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Why It's Hard to Spot Hashimoto's Disease
Hashimoto's disease, the most common cause of underactive thyroid, is easily treated with hormone replacement drugs. But it's hard to spot and often misdiagnosed, as the symptoms can have multiple causes. Sumathi Reddy looks at efforts to improve diagnosis. Photo: Getty Images.
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well i went on this retreat thinking i would be miserable. I knew i would not hide the fact that im atheist and my parents forced me to come. But when i shared it with everyone, noone judged me. Noone tried to convert me. Noone tried to drown me in holy water. Instead they were all very accepting and would always be very careful when talking about faith and my feelings and tried so hard not to be assholes which i appreciated. One girl i met actually wrote me a letter telling me that no matter what my faith is, i can always turn to her or the church. That was pretty cool i think. Well anyway that was the happy part of the retreat, the rest is kinda confusing.
So apparently these retreats get catholics pretty emotional and confused and my best friend went with me and shes very religous. Well when we were on break we got into this deep conversation and eventually i confessed my bulimia problems. Then she completely shocked me. She showed me cuts all over her ankles. My best friend cuts herself. Damn. Anyway the resta the day was emotional for the both of us cuz i did not know howto react and im just focusing now on helping her get thru this and trying to not mention it like she asked and being a best friend. But my point is, maybe people need religion to make better choices. Okay before everyone starts firing hate comments at me i know, religion does not always teach people to make better choices. But my friend was so emotional at that moment and feeling so religous apparently she confessed to me. Maybe religion helps some people like my best friend in the whole entire world...i dunno
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Nolan- You're absoloutely right. I did meet one girl there who was a complete bible thumper and homophobe and I wanted to punch her every time she opened her mouth. I just assumed everyone would be like that. And I dont know if im ready to talk about my bulimia problems but im kindof a hypocrite since Im trying to get my friend to tell her parents. and thanks:)
Uh Prog Rock Girl-I'm not ready to talk about my bulimia problems to a therapist yet but hopefully ill be motivated to talk about it soon. Im just worried one day my parents will hear me throwing up...and thanks:)
That's amazing that the people were so accepting! It's also good that you and your friend were able to talk about your problems. Hopefully you both can get help but the first step is to want to. I also experimented with bulimia and mutilation. Religion can motivate people to do good things, or bad things, but usually people engineer their religious beliefs to mirror their own.
As having been to religious camps before I can sypathize with your story. That sort of "retreat" does build a kind of group mentality that lets you bond with others. I met some great folks on them. I also met some brainwashing zelots that qualified for the nut house. I would highly suggest you and your friend seek some non-religious counciling to help with both the bulimia and the self inflicted wounds. I know that is easier said than done ...but give it a try. Good luck to you both.
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Movement is the transfer of a Unit from one hex to another, or from one Zone to another. Movement does not include the meanderings of a Unit inside a single hex.
Proposed Canon
A Unit can Move only on its own Turn. At the beginnning of a Turn, the Unit's Movement is set to the value of its Move stat. The Unit's Move statistic is the number of hexes that Unit can enter per Turn; thus, each hex a Unit enters normally reduces its Movement by 1. A Unit may freely move inside a hex at no Move cost at night and on other Side's Turns. At the end of Turn, the Unit's Movement is set to zero, preventing the Unit from Moving again that day: this prevents Movement by a Unit that becomes an ally during another Side's Turn if it allies during its Turn, while still allowing it to otherwise perform as if on Turn.
There are two known types of movement:
- Walking
- Flight
Some terrain types are restricted, allowing entry to only particular types of units.
- Mountains can only be passed by Fliers. Tunnels may be created to allow passage for non-Fliers, but only for light units.Erf-b1-p082 and Erf-b1-p098a
- Forests
- Heavy trees
- Water hexes may not be entered except by fliers and water unitsErf-b1-p060
- Lava lake may only be crossed by fliers and may not be landed on.
Cities are divided into Zones. A city is treated as a single hex for the owning Side: no Movement is expended for the owning Side's units when transferring from Zone to Zone, allowing the defensive units to redeploy to protect the city at will (though it still takes time to actually move the distance). Enemy sides must expend Move in order to enter a city Zone. There may be restrictions on where Units in a Zone can attack, or what terrain features must be dealt with before an attack may occur. (ie. Courtyard could only be attacked from Outer Walls, if Outer Walls had been breached.) See Zone for more detailed information on Zones.
Known City Zones
The only known city zones described come from Gobwin Knob. Other cities may be built differently. Erf-b1-p098a and Erf-b1-p116a
- Outer Walls -- may only be passed if breached
- Tunnels -- may only be entered by light Units, with some exceptions
- Airspace -- may only be entered by fliers
- Garrison -- must be breached like Outer Walls, but may be breached from any of the other zones above. In Gobwin Knob, Garrison is further divided into three zones
- Courtyard -- may only be passed if breached, may only be attacked from Outer Walls or other Garrison zones
- Tower -- may only be attacked from Airspace or other Garrison zones
- Dungeon -- may only be attacked from Tunnels or other Garrison zones
- Special Zones:
- Lava Lake -- theoretically once part of the Courtyard, this area in inaccessible to most units, but fliers may cross it (and battle over it, presumably) but may not land.
Different Terrain types may cost more Movement to enter than 1, and there may be different values for different Units. Forest Units may pay less than non-forest Units when entering a forest hex, for instance.
The Move stat is affected by Level. A higher Level means a higher Move in relation to units of the same type.Erf-b1-p046a The increase of Move vs. Level is probably a linear function.[1]
It is not known if Allied units expend Move when moving from Zone to Zone inside an Allied city. However; when Parson observes Bogroll through the 3-D glasses Bogroll's Move stat is listed at zero,Erf-b1-p040a implying that crossing a Zone boundary does not require the expense of Movement.
It is not known if a Zone is a small part of a single hex or is made of multiple hexes.
The size of a hex is not known.
Tunneling may be a movement type, a Natural Ability, or both.
The existence of water Units implies the Movement type Swimming.
A caster using a portal to the Magic Kingdom may not be considered movement since the linked Maggie-Wanda-Sizemore and Parson were able to use Gobwin Knob's portal to the Magic Kingdom during the turn of the RCC.Erf-b1-p136 This may imply that a moving is defined as crossing a hex side, and all portal travel is free.
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NSW Opposition Leader John Robertson has slammed the premier for tendering contracts to refurbish his offices after slashing $4.7 billion from schools and hospitals.
A tender was issued earlier in December to refurbish the two levels of Macquarie Tower, the central Sydney building where Premier Barry O'Farrell and his ministers are based, Mr Robertson said in a statement.
He said the money should be used to fix classrooms, not repaint offices the premier and his staff are due to move from in 2014.
"Barry O'Farrell has got his priorities wrong," Mr Robertson said.
"This is a colossal waste of money at a time when schools and hospitals are being told to tighten their belts."
Earlier in the year, the O'Farrell government cut $1.7 billion from the state's education budget and $3 billion from health, Mr Robertson said.
A spokeswoman for Mr Robertson was unable to tell AAP how much would be spent on the refurbishments, but Mr Robertson argues the money should be used to improve the 4950 demountable buildings in NSW public schools.
"Fixing these classrooms should be much higher on the priority list than redesigning the premier's department," he said.
A spokesman for Mr O'Farrell said the refurbishments were needed to ensure the offices complied with building codes and occupational health and safety laws.
He said the government had been consolidating its CBD office space "to ensure taxpayer's interests are protected".


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Transgender corporate rights pushed
Texas-based oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp. stockholders will vote Wednesday on a proposed company policy to ban discrimination against gay or transgender workers, a shareholder resolution pushed by New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.
Using the $150 billion state pension fund's stock portfolio as influence, the comptroller's office said it has helped persuade 27 other big corporations to agree to new nondiscrimination policies, though several previous attempts at Exxon Mobil have failed. Holders of 20 percent of the company's shares supported a resolution last year. Language on transgender rights was added in 2008.
Fund investment officials remain undeterred, though the proposal may not pass again Wednesday. They note that losing at annual spring meetings can mean winning eventually when corporate management, which controls most voting shares, quietly makes the changes. Sometimes that happens through dialogue, or in advance of a potentially embarrassing vote, they said.
Exxon Mobil has called the measure unnecessary. It says the company is a "meritocracy" for its 82,000 workers worldwide, and that it already prohibits all forms of discrimination.
"The corporation administers its personnel policies, programs, and practices in a nondiscriminatory manner in all aspects of the employment relationship," its proxy statement said.
Company spokesman Bill Holbrook pointed to the anti-discrimination policy posted on the company website: "Our global, zero-tolerance policy applies to all forms of discrimination, including discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity." He noted that shareholder support for the resolution has declined from almost 40 percent in 2008, reflecting a growing understanding that its employment policies already conform.
DiNapoli, sole trustee of a retirement fund with about 16 million shares worth $1.3 billion, or less than 1 percent of the corporation's total, disagreed. He said that after Exxon acquired Mobil in 1999, it ended Mobil's policy of providing health benefits to same-sex partners except those previously covered. The company needs a clearer policy prohibiting discrimination that helps competitively with recruiting the best talent and creates a secure working environment and reduces risk, he said.
"There's that double bottom line where you're doing something that ensures the investment does well - that's the first priority," DiNapoli said. "And it does something good in terms of a broader objective that benefits society - that's certainly positive."
The Securities and Exchange Commission rejected a company proposal to block the resolution in March. "Based on the information you have presented, it appears that Exxon Mobil's policies, practices and procedures do not compare favorably with the guidelines or the proposal and that Exxon Mobil has not, therefore, substantially, implemented the proposal," the agency said.
The resolution says the shareholders are asking the corporation to amend "its written equal employment opportunity policy to explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity and to substantially implement the policy."
According to the comptroller's office, letters requesting similar policies were sent last year to many Fortune 500 and Fortune 1000 companies in its portfolio. Several of the larger ones failed to respond and were sent shareholder filings. Nine subsequently agreed to adopt new policies, including Roper Industries and Catalyst Health Solutions. A shareholder resolution at American Financial Group went to a vote and got 26.4 percent support.
The New York comptroller's office, with shares in other corporations that usually make up less than 1 percent of the totals, has pressed many to adopt measures requiring disclosure of their political spending and determining environmental damage, including possible future harm from a company's activities and potential liabilities for cleanups and lawsuits. That includes assessing wastewater dumping from mining and drilling, pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and chemical exposures from hydraulic fracturing.
The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility listed the transgender rights resolution at Exxon Mobil among 160 proposals sponsored by its members at 115 companies in 2012. While the comptroller's office works with the group on issues, it is not a member, DiNapoli spokesman Eric Sumberg said.
According to the Empire State Pride Agenda, last year 32 of the 57 New York-based Fortune 500 companies were including gender identity and expression in their equal employment opportunity policies, as were 229 of all Fortune 500 companies.


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It turns out that we are the first eyeglass store in the world who offers this feature to show real faces wearing our glasses online. Of course others have professional models and photographs from eyeglass designers but these are all our very own and boy it took a lot of time and effort to get this project finished but we are glad we did and we love how it looks. What do you think?


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Officials say the record number of insurance-fraud allegations in Ohio this year can be partly attributed to better reporting of suspected incidents and difficult economic times that push some people into illegal activity.
The Ohio Department of Insurance reports that consumers, insurers, insurance agents, police and others have lodged 4,022 allegations of fraud with the state through Dec. 7. Reports of fraud are up 10 percent compared to all of 2011, and 25 percent from 2010.
The increase partly reflects the Department of Insurance's strengthened efforts to get insurers and the public to report suspected incidents of fraud, agency spokesman Chris Brock said. Fraud also tends to increase when people face serious economic hardships, he said.
Despite the record number of allegations, it remains unclear whether or to what degree the increase in reports reflects an increase in fraudulent activity. Criminal indictments, referrals and cases opened and investigated by the Ohio Department of Insurance are not on track to significantly surpass the totals of previous years.
The most common types of fraud include false or inflated homeowner and auto claims, staged auto accidents, and bogus slip and fall accidents. Fake health care plans have spread during the economic downturn, and arson remains a problem.
Insurance fraud costs U.S. families hundreds of dollars each year in the form of increased premiums, and tens of billions of dollars are paid out annually for fake and exaggerated claims, according to industry and federal estimates.
"Insurance fraud is not a victimless crime," Nationwide Insurance spokeswoman Elizabeth Stelzer told The Dayton Daily News. "It is a serious issue that affects everyone."
Statistics reported by the newspaper also show the state this year has received about 2,904 allegations of misconduct by insurance agents and agencies. The state launched 1,843 administrative investigations, and about 148 insurance agents and agencies have surrendered their licenses or had them revoked because of wrongdoing.
Non-medical insurance fraud costs more than $40 billion per year, and results in the average U.S. family paying $400 to $700 more annually in the form of higher premiums, according to the FBI. Misconduct by insurance agents and agencies also can be expensive and leaves policyholders without coverage because their premiums were diverted.
"Insurance fraud is a cost of business, and like any cost of business, it gets passed on to normal consumers in higher premiums," said James Quiggle, spokesman with the Washington-based Coalition Against Insurance Fraud.
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Kabir Dohas - 17
Akath Kahani Prem Ki, Kutch Kahi Na Jaye
Goonge Keri Sarkara, Baithe Muskae
Akqa khanaI p`oma kI, kCu khI na jaaya
gaUMgao korI sarkra, baOzo mauskaya
Inexpressible is the story of Love
It cannot be revealed by words
Like the dumb eating sweet-meat
Only smiles, the sweetness he cannot tell
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In this Doha, Kabir refers to the situation of a person in Love, a person who has realized the Truth. This compassionate one does not brag, does not talk for the wise one knows that it would be as futile an effort as the mute smile of a dumb trying to express the sweetness of the sweet-meat.
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There is a reoccurring theme with gum problems and bad breath and it's called bad bacteria. Bad bacteria can build up in the millions in your mouth within just a few short hours if left unchecked. These bacteria build up then turn into plaque, a sticky whitish substance which turns into tartar, a calcified substance. Getting a tartar build up is a much more serious problem and nearly impossible to remove even with a good oral hygiene program and using toothpastes and mouthwashes.
But the uphill battle for good oral health can be won in just a few short weeks or months by diligently following an effective oral hygiene program combined with an antibacterial toothpaste and mouthwash that is free from harsh chemicals that slow progress.
You first must decide whether you are going to implement a good oral hygiene program. This means brushing twice a day, gargling twice a day and flossing.
Whether you use the product we recommend or go to Wal-Mart and purchase the standard brands of toothpaste and mouthwash you're going to end up paying about $14.00 a month, a little under 50 cents a day (see costs), for a good oral hygiene program. Your first decision is to ask yourself, are you willing to spend $14.00 a month to protect your gums, teeth and mouth?
All dentists will tell you if you have any serious gum and/or tooth issue the only way back to the road to recovery is to implement and continue with a good oral hygiene program.
If you decide to say NO to good oral hygiene, then you can kiss your teeth good bye and welcome all the serious health conditions (see conditions) that are linked to and can arise from not brushing, gargling and flossing. There is no way you are going to be able to keep your gums, teeth and mouth healthy without a good oral hygiene discipline.
Are you going to continue to use standard commercial brands of toothpaste and mouthwash that come with a whole host of side effects or are you going to use a natural alternative that costs the same amount of money without the side effects?
The commercial toothpastes and mouthwashes on the market today are a lot like pharmaceutical drugs in this respect - they help, but come with a whole host of side effects.
Almost all toothpastes have an ingredient in them called Sodium Laurel Sulfate (SLS) which is used to suds up your toothpaste. The problem with SLS is it is used in clinical studies the world over to irritate your skin. Sodium Laurel Sulfate is a harsh chemical that has been used as a car wash soap and garage floor cleaners. After decades of putting a skin irritant in your mouth twice a day, it's no wonder your gums are having problems.
Dr. Pal Barkvoll, an oral surgeon in Oslo, Norway concluded after doing a clinical study with toothpastes with and without Sodium Laurel Sulfate that SLS dries tissues in your mouth that protects against irritants such as acidic foods and drinks. SLS is a strong denaturating substance which means it can cause disruption of cell activity and possibly cell death - not an optimum choice when you are trying to get back on the road to good gum health. See our report: 6 Hidden Dangers in Toothpaste. SLS is just the tip of the iceberg of potentially harmful ingredients in toothpastes.
Fluoride is one of the biggest hoaxes ever perpetrated on the American public. It has already been banned in several countries like Germany, China, Austria, France, Finland, Belgium, Denmark and many more. Not only is it now inconclusive that fluoride helps in cavity prevention, but one of the biggest problems is fluoride has been proven to cause damage to connective tissue, which means it can prevent your gums from reattaching to the tooth wall - a serious side effect if your are trying to get your gums to heal. See our documented report "Dangers of Fluoride" and find out why Fluoride is now also linked to tumor growth, bone cancer, premature aging, infertility, brain abnormalities and much more. See why 200 medical, scientific and health professionals went before the United States Congress in 2009 to outlaw the use of fluoride in our water supply.
Alcohol based mouthwashes kill bacteria, but then the alcohol use can lead to dry mouth, a condition which accelerates bacteria growth which is just the opposite of what you want to happen. Not the optimum solution for good oral health.
If you're going to fight the battle back to good oral, then you might as well do it with the safest and most effective product along with the most comprehensive oral hygiene program available.
OraMD is an all natural liquid toothpaste, mouthwash and breath freshener that you will want to purchase now. OraMD is a potent bacteria fighter that is anti-bacterial, anti-microbial, anti-fungal and anti-inflammatory with powerful plaque fighters eliminating the need for chemical laden toothpaste alternatives. This product is also has interdental access, meaning it gets in between the teeth and goes after the bacteria that is hiding in the nooks and crannies of your mouth and gums. This precise formulation of three 100% pure botanical oils of almond, spearmint, and peppermint is designed to kill the bad bacteria that are ravaging your gums. There are 100's of types of these 3 botanical oils and dozens of properties for each type - literally millions of combinations. This is a scientific formula matching the right properties of the right oils and designed specifically to combat the bacteria in your mouth. There's nothing like it on the market - it's fast effective, and leaves a lingering real fresh clean feeling in your mouth unlike anything you have experienced before (see ingredients).
Below are the instructions for you to win the battle back to good oral health. Your role is to precisely follow this battle plan so you can get back to the good oral health you once enjoyed.
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One of the main secrets is in Step 4. Millions of bacteria can multiply in your mouth within just a few short hours and turn into plaque which is hard to remove. When you consider there are about 15 to 16 hours between brushings and you combine that with all the processed foods and sugars we consume throughout the day, we open the door for excessive bacteria build-up. Our saliva which fights the bacteria is overwhelmed. That's why it is key to not only follow steps 1 through 3, but also to use throughout the day the natural reinforcements which OraMD provides (as stated in step 4). It is essential to create a clean environment in your mouth, and maintaining a clean environment will help promote healing and recovery. You will want to continue with Step 4 until you have until you have the battle won and then you can go back to the 3 steps.
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If you resemble the majority of people in America today, you were probably told by your instructors that you need to brush and floss your teeth every day. Maybe an oral professional even pertained to your school from time to time and place on unique promos that revealed with animated characters what you had to do to maintain healthy teeth and gums. However, even with this instruction, lots of youngsters and the adults they become do not comprehend the actions to guaranteeing that they prevent illness and degeneration in their mouths.
Children who are able to attend regular oral gos to with a pediatric dentist and dental hygeinist will be less likely to fall under the state of poor oral health. Like the experts and semi-professionals who provide the information en masse to the school, specific visits to the dental expert office provides the opportunity for one on one guideline in appropriate care.
Often, the hygienist will have the youngster show them their routine method of brushing and flossing. The oral expert can then do an in-depth analysis of what was done correctly and which moves need to be refined in order to appropriately care for the teeth. Subsequent sees offer the possibility for the hygienist to keep in mind progress and make extra ideas as required.
Obviously, an oral team can supply the exact same high-quality service to their adult patients who were never advised in the correct method to brush and floss their teeth. The more problems an individual has more than their childhood and early adult years understanding ways to keep their mouths clean, the more likely the person is to have cavities in their teeth and perhaps have actually teeth gotten rid of or experience other issues with them directly.
An additional risk to bad oral health is the chance of developing gingivitis and other illness and conditions associated with the gums. Most individuals do not provide much idea to their gums until the gums are red and swollen, bleeding or otherwise triggering pain. Whether you have actually awaited your oral health to reach this low, or you can just tell that your existing oral care regimen is insufficient in fulfilling your needs for a clean and healthy mouth, you can begin treatments beginning today that will prevent additional damage and even start to heal your gums. If caught early enough, you ought to be able to totally reverse the condition and have the health of your mouth recovered.
The most common kind of gum disease, gingivitis is fairly mild as compared to some of the others that you can overcome time. The condition can be rather moderate in the beginning, suggesting that you miss it completely. Nevertheless, you might see some signs such as moderate inflammation or a general sense of inflammation when the gum is touched, especially by foods with severe temperature levels or if overwhelming pressure is applied. The gums might also end up being reddened. However, if the condition is prevalent in a large size part of your mouth, the color and sensations might feel completely normal unless an infection happens that creates a large wound.
If you do not begin to treat the gingivitis when you are first detected with it, you can wind up with periodontist, which is a far more severe condition. Eventually, this disease, which minimizes gum tissue, can result in the loss of several of your natural teeth.
Take care of your oral health by visiting your dental professional team regularly and follow their guidelines concerning care for your teeth and gums. How Do I Get Rid Of Gum Disease Alexandria, Kentucky
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I have started writing a geocaching application that I intend to port to the OpenMoko platform. I understand that Mono (the open source .NET implementation) runs on OpenMoko, so I have begun writing my project in C#. So far I have created a library to query and parse results from geocaching.com. I want the finished application to have the following effect:
A user opens the application and is presented with a list of geocaches, sorted by their proximity to the user's current position. This list will include as many details as can be displayed on the screen, but no actual coordinates.
The user will then select a cache, and all the details will be displayed (including coordinates), but comments and hints will still be hidden. If the user selects to view the comments or hints, they will be displayed to them.
The user will then be able to hit a "Find/Seek" button and the coordinates of the seeking part of the application will begin (this interface has yet to be determined).
One of the key ideas behind this design is minimizing network usage (to speed things up and to save people money on their data plans). The coords are not shown on the first screen because we would have to fetch a separate page for each cache listed in order to do so. The way it works now will only require downloading a single page in order to show all the caches near the user, and requesting any additional information about a cache will require downloading at most 1 more page.
The seeking interface is something I have not even begun to design, but I have a few ideas. For starters, it will list the coordinates it is seeking as well as the coordinates where you are at, and have some sort of indicator of which direction you need to go to. It should also incorporate the acuracy range of the current gps reading to determine if the user is "on top" of the cache or not. It would be nice to have a base map, but writing one from scratch may not be the best way to go. If there was a way to incorporate the use of the Navit map application, that would be ideal. This way, you could use Navit to give you driving directions to the cache site, and then use the maps already there to aid the user in locating the position.
It would also be nice to have an interface for logging a cache on geocaching.com once it has been located, but I have no plans for this yet.
If anyone has any thoughts on any of this, or reasons why my idea is stupid, add to this discussion.
Rage: Currently I am working on a mapping API, but it is for the Qtopia platform. It provides to draw custom data into maps from different map servers.


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The Phantom Kit With your sleeves rolled up, imagine borrowing a bill from your spectator and make it vanish right before their eyes! With the Phantom you can make any coin vanish right from your hands; ANY BORROWED COIN CAN BE VANISHED! JACKET IS NOT REQUIRED. The Phantom Kit does this and more. Included is the teaching DVD on using your Phantom with new techniques for the street performer. You can even make a dollar bill transform into another bill right in your hands and in full open view with your audience! Included: Teaching DVD, Gimmick & Special Props. Historical Significance In Magic: This effect has evolved from the gambler's holdout. Most of the holdout devices used in the present day were invented in the 19th century. We believe the combination of functions with the added hook up method make the Phantom Kit unique.


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Renderpriorities give the map creator some extra control over when objects have to be rendered. In this section the basic rendering algorithm is explained. This is a more theoretical explanation. Later some examples are given of some commonly used configurations.
One of the most fundamental concepts in Crystal Space is a sector (interface
iSector). A sector is basically empty
space which needs to be filled with geometry.
To put geometry in a sector you use one or more mesh objects
(see section Mesh Object Plug-In System). Note that a mesh object can also be in several sectors
at once. This happens when some object is busy traversing some portal from one
sector to another. The list of sectors that a mesh object is in and also the
position (i.e. transform) is kept by an instance of
(see section Mesh Movement).
The engine supports the notion of render priorities. There is usually a limited set of render priority slots available. By default these are:
But you can setup your own render priorities by calling the engine API. Objects which are in a lower render priority (i.e. 'sky' is lower than 'wall') will be rendered before objects with a higher priority. So using the render priority system you can choose in which order to render objects.
The 'alpha' render priority is a bit special. Objects in that render priority will be rendered from back to front. This is needed for objects that use alpha transparency and also if you need a mix of different kinds of transparencies. If you use a single other kind of transparency like add or mult (but not both) then you can use the 'transp' render priority. That one is not sorted from back to front so it is only usable for transparencies that are correct even if rendered in other order.
For keycolor objects (see section Alpha and Keycolor in Textures) you can use the normal 'object' render priority with 'ZUSE' z-buffer mode. This is also true for objects that have textures using binary alpha.
To set up render priorities from within your application you can use
engine->RegisterRenderPriority() function.
To set the render priority for an object you can use the following in a map file:
<meshobj name="myObject"> <plugin>...</plugin> <params> ... </params> <priority>object</priority> </meshobj>
To set the render priority from within the code you can do:
iMeshWrapper* mesh; mesh->SetRenderPriority (engine->GetRenderPriority ("object"));
By default objects will be put in the 'object' render queue.
In addition to render priorities you can also choose how the object will be rendered with regards to the Z-buffer. There are four possibilities:
To set the Z-buffer mode from a map file you can do the following:
<meshobj name="myObject"> <plugin>...</plugin> <params> ... </params> <priority>object</priority> <zuse /> </meshobj>
To set the Z-buffer mode from the code you can use the following example:
iMeshWrapper* mesh; mesh->SetZBufMode (CS_ZBUF_USE);
'ZUSE' is the default Z-buffer mode for objects created from within an application.
By using the z-buffer mode in combination with the render priorities we now have a very powerful system to control object rendering in a sector. In the following sections we will show some popular examples. But first we show in a table what the common usage is of the render priorities in combination with the Z-buffer modes:
Note that sky objects are usually created with the 'CAMERA' keyword
(in map file) or the
CS_ENTITY_CAMERA flag (in
iMeshWrapper::GetFlags()). The camera keyword makes sure that the
camera will always be in the center of that object. So you can move forever
in some direction without ever reaching the bounds of the sky.
The include files useful for this section are:
#include <iengine/mesh.h> #include <iengine/sector.h> #include <iengine/engine.h> #include <ivideo/graph3d.h>
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Levy Court approves contract negotiations with Kent County SPCA for new dog control contract.
Kent County Levy Court commissioners on Sept. 3 gave a tentative OK to awarding the county's dog control contract to the Kent County SPCA. Commissioners made the decision during their committee meetings to have a formal vote on the matter put on the agenda for their Tuesday, Sept. 10 business session. If enacted, the pact would be effective Oct. 1 and would run through June 30, 2014, the end of the current fiscal year. County Administrator Michael Petit de Mange presented commissioners with a draft of the contract and a memorandum he said addressed many of the concerns people have raised about the shelter. The contract establishes procedures for handling complaints and grievances arising from how KCSPCA personnel may perform their duties. Petit de Mange would oversee handling of any complaints, which would be sent to the KCSPCA executive director. Any problems not satisfactorily resolved within 10 days would be sent up the chain to the group's board of directors. Commissioners also would nominate and appoint a representative to sit on the board of directors who would serve as a liaison to Levy Court with full voting rights. Petit de Mange also stressed the contract would limit KCSPCA services only to complying with inspection and enforcement provisions under Delaware law regarding dog control. Animal control officers would have no jurisdiction in other issues, such as zoning matters or noise complaints. Other provisions of the contract include submitting a monthly activity report to the county and would require KCSPCA personnel to undergo county-sponsored customer service training. Dog control officers would be on duty from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week, and on call the remainder of the time. The KCSPCA would receive $72,414.33 for each month of service through June 30, 2014, the end of the current fiscal year. A new contract, possibly with increased costs to the county, would have to be negotiated for any time past June 30. Levy Court President P. Brooks Banta said it was apparent the KCSPCA had made a number of concessions based on past public comments about the organization. "This could be a win-win for everyone," he said. "It's a giant step in the right direction." Commissioner Eric Buckson concurred, also noting the draft contract addresses several concerns raised by the public. Buckson said he would like to see language in the contract that would require the KCSPCA to offer any dogs brought in under the contract to as many other shelters as possible before considering euthanasia. In deciding in favor of the draft KCSPCA contract, the panel rejected a proposal by Commissioner George "Jody" Sweeney to set up a separate division within the county to handle the issue. Sweeney's plan was prompted as an alternative to having a private entity handle the dog control issue, as was the case both when the KCSPCA and the Safe Haven Animal Sanctuary ran the program. In July, commissioners cancelled the contract with Safe Haven because of alleged financial negligence and infighting among its board of directors. The no-kill Georgetown shelter had taken over the contract after submitting a winning bid over the KCSPCA. While the commissioners in principle seemed amenable to the principle of a county-run program, several doubts scuttled the idea. Concerns were raised about the length of time it would take to set up a new division within county government, what would happen to the employees if, as rumored, the state of Delaware moves to again shoulder the responsibility for dog control, and other issues, such as the availability of shelters to receive captured animals and the cost of veterinary care.


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I don't vote for the Pro Bowl, but I'm sure this will get Falcon fans pumped.
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Five surprises from current Pro Bowl voting
By Andie Hagemann NFL.com
Published: Nov. 10, 2015 at 03:46 p.m. Updated: Nov. 10, 2015 at 04:39 p.m.
Balloting for the 2016 Pro Bowl is underway. With one month of voting in the books, it's time to look at the frontrunners.
Here are five surprises from the current Pro Bowl voting:
1. Okay. It's not too surprising that two of the league's top quarterbacks and former Super Bowl MVPs hold the top spots. Patriots quarterback Tom Brady claims the No. 1 spot with 141,750 total votes. This season he's racked up 2,709 yards and 22 touchdowns with just two interceptions. Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers holds onto second with 120,242 votes. In 2015, Rodgers has accumulated 1,937 yards, 19 touchdowns and three interceptions.
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2. What is shocking, though, is the player receiving the third-most votes -- Andy Dalton. The Bengals signal-caller currently ranks third overall with 114,368 votes. Dalton isn't known to be a fan-favorite but he's certainly made a statement this season as the Cincinnati Bengals are one of the few remaining undefeated teams. He's totaled 2,226 yards, 18 touchdowns and four interceptions in eight weeks of play.
3. Devonta Freeman places fourth overall with 103,334 votes and is the top running back collecting votes. He's also just one of three backs (Todd Gurley, Adrian Peterson) to crack the top 25. In seven starts (nine games), Freeman has 721 yards and 9 touchdowns.
4. St. Louis Rams running back Todd Gurley is the top rookie vote-getter. He's twelfth overall with 75,592 votes. Gurley has emerged as a dominant force for the Rams' backfield. In five starts (six games), Gurley has accounted for 664 yards rushing and four touchdowns. The only other rookie to crack the top 25 in balloting is Oakland Raiders wide receiver Amari Cooper (60,840).
5. The undefeated Carolina Panthers are well-represented in the list. Four of he top 25 players receiving votes includes quarterback Cam Newton (94,810), tight end Greg Olsen (67,734, cornerback Josh Norman (64,915) and fullback Mike Tolbert (60,665).
Unhappy with the list? It's not too late to send your favorite players to Hawaii for the 2016 Pro Bowl. Click here to cast your vote.
Balloting will conclude on Tuesday, December 15. The Pro Bowl players will be announced on Tuesday, December 22 live on NFL Network.
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International Standard Bible EncyclopediaKEDAR
ke'-dar (qedhar; Kedar): Second in order of the sons of Ishmael (Genesis 25:13 parallel 1 Chronicles 1:29). The name occurs as typical of a distant eastern country in opposition to the lands of the Mediterranean (Jeremiah 2:10). The author of Second Isaiah introduces this tribe in company with Nebaioth, and both are represented as owners of flocks (Isaiah 60:7). Evidence of their nomadic habits appears in Jeremiah 49:28, 29, where they are classed among the Bene-Qedhem, and mention is made of their flocks, camels, tents, curtains and furniture. They are spoken of (Isaiah 42:11) as dwelling in chatserim ("villages"), from which it would appear that they were a somewhat settled tribe, corresponding to the Arabic chadariya or "town-dwellers," as distinct from wabariya or "nomads." Ezekiel (27:21) gives another hint of their pastoral nature where, in his detailed picture of the wealth of Tyre, Kedar and Arabia provide the Tyrians with lambs, rams and goats. The fame of the tribe is further reflected in Isaiah 21:16, 17 (the only allusion to their might in war), and in the figurative references to their tents (Psalm 120:5 Songs 1:5). In this last passage where the tents are made symbolic of dark beauty, the word qadhar ("to be black") may have been in the writer's mind.
Strong's Hebrew6938. Qedar -- perhaps "swarthy," a son of Ishmael, also his desc.
... perhaps "swarthy," a son of Ishmael, also his desc. Transliteration: Qedar Phonetic
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Smith's Bible DictionaryKedar
(dark-skinned), the second in order of the sons of Ishmael, (Genesis 25:13; 1 Chronicles 1:29) and the name of a great tribe of Arabs settled on the northwest of the peninsula and on the confines of Palestine. The "glory of Kedar" is recorded by the prophet Isaiah, (Isaiah 21:13-17) in the burden upon Arabia; and its importance may also be inferred from the "princes of Kedar" mentioned by Ezekiel, (Ezekiel 27:21) as well as the pastoral character of the tribe. They appear also to have been, like the wandering tribes of the present day, "archers" and "mighty men." (Isaiah 21:17) comp. Psal 120:5 That they also settled in villages or towns we find from Isaiah. (Isaiah 42:11) The tribe seems to have been one of the most conspicuous of all the Ishmaelite tribes, and hence the rabbins call the Arabians universally by this name.
ATS Bible DictionaryKedar
A son of Ishmael, Genesis 25:13, the father of the Kedarenians or Cedrei, mentioned by Pliny, who dwelt in the neighborhood of the Nabatheans, in Arabia Deserta. They were a numerous and powerful tribe, not of the best reputation, Psalm 120:5, and their name is sometimes put for the whole of Arabia Desert and its wandering inhabitants, Isaiah 21:16,17 42:11. Their black camel's hair tents are a picturesque feature in a landscape, So 1:5.
Easton's Bible DictionaryDark-skinned, the second son of Ishmael (Genesis 25:13).
It is the name for the nomadic tribes of Arabs, the Bedouins generally (Isaiah 21:16; 42:11; 60:7; Jeremiah 2:10; Ezek. 27:21), who dwelt in the north-west of Arabia. They lived in black hair-tents (Cant. 1:5). To "dwell in the tents of Kedar" was to be cut off from the worship of the true God (Psalm 120:5). The Kedarites suffered at the hands of Nebuchadnezzar (Jeremiah 49:28, 29).
ThesaurusKedar (11 Occurrences)
... 1:5). To "dwell in the tents of Kedar" was to be cut off from the worship of the
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Nebaioth (5 Occurrences)
East (228 Occurrences)
Neba'ioth (4 Occurrences)
Ish'mael (40 Occurrences)
Devastate (8 Occurrences)
Mibsam (3 Occurrences)
Adbeel (2 Occurrences)
Bible ConcordanceKedar (11 Occurrences)
Genesis 25:13 These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to the order of their birth: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
1 Chronicles 1:29 These are their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
Psalms 120:5 Woe is me, that I live in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
Song of Songs 1:5 I am dark, but lovely, you daughters of Jerusalem, like Kedar's tents, like Solomon's curtains.
Isaiah 21:16 For the Lord said to me, "Within a year, as a worker bound by contract would count it, all the glory of Kedar will fail,
Isaiah 21:17 and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, will be few; for Yahweh, the God of Israel, has spoken it."
Isaiah 42:11 Let the wilderness and its cities raise their voices, with the villages that Kedar inhabits. Let the inhabitants of Sela sing. Let them shout from the top of the mountains!
Isaiah 60:7 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together to you, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister to you; they shall come up with acceptance on my altar; and I will glorify the house of my glory.
Jeremiah 2:10 For pass over to the islands of Kittim, and see; and send to Kedar, and consider diligently; and see if there has been such a thing.
Jeremiah 49:28 Of Kedar, and of the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck. Thus says Yahweh: Arise, go up to Kedar, and destroy the children of the east.
Ezekiel 27:21 Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they were the merchants of your hand; in lambs, and rams, and goats, in these were they your merchants.
Kedar: A Nomadic Clan of the Ishmaelites
Kedar: A Nomadic Clan of the Ishmaelites: Flocks of
Kedar: A Nomadic Clan of the Ishmaelites: Princes and Commerce of
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Talihina football team returns to District A-6 play, welcomes Sallisaw-Central for homecoming
Being in a district that is not an eight-team district, like seven-team District A-6 featuring the Talihina Golden Tigers, it means that there's a choice of two things. One choice is to have an open date, and the other is to find a non-district opponent to fill the void.The Golden Tigers did not want to have an off week, so last Friday night they welcomed Union Christian Academy from Fort Smith, Ark., to Doc Robinson Stadium — and routed the visitors 55-6."We got good reps," said Kelly Gravitt, Talihina coach. "They had some good-looking skill kids. Their quarterback was 6-4 and their running backs were good players. We got some good reps defensively."However, something the score does not indicate is that the Golden Tigers (5-0, 1-0 in District A-6) were slow out of the gate, which is a concern as they return to district play with a homecoming game against the Sallisaw-Central Tigers (3-2, 2-0) at 7:30 p.m. this Friday at Doc Robinson Stadium."We didn't get a great start offensively," Gravitt said. "We came out a little flat. We can't do that against the Tigers this week."— — —District A-6 StandingsTeam District Overall +/-Sall.-Central 2-0 2-3 +30Savanna 1-0 5-0 +15Talihina 1-0 5-0 +15Canadian 1-1 3-1 0Gore 1-1 3-2 0Haileyville 0-2 0-4 -30Quinton 0-2 2-3 -30


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Spartacus: Blood and Sand The Complete First Series (UK - BD)
By Jupiter's c**k! Chris reviews the BD release of the sword and sandals show
Our story concerns an unnamed Thracian (Andy Whitfield) who is drafted into the Roman auxiliary to fight against the Getae. After a series of events that lead to the deaths of a number of high-ranking Romans, legatus Claudius Glaber (Craig Parker) punishes the Thracian by selling both him and his beloved wife, Sura, into slavery. While Sura is whisked away to some far-flung corner of the empire, our Thracian hero finds himself the property of lanista (a manager of gladiators) Quintus Lentulus Batiatus (John Hannah). Expected to die in the arena against impossible odds the Thracian, spurred on by a vision of Sura, defeats four opponents and earns the name 'Spartacus' from his new master. From then on Spartacus trains as a gladiator under the watchful eye of Doctore (Peter Mensah) and vies for dominance with the current champion of Capua, Crixus (Manu Bennett), whom he intends to replace in his bid to become champion, win his freedom and be reunited with his wife.
I really wanted to hate Spartacus. I remember seeing clips from the show on Charlie Brooker's You Have Been Watching and laughing along with the audience as he laid into it for being aimed at fifteen-year-old boys. However, like Brooker, after the first half-dozen episodes or so I stopped enjoying the program ironically and actually started, well, just enjoying it. It takes a while to get used to the casual swearing, as four letter words fall from characters' mouths with greater frequency than Roy 'Chubby' Brown's. Gladiators are encouraged to 'look death in the eye, embrace it and f**k it', while every other character is referred to as a c**t and Jupiter's cock gets more than its fair share of mentions. Then there's the frequent nudity and sex. I've no idea how anyone got anything done in ancient Rome if Spartacus' portrayal of their sexual exploits is anywhere near the mark. If they weren't disease ridden they must, at the very least, have been permanently knackered. Rich couples nonchalantly screw slaves while carrying on mundane conversations about who's turn it is to do the dishes (or something equally routine), spectators cavort in the stands, and even the gladiators get in on the action with all-out orgies in which servant girls are in plentiful supply. Then there's the violence. Oh, the violence. There's more claret here than at a wine tasting in Bordeaux, as limbs are hacked off with gleeful abandon, heads are decapitated accompanied by fountains of blood and guts are gratuitously strewn across the sand.
The cast is full of impossibly buff and/or attractive people, both male and female. Stars Andy Whitfield, Manu Bennett, Jai Courtney and the rest of the supporting gladiator cast are mountains of rippling muscle, and spend most of the series half naked and covered in oil. The ladies are similarly easy on the eye, from the impossibly sexy Viva Bianca (great name), Lesley-Ann Brandt and Erin Cummings, to the scores of extras who wander around topless (at least). I also swear that Lucy Lawless is getting more attractive the older she gets. Simply put, there's eye candy for everyone in this show. The acting isn't half bad either, especially from like likes of John Hannah as he chews up the scenery. Batiatus' frequent colourful rants are among the most entertaining moments the series has to offer, but he also plays the cold, ruthless side of the character very well. Whitfield does a good job of casting Spartacus in a sympathetic light and Peter Mensah's Doctore makes for an interesting character. The rest of the male cast aren't quite as assured, seemingly cast for their physiques rather than their acting chops, but it actually suits the fairly cheesy dialogue they are required to speak. Lawless reigns supreme at the top of the female cast, although as the series progresses several of the minor characters are developed effectively, including Lesley-Ann Brandt's slave girl Naevia and Viva Bianca's Roman minx Ilithya, the insatiable wife of Spartacus' tormentor Claudius Glaber.
While it won't win any awards for complexity, there's enough political intrigue and manoeuvring to break up the frequent bouts of sex and ultra-violence. As previously mentioned Bitiatus' constant plotting is one of the highlights of the show, as are the schemes of his venomous wife Lucretia (Lucy Lawless). As the series progressed I found that I was able to tune out the more extreme elements and concentrate on the characterisation, which improves no end throughout the first season. Of course you're meant to sympathise with Spartacus because he has been seriously wronged by the Romans, but as we learn more about gladiators like Varro, Barca and even Crixus we discover that there's more to them than simply hacking up all-comers in the arena. I think it must have helped the writers to know exactly where the series was heading from the outset, because it allowed them to build to a crescendo at the finale rather than ambling along aimlessly and ending on a whimper, as is the case with so many other shows. Even if a second series hadn't been produced I would have been happy enough with the way things were wrapped up, because there are relatively few lose ends and most of the villains get their comeuppance. Of course there is going to be a second series (albeit without Andy Whitfield), which will allow our Thracian hero to pursue the vile Romans lucky enough to escape his wrath during the slave revolt.
In a Blu-ray exclusive move sure to anger those still buying DVD, four of the episodes in this set have been extended from their TV versions, including series opener 'The Red Serpent', 'Sacramentum Gladiatorum', 'Delicate Things' and 'Mark of the Brotherhood'. There are also 'enhanced' versions of 'Shadow Games' and 'Kill Them All', although as my memory of the TV showings has faded I'm not exactly sure what has been enhanced.
I only saw the series in standard-definition when it was aired over here, so it was great to finally see it in all of its high-definition glory. Episodes are presented in 1.78:1 widescreen (1080/24p AVC) and look fantastic, although if I was Zack Snyder I'd probably want a word with Spartacus: Blood and Sand's creative team about them nicking the visual style of his 2006 film 300. (Wow, was 300 really released that long ago?) The similarities are unmistakable, right down to the super slow motion shots during the action series, the artificial grain and the highly stylised colour palette. That's not to say it's a bad thing, as visual style was probably one of 300's strongest points. The level of detail on offer here is fantastic, blowing the SD broadcast versions away with their clarity and perfectly showcasing even the smallest visual elements. Close-ups in particular revel in the added definition, almost allowing you to feel the blood, sweat and dirt caked into the combatants' faces. As a result of being shot digitally the transfer to Blu-ray is virtually flawless, without a hint of dirt or noise. I didn't spot any edge enhancement or other digital anomalies, save for perhaps the slightest hint of posterisation in some scenes. Even so, this is still a fantastic looking presentation of the television series.
What's this, a disc featuring Dolby TrueHD audio? It seems like an eternity ago I last reviewed something using Dolby's codec, as almost everyone seems to have abandoned TrueHD in favour of DTS-HD, but the 5.1 tracks that accompany this series prove that there's nothing at all wrong with Dolby's format. Each episode presents an expansive sound-field, with plenty of surround action during the many battles as swords clash against shields and crowds cheer as screams echo around the arenas. The atmospheric effects are handled well and discrete channel utilisation is effective, while the LFE channel pumps out prodigious bass. Dialogue is always clear and generally anchored firmly in the centre of the soundstage, although it does occasionally find its way into the other channels. The series rocky music is almost ever-present and fills out the soundstage nicely. All things considered Spartacus: Blood and Sand sounds fantastic, rivalling many big budget movie soundtracks.
Audio Commentaries: A number of episodes feature commentary, but they're not well advertised in the menus. To find them you actually have to select the episodes in question and press play before you're given the option to choose whether you want to view them with commentary. Episodes with commentary include 'The Red Serpent (with director Rick Jacobson, writer/creator Steven DeKnight and executive producers Rob Tapert and Joshua Donen), 'Sacramentum Gladitorum (with director Rick Jacobson, writer/creator Steven DeKnight and executive producer Rob Tapert), 'The Thing in the Pit' (with director Jesse Warn and actor Andy Whitfield), 'Shadow Games' (with director Michael Hurst, and actors Andy Whitfield and Lucy Lawless), 'Delicate Things (with director rick Jacobson, creator Steven DeKnight and actor Erin Commings), 'Whore' (with actors Andy Whitfield, Lucy Lawless and Viva Bianca), 'Party Favors' (with actors Andy Whitfield, Lucy Lawless and Viva Bianca), 'Revelations' (with writer Brent Fletcher, creator Steven S. DeKnight and actor Nick E. Tarabay), and 'Kill Them All' (with writer/creator Steven S DeKnight, and actors Peter Mensah and Katrina Law).
Spartacus Historicus: Each episode is accompanied by optional pop-up facts, which are an occasional source of useful and interesting information if you can be bothered to read them all.
Spartacus: Blood and Sand – Behind the Scenes (14:50 HD): A reasonably lengthy making of featurette that includes numerous clips from the series and interviews with cast and crew. It sets out the general premise of the show, talks about the various themes, discusses the genesis of the project and how it evolved, shooting the series, its style, writing, the cast and much, much more.
Spartacus: battle Royale (07:26 HD): One of the longest featurettes on the disc is a bit of an odd one. Rather than follow the usual path of having a bunch of people sitting around talking about the various battle sequences, it instead shows a montage of many of the large scale battles seen throughout the series set to music and snippets of dialogue.
Gladiator Boot Camp (04:21 HD): This featurette looks at how the cast trained to learnt he moves necessary to put on a convincing show in the gladiatorial arena. They trained for about a month with various weapons, did a lot of weight training, and concentrated on losing fat and 'getting ripped'.
Grime & Punishment: The Hole (04:54 HD): A look at punishment, Roman style. Disobedient gladiators were sent to a foul pit in which all manner of crap (literally) is dumped onto them as they serve out their time. The shoot looked like it was a good laugh, for the spectators at least, as the two actors had to endure cold water full of lots of gunk, being smeared with fake faeces, and having cockroaches dumped on them. They take it with good humour, but rather them than me.
Andy Gets Plastered (02:44 HD): This shows how the effects people created a body cast of actor Andy Whitfield so that they could make his armour and map out wounds.
Legend Reimagined (04:00 HD): A look at how the show's creators set out to make a loose adaptation of the historical legend of Spartacus. It discusses how they talk all of the disparate, fractured information and used them as the basis of the story seen in the series.
Oh, Those Randy Romans (06:14 HD): A short featurette about the series' fairly graphic sexual content follows. Most of the principal cast are on hand to discuss things, and there are various clips from the show used to illustrate the point (although ironically they're censored).
Shooting Green: The Shadow of Death (04:48 HD): This featurette takes a look at the series' reliance on shooting with green screens to realise its graphic novel style, with particular attention to the fight between Spartacus, Crixus and Theocles.
Exposing Your Ludus (05:21 HD): This is a strangely titled gag reel, full of lots of footage of the cast and crew messing around on the set.
Spartacus 'Vengeance' Trailer (01:31 HD): A short trailer for the series' Blu-ray release.
What started off as a guilty pleasure soon became mere pleasure, with my desire to indulge my base character traits triumphing over my intellectual need to condemn such puerile nonsense. I know I should hate this show and everything it stands for, but I can't help myself. I watched it religiously on TV, I watched the prequel Gods of the Arena, and I'll be watching the second season when it rolls around in 2012 (even if the loss of Andy Whitfield and Lesley-Ann Brandt is lamentable). This Blu-ray release from Anchor Bay is a great package, with fabulous audio-visual properties and a generous amount of bonus material. Fans of the TV show should pick this it up without a moment's hesitation and it should do its part to convert non-believers as well.
* Note: The above images are taken from the Blu-ray release and resized for the page. Full-resolution captures are available by clicking individual images, but due to .jpg compression they are not necessarily representative of the quality of the transfer.
Review by Chris Gould
hogaburger Contributor Join Date: April 2007 Location: United States Posts: 1,153
"I know I should hate this show and everything it stands for, but I can't help myself."
My exact feelings towards the first season. Its like virtual junk food.
Haven't tried the prequel yet, but I'll get around to it eventually.
My exact feelings towards the first season. Its like virtual junk food.
Haven't tried the prequel yet, but I'll get around to it eventually.
David Blackwell Senior Member Join Date: February 2004 Location: United States Posts: 2,832
I love this show- a shame Andy can't be in season 2. I hope his replacement is good.
Dumb Dealer Member Join Date: October 2008 Location: Indonesia Posts: 227
Oh brother, there're lots of cocks & sex in this show. Maybe they should've sub-titled this as "Blood & Cement".
losthighway Member Join Date: January 2008 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 309
Had my eye on this for about a week now... debating whether to buy it or just continue watching the series on SKY - upto about episode 4 or 5 i think. It's currently £30 which seems a bit steep but must admit to finding the pit episode morbidly fascinating! Plus, never seen so much naked male flesh... quite appreciate it!
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Disc Details
Release Date: 16th May 2011
Discs: 4
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 English
Subtitles: English
Extras: Audio Commentaries, Pop-Up Trivia, Featurettes, Trailer
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Michael Hurst, Rick Jacobson, Jesse Warn
Cast: Andy Whitfield, John Hannah, Manu Bennett, Lucy Lawless, Peter Mensah, Viva Bianca, Lesley-Ann Brandt, Jai Courtney, Nick Tarabay, Antonio Te Maioha, Craig Walsh Wrightson, Erin Cummings, Katrina Law, Brooke Williams
Genre: Action and Drama
Length: 663 minutes
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Royals rely on Davis in finale with Twins
Righty Wade Davis will try to stay unbeaten in his career against the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night when the Kansas City Royals host them in the finale of a three-game series at Kauffman Stadium.
Davis was 2-0 in six appearances - five starts - against the Twins in his initial 118 big-league outings, all of which came while he was a member of the Tampa Bay Rays.
The Florida-born Davis debuted for his new team against Philadelphia on April 5 and allowed four runs on nine hits in four innings of a game the Royals ultimately won, 13-4.
Davis is 15-12 in 63 career appearances on home fields with a 3.44 earned run average in 256 2/3 innings. His ERA on the road is more than a full run higher, at 4.67.
Minnesota counters with Australia-born righty Liam Hendriks, who'll make a second 2013 attempt at a second career big-league win.
The 23-year-old was 0-2 in four starts with the Twins in 2011 and 1-8 in 16 more outings last season while allowing a combined 135 hits and 77 runs in 108 2/3 innings.
He was touched for eight hits and four runs in 4 2/3 innings of a no-decision in his initial 2013 outing, a game the Twins lost, 9-5, at Baltimore on April 5.
Hendriks is 0-1 in three career starts against Kansas City while allowing 13 runs and 25 hits in 13 2/3 innings.
On Tuesday, the Royals scored five runs in the first inning and defeated the Twins, 7-4. Alcides Escobar, Billy Butler, Mike Moustakas, Salvador Perez, Eric Hosmer and Jeff Francoeur drove in a run apiece for the Royals, while Jeremy Guthrie (2-0) allowed four runs on six hits over 6 2/3 innings.
"I fell behind a lot of guys," said Guthrie. "When I did I gave them real hittable pitches to drive it. Our offense picked us up today. They swung the bat very early and got that big lead. We were able to hold on."
Eduardo Escobar knocked a solo home run and had two RBI while Joe Mauer and Josh Willingham also hit solo shots for the Twins. Starter Mike Pelfrey (1-1) lasted just two innings and surrendered six runs on eight hits.
"They kicked my butt," said Pelfrey. "When I made a mistake, they hit it. I give all the credit to them. I'll come back and work my butt off and I'll get ready for the next one."
The Twins won 11 of 18 games against the Royals in 2012, including six of nine in Kansas City.


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