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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Dwimmermount, Session 13
The characters lingered in Adamas, acquiring additional provisions for their return to Dwimmermount. Dordagdonar the elf, besides stocking up on scrolls, decided that the party needed to buy casks of oil, believing they'd be useful in clearing out the mold and fungus-infested rooms they've encountered in ever-larger numbers on their current level. Calculating just how much oil was in a cask and how much it would cost was an amusing exercise. The characters also had to hire some new henchmen to replace those slain in the last session. This resulted in the employment of two fighting men, Drogo and Osric, the latter of whom owns a sword +1 he said he acquired on a previous job. Prior to this point, the PCs had been passing around a sword +1 to newly-hired henchmen, but, since every henchmen to whom they've given it has died, they have begun to suspect that it might be cursed.
The characters also dithered somewhat about whether to seek out Archivist Saidon, the cleric of Typhon who had spoken to the alchemist Jasper shortly before his death. At first, they reasoned that the city-state's constabulary had already questioned Saidon and therefore they had no need to do so themselves. However, after judging the constabulary's lack of skill -- they were very obviously being shadowed by them throughout the city -- they decided to go ahead and speak with him at the temple of Typhon.
Typhon's temple was in a wealthy quarter of the city and was very impressive, seemingly designed to make one feel worthless and insignificant by its grandeur. The temple's doorman took the party directly to Saidon, who'd apparently been expecting them to arrive. He was a wizened old man wearing a voluminous robe covered in pockets of varying sizes. The PCs found him in a "museum" of sorts, filled with artifacts, relics, and the skeletal remains of strange creatures, where was devoting himself to re-arranging a display of ancient eating utensils. Indeed, Saidon seemed obsessed with such things, complaining about the difficulty in finding spoons in the city-state, as the local custom is to "drink" soups and stews.
Saidon proved strangely helpful and not at all what one would expect of a cleric of a god as cruel as Typhon. He explained that he had a standing offer to Jasper to bring him anything he encountered that might be of interest to him. When the alchemist came across the PCs' vial of azoth, he naturally brought it to Saidon, who was mightily impressed. Azoth, he explained, was very rare in the present age and was supposedly a key to the Thulians' might, as it acts as an enchanting agent, allowing magic-users to craft weapons and armor of great potency. It also has several other reputed uses, such as the creation of the elixir vitae and as an aid to apotheosis. Saidon expressed skepticism at both these latter uses, stating that such things were impossible, even in a world of magic.
Conversation with Saidon eventually turned to Jasper's murderers, whom the cleric identified, without explanation, as members of the Argent Twilight. Though the PCs didn't ask, they inferred that this was a cult of zealous worshippers of Turms Termax, dedicated to preserving certain esoteric secrets from unbelievers and whose methods included assassination. Saidon explained that the Argent Twilight was likely after the PCs now too and that they should watch their backs, particularly in Dwimmermount, which the cultists view as sacred to their god. Saidon then offered to purchase any more azoth or azoth-related items they found in the dungeon. He promised he would tell no one else of their discoveries and would pay well, as the wealth of the church of Typhon was at his command. He also warned the PCs, while wielding a spoon, not to cross him or they would quickly discover what it meant to run afoul of one dedicated to the god of order and judgment.
The party then took their leave of Adamas and returned to Dwimmermount, where they explored a new section of their current sub-level. Here they encountered a number of goblinoid creatures, including hobgoblins. This eventually led to a confrontation where the hobgoblins attempted to use some sort of "fire projector" weapon against them. Thinking quickly, they used the geography of the dungeon corridors to protect themselves and lure the hobgoblins into a trap. They also defeated several giant centipedes, whose poison they feared, based on past encounters with them. Before retiring for the evening, they acquired enough experience and treasure for Vladimir the dwarf to attain third level.
In this session, I abandoned D6 damage for all weapons. Oddly, it took some getting used to, as we'd all internalized the use of a single dice type for damage. However, I think we were all glad to see the use of more polyhedrals and I know the differentiation between weapons was appreciated. I haven't yet changed ability score or XP bonuses or saving throws. Those will come slowly over the next few sessions, assuming I make the changes at all. I'm still turning over ideas in my head and, honestly, I don't want my own largely-intellectual issues with these rules carry more weight than how the rules operate in play.
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Just visualizing the priest wagging a spoon at the players while giving them a stern warning had me laughing. Sounds like a fun session. :)ReplyDelete
as the local custom is to "drink" soups and stews<ReplyDelete
Do I get a "no prize" for inquiring as to how they stir while cooking the soups and stews?
Two questions, James... 1) How many hours are you average sessions? 2) What level are your players after 13 sessions?ReplyDelete
A session varies in length between 2 and 4 hours, typically, with 3 being the most common.ReplyDelete
Right now, the PCs vary in level between 2nd and 4th, with the cleric being the highest level and most of the others being either 2nd or 3rd level.
2 and 4 hours, typically, with 3 being the most common<ReplyDelete
You seem to be getting a lot done in a couple of hours, so kudos for that. The players sound like they dilly and dally from time to time (always a by-product of good role play), so you must be good at moving things along.
For most of my adult game life I had 5-6 hour games on weekends every month or so. Now it's three hours every couple of weeks. That was hard to adapt to, especially after a hard day at work, but now it works out pretty good with me getting used to it. Try to divide nights between combat sessions, and mostly role play/explore sessions.
When I last ran a campaign, our schedule was every other week for about 6 hours. Nowadays I'd have to wonder if we could keep that same pace. I have to admire James for even seriously attempting a weekly schedule.ReplyDelete
This sounds a lot like the book I'm reading-- Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco-- secret entrances to the Underworld, Knights Templar, assassins, almost-forgotten religions, the quest for the philosopher's stone.ReplyDelete
Like everyone else, I'm impressed at how much you do in one session.
We run a 3 to 4 hour session once every other week. And we don't get diddly done...ReplyDelete
I'm not going to get into it, but I partially blame it on 4E's focus on melee as well as our DM.
It sounds like you run a tight ship James.
The players sound like they dilly and dally from time to timeReplyDelete
I have no real "plan" for the game and its course is largely determined by player action, so a certain amount of dilly-dallying is inevitable.
This sounds a lot like the book I'm reading-- Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco-- secret entrances to the Underworld, Knights Templar, assassins, almost-forgotten religions, the quest for the philosopher's stone.ReplyDelete
Foucault's Pendulum is one of my favorite books, so I'd not be the least bit surprised if it's had an influence on Dwimmermount. I have a keen interest in occult esoterica and conspiracy theories. Most of my games include them to some extent and my current campaign is no different.
It sounds like you run a tight ship James.ReplyDelete
It's not as tight as it sounds. We have plenty of digressions, interruptions, and delays over the course of our sessions. However, I am lucky to have experienced and dedicated gamers in my group and we can get quite a lot done in comparatively short period of time, which is wonderful.
Argent TwilightReplyDelete
heh. Sounds like a great session and an NPC they'll return to.
Beware the ancient spoon, you really don't know where it's been.
@James and Foucault's Pendulum--ReplyDelete
Maybe you'll write a review from a D&D perspective?
Yeah, it's not that tight. We usually meet for about 6 hours, but only about half that time is spent playing most sessions. These days we generally meet, socialize, have a meal, then game.ReplyDelete
Maybe you'll write a review from a D&D perspective?ReplyDelete
It's been years since I last read it and my recollection is that most of its cool ideas are easily obtainable from other less literary sources.


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BANGKOK — Thailand's army declared martial law in a surprise announcement before dawn Tuesday that it said was aimed at keeping the country stable after six months of sometimes violent political unrest. The military, however, denied a coup d'etat was underway.
The move effectively places the army in charge of public security nationwide. It comes one day after the Southeast Asian country's caretaker prime minister refused to step down and follows six months of anti-government demonstrations that have failed to oust the government.
The army said in a statement it had taken the action to "keep peace and order." Armed troops entered multiple private television stations in Bangkok to broadcast their message nationwide. Although troops were deployed at some intersections, the vast metropolis of 10 million people appeared calm and commuters could be seen driving and walking to work as usual.
An army official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation, told The Associated Press "this is definitely not a coup. This is only to provide safety to the people and the people can still carry on their lives as normal."
A ticker on Chanel 5, an army station, also denied the military was taking over and asked the public not to panic.
Thailand's army has staged at 11 successful coups since the end of absolute monarchy in 1932. The last was in 2006.
The military statement was signed by army chief Gen. Prayuth Chan-Ocha, who later read it on air. He cited a 1914 law that gives the authority to intervene during times of crisis, and said it had taken the action because on-going mass rallies between political rivals "could impact the country's security and safety of the lives and public property."
On Monday, Thailand's acting prime minister insisted his government will not resign, resisting pressure from a group of senators who are seeking ways to settle the country's political crisis, and from anti-government protesters who are demanding an appointed prime minister.
The deadlock in Southeast Asia's second-largest economy has worsened since former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra dissolved the lower house in December in a bid to ease the crisis. The Constitutional Court ousted her and nine Cabinet ministers earlier this month for abuse of power.
A group of about 70 senators, most of whom are seen as siding with the anti-government protesters, proposed a framework on Friday that calls for a government with full power to conduct political reforms.
Acting Prime Minister Niwattumrong Boonsongpaisan and Justice Minister Chaikasem Nitisiri met with two representatives of the Senate in an undisclosed location Monday to avoid disruption from the protesters.
After the meeting, Niwattumrong said the Cabinet cannot resign because it would be unconstitutional to do so. He insisted he "can carry out duties and has full authority" as prime minister.
The Cabinet has operated in a caretaker capacity with limited power since Yingluck dissolved the lower house in December in a failed bid to ease the political crisis. A new government cannot normally be named until there are elections, which anti-government demonstrators have vowed to block unless political reforms occur first.
The Senate, the only functioning legislative body in the country, was seen as the last resort of the anti-government protesters, who are calling for an interim, unelected prime minister to be chosen.
The protesters say they are making their final push to oust the government and install an unelected prime minister and government. They have promised to call off their rallies if they are not successful by May 26, following six months of street demonstrations in which 28 people have died and hundreds of others have been injured.
The protesters on Monday began searching for members of the Cabinet at their residences to pressure them to resign, but did not find any.
Labor unions representing about 20 state-owned enterprises vowed to go on strike Thursday to support the anti-government protesters, although several companies, including Thai Airways and the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, said Monday that they would operate normally.
Thailand's political crisis began in 2006, when Yingluck's brother, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, was toppled by a military coup after being accused of corruption, abuse of power and disrespect for King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
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Firing Gen. McChrystal and replacing him with Gen. Petraeus raises many questions. For example, some say that when he accepted the post as top commander in Afghanistan, it was made clear to Gen. Petraeus that he'd come away with no great success like he supposedly had in Iraq with the Surge. On the other hand, did Petraeus take the position on the condition that the United States would send more troops to Iraq and switch back to a counterterrorism strategy from counterinsurgency?
But President Obama has stated that our Afghanistan strategy will remain the same. While that may be an attempt to appear strong and present a united front, will the administration, in fact, use this as an opportunity to begin the Great Drawdown? (After all, McChrystal is a ready-made fall guy for the failure of COIN.)
At IPS News Gareth Porter has an answer to those who fear that the error of COIN is about to be compounded with a new Surge (which always struck me as reinforcements rebranded):
Petraeus's political skills and ability to sell a strategy involving a negotiated settlement offers Obama more flexibility than he has had with McChrystal in command.
Contrary to the generally accepted view that Petraeus mounted a successful counterinsurgency campaign in Iraq, his main accomplishment was to make the first formal accommodation with Sunni insurgents.
Petraeus demonstrated in his command in Iraq a willingness to adjust strategic objectives in light of realities he could not control. He had it made it clear to his staff at the outset that they would make one last effort to show progress, but that he would tell Congress that it was time to withdraw if he found that it was not working.
Do Focal Points readers think the appointment of General Petraeus might portend peace, or another surge?


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San Francisco based collage artist, Alexis Mackenzie, will be showing older work this Friday, Jan 18th, at the clothing store, Vacation, in the Tenderloin (651 Larkin Street).
Besides getting to view Alexis' work, check the opening to see Kelley Stoltz perform live. The space looks small, so expect a crowd... Remember Kelley and Ty Segall performing at Fecal Face's 10 year anniversary show? Damn that was fun.
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Music: Enjoy The Beat…
"Without music, life would be a mistake." Friedrich Nietzsche
Pharrell Williams – Happy (Official Music Video)
Katy Perry – Dark Horse (feat. Juicy J) (Official) ft. Juicy J
Beyoncé – Drunk in Love (Explicit) ft. JAY Z
I've always fancied myself a music lover and wanna be entertainer. At one point in my life, I loved taking charge at parties and rocking the tunes… Music is truly a pure form of joy that each of us can interpret anyway we wish. I'd like to share a few songs I like and hopefully you can add yours in the comments. What type of music do I like? My taste is pretty far reaching. It has to speak to me first… So enjoy a sampling of songs I love… I put Pharrell first because HAPPY is exactly what music makes me feel. Come back later for more!
"Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent." Victor Hugo
Fela Kuti-Water no get enemy (H2O Africa official video)
Hot Afrobeats mix 2013/2014: Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana Azonto, Togo, Skelewu African Music and more
I enjoy African music too and because there are a number of festivals this year, I thought I should add a couple of my favorites to this list. I love Fela's music very much and he was always in the forefront of African music. The other two videos offer you a nice selection of music from the continent. If you've ever wanted to sample some music from long standing African Divas, I'd recommend these two posts of mine: Sweet Sensations I: African Divas Sing… and Sweet Sensations II: African Divas Sing… So enjoy the tunes and check back for more later.
"Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it." John Lennon
Justin Timberlake – Mirrors
A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera – Say Something
I had to add a few more that make me stop whatever I'm doing and enjoy the beat… What kind of music do you like? Do Share as I'm always looking for new tunes. TY!
This post was inspired by a prompt from WP Daily Post: We Got the Beat
Have you ever played in a band? Tell us all about that experience of making music with friends. If you've never been in a band, imagine you're forming a band with some good friends. What instrument do you play in the band and why? What sort of music will you play? Photographers, artists, poets: show us PERFORMANCE.
Positive Motivation Tip: Music makes the world go round and no matter where we come from, we can move to the beat of music… Let the beat go on!
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Until Next Time…
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25/02/2014 2:59 pm
This is a great array of music! I love that KP song!
25/02/2014 3:08 pm
My favorite kind of music can be found on z88.3
I like everything they play.
I do not enjoy explicit music of Music videos.
25/02/2014 3:47 pm
Fabulous music I love it . I am using more music to express myself lately. Great post. Xxx
25/02/2014 4:34 pm
My kids LOVE that song "Happy". Whenever it comes on they automatically start to dance. It's so cute.
25/02/2014 5:20 pm
My son and I have been dancing to Happy every morning before breakfast for a while now! And I love Say Something…
25/02/2014 5:55 pm
I love the songs you've featured on this post. I agree that life without music would be so sad and lonely. I adore music!
25/02/2014 7:00 pm
I love music, especially if it has a good beat. And if it has a good beat, I have to start dancing.
sgrcom permalink25/02/2014 7:32 pm
Music can be so beneficial in every area of your life. It makes me more productive when working, and more motivated when working out!
25/02/2014 11:37 pm
I can go off to work buzzing now, thanks sweetie!
26/02/2014 6:02 am
I LOVE Happy by Pharrell; it's my happy place! My kid has been singing that Beyonce song for what feels like ever. Today was the first time I listened. Whoa!
Ashley M permalink26/02/2014 11:10 am
You have an awesome playlist compiled here. I love music when I workout or clean. It gets me moving.
26/02/2014 11:47 am
i like a lot of different music. today I've been listening to Afrika Bambaataa
26/02/2014 12:41 pm
This totally made me want to turn on some music to lighten up my horrible mood! Thank you!
26/02/2014 7:47 pm
Great music choices, I love Dark Horse and Mirror!
paige permalink27/02/2014 2:31 am
Great choice in music! I love so many of these songs!
27/02/2014 9:21 am
Music totally motivates me! I always turn music up loud when I have to have a cleaning party.
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- We Got the Beat! | Alexia Jones
- Daily Prompt: We Got the Beat | Nola Roots, Texas Heart
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Thousands of anti-government Turkish protesters turned Taksim Square into a must-see local tourism site today, posing on burnt vehicles and barricades after two days of street battles, as the prime ministerial target of their anger defended his policies.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan dismissed the protests against his rule, saying he had "no words" for those who "call someone who has served the people a 'dictator.'"
Mr. Erdogan said: "I am not the master of the people. Dictatorship does not run in my blood or in my character. I am the servant of the people."
Tens of thousands of mostly secular protesters waged pitched battles with police, and finally seized control of Istanbul's central Taksim Square on Saturday afternoon. What started as a small sit-in protest over the protection of trees in Gezi Park, due for demolition to make a shopping mall, turned into a wave of anger against what protesters see as Mr. Erdogan's authoritarian rule.
In the exact spot where yesterday protesters choked by volleys of tear gas tried to wash their eyes of the sting, today they posed for photos of each other climbing on makeshift barricades with arms raised in triumph.
Uncertainty ahead
Despite the festive ambiance and proclamations of "victory" today, many questions remain about how this protest – conducted largely by a secular minority, against the decade-long leadership of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) – will change long-term politics in Turkey.
Also uncertain is whether even the coming days will see a peaceful resolution and calming of tension, or further eruptions of violence with police trying again to clear the square. Turkey's interior ministry announced that nearly 1,000 arrests had been made, and that protests spread to dozens of cities in half of Turkey's provinces. Violent clashes between police and protesters in the capital Ankara continued today, unabated.
"Our prime minister is like a fascist, he takes everything he wants, but we are standing up, we want our rights, and I am very happy for that because with this AKP government they have been pushed down," says a middle-aged housewife called Derya, who was taking photos with her husband beside an overturned police car.
"Not now, there won't be change. But if [Erdogan] insists, there will be many protests. It could be like World War I, which started with the death of just one person, and then spread into that war," says Derya.
She says recent decisions by the Islamist-rooted AKP to rush through legislation limiting alcohol consumption, and lack of coverage of the protests on Turkish television, added to the unease. Derya also notes that the secular Turks on the streets now are not the majority who have elected Erdogan three times in a row – most recently in 2011 with nearly half the electorate.
"We have to protest, but we are a minority, not the majority. They try to buy people with money and a little food," she says. She bristles at Erdogan's description of those on the street as terrorists.
"They are the terrorists, the police," says Derya. "The government does terrorism to us. Everyone should have their rights."
Street party atmosphere
Taksim today resembled a street party, with chants against "fascism," waving of Turkish and opposition party flags, and denunciations of police tactics that left sizable and affluent neighborhoods repeatedly swathed in tear gas.
Families pushed children in strollers next to burnt vehicles for a photo opportunity. Young Turks clamored atop smashed buses. Other protesters – some still wearing surgical masks and with goggles around their necks, like badges of participation in the tear gas-soaked revolt – climbed on makeshift barricades which blocked every entrance to the square.
In some places, volunteers with trash bags collected every scrap of garbage from the square, and an adjacent construction site.
In a speech and interviews, Erdogan sought to portray the protests as ideologically motivated against him, and not about trees, claiming that as the former mayor of Istanbul and then premier, he had overseen the planting of 2 billion trees and creation of 160 national parks – and that he was "still planting."
Erdogan also stated that he would complete a controversial mosque project in Taksim: "I am not going to seek the permission of the [opposition] or a handful of plunderers," he said.
The prime minister asked why people were revolting: "Did we take your democratic and voting rights away?" He called Twitter and social media a "menace" to society, and vowed that the development project of Gezi Park – removal of a tree-lined park to make way for shops built into a new façade of an Ottoman barracks, which sparked the protest, would continue.
"We are living in a historical moment; we don't know what will happen because we have never been here before," says Eda, a history student at Bogazici University.
"As Turkish youth, we have been sleeping since the AKP came, for more than 10 years, and now we are just awake," says Eda, who asks that only her first name be used. "For 10 years we knew what was happening, but only commented. I don't know what fueled us, but now we are acting."
Don't call it a Spring
She and others dislike comparisons between Turkey's protest and the Arab Spring uprisings that toppled autocrats in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya in 2011. Those were distinctly Arab events, they say, while Turkey's protest is about more inclusive democratic leadership.
"This is the radicalism of the moment," Eda says, pointing to a nearby police car, where other students cavorted and took photos of themselves, as if on a new playground toy. "This is not the consensus. It's just a show."
Passersby also kicked at the overturned satellite van of Turkish NTV news, while one man banged at the satellite set-up with a wrench. One student with a Turkish flag draped over her back added her own graffiti to the vehicle. Joking about how Turkish media – especially TV channels – were slow to show the worst anti-government violence in years, she penned: "Unbiased? He he, yes," and added a smiley face.
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In the article "Coinfection with multiple tick-borne pathogens" published in the March 2006 Veterinary Medicine parasitology supplement, Drs. Adam Mordecai, Erick Spencer, and Rance Sellon state that epistaxis has not been observed in dogs with experimental Ehrlichia canis infection.
In the article "Coinfection with multiple tick-borne pathogens" published in the March 2006 Veterinary Medicine parasitology supplement, Drs. Adam Mordecai, Erick Spencer, and Rance Sellon state that epistaxis has not been observed in dogs with experimental Ehrlichia canis infection. The authors suggest that, in fact, the epistaxis seen during E. canis infection is caused by coinfection with a Bartonella species. Actually, epistaxis is a feature of laboratory infection in German shepherds during the chronic phase of the disease when there is severe thrombocytopenia. This was confirmed in a study conducted in the 1970s.1
William Buhles, DVM, PhD
Davis, Calif.
1. Buhles WC, Huxsoll DL, Ristic M. Tropical canine pancytopenia: clinical, hematologic, and serologic response of dogs to Ehrlichia canis infection, tetracycline therapy, and challenge inoculation. J Infect Dis 1974;130:357-367.
Dr. Mordecai responds: We thank Dr. Buhles for pointing out his study that documented epistaxis in thrombocytopenic German shepherds experimentally infected with Ehrlichia canis and apologize for the oversight. We should have stated that epistaxis attributable solely to experimental E. canis infection in dogs has not been well-documented. This is in keeping with the theme of the introductory paragraphs that clinical signs previously attributable to infection with a single tick-borne pathogen are being reassessed in light of increasing awareness of coinfection.
In the study done by Dr. Buhles and colleagues, the E. canis organisms used to experimentally infect dogs were obtained from the blood of a naturally infected dog and maintained through subsequent passages in na? laboratory beagles with inoculation of whole blood from infected dogs. While steps were taken in that study to demonstrate that the blood inocula obtained from infected dogs was free of Babesia and Hemobartonella (Mycoplasma) species, knowledge and methodologies available at the time of that study did not permit the investigators to determine that the blood was also free of other tick-transmitted pathogens, such as Bartonella species, which—as stated in our article—are being viewed with increasing suspicion as contributors to clinical signs previously attributed to single infection with more well-known pathogens.
In the article, we did not specifically state, and did not specifically suggest, that all dogs with epistaxis and documented E. canis infection are infected with other tick-borne pathogens, but rather that clinicians today should still consider that coinfections may contribute to clinical signs and that identification of a single tick-borne infection may signal the presence of others. We are grateful to Dr. Buhles for giving us the opportunity to clarify this point.
Adam Mordecai, DVM
Department of Veterinary
Clinical Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine
Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164-7060


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On September 11, millions of Chileans commemorate 40 years since the coup d'état in which the Palace of La Moneda in Santiago was attacked by warplanes and President Salvador Allende died fighting the conspirators. This event marked years of state terrorism and bloodshed in our country and the fortieth anniversary of the assault has been a political and emotional recollection for our friends and comrades from around the world.
It has been revealed and recognized internationally that Chilean military personnel were trained by the USA School of Americas to terrorize political dissidents, leftists and progressive organizations. Likewise, terrorist gangs were financed by the CIA to kidnap, torture, kill and disappear political prisoners. The origin of the Coup can be found in the strong alliance between the Chilean ruling elites, the armed forces and the United States. Each time workers, shanty town dwellers, peasants, the indigenous Mapuche and students attempted to promote change and reform in Chile, the political right and its armed wing, the police and the Armed Forces, brutally repressed them. The Armed Forces have historically acted in defense of the privileged classes in power, attacking those who struggled for their rights. It has never functioned in reverse.
Democracy in Chile has been the reflection of an institutional political arrangement that favours the dominant classes and foreign capital – an issue still relevant in the present – to exploit natural resources and labour without restrictions. The coup d'état dealt with the political and class struggle that shook the country in an international context defined by the Cold War. For the United States another Latin American country shaking free of its control was unthinkable.
The Role of Imperialism
Forty years later we continue to mourn the people who disappeared, were tortured to death and killed in Chile. A day of mourning for the victims of the terrorist attacks is a symbolic homage to human losses. Too many lives taken. Too much pain to endure. Who is responsible for these fatalities? The Chilean ruling elites or the U.S. and its aggressive imperialistic foreign policies? Maybe both!
As we continue to witness today, the U.S. government prioritizes an aggressive global agenda almost everywhere in the world. In the letter and spirit of the 'manifest destiny' approach to power, not much has changed. State or imperial terrorism is still at large claiming victims and causing destruction. Seriously, how much and up to what extent have imperial policies really changed when hegemony can be replaced by dominance or invasion? Does the U.S. have more or fewer friends than 40 years ago? And what does it mean to the oppressed people around the world, beyond the core capitalist countries, when they have to confront the same domestic and foreign SOBs when they demand sovereignty and independence?
In Latin America, the U.S. has installed hundreds of military bases for training local militaries and/or the police. With the end of the cold war and without the so called communist threat, what kind of terrorism does the U.S. need to fight in this region? The indigenous people, the newer left, or perhaps the proponents of twenty-first century socialism?
A Tide of Change is Sweeping Latin America
Twenty-first century socialism has been articulated in movements that have both renewed politics and the ways it is practiced. It is different than the anti-capitalist, socialist-oriented movements of the 1960s and 1970s. As social mobilization develops and challenges the established power, it also dares to break open the sacred territories of formal power, participating in legal and institutional spaces, as well as in practice to transform constitutions and integrate sectors usually excluded from public and institutional life.
What has developed within some sectors and regions of Latin America is a new way of understanding and approaching politics. This proposal implies a new culture of participation that questions the right and left and, in a relentless manner, capitalism in all of its forms. Political categories are being redefined in a region subjugated by a neoliberal ideology that has become a civilizational paradigm, transforming even the political culture of contemporary societies.
Practical convergences of reformist struggles with revolutionary and democratic content are visible, making possible the implementation of significant changes in the Andean countries of the continent. Resistance to the neoliberal business and political designs is due to the strength and creativity of broad social movements promoting an agenda that represents the needs and interests of the people, thereby creating a favourable context for new struggle and transformation.
In Chile neoliberal politics were imposed under a military-business dictatorship and until very recently the climate did not appear favourable for challenging the current right-wing government led by Pinochet's cherubs who represent the legacy of the dictatorship, even after more than twenty years of transition to democracy. This is a fearful democracy that had changed the administration of power and made signals toward the protection of human rights, while it continued to repress and criminalize social movements and indigenous communities. It also promotes the criminalization of dissidence by creating new laws to take it to court.
Toward Re-Imagining Chile
While the state protects anti-democratic institutional bodies that benefit the de-facto and authoritarian power, it simultaneously employs legal mechanisms to expand benefits and capital accumulation. We are talking about a state conceived of and designed to meet the needs of neoliberalism. The cost, however, is paid by the environment, common goods and working men and women: the fallacy of the successful businessmen is based on the dynamic of double exploitation of the environment and labour.
The powerful students' struggle of the past three years is questioning the roots of neoliberalism in the educational system as exemplified in 2011, when students began demanding free education and an end to the debt they were forced to assume in order to study. They also confronted the state and the government concerning profits in educational establishments because in neoliberal Chile businesses that provide services, especially in the areas of finance and retail, are characterized as "industry," and education is no exception. It has become like any factory, mining, chemical, wood or industrial complex. In other words, education is another sector of economic activity developed to expand the frontiers and strengthen the expansion of capital through onerous fees and high interest rates on educational loans, transforming it into a type of double surplus value extraction.
The student movement has persuaded diverse sectors of society to join the students in their demands; they made it clear that they were the children of workers and therefore part of the social fabric of the nation. As such, their problems extended to all parts of society as they did not consider themselves a sector encapsulated by its own imperatives. Nonetheless, the students emphasized their autonomy from political parties, government coalitions and business interests. Moreover, the majority of student federations called for a transformation of society, including the political constitution that impedes the democratic process in matters that directly affect people's lives.
At present, more than ever, social movements across Chile – from workers of all sectors to students and peasants – are requesting the end of the market in the strategic sector of the economy and the removal of the neoliberal approach in the implementation of social programs: no more market in health, education, housing, and pension plans; no more profits on the state funding of social services.
It seems that forty years after the coup d'état the people finally want to recover their losses and are asking for more state in the economy and social programs, as well as the re-nationalization of common goods ranging from mining to forestry. Beginning on September 11 1973, workers, women and men in general, began to lose the right to organize and to strike, the right to collective bargaining and witnessed the privatization of their pension funds. Overcoming neoliberalism is now in the works.
Nowadays we want it all back and more. The debate about a new constitution and the enactment of a constituent assembly is back on the agenda, as is reorganizing the economy and a progressive new tax system. Communities in northern and southern Chile want their regions to have more rights through a decentralized government. The Mapuche-indigenous nation want their land back and reparation for historic losses.
In these days, hundreds of events commemorate the overthrow of Salvador Allende's government and his death as well as the collapse of a democratic system. Human rights organizations and social movements want all perpetrators of abuses, as well as the collaborators of the dictatorial regime, to pay with jail or social scorn for their crimes. Moreover, many right wing politicians, including the current president, are acknowledging their indifference toward human rights abuses. The Supreme Court has stated the same. Most likely, all of these will in some way influence the presidential and parliamentary elections of November 17 in which the right wing candidates will score major losses.
Today, forty years later, it seems that in the context of the commemorations, the mourning and grieving for the fallen is coupled with the revival of their dreams, our dreams in fact. •


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People are comfortable sharing almost any kind of news on Facebook these days—from "I am so wasted right now" (good to know, bro) to "My dog/father/hairstylist/favorite physicist died today"—but there's one area that remains complicated, difficult to navigate Facebook territory: miscarriages.
I am firmly in the age group where my friends are popping children from their loins at an alarming rate, and it's been interesting to watch how they've all handled their pregnancy announcements—and for some of them, sadly, their subsequent miscarriage updates. So when I saw USA Today's article on women turning to Facebook for support during a miscarriage, it made me wonder just how good an idea it is to share the details of your uterine happenings with the world. The answer, of course, can be summed up by the be-all-end-all of social media terms: "It's complicated."
Sharing about miscarriages is one thing, but before you ever get there, there's the question of when and whether to even announce your pregnancy on Facebook. As with making announcements like these in real life, it's a very personal decision. Some people love to shout it from the digital rooftop while others would prefer if you never knew they were pregnant, even after the child is off to college. The general rule is usually that in the beginning you shouldn't tell anyone you're pregnant that you wouldn't want to know you'd had a miscarriage, and that seems to apply to Facebook too—your news good or bad will be broadcast to all of your friends whether you like it or not so you'd better be sure you're comfortable with the consequences of that before hitting "post." Of course, even if they don't decide to share their news early on, there are plenty of instances where people have reached the 12 week mark and feel like they can safely share, only to miscarry later. Or there are those who haven't announced a pregnancy but still might want to share about their miscarriage, simply because it's on their mind.
While it is no doubt painful to take to your Facebook profile and announce you're no longer pregnant, it's worth remembering that sharing your bad news publicly can have good consequences too. USA Today talked to Ashley Webber of Holly Springs, North Carolina, who was totally happy to share the news that she was pregnant with her second child on Facebook when she was just four weeks along. When she had a miscarriage two weeks later, she posted that too, and she said she "was flooded with stories, encouragement, prayers and love." When she got pregnant again several months later, she again told her Facebook friends at four weeks. She knew people might be curious why she's share again after having to tell everyone about the loss, but she said, "That was exactly the reason — I really believed everything would be fine and figured if something wasn't I would rather people know, so that I wouldn't have to go through it alone." As it turned out, at eight weeks she discovered she was having twins. When she later learned that only one baby would survive, she says her Facebook friends were an invaluable source of support: "People still send me encouragement through Facebook. It has really been a blessing."
For everyone who wants to share, there are probably just as many or more people who cringe at the thought of making an announcement of their miscarriage on Facbeook, After all, it's one of the few remaining things that people are reluctant to publicly discuss. Except for Jay-Z and a few other notable exceptions, even celebrities don't talk about their miscarriages (or their struggles with infertility, thought that's a matter for another time), and most of them will talk about anything! On a lot of levels, it makes sense not to want to spread the news. It's an intensely private loss, and many people don't feel like opening themselves up to other people's advice or clichés or thoughts—even if those thoughts are well-meaning and sympathetic. If it's nobody's business in your real life, why would you want to make it anyone's business on Facbeook?
What's different about sharing pregnancy and subsequent miscarriage news on Facebook than in real life is that on Facebook there's all this evidence of what you've lost staring you in the face. Status updates expressing your joy at revealing your pregnancy must feel like a punch in the stomach when all you can think about is what you've just lost. Photos of sonograms you posted in happier times might be the last thing you're going to want to see after you've miscarried. Jenna Lemaster of Palm Desert, California miscarried when she was 18 weeks told USA Today,"Facebook made it infinitely harder. I chose to take down the pictures and my postings about the pregnancy." She says it made her feel guilty, but she had to do it: "I didn't want to pretend like it never happened, but I had to remove it so I could heal and not have a constant reminder."
The other downside to being publicly pregnant on Facebook is that if you lose the baby and everyone knows, it means having to talk about it with people, even if you're not in the mood. After all, people assume if you've put it on Facebook that you want to hear what they have to say about it, even if you haven't had a face-to-face conversation with them in 20 years. Julianne Zweifel is a clinical psychologist in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at the University of Wisconsin, and she says women often feel like they're being watched to see how they react, which can be complicated, since women's reactions aren't always in line with what other people expect: "Women don't want to appear as oversad or judged as melodramatic. But if they are doing OK, they wonder if they come off as cold or uncaring."
Still, despite the downsides of being "Facebook official" with your unborn child, as the walls of privacy continue to break down it seems more and more people will feel comfortable sharing the intricacies of their health and fertility issues. That's good in that it could help to eliminate a lot of the unnecessary shame and guilt that women can feel over losing a baby, but it also means a lot more highly personal information coming at you from all of your Facebook friends and acquaintances.
If nothing else, the growing popularity of sharing your sad news—whether it's a miscarriage, a death, an illness, or something more minor like a traffic ticket—makes it exceedingly obvious that Facebook needs to add some kind of button that doesn't express such buoyant excitement as the "like" button does. Because there's nothing weirder than seeing that someone's "I'm sad to say that I had a miscarriage this week" has 206 likes. Maybe a "care" button would do the trick? Although if you see that 206 people care, then maybe you'll just start wondering why your other 341 friends haven't bothered to care. Ahh, this modern life. So complicated. But if you don't feel like dealing with any of it, you can always do what one friend of mine did, which was to not say a word about his baby on Facebook until the baby was three years old.
Women turn to social media for support after pregnancy loss [USA Today]
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner will push for unprecedented new regulatory powers on Tuesday to seize financial institutions whose failure would pose serious risks to the U.S. financial system, according to two senior administration officials.
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is expected to seek "resolution authority" to deal with the financial crisis.
Geithner is expected to make his case in testimony before the House Financial Services Committee.
With such "resolution authority," the federal government could intervene and aggressively reorganize a troubled business -- such as insurance giant AIG -- before its problems ripple through the global financial system, the administration officials said.
In the absence of such early intervention, AIG ended up needing a taxpayer bailout of at least $170 billion to contain financial instability.
The authority would allow the government to sell or transfer assets and components of a troubled company, including renegotiating or dissolving executive compensation agreements and addressing risky derivatives portfolios, the officials said. Watch Robert Gibbs make a case for the new powers »
According to prepared remarks, the treasury secretary is expected to tell the Financial Services Committee that this extraordinary situation is forcing the government "to take extraordinary measures."
"We will do what is necessary to stabilize the financial system, and with the help of Congress, develop the tools that we need to make our economy more resilient and our system more just," Geithner plans to say.
The aim is to "ensure that our country never faces this situation again," the secretary will explain. iReport.com: Sound off on how Geithner is doing so far
"To achieve that goal, the administration and Congress have to work together to enact comprehensive regulatory reform and eliminate gaps in supervision. All institutions and markets that could pose systemic risk will be subject to strong oversight, including appropriate constraints on risk-taking."
Geithner will call for regulators to apply standards not only to protect the financial health of individual institutions, "but to protect the stability of the system as a whole."
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The Lion hesitated no longer, but drank till the dish was empty.
"How do you feel now?" asked Oz.
"Full of courage," replied the Lion, who went joyfully back to his friends to tell them of his good fortune.
Oz, left to himself, smiled to think of his success in giving the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman and the Lion exactly what they thought they wanted. "How can I help being a humbug," he said, "when all these people make me do things that everybody knows can't be done? It was easy to make the Scarecrow and the Lion and the Woodman happy, because they imagined I could do anything. But it will take more than imagination to carry Dorothy back to Kansas, and I'm sure I don't know how it can be done."
For three days Dorothy heard nothing from Oz. These were sad days for the little girl, although her friends were all quite happy and contented. The Scarecrow told them there were wonderful thoughts in his head; but he would not say what they were because he knew no one could understand them but himself. When the Tin Woodman walked about he felt his heart rattling around in his breast; and he told Dorothy he had discovered it to be a kinder and more tender heart than the one he had owned when he was made of flesh. The Lion declared he was afraid of nothing on earth, and would gladly face an army or a dozen of the fierce Kalidahs.
Thus each of the little party was satisfied except Dorothy, who longed more than ever to get back to Kansas.
On the fourth day, to her great joy, Oz sent for her, and when she entered the Throne Room he greeted her pleasantly:
"Sit down, my dear; I think I have found the way to get you out of this country."
"And back to Kansas?" she asked eagerly.
"Well, I'm not sure about Kansas," said Oz, "for I haven't the faintest notion which way it lies. But the first thing to do is to cross the desert, and then it should be easy to find your way home."


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I am selling at Artisans on Second, 175 S Second St, Hamilton, MT 59840 - 406.961.9600 Visit Facebook aMontanaView on Facebook Please leave comments! You can also email me at email@example.com. About me: I live south of Missoula, Montana on the west side of the Bitterroot valley. Many of my photos are taken here in western Montana, but also around the world. I love being outdoors. I hike, bike, fish, hunt, ski and ALWAYS take photos. I use a Canon 7D and 5D Mark III (with a few lenses and tripods) and shoot in RAW. I process my photos into JPG with Adobe Lightroom with as few adjustments as possible.
2011 South Fork of the Flathead, Bob Marshall Wilderness, a day on the river
August 3: See the river as we were floating and fishing from Big Prairie to camp just north of the White River. There will be about 30 photos of the river, fish, mountains, etc. This is my favorite album of the trip.Read More


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We perform over 600 repair and maintenance services including oil changes,
brakes, diagnostics, belts and hoses, and more. The best part?
We come to you with all the necessary tools and parts.
Here are some bad fuel pump indicators demanding a fuel pump replacement:
Whining from the fuel tank can indicate a dying pump. Backfires and sputtering engines can also suggest a broken fuel pump.
In general, any weird sound from your car is never good, so always pay attention.
Note: Any of these sound issues may trigger the check engine light on the dashboard.
There could be a loss of power if your car's fuel pump can't provide the engine with sufficient fuel. Also, if the fuel delivery issue is erratic, you might experience surging or sputtering. A less noticeable fuel pump issue can be a decrease in gas mileage.
In any of these cases, you may need a new fuel tank pump.
If the fuel pump can no longer supply the required fuel to the engine, your car will experience starting difficulties. Start-up may take a few seconds longer than usual, or you'll need a few attempts to get the engine cranked.
Ignore the issue, and eventually, your car simply won't start. So don't ignore a fuel pump replacement!
Many things can cause misfiring, including a malfunctioning fuel pump.
If the engine isn't getting adequate fuel, it won't have the proper air-fuel ratio in the combustion chamber — leading to inefficient combustion. This results in a misfire.
If the engine is choking or struggling to maintain speed, you may think you're out of gas. Check the fuel gauge.
If the gauge shows fuel in the tank and yet the car's choking, you have a failing fuel pump.
A faulty fuel pump can overheat. Due to its inefficiency, it can, in turn, overheat the engine.
If you have an overheating fuel pump issue, the vehicle might run for about 15-30 minutes before halting. After letting your engine cool, it'll run again only to come to a halt as the issue repeats.
A failing fuel pump can send too much fuel to your engine. This'll result in the engine surging, which means the vehicle picks up and then drops speed — making driving dangerous.
Test your fuel pressure to spot the cause of a faulty fuel pump.
Is the pressure low? The fuel pump is probably becoming slower or damaged inside — making it incapable of pushing enough fuel to the engine.
You can either buy a fuel pressure gauge to measure the pressure or let a mechanic help you.
Note: Find the recommended fuel pressure in your owner's manual.
A fuel pump replacement cost can be anywhere between $220-$1,062, depending on your vehicle and its age.
The entire car repair will include a labor cost ($124-$260) and the cost of auto parts ($95-$854).
Driving a car with a fuel pump problem can result in all of the symptoms listed above, including your car running intermittently or not starting at all. That's why you should get a fuel pump replacement and car maintenance scheduled ASAP.
Here are the answers to some fuel pump-related questions:
A fuel pump is a critical part of your engine fuel line system. It moves fuel from your vehicle's fuel tank to the carburetor or fuel injector in the engine.
The fuel then combusts, helping you start the car and keep it running.
There are two kinds of fuel pumps depending on how they operate:
Older vehicles with a carburetor will have a mechanical fuel pump with plunger-type or diaphragm pumps. You'll typically find this kind of pump mounted on the engine block with the engine's camshaft working the pump.
A mechanical fuel pump uses a pulling force to move gasoline through the different car components. The fuel is controlled with an inlet valve. It closes when fuel in the carburetor's float bowl is filled and opens when more fuel is required.
A mechanical fuel pump may be more convenient, less costly, and easier to access than other pumps.
You'll find an electric pump in most modern vehicles with a fuel injection system. This fuel pump doesn't have a diaphragm or plunger to pull gasoline. Instead, it uses an electric motor to push gasoline through the different components and a pressure regulator to regulate fuel.
An electric pump can be mounted inside the fuel tank on a bracket. You can access the pump from an access port on top of the tank. An electric pump is designed to let it stay submerged in gasoline.
An external electric fuel pump also exists. It sits outside the fuel tank.
If your fuel pump isn't pumping adequate fuel to keep up with the engine, it may need replacing.
You can do this auto repair yourself. However, we don't recommend it because dealing with gasoline (highly flammable) must be done by experts.
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With all the warnings in mind, let's check out the fuel pump replacement guide:
Note: Don't forget to replace an old, clogged fuel filter during the fuel pump repair, so your new pump can operate smoothly.
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Modro Jezero
pages offer rich
multimedia information about nature, history, and culture of Imotski
and its county.
jezero or Blue lake is one of the main focuses. Its proximity
to Imotski and easy access to the constantly changing water level made
this karst chasm a place that has been captured forever in
people hearths, evoking many nice memories.
The abundance of the images on www.modrojezero.org would hopefully
bring back many youth
adventure memories or motivate people to visit Imotski and experience
unparalleled beauty first hand.
The location of Imotski and nearby villages could be best
explored from maps.
The town map
is the first Imotski map on the Internet. Older maps are here.
be a great injustice if the Imotski nature is reduced only to Modro
jezero. Many other lakes, starting with Red lake, Biokovo mountain,
Vrljika river, and
Imotski valley make Imotski quite nature special place.
Even though Imotski has a spectacular nature it is just one of the many
beautiful middle
and south Dalmatian places, including Mediteranian jewel
a walled medieval town,
as it could be seen from our tourist pages and a collection of
additional images.
Imotski town with its many old stone buildings and houses in the old Jezero,
and Bazana
resembles a typical Dalmatian town. Placed on Podi plato
with a population of 4000 inhabitants, it is a unique place that
attracts visitors and especially emigrated population that surpasses
current census numbers many times.
The history
of Imotski county has
been very turbulent and often volatile. While the direct written
records are fairly scarce, quite a large number of monuments and
artifacts have been unearthed dating back to neolithic age.
Imotski as a town
probably was founded during the reign of Croatian king Trpimir during
845-864 A.C, when Imota Zupania was first mentioned. Imotski fortress was
the center of
the Zupania.
To explore
Imotski more there are aerial
photographs in the specials section of the slideshows and panoramic
or large
images if you like. In order to heal or start your nostalgia you
have a virtual walk to Modro Jezero, take a literary night out
in the town, make a hike around Red lake, or simply go far
back into history or just a hundred
years back.


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Nightmare Vacation
...you wont be coming home!
Rating: 7/10
Running Time: 84 minutes
UK Certificate: 15
On DVD
After a father and one of his young children are killed in a freak boating accident, the surviving child is sent to live with kooky Aunt Martha (Desiree Gould). Cut to eight years later, and Angela (Felissa Rose) is growing into a problem teenager, uncomfortable in her own skin and almost mute with shyness. Shipped off for the summer to Camp Arawak with her protective cousin Ricky (Jonathan Tiersten), Angela has to endure the unwanted attentions of sleazy chef Artie (Owen Hughes), the bullying of counsellor Meg (Katherine Kemhi) and vicious teasing from bitchy Judy (Karen Fields) and the other children. As Angela begins to come out of her shell, and has her first awkward experiences of love with Ricky's friend Paul (Christopher Collet), children and staff at the camp start dying one by one at the hands of a mysterious and inventive killer.
If you were to create a map of movie massacres, its most popular sites would inevitably be Crystal Lake and Elm Street – but even if Camp Arawak, also from a horror franchise launched in the eighties, has been visited less often than these locations, sometimes, as any camper can tell you, it is necessary to venture a little off the beaten track in order to find the best spot. The point-of-view killings in 'Sleepaway Camp' might recall the earlier Halloween, and its creative slice-and-dice (murder weapons include a cooking vat, a curling iron, and even a swarm of bees) might be pure 'Friday the Thirteenth', but where those movies were all about co-ed carnage and the punishment of rampant sexuality, Robert Hiltzik's film explores the more virgin territory of early teens caught up in that difficult time of transition when sexuality has still not properly defined itself. There may be gory corpses aplenty in 'Sleepaway Camp', but its real horror derives from the bodies of those still living, as burgeoning hormones and developing desires bring to the surface all manner of anxieties about that most confusing and often unpleasant of phases, adolescence, when the innocence of childhood starts irrevocably to recede.
The identity of the killer in 'Sleepaway Camp' is pretty obvious from early on – so obvious, in fact, that you might even convince yourself for some time that the person in question can only be a red herring – but this is not ultimately a whodunnit so much as a whydunnit, and the Argento-esque twist in its tail is truly satisfying, offering a solution which is difficult to see coming but still makes perfect sense, and will leave you wanting to watch the film all over again.
It's Got: Desiree Goulds wonderfully weird aunt, a portentous score by Edward Bilous, a mode of murder that earns the film a true bee-grade, Owen Hughes brilliantly sleazy performance as a paedophile cook ("Look at all that young fresh chicken"), guys in crop tops and tight pants, and of course baseball, volleyball and canoeing.
It Needs: The best psychiatric therapy that money can buy.
DVD Extras Animated menus; scene select (useful for revisiting key scenes once you have seen the twist); choice of Dolby 2.0/5.1/dts; original theatrical trailer; film notes (9 pages on the Sleepaway Camp franchise and its context); bios on stars Felissa Rose and Jonathan Tiersten (who have both reunited for 2004s Return to Sleepaway Camp); a hidden thumbprint on the main menu which leads to an edited selection of clues and red herrings sprinkled through the film that allude, however cryptically, to the solution; full audio commentary (not particularly informative but quite entertaining) by writer/director Robert Hiltzik (who is amiably dry) and star Felissa Rose (who talks almost exclusively about the different guys she kissed or fancied on set, and who steadfastly fails to appreciate Hiltziks irony), and moderated by Jeff Hayes (who runs Sleepaway Camp - the website and contributes virtually nothing to the conversation). Note that this is now also available from Anchor Bay as a box set, together with Sleepaway Camp 2 and Sleepaway Camp 3. DVD Extras Rating: 7/10
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What is the carbon footprint of a digital book? We have to make some possibly heroic simplifying assumptions. The first point to note is that a digital book has a very, very low carbon footprint if no one reads/accesses it. This is a matter of some concern to librarians and archivists who may wish to simply preserve, or 'back up', large amounts of literature which will be little read. It can be held in computer memory for an infinitesimal energy cost. Well done the New York Public library and Oxford's Bodleian for using Google Book Search to archive books which will cost much more to move from the stacks than is spent on their digital archive. It is also very relevant that the ecological cost of printed books and magazines come up front: in the making of paper, the manufacturing of books/issues, significant numbers of which are 'returned' through the distribution channel and all of which may be bought but not read.
The carbon footprint begins to mount if the digital book is used. So let us assume that digital books are used in a service which has high throughput and which will deliver pages to customers at a price which will not be greater than the Amazon s3 service. Since Amazon is already delivering such a digital service with the Kindle, any seriously competitive digital publishing system will need to use a cost base with comparable or lower charges. The published tariffs of the s3 service tell us that a digital publisher should not really be paying more than 17c per GB for delivering content. A large digital distributor (eg Amazon itself) will obviously be paying a lot less than 17c, and the s3 scale goes down to 10c per GB for users who take up more than 150 TB a month. Now we can make a heroic guesstimate of the cost per digital book delivered. We need two more parameters:
- How many books do we get for a Gigabyte of delivered content?
- What percentage of the cost is attributable to electricity or to atmospheric pollution?
With a very rough back-of-the-envelope this looks like $100 per million pages delivered. If we say a typical book is read once page by page, for 200 pages, we have approximately 50 digital book-readings per $1 of server cost. Now how much of that $1 is attributable directly to energy costs, and how much to Amazon's margins the investment in computers, land etc? This envelope is getting rougher all the time, and I dont have the patience to plough through the details of Amazon's annual reports to find hard data on their energy expenditure, but if we say at most 50% of Amazon's web service costs are energy costs, it looks as though the $1 of server cost is translating to 50c in electricity, or about 1c per book-reading (10/20 book readings per kWh).
1 c or 1 penny is still a cost, but its not a big deal. Distribution costs do not disappear from the equation when we go digital, but they do almost vanish. Digital books cost almost nothing in the distribution chain and they have a much smaller environmental footprint.
What does a conventional book cost in energy? What is the carbon footprint of a typical book or magazine? According to David Reay quoted from the THES, a typical book costs 4.5 kWh or 3 kg of carbon dioxide:
What with production and transport, the average paperback has eaten its way through 4.5kWh of energy by the time it gets to a reader. In terms of climate impact, this is equivalent to about 3kg of carbon dioxide emissions for every glossy new textbook. So, for a print run of 10,000, there is a cost of 30 tonnes of carbon dioxide not mentioned on the dust jackets.
Digital books and magazines are at least two orders of magnitude more efficient than the print equivalents. These calculations may be back of the envelope, but they point to the urgent need to move to a more sustainable distribution system for the health of our planet and the long-term benefit of book and magazine publishing.


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November 11th, 2020, 17:27 Posted By: wraggsterWatch Dogs: Legion was the most downloaded game in the UK last week, knocking FIFA 21 down to No.2.
The Ubisoft open world game sold comfortably more digitally than it did physically. Earlier in the week, we revealed Watch Dogs: Legion couldn't topple FIFA 21 in terms of physical unit sales, yet if we combine the two the game narrowly overtook FIFA to claim the top spot overall.
Also new in the charts this week is Supermassive Games' latest in The Dark Pictures series - Little Hope. The game reached No.4, and was significantly bigger as a download than it was a physical release. In the GfK boxed charts, the game debuted at No.9.
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Join the Boston Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Feb 6th at 7:30p for William S. Burroughs – A Man Within at the Brattle Theatre . Look for Sean wearing a nametag in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.
William S. Burroughs: featuring never before seen footage as well as exclusive interviews with his closest friends and colleagues. Born the heir of the Burroughs' adding machine estate, he struggled throughout his life with addiction, control systems, and self. He was forced to deal with the tragedy of killing his wife and the repercussions of neglecting his son. His novel, Naked Lunch, was one of the last books to be banned by the U.S. government. Allen Ginsberg and Norman Mailer testified on behalf of the book. The courts eventually overturned their decision in 1966, ruling that the book had an important social value. It remains one of the most recognized literary works of the 20th century. William Burroughs was one of the first to cross the dangerous boundaries of queer and drug culture in the 1950s, and write about his experiences. Eventually he was hailed the godfather of the beat generation and influenced artists for generations to come. However, his friends were left wondering, did William ever find happiness? This extremely personal documentary breaks the surface of the troubled and brilliant world of one of the greatest authors of all time. "William S. Burroughs: A Man Within" is the first and only posthumous documentary about this legendary figure.


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(CNN) -- Undisturbed tropical forests are absorbing nearly one-fifth of the CO2 released by burning fossil fuels, a new study has found.
Trees in undisturbed tropical forests are soaking up more CO2 than people realized.
The scientific report published in "Nature" magazine suggests that the world's remaining tropical forests remove 4.8 billion tons of CO2 emissions from the atmosphere each year. This includes a previously unknown carbon sink in Africa, which annually absorbs 1.2 billion tons of CO2.
The study was based on taken data on African tropical forests from the past 40 years and has shown that for at least the past few decades each hectare of intact African forest has trapped an extra 0.6 tonnes of carbon per year.
The scientists then analyzed the new African data together with South American and Asian findings to assess the total sink in tropical forests.
Analysis of these 250,000 tree records reveals that, on average, remaining undisturbed forests are trapping carbon, showing that they are a globally significant carbon sink.
"We are receiving a free subsidy from nature," said Dr. Simon Lewis from the University of Leeds, and the lead author of the paper, in a press statement.
"Tropical forest trees are absorbing about 18 percent of the CO2 added to the atmosphere each year from burning fossil fuels, substantially buffering the rate of climate change."
The study also found that trees of comparable age are gaining girth, though the reasons are unclear. For example, a 20-year-old tree is on average bigger than a 20-year-old tree measured a decade ago. A leading suspect is the extra CO2 in the atmosphere, which may act as a fertilizer..
However, Lewis warns, "Whatever the cause, we cannot rely on this sink forever. Even if we preserve all remaining tropical forest, these trees will not continue getting bigger indefinitely."
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports that each year human activity emits 32 billion tons of CO2, but only 15 billion tons actually remain in the atmosphere adding to climate change.
The new research suggests just where some of the "missing" 17 billion tons per year is going.
"It's well known that about half of the 'missing' carbon is being dissolved in to the oceans, and that the other half is going somewhere on land in vegetation and soils, but we were not sure precisely where. According to our study about half the total carbon 'land sink' is in tropical forest trees," Lewis said.
The protection of tropical forests is likely to become a key theme at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in November in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Co-author on the study, Dr. Lee White, Gabon's chief climate change scientist said, "To get an idea of the value of the sink, the removal of nearly 5 billion tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by intact tropical forests, based on realistic prices for a ton of carbon, should be valued at around £13 billion ($18.5 billion) per year. This is a compelling argument for conserving tropical forests."
Dr. Lewis added, "Predominantly rich polluting countries should be transferring substantial resources to countries with tropical forests to reduce deforestation rates and promote alternative development pathways."
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Omega-3 Supplements May Slow A Biological Effect of Aging
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Taking enough omega-3 fatty acid supplements to change the balance of oils in the diet could slow a key biological process linked to aging, new research suggests.
The study showed that most overweight but healthy middle-aged and older adults who took omega-3 supplements for four months altered a ratio of their fatty acid consumption in a way that helped preserve tiny segments of DNA in their white blood cells.
These segments, called telomeres, are known to shorten over time in many types of cells as a consequence of aging. In the study, lengthening of telomeres in immune system cells was more prevalent in people who substantially improved the ratio of omega-3s to other fatty acids in their diet.
Omega-3 supplementation also reduced oxidative stress, caused by excessive free radicals in the blood, by about 15 percent compared to effects seen in the placebo group.
"The telomere finding is provocative in that it suggests the possibility that a nutritional supplement might actually make a difference in aging," said Jan Kiecolt-Glaser, professor of psychiatry and psychology at Ohio State and lead author of the study.
In another recent publication from this study, Kiecolt-Glaser and colleagues reported that omega-3 fatty acid supplements lowered inflammation in this same group of adults.
"Inflammation in particular is at the heart of so many health problems. Anything that reduces inflammation has a lot of potentially good spinoffs among older adults," she said.
Study participants took either 2.5 grams or 1.25 grams of active omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, which are considered "good fats" that, when consumed in proper quantities, are associated with a variety of health benefits. Participants on the placebo took pills containing a mix of oils representing a typical American's daily intake.
The researchers say this combination of effects suggests that omega-3 supplements could represent a rare single nutritional intervention that has potential to lower the risk for a host of diseases associated with aging, such as coronary heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, arthritis and Alzheimer's disease.
The study is published online and scheduled for later print publication in the journal Brain, Behavior, and Immunity.
Participants received either the placebo or one of the two different doses of omega-3 fatty acids. The supplements were calibrated to contain a ratio of the two cold-water fish oil fatty acids, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), of seven to one. Previous research has suggested that EPA has more anti-inflammatory properties than DHA.
In the case of fatty acids, omega-3 supplementation alone doesn't tell the whole story of how this dietary change can affect health, explained Martha Belury, professor of human nutrition at Ohio State and a co-author of the study. Also important is the ratio of omega-6 fatty acids to omega-3 fatty acids that are present in a person's blood.
Omega-6 fatty acids come from vegetable oils, and since the 1960s, research has suggested that these oils, too, can help protect the cardiovascular system. However, the typical American diet tends to be heavy on omega-6 fatty acids and comparatively low in omega-3s that are naturally found in cold-water fish such as salmon and tuna. While the ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acids averages about 15-to-1, researchers tend to agree that for maximum benefit, this ratio should be lowered to 4-to-1, or even 2-to-1.
The long chains – or bigger molecules – that make up EPA and DHA fatty acids are believed to be the secret to their effectiveness, Belury said.
Both groups of participants who took omega-3 supplements showed, on average, lengthening of telomeres compared to overall telomere effects in the placebo group, but the relationship could have been attributed to chance. However, when the researchers analyzed the participants' omega-6 to omega-3 ratio in relationship to telomere lengthening, a lower ratio was clearly associated with lengthened telomeres.
"The idea we were looking at with the ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acids was an increase in the denominator to make the ratio smaller. In the United States, we need to focus on the omega-3 part because we don't get enough of those," Belury said.
The researchers also measured levels of compounds called F2-isoprostanes to determine levels of oxidative stress, which is linked to a number of conditions that include heart disease and neurodegenerative disorders. Both omega-3 groups together showed an average overall 15 percent reduction in oxidative stress compared to effects seen in the placebo group.
When the scientists revisited their earlier inflammation findings, they also found that decreases in an inflammatory marker in the blood called interleukin-6 (IL-6) were associated with telomere lengthening. In their earlier paper on omega-3s and inflammation, they reported that omega-3 supplements lowered IL-6 by 10 to 12 percent, depending on the dose. By comparison, those taking a placebo saw an overall 36 percent increase in IL-6 by the end of the study.
"This finding strongly suggests that inflammation is what's driving the changes in the telomeres," Kiecolt-Glaser said.
Telomeres are a hot topic in science, and their tendency to shorten is associated with such age-related problems as heart disease and early mortality. These short fragments of DNA act as caps at the end of chromosomes, and can be likened to the protective plastic at the end of a shoelace.
"Anything that reduces inflammation has a lot of potentially good spinoffs among older adults."
"If that plastic comes off, the shoelace unravels and it doesn't work anymore," said study co-author Ron Glaser, professor of molecular virology, immunology and medical genetics and director of the Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research (IBMR) at Ohio State. "In the same way, every time a cell divides, it loses a little bit of its DNA at the ends, and over time, that can cause significant problems."
Kiecolt-Glaser noted that this population was disease-free and reported very little stress. The study included 106 adults, average age 51 years, who were either overweight or obese and lived sedentary lives. The researchers excluded people taking medications to control mood, cholesterol and blood pressure as well as vegetarians, patients with diabetes, smokers, those routinely taking fish oil, people who got more than two hours of vigorous exercise each week and those whose body mass index was either below 22.5 or above 40.
"People who are less healthy than this group, and especially those who experience chronic stress, may gain even more benefits from omega-3 supplementation," she said.
Co-authors of the study include Elissa Epel, Jue Lin and Elizabeth Blackburn of the University of California, San Francisco; Rebecca Andridge and Beom Seuk Hwang of Ohio State's College of Public Health; and William Malarkey of the IBMR.
This work was supported in part by grants from the National Institutes of Health.
OmegaBrite, a company based in Waltham, Mass., supplied the supplements as an unrestricted gift but did not participate in the study design, results or publication. Study co-authors Blackburn, Epel and Lin are co-founders of Telome Health Inc., a telomere measurement company
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I've been enjoying reading everyone's Secret Life of a Blogger Tag there's something about it that makes it sound like an expose! So I thought hey, let's expose all my blogging confessions & get it all out in the open!
I hesitate to screw up likes that are even numbers. Like do I want to be the 101st like? The 51st? (I still do it!) But I pause especially if I'd be like number 66 or something.
I do love to make like's even though.
I get tired of the (mainly social media driven) need to apologize for some things (i.e., the number of books I buy, where I buy them, what books I enjoy or don't enjoy and how I read them)… though I find myself apologizing anyway.
Often a film or a book for me is just escapism, a laugh, a cry, day-dreaming about the characters/actors and drooling over costumes and hair. And that's okay. There's nothing wrong with that.
Friend: When did you become such an Aquaman fan?
Me: Um…
I no longer care that 50 Shades of Gray is bad but what still bugs me years later is that one sex scene on the honeymoon I still don't understand.
I still have to stop and consider how to correctly use- there, their and they're. Every single time.
I can never just say that I'm not going to finish a series- even if I know better. Like the minute I do there's a screaming voice in my head going, "But you should! What if you love it? How can you just close your mind? You're so close to the end!"
Me: Oh my God! Shut-up! I didn't even like the last one…
Voice: But look, it's in paperback!
I never have my Goodreads currently reading list complete because I'm legit afraid it would make me look indecisive and scattered. (Which I probably am but I don't want to look that way.) 🙂
Of all the tags in the blogging/vlogging world I do not understand the Predict Your 5 Star Reads Tag- to me that seems like seriously asking for disappointment..
In the end I always fall for the hype.
I check Netgalley way too much- not to get books but because I'm paranoid I'm going to miss an archive date (or have one change) and thus have my percentage hurt!
Movie-Watching 9 times out of 10:
Me: I really, really want to watch something tonight. There's so many good flicks available!
Spends 30 minutes or more simply watching previews trying to decide which one to choose.
Me: Shit it's to late to start a movie now.
And I think that's a fairly good wrap-up of all my blogging confessions! I have reading and film-watching confessions but that will have to wait for another time 🙂


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Etiquette, expectations, entitlement...@autoexec_bin | #magiclantern | Discord | Reddit | Server issues
Personally would like to give some support to main devs even without a guarantee of a short time return in developing effort.What do you think about? Would you make a recurring donation?
Also what happens with stuff sent to the ML bitcoin address?
Has Canon ever "gotten mad" before?
... 2 here, 2 over here, 1 here, 1 here, a few here, and maybe a few others I've missed
We chose not to convert it yet. Rather, whenever we needed something for ML (like some fast card, or some nonfree PDF, or... the M50 I've got recently), we simply reached our pockets, knowing the bitcoin will offset the expense somewhen - when we'll be able to sell it for a good price
It does feel a bit "underground" to me, and I do feel the need for something better. Other developers are probably happy with their jobs, but - as I've explained back in April - I am (still) looking for better options. If this could gain enough traction to pay a few skilled developers to work on ML for just 1-2 days per week, it might - in my biased opinion - improve the development speed by at least one order of magnitude.However, if this is going to make the project more vulnerable (as in, what if Canon won't like us turning the cheap M50 into a powerful cinema camera?), it's probably best to stay small, as a pure hobby project. Some good legal advice might clear these doubts.
Pay-per-feature with all the money going to a single developer - probably not the best idea, if you ask me. Integrating that feature into the codebase, making sure it works smoothly on cameras X, Y and Z, and fails gracefully on all others, adjusting the code for future changes - in short, maintenance - is going to take significant effort, compared to simply getting some feature working on some particular model. Feature development can come with a lot of fun, but... paying some random contributor to do a bit of tweaking to some new camera port, after someone else did over 90% of the hard work? No thanks.
Some food for thought.
I donated a tiny amount of bitcoin on 2018-02-16
Will consume.
That would be a large one-off expense spent on a single developer.
The majority of these donations are from years ago - what are we going to do afterwards?
So what? I will not be surprised if the only person having a problem with that will be you ... ;-)
True, while this will solve my difficulties for the current year, it will very likely postpone them into the next year. Which is why I'm looking for long-term support.
Some kind of continuous (e.g. monthly) support, but for the entire team, would be ideal IMO. Not for full-time involvement, as it was suggested earlier, but for something like 1-2 days per week (aka "part time"). Of course, that needs to gain momentum from the users - hence the title of the topic.
...will solve my difficulties for the current year, it will very likely postpone them into the next year. Which is why I'm looking for long-term support.
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