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Researchers claim that the increased number of planets makes this star far more interesting than its companion, HD 7120.
However, it takes sophisticated equipment to detect the additional planets; most amateur astronomers can't see the difference with their smaller telescopes.
However, most interstellar travel only goes to HD 7120, getting service to HD 10180 is much more rare.
HD 1080i has only half the planets of HD 10180, it just looks the same as it's an interlacing solar system.
So, how many of you saw HD 1080i
Sorry, my telescope only does 720p.
I'll have enough saved to upgrade in a month or two, though.
No plant gap, the Sol system has 13 planets, this other one seems to only have 9
We cannot stand by and allow this "planet gap" to continue! Earthlings unite!
We once had nine planets too. Till some @*&! just had to kill Pluto.
Maybe we can let NDT take a look and demote some?
Planet envy
I thought Pluto was 'degraded' of its planet status because it wasn't orbiting the sun in the same plane as the other planets, not because of its mass...
Note that Pluto's debris disk, the Kuiper belt, overlaps the orbit of Neptune, which is about 10000 times as big as Pluto. We'd say that Neptune accreted Pluto, not the other way around.
The current IAU definition is (c/o Wikipedia)
The IAU therefore resolves that planets and other bodies in our Solar System, except satellites, be defined into three distinct categories in the following way:
(1) A "planet"[1] is a celestial body that: (a) is in orbit around the Sun, (b) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape, and (c) has cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit.
(2) A "dwarf planet" is a celestial body that: (a) is in orbit around the Sun, (b) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape[2], (c) has not cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit, and (d) is not a satellite.
(3) All other objects[3], except satellites, orbiting the Sun shall be referred to collectively as "Small Solar System Bodies".
1 The eight planets are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
2 An IAU process will be established to assign borderline objects into either "dwarf planet" and other categories.
3 These currently include most of the Solar System asteroids, most Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs), comets, and other small bodies.
The IAU further resolves:
Pluto is a "dwarf planet" by the above definition and is recognised as the prototype of a new category of trans-Neptunian objects.
Pluto fails because it hasn't cleared its orbit.
Many people don't like the definition for many reasons. Among them, that what constitutes a "clear" orbit is not specified and is arbitrary (no planet has an orbit 100% free of other objects), that the point of 'hydrostatic equilibrium' is also unspecified and arbitrary, and that it only applies to the Solar System ("The Sun" is in there).
I think most folks would agree it fails 1b as well
Not really; as far as we can tell Pluto is roughly spherical, and has sufficient mass to reach hydrostatic equilibrium.
Not really; as far as we can tell Pluto is roughly spherical, and has sufficient mass to reach hydrostatic equilibrium.
So are my neighbors. In addition they've cleared a debris field that encompasses 'the neighborhood' (McDonald's, KFC, Wendy's and both grocery stores).
Should i report them to the IAU?
Well in contrast to bodies in space, their inability to clear their debris field is most likely a direct consequence of their great mass. So calling them "dwarf humans" would be highly inaccurate.
Well they also need to have celestial bodies, each to his own but I wouldn't describe those as heavenly...
The amount of mass needed to self-round is far below the amount possessed by Pluto.
Saturn's moon Mimas [wikipedia.org] would be our best cutoff example found.
Many people don't like the definition for many reasons. Among them, that what constitutes a "clear" orbit is not specified and is arbitrary (no planet has an orbit 100% free of other objects), that the point of 'hydrostatic equilibrium' is also unspecified and arbitrary, and that it only applies to the Solar System ("The Sun" is in there).
Those people ignore that there's a five order of magnitude difference [wikipedia.org]
between the least of the planets is, versus the greatest of the dwarf planets.
The line between Europe and Asia is arbitrary. The line between Eurasia and the Americas is absolutely not -- you could draw the line with a brush a thousand miles wide. The situation in our solar system is the latter case.
Pluto fails because it hasn't cleared its orbit.
So get in there and clean your room, or you'll never amount to anything!
I don't like it because the IAU aren't the most qualified scientific organization to construct a definition.
...but [i]we[/i] have nine planets [i]too[/i]!
Justice for Pluto!
Damn those bb forums and their tags, and damn those previews for letting me click through them without retyping the whole message!
We also have Ceres, Eris, Makemake and whatever the other one is called, Haumea or something. And maybe Charon, if you roll that way.
Could this be the place we escape to when the earth is uninhabitable? Will we live in a space western?
Could this be the place we escape to when the earth is uninhabitable? Will we live in a space western?
No, it's the place prepared for our afterlife.
If you're good, you get to float around the clouds of the gas giants playing a harp. If you're bad, you spend all eternity assembling smartphones on one of the scorching inner planets.
You're asking if this is the planetary system from Firefly.
ding ding ding ding.....
I know there are fewer planets than in Firefly, but still....It took that long for someone to get it?
When did 130 ly become nearby? Did someone invent a FTL drive while I wasn't paying attention?
Light coming from it is only a 130 years old not millions or billions of years old. I think the general unspoken idea of nearby is that they may still have the same technology if there were intelligent life that they did a 130 years ago so there's the potential for contact if a civilization was detected. There is a likely window of a few hundred years to a few thousand years where contact would be possible. There is no set standard for nearby but I think that would be the closest I could come, any star with the potential for contact. 130 light years is definitely in that range and with multiple large planets it'd be a solid candidate for life.
When did 130 ly become nearby?
As soon as the context became the stars.
...to bring up Firefly and its "dozens of worlds" in one solar system.
Yes, I know it's horribly inaccurate with respect to pretty much every detail on this solar system. I don't care; it's better than stupid resolution jokes.
There are 9 (8) planets in our solar system with an additional 20 large moons and a good 100+ smaller ones. After that, there's a good number of solidly large asteroids. A single (or binary) solar system with dozens of worlds doesn't really seem that far-fetched when you consider how many we have right here. Admittedly a good number of them are so far from the sun that the local temperatures measure in the double digits on the Kelvin scale.
Yeah but when nibiru comes back around, we'll be up a planet and then who'll be laughing?
Now is the time to make Ceres a planet. Our fragile, blue-speck egos need it.
You narcissistic xenophobe. Sol is not superior to other suns.
End Solar Supremacy! We demand equal treatment of all planetary systems.
That's a definition, not the definition of a planet. And it's the IAU at that, who are hardly experts in the field.
I'd actually say it's under attack on a lot of fronts. It made NPR last week.
Now you KNOW there's gonna be a jump-start in the government throwing big bucks into NASA. If they did it during the Communist vs. Capitalist dick-waving that went on for decades, how are they going to tolerate the idea that there are other planets out there, ones that MIGHT get to other exoplanets first? The fear, anger, propaganda... I can see Obama now...
"By 2419, we will send a man to 51 Pegasi b!"
It'd be better in a Boston accent, but hey, let's get our light-speed on!
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After all, who decides? An astronomer, who studies stars, or a planetary scientist who studies planets? Answer: planetary scientists. And they are in consistent agreement: pluto is a planet.
Well, they do unless they're binary stars where the planets were so huge they condensed into a star. And the planets go from so close they're in danger of being consumed, to so far out that the the material they would have been made of was flung out of the stellar system instead - in orbits of the maximum closeness that you couldn't fit another planetary orbit between them. Since every reasonable sized star has a habitable zone, and given the distribution of mass, between 2 and 4 planets have to be in it. Time makes the orbits regular. If the planet in the right spot is too large for Men, it will have a moon of the appropriate size.
This is obvious from the distribution of prestellar masses and the forces that cause stars and planets to form. Who doesn't know this? It's Bode's Law.
See those stars in the sky? They have planets. All of them, near enough as makes no difference. And all of them have planets where liquid water could form. And water is so common that there is water on all of them. And so the Fermi Paradox becomes more intriguing. The stars in the sky where Men cannot live are passing rare - if we can get there.
Let's go already.
Unless we get there first! After all there may be oil!
Go go go!
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i know he had an acl tear in college on that same knee. and i know he def hyperextended it which is what led to him spraining his lcl. think of it this way, remember when bennett hyperextended his knee? that wasnt even with contact or force, and it was according to bennett extremely painful. he didnt even sprain his lcl.
rg3 almost def has a deep bruise as well. he just aint gonna be anywhere near the player he is healthy if he is to play, and if he does play this sunday i believe the dr when he said it would almost certainly lead to more serious injuries with that knee...rg3 isnt ur typical qb, for all the "hes the best, wow hes amazing" he doesnt know how to be a pure pocket passer in the nfl yet. if he does, he aint showed it. all theyve done is the 1 read option for both the pass and run. hows he gonna handle defenses when they arent paralyzed by the option?

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Noisebridge del Chiapas
Warm light fills a classroom of children descended from the Maya. They are learning how to read, write and type. Some kids are making simple diode lights for their families from scrap materials, and others prepare food and drink that allows the community to live without treated water. Is this a dream?
No, it's a realizable short term goal.
This page is dedicated to building up and promoting an open source project called "Noisebridge Del Chiapas." Using the momentum of SF's 2010 Best Hacker Playground, Noisebridge hackerspace would like to assist in scaling up a hackerspace in Mexico, Chiapas, Tzajala.
The Chiapas hackerspace will be dedicated to education and stewardship in local indigenous communities. The project will focus on the build up of:
- computer classroom
- multimedia laboratory
- electronic laboratory
- cultured food and beverage center
Offer an educational opportunity to the local community that increases sustainability and economic independence. Noisebridge del Chiapas could, potentially, generate revenue through successful execution of newly acquired knowledge and experience.
The foundation of the project centers on:
- open source
- free access to the knowledge
- alternative educational practices
- inter cultural exchange
We are looking for people to join us throughout the development of this project. If you are in the San Francisco Bay Are, please let us know if you would like to help plan the Chiapas hackerspace. We will also need assistance during the build up phase in Mexico in Tzajala and of course help to stay connected in the future. We hope that success of this endeavor will inspire more centers in communities in the region, which are even more insulated from the outer world.
The proposal of this project is now being discussed within the Noisebridge community and other hacker spaces in the Bay Area and non profit organizaion Natate A.C. Voluntarioado Internacional and cooperative Cotzaselch are our Mexican partners.
We are look forward to you joining in this effort!
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Multimedia Laboratory
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- Video Unit
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- Audio Unit
audio recording device - microphone, mini-disc audio reproducing device - headphones, speakers
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You don't have to look far to find challenging or depressing news about Israel and the Middle East in the media or online. And I would never suggest that news – even the difficult kind – should be ignored. However, there are also some delightful stories about Israel that have trouble cutting through the doom and gloom. Here's where to find the upbeat and offbeat.
Start off at israel21c.org where you can:
• Learn about 64 innovations developed in Israel – including the ReWalk robotic exoskeleton, which enables quadriplegics to walk; Disk-on-Key pocket data storage; the tile-based game, Rummikub.
• Read a profile of Dahlia Pelled, president of the Israeli Society of Magicians (and CEO of the publishing company People and Computers).
• Discover that Israel's brand-new men's lacrosse team has actually qualified to compete in the 2014 World Lacrosse Championship, to be held in Denver. This is no misprint. Israel. Lacrosse! It looks as if Michael Ordman spends quite a lot of time skimming through conventional news sites in order to compile his weekly newsletter, Good News Stories about Israel. [http://bit.ly/isnews1] You never know quite what you'll stumble upon here. Like:
• A story about plans for Israel to host the 2015 International Space Conference.
• A video of Yehuda Gin of India's Bnei Menashe tribe of Jews who made aliyah in 1992. Now a rabbi, he talks about his unique journey and life in Israel.
• And a great Rosh Hashanah roundup from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. This is a video where robots and other inventions dance to a tune – along with some smooth moves from Prof. Dan Schectman, 2011 Nobel laureate. [http://bit.ly/isnews2]
Here are some of the many stories that have caught the eye of Ted Belman at Israpundit:
• Doctors in Be'er Sheva were recently able to save the life of a 50-year-old Russian man with a ruptured aorta who was flown there after the complex surgery could not be attempted in Moscow.
• Sir Patrick Stewart, a.k.a. Capt. Jean-Luc Picard of Star Trek: The Next Generation, was in Israel this summer to shoot the film Hunting Elephants.
• Of 145 countries surveyed by Bloomberg Rankings, Israel is the world's sixth healthiest country – behind Singapore, Italy, Australia, Switzerland and Japan. And ahead of Sweden (9), Germany (10), France (13), Canada (14), the United Kingdom (21) and the United States. (33). [http://bit.ly/isnews3]
Jacob Richman's Good News from Israel is more of a diary. It includes everything from photos of an opening of an exhibition at the Moshe Kastel Museum of Art in Ma'ale Adumim to shots of a large group of immigrants as they arrive at Ben-Gurion Airport. [http://bit.ly/isnews8] Bonus: Jacob also does high-quality scans of all new stamps issued by the Israel Postal Company. Among this year's variety:
• Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, founder of Chabad.
• The World's Highest and Lowest Places , a joint postal issue with Nepal.
• A series on the Renaissance of Jewish Seamanship. [http://bit.ly/isnews5]
Looking for more? There's Good News from Israel! which provides "facts about the 100th smallest country, with less than 1/1000th of the world's population." [http://bit.ly/isnews7]
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You are right. She needs to drop it and go on. If the other friend decides to come back, she will. But forcing that won't work.Personal experience talking.
Yes, she needs to move on, make new friends, and live well.
Honestly I'd want a friend who wouldn't cave to that kind of pressure and be more mindful that there's two sides to every story before writing me off based on what someone else said.
Just curious to see what you all think. It feels like she is looking for closure.
Quote from: macncheese on November 30, 2012, 09:59:31 PMJust curious to see what you all think. It feels like she is looking for closure.I think closure is overrated, at least in situations like this. If saying her peace to the both of them would really and truly allow her to feel better about it, that's one thing. But it wouldn't, especially if as you say she really just wants the last word. But no matter what she wants - or thinks she wants - confronting them is so unlikely to result in her truly feeling better that I just don't think it's worth the effort. Even if by some miracle they sat still and silent while she harangued them, and didn't interrupt with their own side of things, what in the world would it accomplish? No one's mind would be changed. She might feel better for awhile, but inevitably she'd get annoyed again, if only because she'd think of even more things she should've said.This doesn't sound like one of those situations where she can make a simple, factual, non-subjective statement that would actually change or clarify things. Something soap opera-ish, like "You hate me because you think I slept with your lover, Raoul, at the New Year's Eve party up at the old haunted mansion. I just thought you should know, I wasn't even at the mansion that New Year's Eve. I was up in the International Space Station, saving the world from parasitic aliens, and I can prove it! So thank you so much for your faith in me, and you're welcome for not having an alien inside your brain right now. Good day. I said good day!"Unless she can say something like that - with different details, of course, if only because there aren't that many guys named Raoul and her superiors would never allow her to admit to fighting aliens on the ISS - there's absolutely no point to confrontation.
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The letters outline three choices:
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So your boyfriend is hot? Yawn! Why is that paired with news of a report from the London School of Economics?
The report, which surveyed 3,500 British couples, reveals that divorce rates are lower when husbands help out with housework, shopping and childcare.It's unsurprising that the helpfulness in a husband correlates with a successful marriage. But does that mean women find it sexually stimulating? Getting the housework done is good in itself.
Would a man announce that it sexually arouses him when his woman mops the floor? Would he proudly display this attitude in The Daily News, with a photograph like the one at the link? Not unless he also got pleasure out of getting called a sexist.
But the women! The women! Keeping women sexually stimulated seems another matter entirely. Why is it fodder for a mainstream newspaper that some women say they think it's hot that their men do housework?


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That was a few years ago; I don't know if he's done any work in the mainland more recently.I doubt Felix needs the work. Wasn't he in mainland China doing some stuff? He probably makes more there.
Which is gracious of him, or maybe his thinking is "a job is a job; it's nothing personal." TVB probably treated Andy Lau the worst of all of its former stars (what it did to him in the mid-80s was pure b.s.), and yet, he's made many guest appearances on TVB programs over the years.Andy Lau at least still makes the odd appearance on TVB programs.
Andy Lau is either a *really* forgiving guy or the ultimate publicity w-h-o-r-e. :P
I know that when Chow Yun Fat is asked about his TVB days, he's gracious towards his former co-stars and the production crew folks (e.g. the rank and file), but when it comes to TVB's bosses...Chow's silence speaks VOLUMES.Chow Yun Fat and Tony Leung haven't looked back at all. Johnnie To likes to diss TVB when he has the chance haha, but he knows that it was Wong Tin Lam that gave him a chance and made him the director he is now.
TVB has been an important stepping stone for many Asian stars who made it big in international media, but I think honestly, all of them would privately admit that the place is a meat grinder for actors.TVB is well known for screwing their actors, but a lot of them got their big break because of TVB. It's give or take I guess. Like Gallen Law when he became a big star, came back years later to do a series for TVB again. Sometimes you don't want to burn your bridges unless your a superstar like Chow Yun Fat or Tony Leung


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Avoid clone
Avoid implementing clone.
- clone is very tricky to implement correctly in all circumstances, nearly to the point of being pathological
- the importance of copying objects will always remain, since object fields often need to be defensively copied
- copy constructors and static factory methods provide an alternative to clone, and are much easier to implement
This example shows a superclass with a typical implementation of clone,
and a subclass which has disabled its clone method.
import java.util.Date; public abstract class Fruit implements Cloneable { public Fruit(String aColour, Date aBestBeforeDate) { super(); fColour = aColour; //defensive copy needed for this mutable object fBestBeforeDate = new Date(aBestBeforeDate.getTime()); } public abstract void ripen(); public String getColour() { return fColour; } public Date getBestBeforeDate() { //return defensive copy of this mutable object return new Date(fBestBeforeDate.getTime()); } /** * Implement clone as follows *
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the class declaration "implements Cloneable" (not needed if already * declared in superclass) *
declare clone method as public *
if the class is final, clone does not need to throw CloneNotSupportedException *
call super.clone and cast to this class *
as in defensive copying, ensure each mutable field has an independent copy * constructed, to avoid sharing internal state between objects *
 */ @Override public Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException { //get initial bit-by-bit copy, which handles all immutable fields Fruit result = (Fruit)super.clone(); //mutable fields need to be made independent of this object, for reasons //similar to those for defensive copies - to prevent unwanted access to //this object's internal state result.fBestBeforeDate = new Date(this.fBestBeforeDate.getTime()); return result; } // PRIVATE /** * Strings are always immutable. */ private String fColour; /** * Date is a mutable object. In this class, this object field is to be treated * as belonging entirely to this class, and no user of this class is * to be able to directly access and change this field's state. */ private Date fBestBeforeDate; }
Here is the subclass, with its clone method disabled.
import java.util.Date; public final class Apple extends Fruit { public Apple(String aColour, Date aBestBeforeDate) { super(aColour, aBestBeforeDate); } public void ripen() { //empty implementation of abstract method } /** * The Apple subclass does not support clone. */ @Override public final Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException { throw new CloneNotSupportedException(); } }
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Humans, Fruit Flies Trace Key Ability to Properly Form Tissues to Common, Ancient Ancestor
Humans, Fruit Flies Trace Key Ability to Properly Form Tissues to Common, Ancient Ancestor
Oct 22, 2009 12:00 PMSALT LAKE CITY—In a discovery that not only helps inform the molecular basis of animal regeneration, University of Utah medical researchers have also resolved a major mystery in the evolution of a key molecular pathway needed by all animals – from humans to fruit flies to tiny worms – for the early development and later maintenance of adult tissues.
In a study published online this week in the journal Science, researchers led by Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado, Ph.D., professor of neurobiology and anatomy at the U of U School of Medicine, show that all animals, including humans, inherited the basic molecular mechanism for early tissue development and maintenance from a common ancestor that likely lived more than a half-billion years ago.
The mystery revolved around the interaction between a molecular signaling pathway called Hedgehog (Hh), and cilia, which are tiny cellular appendages used by cells for functions ranging from motility to chemical sensation.
The Hh signaling pathway was first discovered in fruit flies (drosophila), where it was found to play a key role in instructing embryonic cells to form a normal body plan. This pathway is critical for embryo development in both vertebrates (animals with backbones) and invertebrates (those without backbones), because in its absence, cells would assemble chaotically and embryos would develop improperly.
However, there is a major discrepancy in how the functions of the Hh pathway are carried out in vertebrates, including humans, and invertebrates such as fruit flies, according to Sánchez Alvarado, also an investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. For cells to communicate with each other using deeply evolutionarily conserved signaling pathways like Hh, they rely on transduction mechanisms, a process by which a cell converts one kind of signal or stimulus into another. In people, the signaling provided by the Hh pathway is mediated by cilia, and thus only functions properly when cilia are present. Fruit flies, on the other hand, don't have cilia in most of their cells, yet their Hh pathway functions just fine. This perplexing diversity in the way animals transduce Hh signaling has puzzled developmental biologists for years.
"It wasn't clear why there was a difference between vertebrates and invertebrates regarding Hh and cilia," Sánchez Alvarado said. "But we knew the core components of the signaling mechanism were conserved in both fruit flies and mammals."
To study this inconsistency, Sánchez Alvarado turned to a tiny worm that was a new model for investigating the issue, the planarian. Planarians have an uncanny ability to regenerate – an entire worm can be regenerated from a small fragment removed from the flank of the animal. Like the fruit fly, planarians are invertebrates, but, unlike fruit flies, they have an abundance of cilia.
Using a technique called RNA interference, Sánchez Alvarado and his team silenced (or disabled) the genes that form cilia in planarians. The genes targeted for silencing are known to play essential roles in mediating Hh signaling in mammals. Sánchez Alvarado and his research team found that cilia formation was severely disrupted, yet the hedgehog pathway's ability to guide cells during development functioned normally. This led to a conclusion that had escaped scientists for years: the genes used by mammals to mediate Hh signaling must have had first an ancestral role in the function of cilia, but through eons of evolution and natural selection, individual species must have modified for their own purposes the relationship between the Hh pathway and cilia.
"In evolutionary terms, the relationship between cilia and Hh signaling isn't new. It may, in fact, date back to the common ancestor for which there is no fossil record yet, but probably lived 800 million to 1 billion years ago," Sánchez Alvarado said. "Thus, it appears that a key aspect of the mechanism that enables us and other animals to form properly developed tissues was in place a long time ago." Still, he added, "we do not know why the need for cilia was retained in humans"
The work also shows a central role for Hh signaling in animal regeneration. The study showed that the Hh pathway can modulate the proliferation of stem cells essential for regeneration. Loss of Hh results in a marked depression of stem cell proliferation, while excess Hh signaling results in overproliferation of these cells. These results are reminiscent of what has been observed in mammals and underscore the evolutionarily conserved nature of this signaling pathway among animals.
The researchers also demonstrate that Hh signaling helps animals determine anterior (head) and posterior (tail) ends during the regeneration of missing body parts. "How does the worm know which end to regenerate? Clearly, the Hh pathway is centrally involved in this decision," Sánchez Alvarado said. It does so by regulating the activity of a second signaling pathway known as the Wnt/-catenin pathway. When the Hh pathway is inhibited, animals display a reduction of Wnt signaling, which results in an inability to regenerate posterior ends (tails). Conversely, overactivation of Hh leads to an increase in Wnt signaling, which causes tails to grow at both anterior and posterior ends.
"Our work not only defines a hierarchy of signaling pathways that informs in fundamental ways the molecular basis of animal regeneration, but also provides an important example of how the study of planarians can expand our understanding of central aspects of evolutionary and developmental biology not easily resolved with traditional model systems such as flies and mice," concluded Sánchez Alvarado.
Postdoctoral researchers Jochen C. Rink and Kyle A. Gurley are the study's first authors, and graduate student Sarah A. Elliot is co-author.
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Dance Artist Liz Lerman Inaugurates This Year's UH Manoa Distinguished Lecture SeriesUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Distinguished Lecture Series opens its 2004-2005 season with a lecture presentation and classroom and community workshops featuring world-renowned performance artist Liz Lerman, Founding Artistic Director of the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange.
Lerman will appear at the lecture series public presentation at 5 p.m., Friday, Oct. 15, at UH Mānoa's Earle Ernst Lab Theatre. Her address is entitled "Breaking Rules, Making Rules: Art in a Democratic Society," and will examine the theory and practice of making art that crosses boundaries between concert and community.
The Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, described as one of the only multi-generational dance companies in the country, was in residence in Honolulu in 2003 and performed Still Crossing at Windward Community College with members of the Hawaiʻi dance community. Her appearance on campus this year is sponsored by the UH Mānoa Department of Theatre and Dance.
"We are delighted to have someone of Ms. Lerman's caliber as a resource for our students and the university community," said Gregg Lizenbery, Director of Dance. "Arrangements have also been made for her to teach workshops in the community," he added, "and she has also created a special tribute for ʻCelebrate the Arts, 2004,' the Hawaiʻi Alliance for Arts Education's annual production on Oct. 16 at Hawaiʻi Theatre honoring graphic artist Clarence Lee."
Over the last three decades, Lerman has received worldwide recognition for her work with the Dance Exchange and as a solo artist. In 2002, she received a MacArthur "Genius Grant" fellowship for her visionary work. Additional information may be found at www.danceexchange.org/.
The October lecture will be the first of four such presentations at UH Mānoa during the academic year. Other speakers scheduled to appear in the series are:
Witi Ihimaera, University of Auckland playwright, screenwriter, author of Whale Rider, Nights in the Garden of Spain, The Uncle's Story, and other works. Ihimaera's appearance in November is co-sponsored by the UH Mānoa Departments of English and Geography and Honolulu Weekly.
Jack Horner, Montana State University paleontologist, curator of paleontology at the Museum of the Rockies, author of Digging Up Tyrannosaurus Rex, A Dinosaur Grows Up, and other books, and technical adviser to Jurassic Park and its sequels. Horner's visit in January 2005 is co-sponsored by the UH Mānoa Hawaiʻi Institute of Geophysics and Planetology.
John Searle, philosopher, author of Speech Acts, Intentionality, Consciousness and Language, and Mind, Language and Society. He will speak under the auspices of the UH Mānoa Departments of Philosophy and Educational Foundations.


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CHICAGO – A former deputy police chief in suburban Chicago is accused of committing a federal civil rights violation while on duty through acts that allegedly included sexual abuse.
Tony Debois was deputy chief of the Markham Police Department when the crime is alleged to have taken place in September 2010.
The single-count indictment was unsealed after his arrest Thursday.
Prosecutors have not revealed details about the victim or the circumstances of the abuse.
DeBois pleaded not guilty at a federal courthouse in Chicago and has been released on bond.
He told reporters he was innocent, saying he's "been a police officer a long time."
DeBois began his law enforcement career in the 1990s.
The felony civil rights violation carries a maximum penalty of life in prison and a $250,000 fine.


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GETTING INTO: Canadian Music, As Chosen By Sightlines
June 2nd, 2016
Canadian bands have excelled in their own subgenres of alternative music over the last few years and whether it be Despised Icon, Billy Talent, or Alexisonfire, the North American territory has spawned some of the best critically acclaimed talent on the planet. The days of celebrating Nickelback and Bryan Adams leading the way as the country's musical exports are long gone, as the reputable, hard-working force of the likes of Japandroids and White Lung have broken through and become household names.
Enter 2016, and the new wave of Canada's finest is ready to be announced to the world. Vancouver based grunge pop-punks Sightlines are the modern day answer to Jawbreaker and dropped their debut record 'North' back in April. Singer Eric Axen took the time to get us up to speed with the underground scene in Canada and highlighted five bands that are well worth your time.


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We're a few steps from sharks with frickin laser beams!
My hovercraft is full of humans.
Do you wayaahhnt... do you wahaant to come back to my Matrix? Bouncy bouncy!
If the carbon tax [slashdot.org] passes, do we tax it based on the amount of carbon in the glucose, or what???
If the carbon tax [slashdot.org] passes, do we tax it based on the amount of carbon in the glucose, or what???
This is why we need cap and trade, not a carbon tax. If I can produce energy that's carbon neutral, I'll get paid to be fat.
This is why we need cap and trade, not a carbon tax. If I can produce energy that's carbon neutral, I'll get paid to be fat
The problem with that is that generally speaking the fatter you are, the more you fart. Since there's carbon dioxide and quite frequently methane in the resulting... expulsion... you're contributing to global warming that way.
The problem with that is that generally speaking the fatter you are, the more you fart. Since there's carbon dioxide and quite frequently methane in the resulting... expulsion... you're contributing to global warming that way.
wow: (with other words) so they could/should raise fastfood and snacktax?
"If you eat unhealthy, you grow fatter and polute more by flatulence"
Consumer reasons: "I didn't know it makes me fart more, the companies providing me this should carry the tax"
Producer reasons: "We get flatulenc
I'm sure in 1985 you can get a rat in any corner drug store, but in 1953 they're a little hard to come by.
(was it 1953? don't feel like looking it up)
(was it 1953? don't feel like looking it up)
1955. Don't ask me why I remember that.
Wow, a second metabolism for charging my cellphone/laptop/plug-in hybrid? Sounds great! I wonder approximately how many miles of range you could get out of a big mac? "Yeah I better supersize that sucker, i'm headed out of town this weekend!"
More likely an insulin pump and eventually an artificial heart.
You are not thinking strait, those are practical medical applications.
This things first real application in humans? A weight loss supplement for the fabulously wealthy.
Coupled to internal LED safety lights? I hate bumping into naked people in dark alleys.
I hate bumping into naked people in dark alleys.
Then you're doing it wrong.
That was my first thought. This could bring Americans back from the brink of fat jokes and into the forefront of human-powered portable devices -- while slimming us down at the same time. Think about that! No change in lifestyle or habits, but you're thinner AND you don't have to plug your cellphone in ever again!
My second thought was "holy sweet shit I want a laser in my index finger"
Just put it in vibrate mode, you wouldn't want to get interrupted, or maybe you would?
One of my first thoughts was the fantasy novel Demon Blade [webscription.net]. Magic is fueled by life energy, and you can get it from yourself, or your surroundings. Hence, wizards spent a lot of their free time eating and getting fat. Gotta be prepared...
This gives a whole new meaning and whole new way to burn fat. Just plug in the TV to yourself and watch those pounds melt away!
i have to wonder what the effects on the host would be. sounds like a really complex way to generate power rath then just burning the fuel to produce steam etc.
Or getting them to turn a crank or walk on a treadmill... Just doing some exercise is the simplest, healthiest AND it helps your muscles turn into something that prospective partners would *want* to look at.
Now it's biofuels. You can take the scientist out of the kid but not the kid out of the scientist
I'd be more worried about what the scientists were doing in kids in the first place, but that's just me
How soon can we hook them up to The Matrix?
we only need to do that if they become troublesome and don't stay in stasis
"Past attempts
Maybe it would work with fatty acids. We could install permanent liposuction ports to our bellies and recharge our cell phones on the go.
... we can attach the lasers to their heads.
The maximum power of the device was 6.5 microwatts, which approaches the 10 microwatts required by pacemakers.
"I'm optimistic that we will get tens of milliwatts in future versions," he says.
"Reading TFA", suuuure...
Anyone consider the possibility of a device that not only produces energy from the body, but also uses up glucose? A device that conceivably could both help eat up Glucose and POWER a MONITOR to help see how the diabetic is doing??
I happen to be a highly insulin-resistant Type 2, and this was the first thing I thought of when I read this.
I can totally see a hypoglycemic person frantically fumbling through his pockets to turn on enough electronic gadgets to burn up all the extra glucose before it's too late.
"My netbook is going into power saving mode? NOOOOOO!"
That should be hyperglycemic. Hypoglycemic means the blood sugar is too low.
Right, and if the electricity is being produced by the glucose (blood sugar) and it gets too low, then the device will go into power saving mode due to lack of enough energy.
Here's your sign.
Ahh I see after reading through the thread a 4th time that you may be right. When I read the ggp, I read he was going through his pockets looking for some candy to keep the device one. But if he was going through hit pockets looking to turn on other devices to use up excess glucose, then that indeed would be hyperglycemia. My apologies.
Why would a hypoglycemic want to turn on their gadgets to "burn up all the extra glucose"? That would just exacerbate the problem. I think you've read the parent without reading the grandparent.
Correct. I meant hypoglycemic. My bad.
Correct. I meant hypoglycemic. My bad.
Argh. I mean, I meant hyperglycemic. Darn it. I made the same mistake twice.
Anyone consider the possibility of a device that not only produces energy from the body, but also uses up glucose? A device that conceivably could both help eat up Glucose and POWER a MONITOR to help see how the diabetic is doing??
Forget monitor, just a bio-fueled sensor that beams readings to an external display device (like your BlueTooth-enabled cellphone?). But: I think you need a good reason to implant any foreign object into the body. I can appreciate the urge if you're a diabetic that would benefit from regular blood-sugar monitoring. But if you're going to implant a sensor for that, why not a sensor that measures a much larger set of interesting blood levels? And at that point, it could be interesting for anyone that wants to
How about a device which directly filters bacteria out of the blood stream? Or a remotely controlled robot which can eat out the interior of an otherwise inoperable tumor?
To signal you things like: "now would be a good time to eat a potassium-rich food item", "you're just within the legal limit on your blood alcohol", etc. etc. etc. besides watch your glucose level. If application for diabetics drives this forward: good for you.
"I see that you are eating pancakes. Click here to download full version of pancakes."
"CONGRATULATION! YOU HAVE JUST WON 100.000 pancakes! CLICK HERE TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE!"
"You like pancakes? Meet girls who like pancakes tonight."
* [TRUSTED DOWNLOAD] pancakes
* pancakes.full.rar
* pancakes [FULL VERSION]
* pancakes [HIGH SPEED]
Customer: Yes, I would like the biofuel cell package installed.
Store Rep: No problem... how much were you looking for?
Customer: I got one of those new holographic iGotta2HavIt's and about 15 pounds to lose....
Store Rep: You want the BF2000.... now of course you will also need the battery pack installed which is this 12 inch long unit we shove...
Customer: Does that come in black?
Store Rep: Lot's of people ask that... yes we do.
"That's a really nice smart phone, man! But doesn't a screen that size really suck power"
"Well, yeah, a bit, but it comes with a 20 rat-power charger. Fifteen minutes in the cage and it's good to go."
A team of scientists from Joseph Fourier University in France
So, if these rats mutate into something horrible... would we call it a fourier transformation?
Remember: You will not be able to change the batteries on your iRat. There are no serviceable parts inside.
We'll be getting more of this magical product to market, as soon as Steve finishes playing his iPipe.
If your kids go missing, don't worry, Think Furry (TM)
as soon as Steve finishes smoking his iPipe.
There, fixed that for ya.
We'll be getting more of this magical product to market, as soon as Steve finishes smoking his iPipe.
They'll be the first to connect to the internet directly through the brain.
They already have. Where do you think all those duplicate stories come from?
Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a... battery?
If one rat generates 6.5 microwatts, this current computer requires 650 watt psu, that is ~100 million rats to power my computer without a display...give or take other factors not-considered. Additionally, a single rat consumes lets say hypothetically 200 calories a day (I couldn't find a real number). That means I would need 20 billion calories to power my computer for a day off rats. If the average nuclear power plant produces roughly 1000 MW, and if that energy could be converted to calories to feed r
Oh forgot, to add to the perspective (however skewed), 1000 MW powers ~1.5 million 650 watt PSU's... I think. This whole analogy is ridiculous.
If one rat generates 6.5 microwatts, this current computer requires 650 watt psu, that is ~100 million rats
definitively, the bellybutton
(there was a pun there, but i forgot what it was)
Figure out a way to build a device the releases the hormones and enzymes needed to trigger lipolysis into the blood stream and then burn the free fatty acids to make energy. The benefits would be immediate.
Syntactic sugar causes cancer of the semicolon. -- Epigrams in Programming, ACM SIGPLAN Sept. 1982


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Old English sceawian "to look at, see, gaze, behold, observe; inspect, examine; look for, choose," from West Germanic *skauwojan (cf. Old Saxon skauwon "to look at," Old Frisian skawia, Dutch schouwen, Old High German scouwon "to look at;" Dutch schoon, Gothic skaunjai "beautiful," originally "conspicuous"), from Proto-Germanic root *skau- "behold, look at," from PIE *skou-, variant of root *skeue- "to pay attention, perceive" (see caveat).
Causal meaning "let be seen; put in sight, make known" evolved c.1200 for unknown reasons and is unique to English (German schauen still means "look at"). Spelling shew, popular 18c. and surviving into early 19c., represents obsolete pronunciation (rhymes with view). Horse racing sense is from 1903, perhaps from an earlier sense in card-playing.
c.1300, "act of exhibiting to view," from show (v.). Sense of "appearance put on with intention to deceive" is recorded from 1520s. Meaning "display, spectacle" is first recorded 1560s; that of "ostentatious display" is from 1713 (showy is from 1712). Sense of "entertainment program on radio or TV" is first recorded 1932. Meaning "third place in a horse race" is from 1925, American English (see the verb).
Show of hands is attested from 1789; Phrase for show "for appearance's sake" is from c.1700. Show business is attested from 1850; shortened form show biz used in "Billboard" from 1942. Actor's creed the show must go on is attested from 1890. Show-stopper is from 1926; show trial first recorded 1937.
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The first discharge of blood in menstruation.
The discharge of bloody mucus from the vagina indicating the start of labor.
To arrive; appear; show up: You suppose he'll show? (1300+)
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New NBC/WSJ poll shows a divided nation on health care and Obama… But eight out of 10 Americans agree that Congress is broken… Poll also shows GOP gaining ground on issues like health care and the economy, and taking the lead on the deficit and taxes… Setting everyone straight on "deem and pass"… Dennis the Menace or Dennis the Hero?... Blanche Lincoln unveils tough response TV ad… And Romanoff bests Bennet in last night's Colorado caucuses, but it perhaps wasn't enough to make the case that Bennet is unacceptable to state activists.
From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Ali Weinberg
*** A divided nation: From 2001 to 2005, political analysts were often fond of describing the country as a 50-50, or maybe 51-49, nation. The Democratic routs in '06 and '08 scuttled that kind of talk, but our new NBC/WSJ poll might bring it back. In the survey, the public is split on whether Congress should pass the health-care bill (46%-45%), on President Obama's approval rating (48%-47%), and on which political party would do a better job handling the economy (31%-31%). In the short term, the partisan divide could end up helping Obama and the Democrats, especially on health care. NBC/WSJ co-pollster Peter Hart (D) argues that Democrats' strong support of health care -- they think it's a good idea by a 64%-16% margin -- could ultimately persuade on-the-fence Dem congressmen to back the legislation. But in the long term, Obama did promise to usher in a new, post-partisan age. And looking at our poll, it sure looks more like the country after the '00 election or even the '04 one.
*** But eight out of 10 Americans agree…: But if the country is divided on health care and Obama, there is one thing all Americans -- including majorities of Dems, Republicans, independents -- agree on: Congress is broken. In the poll, just 17% approve of Congress' job, while a whopping 77% disapprove. Given the choice, half of respondents say they would vote to defeat every single member of Congress, including their own representative. And asked which one or two phrases best described their feelings about Congress, the top four responses were all negative: only interested in staying in office (37%), too close to special interest groups (28%), too partisan (19%), and supporting pork projects and waste (16%). Perhaps this is why rookie Sen. Michael Bennet (D) in his first TV ad does everything possible to distance himself from Washington. Not only does he not mention his party (a common practice in many races this year), he doesn't even mention the office he sits in or is running for; the only hint is a chyron that says "U.S. senator."
*** GOP gaining ground: Maybe the most striking finding in the poll is the ground the GOP has gained on the issues. Not yet 14 months since Bush left office, Republicans have pulled even with Democrats on which party better handles the economy (31%-31%), have moved ahead on reducing the deficit (30%-24%) and taxes (36%-25%), and have maintained their edge on combating terrorism (36%-22%). Democrats lead on health care by nine points (although that down from their 36-point lead back in Jan. 2008) and by 24 points on global warming (down from 45 points in Jan. 2008). And demonstrating the Obama White House's communication failures, check this out: By a 46%-45% margin, Americans DON'T believe the U.S. economy would have gone into a greater economic downturn without the stimulus.
*** To deem the impossible deem: Want to know one of the reasons why 77% disapprove of Congress? It's because there has been more attention on process and sausage-making than there has ever been. And the latest process story, as we wrote yesterday, is "deem and pass" or the "self-executing" rule. We have noticed some of our media brethren note that "deem and pass" is bypassing or skipping a vote that's required (like on the Senate health-care bill). That's not true; there will be a vote on it when the House adopts the rules of debate for the reconciliation bill. The best way to describe the process is that "deem and pass" avoids a direct or explicit vote. By the way, congressional scholar Norm Ornstein notes that Republicans frequently used "deem and pass" when they were in the majority. And as Time's Tumulty writes, Democrats like Steny Hoyer complained about the process when they were in the minority. Proving a new (or is it old?) Washington axiom these days, everyone's a hypocrite, especially the other guy.
*** Dennis, the Menace -- or hero? This could either give the Obama White House and House Democrats some momentum on passing health care, or it could be a poke in the eye: At 10:00 am ET, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D) holds a press conference to announce how he'll vote on the bill. Despite being one of the most liberal members in the House, Kucinich voted against the original House bill. Why? Because it wasn't liberal enough. No one knows what the congressman will say today. His office told First Read yesterday he was a "firm no." But at the same time as his office was saying that, he was being lobbied by President Obama on Air Force One and called out to "Vote Yes!" at Obama's event in his congressional district. This would be a real slap in the president's face if Kucinich decided to hold a press conference and re-state his opposition.
*** Midterm news: In Arkansas, Blanche Lincoln is up with a tough response ad to the negative advertisement that labor groups are airing in the state. Like Bennet's ad above, Lincoln's distances herself from Washington and tries to make Halter's support look like it's coming from out-of-state folks; this was always the danger for Halter that his campaign could get painted as a bunch of outsiders (in orange caps?) invading Arkansas. … In California, today is the filing deadline… And in Colorado, Andrew Romanoff defeated Bennet in the state's caucuses. But it was far from a knockout blow -- Romanoff needed to make the case that Bennet was unacceptable to state party activists. He didn't appear do that. By the way, don't overlook the fact that Jane Norton's campaign couldn't keep a Tea Party activist from getting a place on the primary ballot, either.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Yale's heavyweight crews will back into the stake boats one last time at the 2012 Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championships this weekend. The 110th IRA Regatta will be held on the Cooper River in Camden, N.J., starting the morning of Thursday, May 31 and concluding the morning of Saturday, June 2.
The Bulldogs qualified for the IRA with a great performance from the varsity eight in the petite final at the Eastern Sprints less than three weeks ago. Finishing eighth overall, Yale posted the fourth-fastest time across all three finals that were run back to back, with less than two seconds separating Wisconsin's third-place time from the grand final with Dartmouth's 12th-place time from the petite final. Just last Saturday the Bulldogs raced against Harvard in the 147th Yale-Harvard Regatta, where the varsity eight finished less than ten seconds behind Harvard over four miles. This weekend the Bulldogs will have another chance to race against the Crimson, several of the top finishers they saw at the Eastern Sprints and some of the best teams on the West coast before the 2011-2012 season comes to a close.
The Yale varsity eight will kick things off Thursday morning, racing in the first of three heats at 8:00 a.m. The Bulldogs will race in Lane 5 against Brown, Gonzaga, Penn, Syracuse and Wisconsin. If the Bulldogs can finish in the top two spots they will proceed straight to Friday's semifinal; if not, they will compete in one of the afternoon's repechage races at 2:00 or 2:15 p.m. where they must place in the top three to advance.
Yale's second varsity eight races next at 9:15 a.m. Here it is again two boats to the semifinal as Yale in Lane 1 takes on Brown, Navy, Stanford and Washington. The 2V repechages will be held at 2:30 and 2:45 p.m., where the top three will advance to Friday's semifinal.
Rounding out the morning will be the Yale freshman eight in the second of three heats at 9:45 a.m. Racing in Lane 1 the Bulldogs will row against Brown, George Washington, Princeton, Syracuse and Washington. Two will advance to the semifinals; the rest will race in the repechages at 3:00 or 3:15 p.m. where the top three in each go to the semifinals.
A live stream of all three days of racing can be found here.
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This guy looks like Howard Dean, former Democratic candidate for president.
This guy looks like Howard Dean, former Democratic candidate for president.
in the locker
Anyone got more of these guys?
I´ve seen it somewhere with a higher resolution, I´ll try to find it...
Don't miss the line of numbers near the bottom of the page.
one more
this is one of my favourites
The old guy sure is checking out that huge dick!
Is this a locker "shower" or what. Where is it from? Looks asian to me
I'm cheating. Some of these are just outside the locker room -
What 's with the bicycle wheels?
Here's a few locker room photos
This team uniform is painted on!!
Anyone know what team it is?
The William Higgins class of the locker room action. These Bases are Loaded.
The hottest locker I´ve seen so far!
Anyone knows what he´s singing in the locker?
^^^I remember seeing that picture earlier this year. For some reason, I think something's wrong with me since I keep looking at the guy on the right.
Nothing wrong with you, AnelfromAbove. He is certainly hot AND cute!
Here is the picture all in one piece
If you click on it, ts easier to ID the names here
The team closed last year
But the photos are still out there
Greg those last two rocked! You totally get it. I love candid locker-room shots of real guys. Provided they're cute and these boys are super cute!
I despise 'locker-room porn'.
Here are a couple shots from my collection...
Random shower/locker room shots.
Let me know if you guys want to see more.
One more to the collection.
Boner in the locker
caught in the shower
In high school I avoided the lockerroom like the plague! I always had a boner in the lockerroom when I was in middle school but by the time I made it to high school... well... I had grown up a lot... there was no hiding a boner anymore.
I had one incident my first year of high school. I was changing into my gym clothes and saw my biggest high school crush changing out of his gym clothes. His body looked even better than I imagined. And the thing is, he knew I was gay even though I was in the closet. He called me out on it all the time. Well, he noticed that I noticed him and a fight ensued.
I guess you could technically say I won the fight. But we were both pretty beat up. And we both got suspended from school for some time. After that, I never went back to gym class.
Nothing like the aroma and man scent of the locker room. Sweaty jockstraps and sweaty jock bodies.
Always liked guys walking around naked feeling so comfortable!
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Dont know if there is a thread of guys in the locker room prefribly nude if so can anyone please point me in the right direction.If not please post your pics here.Love locker room nudity.Thanks guys.
try looking in the Fetish blogs....
My website: www.paul-atreides.com
There actually is a thread on here on this very topic, but hasn't been updated in a few weeks.
I also love locker room nudity, and devote my blog on here to that very topic-check it out if you're interested.
Trying to bring this thread back to life...
Anyone enjoying these?
Am loving this thread please post more.Love seeing guys stark bollock naked in the locker room.Shame there aint no pix of famous sportslads nuddy in the locker room.


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With Kenny Phillips still out of action following a September 30 knee injury, the Giants have gotten some help at safety.
The team has announced that safety Will Hill has been added to the active roster, following a four-game suspension for Adderall. Hill claimed he had a prescription for the drug, but NFL policy also requires a waiver.
To make room for Hill, cornerback Michael Coe was placed on injured reserve, due to hamstring problem.
Hill played as a backup in each of the team's first five games of the season.
"I'm definitely excited," Hill told Jenny Vrentas of the Newark Star-Ledger on Friday. "I've got a lot of pent-up aggression that I've got to let out, and I'm just happy to contribute to the team in some way."
With the Giants possibly on the front end of their annual midseason swoon, any contribution will help.


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I know it's still early in the season but it's something worth looking at and discussing.
So next year our total signed salary is $79.34 (million) and we're spending a total of $106.85 (million) this year. So if we assume that we have about $40 million to wiggle with do you see any significant signings and/or moves this season, this winter or next year?After this year these are the guys that we have signed (all dollar values are in millions):
Joey Votto ($12)
Brandon Phillips ($11)
Jay Bruce ($10.04)
Johnny Cueto ($10)
Aroldis Chapman ($5.7)
Sean Marshall ($5.5)
Mat Latos ($7.25)
Jonathan Broxton ($7)
Ryan Ludwick ($8.5)
Jack Hannahan ($1)
Logan Ondrusek ($1.35)
Unsigned, eligible for arbitration:
Homer Bailey (Arb 3, $5.35 currently)
Mike Leake (Arb 2, $3.06 currently)
Ryan Hannigan (Arb 3, $2.35 currently)
Chris Heisey (Arb 2, $1.32 currently)
Simon Alfredo (Arb 2, $0.89 currently)
Sam LeCure (Arb 1, $0.51 currently)
Xavier Paul (Arb 2, $0.5 currently)
Unsigned, we own their rights:
Cesar Izturis ($0.8 currently)
Zack Cozart ($0.52 currently)
Todd Frazier ($0.52 currently)
Devin Mesoraco ($0.49 currently)
JJ Hoover ($0.49 currently)
Jose Arredondo ($1.2 currently)
Free Agents:
Bronson Arroyo ($16.44 currently)
Choo, Shin-Soo ($7.37 currently)
Nick Masset ($3.1 currently)
Manny Parra ($1 currently)
I think the biggest question mark will be whether or not to bring Arroyo back, and maybe moving Leake. I know that Chapman wants to be a starter, and Cingrani has been filthy this far in his career. That's a big number (Arroyo) coming off the books and leaves us some wiggle room financially.


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Oct. 9, 2010
SALEM, MA - Salem State University ran its undefeated streak to nine this afternoon as the Lady Vikings upended the University of Massachusetts Boston women's tennis team, 8-1, in a Little East Conference match at Salem State. The loss drops the Beacons record to 6-6 overall and 1-5 in the LEC, while Salem State remains perfect at 9-0 and 6-0 in conference.
Salem State jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead after sweeping all three doubles matches to start and never looked back.
The Vikings' Alicia Poore (Stoneham, MA) and Michelle McEewen (Billerica, MA) posted an 8-4 victory at first doubles over Anitra Kloczewiak (Newton, MA) and Destanee Ringler (Scituate, MA). Lauren Turenne (Reading, MA) and Carly Muniz (Gloucester, MA) continued the winning with an 8-1 win over Hieu Nguyen (Dorchester, MA) and MaKenna Hughes (Yarmouthport, MA) at No. 2 doubles , while Patty Quartararo (Lexington, MA) and Anna Yaskell, (Stockholm, Sweden) won their third straight match together beating Brittany Engel ( Freehold, NJ) and Wendy Steinman (Dudley, MA), 8-1, at third doubles.
The Vikings then defeated the Beacons in five straight singles matches. After Kloczewiak earned a point for UMass Boston at top flight singles with a 6-2, 6-4 win against Poore, the Vikings handled the rest of the lineup in straight set wins. Turenne, Muniz, Quartararo, and Jess Spinale (Saugus, MA) all won their sets in decisive fashion.
UMass Boston is in action again Monday, October 11 when it travels to Rhode Island College for an LEC matchup at 1:00 p.m.
1. Alicia Poore/Michelle McEwen (SSU) def. Anitra Kloczewiak/Destanee Ringler (UMB) 8-4 2. Lauren Turenne/Carly Muniz (SSU) def. Hieu Nguyen/MaKenna Hughes (UMB) 8-1 3. Patricia Quartararo/Anna Yaskell (SSU) def. Brittany Engel/Wendy Steinman (UMB) 8-1
1. Anitra Kloczewiak (UMB) def. Alicia Poore (SSU) 6-2, 6-4 2. Lauren Turenne (SSU) def. Destanee Ringler (UMB) 6-2, 6-0 3. Michelle McEwen (SSU) def. Brittany Engel (UMB) 6-1, 6-1 4. Carly Muniz (SSU) def. MaKenna Hughes (UMB) 6-1, 6-2 5. Patricia Quartararo (SSU) def. Samantha Counts (UMB) 6-3, 6-1 6. Jessica Spinale (SSU) def. Wendy Steinman (UMB) 6-0, 6-0
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After World War II, when many returning veterans headed to college on the GI bill, St. John's didn't have enough dormitory space to accommodate them all. Up until that time, most students lived in Benet Hall.
According to The Record, the Federal Public Housing Association allotted five army barracks to SJU, which were sent to Collegeville from Camp Grant, Illinois in 1946. Each of the five 100x20 foot barracks housed 80 students. The barracks were placed in what was at the time a practice field for Prep athletics, north of the outdoor handball courts. Later the handball courts were demolished to make room for Mary Hall.
Barracks (left to right): 1948; 1949; 1950 (click thumbnails for larger images)
With Mary Hall under construction to house students by fall 1951, the barracks were moved and put to other uses. Some were sold (in sections) and removed from campus altogether, to places like Avon and Big Fish Lake. Others still stand on campus, and were used to form parts of buildings used by the Liturgical Press and Custodial Services. Having undergone significant renovations over the years, their initial use as barracks has been almost totally obscured over time.
See also:
- The Record 1946 (article), June 20, 1946, p. 1
- The Record 1950 (article with photos), February 9, 1950, p. 2
- 1957 Sagatagan Yearbook (photo), p. 247
- Vanderhorck Letter from the St. John's Alumni Magazine, Winter 1995, vol. 35, no. 1, p. 17
- Avon House - 2006 renovation photos of a house that was once one of the barracks
- Big Fish Lake Cabin - also once one of the barracks at SJU


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Non-Political Ad For Political Game Banned For Being Political
from the selling-democracy dept
That said, I'm quite confused as to how this online ad for Democracy 3, a game produced by Positech Games, somehow tripped whatever alarms were in place with whoever was tasked with placing the advertisement.
This was apparently enough for the ad company to tell the developer that they couldn't place the ad because they "can not promote any politics as this is a sensitive subject." Now, if one were to copy the URL for that image from the link provided, you'll notice that it's labeled as "Gamestop_rect.jpg". That doesn't mean for sure that Gamestop, or the people in charge of their online ads, is refusing this, but it seems somewhat likely.
Likely, yet irrelevant, because what the hell is in that advertisement that could possibly be construed as a political statement? The folks at Positech Games seem equally confused.
WTF? I bet ads for games like hitman, or GTA, or games where you get slow-mo closeups of people's skulls being blasted apart by high-caliber bullets are just fine. But discuss income tax? OH NOES THE WORLD WILL END! I saw a clip of mortal kombat on that charlie brooker doumenatry that made me feel sick, but apparently we as an industry are just FINE with that… It's stuff like this that sometimes makes me ashamed to be in this industry. Half of the industry wants to be grown up and accepted as art, the other half have the mentality of seven year olds. I'm pretty cynical, but I never expected my ads for a game about government-simulation to be too controversial to be shown (for money no less…).Even if it was the content of the game itself that tripped off the warning bells, we're really living in a country where a game about politics can no longer be sold through online ads because too many of our fellow countrymen are mouth-breathing fanatics? No, that's stupid. That kind of pussyfooting needs to be exposed, highlighted, and summarily done away with, because if we can't have that kind of speech due to corporate cowardice, we're all in for a world of dumb when it comes to political thought in this country.
My next game will be gratuitous homicide battles. I bet everyone will let me promote that one eh?


text: Korean Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Lost diplomas for E 1 Visa Speak Korean Now! Korean Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Lost diplomas for E 1 Visa Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Job-related Discussion Forum View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message dan seboldJoined: 01 Mar 2003 Posted: Fri May 02, 2003 3:06 am Post subject: Lost diplomas for E 1 Visa Something odd here. My university wa nted my orignial diplomas last summer to apply for my E-1 visa--not photocopies--to be submitted to the Immigration office in Pusan. Well, when I finally got around to picking them up from my university, they said that they didn't have them. (Another instructor had also submitted his original diplomas, but he got his back.) So I went down to Immigration today and told them that my university had submitted my original diplomas and that they had somehow been lost and that perhaps they could check my file to see if they were in there. But Immigration said that they did not require original diplomas for an E-1 Visa--only photocopies. What the heck is going on? Is someone trafficing in university diplomas? The university wants to keep the original making you believe that it is needed for immigration, and then it disappears. It has been done before--that lady politician from Yonsei University who had a fake diploma from Princeton University. There is an ad right now on Dave's for a Korean university that is demanding that you submit original diplomas, that this is what is needed by Immigration. What is up? At any rate, I have replaced my Master's diploma, but my bachelor's is going to take until August. I feel really bad that I lost my original Master's diploma because it had a nice folder and protective covering. Now all I have is a piece of paper. I am really getting depressed at all these stupid little things in this country. Back to top waterbabyJoined: 01 Feb 2003Location: Baking Gord a Cheescake pie Posted: Fri May 02, 2003 3:21 am Post subject: As far as my understanding goes, you need either your original degree or a notorised copy to get your E2 visa (not just a plain old photocopy) and once you have either your E2 visa or your paperwork to get one (say the papers you need for a visa run to Japan) neither immigration or your institution requires your degree anymore. Not sure if there is some greater consipiracy going here... but I'm more likely to believe a bit of carelessness on everyone's part. Sorry for you loss Dan, but let this be a reminder to those of you reading this who do not, but should have your degree in your posession. Chase it up now, not months later when someone's misplaced or lost it and blames another department or immigration or whoever... Back to top dan seboldJoined: 01 Mar 2003 Posted: Fri May 02, 2003 3:28 am Post subject: lost diplomas Well, does that also mean that when I change to another university that I no longer need my original diplomas for the new Visa because I had already done that before for the first E-1 Visa? Kamsa hamnida Back to top waterbabyJoined: 01 Feb 2003Location: Baking Gord a Cheescake pie Posted: Fri May 02, 2003 3:38 am Post subject: If you were re-signing with the SAME university then you wouldn't need the originals, just renew your visa, but if you're going to a NEW university, then yes, unfortunately, you need your original documents again I wonder, can you get an E2 visa with your MA Degree only? (you still have this in your posession, yes?) Trouble with asking immigration is that they are consistently inconsistent. Does anyone have any experience with this? BTW - Dan - do you have an E1 or E2 visa? I don't know what an E1 visa is and the information/opinions I'm sharing here is based on E2 visas for nationals of the US, Canada, Sth Africa, Australia, England, New Zealand and Ireland (did I forget anyone?) teaching English in Korea. Back to top dan seboldJoined: 01 Mar 2003 Posted: Fri May 02, 2003 6:19 pm Post subject: An E-1 Visa is some sort of more prestigious university visa that the Koreans seem to genuflect more gracefully to, but is of no remunerative value in the market place other than perhaps another university may look upon it more favorably if you are changing jobs. (A friend of mine was asked in an interiew with a Korean university lately if he had one; the position was for an even higher guest lecturer visa of some sort.) I currently have an E-1 Visa. At any rate I seem to be resolving the problem as I will have original diplomas quite soon. Thanks for your consideration. Back to top Ryst HelmutJoined: 26 Apr 2003Location: In search of the elusive signature... Posted: Tue May 06, 2003 12:16 am Post subject: Originals not needed, however.... Mr. Dan, I can tell you from first hand experience that you do not need to supply any immigration office (or univ. for that matter) your originals. If so, then I am an exception to the case, as my originals are still in a perty-little box back home. They've never been in Korea. All I did prior to coming over was to have the Korean consulate/embassy near my home verify my degree (a simple task), then photocopy the original a slew o' times. They then put those silly stamps (ink and postage-like) on the back with their approval notice. These copies have sufficed for different immigration offices and jobs, so what your place of employment wanted them for...you got me. Cheers, Ryst Back to top Blue FlowerJoined: 23 Feb 2003Location: The realisation that I only have to endure two more weeks in this filthy, perverted, nasty place! Posted: Thu May 08, 2003 7:21 pm Post subject: My boss wanted my original degree - so I got it sent over - handed it to her, and she said "me keep"!!!! I was, understandably, horrified, and said, no, no, that is the original, I want it back. So she said I could have it back in a few weeks, still haven't got it!! That reminds me that I need to do something about it. If she wants my original, then she can pay for a new one. Maybe they like to keep them, sort of like a trophy For some unknown reason. Back to top kimcheekingGuest Posted: Thu May 08, 2003 7:29 pm Post subject: Blue Flower wrote: Maybe they like to keep them, sort of like a trophy For some unknown reason. It's a control issue. In Korea they usually want the Original. If however you brought over a number of notorized copies then those are fine. I have always had to use my original except when renewing a contract. If the owner won't return your degree to you, it is relatively simple to get a new one issued. you could also report it as theft to the police. It is your property not the hogwan/university's. Back to top keguriJoined: 01 Feb 2003Location: Jacksonville, FL Posted: Fri May 09, 2003 5:36 am Post subject: I just got an e-mail from the school I am supposed to start working for at the end of May. I had written to them to tell them that I had a notarized copy of my diploma (notarized by the Korean Consulate), but that it was notarized in July 2001, and would that be ok. They wrote back telling me that the Korean Immigration office now requires the original diploma. They apologized, saying that this is a new rule. In other words, they are telling me that notarized copies are no longer acceptable. Has anyone else heard the same thing? I absolutely will not mail my original diploma to anyone! 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GENEVA – Right-hander Pierce Johnson breezed through the first inning of the Cougars' first season as a Low-A Cubs affiliate in 10 pitches Thursday.
He struck out two Quad Cities River Bandits to boot, and looked exactly like a 2012 Cubs supplemental first-round draft pick.
The Cougars batted in the bottom half and the first inning turned into the second, which was when one fan murmured, "Welcome to A-ball." A five-hit, one-error, 31-pitch encore in the top of the second will do that.
While it's much too soon to evaluate Johnson or any of the teammates who leaned against the first-base dugout railing in blue Cubs jackets, parroting that "A-ball" salutation remains a safe bet. Even as this seemingly perfect Cubs-Cougars marriage finishes its prep classes and goes legit, that's precisely the simple truth.
Seeing the future, per the Cougars' marketing slogan, will still include some road bumps.
"That's our job is to get these guys better and develop them and get them out of here as soon as possible," Cougars manager Mark Johnson said this week. "But you have cases where it doesn't matter how good they do at this level, they're going to stay here and there's nowhere to go. So you just continue to develop and create and build with the personalities. Not so much just on the field, but also building character and things like that."
Losing builds character, the saying goes, and the Cougars absorbed a 7-2 defeat in their opener. There were throwing errors, two-strike swings at pitches above the neck and other no-nos.
That figures to be the case in spots all season, though perhaps gaffes will be more tolerable – or at least relatable – to fans because the guys on the field are vying to be future Cubs. Either way, players know they won't be babied or have things sugarcoated.
Why should they? Mark Johnson, a former major league catcher, and pitching coach Ron Villone, a former big league lefty, have earned organizational plaudits through their blend of honesty and accessibility.
"They tell us what it's really like up there, no lies or no fairy tales, stuff like that. Tell us what's real and what really happens up there," Cougars outfielder Bijan Rademacher said before the game.
"So it helps us out because we want to prepare ourselves just to be in that moment, and they tell us all the time. It really helps, because if we get out of line either in the locker room, away from the field or even on the field, they're right there on us. But we know in the next moment, they're just looking out for our best interests."
A survey of the crowd revealed a diverse cross-section of spectators. Some fans knew Baseball America touts Pierce Johnson, first baseman Dan Vogelbach and third baseman Jeimer Candelario among the Cubs' top organizational prospects. Some just wanted to add to their collection of free Opening Day hats.
The crowds, the giveaways and the scope of what this season could mean to the 23-year-old Cougars franchise will grow as the calendar approaches summer.
The Cougars hope the losses don't, but know they're equipped to handle the ups and downs of most players' first full seasons either way.
• Kevin Druley is a sports writer for the Kane County Chronicle. He can be reached at 630-845-5347 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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I'm very particular about where I bathe, you know, and the soaps, and I mean, 'cause there are a lot of people that don't change their soaps when you come to their house, and so if you go in there and if you're one of them, and you go into their house and you go to bathe and there're teeny tiny hairs on them that don't belong to you. Yleh, I hate that. So I was spending that night at a friend's... uh... relative's house, okay, and the pillow, the pillow, the pillow... I don't know if things were growing in that pillow or had they made a home in that pillow, so actually, I came back and I was talking about, when was the last time that pillow was changed? And I actually called them back and said, when is the last time you changed that pillow? 30 years. How can you sleep on the same pillow for 30 years?
ADDED: Okay, I watched this show so you don't have to. Do I watch "Oprah"? No. I set the TiVo to record it a while back when Madonna was on, and it's been collecting things, like the way your disgusting pillow has been collecting dust mites. But for some reason, I clicked on today's show. I'm not simulblogging this. Let me just say that if you've got kids with stuffed animals, you should be vacuuming those toys at least once a week.... .... .... yeah, I thought so. Forget about it. Who cares? There are bacteria and other microscopic things everywhere. Forget about it! If you try to kill them, you'll only leave the nastiest ones to take over. Get on with your life! This was a show about ooh-icky! You've got better things to do with your life.
YET MORE: Oddly, part of this show was about women who let their hair grow very long. In the intro, Oprah threw in the question, "How often do you cut your hair?" The question wasn't how often do you wash your hair, but simply letting your hair grow long was treated as if it were another squicky thing. Then it turned out that they had about six women on the show who hadn't cut their hair in many years, including one who had never cut her hair. There was nothing dirty about these women. In fact, they were coming forward to get their hair cut to donate their hair for wigs for young girls who had gone bald. This subject really had nothing to do with the other, but Oprah just combined the two topics as if they were related.
The long-haired women didn't complain, of course, They were on Oprah, and they got makeovers. In the end, they came out showing off their haircuts, with Oprah exclaiming about how much better they looked. They all acted thrilled as if they had discovered how deluded they'd been. They'd been dressed up in new clothes, and they twirled around looking delighted as we heard Oprah name the various department stores that had provided the garish duds. Oprah told us they looked just great, updated. But I thought they all had looked lovely in jeans and long-sleeved tops and with hair hanging well below their waists. Yet there was Oprah telling us what to think, and she never said they'd made a sacrifice for the purpose of helping others. These were just deluded women who let their hair grow, to go along with that woman who used the same sponge for a year.
A little girl wearing one of those real-hair wigs was sent up for Oprah to embrace in the closing moments of the show, and we were left to wonder how many dust mites were in that wig, how often should you throw out your wig, and why is Oprah willing to have that thing right next to her.