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A tempered OUC half marathon - or why running fast while pregnant might be dangerous
Saturday, which now seems like ages ago, was an ideal day for a race. A cloudless sky with temperatures that would later reach the 60's. I had snuck out of Disney World's confines: a magical place for kids, but a nightmare for anyone attempting to go on a run (think half mile sidewalks that end abruptly and don't begin again). I spoke French with the Haitian cab driver for the half an hour drive to downtown Orlando (there is no shortage of Haitian immigrants in Florida these days - it is hard not to be saddened by this). It was still dark when we arrived at 6:30 for the 7 am start.
(I should add that SR was at the ASH [American Society for Hematology] conference outside of Orlando and didn't want to miss any of it for the race - it was hard not to be a little down about that).
There were nearly 3000 runners signed up (officially 2309 finishers: 1156 women, 1153 men) The line was too long for the port-o-potty, so I enjoyed a pee by the shore of Lake Eola, in the heart of the pretty downtown. There was a tiny sliver moon: my new favorite moon phase.
It was time to line up and I really didn't have a strategy at all. I was actually a little scared. I knew I could near a PR if I really pushed it, or get in the low 1:30's (It's a perfectly flat course with relatively few turns). But I was hesitant to run fast for two reasons (for those joining the blog now, I'm 6 weeks pregnant today):
1. When I look back on my miscarriage 4 months ago, I can't forget the day I was running a tempo run and got severe pain in my left pelvis, which corresponded approximately with the time the fetus might have died. Considering my pregnancy tests were always weakly positive, there was likely something wrong from the beginning (the urge to blame oneself is so strong!)...
2. I finally read James Clapp's book: "Exercising Through your Pregnancy". He is a cheerleader for exercising, especially running, pregnantinas (excuse my neologism for pregnant women) and reinforced what always made sense to me biologically and evolutionarily: exercising while pregnant is not dangerous; it is healthy. BUT there was this one study he did that bothered me. He actually showed there were signs of decreased blood flow to the baby while the mother ran. This exact fact makes for a bigger placenta and a more resilient baby in many ways - over time. But this also pointed out to me that if a mother is exercising at max pulse for a considerable amount of time, that blood flow may, at some point, be inadequate. Cigarettes, alcohol and hypercoaguable disorders, all proven causes of miscarriage, negatively impact bloodflow to the baby. It is hard to believe that something so natural and healthy as exercise could be harmful - but at an intense enough level, if the bloodflow is decreased enough, theoretically it could. Deep down, I doubt this is true, but I certainly wish there were more research on the subject...
So I lined up with the 8 min/mile group. And I actually ran the first few miles slower than this because I had a weird pain in my pelvis (on the left, as always). I thought about stopping, but it was such a beautiful day and I felt so good otherwise. Eventually the pain migrated up to a side-stitch. I was relieved. I began running at about 7:45 pace. My goal at that point was to finish under 1:44. I felt so in control and energetic. It was a beautiful route (if you like road running) half on pavement, half on cobblestones and with no shortage of palm trees. There were cheering crowds everywhere, sporadic music playing and announcers attempting jokes at various points. The more I ran, the more struggling young people I passed. I felt so old and wise! Starting out slowly sure is fun. I picked up the pace even more for the last couple of miles and came in at 1:43:30, 90th female, 7:54 pace. I think this pregnancy may teach me how to run a race as a training run. It was fun and I wasn't even sore the next day.
The first female came in in 1:14:07 and was 4th overall! Damn! Her name is Erin Nehus Vergara and she's from Indiana and was attempting to qualify for the Olympic trials. Sad thing is I don't even know if she did - though I imagine she did.
Above is the scene after the race. Perhaps the woman in the pink compression stockings catches your eye. I did beat her, but who's keeping track? ;)
Same old race outfit as always, this time with an Orlando flowerbed backdrop.
Lake Eola in downtown Orlando and right next to the race start. This is the exact spot I had peed right before the race.
I didn't even listen to my iPod during the race, so no running song today - sorry!
27 comments:
- Danni said...
It makes sense intuitively that exercising hard enough that you're anaerobic would be bad for the baby. But my intuition is informed by nothing. Nice job on the race!!!
- 7 December 2010 at 23:42
- Julie said...
Congrats on a great race! Only in my dreams could I ever run a half marathon that fast. : P You're awesome! It looked like a gorgeous day too.
- 8 December 2010 at 00:48
- Ewa said...
From evolutionary perspective it makes no sense for exercise to be harmful.
Love your picture. You are glowing, but of course you have good reasons.
Be happy and relaxed if possible. That may have as big and impact on your fetus than your occasional high heart rate, which I believe is positive.
- 8 December 2010 at 01:00
- Stefanie Schocke said...
Great job!!!! Love the picture of you after the race.
Now I'm off to read that part of Clapp's book! I missed that study somewhere...intrigued now.
- 8 December 2010 at 01:19
- The Chapples said...
What's funny is that you're exactly two days ahead of me pregancy-wise (I'll be 6 weeks Thursday - but haven't announced it to the world, so SHHH!) and I've already slowed to >8:30 pace for every run. Despite us being relatively even as runners (you're a little bit faster), my pace slowing isn't a choice. I just can't push it any faster without feeling dizzy or my heart beating all weird. I had the same thing happen the last go-round as well so I am guessing I am in for a lot of slow running for the next nine months. Congrats to you on the baby and the race. I am definitely in the "race-free" pregnancy camp and like it that way (so nice to have an excuse to not push it...I'd rather just run for the fun of it and race when I can actually "race" :P)so I can't relate to wanting fast times while knocked up but I won't give you hard time about it ;). I'll be interested to read about your pregnancy since I'm right there with you.
- 8 December 2010 at 01:30
- mmmonyka said...
Lorax has turned out alright, right? And if I remember correctly, you were not exactly taking it easy in that time:)
Great run! (It makes me want to do a HM)
It is soooo cool that more woman finished than men!
- 8 December 2010 at 03:39
- Marathon Princess said...
Congrats on a great race! I am by no means an expert, but running and "racing" through my pregnancy was the best thing I did for my running overall. I just couldn't push myself like I normally do and was okay with it since I had a good reason. It taught me to listen to my body and have fun while I raced. I never felt better after races then I did when I was pregnanct. I am trying very hard to keep this mentally now, but it isn't as easy.
- 8 December 2010 at 04:10
- cherelli said...
Nice work SLG - and smart too - certainly at the intuitive level after last pregnancy - looks like a beautiful day!! Like Chapples referred to, it's great that you are feeling so energetic too, sounds like every woman is so different - and you're one of the lucky ones!! have a great week :)
- 8 December 2010 at 04:20
- Stefanie Schocke said...
I can't find the study...is it in Clapp's book? Maybe I didn't look hard enough. Can you post the page numbers? Too late for me now anyways.. :) (meaning now that I'm almost 31 weeks). But I'm so curious now!
- 8 December 2010 at 15:26
- Steph said...
I took your approach to pregnancy the first time -- I ran through week 33 and after that did regular 6-mile brisk walks on the treadmill. At 35 weeks, my doc noticed that the baby had stopped growing -- not getting good blood flow through the placenta -- and I had an underweight baby via unexpected c-section. She spent her first two weeks of life in a warming box in the NICU. My doc (after consulting with the other OBs in his office) thinks that my level of exercise could very well have contributed to the problem and recommended no running this pregnancy. I've asked for a couple of other opinions through my family (my brother is a physician and works with some OBs) and also a friend who is an OBGYN. They all had the same recommendation -- I should sit it out for nine months. It's only nine months and there will be plenty of years to get back into running later on. My brother said that one of his OBGYNs made a really good point -- distance running while pregnant MIGHT not be bad for the baby, but it definitely can't be GOOD for the baby, so why would you take that risk? That one sunk in, and although I'm dying for a run, I'm trying to be content with treadmeill walks for the benefit of my kiddo. Tyring to concentrate on scheduling some come-back marathons. I've read enough of your blog to know that you probably won't agree with me, but just wanted to chime in given the topic of this and previous posts.
- 8 December 2010 at 16:07
- Brianne said...
Funny you should mention your left side bothering you for two pregnancies - I seem to suffer chronic right side issues. In the first pregnancy it was on the right side that I had round ligament pain(prevented me from running because I worried it might be serious), hip pain during labor, and the side of the c-section incision that didn't close properly. In the second pregnancy it's again where I had round ligament pain(trusted it wasn't serious this time and ran through it for 9 months), middle of the night side stitches, and the side to which my vbac's daughter was turned when she came out, face up:) And then that's the side that ached immensely for three days following birth, especially during contractions. Weird. Maybe some people just have "a side."
- 8 December 2010 at 16:30
- sea legs girl said...
Well, I am really, really affected by all of these comments and want to some of them one by one, but first I have a general comment. All evidence that has come out so far about running in pregnancy shows it is both healthy for the mom and the baby. And distance running is no exception. And I truly believe that if you feel good and comfortable while exercising there is no risk - and if something goes wrong it is WRONG to blame the exercise (okay, that one was specifically to Steph, whose comment really touched me and I hope your little one is doing better!). There is, in my mind, this one area of uncertainty, and that is exercising at max pulse for an extended period. And even THAT is probably safe - but it was simply a concern of mine I wanted to point out.
- 8 December 2010 at 19:20
- sea legs girl said...
Stephanie - it is in the chapter on benefits for the baby. I am at work still, but can get you the page when I get home. Hope I didn't scare you!!! Clapp certainly wasn't scared. He overall deduced that the fluctuations in bloodflow were very beneficial for the baby.
- 8 December 2010 at 19:21
- sea legs girl said...
The Chappels - honestly as I was writing this post I wondered to myself if you were pregnant. How exciting we get to be in it together! On my training runs I have also slowed down A LOT. And maybe one of the reasons I found excuses for not running fast was because I deep down didn't feel well enough to really push it. It seems like every day now I feel more limited than the day before - but that is a good thing. In my miscarriage pregnancy, I bascially had no symptoms of being pregnant.
- 8 December 2010 at 19:24
- sea legs girl said...
Steph - I just have to address your comment again. I really feel for you because I can imagine what my reaction would be if someone told me my baby had not had adequate blood flow. Man. I really hope she is doing well now. I do not fault your OB-GYN or brother, but I do not agree with them. Over all of human history, women have run while pregnant. And Clapp does a very good job showing studies demonstrating myriads benefits to the baby and to pregnancy outcomes if a mom exercises. He is a particularly big fan of running. Again, I think exercising at max pulse is a potential area for risk - but distance running at elevated pulse, but not anaeroblic levels, I have a lot of difficulty believing could be dangerous. I do not know the whole story, but my sense is that there was a problem with the blood flow from the beginning AND that exercising may have exacerbated it or alternately may actually have given your daughter the reserve to survive. Over time, exercise improves blood flow to the baby.
I would be happy to discuss my thoughts with your brother OR OB-GYN so they or you don't go around thinking I am some exercise freak "doctor".
Bottom line - what you did in your last pregnancy was NOT wrong. You have no reason to feel guilty. And you may have helped your daughter. Giving you guidelines on your current pregnany, I agree, is difficult. Have you been "worked up" for possible health problems that could have contributed to the blood flow issue? Autoimmune diseases? Vasculitis? Hypercoaguable disorders?
- 8 December 2010 at 19:37
- Steph said...
Sea Legs Gril,
Thanks for your thoughtful response. FYI, my daughter is doing fine now -- it was just a stressful beginning.
I guess the distinction that I should have emphasized with respect to the information I have received is the distinction between moderate exercise and distance running. All of the OBs I have consulted either directly or indirectly thrugh my brother (5 now, because I have been hoping for a different answer) have definitely agreed that regular exercise IS healthy good for the baby, but recommended against any kind of distance running. They all said that putting the added depletion on my body over a longer period of time, even if I feel comfortable, could not be good for the baby (even if it does not harm the baby).
I admit that I haven't read any studies that specifically discuss distance running (which I would define as running 30 or so miles a week during pregnancy). I would be interested to know if there have been any with statistical significance. The difference between the distance running and the moderate exercise is where the OBs seem to be drawing the line, and so I wonder if there is backup for that other than through their own personal experience.
To my knowledge, I had all of the standard tests and screenings during my first pregnancy and there were no other issues. My doctor admitted, however, that the baby's growth issue could be due to 100 different things. Given my past experience though, and because the OBs have seen LOADS more pregnancies than I have, I'm going to follow their advice and behave myself this time around. Unfortunately, their advice for me this time is NO running (altough I was still encouraged to do plenty of treadmill walks). I guess my thinking now is that if there's even a chance that the problem was due to a bad decision on my part, I'm not going to risk it again. Instead, I'll eagerly looking forward to my first post-partum race.
- 8 December 2010 at 20:16
- Steph said...
Thanks for your thoughtful response. FYI, my daughter is doing fine now -- it was just a stressful beginning.
I guess the distinction that I should have made regarding the information I have collected is the difference between distance running and moderate exercise. All of the OBs that I have consulted, either directly or indirectly through my brother (5 now because I keep hoping for a different answer) have agreed that moderate exercise during pregnancy is healthy and is indeed good for the baby. With distance running, however, they have all said that the prolonged depletion of my body, even if I feel perfectly comfortable, cannot be good for the baby (even if might not do any harm).
I guess my point is that all of the OBs that I have talked to seem to draw a line between moderate exercise and distance running. I admit that I have not read any studies on the effects of distance running during pregnancy (which I would define as about 30 miles a week or so), but I would definitely be interested to know if there are any of statistical significance.
To my knowledge, I had all of the standard tests and screenings during my first pregnancy with no other issues. My doctor did admit, however, that the problem could have been caused by 100 different things. I guess that since the OBs have seen loads more pregnancies than I have, and because of my first experience, I'm inclined to behave myself, try not to second guess them and follow their unanimous advice. Unfortunately, for me this means NO running during this pregnancy (lots of walking is still encouraged). If there is any chance that our problems the first time around were due to a bad decision on my part, I guess I'm not willing to risk the same outcome again if there is any chance that I can avoid it. Even if that means sitting on the sidelines and impatiently looking forward to my first post-partum race.
- 8 December 2010 at 20:52
- sea legs girl said...
First, Stephanie, it's on pg. 110 in Clapp's book. Where he says "Namely, the trigger for the increase in the baby's heart rate was probably a fall in uterine blood flow..."
Steph - glad she's doing well now. It's really sad that I don't know of any studies looking at women who did what you described as distance running. I wish there was at least something out there to base recommendations on for those who like to run A LOT. As of now, there is no evidence for or against. There is only the evolutionary argument that is for it. And the fact that some exercise is clearly better than none.
- 8 December 2010 at 21:28
- Stefanie Schocke said...
I obviously didn't look in that chapter! Thanks for the page number. I'm not worried, just intrigued. :)
- 8 December 2010 at 23:09
- olga said...
There was some published article in Ultrarunning magazine saying it's ok to keep up the distance while pregnant, but preferably lower the intensity, and do look under your feet.
The family photo at the pool is warm and fuzzy. You look quite happy, but I bet you wished all of them were at the finish line for you:)
Yup, recharge. Can't believe you said that:) Who are you and what did you do to SLG? (Larry's question to me today).
- 9 December 2010 at 17:43
- sea legs girl said...
Ha ha Olga. Yeah I don't know if you DID something to me, but your posts do speak to me :). That sounds like a very interesting article. Though I'm sitting here thinking: have they seen research I haven't? Otherwise we're all just extrapolating/guessing. It's still almost enough to make me buy an online subscription just to read and a find out if someone knows more. ALMOST enough.
Brianne, boy are you right about that side thing. My left side was hurting me so much today I almost thought I might have an ectopic pregancy, but then my uterus probably wouldn't be so big already!
- 9 December 2010 at 19:08
- sea legs girl said...
Steph - SR just pointed out to me that I may have misinterpreted what you meant by "distance running". I guess I thought you meant like, over 50-60 miles a week. But if you meant something more moderate, than there are plenty of studies showing health benefits of that for mother and fetus. Studies on running high weekly mileage are lacking, though. There are many anecdoctal reports showing it's safe, but not more than that.
- 9 December 2010 at 20:49
- Fast Bastard said...
This is a comment to Steph:
First of all, I hope everything goes well with this pregnancy.
Since Sea Legs started this blog, I have worried that someone would say what you said. Or, actually, say what she thought you said. She thought you had followed her advice and had a bad outcome. As I read your story, you just exercised as you did, and later found her blog.
I sometimes worry that her blog might end up as a lightning rod for people with your story. Like you said, there could be 100 different reasons for what happened to you. There are many women (relatively few, but many in absolute numbers) with bad outcomes and many who run, so there will be many with a combination of the two.
I think you have to see this from your OB-GYN's standpoint. She probably knows it's not the running - and has told you so. But imagine if she told you that you could run again and you get another bad outcome. You can always get some "expert" to tell a jury that running is dangerous in pregnancy, so your OB has to worry about that a potential suit.
Lawsuits are a constant worry for OBs.
In fact, imagine the fifth OB telling you to go ahead with running. If anything happened, the first four would happily stand up in court and talk about how they advised you not to run.
All OB-GYNs are ultra-conservative in their advice for the above reason. And that's perfectly understandable.
If you had followed a special diet, or done anything else out of the ordinary, during the first pregnancy, you would have been told to drop that activity completely.
Personally, I think strenuous exercise should be avoided in pregnancy, but only because it hasn't been studied well enough. From my specialty, I know little about babies, but a lot about blood flow. I can't imagine, physiologically, that you could harm a baby by having a very high heart rate for a long time. In fact, I can think of very few organs, healthy or diseased, that one could harm this way.
One study has shown that high-impact sports (martial arts, soccer, horseback riding) lead to an increased rate of miscarriages. Olga, I wonder if one could claim that very technical running falls under that category, because of the risk of falls? But few women do this anyway.
I would also avoid lifting weights so heavy that you have to do it against a closed glottis (ie. while holding your breath), as this raises the blood pressure dramatically. But how many pregnant women do that, anyway?
Good luck with this pregnancy!
- 9 December 2010 at 21:25
- olga said...
SLG, don't buy the online version of the mag - no study, just a few pregnant women as an experiment of one (each). BTW, the question was from Larry to me - about me, it's just funny that I thought the same question about you - to you:) People change, or at least go through stages. It's allowed. I was recommended to watch Eat, Pray, Love (I am choosing to read a book instead) about going in phases and learning balance.
FB, while I haven't run during pregnancies (I just wasn't running yet), I backpacked with 50lbs pack in the Adirondack mountains up to 7 months, and carried a 4.5 yo on my neck at times to add on (he was tired, and my ex was against giving in). So, take it with a grain og salt, but I do think the most dangerous thing is falling (no matter trails or roads, and what sport), even though lots of science says the baby is rather cozy in a bunch of fluid. Still. That'd be my fear. And the fact that I simply wouln't be able to go "hard" due to high diaphragm and heavy breathing, and being uncomfortable moving an elephant around who is attached smack in the middle of my body. So, what do I know.
I was saying at times that I wish I decide to have a baby again just so I can have a "running/gym" pregnancy with little weight gain and then run with a baby jogger (cute and great workout). But then I look at my teen (and adult) kids - and say the hells with more kids. They are only adorable until 11:)
- 9 December 2010 at 21:45
- Katie said...
Great race! I read Clapp's book too. He is super supportive of running pregnant, but he also advises caution to those who are competitive. He writes that we should be closely monitored, which was why I ultimately didn't really race while pregnant. I did run a few races with my mom which turned out to be great fun. Not that I think other ladies shouldn't race while pregnant, but I have self control issues when it comes to racing...
- 10 December 2010 at 13:38
- Katie said...
So I was just reading the comments, and wanted to add something for Steph's sake. It really stinks that your doctor would suggest that your running may have caused your baby's issue (because there's no real evidence to support such a statement). And I realize that I'm only a single sample point, but I ran through both my pregnancies with good baby results both times. This last pregnancy I ran 36-57 miles a week and wound up averaging 47 miles a week. I also ran 7 miles the day I went into labor.
- 10 December 2010 at 13:56
- Steph said...
To FB,
I am an attorney and so I do understand the possibility for "defensive medicine." I also have a very good relationship with my physician, however, and honestly believe that his advice is motivated first by my well-being and that of my baby. Also, at least one of the other OBs I discussed this with is a personal friend, and so definitely not motivated by the potential threat of a lawsuit. She had the same advice.
That being said, I guess my thought is that, when the life of my kid is at stake, don't I want conservative advice? Haven't these physicians seen hundreds more pregnancies than any of us and wouldn't that give them instincts and insight about the situation that I don't have? Don't I want them to weigh the potential costs and benefits (i.e., the potential benefits of running for me and my baby versus potential costs) and then give me the results of that cost-benefit analysis in the context of their years of knowledge and experience?
Because I have been a distance runner for years (marathons and ultras), I'm not used to sitting out and have really been struggling with these questions over the past few weeks while admittedly pouting a little and feeling fatter by the hour. At the end of the day, however, when there is no real statistical evidence to show that these OBs are wrong (and I can't bring myself to dismiss medical advice on the mere assumption that it might be derived from the threat of litigation), I can't bring myself to ignore their advice simply because I want don't want to interrupt my routine and worry about losing the weight later. I ask myself, do I really want to run because I know that it's good for the baby, or do I want to run because it makes me feel better? When you line up all of the factors and consider them together, it appears that to ignore the medical advice would be a terribly selfish thing to do. Sure, things might turn out just fine, but then they also might not, and given the stakes . . . .
And so here I sit getting bigger by the day . . . . uggh.
- 10 December 2010 at 17:50


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One of the first records of the name was John of Aberdene, a merchant of Aberdeen, who was robbed of wool at sea while on a voyage from Aberdeen to St. Omer in 1272. A few years later in 1290, Michael de Abirden was granted land in Berwick. [2]CITATION[CLOSE]
Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)
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John Edward Thomason : ObituaryObituaries June 8, 2013
Mr. John Edward Thomason age 86 of Marietta, GA died Friday, June 07, 2013 at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, GA.
John was born on January 28, 1927 in Pickens County to the late Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Lee Thomason.
Survivors include his wife, Corene Thomason, Marietta, daughters & son-in-law, Connie Evatt, Marietta, Sylvia & Tony Pilgrim, Powder Springs, Cindy Nelson, Dallas, sisters & brothers-in-law, Sara & George O'Shields, Tate, Jean & Carl, Jr. Stancil, Jasper, Brenda & Bobby Quick, Jonesborough, grandchildren, Pamela Feltman, Johnathan Evatt, Haley Pilgrim, several nieces, nephews, and other relatives also survive.
The family will be receiving friends at Roper Funeral Home on Saturday, June 8, 2013 from 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Graveside Services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Sunday, June 9, 2013 at County Line Baptist Church Cemetery with interment to follow.
Arrangements and Services are entrusted to the Staff of Roper Funeral Home & Crematory of Jasper, Georgia.
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In Jerusalem, an effort to quiet the call to prayer
JERUSALEM – Five times a day, loudspeakers at the top of nearly 200 minarets in this holy city call to Muslims to pray.
They blare before dawn, and the wailing cry of the muezzins, or prayer callers, can be heard for miles.
Though it is a Middle East tradition that goes back centuries, some in this ancient city say the practice should give way to modern ordinances against excessive noise.
"From the time she was born until she was nearly two, my daughter woke up in a panic every night from the call of the muezzin," says Yael Saltoun, who lives in the Jewish neighborhood of Armon Hanatziv in East Jerusalem.
Saltoun says neighborliness means not imposing one's religious practices on others. In a city holy to Jews, Muslims and Christians, even a hint of disrespect for one's faith can blow up into a major battle.
"Mosques in Palestine in general and in Jerusalem in particular have been targets of a vicious campaign by the occupation authorities," says Muhammad Hussein, the grand mufti of Jerusalem in charge of the city's Islamic holy places.
Hussein says city officials -- whom he calls "the occupation authorities" -- are trying to "efface all Arab and Palestinian landmarks in Palestine and replace them with Jewish landmarks."
In March, the Jerusalem municipality announced plans to measure the volume of Muslim prayers broadcast via loudspeakers to check whether it exceeds noise pollution standards that the law says all residents must abide by.
The pilot study will concentrate on mosques in a part of the city where Muslims and Jews live in close proximity. It was initiated after years of complaints from neighbors who say the prayers, which can be heard across the city's valleys in the early hours of morning, are loud enough to wake them from a sound sleep.
The same issue has cropped up elsewhere, including India, England and Germany. Even a nearly 100% Muslim country like Saudi Arabia has gotten complaints about the muezzins.
But in Jerusalem, the issue of noise is political, and the mere gathering of disparate religious groups can lead to disputes, even violence.
The Temple Mount is the ancient site of the Jewish temples on Mount Moriah that date back thousands of years, and where the faithful say God made a covenant with Abraham to create a nation of believers in Him amid a world of idol-worshipers.
Above the ruins of the temple sits the al-Aqsa mosque, built after a Muslim conquest of the city in the 7th century. It is the site where Muslims say the Prophet Mohammed ascended to heaven.
Security and other matters at the Temple Mount are overseen by Israel, but the site is officially administered by the Wakf Islamic Trust, an international Muslim authority that rejects Jewish claims to the site.
The arrangement is a delicate one. Non-Muslims visiting the Temple Mount have sparked shouting and stone-throwing. At the nearby Western Wall, also known as the Wailing Wall, non-Orthodox Jews who come to pray have been assaulted at times by Orthodox Jews.
Last month, hundreds of Palestinians threw stones and firecrackers at Israeli police when the police opened a gate leading to the Temple Mount for Jews and Christians.
The proximity of Jews, Muslims and Christians living so close together "often leads to turf battles, especially at holiday time," says Eran Feitelson, a professor of political geography at the Hebrew University.
The Jerusalem municipality office says the city is simply trying to enforce existing noise pollution laws, and that it is not singling out mosques.
"Jerusalem is a multicultural city which values freedom of religion for every faith," said an official statement from the office. "The municipality maintains constant communication with all its communities and, if needed, will provide the technology needed to minimize noise in the capital's neighborhoods."
The office did not respond to a written query on whether it plans to monitor the noise generated by church bells, for example, or the Jewish prayers broadcast over loudspeakers at the Western Wall a few times a year.
Samantha Knights, a London lawyer who deals with cases involving law and religion, says it is not unusual for municipalities to have protections in law against noise nuisances regardless of the source.
"In a democracy, the state must consider all the interested parties and balance their respective rights in forming a view as to whether any such noise should be restricted," Knights says.
Shmuel Rabinovitch, the rabbi of the Western Wall, says his authority is "making an effort to minimize as much as possible the use of loudspeakers, which are only used during major events, which are rare."
At the Tayelet, a promenade popular with Jewish and Arab families that affords a panoramic view of the Old City and adjoining hillside, Mohammed Jabber, a Muslim, says that in his mixed Muslim-Christian village outside Jerusalem "there are two churches and one mosque, all of which make noise.
"But everyone puts up with everyone else. We focus on what binds us, not what separates us. That's the definition of neighborliness."
Saltoun says living in harmony does not mean people must put up with a racket.
"This is a democracy," he says. "If I make a ton of noise in the middle of the night, the authorities have the right to stop me. Here, the city fears a backlash and the prayers continue."


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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Defense cuts and U.S. budget gridlock are jeopardizing NATO's effectiveness, outgoing U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned on Friday.
Leaving his last NATO ministerial meeting in Brussels, Panetta joined those warning of the effects of deep Defense cuts in many Western countries and said it would be an "irresponsible act of political dysfunction" if the U.S. Congress permitted sweeping across-the-board Defense cuts to take place.
Many NATO governments have responded to economic crisis and budget pressures by slashing Defense spending, creating a growing gulf between U.S. and European military capabilities.
Some $46 billion in U.S. budget cuts are scheduled to take effect from March 1 that would slash nearly every U.S. military program or activity unless Congress acts to avert them.
Panetta formally notified Congress on Wednesday that the Pentagon plans to put civilian Defense employees on unpaid leave this year if the cuts take effect.
President Barack Obama's administration is pushing Congress to avert the cuts, known as sequestration.
Panetta said that if the budget cuts happened, "it could impact not only our readiness but frankly the role that we would play with regards to the readiness of NATO as well."
"There's no question that in the current budget environment, with deep cuts in European Defense spending and the kind of political gridlock that we are seeing in the United States right now with regards to our own budget, (it) is putting at risk our ability to effectively act together," he told a news conference.
"As I prepare to step down as secretary of defense, I do fear that the alliance will soon be - if it is not already - stretched too thin," he said.
Panetta said he hoped Congress would not allow the across-the-board budget cuts to take place.
"I think it would be frankly a very shameful and irresponsible act of political dysfunction if in fact that were to occur. The American people would be justly outraged to have people, who they elect to office to protect them, harm them by allowing sequester to take place," he said.
Obama signed the Budget Control Act in 2011 requiring $487 billion in Defense spending cuts over a decade. The law also put in place another $500 billion in mandatory, across-the-board Pentagon cuts.
The cuts were never meant to go into effect, but were intended to coerce Congress and the White House into agreeing on more selective budget reductions. That deal never happened.
Panetta's comments were reminiscent of the warning given by another departing U.S. defense secretary, Robert Gates, who said in Brussels in June 2011 that NATO risked "collective military irrelevance" unless alliance members took action to reverse declining capabilities.
Obama nominated former Republican Senator Chuck Hagel to succeed Panetta, but Republican lawmakers succeeded last week in delaying a Senate vote on confirming Hagel as defense secretary.
(Additional reporting by Phil Stewart, Justyna Pawlak; Editing by Jason Webb)


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When "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan," a master work that has been translated into 38 languages, made its way to the silver screen, our reviewer Sue Podbielski praised its seldom portrayed theme of women's loyalty and friendship.
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A new system from auto supplier Magna turns a car's rear window into a giant subwoofer, using a combination of exciters, a 200-watt amplifier and a special sealant that allows the glass to vibrate at low frequencies.
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April 13, 2007
FRESNO, Calif. - The Santa Clara women's tennis team took on the nation's 12th ranked team, the Fresno State Bulldogs, on Friday afternoon and fell 7-0 on the road. The highlight of the day came in doubles for SCU as No. 1 pair Casey Knutson and Erika Barnes pulled off one of the biggest wins in program history, defeating Renata Kucerkova and Anastasia Petukhova 9-7. Kucerkova and Pethukova are ranked No. 39 in the nation in doubles. Knutson and Barnes have now won 11 doubles matches in the dual season for Santa Clara, which fell to 6-11 with the loss.
Knutson and Barnes have had a stellar senior season in doubles for the Broncos and the win against the Bulldogs ranks among the best in school history. The pair has won seven of its past nine matches and is now tied for sixth all-time in career doubles wins in program history with 17. Their 14 wins as a pair this season leaves them just two wins shy of the school's all-time record for single season wins, set in 1992 by Kathleen Curry and Jill Yokoyama.
While Knutson and Barnes won their doubles match 9-7, the No. 2 and No. 3 doubles teams could not overcome the highly-touted Bulldogs and Fresno State earned the doubles point.
In singles, Knutson fell to the nation's No. 2 player, Melanie Gloria and Stephanie Galainena lost to the nation's No. 41 player Kucerkova in straight sets.
The rest of the singles lineup also fell in straight sets, but the Broncos did compete well against one of the best teams in the country.
SCU continues its road trip on Saturday, April 14, taking on Cal Poly at 12 noon in San Luis Obispo. The match marks the last road contest of the season for the Broncos.
No. 12 Fresno State def. Santa Clara 7-0
1. FS #2 Melanie Glora def. SCU Casey Knutson 6-1, 6-0
2. FS #41 Renata Kucerkova def. SCU Stephanie Galainena 6-0, 6-0
3. FS Tinesta Rowe def. SCU Kim Daniel 6-1, 6-1
4. FS Vanessa Heroux def. SCU Lindsay McBride 6-3, 6-0
5. FS Jacqui Haskett def. SCU Erika Barnes 6-0, 6-3
6. FS Bruna Paes def. SCU Meghan Madden 6-1, 6-2
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Further to the north in the same era, "William Tunnoc witnessed a charter by William de Horuirden to the Abbey of Kelso between 1160-1200, and c. 1237 Adam Tunnoc witnessed a charter of resignation of land in Kelso. " [2]CITATION[CLOSE]
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Other early records of the family include: Gilbertus filius Tunny listed in 1219 in the Assize Rolls of Yorkshire; Simon Tunnie, listed in 1327 in the Assize Rolls of Staffordshire; and an Alan filius Tunnoc listed in the 12th century in the Feodarium Prioratus Dunelmensis. [3]CITATION[CLOSE]
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
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But with camping (more on that tomorrow) and the school reunion, I have rediscovered the hedonist within.
I have taken a pass on the scales, until I can sort myself out a bit, but I will refocus this week and get myself back on the wagon.
This week I am going to change one thing. I am going to Eat Less. It is what I should have been doing all along, but it is so bloody hard.
Eat Lee is rule number 45 from Herr Pollan's Food Rules. He says that this is probably the most unwelcome advice of all (I second that), but it is a scientific fact that 'calorie restriction' has repeatedly been shown to slow aging in animals and may offer something in the world of cancer prevention.
So even if you are not overweight, the argument for eating less is compelling. Afterall who doesn't want to be the fabulous woman in the black dress looking 10 years younger than your peers at your 20 year reunion? (Envious much?)
We simply eat more than our body needs. The excess wreaks havoc, and not just with our weight.
We are not the first people in history to revel in food abundance. Previous cultures have devised various ways to promote the idea of moderation that we can follow, such as:
- Stop eating when you are full
- Eat when you are hungry, not when you are bored
- Consult your gut, not your eyes, when you are eating
- Eat slowly
- Spend as much time enjoying the meal as it took to prepare it
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I n a recent CNN poll, 75 percent of respondents said U.S. House Republicans don't deserve re-election. That could bode poorly for either party next year, when all 435 House seats are up for grabs.
That's because it's likely only a small group of Americans will decide our country's future, says historian and researcher Merrilyn Richardson. Traditionally, only 40 percent of eligible voters turn out for mid-term elections on average, compared with 60 percent for presidential elections. In the Senate, 33 seats could change, which could tip the balance of power for the subsequent six years.
"Voting is just one of the many privileges too many citizens of the United States take for granted,'' says Richardson, a former editor of Air Force Bases newspapers and author of "You ARE God: The Challenge to Achieve Christ Consciousness in the Modern Era," (www.merrilynrichardson.com). "Many do not believe the rights they have enjoyed their entire lives can be taken away from them, but they are wrong."
It takes actively involved citizens to protect our fragile democracy, Richardson says. The American origin story and its legacy are not only unique to our globe, they're nothing short of miracles and we need to advocate for what we enjoy.
She reviews three inspiring founding U.S. principles.
• The American Revolution has outlasted competing ideologies. Since 1776, many other revolutions have come and gone. That includes the Russian Revolution, which has all but disappeared and left a country with an identity crisis. The Chinese Revolution, which has morphed into something unrecognizable from its original ideology, and the Cuban Revolution, which has proven to be an unsustainable economic burden for its people. Rather than attempt to force an entire country to conform to an unrealistic ideology, the U.S. founding fathers proposed a Bill of Rights that continues to shape the history of the world.
• Individuality, free speech, the right to bear arms and religion are all protected. Enlightened, Western nations have to pay taxes to support religious institutions of which many citizens are not participants; in England it's the Church of England, in Germany it's the Catholic Church. The United States does not make anyone support any church – we can worship and financially support what we choose. This emphasis on individual rights often provides more momentum to our social movements, such as the Tea Party or Occupy Wall Street, because people can choose what they support.
• As our constitutionally guaranteed freedoms protect us, it's our duty as stewards of the Constitution to protect freedom. When people say nasty things, it's tempting for some groups to call for the censorship of one's speech. When someone does something barbaric with a gun, even more people call for severe limitations on one's right to bear arms. If living in a free society were easy, more countries would be doing it. There are many countries throughout the world that are experimenting with a free society, including some in the Middle East and North Africa. Egypt, for example, is finding out just how difficult freedom is to maintain. While terrorist groups may seek to fell the system of governing we were fortunate enough to inherit, we also need to make sure domestic efforts to chip away our liberties are not successful. MERRILYN RICHARDSON received a degree in journalism from Texas Tech University and was editor of Air Force Bases newspapers. At 89, she has spent decades searching for truth and found that studying spiritual subjects provides a basis for understanding our human condition. Her latest book, "You ARE God: The Challenge to Achieve Christ Consciousness in the Modern Era," is a concise glimpse of American history and other events that have affected individuals worldwide. She is a founding member of the Center for Spiritual Living in Midland, Texas. Her two previous books were "Initiation of the Master" and "The Master's Quest, an End to Terrorism."


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Netflix's Internet video library is adding TV shows from the CW network in an effort to appeal to younger subscribers and help offset the upcoming loss of another contract that supplied customers with other popular entertainment options.
Under a four-year licensing deal announced Thursday, Netflix will have the right to show the previous seasons of TV series that CW airs through the network's 2014-15 programming window. Netflix will retain the streaming rights to some of the series until 2019.
The previous seasons of several current CW shows, including "The Vampire Diaries" and "Gossip Girl," will be available in Netflix's Internet video library Saturday. Other CW series will debut in January.
Financial terms weren't disclosed. The episodes will be available through a Netflix service that streams video over high-speed Internet connections to TVs, computers and a variety of mobile devices.
The agreement with CW's owners CBS Corp. and Time Warner Inc.'s Warner Bros. comes at a low point forNetflix Inc. The company is scrambling to overcome a series of setbacks that have hammered the company's stock price and driven away hordes of subscribers during the past three months.
The trouble began in July when Netflix announced it was raising its prices by as much as 60 percent for U.S. subscribers that wanted to stream video and rents DVDs through the mail. Things got worse last month when Starz Entertainment broke off talks to renew a key Internet streaming deal and Netflix announced plans to spin off its DVD-by-mail service into a separate website called Qwikster.
As part of its damage control, Netflix earlier this week abandoned the Qwikster spin-off. The company, which is based in Los Gatos, Calif., is hoping to minimize the blowback from losing the Starz streaming rights by buying other content that will keep subscribers happy.
Netflix desperately needs to make amends. Its stock price has plummeted by about 60 percent since mid-July and its subscribers have been fleeing. When the company releases its third-quarter earnings on Oct. 24,Netflix is expect to report it ended September with about 24 million U.S. subscribers — 600,000 fewer than it had in June.
Netflix shares rose $4.35, or 3.8 percent, to $117.97 in afternoon trading.
Since the Starz negotiations collapsed, Netflix has gained the streaming rights to TV shows and movies from AMC Networks Inc., DreamWorks Animation and now the CW network. The movies and TV special from DreamWorks won't be available before Netflix loses the right to stream films from Walt Disney Co.'s studios and other programming when the Startz deal expires early next year.
CW targets younger TV viewers with series that include "Supernatural," ''Nikita" and "90210." It's a demographic that Netflix also wants to reach because so many teenagers are growing up watching video on any device with a high-speed Internet connection.
"This is programming for the on-demand generation and we hope this agreement deepens the relationships viewers already have with these powerful entertainment brands," said Ted Sarandos, Netflix's chief content officer.
The CW deal also will make Netflix's Internet video library look even more like a TV rerun service. Netflix says old TV shows account for about 60 percent of the video watched on the streaming service. The company would like to add even more TV programming, but Time Warner so far has staunchly refused to license HBO productions such as "The Sopranos," ''The Wire" and "Deadwood" because it views Netflix as a threat to its pay-TV channel.


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Traffic lanes are being shifted on Interstate 80 in Alameda and Contra Costa counties to accommodate initial construction for the Integrated Corridor Mobility project.
Lanes have been re-striped and mobile information signs put in place to warn drivers of the shift to the right at several locations on the Eastshore Freeway between Powell Street in Emeryville and Potrero Avenue in El Cerrito, Caltrans announced this week.
The realignment is needed to create space for foundation work along the median that will allow installation next year of electronic information signs that are a cornerstone of the project.
Similar work will be done at locations along I-80 between Emeryville and Crockett.
Upcoming work will include closure of the Ashby and University Avenue onramps from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Sept. 24.
Caltrans reminds drivers to slow down in construction zones.
The Integrated Corridor Mobility project is intended to improve safety and vehicle flow on the congested I-80 corridor using automated, integrated technology to manage traffic and provide motorists with real-time information.
Learn more about the project at www.dot.ca.gov/dist4/projects/80icm/.


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NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday, led by losses in the technology and materials sectors, as geopolitical concerns rose after the United States and the European Union agreed to work together on tougher sanctions on Russia.
Trading remained choppy with U.S. stocks mostly positive in the morning after U.S. economic data pointed to improving conditions. But the major indexes reversed course in the afternoon as technology stocks turned sharply lower.
Among technology stocks, Facebook (FB.O) was one of the biggest decliners a day after the social networking company said it will acquire two-year-old Oculus VR Inc, a maker of virtual-reality glasses for gaming, for $2 billion. Facebook shares ended down 6.9 percent at $60.39.
The United States and the European Union agreed to work together to prepare possible tougher economic sanctions in response to Russia's behavior in Ukraine. The sanctions could possibly include the energy sector.
U.S. President Barack Obama said after a summit with top EU officials that Russian President Vladimir Putin had miscalculated if he thought he could divide the West or count on its indifference over his annexation of Crimea.
"This could be a non-event if the market wasn't at the level that it is now. Because we are still near a record high, this kind of geopolitical news can make investors more nervous," said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Rockwell Global Capital in New York.
A sharp drop in the stock of King Digital Entertainment Plc (KING.N), the maker of the wildly popular "Candy Crush Saga" game, also soured investor sentiment.
King's stock fell 15.6 percent to close at $19 in its trading debut on Wednesday after the initial public offering valued the company at about $6 billion. King was the most actively traded stock on the New York Stock Exchange.
The Dow Jones industrial average slipped 98.89 points, or 0.60 percent, to end at 16,268.99. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index dropped 13.06 points, or 0.70 percent, to finish at 1,852.56. The Nasdaq Composite Index fell 60.69 points, or 1.43 percent, to close at 4,173.58.
The CBOE Volatility Index, a widely used gauge of investor sentiment on Wall Street, rose 6.5 percent to end at 14.93. The VIX usually moves inversely to the S&P 500.
Biotech stocks, which have sold off sharply in recent sessions, extended their losses. The Nasdaq biotechnology index slid 1.9 percent to end at 2,455.84.
The S&P materials sector index tumbled 1.4 percent and ranked as the biggest decliner among 10 S&P sector indexes.
The only positive sector was the S&P healthcare sector index, up just 0.1 percent for the day.
Going against the day's downward trend, DirectTV shares (DTV.O) shot up 5.7 percent to end at $77.34 and Dish Network Corp (DISH.O) shares jumped 6.3 percent to close at $62.09. Dish Chief Executive Officer Charlie Ergen recently contacted DirecTV CEO Mike White to discuss a possible tie-up, Bloomberg reported, citing sources familiar with the matter.
After the bell, the U.S. Federal Reserve objected to plans by Citigroup (C.N) and four other banks to return capital to shareholders, saying it had uncovered deficiencies during an annual test of their financial robustness.
Citigroup shares fell more than 5 percent in extended-hours trading following the news. The shares had ended the regular session at $50.16, down 0.3 percent.
In the latest look at the U.S. economy, orders for durable goods rose more than expected in February, ending two straight months of declines. Another report showed private-sector economic activity accelerated in March at a faster clip than in February as the services sector picked up, according to financial data firm Markit's preliminary composite Purchasing Managers Index.
Volume of about 7.1 billion shares traded on U.S. exchanges, slightly above the 6.9 billion average so far this month, according to data from BATS Global Markets.
Decliners beat advancers by a ratio of 2 to 1 on the New York Stock Exchange, while on the Nasdaq, nearly four stocks fell for every one that rose.
(Editing by Jan Paschal)


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The English Piano
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Collard & Collard, London, c 1835. From 1822 to 1832, the company Muzio Clementi had set up was known as Clementi, Collard & Collard. However, upon Clementi's death the name was changed to Collard & Collard. Rococo instruments such as this are adorned with shell-like flourishes. The style was prominent in Europe during the 18th century and was revived in the middle of the 19th. This piano is from the revival.
Early action of this type were rather too complex, and consequently unreliable. Erard patented his first repetition action in 1808, and a slightly modified version was patented in France a year later. But the action for which he is justly celebrated was developed and patented in England in 1821.
The English piano makers doubted the durability of this complex action which works through an elaborate system of levers. They failed to realize its potential and ignored it, to their disadvantage, for many decades. Nevertheless, in the early 19th century the English market for grand pianos was still dominated by Broadwood, and to some extent Clementi (renamed Collard & Collard after 1830) and Tompkinson. But the Erard company with its improved action and factories in both Paris and London, soon started to compete most effectively.
The pictures and text in the Virtual Piano Museum are copied with permission from Piano by David Crombie, published by Backbeat Books. This book is a beautiful volume of pictures and piano history. See more about it on its Web Page.
Photos Copyright 1995 Balafon, used by permission. All rights reserved
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It's about time.
Seven months, one tragedy and two roosters later we finally have three healthy layers.
We were never really sure that Hermione had been laying. The only one remaining of the original bunch of three, her hawkish looks and goof ball demeanor didn't make us question why we were spending whatever ridiculous amount it was on organic feed, the occasional organic tomato, bunch of organic spinach or tasty chokecherry from our front tree for a seemingly sterile bird. Well, somehow, againt nature's way (laying decreases dramatically during the short winter days), she finally started popping out some lovely blue eggs and hasn't stopped since. After a few (many) insanely cold days and nights we finally got out to checking our laying box to find three frozen, cracked and otherwise wasted blue eggs. Today is the only day since she started that she hasn't produced, leading me to believe she is on a six days on, one day off schedule. I'm going to need a vintage metal egg basket to sate my inner photographic needs this coming summer. Aren't all three gorgeous together? Brown with spots come from Peggy Olson, pink fom Nina Totenberg and the blue from everyone's favorite Hermionie Granger. I'll begin taking your pre-dyed easter egg orders starting next week*.
*USDA sidenote: I promise I won't sell anyone my eggs. Unless they offer me big bucks or trade for delicious meals, in which case, feel free to come raid my three hen establishment. Cheers.


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Photo Challenge: Wilt
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To capture life and vigor is a very beautiful thing, but, when the energy is gone there is till beauty. This challenge is to find the beauty in subjects that may have less vitality then they once may have had.
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The 16-year-old was released to a family member earlier this week. But he was sent to the Middlesex County Juvenile Detention Center after a court hearing on Thursday. He'll remain there until a new hearing next Friday.
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Game Character Hub is made to provide graphics resources to RPG Maker, and especially to provide characters, for RPG Maker XP and VX. A character is a PNG image, where someone is drawn onto. As in a video game, characters can walk, they must have a walking animation. This is made by providing several images of the same character, one for each movement of its.
Thus when we talk about a "character", we actually talk about a picture which contains several poses of the video game character. In RPG Maker each character can move in 4 directions: leftward, rightward, upward, and downward. As a character can walk, the image must provide poses of the character when its feet are moving, for each 4 directions. Therefore a RPG Maker XP character has 16 poses, and a RPG Maker VX 12. Game Character Hub supports both.
A RPG Maker XP character
8 RPG Maker VX characters
This is what Game Character Hub looks like. The main frame displays the current document. The upper toolbar gathers shortcuts to the most used functions. Aside are dock windows, such as the layer/item manager, the preview of the current character walking (how it will look like in your game), the history of the whole document, and a window to select colors for drawing functions. All those windows may be moved, undocked, or closed.
The main frame displays the current character. You may zoom in like in the screenshot above to see more details and to be more accurate when you work on it. It's on this frame most of the work will be done: selecting cases, selecting pixels, using editing or drawing functions…
The grid is displayed to show the clear separation between each case of the character. However you can turn that feature off. You may also change its background color.
This window allows you to manage the current character's items. Each item is considered as a layer in Game Character Hub. It's through this window only you will be able to manage layers.
You may reorder layers, remove them or simply hide them, rename them, change their opacity, duplicate them and merge them.
You may also select layers in this window. This is useful as you use editing or drawing functions, to define the elements to be edited.
This window displays a preview of your character, walking, as it will be in-game. You can pause the walking animation, and change some settings: the character's pace, the background color, and even a zoom value.
This window displays the history of the document. Whenever you modify anything in the document, this window is updated. It allows you to navigate through the former states of the character, thus undoing the latest changes. You may also redo them all by clicking on the latest state of the document.
This window simply allows you to select a color. Two are kept in memory. Those colors will be used whenever something is drawn onto the character (with a drawing function).
Since a character is made of single items (hair, shoes, armor,...), Game Character Hub offers you to create your character from such items. Those items are offered bu Game Character Hub, in a library (you may add your own items if you want to). Therefore in order to create your character you must choose amongst those items. Once this is done, Game Character Hub considers an item as a layer (as in any advanced drawing / photo editing program), and you are free to reorder them.
In Game Character Hub you have two kinds of items:
Game Character Hub is still compatible with items of its former release.
Single items are like PNG pictures.Exemple:
GCH Elements are a container of several layers, but they only represent one item for the character. This is made for instance for elements like a sword, which should be placed on the back of a character. Let's consider a knight character. You want to put the sword on his back. Since items are handled as layers you can only put the sword layer before of after the knight layer. If you put the sword before, then when the character doesn't look upward, the sword will be before him, and if you put the sword after, when the character looks upward, the sword will be on his chest. So you cannot do it if the sword is only made of one layer. That's why GCH Elements exist. If the sword is a GCH Element, then it can be on two layers:
|A single item (layer)
|Another one
|GCH Element
Game Character Hub offers some powerful ways to save characters. Those functions allow of course to recover your work, to generate hundreds of versions of the same character with color shifts, to save characters to unexpected formats, and even more!
This format is for Game Character Hub only. It simply allows you to save your character and then to recover your work next time you open Game Character Hub. You cannot use this format in your game. Use PNG images instead.
In order to use characters in your game, you must save your character into a PNG image. When you do, you will be prompted to select a "saving process". Those saving processes tell Game Character Hub how to create an image from a character. Thanks to this system you can save your character to unexpected format, ie different programs than RPG Maker XP and VX.
Game Character Hub offers by default some saving processes: saving an image for RPG Maker XP, RPG Maker VX (a single character, or within a big image containing 8 characters (see the picture at the top of the page)).
Game Character Hub allows you to create your own saving processes, so you can export your characters to any kind of format!
When in a game you may need hundreds of characters, it is very useful to have tools that generate them automatically. Game Character Hub offers this feature. From a character you created, you can create spare copies, when the color of some elements of your choice has been changed. So only with one character, you may create dozens, and save valuable developement time.
Here is the result of the function where the hair color of a RPG Maker XP character was set to shift 8 times. Thus 8 PNG images were generated:
You can also select saving processes in the multi-saving function, and then generate dozens of characters in the right format. You may also set several saving processes so you have saveral characters drawn onto a single image.
Here is the result of a combination of both. I had a use of it for another project of mine. 7 characters were saved onto the same image thanks to the saving process system.
That's a proof, if needed, that Game Character Hub can create characters for unexpected formats, for other programs or games than RPG Maker XP and VX.
Game Character Hub offers a dozen of editing functions for the elements of your character. Those functions are made to rework elements. All those functions can be applied on anything: a single element, a couple of element, some cases of the character, etc… You just need to select what you want reworked and launch the function! Here are the most used:
When added to the character, some elements might be at the wrong place (some hair could cover the character's eyes for instance). This function simply allows you to move the element(s) you want, within the character cases you want, to its right place.
This is most useful feature. If the color of an element doesn't please you, you may use this function to change it! As all editing functions, just select the elements you want changed, and the cases, and then launch this function. A window shall appear, to set up the coloration process.
Since Game Character Hub hasn't been translated yet the window is still in French. The first slider allows you to change the hue of the color. The second one its saturation. If your item is in gray scale, moving it rightward will give it a color. If your item has a color, moving the second slider leftward will make it gray scaled. The last slider is the brightness. The higher the whiter your item, the lower the darker.
As you move the sliders you can see in the meantime the changes on your item.
You may want to rework the shape of your items. Game Character Hub allows you to resize your elements, to rotate them or to flip them!
Game Character Hub allows you to draw onto the character. There are several options to accelerate the drawing: you can tell Game Character Hub that when you draw onto a case, it draws onto all cases or just some of them.
The eraser may be the most useful drawing function. With it you can remove some pixels from the cases and the items you want. This is very helpful when a particular item of a character doesn't really fit, so you can correct it manually.
Game Character Hub offers usual drawing functions. You can draw lines, rectangles, circles, fill pixel selection with the bucket tool, or draw manual shapes with the pen tool. Each shape can be filled by either a color or a gradient (which can be edited through a gradient editor).
In RPG Maker XP, tilesets are used in order to create a map in the game. A tileset is an image made of 32*32-pixel-sized tiles. Each tile represents an item or a part of it, like a barrel, a door, or the roots of a tree.
RPG Maker XP allows you to use only one tileset a map. So if you want to have a map with tiles from two different tilesets (or more) you must create a bigger tileset which contains all of them.
There are several versions of RPG Maker, and every version has its own way to store characters. Game Character Hub allows you to convert a character from a version to another. This includes RPG Maker 2003, XP and VX.


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how is it possible to stop a playing youtubevideo when i click at another one. i want to avoid that multiple videos are played at the same time.
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i want to combine this with Virtual Pagination script http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamici...pagination.htm to split the different videos on "pages".
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- Brazilian Grand Prix
Alonso proud regardless of title outcome
- Race:
- Brazilian Grand Prix
- Drivers:
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- Teams:
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Fernando Alonso says he will be proud of Ferrari's 2012 season no matter what happens in today's Brazilian Grand Prix.
Alonso goes in to the final race of the season with a 13-point deficit to Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel and will start the race three places behind him on the grid. After starting the year with an uncompetitive car and struggling to match the pace of the Red Bull at recent races, he said he was proud just to be in the championship fight at the final race.
"I think the highest point is to be here, sitting here with a car that we are constantly eighth in the last races and we're still talking about a world championship fight," Alonso said on Saturday evening. "It is something that is not normal, so I'm very proud of this and of the achievements we had this year. If we had a normal season perhaps we'd have the points of someone similar with our cars and you'd say bye-bye to the championship in Monza or Singapore and you have very relaxed races in the last part of the championship as we had last year.
"But because we did something not normal by leading the championship, we find ourselves eighth on the grid and a lot of people think that tomorrow we have the chance to win the world championship because they trust so much in ourselves and in our jobs on Sunday. So this is the thing that makes me more proud and I will remember the season like this whatever happens tomorrow."