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The infamous Red Rider BB gun didn't make the annual survey of unsafe toys by the New Jersey Public Interest Research Group, but Silly Fish Squirters did.
Today is perhaps the second-most anticipated day of the holiday season – PIRG's release of its 23rd annual, holiday-timed, toy safety survey dubbed Trouble in Toyland.
The report, available here, focuses on choking hazards, lead paint and phthalates – a toxin used to soften plastics – in toys.
PIRG researchers found lead, which has been largely banned in paint and gasoline, in toys such as jewelry, two toys were found with phthalate levels that exceed limits, and that the recommended choking tube – used to determine whether a toy part is small enough to fit in a child's throat – is too small to safely protect those ages 3 to 6.
For tips on shopping safer for youngsters, visit PIRG's website, www.toysafety.net.
Jacob Koetsier, a consumer advocate for NJ PIRG, said the report is meant to empower shoppers, but lamented there is no comprehensive list of unsafe toys, nor a foolproof method to avoid toxic toys since warning labels are often small or not posted.
"A number of times these toxins aren't labeled, so parents need to shop around," Koetsier said. "Phthalates are in a lot of soft plastics. Unfortunately, there isn't a way of knowing without having these toys sent out to a laboratory and tested. But they're out there. Parents need to be wary, take the extra time and really consider what they're purchasing for Christmas and the holidays.
"I wish there was a comprehensive list and we definitely wish there were labels on anything containing these chemicals, but really we want to empower parents with the knowledge that not everything out there is safe and not just because it's the cheapest should they necessarily put it under the Christmas tree," Koetsier added.
The survey doesn't have a "Worst 10" list, but includes a smattering of toys deemed unsafe by PIRG, including: Silly Fish Squirters, Pony Land Scented Pony Pet, Red Plastic Super Car, Halloween Skull Earring, Key Chain with Locket and the Littlest Pet Shop.

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In Search of the Mine Key
This past weekend I got to spend time with a handful of the CWB team as they continued to shoot photos and video for 2010 marketing purposes. The weekend started early on Friday with a trip to McCormick's Cable Park outside of Tampa Bay. McCormick's has become the hot new cable spot, and for a good reason. Fresh rails, a cable that goes clockwise, a barrier island down the middle to keep the water glassy, and an awesome laid back vibe. The bros at McCormick's were cool enough to open the park early for Derek Grasman, Zane Schwenk, Adnrew Adkison, Jimmy Trask and Will Christien so they could all get their cable shred on in peace… Well, relative peace… Zane started the morning with raley dock start shoe ski run… and proceeded to try to ride everything in site, including rental helmets and a trash can. He ended the day with some barefoot S-bends. There's a reason they call him "Insane."
The real gem of the trip was still to come, though. Zane had lined up an awesome private lake at a limestone mine and we were granted full access. Of course, the mine is in the middle of nowhere, so we had to be on the road by 5:30 AM to get there in time to shoot during the good morning light. Somehow we all managed to be on the road (four vehicles, two of which were towing X-Stars) by 5:57 (we had to wake up Grasman and then do a drive-thru mission at McDonald's), which was a total shock to most of us. Even more shocking, we made it to the mine a little after sunrise and we never got lost. There was just one problem; the gate was locked and nobody had a key. We tried calling some contacts, but no calls pointed to a key. Zane even looked under some rocks for a "hide-a-key" but came up with nothing but poop. We could easily hop the fence and go check out the lake… and they looked perfect… but that didn't do us much good since nobody could lift an X-Star over the gate… Unable to get a hold of a person who might have a key, our AM enthusiasm quickly turned into "Plan B?" mode. All of the iPhone geeks quickly pulled out their Google Maps and started looking for the nearest place to ride. To keep the story short, this "Plan B" led us on a wild goose chase of the pure wakeboarding comedy kind. We ended up driving around for about 3.6 hours, searching, hoping, asking locals, and often wondering about the location of the elusive mine key. By lunchtime we were all ready to kill each other 'cause we'd been up since the butt-crack of dawn, hadn't had a real meal yet, and were still to do any wakeboarding at all… but during lunch we finally heard back from the man with the mine key, and he had unlocked the gate for us. So we drove back to the magic mine and proceeded to shred to our hearts' desire.
There's nothing like being out on a Saturday in perfect weather at a private lake that you have all to yourselves, especially when that lake is the perfect temperature, distance and depth for riding/haning out — not to mention the fact it's way cooler looking than any other "normal Florida lake." Everybody took advantage of the epic conditions, myself included when the sunset turned into something straight out of Apocalypse Now. Feelings of despair, longing, and violence towards fellow riders had quickly turned to joy, exhultation, and the consumption of several Not Beers. That night we crashed in a local hotel/motel/Holiday Inn and took advantage of the private lake's conditions all over again in the morning. We even found some time to play on a few of the mine's decomissioned, delapidated cranes. Fun.
Eventually we made our way back to Zane's place in Winter Haven to catch up on sleep and do a little more shooting, but plans were already in the works to go back and do some more mine riding ASAP. This time we'll be sure to know the location of the key before we do.


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Chicago Public Schools (CPS) had roughly 399 students wounded, and 144 students killed during the 2008-2009 school year. If my math serves me right that's about 12 children killed every month, and 2 children wounded every school day. Mayor Emanuel stopped publishing the numbers upon taking office to minimize the issue. Where are the cameras, the grief counselors, the national mourning, or President Obama's tears for black and brown children being killed in Chicago on a daily basis! These numbers have been steady for the CPS over the last two decades.
Americans should not allow our gun laws to be changed because of a few deranged, mentally ill, socially alienated young men from affluent families. The facts are we have hundreds of thousands of young Americans coming back from war zones as combat veterans, and they have not picked up assault weapons and killed a civilian. The focus should be on funding mental health programs that were defunded under Pres. Reagan's administration. We need to reactivate the policies that gave the states the ability to institutionalize mentally ill citizens.
Those of you who have followed my writings, debates, commentary and radio shows over the years know that I am not one for playing the race card. The disparity in news coverage and reporting by the MSM on the killings of black and brown students over the last four decades is reprehensible. I am numbed at this point to any new report about the killing our defenseless children. While the Newtown Connecticut shooting is tragic, sad, it's no more shocking to me than the killings of thousands of black and brown school children across this country in urban areas since the 1980s. As an informed and concerned citizen I have noted the wholesale slaughter of Black and Brown children without as much as a whimper from the nation.
I was quoted by Anderson Cooper from a Huffington Post blog on air "if this type of carnage was going on in a white suburb we would have Black Water or the National Guard on the streets protecting our children."
The hypocrisy of Americans not to address this issue of gun violence that has taken many young black and brown lives, in Los Angeles, Riverside County, Detroit, Oakland, Chicago, Atlanta, Washington DC, Newark, is the real tragedy. When I hear of a Newtown, Columbine, VA Tech it pales in comparison to me, when there are dozens of student killings in our urban centers on a daily basis.
Here we are in a supposed post-racial Obama era, and it seems to me that race and the color of one's skin is clearly an issue. Why do I say that? I was told by senior-level administrators in the Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Chicago school systems that over 70% of their students suffer some form of PTSD? Most of the children have witnessed, or know someone that was shot to death at an early age. There is not an outcry to provide a higher quality of life for these communities.
President Obama's attempt to console the nation seems very hypocritical to me because in our Kenwood neighborhood, people are being killed two blocks from the president's home frequently. In fact the violence was so heightened that a police board meeting was convened August 1, 2011. This is a copy of the article concerning a meeting.
The senseless murder of Derrion Albert only became a national news event was because Mayor Daley and Pres. Obama were in Oslo Norway trying to get the Olympics of 2016 for the city. The result was President Obama sent former CPS Superintendent and current Education Sec. Arnie Duncan, and Attorney General Holder, to review the issues and they promised to bring $30 million to the city to fight gang violence. That brought out Rev. Jackson and Sharpton to ride school buses while the cameras rolling. We (the public) do not know if the $30 million was received by the city, and if it was I'm sure it wasn't used to protect black and brown students in the city given the continued killings.
However it appears to me that another student-killing tragedy in a white suburban neighborhood, committed by a mentally ill young white male, who profiles the same neurotic way has moved the forefront of the 24-hour news cycle. We have MSM commentators that know nothing about guns, gunplay, and gunmanship, except what they've see on television and in the movies. The same liberals or progressives totally ignore the carnage in black and brown communities across this nation. My intent here is to point out how when white students are murdered, it's a tragedy in a news event, when black and brown students are murdered "it's just a bump in the road."
To Sen. Feinstein and other well intended politicians, I only this to say: None of you in Congress, nor President Obama, come close to the having the intellect and vision of the founding fathers. Please don't make decisions for us based on your "naïve and idealistic" views of the world. When citizens are armed, they save lives like in Cong. Gifford's shooting incident. The problem is not enough people are using concealed carry laws to protect themselves. Try to disarm the citizens in Detroit where the police department was reduced 50% or Pontiac, MI which lost its police department due to budget cuts. By the way Pontiac, MI is one of 10 most violent cities in the country. Guns don't kill People, Criminals and Mentally Ill People Do!
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We've been looking forward to "Horrible Bosses" for some time now, and while the trailer left us with mixed emotions, the new posters have looking up again.
The film stars Jason Bateman, Jason Sudekis and Charlie Day as three friends who work for despicable people, played by Kvin Spacey, Jennifer Aniston and Colin Farrel. One day they decide to help each other out by killing one another's bosses, enlisting the expertise of a sketchy hustler who goes by the name Motherf***** Jones, played by Jamie Foxx.
Heightening our interest even further is the fact that the film was directed by Seth Gordon, who made "The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters," the amazing film about two men battling for the title of Donkey Kong World Champion.
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We experience community when we are with others who think like us, believe what we believe, and maybe even like what we like. Community is good, right? We form groups without being aware of it. Mention a sports team and in seconds you will know who is a fan or a rival. Talk about a movie and you will quickly learn who loved it and who can't believe you wasted your time seeing it.
Larry Crabb, in his book Becoming a True Spiritual Community, says, "We are human beings, the unique creation of a divine community of three Persons who enjoy being together more than they enjoy anything else, Persons who want to share their joy with other people. We long to rediscover true community, to know it in our experience; we were built for it."
Community is good. But community can get us into trouble when the boundary lines around our group are solid, opaque, and meant to keep others out.
All of us have felt excluded at one time or another. We find ourselves sitting outside the circle. Even if we were once in it, it feels like someone moved the boundary line.
God's Inclusion
One thing that strikes me about Jesus is how he prayed in John 17. He actually prayed that all of us would be one as he and the Father are one. Now, I don't know about you, but as a child I wanted my parents' exclusive attention; I didn't want to share. Maybe that's a childish thing, maybe downright selfish, but that's how it was. To think that Jesus enjoys intimacy with God the Father and the Holy Spirit, and wants us to be included, baffles me.
God is all about relationship.
I love that in John 3:16, God uses the word "whoever." There are no conditions to that word. I don't have to be "this tall" to ride the roller coaster. I don't have to speak a certain language or look a certain way. "Whoever" means even me. But once we've experienced that relationship, we sometimes forget what it's like to be on the outside looking in, wanting to be part of something but afraid to enter.
Enlarge Your Circle
We don't know what people have gone through—what baggage they carry, so to speak. And yet, the desire to belong lies at each person's core. We sadly think we're not good enough, smart enough, or ________ enough to make it. Then God writes Jesus into our story.
Jesus spent time with everyone and never excluded others. He sat with those considered outsiders and befriended any who were interested. Even little children, who some thought were too young, fit perfectly in his lap. Jesus was radical. He hung around the unpopular, the sick, the sinners—not to improve his political image, but because he cared about them.
God the Father is conforming us into Jesus' image. One day we will look like him, but until then he has left us with his open journal. We know where he went, how he acted, and what he did. We get to read it and then follow him.
Maybe our circles need to be enlarged. Maybe we should erase the chalk lines for good. God said "whoever," and he meant everyone.
Right now as I type this I am asking God to show me where I need to stretch in this area. If the people I hang with are all like me, how will my circle get larger?
We are not the selection committee that decides who will be on God's team. God never asked us to do that. He wants us to share his Son with anyone. And in doing so, we see his redemptive work—how he can enter a person's life and change them. And little by little, seeing him, they will want to be part of that family.


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Achillion Provides Update on Clinical HCV Development Programs
- Drug-Drug Interaction Study of Sovaprevir and ACH-3102 Completed -
- ACH-2684, Second-Generation Protease-Inhibitor, Achieves Comparable Activity in Cirrhotic Versus Non-Cirrhotic Patients -
- Posters Discussing Sovaprevir, ACH-3102 and ACH-2684 to be Presented at AASLD 2012 -
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 12, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:ACHN) today provided an update on the sovaprevir and ACH-3102 clinical development programs and announced new Phase 1b clinical trial results on ACH-2684.
Sovaprevir and ACH-3102 Development Update
Achillion announced today the completion of a drug-drug interaction (DDI) study evaluating the combination of sovaprevir and ACH-3102. The study, conducted in 24 healthy volunteers, concluded that there was no interaction between the two investigational compounds and that both sovaprevir and ACH-3102 were safe and well-tolerated by study participants with no significant adverse events reported.
"With the completion of this DDI study, we now plan to submit to the FDA a Phase 2 protocol that will evaluate an all-oral, interferon-free regimen containing sovaprevir and ACH-3102 for 12 weeks and, pending discussions with the regulatory agency, we intend to initiate this combination study with the goal of reporting rapid virologic response, or RVR, in the first half of 2013," stated Michael D. Kishbauch, President and Chief Executive Officer of Achillion.
Milind Deshpande, Ph.D., President of Research and Development and Chief Scientific Officer of Achillion commented, "We also continue to enroll and treat patients in our ongoing Phase 2 trial evaluating ACH-3102 and ribavirin for the treatment of genotype 1b CC HCV patients and, based upon emerging clinical trial results, we plan to initiate discussions with regulatory agencies to expand the enrollment to include additional genotype 1b patients and look forward to providing an update on this study later in the fourth quarter detailing RVR and safety results."
ACH-2684: Phase 1b study in Chronic HCV GT1 Cirrhotic Patients
Achillion also reported today additional proof-of-concept data from its Phase 1b clinical trial of ACH-2684, a second-generation protease inhibitor, which demonstrated that chronic genotype 1 HCV treatment-naïve patients with cirrhosis treated with 400 mg ACH-2684 once daily for three days achieved a mean maximum 3.67 log10 reduction in HCV RNA (range 3.10-4.40 log10) as compared to 0.22 log10 reduction for placebo. The antiviral activity achieved in this treatment-naïve patient population was similar to the 3.68 log10 reduction in HCV RNA in non-cirrhotic genotype 1 HCV treatment-naïve patients receiving the same dose of ACH-2684. The full dosing cohort (n=8; 6 active, 2 placebo) included one subject that received active drug who, based upon baseline viral population sequencing, was demonstrated to have nearly 100% substitution at position R155K. Presence of approximately 100% R155K mutation at baseline in subjects who have not been exposed to a protease inhibitor regimen is highly unusual and likely indicative of prior treatment that was not revealed at study enrollment. Further analysis is on-going and this patient's antiviral activity is excluded from the reductions above.
Safety data demonstrated that ACH-2684 was well tolerated in this patient population with no serious adverse events, no clinically significant changes in vital signs, electrocardiograms (ECGs), or laboratory evaluations. All reported adverse events were classified as mild or moderate, and were transient in nature.
"With the unique pharmacokinetic profile of ACH-2684, which we believe does not require active uptake of the compound into the liver, we are very pleased to have achieved the same robust antiviral activity in patients with compensated cirrhosis," commented Dr. Deshpande. "We believe these results support the continued development of this second-generation protease inhibitor and will look to fully leverage its activity in special populations of HCV patients."
Posters Presentations by Achillion at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD):
Poster 1171: Viral Kinetics Modeling to aid in Dose Selection Decisions for Phase-2/3 Clinical Trials, A. Agarwal, et al. Session: Clinical HCV 2. Date: Tuesday, November 13, 2012.
- Poster 1886: In vitro Studies Demonstrate a High Probability of Curing Genotype-1 Hepatitis C with Combination of a Novel NS3 Protease Inhibitor ACH-2684 and a Novel NS5A inhibitor ACH-3102, Y. Zhao, et al. Session: HCV Therapy: Pre-clinical and Early Clinical Development. Date: Tuesday, November 13, 2012.
About ACH-3102
ACH-3102, Achillion's second generation, pan-genotypic NS5A inhibitor, is a pico-molar potent compound that has been improved from first-generation NS5A inhibitors to maintain excellent potency against both wild type HCV as well as potency against resistant mutants that have been identified in clinical studies. In vitro, ACH-3102 has demonstrated potent activity against all HCV genotypes and shown additive to synergistic activity when combined with NS3 protease inhibitors, NS5B polymerase inhibitors, and ribavirin. ACH-3102 was shown to be safe and well tolerated in Phase 1 studies with potent antiviral activity achieved after a single dose. ACH-3102 is currently being evaluated in a Phase 2 trial in combination with ribavirin for 12 weeks as a treatment for chronic HCV genotype 1b.
About Sovaprevir
Sovaprevir is a Phase 2 pan-genotypic HCV protease inhibitor designed and synthesized based on crystal structures of enzyme/inhibitor complex. Sovaprevir is an open chain, non-covalent, reversible inhibitor of NS3 protease. In clinical and preclinical studies, sovaprevir demonstrated high potency, unique pharmacokinetic properties and an excellent safety profile at high drug exposures. With low single-digit nanomolar potency specific to HCV, sovaprevir is equipotent against HCV genotypes 1a and 1b at IC50 of approximately 1nM. Sovaprevir achieved sustained viral response rates of approximately 80% in combination with pegylated-interferon and ribavirin for the treatment of HCV genotype 1, and will be evaluated in all-oral, interferon-free regimens, Fast Track status was granted to sovaprevir in 2012 for the treatment of chronic HCV.
About ACH-2684
ACH-2684 is a next-generation HCV protease inhibitor designed and synthesized based on crystal structures of enzyme/inhibitor complex. ACH-2684 is a macro-cyclic, non-covalent, reversible inhibitor of NS3 protease. In preclinical studies, ACH-2684 demonstrated pico-molar potency, excellent pharmacokinetic properties and safety profile at high drug exposures. ACH-2684 also exhibits rapid and extensive partitioning to the liver, as well as high liver/plasma ratios in preclinical studies. ACH-2684 has shown pico-molar potency against NS3 protease that is specific to HCV. It has preclinical activity against the 6 known genotypes of HCV and exhibits equipotent activity against HCV genotypes 1a and 1b at an IC50 of approximately 100 pico-molar. The drug candidate was discovered internally and is being advanced by Achillion.
About HCV
The hepatitis C virus is the most common cause of viral hepatitis, which is an inflammation of the liver. It is currently estimated that more than 170 million people are infected with HCV worldwide including nearly 4 million people in the United States, more than twice as widespread as HIV. Three-fourths of the HCV patient population is undiagnosed; it is a silent epidemic and a major global health threat. Chronic hepatitis, if left untreated, can lead to permanent liver damage that can result in the development of liver cancer, liver failure or death. Few therapeutic options currently exist for the treatment of HCV infection. The current standard of care is limited by its specificity for certain types of HCV, significant side-effect profile, and injectable route of administration.
About Achillion Pharmaceuticals
Achillion is an innovative pharmaceutical company dedicated to bringing important new treatments to patients with infectious disease. Achillion's proven discovery and development teams have advanced multiple product candidates with novel mechanisms of action. Achillion is focused on solutions for the most challenging problems in infectious disease including hepatitis C and resistant bacterial infections. For more information on Achillion Pharmaceuticals, please visit www.achillion.com or call 1-203-624-7000.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that are subject to risks, uncertainties and other important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements, including statements with respect to: the expected potency, safety, tolerability, effectiveness and other characteristics of sovaprevir, ACH-3102 and ACH-2684; and Achillion's plans and timing for advancing its clinical trials, including the combination trial of sovaprevir and ACH-3102, the ongoing trial of ACH-3102 and ribavirin, and future studies of ACH-2684. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements are risks relating to, among other things Achillion's ability to: replicate in later clinical trials positive results found in earlier stage clinical trials of sovaprevir, ACH-2684 and ACH-3102; advance the development of its drug candidates under the timelines it anticipates in current and future clinical trials; obtain necessary regulatory approvals; obtain patent protection for its drug candidates, and the freedom to operate under third party intellectual property; establish commercial manufacturing arrangements; identify, enter into and maintain collaboration agreements with appropriate third-parties; compete successfully with other companies that are seeking to develop improved therapies for the treatment of HCV; and raise the substantial additional capital needed to achieve its business objectives. These and other risks are described in the reports filed by Achillion with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 and its subsequent SEC filings.
In addition, any forward-looking statement in this press release represents Achillion's views only as of the date of this press release and should not be relied upon as representing its views as of any subsequent date. Achillion disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required by applicable law.
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The 2013 senior class of Penn State's musical theatre program performed in front of a television studio audience on April 25 for WPSU's seventh annual production of 'Music Theatre Spotlight,' which will air this November on WPSU-TV.
Seniors in musical theatre program perform in WPSU's 'Music Theatre Spotlight'
Pictured from left to right: Carly Evan Hughes, Michael Pilato, Allie Pizzo, Alex Grace Paul, Sal Bucci, Katie R. Young, Blake Stadnik, Patrick Graver, Jacqueline Elyse Rosenthal, Jim Hogan, Keely Beirne, Christina Jackson
Keely Beirne, Allie Rizzo, Katie R. Young - Music Theatre Spotlight
Keely Beirne, left, sings "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar" with Allie Rizzo and Katie R Young. Words and music by Don Raye.
Christina Jackson - Music Theatre Spotlight
Christina Jackson sings "What Do You Think I Am?" by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane.
Sal Bucci - Music Theatre Spotlight
Sal Bucci, a native of Pittsburgh, sings "Danglin'" by Maury Yeston.
Jim Hogan, Carly Evan Hughes - Music Theatre Spotlight
Jim Hogan and Carly Evan Hughes perform the duo "The Song that Goes Like This" by Eric Idle and John Du Prez.


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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- Two goals by Kyle Chipchura Tuesday lifted the Phoenix Coyotes to a 4-2 road win over the Vancouver Canucks.
Chipchura opened the scoring late in the first period and then closed it out with an empty-net goal that salvaged the final game of a three-city road trip for the Coyotes.
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heh, i drove past your house last week and was wondering if you still drew. apparently you do. What school are you in?
Could his eyes possible be a bit to far apart? if i quickly compare it with the original pic from deredactie.be it also looks as if his neck could perhaps be a bit more narrow. Also the line on his left cheeck looks a bit more smooth in the pic.
what medium are you using on this? Looks fantastic!
you should totally make her face your new avatar...
I'd like to see you try something with characters inside of a very dense environment. Maybe it's just what you've chosen to show here, but you seem hesitant to combine dynamic figures with a really lush background/foreground. The figure drawings are great, you have a good sense of environment, but when you put them together it produces some of your least interesting stuff. Again, that's just from what I see here.
An interesting exercise one of my professors used to force on me (I had a similar issue) was to set up a model in a very crowded, cluttered environment, and then have me describe the figure of the model by drawing *everything else* around her/him. It never looks perfect, but it helps you break that habit of thinking the drawing is done once the human body is rendered.
So he misses the ball, the guy laughs at him, then he throws it at him? Is that what happened? It took me a couple of views to figure it out, but I think it would be more obvious when it's cleaned up. I guess it was a little hard to read the ball because it's so small, so just make sure it stands out in the final product.


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There is numerous way to learn Chinese off (textbooks) or online (Podcasts) and I'm not going to talk about them all here. Some are really well done but they all have (IMHO) one major flaw, they may be used to "train" or "review" your Mandarin abilities but can't be used as efficient tools to "learn" mandarin in a proper way.
In my opinion there is two way to efficiently learn Chinese online both on the Writing and Oral side
[*]Writing with Skritter.com
Skritter is a tool for learning Chinese and Japanese writing with stroke-level feedback, tone practice, audio playback, definition practice, and progress feedback. It's extremely fun and very efficient, you can possible expect to learn 1 to 2000 characters within a year.
[*]Oral with Chineseteachers.com
To simplify, Chineseteachers.com is like a place where students, meet real professional native Chinese teachers located all around the world (and therefore mastering different other languages such as English (mandatory), French, German, Japanese, Portuguese…etc.).
Once you've registered, filled your profile (better to let your teachers know who your are) and topped-up (you can start with an amount as low as 1$), you simply go to the main pages and check which teachers are already online:
As said earlier, there is no booking needed and I can start a lesson right away without having to install any software, everything is made through your browser (make sure to use the latest one such as Firefox or Chrome).
The good point here is that it's a private one to one lesson, therefore during a 2h lesson, I really speak for two hours.
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One thing that always "gets me", when writing code, is the handling of numbers in data types such as Double or Single (e.g. the .NET floating-point types). Yep, the simple stuff always comes back to haunt you. Let me explain...
I usually pick the larger data types for a "Divide by Zero" example in class (e.g. exception handling section). Yet, the handling of those data types results in behavior that always causes the pregnant pause with a question... "why did it just display Infinity, versus my Exception"? For class - it's great, because we get to explore the cause and effect. For work, it's one of those moments where you just slap yourself...
The .NET floating point data types are based on IEEE standards, which is that floating point numbers are stored with large significant digit lengths and may not be what you expect -- ergo 0 (zero) may actually be represented in memory as 0.00000000...0001 -- where the ellipsis (...) is lots of zeros (and 1.0 could actually be stored as 0.99999...99999).
The end result is that when you divide by zero with this in-memory representation, you are really performing the Math rule 1/x - where x = a small number; mathematically this division = infinity, and not the exception we expected. For the floating-point data types, it kind of makes the "DivideByZeroException" useless (but wait... it has value with integer types).
For those interested, the following sites have more on this subject...
Interestingly - testing these variables to see if they are zero returns "true". The following code example illustrates this. The "conditions" are shown performing an equivalency test. No division takes place.
Dim TheZeroAsVariable As Double = 0.0
Dim TheZeroViaConvert As Double = Convert.ToDouble("0.000")
Dim TheZeroViaParse As Double = Double.Parse("0.000")
If TheZeroAsVariable = 0.0 Then
VarResultsLiteral.Text = "Variable: " & TheZeroAsVariable.ToString
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End If
If TheZeroViaConvert = 0.0 Then
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End If
If TheZeroViaParse = 0.0 Then
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End If
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Catch ex As DivideByZeroException
StatusLiteral.Text = ex.Message
Catch ex As ArithmeticException
StatusLiteral.Text = ex.Message
Catch ex As Exception
StatusLiteral.Text = ex.Message
End Try
The Zero is caught by the condition, not by Exception:
Variable: 0
Convert: 0
Parse: 0
Results... 0 is 0 when you test it, but not when you use it.
Now - just so you don't go thinking this only affects zero and that you're safe with other numbers. You're Not! The same issue would affect you if the number was 3, 100, or "bazillon". The floating-point data types will not represent the number "exactly" - hence your math or your conditions may not do what you are expecting.
Additionally, I wrote the example code with both types of converting methods - Convert and Parse, and the declared variable to show you that each of these do not have an affect on the results. It is all about the data type, not the converting method.
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BlackBerry's stock took a dive Friday too. It was down nearly 8% when the market closed.
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Well, it's Friday and we're feeling a bit of a hankering for some Transformers action, and our fave fan-boy site on all things 'formers is all about the toys today, scoring not only pictures of the Pontiac Solstice-bodied Jazz, the Saleen Mustang-bodied Barricade and the Abrams Battle Tank-bodied Brawl — but also some pics of a not-yet-seen and until-now not-yet-named Decepticon by the name of Wreckage. Wreck-Gar? No — Wreckage. We've no idea what he is — although he does appear to be some kind of military vehicle like an armored personnel vehicel. We've also no idea what his role in the movie will be, but hey — good find on TFW2005's part. But that's not all we've got. We also managed to snag some clear-as-daylight PR pictures of the toy version of the Decepticon baddie known as Blackout in all of his MH-53 Pave Low blade-filled glory. The Transformers in a box gallery, sans Adam Sandberg and Justin Timberlake is first and the Blackout gallery is below that. And with that, our craving for Transformers tchotchkes has been satisfied for the moment. But if yours isn't, feel free to check out or tag page and our gallery for more to get your fix.
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Black Knight Sword Review – Xbox 360
Quickly devolves into a repetitious button-mashing platformer that is too difficult for its own good...
Suda 51 is responsible for some of the craziest and most bizarre games out there and also some of my favorites, so when Black Knight Sword arrived my curiosity was matched only by my anticipation. The game is presented as a stage show, not unlike The Gunstringer game for the Kinect, so you have the surreal feedback of the audience combined with the dramatic red velvet curtains being retracted to reveal side-scrolling platform levels created from prop pieces you'd find from a high school theater production.
You begin the game hanging from a noose, struggling to free yourself. Once you drop to the ground and retrieve the sword from the nearby corpse you are encased in magic armor and begin the in-game tutorial that is a clever mix of neon signs, info cards, and a disembodied narrator who sounds an awful lot like Vincent Price. You'll learn the tricks of the trade such as moving, crouching, jumping, and swinging your sword to destroy boxes, hidden microwave ovens, and all sorts of freakishly disturbing creatures.
Your goal is simple; survive each level finding all the hidden goodies, killing all the enemies, and reaching the final boss fight so you can do it all again in a new and even stranger location than before. You'll earn hearts (the actual organ – not some cute icon) when you kill things or smash microwaves, and these can be spent on numerous upgrades like armor, extended health bar, and other perks that make your journey slightly less daunting, but this is hardcore arcade rules with a fixed number of lives and when they are gone you are starting over. All that's missing is the "Insert Quarter" prompt.
Black Knight Sword is loaded with bizarre originality; a trademark of any game created by Grasshopper Manufacture, and while this often provides ample incentive to keep playing just to see what oddities are waiting in the next level, the overwhelming difficulty (even on the Normal setting) creates a frustrating atmosphere, and there is just no reason to have limited lives or continues in a home video game unless you're hooking your Xbox 360 up to your piggy bank. Check your ego at the door and play this game on Easy if you plan on playing at all. It may be the only way you see all five chapters unfold without hurling a controller at something.
Once you get past the creativity and cool stage show vibe you are left with merely another side-scrolling platformer, and not even a good one at that. When you aren't madly mashing the attack button to slash, poke, and pogo stick stab your enemies, you are attempting these frustrating jumping puzzles where your imprecise analog arcs will often have you landing short or long of the narrow blocks that you often have to materialize with a RT shot. Even when you acquire some new magical and ranged attacks, the game seldom rises to the notoriety we expect from these developers.
The presentation is quirky perfection with game levels framed by stage curtains and the obvious background sets getting swapped out by invisible stagehands as you progress through these diabolical levels. You'll see cardboard cats and wolves bounding through the background on sticks, only to turn into very deadly enemies when they reach the foreground. Even the Monty Python style intrusion of a giant hand entering the scene to point the way is priceless, and it's all made even better with outstanding music, amusing sound effects, and fantastic narration.
Regardless of how much I love quirky concepts and original production values, Black Night Sword quickly devolves into a repetitious button-mashing platformer that is too difficult for its own good and will likely crush your moral, hopefully before you crush a controller on that final fifth and uninspired level that ends in the boss fight from hell. Despite its many charms, unless you are a platforming god with undying patience, you'll probably want to pass on this game or at least wait for a sale.


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DWTS Season 11 – The Great "Previous Dance Experience" Debate, Part II
In part I of this series, we took a look at the 4 stars this season that likely have the largest amount of "previous dance experience" – Brandy, Florence, Jennifer, & David. What did we gather? That even though they're the most "experienced" of this season's cast – they still don't have much of an advantage. Oh, and we did have some laughs along the way 😉
And laughs don't stop there, kids. Today, we're gonna take a look at the rest of the cast, and see if they have any "previous experience" that might give them a leg up in the competition. A fair warning: while part I was semi-serious, don't expect too much intelligent discussion on this one – because some of this dancing is just downright laughable! I recommend using the restroom before you commence reading, lest you wet yourself from laughing too hard & too long 😉
Our first subject today? Kyle Massey, who filmed a music video for a song he did on the Underdog movie soundtrack a few years back:
Courtney: He gets an A+ for bouncing around and flailing his arms – but thank goodness he leaves that sizzling choreography to his backup dancers. The dog is clearly the best dancer in this video.
Marianya: Boingy, boingy, boingy… I think Tigger bounces better than he does. That being said, I don't know if bouncing in place and tossing arms this way and that would constitute as dancing… but people seem to do that a lot in clubs. So if this was Club Dancing with the Stars, he'd have a good chance to hit top spot…
Heidi: Forget the "dancing", can we talk about his ability to lip sync? He has none. 🙂 I mean, aren't your lips supposed to go with the words to the song? I was so distracted by that that I didn't notice the dancing or lack thereof. LOL. Underdog?? I'm too old for this, aren't I.
The verdict: If this were "Clubbing with the Stars" or "Bouncing with the Stars", he'd be a shoo-in. But if it were "Lip-Syncing with the Stars" – he'd be the first sent home.
Bet you thought Jennifer Grey was the only star this season that had ever been in a dance movie, huh? Well think again – Margaret Cho did a little dance flick called Can't Stop Dancing 1999 – keep an eye out for sweet moves by Marge at the :43 & :49 marks:
Heidi: Okay, I'm just twisted enough to find that amusing. 🙂 CHEESY, but amusing. I'm thinking that shoulder won't take her far, but we'll be laughing while she's with us.
Courtney: HOW THE HELL DID I MISS THIS MOVIE WHEN IT CAME OUT?! I must rent this…ASAP. And Heidi, I'm going to have to disagree about Marge's shoulder popping & back bending – they're far more entertaining & challenging than some of the moves in Tony & Kate's Breakfast Club-themed foxtrot.
Marianya: Interestingly enough, my friends and I are fans of Margaret Cho. What we agreed is that Margaret's weight is directly relative to what type of work out she's doing. So as amusing as I found the vid to be… I find this much more my taste for Margaret Cho, or even this one…. 😉 Whether Louis could integrate them into ballroom or use that to their advantage remains to be seen. 😀
The verdict: Not much Marge can glean from her experiences in this movie…other than how to make us laugh like crazy, and have a good time while she's doing it!
Next up: Kurt Warner, who did a little "Walk it Out" with Larry Fitzgerald at a charity basketball game in 2009:
Marianya: He's got rhythm, he's got music.. He is my man do I need to ask for anything more… Sorry I blame Courtney. Mildly entertaining, for a quarterback, at least he's willing to put himself out there and have a bit of fun. *watches again* Ok… not really mildly entertaining, I can't stop watching and rewatching and rewatching… ugh this is sad.
Heidi: LOOK OUT!! Kurt has got some rhythm!! 🙂 Again, highly amusing – but the fact that the guy doesn't take himself too seriously might cause me to re-evaluate my ranking of him in this competition. Although he might bend his knees TOO much for Len.
Courtney: Calling it right now – if Kurt & Anna make it to the finale, "Walk it Out" will be their freestyle 😉 KIDDING!!!But yah – I love that the guy isn't too uptight to do a little impromptu grooving at an event, in front of A LOT of people. He, like the Hoff (and really Margaret too), may have an advantage in that he's not afraid of embarassing himself.
The verdict: Kurt's adorable – but he's not gonna win any points with Len for "walking it out"…if anything, he may "walk it out" of the competition if he dances like this!
Now Michael Bolton isn't typically known for doing really any dancing in his videos – but this is the closest thing I could find. Ladies, for your enjoyment, the Bolton classic "How Can We Be Lovers If We Can't Be Friends":
Courtney: W-O-W. I had forgotten how music videos from the '90s were so overwrought with emotion. And is there a rule about being in Michael Bolton videos? Like you have to have long, permed hair or something? It's a pretty loose definition of dancing, but Michael does the "I'm in emotional agony" clenched-fists-while-hitting-those-high-notes pretty damn well and he dips that mic stand like a pro.
Marianya: Is it bad that this song is in my playlist? Aren't I a bit young to enjoy Michael Bolton effectively? Why the hell does he have long hair? Does he think that he's a girl? Why do people throw their panties at people? How do they take their panties off to throw onto the stage? Do people strip on the spot to throw their panties and bras on the stage? Ok… yeeeaaaah…
Heidi: So, like, what was the deal with the little James Bond Homage in the middle of the video? And, like, where can I get a pink guitar. Also, like, was this before the miracle bra because these chicks need some help. I suddenly have, like, the urge to throw my panties at my computer. Like, why do I keep saying like?? Like I think I might be in the wrong decade, but who the hell knows?
Courtney: Marianya, don't feel too bad – it's on my iPod too, and my roommate my freshman year of college & I used to dance around to this before exams to get pumped up. And as for the removal of undergarmets at concerts – a bra is pretty easy to remove without doffing one's top. The panties, I'm not quite sure how they pull that one off…is there such a thing as tear-away panties? On second thought – nobody answer that. 😉
The verdict: Michael makes us want to scream, cry, and hurl our undergarmets at him – but he doesn't really make us wanna dance. Nope, not really.
Looks like we've got a Situation on her hands – he and the rest of the Jersey Shore cast appeared in Enrique Iglesias' latest video, "I Like It"…feel free to fast forward to the 2:34 mark, when the signature Jersey "fist pumping" begins:
Heidi: Shit, Enrique is HOT. How did I manage to ignore him for so long? Oh, right, I ignore pop music as a rule. 🙂 Was the Situation in this video? And what the hell is a Snookie? 😉 See my earlier comment about ignoring pop music – I'm also trying very hard to ignore MTV. Indie and classic rock all the way!!
Courtney: Am I the only one that finds this song downright awful? I think I'd rather get a root canal than listen to it voluntarily. And yes, the Situation was the one in the lavender button-down (which was completely unbuttoned)leading the rest of those hoodlums in that challenging fist pump section. Oh, and a Snooki is a low-calorie whipped dessert…according to Simon Cowell 😉
Marianya: I had to watch the video several times because I was paying more attention to Enrique than to "the Situation"… Unlike Heidi, I listen to pop music, in the car trip between the 'burbs and the city. He's been hitting the circuit a lot… first SYTYCD, then AGT… wasn't he on DWTS recently too?
The verdict: No Situation here – fist pumping is not going to win you the mirrorball trophy on DWTS.
And last but not least, we come to Bristol. Ok, so maybe it's not Bristol herself…but they say dance skills run in the family, right? 😉
Marianya: I got not comment about the pick, but man I hope she isn't as bratty as rumors are claiming that she is b/c I would rather prefer to be taken by surprised… ah que sera sera. I suppose they are wanting to egg on mama bear to protect her young… and that would bring in more drama. Poor Mark.
Heidi: Girl, it's going to be hard enough to stay away from politics and the freakin' train wreck that is Sarah Palin (she made up another new word this week – 5 point to the person who can tell me the word) without you putting up pictures of her on the site. 🙂 And remember, don't punish the daughter for the sins of the mother. Just punish her for being a sucky dancer (if she is). 🙂
Courtney: Well what the hell was I supposed to post, considering that the only videos I can find of Bristol online are of her walking or talking? 😛 While I find this mildly amusing (if this ever happened in real life, I'd check to see if pigs were soaring in the skies above and if there was a forecast of snow in hell), shame on whoever defaced poor Karina's body. This is a pretty damn seamless photoshop job, though…I will say that.
The verdict: Bristol's just plain screwed, whatever way you look at it. Poor Mark.
Heidi: Hold UP a minute, Courtney, you forgot one. Rick Fox. 🙂
Heidi: Personally, I'm a fan of ass dancing. Hee.
Courtney: Go Rick Fox, it's your birthday, we gonna party like it's your birthday…
Marianya: I don't think it's ass dancing as much as it's ass bouncing. At least I prefer his bounce over Kyle's… which on second thought isn't a good thing either.
The verdict: Hope Rick's got a strong caboose after doing all this bouncing…because Cheryl's gonna whip that caboose into shape if not!
We hope you all enjoyed this journey of mediocre (and downright ridiculous) dancing as much as we did 😀 For those of you wondering about Audrina and her suspicious absence – we just couldn't find anything remotely dance-related that she's done in the past. So if you happen to be in possession of a video or photo of Audrina shaking her groove thing, please – do share 😉 We'll even give you credit!


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Illness has grounded the Rocket Man.
Elton John has been advised by doctors to cancel three concerts in the U.S. because of a "serious case of e-coli bacterial infection and influenza," his official website states.
The 62-year-old singer had to cancel a number of concerts in his native Britain.
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A spokesman for the singer downplayed the level of severity of John's illness amid reports that he had been hospitalized.
"He has flu and is absolutely fine," John's spokesman told the BBC on Sunday.
The "Face 2 Face" tour with Billy Joel was put on hold in July when the piano man had "flu-like symptoms" that forced the pair to put the show on hold.
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Fox cancels three comedies
Fox has cancelled three comedies, clearing its slate of some marginal series as it prepares to unveil its fall schedule Monday after a tough season.
Dads, Enlisted and midseason's Surviving Jack won't survive past their freshman seasons.
The exits were all expected, though Dads was clinging to life thanks because of close ties to Fox's sibling studio, 20th Century Fox Television, and producer Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy). But the series, about two pals whose fathers move in, never caught on and was savaged by critics.
Enlisted starred Geoff Stults as one of three brothers on a Florida Army base, and Survivng Jack starred Christopher Meloni as a tough dad in the 1990s.
The cancellations confirm the fate of all of Fox's in-limbo series. Last week the network axed sci-fi drama Almost Human.


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A year after getting snubbed, Homeland nabbed three Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations Wednesday, including drama ensemble.
The Showtime drama's cast will be up against two-time defending champ Boardwalk Empire, Breaking Bad, Downton Abbey and Mad Men.
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Leads Claire Danes and Damian Lewis earned nods in their respective categories. Danes will be up against defending champ Jessica Lange (American Horror Story: Asylum), Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey) former champ Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife) and Maggie Smith (Downton Abbey).Lewis will try to dethrone two-time reigning champ Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire) and beat out Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad), Jeff Daniels (The Newsroom) and Jon Hamm (Mad Men)In comedy, Alec Baldwin (30 Rock) will gun for an unprecedented seven-peat (yes, seven) in comedy actor against Ty Burrell (Modern Family), Louis C.K. (Louie), Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory) and Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family).
Betty White (Hot in Cleveland) will go for a three-peat in comedy actress against Edie Falco, (Nurse Jackie),three-time champ Tina Fey (30 Rock), Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation) and Sofia Vergara (Modern Family).
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Two-time defending champ Modern Family will vie for comedy ensemble honors versus The Big Bang Theory, Nurse Jackie, Glee, The Office and 30 Rock.In film, Silver Linings Playbook and Lincoln each scored four nominations, including in ensemble, where they will face off against Argo, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and Les Miserables.The 19th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will air live Sunday, Jan. 27 at 8/7c on TNT and TBS.Check out the nominees below.TELEVISIONDrama EnsembleBoardwalk EmpireBreaking Bad
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This case flat out blows me away. It's such an extreme example of overreaction, overprotection of our kids, and over-the-top ridiculousness, I have a hard time believing it happened. But it did -- to Tammy Cooper, a stay-at-home mom who lives in La Porte, Texas.
According to Cooper she was sitting outside of her home in a lawn chair watching her children, ages 6 and 9, ride their motorized scooters in their cul-de-sac. The next she knew, police were there, handcuffing her, and taking her jail where she was forced to spend the night. Why? Because she was apparently endangering her children.
She told Click2Houston she was out there watching them the entire time, but police didn't want to hear it. Apparently they had received a call from a neighbor that the kids were out there unsupervised, and it was an orange jumpsuit for her.
The thing that kills me is that even if she was inside, there shouldn't have been a problem. These kids are 6 and 9, and they were in a cul de sac in front of their home. All children may not be old enough to handle such a situation, but some definitely are, and it should be a parent's right to decide if they are. My neighborhood is filled with children who do the exact same thing alone regularly.
And why take a neighbor's word over a mother's? Who knows what the neighbor's motives were. It's great when others look out for children, but parents shouldn't automatically be presumed guilty.
Eventually the charges against Cooper were dropped, thank goodness, but she says that's not good enough to make up for the humiliating and terrifying ordeal. She told the station, "My daughter had him (the police officer) around the leg saying, 'Please, please don't take my mom to jail. Please, she didn't do anything wrong.'" So she's suing the police department, and I hope she gets some justice.
I tend to be on the cautious side rather free-range side with my kids, but cases like this still make my blood boil. It's such a sad testament to how different our children's childhoods are from the carefree ones without strict boundaries and ever-fearful parents that most of us experienced.
Do you let your children play outside alone? How young is too young?
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Common woodland creatures, including woodlice, millipedes and worms, can help ensure the survival of weaker species of woodland fungi, according to new research from Cardiff University.
Huge fungal networks, often stretching over several hectares of woodland, compete with each other for space and resources and, now, findings have shown that invertebrates living on the woodland floor have the potential to govern the outcome of these battles.
Likening what happens in woodlands to the popular Nintendo Wii game, Spore Wars, Ph.D student Tom Crowther's study has just been published in the international journal Ecology Letters. His findings reveal that, by feeding on the most combative fungi, invertebrates ensure that less competitive species are not entirely destroyed or digested.
Tom said, "By not allowing the most dominant fungus to destroy all opponents, fungal diversity is maintained within the woodland. This is an important process as fungi are responsible for maintaining soil quality and fertility, allowing our native trees and plants to grow, and the woodland itself to function.
"We also know that the diversity of soil organisms plays a major role in determining plant diversity. In many ways, what happens in the woodland is very much like the game Spore Wars. Without these invertebrates acting as peacekeepers, many important fungal species would be displaced reducing fungal diversity and ultimately affecting the cycling and recycling of nutrients within the soil."
Tom, a student at the Cardiff School of Biosciences, based his work on laboratory microcosm studies, developed with his Ph.D supervisors, Professor Lynne Boddy and Dr Hefin Jones.
The study is the first to show how predicted changes in soil fauna, as a result of current climate change, may potentially have major consequences for the functioning of Britain's woodland ecosystems.
Considering the implications of the results, Tom said, "It's possible that what we've seen happen in woodland may also take place in all other soil environments. Soil invertebrates may not only be important in ensuring the health of our forests by maintaining fungal diversity, they may also be crucial for our garden and agricultural soils."


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Actor-director Ben Affleck says the United States can do "a huge amount" to help resolve the violent conflict in war-torn Congo.
The "Argo" star-filmmaker and founder of the Eastern Congo Initiative appeared on ABC News' "This Week" Sunday and urged the U.S. government to do more in the African region where rebels seized control of the eastern city of Goma last week.
"There's a huge amount that the U.S. can do, frankly. I mean, we have a lot of levers there. We can engage in the kind of high-level, shuttle diplomacy that you saw be so effective in Gaza," said Affleck, who expressed concern about the deteriorating conditions in the African nation.
"One of the things we're hearing from our people there is that the schools that we fund, people are hiding out in. The hospitals are completely overwhelmed. They're offering free care for war victims. A shell just hit a camp and paralyzed a 5-year-old boy from the neck down. So you're hearing all kinds of -- the kinds of brutal, terrible stuff that you hear about," Affleck said.
He also praised the Congolese people for their "resilience" and added American foreign policy should represent our values.
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NEW YORK — It's not the drinks at this Brooklyn bar that could blow your mind — it's the conversation. The molecular genetics. The marine biology. The neuroscience.
Those are the topics of the Secret Science Club, a monthly event that brings people to hear scientists and researchers talking about their work, accompanied by signature cocktails like the Gamma Ray and the Mind Meld and, of course, the annual taxidermy contest. It's a chance to get out, not only for the attendees but also for the science — out of the lab, into the real world.
The real world made its presence felt at the November event, which covered the science of Superstorm Sandy and extreme weather.
At another recent event, the presentation was all about black holes. Astrophysicist Caleb Scharf used images from the Hubble telescope and videos as he talked about how black holes shape the universe. The event was standing-room only and the audience hung on Scharf's every word.
"I loved it, I had a tremendous time," Scharf said when asked about the experience days later.
"These were clearly very informed people," he said of the crowd. "They really wanted to understand."
The attendees are as wide-ranging as the topics. There are those who work in the science fields, like Monique Garraud, a 28-year-old Brooklynite who works as a research analyst at a biotech company.
There's also Joseph Damiano, a 44-year-old Department of Sanitation worker from Brooklyn who has been coming to the Secret Science Club for several years.
"It's fantastic, you're meeting heavy hitters in all forms of science," Damiano said.
"This is coming from the real deal, people who are actually going to change history," he said before Scharf's talk started at the Bell House, a venue in the Gowanus section of Brooklyn where the lectures are held.
The gathering, and similar ones around the world, hearken back to the 19th century, when getting to hear scientists and others lecture was "a kind of popular entertainment," said Thomas Levenson, professor of science writing at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
"Those were seen as actual nights out on the town," he said.
The point of them is create a sense of connection, said Ann Grand, of Somerset, England. She's affiliated with Cafe Scientifique, a grassroots effort in Europe that's been around since the late 1990s and also tries to bring scientists together with the public.
"It's about enabling people to engage with the issues in science and technology," she said.
That's pretty much the goal at Secret Science, which started in 2006: to bring science out of the lab to the people.
The club is the brainchild of co-founders and curators Dorian Devins, Margaret Mittelbach and Michael Crewdson. While all three are interested in science, they're not scientists. They started the club because they thought they'd enjoy it. It quickly became surprisingly popular.
"My mission kind of quickly became, 'Oh people are really interested, let's see how far we can take it,'" Mittelbach said.
(Of course, some of it is just, um, quirky, like the taxidermy contest, in which people are encouraged to bring their "taxidermy (bought, found or homemade), biological oddities, articulated skeletons, skulls, jarred specimens — and beyond, way beyond," according to the group's website. Judges pick the winners.)
These days, that means events once a month, attended by a crowd of at least a few hundred people and often more. Newcomers usually make up at least 25 percent of the audience, Mittelbach said. Despite its tongue-in-cheek-name, the club advertises its meeting place and times on its website.
And while the scientists don't necessarily use the same scientific and technical language they might use with colleagues, it's not some type of "Science for Dummies," said Michael Garbarino, 42, a security worker from Yonkers and a longtime attendee.
"They're expressing it in the vernacular, but they're not dumbing it down," he said.
For Scharf, it was a welcome change from his everyday reality, caught up in numbers and equations.
"It's this sort of opportunity, when you're talking to a crowd, that you remember, 'This is why I got into this,'" he said.
Mittelbach said the gatherings transcend entertainment. "In parts of the country science has really been under siege," he said, referring to disputes over issues like climate change.
"I do think it's sort of important to shed light on what scientists actually do, how does the scientific method work," she said. "Anything that helps make science more accessible is really great."
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NEW YORK — It's not the drinks at this Brooklyn bar that could blow your mind — it's the conversation. The molecular genetics. The marine biology. The neuroscience.


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CHARLOTTETOWN - In the summer of 1864, less than three years before Canada became a country, a government steamship laden with politicians and Champagne set off from Quebec City on an unusual mission.
The destination was Charlottetown — a voyage that 150 years ago took four days.
Aboard the SS Queen Victoria was a contingent of cabinet ministers from the Province of Canada. The delegation was led by three men: Reform Leader George Brown, Liberal-Conservative Leader John A. Macdonald and George-Etienne Cartier, leader of the Parti Bleu.
Their goal was to persuade politicians from the self-governing colonies of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island to scrap a plan to form a Maritime union and instead join in the creation of a larger federation.
But the Canadians, who represented the united colonies that would later become Ontario and Quebec, faced big challenges.
When they arrived in Charlottetown harbour, few of the locals paid attention. For the first time in years, a circus had come to town and the city was shut down for the day.
As well, the Canadians had secured a last-minute invitation to the conference, which meant they were unofficial delegates to a meeting that was supposed to discuss something entirely different.
"It's true that the Canadians had barged in on what had been a meeting on Maritime union, but they were certainly welcomed by the Maritimers," says Christopher Moore, a Toronto-based historian and author of "1867: How the Fathers Made a Deal."
At a recent funding announcement in Charlottetown, Prime Minister Stephen Harper paid tribute to the pluck of Macdonald and his colleagues.
"In modern terms, you could say that he kind of crashed the conference," Harper said before he committed to spend an additional $5 million on the 150th anniversary celebrations.
"Then he commandeered the agenda — some might say Ontario has been doing that ever since — to secure central Canada's place in the new Confederation."
On the first full day of the Charlottetown conference, Macdonald and Cartier offered a broad outline of the Canadian proposals, including plans for a future Senate. Alexander Galt talked about finances the next day and Brown handled the constitutional file.
However, the Canadians needed more than clear plan and glittering oratory to win the day.
More importantly, they needed to make allies out of strangers.
"Many of these politicians had never met each other before," Moore says. "It was important that they learn to trust each other. ... They went for drives in the countryside, they went to dinner at country estates and they went out to the steamship that the Canadians had come down on."
And they drank Champagne — a boatload of it.
Historian Peter Waite, an expert on the pre-Confederation era, says creating a sense of "good fellowship" among the newly acquainted delegates was key to securing an agreement in principle.
"The Canadians had a strong belief ... in the efficaciousness of good food and plenty of wine to make a party — or a conference — go," Waite wrote in a 1970 essay.
Describing a raucous fete aboard Queen Victoria, Waite wrote: "Champagne flowed like water, and union talk with it. The occasion took hold of everyone. Champagne and union!"
On Sept. 7, 1864, six days after the conference started, the bleary Maritime delegates offered unanimous support for the idea of Confederation.
And then came the grand ball at the P.E.I. legislature the next night, during which the parliamentary library was used as a bar and the legislative chamber became a dance floor until 1 a.m.
In a letter to his wife, George Brown wrote that the ball was followed by a meal and almost three hours of self-congratulatory speeches, "the poor girls (at the ball) being condemned to listen to it all."
"The fact that they socialized together and learned to get to know each other and develop some trust was a vitally important part of the Charlottetown meetings," Moore says.
More meetings and soirees were held in Halifax, Fredericton and Saint John, N.B., before detailed discussions on 72 formal resolutions were held in October at a conference in Quebec City, followed by another conference in London in 1866.
The London resolutions were redrafted into the British North America Act and Queen Victoria approved a bill that created the Dominion of Canada when it came into force on July 1, 1867.