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Madeleine Mini-Bloomers in plaid
Added Jun 19, 2012
by peneloping
Bay Area, Califo...
These are so adorable and comfy! Perfect for hot summer nights :)
Pattern found here: http://www.coletterie.com/colette-patterns-news/free-pattern-to-download-the-madeleine-mini-bloomers
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Material Notes
Lightweight cotton, satin ribbon, and elastic.
I got away with using 3/4 yd of cotton for a size small. It was just barely enough. I would suggest getting the full 7/8 yd if you're making anything larger than that.
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Jun 24, 2012, 09.45 PMby infinite-plus-one
Love it (:
Jun 23, 2012, 07.03 AMby sew4my3
Absolutely darling! There are so many great versions of the Colette – Madeleine Bloomers here on Burdastyle but I always love seeing the the plaid ones. These are so cute!
Jun 22, 2012, 01.23 PMby Yuki M
Very cute !! thank you for the info of pattern !
Jun 20, 2012, 10.41 PMby laurertheexplorer
cuuuute! thank for sharing the pattern : )
Jun 20, 2012, 01.07 AMby anikissed
They look great on you! Good work.
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My first son was born in a hospital on a Saturday, and, as per the advice of more seasoned moms, I immediately asked to see the hospital's lactation consultant for some help getting started breastfeeding. In response, I got on a two-day-long waiting list—in fact, the LC finally came into my room as I was packing up to head home with my newborn and some already cracked and sore nipples. Apparently, I'm far from the only one who hasn't received some much-needed breastfeeding support in-hospital: a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that hospitals are doing far too little to encourage new mothers to breastfeed.
The CDC's report on hospital practices to support breastfeeding in this month's Vital Signs found that less than 4 percent of U.S. hospitals do everything they should to help mothers breastfeed, and only 14 percent of hospitals have a model written breastfeeding policy in place. Sadly, the majority of hospitals give infants food or drink other than breast milk when it's not medically necessary. Additionally, only a third of hospitals keep baby at mom's bedside, a practice that facilitates breastfeeding—instead opting to keep the babies in hospital nurseries.
Plus: 36 Tips for Breastfeeding Success
CDC director Thomas Frieden, MD, MPH, said during a press briefing that improvements may require "large cultural changes within hospitals," and explained that some formula companies give hospitals formula for free for use in preemies and other special needs infants who can't breastfeed—but only if the hospitals put samples of formula in the goody bags they send home with new moms. While hospitals worry about the short-term cost of having to pay for the formula for babies who actually need it, Frieden explained that promoting breastfeeding would reduce costs in the long run because of the health benefits associated with breastfeeding, including a lower risk of SIDS, obesity, diabetes, and a variety of infectious diseases, as well as benefits for moms, including a lower risk of breast and ovarian cancer.
Plus: Boobytraps: Advice for Breastfeeding Problems
To help hospitals encourage breastfeeding and win the designation of "baby-friendly," the World Health Organization and UNICEF sponsored the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative, which includes the following principles in the U.S.:
- Have a written breastfeeding policy that is routinely communicated to all health care staff.
- Train all health care staff in skills necessary to implement this policy.
- Inform all pregnant women about the benefits and management of breastfeeding.
- Help mothers initiate breastfeeding within one hour of birth.
- Show mothers how to breastfeed and how to maintain lactation, even if they are separated from their infants.
- Give newborn infants no food or drink other than breast milk, unless medically indicated.
- Practice "rooming in" – allow mothers and infants to remain together 24 hours a day.
- Encourage breastfeeding on demand.
- Give no pacifiers or artificial nipples to breastfeeding infants.
- Foster the establishment of breastfeeding support groups and refer mothers to them on discharge from the hospital or clinic.
If you delivered in a hospital, did the staff support you in your attempts to breastfeed? Did you have access to a lactation consultant or helpful nurses? Did you leave with a gift bag of formula samples?
It's World Breastfeeding Week through August 7. Stay tuned for a daily post on breastfeeding!

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Sheffield mobile application goes live
Launching today, Sheffield is set to become one of the first UK cities to have a mobile application designed for city promotion. Available for download from today, it's compatible with both iPhone and Android systems.
This news comes hot on the heels of the launch of Sheffield's new brand strategy and visual identity, which aims to take a more coherent and coordinated approach to marketing the city to three key audiences of Talent, Trade and Tourism.
Brendan Moffett, Director of Strategic Marketing at Creativesheffield who commissioned the application, says: "The launch of this application comes following consistent requests from the city's business community to be armed with more materials, both printed and digital, in order to sell the city externally to clients, customers, colleagues, potential investors, visitors and acquaintances.
"Wherever you are in the world, Toronto, Tokyo or Tinsley, we want you to be able to show the people you meet how brilliant Sheffield is – simply at the touch of a button."
The application currently has four key features: Business, an ideal way to communicate to potential investors and external organisations what makes Sheffield an attractive place to do business; Culture, a great snapshot of Sheffield's vibrant arts, sports and entertainment scene; Photos, providing a look at modern Sheffield; and a link to join Sheffield's LinkedIN group, allowing people and businesses to make important contacts within the city.
Councillor Paul Scriven, Leader of Sheffield City Council, comments: "It is fantastic to see Sheffield at the cutting edge of using new media to sell the city. I'm always talking Sheffield up when I meet people from around the UK and the rest of the world. So it's great news that I can finally do Sheffield justice when explaining about our wonderful city by using the features included on the app."
This work has received private sector support from Irwin Mitchell, Lloyds TSB, Meadowhall and East Midlands Trains.
John Pickering, National Managing Partner at Irwin Mitchell, adds: "This application will be particularly useful for organisations and individuals who are regularly asked about Sheffield's USPs at meetings and conferences outside of the city. Being able to show people on my mobile phone will create a fantastic impression of the city and make my job a lot easier when explaining why Sheffield is a great place to live, work and do business."
Councillor Scriven concludes: "I urge everyone to download this free tool and show it to their friends, family and business contacts so that we can all become ambassadors for this great city of ours."
The application was designed by Iris Associates and is only the first step towards developing the city's cross-platform communications into 2011.


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Christian Louboutin for the Crazy Horse Cabaret
Paving the way for an whole new model of designer collaborations, Christian Louboutin is joining forces with legendary Parisian cabaret, Crazy Horse. The French shoe designer is working with burlesque dancer and choreographer Patricia Folly to create a series of performances which will run from May 5 through May 31, under the name Feu. "Because […]Read more


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1949 Bowman #226 Duke Snider Rookie SGC NM/MT+ 92
Starting Bid - $500.00, Sold For - $2,370.00
Graded NM/MT+ 92 by SGC. The only example graded at this level by SGC, with just two graded higher. Stunning ultra high-grade example of one of postwar collecting's most popular rookie cards, featuring Hall of Famer Duke Snider of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Bright, crisp, and clean, both front and back, with four razor-sharp corners, perfect focus, and centering toward the left border. 1949 Bowmans in general are rarely found in such high grade, primarily because they so often have naturally soft corners due to the paper stock on which they are printed. This is an extremely high grade example of Duke Snider's first gum card and one of the key rare high-number cards of the classic 1949 Bowman set. The equivalent SMR value for the assigned grade is $3,200. Reserve $500. Estimate $1,000/$2,000+. SOLD FOR $2,370.00
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Local members of Congress voiced optimism that at least a short-term alternative to the fiscal cliff can be reached before the new year.
Local members of Congress voiced optimism that at least a short-term alternative to the fiscal cliff can be reached before the new year.
For two of the region's representatives, a vote on the fiscal cliff issue could be among their last official acts. Democratic Rep. Maurice Hinchey is retiring at the end of his term, while Republican Rep. Nan Hayworth lost her re-election bid in November.
Hinchey said in a brief statement that he opposed the huge tax increase on the middle class the cliff represents and was opposed to cuts in Medicare and Social Security.
"I am hopeful that leaders on both sides can come together on a deal that achieves these goals," Hinchey said.
While echoing her party's emphasis on the need to reduce taxes and additional regulations on small businesses, Hayworth said Wednesday that she favored a "short-term resolution" by Jan. 1 because of the specter of higher taxes.
Hayworth put the onus for coming up with a solution on the Democratic-controlled Senate and Democratic President Barack Obama, whom she said should spend his tremendous political capital during any such short-term extension reviewing and "streamlining" government departments and programs over the long run.
A spokeswoman for Chris Gibson, re-elected to the redrawn 19th Congressional District, said his "preferred solution" to the fiscal cliff was a bipartisan resolution called the Cooper-LaTourette budget plan that spokeswoman Stephanie Valle said would close tax loopholes and generate jobs. Cooper-Latourette has also been described as being to the right of the better-known Simpson-Bowles commission plan because it featured smaller tax increases, smaller defense cuts, and deeper domestic spending cuts.
Valle said Gibson would have voted for House Speaker John Boehner's "Plan B" budget proposal, which would have headed off tax increases on most Americans but impose them on those who earn $1 million or more. That didn't make it out of committee last week.
In the short term, Valle said, Gibson hopes to see a bipartisan agreement that would avoid the fiscal cliff.
Democratic U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand hewed closely to the party line in a statement, favoring middle-class tax cuts and letting the Bush tax cuts expire for the top 2 percent of the wealthiest Americans.
It was left to Gillibrand's fellow New York Democrat, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, to hold out any hope for a long-term "grand bargain" before the end of the year.
Noting that Obama and Boehner were $200 billion apart on spending and revenue issues before negotiations stopped, "I still believe, even with so few days left, that they can get a large agreement," Schumer said. "If the speaker returns to the negotiating table, we are fully capable of passing something in time to avert the fiscal cliff."


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Tattoos in the LGBT Community
Photo of Cliff Raven Tattooing via Cliff Raven Wine
Late Friday night, New York became the largest state to legalize same-sex marriage, making this weekend's NYC Pride celebrations fiercer than ever. Inspired by it all, I've been looking into the history of tattooing within the LGBT community but not finding a significant amount of information, especially considering the prominence of body art in the community. For this post, I've pulled together just a few resources for you to explore. I welcome other suggestions and leads to more info.
One of my favorite reads on tattoo culture is Samuel Steward's Bad Boys & Tough Tattoos: A Social History of the Tattoo with Gangs, Sailors, and Street-Corner Punks. The book is a personal diary that chronicles Steward's life as a tattooist for 18 years, in which he went by the name "Phil Sparrow." He also kept a daily journal for the Kinsey Institute, offering volumes to sex research on gay and fetish experiences as well as the sexual motivations behind getting tattooed. And so it's no surprise that homosexuality and tattooing is discussed in Bad Boys. Here's an excerpt:
One change, however, came about in the homosexual attitude towards tattoos around 1954 following the national release of the movie The Wild One with Marlon Brando; the original motorcycle film, it seemed to crystallize or release, the obscure and long-hidden feelings of many homosexuals. In a sense the so-called leather movement began with this movie...
It's a fascinating read. I recommend picking up Bad Boys & Tough Tattoos, along with the biography on his life: Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist & Sexual Renegade. While the Secret Historian focuses more on Steward as "a furtive but exuberant erotic adventurer" it does include a bit of discussion on his life as a tattooer.
I do wish more was written on his importance in modern tattoo culture, especially as a strong influence on Ed Hardy and for launching the career of Cliff Raven.
Cliff Raven (born Cliff H. Ingram). As best said in BMEzine's encyclopedia, Cliff, with Ed and Sailor Jerry, "pioneered the adoption of the Japanese tattoo aesthetic in the U.S." [He was also an innovator in neo-tribal tattooing later in his career.] Cliff was openly gay, which was rare in such a homophobic industry at the time. BME adds:
The importance of Cliff's contribution to tattooing--and particularly with respect to the gay tattoo subculture--cannot be underestimated. Cliff was a resource for many gay men who began to explore the fetishistic aspects of tattooing. Some of Cliff's work featured the first overtly homoerotic tattoo images.In the mid 1960s, Cliff opened, what is today, The Chicago Tattooing and Piercing Company -- the oldest tattoo studio operating in Illinois. Read more on the shop's history here. He later moved to California where he founded the Tattoo Works studios with his brother Bob--one studio on Sunset Strip in LA and the other in San Francisco. He retired from tattooing in the early 80s and, from that time, ran a rare and used bookstore, Raven's Books, until his passing in 2001.
For more on Cliff's life in tattooing, check excerpts of an interview with him on the Tattoo Archive. You can also view some important (albeit shaky) videos with Cliff on the fabulous Occult Vibrations YouTube Channel.
Phil Sparrow and Cliff Raven [notice the bird names] are just a couple of artists who have paved the way for top LGBT tattooists today, and in the next few days, we'll be highlighting the work of a number of artists in the community.


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Mere-exposure effect
The mere-exposure effect is a psychological phenomenon by which people tend to develop a preference for things merely because they are familiar with them. In social psychology, this effect is sometimes called the familiarity principle. The effect has been demonstrated with many kinds of things, including words, Chinese characters, paintings, pictures of faces, geometric figures, and sounds.[1] In studies of interpersonal attraction, the more often a person is seen by someone, the more pleasing and likeable that person appears to be.
The earliest known research on the effect was conducted by Gustav Fechner in 1876.[2] Edward B. Titchener also documented the effect and described the "glow of warmth" felt in the presence of something that is familiar.[3] However, Titchener's hypothesis was thrown out once tested and results showed that the enhancement of preferences for objects did not depend on the individual's subjective impressions of how familiar the objects were. The rejection of Titchener's hypothesis spurred further research and the development of current theory.
The scholar who is best known for developing the mere-exposure effect is Robert Zajonc. Before conducting his research, he observed that exposure to a novel stimulus initially elicits a fear/avoidance response by all organisms. Each repeated exposure to the novel stimulus causes less fear and more of an approach tactic by the observing organism. After repeated exposure, the observing organism will begin to react fondly to the once novel stimulus. This observation led to the research and development of the mere-exposure effect.[citation needed]
Zajonc (1960s–1990s)[edit]
In the 1960s, a series of laboratory experiments by Robert Zajonc demonstrated that simply exposing subjects to a familiar stimulus led them to rate it more positively than other, similar stimuli which had not been presented.[4] In the beginning of his research, Zajonc looked at language and the frequency of words used. He found that overall positive words received more usage than their negative counterparts.[4] In later years, he moved on to show similar results for a variety of stimuli such as polygons, drawings, photographs of expressions, nonsense words, and idiographs, as well as when being judged by a variety of procedures such as liking, pleasantness, and forced-choice measures.[5]
In 1980, Zajonc proposed the affective primacy hypothesis, which hypothesizes that affective reactions (i.e. liking) can be "elicited with minimal stimulus input". Through mere-exposure experiments, Zajonc sought to provide evidence for the affective-primacy hypothesis, namely, that affective judgments are made without prior cognitive processes. Zajonc tested this hypothesis by presenting repeated stimuli to participants at suboptimal thresholds such that they did not show conscious awareness or recognition of the repeated stimuli (when asked whether they had seen the image, responses at chance level), but continued to show affective bias towards the repeatedly exposed stimuli. Zajonc compared results from primes exposed longer which allowed for conscious awareness to stimuli shown briefly such that participants did not show conscious awareness. He found that the primes shown more briefly and not recognized prompted faster responses for liking as compared to primes shown at conscious levels.[5][6]
One experiment that was conducted to test the mere-exposure effect used fertile chicken eggs for the test subjects. Tones of two different frequencies were played to different groups of chicks while they were still unhatched. Once hatched, each tone was played to both groups of chicks. Each set of chicks consistently chose the tone prenatally played to it.[1] Zajonc tested the mere-exposure effect by exposing Chinese characters for shorts amounts of time to two groups of individuals. The individuals were then told that these symbols represented adjectives and were asked to rate whether the symbols held positive or negative connotations. The symbols that had been previously seen by the test subjects were consistently rated more positively than those unseen. In a similar experiment, the individuals were not asked to rate the connotations of the symbols, but to describe their mood after the experiment. Members of the group with repeated exposure to certain characters reported being in better moods and felt more positive than those who did not receive repeated exposure.[1]
In another variation, subjects were shown an image on a tachistoscope for a very brief duration that could not be perceived consciously. This subliminal exposure produced the same effect,[7] though it is important to note that subliminal effects are unlikely to occur without controlled laboratory conditions.[8]
According to Zajonc, the mere-exposure effect is capable of taking place without conscious cognition, and that "preferences need no inferences".[6] This statement by Zajonc has spurred much research in the relationship between cognition and affect. Zajonc explains that if preferences (or attitudes) were merely based upon information units with affect attached to them, then persuasion would be fairly simple. He argues that this is not the case: such simple persuasion tactics have failed miserably.[6] Zajonc states that affective responses to stimuli happen much more quickly than cognitive responses, and that these responses are often made with much more confidence. He states that thought (cognition) and feeling (affect) are distinct, and that cognitions are not free from affect, nor is affect free of cognition.[6] Zajonc states, "...the form of experience that we came to call feeling accompanies all cognitions, that it arises early in the process of registration and retrieval, albeit weakly and vaguely, and that it derives from a parallel, separate, and partly independent system in the organism."[6]
In regards to the mere-exposure effect and decision making, Zajonc states that there has been no empirical proof that cognition precedes any form of decision making. While this is a common assumption, Zajonc argues that the opposite is more likely: decisions are made with little to no cognitive process. He equates deciding upon something with liking it, meaning that more often we cognize reasons to rationalize a decision instead of deciding upon it.[6] Therefore, we make judgments first, and then seek to justify those judgments by rationalization.
Goetzinger (1968)[edit]
Charles Goetzinger conducted an experiment using the mere-exposure effect on his class at Oregon State University. Goetzinger had a student come to class in a large black bag with only his feet visible. The black bag sat on a table in the back of the classroom. Goetzinger's experiment was to observe if the students would treat the black bag in accordance to Zajonc's mere-exposure effect. His hypothesis was confirmed. The students in the class first treated the black bag with hostility, which over time turned into curiosity, and eventually friendship.[4] This experiment confirms Zajonc's mere-exposure effect, by simply presenting the black bag over and over again to the students their attitudes were changed, or as Zajonc states "mere repeated exposure of the individual to a stimulus is a sufficient condition for the enhancement of his attitude toward it".[4]
Bornstein (1989)[edit]
A meta-analysis of 208 experiments found that the mere-exposure effect is robust and reliable, with an effect size of r=0.26. This analysis found that the effect is strongest when unfamiliar stimuli are presented briefly. Mere exposure typically reaches its maximum effect within 10–20 presentations, and some studies even show that liking may decline after a longer series of exposures. For example, people generally like a song more after they have heard it a few times, but many repetitions can reduce this preference. A delay between exposure and the measurement of liking actually tends to increase the strength of the effect. The effect is weaker on children, and for drawings and paintings as compared to other types of stimuli.[9] One social psychology experiment showed that exposure to people we initially dislike makes us dislike them even more.[10]
Zola–Morgan (2001)[edit]
In support of Zajonc's claim that affect does not need cognition to occur, Zola–Morgan conducted experiments on monkeys with lesions to the amygdala (the brain structure that is responsive to affective stimuli). In his experiments, Zola–Morgan proved that lesions to the amygdala impair affective functioning, but not cognitive processes. However, lesions in the hippocampus (the brain structure responsible for memory) impair cognitive functions but leave emotional responses fully functional.[1]
Two-factor theory[edit]
The mere-exposure effect has been explained by a two-factor theory that posits that repeated exposure of a stimulus increases perceptual fluency which is the ease with which a stimulus can be processed. Perceptual fluency, in turn, increases positive affect.[11][12] Studies showed that repeated exposure increases perceptual fluency, confirming the first part of the two-factor theory.[13] Later studies observed that perceptual fluency is affectively positive, confirming the second part of the fluency account of the mere-exposure effect.[14][15]
The most obvious application of the mere-exposure effect is found in advertising, but research has been mixed as to its effectiveness at enhancing consumer attitudes toward particular companies and products. One study tested the mere-exposure effect with banner ads seen on a computer screen. The study was conducted on college-aged students whom were asked to read an article on the computer while banner ads flashed at the top of the screen. The results showed that each group exposed to the "test" banner rated the ad more favorably than other ads shown less frequently or not at all. This research supports the evidence for the mere-exposure effect.[16]
A different study showed that higher levels of media exposure are associated with lower reputations for companies, even when the mere exposure is mostly positive.[17] A subsequent review of the research concluded that exposure leads to ambivalence because it brings about a large number of associations, which tend to be both favorable and unfavorable.[18] Exposure is most likely to be helpful when a company or product is new and unfamiliar to consumers. An 'optimal' level of exposure to an advertisement may or may not exist. In a third study, experimenters primed consumers with affective motives. One group of thirsty consumers were primed with a happy face before being offered a beverage, while a second group was primed with an unpleasant face. The group primed with the happy face bought more beverages, and were also willing to pay more for the beverage than their unhappy counterparts. This study bolsters Zajonc's claim that choices are not in need of cognition. Buyers often choose what they 'like' instead of what they have substantially cognized.[19]
In the advertising world, the mere-exposure effect suggests that consumers need not cognize advertisements: the simple repetition is enough to make a 'memory trace' in the consumer's mind and unconsciously affect their consuming behavior. One scholar explains this relationship as follows: "The approach tendencies created by mere exposure may be preattitudinal in the sense that they do not require the type of deliberate processing that is required to form brand attitude."[20]
Other areas[edit]
The mere-exposure effect exists in most areas of human decision making. For example, many stock traders tend to invest in securities of domestic companies merely because they are more familiar with them despite the fact that international markets offer similar or even better alternatives.[21] The mere-exposure effect also distorts the results of journal ranking surveys; those academics who previously published or completed reviews for a particular academic journal rate it dramatically higher than those who did not.[22] There are mixed results on the question of whether mere exposure can promote good relations between different social groups.[23] When groups already have negative attitudes to each other, further exposure can increase hostility.[23] A statistical analysis of voting patterns found that a candidate's exposure has a strong effect on the number of votes they receive, distinct from the popularity of the policies.[23]
See also[edit]
- ^ a b c d Zajonc, R.B. (December 2001). "Mere Exposure: A Gateway to the Subliminal". Current Directions in Psychological Science. 10 (6): 224. doi:10.1111/1467-8721.00154.
- ^ Fechner, G.T. (1876). Vorschule der aesthetik. Leipzig, Germany: Breitkoff & Hartel.
- ^ Titchener, E.B. (1910). Textbook of psychology. New York: Macmillan.
- ^ a b c d Zajonc, Robert B. (1968). "Attitudinal Effects Of Mere Exposure". Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 9 (2, Pt.2): 1–27. doi:10.1037/h0025848. ISSN 1939-1315.
- ^ a b Murphy, Sheila T.; Zajonc, R. B. (1993). "Affect, cognition, and awareness: Affective priming with optimal and suboptimal stimulus exposures". Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 64 (5): 723–739. doi:10.1037/0022-3518.104.22.1683. PMID 8505704.
- ^ a b c d e f Zajonc, R.B. (February 1980). "Feeling and thinking: Preferences need no inferences". American Psychologist. 35 (2): 151–175. doi:10.1037/0003-066x.35.2.151.
- ^ Kunst-Wilson, W.; Zajonc, R. (1980). "Affective discrimination of stimuli that cannot be recognized". Science. 207 (4430): 557–558. doi:10.1126/science.7352271. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 7352271.
- ^ De Houwer, Jan; Hendrickx, Hilde; Baeyens, Frank (1997). "Evaluative Learning with "Subliminally" Presented Stimuli". Consciousness and Cognition. 6 (1): 87–107. doi:10.1006/ccog.1996.0281. PMID 9170563.
- ^ Bornstein, Robert F. (1989). "Exposure and affect: Overview and meta-analysis of research, 1968-1987". Psychological Bulletin. 106 (2): 265–289. doi:10.1037/0033-2909.106.2.265.
- ^ Swap, W. C. (1977). "Interpersonal Attraction and Repeated Exposure to Rewarders and Punishers". Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 3 (2): 248–251. doi:10.1177/014616727700300219. ISSN 0146-1672.
- ^ Seamon, John G.; Brody, Nathan; Kauff, David M. (1983). "Affective discrimination of stimuli that are not recognized: Effects of shadowing, masking, and cerebral laterality". Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. 9 (3): 544–555. doi:10.1037/0278-73184.108.40.2064. ISSN 0278-7393.
- ^ Bornstein, Robert F.; D'Agostino, Paul R. (1994). "The Attribution and Discounting of Perceptual Fluency: Preliminary Tests of a Perceptual Fluency/Attributional Model of the Mere Exposure Effect". Social Cognition. 12 (2): 103–128. doi:10.1521/soco.1918.104.22.168. ISSN 0278-016X.
- ^ Jacoby, Larry L.; Dallas, Mark (1981). "On the relationship between autobiographical memory and perceptual learning". Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. 110 (3): 306–340. doi:10.1037/0096-3418.104.22.1686. ISSN 0096-3445.
- ^ Reber, R.; Winkielman, P.; Schwarz, N. (1998). "Effects of Perceptual Fluency on Affective Judgments". Psychological Science. 9 (1): 45–48. doi:10.1111/1467-9280.00008. ISSN 0956-7976.
- ^ Winkielman, Piotr; Cacioppo, John T. (2001). "Mind at ease puts a smile on the face: Psychophysiological evidence that processing facilitation elicits positive affect". Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 81 (6): 989–1000. doi:10.1037/0022-35184.108.40.2069. ISSN 0022-3514. PMID 11761320.
- ^ Fang, Xiang; Singh, Surendra; Ahluwalia, Rohini (2007). "An Examination of Different Explanations for the Mere Exposure Effect". Journal of Consumer Research. 34: 97–103. doi:10.1086/513050.
- ^ Fombrun, Charles; Shanley, Mark (1990). "What's in a Name? Reputation Building and Corporate Strategy". The Academy of Management Journal. 33 (2): 233. doi:10.2307/256324. ISSN 0001-4273.
- ^ Brooks, Margaret E; Highhouse, Scott (2006). "Familiarity Breeds Ambivalence". Corporate Reputation Review. 9 (2): 105–113. doi:10.1057/palgrave.crr.1550016. ISSN 1363-3589.
- ^ Tom, Gail; Nelson, Carolyn; Srzentic, Tamara; King, Ryan (2007). "Mere Exposure and the Endowment Effect on Consumer Decision Making". The Journal of Psychology. 141 (2): 117–125. doi:10.3200/JRLP.141.2.117-126. ISSN 0022-3980. PMID 17479582.
- ^ Grimes, Anthony; Kitchen, Phillip J. (2007). "Researching mere exposure effects to advertising: Theoretical foundations and methodological implications". International Journal of Market Research. 49 (2): 191–221. ISSN 0025-3618.
- ^ Huberman, G. (2001). "Familiarity Breeds Investment". Review of Financial Studies. 14 (3): 659–680. doi:10.1093/rfs/14.3.659. ISSN 1465-7368.
- ^ Serenko, Alexander; Bontis, Nick (2011). "What's familiar is excellent: The impact of exposure effect on perceived journal quality" (PDF). Journal of Informetrics. 5: 219. doi:10.1016/j.joi.2010.07.005.
- ^ a b c Bornstein, Robert F.; Craver-Lemley, Catherine (2004). "Mere exposure effect". In Pohl, Rüdiger F. Cognitive Illusions: A Handbook on Fallacies and Biases in Thinking, Judgement and Memory. Hove, UK: Psychology Press. pp. 215–234. ISBN 978-1-84169-351-4. OCLC 55124398.


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Let me be the first to admit that not everything in my last rumor report came true, but it was pretty darn close. Google unveiled their web-based Android Market and we heard that the music store is finished, but legal wrangling is still holding it up. Today we received another hot tip on HTC's next big Android phone and I've confirmed it with several sources so check out the details after the jump.
The Rumor
HTC's first dual-core Android smartphone is codenamed Pyramid. It features a dual-core 1.2 GHz Snapdragon processor (MSM8260), 4.3 inch qHD display, and support for HSPA+ networks. T-Mobile has picked up the phone and their target release date is May 2011.
The Source
This tip came from another regular source who has provided accurate information about several Android announcements in the past. A new, separate source also corroborated the information. As with most people that hand over sensitive information, they wish to remain anonymous.
One Android Insider's take on the rumor
Is this really a surprise to anyone? We have known for a long time that Qualcomm was working on a dual-core Snapdragon, but the exact timing has been uncertain.
Qualcomm demoed their dual-core MSM8x60 development platform during CES and hinted at an early Q2 availability, so a May 2011 product release is totally plausible.
We expect HTC will show off their new dual-core devices during Mobile World Congress later this month, but I doubt they will make any U.S. product announcements. Those are likely slated for CTIA in March, so again it makes sense that these devices should arrive on U.S. carriers by May.
T-Mobile and HTC have a very strong relationship, maybe the strongest out of all the U.S. carriers. T-Mobile worked with HTC on the G1, supported the Nexus One, and chose them to produce their myTouch line of phones.
Everyone has been screaming for a 4.3-inch Android phone on T-Mobile and their cries have finally been answered. It's interesting to see that HTC is also going with a qHD display and I assume it has a 960×540 resolution since that is what Motorola is using. We don't know who will provide the display for HTC, but they have a record of working with multiple companies so it could be anyone.
A quick look at Qualcomm's Snapdragon page gives us an idea of what to expect from the dual-core 1.2 GHz Snapdragon MSM8260.
Features of the MSM8x60 include:
- Scorpion asynchronous dual-CPU cores, up to 1.2GHz for faster response and processing
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- MSM8260 support for HSPA+ networks — up to 14 Mbps downloads and 5.6 Mbps uploads — as well as GSM, GPRSand EDGE
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- Low-power 45nm process technology for higher integration and performance
- High-definition (1080p) video recording and playback up to 30 frames per second
- Multiple video codecs: (MPEG-4, MPEG-2, H.264, H.263, VC-1, DivX, WMV-9, Sorenson Spark, VP6)
- High-performance GPU — up to 88M triangles/sec and 532M 3D pixels/sec and dedicated 3D/2D acceleration engines for Open GLES 2.0 and Open VG 1.1 acceleration
- High-resolution WXGA (1280×800) display support
- 16-megapixel camera support
- Built-in eighth-generation gps engine with Standalone-GPS and Assisted-GPS modes
- Support for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity
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Not all of those features will make it into the HTC Pyramid, but you can bet that it will do 1080p video record and playback. We also know it will feature the Adreno 220 GPU, which should be very competitive with NVIDIA's GeForce GPU.
Overall, I'm pretty pumped to see how this device plays out. Just because T-Mobile is picking up the Pyramid, that doesn't mean they will have an exclusive. It is very likely that Pyramid is just HTC's reference design for their first dual-core phone and it could make it multiple carriers. For all we know, the Pyramid could eventually become the EVO 2.
We would love to bring you some pictures of the Pyramid, but none of the recently leaked HTC phones match its description. Hopefully by posting this rumor report, it will motivate someone to dig out the blurrycam and send in a few shots…
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Examiner writes, "The Xbox 720 and next-generation consoles seem to be a bit of a mystery in some respects, but not to 343 Industries as they seem to be working on next-generation development for Halo 5."
Shittiest looking "5" i'v ever seen. lrn2phoshop.
It's as bad as the 6 from RE6.
Agreed. I read a comment about the RE6 looking like a giraffe blowing itself and now that is all I see.
At least there's something to look forward too.
Yeah, but it doesn't look like a retarded giraffe.
Lmao I love where this conversation headed. The #5 lol.
this looks kinda cool and cute
haha whoever made that picture didnt even try to make it good, you can see that the 5 was just pasted over as a different image rather than drawn on lol
This "5" looks like someone drew it in Paint.
Where the hell in this article does anyone say anything about next gen consoles???
The only time its mentioned is when the author of the article implies it in the first paragraph. Guess he wants some serious hits to his page....
First comment says how crappy the 5 looks in the obviously photoshopped thumbnail picture, the rest of the comments are just bunch of off topic crap agreeing with the guy or claiming there's worse. That's N4G community for ya.
On topic:
""We've done as much prototyping and storytelling and the future arc of the universe as we have on technology.
"So we're definitely working on the future but in some ways it's technologically agnostic at this point."
So there's nothing that states that the guy said Halo 5 is being developed for sure for Xbox 720. And that's Examiner for ya.
You guys didn't even read the article!
Its about development of Halo 5.
Per the ARTICLE!, this is a good move. I'm glad they understand we want the Halo Series to continue.
If you own a business or a team of developers, you want them constantly working on the next big thing. This is what 343 is doing, "working on the next big thing"!
well what did you think they will stop making halo games all of the sudden? in other news uncharted 4,gt6,killzone4,forza,fable,al an wake all will come to next gen system
Halo is the new COD. Theres a new title out every year lately.. So differnt from the first 2, 3 years between 1 and 2 and 3 years between 2 and 3 yet now they are every year.. Rushed cash cows..
You're an idiot. Last generation we only got two Halo games. This generation we have had two major Halo games (Halo 3 and Halo Reach), 1 spin off (Halo 3 ODST), and we are about to get a 3rd major Halo game (Halo 4). The Xbox 360 has been out since 2005.
How is that much different than 4 Uncharted games, 5 Ratchet & Clanks, 4 Resistances, etc?
There hasn't been a Halo out every year. Not even close. Halo Reach came out over two years ago. Halo 3 came out over 5 years ago.
The pace of new releases in the Halo franchise is actually fairly slow considering how wildly popular the series is.
Halo 3
Halo wars
Halo ostd
Halo reach
Halo HD
Halo 4
Uncharted 1-3
Uncharted golden abyss (psvita)
killzone 2-3, trilogy
Killzone (psvita)
Resistance 1-3
Resistance burning skies (psvita)
Wasn't most of the ratchet and clank technically dlc?
Psp is last gen, so like you implied, we ain't counting kz liberation or resistance then.
Come on' Really that 5 was just posted there for the story, it's not an official 343 Halo 5 logo.. LoL
The things you guys focus on... The story is about, "development has begun on Halo 5 for a next-generation system?"
From my perspective is actulley looks like a women bending over giving a giraffe a blowjob....lok at it again im not kidding!
This is positive news
Even before the grand celebration caliber release of the industry leading platform exclusive first person shooter franchise with Halo 4. Halo fans can rest assured that Halo will carry on into the next generation of Microsoft and online gaming. With Halo 5 being developed for the successor of the current generation leading HD platform the "Xbox 720".
News has been breaking out left and right for future next generation platforms. Even rumors of an E3 2013 showing. The world has been on the sidelines patiently waiting for future Xbox confirmation. 343 has just given us the evidence needed to insure that the future of Xbox live is lurking.
Day one purchase for the Xbox 720, and Halo 5 when available wherever videogames are sold.
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Stop trolling
ahha yeah sure, when someone praises someone that is not sony it is trolling to these sony fanboys lol. You can only write a positive comment about sony or you are trolling here on N4g.
Are you kidding? Have you read this guy's posts? He goes beyond simple praise. What he does would be more accurately described as "****-riding."
MidnytRain, Exactly. He's clearly a troll if you read enough of his posts.
Calvin, I own an xbox and ps3 but hardly play either. I don't consider myself bound to either console in a fanboy fashion.
Your PR way of approaching these articles really make my day. Get a good laugh out of it. But seriously another Halo? How much more to the story is there?
Thank you for the support. Halo has a considerable amount of story left from past present and the future of the Halo timeline. There are books, side characters, and sub stories like the Forward to Dawn mini series. Which all have potential to be transferred onto disc for your future gaming experience. The fight is far from over in the Halo universe.
Milk it like Call of Duty is the thought process.
This is a new trilogy and Microsoft isn't making that a secret. It's not like Bungie didn't leave the series wide open for another story after 3.
The halo universe is massive. It's as large as starwars an Star Trek. The lore is there. It doesn't have to revolve around cheif. There's the covenant wars, insurgencies, political issues, space development, how the covenant came to be, origin of the flood, the whole forerunner back story. I don't mind more halo so long as they keep it fresh ala halo 4 (which I got today an it's what reach SHOULD have been)
What do you mean another Halo? This is part of a new trilogy announced. And its not as if its being released annually, they are working on the next iteration of the game on next gen tech. Common sense would dictate that it would be prudent to do so.
Do you honestly think sequels to other FPS' like Killzone etc arent being worked on for next gen tech?
This is a good thing, unless of course you want a last minute rush job to get the game out on next gen consoles.
A bunch if you have the right writers & vivid imagination. here's a few stories deep Space exploration, planet colonization. Also it a FPS/RPG in which your a soldier so as long that there are society's or country's,planets governed by humans there's always a story to create & tell with your soldier.
story doesn't matter. It's the $$$. If they have to chief will die and his son will be in part 6.
@septic... this is N4G man... land of the SDF! Of course another Halo game is bad.
But if this was the 4th Uncharted game, or 4th Killzone, or 3rd Infamous or 4th Resistance, or 6th GT... it would be all cherries!
N4G... where your bubbles can go down in an instant for saying something like... I love Halo, can't wait for Halo 4... you say something like that in a Halo article, and boom.. SDF are bubble bursting everywhere.
On topic... Heck ya Halo 5 is coming! Maybe it will come out in same time frame that Gears did as a heavy hitter when it first came out. I don't think a new Halo will be ready by next Year when Durango comes out. Could be wrong though.
how da hell do you have 7 bubbles?
His Nintendo buddies that's how.
Obviously he has multiple accounts.
Because, despite the popular believe, this site is actually filled with Nintendo fanboys, that's why he has 7 bubbles, and he has multiple accounts too.
The better question, is why are there so many ps3 fanboy trolls in here offend in here attacking him and trying to smear him, trying to get people take his bubbles.
Saying he is trolling because he's saying good things about 360 in a 360 article as if It's normal for so many fanboys from Sony to be in a 360 article. Ps3 fanboys feeling purposely and personally attacked simply from hearing positive excited comments about the 360 in places PS3 fanboys shouldn't be that concerned with.
What fanboys from anothing console in vast numbers go into PS4 articles and attackes Sony fans for being excited for PS4? It's almot a mentally ill concept
He has that many bubbles because be's nintendo fan and ps3 fanboys rarely troll nintendo articles in relative to 360 articles.
The "LX-general" is one of the few posters on this site who has strong writing talent. The only other person that come to mine is "Alpha". Most the others are here to try and bully away opinion that don't support their views.
Not in the slightest. If he did the same thing with sony, my view would be exactly the same. Get out of his ass already.
dude you need to go get a blank page of something and just spend you sweet time just writing whatever your way of seen life and how the world works, but you sure are loosing your time in here
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This is expected news.
And furthermore announced even before the release of the 360 exclusive, Halo 4. Halo fans can expect that the Halo series will carry on to the next generation Microsoft console with Halo 5 being developed for the successor of the Xbox 360 the "Xbox 720".
News has been breaking out left and right for future next generation platforms. Even rumors of an E3 2013 showing. The 360 gaming community has been on the sidelines patiently waiting for future Xbox confirmation. 343 has just given us no real useful information if you read the article.
Day one purchases for the Xbox 720 and Halo 5 will be available at your local game stores and online as usual.
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>Well said
Have fun with that as halo, gears of war and forza is all m$ has. Oh yeah and its arm flailing recognition system ver. 2.0
Of course it's Halo 5, they should try to come up with a new Ip. New System, New Ip.
See: Bungie's new IP. New system, new IP.
that's a timed-exclusive multiplatform game bro.
You know 343 was made to make Halo games right? I mean they are even named after a character in Halo
Bungie no longer makes Halo and they are currently working on Destiny which is a 360/PS3 and next gen title, so there is your new IP you wanted from the FORMER Halo studio.
This shit is getting ridiculous. I'll admit that I'm VERY excited for this but Jesus, Halo 4 isn't even out yet. Might as well write an article on "Halo 7 being developed for Xbox 4".
We all already knew this was gonna happen.
And as long as its fresh a d brings new things who cares as long as its a good game? The story is huge if you read into the whole thing.
You do realize they said new TRIlogy, right? They already announced Halo 5 and 6 when they announced 4. There shouldn't be anything ridiculous about this. Halo universe is huge and there still is a lot of about the lore they haven't told, and this is including the games, books, comics, movies. They still hardly touched upon anything for a universe that is ever expanding.
It's great news, but I still feel a bit melancholy, this console generation feels like it's just hitting it's stride imo, I hope it gets two more years.
This generation went waaay too long.
Bring on the crystal clear full HD with proper AA.
"What's AA?"
They are the batteries used in most modern TV remotes, as well as Xbox 360 controllers.
Yea, this is GREAT! And I bet it will be chugging along at 30fps still even on new tech, but it's more Halo right?? This franchise needs to die.
Shouldn't you be playing... oh wait you guys don't have a huge highly rated FPS like this.
I'm actually playing Black Ops on my 360 daily in anticipation of Black Ops 2. Halo isn't worth my time, it runs at a pitiful 30fps.
I think you are confusing Halo with almost every PS3 game in existence. They just cant break away from the 30fps mark. And they wont either.
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Of course. It's the number 1 FPS exclusive on any console. Always gets AAA scores from respectable sites/mags and has a huge fanbase. Only makes sense.
I agree...people on here are just jelly of Halo.
The game is and has been phenomenal from day 1 and judging by the numbers on XBL and how much it sells people still want more Halo, hell they even want a Halo Movie. Cartoon, TV series.
Why should MS deny the people what they want? People on here need to stop hating on Halo and buy a 360 if your that Jelly that you can not play it.


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St. Louis, MO – Brandon Phillips' RBI double broke a tie game and sparked a nine-run ninth inning, as the Cincinnati Reds ran away with a 13-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in their home-opener.
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Phillips, who had a solo homer earlier in the contest, went opposite field on his hit to put the Reds ahead for good. It stayed just inside the right field foul line for a double, and Choo raced home after getting on with a walk.
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The Reds then pulled even off St. Louis reliever Trevor Rosenthal on Xavier Paul's pinch-hit RBI single before breaking the game open in the ninth.
A fly ball from Yadier Molina in the first got the Cardinals a 2-0 lead, with Choo dropping it in center to allow Jon Jay and Holiday to score. Jay Bruce cut the margin in half for the Reds with an RBI single in the fourth, but Molina countered with a run scoring single in the bottom half.
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CRESTVIEW � Construction on Hot Spot Cigars and Coffee is steadily moving along, co-owner Steve Lancaster said.
"It's going to be 4,200 square feet of smoking, relaxing, (and) coffee-drinking enjoyment," he said.
Lancaster � who has operated a Hot Spot location in Fort Walton Beach for 15 years � said he and his wife, Gina, are bringing their business to Crestview while they still can.
"The Crestview market is growing," Lancaster said. "I wanted to get my foot into the market before it gets too expensive.�
The second location of his business, on South Ferdon Boulevard, is in the final stages of completion with plans to open next month.
The business will offer many types of cigars stored in a walk-in humidor. In addition, the business will offer a coffee bar, featuring different blends.
Inside, patrons can smoke cigars, drink coffee or both. The building features an air purifier system that benefits smokers and non-smokers.
"People can watch the football games or other sporting events or they can just come up spend time with their friends," Lancaster said.
Hot Spot is hiring six to eight employees with retail or hospitality experience for full- and part-time positions.
Job seekers can apply at the Fort Walton Beach location, 642 Beal Parkway.
Contact News Bulletin Staff Writer Matthew Brown at 850-682-6524 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @cnbMatthew.


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The festival shatters its record books with the help of Metallica and an audience willing to cross genre boundaries.
Review: Heavy Montréal thrills 'em all
MONTREAL — Well, if hell has to be empty and all the devils here, it might as well be loud as heck.
Hell's Decibells. From Metallica to Slayer, Apocalyptica to Whitechapel, metalcore to Nekrogoblikon, Heavy Montréal had enough major names and sub-genres to satisfy the most demanding headbanger esthete.
Record-breaking attendance? Check. This sixth edition of Heavy m/ doubled last year's numbers. Three of the Big Four? Check: headliners Metallica and Slayer and Day 1 highlight Anthrax brought the marquee allure. All that was missing was Megadeth. Kidding — Dave Mustaine wasn't getting on this bill, nor was he needed. Not with Hetfield anchoring Saturday's staggering 40K+ crowd with his usual energy and testosteronal bonhomie, and Slayer bringing the pandemonium home Sunday night in the baking heat of Parc Jean-Drapeau.
There was that initial question about Sunday's headliner: Is it really Slayer without guitarist Jeff Hanneman (who died last year) and drummer Dave Lombardo (again)? The backwards-masking opening of Hell Awaits and onslaught of The Antichrist confirmed it could still be evil. This evil ambience, admittedly, had been assisted by Lamb of God's ruthless set, and the personal highlight of the weekend: Twisted Sister, and Dee Snider's inspired veteran trash-talking, rabble-rousing We Are All Five Original Members set.
The Astoria native and his NYC crew played the entire Stay Hungry album, denounced promoters and Canadian/American Idol wannabes, blew up We're Not Gonna Take It and I Wanna Rock and were the non-headliner highlight. It was … awesome, actually. In ye olden tymes, we would have used adjectives like "bracing" or "life-affirming." So there they are.
I make no bones about it: This is my favourite festival. Musically, I'd tilt Osheagaward, but Heavy Montréal (formerly Heavy MTL) is the most immersive experience on the calendar, and not just because the sheer aural tonnage leaves you no choice. The devil-shirted audience is catholic (haha!) in its tastes, with deathmetalheads and skatepunks uniting to mosh and crossing genre and cultural boundaries in ways — I'm sorry — a significant percentage of the Osheaga audience simply won't.
Jacques Aubé, Evenko vice-president and general manager, hailed a record year for the fest: "75,000 tickets for the two days — last year was 38,000. I think it's established now."
Nick Farkas, Evenko vice-president of concerts and events, pointed to Metallica as Heavy Montréal's "Eminem" moment — analogous to the rapper's headline slot at Osheaga in 2011, which pushed that fest over the hump. "The lineup, start to finish, has to be strong. And this year, people were here at 11 a.m. You don't get a second chance to impress a band or a fan."
"And we're trying to build something here," Aubé said. "Every year, we learn how to improve."
The maniac who somehow climbed a 50-foot lighting/amp rig on Saturday and tried to do handstands on it, risking Montreal's supernatural record for crowd safety? That'll never happen again. Musically, Sunday's slew featured not just the sentimental ballast of Twisted Sister, but different shots of politics: from Body Count and Ice-T, who hectored the crowd, urged moshing to the band's rap-metal, and exulted that his "black ass" got across the border before unleashing Cop Killer; and from Bad Religion, with F— You and You Are (the Government), in a bracing set featuring a singer (Greg Graffin) who didn't care that what was left of his hair was stone white. Heavy MTL has grown up …
Add in necessary anomalies like Sunday afternoon's Epica, with the Dutch band bringing symphonic metal and the dramatic appeal of flame-haired soprano Simone Simons offsetting Mark Jansen's bowel-growls; Symphony X singer Russell Allen showing off impressively strong, clean chops; and the face-shearing punk of F—ed Up.
This, after a Saturday that may have been Parc Jean-Drapeau's biggest ever, with an eye-popping sellout crowd way north of 40,000 and Metallica re-energizing its brand with a by-request headline set that would have justified most of a $100 ticket price on its own by current live-rock-economy metrics. Think about it.
"If the word 'Heavy' is in a festival, we better be here, right?" Metallica's James Hetfield stated before ripping into Ride the Lightning. But that was true of many.
A revitalized Anthrax had already earned its major response, with singer Joey Belladonna literally crawling on the stage ramps to reach fans. Shamrockers the Dropkick Murphys had baited the crowd with Boston Bruins bawling and sated them with the Celt-punk of I'm Shipping Up to Boston. And there was the inspiring sight of the trio of African-American children — all 13 or under — in the Brooklyn metalcore band Unlocking the Truth, shredding under the trees at the Forest Stage and being hailed as part of the future of the music.
How do you follow Metallica next year? Not a concern yet. You crack open a bottle of the BeelzeBubbly and recognize that in the constellation of events that make up La Ville des Festivals, Heavy Montréal is here to stay.


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Come On Ride That Train
Well here we are again, blog. Stupid blog. Stupid blog that I bought a domain for so I could tell people that it's a "website" and not a "blog." Who are we kidding? You're a blog. Through and through, you're a collection of thoughts, interests and crap. I haven't written anything on you in awhile because I was...I don't know. Distracted? Or maybe I just didn't feel like writing. That's probably it. I was probably laid up doing nothing when I could have been writing about this, that or the other.
I read an interesting post over on McSweeney's today about being a writer. It sort of kicked my stupid ass. I think a lot of the time people who claim to be "writers" are really just pretentious assholes who at one point or another had someone tell them they are good at writing. But there's more to being good at writing than knowing how to put a sentence together or having a grasp of syntax. Writing isn't just something that happens when it pleases you. If you're a real writer, you're writing daily. You're writing whether it's shit or Pulitzer material.
I'm done being a "writer." It's time to be a writer again.
For now, definitely check out the link to McSweeney's. A refreshing glimpse of honesty.


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Sepulveda – November, 2008
I've had this roll of film sitting inside of my broken Canon for the longest time now. The advance lever on it broke and I had to carry around a little wrench to advance the frame after each click. It was kind of a hassle but it is my favorite camera and I was determined to use it that day. As it turns out, that happened to be the only day I ever shot with this roll. These photos were shot on my first birthday after moving down to California and for the three years which followed, the roll and the camera just sat inside the glove compartment of my car.


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July 15, 1923 - February 4, 2013
New Windsor, NY
Margaret Komar, a homemaker and lifetime resident of New Windsor, entered into rest on Monday, February 4, 2013 in Hudson Valley Rehabilitation Center in Highland, NY. She was 89.
Daughter of the late Michael and Mary (Kochera) Komar, she was born July 15, 1923 in New Windsor. Margaret was a parishioner of St. Francis of Assisi Church for many years.
Survivors include her brother, Frank Komar, and nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her siblings: Mary Roche, Anna Carlstrom, Helen Taylor, Agnes Springstead, Carol Komar, and John Komar.
Visitation will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 6th at Brooks Funeral Home, 481 Gidney Ave., Newburgh. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 1 p.m. on Wednesday at St. Francis of Assisi Church, Newburgh, with burial following in St. Francis of Assisi Cemetery, New Windsor.
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Fifty two painters, led by artists Greg Allen, Amanda Hyatt and John Lovett have now returned to Australia after a wonderful two weeks aboard the "Sun Princess" as it cruised to New Zealand.
The tour commenced in Sydney and in the two day trans Tasman crossing the painters settled down to work under the expert tuition and guidance of their selected artist.
Each day at sea began with a painting demo in the Shooting Stars Nightclub which the group had reserved especially for them on their days at sea. After their respective workshops, individual painters were free to continue their painting or, as many did, explore the ship or participate in many of the activities on board.
Day three and the "Sun Princess" had arrived at the Bay of Islands in the north island of New Zealand This was our first land based painting day. A quick trip by ferry to Russell and the three workshops then commenced with each artist selecting a location along the beautiful seashore of this historic town. After lunch the group then enjoyed a brief visit to Waitangi Treaty House before rejoining the ship once again. After all this painting and sightseeing, everyone had worked up quite an appetite for dinner which was admirably attended to in the Regency or Marquis dining rooms.
For the next seven days, the painting group visited towns and cities along the eastern seaboard, including Auckland – a wonderful painting location was selected by the artists at Devonport across the harbour affording magnificent views of the City of Sails, as Auckland is known – Tauranga and a visit to Wai O Tapu thermal wonderland at Rotorua and the art deco town of Napier. The capital of New Zealand, Wellington, completed our last city on the north island before we crossed the strait, which separates the north and south islands.
Our first port of call in the south island was idyllic Christchurch, where the groups set up their painting easels alongside the beautiful Avon River and its historic bridges. In the afternoon a couple of the groups continued their painting in Cathedral Square, the scene of much devastation with the terrible earthquake only a short few days after our visit. Our last port of call in the south island was Dunedin with its Scottish heritage. The day culminated in a visit to historic Olverston House which was widely acclaimed by all
After all of the excitement of painting and visiting in such wonderful surroundings many of the group certainly would have liked more painting time on land. However, these thoughts soon disappeared as the ship sailed through Fiordland in the south west corner of New Zealand. This magnificent scenery was made all the more brilliant under a bright blue sky.
During the next couple of days the group settled once more into their final on board painting workshops, buoyed by the critiques of their paintings by the artists and the wonderful displays of their favourite works of art, for all to see.
A highlight of this time was the group painting by Greg, Amanda and John as they painted a large three sheet painting of the "Sun Princess" as it toured Milford Sound. One of our group kindly donated this to the ship and this was gratefully accepted by the Captain – we hope that this work of art will be on display for all future travellers on the "Sun Princess" to see.
This was first painting workshop / cruise conducted in this part of the world by The International Artist Magazine and Travelrite International and was judged by all as being a great success – a great way to combine their love of painting under the watchful eye of internationally acclaimed artists whilst enjoying the sightseeing of our wonderful neighbouring country.
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Should The Atheist Have to Prove There Is No God?
This is to addresses a Frequently Asked Question/Frequently Offered Claim that since the Atheist claims there is no God, they should prove it.
Should the Christian be required to prove there are no Hindu Gods? Should anyone have to prove that something does not exist? Proving a negative is problematic. To prove something is not there or proving a negative requires iterating through all possibilities and ensuring that if it were possible to prove it, it could be proved. For a closed system or a system where the parameters are well defined it would theoretically be possible, but not practical. For an open system or a system with parameters not defined, it should be impossible. In Informal Logic this is called an Argument from Ignorance.
Typically when someone is expected to prove something they are expected to prove a positive. Plaintiffs are expected to make a case and prove it in court. Citizens are usually considered innocent until proven guilty. Cases where citizens have been considered guilty and required to prove their innocence haven't turned out very well. The Salem Witch trials, McCarthyism and political mud-slinging are all examples of the problems with having to prove a negative.
So now how does one go about proving that God doesn't exist or that anything doesn't exist? One way to do it is to turn it around, inventory what you know and come up with some expectations and test for them. Find something that makes some positive claims and test them. In the case of God, the Bible makes many testable positive claims. Some of them have been verified and some of them have not. Some of them suggest something completely different and weaken those testable claims. Christians make a lot of claims about their experience. As these claims are iterated through, we can get a better idea of what is valid or not. As we go through this process, we gain knowledge and come to a point where we can come to a reasonably sound conclusion.
To assert that someone should prove a negative is to place an extraordinarily high burden on them and history has shown that the process does not have a high rate of success. This is one reason why it is not generally considered a reasonable demand to be placed on anyone. Since, if a thing exists, there should be evidence of its existence, it should be easier to find the evidence of its existence than the evidence of somethings lack of existence.
Since the Christian God is one of many throughout the ages, the default position should be neither for or against and the party making the positive claim should handle the burden of proof. In fact, Jesus reportedly did not tell his disciples to be convinced, he told them go convince (Matt. 28:16-20).


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Washington D.C., Oct 22, 2013 / 05:06 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The reported resignation of Suzan Johnson Cook as U.S. ambassador for international religious freedom is an chance for the Obama administration to address the issue, but some are dubious that real changes will be made.
"If the position remains vacant, or if it is filled with someone not qualified to move this issue into the mainstream of diplomacy, that will confirm the views of the critics – including me – that the administration does not see (international religious freedom) policy as a priority," Thomas Farr, director of the Religious Freedom Project at Georgetown University told Christianity Today.
He explained in the Oct. 18 interview that the confirmation of Johnson Cook's successor will be a good indicator of the Obama administration's attitude towards international religious freedom.
"Whatever the reason for her departure, the vacancy provides a dramatic opportunity for the Obama administration to adopt an aggressive, effective strategy of advancing religious freedom abroad."
Cook's retirement was first reported by Religion News Service on Oct. 16 when Joseph Grieboski, founder of The Institute on Religion and Public Policy, tweeted a picture with her saying that it was taken "on her last day." Rob Schenck of Faith and Action posted pictures to Instagram "celebrating the legacy" of the ambassador.
Despite widespread reports of Cook's resignation, the Department of State has not been able to confirm the accuracy of these reports to CNA, although they occurred nearly one week ago.
While Cook's passion for religious freedom is certain, her tenure in office has drawn criticism.
In an earlier interview with CNA, Farr pointed out that Obama allowed the ambassador position to remain vacant for more than two years before finally appointing Cook; she was sworn-in in June, 2011. Once she started her job, Farr said, she was buried "deep in the bureaucracy, without authority or resources."
Religious freedom organizations ranging from the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom to congressional representatives have criticized the administration's minimization of the role of the ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, in defiance of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, which created the position.
Additionally, they have critiqued the state department's reservation towards adopting suggestions of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom's yearly report under Cook, as well as its failure to enforce sanctions against some nations which restrict religious freedom.
Robert George, chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, told Christianity Today that he hopes the Obama administration "will nominate someone who shares (Cook's) deep dedication to religious freedom and who will work closely with us at the commission on behalf of so many people in lands today across the globe who are persecuted for their beliefs and religious practices."
Mark Silk, professor of religion in public life at Trinity College, wrote in an Oct. 18 blog post that Cook's resignation "will allow the Obama Administration to take another step towards getting its religious act together."
Silk suggested that Secretary of State John Kerry secure a successor who has had "actual ambassadorial experience" — a qualification that many critics are quick to point out that Cook lacked.
He urged that Kerry appoint "a senior diplomat who knows what it is to deal not only with foreign governments but also with the the State Department's ways and means."
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