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Earth : Europe : Germany : Northern Germany : Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania : Central Mecklenburg : Rostock
Rostock [7] is the largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
Rostock is near the Baltic Sea and to protect its fishing and access rights it actually annexed Warnemünde.
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By plane
The Airport Rostock-Laage [8] (RLG) lies near Rostock.
Ryanair has a service from Stockholm Skavsta airport (NYO) to Rostock-Laage (RLG) airport. Alternatively you can fly to Hamburg (HAM) or Berlin Schönefeld (SXF) and travel by train to Rostock.
By train
From Hamburg Central Station you can take the train to Rostock. Buy a Mecklenburg-Vorpommern-Ticket (see [9]) for 25,-€. With this MV-Ticket you can travel with 5 Persons from Hamburg to Rostock.
By car
From Hamburg take the motorway A1 to Lübeck and from there take the A20 to Rostock. It's a 1 1/2 hour trip. If starting in Berlin you have to drive along the A24 in the direction of Hamburg until the A19 is crossing the motorway. Following the A19 you reach Rostock. It's a trip of 2 1/2 hours.
By bus
BERLIN LINIEN BUS serve Berlin to Copenhagen via Rostock [10]
By boat
Ferry from Gedser in Denmark every second hour[11]
Ferry form Trelleborg in Sweden several times per day[12]
Finnlines[13] and Tallink-Silja[14] run ferries from Helsinki to Rostock.
From the ferry terminal, you need to take a series a buses to go to the center of Rostock. You can also try to head for the Rostock-North S-Bahn (train) station, about 1km away from the terminal. Therefore you may get stuck at the ferry port certain days when the bus services are low or if you can't find the train station. A taxi ride downtown will cost you around 20€.
Get around
Rostock features a good inner-city tramway system. A bus system desserves other locations. [15]
Hanse Hostel [16] - Prices start at €14 for a bed in an 8 bed dormitory, for bed linen they charge €2 once per stay. Breakfast is available for €4, coffee, beer and softdrinks are available for €1. There is free internet, a great kitchen with a dishwasher, microwave, oven, stove and fridge. Bathroom facilities are very good. There is a TV, DVD and VCR downstairs as well as a bunch of board games, books and a dart board. The staff are very friendly and helpful and the place is clean, tidy and modern. Hanse Hostel is located at 136 Doberaner Straße near the corner of Margeretenstraße and Doberaner Straße, if your travelling by tram get off at the Volkstheater stop. In 2009 they opened a second house 300m down the road (on the crossing to Warnowufer). It is bigger, not so familiar, perfect for schoolgroups.
Jugendgästeschiff [17] - According to the Tourist Information Office in Rostock this is the cheapest place in town with prices starting at €30 including breakfast, €20 if you have a discount card. Jugendgästeschiff is on a ship in the harbour basically at the end of Am Kabutzenhof.
Hotel GreifenNest [[18]] - Prices starting at €40 for a double room. They also have hammocks for €12 a night in a common room. Beautiful terrasse, nice people and good ambiance. €5 for breakfast. €1 for internet access. No wifi.
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Harness some squirrel energy and hoard the last flavors of summer! Tuck away berries, beans and corn so you can enjoy the flavors this winter. Though autumn is my favorite season, the summer flew by this year and I am feeling anxious about the cool air. We meant to buy a new upright freezer so I could store away loads of summer fruits and veggies but we never got around to it. Though I don't have much room in my small freezer drawer, I have made space for a few bags of blueberries and some fresh corn.
If you can find sweet corn that is still good, buy a dozen. It is so easy to prepare it for the freezer. Shucking the corn is the most time consuming part. I unclothed my cobs on the porch so that all the "corn hair" could be easily swept away. (Does anyone have a fast, easy trick for getting every last thread off the cob?) Then, put the cobs in boiling water for about 5 minutes. Remove them and after they have cooled enough to handle, stand each cob on the end and holding the knife at an angle, cut the kernels off.
Make sure you get all of the delicious kernel off the cob but do not cut into the cob. To keep the corn from freezing in one big mass, you can spread the kernels on cookie sheets and freeze them for an hour or two before putting them in freezer bags.
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25 June – today dawned hot and hazy, but our team was glad to welcome the 2012 group of student volunteers to the site who bused out from Rome to start work at 8am. Today's time on-site was given over to the preliminary activities that must come at the start of any campaign, from the distribution of equipment and safety gear to tours of the archaeological area of Gabii and of our own site, and finishing with the students' orientation to living in Rome conducted by Accent International. It was a busy day all around. While the students toured, the staff continued to work on-site and all is primed for a quick start to excavation tomorrow morning.More photos:
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In the settings of lightroom the export for the 1st external editor which is Photoshop CS4 is set to 16-bit TIFF, ProPhotoRGB and 300DpI.So, when I do ra right click on the two marked images, choose edit in - merge to HDR, there is a message stating that ACR 7.1 is needed. When pressing OK, Photoshop CS4 is started, but nothing else happens.So I assume, when the images for HDR is sent to PS, it uses ACR to render the TIF and the last ACR of CS4 doesn't know my camera.Robert
So I assume, when the images for HDR is sent to PS, it uses ACR to render the TIF and the last ACR of CS4 doesn't know my camera.
To process floating-point HDR images in ACR you will need ACR 7.1 or later with PV 2012. (You can use PV 2010 and earlier but it will not preserve the floating-point data during the rendering and hence in a truly high contrast scene you will likely see banding/quantization artifacts in the shadows.)The two floating-point HDR formats that ACR / LR currently support are TIFF and DNG.
Does that mean that when converting the source-files in Lightroom 4.2 to DNG 7.1, I still can use CS4 to do the merge and creation of the 32-bit file and then do the tone-mapping in LR ? Or is this the constellation which creates the artifacts you weree describing ?
I also have CS4 and LR 4.1. Export in LR to TIFF's with PV2012. Then select all the TIFF's in LR and choose "Merge to HDR". Do this workflow also introduce the artifacts you describe?
Thank you Eric. I also enjoyed you as guest star in the video!What should be adjusted in LR before merge to HDR? WB? Camera and lens calibration? Neutral curve?
I've got one question left : Does it make any difference when converting my source-files for HDR to DNG 6.6 or 7.1 ?


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CRESTVIEW � Full-time classroom teachers anticipate a potential $2,500 pay raise following Gov. Rick Scott's Jan. 24 announcement of his proposed state budget.
CRESTVIEW � Full-time classroom teachers anticipate a potential $2,500 pay raise following Gov. Rick Scott's Jan. 24 announcement of his proposed state budget.
The Florida Legislature must pass the budget, which includes $480 million for the pay increases.
Amy Dale, a first-grade teacher at Antioch Elementary School, said she appreciated the announcement.
"I was glad he was acknowledging the efforts and the hard work of the teachers that transpire to the achievements of our Florida students," she said.
However, Dale said, she would like to see increases benefit all staffers.
"We have lots of other roles in our schools that support our students," she said, referring to literacy, math and reading coaches who tutor students.
Barbbi Demara, a Crestview High School bookkeeper, agreed, and expressed concern for other positions, including hers, that the proposal excludes.
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Holly Tew, a Shoal River Middle School math teacher, agreed.
"It's nice to think that they are wanting to pay us more money for what we do," she said. "It's very stressful making sure you don't leave any child left behind ... in the time you are allowed to (teach)."
"As teachers, we are thankful to have jobs especially in this economy," she said. However, "I certainly think they should include everyone (who) contributes in the educational process at the school level."
Tim Gillis, a reading instructor and head coach of Crestview High School's baseball team, said he agreed with the allocations.
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S. Utah woman sentenced for commandeering cop car
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Jim Carrey 'cannot support' his latest film due to violent content
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Man killed in Lake Powell boating accident identified
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Obama says phone spying not abused, will continue
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Obama signs student loan deal, says job isn't done
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Parole denied for David Serbeck in sex case
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'Close enough' Wahlberg says of fan who mistook him for Damon
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Toddler dies in trailer accident
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Utah lawmakers give $10M to STEM educational program
08/09/2013 6:03pmUtah lawmakers have taken the first step in helping students learn more about science, technology, engingeering and math. The legislature allocated $10 million to a pilot program to adjust the focus in the classroom and to equip teachers to get it done.
Woman identified following fatal fall from downtown building
08/09/2013 6:52pmPolice are investigating the Friday morning death of a woman as suspicious.
Police look for alleged bank robber
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Tour of Utah moves downtown for fourth stage
08/09/2013 7:14pmMore than 100 riders from 32 countries will compete in the fourth stage of the six stage race as the Tour of Utah moves downtown Friday night. The start and the finish line is at the State Capitol building.
Aging won't get the best of Prodigal Dad
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Calif. faces longer, tough wildfire season
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Why eating chocolate is good for your brain
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Fla. murder suspect posted photo of wife's body
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Miss Riverton charged with felony after 'homemade bomb' incident
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Neighbors feud over height of home being built in Davis County
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Kiosk dedicated to 3 victims killed in 2007 wildfire
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Man arrested in connection to mailbox thefts
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Low water levels impact business at Utah Lake
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Sudanese family reunited after 5 years with help from volunteers
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Man runs 12 marathons in 12 months to cope with loss, help others
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Obama says no USA Olympic boycott; Utah Olympian agrees
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Man wanted in Ogden kidnapping arrested in California
08/09/2013 11:06pmA man wanted for allegedly kidnapping and sexually abusing a 14- year-old boy has been arrested in California.
Car in Calif. missing teen case found in Idaho
08/09/2013 11:17pmA car belonging to a man suspected of killing a California woman and her young son and then fleeing with the 16-year-old daughter was found in the Idaho wilderness on Friday after a horseback rider reported seeing the man and girl hiking in the area two days earlier, authorities said.
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Due to circumstances beyond our control, the State of California has imposed, without notice or grace period, new zipline regulations in August of 2013. With a forced shutdown while the state determines how to regulate ziplines and to what codes, Zip Tahoe was forced to refund tours and spend the winter months in limbo. While we have an engineered course plans, proper tree inspections, and adhere to the ANSI/PRCA American National Safety Standards, the state, which has allowed us to operate without incident for the past three years under our current Conditional Use Permit, changed its mind, shutting us down on a verbal phone call, followed by a e-mailed letter.
The State issued a letter on October 30, 2013 shutting down ziplines and outlining new regulation parameters. This was done without following due process and our petition to have the Oct 30, 2013 regulation letter voided was successful. The state then issued a second letter on Jan 21, 2014 which outlined new harness requirements and referenced the now voided Oct 30 letter. We placed petition against the Jan 21, 2014 on the same issues, yet the Jan 21 letter was upheld.
While our parent company has experienced over 4 million succesful zip expereinces on all EBL installed courses in South Korea, Canada, and the United States, Califonrina does not appear to take this into consideration while they shut down this particular EBL location and our Zip Yosemite location.
From our position, we seem to have an ANSI/PRCA American National Safety Standard for ziplines which the state of California appears to be ignoring, imposing older versions of ASTM standards when the current 2012 versions state variances and exemptions for zipline tours for education, self improvment or team building, and still remains uncertain as to how to inspect courses and to what regulations. Combine this with letters referencing voided letters and you can begin to understand our frustrations. We have shared our thoughts with the State in no uncertain terms.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
While we try to avoid politics, this is a clear example, in our opinion, where the State has overstepped its bounds, closed down many zipline businesses, destroyed much needed jobs, and forced our former employees onto unemployment benefits. Please feel free to send your comments and complaints to:
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For Valentine's Day, there were many wine options. But really, is anything more appropriate on that day than bubbles? And specifically, Champagne, rosé Champagne? I think not. Prudence on a weeknight suggested a half bottle, which was perfect. I had a stray bottle of NV Ruinart Rosé, just enough for a glass each and a little refresh.
As you can see, the color was mature salmon. The aroma was mature as well, with brioche, strawberries and a chalky earthiness that is a signature of Champagne, something I never find in any other sparkling wine but the real thing.
The flavors were briskly acidic and prickly from the bubbles but round, softened by some age, with delicate red fruit and chalk flavors. This wasn't as rich and intense as I might have guessed, though I've never had Ruinart's Rosé so I had no knowledgeable expectation. I was just surprised, pleasantly surprised, at the restraint and delicacy here.
This wine is apparently similar in composition to Ruinart's blanc de blancs, mostly Chardonnay blended with still Pinot noir. Ruinart is no small, grower Champagne that I typically prefer. But for big house, luxury wine, this was really satisfying.


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hi im very new to this forum but i figured its the best way to get some answer without ppl looking at me like im crazy....so for the past month id say my 1yr daughter has been waving to someone/something and saying hi also in my house .. but most recent the past 2 nights she wakes up after mid night some time cries and then we here her say hi..both times my wife went in there and got our daughter cuz she was freaked out and said one in the living room my daughter toy phone started going off...my questions is how do i know if she really is seeing somthing cuz obviously shes to young to tell me n if she is how do i know the diff if its good or evil..............any help would be great........ps my younger sister is able to see spritis since she was younger if that helps at all
think my 1yr old is seeing a spirit????
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Posted 18 September 2012 - 07:58 PM
Posted 18 September 2012 - 09:27 PM
My cousin has kids around that age, they do stuff like that. They cry, they wave, they yell, they're just weird. It doesn't necessarily mean she is seeing spirits, then again, it doesn't necessarily mean she isn't. Investigate a little more, see if anything strange has been going on in your house. You need more than just a one year old acting a little strange to suggest a haunting.
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Posted 21 September 2012 - 05:31 AM
The toy phone could just be the battery. You should look into the history of the house or land.
Right this way to my haunted space.
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Upgrading the interior of the Bentley Continental is a bit of gilding the lily, but that's exactly what the Crewe crew has done with the Series 51. The cars offer a range of interior customizations and custom wheels.
For the more discerning Bentley buyer, the Series 51 option is available on either the Continental GT or GTC, and offers an expanded color palette inside and a two-tone option outside, you (well not you, the obnoxious starlets who buy these) also get unique 20 inch wheels and a bigger price tag. The car will make its formal debut in the upcoming Frankfurt Motor Show. Click through for images and the press release. [Bentley]
(10 September, 2009. Crewe, England) — Bentley Motors will preview an exciting new design direction for the company's Continental GT and GTC models at the 2009 Frankfurt Show. The Series 51 Continental models represent Bentley exterior and interior styling at its most vibrant and will enable customers to order 'off the peg' from an exclusive range created by Dirk van Braeckel's renowned team of Crewe-based designers.
Series 51 is named after the year that the first official styling department was established in Crewe by the gifted John Blatchley, who shaped the original and iconic 1950s Bentley Continentals. Every Series 51 car will feature a highly-distinctive interior colour palette and unique exterior design cues.
Bentley's Colour and Trim team, managed by Melinda - June Jenkins, have designed some bespoke three-tone interiors which demonstrate the full potential of leather hide colours and showcase the creative application of contrast stitching and piping. The first example of their work will be the Continental GTC displayed at Frankfurt which features Imperial Blue as a main and secondary hide, Linen seat and door inserts and Newmarket Tan as the accent colour.
Series 51 cars will also feature several unique interior details including the use of non-indented hide for diamond quilting, contrast piping for the seats and doors as well as bespoke Series 51 treadplates.
Bentley's designers have also selected a range of premium-quality materials for the dashboard and centre console to complement the three-tone interiors. The Dark and Bright 'Engine Spin' aluminium options provide a striking contrast with darker and lighter hide colour choices and a special, limited-edition Amboyna veneer reserved for Series 51.
A belief that even the smallest detail presents an opportunity to delight and surprise customers has always be a key element of the Bentley design story. Series 51 follows this principle, where even the overmats and boot carpets are now colour matched and given contrast binding.
Both the Continental GT and GTC offer a powerful road presence and the Series 51 cars further accentuate these sporting credentials with some eye-catching exterior styling. A 20" 14-spoke polished Diamond wheel with a dark centre cap provides Series 51 cars with a purposeful and stylish appearance. The cars will be further distinguished by a signature '51' badge on the front wings.
To further enhance and personalise the Continental GT a new two-tone paint can be commissioned which complements the contrasting interior configuration. This highly distinctive colour split (with one colour running over the bonnet, roof and flowing down to the boot) is a classic design used on many sporting Bentleys of the past.
Detailed information about all of the available three-tone interior designs and further additional options and accessories are available at www.bentleymotors.com. The new Series 51 models can be ordered from 1st September 2009.
The Tenure of John Blatchley
John Blatchley's gift for design was recognised from the very outset of his career. Just a few years after graduating from the Regent Street Polytechnic, and still only in his early twenties, Blatchley was heading the styling team at the renowned London coachbuilder Gurney Nutting. His striking and often flamboyant work for Gurney Nutting's customers would in turn see him recruited by Rolls-Royce and Bentley.
Blatchley quickly established himself at Crewe and was renowned for the quality and realism of his water colour renderings, line drawings and wax models. His reputation for being able to turn his hand to any complex or bespoke design task was well-founded - he created a royal crest for Princess Margaret's car over the course of just one weekend.
During an 18-year period as the company's Chief Stylist, Blatchley would design some of Bentley's most iconic post-war models including the MK6, R-type Continental, the S-series and T Series – cars renowned for effortlessly blending the sporting and prestige styling cues associated with the Bentley marque.
Today the Bentley Design team, led by Dirk van Braeckel, continues to use original hand sketches to shape a new generation of Crewe-built cars like the new Mulsanne and Continental Supersports and John Blatchley's original design language is still a source of much inspiration. The almost unlimited palette of interior and exterior colours sourced and created by the Colour and Trim department ensures that every Bentley customer has the ability to create a bespoke design.


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Roasted, Spiced and Simmered: 12 Winter Recipes with Cauliflower
Crisp, hardy cauliflower has a mild sweetness we love whether roasted simply or simmered with spices in a warming curry. During the cold days of winter, it's a bright spot in a sea of winter greens and squashes. If you're looking for a new recipe to change up your usual cauliflower routine, here are 12 great ones, including a comforting (yet surprisingly light) cauliflower and sausage casserole, a cauliflower and potato soup with dill whipped cream, and a Middle Eastern roasted cauliflower dressed with tahini and date syrup.
• 1 Cauliflower and Chicken Sausage Casserole
• 2 Cauliflower, Fennel and White Bean Winter Salad
• 3 Potato and Cauliflower Curry
• 4 Roasted Cauliflower and Potato Soup with Dill Whipped Cream
• 5 Edamame and Cauliflower Pasta Salad with Feta
• 6 Cauliflower Steaks with Harissa at The Year in Food
• 7 Spicy Cauliflower with Sesame at 101 Cookbooks
• 8 Cauliflower with Almonds, Raisins and Capers at Smitten Kitchen
• 9 Caramelized Cauliflower with Pancetta and Spinach at Food & Wine
• 10 Cauliflower with Rye Crumbs at Epicurious
• 11 Roasted Cauliflower with Date Syrup at Bon Appetit
• 12 Whole Baked Cauliflower with Tomato and Olive Sauce at Jamie Oliver
Do you have any favorite recipes for cauliflower?
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Pitt87 wrote:Factorial wrote:Go back 25-30 years and could smoke almost everywhere. Airplanes, buses, all restaurants, some college classrooms, etc. Just think about that when you are whining about the "bad smell" of e-cigs. IMHO perfumes and colognes are a far bigger assault on ones senses.
Former smoker saying this... Smokers don't know how bad they smell. They're sense of smell is so muted and they are so used to stale tobacco smell that if you ask them, they might not realize that everyone can smell them from a distance. If you smoke ~1 pack a day, its probably the same as re-applying perfume every hour or so.
Idoit40fans wrote:ecigarettes don't cause cancer to people around the user either.
Sam's Drunk Dog wrote:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2402108/E-cigarettes-harmful-cigarettes-cause-cancer-claims-study.htmlElectronic cigarettes contain carcinogenic chemicals that make some as harmful as normal tobacco, a new French study has claimed.
The report comes after government plans announced in May this year to ban electronic cigarettes from public places in France.
AlexPKeaton wrote:The liquid these things use can be made safe, the problem is that there is no regulation at all. It needs FDA type regulation. The idea of these e-cigs is a good one, you just have to regulate the additional chemicals in the liquid, just like the FDA regulates what chemicals are used in food. Also there are hundreds upon hundreds of various types of liquids. They tested 10 and found 3 that came close to a real cigarette on ONE particular chemical, not all of the chemicals. Headline screams of typical sensationalism.
Also this study was not on the second hand effect. Even if 3 out of 10 have 1 of the harmful substances to the level of cigarettes, 0 out of 10 have actual smoke and tar. They did not study if this single chemical among the many that are dangerous in real cigarettes is propagated to the actual vapor that dissipates significantly faster than real smoke does.
columbia wrote:I'm enjoying - and believe me, I am - a nicotine lozenger right now and will no ill effects on anyone else; none to me really, other than slightly raising my blood pressure.
mac5155 wrote:I can't think of one place where people light up (legally) and is inside in a crowded room, etc. The only place I can think of are bars that allow smoking.. If you don't like it don't go there.
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What the Tabloids Taught Us While Waiting In Line This Week
We had some time to read the tabs while we were waiting in line to buy chicken soup and Vapo-rub this week and here's what we learned from the National Enquirer, In Touch, the Star, the Globe and OK!
As always, avoiding the express line has its privileges.
National Enquirer
- Marie Osmond is having electric shock treatments. Due to the fact that all Osmonds have an omnipresent vacant grin, doctors can't tell if the treatments are working.
- A 200-pound Kirstie Alley collapsed in a kidney failure bombshell. All three 'DWTS' judges thought the All Stars competitor made a good effort, but felt her moves lacked style.
- Will Smith had a secret arrest and did jail time. Looks like moving in with his auntie and uncle in a town called Bel-Air didn't keep him out of trouble after all.
- A dognapper sent a photo of a cute pup at gunpoint to its owner and the dog's life was saved. The perp now faces hard time, and Sarah MacLachlan is doing a benefit song for hostage dogs the world over.
In Touch
- Teresa Giudice of 'Real Housewives of New Jersey' found out her husband betrayed her with her "worst enemy" Melissa Gorga. Turns out it was a big misunderstanding. Teresa asked him to put a hit out on Melissa and instead he hit ON her.
- Brad and Angelina put their wedding on hold. They're waiting to see what Jennifer Aniston does for her nuptials so they can do theirs better and more self-righteously.
- Mariah Carey fears for her life. In a surprise shocker, Mariah Carey actually has a life.
- Russell Crowe and his wife Danielle Spencer have split. Each other's lips in a bar fight. Like every other Tuesday.
- Taylor Swift two-timed her Kennedy boyfriend with his Schwarzenegger cousin. Taylor is currently spending some time away from both of them to play Eenie Meenie Miney Trust Fund.
- Kelly Osbourne has a sexy bikini body. During a recent talk show appearance she bit its head off and spit the head into the audience.
- Demi Moore is lonely and suffering a tragic relapse. People close to the jilted cougar fear she is considering reshooting her roles in 'G.I. Jane,' 'The Scarlet Letter' and 'Strip Tease' and combining them into one catastrophically terrible film.
- After his split from Rhea Perlman, Danny DeVito is planning to move to the Big Apple. Sources say he's looking for a small apartment for a short-time stay.
- President Obama and Mitt Romney are hiding things. And they did not approve this message.
- Elizabeth Taylor had shocking secrets like a suicide attempt, an affair with Reagan and a hatred for Shirley Temple. The "shock" being there are things about Elizabeth Taylor that haven't already been leaked by money-hungry ghouls.
- The Waltons reunited after 40 years to share their triumphs and tragedies. The end of the joyous gathering was marred when no one said "good night" to John Boy.
- Jerry Lewis' heart was broken after a cruel snub. A representative released a statement for the slighted star which said, "Hey, laaaady!"
- Kim Kardashian has a fear of being pregnant and alone. She is also terrified of not being the center of attention for more than 12 seconds.
- Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson are in sex therapy. They swap notes at press events to see if either of them is actually benefiting.
- Bill and Giuliana Rancic want more babies. Their plan at this point is to take anything a Kardashian finds first. (We told you Kim couldn't stand to be out of the spotlight.)
- Katie Holmes has a new man. She'll go public with the relationship once he perfects his couch-jumping skills. The dismount is still a little rough.


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by Mike Masnick
Mon, Mar 26th 2012 5:31am
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economics, hazing, innovation, patents
Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda's first column in his new job at the Washington Post (I'm still trying to make sense of this myself) is a good one. He looks at the Yahoo patent lawsuit against Facebook, and posits that getting sued on your way to an IPO is like a Silicon Valley fraternity hazing ritual. He doesn't go quite this far, but there certainly are some similarities. It's an insanely pointless process with significant costs, often disgusting to those going through it... but which they eventually grudgingly admit is worth going through to get to the end goal of being "in the club." I'm not sure it's totally true of just IPO-bound tech companies. I think it's just the nature of just about any semi-successful tech company these days. You get sued for patent infringement. It's just what happens. And it's there where the analogy falls down a bit. You can avoid fraternity hazing by not pledging a fraternity. You have no such choice when it comes to getting sued for patent infringement.
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Anonymous Coward, 26 Mar 2012 @ 5:37amNormal people don't see it that way though.
Last week a large, profitable company sued a small start-up business for patent infringement. As a non-legal person, I can only guess that this sort of thing must happen fairly often. I would also guess that the large companies, which have the means to hire crackerjack legal teams and drag cases out, must often win. And while I guess I feel bad for the small businesses, I�ve never really cared before now.
Because this time, the stakes are high.
This time, it�s my daughter�s voice on the line. Literally.
TtfnJohn (profile), 26 Mar 2012 @ 8:33am
Re:Maya is one of the innocents caught in this over enforcement of patents in the software field. I have no idea if the small company that made the app that your daughter and family now rely on so heavily to give her a voice searched to see if there was a patent in place on their idea/refinement or if they're now faced with something similar to one of those non-performing software patents that claims to do just about anything possible since the Big Bang.
I can't tell if the bigger companies made even a token attempt to negotiate with the smaller one or just hammered them with legal papers.
Though an example like this may not happen often, though more often that I know of, it does show the amorality of the knee jerk reaction to "defending" IP without considering the consequences. It's almost sociopathic in situations like this.
Patents are worth more than people, it seems. Particularly those with no voice, in this case quite literally.
That Anonymous Coward (profile), 26 Mar 2012 @ 5:56amIt keeps the lawyers busy and earning their keep.
It has been shown time and time again to just be another tool to stifle innovation and new ideas. I wonder if anyone has ever looked into the history of companies being killed by the patent infringement lawsuit and the patent holder actually doing anything with the new method they found.
We hear all the time about the trolls who produce nothing with the patents they control, I think it really is time to consider having them do something with it or lose it. Much like singers, actors, writers, etc they have an idea and they have to make something from it. Some then sit in wait hoping someone will do something similar they can sue over, others just keep making new things. It benefits the world nothing to have the ideas locked away, or to punish those people who find a new way to do something real with an idea they arrived at on their own that we decided only 1 person is allowed to think up.
Digital Consumer (profile), 26 Mar 2012 @ 6:13amSo I was talking to a family member the other day about the Facebook employer login issue.
She seemed to think it was okay, and I understand her single perspective, as she is a small business employer, and a bad employee can be devastating to a small business.
Unfortunately, she didn't see the big picture of how this type of entitlement from employers ties into all the other rights we are losing month by month from big corporate interests backed by big government.
What is next? Employers scheduling interviews at your house so they can see how you live? Maybe they need to interview your spouse and kids too. Maybe they need a list of ex-girlfriends and ex-wives to really get a picture of who you are.
So just like being a digital consumer, or consumer of media in general, being a job applicant is the equivalent of being a thief or potential criminal of some type, and should be treated as such.
Our whole society is getting numb to the idea of not having due process, or being considered guilty until you have fought tooth and nail to prove your innocence. Why should the innocent struggle to name themselves?
Why can the authorities not take the burden of proving guilt, as is their job? Year after year they throw out fear words such as "terrorist", "pirate", "violent criminal", and
"socialist"(see what I did thar?). With these words they strip your rights and offer you false securities.
Do you think if a terrorist that wanted to blow something up
and had millions of dollars, they would fall into these FBI traps? They keep grabbing these young angry kids who never would have had the resources to actually do anything and encourage them and offer them resources that they would not have had on their own, and when they cross the line, bam, there is another victory!
In the end though, there are no victories for the American people with these scapegoat tactics, this fear mongering. It is too the point where the only Americans willing to fight already work for the government, and we have internet activists who think that their hitting a petition button online will have any long term effect on our governments way of doing business.
I am part of the problem. I work 60 hours a week, and juggle
my 4 year old with my wife who also works full time as we barely get by, and I am unwilling to pursue my beliefs in a physical sense. I am afraid that my own cowardice will bind my son into slavery or force my son to be on the front lines
of freedom because I did not act an American should.
I do not have a comprehensive solution to our government and the claws of special interest that make our laws and steal our opportunities and our rights. I try to ignore the fear in my gut on a daily basis of the weight of our problems.
I feel guilty about the sacrifices I am not yet willing to make to shape our country. In reality, although I say America, and I say our country, I really mean our world.
Anonymous Coward, 26 Mar 2012 @ 6:16amThere I think about it the less I see a future for IP laws.
Energy security will depend on the grid today being distributed to be resilient against natural disasters and war, I can't see one large entity supplying all the energy for everyone being something desirable.
With technology also comes progress and people gain new capabilities, those people could have a chance to do something if they wasn't excluded from a market.
IP laws are the new #1 public enemy.
Who cares about what companies patented when they use that to send jobs overseas when there are people inside the country who would be willing to do the same job even if it was just to stay employed.
fairusefriendly (profile), 26 Mar 2012 @ 6:16amI think the issue is going public or not that is being compared to joining the frat or not. You do have a choice in that case. While you might get sued without going public, the lack of scrutiny/time sensitivity means you can fight the bogus patent.
Cowardly Anon, 26 Mar 2012 @ 6:41amYou can avoid fraternity hazing by not pledging a fraternity. You have no such choice when it comes to getting sued for patent infringement.
You don't have a choice?! Come now Mike, you have the choice to not make a successful tech company. You have the choice not to innovate and to accept the status quo without knocking the big names off their guard.
If you choose to move forward with technological advancements that disrupt the status quo, then you have made the choice to get sued!
Anonymous Coward, 26 Mar 2012 @ 6:57am
Re:Wow, at first I was gonna dis you and then, I realized you sort of make sense in a sideways way. I think though that this is a case of wanting to start your IPO and introduce a new product/service would benifit us all. It's a crime against socity that any advance in tech or services is lost due to being sued out of existance.
And what about the lost jobs issue? We talk about the *AA's losing business due to IP infringment but what about small business, which is the motivator to cities and communities thriving, which are sued out of existance? I sense that this is the greater loss in the bigger pictuer.
Man, I think I just gave an respectible reply to a troll. I don't feel so good...
Anonymous Coward, 26 Mar 2012 @ 6:58am
Re: Re:I applogize for the spelling mistakes. Need more caffine.
Anonymous Coward, 26 Mar 2012 @ 7:39am
Re:So empowering bad behavior is cool now?
Anonymous Coward, 26 Mar 2012 @ 7:42am
Re:Youtube: Toilet Snorkel patent
If a snorkel selling firm disrupts the market for toilet snorkels they should expect to be sued?
Anonymous Coward, 26 Mar 2012 @ 6:45amIsn't "Hazing" the college word for "bullying"? Doesn't "Online bullying" not exist? Case solved.
Suzanne Lainson (profile), 26 Mar 2012 @ 9:01am
Bigness corruptsMy concern is that when companies get big enough to have the money/influence to change the system in their favor, that's what they do. It doesn't matter what industry they are in, they still look for ways to eliminate the competition.
The Ruthless Overlords Of Silicon Valley - The Daily Beast
Anonymous Coward, 26 Mar 2012 @ 12:14pmIs infringing upon the intelligence property rights of a predecessor the only way to start a technology company? Hey Mike you need to get some new schtick and try going after a new market. Successful tech start ups are few and far between these days, not because of IP lawsuits but because of stiff competition.
slander (profile), 26 Mar 2012 @ 4:37pm
getting sued on your way to an IPO is like a Silicon Valley fraternity hazing ritual
He used that as an example, instead of a car analogy? Oh, how the mighty have fallen...
Ronald J Riley, 29 Mar 2012 @ 7:23am
Don't do the crime."You can avoid fraternity hazing by not pledging a fraternity. You have no such choice when it comes to getting sued for patent infringement."
Typical TechDIRT Drivel. One can avoid getting sued by not filching others patent properties.


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NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. - After having played games at Brown University for two consecutive weekends, the MIT water polo team switched things up a bit, traveling to New York to face Iona College on Saturday afternoon. Tech wrapped up the day with a 12-10 victory over the Gaels, taking its record to 3-5 for the season. MIT and Iona faced each other twice during the 2012 season, splitting the results and winning one game apiece. Seven different Engineers scored goals during Saturday's game.
Sophomore Kale Rogers (Newberg, Ore.) put MIT on the board just a minute into the first quarter. He went on to score two more goals throughout the game, one in the second and one in the third period. By the end of the first eight minute period, however, the Engineers were behind by a score of 2-1.
MIT soon took over the lead, scoring five goals in the second period compared to Iona's two. Senior Andrew Dorne (Irvine Calif.) tied the score up with a goal just 40 seconds into the period, and MIT was able to take the lead following goals by classmate Craig Cheney (Sherwood, Ore.) and Rogers. With goals by sophomore Ory Tasman (Orlando, Fla.) and freshman Zach Churukian (Menlo Park, Calif.), the Engineers went into the third period with a 6-4 lead.
Junior Jack Clark (Laguna Beach, Calif.), Tasman and Rogers tallied goals in the third quarter and, with four goals by the Gaels,, the score was tied at 9-9 going into the fourth and final period. With three goals scored by Tasman, Dorne and Cheney within the first three minutes, MIT was able to take the lead and hold it for the remainder of the game. The game ended with an Engineers' victory of 12-10.
Junior Kyle Bowman (Millbrae, Calif.) made his debut in net, tending the goal for the entirety of the first and third periods. He allowed seven goals and tallied eight saves and a steal. Freshman Nolan Kruse (Orcutt, Calif.) was in net for the second and fourth quarters, allowing only three goals and making eight saves, while notching one assist.
MIT will hit the road again tomorrow, facing Fordham University at 10:00 a.m. before traveling down the road to play St. Francis College (N.Y.) at 4:00 p.m.


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Where is Timbuktu? Where would you find Persepolis today? Where is Stonehenge? If you're not sure of the answer to any of these questions, you will want to play the new Freerice subject, "World Landmarks".
That's right! By popular demand, we have new subjects. Today we launched "World Landmarks" in English, as well as French ("Monuments mondiaux") and Spanish ("Monumentos y sitios del mundo").
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10 things to know about the legendary American folk singer-songwriter
By: Linnea Crowther
6 years ago
One hundred years ago today, July 14, 1912, a folk music legend was born. His career took him from sea to shining sea, chronicling mid-century America like no other musician before or since. He sang about the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression, the working class and war, the city, the wilderness, and the beauty of the country he called home. He was Woody Guthrie.
Though we could easily share 100 facts about Guthrie for his 100th birthday, we will limit ourselves to just a few. Here are 10 things you may (or may not) know about the "Dust Bowl Troubadour," plus a few of our favorite Guthrie songs.
1. He was named for a president. The singer's strong political leanings were never a secret, and perhaps they were influenced in part by his parents, who named him Woodrow Wilson Guthrie for the man who would be elected president just a few months after Guthrie's birth.
2. He traveled with the Okies. A native of Oklahoma, Guthrie saw the beginnings of the Dust Bowl in his home state, and he joined the thousands who migrated to California in search of work. He was a young man, barely out of his teens, and the hard conditions had a strong influence on his later work.
3. He worked with other greats. Guthrie spent a period of time living and recording with fellow folk legend Pete Seeger and his Almanac Singers – Millard Lampell, Lee Hays, Agnes "Sis" Cunningham, and others. The group wrote music, lived in socialistic fashion, and hosted "hootenannys" – weekly concerts where they shared their music and ideals, as well as collected money for rent.
4. He was a Communist… sort of. Guthrie was never a member of the Communist party, but he agreed with many of its ideals. Though it wasn't an unusual belief system in 1930s America, it became more and more unpopular as tensions in Europe ramped up. Guthrie's loose affiliation with the party ended up costing him his World War II job in the Merchant Marine, which led to his being drafted by the U.S. Army. He didn't particularly want to serve, not because he was anti-American (he was strongly anti-fascist), but because he felt he could best serve the war effort at home, singing and writing for the public.
5. He was a newspaper columnist. The newspaper was as unconventional as Guthrie was – The Daily Worker, newspaper of the Communist party – and his column was unusual even for a paper known for bucking tradition. Rather than write about politics and party platform, Guthrie used his "Woody Sez" column to riff on current events in an exaggerated hillbilly dialect. He also drew the occasional cartoon.
6. His first recordings were made for the Library of Congress. Folklorist Alan Lomax recorded hours of Guthrie singing and talking as part the massive Archive of American Folk Song. The year was 1940 and Guthrie had been playing for years, but this was the first time his music was made permanent.
7. He didn't care much for copyrights. Guthrie's socialist and communist leanings extended to his distaste for copyright law. In a booklet of lyrics and chords to his early songs, he wrote, "This song is Copyrighted in U.S., under Seal of Copyright #154085, for a period of 28 years, and anybody caught singin' it without our permission, will be mighty good friends of ourn, cause we don't give a dern. Publish it. Write it. Sing it. Swing to it. Yodel it. We wrote it, that's all we wanted to do."
8. He wrote his most famous song because he was bored with Irving Berlin's "God Bless America." Guthrie was tired of hearing Berlin's patriotic – but boring and unrealistic, in his opinion – "God Bless America" on the radio. In response, he wrote a song originally titled "God Blessed America for Me," then renamed "This Land is Your Land." Sung to the tune of an old Baptist hymn, the song celebrates the natural beauty of the U.S. – and takes a few digs at the concept of private property. Today, Guthrie's composition is probably known just as well as – if not better than – "God Bless America," and campaigns to make it our national anthem crop up from time to time.
9. Illness and an accident destroyed his livelihood – and his life. The neurodegenerative genetic disorder Huntington's disease took his mother's life and began affecting Guthrie's own health – both physical and mental – before he was 40. Not long after, a campfire accident damaged his arm so badly that he could no longer play guitar. Guthrie spent the last 11 years of his life in psychiatric hospitals due to the effects of Huntington's. A bright spot in those years was a regular visitor – the young folk singer Bob Dylan, who idolized Guthrie and was greatly influenced by him.
10. His musical talent lives on in new generations. Guthrie was the father of eight children, including famous folkie Arlo Guthrie. And the legacy continues in Woody's granddaughter, Arlo's daughter Sarah Lee Guthrie. She performs and records with her husband, Johnny Irion, carrying on the family tradition of playing fine folk music.


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In order to design a version for Emma that would both fit her and weigh significantly less, the researchers used the Stratays Dimension 3D printer to build pieces of the arms out of the same type of plastic that's used in LEGOs. The pieces snap together and resistance bands are used to adjust the tension on the two arms.
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2013 Season (Sophomore): Competed in the 200-meter and 400-meter dashes, the high jump and pole vault, as well as relays...INDOOR: Ranked second in the Northern Athletics Conference in the 200 and 400-meter dashes, as well as posting third best mark in the high jump...Placed second at the NAC Indoor Championships (Feb. 23) in all three events, including posting a personal-best 1.51 meters in the high jump...Posted indoor best times of 26.80 in the 200-meter dash and 1:01.20 in the 400-meter dash at the NAC Indoor Championships...Leaped 1.50 meters for a second-place finish in the high jump at the UW-Parkside Classic (Feb. 2)...Competed in 4x400-meter relay at a pair of meets...OUTDOOR: Ranked second in the NAC in the 200 and 400-meter dashes...Placed second in the 200-meter dash at the NAC Outdoor Championships (May 3-4) with a personal-best time of 26.10...Ran a personal-best 59.54 in the 400-meter dash at the Benedictine Eagle Invitational (Apr. 13).
2012 Season (Freshman): Competed in the 200- and 400-meters, 4x200- and 4x400-meter relays and high jump...Helped set the school record in the 4x400-meter relay (4:17.60) at the Northern Athletics Conference Indoor Championships (Feb. 25)...Had 12 top-10 finishes...INDOOR: Finished fifth in the 4x400-meter relay (4:23.34) at the Tadd Metzger Invitational (Jan. 27)...Was second in the 400-meters (1:03.77) at the UW-Parkside Classic Open (Feb. 4)...Placed fourth in the 4x200-meter relay (1:51.79) at the Eastbay/Poiinter Invitational (Feb. 18)...Finished second in the 4x400-meter relay (4:17.60), third in the high jump (1.46m), third in the 200-meters (27.52) and fourth in the 400-meters (1:03.17) at the Northern Athletics Conference Indoor Championships (Feb. 25)...OUTDOOR: Placed third in the 4x400-meter relay (4:14.82) and fifth in the high jump (1.38m) at the NAC Outdoor Championships (May 4-5).
High School (Janesville Parker): Adavnced to the WIAA State Track & Field Meet twice...Earend varsity letters in cross country, swimming & diving, gymnastics and track & field.
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Lance did NOT want to give this interview based on his body language as he constantly pursed his lips throughout this interview. In addition
He would constantly look down and not look directly at Oprah when she asked direct hard hitting questions. There was a tone of arrogance and a disturbing monotone which indicated that the only thing he was sorry about was getting caught.
Oprah's interview with Lance Armstrong was one of the most disturbing things to watch as the one thing that kept running though my mind was" Is Lance Armstrong a Sociopath?" Here are some traits of a sociopath
b)Grandiose sense of self-worth
f) Shallow affect (genuine emotion is short-lived
g)Callousness; lack of empathy
h)Failure to accept responsibility for own actions
It seems that Lance exhibited all of these traits when one listens to his interview.
When Oprah asked Lance Armstrong if he felt what he did was wrong or if he felt guilty or if he felt he CHEATED he said NO! That was the most chilling and revealing part of the entire interview. It made me wonder if this man was a sociopath.
He seemed to blame everyone else but himself. He first blamed the culture, his fans, the story which was too good to be true to a cyclist who had the disease who won the competition. He also the fact that he had the disease (as he refused to say cancer) that made him feel driven. He blamed his mother for being a fighter and said he was a fighter too. He blamed fellow cyclist Floyd Landis' accusation as getting back at him because he wasn't on the team.
What was also disturbing was he kept referring to himself in the third person as a "flawed character instead of saying that his character was flawed. It was a form of distancing himself.
As further indication that he really didn't want to be there and talk was a tell tale sign of his head scratch. His autonomic nervous system was in full play here as it showed that he was getting anxious as Oprah asked " How did it all work?"
Here we see Lance putting his fingers over his mouth indicating that he is guarded and doesn't really want to talk.
His thought process also seemed sociopathic. When you ask a sociopath a question they may answer it one way such as Did you threaten anyone to take drugs? Lance insisted that he did not. But then when you ask the question another way like Did you insist the members of the team see Dr. Ferrari ( who allegedly provided the drugs) he answered yes. In keeping with this sociopathic line of thinking he was asked if fellow cyclist Floyd Landis who spoke to the press about Lance's doping felt rebuffed? Lance said No. But then when asked in a different way, if he blew Landis off, Armstrong admitted that he did indeed blow Floyd off as he said that Floyd was upset because " I didn't put him on my team."This thought process is how sociopaths tend to think.
When Oprah showed his deposition tapes you clearly saw how he was lying as he shook his head yes when he was saying No.
When he was watching himself we he discomfort as he swallows hard and we see his jaws clenching.
he blatantly lies when he states to Oprah that he never failed a test. Then in his sociopathic thought process he admits that retroactively he failed a test.
He tended to minimize what happened by saying "all this is a process.' Again it was a form of distancing himself from what is happening with him.
When he said he is happier today than he ever was and Oprah confronted him and he back pedaled a sickening feeling came over me as I wondered again if he was a sociopath.
When asked why he sued people when he knew they were right and when I heard his monotone rote answer it once again made me wonder about sociopathy in relation to blaming others. He then talked about feeling attacked so he sued . He called one of his accusers a Bitch and Crazy but then says that he never called her fat. This was one of the most disturbing moments as you see is pathological thought process in action as he made it OK and justifies his actions of name calling because he didn't use all three insults but only two.Oprah appeared to be disturbed by this as well.
There was a lot of chin itching and scratching which indicated that was not happy about being confronted about his actions in such a detailed manner. he blames his comeback for causing all of his troubles and tells Oprah that they wouldn't be sitting there if he didn't have a comeback.Once again his statement smacked of sociopathy.
His anger could be seen in his clenched jaw where his muscles protruded along with his lower jaw as he said that he wouldn't be there if it wasn't for his comeback.
This interview did not help Lance Armstrong's image. In fact it made it worse. We saw arrogance, defiance, anger, blame, and someone who really needs to be out of the public eye in my view. In my view he is a very disturbed individual who is very TOXIC!
Part two will focus on his charity, his sponsors, and his family and how this has affected them so stay tuned for some more behavior analysis and body language analysis.


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Noah's Flood Was Really a Tsunami Caused by a Comet: A Retranslation of Genesis 7:11
The Bible's Book of Genesis was originally written in Hebrew. Hebrew words like English words can have multiple meanings. The job of a translator is to select the best word to convey the meaning for each word being translated. The better a translator understands what is being said, the better the translation. Knowing how certain words were used at the time and within its culture prevents distorted translations that are inconsistent with the body of material being translated.
In the case of Noah's Flood some basic meteorology and geology should be acknowledged:
Forty days and nights of rain cannot make a major flood.
If all the water in underground aquifers were to rise, and all the water locked up in polar ice and glaciers were to melt, and all the water in the atmosphere and biosphere were to fall to Earth; the oceans would only rise about 140 feet. This would not be enough water to cover mountains.
The traditional translation of Genesis 7:11 (KJV) referring to the Flood says:
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains (#4599 in Strong's Concordance) of the great deep broken up, and the windows (#699 in Strong's Concordance) of heaven were opened (#6605 in Strong's Concordance).
Genesis 7:11 – traditional translation
Unaware of modern science and the aftermath of cometary impacts, it seems that translators from hundreds of years ago resorted to a descriptive but misleading choice of words ("fountains of the deep" and "windows or floodgates of heaven") to explain the Flood. This traditional translation of the original Hebrew seems to tell of a flood caused by fountains under the deep breaking up and gushing water that suddenly raised the sea level, and for the windows of heaven opening to release torrents of water in the form of rainfall which inundates the Earth and covers the high hills and mountains. However, based on oil explorations, deep drilling and seismic studies, geoscientists know there aren't any "fountains" or "springs" under the sea to cause the sea to suddenly rise. Further, based on extensive telescopic study of the heavens, astronomers know there are no watery windows or floodgates in heaven that could inundate the Earth, not even metaphorically.
Is it possible that something else is being described in the Bible? A different translation does not mean that the Bible is wrong. A different translation may show just how incredibly correct the Bible is and that the traditional translation did not convey what the original Hebrew said.
Examination of the Hebrew word translated as "fountains" or "springs" shows it can also be translated as "sources." Astronomers now know that icy comets are the "sources of the great deep," since the chemical signature of the oceans' water is the same as that of "Main Belt" comets. Also comets can be "broken up" and impact the oceans and cause mega-tsunamis, with waves high enough to temporarily cover mountains.
The Hebrew word translated as "windows" or "floodgates" can also mean "to lurk or lie in wait," and the word translated as "opened" basically means "loosed." Astronomers now know that the solar system is surrounded by a great "storehouse" of comets (the Oort Cloud), out of which comets "are loosed" to come into the inner solar system and go on to strike the earth. Job 38:22 NIV asks, "Have you entered the storehouses of the snow (comets) or seen the storehouses of the hail (comets can be surrounded by a huge cloud of basketball sized hailstones) which I reserve for times of trouble . . . ?" The time of Noah's Flood was a time of trouble!
A new translation of Genesis 7:11 would now read:
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the sources (#4599 in Strong's Concordance) of the great primeval ocean (comets) broken up, and those that lie in wait (#699 in Strong's Concordance) in heaven (comets) were loosed (#6605 in Strong's Concordance).
Genesis 7:11 – retranslation
This new retranslation of Genesis 7:11 tells that "the sources of the deep" (comets) that "lie in wait in heaven" (comets) in what we now call the Oort Cloud were "loosed" and "broken up" as they came in to strike the Earth. Subsequent verses provide clues consistent with a comet or comets that strike the ocean and cause a series of mega-tsunamis that would last for months and cause Noah's Flood.
A valid translation of a major catastrophic event should be supported by accounts from eyewitnesses, physical evidence, and linguistic validation. Not surprising, eyewitness support comes from the Sumerians and the Babylonians (regional neighbors to the Bible's Noah) who each have their own accounts of the Flood. Their texts say the flood covered the mountains on the first day. They attribute the flood to the "host of heaven" (Deuteronomy 4:19 and Jeremiah 19:13) which archeologists know were a group of cometary gods. These flood accounts describe events that were clearly cometary in nature. For example, they tell of the god Ninurta who was known to hurl fiery sling stones appearing on the horizon before the flood, a black cloud arising, and then the wide land being shattered like a pot, turning to darkness all that had been light and then the mountains being submerged; details that are consistent with cometary activity.
The new translation of Genesis 7:11 is also consistent with a commentary in the Jewish Babylonian Talmud about the Flood. In this passage Rabbi bar Nachmani, the Director of the Academy at Pumbedita in the third century AD, wrote, "For at the time when the Holy One, blessed be He, wanted to bring a flood upon the world, He took two stars ('comets'-because in the ancient world the word 'star' was used for any luminous body in the heavens) from Khima ('the stored aways' #3598 and #3558 in Strong's Concordance), and brought a Flood upon the world."
Physical evidence for this event comes from the 2006 discovery of an 18-mile wide Burckle Impact Crater at the bottom of the Indian Ocean that dates back 4,800 years ago. This three-mile wide comet impact would have caused earthquakes tens of thousands of times more powerful than the Japanese earthquake and waves about 1000 times higher. Towering tsunamis would have gone out in all directions for months due to powerful aftershocks. Tsunamis several miles in height would have raced north toward the land of Noah and up the Tigris-Euphrates Valley in Iraq, before slamming into the "mountains of Ararat" in Turkey and falling back to flood the land. Physical evidence for this event also comes from unique chevron shaped tsunami deposits that have been found far inland in Africa, Australia and India.
Finally, linguistic validation that this retranslation of Genesis 7:11 conveys what the Hebrew says more accurately than the traditional translation comes from a Bible passage in the Book of Isaiah that contains a description of the effect of a comet impact on the Earth. Isaiah 24:18 uses the phrase "the windows (floodgates) from on high (of the heavens-NIV) are open." As was the case with Genesis 7:11 this phrase from Isaiah 24:18 is also better translated to read "those that lie in wait in heaven were loosed." Now Isaiah 24:18-20 can clearly be seen as describing comet bombardment and impacts affecting the Earth's foundation and axis of rotation, even causing the Earth to rock back and forth on it axis. Heavy rain cannot do this. A retranslation of Isaiah 24:18-20 would read:
. . . those that lie in wait in heaven are loosed and the foundations of the Earth do shake (as a result of impacts). The Earth is utterly broken down, the Earth is clean dissolved (broken up) the Earth is moved exceedingly. The Earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage.
Isaiah 24:18-20 – retranslation
Fact- very large earthquakes or cosmic impacts can cause the Earth's axis to move.
This report is posted on my blog www.newscientificevidenceforgod.com
This blog is an attempt to answer questions that have come in via the internet with concern of a perceived offense against the scriptures and traditional understanding of certain Bible stories. To get the full analysis of each Bible catastrophe covered in THE COMETS OF GOD, the book must be read. A number of links to articles and reports about The Buckle Impact Crater can be found on my website www.thecometsofgod.com in the section marked "Interesting Links" and then in the subset marked "Geological Discoveries."
About the author:
An archeologist and a geologist, Dr. Goodman has devoted over twenty- five years to the study of the Bible. He holds a geological engineering degree from the Colorado School of Mines, a M.A. in anthropology from the University of Arizona, and a Ph.D. in anthropology from California Coast University. He also earned a M.B.A. from Columbia University Graduate School of Business. He was accredited by the former Society of Professional Archeologists. Goodman is a Messianic Jew who was saved in 1987.
Burckle Crater where a comet impact caused a mega-tsunami which in turn caused the Flood!
BURCKLE CRATER Burckle Crater is a recently discovered 18 mile wide impact crater in the Indian Ocean. The giant impact that produced this crater occurred around the time of the Biblical Flood. This gigantic impact would have also caused a massive earthquake and a series of large aftershocks that lasted for months, which in turn generated a series of towering tsunami waves that went out in all directions for months. Mile high tsunami waves would have raced north toward the site of Noah's Flood in the Tigris-Euphrates Valley in Iraq, before slamming into the "mountains of Ararat" (Urartu/Armenia) – Genesis 8:4. Very thick tsunami deposits relating to this impact have been found inland in Africa, Australia and India.