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Massachusetts prisons control women inmates by administering psychotropic drugs intended to "'manage' the problems caused by social and economic policies" that may have led to their incarceration, according to Suffolk University Sociology Professor Susan Sered, who writes about the issue in the Salon.com article "Our prisons are drugging women."
"In Massachusetts in 2012, 56 percent of women inmates were treated with psychotropic medication while in prison. (In comparison, only 17 percent of male inmates were treated with psychotropic medication.) … These drugs often function to restrict autonomy in much the same way as shackles and solitary confinement," writes Sered.
Sered tells the story of a Massachusetts woman whose downward spiral began with her sadness about her sister's death. She was fired from her waitressing job because she wasn't cheery with the customers, became homeless and was arrested by a police officer she had called upon to aid her when she was assaulted while out on the streets. She was incarcerated and put on medications that left her in a fog.
"When Elizabeth needed job security and affordable housing, what she received was a prison sentence and a cocktail of psychotropic medication," writes Sered.


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I have never used 19M lines before and 1st used it with my 2012 5M North Neo, all I can say is that the kite was so ridiculously fast that it took me a good half an hour to get dialed into it. before I could carve round on my surfboard the kite would already be at the other end of the wind window.
My question is: does anyone else use a 5M kite on such short lines, or should I use longer lines with such a small kite to slow the kite down a bit.
Just wondering.

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LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Residents in Nigeria's northeast accused the military of burning down civilian homes in a recent fight with Islamic extremists that left at least 187 people dead, the latest in a series of incidents which authorities have been blamed for the killing of bystanders.
In separate incidents in 1999 and 2001, soldiers in Nigeria shelled villages, opened fire on residents and tortured civilians. While the military has denied abuse allegations surrounding the recent killings in Baga, the West African nation has a history of security forces indiscriminately killing civilians since it became an uneasy democracy after years of military rule.
And as officials hope to woo extremists into possible peace talks, the deaths of civilians and harassment by soldiers could likely betray its efforts. The government often claims its force is used only to combat the extremists, or criminals.
"You and I know nowadays the 'Boko Haram syndrome:' Anybody put in the public space as allegedly being killed in the course of fire as suspected Boko Haram persons, most members of the public will not fear it much," said Kemi Okenyodo, the executive director of the CLEEN Foundation, which monitors police and security forces in Nigeria. "Any crime that the public is strongly against it, it is easy to be used as a fluke for extrajudicial killings."
Government officials could not offer a breakdown of civilian, soldier and extremist deaths from Friday's fighting. Many of the bodies had been burned beyond recognition in fires that razed whole sections of the town, residents said. Those killed were buried as soon as possible, following local Muslim tradition.
Authorities also provide contradictory explanations about what really happened, as the military bans access for outside observers to an area officials want to describe as an insurgent stronghold.
Boko Haram members used heavy machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades in the assault, which Brig. Gen. Austin Edokpaye said began after soldiers surrounded a mosque they believed was housing Boko Haram members. Extremists earlier had killed a military officer, officials said.
The fighting lasted for hours and the military said extremists used civilians as human shields— implying that soldiers opened fire in neighborhoods where they knew civilians lived. However, local residents who spoke to an Associated Press journalist who accompanied the state officials said soldiers purposefully set the fires during the attack.
Brig. Gen. Chris Olukolade, a military spokesman, on Tuesday declined to immediately answer other questions about the military's conduct and other issues surrounding the killings.
By the time Borno state officials could reach the city Sunday, a local government official said at least 185 people were killed, something not disputed by Edokpaye who accompanied officials on the visit. A spokesman for the Nigerian Red Cross said Monday that at least 187 people had been killed, while another 77 were receiving medical treatment.
A statement issued Tuesday by Edokpaye said only six civilians died in the fighting Friday, as well as one soldier and some 30 extremists. The brigadier general also claimed extremist fighters used "anti-aircraft guns" in the attack, arms never seen used before in the three-year-old insurgency. The statement also said the fighting occurred on April 16 — three days before the violence actually happened.
Nigeria's presidency has said the death toll "may be grossly exaggerated," but federal lawmakers have started their own investigations into the killings.
While Nigerian forces have served as peacekeepers in other African conflicts, many in the country remain fearful of soldiers. Nigerian media regularly reports on incidents where soldiers beat civilians in traffic or fight police officers in their own country.
"Fighting in a built-up area is a very difficult operation, but that notwithstanding, there must be standard rules of engagement," Senate President David Mark said Tuesday. "Those rules of engagement would not include mass killings, or extrajudicial killings, in any form."
But extrajudicial killings routinely occur in Nigeria, with police routinely shooting dead suspected "armed robbers," human rights activists say. That same mentality, a hangover from the military era when soldiers would routinely shoot dead prisoners on the then-swampy beaches of Victoria Island in Lagos, persists today.
Speaking Wednesday, President Goodluck Jonathan promised any soldier or security force member found committing such crimes would be "cautioned and treated in line with our own laws and regulations." But the nation's courts routinely drag out cases and such prosecutions remain rarer still.
"The problem of extrajudicial executions in Nigeria is closely linked to the remarkable inadequacies of almost all levels of the Nigerian criminal justice system," a United Nations report in 2006 on the killings said. The same report described how soldiers often operate without any rules of engagement when facing a civilian population.
There are several major cases in Nigeria's recent history of soldier abuses. In 2001, the military attacked some seven villages in Benue state following ethnic Tiv militants killing soldiers there. Witnesses said some 200 people died in the fighting that saw soldiers ransack villages, shell houses and gun down residents indiscriminately. In 1999, ethnic Ijaw activists claimed more than 200 civilians were killed by the military in Odi in Bayelsa state following the killings of police officers there.
A military raid in Nigeria's oil-rich Delta state in 2010 against militants there killed some 150 people, activists said, though soldiers blocked AP journalists from reaching the area at the time. And in October 2012, when extremists killed a military officer in Maiduguri, soldiers killed at least 30 civilians and set fires across a neighborhood in retaliation. The military later denied committing the abuses.
"In such incidents it is assumed by officials that the armed forces acted in 'self-defense' or were otherwise justified in carrying out retaliatory executions of civilians," the 2006 U.N. report reads. "Thus, although the intentional killing of unarmed civilians, whether in situations of armed conflict or otherwise, is a clear violation of both international and Nigerian law, impunity is the reality."
And despite Nigeria's presidency promising an investigation into the Baga killings, the same may continue to happen today.
"There is a consistent pattern in responding to these incidents," the U.N. said. "Major human rights violations are alleged; the authorities announce an inquiry; and either the resulting reports are not published, or the recommendations are ignored."
Associated Press writer Haruna Umar in Maiduguri, Nigeria, and Bashir Adigun in Abuja, Nigeria, contributed to this report.
Jon Gambrell can be reached at www.twitter.com/jongambrellAP .


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Found in the first car of some young highschooler I bet... old cars didn't have cup holders I'm thinking... I never had anything made from 1973 to 1989, so I don't know. They aren't in my zone of interest.
I'm betting someone ends up in the emergency room
Sheesh these are lazy kids, is there anyone reading this that didn't put in years mowing lawns as a kid, before riding lawnmovers, self-propelled lawnmovers, and you think these kids could really use some time pushing a lawnmower?
real bad decisions caught on camera and shared with the rest of us to warn us of stupid ideas http://thereifixedit.failblog.org/


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Apple Action! Fifteen Apple Recipes for Fall
Apples, apples, apples! They're at their peak right now, so sweet and crisp. Are you craving some apple action in your kitchen this week? How about one of these recipes? From a simple lunch sandwich of cheese and apples to a sticky spiked apple cake doused with brandy, here's a look back at 15 terrific apple recipes.
• 1 Apple Chestnut Tarts
• 2 Farmer's Lunch Sandwich
• 3 Baked Apple Streusel Pancake Bars
• 4 Weekend Apple Pancake
• 5 Oatmeal-Brown Sugar Baked Apples
• 6 Kale and Apple Soup
• 7 Nearly-Instant Apple Cinnamon Mini-Tarts
• 8 Candy Apple Pie
• 9 Apple Custard Tart
• 10 Sticky Spiked Double-Apple Cake with a Brown Sugar-Brandy Sauce
• 11 Apple Walnut Bread Pudding
• 12 Spiced Apple Cider Sorbet
• 13 Apple Carrot Oatmeal Cake with Broiled Coconut Topping and Molasses Cream Cheese Icing
• 14 Braised Escarole with Apples and Bacon
• 15 Apple Ginger Pie Bars
OK, your turn! What's your favorite apple recipe? Care to share a link?
Related: What To Do With Not-So-Great Apples
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The first seven episodes of the "Mad Men" final season (9 p.m. April 14, AMC; 3 stars out of 4) have been titled "The Beginning." But this isn't the beginning at all, really -- it's the beginning of the end, both of the 1960s and the show itself.
Each season of "Mad Men" picks up with a jump into the future -- Season 2 opens more than a year from the Season 1 finale. But these time-machine trips have become shorter and shorter as the show has progressed, and at the dawn of Season 7, we find ourselves in January 1969, a mere two months after we last saw our antiheroes gathered around the Thanksgiving table.
It's a deliberate move that at once feels appropriate and ominous. All around, the characters' lives are changing -- Pete (Vincent Kartheiser) is more laid-back; Megan's (Jessica Pare) career is leaping forward; Roger (John Slattery) has adopted a groooooovy new lifestyle; Freddie (Joel Murray) is making waves as a freelance copywriter. But the parallel existences of Don (Jon Hamm) and Peggy (Elisabeth Moss) are at a standstill. He's living in the same New York apartment while wife Megan makes a name for herself in Hollywood. She's unclogging toilets for her ungrateful tenants, still nursing a broken heart after Ted's (Kevin Rahm) rejection.
As the late '60s finish killing off the ghosts of the '50s that ruled the earlier half of the decade, have the reasons for Don Draper's entire buttoned-up existence ceased to exist? This is his personal hell -- a world in which he's no longer charm personified, no longer the ruler of his home or office. And with only 14 episodes left to tell the story, it's unlikely he'll claw his way back to the top.
While we appear to be in for a depressing ride, fear not: Creator Matthew Weiner still has a few winks and tricks up his sleeve. I was tickled by a surprise twist near the end of the episode that sets up some delicious skulduggery to come, and the show's camera work is used to fantastic effect, particularly in the respective first shots of Freddie and Megan. The first episode also features Richard Nixon's presidential inauguration, and I can't wait to see how rich historic events like the Stonewall riots, the moon landing, Woodstock and the Charles Manson murders are woven into the show's tapestry.
Oh, and Ken (Aaron Staton) still has that eye patch. He's in less than a good mood these days.


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Skip to comments.Christ the Light's towering $190 million project is the most expensive church in U.S. history
Posted on 06/03/2007 6:16:10 AM PDT by Alex Murphy
It happens throughout the day: Traffic slows near the corner of Grand Avenue and Harrison Street in Oakland as motorists glimpse Christ the Light Cathedral climbing skyward. Cell phones and cameras emerge from car windows to snap photos.
For now, its warm blond bones lay bare. Soon, glass panels will cloak the massive ark-shaped sanctuary. It will anchor a landscaped complex encompassing an open plaza, smaller chapels, offices, a rectory and residence for Bishop Allen Vigneron, gathering places, gardens and a conference center.
It is the newest cathedral in the nation, and the most expensive in American history.
The $190 million, 224,000-square-foot complex replaces St. Francis de Sales, fatally damaged by the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
When it opens in fall 2008, the cathedral will bring together two parishes, St. Francis and St. Mary's, also in downtown Oakland.
The sanctuary's pivotal feature is its use of light, which architect Craig Hartman said he introduced in "the most poetic ways" possible.
"It makes the presence of God manifest," he said. "The promise is of a glowing, luminous space -- very spiritual in the way (of) a redwood forest, with light coming through the trees, diffuse and luminous. As the sun moves across the building, (the light) will constantly change."
It's not like anything Hartman has ever built, or has ever seen, and that's no accident.
The plan won Hartman the San Francisco American Institute of Architects Design Award. Hartman has been jetting between projects here and in Beijing, where he designed the U.S. Embassy building on one end of town and the 22-building Beijing Finance Street on the other.
Critics say the money could have been better spent elsewhere, but proponents say the sight of the soaring sanctuary has stirred beatitude throughout the diocese -- and helped spawn a construction renaissance along Lake Merritt.
Within a short span, developers plan to build a restaurant, a Whole Foods Market, and hundreds of business and residential units nearby.
"What Lake people have been talking about for years is finally happening," said Mike Brown, cathedral communications director.
"It's an act of hope and commitment," said Arthur Holder, dean of the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. "It's a kind of positive statement about the future of the church, especially in the downtown area."
The structure is hewn from 26 110-foot curved Douglas fir ribs and 768 horizontal struts, spaced by 26 101-foot high laminated mullions. The curved supports are cemented at the root and held in place at the top by a steel ring; outward pressure exerts a third type of support.
The entire structure rests on a foundation of base isolators intended to protect the cathedral in an earthquake by giving it some flexibility of movement.
"It's really quite interesting and exciting," said Richard Kieckhefer, a professor at Northwestern University who has studied church architecture. "I am particularly interested in the treatment of light."
Only eight curved pieces remained to be set in place Wednesday. Workers prepared to pour the last bit of concrete into a mold for the main entryway. Two sets of massive double doors will open out onto Lake Merritt. By July, crews will begin cloaking the frame in hundreds of glass panels.
Each day, engineers who work in nearby buildings wander over to check the building's progress.
"They're out here every day like locusts," chuckled Brown about the curious engineers.
It may not be the most adventurous cathedral architecture in the world. That honor may belong to the Catedral de Maringa in Brazil, whose conical tower and surrounding geometric protrusions were inspired by Russian sputnik satellites.
And it certainly isn't taking the longest time to build: Construction on France's Notre Dame broke ground in 1163 and wrapped up 182 years later in 1345.
Nor is it the first cathedral to rise from the wreckage of an earthquake: A magnitude 9.5 temblor battered Chile's Valdivia Cathedral in 1960. The structure has been rebuilt 15 times since the 16th century because of damage from quakes and fires.
But Christ the Light is the priciest, and it's the cost that has ignited discord.
Estimates skyrocketed from $131 million in 2003 to $190 million in 2007.
The costs rose partly because of inflation, and partly because some figures could not be pinned down accurately before construction began, Brown said.
Parents in the San Ramon Valley had long hoped the diocese would make building a new parochial high school a priority over the cathedral.
"It might be more prudent and productive to build fewer grand cathedrals and more Catholic high schools," parishioner Bruce Bergondy of Hayward said. There are too few Catholic high schools in the suburbs, yet that's where most Catholics live, he said.
But proponents point out that the cathedral was financed through donations solicited specifically for the project.
None of the financing has come from the $350 million the Oakland Diocese spends annually on social services, schools or church administration, according to the church's finance committee.
Arguments over construction costs also wracked the Los Angeles Diocese when it spent $180 million to replace its quake-damaged Cathedral of Saint Vibiana. Critics dubbed its replacement the "Taj Mahony," believing it to represent the oversized dreams of Cardinal Roger Mahony.
Now, motor coaches line up outside the boxy, auburn Our Lady of the Angels to see the cathedral where actor Gregory Peck's remains are interred.
In Los Angeles, members of the Catholic Workers movement protested the investment in bricks and mortar when services for the poor were so desperately needed.
The director of Catholic Workers of Oakland, on the other hand, was persuaded by Pulitzer Prize winning architectural critic Allen Tempko to support the cathedral, despite its cost.
The pair were among 143 people involved in early planning meetings.
"I had my opportunity to voice my hesitation back in the pre-planning process," said Margaret Roncolli. "Allen Tempko kind of changed my mind on the thing. Even (Catholic Workers founder) Dorothy Day said even the poor need beautiful places to worship."
In 1821, the Baltimore Cathedral became the first major religious building constructed in America after the adoption of the Constitution. Its first major renovation was just completed.
In the past decade, dioceses in Seattle, San Jose, Rochester, N.Y.; Kalamazoo, Mich.; and other cities have undertaken extensive cathedral renovations.
But the building of a new cathedral is rare -- so rare that two art historians teamed up to teach a class in cathedral architecture at the Graduate Theological Union focusing on Christ the Light.
"I think it's wonderful," said Mia Mochizuki, one of the teachers. "The design combines the ethereal and the grounded."
Religious competition? They have to compete with the new eye attracting Mosques that are being built around the US?
I have nothing against spending hundreds of millions of dollars on cathedrals. I just think they should be beautiful. This one will be interesting. I'm not so sure it will be beautiful. The design is too odd. The interior tries too hard to be majestic. It will probably come across simply as overwhelming and empty. And there's going to be way too much use of cold, sterile-looking gray concrete. Apparently there will be almost no Christian art inside either.
2Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
You wrote:
"This is the problem...people are too concerned with the building that the church attends and not with the state that their heart is in."
How do you know that is the case here? It seems to me that the thread is about the cathedral. Many more threads appear in this forum about the state of souls than about architecture.
Matthew 7:16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
It seems to me that the building in which one worships is made more important that the worship itself. These buildings seem to be their 'fruits' and not the salvation of their flock.
Many more threads appear in this forum about the state of souls than about architecture.
IMHO, there can never be too many threads about the state of one's soul.
In Christ, Wiley
I looked at the virtual tour and would, on the surface, tend to agree that it may be stretching a bit much...but if they are able to pull it off, it could potentially be one of the great Cathedrals (the question is, are they going to be able to pull it off?). I like the use of the vertical and the architect's ideal of using light as one of the design elements. As to the concrete and steel, as well as the lack of Christian art, you should consider the National Shrine in DC...it continues to be a work in progress. As are most great churches.
With due respect, you are dead wrong about the majesty in the worship space. A properly designed worship space (i.e., the church building) serves two main purposes: it draws people in and draws their minds toward God as they worship. Secondly, through the artwork in that worship space (the stained glass, the icons, the statuary, even the altar), parents are given a tremendous opportunity to educate their children and learned people are provided an equally powerful opportunity to educate the ignorant and illiterate.
I know of no church building that is designed to be ugly (even the buildings from the 60s-70s "Church Ugly" period were intended to be beautiful in the eyes of the designers). That goes not only for the Catholics and the Orthodox, but for the vast majority of Protestants, as well. Most buildings, including many fundamentalist church buildings that I've been in, have tried to have a vertical structure, they are designed so that the congregants' attention is drawn toward the front, and they attempt to make use of the best craftsmanship in construction that they possibly can. Yes, some do not have steeples (for theological reasons), some do not utilize organs, some make use of flowers more than others, and so on. But I know of very few, if any, that are intentionally designed to be ugly.
If you think about it, it is the scriptural way, too, btw. Consider the beauty of the Temple. And then consider the beauty of the New Jerusalem. Why in the world would we be called to abandon that in these few moments that separate the two?
If you build it, He will come?
Why in the world would we be called to abandon that in these few moments that separate the two?
First, thank you for the spirit of your disagreement. (A refreshing change)
Secondly, I may have made my statement unclear. I'm certainly not saying that a place of worship shouldn't be filled with majesty to honor the Creator of the universe. I'm just afraid that in many cases that the creation (building) is put before the Creator (God). I just believe that the priority should first be the condition of the soul and second the condition of the building.
In Christ, Wiley
You wrote:
"It seems to me that the building in which one worships is made more important that the worship itself."
The article is about the building of a new cathedral. There's going to be, therefore, lots of talk about the cathedral.
"These buildings seem to be their 'fruits' and not the salvation of their flock."
What? The article is about the cathedral. Are you really going to say that means they have no other fruits? Are you serious?
"IMHO, there can never be too many threads about the state of one's soul."
So there can't be threads about cathedrals? I guess we can't talk about the Bible either? After all, that isn't about the state of one's soul now is it?
Wecome to North Mexico City.
What? The article is about the cathedral. Are you really going to say that means they have no other fruits? Are you serious?
They may have other fruits, but this is the fruit they/you choose to talk about, not the One who is worshiped. Alex Murphy is good about "stirring the stuff" then watching the stink rise. He's done it this time too. You choose to talk about the treasures here on earth.
Matthew 6:19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: Matthew 6:20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
I choose to lay up treasures in Heaven where the creator of your building is. Otherwise, I don't care to talk about your building anymore. If you choose to worship that, go ahead. I won't bother you anymore.
In Christ, Wiley
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"OK, Fine Vladimir, If you want to talk about the building, go ahead. I'll talk about Jesus. BTW, do you know him?"
Yes, I know and love Jesus Christ. I know Him well enough that I do not assume Christians do Him a disservice by publishing articles about new cathedrals. How about you?
"I'll be glad to introduce you. We don't even need a building."
But we do need a building. We are men and men live in buildings. Jesus worshipped in the Temple. I don't see why we can't worship in buildings as well.
"They may have other fruits, but this is the fruit they/you choose to talk about, not the One who is worshiped."
The article is about the cathedral. If you think it is morally wrong to write such an article should you best take that up with the article's author?
"Alex Murphy is good about "stirring the stuff" then watching the stink rise. He's done it this time too."
You ARE THE ONE DOING IT. Alex just posted an article. You're the one whining about the fact that anyone is talking about it. Why are you blaming Alex?
"You choose to talk about the treasures here on earth."
So you NEVER discuss anything other than Christ? You never watch a baseball game or read a book and discuss it? You never play a game with your kids or work in the yard? Come on! Get real.
"I choose to lay up treasures in Heaven where the creator of your building is. Otherwise, I don't care to talk about your building anymore. If you choose to worship that, go ahead. I won't bother you anymore."
I don't worship the building. Listen, just because you have no rational argument for your view doesn't mean you should now accuse me of worshipping a building. Again, I think you might know Christ as you claim.
No contest!
No one can be expected to compete with Saudi money --- the source of all mosque construction in the U.S.
Just sayin' ...
You ARE THE ONE DOING IT. Alex just posted an article. Youre the one whining about the fact that anyone is talking about it. Why are you blaming Alex?
I stand by my statement of Mr Murphy. This exchange proves it. Just check his postings and check mine.
I evidently was wrong when I first said that your disagreement was in good spirit. Your true spirit is beginning to show towards my Born-Again worship of my Lord and Savior. I was wrong. I thought you had a rational discussion. You can respond if you wish, (so you can have the last word) but I'm through with this. Again, you are welcome to join the Bible Study caucus if you like.
In Christ, Wiley
Please ping me the next time you talk about me.
Discuss the issues all you want, but do NOT make it personal.
Very well Alex. I will take that into consideration. Would you also like to join the Sunday School Bible Study? I'll be glad to add you to the list.
BTW, you didn't really ping the Religion Moderator about such a trivial matter as this did you? I'll just ping him/her back just to make sure
With due respect,
Very well. It's nice to know that I can post pretty much anything I want and not have to take the credit/blame for its content.
Does this also mean that I can post "Mein Kampf" and not be labeled a Nazi and an anti-Semite? I was making reference to Alex Murphy's posts in the past. I have seen negative and inflammatory post toward Baptist and Protestants by Alex Murphy in the past. It was NOT a personal attack on him but on his post.
But don't worry, I will refrain from having ANY contact with Alex Murphy or his posts since he obviously can't defend them himself.
With respect to the RM,
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Dash and Run with ePig Dash
The word ePig conjured up all manners of technologically advanced pigs in my mind. In reality it stands for Eddie the Pig, a rather cute little pig that needs help in ePig Dash.
ePig Dash is the latest instalment for the plucky pig with earlier games such as ePig, ePig Rope, ePig Predict and the rather intriguingly titled MindControl ePig.
Gameplay is of the endless running variety with players needing to tap the screen whenever Eddie is required to jump. The speed steadily increases, especially with the help of numerous power up items scattered throughout the game.
It's a familiar concept but one that continues to please. Its visuals are also rather reminiscient of a certain spiky blue hedgehog too. A series of achievements also provide a reason to keep playing, especially as after acquiring 13 of them, a new song is unlocked.
ePig Dash is available now for free for the iPhone and iPod Touch. iPad owners have a choice of an ad supported version for free or paying 99c for an ad free app.
Check out the screenshots below.


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Devereux awarded new Community Based Care contract serving the Department of Children and Families Southeastern Region.
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architect wrote:Very few afol's have written books, but the number increases all the time. Well known books include Virtual Lego, Brick Testament, the Ultimate Lego Book, etc.
In the future I would like to write atleast one LEGO book. One idea of mine is a complete book of all castle sets with descriptions, price points, piece counts, and photos of the sets and all sub models. It would obviously have to be in color. A publisher like DK Publishing (which worked on the Ultimate LEGO Book) would be ideal for a project like this. Most afol books use smaller publishers though.
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J1A3L5 wrote:I've never heard of this book anywhere else. Anyone have one or know anything about it? (Or where I could get my own copy?! )
J1A3L5 wrote:Has anyone here ever seen (Or own?) a book called "The World of LEGO Toys"? The local library here has it. (In the system, it's part of a network of libraries around the area so sometimes it has to be called in.)
You can see the pics here:
Front: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/j1a3l5/Lego-Miscellaneous/theworldoflegotoys1.jpg
Back: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/j1a3l5/Lego-Miscellaneous/theworldoflegotoys2.jpg
When I was younger I used to look at it all the time. Then about a month and a half ago I suddenly remembered it. I was trying to think of where I had seen this information on something (I had read as much of the book as I could when I was younger, but of course many parts I didn't understand or couldn't read.) Finally I realized it, and ordered the book back in.
I've never heard of this book anywhere else. Anyone have one or know anything about it? (Or where I could get my own copy?! )
Robin Hood wrote:Have any of you ever written about lego? I know some make lego things of storys, but ahve any of you ever written about lego? And it was known that it was about lego.
Duke_Dave wrote:No i have not ever written about or with Lego. I would like to someday write a story with them. I have a story in my head but at the moment lack the lego to create it
YESSSSSSS! the Ainunor series! The end of the first book is a huge surprise
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Right now you guys can watch all the following episodes for FREE*!!! Hopefully you'll find something this week that you'll really get into. Here's what just launched this past Monday up till today:
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Fairy Tail
Episode 1
Lucy, a young wizard, stops by the town of Hargeon and for some reason is smitten by a conceited wizard named Salamander. It's actually because he is using the banned magic Charm that is used to attract other people to you! Lucy escapes from that sticky situation thanks to a chance encounter with Natsu and the cat Happy, but when she hears that Salamander is a member of the Fairy Tail guild she idolizes, she heads to a party he is throwing on his ship! However, what dastardly fate awaits her there?!
Nogizaka no Himitsu -Purezza-
Episode 1
Season two of NOGIZAKA HARUKA NO HIMITSU picks up where we left off in the first season, as Yuuto or Haruka's relationship starts to develop, making for a romantic-comedy adventure that everyone is sure to enjoy!
Sora no Ototshimono
Episode 1
"Peace and quiet is the best!" That's the motto of everyday high schooler, Tomoki Sakurai. But his peaceful life is being torn apart after the girl Ikaros suddenly fell from the sky one day. She calls herself a "Pet-class Angelroid", and Tomoki her "Master" because he's the first person on Earth she met. Also, she has the mysterious power to make all his wishes come true!
Kaasan - Mom's Life
Episode 25
Bunji comes home after losing a fight. Mom thinks that, since Dad is never around, Bunji never learned how to fight. So, she starts the "Men's intensive training month."; Bunji, Ma, and Chi, all good friends, form an idiotic trio. The three of them are always so lively! Then, on a rainy day, they're all in the Kamohara home...
11 Eyes*
Episode 1 - Satsuki Kakeru lived an ordinary life, until one day - with childhood friend Minase Yuka - they are transported to a different world where an enormous, fiery black moon ebbs and flows in the blood-red colored sky. Taken aback by this "Red Night" world as well as the bizarre monsters that exist there, Kakeru and Yuka must either learn to fight to survive, or perish...
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Sasameki Koto
Episode 1 Sumika Murasame, an honor student, has been distraught because she couldn't express her feelings to Ushio Kazama. Ushio reveals her crush on her female classmate, Chizuka, who works in the library. Sumika and Ushio's friendship becomes a bit awkward...
White Album
Episode 14 After the Christmas Eve concert, Touya's father collapses, due to a longstanding condition, and is hospitalized. The next day, Yuki goes to visit him but missed Touya on his way out. Itsuki Kanzaki, after blowing off the Christmas Eve concert, is scolded, and the missing M&MM agency's star singer, Menou Akiyama, is discovered. Eiji then stands before a painting after winning the spoils of war in his "mobilization value" bet.
Asura Cryin'
Episode 15 Since the disappearance of Aine, Tomoharu's head is full of thoughts of saving Misao. Seeking his brother Naotaka who started everything, Tomoharu goes to Toru to find out how to reach Naotaka. Toru surprises Tomoharu when she asks him to convince Science Club president Tokiya to go to school in exchange for her help.
Episode 178 Gintoki and Tsukuyo infiltrate the Benigumoto, the Red Spiders, to get a lead on the man with the tattooed spider on his neck, but are discovered and quickly surrounded. The two manage to fend for themselves, when the man with the tattooed spider makes a sudden appearance and attacks Gintoki! The man then speaks as if he knows Tsukuyo. Who is this man?!
Shin Koihime Musou
Episode 1 Kan'u and Chōhi explode into battle as they must again stand up and fight for peace during these turbulent times. Together they set out to assemble their team of warriors, eyes to the horizon and the many battles and adventures that awaits for them up ahead!
The Book of Bantorra
Episode 2 "Kill Hamyuts Meseta." Colio Tonies, a human bomb, who had forgotten all his memories, awakens in a town by Toatt Mine, a place known for mining books. His target is the strongest member of the well-established Armed Librarians, Hamyuts Meseta. While his fellow human bombs proceed to die, Colio is given a book fragment from a mysterious man. Captured in that book are the memories of Shiron, a girl with hair like a calico cat. This is his fated encounter. However, it turns out she's the ever-laughing witch, the most loathed precog in the world.
Shugo Chara! Party!
Episode 2 Amu meets a super-peppy transfer student to Seiyo Academy Elementary School named Hiiragi Rikka at school one day. Not only can she see Guardian Characters, but it seems she has some other, mysterious power as well. When she sees the work that Amu and the other Guardians do at school, she's awestruck.
Episode 154 Since being flown to the future and brought to the Merone Base, they have fought in many battles. Ultimately, Tsuna, who has defeated his nemesis, the Phantom Knight, comes across a white and round device. The astonishing truth that Irie informed them about awaits them there. The battle at the Merone Base comes to an end at the moment, and Tsuna passes another test, thereby acquiring the power to open the Vongola Box. However, whether he'll be able to use it well all depends on his next training session. His next goal is to defeat Byakuran…!
Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee
Episode 2 Lag, having glimpsed into Gauche's heart, comes to know about his dream to be chosen for the highest title the Bee's that work in the capital can obtain, Head Bee, and that he will soon be transferred there, a first step toward that dream. Nearing the end of their journey, one day before reaching their destination Lag and Gauche get in a fight after Lag asks Gauche to take him with him to the capital so he can search for his mother. Angry, Lag takes off with Gauche's shindanjuu and hurries along by himself, but wanders into Gaichuu territory without realizing it and falls into a trap.
Episode 39 While traversing down the Kazarumu river, Erin notices the approaching Tohda to the barge. Sensing the impending danger to everyone on board, she tries to warn everyone as it appears that the Tohda's are preparing to swoop in and attack...
Natsu no Arashi! 2
Episode 15 After having fun at the beach, they came to an inn. They enjoyed themselves by going to saunas, outdoor hot springs, and playing Mahjong. With Arashi's "kindness,"Jun ends up sharing a room with Hajime. To keep her secret, Jun ends up buying men's underwear, and avoiding the bath. But in the end, Jun gets caught by Hajime and gets dragged to the bath. Arashi and Kaya save Jun. With Arashi's proposal, they end up doing a courage-test. Arashi and Jun coincidentally pair up. Jun asks Arashi how she feels about Hajime
Hanasakeru Seishonen
Episode 24 To save his home country from destruction, Rumaty decides to stand up. Although worrying about Rumaty, Kajika realizes that his strong will cannot be stopped. Looking at Kajika, Rumaty opens up his feeling and kisses her. Lee-leng, looking for Kajika, witnesses the moment. The hurt Lee-leng turns away and departs. Rumaty witnesses his departure and realizes Lee-leng's true feelings.
Miracle Train
Episode 2 Looking up at the towering Metropolitan Government Office, businesswoman Mai sighs. With hesitant steps, she enters the building. Meanwhile, inside the Miracle Train, Tocho is worried about the time, saying their next passenger is late. Leaving Tocho to worry by himself, the other stations find ways to pass the time. Mai finally gets on at the Tocho-mae station, but claims to have solved her problem herself already.
woop woop
prancing with purple-bearded toads.
yayayaya... more anime!
winter sonata the anime will aired tomorrow why I didnt watch it in the list of( watch in this week )
Aww i wanted to see fairy tail
Fee Fi Foe Fum
One of my fall favorites is launching today :D
The Book of Bantorra - Episode 3 = Not launching today it is CONTINUING today. Launch date was 2 weeks ago.
Shugo Chara Party! - Episode 3 = Not launching today it is CONTINUING today. Launch date was 2 weeks ago.
Unless you guys are releasing a new show tomorrow that is not on the list at the moment?
i think its funny how it says Right now you guys can watch all the following episodes for FREE and then right after that Due to licensing restrictions Fairy Tail will only be available to premium members kinda like offering cake and then just giving you icing lol but there sure are a lot of shows out there where will i find the time
If you're too lazy to start anything, you may get a reputation for patience.
wow, awesome
What's new and can be watched by me this fall is Tegami Bachi, Fairy Tail and 11 Eyes. It's a pity that the Book of Bantorra, White Album oraz Asura Cryin' are not available where I live...
mad at the world that chooses morality over reason and logic
Indeed I was having a hard time deciding what to watch. Good work CR on having so many shows! I've filled all but 2 slots for me of what to watch.
I would have chosen to watch that "Nogizaka no Himitsu -Purezza-", but I definitely need to watch its first season. Wait, did you guys get that up? I remember just assuming I shouldn't bother looking for its first season...
yea awesome!!!!!!!!!
I accept random friend requests
To bad most of the show are yuri ecchi skank stuff.
•(♥).•*´¨`*•♥•(★) MY NakaNaka is a pedo??? (★)•♥•*´¨`*•.(♥)•
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To bad most of the show are yuri ecchi skank stuff.
No wonder! Animés are - in most cases - from Japan, right?
mad at the world that chooses morality over reason and logic
yeah riight
i guess im gonna watch fairy tail on the other anime site
».maybe she loved mysteries so much she became one.«
fairy and sora was good


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Duluth, Georgia, is shut down for the second day in a row. Yesterday, it was for the threat of ice; today, it's for the actual ice. It's pretty, but I'm not going out in it–and I hope my power doesn't go out as a result of it later today.
If you haven't seen it yet, Jessie Carty posted an interview with me yesterday on her blog. In it, we discuss Britney Spears, the Almost Famous movie, the Harry Potter series, and more. Okay, when I said "we," I should've really said, "I" discuss that stuff. But despite all the pop culture, we do talk a lot of poetry too. Click here to read.
Okay, then… I guess that's it…
Oh, wait! I suppose you want a poetry prompt. Well, here it is…
For today's poetry prompt, write a hair poem. It could be all about hair or hair accessories. The poem could just mention hair in passing. Or you could write an ode or eulogy to a specific hairstyle.
Here's my attempt at a hair poem:
"Beauty and the bully"
She had the longest hair,
but he always got a buzz cut.
She was thin as a rail,
but kids said he had a big butt.
She had so many friends,
but he would wander home alone.
She always liked to talk,
and he always picked up the phone.
Workshop your poetry!
Get all the advantages of a workshop experience without the hassle or expense of getting out to a college campus by taking the Writer's Digest University Advanced Poetry Writing course. Learn more about your poems and how people are reading them.
Robert Lee Brewer is Senior Content Editor of the Writer's Digest Writing Community and author of Solving the World's Problems. People often comment on his hair, because he doesn't stick to one length. One week, he may have hair in his eyes; the next, it may be shaved to the skin. If you see him with a beard in January, he's likely to be clean-shaven in February. And though he's not big on mustaches, he did participate in Movember a few years ago (here's the evolution of that). Follow him (and his hair) on Twitter @robertleebrewer.
Here are more poetic posts:
- Winners of the 2013 November PAD Chapbook Challenge Announced!
- Rachel Gurevich: Poet Interview.
- Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 253.


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I've been collecting port scanners and vulerablity scanners for linux and windows and for windows ive found two of the best SuperScan by Foundstone and NScan by necrosoft. I was wondering what yall thought? (7th Sphere Port Scan is fast!)
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It's Time to Dust Off Those Alts!
Until recently, those poor little guys and gals I devoted so much time to in Cataclysm had become nothing more than a memory. But now, with the news that the xp required to level from 85-90 is going to be reduced by 30% in the next World of Warcraft patch, I am faced with a new problem: which alt do I level first?
Am I happy? Oh, yes! During Wrath of the Lich King and Cataclysm, I raided with five characters - and I wasn't the only one. My guild ran raids for our alts while also progressing through heroic content on our mains. However, during Mists of Pandaria, many of us have had to accept that our mains are now our 'onlys,' with only enough time for normal modes and LFRs.
There were many reasons for sticking to one character. The time it takes to level (and the monotony), the rep grinds involving dailies that unlocked yet more dailies. The need to cap valor every week, to run the LFR every week in an attempt to get that one upgrade that refuses to drop; and what about professions? Don't forget to level those!
Patch 5.3, I officially love you. Reputation pre-requisites are being removed - no more doing dailies for the Golden Lotus just so we can do dailies for the Shado-Pan. Loot specialization is coming to the LFR, bonus rolls and quest rewards. The experience required to level from 85-90 is going to be reduced by 30%!
I love my main, but I miss my alts. How about you?
Penny for your thoughts.
Take a look at Wowhead for more information on patch 5.3.


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Editor's note: This is the last in a series of stories on this year's Stockton Athletic Hall of Fame inductees.
Editor's note: This is the last in a series of stories on this year's Stockton Athletic Hall of Fame inductees.
STOCKTON - When Patty Berg-Burnett decided to attend Pacific and play volleyball for coach Terry Liskevych, she had little idea she was helping establish a level of excellence that would last for decades.
She just wanted to play, have fun and win.
Berg-Burnett played, had fun and helped the Tigers win a whole lot of matches from 1977-80. For the past 31 years, she has helped shape the minds and bodies of countless high school students as a physical education instructor and coach in Lodi Unified School District.
"I always enjoyed physical activity as a child and it made me very happy," said Berg-Burnett, who grew up in Lodi, graduated from Lodi High, and teaches physical education and coaches volleyball at McNair High. "If I can instill happiness through movement - our society is so stressed out, people need to go out and have fun and move, and that's what I'm all about."
Berg-Burnett, 54, will be inducted into the Stockton Athletic Hall of Fame today at Stockton Memorial Civic Auditorium. The event begins at 6 p.m.
Berg-Burnett was a multisport standout at Lodi and chose Pacific over UC Davis, which offered her a scholarship to play basketball. Liskevych succeeded Linda Golden at Pacific in 1976 and quickly set about building a winning volleyball program. In 1977, Liskevych brought Berg-Burnett, Kim McDonald and Nancy Lancaster on board. They were joined in 1978 by Jayne Gibson-McHugh. With that core, the Tigers improved every year and took on tougher competition. In 1980, Pacific won a school-record 48 matches and played for the national championship, losing to USC. As a senior, Berg-Burnett was named an All-American and received the Broderick Award, which goes to female collegiate athletes that have demonstrated superior athletic skills, academic achievement and outstanding leadership.
More great players joined Pacific's program in the 1980s, including Jan Saunders, Eileen Dempster, Julie Maginot, Therese Boyle, Teri McGrath and Elaina Oden, to name several. In 1985, the Tigers won the first of two consecutive NCAA titles under coach John Dunning, who has been at Stanford since 2001.
Berg-Burnett can look back knowing she helped form the foundation of a program that made 24 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances from 1981-2004, reached the Final Four seven times and won two NCAA championships.
"I remember going to Pacific with the mind-set that this will be a building program and by the end of four years, we will be competing for a national championship," said Berg-Burnett, who attended Delta College for one year before transferring to Pacific. "That was our whole focus. I didn't think beyond that."
Berg-Burnett's jersey, No. 14, is one of four retired by Pacific's volleyball program. It hangs inside Spanos Center with those worn by former Tiger greats Oden (2), Gibson-McHugh (5) and Jennifer Joines-Tamas (6), who each competed in the Olympics. Liskevych, who left Pacific prior to the 1985 season to run the U.S. Women's National Program, said Berg-Burnett was talented enough to try out for the national team.
"Patty's one of the greatest players that I've ever coached," said Liskevych, who led the national team from 1985-96 and is in his eighth season coaching at Oregon State. "Patty was a complete volleyball player - a great attacker, a great blocker, great in the back court as well. Her biggest asset was her competitiveness and will to win. She really forged the beginning of the UOP program."
Berg-Burnett didn't try out for the national team. The U.S. team that couldn't compete because of the boycott of the 1980 Moscow Games was still in tact at the time.
"That team was loaded," Berg-Burnett said. "There's a big difference between college volleyball and Olympic volleyball."
Berg-Burnett and Scott Burnett have been married 26 years and live in Stockton. They have two sons: Stuart, 23, who lives in Sacramento, and Steven, 21, who attends Mesa College in San Diego.
"Our whole group, we really enjoyed playing with each other," Berg-Burnett said. "We just had a ball. It was as lot of fun."
Contact sports editor Bob Highfill at (209) 546-8282 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Alopecia, or hair loss, baldness or pattern baldness, is the partial or complete loss of hair from a specific area of the body and refers most commonly to hair lost from the scalp. Both men and women lose hair as they age, however men are far more likely to develop a typical pattern of baldness. 25% of men begin to go bald by the age of 30 and about two-thirds are either bald or show a balding pattern by the age of 60. This is known as male pattern baldness and is caused by changing hormones. Each person has around 100,000 hairs on their head. We all lose about 100 hairs each day. Each individual hair lives for approximately 4 years, growing at the rate of half an inch per month. At the end of its life, the hair falls out and is replaced by a new one within 6 months. Any break in this cycle of new hair leads to alopecia. It occurs most commonly on the scalp and usually develops gradually.
Causes of alopecia include:
Hereditary factors; if one of your parents suffered from alopecia there is an increased risk that you may suffer from it
Changes in levels of certain hormones in the body
Serious illness
Some medication such as steroids and anti-cancer drugs
Excessive shampooing and blow-drying
Emotional or physical stress
Burns or radiation therapy
Infections of the scalp such as psoriasis and ringworm
There is very little than can be done to treat male pattern baldness. Avoiding or lessening the contributory factors may go some way to slowing the loss of hair, but the effects are likely to be small.


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Up until fairly recently I referred to myself as a "Photographer", now though, if I am asked I will invariably say I am an "Image Maker". We live in a world which is increasingly digital orientated, he print format is rapidly being superseded by digital content. Magazines are read on tablets, smartphones and computers, so along with still images, I am making fashion film too.
When I began my journey at the start of the 90's it was on a multimedia course at Oxford College of Arts. It was focused on filmmaking and the music industry. If I wanted to do any photography, then it was down to me to find out how. I started to shoot film, teach myself how to process it and then head into the dark room and make prints. I won't lie, the subjects were uninteresting and the prints were atrocious, but we all have to start somewhere. Despite this, I got the bug, I fell in love with the process of creating an image.
Leaving Oxford my life in photography really began, I studied under the tutelage of a wonderful man named Roger Hickman. Sadly Roger is no longer with us, but he said the most inspiring and true words to me, they have stayed with me, and guided me ever since. It was when I was leaving the college and we had our final meeting, we were looking at my work and he turned to me and said "Duncan, you have a style that is unique to yourself and that will be your greatest strength in the future."
I began working in a professional photographic lab in London. I could shoot as much film as I liked, for me it was mostly Provia as I really liked to cross process, Provia really lets you push and experiment with what is possible. I still shoot film on occasion and my go to roll is always Provia. I also worked as an assistant, as I began to spend more time on photoshop than in the darkroom, it was obvious the digital revolution was here.
I got a commission to shoot some studio work, and borrowed a Nikon D1 (I was shooting on a Nikon F4s at the time), it was a real wake up call, digital was the future. I invested in Nikon, and gradually moved up the ladder. Yes the shots are lovely, but they never had the same feel as film. For me it is like the difference between CD and Vinyl (I still buy Vinyl), this changed when I got a Fujifilm X100 in my hands.
As an introduction to Fujifilm, the X100 was like opening my eyes to photography again, it's a real gem. Fujifilm developing their XTrans Sensor has been the strongest selling point for me, it feels closer to film than any other digital camera I have ever shot on, for me that is very important. Having a fixed 35mm (equivalent) lens, in full rangefinder mode it really brings it back to what photography is about, telling a story, composition and exposure.
I have left the UK and now live in Taiwan, I am a full time professional photographer shooting Commercial and Editorial work throughout Asia and the rest of the world. I also shoot assignments for National Geographic Traveller (NGT), last year I was looking for something light and versatile with my travel work in mind. I looked around and decided the Fujifilm XE2 would be a good choice, it has the XTrans sensor I love, so I knew it would be
great in all light conditions, it is light (very important if you have to carry a camera all day in hot countries) and uses Fujinon glass. It has been with me ever since, every image in my latest work for NGT was shot on my XE2 around Singapore. I refer to it as my petite powerhouse.
A few weeks ago I got my Fujifilm XPro2, it is awesome, not only in a traditional street environment that you would find rangefinders users in, but I love it in the studio too. Since I got it, I have shot a fashion shoot and a portrait in the studio, and a location fashion shoot, as well as having it with me every time I leave the house. It has all the best features of my XE2 and X100 combined with plenty extra added, I am really enjoying working with this well built and sturdy camera. At the heart of course is the XTrans sensor, which for me has put the organic feeling back into my images that I used to feel from film.