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For the first time in twenty years of patrolling the sticky New York City streets in comic books, video games, and a Saturday morning cartoon, this week marks the first appearance of Sam & Max (also known as the Freelance Police) on a gaming console. Telltale and The Adventure Company are pleased to announce that the irreverent dog and rabbit crime-fighting team are descending into living rooms with the release of Sam & Max Season One for Wii, which is now shipping to retail stores across North America. Distribution in Europe will follow in November.
Sam & Max Season One is modeled after a television series. Each of the six game episodes on the disc has a self-contained storyline that feeds into an overarching season-wide arc, with comedic sensibilities akin to popular animated series such as The Family Guy and The Simpsons. The games play like interactive sit-coms, with the player collecting clues, interrogating a bizarre supporting cast of characters, and ultimately unraveling the overarching hypnosis conspiracy that spans the six episodes.
Sam & Max Season One has been critically acclaimed and has won numerous awards, including Adventure Game of the Year from IGN, GameSpy, and PC Gamer. The series is known for its rich engaging environments and cinematic camerawork, which have been enhanced by widescreen support which has been added to Sam & Max Season One for Wii. Enhancements to the game's point and click interface and the in-game tutorial makes the Wii version easily accessible even to more casual audiences.
Sam & Max Season One for Wii is rated Teen by the ESRB and retails for $29.99 (US). The title can be found in major North American retail stores including GameStop, Fred Meyer, Hollywood Video, Hastings, and Micro Center, and online at Gamestop.com, Amazon.com, and Telltalegames.com. Additional details about European availability will be announced soon.
About Sam & Max
Sam is a six-foot dog in a baggy suit sporting a trombone-sized .44 hand-cannon. Max is a three foot "rabbity thing" with a saw blade grin and the impulsive nature of the average piranha. Together they patrol the sticky streets of a fantastical New York City, righting wrongs, pummeling perps, and ridding the urban landscape of the shifty legions of "self-propelled gutter trash" that litter their streets. Sam & Max have appeared in comics, video games, an animated TV series recently reissued on DVD, and an Eisner award-winning webcomic.
About Telltale, Inc.
Telltale is pioneering new forms of interactive entertainment, building upon strong foundations in both traditional and new media. Founded in 2004 by industry veterans with decades of experience, the company has quickly become the leading online episodic gaming publisher and developer, delivering award-winning interactive experiences that emphasize engaging stories, strong characters, and rich worlds. Telltale is establishing a regular, ongoing schedule of online episodic series, across all major gaming and entertainment platforms and channels.
Telltale's games include Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People, the first episodic series for WiiWare based on the Homestarrunner.com web cartoons, and a new Wallace & Gromit game series. Telltale has also created games based on television's popular CSI program, in partnership with Ubisoft, and on Jeff Smith's epic Bone graphic novels.
About DreamCatcher Inc.
DreamCatcher Inc. is a leading worldwide publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment software. DreamCatcher Interactive is owned by JoWooD Productions, an Austrian based video game publisher traded on the Vienna stock exchange. Established in 1996, the company markets its products under two popular labels: DreamCatcher Games, featuring the critically-acclaimed, bestselling game Painkiller; and The Adventure Company, the number one brand for PC adventure game sales worldwide including award winning titles such as Syberia and Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None.
DreamCatcher products include titles for Windows as well as leading hardware platforms -- the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo DS and Wii. DreamCatcher is located in Toronto, Canada. Visit www.dreamcatchergames.com for more information.


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Save On Quotes
We aim to offer a knowledge center and the ability to choose quotes for auto/car insurance, other types of insurance, mortgages and bank/credit card information.
Right now we only basically have a logo and a simple landing page that sucks.
We want a simple page with not too many distractions. Feel free to play around with my logo / instructions and do not copy any of the other sites or your design won't get picked. Basically take the instructions with a grain of salt.. we want to see a creative, simple, usable and beautiful site.
We like the following sites, use them for inspiration.
Target audience is ages 18-50+, 10-60k income range, slightly skewed female and can be any race.
Looking for a design with a homepage (aka home.php) that has a simple top navigation with the logo on the left side.
The homepage will also need to have a landing page with a simple zip code form (no need to code it) and a submit button and plenty of attention towards this form. This must be above the fold so it should be right under the navigation / logo.
Also on the homepage we need 3 columns below the main banner.
Below that should be a footer with 2 rows, one for additional content and the bottom row will be the typical "privacy policy | home page | etc…"
Detail Pages:
These will have a sidebar like here for example, but go wild if it doesn't look right: http://www.ratemarketplace.com/insurance/
Additionally, there should be a form + banner over each detail page that is a smaller version of the zip code submission on the home page (example http://www.insuranceagents.com/articles.html). The rest of the content below this should be nicely formatted.
-Navigation categories:
Home, Auto, Business, Health, Home, Life, Bank Rates, Credit Cards, Mortgage, Resources
-Expansion of navigation to include new sections is necessary and the ability to add submenus when you hover over them similar to ratemarketplaces.com navigation but I want the simplicity of hometownquotes.com.
-For the detail pages include a search / mailing list box on the sidebar

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Miracle (US - BD)
Gabe takes massive body checks to the glass in high definition audio and video
I make no qualms about the fact that I am not a fan of team sports in almost any capacity. I don't usually play them, I don't usually watch them in person or on television, and I'm normally bored by movies about them. It seems like there are at least three sports genre movies that are 'based on a true story' every single year, and even though they are based on true stories, they invariably all seem to come out the same. Famous sporting events and games make for good documentary fodder, but in a fictional realm they usually end up melding into one super-movie that I find it difficult to care about. The story of the 1980 United States Olympic hockey team happens to be a story close to my heart. The made-for-television documentary on the subject, Miracle on Ice, was an elementary school standby. If it was a rainy day during P.E. class we were pretty likely to watch the US take down the Ruskies one more time, and it was a thrill every time.
This 2004 feature re-enactment of the events starts with a credit sequence that instantly marks it as more intelligent than the usual 'based on a true story' sports flick. In about three minutes, while the cast and crew names scroll by, the filmmakers catch us up on a decade of US history, placing the story in its proper political context. The fact that there's any acknowledgement of the politics of the situation is a bit of a miracle itself, as the usual beyond the game intrigue in a sports film usually consists of the same old racial strife issues, which are getting really, really old. The fact that I don't care about how difficult it was for a black team, coach, and/or player to find his/her place in white dominated sports might say something about me, but I think it says more about the over saturation of the same damn movie all throughout modern movie history.
Concerning the film's use in the crowded block of sports films, the story itself is a great one, and because of the political context it doesn't simply act as another underdog story—even if it is another underdog story. As I said at the top, sports documentaries always seem to capture the immediacy and period, not to mention the thrill of seeing the amazing event as an original viewer, and Miracle on Ice might be the best sports documentary ever made. This film brings out the behind the scenes information to life, but at some cost. Personally I found most of the characters, who are based on real people, impossible to tell apart (save Kurt Russell of course) not only in look, but in personality. The filmmakers do their best to give us a reason to care, as do the actors, who are more than acceptable, but the story threads leading up to the actual game are mostly entirely uninteresting. I hate to be the short attention spanned stereotyped American film goer, but I was bored by training montages and character beats right up until the actual games started, which equates almost forty minutes.
When the games do start the film comes to life, and in a somewhat unexpected way. The filmmakers date their footage with the look, and their use of late '70s film styles. This means there are snap-zooms, and handheld moments that create a subjective viewing experience, rather than an action ramping, slow motion modern experience. The lighting is natural, and a lot of the experience is taken from the stands and sidelines. The filmmakers also make brave choices in the editing of the matches, cutting away from the action to reveal plot points after the fact. Mixed with the acknowledgement of the political context of the story, these choices hold the film head and shoulders above the rest of the sports pack. If only they could've avoided schmaltzy clichés in the music, dialogue and characters, I might be recommending Miracle as the go-to sports movie for the non-sports movie enthusiast.
The late '70s and early '80s were not a very attractive era, and director Gavin O'Connor, along with cinematographer Dan Stoloff do their best to make the story even remotely pleasing to look at. The look is a mix of handheld documentary grit and cool gels, which makes for a slightly off 1080p presentation, but a generally interesting looking feature. There is a lot of grain on this print, which sort of dates the film beyond just the fashion. The grain is augmented with a sort of haze as well, which I'm sure was intended, but is again not exactly ideal for the format. Details aren't particularly sharp, truth be told, but the high definition enhancement is valuable for the even gradations and lack of compression noise. The colours are muted by all the grain and overall blueness, but they're clean of unwanted cross-colouration or blooming, and feature only occasional and slight edge enhancement. Contrast is pretty even, but the film usually defaults to darkness. Blacks are also infiltrated by the blue tint, and are generally not particularly deep.
Miracle is a mostly subtle and natural aural experience, but that doesn't mean it's a purely centric experience either. The mix is immersive from the standpoint that it attempts to recreate sounds as they'd sound to someone actually experiencing the events in person. Thusly the game moments are appropriately bombastic, but not impeccable in their exact aural placement, which makes sense, as the stands are often a mess of echoes. The impacts are realistically bassy, and the clacking sticks are realistically bright. In turn the vocally heavy scenes feature very small and subtle bleeding incidental effects throughout. Composer Mark Isham is capable of much more impressive work than the majority of this syrup-sweet mess. The action cues are pretty effective thanks to some echoing bass drums and his penchant for horns, but the touchy-feely bits are pretty lumpy. The mix uses the music sparingly for the most part, and leaves it pretty low on the track with the exception of a few music only moments.
The extras, which have apparently been ported from the DVD release, start with an excitable, but ultimately pretty empty commentary with director Gavin O'Connor, DP Dan Stoloff, and editor John Gilroy. The participants are full of vigour, but they mostly spend their time narrating the on-screen action and obvious subtext. There's some real behind the scenes information, but a lot of it devolves into back-patting the cast and crew.
'The Making of Miracle' (18:00, SD) is a fluffy EPK, but it gives some insight into the process of adaptation, and the inclusion of original practice and game footage is a fantastic plus. The filmmakers make special note of coach Herb Brooks, which if they would've maintained such focus probably could've made for a better movie. Overall, as stated, it's pretty fluffy, covering broad aspects of the production with the largest praise for everyone involved.
'From Hockey to Hollywood: The Actor's Journeys' (27:30, SD) is a little more like it. This featurette covers the gigantic open casting call for hockey players with acting skills, which was the way to cast the film instead of the other way 'round. Still, the tone here is very made-for-TV (low production values, softball interviews), and the story wears thin pretty quickly. Fans should find more of value here. I was a little bored.
'The Sound of Miracle' (10:30, SD) is pretty much defined by its title—it's a look at the film's natural and effective sound. The brief glimpse covers the production and post production processes, and make special note of the authenticity of the sound.
In place of the ideal extra—the original documentary—is an 'ESPN Roundtable' (41:00, SD). I'm personally not fond of this kind of thing—the tone is lethargic, and the facts and opinions are expressed without accompanying images, or any real sense of editing. It is what it is, I suppose, and if you can't get enough of the subject these few additional insights might give you a thrill. The roundtable is augmented with 'First Impressions' (20:00, SD), raw footage with the real Herb Brooks shot just before pre-production. I still want the original doc, Disney. Things end with an outtake reel and some Disney trailers.
To re-iterate, Miracle isn't the kind of movie I normally enjoy, or even seek out, and it has major pacing and tonal issues, but it's still one of the better films of its kind. With some editing, a minor re-write, and perhaps some new music Miracle could've transcended its genre, and actually been an effective double feature with something as indelibly good as Philip Kaufman's The Right Stuff (to which the film does share some traits). The film's rough style isn't the best sampling for high-definition video, but the audio is fantastic, and the general improvement is enough to warrant a re-buy for diehard fans.
* Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray release.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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* Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray release.
I certainly hope not.
I certainly hope not.
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Fekkin' difficult getting screen caps for some films.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 16th June 2009
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 2.40:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish, Dolby Digital 5.1 French
Subtitles: English SDH, French and Spanish
Extras: Director/Editor/Cinematographer Commentary, The Making of Miracle, From Hockey to Hollywood, The Sound of Miracle, ESPN Roundtable, First Impressions, Outtakes, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Gavin O'Connor
Cast: Kurt Russell, Patricia Clarkson, Noah Emmerich
Genre: Drama and Sport
Length: 136 minutes
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Titan Master USB Fan Review
Titan Master USB Fan Introduction:
Titan started out in 1989 under the name of Sogic Computer Co., Ltd and in 1992 the name was changed to Titan Computer Co., Ltd. and over the years they have built an impressive line of accessory coolers, CPU coolers, and fans. There is even an IP55-rated dust-proof and waterproof fan!
Today we have the TTC-NF01TZ/BB USB fan in blue. This is a new product for Titan, and when you think of computer fans, you usually think of case fans. Well, this one is for the computer user. How many times do you sit down in front of your computer and wish you had a nice refreshing breeze to liven things up? Well, now you can.
Titan Master USB Fan Closer Look:
First, let's look at the box. Up front we have a nice color graphic of the fan and a clear window so you can actually see it, and below the window are some of the features listed. Some of the translations to English are a bit awkwardly worded, but you can easily figure out the meaning. On the rear of the box are the features listed in eight more languages and also a specification list. On top there is the Titan logo with the product name in larger text and a small picture of the fan.
One side of the box shows some of the features in more detail and the other side has the clear window wraparound so you can see the side of the fan. The background graphic shows the fan on an office desk.
Inside the box there is not a lot of packing. In fact, there is no packing. But the fan has made it through shipping with no problems.


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Nov. 2, 2007
How would you like to be the last line of defense on the soccer field knowing that your next move could make or break the game?
For many this would be a daunting task, but to junior goalkeeper Katie Shelton this is just another day on the job.
Shelton, a health and physical education major from Hendersonville, Tenn., has proven to be a formidable force on the soccer field.
She was named to the All-Atlantic Sun Conference Second Team in 2006 and was also named Player of the Week. However, perhaps her greatest accomplishment is being No. 1 in the NCAA for most saves last season.
Soccer has been an integral part of Shelton's life.
"I have played soccer since I was 4 years old, and along the way I developed a love for the game," she said. "My mom of all people has always been the one in my life that has encouraged me to be the best, and has mentally prepared me for all the things I have been through."
Shelton considers a few coaches as the most influential for fostering her love of the game.
"I have also had many coaches along the way that inspired me to be the best I could be, and encouraged me to take soccer as far as I could take it," she said. "A few of those coaches stick out, and they were Eddie Carvacho, Chris Thurman and J.D. Murphy. Still, all three of these people push me to be better and better everyday."
Jon Ireland, Lady Bisons' soccer coach, said that Katie has been an invaluable player this season.
"Katie is one of the top goalkeepers in the conference," he said. "She averages eight or nine saves a game. She is the reason in a lot of ways that we've had the season we've had."
Shelton also sees Ireland as the key to the women's team's future success.
"J.I. is probably one of the best things that could have happened to our team this year," she said. "A new, dedicated coach is exactly what Lipscomb women's soccer needed. He is the type of coach that never settles. He is always looking for ways to improve our team, and he never leaves out any small details. He takes his job very seriously, and I think in the near or distant future, he will bring great success to the women's soccer team."
Shelton said timeless memories are not always made on the field but in the friendships that are made throughout the season.
"Some of my fondest memories playing soccer here at Lipscomb are things that most people would not ever notice or remember," she said. "My best memory was during my freshman year when my best friend Brittany Harp was the sweeper. She was the type of player that would do anything for me and the team to keep the ball out of the goal, and there were many times she had to do things on the field that would make me laugh the rest of the game. Whether it was a ridiculous tackle, pulling shorts down, heading the ball with her face, or our favorite was what we liked to call "The Seal." It never mattered to her. She did whatever it took to keep the ball away from me, and sometimes it was hysterical."
Perhaps one of the most distinct and noticeable features on the field are Shelton's bright-yellow shoes.
"That is kind of a funny story in itself," she said. "The only reason I have those cleats is because the cleats that were ordered for me didn't fit, and those were the only ones the team had that did. Not going to lie though, I really like the fact they are bright yellow."
It is obvious that the position of goalkeeper is not for someone who is faint of heart.
"It is a lot of fun being a goalkeeper," she said. "It is a lot of pressure but the way I look at it, it is good pressure. When you play defense you usually have more pressure than other players on the field because if you mess up, everyone knows it.
"As a goalkeeper, I am the last line of defense and when the ball comes to me everyone knows it. It is also kind of bad though, because if you make a mistake everyone knows it, and the score reflects it."
Shelton is proud of being a part of this season's soccer team.
"Our team this year has been the best team I have been a part of throughout my college career," she said. "Although we are not quite the best team yet, we have the most heart by far. The girls work hard day in and day out to do what they can to better themselves. They never give up! They are very hard workers, and I think the fact that we all get along, and we all are friends helps a lot."
Although the women's soccer team is not quite where they want to be, they continue to work toward their goal of becoming one of the top teams in the conference. With stand-out players like Shelton, this goal does not seem so far out of reach.
This story was written by Molly Merkle, a student in the News Writing and Reporting class this fall.


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I have some super sweet news for those of you who are feeling left out because your Target isn't accepting many of your coupons! Guess what? They posted their corporate coupon policy online!
Go print your copy here and carry it with you when you shop. Then, if you have any trouble with Target accepting your coupons or using a coupon on a trial size item, you can politely whip this policy out and show them what the corporate coupon policy is.


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Rapid Aeromechanical Design of Marine Propellers and Wind Turbines
Brenden Epps, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Friday, April 20, 2012, 3:30pm
Spanos Auditorium
This seminar is part of the Jones Seminars on Science, Technology, and Society series.
This seminar will present a novel aeromechanical simulation method for the rapid design, analysis, and optimization of offshore wind turbines. Inspiration comes from an open-source suite of propeller design tools developed by the presenter, which will be discussed in order to lay the groundwork for the wind turbine problem. One of the major hurdles in producing wind energy in a reliable and cost-competitive manner is the technical challenge of predicting unsteady blade loads. Unsteady blade loads can lead to structural failure, costly maintenance, and system downtime; thus, they are a major structural design driver. However, prediction and mitigation of peak blade loads is challenging, because the aerodynamic, structural, and controls problems are coupled nonlinearly. An efficient computational tool is vital to analyze these types of problems early in the design process, before structural designs are frozen and full-blown computational fluid dynamics and finite element analysis are performed. The goal of the present research is to develop and validate a numerical "rapid prototyping" tool to aid in the aerodynamic and structural design of large wind turbine systems.
About the Speaker
Dr. Brenden Epps is a postdoctoral research associate at the MIT Sea Grant Design Lab. He received his bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 2001 and subsequently worked as a product development engineer for Ford Motor Company. He received his doctoral degree in Mechanical Engineering from MIT in 2010, with research in experimental hydrodynamics and marine propeller design. He is the author of OpenProp, an open-source propeller and turbine design tool that has thousands of users worldwide.


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Visualizing Global Mobile Data Traffic Growth
Networks are an essential part of business, education, government, and home communications. Many residential, business, and mobile IP networking trends are being driven largely by a combination of video, social networking and advanced online collaboration applications — when described together, it's called "visual networking."
The Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) is the company's ongoing effort to forecast and analyze the growth and use of IP networks worldwide. Earlier this month, we announced the latest report, the Cisco Visual Networking Index Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast, 2010-2015. The following is a thought-provoking summary of the key findings — see how we visualize the future of the Mobile Internet.
Please feel free to include this Cisco VNI animation video in your own blog posts.
Cisco VNI Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Highlights
- Global mobile data traffic will increase 26-fold between 2010 and 2015. Mobile data traffic will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 92 percent from 2010 to 2015, reaching 6.3 exabytes per month by 2015.
- There will be nearly one mobile device per capita by 2015. There will be over 7.1 billion mobile-connected devices, including machine-to-machine (M2M) modules, in 2015-approximately equal to the world's population in 2015 (7.2 billion).
- Mobile network connection speeds will increase 10-fold by 2015. The average mobile network connection speed (215 kbps in 2010) will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 60 percent, and will exceed 2.2 megabits per second (Mbps) in 2015.
- Two-thirds of the world's mobile data traffic will be video by 2015. Mobile video will more than double every year between 2010 and 2015. Mobile video has the highest growth rate of any application category measured within the Cisco VNI forecast at this time.
Cisco Visual Networking Index Methodology
Perhaps you're wondering, how does Cisco gather the information to produce these growth projections? The Cisco VNI Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast relies in part upon data published from a variety of independent analysts sources.
The Cisco VNI methodology begins with the number and growth of connections and devices, applies adoption rates for applications, and then multiplies the application's user base by Cisco's estimated minutes of use and KB per minute for that application. The methodology has evolved to link assumptions more closely with fundamental drivers, to use data sources unique to Cisco, and to provide a high degree of application, segment, geographic, and device specificity.
The Cisco VNI Usage program serves as key validation point for our forecast research. In this cooperative program, more than 20 of our global service provider customers voluntarily share anonymous, aggregate data with Cisco to mutually analyze current network usage trends and gauge future infrastructure requirements.
Participating service providers serve millions of subscribers around the world. They represent the mobile, wired network, and cable segments throughout North America, Latin America, Europe, the Asia-Pacific theatre and various emerging markets.
The Cisco VNI Forecast approach provides a comprehensive categorization of traffic types and their respective growth rates (for example, Internet, managed IP, and mobile data), while Cisco VNI Usage results represent "real- world" insight into current global traffic patterns and trends based on aggregate service provider network data.
In general, Cisco found that VNI Usage data aligns closely with the company's previously published forecast data for the same period and suggests IP network and Internet growth trajectories that are consistent with the company's longer-term estimates.
What Does the Cisco VNI Mobile Data Projections Mean for You?
For mobile consumers and business users, mobile data is well on its way to becoming a necessity (not just a preference). Mobile voice service is already considered a "must have" by many, and mobile data, video, and TV services are fast becoming an essential part of consumers' lives. Used extensively by consumer as well the business segments, and seeing impressive uptakes in both developed and emerging markets, mobility has proven to be transformational force (e.g., e-commerce, telemedicine, education, etc.). Over the next five years, mobile users will have their choice of more and more powerful devices (smartphones, laptops, tablets, et al.) and they'll have faster mobile networks to support their needs
For Mobile operators, deploying next-generation mobile networks will require greater service portability and interoperability. With the proliferation of mobile and portable devices, there is an imminent need for highly scalable networks to allow all these devices to be connected transparently, with the network providing high-performance computing capabilities and delivering enhanced real time video and multimedia. This openness will broaden the range of applications and services that can be shared, creating a highly enhanced mobile broadband experience. Mobile operators can create their own custom high-level traffic forecasts with the Cisco M-SPAN Tool.
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Nicole Scherzinger and her Bulgarian pro tennis player boyfriend, Grigor Dimitrov, are far from splitting up, but that doesn't mean they can't pull off the splits.
The former Pussycat Doll pulled out some of her old tricks while lounging around Monday on the Italian isle of Capri.
Some people relax while on vacation ... Nicole and Grigor, who is ranked number 10 in the world and got beaten by Roger Federer in the fourth round of Wimbledon, got in a little yoga, a swim sesh and a whole lotta PDA.
Losing can't be that bad when you follow it up with Nicole on vacation.


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Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies with Pistachios
12.17.10 by Jackie
Our family loves oatmeal cookies. They are great on their own or with tea, which we consume in large quantities. Oatmeal cookies also make a great palette for other flavors.
This time around, I flavored the cookies with dried cranberries and pistachios. You could also blend other flavorings such as raisins, pear glacé, dried mango, dried cherries or dried apricots and other nuts.
During the holiday season, I like to serve them with eggnog or soynog.
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John Skok seemed poised to take a plea deal, accepting a year in jail for his part in a scheme that bilked a Montville woman out of her life savings, when the prosecutor brought the proceedings to a halt to accuse the defendant of being drunk in court. "It's been brought to my attention that you're under the influence," Assistant State's Attorney Lawrence Tytla said to Skok, 59, before the New London Superior Court. No word on how Tytla deduced this, but Skok (whose wife was already sentenced for the scheme) was given a breathalyzer test and it showed a blood-alcohol level twice the legal limit to drive. Tytla was worried the plea would be null if Skok entered it while intoxicated, but the judge reasoned that Skok, an alcoholic, "was able to function well while legally drunk" and thus could soundly weigh his legal options while sloshed, reports the Norwich Bulletin. He was taken into custody and allowed to take the plea at the next hearing.
After Simsbury High School canceled a pep rally due to a few "incidents" between juniors and seniors, the older class used social media to construct their own "flash mob" rally, reports WFSB. During a lunch period, over 100 students made their way to one corner of the cafeteria and played music from various devices. As teachers ordered them back to class, the students "just kind of sat there, chanting stuff," according to one witness. The kids then made an orderly but unauthorized march through the hallways and then headed to the football field. They sat in the bleachers for a brief spell and then proceeded back into the cafeteria. In a letter to parents, Principal Neil Sullivan expressed a desire to "turn this into a teachable moment."
Extremes in Parenting: Joann Bisesi of Monroe was not only aware that her 15-year-old daughter was hosting a party in which about 40 teens drank alcohol, smoked pot and had sex, she gave her $200 to buy hooch and weed, police told the Connecticut Post. One teen reportedly said Bisesi, 52, was home during the bash and was "chill with that kind of stuff." Meanwhile, two parents in Glastonbury fulfilled a plot turn in every teen comedy when they returned from vacation a day early and found their girls, 15 and 16, holding a booze-fueled party. They called the police on their own children, reports the Hartford Courant, and because the teens are minors, will presumably be on the hook for all the fines and legal fees they rack up.
The often-suffering fans of the New York Mets have long muttered about their desire to punch the team's good-for-nothing coaches in the face and drop-kick its stupid fucking managers. One angry fan, bearded fattie Aryn Leroux of West Haven, allegedly let his disdain spill over into Twitter. Leroux, 42, had cyber-heckled the team since spring training, reports the New York Daily News, and when he tweeted a desire to physically harm specific Mets personnel, he found himself in the penalty box that is a holding cell on threatening and breach of peace charges.
Police, responding to reports of gunshots in Bridgeport, allegedly found a firearm in a backpack in a car belonging to Gregory Davis. The Connecticut Post reports that Davis, 26, said he knew nothing about the gun, which police discovered had been stolen, and had been at a nightclub at the time of the shooting. He handed over a digital camera he claimed would show time-stamped photos of him at the club. More interesting to the officers shifting through the photos was one of Davis allegedly posing with the stolen gun he said he knew nothing about.
Angelo Appi Jr. picked up his daughter at Joseph Melillo Middle School in East Haven and noticed a door left open and unattended. Hiding his cell phone in a coffee cup, Appi entered and walked through the school unnoticed and unchallenged. To draw attention the lax security, he posted the video to YouTube. Instead of eating some crow and improving school security, Connecticut's most dysfunctional town had Appi arrested, WTNH reports, alleging that his comments that parents should "be alarmed" constituted a threat.
Roger Autuori, the 61-year-old Republican registrar of voters in Fairfield, accused his Democratic counterpart, Matthew Waggner, of purposefully setting up ballot-scanning devices at a town senior center in a way that would slow down the voting process, so he allegedly grabbed Waggner by the neck and bitch-slapped him, reports the Connecticut Post. Autuori — who "has had a history of intimidation and harassment in the workplace," according to Waggner — faces a breach of peace charge for the open-palm slap.
Some loan sharks hit a Bridgeport convenience/discount tobacco store where it hurt: the slushie machine. WTNH reports that a posse of goons entered the Smokers Spot and demanded an employee hand over $2,700 the owner supposedly owed. When the clerk said he didn't have access to that kind of cash, the thugs threatened to turn him into "Swiss cheese" if he didn't help them uninstall and wheel out the frosted-drink maker. The incident is under investigation.
A Greenwich man returned home to find his children alone and their mother missing, reports Greenwich Time. Police searched the entire home and could not find Jesenia Munoz. Soon after, the father called to nix his missing person report, saying he found Munoz, 31, passed out drunk under a bed. She was charged with risk of injury to a minor.
Samantha M. Taschner, who was later found to have a blood-alcohol level twice the legal limit, lost control of her station wagon and slammed into a Radio Shack in West Hartford, police told the Hartford Courant. Employees were stunned because it was the first time anyone had entered the store in months.


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Federal regulations (7 CFR Part 3016.36(b)) prohibit the awarding of contracts to any person or entity that develops or drafts specifications, requirements, statements of work, invitations for bids, requests for proposals, contract terms and conditions or other procurement documents. In failing to fulfill its responsibilities to draft its own specifications and procurement documents, a school food authority (SFA) which copies a list of features or evaluation and ranking criteria drafted by a potential vendor and then permits that potential vendor to submit a bid has violated federal regulation 7 CFR Part 3016.60(b). This pertains to all child nutrition program procurements, including software acquisitions. While schools have broad discretion in gathering information for use in connection with procurements, information from potential bidders must be appropriately modified to develop tailored specifications; otherwise these bidders must be excluded from competing for such procurements. This is to ensure objective contractor performance and eliminate unfair competitive advantage.
Each SFA is required to have procurement procedures in place that reflect applicable state and local laws and regulations, provided that procurements made with nonprofit school food service account funds adhere to the standards set forth in the
federal regulations. School food authority procedures must also include a written code of standards of conduct meeting the minimum standards of 7 CFR Part 3016.36(b)(3) or 7 CFR Part 3019.42, as applicable.
Any action which diminishes open and free competition seriously undermines the integrity of the procurement process and may subject an SFA to bid protests. SFAs are responsible for properly responding to protests and concerns raised by potential contractors. Pursuant to §3016.36(b) (12), SFAs must have protest procedures in place to handle and resolve disputes relating to their procurements and must in all instances disclose information regarding a protest to the Illinois State Board of Education Nutrition and Wellness Programs Division.
School food authorities are required to adhere to a three-step submission and review process to ensure compliance with all federal and state regulations and statutes. All documents must be accompanied by the appropriate submission form and all required certification forms must be included as part of the Invitation for Bid and Contract, as applicable.


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In a modern world that values activity, achievements and results, it is perhaps surprising that more people are turning to meditation. For all the activity of modern society, many still feel a fundamental need for silence, inner peace, and a moment of reflection. Take a moment to set aside all your problems, goals, ambitions, failures, and achievements. For these things are transitory, and cannot provide us with true purpose and meaning in our lives. True peace of mind is found in the stillness and silence of the present. And it is in the present that the true wisdom of the heart is revealed.
Happiness will never be found with a "gaining" idea! True happiness is synonymous with true love, it is unconditional, before and after all our gains and losses, before and after all of our failures and achievements, and always here in the present.
Take time to meditate daily, and deepen the awareness of the happiness and love present here and now.


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Version 2.6.39 once again took Linus Torvalds and his fellow developers less than 70 days to complete. This is further indication of a slight, though ever more apparent, increase in the kernel's development speed, as about 80 to 90 days still passed between the release of two versions one or two years ago. With 2.6.39, this also meant that there was a slight decrease in the number of advancements which are worth mentioning in the Kernel Log; however, there are still plenty of changes that will make Linux faster and better.


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When my son was a baby, he had a perfect little bedtime routine. A soothing bath with songs, a massage, pajamas, feeding, and 3 stories (always ending with The Going to Bed Book )—it was a carefully crafted 30-minute sequence of events, like an example you might see in a parenting book. We protected it, just so every night, and we thought it had to be this way.
And then my daughter was born. All of a sudden, I was soaping my son in the bath with a small, burping baby over my shoulder, or trying to read to him "quietly" before bed while nursing a fussy baby in the middle of the witching hour. Having a second child had shaken up all the family routines, including the ones we so cherished before bedtime. One set of needs had sprouted into two equally demanding sets—often pulling me in opposite directions.
I worried that my daughter's bedtime routine—if you could even call it that—looked sad in comparison to the Cadillac of routines my son had. No infant massage, no books before bed—we just didn't have time for it. I fed her, put her pajamas on, asked my son to say "goodnight" to her, put her in the crib, and walked out.
But here was the interesting part: she slept very well. And one night I started to understand why.
I was carrying her into the bedroom, just as I'd done dozens of nights before. I'd toted her around the whole evening as I took care of my son, and she'd seemed fully awake. But as I softly turned the handle to close the door behind me—she yawned.
The next night, the same thing happened: I walked into the room, closed the door, and she yawned.
It became a point of amazement in the house. One night while my dad was visiting, I told him to come in the bedroom. She hadn't been yawning leading up to this point in the evening. "Watch this," I said. "She's going to yawn." "She doesn't look tired," remarked my dad. But sure enough, on cue


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Based in LA, originally from Massachusetts and always on the road, The Gallery is fast building a bigger fan base with every show they play.
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART hosted an event featuring Nobel Prize Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu along with long-time friend and fellow activist South African born Rev. Robert V. Taylor author of 'A New Way To Be Human'
Truthfully speaking there isn't anything extraordinarily new or innovative about this comedy but the fact that I consistently laughed out loud every couple of minutes makes me highly recommend this movie. Four stars and a thumb way up!


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Dr. Ruth Neustifter is a relationship coach and sexuality educator. She holds a Ph.D. in family development and specializes in intimacy, sexuality and intimate partner violence recovery. In addition to speaking and writing about sexual health and well-being, she teaches graduate student-therapists. Dr. Ruthie is published and presents internationally on her work and research.
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Villa Margherita is a large liberty style family house built in the 1906, now owned by the Campodonico family and completely restored during 2006.
Villa Margherita has single, double rooms and triple bedrooms, all with private bath, television and telephone, radio, cd player, air conditioning, private parking, disabled.
Every room is well decorated with some antiques and comfortable beds.
Some rooms have a private patio overlooking the Mediterranean sea.
Buffet breakfast, lounge, wide private gardens.
Open all the year round.


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Catholic Social Thought and the Law
Distinguished guest commentators included: Ernesto Velazquez (Supreme Court of Ecuador, Catholic U of Ecuador, WC Philosophy and Religion Dept); William Gorman (Archdiocese of Wash. DC); Fred Israel (Attorney); Anthony Annett (International Monetary Fund)
CHESTERTOWN, MD—The Institute for Religion, Politics, and Culture (IRPC) at Washington College will host a public forum on Catholic social thought on Wednesday, April 30, beginning at 6:30 p.m. in Hynson Lounge, Hodson Hall, on the College campus.
"Catholic Social Thought and the Law" will showcase student research on the Church's writings that was conducted during a special course sponsored by the Institute in the Spring 2014 semester. The event will include two presentations and an informal roundtable discussion.
The first student presentation will address the 1963 encyclical Pacem In Terris (Peace on Earth) by John XXIII, and the 1967 encyclical Populorium Progressio (On the Development of the Peoples) by Paul VI. The second will explore the 1987 encyclicalSolicitudo Rei Socialis (On Social Concern) by John Paul II, and the 2009 encyclical Caritas In Veritate (On Integral Human Development in Charity and Truth) by Benedict XVI.
Following the student presentations, the roundtable will discuss the papal documents with reference to the dogmatic constitution Lumen Gentium, as well as the broader position of the Catholic Church in the modern world. Roundtable participants include IRPC senior fellow Ernesto Velazquez, formerly Secretary of State for Ecuador and a member of its Supreme Court, and now a professor of Law and Theology at the Catholic University in Ecuador; Associate Professor of Political Science Joseph Prud'homme, director of the IRPC; William Gorman, Associate Moderator of the Curia for the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C.; Anthony Annett, an economist with the International Monetary Fund; and Fred Israel, an attorney and scholar from St. Michaels.
The Institute for Religion, Politics and Culture is an academic program at Washington College that explores the contributions of religion to political and cultural life in the United States and around the world. For more information, visit https://www.washcoll.edu.
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Ghost House Underground: No Man's Land - The Rise of the Reeker (US - DVD R1)
Gabe Powers watches a sequel/prequel to a slasher movie called 'Reeker'...
A group of relative strangers find themselves trapped in a desert diner/motel, hunted by an unknown killer. That's about it.
Sometimes it's tempting to give a horror film a pass just for a few good scares. No Man's Land (aka: Reeker 2) does feature a few good scares, and a few great make-up and gore effects, but it doesn't feature any new ideas, and it's particularly predictable. I am tempted to give it a pass for those scares and effects, but when I'm able to call every twist, climactic action, and even half the dialogue I can't bring myself to whole heartedly recommend it.
The film's concept and last act twist are Twilight Zone text book material, and popular fodder for lower budget, STV and made for TV horror. I won't ruin it for anyone (even if the back of the box does), but I'm pretty sure most folks will guess where things are going about ten minutes into things. The film is a sequel, but writer/director Dave Payne doesn't do a whole lot to cue those of us that haven't seen the first film into any sort of continuing story. I've looked up the plot synopsis of Reeker, and it appears that there isn't much serialization to the plots. In fact, it kind of looks like the sequel is the same movie with a slightly different cast and location. Perhaps Payne is assuming we already know the twist because we saw the first movie, and isn't actually trying to hide it, but why bother to hide it at all. I suppose the good news is that No Man's Land holds together pretty well as a standalone film.
Payne's writing talents aren't spectacular, but he's hired a pretty good cast of B-television stars and relative unknowns, and he's put some decent dialogue into their mouths, even if the characterizations are kind of uninteresting. Untalented criminals and small town folk trapped in a survival horror situation is pretty passé. Effective scares and gore effects aside the film's sense of humour is probably what'll get most viewers through the experience. Most low budget horror seems to depend on broad gross out jokes alone, or avoids any humour at all, but Payne's pretty dry about the dry stuff.
No Man's Land is one of the better looking Ghost House Underground discs. Payne's day time desert landscapes are purposefully washed out, but not pushed to detailess extremes. The noise and artefacts during these daylight shots is almost nonexistent, and even dark on light contrasts are relatively edge enhancement free. The darker scenes are a bit on the noisy side, and tend to lose a little more detail than I'm guessing was intended. Overall detail is very good for a low budget, and the colour schemes are effectively reproduced.
Payne's homemade music is a bit on the canned side, and really doesn't feature an original twinge, but it sounds like multimillions on the 5.1 Dolby Digital track. Payne's best idea is the bassy atonal undercurrent, which adds almost continuous texture to all five channels. The LFE participates in the continuous texture, but really comes to life during punchy jump scares and expositions. There are a few minor inconsistencies in the dialogue's volume levels, but surround effects like ricocheting bullets and growling Reekers sound pretty good. All this disc needs is a scratch and sniff feature.
The special features begin with a commentary led by director Dave Payne, including cast and crew member drop in on some occasions. Payne is a good storyteller, and he puts an effort into teaching a few lessons on low-budget filmmaking. His cohorts are good additions, telling their behind the scenes stories quickly enough as to not stop Payne's general pacing. All in all, this is a very warm, informative, consistent and fun track. I'm also happy to report that I feel I better understand the differences between this film and the first movie.
Next up is a behind the scenes featurette. This is your basic, no frills, hit the ground running EPK, curiously crammed full of spoilers. Maybe I totally misunderstood Payne's aim with the final twist. Perhaps I wasn't meant to be shocked by the outcome at all. Anyway, the Payne and his producers set up the film's generally universe, the cast give up the basic facts of their characters, and we're privy to some of the hardships of location shooting. Then we get a quick breakdown of the film's generally impressive special effective (given budget), another quick breakdown of the film's big car crash and explosion, and a general wrap up, all in all running about twelve minutes.
The disc also features a decent storyboard to final scene comparison, a fun little featurette concerning the film's production team (the unseen heroes, running about five and a half minutes), various cast and crew members running down their personal fears, the original trailer, and the trailers for the other Ghost House Underground releases.
No Man's Land isn't a great film, and I'm still a little confused on whether the twist was actually supposed to be a twist, but I had enough fun watching the low budget production. There are a few laughs, a few scares, some decent gore effects, and characters that aren't complete imbeciles. The disc looks and sounds pretty solid, and the minimal special features are quite informative.
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"Man, do I have a headache"!!! (refers to third screen grab)
Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian
Disc Details
Release Date: 14th October 2008
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Extras: Cast and Crew Commentary, Behind the Scenes, Featurettes, Storyboard Comparison, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Dave Payne
Cast: Robert Pine, Michael Muhney, Desmond Askew, Wilmer Calderon, Valerie Cruz
Genre: Horror
Length: 88 minutes
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Silverstone, UK: World championship leader Nico Rosberg topped the times ahead of his Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton in Friday morning`s opening free practice session for this weekend`s British Grand Prix.
German Rosberg, 29, clocked an early best lap of one minute and 35.424 seconds to take the initiative ahead of Hamilton, who wound up seven-tenths of a second slower than his team-mate on a windy morning.
Rosberg leads Briton Hamilton, 29, the 2008 world champion, by 29 points in this year`s title race after eight closely-contested races.
Two-time champion Spaniard Fernando Alonso of Ferrari was third ahead of Australian Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull, Finn Kimi Raikkonen, the 2007 champion, in the second Ferrari and defending four-time champion German Sebastian Vettel in the second Red Bull.
Briton Jenson Button, the 2009 champion, was seventh for McLaren ahead of the two Red Bulls of Russian rookie Daniil Kvyat and Frenchman Jean-Eric Vergne with Danish rookie Kevin Magnussen, 21, making up the top ten in the second McLaren.
Meanwhile Susie Wolff`s bid to make a mark as the first woman to take part in a Grand Prix weekend for 22 years ended prematurely when her Williams car suffered an engine failure.
The 31-year-old Scot clocked only three laps in the opening minutes, producing a best time of one minute and 44.212 seconds before she pulled off and parked the car after an oil pressure warning.
Within a few minutes, her Williams team-mate Brazilian Felipe Massa joined her on the sidelines after a spectacular accident that saw him rip the front left wheel off his car and damage the gearbox.
Massa was unhurt, but both cars were ruled out of action for the rest of the session.
Wolff returned to the pits - after her brief outing that ran for less than 20 minutes - to speak to her race engineer who told her: "The engine has gone... It`s terminal."
Her disappointment was evident as she turned away.
She later told reporters that, though she was disappointed, it was the way of things in Formula One.
"I am so grateful to everyone for the support I have had here this weekend and now, at least, I have been out and got the first start out of the way.
"I can at least look forward to having another run at Hockenheim."


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Vodafone has announced that Google's Nexus S smartphone will be available today to existing customers, and will be free on a $79 cap plan.
Read our comprehensive Google Nexus S review, and check out our guide to other top Android phones on the market.
The Google Nexus S Android phone, manufactured by Samsung, is just the second Google-branded smartphone to hit the market in Australia. It succeeds the HTC-manufactured Google Nexus One, which was also sold exclusively through Vodafone.
The Google Nexus S is the first mobile to natively run the 2.3 version of the Android platform. Its new features include a revamped keyboard, better copy and paste, improved power management, and a slicker user interface. The Nexus S also has a 4in Super AMOLED touchscreen display — the same used in the Samsung Galaxy S — and comes with what is called a Near Field Communications (NFC) chip. NFC is a short-range wireless communication technology; it is used in many new credit cards, letting you swipe your card across a smartchip to make a purchase.
"As the first operator to launch the highly anticipated Nexus S, we can offer customers the fastest version of Android yet. Using Gingerbread (Android 2.3) Vodafone customers will be able to get the most from their Google mobile apps and enjoy them on a 4 inch contour display," said John Casey, director of marketing at Vodafone Hutchison Australia in a statement. "Combined with Vodafone's great value plans, Nexus S is sure to make its mark on the Australian smartphone market and we're thrilled to be able to offer this device to our customers."
The Google Nexus S Android phone is available in black or white on a number of Vodafone plans across 12 and 24 month contracts. It is free on Vodafone's $79 cap over 24 months, and on Vodafone's $85 'Infinity' plan over 24 months (offering unlimited calls, unlimited text and unlimited access to social networking sites including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, MySpace and Foursquare).
The Google Nexus S is available from today for current Vodafone customers, and from 16 March for customers who are new to Vodafone. For more information on pricing visit the Vodafone Web site.


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IT REQUIRES a stretch of the imagination - and questionable credentials in architectural history - to label some of the older commercial buildings on Tybee Island's south end "historic."
Still, Tybee Island's Historic Preservation Commission is right in proposing additional safeguards to the island's permitting process to prevent wrongful demolitions.
What recently happened was a warning shot.
City officials said William Navon, the owner of a building on Tybrisa Street, did not have a permit to tear down a historic structure, which previously housed the Island Style retail shop before that business ceased operations late last year.
Planning and Zoning Manager Dianne Otto contends the owner only received permission to remodel the building and replace its roof. Had Mr. Navon filed an application for demolition, it would have been forwarded to the preservation commission for review.
That didn't happen.
Harold Yellin, Mr. Navon's attorney, disputed the city's version. But things shouldn't be so muddled. The process must be clear and predictable.
Fortunately, this seems to be a case of no harm, no foul.
Cullen Chambers, Tybee's historic preservation adviser, said the preservation commission would likely have agreed that Mr. Navon's building could not be saved. He would have gotten permission to tear it down.
Now, however, things are more complicated. That's bad for the owner and for Tybee.
The building's demolition has forced the commission having to revise its application for a fourth national historic district on the island. This district had included Tybrisa. At the same time, Mr. Navon has to get city approval of a site plan. That means his project must meet additional requirements for parking, setbacks and buffers.
Tybee may have some old buildings with little or no historical value. Yet the seaside community has architectural gems that are part of its charm. Some may be diamonds in the rough. That's why the city needs added protection to prevent noteworthy structures from being knocked down.
The preservation commission wants to be notified any time a building that's at least 50 years old is going to be renovated. Then, committee members can make site visits and verify whether the building is historically significant or not.
Tybee City Council should approve it. This added wrinkle shouldn't be burdensome. It also seems needed. There's no second chance when it comes to demolitions. It's important to get it right the first time.


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KTurtle Ranks in Dutch Educational Contest
KTurtle has been selected as one of the winners in a Dutch Educational contest! The jury was very pleased with the looks of KTurtle, good configuration options and a very nice manual. "Some renewed attention to LOGO is very much welcome". We congratulate Cies and the KDE Edu team on this achievement. You can read the full announcement hosted on the KDE Edutainment website.
I've long wished for a Dutch-language programming application/game for my kids. Rebecca wants to be a hacker, but English is a big stumbling block for her. I've tried to translate Squeek, but that's rather a big task. And logo... I think they're going to love this.
By Boudewijn Rempt at Tue, 2004/09/14 - 5:00am
Re: Great!
Also, kturtle is available in Dutch, including the manual, so you can start learning your daughter hacking today :)
By rinse at Wed, 2004/09/15 - 5:00am
Re: Great!
Well, Naomi tells me the application is in Dutch, but not the manual... She doesn't seem to mind, she's messing about with it right now.
By Boudewijn Rempt at Thu, 2004/09/16 - 5:00am
Re: Great!
It is at least available online:
You can also download the docbook and from cvs
By rinse at Thu, 2004/09/16 - 5:00am
Re: Great!
By Boudewijn Rempt at Fri, 2004/09/17 - 5:00am
Hmm... Misannouncement
The prize is not given yet. And the order is not fixed.
I'm so sorry but I, the main developer of KTurtle and the one who subscribed for the contest, would like to have this message of the dot.
The 1st of October I'll be going to get the prize, what ever rank it may be.
I'm off now, more hacking on KTurtle, I conpletely refactored the interpretor last few days.
Please save yr congrats for later,
By cies at Tue, 2004/09/14 - 5:00am
Re: Hmm... Misannouncement
We don't delete posted articles, but I'll amend it and offer to repost an announcement on the 1st when you get the results.
By Navindra Umanee at Tue, 2004/09/14 - 5:00am
Re: Hmm... Misannouncement
annma is not the one to blame. That would be me. Afaics there is no change in the ranking of the applications and the result appears to be final when I read http://www.linuxmag.nl/nl/4137085f61440#a41370aad80c4d.
But I should have checked with you. Apologies !
By Fabrice Mous at Tue, 2004/09/14 - 5:00am
kturtle is not a very good name.
Sorry. If you want to go with the k theme, how about kashyap? That's tortoise (same thing :-) in Sanskrit.
By General Zod at Wed, 2004/09/15 - 5:00am
Re: kturtle is not a very good name.
Are you proposing to change the name of kturtle to kashyap?
By cies at Wed, 2004/09/15 - 5:00am
Re: kturtle is not a very good name.
to the Sanskrit speaking ones, maybe ;-P
By Aaron J. Seigo at Wed, 2004/09/15 - 5:00am
Re: kturtle is not a very good name.
Who I guess would live with the Latin speaking children. :)
But given that (as the thread about the Danish-speaking user makes clear) only a portion of the audience is going to know what a 'turtle' is anyways, why not. K titles have always been kinda lame, it would be better to use words that begin with K. Though renaming programs isn't a good idea generally.
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What does Obamacare and your grocery store have in common? Nothing really, until the FDA decided they wanted to mess with us.
For those who have been on an alien space ship for the last 3 years, Obamacare is the massive health "care" law that is growing more heads than Hydra. Just when you think you have a handle on it, the damn thing grows another head that infringes on personal liberty and steals more money from your wallet.
In this case, Obamacare and your grocery store are now married in a twisted sort of way.
If the Food and Drug Administration gets its way, your trip to the grocery store could get a tad pricier.
Supermarket owners argue a pending federal food-labeling rule that stems from the new health care law would overburden thousands of grocers and convenience store owners — to the tune of $1 billion in the first year alone.
The rule stems from an ObamaCare mandate that restaurants provide nutrition information on menus. Most in the restaurant industry were supportive of the idea, but when the FDA decided to extend the provision to also affect thousands of supermarkets and convenience stores, the backlash was swift.
The proposed regulation would require store owners to label prepared, unpackaged foods found in salad bars and food bars, soups and bakery items.
We already have the Internal Revenue Service, the Social Security Administration, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the U.S. Department of Defense, the Peace Corps and the federal Office of Personnel Management with their fingers in Obamacare. What's one more federal agency and another billion or so in extra hidden taxes?
Yes, I said hidden taxes.
The Supreme Court said Obamacare is a tax, and this will be an additional consumer cost directly tied to Obamacare which means it is a hidden tax.
The FDA says much of ObamaCare is aimed at helping Americans live healthier lives, and these proposed labeling requirements would help them do just that. In the text of the proposed regulation, the FDA states: "[The information] should help consumers limit excess calorie intake and understand how the foods that they purchase at these establishments fit within their daily caloric and other nutritional needs."
Nutritional labels have existed on pre-packaged foods for years now and yet we, as a nation, are becoming fatter. So why will this proposed FDA rule change things?
Obamacare and your grocery store. Just one more stupid government trick.


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izwar necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 70 diseños de 34 diseñadores freelance.
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Please do not feel restricted to making something exactly like it, i want you to be extremely creative we just want the 911 part of the logo to stand out !
our slogan is
so we want the 911 to stand out, almost like a 911 button or an emergency button preferedably in red but that is up to you. We do like the oval style that is used in the current logo but like i said i want to see some creativity.
We will be putting up contests after this for landing pages, and website design using this logo so winner will have lots of optional work if they want as well as business card designs and much more. look forward to having a long term relationship and i have had many contests here , and have never had problems.
I will guarantee contests money once i see the first few designs coming in :)
Happy designing.
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A governor of Illinois who grew up in Christian County
Christian County historian William Turner claims that important events and people usually have a "Christian County connection". This theory holds true with John McAuley Palmer (1817-1900), a Civil War general, the 15th governor of Illinois, and an 1896 candidate for the U.S. Presidency. Palmer arrived in Christian County when he was two years old and lived here until he was fourteen.
John M. Palmer's father and mother
Like many Kentuckians of that time, John McAuley Palmer's father and mother had ties to Virginia. Louis D. Palmer, John's father, was born in Virginia. Apparently Louis's parents (John's grandparents) brought the family west; Louis was apprenticed as a boy of 14 to a cabinetmaker in Lexington, Kentucky. After completing the 7-year apprenticeship in 1802, he continued living in the area.
Louis D. Palmer was a volunteer in the War of 1812 and survived the Battle of River Raisin (Battle of Frenchtown), in which hundreds of Kentuckians lost their lives. After he completed his enlistment and returned to Kentucky, he married Ann Hansford Tutt. Ann had also been born in Virginia. (The Tutt family was deeply devoted to the Church of England and probably sympathized with the British during the Revolutionary War.)
The move to Christian County, Kentucky
John McAuley Palmer, the future governor, was born in 1817, the second child of Louis D. Palmer and Ann Hansford Tutt Palmer. In the following paragraphs, he writes of his move to Christian County as a young child.
My father served for a short time after the affair at Raisin river, but as the time of his enlistment (six months) had nearly expired, he was not present at any other affairs of importance. After his return, he visited the then territory, now state, of Indiana, and bought land on the Ohio river, near Madison, but after his marriage he abandoned the idea of removing to that state. He followed his trade, living in Woodford and Scott counties (I was born in Scott county on September 13, 1817), and until the fall of the year 1819, then, attracted by the glowing descriptions of the beauty and fertility of what was then known as the "Green River Country," he, with my mother, my eldest brother Elihu and myself, removed to Christian county.
Our removal was after the manner of the times; we traveled the distance on horseback, my brother, then four years old, rode on the horse behind my father, and my mother, on another horse, carried me in her lap; their worldly goods consisted of two hundred silver dollars and two horses, as I have often heard—"the silver was carried in saddle-bags." I have listened to many talks about their removal, but only recollect that my father often said that during the journey, if I had a full allowance of food and sleep, I gave no trouble. I think I have maintained the character then earned ever since.
Soon after his arrival in Christian county, my father bought a tract of land containing about three hundred acres in the "Barrens," as they were called; the land was nearly in the condition of some of the prairies in Southern Illinois; it had upon it scrubby black-jack and hickory growth which showed marks of the fires which had swept over it for many successive years; it was easily cleared and when once put into cultivation, produced excellent crops of corn and tobacco, which afterwards became the chief commercial crops of that part of the state.
Source: Personal Recollections of John M. Palmer: The Story of an Earnest Life,(pp. 3-4) by John McAuley Palmer. Published in 1901 by the Robert Clarke Company of Cincinnati.
During the years that Louis D. and Ann Palmer lived in Christian County, five more sons and a daughter were born to the family, making a total of eight children. Louis.'s aged parents and Ann's sister and brother-in-law came to Christian County as well.
From Kentucky to Illinois
By 1831, Louis D. Palmer's relations with his Christian County neighbors had become strained. He was considered opposed to slavery (though he did own at least one woman slave), and he was considered stingy and rude because he refused to serve or to drink alcohol. These were not popular positions to hold.
Then a hostile incident occurred. A "patrol" of local young men attempted to enter the Palmer home to search for a slave from another farm, who was thought to be visiting his wife (the Palmers' woman slave) without written permission from his owner. Palmer refused them entry, and an angry scene followed. The next morning, Louis D. Palmer told his family that they were leaving Kentucky and moving to the Illinois prairies. (Read more about all this on pp. 8-11 of John M. Palmer's autobiography.)
The Palmer grandparents were too elderly to make the move. John M. Palmer and an uncle remained in Christian County to care for them. Apparently, the grandparents passed away soon after the rest of the family left for Illinois. John M. Palmer writes in the first paragraph of his autobiography that his grandparents "died in Christian county, Kentucky, within a few months of each other, the oldest persons in that part of the state."
In the fall of 1831, John M. Palmer left Christian County. He rode north from Hopkinsville to Princeton, and thence to Ford's Ferry on the Ohio River, where he crossed into Illinois and joined his family who had settled near Alton.
|John McCauley Palmer
John M. Palmer subtitled his autobiography, "The Story of an Earnest Life." While I've been writing about him tonight, I've been thinking about the word "earnest" as a one-word description of a life. It's a good word. It has overtones of hard work, perseverance, honesty, and sincerity. I should live in such a way that I could describe my own life with that word.
More about John M. Palmer on the web:
John McAuley Palmer
An Old-Time Wedding


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|Welcome to Jemez
Jemez Springs, New Mexico has an elevation of 8,000+ feet. Based on the surroundings, you'd never believe that it is located only 60 miles from Albuquerque, New Mexico. Ideal for camping, fishing and also known for its hot springs.
Jemez Springs is an amazing get-a-way where you'll find lodging, breath taking views and a vast amount of history.Fenton Lake is just one of the area's wonderful hotspots. The park offers wildlife viewing, picnicking, camping, fishing and non-motorized boating. The park also offers a playground, restrooms, developed and electric sites.
Whether you're planning to stay the night or just coming out for the day, you're sure to have a memorable time.
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On The Edge – A new blog on transforming the branch experience with Borderless Networks
"The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom."
– William Blake.
Looking back, the first decade of this millennium could ultimately be viewed as an age of excess. From securities, SUV's and PDA's to business travel, there was arguably too much focus on quantity and not enough on quality. This "more is better" attitude was also visible in the world of I.T. – particularly when it came to branch offices. But that's all changing now.
I.T. people know all too well how many services are required to run remote sites in a growing business: routing, switching, applications, security, voice, mobility, and more recently, virtualization and video. During the "go-go years" from 2000-2008, some just kept deploying more and more dedicated appliances in more locations to deliver ever more functionality to try to keep their companies' top lines growing faster than their competitors.
Now imagine the eventual cost and complexity of taking a "one-box one function" approach to each and every branch office. It's neither practical, affordable, nor sustainable. No wonder so many I.T. people felt stretched, and so many branch employees (and customers) felt like they were living in the Fort Apache area of the digital frontier.
However, like the rest of us, I.T. people are learning from prior excesses and taking a "less is more" approach to solving branch technology challenges. From retailers to banks to hospitals, I.T. people in all types and sizes of organizations are coming up with some great solutions that reduce costs and dramatically improve the branch experience for customers and staff alike. What do all of these innovations have in common? An Integrated Services Router (ISR) that optimizes a wide array of branch services in a single platform to reduce costs and deliver a superior customer experience.
Here are just a few examples.
1) The Peace Corps saved $185,000 in bandwidth costs in the first year by deploying WAN optimization on their ISR's. In addition to reducing the IT burden, they accelerated file transfers by up to 20 times, reduced overall bandwidth usage by 50 percent, and reduced email bandwidth usage by 75 percent. With faster application response, volunteers can now collaborate on global issues in real time.
2) Inventiv Health, a global healthcare commercialization firm with 6,500 employees reduced branch equipment costs by 25% by consolidating several appliances into an ISR in each branch. They also reduced bandwidth costs by 15% with WAN optimization, and reduced device management expenses by 30% by automating guest Wi-Fi access services. By deploying HD video, they were able to significantly reduce travel expenses (with an ROI period of only 8 months) and expand more rapidly into global markets.
3) Northeast Community Bank with seven offices throughout New York consolidated a large number of devices in each branch into a single ISR (including PBX's, voice gateways, wireless controllers, voice mail, and more), and doubled their effective bandwidth in some sites using WAN optimization. This additional bandwidth enabled them to scan and securely transmit checks locally instead of physically transporting them with armored cars. It also enabled video conferencing with remote offices, so they can improve collaboration and grow beyond their traditional geographic footprint into new areas. SIP trunking reduced transport and management costs, and new wireless capabilities integrated into the ISR's enabled them to set up guest access for auditors and meet Federal compliance standards. Integrated video surveillance also helped the bank improve security.
Like the rest of us, I.T. people are learning from the past in their own way. Instead of deploying dedicated devices and sometimes over-provisioning single-function trunks, they're able to trim costs and extract more value out of their network, staff, and carriers by optimizing the services required for each site. And while their actions may be primarily cost-driven, this migration and infrastructure consolidation is leading to another set of benefits that are just now emerging.
Networks and I.T. are becoming borderless; and the possibilities are huge. For example, with the properly optimized branch infrastructure, many applications can be virtualized within the router itself and delivered through public and/or private clouds in a secure, reliable, and seamless fashion.
Yes, we're learning a lot from our excesses. To learn about the potential savings for your organization, see the Branch WAN Calculator. For more examples of branch innovation and technical details, see www.cisco.com/go/routing.
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Cynthia Kelly
I really wish we had more of this type of technology in our office. It would really help make us more efficient and responsive.
Stan Mizerny
Marlowe your analysis is spot on, as always!


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If you like being outside, there's plenty to do on the Peninsula. From cycling and watersports to golf and hunting, there's plenty to keep people active while outdoors.
The Peninsula offers many opportunities for cycling enthusiasts. Whether you enjoy group rides, solo jaunts or competitions, Hampton Roads has many opportunities. Courses and trailways in the Tidewater region tend to be flat but are often scenic, offering meadow views and woodlands. Many trails and courses are open to riders of all experience levels, and there are organizations to help find a ride that's right for you.


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Point Value: 1
Side Attributes:
Actions and Action Points (ACP):
Receives basic allotment of 24 new ACP per turn.
Allowed 6 free ACP to complete an action.
Movement, Movement Points (MP), and Speeds (MP/ACP Ratios):
Uses a minimum of 1 ACP per move.
Needs MP to enter terrain: 1 by default, 99 into clear, jungle, mountains, 12 into atoll.
Needs MP to leave terrain: 0 by default, 12 in atoll.
Hit Points (HP): 4.
Vanishes if in: false by default, true for clear, jungle, mountains.
Can fire (12 ACP), at ranges up to 8.
Hit chances are 50% vs all unit types.
Hit chances if firing same as for regular combat.
Damage is 1 vs all unit types.
Damages if firing same as for regular combat.
If attacked, ACP to defend is 1 by default, 6 vs apd, aa, de, destroyer, submarine, light cruiser, cruiser, escort carrier, cvl, cvs, carrier, battlecruiser, battleship.
Ammo needed to hit unit: 0 by default, 1 vs air.
Material Handling:
org, 1 storage (1 at start of game)
air, 36 storage (36 at start of game), needs 6 (weapons or equipment) to fire, 1 (ammo) consumed when firing
Fate if side loses: 100% chance to vanish.
AI Attributes:
Requires >= 30 accessible, liquid cells to build naval units.
Requests a total wartime garrison of 1 units.
Range within which enemies will cause an alert is 6.
Basic tactical computation range is 12.
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In this series, I am sharing photographs that I took of graves while I was in Latvia. All have death dates prior to 1945, and I have no further information on the people mentioned.
Photo taken by me, April 2012. Click to enlarge.
Top Inscription: "Še dus Dieva mierā" ("Sleeping here in God's peace")
Names: Kārlis Grīntāls, son of Juris; Katrīna Grīntāls, died 1918.
Bottom Inscription: "Vieglas smiltis aizgājējiem" ("Light sand for the departed")
Location: Meža kapi ("Forest Cemetery"), Rīga.
Tombstone Tuesday – Kārlis and Katrīna Grīntāls


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CoDa Therapeutics Announces Positive Results from Phase 2b Study of NEXAGON® in Chronic Venous Leg Ulcers
Jan 09, 2013, 08:30 ET
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CoDa Therapeutics, Inc. today announced positive results from a Phase 2b clinical trial of NEXAGON® in patients with chronic venous leg ulcers. NEXAGON® is an easy to administer, once-a-week, topical, drug candidate being developed for the treatment of chronic wounds. It is designed to increase the incidence of wound healing compared to existing therapeutic techniques, and to heal them much faster. The company believes these results support advancing NEXAGON into Phase 3 registration trials. Venous leg ulcers are increasingly common and costly, and can be a cause of prolonged suffering for patients.
NEXAGON® was safe, and showed an increase in complete healing in the randomized, vehicle-controlled, double-blind, Phase 2b study. CoDa is preparing a paper describing the results of this trial that will be submitted to a peer-reviewed medical journal.
Dr. William Marston, Professor and Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery at the University of North Carolina and medical director of the UNC Limb Salvage/Wound Healing Center, stated, "CoDa's Phase 2b clinical results are very exciting and reflect a well-designed and executed dosing phase study. This data will provide clear information to choose an optimal dose and patient profile to move to a pivotal clinical trial. Upon successful completion of this phase, NEXAGON® would provide a much-needed therapeutic to accelerate healing of chronic venous leg ulcers."
CoDa Chief Medical Officer Dr. David Eisenbud, former President of the American Academy of Wound Management, said, "The positive results from the NOVEL2 study substantiate our prior findings from previous VLU studies and suggest that NEXAGON® could become a game changer: the first prescription medication to enhance the healing of venous leg ulcers. We are designing plans for Phase 3, and will review the steps to marketing approval at an upcoming end-of-Phase 2 meeting with FDA."
Bradford Duft, President and CEO of CoDa said, "The NOVEL2 trial has provided a wealth of valuable information regarding CoDa's NEXAGON® drug candidate. Statistically significant results from this large Phase 2b study represent another important milestone for CoDa and provide future hope for the hundreds of thousands of patients who suffer from VLUs with no approved pharmaceutical therapies to heal these wounds."
About Venous Leg Ulcers
Venous ulceration is the most serious consequence of chronic venous insufficiency commonly resulting from damaged veins and/or valves. The disease has been known for several millennia with wound care centers established as early as 1500 BC. Still today, however, venous ulceration is a poorly managed medical condition notwithstanding that much has been learned about its pathogenesis and treatment. Venous ulcers account for 80%-85% of all leg ulcers with an overall prevalence of approximately 1-2% of the adult population in the United States, and typically appear as an open lesion, or ulcer, on the lower extremities, are very slow to heal, and often reoccur due to the chronic nature of the underlying disease process. For the more than 800,000 patients in the U.S. suffering from venous leg ulcers each year, the wound healing process is often time-consuming and costly, and may gravely impact quality of life. Of all ulcer types, venous leg ulcers are the most common, resulting in the loss of 2 million working days and nearly $3 billion in treatment costs per year in the US. The substantial costs associated with venous leg ulcers are related to the prevalence of the indication as well as the lengthy duration of treatment. The healing process for venous leg ulcers may take over a year in some cases and frequently requires significant healthcare resources during the healing process. Although venous leg ulcers place a significant burden on patients and the U.S. healthcare system, existing treatment options are unable to fully address this unmet need.
About CoDa Therapeutics Inc.
CoDa Therapeutics is a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on developing novel targeted therapies that address major unmet medical needs in inflammation, wound-healing and tissue repair. The company is pioneering a new field of science: gap junction modulation, using a new class of therapeutics that can modulate wound responses and reduce inflammation. CoDa has two open INDs and has completed two Phase 2 and three Phase 1 clinical trials in skin and eye, where NEXAGON® was shown to be safe and tolerable following administration to over 580 wounds on more than 370 subjects. CoDa's technology, which can be conveniently applied topically, been shown to work across a wide variety of wound and inflammatory settings and conditions. CoDa presently has issued patents in the US, Europe and elsewhere, and pending applications in eighteen different patent families directed to methods and compositions for the treatment of acute wounds, chronic wounds, scarring, abnormal scarring, inflammation and pain, fibrosis, surgical adhesions, and orthopedic procedures, as well as combination therapies and improved medical devices. For further information, please visit www.codatherapeutics.com.
About NEXAGON®
The active ingredient in NEXAGON®, which has been shown to work across a wide variety of tissues, is CODA001, a natural, unmodified antisense oligonucleotide that down-regulates the key gap junction protein connexin43 to dampen inflammatory responses and enhance healing. Data show that for optimal healing connexin43 is normally dialed-down at the edges of acute wounds (i.e., wounds that will heal normally). Conversely, other data demonstrate that connexin43 is wrongly up-regulated at the edge of chronic wounds (i.e., wounds that are difficult to heal such as venous and diabetic ulcers). CoDa believes that one can better target available medical options and design more effective wound-healing alternatives by devising a therapeutic approach based on biological mechanisms naturally at work or conversely, at fault, in a given situation. The answer is thought to lie in connexin43, which can be seen as a "master switch" in wound healing that is temporarily turned "off" for superior healing of acute wounds, and when left "on" can lead to the unwanted inflammation and/or stalled healing characteristic of chronic wounds.
For More Information, please contact:
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Bradford Duft, President and CEO (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Tracey Sunderland, COO, in New Zealand (email@example.com)
The Ruth Group (on behalf of CoDa Therapeutics)
Nick Laudico – 646-536-7030 (firstname.lastname@example.com)
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So this is probably a question that all of you have either asked yourselves or been asked by others. I've had conversations multiple times about this subject since the first time that I came online.
I know of three versions of how Genesis can fit with evolution. GAP, Day-age, and allegorical.
GAP to me is a joke. It proposes that between the versus in genesis ( between 1:19 and 1:20 if I remember correctly) the bible leaves out millions ( or billions) of years. Besides the fact that this makes god out to be a deceiver, it also still doesn't explain why the rest of creation is out of order. Like why the earth and plants are created before the sun.
Day-age makes an attempt to explain things by turning day into some indistinguishable period of time. Mainly by using versus like 2 Peter 3:8.
Again we encounter the same problem as the first though. The arrangement of creation is out of order.
The last attempt is by saying that Genesis is allegorical. This is probably the best attempt at making things fit. Mainly that of making it so that it doesn't matter what order the Genesis account is in because that is not the point of the verse. They aren't suppose to be taken literally.
One problem with this, and this includes the above versions as well. On what basis are we determining that Genesis isn't meant to be taken literally. Why should we drop the one interpretation for the others?
The main answer that I've gotten for this is that if we want science to fit with Genesis then we need to change Genesis in order to make it fit with our understanding of science. An example of this can be found here.
So this leads me to ask. Should the bible determine reality or should reality determine the bible? Because if Genesis is taken as non-literal so that we can fit it with science, then does that not mean that we create a precedence when it comes to how we look at the world? Wouldn't that mean that when science determines whether an event/object is good or bad for us then the bible takes a back seat? And if the bible takes a back seat, wouldn't that undermine the idea that it is the inspired word of god? I say it does.
Between the moderate Christians and the fundamentalist I always go with the moderates. I would rather have people who are pro rather then anti science. Still, on this subject I have come to realize that I cannot agree with moderates. Not with what has been presented. I can no longer tell a fundie directly that I see no conflict with science and the bible.
What are your thoughts. Do you think that these two can reach some reasonable ( if not god written) consensus on the matter? I would be interested in hearing what you have to say.
As a side note, I really enjoy Robert Ingersoll's Some Mistakes of Moses.
Great read if you find the time.
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If I can play devil's advocate a moment, I'd say yes.
It's already been addressed that we all look at genesis as mythology at best and a pack of lies at worst so obviously it can coexist with science because they aren't competing truths. This question, then, really only has a point from the perspective of a christian (or jew or whatever) that believes it to be part of the "inerrantly true" bible. So where science is true and genesis is true, I would argue that they can coexist only where genesis can be not taken literally. I realize this has also been addressed, but I would take it one step further and maintain that they would also need a consistent (and reasonable) system to determine what to take literally and what not to take literally. And I don't mean the currently used "if it is offensive to the high morals of today, then it must have been allegory" system.
Would the burning of bibles be an effective protest ?
The Hebrew writings themselves are NOT delusional -- they were the best guess the prescientific people of their time could make about the origins of the universe, the world and the life around them. They are simply a historic library composed of cosmology myths, legends, laws, literature, and in the later parts, there is some historical accuracy.
It's the PEOPLE who believe in it LITERALLY who are delusional.
Hm-m, in physical anthropology texts I see images of Neanderthals and speculations on their fate. I look about and occasionally see people whose features remind me of those textbook images.
All about me I see 21st century human beings. I hear a debate between people seeking to become the GOP candidate for president and hear Bronze Age levels of knowledge.
...or to put the question in less politically-correct eloquence, "Can talking donkeys coexist with astronauts on the International Space Station?"
Yes, they probably could, but at some point you may get clever and wonder; "Why would 'god' choose a veritable desert (Iraq) for the mythical "garden of eden," and why does radiometric dating place the age of that rock garden at the same age as the rest of the planet, which is billions of years old?"
Then again, Casper the psychopathic ghost demanded that children be burned alive as a sacrifice to please him, while telling everyone else not to murder...or they'll be murdered for murdering. My hope is that the original question should now sound offensive.
"I see dummies everywhere..." -The Sixth Atheist Sense
Dear Mr. Swami,
You certainly have had a personal triumph with the word 'bara'.
"But, it does seem to possibly throw out the common idea of "creation" in the way we usually hear it said, not that we have to argue away the fantasies of others."
If this seems to throw out the idea of creation, then why do you repeatedly say "I do not know if Genesis and evolution co-exist" Hindu philosophy also has a great deal to say about creation. If the word 'bara' throws out the Christian variety of the story, it certainly does not support Hindu theory of creation. In short, if the story of creation is thrown out, what remains for us to accept is evolution, unless you have a third story to tell.
Why should we feel shy of accepting the evolution as the true and proven theory? Once this is realised, you can not say "I do not know if Genesis and evolution co-exist". Unless you can take a firm stand on the subject of evolution/creation, your story remains only a story of your personal victory.
Madhukar Kulkarni.
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