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March 7, 2012: Jez Riley French: A Quiet Position - Slow Edition Part 1 - for Radio Boredcast
Almost 14 hours of work exploring aspects of duration and extended listening....
Jez riley French, Dawn Scarfe, Philip Thomas, Stephen Chase, Martin Archer, Catherine Lamb, Lauren Redhead, Matthew Sansom, Antoine Beuger, Doublends Vert, Thelmo Chritovam, Paul Nataraj, Carlo Giordani, Darius Ciuta, Johnny Chang, Gordon Hempton, Mecha/Orga, Jennifer Allum, Eddie Prevost, Herve Perez, Sunmin Hwang, Nomi Epstein, Fergus Kelly
I listen....a lot. It's a pleasure and like most pleasures there is much to be gained by finding ways to luxuriate in its hold. In a broad definition of the term, 'field recording' has always been linked to extended listening, to the act of waiting for ones ears to open wider and wider. It is only the limitations of technology that allowed for the audio snapshot to slowly erode the concept of durational listening - to influence film, tv and recorded music / sound. The space available on wax cylinders and other early recoding mediums reduced discoveries to seconds or minutes. No one thought how this could, in turn, effect the way we hear the world. Much has been written or spoken about the positive effects of field recording. It is, for the most part, undeniable. However, the reduction of sound to tiny sections in order to diffuse the recordists discoveries still exerts a somewhat conventional influence even on those artists / recordists who consider themselves experimental. In fact, as is often the case, these ideas are just not considered. We must return, carrying with us the benefits of our gathered explorations, to experiencing the world unhindered by the limits of a technology. To use that technology as an addition but not to allow it to restrict our perceptions. To listen is the important part of this. To a quiet position: slow edition listen, limited only by our imagination and willingness to accept our place within environments.
For this edition of 'a quiet position' I have gathered pieces submitted through an open call for work considering aspects of slowness and durational listening, along with some pieces of my own. All of these are 'recordings of fields' - they reference the act of finding or placing sounds within environments - physical or ephemeral. The question of how these pieces are slow, durational, extended & how they can be taken as 'field recordings' is best left to the individual. I would only add that the field is limitless - the studio is merely a construct around a smaller field. It is how one approaches the field that is the key. (Jez Riley French)aquietposition.tumblr.comjezrileyfrench.blogspot.com Because of the size of this archive it has been split into A Quiet Position Slow Edition Parts 1 and 2 over two consecutive playlist pages. This is the page for Part One - listen on the Pop-Ups on the links below:
A quiet position: slow edition - part one
|Jez riley French
|Score for church and zither # 10
|Carlo Giordani
|Thelmo Cristovam
|Distribuiçāo Atmosférica
|Darius Ciuta
|Antoine Beuger
|Ockeghem Octets
|Jez riley French
|hedge, norfolk
|Sunmin Hwang
|Wriggler for a boring life
|Johnny Chang
|Solitary luncheon(s). Early evening church bells plus toy guitar.Concert/ Manfred Werder . Violin-Noise-Action
|Paul Nataraj
|2-8-11 morning
|Jez riley French
|forest trees, estonia # 2
|Fergus Kelly
|Breathing room
|Gordon Hempton
|One square inch of silence
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If natural gas fracking is allowed in the Delaware River basin, nearby protected federal lands such as Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area will quickly experience negative environmental impacts, according to a new study.
If natural gas fracking is allowed in the Delaware River basin, nearby protected federal lands such as Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area will quickly experience negative environmental impacts, according to a new study.
The Center for Research at the National Parks Conservation Association has examined potential impacts of fracking near seven federally protected sites, including the local recreation area and upper Delaware River.
The Delaware River Basin Commission — the four-state and federal agency that regulates water resources in the basin — hasn't decided whether to lift a moratorium on fracking in the watershed.
"What happens outside the park sometimes is just as important as what happens inside it," said James Nations, a center scientist who visited Water Gap Park's Smithfield Beach on Monday. "The river doesn't care what it carries in. These materials move. The wildlife moves."
Some wildlife in the recreation area have habitats that extend beyond park boundaries, Nations said. Fluid used in the fracking process could be carried into the park via the river, he added.
"How well protected is the drill hole as it goes through" the water table to deeper depths? he asked. "I would say the chances of getting that right 100 percent of the time is zero. Mistakes happen."
The report says natural gas extraction near the recreation area and upper Delaware River will degrade area forests and scenic views. It predicted noise and traffic will detract from the enjoyability of nature. The park will be forced to contend with pipelines proposed across park boundaries and the impacts of gas compressor stations, diverting resources from serving park visitors.
Fracking also would drive sediment into small creeks that feed the Delaware River, says the report.
U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-17, said he has introduced a bill to close the "Halliburton loophole" in the Safe Drinking Water Act that allows the fracking industry to keep secret the chemicals used to extract natural gas from deep underground. Other industries are required to disclose the chemicals they use, he said.
"You only get one chance to get it right," Cartwright said. "Many of the negative impacts of fracking are impossible to undo."
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Sept. 14, 2005
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - MIT bounced back from a tough five-game loss to Wellesley College this past weekend to defeat the Blue, 30-28, 30-17, 30-16, in the NEWMAC opener for both squads on Tuesday night. Frances Rogoz blasted her 10th kill of the evening down the line to seal the victory.
Sloppy play marred the opening set as the Engineers (6-3, 1-0 NEWMAC) aced Wellesley seven times but missed five serves and surrendered three aces. Neither team could open a significant lead or generate much momentum, but MIT escaped with the win.
In the second game steadier ball control ignited Tech's offense. The Engineers turned a 5-4 deficit into an 11-5 lead on a seven-point serving run by Caroline Jordan and never looked back. Lindsay Hunting scored two aces during another seven-point run that resulted in a 22-9 advantage. Both squads traded points until MIT closed the set with a 30-17 win. Rogoz scored six times on 11 swings and Rose Zhong and Jordan each tallied five kills. MIT's defense improved as well, with Zhong, Carrie Buchanan, and Arlis Reynolds combining for nine digs against a variety of off-speed shots from Wellesley.
The Engineers continued to roll in the third game, as Rogoz used an eight-point serving run with three of her match-high six aces to open up a 10-2 lead. Later on, she served another long string of points to put MIT up 22-10. Jordan dropped four of her team-leading 12 kills while Reynolds collected five of her 12 digs, edging out Buchanan by one. Austin Zimmerman finished the match with 27 assists, as the Engineers' prolific service game of 14 aces fueled the offense.


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Let's back up for a second to explain exactly what it is Boundless Learning does. It is important to note this description of Boundless' activities comes from the large textbook publishers themselves, since Boundless is still in closed beta and doesn't want to open up at this point (the lawsuit might be a good opportunity to open up, to eliminate any doubts).
Students select the traditional textbooks from the big publishers that were assigned to them in class, and Boundless Learning then pulls all matter of content from free and open sources to create free and open versions of the textbooks the student selected. It's important to stress that only free material is selected - texts and images that are licensed under creative commons, for instance.
According to the large three textbook publishers, this constitutes copyright infringement - even if no text or images are actually being copied. As an example, the three big publishers mention Boundless' alternative to a Biology book (this one). The big publishers' book uses images of a running bear and a fish-eating bear to illustrate the first and second laws of thermodynamics. Boundless' alternative uses similar, but not the same, bear images, which came from Wikipedia, are licensed under creative commons, and are properly attributed.
It goes further than just Boundless, though. The textbook publishers are also suing venture-capital firm Venrock, which just invested $8 million in Boundless. Furthermore, they name 10 anonymous defendants, which include the people who are supposedly doing the "stealing", and those that benefit from this supposed "stealing".
It's no secret that the textbook industry is just as despicable as, say, the entertainment industry, working hard to artificially dive up pricing and get governments to mandate their expensive books - effectively creating a monopoly you can't circumvent.
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NEW LONDON, Conn. – At the conclusion of the NCAA Women's Volleyball New England Regional Championship on Sunday, freshman Ada Taylor (Durham, N.C.) was selected to the All-Tournament Team. The honor comes after MIT fell to UMass Boston, the eventual regional winner, in its first NCAA tournament appearance since 2007.
Taylor paced the Engineers with 13 kills and a .357 hitting percentage to go along with a block. She generated five kills on eight errorless hitting attempts in MIT's opening set victory, produced two kills in the second frame, and tacked on another in the third. Taylor concluded the match with another five-kill performance.


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Anita (Oakes) Arbour of Milford passed away May 3, 2013, at Milford Senior Care Facility.
She was a part-time resident of Monroe County for over 60 years. Upon retirement, she became a full-time resident of Bushkill and, finally, settled in East Stroudsburg.
She was born on Aug. 29, 1932, in Bay Shore N.Y., and was the daughter of late Henry and Melina Oakes.
Prior to her retirement in 1997, she was a home health aide for Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip, N.Y. She was life member of the Amvets Auxiliary and a member of Post 76 and 18. She was a past New York State Amvets Auxiliary officer. She also was a life member of the NRA. Locally, she was a member of the St. Joseph's Senior Club and a Senior Traveling Club.
She was preceded by her husband, Allan E. Arbour; her daughter, Susan A. Bunnell; her sister, Hazel Eldredge; and her son-in-law, Richard Respet. Anita is survived by three daughters: Kathy Respet of Wilmington, N.C., Judi Booker of East Stroudsburg and Jill Hamilton and her husband, Jim, of Matamoras; seven grandchildren: Gregory and Alissa Respet, Kiah Booker-Schwartz, Cori Booker, Kimber Rohner, Kelse Brady-Hamilton and Cody Hamilton; and her great-granddaughter, Fallon. She also is survived by a brother, Henry "Jr." Oakes II and his wife, Jan; her sisters, Evelyn Russell and Joann Mitchell; and many nieces and nephews.
The last years of her life, she was comforted by the loving and caring staff of Karen Ann Quinlan and most of all, Mama's angel, Diana Lewis, who cared for her for over six years and was there for her at the end, comforting her.
A memorial gathering will be held from noon until the time of service Monday, May 20, at Lanterman & Allen Funeral Home, East Stroudsburg.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the funeral home, with Lois Heckman as celebrant. Interment will follow at Sandhill Cemetery in Marshalls Creek.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice, 99 Sparta Ave., Newton, NJ 07860.
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Anita (Oakes) Arbour of Milford passed away May 3, 2013, at Milford Senior Care Facility.


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Day of the Dead (UK - DVD R2)
Paul Greenwood takes a look at Arrow's release of the third in the 'Dead' trilogy...
George Romero owns the zombie movie. It's as simple as that. He didn't invent it—they've been getting made since the '30s—but, with Night of the Living Dead in 1968, he sure as hell re-invented it, taking violence and gore to unprecedented levels and ushering in the tidal wave of American and Italian zombie and cannibal flicks that infested the '70s. Dawn followed Night and Day followed Dawn, to complete his trilogy of masterpieces and he's spent the last twenty years trying to live up to them.
Although it seems to be set directly after the events of Dawn of the Dead, we follow a completely different set of characters in Day. With the zombie hordes ruling the streets, a bunch of scientists and army personnel have found refuge in an underground bunker, only venturing out by helicopter to see if there are any more signs of life. The doctor (Liberty) has been conducting extensive experiments with zombie corpses in an attempt to understand their workings and maybe come up with a cure. But the camp leader (Pilato) has no time for such things, the only good zombie for him being one with its brainpan well and truly mangled. With tempers rising, it's only a matter of time until the mutant masses find their way in.
Everyone has their favourite from Romero's Dead trilogy (tetralogy now if you include Land) and for me it's probably still Dawn. Day is great, no doubt about it, but it's not quite the complete package its predecessor was. For the first hour or so it's surprisingly talky, as we follow the tensions and conflicts between the civilians and the soldiers. Some of these scenes can get a little repetitive, but it gives us enough time to establish character and follow the doctor as he tries to teach and communicate with his undead subject, Bub (Sherman), in some of the film's most interesting scenes.
But then comes the fun stuff. Tom Savini's groundbreaking make up and effects work is now the stuff of legend, from exploding heads and chunks of flesh being ripped from bodies, to oozing entrails and machete cleavings. For the last half hour, Romero really lets him rip loose, with some truly jaw-dropping cannibal action that just doesn't look as if it could be achieved without CGI. It's this as much as anything that is responsible for the lasting reputation of all of these films and makes Day of the Dead and essential purchase for horror fans.
The print is remarkably clean and has held up pretty well over the years. You couldn't exactly call it pin-sharp, but detail and clarity is good and there are no major issues with artefacts or blemishes. Colours are very well reproduced, from the grey pallor of the zombies to the outrageous red of Savini's blood and bowels. Darker scenes such as those in the cave system provide lots of good shadow detail and strong blacks, with very little noticeable grain and maybe just a hint of smearing.
This is possibly where the first disappointment kicks in, with the sound quality definitely a little on the tepid side. Available audio options are Dolby Digital 5.1 and a reasonably nifty 2.0 Surround track, but neither of them are going to test your system to its limits. Some early gunfire doesn't make very good use of the 5.1 capability, with the rears only really getting some running feet and a bit of music, while the fronts get the gunshots but don't manage to present them with any great force. Later in the film, a bullet will whiz behind your ears from time to time, but other than that it would need to go down as a missed opportunity, and leaves the surround track as probably the preferable option, given that dialogue seems to have greater depth and authority this way.
The extras kick off with a commentary featuring the special effects guys, Greg Nicotero, Howard Berger, Everett Burrell and Mike Deak. It's tricky to keep track of who is speaking, but they never shut up for a second and are full of mostly interesting stuff. They can spend a little too much time telling us who did what as most of the time is spent with recollections of the shoot and how they achieved some of the gags, but there are loads of good anecdotes and they're clearly enjoying themselves, as evidenced by their clinking glasses.
'The Many Days of the Dead' is a solid thirty nine minute making of that includes interviews with just about everyone involved in the film, in particular Romero and Savini, but most of the actors also pitch in with their recollections of the shoot and its aftermath, making this a very worthwhile addition. The biggest titbit is that the original script was much longer and bigger in terms of action and budget, but the backers refused to put up the $6m needed when the film would have to have been released unrated—the script cuts reduced the budget to $3m and they were back on. Howard Sherman recounts his filming experiences as Bub and there's a mention for the hundreds of people who turned up to be extras for a dollar a day.
'Behind the Scenes' is a much rougher twenty minute piece made at the same time as the film that offers loads of great footage of filming, focussing heavily on the extras and the makeup.
There's also an 'Original Press Photo Gallery', a Romero biography and filmography, the original theatrical trailer and trailers for Night and Dawn.
Trying to keep tabs on the myriad releases of Romero's films on DVD is a bit like trying to keep hordes of marauding zombies out of your house—just when you think you've got them all, along comes another one wanting a piece of you. This release of Day of the Dead probably isn't as strong as the Anchor Bay Divimax edition, which has an extra commentary and some other bits and pieces, but it's still a fantastic presentation of an outstanding film and well worth picking up.
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Great review for an even better movie.
I have this on a cr*ppy R4 release ($5 from Kmart) but for me it wasn't the greatest of movies but the commentary may be worth the double dip....
How is this different than the R2 (?) trilogy release "Trilogy of the Dead" ? (apart that this is a 2-disc)
Nice review Paul.
Day has always been my favorite in the ``Trilogy.`` These films are all about the gore effects, and Day does them the best. Great film.
Day has always been my favorite in the ``Trilogy.`` These films are all about the gore effects, and Day does them the best. Great film.
Ah. I wonder what happend to the original tracks?
Great review Paul.
I love this movie.
I love this movie.
Sadly they are the same. The exact same re-dubbed soundtrack on the R1 is used here.
There is an excellent (with samples) article on here:
There is an excellent (with samples) article on here:
Let's hope Romero gets the $$$ for a fifth!
I'm guessing Dave Brock will be here any minute now to ask about dialogue discrepancies between this and the R1 AB release. I'm curious too, but he's the expert in this field.
I have the region 1 and I really want to listen to the special effects commentary.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 27th March 2006
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: PAL
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Subtitles: English
Extras: Commentary, Documentaries, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: George A Romero
Cast: Lori Cardille, Terry Alexander, Joseph Pilato, Jarlath Conroy, Richard Liberty, Howard Sherman
Genre: Action and Horror
Length: 101 minutes
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Usually my dog hears most things that go on outside, as I live in a town where almost no cars are, heck there is even a castle with the Count living in my street, why would the robber even bother looting my house if there is a freaking castle down the road.
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I'm sure many of the people who say "I would scream and deliver him to the police!!! Or grab my .357 and SHOOT HIM IN THE FACE!!! I AM AN HERO, WHOOOOOOOOOOOO!" haven't ever been in such a situation before.
Things happen too fast, too violently and too rashly. Before you've even managed to realize what the hell happened, you'll be acting based on pure instinct. That is, unless you have some real zen-like self-control abilities.
I've been effectively mugged once, and have been subject to a potential robbery at least three times (one time it happened when I was 9). All of those I did the only thing that occurred to me at the moment: Run away like hell. If you've never experienced such a borderline situation your brain is put into, then it's really hard to tell what you're going to do when the moment comes.
Am I a coward? I don't know. And I frankly don't care. At least I'm sitting here, now, writing this. And whatever I lost that one time they managed to mug me (a cellphone and a couple of bucks), believe me, is of no consequence at all. Money comes and goes. Your life doesn't.
|2008-09-04, 20:39
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Frankly, most robbers (the professional ones) are well prepared when they try to loot a house. It's probably a house they observed for a week before they struck. And when they go in, it's them that's prepared and not the persons living in the house. I don't know about robbers in other part of the world, but here in the country where I live, most house burglars are like that - well prepared.
That's why my first instinct would be life preservation instead of trying to defend the house. I have my bed strategically positioned in my bedroom so that I can shove it easily in front of the door and the other end of the bed would be up against a wall. That way, even if they manage to break the locks, they still won't be able to get into my room. Unless they burn my house down, I'd still be safe and waiting for help to arrive.
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|2008-09-04, 23:18
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I can't say much about being robbed since that hasn't happened with me, but I can sure as hell tell you how to react to an assault since I've been through that (Even though things didn't good for me, I'd know what to do know)...I can be safe to say that if I've been assaulted, I can assume what it's like to be robbed by merely thinking about having my possessions taken from me after the assault...
Of course those that think about playing the hero role in such situations don't think in realistic terms...Read any gun magazine like NRA's American Rifleman, and when people like law enforcement officers write articles that teach you proper self-defense techniques, they want you first and foremost to think tactical and smart, and not gung-ho "YEAH, FUCK 'EM UP", since the latter mindset can kill you more than it can save you...
Oh, and the thing with dogs is that they probably don't offer protection as much as they provide an alert...Unless you own a large and rabid pit bull that doesn't know the damn difference between a trespasser and it's owner, a dog's barking makes for a good effect in letting you know that there are some unwanted guests in the house (Granted you don't have the kind of dog that will bark at random because they hear noises in their head when they chew hard food >_< )...
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uhm regards to this isnt you will be charged with assualt?
because if im not mistaken.. you cannot fire a direct point to the
criminal unless your been threatened?
and there is also a possiblity of charging you with murder as well?
(well thats my view point and what i learned in constitution..)
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i havent been robbed before but supposedly that if been robbed its better that
you let the criminal take your stuff, rather than fight it?
because i figured, what if i fight and suddenly he stabs me a butcher knife (like you'd see in "Jason" movies?) or shot me in the chest with a pistol?
and besides life is more important than your stuff is the way i figured..
anyway i'd just knock on wood that i wont be in that situation for the time being..
|2008-09-14, 10:16
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Looking for CG Writers email addresses
I've seen some interesting posts.. I have a good sturdy door and my windows are always locked. If entry is still forced, I have my Glock 22 (.40) loaded with Glassers rounds so they don't over penetrate, i.e. go through the guy/wall into my neighbors. I also have night sights on the gun to get a site target in low light. I hope I never need to do this.
|2008-09-14, 10:40
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I don't think you would have to worry about overpenetration with most pistol rounds, granted that pistol rounds can still cause through-and-throughs, but they lose most of their muzzle velocity after exit (Since they already have a low muzzle velocity), and might even shatter depending where on the body they hit...Let's also hope you never have to fire at someone at a very close range contact if you worry about overpenetration...
Now...If you had something like an FN Five-seveN with the more rifle-like 5.7x28mm cartridge that's designed to effective against modern body armor, then yeah, you'll have to worry about overpenetration there..
Actually, if anything, a bigger pistol caliber would probably be even better, because of stopping power, to keep the person from trying to continue charging at you after being shot, like with a .40 S&W or a .45 ACP round...
|2008-09-14, 12:06
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Singapore
Age: 43
I found this particular observation fairly entertaining, and enlightening, when I first came across it a year ago.
|2008-09-14, 15:35
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A bigger hole is always better, but a small hole is preferable to no hole or a big hole in the wrong place.
I'll take my little 9x18mm antique pistol over a .44 magnum revolver any day of the week, simply because I shoot so much better with it. Fortunately, my next pistol, a 1911A1, won't require much compromise either way since the ergonomics of the pistol allow me to shoot a .45 from it as well as I can shoot any smaller caliber.
Any one who chooses a firearm for its large caliber without consideration of their ability to fire it proficiently needs to reevaluate their decision and their life-view in general.
Just to share my perspective:
While some people are frighteningly obsessed with what they see as symbols of power (or, for many of the more urban, are frightened by what they see as symbols of power), in my experience, most American firearms owners don't have that emotional idea of firearms, and appreciate them simply as machines and tools. The more typical American cultural feelings attached to firearms have more to do with the enhanced independence and security they've allowed for individuals and families in the wide, lesser inhabited parts of the US (especially as the western parts of the nation were settled), and the independence and security that the individual right to bear arms has provided in the past--made all the more poignant in the last century after several examples of seeing other peoples disarmed and then murdered by authorities, whether they be the native authorities or invaders.
In light of those, having the right to bear arms, both as a freedom in general and as a symbol of a constitution of a free state, is much celebrated. I do consider it very unfortunate, though, that the US government has failed in its responsibility to train its militia (a responsibility implied by that same constitutional amendment, but no longer met).
You are absolutely right regarding training. While I often argue that the necessary training for firearm proficiency is quite easy to satisfy, I do believe it is of great importance. Continued practice is also important, although I admit I am neglectful of that at the moment. Unfortunately, where I live now I am not able to simply walk into the back yard to practice as I could at home, and ammunition is expensive (and, for my caliber, very hard to find). That's little excuse, though. I think it's time to schedule some time at the range.
|2008-09-14, 22:22
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Location: Looking for CG Writers email addresses
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Singapore
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Jokes aside, recurring stories about school shootings and various other anecdotes about accidental deaths related to firearms tend to colour my perception of America's gun culture. Sometimes, it's not just the incident itself that is alarming, but also the kinds of comments that such tragedies throw up — the pervasive idea that the only way to solve gun crimes is to carry an even bigger gun. I fail to see the logic. How does encouraging a civilian arms race help to remove guns from the wrong hands?
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|2008-09-15, 14:37
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: California
I had someone try to break into my house before. Asshole tried to get in through the side door...He'd already broken the door and was on his way in when I did a flying kick from the other side of the door, basically plantin the door on his face haha. Sure scared the shit out of the guy and made him run away. Talked to the cops afterwards about what would have happened if I beat the crap out of the guy with a bat, and the cop told me the thief could press charges...WTF!
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|2008-09-16, 15:41
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Gregory House
IT Support
Of course, we have our own set of cultural issues (mostly originated from the fact it was Spain and not England the one colonizing us).
|2008-10-04, 16:43
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Trinidad.....anyone get me out of here !
In my country the crimes are usually done by the african people 90% of the time. So these days what I do is just avoid the ones that look like criminals and that should do the job of avoiding danger or the risk of getting robbed etc.
|2008-10-04, 19:11
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Gregory House
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I hate when it they try to alienate people like that. They're also from your own damn country, for chrissake.
|2008-10-04, 19:24
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Trinidad.....anyone get me out of here !
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Operation of submersible vessel or semi-submersible vessel without nationality
Whoever knowingly operates, or attempts or conspires to operate, by any means, or embarks in any submersible vessel or semi-submersible vessel that is without nationality and that is navigating or has navigated into, through, or from waters beyond the outer limit of the territorial sea of a single country or a lateral limit of that country's territorial sea with an adjacent country, with the intent to evade detection, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 15 years, or both.
(b)Evidence of Intent To Evade Detection.—
For purposes of subsection (a), the presence of any of the indicia described in paragraph (1)(A), (E), (F), or (G), or in paragraph (4), (5), or (6), of section 70507(b) of title 46 may be considered, in the totality of the circumstances, to be prima facie evidence of intent to evade detection.
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(1)In general.—It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution for a violation of subsection (a), which the defendant has the burden to prove by a preponderance of the evidence, that the submersible vessel or semi-submersible vessel involved was, at the time of the offense—
a vessel of the United States or lawfully registered in a foreign nation as claimed by the master or individual in charge of the vessel when requested to make a claim by an officer of the United States authorized to enforce applicable provisions of United States law;
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a certificate of classification issued by the vessel's classification society upon completion of relevant classification surveys and valid at the time of the offense; or
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Nothing in this section applies to lawfully authorized activities carried out by or at the direction of the United States Government.
(g)Applicability of Other Provisions.—
In this section, the terms "submersible vessel", "semi-submersible vessel", "vessel of the United States", and "vessel without nationality" have the meaning given those terms in section 70502 of title 46.
(Added Pub. L. 110–407, title I, § 102(a), Oct. 13, 2008, 122 Stat. 4296.)
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Alleged victims will get their own lawyers. That could protect their rights, or it could double-team the defense. Preliminary hearings will be constrained. That could shield victims, or it could shackle fact-finding. Military commanders who don't prosecute allegations will get second-guessed by superiors. For any career-minded officer, that could be hard to ignore.
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"We pursued reforms that would encourage survivors to report these assaults, lead to more prosecutions, and put these perpetrators behind bars," Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said Friday.
The myriad military sexual assault provisions are included in a $625 billion, 1,105-page defense authorization bill passed by the Senate late Thursday night and now heading for Obama's signature. The goals seem laudatory and clear. The real-world consequences, though, could take time to sort out.
"Why don't they have the integrity to simply state their true intentions – that they want to change the system to conform with a presumption of guilt and to make it much easier to prosecute and convict, and get harsh sentences and no clemency?" military defense attorney Richard Stevens said Friday.
Lawmakers wrote the defense bill in the wake of high-profile sexual assault cases, including an Air Force general who overturned the conviction of a fellow fighter pilot. More broadly, members of the military reported 3,553 sexual assault allegations between October 2012 and June 2013, according to the Pentagon. Many more incidents go unreported.
"Our military justice system should encourage sexual assault victims to report these crimes and pursue justice by prosecuting perpetrators," said Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer of California. "Tragically, the (current) process does just the opposite."
Obama added Friday that "we have an urgent obligation to do more to support victims and hold perpetrators accountable for their crimes," and he directed Pentagon officials to report back next December on their progress.
"Survivors of these heinous crimes expect and deserve us to act now," Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., said Friday.
In some cases, the revisions may play out in unexpected ways.
For alleged victims, the bill requires that a new "special victim's counsel" be provided to offer legal "consultation and assistance." This could reassure the alleged victim through the investigation and trial. It could also prompt litigation amid questions about the special counsel's powers and a potential tilting of the playing field.
"Allowing a (special victim's counsel) to represent and assert the rights of an alleged victim at court-martial would effectively double the prosecutorial efforts against the accused," Marine Corps Capt. Jason R. Wareham warned in a legal brief earlier this year.
Courtroom challenges to an existing Air Force victim's counsel program already have begun. In January, a trial judge at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico ruled that letting the special victim's counsel address the court-martial proceedings would undermine the appearance of an impartial judiciary. In July, a divided U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces overturned the trial judge.
"There are many examples of civilian federal court decisions allowing victims to be represented by counsel at pretrial hearings," the military appellate court stated in its 3-2 ruling.
Other legislative changes address issues that seem notorious, but are relatively infrequent.
The defense bill, for instance, strips military commanders of their ability to overturn convictions. This responds to the outcry that ensued when Air Force Lt. Gen. Craig Franklin on Feb. 26 overturned the sexual assault conviction of Air Force Lt. Col. James Wilkerson. Franklin explained in a memo that "the more evidence that I considered, the more concerned I became about the court-martial findings." Franklin's staff judge advocate had recommended upholding the conviction.
It's already rare for commanders to overturn convictions.
Air Force commanders overturned 40 convictions, five of them involving sexual assault, out of 3,713 convictions in the last five years, according to the Pentagon. In the Navy and Marine Corps between 2010 and 2012, only eight convictions were overturned by commanders out of 2,489 convictions on all charges. Army commanders overturned 68 convictions out of 4,603 cases with convictions since 2008.
The defense bill also includes language promoted by Boxer and Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina to tighten so-called Article 32 preliminary hearings. These are akin to civilian grand jury proceedings, but they came into political disfavor this year after defense attorneys aggressively questioned over several days an alleged sexual assault victim from the U.S. Naval Academy.
The bill prohibits an alleged victim from being compelled to testify at the Article 32 hearing and limits the type of questions that can be asked, among other changes. The revisions have won praise from some experts like Eugene Fidell at Yale Law School, while others question their impact.
"Congress certainly painted with some broad strokes," Zachary Spilman, a Marine Corps judge advocate, said Friday. "Gone is the requirement for 'a thorough and impartial investigation' (and) the guarantee to an accused of the opportunity 'to present anything he may desire in his own behalf.'"
At the same time, Spilman – stressing that he was speaking only for himself – predicted that there remains "plenty of room for a clever defense counsel to protect the rights of an accused."
Commanding officers who decline to prosecute a sexual assault case will now get their decisions reviewed either by the "next superior commander" or by the service secretary – a civilian political appointee – depending on the circumstances, under the bill. Some believe this will improve accountability; some fear it puts a thumb on the scale.
"What I don't think we want is a commander saying, 'My career depends on whether I prosecute this case,'" military defense attorney William E. Cassara said Friday.


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Being a unique individual is something that almost everyone wants to show off. Years ago it was taboo to walk around with a body piercing or a tattoo, but people still did it to show how unique they truly are and push the envelope. In today's society it is very rare that you see an individual without a tattoo or piercing. People are still trying to show their individualism in other ways in the body modification world. The new fad trending in the art of body modifications are implants. Some types of implants are not like the traditional cosmetic surgery, such as breast implants which are far more extreme.
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text: Lifestyle & Belief American Jews reimagine Yiddish Europe during summer trip PRI's The World August 28, 2012 Rob Adler Peckerar says there's more to Jewish history than Israel and the Holocaust. As executive director of the non-profit Yiddishkayt, he takes young American Jews on trips to explore their European past. The tours are more about life than genocide.


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Running an Automated Experiment
The Automated Experiment function in STEM allows you to sweep through a range of parameter values for a disease model, running and logging the results for every possible combination of parameter values. If you're trying to fit your model to a reference, for example, to actual incidence data collected by public health surveillance, manually walking the parameter space to find a good fit can be very time consuming and often impossible. That's where the Automated Experiment feature in STEM comes in handy.
First, to familiarize yourself with automated experiments in STEM, download the sample project available here:
and also read the documentation for this example here:
Currently, there is no UI component in STEM that allows you to create an automated experiment. If you want to create one, you need to copy the AutomatedExperiment.automaticexperiment XML file from the sample project above into the experiments folder of your project. This is what the file looks like:
<xml version="1.0" encoding="ASCII"> <org.eclipse.stem.analysis.automaticexperiment:AutomaticExperiment xmi:version="2.0" xmlns:xmi="http://www.omg.org/XMI" xmlns:org.eclipse.stem.analysis.automaticexperiment="http:///org/eclipse/stem/core/automaticexperiment.ecore" uRI="platform:/resource/AutomatedExperimentExample/experiments/AutomatedExperiment.automaticexperiment" typeURI="stemtype://org.eclipse.stem/identifiable209" errorAnalysisAlgorithm="Nedler-Mead Algorithm" errorFunction="Simple error function" tolerance="1E-6" referanceDataDir="platform:/resource/AutomatedExperimentExample/Recorded Simulations/Reference" reInit="true" maximumNumberOfIterations="1000">
<dublinCore title="Automatic Experiment Example" identifier="platform:/resource/AutomatedExperimentExample/experiments/AutomatedExperiment.automaticexperiment" description="An example automated experiment" creator="mesika" format="http:///org/eclipse/stem/core/experiment.ecore" type="stemtype://org.eclipse.stem/identifiable209" created="2010-09-01"/> <baseScenario href="../scenarios/AutomatedExperiment.scenario#/"/> <parameters initialValue="0.8" step="0.2" featureName="transmissionRate" lowerBound="0.001" upperBound="10.0" targetURI="platform:/resource/AutomatedExperimentExample/decorators/SIR.standard" /> <parameters initialValue="0.2" step="0.3" featureName="recoveryRate" lowerBound="0.001" upperBound="2.0" targetURI="platform:/resource/AutomatedExperimentExample/decorators/SIR.standard" /> <parameters initialValue="20" step="30" featureName="inoculatedPercentage" lowerBound="0" upperBound="100" targetURI="platform:/resource/AutomatedExperimentExample/decorators/SIRInoculator.standard"/>
Next, you need to edit the file to fit your project enviroment. The following XML attributes and elements need to be updated:
- URI. Change this attibute so that it matches the name of your project. If you renamed the automatic experiment file, you also need to change the name here.
- identifier (inside dublinCore). Same here, you need to change the value to match your project name and automatic experiment name.
- baseScenario href. Change the value to match the name of the base scenario used for running the experiment
- referenceDataDir. This is the directory containing the incidence reference data. The directory must contain the same files that STEM generates in its log output folders, e.g. an I_2.csv, Incidence_2.csv, S_2.csv etc. The only file used is the Incidence file, but the other files must be created (you can leave the values as 0). If the reference files are located in the project, we recommend using the environment neutral "platform:..." format to specify the location. This way the project can be shared with others.
- parameters. Create as many parameters elements you need for your particular scenario. Make sure the featureName, initialValue, step. lowerBound and upperBound contains valid values.
You can configure various parameters for the Nelder Mead algorithm in this file. The parameters are:
- tolerance The error tolerance used to determine when the algorithm stops. If the calculated error has converged to a (local or global) minimum, the variation in the error is small. If the variation is smaller than the tolerance, the algorithm is done.
- reInit. If reinit is true, the algorithm will re-start itself once its converged using the current best parameter values found. The parameter step sizes are reset to their original values. If the algorithm converges to the same minimum again (same error value), the algorithm, stops. If reinit is false, the algorithm stops after the first convergence. We recommend setting re-init to true to reduce the risk of getting stuck in a local minimum.
- maximumNumberOfIterations. If this number of simulations has run without convergence to an error variation smaller than the tolerance, the algorithm stops or restarts itself (depending upon the setting of reInit)
Often convergence to a global minima can be reached quicker by manually restarting the automated experiment on the Controls tab. If it seems that the error variation is small, restart the algorithm again using the best set of parameters. This can often speed things up compared to waiting for the error variation to fall below the tolerance.


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New Findings on troubles in nation's nuclear force
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has ordered an independent review of the nuclear force and summoned the most senior Pentagon leaders to discuss its serious missteps, leadership lapses and personnel problems. A string of nuclear missteps, many uncovered by The Associated Press, have beset the nation's nuclear force in the past year:
— On Jan. 16, the Air Force said at least 34 nuclear missile launch officers have been implicated in a cheating scandal and have been stripped of their certification in what the Air Force believes is the largest such breach of integrity in the nuclear force. The cheating involves the monthly test on their knowledge of how to operate the missiles.
— As part of the Jan. 16 announcement of the alleged cheating, the Air Force said three ICBM launch officers — two at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana and one at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming — were among 11 officers at six bases implicated in an illegal-narcotics investigation.
—In April, 17 missile crew members in the 91st Missile Wing at Minot, N.D., were deemed temporarily unfit for duty and given weeks of remedial training. The wing's deputy commander of operations complained of "rot" in the force. Later, the officer in charge of the 91st's missile crew training and proficiency was relieved of duty.
—In August, the 341st Missile Wing at Malmstrom failed a safety and security inspection. Nine days later the officer in charge of security forces there was relieved of duty. In October the unit passed a do-over test.
—On Oct. 11, the Air Force fired Maj. Gen. Michael Carey, commander of the 20th Air Force, which is responsible for the entire Minuteman 3 missile force, amid an investigation of an alcohol-related complaint. This happened two days after a Navy admiral who was second-in-command at U.S. Strategic Command, the military's main nuclear war-fighting command, was relieved of duty amid a gambling-related investigation.
—The AP reported that twice last year the Air Force punished officers involved in separate incidents of opening the blast door of their launch control center while one of the two launch officers was asleep, in violation of Air Force rules.
—In November, the Air Force chief of staff, Gen. Mark Welsh, disclosed that as a result of the Carey firing, the Air Force would take a closer look at the background of candidates for general officer-level nuclear command jobs.
—Also in November, the AP reported that key members of the Air Force's nuclear missile force are feeling "burnout" from what they see as exhausting, unrewarding and stressful work. The finding, in an unpublished RAND Corp. study provided to the AP in draft form, also cited heightened levels of misconduct such as spousal abuse and said court-martial rates in the nuclear missile force in 2011 and 2012 were more than twice as high as in the overall Air Force. The courts martial rate in 2013 declined but was still higher than the overall Air Force.


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This letter is in response to Rodney Starnes' "Brooding negativity" letter last Wednesday. It's comical that those who lean left are the first to resort to nasty, mean-spirited name calling when facts are reported by right-leaning members of the media.
This letter is in response to Rodney Starnes' "Brooding negativity" letter last Wednesday. It's comical that those who lean left are the first to resort to nasty, mean-spirited name calling when facts are reported by right-leaning members of the media.
It's real simple! Those of us on the right get our news from the likes of Charles Krauthammer, George Will, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and that dastardly Fox News Channel because we realize the left-leaning news outlets and the mainstream media are complicit in helping Mr. Starnes' president hide truths from the American people.
Do you think the Benghazi disaster and cover-up, the NSA snooping into phone and emails of American citizens, the IRS targeting of right-leaning nonprofits and individuals, and the utter disaster called Obamacare were covered by the mainstream media to the extent they deserved? They were not.
Yes, those on the right choose to get our news from those sources Mr. Starnes deems dour, sour and even buffoons. Contrary to popular belief, there are even some of us on the right who actually made it past the ninth grade and who actually went on to achieve degrees from colleges and universities. Heck, some of us even studied under the local left's favorite local political science professor and are still capable of deciphering truth versus spin in the media.
Richard Corbin
The Oak Ridge Boys are coming! The Oak Ridge Boys will give a benefit performance for the Senior Centers of Spartanburg County at 4 p.m. Sept. 8 at Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium. The senior centers need your help in making this concert a success.
The senior centers need the funds that will be generated by the concert to help with the continuance of their programs in Spartanburg County. Our seniors are very important people in our communities. We need to keep our seniors active and independent, and help them maintain a feeling of worth for as long as possible. Our seniors are veterans and people from all walks of life who have given of themselves to our communities.
In keeping with our mission, our seniors need to have a place for socialization with programs to help them live healthier lifestyles, to keep them independent and to allow them to remain in their homes and age in place.
There are four senior centers in Spartanburg County — the Senior Life and Wellness Club at Archibald Rutledge, the Pacolet Senior Center at T.W. Edwards Recreation Center, the VSP Club in Chesnee and the Leisure Center Service Club in Woodruff.
We are asking the Spartanburg community to come out for the Oak Ridge Boys concert and support the programs of the Senior Centers of Spartanburg.
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Groupon Beats Targets as Sales Rise
Groupon shares jumped after the online daily deal company beat Wall Street's revenue forecast for its first-quarter earnings report. MarketWatch's Dan Gallagher reports. (Photo: Getty Images)
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I ... Groupon's shares jumped after The Wall Street's revenue forecasts again Gallagher for MarketWatch ... provides reported its first-quarter results ... in which revenue climbed to eight percent from the same period last year ... and that beat Wall Street's revenue expectations that it ... become we also maintain it expects to grow its operating earnings for the full year ... of those numbers have caused shares jump about ten percent in after hours trading ... um it's also Groupon's first earnings call since they fired CEO Andrew Mason on the coffers call with investors just now the company said it's in no particular hurry to find a replacement it's willing to take its time to find the right person ... Eric look Kosky was reading group on in the meantime ... said the company continues to focus on building strong new offerings from local business hse ...


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I honestly do not understand it. Back when I bought my Android phone - Galaxy SII - I genuinely thought it was a better phone than the HTC competition, and to this day, I think the SII is the best phone in the Galaxy lineup. I strongly dislike the SIII - shapeless plastic blob with no identity - and the S4 doesn't seem to be changing up the formula. It's more, but the same.
After Samsung's success with the SII, HTC started to get it's act together. The One X was met with raving reviews (aside from its version of Sense), and if you held the SIII and One X in both hands it was clear right away which of the two was the better phone. Sadly, the world didn't seem to agree; the SIII became yet another smashing success, and nobody bought the One X.
This year, I think the gap has widened even more. I have to do without first-hand experience for now, but judging by the reviews, videos, and photos, it certainly does look like the HTC One takes a huge leap forward in build quality and material choices, and even Sense has been changed considerably and looks far less outdated and ridiculous than it did before.
The S4, on the other hand, is more of the same; same plasticky phone with loads of 'features' that most likely won't work properly, that nobody is going to use beyond the novelty factor, marred by the horrendous abomination that is TouchWiz. In fact, with every new Galaxy S flagship, Samsung seems to be moving more and more to the phone equivalent of The Homer.
Of course, neither the HTC One nor the Galaxy S4 have been widely available long enough, so this year, everything might be different. This year, the tables might turn, and people might start buying HTC's flagship instead of Samsung's. I hope they do, since Samsung is becoming far too dominant for my taste, and with Nokia failing to make any inroads into the market and LG and Sony scribbling in the margins, HTC is my only remaining hope.
So, to all of you who opted for the Galaxy SIII last year, or those of you considering the S4 right now - why? Why did you or are you planning on going with Samsung over HTC? What are your reasons? Does Samsung have something HTC does not? If you live in a country with carrier lock-in (like the US), is HTC too expensive on your carrier? In countries without carrier lock-in, where you get to pick whatever phone you want regardless of carrier, is Samsung cheaper?
What is it?
While I prefer Windows Phone1, I still rock my SII, and still think it's a fantastic phone. I do plan on replacing it at some point, though, and I really see very little reason to pick anything other than the HTC One (The Netherlands is not important enough for Google, so the Nexus 4 has never been available here). When I talk to friends with some modicum of what's going on in the industry, they tend to prefer HTC as well.
It baffles me why no one else seems to.
1 My daily driver is an HTC 8X, which I easily chose over Nokia's 920 - which I found too large and slippery to hold, but that's a very personal thing. I don't think either the 8X or the 920 is significantly better or worse than the other.


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Winston Churchill Churchill cigars are created by Davidoff of Geneva to honor of the legendary statesman in 4 shapes, each representing a significant place and time that helped shape Sir Winston Churchill's remarkable life. The cigars have a 'secret blend' of 5 diverse, Dominican Cuban-seed, tobaccos, plus a Dominican Yamasá Cuban seed binder, deftly enveloped in an Ecuadorian Special Sun Grown wrapper leaf. The experience is a creamy, full-flavored and opulent smoke. A must-try for the true aficionado!
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