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Horley is a town in Surrey, which sits on the border between Surrey and West Sussex, just north of Crawley and Gatwick airport.
With fast links into London around the clock, Horley is a great commuter town, allowing you to escape the hustle and bustle of the city at the weekend, but with a quick commute to your desk during the week.
So, could Horley be the right area for you? Read on to find out more.
Horley's location close to the capital gives residents access to great transport links. It takes around 30 minutes to get from Horley to London by train – making the capital within commutable distance.
It's also not far to the seaside location of Brighton – just less than 30 minutes on the train.
Horley is also served by Metrobus, with routes connecting with Redhill, Three Bridges, Crawley, East Grinstead, Caterham and Gatwick Airport, as well as the outlying villages of Charlwood and Smallfield. Find out more here
Gatwick airport is less than two miles away, giving residents convenient access to locations worldwide.
Whether you fancy going out for drinks or for a romantic meal, Horley has a great selection of restaurants, pubs and bars to choose from.
For restaurants, there's Il Sorriso, an Italian restaurant with a Trip Advisor Certificate of Excellence, Taj Balti House, serving Indian cuisine, Blue Lake, a Chinese restaurant and Da Peppino, a traditional Italian restaurant.
For pubs and bars, there's Ye Olde Six Bells, a country pub that's been in business for over 700 years, The Jack Fairman – plus numerous more.
If you like to keep fit, Horley is a great location. To start with, there's Horley Leisure Centre, a state-of-the-art facility with a 25m swimming pool, gym, fitness classes, badminton and table tennis.
Also in the area, you'll find; Horley Town Football Club, Horley Hockey Club, J.Parks Clay Pigeon Shooting, Silver Ribbons Dance School and Spring Fit Gymnastics and Trampoline Club.
There are also beautiful walks and cycle ways in Langshott Woods and the country side surrounding Horley in the villages of Charlwood and Smallfield. Also the Riverside Garden Park on the outskirts of Horley.
Or, if you're a horse lover, you could try horse riding at Sandra's Riding School.
If it's a rainy day in Horley, you could hit the shops along the high street or you could head into central London, where you'll find world-class attractions such as Madame Tussauds and The London Dungeons.
When it comes to the weekly food shop, Horley has you covered – there's a Waitrose, Tesco Extra, Sainsbury's Local and My Local.
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Plus, just over five miles away in Crawley, there's the County Mall Shopping Centre featuring a huge range of big brands.
One of the most popular venues in Horley is the Archway Theatre, an amateur-run theatre, presenting ten full productions each year, as well as a number of youth productions.
There's also a Cineworld, and Crawley Leisure Complex just over five miles away in Crawley.
Horley has all the local amenities you'd expect from a town of its size. There's Horley library in the centre of town, offering books, audiobooks, CDs, DVDs, computer access and more.
There are also several doctors' surgeries in the area, such as Birchwood Medical practice.
There are several car parks in the centre of Horley – you can find out more here.
In terms of traffic, this can get congested at peak times, but considering the town's proximity to Gatwick airport, traffic is relatively good.
If you have children, you'll be pleased to know that there's a good range of schools in Horley.
For infant and primary schools, there's Horley Infant School, rated as 'Good' by OFSTED, Yattendon School, also rated as 'Good' by OFSTED and Redehall Preparatory School, a private school.
For older children, there's Oakwood Secondary School, rated as 'Good' by OFSTED.
There is currently no sixth form in Horley, but most students go to Redhill, Crawley or Reigate to continue their studies.
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7-Day-On, 7-Day-Off Regimen Could Reduce Cost, Toxicities of HIV Therapy
A pilot study at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) suggests that it may prove feasible for certain people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease to move from a continuous regimen of anti-HIV therapy to a strategy in which they discontinue and then resume anti-HIV therapy in a pre-planned, cyclic fashion.
This approach is known as "structured intermittent therapy." In the NIAID study, 10 patients received repeated "on-off" cycles of therapy: seven days of treatment with potent combinations of HIV medications, followed by seven days off the drugs. At the time of study enrollment, the patients were being successfully treated with continuous highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). For the study, they switched to the intermittent HAART regimen with no apparent deleterious effects on the course of their disease, and with a significant reduction in certain HAART-related side effects.
"Because it halves the total time during which patients receive anti-HIV medications, structured intermittent therapy could significantly reduce the costs and side effects of anti-HIV drugs, important issues in both resource-rich and poor countries," notes lead author Mark Dybul, M.D., NIAID assistant director for medical affairs. "It is important to stress, however, that the results of randomized, controlled clinical trials - currently under way - are needed to prove the benefits of this experimental approach before it can be recommended to patients outside the setting of a controlled clinical trial. Don't try this at home!"
The NIAID researchers, led by Dr. Dybul and NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., report their findings in the December 4 online early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The bulk of the research was conducted within the NIAID Laboratory of Immunoregulation, which Dr. Fauci directs and where Dr. Dybul is a staff clinician.
The authors note that HAART has provided extraordinary benefits to many people infected with HIV, substantially reducing HIV-related morbidity and mortality. Unfortunately, the utility of HAART is limited by significant short- and long-term toxicities, complicated dosing regimens and associated problems with adherence, and the development of drug resistance. In addition, high monetary costs have precluded the widespread use of HAART in resource-limited countries.
"With further research, we would hope that the approach of structured intermittent therapy for HIV disease will lead to decreased HAART-related toxicities, reduced costs, and, potentially, to improved adherence," says Dr. Fauci. "Ultimately, structured intermittent therapy might be adapted for use in developing nations, where more than 95 percent of the world's HIV-infected people live, but where very few have access to HAART because of the cost of antiretroviral agents."
Study Details
Upon study entry, patients were receiving HAART daily, in regimens that included combinations of three or four anti-HIV drugs. This therapy had kept patients' HIV levels below 500 copies per milliliter (mL) of plasma for more than six months, and below 50 copies/mL at the time of enrollment. All patients entering the study had CD4+ T-cell counts of at least 300 cells per cubic millimeter (mm3) of blood. CD4+ T cells are crucial immune cells typically depleted during HIV disease.
After enrollment in the NIAID study, the patients received a four-drug regimen comprising stavudine, lamivudine, indinavir and ritonavir, administered twice per day in the intermittent schedule of seven days on therapy followed by seven days off therapy. This on-off cycle was repeated 16 to 34 times - that is, for 32 to 68 weeks.
While receiving seven-day-on, seven-day-off cycles of intermittent HAART, study participants had no significant increases in the amount of HIV in their bodies, as determined by tests that measured HIV in their plasma and lymph nodes, as well as within immune cells. In addition, patients' CD4+ T-cell counts were maintained at pre-study levels, and no evidence suggested the development of resistance to HAART medications.
Importantly, the investigators also noted significant decreases in serum cholesterol and triglyceride levels, which frequently are elevated in HIV-infected individuals receiving HAART and can contribute to heart disease and other problems. Mean serum cholesterol and triglyceride levels dropped 22 percent and 51 percent, respectively, after 24 weeks of intermittent therapy.
"These provocative findings have spurred larger, controlled clinical trials of structured intermittent therapy by our group and others," says Dr. Fauci. "Hopefully, data obtained from these larger studies will validate the potentially important findings in the pilot study."
NIAID is a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIAID supports basic and applied research to prevent, diagnose, and treat infectious and immune-mediated illnesses, including HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, tuberculosis, malaria, autoimmune disorders, asthma and allergies.
Copies of the article are now available to reporters from the PNAS news office, tel. (202) 334-2138, or e-mail email@example.com.
Press releases, fact sheets and other NIAID-related materials are available on the NIAID Web site at http://www.niaid.nih.gov. The Web Site of the NIAID Laboratory of Immunoregulation is http://www.niaid.nih.gov/dir/labs/lir.htm.
For information about a randomized, controlled trial at NIH of short cycle intermittent HAART versus continuous HAART for the treatment of chronic HIV infection, please call 1-800-772-5464, ext. 58003. For information about other AIDS clinical trials enrolling patients at the NIH, please call 1-800-AIDS-NIH or visit http://clinicalstudies.info.nih.gov/. For information about AIDS clinical trials nationwide, please call the AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service at 1-800-TRIALS-A or visit http://www.actis.org.
M Dybul et al. Short cycle structured intermittent treatment of chronic HIV infection with highly active antiretroviral therapy: Effects on virologic, immunologic, and toxicity parameters. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Early Edition online (December 4, 2001).


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LG's Optimus G—the boilerplate for the wonderful Nexus 4—is getting a big brother. According to a leaked image acquired by Engadget, LG has a 5-inch, 1080p monster coming.
The phone's full reported specs are a 1.7Ghz Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064, LTE, 2GB RAM, 32GB storage, and a 3,000mAh battery (still not quite up to the Razr Maxx HD's absurd 3300mAh). It would measure 139 x 70 x 10.1mm, weigh 160g, and have a 13MP rear-facing camera. The design seems to be altered from the Optimus G and Nexus 4, but retains the hard lines and angles that made those phones so pretty. We assume we'll see this at Mobile World Congress next month. [Engadget via Verge]


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Getting Started with Azure Queue Service in Java
This sample demonstrates how to use the Queue Storage service. Queue storage provides reliable messaging for workflow processing and for communication between components of cloud services.
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DHAKA - Kumar Sangakkara continued his awesome batting form in Bangladesh as Sri Lanka won the second one-dayer by 61 runs in Dhaka on Thursday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
The left-hander, who scored 319 and 105 in the second Test earlier this month after making 75 in the first Test, hit a fluent 128 off 115 balls to lift Sri Lanka to 289-6. Bangladesh, facing a must-win situation after losing the first match, caved in under pressure and were dismissed for 228 with seven overs to spare at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium. Skipper Mushfiqur Rahim top-scored with 79 off 83 balls and opener Anamul Haque made 42, but none of the other batsmen settled in as Sri Lanka grabbed wickets at regular intervals.
Lasith Malinga, Sachithra Senanayake, Thisara Perera and Ajantha Mendis picked up two wickets each, while part-timer Ashan Priyanjan took one. The series win sealed Sri Lanka's domination during the month-long tour where they won the two-Test series 1-0 and secured both the Twenty20 matches. The final one-dayer will be played on Saturday. Sri Lankan captain Angelo Mathews said the win was just the boost his team needed ahead of the five-nation Asia Cup one-day tournament which opens in Bangladesh on Tuesday.
"The boys played brilliantly," he said. "We were in a spot of bother when Sangakkara came in to bat and he guided the innings wonderfully. "This series helped us prepare for the Asia Cup. Hopefully we will do well there too." Bangladesh's Rahim rued the lack of partnerships during his team's innings. "The way the boys are getting out is really disappointing," he said. "When you get settled, especially while chasing 290, you should stay on and play a big innings. "I hope we win the last match. We are playing for our country so the last match is still important for us even though we may have lost the series."
Priyanjan (60) helped Sangakkara put on 114 for the fourth wicket after the tourists, who elected to bat, were reduced to 63-3 by the 13th over. Mathews lifted the total with an unbeaten 56 off 39 balls, having added 83 for the fifth wicket with Sangakkara.
Bangladesh seamer Rubel Hossain removed openers Kusal Perera and Tillakaratne Dilshan by the eighth over, before Sohag Gazi dismissed Dinesh Chandimal to open up the middle order. Priyanjan, a 24-year-old right-hander playing his fourth one-dayer, hit seven boundaries before he was trapped leg-before by left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan. Sangakkara reached his 17th one-day century with a four through the covers off Rubel and celebrated the landmark by dabbing the next ball to third man for another boundary.
Sangakkara slammed 14 boundaries before he was caught in the deep in the 47th over attempting another big shot off Arafat Sunny. The tourists brought in spinner Mendis in place of the injured Nuwan Kulasekara, while Bangladesh dropped Al-Amin Hossain to play experienced seamer Mashrafe Mortaza.
K Perera c Shamsur b Rubel 8
T Dilshan c Rahim b Rubel 8
Sangakkara c Mahmudullah b Sunny 128
D Chandimal c Shamsur b Gazi 9
A Priyanjan lbw b Shakib 60
A Mathews not out 56
T Perera c Mahmudullah b Rubel 0
K Vithanage not out 13
EXTRAS: (lb3, w4) 7
TOTAL: (for six wickets, 50 overs) 289
BOWLING: Mortaza 8-0-52-0, Rubel 10-0-76-3, Gazi 10-0-50-1, Shakib 10-1-46-1, Sunny 8-1-44-1, Mahmudullah 3-0-11-0, Mominul 1-0-7-0.
Anamul Haque lbw b T. Perera 42
Shamsur c Senanayake b Malinga 0
Mominul c Sangakkara b Senanayake 15
Mushfiqur c Senanayake b Malinga 79
Shakib Al c Senanayake b Priyanjan 24
Nasir Hossain c Vithanage b Mendis 22
M Mahmudullah run out 1
Sohag c Sangakkara b T Perera 7
Mashrafe c T. Perera b Mendis 17
Arafat Sunny not out 1
Rubel Hossain c sub b Senanayake 6
EXTRAS: (b3, lb3, w7, nb1) 14
TOTAL: (all out, 43 overs) 228
BOWLING: Malinga 8-2-45-2, Mathews 8-1-44-0, Senanayake 8-0-33-2, T Perera 6-0-40-2, Mendis 8-0-43-2, Priyanjan 5-0-17-1
Sri Lanka won by 61 runs; leads 2-0 in three-match series.
TOSS: Sri Lanka
UMPIRES: Rod Tucker (AUS) and Anisur Rahman (BAN)
TV UMPIRE: Sharfuddoula Saikat (BAN)
MATCH REFEREE: David Boon (AUS)


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They Tell You About Tomorrow (Jan, 1952)
I love the side bar on the second page which predicts that WWIII will occur in late 1952.
They Tell You About Tomorrow
Call astrology a science or just plain hocus-pocus, millions of people not only believe in it but actually live by it.
By Lester David
CAN the stars foretell your future? Can the sun, moon and planets pierce the veil which shrouds the years ahead and tell you if you will become a millionaire, warn you of tragedy swirling your way, predict how long you will live?
Three million people in the U. S. and countless millions the world over fervently believe they can. These are the devotees of astrology. They include industrial tycoons who won't sign a contract or build a factory unless their horoscopes say they should, top diplomats and rulers eager to know about world policy trends, and Hollywood stars who won't start a film without a nod from the heavenly bodies.
Recently, the president of one of New York City's largest banks, accompanied by the head of a far-flung mining company, came to the office of astrologer W. Kenneth Brown in Manhattan for advice. They had an opportunity to join in the purchase of a vast stockpile of metals in England, but if the venture failed it would be a great financial blow to both. Was it a good idea or wasn't it? What did the stars say?
Mr. Brown, whose clients include some of the top-flight names in business and finance, charted horoscopes for his visitors, studied them carefully and several days later gave them this advice:
"Go ahead with the deal; it will turn out successfully for both of you."
But to the mining company president he issued this solemn warning: "Saturn is coming in opposition to the sun on your horoscope and it means your health and vitality will be adversely affected. I advise you to retire and take it easy after you complete this deal, otherwise the strain of work might be too much for you."
The mining executive went to England and subsequently made a fortune on the metals deal. But he did not heed the second bit of counsel. Three months after he returned to this country he dropped dead of a heart attack!
Was it coincidence? Was it superstitious mumbo-jumbo? Or was it the inevitable influence that powerful cosmic forces exert on the life of every individual on earth ?
Whatever you believe, this much is certain: time and again predictions, ranging from forecasts on world events to prophecies on an obscure individual's business problems have come true with startling accuracy. Millions of people attest to it— housewives, store keepers, teachers, insurance men. They seek guidance from the heavens on their careers, health, love affairs, the proper time to have a baby, get a divorce and even when to hit the boss for a raise.
There are at least 25,000 practicing astrologers in the U. S. providing this guidance and they have established a fantastically thriving business in the process. They receive fees ranging from $25 to $250 for consultations, many of the more exclusive ones drawing checks as high as or higher than those of eminent surgeons and psychiatrists. One astrologer, who practices in Boston, got a total of $50,000 from Wall Street operators alone in just one year. Another, who handles the socially elite, regularly earns $100,000 a year.
Scientists have attacked astrology in words both genteel and sharp, labelling it everything from "a discredited science" to "the slickest fraud ever perpetrated on a gullible populace." The Boston and Cambridge branch of the American Association of Scientific Workers, following an intensive investigation by a special committee, concluded that astrology is wholly without scientific foundation, has long since been superseded by present-day knowledge and that "our fates rest not in the stars but in ourselves."
Professor Adolph E. Meyer of New York University declared witheringly: "Each year astrologers rake in something over $200,000,000, soothing the worries and woes of the U. S. in reassuring mumbo-jumbo that Einstein himself would have a hard time following."
The astrologers, on the other hand, battle back furiously against their critics. They point to astrology's 4,000-year history and declare that science cannot casually dismiss the records and observations of 40 centuries. They claim astrology is as much a physical science as geology, depending on ascertained facts. They believe in it, as Grant Lewi, a noted practitioner, puts it, "for the same reason others believe in the multiplication table or the intoxicating effects of alcohol—it works."
And they use as their sharpest weapons of rebuttal such amazing stories as these:
In Chicago, a manufacturer had a chance to buy a warehouse full of high-quality cloth at a ridiculously low figure. It was a steal at the price—he couldn't possibly go wrong. But he sought advice from his astrologer. To his utter astonishment, the planets advised firmly against the investment. He wrestled with the problem for a week and the lure proved too strong—he bought the stuff.
A few days later, with the contracts signed and delivered, a fire broke out in the warehouse, destroying every bolt of cloth inside. But the full extent of the catastrophe was yet to come: the fire insurance on the merchandise had lapsed and the buyer suffered a total loss on his purchase.
Myra Kingsley, astrologer to a host of theatrical luminaries including Basil Rath-bone, Conrad Nagel and Gladys Swarth-out, predicted the end of the European and the Japanese war almost to the month. Hellene Paul, a New York astrologer, predicted King Edward's abdication and his marriage to Wallis Simpson. And in January of 1940, she said Queen Wilhelmina of The Netherlands would be ousted by Hitler. In her book, Astrology, Its History and Influence in the Western World, published in 1942, Ellen McCaffery wrote that America's part in the war will last four years and that "victory for the Allies comes in sight after January, 1945." She hit it on the nose.
Miss Kingsley once told a young girl her stars showed she was destined for a career as a movie actress—but she also had two brothers, of whose existence she was totally unaware. The girl refused to believe the second half of the story—refused until she discovered shortly afterward that she had been adopted as a child and her real father had remarried and was raising two sons. Later she went to Hollywood and you know her today as one of filmdom's reigning movie queens.
Nicholas de Vore, president of the Astro-logic Research Society, once predicted that a newborn baby would fall into a coma on the fourth day after birth. Despite scoffing by the doctor on the case, the mother who had requested the horoscope insisted that a special nurse be assigned to watch the baby constantly. The symptoms came on schedule and the nurse swiftly summoned the doctor. They fought for six hours and the baby survived. Had he been allowed to slip into the coma, his life would have flickered away in the nursery.
The late Evangeline Adams, high priestess of modern astrology, jolted the nation time and again with her astounding forecasts. In fact, she did it with her first client, the proprietor of the old Windsor Hotel in New York City. She read his horoscope and alarmed him with the prediction that disaster was rushing at him full tilt. A few minutes later, the Windsor Hotel burst into flames. The awed owner told the story to the newspapers and the next day Miss Adams found herself a national figure.
In 1918, she teamed up with G. E. Jordan, Jr., and together they predicted a staggering array of historical occurrences, including the stock market crash of 1929 and the attempt to assassinate President Roosevelt in Miami in 1932. In 1923, Miss Adams and Jordan were married. As the final event in the strange partnership which had stunned the world with its accuracies, Jordan forecast the date of death of his own wife.
Evangeline Adams died peacefully in November 1932, within 22 minutes of the exact time Jordan said she would!
These were just a few of the times when astrologers hit the nail of the future squarely on the head. But are they always right? No! Astrologers have also flopped dismally in their predictions.
Take the time, back in 1939, when one of the most highly touted and successful Hollywood practitioners published the following forecasts of things to come:
Adolf Hitler will meet a violent end within two years.
Franklin D. Roosevelt will not run for a third term because if he did, he would lose. Shirley Temple will not marry until she is 24 and when she does the marriage has every chance of being happy and lasting. So what happened?
Hitler was alive and well and waging a frightful war when the two years were up.
Franklin D. Roosevelt not only ran for a, third term and won but ran for a fourth and won that, too.
Shirley Temple married at the age of 19 and the marriage broke up shortly after.
Consider this point too: many astrologers predictions come true but couldn't this be because they make so many?
After all, even you can chare a few hundred forecasts and the law of averages will see to it that some of them come true.
Yes, leafing back over some of the astrological forecasts can sometimes be mighty embarrassing. A British seer was certain that World War II would not arrive until the mid-1940's. A French astrologer was equally certain that the war, once begun, would end no earlier than 1950. And many have predicted the demise of one Josef Stalin long before this but Uncle Joe is still around.
These are only a few of the actual, recorded feats, both successful and unsuccessful, of the astrological cult. Let's look still further—what is astrology anyway? What's it all about?
Is it occult stuff served up with darkened rooms, heavy incense and practitioners who dress in flowing robes and pointed caps like sorcerers of the middle ages?
Far from it. In fact, the astrologers themselves are the first to blast the phonies who label themselves wizards and cunningly extract big dough for their hocus-pocusing. Says Paul G. Clancy, editor of American Astrology magazine, one of the leading publications in the field: "It is truly unfortunate that sincere astrologers are at present powerless to prevent ignorant and unscrupulous persons from calling themselves astrologers and using astrology as a front for rackets."
The true practitioners are members of the American Federation of Scientific Astrologers, which has its headquarters in Washington, publishes a yearbook and holds annual conventions. Members, many of whom have swank offices in professional buildings, adopt none of the trappings associated with crystal-ball gazing. They are briskly businesslike and a consultation, far from resembling a seance, is no different than talks between lawyer and businessman or psychiatrist and patient.
Astrology says just this—the character of every human being is determined by the position of the stars, planets, moon and sun at the moment of his birth. Thereafter, he is affected for better or worse, according to the original astrological sign of his birth, by the changing positions of the heavenly bodies all through his life.
The keystone of astrology is the horoscope, from which all predictions, character analyses and judgments about what should or should not be done are made. It is called a chart, a wheel or a nativity. It is a circle divided into 12 "houses," each of which relates to some phase of human life, such as money, love, work, old age, hopes, wishes. Superimposed on each house are the 12 ancient signs of the zodiac, each of which relates to certain parts of the body. These include Gemini, related to the hands and lungs; Virgo, the intestines and bowels; Libra, the loins; Scorpio, sex; Sagittarius, the thighs; Pisces, the feet; Taurus, the throat; Aquarius, the ankles and calves; Leo, the heart; Cancer, the stomach and breasts; Capricorn, the knees, and Aries, the head. Finally, the horoscope includes the ten heavenly bodies (eight planets, the sun and the moon) each of which represents some motivating power-Venus, for example, means drawing power or attraction, while Mars means energy.
When a client comes in, the astrologer wants to know the year he was born—the place, month, day, hour and minute, if possible. From this and other information, he draws up a horoscope in which the houses, zodiac signs and planets have a different relation to each other, depending on the specific information given.
Then the astrologer makes his interpretation, a vastly complicated thing based upon the known inter-relationships of the marks he has made on the horoscope. He might come up with something like this: "Saturn is in the 12th sector, and Mars is on the cusp of the 1st in Pisces, opposing Neptune." Gibberish to you—but to an astrologer that means you are a psychopathic case.
The complex art is by no means a new fad. Developed by the ancient Babylonians, it spread to Greece, Rome, India, China, Egypt, reaching such a point in Europe in the 14th and 15th centuries that kings would not declare wars, sign treaties or enact laws unless the stars said they could. In fact, in 480 B.C., the Spartans refused to march to the support of the Athenians against the Persians at Marathon because the moon was in the wrong phase.
Rulers of old were not the only ones who sought counsel in the heavenly bodies. There once was a man named Adolf Hitler, who appointed generals to command his armies only if they had a good astrological aspect, and who waited until the stars were right before he made a move.
Hitler became interested in astrology back in 1923 when the German astrologer, Baron von Sobottendorff cautioned him against any major undertaking in November. But Adolf spurned the warning and launched his beer-cellar putsch in Munich, which got the little corporal carted off to jail. His cell-mate in the Landsberg prison, Rudolph Hess, reminded him of the astrologer's words and Hitler began boning up on the stars in earnest. From then on, he believed in them utterly.
One of the most amazing, and least-known facts of World War II is that the Allies actually waged a counter-astrological warfare against Hitler.
Knowing that the Nazi leader took his horoscope mighty seriously, Britain established an agency known as the Psychological Research Bureau and placed at its head a noted astrologer, Louis de Wohl. Captain de Wohl plotted the horoscopes of Hitler and his -chief aides, following as closely as possible the "good" and "bad" days. Britain thus knew at all times what Hitler's astrologers were telling him. It was the first time since the Thirty Years' War, de Wohl said later, that astrological warfare was waged.
Here's how it worked. In 1940, after the fall of France, all Britain was girded for a Nazi invasion but the big question was when. De Wohl was asked to determine what Hitler's astrologers were advising him. He came up with this—Hitler could count on luck for a major enterprise between November of 1940 and mid-February of 1941. But weatherwise, an invasion of England at that time would be sheer folly. The first really good opportunity for an invasion of an island after that, de Wohl continued, would come only in the last part of May, 1941.
Britain marked time all through that long winter. Hitler did not invade. And then, in May, the Fuehrer launched his invasion of an island. But the island was not England. It was Crete!
Probably the most astrologically-minded nation on earth is Siam, where few things are ever done without consulting the seers.
From political coups to love affairs, the astrologers predict. Here is what happened when a father asked astrologer Hellene Paul to draw up a chart for his daughter.
In July or August of that year, Miss Paul told him, the girl will marry a man much older than herself and of a different nationality or religion. In mid-July, the father went to a railroad station to see his daughter off on a trip.
Standing with her on the platform was a man to whom he was introduced and together they said goodbye to the girl. When the train pulled out, the stranger faced the father and said:
"I have known your daughter quite a long time, sir. With your permission, we're going to be married within the next few weeks."
The stranger was much older than the girl. And he was of a different religion. And they were married in August.
Was it superstition? Coincidence? Hocus-pocus? Or can astrologers really tell you about tomorrow?
In any event, while the controversy continues, astrologers all over the world disregard the skepticism and go busily about their way predicting wars, love affairs and long trips—sometimes correctly and sometimes not.


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Double Clef FM is a classical radio station from Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories. In 1998 the station is hosted by Sergio Boccino, who by 2001 was replaced by Morgan Merryweather. The station plays a selection of popular sequences from various classical operas. The station may be based on WQXR. All the recordings belong to Opera d'Oro Records and Allegro Corporation. Double Clef FM is the favourite radio station of the Leone Family, Sindacco Family and Forelli Family. In GTA III, the in-game name is 'Double Cleff FM'.
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- Sesto Bruscantini and Teresa Berganza - Non Piu Andrai Farfallone Amoroso
- Renata Scotto, Luciano Pavarotti and Piero Cappuccilli - Chi Mi Frena In Tal Momento
- Renata Scotto, Jose Carreras and Sesto Bruscantini - Libiamo Ne'lieti Calici
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There is one track that was removed from the PC version of GTA III for unclear reasons. It is the track "O mia babbina caro", it preceded a commercial for Dormatron.
Morgan describes this track as a "twinkling radiant and marvelous piece". If you listen closely you can hear how the S in piece is cut before it was ended.
Possible reasons for removing this track would be that the game wouldn't fit on the three CD's it was sold on, and was removed so the rest of the game could be played in full..
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- Giuseppe Verdi - Tacea la notte placida from Il Trovatore
- Giuseppe Verdi - Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves from Nabucco
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - E amore un ladronello from Cosi Fan Tutte
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Overture from Marriage of Figaro
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"It took a death threat to stop Abdi's wife from circumcising their two daughters, aged 2 and 4. She called him from Somalia while on holiday to say she wanted to carry out the procedure.Ahh. . . so the mothers-in-law are the pivotal culprits in that game. Wouldn't ya know it?
"Abdi, a London-based Somali, said that his wife's eagerness to circumcise their daughters was fuelled by a combination of religious, cultural and tribal pressures placed on her after she took the girls to Somalia for a brief summer break last year.
"But he refused to be swayed, despite his wife's argument that the girls would improve their chances of attracting a good husband because they would be perceived as being more traditional and pure.
"I told my wife and her mother — who was really eager to have my girls circumcised — that if they dare do it, I will kill my wife," he said. "And I also said I will take the girls to the GP when they return from Somalia to make sure that they didn't have it done to them."
"Abdi, 29, is one of a growing number of African men opposing female circumcision because of the psychological and physiological effects it has on its victims. "It is women who believe in the concept as their duty to look after their children," said Abdi, who is also aware of prospective mother-in-laws examining their sons' future brides to ensure they are circumcised.
"Women "fear that if they don't circumcise their daughters then they won't be able to get them married", he said.
"I know many men who work very hard — and at times make serious threats to their wives — to make sure their girls don't get circumcised," he added."
Well. Hurrah for those MEN who are working very hard to put a stop to such things!
Ain't that right, feminists? Ain't that right?
Feminists? Feminists????
Oh my! I am hearing a lot of silence. . . . . . . .
Oh very well! Go on and scream MISOGYNY because I called out something bad about women! You know goddamn well you want to say that, so say it!! I ain't afraid o' no big bad M word! Try me! Go on, bitch! I double-dog dare ya! TRY ME!!!
Or. . . can it be. . . . that you DON'T HONESTLY CARE about female circumcision at all, if men are not shown to be the guilty parties. . .?
All right, then I would advise you to completely ignore the part about female circumcision, and shine your spotlight exclusively upon those men who are making death threats, so it turns into a narrative about patriarchal violence against women!
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But, there is another version of this family's origins: "the curious poetical history of this family, preserved in 'Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica,' claims one 'Saher' there written 'Sier, the syer of us all,' as their ancestor: he is stated to have been the son of Ralph Maunsel, who was living in Buckinghamshire in the 14th of Henry II. (1167). " [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
Shirley, Evelyn Philip, The Noble and Gentle Men of England; The Arms and Descents. Westminster: John Bower Nichols and Sons, 1866, Print.
"A priory for Black canons was founded [at Bilsington, Kent], before the year 1253, by John Mansell, provost of Beverley, who dedicated it to the Blessed Virgin." [2]CITATION[CLOSE]
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
The Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 had several entries for the family using various early spellings: Thomas le Mansell in Buckinghamshire; Sampson le Maunse in Bedfordshire; Frater Maunsel in Norfolk; Maunsel (without surname) in Huntingdonshire; and Thomas Maunsel in Cambridgeshire. Over one hundred years later, the Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379 had two entries: Johannes Mauncell; and Alicia Maunsell. [3]CITATION[CLOSE]
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Until now, I thought that one can use the word "obtain" together with "that", as in
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(Many mathematicians who like me are not native speakers are doing this!) Now I found two documents saying that "that" doesn't belong here: This Polish site, and the guide of the London Mathematical Society to writing mathematics, which says that "obtain" should usually not be followed by "that".
Now my question: if instead of the above I write
By ... we obtain a²+b²=c².
how do I read that sentence? "We obtain a square plus b square equals c square"? Then it appears that I use "obtain" with the verb "equals", which sounds a bit strange to me.
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Refurbishing a Commodore 64
I recently was able to acquire a nice piece of my childhood, namely a 1983 "breadbox" Commodore 64. I used to have one as a kid. It was the very first computer I ever touched, and was basically responsible for getting me into the IT field and programming in the first place. Then my Mom gave it and all our games away to a friend while we were at summer camp, thinking we wouldn't mind since by then we were all up into Super Nintendo and such. Having the highest number of sales (and a 40% market share) of any single model home computer of all time you would think they would be a piece of cake to find. They seem to always be kicking around EBay, but the last one I bid on ended up going for WAY over what I was willing to spend. I think it was around $350 for the main unit and a tape drive, no cables. Ouch.
Last week, I got lucky. An internet forum acquaintance had a VIC-1541 disk drive kicking around in his attic. He offered it up if I was interested, so I had it shipped. I then started poking around EBay again, and ended up winning this unit for just over $12, condition unknown. There seem to be a lot of "parts" C64s on the market, so I wasn't expecting much. Boy did I get lucky. A few more good bids later, and I'm in business.
First thing first: I needed a power supply. The C64 uses a 7-pin DIN connector to provide both +5VDC and 9VAC to the mainboard. I guess the original power supplies were notorious for the regulators burning out, and taking chips with them. Since this fact troubled me (and was basically moot since I had no cables), I looked up the pinout and built my own. A trip to Fry's netted an 8-pin DIN for about $0.59, and the center pin was easily removed with a bit of violence. I had plenty of decently beefy 5VDC wall warts lying around, and DigiKey had a 9VAC one for about $7 after shipping. A bit of heat shrink and some soldering, and I was ready to test the unit out. To connect to the one TV I had with a standard antenna A/V connection, I used the same setup I usually run my Nintendo on. Cross fingers, throw switch.
'Tis the perfect amount of bytes. This means the RAM is most likely still good, so yay on that front!
Trying the keyboard out, I noted many of the keys didn't work most of the time, and when they did there was terrible debounce. So in I want with the screwdriver to see what I could do! I met with a dire warning from beyond time:
Oh man, there goes my 30 year old warranty...
They keyboard is just a bunch of simple conductive pads, similar to a TV remote. A bit of a scrub with a pencil eraser and some alcohol and they shined right up.
Popping the unit back together, I gave it a go with some quick BASIC commands. Flawless!
Next I was dying to test out the SID, Commodores legendary audio chip. These things are crazy hard to find these days. Folks use them in synths and other audio devices, and the demo scene is still going after all these years. Unfortunately, they burn out rather easily. Since there's no real way to make more of these babys every burned out chip is another chip less to go 'round. I found a nice 1 line BASIC audio demo and typed it in. Nothing. Damnit. Luck for me a batch of 10 happened to be found on a warehouse shelf, never before placed into any unit, and tested by the seller. I picked up two.
While I wait for a replacement SID, I decided to clean up the entire unit (full of dust bunnies) and see what I could do to extend the life of the other chips.
So far all I have done was verify voltages with a multimeter, re-check the SID output with a scope just in case it was my TV or something, and added some old heat sinks I had lying around to try to keep this old stuff cooler.
I plan to salvage or fabricate a few more heatsinks for the ROM, RAM, and kernal chips. I would like to make an s-video cable to clear up that picture a bit. I have also begun to work on an Arduino/Rasperry Pi solution to emulate the 1541 disk drive I have, but allow me to read in images off USB or an SD card. More on that to come. Right now I am pretty stoked to be at this point.


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Liberty University to add gymnastics club team
A new club sport is coming to Liberty University that will test students' physical strength, flexibility, agility and coor-dination. Beginning in January, the university is adding gymnastics to its list of club teams. Practices will be held every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at the Lynchburg Academy of Gymnastics & Power Tumbling located about three miles from LU on Leesville Road.
The club is open to all Liberty students, regardless of skill or experience level. Team members will start with basic fundamental drills and conditioning exercises before moving on to collegiate competitions. Lori Darter, co-owner of Lynchburg Academy of Gymnastics & Power Tumbling, is overseeing the team and hopes to begin competing with other club teams such as James Madison University, the University of Virginia and Virginia Tech by winter 2009.
"Gymnastics is an unbelievable sport," Darter said. "It strengthens and conditions every muscle in your body. I'm really hoping that people who have the drive and love for the sport will come out whether they are experienced or not. I think it'll be a great program to add to Liberty."
Gymnastics will join a host of other club sports — men's and women's hockey, synchronized figure skating, archery and paintball — as part of the university's Ultimate LU campaign.
For more information about becoming a member of the LU gymnastics team, contact Lori Darter at (434) 239-8900.


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Earlier this year, film fans were pleasantly surprised to discover that Marvel had successfully raised the superhero movie bar with The Avengers, to the tune of $1.4 billion (at the time of this writing). Despite a solid $1 billion international haul for The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises is faced with one of the toughest challenges of the summer - exceptionally high expectations. While moviegoers flocked to the theater again and again for Joss Whedon's over-the-top superhero mash-up film, most audiences are expecting Nolan to deliver a deeper and more nuanced comic book character adaptation.
Recently, we got word that The Dark Knight Rises would feature over 100 minutes of action - leading some cynics to speculate that the film was ditching story in favor of action set pieces (i.e style over substance). However, confirmation of the film's runtime should put skeptics to rest (not to mention make viewers with small bladders squirm in their seats) as Nolan's final Batman film is set to run a hefty 164 minutes and 27 seconds.
We've heard runtime rumors before but this time confirmation comes courtesy of the British Board of Film Classification - essentially the British MPAA - so viewers should plan their pre-movie drinks accordingly. The 164 minute and 27 second runtime (i.e. 2 hours, 44 minutes, and 27 seconds) is the longest Batman movie (The Dark Knight ran 152 minutes, Batman Begins was 140 minutes) and the longest superhero movie in recent years (The Avengers clocked in at 143 minutes). The film will even trump James Cameron's Avatar which, in its original release, ran 162 minutes (though the rerelease came in at 171 minutes).
That said, moviegoers shouldn't be intimidated by The Dark Knight Rises' runtime - considering the director is one of the sharpest modern movie storytellers. Unlike Michael Bay's Transformers: Dark of the Moon, which felt overlong at 152 minutes (due to an overabundance of thin character work), fans should be able to expect another deep and methodical character study, paired with plenty of eye-popping visuals, that make every minute of Nolan's movie worthwhile. Of course, it's also possible that a number of new characters, as well as returning favorites, could make for an overstuffed mess of a film.
Either way, the length of the movie (not to mention Nolan's insistence on moviegoers seeing the film in 70mm IMAX wherever possible) has hefty ramifications for projectionists working behind the scenes. To that end, the Liberty Science Center (which features one of the largest IMAX theaters in America) put together a video detailing their pre-release process - including the time it takes to splice together reels, how to operate the enormous IMAX projection rig, upgrades to the system that allow for longer runtimes, and the difference between 35mm and 70mm film.
With a physically intimidating antagonist this round in Bane, it's only fitting that the The Dark Knight Rises film stock could also crush a man - weighing at over 600 pounds once assembled. Jokes aside, the Liberty Science Center IMAX video should help clear up some persistent questions that Batfans might have about the format - not to mention galvanize a lot of moviegoers into seeing the movie on a true film projection IMAX (where available).
Follow me on Twitter @benkendrick for more on The Dark Knight Rises as well as future movie, TV, and gaming news.
The Dark Knight Rises arrives in regular and IMAX theaters around the U.S. on July 20th, 2012.
Source: British Board of Film Classification [via Coming Soon] & Comic Book Movie [via SlashFilm]


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In its eighth year running, Treasure Island Music Festival proved once again to be a massive success. The festival brought together a great line-up in a gorgeous location while maintaining a laid-back atmosphere. Saturday featured an electronic-leaning schedule, with performances by Jungle, St. Lucia, Janelle Monae, Classixx, and Outkast to name a few. Sunday featured sets by The Growlers, Chet Faker, Washed Out, TV On The Radio, Polica, Massive Attack, and more. Festival-goers were also provided with a multitude of activities including interactive art installations, arts and crafts, field day contests, local vendors, and, of course, food.
Festival highlight: Polica's ethereal performance as the sun set over the beautiful San Francisco skyline on Sunday.
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Just how good is Nokia's PureView 41Mp camera tech?
Our pro photographer holidays in Stromboli to find out
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Faced by the physical limitations of incorporating a high quality camera into a phone, Nokia opted for the largest sensor it could get away with – nearly twice the size of a compact camera and more than five times that of conventional phone camera sensors. While it's big, it's actually crammed with pixels of the same size of those used in compacts. Instead of capturing the output of each individual pixel separately – as sensors normally do – the trick is to combine the output of groups of individual pixels into a larger pixel.
Big sensor – now what?
This technology allows the 808's sensor to capture as much light information as much larger pixels and sensors would. However, the process avoids the loss of quality usually associated with small sensors filled with too many small-size pixels that typically plague compact cameras.
What this means is that while the 808 is capable of shooting images at full resolution – 38Mp effective – it is only really meant to produce distilled images at its 8Mp, 5Mp or 3Mp PureView modes. The difference being these images deliver unprecedented quality by camera phone standards.
I wasn't sure what to expect from the 808 PureView camera, as like many, I'd initially been drawn to the headline grabbing hype surrounding its astonishing pixel count, which rather eclipsed the technology behind this concept. Yet, true to its word, Nokia has produced a phone capable of incredibly detailed, sharp, nuanced and balanced pictures. As soon as I saw the results I was really and truly impressed.
Indeed, the idea of merging seven small pixels into one giant pixel, as Nokia puts it, seems to have achieved not only a new photographic benchmark but the upshot of it all is that the 808 PureView could hold its own with most advanced compacts currently on the market.
Looking at the PureView images – at 3, 5 and 8Mp – the level of noise is impressively low at all ISO sensitivities, with an almost complete lack of artifacts. Colours are accurate and natural across the range too, and images reveal an exceptionally broad dynamic range. White balance could be improved though, since it behaves somewhat erratically.
Excellent low light performance for a camphone
Although the end results are not necessarily far off, in use, the automatic white balance keeps changing slightly in the same lighting conditions and for no apparent reason. Resorting to the preset WB settings instead, proved much more reliable. Indeed, the twitchy white balance is about the only thing I can take issue with, since the 808's photographic skills are truly commendable.
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Tom Dowd
Tom Dowd was the man behind the curtain for countless musical wizards.
He has worked with Ray Charles, Otis Redding, Sam and Dave, Cream, Rod Stewart, the Allman Brothers Band and more. His inventive genius and technical skill combined with his musical talent made him one of the best producers in the business.
As a producer and engineer for Atlantic Records, Tom Dowd recorded some of the greatest popular music—rhythm & blues, rock and roll, soul and even jazz—ever made.
Dowd manned the board for recordings by legendary jazz musicians (Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, Thelonius Monk), rhythm & blues acts (Drifters, Coasters, Ruth Brown), soul singers (Ray Charles, Big Joe Turner, Otis Redding, Sam and Dave) and rock acts (Cream, Rascals). He was an inventor, technician and craftsman who contributed significantly to Atlantic's success. Along the way, he transitioned from engineer to producer, working with Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart, the Allman Brothers Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd and others in the Seventies.
A musician himself, he played tuba and sousaphone in the Columbia University Marching Band. He took night classes at City College and worked at Columbia University's physics laboratory. Drafted into the military during World War II, he worked on the top-secret Manhattan Project at the Columbia laboratory for the government's Office of Scientific Research and Development.
After the war, he was hired as a sound engineer at a New York studio in 1947 and began doing freelance work for Atlantic Records in 1949. Under Dowd's direction, the label switched from recording onto acetate discs to tape, resulting in improved fidelity and preservation. He introduced the label to stereo recording in 1952. Atlantic hired him as a full-time engineer in 1954. In addition to engineering countless sessions, he built the label's recording console and designed its eight-track studio.
In Dowd's own words, "When I started recording in the late Forties, I was lightyears ahead of the hand-me-down radio equipment being used. By default, I suppose, I became an innovator. The early Atlantic sessions—when I was still a freelancer—had me experimenting like a madman. I had no choice."
Dowd built Atlantic's recording studio at its first offices, located at 234 West 56th Street in Manhattan. The fifth floor served as both administrative offices and studio. In his memoir, Rhythm & the Blues: A Life in American Music, Jerry Wexler recalled the division of labor at Atlantic's recording sessions: "Our gig [Wexler and Ahmet Ertegun] was to get the music played right and righteous in the studio; Tom's job was to capture it on tape. It was up to him to find a mix of timbres, bass, treble and midrange; to load as much volume as possible without distortion. Tom pushed [the volume controls] like a painter sorting colors. He turned microphone placement into an art."
"Tom also knew the music," Wexler continued. "In the studio he became my mainstay and later one of my best co-producers. When it came to sound, he displayed an exquisite sensibility."
It was Dowd who recorded Bobby Darin's "Mack the Knife," John Coltrane's "My Favorite Things" and Aretha Franklin's "Respect," among countless other classics. He also engineered key sessions for LaVern Baker, Ben E. King, Solomon Burke and Clyde McPhatter. Dowd additionally worked on sessions at Stax Studio in Memphis (where he repaired the label's malfunctioning Ampex recorder) and Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Dowd established Criteria Recording Studio in Miami, where he moved in the early Seventies, as "Atlantic Records South."
On the rock side, Dowd worked on Cream's Disraeli Gears (1967), the Allman Brothers Band's Idlewild South (1970), Eat a Peach (1972) and Live at Fillmore East (1971), and Derek and the Dominos' Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (1970). It was Dowd, in fact, who introduced Duane Allman to Eric Clapton, paving the way for their summit meeting at the Layla sessions, for which Dowd served as executive producer. For Lynyrd Skynyrd, Dowd produced Gimme Back My Bullets (1976), the live double album One More From the Road (1976) and Street Survivors (1977), the band's last studio album with the late Ronnie Van Zant. Dowd produced a string of successful albums in the Seventies and Eighties for Eric Clapton and Rod Stewart, including Clapton's 461 Ocean Boulevard (1974) and Stewart's A Night on the Town (1976). Dowd resumed his prolific working relationship with the Allman Brothers Band in the Nineties with a series of studio and live albums, commencing with 1990's Seven Turns.
As Ahmet Ertegun, Atlantic Records' chairman and co-founder, said of Dowd in 1999, "There is no one who better epitomizes the ideal marriage of technical excellence and true creativity." He was inducted into the TEC (Technical Excellence & Creativity) Foundation Hall of Fame in 1993 and received the Grammys' prestigious Trustees Award in 2002. A film documentary of his life, Tom Dowd & the Language of Music, was released in 2003.
Inductee: Tom Dowd (producer, engineer; born October 20, 1925, died October 27, 2002)


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After premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival last spring, the comedy Meet Monica Velour is coming to theaters in New York and Los Angeles April 8, starring Sex and the City's Kim Cattrall as the titular former porn star who starts up a strange romance with an awkward teenager played by Dustin Ingram. When she reviewed it for us at the festival Perri Nemiroff called the movie "simple, sweet and enjoyable,"; as we gear up for the film's theatrical release, we're exclusively debuting five images from the film, including scenes with Cattrall, Ingram and Brian Dennehy, who plays the teenage kid's grandfather.
Check out all five of the images in the gallery at the bottom of this post, and see the larger versions in our Blend Film Database. Below is the film's official synopsis:
In this irreverent comedy, awkward teenager Tobe (Dustin Ingram) sets off on a road trip to meet Monica Velour (Kim Cattrall), his favorite '80s porn star, at a rare live appearance hundreds of miles away. Instead of the glamorous sexpot portrayed on film, he finds a 49-year-old single mom living in a trailer in rural Indiana, performing at seedy strip clubs to make ends meet. A starry-eyed Tobe, still captivated by his crush, befriends Monica, further complicating her difficult life. Kim Cattrall gives a career-defining performance in this offbeat love story that appeals to the dreamer -- and the nerd -- in all of us.


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NAIA Volleyball Player of the Week ? No. 8
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Amy Weststeyn of Biola (Calif.) has been named NAIA Volleyball National Player of the Week, the national office announced Tuesday. Weststeyn was selected based on her performance from Oct. 15-21 and was chosen out of a pool of conference player of the week selections among 23 conference/independent/unaffiliated groupings.
Weststeyn, a 6-3 sophomore middle blocker from Visalia, Calif., led the Eagles to a 2-0 record this past week. In a 3-0 (25-17, 27-25, 25-23) victory over NCAA Division II Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.), Weststeyn was nearly perfect, as she recorded 14 kills on 18 swings with no errors. She also added five digs and a season-high three aces. Weststeyn led Biola to a sweep over No. 8 The Master's (Calif.) four days later. She collected 10 more kills, six blocks, including two solo, and a pair of digs. In two games, Weststeyn recorded 24 kills on 39 attacks - hitting percentage of .590 - eight blocks, seven digs and four aces.
Weststeyn leads the nation in hitting percentage (.455) and ranks eighth in the Golden State Athletic Conference in kills per set with 3.10.
For a complete listing of all the national statistical leaders, click here.
The next Player of the Week announcement will be on Oct. 30. For the complete player of the week calendar, click here.
Nominees: Molly Brewster, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.); Megan Haber, Spring Hill (Ala.); Amber Getty, Davenport (Mich.); Kristen DiPaola, Dakota State (S.D.); Sarah Becker, Jamestown (N.D.); Aubrey Hoover, McPherson (Kan.); Christine Ruckman, Our Lady of the Lake (Texas); Zyra Wright, Philander Smith (Ark.); Ashley Wheeler, Midland (Neb.); Danielle Tombolato, Ashford (Iowa); Katie Flock, Viterbo (Wis.); Paula Ferreira, Columbia (Mo.); Sashalee Wallen, Bethel (Tenn.); Catie Hanser, Carroll (Mont.); Andrea Taylor, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.); Jordan Holcomb, Embry-Riddle (Fla.); Alyssa Downs, Asbury (Ky.); Carolyn Evans, Bryan (Tenn.); Erynn Schuh, Trinity Christian (Ill.); Aubrey Husak, Bethel (Ind.); Devan Belshe, Warner Pacific (Ore.); Courtney Calicdan, Menlo (Calif.); Jordan Broady, Bellevue (Neb.).
2012 Composite Award Winners
Week 1 (Sept. 4): Patricia Souza, Park (Mo.)
Week 2 (Sept. 11): Kendra Schwein, Hastings (Neb.)
Week 3 (Sept. 18): Jordan Holcomb, Embry-Riddle (Fla.)
Week 4 (Sept. 25): Paula Ferreira, Columbia (Mo.)
Week 5 (Oct. 2): Kristine Egebrecht, Indiana Wesleyan
Week 6 (Oct. 9): Eva Prieditis, Madonna (Mich.)
Week 7 (Oct. 16): Ally Krus, Missouri Baptist
Week 8 (Oct. 23): Amy Weststeyn, Biola (Calif.)


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J. D. Thomas and Lela Rigsby Thomas, November 14, 2000. Interview K-0507.
Change Comes to Sprinkle Creek: Growth and Development in a Rural Community: J. D. Thomas and his wife, Lela Rigsby Thomas, remember the Madison County, North Carolina, of their youth and describe the changes that have transformed the area since then.
Interviewee: J. D. Thomas, Lela Rigsby Thomas Interviewer: Rob Amberg
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Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of joining leaders from several prominent secular organizations — the American Humanist Association, International Humanist and Ethical Union, Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science, and the Secular Coalition for America — to represent the Center for Inquiry at a meeting with the State Department's Office of International Religious Freedom (IRF) in Washington D.C.
The exchange, hosted by Ambassador-at-Large Suzan Johnson Cook and her staff, was unique in that it focused solely on the secular community (atheists, agnostics, humanists, skeptics, freethinkers) and its perspectives on religious freedom. We presented the IRF with a 40-page collaborative report containing information on laws used by governments around the world to restrict the rights to freedom of belief and expression, which are protected by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; and specific cases of governments punishing atheists, religious minorities, and dissidents for speaking out on religion. One prominent example we cited was jailed Indonesian atheist Alexander Aan.
We were glad to learn that the IRF firmly believes religious freedom includes the liberty to reject and express doubts about religion, and that it is dedicated to advocating for this position in the global arena. However, we urged the IRF to consider placing closer attention, especially in their annual reports, on free speech-related discrimination against atheists, religious minorities, and dissidents.
Fortunately, it seems this was just the first of many meetings to come between IRF and representatives of the secular community. I will keep you updated as we move forward. In the meantime, I encourage you to read about the the IRF and its work, and follow Ambassador Johnson Cook on Facebook and Twitter.


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Megan W necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 213 diseños de 59 diseñadores freelance.
I'm a wedding photojournalist. I strive to keep my style as timeless and simple as possible. You can view my work and my current logo at meganwphotography.com or meganwblog.com
Megan W Photography
I currently have a very simple and straight forward logo. I'm wanting something that is still very simple and clean, but with a little more decorative frill. I strive to keep my style as timeless and simple as possible. I would love a logo that has modern and vintage look to it. I LOVE anything vintage... so if you can incorporate a vintage twist into the design.. I would love it. I have thought about the idea of old, vintage wine bottle labels.
- Must say: Megan W Photography
- Should include this tagline: Modern Wedding Photojournalist
- Would prefer a serif font - not a large, overpowering size - I prefer small and subtle
- Subdued colors only - greys, muted greens/blues/pinks/yellows could work- I would prefer grey plus just one additional color
- Some sort of decorative element- love swallows
- flowers
- vines... etc
- baroque patterns
- something vintage!
- open to other ideas
- EXAMPLES of photographers logos that I really like:- http://tecpetajaphoto.com/
- http://photosbyjennifer.com/ac/weddings/
- http://www.punambean.com/blog/ -- absolutely LOVE her branding!
- http://redleafstudios.squarespace.com/
- http://www.josevillaphoto.com/
- The decorative element/logo sould not include:- camera, a flash, or anything else camera related
- no bride and groom logos
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- I do not want a big, bold logo. I want simple and subtle.Thanks!!!!
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A short play about empathy and autism
Joseph: My friend C has been really crabby lately.
Me: Why is that?
Joseph: I don't know. I remember that A acted like that for a little while last year after his horse died. *thoughtful pause* I wonder if C's horse died.
Me: Does C even have a horse?
Joseph: Well, not if it died he doesn't.


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PhotoGallery: Kids all over Central Australia are rubbing shoulders with their football heroes ahead of the All Stars / Richmond clash on Friday night
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Young football fans are lapping up the opportunity to spend time with their favourites, as players from both sides of Friday's clash spend time in the community.
Yesterday Yipirinya School got a visit from Richmond's Dustin Martin, Shane Tuck, Brett O'Hanlon and Steven Morris, who spent time talking to the kids about the importance of education, health and nutrition.
Physical Education teacher Joseph Relic says there's been more kids at school this week than they've seen in a while.
"We haven't had attendance numbers in the last few years like we've had in the last week...that vibe around town, there's a lot of influx from communities, people coming into town...it's really starting to rev up."
Midfielder Dustin Martin and his team mates found themselves mobbed at the end of one session.
"They're very enthusiastic!" he says.
"It was good to get amongst it to be honest, it brought a smile to my face."
But there's no doubting the Indigenous All-Stars are the main attraction this week and hundreds attended yesterday's Super Clinic at Traeger Park where kids took part in training exercises and lined up for autographs.
Although not playing in Friday's match due to injury, Buddy Franklin didn't disappoint - plenty of kids got to rub shoulders with the Hawks star-forward as he posed for photos and gave out autographs.
Today players are heading out to a range of communities including Mutitjulu, Areyonga and Hermannsburg - hopefully they'll have enough energy left over for Friday night...