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From: Efficacy of hearing conservation education programs for youth and young adults: a systematic review
|Intervention intended for each group of youth
|Findings on the efficacy of interventions
|Limitations in methodology and data interpretation
|Reed et al. (2001) [37]
|1) Narrative simulations based on stories on farm activities and 2) Simulations of farm tasks while students pretended to have a disability
|AgDARE curriculum improved safety attitude and behavior
• Long-term impact on hearing protection use was examined only in small a subset of adolescents.
• Control group was older than the intervention groups.
• Not a clinical trial.
• Only safety attitude changes were measured but change of HPD use was not mentioned.
|Lee et al. (2004) [36]
|1) Standard intervention group participated in 10 educational activities on farm safety including interactive training, printed and electronic materials, discussions on activities in national forum and writing information for newsletter and 2) Enhanced intervention group participated in all standard activities and additionally received telephone calls, mailings, personal contacts and free personal protective equipment.
|Nationwide program based in FFA did not result in changes in agricultural safety knowledge, attitudes, leadership, self-concept, or injuries. Program also failed to develop sustainable community partnership.
• Intervention fidelity was poor.
• Initial positive outcomes were not retained at 1 year.
• No process measures observed in control group.
|Joseph et al. (2007) [38]
|1) Small-group training on the attenuation performance of formable HPD, 2) small-group training on the attenuation performance of premolded HPD, 3) individual training on the attenuation performance of formable HPD and 4) individual training on the attenuation performance of premolded HPD.
|Both group and individual training formats demonstrated significant effect both types of HPDs on attenuation and attitude but the difference in attenuation between group and individual training was not significant.
|• There was no follow-up data collection and therefore, no evidence of sustained learning was obtained.
|Berg et al. (2009) [33]
|Hearing conservation program comprised of (i) classroom instruction at each school, (ii) distribution of HPD, (iii) direct mailings to the student's home, (iv) noise level assessments at the student's home, and (v) yearly audiometric testing.
|Students in the hearing conservation intervention group reported more frequent HPD use but no post-intervention evidence of reduced levels of NIHL was observed.
• Since NIHL is cumulative, a 3-year study was likely not long enough to evaluate the efficacy of this intervention.
• The report lacked description of control group activities.
|Kotowski et al. (2011) [39]
|Brochure developed on the threats, severity and susceptibility of NIHL and efficacy of behaviors that can minimize the threats.
|Viewing brochure improved perception of NIHL and efficacy to use earplugs without changing intention of HPD use.
• Convenience sampling approach was used
• Lacked statistical analysis as confounding variables were not taken into account.
|Marlenga et al. (2011) [24]
|Described above*.
Participants from the intervention group reported significantly higher use of HPDs in agricultural activities and greater use of HPDs for shooting guns than the controls. For other activities, both groups reported similar uses of HPDs.
No significant differences between groups with respect to objective measures of NIHL was observed.
• The study lacked power when compared with parent study*.
• Low enrollment rate at follow-up (i.e. 52% of the subjects was retained).
• The study demonstrated limited effectiveness in preventing early NIHL in rural high school students at 16-year follow up.
|Martin et al. (2013) [27]
|1) Classroom presentation by older-peer educators (high school students), 2) classroom presentation by health professional educators (school nurses), 3) on-site museum visits interaction with a museum exhibition on NIHL and tinnitus prevention, and 4) virtual museum experience via internet.
|Positive effects in knowledge, attitude and behavior in all formats of interventions were observed. In terms of effectiveness, the classroom programs were more effective than the internet-based virtual exhibit, which was more effective than the visit to the museum exhibition. Interpersonal, interactive educational interventions such as the classroom program are more effective and have longer impact than self-directed learning experiences for NIHL and tinnitus prevention.
• Detail information about the process of randomization was not provided.
• Duration (i.e. time spent) of the four different formats of intervention varied.
• Validity of the knowledge questions was not addressed.
• The study did not detect significant differences between groups perhaps due to weak statistical power.
• No adjustment for sociodemographic variables was observed.
|Gilles et al. (2014) [34]
|A governmental prevention campaign 'Anything less is the max' targeting high school students via television and radio commercials, social media, posters and interactive website was used. Major emphasis of the intervention was placed on loud music, controlled use of personal listening devices and prevention approaches at other noisy situations.
|Scores on the youth attitudes towards noise scale (YANS) and the beliefs about hearing protection and hearing loss (BAHPHL) decreased significantly after intervention. Hearing protection use increased significantly from pre to post intervention. Use of personal listening devices did not change.
• Weak study design as there was no comparison or control group.
• Effect sizes not reported.
• Random sampling strategy was not used.
• Time of post-testing was not specified.
|Keppler et al. (2015) [40]
|This education program was presented one-on-one between the audiologist and the subject using a structured slide show. It contained information about functioning of the normal auditory system, the effects of noise exposure on the auditory system, and the preventative measures including information regarding HPDs. Five questions were asked to the participants to evaluate the level of understanding. Audiometric evaluation was also performed on the subjects.
|Educational intervention improved the hearing protection attitude, belief and frequency of HPD use. There was a significant decrease in recreational noise exposure between pre and post training sessions.
• Study was conducted with a very small sample size (i.e. pilot study).
• It used a wide range of time between pre and post intervention data collection for the participants.
|Khan et al. (2018) [35]
|1) Classroom training on noise exposure and HPD use, 2) classroom training on noise exposure and HPD use coupled with smartphone app training to measure noise levels during noisy farm tasks and 3) computer training on on noise exposure and HPD use.
|All three formats of educational interventions improved hearing conservation and protection knowledge, attitude & HPD use within each group. When the groups were compared the changes of knowledge, attitude & HPD use between groups were non-significant.
• Study was conducted with a very small sample size (i.e. pilot study).
• Very short follow-up period was used and therefore, the sustained effects of interventions could not be measured.
• Validity of instruments used to measure outcome variables was not reported.


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How to Draw Facial Expressions: 6 Different Ways
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Posted: 1st, June 2017 | In: The Consumer | Comment
A red ejector button for your car's lighter
Be like Bond with this red eject button to excite your car's bland and pretty useless cigarette lighter.
Spotter: Pee-wee Herman
Posted: 1st, June 2017 | In: Technology, The Consumer | Comment
Liverpool has the friendliest hackers in the world
To the Liverpool One Shopping Centre, England, where hackers have issued a directive: 'we suggest you improve your security – sincerely – your friendly neighbourhood hackers – #JFt96'.
Spotter: Reddit
Posted: 30th, May 2017 | In: Strange But True, Technology, The Consumer | Comment
Mic Drop: winner declared in New York City's Post It Wars
When someone wrote the word "Hi" on a New York window using Post-its, two office blocks engaged in a contest. The @Postit war between @havasnyc and @harrisonandstar was on.
And the winner was clear:
Here's the mic drop:
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Epic moments in daytime telly: the Rip Off Britain orange juice 'crime' reconstruction
Christina Martin – sometime of this parish – spots this man on TV's Rip Off Britain doing a dramatic reconstruction of the moment he realised his orange juice packaging was smaller. It's the kid of look we used to see in Stephen Spielberg movies, where the hero spots something no-one else has.
Man on Rip Off Britain doing a dramatic reconstruction of the moment he realised his orange juice packaging was smaller pic.twitter.com/V57Y4mrp2V
— Christina Martin (@christinamartin) May 29, 2017
Spotter: @christinamartin
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Thanks to Bic even women can light a candle
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Things to note about the pink one:
1. Miss Bic – but neither Mr Bic nor Master Bic. Sexism?
2. Is the Miss Bic fire lighter meant as a present, perhaps to go with the hoover or small gift you bought her indoors at Christmas?
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Travelers: figures trapped in eerie snow globes
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Posted: 28th, May 2017 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Twin Peaks: the recipe for cherry pie
The Recipe
8 inch Crust: 1-1/2 c. flour, 1/2 c. Crisco, 1/4 c. ice water
Mix flour and Crisco with fork. Add ice water. Mix with your hands. When blended, roll into ball and refrigerate overnight. To roll out: flour both rolling pin and flat surface, split ball in two, roll out 1/2 to fit pan and 1/2 for lattice.
Filling: 3 c. cherries (pitted, sour frozen); 1 c. water; 1c. Baker's sugar; 4 T. cornstarch; 1/8 t. salt
Thaw cherries at room temp and strain (yields 2 c. juice). Taste for sweetness, more/less sugar may be needed. Add 1 c. water to make 3 c. juice (reserve 1 c. juice for cornstarch mix). Dissolve cornstarch in 1 c. juice, stir with whip. Combine 2 c. juice, 2/3 c. sugar, salt, and bring to a boil. Add cornstarch mix, cook until clear, about 5 min. (if cooked to long, syrup gets gummy). Remove from heat, stir in 1/3 c. sugar (blend thoroughly). Pour mixture over cherries, fold with wooden spoon, cool (stir mix while cooling to prevent scum from forming on top). Pour mix in pie shell. Top completed pie with lattice crust.
Bake @ 425 degrees for 35-40 min.
Spotter: Lynch Net:
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Walkers crisps endorses Jimmy Savile and Rolf Harris in epic markting fail
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Walkers will delete that Rolf harris video I bet so I've downloaded it & uploaded it. No, thank YOU. pic.twitter.com/OUfYm2yfkR
— rob manuel (@robmanuel) May 25, 2017
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Man takes exquisite revenge on VERY LOUD business meeting in a coffee shop
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The Pool Floatie jacket – for people who worry when it rains
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This Is How We Dot It: the daily lives of seven kids in seven countries
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In Japan Kei plays Freeze Tag, while in Uganda Daphine likes to jump rope. But while the way they play may differ, the shared rhythm of their days — and this one world we all share — unites them. This genuine exchange provides a window into traditions that may be different from our own as well as a mirror reflecting our common experiences.
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The RompHim male romper suit is the stuff of nightmares
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On Kickstarter, it's positioned to be the next big thing in frat and post-frat culture. The bros are shot in their natural habitats—drinking beers, going to Coachella, etc.—and in colors close to their hearts. Think pastels, youthful prints, and at least one "America!" riff on the style.
It is, say the creators of this chambray and cotton cry for help , a "revolution" in men's styling – thus proving that not all revolutions are desirable.
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The Starbucks mermaid reimagined by South Korean artist Soo Min Kim
Via Soo Min Kim, Hint
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Spotter: BlameItOnTheVoices
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It is, of course, what she would have wanted.
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Drug Dealer Magnet Set
The "DRUG DEALER MAGNET SET – Another Quality Education Tool for Junior Entrepreneurs".
Buy it here.
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Russian aerobics to electronic music (1985) is brilliant
The backing tracks to this slice of Russian 1980s culture was published by Melodiya. It's brilliant and as horribly catchy as the man-made fibres on those leotards:
Spoter: @flashbak
Posted: 11th, May 2017 | In: Fashion, Music, The Consumer | Comment
Computers fines drivers for 'parking' in a traffic jam
Computers can be wrong. Yes, we know what the system says but it is wrong. This bit of computer knowing resulted in human beings fined £100 per carload:
Parking cameras went live at the Ashford Retail Park in Kent in April, with signs telling drivers the new maximum stay is three hours.
But motorists got caught in gridlock on Easter Monday, and were trapped in the car park for hours when they struggled to join traffic on adjoining roads.
Says one customer parked in neutral:
Mr Donald continued: "On Monday we received a penalty charge notice from Highview Parking who enforce the three hour time limit on parking at this site.
"They must have had a flood of Penalty Charge Notices from this day.
"What troubles me is that there's no quality control. It was utter madness. It's just a money making exercise.
"I find it rather disappointing that these companies apply no common sense or quality control to their issuing of parking fines to innocent motorists who have over stayed due to no fault of their own."
They apply computer sense.
Spotter: Daily Mail
Posted: 10th, May 2017 | In: Strange But True, Technology, The Consumer | Comment
Eating more salt makes you less thirsty and burns fat
Eating salt is bad for you. So goes the message that has been hammered into us for an age. Salt improves the taste of things but a cost to your health. Eating too much salt means dying younger. But more research tells us that science is not settled. This is true to such a degree that we know learn that eating salt makes us less thirsty.
The New York Times reports:
The crew members were increasing production of glucocorticoid hormones, which influence both metabolism and immune function.
To get further insight, [Dr. Jens Titze, now a kidney specialist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research in Erlangen, Germany] began a study of mice in the laboratory. Sure enough, the more salt he added to the animals' diet, the less water they drank. And he saw why.
The animals were getting water — but not by drinking it. The increased levels of glucocorticoid hormones broke down fat and muscle in their own bodies. This freed up water for the body to use.
But that process requires energy, Dr. Titze also found, which is why the mice ate 25 percent more food on a high-salt diet. The hormones also may be a cause of the strange long-term fluctuations in urine volume.
Scientists knew that a starving body will burn its own fat and muscle for sustenance. But the realization that something similar happens on a salty diet has come as a revelation.
Eat what you like, then.
Posted: 10th, May 2017 | In: Strange But True, The Consumer | Comment

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User talk:Kynde
Hi, please do not remove the Cueball references here. He is a standard character. The category Category:Comics featuring Cueball gives just an overview about all comics showing this stick figure. And just one is him, not defined by Randall but by us. --Dgbrt (talk) 21:10, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
- But who should define who Cueball is? You? I could see him as both here. And somebody did. You have just corrected back so that the Cueball in the explain is switched to the other charachter in the transcript. At least one of these should then be changed to match the other. It is thus also clear that people have different views of what Cueball stands for. Is he the one trolling, or is he the one who knows which movie Blade Runner is? Kynde (talk) 07:35, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
- By the way - I did not remove the reference to the chategory - but only in the text as described above. Kynde (talk) 07:38, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
Also, a minor concern, but please be more sparing in your use of "minor" tags on edits. Addition of 1200 characters (e.g. . . m Talk:1496: Art Project; 20:04 . . (+1,240) . . Kynde, or . . m 1497: New Products; 19:12 . . (-419) . . Kynde →Explanation: It does not fit into category four! See new test. I also deleted a lot of text, that already was written below, and was basically the same as the one stille) is NOT minor. Djbrasier (talk) 21:22, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
- When adding a new comment to the talk page I newer see this as a major change. This i a discussion not a change to the explanation!. I do not believe it was a big change removing the text you wrote, when all of it basically was written below. Try and read your version, and see that it was more or less double. Also I had already once removed the reference to the fourth category. If the guy has signed up he have no problems with this company. Also it is mentioned that the fourth category is not a company he is afraid off, but just someone they do not like. --Kynde (talk) 21:42, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
Thank you
I like what you did at 1402: Harpoons. Thank you. 184.108.40.206
980: Money
Hey, you've done an amazing job on the money comic's transcript, but the explanation page is still marked as incomplete. Is there actually anything left to be done on it? Thanks! Davak72 (talk) 03:04, 3 April 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks allot. I have replied on the Money page where you repeated the above. I can even remember the number although it was some time since I did the transcript. --Kynde (talk) 09:44, 3 April 2015 (UTC)
Merge Cueball & Rob
You seem to have changed some comics in which formerly more than one cueball appeared to make it such that none were called cueball (e.g. Orb Hammer). But many persist, see transcripts in: http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1405:_Meteor http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/192:_Working_for_Google http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/525:_I_Know_You%27re_Listening http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/187:_The_Familiar http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/79:_Iambic_Pentameter http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/65:_Banter
We should probably seek broader consensus before rewriting all these transcripts. There seems to me to be a general trend to name one "Cueball" and call the others "Friend" or somesuch in these cases and I'm concerned that you seem to want to singlehandedly rewrite all that convention. Djbrasier (talk) 21:07, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
- It is typically the first who writes the transcript who decides who of the Cueballs (or Megans) he feel represents the real Cueball. However, there is no real behavior of Cueball. So who should decide. I could also change these transcripts so it becomes the other character who becomes Cueball, because I think the first transcripter did it wrong. This was exactly what happened with the two Megan-like comics. First it was Megan and Danish. Then unidentified girl and Megan. Then Megan and unidentified girl, then two Megan like girls with short and long hair and finally you reverted it to my first ide: Unidentified girl and Megan. So thanks for showing me these six double Cueball comics. I will change asap. And as I answered your comment on 1496: Art Project Rob is already listed as part of the category for Comics featuring Cueball: http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Comics_featuring_Rob and this is listed as the first entry when going to the page for Category:Comics featuring Cueball: http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Comics_featuring_Cueball Thus he should not be merged--Kynde (talk) 21:21, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
- Can you please add this discussion here [1]. I have refrained from making these sort of substantial changes and want to seek a broader consensus. Please use the community forum to seek such consensus before making major unilateral changes like that. Djbrasier (talk) 21:24, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
- there are dozens of multiple-Cueball comments. Please don't change them to "man 1", "man 2" until we can reach a braoder consensus. I will not be changing them to "Rob" without consensus. This is not something to be done all at once and making that many changes will prompt me to request that an admin freeze your account. Djbrasier (talk) 21:27, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
- I was about to write this before your comment no. two. So this was a reply to your previous comment: "I can post it there, but these changes has been underway a long time for almost a year. But it is hard to find these comics as I do not go through them just to find incidences. How long have you been active in xkcd. I can see your page has been created today, but maybe you were active long before that?"--Kynde (talk) 21:42, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
- This is a comment to your next comment: "It is very hard to threaten someone like that already. I have been making these changes before, and by the way never to man 1 or man 2. I have been one of the top contributers for more than a year. I hope this is not just because I reverted one of your contributions to Mondays comic? --Kynde (talk21:42, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
- I didn't want to threaten. I think consistent style is important, and general style I see is in multi-Cueball comics, one is ID'd as Cueball and others are "Friend", etc. Anyone unilaterally changing an established style should seek consensus first.
- Additionally, I think your undo on my edit actually improved the explanation.
- Finally, if you know how to solicit more opinions on the matter at hand, please let me know (or do it). Thanks! Djbrasier (talk) 23:53, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks on the edit appraisal. As I wrote on the talk page, yours was also much better phrased the second time. I do not know how to get anyone to go read your comment except by giving them the message like you did with me. Or putting a link to it from the talk page of the double Megan comic, and maybe on some of the double Cueball comics too. I did not understand the "solicit more opinions" at first (why I wrote that last part in my comment below "how many will read"). So you do realize, I can see now, that not many will. By the way I'm Danish... That is, I'm neither a mean girl or a pastry cake, but from Denmark. And although I'm, really good at English for everyday use, it is not by far a language I can understand everything. But suddenly I got your message.--Kynde (talk) 20:10, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
- This is a comment to your next comment: "It is very hard to threaten someone like that already. I have been making these changes before, and by the way never to man 1 or man 2. I have been one of the top contributers for more than a year. I hope this is not just because I reverted one of your contributions to Mondays comic? --Kynde (talk21:42, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
- I was about to write this before your comment no. two. So this was a reply to your previous comment: "I can post it there, but these changes has been underway a long time for almost a year. But it is hard to find these comics as I do not go through them just to find incidences. How long have you been active in xkcd. I can see your page has been created today, but maybe you were active long before that?"--Kynde (talk) 21:42, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
My only point is we need to wait until consensus is reached before undoing years of precedent in Cueball naming. Djbrasier (talk) 22:38, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
- Well as I have made fairly clear there is no consensus. Because it is up to the first one who writes the transcript to decide who is the friend. And this often leads to discussion or changes forth and back (like we just saw with two Megans) since people have different opinion on how Cueball should behave, since they do not know that Cueball can behave anyway Randall needs him to. Often he reflects Randall's intelligence, but just as often he is a prick behaving horribly towards girls etc. So if there are two, one good and one bad, you cannot say the good one is Cueball. And how many do you think reads your post? --Kynde (talk) 19:43, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
I have had a look at the comics you have listed. Here are my comments:
- 1405:_Meteor
- Here I would have changed - since it is believed that Cueball often represents Randall's version of himself - especially when it is his hobby. Of course it is then Randall who is pedantic, and thus Cueball. So I would change the Cueball reference. So here we could have a stupid editing war, instead of writing something else.
- 525:_I_Know_You're_Listening
- Here there is only one Cueball speaking. And the other is listening in. So here I would no object so much. Maybe I would mention that the other looks like Cueball.
- 192:_Working_for_Google
- Here I would have changed - since I would think that Cueball should have the most interesting story, and also that this Cueball is Randall as it is known that Randall has an interest in Google and has also been cheated by their aptitude test (so much that he did the famous 356: Nerd Sniping). So also here I would change the Cueball reference. So again stupid editing war, instead of writing something else.
- 187:_The_Familiar
- Here I would have changed - since I would thing that Cueball should be the one always interested in computers. Not the other way. I know there are other comics where he enjoys nature. But Also a lot where he enjoys computers out of hand and math etc. So again I would have changed the Cueball reference. So again stupid editing war, instead of writing something else.
- 79:_Iambic_Pentameter
- Here I agree with the Cueball = Randall - it's Randall my hobby and thus the one with the Hobby is Cueball. But I would still prefer they are not named. some might argue against me on the hobby, saying the Cueball with the hobby is "Randall" so the other Cueball is "Cueball". Thus once more editing war. But I would not start it. But still probably mention that the Cueball with a hobby is Randall.
- 65:_Banter
- What can I say. The first is called Cueball the other is not. They have the same amount of text, and they are obviously both gay and missing out. I would definitely loose the Cueball reference here.
That is my ten cents about these six examples. Maybe we should create a category called multiple Cueballs. --Kynde (talk) 20:02, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
- Note that I have not changed any of these... yet. But maybe I should revert those three I think is plain wrong, so the Cueball and friend is changed. Then we can see if anyone changes back? ;-) --Kynde (talk) 20:02, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
- I advise waiting. If you want to enact 4, go for it, but then put in the discussion a link to our discussion for all the changes you make so hopefully someone besides you and me goes to that page and weighs in.
To answer your question, I've read xkcd for years (I started reading regularly around the time there were ~500 total comics), lurked on explainxkcd and made anonymous minor edits for most of that time. I set up an account in July 2013, when I began making more regular edits.
I recognize that the issue has a large amount of inertia. My point is precisely that there are 9 "Rob" comics and countless Cueball. But, as I stated on the page, there is ample evidence that the same character (Black Hat's friend/roommate, Megan's boyfriend) is named Rob. I haven't done a count, but I suspect that "Megan" is named in the comic fewer than 9 times, but characters of her appearance are all called "Megan".
Yes, multiple Megans triggered the idea that's been brewing in my mind since someone (not me) made an anonymous comment on a relatively recent Rob comic [1168: tar]. Since I read that it's been sitting in my mind, but I haven't wanted to make an issue. However, the asymmetry between Megan/Cutie and Rob/Cueball grates for me and I want to urge the community here to evaluate critically whether it is the right thing or an inappropriate historical artifact. Years ago, [Cutie] was abolished (redirects now to [Megan]), I think it's objectively appropriate to make a symmetrical arrangement for Rob/Cueball (hence my options 2 & 3 in the public discussion thread).
For now, if you want to go changing all those comics go ahead. I won't argue or revert, but I request that you put the following (or something close to it) in the discussion of all the comics you change "I've removed the name 'Cueball' from this and several other comics that have multiple Cueball's in them as per my position on the issue currently under discussion at http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Proposals#Merge_Cueball_.26_Rob if you support this change or disagree with it, please weigh in on that discussion thread."
Thank you and I look forward to hearing from more users. Djbrasier (talk) 00:04, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
- Dear Djbrasier
- (By the way my name is Kynde - that is both my nick and my middle name).
- Thanks for this very open talk. I like you much better now ;-)
- If I do change any of these I will do as you ask. It is not like I have forever to do these changes, although I for sure use too much time already on explain... I think I will add the category:Comics with multiple Cueballs. What do you think of the name if I do (and if I do then maybe also make one with Category:Comics where Megan is named Megan. Please tell me you can think of a better name for that one ;-) I only know of the three now mentioned on Megans page.
- As you can see om my page, I have only used explain xkcd since late 2013. So you have been member longer than me by some months. I did not read xkcd before that - became fascinated with the What if section on xkcd and when I finished with those I turned to the comic. But found that I failed to understand quite a few, and thus searched and found this page. I have read them as they come out since then, and then also began reading from no. 1. But since I always look in this page for the explanation and like to contribute I only progress very slowly. Recently I have reached 540: Base System where I have made several improvements additions and corrections. And that is as far as I have reached reading straight fro no. 1. But I have of course used the cross referencing and thus read many in between that and those from October 2013.
- Regards Kynde --Kynde (talk) 08:02, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
- Happy to have the discussion and to get to wiki-know you. I definitely see your points. I added a few comments and links to our public discussion in the hopes that, over time, it will attract more users to the community portal discussion. I suspect it will take some months for enough users to weigh in that we have a reasonable consensus. I think that if you remove "Cueball" from some of the comics you mentioned above and put a link to the portal page in the discussion block of those comments, that will prompt community input.
- Cheers,
- DJ Djbrasier (talk) 13:40, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
I also added incomplete tags to a few comics in which I think a strong argument can be made that "Cueball" is really Rob, despite his name not showing up (Boombox & Cover-up) Djbrasier (talk) 13:49, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
- Well I disagree again. See the talk pages. But then it is out for discussion.--Kynde (talk) 13:19, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
I have changed several of the Multiple Cueballs comics as you said was OK with you. See the new caregory. --Kynde (talk) 09:41, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
xkcloud permalink usernames
You said "The user name and user picture stay the same though.", An Anon had mentioned that 3c34fb48-1a07-51d2-a81d-5257a3681024 had the name "Lauren Ibsen Dolores Amit" and changed to "Margaret5", then by the time I looked at it, it had "Virginia2006". It still has "Virginia2006" now, but since it has changed twice I wouldn't assume it is now permanent. Due to this, I haven't been saving the usernames. Could you confirm that you see Virginia2006? Perhaps it's different for each user. -452 (talk) 21:09, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
- Yes I did see Virginia2006. I think it may change some times, but then suddenly it could become stable? The permalink used on the main page of the explain, was mine. I noted it was Mark Zuckerberg. But this has changed. But now I think it is stuck on: Destiny1983 and always with the skating "Megan". Can you confirm this: http://xkcd.com/1506/#post/50b47c70-3a7c-504d-bcc0-60597338e999 . Cool that you have collected all these images. Can we put the link under the permalink section. As you can see I'm trying to completely revise the page so it is easier to find the explain and then only see the detail if you are interested. Hope you like these changes --Kynde (talk) 21:27, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
- Yeah, I see Destiny1983 on that one too. I like the changes, they make everything much clearer. -452 (talk) 21:30, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks. I was trying to make it easier to write some extra info on your permalink page, and deleted most of them. Luckily they are not deleted permanently. But the page is so big I have trouble loading it. I try to repair my mistake, but else please do so for me, and sorry in advance. --Kynde (talk) 21:45, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
- Yeah, I see Destiny1983 on that one too. I like the changes, they make everything much clearer. -452 (talk) 21:30, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
- NP, &action=history is a life-saver. I was going to suggest using &action=edit§ion=0, but I see you've already added a description heading. It also lags pretty badly for me so I expect I'll have to stop at 10000, and I'm already up to 8444 since my last edit to the page. -452 (talk) 22:20, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
- Yes I think I fixed it but I had to split it in three uploads. How many different pictures do you think there are. I guess some off them are the same? (And same for text). Maybe the last part can be seen by sorting the table. But does the image also have the same name when used more than once? --Kynde (talk) 22:33, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
- NP, &action=history is a life-saver. I was going to suggest using &action=edit§ion=0, but I see you've already added a description heading. It also lags pretty badly for me so I expect I'll have to stop at 10000, and I'm already up to 8444 since my last edit to the page. -452 (talk) 22:20, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
- Well, I know of 1419 unique images so far. Yes, both images and text are reused for different permalinks, some come up a lot more frequently than others. If you click the heading, you can sort by either image or text, which will group them together. It's kind of interesting to see different captions for the same image. If you mean the same username, I haven't checked. I also haven't checked whether the same pair of image and text ever appear together as different permalinks, I'll check that
eventually, later, right now... nope. I imagine the prompt never even suggests a caption which is already associated with an image. -452 (talk) 23:27, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
- Well, I know of 1419 unique images so far. Yes, both images and text are reused for different permalinks, some come up a lot more frequently than others. If you click the heading, you can sort by either image or text, which will group them together. It's kind of interesting to see different captions for the same image. If you mean the same username, I haven't checked. I also haven't checked whether the same pair of image and text ever appear together as different permalinks, I'll check that
- I hit the 2mb page limit at 10217 permalinks, out of the 15000+ I have found, so I've reduced the table to only show each image and text once. As in, either the image or text once, so there will be a couple of duplicate images and text. So what I said previously about sorting to see different captions for the same image no longer applies, but the page will be more manageable this way. -452 (talk) 13:53, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
- So you think that it will not be possible for anyone to add the same image to the same caption, because this caption will never again come up with this image or the other way around? I can see yo have removed the ? where they where something else like turtles... Nice. What about all the links below? Are they just the other 10.000 links not associated with a new image or caption, just a different combination? If so maybe this should be made clear. You could make a new section heading for them. Would it be possible to list them in any other way, or is this to save space? Alternatively you could make a new subpage with extra permalinks for further study. We of course both know that no one will ever read these again ;-) But nice work anyway. --Kynde (talk) 14:17, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
- So far, I've never found the same image and same caption, but I'll keep checking, as I'm still storing all of the information, just not posting the full list to the wiki now. The other links at the bottom are all 15000+ permalinks I've found, good point about making that more clear. It might also be a good idea to list them on another separate page to save space, but they're not for further study, as I have all the images and captions associated with them, there just isn't room to display all of the information, because it would currently take 3mb+. Regarding the symbols, I was previously pasting my javascript output into my text editor to format them, but now I have my script format them for me, so the symbols are preserved. - and it's also a lot easier for me. -452 (talk) 14:29, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
- Well, I've hit the 2 megabyte limit again, so it looks like we'll have to put the table on one page and the list of links on another. Any suggestions for the page titles? -452 (talk) 15:25, 23 April 2015 (UTC)
- You are crazy :-) My suggestion is that you create a new page called Table of Permalink (with the explanation at the top the same, but now linking to the old page, and vice versa for the old page to the new). Then let the list of permalink stay on the old page. And move the table to the new page. Finally, look at what pages direct to the old page, and redirect them to the new, only leaving link to the old page from the new one. The table is most important. The problem with your table is that it is too big for anyone to load... Maybe there should even be another page in between. Which is called - a selection of permalink. And then with link to the full table and links, with a fair warning about huge amount of data (Big data.). My explorer just went down trying to load the page (or maybe I'm just too impatient?) --Kynde (talk) 11:36, 24 April 2015 (UTC) (Ah, now it is finished loading...)
- Well, I've hit the 2 megabyte limit again, so it looks like we'll have to put the table on one page and the list of links on another. Any suggestions for the page titles? -452 (talk) 15:25, 23 April 2015 (UTC)
Hoverboard Transcript
Sorry to ask about such a minor thing, just curious about why the man on the raised plateau can't be a woman. Elsewhere in the comic Darth Vader is seen explaining Steven Universe to someone. 22.214.171.124 13:46, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
- Hi - it cold be. But to me it looks like a family. But to be honest I had not expected anyone to change it, and did not notice before I had copy pasted some text in from the document I write the transcript in. But hopefully at some time this family (or whatever) becomes part of the effort to explain the entire comic. My guess is that someone will know who it is - that they are from some TV series or movie. In that case it will become clear if it is (as I assumed) a family with mom and dad and two children or if it is a lesbian couple or something entirely different... --Kynde (talk) 20:02, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
- The family resembles the main characters of Steven Universe, a cartoon(the characters being three women and a child) The explanation page also lists them as such(Steven Universe and the Crystal Gems - (x: 551664, y: -567383). 22.214.171.124 21:03, 3 December 2015 (UTC)


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Author's posts
Aug 21 2008
Free Speech in DuPage? Almost
Cross Posted at Kos: http://www.dailykos.com/story/…
Yesterday there was supposed to be a trial in DuPage County.
Two anti-war protestors were promised their day in court after 15 months of appearances and continuances and postponements.
They were ready.
The prosecution had the witness and the arresting police officer.
Jeff Zurawski and Sara Hartfield had truth and about 48 supporters on their side.
Judge Sutter was ready.
Aug 01 2008
I Met McCain
(Cross posted at Kos)
Yes, I met McCain years ago.
I remember it well….
The day was overcast but the crowds were bright. People were everywhere cheerful and happy. There was singing and flag waving! There were handmade signs and music! The music was free and joyful and political!
My husband and I walked the streets and laughing people greeted us with friendly smiles.
People we didn't know offered us drinks and thanked us for being there!
Jul 14 2008
The Real Issue is Not the New Yorker
(cross posted at dailykos)
The real issue is not the New Yorker and what its editors and artists consider satire. I wish it were. But look at the News Headlines for the last weeks. Which Candidate has been in the news? Which Candidate has made a "flub" more often? Which candidate has had a member of his "team" or a famous supporter make a flub. Which candidate has been labeled as having an erosion in his support?
Do you see where I am going?
May 03 2008
Laugh for today
A Saturday funk, with a stomach not wanting to cooperate so I decided to read my Docudharma. But the wolves were not helping my mood.
I was answering ek hornbeck when my doorbell rang. My creaky old bones rise and stagger to the door…"why would someone ring a bell at my place at 10 AM on a Sat?" "Don't they know I'm cranky?"
Feb 07 2008
Duties of an Election Judge
Cross posted at kos
What does an Election Judge do?
Welllllllll….. the Judge makes the Election process easier. The Judge is not supposed to hinder the Election process.
The Judge's duties start well before the actual day of the Election. First, there is the training. My county used to give training at the County Offices or other large venue, like a Movie theater where a lot of people could be seated. Then the Judge would sit through a Powerpoint presentation of forms and machine assembly. Finally, a short quiz was given. Some places may still require this.
Now, the Judge takes the online course. It has about 5 parts and takes 4 to 6 hours to complete depending on the score one achieves at the end of each section.
Feb 03 2008
Get your laugh for today!
Cross posted at Kos
This is short for a diary but I had to share.
Today s Sunday and this is the day that Gun Shows like to reserve for their displays. A gun Show is a swap meet/ flea market for gun nuts. Once a month, there is a Gun Show in Northern Illinois for all the gun "aficionados" to buy/sell/swap their wares to other gun crazies.
My Husband is a gun nut. He is a member of the NRA and has been since he was a teen. He is also a Veteran, serving in Korea in 1969 as a Medic. he is also a card carrying member of the Democratic Party and the ACLU and has been for all his adult life.
Dec 17 2007
How to Select a Memorable Gift Book
(Cross posted at Dailykos)
I have been asked to post a list of books for the Holidays….or just general gift-giving… I don't know if I can do that because the list would really be very long and the number of categories would be really diverse
I am a little out-of-date since I have neglected reading the books my students read (being retired, I have no students but I am active in a couple of organizations that promote literature and literacy). So now, I concentrate on books for ME!!!! Unfortunately, they seem to have taken a current events and political nature and are thoroughly depressing and I can't recommend them to anyone except people here.
As a Reading Teacher, my philosophy was that there is a book out there for everyone and no one should be afraid to read a book.After all, a book is not god….I know this is debatable, but not here.
So, I decided that, in order to find a book for the reluctant readers of the world, I needed to start reading those books, sometimes to the tune of 100 to 150 per year! (I don't read anywhere near that now!) It was not as daunting as it sounds….Children's Lit and Young Adult Lit were usually under 200 pages, often near 100 pages and the reading level was generally around the 5-th Grade level. (Most popular Adult novels – ie. Romance, Mystery, Adventure-Thriller-Spy type novels and Horror novels are written at the 6-th Grade level. That is why it is so easy for a person to read one in a day or two, even if it is 4 or 500 pages thick)
The advent of the huge, wordy, descriptive books has really turned a lot of slower readers off. That is why it has become more urgent for teachers and parents to find the book (or books) that will turn on youngsters to reading. There are several ways to select an appropriate book. The most popular is the "rule of thumb".
Dec 08 2007
Celebrate a Birthday memory of my mother with me!
It is my Birthday.
It is the reason my Dad joined the marines…that and the fact he was drafted. And when he returned from the Pacific and got married, his first child was born on December 7….to remind him of things he would never speak about.
So what did I do on my Birthday?
I remembered my parents and missed them. Contemplated on how I look like my mother now that I am the age that she was when I remember her best. I even sound like her.
Well, today we went to a luncheon where the speaker was FDR! An actor dressed and imitated FDR, quoting from his speeches and answering questions from the audience. It was obvious he didn't like Republicans…too bad.
What got me was the old wheelchair and the braces! He even wore the old-style braces!
My mother contracted polio(infantile paralysis) in the same year FDR did. He was 39, she was 3. Like FDR, she had gone to the beach (at Lake Michigan in Chicago, probably Rainbow Beach,) to swim and cool off in the water. The next day she was sick. It was painful. Her Aunt and her mother were by her bedside day and night. She was totally paralyzed for a time. She even went blind. Then she began to recover. Slowly she regained movement in her arms and hands. Her sight returned. She could even move her legs, a little. One foot could even show some movement in the toes and flex her foot. However, the movement was slight and the other leg was totally immoveable. It was only a movement paralysis, since there was still pain, and hot and cold sensations. She always felt paralysis was an inappropriate term because she still had feeling sensations in her limbs.
The cute little three-year-old, sitting in a chair with a kitten would never run and dance again. When the five-year-old is managing the stairs withher new doll(whose head is ceramic), she falls and drops it and the head breaks. She is still sad after 50 years.
It was strange the way the muscles atrophied on her body. No muscles in the legs, just skin and bone with huge knobby knees. Her back seemed to have some muscles missing. The ripples of thick muscles next to grooves of absent ones was always a mystery. Even her hand displayed the ravages of polio. The thick, fat, muscle of the thumb was totally absent.
My Mom used heavy braces and crutches all her life. The braces made of steel and leather weighed 10 pounds. She used the same braces until one broke from metal fatigue about five years before she died. That means the braces were close to 40 years old. When my parents found a brace-maker, he remarked at how well-made they were. Her new pair were not quite as good.
Studies have shown that polio victims experience a relapse around the age of 60. She became very weak and died of congestive heart failure at that age.
My mother was very strong, she used her arms to walk, and used to be able to navigate stairs and ride buses with ease. My parents met at the Art Institute. She was a professional artist working for the WPA for many years. A pattern maker for work uniforms and a commercial free-lance artist in Downtown Chicago.
It was funny to see her walk on all fours down the hall when she did not have her braces on.
Her greatest worry was that her children would contract polio and she made sure we received all the vacinations. She was so glad that a vaccine had been found! Salk and Sabin were her heroes.
Although Roosevelt was good…he really didn't move well with his braces….he had a few of the movements down. The tappinf of the side of the knee to straighten the races as he stood up and the swaying from side to side using the back and chest muscles to walk with the heavy braces.
My best memories are of my conversations with my mother and her teaching me how to draw, showing me techniques that I still use today.
My favorite memory is of her holding my first son, her first grandchild.
My memories are the best part of my birthday. They are a way of keeping her close to me.
Nov 19 2007
Novak Needs to Resign
(Cross posted at DailyKos)
I saw this over the weekend and filed it in my "dead issue" mental file.
But, today, it is still there!
My question is: why would anyone believe anything that Novak writes anymore? The man should not even be allowed to write a column, even from a jail cell.
He traitorously outed a CIA spy and experienced no charges or reprimand. Now he publishes a little gossip rag and someone actually believes it!!!!! He should put up and shut up. If he has proof, surrender it. If he knows who is planting this trash, expose them or else cease and desist.
Nov 14 2007
14 Students allowed back in Morton West
Crossposted at DailyKos
The Superintendant of Morton West High School District has allowed 14 students to return to classes today. The others will be allowed to return on Friday. No students will be expelled.
Rita Maniotis, President of the PTO said that it is "wonderful news" and that "it's not like our kids are walking away with nothing." Especially since most of the students have served most of their suspension time. At least they will not be up for expulsion hearings which would have occurred in December.
A victory for "Freedom of Speech"!
Oct 20 2007
Stossel debunks Gore
I posted a similar diary at dailykos so if you don't want to read this, it is OK.
Stossel diary
(I just got so frustrated with the 300 to 1150 characters thing….it took me an hour to figure it out!)
Last night, I watched John Stossel on 20/20. I hadn't watched 20/20 in a long time, now I remember why!
Sep 30 2007
My Dad in the War
Today, Ken Burns will and PBS will air FUBAR on The War. It will discuss Peleliu. My Dad was on Peleliu. He always pronounced it Pel-Lee-You.
It was always glossed over in the history books about the war in the Pacific. I would read about Midway. Or Iwo Jima which he missed. Or Tarawa which he also missed, but Peleliu was always kind of a footnote.
As a kid, I had figured that the reason he survived was because not much fighting went on. The War to me was in Europe.
I thought his great accomplishment in the war was guarding a Catholic Cemetery in China after the War. Or meeting a 12 foot cobra on the path on Pavuvu.
But I was wrong.
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Last week I attended the Singapore FinTech Festival. Let me share you what I took back home to Europe.
1. SuperApps as the new frontier of Retail FinTech
What's a Super App? The term was new to me too. Super apps are the equivalent of a Swiss army knife. Apps that are combining many functions into one single app. The best known example is WeChat, where you can chat with friends, book a train, pay for your lunch, play games, ... all within the app. They are the gateway to your daily interactions. A local friend at the conference told me: "FinTech is a subpart of e-commerce". Although at the time I disagreed. This statement couldn't be truer when it comes to SuperApps. At the FinTech Festival, you noticed every Asian region scaling its own Superapp. Grab - a ride-sharing app and now 3th in KMPG FinTech 50 list- is rapidly expanding its set of functions. Releasing a digital payments solution, GrabPay at the conference. One conference hall further, Malaysian Superapp Yippi presented it's Wave functionality. A "scientifically" proven sound transmitter that provides a detox to users. It's not only WeChat out there and they are all more than a way of communication. These Superapps are putting every aspect of your digital life in their chat box and this at rapid speed. In Asia these super apps are becoming the future of retail FinTech. Will and can this transpose to European markets?
2. Southeast Asia's booming digital-first FinTech ecosystem
South East Asian is a promising region. With a growing mobile penetration rate of 51% monthly active users, and an unbanked population of 73%, this region will be booming for FinTech. Local FinTech startups are clearly tapping into this market. At the conference I saw same great companies working on micro-credits, consumer lending, simplified POS solutions for merchants,… Using alternative ways of scoring or collecting paper trails of people that have yet to get one. All going through mobile phones obviously. Nothing new under the sun, nothing revolutionary nor new…but addressing real customer needs in this booming markets. It was energizing to see these entrepreneurial talents. . But why make it difficult if you can do it easy? :)
3. The ICO's cowboys are gone
It was just a year ago when at a conference, I got bombarded with a circus of ICO. It felt more like a stock market than like a conference. As well on stage as around the startup booths. I remember closing one conference noticing a carpet of ICO leaflets as we navigated towards the exist. However, this week, at ASEAN's largest FinTech conference:: Nothing. Note that Singapore is even a region where cryto is somewhat regulated. Are blockchain companies and crypto economies back where they should be? Last week gave the impression that the first bubble popped. Yes, there were new crypto exchanges, crypto funds, and blockchain payment infrastructure companies displaying their goods. Yet, in a more civilized way, having actual -sometimes corporate- clients accompanied by business model that made sense. Blockchain companies often remain looking for problems to fix with their solutions. Think a crypto POS tool or a Visa card which allows you to spend 0,0000001 Bitcoin for a coffee. However, quotes of the Ripple CEO, that they are taking-over Swift in terms of transactions gives an indication that things are shaking up. Yes, it felt like the Cowboys were back in their ranch. Finally.


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Victor - You are welcome Victor. You are right, from what we know, he was both well educated and a doctor. And of course, followed St. Paul.Michaelhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717500353710337060.post-26109697382947169052013-10-31T07:59:24.822-04:002013-10-31T07:59:24.822-04:00Thank you Michael for all these facts which I did ...Thank you Michael for all these facts which I did not know. I studied Luke and the Acts for my exams many years ago. Apparently he was very well educated and a doctor.

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Engineer 3 at Huntington Ingalls Industries
Hampton, VA
About the Job
Huntington Ingalls Industries is America's largest military shipbuilding company and a provider of professional services to partners in government and industry. For more than a century, HII's Newport News and Ingalls shipbuilding divisions in Virginia and Mississippi have built more ships in more ship classes than any other U.S. naval shipbuilder. HII's Technical Solutions division provides a wide range of professional services through its Fleet Support, Mission Driven Innovative Solutions, Nuclear & Environmental, and Oil & Gas groups. Headquartered in Newport News, Virginia, HII employs more than 42,000 people operating both domestically and internationally.
Job Description
*Must have an Active Confidential Security Clearance*Seeking an Engineer 3 with recent engineering experience in one or more of the following specialties for marine applications: Structural, Mechanical, Piping, Electrical, Naval, and/or HVAC.Candidate must also have the following:• Experience with developing Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) drawings and/or engineering calculations with the use of Intelligent Ships Installation Drawing (ISID),• Experience with developing Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNS) drawings and/or engineering calculations with the use of Planning Yard Standard.Ideal candidate should have experience with ship checking military vessels (LHD/LHA/LCS/LPD/CVN/Etc.) in the Hull, Mechanical, and/or Electrical disciplines. The Engineer will be responsible for Engineering operating specialized diagnostic instruments, CAD service developing, hardware or software spec design reviewing shipboard system requirements and system drawings, systems integration planning, and execution, performing ship checks on a variety of ship classes, investigations, designing performance and operating specs, analyzing test data as well as preparing technical reports.
Essential Job Responsibilities
Performs engineering functions in one or more of the following specialties: electronics, electrical, mechanical, civil, naval, and/or chemical.
Minimum Qualifications
5 years relevant experience with Bachelors in Engineering; 3 years relevant experience with Masters in Engineering
Preferred Requirements
• 3D modeling experience (Inventor, Siemens NX, SolidWorks, CATIA, Ship Constructor, ETC.).• Experience with developing drawings with AutoCAD• Knowledgeable with two or more of the following: FEMAP, Autodesk Nastran, Abaqus, Pro Engineering, AUTOCAD Inventor, and MathCAD.• Ability to interact and present technical information verbally and in writing (briefings, presentations, training, etc.) to internal and external customers.• Ability to apply comprehensive knowledge on engineering practices and techniques to complex situations and non-routine tasks.
Physical Requirements
Office, industrial or shipboard environment. Capable of climbing ladders and tolerating confined spaces and extreme temperature variances. Lifting and moving of materials not to exceed the guidelines set for one man lift.
Huntington Ingalls Industries is an Equal Opportunity/Vets and Disabled Employer. U.S. Citizenship may be required for certain positions.


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Hackensack University Medical Center is the first in New Jersey to perform complex oropharyngeal cancer surgeries using the da Vinci SP® Surgical System. The procedures were performed by Brian E. Benson, M.D., interim chair, Department of Otolaryngology at Hackensack University Medical Center. This single port robotic system includes the first fully-wristed da Vinci® endoscope, which allows otolaryngology (ENT) surgeons to easily view the complex anatomy of the throat, tongue and tonsil area.


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Event: BSA Troop 606
Date: Monday, 11/25/2019
Time: Viewing at 7:00 PM, Sunset at 4:46 PM
Place: BSA Troop 606
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Ralph Paul Manno, Jr.
Ralph Paul Manno, Jr., 68, of 555 Fishing Creek Road, Mill Hall, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, at Mt. Nittany Medical Center.
Born Aug. 28, 1948, in Lock Haven, he was the son of the late Ralph Paul Manno, Sr. and Angeline Bonadio Manno.
Ralph was a 1966 graduate of Bald Eagle-Nittany High School. He also attended Lock Haven University.
He was a member of the United States Army, serving in the Vietnam War and earning both a Purple Heart and Bronze Star.
On March 3, 1979, he married the former Sandy Fulger who survives.
Ralph was employed as a Quality Control Inspector at Haven Homes, Beech Creek, retiring upon its closing in December 2011. For the past two years he worked at the Central Pennsylvania Auto Auction.
He attended the Holy Spirit Parish.
Ralph enjoyed golfing as well as spending time outdoors, especially fishing and hunting.
He will be remembered as always being caring and fun-loving.
In addition to his wife, Sandy Manno, of Mill Hall, he is survived by a son, Matthew Paul Manno of Mill Hall; a step-son, Brian S. Winter of Huntingdon; a step-grandson, Collin John Winter of Walnutport; two brothers, Dennis Manno of Rote and Ken (Sharon) Manno of State College; a sister, Donna (John) Keeler of Castanea; his mother-in-law, Margaret L. Fulger of Mill Hall; a sister-in-law, Jean (Larry) Fulger McKeague of Mill Hall; a brother-in-law, Michael A. (Julie) Fulger of Albany, N.Y.; and many nieces and nephews.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, at 11 a.m. at St. Agnes Catholic Church, 3 E. Walnut St., Lock Haven, with Rev. Fr. Jozef Kovacik officiating. Burial with military honors will follow at St. Agnes Cemetery.
Friends and family will be received at the Moriarty Funeral Home & Crematory, 112 E. Church St., Lock Haven, on Monday from 6-8 p.m.


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Yes! 2020 is going to be the absolute business as Netflix have just announced season one of Locke and Key will debut on February 7th.
The series, based on Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriquez's IDW masterpiece comic series will kick off with a ten-episode miniseries that focuses on a family, the Lockes, how more into Hill House after a family tragedy. there The children played by Jackson Robert Scott, Connor Jessup and Emilia Jones and mother (Darby Stanchfield) soon discover that their new home is full of magic and keys that unlock all sorts of wonders and horrors.
The series will be co-showrun by Lost's Carlton Cuse and it's great to finally see it coming to series as it was previously sent to pilot at Fox (see clip below) and then almost became a movie trilogy. I have high hopes that Netflix will do it proud and would expect a trailer to drop fairly soon…
What do you all think? Are you excited for this? I wanna hear it all…
February 7th. #LOCKEANDKEY on @Netflix. pic.twitter.com/rVU8T6K34z
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What to Know When Hiring an Estate Planning Lawyer
Odds are that at some point in your life, you sat down and thought about the need for a lawyer to help and plan out your estate. This may seem like that is not that big of a deal, but the truth of the matter is that this is actually a big thing that you need to think about carefully. Even the simplest of estates can get quite complicated when it comes to a person passing. While this may seem like a tough thing to think about a good attorney that is qualified in such matters can actually walk you through this process and help you toRead More →


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1h 35min | Comedy, Drama, Crime | Release Date: 6.09.2019
The Judge (Mait Malmsten) is a man who represents strict rules and laws in the courtroom. However, his own personal life is an absolute mess. After the judge makes a decision to give a long prison sentence to a woman, the woman's brother (Märt Avandi) starts following the judge to change his mind about the verdict. The judge stays adamant. The verdict is final. A conflict takes place between the men, resulting in the judge suddenly becoming a criminal himself.
Unable to confess his crime, the judge escapes to Finland, where a series of comedic twists and turns lead him to a number of strange people and comical situations.
''Your Honor'' is a road movie filled with dark humor, starring Mait Malmsten (''Love Is Blind'', ''Rattrap'') and Märt Avandi (''The Fencer'', ''Red Quicksilver''). The film is directed and written by Andres Puustusmaa (''Green Cats'', ''18-14'', ''Red Quicksilver''). The movie is produced by Leo Production and distributed by ACME Film.


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In this series, we've looked at ways to get the most from Readymade Layers Borders by Studio DD. These designer borders consist of layered embellishments that are arranged in a line. You can use the borders with photos on a page for a quick and beautiful project. But since the borders come as layered files, you have unlimited ways of tweaking them to better meet the needs of your project.
Here are two ways borders can be customized:
Blend Stamped Layers:
Many of the Readymade Layers Borders have layers that look painted or stamped. You can make these layers look more authentic by "melting" them into the background a bit.
Open a Readymade Border and drag the layers onto a background paper.
Select the painted or stamped layer.
In the Layers Panel, locate the Blending Modes at the top of panel. The default is set to Normal.
Change the blending mode to Multiply, Linear Burn or experiment with other modes to find one you like.
You can also use the Opacity slider at the top right of the panel to lighten the paint or stamped layer, making more of the background visible. Just select the layer and then move the Opacity slider to the left until you get the effect you want. You can use this technique alone or in addition to using a blending mode.
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Open the Readymade Border and a piece of digital paper.
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Since its inception over 200 years ago, homeopathy has been the target of almost constant antipathy from the prevailing school of orthodox medicine, yet it thrives—all across the globe—for a number of very good reasons.
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Ayahuasca hasn't made me enlightened, if there truly is such a thing, though it has done the work of a traditional guru and illuminated the darkness within, which has allowed me to be more aware of and correct/prevent self-serving, fear-based thoughts, words and actions.
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Marketers want to claim the aesthetic of the "real," but their intentions don't fulfill the promise.
Introduction to Psychedelics and Psychedelic Culture
Within the dawning psychedelic renaissance, mystical experiences induced by psychedelics can now be methodically examined with the tools of science. Researchers are learning more and more about how psychedelics affect the brain and their wide-ranging medical benefits in controlled clinical trials. However, humans have been using plants and fungi to alter consciousness in shamanistic settings […]
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A shaman is marching 8,000 kilometers to expel Putin, who he believes is a manifestation of dark forces, in order to save Russian from ruin.
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PC/Woke culture has pathologized into an over-correction of valid past abuses of various groups, and now has become a set of blinders, a template that encourages shadow projection on to some groups while practicing shadow denial with other groups.
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In March of 1992, William S. Burroughs underwent an exorcism — a healing ceremony led by Diné shaman Melvin Betsellie. Allen Ginsberg was visiting at the time and sat in on the ceremony. What follows is transcribed excerpts of 16 hours of recorded conversation between Burroughs and Ginsberg after the ceremony.
Honoring the Crone
To age is to understand that you are responsible for gathering gifts and collecting timeless wisdom that you will later share. Only when you are able to stand grounded in your value and speak it will you be prepared to carry the next young woman upon your shoulders.
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Yukon's legislative assembly wrapped up its fall sitting this week after two months of fractious squabbling, punctuated by a few moments of unity.
MLAs passed changes to the territory's corrections and elections acts, a totally-revamped liquor act, tough new rules on smoking and vaping, and a bill that formally establishes Yukon University.
So they got some stuff done. But all that happened amid a haze of partisan squabbling, procedural bickering and inscrutable political maneuvering.
Here are four themes from the fall sitting.
Climate change strategy
All three parties supported the government's proposed climate change strategy, an ambitious 140-item roadmap that would overhaul the Yukon's economy by funding home retrofits, building more renewable power generation and kickstarting the electrification of the territory's transportation network.
This opens the door to a bunch of fascinating policy discussions. How do you start to decarbonize a remote, northern economy that, for all sorts of practical reasons, is still reliant on fossil fuels?
But with the federal government's carbon price set to escalate to $50 per tonne by 2022, and experts suggesting it will have to rise to even farther, fossil fuels will become less appealing, especially as a way to generate electricity.
Yukon Energy is already trying to increase the amount of power it gets from the existing hydro network. It will need it, especially with the government aiming to increase the amount of electric vehicles on the road through new subsidies and a new network of charging stations.
The government is taking public feedback on the plan until January, and is establishing a youth panel on climate change. There will be plenty more for Yukoners to discuss about this in the new year.
Electoral reform
If Yukon's political parties can work together on climate change, they can't even come close to agreement on electoral reform.
The process has ground to a halt, and Premier Sandy Silver's wish to have a suite of proposed changes for voters to mull over in time for the next election appears to be wishful thinking.
The latest twist is the premier's failed attempt last week to introduce a motion calling for an all-party select committee to study the matter, as the opposition parties have been seeking for months. But the motion contained almost no details about how the committee would work and was ruled out of order by the assembly's clerk.
That came mere weeks after Silver told reporters he flat-out rejected a select committee. He now says such a committee was always part of the plan, and would have followed the government-appointed electoral reform commission's work.
On the last day of the sitting, NDP MLA Liz Hanson introduced a more fleshed-out motion, but now the premier is rejecting a special sitting day to debate it before spring, which would allow the committee to get started.
There are all kinds of partisan interests at play here: the NDP really wants proportional representation, the Yukon Party does not particularly want any changes to the voting system, and complained loudly about past partisan involvement of the government's ill-fated electoral reform commission, which is now without a chair and is on indefinite hiatus.
The Liberals, meanwhile, appear to be attempting to deliberately steer the whole process into the rocks while simultaneously acting as though it's all the opposition's fault.
Speaker neutrality
Electoral reform also sparked a dispute between the Yukon Party and speaker Nils Clarke. In short, Clarke ruled a letter from former assembly clerk Floyd McCormick criticizing the government's electoral reform commission on technical grounds would not be discussed at the secret Members Services Board.
The opposition parties didn't like that and Hanson tabled the letter in the assembly, in violation of the MSB's confidential status. Interim Yukon Party leader Stacey Hassard questioned Clarke's impartiality during debate, leading Clarke to scold both Hassard and Hanson in the assembly.
Clarke, who was elected as a Liberal MLA and appears at some partisan events, insists he can do his job fairly. He says it's unfair to expect the Yukon speaker to adopt the total non-partisan nature of, say, the British speaker, who gets to seek re-election effectively unopposed.
The Yukon Party responded by introducing a motion calling for a speaker's code of conduct, which would, in part, bar the speaker from partisan activity. The code is now on the agenda of the assembly's standing committee on rules, elections and privileges, where it will be debated in secret, as are all matters before the house's standing committees.
'Go ahead, bud'
Politicians love their talking points and the Liberals are no exception. And during the cut and thrust of Question Period, where ministers are expected to think on their feet, the lure of of falling back on talking points often proves hard to resist.
The cabinet ministers all do this to varying degrees, and Silver's no different (if you're ever offered a bet on the number of times he says "whole of government," take the over). Indeed, the Liberals drove the opposition nuts by largely steering clear of anything resembling a substantive answer during QP.
So when the assembly mics picked up Silver's very-east-coast response — "go ahead, bud" — to a point of order by Yukon Party MLA Brad Cathers, it was a rare unscripted moment for the premier. Cathers and Silver sparred frequently during the session, with an escalating degree of ugliness. It culminated on the second last day of the sitting with Cathers telling Silver to "go back to Antigonish."
All this chest-thumping illustrates what NDP leader Kate White considers a larger problem: She says the Liberals are running the least transparent government in her eight years in the assembly, causing frustration in the opposition benches. The Yukon Party is tired of being blamed for every problem — they may have been in power for 14 years, but they've been out of power for three.
As for the Liberals, their response to those complaints might be the same as Silver's when asked about the Antigonish remark: "I'm fine."


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This update is no longer available. To fix the issues that are described in this article, install the latest Microsoft Exchange Server update from the following Microsoft Docs article:
Exchange Server build numbers and release dates
Microsoft provides download files only for N-2 versions for an Exchange Server cumulative update (CU), where "N" is the latest CU. The latest CU can be used to recover servers that are running Exchange Server. This includes servers that have a previous CU installed.
Cumulative Update 21 for Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 was released on June 19, 2018. This cumulative update includes fixes for nonsecurity issues and all previously released fixes for security and nonsecurity issues. These fixes will also be included in later cumulative updates for Exchange Server 2013.
This update also includes new daylight saving time (DST) updates for Exchange Server 2013. For more information about DST, see Daylight Saving Time Help and Support Center.
Issues that this cumulative update fixes
This cumulative update fixes the issues that are described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:
- 4133605 Cmdlets to create or modify a remote shared mailbox in an on-premises Exchange environment
- 4133604 User can't log on to a POP/IMAP account by using NTLM authentication in Exchange Server 2013
- 4133618 Unexpected error occurs when running the Get-DatabaseAvailabilityGroupNetwork cmdlet in Exchange Server 2013
- 4133620 "HTTP 500 due to ADReferralException" when a user tries to view detail properties of mailboxes in a child domain in Exchange Server
- 4058473 An Office 365 primary mailbox user cannot be assigned full access permissions for an on-premises mailbox in Exchange Server
- 4094167 The MSExchangeRPC service crashes with a System.NullReferenceException exception in Exchange Server 2013
- 4095974 "System.InvalidOperationException" occurs when the "Enable-MailPublicFolder" cmdlet is run against a public folder in Exchange Server
- 4092041 Description of the security update for Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 and 2016: May 8, 2018
- 4294205 POP3 services intermittently stop in an Exchange Server 2013 environment
- 4294204 Changing "IsOutOfService" to "False" in an earlier Exchange Server version does not immediately update in a later Exchange Server environment
Cumulative update information
This cumulative update requires Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.1.
A component that's used within Exchange requires a new Visual C++ prerequisite to be installed with Exchange Server. The prerequisite can be downloaded at Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2013. For more information, see KB 4295081.
The setup process for Exchange Server 2013 identifies any missing prerequisites. For more information about the prerequisites for the setup of Exchange Server 2013, see Exchange 2013 prerequisites.
Restart requirement
You may have to restart the computer after you apply this cumulative update package.
Registry information
You do not have to make any changes to the registry after you apply this cumulative update package.
Removal information
After you install this cumulative update package, you can't uninstall the package to revert to an earlier version of Exchange Server 2013. If you uninstall this cumulative update package, Exchange Server 2013 is removed from the server.
More Information
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Mumbai Mirror, page 14, Thursday, 28 Jan 10 – 'Boy, 14, kills parents over chores row'
A 14-year old, teenager kills his parents in a pre-planned, cold-blooded manner; stays overnight with the bodies playing video games and expresses no apparent remorse the next day.
Setting aside, just for a moment, the reasons why such a young child would commit such a heinous crime, I ask myself whether there are any early warning signs that could help us identify and help someone with such extreme aggression or should I just assume that the child had psychopathic tendencies and hence would have eventually done something like this?
Aggression amongst children is on a rise; blame it on over-exposure to media or lack of quality time with parents and loved ones; the truth is that children today are showing strong aggressive tendencies.
One of the key causes is that kids' today get everything far too easily; material things and comforts are literally served on a platter by indulgent parents and over-indulgent grand-parents.
While the elders see this as an expression of their love, what they fail to realise is that this over-indulgence leads to low-frustration tolerance in kids even as young as 2-3 years.
The result: they can't stand it when you say No! And can we blame them?
All their demands must be met else what follows is a tantrum and we worsen the cycle by giving in, time and again.
This inability to accept 'no' for an answer becomes part of the child's persona and shows up in the form of an ill-temper, a passive-aggressive attitude, substance abuse and addiction and even violence.
As parents, we all want to give our child the best; give yours a healthy mix of material comforts and love and strong values.
Do not hesitate to seek professional help if you see signs of aggression in your child.
Also, if there has been a sudden death of a loved-one, a separation or divorce, any other loss or grief which could have impacted your child, make sure to seek counselling as children are often unable to rationally deal with such incidents and form distorted views of the same.
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