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Have you seen Avatar? Awesome special effects. And you had to love the story, especially if you're into science. But there was this one thing ...the top scientist (played by Sigorney Weaver) was a chain smoker. WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT?
Alright, so movie directors will put smoking in movies to make characters look edgy and rebellious, or even stupid sometimes. But Avatar is happening 125 years in the future. Would a top-level scientist a century from now get addicted to cigarettes and not know how to stop?
Or maybe, like some other bloggers suggest, this was sponsored "product placement" by the tobacco industry-a sneaky way to get teens to think smoking is cool. Some people say that because it's illegal now for the tobacco industry to advertise on TV or in other places, their new strategy is to hook potential customers by associating smoking with heroes and heroines.
Meanwhile, the American Lung Association and other groups are trying to stop moviemakers from showing so much smoking—especially since research shows that teens who see a lot of smoking in movies are more likely to start smoking themselves.
Thanks to NIDA research, we now know what smoking really does to people. And it's far from cool. To put it bluntly, the effects range from stinky breath and bad gums to heart and lung disease to early death. This message has gotten through despite the movies, and teens are smoking less now than they have in over a decade. Thanks to NIDA, better treatments to help people quit are also getting out there.
A hundred years from now, incurable smoking addiction could be a thing of the past, like small pox. So you have to wonder why this amazing movie director who learned so much about science to create Avatar didn't take a good look at what is going on in science and health. Why else would a successful, top-level scientist still be chain smoking that far into the future? Especially in a lab, of all places!
Let SBB know if you see any other ridiculous smoking scenes in the movies.
Money.... it all comes down to vitamin M. Tobacco industry has always found a way to find loopholes in the restrictions placed on their marketing strategies. Immediately after the Master Settlement Agreement, the industry was successful in convincing the lawmakers that public health and related professionals cannot use the money that various states won in the settlement for the purpose of advocacy or awareness against tobacco industry. Big tobacco was able to prevent less than 5% , in some states, of the MSA money from going towards anti-tobacco campaigns due to conflict of interest. Hence it is not surprising at all to see that they use product placement, in movies that targets tweens and teens to encourage smoking at an early age. While Hollywood maybe well ahead of Bollywood (Indian movie industry) in terms of the quality of films made and technology used, perhaps they can learn from the Indian film industry. Today all movies made in India, now displays a 'Smoking is injurious to health ' warning and the government has issued a directive to ban smoking as much as possible from movies. While a complete ban may not be feasible, perhaps movie producers and studios can develop a policy and display a similar message and not have smoking scenes in All movies from G through PG-13. This could start on a trial basis.
I also think that the director should have thought ahead to the future because obviously if most people realize to themselves there is going to be a cure to help everyone get off of there addiction to smokingthe director would be the first person to because they made the movie. Note To Everyone: You should get ready for the wipe out of smokes because cigarettes are soon going to be with the dinosaurs.
By the way if any of you people who made Avatar read this: Avatar is a great movie!! I loved it especially because it was mixed with love, friendship, courage and bravery.
PEOPLE SHOULDNT SMOKE and i tottaly agree that somebody that smart to create and use avatars that they would be smart enough not to smoke and know the effects
Cigarettes, one of the most addictive and destructive, over the counter drugs known to man.
One of the few legal substances available in stores that can injure or kill when used as intended.
As a Plastic Surgeon, I see first hand the effects of smoking on the skin. Smoking causes premature
aging in two ways. It uses up Vitamin C in the body, about 35 mg for each cigarette. Vitamin C is an
unstable Vitamin and can't be manufactured by the body, one of its functions is the preservation of collagen
in the skin, the substance that gives skin its plump and youthful appearance. The collagen breaks down
causing premature wrinkles around the eyes and mouth. The physical act of smoking cause us to squint,
exaggerating more the wrinkling around the eyes. Stop poisoning yourself. Quit smoking now.
Nice information, this really useful for me. There is nothing to argue about.
Keep posting stuff like this i really like it. Thx.
You guys don't know what the heck your talking about marijuana is a great plant that will increase your happiness and can inspire you to do great things. What would you say if I told you Benjamin franklin smoked it?
@The truth--you know, people have said that about all kinds of drugs, including those that can get you addicted. NIDA's mission is to prevent that. Like Benjamin Franklin said: "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
I love the point that you have raise here and it just goes to show that even mega blockbusting and revenue busting films such as avatar can be really weak in some areas like that. I think to be honest as good as the effects and the story line is apart from the smoking which I agree on probably wouldn't happen in the future in this setting and environment. (Unless he is after the time we stopped smoking and took it upon then). But it was probably because they rushed it a little that happened too. Well I am sure there will be a sequal and I hope there's no smoking in it too! Thanks.
@p ricky-as far as i know ciggs have very luttle harm to the brain. i think if you tried it once the harm has alredy been done.
Hence it is not surprising at all to see that they use product placement, in movies that targets tweens and teens to encourage smoking at an early age. While Hollywood maybe well ahead of Bollywood (Indian movie industry) in terms of the quality of films made and technology used, perhaps they can learn from the Indian film industry.
i honestly didn't even realize that they had the top scientist smoking until you asked about it... but i think the directors didn't really want people to focus on the little details. Now that i think about it though noone should have been doing any type of tobacco or any drug for that matter. maybe they just didnt think of any of the consequences.
Ya, smoking is so very bad for you. Do you know that ciggz have a great amount of tar in them. Smoking really messes up your lungs and the way you breath. Smoking can cause ALL types of cancer, brain cancer, lung cancer, stomach cancer, i don't think that this is a cancer, but it does mess with your body, but anyways, if you smoke you will most likely have kidney failure. Those are most of the reasons why i don't smoke anymore, but the main reason why i stopped to was because of my family, i couln't put them through any more pain.
Even though i've never seen this movie, i do understand that the people who have made this movie and movies like this one, that they get away with a lot of things in movies that they really shouldn't be getting getting away with... It makes me sad when I see little kids watching movies that are not ( G ) rated.
Smoking causes SOOOOOOOO many problems in ones life time. Some people have enough problems as it is, they don't need to worry about having cancer, lossing a lung, or having to talk through a hole in your throat. I mean that doesn't seem like mush fun to me.... How about you????
Surely smoking is bad for health.
Smoking is bad, true. But there are warning labels. No body is forcing you to smoke. No one is telling you to go waste all your money on boxes of cigarettes. The commercials do make them seem promising, but no matter how you look at it, it is still your choice. Their are always many warning labels on the box, their are many possibilities to quit smoking but it is always their choice. We are not siding with or against people that smoke, we are simply stating the facts.
After reading your article, i have concluded that this is true. Many Kids do end up smoking because they wtch the many popular movies today. Even in Low rated movies, Smoking is prevalent. Two citations of articles online That prove this true are: "Movies inspire children to smoke." USA Today 07 Nov 2005, Print. ...And... "Cigarettes Teens and Movies." America 200.19 (2009): n. pag. Web. 1 Apr 2010.
After reading the article I think this article is true. It seems like very many kids watch shows or movies with people they admire even though they smoke. So when they see those people smoke they think its ok and cool to smoke just because those people in the movies do. So I think movie makers should try and keep smoking out of a movie.
It may be true that movies showing smoking actors will cause some teens to become smokers. But, what about adults? Nearly 90% of R-rated films included smoking between 1996 and 2004. 75% of youth-rated films were involved with smoking, according to the American Legacy Foundation. However, it seems as though the teens are more induced than the adults. Studies show people under the age of 20 will more than likely be hooked. I think because teen brains are still developing, the addiction causes the process to lean in a different direction: the path of smoking. Could this be the reason for the increase of smoking in youth-rated films? Is this how the tobacco industry thinks they will keep business booming? And now, researchers believe movies containing smoking should be given a rating of R. I believe they shouldn't be. What if the purpose of the movie or film was to drive teenagers from smoking? Would it still be R-rated then? The least they could do would be to put up anti-smoking notices before the movie begins.
Cowdrey, Leah. "Smoking Imagery Increasingly Prevalent in Movies, Report Finds." Nation's Health Sep 2006: 14. Print.
"Smoke Free." Scholastic Action 12 Nov 2007: 3. Print.
"Cigarettes, Teens and Movies." America 22 Jun 2009: 4. Print.
i would say yes, some scientist still light up and will for awhile. i wont demonize the movie or director but i will say i believe that teens getting hooked has more to do with the environment around them, parents other family and friends and family's of friends more than movies or adds. i first started when i was 7 along with sneaking alcohol, the main reason being that everyone older than me outside of school that i knew smoked, so i wanted to find out what it was about, i easily stopped later that year since it did nothing for me and i thought it was pointless. then when i was 16 my dad had a heart attack and the year before i lost 2 people that where dear to me so in the wake of all the stress and weed becoming a rare thing i had a lapse of judgment and thought well maybe this could suffice for when i could use a bowl pack, well cigg after cigg went by and now even more wondering why people do it since it didnt even give me a buzz or head rush. sadly enough a few days later i got the truth since i was now having a nicotine fit and that was the only thing that stopped the fit, needles to say im a 23 year old chain smoker and of all the drugs that i have used and abused tobacco was by far the most disappointing and the only one thats ever made me feel like i need more, this is really saying alot since ive done coke, alcohol, Ecstasy, triple cs, shrooms, many pharmaceuticals legally and illegaly, crack 3 times, salvia (its nice and legal, but i have no idea on health affects mental or physical) pot (the only thing i would ever recommend and only if you feel like you cant take much more of life or your on harder drugs, legal or illegal, and if it dont work, counseling, and yes i love pot but i dont do it everyday), and im not sure what else to be honest, lets face it i stop caring so much after my grandpa died. with all these hard drugs ive done and tobacco still being the least disappointing and only one i personally found addictive i tell kids every time they see me light up or i see them light up to either dont start this pointless habit or to stop while they are ahead and it only gets harder to stop.
In my opinion, it was not as big of conspiracy as you suggest. A person smoking in a movie makes them seem less perfect, but more kick awesome, showing their disregard for the rules. Therefore, smoking seems, simply put, bad [expletive deleted, per guidelines], in everyone's minds, making a cooler heroine. Sorry to say, but it's simply the ideals of society, and back when Sigorney Weaver was a kid, smoking was cool and had very little connections with medical problems. Only recent generations have become educated about the negative affectd of tobacco. Therefore, you should all stop leaving comments about how evil tobacco companies are, because they really aren't that bad. Face it, Sigorney Weaver kicks [expletive deleted, per guidelines], and there's nothing you can do about it.
no. scientists can't light up. i'm pretty sure it's imposible. itd be cool tho...


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Lindsay Lohan's ex, Samantha Ronson, has gotten into some alcohol-fueled trouble of her own.
The 33 year-old DJ was leaving a gig in Las Vegas when she was stopped by police just outside of Baker, California for speeding. Police then gave Ronson a sobriety test, which she failed. She was arrested on two misdemeanor charges of driving under the influence, according to officers quoted by US Weekly.
Ronson was pulled over for going 89 mph in a 70 mph zone in her Porsche.
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CSI: Transylvania: Jenkins unlocks vampire forensics
How do you perform an autopsy on the undead?
For author Mark Collins Jenkins, his new book, Vampire Forensics, explores misunderstandings about the various stages of physical decomposition– and may explain how the vampire legends arose in Europe centuries ago.
During the Middle Ages, explains Jenkins, before embalming became widespread, people who reopened fresh graves discovered that some corpses were not behaving as expected.
"Instead of decently moldering away, they were found to be ruddy, bloated up like ticks, with reddish fluid streaming from the corners of their mouths, and other such assorted horrors."
This was actually standard decomposition. But with raging plagues exterminating their families, many superstitious peasants thought that the dead were feasting on the living. Ancient eyewitness accounts of exhumations of "vampires," often minutely detailed, might read like clinical descriptions of ordinary rotting bodies.
"Ask any forensic anthropologist," says Jenkins. "Dead bodies do all kinds of funky things, depending on a host of circumstances."
One notion was that cadavers that hadn't received the official church protection of Last Rites could become "fair game for demons to inhabit"– and then harm the living.
"Often bloodsucking had little to do with it," says Jenkins. "They just kind of went around and beat people up."
An Italian anthropologist's discovery initially inspired Jenkins' book. Among cadavers from a 16th-century bubonic plague epidemic, one skeleton had
a brick jammed in its jaws. That strategically placed brick "might have been one folkloric remedy for stopping the predations of a vampire."
Jenkins, 50, says he realized that a larger story needed to be told. His research makes use of forensic anthropology, archaeology, and folklore; and he credits research by two vampire scholars at UVA, Jan Perkowski and Bruce McClelland.
"Vampires have always been about death and burial," Jenkins says. "In societies where cremation is the norm, there are few if any vampires as we
understand them. Furthermore, once a corpse has become a skeleton, his vampire days are over. The vampire stalks that dangerous time between
death and dissolution."
So Jenkins successfully pioneered the post-post mortem:
"Most forensics tries to determine cause of death," he says. "In this book, we tried turning that around a bit. Instead of explaining what made them die, we
hoped to relate a little of the convoluted history that has made them so long survive."
Mark Collins Jenkins will appear with writer Christopher Corbett on a panel entitled "Vampires and the Pony Express: Twisted Truths and Legends" at 8pm Friday, March 18, at Barnes and Noble.


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Washington-grown "Kanzi" brand apples are hitting U.S. markets this week. Due to high demand for this premium apple — in combination with limited early production on young trees — supplies are limited.
An unfortunate hail event last season eliminated the crop of "Kanzi" brand apples, but this year's crop looks spectacular. In 2014, growers are working on additional plantings to ensure increased production in the years ahead to meet strong market demand.
"Over the next five years our Kanzi volumes will greatly increase each year," Tim Welsh, who oversees the North American plantings that produce "Kanzi" brand apples, said in a press release. "With the existing trees in the ground, and new plantings, we estimate that within five years our production will reach nearly 500,000 cartons of delicious "Kanzi" brand apples."
Imported "Kanzi" brand apples will continue to complement the domestic program and will arrive later in the spring after the domestic program has been sold out. Due to the overwhelming feedback from consumers, worldwide production of "Kanzi" brand apples is increasing rapidly with expanded acreage being planted globally. As a result, imported volumes will continue to increase in an effort to complement the domestic crop and meet the growing demand.


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Self-esteem is the core belief people have about themselves.
Healthy self-esteem helps a person to act responsibly, cooperate well with others,
deal with difficulties, and have the confidence to try new things.
foundation of self-esteem is established in childhood, although it is a
lifelong process of development.
Parents are the most significant
influences on a child's self-esteem. Parents promote a child's healthy
self-esteem by initiating a cycle of belonging, learning, and contributing. A
sense of belonging helps a child to participate in learning new things. Learning makes a child feel confident in making contributions. And making
contributions helps secure a feeling of belonging.
An unhealthy
self-esteem causes problems throughout life. Mental health problems,
problems with other people, and lack of confidence are some of the possible
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1951 Chevy Suburban - What Lies Beneath
Felipe Calvillo's '51 Suburban
Sometimes a project starts with a set exterior color in mind, oftentimes written in stone; others sort of evolve into their final hue, whatever that may be. In this case, Felipe Calvillo of Downey, California, literally scraped his way to his '51 Chevy Suburban's blue finish. You see, during the body restoration process, he discovered the original factory blue paint, a color he hadn't seen in recent years on a Carryall like his. He took the part to a local paint supply store and not long after headed home, paint materials in hand. For some, coming to a final decision on color isn't always that easy.
Felipe's project began in 2001 when he acquired the then weary 'Burb from a friend. Though he handled the majority of the buildup himself (with the blessing of his wife and daughters, of course), he did enlist the help of fellow Old Memories club members P-Nut and Tony Lopez. As for parts, well, since it was pretty bare up until its acquisition, he had a long shopping list to fulfill. Fortunately, that thing you either love or hate-eBay-provided nearly everything he needed in the accessory department, deal or no deal.
The Carryall rides on its stock chassis, which Felipe "backdated" with '49 Chevy passenger car front suspension in order to utilize Firestone airbags. In the rear, he slipped in a '67 truck 10-bolt with lowered leaves and 'bags to boot. For the remainder of the driveline, he used the '67's three-speed manual trans mated to a later-model ('78) 250-cid six-cylinder. Mainly stock, the inliner sounds hopped up thanks to a split manifold with 1 1/2-inch straight pipes rapping spent gasses in a traditional tone each time Felipe rolls on or off the pedal.
Body-wise, a fellow named Moreno (Wilmington, California) applied the factory blue over his own meticulous bodywork. You may have noticed the skirts aren't quite like the ones you're accustomed to-that's because they're custom flush-fit pieces by David Arrellanos. Chrome and polish by Lynwood's Nickel Plating Company highly accent the medium/royal blue with everything from the rare three-post cattle guard to the even rarer DeLuxe Panel stainless trim. And whether layin' low or rollin' down the boulevard, the '51 always does it in style with 15-inch artilleries wrapped in Firestone 5.60-15 Champion bias-plies.
The project came to fruition with a cloth velour interior by California Upholstery in Bell Gardens. But first, Felipe had to complete the difficult task of locating all the seats and related hardware, and if you've ever dealt with Suburban parts, you know that's not easy to do. As with the exterior, he did up the interior with various hard-to-find goodies-a butterfly accessory wheel, factory-option radio, etc.
Fortunately for Felipe, his wife was in love with the Suburban, too. Unless you're single, you know that kind of support goes a long, long way-not only toward completing a project, but enjoying it to the fullest extent once it's finished.
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|Downey, California
|1951 Chevy Suburban
|'67 Chevy 10-bolt
|Rear suspensioN:
|parallel leaf w/airbags
|Rear brakes:
|GM drum
|Front suspension:
|Front brakes:
|'49 Chevy drum
|Steering box:
|'49 Chevy manual
|15" artillery
|Firestone, 6.70-15
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|'78 Chevy 250-cid inline-six
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|stock stamped-steel
|Manifold / Induction:
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|Delco HEI
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|split manifold / dual straight pipes
|'67 Saginaw 3-speed
|3100 Series Carryall Suburban
|Fenders front / rear:
|stock w/Panel trim and custom, flush-fit rear skirts
|stock w/accessory ornament
|Bodywork and paint by:
|Moreno, Wilmington, CA
|Paint type / Color:
|PPG / OE blue
|Headlights / Taillights:
|Outside Mirrors:
|stock w/accessory guard
|Other Exterior Items:
|Fulton visor, driving lights
|Air conditioning:
|Harrison heater
|stock accessory w/additional Alpine CD system
|Steering wheel:
|"butterfly" accessory
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|Upholstery by:
|California Upholstery, Bell Gardens, CA
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If there was one place where the Underground Christian Rock scene called home it was Cornerstone. On a large farm near Macomb, IL I spent a few 4th of July weeks of my youth listening to hundreds of bands. The last time I went to the festival was nearly 9 years ago.
As a kid whose parents were saved as part of the Jesus Movement, I went to Cornerstone in Grayslake, IL at the fairgrounds sometime around 1990. I was too young to have enjoyed any of the bands though. Before I went to Cornerstone I went to Jesus Midwest a few times. It was another festival with Jesus Movement era CCM artists such as Matthew Ward.
Around 1995 I started to get into bands like The Prayer Chain, Steve Taylor, MxPx and Poor Old Lu. In 1996 in the summer before high school I got a youth leader and three friends together and organized a trip to Cornerstone. Our youth leader had drummed for a few different Christian alternative bands, so he was happy to take us back to his old stomping grounds.
It was a blast seeing a ton of bands you would never see anywhere else like Saviour Machine. I bought a Crux T-shirt that I ended up losing. I also saw Joy Electric have a terrible time with their live show. I also got autographs from Value Pac, whose singer wrote about not having a girlfriend, when he didn't seem to have any problem having girl fans. Around that time Christian ska or skacore was also starting to take off. It was a very different time because they had moshpits and stage diving and a girl I knew broke her ankle in the MxPx moshpit on the main stage.
Every year since my last visit I have the habit of looking at the Cornerstone lineup and guessing how many bands I know of. Usually I only know maybe a third of the bands and a lot of them are hardcore. What is different now is they didn't used to allow heavy bands on the main stage. It was more for CCM mainstream acts such as Jars of Clay, Sixpence None the Richer, PFR, DC Talk, etc. What you find know is Underoath on the main stage with a band not considered to be a Christian act such as Shiny Toy Guns. So somewhere in the last 10 to 15 years there's been a shift in which type of bands they allow.
The best thing about Cornerstone in those days was the community. You could go there with a group of friends and it was such a blast to hang out. What separates Cornerstone from a Warped Tour or Woodstock is that I wouldn't want to camp out with those people. Could I even trust my stuff would be there if I walked away from my tent? Most of the Cornerstone people are church kids and so there is a sense of family with other Christians. A lot of the people there can be really polite. And what a lot of the punk and hardcore kids would find there is a place to belong if only for one week out of the year. It was also great to meet the musicians who seem more like regular people sitting at the tables in the merch tents.
The festival has always been about high school kids. In fact so much so that they sent out surveys asking about when the high schools went on summer break in my area. The date has remained around the 4th of July for some time despite the heat every year. Although the ticket prices have jumped up significantly in that time. I think it was around $60 or $70 the first time I went and it's at least $130 at the gate. Unfortunately, it seems like no matter how high they raise the prices they say they never make any money. With bands charging a fortune for their appearance I can believe that.
I avoided going back to the festival because I don't want to feel sad about leaving all those memories behind. Honestly, the thought of camping out in the heat to see bands I'm not crazy about doesn't get me motivated to drive down there. If you think about gas being $4.50 a gallon this summer the cost of the trip with admission for someone from my area is $250 and that does not include any food. With the increase in gas and ticket prices it makes me wonder how long the festival can go on.
I'm sure there will always be some form of a Christian Rock scene as long as there are Christians. Cornerstone and the friends from those days have gone and passed me by. But the one thing I still hold dear is the memories of praying for a guy who got hurt in a Living Sacrifice most pit or taking a dry shower at the Macomb Wal-Mart. Warped Tour or any other secular music festival can never compare to the glory days of Cornerstone Festival because those festivals don't have any sense of Christian community.


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congratulations with your great news of twins i bet u are just ecstatic and relived that 2 instead of 6. lol just kiddin. your numbers sure had me fooled. keep us posted. and take care and god bless!sabi wrote:Hi ladies,
I saw the two sacs & they both have heartbeats. So far so good. I am 6wks & 4 days. Due date is March 8th- give or take 4 days.
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The 'Man of Steel' Teaser Trailer is Quietly Epic
If you saw 'The Dark Knight Rises' this weekend, chances are strong that you saw the first teaser trailer for Zack Snyder's Superman reboot, 'Man of Steel.' If you didn't, no worries: it's now online for your viewing pleasure.
Although the Comic-Con footage teased some action, the official teaser is far quieter affair, selling the film's gorgeous imagery and thoughtful tone rather than Superman punching things. Some may be disappointed by the lack of blockbuster action and exciting thrills in this footage, but it harkens back to the very first teaser for 'Batman Begins,' which showcased Bruce Wayne's journey of self-discovery while only giving us the briefest possible glimpse at Batman himself. We only get one shot of Superman (and it's a doozy), but we do get plenty of idyllic Smallville, Kansas moments and a handful of "Clark Kent Soul Searching" scenes.
There are two versions of this trailer, one with narration by Superman's earthbound adoptive father, Jonathan Kent (Kevin Costner) and another with his Kryptionian biological father, Jor-El (Russell Crowe). Right now, only the Costner version is available, but we'll update this post as soon as the other hits.
UPDATE: The second version of the trailer has been added below!
'Man of Steel' will arrive on June 14, 2013.


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Dell Now a Chrome OS Partner?
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Google's Chrome operating system is still months from market, but it is already generating interest among PC makers who wonder if it might offer an alternative to Windows. Among them: Dell (DELL), which is in talks with Google (GOOG) about using Chrome in some of its laptops.
"We have to have a point of view on the industry and technology direction two years, three years down the road, so we continuously work with Google on this," Amit Midha, Dell's president for Greater China and South Asia told Reuters. "There are going to be unique innovations coming up in the marketplace in two, three years, with a new form of computing, we want to be on that forefront….So with Chrome or Android or anything like that we want to be one of the leaders."
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2014 Father's Day Gift Guide: Gadgets
Gadgets dominate our lives, and you can always start these days with dad's phone. If he has the latest and greatest, don't even bother. But if he's still tied to his lame flip phone, then of course you can go with an iPhone or a new Android phone to get him into the 21st century.
If you're looking for something a little different, however, we've put together some ideas for you. And for more great suggestions, be sure to check out the other categories in our Father's Day gift guide.
Winegard FlatWave Amped Indoor Antenna
With cord-cutting at an all-time high, products like the Winegard FlatWave Amped are going to change the way that people consume television. This indoor HDTV antenna can pick up HD-quality channels up to 50 miles away, features dual-band reception so you won't miss out on channels that other UHF-only antennas do, and prevents pixelation and dropouts using an ultra-low noise (1dB) amplifier. It's lightweight and razor-thin (about the width of a plastic placemat) and can lay flat on a surface or hang on the wall or window for the best reception. Better yet, since the antenna is powered through the USB port on your TV, it only consumes power when the television is turned on. It sounds too good to be true, but within minutes of connecting the FlatWave Amped, we had 25 channels to choose from, including all of the major networks. This thing really works, and at a fraction of the cost of your annual cable bill.
Phosphor Touch Time Watch
Smartwatches are all the rage these days, but don't let the Phosphor Touch Time digital watch fool you, because its lack of interconnectivity prevents it from competing with the more advanced models. Nevertheless, the Touch Time is still a major step up from your typical wristwatch thanks to some cool features, including a touch interface that's incredibly easy to use, five different time displays, and custom language settings for English, French, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish and German. Some of the included apps feel a bit useless on such a small screen – particularly the calendar mode – but the time zone display is incredibly useful, astronomy geeks will love the lunar moon function, and the old-school calculator is a nice touch. One of the best things about the Touch Time is that you never have to sync or charge it because it's powered by a replaceable battery (with up to a one-year life span), while the ability to upgrade from a silicone band to a stainless steel bracelet means that you can wear the same watch to work and the gym without anyone being the wiser.
Cobra AirWave 360
There are a lot of portable speakers to choose from these days, but many of them are impossible to use in the car due to their shape or size. The Cobra AirWave 360, on the other hand, is practically built for that purpose – a portable, 8-inch speaker that's been smartly designed to look like a coffee tumbler and will fit into just about any vehicle or bicycle cup holder. You could even argue that it deters potential thieves, since no one is going to steal your mug, unless they're really big jerks. For as functional as its design may be, however, the AirWave 360 also delivers 360-degree surround sound and features an integrated, noise-cancelling microphone that works with Siri and S Voice. There's even a cool Gesture Control feature that enables you to pause music and answer incoming calls by simply waving your hand over the top of the speaker, and although that may not technically be considered hands-free, it's a lot safer than the alternative.
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World Trade Center 'Survivor Tree' nurtures life
Saplings spread comfort: Under the care of Stamford-based business
Like many Americans, Scott Richardson can describe where he was on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001 in vivid, precise detail. An arborist at Bartlett Tree Experts serving the town of Greenwich, Richardson was with a client in town that day, when he heard the news that the first tower of the World Trade Center had fallen.
"I was with my crew, pruning an esplanade of trees leading up the house, when my client called me from the door and said, `Come and see this,'" Richardson said. "I was looking at it and was obviously in complete disbelief."
In the 12 years after terrorist attacks brought down the World Trade Center, in which 161 people with ties to Connecticut died, the Stamford-based Bartlett Tree Experts has become responsible for the care of the trees at the 9/11 memorial site in Manhattan, and of one tree in particular, a resilient Bradford Pear known as the "Survivor Tree." Discovered in the rubble of the buildings in 2001, the tree was cared for, thrived and has since perpetuated over 400 new saplings from its seeds, all overseen by Bartlett.
The saplings are cared for and stored at the John Bowne Agricultural High School in Flushing, Queens, N.Y., where Bartlett has had a long partnership teaching students about agriculture and landscaping.
This year, three of those saplings will be donated to three specific communities that have survived tragedies: Boston, Mass., in commemoration of the April Boston Marathon bombing, Far Rockaway, N.Y., which sustained damage in Hurricane Sandy last year, and Prescott, Ariz., in honor of the 19 members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a firefighting squad, who died on June 30 while fighting a 2,000-acre fire.
"We've done a phenomenal amount of work to preserve this tree," David McMaster, vice president of Bartlett Tree Experts, said. "We're doing it because we feel there's great significance in memorializing 9/11, and we feel we're able to add to that experience to have a living monument which, if handled properly, can go on in perpetuity. It means a tremendous amount for the company."
To ensure the Survivor Tree remains a physical presence for many decades, Bartlett is working on the "grafting" of the tree, a process which takes tissues from one tree and implants them in another.
Through this procedure, genetic material is taken from the original Bradford Pear and grafted into the seedlings, in order to create a new crop of trees that are genetically identical to the Survivor Tree, McMaster said.
The original tree once grew in soil owned by Port Authority, while the World Trade Center still stood, now belongs to the 9/11 memorial. Ron Vega, the memorial's lead architect, was the person who first thought of the idea to bring the tree back to the site, to commemorate the event, McMaster said.
The symbolic impact of using a living plant to commemorate memorial is a powerful one, with a deep historical precedent. Plants have been used since ancient times to express grief, offer condolence or show caring, said Bob Heffernan, executive director of the Connecticut Nursery and Landscape Association in Monroe.
"It's very much a part of human nature to grapple with grief using trees and flowers," Heffernan said. "They're living monuments to those who were lost and it's perfectly honorable that a tree such as the Bradford Pear is that was at the site is becoming a memorial. Bartlett is widely considered a leader in being progressive in the communities they serve. This is in keeping with their character and their mission."
For Richardson, after nearly 30 years with Bartlett and 19 working closely in the Greenwich community, the commemoration of the Survivor Tree feels just right. One of his clients was on board United Airlines Flight 93 on that day, the plane which crashed into a field in Pennsylvania.
"That's a huge honor for Bartlett to be associated with that," Richardson said. "Those are very important, symbolic trees. That tree (the Survivor Tree) is sort of like New York, the surrounding areas and the whole country. It does make one proud."


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Hey, physicists and/or visitors, are you ready for some thinking, or some heresy, or maybe some apostasy?
Here 'tis:
Cosmology's Standard Model, known derogatorily as the Big Bang, is a religion whose beneficiaries or believers want people to accept it as a science.
If you need a kick to get you started, visit www.newtoeu.com and look around for a while. Then download the free PDF file, read it, and maybe comment back.
A Merry Newtonmas to everyone.
Yes, the great Isaac Newton was born on 25 December, but there is only a 1 in 365 chance that Christ was.
Hi folks, just joined the site a few days ago. I'm a student studying physics and mathematics in the honors program at New York University, and am trying to become a working theoretical physicist (read: be an academic). My research interests are mainly cosmology and quantum gravity - totally not celebrity science at all!
In all seriousness, good to be here.
Hi everyone. I just joined "physicists". I think I am still one - BS is Physics 43 years ago - professional geophysicist for many of those years. Lots of good stuff these days for arm chair physicists: Science Channel's "How the Universe Works," and "Through the Wormhole" are both great. They seem to reflect Brian Greene's books "The Fabric of the Cosmos," and The Elegant Universe." Also reflective of Hawkings "A Brief History of Time." If you haven't seen the new Science channel offerings I recommend them. In one episode of Wormhole, they described new evidence being found for alternate universes and detecting the limits of our own universe (by studying heterogneities in the backgrund microwave radiation field left over from the Big Bang - very interesting and it was new to me...(not saying much actually). These are all great references. Sure doesn't sound much like what you read in Genesis.
All words have definitions and all everythings require thought in the context of being a human with "knowledge".
By definition God would have to be above all things "all powerful".
If you cannot accept that even a fictious God would be all powerful the is no reason to discuss God just as you could not reason thier is NO god. If you do not want to think that is your right. I prefer to find situations that allow a God because if I can elliminate all those then there is further proof there is no God. Funny how you an atheist think i do not know jack-shit about God, when you do not think one exists.
NOW put on your thinking cap, stop being as closed minded (like a creationist) and READ.
An ALL POWERFUL GOD would have to be able to do, know, control and cause ALL.
The Standard model in physics attempts to group our understanding of all things into groups.
If you do not understand mass, energy and space/time go educate yourself.
If you understand gravity, mass, time and energy are related ( and make up all things) you understand the speed of light limits size in our 4D world by the mathematics of quantum theory. In other words if a mass is to small or a unit of time is to small for light and gravity to effect them they cannot effect us, and do not exists in our Universe. But the smartest guy in the world (Roger Penrose) has mathematicaly determined it is possible the twin double helix of DNA and the complexity of the brain is constructed in such a way it cannot be mechanically created and life, consciouness and perceotion require SUB-QUANTUM asspects or abilities. This means below measuable space our brain converts chemicals into useable information the way holograms create a percievable 3D images on TV making them 4D, and are crated from 1D (computer programs in binary). If I have not lost you GREAT, if I have buy Penroses book "The Emperor's New Mind".
Now lets talk about a fictitous GOD, if time cannot be broken down to more than (planck time) 513190000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 parts per second, as per quantum mechanics. Then TV is shown on a screen at 30 frames a second and your mind cannot percieve more than plank time frames per second.
If you are lost read the book Quantum Mechanics for Dummies. No one can prove or disprove (yet) that God can control ALL with the ability to move, create or think faster than plank time.
There could be a GOD, but we will never know. What we do know is photons, electrons and even some atoms have disappeared in less than plank time and some times return and some timess not.
You can think the way God does because you have an imagination.
Thanks for the link, joined
Try here: http://www.usanap.org/nap-registration/
No Facebook necessary (I agree with you about FB, BTW)
Also check out MeetUp
I want to join NAP but it seems to require membership in facebook.
I do not like facebook, no control over privacy and it gets out of control.
Is there a way to contact and help out without facebook?
I don't think they were on the list of available parties when I signed up to vote in CA.
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"A modern American masterpiece . . . Doctorow takes up the legacies of Fitzgerald and Cheever and adds to them a savage and erotic splendor of his own."—John le Carré
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From Forbes online, (http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2012/12/20/war-z-uses-images-taken-from-amcs-the-walking-dead/)
Well the War Z scandal continues to deepen, even though the game has beenat least temporarily removed from Steam.
The question now becomes: Will Valve allow a game that so flagrantly violated consumer trust to return?
That question is made more poignant by recent revelations about the game's artwork. Apparently (and you can see for yourself after the leap) the game lifted images directly from AMC's The Walking Dead. This means that not only was the game a blatant knock-off of Day Z which rips a huge portion of its assets from War Inc, its creators had neither the decency or, apparently, the budget to devise their own images.
Whether or not this game is a "scam" or whether it's fun or boring, it's pretty obviously crossed some ethical lines, becoming the video game equivalent of a "mockbuster."
Zombie Doppelgangers
The picture on the left is a zombie from The Walking Dead. The slightly altered version on the right is taken from War Z artwork.
Here's another one:
And if that's not clear enough for you:
Some people have said that all of this is simply unwarranted outrage or whiny, "entitled" gamers at it again. That strikes me as absurd. There may be too much outrage at times, and gamers may indeed be prone to thinking and expecting the worst.
But Sergey Titov and Hammerpoint Interactive have dug this zombie grave for themselves, and then leaped headlong into it through a combination of misleading advertising, broken promises, bad customer service, and interviews with the gaming press that make them look even worse than if they'd said nothing at all.
Big Rigs
Titov himself is an interesting figure in all of this. Back in 2003 he was the producer of a game that has been dubbed by many as "the worst game in history."
Big Rigs earned a whopping score of 1 from GameSpot. In their review of the game, they concluded:
Just how bad is Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing? It's as bad as your mind will allow you to comprehend. It is so disturbingly bad that even its budget price tag seems like a slap in the face. It really makes you wonder if the company that put out this dreck even took so much as a half minute to glance at the game that it was releasing. The game's readme file does assert that the game was thoroughly tested on various PCs, but the end result seems to suggest otherwise. The fact is, even if you tried, you couldn't play Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing the way it was seemingly intended to be played, and even if you could, you wouldn't want to.
So there's obviously something of a history here, and a definite pattern. Is it any wonder War Z turned out to be unfinished, that promises are being broken? Is there any reason to suspect Hammerpoint will actually come through with a finished product?
Because many promises of a similar nature have been made about War Inc,were made about Big Rigs, and many of those promises were broken as well.
Maybe this is much ado about nothing. Plenty of people seem to want to shrug the whole thing off, or claim that because they're having fun with the game that everyone who has anything remotely negative to say about it is just looking for attention. I disagree, of course.
I think it's important to call this stuff out when we see it—and even if this were the most beautifully made game of all time, ripping images from The Walking Dead is a pretty big deal. Just like "taking inspiration" from the Star Wars artwork of Olly Moss is not a particular kosher thing to do if your game happens to be Borderlands 2.
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Danny Kennedy, a 54-year-old West Virginia resident, was shot and killed over a car that got stuck in his yard. It is about as trivial a reason for killing someone as we can imagine.
The Register Herald reports that a car with three people left a neighbor's yard and tried to turn around in Kennedy's driveway. The car got stuck in the yard, causing an argument between the three people and Kennedy. Kennedy went inside, then came back outside, and resumed the argument. That's when he was shot. The three people fled on foot and Kennedy was hospitalized, where he died.
Police arrested suspect 22-year-old Dominic Paige and Antonio Wade, 28. They are still searching for the last person in the car, who was no older than 18. It is unclear who actually shot Kennedy.
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- Quantum Chromodynamic (1) (remove)
- Nuclei in a chiral SU(3) model (1998)
- Nuclei can be described satisfactorily in a nonlinear chiral SU(3)-framework, even with standard potentials of the linearmodel. The condensate value of the strange scalar meson is found to be important for the properties of nuclei even without adding hyperons. By neglecting terms which couple the strange to the nonstrange condensate one can reduce the model to a Walecka model structure embedded in SU(3). We discuss inherent problems with chiral SU(3) models regarding hyperon optical potentials.


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Woman's death a year ago in Lewiston, Maine, is now ruled a homicide
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) � Investigators say the death of a 26-year-old woman found inside a closet in her apartment a year ago in Lewiston, Maine, has been ruled a homicide.
Samantha Folsom was found dead inside her third-floor Oxford Street apartment on Nov. 9, 2011, by her parents who went to check on her.
WMTW-TV (http://bit.ly/SAnKop ) reported Thursday that her death is now considered a homicide. The cause of death has not been released.
Police say Folsom was originally from Greene and was unemployed at the time of her death. All along, police considered her death suspicious.
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Food editor Paul Grimes is used to getting ribbed by his colleagues for sneaking curry powder into his desserts—he loves the air of mystery it lends to sweets—but these cookies received unanimous acclaim. Paired with citrusy coriander, the curry keeps the sugar and butter from stealing the show.
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- 2 teaspoons coriander seeds
- 1 1/2 teaspoon curry powder (preferably Madras)
- 2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- Equipment: an electric coffee/spice grinder or a mortar and pestle
- Toast coriander in a small heavy skillet over medium heat, shaking skillet often, until fragrant and a shade darker, about 2 minutes. Cool, then finely grind in grinder.
- Toast curry powder in same skillet over medium heat, stirring, until fragrant and a shade or two darker, about 1 minute.
- Preheat oven to 350°F with racks in upper and lower thirds.
- Blend butter, sugar, vanilla, and salt with a rubber spatula. Whisk together flour and spices, then blend into butter mixture with spatula.
- Form 1-inch balls of dough and arrange 2 inches apart on 2 ungreased large baking sheets. With side of a floured pencil or chopstick, press an X into top of each cookie, gently flattening to 1 1/2 inches in diameter.
- Bake, switching position of sheets halfway through, until edges are golden, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool on sheets 5 minutes, then transfer cookies to racks to cool.


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However, on my lenovo w510 with
cpu: Intel Core I7 @ 1.6 ghz
os: Fedora Core 15
compiler: gcc 4.6.1, 4.4.6, and intel composer xe 2011.
I notice that I get very poor efficiency with 2 and 4 threads.
When using a friends laptop (an old core duo) I see nearly perfect efficiency with 2 threads,
and when using the work desktop with a 12 core AMD I see nearly perfect efficiency with 2-12 threads.
Below is the code:
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#include <stdio.h>
#include <omp.h>
#include <math.h>
double estimate_pi(double radius, int nsteps){
int i;
double h=2*radius/nsteps;
double sum=0;
for (i=1;i<nsteps;i++){
//printf("radius:%f --> %f\n",radius,sum);
return sum;
int main(int argc, char* argv[]){
double ser_est,par_est;
long int radii_range;
if (argc>1) radii_range=atoi(argv[1]);
else radii_range=500;
int nthreads;
if (argc>2) nthreads=atoi(argv[2]);
else nthreads=omp_get_num_procs();
printf("Estimating Pi by averaging %ld estimates.\n",radii_range);
printf("OpenMP says there are %d processors available.\n",omp_get_num_procs());
int r;
double start, stop, serial_time, par_time;
double tmp=0;
for (r=1;r<=radii_range;r++){
#pragma omp parallel for private(r,tmp) reduction(+:par_est)
for (r=1;r<=radii_range;r++){
printf("Serial Estimate: %f\nParallel Estimate:%f\n\n",ser_est,par_est);
printf("Serial Time: %f\nParallel Time:%f\nNumber of Threads: %d\nSpeedup: %f\nEfficiency: %f\n",serial_time,par_time,nthreads,serial_time/par_time, serial_time/par_time/nthreads);
I've compiled this with gcc 4.6.1, gcc 4.4.6 and the free trial of intel's compiler. I've used GOMP_CPU_AFFINITY to keep threads
from being scheduled on "cores" that are actually the same core but look like 2 due to hyperthreading. Independent of compiler I
get results similar to
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[joe@w]$ export GOMP_CPU_AFFINITY="0,1"
[joe@w]$ ./bench1 500 2
Estimating Pi by averaging 500 estimates.
OpenMP says there are 2 processors available.
Serial Estimate: 3.141593
Parallel Estimate:3.141593
Serial Time: 6.127195
Parallel Time:6.108861
Number of Threads: 2
Speedup: 1.003001
Efficiency: 0.501501
[joe@w]$ export GOMP_CPU_AFFINITY="0,2"
[joe@w]$ ./bench1 500 2
Estimating Pi by averaging 500 estimates.
OpenMP says there are 2 processors available.
Serial Estimate: 3.141593
Parallel Estimate:3.141593
Serial Time: 6.068996
Parallel Time:3.568947
Number of Threads: 2
Speedup: 1.700500
Efficiency: 0.850250
So setting the processor affinity is helping, but I am still not getting efficiency near 1.
It looks like:
a) there is plenty of work to go around
b) there is no interprocess communication
c) there is not too much syncronization
d) there should be no problem with false sharing (I think)
So I can't see why I can't get higher efficiency with this code on this machine.
On the work machine
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joe@d$ ./bench1 500 2
Estimating Pi by averaging 500 estimates.
OpenMP says there are 48 processors available.
Serial Estimate: 3.141593
Parallel Estimate:3.141593
Serial Time: 8.334875
Parallel Time:4.152589
Number of Threads: 2
Speedup: 2.007151
Efficiency: 1.003576
I notice that the work machine gets perfect efficiency, although the serial
code takes longer than on my laptop! The work machine is has 4
AMD Opteron 6172 processors at 2.1ghz. running Ubuntu 11.04.
As mentioned before, a friends old core duo also gives effiency of 1.
Does anyone have any idea why my efficiency is so poor? Using 4 cores
I go down to efficiency of about .6.
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Creative Spotlight: Artist and Web Designer qubibi
"I work without seeing what I'm creating. Programming is like writing words."
– Artist and web designer, Kazumasa Teshigawara aka "qubibi"
If qubibi's words rings true for you, you might want to dive a bit deeper into his story. qubibi's inspiration spurs from his observations around his home city Tokyo, Japan. He uses the city's energy to craft his designs, emphasizing in animation. When asked how he turns an idea into art, he reveals, "I begin by writing and then I imagine music. After that, I start using digital tools like Photoshop without making any sketches, I just work directly on the computer and see how it evolves… In my case I can't create art without Creative Cloud." Check out his recent redesign of the Creative Cloud logo and more background on his work in the video below:
The Creative Cloud provides designers like qubibi with built-in shortcuts for everything from debugging to simple animations so they can spend less time on tedious tasks and focus on what makes web design fun, creativity. qubibi uses Creative Cloud to access his work from any computer at any time and benefits from sharing his work with fellow designers on Behance. Find out more about Creative Cloud and the future for web designers like you.
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Bee Lovely Hand Wash 9.97 fl.oz
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Discover beautifully scented hands with this bee-friendly, organic hand wash. Made with moisturizing, fair trade organic honey from Mexico and uplifting, sun ripened Italian and Mexican oranges, it conditions skin and lifts the spirits.
- Lifts the spirits with organic orange and mandarin essential oils
- Gentle enough for the whole family, aged 3 years and over
- 3% of sales goes to charities that help Save the Bees
Bee Lovely and help Save the Bees You support the bees every time you choose our Bee Lovely collection, as 3% of sales from our Bee Lovely range goes to charities that help protect this humble, vital insect.
To discover exactly how this hand wash supports the bees, see our Save the Bees campaign.
How to use:
Massage a small amount into wet hands, building up a gentle lather, then rinse thoroughly.
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Good for the bees, good for Ghana
The main charity that we support with sales of our Bee Lovely range is Bees for Development, which has introduced bee colonies into cashew orchards in Ghana to boost yields, after low yields were found to be a result of poor pollination.
This unique project benefits both bee populations and farmers and the results are staggering, with yields proven to have more than doubled. Bees for Development identify and support cashew growers who are most vulnerable and most in need.
Last year we donated $11,400 to the project, providing training, support and five hives each for 50 cashew farmers. This year we want to reach our goal of $19,460, through sales of our Bee Lovely collection, to continue supporting these cashew farmers and to fund five more hives for each farmer.
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Why am I so Rebellious?- by
There were many years in my Christian life when I was stubborn and rebellious.
How rebellious was I? It took about three years for me to learn to submit to the Holy Spirit's direction to put my grocery cart where it belongs in the parking lot!
And it took more years than I want to admit to learn to listen to my husband, Dave, and take his advice without arguing and having a bad attitude about it.
I remember one day when I was praying fervently for my ministry to grow, the Lord got my attention about my rebellious behavior toward Dave. I was crying out to God and saying, "Oh, God, please let my ministry grow so I can help more people."
Then He very clearly spoke to my heart and said, "Joyce, I cannot do one more thing in your ministry until you do what I've told you to do concerning your husband."
This was so hard for me. My rebellious attitude had developed throughout my childhood when I was struggling to survive the abuse I experienced almost daily from my dad.
I vowed to myself then that when I was able to leave home and be on my own, I would never let anyone tell me what to do again!
So, it took a while for me to let the Holy Spirit heal the wounds in my soul and teach me how to submit to the authority He put in my life.
Giving up rebellion will get you out of trouble.
If you've got a mess in your life, there's a good chance you haven't been doing what God's been telling you to do. However, if you will start making right choices, God will give you the ability to get through it and things will turn around for you.
But be prepared, because when you start making an effort to be submissive, your flesh isn't going to like it!
You may be wondering, If it's so hard to do, why should I care?
Because God withholds blessings from the rebellious for their own good. If He blesses disobedience, it will lead to more disobedience.
I can honestly tell you that if I hadn't surrendered my rebellious heart to God, my marriage wouldn't be good, my relationship with God would have suffered, and my ministry wouldn't have grown.
You see, rebellion, and the disobedience it causes, keeps us from having the power of God that's available to us as Christians. I don't think there's anyone who would say they don't want or need more of God's power in their life.
Rebellion is dangerous! Here's why...
We need to know what rebellion is to really understand why it's so dangerous...
Rebellion is not just an outward behavior, but it's an attitude problem and a heart issue.
- Rebellion resists authority.
- It's likened to witchcraft in the Bible (see 1 Samuel 15:23).
- It makes us unprofitable (see Hebrews 13:17).
- It brings judgment upon us (see Romans 13:1-2).
These are just a few results!
But the good news is, we don't have to live this way. I'm living proof that God can heal and change your heart to be submissive to His authority and those He places in authority over you.
God has a solution for rebellion.
There's a popular scripture that says, Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart (Psalm 37:4).
The word delight means "to be pliable and moldable in God's hand."
So, if you will be pliable in His hands, allow God to mold your heart, and do with you, in you and through you what He wants to do, then He will give you the desires of your heart.
I say this often and it bears repeating here: Anything God asks you to do is for your benefit. He always has your best interest at heart. And He'll never ask you to do something without also giving you the ability to do it.
We just need to spend a lot of time with Him, learn to trust Him completely, and submit our will to Him.
As you do these things, the Holy Spirit will faithfully lead you out of trouble and into the life that Jesus died to give you—a life of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit!


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Roll up, roll up and place your bets! Who's gonna win the inaugural 20:20 challenge?
We'll let the market set the odds by running an unofficial Totalisator pool on the 'Win'.
Just name your team and how much virtual money you'd like to stake (within reason - for this exercise, pretend that its real money you're staking otherwise the pool will never balance)
The Tote operator takes 20% of the pool takings, whilst the CWLand Taxman takes another 5% meaning that 75% of the takings get returned to the Punter!
The Tote operator will donate all profits to the West Robbham Methadone Clinic association.
To get the ball rolling $50 on Davistow


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If you love eggplant, you will love this combination of eggplant, pork and tempura batter.
Moe declared the recipe a "keeper" and one that he would be happy to eat often.
The inspiration for dinner came from Adam - author of The Unorthodox Epicure.
You can find Adam's recipe here.
I took the basic idea of stuffing eggplant with seasoned pork and dipping in batter before frying, but seasoned it using the same pork filling I use for wontons.
And I also used my own version of Asian Chili sauce and my favourite "Tempura" style batter.
Sides were fried rice
and sauteed Baby Bok Choy/Shanghai Bok Choy
seasoned with garlic.
Crispy Pork Stuffed Eggplant
Adapted from The Unorthodox EpicurePork Filling
1/2 pound finely ground pork
1 inch piece ginger grated
2 to 3 cloves of garlic minced or grated (Use a Microplane to grate)
1 chopped green onion
2 tablespoons Shaoxing wine
1 teaspoon sesame oil
white or black pepper
Mix all ingredients together. Saute a small piece to test for seasoning.
Japanese Eggplants or small purple or white eggplants
Peel eggplant. Cut into 1 inch slices. Make a horizontal cut in each round, stopping short of cutting all the way through. Stuff a little of the pork filling between the slices.
Tempura Batter
(Joe - GardenGuru)
1 cup flour
1/4 cup cornstarch
1 teaspoon baking powder
Salt and pepper
Soda Water
Spicy Asian Chili Sauce
1/2 cup rice vinegar
1 or 2 tablespoons of garlic chili sauce
1 or 2 tablespoons Thai sweet chili sauce.
minced ginger
minced garlic
1 green onion minced
sesame oil
Mix all ingredients together. Adjust to suit own taste.
Heat Peanut Oil to 375°F
Mix dry ingredients. Add enough soda water to make a thin "pancake" batter.
The eggplant is twice fried. Fry in stages, 3 or 4 pieces at a time. Dip stuffed eggplant into flour and then into batter. Slowly place in hot oil and fry until golden. Turning once. About 4 minutes. Remove and drain on paper towels. Just before serving, reheat the oil and fry each piece for another one to two minutes until golden brown. Serve with spicy chili sauce.


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Elliot Rodger: His Biographical Manifesto
Elliot Rodger, accused of killing six people and injuring 13 others in a rampage in which he also died, published a 140-page, biographical manifesto. In it, he chronicles the evolution of his own hate and despair. WSJ's Jason Bellini reports.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Hollywood director Peter onto the ... beach and ... two when he turns five years old relocate to Los Angeles ... his early years as one of the scary its ... life was fair and life was satisfying ... its seven his parents divorce ... is like your himself sees the seeds of his despair he planned to ... rating ... the time of the airplane was added and is the shortest Calkins class feels different from the cool kids ... who seem to be more admirable than everyone else ... in an effort to be cool himself he says he can't escape war ... this is very attends a school dance and some of the seventh eighth grade girls offer to dance with them all the pretty girls Caterpillar habit of putting toys they knew was a form of create ... some of them hugged me ... I can understand why but it still like the best thing after ... he says he's already been labelled as a quiet kid ... its two thousand to ... he joined AOL chat rooms which uses temporarily filled the Social Boyd ... but will instead ... and that was starting to like ... the XLE bombs a pretty girl ... she cursed me and pushed me embarrassing mean from my friends ... it made him feel like an insignificant on were the little mouse at age twelve the right to see support graphic video online for the first time finding out about sex is one of things that truly destroyed my entire life ... I would never get ... not getting any sex is what will shape the very foundation of my miserable you ... indulgences world is going darker ... he writes that he starts I we are annoying to people just to gain attention ... experiences more painful rejection ... being teased in ridiculed by a girl I had a crush on wounded deeply cases in which they talk to it that's why I immersed myself and Tyra liens my on line games like world of Warcraft ... I felt safe there ... at fourteen he writes that he enters a Catholic all boys school ... he says he will even pull back ... the tariff would major in lunchtime and after school ... enraged me but was too scared to do anything about the same time going through puberty ... this is the start of help from me ... going through puberty utterly to my existence ... the condemned over the life of suffering and unfulfilled desires us as parents transfer into a different school quarter of ... this occupation ... the most news in depraved and then come out on top and women flock to these men ... relaxed were awarded by women ... what good decent man a laugh ... I hate the girls even more than the police because this diversity sticking out of the new school enters a continuation high school which operates like homeschooling ... stunningly three hours today there ... are seventeen G Rice visited him in a couple years older ... persists in an exchange student his father's house ... describing him as the only popular young person ever reached out to me ... it's Paris A deal with them socially really turn my whole world around ... you right when he returns to help forty exterior high school ... he becomes immersed in playing online games with three other boys had so many adventures in World of Warcraft as a group and yet ... I felt like the outcast the group ... because he says he found out that three of them would have needed to ... their houses and not invite him sages of the game as he spends most of his time reading books about history politics and sociology ... beginning of fantasies becoming very powerful ... stopping everyone from having sex or to take their sex away from them ... just like the two can wait for me at nineteen he writes that he rules the class in another community College ... is primer social interaction at this point is with a friend in his karate class direct ... that you relate to me since he was also a fortune and had no girls in this life ... but some of the things I said began to disturb him ... one night he told me with a lot of stress that enough was enough ... he didn't want here anymore the truck directly missed an apartment in Santa Barbara ... there is jealousy this year's takes a racial tone in his writings ... ugly black would be able to get a white girl not meet the star looks like the acts out his anger on wing of the store couple he witnessed kissing passionately ... he says it falls into the car and splashes is called yellow them reflecting afterwards ... from this point my life I realized I was capable of doing such things ... I would happily do such things ... I was capable of killing them ... and wanted to ... the spring of two thousand thirteen he comes across a website ... forum for men who were starved of sex dislike me is this ... man even sure my hatred of women ... the one like me you baby to powerfully to act on ... his closes for the first time that you see a psychiatrist but doesn't say when the treatment began or ended ... one night he says he works at the Court after a few drinks to crash while house party Del Playa drive ... hobbled off campus like for students a University of California Santa Barbara ... it ends badly ... he says he got beaten up pieces is way is broken ... it rose twenty two with deatails alleged attacker being planned for Sunday to buy or handgun just in case one of the jams ... I need to work in handguns at the same time ... as that's how I plan to commit suicide ... here's Emma Strugger Aaron's Mike twisted world humanity struck me folks ... I can get me me to experience so much suffering ... I will punish everyone ... will be beautiful ... finally at long last I can show the world my true war ...


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Megatron. Mega Drive. Such a simple concept, how come it has taken 25 years to get these two together?
This limited edition figure, by Takara Tomy, will be shown at today's Winter Wonder Festival in Japan. The biannual convention showcases the latest in toys, action figures, figurines and the like. Sega itself heralded the coming of Mega Drive Megatron onits Twitter account yesterday. "Mega Drive is transformed into Megatron!" reads the translated Tweet.
Here's a shot of Megatron/Drive at the booth.
It is a smaller and, of course, not a functioning console—though it does appear (from the image Sega tweeted, and the one in the booth) that Megatron's right hand is some sort of a USB device. No word yet on its availability, Western or otherwise.
Transformers Mega Drive Megatron Transforms Into A Sega Game Console [tformers.com]


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A chill has officially hit the New York air and its given me the itch to find the perfect fall cape. I was hopping around online, searching my go-to online stores for the right one for me. After an hour or so I decided to give it a rest and catch up on some of my favorite blogs. . .So what do I see on the very first blog I click on, Garance Dore, but this uber charming and chic capped sketch! I've gushed over Garance in the past (here), but I felt like I had to share this story with you and repost her capped sketch along with one of mine. I love it when things like this happen!
Childrenswear: Carmen
Last week I was asked by a client to work on something a little different, a fashion illustration of a chic 8 year old girl. To design her outfit I was given all the inspiration images below, along with a few directions for tweaks, such as add a third buckle to the coat, change the dress to a light floral print, and so on. I think Carmen here came out adorable, and is kind of making me want to draw more kids. (Although to be honest in the past they haven't really sold well in my etsy shop.)
(Clockwise: Coat e.BoutiqueMaje, Dress Zara, Bag Proenza Schouler at Barneys, Boots Jcrew Girls.)
Labels: boards, client, illustration, Inspiration
Red Carpet Moment: Lauren Miller
I'm excited to share my most recent fashion illustration from the red carpet, its of Lauren Miller, who just so happens to be my beautiful cousin. Lauren chose this incredible brown lace and pink chiffon gown designed by J. Mendel to wear to the 80th Annual Academy Awards.
Lauren may soon have two Brooke Hagel originals because the same week I completed this illustration and wrapped it to send off to her, Seth popped the question! There's no doubt Lauren will be a stunning bride. I can't wait to see the dress she picks and sketch her a custom bridal illustration.
Labels: commission, high fashion, illustration, pop-culture
Mini Portfolio {New Business Cards}
I absolutely love my new business cards, as does everyone I hand them to. I recently designed my first set of Moo cards and I can say with 100% certainly that once you go Moo there's no going back. The cards are heavy weight, have a smooth satin finish and show off every intricate detail of my fashion illustrations. With Moo your able to upload as many as 100 different images to each card order. This means that whenever I'm describing what I do to someone new I can now show them all my cards, a sort of mini portfolio, and let them chose the fashion illustration they like best to keep, with my shop website, blog, and contact info.
I uploaded 8 of my favorite sketches, but I'm thinking I may just place another soon to throw a few more illustrations into the mix. Perhaps a few more of my brides or red carpet looks. It also may be nice to use Moo to create my next round of gift tags for the holidays, since the cards are printing are such high quality. . .What can I say, I guess I'm addicted to Moo.
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Who's right here? Is "so" really the new "um" -- and is that wrong? Turns out, they all may be right. "So" has many uses, according to this analysis in the New York Times. And, as with any term of art, you need to think through your intent in using "so" to make sure it's working for you and not against you:
- As a logical connective word, which is how software engineers in Silicon Valley began using it (and, many believe, how it came to dominate the start of a sentence). It suggests authority, and indicates an explanation is coming, which is why scientists may be using it.
- As an empathetic connection, indicating that you've chosen what you're about to say because it's relevant to your listener, as in, "So it might be helpful to know that...."
- As a pause to think. If so, it's acting like an "um"--which, by the way, is a normal part of speech. But repeating one time-buying phrase like "so" over and over causes your audience to start counting (and it's too short to buy much time to think).


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Betterment Fund board introduces 'Rt. 66 Reinterpreted' Art Project
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[January 12, 2013]
ATLANTA -- In celebration
of Route 66 and all it stands for, Atlanta -- located on the Mother Road,
midway between Chicago and St. Louis -- announces its first "Rt. 66
Reinterpreted" Art Project.
Participating artists will be
provided a blank, 2-foot-by-2-foot wooden cutout of the Route 66
sign, painted white, which will then become their personal canvas.
The only requirement in creating a reinterpreted shield is to
incorporate the text "Illinois U.S. 66" somewhere on the face of the
shield, in whatever size, shape or color the artist desires.
Everything else about the design, style, background and color of the
reinterpreted shield is left to each artist's imagination and
The project is open to anyone 16
years old and above. Up to 50 entries will be accepted in this
year's project, as determined by the date applications are received.
All 50 entries will be displayed outside along Route 66 in downtown
Atlanta from May 1 to Aug. 31, 2013.
The board of directors of the
Atlanta Betterment Fund will select 10 shields out of the 50 entries
as finalists. Shields selected as finalists will be judged on
originality of design, overall concept and quality of execution.
Voting will then take place May
1-Aug. 31 to select the top five shield designs as winners of the
2012 project. Anyone, anywhere may vote, either in person at
selected Route 66 attractions in Atlanta or online via Atlanta's
website at
www.atlantaillinois.org. The top five vote-getters will be the
winners of the year's Rt. 66 Reinterpreted project.
At the conclusion of the project,
the five winning shields, along with the names of the artists who
created them, will be displayed on a permanent basis in the Atlanta
Route 66 Park. Entries selected as one of the top five winning
designs will also be showcased at the International Mother Road
Festival in Springfield Sept. 27-29, 2013.
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Artists wishing to enter the Rt. 66
Reinterpreted Art Project must submit a completed application form,
along with a $25 entry fee. Completed applications are due on or
before Feb. 1. Applications received after Feb. 1 will not be
Completed Rt. 66 Reinterpreted
shields should be carefully packaged and returned to: The Atlanta
Betterment Fund, 114 SW Arch St., Atlanta, IL 61723. Shields should
be submitted between March 1 and April 5, 2013. Shields received
after April 5 will not be accepted.
The Atlanta Betterment Fund
sponsors the Rt. 66 Reinterpreted Art Project.
All decisions regarding judging are
final. Entries selected as finalists will be notified by April 30,
2013. Entries selected as one of the top five winning designs will
be notified by Sept. 1, 2013.
on the "Route 66 Art Project" logo at
www.atlantaillinois.org for more information, including project
guidelines and an application form to enter the Rt. 66 Reinterpreted
Art Project. Or contact:
William Thomas
Atlanta Betterment Fund
114 SW Arch St.
Atlanta, IL 61723
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Hi, I really need help as to how to go about animating the reels on a slot machine.
Currently i store the images in a panel and when clicking on the spin button it will go through the images and stop after the counter as reached 19. However it just shows each fruit as it's going through the images and i'd like a spinning animation instead like a real slot machine and wondered how i would go about doing this?
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Tobbi Dala and Fenn Shysa were the original Mandalorians, appearing in several comics -- including Marvel Star Wars #68 and #69 -- released 25 years ago in the 1983. They are now part of a new series of "Comic Packs" from Hasbro, as seen at this year's Toy Fair. The previous "Comic Pack" had Marvel Star Wars #81, where Boba Fett was seen rescued from the Sarlacc by Jawas.
Thanks to Ninjax008, a member of our message boards, who posted on this today.