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Another rumble in the concrete jungle with this bad monkey wasn't part of the plan
February 25, 2022 December 9, 2021 ~ Burkey Gaming
I'm gonna come right out and say it: planning is for losers. You can try and plan out every aspect of your life and meticulously try to follow it, but what is it all worth? Any plan has to be realistic and measurable, and that's where things become depressing. Get married at age 25, kids at age 30, divorced by age 40, first suicide attempt age 45, incontinent by age 60. Good luck trying to plan against all that.
It's also a well known fact that the best holidays, trips and nights out are spontaneous, unplanned. If you start planning these things, you'll just fall into the mundane, the safe bets. Leave it all up to chance and that's when things get interesting.
Planning out projects in work is a real drag too. It's part of my job of course, but putting together those enormous Excel sheets and charts is a pain, and anyway all of that stuff just gets ignored a few weeks later in favour of the ever-changing whims of some director. If you don't plan, then you can't be hanged for something you forgot to do later down the line that was meant to be done. I would extend this to avoiding putting anything down in writing. That in itself sets an expectation, which is a form of planning, which is what we're trying to avoid.
My dislike of planning even affects my writing, as it should. There's writers out there who'll have all kinds of interconnecting diagrams, a spider's web of flow charts, a compendium of character bios, motivations, hand-drawn maps, cliff notes, languages, the lot. You'll only tie yourself in knots with all that stuff, plan yourself into a corner.
None of that for me, if I'm writing then I'm sitting down with just me and a pen and paper, perhaps even chaining myself to the desk, Ernest Hemingway style, and if I start writing about a man taking a bus that eventually develops into a lone-wolf mission across intergalactic space against light-speed sex aliens, then so be it. That's a lot more fun than assigning sexuality to characters and trying not to contradict yourself every five minutes.
We used to have to write essays in school, and the teacher would tell us to plan it all out, beginning, middle and end. What?! You cannot plan that kind of creativity. That shit comes from the heart, or perhaps more accurately from the brain and from the fingertips, when neither one knows what the other one is doing.
An unplanned pregnancy is more fun than a planned one, not planning out your route makes for funner roadtrips, and I enjoy food and drink a lot more when I'm not stuck in the weight-loss regime, counting and planning out my calorie intake each and every day.
Is it irresponsible to neglect planning things out? Well yes, but don't you know that another synonym for the word "irresponsible" is the word "fun"? And depending on how palatable you find old Game Boy games, you may find 1994's Donkey Kong a bundle of fun. Everything you initially see about this game is misleading, perhaps in the same way as I mislead people at work into thinking there's a plan behind everything I do. The game's name is Donkey Kong, the box-art has the old Kong design, Pauline and those familiar girders, and the first four levels closely resemble a Game Boy version of the old Billy Mitchell approved arcade classic.
But it's time to back up a second – this game is usually called Donkey Kong '94, the last appearance of the big dumb ape before his Rareware redesign, and once you've put him on his ass after level 4, arcade style, he gets back up like The Undertaker, steals Pauline away and makes Mario go through a whopping 97 additional levels before he'll give her up agai.
Whoa! That's the hell of a bargain, and it gets even better when you learn that this is the first Super Game Boy enhanced game, meaning you can play it through your TV, and add a few colors and borders into the mix. Well hot dog, you know that makes all the difference.
Seriously though, that's a lot more donkey meat to get stuck into, but there's no way they could just saddle you with the clunky old arcade gameplay ninety more times. So, once the arcade stuff is over the gameplay opens up to a puzzle leve style, later continued in the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series for GBA and DS. it's not about running to the end of the level here, or better yet flying over every obstacle and speedrunning the game like the wind. No, you've got to grab a key and unlock doors in each level, making it a game that's a hell of a lot more methodical and planned out.
Uh oh, there's that dreaded P-word againn. Well it's true that, at the outset of every level in Donkey Kong '94, it's probably more prudent to take a few moments to plan out exactly what you're going to do, and then execute it. But, and I don't have to ask this for you, where's the fun in that? This game is a lot more entertaining if you just throw yourself into the action at maximum speed and worry about the consequences later.
Don't worry about falling off a small height or anything, Mario can shrug off some shattered legs and broken bones a lot more easily here than in Donkey Kong arcade, where just going down the steps two at a time was enough to do him in. Although, falling from skyscrapers is still gonna flatten Mario, or at least leave him stunned on the floor all bandy-legged, so watch out.
There's some chirpy music that you'd probably expect, loads of varied boss fights with big old Donkey Kong himself, and many save points and extra lives that keep the difficulty nice and lenient. I wouldn't imagine that this game would have caused children in the backseat of the car to launch their brick Game Boys through the front windscreen, for example.
And actually, I didn't have this game as a kid, and indeed I didn't even know about it until many years later. That's a shame, considering this game has serious longevity, variety and is fun to play. I wonder what could have happened here? Me missing out on a high-effort Nintendo game like this is like a fat kid not knowing what McDonald's is.
My assumption is that Donkey Kong '94 was too clever for its own good, and that players and magazines alike didn't see much to this game beyond a port of Donkey Kong Arcade. Hmm, well if I'm right about that, then you'd have to say that the marketing and promotion for this game didn't really go to plan, did it? You see what I mean about planning? It'll cost you dear, especially for big handsome draws like Donkey Kong.
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Andrea Pavan and Lu Wei-chih lead in Hong Kong Open
Posted by Jason Stepford on October 22, 2015
Andrea Pavan and Lu Wei-chih hold a share of the lead following the opening round of the UBS Hong Kong Open.
Pavan has never recorded a top-three finish on the European Tour and came into the event with the pressure on as he sat in 191st position in the race for Dubai.
The Italian needs to finish second or better to climb into the top 110 and keep hold of his playing privileges, and he got off to the perfect start as he birdied four of the last six holes to card a 64 to tie for the lead with Taiwan's Lu.
"This year has been a struggle to say the least," Pavan said. "I'm just trying to dig deep and really look forward to every week. Obviously this is the last event of the year for me and then I'm looking to go to Q-School. So it's all about just giving myself chances.
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It was also a productive day for England duo Justin Rose and Ian Poulter.
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Poulter, who fell out of the world's top 50 at the start of the week, needed to compete in the last regular-season event to make enough starts to retain his European Tour membership for next season, and the dash to Hong Kong has so far paid off.
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Q: React router dom not working after deployment I'm using the react router dom for my frontend routing, but whenever I refresh the page or access any URL which isn't the root or '/' the server responds with a 404, before I ran npm build the router worked just fine even if I refreshed the page.

A: You should add .htaccess (server configuration) file to your remote Apache server's directory with the following code (forces https):
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off [OR]
  RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\. [NC]
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</IfModule>

Without forcing https:
Options -MultiViews
RewriteEngine On
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Q: How to override bootstrap styles with custom ones in Rails I'm trying to override the default theme for the navbar in my rails page but it only seems to work with !important most of the time.
Is their any way I could have my custom stylesheet loaded last in the precompiler?
It seems to only be a problem when changing the navbar styles.  I have my navbar in a separate header partial.  Could that be it?
custom.scss
@import 'bootstrap';
@import 'bootstrap-sprockets';

$light-blue: #01579b;
$light-grey: #f5f5f5;

/* main-nav-bar */
.navbar {
  background-color: white;
}
.nav.navbar-nav a, .navbar-brand {
  color: $light-blue !important;
  transition: all 0.3s;
}
.navbar-nav .active a {
  background-color: $light-grey !important;
}
.navbar-nav a:hover {
  background-color: $light-grey !important;
}

application.scss
/*
 *= require_tree
 *= require_self
*/

html

                <button type="button" class="navbar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbar-collapse-1">

                </button>
                OBOOK

                        <%= link_to 'Home', root_path %>

                    <% if user_signed_in? %>

<%= link_to 'Users', users_path %>

                        <%= link_to 'Profile', current_user, class: "dropdown-toggle", data: {toggle: "dropdown"} %>

<%= link_to 'Settings', edit_user_registration_path %>

<%= link_to 'Sign Out', destroy_user_session_path, method: :delete %>

Signed in as: <%= link_to current_user.email, current_user %>

                <% else %>

<%= link_to 'Sign in', new_user_session_path %>

                <% end %>

<%= link_to 'About', about_path %>

A: require your custom css file or folder below in application.css
If it will not help, see full chain of classes in Chrome webdeb and past on to you custom file.

A: I'd recommend you include bootstrap as a gem (If you aren't already). Then you could drill down into the gem files and customise the existing CSS in there for instance.
You'll find the styles here:
app/vendor/bundle/gems/bootstrap-sass-3.3.5/assets/stylesheets/.

Keep in mind that if you update your gems, these custom changes will in all likelihood be overwritten.
Alternative Approach
If you go to getbootstrap.com, and click on the "Customise" link, you'll be taken to the page where you can customise Bootstrap to do exactly what you need it to do, this includes messing with the default color scheme to a certain extent.


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Joker: Caillou's Take
Caillou Pettis
Joker Review: Forever alone in a crowd, failed comedian Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) seeks connection as he walks the streets of Gotham City. Arthur wears two masks — the one he paints for his day job as a clown, and the guise he projects in a futile attempt to feel like he's part of the world around him. Isolated, bullied and disregarded by society, Fleck begins a slow descent into madness as he transforms into the criminal mastermind known as the Joker.
Ever since a Joker solo film was announced about two years ago, thousands of comic book movie fans were extremely upset at the thought of the film being a reality. People were just not interested in seeing a picture depict the origins of the iconic DC Comics character. A large portion as to why is because a ton of people want the Joker to forever remain a mysterious character; somebody whose origins are completely unknown, thus making him more unnerving and unsettling. A hugely violent man that we will never know what caused him to be that way.
However, I was highly curious as to see what a standalone origin story film would look like ever since the initial announcement. With a terrific actor in the leading role, great direction, a strong and compelling script, a Joker movie could be absolutely breathtaking and haunting. After it was announced Joaquin Phoenix would be portraying the titular character, I just had a feeling that we were in for something truly special. A performance of the Clown Prince of Crime unlike any we have ever seen to date.
Let's get it right out of the way – Joker is one of the greatest comic book films of all time. It is a film that is unnerving, unsettling, and devilishly disturbing right from the opening frames. It is a movie that will make you feel grimy and dirty after watching it, and you will feel like you have to take a shower upon viewing it. Everything about Joker is wickedly riveting, highly frightening, and is quite easily, one of the most uncomfortable films I have ever seen.
You may think that a motion picture that makes you feel dirty and extremely uncomfortable while watching it is a bad thing, but for me, those are just a few of the reasons why I adored this film. So many comic book films, especially in this day and age, take the safe route and really don't take many risks. It is completely understandable why. The filmmakers want to ensure that audiences will be thoroughly entertained throughout, and want them to leave with a big smile on their faces.
Joker is the story of a broken man that becomes scarily unhinged and his slow descent into madness is, simply, frightening. I am so glad we have a comic book movie that takes a bunch of risks and in my opinion, every risk they took paid off immensely.
One of the greatest elements at play here is the cinematography by Lawrence Sher. Every single shot present is absolutely brimming with details, a sense of unease, and terrifying. We get a ton of wide shots, close-up shots of Arthur and various other characters, and beautiful city scenery which adds up to one of the best looking movies of the whole entire year.
Much like the cinematography, the original score by Hildur Guðnadóttir is euphoric. This might actually be my favorite score used in a film since Colin Stetson's haunting sounds for Ari Aster's Hereditary in 2018. All of the sounds we hear throughout the running time gave me goosebumps, and left me feeling creeped out. When any piece of music is able to convey that strong of an emotion, you know it is great.
Joaquin Phoenix portrays Arthur Fleck / Joker in the film and he delivers what may be the greatest performance of the year so far. He is a tortured man and he sells every scene that he is in (which is a lot). Watching Arthur on screen is like watching a ticking time bomb. At every moment, you feel as if he could just snap at any given second, and it would not be far fetched for him to do so. It creates for some highly suspenseful sequences that left me exhilarated. This is the Joker that I have always wanted to see on screen. The Joker that feels like the most dangerous man in Gotham City.
Joker is a highly devastating, deeply disturbing, and devilishly twisted story of a tortured man that excels in every level, especially Joaquin Phoenix's masterful performance.
Ever since the age of nine, film and the art of filmmaking has been Caillou's number one passion. It all started when his parents took him to see Finding Nemo. Afterwards, Caillou had become heavily intrigued by film and some of his favourites include Coraline, The Empire Strikes Back and Hereditary.


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As a Windows user I occasionally receive .rar files that I need to expand. In the past I've had to install a piece of software (I generally went with Stuff It Expander) to extract the contents. Of course every piece of software you install wants to add context menus, program groups and system tray icons – something I wanted to avoid adding to my new machine.
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I recently updated my main production machine and was left with a fairly recent (three years old) machine. After pondering what to do with it I remembered it had a silent power supply and this would make it an ideal candidate for a media PC.
I did some research on open source media software and had almost settled on Media Portal when Microsoft released the Windows 7 RC. The RC is the Ultimate version and has Windows Media Centre included. With W7 being a freebie for the next six and a bit months (before it begins to nag) I thought I'd give it a go.
After downloading the .iso and burning it to a DVD using the free burner program ImgBurn I put it in the DVD drive and rebooted the PC. A fresh install of Windows 7 took about 15 minutes. From memory I only had to make three selections for the entire process. Once the install had finished there were a couple more reboots that added about 10 minutes to the process but once these were done Windows 7 was set to go.
First impression is that Windows 7 is quick. Very very quick. I have Vista running on a Quad Core with 4GB of RAM but Windows 7 on a Dual Core with 2GB seems snappier. It takes the best of the visual elements of Vista and improves the task bar with icons and great preview thumbnails.
Setting up Media Centre was a breeze, all I did was point to the directories I wanted to use for movies and television shows, change the setting to make Media Centre run on start up and it was ready. The interface is stylish and intuitive, although options once are playing a file and you wish to quit can be a bit confusing.
I want to keep the media PC as lean as I can so this meant finding a way of getting content on to the machine without installing uTorrent. The answer was Windows Live Sync. I added a wireless network card to save running CAT6 through the roof and installed LiveSync. Now all I do is add/download the media I want on my main PC and it automatically syncs to the media PC at the other end of the house. It takes about 5 minutes to transfer an hour tv show, about 10 to do an average movie.
The biggest plus is that we may now actually get around to watching all the shows we have stored up. Prior to this we would have to decide what we wanted to watch and either convert them to DivX or create a DVD, burn the DVD and watch it that way. Given the time this takes, and the media we went through (we always seemed to loose the RW discs) we'd just sit and flick through channels instead. Now everything we have is there, ready to watch straight away.
I'm impressed with the set up and Windows 7. I'll be upgrading my production machine and the media PC once the final version is released. Microsoft certainly seem to have got it right with W7.
Google Maps has just added street numbers for its Australian maps. No more wondering exactly which block the arrow is pointing at, you can now see the street numbers when you zoom in.
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Spotted at one of Melbourne's major shopping centres, Highpoint.
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Web developers have been using the very handy IE standalone for a while now. It gives access to IE versions dating back to IE3. While a handy tool to check backwards compatibility there are some limits and drawbacks.
Now Microsoft, yes, Microsoft, have come to the party and released a virtual hard drive that comes with a licensed copy of Windows XP SP2 and IE 6.0 installed. While targeted for the cross over time as people update from IE 6 to IE 7 it's an incredibly handy (yet large) download. All you need is the, also free, Microsoft Virtual PC and you can have fully functioning IE 6 and 7 on the same PC. Hopefully further down the track they may release the 5.0 versions as an alarming number of people are still using these dinosaurs.
This entry was posted in General on Sat 2006-12-02 by tony.
I'm currently using Mozy; a free, automatic, secure back online back up system from Berkeley Data Systems. It's simplicity itself – you download the application, tick the boxes on the predefined back up sets (such as 'Word Documents', 'Music', 'Mo vies','Photographs','Financial Records' etc), Mozy tracks down all your files and away it goes. You can define your own back sets if you wish and even drill down to the file level to add or remove files for a particular set.
Mozy claims to use differential backup, so it should only back up the bits of your Outlook file that have changed, but I haven't found that to be the case in my instance. The Mozy icon lives in your system tray and behaves itself very well by only backing up when your system is idle. My only problem with this has been it back ups when I have an unattended torrent going so it can impact on your bandwidth.
You get 2G of backup for free, which covers most of my documents save for my music and video collections. There is a premium service, currently offering up to 20G for USD$39.95. If you want to try it and use my referral link https://mozy.com/ref/UTVC5L we both get an extra 256MB of back up space.
This entry was posted in Archiving on Mon 2006-06-05 by tony.
Want to organise the order of your programs on the Windows XP taskbar? Then try the fantastic free Taskbar shuffle and shuffle to your hearts content. I always like to have Outlook the left most program, followed by Firefox. How about you? What order do you like your programs in? Or is just me?
This entry was posted in Windows on Mon 2006-05-22 by tony.
If you're looking for an easy way around "Outlook's dumbarse 'protecting you from shadows' attachment filter" download and install this handy attachment options extension for Outlook. It allows you to specify which level 1 attachments to let through; very handy if you have someone mailing you Access databases.
This entry was posted in Email, Outlook on Wed 2006-05-10 by tony.
I've been a huge fan of Microsoft's Desktop Search since it was released, it has changed the way I use my PC and is amongst the first things I install on new PCs. I dream of the day they integrate it with their recently purchase, Foldershare (A magnificent free product that allows you to sync your files seamlessly over the net using P2P technology. It also allows you to search and download from any of your computers from any net connected PC as long as your PCs are turned on. Try it now if you have more than one PC and you want to keep files in sync across them.).
To get an improved version of Desktop Search download the beta of the Windows Live Toolbar. The toolbar doesn't work in Firefox but it does allow you to update Desktop Search and gain a couple of great features. It installs a new toolbar in Outlook that allows you to save Desktop searches as virtual folders within Outlook – so now Outlook can display search results that include files as well as emails/tasks/appointments. It also changes the Windows default search function (found on the Start menu) to use Desktop Search which means the end of searches that won't ever find what you're looking for.
This entry was posted in General, Outlook, Windows on Mon 2006-05-01 by tony.
It seems SMS spammers have chosen a public holiday to launch another SMS spam attack.
The content of the message, from premium SMS number 19996111, goes something like "Free MSG. You have a secret admirer! Reply CHAT To Be Connected! For help call 1300885902. Average msg cost $2.70". From what I have read you won't be charged to receive this message but replying will see your bank balance reduced at a rapid rate. To follow what happens with this particular spam and for links on how to report it follow this thread in Whirlpool.
If you recently received a 'system message' spam entitled 'Funny Clip' you can find information on it at this Whirlpool thread.
This entry was posted in General on Tue 2006-04-25 by tony.


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Distinction between Partnership and Joint Hindu Family Firm
Partnership vs Joint Hindu Family Firm
The following are the top 10 differences between a Partnership business and HUF business.
Joint Hindu Family vs Partnership
1. Formation
A partnership is a contractual relationship arising out of an agreement among the partners. A Joint Hindu Family Firm on the other hand, is a creation of law. It arises out of status and not out of an agreement.
2. Admission of Members
In a partnership firm, new partner can be admitted into firm only with the consent of all the existing partners, whereas a person becomes a member of the business by birth in the case of a Joint Hindu Jamily firm.
3. Maximum Membership
The maximum number of partners is restricted to 10 in the case of banking business and 20 in other cases in a partnership. There is no such restriction as to the maximum number of members in the case of a Joint Hindu Family Firm.
4. Female Member
In a partnership firm, women are allowed to become the members, whereas woman cannot be a member of a Joint Hindu Family Firm by birth.
5. Minor Member
A minor can be admitted into the firm only for the benefits of the firm i.e. he is not liable for losses of the partnership, whereas a minor can become a member of the Joint Hindu Family Firm by virtue of his birth.
6. Liability of the Members
In a partnership form of organization the liability of the partner is unlimited, whereas in a Joint Hindu Family Firm, the liability of the karta is unlimited and all the other members are liable only to the extent of their share in the business.
7. Management of the Business
In a partnership firm, every partner has a right to take part in the conduct and management of the firm's business, whereas in a Joint Hindu Family Firm, the members have no such rights. The head of the family exercises full control over the affairs of the business. The other members cannot interfere into the affairs of the business.
8. Inspection of Books of Accounts
In a partnership firm, a partner can demand the accounts of the partnership, whereas a member of Joint Hindu Family Firm has no right to call for the accounts
9. Death of a Member
A partnership comes to an end with the death, retirement, insolvency and incapacity of a partner. But a Joint Hindu Family Firm will be continued in spite of the death or insolvency of a member.
10. Governing Body
The Partnership Act governs the activities of the partners and their rights and liabilities, whereas the provisions of the Hindu Law govern a Joint Hindu Family Firm.
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Localization of Industries | Meaning | Causes | Advantages | Disadvantages
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Q: open a window with external javascripts in Extjs I would like to open an Ext.Window in ExtJS, that will open an html file that contains external javascript from LinkedIn.
I have the following code:
Ext.create('Ext.window.Window', {
    title: 'About us',
    height: 400,
    width: 800,
    layout: 'fit',
    items: [{
        autoLoad: {
            url: 'linkedin_emp1.html',
            scripts: true
        }
    }]
}).show();

and the linkedin_emp1.html file is:
 List of people
The html file is loaded and I see inside the window just the "List of People" string but not the content that comes from the linkedin javascript.
When I open the same html file from the browser I see everything fine.
It looks like I cannot run an external javascript inside an html.
Any ideas how to do that?

A: You can use iframe element using autoEl config inside of ExtJS.
new Ext.Window({
    title : "About us",
    width : 400,
    height: 800,
    layout : 'fit',
    items : [{
        xtype : "component",
        autoEl : {
            tag : "iframe",
            src : "linkedin_emp1.html"
        }
    }]
}).show();


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Q: doctrine mongodb odm query group by i have 3 collections and i want to perform query which is similar to sql query like
SELECT fp.userId, fp.orderId, productId, fp.request_Payment_ChargeTotal,
fp.createdOn, u.referrerSite, COUNT(*),
sum( fp.request_Payment_ChargeTotal ) AS total
FROM `firstdata_payment_webservice` fp, userlicenses ul, users u
WHERE u.userId = ul.userId
AND fp.response_TransactionResult = 'APPROVED'
AND fp.request_Payment_ChargeTotal > 0
AND ul.orderId = fp.orderId AND fp.createdOn
BETWEEN cast( '2011-09-10' AS DATETIME )
AND cast( '2011-09-20' AS DATETIME )
GROUP BY u.referrerSite, productId WITH ROLLUP

How can i do similar operation in doctrine mongodb odm.

A: Well, applying "JOIN" is not the intent of MongoDB. So you have to structure your data differently.
db.users

*

*id

*name

*licences (stored as Hash type)

db.orders

*

*id

*created_on (Datetime type)

*processed_on (Datetime type)

*user_id (may be a DBRef or an ObjectId type)

*products (stored as an Array type, containing objects)

*transaction (stored as Hash type, with info like datetime, webservice type and other stuff)

With MapReduce, you can count other stuff by querying the orders table.
And if you need data on the customers, do it in another query, using an array of users ObjectIds you are looking for.


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Viswanathan Anand plays on
by Nadarajah Sethurupan	| @ | May 15, 2016 8:05 pm
Viswanathan Anand has displayed excellent form to lead the ongoing Candidates Chess tournament. The winner of this event, which features eight of the world's leading grandmasters, will challenge the reigning world champion, Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the next world title match. The Indian grandmaster, who lost the world title to Carlsen in October 2013, is now the odds-on favourite to become the next challenger.
If Anand does indeed qualify here and goes on to reclaim the title he so recently lost, it would be the first such occurrence since 1961. It would be another huge achievement for the former world champion, who already holds many records. He is the only man to have won the title in three different formats and he successfully defended it thrice before Carlsen wrested it from him.
This tournament has been a great comeback for Anand, who lost 0-3 to Carlsen. He was not expected to recover so quickly from the crushing defeat inflicted by the 23-year-old Norwegian genius, and age was also not on his side. Studies show most chess players peak in their 30s when skill and experience are still allied to high levels of physical fitness. The average age of the top ten chess players is 30. At 44, Anand is, by far, the oldest player in that category. He was widely reckoned to be over-the-hill and his form has been uncertain for several years. Any serious sportsperson has a sell-by-date in competitive terms. As age catches up, the mind and body both cease to function optimally. Although chess is played sitting down, tournament chess is deceptively demanding in physical and mental terms. Preparation for a tournament requires disciplined physical training, as well as many hours of study and research. Otherwise, staying mentally alert and finding new ideas during play are simply not possible.
Each playing session can last seven hours, or even longer, and this requires an enormous reserve of energy. Stringent time controls mean that games are often played out with both players having to make a long series of moves with only a few seconds available. Telemetry studies show that players often have pulse rates running in the 140-150 a minute range for hours at a time. Apart from good physical conditioning, strong theoretical preparation and the sheer skills required, there is also the issue of nerves. Tournament chess causes enormous stress and tension since every player is aware that a single fleeting error could cost huge sums of money. Top players spend a lot of time trying to work out how to throw their rivals mentally off-balance by executing surprising moves or unusual strategic plans.
It is possible that Anand's form has recovered partly because he relinquished the burden of expectations along with the world title. He wasn't the favourite at the Candidates and he now has nothing to prove and no title to defend. A rematch for the world championship would be a bonus. Indeed, Anand has looked relaxed at the mandatory press conferences and played freely at the Candidates. Experts have also pointed out that Anand did an enormous amount of research for the world title match and some of those ideas are now being unleashed at this event. However he may have accomplished this rejuvenation and recovered his equanimity, it remains a remarkable feat. The grandmaster from Chennai would be the underdog if he does become the challenger again. But he would be playing without pressure and he might just pull off an extraordinary feat.
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Romeo Challenger wins an award
Romeo Challenger, a Year 8 student at The Axholme Academy, won the award of Young Carer of the Year at the Yorkshire Children of Courage Awards on Friday 14th October. Romeo knew he had been nominated for an award but receiving it was a complete surprise.
Romeo said he felt really special at the glitzy awards held at the New Dock Hall in Leeds. He was excited to meet the Chuckle Brothers and other celebrities who were there.
Principal, Joe Sellars, said 'We are all delighted that Romeo was recognised with this important award. Young Carers do a fantastic but often unnoticed and unrecognised job so it is good that high profile awards such as these raise the profile of young people who contribute in such an important way'.


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Tweede Kamerverkiezingen in het kiesdistrict Nijmegen (1888-1918) geeft een overzicht van verkiezingen voor de Nederlandse Tweede Kamer in het kiesdistrict Nijmegen in de periode 1888-1918.

Het kiesdistrict Nijmegen was al ingesteld in 1848. De indeling van het kiesdistrict werd gewijzigd na de grondwetsherziening van 1887; tevens werd het kiesdistrict toen omgezet in een enkelvoudig district. Tot het kiesdistrict behoorden de volgende gemeenten: Groesbeek, Heumen, Millingen, Nijmegen en Ubbergen.

Het kiesdistrict Nijmegen vaardigde in deze periode per zittingsperiode één lid af naar de Tweede Kamer.

Legenda
 vet: gekozen als lid van de Tweede Kamer.

6 maart 1888
De verkiezingen werden gehouden na vervroegde ontbinding van de Tweede Kamer.

21 mei 1889
Anthonie Reuther, gekozen bij de verkiezingen van 6 maart 1888, overleed op 27 april 1889. Om in de ontstane vacature te voorzien werd een tussentijdse verkiezing gehouden.

9 juni 1891
De verkiezingen werden gehouden na ontbinding van de Tweede Kamer.

10 april 1894
De verkiezingen werden gehouden na vervroegde ontbinding van de Tweede Kamer.

15 juni 1897
De verkiezingen werden gehouden na ontbinding van de Tweede Kamer.

14 juni 1901
De verkiezingen werden gehouden na ontbinding van de Tweede Kamer.

16 juni 1905
De verkiezingen werden gehouden na ontbinding van de Tweede Kamer.

11 juni 1909
De verkiezingen werden gehouden na ontbinding van de Tweede Kamer.

17 juni 1913
De verkiezingen werden gehouden na ontbinding van de Tweede Kamer.

4 januari 1916
Octaaf van Nispen tot Sevenaer, gekozen bij de verkiezingen van 17 juni 1913, trad op 29 november 1915 af vanwege zijn benoeming als gezant bij de Kerkelijke Staat. Om in de ontstane vacature te voorzien werd een tussentijdse verkiezing gehouden.

15 juni 1917
De verkiezingen werden gehouden na ontbinding van de Tweede Kamer.

De zeven in de vorige Tweede Kamer vertegenwoordigde partijen hadden afgesproken in elkaars kiesdistricten geen tegenkandidaten te stellen. Kolkman was derhalve de enige kandidaat; hij werd zonder nadere stemming gekozen verklaard.

Opheffing
De verkiezing van 1917 was de laatste verkiezing voor het kiesdistrict Nijmegen. In 1918 werd voor verkiezingen voor de Tweede Kamer overgegaan op een systeem van evenredige vertegenwoordiging met kandidatenlijsten van politieke partijen.

Geschiedenis van Nijmegen
Politiek in Nijmegen
Nijmegen 1888

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Inside the covers of this incredible, colourful collection are hundreds of the world's most powerful optical illusions. Some of the mind-boggling images seem to spring into action, vibrating, pulsing, and spinning like a hula hoop. Other ambiguous illusions feature two subjects in one and images like "The Impossible Terrace," which couldn't exist off the page: just try to figure out if you're viewing the space from above or below.


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Anglo-Norman words
A blog that highlights and discusses interesting words in the Anglo-Norman language, presented by the editorial team of the Anglo-Norman Dictionary (www.anglo-norman.net).
blog migration
By Anglo-Norman Dictionary March 10, 2021
The Anglo-Norman Dictionary blog has now been incorporated in its entirety into the main AND website: https://anglo-norman.net/blog/
Linguistic Ecology: Language Change as Social Fact
By Anglo-Norman Dictionary July 01, 2020
A guest blogpost by Dr. Emily Reed (University of Sheffield), who visited the Anglo-Norman Dictionary project in February-March 2020 through an AHRC bursary 'Language shift […] is a social fact with linguistic implications' (Thomason and Kaufman 1988: 212). Language is a tool that we use to produce meaning. As such, it can only do what we enable it to do. Indeed, when wielded with skill, language can invest its user with much power. It can alter the usual course of events, it can change minds, and it can build a speaker's reputation. A speaker can do this by playing to concepts that carry social currency: 'politeness', 'aesthetics', 'eloquence'. Such labels might carry additional significances and consequences. For instance, 'eloquence' may be perceived as a marker of class, and depending on the listener, that may prejudice them in the speaker's favour (or not). Of course, language is also the possession of the listener(s), who engage in a discursive back-and-forth with the speaker
The Anglo-Norman Prose 'Brut' Tradition
The Anglo-Norman Prose Brut Tradition [A guest blog post by Dr. Trevor Russell Smith, who visited the Anglo-Norman Dictionary project in 2018 and 2019 through a AHRC bursary] Latin was the standard language in which one wrote historical literature in England through the fifteenth century, although chronicles, annals, histories, and poems on contemporary and past events were sometimes written in the vernacular. The fourteenth century is commonly seen as the point in which the vernacular of choice shifted from Anglo-Norman French to Middle English. While the latter has received a huge amount of attention over the past few centuries, in no small part due to nationalism and it being more justifiably studied in the classroom, Anglo Norman has been neglected. This is immediately evident when one seeks to examine the historical literature written in the fourteenth century, this supposed transitional period. Gransden, in her widely used reference work, discusses many Latin texts
An introduction to concordances (now with added violence)
By Anglo-Norman Dictionary October 16, 2018
Edward Mills is a PhD student at the University of Exeter, and — like David, our previous author — was a recipient of a bursary from the AND and the Arts and Humanities Research Council to support research at the Dictionary's offices. In this guest blog post, he offers an insight into how he spent his two weeks. ———— E quant l' enfant fust de set anz, si le manderent a Joce de Dynan pur aprendre e noryr, quar Joce fust chevaler de bone aprise. And when the child was seven years old, they gave him to Joce of Dinan to be taught and brought up, since Joce was a knight of great learning. 1 London, British Library, MS Royal 12 C XII (fol. 36r). Spot the reference to 'aprendre e noryr'! You're seven years old. You didn't sleep well last night — even an aristocratic family like yours, after all, isn't immune from the winter chill — and you shiver slightly as you rise and go to rub the sleep from your eyes. Then you remember what your father told you the previous e
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DMF: Dictionnaire du Moyen Français;
DMLBS: Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources; FEW: Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch;
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Tag: Brownlow Medal
Classic TV Guides: The Timeless Land
The success of Australian-produced mini-series in the late 1970s saw the genre continue into the 1980s — with period dramas like The Last Outlaw, Outbreak Of Love, Water Under The Bridge, A Town Like Alice, 1915, Women Of The Sun and Sara Dane clocking up big budgets and, in many cases, overseas sales. ABC's contribution …
1915, A Current Affair, A Town Like Alice, Brownlow Medal, GP, Keep Pace With Harriet, Melbourne Cup, Nostalgia Unlimited, Olympic Games, Outbreak Of Love, Sammy Awards, Sara Dane, TelevisionAU, The Last Outlaw, The Mike Walsh Show, The Seekers Down Under, The Timeless Land, Water Under The Bridge, Women Of The Sun
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2022/09/classic-tv-guides-the-timeless-land.html
1996: September 21-27
Aussie screen successes are a window to the world Getaway reporter Lochie Daddo has got so used to reporting on his travels that a recent holiday to the NSW ski fields left him a bit disoriented. "It was weird. I kept looking for a camera to have to do something to," he told TV Week. …
1996, 60 Minutes, A Current Affair, Almost Anything Goes, Amazing, Bananas In Pyjamas, Barry Humphries' Flashbacks, Beauty And The Beast, Better Homes And Gardens, Blankety Blanks, Blue Heelers, Brownlow Medal, Celebrity Tattletales, Coles £3000 Question, Countdown Revolution, Family Feud, Football Marathon, Getaway, Gladiators, Good News Week, GP, Great Aussie Bloopers, Healthy Wealthy And Wise, Hey Dad, Home And Away, Name That Tune, Neighbours, Pacific Drive, Paradise Beach, Perfect Match, Personality Squares, Pick-A-Box, Police Rescue, Quantum, Sale Of The Century, Saturday At Rick's, Shark Bay, Strike it Lucky, Superquiz, Temptation, That Was The Season That Was, The Edge Of Instinct, The Footy Show, The Great Outdoors, The Main Event, The Price Is Right, This Is Your Life, Time Out For Serious Fun, Water Rats, What's Up Doc?, Wheel Of Fortune, Wildfish
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2016/10/1996-september-21-27.html
1995: December 30-January 5
Soaps '96 TV Week has the rundown of what to expect in TV's new and returning dramas in 1996: Blue Heelers returns with a two-part storyline focusing on Maggie Doyle (Lisa McCune), whose life will be in danger during a hospital siege. "We plan to have a few two-parters at the start of the year," …
1995, 50 Fantastic Years, Australia's Funniest Home Video Show, Blue Heelers, Brownlow Medal, Don't Forget Your Toothbrush, Fast Forward, Fire, Four Quarters, Frontline, Gladiators, GP, Heartbreak High, Hey Hey It's Saturday, Home And Away, Law Of The Land, Mercury, Neighbours, Pacific Drive, Phoenix, Police Rescue, Seven News, State Of Origin, Water Rats, World Series Cricket
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2015/12/1995-december-30-january-5.html
Selina dies laughing! The storyline was played out in all seriousness, but Home And Away's Tempany Deckert (pictured) could not resist but laugh while her character, Selina, was fighting for her life. In an episode to go to air this week, Curtis (Shane Ammann) takes Selina to the beach. Selina has a sip from a soft …
1995, 60 Minutes, A Current Affair, Australia's Funniest Home Video Show, Beyond 2000, Blue Heelers, Bordertown, Brownlow Medal, Burke's Backyard, Correlli, Echo Point, Football Marathon, Four Quarters, Gladiators, GP, Home And Away, McFeast, Neighbours, Nine News, Our House, Sale Of The Century, Seven News, Talk To The Animals, The Bite, The Footy Show, The Great Outdoors, The Investigators, This Is Your Life, Water Rats, Weddings, Wheel Of Fortune
1994: October 15-21
Jo Beth's Cinderella story Australia's Funniest Home Video Show host Jo Beth Taylor and Getaway's Lochie Daddo (pictured) will be starring in Australia's first all-star Christmas pantomime. Taylor will be playing Cinderella and Daddo her Prince Charming — but it's not the first time the two have been paired up professionally. In the video clip for …
1994, 60 Minutes, A Country Practice, A Current Affair, Australia's Funniest Home Video Show, Beyond 2000, Blue Heelers, Brownlow Medal, Getaway, GP, Healthy Wealthy And Wise, Heartbreak High, Hey Hey It's Saturday, Home And Away, Homicide, Janus, Just Kidding, Live It Up, Money, Mulray, Neighbours, Nine News, Our House, Sale Of The Century, Seven News, The Don Lane Show, The Man From Snowy River
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2014/10/1994-october-15-21.html
Cover: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson (Home Improvement) Helen investigates the cost of success Helen Wellings has come a long way since making her TV debut in The Mike Walsh Show in 1974. "I came into this industry very gradually from being an interviewee. I could go back to my desk in the public service and …
1994, 60 Minutes, A Country Practice, A Current Affair, Andrew Denton: Live And Sweaty, Australia's Funniest Home Video Show, Beyond 2000, Blue Heelers, Boys And Balls, Brownlow Medal, Burke's Backyard, E Street, Fallout, Football Marathon, Getaway, Glad Rags, GP, Heartbreak High, Hey Hey It's Saturday, Home And Away, Lift Off, Looking Good, Neighbours, Nine News, Our House, Sale Of The Century, Seven News, The Footy Show, The Investigators, The Man From Snowy River, The Mike Walsh Show, TVTV, Wedlocked


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Valve Team Fortress 2 Switch To Free-To-Play A Good Idea Says Company
By Mark Raby/March 8, 2012 9:22 pm EST
Some people may have felt disappointment that a sense of exclusivity went away when Valve decided to make its Team Fortress 2 game available for everyone to play for free. But Valve, which is a business after all and relies on the bottom line, says it was hands down the right decision to make. No matter how ardent of a fan you are, once you see the numbers you'll have to agree.
The game switched to the free-to-play (or "freemium") model in June 2011, and the very next month revenue shot up 12-fold, the company said at a Game Developers Conference panel. In addition, sales of in-game items alone was four times greater than previous revenue earned from game purchases. If that's not a resounding infomercial for freemium games, we don't know what is.
The freemium model has become the de facto way to monetize online games these days. In fact, in the world of apps, the freemium model has exploded among games that are mainly played offline as well. Because of the ubiquitous nature of broadband connectivity, the hard part is no longer getting a game into someone's hands. That's easy. So by pulling players into the experience and getting them hooked, the lifetime value of a game is increased significantly.
[via Eurogamer]


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I created a preset that does nothing but zero out contrast, highlights, and shadows. When I select all photos and apply the preset, it appears to work. Each photo has "Synchronize Settings" in it, but the values do not change. I am using LR 4.1 RC2 (though the same issue existed with LR4). I'm also on the current process version for LR4 and the preset was created under LR4.
When I select all photos and apply the preset, it appears to work. Each photo has "Synchronize Settings" in it, but the values do not change.
So, it works when you apply a preset to multiple photos, but not when you synchronize?
Can you upload the preset?


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Girls of Riyadh
Posted in bitchiness, control freaks, cults, FAIL!, fiction, reviews	by silvererieann
I hate summer colds, but I do get them once in a while. Like an ass I kept my windows open when the temp dropped to 76 degrees one morning (and yes it shot up to the triple digits well before noon) after it rained, bringing in a cold breeze. I also had my fan blasting atop me, so when I began getting a dryness in my throat two days later (making it worse I was trying to clean the fan from the inches of dust and soot that blew in my face 'cause I forgot to unplug the fucking thing) I knew it was time to restock on the Theraflu.
I discovered Rajaa Alsanea's Girls of Riyadh while searching for Nedjima's, The Almond. In this post-9/11 Islamophobic world, I know that libs and lefties are running to embrace these "oppressed" women of a country that is guilty of countless human rights abuses. But here's the rub: Miss Rajaa is a member of the well-heeled "velvet class" she describes in her fiction that was based off the women in her elite world whose lifestyle is kept behind high gilt marble walls surrounded by armed guards and the Saudi Religious Police. So Rajaa's view of things aren't necessarily skewed, just somewhat myopic.
The unnamed narrator (sitting in her easy chair wearing red lipstick) posts on a Saudi Yahoo! group the tales of four university-aged friends Gamrah, Lamees, Michelle (or Mashael since her mom is American), and Sadeem and their romantic pratfalls- as romance can happen within the boundaries of fundamentalist Islam. I suggest dear reader, that you read the introduction, because while Rajaa might live in Chi-town and wear a hijab (at least in the photos I've seen of her), Saudis are definitely schizo regardless of how rich they are. There is a clear double-standard of women and men. Gamrah's husband divorced her after she confronted his long-time Japanese girlfriend leaving both her and their son to linger in the kingdom. His family could honestly care less about Gamrah because she did her duty and produced a boy (named after the paternal grandfather). Michelle whose mother is American and the most "westernized" of the four suffered through two bittersweet romances: the first with a man named Faisal whose mother wouldn't consent to the marriage because her father's tribe was unknown, and for the fact she was half white. And the other was dubious with her American cousin (YEESH!) Matti while living in San Francisco (apparently Saudis still marry their cousins in the 21st century). Now her father can do whatever he wants and he won't even permit his daughter to even attend journalistic events that she was invited to during her internship in Dubai when her family forced her away from Matti. Her mother supported this because even though she's Muslim in name only, the greedy lazy bitch just doesn't want to hear her husband yell and scream. The silly Sadeem who was nearly made the second wife through Firas, a control freak, ended up marrying her cousin Tariq because she wanted a "safe man" after having her life blotted out by man who did every scam in the book to string her along- even after his wife gave birth to their first child! And finally Lamees, a medical student, found her match in her classmate Nizar who became a prudent Muslim wife by wearing her hijab before men that aren't her family paying her dues to Allah for giving her a husband and daughter. They moved to Canada to get their doctorates, but I have no doubt they'll send their daughter to SA for a "proper upbringing".
Sex in the Saudi City it ain't.
So if you're looking to understand what it's like to live in a country that lives by the strictest moral codes (men and women have separate banks, for example) combined with tribalism (if you aren't from the right clan your life goes nowhere and you can't marry just anybody) and discrimination (Saudi Sunnis call Saudi Shia rejectionists because they believe that the caliphate should belong to Muhammad's cousin and son-in-law, Ali ibn Abi Talib and his offspring), then some of the facade will dissolve around the House of Saud. And then we wonder why people fancy blowing themselves up. It doesn't mean (as Westerners) we will grasp their high ideals, and frankly, fucking insane protocol. But after reading this, as a woman I was especially appreciative of being allowed to walk outside alone, and uncovered. Saudi women aren't even allowed to drive. And no, I don't consider that drop-dead gorgeous, fair-skinned Saudi princess the first woman to drive in the kingdom reform.
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Money, Mormons, and Meyer
Posted in anti-Stefenie Meyer, bitchiness, cults, total crap	by silvererieann
Who doesn't want to be rich? Well unless you're one of those ascetics who lives in the mountains of Nepal, I'd say everybody.
Teens love the idea of being rich and famous like the idols they worship. Magazines, posters, fanclubs, and merchandise make up 90% of their messy rooms. And that's perfectly normal. In teen lit, rich kids are often used as "the cool group" everybody wants in on, an oft-used cliche that's not going out of fashion any time soon. In Melissa De la Cruz' vampire series Blue Bloods, the rich kids in a prestigious (and fictional) NYC school depict the real ultra-elite NYC society. She name drops a ton, but it's tactfully used and funny.
In Twatlight the Cullen family have more money than the IMF it seems. They have stockpiles of cash, collect (and total) luxury cars, discard designer label clothes after one wearing, have Centurion cards, and destroy 60″-inch flat screen TVs during insane temper tantrums without a care. Typical teen fantasy, you scoff. After all Bella is Meyer's avatar, and this is just a bunch of masturbatory fanfiction, right? Well, you'd be right. In You Are Bella shmeiliarockie goes into depth on this in her 2-part Wish Fulfillment: Money, Money, Money segment.
But that's not all.
Mormonism is a cult that (unfortunately) is considered mainstream Christianity. If you're Catholic (or former in my case) you might think Mormons are Protestant. That isn't true. The founder, Joseph Smith pushed his new religion as the "one true church" based upon personal visions and revelations. If you've gone to a high school that uses sociology in their English and history classes you might have come across JS and his unique 19th Century American monotheistic belief system, and might be shocked to discover that he was a con artist. JS' first job was treasure hunting, he used seer stones to locate buried treasure. After his arrests and prosecutions, he used those same seer stones to translate the infamous Golden Plates that were revealed to him by the fictitious angel Moroni. There is a plethora of books debunking the church by cult experts and ex-Mormons. The most reliable on the web is exmormon.org and Sandra Tanner's site.
If you've been to SMeyer's site or LJ, you know she has the mentality of a 13-year-old. But as I've been becoming acquainted with Mormonism through the sites mentioned above, it's very clear that every Mormon is like this. Mormon culture is unique and dangerous, they view themselves as peculiar people with superiority complexes who are continually persecuted by the outside world- Satan's playground. They believe that they exist on the fringes because they hold they keys to "spiritual truth" and exist on a higher plane than the rest of society. According to their beliefs they become gods of their own planets when they die, but men get many wives to be pleasured by and populate their planets, thus sending spirit babies back to earth. Sound fucking nuts? Well don't say that in Utah, parts of Idaho and Arizona.
Cults (Jehovah's Witnesses and $cientology are also prime examples) are driven by profit. Tithing, real estate, and church operated businesses generate a lot of revenue. The official profit margin by the LDS is secret- much like their temple ceremonies that have been exposed thanks to the internet (JS was a Freemason and their ceremonies influenced the LDS). But there was something that really bothered me about LDS, how little they gave to charity (JW's are also like this. They don't give to charity at all, their "charity" is through their church doctrines- convenient, eh?). Ex-Mormons have included mission experiences in their apostate stories, and three of them have stayed with me; the first one was from a young man sent to Argentina. His stake president who was stationed there instructed him NOT to visit the poorest slums because they couldn't afford the tithing, and because they had no local charity organizations to help them. The second story was from another guy who was sent to Mongolia (I believe). He was amazed by the street children he'd seen. His SP instructed him not to speak to them, give them shelter or food or money. Some time after the dupe saw a child dead in a doorway having frozen and starved to death. The last one was from a woman who got her entire family out. She volunteered at a shelter (not affiliated with the LDS), now the shelter had experiences with LDS volunteers and they weren't exactly positive. But with this lady they lucked out, her family was very nice and the only thing that her children weren't allowed to do was serve coffee (because according to the LDS caffeine is sexually stimulating and that's a no-no). Once again they were shocked by the homeless and they actually started to deprogram because of it. The shelter was impressed with this family because unlike the other LDS they weren't snobbish or rude.
The LDS consider you less than worthy if you don't have money? Hmmm…
In every society the ideal person is wealthy, attractive, educated, powerful, has a big family, professional, and charitable. It also helps to be a white male under the age of 55. The LDS takes hypocrisy to a whole new level. Don't believe me, go here. But I will copy-n'-paste what I'm talking about to help illustrate:
Mormon Royalty
Our family has moved a fair amount as a result of job promotions involving relocations to other cities. One of the things that we have noticed is that each ward and stake has it's own royalty as well as a middle class and of course the "less fortunate fringe". When you move into a strange ward, you are quickly classified into one of the groups and there is little chance of ever being elevated to another group although downgrading is possible. Any outward indication or confession of a personal or family problem justifies immediate downgrading. To achieve royalty status, one needs to have at least several of the following traits in their favor:
1. Personal Wealth (tithing numbered in minimum 5 digits preferred)
2. Pedigree (Descendants of polygamous ancestors)
3. University Education (BYU grads score top points here)
4. Professional status (Doctors, dentists, lawyers, or Church Education System… CES types can be forgiven their lack of wealth)
5. Utah like grooming and accent
6. Large gregarious family
7. Evidence of embarrassing fully Mormon culture… language, tardiness, music, dress standards, FHE
8. Relatives or at least friends in high places
9. An LDS Track record: Mission, temple marriage, etc.
10.Absolutely no hint of being a real person with real problems
11.the ability to sound incredibly sincere and to bring tears to your eyes almost at will
The Mormon Middle class may have some of the traits of Mormon Royalty, but are marred with such horrible defects as:
1. Witnessed drinking cola in public
2. Rooted for the University of Utah over BYU
3. Once received Church welfare or worse still public welfare
4. Stayed home to watch the Superbowl instead of attending Church meeting
5. Wife works outside the home
6. Kids don't attend seminary
7. Too many non member friends
8. Failure in a church calling
9. Unglamorous employment (factory worker, tradesman, sales clerk, etc.)
10.Convert of less than 10 years
11.Loud laughter
Then of course we have the fringe element, the poor bastards that everyone else can look down on thank God that they are so much better than the they are. The following are some qualifying traits:
1. Low economic status regardless of reason
2. Lack of formal education
3. Too much formal education coupled with independent thinking thus qualifying as a hated intellectual
3. Facial hair, unconventional hair cut, or the dreaded tattoo
4. A foreign accent
5. any hint of homosexuality
6. Mormon Fundamentalist views or sympathies
7. Read the SL Tribune instead of Deseret News
8. Non traditional modes of dress, men with ear rings or women with piercing in nose, eyelid, etc.
9. Buy lottery tickets
10.Question authority or ask embarrassing questions in a church class
It's interesting that as you move around that you can be perceived and categorized differently but there is almost no chance of any elevation if you stay in one place.
Royalty usually serve as Stake Presidents, Relief Society Presidents, Bishops, etc. The Middle Class are the ward clerks and Primary teachers, while the fringe are entrusted with such Holy responsibilities as Ushering. Occasionally a sincere Church leaders experiments with calling persons to positions above their class level and usually discover that they do just fine. However, the royalty types are generally very uncomfortable with the practice so it is seldom resorted to by those in authority.
A former Bishop from Canada
See what I mean?
According to ex-Mormons who attended BYU (like SMeyer) upper-class students often made fun of their less well dressed classmates. I don't know what SMeyer's dad did for a living, but I do know that Connecticut (where she was born) is the most expensive state on the East coast to live in. Taxes are killers because of the number of rich people who live there. Now the bitch is one of six, and a good Molly Mormon doesn't work and must have a lot of kids. SMeyer worked as a receptionist and has three sprogs- that's a lot in today's world. But it must've driven her crazy that she couldn't be a kept wife like all the ones making fun of her in temple.
Well now she is a kept woman- who now is the breadwinner for her ENTIRE fucked-up family. I think that Fantasia could relate.
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Michele Montas, nous avons besoin de vous!
Posted in politics, United Nations, USA	by silvererieann
Okay, okay it's probably incorrect (at least I won't embarrass myself by making an attempt at Haitian Creole). If you've been living under a rock for the past couple of weeks, I'll be nice (for once) and bring you up to speed. A 7.0 earthquake ripped through the most impoverished nation in the western hemisphere, Haiti, on January 12. Today a 5.9 aftershock further devastated the nearly decimated capital Port-Au-Prince.
I have a question: can an already broken country be broken further? The answer is yes. Haiti's history is colorful and complicated; once it was called the Pearl of the Antilles, a lushly prosperous colony of France built on the backs of black slaves, decimating the Taíno Indians, and ruled by whites with a privileged mulatto minority instituting a caste system of skin color racism that continues today. And sad to say not only in Haiti. But in 1804 when Toussaint L'Ouverture kicked the shit out of Napoleon and made Haiti the world's first free black state, you'd think only good things were in store for the agriculturally rich Caribbean nation. Instead both internal and external conflicts cultivating a merry-go-round of corrupt political machines sending the country rocketing into the perpetual poorhouse.
Now I'm not going to go into the whole history so I'll put up two links, one on Haiti and the other on the disaster: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Haiti_earthquake and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiti.
I first became aware of Haiti watching news reports about Baby Doc Jean-Claude Duvalier and seeing the infamous luxury car exit from the country with his family and entourage. Then there was Wes Cravens' The Serpent and the Rainbow, which was an entertaining shitpile until I read Dr. Wade Davis' book of the same title which helped me get a better understanding of a country that deserves both pity and scorn.
Now if you're Italian you usually have two Godmothers: the first who baptizes you, and the second who confirms you. I happen to get along with both of them. This isn't the case with my best friend. Kaye (who is a very Bajan chick) has a Haitian Godmother, and she can't stand her. This provides an explanation as to why we have only two Haitian friends- and we make friends with every-fucking-body! If you go on vacation in your native land and have a motherfucker of a blast, I'm happy for you. Mom got cool trinkets from the Philippines and Saint Martin/Sint Maarten from her co-workers and got a whole slide show presentation which has made her rethink her philosophy on vacations (our "family" vacations always sucked ass).
BUT when you think that the whole highlight of your holiday isn't getting pissed out of your mind on the beach, but getting "the perks" because your child has light skin, I think you need to check yourself into Bellevue!
Now I explained why I need to use skin whitener in a previous post, but I do understand why so many minorities use skin whitener (and not for actual dermatological problems) in order to have the skin color of preference. This isn't prevalent just in Haiti, but throughout the Caribbean, South America, Africa, and Asia. Now I sent what I could to the Red Cross for Haiti, and Kaye looked at me like I was crazy. She understands that I've always wanted to work for the UN since I was a kid, and I want to take the Foreign Service exam (I have a 3 in 10 chance of passing) hopefully getting some kind of diplomatic mission in a challenging place like Haiti. But ultimately she's right, why should she as a light-skinned black woman and me an (extremely) fair white woman get deferential treatment over dark-skinned women? And not just women, but dark-skinned people period!
If you don't believe me (or choose to think I'm being racist) get your ass over to YouTube and go to the Journeyman Pictures or Al-Jazeera channels and do a search on skin color racism! Your ass will be blown away!
White people really do believe that Uncle Ruckus is just a caricature of Aaron McGruder's, but this type of self-hate is very disturbingly real. This was ingrained into my father's mentality as well, he married a white woman to escape the ghetto and have white children that he hoped would be accepted. Neither happened. And Mom's Filipino co-worker who's married to a crazy white hick and now pregnant is thrilled to fucking bits that she'll have a "white" baby (which she'll favor over her 3 other kids- the oldest ironically was from a Greek guy while she worked as a bargirl on a sex cruise line).
The state of Haiti is a question that will never be answered, yes you want to give so you can help these desperately poor people that are being victimized by the US and their own government. But where where does your money end up? Over the slums is a paradoxical playground for the affluent behind high walls, personal guards, attack dogs and security cameras. And how color-blind we'd be to say they're just the mulattoes, Arabs, and whites. Dark-skinned blacks have made it into the Beverly Hills-wannabe Pétionville. You think they give a shit? They just put up more ribbon wire and step on the poor who are just as black as they are.
I recommend the following films and books on Haiti: The Agronomist, The Ghosts of Cite Soleil, The Zombie Curse: A Doctor's 25-year Journey Into the Heart of the AIDS Epidemic in Haiti, and Fort-Dimanche: Dungeon of Death (a.k.a. Fort-la-Mort). What I do not recommend is you giving so fast to Wyclef Jean's Yéle Haiti (and I am a fan) but I suggest you go here before you make any concrete decisions about Clef: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0114102wyclef1.html.
So what a better way to kick off 2010 by having yet more bullshit happen.
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The director plays the doctor who examines Cole, which is ironic because he comes from a family of doctors.
Mr. Geraghty has defined irony as actual meaning being opposite of intended meaning. Actually, there are two kinds of irony. Logical irony is when the literal meaning of a statement is the opposite of its intended meaning. Dramatic irony is when a character makes a statement or takes action which is meant to be taken at face value, but is interpreted differently because the audience (viewer/reader) or other characters have knowledge that the character making the statement or taking action doesn't. When the characters in "Titanic" refer to the ship as being unsinkable, they believe what they are saying, but because the audience knows that the ship will soon sink, such comments are ironic.
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M. Night Shyamalan played the following roles in his films. The Village - the guard the the desk at the very end of the film Signs - Ray Reddy, the doctor Unbreakable - the drug dealer at the stadium where David worked The Sixth Sense - the doctor who examines Cole.
It is not ironic that the director played a doctor when his family is in medicine. Irony is when the actual meaning and the intended meaning are opposites. Ever since Alanis Morissette wrote and performed a song about irony that gives examples that are not ironic (now THAT is irony!) everyone has misused the word.
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Irony-Incongruity between what happened and what might be expected. Therefore rain on your wedding day could be considered ironic if you did not expect it :). lol sorry I just had to say that.
If you watch the DVD you will see why this is. The director explains this.
In The Village he is one of the council member people. In Signs he's the guy who ran over Mel Gibson's wife in the movie. I read in a newspaper article about him he says he always does at least one cameo in all his movies.
Umm didn't the poster of this "egg" see Reality Bites? That was one of the main reasons Winona Ryder didn't get a job at the newspaper. She could not define irony. Her friend and ex Troy (played by Ethan Hawke) defined it for her.
I thought that the director played to role of the guy who was buying his "plain" girlfriend a ring?? The doctor and that guy looked kind of similar.


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Reiki is a Japanese word meaning "Universal Life-Force-Energy". The "Ki" part is the same word as Chi or Qi, the Chinese word or Prana, the energy which underlies everything.
Elements of Reiki have their origins in ancient Tibet and are also evident in India. Reiki was re-discovered by Dr. Usui in the late 1800's in Japan after a 7 year period of travel and research to find the ancient practice of hands on healing.
When we were children, we would come to our parents or caregivers and they would put their loving hands close to the wounded area and it would heal more quickly.
This is exactly how Reiki works - Reiki practitioner places his hands where the pain is and the energy flows freely through his hands, going where it's most needed.
Reiki is a simple, yet profound hands-on healing system for giving that energy to someone for the purpose of healing. It helps to reduce stress, treats insomnia, anxiety and depression, reduces pain and inflammation.
Read about Reiki use in Mayo Clinic Hospitals Here and in University of California Here.
Experience it's loving and gentle, yet powerful healing effect on your life!
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Mikao Usui was born on 15th August, 1865. Having learned under difficulties in his childhood, he studied hard with efforts and he was by far superior in ability to his friends.
After growing up, he went over to Europe and America, and also studied in China. In spite of his real ability, however, he was not always successful in life.
Although he was compelled to lead an unfortunate and poor life so often, he strove much more than before to harden his body and mind without flinching from the difficulties.
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This British-desired railway, connecting Burma and Thailand, was deemed to be too incredibly tough of an undertaking to consider, due to the hilly jungle terrain and absence of transportation and medical equipment. However, in 1942 - during World War II, the Japanese seized Burma and took control away from Britain and by October of 1943, "The Death Railway" - as it became known - was completed by the Japanese with no transportation between the workers and the outside world, no medical help, no advanced tools and very little food.
It is a heartbreaking story with grueling conditions of forced labor, including more than 60,000 Allied prisoners of war and about 180,000 Southeast Asian natives. Over 100,000 people died during the construction of the railroad, and - after Wold War II ended - 111 Japanese military officials who were connected to the Death Railway were tried in court for war crimes, 32 of which received a death sentence. The remains of most of the war dead were retrieved and transplanted to official war cemeteries.
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This is big news. McDonald's is the largest purchaser of beef in the world, so this commitment could have ramifications across the restaurant and beef production industries.
The importance of this development is underscored by a recent study suggesting that the medical community may have significantly underestimated the impact of antibiotic resistance on human health. The Washington University report found that antibiotic resistance may be responsible for as many as 150,000 premature deaths annually in the U.S., much greater than the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's estimate of 23,000 per year.
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have both indicated that the development of antibiotic resistant bacteria is a significant human health threat that is in large part driven by the excessive use of medically important antibiotics for disease prevention in farm animals.
The announcement comes on the heels of a multi-year campaign by the U.S. PIRG Education Fund, an independent, non-partisan group that works for consumers and the public interest. In 2018, Green Century provided direct support to the U.S. PIRG Education Fund's campaign, Stop the Overuse of Antibiotics, to support widespread consumer petition gathering and the production of the fourth installment of the Chain Reaction Report.
McDonald's is not often viewed as a leader in corporate responsibility, given its uneven history, but in recent years it has emerged as a corporate leader on a number of environmental and public health issues:
• In 2018, McDonald's become the first global restaurant company to set a Science Based Target to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions in line with the recommendations of the Paris Climate Agreement.
• In 2015, McDonald's announced its intention to achieve a company-wide, no-deforestation commitment, covering all supply chains, by 2030. Meanwhile, the company is actively working to reach no-deforestation in its priority supply chains – beef, chicken (including soy in feed), palm oil, coffee, and the fiber used in customer packaging – by 2020.
• McDonald's has a goal for all packaging to be 100% renewable, recycled, or certified sustainable by 2025. It also plans to expand recycling efforts of its packaging materials to every McDonald's restaurant around the globe.
With this latest commitment surrounding antibiotic use in beef, McDonald's continues to redefine its approach to corporate responsibility, representing a win for the company, its shareholders, and public health.