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The project BRIDGE network of champions brings together people focused on good water governance in different transboundary watersheds
Honduras (2012). The network of champions of project BRIDGE (Building River Dialogue and Governance), met in Nacaome, Honduras, October 7-10 to advance their strategy for consolidation.
While there they visited the experience of the Binational Manager Group of the Goascorán River Basin in Honduran and Salvadoran territory, learning about local undertakings in Chismuyo Bay, Honduras, and integrated water resource management practices in La Unión, El Salvador. The visit enabled participants to analyze similarities and differences between their own situations and the Goascorán watershed experience.
Also attending the event was José Ramón Salcedo, Executive Director of the Associated Municipalities of Norte de Paraíso, Honduras (MANORPA), who spoke about the challenges and strengths of the binational Coco river basin experience. His presentation led to dialogue about mechanisms for making watershed activities sustainable once support from international cooperation agencies finalizes.
In groups, participants also assessed the network's efforts in recent months and set out the next steps. They agreed on the need to receive more training about governance of shared waters, continue sharing knowledge and experiences (virtual and face-to-face), establish work sessions among champions in each watershed and define a work plan with goals for upcoming months.
Project BRIDGE is also implemented in South America (Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia) and Southeast Asia (lower basin of the Mekong River), places where similar networks of champions are being formed. IUCN is implementing the project through its Global Water Programme, Environmental Law Centre, and regional offices for Mesoamerica, South America and Southeast Asia, with the support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).
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Opinion: U.S. Needs To Act On Syria Now
Editorial page editor Paul Gigot on the Obama administration's continued failure to act in Syria. Photo credit: Associated Press.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... welcome to Opinion Journal I'd on Dan and are well the debate has intensified over whether the United States to intervene in Syria and hollow it shouldn't be ... here to discuss that with me is Wall Street Journal editorial page editor Paul to go in on all ... call ... we will get into the weather in the Hall of very briefly but I do wanna take up the point that was made in this morning's editorial in the Journal about the fact that we now have Syria a monumental mess in twenty thirteen ... when back in twenty eleven the issue was very much alive over whether the United States should begin to build a coalition against what was going on at the baby of the work ... three stating what the ... context was well the context was it was the ... early days of the Arab Spring and they ... were full broken out in Syria and ... we and some others for the Johnny and another suggested that if the US has intervened at the time ... not with troops on the ground but ... trying to support ... the opposition because a ... relative moderate opposition ... you would might've been able to ... execute a ... coalition of the willing Turkey France Britain ... people who would go out to ... join you outside United Nations as we did in Kosovo mentor Bill Clinton in nineteen ninety ... and and and announced to push our Assad ... yell and possibly minimize of the effects of what we're witnessing now which is to use this chemical ... we were told the top and ... we were talking to top ... that if we could intervene because we do that ... the danger would be that you might use chemical weapons ... and that it would be the opposition being radicalized and dominated by jihad tests ... that said ... the refugees might pour out all through the Middle East and Jordan de stabilize Jordan Levanon ... Iraq Iraq ... aam ... and in fact all those things that happened ... after we Guinea energy ... well now obviously we come to a tough question what should the United States to ... well intended to ... the NCAA's like the president's own ... is taking ... under consideration some military options ... I suspect ... that their problem animal ... designed mostly for ... to be proportional ... and probably ... the design ... came to me that maybe at the camera pulls ... up I ... would oppose that ... but I don't think that that would get the job done and I would support ... more aggressive bombing campaign in coalition talks to sell I think that's the only way you have to solve the root of the ... well the recent call speaking of opposition it's pretty clear the joint Chiefs of staff General Dempsey and somebody other stuff that made it ... Linares said that they ... oppose the United States getting involved in there so this means that the president is under pressure from his own military ... not to act or acts minimally and say ... well we do have some indications of that I think General Dempsey ... in what I would call a violation of ... civil civilian military protocol may be pre cleared the other day that he ... doesn't support this and doesn't think he's he's the such intervention can ... can work I don't think that that's the role of military advisors should play ... but that would fire him I with the president for that at least a can of the Roman column no more ... you you can give me your advice who can advise please but should be private ... these decisions are for civilian ... of civilian leaders ... aam ... and the question is ... we don't know quite what's motivating as a ... good good good General Dempsey is the fact that he ... is worried that ... once the commander to start something he was one of the nation ... is he is he worried about the political support in Congress ... what to do is is that somehow he thinks ... genuinely that the ... military strategy will prevail I don't know what that is ... but the analysis says but God ... is no question of some reluctance ... well one last quick point there Paul ... we are happy president economy yellow light position right now ... and the whole world is watching the very steps forward three steps back through the implications for ... the Standard itself into a corner unfortunately not because he said that this is ... a side cross a redline is the president put it of using chemical weapons or the consequences ... historically the consequences ... there will be ramifications for U S credibility and his credibility so that's on the line ... on the other hand it's very clear after two years he doesn't want he's very reluctant to do one ... so I think that that ... that the paradox is that because he shown that reluctance because of the general retreat from the region ... I think ... in order to prevail Obama will have to actually do that much more to show ... he's serious ... of these of these again are the consequences of doing nothing for two years ... our call on when to turn a difference object of that has been unemployed fastening development on the education front which is the late last week the U S Department of Justice sued the state the Louisiana ... to block its own school vultures program allows parents to use public money to send their schools two of ... us can send their kids to private schools are ... could you elaborate on that explain what ... is going on why is the DOJ suing Louisiana well I would not use the word fascinating take your point is polluted for us news junkies it is that it's disgraceful I think morally disgraceful ... um ... what did it is a super injunction ... saying that the voucher should cease ... until they can do at the twenty fourteen fifteen school years until ... a federal court can give permission to make sure that these vouchers ... which generally go to the worst of of Louisiana ... children often pullbacks in most of the time minorities ... trapped in failing schools ... so that this angered ... him before the voucher can be granted ... 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In a fascinating recent interview about his book God Is Red: The Secret Story of How Christianity Survived and Flourished in Communist China, Chinese author and reporter Liao Yiwu talks about the benefits of the growth of Christianity in China:
"Your question is better served by a quote from the Rev. Wang Zisheng, the son of Wang Zhiming, a Christian leader who was brutally executed for his Christian work in Yunnan province during the Cultural Revolution. His son is now following his father's example and has become a prominent leader in the booming Christian community. "There is so much for us to do," Wang Zisheng said. "In our society today, nobody believes in Communism, and everyone is busy making money. People's minds are entangled and chaotic. They need the words of the gospel now more than at any other time."
In addition, I personally believe that Jesus Christ was one of the earliest and the most famous dissidents in human history. He was crucified by authorities for spreading the Christian faith and ideas. While I researched for this book, I encountered many Christians like Wang, who were inspired by Christ and were willing to sacrifice their lives for the preservation of their faith. That's the spirit that we need to bring democracy to China. If democracy comes to China someday, we should thank Christ for inspiring us to stand up for our faith and ideas."
Yiwu, who has been the object of torture and imprisonment for criticizing China's Communist regime is not himself a Christian – and yet he sees in Christianity a critical force for advancing democratic ideals against a totalitarian regime. He has personally witnessed the courage it brings to stand up against overwhelming forces of repression and bring hope to otherwise hopeless circumstances.
His views are similar to those of Ayaan Hirsi Ali, an atheist who witnessed the repression of Islamic regimes in Somalia also sees hope for change in Christianity. In her memoir Nomad, she claims:
The Christianity of love and tolerance remains one of the West's most powerful antidotes to the Islam of hate and intolerance. Ex-Muslims find Jesus Christ to be a more attractive and humane figure than Muhammad, the founder of Islam.
The fact that atheists from other countries extol the benefits of Christianity as a force for freedom and human flourishing highlights the stark degree to which the New Atheists in the West have strayed from reason. Rather than thoughtful discernment which separates beliefs by their actual impacts on human flourishing, the New Atheists lump all religious beliefs together as merely different points on the same spectrum of ignorance, evil and delusion.
A belief in Christ offers more than mere succor for impending mortality – it offers the possibility of transformation, a foundation for real moral courage and a stable grounding for human rights and human worth – and it transforms the cultures in which it takes root.
And to the degree New Atheists attack Christianity, to that degree they oppose the benefits it brings and they cause real damage to real lives.


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Clarkson University Receives Support from Qualcomm
Qualcomm, a longstanding corporate partner of Clarkson University, has awarded Clarkson a $15,000 grant to construct the "Qualcomm Software Engineering Student Project Space" (Q-Space). The Q-Space, to be housed in the Center for Advanced Materials Processing building, will be available beginning fall 2013 for use by more than 130 students enrolled in the computer and software engineering program at Clarkson.
"We are extremely grateful to Qualcomm for its continued support of Clarkson University," said Clarkson President Tony Collins. "This generous grant from Qualcomm will allow Clarkson software and computer engineering students the opportunity to collaborate and learn from peers."
Software engineering is a discipline that is expected to grow at a rate of more than 30 percent over the 10-year period 2010-2020 -- much faster than the average of all occupations. Clarkson's software engineering students will utilize the Q-Space to foster greater camaraderie and teamwork, strengthen the learning environment, and encourage students to engage in extracurricular engineering activities. Interdisciplinary project work is important in the development of lifelong learning skills, the ability to work in teams, and the acquisition of practical engineering skills -- all of which are highly valued by industry.
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in five alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.
Photo caption: Qualcomm has awarded Clarkson University a $15,000 grant to construct the "Qualcomm Software Engineering Student Project Space." Above (left to right), Clarkson Provost Chuck Thorpe; Fram Akiki '86, senior director of product management, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.; Clarkson Distinguished Service Professor Susan Conry; and Phil Wadsworth, vice president and legal counsel, Qualcomm, Inc., with Conry's software engineering senior design class.
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Play Recordings On Windows From MythWeb
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Time to implement
- 3 Installing Required Window Applications
- 4 Configuring Linux Samba Shares
- 5 Modifying Mythweb to View Recordings
- 6 Modifying MythWeb to View Videos
- 7 Modifying MythWEB to point at mapped drives
Below are instructions on how users can browse the recordings via Mythweb on a Windows machine and with one click, have it play in VideoLan (VLC). Videos can also be played with one click from the MythWeb video listing, but it is necessary to modify code.
- These instructions will not work through a firewall or over a slow < 5Mbps connection and assumes the computers are on the same LAN.
- It just uses VLC to play the files, not the VLC server to stream the recordings.
- These instructions only work on MythTV 0.20 (or greater)
- These instructions won't work for slave backends (because of limitations with MythWeb) but the recordings can be shared.
- Assumes Fedora Core
The instructions consist of three parts, first install and configure the necessary Windows applications, share the recordings directory via Samba, then modify Mythweb.
Other alternatives
Time to implement
- 1/2 hour for recordings and assumes access to MYSQL and setting up Samba via command line
- or an hour for both recordings and videos and familiarity with symbolic links, editing php files
Installing Required Window Applications
First get and install these two applications on your Windows machine:
- VideoLan (VLC) - http://www.videolan.org/
- The "MythTV Filters" or DSMyth - http://dsmyth.sourceforge.net/
Now, with DSMyth, under the Start Menu -> MythTV Filters, run the "Configuration" program. It will bring up a screen called "MythTV DirectShow filter settings" which has a sidebar that has three tabs "MySQL database", "File associations" and "Network".
- Note: The settings under "MySQL database" are not necessary for viewing recordings in Windows.
"C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" "%1"
You can also place the same link in the two slots above, but it is not necessary. Then hit OK.
- Note: You can use the pre-defined mplayer2.exe, but it really sucks because it can't seek with out crashing, takes a long time to come-up and VLC has much better seek hotkeys (try CTRL-right arrow or ALT-right arrow or the forward/backward buttons on your mouse!)
DSMyth is used as a bridge application, when "myth:\\" links are clicked in a browser, DSmyth takes it and passes it along to VLC.
On your MythTV backend we are going to add a Samba share which will allow any Windows machine on the network to see all the recordings in the recordings directory on a read-only basis. First make sure the Samba and Lisa daemons are running and will start automatically on bootup:
# /sbin/chkconfig lisa on # /sbin/service lisa start # /sbin/chkconfig smb on # /sbin/service smb start
Now, you could edit "/etc/exports" file and add a line to it like "/video/recordings/ *(r,async,all_squash)" (and restart samba) but it is easier to use the graphical interface of KDE. From the start menu, go to Control Panel -> Internet & Network -> Samba Configuration. You can then click the "Administrator Mode", enter the Root password, and setup the "Base Settings", i.e. Workgroup, Netbios name (leave as default) and the description. Then click on "File Sharing" above in the sidebar and go into "Administrator Mode" again, and "Add" the directory that contains all the MythTV recordings, for example "/video/recordings". Set the share to "visible" but not "writable" to avoid having recordings deleted. The name of the share is used by windows, you could call it "recodings" or "MySMBShare".
- Note: If you can't see anything under the "Samba Configuration" or "File Sharing", check if the processes are running:
# ps -A | grep lisa # ps -A | grep smb
You should also have set the hostname for the machine at this point by
# hostname MyMythBackend
and replace "MyMythBackend" with whatever you want.
- Note: One of the benefits of having Samba running is that you can now access MythWeb with the hostname, for example http://MyMythBackend/mythweb
Now check if your Windows machine can see the recordings directory because there is little point in continuing if it can't. (Give it a few minutes, finding new shares can be slow as it discovers clients, figures out who is the master, etc.) One way to see the share is to enter the following in the Windows Explorer address bar:
replacing the host and share name with yours. Another way is to click on the Start Menu, click Run, and type that into the run command. ie \\192.168.1.123\\mythshare\
Modifying Mythweb to View Recordings
The next step is to pass to VLC a URL from Mythweb that it can then use to play the recording off the samba share.
This would have been dead easy through the MythWeb interface because you can modify the value needed under the MythWeb settings page (Click the icon next to the weather icon) -> "MythTV global defaults" -> "Video URL", but it doesn't work (as of v0.20). Once you hit "Save" any required backward slashes "\" are replaced with "/" forward slashes which windows and VLC won't recognize. In other words, what you need is something like:
but hitting save changes it to
The only way is to modify the field directly in the database from a terminal window:
# mysql -u root mythconverg (enter the password) mysql> UPDATE `settings` SET `data` = 'myth:\\\\MyMythBackend/recordings/', `hostname` = NULL WHERE `value` = 'WebVideo_URL' AND `hostname` IS NULL LIMIT 1 ;
- Note the multiple backslashes are required, and yes there are forward and back slashes in there but VLC figures it out.
Now if you go back into MythWeb settings page -> MythTV global defaults, you should see the value you modified directly. If you hit the recordings page and hold you mouse over a thumbnail, you should see in the status bar a link like:
and if you click on it, it should bring up VLC and start playing the recording.
There are lots of things that can go wrong and the best way to fix it is to track backwards.
- Can you see the samba share on your windows machine?
- Is the directory and file in the place you expect, i.e. \\MyMythbackend\recordings\<etc>
- Can you open that file over the share manually with VLC?
- Is the path being generated by MythWeb correct?
Modifying MythWeb to View Videos
If you have videos you want to view directly through MythWeb, you can also share it via samba and modify MythWeb to create the correct links, but it requires modifying two files (assuming you use the default skin): First, modify
- /mythweb/modules/video/handler.php
Change the line at the very bottom which starts with:
$this-url = root . implode (...)
$this->url = root . preg_replace('#^'.$mythvideo_dir.'/?#', '', $this->filename);
Then modify
- /mythweb/modules/video/tmpl/default/video.php
around line 80, change both links from:
echo 'url.'"> (...)
and a few lines down:
<?php echo 'url.'"> (...)
Then in your videos directory create a symbolic link called MythWeb back to the videos directory, i.e.
#cd /mymedia/videos #ln -s /mymedia/videos mythweb
Now when you visit the video section of MythWeb, the link should be correct and bring up the movie in VLC when clicked on. The link should look something like this:
(I'm sure there is a way to modify handler.php to get rid of "mythweb", but it was simpler just to put in a symbolic link.)
- Again, make sure you can get to the video share directly first.
- Then make sure the URL you put in the video.php file is correct.
- Check the symbolic link, it's a bit of a hack.
Modifying MythWEB to point at mapped drives
If you would like MythWEB to send a URL of a locally mapped drive to VLC, simply modify /mythweb/modules/tv/tmpl/default/recorded.php
- Remote recordings directory is mapped to a local drive letter, ie:(/mnt/share == Z:)
- VLC and video player is working correcly.
- You want to click on the shows thumbnail to play.
--- Fix:
Modify line 274 in /mythweb/modules/tv/tmpl/default/recorded.php from:
echo "url\" name=\"$row\">"
(replace '///Z:/' with the drive and path of choice)
echo "filename)."\" name=\"$row\">"
- Depending on your video player, it might not accept '/' in the URL. Change to accepted path format of video player.
--Derenma 02:56, 25 September 2006 (UTC)


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49ers coach Jim Harbaugh is as competitive as anyone who has played or coached or even watched football. When he and his brother, John, were kids, the competitiveness manifested itself in the fact that Jim could throw a football over a large tree in their front yard, and John couldn't.
But Jim has softened as an adult, at least when it comes to his brother. In a recent interview with CSNBayArea.com, Jim repeated a talking point from the conclusion of the 2010 Sports Illustrated profile of the Brothers Harbaugh.
"I'm probably half the coach he is," Jim said of John at the time. "But I'm trying."
This time around, Jim Harbaugh elaborated on that point.
"I don't think there's any coach coaching in the game today that really has the full grasp of offense, defense, and special teams like my brother has," Jim Harbaugh told CSNBayArea.com.
The best news is the coach who seems to be afflicted with the same desire to excel that keeps men like Bill Belichick and Nick Saban from ever seeming to enjoy the journey realizes how unique and special it is that two brothers are coaching in the NFL — and for the second straight year in the league's final four teams.
"Definitely, I've thought of that," Jim Harbaugh said. "You know, we've both got great kids. We both have a great wife and a great job, and it's a harder job to get than being a U.S. Senator, and proud that our family has two people that are doing it."
The Harbaughs deserve to be celebrated for what they've accomplished, even if the in-game facial expressions and histrionics and periodic goofy sound bites like "gobble gobble turkey from jive-turkey gobblers" make it hard for neutral fans to embrace Jim the way they should.


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This Monday's Link Roundup has its usual collection of eclectic gems. One of my favorites is The QWERTY Effect: How Typing May Shape the Meaning of Words. I'm wondering if this effect only applies to touch typists. What about those of us who peck away with a couple of fingers? Another story I love because it's absolutely serendipitous is MacDonald clan photos found by great-great grandson in antique shop.
- This Is My Home: Inside Anthony's Parlor of Curiosities. [Video]"…a friend and I were strolling down a street in the East Village when we stumbled upon a whimsical place — a kind of curiosities parlor that stretched, narrow and full of unusual objects and private memories, from the street site of the building to the backyard. Inside it was Anthony Pisano … We, it turns out, we not the only ones mesmerized by Anthony's curiosities and unusual lens on the world. This Is My Home by filmmakers Kelsey Holtaway and Mark Cersosimo is a beautiful short film, in the vein of This Must Be The Place, that captures Anthony's singular character through the contents of his home and his heart."
- Tiny Libraries, DIY Reading Rooms, and Other Micro Book Depots. "We wanted to venture into DIY territory and visit some of the tiniest — but gutsiest — libraries around the world. These are unusual places where lit lovers ventured to create a mini community athenaeum, and guerrilla librarians have set up camp in the face of budget cuts and closing institutions. Each micro library's aim is different, but whether they're promoting independent/alternative presses, or simply trying to encourage reading, these plucky, little libraries deserve your attention."
- Parting Words. "When Brenda Wineapple closed her laptop on "Sister Brother," her dual biography of the siblings Gertrude and Leo Stein, she cried. Stacy Schiff, having written the final words of "Cleopatra," was still worried. "I lived a little bit in fear of her," she explains. When Doris Kearns Goodwin finished "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln," she built more shelves in her library annex (once the family garage) to hold all the books she had acquired. Each of these distinguished, prizewinning, best-selling biographers was saying goodbye to a subject with whom she had been living for a long time. For authors of biographies, this intimacy is normal, almost inevitable."
- MacDonald clan photos found by great-great grandson in antique shop. ""If you are an antique collector and somebody asks would you like to look in the back, you jump at it, because it is where the treasures are hiding." Alas, the backroom was more disappointing than the front. That is, until Mr. MacDonald spotted a stack of black and white photographs in Edwardian and Victorian frames. He was intrigued. And then astonished. The faces staring up at him belonged to his long dead relatives, an influential Halifax clan of MacDonalds bound by marriage, friendship and political alliance to Sir Charles Tupper.
- Finding Your Book Interrupted … By the Tablet You Read It On. "Can you concentrate on Flaubert when Facebook is only a swipe away, or give your true devotion to Mr. Darcy while Twitter beckons? People who read e-books on tablets like the iPad are realizing that while a book in print or on a black-and-white Kindle is straightforward and immersive, a tablet offers a menu of distractions that can fragment the reading experience, or stop it in its tracks."
- The QWERTY Effect: How Typing May Shape the Meaning of Words. "A keyboard's arrangement could have a small but significant impact on how we perceive the meaning of words we type. Specifically, the QWERTY keyboard may gradually attach more positive meanings to words with more letters located on the right side of the layout (everything to the right of T, G and B)."
- The 10 Best Movies Adapted from Memoirs. "Though hundreds of movies made each year are adapted from novels and short stories, relatively few are built from memoir — despite the fact that the form has been at least as popular as novels in the last two decades, and may be more beloved by the general public…we got to thinking about the few really great films adapted from memoirs. Click through to see our picks, and let us know if we've missed any of your favorites."
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Here we have a lovely resort style pattern collection from the June 2013 issue of burda style magazine. The styles are all loose fitting and great for destination travels because of their layering capability and fabric choices. These designs are perfectly presented in printed and plain bright fabrics that are fun enough for summertime and sophisticated enough for the modern woman.
We love this silk Blouse with front pleats and wide neck band.
This slightly flared, knee-length Skirt with shaped waistband looks super sophisticated paired alongside our Three Quarter Blouse.
Every woman need a little Shift Dress in her wardrobe. This one is great with its decorative details and side inserts.
Breezy and light Pants like these, are a great bottom alternative for summer! These ones have large patch pockets to hold your sunglasses and lipstick with ease.
This casual Top is both lovely for day…and edgy for night with its princess panel seamlines.
This One Shoulder Maxi dress is the essence of resort wear. It blows in the breezes and flatters any woman.
Here is a lovely Jacket in bouclé with raglan sleeves, patch pockets and piping. We love it worn with these Cuffed Shorts, makes a great resort outfit!
This bright Dress would work for fancy dinners and cocktail hour near the breeze. The lovely movement is created from the pleats at the shoulder and waistline with decorative flowers.
Happy Sewing!


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Alcohol abuse occurs when a person engages in excessive drinking that results in health or social problems. Alcohol may continue to be abused despite serious adverse health, personal, work-related and financial consequences. Alcohol abusers, however, may not fully lose control over the use of alcohol and progress to alcoholism. A person afflicted with alcohol dependence may experience alcohol withdrawal with symptoms such as anxiety attacks, confusion, insomnia, sweating, increased pulse rate and temperature, tremors or severe depression.
Most experts believe that it is possible to have a problem with alcohol, but not display all the characteristics of alcoholism. For instance, alcohol abuse does not necessarily involve alcohol dependence, which is the need for repeated doses of alcohol to maintain a certain feeling of well-being.
Most experts believe that steady drinking over time may produce a physical dependence on alcohol. Drinking over 15 drinks a week for men or 12 drinks a week for women increases the risk of developing dependence on alcohol. However, drinking by itself is just one of the risk factors that contribute to alcoholism.
Alcoholism is a chronic, often progressive disease that is a result of uncontrollable alcohol dependence. It is thought to develop as a result of a combination of individual genetic, psychological and social factors. Other risk factors may include:
: People who begin drinking at an early age (by age 16 or earlier) are at a higher risk of becoming an alcoholic.
: Genetic makeup may cause imbalances in one or more of several brain chemicals and increase risk of alcohol dependency.
: Men are more likely to become alcoholics or abuse alcohol.
Family history
: The risk of alcoholism is higher for people who had a parent or parents who abused alcohol.
Emotional disorders
: Those with severe depression or anxiety may have a greater risk of abusing alcohol. Adults with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder may also be more likely to become dependent on alcohol.
According to the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD), almost 18 million Americans abuse alcohol. Each year more than 100,000 Americans die of alcohol-related causes. Alcohol is a factor in nearly half of all United States traffic deaths. Alcoholism and alcohol abuse have also been linked to major social, economic and public health problems. A wide range of treatments is available. Self-help groups are one popular treatment option, and may provide ongoing support for people recovering from alcohol abuse and alcoholism.
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Alcohol affects virtually every organ system in the body and, in high doses, may cause coma and death. It affects several neurotransmitter systems in the brain, including opiates, GABA, glutamate, serotonin, and dopamine. Increased opiate levels are thought to account for the euphoric effect of alcohol; alterations in GABA are believed to cause anxiolytic (anxiety relieving) and sedative effects. Alcohol also inhibits the receptor for glutamate, meaning that long-term ingestion of alcohol may increase the number of glutamate receptors. Many drugs target these receptors in alcoholics to reduce cravings and aid in abstinence.
When alcohol is withdrawn, the central nervous system experiences increased excitability. Persons who abuse alcohol over the long term are more prone to alcohol withdrawal syndrome than persons who have been drinking for only short periods. Withdrawal symptoms, such as delirium tremens, usually being 48 to 72 hours after alcohol withdrawal. Other symptoms may include anxiety attacks, confusion, insomnia, sweating, increased pulse rate and temperature, tremors and severe depression. Brain excitability caused by long-term alcohol ingestion can lead to cell death and cerebellar degeneration, Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, tremors, alcoholic hallucinations, delirium tremens, and seizures. Based on research, alcohol abuse may lead to an increased number of opiate receptors in the brains of recently abstinent alcoholic patients, and the number of receptors has been found to correlate with cravings for alcohol.
In the National Comorbidity Survey, alcoholism was 2.5 times more prevalent in men than in women. The lifetime prevalence was found to be 20% in men and 8% in women. The rates of alcohol abuse or dependence in the past year were 10% for men and 4% for women. Women do not appear to metabolize alcohol as efficiently as men. Women were also found to more commonly combine alcohol with prescription drugs of abuse than males. Women living with substance-abusing men are at high risk for alcoholism. A recent report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) revealed that men accounted for four out of every five alcohol-specific substance abuse treatment admissions. Based on this study, alcohol problems are less likely to be recognized in women, and women with alcohol problems are less likely to be treated. This may be because women are less likely than men to have job, financial, or legal troubles as a result of drinking.
Other research has indicated that the commonness of alcoholism declines with increasing age, although evidence in this area is conflicting. The prevalence in elderly populations is unclear, but is estimated to be approximately 3%. However, one study of the United States Medicare population found that alcohol-related hospitalizations were as common as hospitalizations for heart attack (myocardial infarction). Another study noted that among older patients with alcoholism, from one third to one half develop alcoholism after the age of 60 years.
Alcoholism may be slightly more common in lower income and less educated groups according to a 1996 study that examined the natural history of alcoholism and the differences between college-educated and inner-city alcoholic persons. The increased financial, emotional, and societal stressors of occupying a lower socio-economic group may cause individuals to resort to the consumption of alcohol as a coping mechanism.
Currently, there are no available high-quality trials evaluating the safety or efficacy of herbs and supplements used for alcohol abuse or alcohol withdrawal.
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Alcohol is cause of almost half of all treatment admissions for older adults. 2 June 2006.
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A healthcare professional typically first evaluates the person who is having alcohol-related problems. Common medical problems related to alcoholism may include high blood pressure, increased blood sugar, and liver and heart disease. Treatment, which is often tailored to the individual, may involve an evaluation, a brief intervention, an outpatient program, counseling or a residential inpatient stay. Most treatments emphasize acceptance and abstinence, instead of moderation.
Many residential alcoholism treatment programs in the United States include promotion of abstinence from alcohol, individual and group therapy, participation in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), educational lectures, family involvement, work assignments, activity therapy and the use of counselors, many of whom are recovering/ed alcoholics and professional staff. In addition to residential treatment, other approaches to alcoholism may include
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, couples therapy, and aversion therapy.
Drug treatments for alcohol craving
: Several prescription drugs are available in the United States that may treat alcoholism, or deter patients from drinking. An alcohol-sensitizing drug called disulfiram (Antabuse) may be a strong deterrent. This medication works by interfering with the metabolism of acetaldehyde. If a person drinks alcohol, the drug produces a severe physical reaction that includes flushing, nausea, vomiting and headaches. Naltrexone (ReVia) is an opioid antagonist, a drug long known to block the narcotic high; it may reduce a recovering alcoholic's urge to drink. Acamprosate (Campral) is an anti-craving medication that may help a person combat alcohol cravings and remain abstinent from alcohol. Unlike disulfiram, naltrexone and acamprosate do not make a person feel sick soon after taking a drink. It works by maintaining alcohol abstinence by mimicking a GABA analogue. These drugs do not cure alcoholism nor can they remove the compulsion to drink.
treatments for alcohol withdrawal side effects
: Sedative drugs may be used to prevent delirium tremens or other withdrawal seizures.
Herbs and supplements
: There are very few proven treatments for alcohol-related conditions.
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L.) has unclear or conflicting evidence supporting its use as a treatment for alcohol induced hangovers. Some traditional or theoretical treatments of alcoholism, which lack sufficient evidence, may include
betel nut
music therapy
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Nutritional therapy
: Following abstinence from alcohol, it may be necessary to correct nutritional imbalances. A patient that is being withdrawn from chronic excessive alcohol consumption is typically given large amounts of thiamine (Vitamin B1) to correct any associated thiamine deficiency that could lead to Wernicke-Korsakoff encephalopathy.
Psychological support and psychiatric treatment
: Group and individual counseling and therapy support recovery from the psychological aspects of alcoholism. Sometimes, emotional symptoms of the disease may mimic psychiatric disorders. Many treatment programs also offer couples and family therapy because family support can be an important part of the recovery process.
One well-known support group is Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), which is an international, spiritually oriented community of alcoholics who meet in groups. AA began in the 1930s to help alcoholics with their addiction; members' main goals are to stay sober and help other alcoholics do the same. AA formed the original 12-step program to recovery of addiction and asserts that a recovering alcoholic's only option is to completely abstain from alcohol. This organization is almost exclusively run by alcoholics. Other groups that provide similar treatment without AA's spiritual focus include LifeRing Secular Recovery and SMART Recovery.
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Aileen W. Tobin, who worked for nearly three decades at the Aberdeen Proving Ground's Ordnance Center and School and earlier had conducted research in the field of early reading in children, died Aug. 26 of heart failure at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.
The longtime Canton resident was 64.
"I told her all the time that she was my yardstick and the finest civilian I've ever worked with in 26 years in the Army. I thought the world of her," said Col. Daniel Riley, who had been brigade commander of the 61st Ordnance Brigade and the Army Ordnance Mechanical Maintenance School at Aberdeen Proving Ground.
"She was a compassionate visionary who cared about the civilians, Army and our contractors that we worked with. She was a divergent and creative thinker," said Colonel Riley, who is now director of installation logistics at the Rock Island Arsenal in Illinois. "And when you got her behind closed doors to discuss a matter, she'd always say, 'What's best for the people?' "
The daughter of a farmer and a seamstress, Aileen Webb was born in Milford, Del., and raised in Ellendale, Del., and Milton, Del.
After graduating from Milton High School in 1967, she earned a bachelor's degree in 1971 in English and American studies from the University of Delaware.
In 1975, she earned a master's degree in reading education and a doctorate in learning, curriculum and instruction, both from the University of Delaware.
From 1971 to 1974, Dr. Tobin was director of the Delaware Tutoring Center.
"In addition to supervising the staff, she was proud of the fact that she taught so many people to read, including one man in his 50s that had never learned to read," said her husband of 42 years, Thomas J. Tobin, who is retired from the Social Security Administration in Woodlawn, where he had been the assistant commissioner of the communications office.
Dr. Tobin later served as a consultant to the Center for Educational Leadership, University of Delaware; Dorchester County Board of Education; and Research for Better Schools Inc. in Philadelphia.
She was the author of chapters in three books on reading and reading research, with additional work having been published in the Journal of Learning Disabilities and Reading Research Quarterly.
In 1982, Dr. Tobin began her service at the U.S. Army Ordnance Center and School at Aberdeen Proving Ground as an educational specialist in the analysis and standardization division of the Directorate of Evaluation and Standardization.
She graduated in 1992 from the Army Staff Management College in Alexandria, Va.
"If you had told me 12 years ago I would be working for the military. I would have given you a blank stare," Dr. Tobin told an Aegis reporter in a 1993 profile.
Dr. Tobin eventually became the first female chief to lead a major directorate at APG in 1993 when she was named head of the Directorate of Quality Assurance, formerly the Directorate of Evaluation and Standardization, where she started her civilian Army career.
"I believe it puts a lot of responsibility on my shoulders. If you're male or female, first, second or third or 30th person [holding down the job], you have a real obligation to set up an example to develop and pursue a vision for the organization," Dr. Tobin said in the Aegis interview.
Dr. Tobin's role was to evaluate the quality and impact of training through observation, studies and interviewing graduates of those courses to see if they had been adequately prepared for their new jobs.
"Her doctorate was very critical when it came to talking about an adult learning model and its objectives for the military and the cognitive way people learn," said Colonel Riley. "She brought a higher-education view when it came, for instance, to teaching a welder or a mechanic. Aileen was always trying to make the Army education system better."
Colonel Riley said Dr. Tobin accomplished her goals without being confrontational.
"She helped us find a better way of doing things. She was very personable, yet very driven. All of the things you look for in a leader," he said.
Dr. Tobin eventually rose to become deputy to Colonel Riley, who said she had played a pivotal role in planning and executing the move of the 61st Ordnance Brigade and Army Ordnance Mechanical Maintenance School from Fort Belvoir in Virginia to Aberdeen.
"Soldiers and classrooms, you name it: Aileen took care of it," he said.
Other accomplishments during her years at APG included establishing and directing in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks the Ordnance Center Emergency Operations Center, which was responsible for overseeing 113,000 personnel performing mechanical and electronic maintenance, ammunition and munitions management, and explosive ordnance disposal throughout the world.
Dr. Tobin retired in 2010. Two years later, she was inducted into the Army Ordnance Hall of Fame, which recognizes the achievements of those who have made significant contributions to the Ordnance Corps. She was the 14th woman to be so honored.
Dr. Tobin, who had lived at Anchorage Tower in Canton, was a world traveler and especially liked visiting her favorite beaches at Maui, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Rehoboth Beach, Del. She was also a Ravens fan.
A celebration of Dr. Tobin's life will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Short Funeral Home, 416 Federal St., Milton, Del.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by a sister, Darlene Rust of Milton, Del.; and several nieces and nephews.


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Joe Venuti was the first great violinist of Jazz. The music he made with Eddie Lang would later be a major influence on Django Reinhardt and Stťphane Grappelli in France. He was born aboard a ship as his parents emigrated from Italy and trained to be a classical violinist from an early age. He met Eddie Lang in 1913 while attending school in Philadelphia and started a local group with him three years later. The two would go on to play and record with each other frequently up until Lang's death in 1933. Venuti played briefly with Red Nichols, toured with Jean Goldkette and played in the orchestra of many Broadway shows. He co-led a band with Eddie Lang off and on through most of the 1920's, that included Jimmy Dorsey, Red Nichols and Frank Signorelli of the Original Dixieland Jass Band. In 1929 he joined the Paul Whiteman Orchestra but was injured in an auto accident; he was able to re-join the band in 1930. Venuti was able to keep working as a musician the rest of his life. He enjoyed a resurgence of interest in the 1970s.
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Soulja Boy doesn't know the meaning of the word recession -- because TMZ has learned, the 21-year-old rapper is dropping $55 MILLION on a new private jet.
A member of Soulja's management team tells us ... the kid bought himself a G5 jet as a birthday present to himself this week.
The jet cost $35 mil ... but that's just the beginning. We're told the birthday boy is dropping an additional $20 million to pimp out his ride with all sorts of cool stuff ... like 12 custom Italian leather seats, flat screen TVs, 4 liquor bars, a special travertine tiled floor, and Brazilian hardwood cabinets.
We're told S.B. is also gutting the in-flight lavatory -- and replacing it with a giant, LUXURIOUS bathroom. Oh, he's also giving the jet a custom paint job ... to include his logo.
And if that's not enough for someone's 21st -- we're told Soulja's also spending $300,000 to throw himself a blowout birthday party at a Miami nightclub tonight ... and Dwight Howard, Bow Wow, and Sean Kingston are all expected to attend.
Kids these days.
He has every right to throw his money away but when he goes broke please don't bore us with tear jerking stories.
Soulja Boy probably put 5% down, with no intention on making any more payments. The plane will be repossesed within 6 months.
It's his money he can do as he pleases.If he looses it he has no one to blame but his self.
Talk about throwing your money away. Soulja Boy, meet MC Hammer..
These guys never learn. He'll be bankrupt soon enough. I wonder if he has any idea of how quickly he is burning through his money? Now cue the brain dead supports that will say "it's his money he can do whatever he wants with it." Like that's even the point.
He is going to go from yelling "da plane! da plane" to "da bus...da bus" if he is not careful.


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With Dodd-Frank set to roll-out this summer, financial institutions are increasingly in pursuit of improving transparency in the markets and facilitating the flow of information through transactions. Firms must now look into how their IT systems can support the required transparency mandated by these new reforms. This slideshow highlights several criteria firms should use when evaluating technology platforms.
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April 2007
3-D Cultures Help Identify, Screen Noroviruses
Scientists develop successful in vitro cell culturing
Results: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory researchers and collaborators have shown for the first time that human noroviruses can infect and replicate in a three-dimensional model of human small intestinal tissue. Previous attempts in two-dimensional cultures have failed.
Why it matters: Recent outbreaks of human noroviruses have plagued cruise ships, restaurants, nursing homes and schools. Noroviruses cause severe gastroenteritis that typically lasts 24 to 48 hours. According to one of the researchers, Charles Gerba, a newly emergent strain of norovirus that appeared in the United States this winter appears to be more serious and deadly compared to previous outbreaks. Because of the lack of suitable tissue culture or animal models, studies to track their environmental sources and their pathogenesis in humans and identify emergent strains have been difficult.
Figure 1. Human norovirus infection of 3-D small intestinal cells. A) Demonstration of host cellular cytopathic effect, B) transmission electron micrograph showing numerous particles that are the correct size for human noroviruses, C) fluorescent in situ hybridization demonstrating the presence of viral RNA. Enlarged View
Methods: The research team grew the tissue cells on collagen-coated microcarrier beads under physiological fluid shear conditions in bioreactors. They used microscopy, polymerase chain reaction and fluorescent hybridization to find evidence of norovirus infection. Evidence of infection and replication of the two principal viral groups that infect humans was demonstrated for multiple passages of viruses through cell culture (Figure 1). Their results, published in Emerging Infectious Diseases, demonstrate that the highly differentiated 3-D cell culture model can support the natural growth of human noroviruses, whereas previous attempts using differentiated monolayer cultures failed. The tools highlighted in the paper are now being used on biosecurity-relevant model systems such as tularemia (rabbit fever).
According to lead author Tim Straub, "Scientists have been trying to get an infectivity assay for the human noroviruses going for about 30 years now, and we are truly the first. Our study shows that selecting the appropriate cell line, growing the cells as 3-D aggregates and infecting them when they are fully differentiated is key for successful in vitro cell culturing of human noroviruses."
Next steps: Future research will include further testing of a broader panel of genetically diverse human noroviruses to obtain a better understanding of norovirus. The goal is to develop improved prevention methods.
Source: Straub TM, K Höner zu Bentrup, P Orosz Coghlan, A Dohnalkova, BK Mayer, RA Bartholomew et al. 2007. "In vitro cell culture infectivity assay for human noroviruses." Emerging Infectious Diseases 13(3):396-403.
Research Team: Timothy Straub, Alice Dohnalkova, Rachel Bartholomew, Catherine Valdez, Cynthia Bruckner-Lea, PNNL; Kerstin Höner zu Bentrup, Tulane University School of Medicine; Patricia Orosz Coghlan and Charles Gerba, University of Arizona; and Cheryl Nickerson, Morteza Abbaszadegan and Brooke Mayer, Arizona State University.
Sponsors: The work was funded by the American Water Works Association Research Foundation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, PNNL's Environmental Biomarkers Initiative, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Tulane University Wall Fund.


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London Irish announces plans for a special celebration in May 2014.
A unique "double header" of matches featuring the London Irish amateur and professional teams will be the highlight of a special celebration as the Exiles say a final "Farewell to The Avenue" in May next year.
The grounds at The Avenue, Sunbury on Thames, have been home to the London Irish family since 1934 - 79 years of extraordinary change for the game of rugby and for the Club.
The celebration which will take place on Saturday 17th May 2014, will also include a lunch and a post-rugby party featuring the Bible Code Sundays.
The highlight of the celebration will be the back-to-back matches. The first will kick-off at 2.30pm between the London Irish Wild Geese and an Invitation XV. The second will kick-off at 4.45pm between a London Irish Legends team (to be selected and managed by Michael Gibson) and a Topsy Ojo/Declan Danaher XV (to be selected and managed by Bob Casey). During the half-time intervals of both matches, the Club's talented mini-rugby players will show off their skills.
The occasion coincides with Topsy Ojo's Testimonial Year and also provides an opportunity to acknowledge the exceptional service of another special player, Declan Danaher.
The beneficiaries of the celebration will include the London Irish Amateur Club, the London Irish Academy and the charities associated with the Topsy Ojo Testimonial Year.
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Thomas Ravenel, a former South Carolina state treasurer who had reportedly been contemplating a primary challenge to Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, said after his appearance Thursday in East Hampton Town Justice Court that he does not see a political future for himself in the Palmetto State.
Mr. Ravenel was arrested in East Hampton Village on July 22 on a drunken driving charge after he allegedly swerved across lane lines. He refused to take a breath test at police headquarters, and has maintained all along that he had not been drinking. In his mug shot, which was released to the press, he appeared calm and composed "because I wasn't drunk," he said.
But that may make little difference when it comes to his political aspirations. "Just the appearance, even though I was not," he said Thursday. "I've gone outside the margin."
Mr. Ravenel was on the South Fork for the summer to play polo. He was driving back to the house where he was staying in Bridgehampton early in the morning on July 22 when he was pulled over by village police. He said Thursday that he had called an attorney in South Carolina from the station and had received bad advice regarding the breath test.
South Carolina law regarding drunken driving is very similar to New York law. In South Carolina, as in New York, a defendant is required to take a breath test if requested to do so by the police, with a mandatory license suspension for failure to comply.
Trevor Darrell, his local attorney, expressed dismay in court and afterward Thursday with the lack of speed with which the Suffolk County district attorney's office is performing discovery, the required sharing of all information held by the prosecutor with the defendant.
"Why is it taking so long?" Mr. Darrell asked outside the courthouse. "I have no idea. This is several months down the road. We requested it three months ago. So I don't know the reason for the delay."
Mr. Ravenel, who flew in Thursday and returned to South Carolina immediately after his court appearance, is the son of former United States Representative Arthur Ravenel Jr. He was elected South Carolina treasurer in 2006, but was indicted by the United States attorney's office less than a year after taking office on charges of buying cocaine with plans to distribute it.
He pleaded guilty to possession with plans to distribute less than 100 grams of cocaine in 2007, two months after resigning as treasurer, but had recently begun to rehabilitate his image in his home state.
Justice Catherine A. Cahill ruled Thursday that Mr. Ravenel will not have to personally appear at his next scheduled court session on Dec. 7, unless a negotiated disposition to the case is in the offing. Unless there are mitigating circumstances, District Attorney Thomas Spota's office rarely plea bargains a driving while intoxicated charge to a lower-level offense when the defendant has refused a breath test.


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Diamond Peak Wilderness
IntroductionThe United States Congress designated the Diamond Peak Wilderness (map) in 1964 and it now has a total of 52,477 acres. All of this wilderness is located in Oregon and is managed by the Forest Service.
DescriptionGreat glaciers carved Diamond Peak after volcanic activity created the mountain. Today, at 8,744 feet, it surpasses every other summit in this region of the Cascade Mountains. Diamond Peak Wilderness, which straddles the crest of the Cascades, rests largely beneath a dense forest of mountain hemlock, lodgepole and western pine, and silver, noble, and other true firs. Snowfields remain most of the year in pockets above the tree line, and dozens of small lakes, one to 28 acres in size, bejewel the high country. Pikas and marmots scurry about the numerous scree slopes, along with Roosevelt elk, at least until November snows drive them out. Stinging hordes of mosquitoes hatch from the first of July through much of August. Excluded from Wilderness designation but on the eastern and southern boundaries you'll find three large scenic lakes: Summit, Crescent, and Odell. Approximately 14 miles of the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail pass through the area and near Diamond Peak itself, and another 38 miles of trails give access to many lovely lakeside campsites. Mountain climbers scaling Diamond Peak's nontechnical summit often set up base camps at Marie Lake, Divide Lake, and Rockpile Lake. Much of this area is worthy of off-trail exploration.
Planning to Visit the Diamond Peak Wilderness?
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Heroine Kaine in the upcoming Cavia-developed, Square Enix-published RPG NieR is a male-female character that gives players the best of both worlds. This latest screenshot is revealing a little too much, some claim.
Various Japanese sites are stating that this Kaine screen shows off the character's areola. Embarrassing enlarged screenshot below.
Breasts in gaming have perked up since, well, there have been games. What makes this particular nipple slip different is that the character is both male and female — obviously having masculine and female traits. Is this a male areola or a female one?
If we say it's male, then it is akin to male character Snow appearing shirtless in Final Fantasy XIII, giving players an eyeful. If it's female, then the game's rating could actually change. Let's not forget that both male and females have areolas!
Because of the gender ambiguity and the fact this is not actually a nipple per se, it'll be interesting to see how Sony and Square Enix handle this — whether or not, images like this will make it into the final game.
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Posted: August 23 2012 at 13:45
Supertramp will release the video portion of the live LP from Paris in 1979. Unfortunately, there is no US release for this, but you can buy it on Amazon UK.
Here's a article with the co-producer Russel Pope on the subject of how they have restored the tapes of that show.
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|Posted: August 23 2012 at 13:52
I've often thought there should be more Supertramp live footage available. Glad to hear this is coming out!
edit: the link doesn't suggest that they've actually approved it for release. In fact, it states that Rick Davies has been blocking its release. Has something changed?
edit: again. Google is my friend. I just looked it up and it is in fact going to be released on Aug 27th. Good news!
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|Posted: August 23 2012 at 14:42
Good news indeed. A certain purchase on pay day!
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|Posted: August 23 2012 at 15:09
hurray, the legendary concert hurray,
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|Posted: August 23 2012 at 15:23
Yep. The album is still a deeply treasured part of my old vinyl collection.
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|Posted: August 23 2012 at 17:18
This is a very pleasant surprise! Roger has been calling for this to happen for many years simply for the fans' sake. His voice sounds even better live today than in Supertramp's heyday. I'm planning on seeing him several times on his current tour. He simply loves what he does, it is clear that Roger is there for the fans! Can't wait for his just announced 2013 tour with an orchestra-- Fool's Overture will be a real treat! :)
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|Posted: August 23 2012 at 23:22
Nice. Looking forward to this one for sure. I don't think the band ever had an official, legitimate live dvd from the 70's, I think they were just all bootlegs and T.V. concerts.
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|Posted: August 26 2012 at 23:45
Why won't this get an U.S release? It should be cleaned up and released on Blu-ray.
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|Posted: August 27 2012 at 02:41
^ I checked on Amazon.co.uk and its in Blue Ray format and also region free. So just means a bit of extra postage.
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|Posted: August 28 2012 at 07:43
Read this from Roger Hodgson about this release, looks like i will get a illegal copy of the concert.
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|Posted: August 28 2012 at 10:04
Roger is a very well spoken and know how to express him self pretty clear, thats what makes him also so good lyracist, he know how to write poigenant and clever, , never give up your right Roger, never let rec comps run you over.
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|Posted: August 28 2012 at 12:01
Well, a fascinating and very well written article, which has persuaded me not to get this particular release.
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|Posted: August 28 2012 at 13:59
So, I received my illegitimate Blu-Ray of that concert. Too bad for the illegal issues. Despite this, i enjoyed what i have seen so far, mainly because it's a rare item to have, but it left a bitter taste in my mouth thinking that we could have a more complete DVD, if all the 5 members had approve this release and works together to make it something of a better quality.
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|Posted: August 28 2012 at 14:39
Well, I'd like to read the other side of the story from the guys, before deciding. All I know is I'm tired as hell of great archival footage sitting in vaults because of the egos of these guys. Not just Supertramp, lots of bands. Get the material out so people can enjoy it.
If anyone finds "the other side of the story" regarding this, please post. Thanks in advance.
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|Posted: August 28 2012 at 14:54
I had already pre-ordered it and now its winging it way to me so I can't stop it unfortunately.
Anyway I assume (hope) that Hodgson and Davies will get their fair share of royalties?
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|Posted: August 28 2012 at 15:00
^ ^Rick's opinion would be most useful cos he wrote as much material as Hodgson. But he is such a recluse we will probs never know. I do believe the other three members have a say but the DVD release should have had all five in sync on the matter
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|Posted: August 30 2012 at 03:07
Here is the link to Roger Hodgson's Facebook page - http://www.facebook.com/RogerHodgsonOfficial. It has a lot of comments from fans regarding how they feel about the release of the Paris DVD. I agree a lot with what the poster said, except I do tend to lean a little more in favor of the points Hodgson is making. If only Bob, John, and Dougie had let Roger know that they were continuing with the project, things could have turned out so very differently. In spring and summer 2011, Roger worked with them in a spirit of collaboration for months and invested a lot of time and money into it. He actually has an agreement in writing from Eagle Rock, the label, as to what was agreed upon regarding what would be included in the DVD. Roger was told the project would be shelved for the time being because Rick had artistic issues with it and that it would not be released until worldwide rights were attained, so the project was temporarily dropped. The plan was to work on getting the worldwide rights and then resume collaboration.
However, things did not go as agreed upon. Bob, John, and Dougie continued working with Eagle Rock in putting the DVD together behind Roger's back even though they knew he was fully supportive of it and had worked for months on what the final product would include. Not only did they and Eagle Rock go behind Roger's back in getting the DVD released, they also did not give him writers credit on any of his songs that were included, even though he owns the approval rights to them. In fact, it appears the band members even want to hide from the public that Roger and Rick were the two songwriters of Supertramp because there are no songwriter credits anywhere on the packaging. A lot of the public doesn't know who the songwriters were - they just know the songs as Supertramp songs. So, for Roger and Rick to not be given credit is underhanded and illegal. Hodgson is rightfully speaking up not only for himself, but for all artists, as this sets a precedence for works illegally used.
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|Posted: August 30 2012 at 12:33
It seems to me thats incredible how these people can jump over laws on copyright, and put out a product with so fraudulent and dishonest way.
I'm a great admirer of Supertramp music in general, and Roger Hodgson's voice, songs and compositions particularly; the truth is that Supertramp hadn't ever been what it was, if Roger Hodgson hadn't been involved, because he composed all the great hits which led the band to the top in music history, some years ago ...
I'd love to enjoy this great Supertramp concert, Live in Paris 79's, which put me in connection to what today is still present in my life, and will accompany me forever, Supertramp songs led by Roger Hodgson in that time and all Roger's albums and songs, when the band parted ways and he started his solo career.
To me, personally, there is no comparison between what was Supertramp with Roger Hodgson, and Supertramp without him; simply, Supertramp was over, but we were very fortunate to can following his solo career, and can enjoy his old and new songs with the sublime quality he composes them.
As I've said before, I'd love to enjoy this concert, but only if this DVD-Blu Ray would be released legally, and not taking away songwriters rights who appear in this film, using unauthorized images or photos of them, and without the approval of songwriters and publishers... and of course, the way it has been made.
I won't be one of the people who purchase this DVD, BluRay, and I hope that justice and laws put in its right place to everybody, I wouldn't feel good to myself, and it would be like betraying the person who composed these songs and disappoint my own integrity .....
There's no better way to enjoy this concert, as attending a Roger Hodgson concert live, taste the quality of his compositions live; if you even haven't had a chance, try it, the connection will be fulfilled and you'll be thinking about attending the next one ......
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|Posted: August 31 2012 at 15:21
Chris S., you said Rick's opinion would be useful. Well, here it is...albeit through his wife, Sue:
Sue Davies posted on the Yahoo Supertramp Group: "Rick was unaware of the release of this DVD. It was done without his consent and/or approvals which were not granted mostly for artistic reasons. As to any of the other issues surrounding the release, Rick has no comment now nor will he have in the future."
So, there you have it. Both of Supertramp's songwriters, Roger Hodgson and Rick Davies, are clearly stating the same thing - neither of them knew anything about the release of this DVD. HIghly unethical and lacking in morals on the part of Bob, John, Dougie, and Eagle Rock. Not to mention, the legal injustices. They should all be ashamed of themselves.
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|Posted: September 01 2012 at 01:39
For those who haven't seen it yet, I thought you might want to read the letter that Roger Hodgson released to his fans. It's on his Facebook page. The outpouring of support is astounding. Some of the comments are really touching. Read the comments at https://www.facebook.com/notes/roger-hodgson-official-facebook-page/rogers-response-to-paris-dvd/491463960881633.
Dear friends and fans,
Many of you have asked me about the status of the Paris DVD, so I wanted to write to you directly with the latest news. Unfortunately many laws, both legal and moral, were broken and the Paris DVD is now about to be put out using illegal and unethical methods. It is now in the hands of attorneys to resolve the legal dispute between the publishing company and the labels. I dont know which side will win, yet what Ive learned in the music business, its usually whichever attorneys have the most funding, not necessarily the ones who are in the right.
What Eagle Rock and John, Bob and Dougie (who are calling themselves the Supertramp Partnership) are trying to do is to take away our songwriters rights. Legally, a label needs songwriters and publishers approval to put this type of product out and instead they are twisting some kind of legal loophole trying to say they dont need the required licenses. Songwriters are given legal rights and yet in the industry, they are getting ripped off in all kinds of ways and if this goes through, it is going to make things even more difficult for songwriters. What they are trying to do in claiming they can take away the songwriters and publishing rights could make it possible for other labels to do this to other songwriters in the future.
An attorney friend of mine who has been in the music industry 40 years who is also a publisher and has worked a lot with the Beatles catalog said he has never heard of anyone doing this in the music business - for a label to try to put out a DVD without the publishing company and songwriters approval. This whole issue is much bigger than this one DVD. They are not only trying to take away rights from Rick and myself as songwriters, they are affecting the rights of songwriters all over the world with what they are trying to do.
Back in the spring and summer of 2011, I was working with the band and Eagle in a spirit of cooperation to release the Paris DVD. I spent many, many hours reviewing and giving artistic feedback and edits and this was only at the very beginning of putting together the DVD. There were many things I compromised on, yet we told them I would give my songwriters approval and other rights that I have as a founding member of Supertramp as long as they incorporated the minimal things I asked for and that they agreed to in writing and then I heard nothing else about it.
Last summer we were told that the DVD was shelved because of whatever quality issues Rick had with it, he did not approve of the release. And we were told Eagle would not release the DVD until they got approval from the publishing company, who represent the songwriters - so I thought the project was dead. Then a few weeks ago I found out the band guys had been working on the DVD all this time secretly behind my back, completely violating the spirit of cooperation I had been in with them up until then.
The only reason I even received a copy was because a fan let me know it was coming out and I asked Eagle to send me one, which I received just a few days ago - after it has already been shipped to distributors. I was shocked receiving the DVD completely manufactured and shrink wrapped before Id even seen it! There is a whole montage of pictures, bonus materials and liner notes which I have never seen and have never been given the opportunity to comment on. They are putting out a product that is supposed to be representing all five of us, and its not. It is only representing the three of them.
Bob, John and Dougie are representing themselves to Eagle as the Supertramp partnership and the contract is just between the three of them and Eagle. Whether you are a Rick fan or a Roger fan or both, I feel all fans would agree that its not right for the three non-songwriters to control the Supertramp catalog, claiming I have no artistic voice, no input, no say at all in the creation of any Supertramp products, and yet they want to use my performances, my image and likeness and my songs.
To have received this DVD all packaged at the very last minute feels very out of integrity. They have not kept their agreements and have not honored my artistic, creative, technical or editorial inputs at all. For example, I wanted the songs to have correct writers credit and for it to be delineated who wrote which songs. And instead they have gone so far as to completely bury who the songwriters are from the public. There is no credit being given to the songwriters or the publishers on the packaging or the film yet credit is being given to the merchandisers, the trucking company and who dressed up in a monkey suit. They dont list the songwriters at all, giving the illusion to the public that Supertramp wrote the songs, which is not true at all. And they know how important it has been to me as a songwriter to have my songs delineated. That is the only thing that I had to help me continue on with my career beyond Supertramp.
I know the three of them are going to say they are doing it for the fans, but that is not what is really going on. If they were really thinking about the fans, they would know that fans would want me to have input on the DVD. This isnt about the fans or about the music. This DVD is about a power play, its about money, control, envy and underhanded music business tactics and I want nothing to do with it.
For me I truly was getting involved because so many of you have said you wanted a DVD from one of the concerts when I was with the band. And I hope you can understand that while I always wanted something like this out there, I cannot approve of a product that is created with this kind of manipulation and deceit because I believe that the energy and where you come from when you create something is very important.
The other reason I wanted to work on the DVD was to ensure that all five members could share their experiences from that tour, and I wanted to make sure it would be the best quality product possible. Unfortunately, I also cannot endorse the DVD because of its technical shortcomings, editorial inaccuracies and poor quality.
So I dont want any fans out there to be fooled, and for anyone who decides to buy the DVD, I wanted you to know this DVD was created out of very questionable legal maneuvering. The band that you see playing on the DVD has not existed for 30 years. Now its all about business and the business part of music can be ruthless and backstabbing, just as any other business can be. That is one of the reasons I left LA and wanted to get out of the music business all those years ago. Its not how I want to live my life and its not why I do music.
This is one of the reasons that Im happier now than I ever have been touring the way Im touring not caught up in the music industry and all the ugly parts of the business. No record label owns me, no publisher owns me, no managers own me, no agents own me. I can stay true to myself and tour when I want, how I want. I can play to 3000 or 85,000 or anywhere in between Im ok not playing huge arenas anymore, its about playing music to help make people happy, it doesnt matter what size the audience is.
I became a musician when I was 12. Its what I love to do and its what Im good at. And I will continue for as long as I can travelling around the world doing concerts. For me, one of the most important things as an artist is to play music for the art, for the magic thats possible with music to help lift peoples spirits, help open their hearts to receive some healing and relief from all the troubles in this world.
I want to keep this Paris DVD issue separate from what Ive been striving for all these years as an artist, my reasons for touring and playing music. I know many of you wanted to know my thoughts about the Paris DVD, so that is why Im just sending this to the fan sites and youre welcome to leave any comments there on the sites.
For something more positive and uplifting, you can visit my Facebook or website guestbook and read some really amazing and touching stories from fans around the world. I so appreciate you all and am fully aware that if it wasnt for you loving the music or my songs I wouldnt be out here performing like this. Reading your stories and experiences from the shows is my inspiration.
With love,
P.S. You can also find my tour schedule on the website and events tab on Facebook hope you can join me.
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