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In light of the bevy of EPs, remixes, reissues and side projects Justin Broadrick has released lately, it's unbelievable that four years have snuck by since we last got a proper song-based album out of Broadrick's current flagship project Jesu. Jesu's last offering was 2009's Infinity, a slow-burning fifty-minute epic that was a slight departure for the band in the way it tempered Jesu's trademark musculature with the throaty screamed vocals and blast beats of Broadrick's early career exploits, as well as the ambient landscapes of Broadrick side projects like Final. Jesu's third proper full length, Ascension, is something of a corrective after the long form experiment of Infinity. It feels like a conscious return to the comparatively punchier, softer (for Jesu) songs of 2007's Conqueror.
Titanic and heavy as Ascension is, it's easy to forget that these songs are created from so few building blocks. Lead single "Birth Day" is only a guitar, drums, a synth, and piano, and Broadrick's spectral vocals hanging low in the mix like an afterthought. There isn't anything here with much more going on than that, and yet everything sounds so huge. Chalk it up to Broadrick's talents as a producer, and particularly, his way with guitars. Ascension's mix is mostly guitars, with their scant accompaniment struggling to breathe beneath all the sludge. The technique works best on a song like "Broken Home," whose trebly, wonky synth line darts in and out of its methodical, chugging riff while Justin's hushed vocals add a hint of color and emotion.
Jesu is more about vibes and textures than anything, it would seem by now. Each of Ascension's ten tracks is a slab of glacial, cloudy guitar rock doused in an impenetrable cloak of fuzz. Even if the sound and scope of the project are somewhat monolithic, the album does contain a few stabs at new directions. The uncharacteristically upbeat and poppy zest of the ironically titled "Sedatives" sets a record in beats for minute in a Jesu song. Where "Sedatives" succeeds in expanding upon the framework, the bluesy "December" falters. Broadrick's band is just a little too rigid to pull off the blues. All's told, though, it's a minor misstep in an album full of fuzzed out, blissed out, downright lovely tunes.
Even if, three albums and a wealth of EPs and remixes in, we've seen every card Justin Broadrick is willing to play under the Jesu moniker, the band's signature brand of thoughtful sludge metal is still instrumental in revealing the softer side of the metal elder statesman at its helm. Ascension doesn't reinvent the wheel, but it's a welcome addition to the Jesu canon.
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How much field a stable offer? Hello! I am thinking of moving my horses down from Missouri to Florida.Of course,I only have 1/4 acre and thats not even enough for one horse let alone 5.So,I am considering keeping them in a stable around here.How much field should they offer,how much in/out time and what foods should they offer or should I feed them myself? Thanks! GiddyVirgil |
Depends on the facility, and what you want to pay. Around here, alot of facilities don't even offer turn-out, and if they do, it's to a dry lot. Some facilities turn horses out all day, keep them in at night. Others offer stalls & turnout, or pasture board (no stall, lean to and 24/7 turnout) How horses should be cared for is a 'personal' opinion...so you should find a facility that cares for horses as closely as you would care for your own. Probably not much help, but I'd check in to a few and try to find something as close to what I do myself as possible. |
I'm going to just post this list, I think it might help you probably already know most of the stuff on it. Things to watch for when looking at turnout: -access to shelter with enough room for several horses -access to water (large clean water troughs) -good fencing -mineral blocks -regular feeding of a sufficient amount of good quality hay (half a large round bale will feed approx. ten average sized horses for one day) (for non-graze fields) OR -good grass, not dry or overly green (the standard is one acre per horse) -not overcrowded (too many horses for the feed given, or just not enough space) -not too wet/muddy, dry/dusty, or steep hills -no rocks that could damage a horses hooves or trip a horse -no debris or trash, (no cars, machines, tools peices of metal or plastic) -horses that have hind shoes (this is very dangerous for other horses if they get kicked) -proper management of manure -trees to break the wind/provide shade -no dangerous plants (Consumed-oak, nightshade. Contact-rash or irratation causing plants. Carry-burrs and the like) -avoid "individual turnout" (unless the horse has a medical issue or other related problem, is a stallion, or is shod on all fours) -look for regular turnout schedules/individual plans -make sure that all horses are dewormed on the same day as part of a regular "heard health plan" -check that horses living there look healthy, well maintained, and contented Most horses whose diet is balanced with the amount of work they do can thrive on hay or graze alone without added feed. Feed is important for horses who need something extra to keep their work and diet balanced, some are also harder to balance like older horses, or certain breeds. Talk to potential boarding facilities to see what their standards are, what costs extra and what is provided. Look at as many facilities as possible even if you find one that looks or sounds good. Thoroughly tour anywhere you see potential and try to talk to people who board there. Get all the facts to make the best decision. Barns that you want to avoid often: -offer no turnout or turnout only if the horse owner provides it -charge extra for turnout -turnout less than four hours a day -give your own hay A.K.A "feed your own horse or he'll go hungry" -provide your own hay "we'll feed your horse hay you buy" -both the above combined -inapropriate turnout area (debris, bad fences, no shelter ect.) -other horses appear unhealthy -no health plan Hope this helps, good luck finding a barn. |
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A five-run second inning by UC Irvine jump-started the offense as the Anteaters routed Portland, 10-1, Sunday in the series finale at Anteater Ballpark.
No. 21 UCI (10-2) opened the second by loading the bases for Ryan Cooper, who drove in two runs with a double. Mikey Duarte slapped a single to left and was followed by Jeff Stephens, who chased starter Kody Watts from the game with a run-scoring single. Dominique Taylor greeted reliever Jackson Lockwood with a hit to left to cap the scoring in the inning.
Connor Spencer added two runs in the fourth a with sacrifice bunt that scored two runners. Taylor, who went 3 for 4, singled in his second run of the day in the sixth inning and the Anteaters added two more runs in the seventh inning.
UCI starter Andrew Morales (4-0) held the Pilots scoreless for six innings. He struck out five.
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I was browsing "the world-wide-web (Coming Soon To Alpha Centori Sector-8!)", and came across this pic! I faintly remember something like these...they were little black licorice-type gumdrops! Anybody remember these and are they still around? Got any products you'd like to know if its still in circulation or want to share a fun memory from "Dusty Days"? Post it. Would be interesting to what's still around!
They still make them, just changed the terribly politically incorrect name to just Crows. Crows Black Licorice Gum Drops - Candy you ate as a kid
I still do not think the name is in any way controversial. They are Black. That is their color. And Crows are black. that is their color. So Black Crows is a good name for the product. If anything, the maker should be criticized for redundancy. If they were coconut flavored , Devil shaped and white in color, what would they call them? White Devils perhaps? Devil Girl Hot Kisses Candy - Carton of 12 - R. Crumb: Comics & Underground Comix As for Chocolate Babies. Hmm... let us see. They are chocolate and they are shaped like babies. What shall we call them. Cocca Brats? No, there must be a name that sums up their advanced feature set. They are chocolate and shaped like babies. Gosh this is a tough call. I got it, we will call them "Mocha Lasses." Now available in coconut flavors. We call then "White Coccanut Supremacists." Thank God we no longer use the term many people once applied to Brazil Nuts. If you want to get offended, Google that.
Because of this thread, I have a hankering for some wax lips. They are still available, I should think.
LOL Bob Max and Clementine! You guys! Speaking of Mocha-babies I tried my BEST to see if I knew what you two were talking about and the ONLY candy that llI could think of were the yellow bag of SUGAR BABIES! MMMMM-MMM! So, finally I clicked the link and was totally wrong! But its funny! I remember biting into a candy like this but NEVER knew what they were! One look at the pic and the FLAVOR came back to me! I never knew them by their actual or controvercial name reference. To be honest I never knew the shape was a baby! All I remember was, as Woody Harrellson said in Zombieland "Its Not The Taste, Its The Consistency", I always got "chillbumps" or freese-bumps when I bit into this type" of candy! Candy like these made me literally cold on the hottest summer day! KORN, Candy Pumpkins, there were some "easter" candies made of this "consistency" now Ive learned to be "mellocream?"
When I used to go to my Grandfather's movie theater I never asked for Chocolate Babies. Ummm. Nope, I did not. I asked for a bag of...well...yeah.
They look like little mummies to me. Something Howard Carter found in Egypt. And consistency is important in food. I love turkey legs because of the consistency. Completely different than white meat.
Speaking of WAX LIPS! Remember the ones with TEETH? I am literallly "tasting" the flavors and smell the "sweetness" while browsing these sites! Hey post pics of YOUR favs! I cant remember at which point we would break down and chew the HECK out of those wax lips till the flavor was gone! What D I D we ever do with the "by-product"? Swallowed it?
I remember . . . it was when the wax was soft so it did not shatter into a billion little grains. We spit it out, always.
LOL, Clementine! I guess it was just a point in time, and yet, fond memories.. Days when parents, grandfolk and many others were young amd still with us! Days when we had no worries, bills or responsibilities.
Here's a Twitter link. I've seen their site, and some of the stuff was amazing. I hadn't seen Rock Candy in years! https://twitter.com/oldtimecandy
Really? That is one candy that I has always been locally available. I buy the crystals on little swizzle sticks. Incidentally, there is a brand of whiskey called 'Rock and Rye' that is made by dissolving rock candy in Rye. A waste of good Rye Whiskey if you ask me. Good whiskey must never be defiled with candy.
There was a woman in my home town who came up with these candy sticks, kind of looked like stalactites. She handed them out at Halloween in mason jars and they were so popular Russel Stover bought the recipe but I haven't seen it anywhere since the mid 70's.
ROCK CANDY! Now thats nostalgic! My grandad used to buy rock candy and made his own cold medicine with 100% PROOF ! Heh heh! From what I can remember, that bootlegged "guafinessin" WORKED better than any pharmacia'isms (....burp, ask me how I know....)
I think the term you're looking for is Negro Children....they once used to ask for a box of *N* babies!
HA!. Good one! Me and my brothers used to use the name of this candy as a REASON to get away with.saying "hore".... I thought we were being punished when folks brought this home from the store!
Well, it's what they were called. For real. Bad as it was, that's what they were. You obviously missed out on the whole "wow, did we really do that" era! And the era before that was, I'm sure, much less subtle. lol


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Despite the fact that neither team is heading to the playoffs this season, there's still plenty of intrigue behind Wednesday evening's matchup between the L.A. Clippers and Washington Wizards at Staples Center.
The last two first-overall draft picks, the Clippers' Blake Griffin and the Wizards' John Wall, will face-off for the second time in the last two weeks.
The Clippers dominated the first matchup, winning their most lopsided game of the season with a 122-101 romp in D.C. back on March 12.
Griffin scored 26 points (all in the first half), but the real story for the Clippers in that game was backup point guard Eric Bledsoe.
Bledsoe, who played alongside Wall at the University of Kentucky last season, scored a career-high 23 points to go along with eight rebounds and six assists in just 22 minutes of action off-the-bench.
Wall, whose solid rookie campaign has been overshadowed by the extreme futility of the Wizards, scored 25 points, dished out eight assists and grabbed seven rebounds in the last game between the teams.
While the Clippers' point guards (Bledsoe and Mo Williams) combined to score 45 points, the real difference in the game came in the paint, where the Clippers outscored the Wizards 52-38.
L.A. also won the battle on the boards 50-38.
Griffin has been struggling a bit of late, and hasn't recorded a double-double since March 7 against Charlotte. He has scored a total of 69 points in the last four games combined, but 30 of those came in Saturday's win over the hapless Cleveland Cavaliers.
The Wizards, a dreadful 1-32 on the road this season, will likely be without injured starters Andray Blatche, Rashard Lewis and Nick Young.
Rookie Jordan Crawford, acquired from the Hawks prior to the trade deadline in a deal that sent Kirk Hinrich to Atlanta, has been playing well in a Wizards uniform. He's averaging nearly 13 points per game in 13 games with Washington, and scored 16 in the last game with the Clippers.
Crawford appeared in just 16 games total for the Hawks this season.
Clippers center DeAndre Jordan missed Sunday's loss to the Phoenix Suns with a mild case of pneumonia, and his status is uncertain for Wednesday.
Chris Kaman, an All-Star last season, scored 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in Jordan's place Sunday afternoon.
Washington is coming off of a miserable 111-76 slaying at the hands of the Portland Trail Blazers Tuesday.
After this game, the Clippers will face the Lakers "on the road" Friday evening.
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No tangible adverse employment action was taken against the plaintiff (for example, discharge, demotion, or undesirable reassignment).
The employer exercised reasonable care to prevent and promptly correct the harassing behavior. For example, harassment policies demonstrate reasonable care to prevent harassing behavior. For a model policy, see Standard Document, Anti-Harassment Policy ( www.practicallaw.com/7-501-6926) .
The plaintiff employee unreasonably failed to take advantage of any preventative or corrective opportunities provided by the employer or to otherwise avoid harm (for example, by not taking advantage of reporting procedures outlined in an anti-harassment policy).
The defense takes its name from the two US Supreme Court cases that created it:
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Heard about this on the radio on the way home Friday. Anyone ever tried one?
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Nov 7, 2011 at 8:01 UTC
Dave's Insanity Ghost Pepper sauce is the hottest one I've tried so far. Took it to a BBQ this year and some guy put it on his burger like it was normal chilli sauce. After a downing a litre of milk he went home 10 minutes later.
Nov 7, 2011 at 8:16 UTC
What I heard was that it is not a "stable" peper yet. it is a cross of other peppers and when they breads them they are not always the same level of hottness.
Still I don't want to have anything to do with any pepper hotter than Chipolte
Nov 7, 2011 at 8:46 UTC
I like the look of those, and the name. I don't think you will catch me eating them though.
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Birthplace: | London, Middlesex, England |
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The information about Thomas is generally accepted as correct but the name and family of his wife is disputed by several researchers. The DAR accepts that Thomas Bragg arrived in Jamestown on the ship Susan Constant, commanded by Adm. Christopher Newport, but does not take a position on Bragg's wife. Newport made five trips between England and Virginia over a six year period, including the voyage of the Sea Venture which wrecked in Bermuda due to storms. It would not have been unusual occurrence for a naval officer to transport his family to a colony where he made frequent trips. However, a recent biography shows that Newport bought a home on Tower Hill in London and that his wife and four children (Christopher, Jane, John and Elizabeth) remained there during all his travels. In addition, no daughter named Molly has been documented.
This does not mean that Thomas Bragg did not marry Mary "Molly" Newport. He certainly married someone named Mary and her birth name could have been Newport. However, there is nothing to substantiate that she was the daughter of Capt. Christopher Newport.
[Source: "Capt. Chrisopher Newport, Admiral of Virginia" by A. Bryant Nichols Jr., Copyright 2007 ISBN: 9780615140018[ -- Maria Edmonds-Zediker, Curator, March 2, 2015
True or not. There seems to be to much info for Thomas to not have been both real and married to Mary/Molly Newport. He worked for Capt Newport on his 2nd trip and married a daughter. As we know children are left out of records sometimes when born last. Until there is more definitive proof I am considering Thomas/Molly/Christopher my kin. Rather than argue the point I plan to keep this in my tree. JDBragg.5.24.11
Thomas Bragg 1580 m.1610 Mary/Molly Newport Bragg 1585 -25f -30m
Thomas Bragg and Molly Newport were joined in matrimony about two years before Christopher Newport's death. Born in England around the year 1580, Thomas served a stint in the British Navy prior to being hired by his future father-in-law. Little is known about his life in England, just that he and two brothers, John and William, came to America, settled, and became the ancestors of the vast majority of Bragg families currently living in the United States.
Having "obtained land grants from the Crown" for his services in the Navy, Thomas and his new bride, Molly Newport, settled down to begin raising their children, the first Braggs born in America, William (1624) and John Bragg. Little is known about John and his family, but the descendants of his brother William have been extensively researched. William was blessed with the birth of a son (John) in 1647. The child was born at Old Rappahannock, Virginia, the location to which William migrated.
Source: Stephen Terry, Re: Bragg's of NC, In Reply to: Re: Bragg's of NC by RobertGumfory, Bragg Family Genealogy Forum [http://genforum.genealogy.com/bragg/messages/906.html].
SOURCE INFORMATION: Much of the current information on the Bragg family was gathered by Dr. Louis Alderson Bragg, in the 1960's. Much of the information listed in the next ten (10) Generations of this Bragg Family Tree were taken from the following; "The Shetterly Bragg Family Tree". , Moultrie County ILGenWeb site, hosted by Greg Hamblin
There are many on-line researchers who strenuously object to the suggestion that the Bragg family's origin in America has any association whatever to the family of Christopher Newport. According to one of these objectors, "the relationship to Christopher Newport [is] sheer fantasy" [8]. Based on the research of this objector (and he is certainly not the only one who objects), is that "Anyone who claims to have proof of John, William, Thomas Bragg, before Joseph [sic] in there lineage are quoting LDS submission files, and these files are NOT TRUE. I'm working in English records and VA records to find true links, trying to alert people that they are seriously endangering their records by pursuing Thomas and Molly, and unless someone has a substantial parish record, passenger listing, or vital record, I seriously recommend scraping this line of search" [9]
For me, the better alternative is to cite the objection and proceed to tell the story until those who object are able to complete their English records study and provide the rest of us with further enlightenment.
The source of Mary Molly Newport cannot be validated outside of pure speculation. I have noted it on here as Thomas Bragg's wife, due to several stories from other Bragg researchers, however this cannot be verified and should only be used as a reference to a great story.
Mary "Molly" Newport Bragg's Timeline
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March 25, 1585
London, Middlesex, England
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Age 38
Hampton, VA, USA
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Age 61
Jamestown, James City, Virginia
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PETER HURD, the world-renowned western artist, was born in Roswell, New Mexico, on February 22, 1904. His parents named him Harold Hurd, Jr., but called him Pete, and in his early twenties he legally changed his name to Peter. The elder Hurd came from a prominent Boston family, graduated from Columbia University Law School, and established his legal practice in New York City. Peter Hurd grew up in Roswell, where his parents settled for health reasons. Following three years of high school at New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell, Hurd was accepted as a cadet by the United States Military Academy at West Point. He entered as a plebe in July 1921, at the age of seventeen. Within two years, however, he was disillusioned by the rigors and values of military life and was drawn increasingly to art. In 1923 he resigned from West Point in good standing, with his father's reluctant consent. He transferred to Haverford College, where he studied the liberal arts and devoted himself to painting. In December 1923, in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, Hurd became acquainted with N. C. Wyeth, an illustrator of children's classics and the father of Andrew Wyeth. He persuaded Wyeth to accept him as a pupil in the spring of 1924. Hurd soon fell in love with Wyeth's eldest daughter, Henriette, herself an excellent painter. In June 1929 they married.
Hurd first attained national fame in the late 1930s, some of through the efforts of the WPA, and over the next four decades he earned many awards and distinctions. He served as a war-correspondent artist of Life magazine during World War II and received the European Theater Medal for Service Overseas in 1947. After World War II, his attention returned to southeastern New Mexico where, among other things, he introduced a hitherto unknown archaeological site (the Bonnell site) in the Hondo River Valley to his good friend Professor William Curry Holden, an eminent scholar who in later years wrote extensively on the Yaqui Indians of Sonora. Oddly enough, in 1947, in a curious twist of fate, according to Roswell Incident: Updated, as well as other similar sources, while on an archaeological dig in a nearby area of the desert Professor Holden became caught up in the infamous ROSWELL UFO legend, the mysterious but unknown craft that supposedly crashed down near Hurd's birthplace and hometown of Roswell scattering metal parts and debris over a wide area.
In 1959 Hurd was appointed to the Commission on Fine Arts by President Dwight D. Eisenhower and in 1966 he painted the official portrait of President Lyndon B. Johnson. It now hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington. Hurd's art has been exhibited in museums throughout the country and is part of many permanent collections. He worked in a variety of media, including oil, lithography, watercolor, egg tempera, charcoal, and fresco. The most notable of his mural paintings depicting the history of southwestern life can be seen in Lubbock, Dallas, and Big Spring, Texas. Hurd achieved the best expression of his personal vision in the tempera paintings of the place he loved best-the small village of San Patricio, New Mexico, fifty miles west of Roswell, where he built Sentinel Ranch in the 1930s. Painting on panels covered with several coats of gesso, Hurd captured the drama of light and shadow on the hills and the vastness of sky and plain in every kind of weather.
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See as well sometimes fellow New Mexico artist John Sloan, also known to have a strong creative insight into the use of tempera.
Roswell Daily Record, Tuesday, July 8, 1947
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Paul Horgan, Peter Hurd: A Portrait Sketch from Life (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1964). Peter Hurd, Peter Hurd: The Lithographs (Lubbock: Baker Gallery, 1968). Peter Hurd, Peter Hurd: Sketch Book (Chicago: Swallow, 1971). Robert Metzger, My Land is the Southwest: Peter Hurd Letters and Journals (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1983).


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Food Industry Trends 2010 - Priorities for the New Decade
From a new FDA to China, seven game-changers for 2010 and beyond.
6. New Ways of Doing Business
The following was contributed by Tony Perazzo, a partner in the San Francisco office of Grant Thornton LLP
There is no doubt the economy has dramatically changed the way people shop. Two questions every food & beverage company executive must ask himself are: "What are we doing to adapt to the change in consumer buying habits?" And perhaps more importantly, "What effect will the events of the past year have on the future?"
It is no secret people are going to the grocery store looking to spend less. Price and value have become key, which has driven many consumers to private label offerings for the first time. Intense price competition coupled with the fact private label SKUs are becoming more and more profitable have driven many retailers to reduce the number of SKUs in virtually every product category.
A grocery store executive we recently talked to used tea as an example. The store has plans to dramatically reduce the number of brands of tea it carries from nearly 20 to approximately five. This movement, often referred to as "SKU rationalization," lowers carrying costs for retailers, reduces the likelihood of stock shortages and provides retailers with an enhanced ability to squeeze their vendors. After all, fewer SKUs means less inventory and lower carrying costs. Time to focus on fewer vendors creates intense competition for suppliers. Couple all of this with the rising perception in quality of the private label, and it becomes abundantly clear private label is here to stay as a major part of most every retailer's product offerings.
The economy will recover and people will, of course, gravitate back toward some level of discretionary spending on specialty products and brands. However, the severity of the recession will likely have a lasting impact on how consumers view their weekly trip to the grocery store. Lessons learned with respect to price and value (the fact consumers have discovered they actually can obtain value at reasonable prices with private labels) will no doubt stay with consumers. As a result, the general consensus is people will continue to want more private label, which means it will continue to grow.
That does all of this mean for food & beverage companies? Quite simply, there will be little room for slow-growth brands and non-strategic categories; rather, private labelers, contract manufacturers and even retailers will have to undertake a more aggressive and novel product development than they have in the past. Low-cost "me too" products will not be as viable as in the past, since shelf space will likely be at a premium and retailers will carry fewer SKUs than in recent years. All of this bodes well for larger national brands as shelf space is typically given to the No. 1 and No. 2 brands within a product category; the retailer's private label will inch its way into the No. 3 spot.
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General Motors Corp. (
) gave Google Inc. (
) its begrudging regards this week after
hearing about the Mountain View, Calif. company's vision for autonomous vehicles
I. GM on Google -- It's a "Real... Threat"
While it looked a bit like a Volkswagen AG (
) Beetle smacked with the ugly stick a few more times, Google's in-house design for an autonomous electric vehicle (EV) is turning heads based on the sophistication of its driving and collision avoidance. Google is building a fleet of 100 of the bulbous 2-seaters to test its smart driving technology.
At an event in the Detroit, Mich. area, GM's Product Development chief, Mark Reuss was inevitably asked to weigh in on the excitement surrounding the Google fully autonomous smart car. He did not hold back, responding:
Anybody can do anything with enough time and money. If they set their mind to it, I have no doubt [that they will be] a very serious competitive threat. [The car is] kind of cool [and looks sort of like a VW Beetle].
[Automation is] going to be a creep, it's not going to be a mind-bending thing. I don't think you're going to see an autonomous vehicle take over the city anytime soon
Google's automated car is a "threat" according to GM's Product Development chief.
GM certainly seems an authoritative voice on the topic.
In April 2014 in the U.S. it sold over 254,000 automobiles internationally, ahead of Ford Motor Comp. (
) (210,000+) and Toyota Motor Corp. (
) (199,000+) [
]. GM was sales king of the auto industry longer than any other company in the history of the automobile.
From 1931 to 2007, GM sold more cars and trucks than any other automaker. And even as it's struggled to hold back a surging Ford and to regain its lead from Toyota, GM is still seeing strong sales. (Volkswagen was the
only automaker to beat it
in 2013, a bit of a surprise.)
And it's good to see such straight talk from GM and an earnest assessment of its possible future competitor.
II. The Race to a Smart Car
For years we heard lots of automakers pay lip service to the concept of autonomous driving, with some even spending a good deal of money and time investigating it. GM was perhaps foremost in the field prior to its bankruptcy. Over a half-decade ago, back in Jan. 2008 we road along in a modified 2008 GM Tahoe which won the
DARPA's (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)
2007 Urban Challenge
GM's 2008 Chevy Tahoe, modified for the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge
[Image Source: Jason Mick/DailyTech LLC]
As the car zipped around the obstacle course in sunny Las Vegas, Nev. it quickly became apparent why the vehicle won the smart car challenge -- it was pretty good at avoid collisions... really good, in fact. As a demo, a second test driver would cut off the GM car or otherwise block its path. In every case the GM vehicle knew what to do, performing better than many human drivers would in such a case.
But after the
bankruptcy rolled around in mid-2009
, the pace of development has slowed, in some regards, allowing the U.S. automaker's foes to catch up. GM's current plans for commercialization involve
a more scaled back version of the technology
called "
Super Cruise
" which is only semi-autonomous.
The technology will allow the user to hand off control to the vehicle during long highway drives, but otherwise will drive like a standard vehicle. GM wrote that the technology will "use a fusion of radar, ultrasonic sensors, cameras and GPS map data, seamlessly integrated" to perform "semi-automated driving including hands-off lane following, braking and speed control under certain driving conditions."
But GM added in on a cautionary note:
The system is designed to ease the driver's workload on freeways only, in bumper-to-bumper traffic and on long road trips; however, the driver's attention is still required... because the system will have operational limitations based on external factors such as traffic, weather and visibility of lane markings. When reliable data is not available, such as when there are no lane markings, the system will prompt the driver to resume steering.
In other words, this smart car was only so smart.
III. GM Not Alone in Struggles Toward Full Self-Driving
The limitations echoed Ford -- currently the world's second largest automaker -- which
in 2010 introduced a semi-autonomous parallel parking
Called Active Park Assist
(APA), the system provided so-called "electronic power-assisted steering" (EPAS).
In other words, it basically steered for you and tried to tell you how long to press the gas and when to brake via various beeps. The clear issue, as I saw it during a
2011 test drive
was that the technology would do nothing to stop the user from bumping a car in front of or behind it. And by detaching the driver from part of the maneuver (steering), but not all of it (gas/braking), the maneuver almost felt more dangerous/risky to perform at times.
In my experience the system was workable, but at times seemed more frustrating than simply performing the maneuver on your own.
Toyota had a near identical system -- the parallel park system (PPS), which handled the gas and steering, but not the brake. Toyota
first introduced the system in its Lexus branded luxury models
. It also integrated smart braking technology to avoid objects in driveways, etc. via integrating millimeter wave sensors and the braking system into a collision avoidance algorithm.
Ford has been active since, working on an improved version of its lane keeping technology
called Traffic Jam Assist
, which mirrors GM's "Super Cruise" in providing semi-autonomous highway driving. That technology should arrive around the same time as GM's. In the meantime Ford has added
perpendicular parking
to its portfolio, courtesy of French supplier Valeo S.A. (
). Volkswagen had been using Valeo's
Park4U system
parking system since the 2011 model year [
Last year Ford added one more trick, upgrading the system to be fully autonomous. With the new system the owner could activate the parking maneuver via a key fob and the Fully Assisted Parking Aid (FAPA) would activate
driving the vehicle into or out of a spots
. The feature has proven to be especially useful in preventing scratching to other drivers' doors.
IV. Google + Tesla? Be Afraid.
What every automaker should be most fearful of is Google and Tesla teaming up. The pair has
already expressed interest in such a union
; as mentioned, Larry Page is a Tesla Roadster owner, as is Google's R&D chief Sergey Brin.
Other than Google who is close to full automation? GM, Ford, Volkswagen, and Toyota are all pursuing the safer, but less exciting route of partial automation for highway traffic. It is unclear if any of these companies' plans involve merging onto or off of highways; it appears that the automation may solely be limited to highway driving at certain speeds.
Nissan Motor Comp., Ltd. (
) is taking a similar route, but it might be a bit ahead given that it
not only is testing autonomous cars on a Japanese highway, but is merging on and off
. Its autonomous Leaf EV drove itself on the highway trip at speeds of 40-80 km/hour (~25-50 mph).
Nissan has set a target of 2020
for "autonomous" vehicles with Autonomous Drive; however, it is unclear whether that target includes urban/city driving.
Nissan's Autonomous Drive LEAF EV aims for a 2020 launch. [Image Source: Nissan]
Sweden's Volvo AB (
) is building fully autonomous driving systems which should
merge onto and off of highways by 2017
. During
my time with Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW)
) at CES 2014 I talked to some of their senior engineers and learned that they too were testing automated vehicles. Those tests are currently confined to the track, but it's possible BMW may field a self-driving coupe in the same timeframe as Volvo.
V. Google has Mastered What Its Rivals are Still Trying to Achieve
But to be honest, GM is right. Automakers should be worried about Google. Because everyone -- and truly every one of them -- is far behind Google.
Google's project
began in 2010
. At the time, many believed the power of
a supercomputer would be needed for city driving
. Many dismissed the project as a joke or gimmick
Two years later Google had
300,000 hours miles of automated driving without an accident
. (Google's fleet consists primarily of retrofitted Lexus RX 450h and the Toyota Prius hybrids.) Two years later, Google's fleet has logged 700,000 miles of autonomous highway travel. It's clear that Google's highway driving technology is basically done, versus even Nissan who is still in the testing phase.
Google has already moved on to finishing a far more ambitious set of algorithms -- routines for
city driving
. So far the fleet has logged "thousands" of miles in city driving, leading to vital algorithm improvements.
VI. City Driving is Final Test for Google
CEO Larry Page recently said that
Google has no competitors
. And it truly believes that. In two years it did more than the rest of the automaker did in the last decade, when it comes to automated driving.
The evidence is strong that Google's new self-driving car is not intended as a full fledged design, but as a design focused on urban environment. Evidence of that is found in its top speed -- 40 km/h (~25 mph) -- which may be sufficient for a crowded city like New York City, but not for highway driving.
[Image Source: Google]
Google is so confident in its new design that it's made the bold move of gutting the vehicle removing nearly all controls, including the brake and gas pedals and the steering wheel, something none of the traditional automakers would dare to do. The new Google X design has two buttons -- Start and Stop. Program the route and car does the rest.
It's slightly disconcerting and terrifying to think that the Google car's two occupants have no means of controlling the vehicle. But when you think of it, such feelings are, statistically speaking, overconfidence. As Google points out 1.2 million people die worldwide in traffic accidents and 90 percent of those are due to human error.
From everything we've seen thus far, you're probably safer allowing Google's algorithms to steer for you.
GM, to its credit has
a city-street pod car of its own it's testing -- the EN-V
. By the sound of it that vehicle is still being prototyped, though, and has yet to hit city streets. GM is developing the curious compact at one of its research facilities in China.
The GM EN-V concept vehicle [Image Source: Autoblog Green]
So when all is said and done, it looks highly unlikely anyone will beat Google to the goal of fully automated driving from point to point. Tesla Motors has probably the best plan -- if you can't beat them, join 'em.
VII. The Android Edge
Even if some other car company -- say GM -- manages to pull abreast of Google in the automation race, it's highly unlikely that its vehicles will ever be as effective at driving. The reason for that is that Google is continuously mining data -- including location data -- from tens of millions of Android smartphone users across the U.S. It's almost a given that Google is looking to use this dataset to provide predictive capabilities to its driving algorithm.
Smartphone tracking could give Google beacons to improve its self-driving performance.
[Image Source: Pete Warden and Alasdair Allan]
In other words, Google's cars will be more fuel efficient and safer because they
effectively have a beacon
on a good deal of American drivers -- regardless of how new or old their car is. No other company can claim that.
"A lot of people pay zero for the cellphone ... That's what it's worth." -- Apple Chief Operating Officer Timothy Cook
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I have recently purchased the Fiio e17 amp with Beyerdynamic Dt 880 250 ohms which I will be using on my 2012 iMac.
Now, when plugging my headphones (with no amp) into the computer, I get a decent volume. It won't go too loud, but it's not bad.
I also tried plugging the headphones right into my droid to play some songs. Once again, not too loud, but decent.
Now, when I plug the headphones into the amp, then the amp into the computer (via usb) or into my droid (via aux) the sound is really low! Even with the volume controls turned up all the way on my computer or droid, and turned up all the way on my e17, I get a much lower signal than with no amp.
How does this make sense? How am I getting a lower volume level while using the amp, but when I leave the amp out of the equation and go right into my computer, I get a decent sound.
So basically as an overview of my problem....
When using my headphones with my amp, I am getting LOWER volumes at max levels then when I use NO amp.
Am I just using the amp wrong...or do I simply just not need it?
ps - When headphones are plugged into my mbox, I am able to get a nice loud volume out of it. This is unrelated, but the headphones work with the mbox, but the Fiio makes the volume way lower.


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Thursday, September 23, 2010
5 Million Celebration Post #6 - GIVEAWAY!!
1,663 comments:
- Anonymous9/23/2010 10:57 PM
I love the halloween ones! They are so cute and original! Would LOVVVVE to win all these stamps, what an awesome giveaway!!!
email@example.com Ohh my, that's a hard one. I own them all! They are all so fantastic! .....If I have to choose.....mmmmmmm I would sayyyyyy WINTER PUNNIES because I make a lot of christmas cards and I just got this one in the mail and the ideas are flowing just looking at your WINTER PUNNIES stamp set!
Thanks Robyn.
thebusybug.blogspot.com- Anonymous9/23/2010 10:59 PM
I think my favorite is the punnylicios one...I love the fact that it can be used with any of the cartridges but goes great with the CAC (my favorite cartridge)! I own 8 of your sets...cant wait to get more!!
rcj0907 at yahoo dot com - Anonymous9/23/2010 11:00 PM
Puny licious. i love all the cute sayings.
email@example.com Wow Robyn, I think this is one of the best giveaways you have had!
I think my favorite stamp set would be Winter Punnies or Everyday Life because I make a lot of cards to sell and they would be perfect for those. I don't own those sets yet. Of the ones I own Family & Friends in my favorite. Keep creating great quality and versitle stamps for us.
Simple Creations
simplecreations @ live. com- Anonymous9/23/2010 11:02 PM
I don't have any of your sets yet so this is a cool chance to win. I think I like Puny liscous (sp?) for the things I do the most. Lol
jorieux at hotmail dot com - Lanna9/23/2010 11:03 PM
I adore your Punnylicious stamp set! I've only seen you demo a few as I haven't been able to afford my own sets yet! Maybe here soon I'll get them, they are definitely on my wish list.
Peace, love & crafts!
Lanna I love the Punny-licious set! I don't own any yet, I would love to have them all. There are so many cute cartridges that these stamps would work great with. I'm sure I would use them over and over again. :)
Thanks for the chance to win!
It's Craftini Time!- email@example.com/23/2010 11:05 PM
punnylicious is my favorite but am going to order the everyday - i just love the simplicity and it fits what I do - thanks so much Robyn - I look forward to your blog everyday - thanks for keeping it interesting - learning to love my imagine because of you!
ReplyDelete - Anonymous9/23/2010 11:06 PM
I really like the family and friends stamp set. I am just getting into staming myself and have very little of them. I like how you can use this set for birthdays or just cards to give someone for any occasion. I love my pink stamper stamps and would love to own them! Thanks for the opportunity to win!
tammieworthen @ yahoo dot com I like punnylicious (spelling is not my strong point)Although winter punnies is nice as well as i live in Alaska and winter fun is ALWAYS appreciated!
I am just getting into adding stamps to my cricut projects and am LOVING it. Thanks so much for all your ideas! Your stamp collections are on my wish list for the holiday season for sure! can't wait to see the new ones!Boy Robyn, you asked a very tough question. I love all of your stamps so much that I haven't bought ANY! I'm ashamed to say! But I can't afford all of them and when I go to pick one I can't. Honestly. I'm overwhelmed. I love them all and can't pick just 1! So pick me, pick me!! Then I won't have to be the one to make the choice!! That would be awesome! TFS!! and congrats on 5 mil!! Thats awesome for sure!!
ReplyDelete- Anonymous9/23/2010 11:11 PM
Love the stamp set that goes with create a critter cartridge! That is my all time favorite cartridge and I would love to get that stamp set... But I love how all of your stamp sets you can do so many things with!!
firstname.lastname@example.com - Dolly g9/23/2010 11:12 PM
Christmas Wishes, I love everything Christmas but I want them all.... lol
dolly g
email@example.com - Anonymous9/23/2010 11:13 PM
I love all your stamps but right now my favourite is the Halloween one. Spooky Puns. So cute and I am in such a Halloween mood right now. After that I would say that it is the Everyday Life one. Thanks for the chance to win.
email@example.com - Dee Burns9/23/2010 11:15 PM
I love Christmas Wishes because I love Christmas and want to make my own cards this year. This would be perfect to finish them off.
Thanks much.
firstname.lastname@example.com - MichelleL.9/23/2010 11:15 PM
I would have to say Spooky Puns. I am very much into Halloween right now and loved the card that Karlee made a couple of weeks ago with the stamps (Fangtastic) :)
ReplyDelete Well it's a toss up for first! I love the Fruit and Veggie Puns and Winter Punnies equally! The Fruit and Veggies go so sweetly with the cuts from the Preserves cart...as well as a few other carts...and the Winter Punnies is a must for us here in Wisconsin!! LOL I need to win this giveaway since I own NOT even ONE of your sets as of yet! I need to take care of that, don't I!!!! Now how awesome would it be to win 8!! crossing my fingers girlie! ;)
MY BLOG- MissScrapAlot9/23/2010 11:17 PM
I would say the Fruit and Veggie Puns...I just bought the Preserves cart and so want these!!!!!! Of course I love them all :)
email@example.com - MelisP9/23/2010 11:19 PM
Favorite? I have to pick one? Hmmmm...probably Spooky Puns just because it's my newest. (They're all my favorite..who am I kidding?)
ReplyDelete OK yes what a hard question ... probably the one i would use the most is the punny-licious or more punny-licious these stamp sets are great ... I have yet to be able to purchase a set but i have seen so many ideas and have so many of my own .. how fun ... and what a great giveaway ... even if it is not me who receives it..
ReplyDelete- Anonymous9/23/2010 11:21 PM
Love them all but "Everyday Life" is one I know I would use lots!!!
Congrats & Thanks for the chance!
Patty - Anonymous9/23/2010 11:21 PM
What a tough decision! I like Winter Punnies.
jnkstoo at yahoo dot com Oh My Goodness! Wow... this is an awesome giveaway! I would LOVE to own any and all of your stamps, i just think they all are so CUTE! I think my favorite one (which i keep trying to decide for when i do have the money to purchase one) is Punny-licious! I love love love create a critter and can imagine all the cute cards i could make with your stamps! Oh im so hoping out of all the times ive entered that this time i would be so lucky as to win! *Crosses fingers* :) Thank you as always for the great giveaway!!!
firstname.lastname@example.com- Kyle Dadgar9/23/2010 11:28 PM
I like punny-licious the best!!! (hope i spelt that right) It is so versitile. I can use it with so many of the cricut cartridges!!! thanks so much Robyn for all these giveaways!!!
Kyle Dadgar
email@example.com - Anonymous9/23/2010 11:29 PM
I LOVE the Punny-Licious stam sets. What a wonderful job you did with these. Since create a critter is my favorite cartridge it would be great to have these. Thanks for the opportunity to win them. Thanks for such a fun day.
-Anita firstname.lastname@example.com - Anonymous9/23/2010 11:32 PM
Family and Friends because it is so versatile with any occasion. I do not currently own an sets, but hope to change that soon. Christmas is coming!! Thanks for the chance to win!!
firstname.lastname@example.com - Anonymous9/23/2010 11:33 PM
It is hard to pick just one but family and friends would have to be my favorite. Though there is something in every pack that I just need them all someday!
firstname.lastname@example.com - Priscilla9/23/2010 11:35 PM
I love your stamps! My favorite is punnylicious, the sayings are soo cute. Its great coming up with project to use the stamps with. I hope i win!!! I would love to have these stamps!
cilla172002 at yahoo dot com I would say punny-licious is my fav. I have 3 sets of yours so far and this is the one I use most often. There funny little sayings that you dont normally see on a card. You really found something unique thats not sold in stores! Some day I hope to have them all !!! LOL
scrappinwithmybug.com- Julie K9/23/2010 11:39 PM
My favorite is Winter Punnies because it is so hard to find phrase stamps about winter. Thanks for a chance at an AMAZING giveaway!!!!
Julie K
jdkeats at hotmail dot com - Linda Spencer9/23/2010 11:43 PM
My favorite set is the Christmas Wishes set. Christmas is one of my favorite holidays, so I am a sucker for any stamp set that can help me with my cards--especially ones with sentiments other than "Merry Christmas" & "Happy Holidays" :)
ReplyDelete - Anonymous9/23/2010 11:43 PM
halloween stamps i like. the trick or tweet sounds cute and im batty about u cute.pick me email@example.com
ReplyDelete - Anonymous9/23/2010 11:44 PM
This is the best giveaway Robyn, I love your stamp sets. My favorite is Fruit and Veggie puns. I love fruit and that is the stamp set that I use the most. I have them all until the October release lol. Gloria C.
firstname.lastname@example.com - LisaMH9/23/2010 11:51 PM
I think they are all great.. probably a favorite would be Everyday life... a little of everything.. Thanks Robyn!!! LisaMH Lsadog822 at sbcglobal dotnet
ReplyDelete Oh My Goodness... this is the best giveaway EVER!!! I love and want all your stamps Robyn! Right now I would choose the Christmas Wishes stamps as my fav cuz I will be making a lot of Christmas cards/projects.. and these will be perfect! Thank you so much for this amazing opportunity to win SOOO many stamps! WOO HOO!!
tahoe_luvr at yahoo dotcomFor sure its Everyday Life. This set is super,super cute. I love the "Little Diva" and I would love to win this. At this time I do not own any good stamps and I just got into stamping! I'm having my first stampin' up party soon and I would love to show these off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know lots of people would love to these as well.
Tina - email@example.com- Cayleen9/23/2010 11:58 PM
My favorite is probably the Simply Sweet Occasions set. But, a very close 2nd is Tweety Hoo Puns. Thanks for such a fun "5 Million Celebration" day.
ReplyDelete my favorite has to be bug punny because up until recently I've made most of my cards with Walk In My Garden and it would go beautifully with it. Robyn your stamp line is very fun. How wonderful for you that you are doing so well and having so much fun doing it.
purrbal at gmail dot com- wishesnkisses9/24/2010 12:06 AM
First of all congratulations on reaching the 5 million .My fav set are Punilicious is that the right spelling (dont think so) would just luv to win this giveaway .
email@example.com - Anonymous9/24/2010 12:22 AM
My favorite stamp set is 'Punny-licious"
Thanks for the great giveaway.☺
reneeleeak at yahoo dot com It was a hard choice but I love the set with the Breast Cancer ribbon and the "Handcrafted By" wording in it! Due to financial restraints this year I'm making a lot of my gifts so the Handcrafted would be fantastic and both my MIL and step-Mother are Breast Cancer survivors so I'd love to have that one also. I also love the dress and butterfly from that set. Thank you Robyn for the wonderful giveaway!
email@example.com- Anonymous9/24/2010 12:27 AM
Oh too hard to choose- but I think it's the Halloween spooky puns just now since lots of the blog designers are using them at this time of the year, inspiring me !!
Keep up the great work and here's to the next 5 million!
Jeanette guy at aol dot com - Aunty Sophia9/24/2010 12:33 AM
My favorite stamp set is Punny-licious!!! The sayings are so cute and go well with Create-a-critter cartridge!! Would love to get more of these stamp sets!!
Thanks, Sophia
firstname.lastname@example.com - Anonymous9/24/2010 12:34 AM
This week it would have to be Spooky Puns. Just in time for all the fun Halloween Cards. Thanks for the great giveaway.
firstname.lastname@example.com - Sabrina@InspiredSugar9/24/2010 12:42 AM
This is awesome Robyn! My favorite is the Spooky Puns stamp set. Keep up the great work!!
Sabrina at InspiredSugar(dot)com - Anonymous9/24/2010 12:42 AM
I think my favorite set of your stamps has to be the Christmas set. That is my favorite time of year to scrap and make cards and ornaments and gift tags and... and... those stamps would be so great to use on all those projects.
firstname.lastname@example.com - Anonymous9/24/2010 12:43 AM
Friends & Family, it can be used for any occasion. Thanks Robyn for the wonderful opportunity. Nancy N, email@example.com


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NEW YORK (AP) — Lyle Kessler's play "The Orphans" is apparently the kind of thing movie stars fight to be in. But it's not always clear why we have to fight to get a ticket.
It's a testosterone-laden darkly humorous piece that offers three great parts — a mentally challenged young man, a bubbling eruption of male anger and a cool-as-ice older dude — but generates little light. This is a play more fun to act in than watch.
The production that opened Thursday at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre is likely best known for a creative dustup between Alec Baldwin and Shia LaBeouf, which led to the younger man's leaving it in a cloud of tweets. He may have the last laugh.
Kessler's play, which premiered in 1983 in Los Angeles, has touches reminiscent of Harold Pinter's "The Caretaker" and John Osborne's "Look Back in Anger." The humor sometimes smacks of Martin McDonagh's absurdist vein, and the dialogue is often overly heightened rat-tat-tat.
"The Orphans" is about two orphaned brothers forced to fend for themselves in a rotting house in North Philadelphia. One brother, Treat, is a pistol without the safety on, a cauldron of rage. His sibling, Philip, is a bundle of insecurities, who is told to stay inside for his own protection; he basically just watches TV and eats mayonnaise and tuna.
One day, Treat brings the very drunk rich-looking Harold home, ties him up and tries to leverage him for a ransom. Things don't exactly go according to plan: Harold takes a shine to his captors and becomes a father figure of sorts.
The biggest problem here is that the three actors are determined to be in different plays and director Daniel Sullivan hasn't been able to make them gel. Perhaps there wasn't enough time.
Tom Sturridge plays Philip as if he's looking for an Academy Award nomination — a bundle of tics, prone to leaping to and from pieces of furniture or sitting in a crouch, using a whiny voice and with hands that hang in front of him. With his long hair, Sturridge seems to be trying to resemble a bird trapped in a cage. He should really stop doing that.
Ben Foster, who bravely took LaBeouf's role when he left during rehearsals, has a more naturalistic take on Treat but lacks the killer instinct to be truly menacing while in full Hulk mode. Foster, though excellent when he's in psychic pain or mimicking Harold, can't quite become a monster.
It's clear why Baldwin wanted to play Harold, a wiseguy who turns out to be an orphan himself. Baldwin gets to hop around in a chair while tied up, be elegant, funny and worldly, teach his young charges about bouillabaisse and offer them an "encouraging squeeze." Baldwin's natural aristocratic side fits nicely here. It's just that he's paired with a bird-boy and a guy acting really hard to be scary.
John Lee Beatty's interior set is not as outrageously decrepit as it could be when we first see it, but his little touches after Harold enters the boys' lives — bannisters are repaired and a nicer couch appears, as well as a nifty drinks cart — are fabulous touches. Jess Goldstein's costumes perfectly zoom from homebound to fancy, and Tom Kitt's blasts of rock between sets is unnerving, in a good way.
In the end, Harold will free Philip from his house arrest — he takes him outside and gives him a map, prompting the younger man to burst out "I know where I am now, Harold!" — and try to teach Treat self-discipline, but this makeshift family of damaged orphans cannot survive long, no matter how much they need each other.
Philip's burgeoning independence threatens Treat, and the play then takes a descent into melodrama that smacks of Tennessee Williams, but without that master's profundity. One of the three characters dies, two others are left sobbing and the audience may deserve an "encouraging squeeze."
Online: http://www.orphansonbroadway.com


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Review: LG Lotus
Oct 31, 2008, 11:21 AM by Eric M. Zeman @phonescooper
The LG Lotus is one odd duck. Hidden in its goofy shape is an average phone that does many things, some of them well, others not so much.
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If you like the unconventional and have a high tolerance for being made fun of, the Lotus might be the phone you're looking for. With its squarish shape, there's no doubt it is somewhat odd in appearance. If you're willing to look past appearances and judge the Lotus on what's inside (because that's what really counts, right?), there's a lot to like about the Lotus.
Why no mention?
I didnt see a single mention of it in the review, yet thats a feature that people clamor for on phones all the time.
Maybe a quick edit is in order?
The Lotus offers SMS, PictureMail, IM, VoiceSMS, Chatting and Email. Not all of them are available from the Messaging icon in the carousel. You have to open the messagin...
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This methodology for measuring signal strength is flawed
The vault test was a much more practical means to measuring signal streng...
This is a good phone
Sprint's new home screen menu is a colossal step in the right direction, and I dig the widgets. The interface is surprisingly polished, especially for an LG phone.
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Law Enforcement Collector's Corner >> Badge Collecting >> Looking for Badges
Looking for Badges
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Posted over 7 years ago Hey folks, I am a retired LEO from SC and have been lucky enough to come up with a number of issue badges as well as some Gode repro's which are IMHO as nice as the real ones in many cases. I am not big into this badge collecting as being retired funds are not that great. I DO have a issue badge from Orange County, Fl. (Orlando), in both Sgt and Capt. that I am willing to trade for a real badge preferably from SC. Understand I will trade ONLY with another real deal LEO and I require PROOF of such. I will send a photo of my ID and require you send me one before I complete any deal. I also have a vast collection of shoulder patches that I trade so if you do that, contact me. Thanks, Jim |
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Award-winning physics and optical engineering professor Galen Duree is inspiring others toward careers in optics through his book Optics for Dummies, the latest in the popular series of reference and self-help books. He saw it as an excellent opportunity to promote optics by making it easy to understand.
"I was thinking that we really needed something for kids to explain that optics is more than just eyeglasses and telescopes," Duree says. Wiley Publishing had come to the same conclusion and approached the Rose-Hulman professor to author the book. It can now be found online and in bookstores throughout the country. ■
Few cancer survivors are in the position to change the way cancer is diagnosed, but that's what the husbandand- wife faculty team Lorraine Olson and Bob Throne are doing. Olson, professor of mechanical engineering, and Throne, head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, have conducted research and created math models in hopes of developing a new system for the early detection of breast cancer. The research could be key to the development of a device which will mimic manual breast palpations, while enabling doctors to record accurate data about the underlying tissue. The device won't replace mammography, but Olson says the less invasive method could be an affordable and effective tool. ■
Lorraine Olson and Bob Throne
When USA Today needed someone to explain the destructive forces of tornadoes affecting Midwest cities this past summer, they turned to an expert in the field: Fred Haan. The mechanical engineering professor has been studying the effects of extreme winds on structures for more than 15 years. He helped establish a state-of-the-art tornado simulator at Iowa State University, and returns to Ames each summer to conduct further research. Haan's findings may bring national standards on how to build stronger public buildings. Haan has been featured in the Kansas City Star, the Houston Chronicle and Minneapolis Star Tribune, to name just a few. ■
Peter Coppinger has used his expertise as a plant biotechnology specialist to help discover a new species of bacteria that's infecting and killing the beautiful Midwestern wildflower, Trillium. That he was able to make this discovery with Rose-Hulman sophomore applied biology student Nathan Wheeler was "like hitting the jackpot."
The duo determined that a new form of phytoplasma, a micro bacteria that affects plants, was turning Trillium's naturally white petals into shades of green.
However, there were no matches of phytoplasma. Their discovery was confirmed late this summer. Now, the professor and applied biology student are sequencing the bacteria to determine ways to protect other wildflowers. ■


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The Horse Forum
- Horse Artwork
- - Drawing time!!! :D [New drawing added!!]
Drawing time!!! :D [New drawing added!!] I finally drew some pictures :D im pretty happy on how they came out! i also need some pictures i could try and draw :D black and white (pencil) Random horse http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/e...le/Photo15.jpg Colored (crayons) Random horse (only said it was lexi cause of the colors :P) http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/e...le/Photo10.jpg tell me what u think :D i think i've improved a bit! NEW DRAWING!! http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/e...ele/Photo2.jpg http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/e...e/Picture2.png tell me what u think!! |
Please comment on them! |
Very nice. You really have the eyes down. The colored pencil one is much improved from what I can see. Keep up the good work :) |
I really like the one of Lexi. You did a good job coloring it :D |
lol thxs i had fun drawing them both as well :) |
no one else :( |
they look really good. the second one is amazing! |
thank you :) |
Ooooh. Pretty. :wink: My horses are usually never head shots, but running or something. I may be able to take pics tomorrow, especially of Bite My Dust. He's my baby. :D Anyway, yeah. I love the second one! I love eyeshots, if you would like an eyshot to draw (just wondering) you can do my photograph. =) I'll post it if you want. :wink: |
ty and of course i'd love to try and draw it! Post w.e picture you would like to see me draw and ill post them up! This goes to anyone else. Post some pictures you want to see drawn :) If you by any chance like the drawing enough (i dont think u will but..) i can deff. send you a copy. just PM me. |
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Fabergé's Gypsy Bangle and Devotion Emerald Ring glisten in the debut issue of Net a Porter's new magazine, Porter.
The Gypsy Gold and Diamond Bangle, in white and rose gold, is delicately set with over 1,750 diamonds. The Striking Devotion Emerald Ring is set with an exquisite 12 carat Gemfields Zambian cabochon emerald, bordered with over 160 diamonds and mounted in platinum.
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We're a little confused. When Al Terzi left WFSB there was rampant speculation among his fellow broadcasters as to where he would land. The folks at Fox CT made a show of escorting him around their newsroom, leading many to assume that a spot would be created for him there. But a couple months later we see in JAVA that Al and son Tony will co-host a Saturday morning radio show on WDRC-AM.
Saturday mornings.
And only twice a month.
This is a nice "scaling back" schedule but we inferred that Al wasn't ready to leave prime time yet. Perhaps there's more to come.
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That was the lowest level since September 2008 and represented 2.1 per cent of the Island's 16 to 64 year olds.
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Catfish self mutilation
So, I got a pictus from a friend of mine who didn't have room for it. Turns out its not a pictus, its a relative, the Pantaneiro. Pretty big guy, almost a foot long.
Anyone have any experience with Pantaneiro?
He seems to insist on cramming himself, or attempting to cram himself into tight spaces. Not a big surprise, catfish do that.
The problem is, he is getting into such tight spaces that his pectoral spines have peeled the skin off of his sides.
Anyone ever have this happen before?
I've rearranged all the rocks so he can't wedge himself anywhere, and he seems to have taken up residence in a pvc cave for now. The cuts are just superficial, Hoping they heal up ok, as my QT tanks are all occupied at the moment.Who is "General Failure" and why is he reading my hard drive?
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0You should add some Melafix in the tank to prevent infection.
0I guess the only logical thing is to make sure no really tight spaces are available for him. I gave my son my beloved featherfins that I like so much but could not keep them. He had one tiny PVC pipe for them and they'd both cram into that thing and get stuck, wounds and the whole bit.
I finally snuck into his basement and took the stupid pipe out of there and leaned some big pieces of slate up against the wall for them. I was so angry he allowed them to continue to get stuck in that thing!


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The University Senate and then the IUP Council of Trustees endorsed the Strategic Vision Statement in December 2013.
After careful review of the comments recorded at the breakout sessions during the October Strategic Visioning Summit and other input, President Driscoll has issued the final Strategic Vision Statement, to be presented to the University Senate and Council of Trustees in December.
See the final statement, a marked-up version showing the changes from the draft statement, and more resources at:
President Michael Driscoll kicked off the Strategic Visioning Summit on October 28, 2013.
"A Reflection on the Strategic Visioning Summit" (10/31/13)
"October 28: IUP Community Invited to Strategic Visioning Summit" (9/30/13)
"Seeing Possibilities: Strategic Visioning Project Interviews in Full Swing" (4/23/13)
Over 400 faculty, staff, and students engaged in a lively discussion of the draft Strategic Visioning Statement at the Strategic Visioning Summit held on October 28, 2013, at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex. By participating, they helped lay the foundation for the future IUP Strategic Plan. See photos.
In an innovative approach, President Michael Driscoll enlisted journalism professor Michele Papakie and her students to implement the first phase of the Strategic Visioning Project campuswide.
The students met with hundreds of members of the IUP community and logged their learning experiences in a blog, Reflections;on Twitter ( @IUPSVP | #IUPSVP)and on Facebook.
The SVP student team consisted of 30 students in Papakie's Public Relations Presentation Making class in spring semester. They researched the vision, mission, core values, and strategic plan of each university in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. They also examined PASSHE's overall plan for the system.
The SVP Student Team facilitated interview groups and managed brainstorming sessions of students, faculty, staff, administrators, alumni, community leaders, and business owners. Over 400 people participated in these interviews.
The student team guided interview participants through a SWOT analysis exercise that explored their perceptions of the ways IUP can capitalize on its strengths, diminish its weaknesses, maximize its opportunities, and limit the consequences of its external threats. Interviewees were also asked to share their thoughts on the two guiding questions.
The team documented the extensive data gathered and entered it into qualitative analysis software.


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