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No whining, some science/philosophy issues
It is has been a while since I linked to anything but "winter sucks" and "here is my workout".
Jerry Coyne has a couple of interesting articles.
One: he talks about an article that claims that we "should study history to understand science":
Alejandra Dubcovsky, an assistant professor of history at Yale, thinks that it's essential for scientists to study history (she doesn't specify what kind of history, or if she means the history of science), for another reason: because it gives us scientists "a sensitivity that only the humanities can teach."
Or so she maintains in a new piece at The Chronicle of Higher Education, "To Understand Science, Study History."
Like the reader who sent me the link, Dubcovsky seems not only defensive about her discipline, but stretching a bit to make her point. To show how history informs our scientific sensitivities, she uses the examples of Rosalind Franklin, which will teach us that science is not gender-blind (she says Franklin is "largely forgotten," which is simply untrue); of Rebecca Skloot's wonderful book about Henrietta Lacks (donor of the HeLa cells), which should teach us that science and race have an "uneasy history;" and about Oppenheimer and the atomic bomb, which should teach us that "we find deep, sometimes unforeseen, and often devastating consequences, even from the most theoretical of projects."
Yep. I am often amused to hear a non-specialist tell me what "I don't know about" in my own discipline. 🙂
Frankly, the humanities ARE under fire and are really stretching to stay relevant. Why? My guess: higher education is getting more and more expensive, and there simply isn't a great demand for humanities majors. The market for humanities Ph. D.s is also terrible.
And yes, science IS blind to sex; for example, if you get the laws of science wrong, what you build with them won't work. I doubt that there is a feminist interpretation of quantum mechanics. 🙂
Note: the humanities ARE valuable IMHO…and even have practical value. Steven Pinker's book Better Angels of Our Nature, gives a bit of credit to fiction in helping humans become less violent (e. g. reading a novel better helps us "walk a mile in another person shoes").
In this day of a smaller globe, the study of language and culture is essential! And knowing some history is extremely helpful, especially given some of the turmoil we are seeing now. Much of it has ancient roots. For example: had we remembered that Vietnam and China were traditional rivals and enemies, we might have reacted better to the situation in Vietnam rather than escalating that horrible, wasteful war.
Professor Coyne has another article about Whole Foods (the store) and about how it promotes woo-woo (beyond the usual woo-woo stuff about "natural" and "organic"). Here, he goes off on Whole Foods pushing homeopathic remedies (placebo really). This might be seen as a "liberal" type of creationism, though conservative sites like NewsMax also pushes woo-woo "cures" and the like. If you get on their e-mail lists, you'll see adds for them. Hey, there is nothing more Republican that cheating the gullible out of their money! 🙂
Sandwalk (Larry Moran's blog) takes on the "argument from evil" response that some atheists attempt to use against theists (e. g. if your loving God exists, then why did horrible thing X, Y, or Z happen?)
I agree: this is a waste of time. The response by the theist (who believes in a specific deity) is something like "we don't know God's ways" or "this is in this life, which is just a microsecond in all of eternity…even the worst possible suffering in the here and now doesn't compare to ETERNAL bliss that we are going to get (some of us anyway), blah blah blah."
It is weak medicine, IMHO> And of course, there could be an Evil God. Here is my favorite:
Putting points on the board
I didn't sleep very well last night…at first anyway. About 10:30 pm, I went down hard and was awake 6 hours later.
I thought about moving one portion of the workout to one slot or another, but thought: "hey, tough it out and get it done".
It wasn't that bad…and the cold air from my house to the gym woke me up.
Weights: rotator cuff, Achilles, hip hikes
pull ups: 2 sets of 15, 2 of 10 (strong)
bench press: 10 x 135, 4 x 180 (ugly), 6 x 170 (not pretty)
upright rows: 3 sets of 10 x 25 dumbbells
super set 3 sets each: curls (dumbbell), bent over row (dumbbell), military (seated, supported, sets of 12)
10 x 25 row, 10 x 65 bent over row, 12 x 50 military
pull downs (3 sets of 10 x 160)
Then to the pool;
7 x 200 on the 4:05 (first was 3:55, then 3:50, then mostly 3:45-3:50; trying to stay smooth)
200 of swim/drill (fins)
100 of fly drill (fins)
2 x 25 fly (fins)
2 x 25 fly (no fins)
That is 1800 yards (just over 1600 meters, or over 1 mile)
This wasn't a great swim and the two young women whipped me soundly again. But I did beat the guy (young) in the flowered swim trunks and the other one in the bikini.
No one asks me if I swam on a college team in my youth. 🙂 (I have been asked if I swam in high school though)
That what it is about for me these days: "getting points on the board". April and May will be here…eventually.
And yes, though I didn't exactly achieve at a high athletic level (or at any resembling an athletic level at all), I HAD FUN. Seriously, though I frequently lament my performance (weak, slow), I still enjoy doing it, and I should remember to appreciate that.
Maybe in 2-3 weeks the weather will get better.
It might snow a little tonight; I am planning on NOT running tomorrow's race. Last year the course was not well measured nor was it run very well anyway.
A "whatever" workout
This extended winter that won't go away is messing with my mind.
So today I did a "whatever" workout on the treadmill: I went, loosened my back, got on the mill and did whatever came to mind:
1. running: 6 miles in 1:01:25. I changed speed every 5 minutes until 55 minutes: 5.3-5.4-5.5-5.6-5.7-5.8-5.9-6.0-6.1-6.2-6.3-(6.4-6.5)
(cheated at bit at 56 minutes and sped up.)
I took a quick bathroom break and then got on the treadmill again:
walking: 3 miles in 46:30: changed elevation every 2 minutes 0-1-2-3-4-5-6-7 and kept it on 7 until 20, then every 5 minutes: 6-5-4 then 3 for the final 11:30; I sped up a bit.
I was beyond sweaty, and it was 9 more miles or 295 miles for 2014. No, not that much but I should be able to start increasing mileage around April.
Now back to work; I just figured out what the hell is going on with the "divided differences" technique for finding the Lagrange polynomial (a polynomial of degree n that goes through n+1 points in the plane, no two which lie on a vertical line). This is a case where the end result IS cool and has some nice symmetries but getting there involves some tedious, boring algebra (NOT the abstract variety).
The midwest winter will stay and stay and stay…
The weather here will suck for quite a while longer…until April. Here is why…and this also shows that while WE have been getting pounded, well…the rest of the planet…not so much. The arctic air mass has decided to spend some time with us and neglect its other duties.
Depressing and uplifting at the same time….
Workout notes I shifted my workout time to after my 9-10 class; I got in about 45 minutes of weights and than swam 1800 yards (just over a mile, or just over 1600 meters)
Weights: rotator cuff, hip hikes, Achilles
pull ups: 2 sets of 15, 2 of 10 (strong)
military press/upright row superset: 3 sets each (12 x 50 dumbbell military, 10 x 25 dumbbell row)
curl/pull down superset: 3 sets of 10: curls: 30 lb. dumbbells, pull downs: 160
incline press: 2 sets of 10 with 135, 1 x 150 (exhausted)
rows: 2 sets of 10 x 70 machine.
Now to the pool: 12 x 100 on the 2:05; these started at about 1:55 and migrated to the high 1:40's.
300 of drill/swim (fins)
100 of fly drills (fins)
2 x 100 IM (untimed)
Today; yes, in the weight room, there are young guys who blew me away (I've seen bench presses of 330-340 here)
In the pool: young women on either side of me, blowing me away.
In class today: one of my female students reported a 9:57 3000 meter run over the weekend.
The good: we have some athletic, very fit students. That is a good thing! That is uplifting.
The bad: seeing this on a daily basis just demonstrates what a train wreck I've become physically.
So, I think: "maybe I am over training", but when I lay off, I get slower and weaker! In fact, I am NOT over training.
Oh well….at least I am healthy enough to train and have enough means to afford a gym (actually two) to work out in.
And, yes, I am glad that I added swimming back; the shoulders seem to like it at this level.
Wichita State 69 Bradley 49: too much
I knew that Wichita State was 29-0 and ranked 2'nd. Bradley was excited: they had perhaps the best crowd of the season (though not a sell out) and the students were into it. The atmosphere was electric at first.
But WSU is used to getting the best from the teams that they visited and they were just methodical. There wasn't much "run and gun"; not much "showtime"; just very solid offensive movement, looking for the open man and for the open lane. And of course, their defense is spectacular. They blocked 6 shots (average 7 per game) and altered many more; Bradley only shot 27 percent.
It was 35-25 at the half and ended up 69-49; BU did cut it to 62-49 with just under 4 minutes left in the game, but WSU did what they needed to do to close it out (made a couple of substitutions).
The game was on ESPN2. Bradley Basketball had made ESPN just the day before, but for another reason:
Winter has to end SOMETIME….
But it won't end soon.
Sooner or later I'll see:
Although, realistically, I'd have zero chance of staying with her at a race. I have to aim for older, slower women with
bigger curvier asses:
I was feeling just a tiny but run down, so I took it easy today:
easy 22 minute 2-mile warm up. I was then just fed up with the treadmill; I couldn't stomach another minute of it.
So to the indoor track: 3 miles in 27:54 (last mile in 8:52; I was starting to fade.
Then 3 mile walk on the treadmill; 16 minute mile then 26:50 for 2 more walking miles (1.0 elevation; increasing to a 12:30 pace at the end)
I left: 8 miles under my belt and feeling refreshed rather than run down. I think that I needed this.
Still, I am sick, sick, sick of snow and winter. 🙂
Tonight: Bradley plays no. 2 Wichita State; WSU is only favored by 12. It will be on ESPN 2 but starts at 8 pm. I'll sleep in a bit tomorrow and move my weight workout to 10 am. (after my 9-10 class).
My guess: close game for a half; BU gets blown away in the second half.
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It's time once again to prepare for the best and worst of times in the Ouachita region- our blazing summer. If you are fortunate enough to have an escape planned, I am here to recommend a few "must-haves" for your suitcase. If your routine will change very little, here's hoping this list will help divert your attention from the droning weatherman and his never changing forecast. Turn the TV volume down, the air conditioner up, and have yourself a vacation in the pages of a good book.
My long-time fans know that I love Christian fiction. When I do have time to escape, I love nothing more than a heart-touching story with a happy ending. So if you're the guns-a- blazing, missile dodging, end of times type . . . well, to each his or her own. Maybe one of these books will catch your eye when you're ready for a break from all that stress!
First up- a contemporary story from Kim Vogel Sawyer, who also writes very good historical novels. This one, "When Mercy Rains" takes place in a Mennonite community. Similar to the Amish in their love of simplicity and biblical truth, this family has been rocked by an out of wedlock pregnancy and the secrets that have accompanied it for years afterwards. When the young mother and her teenage daughter return to tend to the aging matriarch of the family, they all must come to terms with the truth, and their feelings for each other. An excellent multi-generational read. I have already ordered the sequel- "When Grace Sings."
The latest story in Rachel Hauck's series about fictional royalty is "How to Catch a Prince." Like her others, it deals with the clashing worlds of European royalty and modern-day America. This time, what comes between our star-crossed lovers is a shared burden dealing with war-time tragedy that has altered both of them. There's a touch of magic that relieves the sadness, and ultimately engineers the happy ending. Oops, Spoiler Alert.
Speaking of series- One of my absolute favorites chronicles the Christiansen family of Minnesota, on the shores of Lake Superior. These contemporary tales draw me in over and over again as we get to know and love each member of the large, active family. If you're new to Susan May Warren's world- start with "Take a Chance on Me". The succeeding books all have song-title names, and the one I finished most recently, "Always on My Mind" was equally satisfying. The heroes and heroines in these books are real people with real flaws. Mistakes they have made in the past can never quite be ignored, as they struggle to find their futures. They draw on the stability of a loving family, and their trust in God to get them to where they are meant to be.
As always- a summer reading list needs a cold weather tale. This time-it's a collection of stories that take place during the Second World War. Three Christmas Carols popular during that period spark the stories in "Where Treetops Glisten" by Tricia Goyer, Cara Putman and Sarah Sundlin. I knew that Tricia, who lives right here in Central Arkansas, was great at writing stories from this time period, but the other two ladies were new to me. A delightful way to experience the romance of the "Greatest Generation" and cool down several degrees at the same time.
Two more Arkansas authors teamed up to produce "Swept Away," a romance in the Quilts of Love series from Abingdon Fiction. Laura V. Hilton and Cindy Loven piece together a tale of a couple who seems helpless to counteract the designs of a very determined grandmother. Well crafted, warm and comforting, like every good quilt should be.
Currently, I'm immersed in "To Win Her Favor," Tamera Alexander's latest
Belle Meade plantation novel. Set in post Civil War Tennessee, this story begins where most other romances end, with a wedding. As many unions of the time, love at first sight is not a factor here, but I can't wait to see how the couple who were brought together by a piece of land learn to love each other as much.
Belle Meade plantation novel. Set in post Civil War Tennessee, this story begins where most other romances end, with a wedding. As many unions of the time, love at first sight is not a factor here, but I can't wait to see how the couple who were brought together by a piece of land learn to love each other as much.
Next up, another Arkansas friend of mine, Shannon Vannatter, has a new Rodeo romance that I can't wait to read. "Rodeo Reunion" will come out in June, and I'm sure it will offer another swoon-worthy hero and another pretty Texas cowgirl. Believe it or not, I was mentioned in the dedication of her last one, "Rodeo Family." Believe me, I would recommend these books, even if I'd never met this sweet lady. Look for this one wherever Heartsong Presents is sold.
So many stories, so little time. Get ready, it's going to be a long, hot summer!

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"I came, I saw and I savour."
Krabi, a province of Southern Thailand, offers spectacular sceneries, white sand beaches, and crystal clear waters.
We departed from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on the 13th of September 2013 at 10pm. We travelled by Bas Persiaran, a tour bus which would also bring us to the many places in Krabi, Thailand. The journey there was not that easy. Since it was a company tour, there were actually 3 buses that brought the company's employees to Krabi. And if there'd be a mechanical problem of one of the buses, the others had to wait. Unfortunately, we experienced that. That's why, it took us almost 12 hrs before arriving at Bukit Kayu Hitam where the immigration's located. Queueing at the immigration felt like forever. It was like a bus terminal. It's hot and it's crowded. It felt like I was in the Philippines. I missed home!
After the immigration, it's time to explore. But wait, our tummy's grumbling already. So, we had lunch to Kranitha Restaurant, Trang. The food was delicious. Nyumnyum. After lunch, we then got back to the bus and we headed to Ao nang, Krabi. Then at around 3:00pm, we checked in at the Srisuksant Hotel. We washed and freshened up. We rested and had our pictures taken. Woohoo!
After taking pictures of our accommodation, it was now time for our dinner! It's actually by the beach. It was nice and the food was delicious in Rean Thalay Restaurant. Then headed back to the hotel. Those who wanted to bar hop for the night, the bars were just near the area. But some of us just went to sleep so we could wake up early for the next day's island hopping.
This was our itinerary for Day 2:
7:00am – Took Breakfast at the hotel
8:00am – Departed from the hotel to the pier (just about 5 minutes from the hotel
9:00am – Departed from the pier to 4 islands by speed boat
This beach could not be accessed by car. You could do sunbathing, swimming, picture-taking and exploring. A short walk away was the princess cave.
Second Stop: Chicken Island
Though, we did not really stop there, but we just passed by. This island's form resembled that of a chicken. That's where it got its name.
Third Stop: Tup Beach
This island is ideal for snorkeling. But we did not swim for the weather was scorching hot. We just took photos and here they are. By the way, since the tide is not that high, we were able to walk through the neighboring island and had our lunch there.
So that completed our island hopping.
After that we went back to the hotel and rested.
On day 3 of our tour, we went to some of the tourist spots of Krabi. First was the Tiger Cave Temple Cultural and Meditation, then to Pru Ta Pom fish farm, Nopparat Tara Beach, dinner at a Restaurant and lastly shopping for souvenirs.
And that completed our tour. Time to relax now and go back to KL the next day.


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|Diversity of cowpea seeds
Members of the IITA Youth project have explored opportunities in the seed sector, making visits to seed companies across Nigeria. The exploratory visits in 2012 were aimed at exposing them to the potential in the seed sector.
"Plans are underway for these young people to join the Nigerian seed companies in providing farmers with high quality seeds/planting materials (for IITA commodities such as maize, cowpea, soybean, cassava, yam, and banana/plantain) in the first instance," says Dr Gbassey Tarawali, Representative of the DG and DDG (P&CD), who is working closely with them.
Seed companies visited were Da-AllGreen Ltd, Premier Seeds Nigeria Ltd, Nagari Seeds Nigeria Ltd, Savannah Seeds Ltd, National Agricultural Seed Council, Sun Seed and Springfield Agro Ltd, Maslaha Seed Co., Terratiga Ltd, Seed Project Co. Ltd, Maina Seeds Ltd, and Manoma Seeds Co.
During the visit, the Agripreneurs were able to understand the challenges facing the seed sector and came back with plans on how to overcome those challenges.
The IITA Youth Agripreneurs project was initiated by Dr Nteranya Sanginga, IITA Director General, in 2012. The project aims to unlock the potential in agriculture by attracting and engaging young men and women in agribusiness to create decent employment opportunities comparable to those for their colleagues in the banking, oil, and communication sectors.


text: I have been working on a case for my crochet hooks. I sandwiched two pieces of striped material with cotton batting (37x24.5cm). I created the pocket from some left over red pattern moda cotton, lined with calico (pocket measured 11x37cm when assembled). The main body and the pocket was assembled. Sewing through all layers to created individual pockets for each hook (pockets were either 2 or 2.5cm). I used a lace ribbon instead of bias tape to finish off the edges, this was hand sewn on. Finally, I used a piece of grey ribbon to fix the case closed. Here are some images.


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TOKYO, March 15 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average dropped on Thursday morning as machinery makers underperformed, hit by worries that global trade tensions could hurt demand after U.S. President Donald Trump sought to impose fresh tariffs on China.
The Trump administration is pressing China to cut its trade surplus with the United States by $100 billion, the White House said on Wednesday.
The Nikkei fell 0.8 percent to 21,605.76 in midmorning trade.
Analysts said that Trump's move could cut Chinese exports and capital expenditure, which could hamper demand for machinery made by Japanese firms, many of which have large exposure in China.
Construction machinery maker Komatsu Ltd dropped 2.6 percent and Hitachi Construction Machinery stumbled 3.6 percent.
Axle bearings maker NTN Corp tumbled more than 5 percent, machine tool maker DMG Mori dropped 3.5 percent and numeric control machine tool maker Okuma Corp dived 5.4 percent.
Shippers tumbled after the Baltic Dry Index , or freight charges, fell. Mitsui OSK Lines dropped 2.5 percent and Kawasaki Kisen fell 2.2 percent.
The broader Topix index dropped 0.6 percent to 1,732.02.
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Steroids, and all PED's have become such a staple in sports that now headlines are made less on accomplishments but more on accusations.
Jeff Pearlman, who I will preface by saying is very open in terms of his communication and is never one to shy away from his opinion, wrote a piece recently about his trip to Citi Field.
In his blog, Pearlman writes the following:
"Here's the thing: Why isn't anyone questioning Byrd's season? Why are we all so accepting of a slugger who's so clearly full of (expletive)? Is it really believable that a guy goes through a pretty mediocre career, then gets caught using drugs, then gets suspended, then returns (presumably clean—though I'm uncertain why we presume such things) and … is better than ever?"
He goes on to say:
"I don't know, for a fact, that Marlon Byrd is cheating. I suspect (strongly) he is, but I don't know. But where, oh where, are the questions? We in the media are so quick to jump all over Ryan Braun, because it's easy and most of the heavy lifting has been done on our behalf. Yet, simultaneously, we speak of Bartolo Colon's Oakland rebirth—one year after he, too, was suspended. We hail Byrd as a Comeback Player of the Year frontrunner … when he was coming back from being a fraud."
Here's the thing about Marlon Byrd that isn't said in his piece.
When Byrd was suspended last year for using PED, his performance was at an all-time low in his career. He had 0 power, he was barely maintaining a big league job. Maybe Byrd should get his money back for whatever he took in 2012? After his suspension, Byrd went to play in the Mexican League to work on getting back into the big leagues.
Pearlman also says,
"Now, however, with the decline of print and the mass layoffs at papers nationwide, the guy covering the Mets or Orioles or Padres or Cubs or Blue Jays is (generally) 24 and fresh out of college. He can turn a quick phrase, and is filled with ambition, but doesn't know how to ask the tough questions; how to dig beneath the surface."
He must have missed MMO's own Daniel Nelson's piece when he interviewed Byrd, and Byrd responded about his current numbers by saying,
"I remember after last year and my positive test, any numbers that I put up now or anything good, people are going to be skeptical. People are going to make comments. It's part of the game. There's nothing I can do. I made my mistake last year so I try to move on because I lived through it. It's one of those things where I continue to work and try to get better and hopefully put together good seasons."
Question asked, and answered.
The problem with the steroid era to me is less about MVP awards being tainted, and more about how we the fans, and the media evaluate performance. It's impossible for Marlon Byrd to just be having a career power year in your 30's without PED's being a factor right?
Remember that time in 1973 when a 30 year old Davey Johnson had 66 career HR in 995 games and then hit 43 HR in 157 games for Atlanta and everybody asked the "tough questions" about whether he was taking something?
Yeah, neither do I (okay fine, I wasn't born yet).
Nobody ever finds HR power later in their life without the help of illegal drugs right? Right Raul Ibanez? Right?
Look, nobody will surprise me with regards to PED usage. It could be true about Byrd, I think it should be up to Major League Baseball to police the usage and enforce strong penalties to those who get caught.
It shouldn't be my job as a fan to doubt every ball that gets hit or every pitch that gets thrown. What's the point in watching if you're going to sit and doubt everything?
I'm sorry but I am not going to do that. I'm not going to doubt Chris Davis, Jose Bautista, Raul Ibanez or Marlon Byrd unless their current performance is proven to be enhanced by drugs.
So Byrd got caught last year, that doesn't mean he's doing anything in 2013. I don't see anybody pounding the pavement accusing guys like Andy Pettitte or David Ortiz based on their connections to scandals.
Pearlman wouldn't believe Byrd if he provided test samples anyway, so how can Byrd defend himself fairly? He can't. That's a witch hunt.
Byrd is right, there is nothing he can do but hopefully stay clean and perform. It's a shame what sports have become, it's turned more into a witch hunt rather than a celebration of performance.


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- Drama: A pot-smoking hippie detective tries to get to the bottom of a case involving a missing real estate developer and the young woman involved with both of them.
- It's 1970 and Larry "Doc" Sportello (JOAQUIN PHOENIX) is some sort of doctor who seemingly gets more business from being a private investigator. When his ex-girlfriend, Shasta Fay Hepworth (KATHERINE WATERSTON), shows up and states that her married real estate investor lover, Michael Z. "Mickey" Wolfmann (ERIC ROBERTS), is in trouble, that piques his interest. Shasta states that Wolfmann's wife, Sloane (SERENA SCOTT THOMAS), is plotting with her "spiritual advisor," Riggs Warbling (ANDREW SIMPSON), to have him committed to a mental asylum. Rather than go to his deputy district attorney girlfriend, Penny Kimball (REESE WITHERSPOON), for help, Doc starts nosing around. When he goes to a new neighborhood development that Mickey has just started, he has a brief run in with a sex shop worker, Jade (HONG CHAU), before being knocked out.
When he comes to, Doc finds himself next to the body of Mickey's bodyguard, Glenn Charlock (CHRISTOPHER ALLEN NELSON), and thus LAPD homicide detective Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen (JOSH BROLIN) obviously thinks Doc is guilty, especially now that Mickey is also missing. Bigfoot ends up releasing Doc, thanks to the help of maritime lawyer Sauncho Smilax, Esq. (BENICIO DEL TORO), and he next gets a call from Hope Harlingen (JENA MALONE) who states that her musician husband, Coy (OWEN WILSON), is dead, although she doesn't truly believe that. The plot thickens when Doc learns that Coy and Shasta knew each other, and that both Coy and Jade mentioned a mysterious boat known as the Golden Fang.
Doc eventually discovers that the corporation behind that is run by a bunch of dentists, including Dr. Rudy Blatnoyd (MARTIN SHORT). He just so happens to be involved with bedding and supplying drugs to a former teen runaway, Japonica Fenway (SASHA PIETERSE), who Doc was earlier tasked to find by her wealthy father. As the number of people somehow involved in this case continues to grow, Doc tries to get to the bottom of their involvement and what all of this means.
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writing as a metaphor for life
Up early, preparing to head back home to Houston after a jam-packed, whirlwind trip to Seattle. I was here to co-facilitate a workshop on Brené Brown's latest bestseller, Rising Strong, as well as do another talk on my own stuff - so it's been a full week!
Last night, I managed to eke out a couple of hours to have dinner with my friend Pam, and she shared a link to this awesome New Yorker article by George Saunders, describing the timeline of his writing education, but really, about so much more. I thought you guys might enjoy it.
More when I get back to Houston. Happy Wednesday, friends.


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And I was no better this time, but I had to give it another try. I think my colours sort of "stink" - however, I have to admit that I was in a bit of a rush as this week is a crazy week for me and when I don't have the time to go for a run then all the wheels seem to start falling off, one by one!
Ok, the self-pity is over, here is my attempt at Yana Smakula's technique. (I will be going back to Day 9 to try some of the other lovely ideas that were shared, as soon as I can find the time).
Paper: cardstock (PTI)
Ink: various Memento inks and White Pigment Ink (PTI)
Stamps: Botanicals 2 (Paper Smooches); Asian Fusion (PTI)
Other: Oval Nestabilities
I have no idea why the photo came out yellow, so my apologies.
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Chick 2.0
There's a new skeleton in town... her name is Chick and as part of our first unit on observation, we are drawing her twice.
We drew her day one, in fact, it was the first thing we did. The rest of the week, we are drawing a bone or two each day as a warm up. At the end of the week, we will draw her again and I'm pretty sure the results will be remarkable... but more on that later.
Meanwhile, as a mini-lesson, each student drew a cartoon character of their choice. They didn't know that today I would ask them to draw that character again but this time creating a skeleton for it. A little imagination mixed in with a little observation and here are the results in progress...
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Events occur in real time.
Through the first decade of the twenty first century we heard that 195 times. Over the course of nine years and eight seasons of the real time thriller we witnessed Jack Bauer foil a political assassination, stop a nuclear bomb from being detonated in Los Angeles, prevent the outbreak of a deadly virus, prevent one hundred nuclear power stations from melting down, stop a corrupt President, stop five suitcase nukes from being detonated, prevent a private military company from seizing control of the presidency with the use of a biological agent and save the life of a Middle Eastern President preventing the collapse of the most important peace talks the world have seen. So what finally bested the one man military force and when can we expect to see him again?
In 2008 after a weaker than normal Day Six, a writers strike and the dozen upon dozen of rewrites to finally get Day Seven in some sort of order it was announced the 24 was going to neutralise a real life enemy, climate change. Within two years of this announcement with production costs rising, their commitment to being carbon neutral and the network ratings down from the peak of Day Five, Fox managed what no other could they stopped Jack Bauer. There was talk of the show being sold to another network, HBO though favourites for many fans would have been immediately out of the running as the production costs per episode of 24 were far greater than anything they had. NBC seemed extremely keen, they had just saw their crown jewel Heroes fall apart due to the writers strike two years earlier and never recover but Fox's estimation of what 24 and Jack Bauer were worth compared to the number of seasons the show arguably had left in it meant the NBC were effectively priced out of the market. The end was in sight for all on board the real time thriller that re-invented and re-invigorated television in a way not thought possible previously.
Since Day Two when Jack Bauer came in from the cold, reluctantly stepped back into the breach after the death of his wife Teri and went about doing what he does best they have been talking of 'The Movie'. Put on hold until the end of Day Three to allow the makers of the show to concentrate on writing themselves out of trouble week in week out and then taking a back seat to the Playstation 2 game it looked more likely that we would see the film somewhere between seasons as, understandably, anytime they came up with a cool and interesting storyline they ended up sacrificing its film dream in order to keep the adrenaline pumping in the show. By Day Five it was apparent the we were more likely than not going to have to wait for Bauer to finish up on the small screen before gracing the multiplexes, a pay off most fans were happy with and by the time came to the stumbling Day Six and the multiple false dawns that were the beginning of Day Seven the thought of 24 : The Movie was too remote to contemplate. Most of us would be happy enough with the season actually being delivered and back to the standard of the Emmy award winning Day Five.
Where the writers strike played havoc with all other shows, Heroes, Lost, Supernatural and Prison Break all suffering weak seasons it was the saving grace of time that 24 needed. In being able to rework the season it meant that Day Seven was moulded into a brilliant season opener that continued for twenty four episodes but it almost meant that fans were treated to a taste of things to come. With an aborted plan of splitting the "long day" of season seven into two half days, twelve hours in Africa followed by plane journey and twelve hours in Washington D.C, it meant that the writers had a pre-built stand alone narrative and when Fox came calling for something to keep the fans interested until January 2009 Jack Bauer was called into action in 24 : Redemption. The feature length stand alone episode gave us a much needed fix of Mr. Bauer but also an insight into one possible direction that any 24 film may take.
We now sit in April, the first April since the year 2000 where there hasn't either been a season of 24 playing or one en route. With the show finally finished now is the time for the film right? Billy Ray (writer of State of Play) submitted his script for the feature film but with this taking place before Day Eight had finished there was always a chance that Howard Gordon and co would end up writing themselves into a corner before having to take it a completely different direction in order to nip out and keep the clock ticketing for twenty four episodes. To their credit they always stated that they loved his script but they would write the show to suit the show and not the potential script. In the end Jack Bauer fled in a different direction to Billy Ray's screenplay leaving him in the position of needing to rewrite it. The fans would have to wait a little longer. Longer still when Fox announced they had rejected the rewritten Billy Ray script and that the 24 film was going into hiatus. This is a joke right? How can they manage to make two unbelievably woeful Sex and the City films but the 24 team are stuck in pre-pre-production hell?
Kiefer Sutherland has stated that the film will be happening but with Howard Gordon unaware of any information it seemed more out of hope than any concrete information that could be delivered to calm the now anxious fans. More good news would follow with confirmation that Tony Scott was interested in the project. As a fan of the show I'd like to see either Jon Cassar (the main director for six years) or Stephen Hopkins (director of the pilot and majority of season one) take the helm for the big screen but that's purely out of sentiment and all that Hallmark nonsense that we're subjected to. In actuality Hopkins has had little association since 2001 and Cassar is off with other projects and had left the show at the end of Day Seven. The truth is if the director of Man on Fire wants to come on board and show the world that anything John Creasy can do Jack Bauer can do better is alright with me...and I dare say more fans of the show. It's been stated, and would make absolute sense after the ending of the series, that the film would somewhere between Die Hard and The Fugitive seeing Jack Bauer take on a new threat with the United States and Russian governments hot on his heels for his actions in New York city. Now apparently there's confirmation, from Brian Grazer (Executive Producer) via Twitter that 24 will be with us in 2012, that produciton (not writing or discussion but actual production) will begin in January 2012 with Kiefer confirming that it will be on screen by the end of the year. Thinking Christmas '12 might be worth pencilling on my calendar.
The biggest question surrounding the film is not necessarily what it's about. It's Jack Bauer after all, there's only many things it can be about and a gentle remake of Robert Rossellini's The Night is not one of them...things are going to explode. The biggest question is what kind of 24 universe will we be treated to? Redemption was very much Jack's story; with the exception of Powers Booth (departing President Noah Daniels) and Peter MacNicol (Tom Lennox) there was no other recognisable face from the land of 24. No Chloe O'Brien, no Tony Almeida, not even a Bill Buchanan. The biggest problems with some of the seasons of 24 was it's over reliance in existing characters, the constant return of characters that have naturally been written out of the show only to return half way through the following season when it appears that the show is losing direction and focus. On some occasions it was truly inspiring. The return of Mike Novak was a work of brilliance from Gordon and co as it led to his wonderful working relationship with President Logan and Martha in Day Five but in others, like the return of Mandy or Milo Pressman for instance lends nothing to the narrative. The reason why Redemption worked as well as it did with such a limited amount of time to establish characters and tell it's story is because it took Bauer, the audience and the narrative out of the comfort zone of the 24 universe. I'm not saying that there should be no Chloe, we all love Chloe and her relationship with Jack is one of the best things to happen to the show and when looking back at her debut in Day Three is a wonderful surprise but it needs to be for the right reasons. The return of Tony Almeida, not just to the show but from the dead, in Day Seven led to an interesting and extremely enjoyable season and had plenty of moments when you question motive but ultimately was somewhat fruitless as he and the storyline set up in the final moments of Day Seven was completely discarded.
It seems appropriate that in the 24 universe where there has never been enough time we now have nothing but time but if it means that they make something that is as good as twenty four episodes distilled into a two hour feature film then it's worth the wait. I spent my twenties watching 24 and if they do it right could be spending my thirties enjoying the exploits of Jack Bauer on the silver screen.
Day One
The season's main plot revolves around an assassination attempt on Maryland Senator David Palmer, a candidate for the presidential nomination, on the day of the California primary. The central character is Jack Bauer, a former Delta Force operator who is the Director of the fictional Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU) in Los Angeles. Bauer becomes professionally as well as personally involved when his wife Teriand daughter Kim are kidnapped by the people behind the assassination plot.
Day Two
Season Two is set 18 months after Season One. The season's main plot follows the work of now-President David Palmer and agentJack Bauer to stop terrorists from detonating a nuclear bomb in Los Angeles. Introduced into the situation is Kate Warner, a woman who ends up getting vital information related to CTU's mission.
Day Three
Day 3 sees CTU deal with a deadly virus threat that would be released in Los Angeles. We again see the return of Jack's nemesis Nina Myers just as he is trying to overcome a heroin addiction after his undercover operation with Ramon and Hector Salazar, as others feel he still has not gotten over the death of wife Teri at the end of the first season. Jack has a new protege in tow, Chase Edmunds, but things take a turn for the worst when it is revealed Chase is seeing his daughter Kim, and it causes tension among the three of them.
Day Four
Season Four is set 18 months after Season Three. Jack is now working for Secretary of Defense James Heller after being fired by CTUdue to his heroin addiction. As the day begins, he gets caught up in an elaborate terrorist plot which involves both men and the daughter of Heller, Audrey Raines, who doubles as her father's chief policy assistant and Jack's lover. Jack is reinstated as CTU Director of Field Operations by Erin Driscoll, the Chief Director of CTU and the woman who fired him, who may have realized it was a mistake to remove him in the first place.
Day Five
Season Five is set 18 months after Season Four.
After the events in Season Four, Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer is now working as a day-to-day laborer at an oil refinery under the alias "Frank Flynn" in Mojave, California. Jack is renting a room north of Los Angeles from Diane Huxley, a single mother, and her 15-year-old son Derek.
Season Five is supposed to be a monumental day in Charles Logan's presidency. He is scheduled to sign an anti-terrorism alliance treaty with Russian President Yuri Suvarov at his retreat in Hidden Valley, California. This is believed to be the motive behind most of the day's events, as the Russian-separatist terrorists (presumably Chechen, although this is never stated explicitly) who carry out the day's attacks believe the treaty will increase the suffering of their people.
Day Six
Season Six is set 20 months after Season Five. Show designers acknowledge that they avoid the use of dates in order to have the show remain in a "perpetual now."[3]
After the events in Season Five and over the last 11 weeks before Day 6, the United States has been targeted coast-to-coast in a series of suicide bombings. A man named Abu Fayed agrees to give the U.S. the location of Hamri Al-Assad, the supposed terrorist mastermind of these attacks, in exchange for former CTU Agent Jack Bauer with whom he has a personal grudge. As a result, President Wayne Palmer has negotiated the release of Bauer, who was illegally captured by Chinese Government Agents at the end of Day 5, under "high-price" terms.
On they day of the Presidential Inauguration, Jack Bauer finds himself in the midst of a bloody uprising in the small African nation of Sangala. He must risk his life to transport a group or orphans to the American Embassy and sacrifice his own freedom to ensure that they are evacuated out of the country and make it safely to America.
Day Seven
Following up on the harrowing events of the feature-length movie REDEMPTION, 24's full-throttle seventh series once again hurtles viewers back into the breathless pace of the programme proper, with all the fast-paced verve fans have come to expect from FOX's blockbuster action franchise. Federal Agent Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) returns from working alongside old friend Carl Benton at an underprivileged boys' school in war-ravaged Sangala, Africa, where he was forced to spring back into action after a heinous warlord kidnapped schoolchildren to be recruited as soldiers for a planned coup. Back in the States, Allison Taylor (Cherry Jones) has been inaugurated as the country's first female president, which puts her family in danger. Soon after returning, Jack discovers that the terrorists who have breached the government's computer database infrastructure may be the same ones behind the Sangala incident.
Day Eight
Set in New York City, "Day Eight" unfolds amidst the shadows of the Statue of Liberty and the United Nations as President Allison Taylor (Jones), alongside new chief of staff Rob Weiss (Chris Diamantopoulos), negotiates international security with Omar Hassan (Anil Kapoor), a determined Middle Eastern leader visiting the U.S. on a peacemaking mission. As the new day begins, an upgraded CTU operates under the command of M.B.A.-schooled, razor-sharp head honcho Brian Hastings (Mykelti Williamson), who supervises quirky Chloe O'Brian (Mary Lynn Rajskub), expert data analyst Dana Walsh (Katee Sackhoff) and systems analyst Arlo Glass (John Boyd).


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Easy Listening; Logitech Z4 IReviewing: Logitech Z4 I | Rating:
I received these speakers from Logitech as a replacement for the z3. My first initial reaction was oh no....they are white. I was ready to ship them back, I have an odd matching problem....black computer and white speakers. I went ahead and plugged them in, they looked cool (other than being white) and I had to hear them. One word. AMAZING. No matter what music I pump through them from country, classical, children's or hardcore rap they hold up and they sound beautiful. I cranked up the bass and the volume as high as it would go to see just how wonderful they were, and again, amazing.
Hooking them up to my computer was seamless. Easy directions to follow so even your less than average user will be able to manage hooking them up. They have a cool blue light to indicate they are turned on and ports up front on the control to hook up headphones or mp3 player.
I very well would have missed out on these wonderful speakers had I gone on looks alone. Hearing them changed my mind instantly. You can't go wrong with Logitech's Z4-I speakers!


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What Does it Cost to Change the World? from WikiLeaks on Vimeo.Via Postal Mail - You can post a donation via good old fashion postal mail to: WikiLeaks (or any suitable name likely to avoid interception in your country), BOX 4080, Australia Post Office - University of Melbourne Branch, Victoria 3052, Australia
Friday, August 03, 2007
Tillman Murdered, President Lies Again
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Last week, it was reported that medical examiners who examined Tillman's body shortly after his death determined his fatal wounds may have been caused by shots fired from ten yards away, and urged for a criminal investigation into his death. They were denied. This new finding seems to contradict the government's second official explanation of his death, which was that it was caused by friendly fire from a convoy that was a greater distance away. The initial story, that he was killed by enemy fire, was already proven to be a lie, and officers who contributed to the cover up were punished.
Yet, when the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform sent the President a bi-partisan request for a number of documents related to the Tillman investigation, the Administration refused to turn over key communications the Committee asked for, citing Executive Privilege.
Go to VoteVets.org and tell the White House this is not acceptable
There is no Executive Privilege claim that holds any water when the matter is the death of an American soldier - especially one who had been used by the Administration as a poster for the war. By refusing to release every pertinent document, the White House is fostering a climate of distrust among those in the military, hurting efforts to recruit new soldiers by creating doubt on behalf of parents who should expect their 18-year old son or daughter will be honored for their service, and insulting the memory of Pat Tillman. Unless the President has something to hide, he should release all the documents requested by Republicans and Democrats on the Committee.
Finally, as Commander in Chief, the President owes the complete and total truth to Corporal Tillman's mother, Mary Tillman. Those of us who served know that it is the duty of any officer to write to the families of those under us who were killed, and tell them the entire truth regarding their love one's death. To lie about any details or withhold any information would not just cause unjust pain to the survivors, but is to dishonor the fallen. As our nation's top commander, it is the President's duty to the Tillman family to release all materials related to his death.
For the good of our military, our troops, the Tillmans, and our nation, we need you to sign on to our letter, calling on the President to comply with all past and future requests of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on the matter of the death of Corporal Tillman.
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Metal Gear Solid (Windows)
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DescriptionThis special version of Metal Gear Solid adds first-person view, a level of difficulty for newcomers, bettered artificial intelligence for some enemies (including bosses) on higher difficulty settings, and, on the third disc Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions.
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Alternate Titles
- "Tactical Espionage Action: Metal Gear Solid" -- Tag-lined title
- "Metal Gear Solid Integral" -- Japanese PlayStation title
- "メタルギアソリッド インテグラル" -- Japanese PlayStation spelling
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|Like a Hollywood movie: a lot of hype, pretty to look at but nothing inside.
|woods01 (163)
|One of the Greatest games of all time!!
|Matthew Bailey (1277)
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|PGNx Media
|Aug 26, 2002
|9.5 out of 10
|Gamer's Pulse
|Oct 19, 2000
|91 out of 100
|Sep 26, 2000
|9 out of 10
|Computer Gaming World (CGW)
|Jan, 2001
|Electric Playground
|Apr 28, 2004
|8.5 out of 10
|Absolute Games (AG.ru)
|Oct 02, 2000
|85 out of 100
|Dec 18, 2000
|85 out of 100
|Oct 02, 2000
|8.4 out of 10
|Gameplay (Benelux)
|Oct 30, 2000
|80 out of 100
|PC Gamer (Netherlands)
|Nov, 2000
|79 out of 100
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1001 Video GamesThe PC and PS1 versions of Metal Gear Solid appear in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.
PC versionThe PC version includes an expansion disc originally released for the Playstation as Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions which added over 300 missions set in the VR training environment of the original, the ability to play as the ninja, and a "photo shoot" mode featuring the game's female cast among other goodies.
Also, the PC version was supposed to have new hi-res texture skins for all the models (especially Snake himself), but Konami axed the idea.
Developer Dimiter Stanev:
From the only phone talk we had with Kojima, through a translator we were advised not to use high-res textures, since there was no good eye animation for the cut-scenes - e.g. higher texture fidelity would ruin the effect a blurry one gives, since you can't focus your own eyes on it. With a high-fidelity texture it would've looked as puppets, dolls, etc.Information also contributed by Kasey Chang
I admit that this by far, is the most important lesson I've learned from anyone in the game industry - sometimes less is more, and wrong is right.
Related Web Sites
- JUNKER HQ (This fansite is dedicated to the games produced and/or designed by Hideo Kojima and contains all kinds of trivia, artwork, plot summaries, discussion forums and more.)
- Metal Gear Solid: The Unofficial Site (A fansite that contains information about the whole Metal Gear franchise, including galleries, interviews, downloadable content and discussion boards.)
Kartanym (12771) added Metal Gear Solid (Windows) on Oct 15, 2000
Other platforms contributed by Fred VT (25966) and Matthew Bailey (1277)
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William H. Basset (as Jim Houseman), Greg Eagles (as Grey Fox/Donald Anderson), Renée Raudman (as Nastasha Romanenko), Peter Lurie (as Vulcan Raven/ Genome Soldier B), Cam Clarke (as Liquid Snake/McDonald Miller), Christopher Randolph (as Hal Emmerich), David Hayter (as Solid Snake), Patric Zimmerman (as Revolver Ocelot), Jennifer Hale (as Naomi Hunter), Tasia Valenza (as Sniper Wolf), Kim Mai Guest (as Mei Ling), Paul Eiding (as Roy Campbell), Allan Lurie (as Kenneth Baker), Doug Stone (as Psycho Mantis/Genome Soldier A), Debi Mae West (as Meryl Silverburgh)
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Stefan Grothgar (Solid Snake), Michael Hülsmann (Liquid Snake), Britta Gartner (Meryl Silverburgh), Nichola Tomasoni (Naomi Hunter), Erich Redmann (Hal Emmerich)


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|Illustration from Kyle Goes Alone (Illustration: Ashley Barron)
|(Fernando Flores, Wikipedia)
I've always liked sloths, those sleepy-eyed characters that hang upside with goofy grins on their faces, moving unbelievably slowly or not moving at all. I actually emulated sloths in my teens, at least that's what my parents suggested, though they usually just used the word "lazy."
|(J.C.D. Schreber, Die Säugthiere in
Abbildungen nach der Natur, 1855)*
So I started reading about sloths and it wasn't long before I came across the kind of startlingly wonderful information that makes my heart sing: sloths only poop once a week. And why do they only poop once a week? Because sloths really are slow. In fact, not only are they so slow-moving that researchers' motion sensing cameras are sometimes not triggered when they pass, their digestive processes are the slowest of any mammal.
|(Charles Dessalines d'Orbigny, 1849)*
Sloths primarily eat leaves. Tree leaves, particularly thick, long-lasting tropical tree leaves, are not packed with nutrients, nor are they easy to digest since their cell walls are made up of cellulose and lignin—just like a tree's wood, bark and branches. The only way a sloth can digest this tough stuff is with the help of gut bacteria, and this process takes a long time—a single leaf can take a month to travel from one end of a sloth to the other!
|(J.C.D. Schreber, Die Säugthiere in
Abbildungen nach der Natur, 1855)*
I also learned that some sloths add another fascinating bit of behaviour to this slow digestion. Three-toed sloths only poop on the ground, despite the ground being an unbelievably dangerous place to spend time for a creature whose hanging-upsidedown-from-trees anatomy is ill-suited to walking—more than half of all sloth deaths are caused by predation during these weekly excursions.
And then I found this video of baby sloths being "potty trained" at a sloth rescue centre in Costa Rica—just about the cutest thing I've ever seen. And suddenly I wasn't working on the book I thought I was working on anymore. Now I was writing a picture book called Kyle Goes Alone (Owlkids Books, illustrated by the brilliant Ashley Barron), the story of a young sloth's first trip to the ground alone, cheered on by camouflaged rainforest neighbours. I managed to work much of the above sloth poop information into the book, but I didn't have room for the following, even more entertaining information.
|Two-toed sloth (Albertus Seba, 18th Century)*
Three-toed sloths carry their very own ecosystems in their fur coats. Their hair is grooved, and in the humid rainforests where they live, these grooves are a perfect place for algae to grow, algae that can be plentiful enough in the rainy season that a sloth can appear to be completely green—not a bad colour if you live amongst green leaves. Along with algae, sloth hair also harbours all kinds of fungi, ticks, mites, and insects. Some of the insects are moths that, as adults, live nowhere else other than between the hairs of a sloth's thick coat. Their other life stages—egg, larva, and pupa—are all spent in...drum roll, please...sloth poop.
|(Frederick P. Nodder, 1789)*
Here's how this works: The adult moths, which have no mandibles, so likely don't eat, hang around on a sloth, seeking out another moth of the opposite sex. Then they do what they're supposed to do, which is procreate. Pregnant females wait until that happy moment when the sloth's weekly urge to "go" drives it slowly down to the ground. Once on the forest floor, the sloth, which often carries around a third of its body weight in waste (imagine!!), uses its tail to carve a little hollow in the ground, then defecates. This is, of course, the moment the female moths are waiting for. They crawl out of the sloth's hair and flutter down to the hard pellets where they lay their eggs. Once the eggs hatch, the larvae have ample food, particularly since they have the advantage of having arrived before any other forest dung-eaters. They eat to their hearts' content and then pupate. When an adult emerges, it flies upwards to search out some sloth fur to take up residence and seek out a potential mate—a sloth that is likely to be the same one its parents lived on since these animals are very fond of certain trees and don't stray far from them.
|(Maximilian Wied, Abbildungen zur
Naturgeschichte Brasiliens, 1822)
|(Ashley Barron)
Kyle Goes Alone (written by Jan Thornhill, illustrated by Ashley Barron), Owlkids Books, 2015
Baby Sloths get Potty Trained Video
*Many early animal illustrators never saw the animals they depicted, hence some pretty fabulous sloth pictures!


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BINGHAMTON, N.Y. – The Portland Pirates were effective in setting up camp directly in front of Binghamton goalie Ben Bishop early Friday night.
When that was unproductive, the Pirates moved closer — too close at times.
Even with enough contact on Bishop to draw three penalties, the Pirates could not rattle the Senators' goalie, who made 40 saves to extend a pair of winning streaks in a 6-1 rout.
The Pirates were called for two goaltender interference penalties and another penalty for slashing Bishop, who won his fifth straight to help the Senators run the league's longest winning streak to nine games.
Pat Cannone, who also had an assist and a fight when the game turned rough late, and Patrick Wiercioch scored two goals each for Binghamton.
The Senators (13-4-1-1) took over sole possession of second place in the American Hockey League's East Division by putting together a strong response after Brendan Shinniman opened the scoring for the Pirates 6:10 into the game.
"I liked the start of our game a lot," Pirates Coach Ray Edwards said. "I thought our first period was excellent.
"We came and played the way we wanted to play. Unfortunately, we got away from it."
Bishop has made the most of an opportunity after an injury to Robin Lehner, the most valuable player of the 2011 Calder Cup playoffs. The 6-foot-7 Bishop, a three-year starter at the University of Maine from 2005-08, has spent parts of three seasons in the National Hockey League.
"He was good, especially in that first 30 minutes of the game when we were pushing," Edwards said. "Then, early in the third when it was 3-1, he made a couple of saves where if one of them goes in for us, it changes the game."
While Bishop thrived in heavy traffic, Mark Visentin struggled for the Pirates.
Visentin got the start while Chad Johnson was unavailable because of a lower body injury. Recently added rookie Mike Lee dressed as the backup.
Shinniman deflected an Alexandre Bolduc pass to give the Pirates a lead that lasted just 29 seconds.
Cannone scored unassisted from a tough angle on a shot that went off Visentin.
The Senators broke the game open in the third period, taking a 4-1 lead on a shot that Visentin didn't try to contest after thinking play was being stopped.
"On that one, our goaltender gets hit with the net," Edwards said. "He assumed it was off its moorings, but he can't do that."
Edwards said the most serious damage was done in the second period. Cannone scored his second goal at the end of a four-on-two rush, and Hugh Jessiman was left alone for a rebound goal.
"We gave them a two-goal lead and it's hard for us to chase the game from there," Edwards said. "There was about a seven-minute stretch where we totally got away from the way we play, and they capitalized."
The teams combined for 96 penalty minutes in the third period, which ended with four players from each team in the locker room.
"We've got to finish that game better than that," Edwards said.
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Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a
WARNING: / was not properly dismounted
WARNING: /home was not properly dismounted
WARNING: /nsm was not properly dismounted
WARNING: /usr was not properly dismounted
WARNING: /var was not properly dismounted
The original error message said:
ERROR: loaderd: mysqlexec/db server: Incorrect key file for table
'./sguildb/sancp_sensor_20070322.MYI'; try to repair it
If the sensor crashed while SANCP data was loading, it would make sense that sancp_sensor_20070322.MYI was corrupted.
When trying to restart sguild, the following error appeared:
[user@sensor ~]$ ./sguild_start.sh
pid(3119) Loading access list: ./sguild.access
pid(3119) Sensor access list set to ALLOW ANY.
pid(3119) Client access list set to ALLOW ANY.
pid(3119) Adding AutoCat Rule:
pid(3119) Adding AutoCat Rule: ||ANY||ANY||ANY||ANY||ANY||ANY||tag:
Tagged Packet||1
pid(3119) Email Configuration:
pid(3119) Config file: ./sguild.email
pid(3119) Enabled: No
pid(3119) Connecting to localhost on 3306 as user
pid(3119) MySQL Version: version 5.0.27
pid(3119) SguilDB Version: 0.11
pid(3119) Creating event MERGE table.
pid(3119) Creating tcphdr MERGE table.
pid(3119) Creating udphdr MERGE table.
pid(3119) Creating icmphdr MERGE table.
pid(3119) Creating data MERGE table.
ERROR: loaderd: You appear to be using an old version of the
sguil database schema that does not support the MERGE sancp
table. Please see the CHANGES document for more information
SGUILD: Exiting...
That doesn't look good.
Whenever I encounter a database problem, I first run mysqlcheck (with the database running) like so:
[user@sensor ~]$ mysqlcheck -r sguildb -p
Enter password:
note : The storage engine for the table doesn't support repair
sguildb.data_sensor_20070215 OK
sguildb.data_sensor_20070216 OK
sguildb.sancp_sensor_20070215 OK
sguildb.sancp_sensor_20070216 OK
sguildb.sancp_sensor_20070320 OK
sguildb.sancp_sensor_20070321 OK
sguildb.sensor OK
Note sguildb.sancp_sensor_20070322 isn't listed.
I stopped MySQL and then ran myisamchk, which showed the following:
sensor:/var/db/mysql/sguildb# myisamchk *.MYI
Checking MyISAM file: sancp_sensor_20070322.MYI
Data records: 2687 Deleted blocks: 0
myisamchk: warning: Table is marked as crashed
myisamchk: warning: 1 client is using or hasn't closed the table properly
- check file-size
myisamchk: error: Size of indexfile is: 303104 Should be: 306176
- check record delete-chain
- check key delete-chain
- check index reference
- check data record references index: 1
myisamchk: error: Found key at page 295936 that points to
record outside datafile
MyISAM-table 'sancp_sensor_20070322.MYI' is corrupted
Fix it using switch "-r" or "-o"
I fixed it like this:
sensor:/var/db/mysql/sguildb# myisamchk -r sancp_sensor_20070322.MYI
- recovering (with sort) MyISAM-table 'sancp_sensor_20070322.MYI'
Data records: 2687
- Fixing index 1
- Fixing index 2
- Fixing index 3
- Fixing index 4
- Fixing index 5
- Fixing index 6
Data records: 2678
Next I restarted the database and re-ran my sguild startup script. Everything returned to normal as I had hoped.
This is another example of the idea that anyone who uses detection systems long enough eventually becomes a database admin!


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When Green Flag and Activate Sport teamed up this summer it wasn't just the kids who got a work out. Their parents' cars were given a thorough health check, and so were the motors of the rugby stars helping with the training. Continue reading
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Green Flag and Activate Sport keep families moving
Green Flag are helping prevent breakdowns this summer by offering free car health checks at kids' summer rugby camps.
The camps, run by Activate Sport will also see top stars from Premiership Rugby join in the fun with children. And while the kids get active, Green Flag technicians will be on hand to offer car health checks to parents.
There will also be a competition for parents to win their child a free camp place in 2015.
Activate Sport Everything 4 Rugby Academies are taking place in Sherborne on 13 August and Berkhamsted on 20 August.


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Perhaps of Scandinavian origin, akin to Danish dingle.
dangle (third-person singular simple present dangles, present participle dangling, simple past and past participle dangled)
- (intransitive) To hang loosely with the ability to swing.
- Hudibras
- He'd rather on a gibbet dangle / Than miss his dear delight, to wrangle.
- Tennyson
- From her lifted hand / Dangled a length of ribbon.
- 2013 June 7, David Simpson, "Fantasy of navigation", in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36:
- Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.
- His feet would dangle in the water.
- Hudibras
- (intransitive, slang, ice hockey, lacrosse) The action of performing a move or deke with the puck in order to get past a defender or goalie; perhaps because of the resemblance to dangling the puck on a string.
- He dangled around three players and the goalie to score.
- (transitive) To hang or trail something loosely.
- I like to sit on the edge and dangle my feet in the water.
- (intransitive, dated) To trail or follow around.
- 1833, Miller's Modern Acting Drama
- To dangle at the elbow of a wench who can't make up her mind to accept the common title of wife, till she has been courted a certain number of weeks — so the old blinker, her father, says.
- 1833, Miller's Modern Acting Drama
hang loosely
hang or trail something loosely
dangle (plural dangles)
- An agent of one intelligence agency or group who pretends to be interested in defecting or turning to another intelligence agency or group.
- (slang, ice hockey, lacrosse) The action of dangling; a series of complex stick tricks and fakes in order to defeat the defender in style.
- That was a sick dangle for a great goal!
- A dangling ornament or decoration.
- 1941, Flora Thompson, Over to Candleford
- So her father wrote to Mrs. Herring, and one day she arrived and turned out to be a little, lean old lady with a dark brown mole on one leathery cheek and wearing a black bonnet decorated with jet dangles, like tiny fishing rods.
- 1941, Flora Thompson, Over to Candleford


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