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Image of my own (beardless!) face, obtained in 2015 via contact imprinting technique, easily realizable in medieval times.
Pre-imprinting! (purely a modern photo as distinct from medieval -type imprint!)
Last but one posting (March 30, 2020): "De-mystifying the allegedly authentic Shroud of Turin . 10-point action plan….
For link, see SECOND in list of my Recent Posts (beneath Comments below)
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- Shroud of Turin: easily explicable as a flour-imprint (my final Model 10) in a medieval MODELLING of Joseph of Arimathea's linen – deployed primarily for cross-to-tomb transport – with capture of faint body image. (No, not a Resurrection snapshot – whether captured for posterity or not!)
- £100 prize on offer for best short Summary of the Shroud of Turin!
- De-mystifying the allegedly authentic Shroud of Turin. (Here's my current 10-point action plan, posted March 2020, some 8 years in the making)
- Sindonology's 10 biggest mistakes …
- Please excuse this pot-boiler of a posting …
- What's causing Air Sindonology to nosedive and crash? Vapour alone from an empty fuel tank? Or trying to fly on a heaven-sent source of mystery radiation?
- Can you spot the new entry on Dan Porter's shroudstory site (despite the shutters coming down 3 years ago)?
- Turin Shroud: think "medieval whole body powder imprint". STOP PRESS: body image maybe not so superficially photograph-like as claimed!
Conflicting definitions of "sindonology"
1. First, from en.wiktionary
"The study of the Shroud of Turin from a believing perspective"
2. Second, from www.dictionary.
"The scientific study of the Shroud of Turin"
Er, they can't both be right! Indeed they could be said to be pulling in opposite directions!
So why hasn't sindonology put its house in order, at least where internet search returns are concerned? Is sindonology a branch of religious belief, coloured by preconceptions, whether inherited or acquired? Or is it an entirely science-based discipline, dependent purely on hypothesis followed by objective testing, followed by objective interpretation of data, followed if necessary by new hypotheses, additional testing etc etc?
PS: See references below to "Type 1" v "Type 2" sindonologists, based on the above… ;-}
My 10 experimental models, 2011-2015
Model 1. "Thermostencilling" (the one and only radiation model, quickly dismissed as impractical).
See this from Dec 2011:
Model 2: Direct one-step scorching off a heated metal template, with nothing else apart from linen. (Finally abandoned for mainly practical reasons, but it gave valuable insights into the 3D properties of thermal imprints).
See this from Nov 2013.
Model 3: as above, with coatings, notably WHITE FLOUR (an early forerunner of the final Model 10!).
I had initially tested starch, glucose etc , surprisingly with little success. it may have been this which sowed the idea that there needed to be something else present. Ray Rogers' focus on Maillard reactions helped, albeit substituting protein for his volatile putrefaction amines.
See this from Oct 2014:
Model 4: Wet imprinting with natural dyes, notably tannins, with added viscosity agents, essentially as described by Joe Accetta.
See this from March 2015
Model 5: sulphuric acid, flagged up by any number of previous investigators – Luigi Garlaschelli, Joe Nickell among others, the idea being that acids might have etching/discoloring effect on linen.
Result: negligible discoloration, profound weakening of fabric at ordinary temps, no obvious coloration without applied heat.
See this from April 2015:
Model 6: Substitution of nitric for sulphuric acid, first with plain linen, then WHITE FLOUR -coated linen (another forerunner of final model 10).
Probably the most informative experiment of all, assisted by critical input from Adrie van der Hoeven, inasmuch as protein was implicated as a potential source of image chromophore, focussing initially on the traces of protein intrinsic to linen, then moving onto extraneous sources of protein coating, then finally dispensing altogether with nitric acid as developing agent, and replacing with OVEN-HEATING TO PRODUCE MAILLARD REACTIONS. (Yes, Maillard reactions: an echo there of Rogers, but in his pro-authenticity thinking, he had perforce to introduce some less probable sources of amino nitrogen and reducing sugars (decaying corpse and 1st century technical starch or soap coatings as a somewhat improbable source of reducing sugars).
See this from May 2015:
Model 7: quicklime. A longshot, using the highly exothermic reaction between calcium oxide, CaO and water as source of in situ heat, but quickly abandoned.
See this from June 2014:
Model 8: Lemon juice and heat, with its ascorbic acid (not citric acid) as the active ingredient – basically invisible ink methodology.
Probably operates via a Maillard reaction between (a) a constituent 4- carbon reducing sugar – threose – derived from thermal decomposition of ascorbic acid- and (b) amino compounds.
Most of the existing literature assumes (wrongly!) that it's the linen that discolors when treated with acid, even weak organic ones like those present in lemon juice (citric, ascorbic etc)
See this from October 2014:
Model 9. Imprinting with WHITE FLOUR in the form of slurry then OVEN-ROASTING. Criticized for giving imprints that were too well-defined at edges.
See this from June 2015:
Final 10 (phew!) Imprinting with dry WHITE FLOUR onto wet linen, followed by OVEN-ROASTING of the imprinted linen. Fuzzier imprints, negative, 3D response in ImageJ software, right thread and fibre properties at the microscopic level – i.e. halftone effect, discontinuities etc. Eureka!
See this from Aug 2015:
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Why are Shroud image fibres mechanically weaker than non-image bearing fibres? Pyrolysis of core hemicelluloses?
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Nokia and ZTE are going to be manufacturing Windows Phones with just 256MB of RAM shortly, but they're going to have to leave out certain aspects of the WP Tango experience. Specifically, "processor intensive" apps (your favourite games) won't work, you won't be able to manage podcasts, fast app switching is dead, some HD video codecs are dead, Bing Local Scout is dead, background agents are dead, automatic SkyDrive photo uploading is dead. Dead, dead dead.
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Perhaps the last thing that Sarah Palin would want to see from her front window -- other than an approaching Russian infantry attack -- would be comedian Kathy Griffin and her daughter's ex Levi Johnston at the door.
But the duo paid a visit to Palin's house in Wasilla, Alaska for an episode of "Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List."
"We went to Wasilla, Alaska -- or as Levi called it 'The Silla,'" Griffin said, according to the LA Times. "And we went to Sarah Palin's house and knocked on her door."
Don't you love stunt door-knocking? Not exactly "Roger and Me" but compelling trash tv!
What happened? We'll have to tune into the Bravo season premiere on June 15. But you'd have to imagine security was called pretty quickly for the ex-boyfriend who has publicly humiliated the Palin family at every turn and who is shopping around his own reality show on Alaska. A dream scenario would involve tasers.
"Don't act like that is not gonna be some good [TV]," Griffin said.
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The second oldest home in Knoxville is the James Park House, located downtown on Cumberland Ave. Google Street View doesn't really do it justice, but it's better than the photo I tried to take with my phone while stopped at a red light a couple of days ago.
I wanted to snap a picture of the Park House because it's got an interesting connection to John Sevier. "Nolichucky Jack" didn't live here, but it wasn't for lack of trying.
Sevier purchased this downtown lot and started building a home there in the 1790s, around the same time he was serving as Tennessee's first governor. Construction didn't get very far. Nothing but a brick foundation and part of a wall had been completed before a financial setback forced Sevier to abandon the project. For a man so accustomed to winning, whether on the battlefield or in politics, it must have been an irksome disappointment. He sold the lot to his son G.W. Sevier in 1801, and it passed out of the family's hands six years later.
James Park, an Irish immigrant and Knoxville mayor, bought the lot and built the current structure on Sevier's foundation in 1812. The house stayed in the Park family for a century; after that, it served time as a Red Cross facility and a medical academy. Gulf & Ohio Railways acquired it to use as a headquarters building a few years ago and undertook an extensive restoration.
Although Sevier never got to build the home he wanted on the lot, it's just a stone's throw from the courthouse lawn where his remains were reinterred in the 1880s. One fellow who did get to spend some time in the Park House was Sevier's mortal enemy Andrew Jackson, who stopped by for a visit in 1830.
In a sense, the story of the house lot on Cumberland Ave. mirrors the larger story of Sevier's place in Tennessee's history. In both cases, Sevier secured the land and laid the foundation, but it was left to others to build up the structure, which obscured and overshadowed the contributions of the man who made so much of it possible. And in both cases it happened around the same time. While James Park was building his house in 1812, Sevier's great rival was on the brink of national fame and state preeminence, but Sevier himself was in the twilight of his long and very eventful life.


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The liturgical consultant is a key professional, especially if the architect is less acquainted with the demands of liturgy. And sometimes, even if she or he is.
§ 199 § The construction of a church building cannot be undertaken without proper professionals in a variety of fields. When a parish begins to undertake the building or renovation of a liturgical space, the parish building committee should obtain the services of specialists in liturgical design. lt is the responsibility of the liturgical consultant to assist the pastor, the staff, and the entire parish with continuing education about the importance, role, and value of worship, and the impact of the church building upon worship.
§ 200 § The liturgical consultant also works with the architect. Some architects are liturgical architects. They possess, in addition to their architectural credentials, artistic insights and formal liturgical education that equip them to engage in liturgical design. However, this is not always the case. The liturgical consultant(s) selected by the parish work with the architect and other members of the design team from the earliest stages of the process to help them apply the principles and norms of liturgical design to the practical and liturgical needs of the parish being served. This includes an examination of the acoustics, the flow and movement for processions, appropriate styles for liturgical celebrations, the interrelationships within the Eucharist as well as the relationship of the Eucharist with the other sacraments, and all the elements required by the Church's liturgy. In addition, the consultant may have expertise in design and can help to coordinate the design and fabrication of appropriate furniture and other objects to be used during liturgical services, as well as the liturgical art to be placed within the church.
Liturgical consultants, in some quarters, were among the most-hated of the liturgists about ten to twenty years ago. A few publications and web sites kept the fires burning on this for awhile. This has died down somewhat in my experience. But it would be a curiosity to me to know a parish that didn't want good liturgical guidance on matters as important as the worship life of a community for the next century. I'm glad that the US bishops suggest here the importance of catechesis on worship, processions, interior design, and other artistic considerations.
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Hello, Gravity Games here! Recently, I've been playing apps on my new Android Galaxy Player, and have been having a lot of fun, which motivated me to start developing android apps. Apparently, android apps are coded in Java, so I made the decision o finally move up from game maker and start using Java. I was following a YouTube tutorial in Java game coding, and everything was going swell, until I got to the point of rendering a rectangle. Here's the code I have in the file that's giving me trouble.
package main.cww.gravitygames; import java.awt.Color; import java.awt.Graphics; import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D; import javax.swing.*; public class Ac extends JPanel{ public int characterWidth=12; public int characterHeight=20; public Rectangle character; public boolean objectsDefined=false; public Ac() { setBackground(Color.BLACK); defineObjects(); } public void defineObjects() { character = new Rectangle((Aa.width/2) - (characterWidth/2), (Aa.height/2) - (characterHeight/2), characterWidth, characterHeight); objectsDefined=true; } public void paintComponent(Graphics g) { super.paintComponent(g); if(objectsDefined){ g.setColor(Color.WHITE); g.fillRect(character.x, character.y, character.width, character.height); } } }
Help is REALLY appreciated, I've been trying 2 days to fix this but to no avail.
EDIT: ...okay? I had originally used Rectangle, but I changed it to Rectangle2d at the request of Eclipse, then I hover over Rectangle2d and it requests a change to Rectangle. When I tried running it again, it somehow worked... is it just me, or is Eclipse just weird sometimes?...


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Today, we welcome not only one of our Austen's most famous "villains," Mr. George Wickham, but the lovely Catherine Curzon, a dear friend. But as the gentleman "demands" his due, let us first hear what Mr. Wickham has to say.
Dear readers, what an honour it is to be invited to join you today to share a little of my world. Some of you will know me already, but for those of you who do not, allow me a moment to make your acquaintance. I am Mr George Wickham, solider, husband, adventurer and, I assure, a thoroughly misunderstood gentleman. A rum sort of fellow from time to time, but never a wicked one, I assure you.
Whilst perusing the archives of this unusual library, I was at first amused, then latterly intrigued and finally dismayed by the infamy that has attached itself to my name thanks to the estimable Miss Austen. I am guilty of naught but a romantic heart, a fanciful thought now and again, of a weakness for a certain vintage of young lady and of being, perhaps, a fellow who trusts too much. What have I ever wanted but a little adventure, a little romance? And what misunderstandings might occur from a heartfelt compliment, an accidental twinkle in a gentleman's eye that a lady who reads novels might misinterpret in her giddy romantic way?
And a lady who writes novels all the more so.
Now, I know that I have received the black spot from a good many of you and any efforts I might make to wipe it from my countenance are doomed to fail, yet I will tell you this, I am indeed a fortunate man to have found my Mrs Wickham. The young lady who took my name has proven herself to be a most able and understanding military wife. Never happier than when in the company of her many friends or perusing the newest bonnets, my dear Lydia and I have quite unexpectedly found ourselves perfectly matched. She understands that a man such as I cannot be shackled, and I understand that a lady such as she must be kept in the most current fashion and finest style. Happily, her delightful family have proven themselves most willing to see that happen. After all, one cannot expect a mere soldier, a man whose whole life has been dedicated to the selfless service of others, to give what meagre coin he receives to the milliner.
Happily, the Bennet family have proven themselves as generous as ever, for they truly are the best of people. They have been there at our side, offering what support that could to their daughter and her humble son-in-law, as he served his country. I, naturally, am not rich in coin and what I do not give to charity or invest in my household I use to eke out my own, meagre pleasures. Perhaps the occasional trip to the track, though not to gamble, you understand, only to observe, or a wander through town with my fellows, with just enough to buy a warming draft in my purse.
So I ask, what on earth would anyone believe I am deserving of my comeuppance for? Mrs Wickham adores me and I, of course, am very fond of her. How could one possibly deserve comeuppance for making one's wife so happy, and for making such dreams as she once had come true? And it is not only my dear Lydia to whom I brought happiness, there is the delightful Mrs Darcy too.
Why, if not for my efforts to bring out Mrs Darcy's intelligent character and good humour, I might even go so far as to suggest that Mr Darcy, the man who is good as my brother, might not have noted the charms of his own wife. After all, I do seem to recall that the couple were not at all fond of one another until I employed my conversation to engage Mrs Darcy, though my affections were reserved for her sister, of course. I would not be so arrogant as to seek thanks or recognition for this, but let us say that I played my part at least.
So you see, for those calling for my comeuppance, perhaps I am not so bad as I have been painted. And if I am, I'm dashed entertaining with it!
The serialised memoirs of Mr Wickham, edited and compiled from the Wickham family archives by Catherine Curzon, can be found at http://austenvariations.com/author/catherine-curzon/.
The Star of Versailles by Catherine Curzon and Willow Winsham
As the Reign of Terror tears Paris apart, a dandy and a spy are thrown together on a desperate race through France.
In the darkest days of the Reign of Terror, rumors grow of the Star of Versailles, the most exquisite treasure ever owned by the doomed Marie Antoinette. For Vincent Tessier, the notorious Butcher of Orléans, this potent symbol of the ancien régime has become an obsession and he'll stop at nothing to possess it.
When Alexandre Gaudet arrives in France to find his missing sister and nephew, the last thing he expects is to fall into Tessier's hands. With Gaudet tortured and left for dead, salvation stumbles accidentally, if rather decorously, into his path.
For Viscount William Knowles, life as a spy isn't the escape he had hoped for. Yet a long-held secret won't let him rest, and the fires of Revolution seem like the easiest way to hide from a past that torments him at every turn.
Adrift in a world where love, family and honor are currencies to be traded, the world-weary Viscount Knowles and the scandalous Monsieur Gaudet have no choice but to try to get along if they want to survive. With Tessier in pursuit, they search for the clues that will lead them to the greatest treasure in revolutionary France—the Star of Versailles.
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Catherine Curzon is a royal historian who has been published on matters as diverse as Napoleon's politics, Marie Antoinette's teeth and George IV's diet. Her work has been featured on HistoryExtra.com, the official website of BBC History Magazine and in publications such as Explore History, All About History, History of Royals and Jane Austen's Regency World. She has provided additional research for An Evening with Jane Austen, starring Adrian Lukis, at the V&A and spoken at venues including the Royal Pavilion in Brighton, Lichfield Guildhall and Dr Johnson's House.
She is the author of two nonfiction books, Life in the Georgian Court (available now) and Kings of 18th Century Great Britain (30th March 2017). Her novels, The Crown Spire, and The Star of Versailles, are available now.
Catherine holds a Master's degree in Film and when not dodging the furies of the guillotine, writes fiction set deep in the underbelly of Georgian London and Revolutionary France, whilst her nonfiction books lift the lid on the most shocking tales of 18th century royalty!
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The following line by Ted Rall in the January 29 issue [Essay: "Dour Prez: Why Obama is Scarier Than W,"]amazed me: "The international community, which understands that the 2001 U.S. invasion of Afghanistan had no more to do with 9/11 than the war with Iraq..."
If Mr. Rall actually believes this, he is as biased and unaware of reality as right wing "crazies" such as Ann Coulter and Sean Hannity.
In the future, I think that the Hook should be a bit more selective in deciding which essays to print.
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– Gameness til the End
Pacquiao Vs. Marquez 4 Has Legacies And Millions At Stake
Kurt Badenhausen, Forbes Staff
Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez will enter the ring Saturday night at the MGM Grand Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas for the fourth and presumably final time (so says Pacquiao). Their first fight in 2004 ended in a draw and Pacquiao narrowly won the rematches in 2008 and 2011. Many felt that Marquez was the winner in at least two, if not all three bouts.
"This fight is more important than the last three because it's for my legacy," Marquez, 39, said this week. The careers of the two fighters are inextricably linked for their prior trilogy and Saturday will be the cherry on top. Others think Marquez might be hungrier in this bout in an attempt to try and show the world that he was the rightful winner of the first three fights. "For Pacquiao, it's another payday. For Marquez, it's his legacy," said boxing trainer and commentator Teddy Atlas on ESPN this week.
Saturday will be another huge payday for Pacquiao, who ranked No. 2 in Forbes most recent look at the world's highest-paid athletes with earnings of $62 million (only fellow boxer Floyd Mayweather ranked higher). The 16,000-plus seats in the arena are sold out generating a gate of $10.5 million. Pacquiao is guaranteed $8.6 million for the fight, but his share of pay-per-view revenues will push his paycheck past $20 million. Marquez is guaranteed $3 million, but could reach up to $10 million with a big PPV audience.
Their third fight in November 2011 generated 1.3 million PPV buys and Saturday is expected to easily top 1 million buys. It will be Pacquiao's sixth fight at that level, which would tie the record set by Mike Tyson for most fights with 1 million buys (Mayweather has five fights with 1 million buys). Pacquiao still trails PPV's Big 3 in all-time buys in Oscar De La Hoya (12.8 million), Evander Holyfield (12.6 million) and Tyson (12.4 million).
Pacquiao's legacy is secure. He is boxing's first eight-division world champion and was chosen as the Fighter of the Decade (2000s) by most governing bodies. But what happens if Pacquiao loses? It would be his third straight bad result after the 2011 controversial Marquez win and a June loss to Timothy Bradley, where most viewers thought Pacquiao was robbed. Boxing is in trouble if it loses Pacquiao as a guaranteed PPV superstar. "The market for midsize pay-per-view events has virtually disappeared because of the economy," says Richard Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy Promotions. Will Pacquiao continue to generate 1 million PPV buys for his fights and $20+ million paydays for himself with another loss?
Pacquiao and Mayweather are still the two biggest stars in boxing, but Pacquiao will be 34 this month and the end can come quickly for boxers, as detailed in yesterday's New York Times story "Pacquiao, Like All Boxers, Is in Fight Against Time." De La Hoya remained a huge PPV draw at the end of his career despite alternating wins and losses for his final seven bouts. Pacquiao, of course, has interests outside of boxing, particularly in politics. He was elected as a Congressman in the Philippines in 2010 and has been bandied about as a presidential candidate when his boxing career is over. Pacquiao and his camp have talked about fighting anywhere from one to three more years.
Before Pacquiao makes a run for president, he has at least one more fight left. The result will help define the legacies of both men in the ring.


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A new visual search tool called Hitotsunagi (Connecting People), developed by NTT Resonant, allows users to explore the relationships between Japanese celebrities and historical figures. Launched this week on Goo Labo (Goo Labs), an offshoot of portal site Goo, the tool makes use of a rich indexing technique developed by NTT Cyberspace Laboratory that extracts contextual relationships based on online data found in the news and blog entries.
A search on a famous name produces a bubble at the center of the screen around which a number of smaller bubbles pop up, linked to the central bubble; tags displays the nature of the surrounding connections. Clicking on one of the related people moves them into the focus of a new search.
The tool, which resembles Google's Wonderwheel, is impressively smooth and swift, though the results of our searches were a bit hit and miss. While historical figures like Ieyasu Tokugawa brought up images of paintings, searches for well-known, contemporary names such as Ryuichi Sakamoto came up blank. And according to Hitotsunagi, actor Shun Shioya, born in 1982, is the "father" of actress Misako Renbutsu, born in 1991. Oops.
Glitches aside, Hitotsunagi should be rather educational for Japanophiles wanting to put things quickly into perspective. NTT Resonant is keen on pushing the interface envelope, and it is indeed a fun tool to play with, but the devil in me would love to see relationship categories beyond family members and friends, such as rivals and ex-lovers, just to spice things up a bit.
The service will be available until Dec. 31, 2010, and currently only searches Japanese text. One wonders if the tool could be extended to the rest of the word. It would be an excellent global manifestation of Stanley Milgram's Small World Experiment.


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Hair has won out over Harry Potter at the weekend box office.
Mandy Moore's animated musical "Tangled," a new take on long-haired fairy-tale princess Rapunzel, sewed up the No. 1 spot with .5 million in its second weekend. That raised the movie's domestic total to .5 million.
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"Tangled" debuted in second place over Thanksgiving behind "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1," which had been at the top of the box office the two previous weekends.
"Harry Potter" slipped to No. 2 this weekend with .7 million. The next-to-last chapter in the franchise about the teen wizard lifted its domestic haul to 4.2 million.
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Hi all,
A couple of us are going to Bergen in August. We normally do day walks and have cycle toured in UK. We both have some kit (a Mini Peak II tent, Trangia, 3 season bag and a sleep mat) but just wanted to ask a few questions of the more experienced people on here...
What litre ruck sack is a 'reasonable' size to be carrying everyday (or weight?), without making it too much like really hard work? I'm reasonably fit and do a lot of walking and cycling, but to be honest I don't want to make it painful and we want to cover some miles.
And we are flying into Bergen and thinking of taking a bus over to Hardangerfjord area . Is there anywhere else within an hour or so on the bus from Bergen that you would recommend more for walking/camping? Or any specific routes you recommend?
And finally - we will occasionally wild came and have never had to think about water filters before...I presume we might need one if we aren't on a camp site. What is a good one and value for money but not too heavy?
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As Daniel Striped Tiger prepares for a European tour, band members have more to worry about than simply coordinating practices and booking flights.
As Daniel Striped Tiger prepares for a European tour, band members have more to worry about than simply coordinating practices and booking flights; these guys are working double time to free up their spring break — a week that, for four seniors in college, is typically spent cramming in all that's left to be done before graduation.
"Too often there is this misconception that pursuing music, especially punk or hardcore music, means that you have to quit everything else," said John Bogan, 21, of Wenham, vocalist and guitarist for Daniel Striped Tiger.
The fact is, "You don't have to drop out to be a rock star," said Sean Yeaton, 22, of Beverly, guitarist for the band. "It's really important that people know that creating music doesn't have to be a phase or a distraction," he said.
While Bogan attends Suffolk for graphic design, and Yeaton studies English and Lingustics at Northeastern, the other two members of Daniel Striped Tiger are just as busy as graduation nears. Jason St. Claire, 22, a resident of Danvers and student at Suffolk, is pursuing his degree in psychology while Daniel Madden, 22, attends the New England Institute of Art for audio engineering.
Daniel Striped Tiger attributes their ability to pursue music school and work to one thing — the "DIY" attitude, otherwise known as the "Do It Yourself" attitude, a philosophy tied to punk ideology that urges self-reliance, work ethic and personal drive. This attitude has fueled these young men from as far back as 2003, said St. Claire.
"You can do this!" said Bogan to a hypothetical crowd of young aspiring musicians. A lot of people will dismiss the urge to be creative or to pursue music for something that has more of a guarantee for success, but they shouldn't, he said.Though Bogan never said pursuing a dream is easy.
Bands are not as conveniently formed or maintained the way sports teams or organized clubs like the Boy Scouts are, said St. Claire. "They all have some sort of infrastructure. This is different. You have to carve your own path."
Forget paths — these young men are paving roads in and out of the local punk and hardcore scene.
The band is "a vehicle to communicate and travel," said St. Claire.
On March 15 Daniel Striped Tiger will kick off their European tour in Freiburg, Germany. Accompanying them will be a Somerville band, Sinaloa. The stint will run for 10 days with back to back shows ranging from venues such as hotels, houses and squats."We are extremely excited for this," said St. Claire.
The tour, which also coincides with a new release, is a major milestone for Daniel Striped Tiger. It's kind of a way of giving back, said Bogan, who can remember how inspiring it was to watch other young musicians when he was just starting out. In many ways, the band wants to return the favor, he said.
Daniel Striped Tiger gets more out of their band than satisfaction with their music.
"It's like a release for us to play, and we hope it's the same for the people who listen," said Bogan. Their music just pours out of them.
The philosophy of Daniel Striped Tiger is rooted somewhat in punk ideology. Simply put, "What you say has merit and is worth standing behind," explained Yeaton.
The music is an exclamation of self and personal experience and characteristically features fast, loud and exciting music, said Bogan.
"It is often misconstrued as angry or aggressive, but it's not," said St. Claire. "It is complete honesty."


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Sen. John Ensign (R-Nevada) told CNBC this morning he's not happy with the auto bailout bill. The Senator from Vegas is so unhappy he's willing to gamble on a real bankruptcy occurring while he tries to figure out how to make a pre-packaged bankruptcy occur. But don't think Ensign's making his decision on high-minded principles.
Later in the interview he was more than willing to agree to funds for the gaming industry, because "they employ more." Let's ignore for a moment Ensign's lack of understanding of the difference between a primary industry and a service / support industry. Let's also ignore the Senate Finance Committee member's ignorance of the term "indirect job." In fact, let's agree with the Senator that yes, the travel and hotel industry does employ more direct jobs than the automakers. But, let's not ignore what Ensign's ignoring: Guess where all those Strip-walkin' Midwestern beer-cozy-carrying union workers won't be visiting if the not-so-Big Three go under? [via CNBC]


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England's version of menswear fashion week, the London Collections: Men, began yesterday and Prime Minister David Cameron was on hand to help start the festivities. Cameron hosted a reception at 10 Downing Street for the likes of Tom Ford and Tommy Hilfiger, where he was the first to admit that he doesn't really know a thing about fashion. "I know so little about fashion that the two things I have been on the fashion pages for are not wearing socks with black shoes whilst on holiday—sorry about that one—and attending a banquet at the Guildhall, where…inexplicably my shirt separated and there was a rather embarrassing picture," the Telegraph reports him as saying.
However, Cameron gave much style kudos to his wife Samantha who is a creative consultant to Smythson (she was the brand's creative director before her husband took head office) and an official ambassador to the British Fashion Council. Of their shopping experiences together, Cameron said of his better half: "When I go shopping my wife doesn't allow me to look around the store at all. I am put in a changing room and things are passed to me like you would pass food to a prisoner." Though the PM did wax poetic on fashion's economic advantages, "As far as I'm concerned fashion is not some add on, it is not some accessory to British economic policy: you are absolutely at the heart of the vision this government has."


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26 Allen Street, Amherst (Gateway to UMass/Amherst)
So yes, you would have to go some in order to win the ignominious Party House prize over the past weekend when Amherst was about as busy as it could possibly get with many of those folks in a party mood. Although Extravaganja attracted the usual thousands to town center it was also--as usual--a well behaved event. Well, except for a numerous tickets handed out for pot consumption.
Our Party House winners, on the other hand, stood out from the crowd precisely because everybody around them was NOT making obnoxiously loud noise very late at night or throwing bottles. And as a result offenders received $300 noise tickets (as opposed to pot possession tickets that only carry a $100 fine) and were arrested and thrown in jail, as opposed to the pot rally where nobody was arrested.
According to APD logs (2:00 AM early Saturday)
Report of loud party, loud music, and people throwing bottles at the house across the street
Loud voices on porch from gathering of individuals. No cooperation received from tenants or guests. Brad Sloan attempted to close door on officer and then refused to leave when asked to do so. Sloan begins to resist arrest when I attempted to place him under arrest.
Brad Thomas Sloan, 33 Allston Brighton, MA, age 25 Disorderly conduct, resisting arrest
Lauren C. Mark, 25 Sunset Trail, New Fairfield, CT, age 21, noise violation
Laura Kristin Moynihan, 151 18th St, Lowell, MA, age 20, noise violation
50 High Street, Amherst (my immediate neighbor 50 years ago)
Loud party with music and voices upon arrival . Ms Simpson was asked to clear the party and she did not. She was advised of consequences and still would not clear the party. She was placed under arrest for noise violation.
Apparently officers gave her three chances to comply and at one point she shut off the music and lights saying to her friends police had "no right to be here and no right to shut down the party." And when she did turn the lights on after failing to clear the guests, that she described as too drunk to leave, officers noted one of them standing in the window striking a pose with his middle finger prominently up in the air.
Arrested for noise:
Anna Francis Simpson, 50 High Street, Amherst, age 32
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A loud stereo was blaring coupled with yelling and laughter. Guests of the residence were also on the roof rolling full cans of beer down the tin roofs while jumping up and down causing a thumping noise. The resident was placed under arrest.
Joseph Hebard Barry, 109 Oakton Ave, Boston, MA, age 20 Noise violation


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I can't say enough about this workout DVD. First, the format of the DVD itself is extremely "user friendly". It is designed in a way that enables the user to create dozens of different workouts, as well as following the routines that are already put together. Second, why has the kettlebell…Read More
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Accompanied by Kristann Heinz, MD, RKC and Nicole DuCane, RKC
DVD 2 hours, 25 minutes
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The ancient Greek Goddesses were famous for their vigorous and vibrant strength, their power, their grace and their physical elegance. Now you have a realistic chance to make even a Greek Goddess green with envy as you match—if not surpass—them for athletic grace and high performance! In this superbly produced, interactive, menu-based kettlebell workout DVD, Master RKC, Andrea Du Cane challenges and inspires you to seize that ideal of elegant strength and make it your own.
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I can't say enough about this workout DVD. First, the format of the DVD itself is extremely "user friendly". It is designed in a way that enables the user to create dozens of different workouts, as well as following the routines that are already put together. Second, why has the kettlebell been such a secret all these years? I am a 50-year old female, and I've been relatively fit most of my adult life. I have to admit though, that I had become more and more frustrated with my own body; it seemed every kind of workout I did caused joint problems and weakness. I'm into my third week of using the kettlebell and it is phenomenal. (I don't use that word lightly). One example: for years, walking down stairs has been very uncomfortable for my knees. I realized two days ago, walking down the stairs in my house, my knees no longer hurt. My balance is better, my core strength has increased, and my overall sense of well-being is at a level I haven't experienced in a long time. Andrea and her staff have created the perfect workout video; no cutesy "at-a-girls", no distracting music, just the perfect amount of instruction and heavy breathing! The breathing that can be heard, all joking aside, is extremely helpful in guiding the user's breathing techniques. If you are looking for something to take you to a new level of fitness and sense of well-being, I highly recommend this DVD.
I ordered this DVD for my girl trying to get her into Kettlebells. She's already pretty fit, but she's a runner and has started doing tough mudder races which demand a lot of upper body strength. I purchased this DVD and a 15lb kettle for her. We watched together, and what's awesome about this DVD is it explains the basics of RKC and technique and then HAMMERS you after! Very well done because it is all done in a woman's point of view and is very straight forward with No fluff, just solid training! I did one of the workouts with her and I'll be honest, it was very challenging and I've been training kettles for about year now! Awesome DVD and money very well spent! My girl loves it!
This was my introduction to the world of kettlebells and I absolutely love it! I ordered it after borrowing a friends copy to try.I normally love some loud music playing when I work out, however, I really like the fact that on the DVD you can easily hear the breathing patterns to be followed.The exercises are grouped really well and I generally do 3 of the workouts a day plus my usual cardio workout. I am by no means a fitness freak- I love working out but I also love to eat! And by adding this DVD to my daily routine, I am gaining more definition and still being able to eat what I enjoy.I highly recommend this DVD and I have no intention of purchasing one from another trainer as this is comprehensive, challenging and a fresh change from the fitness models normally used on DVDs! ;)Love it!
I am a 69 y.o. fitness instructor. Been in the business for nearly 50 years. This is the best no fluff workout ever - it's as hard and as fast (or slow) as you want to make it, and suitable for all levels of fitness. The Kettlebell Boomer workout is also terrific. I would have liked one 'real' person on the screen instead of 3 Godess's!
This workout DVD is a must have for your kettlebell training!!! It's simplistic and customizable which will help you focus on your workout without all the fluff you don't need. I love how you can create your own workouts and focus on a specific area, which is great if your trying to build or reduce certain spots. The instruction is spot on and the variety of the workouts will keep your workout fresh.
This is one of the best DVD's that I have ever purchased. It is so complete with workouts and instructions. The variety is terrific. I really enjoyed Andrea in "From Russia with Tough Love", but this is the best. Nicole and Kristann are a wonderful compliment to her and very much inspire me to keep working to get better. I tried to just watch the video without picking up the kettlebells, but I couldn't. I had to jump right into a workout. I am glad I did. First the warm up was one of the most thorough that I have ever had. Then the exercises really hit the mark. I had such a pump in my lower body and an overall rush all over. Then the nice cool down made me feel like I really accomplished something. I plan to keep on doing the workouts. Thanks for the Kettlebell Goddess Workout. Please keep up the good work!
I bought this DVD about a year ago. My wifed loved it because it was geared toward women. She especially likes the variety of workouts. Unfortunately, I lent it to my boss and never got it back. I had to order this copy before my wife noticed it was missing.I am a kettlebell instructor and use some of Andrea's workouts in my classes.
I still feel kind of wet behind the ears when it comes to kettlebells, but I am totally hooked.. I never had very much interest in weights, treadmills or machines in the gyms but still managed to fall for every excercise craze that swept the gym.. Step Aerobics, Taebo, Zumba.. I do it all and loved it, but never lost a pound and I still resembled a 4 month pregnant Brittney Spears..A few months ago I bought the "Hello Kitty " version of the kettlebell and a Jillian Michaels DVD.. It quickly became my favorite but I wanted to know more about those kettlebells and ended up @ dragondoor to learn more about perfecting my form and more details about the moves. So far I ordered Tough love & The Goddess work out and I love how both DVD's complement each other. The Kettlebell Goddess Workout is a phenomanal excersice DVD. It has so many different options to choose from. You can tailor your work out to your needs or follow along with the Godess workout of your choice.. This format will prevent you from getting bored. Andrea, Nicole and Kristann are all so enviably flawless in the demonstrations of the moves, and the different angles and styles are a big help to improve your own form. What I also like very much is that you can hear the women breath and so you adjust your own breathing pattern to theirs.. With all the boom boom pow music in aerobic classes you don't pay very much attention to your breathing and thanks to Andrea I realized how the right way of breating can make you so much stronger.I have now graduated to a shiny 20 pound all black kettlebell and I can feel the difference. I am so much stronger in my legs and have so much more strength upper body strenght . I haven't lost my jeans yet, but have a lot less jiggle on my troubled hips, belly and thighs..Thanks Andrea,..
First off this is the second dvd that i have used since starting the awesome KB journey with, the first one was a short 26 minute workout with music and pretty scenery. It was a great dvd to start out with but after 2 months of using it and seeing results, but the 10 exercises got to be pretty boring. I came back to dragon door and found Andrea's dvd and read the reviews and decided to give it a shot and picked up From Russia with tough love. I started swinging KB's in March and started faithfully the Goddess dvd in the middle of May. Oh my goodness, the results are awesome. Let me say I was 45years old, and totally out of shape when I first picked up the KB in the spring. Now in the fall 48 pounds lighter with tone and definition in my legs that i have never had, and the middle age chicken flab under the arms is almost gone, and loving each and every workout. I make sure I find the time to get in some part of the Goddess dvd everyday. Andrea you challenge me everyday, you inspire me everyday and have helped with the increased health and fitness I am gaining. I would never have dreamed a year ago in as little as 30 minutes or less a day 4 to 5 days a week I would have gotten these results. WoW girl, you go. Thank you so much for creating this DVD!!!! I tell everyone about it and have challenged my teenage nephews to come workout with me if they have the "iron will" to keep up with me. Again, thank you.
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It's been 20 years since Rajkumar Santoshi's Andaz Apna Apna hit the screens, and the director says the movie's reach, appeal and impact have been way beyond expected.
"Has that film really completed 20 years? Wow! It's reach, appeal and impact have been beyond anything I ever expected," Santoshi said.
The film, starring Aamir Khan, Salman Khan, Karisma Kapoor, Raveena Tandon and Shakti Kapoor, didn't fare well when it released. But it's funny one-liners, entertaining drama and melodious songs, have managed to add to its list of fans over the years.
"I still remember when the producer, Vinay Sinha, had come to me with the idea of doing a film with Aamir Khan. Vinay-ji used to look after Aamir's work. He convinced me to do film with him through my stomach. I remember he had brought the most delicious food for me.
"He suggested we do something different with Aamir. I had just done two back-to-back serious films Ghayal and Damini. We decided, why not a comedy? Little did we know that the movie would turn out to be such a laugh riot during shooting and after release," Santoshi said.
It was decided that Santoshi would script a laughathon about two warring buddies, human avatars of Tom & Jerry. After Aamir came on board, Santoshi brought Salman into the picture.
"Both were very big stars by then. They had no problems working together. And during the shooting, they became even better friends. There would be constant laughter on the sets. We would be rolling with laughter on the sets. There was so much laughter that the cameraman would be shaking with mirth while shooting the scenes.
"The camera would shake along with the cameraman. We had to stop the shooting and let the laughter subside," he recounted.
He says all the jokes and gags were worked out beforehand.
"People think Aamir and Salman decided to call themselves Amar and Prem to celebrate the movie 'Amar Prem'. But their names had nothing to do with Shakti Samanta's film. And Aamir's exclamation 'Aila!' and Salman's 'Oui Maa!' were also my idea," said the director.
He says he used to give cues to the actors from behind the camera.
"Even during that sequence where Salman is fed julaab (laxative) and his love-confessions are repeatedly interrupted by his rumbling stomach, that 'gud-gud-gud' sound to Salman's dialogues was being given by me from behind the camera.
"Salman didn't know when and where the 'gud-gud-gud' would be put by me. That added to the scene's unpredictability," he said.
Curiously, Andaz Apna Apna got a lukewarm response from the audience when it released April 11, 1994.
"It was very badly marketed and distributed. Nobody knew the film was coming. We got a below-average opening. But over the years, the film has acquired a cult status. People remember each and every dialogue of the movie, just as they remember every dialogue of 'Mughal-e-Azam' and 'Sholay'," he said.
Now Santoshi plans a sequel to Andaz Apna Apna, but strictly by public demand.
"I don't believe in creating a franchise by doing sequels or building my own brand. But the demand for a sequel to Andaz Apna Apna is unbelievable. If I don't do it someone else will. That I won't allow. I've ideas for two sequels. One of them is about Amar and Prem married and their life thereafter," he said.
However, it is unlikely that the sequel to Andaz Apna Apna would bring Aamir and Salman together again.
"Firstly, the economic logistics of bringing Aamir and Salman together in the same film are mindboggling. Secondly, their working methods are very different, even though they're such good friends in real life," he said.
So, Santoshi wants to make Andaz Apna Apna Part 2 with younger actors.
"The world has moved on in 20 years. I see a lot of filmmakers and actors doing an Andaz Apna Apna. I would like to see where the characters have gone after so long," he added.


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Pictured in the front row are Excellence in Global Engagement award recipients Gillian Ice, Emily Singer and Vibert Cambridge. In the back row are David Koonce, Randy Leite, Lorna Jean Edmonds, President Roderick McDavis, Mike Geringer and Lawrence Wood.
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Nov 20, 2013
By Jill Wallenhorst
Ohio University closed out its first celebration of International Education Week (IEW) by honoring three members of the OHIO family for their exceptional contributions to furthering international education at the University and around the world.
Individuals from throughout the University, state and globe gathered in the Baker University Center Ballroom the evening of Nov. 15 to recognize the first recipients of OHIO's Awards for Excellence in Global Engagement. The awards were designed to honor Ohio University faculty, staff and alumni for their outstanding contributions to international education, global competency, cultural understanding and/or international programs at OHIO or in their fields and disciplines.
"Behind every event and everything we do internationally are the individuals who make a difference," Lorna Jean Edmonds, vice provost for global affairs and chair of the Senior International Management Team (SIMT), said during the awards reception, hosted by SIMT and OHIO's IEW Committee. "Behind every good project is an incredible individual."
The IEW Committee solicited nominations for the Awards for Excellence in Global Engagement earlier this year. Current and former staff and faculty members as well OHIO graduates nominated a total of 20 individuals for the three awards –faculty, staff and alumni. The committee chose the three recipients honored at the ceremony.
The Faculty Award for Excellence in Global Engagement was presented to Dr. Gillian Ice, an associate professor in OHIO's Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, for her endeavors in global health.
Ice's field research examined the impact of the HIV epidemic on older adults in Africa and explored the relationship between stress and the nutritional intake of grandparents in Kenya. More recently, she has been working in Botswana on a biocultural project, exploring the interaction between social environment and health. Ice has also collaborated with the Baylor Botswana Center for Excellence and is working with the National AIDS Coordinating Agency to develop a research training program. She is also helping to coordinate a nurse training project with Botswana's Ministry of Health.
At Ohio University, Ice has been working with Deborah Meyer, visiting assistant professor of global health at the College of Health Sciences and Professions, to create an undergraduate certificate program in global health as well as a graduate-level certificate and a master's program in global health. The undergraduate program is expected to begin in January, and the graduate-level certificate and master's program are slated for 2015 and 2018, respectively.
The Staff Award for Excellence in Global Engagement was presented to Emily Singer, assistant director of the Center for International Business Education and Development in OHIO's College of Business.
A graduate of Ohio University, Singer went on her first international trip as part of OHIO's study abroad program – an experience, she said, that changed her life, despite the fact that she almost didn't go through with it.
"When I think about that now, I don't know who I would be if I hadn't taken that first step and had that transformative experience," she said. "The fact that I get to play my small part in making those transformative experiences possible for other people, that's what gets me so excited about coming to work every day."
The Alumni Award for Excellence in Global Engagement was presented to Vibert Cambridge, a native of Guyana, a 1988 graduate of Ohio University and professor emeritus of OHIO's School of Media Arts and Studies. Cambridge comes from a family of proud OHIO alumni. Both he and his wife received their doctoral degrees at OHIO, two of his children are former Bobcats and his son will graduate from OHIO in the spring.
"It is with a humble heart that I accept this honor," Cambridge said. "We are an OU family, and we are very proud of our alma mater."
Each of the award recipients expressed their gratitude for the honor and acknowledged that their endeavors would not be possible without the help of their colleagues.
"It's really been an effort by a large team of dedicated faculty, students and staff to make global health what it is today," said Ice.
"I'm thrilled to be recognized for the work that I do and the work that we do at the Center for International Business," Singer said, "but there's not a lot I could do without the help of my colleagues across this University."
Each of the award recipients was presented a plaque. Ice and Singer were also given $1,000 to support their professional development endeavors while Cambridge was awarded $1,000 in the form of a scholarship for an organization of his choosing.
While the ceremony marked the closing of OHIO's first International Education Week, President Roderick J. McDavis noted that the celebration continues at Ohio University each and every day.
"Ohio University has produced true global citizens who graduate with a deep appreciation for, understanding of and commitment to the universal community of which we are all a part of," said McDavis. "It is my fervent hope that Ohio University's International Education Week celebration will continue far into the future, enabling our University community to more fully appreciate the diverse international community in which we live."


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Heading into the new year, the Microsoft Office team is motivated more than ever by what we're hearing about customers' experiences with Office 2010. Many people think Office is just for the workplace, but millions of people are using Office at home, at school and for their small businesses to get things done. For instance:
- According to the NPD Group, Office Home and Student was the number one selling PC software product -- including games! -- at retail in the U.S. during the week of Black Friday 2009.
- Office Home and Student was one of Amazon.com's top 3 Hot Holiday Bestseller software products in 2009.
Meanwhile the Office 2010 beta is generating record interest and use, surpassing the previous Office 2007 beta download rate. In just seven weeks, more than two million people around the world have downloaded and are using the Office 2010 beta. To get a better appreciation for that number, it's a rate of more than 40,000 downloads per day. That's approximately twice the number of people who run the Boston Marathon each year, or the entire population of Olympia, WA, or Annapolis, MD, downloading the Office 2010 beta every day!
Most importantly, 9 out of 10 beta users feel that the Office 2010 beta is an improvement over their current productivity suite.
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Jolt Awards: Coding Tools, January 28, 2014 The best IDEs and coding tools of the past 12 months
Productivity Award: JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA 13 Ultimate Edition
For years, IntelliJ IDEA has been the best IDE for Java coding. It had to be because it was a paid tool competing against two powerful open-source alternatives, NetBeans and Eclipse. Eventually, JetBrains, the company behind IntelliJ, released an open-source version of the IDE, which contains some (but not nearly all) of the high-end features of the marquee product, IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate Edition.
The paid nature of the the Ultimate Edition has enabled JetBrains to invest heavily in the IDE's continual refinement. And version 13 goes farther in that direction than many of the recent releases. It sports a fresher interface, faster startup times, a greater range of features, and as always, the little magical bits that have earned the IDE near-fanatical devotion.
Among the new features are lovely capabilities like being able to see variables in third-party libraries for which no source code is available; contract annotations that tell the IDE what output values are returned for specific input values so as to enable the IDE to identify redundant tests, unexecutable code paths, and the like; augmented search (see image) in which you can search for a string anywhere in the code path, in comments only, or in string literals only; automatic copying of resource files to output directories upon build; and a presentation mode for using IntelliJ to be used in code demos or lectures.
The updates are perhaps not as overwhelming as the advances in this year's Jolt winner, but they remain the kind of changes that show how tuned JetBrains is to its users' needs and how thoughtfully it responds.
Well, tuned to all needs but one: The in-product documentation and product help has for years been woefully short and so learning how the many features work continues to be a struggle that requires far more effort than it should. Were JetBrains to address this problem conscientiously, IntelliJ IDEA would be as close to ideal as any IDE can get.
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Environmentalists Urge President to Ban Drug Production in Genetically Engineered Food Crops
(from November 22, 2002)
In a letter faxed to President Bush on November 20, Greenpeace, the Center for Food Safety, National Family Farm Coalition, and several other national organizations urged the President to ban open-field planting of genetically engineered drug crops, and to prohibit drug production in food crops because it risks contaminating our nation's food supply. See today's Photo Story.
Drug companies are growing corn and other food crops that are being genetically engineered with human genes and other foreign DNA to produce pharmaceuticals and industrial enzymes. Such crops are being growing in open-air fields where it can cross-pollinate or mix with corn and other crops intended for the human food supply. Recent news has revealed two known incidents in which food was contaminated with drug corn made by the ProdiGene company. However, there are over 100 different locations of genetically engineered drug crop plantings in the United States.
Earlier this week, two Greenpeace activists unfurled a banner on a silo containing 500,000 bushels of soybeans contaminated by genetically engineered drug-producing corn. The banner read, "This is your food on drugs. Ban genetically engineered drug-crops." Greenpeace publicly demarcated this huge, contaminated food mound to expose the inherent dangers in conducting genetically engineered crop experiments in open fields near food crops.
"The biotech industry is playing genetic roulette with our food," said Margulis."This crazy experiment of growing drugs in one of our nation's most important staple foods must cease immediately. We urge President Bush to take swift action to protect our food."
The genetically engineered drug that contaminated soybean stocks is a protein that is intended to vaccinate pigs. Anthony Laos, CEO of ProdiGene, the company that caused the contamination, admits that no human health tests have been conducted on the pig drug to date. According to Doreen Stabinsky, Staff Scientist for Greenpeace's Genetic Engineering Campaign, "All allergens are proteins, and any food contaminated with the GE drug poses an unacceptable risk to the people who unwittingly eat it."
Environmentalists and scientists, including the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, have repeatedly warned that growing drug-producing crops in open fields and not in laboratories would inevitably contaminate our food supply. Drug-crops grown on farms across the U.S. today include corn that produces compounds such as untested AIDS and hepatitis B vaccines, a blood clotting agent, and other compounds not meant for human consumption.
"These unregulated drug crops threaten our nation's food security," said Charles Margulis, Genetic Engineering Specialist with Greenpeace. "Even though genetic engineers said it could never happen here, Americans have narrowly escaped eating GE contaminated food twice in three months. We must stop taking chances with untested drug-crops that could poison our corn flakes, tacos,and baby food," said Margulis.
For more information contact: Charles Margulis, Greenpeace Genetic Engineering campaigner at (415)205-0588.


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I have always had trouble understanding Godel's proof of his first incompleteness theorem, because the diagonalization part is done on the logical side, which is unfamiliar to me, rather than on the computational side, which I find more familiar. I decided to replicate the proof but do as much of the work as possible in terms of computation, rather than logic.
Consider the Turing machine $H$ which when run on input $x$:
- (firstly a triviality) checks whether $x = \lceil \phi \rceil$ for some two-place predicate $\phi$ and if not then loops forever (or indeed it could do anything – I don't believe this part of the argument is important!)
- searches for proofs in PA of
- $\phi(\lceil\phi\rceil, 1)$ and
- $\lnot\phi(\lceil\phi\rceil, 1)$ [A]
- if it finds the former first, it halts writing $0$ on its tape
- if it finds the latter first, it halts writing $1$ on its tape
- if there is a proof of neither, it loops forever
Since computable functions are expressible in PA, there is a two-place predicate $h$ such that $H(x) = y$ implies $\vdash h(\underline{x}, \underline{y})$ and $H(x) \not= y$ implies $\vdash \lnot h(\underline{x}, \underline{y})$ [B].
Then what is $H(\lceil h \rceil)$?
- if $H(\lceil h \rceil) = 0$ then $\vdash h(\lceil h \rceil, 1)$ (by definition of $H$) and $\vdash \lnot h(\lceil h \rceil, 1)$ by definition of $h$
- if $H(\lceil h \rceil) = 1$ then $\vdash \lnot h(\lceil h \rceil, 1)$ (by definition of $H$) and $\vdash h(\lceil h \rceil, 1)$ by definition of $h$
- if $H(\lceil h \rceil)$ is anything else, including a non-terminating computation, then neither $\vdash h(\lceil h \rceil, 1)$ nor $\vdash \lnot h(\lceil h \rceil, 1)$
My conclusion is that either PA is inconsistent (first two possibities) or incomplete (third possibility).
My first question is: is this a correct proof that PA is either inconsistent or incomplete? I don't want to be misled by a simple misunderstanding!
My second question is: if indeed it is a correct proof, why are the common expositions not done this way? It seems much more easy to do the diagonalization part of the argument in the world of Turing machines and computation than in the world of wffs and logic. Moreover no weakening to $\omega$-consistency is necesary.
[A] In wffs, $1$ is my abbreviation for $s(0)$ of course.
[B] I use $\vdash \psi$ to mean there is a proof in PA of $\psi$. Perhaps this is more usually denoted $\vdash_{PA} \psi$, but I wanted to conserve space and typing!


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Maryland (15-13, 7-8 ACC) at Clemson (17-10, 8-7 ACC)
Maryland embarks on its final regular season road trip of the season as it faces Clemson in a matchup with ACC Tournament seeding implications Sunday at 1 p.m. in Littlejohn Coliseum. Head coach Mark Turgeon is 3-0 against Clemson during his three-year tenure at Maryland, and the Terps have won four straight in the series.
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• The Terps are a formidable 90-49 in an all-time series against Clemson that dates back to 1938, despite losing 26-of-60 games in South Carolina. Maryland is 84-41 against the Tigers since the inception of the ACC in 1953-54.
• Trailing No. 4 Syracuse 51-39 with less than six minutes to play, Maryland came within one shot of a major upset at Comcast Center last Monday. Sophomore Seth Allen's game-winning 3-point bid clanked off the backboard as time expired.
• Seth Allen carried the Terrapins offensively against the Orange, notching six of the Terrapins' 14 field goals in the game. Allen scored 22 points on 6-of-9 shooting from beyond-the-arc, including five straight points with less than three minutes remaining.
• Junior Dez Wells scored 13 of his 15 points in the second half to provide the Terps a much-needed boost alongside Allen against Syracuse. Wells has been spectacular in the second half of conference games, averaging 10.8 points on 55 percent shooting.
• Maryland is 7-1 in conference games when scoring 70 points or more, last doing so against Wake Forest. The Terps are also 12-2 this season when leading at the half.
Terps Fall Short Against No. 4 Syracuse
Sophomore Seth Allen scored 22 points and connected on six 3-point attempts as a late Maryland rally fell short against No. 4 Syracuse, 57-55, on Monday night.
Maryland trailed 51-39 with 5:45 left and staged a furious comeback with a 15-6 run behind the play of Allen and junior Dez Wells (15 points). After Nick Faust missed a go-ahead layup with seven seconds left, the Terps sent Trevor Cooney to the line. The Orange hit 1-of-2 to take a 57-55 lead, and head coach Mark Turgeon called a timeout. Allen took the inbounds pass and went coast-to-coast, shooting a 3-pointer that clanked off the backboard as time expired.
Freshman guard Tyler Ennis led Syracuse with 20 points and senior C.J. Fair, a native of Baltimore, Md., added 17 points.
Scouting Clemson
Clemson (17-10, 8-7 ACC) has lost four of its last six games since opening the season 6-3 in conference play. The Tigers most recently lost on the road to Wake Forest, 62-57, due in large part to a 13-2 Demon Deacon run in the second half. Damarcus Harrison led all scorers with 15 points.
Clemson has one of the best defenses in the nation, ranking second in the country in points against (56.2/g). The Tigers are last in the ACC in assists (10.2/g) and 14th in scoring offense (62.3/g).
K.J. McDaniels leads Clemson in a number of categories, including points (16.8/g) and rebounds (6.9/g). He also leads the ACC in blocks (2.78/g), while teammate Landry Nnoko is sixth in the category(1.62/g)
Big Ten Announces 2014-15 Home/Away Opponents
Maryland's home and away opponents for its inaugural men's basketball season in the Big Ten Conference were announced Friday, Feb. 28.
The Terps have home dates against five teams that qualified for the NCAA Tournament in 2013: Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Maryland will also host Nebraska, Northwestern, Penn State and Rutgers.
Maryland will play five home-and-home series, featuring Indiana, Michigan State, Nebraska, Penn State and Rutgers. It will also face Illinois, Iowa, Ohio State and Purdue on the road.
Last Time
Nick Faust scored a season-high 18 points to lead Maryland past Clemson in the teams' last meeting on Feb. 23, 2013.
Then freshmen Jake Layman and Shaquille Cleare combined for 22 points in the effort, while Devin Booker led Clemson with 16 points.
Maryland led 35-32 at the half, before pulling away in the second half on 11 second half points from Faust.
Clemson: A Series History
Maryland has generally had the upper-hand against Clemson in a series that dates back to 1938, leading 90-49.
The Terrapins won the inaugural ACC meeting between the teams by a sizable 81-41 margin on Dec. 4, 1953 at Clemson. Gene Shue and Bob Everett each had 18 points to lead the Terps.
Terrell Stoglin scored 27 points to lead Maryland to a 64-62 victory in its last visit to Littlejohn Coliseum. The Terps led 53-39 with eight minutes to go, before the Tigers went on a 19-6 run to close the gap.


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A Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 release without an active star is no longer a going concern, with the golfer's return to active duty at the Masters Tournament next month.
Scandalized golfer Tiger Woods got his start at the Masters Tournament in 1997, and that's where he'll make his return next month. The legendary golfer, plagued by personal relationship issues since late last year, will be hitting the green at Georgia's Augusta National Golf Club next month to participate in the tournament where his name was made.
"The Masters is where I won my first major and I view this tournament with great respect," Woods said in a statement released by his agent. "After a long and necessary time away from the game, I feel like I'm ready to start my season at Augusta."
Tiger has spent the past two months undergoing inpatient therapy for infidelity, a problem that millions of Americans engage in on a regular basis. Of course those Americans don't have kids looking up to them and countless sponsors banking on their reputations. Perhaps that's what the world needs to be a more honest place?
Michael Fahey is sponsored by Doritos. I like the sound of that.
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 will be in stores on June 8.