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[right]may 16, 2008[/right]
this morning i decided that i wanted the new springfield XD-M, but after browsing the online auctions i wasnt very optimistic about finding one. imagine my surprise when my first call hit pay dirt. i happened to call scheels in billings montana and the gun manager told me that they had ordered one and expected it to be delivered today with their morning deliveries. after i couldnt even find a price by which to compare anywhere in the entire state of montana (course, i didnt tell him that) he informed me that the price would be $599 and i told him it was sold and drove to the store to await the delivery (ok, i get a little overly excited with each new gun purchase). on the drive down he called me to let me know that my gun had arrived and was being processed into their system.
my first impression was a favorable one. as OEM gun cases go, this one is very nice. the XD gear isnt impressive by any means, but its awful handy to have....especially with a design so new that the aftermarket doesnt yet support it. the holster is now a paddle holster with adjustable retention. its not uncomfortable at all, and appears to be durable. i dont like that the double magazine holder is molded to carry the magazines reversed from one another. under the stresses of a defensive shooting i could see the potential for attempting to load one of the magazines into the weapon backwards. i prefer consistant motions that can be performed instinctually as instinct is all youll be left with during a crisis such as a defensive shooting. i dont mention this under "what i dont like" because this is an issue with the included gear and not the weapon itself. the magazine loader is next to worthless and in fact i found that i could consistantly load the magazines faster by hand.
i never factor in asthetic value on carry weapons as i find beauty in proper function. with beauty being in the eye of the beholder, ill let these pictures speak for themselves. if asthetic value is important to you, this is one of those guns that youll either love or hate.
from top to bottom for size comparison:
- glock 31, 357 sig
[size=4]What I Like:[/size=4]
- ergonomics: this weapon is a natural pointer and is in the same league (in terms of ergonomics) with the 1911, the BHP, and others who use similar grip angles and control locations. aiming this weapon is as natural as pointing your finger.
- slide serrations: the slide serrations offer the best slide grip ive ever found. cut perfectly square, they are sharp enough to provide a positive grip but not sharp enough to hurt. i purposefully lubed them with mobil 1 synthetic oil just to see if manipulating a lubed slide would be difficult and i had no trouble at all. i like these slide serrations!
- capacity: 17 rounds of .40 is .40 stopping power potential with 9mm capacity. this is beautiful!
- grouping: the match barrel provides very decent grouping for a production line weapon. that said, this really isnt a selling point with me. i dont shoot for points or for trophies, i shoot to practice defending my life for which combat accuracy is perfectly acceptable. still, its nice to have a match grade barrel for those who are into target shooting. grouping was indeed impressive by my standards.
- melonite!: speaks for itself. i love melonite/tenifer.
- interchangable back straps: this handy capability allows you to size the weapon to your hand. i find the smallest back strap to be a perfect fit.
- consistant extractor: after each volley i noticed that the brass piled up in one pile almost as if they were placed there by hand. this was really neat as id never seen this before. it made policing brass very easy.
- controls: all controls were placed perfectly. both the slide stop and the magazine release are easily accessible and manipulated. i notice no real difference with the cut-outs as i had no trouble manipulating the magazine release on the standard XD. the field stripping procedure is fast and easy. springfield makes it a point to market that you dont have to squeeze the trigger prior to field stripping the weapon but this is a non-issue to me since i utilize proper procedure every time im handling a weapon. this step was done to correct issues from those who do not follow proper procedure, so i guess for their sake (and those in their vicinity) this is a good thing but i certainly wouldnt factor this in either way in my decision to purchase this weapon.
[size=4]What I Don't Like:[/size=4]
- trigger!: although slightly better than the standard XD, the trigger still blows chunks of half digested under-cooked greasy chicken saturated in cheap liquor. pulling it still feels like there is a marshmallow underneath it leaving you to guess where the break point might be. even after you engage the sear it feels like there is at least another 3/8" or so of pull before it releases and there is nothing crisp about the release. despite claims of "short trigger reset" the reset point is way forward of the release point causing a lot of unnecessary trigger travel between shots. reset point is not prominant at all forcing me to really pay more attention to the trigger than im used to if i wanted to fire controlled pairs from reset. unlike the glock/M&P this is a single action pistol and it should have a single action trigger! most disappointing was the realization that mr. leatham has sold his integrity to springfield. if anybody knows what a good trigger is, mr. leatham knows....yet in his promotional videos for springfield he promoted the XD trigger as being one of the great ones. bah. sorry, this is by no means a "great" trigger. its not even a "good" trigger. its a sloppy trigger at best and although i was able to manipulate it with authority, i was not able to do so instinctually due to the unnecessary travel and unnoticable reset point. i can only hope that the model mr. leatham shot has been through the custom shop and worked over.
- sights: the sights are in my opinion very poor. the channel on the rear sight is very narrow forcing you to concentrate a lot harder on the sights (to find the front sight through the very narrow channel) than you should in a defensive shooting. to seven yards this is insignificant anyway since you shouldnt be taking the time necessary for sight alignment anyway (use the front sight only at close range) but could be problematic for longer defensive shots.
- recoil: the recoil was more prominent than with glocks, the M&P, and certainly the USP(.40). certainly not uncontrollable, but far more snappy than i expected for a modern pistol. HK showed the world the value of the double recoil spring and many manufacturers followed (glock 36, springfield 4" 1911s, etc.) but the XD-M gets an old-school long, single coil recoil spring. again its not "bad" but its certainly more substantial than i expected.
- roll pins: having to drive a roll pin out with a drift to change the back strap negates some of the more important advantages of having interchangable back straps to begin with. for example, if you and your wife take turns with the weapon at the range you would have to drive out the roll pin each time the weapon changed hands.
- front strap serrations: these werent bad by any means, but they felt somewhat awkward. i would very much prefer finger grooves. perhaps ill warm up to them.
[center][size=3]Shooting The XD-M[/size=3]
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although i shot somewhat poorly (to much time - due to trigger and rear sight channel) i found the XD-M to be both controllable and accurate. in fact, prior to shooting the XD-M i dont think ive ever had two bullet holes touch on a controlled pair with any weapon. i couldnt repeat it (not for a lack of trying!) but it was a really neat thing to see. controlled pairs/combat shooting was very good, and well aimed target shooting was extremely accurate for a production line handgun. when this weapon is released in 9mm it is sure to be a big hit with competitive shooters.
this is a great weapon that will surely serve anyone very well. i had no failures in 200 rounds (100 WWB, 50 HST 165 grain, 50 HST 180 grain) and would expect to say the same thing after 2000 rounds. i do feel overall that the internet hype exceeds the true value of this pistol, but that is not the fault of the design of the pistol.
i came into this with the belief that the S&W M&P is the ideal service size .40, and found myself asking what the XD-M offers that the M&P does not and in the end i found very little. it does offer 1 more round of capacity but honestly thats the only advantage i could find to the XD-M over the M&P and considering the awful trigger on the XD-M i would still choose the M&P over it. the M&P trigger really isnt much better (this is my only real criticism of the M&P as well) but at least with the M&P you can feel both the precise sear release point as well as the reset without having to pay close attention to it. i still believe that the M&P is the ideal service size weapon, but the XD-M would ultimately prove equal.
my criticisms are not due in any way to my preferences for any other designs or brands. my criticisms are based in nothing more than my limited first hand experience with this weapon and the impressions it leaves me with. perhaps the aftermarket will produce decent sights and perhaps someone will find a way to clean up the trigger, but my assessment was based on out of the box performance only. while im reluctant to warm up to the XD-M (due to the trigger moreso than anything else), it is a great defensive pistol and i wouldnt hesitate to entrust it with my life. it is way to large for me to consider it as a carry weapon, but it would make a great home defense weapon as well as a great service weapon. at this point im really on the fence about it. i could sell it without regret, or i could put some money into it (trigger and sights) and have a great gun for home defense. ill update you with my intent after ive put another few boxes of ammunition down range.


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WHITEVILLE � Dakoda Rush and Julian Williams each scored second-half goals off assists by Trey Smith, and Richlands got a key save from goalie Jax Eddleman as the Wildcats came away with a 2-0 victory over Whiteville in the first round of the NCHSAA 2-A soccer playoffs.
WHITEVILLE � Dakoda Rush and Julian Williams each scored second-half goals off assists by Trey Smith, and Richlands got a key save from goalie Jax Eddleman as the Wildcats came away with a 2-0 victory over Whiteville in the first round of the NCHSAA 2-A soccer playoffs.
After a scoreless first half, Rush scored with about 15 minutes left in regulation and Williams followed shortly after that to give the Wildcats a 2-0 lead. But Whiteville made a big rush down the right side and Richlands was called for a foul, leading to a penalty kick.
Not only did Eddleman stop the PK, he also corralled a shot on the rebound.
�He went to Jax�s right side and he guessed right,� coach Mike Roed said. �There was a rebound and he saved that, too. Two saves on that one play, which really changed the momentum back to us.�
Richlands (11-10-1), the No. 4 seed out of the East Central 2-A Conference, will play the winner of the Jordan Matthews-Cedar Ridge match at a time and date to be determined. Whiteville, the No. 2 seed out of the Waccamaw Conference, finishes 11-9-2.
�We played real well,� Roed said. �We were able to knock the ball around and had a lot of good possessions. Whiteville really packed it in. They had nine, 10 guys behind the ball. We had to really show a lot of patience and maturity.
�We waited for it. We didn�t panic, and we didn�t panic on the penalty kick. We did a good job. Winning 2-0 on the road is a great job.�
Richlands 0 2� 2
Whiteville 0 0� 0
GOALS�R: Dakoda Rush, Julian Williams. ASSISTS�R: Trey Smith. IN GOAL�R: Eddleman (5 saves). W NA. SHOTS ON GOAL�R 12, W 5. CORNER KICKS�R 4, W 4. RECORDS�R 11-10-1, vs. Jordan Matthews-Cedar Ridge winner, in second round state 2-A playoffs, TBA. Whiteville 11-9-3, season complete.
n Croatan third: LeAnn Domitrovits shot a two-round 30-over 172 to help Croatan finish tied for third in the NCHSAA 1-A/2-A golf championships on the West Course at the Foxfire Resort and Country Club in Foxfire Village.
Salisbury won the team title at 490 behind defending champion Isabella Rusher, who fired the only even-par round of 71 in the two-day tournament to finish at 146 for a 12-stroke victory.
Hendersonville was second at 550 followed by Croatan and North Surry at 560.
The best three scores counted toward the team totals.
Along with Domitrovits (82-90), Croatan was led by Mary Leonard (89-100�189) and Savannah Vasquez (104-95�199). Other Cougar scores: Mary Hogan (108-103�211) and Abi Van Pelt (106-107�113).
Christy Harring of Richlands competed in the tournament as a individual, shooting 108 and 116 for a two-day total of 224.
Meanwhile, in the 3-A championships Jacksonville�s Abbie Wiggs shot 99 and 102 for a 201 on the par-71 course at Longleaf Golf and Country Club in Southern Pines. Southern Nash�s Allison Pitts was medalist at 192 (96-96) while Ledford won the team title at 506.
n Southwest boys, girls win regional: The Southwest boys� and girls� captured the NCHSAA 1-A East Regional behind first-place finishes by Caleb Lockey and Haleigh Crouson. Dixon�s boys finished second and girls third while Lejeune�s girls wound up second and boys fifth.
Lockey ran an 18:48 to finish 9 seconds ahead of Manteo�s Chris Robertson while Adam Johnson of Dixon was third at 18:59 in the regional on a cold and breezy afternoon at Camp Seagull in Arapahoe.
Crouson came in at 21:38 to beat out teammate Emily Pettway (21:47). The Stallions claimed five of the first seven spots. Dixon�s Maddy Voorhee was third at 21:49 followed by Lejeune�s Kimberly Danjou at 22:36.
The top four teams and top five individuals not on those teams advance to the state championships Saturday at Beeson Park in Kernersville, which means the boys� and girls� teams from Southwest and Dixon are headed to the finals as well as Lejeune�s girls� team.
Making the field as individuals from Lejuene were Schtakleff Cameron and Max Moore.
TEAMS: Southwest 45, Dixon 63, Pamlico 78, Manteo 89, Lejeune 113, South Creek 199, Gates County 199, KIPP Pride 201, Riverside 226, Northside 250
INDIVIDUALS: Southwest -1. Lockey 18:48; 8. Jordan 19:28; 9. Winegardner 19:33; 12. Farmer 19:57; 15. Mitchell 20:12; 19. Marshall 20:19; 27. Roberts 20:52; Dixon � 3. Johnson 18:59; 10. Hickey 19:41; 13. Perales 20:09; 14. Leanes 20:11; 23. Meeting 20:43; 29. Horiates 21:02; 35. Cline 21:34; Lejeune � 5. Cameron 19:20; 16. Moore 20:13; 26. Aguilera 20:48; 32. Carter 21:17;34. Christmas 21:25; 49. Camina 24:05.
TEAMS: Southwest 21, Lejeune 67, Dixon 80, Pamlico 119, Northside 134, Manteo 176, KIPP Pride 191, Riverside 199
INDIVIDUALS: Southwest � 1. H. Crouson 21:38; 2. Pettway 21:47; 5. Zedek 22:38; 6. A. Crouson 23:00; 7. Crow 23:06; 23. Blake 24:46; 39. Haskell 27:33; Dixon � 3. Voorhee 21:49; 13. Anderson 23:31; 15. Lewis 23:45; 19. Lapointe 24:10; 30. Parrish 26:21; Bizzell 26:22; 37. Horiates 27:17; Lejeune � 4. Danjou 22:36; 9. Dudley 23:14; 16. Bango 23:55; 18. Bragg 24:04; 20. Ynfante 24:18; 22. Brown 24:36; 24. Dillon 24:50.

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Vinyasa: The Link Between Poses
Yoga is all about connecting your breath with your body, and vinyasas help that happen. Vinyasas link static yoga poses together, so your practice becomes more of a deliberate, fluid dance instead of just a bunch of random poses thrown together. Vinyasa is a series of 5 movements, kind of like a shortened Sun Salutation. You do a vinyasa between different poses and between the right and left sides of poses as well. Vinyasas are like the glue that holds yoga poses together.
Check out this video to see the flow of the 5 movements.
How did it get its name? To find out,
"Vinyasa" is a Sanskrit word that literally means "uniting breath with movement." Each of the 5 movements in a vinyasa is synchronized to an inhale or exhale, and those movements help to make the connection between your breath and your body even deeper. This helps to make yoga more of a moving meditation, by increasing your awareness and ability to focus. Vinyasas also make yoga more challenging, because those 5 movements really work your upper body and core. Vinyasas also enable you to maintain heat, which opens your muscles and allows you to get deeper into poses. Doing a vinyasa between each pose brings the body back to a neutral pose, so you're like a clean slate - ready for the next pose.
Here's a simple description of a vinyasa and how the breath is connected to each of the 5 movements:
- Inhale - LIFT your feet and hips off the ground.
- Exhale - 4-Limbed Staff (Chaturanga) pose.
- Inhale - Upward Facing Dog.
- Exhale - Downward Facing Dog.
- Inhale - Jump your feet through your legs and get ready for the next pose.
Now here's a more descriptive explanation:
- Inhale - From a seated position (whichever pose you are doing), plant your palms firmly next to your hips and bend your knees up to your chest. Cross your right leg in front of your left just below the knees (not at the ankles), engage your abdominal muscles and LIFT your feet and hips off the ground.
- Exhale - If you can, keep the lift and don't even let your feet touch the ground as you kick them back to Chaturanga. Since that's really tough, try at least to do the LIFT for a moment, then touch your feet to the ground and kick back to Chaturanga.
- Inhale - Scoop your chest forward between your arms and come into Upward Facing Dog.
- Exhale - Press into your hands and lift your hips up to the ceiling coming into Downward Facing Dog.
- Inhale - Look between your hands, bend your knees, jump off the balls of your feet and come into a seated position, ready for the next pose. If you can, you want to try and jump your feet through your hands and land softly on your bum. If that's not happening, take 2 jumps instead of 1. Jump your feet to your hands, then jump your legs in front of you and land on your bum.
You'll do this vinyasa in Ashtanga yoga classes and in other yoga classes too, such as Jivamukti. There's even a style of yoga called "Vinyasa" (also called "Flow"), that involves doing vinyasas between poses, and that's how it got its name.
Check out this video of a guy doing the LIFT back to Chaturanga without even touching the ground. Those are some serious core muscles!


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Queensryche's Guitarist Describes Geoff Tate's 'Vicious' Attack
Queensryche have been in the headlines for a good portion of the year, and not under the best circumstances. In a new interview, guitarist Michael Wilton reveals just how bad things got during the alleged physical confrontation between himself and singer Geoff Tate.
The much-reported altercation between Tate and the other band members started when the singer claimed they were making moves to oust both him and his wife — their manager — from the group. Wilton tells Billboard that they were in Brazil at the time, and were right on the verge of taking the stage for a big performance when it became apparent that Tate was ready to confront them with what he had learned.
Wilton explains, "We had our meeting, we get onstage, and I was shocked. I could not believe it. This guy I've been working with for 30-plus years spits in my face, in my eyes, and then calls me superlatives, and then comes and pushes me and then punches me in the side of the face! It was abhorrent behavior. It was vicious. I'm in shock, because, there's obviously a curtain drawn on the stage, [but] all this is happening and we're to perform in like five minutes! And he's knocking things over, he's spitting on our amps, he's knocking Scott [Rockenfield]'s drums over, he's spitting on Scott, he's calling everybody names."
Bassist Eddie Jackson adds, "I felt more embarrassed than I did hurt, because the promoter was there. We don't get that opportunity to go down to South American that often and when we do, we really take advantage of it. The promoter was there, his assistant, the local crew was there, the opening act. To me, [by the] end of the night, it was just like this whirlwind of events that happened."
Wilton says, "When we had this meeting in the dressing room before the show, he's saying that we fired him, we had no intention of firing him. This was pure business. We wanted to be represented a different way, and we did not fire Geoff Tate."
Meanwhile, the band members have officially started to put the Geoff Tate-era behind them while working on demos for their first album without the singer. Rockenfield revealed, "It's going well. We've been writing for the last couple months. It's all so fresh to us, even just our relationship with Todd [La Torre] being in the band. It's kind of a whirlwind. I think our heads every day are kind of spinning with everything that we're dealing with. Some of it's good and some of it's bad that you gotta deal with, and you know all the stuff that we're going through."
The drummer added that the group wants to get back to their face-to-face interactive roots and write songs that pull from their history. Wilton agrees with his bandmate: "Each one of us has hard drives full of material that was never used for whatever reasons . . . We all wanna write these songs together. We all want to be in the room, use the best ability of everybody and make these songs a band signature, [where] we play it before we burn it on a computer. You gotta play it together. We wanna bring that essence back like we used to do in Scott's basement that we used to call the Dungeon [where the band rehearsed in its early days]. That's where the magic happens."


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After the so-called sexual revolution of the 1960's and 70's, as sexual irregularities became more prevalent or at least more talked about, our judges, and to some extent our legislators, began moving from a broad tolerance of departure from mainstream values concerning sexual activity to a general denial that there are any mainstream values from which to depart.
This evolution has taken place mostly through low-profile cases, so that up to now the erosion of respect for sexual standards in legal decisions has hardly been noticed except by people professionally concerned with it. But what has happened deserves more attention than that. The law, in the words of the great Justice Holmes, is the witness and external deposit of our moral life. Those who are concerned with moral standards in public life should focus on this aspect of the law.
A Catalogue of Curiosities
Here is a collection of relevant cases that assume and encourage the erosion of respect for chastity:
A Louisiana court forbids the implementation of an abstinence-based sex education program in a public school because it contains factual inaccuracies, like teens with a low opinion of themselves are more likely than other teens to get involved in premarital sex and religious beliefs or subjective judgments like human reproduction has a higher meaning than animal reproduction.
After a controversial decision in Lexington, Mass., to distribute condoms in the local high school, a group of parents tries to place advertisements in the yearbook and the student newspaper urging abstinence. The student editors reject the advertisements as too controversial. A majority of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit rejects the parents' constitutional claim against the school.
The same Massachusetts court holds that no right of students or their parents is infringed when a high school makes students attend a sexually explicit AIDS awareness program put on by Hot, Sexy, and Safer Productions, Inc.
A divorced woman asks a New Jersey court to stop her ex-husband from having his girlfriend stay overnight with him while the children are visiting. Instead, the court orders a counselor appointed to explain to the children that their father's lifestyle is as worthy of respect as their mother's.
A married policeman is living with another man's wife. A federal court in Michigan says it would be unconstitutional to fire him for that. It does not interfere with his police work.
A high school teacher is observed having sex with another man in a booth in an adult film store. An order of the state Board of Education revoking his teaching license for immorality is set aside by the Supreme Court of Oregon because the board has failed to explain what they mean by the term.
A married woman with emotional problems comes to an internist for treatment of a physical ailment. He has sexual intercourse with her on several occasions, all marked by a certain amount of aggression on his part and a good deal of ambivalence on hers. The Supreme Court of California holds that as the sexual relations did not affect his treatment of her physical ailments, the Medical Board cannot suspend his license on account of it.
A New York statute forbids topless dancing in bars. The State Court of Appeals says that it is an unconstitutional interference with free speech.
The Supreme Court of the United States holds that while a state may forbid the showing of films depicting the actual sexual abuse of children, the showing of films that use computer simulations to depict such abuse is constitutionally protected.
The Supreme Court of California holds that accepting pay to have sex on camera in the making of pornographic films cannot be treated as prostitution because it is protected by the First Amendment.
Certain statutes forbid discrimination on account of marital status. They were originally enacted to protect married people against employers who found single workers easier to oppress and against landlords who did not want children in their rental units. Courts in several states hold that under such statutes a landlord may not refuse to rent to a cohabiting couple on the ground that they are not married. Two state supreme courts hold that statutes against discrimination trump a landlord's religious objection to facilitating nonmarital sex.
A man on a street corner waylays a passing woman whom he has never seen before, hustles her to his apartment and has sex with her in various ways. A jury finds that she did not consent. The Supreme Court of California sets aside the man's conviction for rape, because the jury should have been told to acquit him if he believed she had consented.
Chastity as Idiosyncratic
Taken together, these cases reveal a steady erosion of respect for chastity as a moral virtue. Chastity has come to be seen as a personal idiosyncrasy, comparable to the wearing of turbans by Sikhs or the refusal of the Amish to drive cars. We may practice chastity if we wishit's a free countrybut we cannot call upon our courts to promote chastity's standards. We cannot expect public schools to teach chastity, entertainers to respect it or professional people to refrain from publicly mocking it. We cannot assume that ordinary citizens will attach any importance to chastity as a moral standard.
This erosion of respect for chastity is not peculiar to the law, nor is the law its principal cause. But of all the social forces affecting the perception of chastity, the law is the only one over which society has significant control. The power of the law as a force of moral persuasion should be exercised toward restoring chastity as a broadly accepted moral standard. The current erosion of respect for chastity has led to a wholesale trivialization of sex in our society. And where sex is trivialized, the human person is trivialized as well.
Law and Morality
The time-honored generalization that you can't legislate morality is not true. We legislate morality all the time by the law's implicit recognition of moral standards. We do not deploy squads of police to seek out and arrest everyone who violates accepted moral standards. But we should seek to affirm the existence of such standards. The law encourages public respect for them in many different ways.
Public respect for the moral standard of chastity, however, has been dismantled case by case in decisions like those just described. Public respect can be restored in the same way.
None of the decisions reported here were required by the Constitution, by civil laws, by precedents or by traditional American values. All of these cases could just as easily have been decided the other way. Similar cases can still be decided in a different way in the future.
Americans are a tolerant people, and we are generally disposed to mind our own business; it is neither possible nor desirable to suppress all sexual irregularities by law. But we do not have to accept a law that legitimizes them.
Chastity is not a moral virtue that can be safely relegated to the merely private sphere. The public good of society depends on an acceptance of chastity as a moral standard. Without such a standard, the erotic is continually intruding into situations where it is destructive of friendship, respect, trust, cooperation and often of human dignity. But in the public sphere, chastity has always proved to be a delicate virtue. Without strong support from society, it tends to languish, as I believe it has today. The violation of chastity, on the other hand, never lacks for enthusiastic supporters who are prepared to occupy any public space that becomes available. A society, therefore, cannot afford to be neutral on the subject.
Promoting a Respect for Chastity
Unless the standard of chastity is supported, its violations become the norm. We need to recast our legal assumptions to support chastity as they once did. The issue is not one of rooting out and punishing illicit sex. The question rather is the prevailing assumptions governing all kinds of legal questions. These assumptions should recognize chastity as normal and normative. The law cannot effectively deter those who choose to violate chastity. But it can and should encourage those who opt for chastity and offer guidance to those who confront its challenges.
In addition, one might be moved to dispute the underlying presumption that chastity is no longer the norm in our society. These were clearly not cases that addressed the issue of chastity directly, so they do not test the norm. Were the decisions made with a disregard for chastity or based on the assumption that chastity is abnormal, as the author asserts? Even in the author's retelling, one is moved to ask whether there were not overriding concerns that dwarfed this moral issue. We are expected to take for granted the author's assertion that "all of these cases could just as easily have been decided the other way".
Where the author sees a languishing of chastity in today's society, someone else might see as a positive thing the languishing of hypocrisy. Whether the erotic intrudes to destroy friendship, respect, trust, cooperation, and human dignity, or whether acknowledging the erotic facilitates these, is apparently debatable considering the author's perspective against that of the larger society. Since it is a debatable point, it offers no argument for making legal decisions for the purpose of encouraging, in their option for chastity, those members of our society who have no involvement in the specific cases being decided. It seems a rather dangerous thing to do, in fact.


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Katy Perry, Sofia Vergara, and Jayma Mays at The Smurfs Premiere
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Katy Perry Shows Smurfette Spirit at Smurfs Premiere
When you think about it, would you expect to see Katy Perry in anything else at The Smurfs world premiere in New York? The entertainer — known for her quirky, over-the-top outfits — wore a custom corset by the Blonds, showcasing her movie character, Smurfette, across the front. Other premiere attendees chose more traditional red carpet garb: Jayma Mays chose an emerald green Reem Acra minidress, Sofia Vergara wore curve-hugging Missoni, and on the other end of the Katy Perry spectrum, Olivia Palermo was seriously understated in a neutral maxiskirt and blouse. Click the slideshow to see all the looks from the The Smurfs premiere last night.


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Frederick Fleszar
Born: July 2, 1916
Syracuse, United States
Frederick was the oldest of two sons born to Polish immigrants in Syracuse, New York. In 1922 Frederick's father, who was a musician, moved the family back to Poland where they settled in Poznan. There Frederick started public school and was accepted to the boys section of the prestigious Poznan Cathedral Choir.
1933-39: In 1933, at age 17, I graduated from secondary school and enrolled in medical school at the university at Poznan. I sang with the choir for the last time the day I graduated from medical school, on June 30, 1939. On September 1, 18 days before I was to report for compulsory military duty, Germany invaded Poland. That October I was interned by the Germans with other draft-age males in an underground fort in the suburbs of Torun.
1940: In 1940, while I was interned, my brother helped me contact the U.S. embassy in Warsaw. Before proof of my U.S. citizenship could arrive, I was sent to the Stutthof concentration camp. The next day I was told that as an American I was being released. I was driven to Bydgoszcz to be discharged and put in jail for the night. The next morning as I was taken to the gate, a guard struck my ears with half-opened fists, rupturing my eardrums.
Frederick suffered irreparable hearing damage. After his release, Frederick opened a medical practice in Warsaw. He moved back to the United States in 1947.


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Wes Williams was right. In the late 1990s, the tiny custom-bike builder in Crested Butte, Colo., developed a cult following for his odd Willits mountain bikes with their weird, 29-inch wheels — 3 inches taller than those on standard bikes. He told everyone that "29ers" would take over the industry some day. When mountain-bike icon Gary Fisher rolled out his own 29ers, his dealers laughed at him — until customers started clamoring for the monster-truck tires that fly over rocks, mud and sand so much faster and easier than little wheels. Today, big wheels have become the hottest story in the bike world. And Williams has a mile-long waiting list for his prestigious, all-titanium 29ers.
Mountain bikes: In the Oct. 18 Health section, the Gear column's review of 29-inch-wheel mountain bikes said that one drawback of the Cannondale Flash Hi-Mod 29er model was that its suspension fork made it harder to repair a flat. The design of that model's Lefty suspension fork actually makes it easier to repair a flat. —
The sweet spot
Specialized Camber
Elite 29er:
Handsome, value-oriented full-suspension aluminum cross-country bike with wide appeal.
The ultimate Everyman 29er. Great price, looks and performance hit the "sweet spot" for a majority of riders. Includes a comfy 4 inches of front and rear suspension cushion, a fork lock-out for fast climbing and a Shimano XT/SLX 27-speed drivetrain. Also nice: room for a water bottle within the frame. Slightly relaxed geometry makes it more comfortable for daylong rides than an all-out race bike. The higher-end Camber Pro has better shocks and brakes and a lightweight 20-speed XTR drivetrain. Lower priced than similar 4-inch dual suspension bikes from other major brands.
Lacks common front-end strengtheners like the tapered head-tube and through-axle hub, though the handling remained tight.
$2,050; Pro, $2,900. ;
Plush and fast
Cannondale Flash Hi-Mod 29'er
Ultra-light carbon-fiber hardtail (front-suspension-only) bike with unique comfort.
Hardtail speed and simplicity with great built-in rear-end shock absorption — far more than any hardtail I've ridden. Credit Cannondale's SAVE (system active vibration elimination) system, which gets vertical flex but side-to-side rigidity from flattened sections on the seat stays, chain stays and seat post. It definitely takes the edge off bumps and saves weight; with a carbon Lefty suspension fork and SRAM's svelte, superb 2-by-10 20-speed XO drivetrain, the bike's a feathery 21 pounds. The Flash 3, with a heavier grade of carbon and an aluminum Lefty, weighs just 23.2 pounds. With great power transfer from the burly front triangle, it flies, making it a rare hardtail you could race or ride comfortably all day.
The 90-millimeter Lefty, though super-stable, has 10 mm less cushion than the Specialized Camber and requires tools for wheel removal, an inconvenience when transporting the bike or fixing a flat.
$5,899, Flash 3 is $2,999. (800) 245-3872;
Niner Jet 9:
Finely detailed dual-suspension race/endurance bike with a unique suspension design from a company that makes only 29ers.
Great climbing, solid handling. With an instant reaction to pedaling input and minimal bob, it almost feels like a hardtail. Credit a massive, 1.5-inch tapered head tube for solid, precise steering; a fat down-tube; burly, friction-free pivot linkages; and Niner's CVA (constantly varying arc) suspension, which uses a floating link under the bottom bracket to isolate drivetrain torque from the movement of the solid rear triangle. Like a high-end sports car, there's nice attention to detail, from the handlebar-mounted fork lockout button to strong, smooth double-pass welds and a New Belgium beer bottle cap over the headset bolt. I recommend the 100 mm fork over the stock 80 mm.
The wheels' perplexing, plastic, hard-to-use DT Swiss quick-release skewers take more time to change than normal QRs.
$1,749 frame only; $4,427 full bike with 30-speed Shimano XT. (877) 646-3792;
Simple suffices
KHS Tucson 29er:
Basic, well-appointed aluminum hardtail
A profound joy going so fast on a bike so uncomplicated. Makes you wonder why you need the fancy stuff. Perfect for any new 29er rider. From a solid but low-profile company, this bike has good parts — a 27-speed SRAM X7/Shimano Deore drivetrain, cushy WTB saddle — at a fair price.
The 3-inch RST fork is about an inch short of comfy.
$1,099. (310) 632-7173;
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Four MIT men's soccer players were named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Division III Men's Scholar All-East Region Honorable Mention Team this week. Senior Andrew Fijan (West Chester, Pa.) and juniors Chester Chambers (Columbia, Md.), Nicholas Diamantoni (Boca Raton, Fla.) and Jason Adler (Scarsdale, N.Y.) were all honored. This is the first time in the history of the program that so many Engineers have been named Honorable Mentions during the same year.
In order to be eligible for this award, a student-athlete must be at least a junior, have attained a cumulative grade point average of 3.30 (4.0 scale) or higher, and have started more than 50 percent of the team's games.
Fijan appeared in and started 19 games throughout his senior season, scoring one goal in MIT's 7-0 win over Framingham State (10/23) with less than 10 minutes remaining in the game. He was named to the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Second Team All-Conference, the Academic All-Conference team and was selected as a New England Intercollegiate Soccer League (NEISL) All-Star. Known for his speed, Fijan was part of the dangerous MIT defense that allowed just 25 goals all season.
Chambers played in all 20 games during the season, starting 11 of them. His lone goal of the season was the game-winner against Salve Regina (10/9). He also notched four assists, bringing his point total to six. The midfielder was named to the conference's Academic All-Conference team.
Appearing in all but one game and making 16 starts, Diamantoni scored one goal and racked up six assists for eight points. His one goal of the season was the game-winner against Wentworth Institute of Technology (9/7). He was tabbed to the league's Academic All-Conference team and appeared on the CoSIDA Academic All-District list for the second consecutive year.
Playing in 16 games and making 13 starts, Adler tallied one assist in the 3-1 victory over Wentworth Institute of Technology (9/7), setting up the final MIT goal that was scored with less than 10 minutes remaining in the game. He was also tabbed to the NEWMAC Academic All-Conference team.


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Read more news at: https://www.mlb.com/orioles/news
Inbox: How does Jurrjens impact rotation?
What does the Jair Jurrjens addition do to the chances of guys like Brian Matusz, Jake Arrieta and Zach Britton making the team? Also, is Jurrjens participating in the World Baseball Classic or not?
-- Don C., Elkridge, Md.
Jurrjens adds more competition to an already deep pool of rotation candidates, and it's fair to say that, if healthy, his presence could certainly change the role of the aforementioned trio and where it ends up in April. The way things look right now, there appears to be one rotation spot up for grabs behind Jason Hammel, Wei-Yin Chen, Miguel Gonzalez and Chris Tillman. I wouldn't say Gonzalez and Tillman have locked up spots already, but, barring a bad spring or injury, they should be in line to take a pair of rotation spots on the Opening Day roster.
Steve Johnson pitched himself into consideration last year, and Matusz, Arrieta and Britton will also be competing with Tommy Hunter and Rule 5 Draft pick T.J. McFarland this spring. Top pitching prospects Dylan Bundy and Kevin Gausman will also be in camp, and both are considered not far off from the big leagues. The rehab of Tsuyoshi Wada will also be closely monitored, and he could be a factor not long after the season's start.
The bottom line is there's a lot of competition, but Matusz, Arrieta -- last year's Opening Day starter -- and Britton have all shown flashes of being able to succeed as Major League starters. It's on them to prove that again this spring and show they can consistently help the big league club. Orioles manager Buck Showalter has been a very vocal advocate of earning your keep and not handing out jobs for guys to try to develop in the Majors. It's about winning games, and the O's will go with whoever gives them the best chance to do so. As Tillman mentioned recently at FanFest, the competition is what gets guys psyched up for spring and should push all the rotation candidates to be at their best in camp.
With that in mind, Jurrjens would miss part of Spring Training if he does pitch in the World Baseball Classic. His name was on the provisional roster for the Netherlands, but being with a new club and the opportunity to make an impression -- and compete for a rotation spot -- could change his mind. It's a decision up to each individual player (Gonzalez turned down a spot), although most clubs prefer to not have their pitchers participate and instead progress through Spring Training slowly to get ready for the grind of a full season.
At Jim Palmer's statue unveiling last year, he mentioned that he thought Jim Johnson should be given the chance to start and that he even saw him as becoming a starter akin to Roy Halladay. Do you think that the Orioles will eventually give Jim the chance to start or are both parties happy for him to continue closing?
-- Dan G., Baltimore
This question never really goes away, and Johnson, who has been asked about this for years, will be the first to tell you that.
The short answer here is no. Johnson is the Orioles' All-Star closer, and it's not every day you find guys capable of 50-plus saves pitching in the American League East. It's a testament to how good the right-hander's stuff is, with four-plus pitches, that keeps this debate going among O's fans. But as I noted in the first question, Baltimore already has a crowded rotation picture, and there's hope it will only get better as the season progresses with the pending arrivals of Wada, Bundy and Gausman.
Showalter likes to say, "Be careful robbing Peter to pay Paul," and if you took Johnson out of the closer role, how many regular-season games would the Orioles potentially have lost last season? He excelled on the road in some hostile environments, and the strength of the team's bullpen was one of the main reasons Baltimore was able to reach its first postseason in 15 years.
You also have to consider the health factor -- Johnson has had prior arm and back injuries -- and how having him available to pitch multiple games in a row is more beneficial, and easier for Showalter to manage, than if he pitched once every five days. Johnson has become a leader in the clubhouse and has proven he has the ability, physically and mentally, to handle the ninth-inning duties. Moving him to the rotation isn't happening this year or any time in the foreseeable future.
Are we going to get a 25-homer hitter in the middle of the lineup? Mark Reynolds was a Yankees killer last year.
-- Dave, Elkton, Md.
I answered this in my last Inbox, and the verdict is the same: Barring any unforeseen last-minute move, the Orioles are going to Spring Training without the middle-of-the-order bat they wanted to add this winter.
Executive vice president of baseball operations Dan Duquette made it pretty clear at the news conference announcing his extension that the club looked at numerous trade options but it wasn't willing to part with young pitching. Instead, the O's, who non-tendered Reynolds and allowed him to become a free agent, will move forward with a lineup that hinges on the continued development of Adam Jones, Matt Wieters and Chris Davis. Jones figures to be the cleanup hitter more often than not, and having a healthy Nolan Reimold, Nick Markakis and Brian Roberts -- or any combination of the three -- should help keep the lineup balanced. But how the offense will fare, and if it will be able to support the pitching staff enough for Baltimore to remain competitive, remains to be seen.
Who will be the Opening Day pitcher for the Orioles?
-- Koby J., Landover, Md
My early pick would be Hammel. Chen could also got the nod here, but Hammel was the team's best starter when he was healthy, and he said recently his right knee feels good and that he has no restrictions.
"I feel 100 percent right now," he said at the O's movie premiere event earlier this month. "I'm very optimistic. I was a little scared after the season because things were still stiff. Finally, I was able to rest. I think that was the big key. You can't really heal if you don't have time to rest. It took about two weeks for the swelling and any fluid to subside, and then it was just a slow, gradual building back into a lifting process.
"As of right now, I'm doing normal workouts like I was doing before the injury, so I feel real good."


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Recognition never times out
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|Problem Summary
|While waiting for speech input, speech recognition waits indefinitely.
|Error Message
|Possible Cause
|This problem is caused by setting the initial timeout value to 0 (zero). The problem will occur only if the ASR provider is Nuance. Nuance defines an initial timeout value of zero to mean that it will never time out. Other vendors interpret this value to mean that it must time out immediately.
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If an immediate timeout is required, do the following: When using Nuance as the ASR software provider, set the initial timeout value to the smallest value greater than 0 (zero). For other ASR vendors, simply set the initial timeout to 0 (zero).
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Initial data exploration in SAP BusinessObjects Lumira
You will learn
How to understand the dataset that has been added to SAP BusinessObjects Lumira.
Make sure you opened the Prepare room of SAP BusinessObjects Lumira to explore the data acquired in the previous tutorial.
In Status bar check how many rows and columns are in the dataset. In this example the dataset has 16317 rows with 13 columns and all are displayed.
All of columns became Dimensions to analyze data. Dimensions with numeric data have been additionally recognized by SAP BusinessObjects Lumira as Measures, which can be used for numerical analysis using different types of aggregation. Aggregation of the type
Sum is the default for all measures.
You can check UI components terminology of SAP BusinessObjects Lumira by downloading the Terminology Quick Reference from User Guides available at SAP BusinessObjects Lumira help portal.
To better understand values of dimensions in your dataset switch display of the Data pane to Facets.
Now each facet displays a list of unique values of corresponding dimension. And you can see the number of unique values in the given dimension right next the to facet's name. In this case there are 32 distinct values of
Country in example above.
If a dimension has more than 100 values, like in case of the Date dimension, then
100+ is displayed by default. Click on it to force the facet view to calculate the exact number of distinct values of corresponding dimension.
Right click on the Facet's value highlights all related values from other dimensions, i.e. all values which appear in same rows with the selected one. Right click on
Australia, and you see
Melbourne and
Sydney highlighted in the City facet.
Facet's values are ordered alphabetically by default and display the number of occurrences next to each value.
Click on Options button next to the
Lines Facet's name, and change the measure from Occurrences to Sales Revenue.
To find top selling lines of products change the sort order by clicking on Options button next to Lines facet's name and selecting Sort -> Sort Measure Descending.
You can see that top selling line of products is
And to find what lines of products are best selling in
Australia, add the filter by clicking on Options button and then selecting Filter… to open a dialog box. Select
Australia and then click Apply.
You should notice that Austria has been added as a filter in Filters bar. Remove it from there by clicking
x after you analyzed filtered data.
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Agent Greeting Fails to Play - Agent PIM log has no route request
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|Problem Summary
Agent Greeting Fails to Play.
|Error Message
No error in Router/PG/CTI Event Viewer. No error message in agent desktop. In agent PIM log file, there is no route request with Playing Agent Greeting dialed number.
|Possible Cause
1. The call is not a routed call. Agent greeting is only supported for calls routed via ICM routing script. 2. The call is routed to the agent via Label/Dynamic Label node in the routing script. Agent greeting is not supported for those nodes. 3. Agent Greeting is not enabled in the routing script that routes the call to the agent. 4. Agent Greeting is disabled on the agent desktop.
|Recommended Action
1. Check the routing script and ensure the call is routed to the agent via the nodes other than the Label/Dynamic Label node. 2. Check the routing script and ensure the Agent Greeting Type is set in the Set node before the call is routed to the agent. 3. Check the agent desktop and ensure the Enable Agent Greeting button is pressed.
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Inside Out "People to People" People interacting with people, individually and in groups, as friends or sometimes foes is a fascinating, never-ending source of study material for social psychologists. This episode explores social thinking, social influence, and social relations of both the antisocial and prosocial varieties. Why do people do what they do? What kinds of force does a group exert? And how can cooperative efforts and improved communication begin to chip away at the antagonisms built by years of aggression and conflict?. D
6:00 am
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood "Friendship Is Important - for Caring & Fun" Mister Rogers uses empty milk cartons, oatmeal boxes and other household cast-offs to create a miniature sandbox village. He explains that getting to be friends is like building bridges. Although friends often have hard or sad times, they can also build a stronger and stronger friendship each time they are together. D
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Curious George "Free Hundley/Bag Monkey" George, Gnocchi and Charkie join forces to try and rescue Hundley from the local pet shelter.G
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Wild Kratts "Octopus Wildkratticus" When Martin accidentally knocks Aviva's creature power suits into a deep Arctic trench, the Martin and Chris dive down in search of them in Aviva's newly invented Octopod submarine. Science Concepts: An Octopus can use ink, jet propulsion, tentacle regeneration, and camouflage in order to escape or hide when in danger. Each feature has an important function for survival. D
7:30 am
Peep and the Big Wide World/Pocoyo "Under Duck/All Fall Down/ Pocoyo - The Seed" Quack discovers there's more to his pond than meets the eye. (Namely, fish.) Spooked by falling leaves, Squeak the mouse warns Peep that the entire sky will soon be tumbling down. D
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Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! "Super Cleaner Uppers/Itty Bitty Water" Seaweed Superhero - Nick and Sally are cleaning up the backyard when they come across a yucky apple core. Who's going to pick it up? The Cat in the Hat takes them to meet the best cleaner-upper there is, Sandy the Sand Hopper! Sandy teaches them the difference between natural "garbage" and man-made trash, and how some animals use the natural garbage as food. Back at home, they put the trash in a garbage bag, and the apple core in the garden for Wriggles the worm to enjoy! Itty Bitty Water - Nick and Sally are about to dump out the water in their kiddie pool when The Cat stops them - water is too precious to waste even a drop! Off they go to the Drippety Dry Desert to meet three creatures who are experts at conserving water. D
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Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps "Angelina's Hiccups/Angelina and the Must-Have Bag" Angelina's Hiccups - Angelina and her friends are preparing to go onstage for a performance when Angelina comes down with a bad case of the hiccups. Through a series of comical events, her friends do everything to try to help cure her! Angelina and the Must Have Bag - When all her friends have an "Eva the Diva" bag, Angelina desperately wants one too. After working hard to earn enough money for one, she discovers that being original and creative is much more exciting than following the crowd!. D
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Bob the Builder "The Big Dino Dig Special (Pt. 3)" Muck's Track to Trouble - Today's job is to build a railway that will travel around the Dinosaur Fun Park. Scoop, Muck and Scratch are asked to dig out the route, and lay the track. Muck hits a rock that is large and oddly fin-shaped, which forces him to build a rickety bridge over it! A test run begins and as soon as the train is on its way, the rickety bridge begins to crumble! Faced with disaster, Muck swallows his pride and asks for help from the others. D
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Franny's Feet "Chez Lou Lou/Under The Sea" A) Franny visits Paris, where she plays catch with a French poodle named Lou Lou. When they break a vase, Franny urges Lou Lou to tell the truth. Lou Lou's owner realizes that the poodle needs more play time and promises to take her out more often. D
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Thomas & Friends "All Together Now" Ol' Wheezy Wobbles - On Misty Island, Ol' Wheezy has stopped working. Thomas wants to help and says he can fix Ol' Wheezy. He puffs to the Dieselworks, and asks Den and Dart for help because two busy boilers are better than one. D
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Consuelo Mack WealthTrack "Great Investors Exclusive: Bill Miller & Paul McCulley, Part 2" Guests: Paul McCulley, Chairman, Society of Fellows of the Global Interdependence Center; Former Senior Partner, PIMCO Bill Miller, Chairman, Chief Investment Officer, Portfolio Manager, Legg Mason Capital Management. In part two of Consuelo Mack WealthTrack's exclusive interview with Legg Mason's legendary fund manager Bill Miller and bond guru Paul McCulley, the two "Great Investors" reveal which investments they are choosing for the long term. D
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To The Contrary with Bonnie Erbe Romney's Push for Women Voters: Mitt Romney went full force for women's support this week while his wife defends her choice to be a stay-at-home mom. Another Shot at ERA: There is anew push to ratify the Constitutional amendment which gives women & men equal rights under US law. We interview Maryland Senator Ben Cardin who wants to remove the deadline to ratify the ERA. D
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This Old House "Bedford Project - Part 2 of 16" Landscape contractor Roger Cook starts by transplanting the shrubs and plants from the front of the house to a place where they can be "heeled in" for safe keeping until the job is complete. Homeowner Joe Titlow shows host Kevin O'Connor how his company builds highly detailed architectural models (and a whole host of other useful items) by printing them with a 3-D printer. Then, Roger gets to work clearing the small trees and overgrowth that are in the way of the new family room addition. D
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Ask This Old House "Repairing a Shower Valve; Rebuilding a Wobbly Stair Banister" Plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey helps a homeowner repair her faulty shower valve. Then, general contractor Tom Silva helps a homeowner rebuild her wobbly stair banister. D
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Growing a Greener World "Edible Landscapes (Los Altos, CA & Mt. Vernon, WA)" One undeniable and popular trend today is making the most of all your garden space. Today's landscape is not only beautiful but functional too. The edible landscape is the new buzzword and it's sweeping the country as emboldened gardeners spice up their designs with culinary classics. D
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Moyers & Company "An Optimist for Our Times" Angela Blackwell has spent her adult life advocating practical ways to fulfill America's promise of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" for all. Now, with our middle class struggling, poverty rising, and inequality growing, the founder and chief executive officer of PolicyLink, an influential research center, finds reasons for hope in the face of these hard realities. On this week's Moyers & Company (check local listings), Bill Moyers and Blackwell discuss what fuels her optimism. D
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Finding Your Roots "Angela Buchdahl, Rick Warren and Yasir Qadhi" Pastor Rick Warren, Rabbi Angela Buchdahl and Sheik Yasir Qadhi all have complex family histories that shaped their religious beliefs. Research into their roots unearths a story about the spiritual foundations of the United States and the struggle to achieve the ideal of religious freedom and tolerance. Part 5 of 10G
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Masterpiece Classic "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" This psychological thriller about provincial choirmaster John Jasper's obsession with 17-year-old Rosa Bud and the lengths to which he will go to attain her was left unfinished by Charles Dickens' death. Rosa Bud is in love with Edwin Drood, Jasper's young ward whom the older man dreams of killing. Drood disappears, apparently through foul play. Now writer Gwyneth Hughes follows in the footsteps of other brave wordsmiths, and provides an ending for this tale.G
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Park Center for Independent Media Inaugural Symposium:
"The Future of Independent Media: Growth and Challenges" (Sept. 15-16, 2008)
In mid-September 2008, a unique symposium brought leading figures in independent media to Ithaca College – including a blogger whose investigative work led to the resignation of a U.S. Attorney General, a documentary filmmaker whose pioneering efforts in Internet marketing and fundraising have unnerved various corporate interests, and an editor of a muckraking book on civil liberties that became an instant best-seller thanks to coordinated blogosphere word-of-mouth.
In a period of transformation in communications technology and crisis inside traditional media, the inaugural symposium of the new Park Center for Independent Media convened two-dozen independent journalists, bloggers, TV and radio producers, filmmakers and technologists for animated, upbeat discussions of the latest, best practices in independent media. [Read more.]
To view short bios of the symposium participants, click here.
Participants included:
Safir Ahmed editor, formerly at Alternet
Christopher Bowers blogger, Open Left
Hubert Brown associate professor, Syracuse University
David Cohn Spot Us community-funded reporting
Julie Drizin J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism
Robert Greenwald Brave New Foundation
Paul Jay The Real News Network
Linda Jue New Voices in Independent Journalism
Roberto Lovato New America Media
Josh Marshall Talking Points Memo
David Mathison Be The Media.org
Dori Maynard Maynard Institute
Amanda Michel HuffingtonPost's Off the Bus
Jim Miller Brave New Foundation, IC alum
Jonathan Miller Homeland Productions
Jefferson Morley D.C.-based Center for Independent Media
Denis Moynihan Free Speech TV
Hye-Jung Park Media Justice Fund
Juana Ponce de Leon New York Community Media Alliance
Steve Rathe Murray Street Productions, IC alum
Gail Robinson Gotham Gazette
John Stauber Center for Media & Democracy
Tracy Van Slyke The Media Consortium
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Manufacturers of reinforced plastic composites must use maximum achievable control technology (MACT) to meet hazardous air pollutant emissions standards published by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
MACT requires manufacturers of plastic composites to either install new controls or compromise formulations by reducing styrene levels. Styrene is used as an agent for spraying and as a cross-linking agent, giving plastics hardness and rigidity.
Styrene, a vital component of the fiberglass reinforcement technology, is released into the air during the manufacturing process. While health and environmental concerns have not been confirmed (styrene quickly breaks down in the atmosphere), EPA's precautionary measures now require manufacturers to capture and control 95 percent of their styrene emissions.
To comply with the MACT standards, manufacturers can:
Aquatic, a reinforced plastics composite manufacturer, was formed this year through a merger of Lasco Bathware and Aquatic Whirlpools. The company is based in Anaheim, Calif., and serves distributors, builders, architects, designers and consumers through its facility network for manufacturing, distribution and support.
The new company has invested more than $20 million to make MACT-compliant capital improvements and renovate its U.S. plants.
For the project, the company engaged the Environmental & Energy Systems division of Dürr Systems, which installed an EcoPure Disc Concentrator System. The system includes a rotary concentrator with a rotary valve regenerative thermal oxidizer (RTO). The rotary concentrator, which features a proprietary material, prevents styrene from polymerizing on its surface. Dürr installed a very high efficiency filter upstream to remove particulate matter coming into the air stream. By using the concentrator system, the net cost increase was approximately $2 per unit, a significantly lower cost than other alternatives considered. Because Aquatic produces more than 1 million units per year, this represented a significant savings to the company.
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"Because of the fuel economy, we were able to increase airflow in the plants without increasing fuel consumption," said Syd Pe, project manager at Aquatic. "We haven't had much experience with these types of systems and felt that Dürr's size and expertise afforded us the security we were looking for."
"We wanted a five-year guarantee on the absorbent and that came with the contract," Pe noted.
The company spent more than $2 million in each of its eight manufacturing plants, and these facilities now exceed clean air standards. By gathering styrene and burning it in a thermal oxidizer, Aquatic reduced styrene emissions by approximately 250,000 tons per year, and created a new energy source. The proejct allows the company to use the optimum formulation of styrene in its fiberglass reinforcement process, resulting in the greatest possible strength, durability and overall quality of its products.
According to Jason Valia, regional sales manager of Dürr Systems, the RTO system was designed to operate without consuming any natural gas. The concentrator removes styrene from the air stream and concentrates it over 10 times and then feeds it into the RTO for destruction. This provides enough energy to sustain the RTO operation.
"A competitor did propose a less efficient oxidizer ─ a recuperative system ─ but there was an extremely high fuel consumption for the unit. So short-term, ours wasn't the absolute lowest cost, but long-term, ours definitely will be. Overall, the cost of ownership was much lower than the systems offered by other companies," Valia said.


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The Pennington family have not been in the same room for over 17 years. But on the eve of William's 75th birthday, all three generations gather with the aim of putting the past well and truly behind them. If only it were that simple. And to make matters worse, they are running out of time or rather William is as the world that he has always known is steadily beginning to crumble around him. I have lived long enough to see the unknown unfold in front of my eyes. I have watched it turn from nothing into something. You talk of challenging me. challenging my point of view. My point of view is the product of challenge; I've been challenged all my life. What can you say? With your head peeking out from under the umbrella of education for the first time you're absolutely petrified of feeling your first drop of rain. What can you say?
The Gathered Leaves is a moving, poignant and funny family drama that sees the weight of family history, of reputation, and of expectation, all descend on one family over Easter weekend in 1997.
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text: At first glance, many would think this classic Game Boy was somehow running the Android OS, but after closer inspection, we find that XDA member/tinkerer, flexoduss, is simply looking for a way to cram his Motorola Flipout into a Game Boy shell. More than just a retro style cashing, the end goal is to make the device fully operational from inside the Game Boy, complete with functional Game Boy hardware buttons (for playing Game Boy emulators the right way). If anyone can lend this aspiring young man a helping hand, link to the original thread has been provided below. SOURCE: external microphone (gameboy phone) - xda-developers Game Boy Runs Android: Best Hack Ever? | PCWorld


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Well, well, well. It looks like Microsoft's decision to be the sole distribution outlet for Surface tablets may be backfiring, and one can almost hear the snickers of schadenfreude from Microsoft's OEM partners. Detwiler Fenton, a Boston-based brokerage firm, is predicting that Microsoft will probably sell between 500,000 and 600,000 Surface tablets in the current quarter, which would be a disappointing figure for a company that has spent so much money and resources in marketing its entry to the tablet hardware market.
"Lack of distribution is killing the product," Detwiler Fenton told All Things Digital by way of explanation. "Mixed reviews and a [$499] starting price tag certainly don't help, but lack of retail exposure at Best Buy and others is severely depressing sales."


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Asian stock markets mostly higher as auto, factory data point to US economic recovery
BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stock markets mostly rose Wednesday, boosted by more evidence the U.S. economic recovery is gaining traction.
U.S. government figures released Tuesday showed a better-than-expected 3 percent rise in factory orders in February, the largest increase since September. In addition, March sales reports from auto makers were solid.
Japan's Nikkei 225 index in Tokyo jumped 1.7 percent to 12,207.46 as a fall in the yen enticed investors back into export shares. A weaker yen helps Japanese exporters by making their products cheaper in overseas markets.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose less than 0.1 percent to 22,377.74. South Korea's Kospi fell 0.7 percent to 1,972.91. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 dropped 0.9 percent to 4,942.10 after a narrowing trade deficit put upward pressure on the Australian dollar, analysts said.
Benchmarks in the Philippines, Singapore and Indonesia rose. China's Shanghai Composite Index added 0.2 percent to 2,232.
The steady recovery in the U.S. has been supporting markets in recent weeks in the face of financial trouble in the 17-country eurozone, where the economy continues to wilt under the pressure of government budget cuts.
Unemployment in the single currency bloc hit a record high of 12 percent in January and February. Governments are trimming costs and companies are discouraged from hiring due to uncertainty.
Cyprus was the focus of such financial uncertainty this month as it chaotically negotiated a financial bailout. Deep cuts to its banking sector are expected to cause a huge slump in the economy.
Benchmark oil for May delivery was down 58 cents to $96.61 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract gained 12 cents to finish at $97.19 per barrel on the Nymex on Monday.
In currencies, the euro fell to $1.2800 from $1.2813 late Tuesday in New York. The dollar rose to 93.51 yen from 93.35 yen.
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The Republican Party of Florida is looking into returning about $10,000 in contributions that were deemed illegal and were tied to guilty pleas a Tampa developer and an accountant made yesterday in federal court.
"It is entirely appropriate to return contributions that are tainted by confirmed criminal actions of any donor," the party said in a statement to the Buzz. "In this case we are actively researching the scope of this issue and will take appropriate action once all the facts are known."
The actions follow a demand this morning by Florida Democrats, who pounced on the news that developer Tim Mobley admitted reimbursing employees for $84,300 in contributions to Rep. Vern Buchanan and $10,000 to the RPOF.
"The Republican Party of Florida should apologize for accepting these tainted funds, immediately refund the donations, and cooperate with federal authorities so that law enforcement can do it's work as they investigate the connection between the RPOF, Buchanan and these guilty individuals," said Scott Arceneaux, executive director of the Florida Democratic Party.
Democrats have also called on Buchanan to return donations. We've asked for a response.
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Rising rates of obesity among the 50 million Americans with arthritis are cause for concern because excess weight is associated with increased problems for arthritis patients, a new study says.
In people with arthritis, obesity is associated with disease progression, reduced activity, disability, poorer quality of life, total joint replacement and poor outcomes after joint replacement.
For the study, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers analyzed Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data from 2003 to 2009 and found that obesity prevalence among adults with arthritis was 54 percent higher than among adults without arthritis.
During that time period, obesity prevalence among U.S. adults with arthritis increased significantly in 14 states and Puerto Rico, decreased in the District of Columbia and remained about the same elsewhere.
The number of states in which more than 30 percent of adults with arthritis were obese increased from 38 (including D.C.) in 2003 to 48 in 2009. The number of states in which more than 40 percent of adults with arthritis were obese increased from zero in 2005 to seven in 2007 and 12 in 2009, the investigators found.
The median state obesity prevalence among adults with arthritis rose from 33.2 percent in 2003 to 35.2 percent in 2009. In 2003, prevalence ranged from 40.1 percent in Ohio to 25.1 percent in Colorado. In 2009, prevalence ranged from 43.5 percent in Louisiana to 26.9 percent in Colorado.
The findings highlight the urgent need to expand programs to prevent obesity among arthritis patients and to promote treatment and management of the disease, the researchers said.
The study appears in the April 29 issue of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, published by the CDC.
In the United States, about 50 million adults have arthritis and about 72.5 million adults are obese. Estimated annual medical costs are $128 billion for arthritis and $147 billion for obesity.
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Snoot'ed boxer-crab, same exposure, but not?
Posted 17 December 2012 - 01:19 AM
I took these two images with my 7D and a homemade fiber optical snoot.
These were not the best shots (luckily) but I noticed something strange.
The images were taken with the same exposure: 1/250s, f14, ISO320, z240 full burst
There was a consistent amount of ambient lighting (the pictures were taken within 30sec)
Now my question is: Why does one have a black background and one is slightly lit up?
Any ideas would be much appreciated!
Happy bubbles, Morten
Posted 17 December 2012 - 02:50 AM
If so I think I have an answer; .....it was sabotaged.
Posted 17 December 2012 - 06:10 AM
Was that the snoot that I gave you?
If so I think I have an answer; .....it was sabotaged.
Haha, yup, thats the one, you did a pretty good job sabotaging it since it only happens on maybe one out of five shots!? You evil genius you!
Have been playing around with it more and more lately, but I really don't get it why one exposure is different than the other.. Have you had the same issue?
Posted 17 December 2012 - 09:02 PM
It would be interesting to do a few test shots without adjusting anything - when I used that one I noticed that the position of the end cap changed the light distribution quite a bit...
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Posted 18 December 2012 - 02:24 AM
It was consistently sunny, of course it could be that a cloud just passed by the sun when I took this shot- but that also doesn't explain the regular occurrence of it.
Before I started shooting I took a few images with the flash turned off to make sure that the background would indeed be totally black and at that point the sun was for sure shining.
I spent a total of 45min just with the boxer-crab on this dive and took a million pictures, quite a few of them in fast succession, and they are totally different in exposure, even when it was a matter of say, a frame/2 sec one would be good, one would not, then three would be good, one would not etc.
Anyways, as I was a bit bored while doing my safety stop earlier today I thought that maybe it could be the sun rays shimmering on the bottom, as the little critter was pretty shallow, 6-7m.
The ripples/small waves on the surface collect the light in the same way a magnifying glass does, and maybe that increased level of light would be enough to show in the images despite of the rather dark exposure, experiences anyone?
Next time I go on a cloudy day and see if I have the same problem!
Posted 20 December 2012 - 05:40 AM
... the reason why, I guess, I have never been a snooty photographer: too little patience and too afraid to miss the shot by continually fiddling with my strobes!
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Posted 21 December 2012 - 02:40 AM
Too little patience and too afraid to miss the shot by continually fiddling with my strobes!
Hehe, for sure it it frustrating as can be! But I guess thats its one of the great things about working in a place like Bali, if I don't get the shot I was going for, I can simply go back there again the next time I have a day off
Posted 21 December 2012 - 04:14 AM
... one of the great things about working in a place like Bali, if I don't get the shot I was going for, I can simply go back there again...
... I can see that. I, however have to rely on Photoshop for last month's images from Seraya (plus a few days at Menjangan). And it's raining, cold and grey here...
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Def Leppard to Release Re-Recorded Versions of Two Classic Songs
With 'Rock of Ages' set to open in theaters everywhere on June 15, Def Leppard has recorded new versions of the two songs by the band featured in the film, 'Rock of Ages' and 'Pour Some Sugar On Me,' which they will release on iTunes, Amazon and other digital retailers on June 4.
It does prompt the question of why the band would do this when the originals, with their "Mutt" Lange production, are as close to perfect as anything recorded in the 1980s. And a few weeks ago, Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen said about Tom Cruise's performance of 'Pour Some Sugar on Me,' "[H]e really pulls it off, and it was like he's a total rock star" (even if we disagree).
But it's actually a very shrewd move by the band. People going to want to own copies of the songs after seeing the movie. When they go to iTunes, they'll have the choice of buying either the soundtrack or Def Leppard's, which they would naturally want to choose. And by releasing it themselves, the new recordings allow them to keep a greater percentage of the profits than the 'Pyromania' and 'Hysteria' versions.
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I came out of retirement because the community needed my official presence back
Yeah lol. I'm trying to keep things universal and it's easier for me to go by this username then o MELTDOWN o.
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I still haven't decided which one's better lol. I'm like 50/50 on this.
I got the mobile theme by default. Some things look glitchy. The new theme looks okay, I guess. I'm still used to the old depressive grey theme lol.
I've been good. Working right now but have a little free time since I'm taking a lunch break. How about you? You seem to pop in the chatbox every so often and increase the slick moves goin' on in it. Still enjoying that avatar I gave you?
Lol, thanks. Probably should tell you that I was promoted months ago but due to everybody being "OUYAForum Staff", nobody could tell, lol.
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We Are Matik's Smile-Bot Brings a Smile (and Rainbow) to All
If you're looking for a pick-me-up and live in LA, I highly recommend swinging over to the MOCA Pacific Design Center to check out an exhibit dedicated the pursuit of happiness.
From Stefan Sagmeister's The Happy Show at MOCA.
Graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister's The Happy Show playfully weaves typography, video and music, and interactive displays into a carnival of experience that had us smiling from start to finish (Andrew Kim has an excellent opening night roundup). One of my favorites from the show was a cityscape of words connected to a camera; the facial-recognition camera could register when you'd smile, rewarding your warmest feelings with an illuminated message. (video above)
Similar in spirit and interaction between people and machine, We Are Matik's "Smile-Bot" was designed with the concept of happiness at the heart of its existence. The 7 feet tall, 4 foot wide friendly-looking wooden robot is equipped with a custom application and Arduino hardware within, connected to four cameras mounted inside the Smile-bot to monitor faces for smiles peeking within (it's been programmed with a custom "smile detecting algorithm"!). It's all quite an endearing display, with a color changing RGB LED spectrum registering the participant's smile from the outside while a colorful rainbow emerges across the miniature world inside.
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You better buckle up, Charlize Theron.
Rumors have swirled that "The Huntsman: Winter's War" star would be joining "Fast and Furious 8," but it wasn't until Thursday that the franchise confirmed her role. Posting a photo of the blond bombshell under "#8," production wrote, "Our crew will face its greatest adversary ever in our next film as we welcome Charlize Theron to the Fast family. 4.14.17. #F8."
Theron, who is set to play a villain in the newest installment, joins returning stars Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Dwayne Johnson, Tyrese Gibson and Jason Statham. This is just the latest piece of news about the ever-growing franchise, which actually is receiving a trilogy. Diesel confirmed in February that not only will there be a "Fast 8" but there will also be "Fast 9" and "Fast 10."
"Fast 8" is set for release Apr. 14, 2017, while "Fast 9" and "Fast 10" are hitting theaters on Apr. 19, 2019, and Apr. 2, 2021, respectively.
"Straight Outta Compton" director F. Gary Gray is directing the next installment, which he announced on social media. "I could not have asked for better partners than Vin Diesel, Neal H. Moritz, & the Universal Studios Entertainment family," he posted on Facebook. "Together we are excited to bring you the next chapter in the Fast & Furious saga. #FastFamily."
"Fast 8" will not feature Paul Walker, who tragically died in a car accident while filming "Fast 7." Fans weren't sure whether the cast would continue on without Walker, but Michelle Rodriguez teased to E! News that they would unite again.
"We need a good reason to move on after Paul [Walker]," she said last September. "And being that this is a global franchise now, it's not just the American baby, it's important that we consider moving on and take it seriously."
She continued, "But for us as a cast, I think we need a reason and it needs to have heart, so hopefully we'll find it, you know? And somebody who's passionate about directing it — I think that's the most important thing is finding a good director."
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