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February 1, 2012
Many of us think of hormones as the gender-specific molecules we learned about in middle school health class—little chemical messengers that govern our reproductive development and behaviors. But sex steroids like testosterone and estrogen have reach beyond our nether regions and reproductive behaviors. They affect the entire brain both during development and throughout adult life: shaping, activating, and fueling sexually dimorphic brain circuits involved in stress and memory as well as several psychiatric disorders.
Sex is determined by two chromosomes: men have one X chromosome and one Y chromosome, while women have two X chromosomes. The Y chromosome contains the SRY gene, which triggers a flood of androgens (the group of hormones that includes testosterone) sometime between six and twelve weeks of gestation, guiding the development of the penis and testes. But this fetal testosterone bath also makes its mark on the brain's architecture, resulting in sexually dimorphic brain circuits.
Sexual dimorphism is an observable, phenotypic difference between the males and females of a given species. Think of peacocks and sexually dimorphic tails: males have the long, brightly colored feathers while females have shorter, duller plumage. But sexual dimorphism is not just limited to our outsides. The human brain also shows visible differences in various brain regions between men and women. Predictably, these differences can be seen in areas like the hypothalamus, implicated in sexual and reproductive behaviors. But researchers have also noted differences in circuits linked to memory, emotion, and stress. Women show slightly larger volume in regions like the frontal and limbic cortexes while men have more bulk in the amygdala and parietal lobe.[i]
Sex differences are also observable at the cellular level.[ii] Men and women show differences in both cell and receptor density in certain areas. For example, women show greater density of neurons in particular language areas as well as in the frontal lobe. It is also interesting to note that most of these sexually dimorphic regions are those that have the highest density of sex steroid receptors. This allows these circuits to be laid down during prenatal and early childhood development and then activated at puberty, when hormones flood the body again.
While the study of sexual dimorphism is controversial—author Cordelia Fine coined the provocative if not entirely accurate term, "neurosexism," in her book Delusions of Gender[iii]—far too often findings in this field are unnecessarily sensationalized by the media. It is important to note that differences in the brain do not necessarily denote better cognition or function as some suggest. In fact, Geert de Vries, a researcher at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has suggested that some of these sexually dimorphic brain circuits may actually be compensatory, different enough so that men and women, who have different levels of sex steroids coursing through the bloodstream and the brain, can have similar behavioral output.[iv] Thus, in some activities, such as solving spatial problems or using short-term memory, these brain differences allow men and women to use different strategies to perform at the same level.
Hormones can act as neurotransmitters
Hormones are essential to cell metabolism and homeostasis. You will find cell receptors for sex steroids across the body—they receive hormone messengers released into the bloodstream by endocrine glands like the pituitary gland and the thyroid gland.
The brain also has a wide distribution of hormone receptors, allowing sex steroids to affect circuits across the entire brain—not just the hypothalamus and areas of the brain linked to sexual behavior. Like neurotransmitters, sex steroids like estrogen and testosterone can influence communication between brain cells. In fact, scientists have identified several different types of testosterone and estrogen receptors that alter neural signaling in different ways, like changing the properties of the cell membrane or influencing the release of other neurochemicals from the cell.[v] And they admit that there may be receptor types, and methods of action, that have yet to be identified.
Hormones may act as mediators, helping other neurotransmitters or neuropeptides change signal propagation in the synapse, or work directly on the cell themselves. Researchers who study hormones at the cellular level often refer to them as "gate openers," helping cells to mediate the neural signal, which may ultimately influence human behavior by directing attention or making environmental stimuli more salient.[vi]
Hormones, cognition, and psychiatric disorders
Most psychiatric disorders show different prevalence rates between the sexes. Depression is more commonly seen in women, while schizophrenia afflicts more men. Current research studies suggest some of those differences may be linked to hormones and how they act upon sexually dimorphic brain circuits. For example, researchers recently demonstrated that women with major depressive disorder had hypoactivation (or low activation) in the brain's stress circuitry, linked to low estradiol (a form of estrogen) and high progesterone.[vii] Other work has shown differences in working memory, emotional memory, and the stress response during different parts of the menstrual cycle.[viii] Similarly, low testosterone levels have been linked to increased vulnerability for psychosis in males.[ix]
Neuroscientists have only scratched the surface in understanding all the ways that hormones influence cognition and behavior—mostly because research programs have historically often studied only the males of the species. But there is a paradigm shift occurring in the field, inspiring scientists to take a closer look at hormones and sex in their research, which should afford us greater understanding of the many different ways sex steroids impact the brain.
[i] Goldstein JM, Seidman LJ, Horton NJ, Makris N, Kennedy DN, Caviness Jr VS, Faraone SV and Tsuang MT. Normal sexual dimorphism of the adult human brain assessed by in vivo magnetic resonance imaging. Cerebral Cortex, 2001, 11(6): 490-497.[ii] Cahill L. His Brain, Her Brain. Scientific American, May 2005: 40-47.[iii] Fine C. Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference. 2011. W.W. Norton & Company, New York.[iv] McCarthy MM and Arnold AP. Reframing sexual differentiation of the brain. Nature Neuroscience, 2011, 14(6): 677-683.[v] Chaban V, Li J, McDonald JS, Rapkin A and Micevych P. Estradiol attenuates the adenosine triphosphate-induced increase of intracellular calcium through group II metabotropic glutamate receptors in rat dorsal root ganglion neurons. Journal of Neuroscience Research, 2011, 89(11): 1707-1710.[vi] Micevych P and Dominguez R. Membrane estradiol signaling in the brain. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology. 2009, 30(3): 315–327.[vii] Holsen LM, Spaeth SB, Lee JH, Ogden LA, Klibanski A, Whitfield-Gabrieli S and Goldstein JM. Stress response circuitry hypoactivation related to hormonal dysfunction in women with major depression. Journal of Affective Disorders, 2011, 131(1-3): 379-387.[viii] Goldstein JM, Jerram M, Abbs B, Whitfield-Gabrieli S and Makris N. Sex differences in sex response circuitry activation dependent on female hormonal cycle. Journal of Neuroscience, 2010, 30(2): 431-8.[ix]Van Rijn S, Aleman A, de Sonneville L, Sprong M, Ziermans T, Schothorst P, van Engeland H and Swaab H. Neuroendocrine markers of high risk for psychosis: salivary testosterone in adolescent boys with prodromal symptoms. Psychological Medicine, 2011, 41(9): 1815-22.
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Ascent Trip Report
I've wanted to climb Preston Peak for several years and I finally made the decision to check this one off my list. Early Saturday morning, September 24, 2005, I got up and headed to the trailhead from my home in Medford, Oregon. It took me about 2 hours to get to the TH. There were a couple small tents pitched in the middle of the parking area, so I drove around them and parked. I guess I woke up the occupants of the tents, because they started stirring and getting dressed. I got my stuff ready and hit the trail about 7:00AM.
The trail is an old roadbed that headed southeast towards Youngs Valley. It was cool this morning and the miles flew by quickly. After a few long switchbacks, I got down to Youngs Valley. It only took about an hour to go this first 3.5 miles, but most of it was down hill. I caught a few glimpses of Preston Peak on the way down to the valley and it appeared to still be a long way away. This was going to be an all day hike.
I followed the roadbed trail as it left Youngs Valley and started to gently climb towards Preston Peak. There is some nice old growth trees in this area and it is easy to see why this is part of the Siskiyou Wilderness. The trail climbed past the fork that goes to Cyclone Gap. I continued straight towards the old chrome mine. At the mine there was a big arrow made with rocks and sticks in the middle of the trail that pointed the way to go. I took the left fork up through the mine and then the road ended and a real trail began. The trail was good and easy to follow.
The trail went up to about 5,300 ft elevation and then switchbacked down to Raspberry Lake. Raspberry Lake looked fantastic, cool and refreshing. I could also see the north ridgeline that leads up to Preston Peak. There were lots of rocks and obstacles. It was going to take a while to get to the summit.
I got to Raspberry Lake in less than 3 hours from the trailhead and I felt good. I crossed the lake outlet and continued around the lake to the west side. Here the trail disappeared and I picked my way through trees and brush and then some scree. I climbed the 300 ft up to the ridge. I could see some of the route up the north ridge of Preston Peak. This wasn't going to be a simple walkup.
I followed some "use trails" whenever I could find them, but they kept disappearing. I would continue a few more feet through brush or over rocks and then find another short trail. As I climbed, I noticed there were cairns placed occasionally to mark a route. These cairns continued all the way to the summit. They gave me a feeling of comfort that occasionally, I was on the right track.
There is a subpeak labeled 6121 on the topo that I traversed around the right side. The further up the ridge line I went the more the route was on rock. At about 6,500 ft there was a little snow (less than ½ inch) in places. I continued up, in places I had to use my hands to climb up large rocks and this was fun. I noticed up on this ridge there are Brewers Spruce trees. I know these are very rare and only grow in a limited area.
Eventually, I reached the summit on a gorgeous day in Northern California. I could see from the Pacific Ocean in the west, to Mt. Shasta in the east. Countless peaks surrounded me in all directions. What a beautiful day. I signed the summit register and ate my lunch. It took me nearly 5 hours to get to the summit, so I took a little extra time and just relaxed.
Descending the north ridgeline of Preston Peak back to Raspberry Lake took a long time. I couldn't go very fast down the ridge because it was steep, no real trail, and hands were required in several areas. At Raspberry Lake I met the 4 campers that I had seen at the trailhead. They were fishing and filtering water. I didn't linger long because I still had 7 miles back to the car. The rest of the trip back to the trailhead was uneventful. The total trip was 17.5 miles and took 10 hours. I think the total elevation gain was about 4,600 ft.
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Should Breathalyzers be used at proms?
With prom season upon us, more and more high schools across the country are turning to Breathalyzers or similar machines to test kids for alcohol consumption before they can enter the dance.
The real question is whether they have the desired effect.
School officials, obviously, see the devices as a way to stop kids from drinking before they come to prom. And at some schools, the students themselves choose to have all prom attendees tested. That's what the students at Jefferson City High School in Missouri requested for this month's prom, which was being held at a hotel for the first time.
Some folks say that a message of distrust is sent to kids when everyone is tested before they can dance and have some punch.
That's what the school board in Bellows Falls, Vermont, decided when members voted against testing students for alcohol at Bellows Falls Union High School's prom this month--and even banned having a Breathalyzer at the dance, according to the Rutland Herald.
It quoted senior Nadine Rowell of Saxtons River as saying that it was "incredibly insulting" for students to be treated "like criminals" by requiring a breath test at the prom.
Others note, though, that drinking is against the law for minors, and that underage drinking is not only a personal behavior issue but one of public safety when one of these drunken kids gets behind a wheel. Few object to metal detectors or body wands that check for weapons.
The one dissenting vote in Bellows Falls was Stephen Major, who said that while he had questions about whether mass testing of students was constitutional, he thought it was a matter of safety.
But perhaps the real question is whether testing everybody actually stops kids from drinking on prom night.
I've been asking dozens of adults and kids, and not one of them said they think it stops kids from drinking who are planning to do so. Do you think they are wrong? What are the schools in your area doing?
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They are still kids, and in a position to make a really bad choice. Use the device on every student going in, let everyone know in advance that you intend to. Great idea---saves lives---saves futures--
Posted by: mamoore1 | May 12, 2010 5:16 PM | Report abuse
Breathalyzers at proms, in my opinion, do nothing but encourage students to take drugs instead.
The solution should be creating safe environments, providing transportation, and not allowing students to attend prom unless they take a bus/limo/taxi. Schools, student councils, the state education agencies, etc. should all be putting money towards transportation services so that driving drunk is not an option!
Posted by: amacmannis | May 12, 2010 8:32 PM | Report abuse
Wait. You want my tax dollars to go for transporation to a prom? Better still, have the prom in the gym and have parents do the driving. Problem solved.
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Posted by: itkonlyyou56 | May 12, 2010 9:41 PM | Report abuse
Each year during Prom and Graduation season alcohol related traffic accidents and fatalities for teens rises. Similar linkages exist between underage drinking and high school sporting events. Lifeloc manufacturers and sells professional breathalyzers to Law Enforcement and increasingly to schools concerned with making events safer for students and to exercise their responsibility to parents to keep kids safe while under their care. Breathalyzers at school functions don't stop substance abuse just as alcohol and drug testing in the workplace doesn't. It does educate kids and parents on the dangers of alcohol, establish clear expectations about what is acceptable and what is not and help keep students safe while at school functions. How can this be a bad thing?
Posted by: breathtester | May 12, 2010 10:22 PM | Report abuse
Wouldn't it make more sense to check the students before they drive home at the *end* of the dance?
Posted by: floof | May 13, 2010 6:58 AM | Report abuse
Short answer: yes. I distinctly recall a conversation two classmates had in late may 1992, senior english class "By 8 o' clock all I wanted to do was get back to my hotel party and pop open a beer." Not to paint with a broad stroke but this guy barely graduated and his (wealthy) parents managed to get him into Randolph Macon. He had already been expelled from Pope Paul VI Catholic High.
Posted by: biffgrifftheoneandonly | May 13, 2010 8:09 AM | Report abuse
I am so glad I grew up in the 70s!!
Posted by: queenb3 | May 13, 2010 10:15 AM | Report abuse
Oh please. They should be doing drug tests as well. And also have a loyalty test to the US as well. Maybe be forced to recite the pledge forwards and backwards.
Kids these days.....
Posted by: cz_man | May 13, 2010 10:22 AM | Report abuse
By all means. They need urinalysis, abstinence pledges and results of a Republican purity test, too.
Posted by: areyousaying | May 13, 2010 10:23 AM | Report abuse
Why are American high schools in the business of running late-night couples' parties, anyway.
Once US high schools manage to graduate students who aren't consistently at the bottom of international acadmic rankings, maybe they can start branching out into these kinds of sybaritic sidelines. Until then, maybe they should just focus on teaching.
Posted by: kcx7 | May 13, 2010 11:30 AM | Report abuse
I'm assuming that if they fail the Breathalyzer that they will be turned away from the prom, correct? What do you think the kids will do then??? They just came from drinking - they got turned away because of drinking - they are now going to drink some more.
If they fail the Breathalyzer, the parents should be REQUIRED to come pick them up.
Posted by: Virginia10 | May 13, 2010 1:46 PM | Report abuse
Teaching children that they should not expect to have any right to privacy.
Welcome to the surveillance society.
Posted by: sage5 | May 13, 2010 2:52 PM | Report abuse
If you have a kid who might drink for prom, you have a kid who likely drinks at other times. Start paying attention EVERYDAY to your kids at all ages - not just for special occasions.
Another passing thought - I fondly remember my 1966 prom as a very special, romantic, dress-up , almost-an-adult affair at the Edgewater Beach Hotel's beautiful, tiered Marine Ballroom. We were expected to act like ladies and gentlemen - and DID! I am so sad for the teens who rush past all beauty and become jaded and crass thrill-seekers. They are throwing away moments in life they will never get back.
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And then I gave this project the kiss of death when I said to myself,
"Self, this is gonna be one of the easiest projects I've ever done."
I'd like to punch myself in the face for every time I think that errant thought. Allow me to sum it up with this e-card. Because I believe that somewhere out there, there is an e-card for every emotion.
No matter how many times I've jinxed a project by saying it will be "easy", I go and do it to myself again. And again.
I can't even explain why this project gave me so many fits.
Fiddling with the dowels to ensure they were all fitting evenly, hunting down hardware that was described in the tutorial, only to find I purchased the wrong thing and no one knows what the right thing is. . .
Oh, and then. . . it's this frigid, icy cold disaster of nasty car water drips in the garage,
And so I'm painting it in the kitchen and crap.
But now that it's done, I kinda want one. . .
not that I have an ounce of wall space in my laundry room. Plus the idea of making another "easy" one for myself sounds as fun as chewing broken glass, so there's that.
Let's be honest though:
should a laundry drying rack belong to a girl who believes that there are only two kinds of laundry:
1. whites
2. everything else
And that everything gets hucked in the dryer and stays in there until it is bone dry/absolutely must be removed to make way for another load? Absolutely no regard to "hand wash" or "dry clean only"? "Stain clean"?? Pffft.
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Płytowy debiut saksofonisty Songs From This Season juz w lutym
Tim Green
Songs From This Season
Release Date: February 12, 2013
Label: True Melody Music
Featuring Orrin Evans, Warren Wolf, Gilad Hekselman,
Rodney Green and Obed Calvaire, Among Others
First Runner-Up in the 2008 Thelonious Monk
International Jazz Saxophone Competition
"Tim Green is a dynamic musician. If you make a checklist of everything you'd want in a musician, Tim has it all." - Christian McBride
"Green's a player to watch...fully capable of emerging as yet another of the artists who have used a second or third place finish in the Monk competition as a springboard to outstanding careers." - JazzTimes
"Tim Green is one of the brightest saxophonists on the scene. He combines the tradition with forward-thinking sensibility and makes a substantial statement. Keep your eye/ear on Tim!" - Bob Mintzer
Whether your source is the Bible or the Byrds, the notion is the same: "To everything there is a season." On his debut as a leader, Songs From This Season, alto saxophonist and composer Tim Green recounts the many seasons of his own life on a stylistically diverse set featuring a host of established and rising jazz stars.
Released via Green's own True Melody Music label, Songs From This Season surveys a broad swath of the jazz landscape, from deftly swinging hard bop to fluid modernity to soulful gospel. The impressive list of sidemen on the session includes pianist Orrin Evans, vibraphonist Warren Wolf, guitarist Gilad Hekselman, drummers Rodney Green and Obed Calvaire, and several of Green's collaborators in the thriving Baltimore/Washington D.C. jazz scene.
The disc marks not only the emergence of a strong new voice on the saxophone, already established by Green's second-place showing in the 2008 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition, but of a confident and versatile composer. Each piece on the album, Green says, reflects a certain period in his life and the emotion attached to it.
"I can never force a piece of music," he explains. "It has to be inspired by a mood or emotion I'm feeling at that moment."
While his compositions display the influence of many different genres, the common thread among them is a direct emotionality, a vivid communication with the listener. This quality was inspired by some of Green's mentors, most prominently Dick Oatts, with whom he studied at the Manhattan School of Music, and Terence Blanchard, one of the guiding lights of the Monk Institute.
"Dick Oatts really introduced me to writing," Green says, "and Terence Blanchard encouraged me to not just write music but to write an actual song. So many jazz records are just about the solos, but I wanted mine to be more about the songs and the melodies."
That determination is evident from the outset, beginning with the lyrically spiritual opener "Psalm 1," which Green describes as "a prayer or a blessing over the whole album." The Biblical theme continues into "Siloam," a steely 12-bar blues in 10/4 featuring an inspired solo by Hekselman. Another reference to the Good Book can be found in "Philippians 4:13," a resolute ballad inspired by a particularly challenging period in Green's life, one in which the titular scripture provided solace.
While Green was raised in the church, gospel was not a significant aspect of his musical upbringing. He grew up in Baltimore surrounded by music; his father and uncle are singers and his older brother was a trumpet player who Green emulated. "My brother was one of my first influences because I just wanted to be around him and do whatever he was doing."
Still, a song like "Shift" shows a distinct gospel influence, albeit one that entered Green's vocabulary later in his career. Upon moving to New York to study at the Manhattan School, he was enlisted by fellow Baltimorean Marvin Thompson for his Mo'Horns brass section, which backed gospel stars like Fred Hammond and Richard Smallwood. "I never planned on playing gospel music," Green admits. "But all of a sudden I was playing with all of these gospel artists and it started having an influence on my music."
"Shift" takes the most traditional approach to that influence, with New York gospel organist Loren Dawson, Baltimore electric bassist Adam Jonson and vocalists Micah Smith and Iyana Wakefield joining in.
On "Dedication," Green pays homage to two more of his influences, pianists Mulgrew Miller (one of Green's mentors) and Kenny Kirkland. Miller has called Green "a talented, committed, and accomplished young artist. And most importantly to me, he has a song in his heart." The endorsement of such elders spotlights Green's role as a torchbearer for the modern jazz tradition.
Through Miller, Green has recently come under the wing of one of his idols, saxophonist Kenny Garrett. On the phone with Miller one day, Green was shocked when the pianist handed the phone over to Garrett out of the blue. "I was really blown away because he's a big hero of mine," Green recalls. "Since then he's been really supportive and just lets me know he's on my side. He wants me to go all the way, and that's really encouraging to me."
More recently, Green has also gotten bandstand endorsements with several heavy hitters who have called upon him as a sideman. The list includes Miller, but also bassist Christian McBride, pianist Eric Reed, and the Carl Allen/Rodney Whitaker group.
While his own compositions are the focus of the album, Green also revisits seasons connected to songs by his forebears. He tackles Wayne Shorter's burning "Pinocchio" in a trio format with Kris Funn and Rodney Green, and shows his more tender side on Billie Holiday's classic "Don't Explain." As Green explains, "I wanted to put one standard on the album, and that was one that I could really relate to in terms of the words and the melody at the time."
From the chilled-out haze of "ChiTown," dedicated to Green's wife, to the intense, rock-influenced "Time For Liberation," inspired by director Spike Lee, to the elegiac "Lost Souls," Songs From This Season explores the many moods and emotions of a lifetime, ending with the aptly-named "Hope." There couldn't be a more appropriate note on which to conclude this promising and artful debut.
Upcoming Tim Green Appearances:
All dates to feature the Tim Green Group unless otherwise noted.
Personnel for each date varies.
February 16, 2013 / The Baltimore School for the Arts / Baltimore, MD
February 22, 2013 / The Blue Note / New York, NY
March 1 & 2, 2013 / Bohemian Caverns / Washington, D.C.
* March 24, 2013 / University of Minnesota - Duluth / Duluth, MN
* April 7, 2013 / Abyssinian Baptist Church / New York, NY
* April 20, 2013 / North Carolina Central University / Durham, NC
** May 10 & 11, 2013 / An die Musik / Baltimore, MD
* With the Carl Allen Quartet
** Featuring Mulgrew Miller
For more information on Tim Green, please visit: timgreenmusic.com
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Those of you who attend — even irregularly — the Thursday Horror Picture Show screenings (which take place every Thursday for some reason) are probably aware that we have long tended to run a chapter of a movie serial prior to the main feature. It's not exactly part of the event, since we start them 20-30 minutes (depending on chapter length) before the feature is scheduled. But hardcore habitues who know that seating can be pretty tight get there early enough to see them — these peculiar slices of an earlier era that hold up somewhat less well than the features with which they are contemporary.
There really is no very good artistic defense to be made for these movies, though they date back — in one form or another — to the very dawn of movies, only to be killed off in the 1950s by TV. It's not that TV actually did anything to the serials (except often make them look better), but it changed the way movies were made in general owing to the studios' notions of offering something that people didn't get for free at home. When bigger screens, wider images, and the brief flurry of 3D weren't quite beating the Devil in the Living Room, one of the responses was that longer movies would help separate the theater experience from the home. And with that the prospect of short films of any kind — and the very soon that would include cartoons — went the way of the dodo.
The fact is that the serial film, while not as disdained as it came to be in the talkies, was quickly relegated to lower status — a kind of gimmick to get audiences, and increasingly audiences of kids — to come back next week to find out just how whichever imperiled hero or heroine escaped some ghastly fate that was about to befall them this week. In that regard, the idea worked. It also had a remarkable tendency to rely on the faulty memories of the audience, since what you saw at the end chapter two was very rarely exactly what you saw in the recap at the beginning of chapter three. (It never occurred to the makers of these films that anyone would ever watch the chapters back to back. It almost certainly never occurred to them that anyone would ever see them after that first run.)
To date, the Thursday Horror Picture Show has made its way through Bela Lugosi in The Return Chandu (1934) and The Phantom Creeps (1939), Batman (1943), The Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941), Flash Gordon (1936), Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938), and Drums of Fu Manchu (1940). The results have been variable. Chandu was perhaps most memorable for freezing in the last five minutes of the last episode, leaving me to assure the audience they'd missed a truly thrilling climax. (Yeah, I was lying. I think they suspected.) The Phantom Creeps was quite popular—probably for having the coolest robot ever and some truly unhinged Lugosi villainy.
Batman was pretty much a bust, but we let the audience vote on it and they chose it over Flash Gordon. I knew it was a bad idea, but they would do it. The two Flash Gordons went over OK, as did Captain Marvel. Drums of Fu Manchu — I don't think anyone paid any attention to, which made it something of a bust. It would be a simple matter to try to re-energize things with the third and final Flash Gordon serial, Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940) — of course, it's the last; where do you go from there? But I like a bit of variety — and the chance to startle the audience — so I tracked down what has to be the damndest serial of all time, The Lost City (1935), an independent production by a gent named Sherman S. Krellberg starring Kane Richmond and William "Stage" Boyd.
Now, I'd seen The Lost City once before, so I knew just how seriously deranged it was, but it had been a while. So this past weekend I decided to check it out a little — mostly to be sure it played OK, which is often a dicey proposition on these public domain titles. That's really all I planned on doing. Honest. And I know that these things tend to become wearisome if you watch too much of one in one sitting. (The rule should be two episodes max.) Imagine my surprise when I ended up watching all four hours worth of barely coherent and totally unhinged nonsense. Alright, all serials are lacking in a degree of coherence and don't seem too well wrapped. This thing, however, scales the heights — or plumbs the depths, if you prefer — in both departments. That's why I watched all of it, of course.
The basic idea is pretty much just Serial Filmmaking 101. The world is being plagued by all manner of disasters — conveyed, somewhat tastelessly, through stock footage from newsreels of genuine disasters. A decidedly economical-size group of scientists are gathered to figure out what's causing this and how to save the Earth from certain destruction via stock shots and newsreel footage. (The tastefulness of using shots of actual tragedies for purposes of entertainment is an issue worth considering, but one that probably pales in comparison with other questions of taste in The Lost City.) Fortunately for the world, electrical engineer Bruce Gordon (the almost caricaturishly square-jawed Kane Richmond) has some Kenneth Strickfaden lab equipment left over from Frankenstein that's somehow connected to what looks like a Rand-McNally globe. This allows him to pinpoint the source of the electrical disturbances that are causing all the trouble — in darkest Africa. Isn't that always the case?
It turns out that this is the doing of a gent by the name of Zolok (with a handle like that he needs no first name), supposedly the last of a race of scientists — played with improbable American-ness (and apparent liquid courage) by William "Stage" Boyd. (The "Stage" was to differentiate him from William Boyd of Hopalong Cassidy fame — mostly to keep the latter from being associated with "Stage's" legal problems with alcohol and drugs. Those problems were also why "Stage" was in this poverty-row serial.) I've never been sure why — if he's so hot as a scientist — Zolok keeps a captive science whiz called Dr. Manyus (played by Josef Swickard, who often appears unaware of where he is and why) in his "Lost City." (Said "lost city" mostly seems to consist of a lot of metal corrridors, a few rooms, and a power plant inside a mountain.)
The biggest thing old Doc Manyus seems to do is create giants for Zolok with his enlarging machine, which like just about everything else in the serial is made from spare parts from Frankenstein. Now, this is where the movie starts to get — well, peculiar. It's also where it starts to get racist — and I mean racist in a way that's jaw-dropping even for the era. Zolok sends his current crew of giants out to capture other hapless natives who are then put into "the brain destoyer" — one of the many Manyus gadgets that hardly seem to square with his claims of meaning to benefit mankind — which leaves them slaves to Zolok's will. Only then are they subjected to the enlarging machine (a not unreasonable precaution, I suppose). And what a remarkable contrivance it is, too. Not only does it turn the victim into a giant, but it oils them up like a body builder and gives them — if they're lucky — Jimi Hendrix hair. If they're not so lucky, it's more like Buckwheat.
There's also a side-effect to the whole process. In what seems like some kind of precursor to climate change, all the electrical energy he's been releasing into the atmosphere is responsible for the storms that are plaguing the rest of the world. This, in fact, is what our hero, Bruce, has come to Africa to put a stop to. Of course, this also entails rescuing Manyus and his daughter Natcha. Natcha is played by Claudia Dell, a woman with more dithery hand gestures than ZaSu Pitts, who somehow manages to have numerous costume changes throughout the course of the movie — despite no evidence of her owning a wardrobe.
The exact purpose of these giants is, to put it mildly, vague. All Zolok does with them — apart from sending them out to capture more subjects — is stick them in a cell with other giants, where they stand around and "converse" with each other in sounds that make it seem like bicarbonate of soda would do them all a world of good. Otherwise, they stalk around and grab people on command. When I say "they," it's mostly Hugo (Sam Baker), the lead giant. And he is pretty formidable (some stories — probably apocryphal — claim the serial was withdrawn for scaring children). He'd be a lot more so, though, if his eyes didn't tend to cross when he makes his "fierce" face, making him look a bit like Harpo Marx in his enraged pose.
Whatever the giants are for, it quickly transpires that every duplicitous despot in Africa (which seems to have no other kind) seems to want giants of his or her own. This inevitably leads to trying to kidnap Dr. Manyus. In fact, kidnapping Manyus for this purpose eats up most of the serial's running time one way or another. I won't claim the idea is very inspired, but serials aren't known for clever writing. What this lacks in cleverness, it makes up for in insanity.
Rather than try to detail the plot — a hopeless mess of bad guys double crossing each other and turning into good guys and sometimes back again — it's better to merely note its more peculiar notions. In the minor categories, we have such things as Arab Sheik Ben Ali (Gino Corrado), who has wandered in from the desert in order to get himself — yep, you got it — some giants. Naturally, no one ever prounces him name the same way twice, and at one high point of inanity he shouts a lot of supposedly Arab dialogue and concludes by telling one, "You stay here," presumably for our benefit. There's also Rama, Queen of Wangas (Margot D'Use), who wears a variety of leopard skins — once with a rakish leopard skin Robin Hood hat complete with a feather — and, of course, lusts after both giants and Bruce Gordon.
In addition we have Zolok's key henchman, Appolyn (Jerry Frank), who spends most of the film wandering around the woods that pass for a jungle with Hugo. (Seems like he and Sam Baker ended up as life-long best friends from all the time they spent together doing this.) Unlike Natcha, this poor guy gets no change of wardrobe and spends the whole movie wearing an indelicately snug pair of fish-scale pattern boxer briefs that appear to be held up with leather suspenders. And there's also Gorzo, Zolok's diminutive hunchback henchman. He's played by William Bletcher (better known as Billy), who is most famous as the voice of the Big Bad Wolf in the Disney cartoons. (Personally, all I can think of when he talks is the voice of the bear in Road to Utopia, which isn't surprising, since he did that, too.) Bletcher plays the role with — literally — hand-rubbing villainy. It's hardly scary, but it's amusing.
In the film's most outrageous turn, it transpires that Gorzo is one of the tribe of Spider Men, a group of white pygmies. And how did they get that way. Well, it seems that one of Doc Manyus' earlier experiments was to turn black men white ("With science nothing is impossible!"). I am not making this up and we get to witness it in action when some Spider Man he didn't get around to wants the treatment. You can tell it's another Manyus discovery, because it leaves its subjects with afros — blonde ones, in this case, like Dietrich singing "Hot Voodoo" in Blonde Venus. The only exception is Gorzo, who must have gotten ahold of some hair relaxer. If there is a more amazingly tasteless and wrong-headed idea in 1930s Hollywood, I don't think I'd want to see it.
All of this rich insanity — and I can think of no other word for it — ends up with a crazed Zolok staggering around the Lost City before blowing himself — and it — to smithereens, which suits Manyus, who has come to realize that his inventions can be misused. (I am always leery of these humanitarian scientists who make death rays.) When I say that Zolok is staggering I am not speaking figuratively. It seems that good old William "Stage" Boyd — who would have drunk and doped himself into an early grave before the serial came out — was blind drunk during the shooting of his last scenes. It looks it. As a friend of mine pointed out, it probably wasn't all that smart being drunk in the midst of those gizmos.
The strange thing about The Lost City is that — despite its brain-dead writing and often offensive plotting — it's clearly an ambitious product. I can think of no other serial that's quite so lavishly appointed as concerns its big sets, and very few that have as many sudden outbursts of really stylish visuals. That these things sit right next to dialogue like, "That sounds like a white woman's scream," is even more mystifying. Someone, somewhere was actually trying to do something worth watching with the film. Unfortunately, it all pretty much collapses under the weight of the insanity of the script, but it's still there.
Whatever you make of it, one thing is clear — there's really nothing like it. And if you feel like you want to experience at least some of it for yourself, the madness starts tonight with chapter one at 7:30 just prior to the Thursday Horror Picture Show. The following episodes will show before the screenings over the next 11 weeks. So if you feel up to the sheer strangeness of the experience, now's your chance.


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Bryan Singer Still Unsure If His Version Of "Starbuck" In Battlestar Galactica Will Be Male Or Female
Now that we know Singer's Excalibur is off the cards and he is moving ahead with his take on BSG the big questions are going to be asked. SFX begins with a pretty major one..
After revealing to the mag the other day that his take on Excalibur has been shelved Bryan Singer announced that he would be taking on a big screen version of Battlestar Galactica when he finished up Jack The Giant Killer. Fans of the show(s) will know that we have had two versions of the character Starbuck. In the original '70s series it was Dirk Benedict and in the hugely successful reboot Katee Sackhoff. So which version will Singer be going with?
You want to know if Starbuck will be male or female, right? he laughs. Yep. Well, right now I havent made my mind up on that. But whatever way we go, Im sure it will be complementary to the whole Battlestar Galactica mythology.
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Bryan Singer's Battlestar Galactica Gets a Scriptwriter
Things seem to be moving forward quite quickly with this, as hot on the heels of the news that a BSG movie would be Singer's next project after Jack The Giant Killer Deadline report that John Orloff is on board to write it..
According to Deadline Universal Pictures is closing a deal with John Orloff to write Battlestar Galactica for Bryan Singer to direct. Orloff has previously scripted Anonymous and Legend Of The Guardians among others. At the very least, he's a fan..
I have wanted to write this movie since I was 12 years old, and built a Galactica model from scratch out of balsa wood, cardboard, old model parts and LEDs. I love BSG, and I would pass on the job rather than frak it up.
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Battlestar Galactica Movie To Be Set In Rebooted Show's Universe?
New screenwriter John Orloff certainly suggest as much while speaking to Hitfix. He seems to contradict some of the things we have heard about this reboot by linking it to Ron Moore's recent re-imagining of the series..
Yesterday we learned that Anonymous writer John Orloff would be taking on script duties for Bryan Singer's big screen take on Battlestar Galactica. We had previously been led to believe that this movie would be it's own thing entirely, disregarding both the original series and it's very successful reboot. But while speaking to Hitfix Orloff says the following..
Im a huge fan of the original series and of the second show, too. But I always thought the first show was a little too heavily reliant on Star Wars, you know? Whereas I think the second show was really original and really cool.
And I think Ive come up with a way to write this movie that wont [frick] any of that up. Im not sure how much they want me to talk about it. Lets just say its not what you expect. It will all work in the universe that exists. It will not conflict with anything Ron Moore has done. I don't think you can compete with what he's done.
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November 09, 2011, 06:36:57 AM »
Yeah, trying to compete with what Moore did would be dumb. And it's hard to imagine a Starbuck other than Katie.
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November 11, 2011, 06:12:47 AM »
Quote from: OzmO on November 09, 2011, 06:36:57 AM
Yeah, trying to compete with what Moore did would be dumb. And it's hard to imagine a Starbuck other than Katie.
I agree, and I loved the original series as a kid.
BSG is one of those shows that will never get true credit for how great it was. Could be one of the best series ever, IMO. Resisted it for a couple years, but finally got into it and then blasted through the whole series in a few months. Absolutely incredible.
My wife had zero interest in it, and is not a sci-fi fan in the least. After watching the opening two-part movie, she was hooked as well.
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November 16, 2011, 04:59:44 PM »
Bryan Singer's Battlestar Galatica Will Be Based on the 1970's Television Show
Latino Review is reporting that Bryan Singer's version of Battlestar Galatica will resemble the original television show, and even include Daggets, robot dogs.
Just a couple weeks ago it was announced that Bryan Singer had picked John Orloff to pen the script for his film version of Battlestar Galactica. When the announcement was made Orloff was asked several times if the story would resemble the original television show, or the highly popular Ronald D. Moore series that ran on Syfy from 2004 to 2009. And each time Orloff just promised he wouldn't botch it, but couldn't add any further information.
But now some new information has come out. According to Latino Review Battlestar Gallatica will embrace the 1970's version that only last two seasons.
Speaking of Bryan Singer and the Seventies, hes been developing for two years now a movie version of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, this also at Universal. And yet they have no script, only tons of porqueria previz art and designs. This is probably because there is no one producing the movie, unless you count Glen Larson, who created the TV Show and we dont.
You see papi chulos like Singer spend all year making finished films and if there is no one watching the project it doesnt move on.
Also, this project is an especially bad idea because it is not a movie version of the critically acclaimed recent TV revival, it is a film version of the 1970s show complete with Egyptian Helmets and robot dogs called Daggets. Who farted? Aye fo! Wasnt me!
The Studio executive who should be moving this thing along has been too busy playing the Career Preservation game after he let Guillermo del Toros AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS implode while pushing through the horrendous remake of THE THING.
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA : 2013? In Sensurround.
The Taco says No. - Latino Review
The Original Battlestar Galactica Plot - Humanity lived on twelve colony worlds in a distant star system. They fought a thousand-year war with the Cylons, warrior robots created by a reptilian race which expired long ago, presumably destroyed by their own creations. Having never been commanded to cease fire, these warrior robots waged war against the colonials. Mankind was defeated in a sneak attack on their homeworlds conceived by the Cylons, carried out with the help of the human quisling Count Baltar (John Colicos). Protected by the last surviving warship, a "battlestar" (the word, presumably coined by Glen Larson, is short for the phrase "line-of-battle starship"[citation needed]) called Galactica, the survivors fled in available ships. The Commander of the Galactica, Adama (Lorne Greene), led this "rag-tag fugitive fleet" of 220 ships in search of a new home on a legendary planet called Earth. The episodes dealt with the fleet's struggle to survive the Cylon threat and to find Earth. - Wikipedia
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December 30, 2011, 11:16:49 PM »
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) What could have been thats what Battlestar Galactica fans might be thinking as they get the chance to view the pilot for 17th Precinct, the supernatural cop drama created by BSG producer Ronald Moore.
NBC passed on Precinct last May, but the pilot episode has leaked online at Vimeo.com. The cop series starring Battlestar Galactica alums Jamie Bamber, Tricia Helfer and James Callis is set in Excelsior, a supernatural world where magic is commonplace.
You can check out the pilot at the link below for the BSG reunion, which also includes performances by Stockard Channing, Caprica star Esai Morales and Oz and Lights Out star Eamonn Walker, and, if were not mistaken, a voiceover from a certain Admiral William Adama: here.
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March 22, 2012, 04:12:33 PM »
First Trailer For BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: BLOOD AND CHROME
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BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: BLOOD & CHROME Will Not Make it to SYFY
SYFY has decided to pass on BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: BLOOD & CHROME. This is probably the worst news that any fan can hear after seeing the trailer from WONDER CON.
Those of you die hard true believers who still believe that another network will pick it up, don't hold your breath, SYFY President of original programming, Mark Stern, had this to say about the series:
Though the vision for Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome has evolved over the course of the past year, our enthusiasm for this ambitious project has not waned. We are actively pursuing it as was originally intended: a groundbreaking digital series that will launch to audiences beyond the scope of a television screen. The 90-minute pilot movie will air on SYFY in its entirety at a future date.
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August 26, 2012, 11:01:11 PM »
SyFy To Reboot 'Blake 7' With Martin Campbell and Joe Pokaski
SyFy is rebooting another beloved sci-fi classic. This time, its Terry Nations Blakes 7, which premiered on the BBC in 1978 and ran four season for 52 episodes. (Heres the Wikipedia page if you need a quick refresher.)
Blakes 7 was about renegades and criminals who escape from a prison planet, and while battling humans and aliens wound up becoming heroes in the process.
The reboot is being helmed by Georgeville Television and producer Marc Rosen. Martin Campbell (Casino Royale, Green Lantern) will direct the pilot script, which is being written by Joe Pokaski (Heroes, CSI).
No word on when theyre planning to have the pilot runbut likely sometime in late 2013 depending on the special effects that will need to be involved. Itll also be interesting to hear how faithful to the material all involved will be, or if it will be a gritty, dark re-take on a classic a la 2003s Battlestar Galactica from Ronald D. Moore.
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Webisodes Friday 11/9/2012
New Trailer For BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: BLOOD AND CHROME
The long awaited BSG prequel story is finally getting released as a series of webisodes, which will premiere this Friday, then be followed up at some point by a two-hour cut which will screen on SyFy, and then an unrated version is to reach DVD and Blu-ray eventually. See the brand new trailer here.
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Watch The First 2 Episodes Of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: BLOOD AND CHROME Here
Machinima have launched the first couple of 12 minute webisodes of the new BSG prequel series which focuses on a young William Adama in the first Cylon war.
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November 16, 2012, 11:42:52 PM »
Watch Episodes 3 & 4 Of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: BLOOD AND CHROME Here
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Watch Episodes 5 & 6 Of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: BLOOD AND CHROME Here
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Universal Hires Writer For New Big-Screen BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
Battlestar Galactica is about to get its third re-imagining in less than thirty-five years: In an exclusive at Variety, its been reported that Universal is gearing up a big-screen movie version of the classic sci-fi property, and they are set to develop the film as a complete re-imagining of the story. Transcendence writer Jack Paglen has signed on to write the screenplay. Paglen is also set to write the sequel to Ridley Scotts Prometheus for Fox, which will start production towards the end of this year .Original 1978 Battlestar series creator Glen Larson will produce the film.
This isnt the first time rumors of a revival of Battlestar Galactica have cropped up; a few years ago it was reported that director Bryan Singer of X-Men and The Usual Suspects fame was attached to a movie version, but those rumors seemed to go nowhere (he doesnt seem to be attached to this version.) This was just a few years after the revival series went off the air, and needless to say, reaction was mixed-to-bad to this idea.
Writer/producer Ronald D. Moores revival of Battlestar, which aired on the SyFy Channel from 2003-2009, was one of the most critically beloved science-fiction series of all time, with writing and acting that was usually on a whole other level than most television sci-fi fare, and gaining a legion of devoted fans, may of whom usually did not watch space opera. No doubt a movie version will cost a lot more, and focus more on spectacle than character, drawing very unfavorable comparisons. But Battlestar is a brand name, so if Universal feels they can make some money off this concept via a giant tentpole movie, it means we are gonna see this movie sooner rather than later. Of course, the million dollar question will be, is Starbuck 3.0 gonna be a girl or a boy?
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Tootin' their Horn: Receiver makes lofty promises on behalf of Saints (6/16)
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New Orleans Saints head coach Jim Haslett stood aside nervously as his star receiver with a flair for showmanship and a cell phone addiction assumed the role of emcee at the Prien Lake Mall on Wednesday.
"Y'all want a Super Bowl?" Joe Horn asked several hundred fans clad in the black and gold team colors. "We're going to the Super Bowl."
The three-time Pro Bowl wideout didn't stop at the Super Bowl, also promising the NFL's best defense.
"He makes me very nervous," Haslett said half jokingly of Horn, who later voiced his displeasure with the league's policy on touchdown celebrations. "He drank a lot of coffee today and was cooped up on the bus."
Haslett and Horn were in town along with receivers Michael Lewis and Devery Henderson, running back Fred McAfee and defensive end Charles Grant as part of the Saints' western regional caravan  a question-and-answer session followed by autograph signings.
After the rather lofty promises, Horn went on to introduce the rest of the players, calling McAfee (who turns 37 on Monday) an "old man."
"But, he's an old man with speed," added Horn, who had to pause momentarily to answer his cell phone. "This guy can go rabbit hunting with a hammer."
Lewis, known affectionately as the "Beer Man" because of his pre-football job of driving a beer truck, was renamed "Gingerbread Man" by Horn, who said defenders "can run, run as fast as you can, but you can't catch him; he's the Gingerbread Man."
The first question came from behind the stage when a gentleman wanted to know if Horn, who signed a six-year, $42 million contract in May, bought a new house yet.
"I still live in the same house I lived in for the past several years," Horn shot back. "And, I am going to stay there because I am going to retire a New Orleans Saint."
Weather or not the Saints stay in New Orleans has been a hot topic lately and Horn said he understands where owner Tom Benson is coming from.
"Everyone else is getting a new stadium, why shouldn't he?" said Horn. "It doesn't matter where we are located. We still have to play football. But I'd like to stay in New Orleans."
The Lake Charles stop was the group's fifth stop in the last two days, starting the day with a pair of appearances in Lafayette.
"From a personal standpoint it's nice to meet fans," said Haslett, who couldn't recall any other NFL organization doing similar events. "From a team standpoint, being in a small market, it let's people know we appreciate their support."
There was plenty of support Wednesday as fans started to gather more than one hour before the scheduled 5 p.m. start of the event. A half-hour before the event it was a sea of fleur-de-lis with fans bringing just about anything black and gold they could find to have signed.
They were young and old, male and female and they brought footballs, hats, helmets, jerseys, pictures, T-shirts, golf jackets even a construction hard hat resembling a helmet.
Seven-month-old Katie Duran was decked out in her Saints cheerleader uniform with a black and gold ribbon in her hair. Her favorite player is Deuce McAllister, which might be why she buried her face in her hands when Horn picked her up to take a photo.
Horn, though, was easily the fan favorite as proven by throng of jerseys with the number 87.
Bertrand Smith, 11, came to see Horn as did 6-month-old Alyssa Fruge, who had her pajamas signed by Horn.
Horn, best known for pulling a cell phone from under the goal post padding after a touchdown, had the longest line of well-wishers and autograph seekers  several, of course, wanting their cell phone signed.
"People spend their hard-earned money to see us play," Horn said during a brief respite of posing for photos. "We need to get out and meet them and rub shoulders with them. I enjoy every minute of it."
Horn said he doesn't have any plans to top the cell phone gag, calling the NFL's policy on celebrations "boring."
"But, it's their league," he said. "If they want to fine people, they can do it.
"It's a league of double standards anyway," he added. "How can you tell me that you are going to let guys in Green Bay do the Lambeau Leap and possibly hurt some kid, but I can't pull out a cell phone?"
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North Carolina Woodworker is aimed primarily at Woodworkers in North Carolina. We will accept automatically users from NC, VA, TN, SC, GA and FL.
All others registrant's accounts will be put into Moderation, once they have verified their email address. Most of these registrants will be declined by our staff. This has nothing to do with you personally.. It has to do with our desire to maintain the local nature of our discussions, functions, etc. However, we do accept non-residents in a few special cases.
- People who, in the staff's judgment, offer special skills that are not represented in depth with our current membership.
- People who have a special interest in woodworking in North Carolina and/or work in the state.
- People who represent manufacturers and/or retail vendors of woodworking tools.
- Other exceptions may be made as deemed appropriate by the staff of www.ncwoodworker.net
However, registrants that do not meet the automatic registration requirement, MUST provide information as to why they should be considered for non resident membership. This is done by filling in the "Non Resident Join Request" field of the registration application. Remember that a non resident registration is placed into moderation. When the staff reviews these accounts, their attention is placed on the "Non Resident Join Request" field. If it is NOT filled in, the registration will automatically be declined.


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I sell information to men who want to last longer in bed with women. This product includes 17 training CDs and 17 booklets that go along with the CDs. The same design should be used for the CDs, Jewel Case, and Booklets. Here is an example of a 4 CD package:
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I am looking for a clean, sophisticated design that will appeal to both younger and older men.
Men who are 18 - 60 yrs old.
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Colleges, Schools and Institutes
If you're trying to get a general feel for what Lipscomb offers, you've come to the right place. From this page you can explore all 10 colleges and our institutes and schools. Go ahead, you can click on more than one.
College of Bible & Ministry
The cornerstone of Lipscomb's vision to be a place where students grow their knowledge and their faith, our goal is to provide a solid scriptural foundation and practical experience so students can embrace their calling and embark upon their vocation.
College of Business
We help students prepare for their future. Our rigorous coursework teaches not only business practices, but business ethics. Our graduates become financiers, marketers and entrepreneurs who lead the way—guided by a firm moral compass and faith in God.
College of Computing & Technology
We prepare leaders for tomorrow's most in-demand careers in computer science, management, health care, information security and technology, through innovative multi-disciplinary programs and collaborative partnerships that provide invaluable, real-world learning experiences.
College of Education
The best educators maintain the mindset of students: always curious, diligent and imaginative. We stay nimble and up-to-date so we can prepare 21st-century educators to be flexible thinkers and unrelenting problem-solvers—so they can prepare their students for the 22nd century.
Raymond B. Jones College of Engineering
At its very core, an engineer is in the business of making people's lives better. Our students not only get a superior background in the academics of engineering, but they are taught in a faith-based environment where sensitivity to people and their needs is paramount.
George Shinn College of Entertainment & the Arts
Step on stage…or step behind a camera. Express yourself with a canvas…or with the melody of a song. Whatever your artistic expression, be ready to show your creative side in our George Shinn College of Entertainment & the Arts.
College of Leadership & Public Service
Lipscomb offers an academic home for students who want to go into law, public service, non-profit management, corporate social justice and government, to name a few. The College of Leadership and Public Service is great common ground for students who understand that common sense and collaboration—not conflict—is the path to more common good in cultures, communities and nations.
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
The largest of Lipscomb's 10 colleges, encompassing the fundamentals: humanities, social sciences, physical sciences and mathematics—all critical to understanding the world and our place in it—and all at the foundation of any well-rounded education.
College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
We produce competent, caring and compassionate health care professionals who exemplify a commitment to a Christian life of service through rigorous academic undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees dedicated to the delivery of patient care and well-being.
College of Professional Studies
To meet the special life demands of the adult learner, we partner with industry specialists to place students in jobs; focus on competency-based learning; and use online, virtual and mobile technologies, as well as evening and weekend classes.
Hazelip School of Theology
Educating the next generation of chaplains, youth ministers and theologians, we provide opportunities for our students and campus visitors to forge a stronger connection with God, through four graduate courses of study, as well as annual ministry conferences, workshops and events.
School of Nursing
Nursing is not a job, it's a vocation. We've invested in a modern facility, equipped with a state-of-the-art simulation lab where students practice their clinical skills. We know this hands-on model works, because our nursing students are in high-demand when they graduate.
School of Physician Assistant Studies
Physician Assistants provide hands-on health care and are in demand all across the nation. As medical needs in our country continue to rise, the need for additional medical professionals is greater now than ever before. If you are looking for a career that is rewarding, allows you to serve mankind, and provides you with a great living, becoming a physician assistant can be your answer.
Ayers Institute for Teacher Learning & Innovation
A resource for teachers and educational leaders to address the transformational reform efforts being led by the state of Tennessee, we create individualized educational opportunities to train and embed professional learning, so students experience better outcomes.
Dean Institute for Corporate Governance & Integrity
We focus on good business practices by a different model of leadership. Here, corporate leaders, directors and officers have the opportunity to collaborate with each other—through lectures, networking events and workshops—about employing honesty and fairness in the workplace.
Institute for Christian Spirituality
We bring together seasoned spiritual formation programs, conferences and retreats, for nurturing intentional personal spirituality and discipleship. Our goal is to help students and the greater community understand, enrich and share their personal experience with God.
Institute for Conflict Management
Growing out of the internationally recognized work of Dr. Randy Lowry, we assemble the best thinkers from a wide range of fields to examine why conflicts arise, and offer degrees, certificates, seminars and research dedicated to the advancement of conflict management.
Fred D. Gray Institute for Law, Justice & Society
Our program teaches critical thinking and engagement through a socio-legal perspective, providing students the strong legal basis they need to be successful—whether they plan on going to law school, working in government or public policy, or entering the non-profit field.
Institute for Sustainable Practice
We equip students for careers in corporate, small business, public policy administration, facility management, construction, green development, consulting, entrepreneurship and other opportunities that demonstrate the value of sustainability for people, the planet and prosperity.
Nelson & Sue Andrews Institute for Civic Leadership
Building on the legacy of Nelson Andrews, our programs incorporate a collaborative civic leadership model, showcasing government, business and not-for-profit leaders working together for the common good, while equipping students with the skills necessary to launch civic change.


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Velkommen to The Danish Villages!
Elk Horn and Kimballton, Iowa are the two largest rural Danish settlements in the United States. Boasting an authentic windmill from Nørre Snede, the Museum of Danish America and a sculpture of The Little Mermaid, we invite you to visit our Denmark on the Prairie.
Elk Horn is the host to the only authentic, operating Danish windmill in the United States. The mill was purchased from Norre Snede, Denmark, shipped and reconstructed in 1976 with the help of over 300 volunteers. In the 40 years that the Danish Villages have enjoyed the mill, it has become one of the most popular and successful tourist attractions in Iowa.
The 39th annual Tivoli Fest will take place Memorial Day weekend, May 25-27, 2017. This year's theme is Tivoli Traditions..Hygge & Æbleskiver. The celebration includes the annual Tivoli Fest parade, Tour de Tivoli bike ride, 2nd Annual World Aebleskiver eating contest, Official Iowa Craft Beer tent, multiple entertainment stages, fireworks and craft vendors.
The Danish Villages, like Denmark, are committed to using renewable and clean technologies to advance our economies and strengthen our education for generations to come. We are working closely with our schools, residents and businesses to build our rural community into a flourishing model for others to follow.


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 There was a time when YouTube was available natively in iOS. However, with iOS 6, that won't be the case. So iPhone 5 owners will need to download the app in order to run YouTube apps from within the software. Keep that in mind upon breaking the iPhone 5 out of the box.
iDownloader Pro
 With iDownloader Pro, iPhone 5 users can download, well, just about anything they come across. If they like something in the browser, they can click it and download it to their device. If they like a song, it can be downloaded. The same can be done with videos. iDownloader Pro is designed to help iPhone owners download whatever they want, whenever they want, just as they would on a PC. It costs $1.99.
 Camera+ delivers the functionality that iOS 6 users will wish was offered natively. The app does everything from improving the brightness of a photo to stabilizing shots and lining up an image. And for just 99 cents, it's a bargain.
 TurboScan is one of the applications in this roundup that both consumers and enterprise users can get behind. The program, which costs $1.99, allows users to quickly scan multiple documents into PDFs by simply snapping pictures of them. It's a popular app for good reason: it really works.
iSchedule doesn't get much attention in the corporate world, but it should. The application allows users to manage their work schedules and share them with others all from within the application. At $2.99, it's a little expensive, but it's a valuable tool for enterprise users.Â
Dragon Dictation
Although it might seem odd to have a dictation app offered in addition to Siri, it makes a lot of sense for enterprise users, especially. With Dragon Dictation, users will be able to record audio notes, send them off to others, and have it fully translated into text. It's a great app that's available for free.
Google Earth
 Google Earth is a fine alternative to the Maps application that will be making its way to the iPhone 5 in iOS 6. In fact, the free app might just be even better. After all, in addition to providing 3D views of cities and buildings, like Maps, it'll also let folks explore visual images of the world. It's a must-have for any iPhone user.
Wolfram Alpha
 Wolfram Alpha is arguably one of the best ways to find out information on a host of topics. The application, which costs just $1.99, lets users search for everything from math equations to very in-depth data on economic factors, definitions and more. Wolfram Alpha is an app everyone should have with them.
Battery HD+
 Battery HD+ is the kind of utility that many iPhone 5 users will definitely need when they boot up the smartphone for the first time. The app lets users see how much of their battery is left, and can see how that translates to music playback, video playback and Internet browsing. It's a nice utility for enterprise users, especially. Plus, it's free.
Angry Birds Space
 Everyone needs some fun in their lives. So, what better way to achieve that than with help from Angry Birds Space? The title is one of the highest-ranking games in the App Store, and at just 99 cents, is a cheap way to get in hours of gameplay on the iPhone 5.


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On 17 July the world celebrates International Justice Day, to commemorate the anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute, the International Criminal Courts founding treaty. International Justice Day is a reminder of the urgency for all States committed to justice to ensure continued support for the Rome Statutes international justice system. Members of the Coalition for the International Criminal Court are celebrating this day in solidarity with victims of crimes against humanity, genocide and war crimes through a number of worldwide events.
Rome Conference - 1998
The United Nations Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court, known as the Rome Conference, took place from 15 June to 17 July 1998 in Rome, Italy. More than 160 governments participated in the conference, many with sizable delegations. At the end of the five weeks of intense and often emotional deliberations, 120 nations voted in favor of the adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Only 7 nations voted against the treaty (including the United States, Israel, China, Iraq, Qatar), while 21 countries abstained. The Statute was then open for signature and ratification.
The Coalition for the International Criminal Court actively participated in the Rome Conference monitoring the negotiations, producing daily information for worldwide distribution and facilitating the participation and parallel activities of the more than 200 NGOs which attended. The CICC coordinated the input of civil society organizations through Issue Teams that closely followed discussions on particular provisions of the draft statute. Civil society is credited with some of the most important aspects of the Statute, such as its strong provisions for gender crimes and the independence of the prosecutor.
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In December, 1758, Massachusetts Governor Pownall was obliged by events to proroguing the meeting of the General Court (the legislature of Massachusetts) until the muster lists were done. At that moment, the British Empire was at war with France in what would be known in Europe as the Seven Years' War and in North America as the French and Indian War. In 1758, the war had already been going on for four years in North America. For three of those four years, the British had been at a severe disadvantage to the French, who had a larger number of better-trained troops. But in 1758 the tide had turned. In July, the French fortress at Louisburg fell, making it more difficult for them to receive supplies. By November, the French were forced to retreat from Ft. Duquesne in western Pennsylvania, and the British began pushing them back from their western frontier. At the end of the year, Jeffrey Amherst, began to muster troops for a push into upper New York and on to Canada. The troops were not brought over from Britain but instead were inhabitants of the colonies. The colonies contributed a significant number of troops to the war effort; Massachusetts alone contributed more than 9,000 officers and men. Colonial troops were crucial for the eventual British victory at Montreal in September, 1760, that ended French rule in North America and led to the worldwide British victory in 1763. But victory celebrations were brief: the colonists felt the British had not adequately recognized their contributions.
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STAR is an AHRC funded project (2007-2010, £222,139), in collaboration with English Heritage, applying semantic and knowledge-based technologies to the digital archaeology domain. The project aims to develop new methods for linking digital archive databases, vocabularies and the associated grey literature, exploiting the potential of a high level, core ontology and natural language processing techniques.Doug Tudhope is PI and Ceri Binding is the Research Fellow on the project. Andreas Vlachidis and Renato Souza are project members within the Hypermedia Research Unit. Keith May is a project collaborator from English Heritage.
The project has now concluded but further research continues to build on STAR outcomes. Currently funded further projects include STELLAR and CASIE.
STAR outputs include a Research Demonstrator, SKOS-based Semantic Terminology Services and other applications, together with various data outputs, including RDF representations and NLP indexing of grey literature.
An early case study on STAR has been published by the AHRC ICT Methods Network. Conference and journal outputs can be found under KOS publications.
Increasingly within archaeology, the Web is used for dissemination of datasets. This contributes to the growing amount of information on the 'deep web', which a recent Bright Planet study estimated to be 500 times larger than the 'surface web'. However Google and other web search engines are ill equipped to retrieve information from the richly structured databases that are key resources for humanities scholars. Important archaeological results and reports are also appearing as grey literature, before or instead of traditional publication. Typically these are not indexed or made available for searching other than as ordinary web documents. It is difficult using conventional search engines to link these to datasets or indeed to search them using terminology other than that employed by the authors.
Cultural heritage and memory institutions generally are seeking to expose databases and repositories of digitised items, previously confined to specialists, to a wider academic and general audience. The mapping from lay (or related subject area) terminology to technical vocabularies in a particular domain is a critical problem. There is a need for tools to help formulate and refine searches and navigate through the information space of concepts used to describe a collection. Different people use different words for the same concept or may employ slightly different concepts and this 'vocabulary problem' is a barrier to widening scholarly access.
The sector has a rich tradition of employing Knowledge Organisation Systems (KOS – such as thesauri) to assist semantic interoperability. However, such vocabulary tools are often not fully integrated into searching and indexing systems and online practice has tended to mimic traditional print environments. The full potential of these knowledge resources in online environments has not been tapped.
Scholarly cross domain research often involves multi-concept expressions of the research question or information need. Conventional tools do not facilitate the necessary generalisation of the search statement when an exhaustive search is required.
To investigate the potential of semantic terminology tools for widening and improving access to digital archaeology resources, including disparate data sets and associated grey literature.


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RickM needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 41 designs submitted by 11 freelance designers.
Sage Cycles launching new site named Bike Parts Express
We are an internet retailer of high end bicycle parts and accessories. We also operate a regular bicycle store front in central Texas. We are starting up our third ecommerce site and need some creative work. We are looking for something simple in design but unique. Something that is distinguishable even without words such as our triple peak logo at Sage Cycles. You can also view our other web site at DirectBicycleParts.com to see what we have accepted in the past. The new site will be geared towards an all inclusive one stop shop for all your bicycle needs.
Our audience is the thousands of folks that ride bicycles and live the bicycle culture. Our site will service folks worldwide.
the logo should be sized appropriately for the header of our website. See http://www.sagecycles.com and http://www.directbicycleparts.com for sizing. It should be about the same. The logo should be easy to reproduce if we need to print it on letterhead or t-shirts. the basic colors will be white, black, grayscales and red. The logo should include the name of the site which is BikePartsExpress, and can include the website address as well, which is http://www.bikepartsexpress.com. we will also need a header once we accepted a logo design. the header will be similar to the existing headers at our 2 sites. sizes will be the same. we will need the new logo in photoshop native file format and eps and jpg and gif.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Aug. 15, 2009) - The ETSU men's soccer team opened fall camp Saturday as head coach Scott Calabrese and his coaching staff welcomed 22 student-athletes to campus as they get their preparations underway for the season opener against Wofford on Sept. 1.
"The first day of training was very encouraging," Calabrese said. "The players have come in fit and motivated. The returning players worked very hard in the spring, and have improved remarkably over the year."
The squad went through its first practice at 8 a.m. and will continue two-a-days for the next two weeks. The Bucs will play an exhibition match on the road at
"The new players have performed well in the initial session, and I am looking forward to seeing them become fully integrated into our team," said Calabrese. "It's a new year and a new team, and the standard has improved as have our expectations."
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Coming off a strong inaugural season that saw the Bucs finish 6-10-1, head coach Scott Calabrese can't wait to get on the field for the 2009 season. The men's soccer team defeated many seasoned Division I teams in 2008 including victories over Wofford, VMI, Elon, High Point, USC Upstate and Radford. As a team, the players gained experience that was crucial to the development of the program. The inaugural season brought the Buccaneers both victories and heartbreaking losses, but win or lose they were competitive in every game. This year the team looks to improve upon their Atlantic Sun record and make its first postseason appearance in only the program's second year.
This season, the men's soccer program returns a group of talented young players to the field. Of the 11 starters from last season nine were freshmen. Their experience and character have established a strong foundation for the programs future. After having seen the players mature and develop over the past year, the coaching staff is pleased to see the improvement of the players coming into the season. The Buccaneers will also introduce an impressive 2009 recruiting class. Calabrese expects that the incoming players will make an immediate impact on the team and challenge for starting spots right away.
James Holt had an impressive freshman campaign as he was named to the 2008 Atlantic-Sun All-Freshman Team and Team MVP. Holt has tremendous physical attributes that make him a player with a promising future. Scott Rosman joins the ETSU squad as a transfer from Clemson. As a 5th year senior, Rosman brings tremendous experience and leadership to the Bucs. While at Clemson, Rosman competed at the highest level of college soccer, participating in both the Final Four and Final 16 at the NCAA Tournament.
In 2008, ETSU had solid performances in the back from Conrad McCue, Jaron Westbrook, Matt Reed, Blake Pelton and Mohsen Pourmorteza. All are expected to continue to compete for playing time in 2009. Andrew Brown's move to the outside back position promises to make the Bucs dangerous attacking out of the back. The addition of
The Bucs return a very talented midfield group in Sean Hoek, Tony Nunes, Tyler Hoek, and Tim Nixon. The Hoek brothers, Nunes and Nixon should all compete for starting roles this fall led by Sean Hoek. Hoek was a 2008 Atlantic-Sun All-freshmen selection, and his ability to work from box to box makes him a catalyst in the midfield. Nunes has proven to be the Buccaneer's steadiest player and has the vision and an ability to dictate the games tempo. Tyler Hoek played a number of roles for the Bucs in 2008. His intelligent play and work ethic make him a player that the coaches can utilize in a number of positions, while Nixon emerged in the spring and showed great potential for the future.
The addition of Alesi Osorio will make the midfield of ETSU's team even stronger. Osorio is a player with a great passing ability as he can control and change the tempo of the game, and will be a great asset to the team.
The Bucs wide midfield group consists of David Haba and Kat McElroy. Haba's return from injury will give the Bucs additional options in the wide areas for the 2009 season, as the coaches are confident he will be a major threat for ETSU. McElroy helped spark the team on a number of occasions last season, and provides energy and valuable minutes.
Bringing in players with a talent for scoring goals was a priority for 2009. Newcomers Sam Bryan, Theo Yang and Ryan Campbell all bring a legitimate threat and creativity to the final third. Aaron Schoenfeld, showed tremendous ability throughout the inaugural season. His outstanding work rate and physical presence will create many chances for the Bucs. Schoenfeld will be used in a variety of ways though, as his versatility may be utilized in the back depending on the needs of the team. Kyle Franklin brings both experience and maturity to the ETSU roster.
Please visit www.ETSUBucs.com for more information on men's soccer or any other Buccaneer athletic news.


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Fueling the market growth for mobile devices is that many of them implement the Java Mobile Edition (ME) platform (formerly known as "J2ME"). Java ME provides an array of APIs that lets you write lightweight, yet versatile, Java ME applications (MIDlets), including those that require 3D graphics support.
The Mobile 3D Graphics (M3G) API (jcp.org/en/jsr/ detail?id=184) provides an interface for rendering 3D graphics, plus it describes an object file format for importing, exporting, or transferring 3D model data. The file format permits 3D models to be designed outside of Java ME, then later integrated into a MIDlet. Graphic designers can therefore use PC-based commercial 3D authoring applications to construct models, add color and textures, and animate them. The PC does the heavy lifting of generating the model's geometric data. All of this information is subsequently exported into an M3G file. The final step is to add the M3G file as a resource to the MIDlet's JAR file. Alternatively, the models can be saved into another file format and a translator program converts the file to either M3G format or into data arrays that store the geometric and visual data. The MIDlet then uses the content of these arrays to generate the model on the fly.
In theory, you can use a PC to create and add awesome 3D models to M3G-capable games and other mobile applications. However, there are hurdles in the migration process. In this article, I show how to use freeware code and 3D authoring applications to make 3D models, apply texture maps, and add them to your MIDlet either as data array or an M3G file. The source code and related files that implement these techniques are available electronically; see www.ddj.com/code/.


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