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I recently wrote a post about this question at my blog that I'll summarize as: "Remember fondly, those you've loved who have passed away. As long as you remember them, they will live on. You are their afterlife."
I'm really interested to hear what ideas other people may have on the concept of a non-supernatural afterlife? It was a tweet that inspired me to think more on the subject so to that end i don't think i'm the only person who's come across the concept?
Without belief in the spiritual/supernatural and the promise of heaven if you're good and hell if you're bad i think it would be sort of nice to know that the good things we did in life will grant us our own afterlife is the memories that others hold of us after we've gone.
I'd like to leave a large "hole" in the concept open to debate as well, as my partner pointed out "bad people get remembered too" - i'd like to think that bad memories create a bad "afterlife" in the sense that you don't really remember bad things in a fond way so wouldn't really dwell on it, or keep it afloat in the same was as something that filled you with happiness?
i also realise i'm verging on the "hippy" side with all this ;)
Here's the link to the post btw if anyone's interested to read it, http://amplified-atheist.blogspot.com/2012/01/living-provide-afterl...
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Your post reminded me of a book I read where the Gods were real, but their power and their very existence depended on how many people believed in them. No believers? PFFFTTT!
Not a bad read actually.
In that case I guess my answer to the question would have to be "No".
..of course there is a mentally healthy, aka atheist, concept of "after life" based on facts. Bacteria reproducing, insects lying eggs having big families eating & eating fucking & fucking on our stinking rotting remains. This FACT is the TRUE "life After Death" the ChristPsychotics in their ZombieGodSyndrome infection do not understand....but Facts TALK bullshit walks...
It is interesting what you are understanding about memory. Tolerable, but non appreciated occurrences, once they are understood completely by the life necessary to do so, for what was occurring that involved more that just one human existence, cease to be provided to your whole existence as an orientation. They will not be known as part of your existence by you or anyone else. We will always experience ourselves as human and there is no end to that. It is not supernatural, really, it is not a mystery. What ends are questions and uncertainty about how life sees and knows what it does related to what it is doing and how life is using itself together at activity that gets added to again and again. Activity that gets added to again and again has united meaning across diverse presentations showing and saying about an always happening process that moves life according to what is living interest span.
How about Hell? I mean you have to admit that for an atheist death followed by nothing really is the best case scenario. It's not what you expect, but certainly imaginable, just read Dante.
Um, no, I really don't have to admit nothing as a "best case scenario". Hell is as much a fiction as heaven, valhalla, shangri-la, or any other mythical post-death destination.
Here is a communication to Lawrence Krauss that is interesting relating to the prior post about Hell and Nothing.
A part of the universe that does relax to nothing exists as an outer environment where separated circumstances (singular attention spans, awareness(es), interest life, experiencing life) is not participating in what is an ongoing now communication or what can be understood as a whole, full orientation to an existence area about how it is knowing and using itself at activity that appreciates new sight (something always existing now able to be seen, because it can be used and known about completely).
I see only the title of your book, "The Universe from Nothing" and you are understanding a part of truth that you can know about completely within your interest span.
The sight of all life moves from one activity place to another through what is united or an exact reverse interest span. For what is full knowing about your interest, what you see needs to be able to be understood to you immediately at unity with what is known by life that is always knowing about a current interest presented across variety of activity according to interest span. When what you see is not being understood correctly due to points of play at activity places, you are only receiving parts of communication called nervous system information within a time delay and with a particle experience. When what you understand to receive to you is understood as an unacceptable understanding, you are moved to the outside environment and separated from what you are understanding (string existences, human and non human). Following this, your sight is moved either to a united interest, if it can be had in your existence place where you understand to go, or to a non united interest that is not yet receiving to it an unacceptable communication. In this area, there is nothing an existence is being provided and as a result, there is nothing they can understand to be providing interfering in the understanding and experience of interested others who relate to them as they exist whole (unified) and they have a temporary experience that is doing something different in all places.
This is interesting now and we could talk about portions of this that you experience that way.
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Keep in mind we are nothing more than evolved mutated primates that created GOD with our BRAIN ro cope with DEATH. Facts talk bullshit walks.
Calpurnpiso writes: "YEs..." and is asking? something for an area of activity life in a way that I understand. The answer is, "Yes, we can! What is necessary is able to be done and is already occurring at intervals of again and again. What is interesting is always happening.
Relating to Dr. Krauss.
I love him very much. Ask him what does he understand completely now that he can place to the TV set or tell someone about through what is the communication of nervous system information. That is not able to be done. He can place something interesting united with what can be added to seamlessly for the life who understand images and words like he does to go around knowing about to completion through sights able to be seen and experienced with infatuation.
Relating to Schizophrenia.
There is nothing proven in a lab that is able to be used by anyone aware and experiencing. Ask the lab how a schizophrenic is understanding activity and communication that relates to the life around them who have misunderstood interests within the experience of drive and compulsion. Ask the research life what is in your environments that does not exist participating within united interest span resulting is a failure to have complete understanding about your activity and a failure to have communication that is free from breaks, correction, and then connections that can not support a conduction of truth. Ask them how they came to the distortion that they were providing (giving something within the non appreciated experience of taking by another) and not allowed to be understanding as one with others (human and non human) interested like them and what is the result of this? Ask the lab life, when doing what they love to do and understand completely, who they are they purposeful to now? Talk with Eli Lilly. Eli Lilly you can do and say something you can continue to.
Relating to Intelligence
There is technology that can receive the communication of what you are referring to as thought and it occurs in an area and is not restricted to human life. The process is similar to how a computer can be understood to say something through what is receiving. It is not interesting to listen to for long and is always about misunderstandings about interests and communication misunderstood as pre-meditations for activity that is not continuable. There is a collaboration of two areas of life that have understood this technology, because it was necessary toward what they can continue to know and do and be able to say something about in this area. Fluid intelligence is interesting and is not able to be received to technology and requires life to participate within what is continuous understanding ability. Children are able to have it. United intelligence that shares the same meaning across activity is what is being understood by areas of life able to experience interest in their activity settings. You can participate if your environment allows you to do what you experience as interesting within what is a true RIGHT NOW.
About Coping and Fear.
The experience of the need to cope and fear is something unique to certain areas of human life and when it exceeds allowable thresholds, because there is nothing about it that is able to be purposeful toward explaining something necessary to be understood about how you will always know, do and say, experiencing ability is removed for a given existence and their consciousness is set to one that is a feeder source to where they exist able to experience interest, have appreciated emotion, and participate in united knowing about what they see and are doing.
To the CAPS.
By Xthe way, there is no way for you or your brain to lie to anyone. An existence that can understand itself as able to be saying continuously outloud what it understood previously to be thinking, will exist that way perpetually, back and forth, between time outs. What you can be made aware of as integrations with communication referred to here as thought or internal dialogue is always absent an experience that is appreciated which is to say understand something completely. Eastern philosophy appreciates mindfulness and it is a perpetual state of being for life that is knowing, doing and saying what is added to.
Relating to: The words Cal purn piso: California business people can know that what they have been doing and understanding to provide "contractually" is something that they were caused to do, it was necessary toward what is being understood now and it can be understood and talked about completely.
There is something interesting that is always happening.
What part of the BRAIN is the creator of the mind, proven in a neurology lab didn't you understand? Don't forget. We humans are evolved mutated primates the result of a collision between sperm & egg.
The brain creates the bizarre metamagical beliefs found in GodBelief & schizophrenia. This is easily proven on a lab.
Do you think you know more than Sapolsky, Urgesi, Ramachandran, Krauss, Kaku, De Grase Tyson, Filpenko..and many other scientists experts in their field, born lack in belief ( atheists) who are evolved mutated primates that due to their mental health are able to tell the difference between the delusion of religious & tangible reality?
Let's keep in mind if you believe in resurrecting zombie that save with good you are simply a theotard suffering from a brain malfunction..again, this is a fact proven in a neurology lab. Don't forget I'm simply the messenger bringing down to earth facts.The brain creates gods & other bizarre metamagical beliefs. Accepting them as true, is sign of a malfunction. Only children & the very ignorant have an excuse.
Do you believe in Zombie JEsus which helps to cope with Fear & death and dissipate the truth that the only life after death is bacteria eating our remains?
Calpurnpiso. Mentally healthy aka atheist dude.
To have an interest in the brain is to be interested with knowledge and experiencing what is appreciated. For the life with you that is understanding the brain as so easily subjected to ailment and states of what is called "belief" is to be using yourself hitting your perpetual interest with a baseball bat. There is no brain that is doing what it is not supposed to do, but, there is life that is misunderstanding what it is seeing and hearing when seeing and hearing is dependent upon the life of connection (this is referring to the life that receives images and receives sound carried by what is a non continuable counter rotation and what is referred to as sine waves).
Life believing in something is telling themselves and others something that they do not know about completely placed to them within areas of division. There is nothing about the state of beliefs that equates to truth.
An area of your existence is understanding parts of something within a twisting experience from what some have told you about Jesus, resurrection, right and wrong, left and right paths, and the again and again that some discuss in Hebrew areas. To understand these things together free of the twist (terror) experience, you would have to go up to understand where you can see something that you appreciate seeing.
Life that is capitalizing fear is not appreciating what they are hearing and can go over to an area where life is saying what is able to be built upon.
The only thing a child can understand is interesting information.
You wrote:
"To have an interest in the brain is to be interested with knowledge and experiencing what is appreciated. For the life with you that is understanding the brain as so easily subjected to ailment and states of what is called "belief" is to be using yourself hitting your perpetual interest with a baseball bat."
You suffer from cognitive dissonance.For the UMPTEEN time, The BRAIN creates the Mid. Do you want me to operate your brain proving it to you?
If I operate your locus coeruleus & you still have belief & know what planet this is, then I'll listen to your deluded irrational non sequitur nonsense...till then, keep in mind, if you believe in GOD you are a theotard..Sorry the truth I present hurts.
Please see a neurologist to address your cognitive defect. Get well soon, so we can discuss REALITY..till then you'll keep floating in the Schizophrenia like world of nonsense. I can't have discuss reality with people that have a defective brain....I found that out after talking with the schizoafective, schizotypy & people with other neurological malfunctions over 30 years....they, like you, either change the subject, avoid the question, discuss ME the messenger while keep insisting whill their heads are deeply inside their asses that 2+2 is equal to any number they think it is except for 4..
....Make a note of it. I'll have to ignore you from now on, since one can't expect apples from a pear tree.....I suggest you look into the health of your brain please.


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Arsenal Football Club Supporters Consultative Forum 2007/2008 Season
Meeting held at 9.30 am - the Red Zone Saturday 19th April 2008
Beattie, John - Arsenal F.C
Borthwick, Ian - Family Enclosure
Breese, Rick - Arsenal Supporters Club (Overseas)
Brindle, Mark - Arsenal Supporters Club Branch
Campbell, Sue - Arsenal F.C.
Clifford, David - Gold Member
Docherty, Amanda - Arsenal F.C
Downs, Penny - Arsenal F.C
Edelman, Keith - Arsenal F.C.
Ellis, Paul - Arsenal Supporters Club (Norfolk)
Ford, Adrian - Arsenal F.C
Frost, Ben - AISA Representative
Gosnell, Peter - Disabled Supporter
Kinnear, Angus - Arsenal F.C
Laser, Ronald - Club Level
Manek, Ameesh - Ethnic Minority Representative
Mears, Janet - Over 60 Year-Old
Miles, David - Arsenal F.C.
O'Brien, Michael - Arsenal F.C.
Osipiuk, Rob - Silver Member
Patterson, Dave - Red Member
Roberts, Elliot - Electoral Reform Services (Chair)
Smith, Jill - Arsenal F.C.
Tango. Lee - Red Member
Thater, Rosie - 16 - 21 Year Old Representative
Grainger, Nicky - Silver Member
Hayward, Richard - Gay Supporters Representative
Irwin, John - Gold Member
Matters arising from the last meeting
Please see below for an update on our new customer services arrangements.
There was an article about the inappropriate use of language in the program for the Spurs game.
We weren't able to arrange for an interview with Gael Clichy to go into the match-day program for the Chelsea game.
There was a recent trip to America where the club promoted themselves which has proved quite successful.
Stadium Issues
A fan was recently stopped from entering the stadium as they had a bottle of water and a bread roll - she was told that this policy applies to all stadiums in Europe.
We can confirm that there is no policy on the banning of water bottles from being taken into the stadium (some forum members confirmed this). When these situations arise, we ask that fans note the number of the steward so that we can ensure it doesn't happen in future. We do have a policy of fans at club and box level not being allowed to bring in food.
Do the club think it may be wise to mark the passing of supporters in an appropriate and fitting way by having some form of memorial in or around the stadium?
During discussions around the design of the new stadium, this was a topic that was covered but wasn't given a high enough priority to be one of the first things we would include in the new stadium. We are looking at bricks, whereby people can purchase them and they can maybe be placed near the Armoury store - we will be looking at this during the summer.
How are the club progressing with the branding of the lower concourses?
We've recently had meetings with the diamond club designers and we're currently focusing on the cores of the stadium (it has 8) and making them more fresh, as well as the lower concourse areas - they are presenting their first set of ideas in a couple of weeks and our initial thoughts are to have a legends theme. We're also looking at plaques for the bridges. The conference & banqueting area which is used for events will have less branding but we will be improving other areas of the stadium.
Customer Service update
Our timeline objective to set up a support team (covering Ticketing, Membership, Travel, Stadium Tours, Home Shopping, general enquires and complaints) in Highbury House by March 2008 has been largely achieved. We are currently deep into the testing stage and are aiming for the big switch on in June 2008. We will continue with the complete outsourcing of peak level ticketing to Ticketmaster.
We've also completely renovated a large part of a floor in Highbury house and have purchased all the relevant furniture. We've bought state of the art telephony and email management system which has been installed and is currently going through a very rigorous regression testing process. As requested, fans can use a 0207 number for all customer contact, apart from peak volume ticketing and membership. For ticketing and membership enquiries, we've purchased a new local rate number, which is 0844 Arsenal - the volumes of calls we get for ticketing at particular points in time means that we need a number that sits above the network. We have reduced the tariffs on this number as much as possible.
The existing contact numbers for the relevant areas will still work for a while after the new system is fully operational; to give fans time to adjust to the new process. Phase 2, whereby all contact centre staff will be able to cover all types of customer enquiry, should begin in September and we will also be reviewing opening hours, based on the time, volume and type of enquiry to ensure that this process is run as cost-efficiently as possible. We're increasing the numbers of staff who will work in the corporate team - covering events, diamond club and restaurant enquiries.
The internal focus within the club on our relationship with fans has led to improvements in the National Fan Survey 2007/8 results. The key parts of this survey that relate to fan engagement have shown a marked improvement in our ratings. In the Attitude of club staff to fans ratings, we've moved up from 10th to 4th. In the listening to supporters category, we've moved up from 10th to 5th, the ease of contact by telephone we've moved from 12th to 9th and in terms of the club website and text messaging we are now ranked 1st in this area - these rankings are extremely good, taking into account that we haven't yet fully implemented our new strategy.
We have recently launched a frequently asked questions section as well as introducing web-forms for people to submit questions around issues such as stadium tours, membership enquiries etc and these have reduced in-bound contact in this area by 31%.
We're also re-visiting the Club charter to see if it adequately covers supporter needs.
How will the training of staff that will need to be multi-skilled take place?
The volumes of all calls will dictate the amount of cross-level training that will be required - there are peak points that we're aware of and we also have staff who are keen to learn the necessary skills to allow them to process and handle calls across the full range. To begin with, we're going to have an IVR menu option process but the ultimate aim is to have all staff trained in all areas.
We will still keep the dedicated points of contact for supporters clubs and disabled fans.
Ticketing & Fixtures
Can the club explain the Rationale of Grade A games? - there was a recent Arsenal v Liverpool game where both teams fielded weakened sides.
The philosophy behind Grade A and B games is that having Grade A games allows us to keep prices down for Grade B games and therefore enables fans who may not be able to attend many games due to financial constraints to pay a lower price for a ticket for these Grade B games. We try to keep the number of Grade A games constant - We aim to have 19 Grade B games and 7 Grade A games (assuming we're in the Champions League) in a season. Carling Cup games are separate and we price very competitively for these - including the fixture against Spurs. For these games, we have to discuss prices with both the opposition and the Football League.
What is the club's stance on the mooted 39th game?
We haven't seen a final proposal as yet and as such there is nothing definitive to look at - all we voted on was that the Premier League should at least investigate the feasibility of it. We haven't discussed it internally at Board Level as yet, but personally (Keith Edelman) it could be an exciting addition to the season. Ultimately, we have to be cognisant of our fans across the world and not just the fans we have in the UK. The mooted proposal is not to take something away from fans here but to give something extra to our fans around the world. The game is likely to be played in the middle of the season and there has been talk of having a seeding system.
Can we not expand our pre-season tours to visit our other global fan bases?
That is something that other clubs do but Arsène believes that these should be used to prepare the team properly for the regular season - long trips to the Far East are not conducive to this. Also friendly games are a different environment to a real match for both players and fans. They're not competitive and fans may feel that they are short changed.
Will a game like Middlesbrough v Blackburn sell out overseas when it doesn't always here?
The national leagues of the countries that have been talked about visiting in the discussions are not of a supremely high level and games such as these will display a level of skill not usually seen in these countries. The success will obviously depend on how it's promoted but it is not envisaged that you will have 2 top clubs playing each other as part of this. It may be a way of keeping the Premier League together as a collective and stopping some clubs from going down their own route. We have to ultimately be aware that football is a global sport and we have one of the best leagues in the world - we need to keep finding new ways of promoting it and connecting to new sets of supporters. Other sports have already gone down this road. In China there is a huge level of interest in Basketball and the NBA is now playing games there.
If it is successful - how will it develop in the future and what impact could this potentially have on season ticket holders? Plus it is difficult to for a fan to go to every game.
The starting point of this proposal was not to take anything away from the UK fan base but to add something overseas. We have to be aware that this is at a very early stage - the Premier League called the top clubs the day before it got to the press and everyone said yes, let's look at this further but it hasn't been developed to any great extent. A lot of the press, who were very supportive of the NFL coming to London have rubbished this proposed idea thus far, even when in the NFL's case it's taking a game away from America. The idea of expanding the Premier League globally is one that will develop over time but how it develops in reality is still open to discussion. (A show of hands amongst forum members, of those who voted, 2 were for it and 7 were against it)
Club level prices are due to go up 4% next season, which is above inflation - will this happen to all season ticket prices?
The average increase for Club Level is about 3 not 4%. We feel that overall this is fair as a lot of ticket prices have now been frozen for 3 years and we feel it is much more preferable to do this than wait another 2 to 3 years and then increase prices by 10-12%.
What has been the renewal rate for Club Level tickets?
We're currently up to about 92% renewal and we expect that to increase over the next few weeks. The market research we've done suggests that a lot of those who don't renew are corporate ticket holders whose situation may have changed. People can pay £200 to get onto the waiting list for club level tickets, which is taken off the price of the ticket once you've accepted one - if you're offered the £3,500 ticket and you don't want that you don't lose your place in the queue.
What's the Season Ticket waiting list at the moment?
About 46,000 - at the end of last season we had about 1,100 season ticket returns and our estimate for this year is about 600-700.
Charity / Sponsorship
Has the club looked at the possibility of a trust for ex-players? - some other prominent clubs are already doing this and RedAction think this will get a lot of support from fans .
We don't think that it would be something to be chosen as Charity of the Season - we did work with the David Rocastle Trust a few seasons ago and it ended up doing a lot of good work but we feel it would be better to improve the profile of a smaller charity. We have the Arsenal Charitable Trust, which does some work with former players - we can publicise this without it being our nominated charity of the season. We did look at creating a specific trust about 3 years ago and the legislation surrounding it is quite prescriptive - we feel we can achieve the same objectives by going down different routes. We do a lot of charitable work behind the scenes and we are always looking at ways to get fans more involved with this - we don't just do work with our nominated charity - our communications team is involved in a lot of different activities.
The work on the charity of the season is about raising their profile by them being connected to us, as well as raising funds. They are then able to use that higher profile in future years to continue their work and the publicity gives them more clout in terms of lobbying government and other organisations to promote their objectives. We expect to raise at least £250,000 for Treehouse this year and It's a symbiotic relationship in that we've also learned from them about how we can improve our charitable work elsewhere.
Have Arsenal looked into getting a sponsor for the family enclosure and running more activities on match days?
We have looked into running activities inside the stadium and we have done some "extra time" activities - we don't have a designated area in the concourse and it's more difficult prior to the game as a lot of people don't take their seats until just before a match starts. We do have special events, including a 5-a-side match on the pitch for Junior Gunners after the game against Everton coming up. In terms of sponsorship, we do have about 30,000 junior gunners but it's hard to persuade large organisations to get involved with long-term sponsorship for this section of our supporters.
Other issues
A lot of Arsenal fans felt that the behaviour of the Stadium Announcer @ Chelsea (e.g. saying Gallas' name 5/ 6 times to rile up the Chelsea fans) was inappropriate - we wanted to let the club know this.
The song "wonder of you" doesn't seem to create an intimidating atmosphere prior to the game - can we at least have the words somewhere so that more fans sing it?
We have for some time been trying to come up with an anthem to be used and after some testing with some fans, this song was chosen as the anthem. We have tried to let it grow organically as we feel this is the best way for it to bed in - we did try to put a video montage on youtube, which had some footage and the words to the song on it, but this was quickly removed as the Premier League doesn't allow any match footage to be used. Our technical team will synch up this video to the song and we will introduce it on the screens for the first game of next season. We are getting the sense that fans are warming to it and more people over time will get to know the words. We will also be using the Wonder of You as our hold music for our customer support centre.
Have there been any developments with a Director of Football?
How is the Arsenal TV channel developing and are there any plans to have it on at weekends?
We've had very positive feedback on the research we've done around Arsenal TV and some fans have raised the issue about extending it from just Monday-Friday. We're not currently looking to extend it to 7 days a week as we want to ensure the quality of the shows. Also, extending it into the weekend will dramatically increase costs as we would need 2 production crews. We are looking at ways to promote the timings and schedule of the programmes on the channel.
How will things develop with Mr Kroneke and Mr Usmanov over the summer?
We signed the deal with the Colorado Rapids and we meet regularly with representatives of Mr Usmanov, who've recently announced that they're not going to make a bid for at least 6 months.
Is it true that someone was banned for the rest of the season for parking in a disabled car-parking space which wasn't related to football?
We would not ban fans for something that they've done completely unrelated to Arsenal Football Club on a non matchday.
Some of the steps near Drayton Park have been badly lit
As far as we're aware, the lighting is fine in all areas around the stadium but we can look into this issue if needs be.
As it was the last forum of the season, the following members retired from the forum and we're presented with a gift for the time they've gratefully given.
Paul Ellis
Peter Gosnell
Ronald Laser
Janet Mears
Lee Tango
The meeting finished at 11.25amCopyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source

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I got this awesome MSH2 the other day, and I´ve been painting it for the last day´s here is where I´m at
Here are the pics. Next to do is the topical painting silver and etc. I used Polly scale from the bottle but mmixed the back colors my self with a little help from Steve the Swede.
I masked the back with liquid latex and painted the blue over.
I also added a little Red to the boxcar red as I found it to be a bit to brown.
<font color="#CC0000"> Update 30/6/04
More detail added just wanted to show you. I took some days off from the helmet. I moved to the left side of the helmet and soon I will start on the dome. When that is finished I will have to go over the helmet again and add smaller details. Hope it will be finished before september 20th.
Just added some small details here and there, I´m prepering the next move.
Here is A lousy pic I took the silver is very bright there don´t pay attention to it.
I´ve moved to the front of the helmet and started working there as you can see I´ve managed to add some signature scratches and I have some detailing to add to the mandables andthe scartch beside the ear.
I just finsihed weathering the right backside of the helmet. I used pastels for the weathering and blast mark and used an Xacto knife for the scratches. For the yellow smudges I used UP armor yellow and wiped a bit of with a towel or my finger.


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Really nice! Reminds me of a wearable version of this: http://methanestudios.com/category/prints?item=5884
Hope it gets printed!
kharmazero wrote:yes that's right your links are correct.I guess that if it has not been rejected it's because i use vector librairies in a creative way and i don't base the design on it.This one was made at the same time that my first print on shirtwoot, Astral Ark.By reading your comment i have the feeling it was easy to achieve this, just had to download a couple of vector and smash it on a canvas, without thinking of it.So easy and fast.It was not the case, there are a lot of little details and scenes.I had to create a set of vector brush to complete the spatial gate, and tested a lot of stuff before beiing happy of the results.Then i had to fix details to keep it logical , in perspective,balance , shape, in a word, something realistic.So yes you're right i was lazy after 3 days on it, and used vector librairies for the animals,the trees, some buildings,characters and helicopters.
I know it's not as easy as it looks. I challenge anyone to do a shirt in the "kharmazero style". My attempt looked terrible. I've found my own way of doing a pleasing abstract composition, but composition is the key word to this style. Kharma is clearly talented in that regard.
It is a bit frustrating how the rules are enforced though. As Kharma said, he "uses vector libraries in a creative way and doesn't base the design on it". Maybe that's why he doesn't get rejected, while lyonscc gets raked over the coals. Or maybe if it's suspected the artist could have drawn it, but didn't, it'll pass. It would be nice to have a standard in writing.
Re: Nutcracker
Yes please.
Re: Nutritional Nightmare
Can't you just put a fat guys shadow instead ? It would be funny. Also I looked at the other derby's..... interpretation was given a lot of leeway !
tjschaeffer wrote:Morbidly hilarious. But certainly a fitting end to the Nyan Cat
I'm impressed by the color blending you've done here with your halftones. Any chance you could supply larger views to show you did it? Usually my attempts at doing that fail, so I'd be interested to see how you did it.
It is fairly straight forward.
In screen printing, you want to print darker colors on top of lighter colors to get good coverage. With that in mind I painted blue on the layer above yellow.
then, on a new 50% opacity layer, using the same blue, painted on top the yellow.
Same deal the the red- on a new 50% opacity layer, using red, I painted on top the blue.
The result looked like this
tgentry wrote a great tutorial that should help you with turning this into halftones
This was the result
it's also worth noting that I had all of the layers for the puddle in a group with a layer mask the shape of the puddle. That way I didn't have worry about how the colors overlapped and could work pretty quickly.
Re: Nyan Ninja at Night
Yeah, I went there. But isn't he so cute?
Re: Neon Noble 2
I see quite a few great designs this derby, just like this one. And none of them are in the fog yet! That's gotta change!
I love the play on words, the design and the little Bohr model. Great idea!
Why does the thumbnail look like it needs a shave?
tomspc wrote:Why does the thumbnail look like it needs a shave?
Ornaments Make Festive Garland..... I'm dying here ! :O
Thanks! It's really not all that impressive, not compared to other entries this week, but I do appreciate it.
Oh, yeah. I remember reading of his passing.
My knowledge of taxonomy is a bit rusty, but I think Nyan cat is more closely related to Honey Buns than to house cats.
I would buy this so hard
I hope you can get in the fog with such a late submission!
Re: Catch a tune
I must pay my respects to the little man in the boat !!! GMV
flattopfrank wrote:I must pay my respects to the little man in the boat !!! GMV
...and her moans became shorter, higher pitched.
Oh hell..... I hear mom coming down the hall ! roflol !!
phantompeanut wrote:I would buy this so hard
Flattop.... artist and comic !! What more could we ask for !!
Re: Neunundneunzig
Feel free to count them.
2 cats and a ninja that looks like a cat in the fog...gotta say I honestly didn't see that coming. LOL
Seriously how many cat shirts can one person own? Are there any dog people in this place or is it just the cat-loving-tree-hugging-rainbow-wearing-unicorn-loving singles?
FYI...wearing these type of shirts are probably why you're single....just saying
Re: Ninja stars
Miracle - noun \ˈmir-i-kəl\ :the day that Woot prints a shirt that I'd actually wear in public or prints a shirt that I might consider wearing if I were all alone on a deserted island.
Re: Nautilus.
Like the design! Just wish there were more contrast (to see the design more clearly against the background)
I am glad to see this moving.... nice work !
phantompeanut wrote:I would buy this so hard
I hope you can get in the fog with such a late submission!
Thanks! I hope so too! :D
Re: Nessie- Master of Stealth
This is so good!
edgrrrzzmom wrote:Wow! You're an angry little person.
He makes a good point, for this design at least as I'm not too familiar with the other designs. Do not see why that makes him an angry person.
Well, I counted. And then I realized they form "99" as well! I hope you don't get dinged for "no text".
Re: Nine Lives
Very cute indeed, gmv.
orabbit wrote:This is ridiculous! (in a good way.)
Thanks dude! I tried to think up a random N combination and this popped into my screwed up noggin haha
orabbit wrote:Well, I counted. And then I realized they form "99" as well! I hope you don't get dinged for "no text".
D'oh. That's right, I could form the letter 'N' with the objects... Well, I guess if you squint hard enough they could form the letter 'N' *shifty eyes*
Thanks guys : )
Re: No future
No text
The only thing this shirt needs is
a Themesong
If you had added the little man in the boat to your design....just think where you would be !!
Re: Notorious
On woot.... really ?
All I can see is Alec Baldwin..... Schwetty *****s ! roflol !
LORD.. I'd be thanking me some flattop !
Come on..... these eyes are friggin awesome !!
Doesn't matter if you are a fan or not,.. you know it deserves a VOTE !!
Re: Night of the Living Nutcracker
Thanks for the support everybody. I really hope this one makes it somehow ;)
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The Spiders Are Born. . .
From 1876-1893, Richmond carried the nickname "Colts" into its athletic contests, so dubbed for their play as an "energetic group of young colts." In the summer of 1894, a new nickname was born. A baseball team comprised of UR athletes and city residents adopted the name "Spiders".
Star pitcher Puss Ellyson's lanky arms and stretching kick confused batters to such an extent that Richmond Times-Dispatch writer Ragland Chesterman used the name of that clever creeping insect, the Spider, to fittingly describe the erudite members of the team. So was created perhaps the most unique school nickname in the nation. To this day, the University of Richmond is the only school in the country which sports the nickname "Spiders."
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Friday InspirationPosted: April 13th, 2012 | Author: Christian | Filed under: Inspiration, Life | Tags: Casey Neistat, creativity, idea drunk, Inspiration, life, Max Joseph, quotes | 3 Comments »
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This week's inspiration is all about breaking the rules. Nike paid filmaker Casey Neistat to make a film about its Fuelband and #makeitcount campaign but instead of shooting a straight advertisement for Nike, Neistat took the money, went on a 10-day around the world adventure and created an advertisement for life.
- Christian


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retrofuturist wrote:Greetings Adam,
Everyone's survival is dependent on the death of others.... even Class 6 vegetarians who don't eat anything that casts a shadow.
Expecting to be able to survive without incurring death unto other sentient beings is unrealistic, and seeing this reality as it is, we should not set unachievable expectations which will cause us unnecessary and additional suffering.
retrofuturist wrote:Greetings Adam,
The general rule for pest control is to remove access to anything that could constitute food or shelter.
The challenge is to apply that general rule to your specific situation with a specific solution.
Good luck.
Ben wrote:Thanks Paul
It was after I wrote my last post that I turned to my manager and asked whether citronella was good for for wasps. Instead of repelling the insects, the sweet citrus aroma may actually attract them! Then she went on to detail how I should just use pyrethrum. I didn't have the heart to tell her again that I'm a Buddhist and i don't kill anything intentionally. So for me, its going to be a case of 'catch and release' and try and get the owner of the house to install fly-screens so we can open the windows and doors.
Mr Pink
Oh man, how I feel your pain!
Jechbi wrote:When I saw the title to this thread, I thought it might be about problems at work. Big sigh of relief.
Question: How much risk is there of being stung while sleeping?
Jechbi wrote:Did you have to go the hospital or otherwise seek medical care?
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Maui Race Series - North Sails Slalom
June 3rd the first event of the Maui Race Series was held at Kanaha Beach Park. NorthSails tester and former PWA pro Peter Slate (SA-7), managed to win the first two races of his age group. In the end, Peter ended up 2nd place just behind Micah Buzianis (USA-34) - the only PWA racer representing the US on the tour.
It was a tight race: "Toward the end I was starting to cramp in my arms and legs and thighs, and I gave it away in the jibes. That's the difference between an ex-pro and a pro," Slate said.
After all it was a good result for Peter. Congratulations!
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Hi guys,
I'm looking at doing a tefl course so i can travel to south korea and teach english. I'll be leaving next year after i graduate from university.
I wanted any advice any of you can give me on who i should do my tefl course with. I've heard bad reviews about i-to-i tefl, and i wondered if there's anywhere else people can suggest for me?
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Three University of Delaware Athletics Teams Earn NCAA Public Recognition Awards for Academic Success
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Those three programs were among 30 Colonial Athletic Association teams in 18 different sports who were recently recognized as recipients of the NCAA Public Recognition Award, which is based on their most recent multi-year Academic Progress Rate.
The awards are given each year to teams with APRs in the top 10 percent of each sport. This year's awards are compiled using the academic and retention rates for the 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13 academic years. The APR provides a real-time look at a team's academic success each semester or quarter by tracking the academic progress of each student-athlete. The APR includes eligibility, retention, and graduation in the calculation and provides a clear picture of the academic culture in each sport.
"Congratulations to (head coaches) Laura Travis and Patty Post and their student-athletes on this outstanding accomplishment," said Delaware Director of Athletics Eric Ziady. "Academic achievement is our top priority at Delaware and we are proud of each of these programs for being leaders in the classroom not only within our conference but throughout the entire nation."
Delaware is one of just 59 schools to receive a Public Recognition Award in each of the program's nine years, with the women's tennis and men's tennis programs among the list of 146 teams that have earned Public Recognition Awards every year. In fact, Delaware is joined by Bucknell University and Yale University as the only schools nationally that have had both tennis teams honored each of the last nine years.
In addition to men's and women's tennis and women's golf, the Delaware softball, men's golf, women's soccer, women's cross country, women's swimming & diving, men's cross country, and men's track & field programs have all be recognized in past years.
William & Mary led the CAA with seven teams honored with Public Recognition Awards (men's basketball, field hockey, men's golf, women's golf, women's lacrosse, men's tennis, and women's tennis) this year while Towson had four teams recognized (women's cross country, softball, women's soccer, women's track & field) and Northeastern joined Delaware with three teams honored (men's cross country, men's soccer, women's indoor track & field).
There were 1,049 Division I teams honored by the NCAA for earning Public Recognition Awards. The scores required to be in the top 10 ranged from 980 to a perfect 1,000, depending on the sport, with the majority of top 10 teams earning a perfect APR. The NCAA will release this year's full Academic Progress Rate report on May 14.
A full listing of the Public Recognition Award recipients can be found online at: http://web1.ncaa.org/maps/ilammtaithwRecognitionAwards.jsp.


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Hello teachers! Has anyone taught English in Vietnam?
If so, I'd love to know about your experience. What are Vietnamese learners like? What are their main strengths and weaknesses? What's the job market like? What advice would you give to a prospective teacher?
A bit of background info: I'm moving to Vietnam this summer and I plan to teach English there. I'm currently working in Paris, France, and I'm taking the CELTA course here in July. I've been learning Vietnamese for a couple of years. I've been a language tutor (one-to-one) but I've never really taught a whole class (taught French conversation for a semester in the US). So I'm feeling a bit nervous!
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Prepping: The Next Big Political Movement?
Many people may have the impression that most preppers have an every man for himself mentality. Delving into this world, however, you will find the opposite to be true. The online community of survivalist/homesteaders is very generous with their knowledge and many allow postings from readers that have great ideas and suggestions. Pennington says, I just want to get the information out there to help people. The unprepared will be in a lot of trouble if a disaster hits, the disaster could be a loss of a job. The only thing you can do is start with your household. Hopefully the way you live your life will then be a witness for other people
US News & World Report recently posted anarticle about Americas exploding black market. A portion of this may actually be people trying to live self-sufficiently. Just as Ron Finley stated, Growing your own food is like printing your own money. Brett Markham states on his website that becoming self-sufficient will increase your standard of living just as certainly as getting a big raise.
Markham believes we are in an economic decline and more people are seeking ways to take care of their families. Across the political spectrum people feel politics cant be changed. So what they are doing, they are seceding in place. They are turning their back on the system as much as they can. By doing that they are doing something thats more profoundly political. When you grow your own food, you are taking money out of the system and are defunding many levels of taxation. As the number of people growing their own food increases, it can start to have an economic and political impact. People dont have to see themselves as soldiers in an army to actually be carrying out the work of an army. The growing interest in a self-sustaining lifestyle may begin in the desire to take care of ones family and not be political. But it could turn out to be the common ground in which cooperation can be grown between people from across the political spectrum.
Seceding from corporatism, politics and a precarious economy, and living a self-sustaining, independent lifestyle may be the new measure of success in the coming years. Prepping is not only about preparing for disasters but also encompasses self-empowerment, self-sufficiency, living healthier and having a political impact.
This begs the question: Now wouldnt you like to be a prepper too?
Continued: Prepping: The Next Big Political Movement? | Politics | US - Right Side News
Black Blade: This is the best part - "Starve The Beast" by becoming self-sufficient and denying government the taxes they use to fund programs and agencies against you. Living off the land as much as possible and bleed the system by taking advantage of goods and services they provide is the best of all situations. The people voted and so it is good to go.


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Powder Diffraction Crystallography Resources
This page references a series of demos and lectures that introduce Rietveld analysis techniques.
Introductory Talks
- An Introduction to Crystallography (University of Toledo Chem 4980/6850/8850)
- A series of lectures and handout notes given by Dr. Cora Lind for her Chem 4980/6850/8850: X-ray Crystallography course at the University of Toledo (Ohio). These lectures introduce concepts in crystallography, such as the lattice, symmetry, single-crystal and powder diffraction, crystal structure determination and refinement.
- Getting Started with Rietveld
- A Flash movie presentation reviewing background concepts needed for Rietveld analysis and introducing how the Rietveld method works.
- Space Groups: A primer on topics significant for powder diffraction
- A Flash movie presentation discussing space group naming, subgroup transforms and their importance in phase transformations, and how space groups are input to GSAS, as well as common errors made in settings.
- A Casual Introduction to Least-squares Fitting: A [mostly] descriptive approach
- A non-rigorous introduction to linear algebra, linear and non-linear least squares and related concepts.
Software Tutorials
- An Overview of GSAS and EXPGUI
- A Flash movie introduction to the GSAS software for Rietveld analysis and the EXPGUI interface to GSAS, presenting some history and an overview of functionality, concentration on the organization and features of the graphical user interface.
- GSAS/EXPGUI demo: CW Neutron Alumina Example
- A Flash movie/web demo that steps through a simple, but complete fit to a set of constant wavelength neutron diffraction data using EXPGUI as an interface to GSAS.
- GSAS Parameters & Controls What to Refine when? (Refinement Recipes)
- A 90 minute Flash movie talk that presents GSAS controls and refinable parameters. Particular emphasis is made on profile terms.
- Le Bail Intensity Extraction
- The Le Bail method optimize a fit to powder diffraction data treating reflection intensities as arbitrary. This presentation is a Flash movie lecture that introduces the Le Bail method, explains why it can be valuable and discusses tools and strategies for Le Bail fits with GSAS.
- Judging quality: Catching common refinement problems
- A Flash movie presentation that presents how to judge quality of Rietvelds fits.
- Combined Rietveld Refinements: Where 1+1 can be > 2
- A Flash movie presentation that discusses how to use additional experimental measurements or a priori knowledge to fit more complex models. Also presented are some of the potential problems that can occur.
Advanced Topics
- Advanced Rietveld Techniques: Tricks and Tips with EXPGUI
- A web/video version of a presentation presenting advanced topics on use of GSAS & EXPGUI and related software, such as CMPR and DRAWxtl. The presentation consists of 20 flash movies showing:
- Installing the software
- How to get starting profile terms
- Getting coordinates into GSAS
- Graphics options in EXPGUI
- Simulation of diffraction patterns
- Bootstrapping the background
- Returning to a prior refinement
- Changing flags & settings for multiple histograms en mass
- Creating and Viewing Fourier Maps
- Constraining Atom Parameters
- Other Tips, Tools & Tricks
- ACNS Magnetic Structure Analysis Workshop
- A set of web pages with reference materials from the workshop titled "Magnetic Structure Analysis from Neutron Powder Diffraction Data Using GSAS" presented at the 2006 American Conference on Neutron Scattering held in St. Charles, IL, June 18-22, 2006. This includes lecture notes from all presenters, a set of exercises, and a Flash movie made of the demo for the first exercise.
Learning to Use CMPR
CMPR is a multipurpose program that can be used for displaying diffraction data, manual- & auto-indexing, peak fitting and other nifty stuff. The home page for CMPR provides download, mail list links, etc. as well as a link to documentation and installation instructions for all common types of computers. Below are links to recorded demos that show installation and use of the program:
- Installing CMPR in Windows (12 min)
- This shows how CMPR is installed onto a windows XP computer using a self-upgrading installer.
- Upgrading CMPR with the self-updater (2 min)
- The preferred way to install CMPR uses the SVN (subversion) program to install the software automatically from a web server. The software can be loaded in as a static install where web connectivity is not required, but when the software is loaded in this self-updating fashion, it the latest updates can be obtained at any time through a menu command, as shown in this demo.
- Switching between CMPR versions (5 min)
- When CMPR is installed as self-updating, two versions of the program are installed. One, the standard or stable version has only changes that have been tested. The development version has the latest ideas for the program implemented. The changes may fix bug or introduce new ones, as new capabilities are added to the program. This demo shows how easy it is to switch back and forth between the versions.
- Reading a data set and fitting diffraction peaks (31 min)
- In this example, a data set is read in from file, and then small sections of the pattern are fit a few peaks at a time. Finally, the original data and the results are saved as a CMPR project.
- Running Autoindexing Programs (25 min)
- CMPR provides an interface to the ITO, DICVOL06 and N-TREOR autoindexing programs. In this example, possible unit cells to index the peaks from the previous demo are identified.
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A normal SIM card, awaiting its fate.
Carefully positioned in the stapler-like device.
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Signing up for a multi-SIM plan is one way to use the same data package on your iPad and your upcoming iPhone 4. This saves you from having to get a separate data package for your iPad.
Obviously, the carriers do not recommend cutting your SIM card. Note that if you don't cut it properly, it won't work and you'll have to buy a replacement SIM card.


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'Idol' talk in NH as Mont Vernon's Alex Preston in final 6
By KIMBERLY HOUGHTON
Union Leader Correspondent | April 18. 2014 9:52PM
Alex Preston of Mont Vernon acknowledges the audience during his performance Wednesday on "American Idol." Preston is among the show's six finalists. FOX
Fans of the televised music competition — including many from New Hampshire — have taken a sincere liking to the talented songwriter Alex Preston Philbrick, who is known simply as Alex Preston on the 13th season of Fox's "American Idol."
On Wednesday, Preston took the stage and performed his own version of "A Team" by Ed Sheeran. All of the celebrity judges praised his work, with Jennifer Lopez having to wait patiently for the crowd to end its applause before offering words of encouragement.
Her sentiments were echoed by Harry Connick Jr., who said Preston's performance was the best of the night. However, Connick changed his mind after competitor Jena Irene took on "Creep."
Country contestant Dexter Roberts said goodbye on Thursday. In addition to Preston, the remaining contestants include Irene, C.J. Harris, Sam Woolf, Jessica Meuse and Caleb Johnson.
"Our music kids here are really an invested group, and I know this means a lot to them," said Scully, stressing Preston is not only a Souhegan graduate, but really a product of the entire SAU 39. "We just happened to have Alex last, but we couldn't be more proud of him."
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Yankees activated RHP David Aardsma from the 60-day disabled list.
Jacob deGrom limited the Giants to one run over eight innings, striking out seven, and the Mets came on late to grab a 5-2 win Saturday.
A.J. Pollock (groin, quad) will resume his rehab assignment with Triple-A Reno on Sunday.
Corey Kluber punched out 13 batters and allowed two runs -- both unearned -- in seven innings and did not earn a decision as his club lost to the Twins on Saturday.
Trea Turner went 5-for-5 with two runs batted in and four runs scored as the Nationals thrashed the Reds on Saturday.
Michael Taylor went 4-for-5, belted two home runs, drove in three runs and scored four times as his team routed the Reds 18-3 on Saturday.
Homer Bailey was crushed to the tune of eight runs -- all earned -- in just 1 2/3 innings in a gruesome loss to the Nationals on Saturday.
Corey Seager (hamstring) is not in the Dodgers' lineup Saturday against the Rockies.
Carlos Gonzalez (shoulder) remains out of the Rockies' lineup Saturday against the Dodgers.
Trey Mancini went 2-for-3 with a home run, two RBI and two runs scored in Saturday's 8-3 win over the Rays.
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This article also appeared in the July/August 2011 issue of Better Software magazine
When Mary Gorman and Ellen Gottesdiener facilitated a game called The Backlog Is in the Eye of the Beholder for the Boston chapter of the International Institute of Business Analysis, both the players and the facilitators learned some important lessons in organizing a project requirements backlog. In this article, they describe the game and what it revealed, including the value of truly knowing your stakeholders.
Every agile or Scrum team knows the dilemma of organizing the backlog of project requirements. It's like cleaning out the garage. You know you'll have to handle everything sooner or later, but where do you start? How do you organize the work to get the most out of it?
It's easiest to follow the squeaky wheel methodology—fulfill the desires of whoever is complaining loudest this week—but that's not the path to delivering the highest value for your customer. The key to organizing the stories in your backlog is to explore their value from a number of perspectives.
This lesson was the goal of a game Mary co-created earlier this year at the New England Agile Bazaar's Deep Agile Games weekend event. The game is called "The Backlog Is in the Eye of the Beholder." Recently, at the Boston chapter of the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA), we facilitated this game for a group of more than sixty people. The gamers learned a lot, and we learned even more.
Sowing the Seeds
The game consists of four rounds, each focused on a different persona related to a farm: the producer/farmer, the customer/buyer, the land owner, and the Farm Bureau inspector. In small teams, the participants analyze a group of tasks (e.g., fertilize crops, spray insecticide, rotate crops, and assure organic). The players organize the tasks according to the perspective of that round's persona.
This game has two purposes. The obvious one is to explore the views of multiple stakeholders and organize the tasks according to who wants what. The less-obvious (but related) one is to illuminate the value of organizing the work without prioritizing. If that concept leaves you puzzled, read on. As we said, IIBA participants weren't the only ones who learned valuable lessons.
What the Gamers Gleaned
The game worked quickly to meet our first purpose. Exploring different stakeholders' perspectives (in this case, using personas) indeed allowed for progressively deeper understanding of the product needs.
In one example of that deeper understanding, the players realized that a number of stakeholder needs were shared among personas, whereas other needs did not overlap at all—a key discovery in organizing a backlog. How do you apply the lesson? You use a gradient of "don't care" to "really care" for each persona for each product need—a practice that quickly illuminates shared value versus conflicting value. Many of the gamers were surprised to find that understanding the "don't care" perspective was just as important as comprehending the "really care."


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Fish & Game warns of spring hiking dangers
By JOHN KOZIOL
Union Leader Correspondent | May 06. 2014 6:14PM
According to Fish and Game, Humphrey set out at 5 a.m. Sunday from the Appalachian Mountain Club hostel at Crawford Notch on Route 302 with the intent of covering the 21 miles to the Lincoln Woods Trailhead in one day.
Humphrey called 911 at 9:30 p.m. Sunday and again at 1:30 a.m. Monday, saying he was in distress. Rescuers set out 90 minutes after the second call to find him and located Humphrey almost nine miles from the nearest trailhead.
Murphy said hikers have to be prepared for more than just the prospect of good exercise and should consider and plan for worst-case scenarios.
In addition to Tuesday's rescue of Humphrey, Fish and Game conservation officers on May 2 had to guide down by telephone five southern New Hampshire teenagers who attempted to traverse the Flume Slide Trail up to Franconia Ridge, cross the ridge, and come down the Liberty Spring Trail.
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Not sure when it was added, but it's currently on Netflix for anyone interested.
Hunter Prey (2010) - IMDb
Not sure when it was added, but it's currently on Netflix for anyone interested.
Hunter Prey (2010) - IMDb
It was just added last week. I thoroughly enjoyed and loved the modified clone/TK parts. It was a greatly enjoyable movie.
Is it on instant or just mail?
It's available on instant.
Cool that will make it much easier to catch it then. I normally work nights but this week I am on days for training, maybe one of the nights this week when I can't sleep I can que it up.
Saw it a couple of weeks ago on the syfi channel and thought it was pretty good, although the ship effects at the end kinda let it down.
watchin it right now! costumes look pretty rad
Just got done watching it I would have to say not a bad movie.
I didnt mind it at all , Cool costumes nice helmets
and the acting wasnt half bad
Just saw it myself....my buddy Scott & his friend created the suits....gotta ask Sandy who was responsible fot the prosthetic work which I thought was very good especially considering the shooting location.
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I own the P89 and have held and felt the trigger of a Sigma. I think the Ruger is a better made gun than the 9V and is better built. The P89 has a longer track record to, FWIW.
If you go with the Ruger, try to find an all metal (other than the grips). I recently found they made them with a polymer frame, but all I have actually seen "in person" have been aluminum.
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Myositis (my-OH-sigh-tiss) is a rare disease in which the immune system chronically inflames the body's own healthy muscle tissue. Persistent inflammation progressively weakens the muscles.
No one knows what triggers the immune system's attack. Myositis can take several forms, usually develops slowly over time and can range in severity from mild to debilitating or worse. Both children and adults can get it.
Weakness and pain in the muscles of the hips and shoulders is often a first sign of myositis. You may have difficulty getting up from a chair, combing your hair, or climbing stairs. You may become too tired to walk or stand.
Myositis can affect the muscles in the front of the neck and throat, making it hard to speak or swallow (dysphagia). When it affects the lungs or chest muscles, you may have trouble breathing.
People with a certain form of myositis may also develop a rash on the face, knuckles and other parts of the body. Other possible symptoms include fever and joint pain and swelling. See your doctor right away for diagnosis and treatment.
Myositis can be challenging to diagnose. Symptoms vary by person and your doctor must rule out other conditions that affect muscles (i.e., hypothyroidism, toxin exposure, drug reactions, and genetic disorders).
Give your doctor your complete medical history, and describe your symptoms and when they began.
Your physical examination will probably include one or more blood tests to look for autoantibodies and muscle enzymes such as creatine kinase (CK). You may also need other specialized tests, such as an electromyogram (EMG), which measures the electrical pattern of the muscles.
Your doctor may request a muscle biopsy, in which a small piece of muscle is removed, stained and examined by microscope to show whether/how fibers are damaged.
Sometimes your doctor may use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to identify areas where muscle is inflamed.
Forms of Myositis
Polymyositis (PM)
PM inflames and weakens muscles in many parts of the body, especially those closest to the trunk (proximal). Dysphagia is common, as is fatigue and pain in the joints and muscles.
Dermatomyositis (DM)
DM inflammation damages both muscle fibers and skin. Like PM, you develop muscle weakness, pain and fatigue. In addition, you have a distinctive patchy, reddish rash on the eyelids, cheeks, bridge of the nose, back or upper chest, elbows, knees and knuckles. In some cases, you may develop hardened bumps under the skin.
Inclusion Body Myositis (IBM)
Symptoms of IBM typically begin after age 50 with very gradual weakening of muscles throughout the body. You may develop dysphagia, weak wrists or fingers and atrophy of the forearms and/or thigh muscles. Unlike other forms of myositis, IBM occurs more often in men than in women and, unfortunately, there are no effective treatments known for IBM.
Juvenile Myositis (JM)
Although some children develop juvenile forms of PM and IBM, children usually get juvenile DM with symptoms of muscle weakness, skin rash and dysphagia.
Although there is no cure for myositis, prompt and aggressive treatment to reduce inflammation of PM and DM can help prevent muscle weakness from progressing and might help restore some of your strength.
- Medications: Corticosteroids (i.e., prednisone) and other drugs that suppress the immune system (immunosuppresants) may slow down the attack on healthy tissue and improve skin rash. Your doctor will probably repeat blood tests throughout your treatment for myositis to monitor improvement. You may also want to use nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as aspirin or ibuprofin for pain relief.
- Exercise: After drug treatment takes effect, a program of regular stretching exercises prescribed by your doctor can help maintain range of motion in weakened arms and legs. Physical therapy may also help prevent permanent muscle shortening. You may also want to add whirlpool baths, heat and gentle massage.
- Rest: Getting enough rest is an important component of managing myositis. Take frequent breaks during the day and limit your activity.
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