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Installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Installation Notes
- 3 Display/Video
- 4 Audio
- 5 Modem
- 6 Bluetooth
- 7 Fingerprint Reader
- 8 Trackpad scrolling
- 9 Hibernate/Suspend
- 10 Items that work out of the box
- 11 Items that don't work
- 12 Power consumption
- 13 See also
This document outlines configuring Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on your Thinkpad T61. Most items will work out of the box and a base install should provide you with a completely working system. Due to the modular nature of the T61 there are many different configuration, please read carefully and only make the changes specific to your system.
Feel free to update this Wiki with your information however please ask questions on the Talk page.
Installation Notes
- If booting with the live CD gives you a blank screen you should select the "Safe Graphics" menu choice.
Accelerated Video and Desktop Effects
Intel 2D and 3D accelerated video work out of the box.
Due to | bug 111257, compiz is disabled on the Intel i965 based video cards. All systems updated after 11/24/2007 should be fixed.
Nvidia 2D video works out of the box, to enable accelerated 3D support click System->Administration->Restricted Drivers Manager
Multiple Monitors
If you previously used Xinerama this is no longer a supported option, you should use one of the tools described below to configure dual displays.
Nvidia N140m:
When using the default drivers (The open source "nv" drivers) you can use Administration->"Screens and Graphics" to setup the second monitor
Using the proprietary drivers you must use the Nvidia tool located at Applications->System Tools-> Nvidia X Server Settings.
Note: Twinview 'works' but doing anything with Twinview in fullscreen mode will cause it to span both monitors instead of just being on the second. This essencially kills the functionality of Twinview.
eg 1 --> you are an office working bringing your notebook to work to show a presentation but you can't use full screen.
eg 2 --> you want take your notebook to a friends house to watch a movie on his/her projector and fullscreen mode gets half displayed on the projector and half on the notebook monitor.
To resolve the full screen issue:
After setting up Twinview with the second monitor save the configuration to your x config file, then restart x. Log in again and now when you fullscreen it will only span the one monitor that the window is in not both. The other screen will be available for other use. You can drag between windows and then fullscreen to fill only the monitor you are in. Tested on T61 using Ubuntu 7.10 with gMPlayer in full screen mode and open office impressions slide show. (Movies and Presentations)
If you experience problems getting a working Twinview setup using nvidia-settings, please see this thread
Intel GM965/GL960
If you experience a blank screen and perpetual gui reset when using heavy GLX (3D) applications such as scorched3d, try upgrading to the hardy 2.6.24-3 kernel along with the matching modules:
add these 2 lines to /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy restricted main multiverse universe
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-3-generic linux-image-2.6.24-3-generic linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-3-generic
Comment out the 2 new lines from sources.list (put a # in front) and run apt-get update again.
IMPORTANT: You must comment out the lines from sources.list and run apt-get update again, or you will auto-upgrade to hardy which you do not want to do yet!
NOTE: the 2.6.24 kernel uses the new fully open iwl3945 driver for wifi, instead of the old restricted ipw3945. you may need to tweak your wifi settings after rebooting.
Intel X3100
Plugging in an external monitor works, but is a clone of the built-in LCD by default. Using the Screens and Graphics tool located under Administration you can setup the second monitor as an extension of the existing screen or a clone for presentations, but it does not let you enable a second display on a second monitor.
Setting up dual monitors via the command line
If you like doing it via the command line and are using the Intel drivers or the open-source "nv" driver you can use this example (Note all this should be possible using the Screens and Graphics tool so only make this change if you prefer the command line method):
This is an example for a 1680x1050 built-in LCD and a 1600x1200 external LCD: Add a "Virtual 3280 1200" line in the Display SubSection of the Screen Section in your xorg.conf:
Go to Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal and type the following:
# sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
# xrandr --output LVDS --auto
To set the built-in LCD to ouput 1680x1050
# xrandr --output VGA --right-of LVDS
To extend the desktop
To enable Compiz Fusion. refer to http://temporaryland.wordpress.com/2007/12/06/finding-the-right-distro-for-my-thinkpad-followup/ and follow the instructions as per for Linux Mint 4.0.
Fonts on High-Res Screens
On high-res screens (e.g. 15" 1680x1050), some users consider the default fonts too be too large (Launchpad bug report). You can fix this by following these steps:
- Open System->Preferences->Appearance
- Select the "Fonts" tab
- Click the "Details" button (lower right)
- Adjust the Resolution down to 96dpi
- Make sure you have Subpixel (LCD) Smoothing enabled
- Save the preferences
If you also want small fonts on the GDM login window, you can do this:
- Open System->Administration->Login Window
- Select the 'Security' tab
- Click the 'Configure X-Server' button
- Append '-dpi 96' (without quotes) to the text in the 'Command' field
- Reboot the computer.
Intel X3100:
The brightness controls should work out of the box on a fresh install.
Nvidia Quadro N140 and 570M:
With Nvidia Driver 169.07 (2007/12/20) the brightness controls work properly on a Thinkpad T61 with Nvidia Quadro NVS 140M. Please see the section above on installing drivers with the Envy tool above.
Previous Driver: The brightness controls do not work out of the box, however you can switch to a virtual terminal (ctrl+alt+F1) increase or decrease the brightness and then switch back to X (ctrl+alt+F7) without disrupting the running applications (You should save anything open just to be safe). There is a new from nvidia that fixes the brightness-controls. To install this driver use the Envy tool described above.
If brightness buttons do not work (after installing the latest nvidia drivers) you can edit /etc/acpi/thinkpad-brightness-up.sh and /etc/acpi/thinkpad-brightness-down.sh:
Add this line before "exit" in /etc/acpi/thinkpad-brightness-up.sh
echo 4 > /proc/acpi/ibm/cmos
Also insert this line before "exit" in /etc/acpi/thinkpad-brightness-down.sh
echo 5 > /proc/acpi/ibm/cmos
Inextricably Linked to the Modem
Make sure that you have the modem enabled in the BIOS. If it is disabled, you may discover that your audio is also disabled. In this situation, your drivers may still load, but you will get an error message whenever you try to play audio.
Enabling Audio controls
By default, the sound may be disabled and the volume control buttons on the laptop (up by the ThinkVantage button) and the volume control applet (up by the clock) will not control the speaker volume (they actually control the microphone). To fix this:
- Right-click on the volume control applet (by the clock) and select "Open Volume Control"
- In the "Switches" tab, make sure "Headphone" and "Speaker" are both checked.
- Close the Volume control.
- Right-click on the volume control applet again and select "Preferences".
- Make sure the device is set to "HDA Intel (Alsa mixer)" and highlight the "PCM" option.
- Close the preferences.
- Select System->Preferences->Sound.
- In the "Default Mixer Tracks" section, make sure "PCM" is highlighted.
- Close the sound preferences.
You should now hear sound and be able to control the volume using the laptop buttons or volume applet.
A recent BIOS update [1] fixes the mute button, you can then configure it to mute/unmute audio in Keyboard Shortcuts.
The internal microphone is considered a generic capture source and is muted by default. To unmute the microphone:
- Right Click on the volume icon next to the clock and click on "Open Volume Control"
- Click Edit -> Preferences. A list of devices will be displayed, you should check the following (Do not uncheck any existing items):
Internal Mic Input Source Capture
- Click Close and there should be two additional tabs "Recording" and "Options". -
- Click Recording and click on the microphone under the Capture slider so that it no longer has a red line through it.
- Click Options and under capture source select internal mic (This step may not be necessary).
To test your mic using Sound Recorder select Capture as the sound source.
This solution has been tested with Sound Recorder, Akiga, Skype, and OpenWengo.
Sound Cracking
There have been intermittent reports of users experiencing cracking when listening to audio. Here are a few possible solutions:
- Try to switch to the OSS driver in system => preference => sound => devices => Music and movies, select OSS - Open sound system (instead of ALSA)
- If this issue is only occurring for Rhythmbox go to Edit > Preferences > Playback > and Check "Use Crossfading Backend". Restart Rhythmbox and you should have better audio quality.
- Check that the microphone is muted and modify your mixer settings by moving items like PCM down halfway and see if the cracking goes away.
Some users experience hissing during playback, and even when idle. To solve this mute the microphone when it is not in use:
- Run "alsamixer" in the terminal.
- Arrow over to "Mic", and hit "M" to mute.
- Arrow over to the first "Docking", and hit "M" to mute.
- Arrow to the first "Internal", and hit "M" to mute.
Now, make sure that "Headphone" and/or "Speaker" are _not_ muted, and that "PCM" is at a reasonable level (say ~70) so you don't make your ears bleed, and try playing something back. (<Esc> will exit alsamixer)
The modem works with the Linuxant drivers available at http://www.linuxant.com
This does not work in the 64 bit version of ubuntu.
Bluetooth works out of the box. Pressing Fn-F5 once will enable bluetooth, disable wireless, pressing again, enable both and pressing one more time will disable bluetooth.
If you would like to set bluetooth state independently the script below determines the current bluetooth state and toggles the device on or off.
First create a new file named bluetooth-toggle:
# sudo touch /usr/sbin/bluetooth-toggle
Now open a editor:
# sudo gedit /usr/sbin/bluetooth-toggle
Paste the following script:
#!/bin/bash cat /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth | awk '{ print $2 }' | while read line; do if [ $line == "enabled" ]; then echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth else echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth fi break done
Now set the execute permissions:
# sudo chmod +x /usr/sbin/bluetooth-toggle
You can invoke the script out of the console by typing sudo bluetooth-toggle or create a menu icon by using the menu editor under preferences using gksudo bluetooth-toggle as command line.
Fingerprint Reader
The reader works with ThinkFinger. General instructions available here and here. Instructions in French available at http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/materiel/thinkfinger
Note that ThinkFinger in it's current version does not work with KDE and Kubuntu in any way (it crashes KDM and is not integrated at all).
Prebuilt packages are available from jldugger using Launchpad's PPA:
Add the thinkfinger package repository by creating /etc/apt/sources.list.d/thinkfinger.list with these two lines:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/jldugger/ubuntu gutsy main restricted universe multiverse deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/jldugger/ubuntu gutsy main restricted universe multiverse
Then update the package database and install packages:
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install libpam-thinkfinger libthinkfinger-dev libthinkfinger-doc libthinkfinger0 thinkfinger-tools
After the package is installed edit /etc/pam.d/common-auth and replace the line
auth required pam_unix.so nullok_secure
auth sufficient pam_thinkfinger.so auth required pam_unix.so try_first_pass nullok_secure
Edit /etc/modules and add the following line:
Load the module manually for this session:
$ sudo modprobe uinput
- Recording fingerprints works
- Login works
- The password must be entered to unlock a locked screensaver
- sudo works
- gksu and gksudo hang : for example it is necessary to run synaptic twice and enter your password upon failure. To be able to use the Finger print reader in the session subsequently, kill the hanging gksu/gksudo process. A workaround is editing the Gnome System Menu (alacarte) to specify sudo instead of gksu/gksudo for the launching command and choose type "Application in Terminal" : this opens an extra terminal window for each superuser application you want to use though.
Trackpad scrolling
Trackpad scrolling works out of the box in the standard thinkpad way: Slide your finger up and down the very right edge of the trackpad. Note that /etc/X11/xorg.conf will be changed and the edge scrolling will be disabled after running nvidia-xconfig , copy the trackpad section from the backup of xorg.conf
To enable using the middle mouse button to scroll, add the following lines to the "Configured Mouse" section in /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
Option "EmulateWheel" "true" Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
Blank screen fix for intel graphics cards
This fix is for Intel Graphics Cards only.
When resuming from suspend or hibernate, the screen will be black until you switch to a console (ex: Ctrl-Alt-F1) and then back to X (Ctrl-Alt-F7). (Launchpad bug report). To fix this, open (as sudo) /etc/default/acpi-support and find the line:
# DOUBLE_CONSOLE_SWITCH=true
uncomment it so that it says:
and then save and close the file. You may then reboot or just restart ACPI:
sudo /etc/init.d/acpi-support restart sudo /etc/init.d/acpid restart
afterward, the screen should come back properly on resume.
This seem to enable painless suspend/resume for T61 with Intel graphics for most people, but on my newer (April 08) ThinkPad T61 suspend/resume continues to be somewhat unstable: resuming sometimes takes very long time, and I am unable to switch to text console after resume with Ctrl+Alt+F1. To fix that, I had to add acpi_sleep=s2_bios kernel parameter to /boot/grub/menu.lst
How to Suspend with nVidia 140m/570m
The suspend to RAM will work with the nVidia card and the proprietary drivers, but it requires some file editing. It did not work for me out of the box. Using the package manager, download and install the latest nVidia drivers (100.14.19+220.127.116.11-12.4 at time of writing). I also had to use the 2.6.22-12-generic kernel image (the 2.6.22-13 image did not work with this driver --- I'm assuming it has to match wit the nVidia version, but I am not an expert).
Once you have it installed and working, you have to make a change to /etc/default/acpi-support. Open the file in your favorite editor and change the following lines:
$ sudo nano /etc/default/acpi-support
# Should we save and restore state using the VESA BIOS Extensions? SAVE_VBE_STATE=false ... # Should we attempt to warm-boot the video hardware on resume? POST_VIDEO=false ... # Set the following to "platform" if you want to use ACPI to shut down # your machine on hibernation HIBERNATE_MODE=platform
This allowed me to suspend and resume, but after two suspends the wireless wouldn't work anymore. Theoretically, ACPI unloads the network drivers before suspending, but it doesn't seem to work correctly so I added these to the blacklist modules manually (in the same file as above:
# Add modules to this list to have them removed before suspend and reloaded # on resume. An example would be MODULES="em8300 yenta_socket" # # Note that network cards and USB controllers will automatically be unloaded # unless they're listed in MODULES_WHITELIST MODULES="iwl4965 iwlwifi_mac80211 cfg80211"
Your wifi modules may be different. (I have the intel AGN wireless card -- I don't know if these modules are different for other cards.)
Add the s3_mode option to kernel boot parameters (according to Launchpad BUG 139089)
## Add acpi_sleep=s3_mode to kernel boot parameters # defoptions=quiet splash acpi_sleep=s3_mode
Rebuild menu.lst using
$ sudo update-grub
Remove hibernate and uswsusp packages in case they are installed
$ sudo apt-get remove hibernate uswsusp --purge
This allows me to suspend to ram; I haven't had any problems with it so far. I haven't gotten hibernate (suspend to disk) working, so there may be additional things you need to do for that. (I think part of my problem is that I don't have enough swap, but I don't care enough to actually fix it.)
If the system has been left in suspend off for a while, wireless might not reconnect at all (Thinkpad T61 8892-02U). Restarting netapplet solves the problem.
# Add services to this list to stop them before suspend and restart them in # the resume process. STOP_SERVICES="netapplet"
Running both the ACPI daemon and the APM daemon may also cause problems. You may disable the APM daemon by going to the System->Administration->Services. Enter your password if prompted then uncheck "Power Management (apmd)". The service will be disabled the next time you boot your computer.
You may also stop the service manually:
$ sudo /etc/init.d/apmd stop
The fix does not work for me
I have a T61 7664-17U(NVS 140m, 4965agn). The computers suspend, but when it wakes up it hangs up and I have to pull out the battery to restart it. -- also not with s3_mode?
If your screen is black but you can still reboot with ctrl+alt+delete your system resumes but the nvidia graphics chip does not. In this case the following may help (At least for me with T61 6460):
Items that work out of the box
Intel Video: 2D and 3D acceleration works
Nvidia: 2D works, 3D requires the installation of the proprietary drivers
Wireless: Atheros and Intel cards both tested.
Bluetooth: Tested with both a bluetooth headset and an HTC 8525
Network Card Intel 10/100/1000 tested
Firewire Tested with hard drive
Wireless switch
4-in-1 card reader
Headphones You may need to enable Headphone out: Right-click on the volume control and select open volume control. Click the switches tab and then check the headphones box.
Keyboard Shortcuts:
- Fn-PgUp activates/deactivates the thinklight
- Fn-Up will trigger stop on a media player
- Fn-Down will toggle pause and play on a media player
- Fn-Left/Right go to prev/next tracks on a media player
- Fn-F2 properly locks the screen
- Fn-F3 shows remaining battery >>does not work on all machines<<
- Fn-F4 suspends (to ram)
- Fn-F12 hibernates (to disk)
- PrtSc opens the screenshot dialog
Docking Stations:
All docking station models should work and the following features have been tested:
- DVI or Analog video: You can switch to it using "Administration->Screens and Graphics", if you are using the proprietary Nvidia drivers you must use the Nvidia Control Panel.
- Network Pass-through
- Modem Pass-through
- USB ports: Connected upon docking
- PS/2 Ports
Items that don't work
Interrupt problem (PROBABLY SOLVED)
This bug is supposed to be solved by updating the system BIOS to the 2.09-Version (with 1.08 AMT). Still testing...
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/126369
- USB ports can end up temporarily disabled
- Wifi can break
- integrated cardreader can be disabled
- bluetooth can be disabled
- Setting IRQ's to "Auto" from factory default of "11" in the BIOS seems to help some people.
- The two USB ports on the left side of the computer may fail to connect storage devices during a session but will load them at boot up. (SOLVED! with BIOS update 2.09)
- booting with the "irqpoll" option seems to work for some people against the problem that usb-ports stop working.
- GLX (3d graphics) on intel 965 video card is broken: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/120834 (SOLVED! - see section above)
Wireless activity LED
The LED is not implemented in either the IWL4965 or Atheros drivers.
patch posted in this thread works for me on R61 with IWL4965 card.
Power consumption
Gutsy is the first version of Ubuntu to feature a tickless kernel (i386 only, not in AMD64 yet). Power consumption can be monitored using the powertop tool under Ubuntu and using Lenovo battery monitor under Windows.
$ sudo apt-get install powertop $ sudo powertop
I couldn't find any difference in power consumption between the i386 tickless kernel (even with 70ms average sleep in C4) and AMD64 kernel (2ms average sleep in C4). It would be expected that considerably less power would be consumed for the i386 tickless kernel.
There is also a graph available by Right-clicking on the battery icon and selecting Power History.
These are the figures measured on a T61 15.4" 1680x1050 screen 7300 processor (2GHz) 2GB RAM, Intel X3100 graphics with 4965 wifi, Bluetooth and UWB.
|Windows XP Pro, all radios on, about 50% brightness
|Gutsy, all radios on, 50% brightness
|Gutsy, all radios on, 100% brightness
|Gutsy, all radios on, 10% brightness
|Turning the physical radio switch to off on the front reduces power consumption by 1 watt.
Adding the Nvidia card increases the laptops power requirements.
These are the figures measured on a T61 14" 1440x900 screen 2.2ghz Core2Duo 2GB RAM, Nvidia 140m video, IWL4965 wifi and Bluetooth (Disabled):
|Gutsy, all radios on, 50% brightness
|Gutsy, all radios on, 100% brightness
|Gutsy, all radios on, 10% brightness


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Americans Advance To Malolos, March 24-31, 1899
The city of Manila is located in the lower right corner of this 1899 US Army map.
Brig. Gen. Arthur C. MacArthur Jr.'s column advanced along the Manila-Dagupan railway to the north. Malolos, the Filipino capitol, and the capture of Aguinaldo were the prime objectives. But it had to overcome defenses put up by the Filipinos along the way.
The Manila to Dagupan Railway Terminus on Azcarraga St. (now Claro M. Recto Ave.), Manila (also known as the Tutuban Railway Station). Photo was taken in late 1898 or early 1899. The building still stands, although it has been converted into a shopping mall.
US troops starting north via the Manila – Dagupan Railway, 1899.
Original caption: "Members of the Seventeenth Infantry head for action in the Philippine Islands."
Filipino soldiers packed on wagon trains as they head for the war front. [Photo taken in 1899, somewhere in Central Luzon]
March 1899: US-based Munsey's Magazine features General Emilio Aguinaldo, describing him as "The Filipino Dictator" and "Self-appointed President of the Philippine Republic".
General MacArthur's formidable pursuit force consisted of about 12,000 men drawn from the following units:
VOLUNTEER INFANTRY REGIMENTS (8): 1st Montana, 1st Nebraska, 1st South Dakota, 1st Washington, 1st Wyoming, 2nd Oregon, 10th Pensylvania, 13th Minnesota and 20th Kansas.
REGULAR INFANTRY REGIMENTS (3): 17th, 20th and 22nd.
ARTILLERY (3): 3rd (as infantry), 6th and Utah Light.
CAVALRY (1): 4th
The Americans estimated Filipino strength at about 30,000 men.
Battle of The Tuliahan River, March 25-26, 1899
Malabon: American skirmish line, March 25, 1899.
The Battle of the Tuliahan River comprises 6 related engagements: Malabon (March 25-26), parts of Caloocan (March 25), San Francisco del Monte (March 25), Polo (March 25), Malinta (March 26) and Meycauayan (March 26).
Ten US regiments were engaged. At Malabon, the Americans suffered 16 killed and 130 wounded; the Filipinos lost 125 men killed and 500 wounded.
Utah Light Battery firing on Malabon
On March 25, the Americans advanced towards Malabon (near Caloocan). Describing their adventures in Malabon, Anthony Michea of the Third Artillery wrote: "We bombarded a place called Malabon, and then we went in and killed every native we met, men, women, and children. It was a dreadful sight, the killing of the poor creatures. The natives captured some of the Americans and literally hacked them to pieces, so we got orders to spare no one."
Original caption: "Hotchkiss Quick Firing Gun shelling Filipinos as they were leaving Malabon, March 26, 1899"
Filipinos KIA at Malabon
Filipinos KIA at Malabon
Dead Filipino at Malabon
Original caption: "Sadness in victory – our 'Boys' caring for dying Insurgents – Battlefield of Malabon, P.I."
More Filipino wounded at Malabon
American photographer's caption: "On the road to Malabon. Huts that had to be burned to keep natives from re-entering the same and doing a bushwhacking." US army commissary wagons are seen on the right half of the photo.
March 25-26, 1899: Bridge at Malabon showing span blown out by Filipinos
Peter MacQueen, correspondent of The National Magazine, covered the Malabon battle. PHOTO was taken at Malabon, March 26, 1899.
SAME SCENE AS PRECEDING PHOTO. Peter MacQueen and an American soldier enjoy a meal on a bamboo table. This Filipino family was displaced by the fighting. Note the white flag of truce they had put up.
Malabon: Filipino prisoners; these men appear to be innocent non-combatants.
Malabon: Filipino prisoners captured by the 2nd Oregon Volunteers
The Atlanta Constitution of Georgia, USA, issue of March 27, 1899, reports on American victories at Malabon, Polo and Malinta
Filipinos destroying the railway between Polo and Meycauayan towns, Bulacan Province
A white US soldier wrote home: "The weather is intensely hot, and we are all tired, dirty and hungry, so we have to kill niggers whenever we have a chance, to get even for all our trouble."
March 1899: Troops of the 3rd US Infantry Regiment resting near Malinta, Bulacan Province
March 26, 1899: US troops at Malinta, Bulacan Province
March 26, 1899: Col. John M. Stotsenburg, 1st Nebraska Volunteers, conferring with his officers. He would die in combat a month later at Quingua, Bulacan Province.
March 26, 1899: Dead Filipino at Malinta, Bulacan Province.
March 26, 1899: Wounded Filipino POWs at Malinta, Bulacan Province
Original caption: "Signal corps operating on the field, P.I."
General MacArthur's orderly, Valentine (on horseback), receiving message from a signal corpsman instructing advance on the Tuliahan River, March 1899.
Filipinos lie where they fell near the Tuliahan River, March 1899
Filipino killed by shrapnel, 1899
Original caption: "Have you a pass? Scene on the firing line, P.I."
Filipino prisoners being brought into the American encampment, March 1899.
Original caption: "Filipino prisoners and their captor." Photo taken in 1899, location not specified.
1899: U.S. soldiers and Filipino POWs gather on Postigo Street near the Manila Cathedral, Intramuros district, Manila.
; the dome of the Manila Cathedral is visible in the background." title="The Filipino POWs in preceding photo march out of Intramuros through the Postigo del Palacio ("Postern of the Palace"); the dome of the Manila Cathedral is visible in the background.">
The Filipino POWs in preceding photo march out of Intramuros through the Postigo del Palacio ("Postern of the Palace"); the dome of the Manila Cathedral is visible in the background.
Postigo del Palacio today: the pathway leading from the gate has been covered over by parts of a golf course. The dome of the Manila Cathedral is seen in the background.
Company H, 2nd Oregon Volunteers, drawn up in front of the Postigo del Palacio, Manila, 1899.
Filipino troops retreating from Americans; photo taken in 1899, location unspecified
Filipino civilians with flag of truce; photo taken in 1899, location unspecified
Original caption: "Amigos coming in from the insurrecto's line." Photo taken in 1899, location unspecified
Original caption: "How the Twentieth Kansas boys were met by conquered natives, Philippine Islands." Photo was taken in 1899.
Two mortally terrified Filipino women are being brought in for interrogation. Photo was taken in 1899, location unspecified. The Manila correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger reported, �Our men have been relentless, have killed to exterminate men, women, children, prisoners and captives, active insurgents and suspected people from lads up to 10, the idea prevailing that the Filipino was not much better than a dog . . .� (In Cabugao, Ilocos Sur, on June 21, 1900, five US soldiers —-John Wagner, Edward Walpole, Harry Dennis and John Allance and a Private Meeks—-who were sickened by the atrocities perpetrated by their fellow Americans, deserted to the Filipino side; on Nov. 25, 1900, in the same town, another American, Private William Hyer, joined the Filipinos).
The Bulletin of San Francisco, California, in its March 27, 1899 issue, reports imminent capture of Emilio Aguinaldo. The Filipino leader was actually captured nearly two years later, on March 23, 1901
Battle of Marilao River, March 27, 1899
Colorized photo of Filipino POWs at Marilao
General Pantaleon Garcia (RIGHT) came down from Dagupan, Pangasinan Province, by train with about 1,000 riflemen and 4,000 bolo men, and took positions at Marilao.
On March 27, 1899, seven US regiments assaulted Garcia's entrenchments. The 1st South Dakota Volunteers and the 3rd US Artillery, acting as infantry, were thrown forward.
The South Dakotas charged across an open space on the east of the railway to the edge of some woods. They lost 10 killed and 11 wounded, including 3 lieutenants.
The 3rd US Artillery charged on the edge of the railroad and lost 2 killed and 7 wounded.
On the left the Filipinos in a trench east of the Marilao river offered a stubborn resistance. But they were soon forced to retreat.
Overall, American losses were 14 killed and 65 wounded. Filipino losses were 90 killed and 30 taken prisoner.
1st Nebraskans resting along the railroad line near Marilao, March 27, 1899.
The Atlanta Constitution, in its March 28, 1899 issue, reports stiff resistance put up by the Filipinos
Americans Close In On Malolos, March 29-31, 1899
Bocaue burns
On March 29, Brig. Gen. Arthur C. MacArthur, Jr. advanced to Bocaue, and at 11:45 am he advanced toward Bigaa (now Balagtas), and at 3:15 pm he turned toward Guiguinto, 3 1/2 miles (6 km) from Malolos. There was some fierce fighting in the afternoon. Troops crossed the river at Guiguinto by working artillery over the railroad bridge by hand and swimming mules against fierce resistance.
Original caption: "For the Stars and Stripes! Death in the ranks of the Kansans" [Photo was taken in 1899, somewhere in Central Luzon]
Original caption: "A 'hot time' on the firing line — the famous 20th Kansas in action". [Photo was taken in 1899, somewhere in Central Luzon]
Filipinos in their trenches
Americans carrying a dead comrade from the battlefield, somewhere in Central Luzon Island, 1899.
Original caption: "Work of the Kansas boys." A Kansas soldier wrote, "The country won�t be pacified until the niggers are killed off like the Indians." [Photo was taken in 1899, somewhere in Central Luzon Island]
Ellis G. Davis, Company A, 20th Kansas Volunteers:
"They will never surrender until their whole race is exterminated. They are fighting for a good cause, and the Americans should be the last of all nations to transgress upon such rights. Their independence is dearer to them than life, as ours was in years gone by, and is today. They should have their independence, and would have had it if those who make the laws in America had not been so slow in deciding the Philippine question. Of course, we have to fight now to protect the honor of our country but there is not a man who enlisted to fight these people, and should the United States annex these islands, none but the most bloodthirsty will claim himself a hero. This is not a lack of patriotism, but my honest belief."
Original caption: "Burial of the enemy." [Photo was taken in 1899, somewhere in Central Luzon]
Cpl. Robert D. Maxwell, Company A, 20th Kansas Volunteers:
"Sometimes we stopped to make sure a native was dead and not lying down to escape injury. Some of them would fall as though dead and, after we had passed, would climb a tree and shoot every soldier that passed that way. Even the wounded would rise up and shoot after we passed. This led to an order to take no prisoners, but to shoot all."
American soldiers fording a river. Photo was taken in 1899, somewhere in Central Luzon.
Troop B, 4th U.S. Cavalry Regiment, crossing over pontoon bridge somewhere in Central Luzon. The troop commander was 1Lt. Samuel Rutherford. Photo was taken in 1899.
American troops are conveyed upstream into the interior of Luzon by an armored steam launch, navy boats, and "cascos" (Filipino house boats), 1899.
US troops taking guns across the Bigaa River on the bridge constructed by their engineering battalion
March 29, 1899: 20th Kansas Volunteer Infantry Regiment in action against Filipinos at Bigaa
March 29, 1899: Wounded Filipino POWs at Bigaa, Bulacan Province
March 29, 1899: American soldiers bringing Filipino POWs across the Bigaa River.
March 29, 1899: Filipino prisoners at Bigaa, Bulacan Province
Issue dated March 29, 1899
American author J.D. Givens's caption: "Carrying tenderly those who have tried to slay us". American soldiers load a wounded Filipino POW onto a train. [Photo was taken in 1899, somewhere in Central Luzon]
American photographer's caption: "Died in action. These words are simple, but they speak volumes. They tell the sublimest act of one's life; of his death for his country. The view of the battle field strewn with dead. The central figure is that of a hero as he died defending his country's honor". [Photo was taken in 1899, somewhere in Central Luzon]
20th Kansas Volunteers attend to a wounded comrade. [Photo was taken in 1899, somewhere in Central Luzon]
US troops returning with their dead and wounded. [Photo was taken in 1899, somewhere in Central Luzon]
Americans conveying their dead from the battlefield. [Photo was taken in 1899, somewhere in Central Luzon]
Americans transporting a wounded Filipino. [Photo was taken in 1899, somewhere in Central Luzon]
13th Minnesota Volunteers, 1899
Original caption: "This is an army supply train en route to Malolos. The wagons are hauled by a species of buffalo peculiar to the Philippines. It is a patient animal somewhat livelier than the American ox. It does the hard labor of the islands." Photo was taken in late March 1899.


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Mom Charged after Toddler Drinks Vodka from Sippy Cup at High School Game
CONNEAUT, Ohio (CBS NEWS) -- An Ohio woman has been charged with child endangerment after she sneaked a sippy cup of vodka into a high school football game and her toddler son drank from it and became ill.
Thirty-year-old Andrea Mucciarone pleaded not guilty to the misdemeanor charge Tuesday in Conneaut Municipal Court.
The public defender assigned to represent Mucciarone said Wednesday he had no comment.
Police say Mucciarone brought the sippy cup and her 23-month-old son to a Conneaut High School football game Oct. 28 and a relative later noticed something wrong with the boy when he couldn't stand up. Police were called to a hospital where the toddler was treated.
Conneaut's police chief says the toddler has been placed in the custody of a relative.
Conneaut is about 70 miles east of Cleveland.


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The English Reformation produced the Book of Common Prayer and the Thirty-nine Articles of Religion as its foundational documents. Both represent the more Reformed (as opposed to Lutheran) phase of the English reformation, though they are closer to patristic and medieval traditions than most Reformed documents are.
Archbishop Cranmer believed that he had to reform the worship, doctrine, and discipline of the church. The Prayer Book represents reformed worship, and the Articles contain reformed doctrine. Yet Cranmer's reformed discipline failed to gain parliamentary approval, and that failure was a factor that led to the rise of puritanism.
The first Book of Common Prayer appeared in 1549. It contained services for daily worship, both morning and evening, and forms for the administration of baptism and the Lord's Supper, along with other ceremonies that were used less often. The services were full of biblical phrases and imagery, and English people absorbed a considerable knowledge of Scripture from the Prayer Book, which was often repeated and easily memorized. The most important service was the one for the Lord's Supper. Cranmer used traditional medieval English liturgies like the Sarum rite ("Sarum" is Latin for the town of Salisbury, in southern England), a liturgy drawn from Norman, Anglo-Saxon, and Roman traditions in the eleventh century. Cranmer restructured the old liturgies, however, in order to bring out the centrality of justification by faith alone. The communicant's attention was directed away from the consecration of the bread and wine, which recalled the Roman Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation, and refocused on his spiritual state, in line with Reformed teaching.
In order to reach the widest audience with the least resistance, Cranmer was careful not to break too obviously with tradition, and although the doctrines of the Reformers were clearly stated in the Prayer Book, traditionalist Catholics could still use the new rites. Cranmer had to move on, and in 1552, with some help from Martin Bucer and John Knox, he brought out a much more radically Protestant Prayer Book. What this meant can be seen in the revision of the words used in the administration of Holy Communion. In 1549, the minister said: "The body of our Lord Jesus Christ which was given for thee preserve thy body and soul unto everlasting life." This did not make it clear whether the bread being given to the recipient was transubstantiated or not. But in 1552 the words were changed to: "Take and eat this in remembrance that Christ died for thee, and feed on him in thy heart by faith, with thanksgiving." Here what the communicant received was bread, and he was told to reflect on the presence of Christ in his heart.
In 1559, the 1552 Prayer Book was brought back after Queen Mary banned it, with some modifications. In the example given above, both sentences were included, making the words of administration very long. This was a concession to traditionalist sentiment, but it was Protestantism that predominated, and when the Prayer Book was revised again in 1662 this was reinforced. American readers need to realize that, although the 1662 Prayer Book is the classic Anglican form that is still used in England, it was replaced in the United States (in 1786) by a form that was closer to the 1549 book. As a result, the American Episcopalian liturgical tradition is more "catholic" and "high church" than its English counterpart.
Until the liturgical reforms of the mid-twentieth century, most Anglicans used the 1662 Prayer Book as a matter of course. Its language and its doctrines penetrated deep into the psyches of the English-speaking peoples, and its power to win souls for Christ is widely attested. Charles Simeon, the great evangelical leader of the early nineteenth century, was converted by reading it in preparing himself to receive communion. The warnings against unworthy reception that the Prayer Book contains went straight to his heart. Simeon repented as the Prayer Book urged him to do, and he gave his life to Christ. In Africa and Asia today, the strength of the Anglican churches there is partly due to the translations of the 1662 Prayer Book, which do not sound archaic in the way that the original English version now does. Tragically, it seems that the current spiritual lethargy of Anglicanism in the English-speaking world is connected to the demise of the Prayer Book since the 1960s. However, there is still a faithful remnant that keeps its witness alive, both in the traditional 1662 form and in modern-language adaptations, and there are signs that a spiritual renewal may be developing that will influence the Anglican Communion in the next generation.
The Thirty-nine Articles are usually printed with the 1662 Prayer Book, but they have a different history. There were forty-two of them in 1552, when Archbishop Cranmer gave them to the church. A revision was made in 1559–63 by some of Cranmer's disciples, and the number was reduced to thirty-nine, though this was not achieved simply by leaving three of the older articles out. They were rearranged, expanded in some places, and abridged in others, though it must be said that Cranmer's articles on the millennium, originally designed to counter the Anabaptists, were omitted in the 1563 version. The Articles were given official status by King Charles I in 1628; since then they have been the accepted doctrinal standards of the Church of England. Other Anglican churches have received them to a greater or lesser degree, sometimes with revisions, as happened in the United States (1801). But not all Anglican churches recognize them, and it has to be said that most Anglicans today are scarcely aware of their existence. Even the clergy have seldom studied them, and only evangelicals now take them seriously as doctrine.
The Articles are not a comprehensive systematic theology in the way that the Westminster Confession is, but they do address questions of theological controversy in a systematic way. In that sense, they are more advanced than earlier Protestant doctrinal statements. They start with the doctrine of God, go on to list the canon of Scripture, and then get into more controversial subjects. Justification by faith alone is clearly stated, and there is also a clear defense of predestination. The sacraments are numbered as two only, and they are defined as witnesses to the Gospel. Towards the end there are articles defining the powers of the civil magistrate, along with one that sanctions the two books of Homilies, collections of sermons in which the doctrines of the Articles and Prayer Book are more fully expounded. The Homilies are almost unknown today, but they have recently been reprinted, and this may lead to a renewal of interest in them.
The Westminster divines realized that the Articles were products of their time and needed supplementing even in the mid-seventeenth century, and few voices would dissent from that judgment today. What the Articles say is fair enough, but they need to be developed further if their doctrine is going to be appreciated and used in the modern church. Whether this can be done in the current state of the Anglican Communion is doubtful, but the Articles remain a touchstone of Reformed Anglicans, and perhaps their brief and judicious statements will one day gain them greater acceptance within the wider Reformed community.


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Sure it wasn't Aftermath? I know I sometimes confuse the two..ReplyDelete
You mean the Morrow Project Limited Edition Box Set?ReplyDelete
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""The year is 1989. As the civilized countries of the world exchange gifts of nuclear missiles, the small volunteer population of the Morrow Project sleep far away from the blossoming nuclear fireballs in a deep dreamless winter. These few people, long prepared for the holocaust which rages around them, await the time when their ever-watchful machines will awaken them. They expect the time of their cold sleep to be a mere three or four years but everything had gone well right up to the war and it was now that the infamous Murphy shifted the gears. The "cryonauts" sleep on for one hundred and fifty years before their delinquent machines finally restore them. One hundred and fifty years of eroding culture and technology; one hundred and fifty years of fall-out boosted mutations; one hundred and fifty years of dog-eat-dog survival." Contains : The Morrow Project Rules Liberation at Riverton G.M. 's screen"
It was available at the the dragon's hoard( recently, but it's now out of stock. :-(
When was that boxed set released?
According to this link the limited edition boxed set was only published in the UK in '89:ReplyDelete
I had the boxed set.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 7, 2011 at 2:00 PM
It was printed in 1989 by Flying Buffalo: http://www.thesupplybunker.net/history-4.htmReplyDelete
Beaten to it. :-)ReplyDelete
Thanx. B. Portly Esq. for answering James' question so quickly.
I buy International on occasion, and happened to see it when I finally found a great copy of the D&D Fantasy Adventure Boardgame.(Inexplicably sold only in Europe!)
Picture of front and back cover available here: http://rpggeek.com/images/rpgitem/56437/the-morrow-project-boxReplyDelete
The RPGGeek images are scans of the box that is sitting on the shelf behind me. So, yes, there is at least one box set in this universe :-)ReplyDelete
My copy of the box set came with the rules, the GM's screen and a copy of Liberation at Riverton. It's just a pity the box was so flimsy.ReplyDelete
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Two faculty from the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, associate professor Debdeep Jena and research associate professor Thomas Pratt, have each received Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) grants from the Department of Defense for 2012, totaling more than $650,000.
Highly competitive awards, DURIP grants enable the purchase of state-of-the-art equipment, which augments the University's abilities to perform fundamental cutting-edge research and accelerates research progress for the next generation of engineers and scientists in defense-critical fields.
Jena, who serves as principal investigator along with John Cardinal O'Hara, C.S.C., Associate Professor Huili (Grace) Xing, co-investigator, and a number of senior investigators in the electronic materials and devices group at Notre Dame, will receive $400,000 for the purchase of a chemical beam epitaxy system for the growth of complex oxide materials and heterostructures. The system will help the researchers better understand complex oxide crystals, how they are developed and how to best create them, in order to design new materials that will enable smaller, faster and more energy-efficient electronic, optical and magnetic devices. The team will be able to see and study the nature of chemical bonds that lead to specific material properties, which can then be exploited for electronic devices.
A faculty member since 2003, Jena's research focuses on the growth and properties of III-V semiconductors and their application in high-speed electronic devices and optoelectronic devices. His group also investigates and develops nanostructured semiconducting materials such as graphene, nanowires and nanocrystals for device applications. Their experimental work is driven by theoretical underpinning of charge, heat and spin transport in nanomaterials.
Jena is the author of several journal publications, including articles in Science, Physical Review Letters, and Electron Device Letters. He received the National Science Foundation's CAREER award in 2007 and the University's Edmund P. Joyce award for excellence in undergraduate teaching in 2010.
Pratt will receive $257,670 for equipment to build-up a Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output (MIMO) Radio Frequency (RF) channel emulation system to recreate complex wireless propagation channels. The system, which will include an Agilent Technologies channel emulator and signal generators, will enable testing and evaluation of wireless technologies and will be used in a study for the Navy to investigate power-efficient wireless communications technologies for expeditionary forces.
A 1985 Notre Dame graduate who returned to the University in 2008, Pratt's research focuses on physical layer issues associated with wireless communications, radar and RF sensor systems, especially technologies that leverage dual-polarized and multiple-antenna architectures. Prior to his appointment at Notre Dame, Pratt was a principal research engineer at the Georgia Tech Research Institute, where he had conducted systems research associated with RF and communications systems for more than 23 years.
Pratt holds a patent on signal processing for GSM receivers and has three patents pending associated with multi-port adaptive transmission, interference suppression algorithms and polarization-based sensing, respectively. In addition, he has authored or coauthored more than 100 reports and publications and is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
More than 700 proposals requesting $226 million were received, identifying projects from advancements in surface chemistry and physics to neuroscience, robotics, environmental engineering, electronics and more. Approximately 190 of those proposals were funded, with award amounts ranging from $50,000 to $1.9 million.
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Grooveshark, a popular but legally questionable streaming music service, is now being sued by all four major record labels.
EMI, the only major label that licenses its music to Grooveshark, has sued the music site's parent company Escape Media Group claiming a breach of contract, saying the company hasn't made any royalty payments or provided accounting statements, The New York Times reports. Meanwhile, Universal Music Group, Sony Music, and Warner Music Group are all suing Grooveshark for copyright infringement.
Groovesharkoffers free streaming music on demand through a Web app with no limits and no login required. That makes it different from services like Spotify, MOG, and Rdio, which impose limits on their free offerings. (Spotify offers unlimited access for six months, but then enforces a cap of ten hours per month and five plays per unique track.) Grooveshark claims to have 30 million monthly active users.
Unlike competing services that license their music from the start, Grooveshark built its music library through users, who can upload their own tracks and listen to any songs that other users have uploaded. Grooveshark says it responds to takedown requests, but would rather pay artists through licensing deals than remove music.
Still, this approach of offering the music first, then circling back to make licensing agreements has drawn the ire of most major record labels. In 2010, Apple and Google removed Grooveshark's app from their respective app stores following complaints from Universal Music Group. Universal sued late last year, with Sony and Warner eventually joining the lawsuit. EMI made a deal with Grooveshark after settling its own copyright infringement claim.
Grooveshark told Times that the EMI lawsuit is "a contract dispute that we expect to resolve," but it doesn't look good when the only participating major label is taking matters to court. Enjoy the free music while it lasts.
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The Characters:
David - He is the son of the tribe's religious sham man, and he kills his hypocritical father, but he repents. So, it's all good.
Sarah - She is way too skinny. Imagine if Calista Flockhart was made into a mummy after dying of malnutrition. Yeah, that skinny.
Joshua - Somehow this kid got through high school without learning that you never tell the big mutant freak senior how much you enjoy banging his ex-girlfriend.
Elizabeth - Is that a leg warmer on her head?
Vincent - He was born 150 years too late to join the KKK. Not that he acts racist; it's just that he fits my mental profile.
WARNING: The following description is likely to cause distress in any person who suffers from delusions that they really are Charlie Brown.
Heather - She pops like a ripe zit! Darn it, why isn't her name Mary? Everybody knows about Bloody Marys, but who has ever heard of a Bloody Heather?
Judith - She looks to have both Filipino and Chinese heritage, which explains why her slaps make those whacky kung fu sounds that are not quite in sync with her hand making contact against Neil's face.
Neil - He has a streak of jealousy a mile wide, heals faster than Wolverine, looks worse than Brundlefly, and wears a ridiculous little top knot in his hair like Debbie Gibson did during the '80s. Who dreamt up this character?
The Plot:
There was an amusing moment the first time that I watched this movie. It happened about thirty minutes into the film, as the teenagers awkwardly engaged in drinking, socializing, and sexual exploration. I had already had enough of the film by this point, and was so exasperated with the script's focus that I suddenly groused, "What the f**k? Did Larry Clark direct this? Wait, he did? Really? Who thought that was a good idea?"
Friends, the
original version
of this story does have some problems, but they pale in comparison to the remake. This steaming pile of offal is aggravating to the extreme. Let me tell you why, and be warned that there will be a lot of words that look like this: f**k.
Many, many words that look like f**k.
David and his friends are members of a small tribe that somehow survived the environmental calamities that destroyed our present civilization. The tribe is ruled by David's father, who uses a mixture of good old-fashioned fire-and-brimstone evangelism to keep the unwashed masses in check. All of the tribe's teenagers are filled with resentment and angst (more so than regular teenagers), because the tribal laws are onerous, especially the one forbidding sexual activity. David is particularly troubled, because his father picked Sarah to be the newest holy concubine of the apocalypse. "Hold on, God's message is that my girlfriend has to wrestle your turtle-necked bishop? Gee thanks, dad."
You are correct in thinking that David has some misgivings about his father's ministry. The whole thing is resolved when the teenager slays his father by stabbing him in the eye with a wooden cross. The adults sentence David to death, but the other teenagers set him free. All of the kids run away into the desolate wilderness. They discover a ruined city (Seattle, I believe) just before a post-apocalyptic mega sandstorm hits without warning. Caught outside, the teenagers are almost certainly doomed.
Has anyone else ever noticed that after the end of the world it never just drizzles? If it is not just another day after the apocalypse, then the chance of a sandstorm created by hurricane force winds, a forty below blizzard, or an acid rain thunderstorm with hut-destroying lightning is nearly 100%.
In short: after Armageddon, nobody gives a f**k about umbrellas. Does that make you happy?
The sandstorm does not turn David and his friends into piles of white bones. They unexpectedly wake up in a postmodern studio apartment, where they meet Neil and Judith, the spoiled twentysomethings who saved the dazed teenagers from certain death. The futuristic residence is actually a bunker that is filled with all sorts of comforts and excesses that the caveteenagers never imagined, including the two occupants.
Neil and Judith are delighted that they have met some naive teenagers who have never experienced nudity, binge drinking, drug use, and sex. The teenagers are delighted by the fruit that was always forbidden by their elders, but which is now being encouraged by the slightly older (actually much older; I'll explain shortly) mentors. With the exception of David and Sarah, all of the kids are soon having sex. Oddly, the teenage boys all think that f***ing is the bee's knees, whilst the teenage girls are more hesitant and less satisfied with the results. The scene comes across as extremely creepy to me. Heather saying, "I'm going to tell my mom." right before her deflowering made me throw my hands in the air. Who wrote this, and why didn't they grow up with the rest of us?
The script is f***ing retarded, right? I mean, it's not just me who thinks this, right? Right?
Judith and Neil are not just a pair of swank twentysomethings. They are both more than a hundred years old! They survived the apocalypse that destroyed the old world because they are superhuman freaks created by genetic tampering. They never age, they heal almost instantly, and their various senses are far more sensitive than yours or mine. For decades the two have been living in the lap of luxury, and wallowing in self-pity. Until they discovered the teenagers, Judith and Neil believed that they were the last humans left on Earth.
The immortally irresponsible young adults want more out of the teenagers than just casual relief from their eternal f***ing boredom. They want to make more superhumans. Elizabeth finds out the hard way that becoming permanent is not without its perils. She does not know why her body hurts so much. Judith and Neil do, because Neil infected the frightened girl with the superhuman virus when they had sex. The genetic mutation is a venereal disease! Unfortunately, if it does not turn the person into a superhuman, well...the result is bad. Elizabeth
. Heather suffers the same fate shortly thereafter.
So, you either become f***ing immortal or you turn into a messy f***ing failure.
There is also a permanent downside of becoming a superhuman, and that is a stress-driven effect (like the Hulk) that temporarily turns the person into a bumpy killer mutant. Neil suffers from these lapses quite often, because he is a jealous f**k, and Judith's bedroom romps make him f***ing angry. Another thing that makes Neil angry is when Judith spits in his face and screams how much she hates him, how she has hated him for years, and that she will always hate him (their relationship does have some problems). When Neil gets angry he transforms into the bumpy Hulk.
Have you noticed a whole lot of f**k in this review? I am doing that to make a point, and the point is more than just "I hate this f***ing film." The dialog in "Teenage Caveman" is terrible. Every other word is "f**k," "f***ing," or some other derivative. F**k is a substitute for any sort of competent screenwriting, social commentary, and acting; heck, it even replaces small talk.
Halfway through the film I began to wonder just how many times the characters said "f**k." I thought about starting over to count them, but realized that meant watching forty minutes of absolute garbage all over again. F**k that.
It does not take long for Neil's bumpy Hulk episodes to kill off some more people. David gets infected with the superhuman mutant VD after Judith tricks him into having sex with her by using her 1337 sexual doppelganger skillz or some other such nonsense. Then Neil puts his arm inside Judith. I mean that in the way that signifies death (even for a superhuman) from massive trauma, not in the way that appears way too often on the Internet. So, the only three people left are David, Sarah, and Neil. Both of the men turn into bumpy mutant Hulks to fight over who gets to f**k Sarah until she either becomes immortal or a messy stain on the carpet.
The battle between mutant David and mutant Neil looks more like a boxing match between acromegalic geriatrics whose combination of Tourette's and Alzheimer's makes them yell, "F**k!" each time they are hit or throw a punch (I shudder that I might have just given some rogue designer an idea for a Wii game). I suffered through the whole bout with a smile on my face. One of them had to win, and when they did, the movie was finally going to end.
If you ask me, this movie should have ended half a f***ing hour ago.
Catch May Movie Fever!
Things I Learned From This Movie:
God hates fart jokes.
Greater love hath no man than to b***h slap his brother man, man.
Penthouse forum is a reading primer.
Heaven is filled with Ferraris and supermarkets.
The problem with "f**k" is that it makes 70% of the rest of the English language superfluous.
Cocaine causes premature ejaculation.
Not f***king listening will get you f***ing killed.
The only thing more pitiful than two drunks talking about women is the fool filming them.
There are a whole lot of items that should never come into contact with your spine. A vacuum cleaner is one of them.
Stuff To Watch For:
Opening Credits - Lou, this film stinks. Are you sure that you're not adopted?
5 mins - I see that the Baptists have not changed a whole lot since the world went to Hell. That's funny, because I always imagined them standing around, pointing at everyone and yelling, "I told you so!" after the party is all over.
16 mins - "I am like totally not going back."
23 mins - RANDOM GRATUITOUS BREAST SHOT!
23 mins - And
24 mins - And
24 mins - Yes, it's a veritable bevy of boobies right now.
26 mins - Gawk! Didn't need that!
32 mins - It is official: I hate this movie.
33 mins - Not another pasty white man ass! Noooooooooooo!
35 mins - RANDOM GRATUITOUS BREAST SHOT!
39 mins - Thank GOD for that bottle. THANK GOD.
40 mins - In case you are wondering, the only thing going through my mind is, "When will this f***ing movie be over?"
76 mins - When will this f***ing movie be over?
86 mins - F**k!
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Starving actors speak out
David's Father: "You learned to read so that you could fill your head with this s**t? Huh? This is the old world, and it's gone! God destroyed them for their sins. Is that what you want, huh? You want to die like that?"
Neil: "We were students at the university. The research scientists knew the weather was going to change forever, before the public did, so they recruited kids for medical experiments. We'd all done it before: sleep deprivation, ESP studies - it was easy money. This time was different though. It was genetic engineering. They were trying to find a way to ah...improve people so they would be able to survive what was coming."
Judith: "How old do you think I am?"
David: "About twenty-one, twenty-two..."
Judith: "I was born a hundred and twenty years ago."
This is what a bunch of drunk teenagers sound like when they try to have sex.
Neil: "Oh, I see. I'm supposed to just sit there and not react. After the past ninety years I'm supposed to just sit there with a s**t-eating grin on my face, you f***ing b***h, and listen to some cave boy talk about f***ing you?"
Judith: "Are you f***ing jealous? Is that what this is? You disgust me!"
Judith's Hand: **SMACK**
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Doghouse Gifts
Right before Christmas someone showed me a commercial, the premise of which was that men had to be very careful about the gifts they gave women because the wrong gift would land them in the doghouse. Apparently, demeaning, degrading gifts like household appliances or diet aids were the worst and the only foolproof gift a man could give was jewelry. This got me thinking about what kind of gift my husband could possibly give me that would merit that kind of reproof.
My husband is very sweet and thoughtful and tries to give me gifts that he knows will please me. So when he gave me a washer and dryer, I didn't feel that he was demeaning me, assuming that my only job in life was to wash his underwear. On the contrary, I was thrilled! It's a fact of life that I do the laundry in our home and to finally replace the machines that I've cursed for the last ten years was a huge blessing to me.
Likewise, when my son-in-law gave my daughter a treadmill for Valentine's Day, not only was he not in the doghouse, he was king of the day! His message was not "I'm skipping chocolates and giving you a treadmill because you really need to do something about your figure." Quite the contrary. He knew that she doesn't love chocolate and she really wanted to master treadmill dancing. His gift probably got him almost smothered in kisses.
So, what would get my husband sent to the doghouse? Hmmmm. A new lawnmower? I'm not about to start mowing the lawn. But if it made my husband happier, a happy husband is a good gift. And I could always balance it out by buying him a new sewing machine.
A gift that is always appreciated is pound cake. Especially when it's peppered with luscious, ripe blueberries. I know it's not blueberry season just yet (it snowed here yesterday!), so you'll have to tuck this recipe into a safe spot and bring it out again when fresh berries show up in the grocery store, the farmer's market, or better yet, your own bush!
Blueberry-Lime Poundcake
8 oz. (1 cup) unsalted butter, softened
10-1/2 oz. (2-1/3 cups) all-purpose flour
1-1/2 tsp. baking power
1/4 tsp. plus 1/8 tsp. salt
1-3/4 cups granulated sugar
2 tsp. finely grated lime zest
6 oz. cream cheese, softened
4 large eggs plus 1 large egg yolk, at room temperature
2-1/2 cups room-temperature blueberries (about 13 oz.), washed and drained on paper towels
4 oz. (1 cup) confectioners' sugar
2 Tbs. fresh lime juice; more as needed
1- Preheat oven to 350 deg. F. with a rack in the center of the oven. Butter and flour a 12-cup Bundt cake pan.
2- Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt into a medium bowl. Set aside.
3- Place the sugar and lime zest into a food processor and pulse 20 times. If you don't have a food processor, you can omit this step and just work the zest into the sugar with your hands.
4- With an electric mixer, beat the butter and cream cheese at medium speed until smooth, about 1 minute.
5- Add the sugar mixture and continue to beat until the mixture is light and fluffy, an additional 1 to 2 minutes.
6- With the mixer running, add the eggs and egg yolk, one at a time, beating well after each addition, and stopping the mixer to scrape down the sides as necessary.
7- Reduce the mixer speed to low and slowly add the flour mixture. Scrape down the bowl and beat at medium speed for about 20 seconds.
8- With a rubber spatula, gently fold in the blueberries.
9- Pour the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top with a spatula. Run a knife through the batter or gently tap the pan on the counter to eliminate any air pockets. Bake 50-55 minutes, until a cake tester comes out clean.
10- Set the pan on a wire rack to cool for 10 minutes, then remove the cake from the pan and let it cool on the rack to room temperature.
11- To glaze the cake, combine the confectioner's sugar and lime juice. Whisk until the mixture is smooth and runny, adding more lime juice if necessary. Pour the glaze over the cake and allow it to set before cutting.
Note: as you can see from the photos, I skipped the glaze and the cake was still wonderful!
8 comments:
That looks so delicious! Certainly will have to try it when blueberry season comes around. It would be a perfect treat for my reading group. :D
- March 14, 2012 at 10:10 AM
- Holiday Baker Man said...
Looks awesome!
- March 14, 2012 at 12:12 PM
- Adam said...
I always find that I'm reluctant to give gifts that people "need" much prefering to give the gifts that people want, but sometimes they are one in the same. I often try to offset a new set of cookware (work) with something fun.. even though the cookware would be considered a great gift. (But I'm weird :)).
The cake looks awesome, and blueberries are on sale this week. Though it will necessitate me picking up a new pan (sweeeeet! :))
- March 15, 2012 at 11:58 AM
- grace said...
all men desire sewing machines, don't they? :)
this looks terrific, lynn. moist, yet still sturdy and full of berries!
- March 17, 2012 at 9:42 AM
- Grandma Kat @ Easy Recipes Land said...
This is a recipe I know my family is just going to love.
Thanks for posting it!
Grandma Kat
- March 20, 2012 at 2:54 PM
those colours drive you madly in love!
- March 27, 2012 at 2:28 PM
- Barbara said...
Have found the debate on gifts from husbands quite entertaining actually. A lawnmower would definitely be doghouse material! :)
Love this cake...
- April 2, 2012 at 4:41 AM
- Unknown said...
That's such a gorgeous cake. YUM!
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Researchers design self-test for memory disorders
A self-administered test to screen for early dementia could help speed the diagnosis and subsequent treatment of memory disorders, including Alzheimer's disease. It could also provide health care providers and caregivers an earlier indication of life-changing events that could lie ahead.
The handwritten self-assessment, which can take less than 15 minutes to complete, is a reliable tool for evaluating cognitive abilities. Findings confirming the validity of the tool are reported in the current issue of the journal Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders.
Douglas Scharre, a neurologist at the Ohio State University Medical Center, developed the Self-Administered Gerocognitive Examination (SAGE) to help identify individuals with mild thinking and memory impairments at an early stage. The research shows four out of five people (80 percent) with mild thinking and memory (cognitive) issues will be detected by this test, and 95% of people who are normal thinking will have normal SAGE scores.
Scharre, who specializes in treating Alzheimer's disease, said treatments for Alzheimer's and dementia are more effective when they are introduced in the earliest stage of the disease. Unfortunately, he said he often sees patients more than three to four years after the first symptoms of a cognitive impairment began to appear.
"It's a recurring problem," said Scharre. "People don't come in early enough for a diagnosis, or families generally resist making the appointment because they don't want confirmation of their worst fears. Whatever the reason, it's unfortunate because the drugs we're using now work better the earlier they are started."
Many of the assessment tools for cognitive disorders being used today, while accurate, have aspects that deter their use. "Seldom are physicians reimbursed for the time and effort it takes to give such tests, or they tie up personnel to physically administer the test," said Scharre, who advocates the use of routine screening for cognitive disorders in the primary care setting. Other diagnostic tests require the patient to use a computer, which can add heightened anxiety to some older adults who may be infrequent users of technology.
The SAGE self-assessment is a practical tool for a busy primary care office," added Scharre, who makes the tests available free of charge to healthcare personnel at www.sagetest.osu.edu. It only takes a paper, pen and a few minutes to take the test and because it's self-administered, it doesn't necessarily take time away from the appointment. "They can take the test in the waiting room while waiting for the doctor," said Scharre.
Missing six or more points on the 22-point SAGE test usually warrants additional follow-up by the physician. Abnormal results can also prompt an early search for reversible and treatable conditions that may be causing the patient's thinking and memory impairment. Many conditions besides Alzheimer's disease, such as strokes and some thyroid conditions, can also impact memory, according to Scharre.
Scharre said there are potential cost savings to using the tests in a primary care setting. He reasons that a person who fares poorly on the self-exam will likely be less compliant taking medications on time, taking them in the proper dosages or following other recommendations such as maintaining healthy diets.
"Abnormal test results can serve as an early warning to the patient's family," added Scharre. "The results can be a signal that caregivers may need to begin closer monitoring of the patient to ensure their safety and good health is not compromised and that they are protected from financial predators."
Results of the new test compare favorably with current standard cognitive assessments that are not self-administered. To validate the exam's findings and accuracy, Scharre and other researchers at Ohio State evaluated study participants using SAGE, and then evaluated the same subjects with a battery of other established and well-documented assessment tools.
The study involved 254 study participants, 59 years of age or older, who took the SAGE self-assessment. Sixty-three (63) individuals were randomly selected to have a one-day clinical evaluation utilizing a battery of physical, neurological and cognitive tests.
SAGE scores compared favorably with the mini-mental state examination (MMSE), a brief questionnaire test that is commonly used in medicine to screen for cognitive impairments and dementia.
Both tests were able to differentiate clinically defined normal and mild cognitive improvement from subjects with dementia. However, SAGE, but not MMSE, was also able to distinguish between clinically defined normal from the mild cognitive improvement group.


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Over 3,000 idiots and counting.
This is the intersection of Hanlon's Razor with Clarke's third law: any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice.
This would be funny if it weren't, in a very literal sense, evil.