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What's the best sight from the highest point in Palm Beach County? We believe it's a drive rocketing off the head of your golf club and sailing over the fairway, all easily seen from the tee high atop the Superdune at Emerald Dunes. It may be only a little more than 50 feet high, but the Superdune is a nice perch from which to launch tee shots that do fly a little bit farther thanks to elevation. It's a man-made hill with boulders and a waterfall, and it sits in the middle of this lush, 18-hole course that's open to the public. The elevated tee is the signature element on a fine course designed by the internationally famous golf architect Tom Fazio. But to us it's the totality of the design that makes this course a pleasure to play. A lot of dirt was moved to carve out the holes and lakes that make this a challenging and well-manicured course. You don't usually see this type of layout in South Florida except in private clubs, which means that the price in winter can be as steep as the Superdune itself. So press your bets against the rest of the foursome on the 18th hole and launch a drive from on high.
When you're six feet, 220 pounds of sculpted muscle with a shiny, shaven head, you should have a nickname suitable to your look. This hometown hunk has been filling up kickboxing and hip-hop aerobic classes in gyms in Broward and Palm Beach to the point where he is known by simply one name, "Silk," as in "smooth as," because his athleticism comes across so effortlessly. Silk's fitness repertoire has grown over the past year thanks to regular appearances on ESPN2's Gotta Sweat with buff babe and former Ms. Olympia Cory Everson, who has personally invited him back to Las Vegas to record more episodes. For now he still belongs to South Florida, where he teaches aerobic classes that are usually filled to capacity, mostly with women looking for top-quality instruction as well as the visual motivation this chiseled instructor provides. Now that motivation can be found on video-store shelves. His new kickboxing aerobics video can be found right next to the reigning champ of fitness videos, Billy Blanks' Tae-Bo, as if the local kid is duking it out with the king of the fitness infomercial to see whose tape packs the most punch. C'mon Billy, this is South Florida. We know our fitness, plus we hear women think our guy is buffer.
Look around and you'll notice we're a wee bit short on mountains round these parts. You'll also gather that the automobile reigns supreme -- otherwise why would we have given so much territory over to it? Tucked in here and there, however, are some very challenging places to get your wheels in the dirt. Markham Park is our favorite. For you weenies, er… novices, Markham offers easy trails with a few hills, a few rocks, and a turn or two. Intermediates get bigger hills, bigger rocks, and some wicked switchbacks. Advanced riders can confront what looks to be hell's own footpath: ruts, logs, loose gravel, and sharp turns. The best part about Markham is that all the trails are accessed off a main trail that winds around ponds and lakes filled with wading birds. If you get in over your head, you're never far from the main trail, where you can take a rest and contemplate the scenery while your buddies are huffing away.
For a place that bills itself as "The Venice of America," there aren't very many good places to paddle a canoe. There's a lot of water around, but on most bodies you'll have to dodge yachts and personal watercraft and deal with their wakes when you decide to hit the water under your own power. Thanks to the low height of the Broward Boulevard bridge, however, motorboats can't make it up this way, which is why this section of the New River offers peace, quiet, and scenery right in the heart of urban South Florida. Launch from little-used Delevoe Park, then head east under I95. Soon you'll find yourself in a lush landscape of pond apple and cypress trees and banks lined with vegetation instead of bulkheads. Between the park and Broward Boulevard are islands galore and channels that wind off the main stream. Check out the old Sweeting Estates, a 22-acre riverfront parcel right in the heart of Sistrunk that used to be home to a revival church but now just nestles quietly in the luxuriant growth. Go west from the park, and the New River turns into a canal, which dead-ends near the Swap Shop in Sunrise. In either case this stretch of river is one of the county's best-kept secrets.
Precious few things in life are as much unbridled fun as go-karts. You may be going only 15 miles per hour, but when you're an inch from the ground, it feels like 60. Driving quickly with so little power requires a certain skill, however; the idea is to cut the corners right at the apex, turning sharply to make a curve into more of a right angle. The Grand Prix course is a tight series of banked and flat turns. It's deceptively long and technically challenging. And there is no better feeling in the world than riding up on the back end of some teenage hotshot who fancies himself a Formula One trainee and stuffing him in a corner. When it comes to carting, age and experience trump youth and enthusiasm every time. We recommend you visit on "Full-Throttle Thursday" for unlimited kart riding from 6 to 10 p.m. You might just get good enough to drive in our league.
Once you've finished this ride, it may be tough to go back to the real world. The path of paved asphalt that stretches along A1A (North Ocean Drive) is lined with so many beautiful houses and beaches that you may just want to turn around and do it again. Beginning at the south end, near Deerfield Beach at the bridge after Camino Real, the trail, which is wide enough for bikes to pass in both directions, goes north along the west side of A1A. To your left you can see boats docked in marinas and cruising along the Intracoastal. To your right, the Atlantic Ocean peeks out from time to time behind the green foliage that lines the road. Along the way are several parks and recreational areas for those adventurers who like to explore. About four miles into the trip, a green, hilly golf course rests on either side of the path, with sparkling blue water as a backdrop. The last three miles are filled with the amazing architecture of seaside villas and homes, most capped with elegant Spanish roof tiles. At this point you can either continue north or take Atlantic Avenue west onto a street full of outside cafés and specialty shops in Delray. On a sunny spring day, this ride is the wheel thing.
The crushed-rock-and-shell roadbed is straight and flat, running for 12 miles atop the L-40 levy, which separates the Everglades from this stretch of southern Palm Beach County. The dike road, which opened to bikers and hikers last October, connects the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center in the north to the south entrance of the refuge. A slight promontory in an otherwise flat landscape, the levy service road offers an expansive view of the seemingly endless river of grass, which stretches west to the bright blue horizon unchecked in its green sameness, save for a few stands of tall trees. The path, bordered on the east by thick mangroves, also offers close brushes with nature -- and plenty of bone-jarring abuse on the bumpy road. In the canal that curves along the edge of the Everglades just below the road, white egrets wade on gawky legs and dip their bills into the water as they hunt for food, unconcerned about passing bikers. But if you're cruising along at any decent speed, don't survey the scene for too long. The tight-packed dirt road is rife with washboard ripples and large chunks of rock that poke through the surface. This makes for a rough ride and creates the potential for a wipeout even on this benign-looking trail, which is bordered bucolically on either side by wild grasses and yellow and lavender flowers. With absolutely no shade, the road's white rock and sand glare brightly and amplify the heat of the day. This actually seems to be an attraction for the huge dragonflies that bask on the surface and flutter up as bike tires approach, continually flying into riders. Warning: There is no bathroom or potable water along the way.
We ain't never seen the varmints with our own eyes, but there's been tell of panther and black bear sightings along this section of the Florida Trail. There is no guarantee, but a shot at seeing these once-thriving Everglades species in their natural habitat adds extra excitement to hiking this 10-mile stretch of trail. Part of the state-long footpath, overall Section Two is a 60-mile chunk that snakes through the Everglades from I75 north to Lake Okeechobee, and it is maintained lovingly by the Broward County chapter of the Florida Trail Association. The portion with which we're concerned begins (or ends) at an I-75 rest stop and ends (or begins) a couple miles shy of Billie Swamp Safari on the Seminole Indian Reservation. (Passage into the Seminole portion of the trail requires advance authorization from the trail association or the Seminole Council, so be sure to obtain clearance.) In order to get from the rest stop parking lot to the trailhead, it's necessary to hike through a tunnel under the freeway. Once trailbound the scenery varies from thick pine woodland to open, grassy marshland, and along the way birds, deer, and small mammals are likely sights. The only hitch is that if you want to go only one way, you need to plan ahead for transportation at the other end.
Working late in his lab one night in 1869, Dr. Cyrus Teed of upstate New York saw God. And she was a hottie. Better yet, she showed him that the Earth is a hollow ball with the universe crammed inside, how to interpret the Bible, and how to turn lead into gold. So maybe the good doctor was inhaling the ether. But give the man credit for having the courage of his convictions. Based on these "illuminations," Teed gathered a band of followers and, like all good kooks before and since, headed straight for Florida. Once here he set about building a "New Jerusalem" that was to be home to ten million people. His plans didn't quite turn out, but Teed did manage to build a commune on the banks of the Estero River that supplied its own food, generated its own power, and operated a printing press. When Teed died in 1908, his followers came to their senses and drifted away. The last believer in "Koreshanity" (Koresh is Hebrew for "Cyrus") died in 1981. What's left of the utopian commune is now nestled in a lush state park where you can camp, canoe, hike, and ponder Teed's hallucinogenic view of creation. The park is located just south of Fort Myers, a two-hour drive from Fort Lauderdale.
Two years ago Robert Todoroff's dream came to fruition. An athlete who didn't want to give up his favorite sports, including inline skating, during the most brutal stretches of Florida's heat and humidity, he envisioned an indoor center where entire sports fields could fit in one temperature-controlled building and play would be open to the public. Now entering its third year, the Sports Mall is still the best place for kids and adults to join numerous inline hockey, flag football, lacrosse, volleyball, soccer, and basketball leagues. Team registration fees vary by sport and by league, which include men's, women's, coed, youth, and corporate. But for just $20 per month, members can enjoy any of those sports during open-play sessions scheduled throughout the week -- all indoors in the a/c. Recently added to the center, a sports bar adds to the complex's other amenities, which include a spa, a sports medicine center, a dance school, a martial arts school, and a Gold's Gym location. Gold's and the other businesses charge their own fees, but Sports Mall members can use the gym on Sunday nights as part of their deal.


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how to add < category > on non links pages?
I've searched thru the forums, but have no idea what to really search for. I'm trying to add the < % menu % > to several pages that are not built by links.... is there a way to include the ssi or something? Any help would be very much appreciated!
I don't recall a <%menu%> tag. But hey, I'm doing good to remember my name.
Anyway, if you are talking about | Home | Add a Site | Modify a Site | What's New | What's Cool | Top Rated | Random Link | Search |, the best thing to do is just view the source code on a page which it appears and copy and paste it.
That way if you need to change it, you change it one time and all the pages that use it are automatically updated.
The page that it appears in has to have the html ( not htm ) extension and be properly "associated" with shtml.


Last night, I attended Gateshead's planning committee where a decision was to be taken on whether or not to allow in principle up to six houses to be built on Chase Park, Whickham. I will discuss that issue on another post. I am not a member of the committee but was there to film this section of the agenda. In the meantime, let us look instead at the claims of someone else who attended the meeting: Labour's Cllr Chris McHugh.
Cllr McHugh, head of office for Blaydon MP Liz Twist, raised objections to my filming the meeting after the vote was taken on the planning proposals. He seems to have overlooked the fact that filming council meetings is a democratic right enshrined in law. He was told by one of the officers that anyone can film a meeting. Cllr McHugh concluded that I should have informed the chairman in advance.
As it turns out, just before the start of the meeting I chatted to the chairman about various pleasantries. I said nothing about filming the meeting but since I was standing next to him holding a video camera and a very large and obvious tripod while engaging him in conversation, explaining that I was there to record proceedings was somewhat unnecessary.
Interestingly, a notice on the door to the meeting (see above) states that people are welcome to record the meeting. Nothing about needing to inform the chairman in advance! Perhaps Cllr McHugh should read what is in front of him before he wastes people's time with his whinging.
And so we move on to this morning and Cllr McHugh has had time to come up with another silly claim to deflect attention from what he had done over the Chase Park proposals. This time he splashes a claim across residents' Facebook sites that I was somehow "secretly" recording the meeting! The deflection attempt failed. There are countless comments by residents unhappy with his support for the Chase Park proposals.
But a thank you to Chris is appropriate - thank you for giving us a new story about Labour being unhappy about opening up the council to democratic scrutiny by giving residents the opportunity to see elected representatives in action through the medium of video.


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Dani Filth reveló planes para una versión del 20° aniversario de la grabación original de Cacophonous del álbum Dusk... and Her Embrace en 2015, y una fecha de lanzamiento fue anunciada oficialmente en 2016. Filth dijo:

"Las grabaciones originales de Dusk - que están literalmente acumulando polvo en la estantería va a ver la luz del día. Va a ser una parte muy cool de la historia de Cradle, y, obviamente, nunca ha sido escuchado por nadie antes."

Fue lanzado en CD y digital, el 8 de julio de 2016, con una versión de vinilo prometida para una fecha posterior. Las notas confirman que la alineación para esta versión era casi la misma que para el The Principle of Evil Made Flesh, incluyendo Paul Allender y Paul Ryan. Ambos dejaron la banda antes de que la versión de 1996 fue grabada.

Lista de Temas

Créditos

 Cradle of Filth
 Dani Filth – Voz
 Nicholas Barker – Batería
 Sarah Jezebel Deva - Voz de Acompañamiento
 Paul Allender - Guitarra
 Paul Ryan - Guitarra
 Benjamin Ryan - Teclado
 Jon Kennedy - Bajo

 Invitados
 Cronos – Voz en "Haunted Shores"

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The ZS155 engine, although more expensive, has proven to be as reliable as its smaller YX140 counterpart.
It also boasts the upgraded SDG2 frame and the Detroit plastics, as well as the updated PRO foot pegs and polished hubs. Giving a massive 17hp at the rear wheel, the ZS155 engine is a force to be reckoned with.
Reliability and power make this all round awesome bike. Ready to race your mates, straight out of the crate, this bike is a sure winner!


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Last season Adrian Peterson rushed for 2097 yards. This came courtesy of the ridiculous rate of 6.03 yards per carry. Absolutely Awesome ! Thank you Adrian from the bottom of my purple bleeding heart !
Now, what are you gonna do for us this year ? It seems ungrateful, But In this "What have you done for me lately" environment known as the NFL, this is what many fans across the nation are asking themselves.
This mentality has me scratching my ear over this. It begs the question "When in pro sports history, has a player followed a season of this magnitude with an even better year? " As I "Ponder" (ok, that was bad!) my last question, I cannot seem to recall a single example. It is in this spirit that this writer feels that fans may be setting themselves up for a let down…..of sorts.
Hey ! Planet Earth to everyone ! Adrian Peterson is (believe it or not) a mere mortal ! It may be difficult to work your brain around the concept, but the man is human! An incredibly gifted human being in terms of athleticism, but a human none the less. There is no Titanium armor plating encasing this "Beast". We all found that out a little over a year ago when he injured and then incomprehensibly recovered to the point of participating in drills from both a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and medial collateral ligament (MCL) within a time period of just under nine months. NINE MONTHS !!! My daughter had the very same injury and was still walking with a limp eighteen months later. She never participated in high school varsity basketball again.
Granted, My Taylor didn't have Dr. James Andrews, the renowned surgeon making the incision, nor was she granted access to the the same world class physical therapy and rehab services that Peterson had, but her surgeon was incredibly talented and she got first class attention.
I am getting off topic, but my point is that Adrian Peterson by no means represents the norm, and athletes sustaining similar injuries in the future will almost certainly not be able to follow in his footsteps. What's more, athletes at the youth, high school and collegiate levels should not view professional athlete recovery times as a standard on which to base their own.
That's an important reminder for fans, and for the players themselves: A player who pushes himself to come back on Peterson's timetable is probably going to do more harm than good. Going from ACL to MVP will always be the exception, not the rule.
By last August, Peterson was participating in pre-season games. Look at the game film, Clearly he was a step slower then before. In addition, when he would plant his foot to cut, there was noticeable bend and lack of strength. Not unexpected, as previously stated, he's human !
Through the first six regular season games, AP still lacked the explosiveness and sudden burst of his pre-injury form. In that span, he carried the ball 113 times for a total of 499 yards and an average of 4.41 yards per carry. Not bad for almost anyone NOT named Adrian Peterson.
However, from game seven on, something else altogether began to emerge. After averaging 83.16 yards per game over the first half dozen contests, Peterson carried the ball 235 times for a total of 1,598 yards at 6.8 per. In games seven through sixteen the back ran at an amazing clip of 159.8 yards per game. That's a pretty drastic difference.
It may be that it took that long to be 100% healthy, or perhaps he finally got past the psychological hurde of trusting his body in order to run with the reckless abandon of pre-injury AP. In all likelyhood, it was a combination of both along with a myriad of other variables that fueled this historic ten game stretch.
Whatever the case, the point is that from week seven on, Superman put his team on his back and took us all on a historic ride, shattering every meaningful Viking rushing record and surpassing any season that any running back not name Dickerson has ever produced, along the way.
This brings me to my point….. What about this year? Is it fair to expect Peterson to produce anything close to what he accomplished last season?
Look for Part 2 of 2 to be posted on Vikingsgab in the next day or two.
I think he can achieve his goal of 2500. High water marks are set at different times, and Peterson is primed and ready to do it, as is the Vikings offense. They're planning on it. If he can take up where he left off last year, and he's 100%, if we can continue to build the pass opportunities, he could explode even more. Very possible. He's going to need this kind of yardage to catch Emmit Smith, and to keep it up. Wouldn't you expect he would pass Smith?


Makita released a new 18-volt LXT lithium-ion job-site radio, model LXRM03B, with iPhone compatibility.
"We've kept the great sound and compact size that contractors liked about the existing jobsite radio, but with this new model we added more settings and iPhone compatibility. This is a perfect add-on for any contractor or build-it-yourselfer," product manager Mario Lopez said in a statement.
With two auxiliary ports for MP3/iPod compatibility, the LXRM03B delivers stereo sound from two 3" speakers. The radio can be powered by any Makita pod- or slide-style battery, including up to 16 hours of runtime with the fast-charging 18-volt LXT lithium-ion battery, sold separately.
The radio also features protective bumpers and water-resistant construction.


The City of Oakland Public Works Department has received this issue. It is registered as service request #672637. Please check back for status updates, or contact us directly at 510-615-5566.
Please fix this ASAP, and nip this potential homeless encampment from San Antonio Park. San Antonio Park is a great resource and place for this neighborhood. A lot of children and seniors use this park for daily exercise, and it would be a shame if this turned into a homeless encampment, health and safety hazards for residents and this neighborhood.


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Q: How to hold a limited collection of items for pseudo-RPG player equipment (dictionary?) Basically, I am creating a pseudo-RPG game where a player has an inventory of items and a character doll (to know which items are currently equipped).
What do you recommend is the best way to handle the collection of currently equipped items?
What I currently have is an EquipmentSlot enum that contains all of the possible locations for equipped items on the player, which I can set as a property on each Item that the player has.
public enum EquipmentSlot
{
    Head,
    Chest,
    Arms,
    Legs,
    Feet,
    OffHand,
    MainHand
}

Then I have a dictionary that contains each enum as a key, initializing them all to be null in the Player constructor:
PlayerEquipment = new Dictionary<EquipmentSlot, Item>(7);
PlayerEquipment.Add(EquipmentSlot.Head, null);
PlayerEquipment.Add(EquipmentSlot.Chest, null);
PlayerEquipment.Add(EquipmentSlot.Arms, null);
PlayerEquipment.Add(EquipmentSlot.Legs, null);
PlayerEquipment.Add(EquipmentSlot.Feet, null);
PlayerEquipment.Add(EquipmentSlot.OffHand, null);
PlayerEquipment.Add(EquipmentSlot.MainHand, null);

But as I'm coding this I'm starting to realize that it won't work because I can't access the keys as enumerations in other methods of my Player, because they are added in the constructor. I'm not sure where else I could add them to have them available to the rest of the class.
Is my dictionary approach the wrong way to go about this?

A: I'm not sure what you mean by:

I can't access the keys as enumerations in other methods of my Player,
  because they are added in the constructor

But why not...
public class Player
{
    public Item EquipmentHead { get; set; }
    public Item EquipmentChest { get; set; }
    public Item EquipmentArms { get; set; }
    public Item EquipmentLegs { get; set; }
    public Item EquipmentFeet { get; set; }
    public Item EquipmentOffHand { get; set; }
    public Item EquipmentMainHand { get; set; }
}

P.S. I wouldn't say your Dictionary implementation is the wrong way, this is just an alternative that you might be able to more easily wrap your head around.

A: Provided you define PlayerEquipment as a class member, and not a local variable, you can access it anywhere in your class:
public class Player
{
     public Dictionary<EquipmentSlot, Item> PlayerEquipment { get; set; }

     public Player()
     {
         PlayerEquipment = new Dictionary<EquipmentSlot, Item>(7);
         PlayerEquipment.Add(EquipmentSlot.Head, null);
         // ...
     }

     // In other methods, you can use this as needed... ie:
     public void DropItem(EquipmentSlot slot)
     {
         this.PlayerEquipment[slot] = null; // Remove the item here...
     }

     //....Rest of class

Note that, if you define the enum inside of your class, you'll have to fully qualify it when using it from other classes, ie: Player.EquipmentSlot.Head.  If, however, its defined outside of the class, you can just use EquipmentSlot.Head (assuming the same namespace or the appropriate using clause exists).

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is it necessary to remove the labels on the glass bottles?
The glass crusher used by the eco-paver factory has a function to clear the paper labels. When the glue is too difficult to remove, I have no choice and leave it. Perhaps very little amount of glue is not problematic. Sorry for overlooking your question for sometime.


After a spectacular freshman season in 2016, Oak Ridge graduate Luken Baker and the TCU Horned Frogs will enter the spring as the No. 1 team in the country, at least according to one publication.
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper has the Frogs at the top of its 2017 preseason poll, which was released earlier this week. TCU completed last season with a 49-18 record and a third-place finish at the College World Series in Omaha.
Baker led the way for the team with a .379 batting average, 62 RBIs and 11 home runs. He was named Big 12 Freshman of the Year for his efforts and received All-American honors from three different outlets.
Pitcher Durbin Feltman, a teammate of Baker's at Oak Ridge, also returns to the team, as does The Woodlands graduate and pitcher Ryan Burnett. Baker and Feltman were named preseason All-Americans by Collegiate Baseball.
Texas A&M checked in at No. 20 in the poll after finishing last season with a 49-16 record. Sam Houston State earned a nod at No. 23. The Bearkats completed last season with a 42-22 mark and won the Southland Conference regular-season and tournament titles.
LSU (45-21 last season), Florida (52-16), South Carolina (46-18) and Oregon State (35-19) rounded out the top five behind TCU. Defending champion Coastal Carolina (55-18) checked in at No. 19.


Saturday afternoon brings lots to discover and explore in the city, but sometimes you just want to spend it indoors. If you are searching for a Saturday afternoon activity, consider Millennium Place for a way to play.
Every Saturday, unless there's a swim meet happening, you can find the Inflatables in the pool at Millennium Place. Older children can climb across the obstacle course, and play with larger mats and toys while younger children enjoy the dual slides and climbing structure in the kiddie pool.
The fun, family-swim with the inflatables and toys in the pool can be found on Saturday, between 1-6. View the full schedule for Millennium Place, here.
Millennium Place is one of the colder pools in Edmonton and for this reason we choose our long sleeve rash guards for younger kids when we visit.
Your admission also includes skating, and the indoor playground. Make a day of it and enjoy at least two of the three activities.
You can bring snacks with you, or buy snacks from the cafe. There's a large cafeteria style area where you can enjoy the snacks with the family!
Skates are available to rent, if you want to hit the skating rink after you finish in the pool.
There are waves in the kids pool – these waves can be pretty strong, so know this before you go and plan accordingly to have enough parents for the children you're bringing along with you!
Life jackets are available at the pool, children are able to climb on the inflatables if they're wearing life jackets but children under eight must be accompanied with an adult inside the pool.
Have you visited Millennium Place with the kids? Find Millennium Place at 2000 Premiere Way in Sherwood Park. Visit the website for the drop-in schedule, and additional details at www.strathcona.ca.


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Balistes rotundatus és un peix teleosti de la família dels balístids i de l'ordre dels tetraodontiformes.

Morfologia
Pot arribar als 27,2 cm de llargària total.

Distribució geogràfica
Es troba a les costes de l'Oceà Índic i a l'oest del Pacífic.

Referències

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The long debated question that makes a headline with people of any age-group, which despite the intelligence of the debaters and yet intelligently goes unanswered, all the time. So, which one is better ? The feeling of getting lost in world of words in the stories that takes a good amount of time to finish, or the ones that has a limited duration but is visually pleasing with all kind of modernities. Here are some of the factors I found out to judge them.
A story is always about giving the readers or viewers, the sense of feeling that they are living the story. That they will feel in how the characters in the movie are feeling in their fictitious world. Its about taking them into a different world, the world that the writer/director created.
Some movies are quite gripping, it takes the audiences by surprise, others leaves an impression for a longer period. After all movie is a great factor for the pop culture. From the groceries and stores filled with Stars Wars gadgets, to the Dinosaurs of Jurassic Park, the people who felt shivers when Jack leaves the hands of Rose in Titanic. That gave quite an impression to the audiences beyond the theatres.
Whereas movies have a bigger audiences but in the imagination department books take the cake. Immersing oneself in a story by reading through the pages is really a greater deal of imagination than just watching it. Books give you a more intense world, a world you can imagine by yourself. Stephen King famously hated what Stanley Kubrick did with "The Shining" and went one to make another version of it with different director. It just so happens sometimes, but books are better to grow your imagination and to feel the story.
This is a silly thing to take a note of while discussing artistic things. But time does have to be an important thing in this world that is moving fast, and just getting faster. People doesn't have all the time in the world. They cannot spend all day doing just one thing.And time is a factor that just puts movies as a better one than books. Immersing oneself over a course of some days, or even weeks seems pretty much costly than just watching a movie of the same story within some hours. Yeah one will be compromised with the greater details, and some adaptation that cannot be satisfied with, but other than that, its quick, and you got time for other things now.
It is one of the things most people look for all the time. They seek them from everywhere, from the real world as well as fictitious world someone created. They get the inspiration to struggle looking at the life of Nelson Mandela in Long walk to freedom, or some can just read the autobiography. My personal experience on this was quite a fresh one though. I had this short story "Who moved my cheese?" lined up for reading. I was just missing it, or getting distracted after a page or two(after all it was only 39 pages.) I found this short adaptation of the story on youtube that was just 13 minutes. Just like that it would be finished. But right that moment I got my focus and finished the book. 😀 . and later on when check the video, I found it a bit "OK". But reading the book was better. It inspired me, I believe more than if I had watched that short video. Matter of fact, I am trying to change after this book, and started writing one blog a day (this blog also happened because of that.).
why to do something if you cannot share it with others. The great fan clubs. Making fun chats, inspirational meetings all regarding the movies and books. And they are quite awesome. In a distant past, may be a decade ago or two, book club used to be a bigger thing. Even now a days they are with with great followers and dedicated ones, but they just couldn't increase much in size, whereas the movie watchers exploded in number. Thanks to the digital revolution.
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Q: Call an Action from another Action instead of returning any simple result def testSession = Action {
    implicit request =>
      val currentTimes = Calendar.getInstance().getTimeInMillis()
      val validTimes = Long.parseLong(request.session.get("validTill").getOrElse("0"))
      if(currentTimes>validTimes)
      {
        Ok("Session expired, Please log-in again")
      }
      else
      {
       //insert code here to call def saveDemographicDetailsBrowser = Action{}
      }

I need to insert code in else section to call some other action if login has not expired. An action that receives the json and hit save the data in db.

A: If you are trying to call an action from another Action then that simply means you have a wrong design. IMHO in such cases you should have a method which does the core functionality and both the Action's should make call to that method.
Anyways if you wish to make a call to another Action, then you could redirect:
Redirect(routes.Dashboard.homePage)

If the question is that you wish to make a call to Action by putting a new json in your request and then using this request to make a call to Action, then that is seriously inadvisable and still if you wish to then have a look at FakeRequest.

A: Ideally, such kind of session validations should go into RequestHandler/ActionCreator or Action composition.  With this approach, you can intercept the request to validate session expired cases and send the appropriate message,  even before the request reaches to your action.
Depending on your play framework version, you can check the following
https://www.playframework.com/documentation/2.5.x/JavaActionsComposition
https://www.playframework.com/documentation/2.5.x/JavaActionCreator#Action-creators


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0881: "Probability"
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Re: 0881: "Probability"
Postby Kaelri » Mon Apr 04, 2011 7:09 pm UTC
SirMustapha wrote: Okay, so let's suppose that Randall has a case of cancer in his family. He must definitely be feeling it , and it must hurt. So what does he do? Take a break to dedicate himself to his family? Leave a blunt announcement and cut xkcd from his life for a while? ...
Does he really want to share his feelings, or is he really such a loser that he can only count on his webcomic to receive the empathy he needs? Or does he think that everyone needs to be informed, in the most melodramatic and saccharine way possible, of his situation? Or is he -- oh, the horror! -- just using the illness to attract more attention to himself?
Look, not to pile on here, but I get the sense that if Randall had done any of those things, you'd be in here throwing the same accusations at him, and with (relatively) stronger justification. An explicit announcement, or an interruption in the comic schedule, would attract a lot more attention than a single ambiguously-topical strip. Other than the knowledge that Randall has been dealing with a family illness, this comic comes with zero context, nor any openly self-referential elements. Really, it doesn't distinguish itself from many other sober and personal strips that made some of us fall in love with XKCD in the first place.
As a consumer of art (free art that nobody is forcing me to read), I don't particularly care what Randall uses as his source of inspiration, as long as the product has some value to me. And that value - whether it makes me laugh, or cry, or think, or feel - doesn't have to meet anyone else's standard, nor should anyone else feel the need to answer to mine. I value this comic. If you don't, you know where the Back button is. End of story.
He draws a comic about it, with the sole objective of attracting sympathy...
How can anyone demand another to feel empathy for a person like that? Seriously? How the Hell is a comic like that cause a positive effect? For him? For his sick relative? ...
In all honesty, I'm incapable of empathy in a situation like that... If Randall can't take the consequences, then he should just get the hell out. Nobody is obliged to care about his personal life, nobody is obliged to have empathy...
Why are you ripping into this guy for a bunch of things he didn't do? He has made no statement regarding his motivation for drawing this comic. He has made no "demand." He has expressed no expectation of any positive effects for himself or his family - not that it's any of our business if it has any. The concern and empathy of his fans in this forum have been given to him unsolicited. Do you have a real complaint here, other than he used personal experience to inspire art (heaven forbid)?
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Postby TheScientist019 » Mon Apr 04, 2011 7:19 pm UTC
gmalivuk wrote:
TheScientist019 wrote: There are so many logical errors in Ashtar94's post that I have to point out the dumbest of the dumb.
Well done. Now everyone knows you're an idiot who doesn't understand satire.
Then I guess I'm just too dumb to see through his parody.
Postby MIMP » Mon Apr 04, 2011 7:25 pm UTC
The emotions drawn out by this comic are amazing. Randall, your ability to express your musings, in a public manner like this, is fantastic! I love when your usual approach becomes useless, it's an opportunity for adventure and an escape from the norm. Normal is boring, no one cherishes the memories of the boring moments of their life. Live, create memories you'll cherish and please, keep up the good work!
userxp
Postby userxp » Mon Apr 04, 2011 7:42 pm UTC
Shit. Now I'm depressed again.
Also could everyone ignore SirMustapha please? Thanks.
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Postby donaithnen » Mon Apr 04, 2011 7:57 pm UTC
Tsuna wrote: Alright, so there are about 8 million people every year dying from cancer, that's one death every four seconds. If you live in the US, one out of every 200 people you see in the streets every day suffers from cancer. Do you care? I must confess I don't; otherwise I'd long ago died myself from caring every four seconds.
Now there's a comic about one cancer case with possible death implication and possible real life equivalent, and practically everyone except the trolls goes crazy with empathy and My Prayers Are With You. Really? One death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic, one unlikely and possibly fictional death is...
One of the main points of art in all its many forms is to allow the viewer to empathize with the abstract. As others have pointed out it is impossible to empathize with a million statistical cases. You can empathize with an individual case, whether it's someone you know or an individual case (fictional or real) that's being related to you. The empathy for the individual can be the gateway to caring about the larger group. Because people can't care about 8 million dying every year in the abstract they need to hear about the individual cases in order to create an empathic response.
You seem to be confusing the solution with the problem.
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Postby SirMustapha » Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:12 pm UTC
TheScientist019 wrote:
Or maybe his "parody" is completely baseless and false, therefore not qualifying as proper parody. I mean, "moral obligation"? What kind of moron underestimates his fellow forum posters so much to the point of using such a blatantly meaningless term?
Kaelri wrote: Look, not to pile on here, but I get the sense that if Randall had done any of those things, you'd be in here throwing the same accusations at him, and with (relatively) stronger justification. An explicit announcement, or an interruption in the comic schedule, would attract a lot more attention than a single ambiguously-topical strip.
Well, anything Randall does attracts attention. The question is whether Randall bothers about that. If he just made an announcement and stopped updating, certainly there would be a huge fuss here, but the attitude would indicate that Randall has more important things to worry about -- i.e., his family. But just look at the huge comic he did to explain the family illness the first time it happened, in 818! Are you saying that doesn't attract attention? Are you saying Randall really doesn't care much about his fans, to the point of searching his old notebooks just to have something to post on his self-imposed strict schedule?
Kaelri wrote: As a consumer of art (free art that nobody is forcing me to read), I don't particularly care what Randall uses as his source of inspiration, as long as the product has some value to me.
I usually am like that too, but the difference here is that it was Randall's own choice to expose himself like that. If I was digging around his personal life to find these facts, then I would unquestionably be the ultimate asshole in this story. But it was Randall who blew open the whole thing!
Kaelri wrote: Do you have a real complaint here, other than he used personal experience to inspire art (heaven forbid)?
My complaint was actually about the attitude of the fans who seem to think that Randall is faultless and anything he does is automatically justified: everything he says in regard to his family illness is deserving of absolute sympathy, and anyone who criticizes anything is a heartless monster -- or, in more specific terms, a "horrible person".
Postby gmalivuk » Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:14 pm UTC
userxp wrote: Also could everyone ignore SirMustapha please? Thanks.
Most of us already do, at least in the individual comic threads. Everything xkcd does is somehow wrong, and SirMustapha will find the stupidest, most asinine possible ways to criticize the comic and the people who like or defend the comic, pretty much every single time.
I've never seen him add anything worthwhile to one of these discussions, so yeah, we pretty much all ignore him.
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Postby feldgendler » Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:16 pm UTC
This is a brilliant, touching strip. Other commentors have said most of what I was going to say, so I'm not going to say it. I'll just post an essay I wrote about death and our attitudes towards it.
http://my.opera.com/feldgendler/blog/achilles-and-death
ACHILLES AND DEATH
Although Achilles is the son of the goddess Thetis, he is not immortal. Predestined are the day and hour when the moira Atropos shall cut his life-thread. But until that happens, Achilles still has some time for his feats, and he shall not die until he lives all to the last of his remaining days. When he has a year left, he has to live through the first half of the year first. When it's only a day, he won't die without living through the first half of it. Even when just an hour, a minute or a second is left, he still has at least half of that time to live.
From his friendly chat with Zeno of Elea Achilles knows that he cannot live through all of his remaining time without living through half of it. Even if he knew precisely when he was going to die, his remaining time, a seemingly finite duration, would be nothing but an infinite series of periods, diminishing but never coming to nought. Since Achilles cannot experience the very moment of death because there will be no mind to realize the fact afterwards, he is immortal as long as he lives. Maybe it's a shadow of his mother's immortality?
One should live as if there will be no death. Don't think of the death, live the life. What would I do if I knew I had only a few years, months or weeks to live? I'd live on as if nothing happened (or at least so I think now), since as long as I think, I won't die, and when I die, there will be no me to realize that I've died.
Even if there's only a minute left to live, let's live through the first half a minute first, and then we'll see.
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Postby Izawwlgood » Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:16 pm UTC
SirMustapha wrote: everything he says in regard to his family illness is deserving of absolute sympathy, and anyone who criticizes anything is a heartless monster -- or, in more specific terms, a "horrible person".
Generally speaking, comments towards individuals who are dealing with family illness should be ones of sympathy, and comments that deviate towards the 'you're a raging asshole and i hate you because you wanted to share your family problems', are, yes, the mark of a horrible person.
I seem to recall you throwing a fuss when he posted the 'I'm having family problems' comic, and a similar fuss when he posted the 'Here are some rote sketches I did while dealing with this family problem'. So, yes, I'm inclined to believe your simply enjoying getting on a baseless Randall hate bandwagon.
Ah, I regret that I was unfamiliar with his résumé before posting. I shall heed this counsel in threads to come.
Izawwlgood wrote: a baseless Randall hate bandwagon.
Yeah, I fail to see how it's somehow more acceptable to join SirMustafa's "Randall can do no right" bandwagon than it is to be part of the (alleged) "Randal can do no wrong" group he's accusing the rest of us of being part of.
And incidentally, it probably only looks like we're saying Randall is always faultless because we simply think he's not as bad as most of SirMustafa's cunty complaints make him out to be. There is, in fact, a middle ground, full of people who think Randy mostly makes a pretty good comic that sometimes falls flat and is sometimes kind of dickish but is usually funny and enjoyable. It's just that, from one idiotic extreme, this middle ground is hard to distinguish from the other idiotic extreme.
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Postby mmark9094 » Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:46 pm UTC
My reaction:
"Oh nooooo, aww..... " My best wishes for Randall and his family.
Izawwlgood wrote: Generally speaking, comments towards individuals who are dealing with family illness should be ones of sympathy, and comments that deviate towards the 'you're a raging asshole and i hate you because you wanted to share your family problems', are, yes, the mark of a horrible person.
I didn't know that family problems gave people complete immunity to any kind of asshole attitude; I thought that, even while going through a rough time, one can still be an asshole.
Izawwlgood wrote: I seem to recall you throwing a fuss when he posted the 'I'm having family problems' comic, and a similar fuss when he posted the 'Here are some rote sketches I did while dealing with this family problem'. So, yes, I'm inclined to believe your simply enjoying getting on a baseless Randall hate bandwagon.
Yeah, isn't it strange that my criticism is interestingly consistent? As if I actually have a strong base for this opinion and I honestly think Randall is being a complete idiot in this affair? If I want to jump in the bandwagon, I would simply be making Megan jokes on xkcd sucks every day. THAT is bandwagon jumping. Instead, I seem to recall commenting that the "Lamp" comic had a flawless execution, and I didn't make a single disparaging comment towards it. And just notice how many people bashed that one comic!
But no, I cannot be given credit when it's due, I have to be labelled a "troll" and a "bandwagon jumper". It's more comfortable this way, and it saves Mr. Moderator a lot of time.
EDIT: I've just read the comment above. Hmm, wasn't there some talk about today's comic having nothing to do whatsoever with Randall's family, and that was just something I made up just to have reasons to criticise Randall? Is there some sort of hive mind going on here, or is the guy above also a moron and a troll?
RevWaldo
Postby RevWaldo » Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:58 pm UTC
This one hit home. Thanks.
Depending on the particular circumstances, getting numbers like this could be considered *good* news. I hope that's the case IRL. Good luck!
windadep
Postby windadep » Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:05 pm UTC
I've been a reader for years, but because of this comic, I finally made an account and felt I had to post this.
This comic just happen to be released on the anniversary of a very scary moment in my life. I celebrate this day every year because I can. But it is everyday that statistics like this haunt me. And many other people, I am sure. So good luck Randall Munroe. I hope all goes well, because nobody can truly ignore the statistics, no matter how brave of a face they wear.
Thanks for reminding us we're not alone.
CloudDog23
Postby CloudDog23 » Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:11 pm UTC
Having been through the exact same emotions as this the last two weeks with my wife,the strip was a kick to the stomach and made me realise the full impact of what is happening hasn't even begun to bite yet and I'm currently on auto-pilot so I came on the board, for the first time, to try and make a further connection to the strip.
To the poster who came up with the "never tell me the odds", +100 points, it's our motto from now on.
To all those with the best intentions, do yourselves a favour, never argue with an idiot, all they do is drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.
Do yourselves a favour, never argue with an idiot, all they do is drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.
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Postby neoliminal » Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:15 pm UTC
No, the whole thing just came full circle.
LOL, I remember when you liked all the comics.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0073YYXRC
Read My Book. Cost less than coffee. Will probably keep you awake longer.
[hint, scary!]
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Postby Dauthi » Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:29 pm UTC
SirMustapha wrote: Okay, so let's suppose that Randall has a case of cancer in his family. He must definitely be feeling it , and it must hurt. So what does he do? Take a break to dedicate himself to his family? Leave a blunt announcement and cut xkcd from his life for a while?
He draws a comic about it, with the sole objective of attracting sympathy, drops a reference to mathematics and makes a reference to an older comic.
SirMustapha wrote: I didn't know that family problems gave people complete immunity to any kind of asshole attitude; I thought that, even while going through a rough time, one can still be an asshole.
SirMustapha wrote: But no, I cannot be given credit when it's due, I have to be labelled a "troll" and a "bandwagon jumper". It's more comfortable this way, and it saves Mr. Moderator a lot of time.
I think the thing that bothers me the most about your posts is that you speak in absolutes most of the time---if not literally than rhetorically. You are typically so polarized and so pleased with your position that it is nearly impossible to do anything but hate you because you are, quite simply, grating on the nerves and ever-present in your negativity. I've pretty much come to the conclusion that your frequency in the Individual Comic forum is your own way of masturbatory trolling---I have yet to see any sort of significant fan following to encourage you; therefore, you must get a personal thrill from placing yourself against so many people on a pretty much daily basis. And sometimes even winning. A lot of the time it's only small rhetorical twists where you score your marks; you do choose your battles wisely. You ignore a lot of valid criticism and hone in on the weaker prey, the ones that clearly aren't paying attention to who you are and what you're doing. They made the mistake of challenging you with failed logic or emotional pleas or downright weak personality. And then you're there. A flash of sarcasm, a sprinkle of disdain, and usually a heaping handful of passionate rhetoric. It's a great---and effective---recipe.
In a way you remind me a lot of me...ten years ago. When I was an angst-filled teenager who was so starved of intellectual stimulation and so angry at the world that I got off making a reputation for myself online. I can take comfort that I was mostly trolling trolls and not just flaming forum-goers, but hey!: to each their own. I'd do the whole impassioned plea thing, where I express that I truly hope that you have more to your life than this, that this is just an exercise of douchbaggery, but the fact is no one really cares about me or you. In the end, I am the sociopath someone accused you of being, and that insincere appeal would just be another rhetorical device. One that places me on the slightly more benevolent side of self-righteous condescension, but no less douchey. One that you don't seem to have mastered yet. Maybe someday.
Kaelri wrote: As a consumer of art (free art that nobody is forcing me to read), I don't particularly care what Randall uses as his source of inspiration, as long as the product has some value to me. And that value - whether it makes me laugh, or cry, or think, or feel - doesn't have to meet anyone else's standard, nor should anyone else feel the need to answer to mine. I value this comic. If you don't, you know where the Back button is. End of story.
QFT. While I understand and value constructive criticism, most of the time it seems like the naysayers are just bashing the comic or Randall as a whole. There's no recommendations, no formal critique of what worked and what didn't. No, it's usually just the pointless criticism of book and movie reviewers who can find nothing good in anything unless it is perfect. Or pretentious enough that it dwarfs their own pretension.
gmalivuk wrote: And incidentally, it probably only looks like we're saying Randall is always faultless because we simply think he's not as bad as most of [the] complaints make him out to be. There is, in fact, a middle ground, full of people who think Randy mostly makes a pretty good comic that sometimes falls flat and is sometimes kind of dickish but is usually funny and enjoyable.
Yep. And this is the shit that's going on with politics these days. If we polarize each side enough, if we reduce things to a purely black and white perspective, then we can more or less force people to pick sides, eliminating the need to generate meaningful debate or address real issues. In a society that so undervalues critical thinking these days (insofar as America; can't speak of the rest of you), this sort of attitude & strategy is a bigger threat to our sociopolitical "dominance" than anything else. Oh well. I can always just move.
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Postby dracolytch » Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:30 pm UTC
bokonon wrote: I actually took SirMustapha seriously enough to go visit its webpages. I won't be making that mistake again. This entity claims to be a musician (I listened to the mp3s published there, I say that's debatable), and tries to rationally argue that music is incapable of transmitting emotion. It'd be cute if it wasn't so sad.
I disagree wholeheartedly. For himself, and his music, he's quite right. What I heard did not transmit any emotion whatsoever. I found it very reflective of the poster.
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Postby Timefly » Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:35 pm UTC
On xkcd Randall is God. It's his strip, his life, his art. I just wish assholes would remember that and leave it alone. Everyone needs some support sometimes, or to just get some emotion out to people they call friends, which in this case seems to be the xkcd community. I love that Randall is so open and really respect that he's not afraid to share his feelings with the world. I say good on you Randall and thank you so very much for creating such a raw, vibrant, emotional webcomic which is a glimpse into your roller coaster world. Thankyou for sharing your soul with us all and thank you for the great privilege which is to consider the xkcd community as your friends. Love you forever man. Don't stop what you're doing. You do a great job everyday, keep with it.
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Postby hofmic » Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:00 pm UTC
Reading through five pages, I decided against continuing this discussion. I'll just sit in my corner and cry.
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Postby SlippingStar » Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:03 pm UTC
If this is real, what is the illness?
The only certainty is uncertainty itself.
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Postby SpringLoaded12 » Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:07 pm UTC
Mahou wrote:
gooley wrote: Seriously, Randall. Nobody cares about your personal life, we just want entertaining comics. Please keep it professional.
Screw you, I care. And sometimes I like a serious comic.
Fingers crossed that it is just a comic?
You just like to pretend that you're friends with Randall, when in reality he wants nothing to do with you. Stop idolizing him.
You be trollin'
To SirMustapha (there's too much text to quote):
An important consideration here is that we are not sure if today's comic reflects something real happening in Randall's life or if it is completely fictional. If it is, my sympathies to him, and if not, well, okay.
As for the recent events with Randall's family troubles interfering with the comic, I don't have any factual evidence here, but I get the impression that your reaction was one of displeasure and that you thought it unreasonable for him to fail to update.
If this thought is incorrect, never mind the following.
If this thought is correct, however, I have to question you on that reaction. Is it unreasonable to falter in your work when family matters turn for the worse? Do people not take time off from work when a family member becomes severely sick, is hospitalized, is diagnosed with a terminal disease, or dies?
For comparison, picture the following hypothetical scenario.
You have a day job in an office, and in your spare time you film a video series that updates regularly and has a notably large following. One day, after work you drive home to find that your house has burned down. You do not post a video that day, or for the next 3 days, and your viewers react angrily. Are they justified?
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Postby Nurseferatu » Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:15 pm UTC
As a nurse (NOT an oncology nurse), I can state that the probabilities are usually based on variables given by the oncologist when treatment is being discussed, such as:
*Successful completion of a course of conventional treatment x (i.e some form of chemotherapy)
*Successful completion of x with possible additional treatment y (i.e. radiation, oral medication, etc)
*Successful completion of x or y alone
*Inability to complete any of the above (such as partial treatment that must be stopped due to side effects)
*No treatment or Palliative treatment only
My patients descriptions of some oncologist visits sounded like they had seen their bookie! The good doctors brought it down to something that folks could understand, and the not so good ones often did not offer any options at all - "my way or the highway" sorts of docs.
Postby Xof » Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:20 pm UTC
SirMustapha wrote: Yeah, isn't it strange that my criticism is interestingly consistent? As if I actually have a strong base for this opinion and I honestly think Randall is being a complete idiot in this affair?
Given that you have expressed this opinion repeatedly and loudly, and yet Randall still sees fit to draw comics which draw your harshest disapproval, it might be time for you to return the comics to him for a full refund and find a new Daily Humor Provider who will not cause you to write long, vitriolic posts on an Internet bulletin board.
Unless, to quote the old joke, "This isn't really about the hunting, is it?"
ykcd wrote: I dont know if you are missing this, but the subtext clearly refers to http://xkcd.com/55/ . Wouldn't it be plausible to assume that the topic is Love-related rather than Illness-related? The chart at the beginning could also be the probability of having a healthy child given she becomes pregnant. And the dashed line could be the probability density of having a child in the next n years.
Unfortunately, that is an IV pole and setup in the frame next to them. This suggests something a bit more medically related.
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Postby mewshi » Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:21 pm UTC
I find Robin Williams entertaining pretty much no matter what he's doing -- just as good in Dead Poets' Society as he was in Patch Adams, I think. He has no "moral obligation" to do happy-happy-feel-good movies at all, let alone most of the time. Same thing here.
If you only listen to music because it sounds nice, you're missing half the point; if you only watch a movie for the action, you're missing half the point. Art is not, and never has been, about making you happy. I don't think the author of Questionable Content got this kinda of crap when a certain character's past was revealed (anyone who reads it probably knows which character I am referring to). Granted, xkcd and QC have different structures and audiences, but the point remains -- just because it's depressing, doesn't mean it's not just as beautiful.
Postby gmalivuk » Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:22 pm UTC
TheDoctor wrote: You know an author or artist or musician or whatever has suceeded when a 4 panel comic strip with only 2 sentences creates this much controversy. Well done. Excellent comic as always.
Lots of comics have sparked tons of discussion, but since we've instituted the policy of mods needing to approve every user's first post, I think this is the comic that has inspired by far the most new people to go ahead and register for the forums.
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Postby septic_tank » Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:28 pm UTC
SirMustapha:
From what I understand, your argument is roughly: "Randall is an idiot because, during what is assumed to be an emotionally difficult period for himself and his family, he doesn't either: a) 'take a break to dedicate himself to his family' or b) 'leave a blunt announcement and cut xkcd from his life for a while'. Instead, he chose to draw a comic about it with, "...the sole objective of attracting sympathy."
The first part, concerning how Randall should act in this situation, is entirely your opinion. That's fine. You are free to believe what you will about how people should handle emotionally difficult situations. That said, it's entirely his and his family's choice to handle the situation the way they choose. As you have no knowledge about the specifics, your judgments are baseless. Maybe the family member is optimistic and doesn't want people doting on them or acting differently because of their illness? That's the way my grandfather went. Or maybe Randall is expressing himself here because when he's with his family he has to be that unflinching pillar of support? When internally he's fractured to his core?
Now we get to your second point, that this comic was purely fishing for sympathy. I've yet to read your basis for this, other than again it being your opinion / perception. You don't seem to give any credence to the notion that he's simply relinquishing some of his emotional burden - a "catharsis" as several posters have labeled it. This is a fairly common practice. Not just among artists - among anyone for whom creativity is a means of channeling complex emotions. No different than a Blues singer that writes a song after they lose their job/wife/dog/house. You don't have to care. I'm sure he expects that not everyone will enjoy the departure from his "norm". But he's not doing it for us. He's not even doing it for his family member(s). He's doing it for his own emotional well-being, and there's nothing wrong with his making that decision within the confines of his own creative sandbox.
Finally, that some (or many!) of Randall's fans are sycophants should have no bearing on your judgment of him or his art. Any person/group/etc. with a sufficiently-large fanbase is going to have some isolated core that take it to an extreme. And you shouldn't be surprised when they're some of the more vocal ones on a forum such as this. That doesn't mean they are representative of Randall's audience as a whole. I'd guess that, like me - until today - the average reader does not post on these boards or share the idolization of Randall expressed here by some.
Waladil
Postby Waladil » Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:34 pm UTC
...Does this mean Randall won't be at MoCCA?
Aside from my (intentional) asinine above comment, I do kinda wish he'd tell us if this is a real problem or a purely abstract one. I don't have the right to infringe on his personal life etc. etc. but I think if you disseminate information that could be true or false, it should be clear whether it is or not (Like those blurbs at the beginning of novels that say "This is a work of fiction..."). Most of the time it's not a problem with Randall's work.
If it's real, my condolences,
If it's not, then I hope it never becomes real,
In either case, fuck trolls.
Or, in Java form! (My coding is rusty, sorry)
If(comic==TRUE)
system.out.print("My condolences, Randall");
system.out.print("I hope you never have to face this in reality");
system.out.print("FUCK TROLLS");
P.S. does anyone know if Randall is planning on attending MoCCA? I'm gonna be there and want to see as many awesome artists as I can.
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Postby orentago » Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:53 pm UTC
Bah, SirMustafa's just jealous he doesn't have his own webcomic with legions of loyal fans. I sense some serious issues under that angry exterior.
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Postby drixoman » Mon Apr 04, 2011 11:02 pm UTC
I don't know if that's been mentioned here before...(thread too long) but tor those who wonder why the y-axis is cut off at 70%, maybe the scale is not linear so there's not enough room to show the rest due to mathematic constraint.
(idk ... I'm not good at math at all so it's just a guess...)
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Postby Hypercube » Mon Apr 04, 2011 11:34 pm UTC
Invertin wrote: My girlfriend has cancer. They've given her months, not even years.
I'm staying hopeful... but every now and again I see something like this comic and I feel like someone just punched me in the chest.
This comic is a great big raincloud. It makes me feel bad, and it makes it wet and slippery so I can't hold on to the hope that she'll be okay.
I hope so too. Best of wishes.
RowDaBoat
Postby RowDaBoat » Mon Apr 04, 2011 11:38 pm UTC
gmalivuk wrote: Lots of comics have sparked tons of discussion, but since we've instituted the policy of mods needing to approve every user's first post, I think this is the comic that has inspired by far the most new people to go ahead and register for the forums.
Randall: I won't say 'be strong', you already are.
AND YOU FOLKS SPEAK ABOUT EMPATHY??
How can anyone demand another to feel empathy for a person like that? Seriously? How the Hell is a comic like that cause a positive effect? For him? For his sick relative? Does he really want to share his feelings, or is he really such a loser that he can only count on his webcomic to receive the empathy he needs? Or does he think that everyone needs to be informed, in the most melodramatic and saccharine way possible, of his situation? Or is he -- oh, the horror! -- just using the illness to attract more attention to himself?
In all honesty, I'm incapable of empathy in a situation like that, and I feel horrified that a person has to be crucified for expressing a contrary opinion, like it happened in the first page here. Does Randall need his whole legion of sycophantic fans to defend him from the "cold-hearted bullies"? For chrissakes, Randall is an adult, he knows what he's doing and he CHOSE to expose himself like that on the Internet. If Randall can't take the consequences, then he should just get the hell out. Nobody is obliged to care about his personal life, nobody is obliged to have empathy, and more importantly: nobody is forbidden the right to express his opinions in here, as far as I know. Is it possible for people to accept that?
You are a horrible person. That's all I can say.
kryton wrote: I cried reading this comic.....
This stick figure hug is the best rendering of a tender intimate sharing empathetic moment I've ever seen in a comic.
And I'm jealous and envious of anyone finding themselves in this situation, where there is a warning, where there is time to make the most of life in the days immediately ahead, where an opportunity to make the most of what is truly important can still be made. Where affairs and paperwork can be put in order, plans made, saving those left behind the insanity I had to endure..
I didn't get that chance, my beloved was betrayed by a weak heart and left this mortal world without warning, while we were still planning the wedding. So much regret of what might have been that will now never be, so much lamenting to god with the question "WHY?" and despair and depression over why we didn't do this one little thing or that little thing, or taken advantage of this other little opportunity, . and the insanity that followed immediately because paperwork was postponed, affairs not put in order.
It is a tragedy to face that which this comic represents, but it is a blessing to have the time to do something with that time remaining, compared to the devestation of unexpected loss.
I'm going back to bed and cry myself to sleep. Bless you Randall for giving me this opportunity to find and embrase my grief once again, to feel the depth of love once again I had for my beloved who is now an angel.
My condolences.
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Postby Mjauti » Mon Apr 04, 2011 11:49 pm UTC
realbart wrote: What... no 3d?
http://3d.xkcd.com/881
Well, have you tried clicking "next" when viewing the last comic in the 3D version?
http://xk3d.xkcd.com/880/?teapot
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Make it and submit it.
Postby mewshi » Tue Apr 05, 2011 12:23 am UTC
So, basically, people hate this comic because... it is an attention grab, supposedly? Wow. Maybe if you didn't just assume that every person talking about shit in their life is doing so for attention, you would get this.

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King's Highway 24, commonly referred to as Highway 24, is a highway in the Canadian province of Ontario that currently begins at Highway 3 in Simcoe, and ends at the southern city limits of Cambridge. The south–north route travels through Brantford, as well as the community of Scotland. Outside of those communities, Highway24 travels through a predominantly agricultural area.

Highway24 was established in 1927 between Simcoe and Guelph. Between 1936 and 1938, it was extended northeast to Collingwood, as well as south from Simcoe to Port Dover. Much of the section of highway between Caledon Village and Collingwood followed Hurontario Street, with the section of that historic route from Orangeville and Glen Huron being bypassed. Construction of a new route between Simcoe and Brantford took place in the mid-1960s, bypassing the town of Waterford.

In 1997 and 1998, the majority of Highway24 – both south of Simcoe, as well as north of and through Cambridge – was transferred to the responsibility of the various counties and regions through which it travelled. The former sections of the route are now known as Norfolk County Road24, Waterloo Regional Road24, Peel Regional Road24, and County Road124 in Wellington, Dufferin, Grey and Simcoe Counties.

Route description

Highway24 begins at Highway3 in the town of Simcoe. The highway once continued south, but this has since been transferred to local jurisdiction and is now Norfolk County Highway24.
Within Simcoe, it is maintained under a Connecting Link agreement for approximately .
North of the town, Highway24 travels in a straight line northward through Norfolk County, with farmland dominating the surroundings. As the highway approaches the community of Scotland, it enters Brant County. It turns northeast and bypasses to the east of the community, then meanders through thick forests for several kilometres. It returns to farmland and curves northward before intersecting former Highway 53 (Colborne Street West) near Brantford Municipal Airport.

A short distance north of former Highway53, which is now known as Brant County Highway53, Highway24 encounters an interchange with Highway403 (Exit27) south of Paris. The route joins concurrently with Highway403 for  east into Brantford. Highway24 splits from Highway403 to resume its northward orientation at the King George Road interchange (Exit36). The highway is maintained under a Connecting Link agreement for  north of Highway403, serving as a principal business route through the northern portion of the city.
Between Brantford and Cambridge, Highway24 is a busy two lane rural highway that has played host to frequent collisions, prompting a Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO) investigation into possible upgrades to the stretch.

Highway24 is generally straight and flat as it progresses north through the agricultural countryside of Brant County, but suddenly drops into the Grand River Valley as it enters the Regional Municipality of Waterloo. It follows the river along its eastern bank towards Cambridge, ending at the southern city limits.
Within Wellington, Dufferin, Grey and Simcoe counties, the former route of Highway24 is now designated as County Road124, while in Waterloo and Peel Regions the route is designated Regional Road24. Within Wellington County, there is also an unrelated County Road24.

History

Highway24 was first designated on July2, 1927, when the Department of Highways (DHO) assumed the road between Highway3 at Simcoe and Highway 2 in Brantford, as well as the road connecting Highway2 in Paris with Highway 6 in Guelph, via Galt (Cambridge), as a new provincial highway. In addition, a concurrency was established with Highway2 between Brantford and Paris.
Highway24 originally entered Brantford along Mount Pleasant Street, before turning northeast onto Oxford Street (renamed Colborne Street West circa 1947), thence northwest concurrently with Highway2 (Brant Avenue / Paris Road) to Paris. At Church Street in Paris, it branched from Highway2 north along Dumfries Street and then Grand River Street towards Cambridge.
On June4, 1930 a more direct routing between Brantford and Cambridge was established; the route between Paris and Cambridge was renumbered as Highway24A.
As a result, the concurrency between Highway2 and Highway24 was reduced, with Highway24 now departing Highway2 in Brantford, along St. Paul Avenue and King George Road.

On September9, 1936, the highway was extended south from Simcoe to Lake Erie then east to Highway6 in Port Dover. This was followed several months later by an extension from Guelph through Erin to the Wellington–Peel county boundary, which was assumed on March31, 1937.
On August11, 1937, the DHO designated the Shelburne to Collingwood Road as Highway24.
The highway turned east at Singhampton and continued to near Glen Huron, where it curved back north to rejoin Hurontario until its terminus in Collingwood. This left a large gap in the highway, including the terminus near Erin that did not end at a provincial highway. This was remedied eight months later when the DHO assumed several county roads in Peel County (now the Regional Municipality of Peel) on April13, 1938. This established Highway24 between the county boundary and Orangeville, via Alton, as well as Highway 51 between Highway 10 in Caledon Village and Coulterville.
In addition, Highway10 and Highway24 were signed concurrently between Orangeville and Shelburne.
By 1963, the segment of Highway24 through Alton was redesignated as Highway 136, as Highway24 was re-routed along a redesignated Highway51 towards Highway10 in that year.

Construction of a new route for Highway24 between Simcoe and Brantford began on October9, 1963.
While originally intended to be an extension of Highway24A between Simcoe and Paris,
it would instead serve as a rerouting of Highway24 upon completion as far north as the Highway53 junction south of Paris by 1968.
In 1970, the southern terminus of Highway24 was rerouted southwest to end at Highway59 near Walsingham, with Highway6 absorbing the short length west of Port Dover to Halfway House Corners.

As part of a series of budget cuts initiated by premier Mike Harris under his Common Sense Revolution platform in 1995, numerous highways deemed to no longer be of significance to the provincial network were decommissioned and responsibility for the routes transferred to a lower level of government, a process referred to as downloading. Portions of Highway24 were consequently transferred to local jurisdictions in 1997 and 1998. On April1, 1997, the southernmost section, between Highway59 and Highway3 at Simcoe, was transferred to Norfolk County.
On January1, 1998, the section north of Cambridge, through Waterloo and onward to Collingwood, was transferred to the various counties and regions through which it travelled.

Major intersections

Suffixed routes

Highway 24A

Highway24A was the original route of Highway24 within what is now Brant County. The route travelled north from Paris to just north of the South Dumfries–North Dumfries boundary, ending at the southern edge of the Bannister Lake Complex in Waterloo Region.
While Highway24 was rerouted to the east on June4, 1930, the Highway24A designation did not become official until 1933, with two forks of Highway24 existing prior to then.
Following the formation of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo in the mid-1970s, the portion of Highway24A north of the regional boundary was decommissioned, becoming Waterloo Regional Road75.
The route remained unchanged until April1, 1997, when it was transferred in its entirety to Brant County. It is now known as Brant County Highway24A.

See also
Hurontario Street

References

External links
Highway 24 expansion
Highway 24 Corridor Planning and Class EA Study, accessed December 3, 2006
Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Highway 24, June 15, 2006, question by MPP Dave Levac (Brant), answered by Minister of Transportation Donna Cansfield, accessed 9 October 2007

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Roads in Norfolk County, Ontario


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St. Catherine's Medieval Church - Secret Passage
Locality: Iż-Żejtun
In March 1969, Mr. G.M. Debono (the Parish verger) was doing some cleaning and repair work to the church of St. Gregory of Żejtun. He was struck by the presence of a stone slab on the roof which was raised one inch or so above the surrounding level. He became suspicious and after some consultation with other persons he raised the slab to find a hole or trap-door leading into some passages.
Mr Debono descended into the hole and found that the passages contained five viewing holes, very skilfully sealed from the outside. He also discovered a heap of human bones. Further examination of the passages led to the discovery of an entrance through the stairs shaft.
Scratching and other marks on the walls lead to believe that some persons had entered the place in 1909. Two of these persons were eventually traced. When these persons where questioned they had a very vague idea of their grown-ups discovering the passages in the same way that they were re-discovered in 1969, but apparently this discovery was never made public. No reason could be given for keeping the secret, but since the victims of the 1810 plague were buried in a cemetery adjacent to the church, and no burial of plague victims could be disturbed before 100 years had passed, it is possible that older people who entered the passages in 1909 associated the bones with the plague and made a hasty exit from the place.
The discovery caused quite a sensation, and different people suggested various theories as to the origin of the findings. Old documents perused so far did not lead to any definite solution, and so one theory is as good as another. However any opinion expressed should be based on accepted principles, known facts and logic.
The dome was built, rebuilt or repaired in 1942; hence the transepts were already in existence on that date. The sitting of the passages and their viewing-holes are a clear indication that the corridors were intended for defence purposes, i.e. lookouts and intermediate signalling station. Any enemy landing on the East and South coasts could be easily seen from this high place and the warning passed to the fortified cities of Birgu and Mdina by means of bonfires on the roof of the church. The viewing holes pointed to the East in the direction of the fortified tower of St. Thomas in Wied Il-Ghajn and to the West in the direction of the fortified tower of St. Lucian in Marasaxlokk.
Some persons suggested that the bones could have been removed from the burials in the ground, inside or outside the church, carried up to the passages and deposited there. This suggestion is quite easily disposed since of, (i) one cannot understand why any person should go into the trouble of carrying the remains up a narrow staircase and through a narrow and difficult entrance (30" high by 20" wide) into the corridors, when it was so much easier to dig a trench in the cemetery grounds and (ii) medical opinion has it that the bones were never buried under the soil.
Since it is difficult to carry (and there is no logical reason for carrying) such a big quantity of bones up the aforementioned stairs, it would even be much more difficult to carry dead bodies for burial in the passages hence the conclusion must be that these men died either in the passages or somewhere very near (maybe on the roof of the church)…
Author: Joseph Abela
References: The old church of St.Gregory at Żejtun by Walter R.Zahra


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« VIDEO – SCOUTS CHANT "WE LOVE TRUMP" AT NATIONAL JAMBOREE
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ'S IT AIDE ARRESTED AT AIRPORT »
ICE RAIDS DOZENS OF CONVENIENCE STORES IN MASSIVE MOVE
35 out of 60 people have been indicted by a Federal grand jury so far ( names listed below). See if you can see a pattern in their names ! Thanks to Mary Frances Forrester for sharing this article. Nancy
toprightnews.com/ice-raids-dozens-of-convenience-stores-in-massive-move-but-look-what-the-medias-hiding/———————
… But Look What the Media's Hiding
by Brian Hayes | Top Right News June 1, 2017
President Trump unleashed ICE once again this week, this time deploying its Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) unit, along with the DEA to arrest dozens of convenience store owners across 4 states.
Over 60 people were arrested, and already 35 of them have been indicted by a Federal grand jury, with federal conspiracy charges for money laundering, distributing controlled substances and trafficking contraband cigarettes.
The AP carried this story:
(T)he suspects conspired for more than 2 years to buy contraband cigarettes in St. Louis, a low tax market, while transporting and distributing them in Chicago, Illinois, and New Jersey, which are high tax markets. The store owners are accused of using several convenience stores that they operated to create the appearance of legal cigarette purchases.
Illegal profits form the contraband cigarette sales were laundered through accounts associated with the stores, and used to manufacture and distribute illegal controlled substances.
A synthetic drug, K-2, was sold every day from a handful of the convenience stores. Authorities said the store owners manufactured synthetic drugs themselves by importing chemicals from China.
"The collaboration with our federal and local law enforcement partners is the key to breaking criminal enterprises in this area," said Special Agent in Charge James M. Gibbons of HSI Chicago.
"Synthetic drugs that are sold as substitutes for cocaine and methamphetamine, are neither legal nor safe," said James P. Shroba, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA St. Louis Division. "These substances were never intended for human consumption and only serve to satisfy the avarice of the seller."
If convicted, the defendants face a maximum of five to 20 years in prison and the a $1 million dollar fine.
But here's what the Associated "Press" didn't think you needed to know…the names of those indicted.
See if you notice any pattern…
Mohammed Almuttan, aka Abu Ali, 35, St. Louis, MO
Rami Almuttan, aka Abu Louay, 33, St. Louis, MO
Hisham Mutan, aka Abu Mohamed, 41, St. Louis, MO
Saddam Mutan, aka Abu Ali, 24, St. Louis, MO
Mazin Abdelsalam, aka Abu Mohammad, 38, St. Louis, MO
Najeh Muhana, aka Abu Yazan, 41, Fairview, NJ
Fares Muhana, aka Abu Yamama, 40, Cliffside Park, NJ
Ayoub Qaiymah, aka Abu Faysal, 23, Richmond, VA
Naser Abid, 23, Chicago, IL
Yadgar Barzanji, aka Abu Siver, 47, St. Louis, MO
Wafaa Alwan, 50, St. Louis, MO
Ahmed Abuali, aka Bazilla, 31, North Bergen, NJ
Mohammed Kayed, aka Mohammed Fayez, 21, Clifton, NJ
Momen Abuali, 20, Little Ferry, NJ
Firat Sevindik, 42, Cliffside Park, NJ
Mohammed Mustafa, 30, North Bergen, NJ
Mohammad Karashqah, Abu Yazid, 47, North Bergen, NJ
Fayez Sheikha, 46, Mishawaka, IN
Jihad Shihadeh, Abu Malik, 58, Chicago Ridge, IL
Ismael Abadi, 57, Carol Stream, IL
Abed Hamed, Abed Fawzan, 39, Greenville, NC
Maher Hamed, Abu Alazara, 33, Swansea, IL
Abdel Adi, 25, Oak Lawn, IL
Muhanad Khatib, Abu Alamin, 36, Chicago, IL
Eyad Awad, 38, Chicago, IL
Ismael Mustafa, 60, Kankakee, IL
Hayder Al Fatli, 40, St. Louis, MO
Kutlay Guvener, 35, Chicago, IL
Saad Al Mallak, 30, Dittmer, MO
Hassan Abdelatif, 29, Collinsville, IL
Mahajir Naz, 32, St. Louis, MO
Talal Abuajaj, 23, St. Louis, MO
Basem Hamdan, aka Abu Ramiz, 57, St. Louis, MO
Zainal Saleh, 29, St. Louis, MO and
Ibrahim Awad, 39, St. Louis, MO
That's right…every single one of the 35 men indicted is Muslim. Nothing to see here, huh?
And there's more. According to sources, "at least 20" of the men are being held on additional "immigration detainers" by ICE. That means they are "suspected illegal aliens."
The AP didn't feel you needed to know that either. I'm sure it just slipped their minds.
This is just the latest in a continuing series of Muslim-owned convenience store criminal enterprises.
As TRN reported, in 2015 state authorities in Alabama uncovered a massive, EBT-for-terrorism scheme in which Muslim-owned convenience stores exploited the U.S. welfare system to fund ISIS:
The massive probe, dubbed Operation T-bone, targeted those they say have been cheating the food stamp system to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars and sending the profits via wire transfer to Yemen, some of which is suspected to have funded Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist activity.
And back then it was Alabama D.A. who led the investigation — not the Obama keystone cops, who strangely had nothing to do with that bust.
All 11 stores shut down by authorities were Muslim-owned.
There is a long history of Muslims using welfare systems for criminal activity, as well as purposely abusing the system. As we reported in 2013, a prominent Muslim cleric called on Muslim immigrants in Western nations to purposely collect government welfare as a so-called "Jihad Seeker's Allowance."
But during the last 8 years the Obama Administration has neglected the problem, whether deliberately or from incompetence.
It's nice to see the Trump administration is not wasting any time in bringing these criminals to justice.
PLEASE FORWARD
And for the 'doubting Thomas's'
ICE Raids Dozens of Convenience Stores in St. Louis-Truth!
www.truthorfiction.com/ice-raids-convenience-stores/
Summary of eRumor:
Federal ICE agents raided dozens of convenience stores in the St. Louis area in May 2017, resulting in 35 indictments.
Federal ICE agents took part in a raid on more than a dozen of convenience stores in the St. Louis area, and 35 men were arrested on charges related to selling illegal cigarettes and synthetic drugs.
Reports about the arrests surfaced in local St. Louis-area media reports immediately after ICE convenience store raids in May 2017, and those reports filtered into fringe publications after a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release a list of 35 people with Arabic names who were indicted.
ICE involvement in the convenience store raids initially led to speculation that the crackdown was related to illegal immigration, but the St. Louis Post-Dispatch clarified that the raid was tied to synthetic drugs and illegal cigarettes:
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1998 Toyota Chaser
Home / Sold and Exported JDM Vehicles / 1998 Toyota Chaser
During the glory years of Toyota's 4 door sedans, the Mark II, Cresta and Chaser were known as the, "3 Brothers". Although they shared the same platform and many parts, the X100 Chaser, released last, enjoyed popularity beyond that of his brothers. Released over 20 years ago, what factors made the X100 Chaser so popular?
The 1990's saw the rise in popularity of first the Minivan and then the SUV and a corresponding drop in popularity of 4 door sedans. In order to increase the appeal of its sedans, Toyota embarked on a mission to give the 3 brothers more individuality. The decision was made to move the 6th generation Chaser towards the sporty side, and in 1996, Toyota introduced the X100 Chaser.
In previous generations, the Chaser was almost identical to its brothers, however the X100 Chaser was made shorter by decreasing overhang in the front and rear by a total of 45mm. The decrease in overhang improved handling by reducing the weight of vehicle furthest from the center of gravity. This change went far in sending the message that the Chaser was the sportiest out of the brothers. At the same time the headlight unit was changed to a skinnier wider unit with 4 large round lights. TRD also released a "TRD Sports" package that further improved the sporty look of the vehicle. Three main grades of the X100 Chaser were released: the sporty "Tourer", luxurious "Avante", and the lower price "XL".
Under the hood, the X100 Chaser was almost identical to its brothers with the top of the line "Tourer V" carrying the turbo 2.5 liter straight six 1JZ-GTE engine, and the "Avante G" was equipped with the 3 liter straight six 2JZ-GE engine. However, the "XL" was the only model to carry the 1.8 liter 4 cylinder 4S-FE engine. Manual transmissions were available on the "Tourer" and "Avante" models which along with the final Skyline and Laurel models, made the X100 Chaser a popular option among large bodies FR drifters.
Toyota increased the X100 Chaser's popularity by strengthening the body and increasing horsepower of the 2JZ engine and combining it with a 5 speed transmission to take the top spots at the D1 Grand Prix with a X100 Mark II and X100 Chaser. However, Toyota's entry of the X100 Chaser in the 1997 and 1998 JTCC (Japan Touring Car Championship), and the no-holds-barred driving style taken by its drivers, cemented the image of the car as a fighter.
This X100 Chaser Tourer was sourced at a Japanese Used Car Auction by Japan Car Direct for a client in the UK. It comes equipped with the turbo 2.5 liter 1JZ-GTE engine with VVT-I with a claimed output of 280ps/6,200rpm. It also sports a 5 speed manual transmission, 18" alloy wheels, aftermarket air filter, steering wheel and intercooler. For our clients in the US, the 5th gen X90 Chasers are available daily at auction and used car dealers across Japan. Please contact Japan Car Direct if you are looking for your very own Chaser!
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Gymnothorax baranesi – gatunek średniej wielkości ryby z rodziny murenowatych.

Gatunek został opisany w 2008 roku na podstawie trzech osobników wyłowionych na głębokości ok. 200 m w Morzu Czerwonym. Nazwano go na cześć ichtiologa Alberta Baranesa.

Ryba charakteryzuje się nieregularnymi, jasnymi plamkami na ciemnym tle oraz odmiennym od pozostałych gatunków rodzaju Gymnothorax uzębieniem.

Przypisy

Bibliografia
 Smith, Brokovich & Einbinder, Gymnothorax baranesi, a new moray eel (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from the Red Sea, Zootaxa 1678: 63–68 (2008) (format pdf)

Murenowate
Gatunki i podgatunki zwierząt nazwane w 2008 roku


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The material used to construct this bag is over 60 years old but still in great condition. Any discoloration of the fabric is the result of many years of natural wear and aging.
Fully lined with beige cotton canvas, this bag features an exterior pocket, a large interior pocket (9" x 11") that will comfortably hold a wallet and phone, toiletries, notebook etc. Leather boot and handles are made from beautiful, top grain cow hide. This leather is tough enough to last a life time, but soft and supple enough for comfort.
Bag measures approximately - 20" wide, 15" tall, 7" deep. Strap drop - 6.5"
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Bärenstein är en kommun (Gemeinde) i tyska distriktet Erzgebirgskreis i förbundslandet Sachsen. Den ligger vid gränsen mot Tjeckien och är uppkallad efter berget med samma namn. Kommunen ingår i förvaltningsområdet Bärenstein tillsammans med kommunen Königswalde.

Förutom Bärenstein består kommunen av orterna Stahlberg, Kühberg och Niederschlag.

Centralorten grundades troligen under tidiga 1500-talet och redan 1548 nämns den som köping (Flecken) i en urkund. I regionen uppkom flera malmbrott vad som ökade ortens betydelse. Bärenstein fick 1655 sin första kyrka och 1688 hade byn cirka 700 invånare. I samband med den industriella revolutionen fick kommunen 1872 järnvägsanslut till Annaberg-Buchholz och Weipert (idag Vejprty i Tjeckien). Bron mot Weipert stängdes efter Andra världskriget. I några av kommunens bergverk skedde mellan 1946 och 1954 gruvdrift efter uran. Gränsövergången mot Tjeckien öppnades åter 1991 och 1993 var även järnvägsbron återställd. Sedan 1996 sker administrationen i ett kommunalförbund (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft) tillsammans med grannkommunen Königswalde.

Bärensteins vänorter är Vejprty (Tjeckien) och Planegg i Bayern.

Referenser

Externa länkar

Kommuner och städer i Erzgebirgskreis


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Q: Adding a javascript file to my assets I have a view with the following namespace
view/kids/registration/new.html.haml

Now I need to create a js file to this view, so I created a file in the following path:
assets/javascripts/kids/registration/new.js

Then I add the following lines to the application.js:
//= require ./kids/registrations/new

But it does not work. What I'm doing wrong. I'm checking the DOM (localhost:3000/kids/sign_up) but I never find line with this javascript file.
Thanks in advance for your help.

Adding the route
new_kid_registration GET /kids/sign_up(.:format) frontend/registrations#new

What I'm doing wrong.
Thanks.

A: Try //= require kids/registrations/new or //= require kids/registrations/new.js

A: I had faced similar problems while adding  stylesheets to assets (Link to my question)
Here are few things you might wanna try:

*

*As suggested by BOB add the require statements to application.js

*I remember adding the list of files to application.rb as:
   config.assets.precompile += ['jquery.colorbox.js','colorbox.css', 'reportng.css', 'reportng.js']

*Your JS file can be placed anywhere in lib/assets/javascripts,
assets//assets/javascripts & vendor/assets/javascripts

*Try using the
<%= javascript_include_tag "your_js_file_name" %> in your view file


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Our walk takes us from Gamlingay Woods through Gamlingay, The Cinques and Everton to Potton for lunch. Approx 7.5 mi + 5 mi on good paths.
Parking is at Gamlingay Woods on the B1040 between Waresley and Gamlingay. From Waresley, turn left at the brown nature reserve sign. Park on the right hand side of the lane, leaving a space for turning at the top.
Returning to the A428 at the T junction isn't advised at peak times; better to travel from Waresley to Great Gransden and join the A428 at Caxton Gibbet roundabout.
The Royal Oak, Potton, has a range of baguettes, jacket potatoes, soup, hot dishes. The pub has asked us to preorder lunch , please mail cath_pennington@hotmail.com by 6pm on Tuesday 3rd. A few orders can still be taken on the day.