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UPDATE: Joe Paterno's family has also released a statement on the verdict.
Paterno, who died from complications of lung cancer five months ago today, served as Penn State football's head coach before being ousted over the scandal.
The Paterno family called the verdict "an important milestone," and says the community "owes a measure of gratitude to the jurors."
Matthew Keys, deputy social media editor at Reuters, tweeted out the statement.
It's very rare to have these types of cases reversed on appeal, according to former criminal prosecutor Marica Clark, who is currently speaking on CNN.
When a case hinges on credibility, it's almost never reversed, she said.
"Msgr Lynn in Philly convicted of sex abuse cover up today too. Penn State and Catholic Church have great shame in common.
#sandusky" according to a tweet from CNN's Jeffrey Toobin.
"Penn state has a lot to answer for," Toobin said on CNN.
"I suspect we will never ever know how many [kids] he abused," Toobin said. "It has to haunt us how many people knew about this and didn't come forward."
Toobin added that he doesn't think Sandusky will serve his time in the general prison population, which is often too dangerous for child molesters.
Tom Kline, the lawyer for Victim 5, is telling CNN that Sandusky looked at his client adoringly throughout the trial.
UPDATE: Amendola is currently speaking on CNN, saying Sandusky was "distraught and disappointed" after the verdict came in but didn't say anything.
"Jerry always maintained his innocence and that's important for us to understand," he said. "None of us were there when these things happened."
In further proof of Amendola's affinity for the spotlight, he told CNN's Anderson Cooper: "I watch you all the time," and said "anytime," when Cooper thanked him for the interview.
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett is also weighing in on the verdict; he released a statement commending the victims who had "the courage to come forward and testify."
He also thanked the victims for "proving beyond a reasonable doubt that he is guilty of these reprehensible crimes," Corbett said in his statement.
Michael Boni, the attorney for Victim 1, is telling CNN that his client feels empowered by the verdict.
And over on Nancy Grace, a show correspondent described Victim 6's emotional state a he was (who reportedly approached police back in the late nineties) entering the courthouse for the verdict.
"He was so nervous, he was so nervous," the correspondent said.
"His mother just bursts into tears," upon hearing the verdict, the correspondent reported.
Watch the full video here, courtesy of HLN Nancy Grace:
Also on CNN, Victim 6's mother said about the case, "Nobody wins. We've all lost."
UPDATE: According to the Washington Post, Sandusky will be kept in isolation at the Centre County Correctional Facility.
UPDATE: Justine Andronici, the attorney for victims Nos. 3 and 7, is currently speaking on CNN, saying her clients were "greatly relieved" and almost in disbelief.
One victim said, "thank God he's in jail," while another said the conviction was a "long time coming," according to the interview.
Both victims said they want to get back to their lives and continue the healing process. Andronici said that she expects there to be civil proceedings.
Don't expect to hear from any jurors tonight.
Jurors have been prohibited from talking to the press.
Sentencing in the case could come within 90 days.
UPDATE: Penn State has just released a statement about the Sandusky's conviction.
"The legal process has spoken and we have tremendous respect for the men who came forward to tell their stories publicly," the statement read.
"No verdict can undo the pain and suffering caused by Mr. Sandusky, but we do hope this judgment helps the victims and their families along their path to healing."
At the same time the statement was released, Jeffery Toobin, CNN's legal expert, tweeted there is zero chance he'll get any of these convictions overturned.
In her ongoing press conference on the courthouse steps Kelly thanked the media for its work raising awareness of the issues in this case.
UPDATE: Attorney General Linda Kelly is introducing her team, as they come out of the courthouse, to cheers. She offers support for the victims.
"This trial was not something they sought but has forced them to deal with demons from their childhood," says Kelly.
She hopes this will help other children who've been molested to come forward.
"Who would believe a kid?" one of the victims asked Kelly. Her reply: "We would believe a kid."
Kelly says, predators carefully select their victims, in this case underprivileged children. All of them turned to the charity, Second Mile, in their time of need, where we know Jerry Sandusky trolled for victims.
"We have to continue to shine a light on those dark places where the Jerry Sandusky's of the world lurk," says Kelly.
Behavior of those who don't turn in predators are "abominable."
UPDATE: Joe Amendola is currently addressing the press assembled outside the courthouse.
"The Sandusky family is very disappointed obviously, but we respect their verdict," Amendola said, adding the tidal wave of public opinion was against his client.
Amendola compared the case to "attempting to climb Mt. Everest."
"It was the expected outcome," Amendola said of the conviction.
However, "we feel we have some decent appeal issues," he added.
"The prosecution handled the case in an exemplary manner, we congratulate them," Amendola said, adding the Judge John Cleland was "marvelous."
When addressing questions about the fact Sandusky didn't testify, Amendola said he received a call from the Commonwealth informing him the prosecution was considering introducing Matt, Sandusky's adopted son, as a witness.
The next day the prosecution reportedly said it wouldn't call Matt Sandusky as a primary witness but possibly as a rebuttal witness.
The commonwealth's decision put Sandusky's defense team in a tight spot, because if Sandusky took the stand, prosecutors would almost certainly call Matt to the stand.
"We decided as a legal strategy position to put Jerry on the stand to have Matt come in and testify against him would have destroyed whatever chances he would have had at acquittal," Amendola said.
Amendola really got the crowd riled up when he said the fact that Sandusky was convicted of 45 counts doesn't mean he's sick.
At that point, someone in the audience began screaming, "Do you thinks he's innocent?" Audience also cheers applause as Amendola states that Sandusky will spend the rest of his life in jail.
Amendola also added he was "shocked" by Matt's decision to come forward.
"We had anticipated that Matt would be one of our witnesses."
"Jerry had said Matt has had problems," Amendola added.
Reporters asked if the convicted assistant coach is now being kept on suicide watch, to which Amendola replied "I don't know."
UPDATE: Karl Rominger, Sandusky's co-counsel, is telling CNN's Anderson Cooper the former assistant coach had tears in his eyes and has always respected the legal process.
"The judge was very fair to us on many levels," Rominger told Cooper. "But the judge had many unique rulings because the law in the area was so unclear."
Rominger said no meaningful plea was ever offered and Sandusky is maintaining his innocence. He said his client plans to appeal.
The co-counsel also told Cooper the defense didn't have enough time to build a proper case and during the trial it seemed like the government was leading its witnesses.
UPDATE: The Associated Press just tweeted a video of Sandusky walking into the courtroom tonight to hear the jury's verdict.
In the video he looks pretty calm and collected as he's driven to the front door.
Here's the video, courtesy of the AP:
UPDATE: Dottie Sandusky leaves court and hugs and kisses well-wishers. She is likely so stoic because she was prepared for this verdict.
The amount of pain and fragility present in the victims' testimony had much sway over the jury.
CNN's Jason Carroll reporting that the idea of a plea was brought up a number of times but Sandusky refused. He said he was innocent and wanted to fight the charges.
UPDATE: Wife, Dottie Sandusky just blinked as verdicts were read.
Adopted son Jonathan was overcome with emotion. Victim number 6 hugging his family. Jerry Sandusky leaves the courthouse in handcuffs looking like he's in shock.
Sandusky will be taken straight to local jail and will probably be put under suicide watch for the next 72 hours.
A conviction on any one of the counts could have brought a life sentence.
UPDATE: CNN reporting guilty on 45 of 48 counts, not guilty on 3 counts. Sentence could total 442 years.
UPDATE: Reuters is filming live outside the courthouse as reporters line up to hear the verdict.
You can watch the live feed here.
UPDATE: In hopefully just a few minutes, we should know whether Jerry Sandusky has been convicted of charges that he molested young boys while he was Assistant Coach of Football at Penn State.
But even Joe Amendola, Sandusky's lawyer, isn't expecting a favorable verdict, telling Fox News he would "die of a heart attack" if all charges against Sandusky were dropped.
Reuters reporter Anthony De Rosa has tweeted that the press isn't allowed to tweet or report the verdict until court has been adjourned.
ORIGINAL: It's being reported by NYTimes and CBS News that jurors in the Sandusky trial have reached a verdict.
Stay here for live update. Press will not be allowed to tweet or report the verdict until the court has been adjourned.
Verdict to come in 15 minutes. All of the 48 counts must be read through. If convicted, Sandusky could receive up to 500 years in jail.
For the past two days, a jury of five men and seven women has been deliberating.
The announcement comes just a day after prosecutors released alarming letters Sandusky allegedly wrote to one of his accusers, identified only as Victim 4.
Sandusky's adopted son Matt also announced Thursday he was abused by the former assistant coach.
There's been speculation that because of the short deliberation, a mere 21 hours, the verdict could come in guilty.


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Ultrafire WF-1300L is inbound just because I love 1000 lumens OTF .
Ultrafire WF-1300L is inbound just because I love 1000 lumens OTF .
Lumapower ConneXion X2, arrived yesterday
It was the closest to the EDC light I wanted:
- Takes AA batteries
- It's floodier than average (but has a good throw for up to medium-range)
- Tailstands
- Can be turned into a full flood light if needed (by removing the head and exposing the LED)
- Multimode with a good high and a nice low mode (medium is a welcome optional for me)
- Helder
It's not how far you fall, it's the way you land
1000 lum
I just ordered the 3rd Fenix P1D after the postal service apparently sent it on a round the world voyage. I bought one for my daughters mate as a thank you for letting me stay in their home for my triple bypass and one for myself, unfortunately mine went for a walkabout so I ordered a 3rd one just as my ex notified me it landed at my daughters house yesterday. I told her I had just ordered another one as a replacement and she asked "Can I have this one then" I think she has lost the dorcy 2 cell 123 light I gave her so naturally I said yes just read the instructions and don't lose this one LOL. It sure is fun creating new flashaholics!!!!
will work for peanuts
The only thing is that they say it is not an HID light... they are claiming it was falsely advertised and is actually a halogen...
The light seems to have a powerful beam, based on the posted beamshots.... but then again it does take 3 18650's... And if anything... this is probably a cell guzzler if it is a halogen..
TaigerSX... what is your input on this? Since you do own this light...
I guess nobody credible like Selfbuilt really tested this light out. So no really confirmed lightbox results and/or runtime charts for this light ATM...
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I appologize that htis is my first post and have been reading up for quite a while on all information. I have the uf rl-2088 light and think it is worth every $. Well made, quite bright, fair run time and came with out any flaws. I have researched all the lights that I have purchased through the CPF forums. I have used the reviews good/bad and even on this light I found mixed reviews. I still purchased the light and am very pleased with it. My hat is off to all of you for your great reviews as well as bad. I guess you have saved me some $.
I appologie for the previous post as you were speaking of a different light than me. First post and a little anxious I guess!
Last week I received two new Fenix: E20 and P2D. Today, another Terralux Lightstar 220 arrived.
The reasons: These are the 4th and 5th Fenix models in my collection. I really like this brand: reliable, well-constructed, never failed or blinked.
About the Terralux, as I said, is the second unit of the same model I own, this time purchased as a back-up (the original is alright, thanks). Also very well built one.
I suck at actually buying lights...
The last two lights I bought were my Fenix e01 (last october) and L1T (over a year ago) - the e01 as a replacement for a Solitaire style light - small, basic and functional. The L1T as my main light - simple UI, AA batteries, solid and functional.
Between those two I haven't really had any need to buy a new light (ignoring the cost factor) and I have not yet found anything better suited to what I want than the L1T (the LD10 for example is better, but too complicated, Surefires use 123's not AA, etc...)
I am currently debating either another L1T as a spare (after misplacing it a couple of times...) or an LD01 as a halfway between the e01 and L1T - smaller and easier to carry than the L1T, but also more output and better tint than the e01.
What kind of self respecting nocturnal being cannot see in the dark, one way or another?
A D10 R2, because I can't bear to be without a light while waiting for my Warm Quark AA.
It's the second D10 I've had, the switch stopped working on the first and it never reached the company I returned it to, but the simplicity of the UI and the ease of carrying it clipped in the coin pocket on my jeans were enough to convince me to buy another one. Sadly the new one seems to be going through batteries at an alarming rate, but it's here to stay at least until I get the Quark.
I ordered the UltraFire MCU-C7 from DealExtreme along with a bare MC-E emitter. I wanted to try the emitter swap I read about. Worked pretty well. Runs about 250 lumens but it sure eats batteries.
Single Cell 123 Lights....That's the way I roll.
Eagletac T100C2. Excellent regulation with 18650 batteries, and 200+ lumens with a smooth beam using a smooth reflector!
Eagletac P100C2. It has plenty of runtime and output and is small enough for pocket carry.
Fiat lux!
L1D and an E01 as my first "real" flashlights for EDC.
Use them both in work, and as good as the L1D is, I still want more. I have a feeling August could be an expensive month, I want a load of lights sorted and ready for the winter!!
www.anarkypaintball.com Constantly looking for SHINEY things
Some people are like slinkys. They have no real good use, but the thought of pushing them down the stairs brings a smile to your face
So as not to confuse you.... I am copying Gunner12's post to show you which head is compatible with which body tube:
"The P2D/PD20 head is compatible with the L1D/L2D/LD10/LD20/L1T V2.0/L2T V2.0 body and the same circuit as the respective models(P2D/L1D/L2D, same circuit, PD20/LD10/LD20, same circuit)."
Hope this helps and saves you some money!
Quark 123 Tactical Neutral (warm) Tint No Clip.
I ordered this light because I wanted the following features:
2 level operation, with each level selectable
Warm tint emitter for outdoor use (hiking, camping, hunting, fishing, etc.)
Low lows (moonlight .2 lumens and low, 3.5 lumens)
Silly modes (strobe SOS) either absent, or completely out of the way
As a bonus, there are several other desireable qualities:
Very nice beam pattern, good combo of throw and flood
Very good build quality
Lego-izable for different battery types
Forward clicky
Great knurling - aggressive enough to hold onto, but probably won't eat pocket linings...time will tell
Aesthetically pleasing styling
If we could get everyone in the world to close their eyes and imagine world peace for an hour, think about how serene it would be until the looting started. -Unknown
LiteFlux LF5XT: unparalleled customizing possibilities, build quality, sale price, and the fact that my only other AA lights are a JetBeam Jet 1 (about 30-35 lumens, max) and a JetBeam EP3, which is made of relatively heavy stainless steel.
I've been looking for a AA light with an upgraded LED and a UI that I can conform to my desired qualities, at a good price, and the sale on this light was an opportunity I felt I should jump on.
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"However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light." -- Stanley Kubrick
Nitecore EZAA / EZ123
And Surefire LX2
As for why... hmmm well its hard enough justifying it to my girlfriend so ''JUST BECAUSE''
Rayovac Sportsman Extreme 300 lumen lantern and parts for my ROP mod... because I just can't stop buying things that emit light.
my recent purchase was last week. it's a led lenser x21
i last bought a 18650 L2 with a deereelight r2 and awesome
Just bought a NDI, mainly takes an AA battery with tactical mode.
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NEW YORK RANGERS vs. BUFFALO SABRES
Tuesday, Mar. 1, 7:00 p.m.
Madison Square Garden • New York, NY
Rangers: 33-27-4 (70 pts)
Sabres: 29-25-7 (65 pts)
* All information through NHL games on Feb. 27
The Rangers will continue their three-game homestand when they face-off against the Buffalo Sabres tomorrow, Mar. 1, at Madison Square Garden (7:00 p.m.), in their second of five games in eight days. The Blueshirts currently rank third in the Atlantic Division standings, and seventh in the Eastern Conference, with a record of 33-27-4 (70 pts). The Rangers enter tomorrow's contest having been defeated by the Tampa Bay Lightning, 2-1, on Sunday at Madison Square Garden, and are now 2-1-0 in their last three games. The Sabres enter the contest with a 29-25-7 (65 pts) record to rank ninth in the Eastern Conference, and have registered a point in each of their last three games (2-0-1). Following tomorrow's contest, the Rangers will conclude their three-game homestand when they face-off against the Minnesota Wild on Thursday, Mar. 3, at Madison Square Garden (7:00 p.m.), in the first game of a back-to-back set.
TV: Versus
7:00 p.m. – Rangers vs. Sabres
Radio: 970 The Apple and newyorkrangers.com
6:30 p.m. – Rangers Pre-Game Show
7:00 p.m. – Rangers vs. Sabres
Broadcasters: Don LaGreca (Play-By-Play), Dave Maloney (Analyst)
RANGERS vs. SABRES:
All-Time: 57-69-25-5 overall (33-26-15-3 at home, 24-43-10-2 on the road)
2010-11: Tonight is the third of four meetings this season, and the second of two meetings at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers own a 2-0-0 record thus far, including a 1-0-0 mark at home following a 3-2 overtime victory at MSG on Nov. 11.
Last Season: New York was 1-2-1 overall and 0-1-1 at home. Three of their four meetings were decided by one goal, including a 2-1 overtime loss on Mar. 7 at MSG.
The Rangers rank 24th with a 14-14-3 (31 pts) record at home; the Sabres rank 14th with a 15-10-4 (34 pts) mark on the road
New York is 7-5-1 vs. the Northeast Division; Buffalo is 3-8-3 vs. the Atlantic Division
Henrik Lundqvist is 8-6-2 with a 2.49 goals against average in 16 career regular season games vs. Buffalo; Martin Biron is 8-3-0-1 with a 2.82 goals against average and two shutouts in 13 career regular season appearances vs. Buffalo
Vinny Prospal has tallied a team-high, 12 goals, 17 assists and 29 points in 48 career regular season contests vs. Buffalo; Brandon Dubinsky has registered 14 points (six goals, eight assists) in 12 career regular season contests vs. Buffalo
New York lists two former Sabres on their roster: Martin Biron (1995-96 – 2006-07); Chris Drury (2003-04 – 2006-07)
Buffalo lists no former Rangers on their roster
The Blueshirts have posted a plus-10 rating on special teams (PPG+SHG minus PPGA+SHGA) this season, which is tied for fourth in the league.
Power Play: The Rangers did not tally a goal in four power play opportunities (8:00) on Sunday vs. Tampa Bay, and are now 10-52 (19.2%) with the man advantage in their last 13 games. New York ranks 24th overall (38-229, 16.6%) and 20th at home (21-118, 17.8%). The Rangers are 2-10 (8:17) in five-on-three situations (last – 2/22 at CAR), and 0-3 (4:23) when four-on-three (last – 2/17 vs. LAK). Shorthanded goals allowed (4): 11/20 at MIN (Cullen); 12/5 vs. OTT (Kelly); 1/2 at FLA (Weiss); 1/16 vs. PHI (Richards).
Penalty Killing: The Blueshirts surrendered one goal to the Lightning in six shorthanded situations (10:53) and tallied one shorthanded goal on Sunday at MSG, and have allowed only seven power play goals against in the last 22 games (63-70, 90.0% over the span). New York ranks seventh overall (182-216, 84.3%) and 12th at home (82-97, 84.5%). The Rangers are 7-10 (7:21) in three-on-five situations (last – 2/27 vs. TBL), and 4-6 (2:41) when three-on-four (last – 11/15 at PIT). Shorthanded goals for (10): 10/9 at BUF (Dubinsky); 11/5 at NJD (Dubinsky); 11/15 at PIT (Staal); 11/24 at TBL (Boyle); 11/26 at FLA (Prust); 12/5 vs. OTT (Prust); 12/12 vs. WSH (Staal); 12/16 vs. PHX (Prust); 1/7 at DAL (Fedotenko); 2/27 vs. TBL (Prust).
Four-on-Four: New York did not skate in a four-on-four situation on Sunday vs. Tampa Bay, and are now plus-three in 48, four-on-four situations (98:15). The Rangers are even in one, three-on-three situation (2:00) this season (2/17 vs. LAK). Four-on-four goals for (5): 10/18 vs. COL (Frolov); 11/11 vs. BUF (Anisimov); 11/15 at PIT (Callahan); 12/12 vs. WSH (Callahan); 1/5 vs. CAR (Zuccarello). Four-on-four goals allowed (2): 10/15 vs. TOR (Kessel); 1/1 at TBL (Thompson).
On Saturday, the Rangers acquired defenseman Bryan McCabe from Florida, in exchange for forward Tim Kennedy and a third round pick in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft. McCabe has eclipsed the 40-point plateau five times, including three seasons of 50 or more points, and was named to the NHL Second All-Star Team in 2004. The 15-year NHL veteran skated in his 1,000th career game on Nov. 6, 2009 vs. Washington, and was named Florida's captain on Sept. 23, 2009. McCabe, who made his Rangers' debut on Sunday vs. Tampa Bay, registered five goals and 17 assists for 22 points, along with 28 penalty minutes in 48 games with Florida this season prior to the trade.
Martin Biron is one of only four players in NHL history to play for all three teams in the state of New York. The other three are Pat LaFontaine, Mike Donnelly and Jason Dawe.
The Rangers completed their 15th of 18 back-to-back sets on Feb. 18 at New Jersey. New York is 9-5-1 (3-1-0 at home, 6-4-1 on the road) in the first game of back-to-backs. The Blueshirts are 10-5-0 (4-2-0 at home, 6-3-0 on the road) in the second game this season, having out-scored their opponent, 39-25, in those games. Over the last two seasons, New York is 19-7-2 in the back-end of back-to-back sets, including an 8-3-1 mark at MSG and 11-4-1 on the road over the span. New York's next back-to-back set begins on Thursday vs. Minnesota, and will conclude on Friday at Ottawa.
New York has posted a record of 7-18-3 when trailing after the second period. The Rangers' 17 points lead the league, while their seven wins are tied for first in the NHL and their .250 winning percentage rank third. The Blueshirts have out-shot their opponent, 152-83, in the third period of their last 13 games.
The Rangers have registered four more wins and four more points compared to last season through 64 games (29-27-8, 66 points in 2009-10), having tallied 10 more goals (179 this season, 169 last season) while allowing 18 fewer goals against (157 this season, 175 last season). New York has also shown a five-goal improvement while shorthanded compared to 2009-10 (10 this season, five last season).
The Rangers are tied for the league lead in shorthanded goals (10) and hits (1,821), second in blocked shots (1,016), rank fifth in road wins (19) and goals against (157), seventh in penalty killing (84.3%), and eighth with a plus-22 goal differential.
The Blueshirts have skated in 32 one-goal games this season, which is the fifth most in the league, having posted a record of 17-11-4 in those contests. Their 17 wins are tied for sixth in the NHL. Nineteen of the Rangers' last 26 games have been decided by one goal, including nine of their last 12 home games.
The Rangers have had 18 different players credited with at least one game winning goal this season, which is the most in the NHL.
Brandon Prust enters tonight's contest with a three game scoring streak, registering three points (two goals, one assist) over the span
Ryan McDonagh has tallied three assists in the last four games
Ryan Callahan has recorded nine points (six goals, three assists) in the last 12 games, including seven points (four goals, three assists) in the last seven contests
Mats Zuccarello has registered eight assists in the last 13 games
Derek Stepan has tallied six points (three goals, three assists) in the last nine games, and has recorded seven points (three goals, four assists) in the last nine home games
Vinny Prospal has recorded five points (two goals, three assists) in the last eight contests
Henrik Lundqvist posted his 200th career win in a 4-3 shootout win vs. Los Angeles on Feb. 17, becoming only the fifth goalie in franchise history to reach the 200-win mark. He currently ranks fourth on the Rangers' all-time wins list (202).
The Rangers have the sixth youngest team in the league with an average age of 26 years and 210 days, and the youngest defensive corp in the league with an average age of 24 years and 328 days. *based on NHL rosters on Jan. 11
Steve Eminger: 2 games from 400 NHL career
Henrik Lundqvist: 200th career NHL win (2/17 vs. LAK)
· Derek Boogaard (injured shoulder on Dec. 9) – 34
· Alex Frolov (injured knee on Jan. 8, expected to be sidelined for the remainder of the season) – 21
· Chris Drury (injured knee on Feb. 4, 6 weeks) – 10
· Marian Gaborik (concussion-like symptoms) – 3
· Marc Staal (knee strain on Feb. 22, day to day) – 2
Total Man-Games Lost: 245
· Feb. 26: Acquired defenseman Bryan McCabe from Florida, in exchange for forward Tim Kennedy and a third round pick in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft
· Feb. 26: Assigned defenseman Michael Del Zotto to Connecticut (AHL)


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Film Review: The Economics of Happiness
"Lonely people have never been happy people. And globalization is creating a very lonely planet." So says activist and author Vandana Shiva in The Economics of Happiness, an incisive documentary that links today's global crises (climate change, terrorism, the financial crash) with personal malaise (rising levels of depression and the pervasive emptiness of consumer society). The cause? The macroeconomic structure of globalization, a massive conglomerate of megabanks, multinational corporations, and international financial institutions, all constantly expanding in a deregulated environment that takes profit, and never people, as the raison d'être of all things.
The cure? Localization. A return to community, where people can forge connections with neighbors instead of advertising models, and buy food from a nearby farmer instead of the industrial agricultural machine. It is the economic and social bond among fellow citizens, and their very interdependence, insists economic analyst Helena Norberg-Hodge, that allows them to be truly happy.
Interdependence is not something to which we aspire in a culture that glorifies the self-reliant pioneer and solo entrepreneur. Nor is the local, as the film poignantly shows through the case of Ladakh, a remote Himalayan village that went from self-sufficient, equitable, and compassionate to fragmented, poor, and violent due to economic development along a Western model and the introduction of cheap imported foods and Western
media. Globalization convinced the
Ladakhis that their culture was shamefully primitive, and they abandoned its best features within a decade, deciding, as so many of us do, to strive instead for a cosmopolitan, "global" life.
The Economics of Happiness captures the incredible waste of global capitalism through eye-opening examples: apples grown in the U.K., flown to South Africa to be waxed, then flown back and sold in British supermarkets; tuna caught on the East Coast of the United States, shipped to Japan for processing, then sold back in America.
"Localization is the
economics of happiness."
Director Helena Norberg-Hodge talks to YES! about how communities can get happy
by going local.
The film also reveals the profound unhappiness of such a disconnected world: Ladakhi elders are brought on a "reality tour" of Western culture and witness the desperate loneliness of an old-age nursing home. The sadness in their eyes as they view the end result of a profit-obsessed, people-empty economic system is an anti-globalization statement that needs no words.
While eight "inconvenient truths" about globalization—that it breeds insecurity, accelerates climate change, increases conflict, and so forth—dominate the first half of the film, the second half restores hope. Its renowned pro-localization cast, including David Korten, Juliet Schor, and Rob Hopkins, inspires belief that ordinary citizens have the power to delegitimize the institutions of globalization, and reclaim meaningful lives through local ventures. Vivid scenes of farmers' markets, renewable energy initiatives, and community building from Nicaragua to France, Japan, and Australia show that happiness is possible—and we can welcome it in by embracing the bounty of life that lies close to home.
All around you are everyday heroes who refuse to be complicit in the economic mistreatment of other people.
- How to overcome the obstacles and cultivate a caring, supportive community group in the face of tough economic times.
Buy Independent and Buy Local campaigns have a big effect, according to a new survey of independent businesses. Here's how you can reap the benefits for your local economy.


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Exit Poll: FSU or Clemson? Is Jameis Winston midseason MVP?
Each week this season we'll tap into the minds of some of college football's best players from over the years in our weekly Exit Poll. This week, Sporting News asks: Which team wins this week's big game between Florida State and Clemson.
Speaking of Florida State, redshirt freshman QB Jameis Winston gets plenty of support for midseason MVP from our panel.
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1. Clemson and FSU are both undefeated and with a win Saturday, one of them moves closer to a spot in the BCS Championship Game. Which team wins Saturday?
Jake Plummer: Both these teams have exceptional quarterbacks in Tajh Boyd and Jameis Winston. Boyd is proving how good he is and, with his experience, is expected to play big in a game like this. Winston, on the other hand, is young and playing with confidence, finding ways to win and make plays. I am going with FSU because I love Famous Jameis' style of play.
Butch Woolfolk: Clemson is battle tested and ready for the challenge on both sides of the ball, having played big games already against Georgia and South Carolina. FSU's biggest challenge in 2013 has been their intrasquad scrimmages.
Jared Zabransky: This game, since Week 1, has been my most-anticipated matchup outside of the Alabama-A&M game. This is going to be a coin toss. Both teams have dynamic players on offense with quarterbacks playing at very high levels and a number of talented receivers. I think FSU might be the better team but only slightly—and Clemson playing at home gives them a competitive advantage. It's going to be a great game.
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2. Last week was full of upsets. Which one surprised you most?
Woolfolk: Stanford, a team noted for its discipline, should never have been caught with its pants down. Obviously, the Cardinal are better than Utah, but the BCS charts only see the results from the game.
Plummer: Oklahoma losing to Texas. Texas had looked awful at times this season, but like any program that lands all the best recruits in the country, they decided to play against Oklahoma. I marvel at how they can look so bad and then look so good—maybe they should all focus on the current moment and stop thinking about the NFL. They should be proud but not too excited. Oklahoma was grossly over-ranked.
Zabransky: Stanford losing to Utah. I hadn't seen or read much on the Utes, so that came out of nowhere. Texas has a very comparable level of talent to that of Oklahoma and I believe Missouri is underrated. I think we see Missouri finishing the year in or near the top 10. The Big Ten is a one-trick pony in Ohio State so there will be more upsets throughout the schedule in this conference.
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3. Who is your midseason MVP?
Zabransky: Jameis Winston. He is the 2013 season's version on Johnny Manziel. Not taking too much away from Johnny, but with the position Florida State is in right now and controlling its own destiny for a national championship, the edge goes to Winston.
Woolfolk: Marcus Mariota, perfectly suited physically to spearhead Oregon's high-powered offense, has something even more special going for him. College football doesn't know how to count the significance of a star player's "Swagger Factor." Johnny Football has similar swag, but just doesn't have the same talent surrounding him. From a long line of record-setting Oregon quarterbacks, Mariota has learned from them all and is the best of the bunch.
Plummer: Famous Jameis Winston. This kid is a freshman and has stepped right in to replace E.J. Manuel. The plays he makes and the ability he possesses make him invaluable to the Seminoles.
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4. Which stadium gives the home team the best home-field advantage these days?
Plummer: Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon, is one of the loudest stadiums in America. The fans up there are relentless and never stop screaming. Opposing teams most likely hear the "OOOOOOOOOOOHHHH" and then think to themselves, "OOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHH (crap)" we can't hear anything.
Woolfolk: Has playing in places at LSU, Alabama, Ohio State and Clemson been difficult because of the stadium or because of the talent of the home team and superior coaching? I think everyone knows that answer. Most of these traditionally tough teams could beat 90 percent of their competitors on an open-field goat ranch in Honduras. There is no college team with a real, legitimate home-field advantage like the NFL's Denver Broncos enjoy with their thin-air stadium environment. To me, home-field advantage is hype—pure hype.
Zabransky: Kyle Field (Texas A&M) and Autzen (Oregon) should be at the top of the list. I have yet to watch a game at the Aggies' home field but from peers I have heard it to be extremely loud and they are winning a lot of games at home recently for myriad reasons. The fans there do a great job of helping. I watched Boise State vs. Oregon in 2008—it was extremely loud when Oregon made the late run to get back in the game. Those two teams have been great the last few years and without a doubt they get legitimate assistance from their home crowd.
Our Exit Poll panelists:
Jake Plummer
Arizona State's third all-time leading passer with 8,626 yards and 65 TDs, Plummer was the Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year in 1996. He went on to a 10-year NFL career and reached the Pro Bowl in 2005 with Denver. You can find him working in studio for the Pac-12 Network when he's not offering one-on-one QB instruction to college and high school players or spending time with his wife and two sons.
Butch Woolfolk
Woolfolk led Michigan in rushing in 1979, '80 and '81. He's sixth on the Wolverines all-time list with 3,850 rushing yards and scored 29 times. He was the 1981 Rose Bowl MVP. He also was a multiple Big Ten champion in track and field and still holds the outdoor 200-meter record at Michigan (20.59 seconds) and is fourth in the 100 (10.36). A first-round NFL pick in 1982, he played seven seasons in the NFL and is now semi-retired.
Jared Zabransky
Boise State's second all-time leading passer with 8,256 yards and 58 TD passes, Zabransky was right in the middle of Sporting News' No. 2 play on our list of Defining BCS Moments. In the 2007 Fiesta Bowl, Zabransky perfectly executed the Statue of Liberty play on a 2-point conversion in overtime for the Broncos' stunning victory over Oklahoma that gave non-BCS teams a new level of respect. He works for National Oilwell Varco and works with young quarterbacks on weekends in the Houston area.


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You know, I write a lot about science reporting here, but the emphasis there is on reporting. I have not taken a science class since high school, and I did not do well in the ones I took then. My degrees are in English and writing, and my professional experience is in writing and editing. I don't analyze scientific research here; I analyze texts. Also, I rant. Anything else is beyond the scope of my qualifications.
Fortunately, I have an endless supply of material, because analyzing texts appears to be beyond the scope of a great many writers' and editors' qualifications these days.
On the plus side, I've been noticing some shockingly logical and panic-free reporting about fat coming from Reuters lately. I was even beginning to wonder if there's a health editor somewhere in there who actually has a clue. And who, you know, actually takes their editorial policy to heart.
Then I read Fat-o-Matic today, wherein La di Da discusses this: Heavy moms who shed pounds still have big babies.
Overweight women are known to have a greater chance of giving birth to a larger-than-normal baby. But new research suggests that these odds stay higher even when a woman loses weight before pregnancy.
In a study of more than 146,000 women who'd each given birth twice, researchers found that those who maintained a normal body weight before each pregnancy had the lowest odds of having an abnormally large newborn.
Not surprisingly, women who were overweight or obese before each pregnancy had higher risks of delivering a large baby.
However, overweight women who lost weight before their second pregnancy did not eliminate their increased odds of having an oversized newborn.
I'm nodding, I'm nodding… No, it's not surprising that fat women have big babies. And it's certainly not surprising that losing weight before a pregnancy won't affect the outcome of said pregnancy. I mean, dieting obviously doesn't alter your genes — that's where we're going with this, right?
Not so much.
This, the study authors speculate, could mean that a woman's excess pounds have a lasting effect on subsequent pregnancies, even after she's slimmed down.
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME? The weight she already lost somehow comes back to affect the size of the baby? As La di Da puts it: "Zombie fat: you can never be rid of it even if you cut its head off."
Liss, may I please borrow the "What the Poop?" graphic? 'Cause seriously, no one but Mama Shakes will do for this one.
Although a cat macro might do in a pinch.
This is the kind of shit that's in the news every day. (And about every subject, of course, but fat's what I do.) "Scientists" make asinine statements, which are reported with no follow-up questions (e.g., "Respectfully, sir, mightn't a genetic influence on birth weight be a more plausible explanation for these results than fucking zombie fat?"), no investigation into who's making these statements and who's funding them, and no goddamned critical thinking about what they've just put into print.
Like, say, the conclusion to both this research and this article:
Ideally, the researchers conclude, women would lower their odds of having an overly large baby by preventing their own excess weight gain in the first place.
Well, shit. And me without my flux capacitor.
I guess all I can do now is add a LOT more kegels to my daily routine, since between the fat on my body now and the 110 zombie pounds I lost in the late nineties, I'm poised to have, like, a 40-lb. baby someday.
Of course, for all my finger-pointing, I'm not above making my own dumb-assed mistakes. Yesterday, I linked to an article discussing why school obesity interventions are uniformly failing. I was in a rush (on my way to — gasp! — exercise), so I just posted a round-up of fat news. Which meant I didn't read all those articles as closely as I would if I were intending to rip them apart.
I did, however, read closely enough to ensure that none of them had little ludicrosity bombs tucked in among the logic, as is so often the case. (Well, the Slate article did, but I acknowledged that.) Articles that say things like, "Dieting damages your health and ultimately makes you fatter, so obviously, fat people need to go on permanent diets" are sadly common. Even more common are articles that say, "A new study shows fat's not really that bad for your health… In conclusion, fat's really, really bad for your health." So I'm wary of linking to articles I haven't combed over for such statements. And I combed that KC Star article pretty well.
I just didn't notice it had a second page. I'm smart like that.
Meowser noticed, bless her heart. On page two, we have this:
"If the mother is eating Cheetos and white bread, the fetus will be born with those taste buds. If the mother is eating carrots and oatmeal, the child will be born with those taste buds," said Robert Trevino of the Social and Health Research Center in San Antonio.
Quick, name three foods your mother loved/loves, which she almost certainly ate while pregnant, and which you cannot fucking stand. Did it take you longer than 10 seconds? I DIDN'T THINK SO. I mean, a three-year-old could swat down the logic there.
But "experts" say it, writers write it, editors publish it. Somehow, nobody in that chain questions it. So — setting aside the fat panic for a moment — women once again get the message that their children are not separate human beings with separate minds, bodies, and tastebuds; they are mere reflections of their mothers' personal choices. Meowser pretty much sums it up when she calls such statements "anti-feminist, regressive, guiltbaggery." And by regressive, she means, like, a good 600 years. As Jess put it in comments: "And if the mother is scared by a goat during pregnancy, her child will be born with cloven hooves."
These things? Are why I get THAT WAY.


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After Ramanujan formulated his conjectures on the Tau-function, and after the importance of the function was realized, it took the development of the theory of Modular forms for the complete resolution and understanding of the conjectures and the function itself.(For example, it was only later that people could explain the appearance of the mysterious index 24 in its definition.)
Another example is the problem of constructibility of regular polygons. The Ancient Greeks must have pondered the reason for their inability to construct certain polygons. But after Gauss, it now seems natural why one cannot construct a 11-gon using only a compass and straightedge.
In the above two cases, there is a common feature. There is a discovery which at first seems surprising or baffling. Only later, after sufficient developments in theory, was the mystery lifted. Are there any other such examples?


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When it comes to female groups, past and present TLC, will forever be my favourite. But this post is not about TLC, it's about another female group who if I had to name my second favourite of all time would certainly fit neatly into that slot. Of course I am talking about Total!
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Stocks are edging lower today but for once it has little to do with what's happening in Washington D.C.
The S&P 500 is off 0.2% at 1,718.23, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average has dropped 96.78 points, or 0.6%, to 15,277.05.
The disparity is, as is usually the case, due to the Dow's wacky way of weighting stocks by price, rather than market cap. That means stocks like Goldman Sachs (GS) and IBM (IBM), which both released disappointing numbers today, have an outsized effect on Dow returns thanks to their $100+ price tags.
At least the focus is back where it belongs today--earnings. Deutsche Bank's Jim Reid considers the impact of the shut down on the economy and corporate profits:
Data watchers clearly will be looking out for any signs of debt shutdown related impact on underlying activities in the coming weeks but as the earnings season continues to unfold a few companies are already feeling the effects of it. Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) yesterday blamed the shutdown for its profit warning as the company said there was usually a surge in government spending in September that just didn't occur this year. WW Grainger (GWW) reported a high single digits decline in sales to the government and warned that sequestration and the shutdown remain significant headwinds. In reality the shutdown effects, if any, will probably come through in Q4 numbers but analysts will also likely be pressing management for some clarity around October's business performance on the earnings calls.
Belus Capital's Brian Sozzi offers his take on earnings season so far:
My feel early on in the reporting season is that sales and margin trends have stayed consistent on a sequential basis to eroded slightly (notable for global industrials; strength seen in pure play semiconductors), in part to weakening demand in the U.S. towards the conclusion of 3Q13. Outlooks for 4Q13 have come in line to flat out missed consensus forecasts that were dialed lower compared to three months earlier (therefore the quality of the reports must be kept in mind), and even for those companies that have beaten and raised FY ranges are only capturing 3Q13 upside instead of confirming any real continuation of trends. On the earnings calls themselves there remains a talk down of business segments performing to plan or above plan (don't want to ratchet up expectations into slowing U.S. GDP…), and caution wrapped around outlooks for lagging portions of a company's business.
As it stands, I continue to expect 4Q13 S&P 500 projected earnings growth of +9.8% to be whittled away by the sell-side, leaving Fed-induced P/E multiple expansion as the lone near-term "tailwind" to equity valuations.
And big movers in the S&P 500 are largely earnings driven today. Union Health (UNH) has dropped 4% to $72.22 after the health insurer reported a profit of $12.53, in line with analyst forecasts, but revenue was a tad light at $3.06 billion. Analysts had forecasts $30.9 billion. United Pacific (UNP), meanwhile, touted its "best ever-quarterly results," but investors didn't buy the hype, as shares have dropped 3.2% to $152.06. The railroad operator reported a profit of $2.48 a share, beating forecasts for $2.47, but revenue was flat. On the plus side, shares of Danaher (DHR) have gained 4.1% to $71.93 after the industrial conglomerate reported earnings of 84 cents a share, beating its own reduced estimates.


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Portland college student Jacob Voegele thinks health care is a basic human right. Grants Pass professional gardener Rycke Brown, however, treasures her right to decide whether or not to buy something.
Those two beliefs are clashing before the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, when the controversial 2010 federal health care reforms and requirement to have health insurance go on trial.
The changes passed by Congress have divided the country, much as they do Voegele and Brown.
Though the law hasn't fully taken effect, elements have already kicked in and helped Oregonians like Voegele. Others, like Brown, could feel its effects by 2014, despite their disapproval. Their individual stories give a clue as to what's at stake nationwide.
A lump sent Voegele, 21, to the doctor last June and gave him a new appreciation for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The political junkie already supported the law, but the painful protrusion made it real.
"It was basically kind of in the groin region, actually," says the Portland State University junior. "Anytime you see something in that area, you're like, 'Whoa, I gotta get this checked out.' "
The Act let Voegele do two things he couldn't have otherwise: See a doctor with a minimal copay, and have surgery to repair his hernia, which would have otherwise cost $7,000 that he doesn't have.
"I work about 25 to 30 hours a week so I'm pretty self sufficient. I can pay for my food, my rent, gas, things like that" says Voegele, a political science major, who serves food at a retirement community and gives tours to prospective students. "But if I had to worry about insurance on top of that, I wouldn't be able to."
Voegele says he would have lost his coverage at age 19 without the law. Instead, he fell under a new requirement that insurers extend coverage to policyholders' dependent adult children until they turn 26. Voegele has Providence insurance under his mother's policy.
Brown, 53, expects to fall under another part of the law, requiring those who can to buy health insurance by 2014 or face a penalty. Not only can't she afford insurance now, she opposes it on principle.
Brown makes $21 an hour as a gardener who uses natural methods to design and install landscapes. Her ailments have been few. There was pruner's elbow a while back, but $130 to an urgent care clinic did the trick. A twisted ankle was paid for with the help of homeowners insurance. She borrows money from her mother to pay for dental care. She attributes her low-cost health history to home remedies and living healthfully to avoid traditional medical care.
Supporters of the health law "have gone way beyond the function of government," Brown says. "They have already created an unsustainable insurance system, and now they want to sustain it on the back of poor gardeners like me."
Brown acknowledges that because she usually works 25 hours a week, she probably would qualify for federal subsidies to help pay for the required insurance -- but she'd have to apply first. "I would have to beg them for money to purchase a product they're forcing me to buy," she says. She buys car insurance because she drives and it comes in handy, but "the idea that I have to purchase a product in order to live and breathe inside the United States is, I think, competely outside the realm of law."
The individual mandate for health insurance that Brown opposes is at the center of the lawsuit brought by a coalition of states and a small business group. Even if the Supreme Court finds that particular provision unconstitutional, it's unclear if other parts of the law would survive. Those include not only the expansion of insurance coverage that Voegele enjoyed, but other new rules for insurers, such as a ban on annual and lifetime coverage caps or discriminating against those with pre-existing conditions. The law also includes increased eligibility for Medicaid and new limits on prescription drug costs for Medicare enrollees.
In Oregon, Medicaid reforms approved by the Legislature last year would not be directly affected by the Supreme Court's ruling. The state's coordinated care organizations -- set up to provide more efficient care to low-income Oregon Health Plan members -- would continue regardless. However, the viability of the state's health insurance exchange, a marketplace for consumers and small businesses to buy insurance, could be in doubt if the requirement to have insurance is struck down.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments through Wednesday, and is expected to issue a ruling by summer.
Federal health reform by the numbers
34,532 Number of young adults in Oregon who gained coverage thanks to provision allowing parents to keep children under age 26 without job-based coverage on their family's coverage.
692,000 Oregonians with private health insurance who gained increased preventive service coverage with no cost-sharing in 2011.
$1.1 trillion Net cost of Affordable Care Act law nationwide. Congressional budget analysts say it actually improves the country's long-term budget picture, however, thanks to Medicare savings as well as the law's inclusion of health care fees, insurance taxes and higher Medicare taxes on individuals making more than $200,000 a year and married couples making more than $250,000 a year.
44,877 People with Medicare in Oregon who received a 50 percent discount on covered brand-name prescription drugs when they hit the "donut hole, " the period after costs exceed coverage limits but haven't hit out-of-pocket caps triggered by catastrophic coverage rules.
Sources: Health Management Associates; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Congressional Budget Office.


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Not only can I pronounce any Latin word for you just as the Romans themselves would have back in the day, but using the International Phonetic Alphabet and a little research I should be able to pronounce anything else without issue (for example, I could teach myself the phonology of ancient Greek and you'd have ancient Greek recordings instead of easier to get modern Greek ones (Note: I already know how to read the Greek alphabet, so this would be rather easy)). To prove how effective this is, I'm currently (once a week) hepling a native Urdu speaker to pronounce English like an American. He's really improving, having already learnt the voiced labio-velar approximant and the voiced labiodental fricative (originally, the two were in free variation with each other and the voiced labiodental approximate, as one would expect; the phonology of Urdu/Hindi naturally works in this way) and several other phonemes. He is currently working on English's interdental fricatives. But I digress. I can read/write in the Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Runic (Anglo-Saxon, Elder, the one I invented), and Glyphic (the Glyphs from the video game Golden Sun: Dark Dawn (took a very long time; I had to figure them out myself because the key wasn't on the internet, lol)) alphabets, and -- to a limited degree -- the Hebrew abajid. Besides inventing my own script, I have also invented a few languages. I am fluent in English and reasonabnly so in Spanish. I can pronounce American/Scottish/British/Indian English, American Spanish, French, German, Old English, Classical/Ecclesiastical Latin, and some others very well. I also like political science and history (especially post-Marius Rome through the end of the Middle Ages) quite a bit. I may be able to help-out in these areas (though, I'm sure everything you could possibly need to know is on Wikipedia or somewhere else on the Internet). I have been modding games like Stonghold 2 and Oblivion for years (usually using others' mods for Oblivion and creating my own for Stronghold 2). I can retexture things (and in some cases create my own; I happen to own many medieval arms and a suit of chainmail that I can photograph for the sake of making textures)I know how to use GIMP and Photoshop. I'm pretty good with Audactiy (been using it for many years)The stuff I can do in Microsoft Paint is truly amazing... I'm okay at Visual Basic (useless, right?) and quite good at the Wikia markup language. In summary, I'm the one who can help you to get a bunch of nice things for the characters in 0 AD to say. Motivation: I love linguistics and I also like modding games. A win-win, right? I have other commitments, though (especially since Skyrim's coming-out soon; I'll be busy modding it, lol), so my main focus for 0 AD would just be making sound-files, not making textures or anything like that. Personality: I am eclectic, my Jung type is I/E-N-T/F-P (Technically INTP, but a 1 point difference in the first and third categories is negligible), my Kolbe Y MO is 5356, I am gifted, and am willing to provide other psychological information if necessary. Short Essay: I was browsing Wikipedia, wondering what kinds of games there are avilable for Linux (I've never had much luck with WINE). I've played FreeCiv for years, so I imagined there'd be something good. Lo and behold, I came-accross 0 AD: a game that began as a mod istelf and which is designed to be easily moded -- AND it's open source! This is definitately being made in the true spirit of modding, and that is the sort of spirit that can immortalize games. So, I downloaded 0ad from the repos, installed it, and ran it. I chose a map in single-player and started a game. After finding my legionaires, I began to move them around. They kept saying the same thing over and over again, and with imperfect pronunciation. Needless to say, it bugged me. What do I seek to gain? Nothing. I just want to help-out (and it is always fun to pronounce words in other languages), truly -- I enjoy this sort of thing. Interests and Hobbies: Micronationalism, conlanging, modding, Facebooking, learning-about Linux, THINKING, innovating, and much else. My mind is a busy place. Staff: Not that I know-of. Community: TESNexus -- I often go on modding binges where I'll spend, like, three days downloading stuff off of it and then another two days somehow magically getting it all to work together. I have made my own mods, though; search TESNexus for "Armour of the Grey Wolf"I have also modded Stronghold 2 extensively, but I have unfortunately not uploaded most of my work, as I was working on a graphics and realism overhaul (I never finished it because when I heard Stronghold 3 was soon to come-out, I realized there was no need to make such an overhaul. I have since been procrastinating uploading the many little bits and pieces of it)Favorite Game: Oblivion (but ONLY once I've finished modding the heck out of it; else, Medieval II: Total War (the Stainless Steel mod for it is incredible, if you've never tried it)). Golden Sun (the first two; the third kinda failed in comparison) is hands-down my favourite game on portable platforms. Work Examples: Well, as I am applying to pronounce things in other languages, I would need to provide you with a bunch of weird-looking IPA symbols and a bunch of other non-ANSII characters, as well as recordings of me speaking -- something most easily done in a YouTube video. In the meantime, I can, however, easily give you an example of the language I made: Din Slajwit Ajn Mej. (I am sleepy (Do Sleepy Am I (It makes more sense in Theodian. I can explain, if necessary, of course)))I have some YouTube videos of me speaking Old English, Spanish, and French (my username on YouTube is, of course, Sweyn78 like on everything else), but my French has improved since then. If you wish, I will create a video in which I properly pronounce many different languages and write in many different scripts. I have attached my resume: Miles_B_Huff_-_Resume_for_Employment (Wildfire Games).pdf Edited October 29, 2011 by Sweyn78 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 189 diseños de 50 diseñadores freelance.
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I'm a online entrepreneur working a lot with online marketing.
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Today's post on Jen's Family History Research Tips Blog is entitled, Background Information Research. Jen describes some great sources for background research including newspaper articles, search engines, and books. Jen asks for other sources used for background research, so here's the sources I've used (I've excluded the items Jen describes so well in her blog)
Other sources I've used for background research include:
1) Yearbooks (found at the library in the city/county of your ancestor, online, or even on ebay) I found a great picture of Brenden's father in his yearbook online. It also had his senior year quote, which provided some further insight
2) City/County History Centers--The Iroquois County Historical Society has a biography on two of my Ruebensam ancestors on its website. I haven't seen the biographies in print anywhere else
3) Family photographs--not just looking at the people, but their outfits, cars, houses, etc. Tells you a little bit for about the family than just what they looked like
4) Gravestones---I found out that Brenden's great grandfather was a freemason by the symbol on his gravestone. Brenden's great grandmother has the Order of the Eastern Star symbol on her grave. You may find other fraternal organization symbols or other symbols that may tell you about your family's background. Not just symbols, but military participation as well. Through a gravestone, I found out my ancestor fought in World War II. I hadn't found a record on ancestry for him, but found it on his gravestone
5) Religious Organizations/Churches---Brenden's family is a lot more religious than mine is, and I've been able to find old church newsletters that have pictures of the family (more recent newsletters) and stories about how the family participated in a community event.
6) Family Scrapbooks---I haven't been luck enough to find such a resource, but as the family historian for my family, I've started the scrapbook and hope it will passed on through many generations.
7) Obituaries--I've found out so much about my ancestors just by reading their obituaries
8) Family Heirlooms--What has been passed down from generation to generation? Obviously the item was important enough to be passed on. What relevance did the item have to the family and their way of life? My favorite heirloom is my grandmother's gold chain that has her first initial "M". As I was the only person in the family with a first name starting with "M", I received the chain after she passed away. We also have costume jewelry from my great grandmother, as she was a seamstress for some of the silent films
I'm sure there are more items I'm forgetting at this moment, but these are my top 8. Do you have any additions to the list?
Monday, June 28, 2010
More Sources of Background Research: Yearbooks, Gravestones, Heirlooms, and more
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Emmanuel College has been included in U.S. News & World Report's "Best Colleges 2011" list. The school, based in Franklin Springs, Ga., is mentioned as one of the most ethnically diverse colleges in the South, ranking alongside larger schools including Newberry University, Mars Hill College and Southeastern University.
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