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I have a fear of Hell
RE: I have a fear of Hell
(28-12-2012 06:49 AM)morondog Wrote: All part of the experience my dearAs long as it is ideasonscribe and not egor, I guess it won't be too bad...
"E se non passa la tristezza con altri occhi la guarderò."
RE: I have a fear of Hell
(28-12-2012 07:02 AM)Vera Wrote:Egor will be part of the universal consciousness by then... watching you... all. the. time.(28-12-2012 06:49 AM)morondog Wrote: All part of the experience my dearAs long as it is ideasonscribe and not egor, I guess it won't be too bad...
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RE: I have a fear of Hell
(28-12-2012 07:03 AM)morondog Wrote: Egor will be part of the universal consciousness by then... watching you... all. the. time.Still preferable to me having to watch him. I never was into voyeurism anyway
"E se non passa la tristezza con altri occhi la guarderò."
RE: I have a fear of Hell
I had a fear of hell too, but then I realized I'm going to he'll no matter what I believe in cuz I'm a terrible person.
Bury me with my guns on, so when I reach the other side - I can show him what it feels like to die.
Bury me with my guns on, so when I'm cast out of the sky, I can shoot the devil right between the eyes.
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RE: I have a fear of Hell
(28-12-2012 04:50 AM)JackDaniels Wrote: Hey,
Sounds like you are in hell already?
Get the heck outta there! People make their own hell. You got to figure out exactly what thoughts/actions precede every time you get a "fear of hell" attack. Then you can recognize it before it happens and get rid of it.
Hell is what you do to yourself. Lots of people are living in self inflicted hell.
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RE: I have a fear of Hell
Why the fuck you worried about hell? It's heaven that's really fucking creepy.
Anyway... there ain't no hell. And the Bible tells you so, if you listen to it and not some fuckwad with an agenda. The key is Holy Spirit. With Spirit, evil cannot abide; when one is baptized in Spirit, one cannot even mention evil shit. So, how do they get away with it? There's a loophole - remember, this shit was written by Jews - where "hell" is only relevant to the unrepentant. Read, non-Christian. In the Bible, it is the apostles and Jesus speaking of hell to the unconverted. And yet!
If you're not Christian, there is no hell. So! Put the two together, and hell does not exist. You're welcome. That'll be $29.95...999599... Make all checks payable to The Thinking Atheist. Now go, my son, and sin no more.
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RE: I have a fear of Hell
(28-12-2012 04:50 AM)JackDaniels Wrote: Hey,Hello Jack.
A few years ago I wrote an article for a Muslim who was leaving Islam, and who shared very similar fears as you are experiencing. I would like to also share that article with you below. I hope it helps you in some small way.
The Dilemma Of Pascal's Wager
Isn't it marvelous to be a human being? Have you ever thought that when you look upon another person that it is like looking into a mirror? I think that way many times, and the reason I think that way is because I believe that at the very core of our humanity, all people are the same.
I like to believe that almost all people on earth are born with the same mentality. As we begin to grow, we learn what is right and what is wrong in the way that we interact with each other. We learn the basics of what is right and wrong, and then from there it depends on which culture we belong to in which we learn such things as religious beliefs.
We all learn that it is wrong to harm those whom we care about, or to harm anyone in our social structure. The one thing that I believe that all cultures on the earth believe in is the Golden Rule; "do not do to anyone what you would not want to have done to yourself." The Golden Rule, also known as "Ethic of reciprocity," is something that is practiced all over the world by almost all of the world's cultures. Listed below are the many different variations of the Golden Rule put into practice by all the major religions and cultures on the earth.
1. Buddhism: "Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill."
2. Baha'i Faith: "Ascribe not to any soul that which thou wouldst not have ascribed to thee, and say not that which thou doest not."
3. Christianity: "Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against one of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself."
4. Confucianism: "Never impose on others what you would not choose for yourself."
5. Hinduism: "One should never do that to another which one regards as injurious to one's own self."
6. Islam: "Hurt no one so that no one may hurt you."
7. Jainism: "Just as pain is not agreeable to you, it is so with others. Knowing this principle of equality treat each other with respect and compassion."
8. Judaism: "You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against your countrymen. Love your fellow as yourself."
9. Taoism: "Regard your neighbor's gain as your own gain, and your neighbor's loss as your own loss."
By now, you are probably wondering what my point actually is. Well, the point I am trying to make is that, at the core, almost everyone in the world knows and understands the value of the golden rule. Almost all religions and cultures place the Golden Rule at the core of their teachings and their laws. The Golden Rule is so important in our cultures because it is an innate truth among human beings. It is what we all have in common, and it is what our religious beliefs all teach.
The Golden Rule implies more than just the words we read on our screen. For example, by honoring the Golden Rule you would not steal, kill, lie, commit adultery, nor do anything that would harm another person in any way. In effect, by honoring the Golden Rule, you would not sin the greatest sins against humanity.
You have said that the thing that is making you afraid of leaving Islam is the possibility that if Islam is correct, then you will suffer for all of eternity. The Christians who thought about apostatizing also faced the same question known as Pascal's Wager.
But let's suppose for a moment that there is some small chance that Islam is correct, and that despite the lack of evidence to support the existence of God, the God actually exists. The problem is a matter of what is "probable." As human beings, we tend to accept the reality of things based upon factual evidence. Some human beings accept their "beliefs" as reality, when in fact there is no evidence to support their beliefs as actually being truthful.
What this means is that the existence of God is not probable for the simple reason that insufficient evidence has been presented to prove God's existence. This is not your fault, nor the fault of anyone else. If this God actually existed, then it is his fault that no evidence has been presented. Therefore, since there is no evidence to support the existence of God, then why should you waste the only life you have on worshiping something that has never been proven to exist?
Why not go with what you know for certain? You know for a certainty that one day you will die. This is the one common thing among all humanity that we are certain of. We all will die one day. Therefore, why should you spend your life on things that you are not certain about such as worshiping a God? Why should you deny yourself the good things in this life just because you are afraid of something that has never been proven to exist?
The evidence demonstrates that you have one life to live. And if you live your life according to the Golden Rule, and then when you die you discover that Islam was actually the truth, do you not think that you could stand before God and say, "I lived my life according to what was true, certain, and just. It is not my fault that you did not provide reasonable evidence that you existed. You made me this way, therefore will you now blame me for the way I was made by you?"
If God is a reasonable God, then what kind of argument could he give to you? If you spent your life loving the whole human race under the banner of the Golden Rule, and it is God's fault that he failed to convince you that he existed, then don't you think that if such a God was actually reasonable and "Merciful" that he would forgive you? If such a God was reasonable and merciful, then it would be a contradiction of him to not forgive you because it is his fault, and not yours.
You have one life to live as far as we know for sure. Do not gamble it on uncertainty such as the existence of God. Instead, Live it to the fullest by being kind to others, and harming no one. Do not worry about God, for if such a god exists he will judge you according to your deeds, and not according to your beliefs.
After all, if God exists, then it is God's fault that you do not believe. You will be blameless. Ali Sina made a great analogy by asking that we put ourselves in God's shoes. He said, "If you were the God of your backyard, would you destroy the ants for not worshiping you?" Do you now see how silly that is? To God, we are like the ants, so do you think he will destroy us for not worshiping him? Think about that.
Therefore, not believing is more advantageous because you only know for certain that you have one life to live, so why not take advantage of that by living a good life with all of humanity in your heart instead of gambling it on uncertainty? Wouldn't you rather go with what is certain rather than make a gamble? If you knew for certain that you could get a million dollars, isn't that so much better than buying a lottery ticket?
You have one chance to love the whole world and leave behind a legacy of an exemplary human being. It is my hope you will live your life well, with good cheer for all, and enduring happiness for yourself.
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RE: I have a fear of Hell
(28-12-2012 04:50 AM)JackDaniels Wrote: Hey,It may just be a matter of time before that will pass. I think some part of you may still not have let go of religion 100%. I went through that myself for many years before I finally was completely comfortable and had no remaining fear of hell. It's almost like we need time for an equal amount of opposite brain washing to get rid of the indoctrination we had been subjected to.
The OCD, however, may be a complicating factor that may make it harder for you to completely let go of it. I like what Dom had to say about identifying your thoughts just before the fear sets in and learning to do away with them before they take hold. That sounds like great advice.
Here are 2 additional thoughts that I hope may help:
1) If you had never been indoctrinated with religion, you would have no fear of hell today. That should tell you that your fear comes entirely from within yourself as a result of the indoctrination and not from a real hell.
2) What kind of god could create hell or deliberately send people there (or simply allow them to go) to suffer unimaginable torture for the rest of time without an end? Would you really want the alternative which would be to spend all that time next to such an evil being in "heaven"? Would that really be eternal bliss? I think it would be more like eternal fear and slavery. Who's to say hell would really be worse than heaven? That line of thought is enough for me to dismiss the whole idea that any variation of a good god creating hell can possibly be true. That then rules out all the corresponding religions that teach there is a hell. And, when I take a look at what's left - other religions or related philosophies - there simply is no evidence to believe that any of it is more than imaginations running wild.
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RE: I have a fear of Hell
Another article I wrote deals with the fear of hell. Again, I hope it helps you in some small way.
Yes it's true. Every last one of us is going to hell, and it doesn't matter if you are a Christian, Jew, Muslim, Atheist, or if you belong to any faith at all.
Hell will be our final resting place.
So what the hell is "Hell" anyways? According to both Christian and Muslim resources, Hell can be described as a place of eternal damnation where sinners are tortured in an eternal fire for all of eternity.
The Christians arrive at their concept of Hell according to their literal interpretation of the Book of Revelation in the Holy Bible. They arrive at this conclusion based upon a few specific scriptures which seem to identify a place of eternal torture as Hell.
However, most Christians are actually very uneducated in regards to ancient scriptures and ancient forms of writing. The serious student of ancient scripture will recognize the Book of Revelation as a Gnostic writing, with all the typical connotations of that genre. During the time of Christ, and for centuries afterwards, the Gnostic Christians produced hundreds of writings very similar in writing style to the Book of Revelation.
The religion of the Gnostics was known as gnosis which means "knowledge." Their writing style was exceptionally appealing to the mind, as they used a stunning method of graphical expression with words. Ripe with allegorical and figurative descriptions, the Gnostics carved out a path for themselves in the ancient religious monochrome of ancient Israel and the Roman-Greco Empire of the 1st to the 4th centuries A.D.
For those of you interested in learning and understand more regarding the Gnostics and their writings, you may wish to view their works within the ancient codices known as The Nag Hammadi Library, which can be viewed online Here
Yet, was it really the fault of the Gnostics whereas modern Christian literalists managed to interpret Hell as a place of eternal damnation in a fiery grave? Also, is it the fault of the ancient Christian literalists from whom Muhammad borrowed the concept of a fiery eternal damnation known as Hell in which he has now terrorized hundreds of millions of Muslims for 1400 years with his Quran?
Well, let's take a look at the origins of Hell and find out for ourselves.
According to the King James Version of the Holy Bible, the earliest reference to Hell is given in Deuteronomy 32.22. The word which was translated from the Hebrew to the Greek, and then onto the English was sheh-ole, and it carries the meaning as such: "world of the dead; a subterranean retreat, including its accessories and inmates:--grave, pit."
In the King James Bible, the Old Testament term sheol is translated as hell 31 times. However Sheol was also translated as "grave" 31 times. Sheol is also translated as "pit" three times. The KJV translates Hades as Hell 10 times, and as grave once. Hades is traditionally the Greek word used to mean sheol.
Therefore, according to the oldest reference to Hell, all it means is that it is the grave or a pit for the dead. The description of Hell here is that it is but a prison for those whom have passed away. It is never described as a place of eternal damnation where sinners are subjected to torture forever.
Even in the Gospels, Jesus is not recorded as ever saying that Hell was a fiery place of eternal torture and damnation. However, he does make indeed make statements in relation to hell and fire in Mat 5.22, Mat 18.9, and Mark 9.43 etc. But what did he mean by those statements? Let's investigate …
In the Gospels the word Hell comes from the word of Ghenna, pronounced gheh'-en-nah of Hebrew origin; valley of the son of Hinnom; ge-henna, or Ge-Hinnom, a valley of Jerusalem, used figuratively as a name for the place or state of everlasting punishment.
You'll be interested to learn that we already know where this place is, and it is not an ethereal place where Satan dwells, but actually the Jerusalem city dump. The actual place referred to is Hinnom, a deep, narrow ravine separating Mount Zion from the so-called "Hill of Evil Counsel" to the southwest of Jerusalem .
Hinnom is first mentioned in Joshua 15:8: "And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward."
It was formerly the place where the idolatrous Jews burned their children alive as a sacrifice to Moloch and Baal. A particular part of the valley was called Tophet, the "fire-stove" or furnace, where the children were burned. After the Exile, in order to show their abhorrence of the locality, the Jews made this valley the receptacle of the refuse of the city. As with refuse, in those times it was burned to keep down vermin, the obvious offensive odors, to maximize space, and a fire was kept constantly burning there.
Excavations carried out at this site from 1975 to 1980 by an archaeological mission turned up remains of nine burial caves around the ravine. In earlier excavations of the actual dump, it was found that the fire was still smoldering after centuries. More info about this Hell can be found Here.
So now that we have nailed down the history of the Christian concept of Hell, how far would it be to make a jump to the Muslim concept, which is almost identical? Actually, we don't need to go too far at all.
It is without doubt that Muhammad borrowed much from the Torah and Gospels when he constructed his Quran. Although most Muslims like to deny it, the fact of the matter is there is evidence in existence that Muhammad was influenced by both Jews and Christians during his time. One such Christian is spoken about in the Hadith. His name was Waraqa bin Naufal. There are two very interesting Hadiths regarding this man:
Narrated 'Aisha: Volume 4, Book 55, Number 605: Sahih Al-Bukhari
"The Prophet returned to Khadija while his heart was beating rapidly. She took him to Waraqa bin Naufal who was a Christian convert and used to read the Gospel in Arabic …"
As you can see above, Waraqa bin Naufal used to read the Gospel in Arabic. How did he get a gospel in Arabic? That is answered in another Hadith:
Narrated 'Aisha: Volume 1, Book 1, Number 3: Sahih Al-Bukhari
Khadija then accompanied him to her cousin Waraqa bin Naufal bin Asad bin 'Abdul 'Uzza, who, during the pre-Islamic Period became a Christian and used to write the writing with Hebrew letters. He would write from the Gospel in Hebrew as much as Allah wished him to write.
So here we have Waraqa bin Naufal with a Gospel written in Hebrew, and who used to write from this Gospel, and then we suddenly have him reading from a gospel written in Arabic? Was there an Arabic gospel floating around in the time and place of Muhammad back in those days? Apparently, there was.
One such possible Gospel was known as The Arabic Infancy Gospel. Upon reading this gospel we find two outstanding similarities to certain verses within the Quran. Both the Arabic Infancy Gospel and the Quran have Jesus speaking as a baby, and also have Jesus making birds of clay, and then instructing them to fly. Modern scholars agree that the dating of this gospel was sometime in the mid to late 6th century, right around the time of Muhammad.
According to the analysis of textual criticism, the text was originally written in Syriac, a dialect of Aramaic which itself was based upon the Hebrew alphabet. The text became translated into Arabic, probably around the time that Christianity began to spread into the Arabian Peninsula. The narrative of the Arabic Infancy Gospel, particularly the second part concerning the miracles in Egypt , can also be found in the Quran. According to some critical scholarship, its presence in the Quran may be due to the influence the Gospel had amongst the Arabs.
More information on this gospel can be found Here.
So now we have a link between specific verses in the Quran and specific verses from a gospel which was accessible to Muhammad during his time. This tells us clearly that Muhammad was indeed influenced by Christian theology in Arabia during his time, especially when the Hadith clearly shows an Arabic gospel within his very grasp.
My English version of the Quran mentions hell almost 100 times. Due to its graphical description of Hell, the Quran repeatedly characterizes Hell as a fiery place of eternal torture and damnation. This Quranic description of Hell is almost identical to the orally propagated beliefs of the early century Christians whose descendants have continued this tradition into the modern age, along with Islam.
Yet, this description of Hell as a place of eternal torture just doesn't jibe with the actual history of what Hell really is. Because of this, we find billions of Christians and Muslims being subdued and controlled by a man-made myth for almost 2000 years.
The real Hell is not some fiery place of eternal torture and damnation. We could even say that the real Hell is not even the grave. But damn few of us can say that when we look at all the hatred, wars, killing, and other tragedies befalling the human race today that Hell does not exist, for it certainly does exist.
Hell exists, and it has been running rampant upon the face of the earth for far too long. You can see it in the eyes of the suicide bomber, airplane hijackers, and through the actions of those who behead the innocent in the name of Allah.
It's time for the human race to tell Hell … to go to Hell.
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RE: I have a fear of Hell
The concept of hell was introduced to you at an impressionable age just as it was to me. The idea of burning for eternity is a very traumatic message to communicate to kids. The Church knows this and the concept has worked very well for hundreds of years, keeping people in line. The fact that it haunts you proves it. Just think of it in terms of psychology and the reason why the idea is still around: to keep people, like yourself, and others, within the herd. The idea of torment is very effective.
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The history of fight songs at Clemson University is a long and interesting one. From the earliest days of Clemson College, the cadet band played the Army Song ("When the Caissons Go Rolling Along"). In 1935 Edwin Jones Freeman, a professor and an advisor to the band, wrote a tune called "Tiger Rah!" which became the university's official fight song through 1947. It is a well composed tune, worthy of inclusion in Clemson's traditions.
For the 2013 season, it has been polished off once again, and new, more modern lyrics composed, as well as the inclusion of the "C-L-E-M in Cadence Count" cheer. Join us in this "old" tradition as we re-introduce it during our pre-game performance with a new iconic formation everyone will want to photograph!
Tiger Rah!
Tiger Rah!
We will fight, fight, fight for every win!
Our Alma Mater reign supreme alway,
Spirit, power, pride within!
Tiger Rah!
Tiger Rah!
We have victory in our sight!
And the orange Tiger Paw will shine,
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Brainerd Teen Pleads Guilty To Fatally Shooting Father
BRAINERD (AP) - A teenager has pleaded guilty to fatally shooting his father two years ago at their home in Crow Wing County.
Seventeen-year-old Karsen King entered the plea Thursday to second-degree unintentional murder. He admitted shooting his father, Stanley King, two times in a bedroom of their Riverton house on Sept. 15, 2011. The teen's mother, Christy Stubbs, says Karsen was upset because they never let him do anything.
King told Crow Wing County District Judge Kristine DeMay that he shot his father, but did not intend to kill him. County Attorney Don Ryan agreed to recommend no more than 15 years in prison when King is sentenced on Nov. 4.


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You may not be familiar with the name Roger Angel, but if there were ever a scientist with a creative streak a mile wide, it would be he.
Angel is an astronomer. He's famous for developing an entirely new way of making really large, incredibly precise telescope mirrors. But his creativity doesn't stop there. He's now turned his attention to solar power, hoping to use the tricks he learned from capturing distant light from stars to do a more cost-efficient job of capturing light from the Sun.
"Roger's always been someone who has lots of wild ideas; some of them are superb, some of them probably not so good. But he's incredibly creative," says Brian Schmidt of the Australian National University in Canberra. "That creativity coupled to sort of a genius is quite rare. So Roger's well-known around the world for having these brilliant insights of how to solve problems."
There's something important you should know about Schmidt: He shared the Nobel Prize in Physics last year for discovering that the expansion of the universe was accelerating. He says most scientists — and he includes himself — aren't the creative problem-solvers Roger Angel is.
"We tend to be the people that close out the game, and you know, do what is obvious and do it well," he says. "Where Roger is the person who really takes you and puts you into a new track and starts new ideas."
The Mirror Man
Angel runs the mirror lab at the University of Arizona in Tucson. I dropped by in January as Angel and his colleagues were about to cast one of their enormous mirrors 25-feet across. The process Angel invented solves a problem that had confounded telescope makers: how to make a mirror that big out of a solid block of glass.
Angel solved the problem with a design the creates a piece of glass with a hollow, honeycomb interior. The process involves loading glass onto a honeycomb-shaped mold in a giant rotating furnace. When the temperature reaches 2,100 degrees Fahrenheit — a point known as high fire — the glass melts and slumps into the mold.
Why a rotating furnace? By rotating, the glass begins to take on the parabolic shape it ultimately needs to have to focus starlight. It takes nearly a year to make one of these giant mirrors. He's made more than a dozen now.
Angel's mind is awash in ideas. For example, in the past decade or so, Angel has been searching for ways to do something about the threat from global warming.
In 2006, he wrote a paper exploring the feasibility of sending a huge glass shield into space and placing it in a spot where it would deflect 2 percent of the sun's rays headed for Earth. Doing that would counteract the warming effects of greenhouse gasses, according to Angel.
It's an ambitious notion. You'd need a shield "a bit less than 2,000 miles across. Pretty big," he says. You'd also need a new launching system to get the shield into space. Traditional rockets wouldn't do. Angel says a kind of magnetic gun that could send up the shield one small piece at a time should do the trick.
"It's always fun working with Roger because he has different ideas about completely unrelated things that he wants to talk to you about. And that's just fun," says James Burge, a colleague of Angel's at the University of Arizona.
Burge says Angel doesn't just have a lot of ideas. "He also has the ability to do the quick calculations or the very quick experiment to be able to see which ideas are good. And that's great. He energizes us with that."
Harnessing The Power Of The Sun
Angel is now turning his energizing energies to energy — solar energy, to be precise. He says his experience with telescope mirrors should help him build cost-effective solar power systems.
"That's what I've been doing for the last few years," says Angel, "[to] try to figure out how to make good-enough mirrors — much lower quality than what we use for astronomy — but good enough to get the sunlight to a decent image, and how to get those mounted so you can point them at the sun without too much steel and cost."
Lowering the cost is key. Right now people don't choose electricity from solar power stations because, for the most part, it's a lot cheaper to get electricity from stations powered by fossil fuels.
Angel took me to an abandoned swimming pool on the University of Arizona campus where he's built a working prototype of his solar power system.
It looks a bit like a giant box kite. A white steel frame holds a 10-foot-square mirror. The frame is mounted on a turret that can track the sun. Angel says that to save money, he uses ordinary window glass with a mirrored surface. He's figured out a way to bend glass panels into the right shape so that the light is concentrated on solar cells. Concentrating the light makes the solar cell more efficient at turning the light energy into electricity.
The prototype makes only a few kilowatts, but Angel told me he has some ideas of how he'd like to use that energy.
"What's the most useful thing you can do with a few kilowatts of power?" he says. "Well, you can charge your rechargeable car, your plug-in Prius. So I'd like to do that. It'd be a real good feeling driving around town, knowing the energy came from the sun."
This next story may help us understand how it is that brilliant scientists get their ideas. Scientists, of course, are simply trying to understand the world around them, but doing that requires tremendous leaps of imagination. Today, may a science student can explain the principles that make an airplane fly, but the practical way to do that was a lot less obvious when the Wright Brothers built their flying machine. As for Einstein's theory of relativity, it's hard even today for most of us to comprehend what it is, much less how he thought it up.
Even smaller achievements can be mysterious. How did James Wright dream up Silly Putty? NPR science correspondent has been working on a series that explores the minds and motivations of great scientists and inventors, and today his project, Joe's Big Idea, takes us to one of the most creative scientists alive today.
JOE PALCA, BYLINE: When I started this project, I thought I've got to tell people about Roger Angel. I reported on his work earlier this year, but there's so much more to say. He's an astronomer and he dreams big. He wants to peer back in time to the origins of the universe, to take pictures of planets orbiting distant stars. But before you can do those things, you need a telescope with a mirror big enough to capture the faint light trickling down to Earth from far, far away.
Twenty-five years ago, no one could build such a telescope. The glass you'd need to make a big enough mirror would be too heavy. So Angel thought, hmm, do you really need to make a mirror out a solid piece of glass? Maybe you could make the interior hollow like a honeycomb.
BRIAN SCHMIDT: Roger's always been someone who has lots of wild ideas. Some of them are superb. Some of them probably not so good, but he is incredibly creative.
PALCA: That's astronomer Brian Schmidt from the Australian National University in Canberra.
SCHMIDT: And that creativity coupled to sort of a genius is quite rare. So Roger's, you know, well-known around the world for having these brilliant insights of how to solve problems.
PALCA: Now, there's I've got to tell you about Brian Schmidt. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physics last year for discovering that the expansion of the universe was accelerating. He told me most scientists - and he includes himself here - aren't the brilliant problem-solvers Roger Angel is.
SCHMIDT: We tend to be the people who close out the game, and you know, do what is obvious and do it well. Where Roger is the person who really, you know, takes you and puts you into a new track and starts new ideas.
PALCA: So here's Roger Angel with this great idea for making a large lightweight mirror. But then he had to figure out how to do it, how to make a honeycomb mold, what kind of glass to use, and he had to find just the right temperature to bake the glass at so it would flow into the mold the way he wanted. Angel and his colleagues cast these enormous mirrors in a giant rotating furnace. This furnace looks a bit like an enormous enclosed merry-go-round.
The rotation helps the glass take on the parabolic shape it needs to focus starlight. It takes nearly a year to make one of these giant mirrors, so you want to make sure you get it right. The day I dropped by the University of Arizona last January, the temperature inside the furnace was just about to reach its peak at 2100 degrees Fahrenheit, a point known as high fire. Do you still get excited on the day of high fire, or not so much anymore?
ROGER ANGEL: Well, we've tried to arrange it that I don't get excited at all because if you are worried about something, then you should have done something about it ahead of time, right?
PALCA: Didn't somebody once say that genius is the infinite capacity for taking pains?
ANGEL: Oh, there's always a worry when you have, you know, it's a great big ball of very high temperature glass.
PALCA: Well, I was looking at it more on the positive side. I mean, is it still exhilarating at all?
ANGEL: Yeah. Yeah.
PALCA: Creative? Yes. Diffusive? No. Angel's not just interested in astronomy. In the past decade or so he's been thinking about global warming.
Roger Angel has an idea, and as ideas go, this is a pretty big one.
PALCA: I'm not the only one at NPR intrigued by Roger Angel. This is from an interview with Robert Siegel in 2006.
SIEGEL: His plan is to send a huge glass shield into space, and line it up so that it deflects two percent of the sun's rays bound for the Earth.
PALCA: That would counteract the warming effects of greenhouse gases, according to Angel. How big a shield would you need?
ANGEL: A bit less than 2,000 miles across, so it's pretty big.
SIEGEL: So something on the order of the United States from the Appalachians to the Rockies would have to...
ANGEL: Something like that.
SIEGEL: ...get up there. And how on Earth could people someday put such a piece of glass up in space?
PALCA: Of course Angel had already thought of that problem. He said a kind of magnetic gun that would launch the shield in small segments would do the trick. James Burge is a colleague of Angel's at the University of Arizona. Burge told me the thing about Roger Angel is that he doesn't just have a lot of ideas...
JAMES BURGE: He also has the ability to do the quick calculations or the very quick experiment to be able to see which ideas are good.
PALCA: Even Roger Angel will tell you that a 2,000-mile-wide glass shield is probably only going to be considered as a last resort. He hopes to prevent that day from ever coming, so he's begun to think about alternatives to burning fossil fuels. Now, Angel's a guy who knows all about capturing light, so solar energy was an obvious choice. There are plenty of systems out there that use mirrors to concentrate sunlight for electricity. The problem with all these systems is they're too darn expensive. They can't compete with low-cost electricity made from fossil fuel. Angel hopes to change that.
ANGEL: So that's what I've been doing for the last few years, is trying to figure out how to make good enough mirrors, you know, much lower quality than what we use for astronomy, and how to get those mounted so you can point them at the sun without too much steel and cost.
PALCA: To show me what he's up to, Angel took me over to an abandoned outdoor swimming pool on the University of Arizona campus where he's building a working prototype of his solar power system. It looks a bit like a giant box kite. A huge white steel frame holds a 10-foot square mirror. The frame is mounted on a turret that can track the sun. Angel has found clever ways to use bargain basement materials to keep down costs.
The mirrors are made from cheap mass-produced window glass. They're bent into the right shape using a second-hand industrial oven. A ball of pure glass helps keep the sunlight evenly distributed on the photovoltaic cells that make the electricity. The prototype in this swimming pool only makes a few kilowatts, but Angel told me he has some ideas of how he'd like to use that energy.
ANGEL: What's the most useful thing you can do with a few kilowatts of power? Well, you can charge your rechargeable car, your plug-in Prius. So I'd like to do that. It would be a real good feeling to be driving around town knowing the energy came from the sun.
PALCA: After a while I found myself wondering how Angel has such a knack for solving problems that stumped others, so I asked. Where do your ideas come from? Did you have an idea already today of some solution to a problem you've been thinking about?
ANGEL: Yeah. Ideas, I don't know what it is. I never have to sit down and think, well, I need to have an idea or anything. They just come pouring in.
PALCA: Maybe I shouldn't have been surprised that Roger Angel can't articulate where his ideas come from. It's probably like asking a fish where water comes from. I'd bet a world without ideas is just about impossible for Roger Angel to imagine. Joe Palca, NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Unless you've been living under a rock/in a cave/in Birmingham, you'll no doubt be awaiting tomorrow's official unveiling of the iPhone 5 and, perhaps more importantly, Apple's new operating system for most iDevices, iOS 6.
However, while there may be a few new features in the OS that we're all looking forward to (such as a Siri that actually works outside of Wisconsin), there will be a few that also vanish. One of those will be the integrated YouTube application, something that's been resident on an iPhone homescreen for donkeys.
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With Apple severing long-standing ties with YouTube, and removing the Google-brand's integrated service when iOS 6 is released, the rival company has launched a dedicated YouTube app that you are fully urged to download.
Its remarkably basic, cutting to the chase in many instances, just as a mobile app should. You can sign into your Google or YouTube account and the home screen shows a list of recommended videos.
You can add channels to a sidebar that appears when you slide your finger across, or browse by subject, and you can check out your account details from inside the application, such as uploads, playlists and history.
It being a Google product, search is naturally intuitive, giving suggestions as you type each new letter in the bar above. The results also return both videos themselves and channels you may wish to explore further. It's cleaner, better presented and easier to use than the integrated application ever was.
Even on the video pages, you get tabbed zones for Now Playing, Suggested and Comments instead of having to scroll through swathes of boring-looking text. And the information appears below running video when the phone is held vertically (the clip will fill the screen in horizontal mode).
It's also a doddle to like or unlike a video, with an overlay on the footage itself, and there's a share icon too, which brings up all manner of social feed options.
Basically, Apple's move to eradicate Google's involvement in the iPhone has given us, the consumer, a far better way to enjoy its rival's services. Result.
Incidentally, a dedicated iPad app is in the works, although we may not see it on the App Store for a while.


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Star free agent goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov, who arrived in Philadelphia on Wednesday, left town on Friday without a new contract.
Both sides negotiated - after Bryzgalov met with Flyers coach Peter Laviolette, goaltending coach Jeff Reese, general manager Paul Holmgren and team president Peter Luukko - and have agreed to pick up talks next week.
Holmgren issued this statement on Friday afternoon:
"We have spoken with Ilya and his agent Ritch Winter about many different scenarios.
"As for now, we both know each other's position and have agreed to speak again next week.
"There will be no further comment at this time."
That is to say, the Flyers have seen Bryzgalov's demands - which have been reported as lofty since the Coyotes dealt his rights to Philadelphia on June 7 - and need at least the weekend to think about how to proceed.
Bryzgalov has been reportedly seeking a 6-year deal worth close to $6 million per season, which would chew up nearly 10 percent of the Flyers' entire salary cap.
The Flyers have until July 1 to wrap up a deal with Bryzgalov before he is free to negotiate with all 28 other teams. Few teams, though, appear to be on the market for a big name goaltender.
The Flyers would have liked to had a deal signed and delivered before next Friday's Entry Draft kicks off in St. Paul, Minn., as they will need to shed salary in order to afford Bryzgalov.
The Flyers have nearly $59 million committed to players for next season and the salary cap is expected to increase from $59.4 million to around $63.5 million.
Technically, no deal between the Flyers and Bryzgalov could be inked at this point anyway, as the 2011-12 salary cap numbers have not yet been released from the NHL and the buyout window for players has yet to begin. If the Flyers wanted to sign Bryzgalov this week, a trade would have been needed to be made first in order to stay clear of the league's tagging rule.
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Atlanta Falcon Michael Turner arrested on DUI charge
Atlanta Falcons running back Michael Turner has been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving and speeding in metro Atlanta just hours after he scored a touchdown in the team's win over the Denver Broncos.
Gwinnett County jail records show 30-year-old Turner was booked just after 5 a.m. Tuesday. He was released two hours later on $2,179 bond.
Lt. Sean Smith of the Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office says the traffic citation given to Turner shows he was pulled over for driving 97 mph in a 65 mph speed zone.
Turner scored Atlanta's first touchdown Monday night in the Falcon's 27-21 win over Denver.


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Video: Supreme Court Fellows reflect on the judicial system
In a rare public appearance, the Supreme Court Fellows discussed their fellowship experiences and shared their insights at a National Constitution Center event.
The group talked about the challenges of federal court management with the National Constitution Center's Jeffrey Rosen, in a program that was co-sponsored by the Supreme Court Historical Society.
Established in 1973 by Chief Justice Warren Burger to promote public understanding of the judiciary, the Supreme Court Fellows Program provides four outstanding individuals with the opportunity to serve the federal courts "from the inside." Fellows spend a year embedded with one of four agencies within the judicial branch. Once finished, they become cherished members of a tight-knit alumni community.
Michael L. Shenkman, a fellow and lecturer at Columbia Law School who spent his fellowship in the Office of the Counselor to the Chief Justice of the United States, called the program "a little-known gem" and a "fantastic opportunity to see the Constitution in action."
Dawinder S. Sidhu, a professor at the University of New Mexico School of Law who worked with the U.S. Sentencing Commission, said it was useful, from a teacher's perspective, to see what works—and what doesn't—when advocating before the Supreme Court.
Stephanie Tai, a professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School who supported the Federal Judicial Center this year, agreed. "The best advocates listen between the lines," she explained, "and try to answer the questions they hear."
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Maritza Morales Casanova has spent much of the last 18 years inspiring children to respect and care for Mexico's natural environment. What makes her story truly remarkable is that Maritza is just 28 years old. With the support of her Rolex Award for Enterprise, she is constructing an educational center where young people will learn from their peers how to create a sustainable future.
Dismayed at the lack of respect shown to animals and the environment around her in Yucatán, Mexico, Maritza recognized – at the age of 10 – that people needed to reconnect with one another and with nature. In 1995 she launched her own conservation organization, HUNAB (Humanity United to Nature in Harmony for Beauty, Welfare and Goodness).
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In an effort to engage even more children in this project, in May 2012 Maritza founded Ceiba Pentandra, a 7,600 square meter environmental education park located in the capital of Yucatán. At Ceiba Pentandra, Maritza is using the funds from her Rolex Award to build five classrooms that will welcome school students in large numbers. She also plans to build an environmental library, a laboratory, an auditorium, a museum, an open-air theatre, an aquaculture training centre and dormitories so students from other regions can stay overnight.
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Following the chaotic bailout of Cyprus, top European Union officials are saying it's time to rethink how the region manages its crisis — and who should be involved.
Here is a look at the key institutions involved in Europe's economic policymaking:
An economic and political partnership among 27 European countries. It has a combined population of half a billion people and an annual economic output of some 12.8 trillion euros ($16.5 trillion). The president of the European Council, the body which brings together the leaders of the 27 EU countries, is Herman Van Rumpoy.
The EU's executive arm. As well as drafting and enforcing European laws, it also runs the EU's budget, manages the day-to-day business of implementing EU policies and represents the EU internationally — for example in the forthcoming trade talks with the U.S.. The current president of the Commission is Jose Manuel Barroso.
The EU's main legislative body. It has three main roles: debating and passing European laws; scrutinizing other EU institutions to make sure they are working democratically; and debating and adopting the EU's budget.
The name given to the economic group of 17 EU countries that use the single European currency, the euro. The 17 countries are Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain. There is no one leader of the eurozone but its economic management is run by the....
The meeting of the 17 finance ministers of the eurozone. It is responsible for ensuring that there is financial stability and economic growth among its members. It has also become the main decision-making body for agreeing eurozone emergency bailouts and assistance. The current president of the Eurogroup is Jeroen Dijsselbloem.
The eurozone's central bank. Its main task is to maintain price stability in the eurozone, which it does mainly by setting interest rates for the region. Its current president is Mario Draghi.
Formed in 1944, the IMF is a global organization of 188 countries that provides loans, monitors and issues recommendations to help improve the economies of its members. It contributes money to the eurozone's bailouts and helps monitor the region's economy. Its current managing director is Christine Lagarde.
Is a committee set up to manage and monitor the bailout loans for the eurozone countries and consists of the European Commission, ECB and IMF. No eurozone country gets a bailout until an inspection team from the troika makes sure the right political and economic measures are in place to ensure the loan gets paid back.


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NH killer in 1991 Smart trial seeks time with wifeBy TED SIEFER
August 29. 2014 9:26PM
MANCHESTER — The killer at the center of a sensationalized 1991 murder trial in New Hampshire has applied for weekend prison furloughs with his wife as he prepares for the next chapter of his life.
William "Billy" Flynn was 16 when he was charged with shooting to death the husband of Pamela Smart, who was his lover and an employee of the school he attended.
At the conclusion of a lurid trial, a jury found Pamela Smart guilty of first-degree murder for orchestrating the killing.
Flynn and a friend, Patrick Randall, who held Smart's husband at knifepoint, were convicted of second-degree murder.
Both Flynn, now 40, and Randall are up for parole in June 2015, and both were permitted earlier this summer to enter work-release programs at minimum security facilities.
The New Hampshire Department of Corrections kept the inmates separate by having Flynn incarcerated in Maine while Randall served his sentence in New Hampshire.
Flynn applied with the Maine Department of Corrections to participate in its furlough program. He wants to be able to make 48-hour visits to Newcastle, Maine, where his wife lives. Flynn and the woman were married in 2006 while he was behind bars.
Jody Breton, Maine's deputy corrections commissioner, said on Friday that Flynn's application is under review and the agency's decision will be based on his disciplinary record and the assessment of prison officials.
Corrections officials in New Hampshire had backed Flynn's request to be given work-release status earlier in the summer.
"We basically stated that William Flynn has been discipline-free over 15 years and completed all programs and treatment required of him," New Hampshire corrections spokesman Jeff Lyons said.
While in prison, Flynn became certified as an electrician's assistant and received an associate's degree in liberal studies.
Flynn's bid to be furloughed comes amid renewed interest in the Pamela Smart case.
A documentary titled, "Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart," which aired last month on HBO, suggests that Smart did not get a fair trial because of the heightened publicity surrounding the case.
Smart, who is serving life in prison without the possibility of parole, has maintained her innocence and said that Flynn was responsible for the murder.
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When It Happens to You: A Novel in Stories (Hardcover)
Tales of love, loss, and betrayal are at the heart of When It Happens to You, the debut story collection from actress and author Molly Ringwald.
A Hollywood icon, Ringwald defined the teenage experience in the eighties in such classic films as Pretty in Pink, The Breakfast Club, and Sixteen Candles. Now the star of ABC Family's hit series, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, and author of the bestselling memoir Getting the Pretty Back, Ringwald brings that same compelling candor she displayed in her film roles to the unforgettable characters she has created in this series of linked stories about the particular challenges, joys, and disappointments of adult relationships.
Here are stories that grapple with infertility and infidelity, fame and familial discord, in a magnificent collection that will resonate broadly with readers--from fans of Melissa Banks to Meg Wolitzer to Lorrie Moore.
Praise For…
"When It Happens to You is absolutely lovely, a smart, emotionally sophisticated, intricately dovetailed novel of stories. World, I'm telling you now: Molly Ringwald is the real deal."
-Lauren Groff, author of Arcadia
"Molly Ringwald understands how families work and uses her considerable talents to make them come alive on the page."
-Gary Shteyngart, author of Super Sad True Love Story
"These stories sizzle with rare insight about the reverberations of betrayal and of love. Ringwald wisely never judges her characters, but lets them live out their complexities on the page, flawed and endearing, recognizable and also new. When It Happens To You is an impressive fiction debut."
-Robin Black, author of If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This
"When It Happens to You is an inventive and compelling portrait of love in the modern age."
-J. Courtney Sullivan, author of Maine
"Molly Ringwald's eight electric stories are alive with Joycean insight-piercing, epiphanic moments of terror, humor, and transcendence. Together they offer a deeply moving portrait of modern life."
-Eleanor Henderson, author of Ten Thousand Saints
"[A] graceful and deft debut."
"With her assured and deftly wrought novel-in-stories . . . Ringwald plays out the all-too-familiar tragedies of adult life[. Her] stories ring with authenticity, voices so true and honest that we imagine she's been eavesdropping on our conversations. Once again she connects us."
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Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah:
Rep. Nancy Pelosi's first time at Sundance was not as one of the nation's top political leaders, but as a proud mom.
Pelosi was on hand as her daughter Alexandra made her Sundance Film Festival debut with the documentary "Fall to Grace," about the charitable works of former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey. McGreevey resigned from office in 2004 when it was revealed he was cheating on his wife with a man. Since leaving office, he has worked to help rehabilitate female prisoners and lives with his partner.
Nancy Pelosi said McGreevey's fall was magnified because he was seen as such a political star: "For him, a young articulate, appealing governor of New Jersey. The sky was the limit for him, in terms of political aspirations."
Pelosi gave a strong endorsement for her daughter's film, but also enjoyed others, including "The Battle of AmFar," which chronicles the work done by Elizabeth Taylor and Dr. Mathilde Krim in fighting the epidemic: "I've really worshipped at the shrine of Mathilde Krim for decades," Pelosi said.
Pelosi planned to see one more film, a documentary about former Rep. Barney Frank that was being shown at a private house, before leaving for the inauguration festivities for President Barack Obama in Washington.
— Nekesa Mumbi Moody, twitter: (at)nekesamumbi
While renewed focus is on the entertainment industry and the role it may play in violent events, Rep. Nancy Pelosi said her first priority on her weekend visit to Sundance was to support her daughter's debut at the film festival, not to discuss the First Amendment with the entertainment industry. Still, she indicated that she was leery of blaming Hollywood for society's ills.
"Obviously the industry knows what the challenges are and I look to them for any suggestions that they may have," she said. "By in large, I think it's a little bit not a certain place to go, to start talking about Hollywood's responsibility or something that has happened by obviously a deranged person .. But we all have a responsibility to make sure that violence is not glorified in our society, so you have to be very careful when you tread that web."
— Nekesa Mumbi Moody, twitter: (at)nekesamumbi
Skylan Brooks, the 13-year-old star of "The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete," which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival this weekend, is excited about President Barack Obama's re-election and Monday's inauguration.
"I'm glad!" the young actor said. "Not because he's a black president, but because I think he sets a good example. I'm learning about him and Black History and American history in history class, so I'm getting a good vibe about these next four years."
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The Honesdale Little Baseball Association 11-year-old all stars have advanced to the Cal Ripken state championship game. Coach Joe Curreri's lads are 4-1 in the tournament and will play Chichester Tuesday night for all the marbles.
Three years ago, a team of HLBA 9-year-old all stars made its first trip to the Cal Ripken state tournament. There, the local lads suffered three quick losses and were eliminated.
Last summer, this same group of players returned to states as 10-year-olds. Under the guidance of Manager Joe Curreri, they served notice that Honesdale was on the rise...winning two games and nearly qualifying for the medal round.
This week, the local lads have taken the final step. On Tuesday evening in Warrington, the HLBA's 11-year-old all star team will battle Chichester for the 2012 Cal Ripken PA state championship.
"Wow...these kids have come a long way since they were 9-year-olds," Coach Curreri told TWI Sports in a phone interview Monday night. "It's been really exciting so far and tomorrow is definitely a winnable game. I don't want anyone to think I'm overconfident, but if we play the way we're capable of playing...well, we should win."
The HLBA all stars will face off with Chichester at 6:00 p.m. Tuesday. The game will be played at Barness Field, 2750 Bristol Road, Warrington.
On Their Way
The competition thus far, as one might expect, has been intense.
Honesdale faced Ridley in the opening round and barely escaped with a 6-5 win. David Curreri drew the starting mound assignment and went the distance in earning the victory.
Game Two saw the HLBA all stars suffer their lone loss of the tournament, dropping a gut-wrenching 3-2 decision to Hilltop.
The local lads wasted no time in bouncing back, however. Honesdale's offense was firing on all cylinders against New Oxford en route to a 9-4 win. Cade LaBracio earned the pitching decision in this one.
Game Four was another wild one. Coach Curreri's boys had to fight tooth & nail against Unionville before finally emerging with a 5-4 victory. Anthony DeGori went to the hill and fired yet another complete game.
In Monday's semifinal showdown, Honesdale took on perennial Cal Ripken powerhouse Llanarch Hills. The two teams battled to a stalemate through four frames before Max Alessi delivered the biggest blow of his young diamond career.
Alessi, the team's catcher, came to bat in the sixth inning with the score tied 4-4 and the bases loaded. Max made the most of his chance, blasting a titanic homerun deep over the wall in left center. This grand slam gave Honesdale an 8-4 lead.
"I knew it was out as soon as he hit it," Coach Curreri said. "Max just just crushed it. That ball was a good 20-25 feel over the fence. It was a no-doubter."
Llanarch Hills rallied for two runs in its last at-bat, but Curreri dug down deep to record the final out for his second straight complete game triumph.
Anthony Dell'Aquila has also been providing serious pop in the middle of the HLBA batting order. Honesdale's third baseman/outfielder already has two homers to his credit.
"We're playing great," Coach Curreri said. "Everybody's contributing. It's a total team effort."
The 2012 Honesdale Little Baseball Association 11-year-old All Star roster includes: Will Howell, David Curreri, Anthony DeGori, Anthony Dell'Aquila, Nate Frigoletto, Beau Freiermuth, Max Alessi, Cade LaBracio, Jack Dennis, Andy Carroll, Ethan Dunn, Max Land.
Assistant coaches are Mike Frigoletto and Rick LaBracio.
Stay tuned to TWI Sports for full coverage of the HLBA 11s and their quest for Cal Ripken state gold in tomorrow's edition!


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Episode Metal, a special unlockable story that will be available exclusively to players who have purchased both Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode I and Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode II on the same platform.
In Episode Metal, experience an all-new adventure that bridges the gap between Sonic CD and Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode II! Take control of Sonic's greatest rival, Metal Sonic, across four reworked Acts from Episode I as he rebuilds himself to challenge Sonic once again in Episode II.
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode II, and Episode Metal, will be available on PSN ($14.99) and Xbox Live Arcade (1200 points). The game will also be available on Android devices, iOS, PC digital download and Windows Mobile Phones later this spring.
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From me to you, I am genuinely sorry, I figured it would spark some curiosity for you to research it.
As for saying IE passed chrome up, I kind of disagree there. IE not to long ago had a zero day exploit. While Chrome loads everything in a Sandboxy, preventing a lot of attacks in itself. It depends on what your looking for in a browser I suppose. I don't think IE adds up to the best. You have to take into account security as well as how smooth it runs.


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The term 'direct access' seems to be the central issue when it comes to the coordinated PR campaign from Silicon Valley, and a new article from The Washington Post seems to clarify it all quite a bit. "Intelligence community sources said that this description [i.e., direct access], although inaccurate from a technical perspective, matches the experience of analysts at the NSA. From their workstations anywhere in the world, government employees cleared for PRISM access may 'task' the system and receive results from an Internet company without further interaction with the company's staff." This seems to explain why the leaked official documents speak of 'direct access' even though the companies themselves deny it. The leaked documentation probably wasn't written by a technical expert, so he simply used a term that describes the end result (i.e., access whenever, wherever, whatever), but not the actual technical workings (i.e., the system does not directly tap into the companies' own servers). Update: The Guardian has released a new slide from the NSA slide deck: it speaks of "collection directly from the servers" of several US companies, like Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and so on. It also mentions directly tapping into the very cables that carry data to and from the US. I wonder how long Silicon Valley will continue to lie and/or legalese around the issue. Man up for once.


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Trooper killed in central Kentucky crash
Trooper killed in central Kentucky crash
WINCHESTER, Ky. —
A Kentucky State Police trooper was killed Tuesday in a central Kentucky crash.
KSP said Trooper Anson Blake Tribby, 25, of Mt. Sterling, was driving his personal pickup truck when he was involved in a crash with a flatbed wrecker near the 99 mile marker on eastbound Interstate 64 in Clark County.
A Clark County sheriff's deputy said traffic was backed up on the interstate at the time due to a vehicle that had caught fire.
Tribby was pronounced dead at the scene by the Clark County coroner.
KSP said Tribby was a 2 1/2-year veteran assigned to the Morehead post.
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launch/land practice?
Can I practice my launching/landing on land before heading to Alameda? So many people there kinda makes me nervous! If I can, where is a good spot? Didn't do a whole lot of practice during my lesson, he said I was already really good at it so we moved on but I don't feel confident yet especially with how busy Alameda is
You could head down just below the shellgate launch on a day when it isn't crowded with ton of beach-goers. I'd suggest bringing the kite pretty close to the water so you're standing well into the water for the launch. I know I was also pretty nervous for my first launch, too, just make sure you got that kite pumped up nice and hard and the person launching you knows you're a beginner and to ensure nothing is tangled up on their end before letting go.
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OB.... wide beach. easy to pick a place without people where you can dump and flag your kite if you have to and not worry about trees, road, walkway etc. Go with a friend or ask one of us ; |
That's how i learned.
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Haha I figured that's what shell gate was! I was thinking about that and I wasn't sure if I was allowed to since there is that designated launch my the school! Kinda funny cuz I work for the company that owns crown beach (fleet mechanic). Thanks guys for the info!! I'll check out ocean beach as well mabye on a mellow day. Appreciate the comments can't wait to be decent someday and help out a noob lol. Also if anyone wants a shuttle I have a jetski we have some options Haha I actually live like 15 mins from Sherman island
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The water's edge, as stated, is a good place. While you're at it, you might want to consider practicing self-rescuing as well. Wade out into the water until you're just over your head, and then go through the steps of pulling the quick release, winding lines, and getting into shore by using the kite as a sail---or swimming in with it. You can already practice the release and winding part on land without the kite but nothing prepares you for the real thing like something close to the real thing.
I have gone to a large, grassy open park area with no people or hard objects downwind to practice self-launching and landing. This could work for regular launch/land, too. Go in lighter wind, use a smaller kite if available, and wear helmet/impact vest just in case you fall and get dragged a little (hasn't happened to me yet, knock on wood).
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BTW, a tip in the category of "Things you absolutely should know, but many newbies do incorrectly": start your launch downwind enough so the kite is weakly powered (canopy of the kite should be luffing), and then before giving the thumbs-up signal, walk upwind until the canopy stops luffing. Before learning this, I had several bad launches--after, never a bad launch again.
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And...until you are comfortable with your gear and wind knowledge, always pull your trim strap/rope/thingy in to full depower before lunch. This will minimize some of the danger.
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To beat a dead horse: the practice you get with your trainer translates fairly well to launching/landing the big boy. In fact, the motion of bringing the kite down all the way up and down along the perimeter of the window is actually a little more challenging with a little foil trainer, as they tend to stall out closer to the ground. Recovering from those little stalls is pretty good steering/feel practice, and will help with the real thing later.
If you get a lull right at launch, taking a step or two back can really save the kite, just make sure you have the space to not step on someone else's kite.
Launching can always be tricky but great advice on being just upwind of where it goes from luffing to a tight canopy. It also feels amazing to save a launch that has some type of hiccup. It's like being it that dream with no pants to eff it up though. Haha, good luck!
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