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For centuries the Kavussari and Forsellians have waged a galactic war. Over time the two races entered into treaties with the Herald Accord, a union between different cultures in the galaxy. Even though peace settled across their planets, the seething hatred between the races kept the fire of war simmering under the fragile truce. Sensing their newest members could spread war throughout the galaxy; the Herald Accord gave the Kavussari and Forsellians a choice. Pit their warriors against each other in the arena rather than on the fields of war, or face total annihilation. The Nexuiz was formed, a series of battle arenas on the home planets of the Kavussari, Forsellian and the ruined planet of Atavirta.
Nexuiz is a fast-paced, arena-based first-person shooter based on the CryEngine 3. The game features a mutator system that allows players to change the rules of the match; as players rank, new mutators become available for them to use. Leader boards are designed for social networking, letting players feel more engaged with the community.
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Native Instruments performed a bit of a coup last year with their entrance into the all-in-one DJ controller/soundcard market. The S4 has been hugely successful and is still in high demand with more and more Traktor users and soon to be converts pledging allegiance to the innovative performance tool. Now, the respected DJ and computer music software developers are back with a new addition to their DJ range. Meet the Traktor Kontrol S2.
Check out this first look video featuring controller guru Ean Golden putting the S2 through its paces and demonstrating some of the amazing innovations including the 2.1 channel set up. Ean Skillfully creates a live dubstep remix of Depeche Mode's 'Enjoy the Silence' and demonstrates the unbelievable potential of teh Traktor Kontrol S2. eNJOY.
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On a diving trip this spring, I explored a ship's observation wing and swam along its starboard navigation deck, stopping to enjoy the view. I wasn't on a cruise ship, but rather above one. The ship in question lies 17 miles out from South Padre Island and 132 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico with the top of its superstructure—the observation wing—at 62 feet deep. Here, in 2007, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department sank the Texas Clipper, a 473-foot-long ship that served as a troop transport during World War II, then operated as a cruise liner, and finally retired as a training vessel for Texas A&M mariners. Now, resting on the bottom, it creates an artificial reef populated by corals, barnacles, and sponges, and offers shelter to all manner of fish and other marine life.
My journey there on American Diving's 60-foot dive boat took about an hour. The crew helped divers gear up on the back deck. Then I simply fell forward into the gentle waves and followed a line down to the Clipper. My dive buddy, none other than American Diving owner Tim O'Leary, used a light to point out plaques commemorating the Clipper's three lives, then a blue and yellow queen angelfish, schools of juvenile red snapper, a pair of cocoa damselfish, and a large grouper. Back on board, he showed me a diagram of the huge ship, pointing out the tiny part we'd explored. Clearly, it would take more than one—perhaps more than a dozen—dives to do the Clipper justice.
The 473-foot-long Texas Clipper ship creates an artificial reef populated by corals, barnacles, and sponges, and offers shelter to all manner of fish and other marine life.
Next, we motored a short distance to Seana's Rig, a decommissioned natural-gas rig that supports a rich variety of coral, barnacles, and other tiny sea life, including blennies and fans. Huge schools of snapper and jacks swirled inside the rig, a flashing, flowing wall of fish that bent away when I reached out a hand. The large fish and the tiny creatures on the structure make for a fascinating dive—one I ended reluctantly. As the boat turned toward shore, I grabbed a soda and soaked up sun on the front deck, planning a return trip.
American Diving offers trips that include two or three dives at the Clipper, or two dives at the Clipper plus one rig dive, as well as dives to a half-dozen other wrecks and rigs in the area. The boat departs from the Sea Ranch Marina on South Padre Island.
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Opera 9.5 has been released, beating Firefox 3.0 to the punch which is supposed to be released soon as well. The marketing speak: "Opera's cross-device expertise, support for open Web standards and commitment to speed and performance culminate to create the most powerful Opera browser yet. Making its desktop debut in Opera 9.5, Opera Link blurs the boundaries between computers and mobile phones by enabling a seamless Web experience from device to device." Get it from Opera.com.
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And I think this is a superb release.
The skin is a welcome change; but of course as a change it will not be welcomed by all and being largely an exercise in aesthetics its never going to command a 100% (or close to it) popularity. That is of course what user configurable/downloadable skins are for.
It's certainly faster and more functional than 9.2x and having discovered the resizing Speeddial tweak a while back I'm even happier with it.
Nice to see it finally out.
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Furloughs of civilian employees at Cherry Point began this week, affecting some departments and operations.
Furloughs of civilian employees at Cherry Point began this week, affecting some departments and operations.
Most of the 850 base employees affected will be taking their required day off with no pay on either Mondays or Fridays, according to base officials. Officials said those conducting business on base should realize some areas could be understaffed on Mondays and Fridays and are asking that business be conducted on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. The furloughs last through September.
The furloughs also affect roughly 3,300 workers at the Fleet Readiness Center East aircraft repair and maintenance facility.
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Movies Home / Entertainment Channel / Bullz-Eye Home
For folks who enjoy spewing snide comments and one-liners at crappy films, it's been a long, lonely eight years since production on "Mystery Science Theater 3000" finally came to a halt. Fortunately, however, recent years have found a plethora of "MST3K" alumni returning to do what they do best: making fun of bad movies. First, Mike Nelson teamed with Legend Films to offer commentary tracks for classics like "Plan 9 from Outer Space" and the original "Little Shop of Horrors." Then, Nelson founded the website Rifftrax.com, where, for a paltry $2.99 a pop, he's begun providing downloadable commentary for more recent cinematic catastrophes like "Eragon," "Glitter," "The Wicker Man," and even a couple of "Star Trek" flicks.
Given that Nelson has been occasionally joined at Rifftrax by some of his former "MST" compatriots, it's perhaps not too surprising to find that he's once again teamed up with Kevin Murphy (the former Tom Servo) and Bill Corbett (he who once voiced Crow T. Robot) for a new project: "The Film Crew." Bullz-Eye had a chance to talk to Nelson and Murphy – on the morning of our interview, Corbett was far too busy waiting for his wife to go into labor to speak with us (the nerve of some people!) – and we quizzed them about the new gig, why they didn't just revive "Mystery Science Theater 3000," what it's like to watch a film where Rue McClanahan plays a stripper, and if Mariah Carey's "Glitter" is really as bad as everyone says it is.
Yeah, we know: that last one's pretty much rhetorical. But we knew we'd get a good answer out of them…and we were right.
Bullz-Eye: Hello?
Kevin Murphy: Oh, hi!
Mike Nelson: Hey, Mike Nelson here.
KM: Kevin Murphy here.
BE: How's it going, guys?
MN: Pretty good.
KM: Good! How are you?
BE: Not bad at all.
KM: Great!
BE: Actually, Mike, I talked to you about a year ago, for the release of the "Plan 9 from Outer Space" and "Little Shop of Horrors" DVDs.
MN: Oh, yeah, yeah! How are you?
BE: I'm good. I'm glad to be able to talk to the both of you together.
KM: Our pleasure.
BE: Well, I'm sure the first thing people are wondering about – provided they don't already know the answer – is, "Why 'The Film Crew'? Why not just do more 'Mystery Science Theater 3000'"?
MN: Well… (Takes a deep breath) …I think it's Kevin's growing fear of puppets, wasn't it, Kevin?
KM: It's the smell of the rubber, you know? The plastic…? It still outgases after ten years! It just makes me nauseous, sitting in that trench and smelling the puppet.
MN: And, plus, the level that Kevin would have to stand next to me was so disturbing.
KM: I always looked at Mike's thighs. I was at thigh-level for ten years with the poor guy. It was a little scary. (Laughs) But, y'know, I don't know. We just…"Mystery Science Theater" was kind of gone. Re-creating that would've been a pretty monstrous undertaking…yet we still have fun making fun of movies. There seemed to be sort of a demand for it, so, short of "Mystery Science Theater," this is what we have.
BE: So, Kevin, was it hard for you to step out from behind the comfort of Tom Servo and actually appear onscreen?
KM: Well, you know, for many years, I've dwelled in blissful anonymity because nobody could recognize me by the occasional glimpses of my wrist that you could see when I did my bad puppeteering. And, otherwise, I wore a monkey mask. So I was always fine with that. I'm not saying that "The Film Crew" will launch me into Will Smith's brand of fortune… (Laughs) …but I'm always a little self-conscious when I see my big, wrinkly kisser on the screen.
BE: But, of course, I guess you still spend most of your time off-screen, anyway.
KM: It's true. Which is good. There are only little glimpses of us, as freakish sort of "Three Stooges" simulacra.
BE: I guess it would've been too easy to appear in silhouette on this show as well.
(Both laugh)
KM: Yeah, actually, that would've been painful.
BE: Well, I've had a chance to watch the first volume, where you guys tackle "Hollywood After Dark."
KM: It's fun, huh?
BE: Rue McClanahan as a stripper: was that the only bit of information that you needed to know that this was a must-do film for you guys?
MN: It was kind of a…when we heard that, we asked, "Why has no-one brought this movie to the American viewing public?" I mean, we're doing a service there.
BE: And the fact that it was made in 1968 but it's still in black and white: I guess they were attempting to go noir…?
KM: Yeah, they really did try to go grim. They were a little late. But they had the nice string ties, which I liked, and they called each other "baby" a lot. I loved that.
BE: So which do you think was worse: that we didn't actually get to see Rue bare all, or simply that we saw as much as we did?
MN: Any more and, actually, it would've been the trigger for the end of the world. The seventh seal would've been opened. And I think they knew that even back then, even back in those carefree days of the '60s.
KM: They had the good sense to contain it.
BE: I know that "Killers from Space" is another title that you guys are doing, but are there any other titles that are on deck at the moment?
KM: Actually, there are two others that are up there, and they're both in glorious color, so the kids'll be excited about that…because, apparently, black and white movies are invisible to children under 17 years old.
BE: And, occasionally, my wife.
"One of the youngsters in the office said that their buddy was looking at a copy of Spin Magazine, and 'The Film Crew' was mentioned. That was one of the things they were excited about, in a list of top-ten things. And the one right below us was 'a blow-up doll for your dog to hump.' And I thought, 'That's perfect! That fits us exactly.'"KM: There's just a blank screen. They don't see anything. They say, "What are you watching? Why don't you turn on the television?" "But I'm watching 'The Killers'!" Or, "I'm watching a Sam Fuller movie!" "No, I don't see anything!" So we have to have a couple of color movies in there, and one of them is a delightful sort of prehistoric sex comedy called "The Wild Women of Wongo."
BE: Very nice.
KM: Yeah. And the other is…it's not a "Hercules" movie, but, doggone it, it sure feels like one. It's "Giant of Marathon." There's really no giant.
MN: No.
KM: But there is a marathon!
MN: It is a faithful retelling of the first marathon, only with a lot more male genitalia waved in your face.
KM: (Laughs)
BE: Uh, will those be pixilated for the screen?
MN: (Laughs) Well, it's behind a thin layer of level, so we can get away with it.
KM: It's very "300"-y.
MN: It is. It is a perfect time for it, because there were a whole bunch of "300"s before this "300."
KM: That's right. There were probably about three…hundred.
MN: (Laughs) And Steve Reeves was in 299 of them, just so you know.
BE: You guys have a pretty significant internet presence. Do you keep in touch with your fans via E-mail or discussion boards?
MN: Uh, I have a whole bunch of friends on MySpace…
KM: (Bursts into laughter)
MN: …and they are my dearest, dearest friends. So I keep in touch that way. And, also, the forum over at Rifftrax.com, people get to jaw at me, so I get it that way.
KM: And I have a KevinWMurphy.com website, and people sort of communicate to me through there...but I've been getting a lot of offers for housewives in my neighborhood who are available.
BE: (Laughs)
KM: Have you heard about this?
BE: I have not.
KM: Willing housewives, that's what these letters say. And I don't know who's sending them, but I really appreciate it. It's nice to know.
BE: It is very nice. Speaking of Rifftrax, Mike, I know you've had other "MST" alumni besides just Kevin. Do you anticipate similar guest spots on future "Film Crew" DVDs?
MN: Well, we hope there are future "Film Crew" DVDs. We have to see what happens with them. I mean, I think the world has been screaming for "Hollywood After Dark," but, apparently, y'know, it's not a foregone conclusion. So we'll see what happens.
BE: Kevin, you've been on several of the Rifftrax, but the only one I've had a chance to download has been "Star Trek V." Between the bunch of you, what have been your favorites?
KM: Uh, well, that "Star Trek V" one was really quite fun.
MN: Kevin and I just did "Generations," speaking of "Star Trek," which I was quite fond of. Once the pain of writing and performing is over and you can just kind of relax, I quite enjoyed it.
KM: You get Shatner and Data, and you get Chekov! You get the three biggest over-actors! DeForest Kelley was, unfortunately, dead. But they still could've dragged him out.
BE: How bad was "Glitter"? Because I'm just not sure I have the strength to watch it, even with your commentary.
MN: You know, "Glitter"…I would not wave you away from that one. It's got all the elements of a…it's so bad, and, yet, there's a little touch of the "Road House" bad about it, where there are moments that just make you laugh out loud just on their own. And I was shocked by that. People who said it was the worst movie ever made didn't tell me it was also one of the most delightful bad movies ever made. (Laughs)
BE: Kevin, have you seen that one? I know you're not on the commentary for that one, but…
KM: I have. And I very much enjoyed it. And I also enjoyed Mike's solo effort on "Over the Top"…
BE: Ah, yes.
KM: …because it is a gem, and it does have these mild…and I don't want to exaggerate anything here…but mild "Road House"-ian qualities.
MN: One must always be careful not to expand it into genuine "Road House" territory.
KM: Well, we don't want to blaspheme or anything.
MN: No, exactly.
KM: But, you know, truly, my favorite so far, I think, is "The Wicker Man." Because it's Nicolas Cage, and it's Neil LaBute, and it's so ridiculous, and it's so aggressively…it's like David Mamet: not only do I hate women, I'm scared shitless of them, and I'm gonna make a movie about it.
MN: I find myself…if I'm encountering a stern woman who is unyielding, usually clerks or office workers, I want to just call them out and say, "Calm down, Sister Beech," but…
KM: (Starts laughing)
MN: …but only about three people in the world would know what the hell I was talking about.
KM: The rest might get confused and hit you.
MN: Yeah, exactly.
BE: You know, you were talking about "Road House," and a few months back, we did a feature called the Badass Bracket, where James Dalton was in our original match-up of the 32 biggest badasses.
KM: All right!
BE: Unfortunately, he didn't make it past the first round.
MN: Aw, damn!
BE: But, still, he made the cut. The problem was that he was up against Maximus, from "Gladiator." Not really a fair fight.
KM: Hard to beat.
BE: Mike, how did Neil Patrick Harris get into the mix for Rifftrax? (Writer's note: Harris teams up with Nelson to tackle "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.")
MN: Well, I was just thinking it would be fun. One of the elements of RiffTrax is that, because there's not a big production to mount – it's relatively small – it'd be fun to get other people involved and see who could do it. And his name came up. He'd been sort of a fan of "Mystery Science" back in his "Doogie Howser" days, so I just got in touch with him, and he knew what RiffTrax was, and he got it, and he said, "Yeah, that'd be fun." So we just drove up to L.A. one day, to a studio near him, and we'd sent him a script, and I was expecting the ranting and raving, "I would never say this! Neil Patrick Harris doesn't talk like this!" But he just did everything word for word. "Oh, this is funny!" "Are you sure you're okay with it?" "Yeah, no problem!" So it was really a delight to work with a Hollywood star who's a nice guy and very funny.
BE: Kevin, when I spoke to Mike before, I told him that I enjoyed his books, but I also really liked yours: "A Year at the Movies."
KM: Why, thank you!
BE: And I understand that it resulted in you being mentioned in "Ripley's Believe It Or Not!"
KM: It did! I've got this wonderful framed image of that. I'm in there with some poodle that was of some note, and then there's me. It says, "Kevin Murphy went to the theater for 365 days in a row," and it had a little cartoon of a seat reserved for me. The only thing that might've been better would've been if I'd appeared in the comic strip "Barney Google and Snuffy Smith." That would've been true fame.
MN: You know, along those lines, Kevin, one of the youngsters in the office said that their buddy was looking at a copy of Spin Magazine, and "The Film Crew" was mentioned. That was one of the things they were excited about, in a list of top-ten things. And the one right below us was "a blow-up doll for your dog to hump." And I thought, "That's perfect! That fits us exactly."
KM: (Laughs) That's great. That's nice to know, that we're right in there with the inflatable dog love doll.
BE: Sorry, but did you say you were above the doll or below it?
MN: I'm pretty sure we were above it, because that's what made me so proud.
BE: So, Kevin, how did that book come about? I mean, did you pitch it to the publisher, or did someone at the publishing house have the bright idea?
KM: I pitched it. I had an editor friend at Harper Collins – he edited "The Mystery Science Theater Amazing Colossal Episode Guide," which we wrote – and he said, "Whenever you've got an idea for a book, send it my way." And, truly, I'd stopped going to the theater while I was working on "Mystery Science Theater," because we were working too late, and it was just too painful to go watch a movie all day and then go out and watch a movie. So I started going regularly when "Mystery Science Theater" was over, and I hated it, and I wanted to figure out why. And I'd done a little bit of traveling, and I realized that just about everywhere else in the world, moviegoing was more fun. So I thought I'd do a survey of moviegoing at the turn of the century from the point of view of a moviegoer...but I needed a gimmick. So that's what the gimmick was: to go to a theater and see a movie every day for an entire year. And that was enough to sell the book!
BE: Mike, do you have any books in the works? I know you've written several.
MN: You know, I'm supposed to be writing books. People are owed books by me. But I have to admit, I'm making a public confession right here: I'm too busy to work on them. So I have nothing to report on those lines.
BE: Are you still doing stuff for Legend Films?
MN: Yes, right now, I'm ensconced within the belly of Legend Films as I talk to you. But 99.9% of my stuff involves RiffTrax. It's just that we're partnered up on RiffTrax.
BE: Kevin, on your website, you wrote an essay about actors who sing, posing the question, "Who will win the Nimoy prize?"
KM: Yes, the coveted Leonard Nimoy prize.
BE: Were you at all surprised that Nimoy's '60s single, "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins," wasn't reissued in the midst of all the "Lord of the Rings" hoopla a few years ago?
KM: You know, I figured it would be, but, then, all of the people who were in charge of the "Lord of the Rings" merchandise probably just simply listened to it. That's all you have to do. It's so flat, it seems like he's reading an essay rather than singing a song. It was just so flat and frightening. I know it's made it out there, and it's funny to see the video that went along with it, when he was on one of those ABC afternoon kids pop shows, like "Hullabaloo" or "Where the Action Is," and he's looking all rock, with his Beatle boots and his turtleneck, singing… (Begins a very credible impression of Leonard Nimoy singing) "Bilbo! Bilbo Baggins!" It's delightful. So it's too bad that it didn't get released in a special platinum edition.
BE: Two more quick ones. First off, any idea if "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie" is ever going to be reissued on DVD?
"I would not wave you away from ('Glitter'). It's so bad, and, yet, there's a little touch of the 'Road House' bad about it, where there are moments that just make you laugh out loud just on their own. And I was shocked by that. People who said it was the worst movie ever made didn't tell me it was also one of the most delightful bad movies ever made." – Mike NelsonMN: No! Somebody was asking me about this yesterday, and I recalled the moment when I knew we were no longer good buddies with the studio: they sent a couple of DVDs in a box to our place, and I thought, "Oh, good!" I figured they'd discovered that I was an early adopter of the DVD format and was into that. But there was a terse note in there that just said, "Please sign these and return at once." So, since then, they haven't called me or let me know what they're going to do with the movie or anything. It's just been sort of…it's the forgotten episode. It's like we've been wiped out of the Soviet pictures of what happened during the Universal days.
KM: Our relationship with Universal sort of bounced between neglect and outright hostility.
MN: (Laughs)
KM: I remember we went back for something, we were visiting a friend there, and Casey Silver, who was the president of the studio…this is after they sort of killed the release of the film because "Barb Wire" was coming out…and we're walking through the offices, and there's Casey Silver, and he says, "Hey, guys! We making a sequel? BWA-HA-HA-HA-HA!"
MN: Just an open taunt, right in the halls of Universal.
KM: We got taunted by our supposed boss! It was quite a Hollywood moment.
BE: When the reissue of "This Island Earth" (the film skewered in "MST3K: The Movie") came out on DVD a little while ago, I couldn't believe they didn't just slip it on there as an Easter egg or something.
KM: It would've been smart. It's shorter than the actual "This Island Earth"! (Laughs)
BE: And last question: any idea why "MST3K" hasn't really been in reruns? It's certainly being reissued on DVD, but you never actually see it airing anywhere anymore.
MN: I think…I dunno, it's the rights, I guess. Since we started the show, from what I understand with my many copyright friends, is that things have changed so much. Things can get pulled back out of public domain, and the law has changed so much, that I guess nobody wants to risk it. It is a legal minefield now, with people buying back up properties that they had long presumed were in the public domain. I think that's part of it. Also, maybe…I don't know, but to the modern eye, will "MST3K" look like a bunch of strange weirdos in funny hair and suits and so forth? I don't know.
BE: We can only hope.
MN: (Laughs)
BE: Well, it's been great talking to you guys.
KM: Okay, Will, well, thank you very much!
MN: Good talking to you, too, Will.
BE: And fingers crossed that things take off for "The Film Crew," because I'm really digging it.
KM: Great, thanks!
MN: Thanks, we appreciate it.
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Erin Heatherton & Behati Prinsloo - Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2012
Erin Heatherton and Behati Prinsloo show off their amazing figures at the 2012 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show on Wednesday (November 7) at the Lexington Avenue Armory in New York City.
During the show, Erin, 23, walked during the "Circus" and "Calendar Girls" segments while Behati, 23, walked in the "Circus," "Calendar Girls," and "Angels in Bloom" segments.
Erin wore circus sign light up wings with a Victoria's Secret Designer Collection bra, matching panty and stocking during the "Circus" segment. She wore baby new year gilded wings, a custom top hat, and Victoria's Secret Designer Collection bra, matching panty, and garter belt using Swarovski Elements during the "Calendar Girls" segment.
Behati walked in the "Circus" segment even though she wasn't listed in the program to do so! She wore a hand painted charmeuse witch cape with a silk bodice, custom hat, and a custom broom for the "Calendar Girls" segment and a silk leaf corset with iris petal wings during the "Angels in Bloom" segment.
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Last weekend during the Easter Vigil, our parish welcomed five people into Christ's Church — two children were baptized and three were graced with the sacraments of confirmation and the Eucharist.
As I saw them receive special blessings throughout Lent, I thought about my own journey to the Church — a winding path, certainly.
To make a long story … well, less lengthy … I was baptized Catholic (yay parents!) but was never really raised in the Church. After my parents divorced, my Sunday mornings growing up were spent alternating between going to a Lutheran church and sleeping in.
While I didn't necessarily feel a close connection to either Lutheranism or, frankly, to God, there was one thing I loved about growing up Lutheran: church camp. I'll be honest, I don't know if we Catholics have closed the gap in this area over the last 25 years, but Lutheran church camp was amazing. Spending a full week away from parents while hiking, swimming, boating, etc., was incredible. (Side note: I had so much fun at summer camp, in fact, that I sought out a Catholic summer camp for my daughter this year. She ships out in July.)
Although I was confirmed Lutheran, it didn't really stick (obviously), and in my early teens my church attendance declined and my sleeping in rose. As a teenager, many of my friends belonged to a Missionary church, and, once invited, it was easy to see why. The youth group was fun and engaging. We had concerts, helped in the community — we even had a volleyball team. It was during this period in my life that, yes, I accepted Jesus as my personal Lord and Savior. I was saved! (Though maybe through peer pressure more than my soul being on fire. But either way, I was saved!)
Except, then I wasn't. After high school, the youth group broke up (for my friends and me, anyway). So as my reason for going to church came to a very abrupt end, so did my action of actually doing so. And for years I drifted not only without a church, but without faith or even the longing for faith. Not only did my interest in God get put on the back burner, that back burner wasn't even lit.
And then I met a beautiful and devout Catholic. While we were dating, I went to Mass occasionally (and got little out of it other than earning brownie points from the woman I was wooing; I think Grifters call this a "long con"). I'm sure going to Mass (and not being hostile toward the Faith in any fashion) helped earn me enough check marks in the plus column because she agreed (enthusiastically!) to marry me.
After we were married (in the Church), I continued to sleepwalk my way through the faith portion of our marriage. I went to Mass every Sunday and on holy days, but I didn't know (or care much, really) about the Church's teachings. I think they call that a "timecard Catholic," because I'd clock in and clock out Sunday morning.
I'd like to say that changed after our daughter was born, but it didn't. I figured as long as I was going to Mass, that was good enough. She would see my wife and I as a united front, raising her in the Faith. It was only when she got old enough to start asking questions that panic set in.
So after years of putting it off, I went through the process of becoming fully Catholic, signing up for our parish's RCIA class. The faith formation that went on for those several months before Easter was underwhelming. Looking back, I'm going to blame my passivity for not getting much out of it. I was like the kid who rolled through high school without caring; in the end, he just wanted the diploma. I just wanted to get the Catholic stamp of approval so my daughter wouldn't ask why mommy was going to Communion and daddy wasn't.
I share this story to illustrate type of Catholic we were — and still are, by the grace of God — raising. My daughter, Olivia, who is now 11, had just turned 3 when I entered the Church. Every week, I would return home from the RCIA class, and she would ask, impatiently, "Are you Catholic now?!"
Cut to the Easter Vigil — the Church's most beautiful liturgy. After being lined up with the other catechumens and candidates, we were anointed with the oil of chrism. Before I could make my way back to the pew, my daughter, God bless her, ran toward me, down the main aisle, at a full sprint with her arms outstretched for a flying hug and screams, with a packed and pious congregation looking on, "Daddy's Catholic!"
And so I am, sleepwalking and stumbling through my faith no more.
Scott Warden is the associate editor of OSV Newsweekly.
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Mexican Senate Unanimously Votes To Remove Mexico From ACTA Negotations
from the well,-look-at-that dept
The Senator proposed to create a mixed analysis group consisting of experts, academics, corporations and members of the public that will analyze the current text of the agreementOf course, it's not clear exactly how much say the Mexican Senate has here. While the resolution claims that it needs to ratify any such agreements, I don't know if that's the case. In the US, for example, the administration will avoid needing Senate approval (which it needs for treaties) by designating it as an "executive agreement" instead of a "treaty." Of course, if you talk to legal scholars, they point out that the only real difference is that an executive agreement doesn't need to be approved by the Senate. I have no idea if Mexico has a similar setup. Also, this is just a "non-binding resolution," so may not mean much in the long run. However, it is nice to see that some actual politicians are equally disturbed over how the ACTA negotiations took place and the fact that some final agreement is just being dumped on politicians at the last minute.


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Listener comments!
Thu. 8/9/12 7:01pm
Night People!
Thu. 8/9/12 7:01pm
Night People!!!
Thu. 8/9/12 7:03pm
Dan B From Upstate:
Will anyone be drawn naked today?
Thu. 8/9/12 7:03pm
Night, meet people. People, meet night.
Thu. 8/9/12 7:05pm
Danne D:
I disagree with the notion that there's a culture of criticism
Thu. 8/9/12 7:05pm
I was STUCK in the woodwork before! I finally come out and you insult me??!
Thu. 8/9/12 7:06pm
Danne D:
Dragons or drag-ins?
Thu. 8/9/12 7:06pm
Dan B From Upstate:
Thu. 8/9/12 7:07pm
COFFEE is terrible!! And TOMATOES!! Why can't we be destroying those instead of coca plants!
Thu. 8/9/12 7:07pm
cool fool:
I'm pretty sure I heard my flatmate use her vibrator. not sure what other sound that could be....
Thu. 8/9/12 7:09pm
20K walk is my fav, they do this daft little fast walk its great
Thu. 8/9/12 7:09pm
Dan B From Upstate:
Seriously, though, what a strange way to use one's time. Spend an entire hour listening to radio show that you don't like just so that you can bitch about it? I mean... there are alternate streams, there are over ten years of archives... There are other radio stations... Hell... read a book! But to sit around and waste an hour of your life doing something you hate when you could be doing something you enjoy? I just don't get it.
Thu. 8/9/12 7:10pm
Danne D:
@JJJ yep charged up for the racewalking
Thu. 8/9/12 7:10pm
@Dan: well, some people enjoy trolling and criticizing...
Thu. 8/9/12 7:10pm
Danne D:
Dang, that's a pretty harsh assessment, Dan B
Thu. 8/9/12 7:10pm
Danne D:
Thu. 8/9/12 7:11pm
A whiskey and soda is a highball.
Thu. 8/9/12 7:12pm
Danne D:
They'd have the olympics in atlantic city every time if they did that
Thu. 8/9/12 7:13pm
cool fool:
equestrian... why horse no go on podium?
Thu. 8/9/12 7:13pm
Didn't they have synchronised running as a fake Olympic sport on "30 Rock"?
Thu. 8/9/12 7:14pm
There are as many stories behind the origin of the name Cocktail as there are behind the creation of the Margarita or the Martini. As always, some are preposterous, some believable and who knows, one may be the truth. None the less, the stories are interesting.
A popular story behind the Cocktail name refers to a rooster's tail (or cock tail) being used as a Colonial drink garnish. There are no formal references in recipe to such a garnish.
In the story in The Spy (James Fenimore Cooper, 1821) the character "Betty Flanagan" invented the Cocktail during the Revolution. "Betty" may have referred to a real-life innkeeper at Four Corners north of New York City by the name of Catherine "Kitty" Hustler. Betty took on another non-fiction face, that of Betsy Flanagan. Betsy likely not a real woman though, but the story says she was a tavern keeper who served French soldiers in 1779 a drink garnished with tail feathers of her neighbor's rooster. We can assume that Kitty inspired Betty and Betty inspired Betsy, but whether or not one of the three are responsible for the Cocktail is a mystery.
The rooster theory is also said to have been influenced by the colors of the mixed ingredients, which may resemble the colors of the cock's tail. This would be a good tale today given our colorful array of ingredients, but at the time spirits were visually bland.
The British publication, Bartender, published a story in 1936 of English sailors, of decades before, being served mixed drinks in Mexico. The drinks were stirred with a Cola de Gallo (Cock's tail), a long root of similar shape to the bird's tail.
Another Cocktail story refers to the leftovers of a cask of ale, called cock tailings. The cock tailings from various spirits would be mixed together and sold at a lower priced mixed beverage of questionable integrity.
Yet another unappetizing origin tells of a cock ale, a mash of ale mixed with whatever was available to be fed to fighting cocks.
Cocktail may have derived from the French term for egg cup, coquetel. One story that brought this reference to America speaks of Antoine Amedie Peychaud of New Orleans who mixed his Peychaud bitters into a stomach remedy served in a coquetel. Not all of Peychaud's customers could pronounce the word and it became known as Cocktail. This story doesn't add up because of conflicting dates.
The word Cocktail may be a distant derivation of the name for the Aztec goddess, Xochitl. Xochitl was also the name of a Mexican princess who served drinks to American soldiers.
It was an 18th and 19th century custom to dock draft horses' tales. This caused the tales to stick up like a cocks tail. As the story goes, a reader's letter to the balance explains that when drunk these Cocktails made you cock your tail up in the same manner.
Another horse tail supposes the influence of breeders term for a mix breed horse, or cock-tails. Both racing and drinking were popular among the majority of Americans at the time and it's possible the term transferred from mixed breeds to mixed drinks.
There's a quirky story of an American tavern keeper who stored alcohol in a ceramic, rooster-shaped container. When patrons wanted another round they tapped the rooster's tail.
In George Bishop's The Booze Reader: A Soggy Saga of Man in His Cups (1965) he says, "The word itself stems from the English cock-tail which, in the middle 1800's, referred to a woman of easy virtue who was desirable but impure…and applied to the newly acquired American habit of bastardizing good British Gin with foreign matter, including ice."
Thu. 8/9/12 7:14pm
Should I correct that it's Gulden Draak, not Guldendrach? As it's connected with my beloved Ghent, I feel a need to speak up. Or type up.
Thu. 8/9/12 7:15pm
Taekwondo Pole Vault
Thu. 8/9/12 7:19pm
prarie oysters are bulls testicles
Thu. 8/9/12 7:20pm
I'm going to call back in later and talk about dragons.
Thu. 8/9/12 7:20pm
Danne D:
rocky mountain oyster is the one with the testicles i think
Thu. 8/9/12 7:20pm
LIstener Dave from Seattle:
Dragons, what do they drink? Mountain Dew?
Thu. 8/9/12 7:21pm
Danne D:
is there a cocktail that includes dragon testicles?
Thu. 8/9/12 7:21pm
They have a beefy arm
Thu. 8/9/12 7:22pm
Danne D:
Synchronized javelin would be good if they did it from across the field from each other
Thu. 8/9/12 7:22pm
The first published definition of the Cocktail appeared in an editorial response in The Balance and Columbian Repository of 1806. This read: "Cocktail is a stimulating liquor, composed of spirits of any kind, sugar, water and bitters." It is this definition of ingredients that still refers to the "ideal cocktail
Thu. 8/9/12 7:22pm
The dragon in Dragonheart was called Draco. And why the hell do I remember this?
Thu. 8/9/12 7:26pm
I thought the modern Olympics started in 1896?
Thu. 8/9/12 7:29pm
@Cliff: correct, 1896. Of course, they were inspired not only by the ancient Olympics, but by the Olympian Games (held under various names since 1850) and the Greek-Ottoman Olympic Games (held since 1859).
Thu. 8/9/12 7:30pm
LIstener Dave from Seattle:
Dragons are dinosaurs.
Thu. 8/9/12 7:34pm
We don't serve carbonated spirits in my lounge.
Thu. 8/9/12 7:34pm
Danne D:
The life expectancy they typically report in the media is from birth.
There's a whole subject of actuarial science called life contingencies that deals with life expectancy - it does change based on how long you have already lived as well as your health condition and other factors.
If you're already like 80 years old, your life expectancy actually is like 7-10 years I think.
Thu. 8/9/12 7:35pm
Danne D:
"All the right moves" = being female with a pulse
Thu. 8/9/12 7:35pm
It is thought that good aging is often linked to genetics. There have been studies e.g. of Sephardic Jewish communities in NY that show that members of the community lived very long and healthy lives due to genetics, not lifestyle or diet.
Thu. 8/9/12 7:35pm
I liked the scripted episode.
Thu. 8/9/12 7:35pm
Cock-tail is a stimulating liquor, composed of spirits of any kind, sugar, water, and bitters—it is vulgarly called bittered sling, and is supposed to be an excellent electioneering potion, inasmuch as it renders the heart stout and bold, at the same time that it fuddles the head. It is said, also to be of great use to a democratic candidate: because a person, having swallowed a glass of it, is ready to swallow any thing else.
Thu. 8/9/12 7:40pm
When I was going to Cornell, for a couple years I lived in the house on State St. that "Puff the Magic Dragon" was supposedly written in.
Thu. 8/9/12 7:43pm
Don't knock podcasts Dave. I would never have heard of you guys if it wasn't for the podcast.
Thu. 8/9/12 7:47pm
hey dave or sandy, i know the answer is probably no, but are all of the michael deforge knight people shirts gone?
Thu. 8/9/12 7:47pm
LIstener Dave from Seattle:
The pee word
Thu. 8/9/12 7:47pm
Danne D:
So the loser has no life. Got it.
Thu. 8/9/12 7:48pm
I pledged but I still haven't gotten my t-shirt yet :(
Thu. 8/9/12 7:49pm
two jiggers of scotch and a pitch of maltose, comin right up boss
Thu. 8/9/12 7:50pm
you know what that means cliff? theres a warehouse full of night people shirts somewhere, ripe for the taking
Thu. 8/9/12 7:50pm
LIstener Dave from Seattle:
Pinky and the Brain?
Thu. 8/9/12 7:51pm
Danne D:
@Cliff thanks for your generous donation.
Sometimes swagmas comes late as some things take longer to produce.
Swagmas has yet to come for me as well.
Thu. 8/9/12 7:53pm
Chin chin!
Hölökyn kölökyn!
На здоровье!
Thu. 8/9/12 7:54pm
No problem, as long as they haven't forgotten about us. :)
(Swagma = swag + dogma??)
Thu. 8/9/12 7:59pm
"I just wanted to tell ya chowda heads ta ge tout of my lounge."
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School In Philly Spys On Students at Home with Webcam! (FBI Investigating)
"The FBI has opened an investigation into allegations that a Pennsylvania school official remotely monitored a student at home, a law enforcement official with knowledge of the case told CNN on Saturday. The official, who asked not to be identified, said the FBI became involved in the case after a family filed a lawsuit against the Lower Merion School District, located outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The family accused an assistant principal at Harriton High School of watching their son through his laptop's webcam while he was at home and unaware he was being watched. The family also says the school official used a photo taken on a laptop as the basis for disciplining the student." - CNN
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Anyone interested in discovering the works of Alain Delon on DVD would do well to start with "Purple Noon," "Rocco and His Brothers," "L'Eclisse," "The Leopard" and "Le Samourai" — pics that paired the French dreamboat with Europe's top auteurs. But Delon made a lot of movies, not all of them masterpieces, and the five selections included in Lionsgate's new three-disc collection offer a logical next step for anyone obsessed with the singularly handsome and disarmingly serious star. Landing squarely on the guilty-pleasure end of the spectrum, these pics rewind to a time when French cinema was at its most chic.
Enormously popular in his day, Delon remains largely undiscovered by younger viewers, and the assortment contained within this box set reveals surprising range for the pretty-boy screen idol. Covering a span of some 17 years but concentrated around the late-'60s/early-'70s peak of his popularity, the films find Delon as a lover ("Swimming Pool") and a fighter ("The Widow Couderc"), playing a brainwashed millionaire one moment ("Diabolically Yours") and an eyes-wide-open social outcast the next ("The Gypsy"). The outlier 1984's "Our Story" ranks among the most depressing comedies ever made, but is noteworthy in that it earned Delon his only Cesar (France's equivalent to the Oscar).
In each of these performances, Delon brought something more than mannequin good looks to the part. Though he never demonstrated the control of his "instrument" embodied by the great American Method actors of the time (to the extent that his physical presence was often rather wooden), Delon projected a sadness behind those baby blues that could raise existential questions from even the shallowest exploitation premise.
Take 1967 eye-roller "Diabolically Yours," in which Delon plays a car crash survivor duped into believing he's married to black-widow beauty Senta Berger. The film marks a clunky embarrassment for "Pepe le Moko" director Julien Duvivier (who, as irony would have it, suffered a fatal auto accident three months before its release) and features some of the most outrageous subliminal suggestion since "The Manchurian Candidate" (but whereas the gimmick works in that great pic, here we get Delon thrashing in bed as his tormentors needle him toward suicide). The character's fate may seem preordained, but there's a certain mischief in his look that sells the pic's sexy twist.
In Jacques Deray's "The Swimming Pool" (1969), Delon plays a character with genuine suicide issues and a body to die for. Lounging poolside with lover Romy Schneider, the failed novelist finds his reverie interrupted by rival Maurice Ronet (who played the Greenleaf to Delon's Ripley in the equally steamy "Purple Noon"). "Swimming Pool" is all subtext and sun-baked sexual ennui as the quartet, which include a nubile young Jane Birkin as Ronet's barely legal daughter, engage in petty power games until one of the shallow hedonists inevitably ends up floating face-down in the pool. Only then does Delon's character take shape, as a man who days earlier had nothing left to lose finds himself grasping onto what little life he has left.
One of the things that makes these films so "French" is the fact that nearly every ending is compromised in some way — the resolutions are not necessarily happy, but always poetic. Whether the leading man lives or dies, he loses (with one surprising exception not to be spoiled here), and Delon embodies the nihilism such an approach requires. His characters seem unafraid of death, almost resigned to it, yet they lead lives governed not by hedonism but a strict code of conduct (a notion pushed to its most extreme in Jean-Pierre Melville's "Le Samourai," not included in this set but easily the actor's best performance).
That bulletproof quality — which earned the actor his ultra-cool reputation — proves most interesting when Delon plays criminals, as in "The Widow Couderc" (1971), a pic that takes place in a small countryside town circa 1934 and features Delon as a handsome drifter who shacks up with the great Simone Signoret ("Room at the Top"). Lonely after the death of her husband and beleaguered by her in-laws, the older woman opens herself up to this mysterious stranger, whose murderous past isn't his only secret. While staying under the widow's roof, first in her attic and eventually sharing her bed, he succumbs to the batted lashes and bare breasts of a flirtatious local girl. Working from a novel by Georges Simenon, director Pierre Granier-Deferre clearly shares the writer's attention to atmosphere and psychology (the film marks one of four Simenon books he would adapt for the screen), and the tragedy occurs not in the film's derivative finale but along the way: While his self-reliant host washes his pants in the canal, impervious to the sideways glances of suspicious neighbors, Delon indulges a roll in the hay with the young seductress.
Though not as overtly artistic, "The Gypsy" (1975) similarly makes Delon's rule-breaker more righteous than the police who pursue him. Directed by Jose Giovanni, whose own criminal record often translated into convincing and, not surprisingly, sympathetic tales of the underworld, the film centers around a character with two strikes against him: He robs banks and belongs to the underclass of nomadic gypsies harassed by European authorities. Giovanni alternates rather inelegantly between the two spheres, couching social commentary about the gypsy condition amid a rather routine policier, but Delon supplies the necessary gravitas to win audiences over to his character's cause. As always in Giovanni-penned material, there is honor among thieves, while it is the police who cross the line (an undercover inspector assigned to press information from a gangster's wife ends up falling for her instead).
The final film in the set jumps forward a decade and cements Delon's power as an actor. In those earlier pics, he trades largely on his looks, but in 1984's "Our Story" (alternately known as "Separate Rooms"), he plays a man who has hit rock bottom. During his '60s heyday, Delon's hunky glamour and sexual energy could, at times, upstage even his supermodel co-stars, but here, his character is defined by the alcoholic stupor through which he experiences the world. Traveling by train with his entire savings stashed in his suitcase, he makes love to a willing stranger (Nathalie Baye) but refuses to let the relationship die at the station, leveraging his small fortune for a place in her life — or, more accurately, for entry into some parallel universe where personas meld, lovers are interchangeable and beer is the only constant currency. Surreal and frequently confounding, this relationship study from provocateur Bertrand Blier is, like the other films in this set, a peculiar gem plucked from half-forgotten obscurity by virtue of Delon's involvement.
These are hardly Delon's finest films, but it's a coup that cinephiles have access to them at all. That blessing results from Lionsgate's deal with Studio Canal, which gave the U.S. distrib access to the French company's 2,000-plus film library (they released a package of '80s Godard films earlier this year and have "Celebrity Series" sets planned for Catherine Deneuve and Sophia Loren this summer). Clearly, categorizing by director or star marks the easiest way to divide up that formidable catalog, and each new release offers cinephiles enormous potential for discovery (for the five directors represented in the Delon set, few if any films were previously available on Region 1 DVD). The transfers are much better than consumers have been conditioned to expect from bargain-priced multifilm collections, although the subtitles take considerable liberty with the original French dialogue and the entire package is sorely lacking in contextual information — something a short featurette or booklet on Delon's career would have gone a long way to correct.


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Jourdain Jr. left out of Indy 500 field
Michel Jourdain Jr. was the only driver who failed to make the Indianapolis 500 field during Bump Day qualifying Sunday.
The Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing driver from Mexico tried to get into the field Saturday, the first day of qualifying, but fell short. The team switched engines and copied setups from teammates Graham Rahal and James Jakes to help figure out what was wrong. Nothing worked.
Jourdain never posted an official time Sunday because the team backed off 15 minutes before the final deadline, sensing it couldn't reach the 33rd-place time to get into the field for May 26 race. Katherine Legge held on with an average speed of 223.176 mph for four laps.
"We tried to change everything we could, but we just could not go fast enough," Jourdain said. "It's no point of putting the car in the wall.
"We know for sure something's wrong with the car. Something's bent, broken, bending, loose. Something's wrong from in the car that we haven't seen all week."
On Saturday, Jourdain had an average of 219.466 on his first run, then had a 218.329. After the rough outing, the team switched the engine. On Sunday morning, he tried the setups from Rahal and Jakes.
"We thought it was going to be a little better, but it was really never there," Jourdain said. "It was impossible to drive."
It was that way all week for Jourdain's car.
"It was going to be very hard," he said. "All week, we struggled. Right away, I didn't feel the car very well."
Jourdain didn't argue with his team's decision not to try again.
"There's no point of going out if you're not going to make it," he said.
Legge finally can focus on the race.
"I haven't slept in like, three days, so I'm going to sleep tonight, which is good," she said. "It's been a long day, but it's been a great day and a great opportunity. So just happy now, relieved to be in the field."
She said she felt badly for Jourdain.
"It's never nice to see somebody not get the opportunity to go out there and do that," she said. "So I feel bad for him. He must be devastated."
Jourdain was disappointed for his sponsors and supporters.
"This is my only race of the year, and you know, everybody worked so hard, and my sponsors, they trusted me with this and this is a very big project," he said. "Lot of people coming from Mexico next week for this, so it's hard."


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Kate Winslet -- Oscars 2009
Oscar nominee Kate Winslet looks gorgeous in grey at the 2009 Oscars in Los Angeles on Sunday evening (February 22).
The 33-year-old wore a Atelier Yves Saint Laurent by Stefano Pilati evening gown in grey degrade satin and embroidered black silk tulle, black satin evening sandal and embroidered black satin evening pochette. Kate accessorized with Chopard jewels.
Hugh Jackman is hosting the 2009 Oscars. Performers for the night also include: Anne Hathaway, Beyoncé, Zac Efron & Vanessa Hudgens and Amanda Seyfried & Dominic Cooper.
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The second of two next-gen projects from developer Silicon Knights (after the long, long, long-awaited epic Too Human) is an all-new franchise published by SEGA.
NOTE: This game has been announced, but has not yet been confirmed for platform intentions. It may or may not be released on this system. Please check back for official word.
Also known as: Siren in the Maelstrom [rumored title]
Release Region: United States
Release Date: TBA
Publisher: SEGA
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A New version of Nintendo DS has arrived. It's called DSi. It has media support with a SD card reader and two built in cameras. However, it lacks a GBA slot. There is an online store for it in the same vein as the Wii Shop Channel and uses the same currency for DSiWare. Software for it will cost 0, 200, 500, or 800 points.(kinda like a Gamboy Virtual Console). It also has Miis and can surf to the internet using it's new browser(not the game card browser). News on if it is capable of watching videos in not yet announced, but with it's new features(like handling media), there's a high possibility it can.
It's just an improvement of the DS lite, but with these improvements, totally worth it.
It will be released November 1 for Japan and Early 2009 for US and EU.
Go to the japanese Nintendo official website for more details.(may not work for those who can't read Japanese)
give the link to prove this
not saying that your lying or anything
edit: V yeah me too, i don't really own a handheld . . . but many will be glad if released
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I could care less if it's true or not, since I'm not that of a DS person.
I'm hoping that this is true, though. Many would be glad to see this.
what the hell?? the DS ha now three versions? why don't they make a new console? wii 2.....
yeah..saw it too..it looks nice..
official jap site..
some pics from the net..
BlazingRb wrote:
give the link to prove this
not saying that your lying or anything
edit: V yeah me too, i don't really own a handheld . . . but many will be glad if released
yeeaaahhh...........................I placed at the ottom of my psot"check the japanese nintendo website", didn't I?
wow 3 versions already..wonder how much this ones gonna cost.
don't know what to write ^_^
I'll stick with what I have.
Cool shoes
I what a dsi
downloadop wrote:
what the hell?? the DS ha now three versions? why don't they make a new console? wii 2.....
No, they should just focus on the games, not making the next DS 320 or something.
I can smell the piracy already.
Not that I'm denying anything with my r4ds.
MicroSD => Double Edged Sword.
i kind of feel like ill waste my money if i buy this ......i only need a ds to play ds games not for camera video music and all that stuff.....i dont know why but im getting kinda mad about this dsi stuff........anyway i think they should make more games instead of the same system with just things that kids will not know what to do with..........MAKE MORE GAMES DAMMIT........
on the playground is were i spent most of my days
Actually, newer DS means newer games. Since it has some improvements, there's a possibility that it can handle better games with higher graphics(which most of the people who judge game from the graphics crap about). And DS already has a many games(more than PSP I think) and most of it are good. +, more incoming games whch can blow your underpants are coming this 2009/winter 2008, like Pokemon Platinum, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, and probably ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat on US.
BTW, top most post updated.
i dont see how the new dsi is an improvement... u do know that the new ds doesnt support gba expansion and the battery life is reduce.. only good thing i see is that it has built in browser and 3 mp camera and the screen is a bit larger... i personally stick with my ds lite..
Its Morphin Time!
why spend money on hand held game go buy a console like the xbox 360, way better, anyway most handheld game sucks
do you like fishsdtick???


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Light pollution ordinances are in effect across the island to protect the habitat of the loggerhead turtles which sometimes confuse the lights of dwellings and street lights with the phosphorescence of the ocean. Covenants are in place to protect the beautiful live oaks, palmetto trees and dunes grasses which cover the island. Salt marshes, beaches and lagoons remain in pristine condition across the island.
While care has been taken to blend commercial structures into the native ecology, you can still find quaint Hilton Head Shops, nationally known retail stores, and five-star hotels.
When on Hilton Head, Tennis enthusiasts can enjoy the many professional courts available on Hilton Head. With more than 300 courts to choose from, there is no shortage of playing opportunities. Professional tennis instructors are also available to those wishing to improve their game.
If you really want to see Hilton Head, consider renting a bicycle from one of the numerous bike rental outfits. With over 60 miles of bike paths throughout the island, many of which take you through nature preserves, this is truly an enjoyable way to experience the natural splendor of the island. At low tide, the beaches of Hilton Head make an excellent hard packed sand riding surface.


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Recognize the voice of Clifford the
Big Red Dog? You probably know him best from his starring role on
Three's Company. The late John Ritter was a stage, film,
and television actor. John grew up in Los Angeles, where he went
to Hollywood High School and later graduated from the University
of Southern California. For more information on John's accomplishments,
see our special article, Remembering a Good Friend:
A Tribute to John Ritter.
And Clifford? Well, of course you know
who Clifford is! He's BIG, he's RED, and he's a great friend. He
always stands up for what he thinks is right. Though Clifford's
head is sometimes in the clouds (literally!), his four paws are
planted firmly on the ground. Clifford's best friend on the show
is Emily Elizabeth.
The voice of Clifford's best friend belongs to Grey DeLisle. If you've watched Rugrats, you've heard her play the villainous McNulty brothers. Grey also performed the roles of Princess Leia and Queen Amidala in the Star Wars interactive series, and was featured in 101 Dalmatians Part II. Grey gives Emily Elizabeth just the right blend of confidence and curiosity that suits an outgoing 8-year-old girl. Emily Elizabeth's optimism, combined with Clifford's loyalty, make the two of them a winning and inseparable team.
Clifford's pal T-Bone is played by Kel Mitchell, star of Nickelodeon's The Kenan and Kel Show and winner of the 1999 Kids Choice Award for Favorite TV actor. An aspiring rap artist, Kel recently recorded the sound track for Mystery Men and Rocky and Bullwinkle. As the most cautious of the Clifford/Cleo/T-Bone trio of four-legged friends, T-Bone may look tough, but he's really a gentle, shy pup at heart. Though T-Bone is timid, he's no pushover and he's a great friend in a crisis--just ask Cleo!
Cree Summer has a long list of vocal characters in her repertoire. She has created voices for Ghostbusters, Inspector Gadget, Tiny Toon Adventures, Sonic the Hedgehog, Carmen San Diego, Pepper Ann, and Rugrats. Whew--and that's just to name a few! Cree and Cleo, the energetic pooch she plays on TV, have a lot in common! Cleo is what you might call "spirited." (She might also be called a troublemaker.) Fortunately, her good friends Clifford and T-Bone are always there to get her out of a jam--usually because she got them into it with her!
Gary Leroi Grey is only twelve, but he's already got a lot of work under his belt. He played the young Tiger Woods in The Tiger Woods Story, and he has appeared on TV in Party of Five, ER, Living Single, The Cosby Show, and 7th Heaven. Gary is the voice of Charley, Emily Elizabeth's best human friend. Charley and his dad are from Jamaica, and live on a houseboat, which everyone thinks is cool. Charley's dad owns and runs Samuel's Fish and Chips Shack, which is one of Charley and Emily Elizabeth's favorite places to eat! Charley's favorite sport is soccer.
Cameron Clarke has been doing voices for more than fifteen years. His features include Ninja Turtles, Dyno Riders, Mr. Bogus and Eek the Cat, among others. He provides the voice for Jetta's dog, Mac. Like Jetta, Mac has a heightened sense of self-importance. It pains him deeply that he can never be "above" Clifford. The trick to getting along with both Mac and Jetta is to see beyond their snooty exteriors. Inside, you'll find a good dog--and a kind girl. Actually, Cameron plays two characters on Clifford. Can you guess who the other one is? (Hint: He's a member of Emily Elizabeth's family.)
Kath Soucie, the voice of Jetta, is one of the top voiceover actors working today. Her movies include Rugrats, The Movie; Rugrats, The Movie II; Space Jam; Beauty and the Beast and The Little Engine and she's done extensive television work as well. Kath plays Jetta, a classmate of Emily Elizabeth's who has no little sense of self-importance. Jetta's friends like to say "she's not mean--just misunderstood." But even her friends find Jetta a little hard to take at times. According to Jetta, everything she does or has is always bigger or better. That's why Clifford drives her a little crazy--because you can't get any bigger or better than Clifford!
T. C. Carson, the voice of Charley's dad, Samuel, is best known for his starring role in the Fox comedy series, Living Single. T. C. has appeared in many plays, musicals, feature films, and television movies, including the Emmy-award-winning Fast Break to Glory. T. C's character Samuel likes to tell stories, and can frequently be found doing so at his restaurant, Samuel's Fish and Chips Shack, located on the Birdwell Island pier.
How many of these cast members can you name? Do you remember which character they play on the show? Good Luck! (Hint: The woman in the top left is not in the cast. She's the Voice Director for the actors. Her name is Susan Blu).


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Mary Izett has several sour beers in various stages of fermentation—she's preparing to attempt a pistachio stout, and she's planning to make a mead this weekend. This might sound like standard practice for the president of a homebrew club, but Izett, who oversees the New York City Homebrewers Guild, is accomplishing this in the kitchen of her 650-square-foot Brooklyn apartment. Why would Izett and an estimated 300 to 500 other New York City homebrewers give up precious square footage to carboys and brewpots? All for the love of fresh beer.
Join the Club
Big Apple homebrewers might lack the sprawling garages and basements of their suburban counterparts, but what they do have is plenty of company. "We have an incredibly active homebrewing community," says Izett, noting that there's at least one homebrewing club in almost every borough. "And everyone is very generous in sharing beer, ideas and feedback." In addition to the NYCHG, city dwellers can join the Malted Barley Appreciation Society, the Knights of Bruklyn Homebrewers Sentry and other clubs. And NYC competitions like the American Homebrewers Association–sanctioned Homebrew Alley are incredibly popular, with 670 bottled entered in that contest alone this year.
Gear Up
In Brooklyn, three shops—Brooklyn Homebrew, Bitter & Esters and the Brooklyn Brew Shop—cater specifically to homebrewers, selling equipment and supplies and doling out advice. Other businesses, like the Brooklyn Kitchen, sell brewing supplies and offer classes and events for the brew-curious. "And really, the homebrewers here [in New York City] are the best resource," says Izett. "There's a wealth of knowledge and inspiration here." One of the best ways to rub elbows with other homebrewers is to attend one of the local beer festivals, where homebrews are often poured alongside pro beers, or events like the Diamond bar's annual Brew n' Chew homebrew-and-food-pairing competition. Another way to get up close and personal with established New York City homebrewers is to sign up for the Brooklyn Homebrew Tour led by Imbibe contributor Joshua M. Bernstein. "Five years ago, homebrewing in New York City was more of a challenge," says Bernstein. "There were no homebrew-supply shops in town, and you had to order most of your grains and hops online. Nowadays, there are three dedicated homebrew-supply shops in Brooklyn, and even Whole Foods sells grains. I've watched homebrewing grow from an against-all-odds endeavor to a hobby that's been embraced by the mainstream."
The Heat Is On
Aside from square footage, one of the biggest challenges facing New York City homebrewers is the summer heat and scarcity of air conditioning. "Our weather swings mean that brewers are constantly fighting the fermentation battle," Bernstein says. Some people give up brewing entirely for the summer, Izett notes, while others switch to styles that can ferment under higher temperatures, like saisons. Another big city setback? "Say you live on a fifth-floor walkup with no elevator," says Bernstein. "Hefting a 55-pound sack of grain upstairs is a pain in the rear end. And the back. And knees." And public transportation is both a blessing and a curse. "A lot of people here don't have cars, so getting supplies home and kegs to parties can be challenging," notes Izett. But on the other hand, she says, "Public transportation is a plus—no need to worry about drinking and driving after a homebrew meeting."


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Permanent Collection: Sub-Saharan African Art
The Carlos Museum's collection of 19th and 20th century African art offers valuable insight into African artistic expressions in the variety of their forms, functions, and cultures of origin. A majority of the objects come from West Africa, with a focus on the numerous cultures of Nigeria, Benin (formerly Dahomey), and the Cameroon Grassfields. The rest are from the Equatorial Central region of the continent, located mainly in the modern state of Zaïre.
Made from different kinds of materials, the objects in this collection bear evidence of uses in a variety of contexts, both religious and secular. There are figures from personal or family shrines, such as Igbo Ikenga shrine figures, complemented by those used in community shrines, such as the Mambila bark painting. There are examples like the exquisite beaded bowl figure from the Kom kingdom of the Cameroon Grassfields, used by royalty to hold kola nuts for their guests. The collection also includes a wide variety of masks and costumes danced in masquerades which carry religious and cultural significance for participants, including the audience. The works demonstrate important aspects of the worldviews and aesthetic values of their cultures of origin.
|Beaded Bowl Figure Cameroon, Grassfields, Kom, Laikom. ca. A.D. 1900. Wood, beads. 28 x 14 x 12 in. (70.6 x 35.3 x 30.5 cm). Gift of William S. Arnett. 1994.3.3
|Shrine Figure, "Mami Wata" Nigeria, Ibibio, Annang. 20th century A.D. Wood, kaolin, pigment, paint. 34 1/4 x 24 x 10 in. (87 x 61 x 25 cm). Gift of William S. Arnett. 1994.3.9
|Efe/Gelede Headdress, Apasa Nigeria, Yoruba, Ohori. Late 19th - early 20th centuries A.D. Wood, pigment. 16 1/2 x 10 1/4 x 13 in. (42 x 26 x 33 cm). 1994.4.776
|Sowo Mask Sierra Leone, Mende. Late 19th - early 20th centuries A.D. Wood, raffia, copper alloy. 25 x 7 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (63.5 x 19 x 22 cm). 1994.4.797
|Female Effigy Vessel Zaïre, Mangbetu. Early 20th century A.D. Ceramic. 8 x 6 in. (20.2 x 15.1 cm). Gift of William S. Arnett. 1994.3.19
|Power Figure, Nkishi Zaïre, Songye. Late 19th - early 20th centuries A.D. Wood, brass, bone, incrustation. 9 x 2 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. (22.9 x 5.7 x 7 cm). 1994.4.20
|Mask with Head Cloth, Ngady Mwaash Zaïre, Kuba, Bushoong, 19th century A.D. Wood, fiber, shells, cloth, beads, skin, pigment, 17 3/8 x 11 1/2 x 7 in. (44 x 29 x 18 cm). 1994.4.93
|Helmet Mask Nigeria, Idoma (?), 20th century A.D. Wood, kaolin, charcoal, 16 1/2 x 9 x 9 in. (41 x 23 x 23 cm). 1994.4.705
|Painting Nigeria/Cameroon, Mambila, Late 19th - early 20th centuries A.D. Pigment on raffia palm wood, 32 x 45 in. (81.3 x 114. 3 cm). L1994.11.55
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Selling my 3 horse Trails West full 10ft living quarters. $18,000 OBO. I possibly can deliver. This is an extremely well built trailer and is not cheaply…$18,000
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There are few things more convenient than living near one's workplace. The stress of commuting is minimal when the office is 10 minutes away by car, and sunny days afford the opportunity for leisurely walks home at sunset while coworkers sit in bumper-to-bumper traffic.
Baseball players have to travel the country during the regular season, so this scenario isn't an option for six months out of the year. The one time when this scenario does, in fact, play out for them is during spring training, when all activity is localized either at the Grapefruit League's training facilities in Florida or the Cactus League's facilities in Arizona.
Read ahead to see where some of Major League Baseball's biggest stars live during spring training.
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Cholangiohepatitis in race horses
The illness took the potential Triple Crown contender to the sidelines for extensive testing. After several weeks, Bill Bernard, DVM, Lexington, Ky.; Doug Byars, DVM, Dipl. AVCIM, Dipl. AVECC, Byars Equine Advisory, Georgetown, Ky.; and Tom Divers, DVM, professor of clinical sciences, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, diagnosed cholangiohepatitis, an inflammation of the bile passages and liver, based on a biopsy of his liver and nearby lymph nodes. In a statement issued June 3, 2011, the internists reported that they did not know how he contracted the disease.
"Uncle Mo was placed on medications prior to the Derby, though he did not get antibiotics or a liver biopsy prior to scratching from the race," says Byars. "We just didn't have enough time for this horse to recover before the race."Etiology
According to The Merck Veterinary Manual, the etiology of cholangiohepatitis is likely related to bacteremia that is due to an organism eliminated in the bile, an ascending infection of the biliary tract after an intestinal disturbance or ileus.1 Horses may have an initiating ascending gram-negative infection, but gram-positive aerobic or anaerobic infection is possible, too.
If present, the ascending infection is "thought to initiate a cholangitis, which may extend to the periportal region of the liver," says Divers.
Jennifer Davis, DVM, PhD, assistant professor of equine internal medicine and clinical pharmacology at North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine, reports that although bacteria via ascending proximal small intestinal infection or inflammation may occur, bacteria or bacterial products (such as endotoxins) or inflammatory mediators in the portal circulation might also cause periportal neutrophilic inflammation.
However, not all cases are caused by bacterial infection. "There are many causes of cholangiohepatitis—bacterial, viral, toxic and immunologic," says Divers.
Davis describes two possible pathogenic mechanisms: The first is due to an ascending infection from the proximal small intestine characterized by acute inflammation of the wall of the bile ducts (cholangitis) and entry of large numbers of neutrophils directly into the lumen of the biliary ducts. The inflammatory response can extend into the periportal hepatic parenchyma, causing cholangiohepatitis. Fluid accumulation in the small intestine secondary to ileus and increased luminal pressure could increase the chances of an ascending infection by forcing bacteria into the bile duct. Increased luminal pressure may also reduce bile flow.
The second mechanism involves induction of neutrophilic infiltration by bacteria, bacterial products, inflammatory mediators or a combination of causes in the portal circulation. "Injury to the intestine from a variety of causes can increase the permeability of the mucosal barrier," says Davis. "Absorption of bacteria or their products [particularly endotoxins] promotes intestinal inflammation."
The inflammatory response in the intestine might be associated with the appearance of mediators such as interleukin-8, tumor necrosis factor alpha and interleukin-1-beta in the portal blood. "The effects of these mediators on endothelial cells and neutrophils in portal circulation could induce periportal inflammation and, eventually, suppurative cholangiohepatitis," Davis says.


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Learn about McCormick alumni/ae and the value they found in their McCormick education.
Ben Larson-Wolbrink
Campus Minister
Master of Divinity 2004
"McCormick challenged me to "meet people where they are," in their particular contexts. By walking with people and gaining their trust, a minister is able to open them to new areas of growth in their faith. This is especially the case in campus ministry worship. [Together, we have] added depth and breadth to our worship experience."
Jesse Larson
Campus Minister
Master of Divinity 2008
"As a student I developed an interest in multicultural ministry. I have been very glad I was able to acquire a solid understanding of what it means to be Presbyterian. At the same time, due to McCormick's diversity, familiarity with other beliefs has helped me reach out to students of other backgrounds, and let them know they are welcomed and appreciated for who they are."
Terra Winston
Mission Volunteer, Lebanon
Master of Divinity 2008
Passion: History geography and languages of the Bible
"McCormick has had a lasting and profound effect on my calling, which is the learning and teaching of Old Testament language and history. From Introduction to Biblical Studies to supporting me in my further pursuits of continued education and teaching efforts, McCormick has been there at every step. Its faculty and administration have taken a pastoral and educational interest in my work both while I was a student and in the time since my graduation."
Linda Morgan-Clement
College Chaplain and Faculty Member in Religious Studies
Master of Divinity 1984
"At McCormick I became deeply engaged in ministry with persons outside the traditional congregational life, such as refugee families, inner city schools, and the homebound elderly. The education at McCormick and the opportunity to also learn with a diverse community and at several different institutions allowed me to engage in a dialogue with persons whose culture, history, and ethnic background opened many new possibilities in my understanding of self, God, and other. This skill set of building bridges, listening carefully, thinking creatively, and recognizing grace has been essential in my diverse ministry."
Laura Fry
Church Pastor
Master of Divinity 2007
Passion: Connection between worship and justice
"I think often of (Professor Emeritus) Dr. Homer Ashby saying that ministry is a marathon and not a sprint. This concept has helped me to maintain balance and perspective. I also see how the subjects of history, theology, worship, preaching, and pastoral care inform one another in ministry--they are much more inter-connected than I realized during seminary!"
Michael Fry
Master of Divinity 2008
Passion: Bridge buidling
"McCormick helped me to be more open minded in respecting other people's viewpoints. I really appreciate McCormick's diversity, and the students it brings together. I learned a lot from my classmates many of whom were already in ministry while full-time students. I have deep respect for them, and admire their determination and hard work."