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text: I'm not really sure why it happened but beginning around the 1st of March I just went dark on the internet. I would occasionally check in on Facebook but I stopped blogging, tweeting and all that other outward focused internet type stuff. One, I didn't think I had that much to say and two, I just hit a rough patch personally and didn't have the energy to write. Continue reading

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Wabash and Hampden-Sydney men shared thoughts last week at a national conference about guys' reading habits. Wabash English Professor Warren Rosenberg, along with Professor Eric Freeze, accompanied the students.
Rosenberg reflected on the experience:
Warren Rosenberg, Professor of English - Both panels, especially the students', were very well received. The faculty panel focused on our collective experiences of Wabash and Hampden-Sydney students reading in our courses. The general consensus, in response to the "Guys Read" website that aimed at younger boys and sought to get them to read by suggesting books that appealed to stereotypes of boy interests -- war, fantasy, adventure -- was that our students learned more by being challenged to read works that seemed "not" to fit their stereotypical male interests.
So Eric Freeze, for example, discussed our strong student responses to books like Zora Neal Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God, a book about the life and loves of an African American woman in the early part of the 20th century. Similarly, I discussed some initial negative reactions to the memoir Becoming a Man, the story of a gay man's struggle to find acceptance by society and by himself, when the book was introduced to my freshman tutorial. A number of those students ultimately found the book rewarding to read. The conclusion of the panel was that when presented with an appropriate theoretical framework and open discussion pedagogy, that did not judge students for their responses, works like this could be seen to move students to high levels of engagement with, and understanding and empathy for those unlike themselves.
The faculty members at Hampden-Sydney reported almost identical learning experiences in their all-male classes. Prof. Elizabeth Deis commented that a female professor teaching texts that challenge a class of young men could be a special challenge in itself. But that her experiences teaching texts like Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Herland, Annie Proulx's The Shipping News, and August Wilson's Fences was that the plots and characters draw students in, and her pedagogy of emphasizing the fact that she and her students shared common values -- concern with fairness, a conviction that different points of view should always be heard and considered, that it's okay, given the evidence in texts, to change one's mind--led to students opening up to texts to which one might think they would not respond.
The student panel was clearly appealing and moving to the audience in attendance, who commented and asked questions for 30 minutes after the presentations. Each panelist shared his personal history as a reader, several noting that they did not like to read at all when young -- confirming the "Guys Read" websites assertion that there is a serious cultural problem. But then they each spoke movingly about when reading caught on with them -- Diego Velasco mentioning Catcher in the Rye, Reed Hepburn talking about his father "forcing" him to listen to what Reed felt was a "girl's" book, Little House on the Prairie, until finally Reed got so caught up in the plot and the lives of the characters that he was "hooked" and had to find out what happened.
This all led to a much more sophisticated and nuanced experience of reading in college. Reed had read the Becoming a Man memoir in Tom Stokes's freshman tutorial, and after initial resistance came to fully appreciate the text, even more so on reflection as a senior taking a gender studies seminar. Wyatt Lewis said he hated reading as a child, until during a week being sick in bed his brother gave him Robin Hood to read, and has been an avid reader every since. Wyatt talked about reading a very disturbing novel by Angela Carter in a course taught by Agata Brewer, which he almost could not finish.
But again, as in Reed's case, he came to so appreciate the book's message and unique style that he actually wrote a paper on it that he delivered at an undergraduate research conference. So the student panel complemented the faculty panel in demonstrating that students at our two colleges grew tremendously by being challenged by difficult often disturbing texts, confirming that "guys reading," and importantly discussing what they read in free and open discourse with their peers and professors, can transform their tastes in reading and even their lives.
Photo Information: At top,Hampden-Sydney's sophomore Diego Velasco, Reed Hepburn '12, H-S junior Beau Bryan and Wyatt Lewis ' 13. Below, Hampden-Sydney faculty Lowell Frye and Elizabeth Deis, both in rhetoric.


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Yield: one gallon (test batch) - BIABIBU's: 77, Color: 31°L,Pre-boil: 1.050, OG: 1.062, FG: 1.016, ABV: 6.03%[My actual OG: 1.076 / 18.4 BRIX]2.3 lbs 2-row.1 lbs crystal 80°L.08 lbs simpsons chocolate.08 lbs 2-row special black (500°L).4 oz Cascade (60 min).2 oz Chinook (15 min).2 oz Centennial (10 min).2 oz Cascade (5 min).4 oz Centennial (0 min).2 oz Cascade DRY HOPYeast: I used Safale S-04 but next time will try 1056 American Ale instead.Mash instructions:Sacc rest at 152°F for 75 minutes (3.8 qt water at 167°F)Sparge with 3.3 qt of 180°F water over two minutes)In actuality, I rested between 145°F and 152°F, so had more beta conversions than alpha.
The plasticy bandaidy say's chlorine/chloramine to me although there are infections that could cause it as well. What kind of water did you use? The licorice/alcohol says fermentation temp to me. What was the temp during the first 3-4 days of fermentation? actually the licorice might be a result of the dark malts and crystal combined with slightly higher than normal esters from a high ferm temp.
The water is your run-of-the-mill suburban water, the pH around 6.0 — and though I should have, I didn't put in any additives to bring the pH down.
The other cause of this problem that I have heard about is using a normal garden hose for filling your kettle ect. even if the water is good, it's trip through the hose can give it a nasty plastic note.
we do have a water softener so that probably plays a small roll in it too
Quote from: pikelakehomebrew on March 15, 2012, 06:10:52 PMwe do have a water softener so that probably plays a small roll in it tooIt's generally not recommended to use water from a water softener. The ion exchange can add large amounts of sodium that can affect the flavor of your beer.
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Stå till, låt universum flytta sig. Allt som behövs är en warpmotor och lika mycket massa som Jupiter som bensin.
July 28, 2008 -- It is possible to travel faster than light. You just wouldn't travel faster than light.
Seems strange, but by manipulating extra dimensions with astronomical amounts of energy, two Baylor University physicists have outlined how a faster-than-light engine, or warp drive, could be created that would bend but not break the laws of physics.
"We think we can create an effective warp drive, based on general relatively and string theory," said Gerald Cleaver, coauthor of the paper that recently appeared on the preprint server ArXiv.org
The warp engine is based on a design first proposed in1994 by Michael Alcubierre. The Alcubierre drive, as it's known, involves expanding the fabric of space behind a ship into a bubble and shrinking space-time in front of the ship. The ship would rest in between the expanding and shrinking space-time, essentially surfing down the side of the bubble.
The tricky part is that the ship wouldn't actually move; space itself would move underneath the stationary spacecraft. A beam of light next to the ship would still zoom away, same as it always does, but a beam of light far from the ship would be left behind.
That means that the ship would arrive at its destination faster than a beam of light traveling the same distance, but without violating Einstein's relativity, which says that it would take an infinite amount of energy to accelerate an object with mass to the speed of light, since the ship itself isn't actually moving.
The fabric of space has moved faster than light before, says Cleaver, right after the Big Bang, when the universe expanded faster than the speed of light.
"We're recreating the inflationary period of the universe behind the ship," said Cleaver.
While the theory rests on relatively firm ground, the next question is how do you expand space behind the ship and contract it in front of the ship?
Cleaver and Richard Obousy, the other coauthor, propose manipulating the 11th dimension, a special theoretical construct of m-theory (the offspring of string theory), to create the bubble the ship would surf down.
If the 11th dimension could be shrunk behind the ship it would create a bubble of dark energy, the same dark energy that is causing the universe to speed up as time goes on. Expanding the 11th dimension in front of the ship would eventually cause it to decrease, although two separate steps are required.
Exactly how the 11th dimension would be expanded and shrunk is still unknown.
"These calculations are based on some arbitrary advance in technology or some alien technology that would let us manipulate the extra dimension," said Cleaver.
What the scientists were able to estimate was the amount of energy necessary, if the technology was available, to change these dimensions: about 10^45 joules.
"That's about the amount of energy you'd get if you converted the entire mass of Jupiter into pure energy via E = mc^2," said Cleaver, an energy far beyond anything humanity can currently envision creating.
While the challenges to creating a warp drive are quite formidable, the concept is intriguing, says Tufts University theoretical physicist Lawrence Ford.
"If there are extra dimensions and we could manipulate them, that would open up all sorts of exciting possibilities," said Ford.
"I don't see this leading immediately to a warp drive, but I could see it leading to other interesting possibilities in basic scientific research," said Ford.
Cleaver agrees that the creation of a real warp drive is still far away.
"Warp drive isn't doable now, and probably won't be for the next several millenia," said Cleaver.
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The Bisons golf team battled the weather and a tough field of competitors to move from 17th to 10th after two rounds of the Mission Inn Collegiate Classic at Howey-In-The Hills, Fla.
First round completion was delayed until Saturday morning due to weather conditions with the second round completed Saturday afternoon. The third round of the 54-hole tournament concludes Sunday.
Lipscomb's Parker Beck is tied for 11th after shooting a 70 in round two. He has a tw0-round total of 142 on the par 71 course.
Cody Hale struggled with his putting in round two to score a 75, giving him a two-round total of 148. He is tied for 43rd with teammate Taylor Lewis who shot a second-round 71 for a 148.
Rounding out the scoring for the Bisons are Jonathan Beck in a tie for 51st with scores of 79 and 70 (149) and Paul Warren, tied for 77th, with a 155 (77-78).
The Bisons team score after two rounds is 585, 17 shots behind tournament leader Old Dominion.
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The author (a Christian) is trying to prove in this chapter that "anima" has from the very beginning of its birth all the ability pertaining to human beings, and so it has not only the five senses, but also the intellect, as an inborn thing, contending against some who say intellect comes from outside.
I am unsure about the first sentence.Plus est quod de prospectu lacrimabilis uitae quidam augurem incommodorum uocem illam flebilem interpretantur, quod etiam praesciens habenda sit ab ingressu natiuitatis, nedum intellegens. Exinde et matrem spiritu probat et nutricem spiritu examinat et gerulam spiritu agnoscit, fugiens extranea ubera et recusans ignota cubilia , neminem appetens nisi ex usu.
+I am stuck with "augurem" being unable to see it as a noun in this sentence. So I took "augurem" as "auguralem".
+And maybe I'm having difficulty with the use of "interpretor". I took it as "interpretantur auguralem vocem quod.....".
So I read this sentence like this:
And there is more of the evidence, that, some people from their experience of sad life interpret the augur's that sad voice announcing misfortunes that the augur even knew in advance the things to happen since the beginning of his birth, and yes also knew them in his intellectuality.
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ColinOldnCranky wrote:For some reason it can't find my data after initially working, albeit with last years total distance. I can't recall if I got a correct bar after I logged some 2012 distance. Looking at Bike Journal, my profile still has my target and my 2012 logged ride is still there.
Is there something I need to now do?
I noticed that when I updated my 2012 goal the check box to keep goals private had been re-checked. Make sure the tick is gone.


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The following is a review of my experience with BNA member Velo13 (Josh of Xlr8wheels.com.au). I was in the market for a set of stiff alloy wheels after being fed up with the lack of stiffness from my 2014 Fulcrum Racing 1's. I was considering going the custom route after hearing positive things, so I began by asking questions on the BNA forums and Josh was one of the members who was nice enough to provide some useful feedback. He never sent me a private message advertising his services but seeing his signature below his comments was enough information for me to figure out he was a wheel builder. I checked out his website which looked professional and seemed well thought out so I decided to go ahead and contact him. Josh offers a wheel building service where he fits you up to the best suited wheels, a bit different to TWE where you are purchasing TWE branded wheels.
From the outset he gave the impression that he knew what he was talking about. His informative and technically detailed answers gave me confidence in his ability as a wheel builder and I never felt it was too much for me to comprehend being a newbie to wheel building. I appreciated that he provided explanations for his answers. I sent out emails to heaps of wheel builders asking them to build me a stiffer wheel and most of them just listed the parts which they thought were suitable without giving an explanation as to why. Another thing that I appreciated is he didn't force his views on me even though I may have been wrong, instead he pointed out the advantages and disadvantages of each of my decisions in relation to my preferences (stiffness > durability > ease of maintenance > weight).
We must have sent about 30 emails to each other discussing the details of my wheels, covering options for rims, hubs and spokes to the not so critical but still important choice of stickers. My emails were answered in a timely fashion, usually within a couple of hours. He generously offered to get a custom sticker set made up for me as I didn't like the look of the Belgium stickers. He even went as far as to ask for a picture of my bike to make sure the stickers were as close a match as possible. He asked for a deposit of half the price of the hubs before ordering in the parts which I thought was very reasonable. When I told him that I was having second thoughts about my decision to go with wider rims he offered to order in the rims and do some width measurements with different tyres to make sure the wheels would be compatible with my bike. Foolishly I refused and I ended up with rims too wide for my frame.
When my wheels were finished he sent me some high quality pics to tie me over until they arrived. I could go on about Josh's passion for his work but for me it was best illustrated when he answered my question "How long does it usually take to build a wheel?" Josh basically replied with a page long answer detailing specific times for each phase of my build down to the second (he must have decided to time himself on this occasion) and described what was involved in each phase. The time frame from first contacting Josh to receiving the wheels was about 3 weeks. The total cost was $1337 which included insured shipping.
Overall the experience was a pleasurable one and I can't fault Josh's business practices in any way. The only negative I could come up with was the price. Josh managed to offer some competitive prices in line with overseas retailers and his prices were cheaper than other Australian Retailers, but to be honest I could have purchased the same set of wheels online from the US for a couple of hundred dollars cheaper. Then again I may have been stuck with a set of wheels which weren't exactly what I needed or I may have had to make compromises to keep the price under $1000 AUD in order to avoid import charges. It was refreshing and impressive to have someone work with you that closely to make sure the wheels were, as his sig says "hand built uniquely for you". I'm planning on upgrading to custom Enve Smart 3.4 wheels in the future and I know where my first stop will be.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices for October delivery gained $1.11 to reach $108.34 per barrel Thursday in New York as U.S. inventories dropped.
The Energy Information Administration, in a weekly inventory report delayed a day due to the Labor Day holiday, said inventories dropped by 1.8 million barrels to 360.2 million barrels in the week. Supplies remain near the upper limit of the average range on a seasonal basis, the agency said.
Traders also remain focused on the possibility of a U.S. military strike against Syria, which could throw the region into further turmoil.
Reformulated blendstock gasoline shed 2.73 cents to $2.837 per gallon. Home heating oil added 0.18 cents to reach $3.1389 per gallon.
Natural gas shed 1.12 cents to $3.571 per million British thermal units.
At the pump, the national average price for unleaded regular gasoline was $3.587 per gallon, down from Wednesday's $3.589, the AAA Fuel Gauge report said.


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The 8'x11' Nursery Makeover
For those with kids rooms that are feel like they only have space for the bare necessities, the super sized rooms that seem all the rage in the media lately, can feel more than a little extreme. Matt in Kansas City tore his 8'x11' spare bedroom down to the studs and made it over to be a perfectly pleasant, pint sized space...
The beautiful wood floors were covered in vinyl tile and the walls held no insulation, so those were some of the major changes made to the space. The 80yr old room was brought down to the studs to make sure it would be the best nursery possible. A great chair and crib, some artwork and decals and a few retail finds bring the room together and make it bright and cheerful.
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To help prevent stress and strain, Duncan Wong, creator of the mind-body hybrid known as Yogic Arts, suggests these exercises to stretch the ligaments of the wrist joint:
Wrist Reset
It elongates, aligns, and energizes the wrist joint, the muscles of the forearm, and the fingers.
How to Do It
1. Sit or stand with spine tall, and extend your left arm out so your wrist is directly in front of your left shoulder, palm facing down.
2. Bend your wrist to point your fingers toward the floor, then rotate the wrist so the fingers point to your right.
3. Use the palm of your right hand to gently push the back of your left hand. To intensify the stretch, curl the left fingers into a fist. Switch and repeat.
Hand Stance Vinyasa
This flow of movements gently stretches the ligaments of the wrist joint. "The vinyasa helps your body deliver energy to the hands and fingers and better prepares you for daily activities," Wong explains.
How to Do It
1. Come onto your hands and knees with your hands directly below your shoulders, knees underneath hips, and toes tucked.
2. As you inhale, rotate your right hand to point the fingers back toward your right knee and place the entire palm of the hand on the floor. Exhaling, slowly shift your hips back toward your heels to intensify the stretch.
3. Repeat on the left side. Alternate between hands, slowly, until your hands, wrists, and forearms feel energized.
Hand Press
This stretch helps extend your range of motion by moving your wrists into a position rarely required during the course of the day. According to Wong, it also releases compression and helps to correct any misalignment that may have accumulated in the wrist joint.
How to Do It
1. In the same hands and knees position, start with your elbows slightly bent.
2. Inhale and bring the back of your right hand to the floor with the fingers pointing toward your left hand.
3. Exhale and press down through both hands as you straighten the elbows, drop your head, round your spine, and pull up strongly through the belly.
4. Come back to the starting position, and repeat on the left side. Do four times on each side, breathing rhythmically throughout.
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World leaders have shown alarm at the prospects of a conflict.
"According to intelligence obtained by our side and the U.S., the possibility of a missile launch by North Korea is very high," South Korea's Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se told a parliamentary hearing in Seoul, according to Reuters.
Musudan missiles could be launched "at any time from now," he said.
U.S. defense chiefs have echoed that belief, acknowledging that North Korea has placed a Musadan missile -- which has a range of roughly 1,800 to 2,100 miles, with a minimum range of about 400 miles -- on its east coast.
(Read More: South Korea Increases Surveillance as North Moves Missile)
On Wednesday Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said that the U.S. is "fully prepared to deal with any contingency" or provocation that North Korea may take, but added that the U.S. hopes the rhetoric will be "ratcheted down."
Speaking at the Pentagon budget rollout briefing, Hagel said that the U.S., the UN, and U.S. allies have made clear to North Korea that Kim Jung Un is "skating very close to a dangerous line," and that his actions and words are not helping to "diffuse the combustible situation."
Navy Adm. Sam Locklear told members of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday that the U.S. is ready to respond to a North Korean missile launch or other threat.
(Read More: Despite Tough Talk, China's North Korea Options Are Limited)
"I am satisfied that we are ready today, yes," Locklear said.
Asked specifically whether U.S. forces can intercept a missile from North Korea, Locklear said: "I believe we have a credible ability to defend the homeland, to defend Hawaii, defend Guam, to defend our forward-deployed forces and defend our allies."
He went on to say that the U.S. was in a position to intercept a missile even if one were launched imminently.
Meanwhile, Chinese authorities in the northeastern city of Dandong told tour agencies to halt overland tourism into North Korea, local travel agents said Wednesday.
(Read More: China Issues Veiled Warning to North Korea)
"All (tourist) travel to North Korea has been stopped from today, and I've no idea when it will restart," a travel agent in Dandong told Reuters.
And despite the taunts from North Korea, whichinclude a warning for foreigners to leave the South, State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell said no new security warnings were being issued to Americans in South Korea or those planning to travel there.
"There's no specific information to suggest imminent threat to U.S. citizens or facilities in the Republic of Korea," he added. "So the U.S. Embassy has not changed its security posture. We have not recommended that U.S. citizens who reside in or plan to visit the Republic of Korea take special security precautions at this time."
(Read More: North Korea to Become the Next Iran: Citi)
Amid the regional tension, South Korea blamed Pyongyang for a cyberattack that shut down tens of thousands of computers and servers at banks last month.
Investigators detected similarities between the March cyberattack and past hacking attributed to the North Korean spy agency, including the recycling of 30 previously used malware programs — out of a total of 76 used in the attack, said Chun Kil-soo, an official at South Korea's Internet security agency.


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Jason Chein
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jason.chein [at] temple [dot] edu
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SILC Alumni Member (former Faculty Member, Temple University) and member of our Spatial Network.
Biographical Sketch:
Jason Chein
Dept. of Psychology
Temple Univerisity
a. Professional Preparation
Temple University Psychology/Computer Science B.A., 1997
University of Pittsburgh Cognitive Psychology M.S., 2001
University of Pittsburgh Cognitive Psychology Ph.D., 2004
Princeton University Cognitive Neuroscience 2004-2005
b. Appointments
2006- Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Temple University
2006- Visiting Collaborating Researcher, Princeton University
2004-2005 Postdoctoral Fellow, Ctr. Study of Brain, Mind, & Behavior, Princeton University
2002 Adjunct Faculty, Department of Biology, Chatham College
c. Honors
2001 Tim Post Award For Research Excellence (University of Pittsburgh)
2001 Temple University Alumni Gallery of Success (Temple University)
2000 Trainee Travel Award, Organization for Human Brain Mapping
1998 Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition Fellowship (National Science Foundation)
1998 National Science Foundation Graduate Student Fellowship, Honorable Mention
1997 College of Arts & Sciences Graduation Ceremony Speaker (Temple University)
1997 President's Scholar (Temple University)
1997 Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society
1997 General Alumni Award For Academic Achievement (Temple University)
1997 Clifford M. Kliger Scholarship For Outstanding Work In Psychology (Temple University)
1996 Jerry Zaslow Award For Achievement in Academics and Service (Temple University)
d. Publications
(i) Five most relevant recent publications
Chein & Morrison (in press). Expanding the mind's workspace: Training and transfer effects in working memory training. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review.
Chein & Fiez (2010). Evaluating models of working memory: FMRI and behavioral evidence on the effects of concurrent irrelevant information. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. 139(1):117-37.
Chein, J.M. & Schneider, W. (2005). Neuroimaging studies of practice: FMRI and meta-analytic evidence of a domain-general control network for learning. Cognitive Brain Research, 25(3), 607-623.
Schneider, W. & Chein, J.M. (2003). Controlled and automatic processing: Behavior, theory, & biology. Cognitive Science, 27, 525-559.
Chein, J.M. & Fiez, J.A. (2001). Dissociation of verbal working memory system components using a delayed serial recall task. Cerebral Cortex, 11(11), 1003-1014.
(ii) Five other significant publications
Chein, J.M., Ravizza, S.M., & Fiez, J.A. (2003). Using neuroimaging to evaluate alternative models of working memory and their implications for language processing. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 16(4-5), 315-339.
Chein, J.M. & Schneider, W. (2003). Designing effective FMRI experiments. In The Handbook of Neuropsychology, Vol. 9. J. Grafman and I. Robertson (Eds.). Elsevier Science, Amsterdam.
Moscovitch, M., Chein, J., Talmi, D., & Cohn, M. (2007). Learning, Memory, & Knowledge. In Cognition, Brain, & Consciousness. B. Baars & N. Gage (Eds.). Elsevier Science, Amsterdam.
Ravizza, S.M., Delgado, M.R., Chein, J.M., Becker, J.T., & Fiez, J.A. (2004). Functional dissociations within the inferior parietal cortex in verbal working memory. Neuroimage, 22(2), 562-573.
Chein, J.M., Fissell, K., Jacobs, S., & Fiez, J.A. (2002). Functional heterogeneity within Broca's area during verbal working memory. Physiology & Behavior, 77, 635-639.
d. Synergistic Activities
- Co-author and contributor to Psychmate, an educational tool (experimental software and companion text) for undergraduate psychology instruction
- Contributor to Cognition, Brain, & Consciousness undergraduate textbook on cognitive neuroscience
- Instructor, Pittsburgh functional neuroimaging training workshops
- Co-development of method and research tools for the meta-analysis of neuroimaging data


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Maples suffer 65-32 SEC loss against Phoenix
The visiting Ypsilanti High School boy basketball squad proved too much for Adrian on Friday night, defeating the Maples 65-32 on their home court in Southeastern Conference play.
"They're so athletic, and so long, and so quick," said Adrian coach Bart Bartels. "If you don't have the same athleticism, length and quickness, they're going to make life miserable for you. It's a tall order, no pun intended."
The Maples (4-7, 2-4 SEC) committed early shooting fouls in transition, and Ypsilanti (8-2, 4-0) capitalized by sinking all four free throws on its way to a 6-0 lead.
Senior center Jurell Parish layed the ball in following a lob pass for Adrian's first points of the game to spark the crowd, but the Phoenix countered with a 7-0 run and ended the first quarter with a 17-7 advantage.
Parish battled all night in the post for the Maples, tallying a team-high 14 points despite the size advantage by Ypsilanti's interior defenders. He was the only Adrian player to reach double figures.
"He's come on really strong," Bartels said. "He's been the consistent player we need him to be the past two or three games."
The Phoenix piled on in the second quarter, primarily using transition buckets to establish a 41-18 advantage by the half.
"One of our points of emphasis was getting back on defense, because they're going to run, and we didn't do that," Bartels said. "We have a couple of presses we like to try, but by the time we set up our presses they were already by us. We don't usually see speed like that."
Ypsilanti senior guard Justin Bernard outscored Adrian 12-11 in the second quarter and went off for a game-high 23 points. He was joined in double figures by freshman swingman Corey Allen (11) and Northwood-bound LaVonte Davis.
"We don't have anyone to matchup with Bernard," Bartels said. "The kid is good and that team has two or three players who are going to play Division I or Division II."
Ypsilanti ran sets to slow the game's pace slightly in the second half, but forcing a total of 22 turnovers allowed the Phoenix to continue building upon their lead until the final buzzer.
"We've said all year that our goal is the district tournament," Bartels said. "The league is not a goal, because Ypsilanti or Lincoln is going to win the league. We want to win as many games as we can along the way, but we want to use every game to build and get better for March."
The Maples' next step toward their goal is a matchup at Chelsea next Tuesday. Tip-off is slated for 7 p.m.


text: NAMI Blasts New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson for Veto Of Insurance Parity Bill As Anti-Family, Anti-Taxpayer Mar 12 1998 Arlington, VA - The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) today blasted New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson for his veto of HB 315, which would have established a pilot program for state employees providing coverage for mental illnesses equal to that offered for other physical illnesses. The bill, which enjoyed overwhelming bipartisan support in the state's legislature, outlined the parameters for a two-year pilot program that would have enabled New Mexico to make an informed decision regarding the fiscal soundness and fairness of parity legislation for New Mexicans. "Families in New Mexico and across the country are shocked and disappointed that Governor Johnson bowed to special interest groups and continued to support discrimination in insurance coverage for mental illness," said NAMI Executive Director Laurie Flynn. "By caving in to business's fear that the pilot would prove parity is indeed cost effective, he put people with severe mental illnesses and their families last. Governor Johnson has pulled in the lifeline that parity assures and shackled thousands of New Mexico families to a life without hope of a second chance, even as state and federal lawmakers around the country move in the direction of equality for people with mental illness. "Governor Johnson's actions are behind the times and out of step with many other Governors and federal lawmakers," said Flynn. "Simply put, the Governor's actions are anti-family and anti-taxpayer. Courageous state leaders throughout the nation and lawmakers on Capitol Hill know that parity is not only a matter of fairness, but that it also reduces taxpayer burden as fewer people would need to access the welfare system to get coverage for biologically based brain disorders. "While we are outraged by the Governor's lack of compassion and vision for the people of New Mexico, we applaud the bravery of the state's House and Senate legislators for standing tall and voting in favor of New Mexico's families," said Flynn. "The overwhelming bipartisan support from these lawmakers gives us renewed energy, drive and passion to continue our fight to achieve equality for all New Mexicans." Flynn added that New Mexico's own Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM) has been "a patron saint to the millions of Americans suffering from mental illness. The stark contrast between 'leader with compassion' versus 'leader without compassion' has not gone unnoticed by NAMI or the many other advocates working to end stigma against severe mental illness." Paving the way nationally toward ending decades of unfair insurance discrimination, Senator Domenici and Senator Paul Wellstone (D-MN), successfully sponsored landmark legislation, the Mental Health Parity Act of 1996, which took effect on January 1, 1998. A firestorm of activity also is spreading across the country with fifteen states now on the books as intolerant of insurance discrimination against people with severe mental illnesses, including Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, and Vermont. South Dakota is expected to join the equal coverage ranks this week. "Hardworking New Mexico families who pay their insurance premiums expecting to be covered for catastrophic illnesses are forced to go on Medicaid and strain an already overburdened public system in order to get treatment," said New Mexico Alliance for the Mentally Ill President Patricia Reilly. "Governor Johnson has left New Mexico families out in the cold and that's disappointing." Reilly vowed that the AMI of New Mexico will "continue to fight for fairness and equality for as long as it takes." "It is unfortunate that Governor Johnson bought into the scare tactics of the business special interests and believed the misinformation regarding the cost of equal coverage," said Flynn. "Experience in states around the country has shown that the cost of equal coverage is negligible. Perhaps the Governor feels that people with no fault brain disorders and their families are not worth the effort to end such blatant discrimination." Ending discrimination against people with severe mental illnesses is not only the right thing to do, but evidence is mounting that it is affordable. A paper published on November 12, 1997 in the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) provided evidence that equitable health insurance under managed care costs less that $1 per employee per year.


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It's become a fact of life that, however you use the Internet, the personal information you enter online is up for grabs. It's not just Google and Facebook; data brokers like Intelius and Axciom exist to mine information on behalf of companies looking to serve you content. This practice is done opaquely and without giving the user the means to opt out.
Even as organizations like the Federal Trade Commission do battle with such companies to ensure your right to privacy, it's easy to feel powerless in the face of these massive corporations. Thankfully, users are afforded some recourse — in the form of sites like DeleteMe and MyPrivacy — when it comes to deleting the information they simply don't want shared. Now, with DeleteMe Mobile, you can do it from your iPhone.
DeleteMe Mobile, like its desktop counterpart, is an effort by online privacy outfit Abine to make keeping track of and deleting sensitive information about you online simple and away from people without your best interests in mind, be they advertisers or stalkers.
"These are sites that a probably selling a lot of personal data," said Abine privacy analyst Sarah Downey. "Where you've lived for the past 20 years. What you do. Overwhelmingly people don't want to be on these sites. These sites can take people from not knowing where you live to your front door."
When opening the app, the user is required to enter a minimal amount of information. Then, the app searches for information that matches the user's data across more than 50 data tracking companies on the Web. The user can then delete what matches their own information. The bulk of the heavy lifting is done by Abine, but Abine also offers data deletion instructions on their website for free.
DeleteMe Mobile is available for free in the App Store, giving users one free record removal. Users can also sign up for three months of service for $24.99.


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Fiscal Storm Clouds Grow Darker, More Ominous
As the last day of Fiscal Year 2009 draws to a close, legislators are struggling to enact a new Michigan state budget for FY 2010. This afternoon Gov. Jennifer Granholm sent out notices of impending layoffs should a deal not be reached.
After using one-time federal "stimulus" money, the state still needs around $1.3 billion in program reductions and/or new revenues (higher taxes, more fees) to close the budget gap.
Yet even if another midnight deal is reached and state government opens for business as usual tomorrow, the current challenge probably pales in comparison to the fiscal storm on the near horizon. In FY 2011 the state may face another $1 billion overspending crisis, which means either more cuts and reforms or another large tax hike. Moreover, this will need to occur during an election year, which will make budget politicking all the more intense.
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It gets worse.
The stimulus money passed down from the federal government this year will run out sometime in 2010, which will tax the state's liquidity - its cash and easily convertible assets. Simply put, there are no savings to fall back on, so any new revenue shortfalls will force the immediate adoption of either cost-saving reforms or another massive, job-killing tax hike like the one imposed in 2007. Michigan unemployment has more than doubled since a $1.4 billion tax increase was approved Oct. 1, 2007, to solve the Legislature's overspending crisis for FY 2008.
State officials must begin a methodical, long-term planning effort that properly addresses fiscal issues in a way that does not chase more people and job providers from the state. That could mean biennial budgets, reforming state and public school employee health care benefits, or devolving State Police road patrols down to county sheriffs, just to name three.
The policy permutations are endless, but the key is to start solving FY 2011's budget problems the moment the 2010 budget is complete. There's a storm coming and everyone will be better off if we started building our shelter now.


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The kudzu bug came from China, landed in Atlanta, Ga. and in two short years has chewed up a variety of crops in every county in South Carolina, and has made good progress doing the same in North Carolina.
Technically, the kudzu bug isMegacopta cribraria, and is known in most parts of the world as bean plataspids, and in some areas as lablab bugs. The bugs, which look like boxy brown ladybugs, emit a foul-smelling secretion when threatened.
It is occurring in such high numbers it doesn't take a trained entomologist to spot one. In most cases smelling them, not spotting them, is the first contact people get with these Asian imports.
In Georgia, where they first appeared in high numbers, witnesses have reported being able to smell the stench from their cars while crews are cutting kudzu overgrowth along highways.
The bean plataspid is native to India and China and is found in most soybean production areas of Asia.
The insect is pea-sized, greenish brown, and round with a wide posterior. It appears to waddle when it walks on a surface and is an excellent flier. Its flying ability helps account for its rapid spread across the Southeast.
Its life cycle typically lasts 7 weeks. However, the chemistry of the host plant can significantly affect the insect's reproductive characteristics — such as fertility and length of generation — as well as its feeding rate, even the impact or level of damage it has on the host plant.
So far, entomologists have been astounded by its rapid movement, mostly north to south, throughout the Southeastern U.S.
Clemson University Entomologist Jeremy Greene says kudzu bugs were found in a handful of counties in his state last year. This year the bugs have been reported in every county in South Carolina.
Greene says the insects are often mistakenly referred to as stink bugs, but are in a different insect family than commonly occurring green, brown and Southern green stink bugs. Regardless of their family tree, the Clemson researcher says they are becoming a bigger problem in agriculture as they spread throughout the Southeast.
Bowman, S.C., grower Landrum Weathers says kudzu bugs came into his soybeans while the crop was still immature. Killing them was no problem, he says, but they kept coming back in bigger numbers after every spray.
The big problem with kudzu bugs in soybeans is getting insecticide to them. They tend to feed on the stems of leaves in the lower parts of the plant and once the soybean canopy covers the rows, it becomes a challenge to get enough chemical to the insects to manage high populations.
Adults and immature insects (nymphs) gather in large groups and suck sap from a host plant, weakening and stunting it. Adults have been observed sucking sap from the host plant's leaves, stems, budding flowers, and mature green pods. Severe infestations of adults and nymphs feeding on leaf sap can cause extensive defoliation in host plants.
Rapid movement
Since it was first found in and around Atlanta, Ga., in October of 2009, it has spread to all 46 counties in South Carolina and more than 40 counties in North Carolina. Though its movement has been primarily south to northeast, it has also been reported in several counties in Alabama.
In 2010, it was found in only 16 counties in South Carolina and was not found in North Carolina. Greene says there was an extensive checking program in both Carolinas in 2010 and the counties in South Carolina were the only ones in which it was found.
How it moves so rapidly may best be explained by looking at our prevailing weather patterns, Greene contends. From its epicenter, the insects have moved mostly north and northeast, or the path of our most prevalent weather patterns. The bigger question is where will it go next?
Virginia Tech Entomologist Ames Herbert says researchers in Virginia are looking for kudzu bugs, but so far none have shown up in an assortment of traps that are generally accurate at detecting insects, even at low populations.
In its native Asia, kudzu bugs prefer kudzu to crops. However, it is well adapted to wild wisteria and a broad range of host plants commonly found in the Southeastern U.S. Greene says all indications are that this pest will continue to grow and spread and potentially be an economic threat to crops in the Southeast.
Kudzu bugs have proven to be susceptible to a wide range of insecticides, but Greene explains the problem is exactly what Weathers and other growers in South Carolina are finding that late in the season, killing them isn't the problem, getting the insecticide to the bugs is the problem.
"These bugs are very specific on where they feed on soybeans. They occupy the bottom part of the canopy and feed on the stems and leaf petioles. More mature bugs are often found on the main stem of the soybean plant — very near the ground," Greene says.
There isn't much a grower can do to protect late-season beans from these insects. "And, with all the wild hosts available around our soybean fields, there isn't really much they can do in planning for the 2012 season to reduce pressure from kudzu bugs," he adds.
A part of the control strategy will likely be to knock populations down as early in the season as possible. "We have seen that well timed insecticide applications can slow down, if not prevent large buildups of these insects later in the season when it becomes more difficult to get material through the plant to the bug," Greene says.
Early in control efforts
The South Carolina scientist stresses that researchers are early in their efforts to manage this pest, because it wasn't even known to exist in the Southeast until the fall of 2009. Since its arrival the kudzu bug has definitely grabbed the attention of entomologists at land-grant universities across the region.
Early tests indicate pyrethroid insecticides work well to control these Asian imports. There are subtle differences that researchers are beginning to find with the pyrethroids, but in such a limited time, it's difficult to know what will work best at different times and under different growing conditions.
Again, early in the research process, Greene says it appears combinations of pyrethroid and neonicotinoid insecticides work better than either one of the popular families of insecticides work alone.
"In early testing Indigo, a combination of neonicotinoid and pyrethroid chemistries has worked well to control these insects," Greene notes.
This bug is likely to be an economically important pest in the Southeast, but it can be managed in tandem with other pests that occur in crops. That said, the South Carolina entomologist says in many cases there will be specific applications just to control kudzu bugs, and anytime you have a dedicated spray for one insect, it becomes an economically important pest to growers.
There will be a lot of data available once 2011 tests on kudzu bugs is analyzed, and more so than ever, it will be important for growers to attend regional and county soybean meetings. "The more growers know about the insect, the better they will be able to manage it," Greene says.
One tool he is working on with colleagues in Mississippi is a biological control of kudzu bugs. There is a native parasitoid that is very specific to the kudzu bug. "Obviously, we are early in the process of figuring out possible biological controls, but kudzu bugs do have a number of commonly occurring natural enemies in Asia that may one day be a big part of our control efforts," Greene says.
In China, kudzu bug is listed as a pest of grain crops, but not as a major pest. It may be that it has enough natural enemies there to keep it in check. In the U.S. with few native enemies, it is just spreading like wildfire," he adds.
You may also be interested in http://southeastfarmpress.com/soybeans/kudzu-bug-spreading-rapidly-across-southern-states. Additional information can be found at http://southeastfarmpress.com/management/kudzu-bug-spreading-across-georgia and http://southeastfarmpress.com/management/new-insect-pest-marches-alabama.


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George Miley's LENR Patent
|September 13, 2012
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George Miley has been granted a patent on LENR-related technology. I'm not sure of the full implications of this patent, but it would seem to be good news for Dr. Miley and the LENR/CF fields. It seems that Dr. Miley's patent mentions a range of possible applications of the technology, and this may be part of the way he was able to get it through the USPTO.
Here is the abstract from his patent.
What is fascinating about Miley's work is that he is able to generate heat without heating the device with electrical resistance. Readers may recall that Miley started a commercial venture in Champaign, IL, earlier this year called Lenuco. We've not heard much from Dr. Miley since that time, but hopefully we'll hear more from him soon.
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To Dr. George H. Miley,
Please condider the lapsed Belgian patents mentioned on "e-Cat Site" under the heading "cold fusion catalyst" and contact Ben for the "sequel patent text" to the latest Belgian patent. That text contains an interesting Coulomb explosion embodiment wherein your US-P 8227020 particles can be used. Good luck. Contact me over Ben if there is a need. Jan.
[…] Professor Emeritus of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne UIUC, U.S. Patent was reported several days ago, but the news is just starting to reach dedicated LENR […]
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After reading that regarding the loading / unloading of the hydrogen from pressure to a vacuum I was thinking about an engine block that contains freeze plugs. Those are simply metal plugs pressed into a hole so when the temperature outside gets low enough the water coolant in the engine expands and pushes the freeze plugs out before breaking the metal engine block apart ruining the engine.
Now science explains this out clearly even though to a general mechanic that uses heat and cold to assemble pressed together engine parts kind of gets confused when all other stuff excluding plastic is heated it expands so why does water break the engine block? Seems backwards from the other mechanical stuff.
Anyway the point is that it could be possible that loading could be achieved by freezing a surrounding layer like when you go into the ocean and the farther down you get quickly pressurizes your eardrums.
Great news admin, I was just questioning some posts I have read on the ecat news site. The good news is that others are publishing some good info and also these patents, I will read this one through.


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Chelsea look set to bulk up their faltering front line by sealing a deal to take Brazilian forward Taison to Stamford Bridge from Ukrainian outfit Metalist Kharkiv.
Chelsea have now failed to score in their first two games under new boss Rafa Benitez following their stalemate against rivals Fulham at Stamford Bridge last night.
That result continued their winless run in the Premier League which has seen them go without victory in over a month, and heaps the pressure on Benitez, who was booed once more following the full-time whistle last night.
Chelsea forward Fernando Torres is still struggling for form and confidence while his deputy Daniel Sturridge hasn't so far been trusted to lead the line from the start.
The Globoesporte report that the Blues have opened talks with Metalist over a potential January switch, which would see Taison become the 5th Brazilian at Stamford Bridge alongside Oscar, David Luiz, Lucas Paizon and Ramires should the deal go through.
The 24-year-old is in his third season in Ukraine having moved to Europe from Internacional in 2010. So far this season he has three league goals in 12 matches and can play out wide as well as thorugh the middle. Talks between Chelsea and Metalist will be helped by the impending winter break in the Ukrainian season.


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Shanghai is China's biggest and most modern city. With stunning architecture, heaps of attractions, and great shopping destinations, the locals are truly proud of their city.
In fact, they call Shanghai "Modu" which means "Magic City". And many travellers would agree with the nickname because visiting Shanghai is like exploring an entirely different country from the rest of China.
Start your Shanghai trip and visit the city's top tourist attractions like the beautiful Yuyuan Garden. Culture vultures will love spending hours at the Shanghai Museum. And for a spiritual twist, just head to the Jade Buddha Temple.
Feast your eyes on the city's amazing architecture. For the classic style, check out the ancient buildings at the Bund and the French Concession. The Oriental Pearl Tower, Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, and Shanghai World Financial Center embody Shanghai's modern architecture.
Take as many photos as you want of the city because you'll find many spots to take the best pictures of Shanghai. You can go to the Bund waterfront for a great view of the Huangpu River, and for a small fee you can go above the clouds at the Oriental Pearl Tower and the observation deck of Shanghai's World Financial Center.
If you've got some Yuan left, experience Shanghai shopping and stroll through the popular Nanjing Road and the Yuyuan Bazaar, or save your pocket money for tasty treats at the Wujiang Road snack street.
To see what else are waiting for you in Shanghai, get tips from Going Awesome Places and Drink Tea and Travel.
What you should know
The best time to visit Shanghai is autumn, from the second week of October to November, for pleasant weather and fewer crowds.
Shanghai has many dialects like Shanghainese, but Mandarin is mostly used. Locals speak English in top hotels and major tourist attractions, but it's best you bring a Mandarin phrase book or a good language app to help you.
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Norman Reedus never wanted Daryl Dixon, the redneck he plays in AMC's "The Walking Dead," to be a younger version of Daryl's racist brother, Merle.
He's definitely showing more sides of Daryl in Season 2 of the hit series, making the fan favorite both tender and tough. He's still a loner, but he's slowly opening up to individuals in the group.
He's also become a real hero in the face of the zombie apocalypse. While other members of his group are ready to hang up the search for young Sophia, Daryl remains committed to finding Carol's daughter—most likely because he feels a kinship as the survivor of abuse himself.
"You feel for Daryl," Reedus told me at the beginning of the season. "He's just as ferocious as ever, but you understand why he's not just a nut, he's not just Merle again.
"He's a guy that's just incredibly emotionally and spiritually damaged."
It's a standout portrayal by Reedus, one that Andrew Lincoln, who plays Rick Grimes, called "phenomenal."
"What he's done with this role is beautiful and bewitching, and really intelligent as well," Lincoln said in a separate interview. "Norman's a great, great actor."
In the two most recent episodes (spoilers if you haven't seen them), Reedus showed the depth he's found in Daryl, who last week told Carol a lovely story about the Cherokee Rose and, in Sunday's "Chupacabra," went all badass again, pulling an arrow out of his own side to use it to kill a zombie, eating squirrel sushi and making a necklace out of zombie ears.
Oh, and did I mention he had a hallucination in which Merle belittled him and told him that Rick and the group are not his friends? As Reedus said during our conversation, Merle's influence still runs deep—which explains why, when Carol leaned in to give him a thank-you kiss, he pulled away and tried to refuse her compliments.
"The dogs with the loudest bark are the ones that are most afraid," Reedus said, explaining his approach to Daryl, about whom we will learn even more devastating backstory. "I'm trying to play [Daryl] sort of like a scared, wet animal in an alley. He'll lash out at you, but he'd really love it if you took him inside and gave him some milk."
Here's more of the conversation Reedus and I had earlier this year. We talked about Daryl, the zombie apocalypse, crossbows, Mothra and "The Boondocks Saints." But first, he was very happy to hear that he's made me pass out.
Thanks for doing the interview. First off, I wanted to tell you that you made me pass out in Season 1. When Daryl found his brother's hand, the look on your face—I just went "plop."
Oh, right on. [Laughs.] I don't know, is that good or bad?
Well, it's good I guess. I mean I wasn't driving or anything, right?
You weren't flying a plane. … So like anything dramatic will make you just pass out?
Yeah, it's usually peoples' reactions after either stabbings or body parts being chopped off. But it's never the actual visual of that happening.
Wow. Why is that? That's awesome. I mean it's weird, but it's awesome. Can you watch all of the second season and then call me every time you pass out? Because I bet I make you pass out again. … That's my goal for the rest of the season. I'm going to make you pass out.
So anyway, you're down in Atlanta right now, right?
I am. Well, I'm in Senoia—well, I'm actually staying in Noonan which is like 10, 20 minutes from Senoia where we film, and Senoia is about 45 minutes south of Atlanta, like out in the sticks.
In the sticks, just like on the show.
Yeah. We're nowhere near a Starbucks.
So speaking of civilization, would you do as well as Daryl does in the apocalypse?
Hell, no. No, I would probably go to—I'd probably break into some skyscraper penthouse apartment and lock myself in there and just cry. I'm nowhere near as tough as Daryl; I'm kind of a wimp. … I don't know what I would do to be honest. But I definitely don't think I'd be out sleeping in the woods.
How do you like playing somebody who lives off the land and is able to handle his crossbow and machete and all that kind of stuff?
It's definitely my favorite job I've ever done. It's kind of got this lesson aspect to it. I really like playing Daryl. He's becoming more and more complicated, which I find super interesting… But he can go out and he could live in the woods by himself, and he can handle himself in a zombie apocalypse. He's a hunter; he's a tracker. He hunts his own food. He can get along fine.
But he's got a different struggle than everybody else. You imagine growing up with a big brother like Merle and then you find out about his family history later on. But the thing about him is he's socially awkward; he can't emotionally have a connection with anybody. He doesn't trust anyone and he knows that people don't trust him. He knows the way that people look at him. So he's sort of like finding his place in this group with everybody else, but it's this sort of delicate give-and-take balance going back and forth.
Like they give a little, I give a little; they take a little, I take a lot. He's an asset to the group but he just can't sit around and chitchat. He doesn't want to talk about himself. He doesn't like the attention on him. And he doesn't like to get involved in other people's emotional drama. And then he's kind of watching these people like its television. He's studying who he can trust, who he can't trust; where his alliances are. He butts heads with people. He takes a leadership role from time to time and he just wants to belong, but he doesn't really lead them.
He seems to be almost getting along better with everyone as they're not getting along with each other.
That's exactly what's happening. If you're going to compare him to any other characters he's most like Carl to be honest. He's kind of got this childlike mentality about him. He's kind of discovering things in a new way in this new environment. So it's interesting. You see everyone, everybody just start deteriorating and he's sort of excelling.
He is. And he does just sort of take over—an "I'll take care of this" attitude. I'm thinking in the early episodes of the zombie autopsy.
Yeah. You know, he's not afraid. That scene we were going back and forth on who was going to do it and if he'd do that. It was initially written where I'm like, "Scoot over, let me do it." And the lines are kind of written like, "Get out of the way." [It was a] "who the fuck do you think you are" type of thing.
But I'm trying to play it like, which they let me do it—I'm trying to play that like I'm the pool boy, like I'm the gardener. I get the dirty work; I'll do it. Like I don't feel like I'm on the same level as everyone else. ... I'm trying to play it like I don't feel like I'm in the same social class as the rest of them. It gives me somewhere to go. It gives me opportunities to earn that, which I don't even know if Daryl at that point knows that's what he's doing. But as an actor playing this part I'm looking for places to go and things to prove and challenges to meet.
Was it difficult even maybe in the first season to make this guy likable? Or did you worry about it at all?
Well, I didn't really worry about it because I kind of had an idea of what to do. But I never ever had a conversation with Frank [Darabont] or with anybody directing those first three episodes I was in from the first season. But I never had one conversation with anybody about Daryl, not one conversation. So I had what was written on the page and it was kind of like, "Fuck you, you tried to stab me." And I really wanted to play him like yeah, he's a hothead and yeah, he'll cut you and yeah, he'll blow up at any second. But also, he lost his big brother, so I tried to have like some sensitive little moments in between the fuck yous and the squirrel-throwing and so forth.
Are you better known for "The Boondock Saints" or "The Walking Dead"?
Oh man, definitely Season 1 when it hit I was still probably a little "Boondockie," but I don't know. I think it's getting about even right now, I mean just from, you know, people on the street and so forth, but I don't know. I'm getting recognized a lot and it's a lot for Daryl.
I'm really blessed to be given the opportunity to play Daryl and like just from the amount of gifts I get. I get like, Zippos with Daryl Dixon on it and it'll say like "Redneck Badass." I get Bobbleheads, T-shirts, paintings. It's kind of awesome. I have a whole collection of Daryl stuff.
If Murphy and Daryl got into a fight and I'm sure you've been asked this before, who would win?
You know what I think would happen is I think they'd beat each bloody and then they'd probably start cracking up and become friends and go have a drink, that's probably what would happen. And I bet Murphy would break the ice. I think Murphy would see through Daryl and be like, "Yeah, let's have a drink," and Daryl would go, "Yeah, let's go."
Do you have a sort of favorite horror genre of monster--vampires, zombies, any of those kinds of things?
I kind of like the Japanese stuff. I like Godzilla, I like Mothra, I like stuff like that. If you mean like werewolf, mummy, zombie, vampire?
You've had experiences with vampires too, haven't you?
Well, you know, I did "Blade," but those are like some beefed up stupid Ninja vampires. I like the old vampire stuff. I like the Anne Rice stuff. One time I got invited to her Halloween party in New Orleans a long time ago and I wish to God I went to it. But I like vampires but then I don't like vampires with six-packs and like hair gel. And I like werewolves, but I don't like werewolves that look like lumberjacks. So I don't know. I like "An American Werewolf in London."
What's your favorite Daryl weapon?
A crossbow, of course. You can't not look cool holding a crossbow.
Thanks for your time and great job on the show.
Dude, thank you, man. I hope you faint a bunch.


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 69 diseños de 22 diseñadores freelance.
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