis, while its actions are the very reason why organisations like Hamas and Hezbollah came into being.
Fred Skolnik says: @ sol_adelman
Israel with its military might is a rallying point for all the moderate Arab states in the area (Egypt, Jordan, etc.) with whom they cooperate very closely in security matters. Certainly the United States sees these countries as a brake against the spread of radical Islam as well as against the spread of Russia's influence in the Middle East. Or maybe you're not familiar with American thinking, flawed or not. And of course there is also a natural affinity between the two countries and a natural response to the Arab threat to destroy Israel and massacre its population, which has been regularly pronounced for 70 years now.
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