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Mumbai, March 31 -- The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) is in the middle of a controversy yet again. After the recent cuss-word debate and more scene snips that were widely contested, chairman Pahlaj Nihalani's decision to ban Unfreedom - a film based on a homosexual relationship - has been met with criticism.
The board reportedly has issues with both the lesbian relationship shown in the film and the parallel story where a liberal Muslim girl is kidnapped by terrorists.
"They told me that Hindus and Muslims will start fighting, and that the film will also ignite 'unnatural passion'. I was aghast as my film is not provocative," Raj Amit Kumar, the director of the film was quoted as saying.
Several members of the film industry are also not in agreement with this ban. Film-maker Hansal Mehta says, "If they feel that certain scenes are inappropriate, they can give the film an 'A' certificate."
A shocked LGBT activist, Rituparna Borah, says, "We have regressed many steps. I don't understand how rape and stalker songs are valid, but this is not." Adds film-maker Sanjay Gupta on Twitter: "The reasons for banning this film are UNFU ** BELIEVBLE (sic)."
Director Vikram Bhatt says these incidents have snowballed into a bigger matter. "It has become more of an ego battle between the film industry and the censor board," says Bhatt. The battle between the members seems no less. CBFC member Ashoke Pandit rues, "The chairman decides what kind of cinema will be made without the consent of the rest of us. It is a sad situation."


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Is This the Netflix of China?
March 1st, 2014
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by Jeff Pierce, Zentrader
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YOU On Demand Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides integrated value-added service solution and platform for the delivery of pay-per-view, video on demand, and enhanced premium content for cable providers in the People's Republic of China.
Small float (11million) and on the day of it's breakout it traded 12 million shares and the next day 20 million, so it basically traded it's entire float 3 times over. That means lots of new shareholders that are in profit with a bullish chart pattern forming, and this could be one to watch if you are looking for a speculative stock to put some money in.
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Leroy M. Craft of Conesus, age 49, died Tuesday, December 28, 2010 at home. He was born August 16, 1961 in Torrance, California to parents Lawrence and Lurline Shafer Craft, and raised since infancy by Alex and Jesse Backus.
A graduate of Livonia Central School, Leroy was employed by Hilltop Industries in Mt. Morris. He enjoyed his work, friends and would often be found sitting on the porch with a cup of coffee.
Leroy is survived by his family, Mike (Bonnie) Litteer of Conesus, Bill (Roberta) Litteer of Livonia, John (Gail) Fredericy of Springwater, Shirley (Jim) Wright of Perry; nieces and nephews; and special friend, Regina Hayes of Geneseo.
Friends are invited to a celebration of Leroy's life Saturday, January 8, 2011, 1PM at the Kevin W. Dougherty Funeral Home, Inc., Routes 15 & 20A, 21 Big Tree St., Livonia. Memorial Contributions may be made to Livingston-Wyoming ARC, 18 Main Street, Mt. Morris, NY 14510. To send a condolence or for further information please visit: www.doughertyfuneralhomes.com.


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Got a guy around you need to buy for who loves the wilderness or outdoor activities? We've rounded up a look at our top five best gifts for outdoorsmen under $50 this year. These are all great inexpensive purchases for outdoor enthusiasts whether you need a gift idea for a birthday, Christmas, anniversary, Father's Day or other major celebration this year. The holidays can be tough to buy for, and if it's an area you don't know so well, it can make it difficult to find something appropriate, useful, cool and well-received. It's always the thought that counts, so here's some of our thoughts on what you might consider giving as a gift to your favorite outdoorsy type! [Read more…]
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With a multitude of new toys being introduced to the market for the holiday season, choosing the perfect toys for young boys can be overwhelming. Whether your favorite boy loves dinosaurs, fighting the battle between good and evil, flying helicopters, or driving cars, there are perfect toys for boys on the shelves this holiday season. Here's our top 5 toys gifts for boys this coming holiday season! [Read more…]
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After all the turkey and tinsel some of us feel the need to get away from it all and recharge our batteries, What better way than to run your toes through the sand and feel the sunshine on your face.
Although there are seven main islands that make up the Canaries, the main four - Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura offer the best value for money holidays. Tenerife has the most capacity from the UK and normally has the cheapest flight options with a wide variety of resorts, from the young and lively like Playa Las Americas and Los Christianos to the smaller fishing ports like Alcala.
The golden sands of Hurghada on the Red Sea have always been a winter sun destination for UK holidaymakers with an exception al array of beach front hotels, this Egyptian paradise resort will please even the most discerning traveller.
Only mad dogs and Englishman go to Dubai during the summer months as it is extremely hot, but during the winter months Dubai is at its best. The hotels of Dubai have a reputation of their own with seven star luxury being the order of the day, true Arabian hospitality awaits you in this sun and sand utopia.
Goa has been a winter sun attraction since the late 60's with full on beach parties in the North but on the other hand the chilling relaxing deserted beaches of the South are a great place to do your relaxing and recuperating.
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I have our electrician and gardener both coming over tomorrow. I've waited about a month for them both to be free to do some work, and they both arranged to come on the same day! I'll finally be able to have my TV mounted on my bedroom wall to watch my DVDs as I nod off. I've just ordered the Mysterious Cities of Gold DVD box set to celebrate. 18 hours though…but very 80s.
As if my home couldn't have any more downlighters, 3 more will be installed in the kitchen, plus 2 x par 16 birdies to illuminate a painting. There's a dark corner now since the new kitchen was fitted, and the idiot of a kitchen fitter wasn't at all keen on installing under-counter lighting (even though LED strips would have looked great) so it's a bit dark in places. I have a box containing 120 MR16 bulbs in the garage after I lost a box, re-ordered, then found the lost box!
We've been living here for over 3 years and out of over 100 fittings only 2 bulbs have needed to be replaced in that time. The secret is to have a 60 watt 12v ac transformer feeding just 2 x 20 watt MR16 fittings (instead of a larger 200va transformer feeding 10 x MR16s). The transformer is not overloaded, and the bulbs last forever. In my opinion 50 watt bulbs are over-rated unless you have really high ceilings – the difference in brightness isn't noticable for the 150% increase in power use. At the moment, LED bulbs are either too dim but cheap, or a bit brighter but give too focused a spot of light and cost a fortune. I'd have to order over 100 LED bulbs and replace all the transformers at the same time – it ain't gonna happen bud.
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If this wasn't posted on the Official Google Blog I probably wouldn't have believed it. Google is teaming up with Sir Richard Branson to form Virgle, the goal of which is the establishment of a permanent human settlement on Mars.
If you ever dreamed of being a pioneer here is your chance. The adventure begins in 2014. Destination: Mar's Lunae planum area of the north side of Kasei Valles. Need some more convincing? Check out their 100 year plan:
- 2010: Choosing a Site
- 2014: Low Earth Orbit
- 2015: Virgle Base 1
- 2016: Flying to Mars
- 2108: Virgle City
Private space exploration has picked-up a lot of momentum in recent years with hopes of creating a space tourism industry, but this seems to be a little over ambitious. Probably more of a publicity stun than anything, but it will be interesting to see reactions to this news.
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In today's world, users are made available with plenty of email clients which are being chosen by them depending on their needs. These email clients provides various other features like scheduler, instant messaging, notes etc apart from the basic professional handling of emails. Now these email clients uses different file formats to save their emails. One such file format which we are going to discuss in detail here is MBOX file format.
Glance at MBOX file format
MBOX is the file format which is used for storing and organizing emails by various Mozilla based email clients like Apple Mail, Thunderbird, Spicebird, Entourage, Eudora, Pocomail etc. In this 7 bit ASCII text file format where attachments and other things are stored in encoded format, all email messages are stored in plain rich text format in concatenated form one after another. Beginning of each email message is indicated with 'FROM' followed by a white space character. One blank line is appended at the end to indicate the ending a particular email message.
Default location of MBOX file is "C:\User\Library\Mail\Mailboxes\Directory". But depending on the client this location may differ.
With the technological advancement, now we are available with four modified formats of MBOX file format which are explained below in brief:
- MBOXO file format: This file format is supported by Eudora. In it, the messages are not kept intact as attachments of the messages are separated and are kept as individual files in separate folder. Here in place of sender's email address, a constant string "???@???" is used.
- MBOXRD file format: Qmail, Thunderbird, Netscape are some of the email clients which support MBOXRD file format which indicates the beginning of message with 'From' string either in the header or the body of the message.
- MBOXCL file format: In this file format content-length: header is used to locate the starting of message instead of 'From' line. It is being done so as email message is transformed before appending and Content-length denotes the length of the message that is in octets.
- MBOXCL2 file format: It is the same file format as that of MBOXCL as it also uses Content-length to indicate the start of the message with only difference that it does not transform the email message before storing.
Both MBOXCL and MBOXCL2 file format are used by Unix 'System V' mailboxes.
With the availability of various email clients, migration from one email client to another is quite obvious. Migrating to MS Outlook is the most preferred choice among users owing to distinctive features and wide-spread support of it around the world. There could also be some personal or professional reasons responsible for this migration which varies individual to individual.
Coming back to this migration from any MBOX supported email client to MS Outlook, it could not be performed directly by using 'Import and Export' wizard since MS Outlook supports completely different file format i.e. PST (Personalized Storage Table) format which stores the messages in tabular format. Hence, you need to employ a third-party professional tool in order to accomplish this task of conversion of MBOX format.
MBOX to PST Converter is one of the most preferred result-driven professional tool which is also recommended by experts. It produces the most reliable and trusted results and that too in few clicks. The tool requires no technical expertise in order to be used. The software also allows to perform the selective conversion of MBOX files. Apart from saving in PST format, users also have the provision of saving MBOX files into Office 365, EML, MSG or HTML file format. Click on the link to download the free trial version.


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I've been on 3 dates with this guy. The first date I didn't find him all that interesting. He just seemed kinda boring when it came to conversing. At the end of the date he kissed me and we made out really passionately which was kind of uncomfortable for me because I like to take things very slow. The second date he was super sweet, just held my hand and we had a good conversation. We even talked about sex and he guessed that I'm waiting until marriage and I told him he was right. He said he really respected that.
Well on our third date he invited me over to watch a movie and drink. I was trying tequila for the first time and had no idea it would get me so drunk so fast. We made out and he kept trying to get to second base (possibly further?), but I wouldn't let him. My common sense was still there aside from being drunk.
He texted me the next day and wanted to know when I could come over again. I told him I didn't think I should and then he said we don't have to drink the next time. So I asked him if that would keep him from trying to get to second base and he said yeah if that bothered me that much.
I feel bad for not knowing how to tell him it's over. I know the main reason I'm attracted to him is because he's cute and he's a good kisser, but I don't think personality-wise, he's my type. And I think he may feel the same, but how do I end it? Do I text him? We've never talked on the phone so I feel like that would be weird. What should I do?
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Ahhhhh!!!!! Life has been so busy here in Wales! This week I officially handed in the last piece of academic writing of my career as a Bachelor student. I managed to spend a good portion of this paper writing about sex, and orgasms while making South Park references. It's was such a huge relief to hand it in that I had one of the best poops I've had all year and then curled up in bed for a celebratory nap. Now all I have left to do so I can graduate is to finish my creative project, finish a presentation that I'm working on for a conference, and to write one more final. After that…I. Am. Done. Besides school, life has been go go go go go! I can't believe that I've been back in Wales for two months! It feels like I just got here. However, it also feels like I have spent several lifetimes here. Time here in Wales is weird. As a result, here is what I've been up to! It's all in no particular order because I can't remember what happened first, second or last. It's all been fun and I'm nothing but extremely grateful and humbled by each new memory I get to create with my Wales family.
I guess to start, I should say that I've become a Turdette! One of Josh's nicknames is Turd and back in February our Student's Union hosted a Fetish Ball. Rather than dressing up in a kinky manner, Haylee, Lisa and I all borrowed some of Josh's shirts and made jokes that we had a Turd fetish. That night we became Turd and the Turdettes and the theme has made its way into our day to day lives.
Now that I'm a Turdette, there are lots of things for me to learn from the other Turdette's. Like what a DANCE DARE is! I had no idea these things existed until a few weeks ago when the Student's Union hosted a jungle themed party. That night Lisa, Haylee and I all dressed up a bit. That night I learned a dance dare is when you sneak up on people and dance behind them without them turning around to catch you. We spent all night sneakily dancing behind people and I wish I'd caught more of it on video rather than taking the copious amounts of pictures that I did of Haylee and Lisa getting up to mischief.
By the end of the night more people had joined us in doing dance dares and my tummy hurt from laughing so hard. Besides the late night shenanigans, training sessions for basketball and netball, and actually attempting to be good students, we also take some nights to hang out and relax. After practice, Haylee, Josh and I hang out and have movie nights together. This term we've managed to get Josh to watch the remake of Footloose and he finally convinced me to watch Up! Haylee has gotten us into watching Orange is the New Black. It's a great show, except for one yucky part. The other week there was an episode where a guy was talking about what some women do with their placenta and I was so disgusted that I actually puked. A lot. I have no idea why, but just the thought of fried placenta and…I'm happy to say that I made it to the toilet in time. I decided that night that celibacy was a good idea again as well. Our dance dare shenanigans carried on to St. Patrick's day. We borrowed three of Pumba's shirts, painted our faces, and went out to sneaky dance the night away. Except our night had to end early because… The next day we had to be on a bus at 9:30am to go play in the Varsity games that my university hosts. Every year the University of Wales has a showdown between its campuses where the sports team play against each other in a day of games. This year, my basketball team was the only team that was invited to compete in the games. We are all excited to be going and competing. Unfortunately we got a late start and Haylee and I got take a walk down memory lane and change into our gear on a bus. If you've never tried to change while in a moving vehicle, I don't recommend that you do. Especially if you're a girl and there's boys about. I wound up wiggling into my sports bra and changing shirts while hoping that the boys on our bus didn't accidentally turn around to look at something. They didn't and we stepped off the bus ready to play. Except there was a game happening before ours that had just started so our bus change was for nothing. Our game against Carmarthen was great. We got off to a slow start, but eventually found our groove as a team. It was the first basketball game that Pumba had ever played in and he did amazing for someone who is only just learning how to play the game. One of the best parts of the game was watching Haylee and Lisa playing defense together. They made a deadly pair who hassled the other team from tip off to the final whistle. In fact, everyone on our team that day played their hearts out. Though the highlights of the game for me that day were Josh's passes. Before the game he and I had goofed off for a bit by passing behind the back to each other and I jokingly said that someday I was going to pull a behind the back pass off in a game. And maybe someday I will pull a behind the back pass off. And maybe it will be like the one Josh pulled off that game. Towards the end of the game Haylee popped to an open spot on the court for a shot. I saw it. Josh saw it. Then we all saw Josh shoot his hand behind his back for a beautiful and text book behind the pass that went straight to Haylee. Unfortunately she missed that shot, but the pass was still beautiful. Another beautiful pass that Josh pulled off was when I popped into an open spot under the hoop on our end and he hammered a beautiful bounce pass through a very congested key. I saw him look and and I though "no no no," but he still pushed the pass through and it bounced and popped perfectly into my hands for an easy two points. Even though Lisa, Haylee, Josh and I are all on the basketball team together, basketball isn't the only sport we play. Lisa and Haylee are on the netball team with me and these past two weeks Lisa has played in her first netball games and totally rocked out in them. You wouldn't know that her main sport is football (it's really soccer) because she's so at ease on a basketball court. The other week all of us and Pumba all went to our university's football pitch and we kicked a football around. I learned that my feet are not intelligent at all and there is definitely a reason why I should stick to basketball. I kind of felt like a drunk flailing around with my feet in the air. Though now that I've spent some time in Wales, I'm starting to enjoy watching football! I still don't understand it, but it's interesting to watch. Especially when Lisa is with me to explain what is going on. The last game we went to was fun to watch because it was such a close game! There were some intense moments. I didn't realize until I'd watched that game how hard some of the hits could be. There were a few moments were I cringed in pain and was amazed that the player got back up and kept on playing. With all of that said, I still have a lot to write about! This past weekend we went to London! Plus tomorrow I'm leaving Lampeter to head out on my Easter break adventure. Haylee, Charlotte and I are going to PARIS! PARIS! Then after Paris, Haylee and I will carry onto Amsterdam while Charlotte heads back to the UK. After Amsterdam, Haylee and I will spend another couple of days in London (I really love London!) before we come back to our tiny town to settle in and start finishing up our final projects and assignments for the year.


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These weirdo pre-race dreams have got to stop.
Time: Around 2 AM on Sunday morning….
…and I was running back-to-back races; I'd just finished the 5K and was refueling before heading to the starting line for the 21K (half-marathon). I was cheering near the 5K finish line when I looked down and saw that I was surrounded by tiny little dinosaurs. I'm not certain of the exact species, but they were of the Compsognathus style. This didn't really bother me. I believe anyone should be allowed to cheer. Then, I noticed that one of them had no head (like, looking down at him, I could see a cross-section of his spine, spinal column, esophagus, etc.), even though he was still running around and cheering. I specifically recall telling him, "I'm sorry, I don't think you'll be able to finish the half-marathon like that." Next thing I knew, all of his buddies were nipping at my ankles. Specifically, my Achilles tendons. Their teeth weren't sharp, but their grips were strong, and I couldn't seem to kick them off. I was genuinely afraid that they were going to crush my Achilles. I woke up kicking (poor KMN).
[In case you weren't around a few months ago, this isn't the first bizarre night-before-a-race-I'm-just-running dream I've had since arriving in Singapore. Back in January, I dreamt that I was duct taping closed my wounded abdomen so I could get to the starting line of the Green Corridor Run.]
But let's back up for a minute: This is my 2XU Compression Run race report, which I've been promising to post for the last three days now! We had signed up for this half-marathon (there were also 10K and 5K options) back in January. At the time, I'd been hoping to do a little bit of half-marathon specific training and use the race as a half-marathon benchmark, since I haven't raced this distance in over a year.
However, given the PF shenanigans of March, the only pace I ran that month was "easy" (except maybe the Venus Run, which was more like a tempo run), and I opted out of long training runs for a few weeks. Thus, when we hit twelve miles the weekend before the race, that was my longest run since the PF niggles hit a month ago. While I was pretty confident I could finish the race safely, I can't exactly call this strategy an ideal "half-marathon specific training plan". Furthermore, KMN spent all of last week fighting some virus that left him tired and coughing, but never sick-enough-to-take-a-sick-day. He was feeling better, but also not in prime racing shape. So, we opted to treat the race as a training run, and to (probably) stick together, to keep each other (mostly me) honest.
The half-marathon started at 5:30 AM. In Singapore, the time of a race start represents a tremendous trade-off: A super early start vs. Running in the sun. This race opted for the former. So, we got to bed as early as we could on Saturday (even passing up the opportunity for ice cream with friends!), and popped out of bed when the alarm rang at 3:45 on Sunday morning. Although in reality, I'd already been tossing and turning for at least an hour. Dang dinosaurs.
We grabbed our gear, had some soya beancurd, and hopped into our taxi. (This race started too early for us to take public transport, and although there were shuttle buses available, the closest one was over a mile from our place and still cost $6 per person.) With a taxi, we were at the starting area in under 20 minutes for just over $12. Winning!
We had been generous with our time estimates, so we were at the staging area an hour before the race started. We checked our bags (Singapore has an awesome system for bag check) and walked a bit to find a quiet spot to hang for awhile. We weren't too concerned with doing a long warm-up, since we were treating this as a training run anyway. So, we chatted and people-watched, and I texted with my family.
At about 5 AM, I made a port-a-potty run. Verdict? Well, they probably could have used a few more port-a-potties, as the lines were quite long. Cleanliness was remarkably good, though, considering. I am coming to realize that standard Singaporean port-a-potties are kind of brilliant. Not to be too explicit here, but at the bottom of the "bowl", there's a hinged plastic flap. The flap is normally closed, until you make a contribution, when the weight forces the flap open (yes, even liquid contributions) and allows your "deposit" to fall into the standard port-a-potty collection area. When you're finished, you step on a foot pump that rinses the sides of the bowl with some of that thick blue liquid gunk, which also goes down the chute. The result? A remarkably un-stinky port-a-potty. I've checked out at least 4 such facilities at races since we've been here – and none have matched the stink of the US, open-faced port-a-potty. I really believe that little flap makes a huge difference! And, there were sinks. YAY SINKS!!!
I collected KMN and we made our way to the starting chute. I had been looking for a water table since we'd arrived, to top-up my hand-held bottle before the start. Finally, right at the starting chute, I found one. We each had some water, and filled up our bottles. Note that we hadn't run a step, and were already sweating (see our shiny faces):
I could SEE the Starting Line arch, but we were sooooo far back from it. I started getting antsy, thinking about all the runners ahead of us. KMN kept reminding me that we were just running easy, and it didn't matter, so I tried to relax. Actually, I was still anxious and a little annoyed. I always think a course is better stocked and maintained for the first runners. But *deep breath* I tried to act relaxed *deep breath*, so KMN wouldn't know. 😉
We hung out shoulder-to-shoulder with a bunch of other sweaty people, and at 5:29 AM heard the air horn for the start sound. Then, we proceeded…not to move an inch. For at least 5 minutes (not "felt like five minutes", but "was seriously five minutes, I checked my watch"), we just stood there. Eventually, we realized that this was going to be a wave start, and we were not in the first wave of runners. I hadn't actually seen a notice about a wave start anywhere – including the shiny 14-page information booklet given out with our race packets. Rather, the start time for the 21K was listed as 5:30 AM. But, whatever. TRAINING RUN, Holly. TRAINING RUN.
Incidentally, this information booklet also included information and profiles on the pacers that were provided for the race (1:45, 2:00, 2:15, and 2:30). I was planning to do my own thing, but still, I'd read up on the pacer info, and knew they'd be identifiable by their shirts and balloons they were wearing. This all seemed awesome. But standing at the start line, just then realizing the start was a wave start, I saw one big flaw: Had I wanted to run with a pacer, I would not have known that I (probably? I guess?) needed to start in the first wave. I also didn't see THIS info in the shiny race packet. Not cool, organizers, not cool.
We started to move forward, and saw we were just being let in to the "official" starting chute, where volunteers were checking bib numbers, presumably to make sure that only half-marathoners were starting. We hung around for 12 minutes, listening to the announcer droll on and try to encourage everyone to "Shout!" and "Do the wave!". He was rather annoying, but does have a thankless job – frankly, no one was interested in shouting or waving. We wanted to run. Finally, the second wave flagged off. But by golly, guess what? Turns out we were actually in the third wave.
Cripes. So, we smushed together closer, sweat a bit more, endured another 10 minutes of the announcer, and counted the seconds. We were pretty sure that we must be in the third wave. Finally, we moved up to the starting line and were confident we were going, this time. Fully twenty-two minutes after the first wave flagged off, we were (finally) off!
Geesh. I'm already at 1400 words, and according to my informal survey awhile back, you all like to hear EVERYTHING about a race. And this race was 13 miles! So, I think I'm going to split this report in two. Come back tonight (Singapore) or in the morning (America) or in about 10 hours (everyone else) for the rest.
What's the strangest pre-race dream you've ever had?
Would you choose an earlier start, or a hotter race?


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"Sometimes I can here my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living."
-- Jonathan Safran Foer
Recently I've been having identity issues. I've been dealing with all the typical psychoanalytical, existential bullshit. And in least eloquent terms, it blows. Because how do you blog about these things when everyone else is prettier, wittier, healthier, wealthier, and every other -er? How do you get up and do things when everyone else is just plain better?
I know I must be what changes. People aren't going to suddenly lose their power to outshine me, or intimidate me. As Ghandi did not say, "you must be the change you seek in the world." Yeah, I'm trying.
Even though I'm not good at lists either, here's ideas of what I can do to be ~happier~:
- Bike to a local library and spend all day there...of course this would have to be on Saturday because M-F I work 8-5 and they're closed Sundays. Let's try this again.
- Bike to a local library on a Saturday and spend all day there.
- Have a James McAvoy movie marathon. This, as always, roughly translates to watching Becoming Jane and bawling my eyes out.
- Write more for my music blog.
- Journal.
- Review the movies I watch. Though sometimes I do that here.
- Actually study for Spanish and Econ since I already own the books. And this way I can be all "wah-bam, I know my stuff" in the fall.
- Visit used bookstores.
- Get excited because Friday is payday and I can un-ironically play this song.
- I'm going to go now. I hope you are well.


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President Ahmadinejad of Iran is denying the holocaust, saying it is exaggerated and the state of israel should be moved to europe. In his other speaches President Ahmadinejad has been on point.
I don't know much about the holocaust except that in the public school system, they spent alot of time on it.
No disrespect to the so called jews that might be offended, but I would like to know what those who know more than me think?
Its just that America is the same country that has kept me in the dark about the history about black people, except for the isolated coverage of ancient Egypt. Maybe America is keeping me in the dark about the state of israel too?


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Editor Note: The gang from Red River deliver another action packed AAR using the superb scenarios compiled from the LOF magazines in the Compendium.
The challenge here is the fellas have too many chits for the Soviets as they are using the formations from Op Garbo. This up ends the balance of the scenario. Don't forget you can always look up what is in a formation by referencing the published OOB's online or do as I often do and check the formations out in the VASSAL module, which I see they did to obtain correct FP and DF values!
The rest of what happens falls to tactics and engagement, but lets let them tell the story!
The scenario objectives are for specific hexes to be acquired. J2 k2 l2 and m2. The scenario lasts 7 turns. This is Day one of the invasion it will be critical for the Soviets to occupy the hex locations to secure the advance for 1st Tank. 2nd Airborne is on its way. Note these are the same units that occupied Tanenhause in Raid and Riposte from LOF 12, the new game from LNLP.
Red River Gamers playing Compendium: Death from the Sky – an American Commander realizes sometimes quality can lose out to quantity!
First my colleague & I drew counters to see which side to we were going to play – he drew the Soviets while I drew the Americans – first time playing the good guys in a while!
Then we had to decipher which way Boards 1 & 2 went since there wasn't any description or image showing how they went. But after juggling the boards around, we figured that Board 1 went on top of Board 2, board numbers on the same side represented East.
Next we had to figure out what units to pull since neither of us had the Eisenbach Gap module for the Soviet's 2nd Airborne Division & 1st Tank or the American's Team Bravo & Delta Dogs. For the Soviets, we used Operation Garbo's 76th Guards Airborne & 47th Tank. For the American's, we used B/1-32 Armored Company from Blood and Bridges & 1/68 Armored Company from Death of the 1st Panzer.
Although our Americans didn't have Abrams, ITV, & Dragons, we used Vassal to get the right values to simulate in our game.
Finally, since the scenario didn't say how many formation markers to use, I remember Jeff Lewis', comment from a post in the forum, use what came with that unit. Little did I know that statement would have a big impact on the game as you will see in our report.
Illustrations provided by Vassal's program using the right formation counters.
So here's our After Action Report…
Turn 1: The Airdrop; the American commander sets up his forces to defend the town of Tanenhause from an anticipate attack from the south. However, the Soviets pull of a near picture perfect airdrop in the American's blind spot. One platoon drifts into a farm's field without incurring any injuries.
Meanwhile the Soviets regroup and head for the shelter of the woods while the separated platoon head for shelter in the town of Brikhause.
Realizing that his threat is now coming from the opposite direction, the American commander shifts forces across the bridge to meet this challenge.
Instead of exposing themselves, the Americans wait for the Soviets to move closer for an Opportunity Fire.
Turn 2: Contact! As the Soviets rush from the woods in an attempt to Assault Combat, the Americans open fire and stop them in their tracks!
With troops disrupted and reduced, the Soviets rally and begin a slug match with the Americans.
The Turning Point! Not only does the Soviet get one chance at the Americans, they pull their second Formation maker before the Americans can get another shot at them! First, their mortars hit the Abrams causing it to be disrupted.
Then that separated platoon, in Brikhuase, open fires with their Sagger & inherent firepower causing further damage to the Abrams & infantry platoon.
Then Soviet Paras adjacent the town open fire and hammer away at the Americans causing further reduction in forces to include the HQ's unit.
Although weaken, the Americans do put up a good fight.
But that only delays the inevitable…
Turn 3: Assault! Before the Americans can get a chance to regroup or get additional forces, the Soviets open fire again.
That separated platoon takes out the Abrams, two platoons conduct preliminary attacks on the remaining Americans, but they defended well.
Then the main Assault from the HQ stack of Paras forces the Americans out the buildings and to retreat across the bridge leaving the Soviets in command.
The Americans do get a chance to shift forces, but cannot bring to bear any firepower or any reinforcements…
Once more the Soviets Assault those on the bridge and taking out the Americans this time.
However, the exposed Soviets come under fire from those remaining American units.
Turn 4: The End; the Soviets get another chance to Assault pushing the Americans out of the town leaving them in command of most of their objectives.
With no hope insight, the Americans withdrawal to lick their wounds and get ready for another day…
Lessons Learned:
1) Americans were understrength, could use a few more units or some HE Fire Missions. May be give them the Airstrikes instead of the Soviets
2) Although the Soviets had to Airstrikes and didn't use them, sheer numbers worked to their advantage
3) Since the Soviets had two Formation Markers instead of one, it gave them an extra activation at the critical moment in battle thus turning the tide in their favor – which could be said for any formation.
Related articles
- Into the Breach – scenario AAR – The Flood [p1/3 (meshtime.com)
- There are no Innocents: WaW by Red River Gamers (meshtime.com)
- Raid and Riposte [Line of Fire Magazine #12], (meshtime.com)


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More Than A Song – WK 1
So as it is my Spiritual Birthday today, I decided that today would be a great day to start something new. A little while back, in a rough patch of life, Jesus had me come out of it by writing something. So I started a book. As a worship leader, it is a good reminder to me on where I need to lead from. So I have decided to share my very little book in chapters to my blog. I may make some major edits to it and try to self publish it at some point. But let's be real. I'm a blogger so this is where I will start. So here you go. Chapters 1 & 2 of More Than A Song: Living a Life of Worship. Subsequent chapters will come out each week on Thursdays. Enjoy.
Chapter 1 – Expertise?
And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God's love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God's love.
(Romans 8:38 NLT)
For I know the plans I have for you," says the Lord . "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
(Jeremiah 29:11 NLT)
Worship the Lord with gladness. Come before him, singing with joy.
(Psalms 100:2 NLT)
So who am I and what could I possibly have to say in a book called "More Than A Song"? Why would I be drawn to write a book like this? What clout might I have that "qualifies" me to write this?
I have none. I have no special training. My college degree is in media communications. So I'd quicker be able to build the marketing campaign for this book before finding myself the author.
I'm a pastor's kid who took 26 years to see Jesus for who He is and give my life to Him. I'm a pretty typical pastor's kid by definition as well. Kind of ended up doing my own thing. Walking away from the church and any semblance of spirituality for quite some time. Lived many years as a bitter angry person who knew better. Even as a Christ follower, my pastor father can't stand that my ears are gauged, my lip is pierced and my arms are tattooed and soon to be more tattooed. And let's not even start on when I had long long hair. He hated that.
At the end of the day though, I am called to be a worshipper. Yes, I play music. Yes, I lead worship. Yes, I sing well and I play the guitar. I can lift up his name in a song on Sunday morning and lead a room in singing from the top of our lungs to a Father who loved us so much that He gave His one and only son to die on our behalf and then be raised from the dead to put sin and the grave to death in our place.
So you would think that this should be about being a worship leader. A guide to leading your church in songs and how to connect it to the message for that
morning. And while I do hope that some worship leaders out here capture some of that, it's not the point.
And I've gotta be honest with you. I AM NOT AN EXPERT. I'm just not. I'm a guy who finds himself broken and in need of a savior every day. Even as I start writing this book, I am coming out of a hard spot in my life spiritually and circumstantially. Everything did not look all peachy for quite some time but Jesus is faithful and I find myself on a massive upswing. But I clearly heard Jesus say "You actually know me enough to know what this means and you can do this and lead others in it. And through this you'll find yourself closer to me."
So I guess that means that I am writing this out of selfish motive if you want to look at it that way. I want to find myself closer to Jesus. I want to find myself more like Jesus. I want my life to be
surrounded by Jesus' love and favor and his peace and goodness. It just so happens that He made me a decent writer and gave me a heart that wants to see others living a life marked by all those things I just mentioned.
So you still don't really know what this book is about. I'll make it simple and plain. So if through the rest of these pages, you find yourself confused on the topic, then you can refer to this page and see it clear as day.
We are called to worship with our whole lives.
Worship is more than a song. Yes, it is culminated in raucous singing and praising his name. But worship starts and grows in our day to day. In your coming and going. In the good and the bad. We worship the name of Jesus Christ. Worship is more than a song.
So I want to expound upon the things that I find in my life that help me to lead a life of worship. So when I go in on Sunday mornings to lead that song, my life and heart are already in sync to what I am doing. What are the things that help us live with our eyes on Jesus everyday?
So, lets go.
Chapter 2: Turkey Day
Enter his gates with thanksgiving; go into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him and praise his name.
(Psalms 100:4 NLT)
So it's almost Thanksgiving as I begin writing this. It's a few days away. A time to spend time with family and be grateful for, ya know… stuff.
Side note… I used to not like pumpkin pie. I have issues with weird textures. But have you had pumpkin pie? It's great! There is one you can find in your grocers freezer that has pecan pie crumble on top of it. Amazing. Do yourself a favor and get one.
Just had to get that out there real quick. Back to the point.
Giving thanks is kind of the perfect place to start this book about worship. I mean that's pretty much how the Lord's Prayer starts. And in prayers to lead people to Jesus, we start with thanking Him.
Being thankful is not something that our culture, as a whole, is very good at. Yes, as a child we are taught to be polite and say please and thank you, but as it goes its not our normal bend. Our normal bend is to selfishness and wanting more and getting more and all that.
Now, I am not one of those elitist guys who thinks he is above the culture and is better than everyone. I am well aware of the fact that I am speaking about myself. I'm just as selfish as the next guy. My dad grew up relatively poor and made a good life for himself. Put himself through tons of schooling. Worked hard so his family could have more than he had and do better than he did. That was a regular prayer he had for his 3 sons. That we would do better than he did.
That's pretty noble. But something was missing. At least in my interpretation of it as a kid and young adult. My dad was regularly grateful for what he had. But I for the longest time just heard "get more".
I still complain if I don't get the gift I want. I spend far too much time working the system so I can get a new guitar or pedal. I find myself often wrapped up in what others have that I don't. I think we all do this and forget being grateful. Having good health and being grateful for it sounds weak compared to having a nice big tv. No one would ever think this stuff out loud or believe that that is
actually how they felt. But in the end, it's the gross truth.
That started making a change in my heart a little bit ago. Something clicked while sitting with my daughter when she was about 6 months old. She had been sick for a couple days and this day she started feeling better. Her entire demeanor changed. Her eyes lightened up. I was holding her and she looked right at me and gave me the biggest smile.
Now she has smiled at me before obviously. But something shifted in this one. In her face and smile I saw how good my life actually is. A beautiful daughter. A gorgeous wife who loves me. A solid roof over my head. Money is coming in. I have a great family and true friends that I can count on.
Is my daughter always that smiley? NO! She is a very particular little girl who got the gift of volume from her daddy. And every bit of the diva parts of my personality. Is my wife always loving and happy with me? Nope. Sometimes she gets on my last nerve. And a lot of things have shifted a lot since that moment with my daughter. Life has had a lot of ups and downs and probably more downs. But man, Jesus is faithful. I have so much to be grateful for.
And that's where real truth comes in. Jesus is remarkably faithful. Faithful and true will be tattooed on his legs when he returns. They are part of Him. They are who He is. They are His character.
So why do we live like we do? We live broken and as if we are without. But we have the ultimate gift giver just waiting to lavish His kids.
Phillipians 4:6-7 (NLT)
Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God's peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus
So that's how I pray these days. That's how I am spending my time and trying to live daily. Yeah I still want stuff. I want things I don't have. And who knows if I will ever get them. But I know He is good. He will provide for my needs better than anyone else. And He knows the desires of our heart and is willing to shower His kids with presents. So I pray with anticipation and knowing He is for me.
So, when I head into lead worship on a Sunday morning, thankful is where I want to find myself. I don't want to have to be creating it on the spot. I know how I have done at being grateful that week when I worship in song. I find myself tearing up at His goodness. By the time I get to Sunday morning, singing is just an outward expression of what is true on my heart.
Everyday is not awesome. Today is about 4 years from that moment with my daughter. And as I said, life has had a host of downs over the last several years. Not worth mentioning. If you are curious, you can go check out my blog where I write a lot of stuff.
But way more now than that little moment with my daughter, I have so much to be grateful for. I have so much to praise Him for. I have so much that I am undeserving of.
Day to day, He continues to wreck and rebuild me. He continues to shower goodness on me. I still don't always see it or acknowledge it, but it is there when I choose to look.
So I want you to try a couple things today.
1. RECAP: Take a little bit of time and look back over some of your life a little bit. Look back over the last week. I guarantee there have been some great things to be grateful for. If you are having a hard time thinking of any, ask Jesus and ask people around you. Even the smallest of things is something worth holding on to.
2. SOAK IT IN: Sit for a minute and take it all in. Spend some time with it. Let it roll around in your spirit. If you have to, write some things down. Cause you may need a constant reminder in the hard times. We have a tendency to be forgetful. You want to find ways to start keeping stuff front and center in your world that are really important. If you make regularly reflecting on the positive a part of your life, you'll have a great base when the harder times do come.
3. START YOUR MORNING WITH THIS STUFF: I am so bad about this but I try to do it. My whole day is set up better when I start here. It just gets you on the right foot right out of the gate.
So what do you have on your paper?
See you next week!


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We made it! We went from sunny warm south Florida to the cold snowy north last week. My husband and son left a week early while Conner and I stayed to pack until the movers arrived. We've been staying with my mom and dad while we get the new house (a rental) ready and until the moving truck arrives with all our stuff. It's been so much fun hanging out with family. Within days, I had watched my nephews, dropped my niece off at school, and had a big family birthday celebration. It's been wonderful!
But, let's be honest, moving sucks. So do road trips.
The drive from point A to point B was epically bad. Conner and I spent the night on air mattresses which is a complete misnomer if air doesn't stay in the mattress. Conner's had to be re-inflated twice before we even turned the lights out. She slept horribly. Therefore, I slept horribly. The next morning was like a real-life game of Tetris as I attempted to get two cars worth of stuff into the back of my mini-van as well as the daughter, the dog, and the 16 year-old cat. I drugged the cat as she's been known to meow for 12 hours straight during car rides and that was a great decision because the drive from Florida to our stop in North Carolina will go down in McLaren family lore.
Conner has cyclic vomiting syndrome which is just as much fun as it sounds. In a nutshell, she wakes up horribly nauseated and vomits violently until it runs its course. It isn't associated with a gastrointestinal illness and it frequently evolves into a migraine. We've discovered over time that fatigue is a strong trigger for it. She slept terribly the night before we left and when she woke up feeling great, both of us thought she was in the clear.
We were wrong.
About an hour after we left, she noticed that her stomach hurt. We both decided to ignore it. Denial is a wonderful coping mechanism. A few minutes later it got worse and her head started to hurt. These are classic early warning signs and I knew we were headed into trouble. Of all the things that made it into the car, a puke bucket was forgotten. All I had was a pizza box with two slices of some of the best pizza in south Florida.
Of course I ate the pizza. Let's not be silly.
I handed the box back to her in the nick of time and I swear that the force of her puking practically propelled my seat forward. My kids are champion pukers and this one sounded like it was in a class all its own. All of a sudden, she starts shrieking that the box is leaking and to pull over. Thankfully, we were on the highway in a stretch of big fields so I was able to safely pull completely off the road. I jumped out of the car and opened her door.
It was like a scene out of a movie. I grabbed the leaking pizza box and ran over to the passenger side of the car to drop it in the grass. She had stopped throwing up but the damage was done. She was covered in vomit. COVERED. It was dripping off her chin, all down her t-shirt, on her pants, and it even filled a shoe. Like, completely filled a shoe. She handed me the shoe and I had to pour it out on the grass. Pour it into the grass, people. I dug through our belongings and found a clean t-shirt. She mopped up the best that she could and I'd like to personally apologize to whomever stumbles across the pizza box full of vomit and the t-shirt that I left at the side of the road.
We traveled about 30 minutes up the road to a rest stop to try and clean her up a little more. She had to walk barefoot into the rest station bathroom because her shoe was soaked with vomit. So, I'm sure she's now picked up flesh eating bacteria. We got into the bathroom and they had no paper towels. Wonderful. The other women in the bathroom carefully backed away from us because Conner looked like she was about to erupt into vomit at any second. I looked like I had just faced war and lost. We brushed off her pants as best as we could with toilet paper and she washed her hands and face. We trudged back out to the car of vomit and I cleared a clean place for her.
The temperature was steadily dropping as we headed north and I knew I'd have to stop and get her another pair of shoes. I only packed the tennis shoes because she'd grown out of her snow boots and flip-flops weren't practical in the north in early March. About six hours into our drive, I stopped just south of Jacksonville. Yes, you read that right. We hadn't even made it out of Florida yet. I left her locked in the car and ran into Target and bought new shoes, new pants, a long sleeve t-shirt, new socks, new underwear, a puke bucket, Ibuprofen, and Dramamine. Then, we stopped at a gas station where I insisted she put the new shoes on before walking into the gas station bathroom (we have standards, people) and she changed clothes. I thoroughly drugged the poor child and we headed on our way.
We were about 20 minutes south of the Florida/Georgia border when the dog threw up.
I freely admit that expletives were uttered. And our car smelled awesome.
While there were no more episodes of vomit from any living creature in the vehicle, there were many many stops for pee breaks, to let the cat out, the let the dog out, and to get out of the stench. It took about 14 hours to get to our stop and I would like to thank my sister-in-law emphatically for the best pornographically dirty martini that I've ever had. Never was an alcoholic beverage appreciated more.
The drive from North Carolina to Ohio the next day was easy. The child was drugged, the cat was drugged, and the dog was drugged. The scenery was beautiful and we were surrounded by snow and mountains yet the highways were clear and easy to drive on. Best of all, it was a puke free day. Winning!
Since our arrival, we've been surrounded by family and loved ones. We've been cleaning and painting and getting ready for our moving truck to show up. There's been no more puke but my car is in serious need of detailing. I pity that person. I really do. My niece asked not to get back into my car because it smells bad. They don't make enough Febreeze to fix the damage done to the upholstery.
I've included a photo of the dog and the child after both had emptied their bellies and collapsed in exhaustion. I should have added a photo of me enjoying the hell out of that martini.
Needless to say, we are thrilled to be home and look forward to getting settled.


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Take the opportunity to help those behind you on the journey. You have talents and resources that those just starting out crave. If you found any value in the struggle and challenges of your professional or personal journey, I encourage you to share it widely.
Adopt A Med Student
Med school was a different animal back nearly 20 years ago when I came through the ranks. I look back with fond memories and a bit of trepidation. Times were tough and finances non-existent. I recall living on carrots, saltines and diet coke for weeks on end. For some unknown reason, I kept a box of fruit bars I routinely at. These gems were $1.29 for a box of 10. I even made a video about it.
My point is that any small charitable event made all the difference. As an alumni, I am pleased to participate in this program and help and am sharing a letter I wrote to my adopted med student as she prepares to start an incredible journey.
Welcome to the start of an incredible journey!
These next four years of medical school will be challenging, rewarding and fun. Yes – Fun! Time will quickly sail by but be sure to enjoy every day. Resist the temptation to wish time away to get to the next phase of your training as it will arrive soon enough. Give yourself small rewards and celebrate small success along the way as next four years will challenge you in many ways.
I recall fond memories during my time at UND and forged friendships for life. Keep an open and inquisitive mind as you pack seemingly infinite material into your mind. Powerful forces of innovation and technologic advance will change the way you practice medicine. Develop close relationships with your faculty, preceptors and attending physicians and seek out those on the forefront of change. One such physician, Peter Diamandis, is someone I encourage you to follow. Read (or listen on Audible like I do) to his book: Abundance – The Future is Better Than You Think. There will be endless opportunities in your future for patient care, research, administration, entrepreneurship, and innovation. You are certain to have an amazing future.
Take pride in your education and I know you will find yourself at the top of any residency program. The small class size and intimate relationships give you a distinct advantage. Many of my classmates, myself included, became chief residents of their respective residency programs. The work ethic and solid medical foundation of UND students are legendary.
Congratulations and good luck,
Mitchel Schwindt, M.D., FAAEM
Emergency Medicine
UND Class of 1998


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Psychology has always held a fascination for me which is why I chose this for my bachelors degree. In the first week of Psych 101, our essay was on the architecture of sleep and dreams. I got a 99 on this so I hope you find it interesting and useful ~ ENJOY!
Sleep and Dreams
Dreams are interesting diversions from our waking realities. During the course of the night, our dreams take us on grand adventures, sometimes pleasant and sometimes frightening. While researchers do not conclusively agree on the function of dreams, the point is that sleep and dreams are biologically and physiologically necessary to maintain health. Being deprived of either sleep or dreams results in reduced energy, depression, obesity, compromised immune systems, and slowed reactions to visual stimuli. The importance of sleep and dreams begin with appreciating the sleep cycle, what the brain does during sleep, when dreams occur, and how dreams may differ based on circumstances.
The sleep cycle
The sleep cycle is triggered by the biological clock, following the circadian rhythm, which sends messages to sleep or wake up (Myers, 2013, pp. 92, 97). When it is light out, the pineal gland within the hypothalamus inhibits production of the sleep inducing hormone melatonin, but when it is dark, production is reinstated, thus marking the beginning of the sleep cycle (National Sleep Foundation, n.d., para. 4). The sleep cycle moves between rapid eye movement (REM) and non-rapid eye movement (NREM) stages. Sleep starts with NREM and has three numbered sub-stages. During NREM-1, the sleep is so light it is easy to wake up. In NREM-2, a light sleep occurs. In NREM-3, deep sleep begins and waking up during this stage is very difficult. The final stage is REM, evidenced by the rapid eye movement. These stages cycle approximately every 90 minutes in a somewhat recurrent rhythm with differences between frequency and duration. In the first half of the night, deeper sleep occurs and, in the latter half of the night, REM and light sleep dominate (Walker, 2009).
What the brain does during sleep
Throughout the sleep cycle the brain is active and, depending on the sleep stage, will be depicted by either slow, deep waves or rapid waves of neural activity. During NREM-1, the brain waves start to slow, body temperature begins to drop, and muscles begin to relax. In NREM-2, neural activity is irregular with slow brain wave activity offset by spurts of faster brain waves called spindles. In NREM-3, brain activity is the slowest, marked by slow and deep brain waves. Finally, in REM, brain activity increases and, similar to an awake state, eyes move rapidly, body temperature, blood pressure, heart rate and respiration speed up, and the brainstem blocks messages from the motor cortex leaving muscles relaxed and immovable (Myers, 2013, p.95).
When dreams occur
While some dreams may occur during NREM stages, most dreams occur during REM, which happens at the end of the 90-minute sleep cycle. These dreams are typically vivid, imaginative, and emotional. Throughout the course of the sleep cycle, REM can occur several times and take up as much as 25 percent of the sleeping time (Myers, 2013, pg. 96).
How dream may differ based on circumstance
Dreams have a direct relationship with tasks performed just prior to sleep, with distressing or painful events, and based on location or culture. One example is during NREM-1 sleep, where hynagogic sensations are experienced. This includes the sensation of playing a repetitive game while sleeping (Stickgold, Malia, Maquire, Roddenberry, & O'Connor, 2000.) Other examples are nightmares, dreams that cause strong emotional responses including fear and terror, which typically occur in greater frequency after a traumatic event (Levin & Nielsen, 2007). Finally, dreams can take on an aspect from reality by incorporating the stimuli into the dream. Examples of this include when hunters and farmers have dreams involving animals (Mestel, 1997) or musicians dreaming twice as much about music than non-musicians (Uga, Lemut, Zampi, Zilli, & Salzurulo, 2006).
The function of dreams: Freud's theory
In 1900, Dr. Sigmund Freud made what he felt was his most significant and important discovery about dreams. In his book, The Interpretation of Dreams, Freud claimed that dreams were representatives of wishes left unsatisfied, and expressed unconsciously through hidden symbols contained within the objects present in the dream itself. He proposed that inner conflict could be expressed through dreams safely, and that the function of dreams helped to satisfy those unspoken wishes (Myers, 2013, pp. 106-107).
The function of dreams: New theories
In addition to Freud's theory, new theories about the role dreams play have since emerged and point to four other potential functions of dreaming. The first one suggests that dreams serve to allow the brain to organize and file away facts from the day which in turn leads to increased memory. The second theory is that physiological function is improved because the sleep cycle provides periodic stimulation to the brain's neural pathways. The third theory proposes that neural activity in the brainstem evokes random visual memories and, together with the limbic system, weaves the visuals into story-like dreams. Finally, there is the theory that dreams are the result of the brain maturing and reflecting its cognitive development (Myers, 2013, p. 108).
The importance of sleep
Sleep deprivation has many consequences, including feelings of fatigue, disorientation, memory loss, and could lead to depression, obesity, and mistakes (Owens, 2013, pp. 99-102). When deprived of REM sleep, sensitivity to pain is increased (Roehrs, Hyde, Blaisdell, Greenwald, Roth, 2006), and after a deprivation period, depending on the length and frequency of deprivation, the brain attempts to repay the sleep debt by adjusting sleep cycle to compensate, thus illustrating the biological need for it (Cartwright, 2013).
While there is no conclusive reason why we dream, sleep supports a fundamental need. Considering that our biological clock triggers the onset of sleep, giving the brain an unconscious outlet for discharging information, the mind processes this information in the form of dreams. This means that sleep and dreams are a necessity for a healthy and balanced life. When sleep is deprived, specifically REM sleep, the impact is with the ability to form new memories. Without adequate sleep, learning new things, and remembering them are greatly impacted (Walker, 2009).
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Levin, R., & Nielsen, T. A. (2007). Disturbed Dreaming, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Affect Distress: A Review and Neurocognitive Model. Psychological Bulletin, 133(3), 482-528.
Mestel, R. (1997, April 26). Get real, Siggi – Freud would have been furious – hard-nosed pragmatists are invading the fabulous dream industry he founded. New Scientist. Retrieved from http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg15420799.700-get-real-siggi–freud-would-have-been-furious–hardnosed-pragmatists-are-invading-the-fabulous-dream-industry-he-founded.html
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Uga, V., Lemut, M. C., Zampi, C., Zilli, I., & Salzurulo, P. (2006). Music in dreams. Retrieved from http://web.mit.edu/dmalt/Public/9.10/02sdarticle.pdf
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I'm plotting the temperature rise against the radial position in a pipe due to viscous dissipation. The temperature rise is 0.01 degC at the wall as seen in the attached plot. I've used Fluent to calculate the temperature rise.
My problem is that I can see that Fluent has only reported the result with 3 trailing digits, which causes unwanted steps in my plot. Do one of you guys know how to rise the number of trailing digits in my calculation? (I am running with double precision...)
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