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Perfect 10 | 16 | 31.37% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent | 10 | 19.61% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good | 9 | 17.65% | |
7 out of 10 : Good | 8 | 15.69% | |
6 out of 10 : Average | 6 | 11.76% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average | 1 | 1.96% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor | 0 | 0% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad | 0 | 0% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad | 0 | 0% | |
1 out of 10 : Painful | 1 | 1.96% | |
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2008-12-20, 17:56 | Link #3 |
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On the other hand, I loved this episode. Lots of good emotion. Serious and sad and uncertain and with good rhythms. I liked the sad, slow version of the music, too. Tsugumi is wonderful. And the club president continues to steal the show.
The storyboard this week was by a big name: Okamura Tensai, the director of Wolf's Rain and Darker than Black. Director this week was Kamakura Yumi, who did storyboards for some eps of Simoun and Blood+, and directed episodes of Blood+, Eureka Seven, Utawarerumono, Saiunkoku. She also directed ep2 of Kannagi. I liked the animation this week, in some places. Seemed like smooth drawing, somehow, especially near the beginning. Animation was directed by two people: Noda Yasuyuki, a long-time animator who has directed animation for a couple of shows over the years; and an apparently young animator called Kawai Takuya, who has never done more than key animation, according to ANN. I loved the ending illustration. Of course, I tend to like Photoshopped backgrounds. And the figure seemed to match the episode beautifully. As serenade_beta said, it was by Azuma Kiyohiko, the mangaka of Yotsubato and Azumanga Daioh. I would never have guessed.
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2008-12-21, 23:11 | Link #6 |
Let it Rain
I was pretty happy that kannagi finally decided to get to how it should have been. I mean comedy is always great but I would've liked it a lot if it was like comedic at certain times with drama. This episode and how it was done was amazing. I'm sad to see that next episode will be the last, I'm hoping it'll live up to my expectation after I watched this episode.
2008-12-24, 02:14 | Link #9 |
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Wow, it takes BALLS to run an episode on just emotion alone, the amount of silence in the second half was staggering, and the beautiful instrumentals perfectly set the tone too.
Go figure that the one episode without Nagi, that I was worried would be the most predictable, ends up being the most amazingly done. Set that against the irony of nothing actually happening and using it to display Jin ACTUALLY SHOWING NORMAL UNFORCED HUMAN EMOTION and you've got the best episode of the show thus far. Yes, I'm serious.
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2008-12-24, 05:35 | Link #12 |
Somehow I found out
Join Date: Feb 2006
Age: 33
A very solemn episode compared to what we're used to in Kannagi, but I think this show is actually executing the serious stuff almost as well as it executed the comedy in previous episodes. I could talk about technical merit, animation, seiyuu, music, etc, but I think the most important thing is that I found myself really caring about what was going to happen next, and "care" isn't something I give out willy-nilly. So, I think it's a sign that Kannagi has done a really good job of making the characters sympathetic.
The directing in this show continues to exceed expectations. I wouldn't call this show the best of the year, but I do think Yamamoto is making a serious claim for best director of the year (although, he probably still runs slightly behind Shinbo for Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei and Matsuo Kou for Kure-nai). Edit: By the way, if you think Kannagi is a good anime, why not consider voting for it in the AnimeSuki 2008 Choice Awards nominations thread in the Best Comedy category? Personally, I think Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei deserves to win Best Comedy, but I think Kannagi seriously deserves to at least be nominated, and at this stage, it looks like it's being a bit underrated in the voting.
2008-12-24, 19:55 | Link #16 |
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That's not really anime's fault. If you watch manga then you know that the inexperienced mangaka just shows her inexperience by not able to find a true rhythm that it want to go - drama or comedy, comedy or drama...
In this sense, anime followed the original very closely... |
2008-12-24, 21:46 | Link #17 |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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Its *very* common in "comedy romance" anime for the series to use comedy to get you involved with the characters and get attached to them. Then when you're all vulnerable, they hurl the drama at you....
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Sorting the Sunday Pile, Week 12: Is anyone scared of the Falcons?
Is anyone afraid of the Falcons?
Another close win on Sunday -- this time 24-23 over the Bucs -- Atlanta is tied for the best record in football at 10-1. But is anyone afraid of them? I ask that as someone who actually picked them to win the Super Bowl too.
Because I'm not sure anyone should be. OK, let me rephrase that. Atlanta's a good team and plenty scary. But they're not beating the mess out of opponents like a 10-win November team should be.
They're now an improbable 7-1 in one-score games and haven't been able to really crank up the gas against any inferior opponents. Carolina, Oakland and Arizona (combined 9-23 this year) kept things close against the Falcons, something that shouldn't happen, particularly at home.
Sunday's win over the Buccaneers was similar in terms of their inability to harness their full talent and beat up on a team. Tampa's secondary is terrible and even though Matt Ryan finished with 353 passing yards and only six incompletions, it certainly felt like Atlanta could've taken more shots down the field. Why try and run against a good rush defense when heaving it down the field -- your best trait -- exposes your opponent's biggest weakness?
And here's a better question: why isn't Jacquizz Rodgers getting more run? I get that Michael Turner's been their bellcow and he's the guy who gets all the money, but Rodgers needs to go more often. Rodgers (10 carries for 49 yards) outrushed Turner (13 carries for 17 yards) Sunday and it's quite clear that when he's on the field Atlanta is more dangerous on offense. Turner doesn't have to completely disappear, but if Atlanta wants to be one of those scary teams in the playoffs, flipping the usage for Rodgers and Turner might very well be the answer.
Washington Back in the Wild-Card Race?
The NFC wild-card race should be fun to watch. Even after getting hammered on Sunday night, I'd expect the Packers to pick up the first seed there, assuming they can sweep the Vikings. Seattle, with three home games left, is a good bet for the second spot. But how about the Redskins as a sleeper to sneak in?
They have a quarterback in Robert Griffin III who can keep them in any game. They're warming up at the right time, winning two-straight division games out of the bye. They have a decent schedule with the Giants, Ravens, Browns, Eagles and Cowboys on tap. And most importantly, they have tiebreakers: the Skins beat the Vikings and Buccaneers head-to-head.
With Seattle, Tampa Bay, Minnesota and New Orleans all losing on Sunday, things are suddenly kind of sneakily opening up for Washington to make a run. Let's say they win four of their last five and finish 9-7.
Tampa plays at Denver, New Orleans and Atlanta. Anything above 8-8 would be impressive. The Vikings have the Packers twice, the Texans and the Bears. Is 7-9 out of the question? Seattle could lose two games on the road and then at home to San Francisco to finish 9-7 with a 6-6 conference record. Even with a loss to the Giants, closing out with wins over Philly and Dallas would get Washington to 7-5 in the conference.
It's a long shot. I admit as much. But it's worth noting as we prep for the stretch run.
Or good one anyway -- there are a group of teams (Seattle, Tampa Bay, Minnesota, New Orleans, Washington, Dallas) bunched up at either 6-5 or 5-6 and prepared to duel it out for the last spot, with Green Bay (7-4) holding a slight advantage.
But look at that list of teams again because they all lost on Sunday. Seattle choked in Miami, Minnesota got hammered by the Bears, Tampa Bay couldn't stop Matt Ryan from marching late and the Saints were overpowered by the 49ers defense. Washington's the only team that made up any ground this week.
Eli-te, Again
Of course, it would be totally irresponsible to get on the Redskins hype train without also pointing out that the Giants have a shot to basically wrap up the NFC East when they head to Washington in Week 13.
Oh yes, and that the Giants team that showed up in New York on Sunday night and whipped the Packers 38-10 sure did look like the Giants team that tends to get insanely hot after Thanksgiving and storm into the playoffs.
When Eli Manning is clicking and they're running the ball efficiently and the defense is disrupting quarterbacks, the Giants are a tough team to beat. They did all those things on Sunday night and now they're a game better at 7-4 than their pace through 12 weeks last season. As the only NFC East team above .500, they don't have a ton of competition in the division at the moment.
Wrapping up the Blaine Gabbert Era
Boy, that really got out of hand fast didn't it? Gabbert's got to be done in Jacksonville, what with Chad Henne actually making Jacksonville look competitive the last two weeks. Even if they lose out, Henne's clearly a better option.
This is a sad indictment of Gabbert and perhaps, more importantly, Mike Mularkey. Henne looked horrible in relief against the Colts earlier in the season, but how did Mularkey not figure out that Henne gave them a better shot to win before his hand was forced in Week 11?
It's crazy to think that Jacksonville might already be moving on from their 2011 first-round pick ... but Jacksonville might be moving on from their 2011 first-round pick. Henne's not anyone special, but he's at least making 2012 first-round pick Justin Blackmon look good.
If it's my billions invested in that franchise, I'm going for a full-blown reboot, grabbing a quarterback with upside in the third round (like, you know, Russell Wilson, who the Jaguars passed on in order to take punter Bryan Anger) and rebuilding around other pieces for 2012.
The Niners On the Other Hand ...
We're only two games into the Colin Kaepernick Era in San Francisco, and we can't read too much into what he's done, even if he's undefeated. Teams don't have a ton of film on the 49ers new starter, San Francisco stunned the Bears with a great gameplan and New Orleans is bad on offense.
But if the first two games are a barometer for what Kaepernick could do as a starter, the 49ers just became terrifying.
The one thing they've missed is a quarterback who can make their passing game dynamic. And so far, Kaepernick looks like that guy. He can make throws that Alex Smith can't, and Jim Harbaugh will let him make those throws. The 49ers aren't one-dimensional with Kaepernick under center, and Kaepernick's ability to run and throw only serves to make him more dangerous.
Whether it's him or Smith under center down the stretch is probably irrelevant for the 49ers playoff chances. They're going to win that division after today. What's going to be fascinating will be a pair of games in the middle of December: at New England and at Seattle. Those games are back-to-back and they'll test Kaepernick's mettle in two different and extremely difficult sets of circumstances.
In a month we'll have a much better idea of whether or not Harbaugh made the right move benching Smith for Kaepernick (assuming he continues to do so). But right now it's only fair to give Harbaugh the benefit of the doubt in just about anything he does when it comes to coaching. His latest move is looking pretty brilliant in terms of immediate dividends.
Appreciating the Mannings
It's pretty easy to think about the NFL and think about the Manning family. Peyton Manning is a sure-fire Hall of Famer and Eli Manning reminded us on Sunday night why counting him out is just dumb.
Father Archie is the third wheel here, but he still managed to throw 125 touchdown passes in his career. And that means, with Eli crossing the 200-TD mark on Sunday night, the Manning family now has a whopping 750 touchdown passes in the NFL.
That's an insane amount -- more than the Panthers, Jaguars and Texans, to name a few, have in their franchise history -- and it's just your latest reminder of how good the Manning family is at slinging the rock around.
And you know what's even crazier about their whole milestone-ish afternoon? On Sunday Eli surpassed CBS Sports own Phil Simms for most touchdown passes by a Giants quarterback, and Peyton surpassed the Broncos own John Elway for second-most wins by a quarterback with 149. And he did it on the same day where he managed to go over 25 touchdown passes and 3,000 yards for the 14th time in his career.
Just a remarkable family.
November Pain "
Don't want to spend too much time focusing on the Chiefs because a) they stink and b) I'm writing up the epitaph for their 2012 season. But they're now the first officially eliminated team of 2012 and it's worth noting that they scored all of two touchdowns in November. Like, the whole month!
Lock 'em in for the first overall pick of the draft with the loser of Monday night's game and the Jaguars the only serious competition.
Black Monday?
Sunday's spree of college firings was a harsh reminder exactly what time of the year it is. Everyone with the Chiefs should fear for their jobs and it's really really difficult to imagine Norv Turner making it through the year if San Diego keeps this up.
The Bolts have now lost six of their last seven, with their lone win coming against the Chiefs. Sunday's debacle was perhaps the most Norv loss of Norv's tenure, as the Chargers gave up a 4th-and-29 (29!) to Ray Rice and the Ravens and managed to give it up in overtime.
Were they victims of a terrible spot by the officials? Absolutely. But 4th-and-29! That game was over. They're still technically alive in the playoff hunt at 4-7 and five "meh" teams left on the schedule. But they've only beaten Oakland, Kansas City and Tennessee. They're much worse than anyone expects.
It was a disappointing day, GIF-wise. But this shot of tiny Darren Sproles flipping giant Aldon Smith over his back is just pure-tee amazing.

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My neighbor John McKinney is an optometrist with a serious eye for design (pun absolutely, shamelessly intended). Although his days are filled with eye charts, optical exams, and glasses fittings, his evenings and weekends are packed with trips to local auctions, estate sales, and flea markets—all part of his tireless and passion-driven journey to renovate and furnish his 1723 house in the heart of uptown Kingston, New York. John's home, an absolutely stunning stone construction, is a a gem amongst gems—one of the neighborhood's oldest and longest-standing structures, dating back to Kingston's pre-Revolution days when it originally functioned as the town's Elmendorf Tavern. It has survived not just the Revolutionary War and the infamous 1777 burning of Kingston, but centuries of change. Nineteenth century Italianate and Victorian homes have sprung up around it, but this quaint colonial construction has remained one of the area's most beautiful homes.
Throughout my first months as a Kingston resident, I had always admired John's home when walking past it on trips to the city's center, but I was absolutely floored when I was first welcomed inside for afternoon cocktails. After purchasing the home from a former medical practice five years ago, John has been painstakingly renovating it to its former glory—right down to period-appropriate antique furnishings and woodwork. John's loving commitment to his home is clear in every detail—and the story of how he purchased the home and ultimately furnished it in its colonial and colonial revival style is downright fascinating. John's previous home—a split-level ranch filled exclusively with midcentury modern furnishings—was a far cry from the pre-Revolution styles he currently surrounds himself with. When he put his former home on the market five years ago, though, the purchaser chose to buy with one proviso: that the home come with all of its furnishings. Despite having obsessively culled all of the home's authentic Modernist pieces over the years, John split with them willfully and amicably, relishing the opportunity to start fresh. Although John seems to have broken up with his midcentury obsession when he broke up with his former home, the colonial style, with its hallmark simplicity, has proven to be an unexpected complement to his eye for the clean, modern line. "As long as you keep it simple," he notes, "it's all 'modern' for that time period. If you pick the right pieces from each time period, you can see the clean lines in it." John's house might have a 1723 date on it, but its classic styling and timeless beauty makes it right at home in the twenty-first century. —Max
Check out all of the photos and design notes after the jump!
Above image: The upstairs hallway. Original wide board floors. In the corner are a 18th Century Hudson Valley Chippendale chair alongside Tiger Maple Pembrook Table. Paintings, both mid-19th Century, purchased from Ebay. Drapes by Tim Lester Designs.
Above image: The house's front facade. Built in 1723, originally the Elmendorf Tavern.
Above image: A view into the living room from the dining room. To the right is an 1820s cupboard with original blue paint. On top is a small collection of miscellaneous earthenware. The walls are bare, unfinished horse hair plaster (ca. 1790), a look that is carried out throughout a number of the home's other rooms.
Above image: Once the original tavern room, the front room now functions as John's main living room. The room is filled with an assortment of vintage and antique furniture, culled from auctions, estate sales, and tag sales. Walls painted in Benjamin Moore's Linen.
Above image: A Hudson Valley banister-back chair and a Pennsylvania tavern table sit along the living room's front wall. Atop the table are a set of early 20th Century steer horns mounted on tramp art bases. Wainscoting is painted in Benjamin Moore's Revere Pewter.
Above image: A portrait of a horse by G. Fowler, a nineteenth century animal portrait painter, 1882.
Above image: A Colonial Revival Towle chandelier, ca. 1930.
Above image: A lantern originally used on the interior of a train's caboose.
Above image: An engraving of Kingston, New York, ca. 1770.
Above image: Metal bird's feet, purchased at a local jewelry store.
Above image: A colonial Connecticut armchair against the dining room's northern wall.
Above image: The dining room's eastern wall.
Above image: The dining room fireplace. A Hudson Valley School painting sits atop the mantle. Deer skull purchased at a flea market in Dallas.
Above image: An 18th Century Dutch Kas, originally crafted in Kingston, NY.
Above image: The view into the dining room from the kitchen. Honed marble countertop. Kitchen appliances like the refrigerator and a Kitchenaid two-door dish washer are hidden beneath custom-crafted cabinet fronts.
Above image: A Shaw Original farmhouse sink. A shelf above the countertop holds various antique items.
Above image: Standard Edison bulbs hang bare above the countertop.
Above image: Cabinets on the Kitchen's southern wall. On the lower right are two early Abercrombie & Fitch sandwich tins. All white dinnerware from Fishs Eddy.
Above image: White dinnerware from Fishs Eddy fills a cabinet along the kitchen's southern wall. An antique sausage stuffer, colander, and cherry pitter sit on the bottom shelf.
Above image: The kitchen's western wall. To the left hangs a student's personal school chalkboard.
Above image: The hallway adjoining the living room and the kitchen.
Above image: The downstairs bathroom. Cabinets are filled with various medical accouterments, many of which came with the house (the previous owner was a gynecologist practice!).
Above image: A 1920s skeletal chart sits atop the houses' original toilet.
Above image: The main entryway. A Hudson Valley Chippendale chair sits alongside a primitive wall cupboard. An original Kingston crock from the mid-19th century sits atop the cupboard. Painting purchased on Ebay.
Above image: The front stairs. Stair woodwork painted in Old Village's 1709 Antique Yellow. Stair treds painted in Benjamin Moore's Mink.
Above image: The upstairs hallway. A cabinet along the southern wall holds John's collection of pewter objects.
Above image: A collection of books and a painting (another Ebay purchase) in the bedroom's anteroom.
Above image: The bedroom. A cannonball rope bed, ca. 1830, rebuilt to hold a queen-size mattress. In an effort to save money, one of the home's previous owners only refinished the room's floor along its borders, leaving the interior covered in the original black paint, where a rug would cover it.
Above image: Fireplace painted in Benjamin Moore's Avon Green.
Above image: The bedroom's western wall. The mirror was originally the "O" from a Woolworth's sign. Victorian exercise weights sit on the nightstand.
Above image: a collection of antique keys.
Above image: An antique document box sits on the bedroom's northern windowsill.
Above image: The upstairs bathroom. The walls are pine planks, hand-hewn by a local carpenter to match period woodwork. Floors are wide-board planks with the original paint. Western paintings from the late 19th century hang on the wall.
Above image: Sink purchased at the Brimfield Antique Fair.
Above image: Stools made by a local Kingston craftsmen in the 1970s.
Above image: A turkish watering can, a scale weight, and a plumb bob sit on the bathroom's windowsill. Outside the window is the original Fitch House of the Abercrombie and Fitch company.
Above image: the garden path along the house's eastern wall.
That home is absolutely amazing! He has done such an incredible job…really owns every inch of it. This has got to be favorite "sneak peek" ever. I am very envious but it is a good envious. My husband & I purchased a 1890 farmhouse about two years ago and have slowly been working on it. I have always loved historic homes & it was a dream of mine to own a old farmhouse. It is always a pleasure to "meet" someone else working hard to preserve history & brings me encouragement as we have a lllloooonnnggg ways to go. Fantastic job!
Beautiful photos of a stunning house. Looking through again….
Adorei a casa e toda a decoração,sou restauradora e achei mesmo a distância o trabalho incrível.
incrível tudo de muito bom gosto . PARABÉNS
I just spent the weekend in Hurley (just down the road from Kingston) in a similarly aged stone house so how nice to see another example done so beautifuly. You really do get a feel for all the people who came before in old places like this that have been loved and cared for but not so carefully preserved that you can't see the passage of time and the marks of habitation.
oh wow! i'm a brooklynite now, but grew up in kingston, and my parents still live on fair street. i used to hang is this house when i was a kid, and my dad, a stone mason, actually rebuilt the chimneys! it is SO BEAUTIFUL now. every time i go back upstate i am awed by the renaissance i see happening there. thanks so much for sharing this space!
Oh my goodness, this house is BEAUTIFUL.
I live a block from this beautiful home, on Fair Street in Kingston. We are so very grateful that the owner of this historic home loves it. We all benefit from his caring.
Could you share more about the beautiful stripey blanket/towel/scarves hanging above the stools? I love them!
Best house tour ever. Seems like you could spend a lot of time in this house just looking at different treasures. Love it
I'm very interested in the paneled ceiling in the living room. Did you put that in, or was it already there? I'm looking for an interesting way to cover asbestos popcorn ceiling.
An absolute beauty!j A triumph of exquisite taste! How smart and unusual to leave the original horsehair plaster! Such a gorgeous color! Bravo!!!
Oh my goodness, what a lovely home! Love, Love I love the mix of old and new and the heritage behind the home.


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Army falls to Air Force
Posted By Donald Lappe On Nov 7 2010 @ 12:03 pm In Army | No Comments
The Army football team fell to 5-4 Saturday after losing to Air Force 42-22. The Black Knights honored 29 members of the senior class at Michie Stadium prior to kickoff.
Coming into the game, Army was fifth in the nation in turnover margin. This has been a major factor in the team's success this season. Sometimes watching the team this year it seemed as if they were walking a tightrope, and needed to be perfect in order to pull the game out. Army cannot get away with mistakes the way other teams can, and we saw an example of that Saturday.
The loss against Air Force provided a good chance for Army to measure were it stands. The game showed just how far they still have to go as a program. Still, the game turned on a few plays, and with a little better luck it could have been a different game.
Army turnovers crushed their chances of winning, with Trent Steelman first interception of the season setting up an Air Force score and a Jared Hassin fumble returned for a touchdown. Army missed its opportunities to create turnovers, with senior linebacker Stephen Anderson dropping an interception. The Black Knights also failed to pick up an Air Force fumble in the first half that they had a good shot at recovering. Finally, down 35-22 and in desperate need of a stop at the goal line, Army forced an Air Force fumble and came out of the pile with the football. It was ruled Air Force's ball, and the review was inconclusive. Tim Jefferson scored on the next play to make the score 42-22.
What Went Right: Rushing attack. Army was able to rush for 244 yards against the Falcons. Jared Hassin has now rushed for 100 yards in four straight games.
What Went Wrong: Turnovers/Defense. The turnovers really killed Army's chances, as I detailed above. The defense was put in some tough situations, but that is no excuse to allow the Falcons to run wild. Air Force rushed for 277 yards and threw for 124 more.
Player of the Game: The seniors. What I hope is not lost in this is the improvement that has occurred in this program in such a short period of time. The seniors on this team have talked about bringing winning football back to Army, and they are on the verge of doing so. Many of the seniors stepped up and had big games today.
Final Word: This was the game it would have been nice to have. Still, I favor Army in each of the last three games, beginning next week at Kent State. If Army doesn't get the win next week, there will be a lot riding on the Notre Dame game at Yankee Stadium. Army needs to take care of business next Saturday.
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In the history of the world, it would not be wrong to offer Sarah Bernhardt as its most celebrated actress. Her lifelong motto Quand même (her own translation was "nevertheless") summed up her life: rambunctious, vivacious, preposterous, divine, tireless, and so full as to be bursting at the seams. In short, dramatic.
Early Years
Much of her early years are spotty, as the building containing her birth certificate and early childhood memorabilia burned in a fire while she was still a teenager before scrutiny set in. Most of the official record comes from her autobiography (a book so otherwise filled with hokum and hyperbole as to be classified as fiction in most libraries). She was born Henriette Rosine Bernard in 1844 in Paris to a Jewish courtesan known as Youle. Although her last name is that of the lawyer Edouard Bernard, there is no proof he was her biological father. A courtesan with a child simply wouldn't do, and thus young Sarah was sent to a convent in Brittany at the age of 1.
While at the nunnery she adopted a flair for the dangerous, once falling into a fire and another time breaking her wrist while demonstrating some amateur acrobatics. According to her mythos, she would've stayed at the convent much longer were it not for the Dickensian arrival of her Aunt Rosine (for whom she was named) at the school. When her aunt decided to leave without taking her back, Sarah threw herself out of a balcony window, breaking her kneecap. Whether or not this story is true, Sarah's relationship with her mother was forever strained by this abandonment, and she spent the rest of her life trying to prove her worth to her mother through the world.
Upon her return to Paris in 1859, she was allowed to enter the conservatory to learn how to act. By 1862 she had won a role as an understudy at the prestigious Comedie-Francaise, where she was more acknowledged for her distinctive look - that impossible thinness and her fiery red hair - than her talents. A few months later, the 18 year old Sarah was out on the street, and again the record turns hazy. At 20 she gave birth to her son Maurice (her one true love) and became a courtesan herself, entertaining many of the same men in Louis Napoleon's court that her own mother had. It was during this time that she acquired her famous coffin from which she honed in on the core existential tragedy of the many roles she would later undertake.
Stage Success
In 1866 she took a job at the Odeon and her realism and emotional depths won over the rising Left Bank youth movement, promoting her to stardom within a few short years, culminating with her performances in Alexander Dumas's Kean and Victor Hugo's Ruy Blas (she had an affair with Hugo, 42 years her senior, which allegedly ended with an abortion.) In 1870, as the Germans sieged Paris, she turned her beloved theater into a makeshift military hospital - dressing rooms became operating rooms, the seat cushions pillows, the costumes bedgowns. It was, in her words, her "proudest moment." By 1872 she had returned to the Comedie-Francaise, where she undertook perhaps her two most famous roles: the titular character of Jean Racine's Phedre, and Marguerite in the younger Dumas's La Dame aux Camélias. Henry James sang her praises and modeled a character in The Tragic Muse after her; Proust followed suit with the famous La Berma passages of Remembrance of Things Past; Oscar Wilde wrote Salome with her in mind. She was not without her detractors: Chekhov begged for her not to be given parts in his plays, and Shaw dismissed her as a "hack" and offering the consolation that after Bernhardt there would always be another chance to have the plays done right.
A Woman of the World
By 1880, though, restlessness sank in, and Divine Sarah decided to tour America for six months. On her maiden voyage across the Atlantic, she saved the life of Mary Todd Lincoln from a rogue wave which nearly sent the former First Lady tumbling down an ominous stairwell. (Unlike much Bernhardt apocrypha, this tale has several verified sources.) Upon arrival in America, she was nothing short of an utter sensation (she returned to it eight more times during her life.) She toured all across the East Coast, and curiosity about her made her the first real tabloid subject of the modern newspaper era. In addition to her tremendous talent and celebrity, the public was fascinated by her indulgent personal life: her childhood, her many lovers, her exotic menagerie (which contained, among other things, lions, leopards, alligators, snakes, an ostrich, and 200 other species), her stage fright, her curious coffin habit, and her own cheeky personality and wit. She was admired by Mark Twain, visited Thomas Edison and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, played footsie with Joseph Pulitzer.
By the time she returned to the continent, she was even more well-regarded and she used her newfound fame to take control over her theatrical presentations, from script to stage to decorations in the theaters. The great Victorien Sardou began writing bombastic productions centered around tragic female characters for her, including La Tosca and Gismonda. While many of the plays themselves were poor, the central character roles were meaty and Sarah was no wilted flower in taking up the challenge. Her international acclaim made her rely less and less on her dramatic skills and more on elaborate scenery and costuming, seductive poses (she was famously dubbed "the Queen of Attitude" by Edmond Rostand), her famous "golden voice", and her glowering sexuality.
She slept with all her leading men, including a torrid affair with the dashing Jean Mounet-Sully, seduced the sculptor Gustave Doré (she, an accomplished sculptor herself, often cited him as her best friend), and most famously bedded the Prince of Wales, later Edward VII. In 1882 she married another actor, the Greek-born Aristides Damala, but he carried an unfortunate addiction to morphine and died in 1889, although the marriage itself had succumbed much sooner. Despite her many lovers, Bernhardt was notorious for being unable to achieve orgasm, causing one wag to note, "She doesn't have a clitoris, she has a corn."
Later Years
Throughout the 1890s Bernhardt became a fervent Dreyfusard and supporter of Georges Clemenceau and Emile Zola. In 1900 the 56 year old performer starred as Hamlet in one of the earliest silent movies. She starred in ten movies overall, most famously 1912's Queen Elizabeth, and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her lifelong contribution to theater and drama. In 1915 she had her right leg amputated as the result of an injury she suffered ten years prior (P.T. Barnum offered her $10,000 to display the leg at his shows. Divine Sarah refused.) Unfazed by this setback, she picked up and went on her final tour of the United States the following spring, carting herself around on a silver-decked wheelchair. In 1917, the Legion of Honor recipient read poetry to the men on the front line during World War I.
Her final days were spent in her regal home just outside of the City of Lights, collecting animals and children's dolls, giving acting lessons and entertaining guests. She made numerous home movies which she showed off in lavish unveilings at her home. And she continued to perform on the stage despite her immobility, never stopping until her final days, when she slipped into a coma and died March 26, 1923, in the arms of her beloved son. Hundreds of thousands of mourners flocked to her funeral procession in Paris, to mourn the loss of one of the world's greatest icons.
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If you have not heard of the new Raspberry Pi yet, then you surely will soon enough. The new budget computer has just passed its Conformité Européenne testing, so now it can be stamped with the commonly seen CE mark and sold throughout Europe. A limited number of units were sold before the device was certified, and distribution was halted until the Pi passed the quality control tests. The distributors of the Raspberry Pi also took the time to make sure that the device meets all the regulations enforced by Australian, Canadian, and US supervisory bodies. So now the new Raspberry Pi, starting at the mere price of $25, is ready to be unleashed upon the world, but what does this mean for Linux users and developers?
Quite a lot actually, because the Raspberry Pi has been designed to use with Linux operating systems. The people behind the development of this cheap but powerful device always wanted it to be as accessible to the masses as possible. They knew an open source operating system was the only way they could keep the costs down, but there was a bigger reason behind their support of Linux. Their ambition with Pi is to get kids interested in computer programming again.
The demise of new computer programmers
Back in 2006, a chap called Eben Upton, and his buddies Rob Mullins, Jack Lang, and Alan Mycroft, were working at the University of Cambridge's Computer Laboratory when the idea hit them. Over a discussion about the decreasing number of students applying to study computer programming, they realised something was missing. During the 1990's the students applying to study computer programming were often already programming as a hobby, but by the next decade applicants had often just dabbled with web design. The era of computers like the BBC Micro, Spectrum ZX, and Commodore 64 had been superseded by expensive Windows PC's and games consoles. Children nowadays don't have the opportunity to experiment with programming on these expensive devices, and the emphasis in education seems to be on using software rather than developing and improving it. With a computer that doesn't cost the majority of their parent's best saving account, maybe children would be allowed to play and experiment a little bit more.
The idea to make a computer that could be a catalyst for getting more children interested in computer science and programming was born. Soon the Raspberry Pi foundation was setup, and six years later the first complete single-board computer is ready to be released. Making the computer versatile, including a wide range of functionality, and minimal costs were all weighed against each other during development, and the result truly is something to admire.
New Linux distribution just for the Pi
So now the credit card sized computer is ready for people to buy and use, Linux developers are giving the Pi the attention it deserves. Now the Raspberry Pi Foundation has tested the new distribution developed for their creation, and it has become the 'recommended' operating system for people using the Pi. Named the 'Raspberry Pi Fedora Remix', the new Linux distribution was designed by Chris Tyler, and was officially released on March 8th.
The entire operating system comes as an SD memory card image. The Raspberry Pi doesn't have a hard drive, and instead uses an SD card to boot from. The operating system provides both text-mode and graphical interfaces, and a whole range of applications to get would-be programmers up and running. Open source applications for web browsing, word processing, spreadsheets, and image editing are all included, as well as programming editors like vim, a text mode editor, and gedit with a plugin for python console, a graphical mode editor.
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It's not just the new Raspberry Pi Linux distribution that can be used with the device. Other GNU/Linux systems, like Debian, Fedora and Arch Linux can all be used. So the Raspberry Pi is ready to change the way children interact with computers, but are the children ready? It's tough to know exactly what sort of effect this new Raspberry Pi will have on the next generation of computer programmers, but it surely won't have a negative one. The initial response from buyers has been positive, and the first batch of 2,000 sold like hot cakes. The government of one Middle Eastern country has already shown interest in buying a device for every schoolgirl in their country. Only time will tell whether the next generation of computer programmers and users will advocate Linux enough be able to challenge the hegemony of Windows on the desktop.
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Mixing Testosterone-E and Deca for a subcutaneous injection?
Sorry for not getting back to this post, but I'm not getting email notifications of thread updates.
Well alot of discussion on SQ test injections, and I did get 1 "yay" on mixing test and deca, but I was really wondering if about what happens when pinning Deca (mixed with test) SQ.
The whole SQ thing is getting a lot of talk, but I don't see many people discussing pinning Deca...or EQ...or other oil based injectables SQ.
All the Best -
from the UGII :
Steroids are designed to be injected into the muscle so that the drug will dissipate from
the injection site at a timed, determined rate. If you inject an oil based steroid into a slab
of fat, it will take longer (sometimes months) to dissipate from the injection site.
I am another person succesfully doing TRT Sub-Q method and personally I like 25G.
Before switching to Sub-Q I researched much and in summary found:
1. Sub-Q is NOT recommended for short esters or no ester.
2. Sub-Q is recommended for long esters like C or E, with actual medical tests to prove it.
According to convention if we inject oil-based anabolic steroids into the fat layer beneath the skin and above the muscle (subcutaneous) it will impair absorption and could delay dissapation of drugs for many weeks or months. New research conducted at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Canada at the endocrine clinic tested the viability of subcutaneous shots.
The study involved 22 patients who were using the clinic for testosterone replacement therapy. The anabolic steroid used was testosterone enanthate. The subjects were instructed to self-administer their testosterone subcutaneously once per week. The same 1ml that would have been injected once every 2 weeks was divided up into .5ml weekly injections. Blood tests which were conducted periodically throughout the 1 year investigation were suprisingly and unquestionably consistent. For exactly 100% of patients enrolled, testosterone levels remained in the physiological (normal) range for the entire duration of the study. This included both peak and trough levels (high & low during each week). Furthermore injections were extremely well tolerated. Each patient took over 50 injections and not one single adverse reactionn was noticed at the injection site.
The investigation concluded that not only was subcutaneous testosterone enanthate a viable option as far as drug release , but it was safe, cheap and far more comfortable for their patients compared to intramuscular injections.
Saudi Med J, 2006 Dec;27(12):1843-6 courtesty of W. Llewellyn
M.B. Greenspan, C.M. Chang
Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, McMaster University,
Hamilton, ON, Canada
Objectives: The preferred technique of androgen replacement
has been intramuscular (IM) testosterone, but wide
variations in testosterone levels are often seen. Subcutaneous
(SC) testosterone injection is a novel approach; however,
its physiological effects are unclear. We therefore investigated
the sustainability of stable testosterone levels using
SC therapy. Patients and methods: Between May and
September 2005, we conducted a small pilot study involving
10 male patients with symptomatic late-onset hypogonadism.
Every patient had been stable on TE 200 mg IM for
41 year. Patients were instructed to self-inject with
testosterone enanthate (TE) 100 mg SC (DELATESTRYL
200 mg/cc, Theramed Corp, Canada) into the anterior
abdomen once weekly. Some patients were down-titrated
to 50 mg based on their total testosterone (T) at 4 weeks.
Informed consent was obtained as SC testosterone administration
is not officially approved by Health Canada. T
levels were measured before and 24 hours after injection
during weeks 1, 2, 3, and 4, and 96 hours after injection
in week 6 and 8. At week 12, PSA, CBC, and T levels
were measured however; the week 12 data are still being
collected. Results: Prior to initiation of SC therapy, T
was 19.14+3.48 nmol/l, hemoglobin 15.8+1.3 g/dl, hematocrit
0.47+0.02, and PSA 1.05+0.65 ng/ml. During
the first 4 weeks, there was a steady increase in
pre-injection T from 19.14+3.48 to 23.89+9.15 nmol/l
(p¼0.1). However, after 8 weeks the post-injection T
(25.77+7.67 nmol/l) remained similar to that of week 1
(27.46+12.91 nmol/l). Patients tolerated this therapy with
no adverse effects. Conclusions: A once-week SC injection
of 50–100 mg of TE appears to achieve sustainable and
stable levels of physiological T. This technique offers
fewer physician visits and the use of smaller quantity of
medication, thus lower costs. However, the long term
clinical and physiological effects of this therapy need further
evaluation. -
Although Sub-Q is well know in the TRT area, perhaps the reason some body builders are not as aware is because the goals many times are different?
i.e. On TRT extra time to achieve smooth and stable typically is not an issue. Where as some body builders want to get in and out quick, even at the expense of some stability, and can sometimes compensate, such as using an AI. Not putting down either method, just high-lighting some outside of the box thoughts. - 02-27-2013, 06:20 PM
and where is one going to dissipate a bodybuilding regiment of up to 6+ ml/wk of gear & oil sq for 10-12 wks?
Good point! TRT typically pins about 1ml and a typical body builder cycle pins much more. 1g of test can be 5ml and that is just the base.
My "advisors" (local long term body building friends) have instructed me to take the test' IM.
They have also suggested that I can mix the test' and the deca in the same tube and do IM pins.
yea just do that
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Subject | [jira] Commented: (LUCENE-1693) AttributeSource/TokenStream API improvements |
Date | Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:17:07 GMT |
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-1693?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=12720244#action_12720244 ] Grant Ingersoll commented on LUCENE-1693: ----------------------------------------- Right, SinkTokenizer is only really cost effective when the number of Tokens that are "teed" is roughly less than 1/2, according to my basic tests. After that, just doing a copy field approach is fine. > AttributeSource/TokenStream API improvements > -------------------------------------------- > > Key: LUCENE-1693 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-1693 > Project: Lucene - Java > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: Analysis > Reporter: Michael Busch > Assignee: Michael Busch > Priority: Minor > Fix For: 2.9 > > Attachments: lucene-1693.patch > > > This patch makes the following improvements to AttributeSource and > TokenStream/Filter: > - removes the set/getUseNewAPI() methods (including the standard > ones). Instead by default incrementToken() throws a subclass of > UnsupportedOperationException. The indexer tries to call > incrementToken() initially once to see if the exception is thrown; > if so, it falls back to the old API. > - introduces interfaces for all Attributes. The corresponding > implementations have the postfix 'Impl', e.g. TermAttribute and > TermAttributeImpl. AttributeSource now has a factory for creating > the Attribute instances; the default implementation looks for > implementing classes with the postfix 'Impl'. Token now implements > all 6 TokenAttribute interfaces. > - new method added to AttributeSource: > addAttributeImpl(AttributeImpl). Using reflection it walks up in the > class hierarchy of the passed in object and finds all interfaces > that the class or superclasses implement and that extend the > Attribute interface. It then adds the interface->instance mappings > to the attribute map for each of the found interfaces. > - AttributeImpl now has a default implementation of toString that uses > reflection to print out the values of the attributes in a default > formatting. This makes it a bit easier to implement AttributeImpl, > because toString() was declared abstract before. > - Cloning is now done much more efficiently in > captureState. The method figures out which unique AttributeImpl > instances are contained as values in the attributes map, because > those are the ones that need to be cloned. It creates a single > linked list that supports deep cloning (in the inner class > AttributeSource.State). AttributeSource keeps track of when this > state changes, i.e. whenever new attributes are added to the > AttributeSource. Only in that case will captureState recompute the > state, otherwise it will simply clone the precomputed state and > return the clone. restoreState(AttributeSource.State) walks the > linked list and uses the copyTo() method of AttributeImpl to copy > all values over into the attribute that the source stream > (e.g. SinkTokenizer) uses. > The cloning performance can be greatly improved if not multiple > AttributeImpl instances are used in one TokenStream. A user can > e.g. simply add a Token instance to the stream instead of the individual > attributes. Or the user could implement a subclass of AttributeImpl that > implements exactly the Attribute interfaces needed. I think this > should be considered an expert API (addAttributeImpl), as this manual > optimization is only needed if cloning performance is crucial. I ran > some quick performance tests using Tee/Sink tokenizers (which do > cloning) and the performance was roughly 20% faster with the new > API. I'll run some more performance tests and post more numbers then. > Note also that when we add serialization to the Attributes, e.g. for > supporting storing serialized TokenStreams in the index, then the > serialization should benefit even significantly more from the new API > than cloning. > Also, the TokenStream API does not change, except for the removal > of the set/getUseNewAPI methods. So the patches in LUCENE-1460 > should still work. > All core tests pass, however, I need to update all the documentation > and also add some unit tests for the new AttributeSource > functionality. So this patch is not ready to commit yet, but I wanted > to post it already for some feedback. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: email@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com | |
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after reaching a comfortable level of spirit in gear, what should i gem for? pure int, pure mastery, or int/mastery?
thanks in advance
after reaching a comfortable level of spirit in gear, what should i gem for? pure int, pure mastery, or int/mastery?
thanks in advance
Hard to tell without knowing what your gear is.
General rule though is Int in Red, Int/Mastery in Yellow, and try to avoid blue sockets unless the socket bonus is really good.
Personally I run with about 13k spirit with double regen trinkets, while on some fights this is a bit overkill, there are some heavier damage fights that I feel it's needed, particularly with genesis now.
Actually because our secondary stats get 2x the value of intellect on gems, if you want to gem for throughput it should be mastery/haste>int>spirit priority, while generally meeting the socket bonuses because you can always reforge out of some spirit if you need to.
If you need to stack more spirit (and thus less mastery/crit) to be able to afford to cast Genesis, you should seriously consider relying on it less. It's the age-old spirit stacking trap: the more spirit you get the less throughput stats you have and the less your spells heal for, forcing you to cast more of them and expend more mana, which in turn forces you to stack even more spirit at the cost of even more throughput stats, and so on.
That's going to depend on your item level and other stats. Mastery gets better the more intellect you have and intellect gets better the more mastery you have. There is no single solution to getting more throughput.
Diplomacy is just war by other means.
If you have at least a gear score of 496 or above (that's a safe ball park figure), 2 mastery will yield more healing output than 1 intellect.
So for gems go Red:Int/Mastery, Yellow: Mastery, Blue: Mastery/Spirit
What are you using to say 496? I've been using this one because I like the multi-class functionality (I don't have a proper excel install and OO sucks) and it doesn't say 2 mastery = 1 int until ilvl 510 which would still be too early to gem pure mastery because that would just make int overtake it again.
I don't know how accurate that HealCalc is, TreeCalc is a great one specifically for resto druid (if its still up to date, which i think it is).
Me saying 496 was just a rough guesstimate for the sake of brevity.
Hamlet at EJ did the full math and condensed it down to a simplified formula of spellpower versus mastery when fully raid buffed. TotalSP = 22605 + 0.5843*mastery
If your total spell power when fully buffed was larger than 22605+ (0.5843*mastery rating), then 2 mastery was better then 1 int gem wise. If it was less, then you would gem int over mastery.
For most people their total spellpower was surpassing that mastery rating value somewhere between ToES and ToT (if not sooner with heroic gear) - thats why i just said i lvl 496 as a quick estimate number. For just about any resto druid in ToT gear or better, 2 mastery>1int in terms of just healing output. As always if you want to be extra sure, i'd say plug your specific character stats into tree calcs and see what it says.
It should be noted that spell breakdown varies a lot by fight, and so the relative value of stats will vary depending on the fight. For example, haste is worth more if the raid is stacked (Efflorescence).
That's very simplified. While mastery becomes more valuable the more intellect you have, the reverse is also true. The more mastery you gem for, the more valuable int becomes. More realistically, there's going to be some balance you want to aim for. Whether you want to gem for mastery or int will depend on how many items with mastery you have, as the value of mastery also scales with crit.
Diplomacy is just war by other means.
I said it was the simplified condensed version. If you want the full on heavy math version that takes into account everything you are talking about (varying spellpower coefficients of spells, the relativistic value of both int, crit, mastery etc) - it can all be found in the EJ thread. Or as i suggested to the other poster - plug your own stats into Treecalcs and see what the specific values are for your current gear and spell usage.
Point is for the vast majority of players, the above formula holds true. Everything you are quibbling over was already taken into account and considered, or can be more thoroughly addressed with Treecalcs.
Last edited by Keiyra; 2013-09-20 at 07:08 PM.
I guess is worth to mention that if u use often the HoTW burst or DoC, Int then is better because it gives some dps increase.
I'm lazy and with something more then 542 ilevel i just go straight mastery.


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We Have Tasted of Fatty 'Cue, and It Was Good.
After an unsuccessful trip to Pies 'n' Thighs yesterday afternoon (damn you, Department of Buildings!), one-half of Fork in the Road was lucky enough to happen upon Zak Pelaccio, standing out in the sun in front of the nearly completed Fatty 'Cue. Pelaccio, who expects to open the restaurant by the end of the month, was gracious enough to take us on a tour of the space, which was humming with activity and looked quite fantastic.
The restaurant is split into a few sections -- you enter into a low-ceilinged room with a handsome bar on one side and a copper wall on the other. The diminutive kitchen sits at the back of the room; when we visited, it was crammed with cooks who were experimenting with a new soup like chemists in a lab. Pelaccio and his team have been hard at work creating new versions of spices never seen before (at least in Williamsburg), and the soup in question was built from a rich, complex broth that sang with all sorts of Southeast Asian flavors and left our lips burning happily.
Next to the main room is a dining area with a high ceiling and a winsome mural painted by Jori Emde. Nearby sat a statue of a pig, covered in pink glitter. Also Emde's handiwork, it will eventually be made into a chandelier that will preside, disco ball-style, over the diners below. A stairway leads from the dining area up to a mezzanine, whose walls have been covered with children's wallpaper that Pelaccio and Emde found somewhat randomly; the area looks out over the dining room and out into the backyard.
Out in the entrance to the backyard, which belongs to the neighbors, sit the massive barbecue pits, which when we visited were being tended by pitmaster Robbie Richter. Hulking and gleaming, they've been the site of much experimentation. Pelaccio and his gang have also been experimenting with the smokers, putting all sorts of things in there you'd never imagine.
In other words, if what we tasted and saw was any indication, Fatty 'Cue, whether it opens by the end of the month or at a later date, will have been worth the wait.
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Due to the dry conditions this summer, rattlesnakes may be making their way to town looking for cool, moist places to wait out the 90-degree heat, according to one local expert.
"We've had reports from the west end of town that they're coming in from the field," said Tony Stoffle, sportsmen's information specialist with the Craig Chamber of Commerce. "They like to find a cool place."
The local animal control officer said she has not had any calls about snakes in town and The Memorial Hospital has not treated any snakebites yet this year, but Stoffle said people should be aware that snakes might be more likely to seek refuge in town this summer.
"People should be aware of snakes especially with the hotter, drier weather right now," he said. "Just like everything else snakes are looking for moisture."
There are precautionary steps people can take, he said.
"Train your kids to keep away from snakes and check the ground if you do a lot of watering," he said. "They like a lot of heavy brush. Trim down below bushes so you can see around them."
If you do see a snake in the yard or while out hiking, simply stay away, Stoffle said.
"The best thing you can do is back away if you see or hear them," he said. "Don't try to kill them. That's when people usually get bitten."
Dr. Joy Moritz at the Craig Medical Center said more than 80 percent of snakebites occur on the hand, which means bites usually occur when people try to handle snakes.
"If you see a snake do not try to pick it up or kill it," she said.
If a person does get bitten there are several things people should and should not do.
"Don't cut into the bite and never try to suck the venom out," Stoffle said. "Get treatment and while you're waiting, keep the person as calm and quiet as possible."
It can be of some benefit to doctors if the type of snake that made the bite can be identified, but it's not that important, Moritz said.
"It can be of benefit if you bring it in but it's not important enough to get bit again," she said.
Most deaths occur from multiple snakebites, she said.
Moritz said people should put a splint on the part of the body that is bitten and stay as still as possible.
Send someone else to get help and most importantly, avoid panic, she said.
"Rest as much as possible and drink a lot of water," she said.
Moritz said she didn't think people would see snakes during the day because it is too warm.
"They'll probably only be out at night because it's too hot for them," she said.
Stoffle said people should remember that snakes aren't invading human territory if they come to town.
"Snakes were here long before we were," he said. "This is their natural habitat."


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Terrific design elements and the bold red, black and white combination suits the graphic nature of this image very well, Su Sana #1323041Linda Blair 11/1/2010 3:23:06 PM
Outstanding image...awesome work as always!!!!! #9008985Shelly A. Van Camp 11/23/2010 7:19:14 AM
Ohhh, this is lovely! Love the simple design and colors......Not sure how you did this one!! #9059428Nancyj E. Hovey 12/14/2010 3:59:03 AM
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Very creative and outstanding graphics symmetry and contrasting colors!!! Very neatly done... A Big congrats on well deserved Finalist win,Susan!!! #9101653Merna L. Nobile 12/14/2010 12:26:12 PM
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CD-ActionJun 6, 2012I have no idea why someone decided that MUD is worthy of a 'Triple A' price. The developers couldn't even decide whether they wanted to do an arcade game or a hardcore simulation. [July 2012, p.84]
Jun 22, 2012With a limited budget and a short development period, Mud FIM Motocross World Championship doesn't have much to offer, even if you are a hardcore fan of Motocross.
May 24, 2012If Milestone had chosen to make MUD either a full-fledged simulator or an arcade racer, toned down all the in-game advertising and gotten rid of the soundtrack, we could have had an entertaining game. But not even a level set in the Swedish city Uddevalla can save this mess from being a really bad game.
Feb 26, 2013I commend the developer for including different modes, but their inadequacies reveal a title that doesn't fully develop any one aspect of itself.
May 13, 2012The Italians over at Milestone are something of a "motor-sports" experts. The sad thing is that MUD, even though it is quite enjoyable, is not in a position to offer a realistic and authentic Motocross Championship experience.
Jun 1, 2012MUD never attempts something original, spectacular or surprising, and you get the impression that it's settles for just being bog-standard.
Mar 18, 2013Motocross action is what the game promises, and motocross action is precisely what it delivers.
Play UKApr 17, 2012Far more likely to make you fall asleep than feel any excitement. [Issue#217, p.82]
Playstation Official Magazine AustraliaJun 12, 2012It's the kind of game you'd hire on a rainy Saturday night because you got to the video shop too late and all the good games were already gone – but then you get it home and it's actually alright. It's plain, simplistic, and totally no-frills, and you'll want to mute the "angry white man" soundtrack immediately, but on the other hand… sick jumps, bro. [June 2012, p79]
Playstation Official Magazine UKApr 30, 2012Feels like a two-wheeled Dirt imitator without the polish. [May 2012, p.107]
PSM3 Magazine UKMay 16, 2012Lacks a strong identity and any real thrills. [June 2012, p.111]
May 9, 2012Whilst never breaking any new ground, MUD offers a good chunk of challenging content, coupled with an official licence and solid online mode. It won't convert those who have never played Motocross before, and it does have a few issues, but fans will find lots to like.
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Eudoxus of Cnidus
Eudoxus of Cnidus (/ˈjuːdəksəs/; Greek: Εὔδοξος ὁ Κνίδιος, Eúdoxos ho Knídios; c. 390– c. 337 BC) was a Greek astronomer, mathematician, scholar and student of Plato. All of his works are lost, though some fragments are preserved in Hipparchus' commentary on Aratus's poem on astronomy.[1] Theodosius of Bithynia's important work, Sphaerics, may be based on a work of Eudoxus.
His name Eudoxus means "honored" or "of good repute" (in Ancient Greek εὔδοξος, from eu "good" and doxa "opinion, belief, fame"). It is analogous to the Latin name Benedictus.
Eudoxus's father Aeschines of Cnidus loved to watch stars at night. Eudoxus first travelled to Tarentum to study with Archytas, from whom he learned mathematics. While in Italy, Eudoxus visited Sicily, where he studied medicine with Philiston.
Around 387 BC, at the age of 23, he traveled with the physician Theomedon, who according to Diogenes Laërtius some believed was his lover,[2] to Athens to study with the followers of Socrates. He eventually attended lectures of Plato and other philosophers for several months, but due to a disagreement they had a falling out. Eudoxus was quite poor and could only afford an apartment at the Piraeus. To attend Plato's lectures, he walked the seven miles (11 km) each direction, each day. Due to his poverty, his friends raised funds sufficient to send him to Heliopolis, Egypt, to pursue his study of astronomy and mathematics. He lived there for 16 months. From Egypt, he then traveled north to Cyzicus, located on the south shore of the Sea of Marmara, the Propontis. He traveled south to the court of Mausolus. During his travels he gathered many students of his own.
Around 368 BC, Eudoxus returned to Athens with his students. According to some sources, around 367 he assumed headship of the Academy during Plato's period in Syracuse, and taught Aristotle.[citation needed] He eventually returned to his native Cnidus, where he served in the city assembly. While in Cnidus, he built an observatory and continued writing and lecturing on theology, astronomy and meteorology. He had one son, Aristagoras, and three daughters, Actis, Philtis and Delphis.
In mathematical astronomy, his fame is due to the introduction of the astronomical globe, and his early contributions to understanding the movement of the planets.
His work on proportions shows insight into numbers; it allows rigorous treatment of continuous quantities and not just whole numbers or even rational numbers. When it was revived by Tartaglia and others in the 16th century, it became the basis for quantitative work in science for a century, until it was replaced by Richard Dedekind.
Craters on Mars and the Moon are named in his honor. An algebraic curve (the Kampyle of Eudoxus) is also named after him
- a2x4 = b4(x2 + y2).
Eudoxus is considered by some to be the greatest of classical Greek mathematicians, and in all antiquity second only to Archimedes.[3] He rigorously developed Antiphon's method of exhaustion, a precursor to the integral calculus which was also used in a masterly way by Archimedes in the following century. In applying the method, Eudoxus proved such mathematical statements as: areas of circles are to one another as the squares of their radii, volumes of spheres are to one another as the cubes of their radii, the volume of a pyramid is one-third the volume of a prism with the same base and altitude, and the volume of a cone is one-third that of the corresponding cylinder.[4]
Eudoxus introduced the idea of non-quantified mathematical magnitude to describe and work with continuous geometrical entities such as lines, angles, areas and volumes, thereby avoiding the use of irrational numbers. In doing so, he reversed a Pythagorean emphasis on number and arithmetic, focusing instead on geometrical concepts as the basis of rigorous mathematics. Some Pythagoreans, such as Eudoxus' teacher Archytas, had believed that only arithmetic could provide a basis for proofs. Induced by the need to understand and operate with incommensurable quantities, Eudoxus established what may have been the first deductive organization of mathematics on the basis of explicit axioms. The change in focus by Eudoxus stimulated a divide in mathematics which lasted two thousand years. In combination with a Greek intellectual attitude unconcerned with practical problems, there followed a significant retreat from the development of techniques in arithmetic and algebra.[4]
The Pythagoreans had discovered that the diagonal of a square does not have a common unit of measurement with the sides of the square; this is the famous discovery that the square root of 2 cannot be expressed as the ratio of two integers. This discovery had heralded the existence of incommensurable quantities beyond the integers and rational fractions, but at the same time it threw into question the idea of measurement and calculations in geometry as a whole. For example, Euclid provides an elaborate proof of the Pythagorean theorem (Elements I.47), by using addition of areas and only much later (Elements VI.31) a simpler proof from similar triangles, which relies on ratios of line segments.
Ancient Greek mathematicians calculated not with quantities and equations as we do today, but instead they used proportionalities to express the relationship between quantities. Thus the ratio of two similar quantities was not just a numerical value, as we think of it today; the ratio of two similar quantities was a primitive relationship between them.
Eudoxus was able to restore confidence in the use of proportionalities by providing an astounding definition for the meaning of the equality between two ratios. This definition of proportion forms the subject of Euclid's Book V.
In Definition 5 of Euclid's Book V we read:
Magnitudes are said to be in the same ratio, the first to the second and the third to the fourth when, if any equimultiples whatever be taken of the first and third, and any equimultiples whatever of the second and fourth, the former equimultiples alike exceed, are alike equal to, or alike fall short of, the latter equimultiples respectively taken in corresponding order.
By using modern-day notation, this is clarified as follows. If we take four quantities: a, b, c, and d, then the first and second have a ratio ; similarly the third and fourth have a ratio .
Now to say that we do the following: For any two arbitrary integers, m and n, form the equimultiples m·a and m·c of the first and third; likewise form the equimultiples n·b and n·d of the second and fourth.
If it happens that m·a > n·b, then we must also have m·c > n·d. If it happens that m·a = n·b, then we must also have m·c = n·d. Finally, if it happens that m·a < n·b, then we must also have m·c < n·d.
Notice that the definition depends on comparing the similar quantities m·a and n·b, and the similar quantities m·c and n·d, and does not depend on the existence of a common unit of measuring these quantities.
The complexity of the definition reflects the deep conceptual and methodological innovation involved. It brings to mind the famous fifth postulate of Euclid concerning parallels, which is more extensive and complicated in its wording than the other postulates.
The Eudoxian definition of proportionality uses the quantifier, "for every ..." to harness the infinite and the infinitesimal, just as do the modern epsilon-delta definitions of limit and continuity.
Additionally, the Archimedean property stated as definition 4 of Euclid's book V is originally due not to Archimedes but to Eudoxus.[5]
In ancient Greece, astronomy was a branch of mathematics; astronomers sought to create geometrical models that could imitate the appearances of celestial motions. Identifying the astronomical work of Eudoxus as a separate category is therefore a modern convenience. Some of Eudoxus' astronomical texts whose names have survived include:
- Disappearances of the Sun, possibly on eclipses
- Oktaeteris (Ὀκταετηρίς), on an eight-year lunisolar cycle of the calendar
- Phaenomena (Φαινόμενα) and Entropon (Ἔντροπον), on spherical astronomy, probably based on observations made by Eudoxus in Egypt and Cnidus
- On Speeds, on planetary motions
We are fairly well informed about the contents of Phaenomena, for Eudoxus' prose text was the basis for a poem of the same name by Aratus. Hipparchus quoted from the text of Eudoxus in his commentary on Aratus.
Eudoxan planetary modelsEdit
A general idea of the content of On Speeds can be gleaned from Aristotle's Metaphysics XII, 8, and a commentary by Simplicius of Cilicia (6th century AD) on De caelo, another work by Aristotle. According to a story reported by Simplicius, Plato posed a question for Greek astronomers: "By the assumption of what uniform and orderly motions can the apparent motions of the planets be accounted for?" (quoted in Lloyd 1970, p. 84). Plato proposed that the seemingly chaotic wandering motions of the planets could be explained by combinations of uniform circular motions centered on a spherical Earth, apparently a novel idea in the 4th century BC.
In most modern reconstructions of the Eudoxan model, the Moon is assigned three spheres:
- The outermost rotates westward once in 24 hours, explaining rising and setting.
- The second rotates eastward once in a month, explaining the monthly motion of the Moon through the zodiac.
- The third also completes its revolution in a month, but its axis is tilted at a slightly different angle, explaining motion in latitude (deviation from the ecliptic), and the motion of the lunar nodes.
The Sun is also assigned three spheres. The second completes its motion in a year instead of a month. The inclusion of a third sphere implies that Eudoxus mistakenly believed that the Sun had motion in latitude.
The five visible planets (Venus, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn) are assigned four spheres each:
- The outermost explains the daily motion.
- The second explains the planet's motion through the zodiac.
- The third and fourth together explain retrogradation, when a planet appears to slow down, then briefly reverse its motion through the zodiac. By inclining the axes of the two spheres with respect to each other, and rotating them in opposite directions but with equal periods, Eudoxus could make a point on the inner sphere trace out a figure-eight shape, or hippopede.
Importance of Eudoxan systemEdit
Callippus, a Greek astronomer of the 4th century, added seven spheres to Eudoxus' original 27 (in addition to the planetary spheres, Eudoxus included a sphere for the fixed stars). Aristotle described both systems, but insisted on adding "unrolling" spheres between each set of spheres to cancel the motions of the outer set. Aristotle was concerned about the physical nature of the system; without unrollers, the outer motions would be transferred to the inner planets.
A major flaw in the Eudoxan system is its inability to explain changes in the brightness of planets as seen from Earth. Because the spheres are concentric, planets will always remain at the same distance from Earth. This problem was pointed out in Antiquity by Autolycus of Pitane. Astronomers responded by introducing the deferent and epicycle, which caused a planet to vary its distance. However, Eudoxus' importance to Greek astronomy is considerable, as he was the first to attempt a mathematical explanation of the planets.
Aristotle, in The Nicomachean Ethics[6] attributes to Eudoxus an argument in favor of hedonism, that is, that pleasure is the ultimate good that activity strives for. According to Aristotle, Eudoxus put forward the following arguments for this position:
- All things, rational and irrational, aim at pleasure; things aim at what they believe to be good; a good indication of what the chief good is would be the thing that most things aim at.
- Similarly, pleasure's opposite − pain − is universally avoided, which provides additional support for the idea that pleasure is universally considered good.
- People don't seek pleasure as a means to something else, but as an end in its own right.
- Any other good that you can think of would be better if pleasure were added to it, and it is only by good that good can be increased.
- Of all of the things that are good, happiness is peculiar for not being praised, which may show that it is the crowning good.[7]
See alsoEdit
- Incommensurable magnitudes
- Eudoxus reals (a fairly recently discovered construction of the real numbers, named in his honor)
- ^ Lasserre, François (1966) Die Fragmente des Eudoxos von Knidos (de Gruyter: Berlin)
- ^ Diogenes Laertius; VIII.87
- ^ Calinger, Ronald (1982). Classics of Mathematics. Oak Park, Illinois: Moore Publishing Company, Inc. p. 75. ISBN 0-935610-13-8.
- ^ a b Morris Kline, Mathematical Thought from Ancient to Modern Times Oxford University Press, 1972 pp. 48–50
- ^ Knopp, Konrad (1951). Theory and Application of Infinite Series (English 2nd ed.). London and Glasgow: Blackie & Son, Ltd. p. 7.
- ^ Largely in Book Ten.
- ^ This particular argument is referenced in Book One.
- Evans, James (1998). The History and Practice of Ancient Astronomy. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509539-1. OCLC 185509676.
- Huxley, GL (1980). Eudoxus of Cnidus p. 465-7 in: the Dictionary of Scientific Biography, volume 4.
- Laërtius, Diogenes (1925). "Pythagoreans: Eudoxus". Lives of the Eminent Philosophers. 2:8. Translated by Hicks, Robert Drew (Two volume ed.). Loeb Classical Library.
- Lloyd, GER (1970). Early Greek Science: Thales to Aristotle. W.W. Norton.
Further readingEdit
- De Santillana, G. (1968). "Eudoxus and Plato: A Study in Chronology". Reflections on Men and Ideas. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
- Huxley, G. L. (1963). "Eudoxian Topics". Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies. 4: 83–96.
- Knorr, Wilbur Richard (1986). The Ancient tradition of geometric problems. Boston: Birkhäuser. ISBN 0-8176-3148-8.
- Knorr, Wilbur Richard (1978). "Archimedes and the Pre-Euclidean Proportion Theory". Archives Internationales d'histoire des Sciences. 28: 183–244.
- Neugebauer, O. (1975). A history of ancient mathematical astronomy. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. ISBN 0-387-06995-X.
- Van der Waerden, B. L. (1988). Science Awakening (5th ed.). Leiden: Noordhoff.
- Lasserre, François (1966) Die Fragmente des Eudoxos von Knidos (de Gruyter: Berlin)
- Manitius, C. (1894) Hipparchi in Arati et Eudoxi Phaenomena Commentariorum Libri Tres (Teubner)
External linksEdit
- Working model and complete explanation of the Eudoxus's Spheres
- Dennis Duke, "Statistical dating of the Phaenomena of Eudoxus", DIO, volume 15 see pages 7 to 23
- Eudoxus of Cnidus Britannica.com
- Eudoxus of Cnidus Donald Allen, Professor, Texas A&M University
- Eudoxos of Knidos (Eudoxus of Cnidus): astronomy and homocentric spheres Henry Mendell, Cal State U, LA
- Herodotus Project: Extensive B+W photo essay of Cnidus
- Models of Planetary Motion—Eudoxus, Craig McConnell, Ph.D., Cal State, Fullerton
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Eudoxus of Cnidus", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews.
- The Universe According to Eudoxus (Java applet)