October 10, 2010

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This article provides a synopsis of the possible implications of the 10/10/10 date singularity, and of the number ten; followed by a quick metaphysics experiment.
Reference List: 101010, Mathematics, Binary, Chaos Theory, Fractals, Psychology.
Reference List: Metaphysics, Paranormal, Fate, Destiny, Random Chance, a Higher Power.
Reference List: Prediction, Predictions.
10/10/10; Sunday, October 10, 2010: Mathematics
101010 (base two (binary)) equals 42 (base ten). Oddly enough, this is evenly divisible by the number of days in a week (7 (lucky)); and equally oddly, is also evenly divisible by the number 6 (which is generally designated as being unlucky). Both a Ying and Yang situation seem to be incorporated into this date.
10 (base ten) = 1010 (base two)
(base ten): 10 x 10 = 100
(base two): 10 x 10 = 100
The binary attributes of 101010 lends itself to use by the sciences of fractals (recursive geometric shapes) and chaos theory (the butterfly effect).

10/10/10; Sunday, October 10, 2010: Psychology
The number ten seems to give people that warm, fuzzy feeling:
“I won TEN thousand dollars!”
“I got TEN things done today.”
Then of course, there are the ever ubiquitous Top Ten lists. The top Top-Ten lists are (in no particular order):
Top Ten To Do, Top Ten Reasons, Top Ten Links/Websites, Top Ten Music/Songs, Top Ten Movies, Top Ten Headlines, Top Ten Jokes, Top Ten Mistakes, Late Show Top Ten, Top Ten Reviews/Lists.
10/10/10; Sunday, October 10, 2010: Historical
Even when taking into account the differences between the Gregorian and Julian calendars:
Nothing significant appears to have happened a thousand years ago during the year 1010.
Nothing significant appears to have happened two thousand years ago during the year 10.
The Dark Ages spanned the 5th to 15th centuries (approximately 450 -1450).
10/10/10; Sunday, October 10, 2010: Singularity Summary
Most predictions and opinions concerning 10/10/10 are based on or are rooted in its mathematical uniqueness as a number.
101010: There are three possible outcomes:
1. Something good happens— There is absolutely no scientific basis for this belief. There are no known logical premises for this belief. The belief that something good will happen is based solely on spiritualism, faith, and/or innate optimism. This belief is not necessarily a bad thing; we don’t know everything; the probability is not zero.
2. Nothing happens— This is the most likely scenario. Just because an unusual date number sequence occurs doesn’t mean that something will happen. Usually it’s a non-event.
3. Something bad happens— There is absolutely no scientific basis for this belief. There are no known logical premises for this belief. The belief that something bad will happen is based solely on pessimism of reality. This belief is not necessarily false; after all, things are generally/usually a mess. The probability is not zero

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Secretariat Horse Movie Review

True history of the sport are often inspiring, usually entertaining, and largely predictable. Disney release this weekend is all the above - and it's very good to me.

"Secretariat" is the true story of Penny Chenery (Diane Lane) and the possibility that she took both her father's horse breeding operations and horse named Secretariat. To save the farm of his father, Chenery took $ 6 million risk of getting investors to buy the rights to dilution of the Secretariat on the proviso that he will win all three Triple Crown races: a feat not achieved within 25 years.

Although this film was billed as "not a true story", which gives a kind of game is far, risks, and family strains and the omnipresent possibility of failure keep you on the edge of your seat (or at least in the center) of the whole movie.

However, the story was not enough to make this stand out from the dozens of other 'good-sports movie. " No, this film edges ahead in many ways a horse trainer Lucien Laurin, one of the best roles, John Malkovich's. Lucien French-Canadian was widely recognized as a talented, but without a win in his name. His eccentricity (shown in classic fashion with his outrageous clothes, but shines in his speech and behavior, a) a single film, which makes it a pleasure from his first appearance on the screen until the end.

And when it comes to opponents, Nestor Serrano (Pancho Martin) shines as the villainous, talks to a lot, boasting the owner of the horse favored to win the Triple Crown races. This is rarely so nice to see people lose ... I mean ... if he loses. I've said too much, not that he was a secret.

But, as a family flick, I find several setbacks. The first is the length. At 2 o'clock, "the Secretariat" does not just build up to the final, decisive race. Instead, we get 4 or 5 different races, each with its own, the emotional construction, full race, and reaction time. On the actual final race, I really do not want to go through this again.

And Penny chooses a horse on her family. The family is suffering for some time, but her husband, Jack (Dylan Walsh), steps in as Mr. Mom to keep their four children happy and together and to participate in school performances and other important events. However, Penny spends his dreams, dreams she's clearly given up to raise a family. So now it's their turn to get her and her family are forced to live with it. They come to recognize that their mother is now known and will be far more often than not, and they even became proud of her, but I was concerned that it does not offer any time or effort to help with the transition.

But overall themes were inspiring, and feel good, and the story is really impossible, as when it happened and to this day. Adults will love the "Secretariat". Teens can. And you can leave children at home, not to watch them squirm in their seats.

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Steve Spurrier

It's hard to tease out how much of this game can be credited to great play by South Carolina and how much can be blamed on Alabama's mistakes. The Tide made plenty of mistakes -- a missed extra point, a missed field goal, a fake field goal attempt that featured the receiver dropping the ball -- but also ran into a team that was playing its best game of the Steve Spurrier Era. The win might actually be the best in South Carolina's 118-year football history.

It is certainly the biggest. With one fell swoop, South Carolina has reshaped the race for both the SEC East and the SEC West. Alabama still has to run the same gauntlet it always had to run -- games at LSU and against Auburn bookend November -- but has lost its margin for error. And Arkansas is back in the race with the next Alabama loss, depending on how the Razorbacks navigate their own schedule and how the tiebreakers fall.

As for that best game of the Spurrier Era: Stephen Garcia was almost flawless, going 17-of-20 for 201 yards and three touchdowns, his only interception being more of a great play by Alabama than a mistake on Garcia's part. (He did make one notable and almost significant mistake: Throwing the ball out of the back of the end zone for a safety that cut the lead to 10 when he could have fallen on the ball instead.) Alshon Jeffery was on the other end of most of those passes, with seven catches for 127 yards and a pair of scores. Marcus Lattimore didn't break the Alabama defense's streak of holding the other team's leading rusher to less than 100 yards, but he came close enough with 93 yards and two touchdowns on 23 carries. And the defense sacked McElroy seven times en route to limiting the Alabama ground game to 1.2 yards a carry.

Not that Alabama's offense played poorly. The Tide actually outgained South Carolina by 40 yards. Greg McElroy was too slow to throw the ball at times -- is it too much to call those instances Garcia-esque? -- and was 27-of-34 for 315 yards and two touchdowns. (He also had a critical fumble that set up South Carolina's third touchdown, giving South Carolina a 21-3 lead.)

There were, though, coaching miscues. Mark Ingram and Trent Richardson got the ball 17 times. Granted, it was hard to get Ingram and Richardson involved in the fourth quarter, as the game got away from Alabama. But there were more opportunities to use them earlier in the game. McElroy had already attempted 21 passes by the half, when there was still plenty of time to catch up with the ground game.

Then, there was the the fake field goal at the South Carolina 25 early in the fourth quarter. I can see both sides of the argument that I'm sure will play out for several days in the Alabama media and blogosphere. Nick Saban had watched his kicker miss an extra point and a 31-yard field goal; why not go for it instead of trying a 42-yard kick when you're down a touchdown to begin with? But an unsuccessful field goal was a momentum boost for the Gamecocks, who were reeling as the big halftime lead had almost evaporated. Again, this will be discussed more than enough for everyone involved over the next week.

But maybe it doesn't matter. Maybe the win that shook up the entire SEC and reshaped the national title race can best be summed up by what Steve Spurrier said after the game.

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Pumpkin Carving Stencils

If, you know Seattle then you know of the community of Fremont.  If, you haven’t spent time in Seattle, WA here is a little history.  In the north end of Seattle is the community of Fremont, as you enter, there is a sign which declares that Fremont is the center of the universe and tells you to set you watch ahead 5 minutes, (Fremont has it’s own time zone).  Fremont prides itself on being a lot quirky, with a large bronze statue of Lenin (the Marxist revolutionary), a rocket ship and a large concrete troll nestled under a bridge, and every year during Oktober Fest, Fremont hosts the Texas Chainsaw Pumpkin Carving Contest.

In true Fremont fashion, the Texas Chainsaw Pumpkin Carving contest is full of colorful people, and a new approach to traditional pumpkin carving.  The Texas Chainsaw Pumpkin Carving Contest is just that, pumpkin, carver, and a big ole chainsaw.  The contestants have 3 minutes to carve their pumpkin, and win the audience over with their skits, costumes and carving skills.

It is never a wise idea to take a front row seat at this event, pumpkin guts and seeds fly through the air and land where they may, sometimes 10 feet away.  Loud, messy and a whole lot of fun.  This event has become a favorite and has been taking place for 12 years now, this years Oktober Fest was held Sept 24th through the 26th.

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Alabama vs. South Carolina 2010

The Alabama vs. South Carolina 2010 game ended badly for Alabama. This Alabama vs. South Carolina 2010 game will shake the


college football rankings for week 7 when they come out on Sunday, and it could shape the rest of the season for the Crimson Tide. South Carolina came into the game with a 3-1 record and a No. 19 ranking in the latest college football rankings. Even with the game taking place in Columbia, South Carolina, it seemed like this should be one that Alabama would win. That didn't even come close to happening though, as South Carolina controlled the game from early in the first quarter, and didn't look back until they had beaten Alabama 35-21.

The Alabama vs. South Carolina 2010 game came down to the rushing defense of South Carolina, which absolutely shut down the running game of Alabama. In the first five games of the season for Alabama, Trent Richardson and Mark Ingram had run over every team they had played. These are two running backs that could each go for more than 100 yards on any given night, but South Carolina didn't even let Alabama get to 100 yards total on the ground. The end game stats had Alabama totaling 36 rushing yards on 29 carries, for an embarrassing average of just 1.2 yards per carry. That just isn't going to get it done in the SEC, and it certainly didn't get it done against South Carolina. Then there was running back Marcus Lattimore for South Carolina who ran for 93 yards and two touchdowns of his own.

Alabama lost their first game of the season, but more importantly, they are about to throw the college football rankings into complete chaos on Sunday. In both polls, Alabama was


 the clear favorite of voters, getting all but one first place vote in the latest AP Top 25. With Alabama posting a loss, it means that either Ohio State or Oregon is most likely to take over as the No. 1 ranked team in the country, but it is unclear which school will take over at the top. If things work like they are supposed to, then Ohio State will be No. 1, and Oregon will take over as the No. 2 ranked team in the nation. That's not always what happens when the human element comes into play, and when voters can basically do anything they want. Things will clear up when the first 2010 BCS standings come out, but for now, things are about to get very muddled.

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Pumpkin Carving Templates

It’s hard to believe that Halloween has come around again so quick, and with only 20 days left those that are organized will be looking for free Pumpkin carving templates and stencils. One site that has both free stencils and a nice countdown timer is eHow.

Jack-o-Lanterns and keeping it simple – from bats to monster faces, and scary faces to Frankenstein. EHow.com has over 40 free designs for you to choose from, and these each come with quick instructions that show you how to create the perfect Jack-o-Lantern in simple steps.

If you’re like me and a complete beginner you may want to read the “How to Carve a Pumpkin Using a Pattern” article first, this will show you the process in more detail. Reading some of our posts last year can also help, which included a doctor encouraging pumpkin carving alternatives and printable pumpkin carving with software.

How do you find your Pumpkin carving stencils, and what are your plans for 2010? Feel free to share any Halloween ideas in the comments.

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David Bruce Mcmahan Daughter Video

David Bruce McMahan is a philanthropist and financier who has supported initiatives to help the disabled internationally, the arts and land conservation. He is also an incestuous father, according to his daughter, Linda Schutt.
Apparently he threatened Tony Ortega, the editor-in-chief of The Village Voice, to haul him into court.
As Tony says, referring to McMahan’s legal action:
“I found out the other day that you’ve appealed a judge’s decision after he agreed with me that I shouldn’t have to testify in your pathetic legal action against your former fifth wife. In 2007, our writer interviewed that wife and now you’re trying to drag us into court, saying that merely talking to her violated the conditions of some no-doubt sadistic gag order you had her under.
But we both know why you really want to get me under oath. You have never gotten over our 2006 article that outed your years-long sexual relationship with one of your daughters, which culminated in the bizarre “wedding” you had with her in Westminster Abbey.”

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Strangers On a Train Jump Off

It is regrettable that a classic is only recalled when there is a dowdy spin-off, bit that’s the way things are. Hitchock ’s classic Strangers On a Train is now being remade in a teen avatar. The original novel by Patricia Highsmith on which Strangers On a Train was based, had two strangers who both had been spurned by their lovers, plan a criss-cross kill so that neither could be implicated with a valid motive.

The title for the new version is Teens On a Train. Hitchock buffs who are already cringing should stop reading here, the rest is a gross butchering of the beloved film. The teen movie has a boy meet girl oh so fresh plot where they meet on a train and they become star crossed lovers. Yawn. And the big fat twist is that the guy is a homicidal lunatic.

Looks like the only loon out here is the Teens On a Train who would make any Hitchock aficionado jump off a train in despair. Should have the man sued for culpable homicide. They are also stealing a smattering of ideas from Before Sunrise by Richard Linklater. Obviously their scriptwriter bolted screaming in despair and since then the producers have been doing an autopilot job with the storyline, savaging classics relentlessly.

These guys should look at the stats which say that every Hitchock knock off so far has bombed, and been panned and mauled by the critics to boot. So, lay off.

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