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Nice to see LEGO getting involved there, as well.
Tomorrow, the US Air Force will finally launch the long-delayed X-37B unmanned mini space shuttle, dubbed by the Iranian government a "secret space warplane". But what is it actually for? Probably nothing hostile, most of the time, is the answer. But it could do some quite naughty and interesting things if required - and what' …
Nice to see LEGO getting involved there, as well.
Doesn't look real to me. It even has some 2-by-6-ers lining the 'hangar'!
The "hanger" is the nose cone fairing of the launcher and the "2-by-6-ers" are aluminium "egg trays" acting as sound deadning insulation. It gets noisy enough to phyically break things in there at launch.
There's some pretty basic optical theory which limits what you can do with an optical system of a specific size, so an X-37 derivative smaller than the Shuttle is not going to be able to handle some spy satellites.
That's why they have the tow-hitch and the Git-R-Done sticker on the back. They can pull right up to "the Baddies" Sat and just toss a rope around her and drag it back on down to the United States of Jesus for us to cleanse it and learn.
Well, the Misty programme is getting a little long in the tooth.. as the colonials say, "you do the math"..
future spacecraft will indeed be made by kitbashing Airfix Space Shuttle and Saturn V kits, then detailing their launch bays with bits of Hornby trackside furniture
Alert James May at once!
The payload bay size and mass (NASA wanted something about 1/3 the payload target, which like the cross range target has *never* been met or actually needed).
And the cross range, which drove most of the 50 000 hours of wind tunnel tests to get the shape.
Somewhat ironically a few years later the AIr Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory came up with the FDL5 layout which has *much* better hypersonic L/D (IIRC c2.8 Vs Shuttle's 1.1 at M5).
Shuttles tendency to be grounded for years at a time also got the EELV programme running to develop Atlas V and Delta IV in the first place.
After 5 decades Dynasoar (well the idea of a hypersonic glider sitting on top of a *very* large ELV) finally flies.
Now all that's needed is to build one big enough and the USAF fighter mafia will be in hog heaven.
*Nothing* beats piloting a landing from M23.
It was the Shuttle's ability to fly polar orbits that really freaked the Kremlin into funding Buran. The Soviet military got it into their minds that a Shuttle carrying a nuclear weapon could lob a warhead at the Soviet Union, avoiding all of their early warning systems and anti-missile networks and still be back in California in time for mai-tais.
Brezhnev not only ordered the horrendously expensive Buran project, but also got the USSR to resume anti-satellite weapon research; both of which were canned right at the collapse of the Soviet Union. They got quite a long way, right up to launching the enormous Polyus satellite; which failed to reach orbit - but looks wonderfully sinister on its Gerry Andersonesque launcher:
If you want the world to end in a thermonuclear toasting you want it to end because of weapons that look the part.
Getting the Shuttle to fly polar orbits would probably ended in disaster even if the Soviet Union wasn't panicked into lobbing a missile back at the US. The launches would have required extremely light weight solid rocket boosters. These were canned after Challenger exploded because they would have been even more prone to joint failure.
I believe that the only reason the SSB had joints in the first place was political. In order to spread the pork around the states Morton Thiokol in Utah got the job of building them.
As there was no other heavy-lift transport system available apart from rail available, the SSB's were designed in segments so that the train could go round curves in the track.
So, less initial pork-based decisions = no Challenger disaster, and a whole different history for NASA.
Wow - that is incredible. I thought my general knowledge was pretty good but this is the first time I have ever seen this.
My god the western media must have been good, well at least a good job of keeping me ignorant of such Soviet technological advances!
It is so similar in design to the Shuttle that there must be a few embarrassing spy related stories there!
As the cold war is over and we are now all one space faring happy family. I suppose it is a shame the hanger collapsed on it.
"Punisher", or maybe "Intruder"?
I'm bloody glad if that thing didn't make it into orbit - I don't fancy the idea of Putin menacing us all with his 50-foot Black Dong of Death.
The Polyus is on the same launch system (Energia) that sent Buran on it's one and only orbital excursion. An unmanned launch that ended with a fully automated landing at the Baikonur cosmodrome (something the shuttle couldn't do - needs someone to lower the undercarriage!).
There is a very practical reason for the SRBs being in segments... for serviceability. After launch and recovery Thiokol needs to clean out the residue solid fuel with high pressure water hoses. It is tremendously easier to do this with smaller segments than having to have someone climb all the way inside the length of the booster.
If this flies Putin and Medvedev will unfreeze the Hurricane interceptor (aka Lapot) in a jiffie and all the movement back of the doom clock gained from the new nuclear treaties will be gone overnight. Someone is playing with fire here. BAD IDEA... VERY BAD ONE...
but if you know nothing of Buran, then I'm betting you've not heard of Concordski either?
eyes wide shut.
"I believe that the only reason the SSB had joints in the first place was political. In order to spread the pork around the states Morton Thiokol in Utah got the job of building them."
I'm sure NASA would argue this one. However it *is* a fact that Morton Thiokol's design was the lowest scored design. Then the NASA head at the time (James Webb IIRC) got a visit from a group of elders from the Church of Latterday Saints.
The designs were re-scored and the rest is history. Morton didn't have to lay off staff and IIRC Lockheed (who I think had the original 1 piece winning design) pulled out of large solid booster production forever.
BTW NASA commissioned McDonal Douglas to do a safety study on the SRB's. They concluded on the whole the design was sound. There was just *one* major area which if it failed would be a disaster.
The inter-segment joints.
They were right.
"It is so similar in design to the Shuttle that there must be a few embarrassing spy related stories there!"
Not really. Although the similarity is *no* accident.
The USSR studied *all* open literature on the Shuttle programme and cross checked against what their launchers could achieve in terms of launch pad turnaround, cost, payload etc.
Their conclusion. The numbers just did *not* add up. QED The US had *other* reasons for this *particular* design, but they could not figure out what they were.
This convinced the leadership at the time to green light a *very* similar shaped vehicle, so when they *did* figure out its additional missions (or the US flew one of them) the could fly them as well.
In fact NASA was just rather delusional about what launch costs its design could save. Russia gave NASA *much* more credit that it actually deserved. Russian launch operations are highly automated. AFAIK only Sealaunch has really low levels of on board staff during fueling and launch.
Sticky stuff to prove, ya - if the "elders" visit happened, surely the nature of the visit would not have been recorded on the books.
Hey, well the more that private industry would become actually able to sustain NASA-grade operations, without fail, *then* the more that the space program would become privatized ... that would be the more that decisions like that would be made squarely within the dynamics of private industry, and without regards to any real or "imagined" religious-political manipulation of government chiefs.
Anonymous because some people are downright obsessed about their perceived social status, out here
It wouldn't be that covert after the first few satellites disappear over America and they're the only ones with the secret space warplane.
I would have thought that the whole point of a 'secret space warplane' would be the secret part...
"It wouldn't be that covert after the first few satellites disappear over America and they're the only ones with the secret space warplane."
In principle, no.
Not many countries have radar that is *designed* to look upward into space. AFAIK the US and former USSR being the only ones.
The USAF would have ensured the Shuttle and satellite to be "acquired" were out of range of either the Russians (or both) sets of radar ("We have no idea what happened to your satellite either") at the time.
In hindsight it's not clear how well thought through this plan was. Other posters pointed out that the sats attitude control (most reconnaissance have fairly precise pointing requirements and would react quickly to being flipped about) would start firing thrusters like crazy when they tried to put a harness on it.
Note that the actual propellant is less of a threat as Shuttle has carried fully fueled satellites to orbit before now. However their tanks were sealed and the satellite not actively trying to maneuver inside the payload bay while landing. Unless *fully* disabled that would make de-orbit and landing pretty interesting.
Whilst we're all looking up, no-one will notice the extra double secret mole-car tunneling to the centre of the Earth.
NASA basically punted it to the USAF after they ran out of money for anything other than Shuttle/ISS. So the USAF probably doesn't really know what it's for either, and you *know* they're going to look at it and go "oooh! space fighter!" themselves.
of the Mission 3B plan.
So finally, the USAF is getting a capability that they have been after since the late 50's, a spaceplane!
The dimensions and apparent capabilities of this vehicle do seem to be similar to the X-20 space glider that was cancelled by Mcnamara in the early 60's. A lot of the missions put forward for this craft tended towards various reconnisance tasks. However a lot of these are now carried out by satellites more efficiently. Where a spaceplane capability would score is if you need to make a quick response overflight, the kind of thing that the old SR71 Blackbird was good at. It's no secret that the Blackbird's capability has been missed in the last 15 years.
Bear in mind (and Lewis hints at this too) that this is an X-Plane, it is an experimental vehicle designed to demonstrate and prove a capability. What the USAF will eventually deploy may be completely different to the X-37B and be launched in a completely different way. This latter suggestion is based on two pieces of information, both in the public domain.
1. Lockheed has been testing models of a fly-back rocket booster over that last few years and are remaining tight lipped over it's purpose.
2. I saw a report yesterday about a new USAF requirement for a vertical launch flyback booster vehicle for satellite launch.
Putting these two together you come with a potential launcher for an evolved X-37 - that incidently would not look unsimilar to the original space shuttle concepts from the early 70's.
Will this actually happen? Normally I would say no, most of the USAF space vehicle projects we know of get cancelled. But this time?
Well, they are about to actually fly hardware so who knows?
Andrew Newstead
Covert recovery of foreign satellites would be highly unlikely due to the hazards imposed by thrusters and the like. The mere act of interfering with a satellite's orientation would trigger its attitude control system to recover from the perturbation, firing thrusters and so forth.
In order to snag said vehicle, you'd have to find a way to disable the thrusters -- hot gas, cold gas, or whatever. Spin stabilized vehicles would be even more difficult to snag -- imagine snagging a misbehaving gyroscope weighting hundreds, or even thousands of pounds.
Once snagged, you'd still have the hazard of dealing with hydrazine or any number of equally nasty fuels.
Snoop, damage, disable maybe. Recover, no.
Two or three thrust reversers fitted over carefully chosen nozzles should do it. Just a little nudge before you leave would be all that's required.
...every time I see something like this I'm reminded of one of Bill Hicks' many rants on the subject...
"Take all that money we spend on weapons and defenses each year and instead spend it feeding and clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would pay for many times over, not one human being excluded, and we could explore space, together, both inner and outer, forever, in peace."
Don't know why, but when I saw the video of it landing I just thought of Eugen Sänger's Silbervogel, (silverbird) a sub orbital bomber.
So the US have finally done what Russian managed to do with Spiral back in about 1983, giving Australia a chance to complain that the eeeeeeevil USSR were dumping potato peelings in the Indian Ocean. mwahahaha! ze kommunist plan fur ze takeover world is komplete wiz ze deploymentski off potatoes! Oh, and wave at the Aussie P3s taking pics of the Spiral eh, comrades?
As for single polar-orbit - that was to drop nukes on Moscow wasn't it? I guess they could launch a KH sat as well *cough* Hubble blinded to obfuscate Keyhole capabilities *cough* like no-one would notice.... Hubble being a converted KH for those who don't keep up. Make you wonder about all the hullabaloo keeping Hubble up there and how dangerous it all is, when even Supa-Sekrit military flight the Shuttle has done was doing pretty much exactly the same thing.
Being a Rutan fanboi, I guessed WK was being used for this, and I think Rutan had a hand in X37 development too. I guess the Delta gives them hefty payloads, but it would have been interesting to see if the X37 could at least go suborbital from a WK launcher.
I would also hazard a guess that DARPA are having a long hard look at Virgin's USS Enterprise and making sure not too much of their ideas are getting leaked. Rutan knows how to work with supa-sekrisy, but I've heard him speak and he doesn't much care for the US military-industrial mindset, though he is quite happy to relieve them of cash, and why not!
Hark, is that the sound of silent black helicopters I don't hear?
"Hubble being a converted KH for those who don't keep up. Make you wonder about all the hullabaloo keeping Hubble up there and how dangerous it all is,"
If only. IIRC the first Shuttle servicing mission on Hubble was to corrected the optical path because the company which ground the lenses (and did so for various US spy sats) cocked the job. They mis-ground the lenses and then managed to mis-set the test kit so instead of picking up the error it canceled it *out*. The solar panels *were* lifted off a recon sat design. They *also* had to be fixed. Hubble flies a *lot* higher than recon sats and was designed to last a *lot* longer. Things which will fail in say 6 months or a a year (perfectly acceptable for a spy sat) will not cut it for Hubble.
BTW Hubble is probably the *only* major NASA mission that actually used Shuttle even partly the way it was meant to be used. Launching a core system. Replenishing it and upgrading it over time. The full cycle would have involved returning Hubble to Earth and replacing it with Hubble 2 (or whatever you wanted to call it).
"I guessed WK was being used for this, and I think Rutan had a hand in X37 development too. "
And I expect it will be used for a lot more besides. They *might* even build a few more. It's a versatile test and launch platform. Probably comes under those stupid ITAR regs though.
"I guess the Delta gives them hefty payloads"
If you're referring to the launcher that's an Atlas V. The baseline is about 24000lb to LEO. Cost listed by USAF in 2004 was c$138m.
"but it would have been interesting to see if the X37 could at least go suborbital from a WK launcher"
If it's still running that rocketdyne AR4 engine from the 1950s (or a new storable unit with the same thrust) it's doubtful it would get as fast as the Virgin Galactic vehicle (IE M3). Engines for vacuum use tend to have *very* big expansion ratios. They tend to have severe flow separation problems
"I would also hazard a guess that DARPA are having a long hard look at Virgin's USS Enterprise and making sure not too much of their ideas are getting leaked."
ITAR (which is what you're talking about) comes under a department of the DoD, not DARPA's responsibility. ITAR rules are staggeringly dumb (No "grandfathering" for example. You can buy a part in a hardware store but once its *incorporated* in a *rocket* its subject to export regulations and other assorted BS thanks to a 100 yr old cracker Senator who should have died a long time ago).
"Hark, is that the sound of silent black helicopters I don't hear?"
Reading that was painful. Thanks for the headache.
It's for the same as most of the US budget - keeping the military stocked with toys and jobs. That's what happens when you let the military run the country: the country gets run for the military.
I'm sure i've seen a documentory about these, i seem to rememebr the title of the program was Moon Raker or something?
Although the head security guy does fall in love.
NASA = Cardassian High Command
USAF = Obsidian Order
Or any other such trekkie reference. Apologies, I just watched an episode of DS9 where Riker stole the Defiant.
Splendid article, first time I've seen that. The tail fins (possibly not the right word) in the second pic make it look distinctly like Thunderbird 1!
With spaceships, I suppose USA could fill them with nukes and have them move around in space somewhere inside the solar system, like space ships, then have them as an alternative to having any earth bound nukes, while simultaniously promoting a world (earth) free of nuclear weapons.
Maybe they could be parked on the moon until they were to be used, or just being left there as a deterrent? :)
These shuttles looks like to be much smaller than the familiar space shuttles. I suppose they could be mass produced.
First the X-20 Dyna-Soar, now this old 'Space Cowboy' can't wait for the US Marine Corps to start using the Pegasus SSTO as rapid troop transports. Dust off those fifty year old plans the public will never notice, why should congress?
The IT angle - What OS are they running?
Make a for a good DR Who episode, the doctor arrives in Florida to prevent M$ Windows from escaping the Earth and causing havoc across the galaxy for millenia...
"now this old 'Space Cowboy' can't wait for the US Marine Corps to start using the Pegasus SSTO as rapid troop transports."
Dream on.
1) It's got no *wings*. Big drawback for a USAF funded project. Yes dropping a Marine Division (IIRC) *anywhere* in the world within 45 mins (it's suborbital) does sound like quite a handy capability to have. However
2) It's got no *wings*.
3) SSTO is *hard*. It requires *careful* engineering, *very* close attention to mass estimation and weight control and has limited cross range (although it could be said the answer to "where can you land an SSTO holding a Marine Division" is "pretty much anywhere you want.")
Mine would have a copy of "Frontiers of Space" in it if it had not gone walkabout.
Emergence by David R. Palmer.. Doomsday Bomb in space shuttle
the Top Gear team has been busy again :)
Haha, I did not think of the possibility of these vehicles capturing other nations satelites.
Afaik, there are EMP munitions (non nuclear) that perhaps could be used to disable satelites prior to retrival. And if retrival isn't the objective, then mabye killing off select satelites could be an idea?
Maybe the shuttles could contain equipment that makes it possible to put a satelite under direct surveillance?
Fun to speculate!
I for one welcome our satellite-snatching, stealth-nuke-dropping, "we're watching Paris Hilton sunning herself by the pool from orbit" overlords!!!!
(Note that due to my skillful writing, this post could also qualify for the Paris Hilton angle icon. Sadly, there is only room for one icon, so I chose the welcome mat. However, let me say by way of apology to Paris that the welcome mat is out for her anytime.)
Although I dont have a welcome mat, sorry.
Wasn't this the theme to an old James Bond movie?
Is Ernst Stavro Blofeld secretly building a X37 launch site inside an old volcano?
That wing shape is needed to support the extremely high angles of attack needed during reentry. its also the same wing shape as the Mig 29/31, the corresponding Sukhoi's as well as the F/A-18 and the F16.
In a dogfight its not about how fast you can go, its about how slow you can go.
That shagadelic space-bird - I wonder if it could also carry supply payloads to the ISS? Gin and tonic in orbit, baby?
"That wing shape is needed to support the extremely high angles of attack needed during reentry."
I think not.
The Shuttle does indeed make re-entry at about 70 degrees to the airflow. In essence it come in on its belly, *just* like a capsule. The plan form is *all* about the cross range of an unpowered hypersonic glider. Media shots of the Shuttle (which only show it a *long* time after it has lost 5/6 of its orbital speed give a *very* misleading impression of how it actually re-enters)
I can't comment on the aircraft mentioned but I would note they spend *most* of their careers in horizontal flight at fairly low AoA. The double delta is quite a popular layout for M1-M2 aircraft.
The too issues are quite distinct.


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In this mode, Varnish will stop incomplete HTTP requests from reaching your Apache webserver.
Installing Varnish:
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Known throughout the United States as "Seat Check Saturday," certified safety technicians will be available at locations throughout the state on Sept. 12 to highlight year-round child safety seat programs. Provided free of charge to parents and caregivers, seat checks offer critical instruction in the proper use of child restraints in motor vehicles. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), nearly three out of four child safety seats are improperly installed in vehicles.
"It's the responsibility of every parent and caregiver in New Jersey to ensure that their children are properly restrained," Division of Highway Traffic Safety Director Pam Fischer said. "When it comes to the safety of young people, there's simply no room for mistakes. Taking the time to learn how to properly protect our children in a vehicle can be a life-saving lesson."
While the highest level of child restraint use both nationally and in New Jersey is for infants under one year of age, parents are encouraged to take advantage of the information available from state agencies, local police departments and traffic safety organizations as early as possible, to ensure they're fully prepared when their new baby arrives.
Nationally, in 2007, an estimated 358 children under the age of five were saved by child restraints. If all children under the age of five were restrained, an additional 71 children would have been saved across the nation. In New Jersey alone in 2008, five children under the age of five were saved by the use of child restraints.
Fischer, a NHTSA certified child passenger safety technician, noted that parents and caregivers are the best role models for their children and can support the benefits of seat belt use by buckling up, every ride.
"We know that passengers and drivers who buckle-up are 75 percent less likely to have life-threatening injuries if they're involved in a crash," Fischer said. "This message is reinforced in young children when they see their parents and family members buckling up, no matter where they're riding in a vehicle."
Currently, New Jersey's primary seat belt law applies to the driver, all front seat passengers and passengers under the age of 18 regardless of seating position. In addition, when the driver holds a Graduated Driver License all passengers, regardless of age and seating position, must buckle-up. Legislation that would require belt use in all seating positions regardless of age passed the Assembly (A-870) in February 2008, but has not yet been acted upon by the Senate (S-18).
A new web site, www.njbackseatbullets.com, was developed by the New Jersey Child Passenger Safety Coalition to further illustrate the dangers of riding unbuckled in the back seat. The site contains information on the lifesaving importance of always buckling up. The site also includes videos that reinforce the potentially deadly consequences unbelted backseat passengers face in the event of a crash.
To maximize child passenger safety, parents and caregivers should adhere to the following guidelines for determining which restraint system is best suited to protect children based on age and size:
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Additional information on child passenger safety, including Seat Check Saturday inspection sites and a list of permanent fitting stations that parents and caregivers can visit throughout the year for assistance with their child seats, is available on the division's website, at www.nj.gov/oag/hts/CPS-week_resources.html.
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How to Read Shakespeare Like A Pro (Day 1 of 3)
Lesson 1 of 12
Objective: SWBAT demonstrate their understanding of how language works and how to determine meaning when looking at difficult texts by practicing analysis of passages from Shakespeare's Othello.
Big Idea: Shakespeare is difficult reading for the novice and the professional--let's build some skills to tackle the Bard's language with elegance and ease.
SSR and Reflection
We will read for our regular 10 minutes today and then I will have the students fill out their bi-weekly reflection. This week, as the week before the end of the quarter, I want to have the students reflect on the value of this time so I know how to proceed next quarter/semester.
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To begin our study of Othello, I am going to throw the kids right into the text and see what they can do. I will give them one of Iago's first speeches and ask them to do a brief rhetorical analysis of Iago's purpose and method.
I will read the speech out loud to them, asking them to annotate as I do, then give them 5 minutes to re-read, annotate and discuss the speech with a neighbor. Once they have discussed, I will ask them to share their thoughts with the class.
Though there are questions provided on this speech, I am just going to have them read and annotate for this first activity. I will come back to the questions later in the period or tomorrow depending on how our time goes.
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For someone who doesn't like to lecture, I feel like I have been doing a lot of it lately. Sigh. Unfortunately, I want to give them some pointers for reading Shakespeare and am not sure if there is a better way to do this, sooooo...
We will use the slides to go through some basic stylistic tools for reading and understanding Shakespeare. This will allow me to scaffold their understanding of specific terms, devices and language issues they may run up against when they are reading the play and how to deal with them. While I won't assess them on this standard (CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.4) until we have read further in the play, this introduction is meant to give them ways to improve on this skill before I assess them.
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Wrap up and Next Steps
Once we've finished the notes, I will have the students return to the text we started the period with and see if they can apply any of the tools/techniques we reviewed to their reading. I will then assign the questions as homework.


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Couples: It's never too early to start thinking about your two-person Halloween costume.
Wait until the last minute and you'll probably end up buying some boring, ill-fitting Shrek and Fiona set off Amazon Prime. If you plan ahead, however, you'll have plenty of time to pull together one of the clever DIY couples costumes below.
1 Joyce Byers and The Wall from 'Stranger Things'
2 Leonardo da Vinci's 'Vitruvian Man' and 'Mona Lisa'
3 Miss Trunchbull and Matilda from 'Matilda'
4 Toilet Paper and Poop
5 'The Great Gasp-y'
6 Joy and Sadness from 'Inside Out'
7 '50 Shades of Grey' and a Sub(missive)
8 Fran and Gordon from 'Dodgeball'
9 E.T. and Elliot from 'E.T.'
10 Dick in a Box from 'SNL'
11 Literal Spice Girls
12 Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes Prize Patrol and Winner
13 San Diego (Sandy Eggo)
14 Milk and Cookies
15 Hipster Han Solo and Princess Leia from 'Star Wars'
16 Marty McFly and Doc Brown from 'Back to the Future'
17 Phoebe and Gerald from 'Hey Arnold'
18 Leg Lamp and Lamp Box from 'A Christmas Story'
19 Arthur and Buster from 'Arthur'
20 Naked Sims from 'The Sims'
21 '#NoFilter' Before and 'With Filter' After
22 Trash Can and Recycling Bin
23 Slice of Toast and The Toaster from 'The Brave Little Toaster'
24 Frida Kahlo and Salvador Dali
25 Deer in Headlights
26 Jager Bomb
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Discussion in 'Hire a Freelancer' started by davepalmer22, Dec 26, 2012.
Please can you get back to me
Even if to tell me NO
Cheers Dave
If only there was some sort of messaging system that was private that allowed two people on forums to send messages to each other.
Oh well, we're probably a few hundred years away from such mindblowing technology.
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Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Nameplate Returns To Australia For 20160
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Alfa Romeo has reintroduced the Giulietta Sprint nameplate to Australia after the original Sprint was discontinued more than 60 years ago. The Giulietta Sprint will be a limited-run model based on the entry-level 'Progression' trim offered on the model in various markets.
Powered by a 1.4-liter turbocharged four-cylinder producing 147 horsepower and 184 lb-ft of torque, the Giulietta sprint will hustle from 0-62 mph in 8.2 seconds and reach a top speed of 210 km/h. It will also return 5.7L/100km of combined fuel economy, equivalent to 41.6 MPG on the US combined cycle.
The exterior features include 17-inch alloy wheels, dark-tinted windows, side skirts and special badging on the fender – all exclusive to the Giulietta 'Sprint.' Additionally, there's a dark finish for the grille, mirrors, door handles and headlight surrounds along with a rear diffuser, LED daytime running lights and LED taillights.
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Frantic as a cardiograph scratching out the lines, Day 105: Captain America #450
Every day this year, I will be examining the first pages of random comics. This month I will be doing theme weeks (more or less), with each week devoted to a single writer. This pseudo-week: Mark Waid. Today's page is from Captain America #450, which was published by Marvel and is cover dated April 1996. Enjoy!
Mark Waid and Ron Garney's run on Captain America is notable for a few reasons. One, it was popular, which had been a problem for Cap for quite some time. Two, it was (and remains) fairly critically acclaimed, which doesn't always go along with popularity. Third, this popular, critically-acclaimed run was killed in perhaps the dumbest move in comic book history (and that's saying something), the "Heroes Reborn" debacle of 1996-97. But that's not important right now! Right now, we're focused only on this first page!
Waid, always helpful, gives us a lot of information on this page. We're in Brooklyn, Sharon Carter is the woman's name, she was once the lover of Captain America, she was once thought to be dead but that was a ruse, and she's riven with doubts about her place in Cap's life. It's certainly not subtle, but these are superhero comics – subtlety is almost actively discouraged! Waid does a have a nice sense of humor about Sharon being "dead," as you kind of have to when it comes to this phenomenon – being "dead" certainly can complicate a relationship! This was also in the days before thought balloons became "square," so Waid has no problem using one here instead of a sound effect to indicate the door opening. We don't "hear" the door, but we have Sharon's thoughts to tell us that one is opening! Waid also manages to get a bit of pathos onto the page – Sharon is looking at photographs of Cap's ex-girlfriends, and Waid lets us know that she still has feelings for him, even though she's not sure how that would work. In a world where people die and get resurrected with stunning regularity, the need for the surviving partner to move on even though there's the real possibility that the deceased is not actually dead is a pressing concern. The caption boxes help bring that concern to the forefront. Sharon was "dead," after all, and does she she have the right ask Cap to love her again?
Garney does a pretty good job with the layout of the page – his actual style is very 1990s, but because Garney is better than a lot of the artists who rose to prominence during the boom years, it's not as egregious as some others. The thin, top-to-bottom panels are a Nineties staple, and Garney manages to get quite a bit of information onto the page. In the first panel, he implies an economic downturn in Brooklyn (I'm not sure if it reflects reality) with the "for rent" signs and the blowing papers in the foreground (trash on the streets exists in boom times, of course, but symbolically, it's associated with abandonment). Cap's apartment in the second panel is laid out so that it fits into the panel, with the lamp anchoring it and the lines leading our eyes back to the doorway, through which we find the bedroom and Sharon. Sharon stands over the Captain American costume draped on the bed, linking her to the hero, and she's facing the fourth panel, which focuses her gaze on the two photographs of two different women with whom Cap was involved. We can cringe over Garney's hair style on Sharon, but the final drawing, in which she breaks the panel boundaries and looks directly at the reader, is very effective. Sharon might look grumpy and vampy, but Garney does a good job drawing the reader in from the rather dispassionate "cinema verité" style of moving from the street into the apartment and thence to the bedroom and finally to the photographs, and then suddenly switching from that to a more immediate focus on the character of Sharon rather than the surroundings. Waid and Garney do a good job summarizing the situation and then coalescing the story around Sharon and who she hears at the door. It's a nice technique.
I am not one of those people who adores this run, although it's not bad at all. It's put together well, though, and Waid and Garney show with this page that they know what they're doing when it comes to constructing a comic book. Next time, we'll look at a Waid comic that is not as beloved as his work on Flash or Captain America. The guy can't always knock it out of the park! And remember, you can ignore your responsibilities in the real world by skimming the archives!
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Restored 05 April 2017, originally published 29 March 2015
Cult Classic Records has dug up another gem. Russian producer Katano Beats, at a mere 18 years of age, has been producing music since he was 11 years old. His beat tape The Collection is composed of 11 tracks from his previous releases, about half of which remix lyrical songs from other artists while the other half are composed of solid beats and soaring jazz instruments.
In addition to a couple of Russian tracks I can't identify, Katano Beats incorporates lines from Radiohead's "Nude" into his track "Sad", from Maroon 5's "This Love" into his track "Lucky", from the track "Tears" by Headstrong featuring Stine Grove, and from indie rock group Warpaint's track "Stars". Whatever energy these tracks possess on their own, Katano Beats infuses it with his own special brand of downtempo.
Perhaps my favorite of these is "Lucky". When I first heard the track, I knew I recognized the lyrics and the general structure of the song, but I hadn't listened to Maroon 5 since the 2000s so I had to ask someone to be sure it was really them. Ultimately, it all came back to me, and I was able to appreciate this new take on "This Love". The track opens with a simple beat, and when the pieces from "This Love" come in, the vocals are pitched up, the tempo is slowed down, and the rock instrumentation is replaced by a serene keyboard and chimes, all backed by the beat and a shaker. Finally, the track is transformed from an energetic, outspoken declaration to a mellow, introspective consideration.
The purely instrumental tracks (which I'm sure incorporate samples from older songs) are brilliant in their simplicity. "Daylight", for example, starts crackly with a piano and other string instruments, like we're listening to an old record player. Then the the beat comes in strong and assertive, followed shortly by a fierce saxophone that carries on for the remainder of the track.
"Heart" emphasizes what I believe to be the clarinet. In addition to an accompanying keyboard, the clarinet is backed by another solid beat replete with kick drums, snares and hi-hats. As the track progresses, the clarinet is complemented by a synthetic orchestra for a while until it drops out, leaving drums, keyboard, clarinet to round things out.
The man behind Katano Beats has said he designed this collection to be an example of what he's capable of and a sign of things to come. If what we hear on The Collection is any indication, we're in store for chilled out magic. Stay tuned!
Katano Beats – "Lucky"
Katano Beats – "Daylight"
The Collection purchase page at Cult Classic Records
KB at Soundcloud, VK, Twitter: @Katano_Beat


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In an industry of erratic consumer demand and short product life cycles, marketing in the fashion industry is a tough terrain to conquer. Add to that a highly fragmented social media landscape and you face a task that that may resemble Mount Everest. Believe it or not, there is a way to scale this beast.
The US Fashion Industry
It is important to understand the competitive arena of the fashion retail market and the major factors affecting the industry in order to stand as a leader in the marketplace for maintaining and identifying opportunities. The market suffered major setbacks following the global financial crisis. However, we are starting to see the market rebound, and growth across the board has been moderate at 4.2% (MarketLine Advantage via RMIT University private database). It is expected to grow even further over the next four years, so there is certainly potential within the market to expand.
As of March 2013 (according to MarketLine Advantage data of the US Apparel, Accessories and Luxury goods industry) there are two key competitive forces at stake. The first is new entrants in this sector. The industry growth has been moderate with low barriers to entry which means that new players are steadily entering the market. For new and existing players, it is important to establish and build brand equity whilst also building a switching cost for your customers. The second force is the intensity of rivalry. To protect your business you must ensure that you have a robust competitive strategy, a point of differentiation, and advertising regime.
So how do you work with these forces to ensure profitability? Well the answer is Social, Local & Mobile.
Social media is everywhere. It is a highly consumer driven platform that allows customers to connect and engage with your brand. Its growth has been phenomenal for a relatively new virtual concept. We would liken the hype of social media today to that of television years ago. The difference now between social and television is that social is much more affordable, measurable, and highly targeted toward your intended audience, assisting with the two identified forces. More importantly, if you're a smaller company, the reduced costs associated with the platform will greatly enhance your marketing efforts.
According to BIA Kelsey, 97% of all consumers use online media to shop locally. By enhancing your local strategy, you're raising your visibility as a business. Keep in mind the issue of intense rivalry within the fashion industry — this is how you make sure the new or the established local finds your company. By including a localized strategy you are standing out from your competitors.
No one can deny the rate of smartphone adoption rates in the US and the rest of the world. We see now that page views rates are declining on PCs and increasing on mobile devices. Consumers are dictating which brands they access through apps and GPS enabling in smartphones has only enhanced location precision.
With a mobile strategy in place this allows fashion retailers an exact method of targeting their customers. Mobile apps may be used to deliver promotional information directly to your customer. This offers engagement opportunities, data reconciliation for better customer servicing and branding connections for recognition and recall benefit. It also protects your business from rivals and the threat of new entrants taking market share by building switching cost as customers establish more of a direct relationship with your company.
Come One, Come All
A marketing strategy does not need to be a liberty afforded to only larger retail brands in this industry. No matter the size of your business, by implementing the most fundamental and precise tools your business can capitalize on market forces and protect your bottom line.
Social2B, in conjunction with the Accessories Council, will be hosting an informational presentation this Wednesday on the concept of SoLoMo. Should you wish to attend the event, please refer to our News and Events page for further details. Our presentation will be available on SlideShare after the event as well. We look forward to seeing you there.


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If you think it's impossible to spend a whole year recording just 5 songs, you are wrong! But we're pretty jazzed to announce the imminent arrival of those 5 songs, when we release Memory Moon on Friday June 9th.
In honor of this occasion we will also be finally playing some shows again. See you soon!
5/19 - New York, NY - Pianos
6/22 - Washington DC - Velvet Lounge
6/23 - Baltimore, MD - Metro Gallery
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Profile: Ashley Weston, Ray White Frankston
The success of Ray White is not only built on the expertise of its agents, but also on its franchise owners. Ashley Weston, sales consultant and soon-to-be franchise owner at Ray White Frankston, has proven himself to be an exceptional example of both.
As current holder of the title of number one Ray White agent in Frankston, number two agent in Victoria and scoring in the top twenty for the entirety of Australia, Ash is quantifiably one of the best in the business. However, never one to stop challenging himself, Ash is now in the process of becoming the new owner of the Ray White franchise in Frankston, taking over from his parents.
This is an incredibly busy period for Ash, but he has taken the time to speak to us about his experiences in working, in his words, "with Ray White, not for them", both as a real estate agent and as a franchisee. It has been nothing short of a fantastic experience for both him and his family, presenting a perfect example of what a combination of the right people with the right brand can achieve.
From family to family
Ashley and his family didn't start off working with Ray White. However, after a series of disappointments with other brands, they decided to make the switch, finding themselves resonating with the family atmosphere that Ray White prides itself in.
"We're a family company. My parents are the directors, I'm one of the directors there as well," he explains.
It was a collaborative and caring atmosphere that Ashley and his family originally switched for, but even they found themselves surprised by the warm welcome that they received.
"When we changed, we thought 'what's going on here?' It all seemed too good to be true. Everyone was so nice, everyone from the corporate team really cared, they listened – we were just really caught off-guard because we didn't get that with our previous franchise."
An opportunity for growth beyond sales
Ash also explains how the support from Ray White did not just stop as an agent. Ash is currently in the process of purchasing the franchise from his parents, and has to deal with the various hurdles that such a transfer entails. However, he explains that Ray White has been nothing but supportive during this difficult phase, and was a major contributor in their ability to make that adjustment smoothly.
"The support during this transitional period has been phenomenal," Ash says, describing how the Ray White management would spend a significant portion of their own personal time in finding the ideal solution for the franchise – though never being dictators, and rather simply providing options.
"I think because there are so many offices and so many different business structures … that we've been able to consult with them and get advice on what other people have done in the past – they've been able to show us how other businesses have done it in the past successfully."
Reinvesting in more than just profits
You might describe all this effort on the part of the Ray White corporate members as being selfless, but in reality Ash says that it is just one example of the way that the brand tries to reinvest back into its people.
"I genuinely feel that their whole philosophy is if they help us grow, then they grow. It doesn't come from 'how can we make more profit?', how can we do this, how can we do that – I think it's 'how can we help our businesses become better?'" explains Ash.
"In the process of that, Ray White as a group becomes better and better and better."
However, Ash doesn't just define success for the brand within the scope of real estate. Ray White has a long history of assisting a variety of charities and helping out at many local events, and Ray White Frankston is no different. Currently on the cards is the charity auction of a bathing box, which Ash is overseeing.
Once again, he doesn't find himself alone in this cause. Liaising with the marketing team, bouncing different ideas, video concepts, different ways to set up social media channels, writing and supplying editorial content – Ashley explained that it was rare to find a sector that Ray White did not manage to assist with.
As a result, Ash was able to challenge himself on how big he could make this event, which directly translates to how successful the auction eventually is; driving more donations towards projects in the local community. As a result, Ash gets the opportunity to reinvest in the people that make the success of his franchise possible, in much the same way that Ray White reinvested in him.
Ash Weston presents an excellent example of how Ray White not only support their boots-on- the-ground agents, but also reinvests in their franchisees and the local community as well. After a series of disappointments with other brands, Ray White has offered something that other companies simply couldn't: Camaraderie, consistency and everlasting support. Ash summarises it succinctly:
"We've been with Ray White for six years now, and we've never looked back. It's the best business decision we've ever made."
Thanks for speaking with us Ash, and we'll keep our fingers crossed for a big turnout at the charity event on 25 September!


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The latest 'Cinderella' collection was the final straw for me. How can a concept so magical, so wondrous and so sparkly be translated into a nude look that would be more suited to Sienna Miller on a down day? In the words of one of my readers: "Did Cinderella really sport no-makeup-makeup to the ball? I think not!" I've grown up with the fairytale of Cinders in all her beaten down glory, rising from the ashes in a whirlwind of sparkles and shimmers ready to find her prince; there's nothing magical about nude lipstick and brown eyeshadow. I feel like you've taken a story so precious to so many and made it just about selling makeup to the masses in the easiest possible way - via a nude palette and understated lipgloss. Disney have entrusted to you the brilliance of this story and the fantastical dreaming that goes along with it, only for you to translate it into an existing colour palette with a new shimmery blue pack.
To me it seems like you're so busy beavering away 'creating' new collaborations and plotting how you can shift more Ruby Woo, that you forget about what it is you're offering within one of these limited edition collections. They should be special, something to be treasured and enjoyed - not just a pack that contains something you can already buy but for a few quid cheaper without a picture of a Disney villain on it. If you're going to link up with the Simpsons then I want bright blue eyeshadow and a yellow lipstick; if you're going to launch a collection with Rihanna then I want all the smut you can give me; if you're going to re-incarnate Wonder Woman in makeup form, I want products that have the power of a superhero. Everything I stumble across leaves me somewhat underwhelmed and wondering if you really understood the brief.
Are you just in it for the money MAC? Are you just linking up with all and sundry because you know it will generate coverage, that you won't produce enough of the newest launch and there will be a scramble in Selfridges of epic proportions only known when a member of One Direction pops in for a new pair of trews? Have you forgotten your roots, MAC? Have you forgotten the reason people loved you was because you just did great makeup that made them feel good? Have you lost sight of what it means to be MAC, too focused on the bottom line and taking over the world one limp collection at a time? Have you misunderstood your customer MAC, targeting a whole new area of the market by reaching out to cult fan bases who will buy anything with a Disney/Rihanna/Simpsons logo on? You may have your hardcore fans who will buy anything with your name on, but the rest of us are feeling a little alienated MAC.
So here's how I see it... We can either part ways indefinitely, me leaving you to launch your latest collaboration with Whatserface later on in the year because she's the current girl of choice, or you can surprise and delight me with some kick-ass products and awesome creative collections. I really hope that 2015 is the year you start to go back to your roots, forgetting about the endless churning out of collaborations and limited edition collections in favour of products and spokespeople that really make sense. I've got high hopes for you MAC and I hope you meet my expectations, if not succeed them. I really want you to regain your place in the hearts of many beauty enthusaists who have supported you for years, no questions asked. I want you to push aside those same-old-same-old nude palettes and pinky lipgloss and start being creative. Shock me with something awesome. I await it with bated breath.
Yours Hopefully, LBQ x


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TITANIC-TITANIC.com | Titanic First Class Passenger - ENDRES, Miss Caroline Louise
- Age: 38
- Date of Birth (D.O.B.): 1874
- Place of Residence: New York City, New York
- Embarked at: Cherbourg, France ( List ) on Wednesday, 10th April, 1912
- Ticket No: 17754 (Ticketed with Astor party)
- Ticket Cost: £224 10s 6d
- Cabin Number: C-45
- Class: First Class Passengers
- Destination: New York City, New York
- Survived: Yes ( List )
- Lifeboat Number: No. 4
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Caroline Louise Endres boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg, France on Wednesday, 10th April, 1912, traveling to New York City, New York.
Caroline Louise Endres was the nursemaid to Madeleine Talmage Astor. Also traveling in the Astor party was John Jacob Astor, plus his personal manservant, Victor Robbins. Rosalie Bidois, Madeleine Talmage Astor's maid, was also aboard.
Rosalie Bidois, Caroline Endres and Madeleine Talmage Astor all managed to board lifeboat No. 4, and survived the sinking of the Titanic. Victor Robbins and John Jacob Astor were both lost in the sinking, and only the body of John Jacob Astor was recovered and identified.
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Opposition parties should put the brakes on, pollster Frank Graves says. They should rethink their "impulse for an immediate election" since the numbers just aren't there for them right now.
An EKOS Research poll released late Thursday shows a seven-point gap between Stephen Harper's Conservatives and Michael Ignatieff's Liberals, suggesting a spring election race would be fought close.
The Tories are polling at 35.2 per cent support compared to 27.8 per cent for the Liberals and 14.9 per cent for the NDP. The Green Party is at 10.1 per cent and the Bloc is at 8.8 per cent.
But the "underlying patterns of movement in the electorate" in the EKOS survey provide a cautionary tale for the Liberals, suggesting the Tories have picked up the largest number of swing voters from the Grits. NDP voters are also fairly mobile.
According to the EKOS analysis, "many potential and actual Liberal voters are relatively ambivalent about the two parties, but the Conservative Party has the larger and more attached base and there is little evidence that the Liberals have had much luck prying these votes loose."
The poll finds that the Conservatives are ahead with a more loyal and larger base.
"Most movements have been shifts back and forth across those two parties with the CPC now holding by far the lion's share of that swing group and little evidence that the Liberals will be able to shake those voter loose and back their way," Mr. Graves told The Globe.
Given that, the pollster says it would be "prudent to park" the enthusiasm for an election that seems to be emanating from the opposition parties and "hope the accountability and character issues can percolate and blend to provide a more forceful challenge than they are capable of offering based on today's poll."
EKOS also measured voter mobility and found that Canadians are far more "politically promiscuous" than Americans. Where 90 per cent of U.S. voters cast their ballots the same way in the last election, only two in three Canadians remained loyal.
In addition, the poll shows that 51.6 per cent of Canadians believe the country is going in the right direction, compared to 43.5 per cent who believe the government is going in the right direction.
Additionally, Mr. Graves's seat projections show little change from the present Parliament. Were an election held today, the Tories would likely win 140 seats, down three from their current contingent in the Commons. The Liberals would likely increase their representation to 86 seats from 77 and the NDP would lose seven seats, dropping to a caucus of 29 from its present 36. The Bloc would likely climb to 52 seats from and there would be one independent.
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Thu, 24 December 2015
Chris and Graham thank everyone who helped make CFN have a great 2015. We couldn't have done all the cool things we did without all of you. Happy Holidays to the best fans in the world!! See you in 2016 :)
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Wed, 16 December 2015
*SPOILER ALERT!! KEY ELEMENTS OF FILM WILL BE DISCUSSED INCLUDING ENDING* Chris and Graham do a Star Wars: Force Awakens Spoiler episode mash-up with Steele Wars podcast. Steele Saunders was kind enough to let the guys come to a midnight screening and then do a live podcast at Seamus O'Tooles Irish Pub in front of 250 people in Melbourne Australia! Yes Chris and Graham flew 15 hours to do the best spoiler epode ever! CJ Johnson and a long list of funny Aussie comics and Star Wars fans come on stage to talk about the movie they all just watched. SPECIAL GUEST GEORGE LUCAS!! This episode will make you travel the galaxy to find a long lost family member!
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Fri, 11 December 2015
*SPECIAL BONUS EP! DVD CLOSET* Jackie Kashian brings all her favorite Holiday Themed DVDs. From Holiday Inn to Die Hard and everything in between. This bonus ep is a Christmas Miracle!!
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Fri, 11 December 2015
*FILMS DISCUSSED: KRAMPUS, TRUMBO, HAPPY VALLEY* Chris and Graham are both getting over colds but still had time to talk films. Chris liked Krampus but wanted just a little bit more. Graham thinks Trumbo is solid Oscar material. Happy Valley is a good doc that will make you mad. Marvel heavy DVDs and some good films in theaters this week. Episode 299 will make you write in your bathtub.
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Thu, 3 December 2015
*SPOILER ALERT!! KEY ELEMENTS OF FILM WILL BE DISCUSSED INCLUDING ENDING* Chris and Graham talk about the parts of this film (and franchise) they like and didn't.
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Mon, 30 November 2015
*FILMS DISCUSSED: CREED, HUNGER GAMES, GOOD DINOSAUR, TRUMBO, SECRET IN THEIR EYES* Chris and Graham are caught in a love triangle with Laura House. Graham liked Creed. Chris and Graham liked Hunger Games but not the love triangle. Laura likes love triangle's even when society collapses. Chris found Good Dinosaur to be all over the place. Laura thinks Trumbo will be in the Oscar race. Graham was let down with Secret in Their Eyes. Ok DVDs but more solid films coming out in theaters. This ep is like a lady Taken. SAVE 10% ON EVERYTHING IN STORE WITH COUPON CODE "HOLIDAYWORKIT"
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Tue, 24 November 2015
*THEMED EP: ROCK AND ROLL MOVIES* Chris and Graham welcome long time writer but first time guest Lord Carrett into their NYC hotel room. Lord talks about some of his favorite rock and roll films of all time. This is the Spinal Tap of episodes.
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Tue, 17 November 2015
*FILMS DISCUSSED: ALL THINGS MUST PASS THE RISE AND FALL OF TOWER RECORDS, KNOCK KNOCK, SPOTLIGHT* Chris and Graham welcome first time guest, Rob Cohen. Rob talks about the Tower Records documentary and why he liked it. Chris liked the first 45 minutes of Knock Knock. Graham found Spotlight to be a solid Oscar contender. Rob tells us about his documentary, Being Canadian. Chris is really excited about some DVDs. Good films coming out in theaters. This ep will make you start your very own Star Chamber!
Direct download: CFN_Ep_296_Rob_Cohen.output.mp3
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Mon, 16 November 2015
*SPOILER ALERT! KEY ELEMENTS OF FILM WILL BE DISCUSSED INCLUDING ENDING* Chris and Graham travel to NYC to talk with Keith and The Girl about The Martian. Chris and Graham liked it but KATG well...not so much. Listen and learn.
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Fri, 13 November 2015
*SPOILER EP ALERT! KEY ELEMENTS OF FILM, INCLUDING ENDING, WILL BE DISCUSSED* Chris and Graham discuss why they liked Spectre and also understand why people didn't like it. Listen and enjoy this ep shaken not stirred.
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you dont know what you're talking about.i use to run this high school...a thousand friends, a million parties
I would wake you up but people that think like lashhog, phathog and dirkpiggler will still be around. I really thought most of this ideal would die off with the babyboomer generation but it is in full swing with people alive and well. Scary.
accoording to the tcu police chief it wasnt just weedThe drugs involved included marijuana, cocaine, "molly" -- a powdered form of ecstacy, ecstacy pills, and prescription drugs like Xanax, Hydrocodone and Oxycontin, McGee said.Read more on myFOXdfw.com: http://www.myfoxdfw.com/dpp/news/Texas-Christian-University-Students-Arrested-in-Drug-Sweep-021512#ixzz1mYzzpvwX
I already have, and I'm enjoying the aMm out of it. Hopefully you too can make it through your partying stage without OD'ing or getting busted.
This may not have devolved into one the stupidest threads ever but it's knocking on the door.
My posts must not be compelling enough for people to read, because I swear I've mentioned multiple times that I'm against legalizing real drugs - not weed. Thanks for the information that, while interesting, is irrelevant to the post to which you replied.
perhaps a bit shortsighted, but when I hear legalizing, I envision government produced, regulated, and distributed products, like cigarettes. Burn regulators, arsenic, various phenolic compounds like benzene, and probably shwag quality? If I were a smoker, I'd rather get it from a buddy or grow my own than the man.In contrast, i see decriminalizing simply no punishment for possession, or Starkville, even a ticket would be better than the cost of jailing someone for a non-violent offense.I realize there holes in each argument.
No. Having students or athletes at your college commit armed robbery is a big deal
Since when did the government start selling smokes?
So a kid gets busted with some arbitrary weight of MJ (I don't know what the Texas law is, but we'll say an ounce) that's above the threshold deemed for personal use. So that kid with 1.1 ounces is now a dealer. But it's his first offense. So he gets a light sentence (maybe a fine and community service). But that goes on his permanent record. He's been convicted of a crime. Welp. So much for getting my degree. Why go through the trouble if I won't be able to get a job now. Might as well deal drugs. I just don't get it.
I deal with prosecutors everyday. I'll be bringing this up for deferred adjudication arguments. Good insight.
I think anytime we can get kids off college campuses and into prisons for non violent crimes, it's a victory for America.
It's like an Alannis Morrissette fanboy club up in here.
Woopig is full of clever observers of irony these days.It's like an Alannis Morrissette fanboy club up in here.
Isn't about 60 percent of the cost of a pack of smokes government taxes? If so, I'd say that's at least a vested interest.
I'm sure if he explains it that way to the judge he will be released post haste.
By that logic the government manufactures everything because they damn sure tax everything..
:frenchJust because muzz, ocelot and i think it should be legalized doesnt mean we are sitting at home with needles hanging out of our arms. My partying years are passed me as well. Congratulations for surviving. I still enjoy a nice homebrew and a spliff. That for sure doesnt make me an overdosing criminal partier.
Go ahead and throw me in with you guys. It should be legalized yesterday.If I had known in college how serious these "crimes" were I might have been more careful but I still would hbe smoked weed. I used to keep a QP around all the time just because itWas cheaper in bulk. Apparently that makes you a big timeDrug dealer.Who knew, me and Pablo Escobar were one in the same.


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Christmas time is the best season for cakes and biscuits in Europe. Anita Leckenberger goes on a quest to uncover the secrets of baking traditions. She will track down the Austrian Linzer Tart, the German Stollen, the French Bûche de Noël and many more.
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New Medicinal Gel May Prevent HIV and STDs
Part of the exciting world of going to a pharmacy assistant college is learning about all of the available medications and prescriptions that are being manufactured. Pharmaceuticals are part of an ever changing health industry and new findings are published on a consistent basis.
One of these new advancements was published on Kansan.com in which reporter Claire Mcinerny writes about a new gel that is being formulated to help protect a woman's vagina against STDs and HIV. "Sarah Kieweg, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, received a $1.3 million grant from the National Institute of Health to continue developing a preventative gel for the virus," explains Mcinerny.
"'This microbicidal gel needs to protect all the vaginal surfaces. It needs to be spreading where it needs to go and keeping the drug where it needs to be, so the basics of the research involve examining the fluid mechanics of how that gel will spread around' Kieweg said in an Oct. 7 news release."
Mcinerny further comments that, "The team of researchers, which also includes Carl Weiner, chair of obstetrics and gynecology at KU Medical Center and Kyle Camarda, associate professor of chemical and petroleum engineering, are developing an instrument that predicts how the gel moves, to make sure the gel is as effective as possible against HIV and other STDs… The goal for the team's instrument is to perfect the gel's physical and chemical barrier for women against HIV and other STDs. If completed, the instrument will help create other drugs for women's sexual health."
I can't help but think of the impact that this could have on the many nations who struggle with the immense fatalities of the HIV and AIDS virus. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, "At the end of 2008, an estimated 1,178,350 persons aged 13 and older were living with HIV infection in the United States. Of those, 20% had undiagnosed HIV infections… CDC estimates that approximately 50,000 people are newly infected with HIV each year in the United States. In 2009 (the most recent year that data are available), there were an estimated 48,100 new HIV infections. Most (61%) of these new infections occurred in gay and bisexual men. Black/African American men and women were also strongly affected and were estimated to have an HIV incidence rate than was 7 times as high as the incidence rate among whites."
Getting pharmacy technician training is an amazing way to impact the lives of many people. Once drugs and medications are available to those who greatly need them, countless lives can be changed.
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Hey folks,
I'm livid as I type this because for those of you that know Aj, he does a LOT for Neos and is an all-around great guy who'll drop what he's doing to help and look into new ways to support Neos. He built the IRC tipbot, our multipool, and puts together a lot of our contests and giveaways. Someone posing as another Neos regular/supporter asked Aj for a loan (with their name swapping an i for a 1 (one)) of 20K and of course he didn't think twice to say yes. It turns out as you can figure out by now that it's the same person that's been going around IRC impersonating other folks in attempt to steal coin from them. If anyone could spare some change I've set up a donation address for him: NLuXtamCRgkqpbPeGLS74BWPfmsVM9aFPd This is the first and hopefully last time someone in the community gets robbed like this. We've been doing our best for months on end now to prevent this as there's been a heavy increase in this type of activity.
Sorry to heard that bro. I'll send something soon.
Edit Adding txid
One of the last people that deserves to get scammed. Sending 800 NEOS to cover some of the loss. Thanks for all that you do AJ.
Courtesy of KICKASSPOOLS.TXID: f0faad1d1b5e9234ded4c8dd82cb20deab4b7e59f30c4c1b23b740e829862d89
Hey guys.... looks like after a long night of working on the pool, and a combination of tiny font and a little sleep. I sent it out without noticing. =/ usually their english is bad enough to a point where it is more than recognizable that its not the right user contacting you. But I did get fooled during a serious of unfortunate events -_- I'll put out a thank you now, and make sure to thank each user that puts anything toward this at all. As you guys know I'm normally good for catching this before it happens and even help in trying to prevent it in happening to other users. But I hope they feed their damned family with it or something and it doesn't go to waste on some stupid shit.
Thank you phark. This has been an unlucky week for me this week. I feel like a fool for falling for the damn IRC tricks.
And thank you wigitgetit. All of the support is greatly appreciated from everyone.
For anyone who wants the IP of the user who did it. 220.127.116.11it returns to an ISP in poland. None of the 65,535 ports for this ip are open from what i can tell
Infernoman, I think it's not possible to be active in Crypto and not to lose some money to some parasites sooner or later. Write it off and thanks for all what you do for Neos! 4b00de77d5a24566ae1acb9fc1325f051246cf04b8f28ec0681213d8b6d993a6
Thank you tempus and yes there seems to be alot of crap in crypto. but i've been around crypto for over a year now and this is the first occurrence thankfully.
Guys, this really sucks, but please understand, whenever you propose to send any form of money to anyone (or receive it in return for goods), make sure you verify exactly who you are dealing with and what the terms are, otherwise, all bets are off.
I used to sell used high-end audio gear via the internet and scams were common. A critical part of every transaction was verifying the legitimacy of the buyer. I received bogus bank cashier's checks, bogus USPS Money Orders, a bogus bank wire statement, plus there were various gambits I was fortunate enough to either circumvent up front or not be approached with.
The world contains no dearth of dishonest people and the non-reversible nature of cryptocurrency payment provides a great opportunity for them to make hay! If a transaction is proposed, then find an alternative means to verify the particulars (email? Phone?) -- don't take it on faith! I've called many a foreign bank in the past to verify a received Bank Check was good! Trust is great, but there's just nothing like verification (not that there's ever a guarantee, it's a question of pushing the probabilities as far as practical in favor of an honest transaction)!
I'd like to express just how proud I am and lucky to have you all as a part of this community. The 20K was sent back to AJ (txID: 4a83b7f0358900b646e561f9c4e1e582638f28a6d81320eb013fa0985d6af040) not but a day later. THIS is what Neos is about and why I've always said we're a success. Our community reflects the true spirit, definition and meaning of community. Do we need a 1M market cap? Sure it would be nice, and we might even get there. However, I wouldn't trade what we have here any day for any amount of funds albeit crypto or other. Thank you all very much once again for coming together.
I completely agree with syntaks here, Today we went through a banning spree and believe we found the culprit that has been bothing people. So I hope this doesnt happen again to anyone else, theres a few different users watching for him now and trying to keep track of him.
Again thank you to EVERYONE who helped me get back the neos I lost. Even though it was out of stupidity the community came together to help me, and I'm very thankful for that
It's not "stupidity" if you don't fully appreciate the dangers and ways to minimize them! Until one gets smacked hard across the face (happened to me more than once -- so much for my idealism), it's hard to fully appreciate the crap too many people are willing to pull! Keep cool dude, just be aware!