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(CNN) -- The deaths of the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans amid protests against a film that denigrates Islam has sparked global discussion and debate about whether there is a line between free speech and hate speech and, if so, where it lies.
"They don't regard perceived insults to the Prophet Mohammed or the Quran as being protected by free speech, they regard it as a capital offense," says Peter Bergen, CNN's national security analyst, referring to protesters in Libya and Egypt, where the U.S. Embassy was attacked, who were angered by the film.
According to The Wall Street Journal, the movie was made by a real estate developer who wanted to portray Islam as a hateful religion. The attack on the U.S. personnel in Benghazi, Libya, was orchestrated by extremists who used the protests as a diversion, U.S. sources told CNN Wednesday.
"In some of these cases, the people releasing these films or cartoons are trying to make a statement about free speech, which is fair enough," says Bergen, referring to the film and other provocative recent depictions of Mohammed, Islam's founding prophet.
"But in some cases they are deliberately trying to provoke," Bergen says. "The film that is at issue is certainly very provocative, the way it treats the Prophet Mohammed, and people who release these things are being very irresponsible."
Newt Gingrich told CNN Wednesday that the United States should seize on the violence spurred by the film "to teach the Muslim world about freedom," specifically about freedom of speech.
His remarks, echoed by other conservatives on Wednesday, signaled something of a divide in reaction to developments in Libya and Egypt between the political right, which stressed freedom of speech, and the left, which added condemnation of those behind the anti-Muslim film.
"The horrific attacks in Libya & Egypt are a stark contrast to our American ideals of free speech, civil disagreement," wrote Todd Rokita, a Republican U.S. congressman who is from Indiana, on Twitter.
Gingrich, the former presidential candidate and speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, said that after the attacks, "We had an opportunity to stand up and say, 'You know, it is true -- some people in the United States might make a film that is totally whacked out.'"
"Sooner or later, we in the modern world have to say to those who are living in a different way, 'Look, we stand for freedom,'" he said.
Gingrich criticized statements from the U.S. government that he said went too far in condemning and apologizing for the anti-Muslim film.
In a statement on Tuesday morning -- before the violence -- the U.S. Embassy in Egypt wrote that it "condemns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims -- as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions."
"Respect for religious beliefs is a cornerstone of American democracy," the statement continued. "We firmly reject the actions by those who abuse the universal right of free speech to hurt the religious beliefs of others."
Some U.S. officials spoke to the tension between U.S. support for free speech and what some have described as the film's "hate speech," in reacting to the attacks.
"The United States deplores any intentional effort to denigrate the religious beliefs of others," U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a statement.
"Our commitment to religious tolerance goes back to the very beginning of our nation," she said. "But let me be clear: There is never any justification for violent acts of this kind."
Some other political and religious leaders also cited the tension between free speech and what they said was hate speech. "I support #freespeech AND believe this film is hateful," tweeted Eboo Patel, an American Muslim leader based in Chicago. "I stand up for #Islam AND condemn violence of extremist Muslims #fb #responsibility."
Others joined in venting disapproval of both the film and the attacks. "For the record, you can condemn violence in response to hate speech, and you can also condemn hate speech," wrote Jeff Fecke on Twitter. "You don't have to support either."
Some American Muslims said Wednesday that while they support the right of free speech, they believe that the United States applies its values selectively in the Muslim world, especially when it comes to military and intelligence operations.
"Freedom of speech falls alongside other freedoms to live and be free from bombs falling on people's heads and to be free from occupations," says Omid Safi, religious studies professor at the University of North Carolina, referring to American military and intelligence operations in parts of the Muslim world.
"I will take free speech comments seriously when others take people's freedom of life and dignity and to be free from occupation just as seriously," he said.


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Today I devote this space to odds and ends, including two sayings I came across last week.
One was on a calendar at home that I happened to spot on a morning when I was hyperventilating about everything I had to do - this, that and some more of everything.
I was convinced that I had way too much to do and far too little time to do it.
And what time I had seemed to be devoted exclusively to putting out fires, so the expression goes, that I hadn't even started. Yikes.
Then I saw the calendar saying: "It's not the load - it's how you carry it."
I stopped long enough to smile and consider anew that there really aren't any coincidences in life.
I figured I was meant to see that and meant to realize that everything that needs to get done, gets done, all in good time, hyperventilating or no hyperventilating.
I took that attitude to the newspaper and gave my poinsettia a pep talk.
"Hang in there, honey," I told her. "Christmas is coming, and you're about to have your first birthday."
Visitors to the office are amazed my poinsettia plant is still amongst the living, still thriving on my desk from Christmas 2011.
And now it's getting ready for Christmas 2012.
I'm surprised, too, but I'd never tell her that.
Even though I'm writing this before we've had Thanksgiving dinner, my hat is off to Aunt Betty for the holiday dinner invite this year.
That means I didn't cook Thanksgiving dinner.
Now that's something to be thankful for.
And everyone else in my household shares in that digestive turn of good fortune.
Speaking of feeling thankful, Better Half and I had some great barn therapy time last week, savoring a few stolen hours of communing with the horses, aka Tucker and Coffee.
How nice to saddle up two horses and mosey around a field or two on a November day that hinted more of spring in the air than the approach of Old Man Winter.
We were as happy as could be, like Dale Evans and Roy Rogers off on Butter Cup and Trigger.
And that brings me to the other saying I heard this past week, courtesy of a regular visitor to the newsroom who noticed the horse pictures on my desk and commented accordingly.
I assured him I enjoyed having horses, and that didn't seem to surprise him at all.
He said he had a relative who had had horses and always was known to say "The outside of a horse is good for the inside of a man."
I like that. I reckon that goes for gals, too.
Happy trails to you all and may you carry the load lightly.
(Kiaski, a resident of Steubenville, is a staff columnist and features writer for the Herald-Star and The Weirton Daily Times and community editor for the Herald-Star. She can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com.)


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Suppose we have a space M with a real-valued, differentiable function F on M. Under what conditions on F will the Euler characteristic of M be expressed as a (signed) sum of Euler characteristics of components of the critical set for F? Can we relax the Morse-Bott requirement? What if the critical set isn't smooth... can we ever say anything?
Thanks! (I've also just asked a longer companion question on similar things).


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Media Create Japanese Software Sales for week ending April 20th: Youkai Watch keeps FFXIV: A Realm Reborn at bayWritten by: / / No Comments
The latest Media Create software chart may feature five new entries but none of these games managed to sell more than Youkai Watch and 3rd Super Robot Wars Z: Jigoku-Hen which both appeared on last week's chart. Youkai Watch is clearly benefiting from the popular Japanese anime series by the same name, and after a slow start has now sold 754 910 copies since making its debut last July.
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn is the best-selling new release this week, followed closely by Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney 1-2-3: Naruhodo Selection which is essentially a port of the iOS remake that landed on the Japanese App Store in 2012.
Other new releases include a new otome game for PSP from Idea Factory called Jyuzaengi: Engetsu Sangokuden 2, as well as a new entry in Bandai Namco's murder mystery series Detective Conan for 3DS.
Here are the ten best-selling titles during the past week:
- Youkai Watch (Level-5) – 3DS – 34 690
- 3rd Super Robot Wars Z: Jigoku-Hen (Bandai Namco Games) – PS3 – 31 724
- [NEW] Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn (Square Enix) – PS4 – 31 326
- [NEW] Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney 1-2-3: Naruhodo Selection (Capcom) – 3DS – 26 925
- Mario Party: Island Tour (Nintendo) – 3DS – 18 848
- 3rd Super Robot Wars Z: Jigoku-Hen (Bandai Namco Games) – PS Vita – 17 755
- [NEW] Style Savvy: Trendsetters – Tokimeki Up! (Nintendo) – 3DS – 12 315
- [NEW] Jyuzaengi: Engetsu Sangokuden 2 (Idea Factory) – PSP – 8 499
- [NEW] Detective Conan: Phantom Rapsody (Bandai Namco Games) – 3DS – 8 336
- Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (Konami) – PS3 – 8 018
Head over here for this week's hardware chart.
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1975 Ford F-350 Airbag Install - The Hot Rod HaulerWritten by on September 28, 2011 It's in the 'Bag
When we started on our Hot Rod Hauler, a 1973 Ford F-350, some of our goals were to lower the rear slightly, improve the ride when empty, and still maintain all of its load carrying capacity. We concluded the only practical way to get everything we wanted was with auxiliary air springs, so we turned to Joe Morrow and the crew at Chassis Tech.
Chassis Tech offers two kits for installing airbags for towing applications, the Basic Kit uses 6-inch 'bags that mount to the springs and the Heavy Duty kit that uses either 7.25-inch or 8.5-inch 'bags that mount inside the frame above the axle. For this application we choose the Heavy Duty kit with the smaller 'bags, but because of the tight confines between the 'rails, we mounted them to the outside of the frame directly above the axle. Space was the primary consideration, but we also felt that placing the 'bags as far apart as possible would help stability. We should point out that in many cases these towing kits simply bolt on, but for some applications, particularly on older trucks, some fabrication may be necessary.
While it was a tight squeeze to get the 'bags between the inside of the tires and the bedsides, they do have adequate clearance throughout the suspension's range in travel. The 'bags we used expand very little under pressure, and in most cases, ½-inch clearance all around is adequate, though we allowed for 1-inch in all directions.
As they would no longer be needed, we removed the helper springs from each side, which also lowered the truck by ½-inch. Since the helpers didn't come into play unless the truck was loaded we decided to remove two additional leaves from the spring pack to try and soften the ride when empty.
Disassembling the spring pack was easy enough; ironically it was something that had nothing to do with the suspension that took most of our time. Evidently the original owner had installed a trailer hitch that was subsequently removed before we got the truck. Unfortunately, remnants of the hitch were still welded to the frame right where the airbag brackets needed to be. Held in place by extremely ugly "bubble gum" welds we figured the brackets would pop right off—we were wrong. Those welds were ugly but strong and it took much longer to remove the old brackets than it did to install the new pair.
While air springs were first used in the '20s, today most commercial trucks with gross vehicle weights of 80,000 pounds or more are equipped with them, yet there are still those who are concerned about their reliability. The fact is that unless the 'bag is allowed to rub against something, failures are virtually unheard of. Add to that the ability to adjust ride height and load carrying capacity and it's no wonder that many high-end cars are equipped with them. Certainly they're perfect for our purposes.
When selecting an air spring, Morrow advises that the diameter of an air spring is directly related to the pressure required to attain ride height. A small diameter 'bag will take more air pressure to support the same amount as a larger 'bag. The best bet is to always use the largest 'bag you can fit into the available space. If you do not have enough room, you should do whatever it takes to make room, even if it means redesigning the control arms or trimming the frame.
Check out the following photos on the installation of our rear air-bags and stick around, as next time around we'll deal with the front suspension and the air management system. CCT
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With the frame supported and the shocks disconnected, the U-bolts were removed and the rear axle was dropped far enough to remove the center bolt from the spring pack.Airbags come in a variety of configurations. A pair of these tapered sleeve 'bags will support approximately 2,500 pounds and are rated at 150 psi maximum.Our towing kit came with DeNominator II air springs—7.25 inches in diameter, 2.8 inches collapsed, 12 inches extended, with a capacity of 3,049 pounds per 'bag and are rated at 600 psi maximum.Our application called for some fabricated frame brackets, these were made from ½-inch plate that was folded on an ironworker.As we wouldn't be able to get to the top of the brackets once they were welded in place, they were given a coat of paint from a rattle can.Normally these 'bags are mounted inboard of the framerails. Due to the offset of the differential housing, the sway bar brackets and shock mounts, we positioned them outboard. It's a tight fit, but everything clears, however, this wouldn't work on a dualie.
A 4½-inch piece of ¼-inch wall, 2-inch square tubing was welded to each spring plate. The square-tube spacers allow enough room to install and tighten the nuts on the U-bolts.Bases for the 'bags were made from ¼-inch plate. Holes were drilled to attach the 'bag to the plate, the attachment bolts are installed and tightened from inside the tube.A test fit revealed two things: there wasn't room for the air lines or for access for the attachment bolts. Installing the 'bags upside down solved the air line problem; as the bottom of the 'bag will be moving, the supply line will be braided stainless steel from a bulkhead fitting in the frame.


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Naturally, we spend a considerable amount of time discussing the way sound is projected from audio products like our DD-18+. But this spring a cool little gadget with an impressive ability to capture sound will be available to those who like to use Skype
I first saw Blue Microphones's Tiki device a few months ago at CES in Las Vegas. This nifty little USB gadget is the size of a memory stick and it plugs right into your computer. It also listens with the intelligence of human hearing.
"It pulls your voice to the forefront and minimizes everything else…computer fans, keyboard typing, and cartoons in the background," said Hillary Money from Blue Mic.
It also has auto-muting, which puts you on mute after you stop talking for three second. And as soon as you start talking again, it takes you off mute.
These are great features for using any VoIP.
For those of you who may be unfamiliar with Voice over Internet Protocol, it has actually been around for quite awhile. But the internet hasn't always been ready to handle it with the speed and bandwidth necessary for having a "natural" sounding conversation with someone. In recent years, however, there have been great improvements to speed and bandwidth that make VoIP an exciting opportunity for technology companies, as well as consumers.
How does it work? VoIP is simply a method for taking analog audio signals, like the kind you hear when talking on the phone, and turning them into digital data that can be transmitted over the Internet.


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Competition is an important force in the marketplace. It spurs innovation, invites critical review, and creates points of reference for evaluating value.
In the context of venture pitch and business plan competitions, it affords entrepreneurs an opportunity to test their concepts, identify weaknesses, improve their pitch, meet investors, get expert feedback, brand a product, gain some recognition, and potentially win a prize. Competitions offer an opportunity to fail in a safe environment where lessons learned can be applied before entering a competitive marketplace where failure has a higher cost.
The Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation strongly encourages student entrepreneurs to compete.
On Campus: Each semester, the CEI works with the [cube] to host a venture pitch series, culminating in a final competition at the end of the spring semester. To learn more, see our On Campus Competitions.
Off Campus: Throughout the year, there are a number of local, regional and national competitions that are open to UB students. The Center works with student teams to prepare them for these competitions, and will provide financial support for those well prepared to compete. To learn more, check out the Off Campus opportunities.
Working with the [cube], the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation hosts several venture pitch competitions each semester. Interested students may participate in any of these venture pitches by registering at the CEI or through the [cube].
The UB Venture Pitch Series is not a business plan competition. It is an entrepreneurial station stop that can occur anywhere along the venture creation continuum. Participants can limit their presentation to a compelling solution to a defined problem, or provide a comprehensive (albeit quick) overview of a product or service, its customers and competition, and it financial needs and projections. In all cases, participants are expected to base their pitch on a well structured concept.
There are a number of annual competitions that are open to UB students. Since many of the off campus competitions are business plan competitions, interested student teams are well advised to meet with the CEI which will provide coaching, evaluation and financial support when appropriate.
All students are encouraged to review the Mass Challenge competition, as it offers a different format than tradition competitions, and has an open eligibility framework.
Our goal is to annually field a team at a local, regional, and national competition each year. Are you the ready?


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Evolution Hoax
Didem Ürer: Ali Bulaç hodja said this about Muslims in Turkey. "Muslims in Turkey have a dual identity. Muslims in Turkey have a Kemalist, nationalist and a religious dual identity."
Adnan Oktar: Our being Kemalist makes it much easier to live as Muslims. Kemalism means having the moral values of the Companions, it means being free. Look, if we were not Kemalist, women would be unable to walk around so freely. We could not have managed that under any other system. The followers of the Nur could not have been so free, not the followers of Fethullah hodja. Ultra-modern young people work at their computers, study at university, wear jeans, shave and wear ties. Being Kemalist makes things much easier. Ataturk was a highly intelligent and perspicacious Ottoman general. He was a highly perspicacious Turk. He embodied all the logic and intelligence of our whole nation. Ataturk dressed very elegantly, for instance. His clothes were very chic. Other people began dressing elegantly after him. There was no such thing before him.
Ataturk eliminated the fundamentalist mindset. What Ataturk describes is therefore the Islam of the Companions, the Islam of the Qur'an. Ataturk was against fundamentalism. In that sense, we are Kemalists. We favor enlightenment, art, science and beauty. The dinners given by Ataturk were wonderful affairs; really fine and elegant. His clothes and his language were both very elegant.
There is a non-fundamentalist Islam in Turkey. That is why Turkey is a model for the whole Islamic world. Turkey is the only well-liked and popular Islamic country. What does that mean? Why? Because of Ataturk. Ataturk therefore showed, in practical terms, how to live by Islam. He brought in a modern, rational Islam that looked to science and expanded our horizons, the Islam practiced by the Companions. The Mahdi should in any case be expected after the coming of Ataturk. The second state after Ataturk is the system of the Mahdi. Ataturk knew the Mahdi would appear. That is why he wrote letters to be opened after his death. They still have not opened the letters, we are waiting.
I am a Kemalist, for example, and a Muslim. When I say I am a Kemalist that is because Ataturk emphasized the Islam of the Companions and applied the shared logic of our nation. Kemalism is a symbolic name. He embodied that common name. I could also call it "the Anatolian mindset" or "Anatolian thinking." Or "Turkish thinking," or "the Turkish conscience": It is not something unique to Ataturk alone. We bestow that name on him since he was a leader and fearlessly imposed the character of the Companions in the End Times. But it is not something that had never been discovered or known before. It is a known thing, a thing people live by. But Ataturk put it into practice. (Adnan Oktar, February 2nd, 2013, A9 TV)
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Softball Splits Twin Bill with Georgia CollegeFebruary 22, 2014
ANDERSON, S.C. – Despite being out-hit on the afternoon, the Anderson softball team earned a split of a nonconference doubleheader, defeating Georgia College, 7-5, in the opener and dropping a 7-3 decision in the nightcap, Saturday afternoon at Smethers Field.
"We have no complaints and no excuses," said Anderson head coach Tommy Hewitt. "[Georgia College] was a scrappy team. We just have to dust ourselves off and get ready to play tomorrow."
Anderson moved to 11-1 on the season, while Georgia College ended the day with an 8-4 overall record.
Game #1
Anderson 7, Georgia College 5
Sophomore center fielder Molly Child was 2-for-3 in the opener, with a single, double and a walk in four trips to the plate. Senior first baseman Danielle Swygert finished the contest 2-for-4 with a single and a two-run double in the first inning and finished with three RBI. Shortstop Abby Child ripped her third home run in as many games, going 1-for-2, with a pair of walks and scoring twice. Second baseman Jessica Neidigh blasted her second homer of the season over the center-field fence to lead off the second inning.
Junior pitcher Katelynn Howser improved to 4-0 by tossing four innings, while surrendering three earned runs on six hits. The right-hander struck out four and walked just one. Freshman Lauren Rudesheim earned her first collegiate save by going three full innings of relief and allowing two runs (one earned) off three hits, while striking out four and walking two.
Anderson erupted for four runs in the bottom of the first, while sending eight batters to the plate. After Molly Child and Abby Child reached base with a one-out single and walk, respectively, Swygert brought both home with her first double of the season to left field. Three batters later, junior Bri Cason lifted a fly ball to left that the Bobcats were unable to corral, plating both Swygert and Courtney Czentnar, who earlier singled to right.
Neidigh boosted the AU lead to 5-0 with her solo shot over the center-field fence with one out in the bottom of the second inning.
Georgia College countered with three runs in the top of the third frame, as the Bobcats capitalized on four singles and a two-run home run off the bat of sophomore Kristen Brooks.
Molly Child responded for the Trojans, as she drew a one-out walk and scored an unearned run on another Bobcat miscue to give Anderson a 6-3 lead after four innings.
Georgia College climbed within 6-4 with a run in the sixth, but AU got the run back on Abby Child's drive over the left-center field fence. The Bobcats added another solo run in the top of the seventh and had the tying run at the plate with two out, but Rudesheim ended the game with her fourth strikeout of the contest.
Game #2
Georgia College 7 Anderson 3
Junior Rebecca Martin was 2-for-3 in the nightcap, with a pair of doubles, while Molly Child was 2-for-4 with a pair of RBI and scored twice. The sophomore lifted her first home run of the season over the center-field fence in the sixth inning.
Freshman right-handed hurler Augie Pena (2-1) suffered her first setback of the season after allowing seven runs (six earned) on eight hits, while striking out seven Bobcats and not issuing a walk in 5 2/3 innings of work. Rudesheim tossed the final 1 1/3 frames and did not allow a hit, while striking out one.
The nightcap was a pitchers' duel through 3 ½ innings, as Bobcat hurler Carly Lewis did not allow a hit for three innings, while Pena held Georgia College hitless for four full innings.
Anderson struck first, with two runs in the fourth, but the Bobcats evened the score with a pair of runs in the top of the fifth frame and erupted for five additional runs in the sixth to take a 7-2 lead. Molly Child answered with her leadoff homer in the bottom of the sixth, and the Trojans threatened in their final at-bat but would not get any closer.
AU will get back on the diamond quickly, as the Trojans welcome Conference Carolinas' opponent Limestone to Smethers Field for a 2 p.m. doubleheader on Sunday.


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This question is inspired by a paper by B. Poonen that appeared on the arxiv some time ago: http://arxiv.org/abs/1204.0299. The paper gives a sample of algorithmically unsolvable problems from various areas of mathematics.
The topology part however contains only two such problems: the homeomorphism problem for 4-manifolds, which was shown to be undecidalbe by Markov in 1958, and the problem of recognizing $S^n,n\geq 5$ up to homeomorphism. The indecidability in both cases basically boils down to the undecidability of the group isomorphism problem.
Note that both the above problems become decidable if one restricts one's attention to simply-connected PL-manifolds. This follows in the first case from the fact that simply-connected PL 4-manifolds are determined up to homeomorphism by the integral cohomology and in the second case from the generalized Poincare conjecture.
This makes one wonder what happens if one imposes some natural topological restrictions like simple connectedness. So I would like to ask if the following problems are decidable for simply-connected finite simplicial complexes, maybe under some further restrictions (e.g. for those those simplicial complexes that are homeomorphic to smooth or PL-manifolds):
the homeomorphism problem
the homotopy equivalence problem
the rational (or mod a prime $p$) homotopy equivalence problem
Personally, I do not hold out much hope that any of these turns out to be algorithmically decidable. For instance, the rational homotopy type of a space $X$ can be seen as an infinite collection of maps $H^{\otimes n}\to H$ of degrees $2-n$ (where $H=H^*(X,\mathbb{Q})$) subject to some condition, up to an equivalence relation, and it looks plausible that all the components in this collection matter. However, it is not completely clear to me how to prove this.


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'The Killing' Returns
This weekend brings a momentous decision: To watch, or not to watch, Season 2 of The Killing? Anyone who forged through the first season of this AMC police procedural (a remake of a Danish hit) last year is probably still fuming about the lack of answers in the final episode. For weeks, we had been watching the stubborn and slightly self-destructive Seattle detective Sarah Linden (Mireille Enos) plod around the cityoften in the pouring rainas she attempted to solve the murder of high school student Rosie Larsen. We had glimpsed the light at the end of the tunnel: Following an ingenious bit of gumshoe work, a culprit had been arrested! Justice had been served! Detective Linden was on a plane to sunnier climes! And then, the episodes final minuteswith fiendish glee, it seemedsubverted that resolution, saddling us with questions we have now lived with for almost a year.According to The New York Times, AMCs head of original programming has promised that the whodunit will be wrapped upreally and trulyat the end of Season 2, which begins this Sunday. Of course, even if we trust his pledge, there remains the fact that The Killing has so far been a real downer of a program. Many of its elementsthe red-herring clues, the multiple suspects, the sleuth with personal problems, the law-enforcement turf battlesare detective-story standards. But has there ever been a police procedural that focused so intensely on the grief of the victims family? In Season 1, scene after scene conveyed the Larsens pain: We saw Rosies parents suffer as they planned her funeral and suffer as they debated whether to clean out her room and suffer as they fielded detectives questions. We saw Rosies younger brothers suffer, too, as their pain-deluged parents ignored them. (In one heartbreaking scene, the boys, getting their own breakfast, wondered whether they dared eat some of their dead siblings favorite breakfast cereal.)The cinematography made the saga even more depressing: Season 1 was shot in blue tones that made each image even more lugubrious than it might have been otherwise. The police headquarters, in particular, might have been dredged up from the bottom of the Slough of Despond. All in all, The Killing strays far from the escapist-puzzle mode that is the default option for the mystery genre. And yet.Yes, I admit it. I will watch Season 2. The lingering suspense from Season 1 is just too strong. But listen, AMC: Dont count on me for any Season 3.
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I haven't watched the series. If it is literally as dark as ou say it is I'm not tempted to I find that there is a current style in detective TV shows that requires that the backgrounds be practiclaly black. Very unnatural and contributes nothing to the narrative.While I'm at it, let me complain about the figurative darkness of the overwhelming majority of most TV stories. I love good detective fiction, both books and TV. but the amount of crime on TV is overwhelming. Given these sorts of images to think with, what sort of expectations of life will the children of this generation expect? Their vitual world seems to be their main world, and it's largely violence ridden. Poor kids. (Not to mention The Hunger Game.)
I watched a Hunger Games trailer on my Apple TV the other night. Clearly, it's just another violence fantasy for kids. I agree, the amount of violence being flogged off on kids has got to be at least desensitizing. Of course, adults are also being drowned in this stuff - at least, those who watch commercial TV - but, hopefully, they've matured enough to know the difference between vicarious and real violence. Maybe not.What's with these producers and programmers? Do they have no desire to do better?
I think the main problem with TV as contrasted with the movie industry is that much of TV is dependent on commercial sponsors. The prorducers have to please the sponsors who want audience share above all. Not so with movies, at least not to the same extent. So there are still some fine movies being made. Every once and a while a TV show accidentally is an artistically superior one, but not too often. I also think that the cynicism of too many cartoon shows discourage young people from appreciating what is upbeat not to mention idealistic And The Killing sounds pretty cynical or at least thoroughly downbeat to me. Does it offer only suspense?
I guess we're getting away from "The Killing". Maybe I should pay Apple a couple of dollars to watch a bit of it. Celia, what episode would you suggest?I've been very disappointed with what I've learned about the movies coming out these days. When the industry finally settled on an HD standard, I was looking forward to watching some great new flicks, combining the latest technical marvels with excellent adult writing. No luck. If you look at the Blu-Ray section in your local store or on amazon.com, you'll find it's almost completely violence and comedy for the lowest-common-denominator teenage audience. Very slim pickings. One keeps hoping for Criterion to enlarge its catalog of old classics.
David ==I read just yesterday that PG13 movies make nigh on to twice as much money as their nearest competitors, the R-rated ones. Do adults just not go to movies anymore? Or do they go to "kids" movies? I wonder about what kids movies are these days, given the plot of The Hunger Games. in my young years that might have earned an R. As violent as the U. S. has become over what it used to be, it really has not yet descended into anything like what is presented on TV and in the movies, not for most people anyway. Most people I know, for instance, have not known any one who has been murdered. At least that used to be true, excepet for kids from the ghettos. But I haven't taken any polls lately.
Well, the first season of "The Killing" (I am waiting for Season 2 appear on AMC's "On Demand" menu) follows a single investigation, so if you wanted to sample it, you'd really have to watch Season 1 Episode 1. In answer to your question, Ann, I would say that the show tries to do more than just offer suspense: It aims to give a diagnositic view of society, pointing out how various institutions and social dynamics affect individuals and communities. ("The Wire" did this a lot better.) In "The Killing" there are characters who are involved in a (possibly corrupt) political campaign; there's a subplot involving a school and one involving drug addiction and one involving the foster care system. The detective is a single mother. It's partly because the show aims to do more than provide mere disposable suspense that it is so depressing: It really tries to examine how a death affects a family. But certainly, as you say, the show is part of our society's voyeuristic fascination with police procedurals and violence- and crime-driven stories.
I think of these things - cop shows, comedy shows - the standard television fare - as being escapist - the sort of mindless thing people watch to wind down after a hard day at the office. Why would someone want to watch something deliberately depressing to wind down? Could this be indicative of a cultural neurosis - or even psychosis - perhaps masochistic?
Or maybe it's not simply escapist and, contrary to what Ann said, some shows become artistically superior not by accident, but rather because they are well-crafted and speak to the human condition in a new and better way. It's also always so silly to talk about these sorts of productions as though they indicate some new uptick in art with dark or violent themes. For Pete (Campbell's) sake, review past works that have clearly contributed to shared cultural experience--there is violence, horror, and despair in every corner of humanity's art production, and the fact that a production is through the medium of television (as opposed to, say, Dionysian tragic theatre) doesn't automatically bar it from artistic achievement.
OK, I watched the pilot. Worth the three dollars for the experience - to know what's under discussion. Yes, Abe, it's well crafted. I don't think it's art, though. It's just more wallowing about in anger, dirt, stress, and sub-verbal communication. And there's a lot of what Celia calls
our societys voyeuristic fascination with police procedurals and violence- and crime-driven stories
We get to see corruption and other deep moral failure in various places that most of us would probably never see off television.We started going here long ago, with "Miami Vice" and "Hill Street Blues". Same stuff, just darker, with much more dirt and despair. Cynicism level's about the same. But there are no "good guys" - even the protagonist is a helpless martyr.What makes it work is part of what Art refers to - the artistic superiority. But I'd say here that's limited to great technical superiority - cinematography, sound. It's "artistic" if you're really, really, deeply into grunge, dirt, anger, grunting, screaming, depression, and terminal frustration.One thing I especially don't like about this stuff is the strong implication that the entire world and everybody in it is thoroughly rotten. That's not a bit attractive or, I think, true. But it seems to be the "artistic" vision of our time. Ugly.
ABe --I didn't mean that the good progams just happen to be put together accidentally - I meant that they seem to be \sponsored accidentally. TV is an artform just waiting to be exploited. I don't get HBO because it doesn't seem worth the price. And of course violence isn't new in art including the greatest art. Hamlet, Oedipus Rex, The Brothers Karamazov are all murder mysteries. But they don't pander to our fascination with evil and violence. They make us see them for what they are, unlike a lot of TV.
Celia --Thanks for your reply. It does make the show sound interesting. But it sounds like a total downer. All down, no up. But life really isn't like that, not so far anyway. Goodness and kindness and bits of beauty, are always at least possible. We do seem to be heading for a universal downer -- the collapse of the Earth eco system, which will cause unrelenting misery. Somehow we manage to ignore that threat. Are all the negative artworks anticipating that, trying to prepare us to handle that antipated pain? I doubt it. I suspect that even the artists just don't have the courage to face it. Sp the arts, which ought to be helping us to find hope or at least enough courage to look for hope, serve up only grunge and despair. But at least :mystery stories" do offer us the satisfaction of finding the culprit. That's better than nothing, I suppose.Yes, I do think the arts have a moral dimension. Not that they are supposed to preach, but they will not be very valuable unless they do address the existential questions, even if only in small and indirectl ways. Just presenting an image of the miseries of this world hardly seems worth the effort, and it only adds to the existential muck.
Ann, I think it's impossible to define art. The implication is that it's something higher, better, worth serious notice beyond first impressions, but beyond that, it's all subjective. I guess if mucking about in muck is someone's idea of art, we have to admit that they're certainly entitled to say so.I prefer "craft" to "art". Major lack of pretentiousness. I can unreservedly admire the great technical craftsmanship in products like "Killing". Whether or not that or the whole package is art probably depends on what sort of company you keep.
David =="Art" can mean anything one wants it to mean. Humpty Dumpty knew that. So, if, as used to be the case, some people (called "artists") made things that were higher, better, worth serious notice, etc, and the things they made were called "art". You can use the word to mean any garbage you choose, but some of us think it's to the advantage of us all to keep a word for those special human=made things which are worth more than most things as objects of contemplation and enjoyment. Language is also a human-made thing, and some words are more valublee than others. It's a pity to mess up thier meanings unnecesarily.
" Whats with these producers and programmers? Do they have no desire to do better? "Like it or not, "better" doesn't sell well with the segment of society that goes to the movies these days. Violence - the more the better - does.
Dude, exactly what segment of society is it that goes to the movies? I don't think you guys actually watch movies or tv--too busy clucking your tongues on the interwebs.
"what segment of society is it that goes to the movies?"The rich segment. Last week, my husband took one of my daughters to a Sunday matinee of The Lorax: 2 tickets = $26
In most of the TV and movie dramas you will ever see, a person is shot, once, and dies. It all happens right there, right then and it's really not that icky. These scenes leave out that gap between the time when the victim is mortally wounded and the time when that victim actually dies. There's no horribly wounded person who survives nonetheless. There's no grieving family, or (worse) one that just doesn't really care. There's no one trying to decide what to do with the victim's clothes or car. The skeletons in the closet stay in the closet, they don't fall out on the living room floor. There's no one trying to hide past indiscretions from the media.That's how we're used to seeing killings portrayed. This series explores all of those things. Is it pretty grim? Yeah. Is it worth watching? Oh, yeah.


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Woman bitten after feeding feral cats in Oak Creek
The Oak Creek Health Department reported that a woman had to get rabies shots because she was bitten by a stray/feral cat May 17.
According to the Oak Creek police report:
The woman was feeding other feral cats when a brown and white male Siamese cat bit her on her left ankle while she was in the 8800 block of South 15th Avenue about 7:30 a.m. May 17.
The woman called the humane society, who advised her they would not respond, but told her to put out a cage and capture the cat.
The cat is still at large.
Police warn man, 59, after he asked 14-year-old girl out for coffee
St. Francis police warned a 59-year-old man to change "his way of meeting women" after he tried to ask a 14-year-old girl to join him for coffee.
According to the St. Francis police report:
The 59-year-old Cudahy man was driving in the 2500 block of East Howard Avenue about 11 a.m. May 14, and he pulled over and asked a 14-year-old high school student to join him for coffee.
The girl, who was walking home because she was sick, told him "no." The girl said also told her mother, who notified police.
When police contacted the man, he told police he "doesn't go to bars because he doesn't drink (and) tried dating sites but that all he meets are ugly, fat women."» Read Full Article
Man arrested after spitting at driver, damaging store's automatic entrance
A man was arrested for disorderly conduct after he got out of his vehicle in the middle of the road, screamed and spat at another driver May 9.
According to the Oak Creek police report:
The man got out of his vehicle in the middle of the road, started screaming at another driver in a green Suburban and spit at him during an apparent road rage incident while leaving Farm & Fleet, 501 W. Rawson Ave., at about 5:55 p.m. May 9.
The man was arrested later that same day, around 7:30 p.m., for criminal damage to property after he returned to Farm & Fleet.
He yelled at employees in the auto repair area, and then damaged an entrance door by prying the automatic sliding doors open from the inside and slamming them all the way open, causing them to stop working.» Read Full Article


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Daniella Levine '83
Civic Minded
While studying at Columbia Law School in the 1980s, Daniella Levine '83 mentioned to her grandfather George M. Jaffin '26 that many of her peers were not pursuing public interest law because of financial constraints. The conversation inspired Jaffin—a lawyer and philanthropist—to help establish the Law School's Loan Repayment Assistance Program for graduates choosing to pursue careers in public service. Jaffin always pointed to his granddaughter as the catalyst for the idea.
"That's humbling," says Levine, who, in addition to her law degree, earned a master's degree from Columbia University's School of Social Work. "I thought it was important for students [interested in the field] to keep in touch with their motivations for going to law school."
Levine's own desire to dedicate her career to public interest work led her to found Catalyst Miami, a nonprofit organization that helps communities develop strategies for social, educational, and economic improvement. The organization focuses on what Levine considers to be the two pillars of democracy: economic opportunity and civic responsibility. Through initiatives such as the Prosperity Campaign—which provides application assistance for government benefits and free tax preparation services—Catalyst Miami offers pro bono financial planning help to individuals and families. Another initiative, Imagine Miami, links civic-minded individuals and organizations in an effort to enhance community involvement.
Levine, the organization's president and CEO, created Catalyst Miami as a volunteer group in 1996. It now includes more than 60 employees and apprentices, with an annual budget of $2.8 million. "I never expected to start an organization," Levine notes. "To me, [this work] is an adventure. It's a challenge. It's a puzzle to be solved."


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Alright, I'll be able to know whether I'm 100% or not tomorrow morning.
Alright, I'll be able to know whether I'm 100% or not tomorrow morning.
How come we have never actually drank wine together? Can we please change that this year?
There wasn't a winefest last year because Moo wasn't around. I didn't feel it was appropriate to have Winefest without him.
Puking off wine drinking is the worst.
girl, you know it's a party if I make a spreadsheet
Asians and their documents & math. I have 4 more days of work in Ohio, 2 more before Magfest.
Ima get you get you drunk get you drunk in your lady hump.
God, you know how hot I get when you talk about my lady humps.
I have experimented with another type of baked good. I think I have succeeded.
That spicy cheese cake burned my butt.
Also my little brother is now coming. We're going to get fucked up and family bond before I move to ATL which happens pretty much after I get back from Magfest.
He's not as big of a nerd as me but he has a Zelda Hylian Emblem tattoo and loves him some Mass Effect *Surprise surprise*
Also I vote changston supreme leader of all activities Magfest this year. Home gurl's been taking charge in those emails, I'll probably also be classy thursday night.
Just looking at some of these from last year and laughed out loud at Josh's photoshop handy work:
Is your brother as cute as shit as you are?
He's a good looking chap, bit of a stoner / punk rocker. *blushes* I didn't know I was cute as shit.
So are we getting classy thursday night? I can't keep up with gmails.
Karaoke on Thursday night, suits welcome but not encouraged. I'll be driving in that afternoon and a lot of other people are getting in that day. I'm going to have my suiterday on Friday and probably just walk around the con being classy and stuff. Some people might be doing it on Saturday.
Half tucking is a way of life, there's no going back.


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Harley Quinn's Greatest Moments from "Batman: The Animated Series"
TV, Comic Books
2. Mike McMahon's JUDGE DREDD ribbed boots
The crazy thing about these boots is that ribbed toe cap. Well, I say that, but the scale and the bright green is pretty insane, but that ribbed toe cap is what always gets me. It reminds me of a classic Adidas Superstar (or shell toe) sneaker. I used to have calf-high green boots, they weren't as clunky as these but they had just as much impact. There's something fantastically stompy and exaggerated about them in conjunction with those huge knee pads that makes the Judge's costume that much more grounded. He's one of the skinniest men in comic books, with the largest boots in contrast with his little legs. It's a great silhouette.
I love this topic, but I have to disagree about your choice to represent Iron Man's boots. While the boots on Adi Granov's movie Iron Man are impressive, his comic Iron Man's footwear is far superior. In the Extremis armor, Tony's shoes are thinner and conform to the shape of his feet, down to a slight indentation between the big toe and the other four. Since Extremis was the point where the book went more towards transhumanism than just a guy in a metal suit, this was a brilliant touch.
It's interesting you mention Storm's boots staying up. Dave Cockrum drew them much tighter and many years ago remarked that he thought the way John Byrne drew them, they looked like they would flop down. John Byrne just last month when it was pointed out Dave drew them much tighter said in all these years he never even realized that he drew the boots differently than Dave.
What a great idea, Sonja, and I love the list. A lot of these choices might not have occurred to me–as opposed to WW's and Cap's, which are pretty darned iconic.
What, no Nightcrawler??
You must be saving him for the "greatest glove/boot combo" article.
Really fun article, although I'm confused by the note in the Zatanna write-up about the boots being from her "current costume, not the Justice League Dark one." Isn't the Justice League Dark one her current costume? I've not seen her appear in that version since pre-Nu52. (Although I prefer that outfit to the JLDark one, but also understand why they changed it.)
Amanda Conner's boots always look quite similar to me. They tend to be chunky with a slight curve to the back. She did the same with Power Girl's boots on that book, if memory serves.
I always thought Wolverine's brown-and-tan costume boots were pretty cool. Ridiculous, yes, but they worked really well with that costume overall.
I loved Conner's take on Power Girl's boots as well, and I'm a little fond of Dinah's boots when she switched back to wearing fishnets in Birds of Prey as well.
I kind of also always dug Red Sonja's boots.
i think this countdown might include the new X-men plataform shoes… specially the emma's…
Storm's boots, along with her entire costume, as well as the vast majority of the new X-Men team that appeared in Giant Sized X-Men # 1 and Uncanny X-men # 94, we're designed by Dave Cockrum, not John Byrne.
my favorite super hero boots of all time HAVE to be Dazzler's disco ball boots with roller skate attachments! I mean c'mon, how can you NOT love that?
the X-Treme X-Men disco ball platform boots are pretty fierce too.
I'm rather partial to the Alan Davis Captain Britain boots, myself.
2000AD in the 70s/80s went for huge mental looking footwear by default. Loved it. McMahon's Dredd was always my favourite, still is; that's Ian Gibson's work on the right though, I'm relatively sure.
Iron Man's coffee can boots. Oh, and pretty much every time Joe Madureira has drawn someone's boots.
"2000AD in the 70s/80s went for huge mental looking footwear by default. Loved it. McMahon's Dredd was always my favourite, still is; that's Ian Gibson's work on the right though, I'm relatively sure."
Yeah it defo is.
Dredd's boots have reached epic proportions at times but will always be a size too small.
No list of great boots is complete without Guy Gardner's 80s Crisis era boots. those were a classic.
A favorite of mine was Deadshot's boots — particularly as drawn by Luke McDonnell/Karl Kesel. Looks like a standard costume boot with a metal shin guard running from toe to just below the knee. Odd.
And, what about the king of all pirate-style boot wear? Deathstroke: The Terminator's! Giant, floppy top and ORANGE, of all colors.
The boots that immediately came to mind for me were Batman's gritty, utilitarian combat boots as drawn by Paul Pope in Batman: Year 100. Made for kicking ass.
Sorry guys I don't like the next and previous buttons to see the next bits of the article. Makes it look like a Newsrama article and in a bad way.
Next time you do an article like this can we have it as one long list on one page?
I own the George Perez Wonder Woman sketch they are using for this article…not sure where they got the hi res scan?!?! Would have been nice to be asked if they could use it…I would have said "yes" but it's nice to be asked first……
Philip: I don't have any control over the way the new gallery format works. You'll have to email someone higher up to voice your concern.
Mike: Thanks for letting me know you own that sketch. I found it in random google image search on "George Perez Wonder Woman", which took me here: http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=180288&page=18 which seems to be some kind of public forum, so I assumed it was alright to use it as an example.
There's no "they", it's just me. I can't ask permission to use images because there isn't time, I often post at 11pm at night, with only an hour to find images and write an article. (And before anyone asks; there's no one to fact check or proof read either. This is just me blogging for you, every week.) Usually I use published images so that they're covered under the "fair usage and promotion" clauses, but this time I forgot. I apologize if this caused you any distress, I can replace it now if you like.
" Iron Man's coffee can boots. Oh, and pretty much every time Joe Madureira has drawn someone's boots. "
That was during the early 1990s, when Tony spent his spare time playing NES games and got jealous of Mega Man's boots?
Sorry guys I don't like the next and previous buttons to see the next bits of the article. Makes it look like a Newsrama article and in a bad way.
Next time you do an article like this can we have it as one long list on one page?
Sorry, Philip, this will be the format of all list posts on the blog going forward.
Enjoyed this, from couple of obvious ones to highlighting some which I hadn't really paid attention.
And the first thing that sprung to mind when I saw the headline was Judge Dredd boots.
I liked this article… I've always put a lot of stock in how a costume looks. A lot of costumes these days are a little bland for my taste. Deadshot, Bucky, Nightcrawler and Thor all have the best boots IMHO.
As a kid I was always fascinated by Hawkman's boots. They're the standard peaked top hero boots, but the trident design running from his knee down to his toes were always unique and gave him a slightly martial feel. And as drawn by Kubert they felt like a particularly otherwordly aesthetic, particuarly appropriate for the alien Katar Hol. It was only when I got older that I finally realized that the design was meant to mimic a bird's three toed foot. And somehow that made it all the cooler.
Mention also has to be made of Ulta Boy's one of a kind boot design with its unique castelated turn down flap. Along with that weird bird symbol it contributed to one of the few costume designs that seemed to grow from a culture and fashion outside 20th century America.
Following up on db's comment, the Falcon's boots were obviously inspired by Hawkman but had a sort of fringe around them that mimicked a bird's feathers. Memory's a bit off but I think it started with the original green and orange costume and continued well into the classic white and red.
Thanks for throwing Cap a bone. Where Steve Rogers has never been particularly charismatic, I got into his comics because his awesome, severely underrated. You understand immediately when he's from, but don't feel like he should go back. You know a guy in those boots is gonna have a hearty adventure.
And spot on analysis for Barda's small boots.
I always thought gambits original steel knee-high boots were awesome. A product of their time, but they still look cool today. Although completely impractical for someone who's supposed to be quite.
"the thick flat sole is a far more useable one for a superhero."
ugh. nothanks. She speaks backwards and magic spells happen. why should she care about arch support? Useability? She's in fishnets, for god's sake.
Where are the best boots in the history of comics? Donna Troy's black knee high heeled boots from Wolfman/Perez' Teen Titans?
If I was a super hero, I would wear Captain America's "Avengers" movie boots. That, or the classic Captain America boots.
Love this article. Make more of these please!
What about Thor's boots – very unique back in the day!
I agree with the complaints about the lame next page links for lists, poorly designed, inefficient, needless clicking. It is a sad day at cbr. I am less likely to view an article like that.
What a fun article! Really enjoyed your selections and descriptions.
I've never even thought of Iron Man wearing boots before. I've always thought that was just and extension of his leg armour. Thanks for making me see his costume in a new light.
These are my favorites:
Amanda Conner's Power Girl Boots: with the integrated heel, shorter tight flaps, and the zipper up the front – a design that was repeated in her gloves. I'm happy to see her returning to her traditional look in the near future – hopefully she'll be wearing Amanda's awesome boot design too.
Dazzler's X-Treme X-Men Disco Boots – they kick so much ass! I hope she keeps them now that the series is ending.
Supergirls current boots. Such a simple addition to her traditional super-boots but he long extension with the knee cut-out looks so odd and interesting – it really emphasizes her alien background and fashion-sense.
Phoenix's long gold boots: Tall pointed gold boots – so unique and elegant. Such a pretty costume; I really wish we could see it on a regular basis again.
Costumes are such an iconic part of the superhero image that it's no wonder there are so many discussions of various elements over the years. That said, I enjoy these fannish back and forths and wouldn't mind seeing other discussions. For example, I wouldn't mind to see opinions about the best chest emblem or mask design. Not to mention best overall designs.
A couple other thoughts coming out of this article: I just noticed that Storm's costume is actually the Bronze Age Saturn Girl's in black with a cape accessory.
Loved George Perez's work on Wonder Woman. And it's amazing how the lack of a heel on those boots somehow make the character more athletic and realistic.
Cap's buccaneer boots are classic. A proven design that has been reused so many times I fear to count all the other examples.
Aside from the best, how about the most bizarre? Like the Creeper's fur lined footwear. The rainbow thigh-highs owned by Colossus (what is the explanation behind those three hash marks on top?). And yes, the Dazzler's disco mirror roller skates.
I agree with the heel part.
I could never understand why someone who's a warrior who gets her hands dirty and does a lot of running on the job would wear heels, especially an amazon. It's like asking to trip while fighting for your life
@ Neil
Actually, I was refering to the post-Armor Wars 1 armor from the late 80s, but I did also like the squared-off JR Jr armor also, the one I think you're referring to, and I'll cop to it – a big reason is the Mega Man boots. Something about them…
And when Bright was drawing the coffee-can armor, the boots did have kind of the same visual effect Sonia was talking about in her Iron Man pick, the way they look like jeans going over the actual boot.
I disagree with the complaints about the awesome next page links for lists, thoughtfuly designed, efficient, a much cleaner presentation. It is a happy day at csbg. I am more likely to view an article like that.
Brian, can we get a poll on this?
I rarely notice footwear on characters except when the artist puts a lot of effort into drawing the waffle pattern on the bottom. I'll have to pay more attention!
Terrible #1 choice, terrible end to a good list.
Why force people to click so many times?
Hm… I usually hate click-through slideshows. I'm lazy. I prefer slideshows that allow you to use an arrow key to move through slides.
But I didn't even notice this one; I guess I was so interested in the topic that I didn't mind.
I find it amusing that the right side of the George Perez Wonder Woman picture is actually by Phil Jimenez, doing his usual George Perez homage style.
Great article but I was hoping to see the most legendary boots of all comicdom, Walt SIMONSON'S Manhunter boots with built in Bundai dagger holders!
Anywho, keep these awesome insights coming Sonia!
If a giant mecha-shark ever bites off both my feet I'm gonna have the doctors attach mew snazzy ROM feet! Always liked the split two-toe look for some reason, perhaps just because it doesn't look like a foot in a shoe.
Also, Shade the Changing Man had some cool sneakers from Meta in his 80s run.
If a giant mecha-shark ever bites off both my feet I'm gonna have the doctors attach new snazzy ROM feet! Always liked the split two-toe look for some reason, perhaps just because it doesn't look like a foot in a shoe.
Also, Shade the Changing Man had some cool sneakers from Meta in his 80s run.
Okay, but clicking BACK 10 times to get to the main page does indeed suck.
Please THANKS to whomever got rid of the super-ugly stencil font on the headlines a while back!
Thanks so much for including Cap's awesome pirate boots. I love the style, used it constantly when designing City of Heroes characters. I just read the letter column of Captain America #4 and, much as I love Remender, was horrified to learn he thinks the pirate boots are not cool. I love me some awash and buckle and am not at all a fan of Cap's Marvel Now look. I prefer aesthetics to functionality or even realism when it comes to fiction.
Also, I almost skipped this article as well due to the "newsarama" style clicking. It's pretty annoying.
Shouldn't this countdown go from 10 to 1 instead of 1 to 10?
Anyway, doesn't matter.
This list is irrelevant because #1 is not Sam Kieth's THE MAXX.
Marshal Law should have been on there too.
I love it when women complain that super heroes, shouldn't wear heels because it's not realistic..what is realistic in a comic book? The super powers? The tights? List was bias and lame.
I used to love Storm's Cockrum boots. I didn't really realise they were almost the same as Bronze Age Saturn Girls'.
And WW's boots are quite iconic. although yes heels have varied over the years. The current ones being blue-black and white are quite a change.
And always loved Donna Troy's classic Perez black boots.
With Zatanna, I may be in the minority that preferred her in her Perez blue and white outfit with jewelled head and white cape – those boots were great – blue thigh boots with white trim.
Actually super-characters' footwear has tended to look very perfunctory – for some reason it was felt that they couldn't wear shoes, so artists have drawn their feet as blunt shapes with a couple of lines at calf-height. Same for most aliens. Maybe there haven't been enough boot fetishists working in comics?
I think it would be cool for Wonder Woman to wear rubber rainboots with chunky soles and buckles at the tops, myself.
This article and comment stream is the bottom of the barrel when it comes to articles. Plus a special shout out to the person who argued the countdown went the wrong way. A sad day for mankind indeed.
Boot fetishist-phobia!
I'm from the UK and I think my sarcasm didn't travel well lol
Pfft. How do you miss Ultra Boy's kicky crenellated boots?!
I'm not certain what "on the left of the image on the right" means
From the context I'm guessing it does not mean the image left of the image on the right and right of the image of the left but rather the image left of the image left of the image on the right.
and probably the pictures did not appear in the expected layout.
Of course, if were to put together my personal list of 10 favourite superhero boots it would probably consist only of thigh-highs worn by women (…Huntress)…but I imagine you are not interested in my personal fetishes
The Newsarama style article is awful. There's a reason I don't read their lists.
thinking about it, I've always liked Spiral's boots (especially the art Adams originals)
I'm glad you titled this "10 Great Superhero Boots" which is a very different animal than "10 Greatest Superhero Boots". That way there's room to include more great boots beyond the ten listed here, which are unquestionably great.
Personally, I always liked Cyclops' yellow pirate boots, but I think that's just because his 70's costume was so streamlined and simple that his footwear really stood out. I also think some props should go to Lobo for wearing boots that would make Gene Simmons proud and to Marvel's Hercules for his thigh-high leather strap sandals.
Hey, what about the Trickster? Not only does he have the moxy to sport a pair or true blue pixie boots, but those same shoes allow him to walk on air! Now that's styling!
The iron man boots is so fantastic as ever. Suited with light armor with cool booster boots is an amazing hero for me.
John Byrne saw this article today and made a comment that in part said,
"There's no actual LIE in this piece, of course, but there is a lot of confusion. Especially in the comment that corrects the writer's mistaken assumption that I was the designer of Storm's costume. And therein lies an interesting and all too familiar pattern.
The post commenting on Storm's boots (scroll past the ads) refers to Dave Cockrum having expressed his displeasure at the way I drew them, saying they would "flap." Now, I have heard/read Dave making that comment only once, and that was about how I drew Colossus' boots, not Storm's."
Since I'm the person he's talking about that is "confused" I thought I'd link to a few posts.
Here is JBF member Mark Haslett talking about the "flop down" not "flap" comment he says Dave Cockrum made:
Post 2 here. http://www.byrnerobotics.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11883
So I would advise John to speak to my good pal Mark if he wants to know more about what Dave said.
Here is John noticing for the first time he drew the boots differently than Dave did.
Post 11 here. http://www.byrnerobotics.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=43513&PN=126&TPN=3
Have a great day John and the JBF.
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Current and Future Applications of Focused Ultrasound 2014: 4th International Symposium
Focused Ultrasound Foundation
Last Modified: June 26, 2013
Dates: October 12-16, 2014
Location: Marriott North Bethesda Hotel and Conference Center
Sponsoring Group: Focused Ultrasound Foundation
Web Page URL: www.fusfoundation.org/Symposium
Topics Covered: Symposium topics include focused ultrasound applications in the brain, prostate, breast, liver, uterus, bone and other organs.
Objectives: The symposium will cover state-of-the-art applications of image-guided focused ultrasound, a breakthrough non-invasive therapeutic technology. The robust program features invited lectures, scientific sessions and panel discussions spotlighting the latest translational and clinical advances in MR-guided and ultrasound-guided applications. Symposium topics include focused ultrasound applications in the brain, prostate, breast, liver, uterus, bone and other organs. Participants will expand their knowledge, share ideas and build relationships that will serve as catalysts for future projects and collaborations.
Who Should Attend: Researchers, clinicians, industry, government
Agenda: Will be made available prior to the event on the website: http://www.fusfoundation.org/Symposium
Registration Information: Registration will be available at the website: http://www.fusfoundation.org/Symposium
Fees: To Be Announced
Continuing Education: Yes
Audience: HCP
Miscellany: About the Symposium: The symposium is the world's largest gathering of clinical and scientific experts advancing the field of image-guided focused ultrasound. It is a multidisciplinary collaboration forum for researchers, clinicians, industry and government experts from around the globe. As the leading global conference for clinicians in focused ultrasound, the symposium attracts established and emerging leaders to exchange ideas and drive progress for the rapidly expanding field of focused ultrasound.


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Axis & Allies D-Day Game
Description - Axis & Allies D-Day Game
It is the morning of June 6, 1944. Operation Overload has finally begun on the beaches of Normandy and the fate of Europe lies on your shoulders. In honor of the 60th anniversary of D-Day, this new Axis and Allies variant allows you to once again re-play history. Will you be the allied forces or take the axis as Germany? An extra large game board, new pieces and tactics cards add depth and complexity to this challenging WWII recreation game.
For 2 - 3 players, Ages 12 and up. Game Time approximately 2 hours.
Contents: game board, 240 combat unit playing pieces (115 infantry, 62 artillery, 36 tanks, 17 blockhouses, 8 fighters and 2 bombers), battle board, 48 tactical cards, rule book (with basic and advanced player instructions) 3 reinforcement charts, and 8 dice.
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Chris F.
Good game, more basic than regular Axis and Allies
Axis & Allies: D-Day Edition is a great game that keeps many of the game mechanics from the other Axis & Allies (A&A) games--infantry still defend at 2 but attack at 1, tanks still move 2 spaces, artillery is back in full force.
However, the game design overall is more simple. There are no longer IPC's--you instead have a determined amount of reinforcments of each type of unit rather than purchasing units of your choice. You no longer conquer territories and "mark" them--if you have units in a territory, then you control it; if you don't have units there, then you don't control it. Air units can move as far as they want, so you don't have to worry about having enough move points to land. Furthermore, there is only one front to fight on, so the map is more basic as well.
However, you should not view such simplifications negatively as steps backwards. Rather, look at it in one of three ways:
1] Players who are completely new to Axis and Allies will enjoy the straight-foward gameplay of D-Day and will probably be eager to look into the more complex versions of A&A. Starting off with, say, A&A: Europe as opposed to D-Day may intimidate someone from ever wanting to play Axis and Allies again. My dad wasn't interested in learning to play traditional A&A out of fear that it would be too much for him; however, he has gladly taken interest in the simpler D-Day.
2] For veteran players, D-Day will offer a faster-paced, stream-lined version of Axis and Allies. Sometimes you just might not be in the mood to use 110% of your brain power playing a board game. D-Day will help make things easier on your brain without insulting your intelligence at the same time. In fact, you still have to think hard to play this game!
3] D-Day is designed for two players (although 3 can play). Sometimes you don't have 4 or 5 people to play traditional A&A with, and 2 players can make a game of A&A less exciting. Therefore, D-Day is perfect for those looking for Axis and Allies action when they are only 2 or 3 players involved.
My only complaints: There are no plastic chips to help count multiple units. So if you have 5 infantry, you will have five individual infantry pieces rather than 1 infantry piece stacked on four chips. This can make the board cluttered. Not only that, but the board and the reinforcemant charts (where you keep the units that aren't in play) are highly susceptible to board shaking, so if you play this game, TAKE CARE NOT TO BUMP into the board or the reinforcement charts, or you WILL be left with a huge mess! Lastly, the instruction manual is vague at times, so be sure to check Avalon Hill's website and read the FAQ's for rule clarifications.
ED from Yauco
...great new game format...
For a new generation, a great new game format, of a classic wargame(based on Milton Bradley's orginal GameMaster Series), nice job guys!


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Seems like a good one to touch on.
I'm sure there could have been room in there somewhere if he wanted it. Why not?
Seems like a good one to touch on.
I'm sure there could have been room in there somewhere if he wanted it. Why not?
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Note: This answer comes from the perspective of the Old Testament alone, since the question was in regard to the Ten Commandments and gives no indication that it's seeking a "Christian" perspective, but does give indication that it's seeking a historical perspective (since it references the Ten Commandments).
History of the ten Commandments
Why is rape not included among the these commandments? Because there are many things (including homosexuality, having sex with your fathers wife, not wearing clothes made of both wool and cotton, etc.) that are not in them.
The Ten Commandments were originally written on stone tablets after Moses ascended Mount Sinai. Their purpose was to provide a set of basic, simple laws that would hold the nation of Israel over until they got the full Levitical law.
The Levitical law was not given until the book of Leviticus, after the Ten Commandments had been given. These commandments were not meant to be all-encompassing, but simply meant to give them the top-ten basic laws that God wanted the Israelites to obey until they could get the complete Law.
Rape defined
It is important to note that "rape" during those days was not a crime against a woman, but rather a crime against the head of the household (History of Rape).
To understand how rape plays out in the Old Testament, it is important to understand adultery. Adultery was a sin that had the death-penalty associated with it.
However, if the man were to rape another man's wife, only the man would die, since he is the one that committed the act of adultery.
Note that in Old Testament times, betrothal came after the marriage price had been paid. The groom and the bride at that point were effectively married, although there was a waiting period before they could live together.
Now, if a man rapes a woman who is not pledged to be married, then he has not committed adultery and did not deserve death. Instead, he was forced to pay the marriage price, taking the girl/woman as his wife.
What these laws are showing is that rape is not "non-consensual" sex as we think of it today. It's actually a crime against the man who "owns" the woman (for lack of a better term). The crime committed in the case of a betrothed or married girl is the crime of adultery. The crime committed in the case of a non-betrothed, unwed girl is the crime of not paying for something that you've taken.
The punishment for rape back then was the same as the punishment for either adultery or stealing, based on the marital status of the girl.
This also means... there is nothing in the Old Testament saying that non-consensual sex with your wife is wrong.
Rape as Adultery/Theft
With the definition above, we see that rape carried the punishment of either adultery or theft, based on the marital status of the girl/woman. With that in mind, the laws of adultery and stealing were in the Ten Commandments:
If we compare these laws established in the Ten Commandments with the rules established in Deuteronomy, we see that rape was considered either stealing or adultery.
Because of this, the root law that is being violated is actually covered in the these commands.
Rape, from the Old Testament perspective, is either considered adultery or thievery (based on the marital status of the woman). Those two root laws are specifically mentioned in the Ten Commandments. Therefore, the two laws that might be broken from a given rape are actually written there.
Not every sinful act is spelled out in the ten commandments, but every possible sinful act does fall under one or more of the umbrellas. Rape is adultery as well as theft and envy and does not honor the Lord. That's at least four "counts". How much does one need to know that it's wrong?
In the NT we find the ten commandments expounded to include thoughts about the action and heart attitudes as well as the spelled out actions. In short, not having the act of rape spelled out in a commandment is not an oversight, the topic is well covered. I have never heard it alleged that Christianity allowed rape based on it not being the 11th commandment.
It is:
No. 7 Thou shalt no commit adultery
Rape is a form of adultery (unless you're married).
Jesus tells us how to interpret the commandment not to kill, namely that it is even a sin to call your brother stupid. I think it is fair to say that Jesus generalized that commandment to one that absolutely forbids violence against persons, be it physical or "only" verbal.
Of course, this would also cover rape.
I've heard that the 10 commandment is there for "category" of prohibition. Rape would go to don't steal I guess. By raping you are stealing "usage right" from the girl or the parent.
In a sense rape is indeed prohibited. In ancient hebrew, rape is actually punished by fine that can be quite high. That's how we define something as prohibited, namely that there is a punishment.
The difference is on what's the punishment and how do we measure damage.
In ancient time they don't have jail. Jail is a very expensive innovation. So the only punishment besides stoning possible are either fine or canning.
Jewish halakha actually prescribe that the rapists must pay for the pain and for the drop of the market value of the girl. The 50 shekel is only for the pleasure
The judge would estimate how much the girls' market value is. Maybe the judges would auction of the girl and shill bid it to get the correct market value of the girl as sex slave. Maybe they just estimate. Got to ask the jews again.
So raping Selena Gomez is still off the chart. In ancient time people do not have bankruptcy laws. So if you can't pay you become slaves, which is like going to jail.
Some may think it's disgusting. However, we may have to consider:
I will have to ask the jews again now that we can decide fatherhood by DNA tests, what would Rabam says about sex outside marriage and rape.
Jews do not think sex outside marriage as a big deal. It never get death penalty. Only on some circumstances it can get pretty serious.
You can read here: http://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/11021/what-does-adultery-mean-in-the-7th-commandment/11032#11032
Which explains why prostitution is legal in Israel I guess.
Because the 10 Commandments have little to do with ethics and everything to do with (a) creating an orderly society and (b) distinguising the Jewish community from its neightbours. Women were generally regarded as property by the culture of the time, which wrote the commandments.


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Crockett, Ireland, Blythe, And Smith Sunset Feature Winners On Saturday Night
By Ben Deatherage
(Photos Courtesy of Ken O'Neil)
A good crowd was on hand at Sunset Speedway Park on Saturday August 24th to witness some fantastic racing. A full card of racing was on tap with the American Sprint Car Series-Northwest Region in the house alongside the Street Stocks, 4-Bee's, and Womens divisions.
Roger Crockett took full advantage of his outside front row starting position to capture the lead on the opening lap and the entire distance to win his tenth ASCS-Northwest Region feature of 2013. The Medford pilot was again able to negotiate lapped traffic and make some key passes to keep his SKS Racing/Al Parker Racing Engines/Champion Racing Oil #11 KPC while out in front. The "Banks Bullring" would keep the fans on their feet as several tight battles throughout the field.
The only caution would occur on lap seven to bunch the field up and would give everyone an opportunity to get a chance to get to overtake Crockett. Crockett would propel himself back to the front as the green flag would drop and reestablish his large margin. As the green flag got longer and longer Reece Goetz would start to catch Crockett .
Goetz, from Snohomish, Washington in his Great Western Transport/Elma Lanes/Speedmart Inc. #9R Eagle, attempted to reel Crockett in but would run out of laps. In addition to it being his tenth win of 2013 with ASCS-Northwest Region it was Crockett's third series win at SSP.
Reece Goetz would finish a respectable second followed by Henry Van Dam of Enumclaw, Washington in his Kovash Logging/Johansen Excavating #33V A.R.T. in third. The balance of the top five would consist of Kyle Miller from Eugene, after starting twelfth, in the Hedge Carter owned Huddle Automotive Repair/Oregon West RV/Steelhouse Metal Roofing Supply #71 XXX in fourth and the Double R Powdercoating/BC Motorsports/Rocket Designs #10J XXX of Jake Waddell from Roseburg in fifth.
A thriller of a Street Stock race was on hand as a late race pass for the lead would occur. The Buz's Equipment Trailers/City Sprint Delivery/Liberty Welding #01 Camaro of Craig Loomis from Vancouver, Washington was in dominant form as he looked for yet another win. He would have a couple of cars challenge for the lead but managed to keep them all behind him.
By lap thirty-two John Ireland of Banks, in his Transaction Transmission/Ireland & Ireland At Law #88 machine, would obtain the lead on lap thirty-two but would have to protect it on two restarts. Ireland would close out the rest of the race out in front to win his second main event of 2013 in the division.
Brian Roden of West Linn in the Club Sport Oregon/Discount Race Car Parts #14 Camaro was second followed by Craig Loomis in third. Crossing the stripe in fourth was Stan Asonovic of Forest Grove in his #26 and the #87 of Ron Jermann from Hillsboro was fifth.
Jason Blythe of Buxton in his #12 mount was extremely dominant once he got the lead in the 4-Bee ranks. Blythe would get to the front and led the rest of the distance of the feature and built a huge lead after mastering lapped traffic. It would be Blythe's third win of 2013 at SSP.
The #14 of John Oyler from Scappoose ended his night in the runner-up position and finishing in third would by Buxton native Travis Koch piloting his #21. Summing up the top five finishers were Banks' Mike Mastrangelo in the #00 machine in fourth and John Gartner of Hillsboro in the #48 in fifth.
In the Womens division it was the Freya Smith show once again. Smith would earn the lead on lap three and would slow down for nothing as she was in brilliant form the rest of the way. It would be Smith's ninth visit to victory lane in her Sweere's Auto Body/Sweere's Trucking/Tire Factory of McMinnville #37 Camaro.
Gabrielle Hollinger of Timber was second in the All In Property Investments/Duncan Automotive/Avenue Settlement Corporation #60 Camaro while finishing behind her in third would be the #02 of Marcie Treat from Cornelius. The #23 of Banks driver Cori Vandercoevering was fourth and ending the evening in fifth was Portland's Theresa Gartner in her Ram Light Truck Salvage/Napa Auto Parts #33 machine.
The Sunset Speedway Park will be dormant Labor Day weekend but will get back into the thick of things on Saturday September 7th. For more information log on to www.sunsetspeedwaypark.com or call the Northwest Hotline at (360)-699-RACE.
Race Summary:
Saturday August 24th, 2013
Sunset Speedway Park
Banks, Oregon
A Feature: 1. 12-Jason Blythe[6]; 2. 14-John Oyler[1]; 3. 21-Travis Koch[3]; 4. 00-Mike Mastrangelo[5]; 5. 48-John Gartner[7]; 6. 33-Barry Lambert[10]; 7. 99-Ronald Sweere[11]; 8. 122-Chad Blanchfield[14]; 9. 77-Jacob Henry[15]; 10. 15-Mason Brooks[9]; 11. 5-Chris Gaboury[8]; 12. 22-Nick Henry[4]; 13. 53-Scott Hoodenpyl[13]; 14. 68-John Henry[2]; 15. 82-Bo Jones[16]; 16. 27-Russ Krein[12]
Heat 1: 1. 12-Jason Blythe[7]; 2. 22-Nick Henry[8]; 3. 68-John Henry[2]; 4. 48-John Gartner[6]; 5. 15-Mason Brooks[1]; 6. 99-Ronald Sweere[5]; 7. 53-Scott Hoodenpyl[3]; 8. 77-Jacob Henry[4]
Heat 2: 1. 00-Mike Mastrangelo[1]; 2. 21-Travis Koch[7]; 3. 14-John Oyler[2]; 4. 5-Chris Gaboury[5]; 5. 33-Barry Lambert[6]; 6. 27-Russ Krein[4]; 7. 122-Chad Blanchfield[3]; 8. 82-Bo Jones[8]
Street Stocks
A Feature: 1. 88-John Ireland[4]; 2. 14-Brian Roden[6]; 3. 01-Craig Loomis[2]; 4. 26-Stan Asanovic[5]; 5. 87-Ron Jermann[14]; 6. 70-Johnny Adams[16]; 7. 37-Freya Smith[9]; 8. 32-Robert Summerhalder[10]; 9. 17-Bert Pegg[13]; 10. 56-Tom Lauzon[7]; 11. 53-Terry Houck[19]; 12. 71-Ben Sauter[18]; 13. 16-Tim Gosch[8]; 14. 43-Mike Lockwood[12]; 15. 19-Tony Catalano[1]; 16. 65-Robert Chapin[15]; 17. 3-Earl Claypool[3]; 18. 5-Marc Farrar[11]; 19. 92-Tyler Cannon[17]
Heat 1: 1. 14-Brian Roden[2]; 2. 88-John Ireland[4]; 3. 01-Craig Loomis[5]; 4. 56-Tom Lauzon[6]; 5. 37-Freya Smith[8]; 6. 5-Marc Farrar[9]; 7. 17-Bert Pegg[1]; 8. 65-Robert Chapin[3]; 9. 92-Tyler Cannon[7]
Heat 2: 1. 3-Earl Claypool[7]; 2. 19-Tony Catalano[10]; 3. 16-Tim Gosch[1]; 4. 32-Robert Summerhalder[3]; 5. 43-Mike Lockwood[5]; 6. 87-Ron Jermann[4]; 7. 70-Johnny Adams[6]; 8. 71-Ben Sauter[2]; 9. 53-Terry Houck[8]; 10. 26-Stan Asanovic[9]
ASCS Sprints
A Feature: 1. 11-Roger Crockett[2]; 2. 9R-Reece Goetz[4]; 3. 33V-Henry VanDam[8]; 4. 71-Kyle Miller[12]; 5. 10J-Jake Waddell[6]; 6. 21T-Zack Spaulding[3]; 7. 26F-Shane Forte[7]; 8. 5-Mitch Hoffses[11]; 9. 4-Jesse Thistle[1]; 10. 22-Garen Linder[5]; 11. 28N-Brenton Nugent[10]; 12. 4J-Allison Journey[9]
Heat 1: 1. 10J-Jake Waddell[1]; 2. 33V-Henry VanDam[5]; 3. 26F-Shane Forte[2]; 4. 9R-Reece Goetz[6]; 5. 4J-Allison Journey[3]; 6. 5-Mitch Hoffses[4]
Heat 2: 1. 22-Garen Linder[2]; 2. 11-Roger Crockett[3]; 3. 21T-Zack Spaulding[4]; 4. 4-Jesse Thistle[5]; 5. 28N-Brenton Nugent[1]; DNS 71-Kyle Miller
A Feature: 1. 37-Freya Smith[5]; 2. 02-Marcie Treat[3]; 3. 60-Gabrielle Hollinger[4]; 4. 23-Cori Vandercoevering[2]; 5. 33-Theresa Gartner[1]
Heat 1: 1. 37-Freya Smith[2]; 2. 60-Gabrielle Hollinger[4]; 3. 02-Marcie Treat[5]; 4. 23-Cori Vandercoevering[1]; 5. 33-Theresa Gartner[3]
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6 Earliest Signs of Pregnancy
The two-week wait to find out if you have conceived can feel like years if you are trying to have a baby. Some pregnancy symptoms can begin a just few days after conception, even before a positive pregnancy test would register. So how can you know if you are pregnant before you even miss your period? Check out these signs that might suggest you've got a bun in the oven.
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Spotting or Cramping
According to the American Pregnancy Association (APA), implementation spotting and cramping can occur 6-12 days after conception when the embryo implants on the uterine wall. While a missed period is the most obvious sign of pregnancy, implementation bleeding can seem like a shorter, lighter period. Not all women experience this symptom, so don't fret if you don't bleed or notice any cramping.
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