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The Good, The Not So Good and The Awesome from Pumpkin Beer Fest 2010
As soon as I flipped my calendar to October, I immediately began to have thoughts of pumpkin beers. The countdown began to the weekend of October 16 and Elysian Brewing Co.'s Great Pumpkin Beer Fest. High profile names were released a couple of weeks before the event- Russian River, Jolly Pumpkin, Avery and Allagash. I could barely contain myself as thoughts of pumpkins danced in my head.
Pumpkin beers are an interesting breed. I find that people are disappointed when the beer doesn't ooze pumpkin flavor. Although the juice of this large gourd does tickle my taste buds, I find the balance of spices such as cinnamon, nutmeg and all spice just as tantalizing. Pumpkin beers are experimental and open for innovative interpretation which is why this particular beer fest is one I cannot miss.
Dick Cantwell, head brewer and owner of Elysian Brewing Co. is at the forefront of pumpkin beers. Not only does Dick host this event at his brewery's Capital Hill location, he brews not one but eight (or more) pumpkin beers for this special weekend.
Elysian Pumpkin beers:
Night Owl Pumpkin Ale, The Great Pumpkin, Dark o' the Moon Pumpkin Stout, Hansel & Gretel Ginger Pumpkin Pilsner, Kaiser Kurbis Pumpkin Hefeweizen, PK-47 Pumpkin Malt Liquor, Jack-O-Bite and Mr. Yuck Sour Pumpkin Ale
Enough introduction, the time has come and gone. We have enjoyed, tasted and conquered all that is the Great Pumpkin Beer Fest. There were beers to remember, beers that didn't live up to our expectations, glorious weather and hassles of space. The Good,The Not So Good and The Awesome of Elysian's 6th Annual Great Pumpkin Beer Fest:
The Good
- The event takes place outside and today it was sunny and crisp out. Elysian was decorated with mounds of hay, pumpkins and corn stalks. If this doesn't put you in a festive autumn mood, then there is something seriously wrong with you. SERIOUSLY.
- The taster glass is a 4 oz (glass) snifter with an evil pumpkin face. This creative glassware is coveted by beer fest goers all around Seattle.
- Beers from all over the country: California, Michigan, Delaware, Massachusetts, Washington and more!
- Silver City's Punk Rauchen – a pumpkin rauchbier where instead of smoking the barley like a traditional German style rauchbier they smoked pumpkins for 6 hours over apple-wood. This beer tastes like sausage, as most rauchbiers do, but also has an earthy smoothness that I attribute to the pumpkins.
- Snipes Mountain Pumpkin Death Stout- first of all, I am really into Snipes Brewing Co. and think they produce only top-notch beers. This is no exception. I always get excited when I see pumpkin infused stouts because I love stouts and I am always curious to see if the brewer is able to bring the pumpkin flavors and spices to the forefront of a style that is already overwhelmed with roasted malt flavors. Pumpkins do not inherently have a lot of flavor and here, in the Pumpkin Death Stout it is minimal. The beer however is very enjoyable, smooth and creamy.
- Elysian Brewing Co.'s Jack-O-Bite– we were pleasantly surprised by this beer which is a pumpkin ale aged in Jack Daniels barrels. This beer had a bite and lived up to its name. It had warming qualities and the spices were reminiscent of a winter ale. Delicious.
The Not So Good
- Planning a huge event is no easy task. Debriefing is proactive and there is always room for improvement. We hope that the Great Pumpkin Beer Fest will someday celebrate its 25th Annual fest. The Great Pumpkin Fest has outgrown the parking lot of the brewery. Within 30 minutes of opening the flood gates, there was barely room to stand. Problem solver: expand to all three Elysian venues, although this might complicate the logistics, it would spread the crowd. Another option would be to expand to the park across the street or to some other space that is connected to the brewery.
- Long lines-Due to the large number of people, there were very long lines to get your beers. Although these lines moved rather quickly, the lines, no matter what station, were around 30 people deep. A lot of people I spoke to would just get a beer and get back on line for the next one on their list. Problem solver: Instead of having 1 person pouring 2-4 beers, have 2-3 people pouring at each station. People love to volunteer to pour at events- tap into these willing beer lovers.
- Confusion about what line led to what station. Due to the small space, lines crossed each other and merged into the masses. I found myself accidentally waiting on line for the wrong station on a couple of occasions. This would be alleviated by the two suggestions above.
- No food outside. Now, I understand that it would be too much to staff the outside area. Problem Solver: Instead of sending wait staff out to take and deliver orders, hire an outside vendor. Something simple will do, such as a sausage stand or roasted corn. People are there for the beer, not food necessarily. However, it would be nice to stay outside, enjoying the fest while getting something in your stomach, especially because the inside was packed full of people sitting and enjoying their meal.
The Awesome
Besides the Good and the few tiny Not So Goods, there are some AWESOMES! Please note: all of the awesomeness are beer related. I did not get to try all of the beers, as I am only human and not all of the beers were pouring during my visit.
- Elysian's Great Pumpkin– If you recall earlier in this article when I discuss the average beer drinker's expectations of pumpkin beers having an easily detected pumpkin flavor, well this is the beer that hits it out of the park. One sip and its as though you are drinking pumpkin juice. It isn't very sweet, it is slightly bitter, thick in texture and pumpkin to the core. No wonder this festival is named after the beer (or vice versa).
- Iron Hill's Bruce Camp Ale– their Imperial Pumpkin Ale aged in bourbon barrels was my introduction to this Pennsylvania brewery and man, am I impressed. Caramel in color with a bubble gum, sweet liquor scent. The thick mouth-feel creates a sensation as if there are sugar crystals are melting into your taste buds. As the flavor profile develops, the bourbon sweetness transitions into a slight funk. As the beer warms, the transition become smoother, just like a stiff bourbon drink.
- Russian River's Pumpkin Sour– As I crossed the threshold into the pouring area, I quickly scanned the signs for Russian River. A quintessential Vinny sour with a citrus scent, it tasted like Temptation infused with spices. The sourness was bold and the spices complemented the citrus tartness.
- Jolly Pumpkin's La Parcela– this sour beer aged in American oak with added coco was more earthy than tart (I generally expect more tartness from a sour ale. The smell was hypnotic with a combination of cinnamon and apples warming my soul. A smooth body with mellow flavors that begin to intensify as the sip develops. A harvest spice paired with earthy flavors followed by a subtle sweetness.
What a great day– one that will go down in infamy. There were unexpected breweries that produced exemplary beers, weather was on our side (for once) and the love of beer in the air was palpable.


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Middlebury Trailrunner: The toughest nine miles in Addison County
There! Did that title grab your attention? I love running in September – the days are cooler, the skies are sunnier, and I am starting to reap the benefits of running through the hot, sticky days of midsummer. It is a great time to take on some longer runs, and with that in mind, I will be describing a 9+ mile run which very few people other than me know about. If you look to the east of Middlebury at the first ridge of the Green Mts. – thats where this one goes! This run, while easy to follow, passes deep into the national forest in sections which don't see much foot traffic, except in hunting season.
This run starts in East Middlebury. To get to my starting point, head south of Middlebury on Rt. 7, take a left turn onto Rt. 125, and look for the left hand turn on Schoolhouse Hill Road shortly before the well-known Waybury Inn. Immediately after turning north on Schoolhouse Hill Road, turn into the playground parking lot on your right, loosen up, and start the run. The first mile and a half of warm up on this run are on pavement. Start your run up the short steep hill on Schoolhouse Hill Rd., and follow this quiet country road which runs behind Middlebury International Airport for a mile and a half. Run through the 4-way stop sign, and turn onto the obvious dirt track on your right shortly thereafter. You will be following this double track, which is maintained for winter use by VAST (Vermont Area Snow Travellers – aka snowmowbilers) for the next few miles. As you might guess, I don't have a lot of interest in motorized sports, but I do enjoy skiing and running on the well-maintained trails which make up the VAST network, and have found snowmobilers courteous and friendly. This trail parallels a residential street for a short distance before angling to the north. At this point, the climbing gets pretty brutal – the trail climbs 1200 ft in the next 1.7 miles. Fortunately, the run is never so steep that you can't at least jog up it, but one one particularly steep section I did note that the GPS showed me running at a 25 min/mile rate for a short section! Following the trail is pretty easy, except for one spot near the top, where the trail forks, and I took the right turn, rather than going straight. If you miss the turn, its not a big deal, as the trail will boomerang back to the right in a few hundred yards, meeting up with the track I am describing. I have frequently seen bear scat along this trail, and once saw "the scatter" himself, but fortunately, he was more scared of the sweaty plodding runner than the runner was of him.
Soon after the fork, the trail breaks out to a far more open semi-abandoned logging road. This logging road was still actively used when I first explored here in the mid-90's, but there has been no sign of logging activity or traffic for many years. Take a right here and follow this undulating and partially overgrown forest service road for the next mile and a quarter, passing under a perpetually closed green gate shortly before joining into Dragon Road (dirt), which is open to, but little used by vehicular traffic. A left turn at this point will bring you to the Robert Frost Mt Trailhead, but that brings the day's mileage up a little high for me, so I took the right turn. The next mile or so is gorgeous, passing first through deciduous forest punctuated by boggy clearings as is often seen in the Green Mts. at this altitude.
This trail also passes by a glorious lone hilltop home with amazing views to the main ridge of the Green Mts. further to the west. I am not including a picture to protect the privacy of its inhabitants. The descending dirt road passes through dense forest, with occasional larger homes, smaller homes and hunting camps. Years ago there was one curious site along Dragon Road – a yard full of rusted cars, not an uncommon site in rural Vermont. What made this small dump noteworthy was that all of the vehicles appeared to be the remnants of Subaru "Brats". This landmark, I am afraid, has been removed, but I kind of miss it. Dragon Road eventually joins the North Branch Road, another dirt road which seems a little more traffic, but still has a very woodsy feel to it. The curious system of guard rails used on one very steep dropoff at the edge of the road seems to indicate that this road is not likely to see significant "improvement" at any time in the near future.
The very steep descent leads eventually to a short paved series of switchbacks indicating that you are coming into East Middlebury. When you get to the last switchback to the right, instead of plodding on to your car , take a short detour on the trail heading into the woods to your left. This short spur trail will take you into the Middlebury Gorge where it is visited by the occasional fisherman or white water kayaker (in high water season).
After taking second to enjoy the scenery, retrace your steps on this path back to the road, and continue on, rejoining Rt. 125 in a few yards at the bridge over the gorge, the site of a popular midsummer swimming hole. In another half mile or so you will return to your vehicle to complete this challenging loop. My quads are always complaining to me for a few days after this one which covers 9.5 miles, and about 1500 ft of climbing, with some of the ups and downs.
Jeff Byers is a professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Middlebury College. He also writes the Middlebury Trailrunner blog. We'll be periodically highlighting posts from his blog, but for more recommendations for trailrunning in the county, head to his Web site.


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LONDON (MarketWatch) — European equities finished slightly lower Wednesday, with downgrades within the mining and banking sectors clipping some stocks ahead of commentary about monetary policy from the U.S. Federal Reserve.
The Stoxx Europe 600 index SXXP, +0.29% fell 0.1% to 327.63 after swaying between gains and losses during the session.
The statement from the U.S. Federal Open Market Committee, which was due after the close of European trade, had the ability to be a source of "high levels of volatility," for markets, said Sam Fox from financial sales at Spreadex in a note.
Analysts widely expect the Fed to "cut a further $10 billion from its quantitative easing program; therefore we can expect global markets to be quite jittery upon the release of this statement," said Fox.
The Fed's new chairwoman, Janet Yellen, will hold an accompanying press conference, and investors will look for any indication on the Fed's view of the pace of U.S. and global growth.
Among country-specific indexes, Germany's DAX 30 index DAX, +0.08% finished 0.4% higher at 9,277.05, as shares of BMW AG BMW, +0.34% zoomed up 7.3% following a bullish yearly earnings and sales forecast from the luxury car maker. But France's CAC 400 index PX1, +0.56% lost 0.1% to 4,308.06.
London's FTSE 100 UKX, -0.16% ended down 0.5% at 6,573.13, with insurance issues swept lower after U.K. finance minister George Osborne, in presenting his annual budget to lawmakers, unveiled plans to end a rule that requires pension funds to be used to buy annuities. Legal & General Group PLC LGEN, +2.47% shares fell 8.4%, Aviva PLC UK:AV gave up 5.2%, Resolution Ltd. UK:RSL lost 4.6% and Standard Life PLC UK:SL slumped 3.1%.
Annuities are the lifeblood for some insurance companies, so the new rule will have future implications for U.K. insurers, said Richard Hunter, head of equities at Hargreaves Lansdown.
Investors also assessed U.K. jobs data, which included a decline in jobless claims in February and an unemployment rate that held steady at 7.2%. Separately, minutes released from the Bank of England's meeting earlier this month showed officials voted unanimously to keep monetary policy on hold.
The British pound GBPUSD, +0.0962% rose against the U.S. dollar after the data.
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May The Dolphin Be Unflogged: Paskistani Government Censors Texting
from the ignorant-sh*t deptThe Pakistan Telecommunications Authority has taken a bold new step in the censorship arena, compiling a list of words and phrases deemed "inappropriate" for texting. This list has been forwarded to the nation's mobile operators, making a brief appearance as a publicly-available Google doc. Although the public permission has been rescinded, a version of the list appears here (very probably NSFW, especially if someone is reading over your shoulder or if you tend to read everything aloud).
According to a mobile operator representative:
"There are more than 1,600 words in the list including indecent language, expletives, swear words, slang etc, which have to be filtered. The filtering is not good for the system and may degrade the quality of network services-plus it would be a great inconvenience to our subscribers if their SMS was not delivered due to the wrong choice of words"To give you the gist of the forbidden texts, imagine George Carlin's "Seven Words You Can Never Say on TV," attach nearly any other imaginable word to those seven, add a couple hundred euphemisms for masturbation, some drug slang and a slew of misspellings and you'll be in the general neighborhood. It's what's lying on the outskirts of this neighborhood where things get weird.
Athletes Foot. Defecate. Deposit. (Yes, I know, but I would imagine some Pakistanis still use a banking system.) Do Me is thwarted by removing a space, leaving Pakistanis with no word for "enclosed arena." G Unit. God Damed Motha Fucka. I'm saddened to see "sexwhore" is no longer permissible, as it has become my go-to texting phrase, especially when contacting immediate family members.
Famous STD gonorrhea narrowly avoids the ban, thanks to an apparent lack of reference material ("gonorrehea"). Of course, infection tends to lead to a burning sensation that also makes the "no-go" list: "smagma."
Got Jesus. (It's cool, though. "Satan" is banned as well.) Hobo. Hoser. Idiot and "idoit." Juggalo. Kmart. Kotex. Lotion.
Inveterate masturbators will be thrilled to learn that many variations have been banned (mastabater, masterbate, mastrabator) but the original, correctly spelled version lives on. Sadly, inveterate jokesters will have to make do without their precious, um, "pun tang."
Neon Deon. Rae Carruth. (Apparently, the Pakistani government has something against flashy/homicidal football players, not to mention the defunct XFL ("he hate me/hehateme")).
"Tongue" gets twisted as well, appearing on the list as "tonge," "toung" and "tounge." #1072-1074 are apparently intentionally left blank.
All in all, a very dirty and plentiful list. One can almost imagine the censoring group giggling childishly long into the night while coming (I KNOW) up with this list.
Many Pakistanis have taken to the internet to express their displeasure with having their constitutional free speech rights violated. Of course, officials are quick to point out that this censorship is "for the children."
Mohammad Younis, a PTA spokesman claims the ban was a "result of numerous meetings and consultations with stakeholders," and went on to point out that "nobody would like this happening to their young boy or girl."(Oddly enough, "Wuutang Clan" is forbidden, despite the fact that they are sporting an additional "u" and are distinctly "for the children.")
The spokesman also points out that they never thought they'd get caught:
Mr. Younis also added that the list was never intended to be distributed publicly and was only intended to be used for testing purposes.Supposedly the final version will be much shorter, leaving Pakistani texters only "partially censored" which is better than "completely censored" but still much, much worse than enjoying their right to free speech. Citing Pakistani court precedent, the Pakistani government representative helpfully pointed out that, like many "unlimited" data plans, constitutionally-protected free speech isn't "without restrictions."
All in all, this move sounds like a nanny-state circle****, presided over by officious ***hats with too much free time and way too much power.
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For best hardware support from the Acer eMachines E625 you should use kernel 2.6.31 or greater such as what is included with Ubuntu 9.10.
Will this AMD AthlonTM 64 X2 dual-core processor TK-42 (1MB L2 cache, 1.60 GHz, DDR2 667 MHz, 20 W) work in an emachine E625-5813 Notebook computer without any problems?
I am not able to turn on the wireless button since I installed Linux Debian on my e625.
I have installed several distrubutions on it.it mostly works all by default but with fedora 13 I remember had problems with the ethernet driver all the time.
now i use ubuntu 11.10 oneiric ocelot and have still some trouble with the enthernet controller,sometimes it crashes while the internet is used,especially when downloading
I try now rebuild the kernel
i download and convert in to cd and just switch off computer n do on but not running ubuntu its countinning with window vista wat is the provlem plz help me
Hola tengo una emachibe by Acer e625 con centos 5.5 pero no me reconoce la wifi que puedo hacer
Ubuntu 9.10 and Ubuntu 10.04 tried in almost 2 years old E625, and works perfect! HDD works, Card reader works, Wireless works, all works! Thanks for eMachines of this computer because it's so perfect to run Linux
i have installed fedora 13 on my acer emachine e625 and my button that turns on & off my wireless wont work my wireless wont cut on please help
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Hi i have an E625and i cant make work my wifi, only can connect the pc from a cable. any one have an idea plz
Using Ubuntu 9.10 on my emachines e625 AMD AthlonTM 64 single-core processor TF-20 (512 KB L2 cache, 1.60 GHz, DDR2 667 MHz, 15 W) and everything works perfectly:-)
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I feel your pain I just did the same install and my LAN drivers went poof as well.
The LAN drivers for the E625 are by Atheros and I found some tarballs of Linux drivers on on their website but am not sure what will happen, cross fingers
I installed Ubuntu on my E625 and it ran great. It took me 2-3 days to realise that my ethernet drivers weren't installed however. I've tried to find drivers with little luck. But other than ethernet the machine seems to be working fine.


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The Azure Code Samples are currently available in English
Recovery scenario samples for Azure Key Vault using the Azure Python SDK
This sample repo includes sample code demonstrating how to utilize the soft delete and backup restore features of Azure Key Vault to backup, restore, recover, and purge deleted vaults, secrets, keys and certificates using the Azure Python SDK. Some common scenarios this repo intends to target are:
- Backing up and restoring key vault secrets and keys
- Enabling soft delete when creating a new key vault
- Enabling soft delete on an existing key vault
- Recovering or purging deleted vaults
- Recovering or purging of key vault secrets, keys, and certificates
Samples in this repo
backup_restore_key -- backs up a key vault key and restores it to another key vault
backup_restore_secret -- backs up a key vault secret and restores it to another key vault
create_soft_delete_enabled_vault -- creates a key vault which has soft delete enabled so that the vault as well as all of its keys,
certificates and secrets are recoverable
enable_soft_delete_on_existing_vault -- enables soft delete on an existing vault
deleted_vault_recovery -- a sample of enumerating, retrieving, recovering and purging deleted key vaults
deleted_certificate_recovery -- a sample of enumerating, retrieving, recovering and purging deleted certificates from a key vault
deleted_key_recovery -- a sample of enumerating, retrieving, recovering and purging deleted keys from a key vault
deleted_secret_recovery -- a sample of enumerating, retrieving, recovering and purging deleted secrets from a key vault
Running The samples
If you don't already have it, install Python.
We recommend using a virtual environment to run this example, but it's not mandatory. You can initialize a virtual environment this way:
pip install virtualenv virtualenv mytestenv cd mytestenv source bin/activate
Clone the repository.
git clone https://github.com/Azure-Samples/key-vault-recovery-python.git
Install the dependencies using pip.
cd key-vault-recovery-python pip install -r requirements.txt
Create an Azure service principal, using Azure CLI, PowerShell or Azure Portal.
Export these environment variables into your current shell.
export AZURE_TENANT_ID={your tenant id} export AZURE_CLIENT_ID={your service principal AppID} export AZURE_CLIENT_OID={your service principal OID} export AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET={your application key} export AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID={your subscription id}
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python run_all_samples.py [samplename[ samplename...]]
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For the latest edition of our "Great Cities" series, LIFE.com features classic photographs of that smallish, hilly gem by the Bay: San Francisco. For a town its size—with a population of 800,000, it has just a quarter as many people as, for example, Brooklyn—San Francisco holds a forceful grip on the imagination of people around the country and around the world.
From the legendary, wide-open debauchery of the Gold Rush years to the Beat poets of North Beach in the 1950s; the Haight-Ashbury era and the brief (over-romanticized) Summer of Love of the Sixties; the locavore restaurant revolution, which arguably started in the East Bay with Chez Panisse; the unstoppable flowering of gay rights; the first stirrings of "maker culture" and the dawn of the Digital Age (Wired magazine, etc.), San Francisco and environs have been at the center of countless movements and "isms" for more than a century and a half.
The pictures here document The City (as San Franciscans habitually call it) from the 1930s to the early 1970s—a handful of decades during which SF transformed itself as dramatically as any metropolis in America. Despite all the upheaval it's endured, however, San Francisco remains a singular place. It's at-once whimsical and tough, self-absorbed and endearing—a cultured, world-class city that retains some of its Wild West character, while harboring neighborhoods that feel like distinct, companionable hamlets.
So, let's celebrate a great American city. Whatever you do, though, do not call it "Frisco." San Franciscans young and old get weirdly worked up about that nickname. You've been warned.


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(I recently asked this on maths but was directed here)
I have recently become a runner and having a keen interest in kinematics I'm very interested in the maths/physics of my running.
Can someone please help me determine a function that will enable me to determine how much harder I have to work to carry my 10kg overweight body over a given distance? I was pretty sure I could just use
work=weight x distance for the flat roads, but someone has pointed out that my time would be meaningless in such a scenario, but I'm having difficultly determining this for the hills too.
In addition I need to include time as a variable so I can work out how my time affects my energy expenditure.


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Twist Your Strands into a Waterfall Braid
Need a break from the basic ponytail? Tasha Jetter of AMS Luxury Salon's new braid bar shows us how to create a more intricate updo (it works on all hair types). The simple and easy steps are below.
1. Pick up a two to three-inch section beside your part.
2. Divide into three equal pieces.
3. Cross strands over each other once from left to right, picking up hair like you would in a traditional French braid.
4. Repeat the previous step, but after you cross the right strand over, drop it and allow it to hang loose (or have a friend hold it taut while you work).
5. Pick up a new section close to where the original left strand was to create your new right strand.
6. Continue the process, adding hair from the left and right, and dropping the right strand after every rotation. (Note: Keep sections consistent in size each time.)
7. Keep working around the crown of your head. Stop midway through or continue all the way around.
8. Twist the remaining hair into a regular braid.
9. Tie the end with an elastic band and tuck it under your hair; secure with bobby pins.
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Evolution seems to know no bounds when it comes to shaping organisms in a way that's meant to help them survive and reproduce — a process that often leads to some pretty bizarre characteristics and behaviors. And now, thanks to the work of biologists Niclas Kolm and Göran Arnqvist, we can add another example to the list.
In a classic and literal case of bait-and-switch, male swordtail characins, a small fish found in Trinidad and Venezuela, use their tasty-looking ant-shaped appendages to lure and then mate with females.
Ed Yong writes in Discover Magazine:
The male characin has a small bean-shaped patch attached to his gill flaps by a thin thread. When he swims, he holds these 'flags' against his body. When he encounters a female, he flares one of them out in front of her. The female clearly thinks that the flag is food, for she bites at it vigorously. While she's occupied, the male sidles across and impregnates her with his sperm.
Unlike many other fish, which shoot sperm and eggs into the water, characins fertilise each other internally, just like us. The male, however, doesn't have any sort of penetrating organ, so he needs to bump into the female just so. And his bizarre ornament ensures that she's in exactly the right place.
Ed Yong has a lot more to say about this discovery, including its significance for evolution and speciation — so read the whole thing. You'll also want to read the study, which was published in Current Biology.
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Greg Moody, critic at large for CBS4 and champion of Denver arts and culture for more than 25 years, was effectively fired from CBS4 Friday. His contract was not renewed.
With six weeks left on his contract, Moody was told by Channel 4 News Director Tim Wieland that he is being released, and that it will be up to Moody exactly when he leaves. Moody intended to go on-air Friday as planned.
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Legislation by corporations
It has often been said the rich man dances while the poor man pays the fiddler. With the the Supreme Court's recent Citizen United opinion, money is more influential and important in politics than ever before in the history of America. A perfect example of how multi-millionaires and billionaires are influencing America can easily be found in an organization primarily sponsored by the Koch brothers called the "American Legislative Exchange Council," aka A.L.E.C.
The Koch brothers are intent on making the secondary golden rule a reality in the United States – if not nationally, then state by state. The secondary golden rule is, "Them that has the gold rules." A.L.E.C. has gained popularity in many conservative states and is the fountainhead of numerous ideological proposals to limit voting, enhance the power of the rich, support regressive tax measures for the middle class while bestowing large favors on such entities as the Kochs, Exxon Mobil, British Petroleum, etc.Over 50 reactionary measures have had A.L.E.C. as their birthplace. These bills have all been introduced in one or more states in the union, and many have become law.A prime example of an A.L.E.C.-created statute is the Voter ID law that passed in Texas as last session's No. 1 priority of Republicans. While the argument, "What does it hurt to present a picture ID to vote?" appeals to some, the measure goes far beyond. Recent studies have shown three cogent facts that justify the Justice Department in disapproving such a statute.
1. Thousands of people in Texas do not have an ID. 2. Many counties in Texas do not have a Department of Public Safety where a Voter ID card can be obtained. 3. The premise that Voter ID cards are needed to stamp out voter fraud is simply not true.
After a study of millions of voters in Texas over a three-year period, only five instances were found where voter identification could have been involved. Of 20 cases looked into by the Texas attorney general, most offenses dealt with mail-in-ballots, an issue not addressed by a picture ID requirement.
Further evidence of A.L.E.C. and the Koch brothers' efforts to deter voting is a statute recently adopted in Florida that puts severe time limits on volunteer voter registration drives. Massive voter registration has long been recognized as one of the ways ordinary folks can combat the power of money at the polls.
Another area influenced by A.L.E.C. has been the promotion and growth of the private prison industry. This growth has led to a powerful lobby supporting increased incarceration rather than lower costs and more effective methods of correcting bad behavior in this state. In spite of the fact that Texas leads the nation in incarcerated citizens per capita, we are still near the top in our crime rate.
The controversial "Stand Your Ground" statute adopted in Florida is among the vigilante-type bills promoted and pushed by A.L.E.C. and their multi-billion dollar sponsors.Yet another counterproductive area that, in my opinion, hurts the public good is the promotion of charter schools by A.L.E.C. and its fellow travelers. Charter schools have taken a big bite out of the education dollars provided by Texas legislators. While there are a few charter schools that have produced extremely good results, the vast majority perform below average and spend more per pupil than the state allows for public school students. Many proprietors of charter schools operate on meager qualifications and charge exorbitant fees. An example within the confines of Southeast Texas is a charter school with less than half the student population of any of the major school districts within the area and yet its director/superintendent or principal, whatever the title, receives a salary almost equal to that of the major school districts of Port Arthur, Nederland and Port Neches.
The average voter in Southeast Texas should take a hard look at the source of legislation passed and praised by our current, conservative majority in the Texas Legislature. It will take little investigation to discover that A.L.E.C.-sponsored legislation is not in the interest of the average, working Southeast Texan.
Carl Parker has practiced law in Port Arthur since 1958. He is a 1958 graduate of the University of Texas School of Law. Elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1962 and the Senate in 1976, Parker continued to practice law while writing and sponsoring hundreds of bills that became laws relating to every aspect of life in Texas.


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I have a challenge for you: Grow at least one type of vegetable each season of 2014. It�s not as hard as it sounds. Vegetables can be grown outside in southeastern N.C. from late winter through late fall. And, if you are willing to invest in a low cost cold frame or frost protection cloth, harvesting through the winter is easily possible. Plus, I will help you by sending out regular vegetable gardening email updates if you sign up for the challenge.
I have a challenge for you: Grow at least one type of vegetable each season of 2014. It�s not as hard as it sounds. Vegetables can be grown outside in southeastern N.C. from late winter through late fall. And, if you are willing to invest in a low cost cold frame or frost protection cloth, harvesting through the winter is easily possible. Plus, I will help you by sending out regular vegetable gardening email updates if you sign up for the challenge.
Taking the challenge
You can officially join the Year Round Gardening Challenge by filling out a quick online survey on the Pender Extension website, pender.ces.ncsu.edu. The survey will ask you simple question about what you would like to grow, the size of your garden, and your gardening experience level. Everyone who takes the challenge will have the option to subscribe to the Food Gardener email news service to receive regular updates about planting times, recommended varieties, insect and disease problems, sustainable and organic pest management, and upcoming classes and events.
Each month, three winners will be randomly selected from all challenge participants to receive a free Zone 8 Month by Month Garden Guide. Developed and written by Pender County Master Gardeners, this valuable resource is full of gardening advice for local conditions and usually sells for $9. The following season by season guide will help you plan how you will meet the year round garden challenge.
January � March. January is a great month for ordering seeds and getting organized for the year to come. Believe it or not, February is the month to start planting hardy crops outside. Potatoes and garden peas, along with their close relatives snow peas and sugar snaps, should be planted in the ground between early February and early March. Carrots, parsnip, lettuce, spinach, mustard, rutabaga, radish, and turnip seed can be sown in the garden from mid February to early April.
Transplants of onions, broccoli, cabbage, kale, and collards can be set out during this time as well. If you want to start your own transplants of these crops sow them in an unheated cold frame in January and February. March is the time to start seeds of eggplants, peppers, and tomatoes indoors to have transplants ready for spring.
April � June. It is safe to plant warm season crops like cucumbers, tomatoes, southern peas, and lima beans outside after the last average frost date; April 15 for inland areas, March 30 along the immediate coast. A few warm season crops will tolerate near freezing temperatures and can be started a little earlier. These include green beans, sweet corn, squash and zucchini. These crops can be sown in the garden as early as late March; just be prepared to protect them if a late frost is predicted. Other warm season crops are frost sensitive and should not be planted outside until all threat of frost is past. These include melons and okra, which can be set out as transplants or sown direct; peppers, eggplants, and sweet potatoes, which are set as transplants; and peanuts, which are seeded directly into the garden in late April.
July � September. By August, cucumbers and squash have usually succumbed to pests, corn is finished, and disease problems have taken out most tomatoes, though melons are just coming into harvest. Don�t be discouraged, start fresh! Late summer is the time to start crops for the fall garden. Sow seeds of green beans, carrots, beets, swiss chard, kohlrabi, leeks, rutabaga, parsnip, turnips, squash, zucchini, and cucumbers in the garden from mid August to mid September. Tomato transplants for a fall crop can also be planted. Sow broccoli, cauliflower, kale, collard, cabbage, lettuce, and spinach seeds in mid August and transplant into the garden in September, or purchase transplants from a garden center. Spinach and lettuce can also be sown direct in the garden in September.
October � December. October is the time to plant garlic from cloves and onion from seeds direct in the garden. Both crops will grow through winter and be ready to harvest in late spring. Late summer planted cucumbers, squash, and tomatoes, as well as any peppers and eggplant that are still hanging on, will continue to product until frost, which usually occurs in early November. Expect hardy crops like collards, kale, and cabbage to produce through December or later. The growing season for less hardy cool season crops like broccoli, lettuce, spinach, and cauliflower can be extended by covering these crops with cold frames or growing them in an unheated tunnel house.
Learn more
To learn more about vegetable gardening, visit ces.ncsu.edu where you can submit questions via the �Ask an Expert� link, or contact your local Cooperative Extension center by phone: in Pender County, call 910-259-1238; in New Hanover County, call 910-798-7660; and in Brunswick County call 910-253-2610.
Charlotte D. Glen is the horticulture agent with the Pender County Cooperative Extension of NC State University, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences. She can be reached via e-mail at email@example.com.


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Day one and day two had some interesting cosplayers on display. But for the final day of PAX, the cosplayers really went to town. While a MJOLNIR-clad Master Chief and funked-out Parappa the Rappa were good shows, Sunday's offerings were arguably the best. Here's the top three:
A Splicer: Bioshock is the hot topic on everyone's mind, and this crafty cosplayer capitalized not only on the hotness of the franchise, but picked a costume that requires at least a little bit of knowledge about the game. However, given the attending crowd, his choice was far from an insider-only one.
Link: Perhaps the purest and unaltered costume of the show, this classy Link made the rounds clad in the signature green tunic, hand-woven with care. Bonus points for choosing the slingshot over the easily-accessible and over-used Master Sword.
Speed Racer: He's gainin' on you so you better look alive. He's busy revvin' up a powerful Mach 5. And when the odds are against him... And there's dangerous work to do... You bet your life Speed Racer will see it through. Go Speed Racer! Go Speed Racer! Go Speed Racer, Go!
Though the convention only lasted three days, we certainly saw our fair share of cosplayers. We'd be hard pressed to declare a winner for the show, but we can at least assure you who wouldn't win: Princess Toadstool. Total jerk.


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Bloomberg reports that the success of American drillers in coaxing fossil fuels from shale rock "has the potential to boost production so much that it may deny OPEC the power to set global oil and gasoline prices," according to findings by an intelligence advisory panel. The report from the National Intelligence Council found that rising domestic production from hydraulic fracturing is expanding U.S. supplies, which would shift the balance of power in global energy markets, Bloomberg says. "As the U.S. adds supply, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries' influence over prices would wane," according to the report. "In a tectonic shift, energy independence is not unrealistic for the U.S. in as short a period as 10-20 years." Bloomberg reports that the intelligence analysis finds that concern about the environmental impacts is the "greatest obstacle" to fracking. "A tighter regulatory environment, which is beginning to happen in some U.S. states, could also close loopholes and reassure public safety," the report states. The news service reports that the 12 OPEC nations "produce more than 40 percent of the world's oil, a volume that gives its production decisions influence over the crude prices, the single largest contributor to gasoline costs." But additional production here "could significantly cut oil prices, increase U.S. economic activity by more than 2 percent and add 3 million jobs by 2030," Bloomberg reports. "Total global crude output would exceed demand by more than 8 million barrels a day, at which point OPEC would lose price control and crude oil prices would collapse," according to the report.
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Shale rock could put U.S. on road to energy independence
A surprise side effect of the shale gas boom in Ohio and elsewhere is a coal boom overseas. So writes Forbes.com, in a piece based on a soon-to-be-released report from the International Energy Agency, or IEA. "America is shuttering coal plants but not coal mines, and coal unwanted at home is finding its place overseas," according to the website. (The post includes a photo of coal mined in Ohio that it now says "is more likely to be burned in Europe or China.) In the report, the IEA is expected to announce that Europe "has shifted from clean natural gas to dirtier coal as U.S. coal, displaced at home by shale gas, floods the European energy market," Forbes.com reports. "Low gas prices associated with the shale gas revolution caused a marked decrease in coal use in the United States, the world's second-largest consumer," according to the IEA. "This led U.S. thermal coal producers to seek other markets, which resulted in an oversupply of coal in Europe and a significant gas-to-coal switch." In addition, Forbes.com says, the IEA's Mid-Term Coal Report will forecast "increased use of coal in China, now the world's largest coal importer, and it will project even greater demand for coal in India."
The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that money collected from a tax on businesses selling fuel must be used toward highway-related programs, according to this Associated Press story. In essence, the court ruled that the tax is wrongly diverting about $140 million annually from fuel sales to nonroadwork accounts for schools and cities, the AP says. You can read the 20-page opinion here. Columbus Business First notes that construction companies and county engineers were among those suing over the state's use of the Commercial Activity Tax for other purposes. (The tax applies only to companies selling fuel, not the fuel itself.) In a 6-1 decision, the court said the CAT still must be applied to companies that make money selling fuel, but it can't be diverted into the state fund that pays for everything from schools to health care for the poor, the AP reports. The Ohio Constitution "explicitly prohibits the expenditure of revenue derived from excises on motor-vehicle fuel for any purpose other than highway purposes," Justice Robert Cupp wrote for the majority. The office of Gov. John Kasich, which must produce a balanced two-year budget early next year, is reviewing the decision, spokesman Rob Nichols tells the AP.
You also can follow me on Twitter for more news about business and Northeast Ohio.


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BRUNSWICK, ME – The Institute for Family-Owned Business, a non-profit organization whose services reach across Maine, begins its 18th year with a "Leadership in the Family Business" seminar on February 7.
Sponsored by Key Private Bank, the 8 a.m. to 12 noon program at Portland Country Club is open to members ($75) and future members
"Family businesses facing the challenges of succession planning, compensation, and other topical issues, will find guidance and - in many instances - answers," according to Gina Weathersby, executive director of the Institute. Presenter Bruce Blessington targets a range of leadership questions, starting with "what makes leaders successful" and "what are the challenges and communications needs."
Blessington, a former public company CEO, brings 45 years of business experience, 20 of those in senior management. "Because Bruce's background spans startups to Fortune 500 companies, coupled with private and public board experience, we believe he's the ideal person to help us launch 2013 programming," Weathersby added.
Blessington's industry experience is in defense, healthcare, construction materials, chemicals, and mining. He recently was chairman of Flight Landata, an airborne digital imaging firm.
The Institute's programs arebeing described as "enlightening, informative, educational, motivating, and fun!" Breakout sessions, by generation, are planned, plus networking opportunities.
The Institute is a comprehensive resource for family-owned business, serving owners, executives, and employees through a range of continuing education programs, networking opportunities and consulting services. Weathersby says the Institute is committed to supporting, strengthening and empowering family-owned businesses throughout Maine.
Additional presenters, as programming for 2013 unfolds, are specialists in the field of family business ownership and understand the challenges family businesses encounter. This is detailed at www.fambusiness.org.


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The creative team at Wizards of the Coast, which owns Magic, had created an excellent Writers Guide, as a private working document for novelists, which was immensely helpful to me. They also gave me numerous links to specific pages on their vast website, thus whittling down the overwhelming sea of available information to just the stuff I really needed. The game's creative team met with me by conference call to discuss the game, the setting, and its characteristics with me, and to answer my questions. My editor was readily available with information, answers, and feedback whenever I needed it. And the editorial team, in charge of the whole series of books that create an overall story arc for these characters and this world, gave me notes about where they'd like the story to start, a few things they'd like to see happen, and where they'd like the story to end.
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And although I'd never before had to write a novel about something I was so totally ignorant of (i.e. the Multiverse of Magic: the Gathering) I had recently finished a year of graduate school, where you spend most of your time writing authoritative research papers about subjects that were totally unfamiliar to you only a few weeks earlier. So getting up to speed fast on a subject, and figuring out just how much background material you need to learn and command, and avoiding certain pitfalls that appear when you haven't had time to learn a subject like the palm of your hand… these were all habits I had developed in academia and now applied to my gaming tie-in novel (since, among other things, the deadline was also much tighter than what I'm used to).
It's an interesting perspective from a "newbie" to the world of tie-ins.


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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Major U.S. stock averages rebounded Tuesday from the prior session's swoon after a raft of upbeat economic data and earnings reports, and after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke indicated continued support for monetary easing in his semi-annual testimony before Congress. Bernanke said, though, that the Fed alone couldn't bear the entire burden of spurring the economic recovery, and urged lawmakers to find alternatives to the sequestration ahead of a March 1 deadline. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 116 points, or 0.84%, at 13,900. The blue-chip index has bounced back from Monday's sharp fall, when it suffered its largest one-day point and percentage declines since Nov. 7, 2012. Winners were outpacing losers 23 to six. Microsoft ( MSFT) closed unchanged. Home Depot ( HD), Intel ( INTC), Chevron ( CVX) and Hewlett-Packard ( HPQ) posted the sharpest percentage increases. Home Depot, the biggest home-improvement retailer, posted fourth-quarter earnings Tuesday of 67 cents a share on revenue of $18.2 billion; analysts were looking for earnings of 64 cents a share on revenue of $17.69 billion. Comparable-store sales increased 7% in the quarter. The company also said it increased its quarterly dividend by 34%. Shares gained 5.8%, also getting a boost amid encouraging housing market reports Tuesday. Homebuilder stocks were also jumping after the housing market reports. PulteGroup ( PHM) closed up 5.7% and Toll Brothers ( TOL) added 3.3%. Merck ( MRK), UnitedHealth ( UNH), Cisco ( CSCO) and JPMorgan ( JPM) shares slid. JPMorgan Chase plans to cut 4,000 jobs in 2013 as it seeks to reduce $1 billion in expenses, according to a presentation to investors posted on the bank's Web site. Shares closed down 0.21%. The S&P 500 climbed 9 points, or 0.61%, at 1,497. The Nasdaq finished ahead by 13 points, or 0.43%, at 3,130. All sectors in the broad market were in the green, spearheaded by gains in capital goods, conglomerates and consumer cyclical stocks. Volumes totaled 3.87 billion shares on the New York Stock Exchange and 1.83 billion shares on the Nasdaq. Advancers were outweighing decliners by a 2-to-1 ratio on the Big Board and by a 1.5-to-1 ratio on the Nasdaq. Major U.S. stock averages each fell more than 1% Monday and the VIX fear gauge spiked as investors feared that the latest updates from Italy's elections were portending the risk that the country could backpedal from its austerity programs. "The week failed to get off to a strong start, as the Dow Jones continued to battle with the round-number 14,000 area," said Joe Bell, senior equity analyst with Schaeffer's Investment Research. "After such a strong rally this year, these round number areas often act as logical levels for investors to take profits." A pre-published copy of Bernanke's semi-annual testimony before the Senate Banking Committee in Washington indicated that the Fed chairman continues to have an accommodative view on monetary policy. He said that although a long period of low rates could encourage excessive risk-taking, to this point "we do not see the potential costs of the increased risk-taking in some financial markets as outweighing the benefits of promoting a stronger economic recovery and more rapid job creation." At the same time, he said the Fed is confident that it has the tools necessary to tighten monetary policy when that is needed. Bernanke warned monetary policy alone cannot carry the entire burden of speeding up the U.S. economic recovery. He advised Congress and the Obama administration to consider replacing the sharp spending cuts required by the sequestration with policies that reduce the federal deficit more gradually in the near term but more substantially in the longer run. He explained that such an approach could lessen near-term fiscal headwinds and more effectively address longer-term imbalances in the federal budget. "The party's not over yet," Jordan Waxman, managing director and partner at HighTower HSW Advisors, said of the intention of central banks around the world to maintain easy monetary policies. Waxman likens these efforts to "reflate" economies and create more lending to a "high-stakes" poker game that has been fueling the markets since 2009. Central banks will maintain these policies until they see the labor market tighten and housing markets recover. At some point, though, said Waxman, the Fed, for one, will have to stop purchasing long-dated assets, and allow the market to dictate interest rates. "The Treasury, which has been printing money 24-7, will probably have to stop pumping money into the economy, and what they will have to engineer is a soft landing. And so the risk is it's not going to be a soft landing. A risk is that you get a material shock to interest rates, which could be ill-timed," Waxman said. Waxman said for now, though, investors have reached an inflection point where they're starting to believe that the easy money will work. With the markets bumping up against recent highs -- if reflation really does occur -- a real bull market could ensue, according to Waxman. A number of upbeat U.S. data points were released Tuesday morning. The Conference Board said that its consumer confidence indicator rose in February to 69 from 58.6. Economists were anticipating an increase to 62. The Census Bureau reported that new-home sales rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 437,000 in January from an upwardly revised 378,000 the prior month. Expectations were for a rise to an annual pace of 383,000 in January. The Case-Shiller 20-city index for December showed a rise of 6.8%, up from a downwardly revised increase of 5.4% the prior month, and above expectations of a 6.5% gain. The Federal Housing Finance Agency's housing price index for December increased 0.6%, up from a downwardly revised 0.4%. Gold for April delivery rose $28.90 to settle at $1,615.50 an ounce at the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, while April crude oil futures fell 48 cents to close at $92.63 a barrel. The benchmark 10-year Treasury was down 6/32, raising the yield to 1.889%. The dollar was lowering by 0.06%, according to the U.S. dollar index. In corporate news, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store ( CBRL) shares surged 8.7% after the restaurant chain hiked its full-year profit outlook and posted stronger-than-anticipated quarterly results. Macy's ( M) posted quarterly profit of $2.05 a share on revenue of $9.35 billion, beating the average analyst earnings estimate of $1.99 a share on revenue of $9.3 billion as the company benefited from robust holiday sales. The company is predicting same-store sales growth of about 3.5% in fiscal 2013. Shares added 2.8%. RadioShack ( RSH) reported a wider-than-expected quarterly loss and cautioned there is a possibility that it might have to resort to asset sales or close down stores to boost liquidity if its business does not show any improvement by next year. Shares rose 0.33% after slipping earlier following the earnings announcement. Vivus ( VVUS) reported a wider-than-expected fourth-quarter loss. Shares tumbled 12.3%. -- Written by Andrea Tse and Joe Deaux in New York >To contact the writer of this article, click here: Andrea Tse.
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I agree but its not a rule it is a factor and it helps you lose your religion.
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Thunderf00t seems to think so. Over the long haul (and I mean SERIOUSLY long haul), I am not certain I'm inclined to disagree. The more myth is exposed to fact, the more myth will ultimately lose to fact. It takes time and repeated exposure, persistence and determination ... but it does work.
Which is why we all must be as determined, as persistent, and as willing to commit the necessary time to the task at hand.
The problem with that, Loren, is that misinformation thrives even better than fact on the internet. Myth, *hah* twitter seems to be a natural breeding ground.
Stipulated, that there is a WHOLE LOT of BS out there on the internet. Still, we skeptics are a determined lot! When I take a look at how atheism is represented, particularly on YouTube with the likes of Thunderf00t, DarkMatter2525, and A|N's own Steve Shives, I have confidence that, at minimum, we're holding up our side, and pretty damned well!
Many religions are trying to avoid the Internet, due to the increasing amount of information against them, such as exposing the reality behind Mohammad's perverse actions and the fake heroism attributed to him. A lot of them are keeping away from it as much as possible. I've met many Mormons who refuse to own a computer, which started when the Simpsons and other comedies started attacking Joseph Smith and his fraudulent gold plates. I've been trolling religious sites, often posing as one of them, like pretending to be a Christian in such delusional sites as "BeginningAndEnd.com" which supports young earth creationism.
These religions are creating little ghettos on the Internet, where they complain about the real world as sinful and depraved. They continually claim victories in the real world for those that push their faith onto outsiders where there are actually no real victories. It is all about preening each other and reinforcing their own propaganda so that it seems to them that they are superior and winning the war against the depraved infidels outside their faith. Many of these sites will not let you in, unless you are also a member of their church or faith.
So I think it would be more to the point to make the statement!
The Internet, where religions hide from reality in shielded enclaves.
Yes, there are very likely theist spies on Nexus, but they are easily picked, they are the ones that get a little angry when I refer to God as the ULTIMATE, EVIL, NARCISSISTIC MEGALOMANIAC. You can hear their hissing as they type. Though I've proven my comment correct in many arguments, because such evil, narcissistic megalomaniac type deeds and attitude of God's are all through the Old Testament and reappear in "Revelations".
I suppose it's also safety and reduction of trolls to limit membership to their select group.
Yet, I manage to troll a little, while keeping it within the confines of their belief system. Just burning the occasional damaged fence posts on the perimeter of their belief system and pulling out the occasional taboo subject.
That can be fun, just to read their reactions.
Atheist Nexus is also a shielded enclave, a little Atheist ghetto. At the moment we claim 27,624 members, but the vast majority of them aren't active members. We count folks who joined and never did anything since. Meanwhile Facebook has 7 billion active members.
Well, now you have me feeling bad, I've been a member for a couple of years, and I have not posted in awhile, however, I'm always trying to lure people who I can sense are free thinkers, but just have not made the leap. In my everyday life, I do what I can to point out the stupidity of religion, and the atrocities committed in the name of god. (which I refuse to capitalize) LOL.
Very intresting. That is a good point, how they use the internet to hide and live in their own little dilluted world.
Well, I wish it was that easy to kill religions, however it does help; as anyone knows countries run by theocracies such as Iran, know the danger of the internet to their brainwashing dictitorial rule.
Not really;
If it wasn't for the use of the internet these wackjobs would have next to no profile. Its unfortunately one of the best designed websites I've seen. They know the Internet and how to use it.
Thriving on the internet.
As people have stated above most people on the internet tend to only go where their preconceptions are reinforced not challenged. Occasionally someone might have their mind opened but thats the exception.
I find it a little ironic to see the most unabashedly Creationist website attacking the very premise of science.. on machines that have only been made possible by the scientific process they so hate.
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Hi everyone,
Disclaimer 1: logic and set theory are a long way from my field, so apologies in advance if I demonstrate extreme ignorance or stupidity, and please correct me if (when?) I write stupid things. But hopefully my basic meaning should be fairly clear to everyone even if I get some details wrong.
Disclaimer 2: I admit this question might be slightly subjective. But I feel it's not too subjective, and is fairly natural and interesting to most mathematicians, out of mere curiosity.
Framework: Throughout, let's assume that standard ZF set theory is consistent, and take it as our basic mathematical foundation. (I don't necessarily think this is best, but I prefer to pin down the discussion).
We all know that Mathematics comes in several distinct flavours: e.g. you can believe or disbelieve the Continuum Hypothesis, and both points of view are (equally?) valid; they are really just matters of opinion. Thus there are at least 2 different versions. Of course we have infinitely many different versions: each number $m=1,2,3,\ldots$ gives a different flavour of Mathematics, given by the axiom $2^{\aleph_0} = \aleph_m$.
Subquestion Does the value of $m$ really matter very much? $2^{\aleph_0} = \aleph_1$ seems a particularly special case; but I find it hard to believe there'd be very much meaningful distinction (in terms of theorems anyone would want to consider) between the axioms $2^{\aleph_0} = \aleph_{103}$ or $2^{\aleph_0} = \aleph_{275}$, for example.
If desired, we could regard these different versions of Mathematics as essentially equivalent (in a rough sense): the axioms all look very similar, given by a single parametrisation. We could also throw in versions with $2^{\aleph_\alpha}$, etc.
Alternatively, we could remove these difficulties completely by not even considering cardinals beyond $\aleph_2$ or $\aleph_3$, say; (or any $\aleph_m$ with finite $m$).
It would be really amusing if we could do the following, for then we would have (at least) $2^{\aleph_0}$ different flavours of Mathematics! (Although I suppose there might be technical difficulties with nonconstructive infinite 0,1 strings...!) We'd have an explicit injective function $f$ from $[0,1]$ into the class of all possible versions of Mathematics!
Main question
Can we find (or prove the existence of) an infinite sequence of axioms $A_1, A_2, A_3, \ldots$, for which every sequence of true/false assignments is consistent? (e.g. the infinite string 1011001110... would mean that $A_j$ is true for $j=1,3,4,7,8,9,\ldots$ and false for $j=2,5,6,10,\ldots$; we want every string to be consistent).
If so, can it be done with $A_1, A_2, \ldots$ all being essentially different kinds of axioms? [maybe it's stupidly optimistic to hope for this]. Can it be done without ever considering $\aleph_k$ for $k>3$, say (or 4, or any fixed finite number)?
If not, what's a reasonable known lower bound $K$ on the number of $A_1, \ldots, A_K$ which are known to exist, so that we have at least $2^K$ essentially different versions of Mathematics?


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March 28, 2008 -- New research points to what scientists say are genetic clues to very early signs of schizophrenia in children.
Scientists say they've identified a host of genetic mutations that are far more common in people with schizophrenia than in healthy people. While the mutations are rare, they tend to involve genes controlling brain development, a fact researchers say may open windows to intervene early and even prevent the debilitating disease.
Researchers found the mutations, called copy number variants, in 15% of patients with schizophrenia but in only 5% of healthy people. Meanwhile, 20% of young patients with child-onset schizophrenia showed the anomalies.
Copy number variants (CNVs) have also been found to show up more readily in children with autism and mental retardation, says Judith Rapoport, MD, who lead one of two research teams that published the findings. That is leading researchers to suspect that all of the disorders could have common roots in disrupted genes important to brain development.
"CNV is going to become a household word," Rapoport, who directs the child psychiatry branch at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), told a group of reporters Thursday.
Looking for Early Signs of Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia affects about one in 100 people. Most are diagnosed in their late teens or early 20s. But for the last several years, researchers have been looking for earlier behavioral signs of impending disease and genetic signs that could serve as a warning for future risk.
"This may be an easier way to hunt for genes or even protective factors," Rapoport says.
But CNVs likely won't be a good predictor of who will get disease and who won't, says Thomas R. Insel, MD, the NIMH director. The mutations show up in both healthy and unhealthy people. Also, CNVs tend to be hereditary but highly specific. That means that a CNV that could help predict a critical genetic mutation in one family but not in another.
"It's not going to provide an easy diagnostic test," Insel says.
What CNVs may provide is a kind of early-alert system, possibly allowing doctors to intervene with targeted drugs before the effects of full-blown-schizophrenia arrive, Rapoport says.
She likened it to HIV infection, which if detected early, can now be headed off with cocktails of antiretroviral drugs. The treatment can slow the progression of disease.
"If I could come up with something like that for schizophrenia, no one here would object, I assure you," Rapoport says.


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Skyline Releases Women's Soccer Report #10
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Clifton Park, N.Y. - The Skyline Conference released the tenth and final women's soccer report for the 2010 season on Monday afternoon, including Player of the Week, Rookie of the Week, Honor Roll and Conference statistics.
Junior defender Katrina Cerverizzo (Center Moriches, N.Y./Center Moriches) was named Skyline Conference Player of the Week for women's soccer. Cerverizzo's goal with just 3:22 left in regulation was the only goal of the game as the Rams defeated Mount Saint Mary College 1-0. Cerverizzo was named Most Valuable Player as Farmingdale State earned its fourth straight Skyline Conference title and NCAA bid. She also anchored a defense that limited two opponents to a total of five shots in the conference tournament.
Sophomore forward Christina Merrill (Levittown, N.Y./Island Trees) and sophomore defender Yvonne Santos (Hicksville, N.Y./Hicksville) were each named to the Skyline Conference Player of the Week Honor Roll. Merrill's goal in the 72nd minute broke a scoreless tie in the Rams' 2-0 semifinal win over Bard. Santos provided the assist on Cerverizzo's game-winning goal in the 87th minute against MSMC as Farmingdale State captured their fourth consecutive Skyline Championship.
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Ernesto Falcon is Legislative Counsel at the Electronic Frontier Foundation with a primary focus on intellectual property and open Internet issues.
Prior to joining EFF, Ernesto worked as a legislative staffer for two Members of Congress (2004-2010). He then became Vice President of Government Affairs at Public Knowledge where he advocated on behalf of consumers on copyright issues and broadband competition. During his tenure, Public Knowledge was successful in achieving one of the largest consumer victories in telecom policy by defeating AT&T's merger with T-Mobile. The following year, PK and EFF scored a major victory for consumers by rallying the Internet community to defeat the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).
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We tend to think that most old people sit around quietly at home, sipping tea and watching the news, but it turns out they're up to something a little more rowdy: getting hammered! A new report on binge drinking from the CDC found that the 65+ age group binge drank most often. Grandma, you sneaky little tippler!
The silver set might binge drink most often, but it's the 18 to 34-year-olds who have the most binge drinkers among them. So while the nursing homes may have the most hoppin' parties, never fear, the frats haven't fallen too far behind. Still, next time you see your favorite senior citizen, you might want to ask them what exactly is in that innocent looking coffee cup.
Some good news from this report is that most people who binge drink aren't alcoholics, but the bad news is that binge drinking is getting very popular. More than 38 million adults in the US binge drink. It's most common in Wisconsin, where 25.6 percent of adults binge drink. (Looks like winning Miss America isn't the only thing Wisconsin can be proud of this week!) It's least common in Utah, where only 10.9 percent indulge a bit too much. So if you're looking for a drinking buddy, your best bet might be to try a senior center somewhere near Milwaukee.
Senior Citizens Binge Drink Most Often [Discovery News]
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Dwight Howard looks like he's on the way to New Jersey because that is what he wants. What he didn't want is to be a Houston Rocket. He didn't want to be a Rocket before the trade deadline and he doesn't want to be a Rocket at any point moving forward. I would love to just say "screw Dwight Howard", but this is a problem.
Rumors have run fast and wild since last season's trade deadline that the Rockets were close to getting a deal done that would have sent Howard to Houston. Remember last year before the trade deadline when we heard Howard say he wanted out of Orlando before "having a change of heart" and apologizing to the Orlando fans for putting them through that? He opted into the final year of his contract in what looked very much like a hostage video at his press conference. He hardly looked happy to be going back.
I asked a friend of mine in the league what he thought happened and he said he had heard that Dwight was getting ready to get traded and he didn't want that so he opted into his deal with Orlando. The Nets had been rumored to be a potential trade partner and he could have been partnered up with his boy Deron Williams so why would he have gone back to Orlando when he looked so unhappy at his press conference? That just didn't make sense and I said so to my buddy and he just said, "Maybe it wasn't the Nets."
Looking back, I think he knew that the Rockets were the team who Howard didn't want to be traded to but didn't want to give me that info.
Once Dave Hardisty from ClutchFans.com started hearing rumors of the Rockets being the team close to dealing for Howard it all started to make sense. The wake-like press conference because Howard didn't want to have to go back to Orlando but it beat the alternative…. being rented out to the Houston Rockets.
Let's put this in proper perspective. Dwight Howard loathed the idea of playing for the Houston Rockets so greatly that decided to stay in his failed marriage with the Orlando Magic.
He really didn't want to play here.
Dwight Howard gets things done. He wanted Stan Van Gundy gone and the Magic got ride of the talented coach. Dwight had a back surgery at the perfect time with it coming late enough for him to still say that recovery isn't going the way he wants in case a team like Houston tries to trade for him. Watch how quickly his back heals if he gets traded to the Brooklyn Nets.
So Dwight Howard doesn't want to play for Houston and it appears that no other stars are clamoring to get here. That's the way the NBA is now. They want to be with their friends. They want to eat grilled cheese sandwiches together and get matching black-rimmed glasses. They are tired of playing against each other. It's too hard.
That's fine. – – – – 'em.
I'm glad Daryl Morey didn't trade for Dwight Howard. I wasn't a fan of the concept anyway. Rental players when you aren't championship caliber is so Drayton McClane and that is never a compliment. Build it from the ground up. Go find players with high basketball IQs and with great basketball character that want to compete and who have some edge to them.
It's time to deal Kyle Lowry (although I've loved his competitive demeanor in the past) and Luis Scola as they both have some value. The Rockets might as well hang onto Kevin Martin and see if he has value at the trade deadline. Count me as a fan of this year's draft. I think they added three players with very high upside as opposed to low ceiling players like Pat Patterson and Marcus Morris over the last two years.
Build it from the ground up.
Royce White is one of the most diverse players from this year's draft and he's also one of the most aggressive and physical. White is like a honey-badger who does what he wants to against opposing defenses and he's got the strong frame to back it up. Go look at his game logs and you'll be blown away by his assist numbers. He sees the court with exceptional vision. Go further and you'll see a player who played top-level basketball against teams like Kentucky, Kansas and Missouri.
Jeremy Lamb has scoring touch like a younger Kevin Martin once had. He has NBA shooting range, can run the floor and has long arms which can make a big difference on the defensive end as we saw when OKC played the Spurs. The biggest problem for Lamb is that he needs to put on a little more weight and he shot way too many three pointers that were more difficult than they needed to be last year.
Someone is going to have to school me on the hate for Terrence Jones in some circles. The Kentucky power forward was inconsistent at times, but he's also very young and flashes more potential than any of the Rockets three draft picks. In fact, he easily has top 7 talent. He runs the floor, has three-point range, is a good shot-blocker and has the ability to face up defenders and blow by them on the dribble.
This offseason will include no Dwight Howard and three draft picks who the Rockets plan on building around. Ultimately, this offseason will be the one that Daryl Morey is remembered for more than any other – whether it is on the way out of the door or as we sing his praises.


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Police Officers Facing Potential Felony Charges After Using Government Databases To Screen Potential Dates
from the we-need-all-this-info-for-several-reasons:-here's-one-of-them deptHey, look! It's more abuse of privileges by people in power. (via PoliceMisconduct.net)
Court documents show that Fairfield Police Officers Stephen Ruiz and Jacob Glashoff used company time and equipment to search for women on internet dating sites.Just a bad idea, whether you're a government employee or engaged in the private sector rat race. In almost every case, using work computers (while on the clock) to surf dating sites will be a violation of company/agency policy. But there's more.
Court documents allege the officers then used a police-issued computer to look up the women they found appealing in a confidential law enforcement database that connects to the DMV and state and federal records.This isn't an isolated incident. Government employees and law enforcement officers have a long history of abusing the public's trust.
There's not a ton of commentary to add here. The basic issue is this: many, many people have access to personal information that the government demands you provide in exchange for essential items like driver's licenses, vehicle/home titles, etc. Connected to these databases is one used to house information on every person booked by police (notably, not every person convicted or even every person charged).
Some people place a lot of trust in those who have access to this information. This trust is often misplaced. Many others place no trust in those who have this access and yet, there is very little they can do without placing their personal information in the hands of people they actively distrust.
Having verifiable records on hand is a safeguard against fraud and other criminal activity… by the public. The internal safeguards meant to protect citizens from untoward actions by public servants are ultimately useless because the government far too frequently refuses to take serious actions against those who abuse the public's trust. People are given paid suspensions or are allowed to transfer out of the agency rather than face more severe consequences. These two officers face the possibility of criminal charges (after being reported by another officer -- kudos to him or her) but in the meantime, both are still on duty and fully paid. Innocent until proven guilty, sure, but it would seem the police department should have caught this before it became a problem severe enough that felony charges are even being discussed. Externally, police are issuing tickets for expired vehicle tags and other minor lapses. Internally, no one can apparently be bothered to monitor access of sensitive info.
Defenders of surveillance and the wholesale collection of personal information by government entities often claim the Googles and Twitters of the world are just as disinterested in your privacy as any government agency. But you can opt out of Google, Twitter, et al. You can choose to not participate. The government, for the most part, isn't optional. There's no TOS you can read before deciding to do business elsewhere. Your information is gathered, stored and rifled through by any number of people, some of whom are doing it just because their positions give them access.
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Article by Robert Sloan
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A few days ago, I was fishing on Sabine Lake, and two of us were chasing fresh slicks and catching some really nice trout on 4-inch Badonk-A-Donk topwater lures in cotton candy and Mardi Gras colors. But as the tide changed, the bite slowed a good bit, and we tied on Bomber Mud Minnows with paddle tails for more action under the slicks. On about my third cast, I had a solid thump, set the hook, and a 7 to 8 pound trout came out of the water like a rainbow trout on a cold-water stream in Wyoming. But just about the time I had her heading toward the net, the line snapped, and I watched with wide eyes as a great photo op darted out of sight.
The malfunction was easily diagnosed. Seems the trout inhaled the mud minnow imitation and wore through the 12-pound test line. The problem was that I had gotten lazy and didn't rig up with a fluorocarbon shock leader. The low-test monofilament line on my reel was no contest for the toothy maw of the big trout.
I've fished a lot of places along the Texas coast over the past couple of months. Along the way, I've noticed that everybody has a different idea about what works with lines and leaders. For example, guide Dwayne Lowrey uses 12-pound test braided line. But for a leader, he'll tie on about a 4-foot section of 14-pound test leader material.
"I like to use the braided line for a quicker hook set," said Lowrey. "But I also like to use a clear leader."
One of the most popular leader materials is Silver Thread Fluorocarbon. The reason why is simple – it's tougher than regular monofilament line and is virtually invisible under water. It's a good option when you want a leader – or line, for that matter – that offers maximum strength.
Capt. Ted Springer has been guiding on the Laguna Madre for years. His line of choice is Silver Thread Excalibur. He'll usually be using 12-pound test for more distance when fishing light, soft plastics and topwater lures like a Super Spook Jr., or a slow sinking 2-1/2 inch Badonk-A-Donk.
"I like the Silver Thread Excalibur line because it's abrasion-resistant and super strong," said Springer. "I fish a lot over grass, and that can be abrasive on some fishing lines. Plus we target fish like trout and reds that can wear through weaker line."
When in doubt, it's always best to use a leader. One of the most popular line/leader combinations is 12-pound test line that's connected to a 12- to 14-pound test fluorocarbon leader. A good line-to-leader connection can be made with a blood knot. That's a low-profile knot that's strong yet small enough to avoid snagging bits of vegetation.
What you don't want to do is use a leader that's too heavy because it'll kill the action of the lure. For example, you don't want to use a 20-pound test leader with a topwater lure like a Rebel Jumpin' Minnow or Bomber Long A.
Lumberton angler Phil Brannon says one of his favorite all-time lures for catching numbers of trout is a Bomber Jointed Long A. He fishes that particular topwater/diver lure with 14-pound test fluorocarbon leader.
"When I'm using a Long A, I'll often use a heavier leader because that bait comes with a split ring attached to the nose of the lure," said Brannon. "With the split ring a heaver leader won't hinder the action of the lure. But if you're using something like a Super Spook Jr. you'll want to go with a lighter leader because those lures don't come with a split ring attached to the nose of the lure."
There are a couple of easy-to-remember rules with attaching leader or monofilament lines to a lure. If it's got a split ring, an Improved Clinch knot is a good option. If there is no split ring, always use something like a locking loop knot. This is a strong knot that won't lock down on the lure and hinder it's action.
Here's another little tip. When fishing soft plastics, you have two options. One is to attach a 15 to 20 pound test black swivel on the end of your leader to avoid line twist. The other option is to tie your running line to a small black barrel swivel, and a short leader to the other end. That will prevent line twist when using soft plastics and spoons.
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Bill brought me to work a few times and I got to meet his friends. Made me feel like he's proud of me.
Jennifer and I always try to learn together about something that's new to both of us during our outings.
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